and thou saidest I will surely do thee good and make thy seed as the sand of the Sea which cannot be numbred And Jacob took 200 She-goats and 20 He-goats 200 Ews and 20 Rams 30 milch-Camels with their Colts 40 Kine and 10 Bulls twenty She-Asses and ten Foals and he delivered them unto his Servants and behold when Esau my Brother meeteth thee and asketh thee saying whose are these before thee thou shalt say they be thy servant Iacobs it is a Present sent unto my Lord Esau behold he is behind us and thus he commanded his Servants to say unto Esau when they met him And sent his two Wives and two Women servants and his eleven Sons over the Brook Jabbock and that night Iacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day and when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh and it was our of joint as he wrestled with him and he said let me go for the day breaketh and he said I will not let thee go unless thou bless me and he said unto him what is thy name and he said Iacob and he said thy name shall no more be called Iacob but Israel for as a Prince thou hast power with God and with men hast thou prevailed and Iacob called the name of that place Peniel for I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved And Iacob lifted up his eyes and behold Esau came and with him 400 men and he divided the Children unto Leah and unto Rachel and unto the two Handmaids and he put the Handmaids and their Children foremost and Leah and her Children after and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost and he passed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came neer unto his Brother and this he did to stop his Brothers fury who had been enraged against him when they parted for he knew he was a proud man and a great man in the earth and so to allay his spirit and get past him for he was to pass through his Country did he make this Obeysance to him and Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him and they wept and he lift up his eyes and saw the Women and the Children and he said whose are these with thee Iacob said these are the Children which God hath graciously given thy servant and the Women and the Children passed by him and they bowed themselves and he said what meanest thou by all this drove which I meet And Iacob said these are to find grace in the sight of my Lord and Esau said I have enough my brother keep that which thou hast to thy self and Iacob said nay I pray thee if I have found grace in thy sight receive my present at my hand because God hath dealt graciously with me and I have enough and he urged him and he took it And Esau would have gone on his journey with him but Iacob said my Lord knows that the Children are tender and the flocks are with young and we must lead them on softly as they are able to endure So Esau returned that day unto Seir and Iacob journied unto Succoth and came to Salem a City which is in the Land of Canaan And God said unto Iacob arise go up to Bethel and dwell there and make an Altar unto God that appeared unto thee when thou fledst from Esau thy Brother And Iacob said to all those that were with him Let us arise and go up to Bethel and let us make there an Altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went So Iacob came to Luz which is in the Land of Canaan that is Bethel and built there an Altar and called upon the Lord and God appear'd unto Iacob again and blessed him and God said unto him thy name shall not any more be called Iacob but Israel shall be thy name and he called his name Israel And God said unto him I am God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a Nation and a company of Nations shall be of thee and Kings shall come out of thy loins and the Land which I gave Abraham and Isaac to thee will I give it and thy seed after thee and God went up from him And they journied from Bethel and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travelled and had hard labour and when she was in hard labour the Midwife said unto her fear not thou shalt have this Son also and it came to pass as her soul was departing that she called his name Benonl but his Father called his name Benjamin and Iacob set a Pillar upon her Grave and so Iacob came unto Isaac his Father unto Mamre unto the City of Arhab which is Hebron where Abraham and Isaac so journed and the days of Isaac were one hundred and fourscore years and Isaac gave up the Ghost and died and was gathered unto his people being old and full of days and his Sons Esate and Iacob buried him Gen. 35. In the next Chapter you may read the Generations of Esau who is Edom how he took Wives of the Daughters of Canaan but this is not the seed that I am to treat of this 36. Chapter of Genesis will shew the Off-spring of Esau And Iacob dwelt in the Land wherein his Father was a Stranger in the Land of Canâ—an Gen. 37. The History concerning Ioseph how his Father loved him and how his brethren envied him and how they intended to have killed him and took him and cast him into a Pit and how they sold him to the Ishmaelites and he was brought down to Egypt and Potiphar an Officer of Pharaoh an Egyptian bought him at the hand of the Ishmaelites which had carried him down thither and how the Lord was with Ioseph and preserved him from Potiphar's Wife how she betrayed him and accused him falsly but the Lord was with him