l4z NLIMBEits. XXI. heard again of their comming; and Satanende- voured hereby to discourage Ifrael, that as their fathers through unbelecfe being afraid , entrad not into the prom ifed land, Deut.1.27.3 z 3 5. fo the children alfo might be deprived. And God for a ch ifdiCement of their fins,and for the triall of their faith, fuffereth the enemy at firft to pre- vaile , that his people might know that they fhould not caquer the land by their own ftrçngth or for their own worthineffe,Pi 44.3.4Deut.9.4. 2 Vert. 2. vowed a vow] calling upon God for helpe, and religioufly promifrng to devote unto him their enemies and all their fitbfkance. See the Annotations on Gen.z 8. z o. If giving thou wilt give] that is if tbou wilt indeed give ; and it im- plyeth a prayer,which often is uttered after this manner : as, Iabez called on the God of If ael, faying, Ifble ing thou spilt bleffeme, &c.i.Chron.4.ro. utterly (Affray] or, devote ; in Greeke, anathematize : things devoted after this manner, the perlons were to die, their goods confifcate to the Lord, Levis. 27.28.29. So when Iericho was devoted, the people and beaffs were killed, the citie burnt, the goods carried into the Lords trçafitry, Iof 6. 17.19.21.24. 3 Vetf3. bearl;ned to the voice] that is,as the Chal- dee explaineth it, received the prayer of Ifrael. gave up the Canaanite] to wit, into their hand, as the Greeke here repeateth from verle 2. they ut- feely deft roved] Hebr. bee utterly defiroyed, or denoted, fpeaking of Ifrael, as of one body. But how could they being fo farre off in the wilderneffe, deftroy their cities, lying;within Canaan, Num. 33. 40. into which they came not, till after Mo- tes death ? It feemeth the accompl ifhment of this vowwas performed long after, when theywere couse into the land. For the Kingof Arad is recko- ned for one of thofe that Iofua conquered,Iof,12. 14. See alto Iudg.1.16.17. They now conquered the Canaanites army that came out againft them, and devoted the fpoiles which they tooke; and when their cities came into their poffeflion, they utterly deftroyed & devoted them, and fo payed their vow,which now they protniCed. bee cal- led] or, they caled,meaning Ifrael; unleffe it be ap- plyed in ipeciall to MoCes.The Greek tranflateth they called. Hormab] or Chormah ; in Greeke, Anathema, that is, Devotement, or utterdefiruliion. By this name they both let up a memorial' of Gods mercy, who gave their enemies into their hand; and of their duty,to keepe the voW which they had promifed. Vert. 4. to compaf e the land ] becaufe Edon] had 4 denied them palfage thorow it, Num. zo. 18.21. by realon whereof-their travell was increaled. foule of the people was fhortned] or, was flraitned, that is, was grieved, ordifeouraged. This word, when it is applyed to the hand, fignifieth inability, as in Numb. 11.23. Efay 37.27. 2. King. 19.26. unto the fink (as in this place) it meanerli griefe, vexation, or dilccmfort; fo in Iudges 16,16. Samfons foule was (boo teed (that is, vexed) unto death; and in Iudg. so. 16. the Lords fade was (harmed, (that is, gri.vcd) for the mipry of Ifrael; and fome- time it is with a kind of loathing,as in Zach. s I. 8. myfoule mar fhortned for them , that is, loathed them. A like phrafe is of the fhortnes of the fpirit,which alto fignifieth anguifn, trouble, and vexation, as in Exod.6.6. 1°621.4. and want of power, as in Mic.z.7. The Greeke here tranflateth the people was feeble minded, or of fmai fade, or courage. becaufe of the way] or, in the way : but In often no- teth the cauleof a thing ; as, the Locdsfou/e was grieved in (that is, for, or beats fe of) the mifety of 17: raeLlud.10. r 6.or according to the like phrafe in Zach.1e.8. their foule loathed the way, both for the longfotnncffe of it, and for the many wants and troubles that they found therein, as in verf.5. So the Greeke interpreteth it, for the way : and Iarchi in like manner , laying , Beeaufe it was hard unto them, they raid, wee were mm necee to enter into the land, and wee turne backward: fo our fathers turned, and lingered 39. }tares tam this day ; therefore their foule wasfhortned for the affiill ions of the way. This way into the land of promife,6gured the way in- to the kingdome of God,thorow the wilderneffe of this world (the wildernej of peoples, as in Ezek. 20.3 5 .) into which kingdome wee cannot enter, but through much tribulation, Alts 4.22. becaufe the gate is ff rait , andthe way is narrow that leaded: um a life, Matth.7.14. and wee are to goe tbcrow fire and tborow water, Pfalm. 66. 12. The difcouragement of this people,fheweth humane frailty and infir- mity, through want of faith and patience : for as they erred in heart , and knew not theLords wayes,Pfal.95. 10. fo many, when tribulation or per - fcution ari /eth becaufe of the Word, by and bythey are fended, Matth.13.2 r. Verf.5. fpake, againff God] the Chaldeeexpoun- detll -it, murmured before the Lord and contended with Mofes, and Co in Jerre 7. This was their wonted carriage,in their tentations: fee Exod. r 4.11. and 15.24. and 16.2.3.and 17.2.3. Numb. 11.1.4.5. & 16.13.14. and 20.3.4.5. By God here is meant CMiff, the Angell of Gods face or prefence, in whom his namewas, Exod.a3.2o.zr. Efay 63.9. as the Apoftle openeth this place, Paying, Neither let us tempt Chrift, as f me of them alfo tempted,and were deffroyed f Serpents, r Cor.10.9. this light bread]meaning Manna; as the Chaldee explaineth it thris Manna the light meat : in Greeke, this vaine (or empty) bread. So they call it, either becaufe it was light of digellion , that they felt it not in their hot ltonsackes; or in contempt, counting it bale and vile, in comparifon with other meats: See Numb. 11.5.6.8. This Manna being rained upon them from heaven, Pfal.78.23.24. was both corporali and fpirituall food unto them, a figure of the hidden Manna , which Chris feedeth his people with, unto life eternal!, Reve1.2.17. Iob. 6.48.49.50.51. So the contempt thereof,was the contempt of Chriti and his grace : and into this finne doe all they fall, that loath and leave Chris and his Gofpell, for the momeer]tany pleafrues of this life; the enemies of ¿be Croffeof Chriii,wbofeend i de rullion , whofe God is their belly, and whofe glory is in their fhame, who mind earthly things, Philippians, 3.18.19. Verle 5
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