for the building of the Temple Hester of Beniamin saued all Iuda from the practise of Haman Paul of Beniamin was one of the last Builders of the spirituall Temple DAN Moses in his blessing in numbring the Tribes leaues out Simeon And in the Reuelation when the Tribes are sealed Dan is left out Therevpon the Grecians thinke that Antichrist shall come of the Tribe of Dan. That is not so but Moses being of Leui in blessing the Tribes putteth in Leui and speaketh largely of his spirituall blessinges Iosephs Sonnes are not to be left out because they were adopted therefore to keepe the number of Twelue he must leaue out some Simeon was the fittest because he was without repentance Leui must be reckoned seeing his was a spirituall inheritance and the Lord promised to be his inheritance therefore Dan must be omitted And this may be the reason When the children of Israel came into the land of Canaan the Tribe of Dan causeth the first Idolatrie and therefore that Tribe was iustly plagued And in this Tribe Idolatrie continued till the remoouing of the Arke from Siloh But yet this wee must vnderstand that though Dan is not named yet in respect his Tribe are Iacobs Sonnes the Tribe is comprehended in the generall Blessing And Moses concludeth that seeing that the eternall God is his refuge Israel the Fountaine of water shall dwell in safetie ISACHAR Was content to liue vnder tribute or labour like a Merchaunt or like to an Asse couching downe betweene two Burdens rather then to seeke glorie by leading Bandes of men REVBEN Hee lost his prerogatiue because hee Went vp to his Fathers bedde therefore hee is light as Water hee shall not excell Reuben hath one of Dauids Captaines of his Tribe but it is presently added therewith Thirtie better then hee Reuben sheweth some compassion to Ioseph and would not haue him killed but cast him into some Pitte Iuda thought that might be too long ere hee would be pispatched and therefore selleth him SIMEON and LEVI Their wrath was fierce yet because Leui afterwardes repented and shewed tender affection to Ioseph and was zelous in destroying Idolaters therefore he had a Blessing in Moses Will. Simeon neuer shewed any tender affection to Ioseph and therefore when his Brethreh come into Egipt and Ioseph accuseth them for spies he keepeth Simeon in prison till they come downe againe as a kind of punishment for his former malice His sinne against the Sichemites was exceeding great and seeing hee neuer shewed any signe of repentance hee was iustly cut off from the hope of a Blessing By this wee may learne to reiect the authoritie of the Booke of Iudith First because shee is sayd to be of the Tribe of Simeon If wee marke this well wee shall see how this Booke can not be Scripture for wee must note that it is no small glory to haue the spirit of God penne a Booke of ones actions If there be but a sentence spoken in the commendation of any in the Scripture it is a great weght of glory Now if we looke to Iacobs Will and see that hee hath a Curse and not a Blessing and in the course of Scripture afterward no mention of any repentance that Simeon and his Tribe shewed nor any zeale of Religion expressed how can this stand with Iacobs Prophecie nay it cleane crosseth it and maketh it frustrate For seeing Jacob as a Prophet telleth all his Sonnes what should befall them in the last dayes to euery one and his Tribe so long as the Kingdome of the Iewes and their pollicie stood and in his Will maketh no mention of the Booke of Iudith Wee must by admitting this Booke accuse the spirit of God of ignorance Besides it is a Storie and yet the time thereof doth not fall out within the compasse of any time neither before the Captiuitie neither after and therefore to be reiected And for my opinion I make as much account of Ouid Metamorphosis as of Iudith for Plato sayth That in Fables there a Truth reuealed secretly Thus we are to thinke likewise of the booke of Tobie LEVI Hee repented when Amram of the Tribe of Leui saued Moses ZABVLON Was a Merchaunt and Delighted in Shippes In Greeke Canaan is called Phenicea and the men of Canaan Phenices Aristotle a thousand yeares after Moses maketh mention of a Riuer Tartesus he meant the Sea Tharsis and the Phenices brought Gold and had such plentie that their Ankers were thereof No doubt he had heard of Salomons time wherein Gold and Siluer was no more esteemed then Stone This trauayling of Iacobs Sonnes into farre