[ becauſe, ſuppoſing God after the manner of-man to fit as on 4 ; ſear between the wings of the Cherubims, his feet would reſt uport- ' the Ark, and therefore called the mercy ſear,- Exed. 25. 17, 18, 19,
the ſpecial gifts of the Holy-Ghoſt ſhall be the materials, and mem. bers of Chriſt's Church, as thoſe alſo of a lower ſize, and meaſure. We find the godly called trees, Ch. 61. 3. they ſhall have ſweet Commuaion together ; rhe Box ſhall not envy the Pine, hor the Pixe deipiie the Byx, they ſhall worſhip. tte Lord together.” þ This: is the reaſon and end why the glory of Lebanon is to be brought his ther ; by theſe trees underſtand the beauty, and Nobility of the Church. Trees being both for building and for beautifying cThe Temple wherein was the SanQtuary,this being a Type of the Charc
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- 14 The ſons e alfo of thetni that afflicted thee; ſhalt. * come bending f unto thee, and all they that deſpiſe © © i thee ſhall * bow themſelves down at the ſoles g of thy, ©4514 } feet; and they ſhall call thee, The city & of the LORD, *p *2:*3* |
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e Either their poſterity acknowledging their Fathers fins in af. flicting thee ; or themfelyes, ſor > ok manner of the Hebrews am ® Z 9
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ro put the Sons of a thing for the thing it ſelf. f Humbling them- ſelves, as penitents, this being the ſign of Reverence, and reſpect; and that cither for love, or fear, ſubmit to the yoke of Chit ; they ſhall b- like Chriſt, of an humble, and meek Spirit. and the degree of this is mentioned in the nexr clauſe. g 'This nores that great degree ofſubmiſſion that even deſpiters, and enemics ſhall yield ro the Church proftrating themſeives as humble ſuppliants. See Chap. 49. 23. or rather to Chriſt the Head, King and Hus- band of the Church. h They ſhall give her thar honourableritle, or acknowledge her to be ſo, and ſo called both from rhe Love that God had for her, and from the Temple of God that was 1n her.
15 Whereas thou haſt been forſaken 5 and hated &,fo
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5 Both of God, 7. e. As to outward appearance ; and of hcr inha+ bitants, being upon rhe matter depopulated & Either lighted, and negle&ed, or ſuffering aCtual miſeries, and flaughrers ; rhus was ſhe dealt with, Lam. 1. 2. 1 Thy ſtreets were lett deſolate. mm The Abre# is put here for the Concrete, whereby the Hebrews were wont to expreſs the ſuperlative degree, and in this happy eftate we find the Church, Z-ch. 2. per rot. and 9. 9, &c. Which refers to the coming of Chriſt; and it is ſaid :o be Erernal. 3. e.For a great while, ig being an hyperbolical exprethoa trequent with the Hebrews, Ao exprels a long time by cternity. » The Chur- ches happineſs ſhould *e the rejoycing and comfort of ſucceeding g=nerations ; the wouid be the mattrer of their great rejoycing, a Metonymy of the Objef,
16 * Thou ſhalt alſo ſuck » the milk of the Gentiles, Ch. 49. and ſhalt ſuck the breaſt of Kings, and thou (balt know - &G6r. that * I the LORD am thy ſaviour and thy redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob g.
0 A M-raph or taken from Children ſucking nouriſhment from the breaſt, the ſenſe is chat the Church ſhou)d draw, or drain the wealth of Nations, and rhe riches, and power of Kings, and whatever 1s moſt excellent, and that it ſhould come ficely, and affcton- ately, as milk flows from the breaſt of the Moth-r; rhe ſome thing intended, Chap: 49: 21: and in the foregoing verſes. pi e. Experi- ence it; knowing is oft put for an experimental knowing. q Styl- ed ſo either with reference ro Jocob's Perſon, he being the firſt rhar gave God this title, Gen: 49: 24: or with reference to 7accb's poſtet- ty, viz. the Jews. Theſe things will certain'y be accompliſhed for he is the mighty God, and fſoable,and the God of 7acob, to obliged by Covenanr, and Re/ation: 4
17 For braſs I will bring gold 7, and for Iron I wil bring filver, and for wood braſs, and for ftones Iron : FE will alfo make thy officers peace s,and thine exactours
righteouſneſs 7; r Here is the effe& of the former promiſe, thy poverty ſhall be furned to riches, all things ſhall bz altered for the beſt ; an alluſi- 'en to the days of So/omom, when Go:d was as braſs: thus on the Contrary, when they change for the worſe in the tate, it uſeth to be expreſſed by the like Mc: aphors, Chap: 1: 21, 22.23, $4.8, Lov- ing, M-:& and Peaceable, the 4bſtra pur for the Concrete, as is uſual, whether you underſtand it of Under-Officers, they ſhall be Officers of peace, or, of Goveraours, thou ſhalt have a peaceable Govern- ment, as it was made good to them under Ezra, Nehemiah, Zorobable, and ſuch like. #: Moſt righteous, as befoi- peace for peaceable. The Church is not freed from Taxes, and payments, thar is given by Chriſt and Peter unto C2{ar, tur it ſhall be without oppreſlion, and grinding ; no more than is neceſfary, and nor exafted rigor- ouſly; though all theſe were made good in their return out of Baby- Sn, yer doth it more properly relare to the meliorating of the Church under th: Goſpel, wherein inſtead of Carna! Ceremonies, He had Spiritual Ordinances, which is the ſcope of the Apoſt'e, Heb. 9. and larger meafures of the holy Spirit; and ſhould have ach Officers as would ſpeak peace to the Confciences, by diſcove- Ihg-the compleat, and perfett righteouſneſs of him, who fulfil:ed all righteouſneſs. :
15 Violence « ſhall no more be heard in thy land, | .., waſting nordeſtruction within . thy borders x : but Ck. 26.1. thou fhalt call * thy walls ſalvation yz, and thy gates | -preiſe V. + |