I. Then, the Lord Jesus Christ is styled in Scripture, the Builder of these Churches, Zach. 6.12. He shall build the Tem-of the Lord. So, the Vulgar Latin. The House of the Lord, Seventy, Ar. The Temple of the Lord, Sir. The Chaldee reads the whole verse thus, Behold the Man, his Name is Christ, who is to be revealed, and magnified, and about to build the Temple of the Lord. For he shall Build the Temple of the Lord, and he shall bear the Glory. The Hebrew is [Greek or Hebrew] Behold the famous (Noble) Man the Branch. 'Tis evidently-spoken of Christ, who is frequently called Tsemach, the Branch. Isa. 4.2. Jer. 23.5. & 33.15. Zach. 3.8. Of whom Joshua was a Type. [Greek or Hebrew], He himself shall build that Temple of Jehovah; viz. that Temple which was to be erected upon his coming into the world; whereof the Temple that Joshua, and Zerubbabel, were in building was a Type, viz. Gospel-Churches. These Christ is said to Build, because he gave forth Directions, Laws, to his Apostles for their Erection, Establishment. Heb. 3.3, 4. Inasmuch as he who hath builded the House, hath more honour than the House: For every House is builded by some Man: But he that built all things, is GOD. ([Greek or Hebrew] is put for, [Greek or Hebrew], all these things, the the Church, Persons, Ordinances pertaining thereunto.) The design of the Apostle is to evince Christ's preeminence above Moses: 'Tis true, Moses was an honourable Person; he received testimony from God, that he was faithful in his House; but he was but a servant in it, a part of it; Christ is the Builder of the House, or Church; (For that by House we are to understand the Church, or Churches, with all the Ordinances of Worship in it, was before proved) Mat. 16.18. Upon this Rock I will build my Church.
I. Then, the Lord Jesus Christ is styled in Scripture, the Builder of these Churches, Zach. 6.12. He shall build the Tem-of the Lord. So, the Vulgar Latine. The House of the Lord, Seventy, Ar. The Temple of the Lord, Syr. The Chaldee reads the whole verse thus, Behold the Man, his Name is Christ, who is to be revealed, and magnified, and about to build the Temple of the Lord. For he shall Build the Temple of the Lord, and he shall bear the Glory. The Hebrew is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Behold the famous (Noble) Man the Branch. 'Tis evidently-spoken of Christ, who is frequently called Tsemach, the Branch. Isa. 4.2. Jer. 23.5. & 33.15. Zach. 3.8. Of whom Joshua was a Type. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, He himself shall build that Temple of Jehovah; viz. that Temple which was to be erected upon his coming into the world; whereof the Temple that Joshua, and Zerubbabel, were in building was a Type, viz. Gospel-Churches. These Christ is said to Build, because he gave forth Directions, Laws, to his Apostles for their Erection, Establishment. Heb. 3.3, 4. Inasmuch as he who hath builded the House, hath more honour than the House: For every House is builded by some Man: But he that built all things, is GOD. (〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is put for, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, all these things, the the Church, Persons, Ordinances pertaining thereunto.) The design of the Apostle is to evince Christ's preheminence above Moses: 'Tis true, Moses was an honourable Person; he received testimony from God, that he was faithful in his House; but he was but a servant in it, a part of it; Christ is the Builder of the House, or Church; (For that by House we are to understand the Church, or Churches, with all the Ordinances of Worship in it, was before proved) Mat. 16.18. Ʋpon this Rock I will build my Church.
