NiumBr.r.s XXIV. :end the ientr of I:rd:S, Zsch. i 2.7. And Iakpb their father is noted to have dwelled in tents, Ucn.z5, 27. Moreover , when this people were seated in Canaan, their dwelling places were called their Tents, 2 Citron. 10. t6. & 7. to. So this is meant of the Dace of the Chu cls, not only then prefent, but throughout al I ages. thyT abet nae:és] or, thy habhacles, dwelling plates which have their name of vicinitie , or neerneffe together, This chereiore noteth the communion of the Church with Chrift, and one with another ; and is by Tbargurn Ionathan expounded, the Tabernacle of the Congregation which is It among you, andyour Taberna- eles which are round about ro, 0 lwufe of Iliad. G Ifrael] that is, O Israelites. The Church is I named after their father Iakeb and Ifrael; Jai b is their name in refpec`t of their owne infirmitie, (whereupon it is faid, Feare not, thou worme Jakob, EraY 4 c.14. and,by whomfhall Jakob drift ?fir be is fnroS, Amos 7. 2, 5.) but If,aej is the name of their power and prevailing with God and men. See the Annotations on Gen. 32.28. 6 Verfe 6. fired forth] or firetched out, implying both length, and bredth, and large extent of If- rae /s habitations; comparedtherefore to valleycs or boo rues, which are long,Iarge,pleafanrto be- hold, and watered with rivers,whereby they are truitfidl,as Song 6.i i. as Gardens] which are inclofcdofet with pleafant and whol Come plants, and by rivers are made alwaies fresh, greene, and fruicfidl. Wherfore the Scripture likeneth the Church to a garden full of pleafant fruits Song 4.12,-16. El.i.61.r1. by the river] inGreeke, by rivers: whereby the gardens are made grecne and fruicfull, without which they wither. Ther- fore when God threat neth judgment to Ifrael,he frith, ye shall be as a garden that hath no water, Efa 1.30. and promingmercie, he faith, Thou (hall be like a watered garden,Efa.58. i t. Hereby was fig- nified thatriverofGodfirllofwater, 6y. 9. for river, the fireames whereof make glad the title of God, Pla.46.4. even the Word and Spirit of the Lord, which refrefheth and comforteth his people as it is written, Thar jou /e flal be sea watered garden, and they f/tal not farrow any more at all, Jeretn. 31.12. Lign -aloes -trees] or as Come thinke, Sentail- trees, in Heb,ew,Ahalim, which hath affinity with the name of Jibes derived of it. The Greeke tranflateth it Tents; but the Cbaldee, Spices. The Lign -aloes is a tree growing in Arabia and India, which giveth a Cweet odour,aod is like the Thyine wood mentioned in Revel.18.12. and is here tiled to fsgnifie the good tame of the Church,& report of her graces, which is as a Tweet fiinell. Jeho- vah bath planted] this fignifieth the excellencie of this tree above others, and the growth in the na- tnrall place, where it belt prolperech : fo the Ce- dars are laid to be planted by him,in PCa1.io4.I6. and he is the planter of his Church, Jer.2.21. Cedars by the waters]the Cedar is one of the good - lief trees, for ralnefle, bigneffe, ftrength and du- rance; with the timber of it the Temple was built, t Ki ug.6.9,1 o, &c. and by the waters it bell flouriilteth and fignifieth the glory of the king- dome of Ifrael : as it is written of the Kingdome . of Affria Beheld the Afrìanwas a Cedar in Lcba- . non,withfair branches,& with a fhsdoming fhroud,and of an high fiature, &c. The waters made himgreat, the deepe ftbim up on high,witbber rivers rumsing round a- bout hit plants, &c. Ezek.31.3,4. See alto P1à1.1.3. Verle 7. flee Thal poure maters] or, water frail flow out of his buck* speaking of /Pea. This pa- rable is tranflated by the Greeke Interpreters thus; There (hall come firth a man cut of bit fed, an fhaU have dominion over many nations, and bit kngdotne fhall be higher than Gog, and his kingdame(ball be in- creafed. And by the Chaldee Paraphraft thus; There fhall grow up a King , which fball be anointed of hie fosses , and Pall have dominion over many peo- ples; and his King:.fhal be mightier than Agag, and his kingdome pall be exalted. And Thergsem Jonathan expoundeth it to the like effe& ; and the expofi tion accordeth with other Scriptures which fpeake of the propagation of children, by the fi- militude of waters, fountaines, cifternes, and the like : as, Heareye this, 0 houle of f akob, &c. which are come forth out of the waters of JTudah, E/ay 48. i. and yée of the fountain of Ifrael, Pfa1.68. 27. And Solomon (peaking of wife and children in the law- ful! Efate of marriage, faith, Drink waters out of thine mite cifierne , and running waters out of thine onme well. Let thy fountaines be difperfed abroad, and rivers of waters in the fireets ; Let them be only thine ecne, &c. Proverbs 5.15, -18. And againe (pea- king of the harlot , nee faith, Stollen waters are sweet, Proverbes 9. 17. Thus Balsam prophefieth here of Ifaelo great increale, and ofthe glorie of their :tingdome, in David and Solomon, but chiefly in Chrili. Otherwile, by waters may be understood the Word and Spirit of God,as Joh. 3.5. & 4.16. & 7.38,39. which fitould plentiful- ly be poured out in the Church; that they might with joy draw water out of the well of falvation, as Efay 12. 3. bit feed, in many waters] this feed may be understood as before, of children; and many waters, of many peoples, as in Revel.' 7.15. Efa. 57.19 Pfa.144.7. Or feed may mean¢ corne, fowen in wa try, moift and fruitful! places, to bring forth much increase :'as,Blef fed areye that fw befide all waters, that find forth thither the feet of the Oxe and the Aff@, Efa. 32. zo. higher than Agag] the King of the Ansalekites; whom Saulthe King of Ifrael subdued r Sam. 15. 8. and it feemeth this was a common name to all the Kings of A- ma/el , as Pharaoh was to all the Kings of Egypt. Spiritually the King of Ifrael is Chrift, John t. 49. & 12. 13,15. who is higher than the Kings of oe earth, Pfai.89.28. amonglt whom Agag sometime excelled. his kingdome] the kingdome of If- rael, exalted by Daeiid and Solomon, but above all by Chris, wholeChurch and kingdome is above all kingdonies, in grace,glory and insorruption, EGt.z.z. Dan.2,44.- -Rev.i 1.15, Verfe 8. of an Vnicorne] This Gmilitnde is here repeated and inlarged from the former blefling, in Nnm.a3:a2. eat up]i.e,coceflcmc the nations, as the fever nations in Canaan, Dent. 7. 1. and all other,ftibdued by faith, as it is laid, ?lunation and Q000 king- 157 7
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