m Upon parting, Chriſt ſeems after the manner of Men to Wind them of his Pains and Care for them, and would haye them reckon with him. » He puts it to them, whether they thought he deſeryed ought at their Hands, and what it was, o Though 1. need not your Money or Pay, I deſerve more than you will giye, and therefore q in this as liketh you. p The Rulers of the Jews, the High Priefk. Chief Prieſts and Phariſees. q Which was the manner of Paying Money 1n thoſe days. r Which amounts to thirty ſeven Shillings Gy
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13 And the LORD «& faid unto me z, Caſt it unto the potter # - a goodly price that I was prized at of
them xx. And I y took the thirty preces of filver, ang cainſt Je- calt them to the potter in the houſe of the LORD > pſalem, s God the Father, with deteſtation of ſo vile an Affront ang a | dervalue of his Son, ſaid, t To Zechariah in this Theatre, perſonacin, . Chriſt ſometimes. u As being.ſo little 'twould hardly purchaſe 4n ' thing but what was cheapeſt among them, a little earthern Ware x In an Irony God upbraids the Shepherds of his People, who prizeg , tg great Shepherd no higher. y Zechariah, who in this Part now : emblematically doth what Zudas will with Horror do when he hath M old innocent Blood, and berrayed it. 4 Or rather caſt them into the Houic of the Lord for the Potrer,all which the Jewiſh Rulers aR oyer w 12 their proſecuting Chriſt unto death. " 14 Then a I b cut afſunder mine other ſtaff, evey q Bands c, that I might break 4 the brotherhood e he. | 0: l: veen Jndah f and lfrael g. binder, , a So ſoon as I ſaw what value they put upon me, or preſently af. Pe cer thecaiting them off from the Covenant, and unchurching them; © Cirift 63d 1t reaily, the Propher did it in the Tppe. c Took no Pa lurtiier Care to keep them in civil Peace among themſelves, but lefr _ them to their ſeditious Humours, and inhumane Animoſities. Relj. A gion which 1s tree, is the beſt Bond of Peace, Friendſhip and Love; = when te Jews caſt off Religion, and murdered their Lord, next they w_ fall ro murdering one another. dA Decjare it broken, leave them to - ſhew "twas broken. e That Friendſhip wkich had been among them, hs f The two Tribes. g The Remnant of the ten Tribes which fell in: alt to moſt unnatural Seditions after the death of Chriſt, cill the taking __ of Feruſalem by the Romans. by f 15 | And the LORD faid unto me, Take unto 4 thee þ yet the inſtruments 7 of a fooliſh ſhepherd #. ry | h O Zechariah. i Put on the Garb,and perſonate once more a Shep- mac herd quite different from him thou haſt repreſented. þ This fooliſh of People have rejzeRted the wiſeſt and beſt Shepherd; let them ſee what with one they will chuſe, in ſeeing what Part thou now aQeſt. 16 For lo, I will raile / up a ſhepherd in the land, _ -bichſhall not viſit thoſe thar þ if mm, nei 10; by wh1ch ſhall not vitit zhoſe that be || cut off an, neither ſhall"! zAd lzck the young one 7, nor heal zhat that zs broken o, nor in the || teed that thar ſtandeth till p : but he ſhall eat thel%% mags fleſh of the fat g, and rear their claws in pieces 7. Mens I As a juſt Puniſhment of their Sin, refuſing Chriſt the wiſe and Into k good Shepherd ; his Government they would not accept to their $al- ept © vation, that they chuſe ſhall be ro their Ruine. m Or that are hid- I will c den; 1t is a tooliſh Shepherd who ſeeks not out thoſe that are loſt to and I wv bring them home. n Which are apreſt to periſh through weakneſs, confou 0 Burt leayes it to die of its Wounds. p Either not able to go for- open u ward, or hungry ſtops to eat, but the Shepherd will not wait while them this is done. q Will feaſt on the fatrteſt of the Flock. r And with jefting Cruelty extort all from them, tear off their Skin to the very Nails: in tle For,
brief, a ſluggiſh negligent, covetous, riotous, oppreſſive and cruel Government, ihadow'd out by a fooliſh Shepherd, is the Puniſhment ot the Sins of the Jews.
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flock : the ſword z ſhall be upon his arm x, and upon Ine © The his right eye y - his arm ſhall be clean dried up, and his &, omg right eye {halt be utterly darkned 2. wy ke s To every one of them that are but the Images of Shepherds, ready _ worthleſs and uſeleſs. # Catis off the Care of the Flock, Fer. 23-1. of Men Exek. 34.2. u Ofthe Enemy. x To break his Strength: y Blind Strenoth and befool his Counſels, xz rower and Policy ſhall fail him, ſuch their row ſhall be their Governours. of all, wi he will g4 CHAP. XI. 5 Feruſalem a cup of trembling to her people,and a burdenſome ſtone to her ad- dah like verſaries, 1—g, Fudal's viftory and reftauration, 6—=9g. A ſpirit 0 a torch grace and ſupplicaiion promiſed; views of our pierced Redeemer followed th Cn « with mourning, 10. Al! families ſhall mourn apart, 11—14. [ef PEO Li an HE burden of the word of the LORD # for If " own plat 4A rael Þ, faith the LORD c, * which ftretchet t Seve forth the heavens 4, and layeth the foundation of Ks. kindled. the earth e, and * formeth f the ſpirit ig of man within || 1 ” the nM. : : Fc It the Hear a Vid. this whole Paſſage, ch. 9. 1. let. a, b, c. b Or touching,cor- Sheaf on + cerning, as Gall. Verſion upon, againft. Heb. bears itz and ſome rake With their þ it in one, ſome in the other Senſe, though I think the main of the nemies. w1 Chapter perſwades it is to be rendred, for, in the behalf of Jjrael, ſo till Chrif ze. the Church of Chriſt among the Jews until their Reje10n, 40 the Prophe: among the Gentiles ever ſince their Vocation, both have their Col Nineveh, Thr: cern in the things here foretold. c Who giveth out Promiſes 0 of that Nsm great things, to a People ina very loi ſtate, aud therefore to Faile thalj re-edifi, their Hope, tells tliem by his Prophet what he hath done- d AS , In Feruſaler Curtain, faith Iſatah, ch. 40. 22. who did more cafily ſpread abroa Which You ox the Heavens, than any Creature can ſpread fortha Curtain about your Cal Feryſalem B:d, or a Canopy over your Head z by an Almighty Power going uilt, yer 67 along with the AR of his Will,ſaying, Let it be, all that immenſc wh Jeruſalem, dy of the material, viſible Heavens, immediately ſpread forth it ici": 7 The]