the Meſi+h, and the Eſtabliſhment of his own Kingdom in ſpight of all which was daily caſt upon his faitafal People by the ungodlyworld. oppolition, interrupteth the Courſe ofthis Prophecies, and breaketh and, among others, by the Apoſtare and Unbelieving Jews, . wha forth into a Solemn Celebration of all theſe wonderful Works. 6 Thy | 2<counted. the Chriſtians ro be the ſcuin & oft-ſcouring ofall things: - counſels from which all rhy Works proceed,and which thou haſt from | £ Or, fomoeff all chis Land, «i. e. from all the Church and People of timetot:ime revealed torhy Prophets and People, which were of old, God, wherefoever they ſhal be, from all their Faces, as was ſaid being conceived from all Eternity, and long ſince made known by |? the foregoing Cauſe. b Therefore doubr not of it, though ir thy Threatnings and Promiſes, are #rue and firm, and therefore ſhall ſeem incredible to you EP : | 19:14 ; certainly be accompliſhed. ; 9 And it ſhal be ſaid c in that day, Lo, this zs our C:21:9- 2 For thou haſt made * of a City c, an heap; of a de- | God 4, we have waited for hime,and he will ſave us * © 23:13: fenced City, a ruine: apalace of ſtrangers d,to be no | this z- the LORD, we have waited for him, we will be City, it (hal never be built e, | glad, and rejoyce in his ſalvations c Which is pur colle&ively for cities. He ſpeaks of the Cities of | «5 By Gods people. in way of triumph andreply to their Enemies. frangers, as the following Clauſe explains it, or ofEnemies ot God, |4 Your godsare ſenſeleſs and impotent Idols;bur our God is Omnis and' of his People, And under the Name cities he comprehends their | porent, and hath done theſe great and glorious VVorks which fill Countries and Kingdoms, of which cities are an eminent and coma | the V Vorld with Admiration. VVemay well boaſt of him ; for monly the ſtrongeſt part. d The Royal Cities, in which were hg |there is 10 god like to him, | palaces of ſtrangers, i, e. of the Kings of ſtrange People, or of the Gentiles. e Their Cities and Palaces have been or ſhal be utcerly ang |Meſisb or Saviour, long ſince promiſed,and for whom we have waits ' irrecoverably deſtroyed. ; ed a long time, now at laſtis come intothe VVorld, bringing Sal | 3 Therefore ſhal the ſtrong people glorifie thee,the | vation wich him. : cb:viſ city of the terrible nations ſhal fear thee f. To For in this mountain ſhal the hand of the Lord;
f Thy ſtouteſt Enemies obſerving thy wonderful Works, in ſaving reſt f,and Moab g {hal be || crrodden down under him 5 Or, thy People, and in deſtroying orhe:s of thine and their Adverſaries, [EVEN as ſtraw 1s [| crrodden down for the dunghill 5, t hreſh2ds ſha) be either converted, or at leaſt convinced,and forced toacknow- | f The powerful and gracious preſence of God ( which is oft fig- }Ors ;. ledge thy Power,and ſhal tremble before thee. nified in Scripture byGods hand )ſhal have its coriftant and ſettled a- threſhed in
4 For thou haft been a ſtrength to the poor,a ſtrength bodezitſhal nor move from pace to p'ace,as it did withtheTabernacle Medmensh tothe needy inhis diſtreſs, a refuge from che ſtorm, a mm oy from it, as X 7 _ apts poop 3g centinue _ al in hs urch even to the end ofthe World, Mat. 28. 20. |; : ſhadow _ the heat 8, " _ = blaſt of che terrible Moabites, which having been conſtant and implacable Foe, Poe ee chou haſt deforried thy poorend helplels People; egiiadt the | FAS A EEED erendead t oran els People, ag11nft the |as the Edomrres upon the | ISS > Kerceſt Aſfaults of their 3a; B.. þ Or, for ( as his I. 9 com- - PE ENT IeCOnSr Ard, 2X6. 7.0) he PEER 2
ments.
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| Poſſibly ir may be an intimarion, that God ſhould take fleſh,and become viubly preſent amongſt Men.e Our
. h Under his Feet, as appears by the following Similitude. ; As - Teb:with monly ſignifies: orrath-r, thcrefore, as it is frequently uſed, becauſe | eaſily and as -Feltually as © 765 Anna which ET as 2
; gt 1% thou art their Defender ) the blaſt of the terrible,or ſtrong, or violent one |Ground, and mixed with the Nuns which lies there. is trample
g of pris __ like a ftorm ( qo” ng 09) i TL ) ha ns, which |upon by the Feet of Men and Beafts. | :
"OE makes a great and terrible noile, but without any effe&,for the VVall | 4 | oo St WE Gs | Or, du ſtands firm inſpight ofur. It is probable rhe P bags res in theſe VVords rney ” wb __ cad canes - " hands 7 in hs ne 08, had a ſpecialreſpe@ to that miraculousDe'iverance of Jeruſalem from pra A ts , Fe Wimmer preading forth bis han Or, fund the Rageand Attempt of Sernacherib; a!theugh the V Vords be gene» |#7? to {wim : andhe ſhal bring down their pride tOge= 74 ral,and include other Deliverances ofa like nature, cher with the 1; poils of their hands », 7
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hzx6:5 one that ſwimmeth, which is performed in that manner.
even to the duſt.
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judgments on their Enemies : and favour to his People ; their Chaſti(c= ment, Repentance, and Hope, 1 20,
= ' & that day @ (hal this ſong be ſung in the land of Ju- | G, dah b, We have a ſtrong city c, * ſalyation will
4 appoint forWwalls and bulwarks d. | Þ * When God ſha'do ſuch glorious Works for the Comfort of his g*ople, and for the Ruine of his and their Enemies, as ke” hath _ Efcribed in the foregoing Chapter. 6 In the Church of God, which In Scripture is of: ſignified by the Titles of Judah, and Jeruſalem, and $:9n, or the liks. c Jeruſalem, or the Church, which 1s off cals Jed or cempared to a Gity, as Pſal. 87. 3. Rev: 3: 12. and 11; 2 and 23. 2. d Gods immcdiate and ſaving ProteQtion ſhal be to his Churck inſtead of Wal's, &c. But I conceive with ſubmiſſion, the
ords may very fitly be thus rendred, He will ſend or put or make her walls and bulwarks ſalvation, i. e. as ſafe as S:lvatien it ſelf ; or in ſafety, there being only a defe& of the Prepoliczon, which is very frequent in Scripture. ; : *Pſ.n18. 2 * Open ye the gates e, that the righteous nation f
which keepeth the F truth g may enter 1n.
e Ofthe City mentioned v. © f Either, r. thoſe godly Jews,who are rerurnng from Baby/onz or, 2 the whole body of righteous and holy Men, wherher Jews or Gentiles, For he ſeems to ſpeak | here, as he appareotly did in the foregoing Chapter, of the Times