4 8 |] He was taken from priſon and from judgment e: [Orgbewas . a 2 Zakenawgy 22d who ſhal declare F hisgeneration g? for he was hy diſtreſs cut Off b out ofthe land of the living ; for the tranſ- and jadg- greflion of my people } was he ſtricken 5. nent. e Theſe words arc underſtood either, 1+ Of Chriſts Humiliation or but, &c: Suffcrings:: and then the words are to be rendred, He was taken away THeb. was C to wit, out of this Life, as this word is uſed, Pſalm 31. 13. #he ſtroke Proverbs 8. 49_ and elſewhere : he was put todeath : ) by diſtreſs upon hitt, C or vilenceor tyranny,as this word 1s uſed with this Prepoſition be- fore it, Pſalm 107. 39. ) and judgement, by oppreſſion and violence under a form and pretence of. Juſtice, Or rather, 2, Of Chriſts Exhortation, becaule of the following Clauſe , which is not unſeaſonably mentioned in the midſt of his Sufferiogs, to take off the Scandal which might have ariſen from Chriſts Suffcrings, if there had not been a proſpet and aſſurance of his viRoriousneſs over them, and his Glory after them : and ſo the words may be rendred, ' He was taben up ( or taken away, freed or delivered ) from Priſoni, es x 7 from the Grave, which being called an Hoyſe, Job 3o- 23. and a > Pit, inwhich men are ſbvt up, Pſalm 69+ 15. may fitly be called a FR: - Priſon : or from diſtreſs, or affliction, or oppreſſion, from the power and 2M malice ofhis Enemics, and trom the torments of his own Soul, arif- * ing from the ſenſe of Mens fins and Gods diſpleaſure Jand from judg- >} ment, iz e. from all the ſufferings and puniſhments inflifed upon 7 him, cither by the unrighteous judgment of men, or by the juſt judgment of God, puniſhing him for thoſe fins which he had volun» tarily taken upon himſelf : or, which is the ſame thing, from the Sentence of Condemnation, and all the effects of it : For 1n this ſenſe | Judgment is very commonly taken both in Scripture and other Authors f Who can declare it *? The future being taken potentially, as it is frequently :. no words can ſufficiently expreſs it. g Either, r. His Axe, or the continuance of his Life, So the ſenſe 1s, That he ſhal not only be delivered from death, and all his puniſhments, but alſo ſhal be reſtored to an inexpreſſible or endleſs Life, and to an everlaſt- Ex. ing Kingdom. Thus great Interpreters underftand it ; with whom I cannot comply, becauſe Ido not find this Hebrew word to be ever uſed in Scripture of the continuance of one mans Life» Or rather ] 2. His Poſtcrity 3 and ſs this word 1s unqueſtionably uſed, Gen, 15. * 16.Exed. 23. 5:Dcu.23.2, 3,8 &in many other places.And ſo the ſenſe | of the place is this. That Chriſts death thal not be unfruitful, &that when he is raiſcd from the dead,he ſhal have a ſpiritual ſeed, as 1s pro- ; miſed, ver. 10- 2 numberleis multitude of thoſe who ſhal believe in him, and beregenerated and adopted by him into the number of his ' Children, and of the Children of God. John 1. 12, Heb. 2, 10, 13, 14. + To wit, by a violent death, And this may be added as a reaſon both of his Exaltation, and of the bleſſing of a numerous po. ſterity conferred upon him, becauſe he was willing to be cut off for the tranſgreffion of his People 3 and, as it followeth, ver, '10. made his Soul an offering for Sin; Chriſts death being Elſewhere declared to be the only way and neceſſary means of obtaining both theſe ends, Lube 24. 26. 45. John 12. 24. 32, 33. Phil. 2. 8, 9. But theſc words may be readred, although h: was cut off ; to fignific that his Death ſhould not hinder theſe glorious Effe&s, 7 This 1s repeated again. as it was fit it ſhould be, to prevent mens miſtakes about, and ſtumbling at the death of Chriſt, and to affure them that Chriſt did not dic forhisown Sins, but only for the Sins and Salvation of
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