A few, and new observations, vpon the booke of Genesis. The most of them certaine, the rest probable, all harmelesse, strange, and rarely heard off before. By Iohn Lightfoote Staffordiens.
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             A few, and new observations, vpon the booke of Genesis. The most of them certaine, the rest probable, all harmelesse, strange, and rarely heard off before. By Iohn Lightfoote Staffordiens.
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           A
           Few
           ,
           and
           New
           OBSERVATIONS
           ,
           VPON
           THE
           BOOKE
           OF
           GENESIS
           .
           The
           most
           of
           them
           certaine
           ,
           the
           rest
           probable
           ,
           all
           harmelesse
           ,
           strange
           ,
           and
           rarely
           heard
           off
           before
           .
        
         
           By
           IOHN
           LIGHTFOOTE
           
             Staffordiens
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             Badger
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           My
           deare
           and
           loving
           Countrie-men
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Stafford
           ,
           and
           other
           my
           friends
           r●siding
           in
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           .
           Health
           ,
           Content
           ,
           Prospe●ity
           ,
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           THESE
           few
           Collections
           (
           worthy
           and
           worthily
           honoured
           Friends
           and
           Countrie-men
           )
           were
           not
           intentionally
           and
           purposely
           studied
           for
           when
           I
           first
           tooke
           them
           up
           ,
           but
           I
           tooke
           them
           upon
           another
           occasion
           .
           For
           having
           spent
           some
           yeares
           in
           compileing
           the
           Harmony
           of
           the
           foure
           Evaugelists
           ,
           among
           themselves
           and
           with
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           and
           in
           exp●aining
           of
           their
           sence
           and
           language
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           purpose
           having
           read
           over
           the
           Old
           Testament
           as
           expressely
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           help
           and
           further
           me
           in
           the
           works
           these
           observations
           ,
           (
           and
           such
           other
           upon
           the
           other
           Bookes
           )
           picked
           up
           by
           the
           way
           which
           I
           observed
           either
           very
           rarely
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           all
           to
           have
           beene
           observed
           by
           any
           heretofore
           .
           That
           worke
           from
           whence
           this
           proceeded
           ,
           would
           now
           begin
           to
           creepe
           forth
           to
           the
           publicke
           view
           ,
           were
           but
           printing
           as
           pregnant
           a
           Mother
           for
           such
           babes
           as
           shee
           used
           to
           be
           in
           former
           time
           .
           These
           small
           and
           few
           sparkes
           which
           have
           flowne
           from
           that
           Auvile
           ,
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           present
           to
           
           your
           hands
           and
           favourable
           acceptance
           ,
           partly
           for
           a
           token
           of
           my
           love
           and
           observance
           of
           so
           worthy
           friends
           ,
           and
           partly
           because
           that
           if
           the
           briefnesse
           of
           these
           Collections
           (
           which
           I
           have
           beene
           forced
           to
           straiten
           to
           this
           small
           compasse
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           relate
           them
           to
           the
           dimension
           of
           such
           Bookes
           as
           are
           now
           onely
           printed
           ,
           for
           greater
           volumes
           than
           these
           doe
           not
           now
           finde
           vent
           )
           If
           they
           should
           breed
           any
           scruple
           or
           doubting
           ,
           you
           know
           where
           to
           finde
           the
           Author
           for
           further
           satisfaction
           .
           If
           these
           find
           easie
           and
           gentle
           entertainment
           ,
           more
           of
           the
           like
           stampe
           are
           ready
           to
           shew
           themselves
           in
           order
           upon
           the
           succeeding
           Bookes
           as
           the
           printing
           of
           these
           times
           will
           bring
           them
           forth
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             ready
             to
             serve
             you
             .
             I.
             L.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             25.
             1642.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Few
           ,
           and
           new
           Observations
           ,
           VPON
           THE
           BOOKE
           OF
           GENESIS
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             THE
             Scripture
             the
             word
             of
             Knowledge
             ,
             beginneth
             with
             the
             Story
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             because
             first
             ,
             the
             first
             stepp
             towards
             the
             knowledge
             of
             
               God
            
             is
             by
             the
             Creature
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             1.
             20.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Story
             of
             the
             Creation
             pleadeth
             for
             the
             justice
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             in
             planting
             and
             displacing
             of
             Nations
             as
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             since
             the
             Earth
             is
             his
             owne
             and
             he
             made
             it
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             Resurrection
             is
             taught
             by
             the
             Creation
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             for
             
               God
            
             that
             made
             that
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             never
             was
             ,
             can
             much
             more
             make
             that
             to
             bee
             ,
             that
             hath
             been
             before
             ,
             namely
             these
             our
             bodies
             ,
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             Center
             and
             circumference
             created
             together
             in
             the
             same
             instant
             ,
             and
             clouds
             full
             of
             water
             (
             not
             such
             as
             we
             see
             made
             by
             evaporation
             ,
             
             but
             such
             as
             are
             called
             the
             
               Windowes
               or
               Cataracts
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               Gen.
               7.
               11.
               2
               
               Kings
               7.
               19.
               
               Mal.
            
             3.
             10.
             
             )
             created
             in
             the
             same
             instant
             with
             them
             ,
             
               vers.
            
             2.
             
             The
             earth
             lay
             covered
             with
             waters
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             received
             as
             yet
             its
             perfection
             beauty
             and
             deckage
             :
             and
             that
             vast
             vacuity
             that
             was
             betweene
             the
             convex
             of
             those
             waters
             ,
             and
             the
             concave
             of
             the
             clouds
             ,
             was
             filled
             as
             it
             were
             with
             a
             grosse
             and
             great
             darknesse
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             
               God
            
             moved
             the
             Heavens
             from
             the
             first
             moment
             of
             their
             creation
             in
             a
             circular
             motion
             ,
             abo●e
             and
             about
             the
             earth
             and
             waters
             ,
             for
             the
             cherishing
             and
             preservation
             of
             them
             in
             their
             new
             be●un
             being
             ,
             and
             
               verse
            
             3.
             
             Twelve
             hou●es
             did
             she
             heavens
             thus
             move
             in
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             then
             
               God
            
             commanded
             and
             there
             appeared
             light
             to
             this
             upper
             
               Horizon
               ,
            
             namely
             to
             that
             where
             
               Eden
            
             should
             be
             planted
             [
             for
             fo●
             that
             place
             especially
             is
             the
             story
             calculated
             ]
             and
             th●re
             did
             it
             shine
             other
             twelve
             houres
             ,
             declining
             by
             degrees
             with
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             heavens
             to
             the
             other
             
               Hemisphere
               ,
            
             where
             it
             inlightned
             other
             twelve
             houres
             also
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             first
             naturall
             day
             to
             that
             part
             of
             the
             world
             was
             six
             and
             thirty
             houres
             long
             ,
             s●l●●ng
             wa●Ioshuaes
             day
             ,
             
               Iosh
            
             10.
             
             And
             so
             long
             was
             our
             S●v●our
             clo●ded
             under
             death
             .
          
           
             
               V.
            
             6
             When
             the
             l●ght
             began
             to
             set
             to
             the
             
               Horizon
            
             of
             
               Eden
               ,
            
             &
             the
             evening
             or
             night
             of
             the
             2d
             .
             day
             was
             come
             ,
             
               God
            
             commanded
             that
             the
             Ayre
             should
             be
             spread
             out
             instead
             of
             that
             vacuity
             ,
             which
             was
             betwixt
             the
             waters
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             waters
             in
             the
             clouds
             ,
             and
             in
             foure
             and
             twenty
             houres
             it
             was
             accomplished
             ,
             and
             the
             Ayre
             spread
             through
             the
             whole
             universe
             with
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Heavens
             .
             In
             this
             second
             dayes
             worke
             it
             is
             not
             said
             as
             in
             the
             rest
             that
             
               God
               saw
               it
               good
               ,
            
             because
             
             whereas
             this
             dayes
             worke
             was
             about
             seperation
             of
             waters
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             perfectedly
             and
             fully
             parted
             ,
             till
             the
             waters
             which
             covered
             the
             Earth
             were
             couched
             in
             their
             channells
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             till
             the
             third
             day
             :
             &
             there
             it
             is
             twice
             said
             that
             
               God
               saw
               it
               good
            
             once
             for
             the
             intire
             seperation
             of
             the
             waters
             ,
             and
             againe
             for
             the
             fructification
             of
             the
             ground
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             9.
             
