...he was well read in Scripture) fuch as, He vifits tke Sins of the Fathers upon the Children ; and, the Fathers have eaten four Grapes, and the Children's Teeth are fet en edge, &c. Whence he argued the Legality of punifliing the Crime of the Parent on the Baftard. He...

...in thofe of a geSecondly, the contradiftion is removed by a right confideration of the whole"paffage in Ezekiel: the Jews complained that they underwent...lues, Romane." The prophet makes anfwer, that they are puniflied for their own guilt, and not for that of their anceftors. See other explications in Pool's...

...Place, Ezek. xviii. i — 20. * Where God reproves the Jews for the Ufe they made of that Proverb, The Fathers have eaten four Grapes, and the Children's Teeth are fet on Edge; and tells them, that hereafter they fhall no more have Occafion to ufe this Proverb-, and that if a...

...truth. His word and oath are gone forth together: Hear both. What mean ye that ye ufe this proverb ? " The fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge :" AsT LIVE, fays the Lord God-} yejliall not Slave occafion any more to ufe. f •* ) Ihif proverb....

...cry, I know their forrow. A father of • the fatherlefs, is GOD in his holy habitation. Say no more! The fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge. The fon íhall not bear the iniquity of the father, but ihall underftand the loving kindnefs of the...

...cry, I know their forrow. A father of the fatherlefs, is GOD in his holy habitation. Say ño more I The fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge. The fon lhall not bear the iniquity of the father, but ihall underftand the loving kindnefs of the...

...to the captivity : ' What mean ye, that ye ufe this proverb concerning the land of Ifrael, faying, the fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge?' And tolhew, that this mode of proceeding was not to be perpetual, or of univerfal extent, it is added...

...concerning the land of Ifrael, fay(a) Deuteronomy, xxiv. 16. (b} 2 Kings chap. 14. (c} Cbap. 18. '< ; " ing, The fathers have eaten four grapes, " and the children's teeth are fet on edge ? " As I live, faith the Lord God, ye fhall " not have occafion any more to ufe this *' proverb in...

...he was well read in fcripture) fuch as, He. vijits the jins of the, fathers upon the children ; and, the fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge, £cc. Whence he argued the legality of punifhing the crime of the parent on the baftard. He faid, though...

...light, without thee is fweet. Paradife Loft, b. 4. /. 634. What mean ye, that ye ufe this proverb, The fathers have eaten four grapes, and the children's teeth are fet on edge ? As I live, faith the Lord God, ye fhall not have occafion to ufe this proverb in Ifrael. If a man...