unclean might eate of common meats as the child-bed-woman Levit. XII But in no case of Sacred meats as Leviticus VII 20. Fat the Fat of other cleane Beasts then of such as were fit for Sacrifice verse 25 was allowed to be eaten Levit. VII 25. The Fat also of the flesh or body of the beast sacrificed might lawfully be eaten Neh. VIII 10. Esay XXV 6. and LV. 2. But the Fat or Suet that was about the flanck and the kidneys or about and upon the entrails Levit. III. 3 4. was reserved out of all Sacrifices as Gods portion to be burnt upon his Altar Levit. III. 15 16. and IV. 8 10. and XVII 6. Deut. XXXII 38. 1 Sam. II. 15 16. And is forbidden therefore to be eaten by any Levit. III. 17. and XVII 23 25. Take Aaron On the same day chapter VIII verse 2 36. that is the first day of the first moneth of the second year Moses began to consecrate and anoint the Tabernacle Altar and all things belonging to them As also Aaron and his sonnes Exod. XL. 1 17. Levit. VIII 1 36. Anointed Aaron and all his sons were at first anointed verse 12 v. 30. Num. III. 3. XXXV 25. Psal. CXXXIII 2. Not the Levites And the High-Priest onely was anointed afterwards Exod. XXIX 29 30. Levit. XVI 32. We read oft of the Anointing of Kings 1 Sam. X. 1. XVI 13. 2 Sam. 11. 4. 1 Kings I. 39. 2 Kings IX 6. XXIII 30. Psal. LXXXIX 20. But never of Prophets That of Elisaeus 1 Kings XIX 16. seemes not to have beene done with material oile see ver 19. As neither that of Hazael to be King of Syria compare 1 Kings XIX 15. with 2 Kings VIII 13. nor that of Absolon 2 Sam. XIX 10. nor that of Cyrus Esay XLV 1. there being no such custome of oiling Kings in his Countrey But anointing in those places is taken simply without that Ceremony for designing them to their Offices Burned Moses at the Consecration of Aaron verse 1 and his sons Sacrificed with Common Fire See ver 20. 21 28. But upon Aarons first Sacrificing fire came out from before the Lord out of the Sanctuary or came down from heaven rather Levit. IX 24. which must never after be suffered to go out Nadab and Abihu Nadab and Abihu took Strange or Common Fire chapter X verse 16 and not fire from the Altar of Burnt-Offering which was sent from heaven to burne Incense therewith before the Lord on the Altar of Incense as the dayly duty required at or before the dayly morning Sacrifice But fire from the Lord as Num. XVI 35. that is from heaven or the Sanctuary or from the Altar of burnt-Offering like lightning strook them with sudden death not consuming their bodies or their coats Levit. X. 4 5. Some Names of some Beasts chapter XI and Birds and Fishes as also of some Trees and Apparel and some other Hebrew words having no mate in Scripture are to us now and so to the modern Jewes of uncertain signification See also the Annotations on Esay III. 18 23. and on Jer. XVII 3. Hoof The Beasts verse 3 dividing the hoof that is into two clawes and also chewing the cud were clean and to be eaten See ver 26. Deut. XIV 6. Fins Fish here we meet with a phrase of a flesh of fish verse 9 Levit. XI 11. and Num. XI 22. as well as 1 Cor. XV. 39. that had Fins and Scales were likewise cleane and to be eaten Deut. XIV 9 10. Come not The High-Priest must enter into the most Holy place but once in the year chapter XVI verse 2 on the tenth day of the seventh moneth Levit. XVI 29 34. Exod. XXX 10. Heb. IX 7. That is for his Priestly Ministration and Expiation And then he was to be cloathed not with the glorious garments which were peculiar to the High-Priest but with those which were Common to him with the inferiour Priests Levit. XVI 4. as being a day of Humiliation and Afflicting the soul Levit. XVI 29. Yet upon other necessary occasions he might enter in at other times as at the taking down and setting up of the Tabernacle in their removals and journeys in the Wildernesse And when they took thence the Arke upon severall occasions as Josh. VI. 4. 1. Sam. IV. 3. Not to the doore No Sacrifices must be offered chapter XVII verse 3 9. but by Priests nor killed by any but the Priests except in some extraordinary Cases by the Levites but never by the Bringer for whom it was offered Nor was it to be offered at any other place but upon the Altar of Burnt-Offering at the Tabernacle Levit. XVII 3 9. Yet upon Extraordinary and necessary Occasions God commands Deut. XXVII 5 6 7 8. And holy men of Prophetical spirits though not Priests did Sacrifice and for a present time and use did make and use other Altars as Samuel 1 Sam. VII 9 17. and Ch. XI 15. and Ch. XVI 2 5. And David 2 Sam. VI. 13. and XXIV 18 25. And Solomon 1 King VIII 64. And Elijah 1 King XVIII 32. And Gideon and Manoah See Judg. II. 5. and VI. 26. and XIII 16 19. and XXI 4. Blood Blood to make an atonement for their souls Levit. XVII chapter II 11. As a Type of the Messias his Blood Rom. 3. 25. Ephes. I. 7. Col. I. 14 20. Heb. IX 12 22. which is the principal cause of the prohibition of the eating of Blood Defiled The dignity and estimation of the Priest chapter XXI verse 11 and principaly of the High-Priest See v. 4 7 8 9 15. and v. 21 23. is remarkable Burnt The Capitall punishments among the Jewes verse 9 were Burning Gen. XXXVIII 24. Levit. XXI 9. Josh. VII 15. Stoning Levit. XX. 2 27. and 24. 14 16 23. Hanging Num. XXV 4. Deut. XXI 22. And in after-times by example of the Romanes Crucifying and Beheading as in our Saviour and John Baptist. Superfluous In a Freewill-Offering chapter XXII verse 23 the Sacrifice which had something Superfluous or lacking in his parts was accepted To the Feasts chapter XXIII Levit. XXIII are added the Feasts of the New-Moones Num. XXVIII 11 15. 1 Chron. 23. 31. 2 Chron. II. 4. and Ch. VIII 13. The Feast of Purim Esth. IX 17 19 22 26 28. And of that Dedication John X. 22. Sabbath Sabbath is called Sabbath of Rest or Rest of Rest and so verse 3 v. 32. And Sabbath sometimes signifies besides the seventh day weekly other Feast-dayes also as Levit. XXIII 11 24 32 39. And sometimes the whole week as Levit. XXIII 15. Luke XVIII 12. John XX. 1. Of the Sabbath-day see the Annotations on Jer. XVII 21 22 24 27. The seventh moneth The seventh moneth had as many Feasts in it verse 24 as all the year almost beside Levit. XXIII Deut. XVI And the only set Fast-day Of blowing of Trumpets The Feast of blowing Trumpets was the first day of the seventh moneth Beside the Feast of the New-Moone Levit. XXIII v. 24. And
