llo[y S;tcram~nt. 3 I 5 lemn preparation, that they ma:y be it1 a fit pofl:ure to attend and receive it. Three– eminent ini1ances wbereof we 1neet with in the travels of his ancient people of lfrae!, The firfl: is in Exodas xix .. r o, I 1. where,. being to defccnd upon Sinai to promulge a law, and enter into a covenant with rh·em, the tord faid unto MrJfes, &o unto the– people, and fonllijy them f() _ dt1)' and to nzor– row, and let them wajh their cloatbs, and be ready againfl tbe third day·: for the third day the Lord will come down in ihe_(ig'ht of· "all the people. Thus alfo, "\vhen he w~as at once to fatisfy and punifh the inordinate appetite of that people who lothed the tna:n– na, and lufl:ed after flefh, by bringing ·in– i1un1~rable quails fron1 the rea, and caufing tl1em to fall about · their cam·p, he con1n1anded 1\!Jofis to fay unto the people,. Sanelify _y-ourfelves againfl !!/ _morrow, and ye jhall eat .ftefo *. A third iqfl:ance is that of the text. , The Lord had brought his people to the borders ofCanaan, and was. now to give them the v{e~fin and poffeffion ' of that promifed land:· he was· to divide the \vaters · of j(Jrda-n before them; and thereby both facilitate their .paifage and af~ iure their· poffcffion. . Hereby, faid Jojlma-,. . D d 2:. J'e • Namb. ~i. IS.
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