miah, ſaying, no on ; 20 Thus faith the LORD, * If you can break myco- * :.: :. ali venant of the Day, - and my covenant of the Night @, *Uz:54:9 | and that there ſhould not by Day, and Night in their ſeaſon. _ WES a By the Covenant of day and Night here is meant the fame ' with the Ordinances mentioned, Chap, 31.35. God's Luv eſtabliſhed in the courſe ofnatural Cauſes, by vertue of which the. day and night orderly ſucceed one another. Theſe Verſes are but a further con= firmation of what was ſaid before, and the ſenſe of them no more than this, That the ſucceſſion of rhe Goſpel Miniſtry inthe Chusclv of God to abide for ever, ſhould be as certain as the ſucceſſion of darkneſs and light, God had eſtabliſhed rhef latrer in a neceſſary courſe of natural cauſes, and he would by his Providence take care for the other, that the eff:& ſhould be every whit as certain, Though the ſecond cauſes are widely different,- yet God who is the firſt cauſe of both is the ſame and would as certainly bring theone co pals as the other. | | O2e 2 | 21 Then may alſo my covenant be broken wich Da- vid my ſervant, that he ſhould not have a ſon to reign upon his throne, and with the Levices the prieſts, my miniſters. _ | Ee oh Wee 7 ; 22 As the * hoſt of heaven cannot be numbred nei- , _- - :. || ther the ſand of the ſea meaſured, ſo will I multiply the yn 73- ſeed of David iny ſc d the Levites that mini- ,"4, ,." Mk ced O /AV1M MY ervant, and tne LevVites that min1 5. & 22, . {ter unto meb.. JE RX | + , 7, Chap. Iii 6 The former promiſe was for the ſtability, this for the multi- 31 37. plication of the Church, - which is here expreffed under the notion of the Seed of David, that is the Members of Chriſt, the Fews were ordinarily called the Seed of Abraham, Iſaze and Jacob,” but T do not remember they are any where called the Sced-of Davis, unleſs it be 1 Kings tt. 39. where it ſeems alſoto beunderſtood only of the Prin« ces that came from David, nor indeed cculd they be fo called in a» ny proper ſence; David. being no common- Head: to the whole Jewiſb Nation, as both Abraham, Iſaac and Jacob were, but Chriſt is often called the Seed of Davia, John 7. 42. As. 13. 23. Rom. 5; 3. 2 Tim. 2.8. and Chriſt is himſelf called David, whoſe Seed and whoſe Levites are multipled in the multiplying of Chriſtians and of faithful Miniſters under the Goſpel, which certainly are the things here promiſed. . Es EI "4: 6 a . 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jere- miah, ſayings: ;-. - ene, BL ho . 24 Conſfidereſt thou not what this p2ople have ſpo-, ken, ſaying c, The two families which the LORD hath choſen, he hath even caſt them of 4 ? thus they have deſpiſed my people, that they thould be no'more
a nation before them e. ns” c. This People, that is ( ſay ſome) the Enemies of the Jews, bur ie
may as well bz interpreted eicher of the wicked Fewr, wicked Men
bzing always full of groundleſs preſumptuous hopes, or ſunk in de-
ſpair. Or of ſuch amonglit them as were better, but weak in Faith, -
that knew not how to give any firm aſſ-nt to promiſes, the fulfill.
ing of which ſeemed to the Eyes of ſenſe and reaſon fo improbable/
d By the two Families here mentioned, the Propher either meaneth
the Kingdoms of Iſrael! and Judah, or, which (cemeth to the muefz
mere probable. The Families David and of Aaron, mentioned
before. . e Thus ſaith God they have ſpoken ſcornfully of:my Peo-"
ple, as if they ſhould never be a Natioa more having Rulers of
themſelves, and a Miniſtry, . . _ _, GS 25 Thus ſaith the LORD,. if my covenant be not
with day and Night, azd if I have not appointed the
ordinances of heaven and carth, |. ... 26,Then will I caſt away the ſeed of Jacob f, . and
David my ſervant g, ſo that { will not take any of his
ſeed to be rulers over the ſeed of Abraham, Ifaac and > .-
Jacob ; for *I will cauſe their captivity to recurn and * Verſe
have mercy on them, ny _—
f By the Szed of Jacob, and of Abrabam and Iaac are meant
the Body cf che Jews, to whom theſe three Patriarhs were com»
mon heads. Z£ By the Seed of David Perſons lineally deſcended
tiom David, who ſhould rule over the.1/rae! of God. - The ſum
of theſe two veiſes is plainly.no more than God had ſaid. befor?
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4 tt
that a reſturation of them ro their own Land ſhould as certainly:
{ſucceed their Captivity, as the Night ſucczederh the Day,..,or th®\
Day ſucceedeth the Night.:; God had as certainly eftablithed, and 6 M 3 ordaie
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mon bh:s i 1d.
,
29.
mouth,
*. King.
25. 2,&, bylon, and all his army,
YT > % 24carth + of his dominion,andail the people fought againſt "
* Ch: 32. with fire.
b: hi _ ſta11chou ſhale go to Babylon 5.
[peat tothy, b We had all this Chap: 32. 3» 4.
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ordain:d the one asthe other, though nor 3s yer ſo eftablithed the one in the order of aatural cues 2s the othe's fzod would c-rtaine ly have mercy on them, and in ſh:wing his mercy would raxe care that on2of the Seed of David ſhould be heir Ruler which was tul- filled in the Mfrah. | | CHAP. XXXIY. | The Captivity of King Ledekiah, and the City, 1 —, Ty Princes and People by Solemn Covenant, according to the Law, aiſmiſs their _ Bond-Servan:s, but the Babylonians leaving the Si-ge, they reaſſume them, $. — 11. For this God threatneth a Retur of the Enemy, and Deſiruf#ion of Jeruſalem, 11 22, HF word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD #, * when Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- and all the kingdoms of the
*TJeruſalem, and againſt all the cities thereof, ſaying, & The Revelation of the Will of God to Jeremiab to be publiſke ed to the Peop!e, during the time of the Siege. The ſeven firſt Verſes are plaialy a diftin& Prophecy from that in the latrer part of the Chapter. Ir was ( as ſome think) for this Sermon thatthe Prophet was impriſoned (for in this Prophecy the Sermonsare much diſordered in the Placing of them ) ſo as this —_— cauſe for . which the King impriſoned him, is ſet after others,Chp: 32. which were during BE time of his impriſonment. | -- 2” Thus fart the LORD, the God of Iſrae}, Go, and ſpeak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and cell him, Thus Gic-rhe LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and * he ſhall burn ic
And thou ſhalt not eſcape out of his hands, but ſhalt ſurely be caken, and delivered into his hand, and thine eyes ſhall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, + and he ſhall ſpeak with thee mouth to mouth, and