are ſometimes called gods in Scripture ſo their P laces and _— be fitly called their SR » Wiich properly is {wth mw eminent Star, which uſhers in the Sun and the Morning ; but " ere metaphorically taken for the high and mighty King of By. 50 And It 1Sa very uſual thing, both in Proptetical ar:d in Hog ane Writers, to deſcribe the Princes and Porentates of th- : orld under the Ticle of the Sun or ſtars of Heaven. Some un- ——_ this Place of rhe Devil ; to whom indeed it may be my. ically applied : Bur as he is never called by this Name 1n Scrip= 6g lo it cannot be literally meant of him, but of the King of Ba- ye0n, as 18 undeniably evident from the whole Context, which cer- tainly ſpeaks of one and the ſame Perſon, and deſcribes him as Plainly as words can do it. z The Title of ſon 1s given in Scripture _ only to a Perſon or Thing begotten or produced by another but alſo 1n general to any thing which is any way related ro another: in which ſenſe we read of a ſon of Stripes, Deut. 25. 2. the ſon of & night, Jonah 4.10. a ſon of Perdition, Joh. 17. 42. and, which is more agreeable to the preſent Caſe, zhe ſons of Arfurus, Job 38;
Z2. 13 For thou haſt ſaid in thy heart, T will aſcend into
b ; Iwill fit alſo upon the mount of the congregation c, in the ſides of the North d.
a I will advance my ſelf above the State of a weak and mortal Man. Great Monarchs are eaſily induced, by their own vain Ima. g1nations, and the Flattery of their courtiers, to entertain an Opi. nion of their own Divinity :. ſo far, that many of them haverecei- ved and required divine Worſhip to be paid to them. b Either, 1, above all other Kings and Porentates whom he hath ſer up ; or 2. above the moſt eminent Perſons of Gods Church and People, who are frequently called ftars, as Dar. 8. 10. Rev: 1. 16,20. and 12. tr. which tenſe the next words favour. c I will eſtabliſh my Royal Throne upon Mount $io, where the Jews meer together to wor- ſhip God. @ This is added as a more exact Deſcription of the Place of the Temple, which ſtood upon mount Moriah, which was north- ward from the Hill of Zion ſtrialy ſo called, and was a part ofthe Hill of Zion largely ſo called.See on Pſals 48. 2.
14 I will aicend above the heights of- the clouds e ; I will be like the moſt high f.
e To wit, into Heaven, as he ſaid ver, 13; f In the uncontrolla« bleneſs of my Power, and the univerſal Extent of my Dominion over all the earth,
15 Yet thou ſhalt be brought down to hell, to the ſides of the pit.
16 They that ſee thee,ſhall narrowly look upon thee g, and conſider thee, ſaying, is this the man that made the earth þ to tremble ; that did ſhake king- doms ? g As hardly believing their own Eyes,becauſe this Change ſeem- ed impoſſible to them. þ All the Nations of the Earth.
17 That made the world as a wilderneſs,and deſtroys | 0:, 4 z0t let bs
priſeners * Whereby he ſignifies both his irreſiſtible power, and his conti- oy "_
ed. the cities thereof; rbat || opened not the houſe of his priſoners * ?
nued Cruelty. He neither was willing to give them any Liberty
or eaſe, nor could any force him to do it. ; 18 All the kings of the nations, eve» all of them 7 lis
in glory, every one in his own houſe &,
; Other Kings moſt commonly do, asthe Word 2!! is frequent- ly uſed. & Are buried in their own Sepulchres, having ſtately Monumeats ereQed to their Honour and Mc<mory.
I9 But thou art caſt out of thy grave /, like an abo- minable branch mz : and as the raiment » of rhoſe that are ſlain, thruſt through with a {word,that go down to the ſtones of the pit o, as a carcaſe trodden under
I Or, caft from thy grave or burying-place. Which very probably hapned to Belſbazzar, who was flain in the Night, Dame! 5. 39- When his People had neither opportunity nor heart to beſtow an honourable Interment upon him, and the Conquerours would not 2” Like an uſeleſs and rotten T'wig ot2 'Tree, which he that pruneth the Trees cutteth off, and caſteth
away with abhorrency, and ſuffers to lie rotting more and more upon the Ground : Or, like a degenerate Plant of a noble Vine, \ which is abominable. » Which, being cut and mangled, and be- ſmeared with mire, and defiled with Blood, was caſt away with contempt, and abominated asan unclean thing, as it was 1 divers reſpe&s, in that Age and State of the Church. 0 Which Perſons
being ſlain, they, rogether with their Garments, are caſt inro ſoms ſuch Bodies are
Pit. He ſaith, to the Fones of the Pir, either becauſe
commonly thrown into the next pits, and pits were f.equently made by digging Stones out of their Quarries ; OT becaultec _ uſually are a great number of Stones in the botcoms of Pits, _ ” naturally, or being caſt in thither upon divers occaſions; and when dead Bodies are caſt in thither, men uſe to throw an heap of Stones
f i Carcaſs, Or, this mg4t upon them: p Neglefted like fuch a Carcals O ef
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People 7: * the ſ:cd of evii doerss ſhal never be renown».
0 #JoÞ1®” edjr. Naka: q Not in place:for ſo rhe Kings of ſeveral Nations d:d, not uſe ' 3-25, to be joynedin tie ſam Sepulchre ; but in Condition, riot be 8:& 109. buried as they are, 7 Fhou haſt exerciſed great Tyranny and 13 Crueity, nor on'y to thine Enemies, but even to thine own Sub-
7-6 Cha p. XIV 1s put Synecdochi-ally for a oreat 6 's ix of God executing his « Day ae tem 1 | 27 For the LORD ef hofts hath * who ſhal diſanul ;#? and his hand is ftre | who ſhal turn ic back '? | gk 2 28 In the yea }; K þ fe. J Y D 23:13». year that *kittz Ahaz died, was this bur- PC3347. den /. Prov:rg.2t |
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