sept._n have_v not_o these_o word_n the_o rest_n have_v t.b.g.r._n v_o 6._o unto_o a_o high_a oak_n s._n famous_a valley_n h._n unto_o the_o plain_a of_o morch_n caet_fw-la celon_fw-fr signify_v both_o a_o oak_n and_o a_o valley_n or_o plain_a v_o 8._o bethel_n towards_o the_o west_n caeter_fw-la towards_o the_o sea_n s._n heb_n because_o the_o mediterranean_a sea_n be_v in_o the_o west_n side_n of_o canaan_n c._n v_o 9_o in_o the_o desert_n s._n towards_o the_o south_n caeter_fw-la negebh_o signify_v both_o v_o 11._o take_v his_o journey_n towards_o the_o east_n t._n take_v his_o journey_n first_o c._n from_o the_o east_n câ—t_fw-la heb_n micehedem_fw-la towards_o the_o east_n gen._n 28._o diff_n v_o 13._o say_v i_o be_o his_o sister_n s._n thou_o be_v my_o sister_n caet_fw-la i_o shall_v live_v for_o thy_o sake_n h._n t._n by_o thy_o occasion_n b._n shall_v be_v preserve_v by_o thou_o g._n for_o thy_o word_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o of_o thou_o s.p._n heb_n biglal_a propter_fw-la because_o t.b.g.i._n v_o 16._o mule_n and_o camel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n she_o ash_n and_o camel_n câ—t_n athon_fw-mi a_o she_o ass_n chamer_n an_o he_o ass_n the_o mule_n be_v the_o she_o v_o 19_o i_o have_v take_v she_o to_o my_o wife_n s.c.p._n i_o may_v have_v take_v she_o caet_fw-la 3._o the_o exegesis_n or_o theological_a explication_n qvest._n i._n where_o and_o how_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o abraham_n vers._n 1._o for_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v etc._n etc._n 1._o god_n thus_o speak_v to_o abraham_n not_o after_o his_o father_n death_n but_o while_o he_o be_v yet_o in_o mesopotamia_n act._n 7.2_o for_o to_o what_o end_n shall_v the_o lord_n have_v thus_o say_v get_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o country_n etc._n etc._n if_o he_o have_v be_v come_v out_o thence_o already_o calvin_n 2._o we_o read_v that_o god_n speak_v unto_o abraham_n eight_o time_n gen._n 12.1_o again_o v_o 7._o and_o c._n 13.14_o and_o c._n 15.4_o and_o 17.1_o also_o c._n 18.9_o and_o c._n 21.9_o and_o 22._o 1._o it_o be_v like_o that_o divers_a other_o time_n the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o but_o these_o be_v express_v 2._o and_o how_o god_n speak_v unto_o abraham_n basil_n think_v it_o be_v citra_fw-la ullam_fw-la corporis_fw-la vocem_fw-la without_o any_o corporal_a or_o outward_a voice_n isa._n but_o by_o the_o illumination_n of_o his_o mind_n ramban_n think_v it_o be_v by_o dream_n some_o that_o god_n speak_v to_o he_o by_o sem_fw-mi or_o some_o other_o prophet_n but_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v like_a that_o god_n speak_v to_o abraham_n either_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o angel_n when_o he_o speak_v by_o dream_n in_o sleep_n or_o by_o vision_n when_o he_o be_v wake_v it_o be_v so_o express_v in_o the_o text_n as_o c._n 15.1_o qvest._n ii_o whether_o god_n name_v it_o a_o country_n to_o abraham_n whither_o he_o call_v he_o to_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o etc._n etc._n 1._o when_o the_o lord_n thus_o call_v to_o abraham_n he_o name_v no_o certain_a country_n whither_o he_o shall_v go_v for_o the_o better_a trial_n of_o his_o faith_n for_o the_o apostle_n say_v he_o know_v not_o whither_o he_o go_v hebr._n 11.8_o and_o stephen_n act._n 7.3_o name_v no_o country_n whither_o he_o be_v call_v 2._o whereas_o canaan_n be_v name_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n vers_fw-la 31._o either_o moses_n set_v down_o the_o name_n of_o the_o country_n by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n or_o god_n may_v afterward_o show_v unto_o abraham_n as_o he_o go_v whither_o he_o will_v have_v he_o to_o go_v calvin_n r._n isaad_n carus_n think_v that_o at_o the_o first_o abraham_n understand_v that_o country_n to_o the_o which_o he_o be_v call_v to_o be_v canaan_n because_o of_o the_o curse_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o servant_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o be_v not_o like_a qvest._n iii_o wherefore_o abraham_n be_v call_v out_o of_o chaldea_n into_o canaan_n and_o the_o lord_n call_v abraham_n out_o of_o chaldea_n into_o canaan_n 1._o because_o chaldea_n be_v give_v to_o abominable_a idolatry_n and_o other_o great_a corruption_n of_o life_n where_o abraham_n can_v not_o remain_v without_o great_a danger_n 2._o that_o god_n blessing_n in_o the_o multiply_a of_o abraham_n seed_n may_v better_o appear_v abroad_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n perer._n 3_o but_o the_o great_a cause_n be_v not_o as_o some_o think_v to_o converse_v with_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v melchizedek_n but_o that_o abraham_n may_v take_v possession_n of_o that_o country_n and_o by_o faith_n and_o hope_n enjoy_v that_o which_o be_v promise_v to_o be_v give_v to_o his_o seed_n calvin_n qvest._n four_o where_o abraham_n be_v when_o the_o lord_n first_o call_v he_o where_o abraham_n shall_v be_v when_o as_o god_n first_o call_v he_o there_o be_v divers_a opinion_n 1._o it_o can_v neither_o be_v as_o augustine_n think_v that_o abraham_n be_v call_v after_o he_o be_v depart_v out_o of_o chaldea_n 15._o before_o he_o come_v to_o charran_n be_v yet_o in_o mesopotamia_n for_o to_o what_o end_n shall_v the_o lord_n have_v bid_v abraham_n to_o go_v out_o of_o his_o country_n if_o he_o have_v be_v remove_v already_o to_o say_v with_o augustine_n and_o eucherius_n that_o now_o he_o be_v command_v to_o leave_v his_o country_n in_o affection_n as_o he_o have_v already_o do_v in_o body_n have_v no_o probability_n for_o both_o abraham_n shall_v have_v be_v disobedient_a to_o god_n vocation_n be_v wed_v still_o in_o desire_n to_o his_o country_n and_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o return_v to_o a_o idolatrous_a country_n where_o he_o be_v to_o expect_v nothing_o but_o persecution_n steven_n indeed_o say_v he_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n when_o god_n call_v he_o but_o mesopotamia_n be_v there_o take_v large_o as_o it_o comprehend_v syria_n and_o chaldea_n and_o so_o steven_n say_v that_o he_o come_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldean_n act._n 7.4_o mercer_n 2._o neither_o be_v abraham_n twice_o call_v once_o in_o chaldea_n and_o again_o in_o charran_n as_o rupertus_n and_o tostatus_n think_v upon_o this_o place_n for_o this_o have_v argue_v abraham_n sloth_n and_o negligence_n if_o he_o have_v make_v no_o more_o haste_n to_o obey_v the_o call_n of_o god_n steven_n also_o act._n 7._o make_v mention_n but_o of_o one_o calling_n 3._o to_o say_v further_o that_o steven_n be_v occupy_v with_o other_o matter_n may_v forget_v himself_o and_o not_o well_o remember_v the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n or_o that_o he_o be_v content_v to_o follow_v the_o vulgar_a account_n be_v to_o do_v wrong_a to_o so_o holy_a a_o man_n be_v direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o speak_v neither_o do_v eucherius_n answer_v satisfy_v that_o expound_v steven_n thus_o that_o abraham_n be_v place_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n after_o the_o death_n of_o terah_n he_o may_v depart_v from_o charran_n his_o father_n yet_o live_v but_o all_o that_o while_o he_o be_v a_o sojourner_n in_o canaan_n &_o have_v no_o certain_a place_n till_o after_o his_o father_n death_n contra._n but_o this_o sense_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o text_n that_o god_n after_o his_o father_n death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d translate_v or_o bring_v abraham_n into_o canaan_n this_o must_v be_v understand_v not_o of_o abraham_n settle_v in_o canaan_n but_o his_o first_o remove_n thither_o 4._o neither_o be_v lyranus_fw-la opinion_n sound_n who_o therein_o follow_v rasi_fw-la and_o mizrahi_n that_o the_o call_n which_o moses_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v that_o in_o charran_n for_o abraham_n be_v bid_v to_o come_v out_o of_o his_o country_n but_o charran_n be_v not_o his_o country_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v he_o bring_v he_o out_o of_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldean_n chap._n 15.7_o not_o out_o of_o charran_n but_o paulus_n burgensis_n opinion_n be_v far_o wide_a that_o charran_n be_v abraham_n country_n not_o chaldea_n for_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o his_o brother_n arans_n nativity_n now_o whereas_o abraham_n call_v it_o his_o country_n where_o naâ—or_n dwell_v in_o charran_n in_o aram_n naharahim_n or_o mesopotamia_n gen._n 24.8.4.10_o there_o mesopotamia_n or_o naharaim_n the_o country_n between_o the_o river_n place_n be_v take_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n as_o it_o contain_v both_o syria_n and_o chaldea_n as_o be_v before_o show_v or_o for_o that_o all_o his_o kindred_n be_v now_o remove_v thither_o mercer_n 5._o wherefore_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o abraham_n be_v in_o chaldea_n when_o the_o lord_n call_v he_o so_o aben_n ezra_n mercer_n for_o so_o the_o lord_n say_v cap._n 15.7_o and_o although_o he_o be_v bid_v to_o leave_v his_o kindred_n who_o come_v with_o he_o as_o terah_n and_o lot_n yet_o for_o all_o this_o his_o call_n be_v in_o
chaldea_n for_o abraham_n be_v ready_a to_o have_v leave_v his_o kindred_n if_o they_o have_v refuse_v to_o go_v with_o he_o and_o terah_n be_v make_v the_o author_n of_o this_o journey_n not_o as_o though_o they_o go_v forth_o without_o god_n calling_n but_o for_o that_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o go_v with_o abraham_n journey_n whether_o for_o grief_n of_o his_o son_n death_n as_o josephus_n or_o for_o that_o though_o he_o be_v somewhat_o superstitious_o bend_v he_o be_v desirous_a to_o go_v out_o of_o that_o idolatrous_a country_n therefore_o terah_n abraham_n father_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o family_n be_v name_v as_o the_o chief_a qvest._n v._o of_o divers_a kind_n of_o call_v and_o renounce_v the_o world_n there_o be_v divers_a kind_n of_o calling_n some_o be_v call_v immediate_o of_o god_n either_o by_o manifest_a revelation_n as_o abraham_n or_o secret_a inspiration_n some_o be_v call_v by_o man_n as_o the_o israelite_n by_o the_o prophet_n some_o be_v call_v by_o affliction_n as_o psal._n 88.34_o when_o he_o slay_v they_o they_o seek_v and_o return_v and_o three_o way_n do_v man_n forsake_v the_o world_n 1._o by_o actual_a leave_v and_o forsake_v all_o they_o have_v as_o abraham_n here_o and_o the_o apostle_n under_o christ._n 2._o by_o mortify_v their_o affection_n as_o david_n be_v like_o a_o wean_a child_n psal._n 131.2_o 3._o by_o sequester_v their_o thought_n to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o heavenly_a thing_n which_o s._n paul_n call_v the_o have_v of_o our_o conversation_n in_o heaven_n phil._n 3.20_o qvest._n vi_o seven_o great_a blessing_n upon_o abraham_n vers._n 2._o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n etc._n etc._n 1._o god_n call_v abraham_n from_o his_o country_n leave_v he_o not_o destitute_a but_o promise_v a_o great_a recompense_n for_o his_o country_n he_o be_v bring_v into_o a_o better_a land_n for_o a_o small_a kindred_n a_o great_a nation_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o he_o he_o be_v call_v from_o his_o father_n house_n but_o god_n will_v make_v he_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n 2._o the_o lord_n bestow_v upon_o abraham_n seven_o great_a blessing_n pepere_a ex_fw-la cajetan_n 1._o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o great_a nation_n either_o because_o many_o and_o populous_a nation_n come_v of_o abraham_n by_o hagar_n and_o ketura_n gen._n 25._o or_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n which_o be_v great_a not_o so_o much_o in_o number_n as_o renown_n because_o of_o the_o king_n prophet_n wise_a and_o virtuous_a man_n that_o come_v of_o they_o great_a 2._o i_o will_v bless_v thou_o this_o blessing_n be_v able_a to_o make_v his_o barren_a wife_n sara_n fruitful_a vatablus_n i_o will_v make_v thou_o rich_a prosperous_a musculus_fw-la or_o i_o will_v bless_v thou_o spiritual_o rupertus_n 3._o i_o will_v make_v thy_o name_n great_a 1._o abraham_n name_n be_v reverence_v even_o among_o the_o heathen_a as_o josephus_n show_v lib._n 1._o antiquit_n 2._o it_o be_v great_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o faithful_a that_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o abraham_n 3._o great_a because_o the_o lord_n vouchsafe_v to_o call_v himself_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n isaak_n and_o jacob_n 4._o great_a in_o respect_n of_o christ_n that_o come_v of_o abraham_n matth._n 1.1_o perer._n 4._o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o blessing_n 1._o it_o signify_v the_o certainty_n of_o this_o blessing_n who_o man_n bless_v they_o be_v not_o always_o bless_v but_o he_o that_o god_n bless_v shall_v sure_o be_v bless_v 2._o the_o excellency_n of_o this_o blessing_n he_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v bless_v but_o a_o blessing_n itself_o 3._o and_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o form_n of_o blessing_n as_o they_o shall_v say_v the_o god_n of_o abraham_n isaac_n etc._n etc._n bless_v thou_o calvin_n 5._o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o etc._n etc._n abraham_n friend_n shall_v be_v bless_v for_o his_o sake_n as_o lot_n gen._n 14._o ishmael_n 25._o therefore_o abimelech_n be_v a_o king_n do_v desire_n to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o abraham_n because_o he_o see_v god_n be_v with_o he_o 6._o i_o will_v curse_v they_o etc._n etc._n so_o perish_v pharaoh_n og_n sehon_n the_o assyrian_n chaldean_n be_v punish_v for_o their_o enmity_n against_o the_o people_n of_o god_n luther_n therefore_o balaam_n dare_v not_o curse_v the_o people_n of_o god_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o curse_v they_o numb_a 23._o abraham_n 7._o all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v