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A COMMENTARY OR EXPOSITION UPON The four Evange1i1s, AND The ACTS of the APOSTLES: WhereintheText is explained, force Controver- fies are difcuffed, divers common places arehand- led, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former Interpreters beenpretermitted. Befides, divers other Texts of Scripture which occafionally occur are fullyopened,and the whole fo intermixed with pertinent hi- aories,as will yeeld both plealure and profit to the judicious Reader. Byyobn?rapp M.A. Paifourof Twffonupon Avon in rloceffer/hire. Phil r.zr. Oxly letyour eoavetfationsbeal becometb the GogielofCbrifi. Profetlò aut hocnon tit Evangeliurn, aut nos noufu:nus Evangelici. Tbomae Linaker Anglas. Athenienfes, cam haberent zquifîima jura, fed iniquif ina ingenia s moribus fuis, quám grans no mallenr. Paler. Maxima. LONDON, Printed by, A. M. for 'ohs Belleimie, at the Sign of the three golden-Lions near theRoyall-Exchange, M. DC. XLV I I. ! p =
TO T H E VV O R. S HIP%VLL, His much honoured Friend Colonell l O H BRZV E5, Govërnour f Warwic&CafIe, ¡uíiiceof Peace for the County of Warwick,and oneof the Honourable Committee for the Safety of that County. Worthy Sir, eetNHis book of mine Both at once both crave and claimYour Patronage, for I cannot bethinkme of any one that ( all things confidered) hath bet ter right to it and me, then Your felf. I muff never forget, how that being r ` carried prifoner by the enemies, You foon fet me off by exchange : and after that, being by them driven from houle and home , You received me to haebour ; yea, being driven out of one Pulpit ( where they thought to have furprized me) You prefently put Me intoanother, where I had a comfortable imploimenc, and acompetent encouragement.What hours I could=then A a well
The Epiftle Dedicatory. well fpare from that penfum diurnum, of praying and preaching, I gladlyfpent in thefe Notes upon the New rbtrcid Teftament : as hatingwith the Athenians e y Nor, ¡Wei ne- ,iw ana c uova gorÿ, /èd t . o- arruitleJe feriation ; and holding with Cato, that account ty reddenda eft muff begiven, notofour labour only, but of our leifure ratto.Cic.do alto. For that two-years-fpace ( well-nigh) that! lived Sen. inYour Garifon, I think I may truly fay with Seneca, Scnec. epift. Nullrw mihiper otium exiit dies, partem etiam noiliumflays vendicavi, that I laboured night and day (amidft many fears d ding Cicero. State) Vt and tears for the labouring Church, advitam communem aliquem,faltem franuc`fum blee ferre poffém ; that I might be tome way ferviceable to the Pub- Amos 6.6. like, and to You. And albeit I was even fickat heart fome- ?fly times of the affliclian of7ofeph ; and even ready thorow Cora in Ezech. faintneífe to letfall mypen, as it befell Hierom, when wri- proem. ting upon Ezekiel, he heardofthe Packing of the City of RomebytheGoths : yet as God ( who comforteth thofe zCor., 6. that are cart down) gave us any lucida intervalla ( this laft triumphant yearefpecially) I took heart afrefh to Pet clofer to the work, which now by Godsgrace is brought to forne period : And becaufe I have ever held ingrati- tudea monfter in nature, a folecifme in manners, a para- Camd. Etitab. dox inDivinity, anugly finne (yea, if there be anypone against theholy Ghoft , it is this, laid Queen Elizabeth in a Letterofhersto the King of France) therefore I could doe noleffe thendedicate thispiece ofmypains unto You, towhom I owe fo very much; it being penned (molt ofit) within Yourwalls, andunder Your wing, where I fo long fatand fang, Virg. Ectog. O Melibae, beats nobishac otiafecit. The Stork is faid to leave one ofher young ones, where the hatcheth them : TheElephant to turn up the firft (prig toward heaven, whenhe comes to feed; both out offome atoll, sic 14 z. inflin I ofgratitude. The 'Egyptians are renowned inHi- ílories for a thankful' .people : And the Ifraelites were charged A
The Epiflle Dedicatory. --------r....-._> chargednot toabhorre anEgyptian, becaufe theywere once Deut.z3.7 flrangers inhis land, and had tailedofhis courtefies. The unthankf lland the evil, are fitly let together by our Savi- L°k6.3r, our. And, Ingratum dixerisomnia dixeris, faid the Anci- ents. All that I can do by way of retribution for Your many free favours is, tomake this"publike acknowledge- ment thereofunder mine hand ; that ifany fhall reapbene- fit by what I havewritten, they may fee towhom,in parr, they arebeholden. Now the good Lord that bath pro- mifed a Prophetsrewardtohim that receivethaProphet inthe Mat. 10.41. name ofa Prophet ; He that minißrethfeed to the Ewer, and bath laid, Thatwhefo watereth (ballbe wateredAlfa himfelf: Prov.,,,, s: He that is able tomake allgrace toaboundtowardYou, that You IP/e ptovta e mayaboundtoeverygoodwork : The fame God All-fuffci- Tit, xiantei. ent multiply roarfeecl, and encreafe the fruits of Tour righte- : cor. 9,e,1o, oufnefse, beingenrichedinevery thing to all bountiftelnefe,, , t. which caufeth through us, thank(giving to God. Thisis,and fhall be, Sr,thedaily defireof YourWoríhips, affedionately obfervant lohn Trapp.
cI-,rt ie rs: tt:00 r ..4 0 r, 1 alp The Preface to the Reader. Ccr. 12,7. g .; He manifefation ofthe Spirit is given to every man I Pet. 4. O. toprofit withal!,faith S,Paul. find, asany man hath received the gift, fo let himminifler the fame to o- jitmodtetam- thers, rauhS.Peter. We therefore learn that we raed Prov.Ra5 wfteatigoh,,Apt may teach, is a Proverb among the Hebrews. tArndI binicum, do therefore layin, and lay up, Pith the Heathen, that Imay drawforth condo :7 cow. Again, (Ind lay outfir thegoodofmany. Synetìus/jreaks of rne,Who ha. por..o qua mox v a trea areofrare abilities in them, would afoon part 'idi their bprorrerepofia f p ed77ov áv e-IAs hearts, as their conceptions : the canker ofWhole great skill 'hall be a -ìv Kagdiax ij fmift witnef e againfl them, Howmuch better Auguf}usandAuguflin! zcì dv 7a Y...4 04 Of thefirmer, Suetonius tels us, that, in reading all flirts ofgood Au- Eariad verbii thaws, heski!fxil/y pick,{ out theprime precepts andpaterns ofvalour and excerpta,aut ad virtue, fending thefame tofilchofhis fervants and tsnder.ofcers fir domejticos ant ad exercituum tokens, as he thought they might do ma1goodunto, Andfir the later, provinciarum4 heaccounted nothing his own, that hedid not communicate : andTime. reítorer mitre- where profeffeth himfelfin the number of Chofe, Qni fcribunt proficien- bat,&c.suat.t.L do,& fcribendo proficiunt, ThatWriteWhat they have learned, and cap 8Ma' learn etmoreb Writing. His la Worksareob ervedtobe his de : Joka.Manllac. y y ß % , som.p,68, And the ream zsgivenby Melandhon, Quia docendo didicit, 6e- Ibid.epift, del, caufe by rauch trading his talent, he hadmuch improved it. Of Me- lan ìhonhimfelf, one ofhis Countrey-mengives thisteflimony: Itap. pears (pith he) that Melannhon was on this Wife buffedabroad the World, thatfeeing and hearing all he could, he made profit of every tAing; and'bredhis heart, as the Bee dothher hive, out of all arts of flowers, fir thecommon benefit. Tifmires labour like Bees, but With this difference, Qllod illæ faciant cibos, hæ condant, That the Bees make their meat, the Pifrxiresgather it: both have theirproper praife andprofit: If tmay be efleemedby thee ( Courteous Reader) either theone or the other, it isenough : And that Imay, Enitar fane (Frith Gerfon de tau. Gerfon andjWithhim) I Will endeavour out ofother mens goodMe- * script. dita ionsand Collenions, toframe to myPelf ( but fir thy are) fume fweet honey-comboftruth, by mine ownart and induflry, inmine own words andmethod : And then envy it felf cannot (lil(ely) fry worfe ofme (itcannot, truly,fy f dad) as one loth of Hugo de Sanno Vinore:.
