,.ri0iiiaiis11i1i111/rw GENESIS II. Genc.22.16. Seeing I have feene, A &.7.34. from Exod.3.7. Sometime otherwife ; as (hot through wi;h darts Heh.Í2.2o.for that which is in Hebrew flvntmg Pl of thrmrghExod.19.13. 17 Verf. 7. But of: ]Heb.Andof: andisoften ufed for brat : tb tranflated in the Greeke verton, Efay 10.20. and by the holy Ghott in the New Tefta- rent;as 1 Pet.l.z 5.from Efay 40.8,Heb.l.n.1 z from Pf sl. i 02.27.28. So here againc, in verf. zo. and in Gen.3.3. and 42.10. and in many other places. thus maiefl mat,]or thou fhaft not eat,This law was given both to the man & woman ; which were both called Adam, Gcn.5.2. and the wo- man confeffeth fo much, Getí.3.3.and the Greeke veil-ion here manifefteth it raying, leefhall not eat. dying thou fbalt dye : ] that is, frai; fierily and fens dye ; or, as the Greeke tranflateth, ye (hall dye the death. Under the name of Death, the Scripture comprehendeth, deadly plagues, as thepunifhment of /Egypt with Locults, is called a death, Exodus 10.17. Alto,inward altonilhments, feares, &c. as Nabals heart dicd in him, 1 Sam.25.37. Likewife outward deadly dangers, and miferies; as Paul was in deaths oft, 2 Cor.1Y.23. It is alto ufed for death in fire, when men arc alienatedfrom the life of God, Ephef.2 t.nnd 4.18: And for the dillolution oomans foule and body,which we commonly call death, when the falo ( or p rit) goeth out of the man, Gen .35.i8.P;à1.r46.4. And finally,death is the perdition of body and foule in hell, which is eternall perdition from the prefencè of the Lord; and called,the f randdeath, Match. t 0.28.2 Thetfal. s.g. Rev.2o.6.14. There, andwhatfocver elfe morta- lity,mifery,death,theScriptures mention,are im- plyed in this judgement here threatned upon dill obedience,Rom.5.1 z.befide miferable bondage un- der him which hath the power ofdeath, that is the de- vil, Heb.2.14.15.On the contrary,hcre is imply- cd upon condition of his obedience, the promife of eternal! life, whereof the tree ofl was a figne, Gen.3.z 2.So Paul oppofeth death, as the wages of pm; : and eteenalllìfe, as thegifz of God': which now line mans fall, is onely by Chrilt, who giveth us to eat of the tree of life : Ront,6.23.Rev.2.7.The Hebrew Do&ors alto fay , After the opinion of our Rabbïneoofbleff?d memory, if [Adam] had not finned, he had never died; but the breath which be was infired with, of the mot high blefled God, ftould have given him !N .A. ever , and the good will of God, which he had in the time of bit creation , had cleaved unto him coati- i malty , and kept him alive for ever, R. Menachem,on Gen.2.17. I g Vert: 18 himfelfe alone : ] or, alone, as theGreeke tranflateth it: fò 1 King.' 9.10.1 am left my fer a- lone: fo r which Paul faith,I ans left abme,Rom. rt.3 God who made other creatures male and female together, did not in mankind: which Paul ob- ferveth , faying, Adamwas firfl formed, then Eve, t Tith.z.13.making it one reafon of the womans fubjeftion. es before him.] the Greek here tranf- lateth it, according to him; and in the z0. verfe, like unto him:meaning,onethat lhould be as his fecond felfe, like him in nature, knit unto hint in love, needfull for procreation of feed, helpful! in all duties , prefent alwaies with him, and fo very meet and commodious fur him. The Apof le hence gathereth another reafon of the womans fribje &ion, in that the man was not created for the wo- man beet the woman for the man,1 Conti .9. Ver.19.thenrunto Adam] or,unto the than: but the Greeke verGon keepeth the Hebrew name Adam, and addeth the.word them , for to make the fence plaine. So the holyGhoftfometime doth, in re- peating matters; ai, he blejed andbrake,Mat. i 4.19. that is, and brake them, Luke 9.16. Sbew to the Prieff, Mark.1.44. that is, thew thy fe/fe,Mat.8.4. See alto Gen. 31.42. wad dcall shorn:] or, all it, that is, every of them.This theweth Gods bounty,in giving man dominion over all earthly creatures, Pfal.8. for the giving of names, is a figne of foveraignty, Numb.32.38,41. Gen.35.18.and 26.18. It mani- fefteth alto Adams wifedome, in naming things prefently according to their natures ;as the Hebr. names by which he called them, doe declare. Verf.2o.be foundnot] that is,the man found not a meet help for himfelfe,among all the creatures; therefore thewoman when thee was made was the more acceptable.Or,as the Greek tranflateth, there was not found an helper like unto him. So in Gen. 15.6. be imputed it , it tranllated it roes imputed, Rom. 4. 3. See alto Gen.6.2o. and 16:14. Vería t. a deadfleepe:] This the Greeke calleth avexta(e, or trance ; which the Scriptures (hew to have fain alto on men, when they did fee visions of God,Gen.15. t 2.A &.10.10. In fuck deep-pep, the fenlès are all bound up, as t Sam. 26.12. Ver. 22. builded:] To build the rib to a woman,, is to make, or create a woman ofit , as with a fpe- ciall care, or art, and fit proportion. Hereupon our bodies are called honfis, Job 4.19. 2 Cor.5,I. And although by budding, is meant making; (as,the Lord will build thee an haufe, i Chron. 17.10. is the fame that he will make thee an route, 2 Sam. 7. yet by the many words Mid in the generation of mankind, as creating Gen.' .27. making,Gen.l. 26. farming,and inf iring,Fen.2.7.and now building: Mofes would fet tortlithis wondrous workman - (hip, which the Pfalmill fo laudtthGod fof, Pla. 139.14. be brought:] God her builder, was alfo her bringer ' and to her conjoyner in mariage with theman,Mat.19.6.and theScripture noteth a wife,to be a fpeciall favour of theLord,Pro.t 8. 22. and 19.14. He alfo bleffed them together, as Gen.1.2 8. whereby may be feen,how Mofes chan- geth the order in this chapter ; inlarging things here, which before he had touched briefly. Vcrf. 23. nil' now:] or, this time : this once. fkfh, &c.] Hereby Adorn (hewed, both his thank - fulnetfe to God, and love to his wife : and from hence Paul teacheth, that men ought to lote their wives as their owne bodies, for no man ever bated his ewm $efh Epitef.5.28,29. The like fpecches are ufed of perfons here a kin,that they are their bone and their flefr Gen.29.i4. Judg. 9. 2. So the Apo- file by this, fetteth forth Chrifts myfticall union with his Church, that we are members of his body, of his fleflo , and of his hones , Ephef. 5.30. woman :] or, 1 x/m..0e, of Man: as in Hebrew thee is called 19 20 2I 22 23
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