150 DEUTERONOM gave then[ water out of the rocks in the wilder- nes,Exo.I 7.6.Num, ao. i 1.wherto this here alto ' may have reference, & meant waters fweet as ho- ney and oile. This honey and oile figes ed the hea- venly graces which God befloweth upon his Church.in Chrift, (who is likened to a Rocket 1. Cor. ó. 4.) and which hee would continue if men yrould hearken unto his Law, Pfalm. 814 t 4. 17. and-I 29.203. Song.4.11. L} Verf. 14. Butter of kem] or , of the herd, that is, ma lep( Cowes milke : thfe things were a figue of the fruitfulnef%of the land, as is oblerved by the Prophet, May 7.21.22. And as foft and nooth words are fometimes likened to butter and nyle Pfàlme 55. 22. fo here they figured the loft and comfortable words of grace,where- with God fatiateth the Coules of his people.The Chaldee paraphrafeth,He gave them the fjoileroftheir kings and rulers, with the tithes of thl!ergreat and _prong men, &c. and Co in Amos 4.1. Princes of Samaria arecalled lotte of Bafm. of theflocke] of fheepe and goats,Lev. I . to. for the food of them and of their houlhold,as PrOv.z7.27. fat of lambs] t hat is, fatted lambs rams, &c. of the breedofBa- fan] Hebr. fonces of Bajm, that is, bred and fed on mount Bafan,which was a fertile place,and good to namrifhcattell,Numb. ;2.1.3.4.33. fro of the kidnies of wheat] that is, fine flowre of the ker- nels of wheat. The fame which is the heft and the principal!, is called the fat,herc and in Kahn 81. 17. and 547.17. and the kernels are called kednses, becanfe when they are full, they refemhle kidnies in ( }ape. bleed] that is, juiceof the grape, which is red coloured like blood. Hereupon Chrift kil- ling his enemies, and having his clothes (prink.. led with blood , is deCcribed like one treading grapes in the wine-fat EG1.62.2i3 Rev. r 4.19.2o. and 19. 13. And this ('ente the Chaldee keepeth here, tranflating it, the blood of their mighty men (bed like water. But literally it is meant of the wine that was plentiful( in the land of Canaan; & fpi- ritu:ylly of the heavenly graces wherewith Chrift fillet} his people,Elày 55.1. thou did¡( drinke]he turnetI his fpecoh to Ifrael : the Greek for more plainenetle tran(lateth as before, they drank; pure wine] or red wine, as in Pfal.75.8. & in EGey 27.2. In that day fingyee Unto ber , a vineyard of red wine; and fetch was the bell wine in the land: the Grecke tranflareth it only wine. Thus Mofes, by haney,tile, butter, milke, fat flefh,fine bread, and wine, ((hven things under which number al other arc comps ehended )fignifieth the manifold Wet: 'rings which Ifrael enjoyed its their land Which was a figure unto them of the mo(1tleKing- dome ofChrifl,and the heavenly comforts of his Word and Spirit, wherewith hee fan&ieth his people. And of theft, fonte are food for children to fitcke,as honey,oile,butter,& milke,Efay 7.15. 16. the reel are flronger meats for men : fo the faithful( have in their infancy cafte inftru&ion, the fncere mike of the 1Vord, to growthereby;and in their ripe age,the higher my aeries oftheGofpel, as t Pet.2.2. 1 Cor.3.1.2. Heb.5.12.13,14. 15 Vert 1 5. I fitrrtn] or Iefburun , that is, as the IE XXX II. Chaldee explaines it, Ifael; the Greeke, Be- brved; fo in Dent. 33. 5. 26. where the Chaldee againe tranflates it Ifrael ; the Greeke Beloved; and in Efay 44. thou Jefurun whom I have cbofn; the Chaldee faith , thou lfrael: the Greeke : thou beloved *ad. It kath the name of Iofber,Rigbteouf- nefe, as being a righteous people by calling, ha- ving Lawes right and egnall,if they had walked in them.Or it may be derived of Sher,w hlch is to Looke or See, becaufe this people law the glory of God at the giving of the Law. The fame word Sher is allo a Eubock, which Come thinke Mofes here al ludet h unto,as if IC ael were waxed like a fat Bed locke which kicked. But the ether places where this word is Mid, imply no fuck thing. waxed fat] in Chaldee, waxed rich. This was the occafion of their falling front God,the prof perity and blefftngswhich they had in Canaan,as is alto (hewed its Nehem.9.z 5.26. 7bytook f rong eitles, and a fat land and "OP boufes full of all goods, Wells digged , Vineyards , and Olizeyards , and f uit trees in abundance : fo they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted tk.emfelveein thy great good' ndJè. And tbeyturned difobedient, and relelledagainfi thee; and cafe tly law behind their backs, Ste. The like complaint is in Ier.5. 27, 28. Though this may imply alfothe fatnefreof their heart , whereof fee Efay 6.2o. Meth.' 3.15. kicked] that is,be- haved themfelves contemptuoufly , and wexed wanton: and it fignifieth their contemptuous bufe of Gdds holy ordinances, as he complaineh of Priefts, Wherefore yoke yee at my facrifice , and at mine nfrinn, which I have commanded, &c. I Sam. a. 29. This word Paulfeemeth to relpe&,when hoc fpeaketh of (itch as tread under foot the Sonneef God Heb. 10.29. thou ars covered] or, thoubaf covered, thy felfe, thy face, or thine heart with fatnefle, as is explained inlob 15. 27. thus; bee' coverer!) hie face with his fatneffe; and maketbcollopsof fat on bitflanke:. And in PCalm.17.1 o. They are in- rlofed in their osene fat ; with their mouth thy f cake, prondy : and inPfal: 73.7. Their eyes fland out with fatnejfè. befrfooke God] in Chaldee,heforfook the fervice of God: hee turneth his (perch away from the people, as they that would not heare : and fpeaketh to heaven and earth for to witneffe; as inverfe 1. And this is the fire[ part of their flume, to forfake the good God. made hint] by creating,and advancing him,as in ver.6. lightly efeceened] or, vile y and foo/jJ ly del ifed; Hebr. ienabbel, of Nabal fodlifh, as hee called them in v. 6. The Chaldee expounds it, bee provoker to anger. the Rock(] the mighty God Chrift; as v.4. So the Greeke t anflaceth, he depart( dfrom God bit Saviour. Ver(. 16. provoked him to jealoufe ] or, made him jea- lous, that is, exceeding angry for jealoufie is the ragt.of a man; tberefre lee will not fparein ¡be dayof vengeance, Prov. 6. 34. flrange gods] the Chaldeeexplaineth it, the frvice of Idcß, or ido- latry. So in Pfal.78.5 8. they provoked him to jealou- fie, with their graven images. And in I King14. 22. 23. the Lewes proeekd him to jeaieefie with their j »met , &c: for they alp built tbcm high places. and 16
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