Countries must needes make the Heathen haue a taste of Religion And Moses hee willed the Heathen to resort to the Mountaine where the Temple was built ASER Was a Farmour To prouide pleasures for a King You haue in the old Testament little spoken of him but because his Tribe should not thinke themselues excluded the fauour of God you haue in the new Testament Anna that is Grace a very rare Woman for godlinesse the daughter of Phanuell that is see God of the happie Tribe of Aser for Aser signifieth Happie GAD Hee shall Lead an Host of men This was performed when Reuben Gad and halfe of Manasses gaue a great ouer throw to the Haggarines about the time that Saul was annoynted King Thus we may see that whatsoeuer is requisite in palicie for the maintenance of a Common-weale you shall finde expressed in the liues and behauiour of the Sonnes of Israel Ioseph died Gen. 50.26 being 110. yeares old BY Fayth Ioseph when hee died made mention of the departing of the Children of Israel out of Egipt and gaue commandement of his bones Heb. 11.22 Now because many excellent thinges are to be said of Ioseph before his death when he was in Egipt in the Sinay sight no yeares layde downe I will heere handle them togeather God prospered him in Egipt in all his actions And euen as God blessed Lahan for Jacobs sake so he blessed Iosephs Maister for Iosephs sake Ioseph was a goodly person and well fauoured which commendation in the same wordes is bestowed vpon Dauid Sam. 16 â—3 the same of Daniel and the same of Christ Ioseph would not bee defiled with the fornication of Egipt Daniel would not be defiled with the vncleane diet of Babel Ioseph expoundeth Pharaohs Dreame Daniel expoundeth Nebuchadnetzars Dreame Ioseph was made Ruler ouer Egipt Daniel was made Ruler ouer Babel Ioseph being in Prison found fauour with the Maister of the Prison Daniel found fauour with the Kings Chamberlaine Iosephs name was changed by Pharaoh Daniels name was changed by Nebuchadnetzar Ioseph was falsely accused Christ was falsely accused Ioseph was thirtie yeares old when he stood before Pharaoh Iesus is baptized beginning to be thirtie yeares old Ioseph was in Prison betweene two Theeues the one of them was saued the other condemned Christ was crucified betweene two Theeues the one of them was saued the other condemned
controuersie betweene the Women for the dead Child Christ at Twelue yeares of age is found disputing among the Doctors He likewise ordained Twelue Apostles and Twelue times did he appeare after his resurrection In the Reuelation of euery Tribe is sealed Twelue thousand The heauenly Ierusalem is described to haue Twelue Foundations of 12. precious Stones Twelue Gates and Twelue Angels and the Names written of the Twelue Apostles and through the Cittie there runneth a pure Riuer and on either side of the Riuer the Tree of Life which beareth Twelue manner of Fruites and beareth Fruite euery moneth in the yeare and the leaues of the Tree doe serue to heale the Nations with Now the reason why God in the beginning layde downe in close signification and such easie proportions the whole scope of his gouernment to the Worldes end is to shew that his Wisedome is infinite and that nothing in the Scriptures doth fall out by chaunce but by his forepurpose according to the secret counsel of his owne will to make vs still looke backe vnto the Creation Seth borne Gen. 5. when Adam is 130. yeares old ADam was make in the image of God Seth is begotten in the image of Adam to shew that whatsoeuer is borne of the flesh is flesh and whatsoeuer is borne of the spirit is spirit When Adam was 130. yeares old hee begetteth Seth being as may be gathered not one day more nor one day lesse And this rule serueth for all the Ten Fathers before the Flood The holy Ghost keeping an exact Chronicle of the times beginneth at Adam and so goeth forward laying downe the particular ages of the Fathers vnto the Flood saying When Adam is 130. yeares old Seth is borne Now if he had been one day more the number had not been perfect if one lesse it had not been exact We may better therefore conclud that all the ten Fathers were borne on the sixt day that is the day of Adams creation rather then on any other day seeing it can not well be denied and that it crosseth neither Storie nor rule of Religion Seth signifieth Setled or Foundation Hee knew the Creator and that the world should be founded vpon him Esay 58.11 The Wicked haue no