Moles prayeth EXODUS aholifhed , but their minder are blinded; acrd even to this day , a reife it laid upon their heart, Rom. 2. 2 I. z Cor.3.7,13,14,15,. The third,which are tables offlerh,is the work ofGhrift by his Spirit,giving us new hearts, and writing his Lawes in them, 2 Cor. 3.3. Ezek. ;6.26. Heb.8.ro. Thefe things,both of the weakneffe of Moles minifterie, and of the grace of Chrift,'the ancient HebrewDo&ors ac- knowledged,as in their gloríe uponSong x.1. Let him ltif me, &c. there, mentioning that requei of the people in Exod.2o.r 9.Speake thou with us, &c. they fay, Mofes taught them the Law, and what fever they learned, they forgate agane. Then they carne un- to .L1of s, and fàid, O that God would thew him- felfe againe; and kiffe us with the kilfes of his mouth,that his do&rine might be fattened in our hearts. Mofes faid'unto them, This cannot be done now, but it fhall be in the dales of Cbrift at it X written, (Jer.31.33.) I will put my Law in their inwardparts, and write it in their hearts. Midrafh. Cant. 1. t. finger] which fignifieth Gods Spirit, as , I with the finger of Gad, ca(t out devils, Luke 11.20. which is expounded, the SpiritofGod, in Matth.lz. z8, That which was written , was according unto all the words, which the Lord Jake wito Ifrael in the mount , out of the mill offire, Elrod. 20. Deut.9, I O. 2222 MZ CHAP. XXXIL t , The people in the akfence of Mofes, caul Aaron ta make a Calfe. 6, They facriJi thereunto. 7, God eertifietle Mo fes oftheir fin, I o,and his purpofa to confume them therefore. i r, Mofes intreateth fir the people. 14, The Lord repenteth concerning the evillagainft them. 15, Myer commeth damne with the Tables, 19, and upon fight of their fiente , he breaketb them. 20, He deftroyeth the Calfe.. 22, Aaroruexeufeforbimfelfe. 25,Mofes tarp fetb the Idolaters to be Haine. 28, The Levi tes are the executioners. 31, .lofs prayeth that either the finne of Ifrael be forgiven, or himfèlfe to be blotted out of the books ofGod. 34, God Jareth the people for the prefint, but of terplagued, them. AN D the people faw that Mofes de. layed to come downout of the moun- - Caine : and the peoplegathered them - felves together, unto Aaron, and faid unto him, Rife-up, make gods for us , which may goe before us ; becaufe this Mofes, the man which brought 'us up out of the land of E- gypt ; we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron faid unto them ; Breake -off the Bare -rings of gold, which are in the Bares of your wives, of your Connes , and of your 3 daughters: and bring them unto me.And all the people brak -off, the care -rings of gold, which were in their eares : and brought them 4 unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand , and fafhioned it with a gravinbtoole, and he made it, a molten calfe: and they faid; Thefe be thy gods, O Ifrael, which X X X I I. for lirael. 133 brought thee up , out of the land of Egypt. And Aaron faw it ; and he built an Altar be- fore it : and Aaron proclaimed, and laid; To morrow is a feaft to Jehovah. And they rote -up-early on the morrow , and offred Burnt-offrings, and brought -neere Peace - offrings : and the people fate -downe to eat and to drinke, and role-up to play. And Jehovah fpake unto Mofcs, (laying: ) Gee get thee for the people, which thou broughteff -up , out of the land of E- gypt, have corrupted there felvei.They have turned.aude quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calfe : and they have bowed thetn- felves -downe thereto , and have facrificed thereunto, and Paid ; Thefe be thy gods, O Ifrael; which have brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt. And Jehovah Paid unto 9 Mofes: I have feene this people,and behold, it is a fliffe- nétked people. And now,let me alone , and my anger (hall waxe hot againft them, and I will confume them : and I will make of thee a great nation And Mofes ear- t neftly-befought the face of Jehovah his God and faid, Wherefore O Jehovah, Mall thy anger waxe hot againft thy people ; which thou haft brought-forth out of the land of Egypt with great power,and with a mighty hand:'Wherfore fhould the Egyptians fpeak to and lay; For evill did he bring them out,and kill them in the mountaines, and roconfume them from upon the face of the earth: Turn from the hotneffe of thine anger,and repent of the cvill again ft thy people. Remember r 3 Abraham,Ifaak,and Ifrael thy fervants : un. towhom thou fwareft by thy felfe, and fpa_ keff unto them, I will multiply your feed as the ftarres of the heavens : and all this land which I have fpoken of,wil I give unto Our feed, and they íhali inherit it for ever. And Jehovah repented concerning the evil which he had fpoken to doe unto his people. And Moltskurned and went downe from themountain, & thetwo Tables of the teflf. mony were in his hand : the tables were writ- tenon both their fides ; on the one fide & on the other,were they written. And the tables, r6 they were the work of God : & the writing; that nu,- the writing of God ; graven rwpon the tables. And Jofinra heard the voice of the people as they fhouted : and hee faid unto Moles ; there is a voice of war in the campe. And he faid ; it tk not the voice of than that shout far malterie, neither Wit the voice of them that cry for difcomfiture : thevoice of M nr tinging, 7 8 Io 14 Is 17 18
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