eſtroy us utterly by the Aſhrians, and will afterward burn us with unquencha..le Fire? For ſeing it is ſuiticient'y evident, from both 07a and New-Tejtament, as hath veen formerly obſerved and proved, that the Jews, except the Sadducees, did generally believe the Re- wards andPuniſhments of the future Life,and theſe tzmporal Judgs ' meats, as they did frequently cut Men off from t:.is Life, ſo they tran{mirted them info that future and endleſs Life: Ir isnort ſtrange, if their guilty conſciences made them dread both the preſent Judg« ment here, and the terrible conſequences of it hereafter. Heb: who ſhall dwell for us, &c. i. e. in our ſtead ? who will interpoſe himſeif between God's Anger and us ? How ſhall we eſcape theſe. Mitferics ? That this is the ſenſe of this Queſtion, may be gathered from the Anſwer givento it in the following verſe; in which, he directs them to the right Courſe of removing God's Wrath, and regaining his Favour.
15 He that * walketh + righteouſly «, and ſpeaketh *Pſfal15.2
# uprightly x,he that defpiſerh y the gains of |} opprefli- 27975
ons, that shaketh his hands from holding z of bribes, ,,,;,,uy that ſtoppeth his earsfrom hearing of + blood #,qnd shut- neſt.
teth his eyes from ſecing evil 9. _ tHeb: up« , Who is juſt in all his Dealings with Men, of which the fol- rightueſts
lowing clauſes explain it: which is not ſpoken excluſively, as if Pi- [|Or #ecei!
ety towards God were not as neceflary, as Righteouſneſs rowards T Heb: en ; bur comprehenſively, this being one Evidence, and a con- Bloods,
ſtant companion of Piety, x who ſpeaks truely and ſincerely, what
he really intends. y That refuſeth it, nor for politick Reaſons, as
Men ſometimes may do, but from a contempt and abhorrency of
injuſtice. z Or, from taking or receiving 3, as this verb ſignifies, Provz
4:4. &5: 5- & 28: 179. Thar will nor receive, much leſs retain
Bribes. a Who will not hearke' or afſent roahy counſels or cour-
ſes, tending to ſhed innocent Blood. & Thar abhorrech the very
ſight of ſin commitred by others, and guarderh his eyes from beu holding- occaſions oi ſin , of which, ſee on Job 31: 1.
16 He $hall dwell on + high c, his place of defence Feb: ſhall be the munitions of rocks, bread shall be given p,;ghr:, or him, his waters ſhall be ſure 4. highplacii.
c Out of the Reach of danger. &d God will furniſh him withall neceſlaries. |
17 Thine eyes shall ſee the king e inhis beauty f, they Shall behold + the land that is very far off g. 4 ”
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20. f Heb. the ſcribe where is the þ receiver ? where is he that
peighers : « counted the rowers i? þ This is, Either 1. a Premonition concerning a future Judgment,
as if he ſaid, before theſe glorious Promiſes ſhall be accompliſhed, thou ſhalr be brought into great ſtraits and troubles. Or, rather 2 a thankful Acknowledgment of deliverance from a former Danger ; as if he had ſaid, When thou art delivered, thou ſhalt, with plea- ſure & thankfulneſs,recal toMind thy former Terrours and Miſeries. # Theſe Words are,Either 1. words of Gratulation, and Infultation over the Enemy, Thou ſhalt then ſay,Where are the greatOfficers of the Aſjrian Hoſt ? They are no where. they are not, they aredead or {lain. Or rather 2. the words of Men diſmayed and confound- ed, ſuch as proceeded from the Jews, in the tme of their diſtreſs ; and are here remembred to aggravate the preſent Mercy. For the Officers here mentioned, ſeem not to be thoſe ofthe 4ſ1rian Army, who were aQually fighting againſt the Jews and Jeruſalem ( for then he would rather have mentioned the Captains of rhe hot, as the Scrip- ture commonly doth in theſe caſes,than zhe ſcribes and receivers, &c.) but rather of the Jews in Feru[alem, who, upon the approach of Sen= ».cheijb, began to make Military preparations for the defence of the City, and to chuſe ſuch Officers as were neceſlay and uſual,for thatend ; ſuch as theſe were,to wit, the ſcri#e, whom we call Muſter- Maſter, who was to make and keep a Liſt of the Souldiers, and to call them together as occaſion required : The receiver, who received and laid out the Money for the Charges of the War; and he zhat counted the Towers, who turveyed-all the parts of the City, and con- ſidered what Towers or Fortifications were to be made orrepaired or the Secwiity of the City. And unto theſe ſeveral Officers the People reſorted, with great diſtrattion and confuſion, to accquaint them with allOccurences,or to quicken them to their ſeveralWorks,
or to tranſact Matters with them, .as occaſion required. SE 19 *Thou ſhalt not fee a tierce people &,a * people of : Kings a deeper ſpeech thari thou canſt perceive 1; of a ||
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Nate 28. ſtammering tongue m, that then canſt not underſtand. 49. Jer. 5, Kk As Moſes ſaid of the Egyptians Exed. 14.13. Sol ſay of the 4/- I5, ſyrians, that fierce and warlike People, whom thou haſt ſeen, with | Or, rid;.. great Terrour, near the Walls of Feryſalem,cthou ſhalt fee them again culous, or No more. | A forreign Nation, whoſe Language is abſtruſe and un- m Of which, ſee cn //s. 28. 81.
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Ph1.46.5. thine eyes ſhall ſee * Feruſalemw a quiet habitation, a 6125.1,2. tabernacle that ſhal not be taken down; notone of the ftakes thereof ſhal ever be remoyed,neither Jhal any of