* ſtretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations | 9. 8. of the earth? and haſt feared continually every day, - wag 2: |ecauſe ofthefury of the oppreilor,as ithe |were ready "= " to deſtroy p? and where is the fury oi the oppreiſour 4 ? | O44; Re o And doſt not confider ihe inflaite power of that God. who mgde | Ive; made thee, and who will plead thy cauſe, p Asifit were in his power to | linſel defiroy thee in a moment, gq What is become of the power and ady rage of the Babylenians ? Is it not all gone ? Are not they broken, ; ang thou delivered? He peaks of the thing as if it were alreacy done, becauſe it. ſhould certainly and fſuddenlic be done. Where :isit 2 no where, it is quice loſt and gone, as this Phraſe is fre-
| quentlie uſcd, as Pſal. 42+ 3» Zech. 1, 5. 1. Cor, (5, 55.
14 The captive exile haſteneth that he may be looſed r, and that he ſhould not die in the pit, nor that his bread ſhould fail. =
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hath k, as you think, but maketh haſte to fulfil hi promiſe, and to reſcue his captive and oppreſicd People from all | their oppreſſions and milſeries. | or "8 15 ButT am the LORD thy God || that * divideth "yy the ſea, whoſe waves roared ; the LORD of hoſts ;s
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Ip 16 And I have put my words * in thy mouth s, and way have covered thee in the ſhadow of mine hand z, thar TP 12 I may plant the heavens, and* lay the foundations of
[n3r,35. the earths, and ſay unto Zion, Thou art my people x:
«18, s Theſe great and glorious Promiſes which are in thy mouth, are 806. 49. not the vain words ofMan, a weak.and unconſtant, and unfaithful g Creature, but the words of the Almightie, unchangeable, and faith»
MN T ful God, and therefore they ſhal be infallivly accompliſhed. Theſe PY - mnt ge manifeſtlic ſpoken by God, either 1, To 7ſatah, by whom 5:3. theſe promiſes were delivered :*.Or 2. To Chriſt, of wh-m, and to
whom many things are {aid in this Prophecy, as we have already ſeen, and will further appear. And fuch abrupt and ſudden Apo. trophe's to perſons not mentioned in the foregcing werdsare not un- uſual in this Prophecie, as hath been obſerved, Or rather 3, To I/ 7ael, to God's Church and People, to whom he ſpeaks both in the foregoing and following verſes. For Gods Word is frequently ſaid to be put into the mouths, not only of the Prophets, but of the Peo- plc alſoy as 1/a. 59: 24+ 45 allo Dent, 3oy I4+ Jof. 118, &, F Hye
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{ But with the cup of God's fary mentioned above. wverſ- 17.
22 Thus faiththy Lord, the LORD, & thy God 1har pleadeth the cauſe of his people mz, Behold, Thavetaken out of thine hand thecup of trembling, ever the dregs of the cup of myfury : thou ſhalt nomore drink it again,
m Who though he hath fought againft thee, is now recanciled to thee, and will maintain thy caule againſt ali thine adverſaries,
23 But *I will pucit into the hand of them that a= Mict thee : which * have faid to thy foul, bow down that we may go over »: and thou haſt laid thy body as the 2round. and as the ſtreet to them that wenr over, *
n Lie down upon the ground, that we may trample upon thee, ' as C-nquerour: uſed to do upon their Conquered Encmies, Sce 7of | 10, 24 Pſal., LIOs 1s | :
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The Church redeemed andc alled upon fo rejoyce thereint,---6, The Univers Jal Preaching of the Golpel glorious: 7,-*-ICs * A Callto free our ſelves from bondage. 18,-»-12+ Chriſt's Kingdom jbal be exalted, 13,- «-15+
A Wake, awake, put on thy ſtrength #s, O Zion, put on thy. beautiful garments b, O Jeruſalem, the holy city c: for henceforth tnere ſhal nomore come
into thee {the uncircumcifed e, and the unclean f. a Gud bidveth his Church do that. which ſhe intreated him to do, ch. 51, 9. And becauſe God's word is operative, and effeftnal, and his ſayings are doings, this is a prediftion and promiſe - 'what ſhe ſhould do, that the fhould awake or ariſe out of her tow eſtate, and be ſtrong and couragious. b Thy forrows ſhal be ended; and thou ſhalt be advanced into a moſt glorious and bleffed condition. + Omy Church, which is every where called by the name of Zion or Jervſu- lem, d Either to moleſt thee, or to aſfociite themſelves with thee, or to defile or corrupt thee. e- Heathens or Infidels, who are coin- mon!y cailed uncircunaſed, f Nor any others, who though they be circumciſed, as the Fews generally were, are unclean in any thipg. Whereby he intimates, that there ſhould be a greater pu- rity and Reformation 10 the Church than formerly there had beer, which was eminently accompliſhed in the Church afid Kipgdom of
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2g In which thou haſt lain as a Priſorer,or ſate as a Monrner. þll- on thy Throne- Or, ſit up, as this wordis rendred, Gen. 27. 19. 7 The yoke ofthy captivity ſhall be taken off from thees It 1s a -- * oo from Beaſts that have the yoke faſtened by bands to their necks,
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k By your fins, into the hands of the Chaldeans. { Without any price or valuable conſideration paid by them either to you, or to me your Lord and owner. # Without paying any ranfom.