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A15408 Hexapla in Genesin & Exodum: that is, a sixfold commentary upon the two first bookes of Moses, being Genesis and Exodus Wherein these translations are compared together: 1. The Chalde. 2. The Septuagint. 3. The vulgar Latine. 4. Pagnine. 5. Montanus. 6. Iunius. 7. Vatablus. 8. The great English Bible. 9. The Geneva edition. And 10. The Hebrew originall. Together with a sixfold vse of every chapter, shewing 1. The method or argument: 2. The divers readings: 3. The explanation of difficult questions and doubtfull places: 4. The places of doctrine: 5. Places of confutation: 6. Morall observations. In which worke, about three thousand theologicall questions are discussed: above forty authors old and new abridged: and together comprised whatsoever worthy of note, either Mercerus out of the Rabbines, Pererius out of the fathers, or Marloran out of the new writers, have in their learned commentaries collected. By Andrew Willet, minister of the gospell of Iesus Christ. Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.; Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621. Hexapla in Genesin. aut; Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621. Hexapla in Exodum. aut 1633 (1633) STC 25685; ESTC S114193 2,366,144 1,184

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vers_fw-la 20._o to_o 24._o other_o interlocutory_a speech_n be_v insert_v of_o the_o patriarch_n among_o themselves_o in_o confess_v their_o sin_n towards_o their_o brother_n vers_fw-la 21._o 2._o joseph_n show_v this_o kindness_n to_o his_o brethren_n in_o cause_v their_o money_n to_o be_v put_v in_o their_o sack_n mouth_n vers_n 25._o three_o their_o return_n home_o be_v express_v 1._o what_o happen_v in_o the_o way_n as_o they_o go_v that_o in_o open_v of_o their_o sack_n they_o find_v their_o money_n 2._o the_o report_n and_o narration_n to_o jacob_n of_o their_o manner_n of_o handle_v and_o entertainment_n in_o egypt_n 3._o the_o refusal_n of_o jacob_n to_o send_v his_o son_n benjamin_n with_o they_o although_o reuben_n earnest_o persuade_v he_o 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n v_o 1._o why_o be_v ye●_n negligent_a or_o slothful_a h.s.c._n why_o gaze_v you_o or_o look_v you_o one_o upon_o another_o b.g.t.p._n heb_n ad_fw-la v_o 2._o buy_v we_o necessary_n from_o thence_o h._n buy_v we_o food_n s.g._n corn_n b._n buy_v we_o from_o thence_o t.c.p._n heb_n v_o 4._o &_o 36._o lest_o he_o take_v hurt_v by_o the_o way_n h._n be_v sick_a by_o the_o way_n s._n die_v in_o the_o journey_n c.g._n lest_o destruction_n befall_v he_o b._n t._n p._n asen_n destruction_n death_n v_o 7._o he_o consider_v what_o he_o shall_v say_v unto_o they_o c._n he_o make_v himself_o strange_a unto_o they_o cedar_n alt_n v_o 9_o you_o be_v come_v to_o consider_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o land_n s._n to_o see_v the_o weakness_n or_o nakedness_n caeter_fw-la v_o 11._o we_o be_v peaceable_a man_n and_o intend_v no_o evil_n h._n we_o be_v peaceable_a and_o no_o spy_n s._n we_o mean_v true_o and_o be_v no_o spy_n b._n g._n we_o be_v true_a or_o honest_a man_n and_o no_o spy_n c.t.p._n heb_n cun_fw-fr right_a true_a v_o 16._o by_o the_o health_n of_o pharaoh_n h.s._n by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n c.b._n g._n so_o may_v pharaoh_n live_v t._n p._n heb_n t.r._n you_o shall_v be_v carry_v away_o s._n you_o shall_v be_v in_o bond_n caet_fw-la v_o 19_o carry_v the_o corn_n which_o you_o have_v buy_v for_o your_o house_n h._n carry_v the_o corn_n which_o you_o have_v buy_v cor_o s._n carry_v the_o corn_n which_o fail_v in_o your_o house_n c._n carry_v corn_n for_o the_o famine_n of_o your_o house_n g._n to_o put_v away_o the_o famine_n of_o your_o house_n b._n p._n carry_v corn_n the_o famine_n whereof_o be_v in_o your_o house_n t.c.r._n t._n carry_v corn_n of_o the_o famine_n of_o your_o houses·_n heb_n v_o 25._o to_o fill_v their_o sack_n with_o corn_n h.b.g._n to_o fill_v their_o vessel_n or_o instrument_n with_o corn_n c._n t.p._n calah_o t.g.r._n a_o vessel_n v_o 30._o
and_o beside_o he_o reckon_v manasses_n and_o ephraim_n which_o come_v not_o down_o with_o jacob_n but_o be_v in_o egypt_n perer._n in_o genes_n 46._o numer_n 25._o contra._n 1._o it_o be_v untrue_a that_o phares_n and_o benjamin_n son_n be_v then_o unborn_a at_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n i_o have_v show_v before_o qua_v 9_o how_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a but_o they_o may_v very_o well_o be_v all_o then_o bear_v otherwise_o moses_n word_n shall_v not_o be_v true_a all_o the_o soul_n which_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n vers_fw-la 26_o if_o these_o come_v not_o with_o he_o 2._o ephraim_n and_o manasses_n come_v not_o down_o with_o jacob_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o first_o number_n of_o 66._o but_o they_o be_v bear_v before_o jacob_n descend_v not_o afterward_o and_o therefore_o be_v fit_o comprehend_v in_o the_o other_o account_n of_o 70._o 3._o wherefore_o see_v the_o septuagint_n read_v 75._o moses_n number_v but_o seventy_o in_o all_o either_o moses_n must_v be_v in_o a_o error_n or_o they_o for_o both_o can_v agree_v with_o truth_n 6._o place_n of_o moral_a use_n 1._o mor._n not_o to_o take_v a_o journey_n in_o hand_n without_o prayer_n vers._n 1._o iacob_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o god_n jacob_n will_v not_o take_v this_o long_a and_o perilous_a journey_n in_o hand_n but_o first_o he_o call_v upon_o god_n to_o consult_v with_o he_o and_o pray_v that_o his_o journey_n be_v prosperous_a which_o example_n teach_v we_o not_o to_o enterprise_v any_o journey_n or_o to_o take_v in_o hand_n any_o business_n of_o weight_n without_o prayer_n muscul._n so_o do_v abraham_n servant_n gen._n 24._o so_o do_v jacob_n gen._n 28._o 2._o mor._n to_o provide_v as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v not_o to_o be_v chargeable_a to_o other_o vers._n 6._o they_o take_v their_o cattle_n and_o their_o good_n though_o pharaoh_n send_v they_o word_n to_o take_v no_o care_n for_o their_o stuff_n yet_o they_o provide_v have_v of_o their_o own_o to_o be_v as_o little_a chargeable_a as_o they_o may_v to_o other_o not_o like_a to_o some_o that_o be_v careless_a for_o themselves_o and_o rely_v altogether_o upon_o the_o help_n of_o other_o muscul._n this_o make_v s._n paul_n to_o labour_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v grievous_a to_o other_o although_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n to_o maintain_v he_o 2_o cor._n 11.8_o 3._o mor._n the_o hatred_n of_o the_o world_n make_v we_o cleave_v fast_o to_o god_n vers._n 34._o every_o sheepe-keeper_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n god_n turn_v the_o hatred_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o their_o great_a good_a for_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o have_v a_o place_n provide_v by_o themselves_o where_o they_o may_v quiet_o serve_v god_n calvin_n so_o when_o the_o righteous_a be_v hate_v of_o the_o world_n it_o cause_v they_o to_o sequester_v themselves_o from_o the_o vain_a delight_n thereof_o and_o cleave_v more_o near_o to_o god_n as_o the_o prophet_n david_n do_v when_o his_o enemy_n hate_v he_o but_o i_o give_v myself_o to_o prayer_n psal._n 109.5_o chap._n xlvii_o 1._o the_o method_n and_o argument_n first_o in_o this_o chapter_n be_v set_v forth_o the_o manner_n of_o entertainment_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n at_o pharaoh_n hand_n and_o josephs_n first_o concern_v jacob_n son_n joseph_n present_v five_o of_o they_o before_o the_o king_n vers_fw-la 2._o 2._o then_o they_o make_v their_o request_n vers_fw-la 3_o 4._o 3._o pharaoh_n grant_v it_o vers_n 5.2_o concern_v jacob_n he_o first_o salute_v pharaoh_n 2._o commune_v with_o pharaoh_n about_o his_o age_n vers_fw-la 9.3_o take_v his_o leave_n 4._o joseph_n place_v his_o father_n and_o brethren_n in_o the_o land_n of_o rameses_n and_o nourish_v they_o vers_fw-la 11.12_o second_o there_o be_v declare_v the_o extremity_n of_o famine_n and_o dearth_n in_o egypt_n 1._o they_o give_v all_o their_o money_n for_o corn_n vers_fw-la 13_o 14._o 2._o they_o sell_v all_o their_o cattle_n and_o good_n for_o food_n vers_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o 3._o they_o sell_v themselves_o and_o their_o ground_n for_o bread_n vers_fw-la 19_o 20._o to_o v_o 27._o in_o this_o last_o sale_n these_o particular_n be_v express_v 1._o joseph_n take_v possession_n of_o their_o ground_n by_o remove_v of_o the_o people_n from_o one_o place_n of_o the_o land_n to_o another_o vers_n 21._o 2._o the_o immunity_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o priest_n 3._o the_o covenant_n that_o joseph_n make_v for_o the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n and_o the_o people_n consent_n vers_fw-la 23._o to_o 26._o 3._o the_o law_n establish_v vers_fw-la 26._o three_o concern_v jacob_n there_o be_v set_v forth_o 1._o the_o time_n of_o his_o dwell_n in_o egypt_n and_o his_o age_n vers_fw-la 27_o 28._o 2._o the_o promise_n and_o oath_n which_o joseph_n make_v to_o jacob_n to_o bury_v he_o with_o his_o father_n in_o canaan_n and_o jacob_n thankfulness_n to_o god_n vers_fw-la 30.31_o 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n t.g.r._n v_o 2_o he_o take_v the_o last_o of_o his_o brethren_n h._n g._n p._n from_o his_o brethren_n s._n of_o the_o company_n of_o his_o brethren_n ●_o part_n of_o his_o brethren_n t._n g._n michtsah_o a_o part_n or_o end_n alt_z v_o 10._o jacob_n bless_v the_o king_n h._n bless_a pharaoh_n c●t_fw-la v_o 12._o give_v food_n to_o every_o one_o h._n wheat_n by_o the_o body_n s._n provide_v bread_n according_a to_o every_o one_o family_n c._n nourish_v they_o with_o bread_n even_o to_o the_o young_a child_n t.b.g.r._n g._n with_o bread_n to_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o little_a one_o ●_o that_o be_v as_o put_v into_o their_o mouth_n t._n as_o the_o father_n of_o the_o house_n he_o provide_v bread_n for_o all_o from_o the_o great_a to_o the_o small_a cor_o v_o 13._o there_o be_v no_o bread_n in_o all_o the_o world_n h._n in_o all_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d v_o 13._o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o canaan_n oppress_v with_o famine_n h._n famish_a b._n g._n fail_v or_o faint_v because_o of_o the_o famine_n sig_n c._n s._n be_v mad_a or_o at_o their_o wit_n end_n because_o of_o the_o famine_n t._n labah_o to_o be_v mad_a to_o fail_v that_o be_v they_o do_v murmur_v or_o be_v mutinous_a because_o of_o the_o famine_n cor_fw-la v_o 18._o that_o we_o be_v not_o destroy_v of_o my_o lord_n s._n we_o will_v not_o hide_v from_o my_o lord_n cat_n v_o 21._o and_o he_o make_v the_o people_n servant_n to_o pharaoh_n s._n h._n he_o remove_v the_o people_n from_o city_n to_o city_n or_o into_o ●●●taine_a city_n caet_fw-la sig_n v._n 2d_o the_o land_n of_o the_o officer_n or_o governor_n buy_v he_o not_o t._n the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n cat_n he_o cohen_o signify_v both_o a_o prince_n and_o priest_n signif_n v_o 22._o the_o priest_n have_v a_o portion_n out_o of_o the_o common_a barn_n h._n of_o pharaoh_n cat_n v_o 27._o and_o the_o israelite_n dwell_v in_o egypt_n t._n and_o israel_n dwell_v cat_n v_o 28_o and_o he_o lived·_v h._n and_o jacob_n live_v caet_fw-la v_o 31._o he_o worship_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o his_o rod._n s._n he_o worship_v towards_o the_o bed_n head_n b._n g._n pray_v towards_o the_o bed_n head_n c._n bow_v himself_o upon_o the_o pillow_n t._n caet_fw-la mittah_n with_o cametz_n signify_v a_o bed_n mitteh_o with_o three_o prick_n a_o rod_n the_o apostle_n follow_v the_o read_n of_o the_o septuagint_n heb._n 11._o which_o translation_n be_v then_o of_o great_a authority_n in_o the_o church_n the_o sense_n be_v not_o much_o differ_v 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubtful_a question_n quest_n i._o which_o five_o of_o his_o brethren_n joseph_n prefer_v to_o pharaoh_n vers._n 2._o joseph_n take_v part_n of_o his_o brethren_n 1._o because_o the_o word_n here_o use_v chetzah_n signify_v a_o end_n or_o extreme_a part_n some_o think_v that_o joseph_n take_v five_o of_o the_o uppermost_a or_o chief_a of_o his_o brethren_n in_o person_n and_o wisdom_n sic_fw-la lyran._n tostat._n so_o be_v the_o word_n use_v jud._n 18.2_o where_o the_o child_n of_o dan_n send_v out_o five_o of_o their_o strong_a man_n 2._o some_o think_v he_o take_v five_o of_o the_o low_a or_o mean_a that_o pharaoh_n shall_v conceive_v no_o like_n to_o make_v they_o courtier_n sic_fw-la oleaster_n but_o the_o word_n here_o signify_v not_o a_o end_n or_o extremity_n but_o only_o a_o part_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v 3._o some_o say_v that_o beside_o judah_n joseph_n take_v one_o of_o every_o of_o jacob_n wife_n son_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v partial_a cajetan_n but_o that_o be_v uncertain_a 4._o some_o hebrew_n go_v yet_o further_o and_o show_v which_o five_a they_o be_v namely_o reuben_n simeon_n levi_n isachar_n benjamin_n five_o of_o the_o weak_a sort_n and_o therefore_o their_o name_n be_v not_o double_v
second_o year_n etc._n etc._n since_o our_o money_n be_v spend_v etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o be_v neither_o the_o second_o year_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o famine_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v that_o after_o jacob_n come_v into_o egypt_n at_o his_o prayer_n nilus_n come_v to_o his_o ordinary_a course_n and_o god_n for_o his_o sake_n remit_v the_o five_o year_n of_o famine_n at_o that_o time_n which_o come_v afterward_o for_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o story_n gen._n 45.6_o where_o joseph_n say_v there_o be_v five_o year_n of_o famine_n yet_o behind_o neither_o be_v this_o in_o the_o three_o year_n but_o their_o money_n be_v spend_v in_o the_o five_o year_n they_o have_v corn_n the_o six_o year_n for_o their_o cattle_n and_o in_o the_o seven_o year_n they_o have_v give_v they_o seed_n to_o sow_v their_o ground_n because_o the_o 7._o year_n of_o famine_n be_v expire_v during_o the_o which_o they_o can_v not_o sow_v sic_fw-la mercer_n jun._n luther_n calvin_n 2._o isaac_n carus_n make_v this_o a_o doubtful_a speech_n thus_o read_v if_o our_o money_n be_v spend_v suppose_v that_o they_o give_v all_o their_o money_n in_o the_o begin_n to_o joseph_n and_o he_o give_v they_o corn_n for_o it_o as_o long_o as_o their_o money_n do_v last_o according_a to_o his_o discretion_n but_o this_o be_v not_o like_a for_o the_o text_n be_v v_o 15._o when_o money_n fail_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n they_o have_v no_o more_o money_n to_o bring_v 3._o likewise_o it_o be_v uncertain_a as_o some_o do_v note_n that_o corn_n continue_v all_o at_o one_o price_n all_o the_o year_n of_o famine_n it_o be_v like_a that_o joseph_n do_v set_v reasonable_a price_n but_o whether_o at_o the_o same_o continual_a rate_n it_o can_v be_v gather_v mercer_n quest_n viii_o whether_o joseph_n deal_v hardly_o or_o unjust_o in_o take_v the_o egyptian_n money_n cattle_n and_o land_n for_o corn_n vers._n 20._o so_o joseph_n buy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o pharaoh_n it_o may_v seem_v very_o hard_a that_o joseph_n when_o he_o have_v receive_v all_o the_o egyptian_n money_n for_o corn_n do_v take_v also_o their_o cattle_n and_o last_o of_o all_o their_o land_n wherefore_o josephs_n fact_n may_v be_v thus_o justify_v 1._o the_o corn_n which_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o pharaoh_n barn●_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o king_n for_o in_o the_o seven_o plentiful_a year_n pharaoh_n have_v take_v up_o the_o five_o part_n for_o his_o money_n of_o the_o people_n and_o now_o he_o sell_v it_o again_o muscul._n therefore_o here_o be_v nothing_o but_o just_a 2._o beside_o the_o equity_n we_o must_v consider_v josephs_n fidelity_n it_o become_v he_o to_o deal_v faithful_o with_o pharaoh_n good_n be_v put_v in_o trust_n withal_o and_o it_o be_v like_a that_o he_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o privity_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o king_n calvin_n 3._o josephs_n charity_n appear_v who_o when_o as_o the_o people_n have_v sell_v themselves_o to_o be_v pharaoh_n servant_n and_o their_o land_n joseph_n remit_v their_o service_n and_o take_v only_o their_o land_n perer._n 4._o his_o liberality_n also_o be_v see_v in_o this_o that_o whereas_o he_o may_v have_v take_v four_o part_n for_o pharaoh_n and_o leave_v the_o five_o for_o they_o he_o only_o reserve_v the_o five_o part_n for_o pharaoh_n whereas_o in_o fruitful_a ground_n such_o as_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v husbandman_n do_v willing_o occupy_v land_n for_o the_o half_a of_o the_o increase_n mercer_n perer._n 5._o josephs_n justice_n appear_v in_o that_o he_o do_v not_o force_v they_o to_o any_o thing_n but_o all_o be_v do_v by_o the_o people_n frank_a offer_n and_o willing_a consent_n calvin_n 6._o josephs_n prudencie_n and_o policy_n may_v be_v consider_v who_o take_v this_o course_n both_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o commonwealth_n the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n he_o sell_v they_o corn_n and_o give_v it_o not_o no_o gratis_o accipiendo_fw-la cultum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la relinquerent_fw-la quoniam_fw-la qui_fw-la alieno_fw-la utitur_fw-la suum_fw-la negligit_fw-la lest_o if_o they_o have_v receive_v it_o free_o they_o may_v have_v live_v idle_o and_o neglect_a tillage_n for_o he_o that_o may_v live_v of_o another_o will_v be_v careless_a of_o his_o own_o ambros._n officior_fw-la 2.16_o who_o further_o say_v that_o joseph_n do_v this_o ut_fw-la constitueret_fw-la tributum_fw-la quo_fw-la suae_fw-la tutius_fw-la habere_fw-la possent_fw-la to_o raise_v a_o tribute_n that_o every_o man_n for_o ever_o after_o may_v more_o safe_o hold_v his_o own_o 7._o the_o people_n be_v so_o far_o from_o complain_v of_o josephs_n injustice_n or_o hard_a deal_n that_o they_o thankful_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o have_v save_v their_o life_n vers_fw-la 25.8_o god_n by_o this_o mean_n do_v punish_v the_o egyptian_n riotous_a and_o licentious_a life_n in_o the_o year_n of_o plenty_n by_o their_o extreme_a penury_n and_o scarcity_n now_o mercer_n quest_n ix_o wherefore_o joseph_n remove_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o egypt_n to_o new_a dwelling_n vers._n 21._o he_o move_v the_o people_n to_o the_o city_n from_o one_o side_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n 1._o they_o be_v not_o remove_v from_o the_o principal_a city_n to_o small_a town_n as_o some_o expound_v but_o the_o contrary_a rather_o they_o be_v remove_v from_o their_o field_n and_o ground_n to_o the_o city_n 2._o they_o be_v not_o carry_v from_o one_o side_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o other_o that_o have_v be_v too_o great_a a_o toil_n but_o throughout_o egypt_n this_o course_n be_v take_v that_o the_o owner_n and_o former_a possessor_n shall_v change_v their_o ground_n 3._o which_o be_v do_v to_o this_o end_n to_o acknowledge_v pharaoh_n to_o be_v lord_n of_o their_o ground_n and_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o grieve_v they_o to_o pay_v this_o new_a tribute_n and_o imposition_n out_o of_o those_o possession_n assign_v they_o which_o may_v have_v seem_v grievous_a in_o their_o old_a inheritance_n jun._n mercer_n quest_n x._o of_o the_o privilege_n and_o immunity_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o egypt_n vers._n 22._o for_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o ordinary_a 1._o all_o the_o interpreter_n do_v so_o read_v but_o junius_n who_o think_v that_o those_o be_v chief_a officer_n rather_o to_o the_o king_n that_o have_v this_o immunity_n than_o the_o priest_n because_o josephs_n family_n be_v nourish_v at_o the_o king_n charge_n and_o his_o father_n household_n also_o as_o a_o part_n of_o his_o family_n which_o otherwise_o the_o egyptian_n will_v have_v repine_v at_o cont._n 1._o jacob_n family_n be_v nourish_v by_o the_o king_n extraordinary_a favour_n as_o likewise_o his_o dwell_n be_v give_v he_o in_o the_o best_a of_o the_o land_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o repine_n at_o it_o 2._o the_o officer_n also_o may_v be_v nourish_v at_o the_o king_n charge_n but_o they_o be_v not_o speak_v of_o because_o they_o belong_v to_o pharaoh_n household_n whereof_o moses_n speak_v not_o here_o but_o of_o the_o other_o subject_n 3._o the_o consent_n of_o interpreter_n the_o chalde_n and_o septuagint_n which_o here_o translate_v priest_n with_o calvin_n muscul._n mercerus_n tostatus_n pererius_n and_o other_o the_o testimony_n of_o foreign_a writer_n herodot_n in_o euterpe_n diodorus_n lib._n 2._o that_o priest_n have_v their_o ordinary_n from_o the_o king_n the_o great_a honour_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o egypt_n who_o be_v honour_v for_o their_o continent_n and_o contemplative_a life_n hierom._n ex_fw-la cheremon_n lib._n 1._o advers._fw-la jovinian_n be_v hold_v the_o master_n and_o chief_a professor_n of_o the_o mathematics_n and_o other_o liberal_a science_n arist._n princip_n metaphys_n be_v conversant_a and_o of_o counsel_n with_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n strab._n lib._n 17._o all_o these_o reason_n do_v show_v that_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o this_o favour_n be_v rather_o show_v to_o the_o order_n of_o priest_n than_o of_o any_o other_o 2._o neither_o be_v this_o ordinary_a allow_v to_o the_o priest_n only_o in_o this_o time_n of_o famine_n as_o mercerus_n think_v but_o it_o be_v a_o perpetual_a custom_n for_o the_o priest_n to_o be_v so_o maintain_v singulis_fw-la corum_fw-la continuo_fw-la cibi_fw-la sacripraesto_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n meat_n be_v prepare_v daily_o for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o herodot_n in_o euterpe_n quest_n xi_o whether_o joseph_n offend_v in_o give_v allowance_n of_o food_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n now_o in_o that_o joseph_n as_o pharaoh_n chief_a officer_n allow_v this_o ordinary_a to_o the_o idolatrous_a priest_n 1._o he_o be_v not_o therein_o to_o be_v reprehend_v for_o his_o connivance_n because_o he_o do_v no_o more_o resist_v their_o superstition_n calvin_n for_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o he_o do_v what_o he_o can_v and_o be_v grieve_v that_o he_o can_v not_o help_v it_o as_o he_o desire_v 2._o but_o see_v the_o law_n
gift_n require_v this_o as_o a_o reward_n and_o recompense_v for_o this_o good_a tiding_n but_o by_o this_o he_o show_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o butler_n good_a success_n and_o favour_n with_o the_o king_n that_o if_o he_o make_v but_o mention_n of_o he_o to_o pharaoh_n he_o may_v be_v deliver_v neither_o do_v he_o ask_v this_o as_o a_o reward_n but_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o do_v himself_o good_a for_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o use_v all_o honest_a mean_n for_o his_o liberty_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v thou_o call_v be_v a_o servant_n care_v not_o for_o it_o yet_o if_o thou_o can_v be_v free_a use_n it_o rather_o 1_o cor._n 7.21_o calvin_n 3._o it_o may_v be_v that_o joseph_n be_v some_o what_o too_o confident_a upon_o this_o mean_n as_o though_o this_o be_v the_o way_n that_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o his_o deliverance_n and_o therefore_o god_n will_v exercise_v josephs_n patience_n still_o so_o that_o joseph_n fail_v not_o in_o diffidence_n and_o distrust_n in_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o mean_n but_o rather_o herein_o that_o he_o limit_v god_n providence_n both_o for_o the_o mean_n and_o the_o time_n that_o even_o now_o and_o by_o this_o mean_n he_o haste_v to_o be_v deliver_v calvin_n mercer_n quest_n four_o how_o joseph_n be_v say_v to_o be_v steal_v away_o vers._n 15._o i_o be_v steal_v away_o by_o theft_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 1._o this_o theft_n be_v not_o commit_v by_o the_o ismaelite_n who_o buy_v joseph_n for_o their_o money_n but_o by_o his_o own_o brother_n who_o commit_v a_o theft_n two_o way_n both_o because_o they_o sell_v a_o freeman_n not_o take_v in_o battle_n nor_o bring_v into_o bondage_n which_o by_o moses_n law_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n exod._n 21.16_o and_o in_o that_o they_o do_v rob_v their_o father_n of_o his_o child_n perer._n 2._o hebron_n be_v not_o here_o mean_v by_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n as_o ramban_n hebrew_n because_o that_o be_v the_o principal_a place_n of_o abode_n for_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n but_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v thus_o call_v where_o the_o hebrew_n dwell_v which_o joseph_n so_o call_v rather_o than_o canaan_n because_o he_o abhor_v to_o be_v count_v of_o that_o nation_n mercer_n quest_n v._o how_o the_o chief_a baker_n his_o head_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o 〈◊〉_d levy_v vers._n 19_o within_o three_o day_n pharaoh_n shall_v take_v thy_o head_n from_o thou_o or_o leavy_z thy_o head_n off_o from_o thou_o etc._n etc._n 1._o junius_n read_v thus_o pharaoh_n number_v thou_o shall_v cause_v the●_n no_o more_o to_o be_v number_v and_o he_o refer_v it_o as_o before_o to_z the_o removing_z or_o take_v away_o of_o his_o peg_n which_o he_o take_v for_o his_o head_n out_o of_o his_o hole_n or_o place_n in_o the_o table_n but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v too_o curious_a 2._o neither_o with_o some_o other_o do_v i_o think_v that_o the_o chief_a baker_n be_v behead_v for_o the_o text_n say_v he_o be_v hang_v upon_o a_o t●ee_v which_o need_v not_o if_o he_o be_v first_o behead_v 3._o some_o make_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o phrase_n to_o be_v this_o that_o pharaoh_n will_v take_v away_o his_o life_n from_o he_o and_o the_o latin_n say_v capite_fw-la plecti_fw-la to_o lose_v the_o head_n that_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n hence_o they_o be_v call_v capital_a crime_n that_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o head_n or_o life_n mercer_n 4._o the_o most_o read_v shall_v take_v thy_o head_n from_o thou_o but_o he_o be_v hang_v not_o behead_v 5._o some_o think_v he_o be_v first_o behead_v and_o then_o hang_v as_o the_o manner_n be_v yet_o in_o some_o country_n osiand_n but_o in_o that_o the_o butler_n head_n be_v lift_v up_o as_o well_o as_o the_o baker_n vers_fw-la 20._o this_o phrase_n do_v not_o show_v his_o punishment_n for_o then_o the_o effect_n vers_fw-la 20._o shall_v not_o answer_v to_o the_o prophecy_n 6._o some_o understand_v it_o of_o his_o hang_n that_o his_o head_n be_v 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the_o baker_n shall_v be_v put_v from_o his_o office_n and_o no_o more_o reckon_v or_o levy_v among_o the_o officer_n and_o be_v hang_v this_o than_o be_v the_o true_a read_n of_o the_o word_n pharaoh_n shall_v leavy_z thy_o head_n from_o upon_o thou_o that_o be_v that_o no_o more_o levy_v or_o reckon_n be_v make_v upon_o thou_o which_o word_n may_v be_v supply_v by_o the_o contrary_a vers_fw-la 13._o and_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o preposition_n ghal_o use_v there_o to_o thy_o office_n and_o m●ghal_o from_o off_o express_v here_o do_v insinuate_v as_o much_o so_o also_o the_o same_o word_n meghaleca_v from_o off_o thou_o be_v use_v in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o verse_n and_o deut._n 8.4_o thy_o garment_n 〈◊〉_d not_o wax_v old_a from_o off_o thou_o that_o be_v to_o be_v no_o more_o upon_o thou_o and_o so_o to_o be_v use_v by_o thou_o quest_n vi_o whether_o joseph_n use_v any_o preamble_n to_o his_o interpretation_n vers._n 19_o the_o bird_n shall_v eat_v thy_o flesh_n 1._o it_o be_v like_o that_o joseph_n be_v to_o deliver_v so_o hard_a a_o interpretation_n of_o the_o baker_n dream_n do_v use_v some_o preface_n to_o excuse_v himself_o as_o philo_n bring_v he_o in_o thus_o speak_v utinam_fw-la tale_n somnium_fw-la non_fw-la vidiss_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v thou_o have_v either_o not_o see_v this_o dream_n or_o not_o declare_v it_o to_o i_o and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o joseph_n use_v some_o such_o preparation_n as_o daniel_n do_v when_o he_o be_v to_o expound_v nebuchadnezzars_n dream_n the_o dream_n be_v to_o they_o that_o hate_v thou_o and_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o to_o thy_o enemy_n dan._n 4.16_o 2._o this_o hang_n of_o malefactor_n upon_o a_o tree_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o ancient_a punishment_n and_o it_o be_v count_v a_o most_o ignominious_a death_n and_o therefore_o saint_n paul_n set_v forth_o the_o great_a humility_n of_o christ_n that_o humble_v himself_o even_o to_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n philip._n 2._o the_o latin_a translator_n read_v he_o shall_v hang_v thou_o on_o the_o cross_n which_o kind_n of_o death_n be_v use_v also_o among_o the_o roman_n punishment_n as_o tully_n say_v facinus_fw-la est_fw-la vincire_fw-la civem_fw-la romanum_fw-la scelus_fw-la verberare_fw-la quid_fw-la dicam_fw-la in_o crucem_fw-la toller●_n it_o be_v a_o great_a offence_n to_o bind_v a_o citizen_n of_o rome_n a_o great_a to_o beat_v he_o the_o great_a to_o set_v he_o on_o the_o cross_n cicer._n verrem_fw-la 7._o 3._o such_o as_o be_v hang_v to_o death_n among_o the_o israelite_n by_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v take_v down_o and_o bury_v the_o same_o day_n deut._n 21.23_o but_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o use_n be_v not_o observe_v among_o the_o gentile_n but_o their_o body_n do_v hang_v to_o be_v meat_n to_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n perer._n which_o may_v be_v note_v as_o a_o great_a judgement_n of_o god_n when_o the_o lord_n suffer_v his_o own_o image_n in_o man_n to_o be_v so_o deface_v and_o his_o flesh_n to_o be_v give_v for_o meat_n to_o the_o fowl_n and_o beast_n who_o flesh_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v man_n food_n as_o the_o lord_n threaten_v against_o jeroboam_fw-la and_o his_o house_n that_o they_o which_o die_v in_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v eat_v of_o dog_n they_o which_o die_v in_o the_o field_n shall_v be_v devour_v of_o the_o fowl_n of_o heaven_n 1_o king_n 14.11_o muscul._n quest_n vii_o whether_o lawful_a to_o keep_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o birthday_n vers._n 20._o pharaoh_n birthday_n 1._o this_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a custom_n to_o celebrate_v the_o birth-day_n of_o king_n and_o prince_n both_o among_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n as_o witness_v xenophon_n