solemn assemblies for his worship and service in the beauties of holinesse Or in the comely honours of the Sanctuarie meaning either the comely or honourable places of holinesse the Sanctuary or Church or rather in the beautiful ornaments of holinesse that is holy graces and vertues which with admirable varietie adorne the faithful and their inner man from the womb The second propertie or condition of the subjects of Christs Kingdome to be very numerous as willing so numerous as the dew from the womb of the morning 2 Sam. XVII 12. by a sudden unusual and wonderful increase and multiplication Esay LIV. 1. Micah V. 7. Esay LXVI 9. so numerous shall his youth be his new-borne people Iohn I. 13. and III. 3. Gal IV. 19. Heb. II. 14. 1 Pet. II. 2. See Esay LIII 10. So that these words are not to be understood of the temporal Nativity of Christ from the Virgin or his eternal generation from the Father as some do but of his active spiritual generation of his children the subjects of his Kingdome The Lord hath sworne The Vocation of Christ to his Office of verse 4 Priesthood Jehovah is the Author of it hath sworne Jehovah swears to confirme matters of greatest moment when and where his wisdome pleaseth And upon this point here of Christs eternal Priesthood mans salvation dependeth He swears by himself though that is not here expressed because he hath no greater to swear by Heb. VI. 13 16. Gen. XXII 16. And so by his life Esay XLIX 18. by his soul Jer. LI. 24. by his right-hand and the arme of his strength Esay LXII 8. The result of all which is the same with himself And implying thereby thus much Let me not be accounted what I am namely God the living God the omnipotent God if that which I speak be not true or my promises or threatnings do faile of performance Of Oaths See the Observations on Jer. LI. 14. and my Annotations on Hos. IV. 15. and will not repent Will not change or retract what he hath sworne Num. XXIII 19. James I. 17. Repenting is sometimes ascribed to God as Gen. VI. 6 7. Psal. CVI. 45. 1 Sam. XV. 11. 35. Not that there is any change of minde of will in God as there is in mans repenting But the change is in the work God eternally and unchangably decreeing both as to do the thing so again to change it upon mans repentance or disobedience Jer. XXVI 3 13 19. Of this see more in the Observations on Jer. XV. 6. In all this God condescends to mans weaknesse Heb. VI. 17 18. Shewes the greatnesse and excellency of the thing here avowed that the Lord Christ was lawfully Called and Ordained to be an eternal Priest for us and our salvation for our greater confirmation and consolation herein Thou art The Lord Christ well knew this and could not doubt of the will of the Father herein What then needed this Oath to be made unto him Answ. It was made to him for the use of his Church that his Church might know and be assured of it As that John XI 42. art God saying is as much as doing a Preist So Gen. XIV 18. Heb. VII 1. Melchizedec in type Christ in truth the Antitype The Priests office was to Teach Pray and Sacrifice The High Priest among the Jewes once a year entred into the most Holy place Yet he in all things was not an absolute and sufficient Type of our High Priest Christ the Lord. For he is an eternal High Priest and both King and Priest and his Sacrifice of another nature and himself of another Tribe for ever Not so the Priests after the order of Aaron Heb. VII 23. 34 and chap. IX 12. after the order Or similitude Heb. V. 6. and chap. VII 15. of Melchizedec Much question who this Melchizedec was He was not the Sonne of God himself our Lord and Christ. Very many take him to be Sem the Sonne of Noah who saw both worlds before and after the Flood and lived to the one hundred and fiftieth year of the age of Abraham Yet because Sems genealogie is exactly set down in Scripture and that the Levitical Priests themselves came from him after sundry descents and the Land of Canaan seems not to be Sems habitation which took its name from his younger brother Cham or from Chams sonne Canaan Neither would Abraham so long have forborne his due respects and visitation of Sem in Canaan if Sem had lived there Therefore divers learned men take this Melchizedec to be rather some eminent man in Canaan raised up by God in those corrupt times both good and godly both King and Priest living in Salem after called Jerusalem whose King in Joshuahs time was called Adoni-Zedeck that is Lord of righteousnesse Josh. X. 1. As this man here is called Melchizedec that is King of righteousnesse By which place or near to it Abraham in his returne from this warre and victory was to passe Of this Melchizedec and his Priesthood and the difference of it from Aarons Priesthood the Apostle to the Hebrews chap VII entreateth at large and observeth divers things his Name and Title his greatnesse in that he blessed Abraham and received Tythes of Abraham his being mentioned in Scripture without any Pedegree without father without mother without descent having neither beginning