Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it: Ver. 1. _Now these are the commandments._] Moses having repeated the decalogue, begins here to explain it: and first, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged._ Ver. 2. _That thou mightest fear the Lord._] "Fear God and keep his commandments." Ecc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey._ Ver. 3. _That it may be well with thee._] Respect may be had to the recompense of re... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD: Ver. 4. _The Lord our God is one Lord._] One in Three, and Three in One. Here are three words answering the three persons; and the middle word, Our God, deciphering fitly the second, who assumed our nature, as Galatinus well observeth. _Echad, One,_ m... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Ver. 5. _And thou shalt love._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:37 _"_ This shows the impossibility of keeping the law perfectly: _Ita ut frustra sint sophistae, &c._ The true Christian counts all that... [ Continue Reading ]
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Ver. 6. _Shall be in thy heart._] A Bible men should get stamped in their heads, and another in their hearts, as David had. Psa 119:11 Knowledge that swims in the head only, and sinks not down into the heart, does no more good... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Ver. 7. _And thou shalt teach them diligently._] Heb., Thou shalt whet or sharpen them, as one would... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Ver. 8. _And thou shalt bind them._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 23:5 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. Ver. 9. _And on thy gates._] In a foolish imitation whereof, the English Jesuits beyond sea have written on their church and college doors in great golden letters, _Iesu, Iesu, converte Angliam. Fiat, Fiat. Habent et vespae fa... [ Continue Reading ]
And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Ver. 11. _When thou shalt have eaten and be full._] Saturity oft breeds security; fulness, forgetful... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Ver. 12. _Lest thou forget the Lord._] Should we, with the fed hawk, forget our master? Or being full with God's benefits, like the moon, be then most removed from... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ver. 13. _And shalt swear by his name._] An oath rightly taken, is a piece of our holy service to God, and may well be reckoned amongst our prayers and other pious performances.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you; Ver. 14. _Thou shalt not go_] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 34:14 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 6:15 (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Ver. 15. _A jealous God amongst you._] Let the gods of the heathens be good fellows, our God will endure no co-rivals. He... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah. Ver. 16. _Ye shall not tempt the Lord._] By prescribing to God, and "limiting the Holy One of Israel," as these men did at Massah. Psa 78:41 _See Trapp on "_ Mat 4:7 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Act 5:9 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Exo 17:2 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. Ver. 17. _Ye shall diligently keep._] So Psalms 119:4. Howbeit the most that David could do towards it, was to wish well to it. Deu 6:5... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 6:20 [And] when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Ver. 20. _What mean the testimonies?_] Here we have a brief catechism, which is a course and practice of singular pro... [ Continue Reading ]