septuagint_n in_o some_o copy_n read_v goshen_n in_o arabia_n for_o then_o jacob_n shall_v have_v be_v further_o off_o than_o in_o canaan_n 2._o neither_o be_v this_o the_o country_n call_v thebais_n border_v upon_o ethiopia_n as_o hierome_n think_v for_o that_o have_v be_v too_o long_o a_o journey_n for_o jacob_n 3._o but_o this_o goshen_n be_v situate_a between_o nil●●_n and_o the_o red_a sea_n border_v upon_o canaan_n not_o far_o from_o on_o where_o josephs_n chief_a habitation_n be_v or_o this_o country_n be_v both_o fruitful_a and_o therefore_o fit_a for_o cattle_n it_o be_v confine_v upon_o canaan_n and_o lie_v best_a for_o jacob_n journey_n it_o be_v not_o far_o from_o joseph_n so_o that_o he_o may_v see_v to_o his_o father_n want_n it_o be_v a_o country_n separate_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o egypt_n and_o fit_a for_o jacob_n because_o the_o keeper_n of_o sheep_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n jun._n mercer_n quest_n vi_o in_o what_o sense_n joseph_n say_v my_o mouth_n speak_v vers._n 12._o your_o eye_n do_v see_v that_o my_o mouth_n speak_v etc._n etc._n 1._o not_o that_o he_o show_v they_o his_o circumcision_n as_o rasi_fw-la 2._o or_o because_o by_o his_o mouth_n that_o be_v his_o word_n and_o authority_n all_o thing_n be_v do_v as_o r._n levi._n for_o these_o have_v be_v no_o certain_a demonstration_n that_o he_o be_v joseph_n 3._o but_o either_o because_o he_o speak_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n without_o a_o interpreter_n and_o after_o their_o own_o pronunciation_n as_o ramban_n vatablus_n junius_n as_o also_o for_o that_o he_o with_o his_o own_o mouth_n have_v declare_v such_o thing_n unto_o they_o as_o be_v not_o know_v to_o any_o other_o beside_o themselves_o mercer_n quest_n vii_o when_o pharaoh_n promise_v the_o best_a of_o the_o land_n why_o and_o in_o what_o sense_n vers._n 18._o i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o best_a of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n 1._o pharaoh_n be_v glad_a when_o he_o hear_v of_o josephs_n brethren_n and_o his_o servant_n and_o make_v this_o liberal_a offer_n not_o so_o much_o because_o as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v whereas_o joseph_n be_v think_v to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o base_a and_o servile_a birth_n he_o be_v now_o know_v to_o come_v of_o a_o good_a stock_n and_o parentage_n but_o pharaoh_n show_v hereby_o his_o great_a love_n to_o joseph_n in_o this_o reward_v his_o kindred_n 2._o neither_o need_v we_o to_o say_v with_o calvin_n that_o this_o offer_n be_v make_v by_o pharaoh_n before_o joseph_n promise_v the_o land_n of_o goshen_n to_o his_o brethren_n though_o it_o be_v set_v down_o after_o for_o joseph_n doubt_v not_o but_o that_o pharaoh_n of_o his_o princely_a love_n and_o liberality_n will_v confirm_v his_o grant_n 3._o lyranus_fw-la note_v this_o speech_n of_o pharaoh_n to_o be_v prophetical_a because_o afterward_o it_o come_v so_o to_o pass_v that_o the_o israelite_n have_v the_o best_a thing_n of_o egypt_n when_o they_o depart_v thence_o but_o tostatus_n mislike_v that_o collection_n because_o the_o israelite_n have_v not_o the_o best_a thing_n of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n but_o only_o of_o those_o egyptian_n that_o dwell_v among_o they_o and_o beside_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a thus_o read_v i_o will_v give_v thou_o all_o the_o good_n of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n do_v depart_v from_o the_o hebrew_n text_n where_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o all_o but_o only_a i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o best_a of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n quest_n viii_o the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n let_v not_o your_o eye_n spare_v your_o stuff_n vers._n 20._o let_v not_o your_o eye_n spare_v your_o stuff_n 1._o the_o meaning_n of_o which_o word_n be_v not_o either_o as_o the_o latin_a vulgar_a text_n have_v leave_v nothing_o of_o your_o stuff_n 2._o or_o as_o some_o hebrew_n let_v not_o your_o eye_n have_v pity_n of_o your_o stuff_n because_o you_o shall_v leave_v it_o behind_o but_o bring_v all_o with_o you_o and_o load_v your_o cart_n with_o it_o for_o this_o sense_n agree_v not_o with_o the_o reason_n which_o be_v add_v for_o the_o best_a of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v you_o 3._o neither_o be_v the_o meaning_n as_o mercerus_n give_v the_o sense_n carry_v what_o you_o will_v carry_v and_o leave_v the_o rest_n for_o thus_o a_o contrary_a sense_n shall_v be_v gather_v of_o the_o same_o word_n 4._o but_o he_o say_v thus_o much_o in_o effect_n let_v it_o not_o grieve_v you_o because_o of_o your_o stuff_n that_o you_o shall_v leave_v behind_o for_o you_o shall_v find_v enough_o in_o egypt_n jun._n and_o therefore_o our_o english_a bibles_n read_v well_o in_o this_o place_n regard_v not_o your_o stuff_n quest_n ix_o of_o the_o change_n of_o raiment_n and_o silver_n which_o joseph_n give_v to_o his_o brethren_n vers._n 22._o he_o give_v to_o they_o all_o change_n of_o raiment_n 1._o not_o double_a garment_n as_o hierome_n and_o the_o septuagint_n read_v for_o then_o benjamin_n shall_v have_v have_v not_o five_o but_o ten_o suit_n of_o raiment_n that_o have_v five_o time_n so_o much_o as_o the_o rest_n but_o they_o have_v better_a garment_n give_v they_o to_o change_v their_o old_a apparel_n with_o which_o before_o they_o have_v rend_v for_o grief_n gen._n 44._o and_o so_o change_v of_o garment_n be_v take_v for_o single_a vesture_n jud._n 14.19_o where_o samson_n slay_v thirty_o philistines_n and_o give_v so_o many_o change_n of_o raiment_n to_o his_o thirty_o companion_n vatabl._n 2._o whereas_o joseph_n give_v to_o benjamin_n 300._o sicle_n of_o silver_n the_o hebrew_n note_n that_o whereas_o joseph_n be_v sell_v for_o thirty_o sicle_n he_o therefore_o give_v to_o benjamin_n as_o much_o as_o all_o the_o other_o ten_o have_v for_o their_o share_n when_o joseph_n be_v sell_v ex_fw-la mercer_n but_o neither_o be_v joseph_n sell_v for_o thirty_o but_o twenty_o sicle_n neither_o yet_o have_v every_o one_o for_o his_o share_n twenty_o sicle_n much_o less_o thirty_o collection_n but_o the_o sum_n of_o twenty_o sicle_n the_o price_n which_o be_v set_v upon_o joseph_n be_v divide_v among_o they_o all_o they_o therefore_o in_o this_o curious_a collection_n be_v much_o deceive_v 3._o joseph_n give_v these_o great_a gift_n to_o his_o brethren_n but_o especial_o to_o benjamin_n not_o so_o much_o to_o testify_v his_o love_n unto_o they_o as_o that_o hereby_o they_o may_v persuade_v their_o wife_n and_o other_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o message_n to_o make_v they_o more_o willing_a to_o leave_v canaan_n and_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n calvin_n quest_n x._o how_o joseph_n be_v say_v likewise_o to_o send_v to_o jacob_n vers._n 23._o unto_o his_o father_n likewise_o he_o send_v etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v refer_v simple_o to_o that_o which_o follow_v that_o joseph_n send_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n to_o jacob_n that_o be_v ten_o he_o ass_n etc._n etc._n as_o ra●i_n mercerus_n for_o that_o be_v not_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n 2._o neither_o as_o ramban_n have_v it_o relation_n to_o the_o victual_n which_o joseph_n give_v his_o brethren_n for_o their_o money_n vers_n 21._o that_o so_o he_o send_v to_o jacob_n also_o the_o like_a victual_n for_o his_o money_n 3._o but_o it_o have_v reference_n to_o that_o which_o immediate_o go_v before_o that_o as_o he_o give_v money_n and_o raiment_n to_o benjamin_n so_o he_o send_v in_o the_o same_o proportion_n to_o jacob_n and_o moreover_o he_o send_v ten_o he_o ass_n etc._n etc._n vatabl._n junius_n and_o so_o the_o latin_a translator_n well_o expound_v addens_fw-la ei_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o add_v moreover_o ten_o ass_n etc._n etc._n quest_n xi_o why_o joseph_n charge_v his_o brethren_n not_o to_o fall_v out_o by_o the_o way_n vers._n 24._o fall_v not_o out_o by_o the_o way_n the_o word_n be_v ragaz_v which_o signify_v to_o be_v afraid_a to_o be_v move_v or_o trouble_v 1._o ramban_n expound_v it_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o bear_v any_o trouble_n by_o the_o way_n because_o they_o be_v lade_v with_o so_o much_o riches_n for_o josephs_n name_n and_o authority_n shall_v be_v their_o protection_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o joseph_n bid_v they_o agree_v because_o brethren_n be_v apt_a to_o fall_v out_o 3._o some_o because_o traveller_n by_o reason_n that_o their_o body_n be_v distemper_v with_o their_o journey_n and_o be_v often_o provoke_v by_o their_o mutual_a talk_n and_o communication_n do_v many_o time_n fall_v out_o thom._n anglic._n 4_o but_o joseph_n know_v how_o they_o will_v wrangle_v in_o the_o way_n about_o himself_o and_o his_o sell_v into_o egypt_n one_o lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o another_o for_o reuben_n consent_v not_o at_o all_o judah_n give_v counsel_n to_o sell_v he_o be_v unwilling_a he_o shall_v perish_v the_o rest_n conspire_v his_o death_n therefore_o he_o give_v they_o
servant_n the_o physician_n etc._n etc._n 1._o at_o the_o first_o it_o seem_v that_o physician_n be_v not_o much_o regard_v see_v the_o servant_n be_v physician_n so_o also_o it_o be_v among_o the_o roman_n but_o afterward_o they_o grow_v in_o credit_n and_o be_v much_o honour_v plini_n libr._n 29._o initi_fw-la 2._o it_o seem_v also_o that_o some_o among_o the_o egyptian_n be_v especial_o depute_v for_o this_o service_n to_o embawme_n the_o dead_a diod●r_n write_v that_o they_o use_v to_o come_v to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o know_v in_o what_o manner_n they_o will_v have_v the_o burial_n solemnize_v for_o there_o be_v three_o degree_n of_o burial_n some_o after_o a_o costly_a manner_n some_o in_o a_o mean_a some_o poor_o have_v their_o funeral_n keep_v and_o of_o these_o embawmer_n some_o do_v only_o cut_v the_o body_n and_o take_v out_o the_o excrement_n who_o be_v hate_v of_o all_o some_o do_v embawme_n they_o with_o spice_n and_o these_o be_v great_o honour_v diodor._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o 3._o divers_a country_n have_v divers_a fashion_n of_o burial_n the_o hircani_n devour_v dead_a body_n with_o dog_n the_o iberi_n expose_v they_o to_o the_o vulture_n the_o nasamones_n bury_v they_o in_o the_o sea_n the_o garamantes_n in_o the_o sand_n the_o celtae_n drink_n in_o dead_a man_n bone_n the_o scythian_n hang_v they_o up_o upon_o pole_n to_o waste_v and_o consume_v the_o indian_n hang_v they_o up_o in_o their_o house_n the_o roman_n from_o the_o day_n of_o scylla_n until_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n antonini_n use_v to_o burn_v they_o the_o egyptian_n to_o embawme_n they_o 4._o the_o persian_n burn_v not_o the_o dead_a because_o they_o hold_v fire_n to_o be_v a_o god_n and_o therefore_o not_o fit_a to_o feed_v of_o dead_a carcase_n the_o egyptian_n burn_v not_o because_o they_o hold_v fire_n to_o have_v life_n and_o to_o devour_v and_o when_o it_o have_v devour_v it_o die_v itself_o perer._n ex_fw-la herod_n lib._n 2._o quest_n ii_o of_o the_o time_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o egyptian_n mourning_n vers._n 3._o so_o 40._o day_n be_v accomplish_v 1._o these_o 40._o day_n of_o embawm_a be_v part_n of_o the_o 70._o day_n of_o mourning_n that_o be_v they_o embawm_v he_o 40._o day_n and_o mourn_v 30._o day_n more_o mercer_n not_o as_o diodorus_n that_o they_o embawmed_a 30._o day_n or_o as_o herodot_n that_o after_o the_o embawm_a they_o salt_v the_o corpse_n 70._o day_n or_o as_o comestor_n the_o egyptian_n do_v mourn_v forty_o day_n the_o hebrew_n thirty_o genes_n for_o the_o egyptian_n be_v say_v to_o have_v mourn_v seventy_o day_n 2._o before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n be_v not_o so_o common_a the_o hebrew_n use_v more_o ceremony_n in_o burial_n and_o the_o egyptian_n and_o other_o nation_n that_o have_v not_o that_o hope_n more_o than_o they_o so_o that_o this_o use_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o hebrew_n borrow_v of_o the_o egyptian_n which_o they_o retain_v in_o burial_n of_o great_a person_n as_o asa_n be_v lay_v into_o a_o bed_n of_o spice_n 2_o chron._n 12._o 3._o joseph_n do_v not_o observe_v this_o custom_n of_o embawm_a for_o fear_n to_o offend_v the_o egyptian_n but_o partly_o to_o honour_v his_o father_n with_o this_o solemnity_n without_o superstition_n and_o partly_o of_o necessity_n because_o they_o be_v to_o carry_v the_o corpse_n a_o long_a journey_n mercerus_n mourn_v 4._o the_o egyptian_n be_v say_v to_o have_v mourn_v because_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o he_o be_v bewail_v of_o his_o own_o child_n and_o family_n neither_o do_v they_o mourn_v because_o by_o jacob_n come_v into_o egypt_n they_o escape_v two_o year_n of_o famine_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v for_o there_o be_v seven_o year_n of_o famine_n complete_a but_o they_o mourn_v to_o show_v their_o love_n unto_o jacob_n and_o their_o reverence_n to_o joseph_n dead_a 5._o here_o the_o egyptian_n mourn_v seventy_o day_n the_o israelite_n for_o moses_n mourn_v thirty_o day_n follow_v the_o egyptian_a use_n numa_n pompilius_n allow_v mourn_v of_o some_o ten_o month_n the_o mourning_n for_o constantine_n the_o great_a at_o nicomedia_n continue_v twenty_o day_n the_o custom_n be_v divers_a for_o the_o time_n but_o the_o usual_a stint_n be_v seven_o day_n ecclesiast_n 22.13_o so_o long_o mourn_v joseph_n for_o his_o father_n jacob_n v_o 10._o so_o many_o day_n do_v the_o roman_n bewail_v the_o emperor_n severus_n herodian_a lib._n 4._o jun._n quest_n iii_o why_o joseph_n move_v pharaoh_n by_o other_o not_o by_o himself_o vers._n 4._o ioseph_n speak_v to_o the_o house_n of_o pharaoh_n 1._o joseph_n use_v other_o intercessor_n to_o pharaoh_n because_o he_o have_v need_n of_o a_o great_a company_n to_o go_v with_o they_o which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o pharaoh_n leave_n muscul._n 2._o joseph_n also_o mourn_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o present_v himself_o before_o the_o king_n for_o such_o use_v not_o to_o come_v in_o the_o prince_n presence_n esther_n 4.2_o jun._n 3._o beside_o it_o be_v least_o suspicious_a for_o this_o matter_n to_o be_v move_v by_o other_o lest_o if_o joseph_n have_v speak_v himself_o he_o may_v have_v be_v think_v to_o have_v despise_v the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o his_o father_n purpose_n before_o for_o his_o burial_n and_o the_o oath_n wherewith_o he_o bind_v he_o calvin_n 4._o pharaoh_n also_o may_v have_v think_v that_o joseph_n have_v intend_v to_o leave_v egypt_n and_o therefore_o promise_v to_o return_v again_o mercer_n 5._o beside_o see_v the_o egyptian_n move_v for_o he_o it_o be_v better_o accept_v because_o he_o have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a court_n mercer_n 6._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o joseph_n do_v in_o policy_n set_v other_o a_o work_n to_o decline_v the_o suit_n of_o the_o country_n who_o will_v have_v be_v instant_a with_o joseph_n to_o bury_v his_o father_n in_o egypt_n quest_n iu._n why_o jacob_n be_v say_v to_o have_v dig_v or_o make_v a_o grave_n for_o himself_o vers._n 5._o bvry_n i_o in_o my_o grave_n which_o i_o have_v make_v or_o dig_v for_o i_o 1._o this_o be_v not_o understand_v of_o the_o purchase_n of_o the_o place_n of_o sepulture_n make_v by_o jacob_n as_o the_o word_n carah_n to_o dig_v sometime_o signify_v as_o deut._n 2.6_o thou_o shall_v dig_v that_o be_v buy_v water_n for_o money_n for_o jacob_n do_v not_o buy_v this_o double_a cave_n but_o abraham_n 2._o and_o jacob_n can_v be_v say_v to_o buy_v it_o because_o abraham_n buy_v it_o as_o lyranus_fw-la for_o abraham_n every_o where_o be_v say_v to_o have_v buy_v it_o and_o not_o jacob_n gen._n 49.30.50.13_o 3._o that_o also_o be_v but_o a_o fable_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o jacob_n be_v say_v to_o have_v dig_v or_o get_v it_o because_o he_o buy_v out_o esau_n right_a with_o a_o sum_n of_o gold_n 4._o and_o it_o signify_v more_o than_o that_o jacob_n appoint_v himself_o a_o certain_a place_n of_o burial_n there_o perer._n 5._o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o in_o deed_n jacob_n do_v cause_v a_o place_n of_o sepulture_n to_o be_v dig_v and_o make_v ready_a for_o himself_o against_o he_o die_v though_o this_o be_v not_o else_o where_o mention_v august_n qu._n 170._o in_o genes_n and_o so_o be_v it_o the_o use_n for_o man_n in_o their_o life_n time_n to_o make_v their_o sepulchre_n as_o asa_n do_v 2_o chron._n 16.14_o and_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n matth._n 27.60_o jun._n quest_n v._o why_o christ_n refuse_v to_o give_v leave_n to_o his_o disciple_n to_o bury_v his_o father_n yet_o pharaoh_n grant_v it_o to_o joseph_n vers._n 6._o and_o pharaoh_n say_v go_v up_o and_o bury_v thy_o father_n it_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a that_o pharaoh_n a_o heathen_a king_n give_v leave_v to_o joseph_n to_o bury_v his_o father_n and_o yet_o our_o saviour_n will_v not_o grant_v so_o much_o to_o one_o of_o his_o disciple_n for_o the_o case_n be_v not_o alike_o 1._o this_o disciple_n be_v call_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o he_o can_v not_o attend_v that_o business_n unless_o he_o neglect_v his_o call_n 2._o his_o meaning_n be_v not_o present_o to_o go_v bury_v his_o father_n and_o come_v straight_o again_o but_o to_o stay_v with_o he_o till_o he_o die_v 3._o beside_o his_o father_n be_v none_o of_o the_o faithful_a or_o believer_n but_o he_o be_v of_o their_o number_n that_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a and_o therefore_o it_o have_v be_v dangerous_a for_o the_o disciple_n to_o converse_v with_o such_o 4._o neither_o be_v he_o bind_v by_o a_o oath_n to_o perform_v that_o duty_n as_o joseph_n be_v here_o muscul._n quest_n vi_o why_o they_o leave_v their_o child_n and_o cattle_n behind_o vers._n 8._o only_o their_o child_n and_o their_o sheep_n
first_o deliver_v to_o the_o egyptian_n the_o ground_n of_o these_o art_n who_o yet_o be_v more_o likely_a to_o have_v be_v the_o inventor_n of_o husbandry_n and_o other_o such_o profitable_a trade_n than_o of_o the_o mystical_a art_n and_o science_n 4._o therefore_o the_o more_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o by_o whosoever_o the_o first_o seed_n of_o this_o mystical_a profession_n be_v sow_v among_o the_o egyptian_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o by_o jacob_n come_v down_o but_o especial_o josephs_n long_a time_n of_o government_n their_o knowledge_n be_v much_o increase_v the_o scripture_n bear_v witness_n hereunto_o psalm_n 105.21_o he_o make_v he_o lord_n over_o his_o house_n to_o teach_v his_o senator_n wisdom_n and_o by_o the_o cohabit_v of_o the_o hebrew_n 215._o year_n in_o egypt_n the_o egyptian_n may_v profit_v more_o in_o the_o profession_n of_o wisdom_n which_o that_o superstitious_a people_n may_v with_o their_o gentilisme_n and_o superstition_n intermingle_v change_n and_o alter_v and_o for_o the_o truth_n hereof_o that_o the_o egyptian_n learn_v many_o thing_n of_o the_o hebrew_n this_o may_v serve_v as_o a_o evidence_n that_o in_o herodotus_n diodorus_n siculus_n and_o other_o wait_a of_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_n many_o thing_n be_v find_v have_v some_o conformity_n with_o the_o doctrine_n law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o hebrew_n ex_fw-la pererio_n quest_n xvi_o why_o it_o please_v god_n that_o moses_n shall_v be_v instruct_v in_o the_o egyptian_a learning_n now_o it_o please_v god_n that_o moses_n shall_v be_v thus_o train_v up_o in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o have_v a_o courtly_a bring_v up_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v he_o may_v be_v instruct_v in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o be_v prepare_v for_o that_o public_a function_n which_o he_o shall_v afterward_o be_v call_v unto_o so_o david_n be_v take_v from_o the_o flock_n and_o bring_v up_o in_o saules_n court_v to_o learn_v the_o 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quest_n xvii_o why_o moses_n have_v this_o name_n give_v he_o vers._n 10._o she_o call_v his_o name_n moses_n 1._o concern_v the_o imposition_n of_o the_o name_n of_o moses_n neither_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o philo_n and_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n probable_a that_o it_o be_v a_o egyptian_a name_n derive_v of_o mos_n which_o signify_v water_n and_o josephus_n will_v have_v it_o compound_v of_o mos_n water_n and_o ise_v save_v for_o the_o etymon_n of_o the_o name_n be_v not_o from_o the_o water_n but_o because_o he_o be_v draw_v and_o take_v out_o as_o the_o reason_n be_v here_o express_v 2._o neither_o yet_o be_v it_o like_o that_o moses_n be_v in_o the_o egyptian_a language_n call_v mueve_n as_o jun._n out_o of_o diod●r_n siculus_n or_o movion_n as_o pererius_n out_o of_o aben_n ezra_n be_v of_o the_o same_o signification_n which_o moses_n be_v in_o hebrew_n that_o be_v draw_v out_o for_o than_o it_o be_v like_o the_o egyptian_a name_n will_v have_v be_v express_v as_o josephs_n be_v gen._n 41.45_o and_o daniel_n chalde_n name_n dan._n 4.5_o 3._o nor_o yet_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o pharaoh_n daughter_n have_v learn_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n of_o her_o maid_n do_v give_v a_o hebrew_n name_n unto_o moses_n as_o eugubinus_n lippom._n thostatus_n for_o see_v the_o hebrew_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptians_n it_o may_v be_v think_v also_o that_o they_o abhor_v their_o name_n 4._o therefore_o i_o rather_o incline_v to_o think_v with_o simlerus_n and_o osiander_n that_o this_o word_n whereof_o moses_n be_v derive_v be_v massah_n to_o draw_v out_o as_o it_o be_v take_v psal._n 18.17_o thou_o have_v draw_v i_o out_o of_o the_o water_n may_v be_v common_a both_o to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o to_o the_o egyptian_n as_o some_o word_n be_v common_a to_o divers_a language_n both_o alike_o in_o sound_n and_o signification_n or_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v or_o transpose_v out_o of_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n into_o the_o hebrew_n 5._o but_o as_o for_o other_o name_n that_o moses_n shall_v be_v call_v by_o as_o at_o his_o circumcision_n joachim_n which_o signify_v establish_v and_o afterward_o melchi_n my_o king_n as_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v we_o reject_v they_o as_o have_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n see_v he_o be_v perpetual_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o moses_n which_o name_n be_v by_o god_n providence_n impose_v wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o the_o principal_a part_n of_o his_o calling_n to_o draw_v the_o israelite_n out_o of_o the_o water_n and_o trouble_n of_o egypt_n and_o to_o lead_v they_o through_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o so_o indeed_o historical_o to_o draw_v they_o out_o of_o the_o water_n quest_n xviii_o of_o moses_n visit_v his_o brethren_n vers._n 11._o and_o in_o those_o day_n when_o moses_n be_v grow_v he_o go_v forth_o to_o his_o brethren_n 1._o very_o little_a mention_n be_v make_v of_o moses_n time_n spend_v in_o the_o court_n till_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a for_o then_o as_o s._n steph●n_n show_v act._n 7._o he_o begin_v to_o visit_v his_o brethren_n like_v as_o little_a be_v express_v of_o the_o do_n of_o christ_n while_o he_o live_v private_o till_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a pelican_n 2._o josephus_n write_v how_o in_o this_o time_n he_o war_v against_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o while_o he_o besiege_v saba_n the_o king_n of_o ethiopia_n his_o daughter_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o he_o and_o be_v marry_v to_o he_o who_o the_o author_n of_o historia_fw-la scholast_n say_v be_v zipporah_n but_o the_o scripture_n show_v that_o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o midian_a perer._n 3_o he_o be_v now_o grow_v not_o only_o in_o stature_n of_o body_n but_o in_o the_o grace_n and_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n pelican_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v have_v neglect_v and_o forget_v his_o brethren_n hitherto_o be_v now_o especial_o stir_v up_o &_o call_v of_o god_n he_o go_v to_o visit_v his_o brethren_n he_o do_v it_o not_o only_o of_o a_o natural_a instinct_n as_o hilary_n seem_v to_o write_v 4._o and_o this_o the_o apostle_n show_v to_o have_v be_v a_o excellent_a work_n of_o faith_n for_o 1._o he_o refuse_v to_o be_v call_v pharaoh_n daughter_n son_n he_o renounce_v his_o courtly_a life_n and_o he_o pleasure_n of_o egypt_n 3._o he_o prefer_v the_o affliction_n of_o god_n people_n before_o the_o pleasure_n of_o egypt_n 4._o he_o look_v unto_o the_o reward_n heb._n 11._o ferus_fw-la but_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v why_o joseph_n do_v not_o so_o likewise_o to_o leave_v the_o court_n as_o moses_n do_v i_o answer_v first_o that_o some_o think_v that_o joseph_n do_v in_o his_o old_a age_n leave_v pharaoh_n court_n not_o and_o go_v and_o dwell_v with_o his_o brethren_n in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n beside_o the_o case_n between_o joseph_n and_o moses_n be_v far_o divers_a for_o in_o josephs_n time_n pharaoh_n be_v a_o friend_n to_o israel_n now_o a_o enemy_n then_o the_o people_n be_v in_o happy_a case_n now_o the_o state_n be_v miserable_a josephs_n calling_n be_v to_o be_v a_o feeder_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n moses_n to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n simler_n quest_n xix_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o moses_n to_o kill_v the_o egyptian_a vers._n 12._o when_o he_o see_v no_o man_n he_o slay_v the_o egyptian_a concern_v the_o fact_n of_o moses_n in_o kill_v the_o egyptian_a we_o be_v far_o off_o from_o accuse_v or_o blame_v the_o same_o which_o be_v at_o the_o first_o the_o opinion_n of_o augustine_n who_o thus_o write_v against_o faustus_n consulta_fw-la aeterna_fw-la lege_fw-la reperio_fw-la non_fw-la debuisse_fw-la hominem_fw-la à_fw-la mose_n qui_fw-la nullam_fw-la ordinariam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habebat_fw-la quamvis_fw-la improbium_fw-la oc●idi_fw-la i_o find_v in_o the_o eternal_a law_n that_o moses_n have_v no_o ordinary_a power_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v kill_v no_o not_o a_o wicked_a
