An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Here are two hard words, bound and holden, bound as captives, bound as prisoners, bound in fetters, yea, and holden in cords, holden or caught as a poor bird in a net or snare, or as a wild beast in a toil. Bound in fetters, and holden in cords. These fetters and cords may be understood two ways.

Here are two hard words, bound and holden, bound as captives, bound as prisoners, bound in fetters, yea, and holden in cords, holden or caught as a poor bird in a net or snare, or as a wild beast in a toyle. Bound in fetters, and holden in cords. These fetters and cords may be understood two wayes.

First, Literally and properly, it is possible for a righteous man to be bound in fetters, and holden in cords, plainly so called. Joseph was cast into prison, and the Iron entered into his soul, and his feet were hurt in the Stocks, in material Stocks.

First, Literally and properly, it is possible for a righteous man to be bound in fetters, and holden in cords, plainly so called. Joseph was cast into prison, and the Iron entred into his soul, and his feet were hurt in the Stocks, in material Stocks.

Secondly, We may expound these fetters and cords figuratively, or metaphorically, and so any trouble or strait is as a fetter, and as a cord: Thus to be bound in fetters, and holden in cords, is but an expression signifying any afflicted condition. Fetters and cords are Emblems of slavery & captivity. The P ophet foreshowing the willing contribution of divers strange Nations towards the help of the Jews in their return from the Babylonish captivity, as also, beyond that, their subjection to Christ and the power of the Gospel, gives it under this shadow, (Isa. 45.14