there was little light or lustre There But when Christ came the Oracles of the Heathen ceas'd and the Jewish shadows vanished and the earth shined with the glory of the Gospel Mat. 4.16 The people which sate in darkness saw great light and to them which sate in the region and shadow of death light hath sprung up When the Jews were under clouds and darkness then Christ came and brought the glorious Gospel to them When Christ was born Luk. 2.9 there was glory shone round about the shephards signifying that the glory of the Lord would fill the earth yea all the world Or this may refer to the destruction of Mystical Babylon and coming down of the New Jerusalem from Heaven for of the one it 's said Rev. 18.1 2. An Angel came down from heaven having great power and the earth was lightened with his glory And he cryed mightily with a strong voice Babylon is fallen c. And Chap. 21. of New Jerusalem it 's said v. 23. The glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof When these things be the earth will be fill'd and shine with glory 2. Ezekiel fell upon his face The lustre of Divine glory sense of his own frailty and weakness caused him to fall upon his face here I might inlarge but of this falling on his face was spoken Chap. 1.28 and the Observations rising thence are there to be seen The 4. thing concerning this glory is the resemblance of it vers 3. And it was according to the appearance of the Vision which I saw even according to the Vision that I saw when I came to destroy the City c. The Prophet being sent of God to prophesie the destruction of Jerusalem saith here when I came to destroy the City The Chaldee is when I prophesied then had he such a vision as this was Chap. 1. That which he declared to be done he saith he dâ—d The Prophet was in Babylon when the City was destroyed he did not put forth a finger towards destruction of it he onely prophesied against it So Jeremie was set over Nations and Kingdomes to root out to pull down and to destroy this he did by prophesying against them not otherwise The same Vision which at first appeared to the Prophet in a way of judgment appears now to him in a way of merit before it prefigured the destruction here the restauration of the Temple City and Land The Vision for outward appearance was like what he saw in the 1 8 9 10. Chapters but in the end and use totally differing from yea contrary unto the same There he saw God angry the glory departing from the Temple and going out at the East-gate Here he sees God smiling and the glory returning the same way it went out Here he beholds sweet reconciliation between God and the Church made up by Christ The 5. thing is the Receptacle of this glory and that was the Temple or House which had been measured vers 4. And the glory of the Lord came into the House This House or Temple as hath been shew'd before signified both the Body and Church of Christ for his Body-natural that was the Receptacle of glory Col. 2.9 Joh. 1.14 1 Tim. 3.16 For the Church his Mystical body that is a Receptacle of Glory also Isa 60.1 The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee And vers 19. The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory There is an estate of the Church to come wherein it shall be very glorious In Solomon's Temple there was glory but glory in a cloud 1 King 8.10 11. But in Ezekiel's Temple there was glory without a cloud a greater glory even such a glory as made the earth to shine This is the glory which the Saints look for and shall see in due time Rev. 21.3 Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God What is said of the Church is to be understood also of every believer who is a Receptacle of glory a Temple of the spirit of Christ and God 1 Cor. 6.19 1 Cor. 3.16 2 Cor. 13.5 Who ever Christ hath measured out to be a Temple shall receive glory 2 Cor. 4.6 God who commanded the light to shine â—ut of darkness hath shined in our hearts saith Paul to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. The Gospel is a Glass in it we see the face of Christ and in his face the glory of the Lord and are changed into the same image from glory to glory 2 Cor. 3.18 It 's observable here that when the glory of God departs from a Church or people it 's not for perpetuity but for a season The glory went out of the Temple and City at the beginning of Ezek. prophesie but he saw the same returning before the end of his prophesie The Arke when taken by the Philistines caused Phinehas wife to name her Son Ichabod saying The glory of departed from Israel 1 Sam. 4.21 But after seven Moneths the glory return'd again to Israel Chap. 6. The Arke was sent home God caus'd it to return again Long have the Jews now been without an Arke and without glory but in due time the glory of the God of Israel will return unto them for Rom. 11.26 There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when the scaling of the 144000. out of all the Tribes shall be Rev. 7. then shall they stand on Mount Sion with the Lamb and so the glory will be in the midst of them Rev. 14.1 The consequents of this Vision or Glory returning come next to be considered and the first is the Prophets raising vers 5. So the spirit took me up He was fallen upon his face as not able to behold the brightness of that glory appeared and being in that posture the spirit took him up In Chap 2.1 2. the Spirit spake to Ezekiel being down upon his face entred