sure foundation but are like to the Chaffe in a Summer floore But the Godly shall be like a fresh watred Garden and like the Fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running whose foundation is layde for many generations For as a Tree that hath sure rootes will beare many Branches so to be setled in Religion as Seth was many things will appeare to be of singular force Seth died being 912. yeares old Now compare him with Christ thus Seth His name signifieth Foundation He was begotten in the image of Adam Christ The Rocke and sure Foundation of his Church The very caracter of his Father Enosh borne when Seth is 105. yeares old In these numbers you haue 10. multiplyed by 10. and 5. which is the number of the letters of Iehouah HIs name signifieth Sorowfull Euery man is called sorowfull Enosh and the Hebrew tongue sometime calleth a man Enosh and sometimes Adam The Caldeans call a man Enosh but not Adam because they had not the antiquitie of the Creation of the world In Enosh his time Religion decayed in the house of God for which the Flood came and drowned the World This Sorrow is called a Godly sorrow to which the Lord hath added a Blessing as Mat. 5.4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort And Ecclesiastes 7.5 Crauitie is better then laughter for when the countenaunce is heauie the heart is reformed And Christ in Luk. 6.21 sayth Blessed are yee that weepe now for yee shall laugh Christ being sorrowfull for the negligence of the Iewes knowing that they should be plagued for not embracing the Promise to Abraham Isaacke and Iacob weepeth ouer Ierusalem saying O Ierusalem Ierusalem O sight of peace O sight of peace If thou haddest knowen those thinges that belong to thy peace And so with griefe and sorrow of heart he leaueth off as not able to expresse the summe of his sorrow Againe with like sorrow he sayth How often would I haue gathered you togeather as a Henne gathereth her Chickens and you would not Enosh dyed being 905. yeares old Kenan borne when Enosh was 90. yeares old HIs name signifieth Contrite or small store Mat. 5.3 Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of heauen Esay 57.15 Thus sayth the High and Excellent euen hee that dwelleth in Eternitie whose name is the Holy one I dwell high aboue and in the Sanctuarie and with him also that is of a Contrite spirit doe I dwell that I may heale a troubled minde and a Contrite heart Psal 51.17 An humble and Contrite heart the Lord doth not despise Therefore shall euery godly man prayse the Lord without ceasing Kenan dyed being 910 yeares old Mahalaleel borne when Kenan was 70. yeares old You haue in this number ten seuens or seuen multiplyed by ten which is 70 which is the number of his natiuitie wherein you haue a sweete resemblance of the Creation of which number many excellent thinges are to be spoken which I will handle afterwardes THis name signifieth My prayse God Leah nameth her fourth sonne Iuda the Father of Shiloh Prayse God for so his name likewise signifieth The vse of this ought to be imbraced of all seeing it stretcheth to the saluation of all It appeareth hereby that the godly Fathers in auncient time had wonderfull regard in naming their Children For if you doe marke the whole Stories of the Bible you shall finde very few notable men whether they were godly or wicked but they containe rare matter in their names From Mahalaleel we are taught to Prayse God aright that is in sinceritie of spirit with sounde knowledge grounded vpon the trueth of his word David knowing that prayse giuing to God is not onely required at our hands but also at euery creatures in their kind biddeth the whole course of Nature Prayse the Lord. And in Psalm 47.6 hee sayth O sing prayses sing prayses vnto our God O sing prayses sing prayses vnto our King for the Lord is high and to be feared Hee is the great King vpon all the earth sing prayses therefore with vnderstanding Hee sheweth vs a reason in the 19. Psal 1. when he sayth The Heauens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handie worke One day telleth another one night certifieth another c. Therefore let the wordes of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O Lord my Locke and my Redeemer Whereby we are taught that the true prayse of God consisteth not onely in outward acknowledging of his workes and his iudgementes for that the wicked are often times compelled to confesse as Pharaoh Nebucadnetzar and others but we must prayse God so as that all our
