14 Then thine heart be lifted up », and thou forget the LORD thy God, ( which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the houſe of bondage ;
» As if thou didfſt receive and enjoy theſe things either by thy own wifdom and valour, and induſtry, wer: 17. or for thy own merit, Deut: 9. 4. See Hoſ. 13. 6. 1 Cor. 4. 7.
15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wil-
derneſs, * wherein were fiery ſerpents, and ſcorpions,and 19-136.
drought, where there was no water,* who brought thee ; Hof. Fxod:14
forth water out of the rock of flint ; 13.5, | n:&16 16 Who fed thee in the wilderneſs with * manna, * Numb. | 'z& 17:2 which thy fathers knew not,that he might humble theeo, 2% 77: | Nun! and that he might prove thee to do thee good at thy Ex. - ge 4 q | | &2573] atter end p. ) * Exod: 0 By keeping thee in a conſtant dependance upon him for every | an & days food, and convincing thee what an impotent, helpleſs, and Pial: beggerly Creature thou art in thy ſelf, having nothing whereon to 106; 19; ſubliſt, but from hand to mouth, and being ſuported wholly by of the alms of divine goodneſs given to thee from day to day. The | mercies of God, if duly conſidered,are as powerful an argument or mean to humble us as the greateſt affliftions,becauſe they increaſe our debts to God, and manifeſt our dependance upon him, and in- ſufficiency without him, and by making God great, they make us little in our own eyes. Though this clauſe, as well as that which follows, may have reſpett to their afflitions, mentioned, wer. r5. ? (7.e. ) That after he hath purged and prepared thee by afflitions, he may give thee, and thou mayeſt receive and enjoy his bleſſings with leſs diſadvantage, whilſt by the remembrance of former affii« Qtions thou art made thankful for them, and more cautious not to abuſe and forfeit them again. . 17 And thou fay in thine heart, My power, and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 Put thou ſhalt remember the LORD thy God ; for it i: he that giveth thee power to get wealth 9, that he may eftabliſh his covenant which he ſware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. q So this word is uſed, Numb. 24. 18. Job 20. 18, Prov. 31. 29. 19 And it (hail be,if thou do ac all forget the LORD thy God,and walk after other gods,and ſerve them,and worſhip them,I teftifie againſt you this day that ye ſhall {urely periſh. | | 20 As the nations which the LORD deſtroyeth before your face, fo ſhall ye periſh ; becauſe ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. CHA P, IX. Iſrael's moych over Jordan to poſſeſs Canaan, 1-—-3. But muſt not aſcribe it to their own Righteouſneſs, g.=6. A rehear{al of their manifold pro- Vocations at Horeb, 8. at Taberah, 22. and at Kadeſh-Barnea, 23, 24. , H Ear,O Ifrael,thou art to paſs over Jordan this day #, to go in to poſſeſs nations b greater and mightier
than thy ſelf c,cicies great and * fenced up to heayen 4. * Chup. # ( :e.) Shortly, within a little time, the word day being oft put x, 28.
for time, as Job. 8. 56. 1 Cor. 4. 5. Revel: 16. 14. within two moneths;
for Moſes ſpake this on the firſt day of the eleventh month.,Dev. 1:3.
and they paſſed over Jordan on the tenth day of the firſt moneth.
Joſ. 4. 19. b( (7. e.) The land of thoſe nations ; for that only they
were to poſſeſs, but as for the Nations or people they were not to
poſleſs, but to deſtroy them. Thus they are ſaid to inherit Gad
Jer: 49: 1. 7.e, the Country and Cities of Gad, as it is there explain=
ed. c This he adds, partly that they might not be ſurpriſed when
they find them to be iuch : partly that they might not truſt to
their own ſtrength, but wholly rely upon Gods help for the de-
ſtroying of them, and, after the work was done, might aſcribe the |
praiſe and glory of it ro God alone, and nor to themſelves: d As
the Spies reported, Deut: 1:28. See on Ger. 11: 4.
'2 A people great and tall, the children of * the Ana- * Numb. kims, whom thou knoweft,and of wbom thou haſt heard 13-28,29 ſay e, Who oan ſtand before the children of Anak ?
e Either from the ſpies, or rather from common fame, for this ſcems to be a proverb uſed in thoſe times. :
3 Underſtand therefore this day,that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee as a * conſurg- *Ch.4.4 þ,. ing fire : he ſhall deftroy them and he ſhall bring them Heb. down before thy face ; fo ſhalt thou drive them out,and ** |
deftroy them quickly fas the LORD hath ſaid f Without great ron Lo or long wars. -pngen _
4 Speak not thou in thine heart,after that the LORD
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For my righteouſneſs the LORD hath broughtme in to
ofle(s this land: but*for the wickedneſs of theſe nations
the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
| 5 Not for thy righteouſneſs, or for the uprightneſs of thine heart g, doſt thou go to poſſeſs their land ; but for the wickedneſs of theſe nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may per-
| form *the word which the LORD ſware unto thy fa- " thers, Abraham, Iſaac, and Jacoh 4.
z Neither for thy upright heart, nor holy life, which are the two
: things which God above all things regards, 1 Chron. 29. 17. Pſal. 15.
1, 2. And conſequently he excludes all merit. And ſurely they who
- did not deſerve this earthly Canaan, could not meric the Kingdom
of Glory. h To ſhew my faithfulneſs in accompliſhing that promiſe which I graciouſly made and confirmed with my oath. By which words it 1s impiied, that this land was not given to; them for the righteouſneſs oftheir fathers, though they were righteous and holy perſons, and much leſs for their own righteouſneſs, which they had nor, as it follows.
6 Underftand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee nor this good land to poſlels it for thy righte-
ouſneſs, for thou art a * ſtiff-necked people z. ; | i Rebellious and perverſe, and fo deſtitute of all pretence of righ- tconſneſs ; ſuch were the people, but there were divers particular
. perſons amongſt them truly righteous and holy, and yet even their .- : righteouſneſs is denied to be the procuring cauſe of this land.
7 Remember, nd forget not how thou provokedit
. the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderneſs: * from