fitly ſupplied out of the following Clauſe. + Either 1. at his real Rebuke, upon his aſſault or on-ſet : Or ra- ther 2. at his verbal Rebuke, upon his meer Threats, as nocing that he will proceed from words to blows. » All of you, how numerous ſoever. z Till you be generally deſtroyed, and bur a few of you left. x h
18 © And therefore « will the LORD wait 5, that © MAal.7.6. may be gracious unto you ; and therefore will he * be b-33-3- exaltede, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Pſa. 2, LORD 5s a God of Judgment d; * bleſſed are all they
; & 34. that wait for him e. Prova6. aBecauſe of your genera
pd, Jer. 3 ntioned in Scripture, : P hs =. c2emg; # gas? hs many bat places, as hath been of obſerved
already. But ſome render this Hebrew particle, Tet or notwithſtanding, as it i7 ſuppoſed to ſignifie, Iſa. 51. 21. Jer. 16. 14. Ezek. 39. 25, Ho. 2. 14. b Patiently expe& your Repentance, and ſtop the courſe
: :c321 Proceedings againſt you, that you may have an of his Judicial Procee w — with Him, and of preventing
1 Deſtruftion and great Miſery ; which asa motive to Gods Mercy,
e. oo on your behalf,as this Phraſe is uſed, Pſal: 21: 13: 4:33:10. and off elſewhere ; and as the following Verſes 7 Who carrieth himſelf towards his People ( for of he ſpeaks in this place ) not with furious-Paſſion, but gment and Diſcretion, or with equity and moderation ; is oft oppoſed to Fury and rigorous Juſtice, as Pſal.
112; 5: Fer- 10: 24: and 30:11. © This waiting upon God, in his ways, with Faith and Patience, is a ſurer way to your Safety and - Happineſs, than ſeeking to Egyp?, or any other carnal Remedies.
19 For the people ſhall dwell in Zion at Feruſalem f thou ſhalt weep no more : he will be = gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry : when he ſhall hear it, he
will anſwer thee g. ; ; f For although the time is coming, when this People ſhall be bani- ſhed from Jeruſalem, and carried Captives into Babylon : yet after a ſettime, they ſhall return to Jeruſalem, and have a fixed and comfort- able Abode there. Which was in part accompliſhed upon their retutn from Babylon ; but more fully in the times of the Goſpel, when many of them were, and the whole Body of them ſhall be brought into Chriſts Church, which is oft called Zion and Jeruſalem, both in the O1d and New-Teſtament» g Whereas now He ſeems
to be deafto thy Prayers.
Y 20 And theugh the LORD give you the bread of Or, adverſity, and the water of || afflition þ, yet ſhall not #2 * thy teachers be removed into a corner any more /, bur
thine eyes ſhall ſee thy teachers &. -
þ And although in thattime and ſtate of the Church, you will be ſubje& ro many outward Straits and Affiftions. This Phraſe is borrowed from Deut: 16: 3: and 1 Kings 22: 27. Heſeems to allude to the condition of beſieged Cities, and particularly of Feruſalem, as it was ſtraitned and diſtreſſed by Sennacheris ; and as it ſhould be far more ſtraitned by the Chaldeans; of which ſee 2 Kings 25. 3, Heb. 4nd the Lord will give, &c. Or, The Lord indeed will give, &c. ; As they have been in former times, both in J/ree! and Judah, when the Godly Prophets and Miniſters were but few, and when they were perſecuted and baniſhed by rheir wicked Rulers. Bur in the New-Tefamen: God hath made better proviſion for his Church, ſending his Son, the great Teacher of the Church, into the World ; and pouring forth the Gifts and Graces of the Spirit in abundance, and increaſing thenumber of able and faithful Miniſters ; and promiſing 2 continued Succeſſion of them to the end of the World, Mar: 28: 19, 20. k Thou ſhalt have their preſence, and their inftruQtion and
ance.
2r And thine ears ſhall hear a word 7 behind thee y, ſaying, This is theway, walk ye in it, when ye * cur to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
1 As oft asneed requires thou ſhalt hear the voice of Gods Word and Spirit direting . on in thy Courſe. m A Metaphor borrowed either, 1. from the cuſtom of Shepherds, who uſe to follow their Sheep, and torecall them when they go out of the way. Or 2, from Travellers. who, when they are gone out of the qus way, are oft times recalled and admoniſhed of their Errout, by ſome other Paſſenger or Perſon, who is behind them, and therefore diſcerns their miſtake; which he could not ſo eaſily diſcover, if he were before thenr.
.. 22 *Ye ſhall defile » alſo the covering » of + thy Ch.2. 2% orayen images of ſilver, and the ornament p ofthy molten 37: 1, imagesof gold: thou ſhalt caſtthem away as a menſtrous cloth q ; thouſhalt fay unto it, Get thee hence.
n To ſhew your contempt of it, and to make it unfit for your own, or any others uſe. » The Leaves or Plates wherewith their Heb. wooden Images were frequently covered : of which ſee Exod: 38: ters 17, i9. Numb: 16: 38, 39. p Or, the coat or covering. Heb. the Ephod, : as this very Word is rendred, Exod. 28: 8: and 39: 5. which was a
coſtly and glorious Robe. TheTdolaters ſpared no Coſtin the making and adorning their Idols : And, among others, the Image of Fupicer in Sicily, had a Coat put upon it made all ofmaſſy Gold. q Thou ſhalt ſo deeply abhos Idolatry, that thou ſhalt caſt away with indig- nation, all the Monuments and Inſtruments thereof.
23 Then ſhallhe givethe rain of thy ſeed y that thou ſhale ſow the ground withal, and bread of the increaſe
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that day ſball thy cacrel feed in large paſtures.
7 Or rather, as others render it, fo or for thy ſeed, when thou haſt newly ſown thy Seed, which was called the former rain ; or ſuch as thy Seed requires, which may include both rae former, and the
merry; od oxy FA will lift up and beſtir himſelf, and will |
l .& a Their Si h ſe of all Gods J "_E —_ atter Rain. eir S1ns, the cauſe of a ods Judgtne S- : had befallen them, being removed by their ſincere " = 5=rouhe =_ Gods gracious Pardon, God fhowreth down all his Bleſſings upon them, 5s Which ſhall be the Fruit of thy own Land ang SLED whichisa great Mercy and Comfort. t Thy Bread ſhall be excellent
for quality, which is called far, Deut: 32; 14. and abundant for quantity. :
24 Theoxen likewiſe and the young aſſes that earthe ground ſhall eac || F clean « provender, which hath been || Or, winnowed with the ſhovel and with the fan. Javoury,