An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Thirdly, The Scripture speaks of a pitying and a compassionating eye of God. It is ordinary with us to hear those that are in distress cry out to those who pass by, cast an eye upon us, look upon us, and that is as much as to say, pity us, have compassion upon us; this eye of pity the Lord doth not withdraw from the righteous.

Hence note; The righteous are under the compassionating, the pitying eye of God.

When the people of Israel were in Egypt, the Lord said to Moses, (Exod. 3.7.) I have surely seen the affliction of my people; and what kind of sight was that? what eye of God was it which was upon them? the words following, and the whole series of Gods dealings also clear it, that it was an eye of compassion; I have surely seen, or seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, &c. and I am come down to deliver them. We read in that notable place, (Gen. 16.14.) when Hagar was in a very sad and distressed condition, being cast out of Abraham's ⟨p. 205⟩family, God had compassion on her, and showed her a Well, where she might have water for her self and child, and the text saith, She called the name of the Well Beer-la-hay-roi, that is, the Well of him that liveth and seeth me: As if she had said, God hath seen me in my afflicted condition, and he hath also had compassion on me. That's another great privilege, the righteous are under this pitying and compassionating eye of God; and from thence follows,

When the people of Israel were in Egypt, the Lord said to Moses, (