ſengers- the ſingular namber being here pur for the plural, as ir is in many other places, to wit, my Prophets who ſhall forerel the -
28 For I beheld m, and rhere ivas no man n, even FH; amongſt them, and therewas no counſeller s, that when recurs.
ten they uſed to be Carved or Poliſhed and Adorned : but under -.
£ Empty and unſatisfying things, which alſolike the wind, de quicks. » u Confuſed and deformed and + uſeleſs things, like that rude heap in the beginning of Gods Creati= ;
CHAP. XII. { The Perſon and Office of Chriſt appointed by the Father, 1=——=9, A new :
Ehold a, * my ſervant þ whom F uphold c, mine”, .., © : ® *. , I, - 4 s 2 . $. d
put my Spirit upon! him f, he ſhall bring forth g judg- * March.” _# The Prophet, .having in the former Chapter deteQed the va--17- 55 * nity of Idols, by their groſs Ignorance of future things, and having Eph. 1+ 6. given one eminent Inſtance of Gods certain foreknowledge of things * Chap. ro come, 1n the prediQtion of the d:ſtruQtion of Babylon, and the de- 81+ 2+ © 7! [liverance of the Jews outofir by Cyrus; he now addeth another Joh- 3-344
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1 1 be 2pp'yed to any other; which is ſo ev:d-nt, _— rage Dry of Chriſtians. bur divers of tne _—_ learned Jews underſtand it of the Meſſiah, ani of him Tf ; a
ifs aſevere cenſure upon their Brethren, that pong + _=_ y other perſon, and affiim that they are ſmirten with "yy 5 _ this matter. Moreover this p'ace 15 exprefly interpretec of _ Wy Mat. 1218, &c. And to him,and to him on'y allthe particu © following do truly and evicently belong, as we ſhall fee. 1 CN LI will affitt and enible to do and ſuffer all thoſe things w wn long to his Office todo. 4 Choſen by me to this great _ yo diation and Redemption, to which he 1s ſaid ro be ſeale "; x fs John 6. 27, 29. and predeftinated, 1 Pet. I« 20. and 4 ar 1 pf 1 Pct. 2. 4. e Or, as this iame word is oft rendred, 7 w P _ both for himſelf and for all his people, being fuily ny jo" w_ that Sacrifice, which he ſhall offer up to me: f I have go —_ him with thar abundance and eminency of gifrs and pracey _ are neceſſ:ry for the diſcharge of his high and hard emp #1 _ g Shall publiſh or ſew, as this word 1s tranſlated, Mat- 12+ - No bring to light what before was hid in bis breaſt, or in his Fa ” boſome. h This word is very ambiguous, and elſewhere 15 put ior puniſhment, whic cannot be meant here, becauſe the whole con- rext ſpeaks of his mercy and ſweerneſls, and not of his ſeverity: bur here it is clearly put for Gods Law, as this very word is re Jed bere below, ver. 4. and as it is frequently uſed 1n rhe Ho y Scriptures, as Pſal. 119- and elſewhere : which alſo beſt 6599] wit the bringing forth or publiſhing of it here mentioned, PR__ eIng necſſarily required and conſtantly uſed about Laws. And this uf terpretation Is confirmed by the following words, to the _ - For the great thinzs which Chriſt publiſhed unto all the Wor , both Jews and Gentiles, was norhing elſe bur the Law and Wull, an Counſel of God concerning mans Salvation, and the ways and —_— of obtaining it. # Not only te the Jews, to whom the knowledge of Gods Laws had been hitherto appropriated, but to the Heathen
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2 He ſhall not cry &, nor lift up 7, nor cauſe his yoice to be heard in the ſtreet m.
k Either, 1. In a way of contention, as anger 1s ofc accompanied with clamour, Eph. 4.31. Or, 2. In a way of oftentation. It ſcems 'to be meant both ways, by comparing this place with Mar. 12. 16, 17, 20. He ſhall neither ere& nor manage his Kingdom, with vio- Jence and outward pomp and ſtate, as worlily Princes do, bur with meekneſs and humility. 1 His voice, which is eaſily under- ſtood out of the following clauſe and from many other Scriptures, where that word is added to this verb, to compleat the Phraſe m As contentious and vain-glorious perſons frequently do.
Or dimly 3 A bruiſed reed ſhall he not break »: and the |] = d ſmoaking flax ſhall he nor + quench 0 * he ſhall bring
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» He will not break it to pieces, but rather will ſtrengthen and bind it vp, Iris a common figure, whereby more 15 underſtood than was expreſſed, and oce contrary is left to be gathered from another, of which many inſtances have been given in former . bore" The ſenſe is plainly this, Chrift will not deal roughly and rigoroully with thoſe that come ro him, but he will uſe all gentleneſs ard kindneſs to them, paſling by their greateſt fins, bearing with their preſent infirmities, cheriſhing and encouraging the imalleſt be- ginnings of grace, comforting and healing wound:d conſciences, andthe like. o The ſame thing is repeated in other words, to give us the greater aſſurance of the rruth of ir. Thar wiek of a Caudle ( called Flax metonymically, becauſe it is made of Flax ) which 1$ almoſt extin&, and doth only ſmoke and nor flame, he will not utterly quench, but will revive and kindl: it again. fp Juagmens may be here raken either, 1. For the Law or Wili of God, or the Do- Erineof the Goſpel, which he will bring forth, 7. e. publiſh, which