Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 813

: : ; 2 \, Chap. XIX5 : | K I N G $& e Chap. XIX.' did nor only for hisown fake, that he might be freed from his great | were paſt, he proſecutes his Journey, and goeth on to the mouth | Fears and Troubles ; bur eipecially from his Zeal for Gods Glory, } of the Cave, and there ſtands till. Or, the words may be rendred which he ſaw was and would be dreadfully eclipſed by the relaple } Afrer ( as Yau is elſewhere uſed ) he was gone out, and ſtand.ng inthe of the 1jraelites into Idolarry, and by Ejavs Death, it it hould be moth of the Cave : which may be mentioned as the reaſ:n why he procurcd by the hands of Jezebel, or of the Worſhjppers of Baal; and | covered his Face, becauſe now he wanted the ſhelter of the Cave. therefore he wiſhed to dic in peace, and by the Hand of God. KI ' c What before he ſpake by an Angel, he now ſpeaks to him again have lived long enough for thy Service, and am nor like to do thee immediately. any more agen FRO " Words _ m__ _—_— — uy ! 14 Andhe ſaid, I have been very jealous for the ood upon thelc un{table and incorrisitble people. at] thou!id | ; | 3.3. jAaeSs. in Life, when other Prophets 6? 5 _ gone before me, HIRE God of hoſts: becauſc the children of Iſrael have have loſt their Lives by Jezebel, or other perſecutors. orſaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and 5 And as he lay and ſlept under a Juniper-tree, be- {lain chy prophets with the ſword ; and I, even I only hold then, an angel touched him, and ſaid unto him, | amlefr, and they ſeek my life, co take it away. Ariſe and eat. 15 And the LORD {aid unto him, Go, return on thy il 6 And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baken | way 4 tothe wilderneſs of Damaſcus: and when thou +Hcb. On the coals, and acruſe of water at his + head : and he comeſt, anoint Hazael rs be king over Syria e, : fr. did eat and drink, and laid him down again. = OT _—_ _ en = _ way from Horeb ; "OT cus. oint ; Either, Firſt, Figuratively, 1. ce. appoint Y And the angel of the LORD came again the ſecond declare him King 3 which was done, 2 joke 8: = For Hh Word time and touched him, and ſaid, Aiite, and car, becaulc | i; oft uſed of them who were never anointed with Oil, P/al: 45; 7: the journey x too great for thee m. Iſa: 45: 1: and «G1. 1. Zech. 4 14. Dan. g. 240 Or, Secondly, Pro- mi. e. Above thy ſtrength, now eſpecially when thou art faint, | Perly 3 which mighr be done, though it be not related. Again, and weary. and faſting. ns : gy egy thy ap ; or, by another : for ſo he anointed Fehu 8 And he aroſe, and did eat and drink; and went un Þ ?Y 9 2 8787 9. I 6. FRE FPS - Y the ſtrength of that meat » * fourty days ard fourty 15 And * Jehu the fon of Nimſhi f ſhalt thou anoint 2 Kings Se Deut. EY O " ts be king over Iſrael : and * Eliſha g the ſon of Shaphat 7,237 9.9, 18. nights, unto * Horeb o the mount of God. f Abel-Metol ea: -S Apnat* Luke 4. Mat. 4.22 » God giving that Food a far greater and more dural le vertue | © Ci-MC1.O1An, inalt thou anoint 70 be prophet in thy 27. called *FExcd. than ordinary. o He wandrcd hither and rh:ther tor qo days, ii. | VOM. 3 1, at laſt he came to Horev, whici in the dire Road wasnot wbove 3 f 1. e. His Grand-ſon, for he was the ſon of Jehoſaphat, 2 Kings 9, 2, or 4 days Journey. 35 Whom he conitituted Prophet, by caſting his Mantle over him, 9 4 And he came thither unto a cave, and iodged | tere, v. 'g. _ : there : and behold, the word oi the LORD came tOutm. 