GENESIS 1 V. of beLweencthean , that they lived indiCconteut and c;uul: Lion one with another , (as there is an cxa:ual in t Sam. 1.6,7.) and both of them with their husband : fo in his wrath flee uttered there words unto them, to repreffe their firife. Or he this boafteth of his valour, for Come other caide. The Chaldee Paraphraft underftood this in a contrary fenle ; as if it were a queffion, for have I killed, &c. that is, Ihave not: and expoundeth it thus; For Ihave not killed a mart, that Ifhquldbeare fn fa' him ; nor del roved a yang man that my feedfbould he confumcd fir him. to my hurt or, formy firipe: the originali word fignifieth awaile, or mark of a ftripe, or wound in the flefh. 24 Ver1.2 4. fventy and (even fold:] that is ifhe that Vieth Kahn ,,fhall be punifhedfez en fold ; then'hee that kilo} /a me, full be feverity fezeta f 1d. It feemeth to be an infolent contempt of Gods judgement, and a- buling of his patience towards Kain v.i 5. &pant fentence againfi an evil worke it not execrated fpeediÿ, therefore the hearts of thetonnes omen , x full in them to doe evil , Ecclef. 8. 11. 25 Verf. z 5. Seth] Hebr. Sbetb : that is, Set or Ap- pointed, to weet, in Abels rooms. He was not borne till 13o yeers after the creation,Gen,5.3.It might be,Adam had other fonnes and daughters before, Gen. S .4. but none, inwhom filch expeftation of good was : for Sobs pofteritie onelyremained at the Flood, when all the world perifhed, Gen. 7. feed] that is, another faun: that as Abrahams feed was called in Ifaak, (Ifmael being excluded,) Gen. 21. 12. fo Eves feed fhould be in Seth ; and not in any other of her children. Seed, is ufually put for children; as, they left no feed, Mar. 12. 22. is expoundedrthey left no ehildren,Luk.zo.3 1. ffead ofAbel] Evefheweth a reafon of her foes name,al- Co her faith grounded on Gods appointment and Ceding of his mercie concerning this feed, who lhould be faithful! as Abel; and a father of the world, who are all called the frmesof Seth, Nun). 24.17. and the father of our Lord Jefus after the flefh, Luke 3. So in Ezek. 37. dead bones revive a- gaine; & in Rev.l t.s r. the witneflesk ill el,have the fpirit of life from God, entring into them. 26 Vcr.26. alto himfelfe] or,to him elfo : when he was 105: yeeres old, Gen. 5. 6. and the world 235. Enos] fo he is written in Greeke, Luke 3.38. in Hebrew,.Ærtofk;that is by interpretation, farrow- full, grievoofy- fcke, milera/le. So named, (ás feetn- etb)for the iorrowfid (late of thofe daies,tyberin great corruption grew in the Church, Gen. 6. z, 3,5. Therefore this name is in Scripture, totally givento.all men , as heing.Enos , or fonnes of Elms, full of forrow and mifery, Kai. 8.5. and 144.3. And to abate mens prick, David faith, Let the Na- tionrknow, that they be. Enos, (orwofull teen:) P4-a. 9.2i. be;au men prfanç /mto call] or,pr ftnenep began, in Baling (or, fare calling) on thé name of Iebavab. The Hebrew word 'nay be translated, men began, or men profined: but is commonly undertto.rd here, of the learned Hebrewes, to maane prfane- mfe; & force tranflating it began, yet take it thus, men began to t /1(theirldols) by the name ofthe Lord: as images and reprefentations of God, were cal- led Godr,Exo.32.4. The foil rows of this age were great, as the very mime of Egos teftifieth, and the híaory following in 'Jcn.6. confirmed): for im- piety crept into the Church , by unlawtull mar- riages with Karns fced;andreligion and manners were much corrupted Gen.6. z,11. The Hebrew Do &ors defcribe it thus : In the drier of Enos, the funs of Adam erred withgreat errata, and the counfdl of the wit men of that age, becamebrtitiffo; and Enos him- felt war (one) oftbem that erred: and their errant- was this; They fold, forafmneb ar God bath created theft ffárs and khares to govern the world, and ft them on high, and imparted honour unto them , and they are mini- f ers. thatminifer before him : it is meet that men fbeuld laud and glorifie , and give them hotvntr. For this is the , will of God that we tin nifte and honour, wboan foever he mignifieth and honoureth : even as a King mould have them honoured that fiend before him and this is the ho- nour of the King hinge f . When this thing was come up into their heart, they began to build7 emp /es into ffarres , and to offer faceiflee unto them, and to laud and glorifie them with words , and to worfhip before them , that they might in their evil opinion, obtainfavour of the Creator. And this was the root of Idolatry, 6-c. And in proeef of time, there flood up falseProphets among the fins of A- dana, »rhich faid that God bad commanded andPaidonto them, walbipy foch a ff ar , or all the fiarres , and doe fa- erifice unothemthusand}hur; andbuild a Temple for it, and make an Image of it, that all the people, women, and children may worfhip it;and be (owed them the Image which he had fined out of his owns heart, and faid, it war tbe'image of filch a faire , which was made krwrrne unto him by prttphefae : and they began after this manner , to make images in Temples, and unekr trees , anion tops of mawztaines , andhill , and affembledtogether , and mor- fhipped them , &e. And this thing warfpred throughall theworld, to fer ve images n itb f rvices different one from another, and to faerif ce unto, and worflaip them. So in troll of time, theglorlout and(arful name (of God) was forgotten out of the mouth of al living, and out of their knowledge, and they acknotrledgedbim not. And there war fiend rut people ofthe earth that knew ought ,faze images of woad and (lone , and Temples of (Pone , which they had beute trained top from their rhildhood,to wot. fhip andEeri e, and to fwcare by their names. And the Wifemen that were among them ar the Priefis and (itch lobe thought there war no God, faze the_pars , and fpberes, for whale fake and in whole liken fd they had made thefe images: but at fir the Lockeczeclafing,rtlrere was no man that acknowledged him, or knew him, fave adim perforas in the wi rÍel; as Enoch, Met hufala, Noe, Sera, andEber, And in this way did the world walke and conserfee, till the pillar ofthe world, to rreet, Ala raltant our father was borate; Mai [irony in Miles. tom.!. treat. 0f Idolatry, e. 1. f. 1, 2, 3. That the heavens and liars were of old,cvorfhipped,both Moles and the Prophets af- ter him fhew,Deut.4.19.Amos 5.26.2 E ing.2/.3, 5. And as the heathen Philofophers counted the heaven a living body,(Arif.de rald.z.c.z.)fo did the wifèft of the Hebrew Rabbles : Al the (tars and all the fph.e; es haze fesirs, and bnowledge,atul nnderf andutg and are living things,and fluid and acknowledge bim robo ford and the wo; ld war, every one according to his great - neff e , and according to his dignity, lauding and glorifjing D him
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