             In
             the
             new
             created
             ayre
             the
             
               Lord
            
             thundered
             and
             rebuked
             the
             waters
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             104.
             7.
             
             So
             that
             they
             hasted
             away
             and
             fled
             all
             westward
             ,
             into
             the
             channells
             which
             the
             Lord
             had
             appointed
             for
             them
             .
             And
             still
             as
             they
             flowed
             away
             ,
             and
             dry
             land
             appeared
             the
             earth
             instantly
             brought
             forth
             trees
             and
             plants
             in
             their
             severall
             kindes
             .
             This
             production
             was
             onely
             of
             the
             bodies
             and
             substances
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             their
             verdure
             and
             maturity
             was
             not
             till
             the
             sixt
             day
             :
             And
             now
             was
             
               Eden
            
             planted
             with
             the
             bodies
             of
             all
             trees
             fit
             for
             meat
             and
             delight
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             time
             that
             
               Adam
            
             is
             created
             are
             laden
             with
             leaves
             and
             fruit
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             14.
             
             The
             Moone
             and
             some
             starres
             created
             before
             the
             Sunne
             :
             She
             shone
             all
             the
             night
             of
             the
             fourth
             day
             in
             her
             full
             body
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Sunne
             appeared
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             then
             was
             her
             light
             augmented
             ,
             yet
             her
             body
             obscured
             from
             the
             World
             till
             the
             sixt
             day
             at
             even
             ,
             which
             was
             her
             prime
             day
             ,
             and
             she
             shewed
             her
             crescent
             and
             gave
             light
             to
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             who
             was
             but
             newly
             got
             at
             that
             time
             out
             of
             the
             darkenesse
             of
             his
             fall
             ,
             by
             the
             luster
             of
             the
             promise
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             21.
             
             Whales
             onely
             of
             all
             brutes
             specified
             by
             name
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             even
             the
             greatest
             of
             living
             creatures
             could
             not
             make
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             25.
             
             Beasts
             wild
             and
             tame
             created
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             
             of
             creeping
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             World
             furnished
             with
             them
             from
             about
             
               Eden
            
             as
             well
             as
             with
             men
             :
             of
             cleane
             beastes
             were
             seven
             created
             ,
             three
             couples
             for
             breed
             ,
             and
             the
             odd
             one
             for
             
               Adams
            
             sacrifice
             upon
             his
             fall
             ,
             but
             of
             uncleane
             onely
             one
             couple
             for
             the
             propagation
             of
             the
             kinde
             .
          
           
             26
             Man
             created
             by
             the
             
               Trinity
            
             about
             the
             third
             houre
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             or
             nine
             of
             the
             clocke
             in
             the
             morning
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             The
             three
             first
             verses
             ,
             that
             treate
             of
             the
             institution
             of
             the
             Sabboth
             ,
             are
             according
             to
             their
             proper
             Order
             of
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             third
             chapter
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               4
               &c.
            
             On
             the
             morning
             of
             the
             sixt
             day
             a
             mist
             ,
             that
             had
             gone
             up
             from
             the
             Earth
             fell
             downe
             upon
             it
             againe
             in
             raine
             or
             dew
             ,
             and
             watered
             the
             Earth
             ,
             with
             which
             watering
             the
             trees
             and
             plants
             budded
             to
             maturity
             in
             a
             trice
             :
             this
             dew
             being
             as
             a
             naturall
             cause
             thereof
             ,
             yet
             the
             effect
             being
             withall
             exceeding
             supernaturall
             ,
             because
             so
             s●eedy
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
            
             7.
             
             Of
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             Earth
             thus
             watered
             ,
             
               God
            
             created
             the
             body
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             the
             Psalmist
             alludeth
             ,
             
               The
               dew
               of
               thy
               youth
               ,
               Psal.
            
             110.
             3.
             
             And
             into
             that
             Earth
             so
             prepared
             ,
             he
             breatheth
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             and
             Grace
             ,
             
               Ephes.
            
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
               10.
               
               Eden
            
             watered
             by
             a
             river
             that
             overflowed
             it
             once
             a
             yeare
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             
               Nylus
            
             and
             
               Jordan
               .
            
             chap.
             13.
             10.
             
          
           
             To
             
               Adam
            
             thus
             created
             and
             made
             Lord
             of
             the
             creature
             ,
             the
             Lord
             himselfe
             bringeth
             the
             creatures
             to
             receive
             their
             names
             ,
             which
             hee
             giveth
             to
             them
             agreeable
             to
             their
             natures
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             the
             first
             sight
             ,
             shewing
             
             at
             once
             his
             dominion
             over
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             wisedom
             ,
             among
             them
             all
             he
             seeth
             no
             fit
             match
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             by
             seeing
             every
             one
             of
             them
             mated
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             came
             before
             him
             by
             paires
             ,
             he
             is
             brought
             to
             bee
             sensible
             of
             his
             owne
             want
             of
             a
             fellow
             :
             which
             thereupon
             
               God
            
             provideth
             for
             him
             out
             of
             his
             owne
             body
             of
             a
             rib
             ,
             which
             part
             of
             him
             might
             best
             be
             spared
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             Creation
             endeth
             in
             the
             making
             of
             the
             woman
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             The
             woman
             thinking
             it
             had
             beene
             a
             good
             Angell
             that
             spake
             in
             the
             trunk
             of
             the
             
               Serpent
               ,
            
             she
             entereth
             communication
             with
             the
             Devill
             :
             who
             perceiving
             her
             both
             to
             adde
             and
             to
             diminish
             to
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Commandement
             that
             was
             given
             them
             ,
             groweth
             the
             more
             impudent
             to
             tempt
             ,
             and
             seduceth
             her
             by
             the
             
               lust
               of
               the
               flesh
               and
               the
               lust
               of
               the
               eyes
               ,
               and
               the
               pride
               of
               life
               ,
            
             as
             1.
             
             Iohn
             2.
             16.
             
             And
             shee
             perswadeth
             her
             husband
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             both
             are
             fallen
             on
             the
             very
             same
             day
             that
             they
             are
             created
             ,
             
               Gen.
               9.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               Psal.
            
             49.
             12.
             
          
           
             Christ
             is
             promised
             before
             the
             man
             and
             the
             woman
             are
             censured
             :
             and
             they
             are
             questioned
             also
             before
             they
             be
             sentenced
             ,
             but
             so
             was
             not
             Satan
             ,
             for
             
               God
            
             had
             mercy
             in
             store
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             none
             for
             him
             .
             The
             curse
             is
             not
             upon
             man
             himselfe
             but
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             teach
             him
             to
             set
             his
             affections
             on
             things
             above
             and
             not
             on
             the
             cursed
             ground
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             look
             for
             an
             earthly
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             on
             this
             Earth
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             cursed
             .
          
           
             
               Adam
            
             apprehendeth
             and
             layeth
             hold
             upon
             the
             promise
             by
             Faith
             ,
             and
             in
             evidence
             of
             this
             his
             faith
             he
             calleth
             his
             wives
             name
             
               Eve
            
             or
             
               Life
               ,
            
             because
             shee
             was
             to
             be
             the
             mother
             of
             Christ
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             by
             whom
             life
             should
             come
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             beleevers
             that
             by
             
             faith
             should
             live
             in
             him
             ,
             for
             an
             outward
             signe
             and
             seale
             of
             this
             his
             Faith
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             further
             and
             more
             lively
             expression
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             God
             teacheth
             him
             the
             rite
             of
             sacrifice
             ,
             to
             lay
             Christ
             dying
             before
             his
             eyes
             in
             a
             visible
             figure
             :
             And
             with
             the
             skins
             of
             the
             sacrificed
             beasts
             
               God
            
             teacheth
             him
             and
             his
             wife
             to
             cloath
             their
             bodies
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             first
             thing
             that
             dyeth
             in
             the
             world
             is
             Christ
             in
             a
             figure
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             end
             of
             this
             third
             chapter
             imagine
             the
             three
             first
             
               verses
            
             of
             chapter
             .
             2.
             concerning
             the
             Sabbath
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             to
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             suppose
             the
             texture
             of
             the
             story
             to
             lye
             thus
             .
             
