Neh. XIII 23. A reason is given Deut. VII 4. Neh. XIII 26. Exod. XXXIV 16. The mischief of that marriage between Jehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah and Athaliah the daughter of Ahab King of Israel is recorded 2 King VIII 18. Yet in case they became Proselytes Converts to the true Religion the marriage with all of them seemes lawful as in that case Deut. XXI 10 13. And in the case of Rahab and Ruth of the wife of Ioseph in Egypt of the wife of Moses of Maacah the daughter of the King of Geshur with David and of Pharaohs daughter with Solomon And this made Iacobs sonnes propound or pretend the condition of Circumcision to Shechem and the Shechemites Gen XXXIV 14 15 16. In the New Testament we read the prohibition 2 Cor. VI. 14. And the precept 1 Cor. VII 12 16. which rules touching Infidels seeme to serve for the case of grosse Hereticks and Apostates Against unlawful marriages see more Iudg. III. 6 7. and XIV 2 3. 1 King XI 2. Ezra IX and X. Chapters Neh. X. 30. and XIII 3 30. Rayment The rayment waxing not old on the Israelites in the Wildernesse chapter VIII verse 4 was a Miracle sufficient though it grew not greater still with the growing children Deut. XXIX 5. Neh. IX 21. This day Is taken somtimes properly somtimes as for a short time here Somtimes for a longer time indefinitely as Hester I. 18. And the Phrase since yesterday and the third day is sometimes taken properly or for a short time Gen. XXXI 2 5. Exod. IV. 10. and XXI 36. 2 Sam. III. 17. Iob. VIII 9. Sometimes for a long time 1 Sam. XIV 21. and XIX 7. 2 King XIII 5. 1 Chron XI 2. As likewise to morrow is taken sometimes for a short time as 1 Sam. XXVIII 19. Sometimes for a long time as Josh. IV. 6 21. Sometimes for never Iosh. III. 4. 1 Sam. IV. 7. Of to day and to morrow see Iosh. XXII 18. and IV. 6 21. Esay XXII 13. Matth. 6. 30. 1 Cor. XV. 32. Arke Besides that famous Arke for the Tables of the Covenant chapter X verse 1 4. Exod. XXXVII 1 c. There seemes here one formerly made for present use wherein the Tables by Gods commandment were first put And possibly this Arke with the Tables might be put into that famous Arke built afterwards Exod. XXXVII Deut. X 5. Journey These verses seeme to be as a Parenthesis inserted by Moses verse 6 9. And their journeys summarily mentioned v. 6 7. are more distinctly and orderly recorded Num. XXXIII 30 39. without any coming or returning again and again to one and the same place Altars Idolaters had their Priests chapter XII verse 3 Temples Altars Tables Lavers Pillars Groves Oaks Statues Images of wood stone and mettals carved graven molten in Cities and Townes in streets in fields and gardens in houses and on their tops in Gods house in chambers behinde the doores by rivers and rocks and caves upon high mountains and hills and valleys and under green trees with their several sorts of Scrifices and burnings even slaying their children to them Jer. VII 31. XIX 5. Ezek. XVI 20 21. and XX. 26 31. Feasts Incense costly cloathes and other services of them See Deut. VII 5. and XII 31. and sundry other places as Esay I. 29. and LVII 4 5 6 7 8. and LXV 3 4 11. and LXVI 3. Amos II. 8. 1 Cor. VIII 10. and X. 21. Jer. X. 9. XVII 2. And see their eager rage after idolatry Ezek. XVI 15 25 26 28 29 30 31. A poor man Private poor rather then publick beggars were chapter XV verse 7 11. and still will be among Gods people Matth. XXVI 11. For ever Ever hath reference verse 17 sometimes to a long time indefinitely Exod. XXI 6. 1 Sam. I. 22. and XXV II. 12. 2 King V. 27. 2 Chron. XIII 5. Psal. XXXVII 18 27. and LXXXIX 1 Esay XIII 20. and XIV 20. and XXV 8. and XXXIII 20. and XXXIV 10. Jer. VII and XVII 4 25. and XXV 5. and XXXI 40. and XXXV 19. and L. 39. and LI. 26 62. Lam. V. 20. Sometimes to the terme of a mans life 1 Kings I. 31. Dan. III. 9. Josh. 8. 28. Gen. XLIII 9. 1 Sam. I. 22. 1 Chron. XXVIII 4. Psal. XXXVII 27 29. and CXIX 44 98. Esay XXXII 17. Sometimes to the year of Jubile As in this Text and Exod. XXI 6. compared with Levit. XXV 40. Sometimes to so long as the conditions annexed to a thing are observed 2 Chron. XX. 7. 1 Sam. II. 30. Sometimes to the continuance of a State of politie Num. X. 8. See the Annotations on 1 Kings VIII 13. Sometimes to the Time and Coming of the Messiah 1 Chron. XV. 2. and XVII 12 14 22 23 27. and in many places of the Prophets Sometimes to eternity Exod. III. 15. and XV. 18. Deut. XXXII 40. Luke I. 33. And so never is taken sometimes for a long time sometimes for almost all times of a mans life Luke XV. 29. Sometimes for a mans life 2 Sam. XII 10. Sometimes for eternity The flock and the herd Oxen chapter XVI verse 2 Kids Sheep and Bulloks were used in the Feast of the Passeover that is in the Feast of Unleavened bread the bread of affliction for seven dayes Exod. XIII 6 7. Num. XXVIII 16 24. 2 Chron. XXXV 7 8. 9. and Ch. XXX 24. All which Festival time is called the Passeover and so Joh. XVIII 28. A Lamb or a Kid might be used for the Passeover properly so called on the fourteenth day at the going down of the Sunne Exod. XII 5. Deut. XVI 6. A matter too hard As Judges and Officers were to be appointed in all Cities in Canaan chapter XVII verse 8 13. Deut. XVI 18 19 20. So here the highest Court of Judicature over the whole Land in difficult Causes and for matters of Appeal was appointed to be in that one place which the Lord should choose which in after-times appeared to be the City Jerusalem And here it is not sure and evident whether this Supreme Court were to be one mixt of the Priests and the Civil Judge joyntly Or though this not so likely two distinct Courts Ecclesiastical and Civil both Supreme in their kinde Judgement of death was awarded upon presumptuous disobedience to their Sentence And more of this Supreme Court Moses doth not deliver Yet upon this the Jewes in after-ages grounded their great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem and not upon the LXX Num. XI For those were onely added to assist Moses in his troublesome government of that unruly Campe of the Jewes in the Wildernesse as likewise those Rulers and Judges Exod. XVIII The Priests due Of the very great maintenance of the Priests verse 3 see on Num. chapter XVIII XVIII 24. Three Cities more Three other Cities of Refuge chapter XIX verse 9 over and above the six here allowed and conditionally enjoyned Yet we never read more of them that they were separated and set out
