- Chap. 5. AnExpofition upon the Book J O 13, Verf: 21. 377 of b,.ead out of the -hand o fin, curneth (tones into bread. Then,. God turns (tones into brad for us, when out of his infinite pow- er and goodnets, he gives us fupplies by unufual means,and com- forts us by that,frorn Which we can expcit no moreco mfort,tlian we do bread and water out of (tones. Further,When ftones feem ro-be moil angry with a godly man, then he is in league, with them: Stones (in a proper lenfe) , flew about theears of steven,and kili'd him,. yet Steven Was in league with the (tones, even-while they took away his life: God turned tilde Rams intobread for hirn:andevery ftone, was as a gloi ious Diamond in his Crown of Martyrdom, There are two interpretations of this league .with /finer (whidi forme make greatftore and treafure of) different from all [lade ; the former is grounded upon a cuftorn in Ai-abia; where, or near Pinedat which is fuppoled lobs friends dwelt. It was (faith the learned L:tnal:cay.aPo'n Authour ) a very capital offence . in that Country, if any did caft or carry heapes of Roues into his neighbours ground; for that aaion had this fignification or rneaing in it, the man who jinnr,-tile afterwardsvencured to plow or till that ground, fhould Cutely pleriq; mimi- dye by the hands of chofe, who cali in thdfe ftones. So that, the coyuniptent fight of loch flones was terrible and ominous to the owner of the 1)r,èd,iun ini Land, asfpeaking death and 'nine to him, if he medled with in Hence 'twas often left unus'd'and untill'd, Againft this barbarous iapvideleionere cuitome(it being an occafion of murders and blood-fhe1) a very indiciofuturos, leyere law was made 'That whofoever fhould be IF/covered to leave quadfiguis ca[1:fach flones into his neighbours ground (horsid have judgment of death ey 7,,Frum, by the cMagillrate. In allufion ro this Law or Cuftom, the inter, ilet,1713'd pretation of this promife ( Tka ¡halt' be in league with theflares of the eiree,toinpieriturus diis AU) is made out thus. Theordinary Stones of the field !hall be. eorum, quifro- lo far from hurting, that even thofe Stones, which (peak anger P0,PoPPnt and malice Ilan not hurt thee. God will reconcile or fubciue the uerestantum rage of thine enemies, and though they have cale thefe (tones of hab'et' defiance into thy land, yet they [hall daire a league of peace accedere gague7ni :el wirh thee ,or fall before thee. ca crud ita- The fecond is grounded upon a cuflom in wart r of which we tim"s, read (2 Kvx.z.31.) that, when the (..914abitee fled before lfrael, J"- Theprofuing Ifraeliter beat down their Cit ye wid on every good nfnce piece of Lev4, calf every ?van his Pone ad fi/h'd it, &c Eliph'gz, might have an eyeco this,as if he had ,faiti,Thy Land fhall be u -13 buriedunder the heapes of Lianes, thrown there by a cong,':;eorting Cet band
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