13 Thou ſhalt * fear the LORD thy God, and Terve 319m him, and thalc ſwear g by his Name þ. > pong g When thou haſt a call and juſt cauſe to ſwear. þ Underſtand Ln
only, as Deut: 5: 2: not by Idols, or any Creatures.
14 Ye lba]l not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you :
15 (For the LORD thy God 35a jealous God among you ) leſt the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled againſt thee, and deſtroy thee from off the face of the earth. |
i Heb. In the midft of you, to ſee and obſerve all your turnings aſide to gther gods. *Mat,4.”
16 Ye ſhall not tempt the LORD & your God * as Luk.4. ye tempted him in Matſah. "Ex.17-2
k 7. e. Not provoke him, as the following inſtance explains. Sin- Nuns. - ners, eſpecially preſumptuous ſinners, are off ſaid to rempt God, i. e, *: + to make a trial of God, whether he be what he prer2ads to be ſo wiſe asto ſee their ſins, ſo juſt and true and powerful as to take VEN-
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perſons. See Numb. 14. 22. Pſal. 78. 18. Mas. 4:7. Affs 5. 9.
17 Ye ſhall diligently keep the commandments of the {.ORD your God, and his teſtimonies, and bis {tztutes which he hath commanded thee. |
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13 And thou ſhalt do that which is right and good in che ſight of the LORD / that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayeſt go in, and poſſeſs the good land which the LORD ſware unto thy fathers :
1 Not that which is right in thine own eyes,as many ſuperſtitious and ſinful pra&ices ſeem right and good to evil minded men. Let Gods will and word, and not thine own fancy or invention, be thy rule in Gods ſervice. Good ations are oft ſaid to be right in Gods
ſih:, as Jer. 34. 15. As 4: 19. and evil ations are oft ſaid to be right in aur own ey2s, as Dent. 12. 8. Judg: 17: G.
"_m_ 19 * To caſt out all thine enemies from before thee, 2Hxeb:ro as the LORD hath ſpoken. | marrow: 20 And when thy ſon asketh thee + in time to come,
ſaying, What mean the teſtimonies, and the ftatutes, and the judgments which the LORD our God hath commanded you.
21 Then thou ſhalt ſay unto thy ſon, we were Pha- raohs bondmen in Egypt, and the LORD brought us
1£c:3:199 out of Egypt * with a mighty hand.
ind 13-3, 22 And the LORD ſhewed figns and wonders, great
Hed nd + ſore upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon his houſhold: before our eyes :
22 And he brought us out from thence, that he might briag us in,to give us the land which he {ware unto our fathers.
24 And the LORD commanded us to do all theſe ſtatutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good wal- ways, that he might preſerve us alive as 37 is this day.
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DEUTEROTNY
ASL. Chap. VII.
7 The LORD did not ſet his love upon you; nor chooſe you, becauſe ye were moe in number than any | people : ( for ye were the feweſt of all people e. )
e To wit, at that time when God firſt declared his love to you, | and choice of you for his peculiar people, which was done to Abrae ham. For Abraham had but one Son concerned in this choice and. covenant, to wit, Iſaac, and that was in his hundreth year ; and Iſaac was 60 years old ere he hada Child,and then they had only two Children; and though 7acob had 12 Sons, yer it was a long time erc they made any conſiderable increaſe. Nor do we read of any great multiplication of them till after Fejeph's death, Exod. 1. 6, 7.
8 But becauſe the LORD loved youf, and becauſe he would keep the oath which he had ſworn unto your fa- thers, nath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you our of the houſe of bondmen. tj from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt. 4
f i. e. Becauſe it pleaſed him to love you, ir was his free choice,
without any cauſe or motive on your part. Compare Deut. 10.15. rt. Sam. 12. 22. Pſalm 43. 4. |
9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God g,* which keepeth covenant and mercy *Ex:20.6. | with them that love him, and keep his commandments, _ = co a thouſand generations : |
S True to his word,and conſtant in performing all his promiſes. Al
10 And repayerh them that hate himb, to their face 3, to deſtroy them : he will not be flack & co him that ha- teth him, he will repay him to his face.
h Not only thoſe who hate him dire@ly and properly, (for ſodid few or none of the Iſraelires to whom he here ſpeaks, ) but thoſe
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therefore our Obedience is highly reaſonable,& abſolutely neceſfary. *
+ Heb.avdd 25 f Andit * ſhall be our righteouſneſs n,it we ob-
righte9uſ= ſerve to do all theſe commandments, before the LORD ! op | ' 7 7. ee Openly,and ſo as they ſhall ſee ir,and nor be able to avoid ir.
ak - God : the LORD thy God hath choſen thee to be a Amos3.2; ſpecial people unto himſelf,aboye all rhe people that are r Pet. 2.9. Upon the face of the carth,
' as appears from v. 9. where the love of God, to which this hatred is
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'.y #1 Heb. Righteouſneſs ſhall be to us. We ſhall be owned and pro- mercy jball - s . ( 1w.See nounced by God to be truly righteous and toly perſons, 1f we fin- Chace, cerely obey him,otherwiſe we ſhall be declared to be unrighteous & , eo ungodly perſons, and all our profeſſion and Religion will appear to : 10, c be in Hypocriſie. Or, mercy ſhall be ro us, or with us. For as the Hebrew