The Preface. Vidtore: Ivonis deflorator eft ( fith he) quem per omnia feré patric.Junil ¿tiTO? H fequitur, He bath pickt the bell out of Ivo, and tranfcribed Nola in prim, himWordfir Word almofl, I never envied Zabarel, that arrogant C'eraentu ad bragofhis, Hocego primus vidi, IW a thefirfi that ever found out eotint&epifl. this; andyet Ihate extreamly to be held a plagiary. Remigius and Haymo feem to be but too Friers under one hood. Cedrenushú Impe- Gefter. ridHi,}1ory isread (a great part ofit) under the name of Joannes cafaubon. Cttropalates : That' s afoul blur to oneof them, but to Which, I know Eratm to L. not. And that'sno praife to Laaantius inErafmus his judgement, that de °pifcio Vet. having read Ariftotle andPliny writing ofthefime f bjeÉl that hedid, andborrowing much out ofthem, henever Ì° much as once mentioneth them ; as he doth Tully; Whom he nameth indeed, but diffarageth. Atqui candidius erat nominare eos per quos profecit, quam eum Erafm, i&id. quernnotat,/âithErafmus;1 havg notfjsaredtoprofile by whom Ihave profited,to tell outofWhom I have taken-ought : and that I hope 'hall ex- cufemefor that matter, With the moreingenuous; What fault elf fiever they mayfinde with me. Faults will efcapea man betwixt his fingers, let him look to it never fo narrowly, faithB.Jewel. Some plain(le- Iesz.'g. Hard., cifines,and barfhexprefons havebeenfoundeven inTullies own Works, as Auguftin noteth. AndErafmus addeth, ualia nonnunquam ex- cidunr, & horum temporum fcriptoribus, & in his mihi quoque.' Our times are (as one Well obferveth) partly accurately judicious, partly uncharitably cen .Carious. The one likes nothing not exquifte,not fublimated; the other, nothingat all. Let them pleafe themfelues for me: Iam ofHieroms minde, Si cui legere non placet, nemo corn- Erafm.ihid. pellit invitum. Ifany thinkgood to readWhat I have Written, let him: In ep. ad Aug. ifotherwfe, let him do as he Will ; but let him know, That every o ävd`P7,0,0&7- ei 9 mancannot be excellent, thatyet may 6e ufefull, Honeftum eft ei, qui pb inprimis non poteft, in fecundis tertiifve conhftere, Pith the Ora- Cicero. tour, An iron keymay unlockthe door ofagolden treafare: yea, fer- rumpoteft, quod aurum non poteft. Iron can do pine things that goldcannot. A little boat may landa man into a large continent, and a little hand threed a needle, as Well eua bigger. Philadelphiahad but a little ftrength, yet a great door opened, Revel. 3.8. Quinti- vna e(i de Grá. l iánfaith, it is a vertue in a Grammarian, ahquid ignorare, to be ig_ matici virtuti- norant of föme things : but fay a manknew never r much , yet, in Pli- bal. ocz2jiiiil. nies judgement, it no leffe becomes an Dratour fometimes to hold his Non m101Ì0 in tongue, then to ffeakhte mincie. Apelles Was Wont to f y, That thole terdumell Ora, ' tori'tacere qud `Painters Were in fault qui non fentirent quid effet fatis, that un- dicere, plein. derfoodnot When they had doneenough. Andhe's a good hontfman, Cic. de orar. faith
.Petr Nan. Not in liorat. Flut. Lib. t.preefat. Heb. mat sr.o6. d;vzcy.iqr- ziAt ßti47sF51. Appian. E quenn, ansá prehendas,quá commode teneri qupat. vEgid. dbbae. Norúberg. D, Stoughton. spift. ad I'oin, The Preface. faithNannius, qui plures fe a capit, non omnes, that can catch forme beaffs, though he ta, . not all. Lyfippus, that famous Carver, Was ont tolet firth his 6eff piecei to publike view with this underwrit- ten, Aúm`rzre- rilEi,éYxrr = :cínn Lyfippus hackfomewhat more to doe at this. Work Nihil perfectum,aut a fingulari confiimmatum induftria, pithCo1umella , Nothingcan bepert fled atfirfi Let it be a praife proper toour LordChrifI, to beAuthour and finifher allat once ; and out of the mouths of babes and fücklings to perfect praife. Our firfi aliionr are ufuallybut e f faies and enterprizes : review may ripen thins, andfecond th ughts mendthatWhich f rmerfaulted in. But ceafe cofay more by Way of`Preface or 4pology, having (ad (kavius Paidto Decius, a captainofAnthonies) to the underfianding ffoken f fcient, but to the ignorant or ill-affe6siedtoo much, hal IJaid lefe. `Doe thou (goodReader) but oberve Epiftetushis rule, to take me by that handle, Whereby Imay bell beleld, andthenall"Ball be Wellbe- twixt au, There isyet one thing more that I have to tell thee, before We part, that What thou here readeli, are verba vivenda non legenda, Wordsthat thou muff live as Well as read. Leff elf?force learned Lina ker, obferving filcha vall difference betwixt our laws andour lives, breakout again intothis patheticallproteflation, Profe8òant hocnon eli Evangelium, ant nos non finis Evangelici , For certain, either this is not thegoliel, or We are not right Çe sllers,
eys^ ,..ySa cr& a, hTn ven eTr hIn _I+ çsrw + q?_ _ ° _ ,._C?tC?C1tf3t1 e.a ..>.errxza Arld f Enna ,... a ¡St \ ^ AWN 6®1 Git7! C/+51?têu ' \7CiE3Pu\7J :+ A+ egy t$i+. uj eíj+s egi The Epiitle to the Reader. READfiR, Il E worth of the L/uthour of this Book is already well known in the Church of Chrift , by lime firmer labours of his which are extant and they which are well acquainted with him, cannot but know and te- fiafee, that he is a man of ungular Prudenceand Piety, of an acute wit, of a found judgement, and of an indefatigable spirit, who bath wholly devoted, and given hiinfelf to the firvice of Gods Church, and doth naturally care for thegoodthereof witnefse his confiant preaching, even whilft the kurtheieand care of a publike School lay uponhim : and now in thefe ca.. halitosis and bloody times, wherein he bath fiafereddeeply,, being driven from his charge, and forced to mbrowd hirnfel f in a Gariton of- theParliaments, yet notwithftanding his daily: labours among ft the Jòuldaers, and in-themid(t of the noi, fis of:g-unnes and drrtrnmes, he bath betaken himfeiftowriting of Comnentaries upon the fared Scriptures., and betides this?relent Book, he bath prepared forrthe Preffe fo'ne notes 4 eapom t
