Moses Unveiled, Messianic prophecies
THE HARMONY OF ALL THE PROPHETS.
1. His Fore-runner, the BAPTIST.
BEHOLD, I will send my Messenger, Malachy 3. 1.and he shall prepare the way before me, &c.
A Voice cryeth Isaiah 40. 3.in the Wildernesse, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make strait in the desart a path for our God.
EueryEvery valley shall be exalted, Verse 4.and eueryevery Mountaine shall bee made low, and the crooked shall be streight, and the rough places plaine.
And the glory of the Lord shal be reuealed, and all flesh shal Verse 5.see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
And thou, Babe, shalt be called Zacharias, Luke 1. 76.the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his wayes,
And to giuegive knowledge of Saluation vntounto his people, by the Verse 77.remission of their sinnes:
Through the tender mercy of Verse 78.our God, whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited vsus.
To giuegive light to them that sit in darknes, & in the shaddow of Verse 79.death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Behold, I will send you Eliah Malachy 4. 5.the Prophet, before the comming of the great and fearefull Day of the Lord,
And he shall turne the heart of Verse 6.the Fathers to the Children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come and smite the earth with cursing.
And if ye will receiue it, Iohn Math. 11. 14.is that Elias (saith Christ) which was to come.
2. His owne comming or Birth.
THere shall come a Starre of Balaam, Numb. 24. 1…Iacob: and a Scepter shall arise of Israel, that shall smite the coasts of Moab, and destroy the sonnes of Sheth.
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, … 41 9.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 Verse 10.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 Chap. 28. 16.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 vntounto VsUs a Child is Borne, and vntounto VsUs a Sonne is Giuen, Chap. 9. 6.and the gouernment is vponupon 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 hauehave no end.
I will giuegive vntounto Ierusalem one Chap. 41. 27.that shall bring good tidings vntounto it.
And their noble Ruler shall be Ierem. 30. 21.of themselues, and their Gouernour shal proceed from the midst of them: and I will cause him to draw neere & approch vntounto mee. For who is this that directeth his heart to come vntounto me (saith the Lord?)
In those dayes, and at that time, Chap. 33. 15.will I cause the Branch of Righteousnes to grow vp vntounto Dauid: and he shall execute Iudgement and Righteousnes in the Land.
Behold I will bring forth the Zech. 3. 8.Branch my Seruant.
For loe, the Stone that I hauehave Verse 9.laid before Iehoshua, vponupon 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 Chap. 13. …fountaine opened to the House of Dauid, and to the Inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne and for vncleannesse.
And the Lord whom ye seeke, Malac. 3. 1.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 Verse 2.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 Verse 3.and fine the siluer: hee shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui, and purifie them as gold and siluer, that they may bring offrings vntounto the Lord in righteousnesse.
And the Redeemer shall come Isaiah 59. 20.vntounto Zion; and vntounto them that turne from Iniquitie in Iacob, saith the Lord.
3. The time of his comming, or Birth.
THe Scepter shall not depart Iacob, Gen. 49. 10.from Iudah, nor a Law-giuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come: and the people shall be gathered vntounto him.
Now assemble thy Garrisons, Mica… 5. 1.O Daughter of Garrisons (Ierusalem) he hath laid siege against vsus: they shall smite the Iudge of Israel with a Rod vponupon the cheeke.
And thou Bethleem Ephrathah, Verse 2.&c. out of thee shall hee (then) come forth vntounto me, that shall be the Ruler in Israel.
And there shall bee a day (it is See Zac…rie 14. 7▪ 8.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 Verse 8.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 Dan. 9. 24.490. yeeres till Christs comming) are determined vponupon thy People, and vponupon 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, Vers… 25.that from the going forth of the commandement to bring againe the people, and to build Ierusalem, vntounto 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, Micah 5. ….art little to bee amongst the thousands of Iudah: yet out of thee shall he come forth vntounto mee, that shall bee the Ruler in Israel, whose goings foorth hauehave beene from the beginning, and from euerlasting.
