[Chap NXV. 3 $ £ F & © Chap, XXV- were generally gathered together at Jeraſalem, to theirdolemn Feaſt, | 5 'Pnuu {halt bring down the noiſe 5 of ſtrangers & when T tw c:me and beſieged, and after 1:m2 time rook and de- 245 the heat in a dry »! : 1 wr Ss ſtroyed them. Which was a very remarkable Hand of God, as Joje- d fa cl ] - + at regs with the ſha. obo and other Hiſtorians obſerved. And I know nothing to the |49W of acloud?; the branch w of the terrible ones ſhal conrrary, but this very ching may be meant in this place; ir being be brought low. | confeſſed, that divers Paſſ:ges of this Ciavrer concern che times of | #7 Thetumultuous noiſe, as the Word properly ſignifies, which ; the Mefiah. 1 As Ma efaftors, whici a'e taken in ſeveral Piaces, |he called their b/eft in the foregoing Vertc ; by which he means are uſuilly broughc to one common Priſon, where they are reſerve | their Rage and furious Attemprs, which are commonly maraged edin ord-r to their Trial and Puniſhment, m Either, x in Judg- | with much noiſ: and clamour. & Of thoſe ſtrange ard Heathen Na» ment, as viſing is oft uizd. So the ſenſe is, Affeer they have been | rions thar fought againſt Gots People. 1 Wit: 2s much eaſe as punithed with long I:nprifonment, and tormented with Expettati- thou doſt in tne courſe of chy common Providence ailay the Hear on and fear, they ſhal be brought forth to receive condign Puniſh- |of a dry Seaſon «nd Place, either by the ſhadow of thy Clouds, or ment. Or, rath:r, 2- in Mercy. And ſo the ſenſe may be either, | by the Rain which f:Heth from black and ſhadowy Clouds, w The w | 1. After the Jews ſhal have ſuffered many and grievous things from | A:m or Power, as a Branch is tae Arm ofa Tree. Or, the Prince
the Afſrians, Chaldeans, Perſians, and o hers, at laſt their M:ſſiah and |or Commanders : for the Word brench is ſome. imes put for a pers
] Deliverer ſhal come into rhe World, &c. Or, 2. After the Unbe- | ſon of eminent place and pow-r, as Pſal: 892; v5. Iſs" 4. 2: Zech: | lieving and Apoſtate Jews ſha: have been ſhut up in Unbelicf, and | 3: 8. and 6: 12. Bur others render the Word, the ſong, as it is us 7 ” : Fa . . . . . . 2 ,
in great Tribulations for many Ages together, they ſhal be convin- |{ed Cart, 2. 12, their jovial and triumphant Song.
ced of their Sin in crucifying their Meſſiah, and brought home to | 6 And in this mountain » (hal * the LORD of hoſts « Pro:g
God and Carift by true Repentance. make unco-ail | n | . i
- people oa feaſt of fatthings p, a feaſt of Mar:22:4- | 23 Then the * moon (hal be confounded, and the |; .. the lees q, of fat things fuli o #6 He of ©*. Mt! ſun aſhamed », when the LORD of holts o ſbal reign |; ... ©. the lees well refined : +c.1310jn mount Zionand in Jeruſalem p, and || before his an-
re 32: Te ,.: . » In Mount Zion, to wit, in Gods Church, which T: very fres [2:31 Cents 9 glor touſly F. : : quent!y meant by the Names of Zien ant Jeruſalem, both in the op 5 k * n The Sun and moon are here conſidered either, i. as they were a= [Old and in the New Teſtament. o Both Jews and G- ntiles, who