2 ( 3, e.) Ido hereby renew my Covenant with thy Peoplg which they had violated and voided by their fin. But the thorrneſs of tlie Phraſe, there being no mention here of any with whom this Cove- nant 15 made or renewed, and the following words, make it more probable, that this Covenant is nothing but a ſolemn promiſe or en- gagement that God will do the thing which here follows. And the word Covenant 1s oft uſed for a meer promiſe, as Gen: 9:9, &c, Lev: 24.8: Num: 18: 19: and 25:12. 0 Either 1. By thy Minifſtery, as that phraſe is ſometimes uſcd,as 1 Cor: 15. 10. Or 2. In the midf of thee, 7. e. of thy People, as ver: 11: before thee, 7: e: before thy People: This I prefer, becauſe the nexr Verſe explains this of fuch things as were not done by Moſes his Miniſtery, nor in his time, but aſterwards.
1x Obſerve thou that which I command thee this day. Behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and
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the Hivice, and the-Jebuſite. . __* Chap: 12 * Take heed to thy ſelf, leſt thou make a cove- 23:32: leſt it be for a ſnare in the midſt of thee. - *Chays 13 But ye ſhall deſtroy their altars, and * break their 53:24: p Which ar firſt were uſed by good men for their devotion, as 3: . Gen: 21:33. butafterwards. being horribly abuſed co Superſtiriun and + Heb: ft ; F27ES. 14 For thou. ſhalt worſhip no other Ged ; for the © 9 Who hath made himfelf known by, and glories in that name, wa rr The jealous God, who cannot endure any Competitor or Corrival "Im whereas the falſe and puny gods of the Hearhens | were contented + Chap: of God, whereby he is known and diitinguitked from all crher geds. T5 Leſt chou make a covenant r with the inhabitants and do ſacrifice unto their gods, and on? call thee, and chou eat of his ſacrifice 7. whom. you ſhould drive out. 5-(.7. e. Þ Commit Idotarry, which is oft called and compared to ſpiritual Whoredom. - Sec Fer: 2: afid 5, whereby thou wilt partake MTs 1 1n an idolatrons Worthip ; becauſe ſuch Feaſts were a part ey offered ro the det.
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite; and nant with the inhabirancs of the land whither thou goeft, Deur: 7: + images, and * cut down their groves p.. Deur:15: Idolatry, were by God's command to be deſtroyed. —_ Juidg:6: LORD, whoſe name 3s jealous q 5 a*® jealcus God. |; *$.. * 23: 14: © with multitudes cf Partners. So-this is properly ſaid to be chename 4. 5 of the land, and they go a whoring s after their 2002s, r For cohabitation, or to ſuffer them quecrly to live among you, and Exek: 16. + To wit, of the parts or remainders of his S2critice, ! aedictions and Thankigivings
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to the Idol: See Numb: 25: 2." Pſp; I6: 28, Exek; 18: 6: and 22: 9;
x Cor: 10: 20: Rev: 2: 20, + WET | 16 And tiioutaks cf * their daughters unto tliy ſons;
and their daughters * go a whoring after their gods
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*Chap:12 18 © The feaſt of * unleavencd bread ſhalt thou keep: 15, ©. ſeven days ſbalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I com- Il *3*'5* manded thee, in the time of the month Abib; for in * Chap: the * month Abib thou cameſt out from Egypr. 3: E 19 * All that openeth the matrix, 7s mine : and eve- | þ Chap * ry ficſtling among{t thy cattel, wherber ox or ſheep, 1ha# | Enea4: is male x. | 30: x Heb. 4&:d(for, That is,as the particle,and,is oft uſed; the words Luke 2. following here, and werſe 20: being a particular explication of ur 23. general Sentence in the beginning of this Verſe ) all thy cattel whic | ( a particle oft underſtood) ſball be born male, ( as it is alſo explained
whatſoever ( to wit, of the male-kind ) d is fitly underſtood out of the former ) of Ox or ( and put for or,as it is oft
Exod: 13: 12. ) the opening or openeth the Matrix (which wor Member, which is very uſual
d Sheep. . —_—_ * firſtling of an aſs thou ſhalt redeem with
20 Bur the 12.1 a7+lambs and if thou redeem him not, then ſhalt thou +
Oc, kid. break his neck. All the firſt-born of thy ſons thou (halt | - * Chap: redeem : and none ſhall appear before me * empty y,
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| 23: I5. 7 Either without a gift to me, ſo it is a Precept ; or without | © 7 Sam:9: benefit to himſelf; ſo it is a Promiſe. See Exod: 23, 15.
7 =_ 21 CT *Sixdaysſbalt thou work, but on the ſeventh 2% ® day thou bale reſt 3 in caring-time, and in harveit thou
| * Chap: ſhalt reſt z. _— 23:12: =» Which times are expreſſed, becauſe the great profit and ſeeming |
— Deurt 5:12 neceſſity of working at that time,was likely to be a powerful tempra-
| Luke 13: tion to make Men break the Sabbath.
| 24: 22 © * And thou ſhalt obſerve the feaſt of weeks a, * Chap: of
che firſt-fruits of wheat-harveſt 5, ard the feaſt of in-
S Het. re gathering c at the | years end d. : wolution of # (7. e) Which is numbred by weeks, being juſt ſeven weeks after | ' the year. the Paſſover, whence it is called Pentecoſt, 7. e. the fifticth day, to , | wit, after the Paſſover. See Levir. 23: 15. and 25: 8. 6 So this | is a deſignation ofthe time and buſineſs of the Feaſt of weeks. c To | wit, of the Fruits of the Earth. d So it was in regard of the Jubilce , E and Civil ContraQts. : | *Chap:23: 23 C* Thrice in the year (ball all your men-children 14, <4 ; Appear before the LORD God, the God of Iſrael. | 16 24 ForIwillcaſt out the nationse before thee, and * * Gen:35. enlarge thy borders : * neither [hall any man delire thy __ land f, when thon ſhalt. go up to appear before the ==ax 15. LORD thy God thrice in the year.
e So thou ſhalt have no inteſtine Enemy to do thee or thine miſ- chief. This God promiſed to do, but upon condition of 1/rae!'s dif- charge of their duty in following God in this work of driving them out, which they negle&ting,it was not fully done. f I will nor only tye their hands, that they ſhall make no invaſion upon you, but I will take off their thoughts and affe&tions from ſuch an Enterprize, which it was very eaſie for God to effte&t many ways»