Cafi tu rJc B k I 0 es o on ctence. l., 00 e.r the manner ofdie EgyptianPyr,.,Udn, wider A Ifrael , isfomtrimc• pur for a true worfhipper bdow,and narrower abouctowards the top. ofGod,rhar is, for him that is alewnorwirhAnd by this meanesirisprobable, nor on<ly our,bur wirhin,nor in rhe letter,bur in the (pithatthey might containe a great company, •ir,Rom. 2.29·Thus our Sauiourfaith ofNa. bullhatallthofewhich !load about the fides, rhaniel, Ioh.,1.48. Behold alrNt /ftadttei• and vpontheroofe, might very well behold whom' u nof.Nilt, that is,a man ofan vprighr what Sampfon did below l fpecially conGdeheatt,rhar eru<rh God in fpirir and in rrurh. ring that he itood in the midde£1 ofthe TheaAnd•in this fenfe Iehofhaphar might' be rerrer,berwcene the twomiddlepillars. med kingoflfrael 1 becaufe he ivas aking ond Picet.u. The twelfth Allegation, t,Sam.t6',tl).&c. patron ofall true worfhippers of God, For it isfald that Dauid played before Saul, and euen then theIfraelitesforrcd rhemfelucs tO· that Saul knew him. Bur chap. 17. ss.when geeher, and the godly among them came to hewasrofighrwith Goliah, Saul knew him liuevnder him in Iudah,though rhedi£lintlinot,HereiSa plaine conrradidion in the Aon ofrhc kingdomcs did £lil remaine. rheifisiudgemcnr. • The fourteenth Allegation isout of A[l, Obictl.•4· A•[w. This fort of men doe fhll be•·ray B 7.16.where the PaptGsand Atheifls alleadge their grolfe ignorance, both in the matter the Scnprure to be con trarie ro it fclfe,m that andinrheordcrof Scriptur<, For the word there irfairh, Abraham bought a fieEJ of£. ofGod doth not a!way fer downc thmgs, as mor,whcnas,Gen.J3·l9.thdameficld was they foJJow in order of ume iuCl one after an bought by.Iacob. other:burfomctimeit doth anticipate, put· A"(>v,t ,Some fay that there isafault, beringfuch things in former hifl.ories~as~rcalcaufe Abrahams name is put for Iacob.Yet readie done and accomph(hed, \VtJ!chtn re· nota fault ofthe Btblc, but ofthem thatwrot gard of their euent 010uld be related afiCrout the Btblc.Neirher doth this diminifh the ward.Somctimeagaiflcir vfcthbyrccapirulaauthoritic ofScripturc 1 though the pen-men rion to declare rhings as followil)g-in order of did erre and Oippe in writiog,folongaswe time,which docfJropcrly belong to a.former may find outthetruth by Scripture. narration,. An e<ah>plc ofthelatter'(to omit z.lf•(w,Tharrhi• fidd was bonght twice: many other tbJt might be brought) is the fidl by Abraham ,and then afterward recote,xt allcdged. Fortlutparrofrhc 16. chap. uered by Iacob,thar he mighr mainraine his from the 9.verfc to the end,fhould by order farhers potfo(!ion. ofhi£lorie follow the '7·" will caoly appea,c J. An(. ThatAbrahamsnameishereput by comparing the place.And the likadt(pla- c for his pofl:eritie, as Ifcacls name is other~ cioS ofthings fa id and done, is clfe-where to whereglUm to hiscbtldren, yea not only to be tound in theScraHurcs.Wh1ch bemgcon~ his children,but alfo to his fathers, Ifaac, and Gdered , rhe Athet s fuppofcd ContraditliAbraham. Fat Exod, u .40. i!IsC.id, Thraoo,falls ro the ground. For Dallld wasto fight bodeofthrchildrmof !Jrad whlle th'} dwelt in woth Goliah before he played before Saul, EgJpt,"WM430. y~~trn, whichcannor be true, and thom~h he was not rhcn kno\vne,yet Saul ''nlctTe rheabodeof Abraharn and Ifaa. be after that time tooke better knowledge of therein included. Now ifthe nameofthefuc0 him. cetfour may begtuen tohis aunce£lors, much Obic:l't,t3· The rhirteentb Allegation is out of :, moremayrhehameofrhe auncdlorsbegiCron.: t.:.where the Papill play<s the right uen ro the polieritie. AtheiG ,ingoingabout to improouc rhcorigfnallcopies. There (faith he )Iehofaphat is CHAP. llii. called king ofifrad ,when as indcede he was king of!udah, and fa is he called in the forOJRel>gion, met booke of Chronicles. In like manner D Ahazistearmed king ofJ(racl, :.Chron,z 8. 19.wherea; the truth is,he was king of!udah. THe third ~ellionconcerning man, as " Anf. Afrertbe death of Salomon the kinghe Gands in relotion toGod, isrouching dome was dcuidcJ,and the tenne tribes were Religion,where it is demanded: c.allcd Jfracl, and the other two Iudah and f/Vhat is that 1\eligion, \B,mamindid bearerhe name ofludah.Now after rhe JiuHion, for feme rime the nameof th:Jt isclue-vnto the true qod: trrJ.cl common to both fiJe!l, wasgiuen to eiAn(. The name Rebgion,is not alwai:s ra~e.n kher ,and both ware named afrer ir. And in hi• rcfpcCl Iehofhaphat,and Ahaz .may be in one and the famcfen[c. For (omeumett IS !rearmed kings oflfrael. Agame,tne name of v!ed,tofignifiethewhole bodie of doClrine, lfracl (undric tiil1~sio Scripture, a!ld namely re~:~ea!Cd in thcwrirren word, thott teachcth in'the Prophets, i9 taken onely for rhe two and prcfcrib<th,whatfoeucr is robebeleeued Tribes, which bare the name of Iudah afrer or pratlifed,no necetlaryrofaluallon. Otherrhc defeClion. And rhus alfo might Abaz whiles it Is pur forthe mward verrue of the. haue that n11mcgtuen vnro. him, 'though he ~1 inde whererhcfame dotlrineis belccued, were king of!udah. Furthermore, rhe word and th; dutlesrherin required,l:'ratlifed,and per-
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