z4 the will and affeEtioñs , .Deut. 21.. 14. & 24. 15. &t x 2. 20, 21. might] in Hebrew , Mad, which fignifieth might or vdxmenci :,all that we can. The Chaldee tranflateth it riches; the Greek,pomer (du- rami:) but the holy Ghoû ufeth a more fignifi- cant Greeke.word (i /hut) might, or ability, Marke I 1,2:32. where alfo another word is added for ex- planation,diattoia, which is the ejfrcacie both oftee mind and reill,and theScribe ufeth a fitword,Sune- fs, undemanding, tvtarke 12.33. By which variety of words,God would teach us to love him unfai- ncdly,with all whatfoever is in us,and in ourpo- wer ; for we ought to honour himwith onr fhb - fIance alCo, Prov. 3 9. This praife is of King Iofra above all Kings, that he turned to the Lord, with all hie heart, and w;th all his faule, and with ull his might, according to all the Law ofMefit, 2 Kin.z3,2 5. ' Moreover from this word, with all thy might, the Hebrews teach, that a man it bound to'loide (God) with ebeerfsdnej a of ule, for evill (or of li/lan) even as he bief sb for good (or profperitte) withgladnef. mony in Berachoth, ch. 1 o. f. 3. And hereot we have a good' example in Tob, Job 1.2 1. 6 Verle 6. tlsefe Words J the Oracles of God are alto to be loved,as the outward meanes;whereby wee are brought to the love and obedience of God, Pfalm. 0 r 9. 97, 98. in thy heart] as the flcf sly tables wherein Gods Law is to be written, Prov.3.3. & 7.3.2 Cor.3.3. The Greeke addeth, in thy heart, and in thyfoule. 7 Verle 7. Whet them] that is, often, earnefl ly, and diligently teach them,that they may pierce the hearts of thy children,to underliand and affeft them.So the Greek andChaldee explaine it, tofore-inflrtsú and teach. - thy children] or, thy loner: under this name the Hebrews underftand, trot the síaru- rall Ionises onely, but Schollers alter, or Difcj- p!es ; recaufi Difnples are called fames, a it it written, (in z King. 2.3.) and the fosses of the Prophets came forth, &c. Maimony in Tbalmud Torah, chap. 1. f. 2. Children are to be trained up (or catechi- zed) in the way they should goe , and brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,Pro. 22.6. Ephef.6.4. 8 Verle 8. Phylatleries] or frontless: ornaments fattened unto the head; theGreek therefore cal - leth them unmoveable.Ofthele,fèe the notes on Ex. 13. 9. 16. By thele outward rites, God would teach them to apply all their ftudy, and all their praEtife unto the keeping of his Law. Verfe 9.doore polls] by this figne to profeffe un- to all, their love unto the Law, and to have it al- wales its remembrance. So the blood of the Paf- chall Lambe was firicken on their doore polls, Exod.i 2.7. Of this rite the Jewes are to this day very carefull,and even fiiperilitieus. The manner of obfervmg it , they have recorded thus. They wrote twoleverall places of the Law; namely; Mare O Ifrael,&e. Deut.6.4,-9. Andit fball be iifyou' fball heark te, &c. Dent. u . e 3, -21. upon one piece of parchmenr,which they rolled up,beginningat !the bottome, and fo to the top ; that -when any I fhould open to reade it, he might readefrom the beginningto the end.After it was rolled up,they DEUTER'ONOMIE: Y i. put it with in a pipe of reed,or of wood, or of a- ny other matter, and faltned it to the doore poll with a nailer but bleffed God before they fo fall- ned it,who had commanded them that thing. If it were hung up on a fticke, it was unlawfull, for that was no fattening : or if it were laid behinde the doore,it was as good as nothing.Thewriting was fattened a good height upon the doore poll within,and it muff be on the right hand,as a man went into the houle : if it were on the left hand, it was unlawfull. There things Maimony fheweth at large, in Mijn. treat. Tepbilin, (or ofPbyla fleries, &c.ch.5. & 6. adding this in the end; A man muft be warned ofthe poll writings, beeanfe it is every ones du- tie continually. And every time that be goeth in, and gob out, be meeterh with the name of ehe holy bleffed God, and fball remember the love of him, andawale out of biofleepe , and his erraur, among the vanities of the time ; and iZnow that tbere is nothing which abided, for eier, and for ever and ever, but tie knowledge of (God) the everlafling Rocke ; andforthwithhe returneth to his knowledge; and walkth in the ferait and even wales. Our ancient wife men have faid, Who fiever hatb hie phylaileries on his bead and on his arme, and fringes on his garment, and poflwriting on his doore, be is forti- 1 fied that be fhallnot finne : for behold , be bath many Remembrancers, and they arc the Arsgebs.nnhich deli-, ver him from inning; as it is written, The Angell of the Lord encampeth round about them that flare hint, and delivereth them , Pfal.34. 8. Thus have they magnified their outward obfervances ; and were . taxed by our Saviour , for making their Phyla - £teries broad and the fringes of their garments large, Matthew 23. 5. See the Annotations on Exodus 13. 9. Verfe 1 o. to give unto thee] underlland,he (ware so. that he would give unto thee: to in verse -1.9. Verfe 11. digged] or bowed, to wit, out of the i 1 Rocke. Under there particulars, all other good things are implied: for which men ought to ferve the Lord with joyfulnes, and with a good heart, Deut. 28.47. Pro.3.9, so. And by earthly riches, the 1pirituall graces of God in Chrili, are afro underftood, as 1 Cor. 1. 4,5,7. Epheft.t8. and 2. 5, 6, 7. fa] or, fatisfied: which alto is a bleffing ofGod,Levit.26.5. But by mens corrup- tion may eafily be abided unto ladcivioufisefle, Deut. 32. 13, 14,0.5. Verfe 12. forget Jehovah] the Chaldee faith, for- 12 get the feare of the LO A ,that is, his true Reli gion. The Greekeaddeth, leftthy beartbedeeeived, and than forget the Lord. When men doe corrupt their religion, they are laid to forget God, Pfal. 106. 20,21. and 44. 21. Judg, 3.7. Jer. 3.21. and r 8. 55. And this weare prone unto in proCperi- tie : therefore the Prophet prayeth,Give me not ri- ches, left I be fief, and beye taxe, and fay,ttho is the Lordi Prov. 3o. 8, 9. This Do&rive Mofes repeateth in Dent. 8. 10, 11. fervants ] the Greeke and Chaldee tranflate, fervitnde (or bondage.) Of this the Jewes made yeerly mention, when they brought their firft- fruits unto God , Deuteron. 26. 5, 6, &c.' Verle 13. fare] this is for the inward worfhip 13 of
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