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upon EZEKIEh. 127
purfuing the fame Metaphor, foretels the Reftora- Chapter
tion of the Royal Family ofDavidy in fuch Terms XVII.
as mi^htin fome Degree be fulfilled at the Return L/~\T\)
from the Captivity, when Xorobdbel of the Lineage
of David had a Shadow of Kingly Authority
among the Jews, and by his Means their Church
and Conftitution was again reftored. But the
,
Words do more properly belong to Chrift and his
Kingdom, which fhall be extended over all the
World.
Ibid. / will crop offfrom the young Twigs a tender
one.] This Defcnption may fitly be applied to
our Saviour, in refpecT: to the low Eftate to which
the Family o£T)avidwas then reduced, with great
Humility acknowledged by his Mother, Luke i. 48..
Themeannefs of his outward Condition and Appearance
is reprefented by the Prophet Ijaiah, under
the fame Expreflions, Chap liii. 2.
Ver. 23. In the Mount of the height oflprael w/7/Ver. 2?^
1 plant it.'] The Temple flood upon Mount Moriah,
2 Chron. iii. 1. thence ityled G^d's Hoi) Mountain
: which Expreffion is often uled in the Pro-
phets to denote the Chriftian Church: which is
defcrihed as a City jet on an H?H, and contpi :uous
to all the World See Chap. xx. 40. and the Note
upon Ijd. ii. 2*
Ibid. e.4nd it ([jail hrbtg forth *Boughi and hear
Fruit."] The living Members of the Church are
compared to fruitful Ttees, a*~d flourishing Branches:
See Job. xv. 5, 8. Vjal. 1.3 xz'v. 2.
Ibid. aAnd under it fbnll dwell all towl of every
Wing.~] i. e. Of every Kind. A powerfu', dpecially
if it be an eafy Gov xqment, is a Sncltrr and
Security to all its Subjects. Comp.Chap. xxxi. 6.
'Dan,