may give ſeed to the fower, and bread to the eater h. f Which in its ſeaſon contributes to the fruitfulneſs of the Earth as well as the Rain. g To wit, void or without effeR, as it iscx- preſſed in the next verſe: or immediately : it is not drawn up a- gain as ſoon as it 15come tlown, but abides for a convenient time upon the Earth, until it do that work for which it was ſent.b That it may bring forth ſtore of Bread-corn, both for mens preſent ſup- plies, and tor ſeed forthe next year. | 11 50 ball my word 5 be that goeth forth out of my | Wt, mouth : it ſhall not * return unto mevoid &, bur it (ball * Ch- 4 accompliſh that which I pleaſe, and ir ſball proſper in tbe 54... MW thing whereto I ſent it /. | BW i My promiſes before recited concerning the ſending of the M:ſ- ſab, and the bleſſing of his Labours with tuch wonderful ſuccets, and concerning the reconciliation and pardon of the greateſt ſinners, and concerning the Redemption and Salvation of his People. k Without ſucceſs. It is anallulion to an Ambaftador who returns without diſpatching that buſineſs for which he was ſent, / It ſhall have that efte& which I intended, It fhall certainly be fulfilled in manner before expreſled. | 12 Formye ſhall go ont * with joy, and be led forth o with peace p: the mountains and the hills ſhall * break forth before you into ſinging, and all * the trees of the 08. field ſhall clap their hands q. *, Chr. . m Or, Therefore: becaufe God hath promiſed it,and therefore will 16. 33, effe& ir. » Ye ſhall be releaſed from the place and ſtate of your Bondage. He alludes ro their going our of Egypr, which was a type of th-ir ſucceeding deliveranccs,and efpecrally cf their Redemprion by Chriſt from the power of ſin and of the Devil. s Or,beled along, be conduted by the gracious and powerful preſence of God, as yout were in the Wilderneſs. p Safely and triumphantly without fear of being retaken and brought back into flavery by your Enemies. 9 There ſhall be a great and general rejoycing at your deliverance : io that even the ſenſeleſs Creatures ſhall ſeem -to rejoice with you and for you. |
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3 * Inſtead of the thorn ſhall come upthe fir-tree, _ _ LES . . * Ch: 4r and inſtead of the briar hail come up the myrtle-tree : . _ and it (hall be to the LORD for a name », for an ever- '” ** laſting ſign s that ſhall nor be cut off z.
q Whereas your Land was filled with Thorns and Briars, as was fore told, 2s. 7. 24. they ſhalt be rooted out, and it ſhall be planted with Fir-trees and Myrtle-trees, and ſuch other Trees, which are uſeful either for Fruit or for Delight. : Or, this Promiſe may be anſwerable to that Ezek. 28. 24. Ther? ſhall be no more a pricking briav unto the houſe of Iſrael, nor any grieving thorn, &c. but inſtead of them ſhall be ſuch Trees as ſhaH yield ſhade and refrefhment. The mean< ing ts, The Church ſhalt be delivered from pernicious men and thir gs, * and repleniſhed with ſincere and ſcrious Believers,and with all ſorts of divine Graces and Bleflings. » This wonderful change ſhalt bring much honour to that God by. whom it is wrought. 5 For a Monument,or evident and glorions Token of God's infinite Power, and Faithfulneſs, and Eove to his People unto all fucceeding Ge- nerations. # Which ſhall never be aboliſhed, but ſhall always live and flouriſh in the Minds and Mouths of Men.
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Bl:ſſedueſs of the Godly : without any reſpe&# of perſons, 1 18. Blind
watchmen ſhall be deſlroyed, 9—a—12.
{ Ag ſaith the LORD «a, Keep ye || judgment, and
do juſtice b: for my ſalvation c js near to come &d, and my righteouſneſs e to. be revealed.
# This verſe and the reſt of this Chapter, until v. 9. ſeems to be. long to the foregoing Propheſie, From the conſideration of God's Promiſes made tothem he moveth them to perform their duty ro him. 6& This Phraſe elſewhere ſignifies the duties which one man oweth to another, but here it ſeems to ſignifie the Duties which me: owe to God, as it is explained in the following verſes. c That eminent Salvation by the M: ſia ſo largely promifed, and inſiſted y- pon in the foregoing Chapters : for which ir behoves you to pre« pare your ſelves, and in which, without this condition you thell have no ſharenor benefit, 4 So the Scripture uſeth to ſpeak of things which are at.a great diſtance, as if they were preſent or ar hand, See Had. 2. 3. Jam, 5.8, 9g. Rev. 22. 20, e The ſame thing which he now called Sz{vaton, and here calleth his Righteouſneſs be- cauſe it is an evident demonſtration of God's Righteouſneſs, as in the fulfilling of his promiſes, fo in the puniſhment of lin, and in the ſalvation of ſinners upon juſt and honourable terms. :
2 Bleſſed is the man f that deth this g, ang the ſon of man bat layeth hold on ith: that keepeth the ſabbath from polluting 1t #, and keepethwiis hand & fromdoing any evil /. 4
f Every man, not only Jews, bur Gentiles, or frangers, as it 58- explained in the following Verſes, z Jndgment and juſtice, men- tioned v. 1. þ Or, that holddth it faſt, that is reſolute and coo-
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manded duties. And the Sabbath ſeems to be put here, as Szcri- fice is elſewhere, Synecdochically for the whole Worſhip of Ged, whereof this is an eminent part, and the bond of all the reſt. & Which being the great inſtrument of ARion, is put for all the kinds and means of Afftion. 1 To wit, to ones Neighbour, as 1s inore fully expreſſed, Pſal. 15. 3. "
3 Neither ler the fon of a ſtranger », that hath join- ed himſeifto che LORD», ſpeak, ſaying, The LORD hath utterly ſeparated me from his people ; neither let the eunuch o ſay, Behold, I am a dry tree p.