coasts of Moab and destroy the sonnes of Sheth O Zion that bringest good tidings get thee vp into the high Mountaines O Ierusalem that bringest good tidings lift vp thy voice with strength lift it vp be not afraid Say to the Cities of Iudah Behold your GOD. Behold the Lord God will come with power and his arme shall rule for him Behold his reward is with him and his worke is before him Therefore thus saith the Lord God Behold I will lay in Sion a Stone a tryed Stone a precious Corner Stone a sure foundation he that beleeueth shall not make haste For vnto Vs a Child is Borne and vnto Vs a Sonne is Giuen and the gouernment is vpon his shoulder and hee shall call his Name Wonderfull Counsellor the Mighty God the Euerlasting Father the Prince of Peace the increase of his gouernment and peace shall haue no end I will giue vnto Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings vnto it And their noble Ruler shall be of themselues and their Gouernour shal proceed from the midst of them and I will cause him to draw neere approch vnto mee For who is this that directeth his heart to come vnto me saith the Lord In those dayes and at that time will I cause the Branch of Righteousnes to grow vp vnto Dauid and he shall execute Iudgement and Righteousnes in the Land Behold I will bring forth the Branch my Seruant For loe the Stone that I haue laid before Iehoshua vpon that one Stone there shall bee seuen eyes Behold I will cut out the grauing thereof saith the Lord of Hosts and I will take away the iniquitie of the Land in one day In that day there shall bee a fountaine opened to the House of Dauid and to the Inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for vncleannesse And the Lord whom ye seeke shall speedily come to his Temple euen the Messenger of the Couenant whom ye desire Behold he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts But who may abide the day of his comming and who shall endure when he appeareth For he is like a purging fire and like Fullers Sope. And hee shall sit downe to try and fine the siluer hee shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as gold and siluer that they may bring offrings vnto the Lord in righteousnesse And the Redeemer shall come vnto Zion and vnto them that turne from Iniquitie in Iacob saith the Lord. 3. The time of his comming or Birth THe Scepter shall not depart from Iudah nor a Law-giuer from betweene his feete vntill Shiloh come and the people shall be gathered vnto him Now assemble thy Garrisons O Daughter of Garrisons Ierusalem he hath laid siege against vs they shall smite the Iudge of Israel with a Rod vpon the cheeke And thou Bethleem Ephrathah c. out of thee shall hee then come forth vnto me that shall be the Ruler in Israel And there shall bee a day it is knowne to the Lord neither day nor night but about the euening time it shall be light that is there shal be a gloomy time of trouble and subiection in the end whereof God shall send spirituall comfort to the Iewes And in that day shall there waters of Life goe out from Ierusalem halfe of them toward the East Sea and halfe of them toward the vttermost Sea and shall bee both in Summer and Winter Seuenty Weeks which was 490. yeeres till Christs comming are determined vpon thy People and vpon the holy Citie to finish the wickednesse and to seale vp the sinnes and to reueile the iniquitie and to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse and to seale vp the Vision and Prophesie and to anoint the most Holy Know therefore and vnderstand that from the going forth of the commandement to bring againe the people and to build Ierusalem vnto Messiah the Prince shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes and the street shal be built againe and the wall in a troublesome time See the Marginall note of the Bible which explaines this count 4. The place of his Birth and of what Tribe he should be of AND thou Bethleem-Ephrathah art little to bee amongst the thousands of Iudah yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto mee that shall bee the Ruler in Israel whose goings foorth haue beene from the beginning and from euerlasting And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord and in the Maiesty of the Name of the Lord his God they shall dwell still for now shall he be magnified vnto the ends of the world And he shall be our peace 8. Hee is carried to Egypt after his Birth that it might bee fulfilled OVt of Egypt haue I called my Sonne 9. A great slaughter of the Bethleemite children ensueth thereafter whereby this Prophesie was fulfilled IN Rhama was a voice heard mourning and weeping and great howling Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not 10. After his returne he is brought and abides in Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets THat hee should bee called a Nazarite 11. He should be God OZion that bringest good tidings c. say to the Cities of Iudah Behold your God For vnto vs a Child is borne and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen