486 Chap. z4. An Expoltisnupon the Took of JO B. Verf.z. been tainted with them,and therefore we may take the words ge- nerally as applicable to any age of the world. Some remove the Land. marks. That is,thofe marks which are fet up for the diftin&ion,or di- vifionof Lands, that every manmay know his own, and not en- trench uponhis neighbours inheritance. Thefe Landmarks, or ;al ter ;gir" bounds they remove.The Hebrew is, they toucha lo'cis tranflated, audit vss force touch theLand- marks;Lar.d marks.vere facred things; they vt kt ought not to be touched, nor medledwith. TheLord f eaks of ita res attrna p ,ur quo appre his holy people (Pfal. 105. a 5.) Touch not mine anointed, and bendarur,pertu. doe my Prophets no barme. Another word is ufed in the P/.aline, net ad vimpo but we may give the fame emph'afis here, fame touch the Land- tenrioris maniä marks, as if it were a fault fo much as to handle, or media with it ijcientis' them:yet the word here ufed fignifies both to touch,and to take, and fo to take, as violently to carry away. (Zech, i. 6.) Did not my word take hold ofyourfathers ; that is, did it not apprehend, and feat, upon them,yea remove them out of the land ofthe li- ving. Where the word of God toucheth, it taketh away, either todeftru &ioc or falvation. And that word in theProphet bath a doubleailfron, either to thehunting ofbeafts; or to fighting, & contending with men the word followed your fathers,it over- tooke them,it woke them, it laid hold on them, as the hunter layeth holdupon his prey,or asan enemy follows,and over-takes a fleeing enemy, did not myword take holdofyour fathers.? yes, it aid, and that to purpofe . The word is ufed (Pfal.40. t 2.)Mine iniquities (faith David) take hold of me, fo that Iam not able to looke up; they have dealt withme, as with a fugitive,that runneth away ; They have taken hold ofme, and they hold me fait, my fin bath apprehended me. So that, though this originali tvord lignifies to touch, yet it is fo to touch as to offer violence, to take away, to remone,as is expreffed in thofe inftances(i Sam.30.8.) David inquiredofthe Lord, Paying, (hall Ipurfueafter this troope, jhall I over- takethem; fo (z, Sam. 15. r 4.) David¡aid to all big fervantr that were withhim at 7erufalem, arife let us flee, for we ¡hall not efcapefromAbfolom, make (peed to depart, left heovertake ass fuddeny. In which places as this word is ufed, fo the ufeof it is about violent and forcible a&ing, fo that this touching is tak- ingor removing ; they remove or pall up the Land- marks, to fet them
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