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and with mote eſpecial Artifice framed, ſo Heb. imports, as I/a. 43-7+] the glory of the inhabitants of Jeruſalem, do not mag-.
8 46. 11. & The immortal Soul, that ſpiritual Being which ani-
mateth us; he who hath done all this, can do all that is here promiſed
for Iſrael, and threatned againſt 1/rael's Enemies, > Behold, I will make Jeruſalem h a cup of || trem- Nr Be bling 7 unto all the people round about &, || when they piſm- , ſhall be in the fiege / both againſt Judah 2 and againtt $069, Jeruſalem 7. - Ws : | gl/14g4P/® 1, Thar weak, unwalled, poor, and thinly inhabited City, Type of 7 ub the Church, and much more the Church which is Antitype to Feruſa- Jhal w lem, 1 They ſhall drink their own Bane, whoſe Swords be driking the Blood of the Inhabitants of this Feruſalem; there is Poiſon mix'd in the Cup of the Wrath of God, which he will put into the Hands of ſuch wicked ones, aud they muſt drink it off, þ To the Heathen round about, to all of them,all have more or leſs at one cine or other moleſted Feruſalem, and God remembers it, and hath provided
her, thinking then to finiſh all cheir Attempts again't 7craſalem. 7 Strange Siege laid againſt a whole Country, and mizhcy Powers will be little enough to do this, it requires a moſt exriaordiagary Pro- viſion ; now when all this is in readineſs . and n0 vitio:e means of Eſcape, then will God make them drink the Wine of Attonithment, and caſt theminto a dead Sleep. m The Land of Fudav. n Typical and myſtical, the Church of Chriſt. | _ |
« 3 And in that day o will I make Jeruſilem a bur- dentome ſtone p for all people 9: ail thar burden them- ſelves with 77, ſhall be cur in pieces 7, thovgh all the
cople of the earth s be gathered together againlt It.
oIn the times of the Heatheas affliting the Ciurch, from the re- pair of Feruſalem,till Chrift's coming 1n the Fleth, and in ſucceeding times fincez but the Day of the Zull accompliſhment of this Prophecy is a Day known to the Lord. p Too heavy tor them, though many join together to remove it. ' q Though all People of this known World ſhould burden themſelves with her. r They would be cruſh- ed to picces, as a Man that falls under a weighty aud 1:4fty Stone, s Many Nations have been confederate z now it you would ſuppoſe all through the whole World in league agair.ſt Zeruſalem, yer they could not ſtand under the weight of his diſpleaſure,who 1s provoked by ſuch Attempts, he would grind them to Powder.
4 In thar day z, faith the LORD, I will ſmnite eve- ry horſe 4 with altoniſhment x, and his rider with madneſs y, and I will open mine eyes upon the houtc of Judah Zz, and I will 1mite every horſe of the people
with blindnels 9. 8
z Vid. ver. 3-let.o. u Horſes are of very great uſe in Wars, they were the main ſtrength of Antiochus Epiphanes, his beſt Preparations, x A dull ſottiſh Fearand Perplexity. y An.impotency of Mind both in the Underſtanding, which is Folly and Imprudence, and in the W1l and Reſolurion, which is either Cowardice or Unconftancy, like mad Men that neither know how to reſolve ora@. God will turn ail their Counſel into Fooliſhneſs, their Strength into Weakneſs,their Courage into Fear,and fo overturn them all. x A while I ſeem'd as one that ſlept or wink'd at the Proceedings of my Church's Enemies, yet row I will open mine Eyes, and ſee all that is going forward againſt them, and I will watch over my People tor good, againſt their Enemies, to confound and deſtroy them, and their Enterprizes ; this Eye of God open upon his Feople, is his wiſe, powerful, gracious Providence for them, Fſal. 31. 22, Jer. 24. 6, a All their Warriours, in their Pro- jeting and Conſults, ſhall be as full of Improvidence, and have as lir- tle Foreſight, as a ſtark blind Man hath of Sight ro ſee by.
5 And the governours of Judah b ſhall fay in their tere heart c, || The inhabitants, of Jeruſalem d ſhall be my ſtrength in the LORD of hoſts e their God
- b The Counſellors and Rulers at home, and the Leaders and Cap- &, fains abroad, the Maccabeesand others,every one for himſelf, c Shall © © think, believe, and reckon upon it, and be hearty init. d Though but few, and poor, yet they ſhall by my ſtrength; and theſe ſhall be ready and forward to go forth againſt their Enemies, with an handful of Men to encounter mighty and numerous Armies, becauſe their Strength and Help lieth in the Name of the Lord of Hoſts. e Not in their own Power, but in the Power of the Almighty Sovereign Lord
he will give them ViRory.
6 T In that day will I maxe the governours g of Ju- dah like a hearth of fire þ among the wood z, and like 4 torch of fire in a ſheaf &; and they / ſhall deyour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the l&ft : and Jeruſalem ſhall be inhabited 2» again in her own place 7, even in Jeruſalem o.
8 Scever.s. let. b, h A Hearth throughly hot, on which Fire is kindled, 7 The more is laid on, the more is conſumed and burnt up; fo the Enemies of Fudah and Jeruſalem ſhall be,their Multitudes inall no inore ſave themſelves than much Wood caſt on a great Fire It the hearth can preſerve it ſelf. þ& Which immediately ſers the whole Sheaf on fire, and it is conſumed. I The Governours of Judah withtheir handful of Men ſhall thus ſurely and ſpeedily conſume their Enemies which ſet upon them. m As indeed it was, and continued till Chriſt's Death, and forty Years after; for of theſe tines doth the Prophet! ſpeak. and not of Times ſtil] to come. n Not built at Nineveh, Ty us, Babylon or Rome, in ſome Place near to the old Cities ot that Name z but iv the very ſame Place where old Feruſalem did, Mall re-edified Feruſalem again ſtand. o So you ſhall find. Feruſalem n Jeruſalem ; or thus, ſpirituzl Feruſalem ſhall be that Feruſalem in wnich you ought to look ior, and' where you ſhall find the old Typi- cal Jeruſalem, which though it lie waſte, and I fear muſt never be ra 15 112 more ample mariner built up in the Church, ſpiritual Teruſalem.
- 7 TheLORD allo ſhall ſave p the tents 9 of Judah alt 7, that the glory of the houſe of David s, aud
of all, who can ſave by few as by many. f And becauſe their God |