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1 With Want of assurance, and establish∣ment. When Ahaz K. of Judah, being in∣vaded by Rezin K. of Syria, and Pekah K. of Israel distrusting God's providence, intended
to betake himselfe for help to the Assyrians; the Prophet Isaiah told him, If yee will not believe, yee shall not be established, Isa. 7. 9. Hebrew. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 The words used for believe, and for established, are the same; only in a different forme. And indeed, beliefe (or, trust in God) is the on∣ly thing, that can establish both our hearts, and our conditions. According to the He∣brew, we might render thus, If yee will not be assur'd* 1.1, yee shall not bee assured* 1.2. The word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 which signifies faith, (both ours in beliefe; & God's in faithfulnes* 1.3) is used as if it did signifie also riches. And therefore some derive the word Mammon, Riches, from Amun, trust. If it signifie riches, it may well be used also for trust; because men usually trust in riches: and if it signifie trust, it may bee used also for riches; because God (who only is to be trusted in) is riches e∣nough to them that trust in him, and rich unto all that call upon him. In the 37. Psal. vers.* 1.4 3. where we translate, Trust in the Lord, and doe good, and dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed, the Sept. translate 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, thou shalt be fed with the riches of it. The Hebrew for these words is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. which Vatablus renders, * 1.5 nourish thy selfe with faith (that which Ha∣bakkuk saies, the just shall live by. Ch. 2. 4.)
2 God's fiery indignation, & severe punish∣ment. Yea they spake against God, they said, can God furnish a table in the wildernesse, &c. Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth, so a fire was kindled against Jacob, &c. Psal. 78, 19, 20, 21. and afterward in the same Ps. vers. 32, 33. For all this they sinned still, and be∣lieved not, for his wonderous works. Therefore their daies did he consume in vanity, and their yeares in trouble. It is strange: all the while the Israelites were in the Wildernesse, though they were so often punished for di∣strust in God's providence, yet upon every occasion they distrusted it. He was never so often tempted, and provoked through di∣strust of it: and yet there were never so ma∣ny cleare testimonies given of it.
So as not to doubt.
So as not to fayle.
(I think) the most natural sig∣nification.
* The same word like∣wise signi∣fies to nou∣rish and to believe,
Aquila renders, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.