o . nifie zhemſelves t againſt Judah. | þ Reſcue from the Power and Rape of the Antiochin's ; nay, ſub- due their Armies, and put them to flight before the ſews, q The unfeticed Places, rhe open Country, the Shepherd-like Cottages, or | Tents of Fadah. r Before he ſaveth Jeruſalem, beſore he pur Feru- ſalem into Arms, or bring her Inhabitants into the Field, to ſight, and | help the Country, and 1ts Inhabitants firſt the weaker are ſaved, ' next the ſtronger. $ That the illuſtrious Houſe of David, and ſo the glorious Citizens of Jeruſalem, t Boaſt of their Power, Policy, Cou- rage, and Forwardneſs, and how much 7adah owed to theſe for their Deliverance : This would exaiperate 7udah, and provoke God, who would do all this; ſo that all might magnific rheir God, none think
greatly of themſelves,
' $ ln thatday z thall the LORD defend the inhahji- | tor fantsoft Jeruſalem x, and he that is || + feeble y among !!or, abje#, them a Cup of Aſtoniſhment, againſt the Day in which they ucticze them. at that day ſhall be as David 2; and the houſe of f Heb.
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David /ha/l be a5 God 6b, as the angel c of the LO RD f*n
before them &d.
u See ver. 3 let.o. x As he had defended and ſaved Fadah, and the Tents thereof; ſo will he alſo defend Feruſalem and its Inhabi- rants againſt all cheir Enemies, during the Perſian, Grecian, and Be- ginnings of the Roman Empire, during which Days many Wars were raiſed againſt the Jews, but molt viſible was this, when the Macca- bees ſucceeded fo far, as to reſtore Religion, and cleanſe the Temple. » Reeleth through weakneſs. xz A mighty Man of Valour was Da- vid, ſo theſe through Faith of weak became ſtrong, as Heb. 11. 34. a Thoſe of the Royal Line ſhall be for Prudence and Proweſs in the Cordudtof the Armies of Iſrael moſt excellent, expreſs'd here in an Hyperbole. b Or as Angels, ſo Elohim 1s tranſlated, Pſal. 8. 3. and ſol find the French reads it (Comme des Anges.) c Nay, like the
' Angel of the Lord, which is Head of Principalities, like Chriſt who ' is Captain of our Salvation. In theſe Exploits, and in chis Delive- rance of the Church they were Types, and ſo muſt have fomewhar in them which may be ſufficient to reſemble them tohim. 4 Theſe ex- cellent ones of the Royal Line were to be Leaders and Commanders n theſe Wars, and in their Conduf they ſhould ſhew Prudence and Valouryike that of an Angel,rather than thir of anoidinary Man,
9 And it ſhall come to pals e in that day, zhat I f will ſeek g to deſtroy þ all narions 7 that come againſt & Jeruſalem /.
e This alſo ſhall cercainly come to paſs. f God the Defenderand Saviour of Iſrael. g This ſpeaks nor any Difficulty to God in the Work, as with Men, who ſometimes do lzek to do what they cannot do, bur this implieth God would rhroughty do it, his right Haad ſhould find out theſe his Enemies, he will hunt them our. þ Not to reſtrain, bur to overthrow and deſtroy. 1 Withour Fartiality,every Nation that ſets it ſelf to oppreſs and deſtroy Feruſalem, Ged will pay them in their own Join : they ſaid, blor out her Name, but God iw:ll blot out theirs; let us, ſay they, cur them off from being a Nation, bur this God will turn upon their own Heads. þ Combine, aid at- rempt to deſtroy her, and this was evidently ſeen upon thoſe that ſought to deſtroy Feruſalem, and the ſecond Temple before Chrift's Incarnation : for by the Romans God deſtroyed the Arntiochian Power which had often miſchieted the Jews, and deftroy'd the ocher King- doms which had been Enemies to the Jews, who were never in dat- ger of being cut off from being a Nation. till their horrid murderi:g of the Lord of Life. 1 Literally and hiſtorically the City which che Captives returned from Babylon did build, but wyftically the Carho- lick Church which God will never ſuffer to be deftroyed ; ie will ra- ther deſtroy all Nations, than ſuffer them to deſtroy his Caurch,
Io And * I / will pour m upon the houſe or Da- vid zz, and upon the inhabitants of Jeruſalem oo, the ſpirit of grace o and of ſupplications p ; ard * they g ſhall look upon me 7» whom they have pierced s, and 1* they ſhall mourn for him 7, as one mourneth tor Þ; only ſor z, and ſhall be in bitterneſs tor him x, as ons that is in bitterneſs for þzs firſt-born y.
} God the Father, ſo As 2. 17, 18. and Iſ4.44. 3. m In plenti- ful Meaſures, as a plentiful Rain is poured forth on a thirfty Ground | this was fulfilled on Chriſt's Exaltation, when he received Gitts for ; Men; and being glorified, gaye the Spirit, ſent the Comforter to his D:ſciples and Believers: this is daily performed co the Children of God, and will be continually performed till we all are made peric8, and are brought ro be with Chriſt for ever. n On ſome of that Royal Family z or typically conſidered, 'tis the whole- Family of Chriſt, his Houſe, who was the Seed of David, and who is called David their King, Exekh. 37. 24. Hoſ. 3- 5. 00 Literally under- ſtood it was fulfilled extraordinarily, As 2. 4, 5. and no doubt in the ordinary manner, to many of whom no mention is made z my- ſtically the Inhabitants of Feruſalemare all the Members of Chriſt, all Believers of all Ages. o Which is the Fountain of all Graces in us, and which makes us lovely in the Eye of our God ; Grace to purifte us, and to beautifie us, that God may delight in us. p Or Prayer, which 1s an early,inſeparable Fruit of the Spirit of Grace by the Spi- rit we cry, Abba Father, Rom. 8. 26. and are help'd to perform this Duty. q All thoſe who have received this Spirit. x With an Eye of Faith, and turn to Chrift, love, obey and wait for him, ! 5 Every one of us by our fins pierced him, but many of the Jews nailed him to the Croſs,and atually murdered the Lord of Life. This, as foretold, ſo was very punRually ſuifill'd and recorded 1n the Ac- count of his Death given by Fobn ch. 19. 34, 35+ & 37+ this hath then a particular reſpe& to the Jews, though not corfin'd to them, t Grieve, and heartily, lament the crucijying the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, | not only as the ſinful cruel a& of their Variess, but as that in which | their fins had a great ſhare. « With a very great and deep, with a ' long and continued Sorrow, with 2:1 unfeigned and real Sorrow, ſuch ! as 15 the Sorrow of a Father in the Death of an only Son ; they ſhall ! retain it inwardly, and expreſs it outwardly, as in the Funeral-Mour-
rings on ſuch Occafions. x This ſpeaks the inwardeſft Atfc&ion of
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