first moneth of the second year of their coming out of Egypt whiles yet they stayed at Mount Sinai Compare together Exod. XL. 2 17. Levit. I. 1. and Chap. XXVII 34. and Num. I. 1. And this was in the 2509 year of the world thus 1656. to the Flood Thence to Abrams birth in the 130 year of Terah 352. Thence to Isaac's birth 100. Thence to Jacob's birth 60. Thence to Jacob's going down into Egypt 130. Thence to the coming out of Egypt 210 and one year after their coming forth in all 2509. And not in the year of the world 2455. or 2514. This Book contains principally the Function and Offices of the Levites And Ceremonials concerning Sacrifices and Feasts Rites and Purifications Delivered by God to Moses out of the Tabernacle of the Congregation when it was newly reared Levit. I. 1. And accordingly is that Levit. XXV 1. to be expounded The moneth of this Book may seeme to be thus spent taken up and subdivided viz 1. Day The Tabernacle Altar and all other things belonging to the Sanctuary reared placed anointed Exod. XL. Levit. VIII The Consecration of Aaron and his sonnes Commanded Exod. XXIX Begun Exod. XL. fully finished Levit. VIII in the space of seven dayes And seven dayes to make an Atonement for the Altar and sanctifie it Exod. XXIX 37. 8. Day The Princes Offerings of six Waggons and twelve Oxen for carriage and service of the Tabernacle Their Offerings at the Dedication of the Altar each Prince on his day which so continued twelve dayes Num. VII And likely during that time of twelve dayes Moses received from the Lord out of the Tabernacle of the Congregation those Lawes for Sacrifices and Offerings Levit. Ch. I VII 8. Day The Consecration of Aaron and his sonnes being ended Aaron doth first Sacrifice Levit. IX In the sacrifices and offerings Levitically are considerable Principally and more Generally The Persons Offerer or Bringer Lev. 1. 4. and 3. 2. and 7. 30. Sacrificer Priests Lev. 1. 6. 2 Chron. 29. 24. Now wine or strong drink When c. Lev. 10. 9. Levites in some part and in some cases 2 Chron. 29. 34. and ch 35. 11 14. Place Lev. 17. 3. 9. Deut. 12. 5 14. and ch 16 5 6. Fire Came down from Heaven Lev 19. 24. See further 1 Kings 18. 38. 1 Chron. 21. 26. 2 Chron. 7. 1. Must never be suffered to go out Lev. 6. 12 13. notwithstanding their journeys in the wildernesse Numb 4 13. Fat in Sacrifices alwayes to be burnt and what fat Lev. 3. 16 17. Other cases when Not to be eaten Leviticus 7. 23 25. To be eaten Leviticus 7. 23 25. Nehemiah 8. 10. To be used otherwise Liviticus 7. 24. Oile Lâ—viticus 2. and 14. Exod. 29. Ezra 7. 22. Salt Levit. 2. 13. Ezek. 43. 24. Mar. 9. 49. Ezra 6. 9. and 7. 22. Blood Never to be eaten Gen. 9. 4. Lev. 7. 26 27. and 17. 10 14. 1 Sam. 14. 13. Deut. 12. 16 23 24 25. In sacrifices Sprinkled sometimes Before the vail of the Sanctuary and upon the hornes of the Altar of incense Lev. 4. 6 7 17 18. Upon the hornes of the Altar of burnt-offerings Lev. 4. 25 30. 34. Round about upon the Altar of Burnt-offering Lev. 1. 5 11. and 3 2 8 13. and 7 2. Wrung out at the side of the Altar Lev. 1 15. and 5. 9. Poured out at the side of the Altar or at the bottome of the Altar Leviticus 4 7 18. 25 30 34 and 8 15. Particularly The Kindes and sorts of them Burnt-offering or Holocaust Lev. 1. Matter of Cattel Herd Oxen or Bullocks Males Flock Sheep Males Goates Males Fowle Tuttle-Doves Young Pigeons Manner and Law of it Lev. 1 and ch 6. 9 13. and ch 7. 8. Numb 10. 10. and ch 15. 5 8 11 12. Meat-offering Lev. 2. Matter of Fine flower No Honey Leaven v. 11. Oile No Honey Leaven v. 11. Incense No Honey Leaven v. 11. Salt No Honey Leaven v. 11. Or of first-fruits in the eare No Honey Leaven v. 11. No Honey Manner and Law of it Lev. 2. and ch 6. 14 18. and 7. 9 10 and 10. 12 13. Numb 15. 1 16. and 18. 9 10. Drink-offering Matter wine Manner Measure and Law of it Lev 23. 13 18 37. Numb 6. 15 17 and ch 15. 5 7 10 24. and ch 28. 7 31. and ch 29. 6 11 39. 1 Chron. 9. 29. and 29. 21. 2 Chron. 29. 35. Ezra 7. 17. Ezek 45. 17. Jer. 44. 17. 2 Kings 16. 13 15. Deut. 32 38. Ezra 7. 12. Meat and drink-offerings ever joyned together Numb 16. 35 12. And joyned almost to all other sacrifices Numb 6. 15 17. 1 Chron. 21. 23. and 29. 21. 1 Kings 8. 64. Ezra 7. 17. 2 Chron. 29. 35 Peace-offerings Or Gratulatory of Thanksgiving Lev. 3. Matter of Herd Oxe or Bullock male or female Flock Lambe male or female Goate male or female Manner and Law of it Lev. 3. and ch 7. 11 34. and 10. 14 15. and ch 22. 23 29 30. Numb 10. 10. touching the wave-breast and heave-shoulder See Lev. 7. 30 34. Sin-offering of ignorance Lev. 4. Of the High-Priest the matter and manner of it Lev. 4. 1 12. and 6. 30. and 10. 16 17 18. Whole Congregation the matter and manner of it Lev. 4. 13 21. and 6. 30. Numb 15. 22 26. Ruler the matter a male and manner of it Lev. 4. 22 26. and ch 6. 25 29. Vulgar the matter a female and manner of it Lev. 4. 27 35. and 6 25 29. Num. 15. 27 28. and 18 9 10 Trespasse-offering for sins of Ignorance Lev. 5. in Divers things ch 51 13. And therein after confession both the matter female and manner of it Holy things Lev. 5. 15 -19 by Diminution or Sacriledge matter and manner of it adding the fifth part with thy estimation Otherwise matter and manner of it with thy estimation Knowledg by Weaknesse in divers cases with the matter a Ram and manner of it Lev. 6. 1. 8. Numb 5. 6 7 8. adding a fifth part with thy estimation Presumption there is no sacrifice for it but death Num. 15. 30 36. As the sin-offering is so is the trespasse-offering there is one law for them Lev. 7. 1 7. And in some things they are hardly distinguishable And the trespasse-offering seems to be for the greater offences Times wherin several sorts of them were to beused And so some were Voluntary free-will-offerings At pleasure as many times the whole burnt-offerings and peace-offerings See those at the Deduction of the Ark 1 Kings 8. 5. 2 Sam. 6. 13 17. Dedication of the Temple 1 Kings 8. 63. Walls of Jerusalem Nehem. 12. 43. Upon voluntary Promise by Vow Lev. 22. 23. and Deut. 12. 17 26. and 23. 21. See here the Law of the Nazarites Numb 6. Injoyned upon Fixt Times Daily morning and evening Exod. 29 38. Numb 28. 3 8 Weekly on the Sabbath-day Numb 28. 9 10. Monethly on the first day Numb 28. 11 15. and 10. 10.
