that all the world will be present, but the army of Gog, that is, some of every nation in the civilized world (as they call themselves.) The making bare the holy arm will therefore, be in the eyes of all nations; and in consequence, all the ends of the earth, will see the salvation of our God. It will not be done in a corner, and the few who are there, even they dispute, nay, utterly deny it: no, all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. There will be no possibility of disputing the salvation; there will be no necessity of sending out Apostles to teach the way of salvation; no, those who escape of this army, going home will be fully sufficient, as saith Isaiah, lxvi. 19. "And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles." In consequence of which, the world will become convinced, and be of one religion; "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." Zephaniah, iii. 9. “Then will I turn to the people [all the world], a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent." Zech. xiv. 16. "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left, of all the nations, which shall have come against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year, to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts; and to keep the feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso, will not come up of all the families of the earth, unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, even upon them shall be no rain." 9. “And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be one, and his name one." Then will the blessings of Noah be fulfilled. "The Lord shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be their servants.” Three things must here be noted, first, In that day, the Lord will be one, and his name one. Will, by all the world, be acknowledged ONE, a unit, in contradiction to what is now held by ...... ians, that he is a Trinity, or three, a plurality; in that day he will be one, and his name one. Secondly, All the world will be obliged to come and worship in Jerusalem; and as none, who are uncircumcised, will ever come into Jerusalem, consequently, all who do enter there, must be circumcised; so that all the world will be obliged to acknowledge the perpetual obligation of the command of circumcision; they will have to keep the feast of tabernacles; and thereby, acknowledge the perpetual obligation, not only of the moral, but also of the ritual, the ceremonial law.

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(as they foolishly call it,) in contradiction to what is now held by ians, that the law is abolished: it is here plainly told us, that all the world will have to acknowledge their error, by themselves submitting to circumcision, and keeping the feast of tabernacles. Indeed, Jer. xvi. 19. is very plain, "All nations, shall come unto thee, saying surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanities, and things, wherein there is no profit." They will acknowledge the religion of their fathers to be unprofitable lies and vanities.

Ver. 11. "6 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord."

The order to depart is given to Israel, (the Jews,) to depart out of this captivity na (from thence,) from among the Gentiles, "be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord," be ye sanctified according to the law which commands sanctification: and we find in all things, the traditions of the Elders are to be observed: and here we find that the law of sanctification is even then to be observed, and kept. Indeed Malachi, virtually tells us to observe, to remember, the law of Moses, to the great and dreadful day of the Lord, in these words, "Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb, for all Israel, with the statutes, and judgments." None are to be forgotten, the obligation of the whole is perpetual. "Vessels of the Lord;" the Hebrew is KYLY, and means the instruments, to wit, the Philactaries and Tsitsith, or fringes. The word ' NOSI, which is translated who carry, also means, who wear. Consequently, be ye clean, (ye Jews,) who wear philactaries and fringes. Hence, it appears, the traditions must also be kept.

Ver. 12. "For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward."

When Israel went out from the Egyptian bondage, they went out in haste; the Egyptians would not suffer them to loiter, they were not prepared, insomuch, that they were obliged to take up their dough before it was risen. But when the Jews will go out of their present captivity, after the invasion of Gog; when God shall have stretched out his hand the second time, to recover the remnant of his people, that are left, then there will be no hurry, "nor by flight;" that is, they will not secretly steal away one by one, to go to Jerusalem: they will assemble in a body; for the nation will, as it were, be born in a day : when they shall come to Jerusalem with the free consent, praise, and benediction of all the worid: neither will there be any reason to fear

any enemies; "For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward," that is to say, you will be under God's protection.

Ver. 13. "Behold my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and be very high."

"Prudently:" the word is,

and means here, prosperity, (my

and David ויהי דוד לכל דרכיו משכיל servant shall be prosperous,) as

the word

was prosperous in all his ways: means, to understand, be prudent, wise, prosper, &c. also, to instruct. "Stricken:" the word is, y and means one who has the plague of leprosy. "My servant:" the nation of Israel, is by the prophet Isa. called God's servant. Ch. xli. 8. "But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend." Yes, the seed of Abraham, (after the flesh,) as ...... ians foolishly pretend to distinguish. Ibd. 9. "Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away." The ...... ians pretend, Israel, the Jews, are cast off; and that Jesus of Nazareth is ment as the servant but the holy spirit, by the mouth of the prophet, assures us, that we are the servant, and not cast off. Again, xliii. 10. when the prophet, speaking of the Jews, says, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen." So that the servant is more than one man; indeed it is the whole nation, the Jews. Again, xliv. 1. "Yet hear now Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen." Verse 2. "Fear not Jacob my servant, and thou Jeshurun whom I have chosen." Verse, 21. "Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee: thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me." "He shall be exalted, and extolled and be very high." Truly will they be exalted, and extolled, and be very high, when, as Zechariah prophesieth, chapter viii. verse 23. "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying we will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you." Again, They shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up, as an ensign upon his land, Ibd. ix. 16. and Isaiah, lxi. 9. "And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people. All that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed." Ibd. lxi. 5-6 "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks; and the sons of aliens shall be your plowmen and vine dressers. But ye shall be named the priests of

the Lord: men shall call you the ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast your selves." Thus will they be exalted, and extolled, and be very high.

