C A P.1. A1ZeVelattön o, ftheApocaIypre. t ,Wily apart; They that mourn here, are they that piercedhim through, but the tribes are of them that mourn , and therefore of them that piercedhim, namely of the Iews , whofe this wicked fart properly was. Therefore thefewords of the ApoftIe carry this fenfe, as if he fhould fay , behold bee cometh With clouds , and all men of What kind foevcr'hallfee him, ever, thep that piercedhim, that is, the IeWs, Whofe Anceflours did lift up Chrifi upon the Croffe, andgored his fideWith a fpear, thefe men being difperfed every Whore among all Nytions,'hall be at 141 convertedto the truefaith, and(hall mourn With an earneffor- roW, bothfor their forefathershorrible wickedzcife, at aljofor their glen fo long obflinacy. Even fa e,Amen. And fo the1ùm of all is this, that the benefit coming by Chrift is here celebrated , partly prefent, in the callingof the Gentiles, (forthat which he fpake befora ofKing., and Priofls, is referred to thefever Churches of eAf :a, that is, to all nations of the Gentiles that imbrace Chrilt for the prefent, for which caule he giveth him the pralleof glory andpower)partly to come,in the callingof the Iews,which wehave declared unto us here, both in their repentance,as alto in the defire;& with ofal the godly. Evenfo eAmen. The fervent defire of the Godly wifhing for this comming, is expreffed in Greek and Hebrew, becaufe thi shall be the with of all nations. The former particlebelongeth properly to him that afirmeth, fignifying the certainty of a matter, wherein notwithftanding there may be underftood the verb of wishing; Let it be done, or fome.other filchword. For fo in the end of this Book, even fo comeLord 7efus ; irisas if he fhould fay,I befeech thee fo to come as thouhaft promifed, chap.22.20. It is likely that both parti- cles are ufed in the fame fenfc,elfe the diverfity both of the tongues andof the fi-gnification, would not note out any joynt defireof all people, -for, which end this double propriety of fpeech feems to be taken up. Amen, is a word, not only of one that afcertains a matter,, but of him alto that prayeth, and ftriveth vehemently by prayer for the coming to pate and good fuccefhe of a matter, as pr. 28.6. Amen, theLorddoe (o : the latter wordsby way of expofition explayneth the former. 8.7 ass Alpha and Omega. Hitherto thgnjcription of the Epiftle now he fetteth upon the Narration it felf,were fit to give authority to the writing taken in hand , the threefold property of the perfon that calleth is let down, his very greatpolder of creating , truth in his promifcs, andhis overaignty of govierninF. This power is firft meta- phorically expreffed,then with.thefe words; For thebe', inning and th E cud
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