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I!. 777// S2, EXODUS XIV. The Greeke tranflateth, and there was darkenef and thicke derkenef, and the night came. A like manifc- $ation of Gods glory, the Pfalmiit celebrateth; He fit darlkef , his feceit place ; round about him bit paviiicn ; darkeefé of waters, ( Chat is of watrie clouds) thickebuds of the skies, Plal. i g. t 2. 2I Verf. a t . to goe backe] 0 fa what ailedtbee,tbat thou feddef ? Pfal. t 14. 5. The maters Pam thee 0 Gad, the waters few thee, they trembled: the depths alfa were troubled , Pfal.77.17. This worke of God figured the aflli &ions of this world , made cafe for Chrifts people to paffe thorow by the power of God, Pí.66. t 2. Efay 43.2. ei I wind] which be- ing violent, is ufed to denote Gods anger,Ier. t 8. 17. Ezek.'t 9.12.Pia1.48,8. And of this worke,the Prophet faith , was thj wrath (Lord) again( the fs? Habakkuk. 3.8. and David faith , he rebuked the fa , and it win dried up, Pfal.106.9. It figured alfò the power of Gods Spirit, for the falvation of his Church by Chrift,Efay 11.15.who for the helpe of his people, flyeth fwi fly on the wings of the wind, Pfal. 18. t t. dry land]Come and fee the worker of God hee it fearefull in his doing toward the fins of men; be turned the fea into dry lmd,Plàl.66.5,6. claven] or, forcibly divided into parts, as Pfal. 136,13. from which the Iew Dottors teach , that there were 12. according to the number o f the twelve tribes of Ifrael: Pirkei R. Eliezer. c.42. and Thar - gum Ierufalemy, on Dent. ¡.1. 22 Verf 22. went in] followingthe Lord by faith: for he led them by the right band of Motes , with his glorious arme dividing the water before them to make bimfelf an everlaf ing name, Efay.63.12. and, by faith they paled through the red pa at by dry land, which the Egyptians e faying to doe were drowned , Hebrewes 1 r. 29. And in this fèa they were baptized, 1 Cor. 10.2. a wall] ftanding up fledtaft, in an heape, Palm. 75.13. fo they went fafely : God kdthem through the deepe , ae an harfi in the mildernefè , that they (hould not fumble : as a heafl going donne into the valley the Spirit of the Lord quietly kd the peo- ple to make himfelfe a glorious name; Efay 63. 13.,4. 24 Verf24. match,] or ward, cufedie; fo called be- caufe men kept watch and ward there certaine houres in the night. As here and in i Sam.' 1.11. is mentioned the morning tratch ; fo in Lam. 2.19. the beginning of thewatcher ; and in Iudg. 7.19. the middle watch is fpoken of: in Luke t 2.38. the fecund and third watch; and in Matt. 14.25. the fourth watch of the night; which in Mar.13.35. are named, evening, midnight, coclterowing, and day- dawning. See alto after in 5.27. looked,] and manifested his prefence with Ifrael, & wrath against Egypt; for the clouds (reamed donne waters , theskies gave out a found; Gods arrowe, alt (orhaztefones) went abroad, the voice of ho, thunder wat in the gyre, lightnings li soncdtheworld, the earth trembled and quakedPfal. 77.18.19. pilarof firei wherein God did as it were ride upon bid harfes,bis chariots of filvation,for his people, Habak. 3.8.9. troubled/be campe] or made a tumult in their bof ; and terribly frooke, them donne. The Ierufalemy.' Thargum here faith God threw domes upon them pitch , and and baiG.- flanes, and fonifhed the hof of the Egyptians. This word is after ulèd when God promifeth to de- 'troy the Canaanite; from before his people Dent. 7.23. AndDavid its like lòrt celebrated; his vi &ory, Paying; heesent wit his arrorees, and feat- tered them : and /pee hurledfortb lightnings ,. and troubled them, Palm. 18.15. Verf. 25. heavily,] Hebrew , with heavinefe : 25 Greeke by force. For the raine and tempest fo loft - ned the gronnd,that they could drive but (lowly, and with umchadoe. Egyptians] Hebrew, the Egyptian faid let me flee : fpoken as of one man, to note their joynt contint. So in 0.26. Verf. 26. fbalreturne] the Greeke tranflateth, let the water returne and cover the Egyptians, The word cover,is borrowed from 5.28.This ìas done with a wind, as before V.2 I. Exod.t 5.tó, Verf. 27. the looking forth] or , turning towards of the morning, at thedaydawning: which time the Scripture noteth , both for judgement opon the wicked ,' as in this place ; and for mercy to the city of God , as in Pf.alm. 46.6. It was allò the time of Chrifts reforrebtiois,Mntth.28. 1.2. The like phrafe is, of the evening, in Gen.2463. fboaie off] that is, caf away, defiroyed: fo this word is el fewhere ufed, lob 38.;3. Nehem.5, t 3. Here- in God recompenced them, according to their workes : for they had drowned the children of Ifrael in the river Exodus 1.22. and now they themfelves were,drowned in the tea. This over- throw of the Egyptians, was alto a figure of Chrifis vibtorie over our fpirituall enemies , by fúbduing our iniquities, and caf mg all our fanes into the depths of the feet, Micah.7.15.19. Verf. 29. walked] or went on dry land, as before, fo whiles the waters retired and drowned the E- gyptians. Of this,miracle ACsph fung,O God, thy mammas in thefts and thypather in the many waters; and thy foot fleps were not knowne : thou,didfl lead thy people lily a flock, by the band of Mofes and Aaron , P1501.77.20.21. Alike naarvellons,worke, was at the riverlordan,when Ifrael entred into Canaan, Iof.3.t6. Verf.30. fooce] lip of the feat. Verf.3 r. hand ] that is, handy worke; foin Praline 1 09.27. the Chaldee tranflateth it, the power of the great hand, in Jehovah] the Greeke tranfla- teth, beleeved God : foin Gen. t5.6. where isfhtw- ed, that the Apoffles approve the verfion. in Mofer]that is,in the word which Mores taught them from God: as the Chaldee explaineth it, they belayed in the word of the Lord, andin thepr eplx- fie of Mores his fervent. So 2, Citron. 20.20. it is raid , bekeve in Jehovah &e. b.lave in bit Prophets; and in `Exod. 19. 9. that they may be'eeze in thee. It meaneth truf or confidence in the f.tithfulnelfeof any; as in 2. Cor. 2.3: Gal 5.1o. A like fpecch is of Sion, in Efay 14 32. the pare ofhis people 'bal truf in it. So, in t. Sam.17.18. the people feared Iehovah and Samuel. See further in the notes on Exodus 19.9. CHAP, 26 27 29 30 31 /,1./A////UI/!Y/ItnlsrvMNd P1Alllll711

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