I not lift up my head I am full of confusion Thou huntest me as a fierce Lion Oh that I had not been borne Cease then that I may take comfort a little before I die chap 10. He reproves his friends for their pleadings against him He knowes what they know and say viz. That God doth all things in the governing of the affairs and states of men even of the great ones chap. XII Again reproves his friends as before and checks them for pleading for God in a wrong maner bids them hold their peace that he may speak professeth his trust in God his uprightnesse void of Hypocrisie and that he shall be justified he desires of God to know his iniquity for which he writeth such bitter things against him Chap. XIII He entreateth God for favour by the shortnesse of life and certainty of death though life once lost be irrecoverable yet he waighteth for his change he complains that God watcheth over his sinne and concludes that God prevaileth over man chap. XIV Doth the wilde Asse So neither do I complaine verse 5 if I had not so great a cause as ver 3 4. Can that Can it with any pleasure verse 6 much lesse if it be bitter as mine afflictions are and your unsavoury words So the application seemes to be made in the next verse Cut me off His wealth and health were taken away before verse 9 now he desires that his life may be so not concealed But professed before others verse 10 his word and worship Is not Any help in me verse 13 and defence for me against these evills and your words Pitie should Here he strikes at Eliphaz verse 14 and continues on so to do to the end of this Chapter Tema That part of Arabia where the posterity of Tema verse 19 one of Ishmaels race Gen. XXV 15. did inhabit See Jer. XXV 23. Sheba In Arabia Foelix South from Iudea whose Queen came to Solomon And whereof we read Psal. LXXII 10. Esay XLIII 3. and LX. 6. Ier. VI. 20. Ezek. VII 22 23. and XXXVIII 13. These seeme to be the posterity of Cush by his fourth sonne Raamah Gen. X. 7. The Ethiopians were no remote neighbours from them ye are nothing Hebr. not verse 21 or as the Masorets in the margin to it i. e. ye are like to that brook ver 15. See the like various reading Ch. XIII 15. Psal. C. 3. Esay LXIII 9. Exod. XXI 8. to reprove words As if my speeches were words without matter verse 26 words of a desperate brainlesse man my righteousnesse is in it Ye shall finde me no hypocrite if ye consider better shall come up no more Into this world chapter VII verse 9 till the Resurrection chap. XIV 12. and chap. XIX 26 27. I will complaine Men in anguish think it some ease to complaine verse 11 Grief kept in like fire burns the more Am I a Sea Too bold a speech from a creature to God verse 12 in this and that which follows not depart from me To give me the least intermission of pain verse 19 I have sinned Though not by hypocrisie verse 20 nor more then all others Here he confesseth sinne And petitions for pardon ver 21. How long He seemes to cut off Iob in his speaking chapter VIII verse 2 as not able to endure him longer to speak so much against God so to charge him and complaine of him If thy children Sonnes verse 4 and daughters chap. I. 18 19. If thou wert Wouldest be verse 6 as ver 5 7. Though thy beginning was small After thy repentance verse 7 As indeed it was chap. XLII 11. yesterday See the Observations on Deut. XV. 17. verse 9 Can the rush No more could Iobs and his childrens prosperity continue verse 11 because of their hypocrisie without sound piety which is the true nourisher of Gods blessings To which purpose he useth also the Similitude of a Spider and of a tree to set out the fleeting prosperity of ungodly men such as he intimates Iob and his children to be Arcturus Iobs skill in Astronomy chapter IX verse 9 And again chap. XXVI 7. 13. and in XXVII 18. in some Translations See the Annotations on Esay XIII 10. And we see Astronomy in Gods speech to Iob chap. XXXVIII 31 32 33. without cause High speeches against God verse 17 and impatient passages As likewise ver 22. should not An angry beginning likewise chapter XI verse 2 savouring of indignation I am clean in thine eyes Indeed no hypocrite verse 4 otherwise this is a false charge secrets of wisdome The hidden wayes of his providence verse 6 wherein he walks in his dealings with mortal men wilde Asses colt So foolish verse 12 so unable to comprehend the wayes of God in his workings towards the sons of men the wicked Concludes with the misery of the wicked verse 20 surmising or implying Iob to be such an one ye are the people Ye all three chapter XII verse 2 This is an ironical scoffe with indignation See the Observations on Iosh. XI 4. and on Amos IV. 4 5. who calleth upon God Either the mocked or mocker verse 4 calleth upon God answereth him The mocker whereas Iob himself the mocked is not answered of robbers prosper This Iob proves at large verse 6 earth This English word may seeme to come from the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 verse 8 Doth not the eare So easie is this point of trial verse 11 with the ancient This may relate to that verse 12 chap. VIII 8 9 10. And indeed it should be so chap. XXXII 7. but is not alwayes so ver 20. and XXXII 9. are his And subject to his authority and power verse 16 girdle Bringeth them to a lower condition verse 18 what ye know This relateth to chap. chapter XIII verse 2 XII 3. to reason with God Rather then with his friends verse 3 he is weary of that And he joynes herein with Zophar in his wish chap. XI 5. because he could clear his own innocencie before him who sees his heart and that he is no hypocrite ver 16. as his friends take him to be by Gods harsh dealing with him of lies Against God verse 4 and me Hear now Bids them save their labour in speaking verse 6 unlesse it were to better purpose ver 5. And now hearken to him and his reasonings for God against them and in defence of himself mock him Or seek to delude and beguile him verse 9 pleading his cause by bad arguments accept persons Though it be Gods own person verse 10 what will What ever become of me verse 13 Like that 2 Sam. XVIII 23. my flesh in my teeth Grief and plagues enough to make me teare my flesh verse 14 put my life Every moment be in danger to die yet will I trust Here the Cetib verse 15 or written in the text is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not And so the Reading and rendering may rather be this should I not trust in him And
Observations on Deut. verse 6 III. 9. but a moment Esay XXVI chapter XXX verse 5 20. and LIV. 7 8. in my blood By any violent death verse 9 through Sauls means into thy hands Luke XXIII chapter XXXI verse 5 46. 1 Pet. IV. 19. My times And troubles verse 15 and changes therein O how great Esay LXIV verse 19 4. 1 Cor. II. 9. in a As in a fensed Citie verse 21 in my hast 1 Sam. XXIII 26. verse 22 Or in my hasty thoughts through the extremity of my imminent instant danger So Psal. LXXVII 7. c. 2 Cor. I. 8 9. yet this might stand mixed with faith as Psal. XXII 1. And as Fear and Confidence are not altogether inconsistent Phil. II. 12. Heb. III. 6 14. Blessed Saint Paul chapter XXXII verse 1 Rom. IV. 6 7 8. alledgeth this to prove justification by Faith without Works Faith and Works are inseparable Ephes. II. 8 9 10. James II. 14 17 18 20 26. That Faith which is without Works is dead no true Faith But Faith onely acteth in the point of our justification before God applying Christ and the Promises beleeving according to the Covenant of the Gospel whereby Christ doth become ours his righteousnesse our justification and all the benefits of his redemption do redound and amount to our salvation imputeth Frequent is the use of this word in the point of justification verse 2 mule See the Annotations on Gen. verse 9 XXXVI 24. neer unto thee To hurt thee or not neer to thee to do thee service unlesse forced by the bridle Iam. III 3. Harp Invented by Iubal chapter XXXIII verse 2 Gen. IV. 21. made by Solomon of Almug trees 1 Kings X. 12. called the pleasant Harp Psal. LXXXI 2 much used for mirth and joy Gen. XXXI 27. Iob XXI 12. Esay V. 12. Ezek. XXVI 13. And much used in Gods worship and service in the praising of him by ordinance in the Temple 1 Chron. XV. 21. and XXV 1 3 6. And upon other religious occasions◠both publike as 1 Sam. X. 5. 2 Sam. VI. 5. 1 Chron. XV. 16. 