Deuteronomy 1

But the Apostle comprehends all under this [they believed not]. Unbelief is charged upon them as the root of all their miscarriages elsewhere, as Numbers 14:11 and Deuteronomy 1:32. From where observe, that unbelief brings destruction, or is the cause of all the evil which we do…

Though it was of all the people, we may not say it proves that when we look at the material cause of a Church, there may be a promiscuous taking in of all comers without distinction or separation of the precious from the vile; for, first, when God took in this nation to be his p…

And blessed be God for that that has been done of late among us that so many idols, and that great idol that was in the eminent place of the city, that God put a spirit into those that were in authority to break it in pieces: it must be done by the magistrate. I remember Austin…

And as it was related to that, it was its eastern boundary. It is so spoken of (Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31; Deuteronomy 1:7 and 11:24; Joshua 1:4; 2 Samuel 8:3; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Kings 4:21; Ezra 4:20). Agreeable to this diverse respect or relation of this river, under which…

That this idol was worshipped not only by the Sidonians but also by the Philistines, and indeed by all who inhabited the seacoast, is shown by (1 Samuel 31:10). II. There was also a town by this name (Deuteronomy 1:4; Joshua 9:10), which can be doubted by no one to have derived…

It is true, the word, the works of God, are not the principal object of faith, nor objectum quod; faith rests only on God, and the Lord Jesus (John 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:8). Your faith toward God (1 Peter 1:21; Deuteronomy 1:32; John 3:12; Genesis 15:6; Daniel 6:23; Romans 4:3…

Seed of the Serpent (Genesis 3:15). Children of Belial (Deuteronomy 1:3). Of the Devil (John 8:44).

All men are in this to be like to God their heauenly father: not accepting persons in their dealings. As Magistrates in the exequution of justice, Deut 1:17. Ministers in teaching, and in the reproouing of sinne, Mark 12:14. and all believers, who are not to have religion in acc…

For why should they enjoy that comfort which they had unkindly refused to give to others? He takes the mid-day here for extreme heat: and this similitude is often found in the scriptures, to wit, that the Lord was as a cloud at high noon, and as a pillar of fire by night (Exodus…

Some attention, no doubt, is due to men, but not so as to obtain their favor by flattery. In short, in order to walk uprightly, we must necessarily put away respect of persons, which obscures the light and perverts right judgment, as God frequently inculcates in the Law, (Deuter…

Matthew 26:57. But they who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas. Though the Jews had been deprived of what is called, the higher jurisdiction, there still lingered among them some vestiges of that judicial authority which the Law confers on the high priest, (Deuteronomy 1:8;) s…

It was also called Horeb (Exodus 3:1): He came to the Mountain of God even to Horeb, where they were to serve God, v. 12. and it was on this account afterwards called Horeb the Mount of God (1 Kings 19:8). And the whole Wilderness was termed the Wilderness of Horeb (Deuteronomy…

3. That none be respected in Judgement (Leviticus 19:15). 4. That none fear a wicked man in Judgement (Deuteronomy 1:17). 5. That we pitty not a poor man in Judgement (Exodus 23:3).

In which also, as the Jews say, he set a pattern to future judges, as determining the lesser causes speedily, but those wherein blood was concerned, not without stay and much deliberation. § 16 In the Wilderness the body of the people was cast into a new distribution, of thousan…

The same note does Paul give, Phil. 3. 19. calling them earthly minded, seeking their own honour, wealth, & glory, & not the things of God: and, they serve not the Lord; but their own bellies. Thus we see the notes of a false Prophet, among which the second is the principall whe…

Object. The Church herself, and the enemies thereof often conceive by Christ's dealing with her, that he hates her (Deuteronomy 1:27; 9:28). Answer: It is the flesh abiding in them that are of the Church which makes them so conceive, not the spirit; and in the enemies of the Chu…

There is that in gold, which good men may be compared to. We read in Deuteronomy 1:1 about the mountains of Dizahab: that is, the golden mountains; because gold was probably dug from there. The churches of God in the world, are such mountains of gold.

It went ill with Moses for [reconstructed: their] sakes because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Therefore Moses himself said (Deuteronomy 1:37) the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying you shall not go into the land. Nay (Deuteronom…

God puts his finger upon the fears and infirmities of his children; how much did God wink at in Israel his firstborn! Israel often provoked him with their murmurings (Deuteronomy 1:27), but God answered their murmurings with mercies; he spared them as a father spares his son. 3.…

And by the way least this place may be thought to favor the Priests enquiring by Vrim, for the resolving of the controversie, because tis said, Then both the men between whom the controversie is, shall stand before the Lord, before the Priests and the Iudges, I shall to what I h…

When he had opened the iron gate of their house of bondage, and brought them into the open fields, did he vanish as the Angel from Peter, when out of prison? No, as a man carries his son, so the Lord bare them in all the way they went, Deuteronomy 1:31. This does lively set fort…

To the same purpose makes the exhortation which is read in the 82nd Psalm, that they should render right to the poor and needy, acquit the poor and needy, deliver the poor and needy from the hand of the oppressor (Psalm 82:3-4). And Moses gives charge to the princes whom he had…

But how far are the temporaries from this, who when by confession they have seemed to disgorge their stomachs, have filthily with the dog eaten up their own vomit again? And so far are they from this purpose of not sinning, that they are fully set upon sin, in confessing; as in…

(Exodus 4:14) The anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses. (Deuteronomy 1:37) Also the Lord was angry with me for your sake: And the story shows, because Moses sanctified not the Lord at the waters of Meribah, God would not suffer him to set his foot in the holy land. (2 Chr…

(2) Because, Solomon says, by me (that is by the Lord) Kings reign, and Princes decree justice (Proverbs 8:15). (3) Because, the Magistrate exercises, and executes God's judgments (Deuteronomy 1:17). (4) Because, the Magistrate receives all things from God, which are necessary,…

1. If it were not so, then it is free and arbitrary to the magistrate to appoint what punishments himself pleases. But this is not arbitrary to him, for he is the minister of God (Romans 13:4), and the judgement is the Lord's (Deuteronomy 1:7; 2 Chronicles 19:6). And if the magi…