               Adam
            
             thus
             fallen
             ,
             censured
             recovered
             ,
             instructed
             and
             expelled
             
               Eden
            
             on
             the
             sixt
             day
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             following
             he
             by
             
               Gods
            
             appointment
             keepeth
             for
             a
             Sabbath
             or
             an
             holy
             rest
             ,
             and
             spendeth
             it
             onely
             in
             divine
             duties
             .
             Now
             the
             reason
             why
             it
             standeth
             in
             the
             place
             where
             it
             doth
             ,
             chap.
             2.
             
             Is
             partly
             because
             
               Moses
            
             would
             lay
             the
             seven
             dayes
             ,
             or
             the
             first
             weeke
             of
             the
             world
             altogether
             without
             interposition
             ,
             and
             partly
             because
             he
             would
             shew
             by
             setting
             it
             before
             
               Adams
            
             fall
             ,
             that
             had
             hee
             persisted
             in
             innocency
             ,
             yet
             must
             he
             have
             observed
             a
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             The
             seventh
             day
             or
             Sabbath
             is
             not
             bounded
             in
             the
             text
             with
             the
             same
             limits
             that
             the
             other
             dayes
             are
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             said
             of
             it
             as
             it
             was
             of
             them
             ,
             
               The
               Evening
               and
               the
               Morning
               were
               the
               seventh
               day
               ,
            
             because
             a
             time
             should
             come
             when
             it
             should
             have
             a
             new
             beginning
             and
             end
             ,
             and
             though
             to
             the
             
               Iewes
            
             it
             was
             from
             Even
             to
             Even
             yet
             from
             the
             beginning
             it
             was
             not
             so
             expressed
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             4.
             
             
               Cain
            
             and
             
               Abel
            
             twinnes
             of
             one
             birth
             ;
             and
             first
             was
             borne
             he
             that
             was
             naturall
             ,
             and
             after
             he
             that
             was
             spirituall
             .
          
           
           
             The
             faith
             of
             
               Abell
            
             appeared
             in
             the
             very
             materialls
             of
             his
             sacrifice
             ;
             it
             being
             of
             slaine
             beasts
             and
             so
             a
             representation
             of
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             :
             for
             this
             ,
             it
             is
             fired
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             
               Caines
            
             is
             not
             ,
             though
             his
             drye
             eares
             of
             Corne
             were
             materialls
             farie
             more
             combustible
             .
             
               Cain
            
             and
             
               Abell
            
             were
             both
             their
             own
             Priests
             ,
             for
             it
             cannot
             be
             proved
             that
             Sacrifices
             were
             ever
             offered
             but
             upon
             emergent
             occasions
             ,
             till
             the
             Law
             fixed
             it
             for
             a
             common
             service
             :
             and
             he
             that
             had
             such
             an
             occasion
             ,
             had
             libertie
             to
             be
             his
             own
             Priest
             ,
             even
             under
             the
             Law
             as
             it
             appeareth
             by
             
               Gedeon
               ,
               Manoah
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             then
             much
             more
             was
             that
             liberty
             before
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Sinne
               ,
            
             in
             
               vers
               .
            
             7.
             seemeth
             rather
             to
             signifie
             an
             offering
             or
             attonement
             for
             sinne
             then
             punishment
             :
             For
             first
             
               God
            
             commeth
             not
             to
             deject
             
               Cain
            
             lower
             then
             he
             was
             ,
             but
             to
             raise
             him
             from
             his
             dejection
             ,
             as
             it
             appeareth
             both
             by
             his
             deigning
             to
             give
             him
             an
             Oracle
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             the
             words
             wherewith
             he
             beginneth
             .
             Secondly
             if
             the
             words
             ,
             
               Sinne
               lieth
               at
               the
               doore
               ,
            
             intend
             suddain
             Iudgement
             ready
             to
             devoure
             him
             ,
             what
             dependance
             can
             the
             words
             following
             have
             with
             these
             ?
             
               If
               thou
               doe
               not
               well
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               certainely
               be
               punished
               ,
               and
               thy
               brothers
               desire
               shall
               be
               subject
               to
               thee
               :
            
             for
             this
             were
             to
             threaten
             poore
             
               Abell
            
             more
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             as
             much
             as
             
               Cain
               .
            
             Thirdly
             the
             Originall
             word
             
               Chateath
            
             as
             it
             signifieth
             
               Sinne
               ,
            
             so
             also
             doth
             it
             the
             sacrifice
             for
             sinne
             ,
             as
             
               Hos.
               4.
               8.
               2
               Cor.
            
             5.
             21.
             
             And
             all
             along
             
               Leviticus
               ,
            
             and
             it
             was
             the
             custome
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             
               Moses
            
             speaketh
             as
             best
             knowne
             ,
             to
             lay
             the
             Sacrifice
             at
             the
             Sanctuary
             doore
             .
          
           
             
               Vers
               .
               14.
               
               Cain
            
             sensible
             of
             his
             punishment
             though
             
             he
             was
             not
             of
             his
             sinne
             ,
             beggeth
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             that
             he
             might
             die
             to
             ease
             him
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Therefore
               let
               any
               one
               that
               findeth
               me
               kill
               mee
               ,
            
             but
             this
             
               God
            
             denyeth
             to
             him
             reserving
             him
             to
             a
             lingring
             punishment
             :
             and
             
               Caine
            
             being
             assured
             of
             long
             life
             ,
             giveth
             himselfe
             to
             all
             sensuality
             ,
             to
             sweeten
             it
             as
             much
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             way
             of
             
               Caine
               ,
               Iud.
               vers.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             23.
             
             
               Lamech
               in
               horrour
               of
               Conscience
               for
               his
               Polygamy
               ,
            
             which
             now
             began
             to
             be
             examplary
             to
             the
             generall
             corruption
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             his
             sinne
             seaventie
             times
             greater
             than
             
               Cains
               ,
            
             and
             his
             desert
             of
             punishment
             proportionable
             :
             for
             
               Cain
            
             had
             slaine
             but
             one
             man
             and
             but
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             he
             by
             his
             evill
             example
             had
             killed
             old
             and
             young
             and
             their
             very
             soules
             :
             and
             therefore
             he
             maketh
             his
             complaint
             to
             his
             two
             wives
             that
             had
             brought
             him
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             A
             Chronicle
             of
             1556.
             yeares
             :
             and
             all
             the
             yeares
             are
             reckoned
             compleat
             but
             onely
             
               Noahs
            
             five
             hundreth
             yeere
             ,
             in
             
               ver.
            
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Ver.
               3.
               
               Seth
            
             borne
             in
             Originall
             sinne
             :
             the
             Father
             of
             all
             men
             in
             the
             new
             world
             after
             the
             floud
             ,
             
               Numb.
            
             24.
             17.
             
          
           
             
               Ver.
               23.
               
               Enoch
            
             liveth
             as
             many
             yeares
             as
             be
             dayes
             in
             a
             yeare
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             lived
             neerer
             the
             floud
             lived
             the
             longer
             unmarryed
             because
             they
             would
             not
             generate
             many
             children
             for
             the
             water
             .
          
           
             
               V.
            
             29.
             
             Noah
             a
             comforter
             ,
             because
             in
             him
             liberty
             should
             be
             given
             to
             the
             World
             to
             eate
             flesh
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             VI
             .
             In
             the
             generall
             corruption
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
               Noah
               the
               eight
               person
            
             in
             descent
             from
             
               Enoch
               ,
            
             
             in
             whose
             time
             profanenesse
             began
             ,
             as
             2
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             5.
             
             Escapeth
             the
             abominations
             and
             desolation
             of
             the
             times
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
             VIII
             .
             IX
             .
             
