o bicCt:.r. I )_ 58 Cafes ofConjcience. 2.Booke. of tlmfe thmgs which we ore not bound to A lodged in the Atke. And the bea!ls of thJ know.And this was in ChriO:for he was igr.o· eanh,(fucb becingexcluded, os were bred ei· ranr ofthe fig~ trees bearing fruit:& heknew ther byacci~enraiJ gtneranon, <lsMules; or not the day ofmdgmcnt, as he wa! man.And byputrefaction as ferpcnts, and other Clce. this alfo was io Eue, not'theoth<r. ping things,which might afterwardbe rdlo. The fifrobieClion,isabnuttheAtkc,Gcn. red in otner creaturouhat were preferued,) 6.15.God commaundcd Noah to make an thoughformulritudcaodgreatnelletheyexArkeof3oo. cubirslong,of5o.cubitsbroad, celled thereil, yet (asfomcwritc) thereare of and of JO.cubits high.This Atke,(aith the them in all norabouean 15o. dillinct kmds. Atheill,bcingfofmal avdfell,could not pofAnd though there were as many more nor fihly containctwo ofcuery fort of creatures, knowne,yet in probabilnie,rhey could not be with their foode,for thefpace ofayeare. either n1any or grear. And of thoferhat arc The fir!l author ofthis cauilJ,,vasAp'U" great,thcrearethoughr nor to be aboue 40, the hcteticke,that cauilled with Chn!lians akindes. bout the Arke.And the anfwer isasancient., Now though it begronted, that therewere tbeheriue:namely, firO that the cubiteofthe in tl1e ArkCjoo. di(linct kindsofbeafls, yet arkc mull bevndcrflcod ofthe Egypt1an cu- B rh1s number compared with rhe roome,it will bite,whtchis,wirbfome,- (Jxefootc, & with oeaGiy appeare,that there might beallottedfo rhers)ninc_foore,by which mc~furc chc arke e~cry k1_ud~,in on_concly C1orie so. fquarccuwould be m length halfe a nu le arrhc !call: btts,whtch mallltkelthcod might well foffife And by rh" meanes, any man may fee apof. them all one with another,fpeciallyfecing all fibiluic in reafon, that the Arke might conwere nor ofan equaJI greatneife:and thcrforc rain~ ,and prefecue all creatures, with their fame might haue rharor more fj'acc, &fame fodder,androometo fpare. lctfe. Allrhefe things duly conudered, the The fecondanfwetls,that os the !ewes had velfell beeing offuch capacirie, might corn· a fl1eklc of the fa.nt!uarie; which was greater prchend all thofe be.tlls, and many more to· then the ordmarie fl1ekJe ,fa they had be£idc gcthcr w!ththeir prouifion for a longer rime the ordin:~;ry cubirc, afacrcd cubit, the cubit then ayeare. Other doubts touching thit hiofrhcfantl:uarie,whc·reofmention is made in Clorie, ofletiCmomcnt, I ornitJ andpatle to the prophrcie ofEzechicl,Chap 40 and that rhene<t. was bigger by the balfe, then rhc ordinatie Thdixr Allegation, isout of Gen. 11.9. cubire.And by this meafure,fomefay,theark wherelfm,ael is faicl ro mockelfaak when he was m:dc.Buc both thefe anfwen arc only C waswainedlatwhich tune IfmacJ was 6fteene conica:uralt, wtthout good ground in the, ycarcsofageatthc lea(l. For he was borne Swprucc. ·o• when A braham was 8G.yeares old, Gen. 19. To rhem th~refore I adJcarhitd.In the and lfaak was borne, when Abraham was a· daies ofNoah, the Oatureofman was farre boutan hundred,Gen.z I. 5· both which put bigger tbc:n it is at this day,AndJooke as the rogether make 14.yeares,whcrero oneyeare tla1ure of man was greatc and Jarge;fo was bccJogaddcdlbcfcrelfaakwaswained,makes thecubit proporrionall thereto; conrainmg vprhc age of!fmacl,as before. Andyet after. thclengrh ofthe arme,from the elbow to rbc ward in tbar chapter,v. I4. Hagar isfaid, to longcfl fingersende. And this bccingconGcarrie rhe child in hor armes, and to ea!! him dcred, that the Arke was bUIItl>y that mea~ vndcr a tree, when h~and his morherwerc furc,& nm by the ordinariecubir,:~sirisnow; canour of Abrahams houfc; which argue' i!ll'ill oppeare, thatthe Arhci!l harhsrearly him to hauebeene butalittlechilde: whereas decctued himfclfe,&abufed rhatpm ofGods before he wasfaid tobe I5.yearesold. word :hat declares rhe1lory ofrhc Arke. D An[. A fooli(h cauill,which blind Atheifls Againe, the length ofthis ••elfell, becing doe draw frorn the erroroffome rranflation. 300. cubitS, tr isplainerhar it was fiuc times For rhcrc:xr is pla!oe, that If1miacl with his the length ofSalomonsTcmple. which conmother Hagar,by re,fon of extreame heare rained only 6o.cubirs.The breadth beingsS and drought, wasalmofl dead,wanderingiu itl>as rwifc and a halfe the breadth ofthar, rhcwildcrnclfcofBeerOJeba: and bceing in which \Vas but zo.broad. this cx_r.remitic}fbeccarriedbimnot,but,v.IS. Bclides rhat,it IS to be rerncmbred, that in leJdehtm in her hand,and fer him.downevnthcArke were tbr~e lofts or llorics-, one a· dcr atrcc,and ther-e left him rodic. For in Goue ao other: whereof each conrainc:d 10. thofccountrics ,men for want ofwater, were cubus in he1ghr, and achamber or Roore of atdeaths doore: as wemay fee in the e.xamfiluate n:eafure,tsooo.cubits. plcof Sifera, Iudg.chap.f. I9-and Sampfon, A<> for the crcamrcsthat wereputinro it: cf1ap.I5,18. 1 the Fowlcsofrhcayre, though they were of Thefcauenrh Allegarion,Gen.fJ.8. Judah I many forrs, yet the bi[tgell fort of them , Iofcphs brother cals his brother Bcniamin I ' being the Eagle and h1s kmd, they could nor aJad,or a b'oy, Smd tbctoy withme, &~.and rake vp any very large place for tbcir reGyet rlllS lad(fa1th the Arhctfl)the yeare foJdcncc. fhc Water creaturcs,as fame fowJcs, r Jawing, when he went dotvne lllto Egypt, ~~filh_cs.:_&c. k~p__:_t~ \~atcrs , and were no!_ ~ith~O~lj_~~~~l~l~ .}
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