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24 And the floors e ſhall be full of whear f, and the fats 2 ſhall overflow h with wine and oil z.
e Where they threſhed their Corn. f The b<R and moſt uſefu] Grain, the Bread-Corn for Man's Life and Support. g The Veſſels into which the Liquor ran out of the Preſs. h There ſhall be of the Grape and Olive enough to fill the Veſſels, nay to make them run 0- ver, tho the care of good Husbands will ſave it. . 7 For wlat was ver. 22. ſaid, is here fulfilled, the Vine doth yiell its Strengrh.
locuſt hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the cater-pillar, and the palmer-worm m, my great ariy # which I ſent 0 among, you.
k Make up to you or compenſate : the lean Years of Egypr did eat up the fat, but with you now the fat Years ſhall feed, and enrich the lean ones. 1 By this it appears that this dreadful Famine by theſe In- ſets was longer than of one Year's continuance, and perhaps counte- nanceth the Jewiſh Conjefture of four, becauſe four ſorts of Inſes are mentioned. Theſe in the late Years devoured the Fruit of the Earth, but now God wiil reſtore the Fruits. m All recounted, chap. 1, 4. with little variation of the Order wherein named. 7 Vid. ver. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, $,9, 10, 11. 0 There was ſomewhat extraordinary in thele Armies of Inſe&s, by which the People then living and afflited by them, might ſee they were ſent immediately from Heaven, tho Hi- ſtory do not report it to us.
26 And ye ſhall eat p in plenty q, and be ſatisfied r, and praiſe the Name s of the LORD t your God «, that hath dealt wondroully x with you : and my people y ſhall ne- ver be aſhamed =.
p Enjoy and live upon. q Not with Scarcity, as when Water is meaſured to them, and Bread is given by weight, F7-#. 4. 16. r The Bread they eat ſhall refreſh them, maintain their Strength, not be as that, Zaggai 1. 6, $ Aſcribe the Glory to the Mercy and Fairhful- neſs, to the Power and Wiſdom of your God, ye ſhall ſpeak of it to his Praiſe, ſtop the Mouths of inſulting Heathens. # See ver. 13. let. l, u See ver. 13. let. c. x In one Year giving as much as the Locuſts waſted in the Years foregoing, whether three or four or more. y You that are my People demeaning your ſelves as becometh my Peo- ple. + Neither diſappointed of your Hopes, or refuſed when you pray, or neceſſitated to ſeek Relief among the Heathen who will re- proach you and me.
27 * And ye a ſhall know b that 1 am in the midſt * Ch. z. of Iſrael -, and that I am the LORD 4d your God e, 17. and none elle f : and my people ſhall never be aſhamed þ. | |
4 Who repent, pray, are bleſſed with ſuch Anfwer to your Prayers, b By Experience $hall ſee and acknowledg. c My true J/rael, ohedi- ent Jſrael, T am with them to bleſs them, defend them, guide them, and provide for them. d The Almighty and everlafting God. e@ As - I was the God of your Father Abraham, yours in peculiar manner by
Covenant, and to redeem you. from Evil. f That there is not a God
heſide me, that the Idols you formerly doted upon were no Gods, that the Idols the Heathen boaſt of are a Doctrine of Lies, and deceive them that truſt on them, g See ver. 26. let, y, h 1bid. let. x.
28 © And it ſhall come to paſs a afterward b that * [ will pour c out my ſpirit upon all fleſh d, and your ſons and your daughters ſhall Propheſie e, your old x, - men ſhall dream dreams f, your young men ſhall fe :g. viſions g.
return out of Babyloniſh Captivity, after the various Troubles and Sal- 19: vations by which they may know that I am the Lord their God in the midſt of them, when thoſe wondrous Works shall be ſeconded by the moſt wonderful of all, the ſending the Meſſiah in his day, and un- der his Kingdom. «c In large abundant meaſures will I give my holy Spirit, which the Meſſ1ah exalted $hall ſend, Foh. 16. 7. in extraordi- niry Power and Gifts in the Apoſtles and firſt Freachers of the Goſ- pel, and in ordinary Meaſure and Graces to all Believers; Epke}. 4. 8, 9, 10, 11. d Before theſe Gifts were confin'd to a few People, to one paiticular Nation, to a very ſmall People, but now they $hall be en- larged to all Nations, As 2. 33. and 10. 45. to all that believe, all that are regenerate. e This was in part fulfilled according to the Letter in the firſt days of the Goſpel z but this Promiſe is rather of a comparative meaning : thus by pouring out of the holy Spirit on your Sons and your Daughters, they $hall have as clear and full knowledg of the deep Myſteries of God's Law, as Prophets before time had. The Law and Prophets were till Fob, and during this
time the Gifts of the Spirit were given in lefſer meaſures, and of all
Men the Prophets had greateſt meaſures of the Spirit, but in thele days the lealt in the Kingdom of God is greater than Fokn. f No difference of Age, to old Men who had heen long blind in the things
« {+ - f 4 "ae, 42 The Heb. will bear it, 4 Teacher of, or unt0, Or ac-
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25 And Iwillreſtore & to you the years / that * the * Che 1:4!