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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1
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q Becauſe they belonged to and were neceſſary or very conveni- ent for the management of the lands. : 22 Notwithſtanding the cities of the Levites,and the houſes of the cities of their poſſeſſion may che Levites redeem at any time, | | Or, one 423 And if || a man purchaſe of the Levites, then the Ahg houle that w…
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brethren the children of Iſrael, ye ſhal not rule one 0- gour ſelves| ver another with rigor. | of them: 47 Andif a fojourner or ſtranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother har dwelleth by him wax poor, and fell [:imſelf unto the ſtranger or ſojourner by thee, or tothe ſtock f ofthe ſtrangers. f Heb. roor, # e. on…
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12 * And T will walk among you 7, and will be your God, and you ſhall be my people m. 1 As I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by my Tabernacle, which have walked or gone along with you in all your journeys, and ſtayed among you in all your ſtations, to prote&, conduR, inſtru and comfort…
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+ the favour of your ſweet odours /+ | ; Either x. GodsſanQtuary, called Sanffuaries here, as alſo Pſal. 73. 17. and 74. 7. Jer. 51. 51. Ezek. 28, 18. becauſe there were di- vers apartments in it, each ofwhich was a SanQtuary, or, which is 21l one, an holy place, as they areſeverally called. And -your em- phatical…
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| + Heb. them, and they ſbal flee, as fleeing from a ſword: and CHAP. XXVIEL | driven. they ſhal fall, when none purſueth. Laws touching the redeeming of Men, devoted to God, 1---8. Orof Beaſts, | q The word notes.a tenderneſs and ſoftneſs of mind whereby they g---13. Of houſes, 14, 15. Of Fields or Grounds, 16---25,…
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f Art whatage they mighr be vowed by their parents, as appears from 1 Sam. 1. tho' not by themſelves; and the children were ob- liged by their parents vow, which i: nor Orange conſidering the parents power and right to Ciſpoſe of their children ſo far as is not contrary to the mind of God. 6 And ifit be froma mont…
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z (5. e. ) Immediately after the year of Jubile is paſt. » Now mentioned, to wit, of 50 ſhekels for an homer of barley ſeed. 5 (5. e.) Thar price ſhall be paid without diminution. 18 But if he ſan&tific his field after the Jubile c, then the prieſt ſhal reckonunto him the money, according to the years that remain,…
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29 None devoted, which ſhal be devoted of men y. ſhal be redeemed : but {bal ſurely be put to death. y Not by men, as ſome would elude it ; but of men, for it 1s ma- nifeſt both f om this and the for-going verſes, that zen hereare not the perſons devoting, but devoted. (eff. Was it th:n lawful for any man. r men t…
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God commands Moſes and Aaron to number the People that were fit for IWar, 1----3. Twelve Captains choſen, of every Tribe one : Their Names : The number of each Fribe, 4-45, 46. The Levites exem- pred : To take care of the Tabernacle : The other Tribes Camping round it, 47-===54- N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſesin the…
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27 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ever of the tribe of Judah, were threeſcore and fourteen thouſand and fix hundred », | z Far more than any other Tribe, in accompliſhing of Jacobs pro- phecy, Ger. 49. * 28 Of rhe children of Ifſachar, by their generations, after their families, by the houſe of their fathers, a…
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Order for the Marckes and Camping of the Tribes, 1, 2. Judah on the Eaft-ſide, with 1ſachar and Zebulon, who led the Van, 3—9. Reuben on the South-ſiae, with Simeon and Gad : then the Tabernacle was to follow, the Levites camping round it, 19 -— 17. Ephraim on the Weſt-ſide with Manaſſes and Benjamin, 18 — 24. Dan …
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32 Theſe are thoſe, which were numbred of the chil- dren of Iſrael, by the houſe of their fathers ; all thoſe chat were numbred of the camps throughout their hoſts, ere {ix hundred thouſand and three thouſand and five hundred and fifty. | 33 Butche Levices were not numbred & among the children of Iſracl, as the L…