in_o thou_o 1._o not_o only_o because_o they_o shall_v take_v up_o a_o form_n of_o blessing_n as_o the_o hebrew_n interpret_v the_o lord_n bless_v thou_o like_o abraham_n for_o this_o form_n among_o all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v not_o use_v the_o roman_n in_o the_o coronation_n of_o their_o emperor_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v â—is_fw-la falicior_fw-la augusto_fw-la melior_fw-la trajano_n be_v more_o happy_a than_o augustus_n better_a than_o trajane_n 2._o neither_o so_o only_o because_o all_o gentile_n shall_v be_v bless_v for_o imitate_v the_o example_n of_o faithful_a abraham_n 3._o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la significat_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fore_fw-la exempler_n sed_fw-la causam_fw-la benedictionis_fw-la it_o signify_v he_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v a_o example_n or_o pattern_n but_o a_o cause_n of_o blessing_n because_o in_o christ_n the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n as_o the_o apostle_n expound_v galath_n 3.16_o all_o the_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n be_v bless_v calvin_n qvest._n vii_o of_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o 430._o year_n mention_v by_o s._n paul_n gal._n 3.17_o from_o this_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n be_v we_o to_o account_v the_o 430._o year_n which_o s._n paul_n say_v be_v between_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o law_n galath_n 3.17_o 1._o hereunto_o agree_v the_o computation_n of_o moses_n that_o the_o israelite_n dwell_v in_o egypt_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n exod._n 12.40_o not_o in_o egypt_n only_o but_o in_o egypt_n and_o canaan_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v interpret_v that_o place_n for_o so_o long_o it_o be_v since_o abraham_n first_o begin_v to_o sojourn_v in_o canaan_n at_o what_o time_n also_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n he_o go_v into_o egypt_n so_o josephus_n make_v his_o computation_n to_o the_o build_n of_o salomon_n temple_n from_o the_o departure_n of_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n antiq_n 592._o year_n and_o from_o abraham_n come_v into_o canaan_n a_o thousand_o and_o twenty_o so_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v between_o abraham_n arrival_n in_o canaan_n and_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n by_o this_o account_n four_o hundred_o twenty_o eight_o error_n 2._o genebrard_n then_o be_v great_o deceive_v that_o count_v six_o hundred_o year_n from_o abraham_n come_v into_o canaan_n to_o the_o israelite_n go_v out_o of_o egypt_n for_o both_o saint_n paul_n be_v direct_o against_o he_o who_o as_o genebrard_n will_v enforce_v have_v no_o relation_n in_o that_o number_n to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n dwell_v in_o egypt_n neither_o do_v the_o computation_n of_o the_o year_n agree_v for_o from_o abraham_n come_v to_o canaan_n till_o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n egypt_n be_v but_o year_n 215._o which_o be_v gather_v thus_o from_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o isaak_n 25._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n 60._o from_o thence_o till_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n 130._o and_o the_o time_n from_o thence_o till_o the_o israelite_n go_v out_o though_o it_o can_v be_v so_o certain_o gather_v be_v think_v not_o to_o exceed_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n more_o as_o shall_v be_v show_v when_o we_o come_v to_o that_o place_n of_o the_o fifteen_o chapter_n 3._o though_o saint_n paul_n make_v mention_n of_o that_o promise_n which_o be_v make_v to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o gen._n 22.18_o yet_o by_o the_o account_n of_o the_o year_n it_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o this_o promise_n for_o the_o other_o renew_v when_o isaak_n shall_v have_v be_v offer_v up_o be_v fifty_o year_n if_o isaak_n be_v then_o 25._o as_o josephus_n or_o if_o he_o be_v 37._o as_o some_o other_o hebrew_n think_v it_o be_v 62._o year_n after_o and_o so_o many_o year_n shall_v we_o want_v of_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o and_o then_o the_o same_o word_n seed_n be_v not_o here_o use_v yet_o there_o be_v the_o same_o sense_n for_o the_o lord_n in_o say_v in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v mean_v his_o seed_n 4._o further_o whereas_o abraham_n be_v say_v to_o be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a at_o his_o departure_n out_o of_o charran_n and_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v before_o he_o come_v out_o of_o chaldea_n his_o time_n of_o abode_n can_v not_o be_v long_o there_o not_o five_o year_n as_o junius_n suppose_v but_o
they_o be_v my_o enemy_n psal._n 139.21_o 22._o 6._o obseru._n a_o good_a prince_n prefer_v his_o subject_n live_v before_o wealth_n vers._n 21._o give_v i_o the_o person_n take_v the_o good_n etc._n etc._n herein_o appear_v first_o the_o gratitude_n of_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n to_o abraham_n that_o be_v content_v to_o leave_v unto_o he_o the_o good_n for_o his_o great_a travel_n calvin_n as_o also_o this_o heathen_a king_n show_v one_o good_a part_n of_o a_o just_a prince_n that_o prefer_v the_o life_n of_o his_o subject_n before_o the_o substance_n whereas_o contrariwise_o a_o tyrant_n esteem_v nothing_o of_o man_n life_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o covetous_a desire_n perer._n as_o ahab_n contrive_v naboths_n death_n to_o have_v his_o vineyard_n chap._n xv._n the_o method_n this_o chapter_n have_v two_o part_n contain_v two_o ample_a and_o large_a promise_n make_v by_o the_o lord_n unto_o abraham_n the_o first_o be_v as_o touch_v his_o seed_n vers_fw-la 1._o to_o vers_n 8._o the_o second_o of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o seed_n vers_fw-la 8._o to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o first_o part_n there_o be_v set_v forth_o 1._o on_o god_n behalf_n the_o promise_n 2._o on_o abraham_n behalf_n belief_n vers_fw-la 6._o in_o the_o first_o there_o be_v the_o cause_n god_n goodness_n towards_o abraham_n vers_fw-la 1._o then_o the_o promise_n of_o his_o seed_n both_o to_o be_v of_o his_o body_n which_o be_v amplify_v by_o the_o contrary_a that_o not_o eleazar_n but_o one_o of_o his_o own_o bowel_n shall_v be_v his_o heir_n vers_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4._o then_o the_o number_n thereof_o to_o be_v as_o the_o star_n in_o multitude_n in_o the_o second_o part_n 1._o there_o be_v the_o promise_n in_o general_a for_o the_o inherit_v of_o the_o land_n vers_n 7._o in_o particular_a after_o what_o time_n namely_o 400._o year_n captivity_n 13._o to_o 17._o what_o country_n vers_fw-la 18._o to_o 21._o 2._o the_o ratify_n of_o the_o promise_n by_o certain_a symbol_n where_o we_o have_v the_o 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in_o his_o house_n c.c._n v_o 6._o believe_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n c._n believe_v in_o the_o lord_n caet_fw-la v_o 7._o out_o of_o the_o region_n of_o the_o chaldee_n s._n from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n caet_fw-la vrh._n signify_v a_o valley_n v_o 8._o o_o lord_n god_n h.c.p.g.b._n o_o lord_n god_n governor_n s._n lord_n jehovah_n t._n heb_n adonai_n jehova_n v_o 9_o take_v unto_o i_o h.s._n take_v i_o g._n take_v b.p._n take_v and_o offer_v c.t._n heb_n lathak_n take_v three_o heifer_n c._n of_o threâ—â—_n year_n old_a caet_fw-la a_o dove_n h.s._n a_o young_a pigeon_n b.g._n son_n of_o a_o pigeon_n c._n the_o chicken_n of_o a_o pigeon_n t._n gozal_n a_o pigeon_n ver_fw-la v_o 11._o he_o sit_v with_o they_o s._n he_o drive_v they_o away_o caet_fw-la nashab_o to_o blow_v away_o v_o 12._o a_o ecstasis_fw-la or_o trance_n s._n a_o heavy_a sleep_n fall_v upon_o abraham_n caet_fw-la s.c._n v_o 17._o a_o flame_n be_v make_v s._n a_o dark_a mistress_n h.c._n twilight_n b._n dark_a night_n t._n there_o be_v darkness_n gâ—atah_n darkness_n night_n s.c._n v_o 20_o giant_n c.b._n rephanu_fw-la caeter_fw-la app.f.prop_v 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubt_n qvest._n i._n how_o god_n appear_v in_o vision_n vers._n 1._o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o abraham_n in_o a_o vision_n etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o vision_n be_v neither_o in_o the_o night_n as_o the_o sept._n in_o some_o translation_n read_v for_o abraham_n faith_n be_v here_o approve_a v_o 6._o but_o man_n be_v asleep_a can_v show_v their_o faith_n cajetan_n 2._o neither_o be_v it_o by_o secret_a inspiration_n as_o the_o interlineary_a gloss_n for_o here_o divers_a speech_n pass_v between_o god_n and_o abraham_n 3._o neither_o be_v this_o vision_n by_o a_o angel_n as_o oleaster_n tostatus_n for_o he_o be_v call_v jehova_n which_o name_n be_v not_o give_v to_o angel_n 4._o but_o this_o vision_n be_v in_o the_o day_n as_o the_o lord_n use_v to_o speak_v to_o the_o prophet_n ramban_n chald._n and_o the_o lord_n do_v produce_v his_o conference_n until_o the_o evening_n vers_fw-la 17._o when_o the_o star_n appear_v jun._n and_o god_n for_o the_o better_a strengthen_v of_o abraham_n faith_n do_v to_o his_o word_n adjoyne_v some_o visible_a sign_n of_o his_o glory_n oecolam_fw-la 5._o and_o this_o be_v the_o four_o time_n that_o god_n have_v appear_v to_o abraham_n twice_o in_o the_o 12._o chapter_n v_o 1.7_o again_o c._n 13_o 14._o and_o now_o in_o this_o place_n qvest._n ii_o how_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v abraham_n reward_n i_o be_o thy_o buckler_n etc._n etc._n 1._o two_o thing_n do_v cause_n fear_v when_o either_o we_o be_v afraid_a of_o some_o evil_n to_o happen_v to_o we_o or_o that_o some_o good_a which_o we_o desire_v shall_v be_v withheld_a from_o we_o god_n bid_v abraham_n to_o fear_v none_o of_o these_o for_o he_o be_v both_o his_o buckler_n to_o keep_v he_o from_o evil_a and_o his_o great_a reward_n to_o give_v he_o all_o good_a thing_n per._n 2._o some_o think_v that_o abraham_n fear_v lest_o he_o have_v commit_v some_o sin_n in_o shed_v of_o blood_n in_o the_o late_a battle_n some_o lest_o the_o enemy_n may_v gather_v their_o strength_n again_o and_o come_v upon_o he_o afresh_o some_o lest_o the_o canaanite_n may_v envy_v he_o because_o of_o his_o strength_n some_o lest_o this_o victory_n may_v stand_v for_o his_o reward_n which_o god_n promise_v but_o it_o appear_v that_o none_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o abraham_n fear_n but_o he_o be_v solicitous_a and_o careful_a for_o his_o succession_n and_o may_v somewhat_o waver_v concern_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o his_o seed_n because_o he_o have_v yet_o no_o child_n mercer_n 3._o where_o he_o say_v i_o be_o thy_o reward_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v causal_o and_o to_o be_v refer_v only_o to_o those_o temporal_a reward_n which_o be_v promise_v afterward_o as_o cajetan_n and_o mercerus_n consent_v to_o the_o hebrew_n but_o substantial_o of_o the_o reward_n also_o of_o everlasting_a felicity_n which_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o abraham_n with_o god_n jun._n 4._o so_o that_o here_o god_n promise_v the_o two_o great_a blessing_n that_o can_v be_v one_o in_o this_o life_n of_o perseverance_n in_o that_o god_n say_v he_o will_v be_v his_o buckler_n to_o protect_v and_o preserve_v he_o to_o the_o end_n and_o of_o eternal_a felicity_n in_o say_v i_o be_o thy_o exceed_a great_a reward_n perer._n qvest._n iii_o abraham_n neither_o be_v doubtful_a or_o forgetful_a of_o god_n promise_n vers._n 2._o abraham_n say_v 1_o cajetan_n well_o note_v that_o in_o other_o vision_n abraham_n be_v only_o a_o hearer_n god_n the_o speaker_n but_o here_o abraham_n make_v answer_v to_o god_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o abraham_n do_v grow_v in_o confidence_n and_o familiarity_n with_o god_n 2._o neither_o do_v abraham_n complain_v that_o he_o go_v childless_a as_o though_o he_o have_v set_v light_n by_o the_o lord_n liberal_a offer_n that_o he_o will_v be_v his_o reward_n but_o because_o the_o spiritual_a blessing_n depend_v of_o his_o seed_n he_o crave_v this_o as_o the_o mean_n whereby_o god_n promise_v towards_o he_o concern_v the_o great_a reward_n shall_v be_v effect_v calvin_n 2._o neither_o do_v abraham_n doubt_n or_o be_v forgetful_a of_o god_n promise_n that_o he_o will_v give_v he_o seed_n and_o unto_o his_o seed_n that_o land_n gen._n 13.15_o but_o as_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o express_v unto_o he_o whether_o his_o seed_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o bowel_n as_o here_o the_o lord_n first_o promise_v or_o it_o may_v be_v a_o seed_n or_o son_n adopt_v as_o here_o he_o suppose_v that_o this_o eleazar_n shall_v be_v his_o heir_n sic_fw-la eucher_n rupert_n 4._o or_o that_o