2 Chron. V. 12. Nehem. XII 27. and private wherein David excelled 1 Sam. XVI 16 23. and abounded Psal. LVII 8. and CVIII 3. And much in holy use with others also as here and so XLIII 4. and LXXI 22. and XCVIII 5. And of spiritual harps we read in the Revelation chap. V. 8. and XIV 2. and XV. 2. Psalterie Or Lute or Viol. In Hebrew Nebel Whence the Greeks and Latines seeme to have the names of their instruments Nablium Naulon a new Song So Psal. XL. 3. verse 3 and XCVI 1. and XCVIII 1. and CXLIV 9. New still upon new and fresh occasions renued As Love is said to be both an old and a new Commandment Yet in Scripture phrase very much Things appertaining to the times of the Gospel are called New as a New Covenant Heb. VIII 13. a New Testament 1 Cor. XI 25. a New Ierusalem Apoc. III. 12. New Heavens and a New Earth Esay LXV 17. a New name a New man Eph. II. 15. Esay LXII 2. a New Commandment John XIII 34. a New way Heb. X. 28. a New heart Ezek. XXXVI 26. yea and all things New 2 Cor. V. 17. Apoc. XXI 5. See that Song Luke II. 14. Abimelech The common name of the Kings of the Philistines chapter XXXIV signifying my-father-King Achish being the proper name for this King of Gath a Citie of the Philistines 1 Sam. XXI 10. The LVI Psalme is also upon this same occasion And this one of the Alphabetical Psalmes Only Zain is omitted and Phe twice used They looked unto him To God verse 5 and to his dealing with David afflictions They serve to them as cures verse 19 or preservatives from spiritual evils Psal. CXIX 67 71. Heb. XII 6 c. not one of them is broken See Exod. verse 20 XII 46. Num. IX 12. John XIX 36. The sense here is more general Let them See the Observations on Psal. chapter XXXV verse 4 CIX False witnesses Mat. verse 11 XXVI 59. my prayer returned Though they got no good by it verse 13 yet I did my darling Psal. XXVI 20 23. verse 17 within my heart I verily beleeve it of them chapter XXXVI verse 1 by reason of their heinous transgressions which indeed proclaime it not good Extremely bad verse 4 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 See the Observations on Prov. XX. 23. great mountains Mountains of God verse 6 See the Observations on Jonah III. 3. and on 1 Sam. XIV 15. The matter of this Psalme chapter XXXVII or the first maine part of it is that grand point of the prosperity of the wicked and afflictions of the godly in this life and of Gods Providence therein Heathens have much debated this matter Job is much upon it as chap. XXI 7. c. and chap. XXIV and chap. XXVII and in other places Divers other Psalmes also insist upon it more or lesse as Psal. XLIX and LXXIII and XC Jeremie professedly chap. XII 1. c. And Habakkuk somewhat chap. I. 13. The case in point of fact is plain and undeniable The Providence Wisdome and Justice of God in it is a Mystery to man Yet to the Christian who believes the Resurrection of the body and eternal life things not so clearly revealed in the infancie of the Church the difficulty is now soone dissolved And the well and wise weighing of the point by an Heathen or natural man may much availe him for his further and better information in matters of great consequence and concernment See the Annotations on Psal. XLI 1. The greatest doubt arising hence to the godly may seeme to be this How these same occurrences of administrations in Gods Providence may stand with such constant continual and abundant promises of Gods blessings in temporal things to the godly in this life 1 Tim. IV. 8. and with his like threatnings of plagues and punishments to the wicked in this world The issue will be That these Promises and Threatnings specialy under the Law are spoken to vulgar capacities in those times and yet have their exceptions and limitations in the Word And that the prosperity of the wicked is but a seeming prosperity and a short and momentany prosperity in relation to eternity and many wayes disadvantageous and hurtful to them and ends with an overthrow suddaine and terrible and everlasting And again That the affliction of the godly is but momentany nothing to eternity and mainly profitable for the work of Grace here more then abundantly recompensing and over-poizing their afflictions and for the increase of Glory hereafter Yet super-adding this That Gods wisdome and wayes of Providence are not commensurate with mans finite and shallow capacity Psal. XXXVI 6. Rom. XI 33. Gen. XVIII 25. Esay LV. 8 9. Fret not Another Alphabetical Psalme verse 1 Wherein not every verse but every second verse begins with the letter of the Hebrew Alphabet in order Only verse 7 20 29 34. stand single in their
He at thy right hand ready to assist thee O Christ as Psal. XVI 8. and CIX 31. Shall strike through Kings Psal. II. 2 4 5. even the highest Powers and Potentates that oppose Christ and his Kingdome 2 Cor. X. 5. In the day of his wrath the time appointed in Gods wisdome the time of his just will so to punish them with plagues temporal eternal in this life in that to come 1 Thes. I. 9 10. Not that Christ the Lord shall be exempted from this powerful conquest and overthrow of his enemies the Sonne being in all things coequal consubstantial with the Father And so the Act coming from the Father by the Sonne But in this speech relation is had to Christ as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and Man as the King Mediatour and receiving his Office from the Father He shall judge The Lord at thy right hand shall execute judgements and punishments verse 6 among the heathen Psal. II. 1. Acts IV. 27. all his enemies whatsoever he shall fill the places with the dead bodies All places with the carkases of the slaine See Jer. XVI 4. A figurative and poetical expression of an huge slaughter such as was that of the Jewes at the final destruction of Jerusalem after the death of our Saviour he shall wound the head in many countries Wound or strike through Head for heads collectively Psal. LXVIII 21. in many or great countries See that Apoc. XX. 9 10. He Christ the Lord. verse 7 Thus the Prophet passeth from the Father to the Sonne The Father acteth by the Sonne the Sonne from the Father shall drink of the brook in the way In pursuing the victory over his enemies he shall do as Gideons souldiers did Judg. VII 7. admit of no delaies which occasioned that interdict adjuration and curse of Saul 1 Sam. XIV 24. Or rather these words seeme to have relation to Christs state of Humiliation and the rather because of that opposition thereunto in the words following And so here we have Christs exinanition and exaltation his passion and resurrection whereby he was brought to sit at the right hand of the Father verse 1. drink In passing through this valley of tears in this world he shall drink deeply of the cup of sorrowes the waters floods and torrents of afflictions and miseries should overtake and encompasse him if not overwhelme and drowne him Psal. LXXXVIII 7. 17. See Jer. XXV 15 16. and chap. XLIX 12. Matth. XX. 22. John XVIII 11. Matth. XXVI 39. in the way Of this life the way of doing his fathers will for the work of mans redemption Phil. II. 7 8. He hid for the time the luster and beams of his Divine Majesty that it might not hinder the sufferings and death of his Humanity 1 Cor. II. 8. Matth. XVII 9. therefore Thus Christ came from his humiliation to his exaltation from his Priesthood to his Kingdome Therefore here notes not a Merit preceding in Christ meriting for himself this exaltation or his glorie either in body or soul his life eternal All necessarily followed upon that hypostatical Union which he could not merit to himself All Christ did was to merit for us The particle here notes the consequence or sequel and order the means and manner how he came to this exaltation shal he lift up the head Be exalted sit at Gods right hand See for the phrase Psal. III. 3. and XXVII 6. Jer. LII 31. Lam. II. 10. sublimi feriet sydera vertice Praise This is one of the Alphabetical Psalmes chapter CXI verse 1 And so is the next Psalme Thereby to help memory and to mark out the excellency of these Psalmes See the Observations on the beginning of the Book of Psalmes wonderful works In Egypt verse 4. 5. meat Manna and Quails Covenant Though they by their sinnes often and grievously provoked him heathen Canaanites verse 6 Praise chapter CXII verse 1 See the former Psalme wealth See the Observations on Psal. XXXVII 1. verse 3 light in darknesse Esay LVIII 10. Job XI 17. Psal. XXXVII 6. verse 4 of evil tydings Prov. I. 33. Otherwise is it with the wicked verse 7 Jer. XLIX 23. gnash with his teeth See that Luke XIII verse 10 28. who humbleth himself to behold Psal. chapter CXIII verse 6 CXXXVIII 6. and CXXXIX 1 c. Job XXXIV 21 22. Prov. V. 21. Jer. XVI 17. contrary to that Psal. LXXIII 11. and LXIV 6. and XCIV 7 10. Job XXII 12 13. He raiseth 1 Sam. II. 8. verse 7 mountains skipped Sinai chapter CXIV verse 4 Horeb quaked and shaked Exod. XIX 18. Hab. III. 6 10. Psal LXVIII 8. Their idols are Not like unto our God chapter CXV verse 4 verse 3. are like unto them As much without sense and reason verse 8 as blocks and stones their help Theirs that trust in him or one person verse 9 put for another which is not unusual hath he given To their use verse 16 in this world Or the earth also is the Lords which he hath given to the children of men The dead praise not Psal. verse 17 VI. 5. and XXX 9. and LXXXVIII 10 11 12. Esay XXXVIII 18. I love This may seeme to be Davids Psalme chapter CXVI verse 1 upon his new coming to the Kingdome Therefore The experience of Gods hearing our prayers verse 2 doth hearten us to pray the more Pains of hell The sorrowes and straits of death verse 3 and the grave Psal. XVIII 5 6. Gratious The issue and effect of Prayer verse 5 thy rest Thy quiet comfortable estate in God without trouble of conscience verse 7 and that because of Gods goodnesse and good dealing towards thee I beleeved 2 Cor. verse 10 IV. 13. upon consideration of the Premises his Faith thus triumphed notwithstanding his afflictions I was greatly afflicted The Hebrew word here hath an Active forme but in a Passive signification As sometimes an Hebrew word in a Passive forme is of an Active signification See Esay XXI 10. and chap. XXV 9. and LIII 7. and Ezek XIV 4 7. haste verse 11 All men are liers Even the Prophets as Samuel that promised to me the Kingdome Yea all men in comparison of God unable to help in time of need Rom. III. 4. cup of salvations Used in the Israelites Peace-offerings of Thanksgivings verse 13 and in the Meat-offerings joyned to them and to their whole-burnt offerings and used in their holy Feasts 1 Chron. XVI 1 2 3 whence that seemes to be Luke XXII 17. vowes Made in mine adversity verse 14 Of vowes see the Annotations on Jonah I. 16. Pretious Psal. LXXII verse 15 14. which God shewes in preserving my life from death in the midst of all mine enemies Praise The Apostle alledgeth this to prove Gods mercy to the Gentiles chapter CXVII verse 1 that they should therefore glorifie him O give thanks This may seeme to be Davids Psalme chapter CXVIII verse 1 and likely inspired and composed upon his returne from his last victory over the Ammonites 2 Sam.
