dl1.171 ailia, _Vi tuniarr.® 68 Exonus XIX. the Church of Ifael here , fled fromthe dragon Pharaoh, (as hee is called in Ezek. 29. 3.) fo the Chri(tian Church fled from the Serpcnt(or Dra- gon) into thewilderneffe,wich two wings of a great Eagle, Rev. 1 z. t 4. The Greeke and Chaldee here tranfate, as upen. Eagles wings. unto my ¢fife,] to ferve nse at this mount, as was,promitted in Exod. 3. 12.) and fer ever': fo the Chaldee ex- plaint ti it, to my fervice ; and Thargum Jerufale- mie faith, to the DoFlrine of my Law. 5 Verl. 5. my voice] the voice 'of my Word, faith Thargum Jerufalemie. a peculiar treafure] or, Ewell. The Hebrew Segullah,fignifieth ones owne pibper good ,Which her loveth and keepeth in ¡tort for himfelfe,and for fpeciail ufe,i Chro.29. 3.Ecelef.2.8. Here it is applied to Gods Church, and tranflated in Greeke, a peculiar people, which phrafe Paul followeth, in Tit. 2.14. but Peter ex- preffeth it by another word, apeople fer peculiar poffeon, r Pet.2.9. as the Greek verlon is in Mal. 3. t 7. The Chaldee tranflatet h it, beloved : fo doe other Hebrews, flying, Segul/ah, figni fteth that they fhould be beloved before him, as a deferable treafure; which a King delivereth not into the barrel of any of his Officers, bnt'keepetbit bimfelfe. And fuel: is the cafe of Itiael, of whom it is fsid, (in Deuter. 32. 9.) For the Lards portion is hier people, á'e. R.Meeacbem on Exod. 19. This grace (which the Apoftles (hew we have obtained by Chrilt) is fundry times mentioned to the praiCe of God, Dent. 7.6. and 14.2. and z6. s8. For Jah bath rhofen Jakob unto himfelfe: Ifrael for his peculiar treafure, Pfal.135. 4. the eartb]with the plenty thereof is mine,yet my de- light is in you, to love you,,and to chufe you and your feed above all peoples ; fo Mofes openeth this Ipeech, in Dent. t o. 14,15. and other Pro- phcts; as, 7houlfrael art my fervant: Jakob, whom Ihaze chafen, the feed of Abraham my friend. Thou when I bave taken fomthe ends oftbe earth , and called thee rom the cbiefe men thereof, andPaid unto thee ; Thou art my feervent, &c. Efay 41. 8, 9. 6 Verf.6. a kingdom¢ of!riels] which the Apoltle (following the Greeke verlion) calleth a kingy Priefihood, i Pct. 2. 9. The Chaldee faith,yeefball be before me , Kings , Priels , and an holy people. Such Chrilt hath made us, unto God his father,Rev. t. 6. Kings,to reigi+e on the earth, Revs .1 o. and Prielts to offer tip ffrir ituall f ecofices, I Pet.a.5. Rom:12.1. 7 Verf. 7. Elders] by therm to communicate thefe things with the people : fee Exod.3. ï 6. laid] or propofrd; Hebrew put. 8 Verf 8. together] with one accord, as the Greeke explained' it : and elfwhere Aloft faith, with one vole, Exo. 2 4.3. The people not yet knowing the unpoffibility of dieLaw,which is weaktbrough the leflo, Rom. 8. 3. make promu a of more than they were able to performe. After,when the Law was pronounced, they fears and flee away, Exod. 20. 18,19. And it cannot be, but either men not un- derltanding the Law, doe prefume of their owne Itrength ; or imderltanding it, doe defpaire, un- leffe the grace of God in Chrift,do fcsltaine them, Rom.7 9,1o. 24,25. 9 j Verf. 9. in the thúke cloud] Hebrew, in the thief mire of she cloud: which the Greeke explaineth, the pillar of the cloud: the Jerulalemie Thargum expoundeth it , my Word fhall.be rezealed unto thee in the thick¢ cloud. in thee] fee Exodus 14. 31. This confidence in Mofes, toe Jewes alwaies re- tained, and Paid they were Mofes difciples, they knew that God JJake with Moles, John 9. 28, 2 9. They write of him thus : Moles our Maler, If rael bcleeved not in him , becaufe of thejignes whicbhee did: fir bee that beleevetb becanfeof fgeoes, there it in his heart a ferfßition that thefigne may poffibly le done by inehantment or forcerie. But all the figues which Mo- fes did in the wi /dern fle, hee did them upon neafitie, &e. wee needed food; bee brought no down Manna. They were a shirff ; bee Glaze the rock for them. The congregation of Korah rebelled againff him; the earth fwallowed them : and fo all other fignes. But where- fire belayed wee in him? For that landing at mount Sinai , witch our owne yes did fee and not a granger o and our Bares did heave, and not another ; the fire, and the thunders , and the lightnings, and bee went necee in- to the thick' darknef e, and a voice Jßake =whim, i and wee heard it; Moths, Mofes, goe fay Lento them thus and thus. And fo it is fsid, Face to face de Lord fßake teithyou, (Deut.5.4.) &c. Thislondmgat mount Si- nai, it fed alone was an evident confirmation of bis pro - plxfe, that it war truth, and without all fufyition in it ; of it is written, Loe I come unto thee in the thick cloud, that the people may Beare when I J/eake with thee, and oaf be %ewe in thee fir ever, (Exodus ï 9. 9.) So that before Ibis thing they leleeved not in him, with foals a be- liefe as contimoesh fir ever ; hut with a belief¢ that bad [doubtful(] conceits and thoughts after it. Maimony in Mìfn. in lefudei batorab, e.8. f.. r. Verf to. fanïlifie them] that is, bid them, and look¢ that they doe fanftific, and holily prepare themfelves,that they may be humbled at feet, to receive my words; as Deut.33.3. This was by cleanfing themfelves from all filthineffe of the feth and fpirit, z Cor. 7. i. inwardly by faith, Aft. 15.9. outwardly by wafhing their garments, (whereof fee Gen.35. 2.) and their bodies, as ap- peareth by other places that (hew the fan&ifying of the Priefts and people, Lev. 8.6. and 15.5, 6,8, 13, 16, , 8, 21,22.8/c. and abftaining from their wives, as after followed' here, verle i 5. Which things figured our fanftification and cleanfing by Chrilt Jens, with the wafhing of roarer, by the Word, even the mafhing of regeneration , and réhewing of the holy Gbol,Epbef.5 26. Tit.3.5. From this precept the Hebrew Doors gather their Doftrine and praftire, for baptizing all whom they admit un- to their Church and covenant : as Maimony thew - eth in Aferei Biab, chaps 3. and is more fully let downe in the Annotations on Gen. 17.2 2.. Verf i 1. the third day) which is thought to be the day that after was called Pentecal, the 5 o.day after the Paffeover, then was a yeerly feaf,Exod. 23.16.Lev.23.15,16. &c. Aft.zo.16.On this day the fiery law now given on mount Sina : on this day the fiery tongues were after given for prea- ching the Gofpel in Ierufalem,AEts z.t,2. &c.And many mylteries are of the tbtrdday, in the Scrip. Lures: fee the notes on Gen. 22. 4. Verf. IO II / ,////IWID/211111,11111111111/
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