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'\\W) % 4 bt np * to his ſons they are + wholly given unto him & out of i + Heb.g;- the children of Iſrael. wen given. k Toattend upon him and obſerve his orders and eaſe him of part | of his burden in things hereafter mentioned. 10 And thou ſhalt appoint Aaron and his ſons, and chey ſhall wait on their prieſts o…
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Cy: #6 Ch: 26; Y Exod 25: 9: * Exod 26: I: Exod: 6:7, ls * Exod: 26: 36; - Exod: 27: 9: * Chap 27: 16; | Feh:25:10 Feh:25:23 *eh:25:31 "*ch: 27:1 & 30; 1 *ch:26-31 ] *Ex 73 27: Che I8: Eze 45: + Heb. office of thi charge. « ww I A - + Soop— JT ctup. 1V- 1. "4+, | TO Chep: a6; 62…
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a This age was preſcribed, as the age of full ſtrength of body, and therefore moſt prep-1 for their preſent laborious work of carrying the parrs and v<ſſels of tte Tabernacle, and of matu:iry of judgment, which, is neceflary for the right management - of Holy Services. Whence even Jo/m and Chriſt entred not upon th…
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and ſpread a purple cloth thereon : , a” of © ey" Way Whereby it may ſeem probable, though it be denied by moſt, that they did offer ſome ſacrifices in the Wil gd neſs, though it may not be ſo frequently nor orderly as afterwards they did. Whence elſe were theſe aſhes ? And there are ſome undeniable inſtances of t…
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i Every part and parcel therefore ſhall be put in an inventory ; which is required here rather than in the foregoing particulars , partly becaute theſe were much more numerous than the former ; partly becauſe being meaner things and ſuch as might eaſily be ſupplied, they might etherwiſe have been negleGed ; and par…
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f Heb: any ſins of men, 3. e. either 1. of common intirmity, Or ſuch ſins as men commir through humane frailty, for if this were done knowingly and willingly,a greater puniſhment was appointed. See Lev: 6: 5, 6. Or rather 2. fins againſt men, or belonging to mea, to wir, deceits or wrongs, whereby other men are inj…
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5 This law was given partly to deter wives from adulterous pra« ctiſes, and partly to ſecure wives againſt the rage of their hard« hea:ted husbands, who otherwiſe might upon meer ſuſpicions de- {troy them, or at leaſt pur them away. Queſt. Why was there not the ſame law forthe tryal of the husband, when the wife wa…
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{| jOr,bcing and if thou haſt not gone alide to uncleanneſs|| F 2vith | :nehepower cher £ inftead of thy husband, be thou free from this 995" Litter water that cauſeth the curſe. band. R , ; To anſwer truely to his queſtion, or to declare by oath whe- | -»5 gy ther ſhe be guilty -4 no, and after ſuch oath ſhall ſa…
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b Leaſt they ſhould either inflame or diſpoſe him to luxury,and conſequently to the breaking of his vow . or cloud his reaſon and thereby occaſion ſome miſtake or miſcarriage in the rules to which he had bound himſelf. Compare Lev: ro: 9g. c Which was for- bidden him for greater caution to keep him at the further d…
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17 And he (hall offer the ram for a ſacritice of peace- offerings unto the LORD,with the basket of unleavened bread : the prieſt ſhall offer alſo his mear-offering, and his drink-offering. : 18 X And the Nazarite ſhall ſhave the head of his ſeparation & at the door of the tabeenacle of the con- regation 4, and ſh…
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after the Tabernacle and Altar, and all other inſtruments thereof were anointed, as is here expreſſed ; and after the Levites were ſe- parated to the ſervice of the Tabernacle, and appointed to their ſeveral works, as is manifeſt from v. 5, 6,7, 8, 9. which was done about a month after the Tabernacle was ere&ed, &c…
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25 And for a ſacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the firſt year. This was the offeriag of Elizur the ſon of Shedeur : 35 On the fifth day, Shelumiel the ſon of Zuriſhaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, 4:4 offer : 27 His offering was one filver charger, the weight …