Whether thou wilt or no when thou shalt in vaine call to rocks to hide thee into judgement If not in this life yet at thy death thy doomesday and at the judgement of the great day Jude 6. called The terror of the Lord 2 Cor. V. 10. Acts XVII 30. See Esay XXVIII 17. Therefore remove sorrow Sinne verse 10 which is the true cause of sorrow as the end will prove Prov. XIV 13. and the true cause of Gods indignation Or particularly this sinne of thy indignation and all inordinate passions thy swelling and storming at the will and wayes of God or at any serious advice given thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Remember 1. Chron. XXVIII 9. Prov. XXIII 17. thy Creator Heb. chapter XII verse 1 Creators Father Sonne and Holy Ghost So God my Makers Job XXXV 10. The Makers of Israel Psal. CXLIX 1. thy Makers is thy husbands Esay LIV. 5. Gods created Gen. I. 1. youth Youth is slippery prone to lusts and sensual pleasures apt to put off the evil day farre from them to look on death and judgement as at a great distance as evil men use to do Ezek. XII 27. Amos VI. 3. 2 Pet. III. 3 4. Solomon here calls on them to remember themselves better to minde God in the Spring of their age to present the first-fruits to God as young Samuel Jeremy and Timothy did and not to leave and reserve the dregs and snuffs to God while the evil dayes Old age is very unfit to begin so great a work in Old age will bring evils enough of its own besides While the Sunne Before the sight of thine eyes grow dimme Or verse 2 before thy most delightful and pleasant things begin to grow unwelcome unpleasant to thee The darknesse of lights about them as of the Sun candles torches c. Whence we need Spectacles Returning of the clouds after the raine alludes to the winterly state of old age In summer after raine the clouds break up and fair weather comes Not so in winter So in youth Not so in old age nor the clouds return One grief comes upon the neck of another as the billows of the sea wallow and tumble upon the back one of another A proverbial speech as Psal. XLII 7. the Keepers of the house The hands and armes verse 3 Some here take in the head and ribs and outward senses and inward faculties but not so properly strong men Thighs and legs Here some take in the feet Grinders The teeth They come not with us into the world And they commonly leave old men before they go out of the world look out of the windows The eyes out of the eye-lids darkened A further degree of dimnesse then that ver 2. And the doores Old men shall shut the street-dooers shall stay within doores because the weaknesse of their appetite and digestion when the sound of the grinding with the teeth was low and doth cause them to eat little and so weakens their bodies to stir abroad Others by streets here understand those Pipes and passages which are for the meat to go down to the stomach and for the breath and aire to go down to the lungs which passages have doores and covers which open and shut And these being weakened in old age breed weaknesse of the body and difficulty of swallowing and of speaking Those which stretch the words to the Hearing or to the eye-lids or to all the senses seeme to misse most of the true meaning doores Lips When for want of teeth the meat is rolled and ravelled in the mouth and hath need of shut lips to keep it from falling out of the mouth at the voice of the bird Shall wake out of sleep at every little noise through the badnesse of sleeping and wearines to lie long in bed by reason of little ease and much paine and akings daughters of musik That we can neither sing our selves nor be delighted with the musik of others 2 Sam. XIX 34 35. afraid of that which is high To go up it verse 5 being weak and short-winded And fear stumbling at every little stone in the way Both heights and hollows in the way annoy their goings almond-tree The gray-hairs which some call the white flowers of the Church-yard grashoppers Every light thing shall be a burthen to them who are now already become a burthen to themselves and desire shall faile The lust of the flesh libido As also the lust of the eye and the pride of life In decrepit age all these desires die though they reigned and raged in him before long home The grave his own house and long home Nox est perpetua Vna dormienda Esay XIV 18. never to returne hither again Job VII 10. But long to abide there till the Resurrection-day mourners Jer. IX 17. verse 6 and XXII 18. Amos V. 16. See Job III. 8. silver cord The marrow of the back-bone be loosed or lessened and contracted whence old men grow crooked and bending in the back Some take this for the sinewes which are the ligaments of all the members and are loosened by cold humours and palsie-distempers golden bowle The heart the blood of it or the pericardion or the brain pan pia-mater and pericranion Some understand this of the cista fellis the gaul and choler which easily breaks out in old men Some of the skull parted in the sâ—tures and seams of it diseases grow round as a bowle-golden for the colour and precious use of it in preserving the brains or the pitcher be broken at the fountain By fountain we may understand those principal parts as the Heart Head Liver from whence the vital supplies of spirit heat blood sense and motion are drawn into the body By Cisterne the same aforesaid or those places of the body whereinto those vital supplies are drawn and conveyed By the pitcher and wheele the veins arteries and sinewes which as subservient instruments do conveigh those supplies into the several parts of the body Some understand by the pitcher the bladder and by the cisterne the belly that neither duly performe their office by the fountaine or spring the issuing forth of the water the retentive faculty of the muskle at the neck of the bladder being broken so that water the urine issueth from him insensibly without stay the wheele broken at the cisterne The Lungs broken off from their motion of inspiration and respiration by phlegme from the stomach stopping and stifling the Lungs The Lungs are as the wheele transmitting the aire in and out up and down and when this free course is stopped then follows ratling in the throat and death after The stomach is the cisterne from all the body And the spirit shall returne Gen. II. 7. Joh XXXIV 14 15. verse 7 And even the wisest Heathen have avouched the immortality of the soul and a life of joy or paine after this life ended according to our carriage here So Socrates Plato Cicero Plutarch Epicharmus Euripides Lucretius Heraclitus Virgil and others
to the Nations for them bring or send in the Israelies that are in captivity with them or sojourne among them This typicaly and chiefly relates to the calling home of the elect of them to Christ wheresover dispersed some at one time some at another and also the maine body of the residue in his own appointed season Acts II. 41. and IV. 4. and XXI 20. Rom. XI 5 25 26. 2 Cor. III. 16. The envie also of Ephraim That had beene between them verse 13 and Judah since the rent of the Kingdomes by Jeroboam the Ephraimite 1 Kings XII was to cease when united either to other in Christ Ezek XXXVII 16. Jer. III. 18. and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off In the time of the Messias the obstinate enemies of the Church of God shall by Christ be destroyed see chap. LX. 12. But they shall flie verse 14 c. They shall subdue these inveterate enemies the enemies of the spiritual Kingdome of Christ hereby typified the tongue of the Egyptian sea verse 15 The Prophet here promiseth from God a removal of all impediments that might hinder the Jewes in this their returne into their land This their returne shadowing out the reducing of people to the obedience of Christ and his spiritual Kingdome By this tongue there is meant the red-sea which is like a tongue the river Nilus in the seven streames By which as by so many mouths it emptieth it self into the Sea To make way for the Jewes returne from her into their own land The meaning is that no impediment or obstacle should be so great that might hinder those who were to be brought home to Christ and his Church out of all quarters but it should be removed an high way The same