of dayes nor end of life All these he had as our Saviour himself had them but none of them recorded or registred in the Scripture that he might so become a Type of the eternity of Christs Person and Priesthood verse 3. The Apostle further observeth his Offices that he was both King and Priest and that our Saviour was made such with an oath of God the Father and a Priest of a better Priesthood Covenant and Commandment and that he was made not after the Law of a carnal commandement having carnal successors in his Priesthood but after the power of an endlesse life consecrated for evermore having an eternal Priesthood and unchangeable continuing ever and living ever to make intercession and by his one offering up himself once for all saving them to the uttermost that come to God by him In all which there are manifold resemblances between Christ and Melchizedec and manifold differences between theirs and the Aaronical Priesthood As for those fond and forced dreams of the Papist That Melchizedec offered up to God the sacrifice of bread and wine And therein was a Type and Figure of their sacrifice of the Masse And that thereupon Christ our Lord is said to be a Priest after the order of Melchizedec These may well befal to them who for want of the love of the truth are given up to beleeve lies but are too weak poor and silly for us to trouble our selves withal The Lord at thy right hand The prophesie of Christ the Lord his administration of his Kingly Office verse 5 in this and the next verse The Lord God the Father who will make thine enemies thy footstoole
one certain time and these two Evenings in the larger or stricter signification to be contiguous or continued rather to be that Communis terminus which couples the end of the day and the beginning of the night together or the two extremities of our Evening-tide whereof the former belongs to the end and shutting up of the natural day preceding and the later to the beginning of the night which leades on and ushers in the natural or civil day following as the first part of it So that this time is a participle of both or a Borderer betwixt both as the large Annotations fitly expresse it Two side-posts In this first Passeover each Head of a family served as a Priest verse 7 divers Rites were enjoyned which were not observed or required afterwards And the second moneth also allowed for it Num. IX 11 And other seven dayes 2 Chron. XXX 23. No maner of work On divers Feast-dayes of the Jewes it was not lawful for them to do any servile work verse 16 On others any kinde or maner of work save that which every man must eate But on the Sabbath day and so likely on the day of expiation that it self was unlawful or to kindle a fire on it Exod. XII 16. and Ch. XVI 5 23. and Ch. XXXV 2 3. And much more to do any maner of work upon it Neh. XIII v. 15 22. Jer. XVII 21 22. though for the making of the Tabernacle it self Exod. XXXI 11 12 13. or at any time in earing-time or harvest Exod. XXXIV 21. And that upon paine of death Exod. XXXV 2. For ever Many Legal Ceremonies verse 17 or Ordinances are enjoyned the Jewes to be observed throughout their generations for ever all which yet ended at the coming of Christ in the flesh And some such enjoyned in like termes yet ended in the year of Jubile Exod. XXI 6. Levit. XXV 40. Of this see more in the Observations on Deut. XV. 17. 430 years These do commence from the first Promise made to Abram verse 40 in Ur of the Chaldees whence 30 of the years are made up thus viz 5. in Haran 11 in Canaan when Ishmael was borne Gen XVI 3. And 14 years of Ishmaels age when Isaac was borne Gen. XVII 25. and Ch. XVIII 10. and XVI 16. and XXI 5. And the 400. begin from Isaacs birth as was shewed on Gen. XV. 13. By day in a Pillar of a cloud The Pillar of a cloud by day and of fire by night chapter XIII verse 21 may seem to be two Pillars Exod. XIII 21. 22. Nehem. IX 12 19. Num. XIV 14. Or rather seeme to be one Pillar Exod. XIV 19 20 24. Spread as a cloud by day to cover them from heat and gathered up into a Pillar of fire by night to guide them Out of which God spake unto them Psal. XCIX 7. Num. XII 5 10. Deut. XXXI 15. See the Annotations on Esay IV. 5. Migdol A strong City or Fort chapter XIV verse 2 situate in the territory of Bethshemesh in Egypt not farre from the Red-sea Num. XXXIII 7 8. Jer XLIV 1. Before the Testimony This command for Aaron to lay up the Pot of Manna before the Lord chapter XVI verse 34 was performed by him in laying it not before the Testimony not at this time of the Command here but after the Ark and two Tables of the Covenant were made Exod. XXXIII 29. and Ch. XXXVII 1 c. An Omer The Omer and Ephah here seeme quite altered in that Visionary New State of Israel chapter XVI verse 36 Ezek. XLV 11. Unlesse Gnomer and Chomer be two several measures which I rather incline unto and conceive the truth to be this That 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exod. XVI 36. is the tenth part of an Ephah as is there set down whereunto accords that ver 16. it being the measure of the eating of Manna sufficient for a man by the day But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ezek. XLV containes ten Ephahs or Baths both being of the same measure v. 11. and 14. And hereunto accords that Esay V. 10. where one 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for so the word is there written as it is in Ezek. XLV yeelds but one Ephah i. e. the tenth part of the seed it being a judgement of famine there denounced See also Levit. XXVII 16. And this may serve for the better explication of my Annotations upon that place of Ezekiel contained in the second Edition of the great Annotations printed 1651. Rock Rocks twice smitten chapter XVII verse 6 this Rock Exod. XVII 6. And that water going likely into the Red Sea and so failing them in the 32. Station at Ezion-gaber Upon their new murmuring another Rock was smitten 39 years after Num. 20. 