into him and set him upon his feet But here he took him up he dealt with him as a man doth with his friend fallen Hence springs this consideration that those are humbled and humble with sense of their own vileness and weakness through apprehension of glory and greatness shall soon be raised and comforted Sight of glory is an humbling thing Ezek. Chap. 1.28 And here again he was humbled upon that account he saw so much lustre in that glory so much greatness in the Lord that convinc'd of his own vileness and nothingness he falls down upon his face as being wholly unworthy to behold such a sight to partake of such mercy but presently the spirit being full of love bowels and compassion steps to him and takes him up He suffers him not to lye affrighted with glory or affected with misery but is a speedy comforter
Political Rulers were wicked and the Ecclesiastical Rulers were such also They are called Shepherds but they did not the office or work of Shepherds they were generally naught The Shepherds of Israel did not feed the flock Ezek 22.25 26 27 28. you may see what the Prophets Priests and Princes were not a true Shepherd amongst them Thirdly Observe See here the true Characters of wicked Shepherds in Church or State and they are three First They feed themselves they were covetous self-seekers they did eat the fat cloath themselves with the wool and kill'd them that were fed full of fat and flesh they made a prey of the rich and wealthy The politicall Shepherds were selfish and covetous Micah 3.1 2 3. Hear O heads of Jacob and ye Princes of the house of Israel is it not for you to know judgement who hate the good and love the evill who pluck off their skin from off them and their flesh from off their bones who also eat the flesh of my people and flay their skin from off them and they brake their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot Look how Butchers deal with Oxen and Sheep killing slaying chopping in pieces breaking their bones selling some and eating other parts and whatever they do is for their own interest so deal these State-Butchers with the people The Ecclesiastical Shepherds were selfish and covetous Isa 56.11 speaking of the watchmen he saith They are greedy dogs which can never have enough and they are Shepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way every one for his gain from his quarter Ones gain come from one quarter a seconds from another quarter a thirds from a third and their eyes were upon their gain and nothing else Micah 3.11 The Heads of Jerusalem judge for reward the Priests teach for hire and the Prophets thereof divine for money Thus all sought themselves and thereby declared what they were Secondly They fed not the flock A good Shepherds care and delight is to feed his flock and manifest it by strengthning the weak by healing the sick by binding up the broken by bringing back what is gone astray and by seeking up what is lost these Shepherds did none of these things The State Shepherds neglected the flock the Church Shepherds did so the weak were not strengthned c. Thirdly Harsh and cruel usage of the flock With force and cruelty have ye ruled them These Shepherds did not distinguish between the weak and strong the sound and sick and so rule them wisely gently compassionately but they were rough rigid bitter and cruel unto them The politicall Shepherds shut up the doors of the Temple and would not let them come in to sacrifice or worship there 2 Chron 28.24 They compelled the people to serve idols 2 Kings 21.11 They revolted from under Nebuchadnezzar and so brought wars and heavy taxes upon the people Ezek 17.15 The Princes in the midst of Jerusalem were like Wolves ravening the prey to shed bloud and to destroy souls to get dishonest gain Ezek 22.27 The Ecclesiastical Shepherds also ruled after their own wills the Prophets were roaring Lyons ravening the prey they devoured souls they took the treasure and precious things they made many widdows in the midst of Jerusalem the Priests violated the Law of God and so wronged the people Ezek 22.25 26. The Prophets and Priests conspired together to tyrannize over the people who were so accustomed to it that they were content to have it so Jerem 5.31 The Prophets prophesie falsely and the Priests bare rule by their means and my people love to have it so The word for bearing rule is i jrdu which imports rigorous dealing they took too much upon them which you may see Jerem 26.8 The Priests and the Prophets took Jeremy saying thou shalt surely dye They were bitter enemies to Jeremy and those believed his prophesies Jer 50.6 My people hath been lost sheep their Shepherds have caused them to go astray c. Fourthly Observe Such is the condition of Gods flock here that it hath need of Shepherds to look after it There be in it some diseased or infirm some sick some broken some driven away some stragling and in danger of loosing Gods sheep are subject to many evills distempers and dangers to vain customes Jer 10.3 to bruising and breaking Jer. 6.14 to hunting like wilde beasts Ezek 13.18 to beating and grinding to pieces Isa 3.15 to devouring Psal 14.4 to errors heresies corrupt opinions and practices Matth. 