and his Gouernment is vpon his shoulder and hee shall call his Name Wonderfull Counsellor The mighty God c. Say to them that are fearefull Be strong feare not behold your God commeth with vengeance euen God with a recompence he will come and saue you Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened And in that day shall men say Loe this is our God wee haue waited for him and hee will saue vs. 12. He should be Man THe Seed of the Woman shall bruise downe the head of the Serpent In thee and in thy Seed shall all the Families of the earth bee blessed I will raise them vp a Prophet from amongst their Brethren like vnto thee and will put my words in his mouth and hee shall speake vnto them all that I command him and whosoeuer will not hearken to my words which he shall speake in my name I will require it of him And their noble Ruler shall bee of themselues and their Gouernour shall proceed from the midst of them He is a Man full of sorrowes hath experience of infirmities 13. Hee should be both vnited in one Person ANd they shall call his name Immanuel which is by Interpretation God with vs. 14. The Spirit of God should rest vpon him as was visibly seene in his Baptisme BEhold my Seruant I will stay vpon him mine Elect in whom my soule delighteth I haue put my Spirit vpon him he shall bring forth Iudgement to the
be thy nurses and they shall worship thee with their faces towards the earth c. Therefore thy gates shall bee open continually neither day nor night shall they be shut that men may bring vnto thee the riches of the Gentiles and that their Kings may be brought Behold thou shalt call a Nation that thou knowest not and a Nation that knew not thee shall run vnto thee because of the Lord thy God and the Holy One of Israel for he hath glorified thee I haue beene sought of them that asked not I was found of them that sought mee not I said Behold me behold me vnto a Nation that called not vpon my Name And the Kingdome and the dominion of the greatnesse of the Kingdome vnder the whole Heauen shall bee giuen to the holy people of the most High whose Kingdome is an euerlasting Kingdome and all Powers shall serue and obey him And in the place where it was said vnto them Yee are not my people it shall be said vnto them Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God But in the last dayes it shall come to passe that the mountaine of the House of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the Mountaines and it shall bee exalted aboue the Hils and people shall flowe vnto it Yea many Nations shall come and say Come and let vs goe vp to the Mountaine of the Lord and to the house of the God of Iacob and hee will teach vs his wayes and wee will walke in his paths for the Law shall goe forth of Zion and the Word of the Lord from Ierusalem c. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts that there shall yet come people and the inhabitants of great Cities And they that dwell in one Citie shall goe to another saying Vp let vs goe and pray before the Lord and seek the Lord of Hosts I will goe also Yea great People and mighty Nations shall come to seeke the Lord of Hosts in Ierusalem and to pray before the Lord c. And the Lord shal be King ouer all the earth in that day shal there be one Lord and his Name shall be one And in these dayes of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a Kingdome which shall neuer be destroyed and this Kingdome shall not be giuen to another people but it shall breake and destroy all these Kingdomes and it shall stand for euer Thy Throne O God is for euer and euer the Scepter of thy Kingdome is a scepter of righteousnes 50. The conuersion of the Iewes and what shall precede the same FOr the children of Israel shall remaine many dayes without a King and without a Prince and without an offering and without an Image without an Ephod and without Teraphim Afterward shall the children of Israel conuert and seeke the Lord their God and Dauid their King and shall feare the Lord and his goodnes in the latter dayes In those dayes and at that time saith the Lord the children of Israel shall come they and the children of Iudah together going and weeping shall they goe and seeke the Lord their God They shall aske the way to Zion with their faces thitherward saying Come and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall Couenant that shall not be forgotten Behold I will bring them from the North countrey and gather them frō the coasts of the world with the blinde and the lame amongst them with the Woman with child and her that is deliuered also a great company shall returne hither They shall come weeping and with mercy will I bring them againe I will leade them by the Riuers of water in a straight way wherin they shal not stumble for I am a Father to Israel Ephraim is my first-borne And I wil powre vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirit of grace and of compassion and they shall looke vpon mee whom they haue pearced and they shall lament for him as one