1 13. And both called the waters of Meribah Went up Moses nine or ten times goes up to the Lord on Mount Sinai chapter XIX verse 3 See Exod. XIX 3 7 8 10 14 20 21 25. and Ch. XX. 21. and Ch. XXIV 3 12 13 15 18. and Ch. XXXII 7 15 30. and Ch. XXXIII 6 7 21. and Ch. XXXIV 2 29 34. Moses spake This speech verse 19 not mentioned what it was But seems to be that recorded Heb. XII 21. Priests So verse 22 v. 24. These Priests probably seeme to be the fathers of the families The young men Exod. XXIV 5. might possibly be of those Primogeniti or First-borne which God first challenged to himself within one quarter of a year before Exod. XIII 2. and Ch. XXII 29. And for them the Levites were taken in afterwards Num. III. 12 13 40 41 45. and Ch. VIII 18. Or else such as Moses pleased to imploy in slaying and dressing at least of these Sacrifices Called young men likely as those servants of the King of Assyria are called in the Original young men 2 King XIX 6. An Altar These Altars mentioned in this verse chapter XX verse 24 and v. 25 26. were allowed and appointed for the time much differing from those by appointment made when the Tabernacle and Temple were erected and builded Exod. XXVII 1 c. 2 Chron. IV. 1. Of Altars see more on Levit. XVII 3. In the seventh In the Seventh and Sabbatical year chapter XXI verse 2 beginning in September as the Iubile did The Book of the Law was to be read publikely and solemnly in the beginning of that year The Land was to rest from Culture Lendings vouchsafed to poor Hebrews and then due were to be released and intermitted if not clean remitted Luke VI. 35. Hebrew servants both men and women though bought if not redeemed before were to go out free if themselves would and that liberally furnished Exod. XXI 2 7. and XXIII 11 16. Levit. XXV 4 5 6 7 20 21 22. Deut. XV. 1 18. Jer. XXXIV 14. Who hath betrothed her to himself The Hebrew Text hath 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying Not chapter XXI verse 8 and so runs thus Who hath not betroathed her But the Hebrew Criticks commonly called Masorets put for
11 12 17 18 26. and Ch. XIV 22 26. And this second Tythe seems every third year to be distributed to the poor Or rather a third Tythe every third year not carried to Jerusalem and eaten there But gathered for these charitable uses onely and to be eaten any where throughout the Land Deut. XIV 28 29. and XXVI 12 13. And this third year is therefore called the year of Tything Deut. XXVI 12. Amos IV. 4. Of Tythes see more 2 Chron. XXXI 4 19. Nehem. X. 32 39. and XII 44 47. and XIII 5 12 13. Mal. III. 8 10. Luke XI 42. and XVIII 12. Heb. VII 2 9. The great maintenance of the Levites appears in that the whole Tribe of Levi being three or four times lesse in number then any other Tribe yet had they distinguished from all the Priests the Tythes of all the Tribes and so more then any one other Tribe Besides their thirty five Cities and Suburbs whereof five were Cities of Refuge Josh. XXI one belonging to the Kohathites Levites two to the Gershonites and two to the Merarites In all twice at least more Cities then some other Tribes had that were twice their number See also that Num. XXXI 30 47. The greater maintenance of the Priests appears in that being but three persons at first at least of ripe and mature age yet they had the Tythes yearly of all the Levites Tythes which were at first 8580 of thirty years old and upwards and so about the hundred part of all the fruits and increase of all Israel And as the numbers of the Priests multiplied afterwards so did in all probability the number of the other Tribes They had also all the First-fruits of all things from all persons throughout the twelve Tribes even of their doughs and bakings Deut. XVIII 4. Num. XV. 20 21. which as some think exceeded their Tythes aforesaid They had also all the First-borne of Oxen Sheep and Goats which were given to them in kinde And the Redemption money of the First-borne of Men and of unclean Beasts and cattell Num. III. 46 52. Exod. XXXIV 19. 20 and Ch. XXII 29 30. Deut. XV. 19. They had also all Oblations both Voluntary and by Vow And the Redemption of Things and of Persons Devoted to God And all Sacrifices for Sinnes and for Trespasses and the Meat and Drink Offerings and Heave-offerings And the Breast and Shoulder in Peace-offerings Deut. XVIII 3. And the Skins of the whole Burnt-offerings And all their Tythes First-fruits and Oblations were to be of the best and choisest sorts Num. XVIII 12 29. Besides these they had thirteen Cities and Suburbs and Priviledges belonging to them whereof one was a City of Refuge Josh XXI 13. See Num. XVIII 8 19. And that also Num. XXXI 28 29 37 38 39 40 50. Levit. X. 12 13 14 15. and Ch. XXVII 21 28. See the Annotations on Num. XVIII 29. Rock At Rephidim by Mount Sinai chapter XX verse 8. 