icb romifes of the Mefsiah Vindicated. unto this irujfriour Name, the Captain,Prince, or Lord of Peace; which befpeaks one that had ali Peace, ( and that in the Scripture Language, is all that is Goodor profpe- rous both temporal and fpiritual, in reference unto Godand man ) in his power and difpofal. And yet this is the utmoft that any of them pretend to give countenance unto this Appellation. 6. 36. Abarbinel, who heaps together the Interpretations, Conjectures and Traditions of molt that went befbte him, feems to agree with Kimcbi in that, of the Government being upon bis Shoulder, becaufe his Father Ahaz feat .r1)0, a Prefint unto the Ring ofAf- .}fria, but he did not ; whereas, it is exprefly faid, that he paid him Tributeof three hundred Talents ofSilver and thirylalents ofGold, for the railing whereof, he emptied his own Trcafùres, and the Treafiares of the Houfe of God, yea, and cutoff the Gold from the Doors and Pillars of theTemple, z Kings 18. v. x5,16. yet he mentions that other fancy ofdafbi about the find), 6f the Law, and fo leaves it. But in this of the Name afcribed unto him he would take another courfe ; For finding Flezekiah in their Talmud. Traff. Saned. IereckChelek, called byhis Matters, nt to r7 r1ä L7y1, Ffe who had eight names , asSenacherib is alto childifhly there faid tohave had, he would in firft place, afcribe all there names unto Hezekiab, giving withal] fuch Reafons of them, as I dare not be fo importune on theReaders patience, as to tranfcribe ; andhim- felf after he had afcribed this Opinion to 7onathan theTargunziff, and Rafhi, embraceth the other of Kimcbi before confuted. And yet knows not how to abide by that neither. 37. Thirdly,How can it be Paid ofHezekiab, that of the inereafe of his Government there Amid be no end; fetinghe lived but four and fifty years, and reigned but twenty five, And his own Son Manafilh who fuccecded him, was carried captive into Babykin. Bat as unto this uellion, and that which follows, about his fitting upon the Throne ofDa- vid fnever, after they have puzled tlemfelves with the great Mylerie of MemClau- fum in rI]`t =IL?, they would have us to fitppofc that there words concerned only the life ofHezekiab, though it benot poeible that any other word fhould be ufed more fignsficantly exprefsingPerpetuity. Of the increafeof his Government, S(pj*t2 no end, it (hall be endlefs ; and he fhall rule 7i1yr, from hence, or now, and, unto fir ever, for evermore. And thus by the Vindication of this Placefrom theRabbinical Exceptions, we have not only obtained our principal intention, about the promife of a Deliverer , but al- to fhewed, whoandwhat manner of Perfou he was to be, even a Child that was to be. born, who fhould Alb be, the Mighty God, the Everlafling Father, the Prince of Peace, whofe Rule and Dominion was toendure for ever. ff. 35. Ifaiah to. v. 27. The yoke fbafl be deefrayed becaufe of the Annointing. Targum; ran+[or L7 tp ¡r trip jrnrni ; and the People fhall be broken before the Meffiab. And it may be fome refpett may behad in there words unto the Promifed Seed, uponwhole account the yoke ofthe opprefforsof the Church fhall be broken ; but the words are varioufly interpreted, and I (hall not contend. 4 39. Ifaiah t a. r. And there fhall come firth d rod out of the from. of Joffe, and a branch frail grow out ofhis Roots. Targum..'air''rnD ')10 ttrorerl 1011 ,itv= 2.0'70 719+1; And a King fhall comeforthfrom the Sons of Jeffe, and Mefliab (hall be annointedfrom the Sens of his Sons; his Poflerity. Ver. 6. The Wolf _hall dwell with the Lamb : Targum ,)D' tItìlUP1 esri,terl ,;11x1+1 tiy-ws Nrht61 In the dayes of the Meffiah of Ifrael peace _/call be multiplyed in the earth, and the Wolf (ball dwellwith theLamb. That this Chapter contains a Prophelie of theMeah and hisKingdom, and that immediately and diredtly, all the Jews confers Hence is that part of their ufual Song in the Evening of the Sabbath. rn lmyr 1-vrrrn roy irrai n ti11 'u24 *ol5-iro 'to p i1 ì 1'713i IWO) 1: rInlp Shake thy offfrom daft, arife My People clothed in glorious gulf, For from Bethlehem Jefle's Son Brings to my fooulKademprian. They
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