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Show Sit"' ofchrijit comb1g. Wb.fl is munt, by the Mou1rl;inr and by the HiUs J what is meant by Chrih's sk.jpping upon tlu Mo1<nt.<ins, b>t ••IIi· ing skippiiti?, upon the Mozmtains, &c: !hen llhall come to the proof of the p,,int, and Co to the Ap~ltcauon. . . IYh•t if ht're meant by the Mount,nns and the H1Us? Th ~e is a llrange variety ofint.erpretations in giving the fenfe {)[ this exprdlion : .I do not intend to trouble you with them, they are molt of them fo apparently {!rained, and 10 be jullilied by no puald Scripture. A Mountain and an Hill only differ in quan tit y,both of them are terra tltvata,a por tion of the earth rai[ed up auove t.he other part: when this is a greater portion, w~ call it a Muuntain.when Ieifer we call it an Hill. Three things are to our purpofc obfervable concerning Mountain>. 1. Th ey art higber I halt otlm parts of the urth; this is elfenti·a! to a Mountain: hence he that is upon a Mountain feeth further and more than he that is in a Valley ; and when the Devil would !hew Chril1 aU the Kingd•mr of the world, he t•kts bino up imo a Mo~tntain, Mat' h. 4· 8, and Rev, 21. so. when the Angel was about to 01ew Saint 1ohn the holy City, he carries him unto an high MoNIII•in: hence fometimes in Scripture people, that are high in their own opinion, or high in wordly dignity,are by a metaphor compared to l\'fountains,orreftmbled· by that Notion,Jj.2.t2.&I4• '4· 1he day of the Lord !hall be upon all the big/1 Mountainr, and upon aU the hiUs that &re lifttd up; this was expounded~. 12. Upon every one that is proud and lofty, and "pon every om that is lifted .. p, and thus Lud. de Ponte expounds the Text; he comes leaping •pon the Mormtains, triumphing over proud CreatllrtJ. ~econdly, In rr~ard of tbe beigbtb oftht MounU!tt_he that is upon, 11 is more cOitfjzcuous, eafily feen, than he that IS 10 the v~lley ; yea and he more eafily fee th what is beneath him: in rhisfenfe ir is true, and iuto this !i:nfe divers interpret it. Chrill is upon the MormtJin, where he feeth all the world, and all that is done in it) and when he cernes to his Sf>Oufe, he will cctne like a man that cometh upon the MoJUttains, fo that every eye !hall fee him, aoJ !hall be able to fay: L"tfi;i; my God,! bavt waited for bim! Lo tbu i< my God, I have waited for him ! But Thirdly The Mountain, and Hill in regard of its elevation, and being raif~d from the other part of the Earth, is a great impediment to our local motion; nothing more hindereth the motion of a Traveller, or the march of any Army, than a Mountain, or many · What iJ ~Jetmt by Mottl!lafiiJ,&c. 20 I miny Hills do, and fo thefe notions of Mountains in Scripture do lignify impedimmts and difficulties, yea the greatdl dil!i;ulties imaginable : let the dilliculties be little or great, more or lefs, they are fet out under the notion of Mountains and Hills. T im; the learned Mercrr, interpreteth the Text: Nibil"'"' remoratur, 1111Ua M~retr •d lot. locorum rrtardat difficuiM;and that this is no I! rained notion of the Mttapbor ,J .(hall lhew it you in other Texts ofScriptureJf. 40. 4• 3· "'hr voice of him lhJt crieth in the Wildernefs, Prrpart youtbt ""•yo[ tht Lord; ma~t ftreigbl in tbt dt{crt a path for nur God, evtr} V.aUtyfhali be exalted, and .evrry Mvuntain and.HiUj/,.U bt m•dt lotP, and tht crooktdfhaU be made (/reight ,andtbt ro1<~h plam pl•in,Every remora, iV·Cry difficulty 01all be removed. If. 49·'" And I ,.;Uma'<! aU my M'•ntaitts-• way. Zech. 4· 7 .Who art .th.ou, 0 grrat Mouttt6ill, before Z.rubbabel,tl•ol< {I» It bec0mt a plain. So here Chrill is faid } to come lropin~ "/'" ' theMountains;that is,notwith!landing all real orfeeming ditfioulties, kts and impdimentJ,he will defpife them all and trample them all under his feet;be they more or fcwer,greater or ltlfer, Mountains or Hills,he will come leaping upon the Moun-tain• and , kipping upon the Hills: But, What is the meaning of rhofe terms, ltapint. a111! s~iPfling? 2 , !J.!! .. The terms both lignify one and ~he fame thing ; thty fignify three things. h Tbe motion ·oFone t!Jat m•k.,nh hafre; . he that cometh leaping, doth not come creeping, he goes faller then he that goeth but ·a foot-pace. Chril\ will make hatk to.biJ .Sppu[<;he will rn a ~" lu!le.to ,__ V'ifit their Souls,and to vi fit their Alfemblies again, though he may for a time in wifdomand j"llice withdraw himfclf: He wtll make h~ lle roJudgment,rhough for a time he .. be gone from us ; but con- · ceroing this I fpake the Ia!! day. Secondly, The terms lignify the motion.nf him that hath goad wiU in biJ way; as we fay, that, doth not only come with fpced, -/._ but comes with great al"rity and chearfulnrfi; he goes fr om them ' llowly, i·; loth to depart, and d oth as men do th.r drag one foot after another: he knows nor how to leave them, Hif. 11, 8. Hnv · Jh•V I give tbn up EphrJim ! hm> [lull I .dtliver tim Ijraell how lhalll make thee as Admah!baw f/'-'ll I{ct thee as Zcboim t mi>rebrart ' rrturnrd wit bin mr, my rrpent i11;JJ are PJndled tf!get_ber, I "iU na! fX.f - cote the jiercenejf of mJ' a•ger,&c. Grul find s a great deal of J itlicll! ty to lea1•e a So11l in which he had1 d e li ~ht ed, to forf, ke a people fur whom. he hath cared; Hm> {/NUl J,, it ( fJtdJ h~ l .) my bort it .· . . Dd · - tnrMJ , |
