A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . o (halljoin themfelves to the Jews> as the Church ofGod and Temple of Truth. See Chap. xxxviV 308 A Commentary ifPFofiBi i;,^-vaBL-T>^^^3 1 lOSiiill! E^^^^^^SS^ ChapterXXXVIII. CHAR XXXVIII. The Argument. The Prophecy contained in this and the followingChapter concerning IfraeiV Viffory over Gogand Magog, without queftion relates to thelatter oAges of the World, when the wholeHoufe of Ifrael fiall return into their ownLand, Chap, xxxix. 25, 26. oAndthe Exprej-fions we meet with in this Chapter, Ver. 8,and 16. that this fhould come to pafs in
A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . o (halljoin themfelves to the Jews> as the Church ofGod and Temple of Truth. See Chap. xxxviV 308 A Commentary ifPFofiBi i;,^-vaBL-T>^^^3 1 lOSiiill! E^^^^^^SS^ ChapterXXXVIII. CHAR XXXVIII. The Argument. The Prophecy contained in this and the followingChapter concerning IfraeiV Viffory over Gogand Magog, without queftion relates to thelatter oAges of the World, when the wholeHoufe of Ifrael fiall return into their ownLand, Chap, xxxix. 25, 26. oAndthe Exprej-fions we meet with in this Chapter, Ver. 8,and 16. that this fhould come to pafs in thelatter Days, and after many Days, or a conjt-derable number of Tears, and that God had ofold Prophefied concerning this Tranfatlion:Thefe and other Circumflances of this Prophecyare a Proof that the Event was to happen agreat while after the feveral Trediclions ofthe Trophets concerning it. So that this muftle lookt upon aj one of thofe Obfcure Prophe-cies of Scripture, the fulfilling whereof willleft explain their Meaning. Ver. upon EZEKIEL. 309 Ver. 2. W^BSHBE^ETthy Face, (fee Chapter Chapter vi. 2.) againft Gog, the of ] Or, of ^/>?°^ IW ofM^gog. Ma- er* 2*gog was the Son of jfo-pAf/, Gen. x. 2. fromwhence the Scythians are generally fuppofed tobe derived. The M?g7^ Tartars, a People ofthe Scythian Race, are ftill called fo by the qA-rabian Writers, as Dr. Hyde informs us, m hisEpiftle T)e Menfuris Sinenjibus. By Gog andMagog may moft here be meant theTurks, who were originally Natives of Tartary,called Turcheftan by the Eaftern Writers: and;whofe Language is derived from that of the Tar-tars. The Land of Canaan hath been for feve-ral Years in the PofTefHon of the Turks ; feveralTexts in Ezekiel foretel the Jews Settlement inthat Country again ; and fome of the Exprefli-ons in this and the following Chapter intimate,that the People called here by the Name of Gog^and their Allies, will attempt to recover it againout of the Hands of th
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