17 And it ſhall come to paſs, that him that eſcapeth and he ſaid unto tim, What doſt thou here p, £jjah ? che ſword of Hazael, ſhall Jehu ſlay : and him that eſca- p Aracit Reproof. This isnor thy proper place nor the fation | peth from the ſword of Jehu, ſhall Eliſha ſlay 5. in which I tet thee, which was in J-a-1, ro turn that back-'ud:ng h Here the order of times ſeems to be perverted ; for Eliſha was people, to which end I gave thee my heip, and wouid have pro- I a Prophet before Jehu or Hazael were Kings, and Hazael was King ceded ro affift thee further, if thou hadit continued there. Nor dic | before Jehu. Bur thar is of no moment as to the ſubſtance of the I give thee thoſe excellent Gifts to lie idle in this Wilderneis, but f thing threatned, which is only this, Thar one or other of theſe to employ them for thy peoples Good, whom now thou natt de- J ſhould intallibly execute Gods Judgments upon the Apoſtatical ſerted, and art come hither, not by my Cominand, vut tmough Þ [/-aelites. Eliſha is ſaid to ſlay them, either becauſe he flew thoſe 44 thy own Fear and Cowardile. Children, 2 Kings 2. 24. beſides others whom upon like occaſions he 10 Aud he ſaid, I have been very jealous for the might deſtroy 3 or, becauſe he by Gods appointment inflicted the LORD Go4 of voſts q: for the chiidren of Iiraei have Seq pay _—_ by nag OF orien ww LioG yr of | HSE. , - 49. 2+ ; 1; 16; an 4 $6 is Cuttings for {lakenthy covenant, chrow a down tl oo Gees, and 21 ophecies and Threatnings of Gods Judgments: a prophets * *Rom.11- flain rhy prophets witi the ſwo:d : 2nd * L, even L only \ ig laid to pull down and 19 deftroy what they only declare and foretel 4 Chap. am lefr/, and they {eek my iife to take I. dWay 7, ha:l be pulled down, Oc. Hazael began to ilay them before Jehu 18. 22. q T have not b-en wholly wanting to my Vocation, but have |. 45 King, 2 Kings 8; 28: though his Cruelty was much increaſed vi executed my Office with Zea) for Gods Honour and Service, and | afterward, * 2 107 32: and 13: 1, 2,3. and Fchs deſtroyed thoſe | with the hazard of my own Lite z and am fl.:d hirhcr, not being whom Hazae! did nor. as King foram himſelf, and Ahaziah, and his | able to endure to ſee the Diſhonour done to thy Name by then | +2 Brethren, 2 Kings 9: 24, 27. and 10. 14. all the near Relations ; obſtinate Idolatry and Wickediueſs, r Thoſe which were cre&ed | 2t wicke!! bas. OI ; { | for thy Worthip in High-places, which they did nor deſtroy, becautc 18 * Yec | [ have left #5 me ſeven thouſand & in Iſrael, F Rome they were to bc abolithed by thy Command, Deus; «2: but our of Þ all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal,and every 1M. 4. - - meer contempt and oppolition againſt thee, and theretore they wut- mouth which hath noe kiiled him / || Or, 1wil fered the Altars of Baal to ſtand. ſ To wir, of all thy Prophets, 1 - Or. 1 hove reli ar. Thos b G frank ' leave. mean, which do boldly and publickiy plead thy Caule : tor the reſt Fo rt” MOT - he &r "< wht, 3 oh ae x Bu ar of thy Prophets who are nor lain, hide themlitives, and dare not Ws OP, 17 _— % h » m_— OS = 1 ea £02 = Or appear to do thee any Service. #1 deſpair ofdoing them any good : | 520.47, "6h atone, YA ainhsg a+ oder ws a wh ng a for inſtead of receiving my Teſtimony, they huuc for my L:te. 1 wi{ (ſerve, from the ſlaughters laſt mentioned and from Jezebels Bae 4 | Rage. & Either, definitely ſo many : or rather, indefinitely, for 11 Andhe {aid, Go forth, and ſtand upon rhe mount | inazy thouſands3 the number of ſeven being oft uſed for a great before the LORD. And behold, the LORD paſſed by «, | 2umber, as Lev. 26. 18. Pjal 12.6. Mc. 5.5. Zech. 3 9. Luke 17. 4. "Ezck. and a * great and ſtrong wind rent the mounraius, and For it is alrogether improbable that all the Jraclires, except 70oo, ons WO _ , did worſhip Baal :.except Bal be here Synecdochically pur for all. -4.837- brake in pieces the rocks x before the LORD ; but the | their Idols, and the Calves among others. li e. All thoſe who have 9 LORD was not in the wind ”: and after ti.e wind en nor worthipped Baal, nor profeſled Reverence or SubjeRion to him : earthquake ; but the LORD was notin rhe earthquake. which Idolaters did to oo Idols, ——_ the Knee, Row. 11: 4. « Either, Firſt, By his Harbingers : for. as ir follows the Lo-o | COMPAate Row. 144 55% 8 L +4 Ang Wy iſting them, or by kiſſing was nor yetthere. Or, Secondly, Himſelf. And fo this is a brief | Hand with their Mourh, before them, and in reſpe& rothem.;; q "fee Nl 58 ROT 4g a: | of which mention is made both in Scripture, as fob 31. 