e The covering here forbidden is, either, 1+ The inward and de- liberate purpoſe and defire of a deceitful or violent raking away of another Man's Goods; but this is forbidden in the eight Command- ment. Ard it is hard to conceive, thar Sr. Paul ihould think, that this Command did not forbid ſuch a praftice, Rom. 7: 7: which even the betcer ſort of Heathens cſteemed a Sin, whoſe . words are, that they who are withhcld from inceſt, or whoredome, or thefr, only from a principle. of jear, are guilty of thoſe Crimes; eſpecially ſeing tne Old Tefament Scriptures, which dou" tleſs he diligently ſtudied, doo p ainly condema evil purpotes of the heart, as Levi. 19: 17: Deut. 9: 4, 5: and 15: 7, 9, &c. Or, 2 the greedy defire of th.t which 15 ancther Man's, tnough it be without injury to him. Thus Ahab ſinacd in deſiring Naborh's Vineyard, ti:0! gh he offzred him Money for it, 1 Kings 21: 2 Or,rather, 3. thoſe inward motions of the Hearr,
which from che Fountain of Original Corruption do ſpring up inte |
Heart, and tickle it with ſomeſecret Deligitt, though they do nor obrain the deiib-rate Conſent ofthe Will. Far ſeing this Law ofGod 75 Spiritualand Ho'y, Rom. 7: 12, 14-and reacheth the thoughts, in- t<nts, and ali rhe attuz] motions ofthe Heart, as is appareat from the Nature of Go4,and of his Law; and ſeing fuch morions are both the Fruits of a finful Nature, and the common Cauſes of finful A&i- Ons ard are not agreeable eirher ro Man s firſt and uncorrupted Na- ture, orto Goa's Law, they muſt needs be a ſwzrving from it, and Therefore Sin» And this is tae xeaion why this Commar:d is added as diſtugtt irom all tie rcit,
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| mountain ſmoaking: and when the peopie ſaw it, they | removed g, and ſtood afar off.
x The Father is put firſt here, |, ro ſhew that we owe this Duty promil- |
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8. | | C 13 And * all the people ſaw the thunderings fand the lightnings, and the noiſe of the trumpet, and the
f (#: e: ) Herd them. Ons: ſenſe is oft put for another, as ſeeing Gen, 4.2: 1. for hearinz, Affs 7.12, g. From the bottem © of the Mountain, wtere it ſeems they ſtood. CO:
19 And they ſaid unto Moſes, * Speak thou with us, * n.ye, ard we wiil hear ; butler not God ſpeak with us, leſt, 5.24. .an
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þ This they ſpeak from a ſenſe of their own guilt, and of the eb, 12g Greatneſs and Holineſs of the Divine Majeſty, to whom they durſt 19» . nor approach but by a Mediator. See Devt. 5: 28: and 18: 16; Gal:
3* 19. 20 And Moſes ſaid unto the people, Fear not : for God is come to prove you 3, and that his fear may be
before yourfaces-k, that ye tin not.
i Or zry, or ſearch you, whether you are innocent, and ſuch as delight in my Preſence, or conſcious of your guilr, and therefore afraid of my Appearance ; whetier you have ſuch a righteouſneſs as can bide the trial of a Severe Judge ; or whether you ars fuch as have cauſe fo fear my Wrath,and to flee ro my Grace and Mercy; which of you are Sincere and Upr.ght, and which are Hypoerites | and ungodly Perſons; or, to try, whether this rerrible Appearance ' will produce in you that Reverence, Fear, and Obedience, which I call for; or, to give you a Law, by which you will be proved whether you do indeed love and fear me, as you' pretend you do, or vvhether you do not, & God's fear is properly in Mens hearts; but here the ſenſe ſeems ro be this, That his Fear, z. e. .--. this dreadful Manifeſtation of his Majeſty and Juſtice ( the a& --1 :21 being here put for the Obje& ) may be now and ever before your | Eyes, andin your Memories, | as an effeftual Prefervative from Sin,
21 And the people ſtood afar off, and Moſes drew
near unto * the thick darkneſs, where God was. * Chaps 22 } And the LOR Ufaid unto Moſes, Thus thou: 19.16,
ſbalt ſay unto the children of [ſrael, Ye have ſeen 7 chat Kings
I have talked with you * from heaven m2. E270 þ Den I (5. e. ) Heard, asverſe 18: He may uſe the word, ſe:n, here,cto 36,
intimate, that this was a'l they could fee of God, to wit, his Voice and Speech, and that they ſaw no Image of him, as is expreſſed in | a paral'el place,and therefore ſhould make no Reſemblances of him, as it here follows* m (7.e.) From the Lower Heaven, ro wir, the Air, or the Clouds, which were over the top of Mount Sinai, Drut 4. 36: Neh. g: 13: and fo the word Heaven is of: underſtood, as Ger. r. 20: Job 35: 11. Pſalm. 79: 2: And ſo this place may be reconciled with Heb. 12: 25: Where this is ſaid to be ſpoken upon Earth.
23 Ye ſhall notmake * with me » gods o of lilver p, « |c,
, neither ſhall ye make unto you gods of gold. | 4: 5. n ( i.e. ) To worſhip together with me, I will allow ne Compa-/2Kings 17
nion ; or, to me, as it follows, wnto you ; *and verſe 24: wned me ;; and 1413, the particle, eth, 1s ſometimes uſed for el, or lamed,as 1 Sam: 22: 14: Ezek: 20, 2 Kings 22: 14: Or, for me, either to repreſent my Perſon,by compar- 39; and ing this with the paralle! place,Deut: 4: 15, 16: or to worſhip me 43: 8: by, as it is apparent that the ſraelites afterwards did intend to Wer-, 2 Cor.6: : ſhip Jehrwah in the Golden Calf, and therefore Aaron calls the Feaſt 14,15,16s of the Calf, a F aft te Jehovah, Exod: 32: 5. and that with the appro- bation of the People, whom he then complied with,and durit not refiſt. o (7#:e:) IJiols or Images, to whom yeu may give the name and worſhip of gods. p Aad conſequent!y not of any ocher Materials, as Woud, or Stone : It is a Synecdoche.
24 1 An altar of earth thou ſhalt make unto me 9, and ſhalt ſacrifice thereon thy burnt-otferings, and thy peace- offerings, * thy ſheep, and thine oxen 3 in-all places r where I record my Name s, I wiil come unto
thee, and 1 will bleſs thee. |