meaning for Assyria verse 16 as in the former verse for Egypt in that day chapter XII verse 1 Of thy returne home thou shalt say And sing these or the like Hymnes of Praise composed by the Prophet as set formes or as directories to them or both So 1 Chron. XVI 7 35 36. in that day A preface or passage into a new forme verse 4 another ditty and this in way of exhortation to others to do the like Babylon Here begin Prophecies chapter XIII verse 1 purposely against forreign States And first against Babylon that should be their principal enemy The Inscription of this Sermon is here in the first words Of Burden See Jer. XXIII 33 36. Of Babylon see my Observations on Dan. IV. 30. Of her Fall see Jer. L. and LI. And this seemes to be the seventh Sermon Lift ye up a banner To summon those that were to be imployed against Babylon verse 2 nobles The great Peeres of Babylon my sanctified ones Set apart to this service verse 3 ver 17. Jer. LI. 27 28. a far countrey Media and Persia. verse 5 whole land Of Chaldea Howle ye Babylonians their faces shall be as flames Lam. IV. verse 6 8. and V. 10. Ezek. XX. verse 8 47. Yet this here seemes to be for fear of evil yet to come See therefore that Jer. XXX 5 6. Joel II. 6. Nahum II. 10. Yet the Original word seemes to incline to the faces of Lybians or tawny-moores the stars All shall be so full of horror and terror verse 10 that the heavenly bodies may seem to have lost their light no glimps of comfort shall appeare Ophir See the Observations on 1 King verse 12 X. 11. shake the heavens I will cause them to be in such confusion and distraction verse 13 as if heaven it self were falling upon their heads and the earth moving or removing from under their feet And it shall be Babylon turne to his owne people Babylon shall be forsaken by her hired forces and confederates verse 14 found Medes and Persians Medes verse 15 Under the conduct of Cyrus and Darius verse 17 overthrew Sodom verse 19 This utter devastation of Babylon was not at once but began at the conquest of it by Cyrus and in the succeeding ages was consummated It shall never be inhabited Jer. LI. 26 verse 20. 22. 29 43. and her time is near to come Esay in vision seeth the judgements as if presently approaching or this may be taken as spoken to and for them that then should be living in the time of the captivity of the LXX years For the Lord The reason of the hastening of the destruction of Babylon chapter XIV verse 1 which is Gods mercie and compassion towards his people the deliverance of whom depended upon Babylons destruction strangers shall be joyned See the like ch 5. XLIV and LVI 3. and LX. 3. Esther VIII 17. Psal. XLVII 8 9. This partly accomplished at their returne from Babylon but more in the Kingdome of Christ by the Ministery of the Gospel possesse them These Proselites and Converts verse 2 take them captive c. Partly verified in the time of the Maccabees literaly but most of all spiritualy by the means and ministery of the Apostles and Preachers subduing them to the obedience of Christs Scepter this Proverb Or by-word verse 4 or taunting speech Here the Prophet continues the denunciation of the destruction of Babylon the King i. e. the Kingdome O Lucifer Meaning the Babylonian verse 12 the mount of the Congregation Mount Sion verse 13 or mount Moriah being in the North-side of Jerusalem 2 Chron. III. 1. Psal. XLVIII 2. that opened not the house of his prisoners But kept them LXX verse 17 years in captivity Prepare slaughter Esay speaks to the Medes and Persians verse 21. 23. 25. for the bitterne See chap. XIII 21 22. that I will break the Assyrian in my land Rather as in breaking the Assyrian in my land Sennacheribs overthrow it seemes was before this And it is brought in as an argument and example to prove that as God had done that one so he would as certainly do the other that is overthrow Babylon in its time In the yeare that King Ahaz died Here begins another Sermon verse 28 or Prophecie And might well be the beginning of another Chapter Chap. VI. did beare the date of the death of Uzziah This of the death of Ahaz Palestina Meaning here the Westerne part of Jury that was inhabited by the Philistines verse 29 Of the Philistines see my Annotations on Zech. IX 6. The Babylonians were the greatest enemies to the Jews farthest off The Philistines were their greatest enemies nearest at hand because the rod c. This is meant of King Uzziah who prevailed much in his wars against them 2 Chron. XXVI 6 7. But in Ahaz his reigne the state and strength of the Jews was much weakened whereat the Philistines did much rejoyce But Esay biddeth them not to be overjoyed for it should not last long a cockatrice Ezekiah 2 Kings XVIII 8. and his fruit shall be a fiery flying Serpent The Serpents fruit shoul be a cockatrice yea more then so a fiery flying Serpent And the first-borne of the poore The extremely poore verse 30 as
women Exod. I. 19. But principaly this relates to the times of the Gospel and the Christian Church under Christ to which the other is subordinate a man-child Collectively multitudes are meant verse 8. Ezra II. 64 65. Acts II. 41. and IV. 4. shall I Set upon a work verse 9 and not go through with it suck Chap. verse 11 LX. 16. and your bowes Shall get vigor verse 14 and verdure againe as those bones Ezek. XXXVII 1 10. come with fine Towards and against his enemies verse 15 Fully to be accomplished at the last day of judgement They that sanctifie themselves Using superstitious rites of expiation verse 17 in the gardens Set apart for idolatrous services behinde one in the midst Or one person or company after another possibly purifying themselves in the fountaine in the midst of the garden It shall come Since this people do take such courses verse 18 ver 3 4. I will execute judgement upon them and casting them off take in the Gentiles Rom. XI 11 12 15 17. Set a signe A Signe or Ensigne to gather them verse 19 Or a saving signe and mark upon them as Ezek. IX 4 6. Apoc. VII 3. and IX 4. those that escape of them The reserves and holy remnant of the Jewish Nation the Apostles and other faithful to all Nations to call them in by the preaching of the Gospel your brethren In Christ verse 20 the Converts of the Gentiles chap. LX. 4 9. for Priests verse 21 and for Levites Make of them Ministers of the Gospel For as the new heaven Chap. verse 22 LXV 17. Heb. XII 28. remaine Stand continue for ever Matth. XVI 18. to worship before me By allusion in termes to the old Jewish maner of worship verse 23 Zech XIV 16. and look upon the carcases Be spectators and witnesses of the execution of Gods vengeance upon those wicked ones verse 24 verse 15 16. Psal. LVIII 10. for their worme Hell here is principaly intended See chap. XXX 33. Matth. III. 12. and X. 28. and XVIII 8 9. and XXV 41. James V. 3. Apoc. XIV 10 11. and XIX 20. and XX. 14 15. Jeremiah JEREMIE a Priest of Anathoth in Benjamin prophesied fourty one years and upwards thus From the thirteenth of King Josiah's reigne to the end of it being nineteene years eleven in the reigne of Jehojakim and eleven in the reigne of Zedekiah chap. I. 1 2. and chap. XXV 3. and XXXIX 11. And he prophesied some years after that in Judea first and Egypt last ch XLII 2. and XLIII 10. and XLIV 8 24. But how long is uncertaine He was much opposed by false Prophets and sustained much hard measure from the Priests Princes and People And after the taking and destruction of Jerusalem Citie and Temple we read of his usage chap. XXXIX 11 14. and chap. XL. 1 6. and XLII 2. and XLIII 2 6. Jeremiah in this Book mainly preacheth against the sinnes of the Jewes And for them foretelleth the ruine of their State by the Babylonians which he lived to see and to lament in his Book of Lamentations He foretels the LXX years captivity there Their returne thence and happy enlargement under that blessed Branch the Messias And he propesieth also in the latter part of his Book against other Nations the Enemies and Oppressors of Gods people against Egypt the Philistines Moab the Ammonities Edom Damascus Kedar Hazor Elam And foretels chiefly the utter ruine of Babylon and the Empire by Cyrus the Medes and Persians His Chapters as they now stand numbered and placed in the Hebrew text and in our English Translations if they were rancked according to the course and Histories of the times and the things done in them after the first twenty Chapters would follow in this ensuing Order keeping the numbers of the Chapters that we now have 20. 