The Epiftie to the Reader, upon Genefis, andnow by thegoodhand of Godsprovidence. compleated a Comment upon the whole new Tellamene ; the firit volume whereof prefents it Pelf unto thee in this Book, and the laterpart is battening after it, which thoumaye t ex- pect with all expedition. 1 prefume that it will be fuper- pow for me to tell thee bow ufefull and advantagior#s his labours in this kindemay be ; for though wehave many Com- ments inLatine, yet butfew in Englijh; and forwant there - af,andaright underftandingof the Scripture, daily experience thews how wofully many perfons are led aide intoerroneous. wales : For that which the Ape le Peter faithofS. Pau1s,- Eplilles, is true of all the wordofGod ; z Pet.3 . t 3. That therein force things are hard to be underflood, which they that are unlearned and unflable pervert to their own dellration . Bletfe Godthereforefor stirring up theme hearts of thofc whoarepionsandj udicious, to layforth their labours thisway : and amongft others, make lire o fthis Com- ment, which by Gods blefsing will prove no leffepleating then profitable, in regardofthe varietyandexcellency ofthematter containedtherein; .1,s alp it willgivegreatfatisfa[tionto the more judicious in regardof hispains in notingall the Criti- cifmes through thefe his labours : which that it may doe, his prayersjhállnot be wanting,whofubfcribes himfelf, Thinein theLord SA. CLARK Y.
Chap.I. I COMMENTARY OR EXPOSITION upon the Gos P EL according to St MATTHEW: WHEREIN TheText is explained, forne Contro. verfiies are briefly difcu(fed, divers Common- places handled, and many remarkable mat- ters hinted, that had beenby former Interpreters pretermitted. CHAPTER I. VERS E I. The Book3 Hat is, a roll or regifter, a catalogue or calendar (Heb. ) a cyphering and fummingup. Ofthegenerations] That is, ofthe Genealogies, as touching his Humanity (St Matthews main drift :) for as touching' his Divinity (St johns chief fcope and fubjeft,) Who can declare his genera- thn ? Ifa.s3.8. What is his name ? and What is his (3nnes name, if thon cant{ tell? Prov.3 ó,4. He is without defcent or pedegree, as Melchifedech, Heb.7. z. B of Gen.q. s. This is Se. pher toledoth, ßtß?ws y47,- a'sws, fay the Scptuabtat.
z Il Commentary upon the Gopiel Chap. of yefizs Chrift] Jets (hews he was God ( for betides me there is no Saviour, lta.45.z I.) Chr¡ff,that he was man,th,e An- ointed, for in refpeft of his manhood, chiefly, is this anointing with gifts and graces attributed to Chrift. The name of Jefuits Rem rgna- therefore favoureth of blafphemous arrogancy. One of their own . tam xiomize gives the reafon ; becaufe he hashcommunicated untous the thing . Cbri/li nobà tignified by the name Chrit}, but not by the name Jefus. And yet, corrtmunicavit, it is notoriouflyknown ( faithDr Fulke, out dawdler of their foiutea le- own Writers) that the moff honourable nameofChriftian, is in ' Futk ir, Rhea% Italy and at Rome a name ofreproach; and ufually abufcd, to fig_' Teltsm. on nine a Fool or a Dolt. A. is,Sea.4. The (bane of David] Gods darling, * one that obferved all h, cut of chi- Willes, Alts 13 22. and faithfullyferved oat háetime, ver,36. ! Çopb, Framb. The (n le, oeAbrahasm,] The friend of God, and father of fine, the in faithfull, reckon'd here (for honours fake) as the next im- * David, ama- mediate fath; t ofChrif} ; wholeday indeed he taw and rejoyced, fus vetamabi- he laughed, yea leapt for joy of this man-childe to be born into Vnde Dido the world. Whore children we are, to long as we walk in theReps Fænú. Ili" ofhis faith ; that C trift, being formed in us, t ha fee of the tra_ Solomon giant , , y f yell ofhisfoul, and be f ticfled : henatty J hrofeid, andprolong l ledidìab. Î f ;loh. s.(6. bra daies upon earth, Such honour have all his Saints, P(à1,142 9 ñy),Ttzvazo, Verle z. Abraham begat Ijae ] Thefruit, not more of his. It-4 5,4./0,1 t flefh, thenofhis faith': Whencehe is faid-to be born after the Spi- Verèfuit 1/aac Gal beau .4.t9 . neritt Ifaac begat Jacob ] After twenty years ex eftance and many dei films, an hearty prayer put up therewhile. So, Adam lived an hundred Buchcic. and twenty years ere he begatSeth; whom Godfet as another Gta,a .a r feed infead of Abel, Gen ;5 ,4. with Gen.4.2, 5, when Cain: fa. The Hehrtw May flcurifhed and grew great in the earth. God ufually Rayes tò v u,to fre lon that he hardly findes a faith, Lull, 18, 8, till menhave done ex- pea-ing, and then hedoeth thins that they loot notfor,Ifa.64,3, eC. Wait therefore upon hiss who waits toy be gracious; and kirow this, that he is a God ofjudgement, 11a.30.18. that is, a wife God, one that chufèth his times, and knows bat when to d,al. acid. 3.2 forth his favours. See 1fä.49 8. with Pr1.69,13, Every thing is t. beautif ul l in its feafon, faith Solomon, Jacob begat- Iudah and his brethren ] Brethren in iniquity Gen,i7 ig &c ( the mò11 ofthem) a part of their fathers punifhment, for that three-fold lye in abreath,Reu6en was the beginning of his Rrength, excelling in dignity andpower, Gen. 41.3, that is ( faith the Chaldee
Chap.I. áccord iq to S` MAT TH E VV. 3 Chaldee Paraphraft ) in the Principality and the Prie.fthood. Both whichhe forfeited by his foul offence ; the former to Iudah,the la- - ter to Levi. Howbeit, upon his return to God ( thoughdifnherit- ed of the birth-right, yet ) he had this honour of an elder brother, that he wasfirft providedtor. But Iudabwas he, Whom his bre- Gen,49,8._ thren fbeuldpraife ( faith Iacob) in allufon to his name,and in re- ference to his priviledgc ; for it is evident, that our Lord .fPraner out of Iuelah,'Heb.7.14. that branch from on high, Luk,I.78, àvaT®A>f that Shiloh, which tome interpret, His fonne: Others, Tran- R David. quillator,Salvator, the`Proifierer, Pacificatour,Saii-maker,&c. Tiangjrllator,. Others, the fonofher fecundines, which is the Tunicle that wrap , atz z or,a rte eth-the childe in thewombe. mate Starch, P Verfe 3. eAnd', dab begat Phares andZaralo Hierome is anda s h,t oast deceived that deriveth the pedegree of the Pharisees from this tae, , - Zlnde eti®m Phares. They took their nameeither