bold, daring Tranſgreſlors-did that which theſe ſhall nor defile them- ſelves with, Vid. chap. 36. 25, 33. and chap. r1. 175 18. g Whilſt there I preſerved them, and now I will bring them {afe our of the places. þ Where out of a bad Fear, or worſe Choice, they ſinn'd, as did the Heathen with whomthey dwele, + Both ſanCtifie and make them ho- ly, and juſtific and give them Pardon, chap. 49. 29. & Vid-c9p. It. 20. let. p. and chap. 36. 26. let. d.
24 And * David 1 my ſervant » ſha!! be king 7 over
Ce c/: i a4, who w his
I See chap. 34+ 23, 24. *Tis the Son of Davin, who was alfo h1
ord, Ro is here intended. The Mea in his Mediatory Office 1s God's Servant, and our Saviour. 7 Over th:ir H-acts, and rule there in a ſpiritual manner. o This King ſhail be a Shepherd, that : > but one chief Sh-prierd, others thar feed and rile the Flock are ſo by Commiſſion from him, p Ic is both declaratory of Duty, and prediCtive of the Event, and promillory of Ability and Afliſtance to keepthe holy Commandmenrset God;Chriſt's Kingdom is that which by Law and Precept commandeth Righteoul- neſs, and which by Grace and Power ſtrengrhens its Subjz&s ro this, and ſo the Event is ſure, and freeſt Grace makes holicft Lives.
25 And they q ſhall dwell in the land that I have given r unto Jacob my ſervant, wherein your fathers 5 have dwele 3 and they ſhall dwell therein, even they and their children, and their chi!drens chiidren for ever 7 ; and my ſervant David « ſball be their prince tor e-
Ver.
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Loſſes and Dangers of the Jews, ere they ſhould overcome them, anq God ſhould ſully and finally deliver them. &# See cap. 20. 46, ter... & 21. 2. & 25. 2. & 35.2. let. a. 6 Thiscannor be one fing'e Perſyy, or one only Prince, tho like enough it points out ſome one, by whom the 'Troubles forerold were begun, yet the Succeflors of thisone wh, e're he was, are included, and deſigned by this Gog ; nor. ishe tg h. limired to one certain Nation that he was King of, nor yet confin'g ro one Ape, or (it may be) to two or three. Some will fix the beginnings ef this Gog among the Seleucide, and take in the others
who divided the Grz:ia Empire among themſclves,ard who did mych Hurt to the Jews, the Hiſtory of which zn part you meet with in the Books of the Afr;cabees. But if wemuſt account why theſe are calle4 Gog, perhaps this may ſuthce : Gyges, who gave Name to the Lang
Predeceſſor to Crc{us (for he was Grandſon to Gyges) was conquer's by Cyr, deprived of the Kingdom; and this made and conrinyeq Tributary to the Perſians, till raken from them by the Crecians, anf when that Kingdom was divided, it fell among the Succeflors of lexanter in Scleucus's Line, and fo the Seleucide may, not withuort ſons ground, be thought pointed at by Geog, whoſe Country fell into the Hand of Selcncus by the Succeſles he had againſt Antigone. And of aj} the Seleucide, the ſixth from Seleucus itands fairelt for ir, this wz; Antiochus Epiphanes, Type of Antichriſt, and a fierce Enemy of the Jew:s, Others judge this War, in which Gog is Prince and Leader x. ters to times mich later, and there are f:veral Particulars that do ng+ wellſure with the Times of Antiochrs Epiphanes, Fhey will therety;e rather refer i to ſome Scythian King or Kings, and that the time is ijj [ro come wherein this Prophecy 1s to be fulfilled. Andrhatic mu intend thoſe Enemies of God's Church who deſcended from rhe $:y. thians, and are now Maſlters of Cappadocia, Iberia, Armenia, or are in Confederacy with the 73:tars, and thoſe Northern Heathens, Nay the Arms and Equipage here mention'd well ſute with theſe Scyri:;up. and they with the Turks, as like to make up part of this Army, Br others think, that all the Enemies of 7/-a:! in all Quarters, all boch open and fecrer Enemies are here intended, and thar the Antich»;#; Forces and Combinations are what the Prophet foretells; and if from a Conjunttion of Affairs now, or Jately on foot in the World, we might makeour guels, the Invaiionsof rhe Turks on one 1ide, and the Contrivance of others on this ſide Chriſtendom to extirpate the Nor. thern Herelie (as ſome have called our Religion) we might beex. cusd if we err, ſaying, The Confantinopolitan Antichrift, and the Roman Antichrift, with all their Aſſociates and Helpers, are this Gag. © Mags; 1s at leaſt part of Sc3zhia, and comprehends Syriz, in which was #;.;,. polis taken by the Scthians, and called of them Scythopolis. Iris then that Countrey which is now in Sabje&ion to the Turks, and may hs extended through Aſia minor, the Countries of Sarmatia, &c. from
more 6.
x As *twas my Kindneſs to your Fathers to give them, ſo ſhall it be ro you, to give you my Bleſſings on the ſure and inviolable Security of a Covenant, »y Comprehending all B'eflings that may give a People Content, and render them happy, Peace with God in Heaven, Peace in your Conſcience with your ſelves, with your Brethren in the Chuich, with the Beaſts of the Field, and with your Enemies, who ſhall for Fear, tho not for Love, keep Peace wich you, while your Ways pleaſe your God. z The ſpiritual Part is abſolutely endlels, the external Part ſhall bs for a long time, as 'tis always to be inter. prered where T<emporals ſeem promiſed for ever. a Both Temple and Worſhip, nor ſuch as are typical of the Aefiah to come, but ſuch as may aflert he is come, ſuch as bring to the Knowledge, Love, and Obedience of him. IT will ſet up a ſpiritually glorious Temple and Werſhip amiiit you. 6 Never tobe alter'd or aboliſh'd on Earth, bur ro be conſummated in Heaven. :
27 * My tabernacle c alſo ſhall be with them : yea, I will 4 be * their God, and they ſhall be my e people.
c The Tabernacle of my Preſence, or wherein I will ſhew my
Preſence among them. Their Fathers had a Tabernacle of Witneſs,
ſo thall they, that was brought by 7ebuah into Canaan, But the Mcfſiah ſhall bring with tim a better, a ſpiritual, and heavenly. d See chap. 11. 20 Rev. 21.1, 2,3. eBy my Grace T will make them holy, as the People of a holy God oughrtro be, and I will make them happy, as the People of the ever-bletied God expett and hope to be.
28 And the heathen ſhall know that I the IORD do fanctifie Iſrael, when my ſanctuary ſhall be in the mid(t of them for evermore,
When Chriſt by his Spirt in GoſpeI-Ordinances 1s among them, it
ſhall appear they are a conſecrated and a fanCtified People.
CHAP. XXXVII.
The Army and march of Gog againſt Iſrael, 1—13. The LORD's mighty