Isaiah 25

Isaiah 25:2

ACitie] namely, of the enemies of thy Church: A palace] the Italian, Castles; into strong places kept by forraign souldiers.

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore] in the time of the Messias thou shalt make these ruines of States and Nations serve for their conversion when they shall see thy Church, though poore and weake, subsist in the world against all oppositions.

Isaiah 25:5

The noise] namely, the furious commotions and enterprises of thine enemies As the heat] even as the greatest heat in the driest desert is abated by some cloud that shadoweth the air, or is resolved into rain.

Isaiah 25:6

Make unto ali] he shall distribute unto all Nations gathered together in his Church his spirituall gifts and graces, see Psal. 22. 26, 29. Proverbs 9:2. Matth. 22. 2. Wines on the lees] the Italian, excellent wines; the Hebrew word properly signifieth Wine that hath not been racked, but is yet upon the lees, see Jeremiah 48:11.

Isaiah 25:7

The face of the] namely, the vail of blindnesse and want of knowledge of God and of his mysteries, which naturally is in all men, 2 Corinthians 3:15.

Isaiah 25:8

Swallow up] or destroy, that is to say, Christ the true everlasting God shall by his death destroy the prince of death, and death it selfe, especially in the blessed resurrection, so that it shall never more have any power over his members, 1 Corinthians 15:26; 1 Corinthians 15:54. 2 Timothy 1:1. Hebrews 2:14. Rev. 20. 14. and 21. 4.

Isaiah 25:10

The hand] that is to say, his power shall be for ever present and effectuall in his Church Moab] by the name of this Nation is meant all other Nations that are deadly enemies to the Church, by reason of the extream fiercenesse of that Nation, see Isaiah 16:6.

Isaiah 25:11

Shall spread forth] hee shall execute and worke his will at his owne pleasure, without any opposition.