6 7 GENESIS XVI. beare the punilhmene thereof from God. Thus it accordeth with the words following : and fo 7harg. Iernfalemy explaineth it : my jttdgme>rt andmy abrafe , are delivered into thy band. judge] or will judge , if thou looke not to rcdreffe it. But the Greeke tranflates it prayer-wife, the L9rd judge. The fpeech argtieth her great patriots, as the like in Exod.5.21.Iudg.1 i.27.1 Sam.24.13,16. V.6.is in] or, be in ay band, that is,in thy own power to corre& her. good] that is, pkafing: as the Greeke tranflateth, life ber ae ple efeth thee. So in Gen.45.16.and often : on the contrary, evil in thy eyes, is difpleafing,Gen.28,8. afifled] to humble her,and abate her pride. This féemeth to be by rough handling,or (tripes ; for a fervent will not be correlled by words, Prov.29.19. Thee fled] as impatient of correfion, whereby the ad- ded/in unto fin , for the Ihould not have left her place, EccleCio.4. nor bereaved Abram of his child in her body : therefore the Angell fended/ her home againe ; verc9. But hereby the diffe- rence betweene the two mothers, (the Lawand the Gofpel) was alto figured. Verf.7. Angel] fo named of the Greeke Agge- lor : in Hebrew Maleac, by interpretation a tllef- fnger, or Legate, one Pent and imployed in any worke, whether of God or men. And thofe fine of Ged, were fometimes men, as Haggai is called the Lords Angel (or Meffenger) Hag.8.t.I3. and Iohn the Baptift, Ma1.3. i. Mac. s i . t o.and gene- rally the Lords Priefts under the law, Ma1.2.7. and Minifters under the got-pet , Rev. n .20. But in fpeciall , Angels are thofe heavenlyfpirits, and Eerie flames, that are wife, 2 Sam. 4.2o. and excel infirengtb,Pfal. 103.20. which are all minifiring fpirits, lint forth in miniflerie, far them who fhall bee beire, of falvatien Hebr.1.7.14. And here this Angel was tint , for the good of Abrams family. The Hebrew Doi`iors opinion of Angels is, that they are (effential I) formes created, without any materiall fubflance or body.And wheras the Pro- phets fay, they taw an Angel like fire, and with wings, &c,it is all fpoken of prophetical( vifion, and by way of darke-Farable. Alto, that the An- gels are lower and higher one than other : not in highneffe of place, as when one man fits above a- nocher, but as we fpeake of two wife men,which excel I one another in wIfedonie,that that man is higher then this. Likewife that there are tenne names that Angels are called by,and accordingly ten degrees of them : and the tenth calledMen, are the Angels which fpake with the Prophets, &appeared unto them in prophetical) vifions,for which cattle they are called men,as Maimony (hew- ed' in Mifneb,in lefudei hatorah chap z. That there are even ten degrees of Angels the holy Scriptures thew not: but degrees there are, as the Apoftle me<ttioneth.Angels, Principalities, Powers, T"brones,.- Dominions, Rot/1.8.38, Co1.I.16. Howbeit we are warned, not to intrude into thofe things which we have not (-eerie, Colofz,i8. Sometime this name Angel is given to Christ himfelfe,who is the A:gel of tbe Covenant, Mat.3.s. and of Gods face, Efay 63.1. in whom Gods loam: It, Exod,z3.20. 6; And this Angel which here found Hagar, fpeak- eth as God, I mill multiply, v.ro. and fhe calleth him Iebevab, verfe I. of Shur,] that is, lea- ding towards Shur,which was aCsty in the wilder- nelfe between Canaan and Egypt , called the de- fire ofSbrer,Exod.s 5.22.wherein was leant of wa- ters. So that Agar was fleeing into her native Countrey : and in this wilderneffe, her pofteritie after dwelt, Gen. z 5. t 8. Verf.9. bumble] or jubmit tby fe/fe. This word is alto ufed for humbling our lelses before God, with prayer, failing, and luffering aflli &ions, as Helt.B.zt. Dan.to.sz. s King. 2.z6. Iam.4.to, r Pet.5.6. And as it is the duty of all fervent; to bee fitbmilfe, Tit.z.9. I Pet.2.18. fo the Law ( which is Agar myfticallyy) is as a fervant to the Covenant of Grace inChrift; under c¢hich all ought to fubmit themfelves to thejuftice of God, Rom, Io.3;ßa1.3.24, Vera o. multiplying I will multiply] that is, I will furely much multiply , fee this phraiè noted on Gen.2.17. Here the Angel fpeaketh in the per- fon of God.: and prophefieth of the many, that fhould be Agars feed both in the flelh and in the allegorie, that fhould feeke for jultice by the works ofthe Law:as did theIfraelites,Rom.9.3 s, 3z.and í0.2.3.2I, Vests I. Palo Beare,] or, (halt very fhortly bring forth. Theoriginaliword implyeth both the time prefent and to come; noting the foone accom- plithment. So its Iudg.13.7, Ifmael,] that is, God hash beard, to weet, thy aftii &ion. This (hews eth the effe& of the law, which was added becaufe of tranfefons, Gal.3,i9. and giveth knowledge of puce, Rom.3.20. and fo eaufetb wrath, Rom 4.s5. wherby the confcience being aflhi&ed,calleth up- on God for grace,and is heard,Rom.7.7,8-24.25 Ga1.3.24. heard : j or bmrkened unto , mea' ning the praiers made in her affli&ion: as the Chaldee tranflateth it bath received thy prayer. Vert i z.a man like a Wilde ate,] or, as the Chal- dee expoundeth it, a wild -affè among men: the Greeke faith onely, a wild man. This was fir(i ac- complilhed in Ilïnaels perfon , who dwelt in the wilderneffe, as a talvage, and was a warlike man, Gen. 21. 20. and the Ifmaeliies mentioned in Gen. 37.1.5. are there by 7bargum Ierufalemy cailed[Sarkain]Saracens,that is by interpretation ]beeves or Robbers. Spiritually this fignified the wilde and fierce nature of man, which by the law cannot bee tamed, but is made more rebellious ; for rebel the commandment commeh : finite revizeth, and worketh death in us, ly that which i, good, ¡bat firme , by the Commandement , might become exe,eding finfu /l, Ront.7.9.13. The mild af, lveth in the wilderneffe and mountaines, is a beaft of an untaa tried nature, and unferviceable to man, lob 39.8, 9,16,11. therefore the Prophet likeneth rebel- lious Ifrael, to a an/day, ter.2.24.and the nature of the wide af,is oppoicd (as fignifyiug our un- regenerate eitate) to the nature of a man, in Iob t t .12. And as here Ifmael and his off- fpring are called ofthe Angel,Pherc Adam, a Wild-4i Man : fo Ifrael on the contrary are names( by the G 9 IO II I2 :'
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