And he shall stand, and feed in Verse 4.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 vntounto 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 hauehave I called Hos. 11. 1.my Sonne.
9. A great slaughter of the Bethleemite children ensueth thereafter; whereby this Prophesie was fulfilled,
IN Rhama was a voice heard, Ier. 31. 15.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,Iudges 13. 5. Being typed there, by Samson. Math. 2. 23.
THat hee should bee called a Nazarite.
11. He should be God.
OZion, that bringest good tidings, Isai. 40. 9.&c. say to the Cities of Iudah, Behold your God.
For vntounto vsus a Child is borne, Chap. 9. 6.and vntounto vsus a Sonne is giuen, and his Gouernment is vponupon his shoulder: and hee shall call his Name, Wonderfull, Counsellor, The mighty God, &c.
Say to them that are fearefull, Chap. 35. 4.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 Verse 5.be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
And in that day shall men say, Chap. 25. 9.Loe, this is our God; wee hauehave waited for him, and hee will saue vsus.
12. He should be Man.
THe [Seed] of the Woman Gen. 3. 15.shall bruise downe the head of the Serpent.
In thee, and in [thy Seed] shall Chap. 12. 3. 26. 4. 28. 4.all the Families of the earth bee blessed.
I will raise them vp a Prophet Deut. 18. 18.from amongst their Brethren [like vntounto thee] and will put my words in his mouth, and hee shall speake vntounto 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 Ier. 30. 21.bee of themselues, and their Gouernour shall proceed from the midst of them.
He is a Man, full of sorrowes, Isaiah 53. 3.& hath experience of infirmities.
13. Hee should be both, vnited in one Person.
ANd they shall call his name Isaith 7. 14.Immanuel: which is by Interpretation, God with vsus.
14. The Spirit of God should rest vponupon him: as was visibly seene in his Baptisme.
BEhold, my Seruant, I will Isaiah 42. 1.stay vponupon him [mine Elect, in whom my soule delighteth] I hauehave put my Spirit vponupon him, he shall bring forth Iudgement to the Gentiles.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest vponupon him: the Spirit Chap. 11. 2.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 Verse 3.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 Verse. 4.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 Verse 5.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 Isaiah 60. 16. & 45. 21.the Lord am thy Sauiour, and they Redeemer, the mighty one of Iacob.
I, euen I am the Lord, and besides Chap. 43. 11.me there is no other Sauiour.
The Spirit of the Lord is vponupon Chap. 61. 1.mee; therefore hath the Lord anointed me: hee hath sent mee to preach good tidings to the poore, to binde vp the brokenhearted, to preach libertie to the captiues, and to them that are bound, the opening of the prison.
To preach the acceptable yeere Verse 2.of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourne.
To appoint vntounto them that Verse 3.mourne in Zion, and to giuegive vntounto 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 hauehave called thee in Chap. 42. 6.righteousnesse, and will hold thy hand, and I will keepe thee, and giuegive thee for a Couenant of the people, and for a light of the Gentiles.
That thou maist open the eyes Verse 7.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 Psal. 2. 2.themselues, and the Princes are assembled together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Thou louest righteousnesse, and Psal. 45. 7.hatest wickednesse: because God, euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.
Then the Angell said vntounto her; Luke 1 30.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 See …dras 7. 2…. 29.name Iesus.
16. His Kingly Office, and administration thereof.
HE shall sit vponupon the Throne Isaiah 9. 7.of Dauid, and vponupon his Kingdome to order it: and to stablish it with iudgment & with 1Iustice.iustice, from henceforth, euen for euer: The zeale of the Lord of Hosts will performe this.
With righteousnes shall hee Chap. 11. 4.iudge the poore, and with equity shall he reproue for the meeke of the earth: and 2Power.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 Verse 5.of his loynes, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines.
The 3Peace, o… meekenes.Wolfe also shall dwell Verse 6.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 Verse 9.in all the Mountaine of my Holinesse. For 4Plenty.the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters that couer the Sea.
