64 And his mouth was opened immediately, ard is tongue /ooſed, and he ſpake,and praiſed God.
The Angel, v. 20. inflicted the Paniſhment upon him 19 l:n:e:, than until what he had ſaid ſhould be performed ; now it wat vc: formed, God looſcth his tongue, and he praiſe!h God, by tlc Sar; which we ſhall by and by meet with. ;
65 And fear came on all thet dwelt round 2bout
throughout all the hill country of Judea. 66 And all they that had heard them, laid then
ſhall this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.
By fear here 1s to be underſtood, an awe, and Religious reve- rence of God caufed by theſe miraculous operations, As 2. 43; Fear came upon every ſoul, and many Wonders, and Sjzns were dit? by the Apoſtles, [' theſe ſayings | PIpeTa Tarr. It is an Henan, theſe doings, or, matters, or, things, were publiſhed throu;hout a! the partz of Zudea, adjacent to the City where Zacharis dwel!, V. 39+» And thoſe ſerious People that heard them, poncered 0! thers, conſidering the work of the Lord, and did think, That Child would prove no ordinary Perſon. [ And the hand of th? Lys was with him.) By the hand of the Lord: is meant, the /:x*# 0! the Lord, his Providence, Love, Favour; thus the Lord is ſaid tf? have been with Samuel, 1 Sam. 3. 19. The hand of the Lord 0!: fgnifteth the Power, help, and affiſtance of the Lord, 1—C#? 28. 19. Pſal. 80. 11. The hand of the Lord upon a Perſon, fometire* ſ1gnifieth the Spirit of Propheſie, Ezeb. 1. 3. & 40; 1 but thi: 5+ different Phraſe, denoting only God's ſpecial favour to 70%, v4 ing over and proteQing him, cauſing him to grow vp al £0 to improve in knowledge, (Fc.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with 2 Ev Ghoſt, and propheſiea, ſaying, rn :; We muſt not think that Zuchariz was before this time 2th of the Holy Ghoſt ; we heard the contrary before, 4. 5. £8 00 nw
ly Ghoſt at this time came upon him by a particuicr, 58 To eſpecial impulſe, as it did upon the Prophets, whom 012 Spit mT: ved but at ſome ſpecial times to Propheſie, tho it at ail tine. 60" and wrought in them, as an holy ſandiiying Spirit; tis 15 7 -
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60 And his mother anſwered and faid, * Not /o 3 but * ve; 1
ſaying, * His name is John. And they marrel(g* i:
them : and all theſe j| fayings were noiſed abroad:
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cerning Juhn, and concerning Chrift, and alſs applications of what was before ſpoken of them by the Prophets z and it is obſerved by ſome, that it is an Epitome of all thoſe ancient Propheſzes, and that there is init, 4 compendium of the whole Doctrine of the Goſpel. 63 Bleſſed be the Lord God of Iſrael, for he hath ' # viſited and redeemed his people. ,c. 15 69 * And hath raiſed up an horn of falvation for | ..1-. us in the houſe of his ſervant David :
"70 * As he ſpakeby the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been ſince the world began.
God is not the God of J7a?l only, but of all the Nations of the Eat! 11d ; but ke 15 peculiarly called the God of Jrael, both here and in many other places, Pſal. jt. 13, & 72.18, & 105.48,(5c.in rezard of the Covenant which he had ſpecially made with them, and the ſpecial advantages they had, mentioned by the Apoſtle, Rom. 3. 2+ To them were committed the Oracles of God, and Rom. 9. 4. to them pertained the Adoption, the Glory, the Civenants, the giving of the Law, and the ſervice of God, and the promiſes. Zacharias yro- nouncctn God Bleſſed, and deſires that he may be Bleſſed, that is, ho- noured,and celebrated,and ſpoken well of, for that he had vifited and redeemed is People. The Word may be extended to all God's de- | twerances of Jraet, but it feemeth to be here more ſpecially reſtrain- | | ed, by whatfolloweth to the Redemption by Chriſt, [ And hath raiſed | "in horn of Salvation for them.) An horn of Salvation ſignifies a
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exert their Power by their Horns. The Beaſts ten horns, Dan.
mucl1 . 4, Shay are expounded to be ten Kings, v. 24 ſo where David ſaith
ut v.11 cur of ali the Horns of the Wicked, fo Lam. 2. 3. where God
i {jd to have cut off all the Frn of Iſrael, | inthe houſe of his ſer- : vant David.) this agreeth to the Prophetic, Fer. 3o. 9. where Chriſt j :
is called David, They ſhall ſerve the Lord their God, and David their King, whom T will raiſe unto them 5 wio is alſo called a righiems
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- 77 To give knowledge of ſalvation untoſhis pcople,
l y the remiſſion of their ſins. wo - [ _ the Dottrine of Repentance to Mer, that they mav cy. |Or, fir, = _ 10n of Sins, But it ſeems more natura} ro teach Peop!e
nat the only way Dy which they can attain Salvation, is not By any righteouſneſs of their own, but by obtaining the free Pardon, and remithon of their Sirs, by Chriſt and his Richtcouſnet: : Plat. 22, » which 1s in ſhort to Preach the Gofpsi, which Rom. 2.15.is the Power - 1 13 £Vffoe Soi Joef3d Er't £& ©, {7
of God to Salvation to every one tht belieuttin, £37 tiercin is 365 righteouſneſs of Ged revealed, from Faith to E vith, |
78 Through the j tender mercy of ow God Or, 24. whereby || * the day-{pring from cn
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: hr anch raiſed unto David. God is ſaid to have raiſzd up this Hon of . | Salvation in the houſe of David, The Houſe of David was now x down,/Japſed,and decayed : God promiſeth to raiſe up te the 1jraelites, 0 a mighty Salvation irom the Houfe of David. This was fulfilied in : Chriſt. | As he ſpake by the mouth of his haly Prophets, which have | 6zon ſince the World began. } All the Prophets, or many of them zt , eat, Prophefied of Ch-ift as the Son of David, and of a great Salva- ; tion to be rated up to Zrael, from thts houſe,
: 71 That we ſhouic be ſaved from our enemies, and
from the hand of all that hate ns. 72 To perform the mercy proz:iſed to our fathers,