t t'm alt/ NUMBERS XXXIV. I97 as Sinai, Shepher, Hor, Gidgad : fometimes to vallïes,as Tahath, &c. fometimes, to places of bit- terneffe,asMarah: fometimes of fweetneffc, as Mithkah. The finnes which they committed in the wildernelfe,weremany & great ; as open( ido- latry by the Calfe at Horeb, Ex.3 2. & with Baal- peor,Num.25. unbeleefe at Kadefh, Nnm.i 4. and afterwards prefiimptuous boldnelfe in the fame place; murmurings againfrGod fundry times,wew tempting of Chriit(as the Apofile fpeaketh,t Car. te.) Contention & rebellion againit their gover- nors often : lifting for flefh to fill their appetite, and loathing Manna the heavenly food : whore - dome with the daughters of Moab, & fundry the like : that this complaint is after made of them, How aft did they prat,* him in the wildernefjè, & grieve him in the defart f Pfal. 78,4o. All forts of perlons finned againfi God; the multitude of people very often; the mixt multitude of ftrangers among them, Nuni.i 1. The Princes,as the ten fpies, Da- than,Abirann, &c. The Levites, ás Korah and his company. Marie the Prophctetfe,Num t 2. Aaron the Prieft with her, befide his fin at Horeb,Ex.32. and at the water of Meribah,Num.2o. Mofes al- fo himfelfe at the fame place, for which he could not couse into theland of Canaan. The punifh- ments laid on them by the Lord for their difobe- dience were many. They died by the fword of the enemy,as of theAmalekites,Exod., 7. and of the Canaanires, Numb. 14.45. andfomebythe fword of their brethren, Exod. 32. Some were burnt with fire,Num. s i. and 16. force died with (inlet, Numb. i 1. Tome were fwallowed up alive into the earth, Numb. s 6. force were killed with ferpents, Numb.2I. many died of the peftilence, Numbers 16.46. and chap.5.25. acrd generally all that generation which were firft muttered af- ter their comming out of Egypt , perithedi Num. 26.64. 65. God con fieneed their dayes invanity, and theiryearesinterror, Pft1.78.33. Neverthelelfe for his names fake, he magnified his mercies unto them and their pofterity. He had divided the fea, & led them thorow on dry land, drowning their enemies,Exod.14. He led them with a cloud by day,and a pillar of fire by night continually. He gave them Manna from heaven daily. Hee clove the rocks,and gave them water fór thtirthirff.He fed them withQnailes whë they longed for Beth : He fweetned the bitter waters. Hee (.sued them from the fword of their enemies. Hee delivered them from the fiery ferpents & fcorpions Their raiment waxed not old upon them , neither did their foot (well thole 40 yeatcs,Deut8.4.He de- livered them front the curie of Balaam,& turned it into a blelling,becaufe he loved them,Num. 22. Deut.23.5. Hee came downe from mount Sinai, and fpake with them from heaven, and gave them right judgements auto true lames, good flatutes, and com- mandemmts, and gave allo his good pit toinfiruli them, Nehem.g.13.20. In the times of his wrath he remembred mercie ; his eye fpared them from deftroying them, neither did bee make an end of them in the wilderneffe, Èzek.2o.t 7.22. He gave theta Kingdomes and nations', and they poffeffed the lands of their enemies ; and he multiplied their children as the ftarres of heaven, and brought them into the land promifed unto their fathers, Nehem.9.2 2.23. Now rrhat feever slings were written aforetime, were written f r our learning, that wee through patience and comfort y' the Scriptures ms ht have hope, Rom.s 5.4 VerC 5 2. Te(hall drive out] or,ye (hall dif of ffi, as in verf S 3. in Greeke, ye (hail deflra . So Main ex- plaineth this law to be meant of their deftrulti- on, in Deut.7. I.2. And they might not be fuffe- red to dwell in the land, Exod,23. 33. their pit-lures] or,their imagerie workes;which the Chal- dee expoundeth, theboufe (or place) of their wo,jhip: fee the Annotations on Lev. 26.t. their moben image] Hebr. the images of their, melting.; , that is, which they have molten; under which name,gra- ven images and all other idols are implyed , as is (hewed on Ex,2o.4. This law is alto repeated in Deut. 7.5. and Deut. í 2, quite ?beckdonne] or, deffroy, abolifb, letting nothing remaine;m Greeke, take auïaytbeirpillars: ticLerit.26,3o Verf,,53. difpot etheland] or, difinherit, drive out, (as inverf 5 2.)t he land ; that is,as the Greake tranflateth, deflroy the inhabitants of the land : and to Mofes explaineth it in ver.5 5. A like phrafe is in Iof,17.17. they could not difpoff (or drive out) the cities, meaning the inhabitants of thofe cities: fo houfe is for the houfhold. or men of the house, Geri. 45.11.18. It may alfo be translated, ye fhaiinherit the land;& fo it agreeth wille words following. Verf 54. by let] as was commanded before in Numb.26. 55. yee flallgive them the more inheri- tance] Hebr. jeefhall multiply his inheritance : fee this phralè inNumb. 26.54. for him] that is,for any one,ór for every one. Vert. 55. thall be pric/yy] or shall be far pricks 1 55 our ekes, and for thirties inyour fides : which lofhua repeating, faith, fmurges inyour fetter, and shorties in your eyes, í01.23.13. And the Prophet fpeaking of the enemies of Gods people, callcth them a prie- icing bryár unto thehouf of Ifrael, and agrieving shore, Ezek.28.24. By thefe fimilitudes the hurt and mifchief is fignified which fuch wicked people would doe unto the Church in foule and body, being a meane to draw them into sin , & to aflli& them, as it is written,Thry deflroyednot the Watson', concerning whom the LORD commanded them; but were mingled amongthe beatben,and learnedtheir warlls, and firsed their idols which were afnare unto them, Pal. 1o6. 34.35.36. And the troubles which they . brought upon Ifrael, are let forth in the booke of ludges, in the hisorie of Iabin, Sifera,and other. So the Chaldee expoundeth thefe pricks and thornes thus; They {(tall be companies taking up armes ggav f jeu , and troupes cauftng you to fall. fhall vexeyou in the land] and lulus addeth, until ye peri. from off this good land , which lebovab your God hathgi- venfox, Iof..23. i 3. 52 53 54 MAMAAAPAIRAMARIAA CHAP. XXXIV. I The Lord by Mofes declareth unto Ifrael the R r r r 3 . borders IMIMMENEMEMIEIMIUMIZICANImmematostimansegero
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