covenant b' which he made with them in Horeb. | @ Theſe are the terms or conditions upon which God hath mae, 7. e- renewed Covenant with you: 6 (7.e.) That cntring into or ſtriking of Covenant. The Covenant was but one-in ſubſtance, but various in the time and manner of its diſpenſation.
2 And Moſcscalled untoall Iſrae},and ſaid unto them, * Ye have ſeen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, unto Pharaoh, and unto all his ſervants; and unto all his land: ;
3 * The great temptations which thine eyes have ſeen, the ſigns, and thoſe great miracles :
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you anheart to per-
not here with us this day m:
7 (i. e ) With your poſterity. For fo the covenant was made at to continue the bleſſing of Abraham upon his poſterity, ſo Le alſo engaged them to the ſame duties and conditions which were requir- ed of Abraham. So it is even among men, where a King confers an eſtate upon a Subje& and his Heirs for ever, uponſome certain con- ditions, all his Heirs who enjoy that benefit, are obliged to the ſame conditions, But whatſoever becomes of mans right, God the Creator and Soveraign Lord of all men and things,hath an unqueſti- onable right and power to oblige all perſons that are or ſhall be, to ſuch conditions. as he pleaſeth, and eſpecially to ſuch conditions as are for their own benefit, which is the preſent caſe.
Egypt», and how we came through the nations o which ye pailed by.
them, as the Golden Calf ſhewed, and therefore need to renew your Covenant with God ; where alſo we were in dreadful bondage, whence God alone hath delivered us, to whom therefore we are deeply obliged, and have all reaſon to renew our Covenant with him. o (7.e.) With what hazards, if God had nor appeared for us.
17 And ye have ſeen their abominations, and their 7 idols p, wood and ſtone, ſilver and gold, which were among them.) |
2? What ſorry tools they are,what ſenſeleſs and ridiculous deities;
ceive, andeyes to ſee, and ears to hear, unto this day c: c This verſe comes in by way of corre&iqn or exception to the foregoing clauſe in this manner, I faidindeed, ye have ſeen, &C.v. 2. and rhineeyes have ſeen, &c. but I muſt xecal my words, for in truth you have not ſeen them; in ſeeing you have not ſeen, and perce:- ving you have not perceived them: You have perceived and ſeen them ,with the eyes of your body, but not with your minds and hearts ; you have not ſeen them to any purpoſe : You have not yet learned rightly to underſtand the word and works of God, ſo as to know them for your good, and to make a rightuſe of them, and to comply with them: Which he exprefſeth thus, The Lord hath not given you, &c, not to excuſe their wickedneſs, bur partly to dire&t them what courſe to take, and to whom they muſt have recourſe for the amending of their former errours, and for a good under- ſtanding and improvement of God's works ; and partly to aggra- vare their fin, and to intimate, that although the hearing ear, and the ſeeing eye, and the underftanding heart, be the workmanſhip of God, Prov. 20. 12. and the effeQts of his ſpecial grace, Deut. 30.
their own fault, and the juſt puniſhment of their former ins ; their preſent caſe being like theirs in 1aiz's time, who firſt ſhut their eyes and ears that they might not ſee and hear, and would not un- derſtand, and then by the tremendous but righteous Judgement of
they ſhould not be able to ſee and hear, and underſtand, as is ma- nifeſt from the hiſtory of their carriage in the wilderneſs.
- 5 AndI have led you forty years in the wilderneſs, your cloaths are not waxen old upon you, and thy ſhoe is. not waxen old upon thy foot d.
d So far, that it was neceſſary for you to throw them away, and to get new ones. See on Deut. 8. 4.
' 6 Ye have not eaten bread e, neither have ye drunk wine or ſtrong drink f, that ye might know that I am
e (i.e,) Common bread purchaſed by your own money,or made by your own hands, but Heavenly and Angelical Bread, Devr. 8. 2. Pal. 78.,”24, 25. You have ſubſiſted without bread the Naffe of life.
But only water out of the rock. g The Lord Omnipotent and All- ſufficient for your proviſion without the help of any Creatures, and Jour God in covenant with you, who hath a true affe&ion to you, ftherly care of you, even when ordinary means fail.
- 7 And when ye came unto this place. * Sihon the King of Heſhbon, and Og the King of Baſhan came out againſt us unto battel, and we ſmote them,
'$ And we took their land, and* gave it for aninhe-
ritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to 9 * Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and xo Ye ſtand this day all of you befere the LORD
and your officers, with all the men of Iſrael. . b In his preſence, who ſees your hearts and carriages, and before
his Tabernacle, where it is probable they were now called together, and aſſembled for this work. See verſe 2. :
Ir Your little ones, your wives, and thy ſtranger
ſo that you have great reaſon to value your God,_and to cleave to him in Covenant, .and to take heed of ſuch abominable Idolatries,
18 Leſtchere ſhould beq among you,man or woman, or family, or tribe, whoſe heart turneth away r this day from the LORD our God, to go, «nd ſerve the gods of theſe nations: * leſt there ſhould be among you a root s that beareth || gall and wormwood xz.
q Or take heed or beware /eſt there be. For it ſeems to be an Ellip- ſis, or defe&t ofa verb which is uſual in ſcripture; and which we
, have in a caſe parallel to this, Ger. 3. 22. And now we muſt take | care left he put forth, &c. Or this particle, le#, may be joyned with
* I5 But with him that ſtandeth here with us this day? | before the LORD our God, * and alſo with bi that is *$:2 ag,
16 (For ye know how we have welt inthe land of
2. 39. 1 Cor: 7.
And this was the condition ; firſt with 4braham and his ſeed, by which as God engaged himfelf 4.
2 Where you have ſeen their Idolatries, and learned too much of
f Heb: dungy gads.
* Heb: 12, I5. || Or, -
' v, 14, 15. to this purpoſe, I now renew the covenant with you, -
and with your poſterity, leſt any of you or yours ſhould be tempted | to depart from God, &c. » (3.e.) Who turneth away from God to ' Idols, not by conſtraint, but by choice, and the inclination of his ; own heart. By this phraſe he leads them to the ſpring of their fin | and ruine, even their ewn hearts, which he admoniſheth them