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as the shadow of a great rock in a
weary land, Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold,
the days come, saith the LORD, that
I will raise unto David a righteous
Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper; and shall execute judgment
and justice in the earth, Jer. xxiii. 5.
In those days, and at that time, will
I cause the Branch of righteousness to
grow up unto David; and he shall
execute judgment and righteousness
in the land, xxxiii. 15. Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy
King cometh unto thee: he is just,
and having salvation; lowly, and
riding upon an ass, and upon a colt,
the foal of an ass, Zech. ix. 9.

VER. 9.

Ηγάπησας δικαιοσύνην, καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέ σε, ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Θεός σοῦ, ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετό.

χους σου.

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a Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee e with the oil of gludness above thy fellows.

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For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, Heb. vii. 26. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth, Psal. xi. 5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD, XXXiii. 5. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off, xxxvii 28. I delight to do thy will, O, my God; yea, thy law is within my heart, xl. 8. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows, xlv. 7. For 1 the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, Isa. Ixi. 8.

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false way, 128. The fear of the LORD
is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward
mouth, do I hate, Prov. viii. 13.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and
establish judgment in the gate; it
may be that the LORD God of hosts,
shall be with you, as ye have spoken,
Amos v. 15. And let none of you
imagine evil in your hearts against
his neighbour; and love no false
oath: for all these are things that I
hate, saith the LORD, Zech. viii. 17.
Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil, cleave to
that which is good, Rom. xii. 9. But
this thou hast, that thou hatest the
deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I
also hate. He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith unto
the churches ; Το him that overcometh
will I give to eat of the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the paradise
of God, Rev. ii. 6, 7. So hast thou
also them that hold the doctrine of
the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate,

15.

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation, Psal. lxxxix. 26. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God, John xx. 17. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not, 2 Cor. xi. 31. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Pet. i. 3.

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d See on Luke iv. ver. 18. clause 2. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my Psal. xxiii. 5. To cup runneth over, Through thy precepts I get under- appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, false to give unto them beauty for ashes, standing: therefore I hate every way, Psal. cxix. 104. Therefore I the oil of joy for mourning, the garesteem all thy precepts concerning allment of praise for the spirit of heavithings to be right; and I hate every. ness; that they might be called trees

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of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, Isa. Ixi. 5. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost, Rom. xv. 13. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal. v. 22.

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb. ii. 11. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 1 Cor. i. 9. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ, 1 John i. 3.

VER. 10.

Καί, Σὺ κατ ̓ ἀρχὰς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου εἰσὶν οἱ οὐρανοί·

* And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the the works of thine hands:

a of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end, Psal.

eii. 25-27.

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See on Luke ii. ver. 11. clause 3. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, Gen. i. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made, John i. 1-3. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14.

When he gave to the sea his de-ainest; and they all e shall wax old as doth a garment; cree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth, VOL. III.

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Prov. viii. 29. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein, Isa. xlii. 5. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together, xlviii. 13. And forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? li. 13. Ah LORD God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee, Jer. xxxii. 17. The burden of the word of the LoRD for Israel, saith the Lorr, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and form

eth the spirit of man within him, Zech. xii. 1.

e And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, eren all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven, Deut. iv. 19. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psal. viii. 3, 4. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handy-work, xix. 1. But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand, Isa. Ixiv. 8.

VER. 11.

Αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις· καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται· They shall perish, but thou re

a And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things R

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that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot
be shaken may remain, Heb. xii. 27.
And all the host of heaven shall be
dissolved, and the heavens shall be
rolled together as a scroll and all
their host shall fall down, as the leaf
falleth off from the vine, and as a fall-
ing fig from the fig-tree, Isa. xxxiv. 4.
For, behold, I create new heavens, and
a new earth and the former shall
not be remembered, nor come into
mind, lxv. 17. But the heavens and
the earth, which are now, by the same
word are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment and
2 Pet. iii.7.
perdition of ungodly men,
And I saw a new heaven, and a new
earth for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and
there was no more sea, Rev. xxi. 1.
See also on Matt. v. ver. 18. clause 1.

b The LORD is King for ever and
ever the heathen are perished out
of his land, Psal. x. 16. The LORD
sitteth upon the flood; yea, The LORD
sitteth King for ever, xxix. 10. Be-
fore the mountains were brought forth,
or ever thou hadst formed the earth
and the world, even from everlasting
to everlasting, thou art God, xc 2.
Who hath wrought and done it, calling
the generations from the beginning?
I the LORD, the first, and with the
last;
I am he, Isa. xli. 4. Thus saith
the LORD the King of Israel, and his
Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am
the first, and I am the last; and be-
side me there is no God, xliv. 6.
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the
first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send it
unto the seven churches which are in
Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira,
and unto Sardis, and unto Philadel-
phia, and unto Laodicea, Rev. i, 11.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet
as dead. And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;
I am the first and the last. I am he
that liveth, and was dead; and, be-
hold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death,
17, 18. And unto the angel of the
church in Smyrna write; These things
saith the first and the last, which was
dead, and is alive, ii. 8.

