\ Chap. 4· the hjnftle to the qalatiaiu. l97 approo~·e rbe polygam,eof rhe fathers, or A bondman ;tluotherofafrtnmnan,and thereco:n:nend it, bur did onely ro!Jerate1r, ·a3 a (ore afreeman, andrhe hetre. Heere it may letTer eUJII for rhepreuenrmgofagreater. be dcmaunded, how the fame perfon can bee This rollcr;rion •ppeare'S, in t.hat God eo !Jl. bothawifeand abond woman? A11r'N~r. Amauoded 1 thAttbt K'~f m:~J1dot multip!iehu mong the heathen (as alfoamong the!ewes) TPiM", 'D:ut, t7.17. and rhatthechild ofthe there were rwo forts of wiues. Of the fir!I Vxorrn:ater bared wife, "(thougb fhee be the fecond wife) kmde were they' thatwereioynrgouernours familias. tfl!be fir!l·borne, fhalbetke hcire, 'Deut,2 I. of the family with the husband, and rhcy t;, Thei <>ccalhna oftbts wllera!lon were were called millrclfes of rhe houfe. Of the VxorVfuarwo. One was, adefireinthe P.uriarchcs to fecond fort were they, thar ferued oncly for ria~ multiply their poflcritie ,' that 1f 11 were pof· propagation, and werein all other refpeth lible,the M:ffias might defcend oftheir l1)1e. as feruants or flrangers. Oc rhefirfl kmdc, Thcfecondwas, thecommoncu(lomcof wasSt~ra; and ofchcfecond,HAg•r,andKt".. men in the can countries, who made no mat· turlf. terofittomarrymanywiues: and common Thef<eond differenceof the childrenwu cuffomebredacommon errour, and acorn· this. One, thac I:S I[m.1d, hi'& bort~e afur tiH moo.error, bred common ignoraace, where- B fi'$, that is, by the flrength ofnacw e, and by that ~rhich was indeedc a lin11e, was efleeaccordmg to the Acfbly counfd ofSar•,who mednolinne. did fobflitute Ha{ar into her owne roome. It may be obieeled,ifrhe hauing ofmany The other, namel,y lfaac', "'"' 6on" bJ the wiues were an offence, that AbrAhA~· and promi/e, that is, according to the order of the reff of the holy Parriarches l10ed and dinature, yet not hy the flrength ofnacurc,but ed in aGnne without repentance: becaufe we by the vertue ofthe promife ofGod. finde oothino in Scripture teaching their reIn the birth of Ij.,.-1 Sara" defirc was penraoce for~hiS linnc. Anfw. Know~e fins good, thanhe promife of God might be ac· roquire particularrepemance : but >ffmnes co:npliOJed: but the meaneswascarnall,the be vnknowne, or vnconliJered, by reafon fubf!l!ution of her bandmaid~. This is the that men are carried awaywith a[way of the condition ofthe godly: they entend and de· times(as the ParriarcheS\vere) a gencrall reOre the befl things, but they faile in the ma· penrance fufficerh,P{al. t9.1>. ncrofdoing. The fplrlt llirres vp good mo. Againe, it may bee allcadged, that AbMrions, and the Ac01 corrupreth them. Pa11i ham.. rooke Agar by the confent of Sar•. c faith, That ~o w•ll w.uprtfont with him,lmthu An(wer.Thatfufficeth not to make a full ex· rouid not doe that which WIU go~d, M he ought. cufe for Abraham • For if marriage were a This muil caufe vs alwayes to hufllble our meere ciuil contrad:,;s it is madeby t.be confclues for our bcfl workes. fentofmenandwomen, foit mtghtbeedif. Againe, wee arc heere taught not to make foluedbylikeconfent : Butit is moruhena haile to accomplifh ourddires, but when ciuiiJ contrad: : becaufe in the making of a, God promifeth aoy thing,ro wait his lcafure, beude rheconfcntof the pmics, the aurho· and in the meane(rafon to!me in fubiet'bon. ' ritieofGodis interpo[ed: and thereforeSa· S••• With all her ha(le could not preuent rAuconfent (in giwng Agar to Af,,.•h~m) u Godsprouidence. Shehath herdeilrein the nothing,without the allowance ofGod: and birth oflfmael, bur yet he is borneacc.,rding ; wee may not thinke that God will allow of ro the llefh,ln bondage,and he is nor the pro. thatwhichisdirecHy again!l hisowneordimifed feedc. nance. In the binh of1/aacwee fee the vertue of Thirdly, tt may bcalleadged, that if the thepromi(cofGod, whenitis mixed with hauingofmanywiuesbcafault, then A ira. D our fa.th : forthen it makcsrhings puffible, hamand the reil were adulterers, An(. Not rhat are othcrwifcimpoffible, Matth.17.Zo, fo,thepolygamreofthc fathers is to bee pia. If then wee deGrc any good things at the ced in rhe middle, betwee•eadultery,and hohands ofGod, our Juetie is in filence and pa· lywedlocke. They tooke not willes ofalewd tience to reil on the promifes of God, and mmde, forthcfatisfymg oftheirlufl, but of then our defire n ..u cndeedc bee accomplia confcicnce not.rightly informed in this n,ed. ·pomt. 14, B) the tohich thingr an othtr thing i1 I The euent vpon the faCl of Ahrahamwas, m~ant.For thefe motht'rs ll.rt' the t'A'o Tt'jiaments, thlt hi<t1vo wiues bare him two fonnes. He thtOne ( A>bich uAgar) ofmoHnt Sina, which had mdeede morcfonnes byKerura, GenejiJ gen.Jreth to hmdage. · ·~··· burrhefe two, lfm•eland If••< areon- ~s. For Ag4r,orSinA, U_amoHntllm!inAly here mentioned : beciufeby the fpeciall r4hi4, Andit dt~f~treth to lerH(flltm which now appoyntment ofGod, they wereordained as u, andfoe iJ In bo,d~tge -with berchildren, types ortrue belceue",and hypocrites:readc The application of the former hiflorie Rom.9.7,8. . heere beginneth: and thefen(e of the words The condition of the two children is fer ts. .Another thin,~ meant] the words ara rhm: forrh,bv a doublediif.rence.Thefirfl is,thar Thtfnhing_sar;fPokfn hr a• allegnrie : that t>, on~w.ubl)rlf~6{4 bo11d~n1tunA", and therefore ~ one thmg IS fa1d,and another thing is meant. Tw(t
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