               The
               floud
               :
            
             the
             Beasts
             in
             the
             
               Arke
            
             live
             without
             enmity
             ,
             which
             sheweth
             how
             the
             words
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             3.
             15.
             about
             enmity
             with
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             the
             Serpent
             and
             
               Noah
            
             are
             now
             friends
             each
             to
             other
             :
             this
             is
             alluded
             to
             ,
             
               Esay
               ,
            
             11.
             6.
             7
             
             
               Noah
            
             is
             in
             the
             
               Arke
            
             just
             a
             compleate
             and
             
               exact
               yeere
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
            
             but
             reckon'd
             in
             the
             text
             by
             
               Lunary
               Moneths
               .
               Vniversall
               darknesse
            
             all
             the
             fortie
             dayes
             raines
             .
             
               The
               doore
            
             of
             the
             
               Arke
               under
               water
               :
            
             The
             
               Arke
            
             draweth
             water
             
               eleven
               Cubits
               .
            
             The
             waters
             when
             they
             came
             to
             abate
             while
             they
             lay
             above
             the
             Mountaines
             ,
             
               fell
               but
               one
               Cubit
               in
               foure
               dayes
               ,
            
             but
             farre
             faster
             afterward
             .
             After
             their
             comming
             out
             of
             the
             
               Arke
            
             for
             a
             whole
             halfe
             yeer
             together
             ,
             
               Noah
            
             and
             his
             family
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Creatures
             live
             upon
             provision
             that
             was
             still
             in
             the
             
               Arke
               ,
            
             for
             they
             came
             out
             just
             upon
             the
             beginning
             of
             Winter
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             neither
             grasse
             corne
             nor
             fruits
             till
             another
             spring
             :
             The
             forbidding
             to
             eate
             flesh
             with
             the
             bloud
             ,
             condemneth
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Transubstantiation
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             XI
             .
             
               Seventy
               Nations
            
             dispersed
             from
             
               Babel
               ,
            
             but
             
               not
               seventy
               Languages
               :
            
             the
             
               fifteene
            
             named
             in
             
               Act.
            
             2.
             were
             enough
             to
             confound
             the
             worke
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             very
             well
             bee
             supposed
             to
             have
             been
             the
             whole
             number
             .
             
               Sem
            
             as
             he
             standeth
             in
             the
             front
             of
             the
             Genealogy
             of
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             hath
             
               neither
               Father
               nor
               Mother
            
             named
             nor
             
               beginning
               of
               dayes
               nor
               end
               of
               life
               .
               Nahors
            
             life
             is
             shortned
             for
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             XII
             .
             
               Abraham
            
             at
             75.
             yeeres
             old
             receiveth
             the
             promise
             ,
             and
             commeth
             into
             
               Canaan
            
             and
             just
             
               so
               
               many
            
             yeeres
             did
             
               Sem
            
             live
             after
             
               Abrahams
            
             comming
             thither
             and
             so
             might
             well
             be
             
               Melchizedeck
            
             in
             chap.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Ver.
               6.
               7.
               
               Abraham
            
             buildeth
             
               an
               Altar
            
             neere
             ,
             if
             not
             
               upon
               mount
               Gerizim
            
             the
             hill
             of
             blessing
             :
             and
             
               vers
            
             8.
             
             Another
             altar
             he
             buildeth
             neer
             unto
             ,
             if
             not
             
               upon
               mount
               Ebal
               ,
            
             the
             hill
             of
             cursing
             ,
             
               Deut
            
             27.
             
             And
             so
             taketh
             possession
             of
             the
             land
             by
             faith
             in
             the
             very
             same
             place
             ,
             where
             his
             sonnes
             the
             Israelites
             did
             take
             possession
             of
             it
             indeed
             ,
             
               Iosh.
               8.
               12.
               &c.
            
             30.
             
          
           
             
               V.
            
             11.
             
             When
             he
             is
             ready
             to
             enter
             into
             
               Egypt
            
             whither
             famine
             drave
             him
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             his
             posterity
             afterward
             ,
             hee
             is
             afraid
             of
             his
             life
             in
             regard
             of
             
               Sarah
               ,
            
             who
             being
             
               a
               white
               woman
            
             would
             soone
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             by
             the
             
               Aegyptians
            
             who
             were
             
               blackmoores
               .
            
             This
             was
             one
             mai●e
             inticement
             to
             
               Iosephs
            
             mistres
             to
             cast
             an
             eye
             of
             lustfulnes
             upon
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             a
             white
             man
             and
             she
             a
             Moore
             .
             Of
             the
             same
             complexion
             was
             
               Pharaohs
            
             daughter
             whom
             
               Solomon
            
             tooke
             to
             wife
             :
             of
             whom
             that
             in
             the
             first
             and
             literall
             acceptation
             is
             to
             bee
             understood
             ,
             which
             spiritually
             is
             to
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               Cant.
            
             1.
             5.
             6.
             
             
               I
               am
               black
               but
               comely
               :
            
             and
             I
             
               am
               black
               because
               the
               Sunne
               hath
               looked
               on
               mee
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               Psal.
               45.
               13.
               
               The
               Kings
               Daughter
               is
               all
               glorious
               within
               :
            
             for
             she
             was
             a
             Blackmoore
             without
             .
          
           
             
               V.
               20.
               
               Pharaoh
            
             plagued
             for
             
               Sarais
            
             and
             
               Abrahams
            
             sake
             who
             was
             an
             
               Hebrew
               Sheepheard
               ,
            
             giveth
             charge
             to
             the
             
               Aegyptians
               ,
            
             making
             it
             as
             it
             were
             a
             law
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             converse
             with
             Hebrewes
             nor
             with
             forraine
             Sheepheards
             ,
             in
             any
             so
             neere
             familiarity
             as
             to
             eat
             or
             drinke
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             Aegyptians
             observed
             strictly
             ever
             after
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             42.
             32.
             and
             46.
             34.
             
          
           
           
             CHAP.
             XIII
             .
             
               Abram
               and
               Let
               quarrell
               ,
            
             and
             part
             
               in
               the
               valley
               of
               Achor
               :
            
             and
             this
             is
             at
             the
             very
             same
             time
             of
             the
             yeare
             that
             Israel
             came
             into
             the
             Land
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             in
             the
             first
             moneth
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             or
             Abib
             ,
          
           
             CHAP.
             XIV
             .
             
               Noah
            
             in
             the
             blessing
             of
             his
             son
             
               Sem
               ,
            
             maketh
             him
             in
             a
             speciall
             manner
             Lord
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             
               Canaan
               ,
               Gen.
            
             9.
             
             Hither
             therefore
             came
             
               Sem
               ,
            
             and
             built
             a
             City
             ,
             and
             called
             it
             after
             his
             owne
             peaceable
             condition
             
               Salem
               :
            
             here
             he
             reigned
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             so
             quietly
             and
             retiredly
             as
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Priest
             also
             .
             In
             this
             sequestration
             of
             the
             father
             from
             worldly
             cares
             and
             affaires
             ,
             
               Elam
            
             his
             eldest
             son
             and
             heire
             apparent
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             seated
             farre
             distant
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             yet
             it
             concerneth
             him
             to
             have
             an
             eye
             to
             
               Canaan
               ,
            
             and
             how
             matters
             goe
             there
             ,
             for
             the
             land
             by
             bequest
             of
             his
             grand-father
             
               Noah
               ,
            
             descended
             to
             him
             as
             by
             the
             common
             law
             .
             
               This
               title
               bringeth
               Chedorlaomer
            
             an
             heire
             of
             
               Elam
            
             from
             
               Persia
            
             into
             
               Canaan
               ,
            
             when
             the
             five
             Cities
             of
             the
             plaine
             rebell
             .
             Into
             this
             warre
             he
             taketh
             three
             partners
             
               younger
               brothers
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Sem
               ,
               Amraphel
               of
               Arphaxad
               ,
            
             King
             of
             
               Chaldea
               ,
               Arioch
            
             of
             
               Lud
               ,
            
             King
             of
             
               Ellasar
            
             bordering
             upon
             
               Babylonia
            
             and
             
               Tidal
            
             of
             
               Assur
            
             King
             of
             Nations
             ,
             and
             late
             built
             
               Niniveh
               .
            
