f What man or God? Was it not my alone work > The Ido's 14-141&@%» were ſo far from aſliſting me, that they did their utmoſt to oppoſe me in it. £ Into Beeing and Power, ſtirring up his Spirit, and
for a man of Righteouſneſs, as Pride is put for a Proud man, Pſal.
But who this Perſon is, is much difpured by Iaterpreters, Soune underſtand it of Chriſt. And doub:icls the Perſon here
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which ſome of them beat out upon theAnvil,and others ſmoct! cd cr poliſhed, as it follows. c That we may put ihe {evcra} Pai ts tOgee ther, and ſet it vp to be worſhipped. d Torhe Wa'l or Piiar, 1: | it ſhould fall down, or go, or be carried away #1 6m theme Sce 2, | 40. 19, 20.
8 But thou Iſrael art my ſervant e, Jacob whemlT have * choſen f, the ſeed of Abraham my * fricnd g.
e Thus the Geniiles ſhew themſelves to be tie Servants of their Idols,and own them for their God; but thou arr my People, and I am & : and will bethy God. f Ourtof the heap of the Ilolatious Nations pſ wht " to be my peculiar People. g With whom I made a ſtri& league of Cþ S : perpetual friendſhip ; of which fee Gen. 12. 2,3. ard 15. 1,8. * rpg
9 Thuu whom [I have taken from the ends of the * Ro hg earth h,and called thee from the chief men thereof ;,and 29.7. | ſaid unto thee, Thou art my ſervant, T have choſen 7992-2: | thee, and nor caſt thee away &. «ol
hb Thou Iſrael, whom I took to my ſelf, and brought hither in | the loins of thy Father Abraham from a remote Count ey; towit Chaldea : Or, whom I brought back our « t Baly/ou into. thine —_ Land,which though yet to come,he may ſpeak of as of a thins paſty as the Prophets ule to do, as was noted before. Bur the ſorn;er In. terpretation ſeems to agree better with the foregoing Verſe, i From the midſt of many great and noble Perſons among whom he lived in Chaldea. So this notes God's ſingular mercy to Abrahaw, and conſe- quently to the 1ſraelites deſcended fiom him, rhat he paſſed by ma« ny of Abraham's betters, and called him into fellowſhip with hin ſelf. & I have choſen thee not for a ſmall moment, but for ever by making an everlaſting Covenant with tnee and thy Seed through all Generations. Or, the Senſe 1s this: As I have choſen thee at firſt ſo I have not ſince that rime caſt thee offi as thou had frequently given me ſufhcient occaſion to do. Or, and did net refuſe thee, as this word is elſewhere uſed. So the ſame thing is repeated in other "= words, not without ſome emphaſis; for he intimates that he choſe them when he had juſt cauſe of refuſing them.
Io Fear thou not,for I a» with thee ; be not diſmay- ed, for I am thy God. I will ftrengthen thee, yea, I
will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteouſneſs }. 0
I Which I do and will manage with Righteouſmeſs, whereby I "ho deliver thee, and deſtroy thine and nuae onemine, as it tol- OWS«
11 Behold, all thry that were incenſed againſt thee, ſhall be * aſhamed and confounded » : they ſhall be as no- * Exd;. thing », and Þ they that ſtrive with thee ſhallperiſh, 22. Chop.
m Both becauſe their hopes and deſigns ſhal be utterly diſapoint- #3 24. Of ed, and becauſc the miſchief which they contrived againſt thee ſha] 22,22? fall upon themſelves. 7 Shall come to nothing or periſh, as the Terk, 12.3 next Clauſe explains it. | ly _ the
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12 Thou ſhalt ſeek them, and ſhale not find them jrjfe . 0, even | them that contended with thee : + they that+ Heb. tw | 6 war againſt thee ſhall be as nothing, and as a thing of men of thy nought p contention, |
0 They ſhal beſo totally conſumed, that althovgh thou farchet T Heb: th | for rhem, hou ſhalt not be able to find them any where in the World. of thy Þ' Shall be utterly brought ro nought. The thing is twice repeated, _ to ſhew the cercainty and greatneſs of their Deſtruction.
1; For F the LORD thy God will hold thy righe hand q, ſaying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee.
q Or, will ftrengthen, &c. as this word properly ſignifieth :. wi afſiſt andenable thee to vanquiſh all thine comin. - #0
I 2p. XU. - | ſpoken of was ah eminent Type of Chriſt, and bro in a myſtical ſente ir may belong to him. Bur the things here ſaid ro be dane by this Righteous Man, fſcems ro agree much better unto a Man of War; than unto the Prince of Peace. And therefore this place 1s :mmediately underſtood either. | 1. Of Abraham, who was a Perſon emineatly Righteous, and came our of Chaldea, which ſometimes ſeems to be called the Eaf?, as 1/a. 2. 6. Zech. 8. 7, who did tho things here mentioned ; partly in his own Perſon, Conquering five Kings and che Nations with them, Gen. 14. and following
* Gecd he knew not whither ; and partly by his Poſterity ; whoſeex ploits may well be aſcribed to him, not vnly becauſe they came our of his Loyns, but alſo and eſpecially, becaule all their Succeſles and ViRtories were given to them for Abraham's ſake, and by the vertue of Gcd's Promiſe and Covenant made with Abraham, for the giving of Canaan to him and to his Seed for ever. And this Inrerpretatt-