Behold, the dayes come (saith Iere… 23. 5.the Lord) that I will raise vntounto 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 5Grace.saued, Verse 6.and Israel shall dwell 6Tranquillirie andsafely: and this is the name whereby they shall call him; The Lord our 7Righteousnes.Righteousnes.
He shall be great, and he shal be called, The Sonne of the most High: Luke 1. 32.and the Lord shall giuegive vntounto him the Throne of his father Dauid.
And he shall reigne ouer the Verse 33.House of Iacob for euer, and of his Kingdome shall be none end.
For, behold, I gaue him for a Isaiah 55. 4.witnesse (saith the Lord) to the people: for a Prince, and a Master vntounto the people.
17. His Priestly Office. What sacrifice hee should offer; and for whom he should pray.
YEt the Lord would breake Isaiah 53. 10.him, and make him subiect to infirmities.
When hee shall make gHis Obl… tion.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 giuegive him a Verse 12.portion with the great, and hee shall diuide the spoile with the strong, because hee hath powred out his soule vntounto death: and hee was counted with the Transgressors, and bare the sinnes of many; and iHis Intercession.prayed for the trespassers.
18. His Propheticall Office, and Pastor all function, abrogating ignorance, & restoring light, &c.
HEe hath sent mee to preach Isaiah 61. 1.good tidings vntounto 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 Verse 2.of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourne.
Then shall the eyes of the blind Chap. 35. 5.be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
And hee will destroy in his Chap. 25. 7.Mountaine, the couering, that couereth all people: and the vaile that is spred vponupon all Nations.
Moreouer the light of the Chap. 30. 26.Moone shall bee as the light of the Sunne; and the light of the Sunne shalbe 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 Deut. 18. 15.to Israel) will raise vp vntounto thee a Prophet like vntounto mee, from among yee, euen of thy Brethren, vntounto him ye shall hearken.
He shall seed his Flocke like a Isaiah 40. 11.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 Ezek. 34. 23.ouer them, and he shal feed them, euen my Seruant Dauid (meaning Christ, of whom Dauid was a Figure) Ho… …. 5.he shall feed them, and he shall be their Shepheard.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable Isai…h 49. 8.time hauehave I heard thee, and in a day of Saluation hauehave I helped thee: and I will preserue thee, and giuegive 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, Verse 9.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 Verse 10.shall the heat smite them, nor the Sun: for he that hath compassion on them, shall leade them, euen to the springs of waters shall hee driue them.
19. He should be the naturall Sonne of God: and therefore n…t begotten by man, but conceiued of the holy Ghost.
I Will declare the Decree: that is, the Lord hath said vntounto me, Psal. 2. 7.Thou art my Sonne, this day, I hauehave begotten thee.
Kisse the Sonne, lest he be angry, Verse 12.and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne: blessed are all that trust in him.
Thou beheldest, till a stone was Dan. 2. 34.cut off the Mountaine, without hands, which smote the Image vponupon his feet.
And whosoeuer shall fall on Isai. 8. 14. cited Math. 21 44.this stone, he shall be broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will dash him in pieces.
For loe, the stone that I hauehave Zech. 3. 9.laid before Iehoshua: vponupon that one stone there shall bee seuen eyes; Behold, I will cut out the grauing thereof, saith the Lord of Hosts.
And the Angell answered, and Luke 1. 35.said vntounto her, The Holy Ghost shall come vponupon thee, & the power of the most High shall ouershaddow thee. Therfore also that Holy thing which shall be borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne See Heb. 10. 5. cited out of Psal. 40. 7.of God.
20. His low abasement vponupon earth.
I Am a Worme: and not a Man: a shame of men, and the contempt Psal. 22. 6.of the people.
But hee shall grow vp before him as a Branch, and as a Roote Is…h 53. 2.out of a dry ground: he hath neither forme nor beauty: when wee shall see him, there shall bee no forme that we should desire him.
He is despised and reiected of Verse 3.men, he is a man ful of sorrowes, and hath experience of infirmities, wee hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
21. His perfect obedience vntounto the Father.
THe Lord God hath opened Isaiah 50. 5.my eare, and I was not rebellious, neither turned I backe.