unless_o for_o the_o better_o if_o our_o sin_n let_v not_o and_o i_o hope_v to_o use_v the_o say_n of_o moses_n that_o their_o eye_n shall_v look_v till_o they_o fall_v out_o of_o their_o head_n deuter_n 28.32_o before_o that_o shall_v befall_v we_o which_o they_o have_v so_o long_o desire_v true_a it_o be_v that_o this_o land_n abound_v with_o many_o sin_n which_o god_n grant_n may_v be_v purge_v from_o among_o we_o but_o we_o trust_v that_o god_n will_v chastise_v we_o as_o a_o love_a father_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o not_o give_v we_o over_o to_o be_v punish_v of_o a_o nation_n more_o wicked_a than_o ourselves_o though_o we_o be_v great_a offender_n yet_o not_o as_o the_o amorites_n a_o uncircumcised_a nation_n but_o as_o the_o israelite_n the_o lord_n own_o people_n it_o be_v therefore_o great_a presumption_n in_o this_o popish_a writer_n to_o sit_v in_o god_n place_n to_o make_v they_o amorites_n that_o be_v no_o amorites_n and_o to_o threaten_v judgement_n where_o the_o lord_n purpose_v to_o bless_v ambrose_n upon_o those_o word_n in_o the_o psalm_n 119.106_o i_o have_v swear_v and_o will_v perform_v thus_o write_v noli_fw-la usurpare_fw-la exemplum_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la qui_fw-la implendi_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la potestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v this_o example_n be_v no_o warrant_n unto_o thou_o to_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o you_o have_v power_n to_o keep_v a_o oath_n so_o this_o prophecy_n against_o the_o amorites_n can_v be_v no_o ground_n to_o the_o friar_n of_o such_o false_a application_n unless_o he_o be_v appoint_v to_o be_v god_n minister_n for_o the_o execution_n chap._n xvi_o 1._o the_o method_n and_o part_n this_o chapter_n have_v two_o part_n the_o giving_z of_o hagar_n by_o sarai_n to_o abraham_n from_o v_o 1._o to_o 5._o the_o sequel_n thereof_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o first_o part_n 1._o there_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o move_v sarai_n to_o give_v hagar_n on_o her_o part_n because_o she_o have_v no_o child_n v_o 1._o on_o hagars_n part_n she_o hope_v to_o have_v a_o child_n by_o she_o v_o 2._o 2._o the_o manner_n be_v express_v how_o hagar_n be_v give_v and_o when_o v_o 3._o 3_o the_o effect_n and_o fruit_n hagar_n be_v conceive_v with_o child_n v_o 4._o second_o the_o sequel_n of_o this_o marriage_n be_v first_o the_o departure_n and_o fly_v away_o of_o hagar_n v_o 5._o to_o 7._o then_o her_o return_n with_o the_o occasion_n thereof_o hagar_n fly_v because_o sarai_n correct_v she_o this_o she_o do_v by_o abraham_n leave_n abraham_n give_v leave_v because_o sarai_n complain_v because_o hagar_n despise_v she_o v_o 4_o 5._o in_o hagars_n return_n 1._o the_o angel_n bid_v she_o go_v and_o humble_v herself_o to_o her_o mistress_n v_o 8_o 9_o 2._o the_o angel_n propehsy_v of_o the_o number_n of_o her_o seed_n v_o 10._o of_o the_o name_n of_o her_o son_n v_o 11._o his_o quality_n and_o condition_n v_o 12._o 3._o agars_n thankfulness_n and_o obedience_n be_v express_v ver_fw-la 13_o 14._o 4._o the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o birth_n and_o name_n of_o her_o son_n 2._o the_o difference_n of_o translation_n v_o 3._o she_o take_v agar_n the_o egyptian_a h._n then_o sarai_n abraham_n wife_n take_v hagar_n caet_fw-la detr_v v_o 5._o thou_o do_v i_o wrong_n h.s.b.g._n i_o have_v judgement_n against_o you_o c._n the_o injury_n do_v to_o i_o be_v upon_o you_o tr._n my_o injury_n be_v upon_o thou_o p._n heb_n it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o sarai_n make_v abraham_n the_o cause_n of_o her_o wrong_n because_o he_o correct_v no_o c.c._n hagars_n male_a pertness_n than_o that_o she_o wish_v evil_a unto_o he_o v_o 7._o which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n towards_o sur_n in_o the_o wilderness_n h._n which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n agara_n c._n which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n to_o sur._n caet_fw-la the_o sept._n have_v not_o this_o clause_n c.c._n v_o 11._o the_o lord_n have_v receive_v thy_o prayer_n c._n mark_v thy_o affliction_n t.p._n hear_v thy_o tribulation_n caet_fw-la 12._o his_o hand_n against_o every_o man_n and_o every_o man_n hand_n against_o he_o caet_fw-la but_o the_o chalde_n have_v he_o shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o all_o man_n and_o all_o man_n of_o he_o t.r._n 13._o i_o have_v see_v the_o thing_n behind_o he_o that_o see_v i_o h.p._n i_o have_v see_v he_o face_n to_o face_n that_o see_v i_o s._n i_o have_v look_v after_o he_o that_o see_v i_o b.g._n i_o do_v see_v after_o he_o that_o see_v i_o tr._n that_o be_v i_o have_v see_v god_n and_o live_v c.c._n 14._o between_o recam_n and_o agara_n c._n cade_n and_o bere_v 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubt_n qvest._n i._n whether_o sarai_n give_v agar_n to_o abraham_n by_o god_n instinct_n vers._n 2._o i_o pray_v thou_o go_v in_o unto_o my_o maid_n etc._n etc._n 1._o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o this_o agar_n as_o philo_n note_v though_o by_o nation_n a_o egyptian_a yet_o in_o religion_n be_v of_o abraham_n faith_n for_o he_o will_v not_o be_v unequal_o yoke_v with_o one_o of_o a_o divers_a faith_n 2._o it_o be_v also_o probable_a that_o see_v abraham_n do_v go_v in_o unto_o she_o only_o for_o procreation_n that_o after_o she_o conceive_v he_o do_v no_o more_o company_n with_o she_o as_o philo_n also_o observe_v lib._n de_fw-fr abraham_n 3._o but_o it_o be_v unlike_a that_o sarai_n give_v this_o counsel_n to_o abraham_n to_o take_v her_o maid_n by_o god_n instinct_n as_o josephus_n think_v for_o god_n will_v not_o go_v against_o his_o own_o ordinance_n they_o two_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n gen._n 2.4_o neither_o do_v sarai_n this_o so_o much_o for_o desire_v of_o procreation_n and_o to_o try_v as_o chrysostome_n conjecture_v whether_o the_o cause_n of_o sterility_n be_v in_o she_o or_o her_o husband_n but_o chief_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o blessing_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o abraham_n seed_n in_o which_o respect_n her_o fault_n be_v somewhat_o excuse_v yet_o it_o can_v be_v defend_v because_o she_o fail_v in_o the_o mean_n 5._o neither_o be_v it_o like_o that_o this_o hagar_n be_v pharaoh_n his_o daughter_n as_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n but_o some_o of_o the_o maid_n rather_o of_o pharaoh_n his_o house_n that_o be_v give_v to_o sarai_n gen._n 12.16_o qvest._n ii_o why_o ten_o year_n of_o abraham_n dwelling_n be_v mention_v 3._o then_o sarai_n take_v hagar_n etc._n etc._n after_o abraham_n have_v dwell_v ten_o year_n etc._n etc._n mâ—lier_fw-la 1._o plutarch_n have_v the_o like_a story_n of_o stratonica_n that_o be_v barren_a give_v unto_o dejotarus_n her_o husband_n electra_n by_o who_o he_o have_v child_n thus_o the_o heathen_a be_v ready_a to_o imitate_v the_o infirmity_n of_o holy_a man_n and_o woman_n but_o not_o to_o follow_v their_o virtue_n 2._o mention_n be_v here_o make_v of_o ten_o year_n not_o because_o this_o time_n be_v set_v as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v for_o the_o trial_n whether_o the_o wife_n be_v like_a to_o be_v barren_a or_o fruitful_a for_o rebecca_n be_v twenty_o year_n barren_a 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think_v never_o to_o return_v oecolamp_n and_o so_o to_o play_v the_o apostata_fw-la from_o her_o faith_n which_o she_o learn_v in_o abraham_n house_n 2._o sarai_n also_o diverse_o show_v her_o infirmity_n first_o her_o patience_n in_o be_v so_o much_o move_v at_o the_o insolency_n of_o her_o maid_n then_o her_o rashness_n in_o charge_v abraham_n without_o cause_n and_o wish_v god_n to_o be_v judge_n against_o herself_o musculus_fw-la three_o her_o too_o great_a sharpness_n and_o severity_n against_o hagar_n as_o ambrose_n note_v which_o be_v constrain_v to_o escape_v her_o hand_n by_o fly_v away_o immoderatius_fw-la permissa_fw-la ultione_fw-la utitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n sarai_n in_o her_o anger_n do_v intemperate_o use_v the_o power_n commit_v to_o she_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr abraâ—_n c._n 4._o so_o also_o
swear_v by_o his_o holiness_n goodness_n etc._n etc._n do_v pledge_v they_o that_o unless_o that_o be_v which_o he_o say_v he_o will_v lose_v they_o and_o swear_v by_o himself_o he_o bind_v his_o godhead_n for_o the_o performance_n as_o though_o he_o shall_v say_v in_o effect_n if_o this_o be_v not_o let_v i_o be_v no_o more_o god_n calvin_n qvest._n xxi_o why_o the_o lord_n take_v a_o oath_n but_o further_o it_o will_v be_v ask_v what_o need_n god_n have_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n see_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v certain_a of_o itself_o and_o need_v no_o confirmation_n and_o a_o oath_n be_v use_v in_o doubtful_a case_n but_o to_o god_n nothing_o be_v doubtful_a or_o uncertain_a a_o oath_n be_v use_v when_o the_o party_n can_v be_v credit_v without_o a_o oath_n but_o abraham_n do_v believe_v god_n the_o answer_n than_o be_v this_o 1._o the_o lord_n swear_v not_o to_o any_o such_o end_n as_o though_o any_o more_o credit_n and_o certainty_n by_o his_o oath_n may_v be_v win_v unto_o his_o promise_n 2._o and_o yet_o we_o take_v not_o this_o to_o be_v a_o metaphorical_a speech_n only_o with_o cajetan_n that_o god_n be_v say_v to_o swear_v by_o himself_o 3._o but_o the_o lord_n take_v a_o oath_n ad_fw-la ampliorem_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostra_fw-la for_o the_o better_a confirmation_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o he_o do_v it_o the_o apostle_n say_v ex_fw-la abundanti_fw-la more_o abundant_o to_o show_v the_o stableness_n of_o his_o counsel_n heb._n 6.17_o calvin_n 4._o where_o we_o may_v note_v the_o difference_n between_o this_o oath_n and_o other_o oath_n oath_n 1._o god_n take_v this_o oath_n willing_o not_o force_v thereto_o of_o any_o necessity_n 2._o he_o swear_v by_o himself_o as_o have_v not_o a_o great_a to_o swear_v by_o and_o philo_z sheweth_z the_o reason_n solus_fw-la de_fw-la seipso_fw-la asseverare_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la solus_fw-la ipse_fw-la svam_fw-la novit_fw-la naturam_fw-la he_o only_o can_v bear_v witness_n of_o himself_o because_o he_o only_o know_v his_o own_o nature_n 3._o he_o also_o further_o say_v sententiae_fw-la nostra_fw-la ex_fw-la juramento_fw-la fides_fw-la accedit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la juramento_fw-la ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la fides_fw-la astruitur_fw-la our_o sentence_n be_v credit_v because_o of_o our_o oath_n but_o this_o oath_n be_v believe_v because_o of_o god_n that_o take_v it_o quest_n xxii_o whether_o the_o promise_n here_o make_v be_v new_a or_o the_o old_a renew_v vers._n 18._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v 1._o it_o be_v of_o all_o hand_n confess_v that_o the_o other_o three_o promise_n be_v make_v unto_o abraham_n before_o 1._o that_o abraham_n shall_v be_v bless_v genes_n 12.2_o 2._o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v multiply_v as_o the_o star_n and_o as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n genes_n 13.16_o 3._o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o gate_n of_o his_o enemy_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o with_o that_o genes_n 13.12_o all_o this_o land_n will_v i_o give_v thou_o etc._n etc._n god_n promise_v abraham_n the_o land_n of_o the_o canaanite_n which_o be_v his_o enemy_n 2._o but_o ambrose_n think_v that_o this_o be_v a_o new_a blessing_n contain_v a_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr abraham_n c._n 8._o paulus_n burgensis_n confirm_v the_o same_o by_o these_o reason_n because_o saint_n paul_n rehearse_v this_o as_o a_o special_a blessing_n concern_v christ_n urge_v these_o word_n in_o thy_o seed_n which_o be_v only_o find_v here_o and_o the_o lord_n confirm_v this_o by_o a_o oath_n as_o zachary_n in_o his_o song_n make_v mention_n of_o this_o oath_n which_o he_o swear_v to_o our_o father_n abraham_n luke_n 1.73_o 3._o but_o these_o reason_n be_v easy_o answer_v 1._o saint_n paul_n cit_v rather_o that_o promise_v make_v genes_n 12.3_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o gentile_n be_v bless_v galath_n 3.8_o for_o he_o speak_v of_o that_o promise_n which_o be_v make_v 430._o year_n 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promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n but_o such_o as_o he_o have_v hear_v before_o but_o the_o same_o more_o ample_o and_o full_o confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n and_o again_o renew_v both_o to_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n in_o which_o two_o respect_n this_o promise_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o former_a calvin_n quest_n xxiii_o how_o saint_n paul_n apply_v this_o word_n seed_n only_o to_o christ._n 3_o to_o the_o galath_n here_o by_o the_o way_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o explain_v that_o place_n of_o saint_n paul_n galath_n 3.16_o where_o the_o apostle_n press_v the_o word_n seed_n show_v that_o because_o he_o say_v seed_n not_o seed_n it_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o one_o namely_o christ._n the_o jew_n do_v make_v two_o principal_a objection_n against_o this_o place_n 1._o they_o urge_v that_o this_o word_n metaphorical_o take_v for_o the_o offspring_n of_o man_n be_v a_o noun_n collective_a never_o use_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n but_o put_v in_o the_o singular_a only_o signify_v a_o multitude_n as_o likewise_o do_v the_o word_n populus_fw-la vulgus_fw-la people_n commonalty_n etc._n etc._n answer_v answer_n 1._o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o word_n zeraugh_n in_o the_o singular_a number_n do_v often_o signify_v a_o multitude_n but_o sometime_o in_o scripture_n it_o be_v restrain_v to_o one_o as_o gen._n 4.25_o the_o name_n of_o seed_n be_v give_v to_o seth_n the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v i_o another_o seed_n for_o habel_n genes_n 21.13_o ishmael_n be_v call_v abraham_n seed_n wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o say_v that_o this_o word_n in_o the_o singular_a be_v sometime_o take_v for_o a_o multitude_n unless_o they_o can_v show_v it_o so_o to_o be_v use_v here_o beza_n 2._o the_o apostle_n then_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o phrase_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n do_v not_o contend_v about_o the_o word_n but_o the_o sense_n that_o the_o word_n seed_n in_o this_o place_n be_v not_o take_v for_o seed_n that_o be_v many_z but_o for_o seed_n that_o be_v one_o special_o perer._n 21._o they_o object_n further_o that_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v this_o be_v but_o a_o form_n of_o blessing_n by_o way_n of_o comparison_n like_v to_o that_o gen._n 48.20_o god_n make_v thou_o as_o ephraim_n etc._n etc._n ans._n 1._o if_o this_o speech_n do_v only_o show_v a_o form_n not_o the_o cause_n of_o blessing_n it_o need_v not_o have_v be_v say_v in_o thy_o seed_n but_o in_o thou_o that_o be_v abraham_n god_n make_v thou_o like_o abraham_n 2._o where_o such_o form_n of_o blessing_n be_v use_v they_o be_v restrain_v to_o israel_n as_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v gen._n 48._o in_o thou_o israel_n shall_v bless_v but_o here_o all_o nation_n shall_v be_v bless_v how_o shall_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o all_o nation_n shall_v not_o bless_v themselves_o but_o be_v bless_v but_o in_o be_v call_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n which_o be_v by_o christ_n wherefore_o these_o word_n show_v the_o cause_n of_o blessing_n not_o the_o form_n calvin_n now_o then_o their_o objection_n be_v thus_o answer_v i_o will_v show_v the_o right_a meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1._o i_o first_o reject_v hieromes_n collection_n expound_v reprove_v by_o erasmus_n paulum_fw-la hoc_fw-la argumento_fw-la abusum_fw-la apud_fw-la crassos_fw-la galataâ—_n that_o paul_n abuse_v this_o argument_n have_v to_o do_v with_o the_o dull_a galatian_n for_o it_o become_v we_o not_o so_o to_o think_v of_o so_o grave_a a_o apostle_n write_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 2._o neither_o be_v it_o enough_o to_o say_v that_o paul_n by_o the_o same_o spirit_n whereby_o moses_n do_v write_v do_v understand_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o christ_n cajetan_n in_o 3._o ad_fw-la galat._n for_o paul_n have_v