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» Which was not mentioned before, becauſe it was ſufficiently underſtood from the Law which required it, Numb. 15. 3, 4, 5-but for greater aſſurance is here expreiled. _ | 88 Andall the oxen for the ſacrifice of the peace- of- ferings were twenty and four bullocks,the rams ſixty, the he-goars ſixty,the lambs of th…
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h Heb. For a wave-offering. Of which ſee Exod. 29. 24. Not that wave- Aaron did ſo wavethem, which he could not do, but that he cau- offering. ſed or commanded them to imitate that motion, and to wave | Heb. .hemfelves towards the ſeveral parts of the world: whereby they they maybe might ſignifie their readineſs to…
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- diag cheir eh alt thou do unto the Levites, —_ thereof, ſo ſhal he do * * ye "0957 on to the | y By way of advi inance, both for t 4 al have one or- * _ | y way of advice, _ n_ in a and eaſier works. born tn che "99" he ſtranger, and for bim that was _- | The Paſſover kept inthe Wilderneſs on the 7 7 z To wit, a P…
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Tr 40 "Chap. X1. N U M :d by the fleſh you defire an ; | fivel from the wia:h-of Gol. Sandifying is oft uſed for preparing, as Jer: 6. 4. and 12.3-and 51. 28. # Not ſecretly in your cloſets, but openly and impudent!y 1n the doors of your tents, wer: 10. calling Heavenand earth to witneſs your cries and complain…
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ple, that God had called them to that empl -yment and would be with them in it, as it was with Sau! upon the ſame occaſion, 1 Sam 10. 10. || Either for that d:y, they continued in that exerciſe all that day, and, it may be, all the night too, as it is ſ:id of Saul, i Sam: 19. 24. Or, afterwards alſo, to note that t…
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m Or rather roſe up, which word is oft uſed for attempting or be« ginning to do any buſineſs. » Some at onetime, and ſome at the other, ' and ſome, through the greedineſs or diffidence, at both times. 0 (i.e.) Ten aſs loads. Which if it ſeem incredible, you muſt conſider, 1. That the gatherers here were not all the…
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married, (tor + he had * married an Ethiopian woman. ) a Whom God permitted r& murmur againſt their brother, partly to exerciſe and diſcover his admirable meckneſs and patience for the inſtrution of after-ages: And partly that by this thaki:'g Moſes his authority might take the deeper root, and the people might be …
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z If you be Prophets, as you pretend, yet know there is a diffe= rence among Prophets, nor do I put equal authority and honour upon all of them. k Whereby God repreſents things to the mind of a Prophet when he is awake, as Gen: 15. 1. and 46. 2. Dan: 8. 18. and 10.8. I By which God manifeſts his mind to them in a d…
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:r Andit came to pals on the twentieth «ey of the ſecond month, in the ſecond year, that the cloud was taken up from off the: tabernacle of the teſtimony. * ch. 2.9, 72 And the children of Ifrael took * their journeys 16,24, 31. Out of the wilderneſs of Sinai, and the cloud reſted in the wilderneſs of Paran o: _ …
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the cioud made little pauſes that they might have time for ſleep Jer. 514 2 and neceſlary refreſhments, which their natures required. And Ezek.20. thus all Writers, when they relate the continued journeys of per- ſons for many days together,are ro be underſtood with this excepti- on. y Not ſo much in place, ſay ſom…
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# buriivs. becauſe the fire of the LORD burnt among them. f From this fire; as it was called Kibroth-hattaavah from another occaſion, werſe 34, 35. and Numb. 33. 16. As it is no new thingin * Scripture for perſons and places to have two names. Both theſe names were impoſed as monuments of the peoples ſin and of God…
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b Obj. How was he alone, when there were others added to help him, Exod 18. 21, 24? Anſw. Thoſe were only afliſtant tro him in civil cauſesand ſmaller matters, but the harder and greater affairs, ſuch as this unqueſtionably was, were brought to Moſes and deter- mined by him alone, Exod. 18. 22. 15 4nd if thou deal…
