Chap. 5. An Exp.Jtion wpm the Bookof o B. Very, r._..._ a. . 9' 337 Hefhall deliver theefrom fix troubles,,tert,in feien thereball no evil touch thee. To deliver, notes here, the fitatelzing;or pullingof a man out of t1Y5 spoisivit, YBn the hand ofan enemy, out of the mouth.of danger. TheHebrew word for [Trouble ] comes from the root, which tantuam ab fignifies to tiraiten or to narrowa thingup in a little compafs , kopea utmale. and foby a metaphor, to vex and trouble, becáufe they who are Eriperepre. ftraitned in any kind, are pained and troubled. And when we 144 hear ofany in trouble, we tafuaily fay, fuch are in ftraits. And a guflia,in. this word is often eradiated, a Jt, e t ( a Sam. 24. 14. ) I' ant terdumfigny. in a great jirait, faith David, when he was put upon that hard e- rat hoflent, legion, between fword;peftilenceand famine. So 3udg. I r. 7.and srao »` áu te` a Sam. 13. 6. The holy language,expreffes an enemy íòr adverfary by this word, becaufeanenttny puts:tks' upon ftraits and Co, to much trouble. And to raile the force ofthis word to the bight-kit is.ufed to fignifie the pangs & throws of wo>txiepjn.child-bearing,in which themother labours in grievws,fgx,rwhile theinfant laboursfor enlargement. Troubles ever trreetru itt, or bring.us into ftraits; they may well change namse,whic.h'are£Q iaéeréjt nature; I find the word fo eradiated here in Come books, Ile -fhall deliver -thee in fix f rafts, and in leaven, when thou art fo incompafl: about, [hut in and incircled by evils on every fide, that thou knowefi not which way to remove or turn, much lefs toget out, then the Lord will give enlargement,and either find a way out for thee,or make one,as he did for Ifraèlat the Red fea,through thof mighty waters. Infix,yea in leaven. ]This phrafe offpeech,is very confiderable. Some numbers in Scripture,have a kind ofemincncy or excellency them:l intend not any Large difèourke about numbers ; only in brief Thole three numbers,Three Sixand Seaven,are applied to a fpecial fignification by the Holy Gtioft. A. great number, a per feG} number, is exprefled by my-dne of there three numbers A threefold cord, ( that is, a coudiamanyor fuflicient folds ) is not eafily broken, Ecclef.._4.;t.2.Tlneertioner thouJhalt keep ',a fea(f to mein theyear, Exod. 25. 14. Three times.tn a çl'ear 41 thy males. (hall appear before the Lord, ver. 17. The candleftick had three branches, Exod. 25, 32. And three cubits was the height of the Altar, Exod. 27. a. Three Cities of rcfug were appointed for X- N the
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