24.5 2 Pet. 2.2 to backsliding Jer 8.5 to mistakes and all sorts of evills Isa 5.20 It s mercy yea great mercy that God hath appointed Shepherds for his flock Civill and Spiritual to provide for the weaknesses maladies and dangers of the soul as well as of the body Where these be wicked it goes ill with the flock if they be selfish negligent rigid in ruling the flock will suffer much O pray unto God earnestly that he would give us good Shepherds There is a choice promise or two in Jer 23.4 I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them and they shall fear no more nor be dismayed neither shall they be lacking And Jer 3.15 I will give you Pastors according to mine heart which shall feed you according to knowledge and understanding These promises speaks of good Shepherds for State and Church Let us improve them and presse God for the fulfilling of them Fifthly Observe That wicked Magistrates and Ministers in Gods account are as no Magistrates no Ministers They were scattered because there is no shepherd There were many Shepherds in the State and many in the Church yet all these were as none because they were wicked sought themselves fed not the flock but ruled with cruelty when Shepherds degenerate so far as to be contrary to what they should be then they are as none before God Such in Zech. 11.17 are called idoll shepherds idols are nothing 1 Cor 8.4 and so were they as nothing in the sight of God and when it is so then the sheep are scattered Sixthly Observe That as God eyes the great ones in State or Church so he deals impartially with them being wicked He observed what Magistrates and Ministers did in their places and seeing them selfish negligent cruell he threatens them all Wo to the Shepherds of Israel he saw they were all guilty of grievous sins amended not after his long-forbearing them and therefore without respect denounces judgement against them God is greater then the greatest and fears not the faces of Princes or Prophets let them have what pretences they will to colour their wayes the Lord discernes them let them be never so terrible unto men the Lord will be a terrour unto them let them continue in their wickedness never so long at last God will be avenged on them Verses 7 8 9 10. Therefore ye shepherds hear the word of the Lord As I live saith the Lord God surely because my flock became
and beastly dispositions of men to cease and they should become meek and gentle according to that in Isa 11.6 where it s said That in the dayes of Christ the Wolfe shall dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard shall lye down with the Kid. Wolves and Leopards are creatures most fierce and cruel especially against Lambs and Kids yet God would so alter the nature of these that they should live and lye down together he would make the most fierce rugged cruell men to become mild and sweet and to converse with them that were for disposition Lambs and Kids Junius sense of the words is this That the Lord would take away or restrain every hurtfull thing he would not suffer his people to be infested or if they were they should not be damnified by those infestations And they shall dwell safely in the wildernesse and sleep in the woods These are proverbiall speeches setting out the great security the Flock of God should have under Christ Where there are no wild beasts in the Wilderness or the Woods there the Sheep feed and rest without all fear they are most secure and Gods people under the Gospel and Christ have the greatest security The word for safely is Labetach in fiducia or Confidenter as Montanus renders it that is confidently they shall be free from the fear of all enemies both Corporal and Spirituall Satan shall be cast into the bottomlesse pit Rev 20.2 3. and all other enemies brought to such a condition as that they should not cause fear Jerem 23.4 The Jews because they see not such security for themselves any where do therefore deny that Messiah is come for when he comes he shall make a Covenant of peace and they shall be in safety even in Wildernesses and Woods because there shall be no enemies no evill beasts to take away or hinder their peace Though when the Lord Christ the true Messiah came there was an universall peace through the world it being at that time when the taxing was in Augustus dayes Vid. Sanct in Isa 2.4 Luke 2. and though the wars after were not so much as before yet I conceive there is a time when this prophesie shall be more fully compleated for every prophesie of Christ was not fullfilled when he came in the flesh but many were to be fullfill'd in after times among which this was one The Jews were mistaken concerning Messiahs coming but not much concerning this prophesie First Observe The infinite goodnesse kindnesse and condescension of God who will enter into Covenant with sinners with any of the children of men Doth not the Scripture say Verily every man at his best estate is altogether vanity Psal 39.5 and why should the Lord who is an infinite excellency infinitely distanced from all creatures and vanity enter into Covenant with man what did he see in these Jews or in the Gentiles to awaken rouze and draw out his heart unto such a work if stubbornness ignorance unbelief idolatry oppression and such like might induce him thereunto these abounded both in Jew and Gentile there was nothing but Gods own goodness grace and mercy to cause him so to condescend as to make a Covenant with man and such a Covenant as a Covenant of peace This should First Raise up our spirits and hearts to admiration that an infinite holy glorious and great God should mind converse and make Covenant with