Traveller goeth over a Way plain'd betore him. U/ Zerubbabel.,as the Servant of Chriſt, m Shall, as is uſual, affiſt ar the laying of the laſt faiſhing Stone, as well as he ſaw and affifted when the firſt Founda- ticn-ſtone was laid, n Of the ſecond Temple. 0 Wirh loud Accla- mations, the Signs of great Joy, and farisiation 1n the thing done. Þ Praying and wiſhing all Proſperity, and A long continuance of it to the Temple and thoſe that are to worſhip God in it; as the Grace and Favour of God began and finiſh'd, ſo may the ſame Grace ever dwell in it and repleniſh it. ;
$ Moreover q, the word of the LORD came unto me, laying,
7 Either at another time, or elſe at the ſame time was added what now Zechariah declares.
9 The hands »r of Zerubbabel * have laid the foun-
are the eyes of the LORD, which run to 2nd fro through the whole earth.
. # And now for thoſethar deſpiſed ſmall Beginnings, who they are 1s well known, and to them I ſay, and premiſe what they expettcd nor 6 Ot which Haggai 2.3. c Or but; notwirhftanding they, fo much undervalued the meanneſs of the ſecond Temple, yer when hniſh'd they ſhall with many others rejovce init. 4 The Perpendicu- lar with which Zerubbabel ſhall try the finiſhed Work, or the Work near finiſhing. e In ſubordination ro, and co-working with the Di- vine Providence, expreſt eniblematically by the ſeven Eyes which were on that Stone, of which chap. 3. g. Though Zerubbabel were prudent in managing all the Affairs of Jews, Feruſalem, and the Ten ple, yet not his Prudence, but infinite Wiſdom of God gave ſucceſs x and when the ſucceſs appears in the finiſhing of che Temple, then thall ic be acknowledged an admirable Work of the Divine Wiſdom
and-the Jews ſhall confeſs thar the Eyes of the Lord which run to and fro through the whole Earth, have been upon them in this work for good, and that God hath ſhew'd himſelf on their behalf.
11 © Then anſwered I, and ſaid unto him, What are theſe two olive-trees upon the right /de of the can- dleſtick, and upon the left /ide thereot ?
In the eleventh Verſe, the Propher propoſerh a Queſtion to x7 hich no Anſwer is given,but he doth immediately procced toask one more Queſtion,though ſomewhat, yet not much ditfcrent from the former 5 and in the anſwer to this latter Queſtion the Frophet acquicſceth. The Explication of the 11th Verſe you have ver. 3. of this Chapter.
12 And I anſwered f again g, and faid unto him Þ, What be theſe rwo olive-branches 7, which + through the two golden pipes & || empry /+ ihe golden #2 0i/ our ot themſelves 7: £
f 1 went on to diſcourſe; which is the fignificacion of the Hes. Phraſe here uſed. g Heb. a ſecond time. h The Angel that talked with the Prophet. 7 Two principal Branches, one in each Tree, ful- ler of Berries,liigher than the reſt,and hanzing over the golden Pipes, hk Theſe were faftned to the golden Bowl, oa each fide one, with a hole through the ſides of the Bowl, to ler the Oil thar diſtili'd into them trom thoſe Olive-branches, run into the Bowl; and ot of thar Bowl it was through ſo many golden Pipes conveyed into the ſeven Lamps. / Freely, without any Violence offered, drop the Oil out of themſelves,yct ſo that ſtill chey are full of Oil for perperual ſupply to the Lamps. m Becauſe of its Preciouſneſs, or from irs Colour. 7 A ſupernatural Work and Emblem of ſupernatural Grace; theſe Bran- ches filled from the true Olive-Tree, ever einpty themſelyes, and
are ever full; ſoare the Goſpel-Ordinances filled by Chriſt, always
filling his Members, true Chriſtians, and ever full for all Believers,
I3 And he anſivered me and 1aid, Knowelt thou not vhar theſe be ? And I faid, No, my lord.
Vid, ver. 5. let. Zy 4y Þ.
14 Then faid he, * Theſe are the two Þf anoin- ted ones o, * that ſtand by the LORD of the whole earth. |
0 Not Enoch and Elias, nor the two Witnefles, nor Peter and Paul, nor the two Churches of Jew and Gentilez nor principally Zerubba- bel and Foſhua, though perhaps the Expoſition may glance upon them, and the two Orders inagiſtracy and Miniſtry inthem as theſe are Types of Chriſt in his two Offices, King and Pricſt ; or Chriſt and the Comforter : In this I determine nothing.
CHAS v.
By the flying ro!l the Prophet ſheweth the curſe and puniſhment of thieves and ſwearers, 1—4. By the woman preſſed in an Epha, the everlaſting deſtruction of the churches enemies is repreſented, 5— 11.
TY a | turned 6, and lift up mine eyes c, and look- ed d, and behold, a flying roll e.
a Or And. Heby, 1. e. after 1 had ſeen thoſe comfortable Viſions, and been inſtrutted in the true meaning of them. 5 Changed his Poſture, tho' the Occafion of it be not mentioned, nor the Poſture into which he put himſelf. c Look'd up into the Air where the Vi- fron appeared. &d Very diligently, and diſcerned clearly. & A Yo- lume, or Book, which in thoſe Days were nor written as now our Books are printed and bound, bur were written as Deeds are now on large or long Parchments, and rolied up upon a neat round Stick, or elſe rolled up on themſelves ; ſuch the Roll here ſeen, much as our large Geographical Maps are rolled upon Rollers, ard lodged in a convenient Cavity, fo were their Books of old: Burt probably here now the Roll was ſpread our at large, flying in the Air ſwiftly, per- haps with ſome Noiſe, that might make the Prophet look about him.
2 And he f ſaid unto me, What ſeeſt thoug? And I anſwered, I ſee a flying roll, the length thereof 7s twen-
dation s of this houſe, his hands * ſhall alſo finiſh it ; | ry cubits b, and the breadth thereof ren cubits.
* and * thou z ſhalt know # that the LORD of hoſts
«ry 6.15. hath ſent me y unto you 2. Ws 7 Perhaps ( as is cuſtomary ) he did lay the firſt Stone with Hs own Hands, or rather his Dire&ion and Command, and under his Conduct. 5 In the ſecond Year of Cyrus, perhaps forty Years agon, likelier fevenreen ; but be thoſe Years more or leſs he ſhall finiſh It. Thus the Prophet expreſly promiſeth from the Lord, both continu- ace of Zerubbabel's Life, Care and Power, as alſo his ſucceſs in this i;h Work to encourage both him and the Jews. # Whoever thou art # that doſt hear me, both Zerubbabel and all among the Jews ; # Shalt f the be fully affured and certainly know. x God of Truth and Mercy ; fag Our God from our Fathers who remembers his Covenant, y Com- marded me to preach theſe things. x Returned Captives, and poor d. Builders of this ftarely and magnificent Houſe.