" word rendred -ighteouſneſs 1s very oft put for mercy,as ?ſal:24;5:and 36: 10.and 51:14: Prov. 10;2:and 11:4: Dan:g: 16. &c. ſo this ſenſe ſeems beſt ro agree both with the Scripture uſe of this phraſe, in which righteouſneſs, ſeldom or never,to my remembrance, but grace or mercy frequently,is ſaid to be to us or with us,as2 Sam: 15:20:Pſal 89:24.Prov. 14:22: Gal.6:16:2.70h:3:and with the foregoing verſe and argument, God,ſaith he,v:24. commanded theſe things for our good,that he might preſerve uſe alive, as it is this day, And, ſaith he in this verſe, this is nor all, for as he hath done us goud,ſo he will go on to do us mere and more good,and Gods mercy jhall be to ws, or with us,in the remain= der of ous lives, and for ever, if we obſerve, &c.
CHA P. VI. Iſrael is Commanded to caſt ont the Hittites the Perizites, Oc. 1. All com- munion with them forbidden, 2-1, For fear of Idolatry, 4. They muſt
ruin the places of Idolatry, $5. The Iſraelites holineſs and relation to God, G.
His faithjulneſs to the Obedient, 9; And vengeance on them that hate |
him, co. The advantage of Obedience, 12, 16. God encourages them,
and promiſes to drive out the Nations before 'em, 17----=24, They are commanded to deftroy their Images, 25. And keep themſelves clean from their curſed things, 26. 'Ch.31:3: Hen the * LORD thy God ſhall bring thee into the land whither thou goeſt to poſleſs it,and hath caſt out many nations before thee, the Hittites,and the Girgaſhites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivices, and the Jebuſites, ſeven Nations « greater and mightier than thou:
a There were ten in Gen. 15.19. But this being ſome hundreds of : years after that. it is not ſtrange if three of them «vere either de- ſtroyed by Foreign or Domeſtick wars,or by cohabitation and mar- riage united with, and ſwallowed up in ſome of the reſt.
: 2 And when the LORD thy God lthall deliver them Num-33 before thee, thou ſhalt ſmite them, and * urterly deſtroy 52.Joſh.6: « (h k .
17:88:24, Dem _; * thou ſhalt + make no covenant with them 6, & 10: 28, nor ſhew mercy unto them.
40: & x3, b To ſpare them, or permit them to dwell with thee in the land, I, 12, Other Nations had more favour, bur theſe were for their great *Ex:23.32 wickedneſs, and for the good of Iſrael devoted routrer deſtruttion.
34:12,5 3 Neither thalt thou make marriages with them, thy
= ne daughter thou ſhalt not give unto his ſon,nor his daugh- »ih:5,,, Cr chou ſhalt nor take co thy ſon. SecJoſh:2 #4 For they will turn away thy ſon from following me, 14:and 9. that they may ſerve other godsc:1o will the anger of the nag LORD be kindled againſt you,& deſtroy thee ſuddenly. "i c 1. e. There is manifeſt danger of Apoſtacy and Idolatry from ſuch matches. Which reaſon. doth both limit the Law of ſuch of theſe as were unconverted, otherwiſe Salmon married Rabab.Mat 1. 5: | and enlarge it to other Idolatrous Nations, as appears from 1 Kings _ It. 2. Ezrag.2, Neh: 13,23. ne + 5 Bue thus (hall ye deal with them ; ye ſhall * deſtroy fatus os ERIE altars,and break down theirfimages,and cut down pillar, their groves d, and burn their graven images with fire.
d Which Idolaters planted about the Temples and Altars of their Gods. Hereby God defigned to take away wharſoever might bring
4 ok their Idolatry to remembrance, or occaſion the reviving: of it.
:14:22 6 * For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy
; he
who hate him by conttruttion and conſequence ; trioie who hate and oppoſe his People, and Word, an: Image, thoſe who preſump. tuouſly and wilfully perſit in the breact' of Gods commandments,
opp ite, is deſcribed and expreſſed by the keeping of his commandments.
k To wir, ſo as ſome men count ſlackneſs, 2 Pet. 3, 9g. ſo as to delay it beyond rhe fit time or ſeaſon for vengeance, yer withal he is long. ſuffering, and ſlow to anger, as that and other places inform us.
11 Thou ſhalt therefore keep the commandments,and the ſtatutes, and the judgments which I command thee this day, to do them. |
12 * Wherefore it ſhall come to paſs,* if ye hearken Ch:28::. to theſe judgments, and keep and do them, that the i Heb: be« | LORD thy God ſhall keep unto thee the covenant and ©*** the mercy / which he ſware unto thy fathers.
{ i. e. The Covanant of Mercy. or Grace,which he out of his own meer grace made with them. A figure called Hendiaduo.
13 And he will love thee », and bleſs thee,and mul- tiply thee, he will aiſs bleſs the fruit of thy womb, and
| the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine, and thine ' oyl, the increaſe of thy kine,and the flocks of thy ſheep in the land which he ſware unto thy fathers to give thee.
m He will continue to love thee,and ro manifeſt his love to thee will not repent of his love to thee. *Exod:33
14 Thou ſhalt be bleſſed above all people : * there £6. &c: ſhall nor Þz male or female barren among you, or a- mong your cattle. ;
15 And the LORD will take away from thee all ſick- ,.. neſs,and will put none of the * evil diſeaſes of Egypt », er « (which thou knowelt) upon thee, but will lay them all TION upon them that hate thee, 'Y
n Such as the £gyptians were infeſted with, either commonly | as thar botcÞ, Deur. 28. 27. or miraculouſly and extraordinary from x hand of the Lord, as Exod. g. 10, 15: Compare Exod, 23. 25.
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16 And thou ſhalt conſume all the people which the #Heb +giz
LORD thy God # ſhall deliver thee ; thine eye ſhall th tehs , |
| | have no pity upen them, neither ſhalt thou ſerve their | | |
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gods, for that will be a * ſnare 0 untothee, *Ex:23:33
o An occaſion of tin and utter deſtru&tion. See Exod. 2 3:43.and 34, 12. Juadg. 2. 3.
17 If thou ſhalt ſay in thine keart, Theſe nations are moe than I, how can I dſ{poſleſs them ?
13 Thou ſhalt not be afraid of them 2: but ſhalt well remember p what the LORD thy God did unto Pha- raoh, and unto all Egypt ; |
p Heb. Remembring, remember, 1. e. remember it frequently, con- ſiderately,praftically,and fo: thy encouragement ; for men ate ſaid, to forget thoſe things which they donor remember to good purpoſe.
I, * Ine grear temptations q Which thine eyes ſaw, Ch: and the ſigns, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, & and the ſt:erched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought the out;io ſhail the LORD thy God dv tinto all the people of whom thou art afraid 7. Foes OR