Then said I, Loe, I come: for Psal. 40. 7.in the Roll of the Booke it is written of me.
I desired to doe thy good will, Verse 8.O my God: yea thy Law is within my heart.
I hauehave declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation: Verse 9.Loe, I will not refraine my lips, O Lord, thou knowest, &c.
Because I kept the wayes of the Psal. 18. 21.Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.
For all his lawes were before me: and I did not cast away his Vers… 22.commandements.
I was vpright also with him: Verse 23.and hauehave kept mee from wickednesse.
Therefore the Lord rewarded Verse 24.me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenesse of my hands in his sight.
Thou louest righteousnesse, and Psal. 45. 7.hatest wickednesse: because God, euen thy GOD, hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.
22. His meeknesse and mercy towards man.
A Bruised Reed hee shall not Isaiah 42. 3.breake, and the smoking Flax shall hee no… quench: hee shall bring forth iudgement in truth.
23. His humble behauiour, and riding to Ierusalem on an Asse-Colt, Math. 21.
HEe shall not cry, nor lift vp, Isaiah 42 2.nor cause his voice to bee heard in the street.
Reioyce greatly, O Daughter Ze…. 9. 9.Zion: Shout for ioy, O Daughter Ierusalem: Behold, thy King commeth vntounto thee: he is iust, and saued himselfe: poore, and riding vponupon an Asse, and vponupon a Colt, the Foale of an Asse.
24. His zealous purging of the Temple.
FOr the zeale of thine House Psal. 69. 9.hath eaten mee: and the rebukes of them, that rebuked thee, are falne vponupon mee.
25. The children cry in the Temple, Hosanna, to the Sonne of Dauid, as it is written.
BY the mouthes of Babes and sucklings, thou hast made perfect P…l 8. 2.thy praise.
26. The time of his suffering.
ANd after threescore and two …. 9. 26.weekes, (which is 439. yeeres after the building of the Temple, at the commandement of Darius) shall Messiah bee slaine, and shall hauehave nothing, &c.
And he shall confirme the Couenant … 27.with many for one weeke: (till that eternall Sabbath) and in the middest of the weeks (that is, after three yeeres preaching, or thereabout,) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, (Christ accomplishing and abrogating the same by his Deat… and 2. …sdr. 7. 28.Passion) &c.
27. His betrayer, Iudas a Disciple.
YEa my familiar friend, whom Psal. 41. 9.I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.
Surely mine enemy did not defame Psal. 55. 12.me, for I could hauehave borne it; neither did mine Aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee, for I would hauehave hid my selfe from him.
But it was thou, O man, euen Verse 13.my companion, my guide, and my familiar,
Which delighted in consulting Vers… 14.together, & went into the House of God as companions.
And hauehave rewarded mee euill Psal. 109. 5.for good: and hatred for my friendship.
Set thou the wicked therefore Verse 6.ouer him: and let the Aduersarie stand at his right hand: When he Verse 7.shall be iudged, let him bee condemned, and let his prayer bee turned into sinne.
Let his dayes bee few: and let Verse 8.another take his charge.
28. His exercise in the Garden, before hee was betrayed, and what he suffered there.
FOr my friendship, they were Psal. 109. 4.my Aduersaries: but I gaue my selfe to Prayer.
From aboue hee sent fire into Lament. 1. 13.my bones.
Mine eyes do faile with teares: Ch…p. 2. 11.my bowels swell: my Liuer is powred vponupon the earth, &c.
Behold, O Lord, how I am troubled: my bowels swell, my heart is turned within mee, for I am full of heauinesse.
I am like water powred out, and Psal. 22. 14.all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like Waxe, it is molten in the midst of my bowels.
29. The price for which he was sold, and how it was bestowed.
SO they weighed for my wages Z…h. 11. 12.(or price) thirty pieces of siluer. And the Lord said vntounto mee, Verse 13.Cast it vntounto the Potter: a goodly price, that I was valued at of them. And I tooke the thirty pieces of siluer, and cast them to the Potter in the House of the Lord.
