*Rev.20.8 ' Or,zixceJand of Magog c, the || chief 4 prince e of Meſhech 9 ?9:42-2nd Tubal f, and prophebie againſt him,
hand and judgmeat againſt him ; 14.22. God h:reby magnificth him- ſelf 7 the eget of many nations, 23.
I ND the word of the LORD came unto me,
ſaying.
2 Son of man, ſet thy face a againſt * Gog 6, the
Since the rwo former Chapters had aflured fo great and wonderful lefſ,ngs to the Jews, after the return out of Babylon and the gather-
ing them rogether in their own Land, 1t is more than 8 go: the
Jews wou'd expe&a full accompliſhment of all theſe t
ings quickly
aſter their Return; and if Troubles ſhould, as they did, intervene and |
prove long, be diſcouraged, and quarrel with Ptovidence :
God;
doth in this 38:h and 39th Chapters forewatn them, by relling|
what Enemies and Troubles would interpoſe themſelves to the great! Birhyn/axs alſo, theſe deſcended of Gomer, x Paphlagonia and CoP'** (:
thoſe Parts under more than one in Succeſſion of Time, and in the [laſt Times under ſome one particular aCtive, undertaking, and daring Prince, Enerty of 1/ae!; all their Power will be ſtirr'd up again} Chriſt and Chriſtians. 4 Or Prince, who is ſupream in Authority, moſt violent in Oppoſition ro the Church of Chriſt, and molt aGire to attempt its Ruine. e What we render Prince, may well be the proper Name of 4-axes in Arabick, principal River of A-menis, and ſo that the firſt Countrey mention'd under the Command of Goz, or the Scythians of Mount Taurus, which were called Rhos. f Vid. cas. 27. 13, let. k. l. | ; 3 And ſay, Thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I «7 y_ thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Melſhech and ubal.
| 4 And * TI will turn g thee back, and put hooks 5. into thy chaws, and I will bring # thee forth, and al,
pany with bucklers 0 and ſhields, all of them handlins” p 1words,
g The words ſeem to imply a diverting him from ſome other En terpriſe, or elſe intimate to us, when that mighry Power comesout, they are ſtil] under Gqd's Controul, and he GI! curn them back from what they intended,' that they ſhall not effe@ ir. + See this Ex- preſſion chap. 29. 4 # So diſpoſe Affairs, thou ſhalt leave thine own
mah of the y north-quarters, and all his bands z, many people with thee.
Country to invade and ſpoil, and deſtroy. k The whole Power thou canſt make. / Thoſ&Nations Sarmate, or Scythians, Cappadecians, &. or which compriſe all the Tarks and Tartars, are to this day ſtrong in Horſe, and their Armies conſiſt much of Horſemen. »: Their Lt ders both rich and gaudy, yer well armed, and their Soldiers well provided too, and we know how they and other Antichriſtian Soldi- ers march with all Warlike Proviſions. » In vaſt Armies far greater than any of their Neighbours can bring out againſt them. »o Buck lers for their Foot, and Shields for their Horſemen, as Servius ob- ſerves the difference between the two Latin words Scutum and Clyp:w, if not miſreported ; I doubt whether the Heb. words doſodiffer, how- ever theſe were for Defence of thoſe that bear them, and ro thisday the Tartar: uſe oblong Shields for Defence'on Horſeback, as the Fi- gures repreſent them to our Eye. p That is very ready, expert and Strong in uſing the Sword, this to ſlay the Enemies, as the oths: to ſave themſelves,
5 Perſia 9, Ethiopia r, and || Libya { with them all;0
of them with ſhield and helmet 7. 9 The Land for the People, Mahometans, and Enemies to the Name
of Chriſt. » Nor the African, which is Habaſſs, or Nubis, or both the old Macrobii, but the Aſiatic, or Arabian Zchiopia, Polterity of
Cruſh, Mahomerans too. ſ A People of Africa, either now Subje&ts of, or Confederates with the Turks, and who are near enough to jo1), when the eff-& ſhall demonſtrate this Gog who he is. £ Prepar'd to av: themſelves what they can, tho they {lay their Enemies. Now ſoms of all rheſe were in the Armies of Antiochws againſt the 7:9! and many more will ſerve in the laſt Army of Gog.
6 Gomar «, and all his bands, the houſe of Tog®"
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m— rat hg, many more to afſiſt Gog ; beſides all thoſe men- _ ” the more Northern People, the numerous Tartar: ſhall wich "11 rheir Bands fight for Gog. z Grear, and mighty of Stature, and Screngeh and Courage, as well as many in Numbers:
7 Be thou prepared 4, and prepare for 6 thy ſelf, thou and thy company that are alſembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them,
;'Tis an Jrovy, God, the Propher, and the Church deride this mighty Preparation, as once the Daughter of Sion laugh'd Senacherib thar proud 4f' rian to ſcorn, and the Scoff is doubled. 6 Such a mighty Army wall need great Magazines, and Granaries, and good Watches, and Guards for their marching in Safery ; therefore awaken thy Diligence, let nothing be wanting, for, O Gog, thou wilt find I am againſt thee, faith che Lord.
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