chrysost._n 3_o this_o bethel_n be_v at_o this_o time_n call_v luz_n gen._n 28.19_o it_o be_v call_v bethel_n by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n by_o that_o name_n which_o it_o have_v afterward_o and_o it_o be_v remove_v from_o hai_o here_o name_v by_o the_o space_n of_o a_o mile_n hai._n this_o hai_o be_v that_o city_n which_o josuah_n destroy_v cap._n 8._o there_o be_v another_o city_n of_o the_o same_o name_n among_o the_o ammonite_n jerem._n 49.5_o this_o hai_o be_v three_o mile_n situate_v from_o jericho_n and_o as_o far_o from_o elizeus_fw-la fountain_n near_o to_o jericho_n altar_n 2_o king_n 2._o perer._n ex_fw-la andr._n mas._n ●_o borchard_n 4._o this_o hill_n wherein_o abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n be_v the_o same_o wherein_o josua_n also_o rear_v a_o altar_n in_o mount_n ebal_n near_o to_o hai_o jos._n 8.30_o this_o hill_n have_v two_o top_n or_o head_n hebal_n and_o garizim_n where_o be_v build_v a_o temple_n in_o disgrace_n of_o that_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o this_o be_v the_o hill_n which_o the_o samaritan_n woman_n mean_v joh._n 4._o which_o hill_n be_v not_o near_o to_o jericho_n and_o gilgal_n as_o mercator_n collect_v out_o of_o eusebius_n book_n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr hebraic_n translate_v by_o hierome_n but_o near_o to_o sechem_n and_o not_o near_o gilgal_n as_o the_o septuag_n read_v which_o may_v deceive_v euseb._n but_o over_o against_o it_o pererius_n qvest._n xiii_o of_o abraham_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n vers._n 10._o then_o there_o come_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n therefore_o abraham_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n 1._o abraham_n fall_v into_o three_o great_a tentation_n at_o once_o 1._o he_o be_v pinch_v with_o famine_n 2._o in_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n among_o the_o egyptian_n 3._o and_o his_o wife_n chastity_n put_v in_o great_a hazard_n 2._o abraham_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n constrain_v thereto_o by_o the_o famine_n be_v not_o able_a to_o relieve_v himself_o in_o canaan_n where_o he_o possess_v not_o one_o foot_n way_n he_o will_v not_o tempt_v god_n to_o refuse_v the_o mean_n which_o be_v offer_v 3._o for_o god_n be_v tempt_v two_o way_n when_o man_n be_v either_o addict_v altogether_o to_o the_o mean_n as_o thomas_n will_v not_o believe_v unless_o he_o see_v other_o tempt_v god_n when_o they_o immediate_o depend_v upon_o his_o providence_n reject_v the_o mean_n as_o ahaz_n refuse_v to_o have_v a_o sign_n give_v he_o isaiah_n 7._o 4._o god_n suffer_v abraham_n to_o be_v thus_o tempt_v 1._o for_o the_o trial_n of_o his_o faith_n calvin_n 2._o that_o god_n mercy_n may_v the_o better_o appear_v in_o his_o deliverance_n from_o so_o many_o danger_n 3._o to_o be_v a_o example_n and_o comfort_n to_o posterity_n how_o to_o behave_v themselves_o in_o the_o like_a danger_n pererius_n 4._o ut_fw-la lucem_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la suae_fw-la impertiret_fw-la aegyptiis_fw-la to_o impart_v unto_o the_o egyptian_n the_o light_n of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o virtue_n chrys._n 5._o abraham_n sin_v not_o in_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n as_o ramban_n egypt_n moses_n gerundens_n collect_v because_o he_o forsake_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o though_o he_o can_v not_o have_v be_v provide_v for_o there_o and_o therefore_o he_o think_v that_o abraham_n posterity_n be_v afterward_o afflict_v in_o egypt_n for_o 1._o abraham_n shall_v rather_o have_v offend_v if_o he_o have_v refuse_v the_o mean_n offer_v for_o his_o relief_n 2._o he_o have_v no_o commandment_n not_o to_o go_v into_o egypt_n as_o afterward_o isaak_n have_v chap._n 26.23_o he_o go_v but_o to_o sojourn_v there_o as_o the_o text_n say_v in_o mind_n and_o in_o heart_n his_o desire_n and_o affection_n be_v still_o to_o the_o promise_a canaan_n musculus_fw-la qvest._n fourteen_o the_o fear_n of_o abraham_n concern_v sarai_n her_o beauty_n vers._n 11_o 12._o i_o know_v thou_o be_v a_o fair_a woman_n etc._n etc._n they_o will_v kill_v i_o and_o save_v thou_o alive_a etc._n etc._n 1._o sarai_n though_o strike_v in_o year_n retain_v her_o excellent_a favour_n and_o beauty_n still_o either_o because_o in_o those_o day_n the_o vigour_n of_o the_o body_n so_o soon_o decay_v not_o or_o she_o not_o bear_v of_o her_o child_n may_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o preserve_v her_o strength_n and_o beauty_n or_o god_n may_v give_v she_o that_o special_a gift_n to_o exercise_n abraham_n in_o that_o fear_n calvin_n 2._o and_o abraham_n fear_v what_o might_n happen_v to_o he_o in_o egypt_n rather_o than_o in_o canaan_n because_o the_o canaanite_n be_v general_o better_a colour_a and_o fair_a than_o the_o egyptian_n among_o who_o sarai_n though_o not_o regard_v in_o canaan_n may_v be_v desire_v in_o egypt_n junius_n perer._n 3_o the_o hebrew_n fond_o imagine_v that_o abraham_n know_v not_o his_o wife_n to_o be_v fair_a till_o now_o have_v hitherto_o abstain_v from_o her_o company_n but_o that_o be_v untrue_a for_o what_o reason_n have_v abraham_n so_o long_o to_o refrain_v in_o lawful_a marriage_n neither_o if_o it_o be_v so_o can_v it_o have_v be_v know_v that_o sarai_n be_v barren_a therefore_o abraham_n word_n i_o know_v etc._n etc._n must_v not_o be_v refer_v only_o to_o the_o next_o clause_n that_o thou_o be_v fair_a but_o to_o the_o whole_a sentence_n follow_v vers_n 12._o that_o the_o egyptian_n when_o they_o see_v thou_o etc._n etc._n will_v kill_v i_o 4._o we_o may_v see_v what_o a_o dangerous_a thing_n beauty_n be_v in_o a_o woman_n not_o virtuous_o give_v see_v even_o in_o sarai_n so_o godly_a a_o matron_n it_o put_v abraham_n in_o such_o fear_n muscul._n 5._o likewise_o in_o the_o egyptian_n be_v note_v both_o their_o rage_a affection_n that_o make_v no_o conscience_n of_o murder_n to_o enjoy_v their_o lust_n and_o their_o blindness_n of_o judgement_n that_o make_v less_o account_n of_o murder_n than_o adultery_n for_o they_o will_v kill_v abraham_n first_o before_o they_o violate_v his_o wife_n perer._n qvest._n xv._n whether_o abraham_n and_o sarai_n dissemble_v in_o say_v she_o be_v his_o sister_n vers._n 13._o say_v thou_o be_v my_o sister_n etc._n etc._n 1._o both_o their_o impudent_a mouth_n be_v to_o be_v stop_v that_o altogether_o exclaim_v against_o this_o fact_n of_o abraham_n make_v he_o by_o his_o dissimulation_n as_o a_o bawd_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n 2._o neither_o yet_o can_v this_o fact_n be_v altogether_o excuse_v as_o augustine_n do_v vxorem_fw-la ta●uit_fw-la non_fw-la negavit_fw-la he_o deny_v she_o not_o his_o wife_n but_o conceal_v she_o nihil_fw-la mentitus_fw-la erat_fw-la quia_fw-la proquinqua_fw-la erat_fw-la sanguine_fw-la he_o lie_v not_o at_o all_o because_o she_o be_v his_o kinswoman_n in_o blood_n and_o so_o his_o sister_n as_o lot_n be_v call_v his_o brother_n for_o in_o affirm_v she_o to_o be_v his_o sister_n they_o infer_v she_o be_v not_o his_o wife_n and_o so_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o only_o conceal_v but_o dissemble_v 3._o wherefore_o as_o calvin_n say_v videtur_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mendacii_fw-la admixtum_fw-la it_o seem_v that_o some_o untruth_n be_v sprinkle_v or_o mix_v herein_o for_o sara_n be_v note_v to_o have_v be_v for_o this_o her_o dissimulation_n reprove_v gen._n 20.16_o qvest._n xvi_o whether_o abraham_n do_v well_o in_o bring_v sarai_n into_o danger_n for_o her_o chastity_n 26._o that_o my_o life_n may_v be_v preserve_v by_o thou_o 1._o neither_o be_v this_o fact_n of_o abraham_n so_o heinous_a as_o origen_n seem_v to_o think_v that_o sara_n be_v exposita_fw-la contaminationibus_fw-la per_fw-la convenientiam_fw-la maritalem_fw-la be_v expose_v to_o pollution_n by_o the_o connivance_n or_o sufferance_n of_o her_o husband_n and_o therefore_o he_o run_v here_o to_o allegory_n hierome_n also_o call_v it_o foedam_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la a_o unclean_a necessity_n 2._o neither_o can_v this_o fact_n be_v altogether_o excuse_v see_v his_o wife_n chastity_n be_v thereby_o bring_v into_o danger_n 1._o neither_o can_v augustine_n excuse_n suffice_v vxorem_fw-la deo_fw-la credidit_fw-la ne_fw-la polucretur_fw-la he_o commit_v his_o wife_n to_o god_n that_o he_o shall_v keep_v she_o from_o be_v pollute_v for_o this_o have_v be_v to_o presume_v 2._o nor_o rupertus_n full_o give_v satisfaction_n quam_fw-la potuit_fw-la periculi_fw-la partem_fw-la sustulit_fw-la cetera_fw-la deo_fw-la commendavit_fw-la that_o he_o prevent_v part_n of_o the_o danger_n himself_o in_o provide_v for_o his_o life_n the_o rest_n he_o commit_v to_o god_n for_o no_o man_n must_v do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v thereof_o abraham_n to_o save_v his_o life_n shall_v not_o hazard_v her_o chastity_n 3._o neither_o yet_o do_v cajetan_n sufficient_o answer_v the_o matter_n that_o without_o sara_n her_o consent_n he_o know_v she_o can_v not_o be_v couple_v in_o marriage_n to_o any_o for_o violence_n may_v have_v be_v offer_v to_o she_o though_o she_o consent_v not_o 4._o neither_o be_v it_o like_o that_o abraham_n do_v thus_o by_o any_o instinct_n from_o god_n as_o pererius_n
etc._n etc._n this_o call_n of_o abraham_n from_o among_o the_o chaldean_n without_o any_o merit_n or_o desert_n in_o abraham_n who_o lie_v drown_v in_o the_o dregs_n of_o superstition_n be_v a_o argument_n of_o our_o free_a and_o gracious_a election_n in_o christ_n without_o respect_n of_o any_o worthiness_n in_o we_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v save_v by_o grace_n through_o faith_n ephes._n 2.8_o calvin_n perer._n 2._o doct._n vocation_n of_o the_o gentile_n julian_n cyrill_n also_o well_o note_v exit_fw-la vocatione_n abraha_n prasignata_fw-la est_fw-la vocatio_fw-la judaeorum_n &_o gentium_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o the_o vocation_n of_o abraham_n be_v signify_v the_o call_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o believer_n 3._o doct._n canaanite_n in_o the_o church_n vers._n 6._o the_o canaanite_n be_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n as_o there_o be_v canaanite_n in_o the_o promise_a land_n so_o there_o be_v canaanite_n in_o the_o church_n such_o as_o challenge_v to_o themselves_o the_o name_n and_o profession_n of_o the_o church_n be_v but_o usurper_n and_o canaanite_n who_o god_n shall_v one_o day_n cast_v out_o as_o josua_n do_v the_o canaanite_n marloret_n 4._o doct._n abraham_n faith_n in_o christ._n vers._n 8._o he_o build_v a_o altar_n to_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n abraham_n know_v well_o enough_o that_o god_n be_v not_o please_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o beast_n his_o faith_n therefore_o direct_v he_o to_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n who_o day_n abraham_n see_v and_o rejoice_v joh._n 8.56_o calvin_n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n against_o the_o jew_n the_o messiah_n shall_v not_o erect_v a_o temporal_a kingdom_n verse_n 3._o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v etc._n etc._n the_o messiah_n then_o promise_v to_o abraham_n shall_v not_o come_v to_o conquer_v the_o nation_n by_o the_o sword_n or_o to_o erect_v a_o temporal_a kingdom_n as_o the_o jew_n imagine_v but_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o spiritual_a blessing_n to_o deliver_v they_o from_o the_o wrath_n and_o curse_n of_o god_n luther_n 2._o confut._n against_o monk_n that_o pretend_v abraham_n example_n vers._n 4._o so_o abraham_n depart_v etc._n etc._n the_o example_n of_o abraham_n leave_v his_o country_n be_v unfit_o allege_v by_o the_o papist_n as_o a_o ground_n of_o monastical_a life_n 1._o abraham_n have_v the_o express_a commandment_n of_o god_n so_o to_o do_v but_o they_o can_v show_v no_o warrant_n out_o of_o god_n word_n 2._o abraham_n go_v from_o idolater_n but_o monk_n go_v unto_o idolater_n and_o the_o profession_n of_o idolatry_n 3._o abraham_n go_v he_o know_v not_o whither_o but_o the_o monk_n know_v very_o well_o whither_o they_o go_v to_o ease_v pleasure_n riches_n muscul._n 3._o confut._n against_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n vers._n 8._o he_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n etc._n etc._n this_o manner_n of_o invocation_n use_v by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n shall_v be_v a_o pattern_n unto_o true_a worshipper_n of_o god_n under_o the_o new_a they_o only_o invocate_v and_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o god_n we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o other_o of_o the_o holy_a man_n their_o predecessor_n who_o they_o make_v their_o advocate_n wherefore_o it_o be_v a_o superstitious_a and_o new_a doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d call_v upon_o any_o in_o prayer_n but_o the_o lord_n 4._o confut._n against_o naked_a ceremony_n without_o the_o spiritual_a substance_n further_o the_o build_n of_o the_o altar_n be_v but_o the_o outward_a form_n and_o ceremony_n the_o substance_n be_v the_o invocation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n we_o learn_v that_o ceremony_n be_v but_o vain_a observation_n if_o they_o be_v not_o refer_v to_o the_o spiritual_a worship_n wherefore_o hypocrite_n rely_v upon_o outward_a rite_n do_v but_o worship_n god_n in_o vain_a calvin_n 5._o confut._n against_o pilgrimage_n abraham_n come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 1._o neither_o of_o a_o unstable_a mind_n which_o make_v many_o to_o change_v country_n 2._o nor_o of_o a_o thirst_a desire_n to_o see_v strange_a fashion_n and_o learn_v curious_a art●_n as_o pythagoras_n empedocles_n plato_n among_o the_o heathen_a travel_v 3._o nor_o yet_o of_o a_o covetous_a mind_n to_o enrich_v himself_o as_o merchant_n use_v 4._o not_o yet_o of_o a_o superstitious_a devotion_n to_o visit_v the_o sepulcher_n of_o holy_a man_n and_o to_o go_v in_o pilgrimage_n to_o holy_a place_n which_o cause_n pererius_n allow_v for_o he_o come_v from_o mesopotamia_n where_o paradise_n be_v and_o by_o likelihood_n adam_n and_o melchisedech_n and_o other_o holy_a patriarch_n bury_v 5._o but_o he_o travel_v both_o to_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o perilous_a society_n of_o idolater_n where_o he_o live_v 10._o as_o also_o with_o a_o purpose_n to_o draw_v other_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n 6._o confut._n against_o they_o that_o measure_n religion_n by_o plenty_n vers._n 10._o then_o there_o come_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n before_o abraham_n come_v into_o canaan_n we_o read_v of_o no_o famine_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v enter_v a_o famine_n follow_v he_o wherefore_o it_o be_v a_o frivolous_a objection_n against_o the_o gospel_n if_o where_o it_o be_v profess_v famine_n sometime_o be_v send_v and_o scarcity_n of_o thing_n for_o so_o in_o the_o time_n of_o elias_n and_o elizeus_fw-la there_o happen_v famine_n and_o in_o saint_n paul_n time_n under_o claudius_n luther_n this_o be_v the_o foolish_a argument_n of_o the_o idolatrous_a woman_n who_o to_o justify_v their_o superstition_n thus_o allege_v when_o we_o burn_v incense_v to_o the_o queen_n of_o heaven_n we_o have_v all_o thing_n plenty_n etc._n etc._n jerem._n 44.17_o 7._o confut._n hebrew_n come_v not_o of_o the_o egyptian_n abraham_n go_v down_o to_o egypt_n 1._o hence_o appear_v the_o error_n of_o possidonius_fw-la appion_n with_o other_o that_o think_v the_o hebrew_n take_v first_o their_o original_n from_o the_o egyptian_n 2._o they_o also_o be_v here_o confute_v 2._o who_o think_v that_o egypt_n before_o homer_n time_n be_v a_o navigable_a sea_n or_o fennie_a ground_n not_o habitable_a which_o in_o continuance_n of_o time_n be_v gain_v from_o the_o water_n herodotus_n call_v it_o accessionem_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o fluminis_fw-la donum_fw-la a_o addition_n to_o the_o land_n and_o a_o gift_n of_o the_o flood_n for_o we_o see_v that_o egypt_n be_v a_o habitable_a country_n in_o abraham_n time_n nine_o hundred_o year_n before_o homer_n who_o live_v as_o most_o hold_v a_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o trojane_n war_n which_o fall_v out_o about_o the_o same_o time_n that_o heli_n be_v judge_n in_o israel_n so_o that_o homer_n flourish_v under_o solomon_n nine_o hundred_o year_n and_o more_o from_o abraham_n from_o the_o 75._o year_n of_o abraham_n age_n it_o to_o the_o go_v of_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n under_o solomon_n four_o hundred_o eighty_o 3._o as_o those_o that_o do_v make_v the_o land_n of_o egypt_n too_o young_a so_o josephus_n make_v it_o too_o ancient_a that_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v king_n in_o egypt_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 1300._o year_n and_o more_o before_o solomon_n whereas_o from_o the_o flood_n until_o solomon_n there_o be_v not_o account_v above_o 1335._o year_n in_o all_o and_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o within_o 35._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n egypt_n can_v be_v inhabit_v much_o less_o have_v a_o king_n 6._o moral_a observation_n 1._o moral_a obseru._n to_o forsake_v all_o and_o follow_v christ._n vers._n 1._o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o example_n of_o abraham_n that_o leave_v his_o country_n and_o kindred_n to_o obey_v the_o call_n of_o god_n we_o learn_v to_o forsake_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o whatsoever_o else_o we_o have_v in_o the_o world_n to_o follow_v christ_n for_o our_o saviour_n say_v he_o that_o love_v father_n or_o mother_n more_o than_o i_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o i_o matth._n 10.37_o marlor_n 2._o moral_a obseru._n a_o good_a name_n the_o gift_n of_o god_n vers._n 2._o i_o will_v make_v thy_o name_n great_a etc._n etc._n as_o man_n ought_v not_o ambitious_o to_o hunt_v after_o the_o praise_n of_o man_n as_o the_o pharisy_n do_v matth._n 6._o so_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o neglect_v a_o good_a name_n in_o the_o world_n we_o see_v here_o it_o be_v the_o blessing_n of_o god_n and_o promise_v to_o abraham_n perer._n the_o apostle_n also_o say_v procure_v thing_n 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o man_n rom._n 12.17_o 3._o moral_a obseru._n good_a man_n have_v their_o enemy_n vers._n 3._o i_o will_v curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o etc._n etc._n abraham_n though_o a_o just_a and_o upright_a man_n yet_o he_o
the_o prophet_n expound_v this_o place_n of_o god_n eternal_a love_n and_o hatred_n of_o jacob_n and_o esau_n 2._o that_o be_v the_o proper_a sense_n of_o the_o place_n from_o the_o which_o a_o argument_n be_v frame_v and_o a_o conclusion_n infer_v but_o out_o of_o this_o spiritual_a sense_n concern_v everlasting_a election_n the_o apostle_n reason_v and_o conclude_v election_n to_o be_v only_o of_o grace_n not_o by_o work_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v the_o proper_a sense_n 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o obseru._n the_o reconciliation_n of_o brethren_n vers._n 9_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n bury_v he_o they_o which_o be_v separate_v during_o their_o father_n life_n be_v now_o unite_v and_o reconcile_v in_o his_o death_n which_o teach_v we_o that_o brethren_n which_o have_v be_v long_o at_o variance_n shall_v yet_o when_o the_o time_n of_o mourning_n for_o their_o father_n come_v return_v in_o affection_n muscul._n not_o as_o esau_n that_o intend_v when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a to_o execute_v his_o malice_n towards_o his_o brother_n gen._n 27.41_o 2._o obseru._n to_o continue_v and_o persevere_v in_o prayer_n vers._n 21._o isaack_n pray_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o wife_n it_o seem_v see_v rebeccah_n continue_v barren_a twenty_o year_n for_o isaac_n be_v marry_v at_o 40._o and_o be_v 60._o year_n old_a when_o esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bear_v that_o isaac_n continue_v many_o year_n in_o prayer_n and_o wait_v from_o month_n to_o month_n from_o year_n to_o year_n till_o the_o lord_n have_v condescend_v to_o his_o prayer_n whereby_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o give_v over_o in_o our_o prayer_n neither_o limit_n god_n to_o hear_v we_o within_o a_o time_n but_o still_o patient_o expect_v his_o gracious_a pleasure_n as_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v that_o we_o shall_v pray_v continual_o 1_o thes._n 5.17_o mercer_n 3._o obseru._n god_n will_v many_o time_n reveal_v to_o the_o weak_a sort_n vers._n 28._o isaack_n love_v esau_n etc._n etc._n rebeccah_n be_v better_o affect_v towards_o the_o choose_a seed_n than_o isaac_n wa●●_n so_o be_v sarahs_n heart_n towards_o isaac_n but_o abraham_n love_v ishmael_n whereby_o we_o see_v that_o man●_n time_n god_n reveal_v his_o will_n to_o the_o more_o infirm_a sex_n and_o as_o s._n paul_n say_v choose_v the_o weak_a thing_n of_o 〈◊〉_d world_n to_o confound_v the_o strong_a 1_o cor._n 1.17_o muscul._n 4._o obseru._n of_o frugality_n in_o meat_n and_o drink_n vers._n 29._o now_o jacob_n sod_a pottage_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o we_o may_v see_v how_o frugal_a and_o spare_v the_o diet_n of_o those_o godly_a patriarch_n be_v jacob_n here_o content_v himself_o with_o lentill_a pottage_n these_o lentil_o come_v from_o egypt_n and_o be_v the_o usual_a food_n in_o alexandria_n for_o young_a and_o old_a which_o be_v common_o vendible_a in_o their_o tabernes_n gell._n lib._n 17._o c._n 18._o from_o thence_o the_o use_n of_o lentil_o become_v very_o common_a in_o other_o country_n the_o philosopher_n taurus_n use_v to_o sup_v with_o they_o and_o zeno_n the_o stoic_a prescribe_v to_o his_o scholar_n how_o they_o shall_v seethe_v and_o dress_v their_o lentil_o with_o the_o twelve_o part_n of_o coriander_n seed_n athen._n lib._n 4._o the_o like_a frugality_n and_o parsimony_n be_v use_v in_o famous_a country_n among_o the_o gentile_n the_o arcadian_n live_v of_o acorn_n the_o argive_n of_o apple_n the_o athenian_n of_o fig_n the_o tyrinthian_o of_o pear_n the_o indian_n of_o cane_n 3._o the_o carmanes_a of_o palm_n the_o sauromatian_o of_o millet_n the_o persian_n nasturtio_fw-la of_o cress_n these_o example_n ought_v to_o make_v christian_n ashamed_a who_o use_v to_o pamper_v their_o belly_n and_o feed_v their_o fancy_n with_o curious_a delight_n and_o exquisite_a dainty_n perer._n s._n paul_n give_v a_o rule_n for_o this_o meat_n for_o the_o belly_n the_o belly_n for_o meat_n god_n shall_v destroy_v both_o it_o and_o they_o 1_o cor._n 6.13_o that_o therefore_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v so_o careful_a to_o feed_v and_o fill_v their_o belly_n with_o dainty_a fare_n and_o costly_a meat_n see_v they_o both_o must_v fall_v to_o corruption_n 5._o obseru._n against_o profane_a person_n that_o sell_v heaven_n for_o earthly_a pleasure_n vers._n 33._o he_o sell_v his_o birthright_n esau_n that_o for_o a_o mess_n of_o red_a pottage_n do_v part_n with_o his_o birthright_n be_v a_o precedent_n and_o pattern_n of_o all_o those_o which_o for_o the_o momentany_a pleasure_n and_o profit_n of_o this_o life_n do_v sell_v and_o lose_v their_o hope_n of_o eternal_a life_n mercer_n as_o that_o rich_a glutton_n luke_n 16._o which_o purchase_v his_o ease_n and_o pleasure_n in_o this_o life_n with_o the_o everlasting_a pain_n and_o torment_v of_o his_o soul_n afterward_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v esau_n call_v a_o profane_a person_n heb._n 12.16_o which_o for_o one_o portion_n of_o meat_n sell_v his_o birthright_n chap._n xxvi_o 1._o the_o argument_n or_o content_n first_o in_o this_o chapter_n be_v show_v the_o occasion_n of_o isaack_n go_v to_o gerar_n which_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n vers_fw-la 1._o and_o god_n commandment_n vers_fw-la 2_o 3._o with_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n 4_o 5._o second_o this_o chapter_n treat_v of_o isaack_n abode_n and_o dwell_n in_o gerar_n with_o such_o thing_n as_o there_o happen_v 1._o the_o question_n that_o arise_v about_o his_o wife_n vers_n 7●_n to_o 12._o 2._o the_o envy_n of_o the_o philistines_n against_o isaac_n because_o he_o prosper_v and_o wax_v rich_a vers_n 13._o to_o 18._o 3._o the_o contention_n between_o isaack_n servant_n and_o the_o philistines_n concern_v certain_o fountain_n vers_fw-la 18._o to_o vers_n 23._o three_o there_o be_v declare_v the_o departure_n of_o isaac_n from_o gerar_n to_o dwell_v in_o beersheba_n and_o the_o covenant_n there_o make_v between_o he_o and_o abimelech_n vers_fw-la 23._o to_o the_o end_n 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n v_o 3._o &_o 18._o my_o word_n shall_v be_v a_o help_n unto_o thou_o c._n i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o caeter_fw-la s.c._n v_o 10._o one_o of_o my_o stock_n may_v have_v sleep_v s._n c._n one_o of_o my_o people_n may_v have_v lion_n caet_fw-la heb_n shacabh_o thou_o may_v have_v bring_v upon_o we_o ignorance_n s._n this_o sin_n caet_fw-la v_o 11._o he_o that_o touch_v this_o man_n wife_n h._n this_o man_n or_o his_o wife_n caet_fw-la t.g._n v_o 12._o he_o find_v barley_n increase_v a_o hundred_o fold_n s._n he_o find_v a_o hundred_o fold_n caet_fw-la v_o 14._o much_o tillage_n georgia_n s._n a_o great_a family_n or_o household_n caet_fw-la guabudah_fw-mi signify_v both_o v_o 17._o in_o the_o brook_n of_o gerar._n h.c._n in_o the_o valley_n of_o gerar._n caet_fw-la nachal_a signify_v both_o a_o valley_n be_v more_o proper_a because_o they_o dig_v there_o v_o 20_o 21_o 22._o heseck_n sit●ah_n rehoboth_n g.t.p._n contention_n enmity_n roomth_n h.s.c.b._n v_o 25._o there_o 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sojourn_v in_o gerar_n there_o be_v no_o famine_n speak_v of_o which_o pererius_n suppose_v to_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o abraham_n go_v thither_o 2._o this_o abimelech_n may_v be_v either_o the_o same_o with_o who_o abraham_n have_v to_o deal_v who_o may_v be_v now_o not_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a or_o another_o king_n of_o that_o name_n for_o the_o king_n of_o gerar_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o abimelech_n as_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n pharaoh_n phicol_n also_o may_v be_v the_o name_n of_o office_n or_o the_o same_o man_n may_v serve_v the_o father_n and_o son_n mercer_n 3._o therefore_o we_o need_v not_o with_o augustine_n quaest_n 75._o in_o genes_n to_o think_v this_o story_n to_o have_v be_v do_v long_o before_o and_o to_o be_v set_v down_o by_o way_n of_o recapitulation_n for_o it_o seem_v that_o abraham_n be_v
