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,,
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