26, 27, and general Deicriprion of the thing, after which the manner of it F, + and in Pour, ui Fn 44s 1s particularly explained. x Wheteby he both prepares E/jah to __ ys wean 1 Cod ck = GE on * «ape receive this Diſcovery of God with greateſt Humility, Reverence, | P'® "an oo mak __ © ſuf "ans Fro . =— Ve. ne I wp and Godly Fear ; and fignifies his Ainnghrty and Irreirſftible Powe1, Mz. He _— 14ol, 6x near g DE Bl hor nn = to break the ha:deſt Hearts of the 1jra-lites, and to bear down al. G Ty: _ © W "ts _ ou ra ry Deg m7] "he win oppoiition that was or ſhould be made againſt him in the Diſcharge | 5. pity be hs 74 -i gr ay" ns a of his Office. y The Lord did not vouchtate his Special and Gracious | 22 20ne Tor tus peopte The h OY = found 'EER S Preſence ro Elijah in that Wind, where he confidently expe&ed Þ _ 19 4 So he departed t ENCE, ana TOUnN Eliſha the him : which poſſibly was, Either, Firſt, To qualine the excefhive fon of Shaphar, who was plowing with twelve yoke of Fervour and Paſſion of E!tjah, which mixed it ff with his Zeal tor | zxey before him, and he with the twelve 2: and Elijah God, and ro make him more mid in bs Centres, and moreme:k | paſſed by him, and Caſt his mantle upon him #, might ſooner expe& (ods Preſence and biciled Succeſs, than in the b Ho had dap CE NOnns: gp ins be chanted Stoim of Anger or Impatience. Or, Secondly, To teach him not 9, b edn q < oor" a; þ ES ere Mz _ - wird to w-nder if God did not accompany his terrible Adminiſtration at jms Far ys 8 wot +7 Soaprcy; Ragkes ” Fl ms 5 wo TH Mount Carmel with the Preſence of (is Grace, to turn the hearts of = days; : TRIES es Oe _ CE © ! the 1ſraelirzs to himſelf, as he deſired, bur God for wiſe and juſt po Ceremony conferring _— —_ = ce of a Prop ty eb Reaſons ſaw fit to deny, Gud was pleated ro accempany with the Gifts and Graces of his 12 Ard af he earthonake.s fire: hu che FED Spirit, whkerewith he endowed and qualified him for it. The Mantle 2 {4119 Alter Ne eartnquake,anre 3 ur tne h AT] was the utual Habit of the Prophets. See 2 Kings. x. 8- Zech. 14. 4. not 1n the fire : and after the hire a {til ſmall VOICC &. Bur whether he did allo Anoint him, is uncertain. Sce the Note z Wherein it is implicd That God was preſent. Which perad- | on Yerle 16: PE ho (gn PO was to AP ror God RED Pr wy work in _ my og 20 And he left the OXCNn, and ran after Elijah 0, and *Marth.$ iN MIS OWN tine, 707 by might r power, but by hz own ſpirit, Zech: 4: 6: . K , 37 : ——— ' which moves with a Bats? ban yet with a ſweet of gentle Gate. _ P, = Fear: I gh, rey _ Wn: 21, 22. |, þ 4 13 Anditwes/e, when E:ijah hear zt, that he wrapped | © G — — " £ 17S ry 1 ; E.lal = IN, + Heb. Gog his iace in his mancle @, anu went out, and ftood in the | | G0 back agzin 7 ; for what haye 1 done to theeſ? rewn. fa antelis ts of cling þ « heb F : 5 o Being powerfully moved by Gods Spirit to follow E!/ 52h, and n ritg 111 © WwW CAVEY. ang ehold, there Came a VOICE who!ly to give up himſclf to his FunCtion-, p Or, but be ſaid : or, yet ; unto him, andlaid, What dolt tt;ou hete, Eiijah c ? he ſaia. q i.e. Bid them farewell by rhe uſual: Ceremony, See a Through Horror and Dread f Gods preienice, being ſenſible | Gen. 29. 11. and 31+ 28. 4#s 20. 37., rAnd take thy leave of them, - that he was neicher worthy no+ able ro wdure the fithr of God | as thou deiireſt, and then return to me again». Either. Firſt, To with op:n face. Compare Gen: 16. 13: with Exod; 3: 6 6b Which | hinder thee from pertorming thar Office. , Thar Employment to God cominauded him to do ; and as he was going towards tac | which 1 have cailed rhee, doth nor require an Alienation of thy mouth of the Cave, he was atfright-d and ſtopped in his court, by | Heart from thy Pai ents, nor the roral negiect of them. Oc, Secondly,