3): Thou wilt keep him in peace, peace, in perfect peace, inward peace, outward peace, peace with God, peace of conscience, peace at all times, under all events this peace shall he be put into, and kept in the possession of, whose mind is stayed upon God, because it trusts in him. This is here the matter of a promise ( v.
That all who belong to it are safe and easy, and have a holy security and serenity of mind in the assurance of God's favour.ġ. It is the interest of states to countenance such, and court them among them, for they bring a blessing with them. Good principles fixed in the head will produce good resolutions in the heart and good practices in the life.Ģ. It is the character of righteous men that they keep the truths of God, a firm belief of which will have a commanding influence upon the regularity of the whole conversation.
When God has done great things for any place or people he expects that thus they should render according to the benefit done unto them they should be kind to his people, and take them under their protection and into their bosom. Or, There is an act for a general naturalization of all the righteous, whatever nation they are of, encouraging them to come and settle in Jerusalem. They had been banished and driven out by the iniquity of the former times, but now the laws that were made against them are repealed, and they have liberty to enter in again. The gates are here ordered to be opened, that the righteous nation, which keeps the truth, may enter in, v. That it is richly replenished with those that are good, and they are instead of fortifications to it for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, if they are such as they should be, are its strength, Zec. Those that are designed for salvation will find that to be their protection, 1 Pt. The church is a strong city, for it has walls and bulwarks, or counterscarps, and those of God's own appointing for he has, in his promise, appointed salvation itself to be its defence.
#CHAPTER 26 THE THREE KINGDOMS OF HEAVEN FREE#
It is a city incorporated by the charter of the everlasting covenant, fitted for the reception of all that are made free by that charter, for their employment and entertainment it is a strong city, as Jerusalem was, while it was a city compact together, and had God himself a wall of fire round about it, so strong that none would have believed that an enemy could ever enter into the gates of Jerusalem, Lam. That it is strongly fortified against those that are bad ( v. Glorious things are here said of the church of God. To the prophecies of gospel grace very fitly is a song annexed, in which we may give God the glory and take to ourselves the comfort of that grace: In that day, the gospel day, which the day of the victories and enlargements of the Old-Testament church was typical of (to some of which perhaps this has a primary reference), in that day this song shall be sung there shall be persons to sing it, and cause and hearts to sing it it shall be sung in the land of Judah, which was a figure of the gospel church for the gospel covenant is said to be made with the house of Judah, Heb. 20, 21).Īnd this is written for the support and assistance of the faith and hope of God's people in all ages, even those upon whom the ends of the world have come. 19), and to retire in the expectation of it ( v.
To rejoice in hope of a glorious deliverance, which should be as a resurrection to them ( v. To recollect the kind providences of God towards them in their low and distressed condition, and their conduct under those providences ( v. 12, 14), and engage themselves to continue in his service ( v. To encourage themselves, and one another, with hopes that God would still continue to do them good ( v. To lament the stupidity of those who regarded not the providence of God, either merciful or afflictive ( v. To walk with God, and wait for him, in the worst and darkest times, v. To triumph in the safety and holy security both of the church in general and of every particular member of it, under the divine protection ( v. This chapter is a song of holy joy and praise, in which the great things God had engaged, in the foregoing chapter, to do for his people against his enemies and their enemies are celebrated: it is prepared to be sung when that prophecy should be accomplished for we must be forward to meet God with our thanksgivings when he is coming towards us with his mercies.
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