30. The scattering of his Disciples when he was betrayed, and taken, Math. 26.
ARise, O Sword, vponupon my Zech. 13. 7.Shepheard, and vponupon the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts: Smite the Shepheard, and the Sheepe shall bee scattered.
31. His preceding sufferings, before his crucifying, in Sco…rging, Buffeting, Spetting, &c.
I Gaue my back vntounto the smiters, Isaiah 50. 6.and my cheekes to the nippers: I hid not my face from shame and spetting.
As many were astonied at thee Chap. 52. 14.(his visage was so deformed of men, and his forme of the sonnes of men) so shall he sprinkle many Nations.
32. How his garments should bee parted.
THey parted my garments amongst Psal. 22. 18.them, and did cast Lots vponupon my Vesture.
33. How hee should bee nayled on a Crosse.
THey pearced my hands and Psal. 22. 16.my feete.
And in that he was to redeeme Gal. 3. 13.vsus from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for vsus: it behooued so to be, as it is written,
Cursed is eueryevery one that hangeth Deut. 21. 23.on a Tree.
34. That hee should be crucified betweene Malefactors.
ANd hee was counted with Isaiah 53. 12.the Transgressors.
35. How hee should bee mocked and taunted, both in words and gesture.
ALl they that see me, hauehave me Psal. 22. 7.in derision: they make a mow, and nod the head, saying,
He trusted in the Lord, let him Verse 8.deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
I became also a rebuke vntounto Psal. 109. 25.them: they that looked vponupon me, shaked their heads.
I was a derision to all my people, Lam. 3. 14.and their song all the day.
36. What drinke he should get vponupon the Crosse.
FOr they gaue mee Gall in my Psal. 69. 21.meate, and in my thirst they gaue me Vineger to drinke.
37. How hee should bee forsaken of all.
REbuke hath broken my heart, Psal. 69. 20.and I am full of heauinesse: and I looked for some to hauehave pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.
For these things I weepe, mine Lam. 1. 16.eye, euen mine eye casts out water: because the Comforter that should refresh my soule is farre from mee: and my children are desolate, because the enemy hath preuailed.
38. The last words that hee should vse.
COmplaining. My God, my Psal. 22. 1.God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Interceding. And he prayed for Isaiah 53. 12.the trespassers.
Recommending. Into thy hand, Psal. 31. 5.O Lord, I recommend my Spirit.
39. His patience that he should hauehave in all his sufferings.
HE was oppressed, and hee Isaiah 53. 7.was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: Hee is brought as a Sheepe to the slaughter, and as a Sheepe before her shearer is dumbe, so hee opened not his mouth.
Thus am I, as a man that heares Psal. 38. 13, 14.not: and in whose mouth are no reproofes.
For on thee, O Lord, doe I wait: thou wilt heare mee, my Verse 15.Lord, my God.
40. For whom hee should suffer all these things, and his owne innocencie therein.
BVt hee was wounded for our Isaiah 53. 5.transgressions, he was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vponupon him, and with his stripes wee are healed.
All wee like sheepe hauehave gone Verse 6.astray: wee hauehave turned eueryevery one to his owne way, and the Lord hath laid vponupon him the iniquitie of vsus all.
And hee made his graue with Verse 9.the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though hee had done no wickednesse, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
41. His legges were not broken, as the others were that were crucified with him, as was foretold.
NOt a Bone of him shall bee broken.Exod. 12. 46.
42. His side was pearced with a Speare, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
ANd I will powre vponupon the Zec. 12. 10.house of Dauid, and vponupon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, the spirit of grace and of compassion, and they shall looke vponupon mee whom they hauehave pearced.
43. His Buriall.
ANd hee made his graue with Isaiah 53. 9.the wicked, and with the rich in his death.
44. His Resurrection.
VVHerefore mine heart is Psal. 16. 9.glad, and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doth rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leaue my Verse 10.soule in the graue; neither vvilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew mee the path of life: in thy presence is the fulnesse Verse 11.of ioy, and at thy right hand are pleasures for euermore.
