6o GEN ESIS XV had tent, whereby he was moved to beleeve , it is faid that bit floirit revived, Gen. 45.27. And Paul frith, that faith is the ground (or wnfidence f things boiled for, the evidence of things not feene, Heb.11. 1. in Iebovah] the Greeke tranflateth, be beleeved Gad, and fo the Apoftles cite the words,Ro .4.3. Gal. 3.6. Jam. 2.23. be imputed it] that is, God imputed that beleefe. The Greeke (which alto the Apoftle followeth)faith,it was imputed: (or thought, counted ,effeemed.) fir jufifce]or, righteoufizek the word for , is added in Greeke, and by the A- poftle in Rom. 4g. and elfewherein the Hebrew, PIA. 1 06.31. which alto in repeating things ex- preffeth fuch words wanting,as lebeith,in the hasp', Jer. 5 2. 17. which in 2 King. 25.13. was written only, Ixith,the baufee. Now of this the Apoftle in- ferreth , To him that wórketh , the rewardit not impu- aed(or reckoned) ofgrace, but (debt: but to him that ' worketh not , but beleeveth on bins that jullifieth the un- godly , hit faith it imputed for jufficc, Roman. 4. 4, 5. where he maketh Abram to be in hintfelfe ungodly, (or impious) as having been an idolater, Jof.24.2. and Still without glory of workes before God, Rom.4.2.but counted jute for hisfaith in the pro- mires of God, (verf.21,22.) adding, that it n not written for his fake alone, that it was imputed to him, but far us alto, to reborn it f fball be imputed, if wee beleeve en him that raifed up Ieftu our Lord from the dead, Rom. 4. 23, 24. Verf. 7. from Vr] This fheweth that Abram was 7 particularly called at thedrft, though Motes ex- prefed it not, Gen. 11.31. and Stephen rightly gathered it from this place,and from Jof..24.3. as from thewords of Abrams fecond calling,Gen.5 2 s. he gatherethwha,t were the words of his find calling, A &.7.2,3,4. Of this Vr, fee Gen. 11.28. 9 Verf. 9. Take unto me] that is, Takeand oerunto me: fo the Chaldee tranflatcth,Offerbefore me: and Gçn.48.9. take them to nee, is bring them; fo in Exo. z 5.2. and often : and, thou hail taken g f s, Hal. 68. t 9. is expounded by the Apoftle thou (toff given gifts, Ephet 4, 8, a three yowling] or, a trebled heiff'er : hnt the Greeke tranllateth, a three-jeerling bouffer. Howbeit the Chaldee Paraphraft faith, three hrfffers, &c. the Hebrew fignify ing trebled, or thïrded, is indifferent to either; but the fir{t fecns- eth fitted here. Some take it for dividing into 3. parts: but they were parted in the mids,verf.l o. aymg pigeon] the Hebrew word is ufed in Dent. 32.11, for Jong Eagles: but the Chaldee here bath bar jonab;a)ong dote ; and the Greche hath adore: and thus a11ò it accordeth with the law in Lev. s . 14. whereyong doves are exprefly mentioned. And as there,all offrings were either of beeves,or ff eep, or ofgoats,of turtles ór yong daves,Lev.1.2,5 o,14,1ò here they arc all commanded to Abram.And figu- red out his children that fhould be flaine as facri- fices, and mortified by of iecions foure hundred yeeres, as God after expoundeth it,in ver., 3. for the facrifices 6f beads, fignified our more rcafo- nable fervice of Cod, Rom. 12.1. Efay 66.20. Romans 15. 16. 10 Verf 10. and gaze] that is, laid, or put. eteryInes part) or, half.: Hebr.man his part : but IA, man , is every one, and is fo expoundedby Paul, in Heb.8.1 I.from Jer.31.34.and is applied to all o- ther things as well as to men : here to beaks and birds : and in Efay 36:18, to the Gods of the Hea- thens. Theparts were laid afunder one againft another, as fhoulder against 1houlder, leg against leg; with a fpace to goe between, vcrf. 17. God hereby fignifying , that the afiftion of Abrams feed fhould be ordered foby his providence, that after the time limited , they fhould be reftored one part to another; as the bones of the people fcattered in Balyhn, came,againe together, bone to bit bone,Ezek.37.7,tI,54. partednot] according to the law after given , which bade it fhould be cleaved with the wings thereof, but not dividedafunder, Levit. s. 57. Verf. s s. thcforvles] ravenous birds, as Eagles, Kites, &c. which prey upon dead bodies. Figu- ring the /Egyptians and enemies of Abrams feed, which fhould feek to devoure them. So the Kings of Babel and IEgrpt, are likened to Eagles, Ezek. ' 17.3i7,5 2. and the Fowles are called to eat of fa- crifices, Ezek.39.10.Rev.a9.s7,58. And the le- rufalemy Paraphraft expoundeth the Fowles tobe the Monarchies that aftiicfed Ifrael. huffed them] drove them away with a wind or blowing,as the Hebrew importeth. So Motes and Aaron faced Ifrael, from being devoured by the /Egyptians, Exodus 7. &c. Verf. s z. going] or, togoe down : that is, about or ready to fit : Hebr. es goe in. a deep- fleepe] The Greeke called] it an extafie , (or trance,) fò Gen.z. 21. The Hebrew Do &ors obferve,concerning vi- lions (hewed to the Prophets, that they fins, no pro- pheticall vifion, but by dreame, or by night vifron; (Num. 12. 6. and zz. 19, 20.) or by day, after that a deeps - ¡hope war false upon them, (Daniel to.9.) And ati that prophef-ed , their joynts trembled, there remained no f rengtb in them ; and their thoughts were troubled, and the mind was left changed, to underfrand that which was (ere: asisfaidofAbram , and loeaterrour,agreat darkñef e fill upon him : and of Daniel, my vigour was turned in me into corruption , and .1 retainedno f rength, Dams o. 8. Maimony in Iefudei hatorab, ch.7. fe &.2. But they except Mofes,as the Scripture alfo doth, Num. 12. 7, 8. a terrour] this and the darknef e following, shadowed out alfothe great difcom- forts that Abrams children fhould have, by the vexation of their enemies : as Davidand others, contplaineofthe like in their aflfiftions, Pfal.55 4,5,6. and 88. 7.17. So the Ierufalemie Paraph raft applieth this vilion to the kingdoms of Babel Ma- dai, lavan, and Edon (that is Rame) which fhould bring Abrams children into bondage. Verfs3. knotving know] that isAnawaffuredlly:fee 13 Gen.2.17. not theirs] meaning Egypt Zkléfpota- mia, and Canaan it felfe ; wherein they were but fi rangers, Gen. 17.8. Pfal.1o5.11,12. and therein affli&ed,Gen.z 1.9. & 26.7,14,15. &c. but chiefly in. A!gypt. 400. yeere] which began when If- mael tonne of Agar the /Egyptian, mocked and perfecuted /flak, Ge11.21.9.Gal.4.29,1vhich fell out thirty yeeres after the prbmife, Genet. tì.3. which promife was 430. yeeres before the Law, Gal. II I2 SionfIRNffiR II7 jNUAW"
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