2 And the LORD / ſaid unto Satan, * The LORD #2 rebuke o thee, O Satan, even the LORD that hath cho- ſen Jeruſalem, rebuke thee : zs not this p a brand pluckt out of the fire q © |
1 3.e. Chriſt the great Redeemer, Reſtorer, Lord and Mediator of the Church. m The great God, Father of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt; who 2s Mediator rather chuſeth to rebuke him in his Father's Name, than in his own ; though this he could have done. o He who was accuſed, was God's High Prieſt; and to minifter in the Temple at Feruſalem, the City which God had choſen; in which reſpe&, it was ſure that God would take Cognizance of the Matter and judge aright: He would prohibit Satan's Attempts. p This Man, this Zoſhua. q Like 2 Brand half burnt, or all ſmucty with long lying in the Fire of Af- flition. Rcjet him not for this.
3 Now » Joſhua s was clothed with filthy 7 garments,
and {tood x before the angel x. |
7 Arthe time Zechariah ſaw this Viſion, he ſaw alſo in what a mean, dirty,ane totter'd Garb he was, who repreſented the High Prieſt. s It was the Hieroglyphick of Joſhua, not Foſhua himſelf. # Emblem of a poor or ſinful State, or both. #« Vid. ver. 1, let. d. x The LordChrift, called the Angel.
4 And he y anſwered 2 and ſpake @ unto thoſe that
ſtood before him b, ſaying, Take away the filthy gar- ments c from him 4. And unto him he dd ſaid, Behold, I have cauſed thine iniquity to paſs from thee e, and I
will clothe f thee g with change of raiment þ.
y The Lord Chriſt, who purifieth his Church, who purgeth away her Sin, and clothes her with rich and cleaa Garments. x So the Heb. and fo this Prophet ſpeaks,though no Queſtion went before: It is an Idiom of that Language. @ Commanded. 6b Some of the At- tendants ; thoſe Miniſterial Angels, who were Chriſt's Seryants, and as ſuch are repreſented ſtanding before him, c Remove, or cauſe them to be removed from him, as aitogether unbeſeeming his Per- ſon, Office and Employment : Theſe filthy Garments thoſe Angels took away, but another hand takes away what is ſignified by this Emblem. d From this High Prieft Foſhua, da Chrift the Lamb of God. e What Angels could not take raway, Chriſt did; he removed the filth of Sin, the guilt and ſtain of it. f Adorn and beautifie. g O Foſhua. h Clean and rich, Emblems of Graces, and ſpiritual Excellencies given to him. . ;
5s And I faid z, Let them # ſet a fair * mitre / upon his head : 1o 22 they ſet a fair mitre on his head, and clothed him with garments 7, and the angel » of the
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7 Zechariah takes the boldneſs to defirethar for Foſhua,which might addto his Veneration and Authority; and he asks the thing of Chriſt, of rather Chriſt commandeth thts be done. þ Who miniſter before Chriſt. / Arich and beautiful Ornament for the Head of the High Pricſt ; not a Crown, which 1s for Royal Heads, but a Tire, a Pontifi- cal Enfign. m As they were commanded by Chriſt at the requeſt of the Prophet. n All the Garments which did appertain to the High Prieſt, of which you read Exod. 28. 4. which probably were put on, though they are not expreſly mentioned here. o The Angel who is
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