b that 1 do c ſacrifice for -you 4, , even a great || facritice 5 and 34, e upon the mountains f of Iſrae!, that ye may eat fleſh g, 16.
and drink blood b. Ih | Jer. 12.9. x Though they underſtand not thy Word, yet ſpeak, for they wil] = EY underſtand my. Word; which ſhall go our with thine. y To all forts ; EE of carnivorous Birds, every kind of thoſe that cat Fleſh. z That are for the Prey, little or great, which either by Craft or Power ger their '; Food out of the Fleſh of others. « Come in whole Companies, Flocks
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# Beſide many other þ404 Herds too ; and this repeated twice more, Come, gather your
ſelves, they have an earneſt Invitation from all fidzs. 5 When Sacri. fices were offered, there uſually was a Feaſt tothe Pricſt,the Sacrificer, and for what Gueſts were invited ; now God is about to make ſuch, he invites his Gueſts, reſolved to encertain them plencifully. c The Pu. nifkment of theſe God calls a Sacrifice, which he doth offer, z. e. to his own Juſtice to fatisfie thar. & Ic was for higher Ends, yet lince God intends to fill them with the Fleſh and Blood ef at, he is pleaſed to tell them he hath flain for their Enterraiment. e Where more thouſands are offered at once, than ever were at any time offered ; 'ris a Sacrifice ſo great that none ever was, or will be like. f The Land of Canaan. g The Fleſh of the Sacrifice. + And the Blood of at ; this was Entertaiment fitting theſe invited Gueſts.
18 Ye ſhall eat the fleſh of the mighty z, and drink. the
blood of the Princes & of the earth, of rams /, of lambs »,
and of + goats », of bullocks o, all of them tatlings p of 4 ye. Baſhan 7. | great
In theſe two, and the two following Yerſes, God takes on him the goar-- Perſon of one that makes a Feaſt, invites his Gueſts, and promiſcerh co ſatisfy them. Of the two former, the firſt is an Enigmatica! In- vication, or an Invitation in a Riddle, the latter is the Key co this Charatter. 7 Who had great Authority, great Courage and Strength ; the giant-like Ones, Commanders of great note in the Army. & Many Princes came with their Country-men and SubjeQsto aſliſt in this War, whoſe Blood theſe Fowls ſhould drink, and theſe compared to / Rams which lead the Flock. » Lambs are the more ordinary in the Army. n Great Goats, as the Hebrew denoteth, and theſe fagnify the more laſci. vious and impetuous among them. o Such as though more {low were of great Strength. p Well fed, 'twas no lean Sacrifice made.
pointmenr. e A little time would not ſuffice to bury ſo great Multi-| 94 A Mountain of moſt rich and ſweet Soil, and thar fed che beſt.,f
eude, make what haſte they could. f Nor in a legal Senſe, bur in a|ariy. 2 natural, to clear the Land of hurtful Stinks.
13 Yea, all g the people of the land {hall bury them,
g Thar dwell there about, or all that came out to reſiſt and fight
k Or elſe thus, the Day cf my being glorified ſhall
eople.
19 And ye ſhall eat fat » till ye be full 5, and drink blood, till ye be drunken, of my ſacrifice : which I have ſacrificed for you. | |
r Accounted beſt, and which ſhall here be plentiful. s None ſhould fray them away, nor ſhould any devour fo much as to leave others hungry. » Yid. wer. 17. let. c,d. |
209 Thus ye ſhall be filled at my table « with horſes x and chariots y, with mighty men z, and wh all men of war, faith the Lord GOD. . | |
# In the Field where Gog, his Princes and Army are fl:in, compa- red toa Table. x Horſe put for Horſemen, nor common Foot-Soul- diers. y For the Men that ride in them. = P'd. wer. ler. 7.
21 And I will ſet a my glory 5 among the heathen c, and all the heathen 4 ſhall ſee e my judgment 7 char
14 And they 7 ſhall fever »z out -- men of continual|I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon
employment, paſſing » through the land to bury with the{them. | paſſengers o thoſe that remain p upon the face of the earth {to cleanſe q it: after the end of ſeven months ſhall they
with Wiſdom towatd his People. c Among whom my
b The Glory of Power, Juſtice and Wiſdom againſt Enemies, and of Power, Mercy and Faithfulneſs,
z I will advance and continue.
Name was evil
[ſpoken of; they eclipſed, but God will clear up his Glory. . 4 That
! The Rulers in 181. m Chooſe ont Men who ſhall make it their | are either in Gog's Army, or in the Countries to which the News ſhall
ork. » To go up and down over the whole Land ; for many of
come. e Not be able to deny or doubt. f The Puniſhment juſt and
Grg's wounded, flying Soldiers died in Thickets, and by Corners into. from Heaven, called God's Hand laid upon them.
which they crept when they could gono farther. o Whoſe aſſiſtance | they would deſire of Courteſy , or command by Order, and that wich}
22 So the houſe of Iſrael ſhall know that I am the Lord
reaſon, all this Care and Labour for burying the Dead tending to their |& their GOD from that day h and forward.
Good, thar they might unoffended travel whicher they were going. |
x Vid. chap. 34. ver. 31. let. I, m. þ From the Day of Gog's ſigrial
? Unburied by the publick Labourof the Houſe of 1/-ae! during the Deſtruction forward, while time ſhall be.
| ſeven Months; 9 Alegal cleanſing, if referred to Antioch Epiphanes's'
_ nh. ſo with thoſe _ _— it to a ſeaſon not yer come, [{r4el f [ | , ©"! 1egal Ceremonies are ended ; when Gog's Army ſhall be deſtroy-' ....q & againſt me, therefore hid I my | yy and buried, the Land ſhall be cleanſed from the ſteneh and noi- _ _ X I 5 ; / F * theſe Carcaſes. » Theſe Officers' begin their Work aftet ace rom Omem,
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