was Wraptup in it, and may be included in this expreſſion. # Or, which ſhe ſhall have born, 7. e. her more grown children.
58 If thou wilt not obſerve to do all the words of this law, that are written in this book, tha: thou may- eſt fear this glorious and fearful Name «, THE LORD THY GOD:
u (7.e.) Thing or perſon, to wit, this glorious God. Names ate oft put for things, as « Kings 5. 3. Pſal: 20. 1.and r1s5. 1. Atts 4. 12. Eph: 1. 21. and for Perſons, as 4s 1. 15. Rev: 3.
59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonder- ful, and the plagues of thy ſeed, ever great plagues, and of long coutinuance, and fore ſickneſſes, and of long continuance. ; |
60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the * diſeaſes ch. 7.1 of Egypt, which chou walt afraid of: and they ſhall cleave unto thee. |
61 Alſoevery ſickneſs, and every plague which is not lj written in the book of this law, them will the LORD =
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f bring upon thee, until thou be deſtroyed. Heb. | 62 And * ye ſhall be left few in number , whereas ye _ ”
were * as the ſtars of heaven for multitude: becauſethou *ch. 4.254 wouldelt not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. *ch.10.2 63 And ir ſhall come to paſs, tha: as the LORD re-
joyced over you to de you good, and to multiply you, , ſo the LORD * will rejoyce over you to deftroy U by OY -
andro bring you to nought, aadye ſhall be plucked from off the land whither thou goeſt to poſleſs it y. | x His juſt indignation againſt you will be fo great, thats will be a pleaſure to him to take vengeance on you. For though he doth ' not delight in the death ofa Sinner in it ſelf, yet he doth doubtleſs .clight in the oo of his Juſtice upon -incorrigible ſinners, icing rhe exerciſe of all his attributes muſt needs pleaſe him, elſe he were not perfe&ly happy. y Which was no wo land, but a moſt pleaſant land, a land of Promiſe, a token of God's favour, and a pledge of their eternal Inheritance, which was a great ag- gravation of their loſs of it.
64 And the LORD * ſhal ſcatter thee among all people, *Lev. 26 fromthe one end of the carth, even to the other end of the 33; Xe
- 1 8, Jer. earth; and there thou ſhalt ſerve other gods, which neither 16. 13. thou nor thy fathers have known, eve» wood and ſtone.
65 And *among theſe nations (halt thou findno eaſe, *Amosg. neither fhall the ſole of thy foot have reſt z, but the + LORD {ball give thee there a trembling heart, and fail- - ing of eyes, and ſorrow of mind. E
2 Ye ſhall have no ſettlement in the land whither you are baniſh- ed, but there you ſhall be toffed about from place to place, and
ſold from perſon to perſon, or Cain-like, wander about like a ya« gabond.
£6 And thy life ſhall hang in doubt before thee s, and thou ſhalt fear day and night z and ſhalt have nons aſſurance of thy life.
4 Either becauſe thou art in the hands of thy enemies that have power, and want not will, to deſtroy thee : Or becauſe of the ter- rors ofthy own mind, and the guilt of thy conſcience making thee
ro fea:, even where no great cauſe to fear is.
65> * In the morning thou ſhalt fay, Would Ged it * Joby: 4. were even : and at even thou ſhalt ſay, Would God it 4 were morning : for the fear of thine heart wherewich thou ſbalt fear, and for the fight of thine eyes, which chou (halt ſee.
68 And the LORD * ſhall bring thee into Egypt a- *Jer.44. 4. gain b with ſhips c by the way «4 whereof I ſpake unto Hoſ's. 13! thee, * Thou ſhale ſee it no more again: and there ye. 2nd 9. 3- ſhal be ſold unto yourenemies for bond-men,and bond- "©7726
women, and no man ſhall buy you e. b Whence he hath now fo glorioufly delivered thee, as repent-
ing of all his kindneſs ro thee, and refolved ro undo w hat he hath done for thee. And the remembrance of what they endured in E- Zypr, could not bur make the thoughts of ceturning thither again very terrible to them, c Which was litterally fufilled under 7icus,
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- mind them of that time when they went over the Sea without
' now they would have occaſion ſadly to
God, had their hearts made fat, and their eyes and ears cloſed, that
- the LORD your God g.
- the half tribe of Manaſſeh. | do them, that ye may Þ proſper in all that ye do.
- your God h: your captains of your tribes, your elders,
# that zs in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood, un-
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when multitudes of them were carried thither in ſhips, and fold brferrag for Slaves, as Joſephus relates. and this expreſſion ſeems to
ing up the Seca before them,&c.which remember. d Or, 7s the "oy: the Hebrew Beth here ſignifying 70, as it doth Ger. 11. 4, Zevit. 16. 22. Pſal. 19.5. and g1. = For A 8. And the way ſeems not to be meant here of the uſual road-way from Canasn to Egypt, which was wholly by land, bur to be put for the end of the way or journey, even the land of Egypr, for to this, and not to the road-way be- tween Canaan and Egypr, agree the words here following, whereof I ſpake unto thee, thou ſbalt ſee it, (3. e.) Egypt) no more again, And ſo that way is put for, to that land, in a place parallel to this, where
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12 That thou ſhouldeſt + enter inte covenant / with
the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD # Heb;
thy God maketh with thee this day :
[ (5.e.) Into covenant or agreement confirmed by a ſolemn oath.
paſs.
13 Thathe may eſtabliſh thee to day for a people un- to himſelf,and hat he may be unto thee a God, as he
hath ſaid unto thee, and as he hath ſworn unto thy fa- thers, to Abraham, to Iſaac, and to Jacob.
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and this oath :
the very fame words are uſed, Deur. 17, 16. to which this place
palpably alludes. e Either becauſe the number of you captives |
thall be ſo great, that the market ſhall be glutted with you; 'Or be- | cauſe you ſhall be ſo loathſome and contemptible, that men ſhall ! not be willing to have you for Slaves. | of the Jews, after the deſtruQtion of Jeruſalem, as Joſephus the Jew |; hath left upon record. :
CHAP. XXIX.
The manifold Works and Mercies of G1d. a Motive to Obedience, 1=—=9. Mo- | ſes ſolemnly engageth them to keep Covenant with God io —=17. Unbe- | lief, careleſs Contempt, and breach of Covenant, ſhall be ſeverely puniſbed, | 18 28. Theend and uſe of the revealed Will of God. .
Heſe are the words of the covenant «, which the LORD commanded Moſes to make with the children 'of Iſrael, in the land of Moab, * befide the