22. 23. 47. 26. 25. 36. 1 8. 45. 46. 36. 9 32. 35. 27. 24. 49. v. 34 39. 29. 30. 31. 28. 51. v. 59 64. 21. 32. 33. 34. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 48. 49. 50. 51. v. 1 59. 52. Thus much varying from the Order wherein we have them The LXX also marshal them in another ranck and order much differing from the Hebrew Text. And as Chapters here are thus displaced so also in Daniel partly And the Hebrew Text seemes sometimes not so rightly to divide the Chapters as Esay LXIV And in our English Bibles Chapters sometimes are not so fitly and exactly divided as Esay 4. 1. and 26. 20. and 52. 13. 14. 15. And in other Books No nor verses neither as Esay 53. 9 10. and 58. 9. and 59. 15. The end of his Book Chap. 52. 31 34. was written by some Prophet after Jeremies death But when and where he died is not recorded in the thirteenth year of his reigne Then Jeremie was called from being ordinary Priest chapter I verse 2 to be an extraordinary Prophet captive There were Captives under Jehojakim verse 3 and under Jeconiah But this is the last and greatest of Jerusalem it self when both Citie and Temple was sackt and burnt and the Kingdome destroyed in the dayes of Zedekiah in the fifth moneth This might end the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reigne chap. LII 12 Then When God first called him verse 4 As thus the Time So now followes in this Chapter the maner of his Calling and such general instructions as God was pleased then to give him concerning his carriage in it and discharge of it I sanctified thee Designed thee to be a Prophet verse 5 to which Office I do now call thee So Gal. I. 15. See the like use of the word Esay XIII 3. This stretcheth not to inward sanctification as that of Iohn Baptist doth Luke I. 15. Nations Both Jewes and other Nations also verse 10. Chap. XXV 15 c. And chap. XLIII and XLVI and XLVII and XLVIII and XLIX and L. and LI. I cannot speak Not dumb verse 6 as Zacharie Luke I. 20 22. or slow and stammering as Moses Exod. IV. 10 14. But that he could not deliver such a message in that maner as was fitting considering his childhood and weaknesse wanting that gravity c. put forth his hand In a Vision verse 9 to root out By publishing my word verse 10 in Threatenings and in Promises which should as certainly be performed as if the Prophet himself had acted them chap. XVIII 7 8 9. A foolish application is made of these words to the Popes pretended power over Kingdomes came unto me Seemingly at the same time with the former verse 11 What seest thou See the like Amos VII 8. and VIII 2. Zech. IV. 2. and V. 1. I see In a Vision Almond tree That doth bud and blossome the earliest of any hasten my word to performe it 2 Kings XXIII verse 12 33 35. and chap. XXIV 2. a seething pot Resembling Ierusalem verse 13 Kingdomes of the North Babylonians verse 15 and their Assistants gird up thy loines Addresse thy self manfully to thy imployment verse
Esay XXX 4. a Prime Citie in Egypt taking likely its name from Tahpenes Queene of Egypt 1 Kings XI 19 20. Seated not farre from Pelusium whence termed by the Greeks and Latines Daphnae Pelusiacae See Jer. II. 16. Here Jâ—remy was chap. XLIII 8. Ezek. XLVIII 8 22. In this Visionary Description The Portion or holy Oblation of Land for the Priests and the Sanctuary for the Levites for the Citie and Suburbs for the Prince was all at most no greater or biger then the several Portions for each of the other Tribes And therefore in that Draught of mine set forth by my learned and industrious friend Master Thomas Fuller in his Pisgah-sight of Palestine V. Book page 189. I desire to be rightly so understood and no otherwise The said Draught is represented there in a far larger Proportion But the only Reason was That so there might be roome enough for the setting down of the several Situations and Limits among themselves of the Priests Portion and of the Sanctuarie in the midst of it And of the Levites Portion by themselves And of the Citie Jerusalem and Suburbs of it by themselves And of the Princes Portion lying and guarding as it were all the former at both Ends East and West The true quantity of all this in relation to the other Tribes being no other then I have formerly expressed Daniel DANIEL was carried Captive in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar and the third or fourth of Jehojakim Dan. I. 1 6. And at this time began the Babylonian Monarchy and the Jewes Subjection or Captivity which lasted seventy years Daniel living and young was so famous for Prayer and Piety That in the thirteenth or fourteenth year of his Captivity He is matched with Noah and Job Ezek. XIV 14. And in the eighteenth or nineteenth year He is held such an unparallel'd patterne for Wisdom That the King of Tyre who thought himself so wise above others is taunted in these words Behold thou art wiser then Daniel Ezek. XXVIII 2. His Book begins with his own Captivity reacheth to our Saviours time Dan. IX 25. And ends a while after with the final Destruction of the Temple and Citie of Jerusalem by the Romanes Dan. IX 27. Daniels Prophecies stretch not beyond Daniels owne People the Jewes Some reckon the times thus seventy years in the Babylonish captivity or subjection to Babylon seventy years seven times or seven weeks of years that is four hundred and ninety years thence to our Saviours death And fourty thence to Jerusalems Destruction and the end of the Jewes Common-wealth in all six hundred years But others rather upon more likely grounds extend the number of years to a great summe His Book is Historical in the first six Chapters Prophetical in the rest The Language of it is Chaldee from chap. II. v. 4 to chap. VIII A little Arabique being intermixt in the sixth Chapter Because as some conceive the matters contained in those Chapters mostwhat concerne the Chaldeans and were things known to them or at least such as no danger by the knowledge of them accrued to the Jewes In all the rest before and after it is Hebrew the Churches dialect and treasure And yet here are sometimes some kinde of concealments from the Hebrews themselves in the darkest Visions chap. VIII 26. and chap. XII 4. The Chapters in Daniel fall within the reigns of several Kings Thus In the reign of Nebuchadnezzar in his I. Year Chapter I. V. Year Chap. II. VI. Year most likely Chap. III. XXXV Year Chap. IV. Belshazzar in his I. Year Chap VII III. Year Chap. VIII Last year Chap. V. Darius in his first year Chapters VI. and IX Cyrus in his third year first moneth Chapters X. and XI and XII So that in the Order of the Chapters there is this Transposition That the seventh and eighth Chapters as now they stand numbered and placed in order of time go before the fifth and sixth Chapters And for the matter of some Chapters Those Prophetical Dreames and Visions Chap. II. and IV. and VII and VIII and XI seeme mostwhat to expound one another falling so oft upon the same matters lesse or more and going over them or some of them still Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian is the Golden Head Chap. II. the Tree Chap. IV. the Lion Chap. VII The Mede and Persian is the Breast and Armes of silver Chap. II. the Beare Chap. VII the Ram Chap. VIII and Chap. X. 1 13 20. and Chap. XI 1 2. The Grecian Alexander is the Belly and Thighs of Brasse Chap. II. the Leopard Chap. VII the he-Goat Chap. VIII and Chap. X. 20. and Chap. XI 3 4. The Grecian divided chiefly into the Seleucide and Lagide are the Legs of iron and Feet part of iron and part of clay chap. II. The fourth Beast chap. VII and the Kings of the North and of the South chap. XI Daniel having his suit denied by the Prince of the Eunuchs makes his addresse to his Steward and prevails chap. I. 10 11. That second year Dan. II. 1. is not of Cyrus the last word of the former chapter But of Nebuchadnezzar Nor of his Reigne or Monarchy either But in his reigne as the Hebrew distinctions in the Context