Matthew Poole and continuators on Malachi 3:17

17 And they shall be mine , saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him .

Though now they seem to lie unregarded; as if they were not worth the owning, they shall appear to be mine.

The day wherein God will sever between Men and Men, and between Actions and Actions, which day, though ye know it not, is well known to the Lord, and beside, the great day of final discrimination, God hath several other dayes of Visitation, which are times wherein he will own his, as the good Figs, &c. Ier. 24. The day that God hath appointed, and will and did bring upon this people in the destruction of Ierusalem by Titus Vespasianus.

Or peculiar Treasure, that which I highly value and keep most safely, now they are packt up among things of no great value, but when the Casket is opened, these Jewels shall be laid up among the richest Treasures, as when they were all sent to Pella, not one Christian left in Ierusalem, and which shall be fully made good in the last great day of final Judgment, and in Heaven to Eternal Ages.

In the mean time they shall be spared, pitied, preserved, and loved. Now their weaknesses covered and pardoned, their good will approved and accepted, then their worth own'd, published, and rewarded.

As a tender Father doth with his Son, his own Son, that serveth him, so will God spare such, as in an Atheistical world do speak for God, do fear God, and highly value both his Law and Government, and so obey him.

Marginal references: Exod. 19.5. Psal. 135.4. Tit. 2.14.; Or, special treasure.; Isa. 62.3.