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Cj:ap. XVIII.
22 & 4 Thus faith Lord GOD, 71 will alſo take s of
the higheſt branch of the high cedar, and # will fer it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a render one, and will platit if upon an high « mountain
and x eminent.
q Whereas the Judgments threatned might ſeem to threaten the ot-
ter Extirpation of the Seed of David, now the Lord is pleaſed to af- {ure irs Continuance, and the raiſing of the Meſſiah from that Houſe according to Promiſe. r Nebuchaduezzar took and Planted, and I will alſo take and plant ſaith the Lord. s Of the Royal Seed of the Houſe of David; of the higheſt Branch that is Heir ro the Throne, 1n the Type Zcrobabl, in the Antitype Miah. t Both ſer or plant, and give Increaſeto his Kingdom, that from a tender one he ſhould grow up to greatStrength, Vittory and Glory. u Upon Mount So, Pſal. 2. 6. or as Iſa. 2. 2, 3. x Notfor outward Splendor, but for ſpiritual Ad- vantages above other Nations in the Church eminent.
23 In the 7 mountain of the height of Iſrael will 1 plant it: and it ſhall z bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a 6 goodly cedar : and undet it ſhall dwel| all c fowl of every wing, in the 4 ſhadow of the branches
echereof ſhall they dwell,
3 Either rhe Church, or Jeruſalem, whence the Law of Chriſt was to be publiſhed, and where the Preachers of the Goſpel were ro continue till furniſh'd with Abilities for that Work. = Like a Tree thattaketh Roor, and ſpreadeth forth into Branches, ſo the Kingdom of Chriſt ſhould grow. &@ Befruitrtul in good Works, nor flouriſhing inBoughs ard Leaveson)y, but much morein excellent Fruits of Holineſs Juſtice and Temperance, and in Joy, Peace and Love. 6 The goodlicſt that ever grew, moſt excellent and moſt durable. c All Nations, the Gentiles as well as the Jews ſhall build, breed and multiply under the Kingdom of Chriſt ; it ſhall be no more confined to the Jews, but ex- tend to the Gentiles alſo. d There they ſhall find Peace and Safety, and this repeated confirmsthe Certainty of the Promile.
24 And all thee trees of the field ſhall f know that}
I the LORD have brought down the g high tree, have exalred the + low tree, # have dried up the green tree, and have made the drie tree to flouriſh : I the LORD
have & ſpoken, and have done z:.
e The great ones on Earth, all conſidering Perſons. f See and con- fels. g Zedekish that would neither hearken ro me, my Prophets, or to Nebuchadnezzar, or the Kingdom of Ba5ylon, which was brought low indeed, when overthrown by Darius and Cyrus. + Either Fchoia- chin's Lineage, or the Church which, of low, was exalted by the Lord. bending Cyrus to that Work of reſtoring the Captivity from Babylon,and building the City and Houſe of God ; its meaning is the advancing the Kingdom of Chriſt, and ſupprefling the Enemies thereof. 7 The ſame thing expreſs'd in ſomewhat different Words. & The Power, Good- neſs and Faithfulneſsof God, who can do what he pleaſeth, and will do what he promifeth, is the Afſurance of the future Accompliſhment of his Word.
CH AP. XVIIL
God reproveth th:ir uſing the proverb of ſowr grapes, whereby the Jews ace cuſe him of injuſtice, 1———4. ſhewech how he dealeth with a righteous father, ana with the wicked ſon of ſuch a father, 5—13. and with a juſt ſon of a wicked father, 14—18. with a wicked man repenting, aud with a righteous man back/liding, 19—24. God drfendeth his juſtice, and cx/orie:h ro repentance, 25--=-32. 7
I 1 By" I word of the LORD came unto me m2 again,
ſaying,
1 He did not entertain them with a Dream of his own Head, but the Holy Spiritof Prophecy ſuggeſts this cohim, which now he ſpeak= eth on God's b:half, and againſt the Jews. -: He had often before ſpoke God's Word in his Name, as chap. 6. 7, 13. and 12. 25. and now once more he is commanded ſo to do.
2 What mean » ye, thato ye p uſe this 9 proverb con: | cerning the land of 7 Iſrael, ſaying, The s fathers have
z eaten ſowr grapes, and « the childrens teeth are ſet on edge?
n What Cauſe have you, or what would you have men thiak of your Carriage. tome, and of mine towards you ? o You that are now in Ba- »y/on. p Openly, unjuſtly, and impudently juſtify your ſelves, and condemn your God. q Tart, but falſe Accufation of his Ways. r The two Tribes, not the ten. s Our fore fathers. : Have ſinned. « We their Children, who were unborn, do ſufter now for their Sins, and this was grown common both in Babylon, and alſoin Jervſalem,Yer. 31 29. you would be thought innocent, and my Proceedings againſt you, unjuſt and crue].
3 As x I live, faith the Lord GOD, ye ſhall not
have y occaſion any more to uſe this proverb in Iirael.
x See ch. 17. ver. 16. y Either you who uſe it ſhall die for it, or be. cauſe I wi!l vindicate my Proceedings ſo, that all who conſider your Puniſhments, ſhafl ſee you deſerve all that you ſuffer.
x Behold, all « ſouls are mine, as the foul of the father, ſo alſo the ſoul of the Son is mine : the & foul
that c ſinneth, it 4 ſhall die.