Deuteronomy 9

Life — that is, the life of justification, and of sanctification, consolation and comfort to his soul notwithstanding his sin; the promise is evident, he shall prevail with God, to bestow life upon his brother. This you shall see evident from Scripture (Deuteronomy 9:25-26): I f…

They make many turnings to escape God's judgment; but the Prophet affirms, that he is always good to those which honor him. And albeit Moses in this sense calls him a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 9:3), lest his majesty and power should be despised; yet whoever he be that shall dr…

Which Moses also shows when he says: That they were not chosen because they were more in number than any other people; for they were the fewest (Deuteronomy 7:7), but because the Lord loved them, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to their fathers (Deuteronomy…

And it is very unreasonable, upon several accounts, to suppose that the apostle by their own righteousness, intends only their ceremonial righteousness. For when the apostle warns us against trusting in our own righteousness for justification, doubtless it is fair to interpret t…

But is this safe to ascribe the comfort and blessings that we have to our own obedience? Is it not expressly forbidden (Deuteronomy 9:4)? Say not in your heart, for my righteousness has the Lord brought me to possess the land.

2. Vain. False, because it crosses that liberty which [illegible] the Lord challenges and uses in the dispensation of [illegible] means of salvation, without any respect to the [illegible] use of the gifts of nature; the Lord chose a [reconstructed: people] to himself of the wea…

Now herein, I beseech your Lordship, that I may offer these two things. First, this is but the single testimony of one man, and by the law of God, and of the land, a man must not die, but under the testimony of two or three witnesses, in the Old Testament, Deuteronomy 9 and 15:…