with_o espousal_n contract_n consent_n of_o friend_n as_o jacob_n take_v lea_n and_o rachel_n so_o do_v he_o not_o zilphah_n and_o bilhah_n the_o wife_n be_v take_v into_o the_o house_n to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o the_o family_n and_o governess_n of_o the_o house_n the_o concubine_n be_v a_o servant_n still_o of_o the_o family_n as_o hagar_n be_v to_o sarah_n the_o wife_n be_v take_v as_o a_o inseparable_a companion_n to_o the_o husband_n during_o his_o life_n the_o concubine_n may_v be_v put_v away_o as_o hagar_n be_v from_o abraham_n the_o wife_n be_v choose_v who_o issue_n shall_v only_o be_v heir_n of_o the_o house_n but_o the_o son_n of_o the_o concubine_n inherit_v not_o as_o the_o son_n of_o gilead_n say_v to_o jephtah_n thou_o shall_v not_o inherit_v in_o our_o father_n house_n for_o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o strange_a woman_n jud._n 12.2_o 2._o now_o where_o all_o these_o property_n concur_v she_o be_v proper_o and_o true_o a_o concubine_n such_o a_o one_o be_v hagar_n who_o be_v neither_o contract_v to_o abraham_n by_o any_o solemn_a espousal_n nor_o yet_o have_v the_o government_n of_o the_o house_n but_o be_v at_o sarahs_n check_n neither_o continue_v she_o all_o her_o day_n with_o abraham_n nor_o her_o son_n admit_v to_o be_v heir_n concubine_n 3._o but_o where_o all_o these_o property_n be_v not_o see_v together_o but_o some_o one_o of_o they_o there_o sometime_o she_o that_o be_v the_o wife_n by_o a_o certain_a abuse_n of_o the_o word_n â—s_v call_v a_o concubine_n as_o the_o levite_n wife_n before_o she_o be_v yet_o solemn_o espouse_v unto_o he_o with_o consent_n of_o her_o parent_n be_v call_v his_o concubine_n jud._n 19.1_o for_o as_o yet_o she_o do_v commit_v fornication_n with_o he_o but_o afterward_o have_v her_o father_n consent_n he_o be_v call_v his_o father_n in_o law_n vers_fw-la 4._o so_o here_o in_o this_o place_n keturah_n be_v call_v abraham_n concubine_n for_o that_o her_o child_n be_v not_o admit_v to_o be_v heir_n with_o isaac_n but_o otherwise_o she_o be_v abraham_n lawful_a wife_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n sometime_o a_o concubine_n be_v call_v a_o wife_n as_o zilpah_n and_o bilhah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v jacob_n wife_n genesis_n 37.2_o because_o their_o child_n be_v coheire_n with_o the_o rest_n and_o father_n of_o the_o tribe_n keturah_n 4._o there_o appear_v then_o great_a difference_n between_o hagar_n and_o keturah_n hagar_n be_v neither_o solemn_o take_v to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n but_o give_v he_o only_o for_o procreation_n and_o while_o sarah_n abraham_n lawful_a wife_n be_v yet_o live_v she_o remain_v a_o bondwoman_n still_o and_o be_v not_o make_v free_a she_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o house_n but_o keturah_n be_v solemn_o take_v to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n she_o be_v a_o free_a woman_n sarah_n be_v now_o dead_a she_o leave_v not_o abraham_n while_o she_o live_v wherefore_o keturah_n be_v not_o proper_o abraham_n concubine_n but_o for_o that_o reason_n only_o before_o allege_v but_o hagar_n be_v very_o his_o concubine_n as_o leo_n well_o determine_v aliud_fw-la est_fw-la uxor_fw-la aliud_fw-la concubina_fw-la sicut_fw-la aliud_fw-la ancilla_fw-la aliud_fw-la libera_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la manifestandum_fw-la harum_fw-la personarum_fw-la diseretionem_fw-la testimonium_fw-la ponit_fw-la ex_fw-la genes_n etc._n etc._n a_o wife_n be_v one_o thing_n a_o concubine_n another_o a_o free_a woman_n be_v one_o thing_n a_o bond_n another_o and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n to_o show_v the_o difference_n of_o these_o person_n do_v allege_v a_o testimony_n out_o of_o genesis_n where_o it_o be_v say_v to_o abraham_n cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n for_o the_o son_n of_o the_o bondwoman_n shall_v not_o be_v heir_n with_o my_o son_n isaac_n leo_n epist_n 90._o c._n 4._o &_o citatur_fw-la par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 32._o q._n 2._o c._n 12._o &_o council_n triburiens_fw-la c._n 38._o quest_n ix_o why_o abraham_n send_v away_o the_o son_n of_o keturah_n abraham_n give_v they_o gift_n and_o send_v they_o away_o from_o isaac_n etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n of_o abraham_n so_o do_v be_v these_o 1._o because_o that_o country_n be_v not_o like_a to_o hold_v they_o abraham_n know_v that_o his_o seed_n shall_v exceed_o multiply_v perer._n 2._o abraham_n do_v it_o to_o take_v away_o all_o occasion_n of_o strife_n that_o may_v fall_v out_o between_o brethren_n as_o for_o that_o cause_n before_o abraham_n and_o lot_n be_v separate_v calvin_n 3._o lest_o that_o isaac_n and_o his_o seed_n may_v have_v be_v corrupt_v by_o their_o evil_a manner_n and_o false_a worship_n who_o abraham_n do_v foresee_v not_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n perer._n 4._o the_o great_a reason_n of_o all_o be_v because_o the_o inheritance_n of_o that_o land_n be_v promise_v to_o isaack_n seed_n which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v disturb_v by_o his_o other_o son_n muscul._n mercer_n quest_n x._o what_o east_n country_n abraham_n send_v keturahs_n son_n into_o send_v they_o eastward_o to_o the_o east_n country_n etc._n etc._n 1._o not_o eastward_o in_o respect_n of_o isaack_n dwell_v for_o some_o part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v so_o towards_o the_o east_n 2._o nor_o yet_o eastward_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o world_n for_o so_o india_n be_v count_v in_o the_o east_n whither_o indeed_o hierome_n think_v that_o they_o be_v send_v but_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o abraham_n will_v send_v his_o son_n so_o far_o off_o 3._o they_o be_v then_o send_v into_o the_o east_n country_n in_o respect_n of_o palestina_n as_o into_o syria_n arabia_n where_o the_o ismaelite_n idumean_n and_o midianite_n inhabit_v which_o country_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v usual_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o east_n as_o jacob_n go_v into_o mesopotamia_n be_v say_v to_o go_v into_o the_o east_n country_n gen._n 29.1_o balaam_n come_v from_o aram_n out_o of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o east_n num._n 23.7_o job_n also_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o the_o man_n of_o the_o east_n job_n 1.3_o 4._o into_o these_o east_n country_n they_o be_v send_v not_o because_o the_o people_n there_o be_v addict_v to_o art_n magic_a whereunto_o abraham_n see_v his_o son_n incline_v as_o the_o cabalist_n conjecture_v but_o it_o be_v like_a that_o those_o country_n to_o the_o which_o he_o send_v they_o be_v as_o yet_o vacant_a and_o unpeopled_a mercer_n quest_n xi_o of_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o year_n of_o abraham_n life_n vers._n 7._o this_o be_v the_o age_n of_o abraham_n life_n 175._o year_n pererius_n upon_o this_o place_n gather_v into_o a_o sum_n the_o story_n of_o abraham_n life_n fall_v into_o many_o apparent_a error_n in_o chronology_n which_o brief_o shall_v be_v note_v 1._o he_o say_v that_o abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o his_o father_n terahs_n age_n whereas_o it_o be_v clear_a see_v araham_n in_o his_o father_n two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a gen._n 11.32_o &_o 12.4_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o father_n age_n 2._o as_o one_o absurdity_n be_v grant_v many_o follow_v and_o one_o error_n breed_v many_o so_o upon_o this_o false_a ground_n he_o build_v other_o uncertain_a conclusion_n as_o that_o abraham_n be_v bear_v after_o the_o flood_n 292._o year_n whereas_o he_o be_v bear_v 60._o year_n after_o a_o 352._o after_o the_o flood_n for_o so_o long_o after_o be_v the_o 130._o year_n of_o terahs_n age_n 3._o he_o say_v chronologie_n that_o noah_n die_v in_o the_o 58._o year_n of_o abraham_n age_n whereas_o noah_n die_v 2._o year_n before_o abraham_n be_v bear_v 4._o further_o he_o affirm_v terah_n abraham_n father_n to_o have_v die_v in_o the_o 135._o year_n of_o abraham_n life_n whereas_o he_o must_v end_v his_o life_n sixty_o year_n before_o in_o the_o seventy_o five_o of_o abraham_n age_n for_o so_o old_a be_v abraham_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charran_n whence_o he_o depart_v not_o till_o the_o death_n of_o terah_n act._n 7.4_o 5._o he_o proceed_v further_a in_o this_o his_o new_a coin_a chronologie_n that_o abraham_n die_v in_o the_o 467._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o 2123._o year_n after_o the_o creation_n whereas_o it_o be_v the_o 527._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o 2183_o year_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n wherein_o abraham_n leave_v his_o life_n 6._o further_o he_o say_v that_o abraham_n leave_v sâ—m_o alive_a behind_o he_o whereas_o it_o be_v certain_o gather_v that_o sâ—m_o die_v 25._o year_n before_o in_o the_o 15â—_n year_n of_o abraham_n life_n and_o 502._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n genes_n 11.11_o quest_n xii_o how_o abraham_n yield_v up_o his_o spirit_n vers._n 8._o he_o yield_v up_o the_o
chapter_n somewhat_o will_v be_v brief_o touch_v concern_v the_o difference_n between_o this_o golden_a altar_n which_o moses_n make_v and_o that_o which_o solomon_n erect_v 1._o some_o think_v that_o solomon_n make_v a_o new_a altar_n of_o incense_n as_o comestor_n tostat._n qu._n 16._o in_o cap._n 6._o 1._o reg._n because_o this_o be_v make_v of_o shittim_n wood_n but_z salomon_n of_o cedar_n but_o ribera_n answer_v that_o it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o solomon_n make_v the_o golden_a altar_n of_o cedar_n but_o only_o cover_v it_o with_o cedar_n 1_o king_n 6.22_o that_o be_v enlarge_v it_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o de_fw-fr templ_n 2._o but_o beda_n and_o lyranus_fw-la be_v far_o wide_a who_o think_v that_o solomon_n make_v the_o altar_n of_o incense_n of_o stone_n which_o be_v cover_v over_o with_o cedar_n osiander_n the_o text_n before_o allege_v be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v of_o cedar_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o stone_n 3._o junius_n his_o opinion_n be_v that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o altar_n and_o read_v thus_o obduxit_fw-la altar_n câ—drinum_fw-la he_o lay_v over_o the_o altar_n of_o cedar_n not_o with_o cedar_n but_o gold_n as_o it_o follow_v ibid._n v._n 22._o but_o the_o altar_n which_o moses_n make_v be_v of_o shittim_n wood_n the_o cedar_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o enrit_n seem_v then_o they_o be_v two_o divers_a kind_n of_o wood_n 4._o ribera_n therefore_o think_v that_o 〈◊〉_d first_o do_v enlarge_v the_o golden_a altar_n with_o god_n 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o cover_v it_o with_o gold_n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o altar_n but_o enlarge_v so_o also_o borrhaius_n for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n be_v 2._o he_o cover_v the_o golden_a altar_n with_o cedar_n and_o josephus_n write_v evident_o that_o solomon_n do_v build_v a_o new_a brazen_a altar_n but_o of_o make_v a_o new_a golden_a altar_n he_o make_v no_o mention_n ribera_n ibid._n so_o some_o thing_n be_v make_v new_a by_o solomon_n as_o the_o brazen_a altar_n and_o the_o brazen_a sea_n or_o lover_n ten_o golden_a candlestick_n ten_o table_n 2_o chron._n 4._o some_o thing_n he_o only_o beautify_v and_o enlarge_v as_o the_o ark_n over_o the_o which_o he_o make_v two_o cherubim_n beside_o those_o upon_o the_o mercy_n seat_n 1_o king_n 6.23_o likewise_o he_o enlarge_v the_o altar_n of_o incense_n for_o one_o altar_n may_v serve_v to_o burn_v incense_n upon_o though_o for_o other_o service_n the_o number_n of_o vessel_n and_o instrument_n be_v increase_v according_a to_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v large_a than_o the_o tabernacle_n quest_n xv._n whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o number_v the_o people_n and_o wherein_o david_n offend_v vers._n 12._o when_o thou_o take_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n 1._o simple_o then_o it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a to_o number_v the_o people_n which_o may_v be_v do_v upon_o two_o necessary_a occasion_n as_o when_o either_o a_o public_a collection_n