Sonne from the malice of Athalia which had destroyed all the rest of the Kings seede and dieth being 130 yeares old While he liued Joas kept Religion and Worshipped the God of his Father After his death he fell away and suffered incense to be offered in the groues to whom Zacharias the Sonne of Barachias said Is this the reward of all my Fathers paines that as soone as my Father is dead you forsake the true God and worship the Gods of the Nations For which cause Ioas caused him to be slaine betweene the Alter and the Temple So that as death is contrarie to life and as at the birth of Seth and Abraham the graces of God were manifested to the world so at Iehoiadahs death the Tribe of Iuda lost all Religion It is a question how Torah being an Idolater could name Abram Hie Father son so doth the word signifie Hee might guesse like a worldly man that his Sonne Abram should be likely to be Rich and Mightie and so should haue many vnder him Howsoeuer it was this is certaine that God directed the tongue of this Idolater to set foorth and preach his glory though his life had no shew of vertue Here is an other question to be discussed of the age of Terah when he begat Abram Of Terah his age when he begat Abram SOme will haue Abram to be borne at Terahs Seuentieth yeare because in Gen. 11.26 it is sayd Terah liued seuentie yeares and begat Abram Nachor and Haran Wherevpon they gather that Abraham was the first borne because hee is put in the first place and that hee was borne in that yeare of Terah to wit the Seuentie But they marke not that Terahs Sonnes are reckoned not according to their age but according to their dignitie as Gen. 5. The sonnes of Noah Sem Cham and Iaphet are so rehearsed that in the first place there is mention made of Sem who for all that was not the first borne neither could be borne in the Fiue hundreth yeare of Noah fith two yeares after the Flood in which yeare he begat Arphaxad hee was but an hundreth yeares old Now the first of this opinon whom I follow was Caluine that famous Doctor of the Church of Geneua who in his Commentaries vpon Gen. 11.27 expresseth it in plaine wordes Him followed Beroaldus who did much in the illustrating of time and Mangoldus This demonstration is set downe Act. 7. Abraham is said to goe out of Haran after his father Terah died Now Terah liued 205. yeares And Abraham went out of Haran in the 75. yeare of his age which yeares if you subtract from Terahs age there remaine 130. yeares in which Abrams natiuitie falleth The same may be confirmed by Sarahs age Abrams wife who is thought to be the Daughter of Abrams brother Abram exceeded her no more but ten yeares whereupon it followeth that hee was borne long after him that was both his Brother and Father in law Abram therefore was called and began his Peregrination in the 2084. yeare of the world the very same day that his posteritie went out of Egipt namely the 15. of Nisan as it is sayd in Exod. 12. The third ioynct of this first time which containeth the diuine couenant of Abraham endeth in the yeare when the Law was giuen in which the Israelites by the goodnesse of God were brought foorth and deliuered out of Egipt by many and strange Miracles This containeth 430. yeares which is confirmed by the testimonie of S. Paul who expresly sayth Gal. 3.17 That the Law began 430. yeares after the confirming of the Couenant or Testament And concerning the confirmation of which Couenant he speaketh he expresseth in that which went before namely of that same which was made when being called of God he went out of Haran For in vers 8. hee cyteth the same Promise In thee shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed Which Gen. 12. is rehearsed in the narration of his calling vers 3. Hitherto also it appertaineth which is written Exod. 12. vers 40. The Peregrination of the Children of Israel as learnedly and truely translateth that worthy man Beroaldus which they dwelt in Egipt was Foure hundred and thirtie yeares Which surely the Seuenty Interpreters so translate that they account the Peregrination of the Fathers made in the Land of Canaan in this dwelling Neither doth the place of Gen. 15. vers 13. concerning the Seede of Abrham to be afflicted 400. yeares hinder it For Abrahams Peregrination is to be deriued frō his Calling and his Seed began to be afflicted when Isaacke the Sonne of Promise borne 25. yeares