it EEE IE © chem, the 18. the 70. the idol Worthippers amongſt them, and not Idolaters only, but Rn, 5, It Ce! define was their breaſts of i on = as broke his Jaws ab far ag. which he had prohibited them folation. Chriſt was in the firſt place. »» The g/ory of the People of _ by ne 2 Ou ma and rag themſclves in gardens, Iſrael, though he was alſo a light to rkeGentiles, Ink. 2. 32. we arc wy CE. expat Y, hand hes wy _ I* 29. CC GF, 3,4. 1Kings required to1ejoice with Hieruſalem, That we may ſuck and be ſati:fed, BY I a , I oe peeps bs oy mars, 2 _—_ ſuch as were &c. Intimating, that our joy 1aould not be a meer att of charity ro = i; 098 _ ng = The Tdot them, where: they {t them, but a proper expreſſion of our ſenſe of Gods goodneſs to our Ki - {fon £ th 3 7 ens n 2 —_—_ called the Grove, 2 ſelves, who {hould ſuck and beſatisfied with the glad tidings of the ings 23. 6. they hadalſo in theſe Gardens Pools where they waſhed
. ; tas be talk themſelves in a way of preparation for their Ido!- Worſhip, as the dah um phy age earn bao] and our ſelves be inlighrned from Prieſt by Gods Ordinance was to bath himſelf, Num. 19. i hBehind
; | XZ PO © ; one of che trees, or one by one behind the Trees. Some think that *Ch. 48- wa For thus faith the Lord, Behold I * will extend Achar is here a propzr name ofan Idol,bebind which, or behind ) 238. 60.5 peace to her like a river, and the glory of theGentiles » | whoſe Temple theſe Idolaters were wont to purifie themſelves. _ *Cþ. 60. Hhkea flowing ſtream 0; then (bal ye * {uck p; ye (hal be | Theſe Gardens were places too as well for brutiſh Luſts as Idols
16 * born upon her ſides,and be dandled upon her knees g. Worſhip, as may be learned from 1 Kin. 14. 24. 2 Kin. 23. 7. and
* Cho. ag. T . : . | they by theſs waſhings thought to make themſelves clean. 7 Eat 22.&'60.4 # That this promiſe reſpetts the times of the Meſies ſeems plain, ing Swines fleſh, forbidden, Lev. 1. 7. Deut. 14. 8. k Andthe abomi«
e conſideration that no hiſtory gives us any account __ . -
| 519 rea me wn _ b IT Rs hoy Aon =" ny, _ any abominable things, Fg all thoſe Beaſts forbidden time,nor indeed then, if we underliand it not of a Spiritual Goſpel- C ns bl 92h, _ VE. $ "*s 1 - ; _ think a particular
+ peace, which Chriſt preached ro them that were nigh, as well as thoſe ambominable thing Tous ang and x =o it is the Weaſte which far of, Eph. 2. 17. 0 Tt alſo appearsfrom the mention of the glo- mw The he ds 3s FE 0 ous, ” uch is here next mentio- ry of the Gentiles as 2 flowing ſtream, which can hardly be under- _ - "y Kale x which we tranſlate MoyJe being no where found food of any thing but Chriſt and rhe preaching of the Goſpel to = there, and here, 1 Sam, 6,4. 5, 11, 18. ſome think it is not the Gentiles. Bur I leave 1t to the iſſues of Providence to expound | © creature We call a Mouſe, ( becauſe a Mouſe is properly no cree- and determine, wherher the Prophecy of this rext doth not relate Os thin ; but the word Lev. 11 IP" figaifieth a creeping thing.) ey therefore think it rather fignifiech ſome Serpenr.
to a further converſion and calling of the Jews than hath been yer : : . | ſcen-—p When Chriſt was w Rn to the Jews not thoſe only he It is a matter of no great conſequence. The ſenſe is thar God would 1
es, bur thoſe of the Jews who belonged to Gods Eleft.on ſuck-f not only deſtroy the open and groſs Idolarers and ſuperſtitious per= —ed Goſpel dodrine. 9 The Gentiles were S552 upon the ſides o | ſons, bur all thoſe who had made _ Conſcience of yeilding Obe- Hieruſalem and dandled upon her knees, at firſt hearing trom the dience to the Law of God in ſuch things as ſeemed tO them of a oftles ( who were ſome ofthe Daughters of Hieruſalem, members of | PRute nature, and ſuch as they eaſily might have yeilded ebediz the Jewiſh-Church ) the glad ridings of Salvation. EnCe tO ; he ſaith that they ſhall all periſh together, In the day 12 r» As one whom his mother comforteth, fo wzll of Judgment the Idolatrous Pager, and Papi}}, and the leud and dit- 3 rag d fhatl b "<P Jo obedient Proteſtant ſhall fare alike. It will be a hard thing for a
IT comfort you,and you Na eg comtorted 1n Hiers, ant, thinking Soul to ſee how Baptiſm, and a memberſhip in the Chris.
+ That 1s, in the moſt tender, and compailionat way imaginable, I ſtian Church, ſhould ſave men from Gods Wrath, without Holinels, The husband dothnot comfort his wite with rhat renderneis, and © more than Circumciſion and Memberſhip in the Jewiſh Church. rhoſe bowels that the mother comforteth the Ch1d after ir hathre® xx For I &now their works, and their thoughts /, it
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ſhall come = that I will gather all nations »,and tongues, and they ſhall ſee my glory 0.
1 The Hebrew is thus, word for word; And I their works, and eheir thoughts, coming together all nations, and languages, and they ſhall come and fee my Glory. So thar it is neceſſary for Interpreters to ſupply ſome words to make out the Senſe. And the ſenſe will differ ac= cording to the nature and ſenſe of thoſe ſupplied words, We ſup- ply the Verb know, as Amos 5.12. others {npply I have noted. O- chers wake it a queſtion. And ſhould endure their thoughts and their works? Others, But as for me O their works, and their thoughts! Some make thefe words, for 1 know thiir works and their thoughts, 13 ſhall come, one Sentence, and to relate to the Judgements before threatned, w. &5, 16: and the latter words a new Sentence, and a Promiſe of the Call of the Gentiles. If we thus divide the words into two Sentences, the former part doth but aſfert the certainty of the Judgement that ſhould come upon this People, and the Confirmati- on or Reaſon of it from the Omniſcienece and Juffice of God. They have done theſe things, and I know it, and am of purer eyes than