ca buſed to Idolatry ; for theſe rwo were molt eminent Idols, & moſt |ſhal then be admitted to the participation of the ſame Priviledges my 1,.. generally worſhipped,-ſpecially in thoſe Eaſtera Countries, Der: 4: |and Ordinances. p A Feaſt made up of the muſt exquiſite and de- pH þut be g'0 19: and 17. 3.Job 31. 26, Oc. and ſo may be put for all Idols, |lic:te Proviſions : Which is manifeſtly meant of the Ordinances, » WW mhefore Þi5 hich were confounded by Chriſt at his coming as was foretold in | Graces, and Comforts given by God in and to his Church-q Which A Scripture, and verified by the Teſtimony of Ancient, yea even of |have continued upon the Lees a competent t.me,whereby they gain Heathen Hiſtorians : Or, 2. as they were the moſt eminent and | ſtrength, and afterwards drawn off from the Lees, and ſo refined, as glorious Lights of the World, and were oft uſcd, both in Scrip= | it isexplained in the nexr Clauſe. ; BE: cre andother Authors, 1 ſignif the gre Kings and Ptetares | 7 And he will + deſtroy inchis mouncain the face of F Heb', an 2 , . 1 . ſhal have further occaſion to remember. $o the ſenſe is, That all PR TROY caſt OVET all people, and the vail [{ that _— v4] Earthly Powers and Glories ſhould be obſcured with the far greater | 15 *PT cad over all nations. ——. a Splendor of Chriſ: the King of Kings, at wioſe Feet even the Kings r Which is put either, r. for the covering of the Face, by an Wl of the Earth ſhal fall down and worſhip,as we ſhal ſee in other parts | ©Palage, as ſilver of ſhekels is pur for ſhckels of (ilver, Lev. 5. 15.07, 2. of this Prophecy. os The Meſſiah, who, though Man, yet is alſo for the Covering or va:l, as the nexr Clauſe exp unds it, the Word God. and the Lord of Hoſts,and is ſo called, Zech: 2: 8, 11.p Shal face being oft ſuperfluouſly uſed in rhe Hebrew Language, as Gen: 1, come in the Fleſh, and ſet up his Kingdom, firſt in Jeruſalem, and | *» 29- and elſewhere. / Tae Vail of Ignorance of God, and of the afterward in all orher Narions. 9 Before his Miniſters, who are in | fue Religion, which then was upon the Geati'es. and now is upon ſome ſort the Courtiers of chis King of Glory, as being continually the Jews, 2 Cor. 3. 14, 15, 16. which like a Vail, covers mens attending upon him, and enjoying his Preſence, and exccuting the Eyes, and keeps them from diſcerning between things tart differs Powers and Offices of his Kingdom ; and eſpecially before his Apo- Ir may bealſo an A'luſion either to the Vail which was put upon ſtles, who were the Witneſſes of his Divine Words and Works, & M ſes his Face, Exed: 34: 33, 34+ Or tothe Vail of the SanQuuary, particularly of his Reſurre&ion and Aſcenſion, by which he entied | Þy *hich the perſons without it were kepr from the ſight ot the upon his Kingdom ; and of this exerciſe of his Royal Power, in ſuv» Ark. Thisis a manifeſt Prophecy concerning the Illumination , Seb duing both Jews and Gentiles po The Word ancient - el- — of rm _—_ Pr | ; 19. der is not a Name of Age,but © ce,as It is in very many Texts &@tw1 waliow up death « in victory x, an | of Scripture. And the Ancients are here put Synecdochically for | the Lord GOD will * dnl away tears y rel off a11 * 1 Cor: the whole C-urch, in who'e Name, and for whoſe Service they [fc and the reb , T FN | ke 155 54: a&. » Heb. in glory ; for that Prepoſition is very frequently un- 3 f | uke Of fis people & ſhal he take Rev:20*145 derftood. away rom off all the earth a; for the LORD hath *Rev:7.a7: C H A P. XXV ſpoken it b. Ep and 21:4; God Glorious 1m his Judgments on Babel, x ===. and his Peoples Sals | * The Lord, expreſſed both in the foregoing and fo!lowing 7:01 wation, 6 = 12. Words, even the Meſizh who is God and Man, « Shal by his death ; 74 LORD, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, I he, ow pou of Death asis ſaid Heb.2. 14. take away the Sting | will praiſe thy Names ; for thou haſt done of the Firſt Dearth, and prevent the Second Dcath, and give Eternal
; : . - | Life to the Wor'd, even to all rhat beji _ —_— wonderful things; thy counſels of old are faithfulneſs wvidfory, 7. e. ſo as toovercome it nenP\ maar oe itad dxudtruth b. ry Cariſt bath a'read, purchaſ d for, and will in due time aftually
a The Prophet refletingupon thoſe greatand glorious Prophecies | confer upon his Peop'e, y V'Villtake away from his People all Sut- which he had delivered concerning the Deſtrutt.on of his Enemies, | f-11ngs 2nd Sorrows, andallthe cauſes of them; which is begun and the ProteRtion and Deliverance of his People, and the ſending of | Pere and perfefted in Heaven. x The reproach and contempr