ol which are upon the top 7 thereot : w d Whar doſt thou diſcern of that thou didfſt before half aſlcep,;,x half awake ſee, but didſt not obſerve? e Since awakened and rou-,, zed, I haye very diligently viewed and obſerved, and i ſec. f By x, God's appointment there was a Candleſtick to be made, as an Uten- fil and Ornament of the Temple, Exod. 25.31. g So was the Candle- ſtick to be for the Temple, all of pure Gold, Exod. 37.17. # Or Baſon, or round, and large 'Oil Cruet, capable of ſo much Oil # would ſuffice to feed all the Lamps in the Candleſtick, #j On tit higheſt part of the Candleſtick, on the top of the Candleſtick, on the top of the Shaft, or-on the head of the Candleſtick. k Either {0 many, becauſe the Temple Candleſtick had juſt ſo many, or becauſe of ſome Perfe&ion ſuppoſed to be in this Septenary Number. / Onc Pipe ro each Lamp, the Mouth of which Pipe joined to the Bow! or Baſon, and received Oil from it; the other end of the Pipe faſt- ned to the Lamp, conveyed Oil into the Lamp. m So each of tht ſeven Lamps had a Pipe reaching from it to the Bowl or Baſol- n Theſe Lamps were ſo ſet as to ſtand ſomewhat higher than the body of the Candleſtick. ;
3 And two olive-trees o by it, one p upon the right fide of the bowl , and the other upon the left /« rhereof g. ; |
o Some ſay Branches; better Trees, which well rooted, will cot rinue & perpetually ſupply the Bowls,and that will ſupply the Lap:
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on the right and left hand thereof, that they might diſtil their Oil the Baſon or Bowl. All which is an. Emblem of the Church, what it is made of, pure Gold ; what made for, to be Light in d; tro ſhine as Lamps thar continually burn, mainrain'd with pure Oil, diſtilled from the Olive-Trees,not preſſed out by Man, bur continually, freely and abundantly dropping or flowing from
Oliye-Trees. _ So 71 anſwered s, and ſpake to the angel that talk-
ed with me 7, ſaying, What are # theſe, my lord ? » After that I had ſeen and diſcerned, s See chap. 3. ver. 4+ let.z. + See chap. 1. ver. 19- let. a, and chap. 2. ver. Ze let. 7. # Sce chap.
L, ver. 9. lets h. ; Then x the angel that talked with me y, anſwered,
3nd faid unto me, Knowett thou not 2 whart theſe be ? And I faid oa, No, my lord b.
x When the Prophet had enquired into the meaning of theſe Em- blems. y See chap. 1+19+ let. a. 7 'Tis not a Queſtion either to up- braid the Prophet a5 an Ignoramus; Chriſt doth not reproach his for not knowing deep and dark Myſteries at firſt ſight of them: Nor is it the Queſtion of one that was uncertain about the thing enquired *nto,Chriſt knew the Prophet's Ignorance though he ask the Queſtion, but *is to excite him to attend and learn. 4 Zechariah freely con- feſſeth he knew not, he pretends not to know what indeed he did not
know. 6 He owns the Greatneſs and Sovereignty of Chriſt.
s Then c he {anſwered and ſpake unto me, ſaying,
This is the word e of the L O R D unto Zerubbabel 7. ſaying, Not by || might g, nor by power Þ, but by my ſpirit z, ſairh the LOKD of hoſts.
c So ſoon as Zechariah had owned his Neſcience. d Chriſt. e Or this word of the Lord is to Zerubbabel, 'tis particularly deſigned to him, and in an Emblem prefigurecth what a Church, hoy precious 4s Gold, hovw full of Light, how framed, how maintained it ſhould be by God hitafeif, This Hieroglyphick 1s a repreſeatation of what the Church ſhould be. f The Governour, on whoſe hand much of the Care and Trouble of Building the Temple did te ; yet let him not be diſcouraged, for this Work lieth on God. g Or by an Army, as 4 the word bears, Heb. you may think you ſhail need an Army to de- fend you in carrying on this Building, which the ill will of Neighbours about you hindereth; bur I tell you there 15 no need of an Army, h Courage and Valour, all which make Armies confiderable, n9 need of this neither. Or might and Power here may be of the ſame Import,and added only for Elegaacy and Aſſurance of rhe thing, ; Which garniſheth the Heavens,and can beaurifie the Church; which moved upon the Darkneſs in the Creation, and brought forth a beau- tiful and mighty Struure, and can do as much now. By Spirit we may underſtand either the Third Perſon of the Trinicy engaged in building the Church with the Father and the Son; or by Spirit you may underſtand the Power of God. Either is Encouragement enough, and ſecureth the future Effe&,and promiſeth a future Scate of the Church, pure and precious as Gold, full of Knowledge in the
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Doftrines of God as this Candleſticx with ſeven Lamps,fuil of Holi- neſs from abundant Meaſures of Grace, perſevering in ir by conti- nued ſupplies from the Spirit of Grace in Ordinances, (Fc.
7 Who art thou, O great. mountain &? before Ze- rubbabel zhou ſhalt. become a plain /, and he // ſhall bring
. forth the head-{tone m thereot 7 * with ſhoutings o, crying, Grace, grace Þ be unto 1t.
þ The Angel having reſolved the Queſtion about building the Tem- )
ple, either himſelf doth deride all the Power of Oppoſers, or the Prophet doth triumph over it, Who art chou? Sanballat and Confede- rates, or Satan,or Babylon, or all put together, what are you all, com- par'd with the Power of God the Lord of Hoſts, who by his Spirit will finiſh this Work ? 1 Thou ftandeſt in the way of my Servant, and thinkeſt his Weakneſs and Foverty cannot remove thee; but if he cannot ſurmount thy height, I will bring 1t down and make thee ' a5 a Plain, and my Servant ſhall as cafily go on with my Work as a