A Body of Practical Divinity

1. In a good Sense, and so God is jealous for his People, Zech. 1.14. Thus saith the Lord, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy. God hath a dear Affection to his People, they are his Hephsibah or Delight, Isa. 62.4. The Apple of his Eye, Zech. 2.8. To express how dear they are to him, and how tender he is of them, Nihil charius pupilla oculi, Drusius. They are his Spouse, adorned with the Jewels of Grace: They lye near to his Heart. He is jealous for his Spouse, therefore will be avenged on them who go to wrong her, Isa. 42.13. The Lord shall stir up jealousy like a man of war; he shall roar, he shall prevail against his enemies. What is done to the Saints, God takes as done to himself, 2 Kings 19.22. and the Lord will undo all them that afflict Zion, Zeph. 3.19. I will undo all that afflict thee. 2. Jealousy is taken in a bad Sense, and so God is jealous of his People: And so it is taken in this Commandment. I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. I am jealous lest you should go after false Gods, or worship the true God in a false manner; lest you defile your Virgin Profession by Images. God will have his Spouse keep close to him, and not go after other Lovers, Hos. 3.3. Thou shalt not be for another man. God cannot bear a Corrival. Our conjugal Love, viz. a Love joined with Adoration, and Worship, must be given only to God.

1. In a good Sense, and so God is jealous for his People, Zech. 1.14. Thus saith the Lord, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousie. God hath a dear Affection to his People, they are his Hephsibah or Delight, Isa. 62.4. The Apple of his Eye,