Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 78:5

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob , and appointed a law in Israel; which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children .

This is justly put in the first place, as the chief of all the following Mercies, and the Foundation both of their Temporal, and of their eternal Felicity.

(i. e.) His Law, as it is called in the next Clause; which is very oft called a Testimony, because it is a Witness between God and Men, declaring both the Duties which God expects from Man, and the Promises and Blessings, which Man in the performance of his Duty may expect from God.

Peculiarly: for no other Nation enjoyed this Priviledge, as is more fully expressed, Psal. 147. 19, 20.

Which Testimony or Law God revealed to them, not for their own private use, but for the Benefit of all their Posterity, whom their Parents were obliged to Teach, Deut. 6. 7. and all their Children to hear and read, and study. By which we may see how contrary to the mind of God, that foolish and wicked assertion is, that Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion.

Marginal references: Deut. [illegible: 1+ letters]. 9. & 6. 7▪ & 11. 19.