Ver. 14. "As many were astonished at thee; (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men;)" Moses, in Deuteronomy, foretold this astonishment in these words, "And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations, whither the Lord shall lead thee,” chap. xxviii. 37. Where, and in what corner of this habitable world, are not the Jews driven to? They are among all nations, in all the ends of the earth; and are an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, every where; so that truly, many are astonished at them: they are an astonishment to many, and what occasions the astonishment? Because "his visage is so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Individually, the Jew has not the appearance of an Englishman, Frenchman, Dutchman, German, Spaniard, or any other national appearance, this is certain. Still I cannot suppose the meaning should be taken individually, in regard to the appearance of the visage; but has a more extensive, a national, a political signification; for in visage and form they are like other men: but in a national, political view, is their visage marred more than any man, and their form more than the sons of men. They are a separate people, and yet have no political separate form of government; therein, they are marred: a separate people, and dispersed over the known world; and consequently, without any particular bond of union: so that they, again, are marred, they are oppressed by all, wherever they dwell. No wonder that many are astonished at them; they do not trouble themselves in the religious controversies of the world; and still so great is the astonishment of all at them, that very seldom indeed, is a sermon preached but this astonishment is made manifest; even by, and before such, who perhaps, have never seen a Jew; and many, probably, think him a creature with horns, hoofs, or long ears, certainly not a reasonable creature. In general, they are the standing subject of most sermons.

Ver. 15. "So shall he sprinkle many nations: the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which hath not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard, shall they consider."

As the astonishment is general, so will be the sprinkling. "He, [the Jewish nation,] will sprinkle many nations. The sprinkling alludes to the sprinkling of blood by the priests, in cleansing, and means that the Jewish nation will become a nation of priests according to the promise, made to them, Num. xix. 6. "And ye shall be, [or become] unto

me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation." For as regards the nation of Israel, the descendents of Aaron alone, are priests. But as concerns the nations of the earth, Israel will become a nation of priests to them; they were so instituted at Sinai, provided they would "hear his voice, and keep his covenant;" for the worship of all the world belongs to God, the God of Israel alone; and they will be his priests to teach his worship, and his name; and this is the meaning of, "So shall he sprinkle many nations." "Kings shall shut their mouths at him." The kings of the earth will be struck dumb, as it were, in wonder and surprise, at the greatness, at the glory, at the amazing salvation of the Jewish nation: "For they will see it otherwise, than what was told [or preached] to them." "And they will consider it otherwise, than they ever heard," or understood: exactly as prophecied by Balaam, the son of Beor, to Balak, the son of Zippor. Livit. xxiii. 27. "According to this time shall it be said of Jacob and Israel, what has God wrought." The meaning of which is, as the world is now in amazment, and wonder, concerning the work of God for the people of Israel, like as we now are, considering the wonderful work of God in favour of this people; so will all nations, and kings, in the time of the Messiah, be in amazment, and wonder, ccacerning the work of God, in favour of this very people, Jacob, and Israel. Isaiah tells us, "what has not been told

them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider: when the Lord will bare his holy arm in the eyes of all nations; all the ends of the world, will see the salvation of our God." They will see this salvation otherwise than they had been taught, or told, by their prophets, priests, ministers, bishops, popes, and evangelists; and in consequence, consider the real salvation of Israel and Jacob, otherwise, than they had heard of, or been given to understand. will they reason among themselves.

And thus

Ch. liii. ver. 1. "Who hath believed our report? or to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?"

No one hath ever believed it would be as we find it: the Gentiles always said, and believed, that the kingdom of the Messiah, is a spiritual kingdom; we now find it otherwise, we hear, and cannot doubt it is temporal. "And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed." We always expected that the Gentiles were chosen, and that the Jews were rejected. They will, therefore, ask in amazement and surprise, to whom, for whose benefit is the arm of the Lord revealed, or made bare we see it is for the benefit of these Jews, when we were always led to believe, it would be entirely for our benefit, and not theirs.

Ver. 2. "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as