be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o tribute_n or_o subsidy_n money_n unless_o account_n shall_v be_v take_v the_o burden_n shall_v lie_v upon_o a_o few_o and_o other_o shall_v escape_v again_o when_o any_o great_a war_n be_v take_v in_o hand_n it_o be_v fit_a that_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v muster_v that_o choice_n may_v be_v make_v of_o such_o as_o be_v fit_a for_o war_n tostat._v qu._n 9_o 2._o but_o then_o david_n example_n will_v be_v object_v with_o who_o god_n be_v offend_v for_o the_o number_n of_o the_o people_n exod._n to_o this_o divers_a answer_n be_v make_v 1._o augustine_n think_v david_n do_v evil_a therein_o to_o number_v the_o people_n quia_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la jusserat_fw-la because_o god_n command_v he_o not_o but_o this_o be_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n for_o than_o it_o shall_v be_v unlawful_a for_o prince_n now_o to_o number_v the_o people_n they_o have_v no_o special_a warrant_n from_o god_n 2._o simlerus_n say_v that_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o david_n because_o non_fw-la curavit_fw-la domino_fw-la persolvi_fw-la tributum_fw-la he_o do_v not_o cause_v this_o tribute_n here_o appoint_v to_o be_v give_v unto_o god_n so_o also_o beda_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n neither_o for_o neither_o do_v moses_n when_o he_o number_v the_o people_n which_o he_o do_v thrice_o exod._n 38._o numb_a 10._o and_o 26._o neither_o be_v it_o like_o that_o david_n be_v so_o ignorant_a of_o the_o law_n 3._o oleaster_n make_v this_o the_o reason_n because_o the_o lord_n promise_v to_o multiply_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n without_o number_n therefore_o he_o be_v angry_a whensoever_o they_o be_v number_v but_o by_o this_o reason_n they_o shall_v never_o have_v be_v number_v at_o all_o rather_o this_o may_v tend_v to_o god_n glory_n in_o see_v by_o the_o number_n of_o the_o people_n how_o the_o lord_n perform_v his_o promise_n 4._o this_o rather_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n indignation_n because_o david_n number_v the_o people_n for_o a_o evil_a end_n ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la for_o his_o own_o glory_n to_o rejoice_v and_o as_o it_o be_v to_o put_v confidence_n in_o their_o multitude_n tostat._v qu._n 9_o therefore_o haec_fw-la sive_fw-la superbia_fw-la sive_fw-la temeritas_fw-la sive_fw-la ingratitudo_fw-la this_o either_o pride_n or_o rashness_n or_o ingratitude_n be_v severe_o punish_v calvin_n quest_n xvi_o whether_o this_o collection_n of_o money_n be_v command_v only_o at_o this_o time_n or_o be_v to_o continue_v when_o thou_o take_v 1._o some_o think_v though_o here_o be_v no_o certain_a time_n express_v when_o this_o account_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v take_v whether_o every_o year_n or_o every_o five_o year_n as_o the_o ancient_a roman_n use_v to_o do_v yet_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o whensoever_o the_o people_n be_v number_v this_o sum_n of_o half_a a_o sickle_n of_o every_o one_o be_v collect_v simler_n lippoman_n think_v also_o that_o they_o be_v often_o number_v ut_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la agnosceretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o grace_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n may_v be_v acknowledge_v in_o multiply_v his_o people_n and_o it_o be_v the_o receive_a opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o this_o precept_n for_o the_o collection_n of_o this_o sum_n be_v perpetual_a and_o anniversarie_n towards_o the_o charge_n of_o repair_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o maintain_v of_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o other_o service_n so_o also_o calvin_n in_o 17._o matth._n vers_fw-la 24._o 2._o but_o junius_n opinion_n be_v more_o probable_a with_o who_o agree_v beza_n annot_n in_o matth._n 17.24_o that_o this_o be_v a_o precept_n only_o for_o this_o time_n and_o not_o to_o continue_v afterward_o which_o he_o confirm_v by_o these_o reason_n 1._o from_o the_o end_n and_o use_v of_o this_o money_n which_o be_v to_o acknowledge_v their_o late_a redemption_n and_o deliverance_n out_o of_o the_o bondage_n of_o egypt_n 2._o moses_n himself_o do_v not_o exact_v this_o sum_n when_o he_o number_v the_o people_n again_o numb_a 1._o and_o the_o three_o time_n numb_a 26._o 3._o this_o money_n be_v not_o to_o be_v spend_v in_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v consume_v but_o in_o the_o work_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o be_v permanent_a and_o remain_v and_o so_o it_o be_v as_o a_o memorial_n for_o they_o before_o the_o lord_n vers_n 16._o and_o of_o this_o money_n now_o collect_v which_o come_v to_o 100_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o 1775._o shekel_n be_v make_v the_o socket_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o of_o the_o veil_n the_o hook_n also_o and_o the_o fillet_n of_o the_o pillar_n exod._n 38.26_o 27._o so_o that_o the_o end_n of_o this_o collection_n be_v extraordinary_a and_o for_o this_o time_n only_o towards_o the_o build_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o instrument_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v perpetual_a 4._o and_o if_o this_o proportion_n have_v be_v perpetual_o to_o be_v observe_v for_o every_o one_o to_o pay_v half_o a_o shekel_n towards_o the_o tabernacle_n nehemiah_n will_v not_o have_v appoint_v another_o rate_n that_o every_o one_o shall_v pay_v the_o three_o part_n of_o a_o shekel_n by_o the_o year_n towards_o the_o service_n of_o god_n house_n nehem._n 10.32_o 3._o but_o this_o further_a may_v be_v add_v though_o this_o manner_n of_o collection_n be_v not_o enjoin_v as_o ordinary_a and_o perpetual_a yet_o upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n as_o to_o repair_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o temple_n they_o may_v raise_v moses_n tax_v upon_o the_o people_n as_o joash_n do_v 2_o chron._n 24.9_o which_o be_v upon_o the_o like_a extraordinary_a occasion_n which_o cease_v the_o collection_n also_o be_v intermit_v as_o joash_n say_v to_o the_o priest_n that_o have_v receive_v money_n of_o the_o people_n yet_o be_v slack_a to_o repair_v the_o decay_a place_n of_o the_o temple_n
v_o 14._o qvest._n ix_o whether_o cain_n or_o he_o that_o do_v slay_v he_o shall_v be_v punish_v sevenfold_a vers._n 15._o he_o shall_v be_v punish_v sevenfold_a 1._o we_o neither_o receive_v rupertus_n exposition_n that_o by_o sevenfold_a be_v understand_v everlasting_a punishment_n 8._o but_o with_o a_o secret_a condition_n unless_o they_o repent_v for_o he_o think_v lamech_n who_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v kill_v cain_n do_v repent_v confess_v his_o sin_n to_o his_o wife_n 2._o neither_o be_v the_o word_n so_o to_o be_v take_v as_o mean_v of_o cain_n that_o he_o shall_v septem_fw-la vindictas_fw-la exolvere_fw-la pay_v seven_o punishment_n as_o the_o septuagint_n translate_v for_o so_o many_o sin_n commit_v 3._o or_o as_o lyranus_fw-la tostatus_n because_o cain_n be_v in_o the_o 7._o generation_n slay_v by_o lamech_n for_o these_o two_o last_o exposition_n be_v force_v to_o divide_v the_o word_n whosoever_o slay_v cain_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v shall_v be_v punish_v which_o must_v be_v understand_v and_o then_o the_o other_o word_n he_o shall_v be_v punish_v sevenfold_a be_v refer_v to_o cain_n but_o the_o sentence_n in_o the_o original_n be_v join_v together_o neither_o distinguish_v in_o sentence_n nor_o in_o sense_n 4._o so_o the_o plain_a meaning_n be_v this_o that_o he_o which_o kill_v cain_n shall_v be_v more_o deep_o punish_v than_o cain_n himself_o because_o beside_o homicide_n he_o shall_v express_o transgress_v god_n commandment_n who_o will_v have_v cain_n to_o live_v for_o the_o example_n of_o other_o qvest._n x._o what_o mark_v god_n set_v upon_o cain_n and_o to_o what_o end_n vers._n 15._o god_n set_v a_o mark_n upon_o cain_n 1._o not_o as_o some_o read_v posuit_fw-la cain_n in_fw-la signum_fw-la god_n make_v cain_n a_o sign_n or_o mark_n 2._o but_o god_n set_v some_o visible_a mark_n upon_o cain_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o horrible_a tremble_a and_o shake_v of_o his_o whole_a body_n as_o the_o septuagint_n translate_v who_o for_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o vagabond_n and_o runagate_n read_v he_o shall_v sigh_v and_o tremble_v or_o a_o exceed_a shame_n and_o confusion_n in_o that_o he_o run_v from_o place_n to_o place_n to_o hide_v himself_o or_o some_o visible_a mark_n set_v in_o his_o face_n as_o lyranus_fw-la think_v some_o hebrew_n think_v it_o be_v a_o horn_n in_o his_o forehead_n some_o a_o letter_n some_o that_o a_o dog_n lead_v he_o these_o be_v man_n conceit_n 3._o certain_o whatsoever_o it_o be_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o god_n wrath_n not_o as_o josephus_n think_v a_o token_n that_o god_n appease_v by_o cain_n sacrifice_n forgive_v the_o punishment_n of_o his_o fratricide_n for_o if_o god_n accept_v not_o his_o sacrifice_n before_o much_o less_o after_o 9_o 4._o neither_o be_v this_o mark_n set_v to_o exempt_a cain_n from_o the_o invasion_n of_o beast_n as_o though_o there_o be_v none_o alive_a on_o the_o earth_n but_o his_o parent_n for_o this_o murder_n fall_v out_o as_o be_v suppose_v about_o the_o 130._o year_n of_o adam_n age_n the_o world_n be_v by_o this_o time_n much_o replenish_v and_o where_o the_o lord_n say_v whosoever_o slay_v cain_n etc._n etc._n he_o speak_v of_o man_n not_o of_o beast_n 5._o wherefore_o god_n set_v this_o visible_a and_o fearful_a mark_n upon_o cain_n both_o that_o other_o man_n see_v apparent_a sign_n of_o god_n wrath_n upon_o he_o may_v fear_v to_o commit_v the_o like_a and_o that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o great_a punishment_n in_o prolong_v so_o wicked_a and_o miserable_a a_o life_n qvest._n xi_o how_o cain_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o god_n presence_n vers._n 16._o cain_n go_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n 1_o he_o both_o be_v exclude_v from_o god_n favour_n and_o protection_n which_o be_v signify_v by_o god_n presence_n from_o the_o which_o otherwise_o no_o man_n can_v escape_v 2._o he_o also_o be_v expel_v from_o that_o country_n where_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o where_o god_n be_v first_o worship_v by_o sacrifice_n and_o show_v visible_a sign_n of_o his_o presence_n 3._o and_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o cain_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o nod_n we_o neither_o approve_v catharinus_n conceit_n that_o this_o land_n from_o the_o which_o cain_n be_v expel_v be_v the_o land_n of_o judea_n whether_o adam_n and_o eve_n come_v after_o they_o be_v exile_v out_o of_o paradise_n for_o the_o text_n be_v nod._n that_o the_o land_n of_o nod_n be_v on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o paradise_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o neither_o adam_n and_o eva_n nor_o cain_n have_v their_o habitation_n far_o from_o thence_o neither_o yet_o be_v it_o like_v as_o josephus_n that_o cain_n build_v a_o city_n and_o call_v it_o nod_v for_o henoch_n be_v the_o first_o city_n mention_v in_o scripture_n 11._o verse_n 17._o 4._o but_o the_o land_n be_v call_v nod_n of_o cain_n vagrant_a and_o vagabond_n life_n which_o show_v as_o josephus_n well_o conjecture_v that_o cain_n be_v not_o amend_v by_o this_o punishment_n but_o wax_v worse_a and_o worse_o give_v himself_o to_o rapine_n robbery_n oppression_n deceit_n qvest._n xii_o wherefore_o and_o for_o who_o cain_n build_v a_o city_n vers._n 17._o and_o he_o build_v a_o city_n 1._o cain_n neither_o build_v he_o a_o city_n to_o be_v defend_v against_o wild_a beast_n which_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n as_o plato_n think_v that_o move_v man_n to_o build_v city_n poliâ—iâ—or_n for_o this_o reason_n may_v as_o well_o have_v move_v the_o righteous_a seed_n to_o have_v do_v it_o neither_o because_o man_n be_v a_o sociable_a creature_n and_o love_v company_n as_o aristotle_n for_o this_o reason_n may_v as_o well_o have_v cause_v adam_n to_o build_v as_o cain_n but_o it_o be_v most_o like_a because_o cain_n be_v a_o fugitive_n and_o runagate_n he_o will_v build_v he_o a_o city_n to_o stay_v in_o and_o to_o be_v a_o defence_n unto_o he_o as_o though_o god_n curse_n shall_v not_o have_v take_v place_n but_o as_o junius_n well_o write_v upon_o the_o word_n erat_fw-la adificator_n or_o as_o the_o 70._o aedificans_fw-la he_o begin_v only_o to_o build_v but_o he_o finish_v it_o not_o lead_v still_o a_o runagate_n life_n and_o so_o often_o constrain_v to_o leave_v the_o work_n as_o the_o giant_n that_o build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n be_v constrain_v to_o give_v over_o 2._o it_o may_v be_v doubt_v for_o who_o cain_n build_v a_o city_n there_o be_v no_o more_o yet_o in_o the_o world_n but_o himself_o his_o parent_n and_o his_o son_n the_o answer_n be_v ready_a that_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o build_v this_o city_n present_o after_o his_o son_n birth_n much_o less_o before_o his_o condemnation_n as_o mercerus_n but_o now_o when_o the_o world_n be_v replenish_v for_o if_o abraham_n stock_n in_o less_o than_o 400._o year_n amount_v to_o 600._o thousand_o cain_n posterity_n in_o the_o like_a time_n may_v arise_v to_o the_o like_a multitude_n which_o may_v suffice_v not_o only_o to_o inhabit_v a_o city_n but_o a_o country_n and_o lodovicus_n vives_fw-la make_v mention_n that_o in_o the_o memory_n of_o his_o parent_n there_o be_v a_o town_n in_o spain_n consist_v of_o a_o 100_o household_n which_o be_v all_o inhabit_v by_o the_o progeny_n of_o a_o old_a man_n then_o live_v which_o be_v so_o old_a that_o the_o young_a of_o his_o stock_n can_v not_o tell_v by_o what_o name_n of_o kindred_n to_o call_v he_o qvest._n xiii_o lamechs_n speech_n to_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o meaning_n thereof_o vers._n 23._o i_o will_v slay_v a_o man_n in_o my_o wound_n 1._o this_o place_n be_v neither_o inexplicable_a damasc._n and_o not_o possible_o to_o be_v unfold_v as_o catharinus_n a_o popish_a writer_n think_v and_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o origen_n who_o as_o hierom_n witness_v write_v two_o whole_a book_n the_o 12._o and_o 13._o of_o his_o commentary_n upon_o genesis_n in_o interpret_n this_o place_n 2._o neither_o do_v these_o word_n show_v as_o suidas_n expound_v that_o lamech_n have_v kill_v two_o man_n a_o elder_a and_o a_o young_a the_o brethren_n of_o henoch_n that_o be_v translate_v 3._o or_o one_o man_n as_o theodoret_n think_v for_o the_o which_o fact_n lamech_n repent_v for_o the_o word_n be_v i_o will_v slay_v a_o man_n not_o i_o have_v gen._n 4._o and_o we_o hold_v that_o to_o be_v a_o fable_n that_o lamech_n kill_v two_o man_n the_o one_o be_v cain_n who_o he_o shoot_v at_o in_o a_o bush_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v a_o beast_n and_o the_o other_o be_v his_o boy_n that_o lead_v he_o be_v blind_a who_o for_o anger_n he_o all_o to_o beat_v and_o so_o kill_v he_o this_o exposition_n seem_v most_o probable_a to_o cajetanus_n and_o pererius_n have_v no_o probability_n in_o it_o both_o because_o cain_n be_v privilege_v by_o god_n not_o to_o be_v kill_v and_o for_o that_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o
