성경 주석서

These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Beside the covenant. — Which yet was also a covenant of grace, and the same with this in substance; only that at Horeb was made and delivered in a more legal manner, this in a more evangelical, as appears in the following chapter.

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And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Moses called. — At several times it is like, these things were delivered, and not at once.

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The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

The signs and those great miracles. — None of all which wrought kindly upon them to effectual conversion, because God denied concourse and influence of his grace. Jeroboam had as great a miracle wrought before him in the drying up of his hand as St Paul at his conversion, yet was he not wrought upon, because the Spirit did not set it on.

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Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Yet the Lord hath not given you. — Nor is he bound to do, "but on whom he will he showeth mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth," i.e., he softeneth not. Till when, a man stands in the midst of means, as a stake in the midst of streams, unmoveable: yea, the more God forbids a sin, the more he bids for it. Romans 7:8 See Trapp on " Matthew 13:11 " See Trapp on " Matthew 13:13 " See Trapp on " Matthew 13:14 "

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And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Your clothes. — See Trapp on " Deuteronomy 8:4 "

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Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Ye have not eaten bread, — viz., Ordinary, see Deuteronomy 2:6 but manna; et benefieium postulat officium.

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Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

That ye may prosper. — Piety is the right and ready way to prosperity. Sulla, surnamed Felix, accounted it not the least part of his happiness that Metellus, surnamed Pius, was his friend. Godliness is the best friend to happiness.

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Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,

Before the Lord. — Who seeth your inside also, and is intimo vestro vobis intimior.

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