Jofias. 11. And Jofias (1) begat (2) Jechonias and his Brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon. 12. And after they were brought to Babylon, m Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel. 13. And Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor. 14. And Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud. 15. And Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob. 16. And (3) Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. 17. So all the generations from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations: and from David until the carrying away into Babylon, are fourteen Generations: and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ, are fourteen generations. 18. (4) Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wife: When as his Mother Mary was espoused to Jofeph, before they came together, she was found with Child of the holy Ghost. 19. Then Joseph her husband being a m+ I his Son. B2 (5) juft the House of David; and the Virgins name was Mary. 0 Chron. 3. 16, 17. The Sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his Son, Zedekiah his Son. And the † Luk. 1.35. And the Angel Sons of Jeconiah; Affir, Salathiel answered and faid unto her, the 5 Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore alsothat Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. n. Luk. 1. 26, 27. ---- The Angel Gabriel was sent from God To a Virgin espoused to a Man, whose Name was Jofeph, of --- (1) ± Some read, Fofias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Jechonias. (2) Dr. Whitby proves that Jeconias in the 11th Verse, is not the fame Person with Jeconias ver. 12, but is indeed Jehoiachim, the Son of Jofias, and his first born. This interpretation, says he, makes up the 14 generations exactly in the second and third series; whereas they who make Jeconias, ver. 11 and 12, to be the fame Perfon, leave only 13 in the second series, if Jeronias be added to the third, or in the third, if he be reckoned to the second: When therefore the Apostle faith by way of Inference, So all the Generations froin David, until the carrying away into Babylon, are 14 generations ver. 17, he leads us to this interpretation; be cause this would not be true, were Jeconias ver. 11, and Jeconias ver. 12. one and the fame Perfon. (3) What is here faid, is very consistent with what St. Luke, Chap. 3. 23. records, where Joseph is faid to be the Son of Heli. For Jacob was Joseph's own Father, and Heli was his Father in Law, Heli being the Father of the Virgin Mary, to whom Joseph was espoused. (4) The fifth Year before the common account, called The Year of our Lord. (5) just Man, and not willing to make her a publick exam ple, was minded to put her away privily. 20. But while h thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord ap peared unto him in a dream, faying, Joseph thou son of Da vid, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy Wife: for tha which is * conceived [Gr.begotten] in her, is of the holy Ghof 21 And she shall bring forth a fon, and thou shalt call h name Jefus: for he shall f save his People from their fin 22 (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfille which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying,- 2 Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring fort a fon, and * they shall call his name [Or, his Name shall be callea (6) Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, "God with us 24. Then Joseph being raised from fleep, did as the angel the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his Wife : And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-bor CHA S fon; and he called his name Jefus. 2 is none other Name under He ven given among Men, whereb we must be saved. Acts 13.38. Be known unto you, Men and Bre P† Deut. 24. 1. When a Man hath taken a Wife and married her, and it come to pass, that the find no favour in his Eyes, because he hath found fome Uncleanness in her: 5 thren, that through this Man preached unto you the forgivene of Sins. The Lor then let him write her a Bill of di- $ * Ifai. 7. 14. 9 Luk. T. 35. The Words under Verse 18. r an bear a Son, and shall call his nam Immanuel. "1 Tim. 3. 16. - Great is th mystery of Godliness: God wa Ismanifest in the Flesh, - Rom.c 5. Of whom, as concerning th Flesh Christ came, who is over al God blefled for ever. ** Luk. 1. 31. Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy Womb, and a. Exod. 13. 2. Sanctifie un bring forth a Son, and shalt call hiszoto me all the first-born, whatsoeve name Jefus. † Acts 4. 12. Neither is there Salvation in any other: for there openeth the Womb among th Children of Ifrael, both of Man an beast it is mine. (5) The Word here translated just, should be rather rendered a merci ful, compassionate, or good notured Man. (6) By an usual Idiom, or manner of speaking among the Jews, a Perfor is faid to be called by such or such a Name, not that he was commonl known by that Name, but because such Titles did belong to him. Wher therefore the Jews object, that our Lord's Name was Jefus, not Emmanuel nor Wonderful, Counsellour, &c. [Ifa. 9. 6.] we answer, that these Titles dic eminently belong to our Lord, and that therefore these Prophecies have received their Accomplishment according to their own Idiom, and wa of speaking. For to be called Emmanuel is the fame as to be Emmanuel. The fourth Year before the common account called, the Year of our N Lord. C 10W when Jesus was • born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the Days of Herod the King, behold there came wile men from the East to Jerufalem, 2. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his Star in the East, and are come to worship him. 3. When Herod the King had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerufalem with him. 4. And when he had gathered all the chief Priefts and Scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5. And they faid unto him, in Bethlehem of Judea : for thus it is written by the Prophet; 6. And thou Bethle hem B 3 shall smite the corners of Moab, e **Luk. 2. 6, 7. And so it was, that while they were there, the Days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And the brought forth her first born Son, and 5 transgressed very much wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a Manger, because there was no room for them in the Inn. Of the f† 2 Chron. 