after his Calling being a Child peraduenture of fiue yeares old suffered the scoffinges of Ismael borne of the Hand-mayde which surely the Apostle Gal. 4.29 expressely nameth Persecution Adde hereunto the rest which Isaacke and Iacob suffered among Strangers Now that time wherein the Israelites abode in Egipt that it is farre wide of 400. yeares is clearer then the light at noone day to them which consider that Koath the Sonne of Leui went downe into Egipt and liued 133. yeares and that his Sonne Amram liued 137. yeares Exod. 6. and that Moses his Sonne was 80. yeares old when he went out of Egipt All which make but 350. yeares and if from these those yeares be subduced which they liued after their Sonnes were borne the yeares remayning would be few But these thinges Doctor Beroaldus and others haue learnedly set foorth Those notable men Bullinger Phlinspachius Scalinger and others agree vnto it It is said that Terah being 70. yeares old begetteth Abram Haran Nachor The Iewes say That Abraham was the eldest but thereby they bring notable absurdities for they agree that Sara was Harans Daughter she is but Ten yeeres younger than Abram and then Abram being elder than Haran and yet married his daughter but Ten yeares younger then her Husband Haran must needes beget her at Nine yeares of age which is impossible Therefore it is certaine that Nachor and Haran were elder then Abram For if wee looke to Gen. 12. and consider that Abram being Seuentie and fiue yeares old receiued the promise and to Saint Stephens Oration Act. 7.2 by which it appereth that Terah was dead before Abram had the promise or else the promise might haue had reference to Terah as well as to Abram we shall by good Arithmetique cast Terah at the birth of Abram to be 130. yeares for take 75. yeares out of 205. which is the time that Tenah liued and there remaineth 130 the age of Terah when he begat Abram To inlarge this further If Abram had beene the eldest Sem would not haue giuen him the blessing for then he should haue died before Sem and men doe not giue their inheritance to their sonnes which die in their life but he would rather haue kept it for Isaack with whom he liued 50. yeares this may be made plaine by another of the same sort Rebecca being with child and they
both striuing in her wombe asketh counsell what should become of her The question is of whom Sem beeing dead it is manifest either of Heber or of Abraham Thus you may see that without the knowledge of the times wee could not auoide these errours SARAH borne SArah is the same in signification that Iiscah is for Sarah signifieth Queene So doth Iiscah Her name was afterwards called Sarai that is My Queene Shee is thought to bee Iiscah the Daughter of Haran and so shee is for Abraham calleth Lot Brother which could not be but in respect of marriage for Lot was the sonne of Haran and brother to Iiscah therefore in that meaning Abram speaketh truely You haue a verie easie reckoning of the times if you begin at Sarahs fifteenth yeare of age when she was fit as is were to bee a Tabernacle for Abraham From Sarahs 15. yeare of age to the building of Moses Tabernacle 480. These comparisons prooue the Prouidence of god to be plaine and his counsell easie Frō thence to the Building of Salomons temple 480. Third of Cyrus when the Proclamation went forth for building the seconde Temple 480. Gouernment of Pontius Pilate in whose time Christ built his spirituall Temple 480. These comparisons prooue the Prouidence of god to be plaine and his counsell easie Regu died being 239. yeares old Serug died being 230. yeares old The Promise is giuen to Abraham at his 75. yeare of age THat is Christ is promised to Abraham after the flesh Gen. 12.3 430. yeares before the giuing of the Law The Promise to Adam in Paradise and to Sem after the Flood is heere renewed to Abraham when hee is 75. yeares old so many yeares olde as there bee Fathers of Christ from Adam to Iosepth Saint Matthew beginning at Abraham reckoneth them but 42. that is three Fourteenes or six Seuens but Saint Luke reckoning them bringeth Christ from Adam and sheweth their number to be 75. Saint Matthews meaning was to prooue him King of the Iewes and Saint Luke to shew that he is the Seede of the woman Seuentie fiue hath in it Ten Seuens and Fiue the number of the letters of Iebouah God changeth Abrams name from Abram to Abraham of Haman a Multitude because in him all the Nations and multituds