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Show 25~ of1jraels Camfu.- _ L lB. VI. ·.(:oncer·oing th¢ir marching bt their journey!, they , t ·ither moued forward, or abode JiiU, according to the moving or fiandiog of the·Cloud, which conduCl:ed them: the manner thereof is defcribed, N11mb. 10. and fummadly we · may view it thus : when God took up the Cloud, Mtfes prayed, and the Prieji.s with Trumpets blew an alarm3 then Judah the firU: Standard rofe up~ wi h lJla1:har and Zebufo·n, and they marched foremo.ft: then followed the Gerjhonites and ¥er~trttes, be4lring the boards and coverings of the ':f abernacle in wagons; the T ruin pets founded the fecond alarm, then Reuh·en, Simeon, and Gad rofe up. and foUowe~l the Taberna,·le, and ' after them went the Kohathiter, in the midfi of the twelve Tribes, bearing on their fi1oulders the Arl{., Cand!efiicl{, Table, Altar, and other holy things. At the third alarm rofe up · the Standard of Ephraim, Manajfer, and Benjamin, and thefe followed the 8anl1HAry: unto this David hath reference, when he pray erh, P[a.8 c. 2. Before Ephra~~~ l)\~n im, Benjamin, and Mana!fes, Hir up thy frreogtb, cla,~or, Poci: and come and fave us. At the fourth alarm, arofe /erarro.Hehr,,, h d. rfla . d h . _._ --' r drplium clan.t estan ardofDan, fi;uer, an Napt alt: anu·tO the,e ,oremeffifta. was committed the care of gathering t.ogether1.the flfllllt ,dterum.l c. bl d r. k · · d 1 k h h' q~tt'IJocAri arne, 1ee e, an tlC , an to oo t at not tng was ~)1 'Pn • left behind : whence they are called the gathering ;;yl~M Hoft, ]1jh.6.9j unto this Davicl all udeth: when my qiorJtm rfle~t- Father and my Mother for a e:me, the Lord will ga-q~ ab!lfujf'IJo~, ther me) Pjl/.2 7.1 o. · brc crtMJ ccmt· C · h · h · · · rfl h .,,.(qxefr1gor: oncerntng t etr .marc 111g tn W11r : Ftr , t e ille ad conv8- Priefls founded the alarm with Trumpets~ NunJ. 1 o, 9. b;"Ji :;::~~ this they termed : (l) 1 herugnah. Second!J, one Priejt ·d:ndOI milli· WaS (elected OUt of the re{t' tO itir Up the he~rtS tNm animo' of the p ople, and by a kind ot hortatory Oration, fa,it! • to encourage t em to the war> Deu1.2o.z. bup they - · cal· Oflfraels ~amp. r . -:-· ~alled Vnlltl'm heUi, the a~tointed.-of·the hJt'tel. "'~irdl · 2 · 5'7 they marched on by ~~e and fi~e in ~atte] .. array, Ex~: J 3 .18. fo the ( m) Ortgtnal figntfieth 10 that place. m t:: ,ij)\tfl In the lafi place, we are t6 ;confider how they t d I . - b c. • were o ea tn e11egtng a Town; for the conceivin \vhereof, note thefe two propefitio.ns. g 1. 'I~eJ were to offer peace unto aU Forreig,ner 1 a11d Cttnaanztes, Dettt. 2o.ro. And t~is is clearly fig~ified Jofh. I 1. I 9·. There was not a Ctty that made pe-ace Wit~ the Chtld~~n of .Ifrael, favc the Hivites, the in.habt_ tants. of Gipeo'!, all other they took in battel. For It ~as of fbe Lord to harden their hearts. Yet here M~alra-r(d Ammon are excepted; lfraelntujl 1101 feeJtthetr peace,DeNt.23.6, 2~ 7 heJ were to 11Jtt~e coveNant with 1'/()ne of the feve11 N~/1()111., Deut. ?·'l· Exod. 2 3 ·3 2• & 3 4• 14• With For- n H:c tj1 c11u~ rergner s theJ mtght, ]ofh.9. 7. peradventure you dweU~ ~";1 ';~;~~ among m , and how fball we tJI.tfte 4 covenaNt wirh ,'i, dira•t you.? Not) how £hall we mal{e pe11ce with JON ~ "·'1Jf!~ \iJ Some may qutfiion, what the difference ~as be· ~~~ }i;;:;:;e J tween mallJng peace , and maR,ing a c8venant? 1 an. fcerllll,q•tm· fwer' twtJ.jold. J .• The makJng ofpedce was a naked fit. admdod"'". I · ·fc • apu Launo1, pu atlon, or prom1 e, mutually made for the laying dicitur percu. afide 0£ all hofiile afied"iOOS tOWards each Oth . ttre f~dHt1 q11;e L . b }"' b h fid • h er '/ccuttojlHXIt w uere y he on at t es ~u g. t be fecured. Ma~n d~_ ~n~J~· 1t'covena111, was a folemn bJndtng of each other 1 g rleru f•cieri:ii perfo. rmanf(c e oft his• mutuba l pr·o mife by outward c~reo ~ore : . sa;er_- ~ • aQI ~111m ,eru. montes,o n) cutting a eaft tn twain and pafling be· h~tt porc11m fiJi• tWeen the parts thereof, Jer. 34. t8. ;s if they w Id ce, dicenr,~ic j r. . rr'- I t . h d h. ou a Ju;efertalltr aay ~ ~ rJ!H e tt e one to u», and thtH let his hod) he;,, q11i [anCf1un CNt tn trvo., who fball hreal{ this tovenant? Second I ho, fregerit peace was not concluded by the rrr~elit•1 but 0 1Y' (r.e(bu, •t ttt h fi 'J 1 t. ' n y IJII~C por~H11J upon t e e terms , That the People fhou/d become tri- ferro, LttJilu, hNtarJNnlothem, Deul,1.o.II. l'he ma!.i116 o-~' Decad. '·'~ 1; L l '\! o 'J a 'ove· p. 17. nanl |