covagnan_n sometime_o be_v use_v appellative_o for_o a_o merchant_n prov._n 31.24_o but_o he_o be_v a_o canaanite_n as_o we_o read_v the_o like_a of_o simeon_n that_o he_o have_v his_o son_n saul_n by_o a_o canaanitish_a woman_n gen._n 46.10_o mercer_n 3._o no_o marvel_n then_o if_o judah_n match_v into_o the_o curse_a stock_n of_o canaan_n who_o land_n be_v promise_v to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n which_o judah_n can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o have_v no_o good_a success_n in_o his_o child_n the_o fruit_n of_o this_o marriage_n who_o also_o be_v accurse_v of_o god_n calvin_n 4._o judah_n see_v this_o woman_n he_o take_v she_o and_o go_v in_o to_o she_o all_o be_v do_v in_o haste_n so_o that_o his_o affection_n carry_v he_o headlong_o his_o judgement_n do_v not_o guide_v he_o muscul._n quest_n v._o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n whence_o and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n so_o call_v vers._n 6._o ivdah_n take_v a_o wife_n to_o er_fw-mi his_o firstborn_a 1._o though_o judah_n take_v he_o a_o wife_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o father_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o son_n so_o to_o do_v muscul._n 2._o whence_o he_o be_v call_v er_fw-mi it_o be_v not_o certain_a some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o signify_v watchful_a augustine_n do_v interpret_v it_o pelliceus_fw-la to_o have_v his_o name_n of_o skin_n or_o leather_n such_o as_o adam_n be_v clothe_v with_o in_o token_n of_o his_o transgression_n lib._n 22._o cont_n faust._n cap._n 84._o isaac_n carus_n will_v have_v all_o these_o three_o son_n to_o be_v name_v from_o josephs_n calamity_n er_o because_o joseph_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n desolate_a or_o destroy_v of_o gnariri_fw-la onan_n of_o the_o grief_n of_o their_o father_n shelah_n of_o the_o error_n which_o judah_n commit_v in_o sell_v of_o joseph_n ramban_n think_v onan_n to_o be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o pain_n of_o his_o mother_n in_o travel_n as_o rachel_n call_v benjamin_n ben-oni_n and_o shelah_n of_o his_o mother_n error_n in_o cease_v to_o bear_v afterward_o but_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o use_v conjecture_n i_o think_v upon_o what_o occasion_n soever_o they_o have_v these_o name_n give_v at_o the_o first_o that_o the_o event_n answer_v their_o name_n for_o er_fw-mi be_v solitary_a without_o child_n onan_n have_v a_o lamentable_a end_n and_o about_o shelah_n judah_n commit_v a_o great_a error_n with_o thamar_n 3._o judah_n give_v ere_o his_o name_n the_o mother_n name_v the_o other_o two_o not_o that_o as_o the_o hebrew_n note_n the_o father_n do_v always_o name_v the_o firstborn_a the_o mother_n the_o rest_n for_o as_o we_o see_v before_o in_o jacob_n son_n sometime_o the_o father_n sometime_o the_o mother_n indifferent_o give_v the_o name_n but_o not_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o father_n mercer_n 4._o concern_v thamar_n some_o hebrew_n will_v have_v she_o the_o daughter_n of_o seâ—_n the_o high_a priest_n melchisedeck_n sem._n because_o judah_n judge_v she_o to_o be_v burn_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o priest_n daughter_n commit_v fornication_n levit._n 21.8_o but_o see_v sem_fw-mi die_v ten_o year_n before_o jacob_n he_o live_v not_o to_o the_o 50._o year_n of_o jacob_n as_o mercerus_n it_o can_v be_v that_o thamar_n a_o child-bearing_a woman_n shall_v be_v his_o daughter_n jacob_n be_v at_o the_o least_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a it_o be_v like_a she_o be_v a_o canaanitish_a woman_n luther_n and_o a_o virtuous_a woman_n that_o do_v leave_v and_o forsake_v the_o idolatry_n of_o her_o country_n to_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n perer._n ex_fw-la philone_n quest_n vi_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o er_o what_o it_o be_v vers._n 7._o now_o er_o be_v wicked_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n 1._o the_o wickedness_n of_o er_fw-mi be_v not_o as_o augustine_n suppose_v in_o be_v give_v to_o oppression_n or_o cruelty_n lib._n 22._o cont_n faust._n cap._n 34._o but_o it_o be_v like_a to_o be_v the_o same_o sin_n of_o unnatural_a lust_n which_o onan_n commit_v as_o may_v be_v gather_v both_o by_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o punishment_n as_o by_o the_o phrase_n that_o he_o be_v wicked_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o sodomite_n gen._n 13.13_o his_o sin_n be_v not_o secret_a as_o tostatus_n but_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n very_o heinous_a and_o grievous_a against_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n and_o institution_n of_o god_n for_o he_o abuse_v himself_o and_o spoil_v his_o seed_n not_o because_o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o issue_n by_o a_o canaanitish_a woman_n as_o mercer_n for_o than_o he_o need_v not_o to_o have_v marry_v she_o but_o rather_o as_o the_o hebrew_n conjecture_n that_o he_o may_v long_o enjoy_v the_o beauty_n and_o favour_n of_o thamar_n which_o will_v be_v impair_v by_o bear_v of_o child_n or_o some_o such_o like_a cause_n 2._o so_o then_o this_o sin_n be_v against_o nature_n which_o be_v diverse_o commit_v either_o alone_a when_o man_n do_v vicious_o procure_v and_o provoke_v their_o seed_n commit_v or_o with_o other_o either_o of_o a_o divers_a kind_n as_o with_o bruit_n beast_n or_o with_o the_o same_o kind_a but_o not_o the_o right_a sex_n as_o with_o the_o male_a or_o with_o the_o right_a sex_n that_o be_v the_o female_a but_o not_o in_o due_a manner_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n 3._o this_o sin_n of_o er_fw-mi be_v against_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n use_v the_o act_n of_o generation_n for_o pleasure_n only_o and_o not_o for_o generation_n it_o be_v against_o god_n who_o institution_n he_o break_v against_o his_o wife_n who_o he_o defraud_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o her_o womb_n against_o himself_o in_o prevent_v his_o issue_n against_o mankind_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v increase_v and_o propagate_v sinner_n perer._n 4._o yet_o onans_fw-la sin_n be_v not_o less_o than_o er_n as_o augustine_n think_v who_o make_v ere_o of_o that_o sort_n of_o wicked_a man_n that_o do_v evil_a to_o other_o onan_n of_o that_o kind_n that_o do_v no_o good_a to_o other_o but_o herein_o onan_n exceed_v the_o wickedness_n of_o er_fw-mi both_o because_o he_o be_v not_o warn_v by_o his_o brother_n example_n as_o daniel_n reprove_v belthasar_n because_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o humble_v by_o the_o fall_n of_o nebuchadnezer_n his_o father_n dan._n 5.22_o as_o also_o for_o that_o onan_n commit_v this_o sin_n of_o envy_n against_o his_o brother_n to_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v raise_v seed_n whereas_o ere_o do_v it_o not_o of_o envy_n but_o of_o a_o immoderate_a desire_n of_o pleasure_n perer._n quest_n vii_o whether_o in_o any_o case_n it_o be_v lawful_a by_o moses_n law_n for_o one_o to_o marry_v his_o brother_n wife_n vers._n 8._o ivdah_n say_v etc._n etc._n go_v in_o to_o thy_o brother_n wife_n here_o a_o question_n be_v move_v whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a by_o moses_n law_n for_o the_o brother_n to_o marry_v his_o brother_n widow_n to_o raise_v up_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n 1._o philo_n think_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lawful_a among_o the_o israelite_n but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n so_o to_o do_v among_o the_o canaanite_n and_o that_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o country_n do_v give_v thamar_n to_o onan_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o brother_n er_o but_o the_o contrary_n be_v evident_a out_o of_o the_o text_n for_o judah_n and_o not_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o country_n give_v thamâ—r_n to_o onan_n and_o i_o think_v rather_o that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n receive_v among_o the_o father_n and_o afterward_o confirm_v by_o moses_n law_n than_o any_o usage_n learn_v of_o the_o canaanite_n who_o fashion_n they_o be_v not_o to_o imitate_v 2._o neither_o do_v i_o think_v with_o the_o hebrew_n that_o judah_n be_v the_o first_o that_o bring_v in_o this_o kind_n of_o marriage_n though_o he_o be_v first_o mention_v but_o that_o he_o have_v receive_v that_o custom_n from_o other_o of_o the_o father_n 3._o wherefore_o it_o seem_v that_o moses_n give_v liberty_n to_o the_o next_o brother_n to_o take_v the_o wife_n of_o his_o brother_n that_o depart_v without_o issue_n and_o not_o to_o the_o next_o remove_v kinsman_n only_o that_o be_v without_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o leviticall_a degree_n and_o so_o some_o expound_v that_o law_n deut._n 25.5_o sic_fw-la genevens_n upon_o that_o place_n d._n fulk_n in_o 6._o mark_n annot_n 2._o but_o the_o other_o sense_n approve_v by_o mercerus_n calvin_n junius_n which_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o natural_a brother_n seem_v more_o probable_a for_o these_o reason_n 1._o because_o the_o first_o precedent_n of_o such_o marriage_n be_v take_v from_o this_o place_n brother_n where_o one_o natural_a brother_n succee_v another_o in_o take_v his_o wife_n 2._o the_o word_n use_v in_o the_o law_n deut._n 25.5_o jabam_fw-la signify_v not_o to_o do_v the_o office_n of_o a_o kinsman_n but_o
high_a priest_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v for_o he_o die_v ten_o year_n before_o jacob_n be_v bear_v who_o be_v now_o above_o 100_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o melchisedeck_n can_v not_o have_v a_o daughter_n so_o young_a to_o bear_v child_n neither_o be_v this_o punishment_n arbitrary_a in_o judah_n and_o inflict_v without_o law_n according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n burgen_n for_o judah_n have_v no_o such_o authority_n there_o nor_o yet_o as_o lyranus_fw-la and_o tostatus_n be_v she_o worthy_a of_o the_o fire_n because_o she_o have_v commit_v not_o simple_a fornication_n but_o adultery_n because_o she_o be_v by_o law_n oblige_v to_o the_o three_o brother_n and_o so_o in_o a_o manner_n espouse_v for_o it_o be_v not_o adultery_n for_o the_o widow_n of_o the_o brother_n to_o marry_v with_o some_o other_o than_o the_o survive_a brother_n else_o naomi_n will_v never_o have_v advise_v her_o daughter_n in_o law_n to_o get_v they_o other_o husband_n in_o their_o own_o country_n ruth_n 1.9_o but_o i_o rather_o think_v that_o thamar_n adultery_n be_v in_o this_o that_o she_o have_v play_v the_o whore_n whereas_o judah_n have_v betroth_v and_o espouse_v she_o to_o selah_n and_o that_o judah_n who_o never_o be_v mind_v to_o give_v selah_n to_o thamar_n fear_v lest_o he_o may_v die_v also_o as_o be_v evident_a vers_fw-la 11._o be_v very_o forward_o to_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o thamar_n that_o selah_n may_v not_o marry_v she_o 3._o but_o herein_o appear_v judahs_n too_o much_o rigour_n and_o injustice_n fire_n that_o before_o the_o matter_n be_v examine_v give_v sentence_n and_o be_v partial_a the_o truth_n be_v know_v in_o his_o own_o cause_n and_o further_o it_o be_v a_o savage_a part_n to_o put_v to_o death_n a_o woman_n great_a with_o child_n which_o be_v contrary_a both_o to_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n for_o it_o be_v write_v deut._n 24.16_o the_o father_n shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o child_n nor_o the_o child_n for_o the_o father_n but_o if_o thamar_n have_v now_o die_v the_o infant_n have_v die_v with_o she_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o law_n that_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n shall_v be_v defer_v till_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o the_o same_o also_o be_v practise_v among_o the_o athenian_n aeltan_n lib._n 5._o and_o therefore_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n be_v note_v for_o his_o cruelty_n that_o spare_v not_o to_o put_v to_o death_n woman_n with_o child_n perer._n ex_fw-la dion_n lib._n 57_o quest_n xi_o wherefore_o the_o midwife_n use_v a_o red_a thread_n and_o what_o colour_n it_o be_v of_o vers._n 28._o the_o midwife_n bind_v a_o red_a thread_n etc._n etc._n 1._o it_o be_v so_o rather_o to_o be_v read_v than_o with_o oleaster_n a_o twine_n or_o double_a thread_n the_o word_n sani_fw-la here_o use_v come_v indeed_o of_o sanah_n that_o signify_v to_o double_a