ei.e, Good ——__ pans _ an quan 6rd wg God more regards than this particular Error : and therefore thou "IP La | | «> eg he will haben thee, yet 4a will not utterly deſtroy thee. f Oc, of] Fox —— of = __ - 2 and Zebadiah the ſon dire&ed or ſet thy heart ; 3. e, Thou haſt ſought and ſerved God with | © mael, the ruler of the houſe of Judah c, forall the all thy heart, and not feignedly, as many others do. And this work hp | of preparing or direQting his heart, is here aſcribed ro Jehoſhephat, you e. + Deal couragiouſly, and the LORD ſhall be Heb.-. _; as el{ewere it is attributed to God, Prov.16. x. Phil. 2.13. becauſe with the ood f. | - F it is Mans Attion, but performed by Gods Grace, preventing, S s and dos
enabling, and enclining him to it-
- or Eccleliaſtical Matters c Either x the Pri 1Ce, or chief Rul
4 And Jehoſhaphar dwelt at Jeruſalem 3 and + he} 1. nc King, of che Tribe of Judah, which is called the Houſe of went Out again g through the people, from Beerſheba Judah. 2 Sam: 2: 4, 7, 10: 1 Kings +2: 21, 23. 1 Chron: 28: 4: Jer: a/vmt, to mount Ephraim h, and brought them back unto the
LORD God of their Fathers z.
g Once he went by his Officers, c<. 17. 7, &c. Now he went in fully, the Kings houſe of Jud#b, Jer: 22:6- And whoſo fit to manage his own perſon. h i-e. Through his whole Kingdom, whereofrheſe
vere the two Bounds. 7 Such of them 3s had revolred from God to ' : Tac -
Idols, he reclaimed by his good Counſel and Example and by the In- | 224 his People; or between Subje& and Subje&, which may be ſtruftions of the Levites and Prieſts: whom doubtleſs now he carried | called the Kings Matters, becauſe it was a principal part of his Office
with him, as he ſent them before with his Officers of Stare.
5 And he ſet Judges in the land, throughout all the ſee your juſt Sentences executed ; which work was fitly committed
fenced cities of Judah, city bv city & ;
\ Or JUC ; | _ | CorreCtions, and might work the Guilty to an acknowledement of & In every City. for it ſelf and the Countrey adjacent, that Juſtice | their Fault, and a ſubmiſſion to their Frnithnens. And A this is might be adminiſtred with the moſt eaſe and convenience to the
People. and they might nor all be forced togo up to Jeruſ.lem.
a . vigorouſly in their Work, becauſe they had the Levites to ſtand by 6 And faid ro the judges, Take need what ye do : mM anc y rats we wdly- Fat.:. for * ye judge notfor main, but for the LORD 7, * who | their doing of Good and Juſt Things,
is with you 2 Þ in the judgment.
C H A P. XX. ths. © { Yourepreſent Gods Perſon, tv whom Judgment belongeth, and Sobel drab ft Judah : 7h Fl 5h FY ; t Het. 5 YOU have your Commiſſion and Power from God, and not from Man, | ** js _—_ : Jenojbaphat in his fear procdaimeth 8 4-7 .only ;and your Admi-iſtration of Juſtice is not only for Mans good fa#t, i SMBs 3. 13. Jehaziel's Prophecy, 14 7. matterof but alſo for Gods Honour and Service. m Both to obſerve your | The En:mies are-vverthrown, 20 "25: The People r-turn in Triumph MF. Carriage, and to defend you againſt all thoſe Enemies whom the bleſſing God, 26 ——3. Hs Reign: his Nevy miſcarrieth, Impartial Exerciſe of Juſtice may provoke. EDT. | | 7 Wherefore now, ler the fear of the LORDbe upon \& came to paſs after this alfo, that the children of : you, take heed and do zz : for there isno iniquity with | & Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them Deut. the LORD our God, nor * reſpe& of perlons » nor |
Job 34: 19: ©0KINgS of gifts 6. | | | zz. 9 And therefore you who are in Gods ſtead, and do his Work,and | # To wit, the people that dwelt in Mount Sei Compare 1. muſt give an Account to him, muſt imitate God here. Of reſpet$ of rag. ' nt Seir, who were now
Perſons, ſee Deut. 10.17. Job 34. 19. Afts 10.34. oSoasto pervert] is the Name of a peculiar People called either Mehumin, of whom # Gri” Judgment for them ; by comparing this with Exod. 23. 8. Deut. 16+
controverſizs r, + when they returned to Jeruſalem <5.
| | now dwelt in Mount Seir. being either of the Old Stock of the þ Who were not Prieſts and Levites, but ſuch perſons of othe: Tribes as weremoſt Eminent for their dignity Ability and Integrity.
1. CHRONEICIRES Chap. XX.
A he kir :1 had commanded the cap- , But whether theſe Perſons made up one Court, called the Sanhedrim zo Now tve king of Sy ria had con Crutoe: th \ by which all Cauſes Eccleſiaſtical and Civil were decided ; or there tains of the chariots that were with him, laying, Fig ; ve not with ſmall or great, fave only with the king of
were two diſtin& Courts, the one Eccleſiaſtical, conſiſting of the Priefts and Levites ; the other Civil, conſiſting of the Chief of the Fathers of Iſrael, beiongs to another place to determine, and requires : qi e& For
IÞ, God, r For Matters of Difference b:tween Hikes 6a rf our When Fehoſbapha: and his Company were . returned to Jeruſalem,
eſtabliſhi Jud h But ſo this laſt Clauſe may ſeem ſupertiuous and wm ny pal
1 | Or rather, when they, i. e. the Cauſes. and Controverſies laſt mentioned, fhal rerurn, or be returned to Jeruſalem ; i. e. When the Cauſes ſhall be ſo difficulr that the Judges ordained in every City cannot determine
great Court or Council at Jeruſalem. OF which ſee on Exod. 18. 26, Deut, 1.17 $& 17.8, Asforthe Phraſe, not only Perſons but Thin gs,
Eccleſ. 12. 2. and Reprogch, Hoſ (2. 14 If it be further obje&ed,
be anſwered both from the uſage of our Law, wherein ſuch Cauſes
fore ; and from the uſe of Scripture, wherein Sinners are commonly faid to return to the Lord, though they had never been with the Lord in that Senſe before, but wereeſtranged fom God even from the
Body, is ſaid to return #0 the Earth, Eceleſ. 12. 7. though it was never there befores
9 Andhecharged them, ſaying, Thus ſhall yedo in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and with a perfe& heare 7.
e Paſſing ſuch Sentences with their Mouths, as your own Minds
Juſt, and nor ating againſt your own Conſciences forCarnal Motives
blood «, between law and commandment, fſtacutes
treſpaſs not againſt the LORD y, and /o wrath come
x When any Debates
meaning of any of Gods Laws
not only give a Rightebus Sentence for what is paſt, bur ye ſhall
and Wrath upon your ſelves and others, which otherwiſe you will certainly do.
11 And behold, Amariah the chiefpricft ;s over you
kings matters d: alſo the Levites [hall be officers before ake courage þ 4 Shall be your Preſident to dire& and aſſiſt you. 6In ſpiritual,
13: 11: Ezek: 4: 6. Or, 2. The Ruler of the Kings Houſe, which