An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

A further Note from hence is,¹ That to sin in face of mercies, where there are the Testimony of Gods abundant mercies, that is very abominable to God. That's a great aggravation of sin, to sin in the face of the testimonies of the mercies of God, what, where so much mercy, yet here wicked and abominable? Doth God fill thy family, thy chamber, thy closet, thy bed, thy shop with the Testimonies of his mercy? Take heed how thou sinnest there where there are abundant Testimonies of Gods mercy to witness against thee, and to aggravate thy sin.

1. 1Obs. 2.

But I find some Interpreters,¹ and that not one or two, but many, (and that makes me speak of this Interpretation) that refer this wickedness to the casting off the Government that God had appointed, and the bringing in of a new Government: at Gilgal was the place where they would have Saul to be their King, and cast off the Government by Judges that God had appointed among them, Gilgal was the place; now this was the ground of all their other obstinate wickedness, and God remembers this a long time after and saith, All their wickedness is in Gilgal, and there I hated them.

1. 1Expos. 2 Ar. Mon. and some Hebr. Interpreters.

From hence the Note is this,¹ That it's a hateful thing to cast off the Government that God would have us under,