now_o dead_a otherwise_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v constrain_v also_o to_o have_v sojourn_v for_o the_o famine_n and_o isaac_n be_v now_o towards_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a see_v he_o be_v 60._o at_o esau_n birth_n who_o in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n at_o forty_o take_v a_o wife_n perer._n 4._o isaac_n go_v to_o gerar_n think_v not_o there_o to_o stay_v but_o to_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n if_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o otherwise_o charge_v he_o for_o egypt_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o overflow_n of_o nilus_n which_o make_v the_o ground_n both_o fat_a and_o moist_a be_v very_o fruitful_a and_o fertile_a pererius_n qvest._n ii_o how_n and_o when_o god_n appear_v to_o isaac_n vers._n 2._o for_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n 1._o some_o think_v that_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o not_o by_o dream_n because_o it_o be_v not_o express_v but_o by_o open_a vision_n as_o cajetan_n but_o it_o skill_v not_o how_o god_n appear_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o he_o have_v a_o vision_n 2._o the_o lord_n appear_v not_o so_o often_o to_o isaac_n as_o to_o abraham_n because_o the_o promise_n be_v to_o be_v but_o renew_v and_o confirm_v to_o he_o mercer_n 3._o it_o seem_v that_o this_o vision_n be_v show_v to_o isaac_n before_o he_o take_v his_o journey_n and_o purpose_v to_o go_v into_o egypt_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o first_o name_v not_o the_o place_n where_o he_o will_v have_v he_o stay_v but_o only_o in_o general_n abide_v in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o as_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o abraham_n genes_n 12.1_o and_o that_o herein_o he_o have_v some_o particular_a direction_n afterward_o so_o that_o the_o first_o verse_n be_v set_v down_o by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n mercer_n quest_n iii_o why_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o have_v abraham_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n vers._n 2._o go_v not_o down_o to_o egypt_n 1._o isaac_n be_v forbid_v to_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n not_o because_o he_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o god_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o go_v out_o of_o palestina_n as_o the_o hebrew_n for_o canaan_n be_v now_o pester_v with_o such_o wicked_a inhabitant_n be_v no_o holy_a than_o other_o country_n 2._o but_o either_o the_o lord_n do_v keep_v he_o from_o egypt_n lest_o he_o may_v have_v be_v entangle_v with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o that_o country_n calvin_n 3._o or_o corrupt_v with_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n mercer_n 4._o or_o rather_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v purpose_v that_o jacob_n and_o his_o seed_n shall_v go_v down_o to_o egypt_n and_o there_o be_v keep_v in_o servitude_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o have_v isaac_n prevent_v that_o determine_a captivity_n for_o when_o abraham_n sojourn_v in_o egypt_n god_n have_v not_o yet_o reveal_v so_o much_o to_o abraham_n concern_v the_o hard_a entertainment_n of_o his_o seed_n which_o follow_v afterward_o chap._n 15._o quest_n iv._o of_o abraham_n obedience_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v great_a than_o isaack_n vers._n 5._o because_o that_o abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n etc._n etc._n 1._o augustine_n conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n be_v great_a than_o isaack_n because_o all_o be_v grant_v for_o abraham_n sake_n lib._n 16._o de_fw-la civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la c._n 36._o abraham_n indeed_o have_v the_o priority_n of_o faith_n and_o obedience_n and_o therefore_o be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a but_o to_o make_v a_o unequal_a comparison_n of_o these_o three_o patriarch_n who_o the_o scripture_n do_v consort_n together_o exod._n 32.13_o remember_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n thy_o servant_n we_o have_v no_o warrant_n they_o may_v be_v all_o excellent_a in_o their_o kind_n 2._o neither_o do_v we_o approve_v here_o the_o hebrew_n collection_n that_o abraham_n keep_v all_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o moses_n law_n before_o it_o be_v give_v many_o we_o grant_v he_o observe_v as_o the_o sabbath_n offer_v of_o sacrifice_n the_o difference_n of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n but_o not_o all_o mercer_n 3._o the_o cabalist_n curious_a observation_n be_v not_o here_o worth_a the_o rehearse_n who_o by_o the_o ten_o word_n of_o this_o verse_n understand_v the_o decalogue_n and_o by_o the_o first_o word_n of_o the_o verse_n guechebh_o observation_n which_o note_v 172._o they_o insinuate_v the_o year_n of_o abraham_n life_n who_o all_o this_o time_n from_o three_o year_n of_o his_o infancy_n know_v and_o worship_v god_n and_o beside_o they_o say_v there_o be_v just_a 172._o word_n in_o the_o decalogue_n 4._o abraham_n obedience_n be_v express_v in_o these_o particular_n 1._o in_o keep_v god_n ordinance_n that_o be_v his_o special_a commandment_n as_o in_o leave_v his_o country_n in_o cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n in_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n 2._o by_o commandment_n be_v understand_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n 3._o by_o statute_n or_o ceremony_n circumcision_n sacrifice_n and_o such_o other_o rite_n 4._o by_o law_n the_o document_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n wherein_o he_o exercise_v and_o train_v up_o his_o household_n mercerus_n quest_n v._o why_o isaac_n stay_v in_o gerar._n vers._n 6._o so_o isaac_n dwell_v in_o gerar._n 1._o though_o gerar_n be_v a_o more_o bar●en_a country_n than_o egypt_n and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o the_o famine_n reign_v and_o rage_v there_o also_o yet_o god_n stay_v he_o there_o that_o isaac_n may_v have_v experience_n of_o god_n providence_n cabalist_n who_o be_v able_a even_o in_o a_o land_n of_o want_n to_o provide_v for_o he_o 2._o it_o be_v fit_a also_o he_o shall_v stay_v in_o gerar_n which_o belong_v unto_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n promise_v mercer_n 3._o this_o verse_n be_v one_o of_o the_o 14._o that_o consist_v only_o of_o three_o word_n quest_n vi_o isaack_n infirmity_n in_o cause_v his_o wife_n to_o dissemble_v vers._n 7._o she_o be_v my_o sister_n etc._n etc._n isaac_n fall_v into_o the_o same_o infirmity_n which_o abraham_n twice_o before_o commit_v in_o give_v counsel_n to_o his_o wife_n to_o dissemble_v 1._o neither_o abraham_n nor_o isaac_n can_v be_v excuse_v because_o they_o be_v prophet_n and_o do_v foresee_v what_o shall_v ensue_v for_o all_o the_o action_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v not_o prophetical_a and_o this_o have_v be_v to_o presume_v of_o god_n power_n to_o fail_v in_o the_o mean_n and_o to_o trust_v for_o deliverance_n from_o god_n 2._o neither_o do_v this_o excuse_n abraham_n and_o isaac_n here_o that_o he_o will_v special_o provide_v for_o his_o life_n because_o of_o the_o promise_a seed_n for_o as_o he_o believe_v god_n promise_n so_o he_o need_v not_o to_o have_v doubt_v but_o that_o god_n by_o lawful_a mean_n will_v have_v preserve_v his_o life_n 3._o neither_o as_o lyranus_fw-la because_o the_o king_n do_v not_o take_v their_o wife_n till_o they_o have_v be_v a_o year_n before_o prepare_v as_o we_o read_v of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n do_v abraham_n think_v that_o within_o a_o year_n space_n god_n will_v 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sport_v with_o rebeccah_n vers._n 1._o he_o see_v isaac_n sport_v or_o play_v 1._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o abimelech_n see_v isaac_n carnal_o know_v his_o wife_n and_o so_o they_o expound_v that_o of_o ishmael_n gen._n 21.8_o where_o the_o same_o word_n metsachek_v be_v use_v that_o ishmael_n sport_v that_o be_v lay_v with_o other_o woman_n thus_o think_v lyranus_fw-la 2._o but_o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o isaac_n use_v some_o familiar_a gesture_n and_o sign_n of_o love_n which_o be_v comely_a with_o his_o wife_n citato_fw-la but_o not_o with_o his_o sister_n and_o thus_o augustine_n say_v that_o holy_a man_n may_v sometime_o descend_v ad_fw-la foeminei_fw-la sexus_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la to_o the_o infirmity_n of_o that_o sex_n and_o he_o compare_v it_o to_o the_o father_n play_v with_o child_n as_o aelianus_n make_v mention_n
oscitation●m_n in_o multeribus_fw-la lethalem_fw-la that_o yawn_a in_o travail_n to_o woman_n be_v moral_a 2._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o rachel_n be_v weary_v in_o her_o journey_n come_v before_o her_o time_n but_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o jacob_n will_v have_v hasten_v his_o journey_n if_o his_o dear_a wife_n have_v be_v so_o near_o her_o time_n 3._o neither_o have_v it_o any_o ground_n that_o god_n punish_v jacob_n with_o the_o death_n of_o deborah_n and_o rachel_n for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o sichemite_n mercer_n 4._o ruperius_n in_o that_o deborahs_n death_n and_o rachel_n be_v express_v reb●ckaes_n and_o leahs_n death_n conceal_v thereby_o resemble_v the_o synagogue_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o he_o will_v have_v prefigure_v by_o deborah_n and_o rachel_n for_o so_o their_o synagogue_n do_v die_v and_o fall_v away_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n revive_v and_o increase_v but_o such_o allegory_n do_v not_o much_o persuade_v have_v no_o warrant_n or_o ground_n in_o scripture_n quest_n xvi_o of_o the_o name_n ephratha_n and_o bethlem_n why_o and_o by_o who_o they_o take_v beginning_n vers._n 19_o ephrath_n which_o be_v bethlem_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o this_o place_n be_v call_v ephratha_n of_o caleb●_n wife_n ephrata_n 1_o chron._n 2.9_o which_o caleb_n be_v son_n of_o hezron_n and_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n and_o afterward_o it_o be_v call_v bethlem_n that_o be_v the_o house_n of_o bread_n after_o the_o famine_n in_o elimelech_n and_o ruth_n time_n of_o the_o abundance_n of_o corn_n r._n solomon_n lyran._n 2._o tostatus_n mislike_v this_o opinion_n because_o this_o caleb_n that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n must_v be_v 215._o year_n old_a and_o more_o if_o he_o survive_v to_o return_v with_o the_o israelite_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n at_o which_o time_n it_o be_v like_o ephrata_n take_v the_o name_n and_o beside_o if_o the_o name_n bethlem_n be_v give_v in_o elimelechs_n time_n how_o come_v it_o to_o be_v use_v by_o moses_n so_o long_o before_o but_o these_o reason_n may_v be_v easy_o answer_v for_o the_o name_n ephrata_n may_v be_v give_v by_o the_o second_o caleb_n after_o his_o grandfather_n name_n and_o divers_a name_n be_v insert_v into_o this_o history_n not_o know_v in_o moses_n time_n as_o the_o name_n dan_fw-mi gen._n 14.14_o which_o be_v add_v by_o way_n of_o explanation_n by_o those_o prophet_n direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o dispose_v the_o scripture_n into_o order_n perer._n 3_o but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a that_o this_o place_n have_v both_o these_o name_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o ground_n for_o so_o ephrath_n be_v derive_v of_o pharah_n which_o signify_v to_o fructify_v and_o it_o be_v afterward_o call_v bethlem_n the_o house_n of_o bread_n mercer_n but_o by_o who_o these_o name_n and_o when_o they_o be_v impose_v be_v uncertain_a quest_n xvii_o of_o the_o tower_n of_o ader_n where_o jacob_n pitch_v his_o tent_n vers._n 21._o israel_n etc._n etc._n pitch_a his_o tent_n beyond_o the_o tower_n of_o ader_n or_o of_o the_o flock_n 1._o the_o hebrew_n in_o this_o place_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o temple_n be_v afterward_o build_v because_o the_o prophet_n call_v zion_n the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n micah_n 4.7_o but_o that_o can_v be_v for_o this_o tower_n where_o jacob_n pitch_v be_v not_o far_o from_o bethlem_n about_o a_o mile_n muscul._n but_o jerusalem_n be_v further_o off_o mercer_n yet_o this_o name_n be_v give_v to_o zion_n because_o the_o people_n assemble_v thither_o in_o flock_n or_o because_o of_o the_o flock_n of_o sheep_n thither_o bring_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v perer._n 2._o this_o tower_n be_v make_v for_o the_o safeguard_n of_o the_o shepherd_n in_o that_o country_n that_o use_v to_o watch_v their_o flock_n by_o night_n and_o hierome_n well_o observe_v this_o to_o be_v a_o type_n and_o prophecy_n of_o those_o shepherd_n which_o in_o this_o very_a place_n watch_v their_o flock_n at_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n where_o afterward_o helena_n for_o a_o memorial_n of_o the_o apparition_n of_o the_o angel_n unto_o they_o build_v a_o temple_n perer._n luther_n quest_n xviii_o of_o the_o incest_n of_o reuben_n with_o bilha_n vers._n 22._o rvben_n go_v and_o lie_v with_o bilha_n his_o father_n concubine_n etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o hebrew_n to_o excuse_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o father_n here_o imagine_v that_o reuben_n do_v nor_o commit_v incest_n with_o bilha_n but_o only_o cast_v out_o her_o bed_n out_o of_o rachel_n tabernacle_n where_o jacob_n have_v place_v it_o after_o rachel_n death_n whereas_o the_o text_n be_v evident_a that_o he_o sleep_v with_o bilha_n in_o like_a manner_n they_o will_v excuse_v the_o offence_n of_o elie_n his_o son_n that_o they_o do_v not_o lie_v with_o the_o woman_n at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o only_o defer_v their_o business_n and_o so_o keep_v they_o long_o from_o their_o husband_n contrary_a to_o the_o evidence_n of_o the_o history_n 1_o sam._n 2.22_o 2._o jacob_n though_o he_o may_v have_v use_v the_o sword_n in_o this_o case_n yet_o leave_v the_o punishment_n to_o god_n but_o for_o this_o sin_n of_o defile_v his_o father_n bed_n reuben_n lose_v his_o birthright_n which_o be_v give_v to_o joseph_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o double_a portion_n the_o principality_n to_o judah_n 1_o chron._n 5.1_o 3._o this_o be_v a_o very_a great_a sin_n to_o commit_v uncleanness_n with_o his_o father_n concubine_n which_o be_v as_o his_o wife_n such_o fornication_n as_o be_v not_o once_o name_v among_o the_o gentile_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 1_o cor._n 5.1_o for_o antiochus_n the_o son_n of_o seleucus_n be_v in_o love_n with_o stratonice_n his_o mother_n in_o law_n yet_o for_o shame_v conceal_v it_o and_o fall_v into_o a_o most_o grievous_a disease_n hippolytus_n be_v famous_a in_o the_o tragedy_n for_o resist_v the_o unlawful_a lust_n of_o phaedra_n his_o mother_n in_o law_n 4._o some_o think_v that_o after_o this_o time_n jacob_n do_v refrain_v the_o company_n of_o his_o wife_n but_o that_o be_v uncertain_a mercer_n it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o he_o after_o this_o accompany_v not_o with_o bilha_n as_o david_n serve_v his_o concubine_n which_o absolom_n go_v in_o unto_o 2_o sam._n 20.3_o quest_n xix_o of_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o patriarch_n wherefore_o it_o be_v here_o set_v down_o vers._n 26._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jacob_n which_o be_v bear_v he_o in_o mesopotamia_n etc._n etc._n 1._o moses_n set_v here_o down_o together_o the_o number_n of_o jacob_n son_n 1._o because_o after_o this_o he_o have_v no_o more_o son_n bear_v 2._o as_o also_o reuben_n be_v count_v among_o they_o to_o show_v that_o although_o he_o have_v fall_v into_o this_o grievous_a sin_n yet_o the_o lord_n vouchsafe_v to_o count_v he_o among_o the_o patriarch_n 3._o as_o also_o to_o distinguish_v between_o jacob_n and_o esau_n progeny_n which_o moses_n prosecute_v in_o the_o new_a chapter_n mercer_n perer._n 2._o dinah_n be_v not_o rehearse_v among_o they_o because_o she_o make_v no_o tribe_n mercer_n neither_o use_v the_o scripture_n to_o set_v down_o the_o genealogy_n of_o woman_n perer._n 3_o the_o word_n be_v put_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n which_o be_v bear_v for_o the_o plural_a not_o for_o any_o such_o mystery_n as_o the_o hebrew_n note_n to_o show_v that_o they_o be_v all_o beget_v by_o one_o man_n or_o to_o shadow_v the_o birth_n of_o the_o messiah_n but_o it_o be_v a_o property_n of_o the_o hebrew_n speech_n to_o use_v the_o singular_a for_o the_o plural_a mesopotamia_n 4._o all_o these_o be_v say_v to_o be_v bear_v in_o mesopotamia_n whereas_o benjamin_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n as_o chrysostome_n think_v for_o benjamin_n be_v bear_v ten_o year_n after_o jacob_n depart_v from_o mesopotamia_n but_o here_o by_o a_o synecdoche_n according_a to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o be_v affirm_v of_o all_o which_o agree_v to_o the_o most_o mercer_n perer._n so_o john_n 20.24_o thomas_n be_v call_v one_o of_o the_o twelve_o there_o be_v but_o eleven_o judas_n have_v hang_v himself_o and_o so_o s._n mark_n call_v they_o the_o eleven_o mark_v 16.14_o quest_n xx._n at_o what_o time_n jacob_n come_v to_o isaac_n his_o father_n vers._n 27._o then_o jacob_n come_v to_o isaac_n his_o father_n 1._o although_o now_o at_o the_o length_n ten_o year_n after_o jacob_n return_n into_o canaan_n he_o come_v first_o to_o isaac_n with_o his_o whole_a family_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o jacob_n go_v often_o over_o to_o see_v his_o father_n they_o dwell_v not_o far_o asunder_o mercer_n 2._o mention_n be_v not_o make_v of_o rebecca_n who_o be_v suppose_v at_o this_o time_n to_o have_v be_v dead_a which_o be_v think_v also_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o isaack_n be_v in_o hebron_n who_o jacob_n at_o his_o
stead_n in_o mount_n seir_n deut._n 2.12_o whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o wicked_a be_v void_a of_o natural_a affection_n and_o that_o affinity_n be_v not_o much_o regard_v among_o they_o when_o they_o be_v bend_v upon_o their_o own_o preferment_n and_o commodity_n as_o laban_n pursue_v after_o jacob_n and_o his_o daughter_n purpose_v to_o have_v do_v he_o some_o harm_n but_o that_o the_o lord_n stay_v he_o gen._n 31.29_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o second_o tome_n or_o part_n of_o genesis_n contain_v the_o notable_a history_n of_o the_o life_n act_n and_o virtue_n of_o honourable_a joseph_n heb._n 11.12_o by_o faith_n joseph_n when_o he_o die_v make_v mention_n of_o the_o depart_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o give_v commandment_n of_o his_o bone_n ambros_n lib._n 1._o officior_fw-la cap._n 17._o joseph_n humilis_fw-la fuit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la servitutem_fw-la verecundus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fugam_fw-la patience_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la carcerem_fw-la remissor_n injuriae_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la remunerationem_fw-la joseph_n be_v humble_a even_o unto_o service_n shamefast_a unto_o flight_n patient_a unto_o prison_n a_o remitter_n of_o wrong_n unto_o reward_n veritas_fw-la ❀_o filia_fw-la ❀_o temporis_fw-la london_n ¶_o print_a by_o the_o assign_v of_o thomas_z man_n paul_n man_n and_o jona●_n man._n 163●_n to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o l._n cecil_n viscount_n cranborne_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n principal_a secretary_n to_o his_o excellent_a majesty_n and_o chancellor_n of_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n and_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a council_n grace_n mercy_n and_o peace_n from_o the_o lord_n jesus_n right_o honourable_n i_o present_v to_o your_o honour_n this_o last_o part_n of_o these_o my_o collection_n and_o commentary_n upon_o genesis_n wherein_o to_o set_v forth_o unto_o we_o the_o worthy_a history_n of_o honourable_a joseph_n his_o humiliation_n first_o and_o then_o his_o exaltation_n together_o with_o his_o patience_n chastity_n clemency_n equity_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o princely_a virtue_n a_o fit_a precedent_n for_o all_o noble_a person_n to_o follow_v and_o a_o perfect_a pattern_n for_o man_n of_o honour_n and_o authority_n to_o look_v upon_o joseph_n be_v famous_a and_o renown_a for_o many_o noble_a virtue_n but_o most_o especial_o for_o these_o four_o his_o chastity_n in_o himself_o piety_n towards_o god_n fidelity_n to_o his_o prince_n clemency_n towards_o his_o brethren_n first_o joseph_n be_v a_o rare_a example_n of_o chastity_n who_o in_o his_o youthful_a year_n be_v a_o poor_a stranger_n and_o a_o servant_n entice_v often_o and_o allure_v by_o promise_n and_o that_o by_o no_o mean_a woman_n but_o by_o his_o lady_n the_o mistress_n of_o the_o house_n and_o not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o danger_n which_o may_v befall_v he_o for_o his_o refusal_n yet_o choose_v rather_o with_o his_o innocency_n to_o lie_v in_o chain_n of_o iron_n than_o yield_v to_o intemperancy_n to_o wear_v chain_n of_o gold_n ●_o this_o be_v his_o godly_a resolution_n when_o he_o be_v tempt_v how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o so_o sin_n against_o god_n for_o he_o do_v very_o well_o know_v that_o he_o which_o violate_v wedlock_n do_v sin_n against_o god_n the_o author_n thereof_o wherefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v 5._o that_o the_o lord_n will_v judge_v such_o himself_o and_o ambrose_n excellent_o conclude_v this_o point_n concern_v joseph_n magnus_fw-la vir_fw-la joseph_n qui_fw-la adamatus_fw-la non_fw-la adamavit_fw-la rogatus_fw-la non_fw-la acquievit_fw-la comprehensus_fw-la aufugit_fw-la joseph_n be_v a_o worthy_a man_n who_o be_v love_v love_v not_o again_o be_v entreat_v consent_v not_o be_v lay_v hold_v on_o stay_v not_o second_o josephs_n chastity_n be_v much_o more_o grace_v and_o commend_v by_o his_o piety_n all_o his_o action_n savour_v of_o godliness_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n as_o a_o sweet_a perfume_n do_v give_v a_o pleasant_a scent_n to_o all_o his_o enterprise_n before_o when_o he_o be_v entice_v he_o have_v god_n in_o his_o mouth_n when_o the_o two_o prisoner_n want_v a_o interpreter_n he_o say_v unto_o they_o be_v not_o interpretation_n of_o god_n gen._n 40.8_o when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n to_o interpret_v his_o dream_n he_o give_v the_o glory_n to_o god_n without_o i_o shall_v god_n make_v answer_n for_o the_o wealth_n of_o pharaoh_n gen._n 41.16_o when_o his_o child_n manasseh_n and_o ephraim_n be_v bear_v he_o remember_v god_n at_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o first_o he_o say_v god_n have_v make_v i_o to_o forget_v all_o my_o labour_n and_o he_o call_v the_o second_o ephraim_n and_o say_v god_n have_v make_v i_o fruitful_a in_o the_o land_n of_o my_o affliction_n genes_n 41.50_o 51._o afterwards_o when_o joseph_n commune_v with_o his_o brethren_n 〈◊〉_d unknown_a he_o can_v not_o conceal_v his_o religion_n this_o do_v and_o live_v say_v he_o for_o i_o fear_v god_n genes_n 42.18_o when_o he_o discover_v himself_o to_o his_o brethren_n he_o turn_v himself_o unto_o god_n say_v god_n do_v send_v i_o before_o for_o your_o preservation_n genes_n ●5_n 5_o th●●_n 〈◊〉_d joseph_n do_v show_v himself_o twice_o noble_a indeed_o by_o his_o unfeigned_a piety_n and_o godly_a sincerity_n much_o like_v herein_o be_v devout_a daniel_n who_o be_v one_o of_o the_o three_o chief_a governor_n of_o that_o great_a monarchy_n of_o the_o persian_n do_v thrice_o every_o day_n upon_o his_o knee_n pray_v and_o praise_v his_o god_n dan._n 6.10_o thus_o shall_v all_o prudent_a governor_n do_v to_o honour_v he_o by_o who_o they_o be_v honour_v and_o to_o crave_v wisdom_n of_o the_o author_n and_o fountain_n of_o wisdom_n hierome_n give_v this_o counsel_n to_o a_o noble_a matron_n cum_fw-la claritate_fw-la generis_fw-la morum_fw-la svavitate_fw-la contendas_fw-la cum_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la corporis_fw-la animi_fw-la virtute_fw-la nobilior_fw-la proficias_fw-la magisque_fw-la illa_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la glorieris_fw-la quae_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o cohaered●s_fw-la christi_fw-la facit_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la quis_fw-la de_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la generis_fw-la blandiatur_fw-la si_fw-la ex_fw-la meliore_fw-la parte_fw-la famulus_fw-la sit_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la demetriad_n with_o the_o greatness_n of_o thy_o stock_n strive_v by_o goodness_n of_o manner_n together_o with_o nobleness_n of_o blood_n increase_n in_o the_o true_a nobility_n of_o mind_n count_v that_o the_o best_a nobility_n which_o make_v we_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o fellow_n heir_n with_o christ_n it_o avail_v not_o to_o boast_v of_o highness_n of_o stock_n if_o thou_o be_v abase_v in_o thy_o good_a part_n three_o joseph_n be_v famous_a for_o his_o faithful_a service_n towards_o his_o prince_n who_o when_o he_o have_v gather_v up_o all_o the_o money_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o canaan_n for_o the_o corn_n which_o they_o buy_v do_v not_o store_v it_o up_o for_o himself_o but_o lay_v it_o up_o in_o pharaoh_n treasury_n gen._n 47.14_o wherein_o josua_n well_o imitate_v he_o who_o in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n to_o the_o tribe_n reserve_v no_o part_n for_o himself_o but_o when_o they_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o divide_v than_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n with_o one_o consent_n cast_v he_o out_o a_o lot_n among_o they_o josua_n 19.49_o joseph_n then_o think_v not_o to_o enrich_v himself_o by_o his_o office_n as_o many_o officer_n now_o adays_o but_o he_o travel_v more_o for_o the_o wealth_n of_o pharaoh_n than_o his_o own_o gain_n in_o who_o be_v not_o want_v that_o property_n which_o moses_n father_n in_o law_n require_v in_o a_o governor_n to_o be_v a_o man_n hate_v covetousness_n exod._n 18.21_o which_o point_n be_v touch_v well_o by_o ambrose_n ne_fw-la praeeminentem_fw-la virum_fw-la thesauri_fw-la possideant_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o pecuniis_fw-la serviat_fw-la 14._o qui_fw-la praeest_fw-la liberis_fw-la that_o a_o great_a person_n shall_v possess_v rather_o than_o be_v possess_v of_o his_o treasure_n neither_o be_v command_v of_o money_n who_o be_v a_o commander_n of_o man_n neither_o be_v joseph_n so_o devote_v to_o his_o prince_n profit_n that_o he_o neglect_v the_o poor_a commons_o but_o be_v a_o father_n also_o unto_o they_o that_o whereas_o he_o have_v buy_v themselves_o and_o their_o land_n for_o pharaoh_n he_o both_o release_v they_o of_o their_o bondage_n and_o take_v only_o the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o land_n whereas_o the_o whole_a belong_v to_o pharaoh_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n ibid._n as_o ambrose_n say_v they_o lose_v nothing_o of_o their_o profit_n that_o gain_v a_o perpetuity_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o part_v with_o some_o of_o the_o fruit_n than_o to_o forgo_v the_o whole_a such_o a_o prudent_a moderation_n well_o beseem_v wise_a governor_n to_o be_v such_o honourable_a mediator_n between_o prince_n and_o people_n wherein_o this_o kingdom_n god_n be_v thank_v want_v not_o example_n as_o that_o the_o royal_a dignity_n
