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A86932	A brief exposition of the prophecies of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. By George Hutcheson minister at Edenburgh. April the 29th. Imprimatur, Edmund Calamy.	Hutcheson, George, 1615-1674.	1654 (1654)	Wing H3820; Thomason E1454_2; ESTC R209590	241,869	310

as come to joyne with Gods people are not to be idle and uselesse but to study in their stations to contribute somewhat for edifying and building up the body for they that come must build in the Temple of the Lord. Unto this doctrine two things are subjoyned by way of Conclusion 1. That their own experience should prove that Christ the Mediator was sent to reveal these prophecies and that the Prophet had authority to publish them which was in part verified unto them by their getting help to the work from these they little expected it of and is now fully verified to the Church in after-ages as their successors 2. That it was requifite on their part to be diligent in obedience to Gods commaods if they would not be hinderers of the performance of promises so far as they could and would not deprive themselves of benefit by their accomplishment Doct. 1. Whatever debates may arise in the mindes of Gods people concerning the truth of promises yet experience and the event will put it out of all controversie that God is true for Ye shall know that the Lord of hostes hath sent me which may be understood of Christ sent to reveal these things to the Prophet or rather of the Prophet sent to publish them to the Church in the Lords Name as v. 9. 2. The Lords accomplishing and performing what he hath foretold in his Word should lead his people back to a new and serious consideration of the truth of it that their confidence may rest on it in new exigents without hesitation for this is the use of what God doth that we may know God hath sent his Word by his servants and learne to magnifie it as true 3. Albeit the performance of the Lords absolute promises be not suspended upon mens doing of duty yet neglect of duty may keep back the performance of many particular conditional promises may justly be charged with impeding the performance of all promises to mens power and doth alwayes hinder the comfort and fruit of performed promises from coming to the guilty man for saith he This shall come to passe if ye will diligently obey c. Not that the promise of Christs coming and Conversion of the Gentiles depended on the Jewes obedience but that their neglect of duty would hinder mens present favouring of the work of the Temple whom their sins had made enemies of a long time and that they did what they could if they finned to obstruct all and should certainly have no comfort by these spiritual promises 4. The people of God are then accounted to make conscience of their duty when they submit to what God injoynes in his Word however it suit with their inclinations when they are careful to hear and seek out Gods minde in his Word not shifting light when they are diligent and active in endeavouring obedience as becomes so great a Lord to be obeyed by his creatures trembling lest they be found out of the way in a course of disobedience or sleighting convictions and contemning the light of information and when all this obedience is performed not as a cause of righteousnesse and justification but as a fruit of faith closing with God reconciled in Christ and as a testimony of thankfulnesse for so is duty here described If ye will diligently obey or hearken to the voice of the Lord your God which includes their absolute subjection to the Word their enquiring and hearkening to its directions and both these with great diligence and as a fruit of their being in Covenant with God CHAP. VII IN this Chapter occasion of a case of conscience propounded by some from Babylon concerning their fasting in remembrance of their desolations v. 1 2 3. The Lord sends out his Prophet to condemn all these their fastings and their feastings also v. 4 5 6. and their neglect of obedience which if it had been studied might have prevented their exile and such questions v. 7. And to clear up their duty and the right way of composing all differences betwixt God and that Nation the Prophet at Gods command repeats the whole procedure betwixt God and them to wit that God had given faithful warning to them and laid their duty before them v. 8 9 10. that they had been rebellious and disobedient v. 11 12. and that therefore God in his justice had let forth his displeasure neglected them in their trouble and brought that on them and their land which their sins had deserved v. 12 13 14. Vers 1. ANd it came to passe in the fourth yeare of King Darius that the Word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth even in Chis●eu 2. When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech and their men to pray before the LORD 3. And to speak unto the Priests which were in the house of the LORD of hostes and to the Prophets saying Should I weep in the fifth moneth separating my selfe as I have done these so many yeares Hitherto this Prophet hath been for most part employed in receiving and communicating to the Church several visions Now there followes a doctrinal Sermon occasioned by a case of conscience propounded whereof the rise was thus the people of the Jewes during their captivity observed divers yearly Fasts in remembrance of their many desolations of which chap. 8.19 one in the renth moneth in remembrance of the besieging of the city which began in that moneth 2 Kings 25.1 one in the fourth because the city was then taken 2 Kings 25.3 Jer. 52.6 one in the seventh moneth because of the scattering of the remnant of the Jewes when Gedaliah was slain 2 Kings 25.25 and one in the fifth moneth in remembrance of the burning of the Temple and City in that moneth 2 Kings 25.8 9. Now the City being again inhabited and the work of the Temple far advanced being two yeares since they had gone to work again comparing v. 1. with Hag. 1.15 two chief Ambassadours with their traine are sent belike from these in Babylon to worship God and to propound the case to the Lords ordinary or extraordinary Ministers whether it were needful to continue that Fast or not Doct. 1. However the Lord in his wisdom may when he pleases forbear to employ extraordinary meanes and dispensations even in the time when such are in use and leave his people to the use of ordinary meanes yet upon new emergents he will not faile to appear as formerly for here after Zecharies first Sermon containing the former visions which was in the second yeare of Darius chap. 1.7 we finde no more revelations till the fourth yeare of King Darius yet when this new case comes to be solved the Word of the Lord came unto him 2. To know the minde of God in our duty is worthy of much pains and matters of Religion should be looked upon as of very particular concernment to every one therefore they think a solemne ambassage little enough