þ The Sun, and Moon, and Stars.which frequently come under: this name in Scripture, as Deute 4. 19. & 17. 3. and elſewhere. 5 Shall ſeem ro be diilfolved, ſo great thajl be the confuſion and con< ſternation of Mankind ,as ifall the frame of the Creation were broken
into pieces, Some underſtand this of the general Juigment ; which ſome pgs here following will not permit. Bur it is a very uſual thirlg tor Propherical Writers;both in the O/d & New-Teſtamient,to re« preſent great and general Calamitics, in ſuch words and phraſes, as properly agree to the Day of Jucgment ; as on the evntrary, { he glorious Deiiverances of Gods Pcople are ſet forth in ſuch Ex« preſſions, as properly agree to Reſurrection from the Dead. See. Ezek, 37. 9. Joel. 2. 31. & 3: 15+ Rove 6. 12, 13. kHeb. &s # book; tor Books were then writtenin Scrolls, which they uſually rolled. ' up togetherz and when they were fo, no Man could read any word 1n it; and no more ſhall any Man be able to ſee thoſe good'y Lights of Heaven, for they ſhall all be'obſcured and cons tzunded,. This phraſe isuſed alſo, 1/s. 8. i. & Rev 6. 14. 1 When' itis withered. m Which falleth, either through great Maturity, or being churſt out by green Figs coming forth, or by any other ac«
cident- |
hold, * it ſhal come down upon Idumea p,and uponthe ,;. people of my curſe q to judgment. ._. : Fer. 4973 2 In the Blood of theſe People. Heb. I or ſha# be made drunk. o Ei- ther 1.in my Church, which is called Heaven, Dan. 8. 10 Rev. 4. r:; & 12. 8. in and againſt which, theſe Enzmies are faid to be ga« thered together, Or 2. inthe higheſt Heaven, where, God dwells; in which this ſaid tobe dont, becauſe it was there decreed and ap-" pointed to be done. p- Upon the Edomires,who, though they were. nearly related to the -1jr#e/ites, ard were Circumciled. . as-well as they yet were their moſt inveterate... and - implacable Ene« 'mies, watching all opportunities; and being ready to j-yn-witls © all thoſe that attempred to Deftroy them ; whereof we have many; But theſe are not: named Excluſively, but rather Comprehenſively, and Synecdochically, for all che Enemies of Gods Church, of whom they were a conſiderable Part, and an eminent Type. q To whom my Curſe belongs; . or, - whom I have Curſed, ang deyored to utter Deſtrution, as this
Hebrew word properly ſignifies. Ds 2h 6 The ſword'of the LORD is filled with blood 7, it-
is made fat with fatneſs, and with the blood of lambs*- .
and goats, With the-fat of the kidneys of cams 5 : for. *. Zeph Zo
the LORD hath a ſacrifice t in Bozrahs, and a great
ſfaugi:er in the land of Idumea.
8s To wit, of Jeru 7 ſickneſs or calamity ; ſhalt be fully delivered |-
7 Shall drink” its fill of Blood. Ths Metaphor is Here taken. Y SU 3 from
heaven h ſhal be diffolved 7,and | *Rev.6.iq; [
*Rev.6.134
5 For * my ſword (hal be bathed » in heaven's, be- + Je PE
ry
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ap. XKXXIV. IJ
| t Glutton or Drunkard, who is almoſt inſatiable with _ "I Drink. s By Lambs, and Goats, and Rams, He means Peo- ple of all ranks and conditions, high and low, rich and poor. # So he calleth this bloody Work, becauſe ic was done by Gods Com: mand, and for his Honour ; and therefore was a Service acceptable to him.» A chief City of Edem, 7a. 63. 11 Jer. 49.13. and a Type of thoſe Cities which ſhould be moſt oppoſite and miſchievous to Gods
_ People - | br, ee 7 And the || unicorns x ſhall come down y with
423 HZ for ever, from generation to generation ſhall they dwell therein. # He hath divided the Zandto them, as it were, by Lot and Line, as Canaan was divided among the 1!/raelites, C H A P. XXXV. The joy ful flouriſhing of Chriſt”s kingdom, 1, 2. the weak he ftrenothens and comforts, 3, 4+ hus Miracles, 5, 6. the profperity and peace of his people, 7 - dhe . He wilderneſs and the © ſolitary place « shal
* be T Heb. dry
*79 them z, and the bullocks with the bulls, and their land
' with fatnelſs 4.
Beaſt which is commonly called #z Unicorn, which ſeems to be but a Fi&ion in the Judgment of the Learned ; or a Rhinoceros, or a wild Ox or Bull; it is needleſs to trouble the ordinary Reader about it ; and the Learned may conſult my Latin $Sy- nopſis upon Numb 23, 22. about it. It is confeſſed, . That it was a Beaſt of great ſtrength and ferceneſs ; and it is certain,. that it is Mertaphorically uſed in this place, to ſignifie their Princes and Po- tentates. y Shall be humbled and caſt down. The Seventy and Sy- riack render it, They ſhalfall down, as ſuch Beaſts do.when they have received a deadly blow. z With the Lambs, and Goats, and Rams, Bhi 63.4, Jaſt mentioned, v.6. s With the Fat of the {lain Sacrifices, which ' ſhall be mingled with it. 8 For it z: the day of the LORD'S ® vengeance,and the year of recompences for the controverſie of Zion b. bThis is the time which God hath long fince appointed & fixed,to avenge the cauſe of his oppreſſed and perſecuted People, againſt all their Enemies. ; 22 Deut, 9 * And the ſtreams © thereof ſhal be turned into
d. 23. itch, and the duſt thereof into brimſtone, and the
and thereof ſhal become burning pitch 4.
c Which ſeem moſt fecure from this Danger, and much more the Land. 4 Idumea ſhall be dealt with, as Sodom and Gomorrah were, even utterly Deſtroyed, as it were by Fire, or burning Pitch and Brimfſtone thrown down upon it from Heaven,
Rev.14: T0 It ſhall not be quenched night nor day, * the
r= & 18. £510ke thereof ſhal go up for ever ; from generation to 19.3: encration it ſhal lie waſte,none ſhal paſs chrough it
or ever and ever e. {TY e It ſhall be irrecoverably ruined, and ſhall remain as a ſpeQacle of Gods vengeance to all ſucceeding Ages: | ph.22 x4 * But the || cormorant and the bittern ſhal poſ-
+Rev18 ff; it, the owl alſo and the raven ſhal dwell in ir f,and
;-7 | he ſhal ſtretch out upon it che line of confuſion, and
Zech 3.9: the * ſtones of emtinels g. h I 4 10. f The Inhabitants ſhall be wholly cut off, and it ſhall be entirely "ſſeſſed by thoſe Creatures which delight in Deſerts, & waſte places e the ſame or like Expreſſions in the like caſe, 1/s. 13. 21, 22. & 14.23. g He ſhall uſe the Line, or the Stone or Plumet joyned to it,not to build them,but ro mark them out to Deſolation and De- ſtruction, as work-men commonly uſe them, to mark what they are to pull down. | 12 They ſhal call the nobles thereof co the kingdom,
| but none ſhall be there h, and all her princes ſhall
be nothing z. - E 11