mourneth for his only sonne and be sorry for him as one is sorry for his first-borne In that day shal be a great mourning in Ierusalem as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon Then shall the children of Iudah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselues one Head and they shall come vp out of the Land for great is the day of Israel At the same day saith the Lord will I gather her that halteth and I will gather her that is cast out and her that I haue afflicted c. 51. The free and plentifull offer of grace to both Iew and Gentile IN that day there shal be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for vncleannesse And in that day shal there waters of Life goe out from Ierusalem halfe of them towards the East Sea and halfe of them towards the vttermost Sea and shall bee both in Summer and Winter Ho euery one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye that haue no siluer come buy eate come I say buy Wine and Milke without siluer without money Encline your eares and come vnto mee heare and your soule shall liue and I will make an euerlasting Couenant with you euen the sure mercies of Dauid 52. The happy estate of the Church vnder Christ Iesus in the latter time BVt in the last daies it shal come to passe that the Mountaine of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the Mountaines and it shal be exalted aboue the Hilles and people shall flowe vnto it Yea many Nations shall come and say Come and let vs goe vp to the Mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Iacob and he will teach vs his wayes and we will walk in his paths for the Law shall go forth of Zion the Word of the Lord from Ierusalem And he shall iudge among many people and rebuke mighty Nations afarre off they shal breake their swords into Mattocks and their Speares into Sithes Nation shall not lift vp a sword against Nation neither shall they learne to fight any more But they shall sit euery man vnder his Vine and vnder his Figge-tree and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it At the same day saith the Lord will I gather her that halteth and I will gather her that is cast out and her that I haue afflicted And I will make her that halted a remnant and her that was cast farre off a mighty Nation and the Lord shall reigne ouer them in Mount Zion from henceforth euen for euer And I will reioyce in Ierusalem and ioy in my people the voice of weeping shal be no more heard in her nor the voice of crying There
holy and sanctified in nature Psal 40. 8. 4. It was round in shape To note the perfectnessâ—… and entirenesse of Christ in all heauenly graces He. 7. 5. It was sweet and tasted like fresh oyle or wafers baked with honey Numb 11. 7. So is Christ most sweâ—… and pleasant to all afflicteâ—… consciences by the receâ—… and cheering consolation 〈◊〉 his bloudshed and Spirit Ioh. 16. 7. 6. It came downe from heauen Ioh. 6. So did Christ Iesus Ioh. 6. 7. The name thereof was Man or Manbu which is a portion an admirable gift or meat prepared Exod. 16. 15. So is Christ the portioâ—… of his Chosen the admirâ—…ble great gift of the Father and prepared food for euer hungring soule Ioh. 6. 51 8. It came downe with the dew was gathered verse 14. So Christ comes to vs with the dew of grace and thereby is applyed 9. It fell round about the campe of Israel and was sufficient for all to gather thereof and fell in no other place verse 13. So Christ is conuersant within the limits of his Church and is the fulnesse of grace to all who are true partakers of him and no where else to bee found Reu. 1. 10. It was gathered by measure in the Wildernes and hee who gathered least had no lacke ver 18. So is Christs grace in this world giuen but by measure and hee who hath the weakest faith so it bee true shall attaine to the same saluation which he of a stronger doth 2. Pet. 3. Luke 17. 6. 11. When it came it made the people to admire for they wist not what it was verse 15. So when Christ came many did wonder yea He rode and all Ierusalem with him were troubled and sundry wist not what that mysterie of his Incarnation meant Math. 2. 12. It was as sufficient for all so common to all and that freely So is Christ a free imparter of saluation to rich and poore King and Begger without respect of persons Act. 10. 34. 13. It was ground and baked before it was meet food for the people verse 23. So Christ behooued first diuers wayes to suffer before hee could bee a meet Comforter and Sauiour to his Church Act. 17. 2. 14. It was gathered earely verse 21. So is Christ and his grace to be embraced speedily and timously Math. 25. 15. It was dayly gathered except on the Sabbath verse 23. So for a further degree of grace dayly wee must alway labour heere while that eternall Sabbath of rest come when grace shall be perfected in glory hereafter 2. Pet. 3. 18. 16. They went out of their Tents to gather it So must wee goe out of the old man and loue of the world to participate of Christ 2. Cor. 5. 