former Promiſes, ver. 11, 12, 13. ſhould be fulfilled. a Cyrus was Which was ( Perſon who proclaimed Liberty of Return tv captive J/rae!, but God JD 27. 3, ſtirred up his Spirit to do this, and it was God's eminent Work 3 it WWubjett to x; was ſeen in it, as Pſal. 126. 3, 4. -b Of thoſe Shalmaneſer carried ap Thisis a Sur tive, and thoſe Nebuchadnezzar carried captive, both falling under tif their Propor Diſpoſal of Cyrus by his Conqueſt over Babylon ; by which means Ve Filling to an el, the Remnant of the ten Tribes, as well as the rwo Tribes, bs 2 Beholt leave to return. c Of Fudahb and of J/rael too, as well as Ferujaiein, then o + th many of: which we meet with in the latter Hiſtories of the FT ab m Ye Sn their Wars. d So they dit from the time of their Return ill the A midſt ſuch 1 man Captivity, and were not by the Space of 600 Years pull*d ot C and mount their Habitation. e Be bleſs'd in the Increaſe of them and enjoy it," 3 of it, fit from thatCurſe, Deut.2 $.39. f Theſe planted forDelight ſhould ve ber makes Peg Je ſ-d too, both Vineyards and Gardens ſhould be fruitful, and theyti! rs, or hon planted them ſhould dwellin their houſesſafely,and eat the fruit often, Bp. . promiſe 15 And I will plant g them upon their land þ, and 1 BiNitions, , | ſhall no more be pulled up i out of their land which 1835 i — ©} employed
given & them, ſaith the LORD thy 1 Ged. be £ Or plant, ſettle them as Trees that are well rooted. þ By ant: Gift, and by.late Retiicufion to it by the Lord. - 7 By the Violend 0 their Efiemies, which Promiſe is an implicit Condition that they ſecs and not forſake the Lord, and was on God's Part with admirable ftancy and Patience to that finfulNatiop performed through 6ooVealh perhaps the longeſt time of Freedom from Captivity they ever pes * Ot free Gift without their Merit. 1 God,thy God and thyLord WIllE
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ſhoulaſt thou, Reader,
The deſtrution of _Edom for their Pride, 1, 2. violence and cruelty a- gainſt Facob, 59 ——16. Gracious promiſes of great deliverance, 17, aud vittory, 18 ——21,
JHE viſion 4 of Obadiah 5, Thus faith the Lord GOD c* concerning Edom d, * Wee have heard a rumour f from the LORD, and arambalilador g is ſent þ among the heathen z, Ariſe ye k, and let vs riſe up againſt her in battel /, . | £ Which the Prophet received immediately from the Lord : ſo Pro- phets are called Seers, 1 Sam. g. 9. and Amos 7. 12. and their Prophe- (y iS Viſion, 1/2. 1. 1, and Foel 2. 28, 6 Who this was appears not on any Certainty, on when he propheſied. That *twas not 0badiah who hid and fed the Prophets of the Lord in Aba#'s time, is evident, for that the Prophet doth threaten Zdom for their Cruelty againſt Feru- /alem in the day 'twas taken and fack'd, which was three hundred and hirty or forty Years after Abab's timez he began to Reign about 3025, and Feruſalem was ſack'd about the 336534 Year of the World ; his Name ſpeaks, a Servant or 4 Worſhipper of the Lord. c This ins cludes his Autherity, the Certainty of the things he ſpeaks of, d Or azainft Z£dom, both People and Country are ſo called from their Pro- genitor or Founder, Eſau called Zdom, Gen. 25. 30. This Country is
le called /dumea, Iſa. 34. 5, 6- Ezek. 25. 14. Which ſee 3 *'twas a part of f- Irabia Perrea, e Other Prophets, as I, have heard this News to tell oy to Edom, or to ſend to them, I/a. Ir. 14. Fer. 27. 3. Joel 3. 19. and
$Am0s 1.12. f Notan uncertain and vain Report, but it comes from
God by his Prophets. 7 An Herald, or Muſter-mafter, who ſhould W&ather Forces together for this Expedition. b By the Lord firſt, and mext by Nebuchadnezzar, who executed on Edom what is here foretold, God ftirr'd up the Spirit of Nebuckainezzar, to make War on Edom, which was (as well as other Nations ) given up to Nebuchadnezzar,
30d er. 27. 3. 7 Or, Nations, both thoſe that were Confederate with, or tit Jubjett to Nebuchadnegzar, whom all Nations ſerved, Jer. 27. 5, 6. k ap Thisis a Summons to them from Nebuchadnezzar, that they ſend in tl their Proportions of Souldiers. 7 This ſeems the Voice of Souldiers I willing to and deſirous of the Wer.
hat 2 Behold 97, I have made thee ſmall + among the hea-
then o : thou art greatly deſpiſed p.
7 m Ye Edomites lay it to Heart, and conſider it well ; be not ſecure by = ſuch Dangers. # Thou art a ſmall People for Nuiaber, thy eel Land mountainous, rocky and barren, and *tis little that which bleſ 3 of it, ſituate very incommodiouſly for any Trade, which whit Makes Pcople great and famous z a Country fitted for Moſs. Troop- w_ i5, Or Bandirez ; and of ſuch Out-laws and Robbers thou art proud, mh and promiſeſt great things to thy ſelf, 0 In compariſon with other 0c) BF "*tions. p By thoſe that do hear of thee, who know thy Situation, 146 »"fernment, manner of Life, and what thy Forces are, and how uſu-
=y employed. Whatever theſe Edomites had been, now they are de: tient ys and E're long ſhould be more deſpicable, when, as Jer. 49. 20. of i leaſt of Nebuchadnezzar's Army ſhould pull them out of their
cock Wes, Houſes and Strong; holds.
Coir 3 T Thepride of thy heart q hath deceived thee r - thou cat BP that dvelleſt in the clefts of the Rock t, whoſe habitati-