Echariah 7s the ſecond Prophet who cometh from God 10 7 _ w_ _ _ s L_- p pn : hs on ge - , eveal more fully, than be doth, all ihe futu 6 2 both to ſecond Haggai's Exbortations, and 10 revea , d the Rejedion of the Fews | Lats d the ſecond Temple by the Romans, and the Rejection 0 We Events to the final Deſolation of Jeruſalem, an aud Bw Mah cofo, re. >. | | Hg God, and for their rejedting and murdering of the » WO, for their Sins againſt all the Mercies of their * Church "= FRY Zecha- . ; them : which 1s revealed unto 7Z&cha : th in the Gentiles, and cftabliſheth his Church amongſt them ; ; getted of the Fes, take 7 Y "HSE h R of the Perfran Kingdom by the . ; with a Declaration of the future Ruime riah, and communicated 10 the Fews by him 3 WW! 7 & the s: durins the Se: V, J d Lagidz, and ther Overtþrow by the Romans : ir Grecians, and alſo of the Wars of the Seleucide, and Lag - | E 1; Inq cl . ts Lge erous, wealthy and powerful ;, and jo long as 1 ey KEEP ries of which times the Fews ſhall be grown numerous, Foe be cither wonderfully ſecured amid iT ; rinently owned of God, and be enber wonderfully ſe nant with Ged, ſhall do wonderful things, and be en d indeed what Zechariah foretold Pole Tr * MOVE WW ully vifforious over thoſe that irouble them. And indeed what 'Z&c A , theſe Troubles, or more wonderfully vitto | _ ually fulfilled , if the Pro- b Fa 118 in its ti od amongſt ihem, his Preditfions were puntlually fulfilled , er fromiſed 10 them, was 1n its t1me made good among » IS. a BS ney be abſerocd ©, BSRM T—_ ! Tews by their Sins cut themfelves off from the Promiſes, which may Hes were not, it Tas becauſe the 7ews by n h k | . 7 M ſhah Now the firſt Inter- oo Trrtere 1/ me : opbeſying, and the coming ef the Meſſiah. | in thoſe Imtervuis of Times between Zechariah's Prop 8, | Axrgfermapr mn che com- | DC Ted 1: Yeath of Alexander Magnus, during which time the Ferws enjoy val was abcoe two hunared Tears to the Death of . hs We" 08 os Poors with tbe Subjetts of the Perfian Empire, and the particular Favour of Alexander Fe wage, Od 2 = = his Life. Theſe Tears were lears of Growth to the Fews : The next Interval through the _ ars o | m—_— f divided Captains, and between the Seleucidx and age, = - Int _ Y _ gl o' - Ne ty = . |; 's that of the Maccabees, during Wt. eater Preſervation to the Jews. The next Interval ts that c) > | = ra A do almoſt exceed our Belief , but whilſt thus Times were changed, the Jews continued _—_ 4 ” 1 unthankful to God, cold in Rel1g1on, and added to their Sins duily, till at laft God delivered them into the Han _ gl nt - ; depoſed Hyrcanus from the Throne, and reſtored the High Priefthoo Romans, whoſe General, Pompeius Magnus, depoſed Hyrca Go s accompliſh/d, the City e bim ;, from henceforth the Fews Sins and Miſerics grow tegetber ml that Zech. 14. 2. _ - 'p Y ddr ruſalem zaken, the Houſes rifled, &c. Thus by various Imermixture of Providences, G9 rt 64 2 ef wy 1h 'y they would, as became bis People, repent of former Sins, amend their future Doings, —_— is PÞ7 _ a es s Precepts, that he might bleſs them ſo ſhould all the Good (foretold by this Prophet ) Jave crown'd them. bis Precepts, that he mig 5 . 14 : did take them. and they fai'd, ( as they did ) in thoſe Points of Duty, then all the Evil threatned ſhould (as it d1 - Ver fr th as Zechariah foretold, continue on them as it doth ro this Doy. This Prophecy thee contains the Revo _ Liſe -| arg Y 7 4 G and the Romans ; in whoſe tames the Fews, by killing the Lord of Lije, Filed up their Meaſure, and by whoſe Hands God punſtd them, deſtroying their Policy, raſing = 7 7 4 28 their 1emfple, and captivating the Pevple, which lafteth to this Day. The better to repreſent all theſe a your UICW., take ths following SOLeme. |
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Exhoyt to preſent Repentance and Reformation, chap. 1. 2. and chap. 7.8.
Promiſe and that
Zechariah 4 Joſhua, chap. 3.
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Threatens the
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| In the Maccabees times. 4
Zerubbabel, chap. 4.
Preſent Bleſſings, chap. 1. 2. and chap. 8. v. 9, to 15.
Euture Mercy, under Perſian Government, c. 8. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Alexander and ihe Grecians, chap. 9. 8.
chap. 9. 12, 13, 14, 15. Chap. 12, 6,
chap. 1. 21. chap. 2. 9.
Enemies of the Jews. chap. 9. from 1. to $.
chap. 12. 1, 2, 3,4, and 9.
Sinful and impenitent Jews, Ch. 4. Ch. 11. 1. Ch. 14. 1, 2. Meſhah's coming $*
Jews rejefing him, chap. 11. 10, 11, 12, &c. Avenging this Sin on the Jews, chap. 14. 1, 2,
AP. 3. S, 9, 10. ch. 6. ch. 8. 19, 20, 21. and chap. 9. 9, 10. chap. 13. 7.
Calling in the Gentiles, ch. 8. 20, 21, 22, 23. ch. 12. 10.
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and Ch. 3. 8, 9. and ch. 6. 12, 13, &Cc.
Continued Protettion of the Church of Chriſt among the Gentiles, chap. 14. from ver. 3. to the end.
All which either in dark, yet ſignificant Types or Emblems, is repreſented to us by this Prophet, or elſe in plain
and eaſily intelligible Words.
CHAT.
The Prophet exhorteth Iſrael to repentance, that they might eſcape the judgments their fathers underwent, 1——6. The viſion of the horſes and their meaning, 7 — 11. At the angel's prayer, a gracious anſwer and comfortable promiſes are to Jeruſalem, 12 — 17, The viſion If
« the four horns and four carpenters, and their meaning, 18 ——21.
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