             These
             foure
             thus
             banded
             together
             and
             all
             children
             of
             
               Sem
               ,
            
             and
             all
             in
             claime
             of
             his
             land
             against
             the
             usurping
             
               Canaanite
               ,
            
             are
             resolved
             to
             march
             over
             and
             so
             they
             doe
             ,
             all
             that
             Country
             both
             within
             
               Iordan
            
             and
             without
             .
             Their
             first
             inrode
             is
             upon
             the
             
               Rephaims
            
             that
             lay
             most
             North
             and
             lay
             first
             in
             their
             way
             ;
             and
             so
             over
             run
             ,
             the
             
               Zuzims
            
             in
             
               Ammon
               ,
               Emims
            
             in
             
               Moab
               ,
               Horites
            
             or
             
               Hivites
            
             that
             were
             
               Troglodytes
            
             or
             dwelt
             in
             the
             rocky
             Caves
             of
             Mount
             
               Seir
            
             in
             
             
               Edom
               ,
            
             as
             
               Ier.
               49.
               10.
               
               Obad.
               ver.
            
             3.
             
             And
             all
             the
             
               Canaanites
            
             South-East
             and
             full
             South
             to
             
               Hazezon
               Tamar
            
             a
             point
             below
             the
             dead
             Sea
             :
             There
             they
             turne
             in
             to
             the
             land
             of
             
               Canaan
            
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             had
             subdued
             all
             the
             Countries
             from
             North
             to
             South
             without
             
               Iordan
               ,
            
             so
             now
             they
             intend
             to
             doe
             from
             South
             to
             North
             within
             .
             And
             so
             they
             did
             :
             but
             when
             they
             were
             come
             to
             
               Dan
            
             the
             North
             out-going
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             
               Abram
            
             overtaketh
             them
             and
             conquereth
             the
             conquerours
             ,
             and
             now
             he
             is
             doubly
             titled
             to
             the
             land
             ,
             namely
             by
             promise
             and
             by
             victory
             .
             This
             
               Sem
            
             or
             
               Melchizedeck
            
             observeth
             upon
             his
             returne
             with
             triumph
             ,
             and
             perceiveth
             that
             it
             was
             he
             and
             his
             posterity
             to
             whom
             the
             Lord
             had
             designed
             that
             Land
             in
             the
             prophetick
             spirit
             of
             
               Noah
               ,
            
             and
             had
             refused
             the
             heires
             that
             were
             more
             apparent
             in
             common
             law
             and
             reason
             :
             and
             therefore
             
               hee
               bringeth
               forth
               bread
               and
               wine
               the
               best
               fruites
               of
               the
               land
               ,
               and
               tenders
               them
               as
               livery
               and
               seisin
               of
               it
               ,
            
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             he
             perceived
             that
             God
             had
             chosen
             and
             pointed
             out
             for
             the
             right
             heire
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             XV
             .
             All
             feare
             of
             claime
             by
             any
             of
             
               Sems
            
             sonnes
             was
             now
             past
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             late
             conquest
             ,
             but
             onely
             of
             
               Aram
            
             the
             youngest
             ,
             who
             had
             no
             chalengers
             or
             children
             ,
             in
             the
             warre
             of
             him
             was
             
               Eliezer
            
             descended
             who
             was
             
               Abrams
            
             chiefe
             servant
             ,
             and
             where
             is
             the
             title
             by
             
               Sems
            
             resignation
             ,
             was
             to
             descend
             to
             
               Abram
            
             and
             his
             heires
             ,
             
               Eleazer
            
             was
             like
             to
             bee
             next
             if
             
               Abram
            
             had
             no
             child
             of
             his
             owne
             .
             When
             this
             jealousie
             somewhat
             troubleth
             
               Abram
               ,
            
             God
             removeth
             it
             by
             the
             promise
             of
             a
             sonne
             of
             his
             owne
             Loynes
             :
             and
             by
             a
             Covenant
             with
             sacrifice
             ,
             even
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             creatures
             that
             were
             to
             be
             sacrificed
             .
          
           
           
             CHAP.
             XVI
             .
             
               Abram
            
             assured
             of
             a
             son
             of
             his
             owne
             body
             (
             but
             not
             whether
             by
             
               Sarah
            
             or
             not
             )
             taketh
             
               Hagar
            
             to
             compasse
             the
             promise
             ,
             she
             wearied
             out
             by
             
               Sarai's
            
             strictnesse
             ,
             is
             travailing
             to
             her
             own
             Country
             
               Aegypt
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             way
             hath
             a
             vision
             of
             the
             Angell
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             which
             was
             strange
             to
             her
             to
             have
             
               visios
            
             out
             of
             
               Abrams
            
             house
             :
             
               therefor
               she
               called
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               that
               spake
               unto
               her
               ;
               Thou
               art
               the
               God
               of
               vision
               :
               for
               she
               said
               ,
               did
               I
               here
               also
               looke
               after
               a
               vision
               ,
            
             in
             a
             place
             so
             far
             distant
             from
             
               Abrams
            
             family
             ?
             and
             the
             well
             also
             where
             hee
             spake
             unto
             her
             was
             called
             ,
             
               The
               well
               of
               the
               lively
               one
               of
               vision
               .
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             XVII
             .
             
               Circumcision
               instituted
               in
               Hebron
               ,
               and
               about
               the
               time
               of
               Easter
            
             the
             place
             and
             time
             of
             the
             year
             where
             and
             when
             the
             Baptist
             was
             borne
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             bring
             in
             Baptisme
             instead
             of
             circumcision
             .
             
               Abram
            
             and
             
               Sarah
            
             upon
             Circumcision
             saith
             
               Rabbi
               Plenahem
               ,
            
             were
             as
             new
             creatures
             ,
             and
             therefore
             also
             must
             they
             have
             new
             names
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             XVIII
             .
             The
             
               three
               Persons
            
             in
             the
             Trinity
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             3.
             men
             appeare
             to
             
               Abraham
            
             and
             dine
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             eate
             
               the
               First
               flesh
            
             that
             is
             mentioned
             eaten
             in
             all
             the
             Scripture
             
               Abraham
            
             beggeth
             for
             
               Sodom
            
             till
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             bin
             gotten
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             righteous
             ones
             in
             
               Lots
            
             family
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             ceaseth
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             XIX
             .
             The
             Son
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             come
             into
             
               Sodome
            
             to
             destroy
             it
             ,
             and
             now
             they
             are
             called
             Angells
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             sent
             ,
             by
             the
             Father
             ,
             
               Lots
            
             wife
             is
             
               struck
               dead
               with
               lightning
               ,
            
             and
             stiffened
             and
             fixed
             in
             the
             place
             where
             she
             stood
             ,
             and
             
               of
               a
               salt
            
             and
             brackish
             
               smell
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             called
             
               a
               pillar
               of
               salt
               :
               Sodom
            
             destroyed
             by
             a
             strange
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             memoriall
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Iudgement
             preserved
             to
             this
             day
             by
             as
             strange
             a
             water
             ;
             
               Iordan
            
             before
             that
             time
             had
             an
             issue
             further
             ,
             but
             from
             that
             time
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             stop
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             that
             valley
             up
             on
             a
             fatall
             poole
             .
             
               Lot
            
             had
             
               two
               Daughters
            
             at
             the
             least
             that
             
               perished
            
             
             in
             the
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             he
             had
             two
             that
             escaped
             .
             It
             is
             observable
             how
             soon
             after
             the
             institution
             of
             Circumcision
             those
             Cities
             c●me
             to
             destruction
             ,
             which
             so
             hideouslly
             abused
             that
             member
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Covenant
             for
             the
             land
             was
             sealed
             .
          
           
             CHAP.
             20.
             21.
             
             
               Abraham
            
             flitteth
             into
             the
             land
             of
             the
             
               Philistims
               ,
            
             that
             
               Isaac
            
             might
             bee
             borne
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             
               Cannaan
            
             properly
             so
             called
             for
             the
             greater
             mystery
             to
             his
             birth
             .
             God
             himselfe
             commeth
             in
             visible
             forme
             ,
             as
             c.
             18.
             
