m My Church,which is oft compared to a Vineyard, and is here oppoſed to Solomon's Vineyard.Ir is much doubred and diſputed whe. ther this verſe be ſpoken by Chriſt or by rhe Spouſe; the firſt clauſe leems to agree beſt to the former, and the following clauſe to the latter.Poſſibly the difficulty may be reconciled by aſcribing the firſt clauſe to Chriſt,and the latter to the Spouſe:ſuch interlocutions bee ing familiar in this Book,and in other Writings of this kind, » This Repetition is not idle, but very emphatical to ſhew that Chriſt had amore eminent and ſpecial title to his Vineyard, the Church, than S:lomon had to his Vineyard, becauſe it was purchaſed not by bis Money, but by his Blood, and becauſe it was his, not only for the thort time of this preſentyLife, as So/omor's was,bur to all Eternity. 0 Is under my own Eye and Care,and is not wholly committed to the Care and Management of others,as Solomon's was; 1 the Lord ds keep it night and day, as we read, Iſa: 27: 3. Iam with it to the end of the worid, Mat. 28. 20. p Theſe are the Churches return to Chriſt, who is here called Solomon, as he was: 3: 9. 11. as elſewhere he is called Dav:d. Doſt thou,O Chriſt,keep thine own Vineyard, which Solomen did not ? Then ſurely it is meet that thou ſhouldſt receive,8& thou ſhalt r:ceive as large a Revenue from thy Vineyard, as he did from his, q Though the. chief Revenue belongeth, and is ' juſtly gie ven to thee, yet thy Miniſters, who ſerve thee in thy Vineyard,ſhal have, and are allowed by theeto receive ſome encouragement for their ſervice. See 1 Cor. 9. 7» | 13 Thou that dwelleſt rin the gardens s, the compa« nions 7 hearken to thy voice «** cauſe me to hear ;7 x.
y The Hebrew word is of the feminine gender, which plainly ſheweth that Chriſt ſpeaks here to his Spoute, being about to depart from her for a ſeaſon, as the next verſe ſheweth, «s Not in the Wile derneſs of the World, for Believers are choſex or called out of the World,
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14 | * Make haſte, my beloved, and be thou like toaroe, or toa young hart upon the mountains of + Bb ſpices Je away).
y Seing we muſt part for a time, make haſte, O my beloved *Revy. 22} Bridegroom, and ſpeedily finiſh the work which thou haſt to do in
the World,that ſo thou maiſt rake me to thy ſelf, that 1 may live 1n thine everlaſting embraces. The words of this verſe are borrowed
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CHAP: L | Judih's Sins. 1,4. her Judgments : 5 9. ber Worſhip is vejefFed, TO» 15. Exhortations to Repentance « Promiſes of Grace and Mercy : threat- nings of fore Judgments : and complaints by reaſon of their Backſlidings 16-31. : He Vifion « of Iſaiah the Son of Amoz b, which he ſaw c concerning Judah and Jeruſalem &, in the days of Uzziab, Jotham, Ahaz, aud Hezekiah e, Kings of ſudah. BD z Or, The Viſions ; the word being here colleQively uſed, as 1t 1s ch. 22. 1. 1 Sam. 31+ The ſenſe is, This is the Book oftne Viſions or Prophecies. As Prophets were Called Seers, 1Sam. g. 9. ſo Pro- Phecies are called Viſions becauſe they were as clearly and certainly repreſented to the Prophets minds, as bodily Objetts are to mens eyes. bFither the Brother of AmaziabKing of fudah,as the Hebrew ; 3h Writers fincy : Or, rather ſome other perion then well known. c 2 7. e. Forelſaw and foretold. But he ſpeaks,after the manner of the Prophets. of things ro come, as if they were either paſt or preſent d Pcincipally bur not excluſively. For he Prophetieta allo con- cerning Egypt and Babylon, and divers other Countries z which yet he doth with reſpe& to Judah. e In the time of their Reign. Whence it may be gathered, that 1/aiah exerciſed his Prophetical Office above fifty years together, See 2 Kings 15. and 16.
*Den;32:2 >, * Hear, O Heavens and give ear O Earth f; for the
up 4 _ Lord hath ſpoken g, Thave nouriſhed and brought up Ezzk:36:4; Children þ, and chey have rebelled againſt me. fHe direð his ſpeech ro theſe ſenſeclets Creatures, that there- by he might more awaken and affe& the 1/raclites, whom he hereby proclaimerh to be ſo dull and ſtupid that they were paſt hearing, and therefore he gives them over as deſperate, and calleth in the } whole Creation of God to bear witneſs againſt them. g This is his | Plea againit them, of the equity whereof he 1s willing that all the Creatures ſhould be Judges, h1I firſt made thema People, and un- til this time I have ſuſtainedand bleſſed them adove all other Na- ; tions.
2 * The Ox knoweth his Owner, and the Afs his Maſters Cribs : but Iſrael doth not know &, my Peeple
doth not conſider.
; The moſt ſtupid brute beaſts acknowledge and obey their Lord and Benefaftor, as experience ſheweth. k To wir, me their Own- erand Maſter, which is eaſily and neceſſerily underſtood out of the former Clauſe. Knowing 1s here takea praQtically,as it 1s uſually in Icripture, and includ-s reverence and obedience.
4 Ah 1 ſinful Nation, « People + laden with iniqui- ty 22, a ſeed of evil-doers », children that are corrup- eb, of;e.. (G15 0) they have forſaken the LORD p,they have pro- | ” 1. O;, Yoked the holy One of Iſrael unto anger q, they are | ſnarated, gone away backward r. Pal, 58:3 #4 This Particle implies both his wonder, and anger, and grief,