%//L111111t 1 ll,l taa/Gi/Lf/ of If tel. hi fervant] this is meant of the feed as well as of Abraham, as the next words (hew: therefore the Greeke turneth it firvants. 8 Ver (e 8. He remembreth] therefore Alf() Remem- ber fir, as it is written, I Chro.16. t ç. the ward] or the matter, the conditions of the Covenant,and fo the prontifes which for the more certainty are £iidtobecommanded, as in Pfal. t33.3 1 I Verfe t 1, land of Canaan] the (brine of Cham, the fon of Noah, who was curled by his Grand- father , & made a fervant to his brethren,Gen.9. 18.22.25. This Canaan had eleven fonnes,heads of their families, Gen. 10.15. 20. they feated in the !elder Alìa in a goodly Countrey having the great lea Wetward, the river larden: Syria, and Arabia, Eaftward, the wildcrneffe on the South, and the mounts of Lebanon on the North.It was the pleafantefl of all lands, & flowed with milke and honey, Ezek. 20.6. it had !tore of rivers and fouutaines,of Corne, and Wine, and Oile, and Mines ; of mountaines and vallies,watered with the ramp of heaven, arid cared for of God conti- mially, Dcnt.8.7,8,9. & it.' o.1 t,12. This land God promi(ed Abraham to give unto his feed, Gen.' a.6,7.& 13. 15.17. See alto the Notes oil Plàl.25 .13. , the limit hat is,the portion of your patrimony meafured as by line. See Pial. 16.6, i y Verle 1 a. When they were] in 1 Chron. 16. 19. it is, whenye were. men of nimber] that is, a fin merl, Toone numbred : fo Gen. 34.30. Dent. 4. 27. The contrary is, without number, or innumera- ble, Pfalme 147.5. 13 Verle i3;. from nation to nation] up and down in the land ofCanaan , Where were (even mighty nations, Deuteren.7.2. How there the Patriarkes walked as ((rangers fee Gen. t 2.8,9. t o. and 13. 18. and 2o.t. &23.4. &26.x.23. and 33.19.and 35.1. &c.Heb.1t.9.t3. 14. Verfe 14. wrong] or tooppre them. repro - zed Kings] plaguing Pharaoh, Gen. 22. 17. threat - nisg Abitneledi, Gen. 20.3. ;5 Verfe 15, anointed] men confecratcd to ntee by the olle of the fpirit : fee 1 lohn 2.20.27. Prophets] fo Abrahamis called, Gen.20.7.See Pfal. 74.9. 16' Verfe 16, called famine] that is, effectually brought it ; fo 2 King. 8. t. The contrary here- of is, tooaUfer corne, Ezek. 36:29. the land] of Canaan, Egypt , and other conntries,Gen.41. 54. &c. Me] or flay, flsbiliment : fo bread is cal- led, Levit. z 6.2 6. Ezek.4, 16. for it up/co/dab mans heart, Pfalme 104.15. 17. Verle 17. aman]Heb. Ifb, a noble man: fee Pfal. 49.3. The Chaldee faith, a mite man. fera fervent] for a fine , by his brethren to the lfmae- lites,& by them to the Egyptians,Gen.37,28.36. 18 Verle 28. his foule ernrcdjor, as theGreek faith, p thoron the iron, that is, he (his body) mar laid in irons when hee was calf into prifon moi unjull- ly, Gon. 39. 2 o. and there he was in peril] of his life. Of foule, fee Pfa1,16, i o. 19 ! Verle t g. his word came] that is, the word fpo- ken of him was fulfilled, which God had (hewed Toleph in a dreams touching his advancement, Gen, 36. 5.-8,9, to. and 42.9. So comming is for ful/lling, Ier. t 7.15. t Sam 9.0. Iob 6.8. tried] or fined him, by trying as in fire, his faith and pa- tience inaffli3ions,as i Pct.i.7. feePfal.t2.7, Verde to. The King] Pharaoh (for that Iolèph 20 interpreted his dreame) let him out of prifon, a ruler over the land.See Gen.41.14, &c. and 45.8. Verfe 22. To bind] that is, informe , andp?so- yy verne as fubje£ts : fee Pià1.2.3. to his fnle]to his will or pleafure,(as Pfa627. i a.) fo as without him no man fhall lift up his bander hit faot(thaf is,attempt to doe any thing)in all the land Egypt, Gen. 41. 40.44. Or, with his'bide, that is, with himfele, as the Greekeexpoundeth it , to nurture his Princes at himf(fe, which may mean to informe them in venue, wiledonte, &c. wherein himfelfe excelled, Gen 41,38.39. with is fometlme ufed for as,Pfal. 102.4, and the Joule .for ones Ai; feePfalm. 16. to. The words following feeme to favour this expo fition. his elders] or Senators, the Kings No- bles and Counlellers, Gen.5o.7, Verfe 23. came into Egypt ] being feat for by Pharaoh , and encouraged thereto by God him - felfe, Gen.45.17..20. and 46.3,4, of Cham] the father of Mizraim, or Egypt : fee Pfal. 78.51. Verle 24. increafd]madethem frog ifZe, that the 24 land was bone full of them, Exod.,.7.9. Verfe 25. todealewaftiy ] or, confpiregeilefüiyf9r 2Ç their defiru&&ion, as Gen.37.28, Pharaohand his people fretting at Reach profperity, thought to woke wifely with them when they plotted their ruine, Exodus 1 .9.1 0.12, &c. Verfe 26. had ehhofen]tobe Moles his mouth to the people, and Prophet to Pharaoh, Exod.4.13 14.16. and 7.1,2. &c. Verfe 27. words of his fegnes] the fignts which he fpake and commanded, together with the do- dtrine and ufe of then for letting of Idrael goe : See Exod,7.r,2,3. &c. Or wordstf fives, as words of feg, Pfalme 137.3. are fegnes and fongs. So Pfal. 145.5 Verfe 28. darkenef i]the ninth plague of Egypt, where was black darkneffe in all the land for three ddyes, that no man faro another, nor rofl from the place where he wat,Exodus 10.22,23. turned not radians] or, they difobeyed not : (fee Pla1.5.11.)that is, his words, (or word) were not difobeyed or changed, but effe&ed as God had fpoken : fee a like phrafe noted on Plat. 49.15. 'Or, they may be, referred toMofes and Aaron, who performed the things commanded them, though with danger to them. Verle 29. to blood] the firft of the ten,plagues Exodus 7. See PP.d.78, 44, Verfe 3o. flogs] the fecond plagne,Exodos 8. 3.6. Pfalme 78.45. Kings] Pharaoh and his Princes : fo Elày 19 2. Verfe 31. fwarme] of fives or leaf a: fee Pfal.' 31 78,45. This was the fourth plague, Exod. 8.2 4. lice] the third plague. Al the duff of the land was lice, and wem upon man and beafi Exodus 8.17. Verfe 32. fhowers] of raine, in, (lead whereof they had harle, the fkventh plague, Exod.p, See P(àlm. 11131 IIN.64/
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