ofPharalh, toexpound, as tar, sett-ere, Interpreters of the Law, Roms.2.18. Or of Pharas to feparate, satzue,Sat . witha, nandfurther o f,for I am holier then thou. Iofephus faith, ware, Amarrá. That the PharifeesTeemed to outftrip allothers, both in height of icd t TZt)/tat 77 holineffe, and depth of learning. As for Phares, he was abreach- AEs_6 ,v ìvrdr, maker ( whence alto he had his name, Gen.; 8.29.) He violently z-0,. took the firftbirth-right and became both a father of theMel- ,'sse,:o a.1'v fias, and a Type. For Christ by his ftrength broke thepower of à v zdr v: death, and hell : he broke down alto the 1artition wall that wasxt, ,14s betwixt the Jews and Gentiles : whowhen they ¡hall be fully born, bet. yul yap 4 then (hall the Jews (typified by Zarah,who thruft forth the hand firit, as thofe thatwilling tobe juftified by their works, and think- ing to regenerate themielves, had the skarlet threed of the Laws condemnationbound upon their hands,which therefore they drew back and fell fromGod,) then ¡hall they, I fay, come forth again, Ren?.II.II,I2,25,26. OfThamar ] A t. anaanitcffe, but probably, a profrlyte. The Jews, lay, The was Melchifedechs daughter the High- Prieft, and was therefore tobeburned, Lev. 2I.8. Btic this may well paffe for aJewifh fable : Howbeit, that Melchifedech wasa Canaanite, but a moft righteous King and Prieft of the molt high God, and was therefore not mold-led or medled with by I(idar laomcrand his complices, I judge, not unlikely. This Tbanaar,out of defire,part- ly of revenge, andpartlyof iflue, fell into the fin of incett. Rahab was an harlot, Bathfheba an adulterefle; yet all thefe, grandmo- thers'toour Saviour : Who as he'netded not to baennobled by his B z Bock,,
vi Commentary upon the Gof el Chap. u. . flock, fò neither was difparaged by his Progenitours ;btu took. flefh of thefegreatefl fanners, to thew that we cannot commit more then he can remit and that by his purity he waiheth off all our fpots;like as theSun-walleth and wipeth awayall the ill vapours of the earth and aire. Farms in Gen. And Phares begat Efrom,] When hewas but 14 years ofage, Funcaus in the year before they went down to Egypt, fay Tome : Others Owl G ro,a.Cera 4 it otherwife. Let him that readethunderfland as he can.Chrift (the n to Zia;. Arch- Prophet)when he comes again,fhall teach usall things. Efrom begat aAram] While they fojourned in the Land of f- gypt; a miferable home, where was nothing but bondage and tyranny. And yet, in reference to it, Mofes ( who was likewife bornthere) calls his fon,Ger/hom,or aflranger there, becaufe born in Madura.. The fons of' Ephraim, about the birth ofc'lofes, sought to break prifon before Gods goal-delivery : but this pro- ved a great mifchief to themfelves, and no (mall heart-break to their aged father, t Chron.7.2I,22, P,V.78.9. Betides that, it gave occauon, likely, to that cruell edi&ofPharaoh ; Let its deal 't 7 rttavvcúrt mifs'i (S t Stephen faith, fophiflically,fubtilly) left they multiply gas. '' g Ads 7 and join alfo to our enemies, and fghtagainft its (as now they have fought againfl the Gittites, their own enemies, who detain- ed from them the promifed Land, till their fins were fùll) and fo get them up out of the Land, as lately they had affayed to do. Therefore they d d fet over them taskmaflers, to af;lift themwith xoJ,r. their burdens, and tokeep them from fawning fo f aft, after the manner of fi(hes. (as theword imports) which multiply beyond meafure. But God turned their wifedom into folly ; they took a wrong courfè. For whoknows not that your labouring men have the moll and the Ilrongeft children? And not this new Pharaohs craft and cruelty. Verle 4. Aram eat Aminadab-, and e"fminadab begat Na- ¡Ton] Who was hang'd up in the wildernelle, among th4 reff of the Rulers, for folly committed with their miftrefits of Moab. Neither fcaped the common fort. fcot-tree, for they fell in one a Cor.: s. day threeand twenty thoufiind, faith St Paul. Four and twemy thouj.nd,faithMoles; whereof a theufand were the chief Princes,' the other were inferiours, provoked to fin by their example. But why Both the Apoille it: ìft in the fpeciall puniflrmentof the peo- Ptrallel 3 Z, pie ?. to (hew, faith learned lunitss, how frigid and flender their P,37 deftuce is, how fborr .hair covering, w-. pretend for
Chap.'. Rccording to St MAT T x .avv. for their fins the example of their fuperiours. And Naaffon begat Salmon] Called i Chron. 2. Salmah. There was alto a Mount of this name (as touching the found, though with difference of one letter in the Originall) whither A- bimelech and his hott reforted,iudg.9.48.And whereof the Pfalm- i4 fpeaketh; when the Almighty fcattered Kenos, they fliall be *kitea fnow in Salmon. Now it is fforied of Andronicus, the, old Emperour of Conftantinople, that, all things going croffe with him, he took a Pfalter intohis hand, to refolve his doubtfuil minde: And opening the fame, as if it were of thatheavenly oracle to aske counfell, he lighted upon this verfe, and was thereby comforted and dire&ed what to do for his greateft fafety. To be Whiteas[nor, in Salmon,is to have joy inafiliáion,light in darknefle.Salmon fig - nifieth shady anddarke: fet this mount was with dens and glimnes; but made lightiome by (now. Hoc autem obitèr. Verte g. And Salmon begat Boos of Rahab.] This the Evan- gelifc might have by tradition. Salmons genealogy is fet down, a Chroaa.2. Ruth.. but whom he married,nothing isreported. AndBoos begat Obedof Ruth] Whiles Orphah wants bread in her ownCcuntrey, Ruth is grown a great Lady in Bethlehem, and advanced to be great grandmother to the King of kings. There's nothing loftby Gods fervice. And Obcd begat lef fe ] A good old man, but not very famous. Retired it Teems he was, anddrawn much up into himfelf; neither thinking great thingsofhimfelf, norfeeki,tggreat things for him- felf; but livingamong his own people ; much of his tonDavids difpofition, who loves his hook the better lince he faw the Court, and Pings, Beaus ile qui proculnogoti)s;&c. Non vixit malè,quinatimmorienff fifellit. Hee'snot the leaft happy that is leaft obferved. Verfè 6. And lefe begat David the King.] But that was not his chief title : He gloried more in failing hrmiei£ the fcrvant of the Lord, Pfal.36.1, &c. So Theodofins efteemed it a greater ho- nour,that he was membruamChrigi, then Caput Imperi» Naama etiam úßo cu' a ?1rÉi`u, exiltimabat. .Numa held the fervice of God the higheft honour. D avid the King begat Salomon] Whom Bellarmine reckoned: for a reprobate; but ( befides that he was Gods Corcultom, and by him called Iedidiah,) hecalleth himfelfin his fartedRetradations, Coheleth a whichbeing interpreted, The Preachcr,is a word of the B 3 tce.ninine Tuik. Mo. fa/.164, Pfa1.68. iq. explained. rj iive,ropar.ry- vénz bs v èa T» 4v?Ett-tid. Aâ9i . trove ttbr,quan tutxtg, pores, prz;uftriavi- ta. Horat. Plut. in vit,