and shewed him mercy and gave him favour in the sight of the Gaoler and how he came to be the Governour of Pharaoh's House and how he governed Egypt in the time of plenty that when the Dearth came there was Corn enough and how his Brethren came down into Egypt to buy Corn when the Famine was sore in the Land of Canaan and how he discovered himself to his Brethren and sent for his Father and Brethren and all their Families all this you may read of from the 37. Chapter to the 46. And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered Sacrifice to the God of his Fathers and God spake unto him in the visions of the night and said Iacob and he said here am I. And God said I am the God of thy Fathers fear not to go into Egypt I will make of thee a great Nation I will go down with thee into Egypt and will
surely bring thee up again and Ioseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes So Iacob rose up and went into Egypt with his Sons and their Wives and their little ones were carried in the Waggons that Pharaoh sent for them and Pharaoh received them kindly and entreated them courteously as you may read in the 46. and 47. Chapter of Genesis and Israel dwelt in the Land of Egypt in the Country of Goshen and they had Possessions there and multiplyed exceedingly and Iacob lived in the Land of Egypt 17 years so the whole age of Iacob was 147 years and the time drew nigh that Israel must die and he called his Son Ioseph and said unto him if I have found grace in thy sight put I pray thee thine hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me bury me not I pray thee in Egypt but I will lie with my Fathers and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place And he said I will do as thou hast said and he said swear unto me and he sware unto him and Israel bowed himself upon his beds head And it came to pass after these things one told Ioseph thy Father is sick and he took with him his two Sons Manasseh and Ephraim and Iacob told Ioseph how God appeared to him at Luz in the Land of Canaan and blessed him and he said God said unto me I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee and make of thee a multitude of people and will give this Land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession and now thy two Sons Ephraim and Manasseh which were born in Egypt before I came they are mine as much as Reuben and Simeon And the Issue which thou hast after them shall be thine And Israel beheld Ioseph's Sons and said whose are these and Ioseph said unto his Father they are my Sons whom God hath given me in this place and he said bring them unto me and I will bless them Now the eyes of Israel were dim that he could not see and he brought them neer unto him and he kissed them and embraced them and Israel said unto Ioseph I had not thought to have seen thy face and loe God hath shewed me thy seed And Ioseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand towards Israels left and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israels right hand and brought them neer unto him And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head who was the younger and his left hand upon Manassehs head guiding his hands wittingly for Manasseh was the first-born And he blessed Ioseph and said God before whom my Fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which fed me all my life long unto this day the Angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the Lads and let my name be named on them and the name of my Fathers Abraham and Isaac and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth And when Ioseph saw that his Father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim it displeased him and he held up his Fathers hand to remove it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head and said not so my Father for this is the first born and his Father refused and said I know it my Son I know it he shall be great but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he and he blessed them that day saying in thee shall Israel bless saying God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh And Israel said unto Ioseph behold I die but God shall be with you and bring you again into the Land of your Fathers And Iacob called unto him his Sons and said gather your selves together that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days and hear ye Sons of Iacob and hearken unto Israel your Father here Iacob prophesied unto all his twelve Sons what they should be and gave every one their sentence and portion but more especially and largely he prophesieth of Iudah of whom our Lord sprang and this it the seed that we are to treat of Iudah thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise thine hand shall be in the neck of thine Enemies thy Fathers Children shall how down to thee Iudah is a Lions Whelp from the Prey my Son thou art gone up he stooped down he couched as a Lion and as an old Lion who shall rouse him up The Scepter shall not depart from Iudah nor the Law-Giver from between his feet until Shiloh come unto him shall the gathering of the people be binding his foal unto the Vine and his Asses Colt unto the choice Vine he washed his Garments in Wine and his Cloaths in the bloud of Grapes His Eyes shall be red with Wine and his teeth white with Milk Here is a holy and a glorious