The Vail fpreadover All Nations,and and the language of Babel, the language of the divel,and the language of confasion : all this is but the branches of the Efay 25.5 Terrible ones ; the branch 'which bath enlarged and fpread PtaL14.3, it Pelf over the whole earth ; Every one is gone aftr.xy,and there is none that cloth ood m no not one. And all the taginarion Gen.6.5. ofmans beart is evil , nd only evd continually : not a man upon the face of thewhol eareh, but this branch bath fpread it Pelf over him, and he fits under the shadow of it ; he hath fomethtng of plan to shroud and cover himfclf withall, This is the branch of the terrible one,that Jesus Christ wil cut down. Mans bolines bears great fway, and who dare fpeak againft it ? Its high and lifted up, and reacheth to heaven, yet the power and faithfulneffe ofChrist Thal bring k low , it fhall Ibid. 24. fall and never rife again , and the tranfreJon therofphall be 20. ! heavy upon it. Andcurled be he that buildeth again thewalls ofjerk°. And then hecornes to theverses read, what (hall come to paffe after the accomplishment of all these things , 1n this mountain shall the Lord ofIlofs n1iike unto all people aFee of fat things,&-c. He fpeae not ofany mountain before, but of a branch , and he prefently changeth the metaphor, and fpeaks ofa mountain. It [hews us thus much (by the way) that there is not any one thing in the World but it holds forth jefus Chrift : all the whol creation is a reprefentation of Jets Chris : all tipes , all metaphors are refcmblances ofhim. In this Mountain : Mountains are things of the greateft ftrength, molt f able, moft immovable, moll durable : and he is in Scripture often calla, The mountain offtrength, The m. untain of holinefc, Thef'rengthof Salvation, and theMoun- tain of his Glory. No man ever comes into the mountain of ftrength, nor into themountain of Glory, nor ofHoli- nefs, nor of Salvation, till they come to Jesus Chrift : ftrength andglory and riches and power andrrighteoufnefs & peace is only to be had inhim and nowhere elfe,only In this Mountainwill the Lord ofHófls make afeats offat thingsfull ofMarrow,& wine on the Lees well refined;i'n him only can we drin&oiat of the wells of Salvation, and eat of the hidden Man- r na 'Efay 3o.3 Note. Jer.3 r.23. Efay 33.6 Efay 12.3 Kev.2: c 7.
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