             
               Sarah
               hath
               once
               a
               greater
               measure
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Prophesie
               then
               Abraham
               ,
            
             namely
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             casting
             out
             the
             bondwoman
             and
             her
             son
             .
             There
             is
             good
             
               probability
               of
               Ismaels
               salvation
               .
               Abraham
            
             consecrateth
             a
             grove
             at
             
               Beersheba
               ,
            
             that
             he
             might
             have
             
               hallowed
               wood
               ,
            
             for
             his
             sacrificing
             fires
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             holy
             fire
             for
             his
             sacrifices
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             22.
             
             
               Abraham
            
             passed
             through
             
               ten
               temptations
               ,
            
             and
             the
             sacrificing
             of
             his
             sonne
             the
             last
             and
             greatest
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             23.
             
             When
             
               Rebeccahs
            
             sun
             is
             risen
             in
             the
             last
             chap.
             
               Sarah
            
             sets
             in
             this
             .
             The
             first
             foot
             of
             land
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             land
             that
             
               Abraham
            
             hath
             in
             
               Canaan
            
             in
             possession
             is
             onely
             a
             place
             of
             buriall
             :
             God
             by
             this
             very
             thing
             drawing
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             to
             looke
             after
             the
             spirituall
             part
             of
             the
             promise
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             25.
             
             At
             what
             time
             
               Abraham
            
             married
             
               Keturah
            
             is
             uncertaine
             :
             the
             text
             hath
             laid
             it
             after
             
               Isaacs
            
             marriage
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             fit
             that
             all
             the
             actions
             of
             
               Abraham
            
             which
             any
             whit
             concerned
             the
             promise
             ,
             should
             be
             handled
             first
             and
             together
             ,
             before
             the
             other
             which
             either
             did
             not
             at
             all
             or
             did
             it
             the
             lesse
             .
             But
             that
             
               Abraham
            
             was
             married
             to
             this
             woman
             ,
             long
             before
             
               Isaacs
            
             marriage
             or
             
               Sarahs
            
             death
             ,
             is
             probable
             upon
             these
             conjectures
             .
             1.
             
             He
             that
             held
             it
             strange
             to
             have
             a
             son
             at
             an
             hundred
             yeeres
             old
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             like
             he
             would
             marry
             at
             an
             hundred
             and
             forty
             .
             2.
             
             In
             c.
             24.
             36.
             when
             the
             servant
             is
             to
             make
             the
             match
             for
             
               Isaac
               ,
            
             he
             saith
             that
             
               Abraham
            
             had
             given
             all
             his
             estate
             
             to
             
               Isaac
               ,
            
             which
             had
             bin
             unnecessary
             to
             mention
             ,
             had
             he
             had
             no
             more
             children
             but
             
               Ismael
            
             who
             was
             gone
             from
             his
             house
             long
             before
             .
          
           
             
               Abrahams
            
             disposing
             of
             his
             sons
             into
             the
             East
             Countries
             or
             
               Arabia
               ,
            
             was
             not
             upon
             usurpation
             ,
             but
             upon
             just
             claime
             by
             conquest
             ,
             c.
             14.
             
             All
             these
             countries
             were
             of
             the
             land
             of
             
               Canaan
               ,
            
             &
             of
             the
             promise
             and
             therefore
             are
             circumcised
             ones
             seated
             in
             them
             instead
             of
             
               Canaanites
               .
            
          
           
             When
             the
             text
             hath
             recited
             these
             sons
             of
             
               Abraham
            
             and
             their
             settlement
             ,
             it
             bringeth
             him
             and
             
               Ismael
            
             to
             their
             graves
             :
             Not
             that
             they
             died
             before
             the
             birth
             of
             
               Iacob
               ,
            
             and
             
               Esau
            
             as
             the
             text
             hath
             laid
             it
             ,
             for
             
               Abraham
            
             lived
             till
             they
             were
             fifteen
             yeeres
             old
             ,
             and
             
               Ismael
            
             till
             they
             were
             at
             their
             climactericall
             yeer
             of
             63.
             but
             now
             hath
             
               Moses
            
             no
             more
             to
             say
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             therefor
             he
             concludeth
             their
             story
             at
             once
             .
             
               Esau
            
             borne
             all
             hairy
             over
             like
             a
             kid
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             reddish
             colour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             called
             him
             
               Esau
               ,
               Factus
               ,
               made
               ,
            
             and
             perfected
             already
             as
             having
             both
             his
             beard
             and
             
               pubes
            
             as
             soone
             as
             he
             was
             borne
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             sore
             yeere
             of
             famine
             in
             the
             land
             ,
             
               Esau
               selleth
               his
               birth-right
               for
               want
               of
               meate
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             26.
             
             The
             famine
             that
             had
             caused
             him
             to
             part
             with
             his
             birth-right
             causeth
             
               Isaac
            
             his
             father
             to
             part
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             
               Canaan
               .
            
             The
             Philistims
             
               Africans
            
             by
             descent
             
               Gen.
            
             10.
             14.
             and
             tawny
             like
             them
             )
             doe
             soone
             espy
             the
             beauty
             of
             
               Rebeccah
            
             a
             white
             woman
             .
          
           
             Chap
             27.
             
             
               Isaac
            
             being
             arrived
             at
             the
             age
             of
             137.
             yeeres
             ,
             at
             what
             age
             
               Ismael
            
             his
             brother
             had
             died
             ,
             by
             his
             example
             ,
             beginneth
             to
             thinke
             of
             his
             own
             death
             ,
             and
             to
             dispose
             himselfe
             for
             that
             .
             He
             sendeth
             
               Esau
               to
               hunt
            
             for
             venison
             
               for
               a
               triall
               ,
            
             whether
             he
             should
             blesse
             him
             or
             no
             ,
             for
             missing
             of
             venison
             before
             ,
             hee
             had
             lost
             his
             birth-right
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             misse
             to
             day
             as
             he
             did
             then
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sure
             signe
             that
             he
             must
             lose
             the
             blessing
             :
             And
             
             so
             though
             
               Isaac
            
             had
             passed
             away
             the
             maine
             blessing
             at
             unawares
             ,
             yet
             when
             
               Esau
            
             commeth
             home
             sped
             of
             a
             prey
             ,
             he
             seeth
             that
             it
             was
             the
             will
             of
             God
             he
             should
             have
             some
             blessing
             ,
             and
             so
             blessed
             him
             also
             .
             
               Esaus
            
             garment
             ,
             in
             which
             
               Iacob
            
             obtained
             the
             blessing
             ,
             
               were
               the
               garments
               of
               the
               Priesthood
            
             which
             belonged
             to
             the
             first
             borne
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             29
             30.
             
             
               Iacob
               stronger
               then
               three
               men
               ,
            
             and
             rolleth
             away
             the
             stone
             from
             the
             wells
             mouth
             alone
             ,
             which
             they
             could
             not
             doe
             with
             all
             their
             strength
             united
             he
             is
             deceived
             by
             
               Laban
            
             by
             a
             suborned
             person
             ,
             and
             imbraced
             
               Leah
            
             thinking
             hee
             had
             imbraced
             
               Rahel
               ,
            
             as
             he
             deceived
             his
             father
             by
             a
             suborned
             person
             ,
             taking
             on
             him
             to
             be
             
               Esau
            
             when
             he
             was
             
               Jacob
               :
            
             He
             
               serveth
            
             in
             hardship
             in
             
               his
               marriage
               weeke
               ,
            
             &
             bringeth
             festivity
             to
             other
             ;
             but
             labour
             to
             himselfe
             ;
             
               Ioseph
               ,
               Zebulun
            
             and
             
               Asher
            
             were
             in
             their
             mothers
             wombes
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             but
             
               Ioseph
            
             borne
             last
             ,
             
               Dinah
            
             was
             not
             borne
             in
             these
             seven
             yeeres
             unlesse
             she
             were
             a
             twin
             with
             
               Zebulun
               .
               Reuben
            
             about
             five
             yeeres
             old
             following
             the
             reapers
             findeth
             Mandrakes
             and
             bringeth
             the
             
               Apples
            
             thereof
             to
             his
             mother
             ,
             for
             which
             poore
             rate
             
               Iacob
            
             is
             in
             manner
             sold
             for
             a
             time
             by
             
               Rahel
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             31.
             