a c./l Commentary upon the Gofbed Chap.x. fo::ninine termination, and by Tome rendered Aggregate, where underffanding the fubf}antive Anima, they conclude here-hence, that hewas renewed by repentance,and reunited to the Church. Of her that had been the tbife of Vriah.] His bell` children he had by this wife : the fruit of his humiliation doubtlefle. Thebar- ren womens children are obferved tohave been the befh, as Ifaac,. Samteel,Iohn L'aptit,&c. for like reafon. Verfe î. AndSolomon begat Roboam.] A childe of fourtyyears old, a loft-fpirited man, the Scripture notes him, a 'flE, eafily drawn away by evil counfell. Green wood will be warping. Of him it might be taid,as once it was ofa certain Prince in. Germany,, Effetalisu, fi effet aped alios. But a man would wonder, that by fo many wives Solomon fhould have but one tonne, and him none of the wifeff neither. Hcreumfslj noxa. Hemight (like- ly) bewail his ownunhappines in Rehoboam, Ecclef..2.. r 8, r9. as hen. thought todo in jeroboam, Pro.2o. a r. His mother was an Ammonitef e : the birth followes the belly : the conclulon fol.- lowes the weaker propofition. AndRoboam begat Abiab] Aman not right, yet better then his father : and for this tobe commended, that he held and plead- ed the true worfhip and fervice of God as the beauty and bul- warkofhis Kingdom : relying allo upon God,he dilcomtited 7e roboam ; i) ea cosf, fi, nnnguam confuti. And Abiabegat Afa.]. A better fon, fprung ofthe feed ofbad 4bia, of thefoil ofworte Maachah, whom St]ert/me makes to be a worfhipper of that abominable idol Priaptu otherwife called Raalpear. For thus he tranflates that, i King. is. beta er Maachanmatremfuam amovit, ne effet princeps in facri Prs. api, c9' in loco `je s. Nos, pudore p.nlfo, (áamtie fubLove, coleis apert is, Paid the worfliippers.ofPriapus. The people that came thereto (the facrifice being ended) all flepped into a thieket,which. was alwaies planted neer the altar of this God; and there, like brute beafts, they promilcuoufly fatisfied their luifs : thereby, as they canceived,beff pleating their God. This villany /Alaachah may teem to have been guilty of; and was therefore worthily re- moved by her fon A,à, from being Queen. Sedesprima, & vita ima, fuit not well. together. Dignitaa. in indigno ef¢ ornamen. tam in Into, faith Salvian. Honour in a difhoneft man,is as,a jew- el' of Gold in twines fnout. Verte 8. And ilia begat, 7ofapbat.] A. godly King, but late Witted, Peccattcrn ta tne,fi xon bo- t.um, taraan in bonr,rri. Aug. F ucholcsx. Nuimb. i { f. In g HofeR. D.Nacl,ere/!s Apolog. ç4ieoeS.. Eittmctb:t:s.
Chap.t. Witted : and therefore paid for hislearning, twice, at leaft,inholy z Chroct. s 7. hi{tory. One thing in the narration of his alts is very remark- able. Heplaced forces in all the fenced cities:yet is it not laid there- upon, that the fear of the Lord fell on the neighbour Nations.But when hehad eftablifhed a preaching miniftry in all the Citi-es,then his enemies feared,and made no warre : Solidiffima regia pelitia n 5:»236'114 . dafsr, (faith Paradinus) eft verismDei cultumubivisftabilire; Alias, qui pot&aut Deus Reges beare, a quibus negligitur, ant populusfideliter celere, qui de obfequio fuonon rcEte inftituitur. Theordinances ofGod are the beauty and bulwark of a placeand people. And 7ehofaphat begat7orant]that lived undefired,and diedun- lamented. While he lived, there was no ufeofhim, and when he died, no mine of him : nomore then of the paringof the nails, or ß.,e4,12 fweeping of the houle. He livedwickedly, and died wiihedly, as Dan nat. of it is laid of KingEdwin. "gi4. And foram begat Ozias] Heree/fhaziah, feafband Amaziah are Written in the earth, notonce fet down in the roll : perhaps it Gen.'''. was, becaufe they were imped in the wicked family of Ahab. This Vzcias, though a King, yet he loved husbandry, 2 Chron.26. Thrift is the fuell of magnificence. He was at length a leper,yet {till remained a King. Infirmities may deform us, they cannot de- throne us. The Englith laws ( faith Camden) pronounce, that Can:dens the crown once worne, quite taketh away all defeas whatfoever : Sure it is, that when God once crowns a man with his grace and favour, that man is out of harms-way for ever. Verfe9. And Ozias begat 7oatham.] A pious Prince, but not very profperous.Grace is not given to any, as a target againft out- ward aflliEhon. And peatham begat Ahnt. ] A {curdy ftigmatick, abranded re- bell. Themore he wu dißtreffed, the more he trefÇafled. This Humilianta. is that Ahaz, 2 Chron.2S.aa. Howmany (now adaies) are hum- í' burnitc bled, yet not humble ? Low, but not lowly ? Qui nec fraOtis =t°Cáu :,, Be cervicibus inclinantur, as Hieron complaineth : quos multofa- p f 3. Ixa fi i ciliau jrcgeris, quam flexeris, as another hath it. Thefe are like tnter+mipot the creatuae called Monoceros, who may be kdd, but not caught. capi non pa PleftimuraDeo,faith Sa1vian,nec fl- Etimur tamers : corripimur, Pilo. fed non corrigimur. But if menharden, their hearts againft cor- rec4ïon : God will harden his hand, and haften their deitru- ion. B 4 alhaz according ta St M A T T H L vv.