second_o jacob_n put_v on_o sackcloth_n which_o be_v a_o ceremony_n use_v in_o the_o east_n country_n to_o testify_v their_o humility_n as_o benhadads_n servant_n present_v themselves_o before_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n with_o sackcloth_n about_o their_o loin_n and_o rope_n about_o their_o neck_n sue_v for_o pardon_n 1_o king_n 20._o perer._n quest_n xxviii_o who_o be_v those_o son_n and_o daughter_n that_o comfort_v jacob_n vers._n 35._o then_o all_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n rise_v up_o etc._n etc._n 1._o these_o be_v not_o proper_o jacob_n daughter_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v that_o with_o every_o son_n jacob_n have_v a_o daughter_n bear_v which_o they_o afterward_o marry_v for_o such_o marriage_n the_o world_n be_v now_o multiply_v be_v not_o in_o use_n among_o the_o faithful_a mercer_n 2._o neither_o can_v jacob_n son_n the_o elder_a not_o exceed_v twenty_o four_o or_o twenty_o five_o year_n not_o above_o seven_o year_n elder_a than_o joseph_n have_v daughter_n of_o that_o age_n able_a to_o comfort_v their_o father_n as_o musculus_fw-la think_v they_o be_v therefore_o jacob_n son_n wife_n that_o be_v his_o daughter_n in_o law_n 3._o neither_o do_v jacob_n refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v because_o as_o the_o hebrew_n think_v where_o we_o know_v certain_o of_o the_o death_n of_o our_o friend_n we_o cease_v mourning_n but_o not_o where_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o they_o be_v dead_a or_o no_o for_o jacob_n do_v persuade_v himself_o here_o that_o some_o wild_a beast_n have_v devour_v joseph_n but_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o grief_n will_v admit_v no_o consolation_n mercer_n 4._o we_o see_v the_o hard_a and_o cruel_a heart_n of_o jacob_n son_n that_o willing_o do_v suffer_v their_o father_n to_o continue_v in_o this_o grief_n and_o that_o with_o feign_a word_n they_o seem_v to_o comfort_v he_o conceal_v the_o truth_n luther_n 5._o so_o it_o be_v add_v his_o father_n weep_v for_o he_o not_o isaac_n who_o indeed_o be_v yet_o live_v as_o some_o think_v aben_n ezra_n jun._n but_o jacob_n mourn_v for_o joseph_n his_o brethren_n mourn_v not_o but_o the_o father_n sorrow_v for_o his_o son_n muscul._n quest_n xxix_o potiphar_n how_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o eunuch_n vers._n 36._o to_o potiphar_n a_o eunuch_n of_o pharaoh_n 1._o this_o potiphar_n be_v not_o indeed_o a_o eunuch_n or_o geld_a man_n as_o the_o septuag_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o have_v a_o wife_n and_o a_o daughter_n marry_v afterward_o to_o joseph_n 2._o neither_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n can_v that_o conceit_n of_o r._n david_n have_v any_o likelihood_n that_o potiphar_n be_v a_o eunuch_n in_o part_n as_o retain_v still_o the_o nerve_n or_o sinew_n though_o not_o the_o other_o instrument_n of_o generation_n 3._o neither_o be_v there_o any_o ground_n of_o that_o tradition_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o god_n cause_v potiphars_n privy_a part_n to_o wither_v and_o dry_v up_o because_o he_o think_v to_o abuse_v fair_a joseph_n to_o his_o filthy_a lust_n 4._o but_o whereas_o eunuch_n be_v at_o the_o first_o use_v by_o king_n and_o prince_n to_o wait_v upon_o their_o queen_n esther_n 2.14_o and_o so_o be_v as_o the_o chamberlain_n and_o near_o unto_o their_o person_n as_o harbonah_n be_v to_o king_n assuerus_n esther_n 7.9_o hence_o the_o name_n of_o eunuch_n be_v take_v general_o to_o signify_v a_o courtier_n prince_n or_o great_a man_n towards_o the_o king_n as_o the_o word_n be_v use_v 2_o king_n 8.6_o the_o king_n command_v a_o eunuch_n or_o one_o of_o his_o prince_n to_o restore_v unto_o the_o shunamite_n her_o land_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n be_v potiphar_n call_v a_o eunuch_n that_o be_v one_o of_o pharaos_n prince_n or_o courtier_n as_o the_o word_n saras_n signify_v sic_fw-la chal._n mercer_n jun._n with_o other_o quest_n xxx_o what_o officer_n potiphar_n be_v to_o pharaoh_n pharaos_n chief_a steward_n or_o master_n of_o the_o guard_n 1._o for_o we_o neither_o read_v with_o the_o septuag_n pharaos_n chief_a cook_n although_o the_o word_n tabach_v be_v sometime_o use_v in_o that_o sense_n 1_o sam._n 9.23_o which_o read_v josephus_n philo_n and_o ambrose_n follow_v 2._o neither_o yet_o be_v he_o pharaos_n chief_a steward_n as_o some_o read_v b.g._n 3_o nor_o the_o chief_a captain_n of_o his_o soldier_n as_o both_o the_o chalde_n and_o hierome_n translate_v 4._o but_o see_v the_o word_n tabach_n signify_v to_o kill_v and_o so_o the_o word_n be_v indifferent_o apply_v both_o to_o cook_n and_o butcher_n that_o be_v the_o slaughter_n man_n of_o beast_n and_o to_o soldier_n that_o kill_v man_n in_o battle_n and_o executioner_n that_o put_v man_n to_o death_n that_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o law_n it_o appear_v that_o this_o potiphar_n have_v the_o chief_a charge_n of_o those_o that_o be_v adjudge_v to_o imprisonment_n or_o death_n as_o pharaos_n two_o officer_n his_o chief_a baker_n and_o butler_n be_v commit_v to_o his_o charge_n gen._n 40.3_o and_o so_o may_v be_v well_o think_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a marshal_n or_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n unto_o pharaoh_n junius_n mercerus_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o father_n be_v as_o the_o sun_n and_o chief_a in_o the_o house_n vers._n 9_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n do_v reverence_n unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n joseph_n by_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n understand_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n the_o father_n then_o of_o the_o house_n by_o god_n ordinance_n as_o the_o sun_n from_o who_o the_o wife_n as_o the_o moon_n the_o child_n as_o star_n must_v receive_v their_o light_n and_o direction_n in_o every_o family_n muscul._n for_o the_o apostle_n say_v concern_v wife_n if_o they_o will_v learn_v any_o thing_n let_v they_o ask_v of_o their_o husband_n at_o home_n 1_o cor._n 14.35_o and_o concern_v the_o rest_n the_o same_o apostle_n say_v have_v child_n under_o obedience_n with_o all_o honesty_n 1_o timoth._n 3.4_o 2._o doct._n the_o prophet_n do_v not_o foresee_v all_o thing_n but_o what_o be_v reveal_v unto_o they_o again_o he_o dream_v etc._n etc._n joseph_n as_o bernard_n well_o note_v do_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n foresee_v his_o exaltation_n yet_o his_o humiliation_n and_o captivity_n be_v not_o declare_v unto_o he_o though_o this_o be_v near_a than_o the_o other_o tractat_fw-la de_fw-fr gradib_n humilitat_fw-la whereby_o we_o see_v that_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o foresee_v all_o thing_n neither_o have_v they_o a_o prophetical_a spirit_n reside_v with_o they_o whereby_o to_o foretell_v what_o they_o will_v but_o they_o only_o know_v those_o thing_n which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o reveal_v unto_o they_o as_o the_o prophet_n jeremie_n at_o the_o first_o do_v not_o perceive_v the_o falsehood_n of_o the_o prophet_n hananie_n that_o prophesy_v of_o their_o return_n from_o captivity_n after_o two_o year_n but_o wish_v that_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o even_o so_o till_o the_o word_n of_o god_n come_v unto_o he_o jer._n 28.6.12_o 3._o doct._n true_a obedience_n follow_v not_o the_o word_n but_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o commander_n vers._n 7._o ioseph_n go_v after_o his_o brethren_n and_o find_v they_o in_o dothan_n etc._n etc._n yet_o his_o father_n send_v he_o only_o to_o seek_v they_o in_o sechem_n vers_fw-la 12._o joseph_n show_v his_o prompt_a obedience_n in_o not_o strict_o tie_v himself_o to_o his_o father_n word_n but_o fulfil_v his_o mind_n jacob_n speak_v but_o of_o sechem_n to_o joseph_n but_o he_o know_v that_o it_o be_v his_o meaning_n that_o he_o shall_v seek_v out_o his_o brethren_n follow_v after_o they_o to_o dothan_n that_o he_o may_v find_v they_o out_o muscul._n by_o which_o example_n we_o be_v teach_v what_o kind_n of_o obedience_n be_v most_o accept_v with_o god_n not_o to_o keep_v only_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o scribe_n do_v who_o corrupt_a gloss_n our_o saviour_n confute_v matth._n 5._o but_o to_o observe_v the_o true_a meaning_n and_o sense_n thereof_o 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n the_o latin_a text_n corrupt_a and_o not_o justifiable_a vers._n 2._o when_o joseph_n be_v seventeen_o year_n old_a the_o latin_a text_n read_v most_o corrupt_o when_o joseph_n be_v sixteen_o year_n old_a which_o read_v perer._n will_v justify_v by_o these_o reason_n 1._o the_o latin_a text_n understand_v sixteen_o year_n complete_a the_o hebrew_n seventeen_o year_n now_o but_o begin_v 2._o he_o think_v that_o the_o latin_a translator_n set_v down_o divers_a thing_n whereof_o no_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v not_o without_o the_o secret_a instinct_n of_o the_o spirit_n pererius_n disput_n 1._o in_o gen._n cap._n 37._o contra._n 1._o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o hebrew_n when_o they_o set_v down_o a_o number_n of_o year_n to_o make_v the_o account_n by_o full_a and_o complete_a year_n as_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o phrase_n here_o use_v
the_o age_n of_o joseph_n for_o divers_a reason_n 1._o by_o this_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v how_o long_a joseph_n be_v a_o servant_n in_o egypt_n from_o 17._o to_o 30._o year_n the_o space_n of_o 13._o year_n whereof_o 3_o he_o spend_v in_o prison_n the_o rest_n in_o service_n mercer_n 2._o but_o joseph_n for_o his_o thirteen_o year_n service_n be_v recompense_v with_o 80._o year_n of_o liberty_n prosperity_n and_o honour_n for_o he_o live_v till_o he_o be_v 110._o year_n old_a which_o may_v also_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o everlasting_a reward_n of_o the_o saint_n which_o they_o shall_v receive_v for_o their_o short_a and_o momentary_a affliction_n here_o perer._n 3_o this_o observe_v of_o josephs_n age_n help_v towards_o the_o chronologie_n of_o jacob_n and_o josephs_n age_n for_o hence_o it_o be_v gather_v that_o joseph_n nine_o year_n after_o when_o the_o seven_o plentiful_a year_n be_v pass_v and_o two_o of_o famine_n be_v thirty_o nine_o year_n old_a and_o jacob_n at_o that_o time_n together_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o joseph_n be_v beget_v in_o the_o 91._o year_n of_o jacob_n age_n fourteen_o year_n after_o his_o come_n into_o mesopotamia_n for_o joseph_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o seven_o year_n of_o jacob_n service_n so_o that_o jacob_n be_v 77._o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v first_o into_o mesopotamia_n perer._n 4._o josephs_n age_n be_v express_v that_o it_o may_v appear_v what_o wonderful_a grace_n he_o have_v receive_v of_o god_n at_o those_o year_n of_o chastity_n of_o patience_n of_o piety_n of_o wisdom_n of_o knowledge_n of_o secret_n of_o policy_n and_o government_n it_o be_v say_v that_o julius_n caesar_n behold_v the_o picture_n of_o alexander_n in_o hercules_n temple_n at_o gades_n lament_v that_o he_o have_v do_v no_o worthy_a exploit_n at_o those_o year_n wherein_o alexander_n have_v conquer_v the_o whole_a world_n but_o joseph_n here_o at_o the_o same_o age_n of_o 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food_n can_v not_o have_v be_v so_o well_o keep_v and_o the_o next_o verse_n show_v that_o food_n ochell_n be_v gather_v namely_o bar_n wheat_n mercer_n 2._o josephs_n wisdom_n appear_v that_o provide_v barn_n for_o every_o city_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o travail_v far_o for_o food_n but_o have_v it_o provide_v at_o home_n 3._o where_o it_o be_v say_v till_o he_o leave_v number_v it_o be_v like_a that_o joseph_n observe_v order_n in_o lay_v up_o of_o the_o corn_n and_o keep_v a_o talie_a of_o it_o he_o number_v it_o not_o of_o curiosity_n as_o david_n number_v the_o multitude_n of_o his_o people_n but_o in_o a_o provident_a forecast_n to_o see_v what_o quantity_n will_v suffice_v for_o every_o place_n muscul._n quest_n xv._n whether_o indeed_o joseph_n have_v forget_v his_o father_n house_n as_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o name_n of_o manasses_n form_v of_o the_o word_n nashah_n to_o forget_v vers._n 51._o god_n have_v make_v i_o forget_v all_o my_o labour_n and_o my_o father_n house_n 1._o i_o do_v not_o think_v with_o calvin_n that_o this_o be_v to_o be_v impute_v to_o joseph_n as_o a_o fault_n that_o will_v commit_v to_o oblivion_n his_o father_n house_n be_v entangle_v with_o this_o great_a honour_n and_o prosperity_n for_o how_o can_v he_o forget_v his_o father_n or_o father_n house_n unless_o he_o shall_v together_o abandon_v his_o faith_n and_o religion_n and_o forget_v god_n covenant_n make_v to_o his_o father_n and_o his_o seed_n 2._o neither_o do_v it_o help_v the_o matter_n to_o say_v with_o some_o that_o he_o do_v not_o forget_v his_o father_n but_o his_o brethren_n who_o be_v understand_v by_o his_o father_n house_n 3._o nor_o yet_o be_v this_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o comparison_n that_o in_o respect_n of_o this_o great_a honour_n his_o father_n house_n his_o kindred_n and_o education_n be_v nothing_o as_o mercer_n 4._o but_o the_o word_n do_v expound_v themselves_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o labour_n and_o affliction_n and_o great_a indignity_n which_o he_o receive_v at_o his_o brethren_n hand_n in_o his_o father_n house_n the_o remembrance_n and_o grief_n whereof_o his_o great_a preferment_n and_o honour_n in_o egypt_n allay_v and_o mitigate_v jun._n 5_o but_o whereas_o it_o will_v be_v demand_v egypt_n if_o joseph_n have_v not_o forget_v his_o father_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o he_o remember_v he_o not_o all_o this_o while_n nor_o send_v unto_o he_o see_v memphis_n the_o king_n city_n be_v not_o above_o 40._o mile_n distant_a from_o hebron_n where_o jacob_n dwell_v it_o may_v be_v answer_v that_o whether_o by_o reason_n of_o josephs_n long_a affliction_n before_o in_o which_o time_n he_o may_v think_v his_o father_n to_o be_v dead_a or_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o most_o busy_a and_o troublesome_a employment_n in_o the_o 7._o year_n of_o plenty_n or_o because_o he_o will_v yet_o conceal_v his_o kindred_n he_o may_v forbear_v to_o inquire_v after_o they_o it_o be_v the_o special_a work_n of_o god_n providence_n so_o dispose_v that_o his_o brethren_n shall_v first_o seek_v unto_o he_o and_o bow_v before_o he_o that_o his_o dream_n may_v take_v effect_n mercer_n augustine_n further_o think_v that_o god_n so_o dispose_v that_o joseph_n all_o this_o while_n send_v not_o to_o jacob_n be_v not_o above_o 300._o mile_n from_o he_o that_o jacob_n by_o this_o mean_n may_v be_v exercise_v with_o sorrow_n voluit_fw-la deus_fw-la isto_fw-la mode_n parva_fw-la peccata_fw-la jacob_n in_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la igne_fw-la tribulationis_fw-la consumere_fw-la god_n will_v by_o this_o mean_n with_o the_o fire_n of_o tribulation_n purge_v jacob_n sin_n in_o this_o world_n ser._n 82._o de_fw-la tempor_fw-la but_o augustine_n be_v deceive_v in_o the_o distance_n of_o mephis_n from_o hebron_n which_o be_v rather_o 50._o then_o 300._o mile_n for_o the_o patriarch_n can_v not_o carry_v their_o corn_n so_o far_o upon_o their_o beast_n thom._n anglicus_n and_o pererius_n think_v that_o joseph_n have_v a_o revelation_n how_o his_o brethren_n shall_v come_v down_o to_o egypt_n to_o buy_v corn_n but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o moses_n will_v have_v omit_v it_o theodoret_n think_v that_o god_n so_o dispose_v that_o jacob_n know_v not_o of_o josephs_n be_v in_o egypt_n lest_o he_o may_v have_v redeem_v he_o from_o thence_o and_o so_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o israelite_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n shall_v have_v be_v prevent_v this_o opinion_n and_o the_o first_o i_o prefer_v before_o the_o rest_n quest_n xvi_o when_o egypt_n begin_v to_o be_v affamished_a and_o what_o other_o country_n beside_o vers._n 55._o at_o the_o length_n all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v affamished_a etc._n etc._n 1._o for_o the_o first_o two_o year_n of_o famine_n the_o dearth_n be_v not_o feel_v in_o egypt_n because_o private_a man_n may_v have_v lay_v up_o in_o store_n at_o home_n for_o themselves_o therefore_o the_o latin_a text_n be_v here_o very_o corrupt_a that_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n where_o the_o true_a read_n be_v in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v bread_n read_v in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v famine_n 2._o where_o the_o famine_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o all_o land_n we_o must_v not_o understand_v all_o the_o country_n in_o the_o world_n but_o these_o country_n next_o adjoin_v which_o come_v thither_o for_o corn_n vers_fw-la 57_o and_o so_o the_o hebrew_n especial_o apply_v it_o to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o country_n phenice_n palestina_n arabia_n which_o do_v border_n upon_o egypt_n 3._o some_o hebrew_n affirm_v that_o joseph_n before_o he_o will_v sell_v the_o egyptian_n corn_n move_v to_o have_v they_o circumcise_a and_o that_o there_o be_v much_o altercation_n about_o it_o it_o be_v like_o that_o he_o circumcise_v his_o own_o two_o son_n and_o instruct_v the_o
or_o repeat_v in_o moses_n blessing_n deut._n 33._o but_o this_o be_v too_o curious_a 5._o some_o will_v have_v joseph_n to_o take_v of_o both_o end_n the_o elder_a and_o the_o young_a calvin_n 6._o but_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o joseph_n take_v five_o indifferent_o out_o of_o the_o company_n as_o the_o septuagint_n read_v such_o as_o be_v dear_a unto_o he_o of_o which_o company_n benjamin_n may_v be_v one_o mercer_n and_o the_o word_n here_o use_v michzah_o be_v not_o compound_v of_o the_o preposition_n and_o the_o word_n chetzah_n as_o pagni●_n read_v de_fw-la extremitate_fw-la out_o of_o the_o end_n or_o extremity_n but_o it_o be_v one_o whole_a word_n which_o signify_v a_o part_n or_o portion_n as_o it_o be_v use_v dan._n 1.2_o the_o lord_n give_v jehoiakim_n into_o his_o hand_n with_o part_n of_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n so_o that_o man_n be_v not_o here_o a_o preposition_n but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o word_n vatab._n quest_n ii_o the_o chronology_n explain_v by_o the_o year_n of_o jacob_n life_n vers._n 9_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o my_o pilgrimage_n be_v 130._o year_n from_o this_o age_n of_o jacob_n here_o mention_v divers_a point_n concern_v the_o chronologie_n may_v be_v conclude_v 1._o josephs_n be_v now_o 39_o year_n old_a when_o jacob_n be_v 130._o it_o follow_v that_o joseph_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o 91._o year_n of_o jacob_n age_n 2._o then_o joseph_n be_v bear_v 14._o year_n after_o jacob_n come_v into_o mesopotamia_n jacob_n must_v be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o seventy_o seven_o when_o he_o come_v into_o mesopotamia_n 3._o further_o joseph_n bear_v in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o jacob_n service_n with_o laban_n be_v now_o thirty_o nine_o year_n old_a than_o reuben_n bear_v 7._o year_n before_o must_v be_v forty_o six_o year_n old_a simeon_n forty_o nine_o levi_n forty_o four_o judah_n forty_o three_o or_o there_o about_o 4._o hence_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o from_o the_o first_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n in_o the_o 75._o year_n of_o his_o age_n to_o the_o come_n of_o jacob_n to_o egypt_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n isaac_n be_v bear_v twenty_o five_o year_n after_o that_o in_o the_o hundred_o year_n of_o abraham_n who_o in_o the_o sixty_o year_n have_v jacob_n bear_v and_o jacob_n be_v now_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o all_o make_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o 5._o see_v the_o apostle_n make_v account_n of_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n to_o the_o go_v out_o of_o israel_n from_o egypt_n galath_n 3_o it_o remain_v that_o the_o space_n of_o the_o israelite_n dwell_v in_o egypt_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n more_o 6._o and_o see_v abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o 352._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n put_v thereunto_o a_o hundred_o year_n of_o abraham_n and_o sixty_o of_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n shall_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o 512._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n not_o in_o the_o 452._o year_n as_o pererius_n collect_v chronology_n who_o build_v upon_o a_o false_a ground_n make_v abraham_n birth_n to_o fall_v out_o in_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o terah_n whereas_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 130._o year_n sixty_o year_n after_o as_o have_v be_v show_v before_o upon_o that_o place_n quest_n iii_o why_o jacob_n count_v himself_o a_o pilgrim_n vers._n 9_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o my_o pilgrimage_n 1._o jacob_n count_v himself_o a_o pilgrim_n or_o stranger_n in_o two_o respect_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o his_o dwell_n in_o the_o world_n where_o he_o have_v no_o certain_a habitation_n for_o he_o remove_v from_o his_o father_n house_n to_o mesopotamia_n where_o he_o sojourn_v with_o laban_n twenty_o year_n then_o he_o come_v to_o succoth_n after_o that_o to_o sichem_n gen._n 33._o thence_o to_o bethel_n and_o so_o to_o ephtatah_n and_o then_o to_o hebron_n where_o his_o father_n dwell_v gen._n 35._o from_o whence_o he_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n perer._n 2._o jacob_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n count_v themselves_o pilgrim_n and_o stranger_n in_o the_o world_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o celestial_a inheritance_n in_o heaven_n heb._n 11.13_o calvin_n quest_n iv._o of_o the_o divers_a trouble_n which_o jacob_n have_v endure_v in_o his_o life_n vers._n 9_o few_o and_o evil_a etc._n etc._n 1._o jacob_n though_o he_o have_v not_o attain_v to_o the_o year_n of_o his_o father_n and_o yet_o seem_v very_o old_a and_o therefore_o be_v ask_v of_o pharaoh_n of_o his_o age_n give_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n because_o he_o have_v go_v through_o many_o trouble_n in_o respect_n whereof_o he_o call_v his_o day_n evil_a that_o be_v full_a of_o misery_n and_o sorrow_n mercer_n 2._o the_o hebrew_n reckon_v seven_o calamity_n that_o befall_v pererius●en_n ●en_z but_o they_o be_v more_o 1._o his_o forsake_v of_o his_o father_n house_n for_o fear_n of_o esau._n 2._o his_o hard_a service_n in_o laban_n house_n 3._o the_o suborn_n of_o leah_n for_o rachel_n 4._o the_o fear_n of_o esau_n after_o his_o return_n 5._o the_o deflower_v of_o dinah_n 6._o the_o death_n of_o rachel_n 7._o the_o incest_n of_o reuben_n 8._o the_o fornication_n of_o ju●ah_n with_o thamar_n 9_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o sichemite_n by_o simeon_n and_o levi._n 10._o the_o loss_n of_o joseph_n 11._o the_o detain_v of_o simeon_n in_o prison_n in_o egypt_n 12._o the_o take_v away_o of_o benjamin_n 3._o whereas_o jacob_n say_v father_n he_o have_v not_o attain_v to_o the_o year_n of_o his_o father_n jacob_n consider_v the_o manifold_a trouble_n which_o he_o have_v go_v through_o and_o feel_v his_o present_a weakness_n and_o decay_n of_o nature_n do_v easy_o conjecture_v that_o he_o be_v not_o like_a to_o reach_v to_o his_o father_n or_o grandfather_n age_n mercer_n neither_o indeed_o do_v he_o he_o live_v but_o a_o hundred_o forty_o seven_o year_n want_v twenty_o eight_o of_o abraham_n age_n which_o be_v a_o hundred_o seventy_o five_o and_o 33._o year_n of_o isaack_n age_n which_o be_v 180._o quest_n v._o of_o the_o land_n of_o rameses_n what_o country_n it_o be_v vers._n 11._o in_o the_o land_n of_o rameses_n as_o pharaoh_n have_v command_v etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o land_n of_o ramese_n be_v neither_o all_o one_o with_o goshen_n as_o augustine_n seem_v to_o think_v quaest_n 157._o genes_n 2._o neither_o be_v it_o a_o divers_a city_n from_o that_o which_o be_v build_v by_o the_o israelite_n exod._n 1.11_o although_o there_o be_v a_o little_a difference_n in_o the_o name_n this_o be_v rameses_n with_o schevah_n under_o be_o that_o rameses_n with_o patach_v as_o think_v aben_n ezra_n and_o junius_n who_o will_v have_v this_o to_o be_v heliopolis_n the_o other_o pelusum_fw-la 3._o neither_o yet_o be_v it_o the_o same_o city_n which_o afterward_o the_o israelite_n build_v and_o that_o it_o be_v here_o name_v by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n as_o tostat._n perer._n genevens_n 4._o but_o this_o land_n of_o ramese_n be_v a_o region_n rather_o than_o a_o city_n situate_a in_o goshen_n the_o most_o fruitful_a part_n thereof_o where_o the_o city_n rameses_n be_v afterward_o build_v bear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o country_n sic_fw-la cajetan_n mercer_n for_o it_o be_v call_v not_o the_o city_n but_o the_o land_n of_o rameses_n 5._o some_o take_v it_o to_o be_v arsenois_n some_o heliopolis_n the_o septuagint_n call_v it_o the_o city_n of_o the_o noble_n but_o i_o take_v it_o rather_o to_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a territory_n and_o country_n 6._o the_o israelite_n dwell_v here_o apart_o and_o divide_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o egypt_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o egyptian_o inhabit_v among_o they_o of_o who_o they_o borrow_v jewel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n at_o their_o departure_n from_o rameses_n exod._n 12.35_o 37._o perer._n quest_n vi_o how_o joseph_n give_v bread_n to_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o child_n vers._n 12._o to_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o little_a one_o 1._o some_o refer_v this_o to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o family_n that_o joseph_n provide_v for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o from_o the_o elder_a sort_n to_o the_o infant_n sic_fw-la chald._n hierom._n b.g._n calvin_n but_o that_o be_v say_v before_o he_o nourish_v all_o his_o father_n household_n 2._o some_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o great_a plenty_n that_o even_o the_o child_n which_o use_v to_o play_v the_o wanton_n and_o cast_v away_o their_o bread_n have_v enough_o sic_fw-la quidam_fw-la hebraeus_n 3._o some_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o manner_n that_o joseph_n do_v provide_v for_o they_o all_o as_o for_o young_a child_n that_o be_v without_o their_o labour_n or_o take_v of_o care_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o right_a meaning_n jun._n mercer_n quest_n vii_o when_o their_o money_n begin_v to_o fail_v in_o egypt_n and_o how_o vers._n 18._o they_o come_v unto_o he_o the_o
