k "Chis was all donein Viſion , and theſe Waters thus encreaſed were viſiona] Waters, there was ne ſuch natural courſe of Waters in the place; nor is it imaginable, that in three Miles, or thereabours,
indeed as to the ſound of the word ; but it cannot be the meaning of the place, for Galilce, neither the upper or lower were Eaſt , by North-Weſt from Jeruſalem toward Tyr: : eur Tranſlation doth there. fore better render ir the Eaſt Country, or Border, as the H.brew Pro. perly. k To Arabis, fay the LXXII in their Greek Verſion; if thi were the courſe of the Waters, they did run a courſe quite contrary to that of Galilee, which lay North and by Weſt from Feruſaltm, Whereas Arabia lay South and by Eaſt from Jeruſalem. *Tis then the Champagne, plain Country, or the Deſerc, as we read it, and may literally be underſtood of the Deſert of Maon, or Kadiſh, or Zidh ' which lay on the dead Sea ; and this ſutes well enough with Enged and En-Eglaim, mentioned as bordering on theſe Waters , v#. 1, |} TheSea of Tiberias ſay ſome, others, the Sea called the cad $:4, q; | Lake of Sodem, which needed healing. »= When they run into thi Sea, or fall into it, which is our uſualPhraſe. » The Waters of the ' Sea ſhall be healed, made wholſome. * Where the Grace of God from his Temple and Alrar flows as this Water, it heals the COITUPTt vicious ature of Man, and renders barren, horrid and terrible Delerts, 1 Land of Waters, and Gardens ; fo repreſented here, and fo pronj. {ed by the Lord, 1/a. 36. 1, 2. and 43. 19, 20. and 51. 3. On; more to this Verſe let me add, that as the Hebrew Doors do, ſo u: may take 1t here, that theſe flowing Waters do divide themſelves; and that ſome flow toward one Sea, 7, e. the Sea of Tiberias, this to. ward Galilee ; other parts flow toward Arabia the Deſert, and ſoin their way take their courſe by Enged; the Deſerc of Ziph , and iny the dead Sea.
9 Andit ſhall come topaſls , 7hat every thing that liveth 0, which moveth p, whitherſoever the - rivers q thall come, ſhall live 7 - and there ſhall be a very great multitude : gf fiſh, becauſe theſe waters # ſhall come thither: for they ſhall he healed », and every thing ſhall live x whither th; riyer cometh.
o As Fiſh, ſo thisuniverſal is to be limited. p In the Waters, Gen. 1. 20. this kind of living Creatures are deſcribed. g Tek Rivers { by thisit appears, the H:brew DoQors have ſome ground for their interpreting it the running of theſe Waters in two Channels) flow. r Bepreſervedalive, or nouriſhed, and thrive, whereas noFih can live in the dead Sea, as all Reportsaſſureus, and to which this of che Prophet alludeth. 5 Before none, now innumerable Filh there, + Theſe Temple-Waters, which have in them a healing Virtue. « The poiſonous Waters of the dead Sea ſhall be made wholſome for Fiſh. x Thrive and multiply in the virtue of the healing Streams of this Temple-water. Thus Enigmartically is the fruicfulneſs of the Gract of God in the Church ſer forth.
10 And it ſhall cometo paſs, hat the fiſhers y ſhall ſtand
z upon it 4, from En-gedi beven unto En-Eglaim c ; they
{hall be a place to ſpread forth nets e, their fiſh ſhall be ac cording to their kinds f as the fiſh of * the great ſea," t
exceeding many h. y Men whoſe 'Trade is to fiſh for Livelihood and Profic. z Shall diſpoſe of themſelves about theſe Waters ; either on the Shore along the River ſide, or in Boats on the Sea, to rake the Fiſh. a The Sea, whoſe Waters healed become fruitful. 4 Which lay on the South- Weſt of the Lake of Sodom, fo near thar *ris reported that there arethe Trees which bring forth Fruit beaurifulro the Eye, but rouch'd with che Hand fall into Aſhes; yer on thoſe parts more remote from this Sea, Engedi affords excellent Vines, Canticles 1. 14. or Gardens ot Balſam-Trees. c A City on the North-Eaſt of the dead Sea , near which place Jordan runs into it, and they ſay *tis a Boundary Town of Moab ; others will have it no proper, but common Name, and ſignity- ing the Confluence of Waters in any place: if fo, 'twill be likelieft to be underſtood of that part of the Red Sea, where Jordan, and two more leſſer Rivers run into it, at the North and North-Eaſt end of this Sea. e All along on the Wcſt-ſide of this Sea to dry them, and fit them again. f Ofall ſorts. g For Number, Growth, and Goodnels for uſe. þ Or great, of exceeling great bigneſs in their ſeveral kinds. All this is myſtical, and fu'filled fince Chriſt hath made his Miniſters, as he made his Apoſtles Fiſhers of Men. : 1x Bur the miry 5 places thereof, and the mariſhes*
which was the moſt of the Current, the Waters ſhould fo riſe ; but ir is emblematical, and hath a deep myſterious meaning, and includes ſpiritual things, and their wonderful Growth from ſinall Beginnings, and theſe from the Temple alſo: Bur I refer this ſtill to private Medi- cations.
6 F And he afaiquntome, Son of man, haſt thou
thereof, || ſhall not be healed /, they ſhall be given t,, ſalt »-, thi
; Unſound , rotten parts , that are neither Sea, nor yet ſound Ground, a proper Emblem of Hypocrites. & Low Land, fob'd wit? the overflowings of unhealthful! Waters, , neither fic to breed Fiſh #5
the Sea, nor bear Tiezsas the Land, / Theiez Warers find __ and ca\*
lome re, the Fr, beyond Country I7 | Zar-en; northy north: { T Village Lat, th the moſt 18 Haurg Val
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ve them corrupt and noxious. » Left to their BarreancG, or uſed 6. F ] "oe I jeavet ncomrons, » Let ans th and from the land of Iſrael by 4 Jordan, from the border
i2 And by » the river upon the bank thereof on
unto the eaſt-ſea e : and rhis 3s the ealt-lide. 4 That was the North-Eaſt Bound, where we muſt begin to mec-
+ this ſide and on that ſide, ſhall þ- grow 0 all trees for | ſure the Eaſt-ſide; and © b this was = heb: SHO - > 2. meat ?, * whoſe leaf ſhall not fade 9, neither ſhall the| Haurar; bur the Countrey OS. fot avgbe | kaow rene Pra es
ob 8. f{qzic thereof be conſumed r :
it ſhall bring forth {| new
Damaſcus, or neat it, and ſo this more particularly dire& rhe meaſu-
fruit according to his months 5, becauſe their * waters| $757 Þ<8in ar Damaſers, draw the Line through Auwanit'r, and fo o1
c g. they itlued out of the ſanQtuary «, and the fruit thereof from South to North, where jvins
Southerly to Gilead. c A famous Mountain abour fifry Miles in !eiigth ount Libany at the Eaſt.e11d of 2r;