C7ENESIS XV. 2 3 S9 people, in Pfal. i 15. 9,10,1ó. great] or,as the guifh them fromform of the asattb,Prov.3 t.2.Job. Greeke tranllateth , fbalI be very mtich. Abram had 19.i 7. See before, GeneC14. i 4.. alto Gen. 17.i2.' TownerighteouGteffe and therefore lliouldreape Jer.a.i4. it mine heire]orinheritetb, that is,.(as a fsithfúll' reward, Prov,. i i . t 8. though he were not the Greeke tranflateth),fbal inherit Mee : fhall poi; enriched by the Kingpf Sodom,Gett.i 4.2 2,25. feffè and enjoy all that Ihave.So to inherit Ga, Jer.49 Verf. 2. Lord] in Hebr. Adottai, which fignifi= i.which is there explained, todwell inks Cities. eth my ftaies,orpiIar¡:implying in it a myftery of Verf4. Aa$ behold] the Greeks turneth it, And 4 the holy Trinity; and fitly fpoken here to God firaight way : it noteth Gods speedy helpe of A- (the Lordof heaven and eartb , Maul 1.25,) who asa 'bramsinfirmity. fhallcome oat] that is, the finite bafe,fuftained Abram in all infirmities. It is writ'- of thine orene body : oppotàd to the finite of the houfe, ten, here with long A. in the end, and fo is pro- or ferimtt aforefaid. So the Chaldee tranllateth,a per to God,having the vowels of Iebavab: when it forme whom thou./bolt beget. A like promife was to is written with afhorta, it is applyed to crew- David, z Sam. . 1z. thy fed after thee which Thal! tures. In the forni fingular Adon,Lord, or fafteiner, come out of tby bowel,/ : for which in t Chron. t 7. it is alto afcribed unto God, the Lord of all the 1 t . is written, which fiat! be of thy fono>es. earth, Pf. 97.5. and in the formeplurali Adonim, as Verf 5. the flarres J w hich cannot by man bee 5 Mali .6. If I be (A.=onim) a Lord, where is my feare l ntimbred, Jer.33.22, onely God cotmtetb their mtm- Iebavih] or God, in Grtcke Lord: this name is u- ber, and calleih them all by names, nil. 147.4. Before fually thus written, when it is joyned with the in Gen.13,s6: Sod promiled hint feed like the daft former .dorm: and it hash the consonant letters of the earth : here, like the ftarresof heaven : that, of Iebovah, and the vowells of .IEbhim, God: and might fignifie his naturall feed; this, his 1piri- where one Prophet writeth Adottai Iebovib , (as tuall and heavenly ; as the Apoftle teacheth us here) 2 Sam.7. t 8.another writing the fame,liith two forts of Abrams children, Rom.9.7.8. ßa1.4. Iekovab IElohtm, r Chron.i7. 16 . It is of the fame 22.24, &c. Hzre:won the Ilìaelites are in Iofephs fignification that Iehevab: whereof fee Gen 2.4. d.eame,and in Dane', vision, called ffarri.-,and the Í goe childief ] bygoing, the Jerufalemy paraphraft bolt. of h'eaven,Gen.37.9. i o. Dan.8. a o. In t_,en. 22. underftandeth ,going out of the world, as tearing hee 17. Abrams feid are compared with the flarresof Mould die childleffe, and fo the promife before kernen, fandof the fda. fòfballtby feed be] and given fhould be fruftrate,Gen.i z.3.and i 3.11.16. fo it was fulfilled in Mofs time, Deut. t. lo. and So alto the Greeketranflateth, I am let depart (as 10.22. and this promife was after renewed to- A- Simeon fpeaketh in Luke z 29.) childleff. The bram,i;en.22.1. and to Ifaak,Cen. 16.4, and in Hebrewwell beareth this fenfe; for, thou /háltgee them to ifael,Exod.32 t3. with tby fathers, i Citron.' 7.t Ids eilpoun ed,thou Vert:6,bebelayed] or, hadfaith. This is thefirlt 6 (halt fleepe (or lie dorm) with thyfathers,2 Sam.7,12. place wherefaitb,or belief is exprefly'Ij oken of in the fleward]or admitrifirator,dtf)enfer ;Hebr.l en me- Scripture; and is found in Abram,called the father fi.elf the fosse of atbttinJration, or of running about; of all beleevers, Rom.4. 11.1 a.16. and bath impu- or f one of leaving: that is, the man that runnes about, tatïon of jufl ire addedto it, becaufe under this pro- and adminiflreib,or to whom Ileace the *tires of mine mile Abram fhw and beleeved h Cbrilt, and it hoof: fisch wee call a Steward. So the Chaldee was before either the law was given, or circum- faith, bar p'arnefaah, that is, fan of feeding,, foverning, cihon ordaited,Ga1.3.16. i 7. Ront.4.1 o. W here - or procuration, meaning the Steward, whole duty is fore Abrams faith is highly commended; in that to give the family their portion of meat in due agai ft hope bee beleeved in hope,' that bee fkouldbecoeo feafon, Luke 12.42. Under this name he may al- the father of many nations, according to that whi'b wai fo intend one to whom he fhould leave his houfe fpoEen, (hall thy feed bee. And being nót weal a in after his deceafe. But Abram had one principall faith, bee confidered not hio time body now dead, being old fervanr, ruler of all that bee had, Gcn. 24. 2. of about an hundredyeares o.'d; or the deadneffè of Saraes whom this feemeth to be meant. womb/ : bee (triggered not at the promife of Godthrough Eliezerof Damaskto]or the Damaskean Ehezer, (as unbeliefe; but was firong in faith, giving glory to God, the Chaldee hath it : ) Damaskus being put for and being fully perfwaded, that what bee bad promifd, manof'Damasitu ,(as Ifrael,t King. i z.1S.is put for bee was able olfoto peifortne; and therefore it warimpu- the Pines of Ifrael, 2 Chron. 1 o. 18.) though faint ted auto him for jupi e, Rom. 4. 18. 2 2. The He- take Damaokus(in Heb,Dammefek) tò be the name brew word for beleezed, neanetli that he thought of a man here. Of Eliezer,(or Eliazar,as the name and trufted the words of God, as fire, certaine,Pa- is written in Exod. 6.25.) is formed Lazar, (by hie and eonfl ant : fo where one Prophet relateth Da- lcavirsg out the fisit letter, as in other countries vide words, be it faithful! for ever, 1 Chrota. 17.23. they tiled:) and in Greek Lazaros; whom Chrilt another writeth, ftabtifb thou for ever, 2 Sam. 7.25. in the Parable maketh to fit in heaven in Abrahams and againe, faithful fhall thy houfe be, 2 Sam. 7. 16. bofome,Luke 16. 23. that is, to banquet with hint, for which,in r Chro.17.14. is written, I will ./h- and next unto him, as Mat. 8.'14011.13.23. blifb him in my boufe. And at beliefe is with the heart, Verf. 3. feed] that is,a child, as the Chaldee ex- Rom.' o. 1 o. fo it is Paid, Ìaakobs heart fainted, for poundcth it. fon of my hole] that is,my houfbold be beleeved them riot, Gen. 45.26. whereby it ap= fervanr, ortmd -man borne-: fo in Eccl. 2.7.Igot men- peareth,that beliefpisa lively motion of the heart, fervants and mamen- fervano, and I bad formes of_,the and fpirit, firmly telling in the things fpoken, boufc : that is,home-borne (laves : fo called,to chitin- When Jaakob font the Waggons which Jofeph h,d
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