weary of their preſenr ood 19a and —_ diftruſt of Goo, : NROS Lang _ =_ omy Joie 0 | Do not approve of proteQion, deſigned to revolt from God,and from the Houſe of Da- a CORE he m—_— ed Deſign of making a Confederacy withthe Did, and ro put themlelves under the power and prote&ion of the King 0 NN : hat thing which they fear, thar,if they do not! Kings of Syr!a and Ira, Burt thereare no Foor-ſteps of any ſuch call in thy MOR, They: hal —_— be: deſtroyed by Def; n or Prattice of that People, And the following Clauſe of re choſe qu et nag againſt them, or thar God either can- Joycing in Rein, ©e, cannot with any colour be aſcribed to the Jews, not Gr WIL NO GEE |
| FP 4 13 Sandifis
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learned ones Chap. F Os, 4+
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Luke 2:34 the houſes of Iſrael q, Rom:9:33- 2 Pet: 2.8.
*©Mat: 21.
44. Luke 20.
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13 SanRifie the LORD of hoſts himſelf, and Ver
:m þe your fear n, and Jet him be your dread. 1 Give. him the Glory of his Power, and Goodneſs, and faithful- neſs, by truſting to bis Promiles for your Deliverance. » Let God, and not th: Kings of $1ris and Jrael, be the chief obje& of
your Fear: -
114 And he ſhal be your ſanQuary s: but for ® a ſtone of ttumbling, and for a rock of offence p to both for a gin,and for a ſnare to the
inhabitancs of Jeruſalem r. :
o A ſure refuge to all that cruly fear him, and relie upon him. p An occaſion of Sin and Ruine, at whom they will take offence and tumble, ſo as to fall and be broken, as ir is expreſled, v. 15.
To the two Royal Families of Iraellargely ſo called; that of Judab, to wit, the Houſe of David ; and that of Ephraim; or, to the two Kingdoms, that of the Ten Tribes, and that of the T'wo Tribes. r Which are diſtin&tly mentioned, as a very obſervable and wonderful thing, becauſe Jeruſalem was the Seat of the Tems: ple, and of Gods ſolemn Worſhip, where all the Means of Know- ledge atid Grace were in greateſt Power and Plenty, where the Thrones of Civil & Eccleſiaſtical Judicature were eſtabliſhed, where the moſt Wiſe and Learned Dofors had their conſtant or frequent abode. And that ſuch a Place and People ſhould reje&t Immanuel, or their M:{fiah, when he ſhould appear, was1o great and ſtrange an Occurrens;that the Predi&ion of it was highly neceſlary,leſt orher- wiſe when it came to paſs, it ſhould ſhake the Faith of all who did believe on him ; whereas now the Accompliſhment hereof was a notable Confirmation of their Eaith, and an Evidence that Chriſt was the true M:ſiab.
15 And many among them « ſhall * ſtumblers, and
fall, and be broken,and be ſnared,and be taken.
| *{Not all; for there ſhal be a Remnant, as was foretold, Iſa. 4.2. and 6. 13. t Ar that Scone or Rock, mentioned v. 14. This was accompliſhed at the coming of the M:ſias, whom the Jews rejeted to their own deſtruQion.
16 Bind up the ceſtimony, ſeal the law among my
T diſciples # »
Theſe are by the conſent of all Gods Words to the Prophet. By the teftimony and the law cr dofrine ( for ſo this Word is frequently taken ) keunderſtands one and the ſame thing, as he doth alſo, wv. 26," to wir, the Word of God, and eſpecially that which is the main Scope and Subſtance thereof the Do&rine of the Meſizs, which though now profeſſed by all the 1/2elitcs, thal be diſowned by the generality of them. when the Meſa ſhal come. Bind up and ſeal are to be underſtoodProphetically, Declare &propheſie that it ſhal be bound vp and ſealed; as 1/aiah is ſaid to make fat and to blind, &c. Iſa. 6. 10. and Jeremy to root out and pull down, &c. Jer. 1+ 10, when rhey foretell theſe Events. Moreover, bmd up and ſeal deſign the fame thing, and thart is, either 1. Security and certainty, as thiogs ars bound up or ſealed thatthey may not be loſt. So he ſignifies,
That although this DoQrine would be loſt among the Body of the
Iſraelites, yet it ſhould be preſerved among his Diſciples, Or, 2. Secreſie, as many things are bound up or ſealed that they may be hid from the Eyes of others, And ſo he informeth them, that this Do&rine now was and ſhould be hid in a great meaſure among all Gods People,even till the accompliſhment of it;and that even when it was accompliſhed, it ſhou!d ſtill continue to be as a Secret and My- ſtery, known indeed to kis true Diſcip!es, bur hid from the Body of the Nation, who would nor ſee it,and therefore ſhould be blind- ed by Gods juſt Judgment, that they ſhould not ſee it, as was pro- hefred, I. 6.9, 10. Or, 3. both Security and Secreſfie, ſignify- g, Thar it ſhould certainly be fulfilled, yet withal kept ſecret from the unbelieving Fews. For why may not theſe two be joyned in the Expoſition of this Text, as they were in,the Event ? By Gods Diſciples he means thoſe who were taught of God, as it is expreſſed. Iſa: 54. 13. where this very word is uſed ; or, every one that hath heard and learned of the Father, and therefore comecrh unto Chrift, as ts explained, John: 45.
17 And x.I will wait upon the LORD y that hideth his Faces from the houſe of Jacob z, and I will look
for him 6.
x Or, as this Particle is rendred, Jer: 2. 32, 35: and elſewhere, Yet notwithſtanding this dreadful Prophecy concerning the Unbelief and RejeCGion of I/rael, 5 I will refer my ſelf and this Matrer un- to God, cafring my Care upon him,and expecting the Accompliſhe ment of his Promiſe, in ſending the Miah, and in conferring upon me and all believing Ifaelires all his Mercies and Bleflings, to be procuret by and through his Blood and Merits z That now doth and threatneth rhat he will hereafter withdraw his Favour and
B:effing, as this Phraſe ſignifies, Pal. 10.1. and 27+ 9. and oft elſe- |
where. 4 From the Family or People of Jradl, b With an Eye of | Faith and Expectation, till his time cometh.
18 * Behold c, T and the Children 4d whom the Lord hath given me,are * for ſigns, and for wonders e in If-
mount Zion þ,