| I Commandments: Itis the Language of the Godly among them | being troubled, and therefore comp-:aining that ſo gracious a Father ſhould leave them to ſuch Exigences: Made us to fin by withdrawing thy Spi:it, and leaving us to our ſelves, Pjalm $1. 12. It 1s not | to be underſtood, as if God did forcz them to it, but either letting looſe their hearts, or by giving occaſion to their hearts, being na- turally too apt to Apoſtatize by their ſevere affliftions ; lee this more cleared in the Latine Synopfis: Or, make us deſperate by leaving us ſo long under the Oppreſlion of the Adverfary, thereby | caſting off thy Worſhip. 2 Or fear of thee, to wit, as the object, Pſalm 5.7. or that we may not fear thee, a$\ſeeing, that they may not ; ſee, Plalm 69. 23. or thy ſervice, chapter 29. 13. ſo as to go after other gods. » Either our godly Fore-fathers, or particularly to Abraham, Iſaac, *c. To wit, For the { ke of thy Promiſes made to them: Or rather, our ſakes, thar little remnant that are thy Ser- vants, be reconciled to us, Pſzim go. 13- for the next words ſeem to be put by appoſition to the former. o Either, 1. The People themſelves, which were divided into tribes; Or rather, 2. The Land of Canaan, which God gave them as an inheritance, as appears by the next verſe, 9. 4. Whar will thine enemies ſay if thou ſuffer ; us to periſh, or thine Inheritance to be deſtroyed; Or rods, meaning | [Or. e; the Rulcys, ſee chap» 43. 28. or Heads of their Tribes. EE: nol 18 || The people of thy holineſs p have poſſeſſed zz ſdthy lol but a little while q : * our adverſaries have trodden
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z Come with ſuch Zeal for thy Peop'e, that the ſolid Mountains may be no more before thy breath, than Metal that runs, or Wa- ter that boils by the force of a vehement fire; and thus, for the' moſt part, when God will take vengeance of his enemies, the Scripture expreſſeth him coming with fire. a Thy Power kaown, that thine enemies, and perſecutors of thy Church may know thy Power, and that thy Name may be dreaded among them 3 Hig Name put for his Power, Pfalm 106. 8. 6 Nor the Babylomans enly, bur the Nations round atour. WWAu!
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Forefathers, of whoſe Race we are : Before we expeQed them; Of 3: {ſuch things as we could never expe&t e-q, 4, Scing thou haſt made the Mountains thus to m:1r, thou canſt do the ſame again : This may alude either, 1. To thoſe ſhowers cf Rain that felt with that terrible Thunder and Lightning, and fo ran violently down thote Mountains, and the adjacent, as is uſual in ſuch Tempeſts. Or rather, 2. The runing along of the fire upon the ground, Exo7. 9. 23, 24. Tr is poſſible it may alude to thoſe Mountains, that do caſt torrh ſulphureous matter, running down into the Valleys a
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