13. Exod. XVII 1 7. being the eleventh Station of the Israelites Num. XXXIII 14. Moses with his miraculous Rod struck the Rock in Horeb in a due obedience to Gods commandment and waters came forth And he named the place Massah and Meribah Exod. XVII 5 6 7. But at Kadesh in the Wildernesse of Zin where Miriam died being the thirty third Station Num. XXXIII 36. Moses with Aarons miraculous Rod for he took it from before the Lord as he commanded him having his spirit provoked by the rebellious people smiles the Rock twice without any such command or commission to smite at all And he and Aaron likewise speak unadvisedly with their lips uttering words of passion and incredulity and so rebelling against Gods commandment And thereupon they not sanctifying the Lord in the eyes of the children of Israel He was sanctified in them by his excluding them from entrance into the Land of Canaan And this also is called the water of Meribah or Strife as here so Ch. XXVII 14. Psal. CVI. 32 33. Aaron Aaron chapter XX verse 28 whose name may seem to signifie an Ark or Chest dies seven moneths and seven dayes before Moses at Mount Hor the Place called Mosera Deut. X 6. in the thirty fourth Station For Aaron dying in the fourtieth year fifth moneth first day Num. XXXIII 38. And that compared with the moneths mourning for Moses Deut. XXXIV 8. and three dayes preparation to passe over Jordan Josh. I. 1. and Ch. III. 2. And their coming out of Jordan on the first moneth tenth day Josh. IV. 19. Do shew that Moses died in the twelfth moneth seventh day And so seven moneths and seven dayes after Aaron In which short interval of time many and mighty things were done and atchieved as among other things Sihon and Og and their Kingdomes conquered the Midianites almost destroyed among whom Balaam was slaine Josh. XIII 22. and the book of Deuteronomie written Num. XXI and XXXI Deut. I. 1 3. Fiery Serpents onely in the later part of the fourtieth year chapter XXI verse 6 after Aarons death Heshbon Heshbon a chief City in Moab verse 26 afterwards of Sihon King of the Amorites Deut. I. 4. afterwards of Gad and out of that Tribe given to the Merarites Josh. XIII 26. and XXI 38 39 40. 1 Chron. VI. 80 81. Afterwards recovered by the Moabites and wasted by Shalmanesar Esay XV. 4. and XVI 8 9. and after by the Babylonians Jer. XLVIII 45. There may seeme to be another Heshbon of the Ammonites Jer. XLIX 2 3. And one in the Tribe of Reuben Num. XXXII 37. Josh. XIII 15 17. Heshbon signifies Devises And an allusion is made to the name Jer. XLVIII 2. in the judgement there denounced against it like to this is English There is mischief devised against the Devises the name of a town with us Balak Balak needed not to have hired Balaam chapter XXII verse 2 and feared Israel Num. XXII and XXIII and XXIV if he had known the prohibition of God to Israel Deut. II. 9. which they obeyed Judg. II. 15 17 18 25. 2 Chron. XX. 10. Yet that part which was great of the Lands of Moab which Sihon had lately conquered from Vehab King of Moab as Tremelius translates Num. XXI 26. the Israelites conquering Sihon in that right possessed it Num. XXXIII 49. Deut. I. 5. and XXXIV 1 5 6 8. and it was given to the Reubenites and Gadites Josh. XIII Unicorne So Deut. chapter XXIII verse 22 XXXIII 17. Job XXXIX 9 10. Psal. XXII 21. and XXIX 6. and XCII 10. Esay XXXIV 7. Yet the translation of the word is doubted of or at least the nature of the beast such as the Pensil of our Painters doth portray out unto us because no such beast was known or seen by any man And the Unicornes horne so deemed is of some strange Fish not of any known Beast Some learned render the word Bufale or Buff or else the wild Oxe called by the Latines Urus eminent for bignesse strength hornes and untamable fiercenesse
Matth. XXVII 39 44. Luke XXIII 35. Not that Christ herein murmurs against God but declares and deplores his own misery whereunto for mans sake and his redemption he willingly subjects himself laugh me to scorne Matth. XXVII 39. He trusted Matt. verse 8 XXVII 43. But thou art This verse verse 9 and the next shew his Hope in God The like see in David Psal. LXXI 5 6 7. out of the womb By a natural not miraculous way as David was Psal. LXXI 5. by the opening of the womb without any losse or laesion of Blessed Maries Virginity not by a miraculous penetration of dimensions and substances to keep the womb still closed and shut breasts So Job XXXI 18. Psal. LXXI 6. 2 Tim. III. 15. Esay XLVI 3. and XLIX 1. Luke I. 15 41. I was cast By him saved from Herods intended murder verse 10 Mat. II. Be not farre from me Therefore he was not utterly forsaken verse 11 ver 1. So Psal. X. 1. and XXXVIII 22 23. So againe Esay XLVIII 9. for trouble is near Death it self none to help Esay LXIII 3 5. His Disciples fled Peter forswears him none but God could help him Many Bulls So afterwards Lions verse 12 ver 13. Dogs ver 16 20. Such were his enemies to him the Devil and his instruments the Priests and Rulers of the Jewes in our Saviours dayes Bashan See the Annotations on Micah VII 14. roaring Lion Even they forced Pilate verse 13 notwithstanding all his pleadings for Jesus to condemne him See Matth. XXVII 17. 26. John XIX 1 13. like water Such is his state verse 14 As 2 Sam. XIV 14. His bones heart bowels melted burnt as it were with the heat of Gods wrath the Assembly In their Councils verse 16 Marke XIV 55. and XV. 1. John XI 47. They pierced Our Hebrew Bibles have 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as a Lion Which yet by anomalie in Grammer may signifie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they pierced And such anomalies are found sometimes in the Hebrew text as Ezra X. 16. 