17. To the breakers of Gods command in keeping the same ouernight it turned into putrifaction to them and stunke Numb 11. So to the hearers of Christs Word and contrary practisers vnto the same it becomes vnto them the sauour of death Iam. 1. 18. It ceased when they came to Canaan Iosh. 5. 12. So shall the Word and Sacraments when we come to the Kingdome of Heauen and see Christ face to face 1. Cor. 13. 19. Manna vvas kept and put in a golden pot before the Lord to remaine in the holiest for euer Exod. 16. 13. So Christ Iesus glorified in his Humanitie at the right hand of God in the heauens abides for euer vnto all ages of the faithfull Heb. 7. 20. Manna vvas loathed by the wicked marmurers on whom the Lords wrath fell Num. 11. 6. So is Christ Iesus in his Word and Sacraments by the carnall and vngodly whom GOD in his anger shall likewise destroy Iude 4. 21. Manna fed the naturall life So doth Christ Iesus the spirituall life The Disparitie MAnna did feede onely the naturall life but Christ Iesus is the food of the spirituall life Againe Manna did corrupt and putrifie but so cannot our spirituall Manna who abideth for euer solide and sweet comfort to euery distressed conscience They inioyed it onely in the Wildernesse but our chiefe and fullest inioying of our Manna shal be in the celestiall Canaan It was not to bee found but at a set time for it melted away when the Sun arose but our Manna Christ is euer at all times to be found both in prosperitie and affliction late and earely neuer disappointing those that truely seeke him Manna that was reserued in the Holiest was spoiled and did perish thereafter at the captiuitie but our heauenly Manna seated in highest glory can neuer perish nor suffer any violence 20. The Brazen Serpent Numb 21. 1. NEither Moses nor the Law could cure the people of the stinging of the fierie Serpents but onely the Brazen Serpent So neither the Law nor any creature could cure mankinde and redeeme them from the cruell power of Satan but onely Christ Iesus Rom. 3. 25. 2. After many had dyed for murmuring then the Brazen Serpent was set vp Num. 21. 6. So after that all mankinde through sinne was subdued to death and condemnation then Christ came for our recouerie to be crucified Esay 53. 3. A Serpent stung and a Serpent cured So man the first Adam lost mankinde and Man againe the second Adam redeemed mankinde Rom. 5. 14. 4. Albeit it was called a Serpent yet it was both without poison or sting So albeit Christ was thought a sinner as other men yet was hee both sinlesse spotlesse He. 7. 26. 5. It was made of brasse and not of gold verse 9. So was Christ sent not with outward glory or worldly pompous shâ—…w but base and humble in outward appearance Isaiah 53. 2. 6. It was not forged by mans hand or hammer but in a mould yet in the fire So Christ was not begottenly man but conceiued by the Holy Ghost to the likenesse of the Father Luke 2. 35. 7. It was not onely made but before it cured it was set vp on high So Christ behooued not onely to bee borne but also be crucified before our Redemption could be finished 8. They were onely cured who looked vpon the same So they onely are redeemed from death to eternall life who onely by faith eyes him Isai 46. 22. beleeuing in Christ that crucified 9. It was a wonderfull meanes of cure and vndeseruedly deuised of God of meere pitie yea against the merit of these murmurers So is the death of the onely Sonne of God for rebellious mankinde an admirable worke of vnmerited mercy likewise aboue our merit without our merit and against our merit Ephes. 1. 4. Yet albeit it was instituted by GOD and great miracles wrought at the presence thereof the Lords institution lasting and right vse being made thereof by the people in the Wildernesse yet at last it being Idolatrously abused was destroyed by that godly King Hezechiah and called Nehushtan or a masse of brasse 2. King 18. Shewing thereby how lawfull by the like example and much more likewise Images and other inuentions of men turning to
Gentiles And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest vpon him the Spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the Spirit of counsell strength the Spirit of knowledge and of the feare of the Lord And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord for hee shall not iudge after the sight of his eyes neither reproue by the hearing of his eares But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore and with equity shall he reproue for the meeke of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked And iustice shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reynes 15. His name should bee IESVS CHRIST or a Sauior anointed by God and to what end his comming and anointing should be ANd thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and they Redeemer the mighty one of Iacob I euen I am the Lord and besides me there is no other Sauiour The Spirit of the Lord is vpon mee therefore hath the Lord anointed me hee hath sent mee to preach good tidings to the poore to binde vp the