ACommentary upon the .Go el Chap. r. Ahazbe at Hete k iah ] Who lands betwixt his father ilhaz, and his fonneMana ffeh, as a lily between two thornes, or as a Fuller between two cothers : or, as that wretched Cardinal of Toledo in his preface before the Bible, printed at Complutum in Spain, laid ; that he fet the Vulgar Latine betwixt the Hebrew and Greek, as Chrifl was let betwixt two theeves. Here obferve (by the way) that yudahhad Tome enterchange of good Princes; Ifrac1, none: and that, under religiousPrinces the people were -V ipkorru, ever religious : as under wicked Princes, wicked. Mofl people will be of the Kings religion, beit what it will be, as the Melchites wereofold, and the Papifls Hill, ifM. Rogers (our Protomartyr in CZMariesdaies) tnay bebeleeved. The Papifis, faith he, ap- ply themfelves to the prefent late : yea,if the fiate fhould change ten times in the year, they would ever be ready at hand tochange with it, and fo follow the cry, and rather utterly forfàke God,, 416. and Moo. and beofno Religion, then that they would forgoe lufl or living, for God or Religion. Verfe so. And Ezechias begat Manaffes ] Who degenerates into his grandfather c 4haz, as the kernel of a well- fruitedplant Both, fomerimes, into that crab or willow which gave theori. ginall to his flock. This man was (till converted) as very a Non- luch in7a:dah, as Ahab was in /pad; Yet no King ofeither ludab or Ifrael reigned fo long ês he. It was well for him that he lived fo long, to grow better : As it had beenbetter for Afa to have died. ¡boner, when he was in his prime. But they aremet in heaven, I doubt not : whither, whether we come boner or later, happy are we. And talanalfes begat Amon] Who followed his father in fin, Dan. but not in repentance. Andthouhsston, o" Belfhazzar, haft not humbled thine treart, though thou kneweft all this : But haft lifted up thy¡elf again¡ the Lord, &c. It is a Sul preface and defert of ruine, not to be warned. This was a bloody Prince,therefore lived notout halfhis daies, Q ¡Merits raign was the fhortefl of any fence theConquefl, Richard the third onelyexcepted : Yet [he was nonnaturei,/edpuntificiarum arteferox, fay tome. And Amonbegat Ic/as] Ofwhom that is true, that S. Hierom writesofanother, In brevi viti ffacio tempora virttetum multa replevit : Or as M. Flooker fpeaketh.of K. Edward 6. He departed %on, but lived long : for life confifts in action In all theft is thelfe ofmy s iris, faith, Hezekiah, Ifa.3.8.15,16. but the wan- ton
Chap.ir. according to st M A r r x E vv, ton widow is deadWhilefhe liveth, t Tim. î' 6. That good King Titus morites . lived apace, ænr and diedberime, beingdeliciaOrbie, as Titus was few" tail called : and mundi,as Othe : havingat his death (as it is pteredixit, laid ofTitus) one thing onely to repentof and that was his rafla rd auremm god engaging him(èlf in a needleflèquarrel', to the 1offe of his life, and ejj t nonape. the ruine of that flare. Wren Epaminondas was once flain, his rear, nccqutf countreymen were no longer famous for their valour and viftoríes, quam certona. but for their cowardife andcalamities. When Auguflinedepahed V Tiitt-o i)io in this world, we feared,faith one, the worlds ruine, and were ready Nec virtuti. towith that either he had never been borne, or never died. When buorbebaai,fed God took away Theodofius, he took away with him almeR all cladiburinfg. the peaceof that Church andState : So he did of this, with ofsah, ter Nea der. rnaw that heavenly fpark, that plantof renown that 'precious Prince; imueramur.. 1 i Regum decru, invenunoflos,Fßef f benorum, Puerculus. ll eliciæ facli, &gloriagentis eras. . Far. hifi. Ec- as Cardanes fang of our Englifb lofiab, K. Edward the fixth. cl>faaft. Verfe i i. eAlnd lofias begat Iechonias.] Rob. Stephanus reflo- t ndovieo az. í`7cfuvtio, ram reth and rePtifieth the text thus; lofiaa begat laklis and his bre- tubas orta efi thren, and Iakin begat fechonias. For o:herwife, the Middle rario, ur qua fourteenth, (whereby S.glatthew reckoneth) wouldwan: a man, Drier digitocx -. Iehoahaz, younger brother to Ia.n had, after his fathers death, gum attingere Het into the Throne, but was fòon ej fted. Usurpation pro, vilebatur,nuna P baini ferpere, (pers nor. flbimelechs head had Hollen the crown, and by a fideraros efe` blow on his head he is fl {in at Shechern. What got molt of diceree, Bu- the- Cafar s by their batty advancement, nifa rat cities interface- (1xus. rentur ? As onepath it. Notandum, faith the Chronologer,quad S cPethink nuilus f'ontifcum, egreQij aliquid a tempere Bonifaci) terty (rrñofe naeu- pro fedis Romana tyrannideconflituens,diufupervixerif. od tali foe zoro ionic Bonifacio a cidit. It is remarkable that no Pope, of babel was, any note for aft.ivity in his office, was longof life. 4 rbro. 3.19.) Verle 12. Andafter they were brought to Babylon] This the Ihauld he bere Evangeliff inculcates, and rings often in the ears of his impious reckoned, Countre men as a notorious publike judgement on a N ition.tò though he be y P not named,be incorrigibly flagitious, fo unthankful' for mercies, fo impatient of tide he v'be- remedies, fo uncapable of repentance, fo obliged, fo warned, born and died( fo fhamelefly, fo lawieflywicked, quorummaxima benefacia, fla-, obfcurely in. gitia,fupplicia, as the Centurilts tet it forth. Abufèd mercy turnes Ba1kiu Vtriexuv. into fury.. Funccmm. lechonias begat Salatbiel]Neribegat him,naturally,Iechortias; Magdeburg;,,, legaliy;adoptinghit. for his childe,that washis nephew, a Chro.3.. Pregar. ad.; 17. eZnd. Centur.4, .