and_o custom_n and_o princess_n pleasure_n be_v so_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v maintain_v and_o he_o be_v but_o the_o king_n officer_n and_o minister_n to_o see_v every_o one_o serve_v according_a to_o their_o allowance_n joseph_n can_v not_o have_v gainsay_v without_o very_o great_a tumult_n and_o sedition_n see_v those_o superstitious_a priest_n be_v great_o honour_v with_o the_o king_n and_o people_n mercer_n quest_n xii_o why_o jacob_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v in_o canaan_n vers._n 30._o bvrie_n i_o in_o their_o burial_n jacob_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o father_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 1._o not_o thereby_o show_v his_o hope_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n in_o christ_n as_o augustine_n interprete_v sepultura_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la significat_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la the_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a signify_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n quaest_n 161._o in_o genes_n for_o although_o jacob_n have_v this_o hope_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a and_o literal_a meaning_n of_o these_o word_n 2._o neither_o yet_o be_v it_o the_o love_n of_o his_o country_n that_o move_v he_o wherein_o man_n desire_v to_o live_v and_o die_v olea_v there_o be_v a_o great_a matter_n that_o move_v jacob_n 3._o neither_o yet_o as_o lyranus_fw-la because_o he_o hope_v to_o be_v one_o of_o those_o which_o shall_v rise_v out_o of_o his_o grave_n at_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n for_o this_o be_v too_o curious_a and_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o any_o bury_v so_o long_o before_o or_o so_o far_o off_o as_o this_o double_a cave_n be_v think_v to_o be_v 30._o mile_n from_o jerusalem_n do_v rise_v out_o of_o their_o grave_n but_o some_o about_o jerusalem_n and_o such_o as_o have_v be_v late_o dead_a and_o be_v know_v in_o the_o city_n for_o the_o text_n say_v they_o go_v into_o the_o holy_a city_n and_o appear_v to_o many_o matth._n 27.53_o and_o it_o be_v like_a that_o they_o return_v to_o their_o grave_n again_o 4._o therefore_o jacob_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o father_n partly_o to_o testify_v his_o faith_n that_o he_o doubt_v not_o ●ut_v that_o his_o soul_n shall_v present_o be_v join_v to_o his_o father_n calvin_n and_o his_o body_n rise_v again_o in_o the_o general_a resurrection_n mercer_n partly_o to_o admonish_v his_o child_n not_o to_o be_v too_o much_o addict_v to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o egypt_n but_o to_o wait_v for_o their_o return_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o joseph_n also_o die_v declare_v his_o hope_n gen._n 50.25_o muscul._n quest_n xiii_o why_o jacob_n cause_v joseph_n to_o swear_v vers._n 31._o then_o he_o say_v swear_v unto_o i_o jacob_n require_v a_o oath_n of_o joseph_n not_o because_o he_o do_v mistrust_v his_o obedience_n but_o 1._o that_o jacob_n may_v be_v better_o satisfy_v and_o confirm_v in_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o desire_v 2._o lest_o that_o joseph_n may_v have_v be_v otherwise_o persuade_v or_o overrule_v by_o pharaoh_n to_o have_v his_o father_n bury_v in_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o joseph_n when_o he_o obtain_v leave_v of_o pharaoh_n to_o bury_v his_o father_n he_o urge_v the_o oath_n which_o he_o make_v to_o his_o father_n gen._n 50.6_o mercer_n rupert_n 3._o he_o rather_o bind_v joseph_n to_o perform_v this_o than_o any_o of_o his_o other_o son_n because_o of_o his_o authority_n and_o favour_n with_o pharaoh_n quest_n fourteen_o how_o and_o who_o jacob_n worship_v towards_o the_o bed_n head_n vers._n 31._o he_o worship_v towards_o the_o bed_n head_n 1._o some_o do_v read_v he_o worship_v towards_o the_o top_n of_o his_o rod_n for_o mittah_n signify_v a_o bed_n mitteh_o a_o rod_n so_o the_o septuagint_n and_o they_o which_o follow_v this_o read_n 1._o some_o interpret_v that_o he_o worship_v towards_o josephs_n rod_n or_o sceptre_n as_o giving_z reverence_n to_o he_o chrysost._n 2._o some_o that_o he_o lean_v upon_o his_o own_o staff_n do_v reverence_n to_o joseph_n theodoret_n 3._o some_o that_o he_o worship_v josephs_n sceptre_n as_o a_o figure_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n procop._n but_o all_o these_o be_v deceive_v by_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o septuagint_n who_o themselves_z in_o the_o 48._o chap._n vers_fw-la 2._o do_v translate_v not_o rod_n but_o bed_n as_o hierome_n well_o note_v tradit_fw-la in_o genes_n 2._o some_o do_v read_v the_o bed_n head_n and_o they_o that_o follow_v this_o read_n 1._o some_o say_v that_o he_o worship_v that_o way_n because_o it_o be_v east_n ward_v towards_o jerusalem_n lyran._n as_o though_o jacob_n have_v be_v so_o superstitious_a as_o to_o set_v his_o bed_n east_n and_o west_n 2._o some_o because_o god_n be_v present_a at_o the_o bed_n head_n so_o the_o superstitious_a hebrew_n 3._o but_o he_o do_v nothing_o else_o but_o rear_v himself_o upon_o his_o pillow_n at_o his_o bed_n head_n lean_v also_o upon_o his_o staff_n and_o so_o give_v thanks_n to_o god_n and_o that_o he_o bow_v upon_o his_o staff_n may_v be_v supply_v out_o of_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n heb._n 11.21_o jun._n perer._n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n corn_n and_o food_n more_o worth_a than_o money_n vers._n 14._o and_o joseph_n gather_v all_o the_o money_n the_o egyptian_n that_o be_v horder_n up_o of_o gold_n and_o silver_n yet_o be_v content_v to_o exchange_v their_o money_n for_o corn_n we_o see_v then_o that_o money_n if_o it_o be_v right_o esteem_v of_o be_v a_o base_a thing_n than_o that_o which_o belong_v either_o to_o the_o belly_n or_o back_n muscul._n which_o consideration_n shall_v teach_v man_n not_o to_o covet_v money_n but_o if_o they_o have_v food_n for_o the_o belly_n and_o raiment_n to_o put_v on_o to_o be_v therewith_o content_a as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 1_o timoth._n 6.8_o 2._o doct._n they_o which_o preach_v the_o gospel_n must_v live_v of_o the_o gospel_n vers._n 22._o only_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n buy_v he_o not_o for_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o ordinary_a of_o pharaoh_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n than_o teach_v that_o they_o which_o attend_v the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v have_v their_o public_a maintenance_n see_v pharaoh_n a_o heathen_a prince_n be_v so_o liberal_a towards_o his_o idolatrous_a priest_n much_o more_o shall_v christian_a prince_n take_v care_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v as_o they_o which_o do_v wait_v at_o the_o altar_n be_v partaker_n with_o the_o altar_n so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v that_o they_o which_o preach_v the_o gospel_n shall_v live_v of_o the_o gospel_n 1_o cor._n 9.13_o 14._o calvin_n luther_n 3._o doct._n they_o be_v fit_a to_o teach_v other_o that_o first_o can_v teach_v themselves_o vers._n 23._o i_o have_v buy_v your_o land_n for_o pharaoh_n lo_o here_o be_v seed_n for_o you_o etc._n etc._n gregory_n hereupon_o collect_v that_o as_o the_o egyptian_n receive_v no_o seed_n till_o first_o they_o have_v yield_v their_o land_n and_o themselves_o to_o be_v servant_n to_o pharaoh_n so_o they_o be_v fit_a to_o have_v the_o seed_n of_o god_n word_n commit_v unto_o they_o which_o first_o have_v reform_v their_o own_o life_n and_o consecrate_a themselves_o to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n restat_fw-la ut_fw-la loquendo_fw-la cuique_fw-la d●ceat_fw-la vitam_fw-la ally_n quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la moribus_fw-la seruat_fw-la it_o remain_v that_o he_o teach_v other_o to_o live_v well_o who_o have_v reform_v his_o own_o lib._n 6._o moral_a so_o the_o apostle_n reprove_v the_o jew_n thou_o which_o teach_v another_o teach_v thou_o not_o thyself_o rom._n 2.21_o 4._o doct._n though_o sumptuous_a funeral_n be_v not_o to_o be_v desire_v yet_o the_o body_n of_o saint_n must_v be_v reverent_o bury_v vers._n 30._o when_o i_o shall_v sleep_v with_o my_o father_n thou_o shall_v carry_v i_o out_o of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n although_o pompous_a funeral_n and_o sumptuous_a burial_n do_v not_o profit_v the_o dead_a which_o be_v as_o augustine_n say_v rather_o viventium_fw-la solatia_fw-la than_o subsidia_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la comfort_n for_o the_o live_n than_o help_v for_o the_o dead_a which_o augustine_n show_v by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o rich_a man_n and_o lazarus_n that_o as_o the_o one_o be_v not_o help_v by_o his_o precious_a and_o solemn_a exequy_n so_o neither_o be_v the_o other_o hinder_v by_o his_o vile_a and_o base_a sepulture_n yea_o the_o heathen_a man_n can_v say_v e●lo_fw-la tegitur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la urnam_fw-la 12.13_o he_o have_v heaven_n for_o a_o cover_n that_o want_v a_o grave_n neither_o do_v jacob_n desire_v to_o be_v bury_v in_o canaan_n either_o for_o the_o holiness_n of_o the_o place_n or_o that_o he_o have_v a_o delight_n in_o pompous_a solemnity_n but_o to_o testify_v his_o faith_n as_o before_o be_v show_v quaest_n 12._o yet_o by_o
cohanim_fw-la chief_a ruler_n or_o man_n of_o authority_n 2_o sam._n 8.18_o priest_n they_o be_v not_o be_v not_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n deceive_v but_o of_o judah_n 1._o yet_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o be_v king_n of_o arabia_n as_o eusebius_n allege_v out_o of_o artapanus_n a_o ancient_a writer_n for_o it_o be_v not_o seemly_a for_o a_o prince_n daughter_n to_o keep_v their_o father_n sheep_n neither_o be_v it_o like_v if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o king_n that_o the_o other_o shepherd_n will_v have_v offer_v such_o vio●●●_n unto_o they_o simlerus_n 2._o josephus_n philo_n the_o septuagint_n do_v hold_v he_o to_o have_v be_v a_o priest_n the_o 〈◊〉_d paraphrase_n read_v prince_n it_o be_v like_a he_o be_v both_o a_o prince_n and_o a_o priest_n as_o melchisedeck_n king_n of_o s●lem_n be_v and_o as_o after_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n the_o same_o be_v both_o prince_n and_o priest_n in_o judea_n perer._n and_o of_o old_a time_n the_o priesthood_n go_v with_o the_o birthright_n borrh._n quest_n xxviii_o whether_o rehuel_n be_v a_o idolatrous_a priest_n or_o a_o priest_n of_o the_o true_a god_n concern_v this_o jethro_n his_o profession_n 1._o i_o neither_o think_v this_o jethro_n be_v a_o idolatrous_a priest_n before_o he_o come_v to_o moses_n exod._n 18._o and_o then_o first_o convert_v as_o david_n kimhi_n to_o who_o pererius_n consent_v for_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o moses_n will_v have_v marry_v a_o idolater_n daughter_n simler_n at_o the_o least_o moses_n have_v not_o continue_v with_o he_o so_o long_o even_o 40._o year_n for_o nought_o and_o his_o father_n in_o law_n a_o idolater_n still_o 2._o neither_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o jethro_n from_o the_o beginning_n be_v a_o priest_n and_o a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n see_v he_o be_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o midianite_n that_o be_v idolater_n as_o aben_n ezra_n 3._o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o first_o some_o seed_n of_o true_a religion_n and_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v preserve_v among_o the_o midianite_n even_o from_o adam_n yet_o intermingle_v with_o the_o superstition_n of_o the_o heathen_a borrh._n but_o by_o moses_n abode_n and_o continuance_n with_o jethro_n we_o be_v to_o think_v that_o he_o be_v more_o establish_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o be_v most_o of_o all_o confirm_v when_o he_o come_v to_o moses_n exod._n 18._o where_o indeed_o he_o profess_v himself_o a_o true_a worshipper_n and_o priest_n unto_o the_o high_a god_n offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o he_o jun._n quest_n xxix_o why_o zipporah_n be_v call_v a_o aethiopisse_n numb_a 12.1_o vers._n 21._o who_o give_v unto_o moses_n zipporah_n his_o daughter_n 1._o this_o zipporah_n here_o a_o midianitish_a woman_n be_v also_o the_o same_o which_o be_v call_v the_o cushite_v or_o aethiopisse_v numb_a 12._o 1._o for_o that_o be_v but_o a_o fable_n of_o josephus_n that_o moses_n marry_v the_o king_n of_o ethiopias_n daughter_n which_o philo_n write_v of_o purpose_n the_o history_n of_o moses_n life_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o be_v before_o josephus_n and_o moses_n be_v find_v to_o have_v have_v no_o more_o child_n than_o those_o which_o he_o have_v by_o zipporah_n which_o be_v a_o probable_a conjecture_n that_o he_o have_v no_o more_o wife_n 2._o she_o be_v then_o call_v a_o aethiopisse_n not_o of_o the_o contrary_a because_o she_o be_v fair_a as_o the_o chalde_n read_v or_o by_o way_n of_o contempt_n because_o the_o people_n of_o that_o country_n be_v note_v for_o their_o deformity_n but_o there_o be_v two_o country_n call_v aethiopia_n the_o one_o be_v the_o occidental_a towards_o the_o west_n beyond_o egypt_n the_o other_o be_v the_o oriental_a towards_o the_o east_n border_v upon_o the_o red_a sea_n which_o the_o arabian_n inhabit_v perer._n and_o in_o hebrew_n she_o be_v call_v a_o cushite_v and_o aethiopia_n be_v name_v cush_n because_o the_o posterity_n of_o cush_n inhabit_v both_o the_o west_n aethiopia_n and_o the_o east_n which_o be_v arabia_n the_o midianite_n than_o be_v call_v cushites_n not_o because_o they_o come_v of_o cush_n gen._n 10._o but_o because_o they_o inhabit_v in_o that_o country_n jun._n and_o that_o midian_a also_o be_v call_v cush_n or_o aethiopia_n it_o be_v evident_a habac._n 3.7_o for_o iniquity_n i_o see_v the_o tent_n of_o cushan_n and_o the_o curtain_n of_o the_o land_n of_o midian_a do_v tremble_v perer._n ex_fw-la hierom._n quest_n xxx_o at_o what_o time_n moses_n son_n be_v bear_v unto_o he_o vers._n 22._o she_o bear_v a_o son_n who_o name_n she_o call_v gershom_n etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o child_n be_v bear_v unto_o moses_n not_o long_o before_o his_o return_n into_o egypt_n out_o of_o midian_a where_o moses_n stay_v 40._o year_n and_o likewise_o his_o other_o son_n eleazar_n because_o they_o be_v but_o little_a one_o both_o when_o moses_n take_v his_o journey_n into_o egypt_n for_o he_o put_v they_o upon_o a_o ass_n as_o not_o able_a to_o travel_v a_o foot_n and_o the_o one_o of_o they_o be_v not_o circumcise_v who_o circumcision_n though_o it_o may_v be_v defer_v some_o day_n yet_o many_o year_n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o moses_n will_v put_v it_o off_o perer._n 2._o the_o latin_a follow_v the_o septuagint_n do_v make_v here_o mention_v also_o of_o the_o bir●h_n of_o eleazar_n with_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o imposition_n of_o his_o name_n but_o that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v transpose_v hither_o out_o of_o the_o 18._o of_o exodus_fw-la quest_n xxxi_o to_o who_o the_o right_a of_o impose_v name_n upon_o the_o child_n belong_v vers._n 22._o whose_o name_n he_o call_v etc._n etc._n 1._o name_n be_v find_v sometime_o to_o have_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o mother_n as_o leah_n give_v the_o name_n unto_o reuben_n shemeon_n judah_n gen._n 29.32.33_o 2._o sometime_o the_o father_n to_o who_o that_o right_n especial_o belong_v name_v his_o son_n as_o joseph_n gen._n 41.51_o 3._o sometime_o both_o the_o parent_n devise_v the_o name_n as_o evah_n be_v say_v to_o call_v her_o son_n bear_v in_o abel_n stead_n sheth_o gen._n 4.25_o and_o adam_n also_o be_v say_v to_o have_v give_v that_o name_n gen._n 5.3_o 4._o sometime_o name_n be_v impose_v by_o a_o general_a consent_n of_o friend_n as_o gen._n 25.25_o they_o call_v his_o name_n esau._n 5._o and_o sometime_o also_o a_o name_n be_v take_v up_o by_o common_a use_n as_o gen._n 25.30_o he_o that_o be_v every_o one_o as_o jun._n well_o read_v call_v his_o name_n edom_n but_o the_o right_n and_o authority_n of_o impose_v name_n belong_v unto_o the_o father_n as_o rachel_n call_v her_o son_n benoni_n but_o jacob_n benjamin_n gen._n 35._o and_o when_o john_n be_v circumcise_v they_o will_v have_v name_v he_o zacharie_n but_o his_o father_n overrule_v the_o matter_n and_o ratify_v the_o other_o name_n luk._n 1._o quest_n xxxii_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o gershom_n be_v derive_v gersh●m_fw-la 1._o for_o the_o derivation_n of_o this_o name_n the_o first_o part_n thereof_o be_v take_v from_o the_o word_n gerard_n which_o signify_v a_o stranger_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o this_o place_n for_o say_v he_o i_o have_v be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o strange_a la●●_n for_o the_o other_o part_n jun._n think_v it_o come_v of_o the_o word_n which_o signify_v to_o cast_v out_o or_o expel_v which_o be_v garash_n but_o that_o can_v well_o stand_v with_o the_o other_o in_o this_o composition_n unless_o the_o same_o syllable_n shall_v be_v repeat_v and_o beside_o 〈◊〉_d with_o cholem_a shall_v be_v superfluous_a therefore_o piscator_fw-la frame_v it_o rather_o of_o sha●a●_n which_o signify_v to_o be_v desolate_a some_o derive_v it_o of_o shame_n there_o because_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n there_o but_o because_o the_o word_n shem_n name_n be_v use_v immediate_o before_o he_o call_v shemo_n his_o name_n gersh●m_n it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o the_o word_n be_v compound_v of_o gerard_n and_o shem_n that_o be_v a_o stranger_n his_o name_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o he_o call_v it_o a_o strange_a land_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o egypt_n where_o they_o be_v only_a sojourner_n but_o of_o canaan_n simler_n but_o see_v moses_n be_v bear_v in_o egypt_n and_o there_o he_o have_v his_o education_n and_o there_o be_v his_o parent_n it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o he_o have_v respect_n unto_o that_o place_n be_v expulse_v and_o exile_v thence_o into_o a_o strange_a land_n jun._n 3._o there_o be_v also_o another_o gersh●m_n beside_o the_o son_n of_o levi_n call_v also_o gersh●●_n 1_o chron._n 6.1_o &_o 15._o quest_n xxxiii_o what_o pharaoh_n it_o be_v that_o die_v while_n moses_n be_v in_o midian_a vers._n 23._o so_o it_o be_v after_o many_o day_n that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n die_v 1._o some_o think_v that_o this_o king_n be_v not_o pharaoh_n from_o
after_o they_o be_v expel_v thence_o and_o the_o saracen_n surprise_v it_o as_o it_o be_v show_v before_o 2._o but_o this_o fertility_n be_v much_o increase_v by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n as_o the_o lord_n promise_v unto_o his_o people_n if_o they_o will_v fear_v he_o and_o serve_v he_o levit._fw-la 26.4_o 5._o and_o special_o the_o extraordinary_a blessing_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o 6._o year_n be_v a_o evident_a argument_n thereof_o which_o do_v yield_v increase_n sufficient_a to_o serve_v they_o for_o three_o year_n for_o the_o seven_o year_n the_o land_n do_v rest_n and_o the_o eight_o year_n they_o begin_v to_o sow_v so_o that_o they_o do_v eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n until_o the_o 9_o year_n levit._n 25.22_o 3._o but_o this_o blessing_n of_o increase_n and_o abundance_n be_v after_o turn_v into_o dryness_n and_o barrenness_n because_o of_o their_o sin_n as_o the_o lord_n threaten_v that_o their_o heaven_n shall_v be_v as_o iron_n and_o their_o earth_n as_o brass_n levit._n 25.19_o and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o macchabee_n the_o great_a increase_n of_o the_o six_o year_n be_v much_o abate_v for_o their_o store_n be_v soon_o eat_v up_o so_o that_o they_o be_v oppress_v with_o famine_n 1._o macchab._n 6.53_o 54._o perer._n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o that_o land_n now_o be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n be_v not_o answerable_a to_o the_o commendation_n give_v unto_o that_o country_n in_o former_a time_n quest_n xviii_o whether_o the_o canaanite_n be_v a_o peculiar_a people_n by_o themselves_o into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o canaanite_n 1._o junius_n think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o general_a name_n of_o all_o those_o nation_n which_o inhabit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o that_o the_o particular_a and_o several_a kind_n of_o people_n be_v name_v afterward_o 2._o but_o though_o sometime_o this_o name_n be_v general_a unto_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o they_o be_v mention_v among_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n gen._n 10.15_o yet_o here_o and_o in_o some_o other_o place_n the_o canaanite_n be_v take_v for_o a_o several_a nation_n from_o the_o rest_n as_o gen._n 15.20_o there_o be_v ten_o several_a kind_n of_o people_n rehearse_v that_o dwell_v in_o canaan_n of_o which_o number_n the_o canaanite_n be_v reckon_v in_o the_o eight_o place_n piscator_fw-la 3._o and_o indeed_o it_o may_v diverse_o appear_v that_o the_o canaanite_n be_v the_o same_o who_o the_o grecian_n call_v phoenician_n as_o andrea_n masius_n have_v well_o observe_v in_o his_o learned_a commentary_n upon_o the_o book_n of_o joshuah_n for_o first_o the_o septuagint_n in_o the_o five_o of_o josuah_n for_o the_o canaanite_n read_v phoenician_n and_o the_o woman_n who_o our_o saviour_n dispossess_v of_o a_o devil_n by_o matthew_n be_v call_v a_o cananitish_a woman_n by_o mark●_n a_o syrophenician_a beside_o these_o canaanite_n be_v say_v to_o dwell_v by_o the_o sea_n num._n 13.30_o where_o the_o phoenician_n also_o inhabit_v likewise_o as_o homer_n set_v forth_o the_o phoenician_n by_o their_o merchandise_n and_o traffic_n by_o sea_n and_o so_o consequent_o their_o deceit_n in_o bargain_v so_o also_o the_o canaanite_n be_v note_v in_o scripture_n for_o their_o craft_n hos●a_o 12.7_o and_o their_o merchandise_n insomuch_o that_o a_o merchant_n be_v call_v a_o cannanite_n as_o prov._n 31.24_o she_o give_v girdle_n to_o the_o canaanite_n or_o merchant_n perer._n quest_n xix_o how_o many_o nation_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o why_o they_o be_v cast_v out_o the_o canaanite_n the_o hittite_n and_o the_o amorites_n etc._n etc._n 1._o there_o be_v here_o but_o six_o nation_n rehearse_v the_o girgashites_n be_v omit_v the_o same_o number_n be_v not_o always_o observe_v sometime_o they_o be_v all_o comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o amorites_n gen._n 15.16_o sometime_o of_o the_o hittite_n josh._n 1.4_o sometime_o 3._o nation_n be_v only_o number_v for_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o hevite_n canaanite_n and_o hittites_n exod._n 23.28_o sometime_o ten_o nation_n be_v rehearse_v as_o beside_o the_o usual_a seven_o the_o kenites_n kenazites_n and_o kadmonites_n gen._n 15._o but_o usual_o these_o seven_o be_v name_v the_o hittite_n the_o girgashites_n the_o amorites_n canaanite_n perizzites_n the_o hevite_n and_o jebusite_n as_o deut._n 7.1_o and_o so_o s._n paul_n testify_v that_o seven_o nation_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n act._n 13.19_o 2._o the_o girgashites_n be_v omit_v some_o think_v because_o they_o willing_o give_v place_n to_o the_o israelite_n as_o the_o hebrew_n think_v and_o augustine_n report_v that_o the_o country_n people_n of_o africa_n be_v ask_v whence_o they_o be_v will_v answer_v that_o they_o be_v canaanite_n they_o may_v then_o depart_v out_o of_o canaan_n into_o africa_n siml_n but_o the_o contrary_n appear_v josh._n 11.20_o that_o all_o the_o canaanite_n be_v harden_v save_v of_o the_o gibeonite_n it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o they_o be_v not_o a_o nation_n of_o any_o great_a power_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o reckon_v here_o by_o themselves_o but_o count_v among_o the_o rest_n 3._o now_o in_o that_o god_n promise_v unto_o the_o israelite_n their_o country_n beside_o that_o the_o lord_n may_v free_o dispose_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o supreme_a lord_n thereof_o these_o canaanite_n be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o cham_n and_o so_o under_o the_o curse_n and_o beside_o because_o of_o their_o sin_n wherein_o they_o continue_v without_o repentance_n they_o deserve_v just_o to_o be_v deprive_v of_o their_o country_n ferus_fw-la quest_n xx._n what_o make_v moses_n so_o unwilling_a to_o take_v this_o call_n upon_o he_o vers._n 11._o who_o be_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v go_v unto_o pharaoh_n 1._o moses_n do_v not_o of_o diffidence_n or_o disobedience_n refuse_v but_o of_o humility_n and_o modesty_n excuse_v himself_o as_o isaiah_n say_v he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o pollute_a lip_n isa._n 6.5_o and_o jeremie_n that_o he_o be_v a_o child_n jer._n 1_o 6._o simler_n and_o thus_o by_o make_v himself_o unable_a and_o unsufficient_a the_o lord_n enable_v he_o pelican_n 2._o moses_n excuse_v himself_o both_o by_o the_o unfitnesse_n of_o his_o person_n and_o the_o greatness_n and_o difficulty_n of_o the_o work_n jun._n and_o he_o know_v that_o both_o he_o be_v odious_a to_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o the_o egyptian_n as_o also_o not_o well_o accept_v of_o his_o brethren_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o unthankful_a hebrew_n that_o upbraid_v he_o in_o who_o be_v discover_v the_o mind_n and_o affection_n of_o the_o rest_n simler_n 3._o but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v marvel_v at_o that_o moses_n be_v so_o courageous_a and_o forward_a in_o egypt_n in_o slay_v of_o the_o egyptian_a shall_v now_o be_v so_o unwilling_a wherein_o the_o like_a thing_n may_v befall_v he_o which_o be_v see_v in_o peter_n who_o offer_v himself_o to_o suffer_v much_o for_o christ_n until_o the_o time_n come_v so_o moses_n may_v then_o of_o a_o forward_a spirit_n put_v forth_o himself_o have_v not_o yet_o weigh_v the_o weightinesse_n of_o the_o call_n which_o be_v a_o act_n of_o his_o faith_n yet_o mix_v with_o some_o humane_a infirmity_n simler_n quest_n xxi_o what_o sign_n it_o be_v that_o the_o lord_n promise_v to_o moses_n vers._n 12._o this_o shall_v be_v a_o token_n unto_o thou_o that_o i_o have_v send_v thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o most_o here_o do_v understand_v this_o sign_n and_o token_n to_o be_v that_o which_o follow_v afterward_o that_o they_o shall_v serve_v god_n in_o that_o mountain_n as_o the_o lord_n give_v hezekiah_n a_o sign_n of_o deliverance_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v afterward_o that_o two_o year_n they_o shall_v eat_v of_o the_o fr●it_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o spring_v of_o themselves_o and_o the_o three_o year_n they_o shall_v sow_v and_o reap_v 2._o king_n 19.29_o which_o thing_n be_v fulfil_v afterward_o simler_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o which_o god_n promise_v nothing_o can_v hinder_v and_o certain_o shall_v be_v accomplish_v and_o therefore_o the_o sign_n which_o be_v to_o come_v do_v help_n to_o confirm_v the_o faith_n pelican_n contra._n but_o this_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v the_o sense_n 1._o because_o of_o the_o perfect_a distinction_n athnah_n come_v between_o which_o break_v off_o the_o first_o clause_n of_o the_o sentence_n from_o the_o latter_a part_n 2._o that_o instance_n give_v of_o the_o sign_n to_o hezechiah_n prove_v it_o not_o for_o at_o that_o time_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o enemy_n which_o have_v invade_v the_o country_n by_o the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n they_o live_v of_o such_o thing_n by_o the_o extraordinary_a blessing_n of_o god_n as_o the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o of_o itself_o jun._n and_o therefore_o that_o sign_n be_v in_o part_n fulfil_v already_o 3._o it_o be_v true_a that_o whatsoever_o god_n promise_v can_v
