CONTENTS
This chapter is a continuation of Moses' sermon. It is full of
memorials, in bringing to the people's recollection the events with
which GOD had distinguished his mercy towards them, while passing the
borders of the Edomites and Moabites; with the recapitulation of what
referred to the of... [ Continue Reading ]
It is a sweet lesson, spiritually considered, which the LORD'S people
may read here. Mount Seir is a type of the earth, and all its carnal
pursuits and pleasures. These hath the LORD given to the children of
men. David saith, that the men of the world have their portion in this
life, it is all they... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader, let me beg of you to read this verse again and again; and then
see, whether the sweet expressions it contains can be discovered by
you in your own experience. Dearest JESUS! dost thou indeed know all
my walkings, and all my wanderings? and shall I strive, shall I even
wish, to conceal anythi... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not Esau, Jacob's brother? saith the LORD, Malachi 1:2. Yes! he
was. And doth GOD distinguish now between men that are brethren in
nature, and form them without alliance in grace? Hath he done so by
you, Reader? Pause over the enquiry. And while, like Moses and the
people, you turn away, and pas... [ Continue Reading ]
Evidently this precept was intended to teach the people of GOD then,
and through them the people of GOD in all ages, not to love the world
neither the things of the world. They who are set out for Canaan, are
to have no objects to allure or lead them out of the way. Sweet is
that account of the Patr... [ Continue Reading ]
The Emims, means the terrible ones. The most profitable instruction to
be gathered from these verses will be, I think, to remark how often
places change their masters. Nations, like individuals, succeed one
another in the events of life. Of all as well as one, it may be truly
said, here we have no c... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader, remark with me in how little a compass Moses comprises the
events of thirty-eight years. And is it not so now from the spiritual
Kadish, of our entering into grace, until we come over the brook
Zered, when we go down to the chambers of the grave, how short to look
back, but how numerous the... [ Continue Reading ]
The Reader should not overlook the mercies of GOD in providence over
unawakened people, which these verses as well as the former ones in
this chapter on the same subject record. Neither should he forget to
remark, how the memory of the just is blessed in their children, ages
after they are dead, as... [ Continue Reading ]
Zamzummims, means designing crafty men.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Caphtorims we have an account of, Genesis 10:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Here the LORD begins to give Israel an earnest of his promises. But
what a delightful subject is this, when realized to the true believer
in JESUS: when after all the skirmishes, conflicts, and trials,
through the wilderness, the LORD gives his people to see that they are
more than conquerors, throu... [ Continue Reading ]
Some have thought, and perhaps not improperly, that the offers and
proposals made to Sihon, are not unsimilar to the proclamation of
peace in the gospel of JESUS. When men are brought under the preached
word, and see the privileges and enjoyments of the LORD'S people, are
there not evidences suffici... [ Continue Reading ]
If we consult Genesis 15:16, we shall there discover the best
interpretation of this scripture.... [ Continue Reading ]
The imagination can hardly conceive the feelings of Israel on this
victory. They who had so long journeyed in the wilderness in want and
poverty, and surrounded with fiery flying serpents, they at once to
enter into the possession of lands and houses full of goods, and to so
great an extent as from... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
MY soul! cherish the thought (for it is a precious one) while
beholding the revolutions of states and empires, recorded in this
chapter, how happy the lot of those who belong to a kingdom which
cannot be moved. What indeed can be wanting to give comfort to the
heart of any man who hath... [ Continue Reading ]