334 B R A N C H . of Faith] : and this is his Name, whereby trh [the BRANCH/hall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.* Words cannot be more exprefs than thefe; that the Saviour is a Branch from David; that he is a King for the Salvation of his People ; and that he is JEHOVAH himfelf for their everlafting Juftification. But, left any Occafion of Doubt fhould artfe upon the vafl: Compre- henfion of Grace in this Declaration ; it is repeated Line upon Line, in a fubfequent Part of the fame Pro- phecy, where the Redeemer is called the BRANCH of Righteoufnefs in the Abftradt; to fhew, that he has Power to make his People righteous, becaufe be is effentially righteous, or Righteoufnefs itfelf. t But, further, to prove the Saviour's Affumption of human Flefh, and that he was not to be wholly of the divine Nature (as Tome of the antient Heretics imagined); another Prophet is enjoined to reveal him, as the MAN the BRANCH, who fhould build the Temple of yehovah, or raife up his Church and People into an holy temple in the LORD. In this refpe&, he is alfb Senfe, as well as Sound, is not a little different in the Original. In the 9th Verfe of the cxixth Pfalm, for infrance, Tai is tranflated Word, by which may be underftood what isfpoken, revealed, or ex- plained, by GOD the Wann, either in Precept or Promife to his People. It correfponds with the Latin WordLoquor. Wherewithal (hall a young Man cleanfe his Way ? The Anfwer is, By taking heed according to thy (fpoken or revealed) Word : i. e. the Expreflions of thy Will, communicated either immediately from i+77 the Oracle in thy holy Place, or mediately by the Prophets and their Writings, infpired by Thee. The Noun mafculine -1121.i is jufily applied to GOD the WoeD. Thus in Pfalm, the xixth, it is delightfully fung, The Heavens declare the Glory of GOD, and the Firmament Jheweth his handy Work. Day unto Day proclaims the Wono, and Night unto Night declares his Knowledge. Without the WOAD and his Word (or Revelations), their Yoke is not heard: i. e. they are mifunderltood and perverted, unlefs they are referredto the Woxnwho made them. The feminine Mox denotes what is Paid in a ftrong aiìive Senfe, implying (like the Latin Dico) Power andEnergy in Paying. Thus GOD the Wont) Paid, Let there be Light, and there was Light. Comp. Gen, i. 3. with John i. 2. Per. xxiii. 5, b. j' Jer. xxxiii. ti. Dan. ix. 24. Zech. vi. 1 a. called
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