the wiſe men coming the firſt to Chriſt, when ke was born, and as the firſt fruits ofthe reſt of the Gentiles. 4 Begotten by the word. { From the remoteſt parts ; this may beunder%oood with reference either to place, at how great a diſtance ſocver either in place or. ſtate, they ſhall cometo Chriſt, who hath Sonsabroad in God's de- cree, not yet called ; other Sheep that he will bring into his fold, Joh. 10.16. m Their may refer either to the Merchants bringing traf- fick with him, as verſe 6: or the Jews, as 1ae! came out of Egyps with all their treaſure with them, and what others gave them; Ezr. I. 4- AS alſo the veſlels, that were ſent back with them, Ezr. 1. 7, % 1. e, To the Lord himſelf, by a periphraſis ; or ts his Temple, where his name was placed, the Type of the Church, compare 2 Sam. 7. 13. with 1 Chren. 17. 12. or in the name of the Lord ; or for his ſake, who is the holy one, the like Meronymies having been formerly and frequently pointed at, o He will ſpread thy fame, and make thee honourable in the Eyes of the World, and that eſpe- cially in ſetting up the miniſtry of the Goſpel in the. midſt of thee, The name of God, and ſo alſo of Jae! were contemptible among the Gentiles before the coming of Chriſt,and ſpreading of the Gofſ- pel, bur ( as a conſolation to his people ) it is promiſed they ſhall both be: honourable ; and here God by an x£nalage of the Perſon ſpeaks of himſelf in the third Peſon. | .
Io And the ſons of ſtrangers p ſhall build up thy walls, and their kings ſhall miniſter q unco thee : for in my wrath I ſmote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy r on thee. | ;
p viz. Such as were not 1/-aelites; and he puts Sons of ſtrangers by an uſual Hebrai/m: for ſtrangers properly termed alienigene,ſee Ch 56. 3. this was literally fulfilled in repairing the walls of Jeruſalem: ; he ſpake before of the Temple, now ot the City, and Spiritually in the Mis niſters of the Goſpel, who are the walls,and Bulwarks of the Churh by Preaching, and writing for her ;. and Eccleſiaſtical Hiſtory af fords us many inſtances of Kings, and Princes that were great Be« nefaGors to her, among whom Conſtantine did greatly excel,nor car4 ing what he beſtowed on her, Yal-ntiniavand Theodoſrus, &c. q Shall adminiſter all neceſſaries to thee ; as they had been demoliſhed by the Babyloniani,” ſo they were repaired by the favour . of Cyrus, Darius Hyſtaſpes, Artaxerxes, &c. All ſtrangers, Ezy#s 6. 7, &c- or | ſtrangers becoming Proſelytes, ſee Chap. 56. 6, r As 1 afflicted [ _ 1n my anger, ſo out of my compaſſions I will abundantly bleſs | race, Ss - . , * +, _
11 Therefore s thy gates * (hall be open continually; *Rey. 4 they ſhall not be ſhut day nor night,that men may bring 25. |
unto thee the || forces : 'of the Gentiles, and that their L Or, kings may be brought uw. > Fe B72
s For that end and purpoſe ; or by reaſon of the conflux of peo- ple, that ſhall be cofitinually flocking thither; arguing abundance of peace and ſecurity, and great enlargement of the Church, and that the Chriſtian Church ſhall be always open ta.the Godly, to receive all comers freely, # Or wealth, either all wherein they excel ; all the prey taken in fight. « As it were Captives in Chains, fach as they took in war, being made viftorious, ſo ſay ſome ; but ras ther, ſuch as were led, and conduQted in ſtare.
12 For * the nation and kingdomthat will not ſerve * Zech: ood x ſhallperiſh y : yea zheſe nations (ball be utterly wa- 14-.17- ed z. | | |
x Do qffices of kindneſs, ſo is the word uſed, Chap. rg, 23. or rather, that will not ſubmir to Chriſt's Scepter. y Shall be no more Jui jaris, but ſubdued to thee, and as refuſing ſubje&ion to Chriſt thall periſh eyerlaſtingly ; as they all periſhed-in the deluge, that - were not in the Ark : they that ſhould be ſaved were added to the Ghurch, 4s 2. 47. & Revel, 21. 24. z Heb. Waſting be waſted, viz, By the ſword: accordingly we read of many vi&ories it Joſephus that the Jews obtained, and in the Book ofthe Macchabees, as a fulfilling of this Prophecy ; but this doth Principally relate to the Spiritual Jeruſalem, and this ſeems to anticipate an obje&i- on, If the gates ſtand continually open, we ſhall -be in danger of
—_ ; nor ſo, faith he, for they ſhall either ſerve thee, os periſh.
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I3 *The glory a of Lebanon ſball come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-rree and the box together, to beautifie
b che place of my ſanctuary c, and I will make the place of my feet d glorious. ;
*Ch.35 2% & 41. 19,
# The Box, the Fir, the Pine, and the Cedar, on account wherecf Lebanon grew 10 famous, a Metonymy of the Efficient ; Kings, and great ones, the glory of the world, and alſo Perſons of a lower rank, the Pines, Firs, and Boxtrees, as alſo the choiceſt Perſons, endued with
Church, that ſhould be begotten by the Apoſtles Dofrine; which |
the LXX Tranſlation ſeems to point at, who render it as Doves with |
eheir young ones, unto me : and by flying may be noted their Spiritual :
ſtates being elevated above the world, as the Cloudsabovethe Earth |
and Doves when upon the wing. |
9 Surely the iſles f ſhall wait for me, and the ſhips g of Tarſhiſh þ firſt 3, * to bring thy ſons & from far /, their | 2» ſilver andtheir gold with them, unto the names of the LORD thy God: and to the holy One of Iſrael becauſe he hath glorified thee o.
f See Chap. 14+ 1. & 59. 18. g viz to conveigh themi to me. : h i. e. Thoſe that Traffick by Sea, as before, ſee Chap: 2. 16. theſe lying moſt convenient for that Imployment. In naming this he ims- ! Plies by a Synecdoche all thar had commerce with other Nations. 7 Preferring this before any other buſineſs racy take in hand ; this hath undergone the various ſenſes of divers Interpreters, ſuch as are not furilous, and vain, 1 conceive, may run into one of theſe two; either r. By reading it with a ſupplement of rhe nore of ſimilitude, whichis frequent, as at firſt, or formerly, vis. As in the days of $0- lomon, who was a type of Chritt, the matter here ſpoken of ſeeming to ſuit with ir, 1 Kings 10 i2. See 2 Chron. 9. 2+, &c. Or rather 2. By taking the word fir#, as the Hebrews mottly do,not.ſo much with reference to time, or order, as to.dign'ty, namely they fhall . have the precedency, and honour of bringing themielves, and con- dyuRing others ; this may be true alto as co time, and fo verifiedin