$ CHAP. I © The Prophet ſheweth Zion the terribleneſs of God's judgments, I=--11. ex- * borteth 10 bumiliation and repentance, by enjoining faſting and prayer, 12——17. jromiſeth a bleſſing thereon, 18---27. The bleſſed ſtate of Zion at the coming of the Meſſiah, and the fearful trouble of the world | atulaſt appearance, 28 32s
x | 6 Jens yea the|| trumpet in Zion b, and found an * alarm c in my holy mountain d : let all the inhabit- ants of the land tremble e- for the * day of the LORD - cometh, for it is nigh at hand f; | 4 The Prophet continueth his Advice or Exhortation to the Prieſts, | Vho were by Office appointed to ſummon the ſolemn Aſſemblies, £4nd to call them together by ſound of Trumpet or Cornet, and ſo ; vould he have the Priefts to gather the People together to faſt, and veep, and pray, 6 Which taken largely is the ſame with Feruſalem, though ftritly taken it is the Hill on which the City of David, or tis Royal Palace did' ſtag, c Give notice that all may be prepared uſt the Enemy, let it" bz known that the Enemy is coming, what danger attends his coming, and what proviſion ſhould be made. dn Frriſalem, in Moriah, on which the Temple did ftand, e Stand in awe 0 God's Majefty, fear his Diſpleaſure, and do this with a penitent Heart, all you that dwell inthe Land of Canaan, the parch'd and burnt Land, f See chap. 1, ver. 15. tet. e, f,f, Þ 2 * Aday of darkneſs and of gloomineſsg, a day of COuds and of thick darkneſs h, as the morning ſpread Pon the mountains #:' a * great people k and a ſtrong 7, there hath not been ever the like, neither ſhall be any more 72 after it, even to the years of -| many generatl- Ons x, | 5 Metaphorically taken for a time of exceeding great Troubles and -Uamities, according to the Stile of the Scriptures, which exprels
Proſperity by the Metaphor of Tight, and Adveriity by Darkneſs, |
in Motion. And as were theſe Types, ſo ſhould the Armies which were typified be alſo.
tains ſhall they leap z, like the noiſe of a flame of fire that devoureth the ſtubble a, as a ſtrong people b ſet in battel aray c.
? Such warlike Chariots on reſounding Mountains, do with their rapid Motions, and ſhaking their Irons about them, make a great and dreadfnl Noiſe, ſo ſhould theſe Loculis in their flight. By which they ſhall terrify the People before they come to them, for the noiſe of them may be heard ſay ſome at fix Miles diſtance. . 4 Which does with continued crackling burn what is under the Flame, and threaten ſpeedy and inevitable Ruine to what is before it ;, all ſhall be endanger- ed by it, as if ſurrounded with flaming Fire. 6 So ver. 2. let. 1. c Pre- pared to aſſault and deſtroy, in purſuance of this Metaphor, ſee ver. 7» 8, 9, 10, IIs
6 Before their face d the people e ſhall be much pain- ed f: all faces ſhall gather blackneſs .
4 At the fight of theſe Locuſts, both literally and figuratively con- ſidered. e Of the Land, f As a Woman in travail is in pain, their Fears ſhall be very great, leſt theſe devouring Creatures ſhould ſeize and de- ſtroy whatever was for ſupport of their Life, and Life of their Fami- lies. g Such as is the Colour of dead Men, or as is the dark paleneſs of Men frighted into Fits and Swoons. |
7 They þ ſhall run # like mighty men &, they ſhall climb the wall } like men of war m2, and they ſhall march every one on his ways, and they ſhall not break their
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hb Locuſts, and they who by the Locuſts are ſignified, viz. Chaldeans, Aſſyrians or Babylonians, i With ſpeed,fierceneſs and irrefiſtable Power againſt their Enemies. & Valiant and ſtrong Men or Giants, } No Walls of any fortified Towns ſhall be high enough to keep them out, ſtrange Locuſts that aſſault Cities, but arm'd and commiſfion'd of God, they ſhall vigorouſly att their part, and do what he appointeth and commandeth them to do. * m Who fear no Power that from with- in the Cities might oppoſe them, they thall valiantly and skilfully manage the Affault. = Naturaliſts teſtify the Truth of this in the Stories of theſe Inſefts, and their marſhalling of themſelves, of which alſo ſee Prov. 30. 27. and Nahum 3.17, This Skill in ordering, and ſteadineſs in keeping order, like exa&ly trained Souldiers, foretels the Terror and Strength both of the Armies ſignified by theſe Lo- caſts, and of the Locuſts themſelves. As theſe then did, ſo the Alſyrians, Chaldeans or Babylonians ſhould proceed in Arins againſt this
People.
$ Neither ſhall one thruſt o another, they ſhall walk p every one in his path q: and when they fall upon the |] {word r, they ſhall not be wounded.
0 The Prophet in purſuance of the Allegory, both tell us how this Army of Locuſts do move without diſorder,ſo ſhall they who are hereby typified; it is much the ſame with the laſt Clauſe of the tormer Verle. p Before *twas run, i. e. for ſpeed, now *tis walk, for ſred'aſt and even motion. q The Tra&he firſt takes to, follows his Leader exattly,and obſerve Rank and File. r The Sword ſhall not be a Weapon to de» ſtroy them, they ſhall run among Swords, yet not be wounded ; 1: terally verified in the Locults,and verified in the (frange m"
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