Prophesie of Iudah of which we shall shew more hereafter as also of all the rest of his Sons he prophesied unto them and told them what should come to pass to all the 12 Tribes of Israel as you may read Gen. 49. So after that he had charged them that they should bury him and carry him up into Canaan and bury him in that field which Abraham had bought where Abraham and Sarah was buryed and Isaac and Rebekah and Leah his Wife When Iacob had made an end of commanding his Sons he gathered up his feet into the bed and yielded up the Ghost and was gathered unto his people And Ioseph and his Brethren carried him up to Canaan to bury and the Elders of Pharaohs House went along with them and when they had buryed him and mourned for him Ioseph and his Brethren returned into Egypt So Ioseph and his Brethren continued in Egypt and Ioseph was tender and loving to his Brethren And when Joseph was 110 years old he dyed and Joseph took an Oath of the Children of Israel saying God will visit you and ye shall carry my bones from hence Gen. 50. Exodus SO Jacob and his Sons their Wives and their Children that went down into Egypt with him were seventy in number and Joseph died and all his Brethren and all that Generation Exod. 1.6 But their Children encreased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty and the Land was filled with them and Pharaoh that was kind and loving to Joseph and his brethren died and there arose a new King in Egypt which knew not Joseph and he stormed at the encrease of the Children of Israel and said they might deal wisely with them and so he began to afflict them and set Task-Masters over them and the Egyptians made them serve with rigour so that they made their lives bitter with hard bondage in Mortar and in Brick and in all manner of service and Pharaoh charged their Midwives to kill all their Male-children And Pharaoh charged all his people saying every Son that is born ye shall cast into the River but the Midwives feared God and did not as Pharaoh had
Caldees to go into the Land of Canaan Gen. 11.31 And the Lord said unto Abram get thee out of thy Country and from thy kindred and from thy Fathers house into a Land that I will shew thee and I will make of thee a great Nation and I will bless thee and make thy name great and thou shalt be a blessing and I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all the Families of the earth be blessed So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him and Abram took Sarai his Wife and Lot his Brother's Son and all their substance that they had gathered and the Souls that they had got in Haran and they went forth to go into the Land of Canaan and into the Land of Canaan they came and Abram passed through the Land to Scchem unto the plain of Morch and the Canaanite was then in the Land this Canaanite was of Ham's stock and seed which afterward the Lord drove out to bring in his own seed of his Promise And the Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto thy feed will I give this Land and there Abram built an Altar unto the Lord who appeared unto him there in the Land though the Canaâ—nite was there and Abram removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his Tent and there he builded an Altar unto the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. And so journied towards the South and there was a grievous Famine in the Land and Abram and his Wife and Lot went down into Egypt to sojourn there because the Famine was great and there they stayed in Egypt till they were grown very rich in Cattel in Silver and in Gold And Abram came back again out of Egypt and his Wife and Lot and all that they had and he went on his journey from the South even to Bethel unto the place where his Tent had been in the beginning and unto the place of the Altar which he had made there at first there Abram called on the name of the Lord even in the Land which the Lord had given unto him he came back unto it from Egypt he and his Wife and Lot and all their substance and Cattel but their Servants and Herdsmen could not agree and Abram desired that there might be peace betwixt Lâ—â— and him because they were brethren and Abram said the whole Land is before thee separate thy self from me and take the one hand and I will take the other and Lot chose the plain of Jordan because it was well watâ—red and as the Garden of the Lord and Abram dwelt in the Land of Canaan and Lot dwelt in the Cities of the plain and pitched his Tents towards Sodom but the men of Sodom were wicked and sinned before the Lord exceedingly for they were of Ham's stock and of that cursed seed for he was the Father of Canaan and the Lord said unto Abram after that Lot was separated from him list up now thine eâ—es and look from the place where thou art Northward and Southward and Eastward and Westward for all the Land which thou seest to the will I give and to thy seed for ever and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth so that if thou canst number the dust of the earth then shall thy seed be numbred Abram removed his Tent and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is in Hebron and builded there an Altar unto the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord Then there was a great battel fought about Sodom and Comorrah four Kings against five made War and they took Lot Abraham's