45. His victory ouer Satan, Death, the Graue, and all our enemies.
THe [Seed] of the Woman Gen. 3. 15.shall bruise downe the head of the Serpent.
And hee will destroy in his Isaiah 25. 7.Mountaine, the couering, that couereth all people: and the vaile that is spred vponupon all Nations.
He will destroy death for euer, Verse 8.and the Lord God will wipe away the teares from all faces, and the rebuke of his people will hee take away, out of all the earth: For the Lord hath spoken it.
And in that day shall men say, Uerse 9.Loe, this is our God, wee hauehave waited vponupon him, and hee will saue vsus: This is the Lord: we hauehave waited for him, we will reioyce, and bee ioyfull in his saluation.
I will redeeme them from the Hos. 13. 14.power of the graue: I will deliuer them from death: O death, I will be thy death: O graue, I will bee thy destruction: repentance is hid vp from my eyes.
46. His Ascension, or exaltation, and sitting at the right hand of the Father.
THou art gone vp on high, Psal. 68. 18.thou hast led captiuitie captiue, and receiued gifts for men: yea euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lord God might dwell there.
The Stone which the builders Psal. 118. 22.refused, is made the Head of the corner.
This was the Lords doing, and Verse… 23.it is maruellous in our eyes.
The Lord said to my Lord, Psal. 110. 1.Sit at my right hand, vntill that I make thine enemies thy footstoole.
47. The destruction of Ierusalem, that should shortly ensue after the death of the Messiah and his ascension, by Titus, the sonne of Vespasian.
ANd after, the Messiah shall be slaine, the people of the Dan. 9 26.Prince that shall come, shall destroy the Citie and the Sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a floud, and vntounto the end of the battell it shall be destroyed by desolations.
And for the ouerspreading of Verse ….the abominations, hee shall make it desolate, euen vntill the consummation determined shall bee powred vponupon the desolate.
48. Whereby? How? And who are saued by him?
ANd with his stripes wee are Isaiah 53. 5.healed.
And, as many were astonied at Chap. 52. 14.thee (his visage was so deformed of men, & his forme of the sonnes of men) so shall he sprinkle many Nations.
Thou also shalt be saued through Zech. 9. 11.the bloud of the Couenant.
By the knowledge of himselfe Isaiah 53. 11.shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for he shall beare their iniquities.
Looke vntounto mee, and ye shall be Chap. 45. 22.saued, all the ends of the earth shal be saued: for I am God, and there is no other.
And the Redeemer shall come Chap. 59. 20.vntounto Zion, and vntounto them that turne from iniquitie in Iacob, saith the Lord.
49. The Calling of the Gentiles, and largenesse of his Dominion therby, (with the perpetuitie thereof) according to Noahs wish, Gen. 9 27.and the Promise made to Abraham.Gen. 12. 3.
ASke of mee, and I shall giuegive Psal. 2. 8.thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.
His Dominion also shall bee Psal. 72. 8.from Sea to Sea, and from the Riuer vntounto the ends of the Land.
They that dwell in the Wildernesse, Verse 9.shall kneele before him: and his enemies shall licke the dust, &c.
Yea, all Kings shall worship him: Verse 11.and all Nations shal serue him.
I will giuegive thee for a Couenant Isai. 42. 6.of the people, and for a light of the Gentiles.
And in that day the Root of Ishai, Chap. 11. 10.which shall stand vp as a signe vntounto the people: the Nations shal seeke vntounto it, and his rest shall bee glorious.
I will also giuegive thee for a light Chap. 49. 6.to the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my saluation, to the end of the world.
Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, Verse 22.I will lift vp my hand to the Gentiles, and set vp my Standard to the people: and they shal bring thy sonnes in their armes: and thy daughters shall bee carried vponupon their shoulders.
And Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers, and Queenes shall be thy Verse 23.nurses: and they shall worship thee with their faces towards the earth, &c.
Therefore thy gates shall bee Chap. 60. 11.open continually, neither day nor night shall they be shut, that men may bring vntounto thee the riches of the Gentiles, and that their Kings may be brought.