             
               Rahel
            
             ste●leth
             
               Labans
               Teraphim
               for
               a
               civill
               use
               :
            
             to
             preserve
             the
             memory
             of
             some
             of
             her
             ancestors
             whereof
             they
             were
             the
             pictures
             ,
             and
             which
             
               Laban
            
             had
             impiously
             
               Idolized
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             32.
             
             
               Iacob
               for
               distrust
               in
               the
               promise
            
             so
             farre
             upon
             
               Esaus
            
             approach
             that
             he
             sendeth
             him
             above
             a
             thousand
             cattell
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             which
             he
             had
             vowed
             the
             tithes
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             before
             he
             paid
             them
             ,
             is
             met
             by
             the
             way
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               and
               in
               danger
               to
               be
               killed
               by
               him
               :
            
             but
             by
             prayer
             and
             supplication
             he
             prevaileth
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             escapeth
             onely
             with
             a
             lame
             leg.
             This
             lamenesse
             of
             
               Iacob
            
             was
             not
             reputed
             to
             him
             for
             a
             m●ime
             ,
             but
             like
             the
             honourable
             scars
             of
             a
             valiant
             Captaine
             ,
             for
             a
             speciall
             dignity
             .
             For
             at
             
               Bethel
            
             he
             exerciseth
             the
             part
             and
             office
             of
             
             a
             Priest
             ,
             which
             if
             his
             halting
             had
             bin
             reputed
             for
             a
             maime
             he
             had
             been
             disabled
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             his
             posterity
             in
             all
             succeeding
             ages
             ,
             reserve
             the
             honourable
             memory
             of
             this
             his
             lamenesse
             ,
             in
             not
             eating
             the
             sinew
             that
             shranke
             .
             That
             was
             
               the
               first
               Cereremonie
            
             that
             distinguished
             
               Israel
            
             for
             a
             peculiar
             people
             ,
             because
             with
             this
             his
             lamenesse
             
               Iacob
            
             is
             first
             dignified
             with
             the
             name
             of
             
               Israel
               .
            
             Circumcision
             differenced
             them
             not
             from
             the
             other
             seed
             of
             
               Abraham
               ,
            
             by
             
               Hagar
            
             and
             
               Keturah
               ,
            
             but
             this
             
               curiosity
               in
               meates
               first
               beginneth
               Iudaisme
               .
               They
               refrained
               not
               to
               eat
               the
               joynt
            
             where
             the
             sinew
             was
             ,
             as
             a
             leg
             of
             Mutton
             or
             of
             Beefe
             ,
             for
             the
             legs
             of
             the
             Passeover
             were
             to
             be
             eaten
             ,
             
               Exod.
               12.
               10.
               but
               they
               spared
               the
               sinew
               .
            
             And
             that
             
               not
               in
               abomination
            
             or
             abhorring
             of
             it
             ,
             
               but
               in
               honour
            
             and
             speciall
             respect
             ,
             because
             it
             bare
             the
             memoriall
             of
             their
             first
             naming
             
               Israel
               :
            
             The
             portion
             of
             meat
             that
             
               Elkanah
            
             gave
             to
             his
             beloved
             
               Hannah
               ,
               Manah
               Ahhath
               Appaijna
            
             the
             
               portion
               of
               representation
            
             may
             not
             unfitly
             be
             understood
             of
             this
             joynt
             and
             the
             same
             peece
             of
             the
             meat
             did
             
               Samuel
            
             reserve
             from
             for
             
               Saul
               ,
            
             in
             honour
             ,
             
               The
               Cooke
               tooke
               up
               the
            
             leg
             ,
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             33.
             34.
             
             
               Shechem
               an
               Hivite
            
             by
             originall
             ,
             c.
             34.
             2.
             
               is
               an
               Amorite
            
             by
             habitation
             c.
             48.
             22.
             
             So
             
               Anah
               the
               Hivite
            
             by
             descent
             ,
             c.
             36.
             2.
             
             
               Beeri
               the
               Hittite
            
             by
             habitation
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             c.
             26.
             36.
             and
             
               an
               Horite
            
             by
             habitation
             in
             another
             ,
             chap.
             36.
             30.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               Iudah
               was
               not
               at
               the
               murder
               at
               Shechem
               ,
            
             but
             at
             
               Chezib
            
             upon
             the
             borders
             of
             the
             Philistims
             ,
             married
             and
             resident
             there
             ,
             many
             miles
             distant
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             35.
             
             The
             
               Proselytes
               of
               Shechem
               admitted
               to
               Iacobs
               family
               by
               Baptisme
               ,
            
             for
             circumcision
             to
             the
             
               Shechemites
            
             was
             become
             deadly
             .
          
           
             
               Benjamin
               borne
               by
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               promise
               ,
               v.
            
             11.
             for
             
               Iacob
            
             was
             now
             past
             the
             naturall
             vigor
             of
             generating
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             justly
             calleth
             his
             name
             
               Benjamin
               ,
               the
               son
               of
               the
               right
               hand
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             36.
             
             Strange
             alteration
             of
             names
             in
             this
             chapter
             ,
             from
             
             what
             they
             are
             in
             others
             ,
             
               Iudith
            
             chap.
             26.
             34.
             called
             
               Aholibamah
            
             because
             of
             her
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Anah
            
             her
             father
             ,
             chap
             36.
             2.
             
               an
               Hivite
            
             by
             originall
             ,
             is
             
               Beeri
               an
               Hittite
            
             chap.
             26.
             34.
             because
             he
             dwelt
             among
             them
             about
             
               Beer-la-hai-roi
               .
               Bashemath
            
             c.
             26.
             34.
             is
             
               Adah
            
             here
             ,
             to
             shew
             Gods
             dislike
             against
             
               Esaus
            
             matches
             
               Mahalath
               ,
            
             is
             
               Pashemath
            
             to
             shew
             the
             
               Canaanitish
            
             qualities
             of
             a
             daughter
             of
             
               Ismael
               .
            
          
           
             Compare
             this
             genealogy
             in
             this
             chapter
             with
             the
             same
             in
             1.
             
               Chron.
            
             1.
             and
             
               Timna
            
             which
             is
             here
             a
             woman
             and
             a
             
               mans
               concubine
               ,
            
             is
             there
             made
             
               that
               mans
               sonne
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Scripture
             useth
             to
             speake
             short
             in
             knowne
             stories
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             37.
             
             When
             the
             text
             hath
             dispatched
             with
             
               Esau
            
             the
             hater
             of
             his
             brother
             that
             lost
             his
             birth-right
             by
             his
             own
             fault
             ,
             it
             falleth
             upon
             
               Ioseph
            
             the
             hated
             of
             his
             brethren
             ,
             that
             obtained
             the
             birth-right
             by
             the
             fault
             of
             another
             .
             Hee
             feeding
             the
             flocks
             with
             his
             brethren
             joyneth
             in
             company
             with
             the
             sonnes
             of
             the
             handmaides
             ,
             for
             
               Leahs
            
             children
             cared
             little
             either
             for
             them
             or
             him
             .
             Among
             them
             where
             he
             thought
             to
             have
             respect
             ,
             hee
             found
             hardship
             for
             they
             made
             him
             as
             their
             slave
             or
             servant
             ,
             
               Vehu
               nagnar
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               a
               servant
               with
               the
               sonnes
               of
               Bilhah
               and
               zilpah
               ,
               ver.
            
             2.
             
             This
             evill
             report
             of
             his
             brethrens
             usage
             of
             him
             he
             told
             his
             father
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             made
             him
             
               acoate
               of
               divers
               colours
               as
               abadge
               of
               the
               birth-right
            
             which
             his
             father
             intended
             to
             conferre
             upon
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             brethren
             for
             this
             should
             respect
             him
             the
             more
             .
             But
             this
             procureth
             their
             greater
             hatred
             ,
             
               Reuben
            
             only
             excepted
             who
             sought
             his
             good
             though
             hee
             had
             gotten
             his
             birth-right
             ,
             which
             sheweth
             that
             the
             incestuous
             man
             was
             now
             become
             a
             penitent
             and
             holy
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             38.
             
