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- The Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very healthy and long lived; being exempted from pestilential diseases, which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in Egypt, by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors ("And said,ª° If¹ thou wilt diligently²° hearkenª° to the voiceª of the LORDª thy God,ª and wilt doª° that which is rightª in his sight,ª and wilt give earª° to his commandments,ª and keepª° all¹ his statutes,ª I will putª° none¹¹ of these diseasesª upon¹ thee, which¹ I have broughtª° upon the Egyptians:ª for¹ I¹ [am] the LORDª that healethª° thee." {Exd 15:26}). This must be referred to the national covenant; for though godliness often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the nation, with an exactness which is not observed towards any other people. "If¹ ye walk²°¹ in my statutes,ª and keepª° my commandments,ª and doª° them; ... Then I will giveª° you rainª in due season,ª and the landª shall yieldª° her increase,ª and the treesª of the fieldª shall yieldª° their fruit.ª" {Lev 26:3-4}
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