Behold, thou shalt call a Nation Chap. 55. 5.that thou knowest not, and a Nation that knew not thee, shall run vntounto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
I hauehave beene sought of them that asked not: I was found of Chap. 65. 1.them that sought mee not: I said, Behold me, behold me, vntounto a Nation that called not vponupon my Name.
And the Kingdome, and the Dan. 7. 27.dominion of the greatnesse of the Kingdome vnderunder 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 Hosea 1. 10.said vntounto them, Yee are not my people, it shall be said vntounto them, Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God.
But in the last dayes it shall Micah 4. 1.come to passe, that the mountaine of the House of the Lord shall be See Mal. 1. 10.prepared in the top of the Mountaines, and it shall bee exalted aboue the Hils, and people shall flowe vntounto it:
Yea many Nations shall come, Verse 2.and say; Come, and let vsus goe vp to the Mountaine of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Iacob, and hee will teach vsus 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, Zech. 8. 20.that there shall yet come people, and the inhabitants of great Cities.
And they that dwell in one Citie, Verse 21.shall goe to another, saying, Vp, let vsus goe and pray before the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts: I will goe also.
Yea great People and mighty Verse 22. Chap. 9. 10.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 Chap. 14. 9.all the earth: in that day shal there be one Lord, and his Name shall be one.
And in these dayes of these Dan. 2. 44.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 Psal 45. 6.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 Hosea 3. 4.remaine many dayes without a King, and without a Prince, and without an offering, and without an a(Meaning an Oracle, deliuered betweene the Cherubims.)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, Ierem. 50. 4.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, Verse. 5.saying, Come, and let vsus cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall Couenant that shall not be forgotten.
Behold, I will bring them from Chap. 31. 8.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 Verse ….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 vponupon the house Zech. 12. 10.of Dauid, and vponupon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, the Spirit of grace and of compassion; and they shall looke vponupon mee whom they hauehave 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 Verse 11.in Ierusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon.
Then shall the children of Iudah, Hos. 1. 11.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) Micah 4. 6, 7.will I gather her that halteth, and I will gather her that is cast out, and her that I hauehave afflicted, &c.
51. The free and plentifull offer of grace to both Iew and Gentile.
IN that day there shal be a fountaine Zech. 13. 1.opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne, and for vncleannesse.
And in that day, shal there waters Chap. 14. 8.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, eueryevery one that thirsteth, Isaiah 55. 1.come ye to the waters, and ye that hauehave no siluer: come, buy & eate, come, I say, buy Wine and Milke without siluer, & without money.
Encline your eares, and come Verse 3.vntounto 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 vnderunder Christ Iesus in the latter time.
BVt in the last daies it shal come Micah. 4. 1.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 vntounto it.
Yea, many Nations shall come, and say; Come, and let vsus goe vp Verse 2.to the Mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Iacob, and he will teach vsus 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 Verse 3.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 eueryevery man vnderunder Verse 4.his Vine, and vnderunder his Figgetree, and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it.
At the same day (saith the Lord) Verse 6.will I gather her that halteth, and I will gather her that is cast out, and her that I hauehave afflicted.
And I will make her that halted Verse ….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, Isaiah 65. 19.and ioy in my people, & the voice of weeping shal be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
There shall be no more there a Verse 20.child of yeeres, nor an old man that hath not filled his dayes; for he that shal be an hundreth yeeres old, shall…dye as a yong man: but the sinner beeing an hundreth yeeres old, shall be accursed.
And they shall build houses, and Verse 21.inhabite them, and plant Vineyards, and eate the fruit of them.
They shall not labour in vaine, Verse 25.nor bring forth in feare: for they are the Seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.
Yea before they call, I will answere; Verse 24.and whiles they speake, I will heare.
The Wolfe and the Lamb shall Verse 25.feed together, and the Lyon shall eate straw like the Bullock: and to the Serpent dust shall be his meat. They shall no more hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountaine.
Looke vponupon Zion, the Citie of Chap. 33. 20.our solemne Feasts: thine eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that cannot be remooued, and the stakes thereof can neuer be taken away, neither shall any of the cords thereof bee broken.
