EXODUS XX. of every one feverally,and of all of them jointly: as it is written, Whefoever pall keepe the whole Law, I andyet fend in one point , bee is guilty of all. For bee th.a f id , Poe not commit adulterie faid alfa, Doe not kill, Jam.2. ro. t 1. Hereunto we may alto referre the double accents,wh ich ntoft of there ten Com- mandements have,in the HebrewScripture;diffe- rent front all the Bible beftdes: which ,though I they ferve_for a twofold manner of reading,. the j one common as the other fcripture,the other lea -. fitrely,& with a long pronunciation,as the Jemes ufed in their afíentblies;yet they may lead us also to observe a diftinftion of matter in fonte,and a conjnnftion or continued matter in other fome I3 Vere 18. faw]this word is generally used for fieing, heae ng ; :- or perceiving not onely by the eye, ' but by any fènfe or underftanding : as, Jakob tam that there ram come in Egypt, Gen.4;.t. which the I holy Ghoft expoundcth,Iakób beard, A& 7.12. So here , they saw the voices, that is, beard them. lightnings] in Hebrew and Greeke, lamps; fo called I for that they burned and shined like'lanapes or torches : fee.Get.s 5.17. where filch appeared to 1 Abraham,at the covenant making with hint. They here fagniüed the brightneffeand terrours of the Law : as did the finning face of Mofes afterward, Exod. 34.30.2 Cor.3.7. Pal. 119.105. remo- 1 ved away] being afraid as the Greeke tranflateth. Shewing the effeft of the Law in their confcien- ces,to work feare by the fpirit of bondage,which all that are borne of the bond-woman Agar , (6r mount Sinai). are poffeffed with, Rom. 8.15. Gal. 4.2 4, 25. For they had before come neere, and flood under the mount, Dent 4.11. 9 Verf. i 9.they faid] by the chiefe of their Tribes and their Elders,Deut.5.23 will heare] and do it. This speech of theirs, God well approved of, Deut.5. 27,28. For as theydelìred Mores to be a Mediatour betweeneGod and them ; fo the Law is a Schaolemafler to bring to to Chip, the Mediatour of the NewTeftanaent, Galat. 3.24. Heb. 12. 24. wherefore upon this feech of theirs, God pro- mised Chrift unto theon,Deut48.15,16,17,18. lef we die] for , this great fire will confume us ; if wee beare the voice of the Lard our God any more, :netball die, Dea.15.15.Hereby was manifefted,that'there was not a Law given, which wield give life; but that the juil should live by faith, Gal. 3. 11,12,21: For the Law of God and the will of man are adverfa- ries, whic4 cannot be reconciled but by grace in Chriff: onely through feare, man feineth to lova the Law ; but by faith it is fulfilled , Romans 5. 1,2. and 8.1; 4. 20 Verf2o. Fearenot ]bntas the Greek tranflateth, be ofgood comfort. He encourageth them against the exceeding feare which difmayed them: (for o- therwife it was the purpofe God , that by this they might learn to feare him,Deut.4.I o.) So when the Angel laid, Fearenet, Mat. 28. 5. he meant, be not afrigh +ed, (or difmayed) Mart 6.6. is come] as the Chaldec paraphrafeth, bisglorieis revealed. to tempt] or, to prove : fee Exod.15.2-5. not fmre] thus the Law was added be tooth oftraooîgreffi one Pal. 3.19.to manifeft fin,and to reftraine then from it, 77 Rom. ;.2o. Pfal.119.1 1. Jam.2.9. for, without the Law, finne it dead, Rom. 7. 8. But lin,which dwel leth in us,that it might appeare fin,and Wright be- come exceeding íìnfull, reviveth by the Law ; ta- keth occafionby the Commandement, deceiveth us, & flayeth us; fo that which was ordained unto life, we find to be unte death, Rom. 7.9,1011, t 3. But what the Law could not doe, in that it was weak through the dells, God(hath done)iending his owne foia , in the likeneffe of finfull flesh, and for finne condemned fine in the flesh, Rom,8.3. V.2 t. thick! darlgref]or,:empeffuouedarltyef.The 2I Hebr.gnar.rphel, whichfguifieth thidke(or obfeure) darkteffè, is by the holy Ghost tranflated inGreek thuella, Heb.I2.58. which fignifieth a tempeff; and fo the Lxx. tranflate it in Deut.4.1 I.& 5.22. Ver. 22. the heavens] This was when God came down upon mount Sina,Neh.9.53. upon earth al- fo, he (hewed them his great fire, and they heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, (which, did ever people heare and live ?) Deut.4. 33,36. Verf23. withme] CO wit,any gods with me, which the Chaldce tranflateth,bef, reme as in verse 3. So with me, in Efih.7, 8. is ufed for bejòre me; and with the ark of God, 2 San5.6.7. is expounded,before God, I Chron. 13.10. gods] that is,Idals of gold or Glver, reprefent ng God unto you. Thus Ifrael when they made the Calf in the wilderneffe, (which was an Noll, Af8s7.4t.) are faid to have made them Gods ef gold Exod. 32.8,át. and the Idols (or Images )of the Philifines are called their GJilt , 2 Sam.5.21. I Chron.14.12. Veld.: 24. of earth] this feemeth to differ from the brazen altar which was after made in the fan. ftuarie, Exod. 27.1, 2. though forte thinke it was the tame, and being hollow, was filled with earth. But earthen altars were ufed before, as is noted on Gen. 8.20. And an altar was made by Ifrael, Exodus 24.4. before that altar of braffe, Exodus 38. Here an altar of earth, is oppofed to the god offilver and gold, before prohibited. For God is to be woríhipped in fpirit and truth, not with outward carnal( pompe, John 4.24. And as the Altar figured thrift, Hebrews 13. 10. fo his earthly or humane nature, was hereby figni- fied, for he was made of the feed of Drsvidaccor- ding to the flesh, Romans s. 3. peace- ofrings] orth07'e-offing ;ofCherfeeLevit.1.and3. m,+ke the txemori+ll] or, coufe the remembrance of my name to be : or, make you to remember my name : that is, all places of publike worlhip and fervice of God , and monuments of him: such as were the many encamping places in the wilderneffe and fimdry afterward in the land of Canaan : Altars, Arke Tabernacle Temple, &c. Foras Abfalom, erefted a pillar, to keepe his name in ranem- brance, 2 Samuel 18.18. fo God chofe out places toput hit name there, Deutcromie 12. 5. as in le- rufalem, 1 King. t 4.21. and in his temple there, t King. 8. 29. and before that, in his Tabernacle and Arke,where David fee Levitas to make men- tion (or memorial!) and to confeffe and praise the Lord Godof Ifrael, r Chron.i 6.4. So in the hea- venly krufalem, hnildedby Chriit,Efa.62.6. The G g 3 Chal- 22 23 24
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