AN ANT HR 0 P 0 P A T 'H Y; BookI. all earthly Branche;. But the Words immediately following fhew that Zdcharias had HefpcC\ rather to the Simdirude of the Sun and Light, as Verfc 79· of this Place, viz. .,,..~,.,~,, to give Light to them tbat fit i;J Darknefs, and in tbe Madow ofDeath, -to gztide (as a clear Light does) our Fee! into the fVays of Peace. By a good H.eafon it is there" fore faid, that the holy Man refpeC'ted the Prophecy, lfa. ix. 2. (whence the Phrafe of fitting in the Darknefs and Shadow oi Death is taken) and Chap. lx. I, 2. Mal. i-v. 2. To which Places, Junius (Parallel. I, 55.) does learnedly fl1ew that he had immediate Reference. Av"Tl>-i<m, oriri, to arife, is proper to the Sun, Moon and Stars, from whence the Noun, t:tlll.no>,.., that is, an ariling, or the ACtion or Region of the orient Sun, and metonymically it is put for the r ifing Sun itfelf-to which, ·~ u.),.,, from on high, for DillinC'tion's fake is added, by which Junius fays, we are to under!hnd that meridian and powerful Splendor, whereby the Sun, (chiefly ·at Noon) illuftrates all Things to difference it, a1ro TrJ~ Ewnr «li«TOA1'J\, from its fidl: U prifing. But it fl'ems ro be re· ferred more truly to the fir![ Original of the Sun of Righteoufnefs, 'iJiZ. his vifiring (and fhining upon) us on Earth, and that from on high, viz. Heaven, as I Cor. xv. 47· J•hn iii. 3 I. That the Mejjiah is called a STAR, N umb. xxiv. r7. is the Judgment of many, there fhall come a Star out of 'Jacob, and a Sceptrejhall rife out of Ifrael, which Words are thus rendered by the Chaldee, [there !hall arife a King out of Jacob, and the Mejjiab fhall be exalted out of lfrael, &c.] The fame Expofition Galatinus, Lib. viii. Cap. I. produces from R Salomon, and R. Mofes Hadarfan. Vatablus paraphrafes the whole Verfe thus-0 Ba!ak, my Counfel is that you be quiet, and fear not at this 'l'ime, for that 'CJJhich I foretell of Things to come, /hall not come to pafs in thy 'l'ime, but in the latter Days, viz. iu the ·/ iine of theMefliah, whom I fee, but not near me, for he is yet afar of}; when he comes, he will be as a great Light and vehement Splmdor, which is jignijicd by the Star, &c. So fays Brentius. Junius and •Tremellius in their Notes fay, that by the Name of a Star and Sceptre, is meant the Kingdom of God's People, begun in David, and com· pleated in Chrift, between wh•m, the interjeCiedTime was the Progrefs of the Star, &c. See 'Jtmius in anab•t. explic. h. I. Such as under!l:and this Prophecy of Chrift, paraphrafe it in this Manner, I jhallfee him, but not now, I Jha!l behoid him but not nigh, that is, my Curfes will be in vain againft that P eople, whom God hath peculiarly chofen for himfelf, and from which ac– cording to the Flefh the Mefliah is to defcend, but the Time of that Nativity is not yet come, therefore I fee m to behold him at a great Diftance, but that Prornife will be cer– tainly fulfilled, and God for his fake will preferve this Kingdom fo long ; there jha/1 con.e a Star out of Jacob, that is, the Son of God, manifef\ed in the Flefh !hall come of this People, and !hall fpread the Beams of his D oC'trine and Miracles far and near, arifing as the Day-Star in the Hearrs of Believers, 2 Pet. i. I 9· enlightening them to eternal Life, and a Sceptre jha!! rife out of Ifrael, that is, the Mejjiah !hall not only be a Teacher of his People, but alfo a heavenly King, and hejhal!finite through the Princes of Moab, and dejlroy alithe Children of Seth, that is, all fuch as will not obey his Go– vernment, but remain Unbelievers, he !hall deftroy with an eternal Death, Verfe I8. And Edom foal/ be a Pojj"ejji01z, Seir jhall be a Pojfelfion for his Enemies, that is, all his Enemies (who by the Idumeans, the capital Enemies of Ifi"ael, inhabiting Seir are fet forrh) fl1all be deftroyed by the Sword of the Spirit; but Ifrae! jhall do "Jaliantly, that is, the Church, which is the Kingdom of the Mejjiah, !hall be gloriouOy triumphant, Verfe I 9. Out of J acob Jball come he that jhall have Dominion, and ./hall dejlroy him that remaineth of the City, that is, he fl1all rule in the Houfe of Jacob for ever, and of his Kingdom there will be no End, Luke i. 33· He fuall pm all his Enemies under his Feet, I Cor. xv. 25, 26, 27, &c. Chrift calls himfdf the BR!Gll'J' and MORNING S'l'AR, Rev. xxii. r6. becaufe of rhofe Shinings of favin g Knowledge v. hich proceed from him, whence he is ~w~~,~~ " "'"'""· '!'he L ight-bringer (ufually tranOated Morning-fiar, or Day-dr.wn) arifing, in the H earts of Men by the fure Won! of Prophecy. llut more elptcially becaufe of his Promife of Life and Salvation: For as the Morning Star is as it were the Sun's l-iar" binger,
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