For there the mighty Lord will Verse 21.bee vntounto vsus, as a place of Flouds and broad Riuers: whereby shall passe no Ship with Oares, neither shall a great Ship passe thereby.
For the Lord is our iudge, the Verse 22.Lord is our Lawgiuer, the Lord is our King, he will saue vsus.
Behold, a King shall reigne in Chap. 32. 1.Iustice, and the Princes shall rule in Iudgement.
And that man shall bee as a hiding place from the winde, and as Verse 2.a refuge for the tempest: as Riuers of water in a dry place, and as the shaddow of a great Rocke in a weary Land.
The eyes of the seeing shall not Verse 3.be shut; and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.
And the heart of the foolish shal Verse 4.vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shall be readie to speake distinctly.
A niggard shall bee no more Verse 5.called liberall, nor the churle rich.
And iudgement shall dwell in Verse 16,the Desart, & iustice shal remaine in the fruitfull field.
And the worke of iustice shall be peace, euen the worke of iustice Verse 17.and quietnesse, and assurance for euer.
And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle of peace, & in sure Verse 18.dwellings, and in safe resting places, &c.
Hee shall come downe like the raine vponupon the mowne grasse: and Psal. 72. 6.as the showres that water the earth.
In his dayes shall the righteous flourish: and aboundance of peace Verse 7.shall be so long as the Moone endureth.
His dominion also shal be from Verse 8.Sea to Sea, and from the Riuer, to the ends of the Land.
Yea, all Kings shal worship him: Verse 11.and all Nations shall serue him.
Hee shall bee mercifull to the Verse 13.poore and needy, and shall preserue the soules of the poore.
Hee shall redeeme their soules Verse 14.from deceit and violence: and deare shall their bloud be in his sight.
His name shall bee for euer: his Verse 17.name shall endure as long as the Sunne: all Nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.
53. His second comming to Iudgement, and the Resurrection of all flesh to appeare before him.
FOr I am sure that my Redeemer Iob 19. 25.liueth, and hee shall stand the last on the earth:
And though after my skinne, Verse 26.wormes destroy this body, yet shal I see God in my flesh.
Whom I my selfe shall see, and Verse 27.mine eyes shall behold, and none other for mee, though my reynes be consumed within me.
Our God shall come, and not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure Psal. 50. 3.before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moued round about him.
Hee shall call the heauen aboue, Verse 4.and the earth, to iudge his people.
Gather my Saints together vntounto Verse 5.me: those that make a Couenant with me, with sacrifice.
And the heauens shall declare his righteousnesse; for God is Verse 6.Iudge himselfe. Selah.
And at that time shall Michael stand vp, the great Prince, which Dan. 12. 1.standeth for the children of thy people, and there shall bee a time of trouble, such as neuer was since there beganne to be a Nation, vntounto that same time: and at that time thy people shall be deliuered, eueryevery one that shall be found written in the Booke.
And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake; Verse ….some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and perpetual contempt.
And they that bee wise, shall Verse 3.shine as the brightnesse of the firmament, and they that turne many to righteousnes, shall shine as the See 2. Esdr. 7. 31. & 14. 35.Starres for euer and euer.
Amen.
The Thanksgiuing of a Christian Soule for the performance of all these mercifull predictions, and the full accomplishing of that great and glorious worke of our Redemption.
ISAI. 61. 10. & 63. 9.
I Will greatly reioyce in the Lord, and my soule shall bee ioyfull in my God: For hee hath cloathed me with the garments of Saluation, and couered me with the Robe of Righteousnesse; hee hath decked mee like a Bridegroome, and as a Bride tireth her selfe with her Iewels.
In all our troubles he was troubled, and the Angell of his presence hath saued vsus: in his louelove and in his mercy hee hath redeemed vsus, and he beares and carries vsus alwayes continually.
PSAL. 72. 19. BLessed therefore bee his glorious Name for euer, and let all the earth be filled with his glory. So be it, euen, So be it.
FINIS.
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