RX | St. up. , houſand Hills, [Hath need of þ
trel upon a thouſand Hills, | Hath need of him,
whoſe are GE - he who had Travelled on Foor hed
not for ang i: could have gone the other rwo Miles : But
Galile? = he enter inco Jeruſalem, as was Propheſied of him,
char j1E MIS And he will ſtraightway ſend him.) The Words
Zech. 9+ 4 m4 be underſtood as a Promiſe of Chriſt to ſend him
arc my it M more likely chey are intended as an Affurance to
backs wes char che Owners would make no Ditficulry ro ſend
the V! Frofe Inſtructions (conſidered with the Succeſs) were an
—_ Ar2ument of Chriſt's Divine N.zture, who could tell
"ll Varticular Circumſtances , and alſo which way the Heart of
Man would incline.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was ſpoken by the prophet, laying, |
5 Tell ye rhe daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh unto the, meek, and fitting upon an als, and 4 colt, the foal of an als.
The Words are, Zech. 9. 9. Remyce greatly O Daughter of Zim, ſhout O Daughter of Jeruſalem, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He ts FuSt , and having Salvation, Lowly , and riding upon an Afs, and upn 4 Colt the Foal of an Aſs. Tie Evangeliſt quoreth no more of them, than ferved tor his purpoſe, John in rhe {hore Account he giverh of this our Saviour's Encrance, gquoreth tem ſhorrer, Joh-12. 15. The tormer parc of che Words are found, 1/4. 62. 11. The fews agree this Prophecy to retpect the Meſſt «<, emo rhey were ſo blinded , as nor ro fee it was rul- flled in Chriſt, { Tell you the Daughter of Zion , | Propheſie you the Jews, to the Cirizens, and Inhabirants of eruſalem, [_Be- hold, Tay King cometh to thee. ] Thy Spiritual King, having Sal- vacion;-che King promiſed and torerold that ſhall bring Salva- tion, LOO ] char is, ſhall ſhorcly come ro rhee tor chy Profic 1nd Advancage. Aud you ſhall know him by this, he thall come My, Gnaniz Por, Afftited , Mean, Lowly : | Sitting upon an 48,) an Afs uſed to bear Burdens, (fo the Word f13nifies;) [and a Colt the Foal of an Aſs,] Not upon borh, they are Exeze- tic] of each other. The firſt denoted the Species of the Beaſt, the ſecond irs Aze: There was not any Prophecy of Chris more plainly fulfilled than this. Aſſes were of Old, Beaſts rhar Grear Perſons ufed to ride On, Jud. 10.4. Chap. 12, 14. But after $0- hmm's time, the Fews got a Breed of Horſes; ſo as only Poor People rode upon Affes, moſt reſerved for Burdens; whom could the Jews poſſibly expett to ſee coming , riding imo Feryſalem, under the Notion of a King brinvinz them Salvation, 1n 1o little Srate, upn the F2l of an 48, bur che Perſon Prophefied of by Zacharixh, chap. 9. 9, whom they themſelves Confels ro be the Mſih2 And had nor there been a ſtrange Veil upon their Hearts , Herod”s Courtiers, and Pilate's might have underſtood, his Kin2dom was not of this World, nor he fuch a King as threat= ned their Grandeur.
it. 6 *And thediſciples went, and did as Jeſus com- manded them.
Mark faith, chap. 11. 4 And they went their way, and found the Colt tied by the Door without, in a place where two ways met, and they loſe him. And certain of them that ſtood there, ſaid unto them, What d you looſing the Colt ? And they ſaid unto them, even as Jeſus had commanded , and they let them go. Luke 1aich, chap, 19. 1, 32, And they that were ſent went away, and found even as he had ſaid unto them ; and as they were looſing the Colt , the Owners thererf ſaid unto them , Why looſe you the Colt * And they ſaid, The Lord hath need of him. The true Obedience of Chriſt's Diſciples is ro be learned from the Pratice of theſe two Diſciples : They diſpute nor the Commands of their Lord, nor make Objeions, nor raiſe any Diſputes, nor are afraid of any Danger to themſelves; they went, and thar ſpeedily, and are exat to whar their Lord had Commanded chem ; . accordingly they find, as he had ſaid ; they looſe the Colt; the Owner ſeeing them, asks, Why they looſe the Colt : They tel him the Loyd hath need of him.
7 And brovght the aſs, and the colt, and put 01 them their cloaths, and they ſet h7m: thereon.
8 And a very great multitude ſpread their gar- ments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and ſtrawed them in the way.
9 And the mulritudes that went before, and that followed, cried, ſaying, Hoſanna to rhe ſon of e; David : * Blefled is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hoſanna in the higheſt.
Mark faith, chap. 11. 7,8, 9, 10. And they brought the Colt to Jeſus, and ca8t their Garments on him , and he ſate upon him. And many ſpread their Garments in the way, and others cut down Branches of the Trees, and ſtrawed them in the way : And they that went before, and they that followed, cried , ſaying, Hoſanna ! Bleſſed is be that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Bleſſed be the Kingdom of our Father David, that cometh in the Name »f the Lord. Hyſanna m the highe. Luke hath it yer wich more Circumſtances, chap. 19. 35.35, 37, 38, 39, 40, And they brought him to Feſus , and they caSt their Garments upon the Colt , and they ſet Feſus thereon < And os the went, they ſpread their Cloaths in the way : And when he was 1131), even now at the deſcent of the Mount of Olives, the we multitude of the Diſciples beg. to rejyce and praiſe God with a ud voice for all the mighty Works they had ſeen, ſaying, Bleſſed be the King th.2t cometh in the Name of the Lord ;, Peace in Heaven, and Gloyy in the Highest. And ſome of the Phariſees ffom among$t 192 multitudes ſaid unto him, Maſter rebuke thy Diſciples : And he ved and ſaid unto them, Tf theſe ſhould h1ld their peace, in Stzes would immediately cry out. 7ohn alfo gives us ſome Account of this, chap. 12. 12,13. On the next day much People
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