Stars ſhall withdraw their ſhining.
Vid chap. 2. ver. 10, let. d,e,f, g. When God doth in the Valley of Decition puniſh any of the Kingdoms which perſecuted and oppre(s*4 his Church, the Punishment shall be ſo great as to darken the Glory of ſuch Kingdoms,it shall be to the utter Overthrow of thoſeKingdoms and Governments, and ſo it was effefted on Babyl”m by the Mede and Perſian ; {0 on this by the Grecians,and on them by their inteſtineWars, and by the Romans at laſt on theſe, and on the Murderers of Meljizh.
16 The LORD z alſo ſhall * roar k out of Zion 1,and utter + fer, 22,
his voice mm from Jeruſalem n, and the * heavens o and the 3c.
and ord | 7 ; ' nd haſten what you can, as the Word imports. 7 Not ſimply and in earth þ ſhall ſhake q; but the LORD r will be the: hope 5 of Amos 1:
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e Tyrians and Zidonians of being cal'd to Account for the [the valley of Jehoſhaphat : for there s will I ſit to judg f hem *twas done unto. Amos 1. 6, 9. mentions this Sin of | 21] the heathen round about 4. :
13 * Put ye *« in the ſickle y, for the harveſt is ripe z 3* key, x; come, get you down a, for the Preſs is full b, the fats over- 15, 19.
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doms, the great ones in thoſe States. p The common ſort of People, the inferiour Ranks of Men, the Foundations of thoſe Kingdoms $hall be shaken and overthrown. q And fly as affrighted, fo the word fig- nifieth, 7 But at that time, and in the midſt ef all thoſe Commortions, the Eternal and Almighty God, who fills the Enemy wirh Fears and Aſtonishment, s «hall be the Objett of his Peoples ExpeQartion, they Shall look 'or Good trom him by all theſe Troubles 5 and fo Gol was ro his atter their Return out of Captivity, through the Mzd9-Perſean Reign, through the Grectan Rule under Al-xandzr, and under che times of Alexinder's Succetlfucs. 8 Of them that believe his Word and obey his Law. = Strong Dcteace and Fortceis ro hi; x Here called tbe Children of 1ſ-ael, thoſe that are Jſraelires indeed.
*Ch.2.27. 17 SO y * ſhall ye z know athart | am the LORD your
+ Heb.b9- God b dwelling in Zion c, my holy mountain & : thea e
at : ſhall Jeruſalem f be holy z, and * there-ſhall be no ſtran- "x "M Foers h pals through her any more #,
Rev. 1, 2 By the tfletts of my Preſence with my People, by my Anger a- 27, gain{t their Enemies, by punishing them by each other, overthrowing
Oppreſſors, by fulfilling what is foretold. x Ye that ſuffer for my ſake, but hope in my Word, and ſupport your (elves on my Strength. £ By molt comfortable and unqueſtionable Experience. 6 That I have remembred my Covenant for you, and acted according to the Power and Mercy of an Almighty and all gracious God. & Very gra- cioully preſent with you, and ever watching over you, and delighting to ſave you, as a Man would do his Dwelling-houſe. 4 Which is cho- fen and ſeparated from all others to be the Place of his Habitation, as Pſal, 2. 6. which he loves above all Places. e After thele things are finished, when Enemies are dettroyed, and the Remnant 1s ſaved, and the Meſhah is come { for to him and his Days do theſe things finally and ultimately refer) and the Goſpel is preach'd. f The Church of Chriſt, the ſpiritual Zeru/a/em, g Be much more holy and pure than now, being made io by the Word and Spirit, and Atfictions too, þ No profane and unclean Verions shall pals through it as formerly, and bring their ſtrange Fashions, Rites, Worship or DoCtrine. # Though they have done it formerly, as in S9.omon's Days, and Ahaz and Manaſ- Jeh's time, they shall do fo no more for ever. |
18 I And it ſhall conie to paſs in that day k, that the * Am. g. mountains / ſhall * drop down # new wine », and the
Ls hills ſhall low with milk o, and all the rivers of Judah ſhall
omg + flow with waters p, and * a fountain q.ſhall come forth 47.1. Of the houſe of the LORDy, and ſhall water s the valiey * Zech. Of Shittim t.
14.8. & When AfBiQions, amidſt which they were preſerved, from which
Rev. 22.1, delivered, and by which they were purified. 1 The Vines planted upon the Mountains which were, ch. 1. 12. dried up, ſhall now be full of Juice and Fruit. m Shall come down as the Showers or Dew Cxectly and plentifully. 2 Sweet and Delicious. o So fruitful shall the Hills be, and keep ſo many Cows, Sheep and Goats, that Milk Shall abound every where, as tt were a Current that ever runs down. p In the great Drought Rivers dried up, now the Rivers shall be full of Water and ever flow. q The Prophet alludes to thoſe Waters which were conveyed from ſome Spring through Conduit Pipes to- wards the Altar, of which Ezek. 47. 1, 2, 3+ for the Uſe of the Tem- ple, in which Water the Prieſts washed what was to be washed. This no doubt is a Shadow of the purifying Blood of Chriſt, and his ſanQi- fying Spirit and Word. r And in that it is ſaid to come from tbe Houſe of the Lord, it intimateth that theſe glad Tidings, this ſaving Grace <hall be firſt Preached from Feru/al:zm ; and by the Church, which is the Houle of God, $hall be published to others. 5s Refresh, purgeand make fruitful in all holy Works, #t It was a Place in the 'lains of Moab, on the Borders of Jjrc/ towards the South-Eaſt, Numb, 33. 49.
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and Foſh. 4. 1. not far from the Dead Sea. Theſe ſpiritual Waters Shall flow down to the dry and thirſty, the barren and fruitleg Gen- tiles, and make them fruitful,
19 * Egypr « ſhall be adeſolation x, and * Edom y ſhall «3; be a deſolate wilderneſs z, for the violence againſt the * innocent 29,
children of Judah 4, becauſe they have ſhed
blood in their land b.
It was in Egypt that the People of God were long kept in Bon- dage, which defiled //rael too with its Idolatries, contrived the Ryine of 1jrael by a barbarous and unparallell'd Cruelty, murdering all the new-born Males, and with utmoit Obſtinacy reliſted the Deliverer who came to fetch J/-ael out of Bondage. By Egypt underſtand we
then all the Enemies of the Church of Chriſt, who carry it toward