z An expreſſion to ſet forth the dignity of her ſtate. 7 75. e. Ei ther, as placed upon thee by God's hand, rhar he will diſpoſe of or diſpenſe to thee , an uſual form of tpecch in Scripture, as Hag.1.5. by the hand of Haggai, fo Mal. 1. i. Or, Inthe hand of God: He ſhall ſo manage thine honourable eſtate, that thou ſhalt be a Crown, a Cre- dit and Honour to him ; and ſo the word Crown may be uſed for any kind of ornament, or marter of Honour : Or, preſerved, and defended by God's Hand ; a thraſe that exprefleth it ro be eut of all danger, as to put a Man's Life in his hands is to expoſe it to dan- gers, Judg. 12. 3. Sam, 19-5. © 28. 21. 6 Thelame thing with the former for ſub*ance. Or, the Royal Prieſthood, whereof the Apolltle ſpeaks, 1 Per. 2. g.
4 * Chou ſhalt no more be termed, Forſaken c;*nei- *Hoſ1.ro ther ſhall thy land d,any more be termed deſolate c: but 2 Pet.2.19 thou ſhalt be called f|| Hephzi-bah g,and thy land [|Beu- _*2?: lah b : for the LORD deiighteth in thee, and thy land i Thar is jhall be married z. my delight
c As a Woman forſaken by her Husband, contemptible, and of # /7 her,
low eſteem. # 7.e. The Inhabitants of the Land, a Mronymy ©6f [| That is, the Subje&. e Though it be now almoſt void of Inhabitants it ſhall Parrice, be impeopled again. f7z.e. Be, as you have frequently had ſuch in- ſtances. g My delight is inher, anew Name agreeing with her Con- diction. h Married, agreeing to her new Relation : ſhe ſhall be as one well married, to the great improvment of her ſtate,Jer.z: 14: Boſe 2; 18, 19, 20, # Thou ſhalr ſee the increaſe of thy Children again in thy Land, as the tuirt of thy married condition, which by reaſon of thy being forſaken of thy Husband, were in a manner waſted and decayed : And this refersto the great inlargement of the Church in the Goſpel days : Or rather, ſhall be poſ7ſed, as the word Baal pro= perly ſignifies, and fo it anſwers to deſolate, thou ſhalt be no more deſolate, but pf ſſed, and this helps to ſolve a difficulty in the next verſe, which otherwiſe may ſeem an impropriety, That the Sons would marry the Mother.
5Foras a young man marrieth a virgin &, ſo ſhal! thy + yg. ſons / marry thee: and F as the bridegroom rejoyceth with the »z over the bride, ſo * thali thy God rejoyce over thee. j9 of the
k This is delivered as a demonſtration of what was ſaid in the bridegrown, cloſe of the 4th werſe, and it is ſaid Tung, and Firgine to note their © Chap. ſuitableneſs, nor Old, and Yowng, but ſuch as may delight each in o- 5: 19: ther, ſignifying that mutual content chat wou!d be in all parties thus it was at the firſt preaching of the Goſpel, A#s 2: 41: to 47:
[ Whereas it is improbable that theSpir:t of Uod ſhould carry on ſo
royal diadem 6 in the hand ns
ſb-uld marry the Mather, the ſcruple is eaſily ſatisfied by taking the
word 1n its right ſignification fo peſſeſs, as in the foregoing verſe, reading it thus, as a young man marrieth or poſ:/*th a Virgin, ſo
ſhali thy Land be inhabired or peſ ſed by thy Sons ; they ſhall dwell
with thee as a man dwells with his Wife, and thus the LXX. And
it is ſaid Sozs to diſtinguiſh them from ſtrangers, by whom ſhe ſhould
not any longer be inhabired, but by her own natives; and expreſſed
by marrying to ſignifie not only their unity of affeftion in the even-
neſs of their living, bur of Faith in their common profeſſion called
the Common Faith, Tit: 1:4: according to which Paul calls Titus his
Son. m Taketh delight in her, ſo ſhall thy God, wiz. Chriſt, God
and Man, 1n thee ; 1ce wer: 4: Chriſt is often called a Pridegroom,and * Ezck his Church a Bride, 2 Cor: 11. 2: Rev: 21: 2, , ws te
6 X. thave fer wa:chmen » upon thy walls, O Jeru- 23. 7.
ſalem, which ſhall never hold their peace day nor night || 7* that o: ||ye that make mention p of the LORD, keep not ®*# {il : Lords re- lence q ; on 2EMUT Ale
» Underſtand by theſe, either r. Angels, as they are called, Dan. ,,,; 4. 13, 23+ Or, 2. Magiſtrates, ſee chap: 56: 10. Or rather 3. Miniſters, Ch.43 26, When once the Church ſhall be reſtored again,God will undertake © © for its Safety and ProteCtion, partly by Magiſtracy, -and partly by Miniſtry,whom he here by a Metaphorical Allegory calls Watchmen, but the next words ſeem principally to intimate Spiritual Watchs men, thy ſpiritual ſafety, Heb. 13. 17. and faid to be upon the Walls, as being thence able to eſpy dangers at the greater diſtance, Cant. 1. 7. oe There fhall be a moſt vigilant, and induſtrious Mini ſtry, their conſtancy being intimated by Day and Night, either in Praying or Teaching, or warning, this being their Office. p 5. e. Are his ſervants ; To make mention of one is, according to the Hebrew Phraſe, to be ſervant to him of whom we make mention, ch: 26:13. And here eſpecially are meant his Servants in ordinary, his remembrancers, eitherſuch as put God in mind of his Promiſe, like ſuch Officers that great Men have about them on purpoſe ro mind them of the publick affairs; Or, ſuch as make the Lord to be re- membred, putting his People in mind ofhim. q This ſeems-to be the charge that he givesto his Watchmen, that they never prove remils or negligent. ;
7 And give him no Treſt 7 till he eſtabliſh, and till he make Jeruſalem a praiſe in the earth 5.
+ The ſame with the foregoing Verſe, and very acceptable to God, Luke 11: 8, 9, 10. 5s By ſending the Meſs), and thoſe La- bourers into his Vineyard,whereby the Church may be eſtabliſhed, and ſettled on ſure foundations, and ſo b:come matter of Praiſe ro God. All the Nations may Praiſe him for her, Pſal: 65: 3, 4. Or, that ſhe may be praiſed, and become renouned, and: famous in the
+ Heb.
ſclente,
Eyes of the Worid, ſeech. 60.9. © 61.9, 11. f Heb il 8 The LORD hath ſworn by nis right hand #, and $7
by the arm of his ſtrength, + Surely «, I will no more* ;, .; 5:
give thy corn to be meat for thine enemy, and the ſons Jer. 5. 17 x of the ſtranger ſhall not drink thy wine, for the which
thou haſt laboured y 3 # This,
Chap. LUX.
ſacred a Prophecy vy a {imilitude ſo abhorrent ro Nature, the Sos k
Cha
*Ch 4 and 1;
Chap. LXIT.
#-38 # _ e.*Vhis, an4 the next verſe.are mmchto the ſame purpoſe, where-