1The Prophet hitherunto hath showed at large how mighty the Lord is to save his people: now he saith that all the miracles which were wrought in the first redemption, §1were nothing in comparison of those that §2should be effected hereafter: that is to say; the glory of this second deliverance should be so rare & excellent, that it should darken the first: not as if the Jews were to forget so great a benefit; for the memory thereof worthily deserved to be celebrated from age to age, even to the worlds end: and as the Lord had commanded, was to stand upon perpetual record. For in the preface of the Law, Exod. 20.2. thus he speaks; I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. He also commanded the fathers to be often recording of it to their children, and to continue the remembrance of it to their successors. This therefore must be taken by way of comparison: as in Jeremiah; Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall say no more, The Lord which brought the children out of Egypt: but the Lord lives, which hath brought the posterity of Jacob out of the land of the North, and out of all the coasts of the earth, whereinto he hath scattered them: Jer. 23.7. The sum is, that the last deliverance shall be far more glorious then the first, if the one be compared with the other. Whence it follows, that this prophecy is not to be referred to a few years; because the Prophet extols not here the beginnings of their deliverance only; but extends the fruit of this return even unto Christ, at whose coming both the kingdom and priesthood were really established.
1THe Prophet hitherunto hath shewed at large how mightie the Lord is to saue his people: now hee saith that all the miracles which were wrought in the first redemption, §1vvere nothing in comparison of those that §2should be effected heereafter: that is to say; the glory of this second deliuerance should be so rare & excellent, that it should darken the first: not as if the Iewes were to forget so great a benefit; for the memorie thereof worthily deserued to be celebrated from age to age, euen to the worlds end: and as the Lord had commanded, was to stand vpon perpetuall record. For in the preface of the Law, Exod. 20.2. thus he speakes; I am the Lord thy God, vvhich brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. He also commanded the fathers to be often recording of it to their children, and to continue the remembrance of it to their successors. This therefore must be taken by way of comparison: as in Ieremiah; Behold the daies come, saith the Lord, that they shall say no more, The Lord which brought the children out of Egypt: but the Lord liues, which hath brought the posteritie of Iaakob out of the land of the North, and out of all the coasts of the earth, whereinto he hath scattered them: Ier. 23.7. The summe is, that the last deliuerance shall be far more glorious then the first, if the one be compared with the other. Whence it followes, that this prophecie is not to be referred to a few yeeres; because the Prophet extols not here the beginnings of their deliuerance onely; but extends the fruit of this returne euen vnto Christ, at whose comming both the kingdome and priesthood were reallie established.
- 1This verse must be understood by way of comparison.This verse must bee vnderstood by way of comparison.
