Chap.;1. 4* expol:ion upon the ??ook of Jos. Vert. 30 611 alt out of their a'efilatt places. Thirdly, as here in the text, it is often ofed to rote the requefting or askingof any thing of God in prayer; I did not with ( that is, pray for) a curie upon his foule (2 Cbron. 20. 4,) And 7udab gathered themfelves together to ache helpe ofthe Lord; that is, topray for heipe. And fo the word is ufed (I Sam. I. 17, 20, 27.) And hence both thegrave and Hel are fignified by this word, 4ccaufe they are ever cra- ving and never have enough. The word rendred, A curfe, fignifieth in the verbe, to lament, t-na ejolavit, tocry out (Joel I. 8.) as allo to fweare and curie ( judges 17.2.) lamentatur eft, vAndbeiaid unto his mother, the elevenhundredfbekeIls of(river ravit exeera qfi. that were taken from thee, about which thou curfedit, and fbakefl of tun alto in mine ears, &c.So in Sol'.vtons prayer(1Kings 8 31) Ifany wan trefpaffe again(( his brother, and an oath be layd upon him to curfe him tofweare , and the oath come before thine Altar in this houfe, then &c. Thus here the noune notes an oath with anexe- cration or acurie. ( Deut: 29. 2 r.) And the Lord¡ballfeparate him (that is, the refolved firmer }Hato evill out of all the tribes of Ifrael,according to all the curies of the covenant that are written irs this booke ofthe Law. And the realon why the fame word figni- feth both anoath and a curie, was becaufe in taking an oath, theybound and burdened themfelves with a curie, foraetimes ex. Verbumpipit plicitly, alwayes implicitly in cafe they did not fweare truely, or execrari /aunt not performe the oath which they had truely fworne. To with a `at, eiPer nfe. . mia;n curie upon our (elves or others,is towith the worft we can eyther re, qua ;ui;a. uponour felves or others. The firft fentence of wrath that ever randu:n cum God pronounced in this world, was in this forme of words, execratione ¡an. though not in the formal originali word of this prefect text g' fo/ei. ( Gen. 3. 14.) And the L.rdGodfaydunto the Serpent (whom the devil! ufed as the inftrument ofmans fall,therein alto fpecially intending the devil{ himielfe, who h-d both contrived the fall of man, and tiled the Serpent as the Itltrument ofit) thou art tur- fed above all cattel, and above every beat of the field. As to with or pronounce a blefúng, includes a delire ofall good; fo towills or pronounce a curie, includes a delire of all evil!. Six ofthe twelve tribes ofIfrael were commanded to (landupon mount qt- rizimte blefe,andfix o)' :kern upon mount ebal to curfe(Deut 27. 12, 13. ) that is,to with and pray for all good or all evill,accord- ing as the people were or did good or evil!. Balakwas confident he
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