And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. _Ver. l. And keep, and do them._] The difference between divinity and other sciences, is, that it is not enough to learn, b... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Ver. 2. _God made a covenant with us._] We also have the covenant, the seals, minister, &c. But, alas, are not these blessings amongst us, as the ark was among the Philistines, rather as prisoners than as privileges, rather _in testimonium et ruina... [ Continue Reading ]
_The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day._ Ver. 3. _With our fathers,_] _i.e., _ With our fathers only. Or if it be understood of all the foregoing patriarchs, then it is to be expounded by Galatians 3:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, Ver. 4. _Face to face,_] _i.e., _ Openly, and immediately, by himself, and not by a messenger or mediator. Prosper's conceit was, that the Israelites were called _Iudaei,_ because they received _ius Dei._... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Deuteronomy 5:5 _(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,_ Ver. 5. _I stood between the Lord,_] _sc., _ After the decalogue delivered by God himself out of the fire. For o... [ Continue Reading ]
I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Ver. 6. _I am the Lord, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 20:1 _"_ &c It is well observed by a reverend writer, _a_ that the two tables of the law are in their object answerable to the two natures of Christ. F... [ Continue Reading ]
_Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee._ Ver. 12. _Keep the Sabbath day._] In this repetition of the law some things are transposed, and some words changed, haply to confute that superstitious opinion of the Jews, who were ready to dream of miraculous mysterie... [ Continue Reading ]
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. Ver. 15. _And remember that thou._] It being a figure of our redemptio... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Ver. 18. _Neither shalt thou commit._] Or, And thou shalt not commit, &c., and so in the following laws; to teach us that the law is but one copulative, _a_ as the schools speak. For the sanction indeed, it is disjunctive; but for the injunction, it is copulative... [ Continue Reading ]
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. Ver. 22. _These words the Lord spake._] If human laws... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, [even] all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; Ver. 23. _Even all the heads of your tribes._] These are called "all Israel," Deu 5:1 as being their... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. Ver. 25. _Why should we die?_] But why should they fear to die, since thy had seen that day, that God doth talk with man, and he liveth? It is answered, that t... [ Continue Reading ]
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear [it], and do [it]. Ver. 27. _We will hear it and do it._] This is well said if as well done. Many can think of nothing but working themselves to life,... [ Continue Reading ]