brothers Son a Prisoner and all his goods And when Abram heard they had taken his Brother's Son captive he armed his servants that were born in his house and pursued them unto Dan and pursued them unto Hobah and he brought back all the Goods and he also brought again his brother Lot And when Abram returned back from the slauther of the Kings Melchisedec King of Salem brought forth bread and Wine and he was the Priest of the most high God and he blessed him and said blessed be Abram of the most high God possessor of Heaven and earth and blessed be the most high God which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand and Abram gave him Tyths of all Now the Scripture saith that Christ the everlasting high Priest is after the Order of Melchisedec Psal 110.4 David saith the Lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedec and the Apostle saith Heb. 6.20 whither the forerunner is entred even Jesus made an high Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedec this cannot be of mortal man nor according to mans Order that Christ Jesus is made a Priest after the Apostle saith this Melchisedec King of Salem Priest of the most high God who met Abram returning from the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him to whom Abraham also gave a tenth part of all The Apostle gives the signification of his name first being by interpretation King of Righteousness after that King of Salem which is King of peace without Father without Mother without descent having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the Son of God abideth a Priest continually This is the interpretation the Apostle gives of him now consider saith the Apostle how great he is unto whom the Patriarch Abraham gave the tenth Now they that are of the Sons of Levi who receive the Office of Priesthood have a commandment to take Tythes according to the Law but he whose descent is not counted from them received Tythes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promise and without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better for if he had not been above Abraham he could not have blessed him for here men that die saith the Apostle receive Tythes but there he received them of whom it is witnessed that he liveth Heb. 7.8 What will it advantage the Priests of this age when they cannot prove by the Levetical Law Tythes to be lawful in these days because they profess themselves to be Ministers of the Gospel and their Order should be Gospel-Order and they bring Melchisedec that he took Tythes and they bring Abraham who is the seed that God hath blessed that had the promises of God unto him that paid them and they themselves are mortal sinful men that takes the Tythes and people that are loaden with sin and iniquity pays the Tythes what example have these from Melchisedec's Order after whose Order Christ Jesus the everlasting high Priest is made for Levi that took Tythes paid Tythes in Abraham unto Melchisedec for he was in the loins of his Father when Abraham met him if there were perfection in the Levitical Priesthood which is after the Order of Aaron what needed there another Priest after the Order of Melchisedec
servants and all the Egyptians and there was a great cry in Egypt for there was not a house in which there was not one dead And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said arise and get ye forth from among my people both you and all the Children of Israel go serve the Lord as ye have said and bless me also And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the Land in haste for they said we be all dead men So the Children of Israel journied from Rameses to Succoth about six hundred thousand on foot that were men besides Children as you may read in this 12. Chapter And it came to pass at the end of 430 years even the self same day that all the Hosts of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt it is a night much to be observed unto the Lord for bringing them up from the Land of Egypt this is that night to the Lord to be observed by all the Children of Israel ver 42. And they went up harnessed out of the Land of Egypt And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him for the Children of Israel had strictly sworn unto him and he said God will surely visit you and ye shall carry my bones away from hence ver 18 19. And the Lord said unto Moses sanctifie unto me all the first-born whatsoever openeth the Womb of man or beast among the Children of Israel it is mine as you may read at large Chap. 13. And it came to pass when Pharaoh let the People go that God led them not through the Land of the Philistines although that was neer but God led them about through the wilderness of the Red Sea and the Lord spake unto Moses saying speak unto the Children of Israel that they turn and encamp before Pi-habiroth between Migdol and the Sea over against Baal-Zephon for Pharaoh will say of the Children of Israel they are entangled in the Land the Wilderness hath shut them in and I will harden Pharaohs heart and he shall follow after them And it was told Pharaoh that the People were fled and his heart was hardned and the hearts of his Servants and they said why have we done this that we should let the People go from serving us And the King made ready his Chariots and he took 600 chosen Charlots of all the Chariots of Egypt