c This People, that is (ſay ſome) che Enemies of the Fews, but it may as well be interpreted either ofthe wicked Fews, wicked Men being always full of groundleſs preſumptuous hopes.,or ſunk in deſpair ; or of ſuch amongſt them as were better, but weak in Faith ; that knew how to give any firm aſſent to Promiſes, the fulfilling of which ſeemed co the Eyes of ſenſe and reaſon fo im- probable. d By the two Families here mentioned, the Prophet e:- ther meaneth the kingdoms of Iſrge! and Fudah,or, which feemeth co me much more probable, the Families ot David and Aaron, mentioned before. e Thus, faith God, they have 1poken ſcorntul- ly of my People as if they ſhould never be a Nation more kaving Rulers of themſelves, and a Miniſtry.
25 Thus faith the LORD, if my covenant be not with day, and night, and ifI have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.
26 Then will I caſt away the ſeed of Jacob f, and David my ſervantg, /o that I will not take azy of }:; ſeed ro be rulers over the ſeed of Abraham, Ifaac and
the full import of that Name is ſpoken of Chriſt, 1/aiah 45. 23. which Text is applied to Chriſt, Rom, 14. It. Phil. 2. 10. heis called the Juſt king, Zech. 9. 9. and our Righteoulneſs, x Cor X. 30. Bom. 17 © For thus faith the LORD, - David ſhall 6 RM + Heb, Ever * want a: man to lit upon the throne of the A BA L Bag houſe of [ſrael Yo : : d ' © norbecuroff , I This is — a promiſe relating to Chriſt ; for David's W- fromDavid, Line had failed long: ſince, had it not been continued. in Chrilt, " [1 * , Sam, Whoſe Kingdom is and ſhall be an everlaſting Kingdom, So long
OE 7. 16. as Iſreel remained a Kingdom, thoſe of the Line of David ruled 7% x Kings Over it, when that failed, Chriſt came in the fleſh, who ruleth, dhe and ſhall rule over the Iſrae! of God for ever.
PP 20 4. . ; ; Nt 18. Neither ſhall the prieſts the Levites want a Man before. me, to offer burat-offerings, and to kindle meat- offerings, and to.do ſacrifice continu- ally z.
The beſt Interpreters underſtand this of a Minifiry to abide in % Church to, the end of the world, according to Mat- 28. 20. nor is it uſual far God in the Old Teftament to expreſs Promiſes relating to, and to be fulfilled under the Goſpel by expreſſions Ws. - and terms proper to the Old Teſtament, as Iſa. 66. 23. and in I $5.0 this ſence it muſt be expounded, or reſtrained to the times imme- OR mediately following che Captivity : But it is generally under- flood as a Promiſe for a Golpel Miniſtry to ſucceed in the Mini- ſtry in the Fewifh Church, and roabideto the end of the World.
19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jere- miah, ſaying,
20 Thus fajth the LORD, * if you can break my covenant ofthe day, and my covenant of the night a, and that there ſhould not be a day, and night in their ſeaſon. :
a By the Covenang of Day and Night here 1s meant the ſame with the Ordinances mentioned,Chap. 31. 35. God's Law eſtabliſh- ed in the courſe of natural cauſes, by vertue of which the Da and Night orderly ſucceed one another. Theſe Verſes are but a further confirmation of what was ſaid before, and the ſence of them no morethan this, That the tucceſſion of the Goſpel- Mini - ſtry in the Church of God to abide for ever, and ſhould he as certain as the ſucceſſion of darkneſs and light ; God hath efta- bliſhed the latter in a neceffary courſe of natural cauſes, and he would by his Providence take care for the other, that the effect ſhould be every whit a certain. Though the ſecond cauſes are widely different, yet God who is the firſt cauſe of both is = ſame, and would as certainly bring the one to paſs as the
21 Then may alſo my covenant be broken with David my ſervant, that he ſhould not-have a fon to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites the prieſts, my miniſters,
* Gen. 13, 22 As the * hoſt of heaven cannot be numbred, 16. & 15.nelther the ſand of the ſea meaſured, ſo will I mul- 5+ and 22. tiply the ſeed -of David my ſervant, and the Levyites - - Chap. that miniſter unto me b. "37s b The former promiſe was for the ſtability, this for the mul- tiplication of the Church, which is here expreſſed under the no- Py tion of the Seed of David, that is, the Members of Chriſt, the Fews were ordinarilycalled the Seed of Abraham, Iſaac and Fcob,
Inge 9.
Jacob ; for *I will cauſe their captivity to return and
have meicy on them. * Verie f By the Seed of Jacob, and of Abraham and T{aac are meant 7, 13. the body of the Jews, to whom theſe three Patriarchs were com.
mon heads. 'g By the Seed of David, Perſons lineaily deſcended
from David, who ſhould rule over the Iſrael! of God. The ſum
of theſe two Verſes is plainly no more than God had faid before,
that a Reſtauration of them to their own Land,ſhould as certainly ſucceed their Captivity, as the Night ſucceedeth the Day, or the
Day ſucceedeth the Night, God had as certainly eſtabliſhed, an ordained the one as the other, though not as yec ſo eſtabliſhed ere
one in the order of natural caules as the other. God would cer - tainly have mercy on them, and in ſhewing his mercy wouid
take care that one of the Seed of David ſhould rbe their Ruler, which was fulflled in the Meſſiah.
CH A P. XXXIV.
The Captivity of King Zedekiah, and the City, 1 —— 7. The Princes and People by Solemn Covenant, according to the Law, diſmiſs their Bond-Servants, bur the Babylonians leaving the Stege, they reaſſume them, 8, II. For this God threat- neth a Return of the Enemy, and Deſtrufion of Jeruſalem,
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[ HE word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD a, * when Nebucadnezzar king * > Kine.
of Babylon, and his army, and all the kingdoms of 2 5. :» <5: the earth + of his dominion, and all the people So 4 fought againſt Jeruſalem, and againſt all the cities 5M G thereof) ſaying, of b3s
4 The Revelationof the Will of God to Jeremiah to be pub. liſhed to the People, during the time of the Siege, The leven
firſt Verſes are plainly a diſtin& Prophefie from that in the lat- ter part of the Chapter. It was (as ſome think) for this Sermon
Y [that the Prophet was impriſoned (for in this Prophecy the Ser-
mons are much diſordered in the placing of them) ſo as this ſhew- . ing the cauſe for which the King impriſoned him, is ſer after 0- thers, Chap. 32. which were during the time of his Impriſonmen: .