» To wit, by the influences of his Government upon his people under him. Burt this phraſe dothmuch better agree to Chriit, who wasyetro come,ond = did come down from Heaven, and brought or ſent down from Heaven his Do&rine, which is ofr comp? red to Rain,and the ſweet and powerful Influences of his Spirit. 0 Which it both refreſherh and improveth, or cauſeth to grow and flouriſh, and therefore was very - acceptable, eſpecially in Canaen, where Rain was more ſcarce, and more neceflary than in many other pla- ces, becauſe of the ſcorching Heat, and the natural dryneſs of the Soyl, and the want of Rivers to overflow, or water the Lznd.
7 In his days fþall the righteous flourith p, and abun-
dance of peace + ſo long as the moon endurerh. p As the wicked ſhall be diſcountenanced and puniſhed,ſo good Men ſhall be encouraged and advanced, ard multiplyed. 9 1. e. Aslong as time and the World ſhall laſt. Which neither was nor could be true of Solomen, who lived not long, and the Peace of whoſe Kingdom was ſadly diſturbed, and in a manner wholly loft preſently atter his Death, bur was undoubtedly and eminently ac- Contethcd in Chriſt, who brought peace upon Earth, Luke 2. 14+ . and left it as his Legacy to his Diſciples, John 14: 27+ $ He thall have dominion alſo from ſea to ſea r, and
from the river 5 unto the ends of the earth *. r Either, 1. From the Dead Sca, or the Lake of Sodom, or from the Red Sca, -to the Midland Sea. For 1o far did Solomm s Domi- 'nion extend : But ſo did Davids alſo ;and therefore in that Reſpe&t "Solomen hath not that Pre-eminence, which this Promiſe plaioly " ſeems to give him above his Predeceſſours. Or 2. More generally from one Sea to anorher, or in allthe ie of the habirable World. So it was truly and fully accompliſhed in Chriſt, and in him only. s To wit, Euphrates: Which was the Eaſtern border of the King- dom of Canaan allotted by: God, Exod. 23. 31. Numb. 34 3: but enjoyed only by David and Solomon, and afterwards by Chrift. Of whoſe Kingdom this may be here mentioned, as one of the Borders; Partly, becauſe the Kingdom of Chrift is here deſcribed under the Type and ſhadow of Solomon's Kingdom, whoſe bounds this was: And partly, becauſe though Chriſt's Kingdom did for a time extend it ſelf beyond Euphrates, yet the chicf part, and al- moſt the whole Body of it, both did and doth ly on this ſide of it ; And things do generally receive their Denomination from the reateſt part» # Either, 1. Of the Land of Canaan. Or, 2. Of
the World. 9 They that dwell in the wilderneſs « (ball bow be-
fore him : and his enemies ſhall lick the duſt x. | # In ſolitary places: Even rude and barbarous people, who 1i- ved withoutOrder andGovernment among themſelves: Of which ſort great numbers ſubmitted to Chriſt, and received the Goſpel. *'i. e, Shall proſtrate themſelves to the ground, in token of Re- verence and Subje&ion, as the Cuſtome of the Eaſtern people was.
See Iſa 49. 23. Mich. 7.17. : 10* The Kings of Tarſhi(h and of the iſles y (hall bring preſents : the Kings of Sheba and Seba x (ball offer gifts. 5 Or, Of the Sea ( as Tarſbiſ 1s underſtood, 1 Kings 22. 48. Pſalm 48. 7.) and, ( Or, that is:For that ConjunQtion is oft uſed * Exegetically) of the 1/5. i» e. Of remore Countries, to which they uſed to go from Canaan by Sea; All which are frequently-cal- Jed //fes in Scripture, as hath been noted before. The Kings that Rule by Sea / area Solomon had no great Power ) or by Land. z Two Arabian Countries: Unleſs the one be Arabia, and the other
Ethiopia bzyond Egypt. k
b Yea, all Kings ſballfall down before him: all Na-
; tions ſhall ſerve him 4. ;
\ s Which cannot be ſaid of Solomon with any Truth or Colour, KL] but was unqueſtionably verified in Chriſt ; Of whom therefore thi; / muſt be on For what is ſaid, r Kings 4. 21. that Solon
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*Pſ45.1 26 and 68.29.
Egypt : Whereas the Expreſſions here are un-
the River unto __* Hmited andaniverſal. & | '® Job 29- x2 For he *ſhall deliver the needy when he cryeth : 42. © the poor alſo, nd him that hath no helper 6. \. b. The Fame of his juſt and merciful Government ſhall induce | multirudes either to put themſelves under him, or to ſhew great - Reſpe& and Reverence to hime -.- + I3.: He (hall ſpare the poor FE uls c of the needy. c Properly ſo called; this being Chriſt's proper Work to ſave Souls; Or, the Lives, which Oppreſſours ſhall endeavour to take _ aWayYe : Di. 14 He ſhall redeem their ſoul from deceit and violence 2 and * precious (ball their blood be in his fight e. d The two ways whereby the Souls or Lives of Men are uſually deſtroyed. - e He will not be prodigal of the Lives of his Subje&s. '* caſting them away meerly to gratifie his own Revenge, or Cove- * touſneſs,or inſatiable Deſire of enlarging his Empire, as earthly : Kong, commonly do, bur like a true Father of his People, wall tenderly preſerve them, and ſeverely avenge their Blood upon thoſe . who! ſhed: it-_ b SO F THeb.one,, 15 Andhe ſhall live f, and to him + ſhal ] be given of | hal give. the gold of Hhebag ; prayer alſo ſhall bz made for him 5 | * continually, and daily ſball he bepraiſed. | F To wit, long and proſperouſly, as S)omen did ; yea Eternally,
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as Chriſt did Other Kings muſt loſe both their Lives and King.
and his Kingdom ſhall have no end. g As a Preſent, or Tribute: This was done to Solomon, 1 Kings 10+ 15. and to Chriſt, Marth. +; 11. and afterwards as need required- Although ſuch Expreflions as theſe being uſed of Chriſt and his Kingdom, are commonly un. derſtood 1n a Spiritual Senſe. h His SubjeQts hall be obliged and excited by his righteous and happy Government, to pray heartily and frequently for him ; Either, t. For Solomon. Or, 2. For Chriſt - nor ſo much for his perſon, which needed not their prayers, a for the prote&tion and propagation of his Kingdom and Goſpe} and Intereſt in the World. :
I6 There ſhall be an handful of corn z in the earth & upon the top of the mountains /; the fruit thereof ſhall ſhake like Lebanon mm, and they of the city » (ball fou-
riſh like graſs of the earth 0.