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miſes to you my People. a Pitch my Tabernacle, nay build my Ha- bitation and Houſe, and reſide in it; give you my Ordioaaces, my
perhaps to ſtand by, dire, and encourage the Perſon that was going tomeaſure Fernſalem. 1 A created Angel, or a Miniſterial Angel, as became his Office; offers his Service to Chriſt. 1m Who is Lord of
IS, . _ And ſaid 7: unto him. Run o, ſpeak to this young
man, ſaying, Jeruſalem p ſhall be inhabited g a# towns 7 without walls, for the multitude of men and cattel s
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nOr, And he ſaid : Or as the French, ( lequel 1ui dit ) which ſaid un- to bim; ſo'tis plain, that the Angel which noiv was going forth,ſpake to that Angel which came to meet him, or gave him Orders what todo. o Since you come ſo ſeaſonably, haſten with all Diligence, and from me tell that young Man Zechariah. p Which hath ſo long hin in Rubbiſh, which 1 once delighted in, which now ſeems deſo- lte and hopeleſs. q Filled with Inhabitants. r The Suburbs of it ſhall be as Towns unwalled for greatneſs of Extent, and for Safe- ty, and Freedom from Enemies and Danger 3 their own Multitudes of Men ſhall be ſome Safeguard to them: And they ſhall have my Preſence, a better Safeguard. s Brought thither tor ſacred Utes, for Sacrifices,
5 For z I, faith the LORD x, will be unto her a 19. wall of fire x round about y, and * will be the glory 2 In the midſt of her.
| t What was promiſed or foretold in the former Verſe, is ratified in this by an account how it ſhould be performed. # That a thing ſo much above the hope of a preſent dejeted People, ſo much too Ereat for ſo weak, and ſo few a People, might be believed and ex- pefted, God engageth he will perform the Word. x Which cannot be ſcaled ; it wou!d conſume them that attempt irz nor undermined, none could come ſo near it : Such a Wall as once was Eliſha's Guard, 2 King. 6.16, 17 Verſes; to which this place may poſſibly refer: Or tisan Allufion to the Manner of Shepherds and Travellers 1n thoſe Countries full of wild Beaſts, to make Fires in the Night to ſecure themſelves. y No part ſhall be unguarded, or open to the Enemy. { My Preſence and Favour ſhall make her glorious, Iſa. 4- 5, 6»
zo, 6 © Ho, ho a, come forth b, and * flee c from the q lard of the north 2, faith the LORD: for I have ſpread i. YOu abroad as the four winds of the heavens e, faith ;, ihe LORD.
Bicffing, and my Preſence : This was fulfilled in part preſertly, and
ſpel-Church. 11 And many b nations ſhall be joined to the LORD c in that day d, and ſhall be my people e : and I will dwell in the mitt of thee f, and thou ſhalt know g that the LORD of hoſts þ hath ſent me 7 unto thee 4:
| b Andzreat, Heb. implieth both Multitudes, and Greatacf; of 15 tions ; or Heathen, and Gentiles, as rhe Word beareth. c Bucumes Profelytes, enquire for, adhere to, and worſhip the God of 1-3-1, d When God ſhall lift up his Hand for his People againſt their inc- m'es, as Ether 8.17. wher: Chriſt ſhall he come 1a the Fleſh, and ſha!l take down the Partition-Wall. e Covenant- People, to love, tear, wor- ſhip, and obey Chriſt. f See v. Io. let. a. g See v. 9.let.s, h The Sovereign Law-giver, and Almighty Ruler of Heaven an Earth. 7 The Meſſiah, and Zechariah his Servant. k Jew and Gentile.
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[ Jew the God of Abraham, and of his Seed, who had caſt cf Zudah, and ſeem'd to quit his Claim in his ancient Inheritance, by a Difſeiſm of 70 Years. m Claim, recover, poſſeſs and delight, as a Man doth in his paternal Inheritance. n All his Iſrael; this Tribe mentioned, but all the reſt included. o His Treaſure and peculiar Pcople 3 his Lot and Part. p Upon, Heb. holy, not by any inherent Holineſs, but holy and ſele&ed,and fer apart for a holy People conte- crated to God. q The Lord will as of old chufe Feryſalem for his Seat.
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theſe Promiſes are too gond, too great : But 1nfilence reverence and 7 adore God in all his Excellencies and Ways; wait,and expet the ac- compliſhment of all, by him who never utters more than he can ar. 4 will do for his People. s Both Jew and Gentile; you are weak,fhorr- ſighted, and worthleſs ; you are Fleſh, be ſilent and wait. t The wiſe, mighty, gracious, and faithful One 3 who never ſuffered a werd of his to fall unfulfilled, nor will let any of theſe Promiſes tofail. uy He ſpeaks to our Capacity z God is ſaid to be raiſed in ailafl 2Dn to Men who get up, or riſe up, and ſet about what they will do; fo hece God is on this Work already. x Either Heaven, or his Temp's.
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