of Moſes, God's glorious Arm, as Parentslead their Chil. may h in the uſing of his Inſtru. ments. o The Red-ſea, 1. and alſo Jorean, Is. pÞ With reference both to his Power and Providence, ſpeQting either his 7
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frighted, Metaphorically, they came to no harm Or, Properly that. though the Sea we bucnex.. Ty divided,yet it was ſo dried, thatthe mnd, as alfo the unevenneſs of i or theirſticking d, and \moothed by the wind, tht God ſeng P. 4+ 3, 4 5. RE e valley z, the ſpiri<
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ſo the word is uſed, Or, alkiGing ta their going down from” coming out of it is called a going up, il. } now made through the Sea, orderly, and compoſedly, not like the Gadaren's Swine through conſternation, ready to break rhejr necks for haſte. # (i. e.) The Lord himſelf. :» Led them eaſily, that they thou!d not be Over-travelled, or fall down, or eome to any uury through wearineſs; thus Jeremiah expreſſeth it, ehaprer 31. 2, and thus God gave them reſt from ther enemies, drowning of them in che Sea, and in their ſafe conduQ, that they could nor annoy or dfturt» them, leading them till he found them 2 Place torreſling; che word for leading, and refling being much of : ike notion, 7ecp. 10. 6. pointing at their ſevera] reſts by the way, Numb, xo. 5
3. cr It may be read” by way of Interrogation, as all the foregoing-words, and
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; them to reſt? Or he 1:d them to Canaay the place of their ref,
ſo called, D-utcron. 12. 9 and Pjalm g5. 11, y The Prophet here by
| \ an Apoſtrophe doth only repeat the words in the name of te Jews
f "that he had ſpoken before, verſe 1, 2. 9.4. as thou didit then, ſo mayeſt thou do again if thou pleafelt.
FR is * Lock down from heaven &, and behold from
16, 15, The habitation of thy holineſs a, and of thy glory ; | jOr, the Where is thy zeal b, and thy ſtrength c, || the found
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| andof thy mercies towards me *
| multitudes .1ng * of thy bowels | Jer. 31. are they reſtrained e? | Hoſz1 g _ = Now they, or the Prophet begin to pray, and expoſtulate with *** God, and rourgue both from the goodneſs of his Nature, and from the greatn-ſs of his Works, that he had done. God {ces every- where, and every thing, bur he is faid ro Jook down from Heaven, becaule there is his Thione whereon he its in great Majeſty, and Splendor. Behold is auded to note, that he would not on!y barely lee, and look on, but that he would behold with regard, and re- ſpc&@ his poor People in Captivity. 4 A deſcription of Heaven by a Periphraſe frequently uſed and explained, Deuter. 26. 15: 6 What is become of that Love, which of old would nor lc thee ſuffer thy People to be wronged, chapter 37. 32. © That Power of thine manifeſted in tho!e valiant A&s, whichthou didſt pur forth for thy People, Pſalm 145. 11, 12- and 150. 2. fee Jerem. 14. 9. 4 By the ſounding thereof may be underſtood thoſe Sympathizing ſighs, and compaſhonar groans, that proceed from the bowels, when they are affected, which being thought the ſubje& of Pity are often by a Metonymy put for Compaſſion, and hence proceed thoſe rumblings of the bowels occaſioned by ſtrong paſſions called Yernings; Ir 1s ſpoken of God after the manner of Men ? Is all this ſhut up from me? Tt ou that art naturally ſo compaſſionate, doeſt thou lay a re- ſtraint upon thy ſelf, that thy bo'vels ſhall not move towards me ? e Or canit thou be thus ſtraitned? Pſalm 77. 7, 8, 9. and chapter 64. 12. an expoſtulation, that agrees very well with the next verſe, doubtleſs, Oc How can this come to pals ? 16 Doubtieſs thou art our Father f, though Abra- ham g be ignorant of us, and Iſrael + acknowledge us fOr, ow» Rot, thou, O LORD, art our Facher, || our Redeemer 2,
redeemer Thy name is from everlaſting k. :
| from ever- f Thus they urge God with that relation he ſtands in unto them, | laſting is Mal. 2. 10. therefore weas thy children expe& the bowels, and ! thy name. Ccompaſlions ofa Father. g He w:'0 was our Father after the fleſh, | though he be dead, and ſo ignorant of our condition. þ Or, Jacob, who was alſo our Father, and therefore a vain thing to- call upon th-m ; Or if they were not dead, they could not help us out of our ſtreignts; Or if they were alive,we are ſo much degenerate,that they would not ewn us. Some ſay 4raham, and Iſrael are here me:tiomed, and not 1/aac. 1. Becauſe the Covenant was made more ſolemnly, and the Promiſes more frequently renewed with them, than with Iſaac. 2. Becauſe with 4braham the Covenant was firſt made, and the whole 1eed of 1/-ae! was taken int» it, but not ſo of 1aac. Or elſc, 3 4aham and Iſrael being named, Iſaac is included. # This is urged as another argument for Pity, and the more becauſe their ; Fathzr was their Redeemer, Deut. 32.6. k Or, Redeemer is thy name from everlaſting, thou haſt been our Redeemer of old.
: 17 O LORD, why haſt thou made us to err from thy ways 1, and hardned our heart from thy fear » # Return for thy ſervants ſake », the tribes of thine in-
heritance 6.