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Zerubbabels encouragement to finish the temple. A sermon preached before the honourable House of…
Zerubbabels encouragement to finish the temple. A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at their late solemn fast, Apr. 27. 1642. By Tho. Goodwin, B.D. Published by order from that House.Zerubbabels encouragement to finish the temple. A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Apr. 27. 1642. By Tho. Goodwin, B.D. Published by order from that House.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I must necessarily therefore,1 as a preparative Introduction to the exposition of these words, set you down in, and give you a prospect of those times, and the occurrences thereof, which were the occasion of these words here, [Who art thou O great mountain? &c.] And if Zechariah himself, a Prophet, and that lived in those times, knew not at the first the meaning of the Vision in this Chapter, ver. 5. (Knowest thou what these be? And I said, No my Lord) much less shall we be able to know the interpretation thereof, and how fitted to this vision, nor what this mountain here is, &c. without being pre-possest of the knowledge of this story, which in brief is this:
I must necessarily therefore,1 as a preparative Introduction to the exposition of these words, set you downe in, and give you a prospect of those times, and the occurrences thereof, which were the occasion of these words here, [Who art thou O great mountaine? &c.] And if Zachary himselfe, a Prophet, and that lived in those times, knew not at the first the meaning of the Vision in this Chapter, ver. 5. (Knowest thou what these be? And I said, No my Lord) much lesse shall we be able to know the interpretation thereof, and how fitted to this vision, nor what this mountaine here is, &c. without being pre-possest of the knowledge of this story, which in briefe is this:
- 1An Introduction to the Exposition of the words.
The Babylonian Monarchy (Romes Type) had trod down the holy City, and laid waste the Temple and worship of God for seventy years; which being expired, the Jews had liberty and authority from the first Persian King, Cyrus, to build the Temple, and restore Gods worship, according to their Law. This is the sum of the first and second Chapters of Ezra. In the third Chapter you have an Altar set up, Sacrifices renewed, Feasts kept, and the foundation of the Temple laid, (which was as true a Type of that great Reformation from under Popery.) But after this work had been begun, and fairly carried on in all the Fundamentals of it, there started up a company of Samaritans, that were adversaries to the Jews, (as we read, Chap. 4.) Samaritans they were, as appears by ver. 10. They