which_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o double_a die_n and_o colour_n than_o the_o double_a matter_n jun._n tostatus_n also_o be_v much_o deceive_v here_o that_o take_v it_o not_o for_o a_o red_a but_o a_o black_a colour_n twice_o die_v ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o the_o midwife_n tie_v this_o red_a thread_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o the_o firstborn_a because_o he_o first_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o purple_a colour_n very_o well_o agree_v to_o the_o birthright_n or_o eldership_n muscul._n quest_n xii_o whence_o pharez_n be_v so_o call_v and_o whereof_o he_o be_v a_o type_n vers._n 29._o how_o have_v thou_o break_v thy_o breach_n upon_o thou_o 1._o hierome_n be_v deceive_v that_o of_o this_o word_n pharatz_n that_o signify_v to_o break_v or_o divide_v think_v the_o pharisee_n to_o have_v take_v denomination_n whereas_o they_o have_v their_o name_n rather_o of_o pharas_n which_o signify_v to_o disperse_v or_o separate_v because_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o other_o in_o profession_n of_o life_n and_o their_o apparel_n mercer_n 2._o this_o story_n have_v be_v diverse_o allegorize_v by_o the_o father_n some_o by_o pharez_n understand_v the_o believe_a gentile_n by_o zarah_n the_o israelite_n and_o by_o the_o red_a thread_n their_o bloody_a circumcision_n &_o sacrifice_n sic_fw-la iren._n cyril_n some_o contrariwise_o will_v have_v phares_n to_o signify_v the_o jew_n zarah_n the_o believe_a gentile_n chrysost._n 3_o but_o this_o phares_n be_v more_o fit_o a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n who_o have_v break_v down_o the_o partition_n wall_n and_o have_v break_v the_o power_n of_o hell_n and_o death_n mercer_n and_o by_o this_o strange_a and_o extraordinary_a birth_n the_o lord_n will_v have_v judah_n and_o thamar_n admonish_v of_o the_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v and_o to_o be_v humble_v thereby_o though_o he_o in_o his_o mercy_n have_v forgive_v it_o calvin_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o difference_n between_o the_o apparel_v of_o widow_n and_o wife_n vers._n 14._o she_o put_v her_o widow_n garment_n off_o etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v the_o use_n in_o those_o day_n for_o widow_n to_o be_v know_v from_o wife_n by_o their_o mourning_n and_o grave_a apparel_n in_o which_o case_n more_o be_v permit_v to_o woman_n that_o be_v marry_v who_o the_o apostle_n allow_v to_o adorn_v themselves_o with_o comely_a and_o sober_a apparel_n without_o pride_n or_o excess_n 1_o timoth._n 2.9_o to_o please_v and_o content_v their_o husband_n but_o widow_n have_v no_o husband_n to_o who_o like_n they_o shall_v apparel_v themselves_o ought_v not_o to_o deck_v themselves_o to_o please_v other_o man_n eye_n luther_n 2._o doct._n friendship_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v join_v with_o piety_n vers._n 20._o ivdah_n send_v a_o kid_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o friend_n this_o hâ—rah_n judahs_n friend_n do_v perform_v a_o evil_a office_n in_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o broker_n for_o judah_n who_o shall_v neither_o have_v request_v any_o dishonest_a or_o uncomely_a thing_n of_o his_o friend_n nor_o the_o other_o yield_v unto_o it_o love_v truth_n and_o piety_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v separate_v as_o saint_n john_n say_v who_o i_o love_v in_o the_o truth_n epist._n 3.1_o muscul._n 3._o doct._n adultery_n in_o former_a time_n punish_v by_o death_n vers._n 24._o let_v she_o be_v burn_v we_o see_v that_o even_o among_o the_o canaanite_n adultery_n be_v judge_v worthy_a of_o death_n for_o judah_n invent_v no_o new_a kind_n of_o punishment_n but_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o that_o country_n so_o the_o lord_n himself_o say_v to_o abimelech_n that_o have_v take_v sarai_n unto_o he_o behold_v thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n for_o this_o etc._n etc._n gen._n 20.3_o now_o although_o this_o law_n as_o peculiar_a to_o that_o country_n bind_v not_o now_o neither_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o death_n for_o by_o moses_n law_n only_o the_o priest_n daughter_n if_o she_o play_v the_o whore_n be_v burn_v levit._n 21.9_o the_o rest_n be_v stone_v nor_o yet_o in_o the_o inequality_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o woman_n offend_v be_v burn_v the_o man_n escape_v as_o appear_v in_o judah_n calvin_n whereas_o both_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n be_v alike_o guilty_a and_o though_o then_o there_o be_v great_a cause_n of_o keep_v their_o seed_n uncorrupt_a for_o preserve_v of_o their_o life_n and_o the_o distinction_n of_o family_n in_o which_o respect_n it_o may_v be_v think_v somewhat_o of_o the_o former_a rigour_n and_o severity_n may_v be_v abate_v yet_o this_o example_n condemn_v the_o security_n and_o connivance_n of_o magistrate_n in_o these_o day_n in_o the_o punish_n of_o this_o sin_n when_o as_o fault_n of_o less_o nature_n be_v more_o severe_o censure_v than_o adultery_n and_o whereas_o the_o precedent_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v urge_v by_o some_o for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n 8._o because_o he_o will_v not_o condemn_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n it_o do_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n for_o this_o mercy_n christ_n show_v not_o to_o clear_v or_o exempt_v the_o adulteress_n leave_v she_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o partly_o to_o show_v that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o be_v a_o judge_n in_o such_o cause_n as_o neither_o in_o other_o like_a business_n as_o divide_v of_o the_o inheritance_n luk._n 12.14_o partly_o by_o this_o example_n he_o will_v teach_v what_o be_v to_o be_v require_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o accuser_n not_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o that_o crime_n whereof_o he_o accuse_v other_o 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a upon_o any_o occasion_n to_o marry_v the_o brother_n wife_n vers._n 8._o go_v into_o thy_o brother_n wife_n because_o in_o this_o place_n as_o also_o deut._n 25.5_o it_o be_v permit_v to_o natural_a brethren_n to_o marry_v the_o wife_n of_o their_o brother_n decease_v
of_o they_o attempt_n to_o give_v a_o interpretation_n of_o pharaoh_n dream_n as_o that_o he_o shall_v beget_v seven_o daughter_n and_o bury_v seven_o son_n or_o that_o he_o shall_v subdue_v seven_o kingdom_n and_o seven_o other_o shall_v rebel_v as_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n conjecture_n blind_v but_o they_o be_v all_o mute_a and_o can_v say_v nothing_o god_n have_v blind_v they_o for_o otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v a_o easy_a matter_n by_o the_o full_a ear_n to_o understand_v plenty_n mercer_n 3._o it_o seem_v that_o pharaoh_n be_v no_o proper_a name_n but_o common_a to_o the_o king_n as_o caesar_n be_v to_o the_o emperor_n for_o the_o butler_n use_v it_o in_o the_o three_o person_n egypt_n vers_fw-la 10._o as_o if_o we_o shall_v sâ—y_v the_o king_n majesty_n jun._n and_o it_o have_v be_v a_o uncivil_a thing_n to_o call_v the_o king_n by_o his_o proper_a name_n mercer_n quest_n four_o whether_o pharaoh_n in_o his_o dream_n have_v a_o interpretation_n of_o it_o vers._n 15._o i_o have_v hear_v say_v of_o thou_o that_o when_o thou_o hear_v a_o dream_n etc._n etc._n 1._o josephus_n further_a add_v that_o pharaoh_n do_v gentle_o entreat_v joseph_n take_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o bid_v he_o not_o to_o be_v afraid_a but_o true_o declare_v unto_o he_o his_o dream_n whatsoever_o it_o signify_v good_a or_o evil_n 2._o this_o be_v likely_a and_o probable_a but_o that_o other_o conceit_n of_o josephus_n have_v no_o probability_n that_o pharaoh_n together_o with_o his_o dream_n have_v the_o interpretation_n thereof_o show_v he_o in_o his_o sleep_n for_o it_o be_v like_a that_o pharaoh_n then_o will_v have_v speak_v of_o it_o to_o joseph_n 3._o pharaoh_n seem_v to_o have_v none_o other_o opinion_n of_o joseph_n but_o as_o of_o a_o cunning_a soothsaier_n and_o conjecturer_n of_o dream_n and_o such_o be_v the_o opinion_n receive_v of_o joseph_n afterward_o as_o trogus_n pompejus_n who_o justine_n allege_v writeh_o of_o he_o that_o he_o do_v learn_v in_o egypt_n 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they_o be_v one_o in_o signification_n but_o divers_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o vision_n jun._n 2._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o joseph_n by_o this_o speech_n will_v excuse_v the_o egyptjan_a soothsayer_n why_o they_o can_v not_o expound_v the_o dream_n because_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v out_o the_o interpretation_n see_v these_o dream_n be_v divers_a do_v portend_v but_o one_o thing_n and_o beside_o they_o take_v these_o to_o be_v natural_a dream_n whereas_o joseph_n show_v they_o be_v of_o god_n but_o joseph_n do_v not_o insinuate_v himself_o into_o the_o love_n and_o affection_n of_o these_o magician_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v professor_n of_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n but_o do_v faithful_o discharge_v this_o duty_n commit_v unto_o he_o 3._o now_o although_o the_o dream_n have_v one_o meaning_n yet_o they_o be_v double_v not_o for_o any_o such_o cause_n as_o lyranus_fw-la &_o tostatus_n imagine_v to_o show_v the_o two_o cause_n of_o fertility_n good_a seed_n signify_v by_o the_o ear_n and_o good_a tillage_n by_o the_o ox_n but_o joseph_n himself_o render_v two_o reason_n thereof_o vers_fw-la 33._o the_o certainty_n of_o this_o thing_n and_o the_o speedy_a accomplishment_n thereof_o quest_n vii_o joseph_n not_o pharaoh_n the_o prophet_n vers._n 25._o god_n have_v show_v pharaoh_n what_o he_o be_v about_o to_o do_v 1._o though_o these_o vision_n be_v show_v to_o pharaoh_n yet_o because_o he_o understand_v they_o not_o joseph_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v count_v a_o prophet_n that_o interpret_v they_o than_o pharaoh_n that_o understand_v they_o not_o for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o have_v a_o representation_n of_o thing_n object_v to_o the_o fantasy_n another_o to_o have_v the_o mind_n lighten_v to_o understand_v they_o 2._o and_o whereas_o god_n be_v say_v to_o do_v this_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ordinary_a plenty_n or_o famine_n procure_v by_o natural_a mean_n but_o extraordinary_a send_v of_o god_n cause_n although_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o 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etc._n there_o be_v certain_a hide_v seed_n 10._o of_o tree_n plant_n in_o the_o element_n for_o as_o there_o be_v visible_a seed_n so_o there_o be_v hide_v seed_n which_o give_v unto_o the_o other_o their_o virtue_n like_v as_o then_o the_o husbandman_n do_v not_o create_v corn_n but_o bring_v it_o out_o by_o his_o labour_n so_o the_o evil_a angel_n do_v not_o create_v thing_n but_o only_o do_v draw_v forth_o those_o seed_n which_o be_v unknown_a to_o we_o but_o well_o know_v to_o they_o as_o jacob_n do_v not_o create_v that_o variety_n of_o colour_n in_o the_o sheep_n but_o by_o apply_v of_o particoloured_a rod_n bring_v it_o forth_o sicut_fw-la ergo_fw-la matres_fw-la gravidae_fw-la sunt_fw-la foetibus_fw-la itâ—_n mundus_fw-la gravidus_fw-la est_fw-la causis_fw-la &_o seminibus_fw-la nascentium_fw-la then_o as_o mother_n that_o be_v great_a with_o child_n so_o the_o world_n be_v full_a of_o such_o seed_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o thing_n which_o cause_v they_o better_a 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can_v remove_v these_o and_o such_o great_a work_n he_o can_v do_v perer._n ex_fw-la aquinat_fw-la the_o reason_n be_v this_o because_o this_o be_v to_o cross_v the_o creator_n who_o by_o his_o providence_n as_o by_o his_o power_n he_o create_v the_o world_n and_o all_o that_o be_v therein_o so_o he_o preserve_v the_o same_o in_o that_o order_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v as_o the_o psalmist_n say_v the_o earth_n be_v the_o lord_n and_o all_o that_o therein_o be_v he_o have_v found_v it_o upon_o the_o sea_n and_o establish_v it_o upon_o the_o flood_n psalm_n 24.1_o 2._o second_o concern_v the_o other_o mediate_a action_n of_o spirit_n by_o the_o instrument_n and_o mediation_n of_o the_o creature_n these_o thing_n be_v deny_v unto_o spirit_n 1._o they_o can_v create_v any_o thing_n of_o nothing_o for_o that_o argue_v a_o infinite_a power_n and_o be_v peculiar_a unto_o god_n 2._o the_o devil_n be_v himself_o spiritual_a and_o without_o a_o bodily_a substance_n can_v immediate_o change_v or_o transform_v any_o material_a or_o corporal_a substance_n without_o some_o other_o natural_a cause_n come_v between_o 3._o neither_o can_v these_o spirit_n change_v any_o natural_a thing_n into_o a_o other_o natural_a thing_n immediate_o without_o that_o subordination_n of_o nature_n and_o preparation_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n therefore_o he_o can_v bring_v forth_o a_o beast_n without_o seed_n nor_o a_o perfect_a beast_n all_o at_o once_o because_o natural_o both_o the_o generation_n of_o such_o thing_n be_v by_o seed_n and_o they_o receive_v their_o increase_n and_o growth_n not_o all_o at_o once_o but_o by_o degree_n and_o in_o time_n therefore_o when_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o satan_n lion_n and_o bear_n and_o such_o like_a creature_n have_v be_v make_v to_o appear_v either_o they_o be_v but_o fantasy_n and_o no_o such_o thing_n indeed_o or_o be_v transport_v from_o some_o other_o place_n and_o by_o this_o reason_n he_o can_v restore_v dead_a body_n to_o life_n because_o the_o body_n be_v void_a of_o natural_a heat_n and_o spirit_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o entertain_v the_o soul_n 4._o neither_o can_v satan_n hinder_v the_o operation_n