34. 13. Levites there were Scribes, and Officers, and Porters. † : Mac.5.42. Now when Judas came near the b. Gen. 10. 30. And their tobrook, he caused the Scribes of the dwelling was from Mesha, [viz. the People to remain by the brook → Sons of Foktan, the Son of Eber, as to Mac. 7. 12. Then did assemble thou goest unto Sephar a Mount of unto Alcimus and Bacchides a Comthe East. Gen. 25. 6. Unto the pany of Scribes, to require justice. Sons of the Concubines which A-151 Chron. 24. 6. Shemaiah the Son braham had, Abraham gave Gifts, of Nathanael the Scribe, one of the and fent them away from Ifaac his Levites, wrote them before the King. Son (while he yet lived) eastward, 8 Mal. 2. 7. The Priests Lips unto the East-Country. King 4. should keep knowledge, and they 30. And Solomon's Wisdom excel-20should seek the Law at his Mouth. led the Wisdom of all the Children Mic. 5. 2. But thou Bethle of the East East-Country, and all the Wif- hem Ephrata, though thou be litdom of Egypt. tle among the Thousands of Judah, Luk. 2. 11. Unto you is born yet out of thee shall he come forth this Day, in the City of David, 25unto me, that is to be Ruler in a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Ifrael: whose goings forth have Ifai. 60. 3. The Gentiles shall come been from of old, from everlasting thy light, and Kings to the Joh. 7. 42. Hath not the Scris to 17 pture faid, that Christ cometh out the Seed of David, and out of the Town of Bethlehem, where David There shall300ft brightness of thy rising. 8 hem (1) in the Land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governour that shall rule [Or, feed] my People Ifrael. 7. Then Herod when he had privily called the wife men, enquired of them diligently what time the Star appeared. And he fent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and * search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him alfo. 9. When they had heard the King, they departed, and lo, the star which they faw ir the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10. When they faw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11. And when they were come into the House, they m saw the young child with Mary his Mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they * presented [Or, offered] unto him gifts, gold, and frankincenfe, and myrthe. 1. Rev. 2. 27. And he shall rule them with a Rod of Iron: as the Veffels of a Potter shall they be broken to shivers Col. 1. 18. He is the Head of the Budy the s Church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the Dead, that in all things he might have the Preeminence vowed unto the Lord in Hebron. 1 King. 21.9. She wrote in Letters, faying, proclaim a faft, and set Naboth on high among the People m + Pfal. 72. 10. The Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring Presents: The Kings of She ba and Seba shall offer Gifts. † Ifai. 60. 6. The multitude of Camels k Job 5. 12. He disappointethroshall cover thee: The Dromeda the devices of the crafty, so that their Hands cannot perform their enterprize. ries of Midian and Ephah: all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring Gold and Incense, and they shall shew forth the Praises of the 1 2 Sam. 15. 7.- Abfalom faid unto the King, I pray thee let15 Lord. me go, and pay my Vow which I have (1) The Bethlehem spoken of here, was called Bethlehem Ephrata, and Bethlehem in the Land of Judah, so that here is no inconsistency betwixt what the Prophet Micah says, and what is here recorded. Asto the seeming Contradiction about the extent of the Place, it is thus reconci led. The Prophet speaks of the Place it self, which was but little in comparison of many others in the holy Land; but here it is said not to be little, because it was the Place where our Lord, the Redeemer of Mankind, was born; or if, according to others, the Hebrew Word, which is rendered little, be taken adverbially, the feeming Opposition is quite re moved. For then the sense of the Place will be, And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, it is but little, or, it is a small matter, that thou art among the thousands of Judah ; for out, &c. myrrhe. 12. And being warned of God in an dream, that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own Country another way. 13. And when they were departed, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arife, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will feek the young child to destroy him. 14. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and (1) departed into Egypt: 15. And was there until the Death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have (I called my Son. 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wife men, was exceeding wroth, and fent forth, and flew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coafts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wife men. 17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the Prophet, saying, 18. In Rama was there a Voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. 19. But (2) when Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20. Saying, Arife, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the B 4 Matt. 1. 20. Land 9* Jer. 31. 15. Thus faith the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, and bitter Weeping: Rachel weeping for her Children, refused to be com *Hof. 11. 1. When Ifrael was a Child then I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt. PProv. 21. 30. There is no Wisdom, nor Understanding, nor 5 forted for her Children, because Counsel against the Lord. they were not. (1) Mr. Eachard, Eccl. Hist. p. 36. has the following remarkable Pas fage. At our Lord's first arrival in Egypt, as may be collected from Eufebius and Athanafius, he was by design, or providence, carried into a Temple at Hermopolis, in the Province of Thebais, at whose Prefence the Idol Gods fell down, like Dagon before the Ark, and suffered their timely and just dissolution, which remarkably verified a prophecy of Naiah, Chap. 19. 1. that the Lord should come into Egypt, and the Idols of Egypt should be moved at his prefence. (2) The third Year before the Account called the Year of our Lord. |