chap._n 3.18_o 3._o wherefore_o it_o be_v like_a that_o the_o elder_n also_o go_v in_o but_o moses_n and_o aaron_n only_o be_v name_v as_o the_o principal_a as_o vers_n 4._o pharaoh_n in_o say_v get_v you_o to_o your_o burden_n speak_v not_o to_o moses_n and_o aaron_n only_o but_o to_o the_o other_o israelite_n with_o they_o junius_n simlerus_n quest_n iii_o whether_o pharaoh_n be_v altogether_o ignorant_a of_o god_n vers._n 2._o i_o know_v not_o jehovah_n 1._o paulus_n burgen_v think_v that_o pharaoh_n so_o speak_v because_o the_o name_n jehovah_n be_v not_o know_v to_o he_o but_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o moses_n will_v use_v a_o strange_a name_n of_o god_n which_o pharaoh_n understand_v not_o 2._o thostatus_n think_v that_o he_o simple_o deny_v not_o god_n but_o that_o he_o be_v jehovah_n that_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n that_o see_v and_o behold_v all_o thing_n but_o this_o be_v too_o curious_a and_o it_o seem_v that_o pharaoh_n have_v no_o good_a opinion_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o divine_a power_n 3._o therefore_o whereas_o there_o be_v a_o twofold_a knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o one_o natural_a by_o the_o creature_n the_o other_o spiritual_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o first_o only_o show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n the_o other_o teach_v who_o that_o god_n be_v and_o how_o to_o be_v serve_v it_o be_v like_a that_o pharaoh_n be_v not_o altogether_o void_a of_o the_o first_o which_o he_o abuse_v detract_n from_o the_o true_a god_n and_o give_v the_o divine_a honour_n unto_o filthy_a idol_n but_o the_o true_a god_n he_o be_v utter_o ignorant_a of_o borrh._n 4._o so_o that_o beside_o his_o gross_a ignorance_n he_o in_o pride_n of_o heart_n contemn_v and_o despise_v the_o true_a god_n simler_n he_o acknowledge_v the_o god_n of_o the_o hebrew_n to_o be_v no_o god_n and_o inferior_a to_o the_o idol_n of_o egypt_n perer._n and_o of_o no_o such_o power_n to_o command_v he_o be_v king_n of_o egypt_n pelican_n and_o afterward_o by_o plague_n and_o judgement_n he_o be_v teach_v to_o confess_v and_o acknowledge_v god_n ferus_fw-la 5._o and_o there_o be_v four_o cause_n that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v bring_v man_n to_o deny_v god_n either_o fear_n as_o peter_n deny_v christ_n or_o gross_a ignorance_n as_o the_o wicked_a think_v there_o be_v no_o god_n psal._n 10.4_o or_o corruption_n and_o wickedness_n of_o life_n as_o the_o fool_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n psal._n 14.1_o or_o abundance_n of_o prosperity_n which_o make_v a_o carnal_a man_n think_v that_o he_o be_v sufficient_a of_o himself_o without_o god_n and_o therefore_o the_o prophet_n pray_v that_o god_n will_v not_o give_v he_o too_o much_o lest_o i_o be_v full_a and_o deny_v thou_o prov._n 30._o 6._o these_o three_o last_o do_v concur_v in_o pharaoh_n his_o ignorance_n wicked_a life_n and_o abundance_n of_o prosperity_n perer._n quest_n iu._n why_o mention_n be_v only_o make_v of_o go_v three_o day_n journey_n vers._n 3._o let_v we_o go_v three_o day_n journey_n into_o the_o desert_n etc._n etc._n 1._o some_o do_v mystical_o apply_v these_o three_o day_n journey_n as_o augustine_n to_o the_o trinity_n ferus_fw-la understand_v it_o of_o the_o purge_n of_o our_o thought_n word_n and_o work_n perer._n of_o the_o way_n of_o christian_n by_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n borrhaim_n observe_v the_o like_a number_n of_o three_o day_n as_o chap._n 19_o when_o they_o be_v bid_v to_o sanctify_v themselves_o against_o the_o three_o day_n jonas_n be_v three_o day_n in_o the_o belly_n of_o the_o whale_n christ_n rise_v the_o three_o day_n but_o such_o mystical_a application_n be_v but_o man_n witty_a device_n 2._o neither_o be_v the_o conjecture_n of_o the_o hebrew_n sound_n that_o whereas_o it_o be_v not_o three_o day_n only_o but_o three_o month_n journey_n unto_o mount_n horeb_n where_o they_o sacrifice_v as_o appear_v chap._n 19_o they_o say_v a_o day_n be_v take_v here_o for_o a_o month_n for_o thus_o moses_n request_n shall_v have_v be_v captious_a and_o full_a of_o deceit_n 3._o therefore_o moses_n make_v mention_v only_o of_o three_o day_n journey_n as_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o who_o know_v that_o pharaoh_n will_v not_o grant_v so_o small_a and_o reasonable_a a_o request_n that_o his_o inhumanity_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a and_o so_o god_n judgement_n to_o be_v just_a thostat_n lyran._n 4._o and_o though_o god_n purpose_v that_o israel_n shall_v never_o return_v into_o egypt_n again_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a nor_o convenient_a that_o all_o the_o lord_n counsel_n shall_v be_v reveal_v to_o such_o a_o cruel_a tyrant_n and_o herein_o moses_n tell_v no_o untruth_n but_o only_o prudent_o conceal_v some_o part_n as_o the_o lord_n direct_v he_o simler_n quest_n v._o what_o other_o thing_n be_v say_v and_o do_v by_o moses_n before_o pharaoh_n concern_v other_o thing_n say_v and_o do_v by_o moses_n 1._o neither_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o moses_n rehearse_v unto_o pharaoh_n the_o benefit_n which_o the_o egyptian_n have_v receive_v of_o he_o as_o josephus_n but_o rather_o he_o may_v make_v mention_n of_o josephs_n worthy_a act_n do_v in_o egypt_n 2._o neither_o be_v any_o credit_n to_o be_v give_v to_o artapanus_n report_n allege_v by_o eusebius_n how_o moses_n cause_v fire_n to_o come_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v commit_v to_o prison_n ulti●_n his_o keeper_n be_v sudden_o slay_v and_o the_o gate_n open_v of_o themselves_o and_o he_o come_v into_o pharaoh_n chamber_n without_o any_o let_v and_o how_o certain_a priest_n for_o deride_v the_o name_n jehovah_n which_o moses_n have_v write_v in_o a_o table_n be_v sudden_o strike_v dead_a it_o be_v like_a if_o such_o memorable_a thing_n have_v be_v do_v moses_n will_v not_o have_v omit_v they_o perer._n therefore_o to_o know_v the_o sum_n of_o moses_n act_n it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o story_n here_o p●nned_v by_o himself_o quest_n vi_o in_o what_o sense_n pharaoh_n say_v they_o be_v much_o people_n vers._n 5._o behold_v now_o much_o people_n be_v in_o the_o land_n and_o will_v you_o make_v they_o leave_v their_o burden_n 1._o some_o refer_v it_o to_o that_o which_o be_v say_v before_o vers_fw-la 13._o moses_n give_v this_o reason_n of_o his_o request_n that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v dismiss_v to_o sacrifice_v to_o god_n lest_o he_o come_v upon_o they_o with_o the_o pestilence_n and_o so_o pharaoh_n shall_v answer_v that_o although_o the_o pestilence_n come_v upon_o they_o he_o can_v spare_v many_o of_o they_o because_o they_o be_v a_o great_a multitude_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o pharaoh_n object_v to_o they_o rebellion_n that_o they_o be_v confident_a upon_o the_o strength_n and_o multitude_n of_o the_o people_n do_v gather_v they_o together_o and_o cause_v they_o to_o remit_v their_o work_n intend_v some_o mutiny_n vatab._n 3_o other_o do_v make_v this_o to_o be_v the_o sense_n if_o the_o people_n have_v be_v keep_v under_o by_o sore_a labour_n do_v so_o increase_v how_o much_o more_o if_o they_o have_v their_o case_n sic_fw-la pelican_n osiander_n latin_n interpret_v 4._o but_o it_o be_v best_o read_v with_o a_o interrogation_n see_v they_o be_v much_o people_n will_v you_o hinder_v they_o and_o so_o their_o work_n shall_v be_v intermit_v that_o be_v so_o profitable_a and_o of_o such_o advantage_n to_o pharaoh_n jun._n simler_n this_o sense_n be_v most_o fit_a and_o agreeable_a to_o the_o text_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o scope_n thereof_o quest_n vii_o why_o they_o use_v straw_n in_o make_v brick_n vers._n 7._o you_o shall_v give_v the_o people_n no_o more_o straw_n 1._o they_o use_v straw_n to_o make_v brick_n both_o to_o temper_v the_o clay_n therewith_o that_o it_o may_v be_v firm_a lyran._n as_o also_o to_o cover_v it_o and_o keep_v it_o from_o parch_a and_o chap_v by_o the_o sun_n as_o also_o to_o burn_v the_o brick_n with_o simler_n 2._o there_o be_v great_a use_n of_o brick_n in_o egypt_n not_o only_o because_o they_o want_v stone_n but_o for_o that_o the_o building_n make_v of_o brick_n be_v durable_a and_o continue_a long_o as_o the_o wall_n that_o compass_v athens_n be_v make_v of_o brick_n and_o jupiters_n temple_n plinl_n ib._n 35._o cap._n 14._o the_o same_o author_n also_o report_v from_o epigenes_n that_o there_o be_v brick_n work_v in_o babylon_n of_o seven_o hundred_o year_n continuance_n wherein_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o star_n be_v grave_v perer._n 3_o as_o for_o the_o allegory_n which_o be_v here_o devise_v as_o by_o the_o straw_n to_o understand_v evil_a thought_n by_o the_o clay_n corrupt_a doctrine_n by_o pharaoh_n the_o devil_n i_o omit_v they_o as_o humane_a device_n quest_n viii_o whether_o moses_n sin_v in_o expostulate_v thus_o with_o god_n vers._n 22._o moses_n
workman_n from_o the_o navy_n of_o two_o mast_n of_o a_o ship_n to_o bring_v the_o great_a to_o make_v a_o battle_n ram_n and_o he_o bring_v the_o less_o which_o he_o think_v meet_a for_o that_o work_n whereupon_o the_o emperor_n command_v he_o to_o be_v beat_v for_o disobey_v he_o say_v that_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o emperor_n will_v soon_o decay_v if_o man_n may_v obey_v as_o they_o list_v much_o more_o be_v god_n precept_n which_o be_v most_o just_a and_o wise_a and_o to_o they_o can_v nothing_o be_v add_v to_o be_v simple_o obey_v as_o david_n say_v thou_o have_v command_v to_o keep_v thy_o precept_n diligent_o psal._n 119.4_o simler_n 3._o mor._n there_o be_v no_o flee_v from_o god_n vers._n 22._o pharaoh_n return_v and_o go_v to_o his_o house_n but_o even_o in_o his_o house_n also_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n overtake_v he_o there_o be_v no_o flee_v from_o god_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v though_o they_o d●g_v ●nto_o hell_n thence_o shall_v my_o hand_n take_v they_o though_o they_o climb_v up_o to_o heaven_n thence_o will_v i_o bring_v they_o down_o amos_n 9_o ●_o ferus_fw-la chap._n viii_o 1._o the_o argument_n and_o method_n in_o this_o chapter_n three_o other_o plague_n be_v describe_v the_o second_o of_o the_o frog_n to_o vers_n 1●_n the_o three_o of_o the_o lice_n to_o vers_n 20._o the_o four_o of_o the_o swarm_n of_o noisome_a creature_n to_o vers_n 36._o and_o according_o this_o chapter_n consist_v of_o three_o part_n the_o first_o contain_v 1._o the_o denunciation_n of_o the_o plague_n and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o both_o what_o the_o plague_n shall_v be_v of_o frog_n vers_fw-la 2._o whence_o they_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o the_o river_n the_o place_n they_o shall_v spread_v over_o all_o egypt_n the_o manner_n and_o scrall_a even_o into_o their_o bedchamber_n to_o vers_n 4._o 2._o then_o follow_v the_o execution_n vers_fw-la 5.6_o 3._o the_o event_n be_v three_o the_o like_a practice_n of_o the_o sorcerer_n vers_fw-la 7._o the_o remove_n of_o the_o plague_n at_o moses_n prayer_n be_v importune_v by_o pharaoh_n to_o vers_n 15._o and_o the_o harden_v of_o pharaoh_n heart_n vers_fw-la 16._o in_o the_o second_o part_n show_v the_o three_o plague_n be_v set_v down_o first_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n to_o moses_n vers_fw-la 16._o second_o the_o execution_n vers_fw-la 17._o three_o the_o event_n the_o confession_n of_o the_o sorcerer_n acknowledge_v god_n power_n vers_n 20._o in_o the_o three_o part_n contain_v the_o four_o plague_n there_o be_v first_o the_o denounce_v of_o the_o plague_n to_o pharaoh_n wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o moses_n request_n to_o pharaoh_n for_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n vers_fw-la 20._o then_o a_o description_n of_o the_o plague_n upon_o his_o refusal_n vers_fw-la 21._o with_o a_o reservation_n and_o exemption_n of_o the_o land_n where_o the_o israelite_n be_v vers_n 22_o 23._o second_o the_o execution_n follow_v vers_fw-la 24._o three_o than_o the_o event_n which_o be_v three_o first_o pharaoh_n relent_v to_o let_v israel_n go_v with_o certain_a reservation_n to_o vers_n 28._o second_o the_o plague_n be_v take_v away_o at_o moses_n prayer_n to_z vers_n 32._o last_o pharaoh_n heart_n be_v again_o harden_v vers_fw-la 32._o 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n vers._n 3._o into_o the_o house_n of_o thy_o servant_n and_o on_o thy_o people_n b._n g._n cum_fw-la caeter_fw-la and_o of_o thy_o people_n caeter_fw-la s._n but_o here_o the_o preposition_n be_v want_v and_o into_o the_o house_n of_o thy_o people_n i._o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n but_o the_o preposition_n join_v to_o the_o word_n beg●mmeca_v approve_v the_o first_o read_v as_o the_o next_o verse_n show_v on_o thou_o and_o on_o thy_o people_n and_o into_o thy_o knead_v trough_n i.c.g._n better_a than_o upon_o thy_o victual_n in_o store_n b.l._n or_o on_o thy_o paste_n i.c.g._n v._o p._n or_o thou_fw-mi a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n misharoth_fw-la rather_o signify_v the_o vessel_n wherein_o the_o thou_fw-mi be_v kn_v than_o the_o dough_n itself_o as_o exod._n 12.34_o there_o be_v another_o word_n join_v with_o it_o that_o signify_v thou_fw-mi which_o they_o bind_v up_o in_o their_o knede_a vessel_n and_o carry_v it_o on_o their_o shoulder_n vers._n 5._o stretch_v forth_o thy_o hand_n over_o the_o stream_n b.g._n c._n cum_fw-la caeter_fw-la better_o than_o against_o the_o stream_n caeter_fw-la as_o piscator_fw-la or_o to_o work_v upon_o the_o stream_n i._o to_o work_n be_v add_v the_o preposition_n ghal_o be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o verse_n take_v for_o over_o or_o upon_o cause_v the_o frog_n to_o come_v upon_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n verse_n 9_o take_v to_o thou_o this_o honour_n over_o i_o i._o that_o be_v i_o give_v thou_o this_o honour_n to_o appoint_v the_o time_n i._o better_a than_o glory_n herein_o because_o of_o i_o b._n v._o or_o glory_n upon_o i_o a.p._n that_o be_v because_o i_o be_o at_o hand_n to_o pray_v for_o thou_o and_o help_v thou_o or_o appoint_v thou_o i_o the_o time_n s.l._n g._n for_o phaar_n signify_v to_o glory_n or_o boast_v and_o in_o hithpael_a to_o take_v unto_o one_o glory_n so_o judg._n 7.2_o vers._n 13_o out_o of_o the_o courtyard_n i._o or_o court_n a.u.c._n out_o of_o the_o village_n i.a.u._n l.s.p.g._n chatzer_n signify_v both_o a_o village_n a_o town_n without_o wall_n levit._fw-la 25_o 31._o and_o a_o court_n or_o court-yard_n as_o 1._o king_n 7.4_o here_o the_o latter_a rather_o and_o so_o by_o degree_n the_o frog_n go_v away_o first_o out_o of_o their_o house_n than_o out_o of_o their_o yard_n and_o court_n and_o enclose_v ground_n and_o last_o of_o all_o out_o of_o their_o open_a field_n and_o champion_n ground_n vers._n 21._o mingle_a swarm_n i._n v._o a._n not_o only_o of_o noisome_a fly_n but_o of_o other_o venomous_a beast_n i.u.a._n as_o scorpion_n viper_n v._o c_o all_o kind_n of_o beast_n p._n rather_o than_o swarm_n of_o fly_n b.g.l._n or_o dog_n fly_v g._n ghereb_n signify_v any_o mixture_n of_o divers_a thing_n as_o exod._n 12.38_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o mixture_n of_o divers_a sort_n of_o people_n vers._n 22._o i_o will_v separate_v the_o land_n of_o goshen_n v.a.p.c._n that_o be_v except_z i._n better_o than_o cause_n to_o be_v wonderful_a i.u.a.p._n b.g.l.g._n phalah_n with_o he_o signify_v to_o separate_v so_o it_o be_v take_v chap._n 8.4_o as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o construction_n of_o the_o preposition_n ben_fw-mi between_o but_o with_o aleph_fw-la it_o signify_v to_o be_v wonderful_a vers._n 23._o i_o will_v make_v a_o deliverance_n or_o redemption_n g.u.a.p.c._n i_o will_v set_v a_o sign_n of_o redemption_n between_o etc._n etc._n i._n the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n sign_n be_v not_o in_o the_o original_n better_a than_o i_o will_v put_v a_o division_n between_o etc._n etc._n l.g.b._n phadah_n signify_v to_o redeem_v vers._n 29._o let_v not_o pharaoh_n mock_v any_o long_o i._o deceive_v lie_v caeter_fw-la hatal_a signify_v both_o the_o first_o be_v here_o more_o proper_a because_o pharaoh_n mock_v rather_o than_o lie_v for_o a_o lie_n proceed_v from_o a_o intention_n to_o deceive_v but_o pharaoh_n when_o he_o promise_v to_o let_v the_o people_n go_v seem_v so_o to_o have_v intend_v but_o that_o his_o heart_n return_v afterward_o to_o be_v harden_v 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o difficult_a question_n quest_n i._o what_o kind_n of_o frog_n the_o second_o plague_n bring_v upon_o egypt_n vers._n 2._o i_o will_v smite_v all_o thy_o coast_n with_o frog_n 1._o the_o hebrew_n take_v zephardghim_n which_o here_o signify_v frog_n for_o a_o certain_a kind_n of_o fish_n that_o come_v out_o of_o nilus_n and_o devour_v man_n but_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v that_o these_o zephardghim_n shall_v devour_v or_o kill_v man_n but_o only_o annoy_v they_o even_o in_o their_o house_n and_o pastry_n they_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o crocodile_n of_o nilus_n that_o use_v to_o destroy_v man_n and_o so_o frame_v their_o fable_n according_a to_o that_o report_n pelican_n 2._o pliny_n write_v of_o two_o sort_n of_o frog_n beside_o the_o common_a sort_n that_o live_v in_o the_o water_n one_o be_v call_v rubetae_fw-la because_o they_o keep_v among_o bush_n and_o brier_n upon_o the_o land_n which_o be_v the_o great_a among_o other_o and_o venomous_a strange_a virtue_n be_v give_v to_o this_o kind_n that_o be_v bring_v into_o a_o assembly_n of_o people_n there_o follow_v a_o general_a silence_n the_o bone_n thereof_o be_v cast_v into_o seethe_a water_n cool_v it_o present_o it_o allay_v the_o rage_n of_o dog_n plin._n lib._n 32.5_o the_o other_o sort_n be_v call_v calamitae_fw-la because_o it_o keep_v among_o the_o flag_n and_o reed_n it_o be_v little_a and_o green_a and_o cry_v not_o if_o a_o ox_n chance_v to_o eat_v it_o he_o swell_v present_o the_o flesh_n thereof_o apply_v
to_o the_o eye_n do_v dear_a they_o and_o ease_v the_o pain_n it_o seem_v this_o plague_n consist_v most_o of_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o frog_n because_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o water_n yet_o there_o may_v be_v a_o mixture_n also_o of_o the_o other_o sort_n especial_o of_o the_o rubetae_fw-la to_o make_v the_o plague_n more_o grievous_a 3._o and_o in_o this_o plague_n this_o be_v strange_a and_o extraordinary_a that_o the_o frog_n leave_v the_o water_n their_o proper_a element_n and_o scral_v upon_o the_o land_n and_o enter_v their_o house_n simler_n quest_n ii_o of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o plague_n frog_n concern_v the_o greatness_n of_o this_o plague_n 1._o philo_n note_v that_o those_o frog_n fill_v the_o high_a way_n and_o their_o house_n yea_o creep_v into_o their_o temple_n and_o do_v climb_v up_o into_o their_o upper_a chamber_n so_o that_o they_o be_v at_o their_o wit_n end_n 2._o jos●phus_n s●ith_n that_o beside_o the_o annoyance_n which_o they_o bring_v upon_o the_o land_n leap_v upon_o their_o meat_n and_o drink_n that_o the_o water_n be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o so_o that_o it_o stanke_z of_o they_o and_o be_v putrify_v and_o full_a of_o corruption_n some_o hebrew_n write_v also_o that_o they_o creep_v into_o their_o mouth_n when_o they_o be_v asleep_a and_o enter_v ●nto_o their_o bowel_n 3._o thus_o the_o egyptian_n by_o this_o plague_n be_v cumber_v and_o punish_v in_o all_o their_o sense_n in_o their_o sight_n with_o the_o number_n and_o ugliness_n of_o they_o in_o their_o hear_n with_o their_o croak_n in_o their_o taste_n by_o corrupt_v their_o victual_n in_o their_o smell_n with_o the_o stinch_v of_o they_o in_o their_o feel_n with_o their_o ●iting_n and_o venom_n pererius_n 4._o this_o plague_n be_v suitable_a to_o their_o sin_n for_o as_o they_o regard_v not_o the_o pitiful_a and_o mournful_a cry_n of_o the_o infant_n which_o they_o cast_v into_o the_o water_n so_o now_o be_v they_o vex_v with_o the_o cry_n and_o croak_n of_o frog_n infant_n as_o theodoret_n note_v be_v herein_o resemble_v to_o crawl_a frog_n because_o they_o do_v so_o creep_v upon_o their_o hand_n and_o foot_n before_o they_o be_v strong_a to_o go_v ult_n perer._n 5._o we_o read_v that_o in_o time_n past_a whole_a city_n have_v be_v dispeople_v by_o frog_n that_o invade_v they_o without_o any_o miraculous_a work_n pliny_n out_o of_o varro_n report_v of_o a_o city_n in_o france_n where_o the_o people_n be_v drive_v away_o by_o frog_n paulus_n oro●●us_o write_v that_o the_o abderite_n be_v chase_v out_o of_o their_o country_n by_o frog_n and_o crave_v of_o cass●nder_a king_n of_o macedonia_n some_o other_o place_n of_o habitation_n perer._n so_o the_o artoriitae_n of_o india_n and_o the_o people_n inhabit_v about_o paeonia_n and_o dardania_n be_v invade_v of_o frog_n egypt_n also_o out_o of_o the_o slime_n thereof_o be_v apt_a to_o engender_v frog_n as_o josephus_n write_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n the_o bird_n ibis_n be_v honour_v among_o they_o because_o that_o kind_n destroy_v the_o frog_n but_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o this_o miraculous_a work_n and_o the_o other_o first_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o infinite_a number_n of_o they_o and_o their_o general_a overspread_a second_o those_o frog_n be_v engender_v not_o all_o at_o once_o but_o by_o little_a and_o little_a here_o as_o soon_o as_o aaron_n have_v stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n this_o great_a army_n of_o frog_n be_v raise_v three_o they_o all_o be_v sudden_o destroy_v and_o gather_v in_o heap_n the_o other_o as_o they_o come_v not_o all_o at_o once_o so_o neither_o do_v they_o go_v away_o all_o together_o simler_n quest_n iii_o from_o whence_o this_o great_a abundance_n of_o frog_n come_v this_o abundance_n of_o frog_n 1._o come_v neither_o out_o of_o the_o slime_n as_o josephus_n think_v into_o the_o which_o he_o say_v they_o be_v resolve_v again_o 2._o neither_o yet_o altogether_o out_o of_o the_o water_n for_o though_o egypt_n be_v full_a of_o pool_n of_o water_n and_o lake_n yet_o they_o suffice_v not_o to_o fill_v all_o egypt_n with_o frog_n 3._o therefore_o they_o be_v bring_v forth_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n neither_o do_v the_o frog_n of_o any_o natural_a instinct_n leave_v the_o water_n to_o creep_v upon_o the_o land_n but_o like_a as_o god_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o angel_n bring_v all_o the_o creature_n to_o adam_n to_o receive_v their_o name_n and_o afterward_o unto_o noah_n in_o the_o ark_n so_o be_v these_o frog_n bring_v together_o and_o send_v upon_o the_o land_n perer._n quest_n iv._o in_o what_o place_n and_o how_o the_o sorcerer_n bring_v forth_o frog_n vers._n 7._o the_o sorcerer_n do_v likewise_o 1._o they_o bring_v not_o forth_o true_a frog_n but_o counterfeit_a as_o before_o in_o the_o first_o plague_n but_o the_o frog_n that_o aaron_n cause_v be_v frog_n indeed_o for_o afterward_o they_o be_v gather_v into_o heap_n and_o the_o land_n stanke_z of_o they_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v to_o be_v a_o true_a miracle_n pelican_n 2._o these_o sorcerer_n though_o in_o show_n they_o can_v bring_v forth_o frog_n yet_o they_o can_v not_o remove_v the_o plague_n of_o frog_n which_o be_v send_v upon_o the_o land_n osiander_n 3._o the_o place_n where_o the_o sorcerer_n show_v their_o skill_n be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n which_o be_v exempt_v both_o from_o these_o and_o the_o other_o plague_n for_o the_o lord_n threaten_v only_o to_o bring_v the_o frog_n upon_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o people_n vers_fw-la 3._o jun._n simler_n quest_n v._o why_o pharaoh_n call_v now_o for_o moses_n and_o not_o before_o vers._n 8._o then_o pharaoh_n call_v for_o moses_n etc._n etc._n pharaoh_n call_v not_o for_o moses_n to_o pray_v for_o he_o to_o remove_v the_o first_o plague_n though_o both_o philo_n and_o josephus_n so_o affirm_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n express_v before_o it_o be_v hard_o for_o any_o man_n to_o imagine_v that_o which_o there_o be_v no_o warrant_n for_o 2._o therefore_o this_o may_v be_v the_o cause_n why_o pharaoh_n be_v force_v now_o to_o flee_v unto_o moses_n and_o not_o before_o because_o this_o be_v a_o more_o grievous_a and_o intolerable_a plague_n which_o be_v extend_v upon_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o house_n none_o be_v exempt_v from_o it_o in_o the_o other_o plague_n they_o may_v make_v some_o shift_n to_o help_v themselves_o as_o the_o rich_a sort_n with_o wine_n the_o poor_a with_o the_o juice_n of_o herb_n and_o such_o like_a but_o against_o this_o plague_n there_o be_v no_o remedy_n perer._n 3_o but_o it_o seem_v that_o pharaoh_n have_v a_o double_a meaning_n he_o will_v have_v the_o frog_n remove_v first_o that_o afterward_o he_o may_v call_v back_o his_o promise_n for_o dismiss_v of_o the_o people_n simler_n quest_n vi_o why_o moses_n say_v to_o pharaoh_n take_v this_o honour_n to_o thou_o vers._n 9_o take_v this_o honour_n over_o i_o when_o i_o shall_v pray_v 1._o some_o refer_v these_o word_n to_o the_o event_n that_o when_o the_o frog_n be_v remove_v pharaoh_n shall_v have_v good_a cause_n to_o boast_v of_o moses_n and_o to_o rejoice_v that_o he_o be_v so_o near_o at_o hand_n to_o help_v he_o vatab._n 2._o some_o understand_v moses_n to_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o comparison_n that_o he_o have_v now_o no_o cause_n to_o boast_v of_o his_o sorcerer_n that_o can_v not_o help_v but_o in_o moses_n simler_n 3._o but_o the_o meaning_n seem_v rather_o to_o be_v this_o that_o moses_n do_v yield_v unto_o pharaoh_n this_o honour_n to_o appoint_v a_o time_n when_o the_o frog_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o that_o god_n may_v receive_v great_a honour_n thereby_o jun._n quest_n vii_o whether_o moses_n tempt_v god_n in_o prescribe_v the_o time_n of_o remove_v the_o plague_n at_o what_o time_n i_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o 1._o moses_n do_v not_o tempt_v god_n in_o appoint_v a_o time_n for_o this_o work_n as_o the_o bethulian_o do_v judith_n chap._n 7._o that_o limit_v to_o themselves_o the_o space_n of_o five_o day_n to_o expect_v help_n from_o god_n for_o they_o speak_v doubtful_o but_o moses_n confident_o simler_n 2._o neither_o herein_o do_v moses_n presume_v but_o he_o be_v assure_v of_o god_n assistance_n not_o be_v so_o much_o confirm_v by_o the_o success_n of_o the_o miracle_n hitherto_o as_o build_v upon_o god_n promise_n who_o have_v make_v he_o a_o god_n unto_o pharaoh_n both_o to_o bind_v and_o loose_v to_o do_v and_o undo_v simler_n borrh._n 3_o and_o moses_n leave_v it_o to_o pharaoh_n choice_n to_o appoint_v a_o time_n lest_o he_o may_v have_v be_v think_v to_o have_v wrought_v by_o constellation_n or_o other_o astrological_a mean_n pelican_n quest_n viii_o of_o the_o use_n and_o application_n of_o this_o plague_n of_o the_o frog_n concern_v the_o application_n of_o
say_v unto_o they_o i_o have_v now_o sin_v this_o be_v no_o true_a confession_n but_o pharaoh_n be_v force_v thereunto_o by_o this_o grievous_a plague_n of_o hail_n and_o lightning_n that_o be_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o people_n and_o beside_o he_o simple_o confess_v not_o his_o sin_n but_o now_o that_o be_v in_o this_o or_o at_o this_o time_n i_o have_v sin_v so_o hypocrite_n do_v not_o true_o confess_v their_o sin_n but_o those_o only_o they_o sometime_o will_v seem_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o be_v notorious_a and_o wherein_o they_o be_v manifest_o convict_v ferus_fw-la here_o we_o have_v all_o the_o part_n of_o popish_a penance_n contrition_n confession_n and_o satisfaction_n for_o he_o be_v content_a to_o let_v the_o people_n go_v but_o yet_o it_o be_v far_o from_o true_a or_o sound_a repentance_n so_o in_o judas_n there_o be_v all_o three_o contrition_n confession_n and_o satisfaction_n in_o restore_v the_o money_n which_o he_o have_v take_v to_o betray_v christ_n but_o he_o want_v the_o fruit_n of_o true_a repentance_n the_o peace_n of_o the_o conscience_n and_o clear_n thereof_o before_o god_n by_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v rom._n 5.1_o and_o 1_o cor._n 7.11_o simler_n 4._o obseru._n to_o hope_v the_o best_a of_o man_n while_o they_o live_v vers._n 29._o as_o soon_o as_o i_o be_o out_o of_o the_o city_n i_o will_v spread_v my_o hand_n etc._n etc._n though_o pharaoh_n have_v deceive_v moses_n divers_a time_n before_o yet_o he_o refuse_v not_o still_o to_o pray_v for_o he_o he_o hope_v the_o best_a of_o he_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o charity_n hope_v all_o thing_n 1_o cor._n 13.7_o which_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v want_v unto_o none_o in_o our_o prayer_n but_o hope_v the_o best_a of_o they_o while_o they_o live_v ferus_fw-la chap._n x._o 1._o the_o method_n and_o argument_n this_o chapter_n have_v two_o part_n according_a unto_o the_o two_o plague_n therein_o describe_v the_o eight_o of_o locust_n to_o vers_n 21._o and_o the_o nine_o of_o the_o three_o day_n darkness_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o the_o first_o part_n there_o be_v 1._o the_o denounce_v or_o threaten_v of_o the_o plague_n to_o vers_n 12._o wherein_o we_o have_v first_o god_n commandment_n unto_o moses_n to_o go_v unto_o pharaoh_n with_o two_o reason_n that_o god_n may_v work_v his_o great_a miracle_n vers_fw-la 1._o and_o that_o he_o may_v declare_v they_o to_o their_o posterity_n vers_fw-la 2._o then_o moses_n obedience_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o charge_n where_o he_o begin_v with_o the_o reprehension_n of_o pharaoh_n for_o his_o obstinacy_n vers_fw-la 3._o than_o he_o name_v what_o plague_n the_o lord_n will_v send_v vers_fw-la 4._o and_o the_o effect_n thereof_o both_o in_o devour_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n vers_fw-la 5._o and_o fill_v their_o house_n vers_fw-la 6._o three_o the_o event_n pharaoh_n servant_n move_v the_o king_n vers_n 7._o he_o cause_v moses_n and_o aaron_n to_o be_v call_v vers_fw-la 8._o they_o propound_v their_o request_n vers_fw-la 9_o but_o pharaoh_n yield_v not_o unto_o it_o but_o in_o part_n vers_n 10_o 11._o 2._o then_o follow_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o judgement_n before_o denounce_v where_o the_o sign_n the_o stretch_v forth_o of_o moses_n hand_n with_o the_o rod_n be_v express_v than_o the_o instrumental_a cause_n the_o east_n wind_n vers_n 13._o the_o plague_n itself_o vers_fw-la 14._o and_o the_o effect_n thereof_o vers_fw-la 15._o 3._o the_o event_n be_v these_o three_o pharaoh_n confession_n of_o his_o sin_n with_o his_o supplication_n to_o moses_n to_o pray_v unto_o god_n vers_fw-la 16.17_o moses_n prayer_n with_o the_o effect_n thereof_o vers_fw-la 18._o the_o three_o be_v the_o harden_v of_o pharaoh_n heart_n vers_fw-la 23._o in_o the_o second_o part_n which_o contain_v a_o description_n of_o the_o nine_o plague_n of_o darkness_n 1._o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v premise_v show_v moses_n what_o he_o shall_v do_v stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n towards_o heaven_n and_o to_o what_o end_n that_o there_o may_v be_v darkness_n and_o what_o darkness_n such_o as_o may_v be_v feel_v vers_fw-la 21._o 2._o the_o execution_n follow_v show_v moses_n obedience_n he_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n vers_n 22._o the_o sequel_n thereof_o in_o bring_v darkness_n which_o be_v describe_v by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n it_o continue_v three_o day_n vers_fw-la 23._o by_o the_o effect_n none_o can_v stir_v from_o his_o place_n by_o the_o contrary_a there_o be_v light_n with_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n three_o the_o event_n in_o pharaoh_n 1._o he_o seem_v to_o relent_v in_o promise_v to_o let_v the_o people_n go_v with_o some_o limitation_n and_o exception_n of_o their_o cattle_n vers_fw-la 24._o second_o his_o obstinacy_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n in_o refuse_v to_o let_v they_o go_v upon_o moses_n reply_n vers_fw-la 25_o 26_o 27._o three_o pharaoh_n threaten_v of_o moses_n and_o charge_n that_o he_o shall_v see_v his_o face_n no_o more_o vers_n 28._o with_o moses_n answer_v vers_n 29._o 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n i._n vers._n 2._o that_o i_o may_v show_v these_o my_o sign_n in_o the_o midst_n thereof_o a.p.h._n 1_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o egypt_n lo●_n of_o his_o kingdom_n v._o g._n better_o than_o before_o he_o b._n or_o in_o he_o l._n or_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o c._n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o they_o s._n it_o be_v better_a refer_v to_o the_o land_n itself_o than_o either_o to_o pharaoh_n or_o the_o egyptian_n as_o the_o word_n show_v in_o the_o original_n i.p.b._n vers._n 7._o how_o long_o shall_v he_o be_v a_o snare_n unto_o we_o i.p.b._n rather_o than_o a_o offence_n or_o scandal_n a.u.c.l.s.g._n for_o moses_n have_v be_v a_o instrument_n of_o such_o grievous_a plague_n that_o they_o fear_v he_o even_o as_o the_o bird_n the_o snare_n the_o word_n m●kesh_n signify_v both_o but_o the_o first_o rather_o here_o as_o likewise_o deut._n 7.16_o do_v thou_o not_o yet_o know_v that_o all_o egypt_n be_v destroy_v i._o b._n c._n l._n better_o than_o will_v thou_o know_v first_o that_o etc._n etc._n a.p.u.g._n or_o etc._n will_v thou_o know_v that_o egypt_n be_v destroy_v here_o the_o particle_n terem_fw-la be_v omit_v which_o signify_v both_o nondum_fw-la not_o yet_o and_o ante_fw-la quam_fw-la before_o the_o first_o be_v more_o fit_v here_o see_v before_o chap._n 9.30_o c._n vers._n 10._o see_v to_o it_o for_o evil_a be_v before_o your_o face_n i.a.p._n that_o be_v he_o threaten_v they_o if_o they_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v troublesome_a to_o he_o as_o vers_n 28._o better_a than_o you_o have_v some_o mischief_n in_o hand_n b._n so_o also_o l.s.u._n the_o first_o sense_n be_v more_o agreeable_a because_o of_o that_o watch_n word_n set_v before_o se●_n as_o vers_n 28._o take_v heed_n to_o thyself_o the_o chalde_n put_v both_o these_o sense_n together_o see_v the_o evil_n which_o you_o intend_v to_o do_v stand_v against_o your_o face_n g._n a.p.u.i._n vers._n 11._o he_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o pharaoh_n presence_n a.p.u.c._n i._n pharaoh_n cast_v they_o out_o from_o his_o face_n i._n better_o than_o be_v thrust_v or_o cast_v out_o of_o pharaoh_n presence_n b._n g._n l._n s._n for_o the_o word_n ●egaresh_o be_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n c●●er_fw-la vers._n 13._o he_o stretch_v his_o rod_n over_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n b._n or_o upon_z g._n cum_fw-la c●ter_fw-la against_o i._o ghal_n more_o usual_o and_o proper_o signify_v upon_o as_o chap._n 8.5_o caet_fw-la vers._n 14._o locust_n i._o cum_fw-la c●ter_fw-la better_o than_o grasshopper_n b._n g._n arbeh_n be_v the_o locust_n and_o chagabh_v the_o grasshopper_n eccles._n 12.5_o p._n vers._n 19_o the_o reedie_a sea_n i.u._n the_o sea_n suph_n a.p._n rather_o than_o the_o red_a sea_n l._n s._n c._n b._n g._n suph_n signify_v a_o r●ed_a and_o that_o sea_n be_v so_o call_v because_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o reed_n there_o grow_v plin._n lib._n 11._o cap._n ult_n the_o same_o be_v also_o call_v the_o red_a sea_n for_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v red_a because_o of_o the_o reed_n or_o the_o sand_n vers._n 26._o we_o do_v not_o know_v with_o what_o we_o shall_v serve_v the_o lord_n b.g.i.p._n better_a than_o how_o we_o shall_v serve_v g._n or_o what_o we_o shall_v serve_v c●ter_fw-la s._n for_o that_o be_v a_o improper_a phrase_n or_o what_o be_v shall_v sacrifice_v l._n v._o the_o sense_n but_o not_o the_o word_n ghabadh_fw-mi to_o serve_v 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o difficult_a and_o doubtful_a question_n quest_n i._o why_o moses_n be_v bid_v to_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n notwithstanding_o his_o heart_n be_v harden_v vers._n 1._o go_v to_o pharaoh_n for_o i_o have_v harden_v his_o heart_n and_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o servant_n etc._n etc._n 1._o moses_n be_v bid_v