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me; who is he that shall condemn
me? lo, they all shall wax old as a
garment; the moth shall eat them up,
Isa. 1. 9. Lift up your eyes to the
heavens, and look upon the earth be-
neath; for the heavens shall vanish
away like smoke, and the earth shall
wax old like a garment, and they
that dwell therein shall die in like
manner but my salvation shall be
for ever, and my righteousness shall
not be abolished, li. 6. For the moth
shall eat them up like a garment, and
the worm shall eat them like wool:
but my righteousness shall be for ever;
and my salvation from generation to
generation, 8.

VER. 12.

Καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἐλίξεις αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ Tà T Gov oùx ixλeifovoi.

And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: a but thou art the same, band thy years shall not fail.

a Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever, Heb. xiii. 8. And God said unto Moses, IAM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you, Exod. iii. 14. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am, John viii. 58. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, Jam. i. 17. See also on John i. ver. 1. clause 4.

b For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night, Psal. xc. 4.

VER. 13.

Πρὸς τίνα δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέ ποτε' Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχ θρούς σου υποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου ;

But to which of the angels said he at I make thine enemies thy footstool? any time, b Sit on my right hand, © until

a For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son, Heb. i. 5.

See on Matt. xxii. ver. 44. clause 1.

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HEB. 1. 13, 14.

• Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven, in the time of thine anger: The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them, Psal. xxi. 8, 9. His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish, cxxxii. 18. I have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth, Isa. Ixiii. S-6. But those mine enemies, which would not, that I should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before me. Luke xix. 27. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, 1 Cor. xv. 25, 26. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True; and in righteous ness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of the firceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that By in the midst of heaven, Come

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and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh, Rev. xix. 11-21. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire, xx. 15.

VER. 14.

Οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶ λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα, εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλ λοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν ;

Are they not all a ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

a See on ver. 7.

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them, Psal. xxxiv. 7. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against a stone, xci. 11, 12. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O King, have I done no hurt, Dan. vi. 22. Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched the about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said,

Daniel, I am now come forth to give

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thee skill and understanding. At the
beginning of thy supplications the
commandment came forth, and I am
come to shew thee; for thou art
greatly beloved; therefore understand
the matter, and consider the vision,
Dan. ix. 21-23. Then said he unto
me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the
first day that thou didst set thine
heart to understand, and to chasten
thyself before thy God, thy words
were heard, and I am come for thy
words, x. 12. But while he thought
on these things, behold, the angel of
the Lord appeared unto him in a
dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of
David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife; for that which is con-
ceived in her is of the Holy Ghost,
Matt. i. 20. And when they were
departed, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young
child and his mother, and flee into
Egypt, and be thou there until I
bring thee word: for Herod will seek
the young child to destroy him, ii. 13.
And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from one end of hea-
ven to the other, xxiv. 31. And it
came to pass that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom : the rich man also
died and was buried, Luke xvi. 22.
But the angel of the Lord by night
opened the prison doors, and brought
them forth, and said, Acts. v. 19. He
saw in a vision evidently, about the
ninth hour of the day, an angel of God
coming in to him, and saying unto
him, Cornelius. And when he looked
on him, he was afraid, and said,
What is it, Lord? And he said unto
him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
come up for a memorial before God,
x. 3, 4. And, behold, the angel of the
Lord came upon him, and a light
shined in the prison: and he smote
Peter on the side, and raised him up,
saying, Arise up quickly. And his
chains fell off from his hands, xii. 7.
And immediately the angel of the
Lord smote him, because he gave not
God the glory : and he was eaten of
worms, and gave up the ghost, 23.
And suddenly there was a great earth-
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prison were shaken: and immediately
all the doors were opened, and every
one's bands were loosed, xvi. 26. For
there stood by me this night the angel
of God, whose I am, and whom 1
serve, xxvii. 23.

That ye be not slothful, but fol-
lowers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises, Heb. vi.
12. Wherein God, willing more abun
dantly to shew unto the heirs of pro-
mise the immutability of his counsel,
confirmed it by an oath, 17. Then shall
the King say unto them on his right
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world,
Matt. xxv. 54. And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him that we may be also glorified
together, Rom. viii. 17. Know ye
therefore that they which are of faith,
the same are the children of Abraham,
Gal. iii. 7. So then they which be of
faith are blessed with faithful Abra-
And if ye be Christ's, then
ham, 9.
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs ac-
cording to the promise, 29. That the
Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and
of the same body, and partakers of
his promise in Christ by the Gospel,
Eph. iii. 6. That being justified by
his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal life,
Tit. iii. 7. Hearken, my beloved
brethren, Hath not God chosen the
poor of this world rich in faith, and
heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him, Jam.
ii. 5. To an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you,
1 Pet. i. 4. Likewise, ye husbands,
dwell with them according to know-
ledge, giving honour unto the wife, as
unto the weaker vessel, and as being
heirs together of the grace of life;
that your prayers be not hindered, iii.
7. See also on Acts xx. ver. 32.
clause 2.

CHAP. II. VER. 1. Διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς προ σέχειν τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσι, μή ποτε παι ραῤῥυῶμεν.

a Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have

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