Heipnt and 5 "Ip , ants. Chriſt but cannot without great force b> applied to Teremab, we had _ oreater honour or favour Gone him by the Chaideans at the taking of ſeruſalem, than to be left at liberty to go where he pleaſed, Jer 40 4. aid who after that time met with great we pn and hardſhip from hi: own Countrey-men, Jer. 42- and 43, _ _ wY 14 As many were aſtonied e at thee f;5 ( his ſage was fo marred more than any man, and his form
ore.than the ſons of men g. ) | | Mm Were ſtruck with wonder, either 1, At bis glorious Endows ments. and the excellency and Power of his Dodrine, and his mira» culous works. Or rather 2« At his great deformity, and ſtupendi-
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2umilation and calamity. as may be gathered, both from the fol» | mae nagar and from the wſc of this word in Scripture, WY generally uſed 1na bad ſ-nſe,or of wondring atzſome extraordinarily | evil, as Jer. 13, 16+» & 19. 8 and oft e ſewhcre, ad never 1n 2 ood ſeaſe. or of wondring at any thing which 15 extraordinarily | : d: At thee, O wy Servant, to whom he now turneth his Oak and then turncth hisſpeech from him, and ſpeaks of him in the next words 3 ſuch ſudden changes of Perſons, and ſpeaking of one and theſame mai, ſometimes in one perſon, and then preſently in another, being very frequent in the Writings of the Prophets, " we have already ſeen in divers inſtances, g He was more deforme or uncomely than aiy other man. Which was undoubtedly verified :n Chriſt, who in reſpeR of his Birth, and Breeding, and manner of Life was moſt obſcure and contemptible, and therefore ſaid to be a warm and no man a reproach of men, and deſpiſed of the People, Pſal. | 22 6. who was more hated and vilified by the generality of t1: Jews; than any man upon Earth, and was accounted and called by them a Deceiver. a Samaritan, a Blaſphemer, and a Devil, 8c, whoſe Coun- tenace alſo was ſo marr<d with frequent Warchings, and raftings, and Troubles, tiiat he was thought to be near fifty Years old when he wasbut about Thirty, Jobn8. 57. and was farther ſpoiled with buffetings. and crowning with Thorns, and other cruel and deſpight- ful uſazes from men, and with the deep and contipual ſenſe of the burden of mes ſins, and of God's diſpleaſure due unto them 3 all which did not onlv oppreſs his ſpirit,but had a great intluence upon
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h His Exaltation ſhal be anſwerable ro his Humiliation, 7 Either 1. With his Bioud, which 15 called. the blood of ſprinkling, Heb. 12. 24 or, ſhal juftifie them, as it foliows, Iſa. 53. 1. which is fre- quently exprelſl[:d by wa(hing, As Pſal. 5, 2, 9+ Ezek, 16, 9, and by ſprinkling clean water, Exek., 36, 25. Or 2 With his Word or Dodtrine ; which being oft compared to Rain or Waters, asDeut. 32. 2. Iſa, 55. 1c Il. Habe 2+ 14, & may be ſaid to be ſprinks led, as it is ſaid to be dropped, Deut. 32. 2. Ezeh. 20, 46. O 21, 2. And this ſenſe ſeen 5 to be moſt favcured by the following words, & Shal be filent before him out of a profound Humility, and Reve- rence, and Admiration of his Wiſdom, and an eager defire to hear and receive Counſels and Or:cles from his Mouth, Compare Job 29, 9, 10, 11, 21, They ſhal no more contend with him, nor blaſ- pheme the true God and Religion as they formerly uſed to do,
! For they ſhal hear from his Mouth many excellent Dotrines.
ill be new and ftrange to them, ſuch as men are very — = : And particularly they ſhal hear from him that comfortable Dofrine concerning the Converſion and Salvation of the Gentiles, which was not only new to them, but was ftrange and incredible to the moſt of the ſews themfelves. mm Or, they (ball underfland, Which 15 addcd to ſhew that the ſeeing in the former clauſe was meant of diſcerning theſe things with the Eyes of their
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The incredulity of the Jews : the death of Chrit : and che bleſted Effetts thereof, 1,— 1, his Exaltation and Glory, 13, == ;,
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a The Prophet having in the three laſt Verſes of the former Chap- ter, made ageneral reprot concerning the great and wonderful Humi- lation, and Exaltation of Chriſt, of which he intended more largely to diſcourſe in this Chapter, before he deſcended to particulars he thought fitto uſe this Preface, 1/0, not only of the Gentiles, but even of the Jews, will belive the truth of what I have (aid and muſt ſay 2 Few or none. The generwity of them will neyerreceive, nor belive in ſuch a Meſſias as this. Thus this place is expounded by Chriſt himſelf, John 12, 38, and by Paul Rom. 10, 16. And this premonition was highly neceſſary, both to caution the Jews that they ſhould not ſtumble at this Stone, and to inſtruit the Gentiles that they ſhould not be ſurpriſed, nor ſcandalized, nor ſeduced with their Example. b Either 1. The Word of God, called therepore in the former clauſe ; the Doftrine of the goſpel, which is exprefly called the power of God, 1 Cor. 1, 18. becauſe of that admirable V1r- tue and Succeſs which accompanied the preaching of it. Or 2. The Meſſiah, who alſo is called the arm Or power of God, 1 Cor_ 1.4 24+ and that moſt fitly, becauſe the Almi-hty power of God was both ſeated in him, and declared and exerciſed by him in his powerful Words and mighty Deeds, as Simon for ſome great works wrought by him, was calied by tre Samaritans, the power of God, Ads 8, jo, c Not outwardly, for fo Chriſt was revealed and preached to vaſt numbers. both of jews and Gentiles as is evidenr from this Context, and from divers other places of Scripture, but inwardly and with power to their Minds and Hearts, of which kind of Revelation, See Epheſ. x, 17. +8, 19, and conpare it with 2 Core 4. 4, Thus even Moſes, though ſifhcrently revealed to the Eyes and Ears of the Jews, yet is ſaid to be uirevealed or hid from their Minds and Hearts, 2 Cor 3+ 14, is. The icmſe of the place is, few or none of the Jews will believe the Goſpel, or receive thei 37e//iah when he comesamong
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