dust and ashes Psal 144.3 Lord saith David what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him David wondered that God should take notice of especially make account of so mean a thing as man is as himself was though a King and Prophet Secondly Indear us greatly unto him When high Ones stoop unto those that are low and mean it gains much upon their hearts and indeares them abundantly unto them When David condescended to Abigail to take her to wife it affected her greatly and indeared her unto him not a little as you may see 1 Sam 25.41 Thirdly Make us faithful unto God Is he pleased to make a Covenant with man and shall not man be faithfull unto him a wife should not be unfaithful unto her husband and break Covenant with him though he be but a little above her how much lesse should man break Covenant with God who is so much above him God complains in Hosea 6.7 saying They like Adam have transgressed the Covenant I condescended to Adam and made a Covenant with him yea I condescended to them and made a Covenant with them but they both proved unfaithful father and posterity they transgressed the Covenant Fourthly Cause us to be free and chearful in our obedience unto God When so great a God shall so graciously condescend unto us as to enter into Covenant with us and that a Covenant of peace should it not make us run in his wayes and serve him with gladness of heart Secondly Observe That men through sin are at distance from and enmity with God I will make a Covenant of peace with them What needed a Covenant of peace if there had not been war between God and man Man being apostatized from God through Adams fall lived in enmity to God Rom 8.7 The carnall mind is enmity against God for it s not subject to the Law of God neither indeed can be Men by nature have carnal minds oppose God his Laws and wayes and therefore Rom 1.30 they are said to be haters of God and in Psal 5.5 God is said to hate them Thou hatest all workers of iniquity There was such hostility between God and man as that there was no approach for man to God without a Mediator and such a Mediator as could make satisfaction to divine justice being offended Col 1.21 You that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled The Colossians as well as others were once at a great distance from God and enemies to God and wherein lay their enmity in their minds and how did that appear by wicked works they plotted contrived and did such things as declared them to be enemies to God and being so they durst not appear before God But Thirdly Observe God by Christ hath been pleased to take away this enmity and to reconcile sinners unto himself 2 Cor 5.18 All things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ It s Christ hath paid the price of our redemption he hath satisfied his justice fully and delivered us from wrath to come 1 Thessa 1.10 It s by Christ the Mediator that reconciliation is made neither Angels nor men could do that work it was a work for one that had more worth in him then all Angels or men Coloss 1.19 20. It pleased God that in him all fullnesse should dwell that so by him he might reconcile all things to himselfe by him whether they be things in earth or things in Heaven By him is twice in the
5.16 And to love those that are regenerate 1 John 5.1 and these doing so God their Father hath a special care of them and love unto them Matth. 6.26.32 Luke 11.13 Chap 12.32 Will I give you will I put within you The new heart and new spirit comes from God he that to the Authour of every good and perfect gift is the Author of the same Now in the working of this new heart and new spirit there be several Attributes of God set on work As First His infinite mercy That he should mind sinners who have old rotten filthy hard dead hearts within them so at enmity with God that they would pull him out of Heaven had they power to do it for God to mind such hearts and spirits and make them new so as to affect him and his wayes argues unspeakable mercy loving kindness superabundant It was a time of love when God saw Jerusalem in her bloud and said unto her live Ezek 10. It was infinite love infinite mercy for him to pity Jerusalem in such a case and to say so unto her the same it is when God makes of an old heart a new heart of an old spirit a new spirit Secondly Gods infinite power is imployed in this work The making of a dead heart to live a blind heart to see an old heart and spirit to become new requires an omnipotent arm By the preaching of the word men have great convictions strong resolutions and are perswaded almost to be Christians but those convictions and resolutions dye away and they never come altogether to be Christians altogether to be new hearted and new spirited till the Lord put forth his allmighty power and create new hearts and spirits in them it s a work of creation Psal 51.10 2 Cor. 4.6 Eph. 2.10 And such hearts and spirits are call'd new creatures Gal 6.15 2 Cor 5.17 Thirdly Infinite wisdome The heart of man is deceitfull above all things and desperately wicked who can know it Jer 17.9 It s beyond the knowledge of man it hath so many windings turnings pretences shifts arguments wiles depths methods as that none but God knows it he being infinitely wise can answer all the objections arguments and subtle distinctions of the heart so that it shall be silent Mans heart whilest its old hath the cunning of the old Serpent in it and