a The a Lang of Fades here, is Type of the whole Earth, Seat of the Catholick Church, fiited with rhe knowledge of God, and abounding in multitudes 0: Converts. 6 All high, uneven places, all high Thoughts and Imag;vations , all rocky and barren Ground, changed into fruirful Vineyards. Sothe {hurch of Chriſt ſhall be fruitful, humble and lovels, as Vaſtures rich ia Sheep, and rich for Sheep. c North Boundary of the Land. d The South Boundary of Fudea. e Which taken here nut I:teraliy out my {tically, 1s the Church of Chriſt in Goſpel-daysz and bs ihe repatr of all parts of this Feruſa- tem, as here «ieſcr1bed, is ſhadoived out the full and compleat Building of the © hu: ch on-all fices, Nerth, South, Weſt and Eaft, f Raiſed out Dt thc Duſt and Rubviſh, ro which Enemies had brought her, through God's permiſſion, bur never ſhould be able to keep her in that low ſtate, fince G«d was reſolved to raiſe her. g Still 'tts Em- blematical of the Chriſtian Church. þ Benjamin's Gate North-Eaſt, Corner-Gate North-Weft. Hanantel's qv = wy Wine-Preſles North; chat is, in brief, compleatly round the City.
11 And men i ſhall dwell init &, and there ſhall be
ſhall be lifted up /,
ſately 2 inhabited.
7 1.e. Many for number, or eminent for worth. kh As twas Type, this was verificd, ſay ſome, when in League with Bacchides and ſuc- ceeding Kings. Bur in the Antitype, to which Zechariah looks, t1s now, as it hath ben, fulfilled, and more fully ſhall be, when rhe ful- neſs of the Gentiles cometh in. There may be affliftions and trou- bles, but no utter waſting of Feruſalem 3 the Gates of Hell ſhall not prevail. m The Antitype, the Goſpe|-Church. n Not ſecure from Troubles, but ſecure enough from total Deſtrution.
12 © And this {hall be the plague wherewith the LORD will {mite all the people, rhat have tought 9 againſt Jerulalem: their fleſh p ſhall contume away while they ſtand upon their feet 9, and their eyes ſhall
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conſume away in their holes 7, and their tongue ſhall
conſume away in their mouth.
o Malicioufly to deſtroy and waſte, and extirpate Jeruſalem; the Ringleaders, eſpecially ſuch as Antiochus, Herod, 8&c. p When they are fat, fleſhy aad ſtrong. their Fleſh or Strength ſhall utterly pe- riſk. 9g Eicher in Arms ready to fight, or ſo ſaddenly they ſhall not have time to fit down, a very ſudden death is threatned to them. r A dreadful and exemplary Blindneſs thall ſeize them. s In which Member, by ſtrange Judgments on them, ſome Perſecutors alſo have tcit God's Hand. ;
13 And it ſhall come to paſs in that day 7, zhat a
* great tumult xz from the LORD =» ſhall be among
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of his neighbour, and his hand ſhall riſe up againſt =
the hand of his neighbour.
# When God puniſheth thoſe that invaded and waſted Feruſalem his Church. # Confuſion, Vexation and Inclination to turn all up- fide down. x From the juſt diſpleaſure of God, and in revenge on them for troubling his People. y The bloody, cruel and inſatiable Encmics of 7eruſalem. x From Murmurs and Grudings one againſt other, they ſhall at laſt run into Civil Wars, and fight one with ano- ther, and ſo deſtroy themſelves, and revenge Feruſalem; as did, (9c. Fuag. 7.22. & 9. 23.
14 And || Judah @ alſo ſhall fght 6 || at Jeruſalem c -
«lſs, 0 Fu- and the wealth of all the heathen d round about ſhall be dah, ſhalt. gathered together, gold, and filver, and apparel in great
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a The Jews, and particularly thoſe of the Tribe of Judah, and puiſibly Fudas Maccabeus might be intended too, as thoſe who in that day were valiant Warriours.and ſucceſsful againſt the Churches Ene- mies. And many ſuch have been among the Chriſtians roo, ſince thoſe Days. b With Courage, good Condut and Succeſs. b Both in the Land of Fudea, and alſo at Jeruſalem. d Nations round about
them, who having by foreign War peel'd and robb'd many Nations,
had broughc it home, and now God zave it to the Jews, and in like manner have many vhriſtians ſpoilcd rhoſe that ſpoiled them.
15 And 1o {hall be the plague of the horſe, of the
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mule, of the camel, and of the aſs, and of all the beaſts thar ſhall cbe in theſe tents, as this plague.
Thoſe Creatures which the Enemy in the Wars made uſe of againſt
the Church,ſhall by the Hand of God be ſuddenly and ſtrangely either deſtroyed or made uſeleſs, neither fir to annoy the Churck, nor to benefir their Owners. As God deſtroyed much of the Catte! of the Ezyptians by Hail and Murrain, &yc. So now ſhall it be with the Ct.
tel of theſe Perſecutors, they ſhall periſh with their Maſters; the Horſes, as the Horſemen, were drown'd in the Red Sea.
16 < And it ſhall come to pals, zhat every one hg:
is left e of all the nations which came againſt Jeryſ. lem, ſhall even * go up trom year to year to worſhip f *Its the King the LORD of-hoſts, and to keep the * {eaj} 53: of tabernacles g. | Ley, e Such as eſcape the ſtroke, and are by Mercy reſerved very ma- oh y ny of them, among all the Nations, ſhall confider God's Hand, re- Jul I2.9, penr, and ſubmit rhemſelves to his Law ; they fhall ( as many gig) * *'"* on ſight of God's Hand for the Church, and againſt the Churche: Enemies, convert, become Proſelytes and Chriſtiags. f By a cere- monial Phraſe and Uſage, which ſhadow'd out a better Worlhip, the Prophet toretels the conſtant Zeal and Care the converted Gentiles ſhould have to worſhip the Lord. g One ſolemn Feſtiyal, by a Fi- gure, put for all the Days conſecrated to God for holy Worſhip, aad this perhaps wich an Eye to Chriſt's tabernacling with us, and may point to the Chriſtian Sabbath.
17 And it {hall be, zhat whoſo will not come up þ of a!/ the tamilies of the earth unto Jeruſalem, to wor: ſhip the King the LORD of hoſts, even upon them ſhall be no rain 7z.
h If there be any more remiſs than they ought herein, and neg. left to worſhip the Lord. 7 They ſhall be puniſhed with want of Rain, and with want of the Bleſſfiags which plentiful and ſeaſonayle Rain produceth, their Land ſhall be barren.
1s And it the tamily of Egypt go not up, and come nor, T * that have no 747 | : there ſhall be the plague wherewith the LORD will ſite the heathen thar come," not up to keep the teaſt of tabernacles. font,