2 3 EXODUS XX, Annotations. ( 0 D jpake] The Law was given by the mini, V Dcrie of Angels, Hebr. 2. 2. Aëts 7. 53. out of the midit of fire thud and darkneffe , with agreat voice ,which fhooke the earth , Deut. 4.2 a. Heb. 12. 26. all chafe words] thefe ten Commande- ments following; and, he added no moe, Deut.5. 22. wherfore they are called the ten Words, Ex 34,28. that is, the ten Commandements ; as the Word of God, Marke 7; 13. is the Commandement of God, Matthew I 5. 6. See the notes on Exodus 34. 28. The Apo* calleth the Law, the zoice of words ; Hebrews 12. 19, Verf. 2.1 Iehoveb] underftand, I am Iehovah, as the Greeke explaineth it: or , I Jehovah am thy God. The words,I Iehovab, note the unitic of the God- head, as e]lèwhere he faith , Jehovah our God, Icho- vab is one, Deut.6.4. what the name fignifieth, is noted on Gen.2.4. Exod.6.3. thÿGod] though he is tb by creating us, yet here he fpecially ill tendeth the covenant of gracemade w ith his peo- ple; whereby they are bleffed that have Jehovah for their God,Pfa.33,1 2. From hence arifeth his authority to command ; and this is a reafon of our obedience, becaufe he is Jehovah, & ourGod: therefore, as i is here prefixed to the firfi Com- mandement, Io is it annexed to the reft, as to the fecond, in Lev.19.1,31. to the third, in Lev. 19. 12. to the fourth, in Lev. 19.3, 3o. to the fifty in Lev.19.3, 32. to the fixt, inLev.19. t 6. to the fe- venth,inLev.IS.6. &c. totheeighth,inLev.'9. 11,12. to the ninth, in Lev. 19.16. and generally to all the Commandements,Lev.I8.5,and 1937. of fervants] the Greeke and Chaldee faith , of fervitude,or bondage : fee Exod. 13. 3.,Egypt was a furnace ofyron, Desst.4.zo. a figure of our fpirituall bondageand mifery under Satan : and the deli- verance from it, figured our falvation by Chrift, GolofLs.13. Luke 1.71,74,79. ALfa 26.18. from thefe graces are forcible arguments to perfwade us to faith and obedience : Yee are my witnefies, faith lehovab,re. thatye may know and beleeve me, and ttnderfìandthat lam he. I, I ant' Jehovah : and before me there le no Saviour. I have delared, and haze famed, Elay 43. 10, 11, 12. I am Iehevah thy God, the Holy ene of Ifrael , thy Saviour : Igave Egyptfor thy ran - fime, &c. Efay 43.3. Verf.3. Their fhalt not have] or, There full not be to thee: but this Hebrew phrafe the Holy Ghoit changeth into another equivalent ; as, There if not to ua,Lake 9.13. that is, We haze not, Match.' 4.17. This and molt of the other precepts are prohibi- tions,forbidding the evil/ , expreffely comman- ding the contrary good inclufively : for we molt both efrhere evil and doe good, Pfal.34.15. But Gods forbode bindeth molt ftriLly, and alwaics, and we are borne in evil,and are prone unto it,rather then to goad ; and are therefore called by thefe Cammandentents from all corruption, unto the integritie wherein God firfi created us. other gods] the Ghaldee explaineth itfingularly, other god: and fo the Scripture allo expieffethit, in 71 Exod.34,14. Pfal 8 t.10. For, Is there a god befide met faith the Lord, Eloy 44.8. There is none ether god but one; though there be many that are called gods, 1 Cor.8. 4,5. unto, whom the vaine heart of 'Man tàlfty attributeth deity : for whatfoever the Gentiles facrificed, was unto devilr, and not to God, I Corinthe s 0.20. Levit.17.7. Deut. 32.17. And theg/ds that have not made the beaten, and the earth, they /hallyer from the earth, andfrom under thefe flea, vens, Jerem. a o. ss. Hereby on the contrary wee are commanded to have Jehovah for our God: which is, to know him, and toferze him with a er- feçrf heart, and with a willing miede, t Chron. 28. 9. to love him with all the heart and with all the foule, and with all our might, Deut.6. 4, S. to flare , beleeve, honour, obey, and cleave unto him, Deuteron. 6.13. 2 Chron.2o. 20. Ptàl.za. 24. I Sam.15.22. Deut. It. 22. before myjace] or, agoinfi nfyfocc, that is, againfi , or before mee : the Greeke and Chaldee translate it, but me. After,in verte 23. Mafia faith, withme.It implieth a116 all time and place: as,be- fore the Sunne, Pfal. 72.17. is, fo long as the Sunne endureth ; fo here before me, is fo long as I am , for ever and ever. And all place as Whither fhall I pe from thy face (or prefenee ?) P1àl. r 39.7. There- fore alto the face or preface of God is here menti- oned, becaufè hce beholdeth the ferrets of the heart, Pfal.44. a 1,22. & 139. 23,24. and the Lat! (and fo every precept) ie jpìritttall,Rom.7. i4. and bindeth the whole man, body, foule, and fpirit; the underftanding., the will, and the effedts of them both, for ever. Verf.4. Thou /bale not make] As the former pre- $. cept forbade all feigned gods , fo this forbids all feigned fervice,whether it be to the trucGod, or any other : and commandeth to worlhip God in fÇirit and truth, John 4. 24. In the Chaldce para- plarafe called lonathans, this is exprefly faid to be thefecendCommandement; and filch is the gene= rail opinion of the Jew Doltors;as Philo in expo fit. Decalogi; Iofepbtu antirj. i. 3. and ethers : yet tonie nowwould make this but a part of t he brit Com- mandement. So the Sabbath is by him and other ancient Rabbines, called the fourt h precept, (as is obferved on Gen.49.12.)which by the others ac- count mutt be thethird.Making,here meaneth not onely with the hand, but with the heart or ima- gination; for ire oueht not to think that the Godhead is like unie gold, &c. Äft. 17.29, And to worfhip the Sunne or Momie, or any creature, is to make an I- dol] of it, Dent. 4. 17, 19. untothee]to (or for ) thy flfe: toweet, without commandement from God; for by his commandment Mofes made the Cherubims in the San&u.try, Exod.25.18. and the brazen Serpent in the wildernelfcNum 21.81111d this forbiddeth not al images of creatures for ci- vils tile, (which are allowable, Mat. 22. 2o.)=but for religious. So the Law explaineth it; as,yefhall not fit up any imageoffl one inyour land, to bow damne nh- to it, Lev.26, z. and the Prophets phrase of Images which ye made untoyoutt, Amos 5.26. is expouneed thus, which ye made to worfbip them, Alts 7. 43. But to make any image of the invifible God , is alto - gethecunlawfrill, and unpoffible, Deut4.12,15. EI1Y
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