z9-2. Chap. 3o. An E,xp,,4tion upon the Booke of J o s. Verl.r. nano differs from a promii"e gradually, and in the formalities of it, not na'ura'lly, or in the iubfrance of it ; God made promifes to Abrakam, Gen. t arh and Gen. r 3 r ., bur he mae no Cove- Writ with him îi11 Chap. 15. v. i 8. Jo ¡hit the Lrd madea Covenant with Abraham. As the Collec3ton of many Scams makes a Cm:ífellation, fo the Collection of many promifs makes aCovenant ; o,, as ( reel r. ro.) the gathering to?ethcr of the waters, was by the Lord calledSeas, fo we may call the ga- thering together of many promifes andConditions a Covenant, The Lord gathers together all thole promifes ofmercy which lie fattered up and downe throughout the whole Volume of the Scriptures into l is Covenant with man and man gathers all choir conditionsof duty which are to be found all the Scrip,ure over, and puts them into his Covenant withGod. This is the nature and bufineffe ofa Covenant properly taken. But here, when 74 faith, He made a Covenant with his (yet, the word Cóvenant is to be underflood improperly only, or in aliu- fion ; and fo it imports only thus much, that 70bdid ufe all feri- ous and fanftified:manes to keep himfelfe from takirg any taint ordefil.tmentby amine loo.kes, and wanton glances of his eyes. As D.vid ( Pfal. 39. t. ) kept bis mouth withbit andbridle while the wicl rd were before him fo lob kept his eyes with covenant and promife while any fuck ob'eas were before him as might allure him to wickednfíe. He did not rafhly fweare nor coldly withchrIbty, no nor barer purpofe and propofe to himfelfe, that he would avoyd lufifull provocations ; But he did folemne- Iy engage and binde himfelfe to ufe all pofiìble diligence and godly c .re to prevent the entrance ofany poyfonous or bewitch- ing ti p ,,:r at his eyes and that his fpirit fhou'd not receave in- feet ion by his fence. Thus he gave the law to his eyes, and would not Leff r them towander, much lefte to feed themfelves where they fhould not. I made a Covenant with mine eye:. ron: The Hebrew is , /cut or ftroke a Covenant. The wordwhich ;Pt,caj'. we render, made, lignifies properly to cut orfirike; And'tis plyed to the bufines.ofa Covenant, becaufe at Covenantmaking Tome beafts being killed and cut afunder, the Covenant-makers pained between the divided parts. When God made that firft Grand.
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