w As Eſau's Sin was, ſuch was his Penalty ; for they knew, an! were well acquainted with this in 311;zs's Hittory of Im, That attcr he had deſpiſed his Birth-right, and told it, being at Man's Eftate, Gen. 27. and was deſirous to inherit that Bletſing, he was rejinded by his Father, as well as by God, and could not obtain it, beige u:- altcrably fetled on Jacob by both. x He found n9 place of Repent anc * as fo the giving it, with God who gave 1t, and would not alter 1t, Rom. 11. 29. nor with his Fither, who did not repent of givins it to Zacob, but confirmed it, Gen. 27. 33, 49. and 23.1, 2,4. and this, although he ſought the Bleſſing trom his Father with Cries and Tears, Gen.27.34,38, How therefore ſhould t'.efe Hebrews, know- ng all this, root out ſuch a Root ſpringin; up in theinlelves, or 0*Þ1- 1+, that they might not be guilty of ſuch Sin, leſt having defpiic? Gui 5 Blefſing for their own Eafe, Honours, or Profits 1a this World, when they may defire to ſ-ek with Tears the Bleffing ot the <tern:! Inheritance trom God, and he ſhould irrevertibly rejett them. Sce Matth. 7. 22, 23.
18 For y ye are not come £5 unto * the mount thar *Excd.ts, might be rouched, and @ that burned with tire, nor 15-15" >: unto þ blackneſs, and darkneſs and tempeſt ;
Fir, ſheweth trom this Verſe to the 25th, the Apoſtle inforcing
on theſe Hebews, and with them on all Chriſtians the Pu/ wt of Hoe lineſs and Peace, by ſubjoyning the great helps they have ſor it, be- yond what the Old Teſtament-Church had, they heing freed trom the Legal Diſpenſation, which was leſs helpfyl to it, and admitted to that of the Goſpel, moſt promoting it, The firſt he lazeth down trom ver. 18, to 22. and the other from wer. 22, to 15, They are treed from the Covenant Diſpenſation 2t Mount Sing?, x You have not been called, as to your Body, to journey it to Sinzz, or as to your Faith to cloſe with that Covenant-Adminiſtration, to depend on, or have any Expectation trom it, as delivered by 7ſrs at Mount Smai 1n_Arabia, a Mountain viſible, taftible, fenfible on Earth; ſignifying the Covenant-Diſpenſition from this Mount to be low and earthy, occafioning earthy Thovg|:ts of . God, and car- riage to him, ſticking in an earthy Altar-Sacritce, and carnal, and ſenſual Religion, to the Law written in Stones, without minding the Spirituality of it, or havin? it in Hearts waikins wildly in this Wilderneſs-ſtate, yet by the Charge of God, not touch«ble by 7;rae! at that time, though they came near to him in the third Month at- ter their coming out of Egypt, Exod. 19. I, 112,13, 24. a To the Fire, in the which the Lord deſcended on the Mount, Exod. 19.12, which burnt unto the midſt of Heaven, Dent. 4.11. and 5. 23, 24. and would conſume them that broke that Laiv, which he [pake to them out of it, Deut. 33. 2. 65 To the black, thick $-7þ that af cended as the Smoak of a Furnice, Exod. 19. 18. to Darbneſs, occa- tioned by the thick Clouds enveloping the Mount, Peut. 4. 11. and - 5. 23. to Tempeſt, the ſtorm of Thunderins, and Li-htnings, and Earthquake, the terrible Attendants of this Solemnity, Fx, 15. 15,18. and 20. 18. - All theſe ſhadowing forth the fiery and terri- ble Storms of Wrath and Indignation which ſhould purſuc the breakers of this Covenant, to the loweſt Hell ; giving them in this Delivery of the Law, a vifible Type of what ſhould he the iflue of their breaking it, Exod. 19.22, 24. Theſe Terrors of the Almi-hty did fo fright them, that they run from God, and ſet not themſely:s to the ſerious purſuit of Holincfs, 1a. 33. 14,
19 And c the ſound of a truinpet, and the voice of words, which vorce they that heard, * intreated that *Exod. 2 » the word ſhould not be ſpoken to them any more : 19:
c Which was moſt ſhrill and dreadful, it ſounded long, and wax- cd louder and louder, giving a fearful Alarum unto J/reel to draw near to the Lord to hear his Law to them, and covenant with them, and to ſee a Type of their Doom, if they tranſgretied it, in an oh- ſcure Repentance of the General Judsment, Exod. 19.15, 19. and 20, 18, compare 1 Theſſ 4.165. 2 Thej]. 1. 7, 8, 9. d After which Alarm, the Angel of the Covenant uttered his Voice out of the fire moſt majeſtically, diſtin&ly, and loudly, ſpake fo 7/rae! in their own Language, the Ten Words, or Commandments, that they might hear and underſtand them, ſo as they ſenſed them to ve dreadful for their ſound and matter, Exod. 20. 1, to 29. Dent. 4. 10, 12, 13. and 5. 1, to 28. e The People being overwhelmed with the Majeſty and Dreadfulneſs of that Voice, deprecated any more ſuch for matter or manifeſtation to them, Exod. 20. 19. Deur. 5.23, 24, 25, 26. and Chap. 18.15, And therefore defired 3,e- to ſpeak to them God's Law, and that God mizht ſpeak no more.
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20 For f they could not endure that which was commanded. And it ſo much as a beaſt touch: the mountain, it ſhall be ſtoned, or thra!t through with a datt.
f The Reaſon of the foregoing Deprecation, and which adds to the Terriblencſs of this Covenant-Diſpenſation ; for the Voice fur- paſſed their Strength and Capacity, that they muſt die, 1f they heard of any more ; ſo dreadful! was the found and matter of it - For the Commandment and Threatning was, That if any Man or Beaſt did but as much as touelit the Mountain, they ſhould dic for it, Exod. 15. 12, 13, 21, 23, 24. Therefore was Myes ſtriatly charged to look toit, and to provide agaiiit it, ſhewing the Dreadtuineſs of that Covenant-Diſpenſation, that if Men dz4 not keep their Beaſts from coming near, they ſhould be fioned, or darted to death ; how much more them{c!res, ft they ſhould tranſgreſs the Law,
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which, though it was defigned to lead them unto Chriſt, yet was not gcarraliv ſo dilcerned or uſed by them. So that if the Publication ot it be fo terrible, now much more the Puniſtnnent for breaking it; Exod. 20.20. :
21 Andeg fo terrible was the tight, z7hat Moſes ſaid, ingly tear and quake.