pleads hard to keep its old principles its old ungodly lusts its old ignorance its old darkness its old formal wayes of worship its old fleshly confidences its old delights and pleasures its old company its old customes its old aims and ends which were selfe it musters up many arguments to defend these and who can convince the heart of the evill of these and take it off from them but God by his infinite wisdome To make an heart or spirit which hath so many oldnesses in it new argues more skill and wisdome then dwels in any creature Fourthly His Infinite holinesse and purity When God takes an old heart which is as dark as hell as stinking as any Sepulchre Math 23.27 an old spirit which is as unclean and loathsome as the Devils are when he takes these and makes them new he scatters darkness abolisheth death separating filthinesse and instead thereof brings in marveilous light 1 Pet. 2.9 A glorious life Ephes 4.18 And true holinesse vers 24. which import that God is light without darknesse life without possibility of dying holinesse without any spot or imperfection When the wind cleanseth the aire infected pestilential and stinking it argues the wind is pure when a vessel or house is noysome and one cleanses and sweetens them as not enduring them in that condition it argues their cleanlinesse and if they could make them new it would argue it much more so here God makes them new He puts them into the fire that they may be refined and partake of his holinesse Heb 12.10 Its Gods holy arme which makes an unholy heart to become holy and glorious in holinesse The dignity and excellency of this new heart and new spirit is worthy the notice First It s that doth discriminate and difference a man from all others They that have old hearts old spirits and new hearts new spirits differ as much from them as light from darknesse life from death holinesse from filthinesse a man with a new heart a new spirit is a living man whereas others be dead Ephes 2.1 He is a seeing man whereas others be blind 1 Jok 5.20 1 Cor 2.14 He is pure whereas others are filthy 1 Pet. 2.9 Tit 1.15 Hereby a man is differenced from all profane civill and moral men from all gifted men from all hypocrites what specious forms of religion and holinesse soever they have whoever hath a new spirit is distinguished from all other spirits yea from the Devils who are but unclean spirits Secondly It doth ennoble a man A new heart and new spirit doth not only distinguish from others but makes more excellent then others Prov 12.26 The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour Righteousnesse is one of the qualities in the new heart in the new spirit Eph 4.23 24. and that Nobilitates a man such a one is born not of blood that is not of the Princes and Nobles of the world who stand upon their blood and greatnesse nor of the will of the flesh that is not in the ordinary way nor of the will of man viz not by education and School principles but of God John 1.13 He is descended from the highest the King of Kings he is of the most Royal blood even the blood of God Acts 20.28 Others are vile but he is precious Jerem 15.19 2 Pet. 1.1 He is partaker of the Divine Nature and lives the life of God 2 Pet. 1.4 Ephes 4.18 Thirdly It fills them where it is with new joyes New things affect much when the Apostles had new tongues given them they were greatly affected therewith and when men have new hearts new spirits they abound in joy the greater the mercy the more full the joy If when a sinner is converted there be joy in Heaven what joy is in the sinners heart then When Christ came to Zacheus and gave him a new heart a new spirit he was fill'd with joy Luke 19. and new joyes Before his joy was to get money by any means and treasure it up now his joy was to disperse make satisfaction and to give away vers 8 9. His new heart begat in him new joyes and inabled him to joy in that he could not do not think of before without sadness So Paul when he had a new heart and spirit he had new joyes fullnesse of them in those things he could not rejoyce in before 2 Cor. 7.4 I am filled with comfort I am exceeding joyfull in all our tribulations Chap 12.10 He took pleasure in infirmities in reproaches in necessities in persecutions in distresses Here 's the excellency of a new heart and a new spirit it fills with
Christ descended from their loins as well and really as from David's but it 's said David my servant shall be their King And the reason is because David was King over Israel and Judah which they were not and the first godly King they had My servant David did serve the Lord and fulfilled all his will Act. 13.22 and so Christ was his servant Isa 52.13 Behold my servant shall deal prudently and he did so for He fulfilled all righteousness Mat. 3.15 and Did the will of him that sent him Joh. 4 34 Being in the form â—f a servant Phil. 2.7 And shall be King over them The Jews had many Kings some were very good as David Solomon Jehâ—shaphat Hezekiah Josiah c. but none of them like unto this King the Lord Christ The Scepter of his Kingdom is a Scepter of Righteousness Heb. 1.8 Other Kings had crooked Scepters and much Oppression was in their Government but Christ's Scepter is a righteous Scepter and none shall be oppressed thereby Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins and Faithfulness the girdle of his reins Isa 11.5 He will break in pieces the Oppressour Psal 72.4 The Lord tells you in Jeremiah what a King this King should be Chap. 23.5 I will raise unto David a righteous Branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute justice and judgement in the earth So Psal 45.4 In thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness Most Kings of the earth because they were false rigid unrighteous did not prosper but Christ because of truth should be trusted because of meekness should be loved because of righteousness should be honoured and so should prosper And they shall have one Shepheard Of these words hath been spoken Chap 34 23. Tantae erit clementiae dicit Hyeronimus ut non solum Rex sed Pastor appelletur eò quòd superbum nomen Imperii vocabulo pastoris mitiget King and Shepheard are here equivalent They should not have many Shepheards as formerly who destroyed them Jerem. 12.10 but one Shepheard that is one better than them all One transcendent and incomparable a Shepheard after Gods own heart who should feed them with knowledge and understanding Jer. 3.15 who should gather the lambs with his arme and carry them in his bosome and gently lead those whâ—ch are with young Isa 40.11 They shall also walk in my judgements and observe my statutes and do them In Chap. 36.27 you had these words only here judgements are mentioned before statutes and there statutes are set before judgements The meaning is they shall no more live after the courses of men or imaginations of their own hearts but they should consult with the Word of God and frame their lives according to it they shall trust no longer in their Legal performances but look at David their King and call him the Lord our righteousness Some look upon this Promise of David to be King over the Jews as accomplâ—shed in the reign of Christ the Messiah when here on earth for He gave out his commands then and required obedience unto them Mat. 28.18 19 20. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth Go ye therefore and teach all Nations teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you Christ manifests himself here to be King of the Jews and of all Nations Others are of a different judgement and do believe that this great Promise made here to the two houses of Judah and Israel remains yet to be performed 1. Because the two Houses are not yet united into one as hath formerly been shewed which may further appear from that in Hosea Chap. 3. ver 4 5. The children of Israel shall abide many dayes without a King and without a Prince and without a Sacrifice and without an Image and without an Ephod and without Teraphim Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God and David their King and shall fear the Lord and his Goodness in the latter dayes This Prophesie refers to the latter dayes which are the dayes after Christ not before Christ and if the two houses were united before Christs coming in the flesh and so He King over them as the Promise is here How did the Scepter depart from Judah and a Lawgiver from between his feet In Gen. 49.10 the Promise is it should not be so till Shiloh that is the Messiah should come and then it should but if the Messiah were King in Israel King over both houses united into one the Scepter did not depart but was advanced This knot must be untyed before we can be of their mind who say This Prophesie and Promise was at Christs first coming fulfilled 2. Because the Jews do not own Christ neither one house nor the other do it neither Judah nor Israel acknowledged Christ to be the Messiah The Jews said He had a Devil Joh. 8.52 They sought to kill him Joh. 7.1 They took counsel together to put him to death Joh. 11.53 When Pilate said Behold your King they cryed Away with him Crucifie him John 19.14 15. They persecuted all them who did adhere unto him 1 Thess 2.15 16. 3. The Jews have been and are still under many Kings and Shepheards some are under Heathenish some under Christian Kings but when this Scripture is fulfilled they shall be under none but Christ One King shall be King to them all ver 22. David my servant shall be King over them and they shall have on Shepheard 4. They shall then walk in the wayes of Christ not in the wayes of Moses The Jews every where to this day stick unto Moses and reject the Gospel as in the Apostles dayes Act. 13.45 Act. 18.5 6. But when this promise is fulfilled then they shall walk in my judgments observe my statutes and do them saith the Lord that is those laws and rules which God should give out by Christ for their Government and so the name and worship of God and Christ should be one Zech. 14.9 that is between Jews and Gentiles For the Scripture and Argument us'd out of it Matth. 28.18 19 20. 1. Take another Scripture shewing Christ came not to be a King and reign at his first coming it is Mat. 20.28 The son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister He came not to sit in a Throne to take upon him the state of a Prince to exercise Dominion and Authority to be attended with a life-guard and Ministers of state He came not to assume any thing King-like but He came in the form of a servant Phil. 2.7 to minister unto and serve others yea to do the meanest office belonging to a servant as the washing of his Disciples feet John 13.12 2. The place in Matthew speaks of that Power was given unto Christ after his Death and Resurrection and so was the fruit and purchase of the same He speaks not of that Power which he had as God nor