; mah, but ever Lo-rabameab, thus it hath been through the long Series of
| 2400 Years and 'more. & Taking away, / will take away, till the whole Kingdom is utterly overthrown, and removed out of the Land where- in it once had flouriſhed. ' Thus ſome were taken away by the Sword of Civit Wars, ſome ruined by Oppreſſion of the prevailing Fattion in thoſe divided times, whole Cities and all the Land of Napthali was taken away by Tiglarh Pilcſer, 2 King. 15. 29+ and at laſt all ſwept away by Shalmaneſer, 2 Kings 17. 3, 4, 56 - |
7 But e I f will have mercy g upon the honſe of ſudah h
nor ſave them:by bow1, nor by ſword, nor by batrtel, by ** porſes, nor by-horſemen.
. e Or and. or yet, f. The Lord who threatneth 1/rael, proud, flou- ' riſhing, ſecure and ſinful 1/rae} ; he promiſeth Mercy to poor, oppreſ- ſed"and impoveriſhed Fudab. g Prolonging that Kingdom 132 Years after 1ſ/rae} ceaſed to he a Kingdom, preſerving them from the com- bined Powers of the King of Syris and the King of /ſracl, who com- bine'to deftroy them; railing them up to Greatneſs and Glory in the Reign of Hezekiab, in whote Days the Houſe of Fudab was faved, by 3 Miracle : Betide all theſe, Fudab's Captivity was for 70 Years, /ſrae''s forever ; Fudab xeturned to their own Land, J/rael never did. By this, as the Prophet would abate the Pride of 1/r22I, ſo poſſibly he would ſecretly ditedt the beft among JZ/rael whither to go to find Mercy. h Including Benjamin, and ſuch of the Levires as adhered conftant to God's Law and Worſhip, and as many of the other Tribes as renoun- ced the Calves, Baal and all idolatrous Worſhip, and worſhip'd God alone as he requir'd : all theſe in this Caſe are included in Fudab, and ſo we find many ſuch returning with Fudab, 1 Preſerve, that violence do not ſwallow them up, nor length of Captivity do noc wear them out; and this preſerved Remnant ſhall return and be planted in their own Land, and there kept in ſafety. This Promiſe does ſeem to point out ſuch remporal Salvation, but as a Type of a far better and more-glorious Salvation. & Either by Meſſ1ab.. who is the Lord and ir God, or by God himfelf, as their God whom they did not as /(-, r4el forfake utterly. This Patlage þids ns look to that extraordinary ' miraculous Delivezance of #eqctiab and. Ferujaizrme Vid. Iſa, 3736+ and 2 King. 18. 13. and 2 Chron. 32. 8. Here God 5-maverh all Force and Might, whether their own os theis Alkes, all igh. eclipſe the Glory of Gol in this Salvation. Now this was very roffy*-- pertormed in #ex:hial's Tune, when Sensckerib's Army was, 1/4. 27.
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