to_o go_v still_o to_o pharaoh_n because_o hitherto_o he_o have_v prevail_v nothing_o and_o though_o the_o servant_n of_o pharaoh_n before_o time_n be_v obstinate_a as_o their_o master_n be_v yet_o now_o they_o shall_v be_v humble_v as_o it_o follow_v vers_fw-la 7._o jun._n 2._o though_o moses_n be_v tell_v before_o that_o pharaoh_n shall_v not_o hear_v yet_o he_o be_v send_v again_o to_o make_v he_o inexcusable_a as_o in_o the_o gospel_n christ_n send_v the_o leper_n to_o the_o priest_n to_o be_v a_o testimony_n against_o they_o ferus_fw-la 3._o the_o hardness_n of_o pharaoh_n heart_n be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o sign_n and_o wonder_n but_o the_o occasion_n of_o they_o for_o if_o pharaoh_n have_v yield_v at_o the_o first_o than_o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o have_v need_v to_o have_v contend_v with_o he_o by_o multiply_v of_o his_o sign_n simler_n this_o hardness_n of_o pharaoh_n heart_n proceed_v from_o his_o own_o corruption_n and_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o just_a judge_n further_o punish_v he_o with_o his_o own_o sin_n but_o dispose_v of_o it_o to_o his_o glory_n so_o than_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o immediate_a act_n of_o harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v it_o not_o positive_o by_o make_v his_o heart_n hard_o but_o negative_o in_o not_o mollify_a it_n but_o leave_v of_o he_o to_o himself_o but_o as_o the_o hardness_n of_o heart_n be_v a_o punishment_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o as_o it_o be_v refer_v and_o dispose_v of_o to_o god_n glory_n the_o lord_n also_o work_v positive_o and_o active_o 4._o so_o then_o this_o be_v the_o order_n of_o the_o cause_n here_o propound_v the_o end_n of_o the_o harden_v of_o pharaoh_n heart_n be_v that_o god_n may_v show_v his_o sign_n the_o end_n thereof_o that_o god_n work_n may_v be_v know_v in_o israel_n and_o declare_v to_o their_o child_n and_o the_o chief_a end_n of_o all_o be_v that_o you_o may_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n junius_n quest_n ii_o how_o moses_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o egyptian_n vers._n 7._o how_o long_o shall_v he_o be_v a_o snare_n unto_o we_o 1._o the_o septuagint_n put_v the_o article_n in_o the_o neuter_a gender_n how_o long_o shall_v this_o thing_n be_v a_o offence_n but_o it_o be_v better_a understand_v of_o moses_n he_o be_v as_o a_o snare_n and_o trap_n unto_o they_o in_o respect_n of_o these_o grievous_a plague_n and_o affliction_n which_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o simler_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v afraid_a of_o he_o as_o the_o bird_n be_v of_o the_o snare_n jun._n 2._o they_o use_v three_o reason_n to_o persuade_v pharaoh_n first_o in_o respect_n of_o themselves_o they_o all_o smart_v for_o one_o man_n obstinacy_n in_o respect_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o israelite_n their_o request_n be_v reasonable_a they_o do_v but_o ask_v leave_n to_o go_v to_o serve_v their_o god_n three_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v almost_o destroy_v ferus_fw-la 3._o though_o pharaoh_n servant_n seem_v for_o the_o time_n to_o be_v touch_v yet_o they_o be_v far_o off_o true_a repentance_n and_o conversion_n unto_o god_n and_o they_o do_v not_o leave_v for_o all_o this_o their_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n simler_n and_o afterward_o their_o heart_n be_v harden_v again_o when_o they_o with_o pharaoh_n pursue_v after_o israel_n to_o the_o red_a sea_n quest_n iii_o of_o pharaoh_n wish_n let_v the_o lord_n be_v so_o with_o you_o etc._n etc._n vers._n 10._o so_o let_v the_o lord_n be_v with_o you_o as_o i_o let_v you_o go_v 1._o some_o do_v interpret_v these_o word_n as_o plain_o speak_v that_o pharaoh_n wish_v indeed_o that_o god_n be_v no_o more_o merciful_a unto_o they_o than_o they_o shall_v find_v he_o genevens_n but_o this_o though_o it_o bewray_v a_o uncharitable_a mind_n in_o pharaoh_n yet_o it_o show_v that_o he_o have_v a_o reverend_a opinion_n of_o the_o divine_a assistance_n which_o he_o wish_v to_o be_v as_o far_o from_o they_o as_o his_o affection_n be_v but_o pharaoh_n have_v no_o such_o opinion_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n 2._o therefore_o it_o seem_v that_o these_o word_n be_v utter_v with_o a_o kind_n of_o derision_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v you_o boast_v much_o that_o you_o serve_v a_o mighty_a and_o great_a god_n well_o let_v he_o deliver_v you_o for_o i_o will_v not_o and_o so_o in_o effect_n he_o say_v as_o he_o do_v at_o the_o first_o i_o know_v not_o the_o lord_n chap._n 5._o ferus_fw-la 3._o and_o yet_o unwitting_o pharaoh_n wish_v unto_o they_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n indeed_o for_o he_o afterward_o himself_o do_v let_v israel_n go_v and_o he_o wish_v god_n even_o so_o to_o be_v with_o they_o as_o he_o will_v let_v they_o go_v which_o indeed_o come_v so_o to_o pass_v god_n be_v with_o they_o and_o so_o overrule_v pharaoh_n heart_n that_o he_o be_v content_a to_o dismiss_v they_o jun._n of_o the_o eight_o plague_n quest_n iv._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o locust_n and_o whether_o this_o plague_n be_v extraordinary_a vers._n 13._o in_o the_o morning_n the_o east_n wind_v bring_v the_o locust_n 1._o pliny_n write_v strange_a thing_n of_o these_o locust_n as_o how_o the_o female_a die_v of_o a_o certain_a worm_n that_o choke_v her_o breed_n between_o the_o jaw_n as_o soon_o as_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o her_o young_a that_o in_o india_n there_o be_v of_o they_o three_o foot_n long_o they_o be_v take_v up_o with_o the_o wind_n and_o fly_v over_o the_o sea_n and_o fetch_v a_o great_a compass_n to_o seek_v food_n they_o be_v in_o such_o multitude_n that_o they_o shadow_v the_o sun_n where_o they_o light_v they_o fear_v the_o grass_n by_o touch_v it_o and_o devour_v up_o all_o yea_o they_o do_v eat_v through_o the_o roof_n of_o the_o house_n they_o often_o fly_v over_o out_o of_o africa_n into_o italy_n in_o the_o region_n cyreno_n there_o be_v a_o law_n thrice_o in_o the_o year_n to_o fight_v against_o they_o first_o in_o destroy_v their_o egg_n then_o the_o young_a and_o after_o when_o they_o be_v 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the_o prophet_n amos_n seem_v to_o allude_v chap_n 8.9_o in_o those_o day_n i_o will_v cause_v the_o sun_n to_o go_v down_o at_o noon_n and_o i_o will_v darken_v the_o earth_n in_o the_o clear_a day_n ferus_fw-la two_o reason_n be_v yield_v of_o the_o darkness_n the_o suppress_n of_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o privative_a cause_n and_o the_o bring_n of_o darkness_n upon_o the_o air_n the_o positive_a cause_n quest_n fourteen_o how_o it_o be_v say_v the_o darkness_n be_v feel_v vers._n 21._o even_o darkness_n that_o may_v be_v feel_v 1._o the_o chalde_n expound_v the_o word_n mashash_v for_o recessit_fw-la the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n depart_v that_o be_v the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n be_v obscure_v by_o this_o darkness_n but_o the_o word_n proper_o signify_v to_o feel_v as_o gen._n 27.12_o and_o so_o the_o septuagint_n and_o latin_a do_v here_o read_v paguin_n montan._n vatabl._n with_o the_o rest_n 2._o philo_n take_v this_o to_o be_v speak_v in_o respect_n of_o 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israelite_n go_v in_o the_o midst_n
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for_o their_o young_a one_o but_o especial_o to_o see_v that_o they_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o heavenly_a father_n which_o duty_n s._n paul_n require_v at_o parent_n hand_n ephes._n 6.4_o and_o solon_n make_v a_o law_n that_o the_o child_n shall_v not_o be_v bind_v to_o relieve_v their_o father_n that_o have_v not_o bring_v they_o up_o in_o some_o good_a trade_n the_o six_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v 1._o the_o question_n discuss_v quest_n i._o why_o this_o precept_n be_v set_v before_o the_o other_o that_o follow_v 1._o as_o the_o former_a commandment_n exact_v and_o require_v to_o do_v good_a and_o to_o perform_v our_o duty_n unto_o man_n so_o these_o follow_a concern_v our_o innocency_n in_o do_v of_o no_o hurt_n unto_o our_o neighbour_n and_o brethren_n pelarg._n lyran._n 2._o and_o they_o be_v propound_v negative_o quia_fw-la negativa_fw-la sunt_fw-la majoris_fw-la obligationis_fw-la &_o gravioris_fw-la transgressionis_fw-la because_o negative_n do_v bind_v more_o strong_o and_o the_o transgression_n be_v more_o grievous_a for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n to_o do_v evil_a than_o not_o to_o do_v good_a tostat._n quaest_n 21._o 3._o there_o be_v two_o rule_n and_o canon_n in_o scripture_n upon_o the_o which_o these_o precept_n of_o the_o second_o table_n depend_v the_o one_o be_v quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alteri_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la that_o which_o thou_o will_v not_o be_v do_v unto_o thou_o do_v not_o to_o another_o hic_fw-la canon_n omnes_fw-la tollit_fw-la injurias_fw-la this_o rule_n take_v away_o all_o injury_n and_o wrong_n the_o other_o be_v whatsoever_o you_o will_v that_o man_n shall_v do_v unto_o you_o even_o so_o do_v you_o to_o they_o matth._n 7.12_o hic_fw-la canon_n ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la similiter_fw-la nos_fw-la cohortatur_fw-la beneficentiam_fw-la this_o rule_n likewise_o do_v exhort_v we_o to_o all_o beneficence_n and_o do_v of_o good_a procopius_n 4._o now_o 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they_o for_o israel_n cause_n be_v overthrow_v and_o drown_v in_o the_o red_a sea_n therefore_o they_o have_v a_o great_a spite_n at_o israel_n than_o ot●er_v nation_n and_o will_v have_v be_v most_o ready_a thus_o to_o have_v object_v tostat._v qu._n 17._o quest_n xxxvi_o in_o what_o sense_n the_o egyptian_n will_v say_v the_o lord_n bring_v they_o out_o to_o slay_v they_o vers._n 12._o he_o have_v bring_v they_o out_o malicious_o or_o of_o a_o evil_a mind_n jun._n or_o for_o a_o mischief_n rather_o vatab._n olea_v to_o slay_v they_o in_o the_o mountain_n 1._o not_o because_o the_o egyptian_n may_v imagine_v that_o god_n can_v not_o slay_v they_o in_o egypt_n the_o constellation_n of_o heaven_n and_o aspect_n of_o the_o planet_n hinder_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o hebrew_n there_o and_o serve_v fit_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o mountain_n for_o see_v no_o such_o constellation_n can_v hinder_v the_o servitude_n of_o the_o israelite_n but_o that_o the_o egyptian_n most_o cruel_o 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think_v that_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o these_o three_o to_o escape_v a_o treble_a punishment_n as_o if_o the_o lord_n be_v to_o bring_v down_o fire_n from_o heaven_n upon_o they_o abraham_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o fire_n in_o hur_z of_o the_o chaldee_n if_o the_o lord_n will_v punish_v with_o the_o sword_n isaak_n have_v offer_v himself_o to_o be_v slay_v in_o sacrifice_n by_o his_o father_n if_o with_o exile_n and_o banishment_n jacob_n have_v before_o endure_v it_o and_o therefore_o these_o three_o be_v mention_v that_o by_o their_o merit_n and_o desert_n the_o people_n may_v escape_v these_o three_o judgement_n sic_fw-la lyran._n lippom._n but_o tostatus_n well_o refute_v this_o conceit_n 1._o because_o these_o three_o be_v mention_v as_o well_o when_o any_o blessing_n be_v crave_v of_o god_n as_o when_o any_o judgement_n be_v pray_v against_o 2._o god_n have_v other_o judgement_n beside_o these_o whereby_o to_o punish_v his_o people_n therefore_o in_o other_o ease_v the_o mention_v of_o these_o have_v be_v insufficient_a tostat._v qu._n 20._o 2._o yet_o tostatus_n also_o miss_v the_o mark_n say_v that_o i●_n meritis_fw-la istorum_fw-la fiebat_fw-la salus_fw-la posteris_fw-la eorum_fw-la for_o the_o merit_n of_o these_o their_o posterity_n be_v preserve_v for_o abraham_n himself_o be_v not_o justify_v by_o merit_n but_o by_o faith_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v rom._n 4._o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v count_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n therefore_o much_o less_o be_v his_o posterity_n save_v by_o his_o merit_n 3._o therefore_o moses_n in_o bring_v in_o abraham_n isaak_n and_o jacob_n only_o put_v god_n in_o mind_n of_o the_o promise_v make_v unto_o they_o which_o proceed_v only_o of_o the_o mere_a grace_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n towards_o they_o as_o the_o lord_n himself_o say_v because_o the_o lord_n love_v you_o and_o because_o he_o will_v keep_v the_o oath_n which_o he_o have_v swear_v to_o your_o father_n the_o lord_n have_v bring_v you_o out_o with_o a_o mighty_a hand_n deut._n 7.8_o simler_n osiander_n quest_n xxxviii_o how_o the_o israelite_n be_v promise_v to_o possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o ever_o verse_n 13._o they_o shall_v inherit_v it_o for_o ever_o 1._o this_o promise_n that_o the_o israelite_n shall_v inhabit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o ever_o may_v diverse_o be_v understand_v 1._o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o long_a time_n not_o limit_v nor_o determine_v and_o so_o they_o enjoy_v that_o land_n many_o year_n about_o 1400._o tostat._n qu._n 20._o 2._o or_o it_o may_v be_v likewise_o understand_v during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n and_o ceremony_n which_o be_v to_o continue_v but_o until_o christ_n as_o aaron_n priesthood_n be_v say_v to_o be_v for_o ever_o chap._n 28.43_o and_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o passeover_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o ordinance_n for_o ever_o exod._n 12.17_o tostat._v 3_o or_o it_o may_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o spiritual_a seed_n of_o abraham_n which_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o the_o true_a canaan_n genevens_n a●_n not_o gen._n 13._o vers_fw-la 14._o 4._o but_o in_o these_o temporal_a promise_n a_o secret_a condition_n rather_o must_v be_v supply_v that_o if_o they_o have_v continue_v in_o obedience_n to_o god_n commandment_n than_o they_o shall_v have_v have_v a_o perpetual_a inheritance_n in_o canaan_n and_o this_o be_v the_o best_a interpretation_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o like_a psal._n 132.10_o if_o thy_o son_n keep_v my_o covenant_n and_o my_o testimony_n which_o i_o shall_v teach_v they_o thy_o son_n also_o shall_v sit_v upon_o thy_o throne_n for_o ever_o tostat._n qu._n 20._o see_v this_o question_n handle_v more_o at_o large_a hexapl._n in_o genes_n cap._n 13._o vers_fw-la 12._o quest_n thirty-nine_o how_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o repent_v vers._n 14._o then_o the_o lord_n repent_v of_o the_o evil_a 1._o this_o be_v speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a
egypt_n 32._o qu._n who_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o plague_n of_o egypt_n 33._o qu._n whether_o the_o egyptian_n which_o cohabit_v with_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n be_v exempt_v from_o the_o plague_n 34._o qu._n of_o the_o diversity_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o plague_n 35._o qu._n of_o pharaoh_n divers_a and_o variable_a behaviour_n 36._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n send_v divers_a plague_n upon_o pharaoh_n not_o cut_v he_o off_o at_o once_o 37._o qu._n why_o aaron_n be_v sometime_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o plague_n and_o not_o moses_n 38._o qu._n why_o the_o first_o plague_n begin_v in_o the_o water_n 39_o qu._n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o first_o plague_n 40._o qu._n whence_o the_o sorcerer_n have_v the_o water_n which_o they_o also_o turn_v into_o blood_n 41._o qu._n what_o shift_v the_o egyptian_n make_v for_o water_n during_o the_o first_o plague_n 42._o qu._n whether_o the_o rain_n that_o fall_v be_v turn_v into_o blood_n 43._o qu._n whether_o the_o sorcerer_n do_v turn_v the_o water_n into_o true_a blood_n 44._o qu._n how_o this_o first_o plague_n be_v stay_v 45._o qu._n of_o the_o application_n and_o use_n of_o this_o first_o plague_n question_n upon_o the_o eight_o chapter_n 1._o quest_n what_o kind_n of_o frog_n the_o second_o plague_n bring_v upon_o egypt_n 2._o qu._n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o plague_n of_o frog_n 3._o qu._n from_o whence_o this_o great_a abundance_n of_o frog_n come_v 4._o qu._n in_o what_o place_n and_o how_o the_o sorcerer_n bring_v forth_o frog_n 5._o qu._n why_o pharaoh_n call_v now_o for_o moses_n and_o not_o before_o 6._o qu._n why_o moses_n say_v to_o pharaoh_n take_v this_o honour_n to_o thou_o 7._o qu._n whether_o moses_n tempt_v god_n in_o prescribe_v the_o time_n of_o remove_v the_o plague_n 8._o qu._n of_o the_o use_n and_o application_n of_o the_o plague_n of_o frog_n 9_o qu._n why_o pharaoh_n appoint_v moses_n to_o morrow_n 10._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o remove_v the_o frog_n quite_o 11._o qu._n the_o difference_n of_o the_o three_o plague_n of_o lice_n from_o the_o former_a 12._o qu._n whether_o the_o three_o plague_n be_v of_o lice_n 13._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n plague_v the_o egyptian_n with_o lice_n 14._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o stretch_n forth_o of_o aaron_n rod_n bring_v forth_o lice_n 15._o qu._n why_o the_o sorceress_n can_v not_o bring_v forth_o lice_n 16._o qu._n what_o the_o sorcerer_n understand_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n 17._o qu._n whether_o the_o sorcerer_n have_v any_o feel_n of_o god_n power_n 18._o qu._n by_o what_o power_n sorcerer_n do_v work_v and_o how_o the_o devil_n sometime_o be_v cast_v out_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n 19_o cue_n why_o spirit_n prescribe_v constellation_n to_o be_v observe_v and_o delight_n in_o corporal_a and_o external_a visage_n 20._o qu._n whether_o it_o be_v ordinary_a for_o lice_n to_o breed_v out_o of_o the_o slime_n of_o nilus_n 21._o qu._n why_o moses_n be_v bid_v to_o meet_v pharaoh_n by_o the_o water_n 22._o qu._n why_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v in_o this_o miracle_n of_o moses_n rod._n 23._o qu._n what_o manner_n of_o sorcerer_n be_v send_v in_o the_o four_o plague_n 24._o qu._n of_o the_o name_n of_o beelzebub_n the_o god_n of_o fly_n 25._o qu._n whether_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n be_v exempt_v from_o the_o former_a plague_n 26._o qu._n what_o thing_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n 27._o qu._n whether_o moses_n be_v ignorant_a what_o kind_n of_o beast_n they_o shall_v sacrifice_v to_o god_n in_o the_o desert_n question_n upon_o the_o nine_o chapter_n 1._o quest_n why_o pharaoh_n be_v so_o often_o send_v unto_o who_o the_o lord_n do_v foresee_v that_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v 2._o qu._n why_o moses_n in_o bring_v the_o plague_n do_v not_o always_o use_v aaron_n rod._n 3._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n punish_v the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o cattle_n 4._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o always_o exempt_v his_o people_n from_o temporal_a calamity_n 5._o qu._n in_o what_o sense_n all_o the_o cattle_n of_o egypt_n be_v say_v to_o have_v die_v 6._o qu._n whether_o pharaoh_n send_v into_o goshen_n in_o the_o other_o plague_n 7._o qu._n why_o pharaoh_n call_v not_o to_o moses_n here_o to_o pray_v 8._o qu._n whether_o this_o plague_n be_v natural_a or_o supernatural_a 9_o qu._n why_o moses_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o six_o plague_n 10._o qu._n of_o the_o plague_n of_o boil_n and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o 11._o qu._n why_o the_o magician_n be_v smite_v with_o ulcer_n 12._o qu._n of_o the_o harden_v of_o pharaoh_n heart_n 13._o qu._n what_o plague_n the_o lord_n threaten_v to_o destroy_v pharaoh_n with_o 14._o qu._n in_o what_o sense_n the_o lord_n say_v i_o have_v keep_v thou_o 15._o qu._n whether_o the_o plague_n of_o hail_n be_v supernatural_a 16._o qu._n whether_o there_o use_v to_o b●_n no_o rain_n or_o hail_n in_o egypt_n 17._o qu._n of_o the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n since_o the_o foundation_n of_o egypt_n 18._o qu._n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o tempest_n of_o hail_n 19_o qu._n how_o moses_n know_v that_o pharaoh_n dissemble_v 20._o qu._n what_o kind_n of_o grain_n be_v not_o smite_v with_o the_o ha●le_n question_n upon_o the_o ten_o chapter_n 1._o quest_n why_o moses_n be_v bid_v to_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n notwithstanding_o his_o heart_n be_v harden_v 2._o qu._n how_o moses_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o egyptian_n 3._o qu._n of_o pharaoh_n wish_n let_v the_o lord_n so_o be_v with_o you_o 4._o qu._n of_o the_o nature_n of_o locust_n and_o whether_o this_o plague_n be_v extraordinary_a 5._o qu._n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o plague_n of_o locust_n 6._o qu._n why_o sometime_o moses_n sometime_o aaron_n stretch_v out_o the_o rod._n 7._o qu._n what_o kind_n of_o wind_n it_o be_v which_o bring_v the_o locust_n 8._o qu._n whether_o this_o plague_n of_o locust_n be_v incomparable_a and_o not_o to_o be_v match_v 9_o qu._n in_o what_o sense_n it_o be_v say_v the_o locust_n devour_v that_o which_o be_v leave_v 10._o qu._n why_o the_o plague_n of_o locust_n be_v call_v a_o death_n 11._o qu._n of_o the_o mystical_a application_n of_o this_o plague_n of_o locust_n 12._o qu._n how_o moses_n turn_v himself_o go_v out_o from_o pharaoh_n 13._o qu._n of_o the_o cause_n of_o darkness_n of_o the_o egypt_n 14._o qu._n how_o it_o be_v say_v the_o darkness_n be_v feel_v 15._o qu._n how_o the_o israelite_n have_v light_a in_o their_o dwelling_n 16._o qu._n whether_o the_o egyptian_n use_v in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o darkness_n any_o candle_n or_o fire_n light_n 17._o qu._n how_o it_o be_v say_v no_o man_n rise_v up_o from_o his_o place_n 18._o qu._n when_o pharaoh_n send_v for_o moses_n whether_o after_o the_o darkness_n be_v remove_v or_o afore_o 19_o qu._n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o punishment_n of_o three_o day_n darkness_n 20._o qu._n of_o the_o mystical_a application_n of_o this_o three_o day_n darkness_n question_n upon_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n 1._o quest_n when_o the_o lord_n speak_v these_o word_n to_o moses_n 2._o qu._n why_o the_o overthrow_n of_o pharaoh_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n be_v count_v none_o of_o the_o plague_n 3._o qu._n whether_o god_n use_v the_o ministry_n of_o good_a or_o bad_a angel_n in_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v 4._o qu._n whether_o one_o angel_n or_o many_o be_v use_v in_o this_o destruction_n 5._o qu._n upon_o who_o this_o plague_n in_o smite_v the_o first_o bear_v be_v execute_v 6._o qu._n whether_o in_o every_o house_n the_o first_o bear_v be_v slay_v 7._o qu._n why_o the_o lord_n destroy_v the_o first_o bear_v 8._o qu._n why_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o cattle_n also_o be_v destroy_v 9_o qu._n how_o the_o god_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v judge_v 10._o qu._n how_o the_o israelite_n escape_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v 11._o qu._n the_o mystical_a application_n of_o the_o last_o plague_n upon_o the_o first_o bear_v 12._o qu._n of_o the_o general_a application_n of_o these_o ten_o plague_n the_o ten_o plague_n of_o egypt_n compare_v with_o the_o ten_o benefit_n which_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n receive_v in_o the_o wilderness_n divers_a question_n concern_v the_o hardness_n of_o heart_n 13._o quest_n what_o the_o hardness_n of_o heart_n be_v 14._o qu._n whether_o god_n be_v the_o efficient_a and_o work_a cause_n of_o the_o hardness_n of_o heart_n 15._o qu._n god_n otherwise_o harden_v than_o by_o way_n of_o manifestation_n 16._o qu._n god_n do_v not_o harden_v the_o heart_n only_o by_o permission_n 17._o qu._n whether_o hardness_n of_o heart_n be_v of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o sin_n where_o pererius_n be_v refute_v that_o