of the earth should bee blessed like vnto Noah a new Comforter Hee left his Countrey and his fathers house and went to a Land which God would shew him so Saint Paul teacheth saying By fayth Abraham when he was called obeyed God to got into a place which he should after receiue for an inheritance and he went out not knowing whither he went In this faith Moses a high Sonne refused to be called the Sonne of Pharaohs Daughter Saint Luke testifieth of him Act. 7.2 That the God of glorie appeared to our Father Abraham when hee was in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Charran and sayd vnto him Get the out of thy Country frō thy kindred come into a Land that I shall shew thee Then came he out of the Land of Chaldea and dwelt in Charran and from thence when his Father was dead hee brought him into the Land of Canaan but he had no inheritance in it no not the breadth of a foote Yet God promised that hee would giue it him to possesse and to his seede after him when as yet he had no Childe Wherefore Beleeuing in God it was counted to him for righteousnesse For the promise to Abraham that hee should bee the heire of the world was not giuen him or his seede through the law but through the righteousnesse of fayth Rom. 4. In Nehem. 9.7.8 You haue there in the prayer of Nehemiah an abridgement of all this Storie how the Lord chose Abram and brought him out of Vr of the Chaldees and called him Abraham and found his heart faithfull and made a couenant with him to giue his seede the Land c. S. Paul in Act. 17. reasoneth with the men of Athens thus You Grecians you are of Iapheth that your Countrey is Ionia and yee are the Sonnes of the earth Be it knowne vnto you that God at the first made all mankind of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth and assigned the seasons which were ordained before and the boundes of their habitations for he deuided vnto them the Land according to the number of the Sonnes of Israel Now ye Heathen your owne Poets say yee are the generation of God and wee may obserue that in all the Ceremonies of Moses there is a great preuiledge laid downe for the Heathen and it is sayd by saint Paul God which iustifieth the wicked euen Abram being an Idolater The Gentiles are no worse therefore they haue no cause to despaire And where it is said in this storie of Abraham that he forsooke his father his fathers house Saint Steuen Act. 7.4 sheweth that it was at the time his father was dead for otherwise it had been an hard example and Gods actions must bee so wisely disposed that the verie Heathen must acknowledge them to be iust which they would not haue done if he had left his father he being aliue It is further added that Abraham was rich hee was of behauiour quiet for to auoide strife and contention betwixt his Shepheards the Shepheards of Lot he willed him to choose whether he would take to the right hand or to the left Lot choseth the best for eie sight though by the close counsell of God ordering his choise it prooued farre contrarie Abraham was politique for he had 318. Souldiers of his owne family which he himselfe had instructed and he vsed recreation and in curiositie did not contemne it for otherwise he could not haue made his men so expert warriours and surely there is nothing disturbeth religion more then curiositie Hee was a stately man and couragious and had authoritie of life and death els could hee not haue kept so many in good order His moderation appeareth also in that he suffered Sara to rule at home he was politique in choosing the night to set on his enemies for seeing hee was in the fauour of God he was sure he could not walke in darkenesse and it was the fittest time to make his enemies afraid Melchisedech King of Salem a figure of the Sonne of God meeteth Abraham IT is a question who this Melchisedech should bee It is most certaine it is Sem the sonne of Noah Which may be gathered from the circumstance of the Storie being modestly expounded Heb. 7.1 This Melchisedech king of Salem mette Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings to whom also Abraham gaue tithes of all thinges first he is called by interpretation King of Righteousnesse and after that King of Salem that is to say King of Peace without Father without Mother without kindred and hath neither beginning of dayes nor end of life but is likened to the Sonne of God Hee was Without