and made Captains over every one of them And the Lord hardned the heart of the King of Egypt and he pursued after the Children of Israel but the Lord carried them out with a high hand but the Egyptians pursued after them all the Horses and Charlots of Pharaoh and his Horsemen and his Army and overtook them encamped by the Sea and when Pharaoh drew nigh the Children of Israel lift up their eyes and behold the Egyptians marched after them and they were sore afraid and the Children of Israel cryed unto the Lord and Moses said unto them fear ye not stand stil and see the salvation of the Lord which he will shew you this day for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day ye shall see them no more for ever the Lord shall fight for you and hold your peace And the Lord said unto Moses speak unto the Children of Israel that they go forward but lift up thy Rod and stretch forth thy hand over the Sea and divide it and the Children of Israel shall go on dry ground in the midst of the Sea and I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them And the Angel of God which went before the Camp of Israel removed and went behind them and the Pillar of a cloud which went before their face stood behind them and it came between the Camp of the Egyptians and the Camp of Israel and it was a cloud and darkness to them but it gave light by night to the Children of Israel so that one came not neer the other all the night and Moses stretched out his hand over the Sea and the Lord caused the Sea to go back by a strong East-wind all that night and the Children of Israel went into the midst of the Sea upon dry ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left 12. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them to the midst of the Sea all Pharaohs Chariots his Horses and his Horsemen and in the morning watch the Lord looked on the Host of the Egyptians through the Pillar of fire and the Cloud and troubled their Host and took off their Chariot-Wheels that they drove heavily so that the Egyptians said let us fly from the face of Israel for the Lord sighteth for them and against us and the Lord said unto Moses stretch out thy hand over the Sea that the waters may come upon the Egyptians upon their Chariots and upon their Horsemen and Moses stretched forth his hand over the Sea and the Sea returned to its strength and when the morning appeared the Egyptians fled against it and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the Sea and the waters returned and covered their Chariots and their Horsemen and all the Host of Pharaoh that came into the Sea after them there remained not so much as one of them thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hands of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the Sea shore Then sang Moses and the Children of Israel this Song unto the Lord c. Exod. 15. Thus the Lord wrought these 12 wonders upon Pharaâ—h and the Egyptians all which made them harder and harder notwithstanding they could not with hold the Israelites when the Lord would deliver them for he brought them forth with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and led them through the Wilderness where they met with many tryals and hardships it being a place not affording outward necessaries and they wanted Faith to trust in the arm and power of the Almighty which had so graciously and mercifully heard their cryes under their oppression and seen their sorrows and had delivered them out of their heavy bondage and darkness that they were in under the Egyptians and though he had shewed his mighty and wonderful works upon Pharaoh and his Host yet when they came to want what they desired they murmured exceedingly against the Lord and the Children of Israel said would to God we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the Land of Egypt when we sat by the flesh-pots and when we did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into this Wilderness to kill this whole Assembly with hunger then the Lord rained Manna from Heaven And it grieved the Lord that they murmured against him and the Lord said I have heard your murmurings at even ye shall eat flesh and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God Exod. 16.12
but I would not hearken unto Baalam therefore he blessed you still so I delivered you out of his hand Iosh 24. to the 10. verse Thus Ioshua goes on rehearsing the mercies of the Lord to them and exhorting them to serve the Lord God and to fear the Lord in sincerity and in truth and not to serve other Gods for the Lord God saith he is a jealous God he will not forgive your transgressions and sins if you forsake the Lord then will he turn and do you hurt and consume you And the People said unto Ioshua nay but we will serve the Lord and Ioshua said unto the people ye are witnesses against your selves that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him and they said we are witnesses And Ioshua made a Covenant with the people that day and set them a Statute and an Ordinance and thus Ioshua bound them by Covenant to serve the Lord and set up a great stone under an Oak by the Sanctuary of the Lord to be a witness unto them lest they should deny God and so Ioshua sent the people away And it came to pass that Ioshua the Son of Nun the servant of the Lord died being 110 years old and they buried