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CHSAF. 205: God commandeth Moſes to ſend Spies to ſearch out the land of Canaan, 1, 2, 3. their names, 4 -—- 15. Moſes's ommanament where to go, and what 70 do, 16 22. The:r return with the fruits of the land, and their report, 23 29. They are encouraged by Caleb, 30, 31. But zen other diſheartens them by their fa…
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x Either for the weight of it, conſidering the length of the way they were to carry 1t, or for the preſervation of it whole and entire. In thoſe Eaſtern and Southern countries there are vines and grapes of an extraordinary bigneſs, as Strabo and Pliny affirnt. 24 And the place was called the * brook +Elſhcol,be- .*…
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And there we ſaw the giants, the ſons of Anak, which come of the giants : And we were in our own ſighe as graſhoppers p,and ſo we were in their ſight. ? (i.e) Small and contemprtible. H A P. XIV. The children of Iſrael murmur againſ# Moſes and Aaron, x —=4q, Moſes, Aaron, Caleb and Joſbua go to appeaſe the people…
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Lord be great z, according as thou haſt ſpoken, ſaying, z (i. e.) Appear to be great, diſcover its greatneſs. A real verb put for a declarative, or the thing for the manifeſtation of the thing. And this may be underſtood either 1. of Gods power 1n pre- ſerving the people and carrying them on into Canaan, whech ſeni…
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1 Beyond the mountain at the foot whereof they now were, v.45. And this clauſe is added, cither r. as an aggravation of Iſrael's mi- ſery and puniſhment, that being now ready to enter and take poſ- ſcion of the land they are forced ro go back into the wilderneſs : or 2. as ait argument to oblidge them more willingl…
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XIV. T. 35. l | * Ch.2 s | 22.10.85: Deur. ' See V.2s F Heb, lifted up my hand, | Or. fe * Chap, 17.28. * Pal. F. 10., xek.4 |! Or, alt ring of m purpoſe. "Chap. XV. FT” ii 27 Even thoſe men that did bring up the = = +; Cor. port upon the land, * died by the plague z betore the ORD «. _ Either b…
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12 According to the number that ye {ball prepare, fo ſhall ye do to every one according to their number g. g (7.e.) As many cattle as ye ſacrifice,ſo many meat and drink- offerings ye ſhall offer. 13 All that are born of the countrey ſhall do theſe by fire of a ſweet ſavour unto the LORD. 14 And if a ſtranger þ ſ…
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providence, either becauſe they diſliked their fathers act, or upon * Moſes his interceſſion for them, or for ſome other reaſon. This: expreilion may ſeem r0 intimate, that Korah himſelf was .not here, ; bur that he continued with his 250 men before the Lord, wer: 18: 19. where they were wairing for Gods decition »…
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46 And Moſes ſaid unto Aaron, Take a cenſer, and pur fire therein from off the Altar, and put on incenſe m, and go quickly unto the congregation », and make an artonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the LORD ; the piagne is begun o. | m Which was a ſign of interceſſion, Pal: 141: 2. and was to be …
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o Words of conſternation ariſing partly from the 409 pt ce of theſe ſevere and repeated judgments, partly from the threatniny of death upon any ſucceeding murmurings, partly from the ſenile of their own guilt and weakneſs, which made them fear leſt rhey ſhould relapſe into the ſame miſcarriages, and thereby bring t…
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7 QUCH as were to be eaten only by the Prieſts ; Santtuary. How theſe differ Grom the bel things, - apa a P _ Y (i: e:) Such ſacrifices or ſuch parts of Sacrifices as were not "Pd in the fire. * Which may be underſtood either 1. of the wave loaves, Levit: 23: 17. and the ſhew-bread,which were moſt holy things, Lev:…
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b Theſe were certain threeds or ends of their garments, ſtanding our a little further rhan the reſt of their garments, left theve fo: this uſe. c (7. e. ) In the four borders or quarters, as it 1s, Deut* 22: 12. Heb. wings, which 1s oft uled for the borders or ends, as Ruth 3:9. 1 Sam: i5: 27: and 24:5: Oc. d(1i.e.…
