Funttion, but to one that was of great note among the People, andl was ſupplied with all neceffaries trom others, withotrt any 1:bour of his own, Thus David's Sbns were called Pjiefts, or Princes : Or rather, 3. For Priviledge, the whole body of them ſhall now be as peculiar, and as near to God as the Prieſts were fo:metly, and ſhall be a Royal Prieſthood, i Pet. 2. 9. This is moſt certainly true ofall the faithful under the Goſpel, hence they have alſo their Spiritual Sacrifices, Rom. 12. 1. Heb. 13. 15, 16. 1 Pet. 2.5; r Tt relates to
Or, what you cat ſha]l be purchaſed by the Riches of the Gentiles. s You ſhall exalt your ſelves, or be renowned b otaers : The LXX render it, you ſhall be wonderſul, or to admir4- tion ; or grow high by the acceſs of that glory, which they ſhall bing unto you, wiz. in Riches, Parts, Learuing, Chap. 60. 5, IT,
7 For your ſhame ye ſhall have double rt ; and for con- fuſion they (ball rejoyce in their portiens : therefore x in their Land thy ſhall poſſeſs the double; everlaſting y
joy ſhall be unto them. a IE ED | + Sceon Chap. 40. 2, Supple hour ; though you have been little accompred of among your Enemies, yet fiow you ſhall be great'y
of hunour, that God will give them, the ſame thing with the for- mer; or, in their Inheritance, which God ſhall retlore to them ; and that citter, 1. For worth and value through God's blefling upon it : Or, 2. For room and ſpace, and that poſſibly by reaſon of the few that will return to inhabite there, viz. only a tenth part, Chap. 6. 13. Or,that which he ſhall give them out of their Enemies Land. x Or rather, Becauſe, being rendred as a reaſon of their rejoycing, becauſe of the donbbing. of their portion, in which ſenſe it js taken, Chap. 16. 14. y Of long continuance here, and everlaſting hereafter ; or, to be perpetually remembred on their Anniverſary Feſtivals ; though this had its accompliſhment in their 1erurn from Babylon, yet was it moſt {ignally made good in that great change for the.better, which they ſhould find in the Goſpe'-ſtare in theenlarge-
" ment of Chriſt's Kingdom, and encreaſe ofhis People, with whom
they ſhouli ever rejoyce together. | 6257 8 For I the LORD tove judgment z, * I hate robe # for burnt-offerings,and I will || dire& their work in
.truth b, and I will make an everlaſting covenant c with
them. _ YI
z q. d, They have ſuffered a great deal of hardſhip under their E- nemies, and I will.do them Right, for I love Juſtice in my ſelf,and in them that praCtiſe it : Or; he gives a reafon why he will recont- penſe thoſe Strangers that did ſo freely miniſter to his People &# All
things gotten by injuſtice, though it be for Sacrifice : As God will
Hot _ r of tharwhich coſt nothing ; ſo much leſs of that- which is the E of our Abbies and Monaſteries were built, wiz; ro: expiate ſome great Crimes. : And thus by making God a Receiver, they did inter- prefatively fake htm a Confederar. b Either T will lead, and ouide rhem ſo, that they ſhall do all things in fincerity ; they fthall do goo works, and to good Ends ; they ſhall now love Truth, ard walkin Truth, and ſerve him in Spicit and Truth : Or, I will reward them; or, I will make their work- ſtable and firm: - Truth notes ſtability ; ſ:e the Notes on Ch.' 16. 5. ( work being here put metonymically for the reward of work } proportionably ro their work. c 9. d. Though you have broken Covenant with me;. and I have ſeemed ro forſake you in giving you up to Captivity, yet] will renew my anciear Covenant made with your Fathers, confire med with the blogd of Chriſt, and it ſhall be everlaſting,neverto be abrogated, wiz. .t ſhall be continued in the Gentiles that ſhall come in your rooms, that for breach of Covenant were broken
off. 9 And their ſced ſhall be antong the Gentiles 4, and
cheir off-ſpring among the People: all that ſee them
jhall acknowledge them, that they are the ſeed which
the LORD hath blefied e. a i. 6. Ennely, a promiſe of the increaſe of the Churc! : 6 B 4 _ auch
Chaps
9 For your part, yeemphatically ſhall be as Prieſts, Either; 1. For
1s oftett uſed, the word Prieft teing applied not only to the Sacred
the — of the Gentiles, which did confift moſt in. Flocks, and: ] Herds :
in their eſteem, Zech. 9. 12. you ſhall haveAouble damages. u Viz. -
'Y * Chiirg. penſe.
[|Or,recoms
Heb. give, | Ezek. 7. 3» | |
& of Rapin, and Oppreſlion ; a foundation, whereon moſt
ap. LIL. f ſuch hall be their proſperity, and multiplying, that they ſhall be known abroad by their great increaſe ; or elſe, the meaning is, the Church ſhall have a ſeed of the Gentiles, the borders of the Church ſhall be enlarged, whereas it hath been confined as it were to one corner of the World, now it ſhall remain in one Nation alone no more, but thall fill all the Nations of the Earth. e They ſhall be known to be the ſeed of Abraham, partly by their holy converſa- tion, and partly by their exceeding bleſſings, it being the ſeed that the Lord had fo often promiſed to bleſs : There ſhall be ſuch viſible Characters of God's love to them, and of God's grace in them. E 4 : | 10 I will greatly rejoyce f in the LORD g, my ſoul ſhall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with "the garments of ſalvation ;, he hath covered me with the robe of righteouſneſs k, as a bridegroom Fj decketh him- felf with ornaments, and as a bide adorneth herſelf with
her jewels. '