Exodus 14

The Lord has made all things for himself; that is, for his glory. As a king has excise out of commodities, God will have his glory out of every thing; he will have glory out of the wicked, the glory of his justice; they will not give him glory, but he will get his glory upon the…

with a look. That is all it needs cost God to destroy his enemies, a look, a cast of his eye (Exodus 14:24). The Lord looked into the host of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire, and troubled their host.

Come, says Pharaoh, let us deal wisely (Exodus 1:10), and he never played the fool more, than when he thought to deal wisely. In the morning watch the Lord looked to the host of the Egyptians, by the pillar of fire, and troubled their host (Exodus 14:24). How may this be as sap…

To say, Hallowed be your Name, yet not to bring honor to God's Name, it is to take his Name in vain. 4. Such as do not hallow God's Name, and bring revenues of honor to him, God will get his honor upon them (Exodus 14:17). I'll get me honor upon Pharaoh.

Riches are golden snares. If a man were to climb up a steep rock, and had weights tied to his legs, it would hinder him from his ascent: Too many golden weights will hinder us from climbing that steep rock which leads to heaven; (Exodus 14:3) They are entangled in the land, the…

When Christ's kingdom comes the bodies of the saints that slept in the dust shall be raised in honor, and made like Christ's glorious body; then shall your souls like diamonds sparkle with holiness; you shall never have a sinful thought more, you shall be as holy as the angels,…

The Spouse (in the Canticles) which is the Church of God, or a true Christian soul, whether you will (for it is true both in the general, and particular) Canticles 3:2-3, She seeks Christ everywhere, in the streets and open places, but she finds him not; then she goes to the wat…

But, within a while, the family was so great in the Land, that he was fain to go down into Egypt, to sojourn there. And, there the Lord blessed him exceedingly, and enriched him so greatly, that he became a mighty Prince, able to encounter with the Kings of those nations in batt…

Moses departed with courage and boldness, and therefore fled not as a malefactor: for he feared not the King, as appears plainly in the History; for, though Pharaoh had said unto him, Exodus 10.28 Get you gone, see you see my face no more: for when you come in my sight, you shal…

When the three children were cast into the fiery furnace, God was with them, and took away the natural force from the fire: Daniel 3:27. When the Israelites were to pass through the sea, or else die (a hard shift) God was with them, and made the sea give place to his children, a…

And here their faith is commended unto us by a wonderful strange action, which they did, through the power and goodness of God: namely, by their passing through the Red Sea; not by passing over it: for, that might have been by Art; but through it: which is above nature and Art,…

Now the reasons which some papists bring to the contrary to prove that we may believe in the creatures, and in the church, are of no moment. First they allege the phrase of scripture, (Exodus 14:31) They believed in God, and in Moses. (1 Samuel 27:12) And Achish believed in Davi…

The prayer of the righteous has stopped the sun in its full career (Joshua 10:13). It has divided the waters (Exodus 14:15). Overcome armies (Exodus 17:11).

And the reason of this is, 1. Because there is nothing that is not saving, but a natural man may have it; now, this doctrinal faith is not saving, and so a natural man may have it — yea, the devils believe and tremble; and James does not dispute with these to whom he writes on t…

So when the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, were they humbled? In fact, their murmuring against Moses and Aaron (Exodus 5:20-22) testifies their pride: and in that miraculous deliverance, and greatest danger, when they were between Satan and the deep sea, they were not humbled…

And though they were forbidden to gather it on the Sabbath day, having on the evening before enough for two days, and it was told them they should find none on the Sabbath day, yet they must try. Where need is, there a man may commit himself to the providence of God, and rely up…

When Moses stoode at the redde sea, in great danger, hauing the sea before him, and Pharaohs charriots behind him, no doubt he lifted vp his heart to God, but we read not of any thing that he said, and yet the Lord says, Why criest you to me? Exod 14:15. When Iehosaphat was in g…

Now he alludes to the first deliverance of the Church when it was brought out of Egypt. For when it pleased God to give them passage, he dried up the sea by the violence and force of the winds (Exodus 14:21). I grant that God needed not the help of winds, because he was able to…

