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A88833	Gleanings and expositions of some, and but some of the more difficult places of scriptures: perhaps, but the first-fruits unto a more plentifull harvest / by John Lavvson.	Lawson, John, fl. 1644-1646.	1646 (1646)	Wing L716; Thomason E345_5; ESTC R200984	58,069	82

Agent and intelligencer to the Righteous party in the bosome and presence of the Rebell Quest 2 Sam. 18.22 Why did Abimaaz cover to runne sith his Narration to David was so imperfect when he was come before him Ans To alleviate the sorrow of David à tanto though he could not à toto when Cushi should bluntly bolt out unto him the death of Absalom And probably David would have been more moved then he was at the death of Absalom had not the wise and cheerfull behaviour of Abimaaz unto David prevented the blunt report thereof which came by Cushi There is discretion in the reporting of a thing great difference between this and that manner of relation Quest 2 Sam. 21.10 What is meant by that story of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah her spreading of sackloth under her till water dropped upon her out of heaven Answ Rizpah thought to raise a new Rebellion against David if any considerable number of Israel would have cleaved to her for hanging up lever of Sauls sons whereof two were hers by Saul But when none would regard her discontent to strengthen her in it winter-wet and weather drove her in at doores So there was an end of her Rebellion The Ordination of God doth not exempt the ordained from suffring as an usurper at the hands of Malignant spirits David was appointed King by the Oracle of God when he never dreamed of the Kingdome yet Rizpah intimateth by this action of hers as if David were an unrighteous successor of Saul Quest 2 Sam. 24.1 c. How came the people to perish by that plague when it was David which numbred the people Answ The people had Rebelled against David Gods chosen both with Absalom and with Shebah therfore God punished them But lest David should grow proud hereupon God seemeth to impute the fault unto Davids numbring the people wheras it was but Davids too much fondnesse over the people so to number the people rather then any great fault perhaps otherwise of David Consider the three next foregoing Chapters viz. 21.22.23 as a Parenthesis to the maine History as to any intelligent Reader indeed they are and then this Exposition by the connexion of things will receive great probability for then this Chapter followeth next after the twentieth Chapter where the Rebellion of Shebah the sonne of Bichri is handled which Shebah arose Rebelling before the commotion about Absalom made was throughly setled So justly they follow one upon another as if this plague were a reckoning with Israel for their levity and unfaithfullnesse to David in running after Absalom and after Shebah a couple of Rebells one after another as soon as the Rebellion was past Rebells which dye not in their Rebellion against their good God and Saviour Christ will be mischeived one way or other shortly after the nature of their sinne calleth for it Abijahs plea 2. Chron. 13.4 recorded uncontrolled and by successe their and there justified seemeth to informe us that Ahijahs speech to Jeroboam 1. King 11.29 did not authorize Jeroboam to rend from Rehoboam but did meerly foretell that he should rend away and reigne for by Abijahs speech Jeroboams rent and reigne is made altogether a sinne And Jeroboam himself doth not report any more of Ahijahs words but that they were ameer prediction Goe saith Ieroboam to his wife unto Ahijah which told me that I should be King over this people Christ did foretell that Judas should betray him he did ordain or appoint as allowing Judas to betray him In like manner the visitation of the bloud of Jezrecl upon the house of Jehu Hosea 1.4 seemeth to teach that Jehu was not authorized of God to out off the house of Ahab but only foretold of God that he should cut off the house of Ahab It will not follow that because Jehu said he saith that God laid that burden upon him therefore it was a burden or a command laid upon him by God Judas Iscariot considering that the Scriptures had foretold the death of the Messiah conceiveth himself a worth worker with God when he helpeth to bring that death to passe by delivering his Master Christ into the hand of his Crucifiers or at lest a lesser sinner Else why doth the Holy Ghost labour to confute that conceit where he saith The Son of man indeed goeth away as it is written of him but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed And as Iudas so Iehu might and probably did wee see people justifie their works at this day from the decree of God without a warrantable call of themselves to that worke Ionah 3.4 Yet forty dayes and Nineveh shall be destroyed If God had purposed to destroy Nineveh without condition of repentance or non-repentance God could have destroyed them without telling them so Nay to what end should God let them know that he will destroy them within forty dayes if he had not purposed to spare them in case of repentance and if he had not desired to spare them also why should he send them word that he will destroy them We do not use to forewarne men and to tell them look well to your self for on such a day I will come and rob or destroy you if we have a resolute purpose to do either of these unto them but we rather choose to come upon them in an hour when they think not So that howsoever the message it self had no condition expressed yet the sending of it had a condition more then implicite even as full an expresse as the sending was Whence learne we that In Divine writ there is a difference betwixt the words written and the writing of them such perhaps as it between the letter and the spirit for the letter of this message killed Nineveh but the sending of it which may be called the spirituality of the message might and did give Nineveh both hope and life And if this be true why may not the difference betwixt letter and spirit be expounded to be such as the difference between this message and the mission of the message between the Word and the writing of it Zeph. 1.5 Which swear by the Lord and swear by Malcham Malcham may be understood their Angel or their King The obedience of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego unto God was good allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar at last he confessed it when bee blessed their religion or their God which taught them or put it into their hearts to change the Kings word Dan. 3.28 God cannot erre in his commands None is to be sworne by but hee which cannot erre How be it in the Lord Kings are to be obeyed as the Lord viz. in all lawfull things Expositions on the New Testament THe Starre An Angel in the likenesse of a Starre as once in the likenesse of a Pillar of fire by night The Star went before the men not above them And when it stood over the place where the Babe was it stood close over not at a great distance

