GENESIS III. Serpent had uttered words against God, the fum wherofis in this fpeech.A like phrafe is in i Sant. 14.3 o. becaufe (rod bath:] or, bath God indeed fail ? So the Chaldee paraphrafe tranflateth, in truth, ( that is , Is it true) that Godbath raid ? and the Greeke,why is it that God path faid? In this un- derttanding Sataubeginnethwitha queltion as when by his fervants , he fought to have taken Chrilt in his talke, Luke 20.20,2 5,23. The ten- tation is direEtly againftGods word; which as it was thatwherby the world was made and existed. Pak; 3.6. z Pet.3,4.. fo by it all things are uphol- den, or caried, Heb. t .3. and if Gods word had abidden in Eve thee had overcome the wicked one, 5 Ioh.2.1 4.. So Satan began the affault upon Chrift,taking occafion at the word ofGod,(tbn is myPanne, Mat.3.17) Paying, If thou be the Sonne of God, Mat.4.3. ofevery tree:] or,ofall trees: but the Hebrew word for all,is fometime ufed for eve- ryone, fometime for any one, as Pfal.143. 2. fò the Serpents fpeech was doubtful!, and bent to de- ceive. And as here he affailed the woman about food,fo he began with Chrift,Mat.4.3 Vàrf..2. Trees :] in Hebrew, tree: fo in verf7. leafe,for leaves. This the Scripture openeth,aspa- rable, Pfa1.78.2.is expounded parables, Mat.13.3 5. heart, Pfal.95.8. for hearts, Heb.3.8. worke, Pfal. 95.9. for works Heb.3.9. And in the Hebrew text it1elfe; as, fpeare, 2King.si.so. for feares, 2 Chron.23.9. fbip, a King./ 0.22.forfhips,2 Chr. 9.21 .See alle, Gen.4.2o. 3 Verf.3,leflye dye:] or,(as the Greek tranflateth) thatye dye not. This manner of fpeech doth not al- wayes (hew doubt, but fpeakes of danger, and to prevent evil!: as Pfa1.2.1 2. left he be angry: Gen. 24.6. left thou br,itg, for, that thou bring not. SoMar. 14.2.0 therebe anuprore, for, that there be not an uprore,Mat.26.5.Yea fometime it rather afürmeth a thing, left Ezekiab deceive, Efa.36. t 8. forwhich in z King.18.3. is written, for he deceivetb you. So, le they faint in the way, Mat.i 5.32. that is, they will aint, Mark 8.3. Ver14, not dying dye: ] that is, not Purely dye : the Greeke tranflateth, not die the death. Here he int- pugneth the certainty of Gods word, which had threatned affured death, Gen.2.17. And thus the Devilt was alyar,and the father therelIoh,8.44. 5 VerC5.in theday :] that is, prefently:foheop- poleth prefent good,nnto the prefent evil threat- ned of God. Whom he alto calumniateth, as of ill will,he had forbidden them this tree. then your eyes, &c.]By an ambiguous deceitful promife, he draweth her into Gene: for byopeningof eyes, theeunderitood a further degree of wifdóme, as the like fpeechimporteth, Ails 26.s8. Eph.i.18. but he meant,a feting of their nakednes, and con- fnfion of confcience,as fell out immediately,Gen. 2.7.1o. The Hebrew phrafe is, andyeur eyes : but and, is often ufed for :ben : as Mark 14.34. And he faith: which another Evangeliftwriteth, Then faith he ; Mat.26.38.fo Mark t 5.27.andthey cru- cifie,Mat.27,38, then were crucified: and many the like. as Gtdo]This the woman underitood of the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghoft,as appea- reth by the words ofGod hi mfelf in v.22.but the tempter night mean it alío of the Angels, which had finned, (for Angels are called Gods, Pfal.8.6.) who of their knowledge are named Demons and have wofull experience of the good which they have loft , and the evill wherein they lye. The Chaldee faith at princes:and Devils are alto called principalities andpower.r, Co1,2.15. AnotherChal- dee paraphrafe , which goeth under the name of Ionathan,for Gadc,tranflateth Angels. knowing, &c.] the name before given to this tree,Gen.z.t7. the tèrpent herewrefteth to a wrong Cenic:as if to knewgeed and evil!, were to be lik God himièlfe,and that the eating of the fruit, would wokke fuch an effeft : whereas the tree was fo called for another calk. See Gen.2.9. Verfó.faw:] that is,looked upon with affeeta- tion.So Achanfäw and coveted, and took;Iof.7.2 1. a de fire:] or a lull, that is, molt p leafant, and to be defined. to make one wife : ] or, to get pru- deny,and fo profperity and good iucceffe therby; as the Hebrew word often fignifieth. According to there three things which the woman (by falle fitg eftion) faw in thetree , for meat, for the eyes, and forprudene : the Apoftle reduceih all that is in the world (and not of the father, ) to the bsfl of the flefb, sloe tuft oftbe es , and doe pride of life, s Iohn 2.I6.With which we may allo compare the three tentationsofChrifl,Luke4. gave:]toge- then withwords to move and per wade hint: for he is faid to haveheark ed to her voice, verf.5 7. be did eat : ] fo the .finne was accompiifhed that brought death into the world,as God threatned, Gen.2.17. and the death is gone over all men,for that all have finned ; and by the difobedience of one, many are madefinncrs , Rom.5.12.19.By eating, the Scripture elfewhere fignifieth the com- mitting of finne,Prov.3o.2o. Againe, by eating, fin and death are done away, and life reftored in Chrift,Ioh.6.5o. 54. whomSatan fought to have drawne into fin alfo by eating,but was defeated, Mar.4.2,3,4.This firs} finne of matt, is called in refpe& of hintfelfe an Once or fall ; becaufe by it, he fell from his good estate : in refpe& of God, it was difobedience; as unto whom hereby he denyed fubje&ion, and renounced obedience, Roman5. 18,19. Neither was It his owne finne onely, but the common finne of us all his pofter"5ty, which were then in his loynes; for by this otee mans dif- obedience many were made framers, Rom.5.19, and in Adamall dye,SCor. i 5.2 2. V.7.naked:]both in body and foule,which were bereaved of the image ofGod,deprived of his glo- ry,& lubje&ed to inordinate lufts,and thereupon to thame:of which nakednes the Scriptures often ( peak, asEx .32.25.Ezek.16.22 :Rev.3.17.& 16,15. Hof 2,3.2 Cor.5.3 Sewd:3that is faflenedtoge- ther,by twitting & platting the leaves and twigs, for to gird about them. ftgleaves :]in Heb.leaf, orbrancb,a; we englifh the word in Neh.8, i 5.and as theGreek tranflateth it in Ier.17,8.This was to t cover,not to cure their filthy nakednes:therefore in v.to.they nevertheleffe do hide thetnfelvesfor Marne. The like natural! hypocrifie, iselfewhere C a compared 6
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