.Df////%ID,! l'1111fifi 53 Abram is comforted, G E N E s is X V, and juflified by faith. rie, and fware this oath: for there are joyned to- , her, Plà1.132.2. Jndg. t 1.30. &c. 3 Verl. 23. //from a [breed] An unperfe& fpeech, u /cd in oathcs : for, If I takee froma [breed that is, I mill not tzle Co much as a thrid,or a (hoe- latchet. So God iware, If they fhall enter into my reff,Pfa1.95. is. which is expounded by the Apicole, that they fhn4d not en: er, Hcb.3. ix i 8. and Ch. ift faith, if a figue be giver[ to this generation, Mark. 8. 12. which another Evangelid explaineth thus,a frgne f call not be given, Mat.t6.4. See after inGenef. 21.23. and than fhalt not] or, as the Greeke tranflateth, that thon maiff not fay. 24 Verí 24. Save,] or, Except ; fo the Greeke and Chaldee alto tranilateth. Sonie expound it; Ir (hall not be with mee; or, Farre be it from »tee. yang men] thole trained fouldiers,verf14. This word is not álwaies meant of age, but often of fervice and minificry, though they be men of ripe yeeres : as Efth.z.2. Exo.2a4.5.& 33.11. So Inch as one Evan - gelift callethyong men andyong maids, Luke 12.45. another calleth fellow- fervano, Mat. 24.49. I z 3 4 5 6 7 9 CHA1.. XV. t , God incouragetb Abram. 2 , Abram complain - etb for Want of an beire. 4, Godpromifc h bim a fume, mil feed at the fiarres of heaven. 6, Abram beleesetb God , andio in{hficd. y, Canaan is promifed againe, to be bid inb,ritana , andcanfirmed by a fine , 12, and by a vifron. 13, The pilgrimage and afflifliat of Abrams feed,foretold, and limited. 18, Together with the cove- nant, the largçnefji ofthe heritage it deferibeel Ffter there things , was the word of Jehovah unto Abram in a vifion; fay- ing : Feare not Abram , I am a fhield to thee; thy reward (bdl6a exceeding great. And Abram Paid; Lord Jehovih , what wilt thou give me, and I, goe childlefle: and the Reward of my houle is this Eliezer of Da- maskus. And Abram Paid, Behold to me, click haft not given feed : and loe the bonne of my houle; is mine heire. And behold, the word ofJehovah came unto him,faying, This (ball not be thine heire : but, hee that (hall come out of thy bowels, bee (hall be thy heire. And bee brought him forth a- broad; and laid, Look now toward the hea- vens, and number the (caries, and ifthou be able to number them : and he laid unto him, fo (hall thy feed be. And he believed, in Je- hovah: and he imputed it to him, fir julcice. And he laid unto him : I on Jehovah, that brought thee our, from Vr of the Chaldees, to givethee this land , to inherit. And bee Paid ; Lord Jehovih, whereby (hall I know that I (hall inherit it t. And he raid unto him, take unto thee,a three - yeerling heiffer,and a three - yeerling f17e- goat ,'& a three- yeerttng ram ; and a turtle-dove, and a yong-pig on.. And he tooke unto him all there, and parted them in the midit, and gave every ones part, again(I his fellow : and the birds he parted not. And the fowles came downe, upon the carkeifes : and Abram huffed them away. And the Susine was going downe , and a deepe - fleepe fell upon Abram : and loe a terrour , a great darkneffe , fell upon him. And he Paid to Abram;knowing know thou, that thy feed (hall be a ftranger,in a land not theirs; and (hall ferve them, and they 1hall afidt them, foure hundred yeeres. And al- to the n Lion, whom they (hall ferve , ; will judge: and afterward they (hall come odt, with great fubiance. And thou (halt come 15 unto thy fathers, in peace : thou (halt be bu- ried, in a good hoary-age. And the fourth 16 generation,they (hall returne hither : for the iniquity ofthe Amorire,is not perfeétly -full as yet. And the Sun was going - downe, and 17 there was a darkneffe:and behold,afmoking oven, and a lampe of fire, which palled be- tweene there pieces. In that day, Jehovah y$ ftroke a covenant with Abram, laying : To thy feed , give I this land , from the river of /Egypt, unto the great River, the river Eu- phrates. The Kenite, and the Kcnizite, and the Kadmonite. And the Chethite, and the Pherezite, and the Rephaims. And the A- morire, and the Canaanite, and the Girga. rite, and the Jebubste. IO II I2 13 14 Annotations THefthings :] Hebr. Chef words: that is, theft things jalten of: for a word, is generally uled for any thing mentioned in fpeech or writing, or whereof fpeech maybe: the like is in Gen. t 9.22. and 24.40. So an unekane word, that is, thing: Le- vit. 5. 2. anevil! ward , for, an evil!thing, Dent, 17. 5. and many the like. in a vifron] or a fight: the Chaldee faith, in prophefie : the Greeke , in a vifon of the night : which the 5. verfe confirmeth. Pro- phets of old,were called Seerr,2 Sam.24.11., Sans. 9.9. and a prophefse is named a zifon, Flay 1.1. for to his ProphetsGod fpake by vilìons,Num.t 2.6. and Abram is of God himfelfe namedaPrephet, Gen. 20. 7. fare not] that is be not difmayed, or overcome withfeare r fo fear, not, Mat. 28. 5. is , be not affanied, Mark., 6.6. The Prophets were fomctime terrified with su ions, as Dan. to. 7, 8, 11, 12. though this may alto imply other dilcomforts, which Abram had, as his anfwer fheweth. a fhield] that is a prateilion as the name of a fL field in the Hebrew figni fieth : fo the Greeke faith , I will proteil thee: the Chaldee paraphrafeth,my word (ball be thy flrergtb. A like promilè is to all Gods people, 79 20 21 1 / /Or //MS181111111/
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