out wagelesse This or the like seemeth to be their plea. 6. It s probable that in this case the Egyptians would give them any thing to be rid of them for all which a man hath will he give for his life The Egyptians were urgent upon Israel to be gone for they said we be all dead men Exod. 12.33 And as for spoyling the Egyptians it doth but imply the greatnesse of the booty not the manner of acquisition Israel obtained as much by consent and free gift as if they had robbed the Egyptians Let non-payment of debts make what shift it can for it self it shall never be tolerated from this text He that is made to work wagelesse shall one day have wages worklesse Exod. 32.4 These are thy gods O Israel which brought thee out of the land of Egypt It may seem that this was no lesse then an advised scorning of the true God as if they should have said The God which professeth to have brought us out of the land of Egypt doth not shew any more God-head then this calf he neither appeareth to our eye nor speaketh to our ear and as for this Moses which was chosen by us and appointed by him to be our spokesman we know not what is become of him When God appeared to their eye in lightnings and spake to their ear in thunders c. they seemed to fear so as that they desired they might never hear that voice of God nor see that vision any more for if they did they should dye upon which occasion they desired that Moses might mediate betwixt God and them and they would obey as well as if God himself had appeared and spoken God approveth of their motion and furnisheth Moses with Commandements and Ordinances for Israel But before Moses was come down from the Mount they had begun thus to sleight both God and Moses as to prefer a Calf before either of them Else how is it said that they made the Calf to provoke him to anger Neh. 9.18 That they changed their God into the similitude of an Oxe which eateth grasse And if the history be well observed one main drift of it is to set out the discontent of man in every condition Let Israel be in Egypt they long to be out because of their bondage Let Israel be delivered out by a mighty hand yet upon every want of water of bread or flesh they would be in Egypt again as not counting it thank-worthy but rather an ill turn which was done to them when they were brought out of Egypt How often did they murmure against Moses whom themselves had chosen to represent Gods person unto them and did set him at naught What awe or reverence is there in come on drunkards and such as scoffe at the word and wayes of God and his people at this day I say what awe do they stand of God any more then of a dead Image of their own making Wine is a mocker Prov. 20 1. and if Wine then other sorts of wickednesse What is it lesse then a mocking of God yea what it is lesse then to esteem God no better then a brute creature when the wicked say eitheir in word or in action as in the Psalms How doth God know and is there knowledge in the most high Deut. 1.46 Yee abode in Kadesh many dayes according to the dayes wherein ye abode there It may seem to be not sence but it is elegant thus viz. an incomparable abiding as if he should have said I cannot compare your abode at Kadesh with any other abode for it was like to an other but to it self Not like the abode at Elim at Merih●h or at any other place If I should go about to compare it with some abode it doth so far exceed all other for length of time as that it was not like to any but to it self Joshua 2.4 There came man unto me but I wist not whence they were About the shutting of the gate when it was dark the men went out whither the men went I wote not persue after them quickly yee shall evercake them that is ye may overtake them This might be true of other guests her house being an Inne as appeareth by the Spies going thither She was not bound to tell the Officers that she had hid them it was sufficient that there was a truth in the words though not that truth which she did speak and no lye Whereas she saith She wist not whence they were this might be true both of those other which went out in the dark and of the Spies themselves For probably she knew not the Spies to be Spies till the officers came and told her that they were Spies when they enquired for them Can noshi the made but to condemn of lying whom God commendeth for faith and whom God doth not any where condemn for untruth Quest 1. Sam. 24.5 Why did Davids heart smite him after he had cut off the skirt of Sauls Garment Answ Not accusing him for sinne for there was no sinne in it but his memory wrought which did not before Thinks hee what if Saul had seen me come neer him with my knife in my hand then hee which now reporteth that I seek his life would then much more with some colour have reported that I was about to thrust my knife into his body Which thought I did never purpose yet it would have carried such a shew that it would have been hard for me to perswade the contrary to the hearer Wherefore if it were to do again I should not dare to cut off the skirt of his garment It is the providence of God to keep things out of mens mindes or to let them fall into their memories sutable to that of the Apostle where it is said Wee are are not able to thinke a good thought as of our selves but all our sufficiency is of him And the spirit shall bring every thing to your remembrance Go● to now therefore yee which say I will think on this and I will remember that and I will not forget whereas they ought to say if the Lord will I shall both live and remember this and that Qust 2. Sam. 15.19 How is I●●●i bidden to go to Jerusalem and to abide with the King sith David the King was then fleeing out of Jerusalem and Absalom pretending to be King was then at Jerusalem For this may be thought to bid Ittai abide with Absalom and to forsake David as if David had suspected Ittaies fidelity or as if David had misbehaved himself to his well deserving friend Answ Though thou goest to Jerusalem where Absalom is yet let thy heart be with me and take my part So Hushai was at Jerusalem with Absolom but aboad with David in heart and did more good service to David then if he had been with David personalty Forasmuch as he defeated the Counsell of Abitophell It 's both lawfull Policy in case of Wars and possible without lye or sinne to play the