seeme to import Namely the second year after the three years of Daniels education were past and he brought in to stand before the King which falls in with the fifth year of Nebuchadnezzars reigne and Daniels Captivity and with the eighth or ninth of Jehojakim In the second year in Nebuchadnezzars reigne Nebuchadnezzar had this Dreame and Daniel was then sought for to be slaine with the rest of the Wisemen and Magicians That huge Image of gold though hollow within as the two brazen Pillars were Jer. LII 21. which was set up to be worshipped Dan. III. seems to be soone after the former Dreame and before Jehojacins Captivity Being Daniels three companions only newly advanced are accused and no other Jewes for not worshipping it and committing such grosse and open Idolatry That Dreame and Vsion of the Great Tree chap. IV. being when Nebuchadnezzar was at rest after all his Victories chap. IV. 4. And flourishing in his Palace after his conquest of Egypt which was in the twenty seventh year of Jehojacins Captivity Ezek. XXIX 17 20. seemes to be some thirty years after the former Dreame chap. II. and in the thirty fifth year of Nebuchadnezzars owne reigne and Daniels Captivity A year after this Dreame he fell mad chap. IV. 29. and continued so seven years verse 16 25 3. even so long as Solomons Temple was in building which he destroyed And about two years after his restoring to his wits and Kingdome v. 26 34 36. in the fourty fourth or fourty fifth year of his reigne and thirty seventh of Jehojacins Captivity he died Jer. LII 31. Evilmerodach the sonne of Nebuchadnezzar in the first year of his reign advanced Jehojacin 2 Kings XXV 27 30. Jer. LII 31 34. Belshazzar the grandchilde of Nebuchadnezzar was the
his wonderful judgements to come upon them by the Chaldeans verse 5 11. He states the End and Issue of Gods dealing therein verse 12. And yet after admiration and expostulation that God should use such wicked instruments for executioners of his judgments upon his people verse 13 17. He puts the godly upon their living by Faith chap. II. 1 4. And then he largely insists upon the Chaldeans several sinnes Intermixing their punishment for them verse 5 20. And lastly concludes with a wonderful Prayer ch III. Celebrating therein Gods marvellous and mighty works of terrible executions upon the enemies and of the deliverances of his people in ancient times and triumphing in Faith even in the worst of times in expectation of the like deliverance Is thrice alledged in the New Testament chapter II verse 4 A famous Text. Heb. X. 38 to perswade to Patience Gal. III. II. to prove No justification by the Law And Rom. I. 17. to prove justification by Faith The Hebrew is The just shall live by his Faith The Apostle still omits the particle his The LXX translating the Hebrew have my for his That place Heb. X. 37 38. may seeme only to allude to this place Hab. II. ver 3 4. with a liberty of some Variation which most accords with the LXX translation of the Hebrew text Here is Selah in the middle of a verse chapter III verse 3 And so verse 9. Though very rarely so Of Selah see A. Rivet on Psal. XXIV 6. Zephanie ZEPHANIE Prophesies towards the beginning of the dayes of Josiah chap. I. 1. and chap. II. 13. He doth charge upon Judah and Jerusalem great and grievous sinnes And doth threaten them therefore with a great Day of the Lords wrath near at hand chap. I. He exhorts them to Repentance before the day of the Lords anger come upon them And warnes them by Examples of like judgements upon Neighbouring Nations denounced against them ch II And after a sharp Reproof and Commination of Jerusalem taken up againe He concludeth with glorious Promises of her deliverance and restauration at the last and of Evangelical Blessings and that God will joy over her and rest in his love Her Prophets are light and treacherous persons Hos. chapter III verse 4 IX 7 8. Micah III. 5 6 11. Deut. XIII Prophets of Baal 1 King XVIII 2 Kings 10 19. False Prophets in Israel and Judah 1 Kings XXII Neh. VI. 14. Esay XXVIII 7. Ier. V. 31. and VIII 1 2. and XIV 13 14. and XXIII 9 13 14 c. and XXVI 8. and XXVII 14 c. and XXVIII 1 10 16. Ezek. XIII and XIV chapters See the Argument upon the Prophecie of Ezekiel So there were false Prophetesses Neh. VI. 14. Ezek. XIII 17 18. Apoc. II 20. And againe there were both true Prophets some extraordinary ones spoken of Iohn VII 52. extraordinarily called and qualified Others ordinary most-what if not altogether Priests and Levites going under the name of Prophets from the times of Ahab and after And also there were true Prophetesses as Deborah Huldah Anna and Philips four daughters Virgins Haggai HAGGAI His whole Prophecie is within the compasse of somewhat lesse then four moneths and was upon four several dayes within that time viz. in the second year of Darius Hystaspis on the VI. Moneth first day chap. I. 1. 24. day chap. I. 13 15. VII Moneth 21. day chap. II. 1. IX Moneth 24. day chap. II. 10 18 20. The maine matter is for Zerubbabel the Governour of Iudah and Ioshua the High Priest To Build the Temple With the Promise of the greater Glory of this Temple then of the Former by the Coming of the Messias into it Zechariah ZECHAIAH Prophesies likewise in the reigne of Darius in his II. yeare 8th moneth chap. I. 1. 11th moneth 24 day ch I. 7. IV. year 9. moneth 4. day ch VII 1. He Prophesied likewise with Haggai to Zerubbabel and Ioshua for the Building of the Temple Ezra V. 1. Adding the Promise of the Branch And he being the sonne of Barachiah ch I. 1 7. And living after the second Temple was builded at the later end of the Old Testament He may seeme rather to be meant by our Saviour Matth. XXIII 35. though his Death be not recorded before then that Zechariah flaine by Ioash 2 Chron. XXIV 21. as the Great Annotations on 2 Chron. XXIV 20. would have it There were seventy years from Iehojakim his fourth year to Darius the Mede and from Iehojacin to Cyrus his Monarchy and from Zedekiah's eleventh year to the second of Darius Histaspis and from the murder of Cedaliah to the fourth of Darious chap. I. 7 12. and VII 1 5. Thus the best Chronologers do agree The Man and Angel for he is called both that talked with the Prophet and is mentioned chap. I. 8 14 19. And againe that Commands the Angel that met him to runne and speak to the Prophet chap. II. verse 3 4. And againe is mentioned chap. III. 1 6. and chap. IV. 1 5. and chap. V. 5 10. and chap. VI. 4. is the Son of Man the Angel of the Covenant Jesus Christ. And so againe The Branch and Stone is Christ chap. III. 8 9. The four Hornes are Principaly the Chaldeans And the four Carpenters the Medes and Persians chap. I. 18 20. The Candlestick with the seven Lamps of it alluding to the Candlestick in the Temple Represents the Church shining forth to the world in the light of Faith and Life of Profession and Conversation Matth. V. 15 16. Phil. II. 15. The two Olive trees and Branches that through the two golden Pipes empty the golden Oile out of themselves into the Bowle and thence to be conveyed by the seven Pipes to the seven Lamps of the Candlestick may seeme best to signifie the manifold Gifts and Graces of God and of Christ flowing from Him by the Spirit and the mystical power of communicating the same sundry wayes and by sundry meanes to the Church and to the chief anointed Rulers of it for the plentiful use and good of it Chap. IV. Chap. VIII 19. The Fast of the IV. Moneth ninth day was for the taking of Jerusalem Jer. XXXIX 2 and LII 6 7. 2 Kings XXV 3. V. Moneth tenth day was for the burning of the Temple and Citie by Nebuzaradan 2 Kings XXV 8. Jer. LII 12 13. VII Moneth for the murder of Gedaliah Jer. XLI 1 c. X. Moneth tenth day was for the first day of laying the Siege against Jerusalem Jer. LII 4. 2 Kings XXV 1. Of Swearing see my Notes on Gen. chapter V verse 3 4. XXIV 3. pleasant land Heb. chapter VII verse 14 Land of Desire or Delight So Psal. CVI. 24. Jer. III. 19. Hephzi-bah Beulah Esaâ— LXII 4. the glory of all lands which God spied out for them Ezek. XX. 6. Is cited in Mat. chapter IX verse 9 XXI 5. Mar. XI 2 7. Luke XIX 30 37. John XII 15. Where Christ rides not one while upon the Asse another while upon the