4 E L xoDus III. 9 Exod. 2.18. N um. i o. 2 9. Jndg.4.1 r . He is called allb,Iether, Exo.4.18, Now God taketh Mofea(as afterward he did David)from the folds of fheep, to feed Iakub his people, and If ae1 his poffeifion, Plain,. 78.70, 71. and 77.21. Prieff] in the Chaldee, Prince : fee Exod. 2. 16. The lònne fuc- ceeded in his fathers office ; for it is likely that Ragttel was now dead, this being 4.0. ycares after Mofes his comming thit her,Exod.2.21 .A &.7.30. beh:nde] to the backe -fide: the Grecke faith, under the wildernef ; the Chaldee, to a place of good paJlure in she wildernef. Awil&rnffe (fo named of going wilde , that is, affray therein) as is (hewed on Gen. a 1.14. was a place where cattell ufed to be fed , as here , and Luke 15. 4. I Sani. 17. 28. mountofGod] Co called , becauf it was great and high, as Pfal.36.7. and was fan&ified of God, by his appearing there now, verf. 5. and after when God came downe upon it,to give his Law , Exod. 18.5.& I9.3.17,18.So in 1 King,19.8.TheChal- dee calleth it , the mount where the glory of the Lord was revealed. Horeb] or Choreb: which figni- fieth Drineffé(for this wildernef ewas waterleffe, Deut.8.i 5.) it was called alto maim Sinai, A &.7. 30. Exod. 19. 1.18. of the Bramble- bufbes there growing : or of this vifion there appearing. Verf. 2. Angel] This was Chrifl, who in verf. 6. calleth himfelfe the God of Abraham; named an Angell ; as before in Gen. 48.16. therefore Mofes bleíling If ael, mentioneth the good trillof thin dood- ler in thebulls Deut.33. 16. where the Chaldee pa- raphraft addeth, bins whole habitation it in heaven, meaning God. And other Rabbines acknowled- ged as much ; R. Menachem upon Exod. 3. faith, This Angell, in the opinion of forre of one Rsbbines, was Michael; and therefore he; faith, the Angell of the Lord , and faith not the Angell of God fignifying the condition of mercies. See alto the notes on Gen. 32. 24. where Michael, is (hewed to be Chriff. A- ga i ne, R. Menachem there al leageth , This Angell is that Angell the redeemer, which faid to Jakob, Iam d,N God of Bethel : ihiritbe (of whom itis laid) and the Angell of his prefenoe faved them : Gen. 48. 16, and 31.r I, t 3. Efa.63 9. bramble -befh] In He- brew, Seneh; whereupon, the mount and wilder - ucffe is called Sinai , of the llore of brambles that grew there : or of this bush and vifion. So in Pir- kei R. Eliezer, ch. 41. it is Grid, from the beginningof Ithe world, this mount was called Horeb : and when God appeared :two Motes, out of the mid/ of the bramble - bulb , the name of the bramble (Seneh) it was called Sinai. confirmed] Hebr. eaten up, in Greeke, Iburnt up: fire is ufually faid to eat, that is, to con- fume, Lev. 6. to. The flame is faid to burne up the mohntaines , trees, &c. P61.83.15. Joel 1.19. and is therefore ufed to lignifie great atlli&ions from the hand of God, Efa.3o.3 o. Lam. z.3. But here God (who is called aconfuming fire, Dent. 4. 24.) confmueth not the buffi, (a figure of the Church of Ifiael, allied in Egypt) but dwelleth with good will therein , as Merit mentioned' the good will of hi» 1 that dwelt in the bufh, Dent. 33.16. And fo loath p mired to Ifrael,whera thou walke/l through the fire , tho alt not be burnt ,neither Pali the flame kindle upon thee, Efo.43.2. This God hiltifelfe ope- neth to Mofe.r, in v.7,8. and it agreeth with that vifion (hewed to Abraham , in Genet. 15. 13, 17. And the Hebrew Do &ors fo underftood this vi- fion, laying, God dwelt in the bramble -bufh : and the bramble -bufh was a fluiflion and anguifh , and all thorns andbriars. And why dwelt bee in the midfl of of ielion and angttifh? but beoaufe he faro Ifrael ingreat eau); he ai dwelt with them in themidff ofaf fii£ lion, to confirm that which as faid (in Era. 63. 9.) In alltheir afli£fion, it wat af]jEíed. Pima R. Eliezer ,eh.4o. Vert. 3. great fight] or , vifion : whereat M fes wondred, and drew neene to confider it, A&. 7. 34. not burnt r] the IernfalemieThargum addeth, m greene and not blunt, Verb 4. unto him] and what God laid unto him, the fame he hath fpoken so us ; as our Lord him- felfe explaineth it, Hazeyee not read, that which, was J/oken unction by God? Mat.22.31,32.And although God fpake thus to Moles , yet hee writing there things for the Church, it is laid, that Mofesfhew- edthem , and he called the Lord, theGod of Abraham, Luke no. 37. VerC 5.tby fhooes] the plotting off of fhooes,was ufed for a figne of giving up ones right unto ano- ther,Deut. 25.9.Ruth4. 7, alto, for a fagne of mourning and humiliation, Ezek. 24. 17, 23. 2 Sam. 15. 3 o. Efa. 20. 2,4. and confequently of fan&ification before God ; putting off unclean- neffe, as the change and waffling of other gar- ments alto fignified,Gen.3 5. z.Exo.19. s o.Ecclef. 4.17. Pfal.i i 9.io1. Ephef..6.s5. All which may be implied in this recept, that Mofès in all hu- mility and holineflb,[hould now refignc up him - felfe unto God, and ferviceofhim. The like was commanded Iofua, JoC5.15. By Stephens relation, God had manifefted himfelfe by the words fol- lowing in the next verfe, before he commanded this thing : fee A&. 7. 32,33. From this precept unto Mofir , the Jewes gathered a generali rule, that whofoever flandetb in the holy place, muff put offbis f ttors : Pirkei R. Eliezer, ch. 40. So from that pre- cept in Leo. s 9.30. Tee (hall reverence my Sanatiarie, they conclude, that this belongeth to the reve- rence of it, that no man come in there, with his Awe., on bis feet; Main:ony in Beid; habrhirah (or Temple) ch.7. fe &.1,2. is holy ground] Hebr. it is ground of bohneffe ; fan&ified by the pretence and apparition of God, who maketh the heavens,' earth, and places where his glory is revealed, to be holy , & reverently to be refpefed of his peo- ple, Pfà1.2o. 7. & 48.2. Jol5. 15. Gen.28.16,17. 2 Chron. 8. l 1. So, the mount whereon Chrift was transfigured, is called the holy mew-, 2 Pet. I. 18. Therefore, death ovas threatned to all that came into the holy place of the tabernacle,where God appeared; except filch, and fo fan&ified, as the Law did appoint, Lev.i6.2,3. &c. Verb 6. I ami the word am, is added by the ho- 6 lyGholl, ingatti,.22.32. though for brevitie fake, it is omitted here in the Hebrew,and al Co in the Greelte, Mark. 1 1.26. and often thorowout the Scriptures. thy father] the holy Ghoft ex -' poundeth this, do) fathers, A&. 7. 32. and the I words 3 4
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