' becauſe the Sons of Joſeph were born in Egypr, which Jacobs other Sons were not ; and partly, becauſe he Jaid the foundation of that Redemprion by bringing them into Egypr, and preferving and 70u%- riſbing Facob and his Sons there, «s a little Child is nouriſhed, as it 15 ex- preſſed in the Hebrew Text, Ger. 47. 12. in which reſpeCt he was aſecond Father to them, and they might well be called his Sons ; without whoſe Care ( to ſpeak humanely ) there had been no ſuch. Redemption, nor people to be redeemed. |
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* Exod. '' 16 * The waters ſaw thee fo O God, the waters £34: 21- - (aw thee ; they were afraid þ ; the depths alſo were EEOU4 3:-coubled Hab. 3. $. trou e .
' Ofc. g They feltthe viſible effeQs of thy powerful Preſence. þ And + Heb, 7h food ſtill as Men, or Beaſts aſtoniſhed commonly do. Clouds ; _ 17 f The clouds poured out water, the skies ſent | wefepour= Out a ſound : thine arrows & alſo went abroad. od forth © ; Whenthe Tſjaelites paſſed over the Sea : In reſpe& whereof the with Wa- 1{.,2lites are ſaid to have b:cn baptized in the Cloud ( i, eſprinkled with "_ Water, poured forth from the Clouds ) and inthe Sea, 1 Cor. ro. 2. | þ Either Hail-ſtones, or rather Lightnings or Thunder-bolts,which * are called Gods Arrows, Pſal. 18. 14. & 144-6. + Heb. m 18 The voice of thy thunder was | in the heaven ; * the Wheel. (16 lightnings lightned the world, the earth trembled
= alk and jhook. /.- : SF | E-.- I This Tempeſt is not particularly recorded in its proper place, . yetir may well be gathered from what is ſaid, Exod. 14. 24, *5.and 3s in effett acknowledged by Fejephus in his Hiſtory, And this isno -. new thing in Scripture, for ſome Circumſtances of Hiſtory omit- . tedin the firſt od propereſt places to be ſupplied in following pai- ſages; whereof inſtances have been already given. ' 19 Thy way is 2 in the ſea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footſteps are not known ». i © - — m Or rather; was at that time: Thou didft walk and lead thy To -* , People in untrodden paths. » Becauſe the waters ſuddenly reruc- | ned and covered them. | : '®Þxo04.. 20 * Thou leddeſt thy people o like a flock p, by the 14.19, hand of Moſes and Aaron. PC. 78. 5%: 9 Firſt through the Sea, and afterwards through the vaſt howl- Heſ.12.13 ing Wilderneſs to Canaan. p With ſingular Care and Tenderneſs, «a3 a Shepherd doth his Sheep. And therefore I hope thou wiltſt take care of thy poor diſperſed and diſtreſſed Flock,and bring them . once again into their own Land-
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_—_ -PSAL LXXVIII,
fo nes The ARGUME NT. Wo e Scape.of this Pſalm is plainly expreſſed, wv. 6, 7, 8. and 1s ©. ÞF -this, that the {yaelires might learn to hope and truſt in God,
C dfaftly to keep his Laws and Covenant. Which great Leſſon eh - 4 « from the ſad effefts ofthe contrary prattices in their Fore-farhexs, of which he gives a brief, yet full account - -in arecapitulation.of the moſt remarkab!s paſſages in the Hiſtory of
[their Church and Nation» ;
| turned their backs and fled, as is there expreſſed, which though it
[| * Maſchil of Aſaph. An Exhortation #0 attend to, and inſtruf# others in the word and works of the, Plalm for
Lord, 1===8, Arehearlal of Gods love and long-ſuffering to the unbelie= Afaph 7»
wving and obſtinate Iſraelites.9 — 1 10 in. their journey out of Egypt to 8ivelnflzy
the Land of Canaan, 15a===—=66, Rejefting the reſt of the Tribes, he fin, ©
Re Zion fir a place of Worſhip, \ and David, to the Kingdom * PC. 14,
7 72. it. Ive ear, O my people 4, tomy law 6 : incline your . ears to the words of my mouth.
# If Aſaph was the Compoſer of this Pſalm, he might wellcallthe Iſraelites his People, nor-only as he was their Prophet and Teacher, but alſo becauſe they were of the ſame Country and Parentage with him, upon which account this very Phraſe of my People is uſed of them, not only by Queen Eſther, Efth. 7.3, 4. but alſo by the Shunami. tb Woman, 2 Kings 4+ 13. bi. e. The Do&rine which Iam about to deliver to you, concerning your Duty, and the danger of ne- gleCting it.
2 * I will open my mouth c in aparable 4: I will ut- * pr 49 ter dark ſayings e of old f: at. 13,
c Speak to you with all freedom and plainneſs. 4 Uttering divers 35- grave and weighty Sentences ( for ſuch are oft called Parables in Scripture) or paſſages of great moment for your inſtruftion and ad- vantage. e So he calls the following paſſages, not becauſe the Words and Sentences are in themſelves hard to be underfiood, for they are generally Hiſtorical and eaſie, but becauſe the things con-
! Or, a
worthy People, and their unparallel'd ingratitude for, and abuſe of, ſuch emineat Favours ; and their ſtupid ignorance and inſenſible- nefs, gnder ſuch excellent and conſtant teachings of Gods Word ani Works, are indeed prodigious and hard to be believed. f Of
mens minds.
3 * Which we have heard and known, and our fa- thers have told us.
4We will nothide them from theirchildren ſhewing to the generation to come,the praiſesg of the LORD ; and his ſtrength,and his wonderful works that he hach done.
g i» e. His glorious andpraiſe-worthy Attions, as the following words explain it.
5 For he eſtabliſhed þ a teſtimony 5 in Jacob &,and ap-
pointed alaw in T/ree/;which he commanded our fathers* » »,,. - that they ſhould make them known to their children /. 4.9. | _ h This15juſtly pur in the firſt place, as the chicf of all the follow- & 6, 7. ing Mercies, and the foundation both of their temporal, and of & 11.19 their eternal Felicity. - # 7. e. His Law, as it is called in. the Next Clauſe ; which is very oft called a Teſtimony, becauſe it is a witneſs between God and Men, declaring both the Duties which God ex- pets from Man, and the Promiſes and Bleflings which Man in the performance of his Duty may expe& from God. k Peculiarly ; tor no other Nation enjoyed this priviledge, as is more fully ex- prefled, P/al. 147. 19, 20. _ 7 Which Teſtimony or Law God re- vealed to them, nor for their own private uſe, but for the benefit of all their Poſterity, whom their Parents were obliged to teach, D we. 6.7. and all their Children to kear and read, and ſtudy. By which we may ſee how contrary to the mind of God thar fooliſh ard wickedaſlegtion is, that Ignorance is the Mother of Devoti- On.
6 That the generation to come might know them,even the children which ſhould be born : »hoſhould ariſe and declare them to their children.