broken-hearted to preach libertie to the captiues and to them that are bound the opening of the prison To preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourne To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion and to giue vnto them beauty for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning the garment of gladnes for the spirit of heauinesse that they might be called The trees of righteousnes The planting of the Lord that hee might be glorified I the Lord haue called thee in righteousnesse and will hold thy hand and I will keepe thee and giue thee for a Couenant of the people and for a light of the Gentiles That thou maist open the eyes of the blinde and bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in darknes out of the prison house The Kings of the earth band themselues and the Princes are assembled together against the Lord and against his Christ. Thou louest righteousnesse and hatest wickednesse because God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes Then the Angell said vnto her Feare not Mary for thou hast found fauour with God For loe thou shalt conceiue in thy womb and beare a Son and shalt call his name Iesus 16. His Kingly Office and administration thereof HE shall sit vpon the Throne of Dauid and vpon his Kingdome to order it and to stablish it with iudgment with iustice from henceforth euen for euer The zeale of the Lord of Hosts will performe this With righteousnes shall hee iudge the poore and with equity shall he reproue for the meeke of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked And Iustice shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines The Wolfe also shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard shall lye with the Kid and the Calfe and the Lyon and the fat Beast together and a little child shall leade them c. Then shall none hurt nor destroy in all the Mountaine of my Holinesse For the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters that couer the Sea Behold the dayes come saith the Lord that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous Branch and a King shall reigne and prosper and shall execute Iudgement and iustice in the earth In his dayes Iudah shall be saued and Israel shall dwell safely and this is the name whereby they shall call him The Lord our Righteousnes He shall be great and he shal be called The Sonne of the most High and the Lord shall giue vnto him the Throne of his father Dauid And he shall reigne ouer the House of Iacob for euer and of his Kingdome shall be none end For behold I gaue him for a witnesse saith the Lord to the people for a Prince and a Master vnto the people 17. His Priestly Office What sacrifice hee should offer and for whom he should pray YEt the Lord would breake him and make him subiect to infirmities When hee shall make his Soule an offering for sinne hee shall see his seed and prolong his dayes and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand Therefore will I giue him a portion with the great and hee shall diuide the spoile with the strong because hee hath powred out his soule vnto death and hee was counted with the Transgressors and bare the sinnes of many and prayed for the trespassers 18. His Propheticall Office and Pastor all function abrogating ignorance restoring light c. HEe hath sent mee to preach good tidings vnto the poore to binde vp the broken-hearted to preach libertie to the captiues and to them that are bound the opening of the prison To preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourne Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened And hee will destroy in his Mountaine the couering that couereth all people and the vaile that is spred vpon all Nations Moreouer the light of the Moone shall bee as the light of the Sunne and the light of the Sunne shal be seuen-fold and like the light of seuen dayes in the day that the Lord shall binde vp the breach of his people and heale the stroke of their wound The Lord thy God saith Moses to Israel will raise vp vnto thee a Prophet like vnto mee from among yee euen of thy Brethren vnto him ye shall hearken He shall seed his Flocke like a Shepheard hee shall gather the Lambs with his arme and carry them in his bosome and shall guide them with yong And I will set vp a Shepheard ouer them and he shal feed them euen my Seruant Dauid meaning Christ of whom Dauid was a Figure he shall feed them and he shall be their Shepheard Thus saith the Lord In an acceptable time haue I heard thee and in a day of Saluation haue I helped thee and I will preserue thee and giue thee for a Couenant of the people that thou maist raise vp the earth and obtaine the inheritance of the desolate heritages That thou mayst say to the prisoners Goe forth and to them that are in darknesse Shew your selues they shall feede in the wayes and their pastures shall be in all the tops of the Hils They shall not be hungry neither shall they be thirstie neither shall the heat smite them nor the Sun for he that hath compassion on them