Yet notwithstanding all these Blessinges of God vpon Ioseph to shew that euen the best haue their infirmities his Vertues were darkened very much in that he marrieth an Egiptian woman Gen. 41.50 Which was altogeather vnlawfull For Esau before doing the like is blamed and Rebecca hauing an speciall care ouer Iacob least hee should commit the like wickednesse sendeth him to Laban to choose a Wife of his owne kindred Abraham had the like care for Isaacke And Moses afterwards forbids it by a Law thereby confirming the vnlawfulnesse thereof Seauen hundred yeares after is this sinne punished in Israel for Ieroboam receiued Religion of Egipt and maketh two Calues whereby all Israel became Ipolaters FINIS The Table Page IEhouah The signification and efficacie Page 1. The Wisedome Power and eternitie of God Page 1.2 Our God Page 2. The Trinitie described Page 3. Of Election Page 4.5 The effect of Election Page 6.7 In the fulnesse of time all shall be brought vnder one head Page 9.10 In the beginning was the word c. expounded Page 11. Hee was the Light c. what is meant by it Page 12. The Creation of the World Page 13. Adams creation the day the houre and place with the time and continuance in Paradise c. Page 14.15 What is meant by the Seede of the Woman c. Page 17. Adam and Eue driuen out of Paradise Page 18. Of Kaine and Abels offeringes with the signification of their names agreeing with their conditions Page 18.19 Also the interpretation vse of the names of the Fathers from Adam to Noah Page 19.20.21.22 The time of the yeare and day of Adams creation Page 23.24.25 Adams death and the place where Page 26.27 Christ compared with Adam Page 28.29 Of the number one Page 29. Of three Page 30. Of foure Page 31. Of fiue Page 32. Of sixe Page 32. Of seuen Page 32.33.34 Of eight Page 34. Of ten Page 34.35 Of twelue Page 35. Of Seth borne and what vse of him Page 36. Seth compared with Christ Page 37. Of Enoâ—h and what of him Page 37. Of Kenan Page 38. Of Mahalaleel Page 38.39 Of Jared Page 40.41 Of Henoch Page 41.42.43 Of Henoch compared with Christ Page 44. Of Methuâ—helah Page 45. Of Lamech Page 46. Of Noah Page 47. Of Noah compared with Christ Page 47 48. When Noah began the Arke the place and how long in building Page 48. Of Japhet and the signification of his name Page 52. 67. Of Sem and his name Page 53. 68. Of the Flood and the thinges to be considered thereby Page 54.55.56 Christ and the Arke compared togeather Page 57. The time of the continuance of the Flood Page 59. Adam and Noah compared togeather Page 62. Of Cham and his issue Page 64.65.66 Of Heber and his name with the rare vse of his Storie Page 69.70.71 Of Peleg and the rare vse of him Page 72.73.74 Of the birth of Abraham and his name Page 77. A question discussed about Terabs age when he begat Abraham Page 78.79 Of Sarah and the signification of her name Page 81. The Promise giuen to Abraham Page 82. Melchisedech shewed to be Sem. Page 84.85 Of Ismael and his Storie Page 87.88 Of Jsaacks birth and name Page 89. Of Jsaacks age when Jsmael flouted him Page 92. Of Jsaacks age when he was to be sacrificed answerable to Christs death Page 93. Jsaacks compared with Christ Page 95. Esau and Jacob borne with their stories depending Page 96.97 c. Jsaacks blindnesse a great blessing to the children of God Page 100.101 Jacob goeth to Laban Page 103. Jacob in his iourney seeth a Ladder the interpretation thereof Page 104. Jacobs Wiues and Children with the interpretation of their names Page 105.106 Jacobs departure from Laban and his wrestling with God Page 106.107 Josephs Dreame and his selling into Egypt Page 108. Iacobs iourney into Egypt Page 110.111 Iacob dieth in Egypt Page 112. The Iournies of Abraham Iacob Iocobs sonnes and Christ compared togeather Page 113. Of the place where Jacob died Page 114. Of Iacobs Will the blessing of his Children according to the worthinesse of their tribes and posteritie to come Page 115.116.117 118.119.120 Of Iosephs death and of his excellent worthinesse Page 120.121 The Figures in the margent are the yeares of the world FINIS Apoc. 12.11 Iohn 8. 44. 930. 130. 1042. 235. 1140. 325. 1235. 395. 1290. 460. 1422. 622. 987· 687. 1656. 874. 1651. 1056. 1535. 1536. 1556. 1558. 1656. 1658. 1693. 1723. 1757. 1996. 1997. 2006. 2008. 20 2026. 2049. 2083. 430. 2090. 2094. 2096. 2108. 1. Chro. 2.35 Ier. 41.2 2126. 2140. 2145. 2148. 2158. 2168. 2183. 2188. 2231. 2245. 20. 2260. 2255. 2264. 2276.17 2280. 2288. 2298.17 215. 1298. 2315. 2369