1.. Boo re. a et o on ctence. 59 children,. Ge"•.41i· >J. How c•n thefe tw]A wirhout exception; bot indefinitely for many' lland together ? or the moll part ofthe cattellthat.were in the An[. Thiscauill ~rifeth from the grotfc igland of.Egypr. " , noraoceofthcAthcill, iotheoriginall rexr, , T~e tenth Allegation. Exod. to. u. wee Ohicd:.zo. For·Beniam.in.is calied illcJ., which wortl reade that.ouo of the plagues was apalpable co~;mooly figoifies n child, bur fomerimes darkencs,and fo great, rhar for rhr<e daies toalfoayoungm~n, Thuslftnaelthatwas •S· gether,oo man euher faw an other,or.r<:>f-c vp vearcsold,iscalledieirJ, alad, Gen. >o. IS. from the place where he fare. And yet,;·. •;. And fo Gen.4.• 3· Lamechfaith, Iwillfi"J d Mofcs is fenr for: and called to come before , m.tninmy woHnd,and[ieled]orAyotmg mafJi;~ my Pharaoh.How il10uld this be, feeingno man ' hurt;that is,ifaman Jhould ..vound me, and a could llirre from histace, nor haue any light young man hurt me, I would ilay him. Now to gocbefore him? or thercwasnonc to be it is notlike, that achild could hurt Lamech. had,the darkenclfe wasfo palpable, and the Neirhor mull this feeme flrange: for the aire wasfo rhicke. mofl valiant men thatDauid and IfiJ!>orbeth An(. I rokeitthc vord[T.hm]v. 14. isto be had,are call<dhannegn.,im, the boies of Ab- B meantthus; thatPharaoh (cmfor Mofcsafner and Ioab,>.Sam.>.l4· and the hke phrafe rcr the darkcncilcwas ended,not by candle or isvfed in other langoages. F:1rthc Grecians other hght in rbetime of dackencl\c. And doccall young men by the name of [w•il",] rhisanliver may very well !land withcut furand the Latines by the name of[f"eri] boyes, thcr exception. or children. The eiN1en<h Allegation.IuJg. 16.29· the Obc:ifl,tl, Obicil,S. The eight Allegation. Exod. 7.iris faid, v. Arheills make a mocke at the hiilory of 19. tharaii the waters in Egypt were turned Sampfon.31fabulous, whereitis f•id, rhar >ll into blood,by Mofes and Aarow and yet, v. rhe Ph:l•llims came together in one houfe,to zz.it isfaid,that the Magirians of Egypt rurmakefport>with him, and onthcroof~ fate ned woterinro blood alfo: which feemes to about 3ooo, pcrfons to behold him while he imply an abfurditie, coortdcringt])arall the plaied :· and yet there were bur two pillars ' waters w·cre ruined inro blood before. whereupon the whole houfe !lood, and thofc A•fw. Some anfwer thus: that the water alfe !landing in the mid!l fo neere together which theMagitiansturned, was newly dig· that a man might reach them both with his ged out ofnew pits,and thcrefore:rheyvnderarmes.Tbis,fay they,ismofl abfurd ,and ima: and the former, of all che waters thatwere c polfible. fecne, and that they onely )were turned into A•f. Although the full refolution ofthis blood.Ot,hers anfwer more 6tly, that rhc wacauill,belongstothem rhathaue •kill in Arrcrs wh1ch theMag1rians changed, were ter~ chitc<'ture; yet rhus much may be faid in ched out ofGorhen,fromamongCI the Ifr~eway ofan(wer: That the houfc might be lites, where thew3ters remain~d pure,& were capableof(o many perfons, & they alfo that nortqmcd,as the other were. Ejrher oftbefe il;>odabout mighr we! fee and behold Sa mpanfwe:s may (atisfie,but [pecially the latter. Con. For firfl, the whole houfe was not fullaiOhictl.9. The ninth Allegation. Exo~..9.6. Mofcs ned by two pillarsonely, but by m>ny more, fairh,thata!l the beallsin Egypt died of the whereofrwowcre the principal!. For in like· murre.n,and ycr,v. '25'. 11 thcfcu,e,hd~plague, llhood the middle part whercon rhe buil11 is fa1d, thcbealls were illeq_w,ith rhu~der, dingwas knittbgerher, from the bottome ro and h01Je,and lightening: both which cannot the roppe, being tile weightiefl ofall,was (up' be true. potted by two maller-pillars. The orhet An(.Fir(lw~mull put a difference between which was more outward, and letfe weightie, a common plague oriudgment, and an vni~ might bevpholden by lelru proppes ,wlllch ucrfali.A comm.oo plague is,when nofort or D Artificers in that kinde call by the name kindefcapeth, but all forrs are (mitten :and offalfe-pillars. Hence it appearerh, thatthe Iofeph An. fuch was the murren.For no mansca_trel were t\VO mainc ones Ganding fo ~11gh togcrhcr,be. tiq.ludaic. free, no kinde of carrell were faued.Burthe mglhakcn, rhe whole houfc together with }.(.C,IO, in vniucrfall is when no particularQf any kinde them mu(! n~edsfall. Neither will thisfeeme fine. isHpmpted;but ~ll d~firoied.,S~th was not flrange, that two pillars lhoilld bcare vp a ' r~is~l~gucJbut fon1eetcaped, a_ni:i\w.ere referbuildwg offuch capacitie; ifwe doe but con· I ucd qrother iudgments that lollpwed,The tidcr wharis recorded ofCnrio the Romane, PlinJl:u:. ground ofrhisdi(linl'lion, is this. The word who deUJfedthe frame ofagreatAmphirhea- [all] in Scripture is often taken indefinitely ter, two parts whereof were fuppc>rted oncly hifi.l,b-J6. tor many.Thusthe Prophet Efay fpeakcs, c, by two hinges; and yer was~foJarge, th:uit c:~:p.:z.i. 66:t.).From m'm~th tomoneth ,.avd(YumS::bath C<)tained the whole peopleofRome.SecondI to SJi/h;th,fudltillflefh cam~ to rrorfi 1 ip hq.1u me: ly, old buildings in rhofe countries were thatis,manyorgrcarmnltitudes. And fo tn 111adeforrhe moll parr, wirh open roofe. AI the New Teflamcnt,Marh.4.t 3.Chrif/ hc.ld gainel they were tuli of windowes on euery I •0d>foafos,that is,many,aucl ofall kinds fame. ~art like vnto great gates: and thar they An~ in like manner the text before alleadnight be the _C)>Ore fit for ught from aboe1e, ged,muil not bctakengencraliy,to include :;all rhcy were reared vp in forne fort aft!:r the
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