ewain he covered his feet &,and with twain he did flie g As Miniſters attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and ex:cute his Commands. e Certain holy and blefſed Angels,thus called from fire and burni:g, which this word properly fignifics : to. repreſent either, 1. their Nature, which is bright and glorious,ſub< £1}, and pure, and ſpiritual, like Fire; or, 2. their Property, of fervent Zeal forGods Service andGlory ; or,3z.theirOffice and pre= tent Fmployment which was toexecute Gods Vengeance upon the Jews, and toburn them up like Droſs. i Out of protound Reverence, as being fo ſenſible of the infinite diſtance between God and him,that he durlt nor preſume to look dire&'y upon him,and judg'd himſelf neither able nor worthy to behold the Brightneſs of his Glory, k Either, 1. his ſecret Parts, which ſometimes come under that name, as Deut: 28: 57: 1ſa. 7: 20: & 363 12: of which ſee more in my Latin Synopſis upon Exod:4: 25. And o this is done for our Inſtruction, to teach us Modeſty and Chaſtity : Or, 2. their Feet properly to called as that Word is generally uſed ; from which uſe we ſhould not de- part without neceflity, which, with ſubmiſſion ſeems not to be in this place. And fo this may ſignifie a ſenſe of their own natural, though not moral Infirmity, and a deſire thar God would not too :everely examine all their Ways and A&ions, which the feet com- monly ſignifie, becauſe though they did not ſwerve from Gods Com- mands, yet they were aot worthy of the acceptation, nor ſuitable to th2 Digniry ' of ſo glorious a Majeſty. 1 Which ſignifies cheir great forwardneſs and expedition 1n executing Gods Com- | ands. Compare Dan: 9: 21. Heb. th 3 And f onecried unto another w,and ſaid ' * Holy, 94 to thi
holy, holy » is the LORD of hoſts, + the whole carth Rev:4 3 0 is full ofhis glory p. a the m Singing in Crnſort the Praiſes of their Lord. » This is re- fulnels of pear=d thrice, either, x. to intimate the Trinity of Perſons unired ;he whole in the Divine Efſence 3 or. 2. that he was moſt eminently and un- ggr;h Jueitionably holy in his preſent Work of Judgment, and in all his :
.Wavs; ſuch R-peritions being verv frequent in Scripture, for the reater aſſurance of the thing, as Jer: 7: 4; Ezek: 21: 9. o Not only Ca-= naan, to which the Jews did vainly anc arrogan:ly confine the pre- "n-e of God, bur all the World : Which iecms to have a reipe& ro the Comvertion of the Gentiles, which did accompany the plenary and '-ſt Execution of his Judgment here threatned againft the Jew- ſh Nition, v. 1e. as isevident by comparing this with Mat: 13: 14, 15. O& Affs 28: 19, and other places of the New Teſtament, p OF ne Eff &s any D-monſtrations of his glorious Holineſs, as well as+ Feb: »f his Power. and Wiſdom, and Goodneſs, : threſbbold.. 4 And the poſts of thefdoor q moved at the voice of him that cried ry, and the houſe was filled with {moak 5.
q Together with the Door it (elf, as if the Door was fo be re. moved, and the Temple thereby to be expoſed to the view and rapine of Profane Perſons. Such violent Motions were commonly Tok-ns of Gods Anger. r To wit, the Angel, which cried, v. 3. s Which elſewhere 15a Token of Gods Preſence and Acceptance, as Exod: 40: 34; I Kings 8: 10: but here of his Anger,as P/al: :8: $; + Heb: cut and elſewhere. off.
5 Then ſaid I, Wo 3s me, for I am f undone, be- cauſe I am a man of unclean lips?, and I dwell in the
midſt of a people ofunclean lips « : for mineeyes have {een the king, the LORD ofhoſts x. t I am a greatSinner, as many other ways, ſo particularly by ny Lips, which being ina ſpecial manner conſecrated to God by ny Pr: -phetical Office, ſhould have been intirely devoted to him : Bur, alas! my Speeches, 'either ro God in prayer, or from God n Preaching and Propheſying to the people, have been mixed and icfiled with ſo much irreverence, dulneſs, diſtraftion of Thoughts ind Aff-Qions, cirnal Fear, and many other Infirmities, that I iread the thoughts of appearing before thy Judgmenr-ſeat, which { ſ-e eretted in this place. For Iſaiaþ has been a Propher before this rime, ehap:1:1: and was now called, not in general to bis Propherical Office, but to the delivery ofthis ſpecial Meſſage. « I am an unclean Branch of an unclean Tree ; and beſides my own Uncleanneſ:,I have both by my Omiſſions and Commiſſions involved
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Comforts aie wholly eclipſed, and their Hopes ace like the giving
my ſelf in the guilt of rheir Sins, and therefore may juſtly fear to part-k2 with them in their Plagues. x The fight of this glorious and holy God gives me cauſe to fear that he is come to Judgmenr againſt me, rogether with others, Whilſt Sinners are ſecure and preſumptuous. the hbolieft perſons have ever been filled with great $P 32 Revere
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nary Manifeſtation of Gods preſence. See Gen: 16: 13: Juag. 13: 23.
2m hand 2 live coal & in fis hand, which he had taken with the
ve cv: ,ongs from off the altar a, 3 By Gods Command. - z Both a Token and an Inſtrument of pu- Tification,as the next Verſe explains ir. « Of Burnt-offering, which ſtood in the Court of the prieſts near the '/porch, and which had al- ways Coals of Fireupon it, Levit: 6: 12,13. Hence he took it, to ſhew that Men areto expe& purification and expiation of ſin only by ſuch means as God hath appointed, and particularly by Chriſt, whom that Altar did manifeſtly repreſent, Heb. 13: 10, 7 And he flaid i: upon my mouth 6, and faid, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken
Heb. .:. away, and thy fin f purged. d,,or, + Slightly, ſo as only to touch my Lips, and not to burn them 3 Pigred, Which God could caſily effe&. c This isa Sign that I have pardon- ed and purged the Uncleanneſs of thy Lips,and do own and accept
thee as a fit Miniſter for my Service. : $ AlſoI heard the voice ofthe Lord, ſaying, Whom
Gen: 1:26: ſhall I ſend, and who will gofor *us ? Then faid I, +