too, for the ſame reaſon. f Whereby was fitly repreſented God's * of Ifrael is come unto me : and I have alfo ſeen the
Majeſty, and Purity, and Power. g Which doubrleſs repreſented | the condition of the Church and People of [7ael, who were now in |
oppreflion wherewith the Egyptians oppreſs them. * Either in Prayer ; or rather forced by their Oppreſſions, as the
the fire of affliftion, yet ſo as that God was preſent with them, and | 44; Clauſe explains it,
that they ſhould not be conſumed init, whereof this Viſion was a Pledge.
2 And Moſes ſaid, I will now turn aſide, and fee this great ſight, why the buſh is not burnt. | 4 And when the LORD {ſaw that he turned aſide
buſh, and ſaid, Moſes, Moſes + ; and he ſaid, Here
am I.
h He doubles the Name, partly to ſhew kindneſs and familiarity, and principally to make Moſes more atteutive to the buſineſs before him. ;
5 And he ſaid, Draw not nigh hither ; ; * put off thy ſhoes from off thy feer k, for the place whereon
thou ftandefſt, is holy ground /.
# Keep thy diſtance ; whereby he checks his curioſity and for- wardne's, and works him to the greater reverence and humility. Compare Exod: 19: 12, 21: Joſs 5: 15. k This he requires as an at and token, i. OF his reverence to the divine Mijeſty, then and there eminently preſent. 2. Of his humiliation for his Sins, whereby he was unfit and unworthy to appear before God ; for this was a poſture of Humiliation, 2 Sam: 15: 30: Iſai: 20: 2, 4; Ezek: 24: 17, 23. 3. Of purification from the filth ofhis feet, or ways, or converſation, that he might be more fit to approach to God. See Joh: 13. 16: Heb: 10: 22, 4. Of his ſubmiſſion and readineſs ro obey God's Will, for which reaſon ſlaves uſed to be barefooted, I Witha relative holineſs at this time, becauſe of my ſpecial preſence IN 1t.
6 Moreover he ſaid, * I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham; the God of Iſaac, and the God of Jacob mw. And Moſes hid his face : for he was afraid
to look upon God ».
- The God ingaged to them by Covenant or Promiſe, whichT am now come to perform. n» As other excellent Servants of God have been through the ſenſe of their own Mceanneſs, and Sinfulneſs, and
T9: 13: Iſai:6:2, 5, Oc.
7 © And the LORD ſaid, TI have ſurely ſeen o the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and * have heard their cry, by reafon of their task-maſters : for I know their ſorrows,
o Heb. in ſeeing I have ſeen, (5. e. ) T have ſeen and obſerved it diligently, accurately, and certainly ; for ſo much the doubling of the Verb ſignifies. >
8 And I am come down þ to deliver them out of the
Pharaoh, that thou mayeſt bring forth my people the children of Iſrael out of Egypt. |
the children of Ifrael out of Egypt ?
t What a mean inconſiderable Perfon am I ? how unworthy and unfit for that employment ? He was more forward in the Work 40 years ago, by reaſon of the fervours of his Youth, his inexperience in Afffairs, the Advantage of his Power and Intereſt in the Court, by which he thought he could and ſhould procure their Deliverance ; but now Age hath made him cool and conliiderate : the remembrance
took away all probability of prevailing with them to fellow him, much more of prevailing with Phara9h to-let them go.
God by himſelf, and by the probabilities or improbabilities of ſecon Cauſes.
12 Andhe ſaid, Certainly T will be with thee ; and this ſhall be a token unto thee «, that I have ſent thee: When thou haſt brought fecth the people out of Egypt,
ye ſhall ſerve God upon this mountain.
z Either 1. this Viſion; or 2. the fulfilling of this Promiſe, that I will be with thee by Signs and Wonders, and a Strong Hand : or rather 3. this which here follows, that he and 1ael ſhould ſerve God there. Signs indeed are commonly given from things paſt or preſent, but ſometimes from things to come, as here, and 1 S2m. 2. 34- Jai. 7. 13, 14. andg. 6, &'c. Yueft, How could Moſes be con- firmed in his preſent Calling and Work by a thing yer ro come ? Anſw. Such Signs if they were ſingle, and the only evidences of a Mans calling, might leave ſome ground for ſuſpicion ; bur when they are accompanied with other Signs, as it is here and in the other places produced, they are of great uſe for the Corroboration ofa Man's Faith. Moſes was otherwiſe aſſured of the Preſence, and Power and Faithfulneſs of that God who ſpake to him, and was to expeEt more aſſurances that God would be with him to help him an, and carry hira through his Work. And as an evidence that this Work of bringing Irael out of Egypt ſhould be compleat- ed, he gives him a promiſe that he ſhould ſerve God in that place ; which promiſe coming from God, he knew to be as in« fallibly certain, as if it were already come to paſs, and therefore this wasan apt mean to ſtrengthen his Faith in bis preſent undertak«
ing. 13 And Moſes ſaid unto God, Behold, when I come
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unto the children of Iſrac), axd ſhall fay unto them, I -
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebu-
to paſs, that all the reſt go under the names of the Canaanites, Gen:
of his Brethrens RejeQtion of him, when he was a great Man at Court, |
Thus Moſes falls into that Diſtemper to which moſt Menare prone, of meaſurin
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10 Come now therefore, and I will ſend thee unto
11 T And Moſes ſaid unto God, * Who am Ir, that * gee 16! I ſhould go unto Pharaoh ; and that T ſhould bring forth 6: 5: |
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Chap. III. | EXO The God of your fathers hath ſent me unto you, and they ſball ſay unto me, Whar is his Name x ? what ſhall I fay unto them ? |
x Since I muſt go to them in thy name, and thou haſt variety of Names ad glorious Titles, and ſome of them are aſcribed ro
Idols, not only by the Egyptians, ; Ps. whe Nas {hall L uſe, whereby both thou maiſt be din- ſinguiſhed from falfe gods, and thy People may be encouraged
to expect Deliverznce irom thee ? 14 And God ſaid unto Moſes, I AM THAT I AM j: And he ſaid, Thus ſhalt chou fay unto the chil- * Chap:6: Aren of Iſrael, I AM * hath ſent me unto you. 3. 2 Cor:: 3 A moſt comprehenſive and ſignificant Name, avd moſt proper
2 for the preſent occaſion. It notes 1. The reality of his Being : Heb:13: whereas Idols are nothings, 1 Cor. 8. 4. all their Divinity is only in 8
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