Shalmaneſer, who took Samaris,& carried 1/rael into Captivity, 2 Kings 17: 5, 6. Of which Calamity, though yer ro come, the Prophet ſpeaks as if it were paſt, as the manner of the Prophet is. g In that part of the Land which bordereth upon the Sea, to wit, the Lake of Geneſarech, which is very commonly called a S-#,as Mat:4.18 John 21: 1, &c. and upon which the Portions of Zebulun and Naph- zali bordered. h Or, on this ſide Jordan ; for this Prepoſition 1s u- ſed both ways, and this Land might be ſaid to beeitaer beyond or on this fide Jordan, indivers reſpe&s. 7 Or, Galilee of the Gentiles,to wit, the Upper Galilee, ſo called, becauſe it bordered upon the Gentiles, But this laſt Clauſe, and the two foregoing Clauſes, are otherwiſe rendred and interpreted by divers Learned Men, as a Prophecy concerning the Light of the Goſpel tiart ſhould ſhine in thoſe parts. As as the firſt time ( towit, in the former Ages of the J1/raelitiſb Church and Commonwealth ) he made the Land of Zebulun and rhe Land of Naphtali vile or contemprible ( as he might be faid to have done, partly by putting thoie People at ſo great 2 diſtance from his Sanctuary, partly by expoſing them to ſome Calamities which other Tribes eſcaped,and partly by denying them thoſe Honours 8& Priviledges which he afforded to other Tribes, of which ſee John 7. 52, Out of Galilee ariſcth no Prophet; and John 1: 46. Can any good thing come 0:t of Nazareth? which was art eminent City of Galilee ; ) fo in the latter orlaft time ( to wit, in the days of the Mefih, or of the Goſpel, which are frequently ſo called in the Scriptures both of the Old and New Teſtament ) he made it, (i: e. he will make it,for the Prophet ſpeaks of things to come as paſt, as he doth moſt com» monly in this Prophecy ) glorious ( to wit, by Chriſt's firſt preach- Ec ingthe Goſpel in thoſe parts ) i or rcowards the way of the 82a ( to wit, of Galilee or Geneſareth ) beyond or on this ſide Jordan, in Galilee ofthe Gentiles. Which Interpretation IT thought fit to proe poſe, as deſerving farther Conſiderations.
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5 [| For every battel of the warriour is with confuſed Or wh noicec, and garments rolledin blood 4d; || but thisſhall :#e whol be with burning and + fewel offire. battel of
c With the triumphant Exclamatijons of the Conqueror, and the 947719% bitter Lamentations of the Conquered, and the differing Cries ofthe 98,84 ſame Perſons, ſometimes conquering, and ſometimes conquered, |; Or,ong d With great difficulty 2nd ſlaughter.e But this Vitory which Gods 1# 245, People ſhal have over all their Enemies, ſhal be more eaſfie to them, + Heb:
and more terrible to their Adverſaries, whom God will ſuddenly 77- and utterly conſume, as it were by Fire. |
6 For f unto us g achild his born ;,unto us a * ſon Jok.44 k is given 4, and the government m ſhal be upon his ſhoulder » : and his name ſhal be called o, Wonderful,
Counſellor p, The mighty God q, The everlaſting Fa- ther r, The prince of peace s. |
f Having ſpoken of rhe glorious Light, and Joy, and Viftory of Gods Pcople: he now proceeds to thew the Ground of it, and by what Perſon theſe things are procured. g Unto us Jews, of whom Chriſt was born, and to whom he was primarily ſent, Mat, 15. 24. for our Uſe and Benefit. þ The Mzſiab by the conſent of Interpre= ters, not only Chriſtian, bur Jewiſh : For ſo - the ancient Hebrew DoQors underſtood the Place,and particularly theChaldee Paraphraſts alchough the later Jews, out of oppoſition to Chriſt, wrelt it to Hes zekiah, Which extravagant Conceir, as it hath no Foundation at all in this or any other Text of Scriprure,and thefore may be rejec= ted without any further reaſon ſo it is fully confuted be the follows ing Titles, which are ſuch as cannot withour Blaſphemy and Non- ſence be aſcribed to Hezekiah, nor indeed to any meer mortal Man, as we ſhall ſee, Bur all the following Particulars do to truly and exaUtly agree ro Chriſt, that they canaot without great violence be alienared from him, or aſcribed to any other. # For, ſhall beborn as the Prophets generally ſpeak. &k So he determines the Sex of the Child, Or, the Sor, to wit, of the Virgin, of whom I ſpake before, Ch. 7.14« {Is freely and graciouſly given to us by God, Other
*Mat.4.i6 , * The people that walked / in darkneſs »z, have Eph; 5.14: ſeen » a great light : they that dwell in the land of the ſhadow of death o, upon them hath the light ſhined.
k The People of God, 1f-ael and Judah, and eſpecially _ of them mentioned in the foregoing Verſe. 1 In Mat.4.i6ait is ate. It ; $ : Ne ir pr rr Crntdy they hve | ular allo poem by Co, Bu Fe la 32bode, nly Waking 1 aarkne $15 More perilous an licting. J-hn 10. m To wit, of Iſrael or of Gods people. © f h ny »: The Expreſſion 1s general,and ſo may well comprehend both the -n6e » LEA ric bis hon 1s fe Pie, to whom he 1s i 6 hats « > Shoulders Duckneſs of Calamity, and-the Decknals of Iynoretice, anc Moone ur"? reat Nao Nh commonly laid upon ———— ny : : : - -n5 Should try, and Prophaneneſs; in which thoſe Parts were eminent'y in- | _ a If ie. be righely Aeon. -vpove's prom, _ volved, by reaſon of their great diſtance from Gods Sanftuary,and very heavy burden, requiring extraorcin-ry Core and a by cher Eequent Converſe with he Gentiles, who bordered upon | 157 geſeemial, Poſily here may bealfo Aliſon the wneh 7 - . » = al inz th ſis: f Go i#1en* befe - Fee at the coming ofthe Meſi#h. o Which notes both extream, and | ®igare pon the Shoniders of th ir Officer, ces 00. ahe Cn GREG, <r GREY Ds. Chriſt, which was laid upon his Shoulders, Jon 19: 17. which alſo was the way to his Kingdom or Government, Luke 24: 26. 6 Eic rher, 1, He thal becalled ; for Names are oft put for Perſens, as AffFs 1: 15, Rev: 3: 4. and 11; 13: or, 2+ His Name ſhal be; for, to be called in Scripture is off put for to be, as I have noted before on ch. 1: 26.and oft elſewhere.Bur this is not to be taken for a Deſcripti- of his Proper Name, by which he ſhould be commonly called, but
ugg 3 Thou haſt multiplied the nation p, and || not in- im, creaſed the joy 9: they joy before theer, accordingto
the joy in harveſt s, and as men rejoyce when they di- vide the ſpoil .