u Yet when Nature ſeems out of courſe, and (ſuch terrible Convul- fions overthrow all States and Kingdoms, and nothing but Ruine and Þcftruftion appears on every lide, yet then moft certainly it Shall come to pals, x Who hearetit the Goipcl, repenteth of Sin, believ- eth in Chriſt, and prayeth for Grace, Peace and Glory, whoſo wor- Shippeth the Father through the Son in Truth and Faith. » Either delivered trom thoſe lad outward Atfiictions, or elle, which is infinite- iy berter, from eternal Miſeries,which will ſwallow up the unbelieving and impenitent World z when the Fews who rejetted Chrilt were de- ſrroyed by the Romans ; all (as Eufibius reports) the Fews that believ. el in Chii'h, and ſubmitted to the Goſpel, eſcaped. 7 In the true Church typitied by Zicn, the City of David, a Not local Feruſalem, there was tie chict place of Slaughter, Blood, fire and Death ; but myſtical Ferufulem, the Church and City of the Meſſiah, 5 Salvation whether Temporal or Eternal, or both. c According as God hath promiſed, and this promiſed Deliverance gives the Believer SatisfaQi- on and Reft, whether in Lite, or by Death. d Not of the Fews only, but of the Gemzles allo; e Calted of Gud to be his peculiar People, called to the Knowledyg of Chrift, to profels his Name, to believe in Chriſt, and by him tv wait for Eternal Life and Glory, Foh. 10. 16 AXES 1.5. 46 ROM. Ls 4 5, 7o ;
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God's judgments againſt the enemies of his church, 1 —— 8. Fe caleth to
the Gentiles 10 prepare for war; ſheweth kis awful appearance in Zion, — 1, promiſeth everlaſting happineſt to his church, and threatnerh the deſolation of the enemies, 1$-——2 1.
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I OR a behold b, in thoſe days and in that time when I ſhall bring again the Captivity c of Ju- dah d and Jeruſalem ec,
2 Tho our dividing this Chapter from the former ſeems to ſome a beginning of ſome new matter, yet indeed the Lrophet prolecutes his old Subje&, and proceeds to declare how that great thing mention'd in the laſt Verle of the ſecond Chapter should be effected, and in this Verlie you have a Tranſition to that thing. 6 It is a Note of great Attention, and heeding what is to be here ſpoken. c When I $hall by Cyrus the Type bring Fudab's People out of Babyloniſh Captivity, the Emblem of a greater and worle Captivity. 4d After the Hlesh as the Type, but according to the myſtery of it, Fudah fignifieth the w hole Remnant, or Reſidue of thoſe Gcd will ſave. e Both literally ani typically underſtood ; ſo that beſide what refers to the Hiſtory of the two Tribes or Kingdom of the Houſe of David reſtored out of Cap:ivity by C3775, here is the bringing back the Captivity of the
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whole 7jr2el of God by Chriſt the Meſſiah to be confidere?, and all a. long through this Chapter,
2 | will alſo gather all Nations f, and will bring them down 7 into the valley of Jehoſhaphar b, and will plead with them # there & for my People ], and for my heritage lſrael 9 whom they have fcattered among the Nations #,
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