44. Psal. X. 15. And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is confessed to be found in some ancient Copies or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So that the text here may be said to admit divers readings Yet the Spirit of God in the New Testament doth constantly render it they pierced The ancient Jewes maintaine this reading And some of the moderne The other reading as a Lion is but a various reading and though in the text yet in good sense it seemes not so well to stand and therefore this foderunt set in the margin is to be read And some Copies have foderunt in the text yea and the other reading as was said by anomalie in Grammar not unusual in Scripture will signifie foderunt also And thus they dealt with our Saviour Jesus Christ John XX. 25. Luke XXIV 40. Zech. XII 10. compared with John XIX 37. stare upon me As Psal. XXXV 21. verse 17 and LIV. 9. They fed their eyes with my miserable spectacle with all pleasure and without any pitying of me parted my garments John XIX 23 24. verse 18 The four souldiers that had the chardge of the execution did so But other souldiers with their Captaine or Centurion were there present lots Of Lots see the Annotations on Jonah I. 7. Lots are for division or consultation and Divination my darling Psal. verse 20 XXXV 17. or my onely one which is without an helper ver 11. Unicorns See the Observations on Num. XXIII verse 21 22. I will declare Recount verse 22 publish and praise thy bounty and goodnesse all thy Divine attributes perfections and actions unto my brethren Heb. II. 10 11 12. brethren in that one and common sanctification ye that fear the Lord Christs speech and exhortation to his Church to praise verse 23 and worship God Psal. CXXXV 1. c. hath not despised Christ in his low and base estate verse 24 though men did Esay LIII 3. he heard Heb. V. 7. my praise As Christ exhorted others so himself will not be behinde verse 25 but an example to them to praise his Father vowes See the Annotations on Jonah I. 16. The meek Spiritual feeding verse 26 and blessings are here mainly intended by allusion likely to the feastings at Peace-offerings as at that 2 Sam. VI. 18 19. See Esay LV. 1 2. Prov. IX 5 6. All the ends The large bounds of the Church of Christ verse 27 Psal. II. 8. Gen. XVII 18. and XLVIII 10. Esay XLIX 22. Acts XIII 47. and XIV 14. worship 1 Sam. I. 3 19 28. John IV. 20 24. For the Kingdome His Kingdome of Grace verse 28 revealed to the Gentiles whereby he reigneth in their hearts Esay II. 4. All they All sorts and conditions of men shall worship before him verse 29 James I. 9. the rich and great ones Psal. XLV 12. Esay XLIX 23. and the poor hungry ones ready to die and perish Matth. XI 5. A seed Christs Church shall be Catholike verse 30 as for places and persons so here for time and duration Esay LIII 10. Those worshippers in the former verse shall have a seed and succession to continue from generation to generation Psal. LXXXVII 5 6. Acts XV. 16. They shall come They that are first in Christ verse 31 begotten by the immortal seed of his Word shall declare his righteousnesse In performing his promises in the exhibition of the Messias and the benefits of redemption and salvation by him Psal. XL. 10. and LXXI 15. that he hath done this Like that Psal. XXXVII 5. Shepheard A frequent similitude chapter XXIII verse 1 none oftner used in Scripture yet may David the more willingly use it as having been a Shepheard himself It is used of God of Christ and of Magistrates and Ministers under them And the godly are called by the name of sheepe The texts are numerous I shall not want 1 Cor. III 21. Mat. V. 33. in green pastures Ezek. verse 2 XXXIV 14. Esay XLIX 10. thou art with me Gen. XV. 1. and chap. XXI 22. 1 Chron. XI 9. 2 Kings VI. verse 4 verse 16 Judg. VI. 12. Acts XVIII 9. Jer. XV. 20. Esay XLIII 2. Thy rod and thy staffe Micah VII 14. Zech. XI 7. dwel in the house of the Lord The place of Gods worship verse 6 Judg. XIX 18. Psal. LXVI 13. and XXVII 4. yet God dwells not in Temples made with hands Esay LXVI 1. Acts VII 48. The earth 1 Cor. chapter XXIV verse 1 X. 26 28. twise alledged by the Apostle and to two several purposes and both appositely hill of the Lord Though all the earth be the Lords verse 3 verse 1. yet the hill of Zion Psal. II. 6. is his holy place As Exod. XIX 5. Deut. X. 14. Of this hill see Esay II. 2 3. Micah IV. 1. See Psal. XV. 1. holy place Place not capable of holinesse in it self of any inherent holinesse But of a relative holinesse in a relation to Gods presence therein for the time either by extraordinary signes and
all his might So shall the Lord in powerful maner reach and smite his enemies on either side Zech. V. 3. thy walls The walls of Moab ver verse 12 11. this Song A large Song of purpose penned in this set forme chapter XXVI verse 1 by Esay for Gods people then to be made use of what time these foresaid benefits should betide them For in the Lord Jehovah Heb. verse 4 Jah Iehovah See the Observations on Psal. LXVIII 4. Both used distinctly Psal. CXXXV 1. Iehovah the usual name c. the feet of the poore He setteth up his poore formerly afflicted ones verse 9 over the power of their proud oppressors Thou most upright Esay directeth his speech unto God verse 7 and so runneth on in the greatest part of that which followeth relating therein the various passages of his Providence and acknowledging his goodnesse in going along with them for his people and in due time giving a good issue of them will learne Or should learne verse 6 for their envie at the people Their envious and spightful carriage towards Gods people verse 11 Or thy zeale and ardent affection which thou bearest towards thy people and in behalf of them against those that oppose them yea the fire of thine enemies The fire prepared for thine enemies the fire whereof they are the object Lord Esay speaks still in the person of Gods people verse 12 all our works Those gracious protections and strange deliverances to God alone they ascribe them all our works not done by us but for us in us Heb. unto us to our hand or for us They are dead God 's dealing with other people and persons verse 14 irrecoverably destroying them Thou hast increased the Nation He deales otherwise with his owne people verse 15 ver 19. though he variously afflict and chastise them we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth By all their devices verse 18 and designes they were not able to compasse or accomplish ought for the succour or safeguard of them and their Countrey Thy dead men In opposition to that ver 14. Thus Gods people relate their faith and confidence in God even in the midst of their deepest miseries Alluding haply herein to the general resurrection at the last day my dead body In this restitution and National resurrection of the Jewish people no one of them shall faile to have his share in the same Come my people Esay having ended his Song verse 20 adviseth Gods people to hide and shelter themselves under Gods protection till the storme of Gods foresaid general indignation be overpast In that day Justice shall be done upon those chapter XXVII verse 1 be they never so great that have been the murtherers and oppressors of Gods people even Leviathan that crooked Serpent Collectively taken not of any one particular person alone but of sundry great Tyrants that had been principal oppressors of Gods people ch XXVI 13. In that day When the potent adversaries of Gods people shall be destroyed verse 2 and Gods people by the former afflictions and chastisements pruned and purged Fury is not in me No implacable fury towards mine verse 4 as it is towards mine and my Churches enemies I am towards my people reconcileable Jer. III. 1. Who would set the briars Sinners set against me in their strength should by me be soone consumed Or let him So much rather let the Sinner do verse 5 He shall cause them The blessing and benefit upon such as should so make peace with him verse 6 Hath he smitten him as Not so verse 7 He deales better in his chastisements of his people In measure Not over-roughly verse 8 but accordingly as he enables them to beare Jer. XXX 11. 1 Cor. X. 13. Psal. LXXVIII 38. when he maketh all the stones of the Altar When Jacob verse 9 by his repentance shall abolish all monuments and reliques of his idolatry yet the defenced Citie But Gods dealing with his enemies shall be as followeth in this verse 10 and the next verse even without mixture of mercy in that day Esay verse 12 after his wonted maner Concludes this long Sermon with a gracious promise of Gods restitution of his people after the maine body of the obstinate wicked were by his judgements destroyed from among them and the residue reformed the Lord shall beat off Sever his dispersed people from the Nations among whom they remained to gather them to him and his worship the great trumpet Cyrus his Proclamation verse 13 Ezra I. 1 2. Woe chapter XXVIII verse 1 Another Sermon or Prophecie Ephraim Describes them as men drunk with pride and prosperity and drowned in sensuality Thus were the ten Tribes whereof Ephraim was the head fat valleys Under the mountaine of Samaria verse 2 and strong one Salmanezer with the hand By maine might unto the residue of his people To Judah verse 5 to the gate Of the enemie verse 6 beat them thither But they Even they of Judah verse 7 whom God vouchsafeth these favours unto yet take the same evil courses with Ephraim Whom shall he teach Their sensuality and and riotous excesse verse 9 made them sottish and unteachable Precept upon precept Yet all to as little purpose to them verse 10 as if it were done to a new wearied infant another tongue They no more reaped fruit from ought spoken to them verse 11 then if it had been spoken in a strange tongue utterly unknown to them See 1 Cor. XIV 21. he said God by his Prophets verse 12 This is the rest The only means to procure rest and refreshing But the word of the Lord Through their obstinacie verse 13 and Gods judgement thereupon scornful men Verse 15. 2 Pet. 2 3. verse 14 are we at agreement We have made provision for our safety verse 15 ver 18. come unto us Or at us I lay in Zion For the stay of the minds and hearts of the faithful ones verse 16 in the midst of all the ensuing judgements God maketh this provision for them to rest and build upon a precious corner stone Jesus Christ Psal. CXVIII 22. Matth. XXI 42. Acts IV. 11. 1 Pet. I. 4. shall not make haste But with patience wait and expect Rom. IX 33. the Apostle in his quotation renders it shall not be abashed or confounded regarding not the words but the matter Or having an eye to this text and that also ch XLIX 23. As in the former part of that quotation he joyneth two places together ch VIII 14. and XXVIII 16. lay to the line God will in an exact and precise way of justice proceed against those sensual verse 17 secure and scornful wretches A metaphor taken from Carpenters For the bed They should be in such straits and distresses verse 20 as all their wiles and shifts should not be able either to secure or sucour them in as in mount Perazim 2 Sam. V. 20. See the like verse 21 ch X. 26. and XIII 19. Valley of Gibeon Either that 2 Sam. V.
Sennacheribs army or to Cyrus further then as Types of Christ and his spiritual deliverance And Esay useth to slip from temporal deliverances in a close way unto spiritual and to close up the Prophecies of the one with the Promises of the other my Covenant Of sending the Redeemer to them verse 21 and of continuing his Word and Spirit to Zion his Church This Chapter containes the glorious state of the Church under the Messias chapter LX the abundant accesse of the Gentiles and their Kings and chief ones adjoyned to it and their riches endowments and services humbly submitted and chearfully yeelded unto it Thy light is come The night of affliction is over verse 1 and the day is dawning the light of the morning is risen upon thee glory of the Lord In thy deliverance and restauration But the Lord shall arise The Sunne of righteousnesse verse 2 Mal. IV. 2. And Gentiles To congratulate with thee verse 3 and to enjoy the light together with thee and thine heart shall fear With admiration verse 4 and joyes so sudden and excessive shall come in to thee By tendering both themselves verse 5 and whatsoever they are stored with unto thee and thy service Ephah The posterity of Midian verse 6 by his eldest sonne Gen. XXV 4. the praises of the Lord Repairing thither not for traffick but to worship Acts VIII 27. the house of my glory My Temple verse 7. 