6 And he « ſaid, ||It is a light thing t that thou ſhould- Naw $. eſt be my ſervant to raiſe up the tribes of Jacob «, und #han that to reſtore the [|| preſerved of Iſrael: I will alſo ole thee for a * light to the Gentiles, that thou mayeſt efty Sc.
, Or, &« be my ſalvation x unto the. end of the earth. * r=
s The Lord ; cxprefſed both in the foregoing and following ver- *Cha.42.6 ſess #& This is but a ſmall favour in compariſon ot what follows; 4 That remnant of them which ſha!) ſurvive all cheir calamities and deſolations, x I will make thy labour effeRual for the illumination and converſion and ſalvation of the Gentiles in all the parts of 'the World : Which canno: be ſaid of Iſaiah with any treth or colour, and therefore muſt be underſtood of Chrift, by whom this was literally and fully accompliſhed. By my Salvation he mean+ the great Inftru- mn" nag Author of that Eternal Salvation which I will give to the Gentiles,
7 Thus faiththe LORD the Redeemer of Iſrael, ||Or,zobim and his Holy One y, || to him whom man difſpiſeth z, #hat is «ee to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a ſervant of cu- 114 #n lers: Kings ſhall ſee and ariſe b, Princes alſo ſhal __ worſhip, becauſe of the LORD, thar is faithful c, aud the Holy one of Iſrael, and he ſhal chooſe thee 4.
y The Holy One of Iſrael, as he 15 frequently called. xz To Chriſt, to whom, as he was in the days of his Fleſh, cis deſcription doth moſt truly and fully agree, being the ſame in effe& with that Iſas $3- 3. for men, both Jews and Gentiles among whom he lived, did deſpiſe him from their very hearts and Souls, as is here implied; and the whole Natim. of which he was a member, and among whom he conver= ſed and preached, abhorred both his Yerſon and his DoRrine z and he was ſo far from being a great temporal Monarch, as the Jews vainly imagined, that he came in the form ota Servant, and was a Servant of Rulers, profcifing ſubjeftio1 and paying tribute unto Ceſar, at Ie
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and the Xomans,like a Servan', bein2 deſpiceiuliy uſed and Crucified., which was the proper Puniſhment of Servants. « Though for a time thou ſhalt be deſpiſed, yet after a while thou ſhalt be advanced ta ſuch Royal Majeſty and Glory, that Kings ſhall look upon thee with of reverence, ludge 10. Jeb 29. 8,or to worſhip thee, as thenext clauſe explains it: ſbal jee and ariſe may be put for
when they ſee thee they ſhall ariſe to thee: which is a common Hee c Becauſe God (hal make good his promiſes to thee con- cering the raiſing thee from the dead, and concerning the effafion of his ſpiritupon thy Diſcipies, by whoſe aſſiſtance they ſhal preach moſt powerfully, and confirm their Dottrine by evident and glorious Miracles, and concerning the giving unto thee the Heathen for thine Inhes ritance, and the —_— parts of the Earth for thy peſſejſion, as he pro- miſed, Pſal, 2, 8, Thele and ſuch lice confiderationswere the great motives which prevailed with the Priaces and People of the Gentiles to receive thee as the true Meſſiah and Saviour of the World, &d And
and refuſed by
22. a time, and in ſome reſpefts forſaken by God himſeif, Mat. — -
yet God will return to thee and chuſec thee again,aud manifeſt unts the World, thatthou, and thou @:ly art the Perſon whom God hath choſen to be the Redeemer of Mankind, and whom, in ſpight of all oppoſition, he will make the head-ſtone of the corner: For the Phraſe ſee on Iſa. 48. 10 But theſe wordsare w: 1! rendred by others, who will chuſe or hath choſen thee, the conjun@ion, and , being put for the pronoun relative, a5 {/a 44> 14. and in many other places, as hath been obſerved before.
8 Thus faiththe LORD ec, * Inanacceptable time f have IT heard thee g, and in a day of falvati- on h have I helped thee: and I will preſerve thee 5 and give thee for a covenant & of the people E, || to e- l ſtablith the earth », to cauſe to inherit the detolate he-
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7 P+ - XLIX. I S <a | * God the Father unto Chriſt; f Heb. In # time of good will, in that time when ſhal have, and ina ſpecial manner manifeſt my good will unto the Sons of men, in the day of my Grace, and of "mans Salvation, as this Phraſe is explained in the next clauſe, 1n the time of the Goſpel, which is the time of God's geod Will towards men, as the Hoſt of Heaven declared at the Birth of Chriſt, Luke 2+ - x4. inthe dayrof thy fey, when thou didt offer up Prayers and Snp- plications with ſtrong crying and tears, unto him that was able to ſave thee from death, as we read, Heb. 5.9. which textis a good com- ment upon this place, g Though not ſo 25 to deliver thee from death and from the ſenſe of my wrath, * yet ſo as to keep thee from fnking under theſe burdens, and ſo as thou ſhouldeft not be holden un- ..der the. Pains cr Power of Death, As 2. 24+ and ſo as to Crown thee 7 nth Gloryand Honour, and a bleiſed ſucceſs of all thy labours and * "{ufferings. + þ In the titne. of grace and of the Goſpel, which I 'have yppointed for the working out of mans Salvation by thee. 7 Upaa:carth till thy work be finiſhed, and unto that eteraal King- 2 dom and Glory which is prepared for thee. k, To be the Mediator pe. * abd Surety of that Covenant, which is made between me and them 3 . 'a$;Chiriſt is called, Heb: 7. 22, 4nd 8 6» to renew and confirm the "Covenant, which the Meſiab is laid to do, Dan 9. 27. by his own ; LE which God and men are reconciled and united one to the "other... And therefore he may well be called the Covenant by. a known Meconymy, which is very uſual in ſuch caſes, as upon the ſame ac- count Circumcifion, the ſign of the Covenant, is called God's Cove- rant, Gen. 17. 10. and the Paſchal Lamb is called the Paſſover, Exod. | is ca.led the New Teſtament, Luke
' 424 LL, and tbe Sacramental Cu j 224, 20. and the Communion ef the Bloud of Chriſt, x Cor. 10, 16+ "Tndefinitely of all my People, not only Fews, bur alſo the Gentiles, "a5 may be gathered from the", ontext, and by compaiing this place 'Wito Iſa. g2. 6, Where the ſame Phraſe 1s uſed. From both which
place: it is moſt manifeſt, that the Meſſiah is deſigned, and not Z/aiah,.. towhom this and divers other Phraſes here uſed cannot be a- ſciibed without gre.it force. m To compoſe and ſettle the Earth and the Inhabirauts thereof by making peace between God and men,