q The Trials agg. Exerciſes of thy Faith and Obedience to my call _ og 2am r So as he did to Pharaoh and his people, mentio- ned, v. 18. E
20 * Moreover, the LORD'thy God will ſend the *Ex:23:28 hornet s among them, until they that are left and hide Joth.24.12 themſelves from thee, be deſtroyed. wy orud
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s Of which, ſee on Exod. 23. 28. 21 Thou {halt not be afrighted ac them : for the LORD thy God is among you,a mighty God andrerrible, , xz... '22 And the LOR D: thy God will F put out thoſe p1uk of, - | TE agations
Chap. VIII.
nations before thee by little not conſume them at once ?, increaſe upon thee. 1.
5 Or,Thou ſhalt not be able to conſume them at once, i. e. 11. an inftant. I will not affift thee with my omnipotency,to cruſh them in a mo- ment,bur will bleſs thee in the uſc of ordinary means, and deftroy them ſucceſhvel pu ſeveral battels. :
Heb. be- 23 But the L RD thy God ſhall deliver them | unto Wore :by thee, and ſhall deſtroy them with a mighty deftruction,
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Joſh, 12:3 98A they be deſtroyed. ; | =
' 24 And * he ſhall deliver their Kings into thine hand, and thou ſhalt deſtroy their name from under heaven : there ſhal no man be able to ſtand before thee,until thou have deftroyed them «.
» This promiſe is made upon condition of their performance of their duty, which they neglecting, they juſtly loſe the: benefit of L : it, as we ſee, Judg. 2.1, 2, 3- ;
Ch:12'3: ' 2c The graven images ef their gods * ſhall ye burn Ex.32:20. » 5 © | * Joſh. 7: With fire : thou * ſhalt not deſire the ſilver or gold that is
on them x, nor take it unto thee, leſt thou be * ſnared therein: forit is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
» Wherewith the Idols are covered or adorned,not conſequently any other of their ornaments. This he commands to ſhew his utter deteftation of Idolatry, and to cut off all occaſions of it.
26 Neither ſhalt thou bring an abomination into thine houſe, leſt thou be a curſed thing y like it : bz thou ſhalr utterly deteſt it, and thou ſhalt utterly abhor it: for* it
is a curſed thing. . 7 3. e. Devoted to utter deſtruQtion, as that was.
21, 24, Oc. C H A P. VIIL
Iſrael is exhorted to Obedience, 1, and to remember God's Judgments and
© Mercies, 2-6. The excellency of the Land they were going into, 7-9. Nor to forget the Lord in their Fulneſs and Proſperity, 10-—16. nor aſcribe their wealth to their own power, 17. but to God,18. God threatens to defltroy Idolaters, 19, 20.
LL the commandments which I command thee this day, ſhall ye obſerve to do, that ye may live a, and multiply, and go in, and poſſeſs the land which the
LORD ſware unto your fathers. s i. e. Live comfortably and happily, as /ife 1s oft taken, as Gen: 17: 18. Prov. 3. 2. as On the contrary, troubles or afflictions - are called Death, Exod: 10. 17+ 2 Cor. 11. 23. 2 And thou ſhalt remember all che way 5 which the | LORD thy God led thee thoſe fourty years in the wil- +-+...... derneſs. to humble thee, and to * prove thee, to know | *Ch:13:3. » © L | what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldeſt keep his commandment Or no.
b 5, e, All the events which befel thee in the way,the miraculeus proteC&tions, deliverances, proviſions, inſtruttions which God gave thee : and withal the frequent and ſevere puniſhments of thy difobe- dience. c i.e. That thou mighteſt diſcover to thy ſelfand others that infidelity, inconſtancy, hypocriſie, a oftacy, rebellion and perverſ- neſs, which lay hid in thy heart;the diſcovery whereof was of ſingular
uſe both to them,and to the Church of God in all ſucceeding ages. | *Bx:16: 2 And he humbled thee,and * ſuffered theero hunger
:10:3. —_— . 3 | + Fx: 16. and fed thee wich * Manna ( which thou kneweſt not,
and little : thou mayeſt leſt the beaſt of the. field
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See Joſ.7.11,
12.4. neither did thy fathers know ) that he might make thee | Mar, KNOW, that man doth * not live by bread only, but by Luk. "ag every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD 4 doth man live. d i.e. By every or any thing which God _— for this end, how unlikely ſoever it may ſeem to be for nouriſhment,as appears in the Manna ; ſeing it is not the Creature,but only Gods command and bleſſing upon it, that makes it ſufficient for the ſupport of life. *Ch.29.5- 4 hy raiment waxed not old upon thee e, neither Neh:9:z1 did thy foot ſwell f theſe fourty years.
| + Did not wear away through age, which they muſt needs have '. > done without a miracle, f Notwithſtanding thy long and hard
trayels, which alſo was miraculous. ' _ 5 * Thou ſhalt alſo conſider in thine heart, that as a
- man chaſteneth his ſon g, /o the LORD chy God cha-
. Chap.
11.10,11.
A land of wheat,and barley,and wines,and fig-trees, f Heb.of and pomegranats, 4 land of þ oil olive z, and honey.
olive-trree # Heb: Of the Olive-rree of 9h 7. e. Not of wild and barren, but of ol, of fruirful Olive-trees, whic yield plenty of Oy]. Aland wherein thou ſhalt eat bread without {carce- * Chap: 4 chou ſhalt nor lack any thing in it : a land *whoſe 33:25. , ſtones ere iron &, and out of whoſe hills thou mayeſt dig braſs /.
+ Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as ſtones, and upon which Travellers muſt tread, as in other parts they do upon ſtones. {1 To wit, in great plenty. Theſe are mentioncd,
| becauſe they had none ſuch in Egypt whence they came,
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Io * When thou haſt eaten, and art full, then thou ſhale bleſs the LORD thy God m»», for the good land which he hath given thee.
m (:. e.) Solemnly praiſe him for thy food ; which is a debt both of gratitude and juſtice, becauſe :t is from his provi*ence and fa- vour that thou receiveh borh thy focd and refreſhment ind firength by it. The more unworthy and »bſurd 1s that too commou pro= faneneſs of them, who, profeſſing to believe a God and his Provie dence, from whom all their comforts come, gruige to own him at their meals, either by deſiring his bicſling before them, or by offering due praiſe to God after them.
12 Beware thac thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgements, and his ſtatutes which I command thee this day.
12 * Left,when thou haſt eaten,and art full, and haſt * Ch.:x built goodly houſes, and dwelt rherezs : 47. and * 13 And when thy herds,and thy flocks multiply, and 3” -> thy filver and thy gold js multiplied, and all chat thou Of OR
haſt is multiplied :