ao Z:di .4,8;ft. Perableofthe Pcrfianmo. taxrchy, A Conaerment;ay'upon theGOel Chap.!. And Salathiel begat Zorobabel] Who brought forth the head (tone of the fecond. Temple with fhoutings, crying Grace,Grace, unto it:.: He was a Chieftain in the firft year ofCyrus, Ezra:. z. and he lived to fee thebuilding of the Temple, about the firth year ofD ariru Nothacr, which is a matter of a hundred years be- tween. So he had a longer life then ordinary, which God grant- eth to Come, becaufe he hath fomething tobedone by them. A fhort life in fotne cafes is aMeiling, I King. 1 3,14. as grapes ga- thered afore theybe ripe, are freed from the violence of the wine- preffe : as lambs (lain before they begrown, efcape many florins and Tharp fhowres that others live to tafte of. Some wicked live long,that they may aggravate their judgement ; othersdiefooner, that they may haften ir. But they are blefked, that whether they live they live unto the Lord, or whether they die they dieun- to the Lord, and in the Lord, their works following them. Verfe r 3. AndZorobabel begat Abiud] S.Luke faith,Rhefis: Hence the diverfityofnumber and names. Matthew defcends by the pofterity ofAbiud: Luke, ofRhefa, down to lofeph. And Abiud begat Eliakim,. and Elia(im begat .Azor, &ç.] Thefe lived in thotecalamitous times of the people of God after the captivity : and were not Kings and Captains, as being held under by other Nations : but Lawgivers they were, as Jacobpro - phefied, and principali men among that people, till Shiloh came, Gen. 49. I o. Verfe 14. And Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat !Achim] Of chele and the reft, as the Scripture fers down nothingmore then their bare names, fo neither is there any Jewifh record, at thisday extant, of their acts. So many miferies they had one in the neck of another, that little liberty was left them to write: though I doubt not, but the pofterity of David were then careful- ly observed, by as manyas looktfor the confolation of Ifrael. But among the Jews,fince our Saviours time, after the fèaling up of the Babylontfn Talmud, that is, after the year ofLhrift Soo. to the year t000. there was little or uo:hing written, by reafon of the grievous calamities that fazed upon them. Verfe 15. wind Eliud begat Eleazar, &c.] Thefe might be private perfons, tome of them, as lofeph and Mary were : it be- ing the care aria en.feavour of the Herod:, and thole afore, that held the Jews in iu je Lion, to fuppreffe, as much as might be, thepofiericy of Da.'id : at leait to keep them in a lowcondition ; for
Chap.1. for as itwas a certain and received truth,among that peo- ple, that McJ.sh the Prince, Dan.9.26. fhould (portly comeOf that family. And this was that that heldup the fainting hearts of thegoodpeople ofthofe fad times, (when prophecie failed them, and profperity too,) they lookedfor the Defireof Nations, for theConfolation of Ifrael, having little elfe to releive them, for the externall means : Unleffe it were that '7lp 11,Z, that heard in the Temple, they tell us of, which Served them for an oracle And the miracle of the pool of Bethefda granted by God to firengthen them in the true wór(hip ofGod, under the perfecution of Antioch/4J and other tyrants, till thedates of 2ohn Baptifi, and the Lord Chrift. Verte i6. And laceb begat lefp,h,] .Whofe genealogie is here recorded,and not Marier : it being not the cuttom ,of that people *hen, toSet forth the genealogiesof women. As at this day, the Btunr voyage .Jews have anover -bate conceit ofthat fex ; fayingthat they have into :he Ye not fo divine a foul as men, but are oft lower crea.tion, &c. and vans, pair,. therefore they Puffer them not to enter the Synagogue,- but appoint them agallery without. The hufband ofMary, of Vehom'W.e.e born Iefue ] This is the fun-Hued all thegood news in theworld, inch as furpaflech thejoy ofconqueti,or of harveti, ./A9 3,,5,6. and thould therefore fwal- lowup all difcontents whattoever. who ucalled Chrift] The name of jefus is reel in ore, melds in Bern, Aure, jubilusn in cord' : as it was CO St Paul, who therefore names it nine feverall times in the ten fitti vertes of his finti Epiftle to the Corinthians, as loth to comeoff it. Yet is not the nameje- .fus alone half fo fweet,, as when Chrift isadded to it,as here. For lefiu Clerift betokeneth fuch a Saviour as is anointed and ap- pointed thereunto by God, confecrated to the office, according to his Godhead, and qualified for it,, according to his manhood : In both natures a Saviour, -and :that ex prof.[fo (asyou would fay ) andby content of all three perfons : The Son beinganointed. by the Father, with the Holy Ghofi : Andas Sample's whenclotbed.with . the fpirir, Saved the peóple : foChrift much more. Verfe 17. So all thegfneratf6ns,&c. are faurteengreneratiensJ Tefíärad6, For memory fake, Mar thetn fummeth _up the genealogyof our Sa- cades, viour into. three fourteens : likeas fome of the Ptalms.are,. for the fame reafòn, let down in order of theAlphabet. Difcere volait fl q &ecrates,nihil aliad efequ. -1t racordari.,faith.Tttlly.,Magis auteur Chri- acco rding to St M A T r H r v v. II
------------ ACommentary upon the Go(el. Chap.i, Chriffi meminifeel bemus, guar» re.{]irare. Thefoul fhould beas the Ark of God, the memory like the pot of Manna, preferving ho- ly truths touching him that is theWay,the Truth,and the life. Verle 18. Now thebirth o flefm Chrjf J AYovio -u ad vvno-ev tranfit. And being to relate a ftrange thing, and till then never heard of, he elegantly airs up the hearers minde with this preface. When& his mother MaryWas ejjotefed ] An ancient and com- mendable cuftom. Adam took, his wife the firaday of their crea- tion, (filewas efpoufed to him) but knew hernot, till after the fall : Lots daughters were efpoufed, yet had not known man, Gen.i9,8,14. See Deut.2a.aa. Yea, the very Heathens had their es euls, ludg.14.I,&c. Placuit,defpondi; nuptJs hicdiil ee eft dies, faith he in Terence. We agreed, were contracted, and the wedding-day appointed. To lofeph,before they came together, Efpoufed they were by a fpeciall providence. a. That À'faryalight not be held an harlot. 2. That beingbig, and needing neceffiry help, file might be pro- vided for. 3. That the myaeryofChrift might be made known by degrees. Alirari tiret, "r She wasfound with childe of theholy Ghof.] This wonder- ntarì non licet, 'fill conception of our Saviouris a myftery, not much tobepryed into, and is thereforecalled anoverfhadowing, Luk.1,35 Where allo,lca any fhould miaake this ( Of) in the text, for the materiali caufe : as if the holy (bolt had begotten him of his own fu'.3aance ( as fathers do their children,) the wholeorder and manner of this conception, fo far as concerneth us to know, is declared by the Angel. Verle 19. Then 7ofèph her hufband being a juft man] And yet withail a merciful' tender manof the Virgins credir.Hcnce that conflict and fear within himlelf,lefthe ihould not doe right. eucrt-iyget - eilndnot milling to make her a publike example That is, to rkeu. wrong her, as the fame word is ufed and expounded by the Au- Ne1e,Famiæc ireeu thour to the Hebrews of the Sonof God, as hereof the mother of rt p ' God. Heb. 6. 6. withHeb. Io. z er in, 9. ir<èuee rirui Was minded to put hor away privily] Which yet he could expocre.Ater, hardly have done, without blame to hi.nielf,and blcmiih to her. in toe, So farce out we are ( the belt of us) when'deacruceof divine dire- aion. Hoyt fhatnefuily was that good 7ofiah miscarried by his pallions to his colt, when he went up againft Pharaoh Necho,, without once adviling with Jeremiah, Zepbany, Huldah, or any
Chap.'. any other et of God then living by him ? Verte 20. But while he thought on thefe things] , And was . not fo well advifed upon hiscourfe,God, who referveth his holy hand for a dead lift, expedites him. The Athenians had con- ceit, that Minerva ( their goddefre ) drove all their ill cöunfels to Jun L'mbtem.. a happy ifiue.' The fuperftitious Romanes thought that an Idol, Ab erroribur which they called Vibilia, kept them from erring out of their v' r 1149 Deal way. The divine providence is our Vibilia, that will not fuffer us to mifcarry, fo long as we have an eye to the paterne that was Genres. (hewed us in the Mount, Exod. 25.4o. In the Mount will the G_11.1,304, Lord be feen. j'rov. a. 36. , 73ehold, the Angel of theLord appeared unto him] As of old Becill_ca in he had done to Daniel, being caufed to flee fwìftly or with weari- ftuttitia tort nes,af flight (as the Hebrew hath it ),with fogood a will he did it, maorr ß tea oll as thinking he could never come foon enough. Hicrcfot.) i e.. 7ofep! , thou fonne ofDavid] Albeit a poore Carpenter. A man in rebtur in gtci -. may be as high in Gods favour, and as happy in ruff_t, as in a;P r tawett Tiffue. I knave thy poverty (faith Chrifl to that Church, ) but, aien t omirus, that'snothing, thouart rich. Feare not to take unto thee) viz. From the hands of her pa- R.v,s.ge rents, who have, by all right, the difpofe of their children, as a, cheif part of their goods : Therefore when Satan obtained leave tovex yob, and to touch him in his pofl'efliotis, he dealt with his. children alto. For that which is conceived 'in her] That holy thug; Lttk. r;. -35, that Holy of Holies wherein the Godhead dwelleth bodily, that is, perfonally ; and is called the Sonne ofGod, faith the Angel. there. Yet not in refpeft of his humane nature, for then there. fhould be in the perfonof Chrift two fonnes, viz,. one of the Fa- ther, and another of the holyGhoft. Befides,,Heb.7.3. he is with- out father, as Man, and without mother, as God. All that canbe gathered out of'thatplace in Luke, is, that he, that was fo concei- ved of the holy Gholii, was the natural! SonofGod.. The union of three Perfons into one nature, and of two natures into one Per-. áVTan uez fon, thefe are the great mytteries of Godlines. The well is deep, Jon.4a .1 as the faid, and we want wherewith to draw. , Is ofthe Holy Ghoft.] As the Efficient, not as theMateriall, caufe. The virtus fermatrix, the formative faculty which the Vir- gin had not, is afcribed to the power of the Holy Ghoil, framin and faihionin.g Chrilt of the lubitanceof the Virgin fandihedmi raculoully,., accordit?g to St' M A T T H z: v v. T;3.
