3O GENESIS VI. 3 4 trans ateth it here. Into this fnne, Solomon alCo, fell, 1, king. 11. I, 2. Verf 3. my fpirit:] This is that holy fpirit of Chris, by which he preached in the Patriarchs and elpecialiy in Noe,to thedifobedient fpirits of the old world, I Pet. 3. 18,i 9,2o. 2 Pet.z.5. not pile] or, not judge, that is, not contend in judge - ment,for Co this word is elfwhere alto tiCed,Eccle. 6. t o. and may here import , both contending by preaching, dilputing, convincing in the mouthes of the Patriarchs, (as Nehem. 9. 30.) and by in- ward motions Et checks ofconfclence,which his fpirit gave them for their finnes ; againft which they that ftruggle, fall into the f me agaínf the ho- p Ghaf, delpiting the fpirit of grace, Heb.' 0.29. So the Spirit of God is faid to be tempted, refilled, grieved, AEts 5.9. and 7.51. Elay 63.i o. Ephef.4. 3o. withman]or,homan:imp!ying both the con- tending of the Prophets outward , and of Gods fpirit inwardly; as before is obferved., Here the Church declined,is called man (or Adom)to note their corruptelate. The Gr.tranflateth ir,my Spi- rit fhalknot continue he theft men. The Chaldee pare-, phrafeth, ridi evil' generation£ball not continue bf re mcfor ever: underftanding (as it feerneth) by the Spirit, mans natural! feule and, life, which God would take away by the Flood. he alto] that is, theft a /,which are my peculiar profeffant people. is fiefb] that is, is fefbly not having the fpirit, but walking after their own lots;as Jude,ver. r 9.16. The fjefh and the Spirit, are alto thus oppofed, Rom.7, 5,6. and 8.8q9.Ga1.5.16,17. So the Chaldee here faith, For that they are fief', , and their markesevill. And this is the sate of all men in their firs birth; for that which it borne of the f eft, is fefb, Joh.3.6. 120. yeeres :] meaning, that fo long time by Noes preaching, and - building the Arke, they ftould have fpace given then, to repent, or elfe then to perifh. This longfufferance oförod, the Apofle mentioneth, in 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20. 2 Pct. 2.5. and fheweth the frnnme and end of his preaching to be,that they might be judged according to men in the fl, but live according to God in thefinch , r Pet. 4.6. that is, they repenting and turning unto Chris, the body might be dead becaufe ffinne; but the fpirit be life, becatifi ofrightcoufnfii,Ron1. . i 0. So the Chal- dee here faith , A terme pall be given them of 120. yeeres; ifthg will convert: fo many were the yeeres of Mofes life, Dent. 34.7. Verf. 4. Gyattr] in Hebrew, Nephilint , which bath the fignlfication of faling,as being AJmf ates, fake fromGod:and being fierce and cruel to men, falling on them , (as Job 1.15.) and whom they made by feare and force,to fall before them: filch were men of great ftature,that other men were at grafhoppers in refpe& of them Num. 13.33. The Chaldee calleth them Gibbaraja, that is , mightie nieu ; (and foNimrod was Gibbon , that is, mightie on the earth,Gen. i o.8.)the a reeke nameth them Gigantes , whereof our Englifh is derived, and the Greeke Poets feigned them'to be borne of the earth, noting then, to be earthly niinded,uot caring for heaven : and borne alto of fuch parents. after tbat]that is,as before;fo after God had threatned their deftruEtiotì, that they were not bettered,or brought to repentance. went -in] namely, into the chamber , as is expreffed, Judg. i 5. it and con- fequently , cempaniedwith them : in like fenfeas knowing is ufed before, Gen. 4.1. So David went in to Eatbfheba, PCal. 51. 2. Abram to Agar, Gen. 16. 2. Iaakob to his wife, Genef.29.41. a models phrafe. they bare] to weet,thewomen laic men- tioned : or, they (the men) begat children to them - [eelves. The Hebrew implieth both. mightie men] the Greeke tranflateth this'elfo Giants ; and it feenieth to be an explanation of their former name. men ofname] that is , of renown : famous and renowned. Contrary hereto is men mithotit nome, Job3o. 8. Verf. 5. wickedneiT ] or malice , evil/. every imagination,] or, the whole fiú»ì , the word is gene- rall , for all and every thing that the heart firft imagineth, formeth, purpofeth , i Chron. 28.9. and 29, 18. Luke 1.51. every day] or, all the day: that is, continually. The Greeke tranflateth thus and every one mindeth in bis heart carefully fir evils, all daier. Verf: 6. it repented Jehovah] This is fpoken not 6 properly, for God repentetb nol, 1 Sam.r 5.29. but after the manner of men ; for God changing his deed, and dealing otherwile then before, doth as men dowhen they repent. So I Sani.i 5.11. the earth] hereby teaching , that there was none on earth whom God refpe&ed.So that but for the freondman (Chris) the Lordfoot heaven , (1 Cor. 15.47.) whom Nee beleeved in; the world, had now beene conlumed. So the Hebrew DoEtors, as the Zohar upon this place faith, man on the earth, to except the man above, (or the fuperiour Adam) who wen not on the earth. it grieved him:]The fcripture givethto God , jy,grie, anger ,be. not as any palfions,orcontrary affe &ions,for he is moPfim- pie and unchangeable,]am.i.i 7. but by a kind of proportion, becaufe he Both of his immutable nature and will, fuch things, as men doe with thofepaf lions and changes ofaffe &ions. So heart, hands, eyes, and other parts are attributed to him, for éffeEting Cuch things, as men cannot doe, but by fuch members. God is laid to he grieved for the corruption of his creatures : contrariwife, when he reftoreth then by his grace,he rejoicetb in them, Efa.65. i 9. Pat. 04.31. Of there phrafes fpoken concerning God, the Hebrew Do&ors write thus : Fora fmutb at it it cleare, that ( God) ». no corporal' or bodily thing; it is ay; cleare , that not any ca- porali accident (or occurrencett) cloth befall unto him: neither compofttion, nor divifon, nor place, nor make , nor going up , nor comming donne , nor right hand , nor left band, nor face , nor back -parts , nor fitting , nor larding: neither beginning nor ending, nor number of yeeres; neither it he changeable , for nothing can caul him to change. Neither it there in him death, or life , at the 1 f ofa corporal] living thing : nor folly, nor wifdome, according to humane mifdome ; nor leepe, nor waking, nor anger, nor laìtgbter, nor loy, nor griefs, nor pence, nor fptech, at the formes ofAdam fpeake, be. but all theft, and the tike th,ñgs fpoken of him in the Lam and Propbets, are parabolicall andfigurative. As when it 5 //D/llllstumw .. .
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