When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Ver. 2. _Nor show mercy unto them._] Their iniquity was now full; Gen 15:16 they filled the land with filthiness, from corner... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. Ver. 3. _Neither shalt thou make marriages with them._] As neither with any other that were idolatots. Ezr 9:1-2... [ Continue Reading ]
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. Ver. 4. _For they will turn away thy son._] As the foreign women did Solomon. 1Ki 11:2-4 What is the reason the Pope will not dispense... [ Continue Reading ]
_But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire._ Ver. 5. _And break down their images._] Cromwell did notable service here in Henry VIII's time, by discovering the knavery of Popish pri... [ Continue Reading ]
_For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth._ Ver. 6. _For thou art a holy people._] viz., With a federal holiness; which yet without an inherent holiness in the h... [ Continue Reading ]
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Ver. 8. _But because he loved you._] Lo, he loved you, bec... [ Continue Reading ]
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; Ver. 9. _The faithful God._] The God of Amen. Psa 31:6 "The Amen, the faithful and true witness," Rev 3:14 that "will no... [ Continue Reading ]
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Ver. 10. _He will not be slack._] Slow he may be, but sure he will be. _Supplicii tarditatem gravitate compensat; _ _a_ The higher he holds his hand, the heavi... [ Continue Reading ]
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Ver. 13. _And he wil... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. Ver. 14. _Thou shalt be blessed._] There is a μυριομακαριοτης in godliness. 1Ti 6:6 _See Trapp on "_ 1Ti 6:6 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee. Ver. 15. _And the Lord._] Health is a sweet mercy; _Non est vivere, sed valere vita,_ _a_ A sickly life is a lifeless... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. Ver. 20. _Send the hornet._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 23:28 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible. Ver. 21. _For the Lord thy God is amongst you._] And how many do you reckon him for? as Antigonus said once to his soldiers, when they feared their enemies as more in number.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. Ver. 24. _Thou shalt destroy their name._] It shall be either buried in oblivion, or if mentioned, it shall be but... [ Continue Reading ]
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God. Ver. 25. _Lest thou be snared._] Lest it prove as the gold of Toulouse, _a_ bane... [ Continue Reading ]