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fick of tho% that trade by Sca, the Riches of the Merchant, and fo poſſi y the Propher may allude toP/. 72. 16. for Tharffs 15 lometimes taken tor the Sea as hath been before ſhewed : ſee on 1 K-ng.10.22. o Thy traders ſhall not ſo much convert their Rickes to their own ule as to thine. p Or wealth, thou ſhalt not have only the wealth, | but the ſtrength of the Nations to ſtand by thee, which hath alſo an Eye, as inthe type, to that readineſs, and willingneſs that would be 1n the Nations ts help them out of Babylon. |
6 The multicude of camels q ſhall cover thee:the dro- medaries r of Midian and Ephah 5: all they from Sheba # ſhall come: they ſhall bring {| * gold and incenſe «, and they (ball ſhew forth the praiſes x of the LORD.
q i. e. the abundance of wealth and Treaſure, that is brought U- pon Camels, this being the Creature the Eaſtern people uſed for car- riag2 of their gold and ſpice, and otherrich Treaſure, which are ſaid to cover them, the like phraſe with that Juag. 6. 5. or, whereby 1s nnderſtood thoſe people, that diduſe to ride on Camels, as the 4ra- bians, and the bordering Countries ; for by theſe, and ſuch like figurative and borrowed expreſſions in ſeveral verſes of this Chapter 1s particularized ſeveral Nations, and by them is implyed the com- ing in of all Nations unto Chriſt, and therefore they are brought in as preſenting the chicfeit Commodities of their reſpeCtive Countries, ſo that we may be the better excuſed from ſpeaking particularly to ro them in the1r reſpeCtive places. # or,a!ſoor even the Dromedaries, which are a l:fſer ſort of Camel, ſo called from their ſwiftneſs 1n running, to which they are the better enabled, becauſe, as Pliny oblerves, they can indure thirſt tour days together. q d. They ſhall make all the haſte imaginable in bringing theirRiches to thee sBoth thuic Midianites, and Ephaites deſcended from Abraham by Keturah,Gen, 25. 2, 4. they dwelt beyond Arabia, and Camels are mentioned com- ing from aence, becauſe of all places they were the moſt numerous here, Juag. 7. 12. £ This Sheba deſcended from Cuſh, the Son of curſed Ham the Son of Neah, Gen. 10. 6, 7. from whom a certain Countey in Arabia Felix took its name, whoſe Queen it was, that came to viſit Solomon, 1 Kings 10. 1. and her bringing gifts might be a type of this, So/omen being a type of Chriſt, of which the wiſe men might be the firit ſruits, Mat. 2. « The Principal Commodi- tics with which this Couatry abounded, and by which we are to unuderitand whatever is precious ; and Frankincenſfe is only peculiar to Aratia. « The motive drawing them thither, being more for Religion rhan trade.
7 Allthe flocks of Kedar y ſhall be gathered together unto thee, the rams z of Nebajoth « ſhall miniſter unto thee : they ſhall come up with acceptance b on mine al- tar, and I willglorify the houle of my glory c.
9 The People whereof deſcended from Iſhmael, and lived in Ara- biz Petrza, who were principally Shepherds. 2 q. 4. Nay the. chief of the flock, viz. for Sacrifice, this Neb4jorh being put for the people thercof, arid ſprang from 1/hmael alſo, Gen. 25. 13. Rich as the o- ther were in flocks, and inhabiting the ſame Country. As the Sabe= ans offered tbe Proper Commodities of their Country as Gold, and Spice, ſo theſe of cheirs, viz. Cattle, thewing that each Country, and ſo each Perſon ſhould bring that wherewith they did moſt excel. a This ſhews that Araham's Children according to the fleſh ſhould alſo be broughr into the Goſpel, compare Mal. . rt. 6 Being of- fered, they thall not now, as her=tofore, be reje&ed, and hereby they ſhall be diſtinguiſhed from the profane oblations of the Gen- Tiles. #. e. In the name of Chriſt, who 1s the true, and only Goſ- pel Altar. © 5. e. The Temple, or my houſe ; Glory being put here by a Meronymy of the Adjun# tor God himſelf, who 1s glorious: God ſhall become glorious by the nwltirude of Sacrifices, that ſhall be offered, and acc-pted here, Pſal. 29: 9. andit isa Type how glo- rious his New Teſtament Spiritual Worſhip ſhall be, this Alrar pointing at Chriſt, out of waom nothing is accepted, and that his Church ſhould be glorious being built of living ſtones, 1 Per.
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d In the 4th v. he ſpake to themas upon ſome high watchTower, whereby they might b:hold as in a Circle all the partsof the World. Now eipying fron ail parts, he brings them in calling out with admiration who are theje ? Partly with reference to the number, or partly with reference to the Perſons, ſo ri:e Heb. what are theſe ? They being not Jews, bur ſtrangers, and ſo dire&ly intimating the Geatijes flocking into the Church that come ſo ſwift'y, and in fo great flocks; the ſame thing ſtill ; The former Metaphor of clouds imports their number as well as their ſpeed, Ezek.8. 9. thus abun- dance of Witneſſes is called a clexd of Witneſſes. Heb. 12. 1. the ſcope is to note great confluence of people thar ſhould come into the
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