Mountains of Paranand running a courſe Weſt foo its Riſe, patlerh between Gerar and Rhino Caxura, and after ſome 28 or 30 Milcs Travel falls mmto the great'Sea; better known in Scripture by che Name of thz River of Egypt. But poſlibly the, tsue: Riſe may be from Mount Carm:, and Gezenwhence it may be ſome forty Miles Engliſh to the great Sea. , 29 Thise # theland which ye ſhall divide by lot f unto the cribes of Iſrael for inheritance, and theſe g are their por- tions ſaith the Lord GOD. _.. .. EY
e Whoſe South-boundsare here repeated, the North-bounds, wr. 1. f Not caſting Lots, bur afligning the Shares. g Above deſcribed are the particular Shares of each Tribe.. | Cd:
30 T And theſe are the goings out of the city on the north-ſide, four thouſand and five hundred meaſures h..
þ Now the Prophet hath a general Topography of the City, which lay four-ſquare. The firſt ſide mention'd is the North, for there he began to deſcribe the Land, or becauſe *'twas neareſt the Temple.
"Twas as wer, 16. which ſee, 4500 Cubits, 7. e. about a Mile, and one third ofa Mile. F:2
names of the tribes of Iſrael , three gates northward + one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah , Levi.
7 So then at equal diſtance from the Corners, and from each other *tis probable thele Gates were built. | $51
32 And at the eaſt-ſide four thouſand and five hun- dred: and three gates; and one gate of ſoſeph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. | - 33 And at the ſouth-ſide four thouſand and five hun- dred meaſures : and three gates ; one gate of Simeqn, one gate of Iſſachar, one gate of Zebulun. 34 Ac the weſt-ſide four thouſand and five hundred with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Aſher, one gate of Naphtali. _
35 1t was round « about eighteen thouſand meaſures b: and the name «c of the city from that day 4 ſhall be, LORD ex there.
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Meaſures 'twas about five Miles in Compaſs , if the Meaſures were Reeds it would be 3o Miles and 325 Yards in compaſs of the Walls, which cannot be conceived credible; whereas the other is the Propor. tion the City might have been built to, if the Sins of the Fews had nor prevented. c By which called, known, and which ſhall be the Honour of it, and its Glory. « From the day of the Lord's reſtoring this People,and rebuilding their City, and re-eſtabliſhing kis Worſhip, and their thankfu), holy and pure worſhipping of God there ; from the day that ſuch unmatched Mercy produceth a ſutable return unte God, from that day it ſhall be ſaid of Jeruſalem. e The Lord, who as his Name alone 1s Jehovah, fo 1s the only true God, faichful to promiſe, rich in Mercy, glorious in Majeſty, righteous in his Judgments, wiſe and holy in his Government ; whoſe Preſence makes us happy, whoſe withdrawing from us leaves us to Miſery. This God will by his Fa. vour and Preſence repel Enemies, and prote@ his People, bring with him che Confluence of all Good to Perſons, Family and Cities; this God will be there to dwell, | ary , defend, proſper and crown. The People is blefled that isin ſuch a caſe, for their God is the Lord , Pſal. 144 15. Such was the caſe of Typical, Earthly Jeruſalem, tho not long ; ſuch is, and ſhall be for ever the caſe of the Heavenly Jeru- ſalem, the City of God, the true Church and Temple of God. Such the caſe of every true ſincere Believer, who may wherever he is, in his way of Duty, ſtill write 7<hwvah Shammah, my God is here, and 'tis beſt ro be where he is, till he bring me within the Gates of the glorious Gity, where inconceivable Light and Love from the imme. diate Preſence of God give every one an Ecernal Demonſtration that
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The ARGUMENT, for the better underſtanding of thu Book , and the Mind of God in ;,
N Daniel and his Prophecy obſerve theſe things , | 1. As to Daniel the $4 1x or Penman. 2. As to the Book ll ſelf. - was a Prophet, as appears by his 4s: ps the little Stone cut out of the Mountain withy 0
| | H 1. As to the Author : ( 1 ) He , Chap. 2. likewiſe Chap. 7. to the end of the
Hand. . ſt the Meſſiah and his Kingdom, what he ſhould Pmarog, yrs tbe fo laf Prophetical. (2) As 70 his Lineage , be was one of the Royal
Book, The fix firſs Chapters are Hiſtorical : Seed, ( 3 4 7 bs T Captive, (4) He was rarely qualified for Piety , Wiſdom, Beauty, (5) As to his Eduwatin (6 ) His Advancement , for bis Parts and Wiſdom. (7) He was fait ”y
be was trained for three Years in Learning. 43 pt tied : ) His Care and Kmaneſs for bis Companions , he 9ru
d blamele(s in the Pl, Honour to which he was preferred, (8 and blameleſs in the Place of 4 bL Holineſs 1; Power with God in Prayer, Ezek, 14. 14. ( 10) His Fit.
cured their Pr emotion alſo. ( 9 ) His ſin : fulneſs and Conſtancy xl Worſhip of Grd , maugre the Ewvy and Perſecution of bis Enemies, (11) The firange Provide ; of God in bis Preſervation and Deliverance, ( 12 ) His fignal Integrity , and flouriſhing State under ſeveral Kings Reigns, egy 5 Kings 7; critical times, and great Changes, unto his old Age, and beyond the ſeventy Tears of Captivity. it , eſpecially the latter, we find, ( 1.) Great V;
Reiga. As to the Book it ſelf, both the Hiſtorical and Propherical Part of 2 Asto OOK 1t leli, Yorb the Fl _ « Meſſiah; F dreadful Wars; of fearful Deſolations to Conmries , and the Jy.
Geiergus. -: {6 6-45 rietyin them, ( 2.) Famous Prediftions : iſh Nation in particular, for putting Chriſt zo Death, great Perſecutions of tbe Church, by the Grecians and Romans eſpe. ly, in which Antiochus and Anti-chriſt are pointed at. Theſe things are all of ſuch weighty Conſideration , that our bleſſed $, viour calls oy eſpecial Underſtanding in_the reading even of one Part of it , Matth, 24. IF» His Chronology and Calc, z:ons may be called the Key of Time, relating to the Church's Sufferings and Deliverances. Daniel was the greateſt Fxum.
rite we Tead of , namely of the King of Heaven , chap. 9. 23: and no, 11. and of the greateſt Kings then on Earth, bk, was the nobleſt Pattern of a publick Heart , for the Church of God, for whoſe Afftictwon he was deeply offlicted in the mid}
bis Court. Honours and Employments,
ons were made Eunuchs, in a ſtri& Senſe , which doth not appexty CHAP. L 7 p—_ ; bur rather to be bred up in the Court oe Offices 2nd