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# (i: e ) Either, Korah and the 250 Princes, which may ſeem probable by comparing this with werſe 12, 25, 27. where we find Dathan and Abiram in another place, even in their rents, whither it 's I:kely they were gone by content to form and ſtrengthen their parry there, while Korah and the reſt went ro Moſes, Or, Ko…
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15 And Moſes was very wroth þ, and faid unto the LORD K* Reſpe& not thou their offering /, I * have not taken one aſs ys from them, neither have I hurt one of them », k Not ſo much for his own ſake, for he had learnt to bear in- dignities, Numb: 12. as for Gods ſake, who was highly diſhonoured, Blaſphemed and Pro…
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þ To wit, which I have done, and for which 1 am traduced b cheſe and ſuch like wicked men, as the bringing of the people as of Egypt ; the conduting of them through, and the keeping of them ſo long in the wilderneſs ; the exerciſing of power and authority 400g and over them ; giving of Laws to them, as about other …
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You ſhall not have a diſtin& and ſeparate portion of land, as the other Tribes ſhall. The reaſon of this Law, was, partly becauſe God would have them wholly devoted to and employed in his ſer- vice, and therefore free from worldly encumbrances and buſineſſes ; partly, becauſe God had abundantly provided for them ot…
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= | ” 8: k Dedicated to God by vow or otherwiſe,. provided it be ſuch a iniquity x8 it ſhall be a ſtatute for ever throughout their 7 | thing as might be caten or conſumed by ule: tor the veſſels or trea- | 5enerations, that among the children of iſrael they have | res of gold and ſilver which were devored or dedicat…
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Chap. XIX, you receive fi | belong to e from the people h FT. an gifts {0 me _— c To wit n out of thoſe fields ofthem for " —— _— o the Prieſt. 4 (7: which ſhall | Pa proportion of %; rieſt, e Thism you ſhall reſerve a :e; ) As many | in v _ to teach vs the 1 Chat " ages wy 4 was Bo ering, and rd TN — either m_—…
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- + *Þ N OD M B E R , 7 Chap. XX: of the LORD, the water of ſeparation hath not been , congregation,and * they fell upon theirfaces: and * the ſprinkled upon him, he is unclean. | glory of the LORD appeared unto them. bk " 4 hap- * chap. 14. * Exod» 2 And the people * chode with Moſes, and ſpake, and aÞfiCftions o…
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5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? ir js no place of ſeed, or of figs, orvines, or of pomegranates,neiche! is there any water to drink. 6 And Moſes and Aaron went from the preſence of the aflembly 5, unto the door of the tabernasle of the . : [1 | [1 …
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z Or, pits, which any of you have digged for your private ule, to wit, without paying for it, verſe 19. Deut. 2. 6. but only of the waters of common rivers, which are free to all Paſſengers, and will not be prejudicial ro thee. ; 18 And Edom {aid unto him, Thou ſhalt not paſs by mes, leſt I come out againſt thee w…
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a Or rather, the Canaanite King of Arad : for Arad is not the name of a man, but of a city or territory, asmay ſeem from Foſ. 12. 14: Judg. 1. 16. ifat leaſt this was the ſame place with that. And he ſeems to be called a Canaanite in a general ſenſe, as the 4morites and others ſometimes are. b To wit, of Canaan, as…
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" Chap. XXUl. NOM and the only poſſible way of ruining them,was by engaging their God againſt them : As the known way of the Romans and other Heathens, when they went to beſiege any City, they uſed Inchant- ments to call focth thar God under whole peculiar proteQion they were. t And of Mia/an too, as is manifelt f…
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» Which Balaam ſaw not, becauſe God withheld his eyes as he did the eyes of Daniel's companions, Dar. 10.7. Ir is a truth, which meer Philoſophers own, tiaat when God withdraws his concuiſe or help from any of his creatures, they cannor perform their na- tural acts and offices ; The eye cannot ſce, Ger 19. nor the …
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