þ It appears not that this next thing hath any neceſſary Connexi- on to that which the Prophet laſt ſaw. / The DireC&tion or Command for the Prophet to do ſomething*ut of hand.
10 Take m of them of the captivity, ever of Heldai,
of Tobijah, and. of Jedaiah, which are come from Ba- bylon, and come thou 7 the fame day 0, and go into the houſe of Jofiah p the ſon of Zephaniah :
m Gold and Silver, of thoſe that are come out of Babylon, lately, to n:ake their Oblation to the Lord or to bring the Oblation of them, who yet were in Babylon, but remembred Jeruſalem and the Temple. n Go fetch them if they lodge elſewhere, and bring them 1n thy Company. o The ſame day in which they come, orelſe in the ſame day that I ſpeak unto thee, delay not. p Some ſay he was a Gold- ſmith 3 others, that he was Treaſurer for the Temple, and that theſe Perſons before-named had brought a rich Preſent to him tor the Temple, and the Service of the Lord.
11 Then take filver and gold g,and make *-crowns 7,
” and ſer them s upon the head of Joſhua 7, the fon of
throne, and the counſel of peace ſhall be berween them both /.
4 The Promiſe is repeated to ſettle the Fews in the afſured Exp Ration of the thing. e Your material Temple as Type, and the S$pi- ritual Temple as Antitype. f Of both kingly Officeand prieſtly, the Glory of both thoſe Crowns ſhall abide on him, the only Perſon WOr- thy of it. g Which ſpeaks both his Royal Magnificence, and the per- petuity of it. þ Though he ſhall have many Actendants and Officers, yet he ſhall Rule, give Laws, diftribute Rewards, and puniſh Offen- ders. 7 His by Birth, by Donation, by Purchaſe, and by Conqueſt, his moſt undoubtedly by beſt Right. & The great High Prieſt, to offer the.great Sacrifice roGod, to make Reconciliation, to intercede for his People ; rhis is that meant by the Crowns ſet on thy Head, O Foſhua. 1 The Peace made for God's People ſhall reſt upon theſe two the kingly and prieſtly Office of Chriſt z by his prieſtly Office he ſhall make their Peace with God,by his kingly Office he ſhall deliver them from ſpiritual Enemies; by priettly Operation he ſhall expi- ate our Sin, by the Power of his kingly Office he ſhall extirpate Sin ; as Prieft he makes, as King maintains Peace 3 purchaſe as a Prieſt, protect as a King. ;
14 And the crowns #2 fhall be to Helem 7, and to Tobijjah, and ro Jedaiah, and ro Hen the fon of Zepha- niah, tor a memorial o in the temple of the L OK D.
m Thoſe two Crowns before-mentioned, made of the Gold and Sil- ver brought from Babylon, ver. 11, n Theſe Perſons we know no more of with any certainty, but their Names. 9 Of their Increduli- ty ſay ſome, of their Liberality ſay others; but theſe Crowns were certainly to be Memorials of the Meſffiah's certain and ſpeedy Com- ing,and to be reſerved in the Temple, as a Memorial of this ſolemn Typical Inauguration of Foſhua, or Meffiah in him.
15 And they 7har are tar oft p thall come 9 and build in the temple of the L OK D, and * ye ſhall know that ; the LORD of hoſts hath ſent me unto you r. And 2/5 WY ſhall come to pals s, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LOR D your God.
This Verſe hath certainly a double Reference, one to the Jews, and che building of the marerial Temple, which is the liceral and hiſtori- cal 5enſe,the other myſtical,and refers to the bringing in of the Gen- tiles. p Such Jews as do now abide in Babylon and Perſia, or other remote Parts. 'Tis alſo the Charatter of the Gentiles, A#s 2.42. Eph. 2. 13, 14. q The Jews did fo with their Gifts, came to 7eruſa- lem and builc with theic Brethren ; the Gentiles are come jn and build the ſpiritual Temple. r The Accompliſhment of this ſhall prove my words tc be God's Word, and that I am ſent of him. £s The li- teral Part ſhall come to paſs in your day, it you will obey the Voice of the Lord your God ſpeaking by me : The myſtical Part ſhall come
a pals alſo ; and, if you will believe and obey, the Gentiles thail
come in and be your Erethren, make up one Church with you, and help to build the Temple, the ſpiritual Temple. Bur if you obey nor you ſhall be caſt out, and the Gentiles be taken in t9 be God's People, and to build his Femple.
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The captive Jews enquire about obſerving the fat *heir forefathers a3 7, I — 3. Zechartah reproveth it, 4 —— 7. 'n exhnrtation to [hw mercy, 9, 10. Their refuſing to hear G14's w id, the cauſe why the Lord will not hear their prayer, but ſcatter them, 11 — 14,
ND in came to pals 2, in the fourth year b of king
Darius c, that the word of the LOR D came un-
to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, ever in Chifleu 4 $ :
a A moſt uſual Form of Speech introdu@ary to what ſhall after- wards be ſpoken. þ When the Jews had now been two Years in building the Temple, and probably 'twas in good forwardneſs. c Son of Hyſtaſpis, about Anno Mundi 3487, as Archbiſhop Uſher in his 4n- nals, d Part of our N»vember and December, when half the time of building the Temple was ſpent.
2 When they e had ſent unto the houſe of God F,
Joitedech the high prieſt
q This reiterating the Command, both confirms and explains the former Command. y Two, the one of Silver, the other of Gold. s Put both of them, 7. e. one after the other. # Who now in this Circumſtance ſtands a Type of Chriſt, King and Prieſt for ever for
Sherezer and Regem-melechg, and their men þ to + pray + Heb, in: before the LO R D p. treat the
e Either the Captives which ſtill continued in Babylon,or the Jews face of the returned out of Captivity, but dwelt in the Country at diſtance trom LORD.
his People, and this extraordinary AR was to repreſent ſomething extraordinary in the Meſſiah.
12 And ſpeak unto him z, ſaying, Thus ſpeaketh rhe
{ LORD of hoſts, ſaying, Behold x the man y whoſe ah Name zs the BRANCH 2, and he ſhall || grow 4 up gut
T an- of _ ”=_ b, and he ſhall build the temple ©c of the