This doctrine ought to be common to all the faithful, for Satan invents nothing else but how to trouble and vex them, and to cause them to fall from that happy estate in which they are. Moses long since gave this admonition, stand you still, and the Lord shall fight for you (Exo…

The Prophet now sets the same God before their eyes, showing that nothing could withstand him, which by his power he overcame not, when he took his people's salvation in hand. For then he made a way for them in the sea (Exodus 14:21), and guided them through the tempestuous and…

And no doubt he puts them in mind of that time in which their fathers were ready to perish in the desert for want of food; in which necessity, God gave them manna from heaven the space of forty years (Exodus 16:35). Also in speaking of the shadow against the heat, it is certain…

At his rebuke he says the sea is dried up, as if he had terrified it, in rebuking of it. For by his commandment the waters parted in two to give his people passage (Exodus 14:21). And Jordan fled back (Joshua 3:16; Psalm 114:5), so as the fishes being destitute of water, died an…

He speaks not here generally but alleges that work of wonder, so often mentioned heretofore: for in that redemption of their fathers, he gave hope of eternal salvation to all their posterity. He therefore rightly affirms himself to be that God, who long since divided the sea (Ex…

So that in many Providences, they are able to discern a very clear answer to their prayers, and are sure they have the petitions they asked of him, 1 John 5:15 Thus when the Sea divided it self, just upon Israels cry to Heaven, Exodus 14:10 When so signal a victory is given to A…

As we know in ourselves: a man meditates, he conceives such and such things, he forms them all in his spirit under some words into such notions; and he can put forth these by desires, though he does not speak. And so we are said often in Scripture to speak to God in our hearts,…

They have the Prince of the power of the Air, and all his armies, all the forces he can make against them. Though his power is nothing but tyranny, and usurpation, yet because once they were under his yoke, he bestirs himself to pursue them, when they are led forth from their ca…

It is not the loud noise of words, which is best heard in heaven; but the fervent affectionate cries of the saints are those of the heart, rather than of the tongue. Exodus 14:17 — it is said, Moses cried to the Lord: we do not read of the words he uttered; his cry was with the…

Through the bright Mirror of his own essence he has a ful Idea of all things. He knows the Intrigues of States, the Stratagems of his Enemies, Exodus 14:24. Future Contingencies fall within his Cognizance.

How easily can God chastise Rebels? Exodus 14:24. In the morning-watch God looked to the host of the Egyptians through the Pillar of fire, and troubled their host.

There is a twofold salvation: temporal and eternal. 1. Temporal salvation is deliverance from temporal dangers (Exodus 14:13): "Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord." 2. Eternal deliverance from hell and wrath, together with that positive blessedness which is called ete…

1. For that temporal deliverance which God gives, or has promised to give to his people. So it is taken, (Exodus 14:13) Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord that he will show you today: that is, the wonderful deliverance which he will work for you. So (Lamentations 3:2…

Second, when men are sorry for the good which they have done. Pharaoh grieved that he had let the children of Israel go (Exodus 14:5). Many are so devilish that they are troubled they have prayed so much and heard so many sermons; they repent of their repentance.

(5) It's wicked stoutness to rest upon your own righteousness and refuse to treat with God (Isaiah 46:12-13). (6) And vain stoutness to dare God in his own quarters and fight him (Exodus 14:8, 23; Exodus 23:8, 13; Isaiah 36:10-11, 36-37), if it were in his own seas as Pharaoh an…

David is often fainting in misery, yet by and by revived. Therefore there is good cause why the consideration of repentance and the combat should go together, that no man, after he has begun to repent, might dream of ease to his flesh, as though we should go to heaven in beds of…

That which makes salvation to be salvation is that God has a finger of power, and an influence of free grace in it. O but this puts the luster, sweetness and smell of Heaven on it, that it is the salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14:13). In regard of irresistible efficacy and succes…

Romans 8:26: the Spirit helps our infirmities with sighs and groans that cannot be expressed. Exodus 14:15: Why do you cry to me? And crying implies earnestness.