who itis thit appears in ſnch a Habit or Poſture, : why at verſe 2+ q That isthe Country of [11mmes, where A mein " Eſau himſelf was {ſometimes called by this Name, Geneſis 25. 30. and It 15 put Synecdochically for all the encmies of the Church, as Moa5 1s, Ijaiah 25. 10. See the Notes. r Or, ftained, Thus Chrift is deicribed, Revelat. 19. 13.and lo alſo verſe 3. LXX. the redneſs of Garments. s- The Capital City of 1dwnes ; ſee further-chapter 3
6. a parallel Text; ' and Erdom and Boxrah here are mentioacd T ther i, Not as relating to the places ſo called, bur by way of allu=" hon to the Garments of this Conqueror, Edom ſignifying Red and Bozra a Yinrage. The ene relating to his treading the Winepreſs and the other to the blood ſprinkied upon his Garments, verſe 2. the like manver of ſpe:king you have, Pſalnt 120. 5, Oc rather, 2. Pur Synecdocaically for all th: enemics of the Church, :amon whom, though 417c:2r;t be not particularly deſigned, yet may bs reckoned, being one of the chiet of them, thus typifying Chriſt's Victories over all the enemies of the Church, Revelar. 19. 119, 20j 21. and this is uſual; Babylon is pur for any deteſtable City an Moab for all that are vile and abominable, 1ſaish 10. ſo Edem here for all God's Enemies; And he mentions theſe 1dumeans ra« ther than the Chaldeans, who were the Jews chief and particular Enemies : 1. Partly to fer forth the greatneſs of the enmity, being of o'd ſtanding, and aninbred malignity,- Geneſis 25: 22, 23. and ir. reconcilable, and perpetual, Amos 1. 11. and particularly put forth when the Babylonians took Jeruſalem, Pſalm 137. 7. : 2. Partly to comfort the Jews, both becauſe God would take particular reve upon Ex0m, as he had threatned, and propheſied by Obaarah;- which is the ſubſtance of that whole Prophecy; And allo theſe being their near Neighbours, God dcth give them ſecurity, that they ſhall not only be delivered from the Chaldeans, thoſe remoter Ene= mies, but trom the Idumears alto, whoſe vicinity and neighbours hood might have been troubleſome to them. - : Such as Generals are wont to march before their Armies in, or great Conquerors that walk in State and Gallantry from their Conqueſts:-: u I or according to the Majeity of his Gate, being an indication of the * greatneſs of his Strength, and intimating that he hath throughly done his Work, and fears no purſuing Enemy,*as the Lyon that keepeth his Majeſtick Gate withkour the fear of any other. Beaſt, Proverbs Jo. 3o. This notes the invincibleneſs of his Power and that it is his own Strength, he needeth not the help of Armies or other Inſtruments, and thus he will travel through all the Couns tries of his Enemies. x Here the Lord Chriſt gives an anſwer, wherein he borh aſſerts his Fdcliry, that he will faithfully perform what he hath promiſed, and that he will truely execute Juſtice pate 's ' - and hereby PEN diſtinguiſheth himſelf from all idol gods, /jaiah 45. 19, 20. 7 I have Power 11h I! as Powerful as Faithful, 1/aiah 19. 20. = EY vations _ | |
2 Wherefore z * arz :hou red in thine apparel, and *Rey. || thy onermngs- I thee treadeth in the wine-fat. 13, |
z Having enquired of the Perſon, now hz I ; of his Habit bei thus ſprinkled. MD "= _
3 I have trodden 2 the wine-preſs alone b, and of the people there was none with me c :. for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury 4 and their blood {hall be ſprinkled e upon my garments, and I will ſtain f all my raiment. erty
2 i.e. I have deſtroyed the Enemies of my People, I have cruſh- ed them as Grapes are cruſhed, this being an uſual Metaphor to de= ſcribe the ucrer deltruQtion of a People, Pſalm 44. 5. Jaiah 25. r0.. Rev. 14. 19, 20. and the eaſineſs of doing it, no more than to cruſh a bunch of Grapes. 6 To note his Good-will, and great Power the Maſters of Vine-yards are not willing to do this drudgery themſelves, neither, if they would, could they be able rq mans ge 2 whole Vintage by themſelves: But Chriſt was willing to undertake- it, and able ro go through it without calling in the help- of any o= ther. _ c 1. Not that he excludes the Jews, but the other Nations rhar dwelt about them, therefore he ſaith of che People there. was none w.th him, but Godand his own People may be reckoned as one Fudg 5. 23+ Aad though this be true of his Paſſion, in which ſenſe ſome would carry it, yet doth it not ſo well ſuite with the deſign : For Chriſt is deſcribed here nor as a Prieſt Sacrificing, or ſhedding o his own Blood, but as a King, conquering and ſhedding che gk of his, and his Churches enemies ; Hence it is ſaid their blood, not his own ; to ſhew that it cannor fairly relate to his Paſſion ; Beſides Chriſt could expe& no help in that, *for he knew none cou'd ; but. here he looked, and wondred that there was none, v. 5. And though it may be ſaid, that he makes uſe of Inſtruments both in his Con- quering of temporal enemies,and alſo Spiritual,conſider 1. That here he ſpeaks as a Genera}, and therefore the whole Vittorie is aſcribed to him alone. 2. They do it not only by Commiſſion and Autho- rity derived from him, but by Strength conveyed to them from him, without which they could do no more than a Watch withour. a Spring, or Tool wittout the Work-man's ſtrength and skill: And that Chriſt may make it appear they are no Coadjutors that he needs he makes them bring abour ſuch things as they never deſigned, as he ſpeaks of the 4{jrian, ſee on chap, 10. 6, 7. and this is to be un- derſtood in like manner of Chriſt's Conqueſt over Spiritual enemies 2 Cor, 4. 7. See Aiffs 3- 12, 13. d This latter expreſſion is bur ar. aggravating of the former ; It implies a kind of inſulting, an allt« ſion to Conquerors, who were wont to make the Conquered to lie down, that others might trample on them, chap. 51. 23. e Or, was Jorinkled. As in treading of Grapes theJuice ſparkles upon the cloths 9.4. in his anfwer, thus came my Garments to be ſprinkled. fr ſhall not be, or it was 07 only ſprinkled, bur perfeUly ſtained, as it were rolled in blood, chap. 9. 5. ; |