ACommnentary uponthe G el \:Chap.i:. raculonfly, and without mans help. But if no mother, knows the manner other natural' Conception ; what prefumption (ball itbe for flefh and blood, to (earth how the Sonneof God took flefh of his creature? It is enough for us to know, that hewas conceived ofthe holy Ghoft,not irAermatically, but operatively, yet fecretly and myflically, the Virgin her felfe knew not how. Fearfully and wonderfully he was made, and curióufly wrought in the loweff parts of the earth.Pfal. x39.t4,15. with Ephef. 4.9. Verfe at. eflndAe fhald bringforth a Sonne j Shiloh theSon of her fecundices : that Sota,,that Eve made account fhehad got, when fhe hadgot Cain : For, laid fie, l have gotten a mastfrona theLord. Or as others read it ( and the Original rather favours it ) I have gotten the man,the Lord. But how fare fhewas deceived, the iffáe preyed. Fallitnrangurio ffres bonafapefoe. Hope comes halting home many times. e"fnd thou halt callhis name Ieftee Not of 'tzóuae to heale, as fome Helleniflr would have it : Although it be true that he is le- Eiod., ç.i6. hovah Rophe, the Lord the Phyfician,by wholefripes weareheal- ed : ButofIafhang, whence lehofl,uah, Iefus. Two in the old Te_ flament had this name. The first when he was fent as a fpy into Canaan, Numb. 13.16. had his name changed from Ofhea, Let God fave, to Iehofhua, Goe&lball five. Under the Law ( which bringsus as it were into the wildernes of S I N) we maywith therewere a Saviour : but under The Gofpel we are lure of falva_ Lion, fish our Iehofhuahhath bound himfelf to fulfill all righteouf- nes, and had therefore this name impo(èd upon him at his circum. cifion. For he aflutned it not to himfelf ( though knowing theend ofhis coming, and the fullnefleof hisfuiìiciency, he might have done it) nor received it from men,but fromGod; and that with great folemnity, by the miníftery of an Angel, who talked with a woman about our (alvation, as Satan fometime had done about our deflru&ion. For he !hall five hit people from theirfinnes ] This is the no- tationand Erymon,or reafon ofhis name,7efia ; Acame above alt Geer- .Itf..4. names, Phil 2.9. riQ, faith the HeathenOratour, is a word fo "n ;Alum. emphaticall, that other tongues can hardly finde aword fir to ex- prefle it. Salvation properly notes the negative part of a Chri- füans happinefle : viz. pretervadon from evil; chiefly from the evil of fin, (which is the mother ofallour rnifery :) from the dam- ning and domineering power thereof, by his merit and Spirit, by his
Chap.'. according to S t M A T T H E vv. his value and vertue. Jerus therefore is a (port GoCpel, and fhould worke in us ftrongeft affeetions, and egreffions offoul after him, who hath Pavedus from the wrath to come. The Cr,ecians being i Ther r x. fet free but from bodily fervitude, "called their deliverer aSaviour or,rñQ,oz7ijp to them : and rang it our, Savieur,Saviour, fo that the fowls in El " °C invír. Elam ill. the aire fell down dead with thecry. Yea they fo preffed to come neer him,and touch his hand, that, ifhe hadnot timely withdrawn himfelf, he might have befeemed tohave loft his life. The Egyp- tians preferved by 7ofeph, called him flbrech, or Tender-Father. TindalPín his The daughters of leru(alem met Davidreturning from the (laugh- t. ter of the Phili.ftims with tinging and dancing. When the Lord turned again thecaptivity of his people, they were like them that dream,P(V.1 z6 a. And Peter enlarged, could fcarce beleeve his owneyes ; with fuch an extafe of admiration was he "rapt, upon that deliverance. Oh then how fhould our hearts rejoice, and our tonguesbe glad,AEt. 2.26 ? and how fhould we bevext at the vile dullnefle and deadneffe of our naughty natures, that can beno more affeéted with thefe indelible ravithments ? Jacob wept for joy at the good news,that lofegh was yet alive. loannes Mollim, when- F,K Çoever he fpake of the Name of Jetus, his eyes dropt. And another log F. 8¡ s Reverend Divine amongft us, being in a deepmule, after fornedif- hi ware, courfe that pailedofplus, and tears trickling abundantly from his eyes,before he was aware, beingurged forthe caufe thereof, con- fef ed ingeruou(ly, it was becaute he could not draw his dull heart toprizeChritl aright. Mr Fox never denied begger that asked in Wards Serifs: that Name : And good Bucer never difregarded any ( though dif -- ferent in opinion from him ) in whom hecould difcern aligatid fhrifli: None but-Chrifit, laid that bleffed Martyr at theftake. ¡obiL'a,robrt: And another in the flames, when judg'dalready dead, fuddenly, as ruber Pat nor waked out oflleep, movedhis tongue and jaws, and was heard to Act. andneon, pronounce this wird,yefu. Jt/.a L. Here- alto we have an excellent argument of cur Saviou.rs-divi- nit)? and omnipocency forafintich as the Angel afcribeth unto Jev!rv51Tc4t. him, that which the P(almift aflirmeth ofJehovah, that he íhall. C bryîur au tom non Paer, redeemIfrael from alibi'siniquities, Ptàl. a 3Q. S. with li f 13.4. f.tt,,, e/Z Vcrfe 22. Now .sld this Was done,that it might befulfiled ] An 4v71-0.urs. Angels tettimony is not to be taken, if it be betide or againft.che written word. I amof theca that keep the fayings.of this book;, faith the Angel to the Apottle. For ever,O Lord,thy word isfetled. Rev.ss. inHeaven,Pfàl.i-i9.39,. Verfe 23, _,.::
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