Deut. iv. V. 7, 8, 9.
THE Main of this Fifth Book of Moſes is a Recapitulation of ſeveral memorable Paſſages, contained in the Other Four. But they are here repeated and enforced with all that Piety, and Wiſdom, and tender Affection, which became ſo good a Governour. He, having in the Three foregoing Chapters brought to Remembrance many ſignal Inſtances of the Divine Favour, whereby God's People had been ſafely and even miraculouſly conducted to the Borders of the Promiſed Land, does here proceed to admoniſh them, what effect it was expected thoſe Mercies ſhould produce. In my Text particularly he repreſents both their Privilege and their Duty, in Terms ſo ſignificant and comprehenſive, as were exceeding proper to engage the Attention of Iſrael at that time. And (Bleſſed be the Goodneſs of the ſame gracious God) they are a Subject of Meditation no leſs ſeaſonable at This Time: On a Day, that miniſters ſo ample and ſo manifold matter of Thanks and Joy, to all the Members, and all the Lovers, of Our Iſrael.
Permit me therefore to ſhew as well Ours as Iſrael's part in them, by making ſome few Remarks upon the Words; Firſt, With regard to their Original Occaſion and Meaning; And Then, as they are applicable to the, preſent happy Circumſtances of the Engliſh Church and Nation; Thoſe Mercies more eſpecially, which it is the