8. a Type of the Church what are these A question moved by Zion touching their multitude and speed Surely The Answer returned verse 9 first With the first or among the first their silver Ezra I. 4 6 11. ch LXVI 20. and LV. 5. Rom. XV. 16. sonnes of strangers Proselytes verse 10 Kings Cyrus and others his successors and I will make the place of my feet glorious The Ark verse 13 Temple Zion all resembling the Church verse 7. such the breasts of Kings Being as thy foster-fathers verse 16 chap. XLIX 23. and LXVI 12. For brasse Thy damages shall be repaired with advantage verse 17 thine exactors righteousnesse Overseers not such as shall pill and poll thee exact upon thee but deale most righteously moderately and mercifully thy walls salvation All should be safe with them verse 18 under Gods protection The Sunne Their chief and principal light and comfort should consist in such a plentiful enjoyment of Gods gracious love verse 19 favour and kindnesse that in comparison thereof the Sunne and Moone should be as of no account or regard This may relate to the glory of the life to come Thy Sunne Not clouded verse 20 or eclipsed but continualy shine without interruption Thy people Sanctified here verse 21 perfected hereafter inherit the land for ever The new world chap. LVII 13. and LXV 17 18. 2 Pet. III. 13. Apoc. XXI 5 7. Canaan was a Type of this the branch of my planting My in the margin his in the text The meaning may be this A branch of my plantations by way of eminencie and excellencie a work of my hands to glory in A like one A miraculous multiplication of the Church verse 22 in his time Speedily when its due time is come and till then they must expect chap. XIII 22 and XXVIII 16. and XXXVIII 18. Hab. II. 3. Luke I. 20. This Chapter is much of the same matter chapter LXI and to the like purpose with the former The Spirit of the Lord Christs calling to his Ministery verse 1 and the exercise of his Prophetical Office Shadowed out in that of Esay here Christ applieth this to himself Luke IV. 18. hath anointed me In a special maner above his fellowes Ps. XLV 7. Acts X. 38. Col. II. 3 9. Heb. I. 8. good tydings Whence our Gospel signifying not Gods-spel or Word but Good-spel Evangelium to proclaime liberty Temporal by Cyrus spiritual by Christ Luke IV. 8. year of the Lord Relating to the Jubile verse 2 of vengeance For his people of their Oppressors build the old wastes Upon their returne to their own countrey verse 4 reedifie the Cities and townes that had been ruinated during the captivity And strangers shall stand As servants waiting and attending on their Master verse 5 the Priests of the Lord In that repute verse 6 as they as near to God and in as honourable a condition as they 1 Pet. II. 9. Heb. XIII 15. Apoc. I. 6. and V. 10. For your shame verse 7 double Honour verse 6. as 1 Tim. V. 17. Zech. IX 12. possesse double Double in extent or double in worth upon Gods blessing when they returne to their land againe love judgement And therefore will right and repay the wrongs and dammages done to my people verse 8 and I will direct As verse 7. returning them a reward in lieu of their misery And directing their affairs in a successeful course in a prosperous way shall be known Eminently verse 9. 10. As Psal. LXXVI 1. I will greatly rejoyce A solemne acknowledgement made in the Churches name of the manifold blessings of God bestowed on her mentioned verse 3. and 7 For Zions sake Esay his resolution constantly to solicite God chapter LXII verse 1 for the compleat performance of his Churches restitution promised before chap. LX. and LXI thy righteousnesse The Prophet Esay turneth his speech to Zion verse 2 a new name Verse 4. chap. LXV 15. Hephzibah i. e. verse 4 my delight is in her Psal. XVI 2. Benlah i. e. married thy sonnes marry thee Thy sonnes shall as in marriage possesse thee verse 5 keep thee enjoy thee in such a chearful and comfortable maner thy God Christ God and Man I have set Spoken in the person of God verse 6 Have Or will Watchmen Prophets and Pastors make mention Are his remembrancers specialy by office and function arme Let me not be deemed Almighty verse 8 if c. Of which forme of an Oath see on chap V. 9. and XXII 14. Go through The gates of Babylon verse 10 to returne to your land as ch XLVIII 20. and LII 11. gather out the stones That nothing may hinder them in the way Proclaimed By Cyrus verse 11 thy salvation God thy Saviour as Luke II. 30. sought out Or chapter LXIII sought unto sought after Who is this This seemes to have relation to that verse 12. 1. chap. LXII 11. Esay asks this question to whom the sight or apparition was offered in a vision or extasie from Edom Idumea And Bozrah the head-Citie of it Put here for the enemies of Gods people died garments Verse 3. Apoc. XIX 13. glorious Gorgeous as great Commanders and Generals use in warre and returning in triumph from the slaughter See Psal. LXVIII 7 8 21 22 23. travelling Marching stalking with a stately gate as victor I Gods answer thou red Saith Esay againe I have troden Gods answer to Esay again verse 2 Somtimes he treads down thus Gods people themselves for their sins as Lam. I. 15. Somtimes the wine-presse of Gods wrath to expiate the sinnes of his people