._........bi-AV/i W VI,® 2t GENESIS IV. 5 7 as by fire from heaven confirming the facrifice;for fo he tiled to doe in Each cafes after Las Lev.9.24. r Chron. 21.26. 2 Chron.7.1. I King. 18.38. and the burning of the facrilices to Ales, was a figne of his favourable acceptance, Pfal.zo.4.and Theoáuia(a Greek interpreter,)tranflateth it here, be fit on fire. By thisGods acceptance, Abels faith was confirmed touching life and falvation in Chrill : otherwife God would not have received an offring at his hands ;and ludg.13.23. un- to Abel: ] for his faith inChrill, whereby hewas just, and by which heoffreda greater facrifice then Ka n,Heb. t 1.¢.And fo the facrifice was refpe&ed for the man, not the man for the facrifice, Prov. I x.2.and 15.8. Verf. 5. grieved:] or, difpleafed: vey wroth. The Hebrew word lignifieth to bum or be infla- med, either with angeror griefe : the Greeke here tranflateth,he was grieved;and in fundryotherpla- ces, as Ion.4.1.9. where both the Greeke verfion, and all the circumllances thew it to meane griefe. So in r Sam. t 5.1 r. Samuel was grieved, and Da- vid, t Chron. 13.11. and Nehemiah, Neh.5.6. and many the like. countenance:] or, hiafate fell; that is, he fbewedhimfe f afhamed rieved, and difontented. This is elfe -where expreffed by the falling of the light of the countenance, Iob29.24.con- trary to which! is the lifting up of the face , fora figne of comfort and joy, Iob 1 I. r 5. See alto Gen., 9.21. Vert. 7. doe well: ] or; doe good. Hereby God teacheth, that reel-doing confifled not in the out- ward offrings which Kain brought: but in faith, which he wanted, Heb., 1.4. Iohn'6.29. And theApoftle henceconcludeth, thatKafns work, wereevill, i Iohn 3.12. fcrgivenefe: ] or,ac- ceptation. The Hebrew word, whichproperly fig- nifieth elevation or lifting up when it is 1poken of fin= , (as the words following (hew here it is, ) meaneth fergizentf<at Gods hand,who lifteth up, and fo eafeth us of the burden of it; asRom.4.7. from Pfa1.3z.I. And one end of facrificing, was the forgiveneffe of fine, Lev. 6.2.6.7. So theChaldee here explaineth it, If thou doe thy works well, fbaltthou not have frgizenefè? Otherwife it may be expounded, is there not a lifting up, to weer, of thy countenance which now is fallen, that is, an acceptation of thy face and petition, and con - tequentlyofthyoffring, in Gen., 9.21. lifingup (or, accepting) the face, fignifieth favourableaccep- tation with God ; and in Iob 11.15. it fignifieth comfortable bold cariage. Or, inhere not a bearing (or carrying away) of hleffing and reward, as Pf.24. 5. A queftion thus asked,is an earnelt affirmation that (b it lhall be : as, are they not written? 2 King. 20.20.is expounded, Loe they are written, z Chron. 32.32.andit not the lif more then mate ? Mat.6.25. that is, the life is more, Luke 12.23. Alto the holy Ghoft turneth into a queftion, bath not ny band made all theft? A &.7.49. that which the Prophet aflirmeth plainly, all theft my handhalb mark, Efa 66.1.So Gen., 3.9.and many the like. fin: or, the mifdeed, errour. By ftnne and iniquity thepu- nß.ment for it is often meant, as in Gen., 9.15. Lév.2o.2o. 2 King.7.9. Zach.14.t9. And jrme is the erring or miffing as of the mark aimed at,Iudg. 20.16. Gods law is our marke,and way to walke in : therefore finite is defined to be fwerving from, or tranfgreffienof the Law , ( anomie or enormitie,) 1 Ioh.3,4.In Hebrew it iscalled Chattaab, where- upon the Greekesframed the name, Atee, that is, Hurt or Dammage and their Poets faigned that it was a woman calf out of heaven , pernicious Atee, that (aatai) hurtetb all men, Homer Iliad. r 9. ll ;etb:] or, coucberb, is couching : a word ufually fpo- ken of beafts , applyed here to Slime, as a hurtfull beat' ready to devoure.For to lye at the ¿Dore, is to be neere at hand , Mark.13.39. and in Deut.29. 20, the curies are laid tomucb ( or lye ) upon the finner, whom the Lord will not be merciful' un- to. The Chaldee referreth it to the loft judgment, laying, tly firme it kept to the day ofjudgement,in which vengeance Pall be taper an thee , if thou convert not. And other Rabbines thus ; Sin couching at the doore, meanetb the gates of jufice; for front thence judge - ment commeth far ever, upon them tbat are in tranf- greffon, fir from thence the Angell of death bath his power, R. Menachem on Gen.4. his defire:]that is, Abels ; who being the younger brother is full= jea unto thee.For Kain being the firft- borne,had great priviledges by nature over his brethren, as is (hewed on Gen.z 5.3 Land 27.19. Or,the defi> e of io, (that is, of Sinne) is untothee but thou fialt rule over it ; that is,(as Paul fpeaketh)let not fin raigne in thy mortal'. body that thou fhouldeft obey it in the Tufts thereof,Rom.6.iz. The lbargum leen- falemy thus referreth it, to the fubduing of Imne : although the Hebrew differeth in gender from Sinne, as the word lyeth doth likewife. But fuch differences may often be obferved, and fouie time in the very Hebrew text , as jallo, and jehi, t Chr.18.2.5,6. and 2 t .5.for which elfewhere is tabo,and tebi,2 Sam.8.2.5,6.and2 4.9.lahem,and ba- bem, I Kin.22.17. and 1 Chro.1 o.7.whichalto is written lalen,andbahm, 2 Chro. 18.16. z Sam.; I. 7. See alfoExod.r.2I Verf. 8. fpake: ] or, fay¿ unto Alei bis brother, but what he laid, is not let down. The Hebrew text bath here a pawfe extraordinary, implying further matter.The Greeke verfion addeth, let us got out into the field: and Thargum Ierufalemy ad- deth the fame and much more, how Kain (when they were in the field) (hould fay, there was no judgement, nor judge, nor other world to come, nor good reward for jufice, nor vengeance for reickeedneffè, &c.all which Abel gayne- fayed,and then his bro- ther flew him.lt feemeth to imply a dilfimulation of Kains hatred , in that he converted friendly with his brother, till he found opportunity to kill him : as others in their hatred , are obferved to fpeake (of the matter of their griefe,) neither good nor bad : 2 Sam. r 3.22. (ed d him.] And wherefore lolled be him? Becaufe bit orme works were e- vi8, and hisbrothers good. r.Ioh.3.I2. Hereupon the Scripture giveth theii thefe titles, Abel the jut, Mat.23.3.5and Kainofthatwicltedone, 1 10E3.12. that is,of the Deviil : for be was a mnroberer tom the beginning, Ioh.8.44. Verfe 9. 8
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