foing down into the Sea, the great receptacle of Water; though | the Waters at that time were gathered on heaps on either fide of | m; yer they ſeemed buried in the Waters, as perſons in that Age | WTrewhen they were baptized, 1Cor. 10. 2. And laſtly,others with | tleſs Probability think that the 7/relires are ſaid to be baptized | the Sea, becauſe the Waves beating and daſhing, (| prinkled Wa. & on them as they patled through ; and ro be baptized in the Od becauſe of its ſhowering down rain on them, according to Blat is quoted out of the Pſ/almift. A like expreſſion we have, "0. 4. 33. where Nebuchadnezzar 18 ſaid to be wet with the dew f Heaven ; LXX. read ans 7's deg re $%olgn, from which Bamniu dived : the dew wets things by a ſort of aſperſion,
3 And did all eat the fame * ſpiritual meat 4.
Thoſe of the Jews that periſhed in the Wilderneſs, did all Athe ſame Manna which Calch and Joſbuah eat of, who went into "aan. Or thoſe Jews that ſo periſhed in the Wilderneſs did eat ſame ſpirits! meat that we do, they in the pe, wein the Mite. Manna is called ſpiritual meat : 1. Becauſe it was bread me down from Heaven, the habitation of ſpiritual Beings,
- 6. 31. 2. It was miraculouſly produced. 3. Becaule it was Ngels food given out by their Miniſtry. 4. But principally, be- ul: it ſignified Chriſt, who was the true Bread from Heaven, W, 6 «'*
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was their ſinful luſtings or delirings of things which God had forbidden, 1 as they did the Fleſh-pots, and Onions, and Gar. lick of Egypr, and to return thither again, Numb. 11. 4, 33- Chap. 14. 2, 3, 4.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were ſome of them m3 | as 1t 1s written, * The people fate down to eat and "i | drink, and roſe up to play . 12
» The people of 1ſ-a2! being fir& inticed to whoredom with the Daughters of Moab, were after that, Num. 25. 2. invited to the Sacrifices of their Gods, and did eat, and bowed down to th:ir Gods ; ſo, either worſhipped the Creature inſtead of the Creator, or worſhipped the Crearor in and by the Creature. » Thus ic is, written -in Exod. 32. 6. (which Hiſtory mentioneth another Idolatry chey were guilty of in worſhipping the golden Calf ) They were wont to have Feaſts after their Sacrifices, and paſt- times and diverſions after ſuch Feaſts; and particularly we are told in the Hiftory concerning the golden Calf, that they danced | before it. $ rephen, Atts 7. 41. ſaith, They rejoiced in the work of | Wy their hands.
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o The tory to which this verſe relates is, thar, Numb. 25. 1,9: when Baalzm couid not curſe the Iſraclites, he adviled the de- buching 07 rhem by t. C Vvabitiſh women, firk inticwg chem tO Fornication and Avuitery, then to Idolatry : and they were 1N riced, wich caulcd a piague amongtt them, waich deſtroyed a: mo. (12-11 £91 9720 day, oree and PEN) rhenſaud (faith _ Apo e) Mos Faith, that there died forr 378 twenty r1onſ.12. ; chere —_ : ny g& is tor the clearing of rhat teemwg contrrdiecion : m_ ſy, thac Meſes mcentioner1 not ove aay, there might in all die 22608, but nor all the ſame a3, nor poſſibly by the ſame death» Bur nochiv gy 1s in Scriprure more ordinary, than fo ſpcak of _— or perlons in round numbers, though ſomerhing over or UNdcr 3 {nd alſo ro ſpeak according to the common reckoning of Peop:e, «ho alio may talk variouſly. Some might report 23, 10Mme 24000 : or petltibly Pay choſe ro mention the openers than the gr-atecr 10nd number. Che tknle of aloſes mage be about 24000, or near up to that number, all of which pony had not becn guilty of Adultery 07 Fornication. Paul _—_ there dicd 2300. If there did dic 24000, there muſt necds die 23000. ©) Neither them ailvo tempted,
let us tempt > Chriſt q, as * ſome of and * were deſtroyed of fer-
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> To tempt in the gen-ral notion of the term, ſignifies to m a iryal; applied unto God It ligniiizth co make a tryalof God, eirher with reference to bs power, Pal. 7.8, 9, 10. or to his truth and goodnets; nor fo be fatistied with God's word, but to challenoz him to a fenſibie demonſtration, 15 ro tempt God : Or elfe 1342102 may fignitie more generally, to provoke God ; for indeed all no:orious finning againſt God is a terapring of God, not be 'jeving the wrath of God, which he bath revealed in his Word againſt lin, till men feel at. 9 The term Chriſt here 1s very re- markable to prove Ciuilt's Divine Nature and Exiſtence betore he was incarnate ; for the fame perſon who 1s here called Chriſt, 15 called God, P/zl. 1c6. 14. and Jervah alſo. in the ſame Pſalm ; "neither could they have tempred Chriſt at thar time, if ar that tire he had not been exiſtent. r By Serpents he meanerh the fiery Serpents, we have the Hiſtory, N15. 21. 6, 7.
10 Neither murmur ye, as ſome of them alfo murmured s ,-*and * were: deltroyed of the deſtroy- er ?. ppl
s Mermuring ſignifies the ſpeaking of diflike, impatiznce, or difionrent. Ir wasa fin the Jews were very much guilty of, as may be read Exod. 16. 7, 8. Numb. 14. 27. chap. 16. 11. Exod. 15. 24. and 17. 3. Numb. 16. 41. The Apoſtle may either referc to all cheir murmurings, when he ſaith, 8 they we:e (as the puniſhment of their lin) deſtroyed of the d:ſtroyer, or tothar more univerſal murmuring upon the ill re- port the Spies brought up of the Land of Conaon, of which we read Numb. 14.
11 Now all theſe theſe things happened to them for | enfamples « : and: they * are written for our admo- nikon w, * upon whom the cnds of the world are come x.: