. . fF- the Sanftuary, called the habitation by way © minency Sree glory the Ark WasSy ! _—_ Ns ym ſe vently whoſe greateſt Calamity the loſs of rhe Ar "rank pena 2 of all that good wherewith God would have bleſſed Iſrael, 7s * pus to bleſs Ijrad ; gr ht Par up s young prophcr exit > wn thereby given good grounds of hope tha Ss which God if Thou and thy Sons had not hindred it L you - 5 1 \—rebrm was retolved ſeverely to puniſh. So this C myo NN Ani concerns El;'s perſon, as the following prprnict 1 : p Ny. this beſt agrees with the moſt proper and uſual ſig - + ae Thou ſhalt ſee. i ( i» e-) As long as the Prieſthood co = 0 Fanny ; _ long as the Levitical ht wy laſts. « off 23 And the man of thine &, whom T:ſhall-not cu
from mine autar , grieve thine heart m: and all the increaſe of thine houſe
all die + in theflowerof their age 6. - ” 9p —6 of thy axon þ f ( is <h _ pony ny pe ine Altar: Il not roy; but iu live, at A — fo Saorn, and oo ay us __ og _ lee it, it would grieve thee at the very heart, an _ onde ako thine Eyes with weeping for +07: Si gyro ties. So the phraie 1s Ma chaooy matt thr 47 4 yu Ea. his flain long after ber death. # ( 1. &- - ; no +> unde tirtiech yele of their Age, when they _—_ ro be admitted to the plenary Adminiſtration of their Office, Numb. . 3+ then they ſhall dic. : 24 And this ſball be a ſign unto thee p, that ſhall come
upon thy two ſons,on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they ſhall die both ofthem 9.
p To wit, of the certain truth of
| | h : £ $ . 9 o Y 16 And 1oviil raiſe me up * a faithful prieſt r, that ſhall de according to that which # in my heart f, andin my mind, and I will build him a ſure houſe t, and he
1] walk »bcfore mine anointed x for ever. _— of another Line, as is necefſarily implied by he i Removal of that Office from E!i's Line, betore threatned- - bs perion deſigned is Zadok, one eminent for is Faithfulneſs to, © A and to the King, who, when Abiather, the laſt of El: s$ Line, ” as depoſed by Selomon, was made High-prieſt in his ſtead, J Kings 2. 27, 35- 1 Chron. 29. 224 And thall not diſhonour or ciſobey me, to gratific his Sons as thou haſt done. 7 ( i. e..) Give him anu merous poſterity, as that phraſe is uſed, Exod 1.21. 2 Sam. . x 1 King. i1. 38. and confirm that fure Covenant of an everla ing Prieſthood made to Phinehas, of Eleazar's Line, Numb. 25: 13. an intecrupted for a little while by Eli, and his, of the Line of Itha- mar, unto himand his Children for ever. And this was manifeſt- ly verifi:d untjl the Babyloniſh Captivity, Ezek. 44. 15. and 7 no reaſon to doubt of its continuance in the fame Line till Chr: came. u (4.e. ) Miniſter as High-prieſt. x Either, Firſt, Be- fore King Solomon, who was anointed King, 1 Kings 1. 39+ and be-
in I dwell ;
all thoſe ſad prediftions. 9 And
' fore the ſucceeding Kings, who are common]y called anointed, or
s anointed, as 1 Sam. 12» 3» 5. and 24-6, 10. Pſal. 89. 38, 40 _ 4+ 10, Or, rather, Second'y, Before Jeſus Chriſt ; Firſt, Becauſe this Title of Anomted, or Chrift, er Meſſias, ( both which words ſignifi only the Anointed ) is moſt frequently and eminent- Iy aſcribed to Clriſts both in the Old and New Teftament, and there- fore it is moſt reaſonable to underſtand it of him, when there IS NO- thing in the Text or Context which determines it to any other, Secondly, Chriſt is the main Scop and Defign, not only of the New, but of the Old Teftamens, which in all its Types and Ceremonies re- preſented Chriſt; ang particularly, the High-prieſt was an eminent Type of Clyiſt, and did repreſent his Perſon, and att in his Name and ftead, and did meditately, what John Bapt:i/f did immediately, go before the face of the Lord Chriſt ; and when Chriſt did come, that Office and Officer was to ceaſe. Thirdly, The High-prieſt is ſel- dom or never iaid to Walk or Minifer before the Kings of 1rael or 7u- dah. but conſtantly before the Lord, and conſequently before Chriſt, who, as he was God bleſſed for ever, Rom. g. 5. was preſent
' with and the Bujlder and Governour of the Ancient Church of 1.
rael, as is manifeſt from As 7. 35. 1 Cor. 10» 1. Heb. 3, 3,4. 5, 6. and many other places; and their Temple is particularly cailed his Temple, Mal. 3+ 4+ becauſe all the Temple-worthip was perfor- med in his preſence, and had a ſpecial Reſpe&t unto him, and therefore the High-prieſt is moſt properly ſaid to walk before him, 36 And-it thall come to pals, that every one thar is left in thine houſe ſhall come Þ 4nd crouch to him y for a piece of ſilver, and a morſel of bread z, and ſhall ſay, + Put me, I pray thee, into|| one of the prieſts offices .*., that I may eat apiece of bread. | 7 In way of humble Supplication. See 1 Kings 2. 26. and 23. 9g, z Whereas before they were ſo nice and delicate, that my liberal Allowance could not fatisfiethem, but they muſt have their Meat Raw and fat, &c. Above wv 13, 14, 15» 16, ſo the puniſhment is ſuired to the nature of their Sin. .'. Inte the meaneſt Office be- longing to it- See Execk, 44: 10, 11, &c- Queff. How could they be reduced to fo great ſrraits, ſeing, though they Joſt the High- prieſthood, they ſtill were Inferior prieſts, and had a Right to thoſe plentiful proviſions which belonged to that Order? Anſwer, Firſt, They might be degraded not only from the Office of the High- prieſt, bur alſo from that of the inferiour prieſts, and conſequently might forfeit and loſe all the priviledges belonging to their Office. Secondly, This might be from the Tyranny and Violence of ſome of the ſucceeding prieſts of Eleazar 5 Line, towards that other Line which had long ſrood in competition with them, and had for a ſea- ſon got away the Prieſthood from them. For this Text only Ie- lates the matter of FaQ, but doth not expreſs an Approbation
_ CHAP. II
1m*s : he knows not Gods woice, but thinks it
e Lord calleth Samuel three tim*s : he . go b be Eli who calls him runsto him, who inſtrus him, T, —9g. At - the fourth call he anſwers, 16. God acquainteth Samuel with the de- Fruion of Eli's houſe, 1114+ Samuel in the morning diſcovers it
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to Bli at his requeſt * Eli's ſubmiſſion, 15, 18. All Irael acknowledgeth Samuel for a prophet, 19, 21.
ND che child Samuel miniſtred unto the LORD before Eliz: and the word of the LORD b was precious c in thoſe days : there as no open vilion 4.