him in the borders of his inheritance in Mount Ephraim And Israel served the Lord all the days of Ioshua and all the days of the Elders that outlived Ioshua which had known the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel Judges NOW after the death of Ioshua the Children of Israel asked the Lord saying who shall go up for us against the Canaanites and the Lord said Iudah shall go up behold I have delivered the Land into his hands and Iudah said unto Simeon his brother come up with me that we may go fight against the Canaanites So Simeon went with him and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands and they slew them ten thousand men as you may read in the first of Iudges throughout and likewise in the second Chapter you may see what command the Lord laid on them But Ioshua being dead and all that Generation that knew the works and wonders of the Lord being gathered to their Fathers and there arose another Generation after them that knew not the Lord nor yet the works which the Lord had done for Israel then the Children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served Baalim and they forsook the Lord God of their Fathers and served Baal and provoked the Lord to anger and it was hot against Israel as you may read the most part of Iudges After this Deborah the Prophetess judged Israel and they came up to her for judgment and Sisera came up against Israel and Deborah said unto Barak this day he is delivered into thy hands and so Barak pursued Sisera and Iâ—el slew him as you may read in the 4. and 5. Chapters of Iudges After this Gideon was called to Rule over Israel and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him Chap. 6. And the Lord made him victorious over his Enemies Chap. 7.8 And it came to pass as soon as Gideon was dead that the Children of Israel turned again and went a whoring after Baalim and made Baal-Peor their God while Abimelech the Son of Gideon ruled over them Chap. 9. And after Abimelech there arose a man of the Tribe of Issachar and he judged Israel 23 years and he died and Jephtah judged Israel Chap. 11. and 12. And there was a man of Zorah of the Family of the Danites whose name was Manoah and his Wife was barren and bare not and the Angel of the Lord appeared unto her and said unto her behold thou shalt conceive and bear a Son and this Son was Sampson and he was amongst them for several years and judged Israel twenty years Chap. 14 15 16 c. Then there was no King in Israel and the Danites sought for an inheritance and they came to Zorah and said to their Brethren arise we have seen the Land that it is good and they gathered six hundred men together appointed with Weapons of War And they took a City named Laish and called it Dan. Chap. 18. And thus the Children of Israel fell away from the Lord and the Lord was grieved and provoked with them as you may read throughout the Book of Iudges insomuch that the Tribe of Benjamin had like to have been cut off from the rest of the Tribes because of a wicked action that they wrought as you may read from Chap. 18. to the end of the Book of Judges Ruth AND it came to pass in the days when the Judges ruled Israel that there was a Famine in the Land and a certain man of Bethlehem-Iudah went to sojourn in the Country of Mâ—ab as you may read in the Book of Ruth and the name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his Wife was Naomi and the names of his two Sons was Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites of Bethlehâ—m-Iudah and they stayed in Moab and they took them Wives of the Moabites till Elimelech was dead and his two Sons and his Wife Naomi returned back to her own Country and her Daughter-in-Law Ruth would not leave her until they came to Bethlehem-Iudah as you may read in the first Chapter And Naomi had a Kinsman of her Husbands a mighty man of wealth of the Family of Elimelech whose name was Beaz and it came to pass that this Boaz took to Wife Ruth as you may read in the 2.3 and 4. Chapters of Ruth so Boaz took Ruth and she was his Wife and he went in unto her and the Lord gave her conception and she called his name Obed he is the Fathen of Iesse the Father of David of whom Christ sprang I Samuel THere was a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim of mount Ephraim and his name was Elkanah the Son of Ieroham the Son of Elihu the Son of Tohu the Son of Zuph an Ephrathite and he had two Wives the name of the one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnab and Peninnah had children but Hannah had no children and this man went up out of his City yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh and the two Sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas the Priests of the Lord were there and Hannah was in much bitterness and prayed unto the Lord in her heart but her voice was not heard and Eli reproved her but the Lord heard her and granted her petition wherefore when the time was come after Hannah had conceived that she bare a Son for the Lord remembred her and she called his name Samuel saying because I asked him of the Lord as you may read 1 Sam. 1. And she exalted and praised the Lord for his mercy as you may read Ch. 2. and Samuel ministred before the Lord being a Child girded with a Linnen Ephod according to the Order of Aaron and this Child Samuel ministred unto the Lord before