of_o natural_a thing_n if_o nothing_o be_v want_v which_o be_v necessary_a for_o their_o work_n and_o general_o whatsoever_o alteration_n may_v be_v make_v by_o natural_a cause_n as_o worm_n and_o frog_n and_o such_o like_a may_v come_v of_o putrefaction_n these_o thing_n may_v be_v achieve_v and_o compass_v by_o spirit_n but_o such_o change_n and_o transmutation_n as_o can_v be_v do_v by_o natural_a mean_n not_o as_o to_o turn_v a_o man_n into_o a_o beast_n be_v not_o within_o the_o limit_n of_o devil_n power_n but_o when_o such_o thing_n seem_v to_o be_v do_v they_o be_v in_o show_n rather_o than_o truth_n which_o may_v be_v do_v two_o way_n either_o by_o so_o bind_v and_o blind_a the_o inward_a fantasy_n and_o sense_n as_o that_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v which_o be_v not_o or_o by_o fashion_v some_o such_o shape_n and_o form_n outward_o and_o object_v it_o to_o the_o sense_n perer._n exit_fw-la aquinat_fw-la quest_n xvii_o whether_o satan_n can_v raise_v the_o spirit_n and_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a among_o other_o thing_n which_o exceed_v the_o power_n of_o spirit_n it_o be_v affirm_v before_o that_o they_o can_v raise_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n depart_v as_o necromancer_n do_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o talk_v with_o the_o dead_a 1._o let_v we_o see_v the_o vain_a opinion_n of_o the_o heathen_a of_o this_o devilish_a necromancy_n porphyrius_n write_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o wicked_a man_n be_v turn_v into_o devil_n and_o do_v appear_v in_o divers_a shape_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o they_o that_o want_v burial_n do_v wander_v about_o their_o body_n and_o sometime_o be_v compel_v to_o resume_v their_o body_n likewise_o hosthanes_n do_v profess_v and_o promise_v to_o raise_v what_o dead_a soever_o and_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o talk_v with_o the_o live_n as_o pliny_n write_v lib._n 30._o cap._n 2._o who_o in_o the_o same_o place_n report_v a_o far_o more_o strange_a or_o rather_o fabulous_a thing_n that_o appion_n the_o grammarian_n shall_v tell_v of_o a_o certain_a herb_n call_v cynocephalia_n and_o of_o the_o egyptian_n osirite_n which_o have_v power_n to_o raise_v the_o dead_a and_o that_o thereby_o he_o call_v homer_n ghost_n to_o inquire_v of_o he_o touch_v his_o country_n and_o parent_n necromancy_n there_o be_v among_o the_o gentile_n certain_a place_n famous_a for_o necromancy_n where_o they_o receive_v oracle_n from_o the_o dead_a as_o they_o be_v make_v to_o believe_v such_o be_v the_o cymmerian_a oracle_n at_o the_o lake_n avernam_fw-la in_o campania_n such_o be_v ericthone_n the_o thessalian_a that_o raise_v up_o the_o dead_a to_o declare_v to_o sextus_n
age_n of_o the_o world_n the_o 1._o from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o flood_n the_o 2._o from_o abraham_n till_o the_o give_n of_o the_o law_n the_o 3_o from_o thence_o to_o christ_n the_o 4._o from_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n which_o christ_n call_v a_o generation_n when_o he_o say_v this_o generation_n shall_v not_o pass_v till_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v fulfil_v augustine_n not_o much_o differ_v understand_v these_o four_o generation_n the_o 1._o from_o abraham_n to_o david_n the_o 2._o from_o david_n to_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n the_o 3._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n the_o 4._o from_o christ_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o which_o four_o generation_n god_n visit_v upon_o the_o jew_n the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n and_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o their_o land_n august_n cont_n adimant_n cap._n 7._o contra._n 1._o but_o if_o these_o four_o generation_n shall_v be_v take_v for_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o world_n than_o what_o difference_n shall_v there_o be_v between_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o the_o thousand_o generation_n limit_v for_o the_o lord_n show_v of_o mercy_n 2._o the_o generation_n that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n speak_v of_o be_v that_o present_a age_n wherein_o those_o thing_n concern_v the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v 3._o and_o law_n be_v make_v to_o meet_v with_o inconvenience_n follow_v not_o already_o past_a to_o what_o end_n then_o shall_v the_o generation_n be_v count_v which_o go_v before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o law_n and_o at_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n he_o find_v not_o the_o jew_n give_v to_o idolatry_n for_o the_o which_o sin_n special_o this_o punishment_n be_v threaten_v 4._o hierome_n make_v this_o allegorical_a exposition_n thus_o mystical_o apply_v these_o four_o generation_n to_o the_o four_o degree_n of_o sin_n the_o first_o in_o the_o thought_n the_o second_o in_o the_o will_n and_o purpose_n the_o three_o when_o the_o sin_n be_v bring_v into_o act_n the_o four_o si_fw-mi in_o tuis_fw-la sceleribus_fw-la glorieris_fw-la if_o thou_o glory_v in_o sin_n these_o two_o last_o the_o lord_n use_v to_o punish_v and_o not_o the_o former_a hieron_n in_o ezech._n cap._n 18._o contra._n 1._o if_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v expound_v then_o so_o must_v the_o thousand_o mention_v afterward_o but_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o make_v a_o thousand_o degree_n of_o virtue_n 2._o neither_o be_v it_o true_a that_o god_n only_o punish_v the_o two_o last_o degree_n of_o sin_n the_o act_n and_o glory_v in_o it_o for_o our_o saviour_n show_v that_o adultery_n may_v be_v commit_v in_o the_o heart_n matth._n 5._o and_o moses_n be_v punish_v for_o his_o incredulity_n at_o the_o water_n of_o strife_n which_o be_v internal_a numb_a 20._o 5._o lippoman_n have_v this_o conceit_n that_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n be_v to_o be_v put_v together_o and_o so_o they_o make_v the_o seven_o generation_n and_o then_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n deus_fw-la tantae_fw-la severitatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n be_v of_o such_o severity_n that_o the_o punish_v impiety_n in_o the_o seven_o generation_n when_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v forget_v the_o posterity_n be_v by_o so_o many_o degree_n distant_a from_o their_o ancestor_n that_o sin_v contra._n but_o lippoman_n in_o the_o same_o place_n do_v answer_v himself_o show_v out_o of_o scripture_n that_o these_o number_n must_v be_v count_v not_o as_o one_o add_v to_o another_o but_o as_o include_v one_o within_o another_o as_o prov._n 30.18_o there_o be_v three_o thing_n hide_v from_o i_o yea_o four_o that_o i_o know_v not_o he_o mean_v not_o three_o and_o four_o but_o four_o in_o all_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n 6._o therefore_o this_o be_v the_o best_a reason_n why_o the_o lord_n name_v the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n because_o man_n may_v live_v so_o long_o to_o see_v their_o offspring_n to_o the_o four_o generation_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o job_n chap._n 42._o acacius_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la mutuò_fw-la videre_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o silij_fw-la peccata_fw-la parentum_fw-la ad_fw-la imitandum_fw-la &_o patres_fw-la poenas_fw-la filiorum_fw-la ad_fw-la dolendum_fw-la and_o they_o may_v mutual_o see_v both_o the_o son_n the_o sin_n of_o their_o parent_n to_o imitate_v and_o the_o father_n the_o punishment_n of_o their_o son_n to_o grieve_v at_o thomas_n 1.2_o quaest_n 87._o art_n 8._o and_o two_o other_o reason_n beside_o be_v yield_v hereof_o both_o that_o the_o parent_n by_o this_o long_a suffering_n of_o god_n in_o not_o punish_v present_o may_v be_v call_v to_o repentance_n ut_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la punitione_n tolerationem_fw-la divinam_fw-la non_fw-la parvi_fw-la pendant_fw-fr patres_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o parent_n shall_v not_o light_o esteem_v this_o divine_a forbearance_n cajetan_n and_o beside_o to_o show_v that_o if_o they_o can_v be_v win_v with_o this_o lenity_n and_o longanimitie_n of_o god_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o go_v unpunished_a longanimis_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o parent_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o long_o suffer_v towards_o the_o parent_n and_o towards_o their_o son_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la nepotes_fw-la majorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la secuti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ultionem_fw-la infligam_fw-la but_o if_o the_o nephew_n do_v follow_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o ancestor_n at_o the_o last_o i_o will_v inflict_v punishment_n theodoret._n quest_n ix_o why_o mercy_n be_v promise_v to_o be_v show_v to_o a_o thousand_o generation_n show_v mercy_n unto_o thousand_o 1._o augustine_n understand_v this_o of_o a_o thousand_o year_n as_o if_o any_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o david_n love_v the_o lord_n quem_fw-la constat_fw-la utique_fw-la ante_fw-la mille_fw-la annos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la who_o be_v a_o thousand_o year_n since_o for_o two_o cause_n god_n will_v show_v he_o mercy_n quia_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la dei_fw-la cultor_fw-la est_fw-la &_o exejus_fw-la semine_fw-la qui_fw-la amaverat_fw-la deum_fw-la because_o both_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o worshipper_n of_o god_n and_o of_o his_o seed_n that_o love_v god_n quaest._n veter_fw-la &_o nov_n testam_fw-la cap_n 14._o câ—ntra_fw-la but_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o construction_n of_o the_o word_n that_o in_o this_o clause_n must_v be_v supply_v the_o word_n generation_n which_o be_v understand_v before_o the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n be_v to_o the_o three_o and_o the_o fourth_n that_o be_v those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n from_o their_o father_n and_o so_o must_v thousand_o be_v understand_v here_o now_o a_o thousand_o generation_n be_v more_o than_o a_o thousand_o year_n 2._o theodoret_n make_v particular_a application_n of_o this_o unto_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n quae_fw-la per_fw-la abraha_n semen_fw-mi benedictionem_fw-la divinam_fw-la adeptae_fw-la sunt_fw-la which_o 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a_o certain_a number_n be_v put_v for_o a_o uncertain_a tostat._n
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say_v as_o neither_o be_v paul_n forgetful_a of_o himself_o when_o he_o wish_v to_o be_v accurse_v so_o israel_n may_v be_v save_v for_o paul_n so_o write_v post_fw-la longam_fw-la meditationem_fw-la after_o long_a meditation_n and_o advisement_n quest_n lxxxiii_o in_o what_o sense_n the_o lord_n say_v i_o will_v put_v out_o of_o my_o book_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 33._o whosoever_o have_v sin_v against_o i_o he_o will_v i_o put_v out_o of_o my_o book_n etc._n etc._n 1._o some_o do_v gather_v hence_o inconsideratè_fw-la precatum_fw-la mosem_fw-la that_o moses_n pray_v inconsiderate_o quia_fw-la castigat_fw-la deus_fw-la praepostorum_fw-la ajus_fw-la votum_fw-la because_o god_n correct_v his_o preposterous_a desire_n calvin_n but_o ferus_fw-la collect_v better_a as_o if_o the_o lord_n shall_v say_v thus_o delector_fw-la quidem_fw-la tanto_fw-la charitatis_fw-la tuus_fw-la ardore_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o be_o delight_v with_o such_o great_a heat_n of_o charity_n but_o justice_n must_v be_v keep_v which_o condemn_v not_o the_o innocent_a etc._n etc._n 1._o hugo_n de_fw-fr s._n victor_n understand_v the_o lord_n here_o to_o speak_v of_o blot_v out_o not_o secundùm_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la dei_fw-la according_a to_o god_n prescience_n but_o secundum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la statum_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o their_o present_a state_n so_o also_o tostat._n quaest_n 44._o but_o the_o lord_n answer_v to_o moses_n petition_n in_o his_o sense_n which_o be_v to_o be_v race_v out_o of_o his_o book_n rather_o than_o the_o people_n shall_v perish_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o present_a state_n for_o that_o have_v be_v to_o desire_v to_o sin_n and_o by_o sin_n to_o be_v race_v out_o but_o eternal_o therefore_o in_o that_o sense_n the_o lord_n also_o make_v answer_n 3._o some_o hold_v indeed_o that_o god_n may_v raze_v out_o the_o very_a elect_a upon_o their_o sin_n marbach_n but_o that_o be_v to_o make_v god_n mutable_a and_o changeable_a see_v this_o assertion_n confute_v before_o quâ—st_n 80._o 4._o junius_n make_v it_o a_o conditional_a speech_n si_fw-la aliqui_fw-la delendi_fw-la essent_fw-la if_o any_o be_v to_o be_v blot_v out_o than_o they_o which_o sin_n shall_v be_v so_o race_v out_o but_o the_o lord_n speak_v here_o of_o notorious_a sinner_n pronounce_v certain_o what_o shall_v be_v their_o end_n they_o shall_v have_v no_o part_n in_o god_n 5._o some_o interpret_v it_o only_o of_o the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o rejection_n of_o the_o wicked_a deâ—â—_n tandem_fw-la patefacturum_fw-la reprobâ—s_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o god_n will_v at_o the_o length_n make_v manifest_v the_o reprobate_n which_o for_o a_o while_o seem_v to_o be_v count_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect_a calvin_n but_o the_o lord_n answer_v to_o moses_n petition_n keep_v the_o same_o sense_n now_o moses_n by_o race_v out_o mean_v not_o any_o such_o manifestation_n for_o he_o be_v no_o reprobate_a but_o indeed_o a_o actual_a blot_n or_o put_v out_o therefore_o that_o must_v be_v 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mention_v in_o the_o