             
               Iudah
            
             punished
             in
             his
             children
             and
             his
             owne
             shame
             for
             the
             sale
             of
             his
             righteous
             brother
             .
             He
             was
             married
             about
             eight
             yeeres
             before
             
               Ioseph
            
             was
             sold
             ,
             being
             then
             not
             above
             twelve
             yeeres
             of
             oge
             if
             he
             were
             so
             much
             .
             Therefore
             the
             
             words
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             chap.
             
             
               At
               that
               time
               ,
            
             have
             not
             so
             much
             any
             reference
             to
             the
             exact
             time
             of
             
               Judahs
            
             marriage
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             
               Er
            
             and
             
               Onan
               ,
            
             which
             befell
             not
             long
             after
             
               Ioseph
            
             was
             sold
             ,
             and
             so
             teach
             of
             his
             requitall
             in
             his
             children
             for
             the
             sale
             of
             his
             righteous
             brother
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             39.
             40.
             41.
             
             
               Ioseph
            
             made
             a
             slave
             :
             
               his
               Blackmoore
               mistresse
            
             lusteth
             after
             his
             beauty
             and
             whitenesse
             .
             By
             the
             interpretation
             of
             other
             mens
             dreames
             he
             is
             promoted
             as
             by
             the
             relating
             of
             his
             owne
             he
             was
             sold
             into
             misery
             .
             
               Pharaoh
            
             giveth
             him
             a
             new
             name
             after
             their
             Oracular
             God
             
               Baal
               Zephon
               ,
               Zophuath-Paanea
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             42.
             
             
               Iosephs
            
             words
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               v.
            
             15.
             16.
             not
             an
             oath
             by
             the
             Creature
             bnt
             an
             apprecation
             and
             prayer
             for
             
               Pharaohs
            
             life
             :
             
               So
               let
               Pharaoh
               live
               as
               ye
               are
               spies
            
             as
             
               Lev
               :
            
             25.
             36.
             helpeth
             to
             explain
             the
             verb
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             47.
             
             
               Pharaoh
            
             having
             
               never
               seene
               so
               old
               a
               man
               as
               Jacob
               ,
            
             nor
             so
             grave
             a
             head
             nor
             so
             gray
             a
             beard
             in
             all
             his
             life
             ,
             in
             admiration
             asketh
             him
             no
             other
             question
             but
             concerning
             his
             age
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             48.
             
             The
             birth
             right
             which
             
               Iacob
            
             intended
             for
             
               Ioseph
            
             before
             his
             sale
             is
             conferred
             and
             confirmed
             upon
             him
             ,
             when
             
               Ephraim
            
             and
             
               Manasseh
            
             are
             taken
             by
             him
             for
             his
             sons
             ,
             as
             
               Reuben
            
             &
             
               Simeon
               :
            
             and
             hence
             came
             
               Ephraim
            
             to
             be
             first
             borne
             among
             the
             tribes
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
               Moses
               choseth
               Ioshua
            
             one
             of
             that
             tribe
             for
             their
             conductor
             into
             
               Canaan
               .
            
          
           
             Chap.
             49.
             
             
               Iacob
               blesseth
               every
               one
               of
               the
               Tribes
               v.
            
             28.
             therefore
             in
             his
             words
             to
             
               Reubē
               Simeonō
            
             &
             
               Levi
            
             which
             are
             the
             most
             bitte●
             ,
             we
             must
             find
             a
             blessing
             or
             we
             lose
             his
             sēce
             .
             His
             words
             also
             
               concern
               the
               futur
               events
            
             of
             the
             Tribs
             ,
             as
             much
             or
             more
             then
             the
             twelve
             Patriarks
             that
             stood
             before
             him
             .
             
               v.
            
             1.
             
             These
             ground-workes
             being
             then
             thus
             laid
             for
             the
             understanding
             of
             these
             his
             last
             words
             as
             necessarily
             they
             mnst
             ,
             let
             it
             bee
             tolerated
             to
             touch
             upon
             some
             of
             them
             of
             the
             most
             difficulty
             ,
             as
             farre
             as
             Grammaticall
             construction
             ,
             and
             truth
             of
             history
             will
             warrant
             and
             justifie
             .
          
           
             
               Reuben
               thou
               art
               my
               first
               born
               ,
               my
               might
            
             &
             
               the
               beginning
               of
               my
               strength
               .
            
             there
             is
             
               a
               remnant
               of
               dignity
            
             for
             thee
             ,
             
               and
               a
               remnant
               of
               strength
               :
            
             For
             so
             the
             word
             
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             signifieth
             many
             times
             in
             the
             Bible
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             
               Reuben
            
             dignified
             in
             leading
             the
             Van
             in
             the
             warres
             of
             
               Canaan
               ,
               Iosh.
            
             4.
             12.
             
             And
             so
             had
             he
             
               a
               residue
               of
               strength
            
             in
             being
             frontier
             against
             the
             
               Hagarens
               ,
            
             1
             
               Chron.
            
             
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               V.
               4.
               
               Vnstable
               as
               water
            
             in
             affecting
             the
             Priesthood
             .
             
               Num.
            
             16.
             1.
             2.
             and
             in
             refusing
             of
             the
             land
             of
             promise
             ,
             
               Num.
            
             32.
             
             
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               Leave
               no
               remnant
            
             of
             thine
             instability
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               V.
               5
               Simeon
               and
               Levi
               brethren
               ,
               their
               traffickings
               are
               instruments
               of
               cruelty
            
             for
             their
             pretence
             of
             trading
             with
             
               Shechem
            
             they
             made
             an
             instrument
             to
             execute
             their
             bloodinesse
             ▪
          
           
           
            
             
             
             
             
             
               V.
               6.
               
               For
               in
               their
               anger
               they
               slew
               a
               man
               ,
               as
               for
               their
               will
               they
               would
               bough
               an
               oxe
               .
            
             For
             they
             used
             circumcision
             ,
             as
             a
             means
             to
             master
             &
             murder
             me
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             should
             have
             cut
             the
             sinews
             of
             an
             oxe
             to
             bring
             him
             under
             to
             their
             will
             .
             
               V.
               13.
               
               Zebulon
               shall
               dwell
               at
               the
               haven
               of
               the
               Seas
               :
            
             the
             Sea
             of
             
               Galilee
            
             or
             the
             lake
             of
             
               Genezaret
            
             East
             ,
             &
             the
             Sea
             of
             
               Phaenicia
            
             or
             the
             
               Mediterrania
            
             North-West
             .
             
               V.
               14.
               
               Issachar
               is
               an
               Ass
               .
               of
               bone
               couching
               down
               between
               two
               burdens
               of
            
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             
               Phaenicia
            
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Kingdome
            
             of
             
               Samaria
            
             on
             the
             other
             .
             
               V.
               22.
               
               Ioseph
               is
               a
               sonne
               of
               fruitfulnes
               ,
               his
               fruitfulnes
               in
               sons
               shall
               be
               by
               the
               well
               :
               In
               Daughters
               it
               goeth
               even
               to
               the
               Enemy
               .
            
             This
             Interpretation
             of
             that
             part
             of
             
               Iosephs
            
             blessing
             be
             referred
             to
             the
             cens●re
             of
             the
             learned
             Reader
             as
             conjectured
             at
             ,
             rather
             thē
             boldly
             averred
             ,
             &
             that
             upon
             these
             considerations
             .
             First
             that
             there
             is
             a
             plain
             
               Antithesis
            
             betwixt
             
               Ben
            
             &
             
               Bavoth
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             is
             to
             be
             construed
             accordingly
             of
             son
             ▪
             &
             daughters
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             word
             
               Ben
            
             is
             by
             his
             place
             
               in
               regimine
               ,
            
             but
             by
             his
             vowel
             not
             ,
             so
             is
             
               Porah
            
             by
             his
             last
             letter
             
               in
               regimine
               ,
            
             but
             not
             by
             his
             place
             :
             &
             therefore
             both
             of
             them
             to
             be
             rendered
             something
             answerable
             to
             this
             their
             double
             conditiō
             ,
             
               Ben-Porath
               Ioseph
               is
               a
               son
               of
               fruitfulnes
               ,
            
             here
             they
             have
             the
             due
             of
             their
             place
             ,
             and
             Porath
             
               Ben
               fruitfulnes
               of
               sons
               :
            
             here
             they
             have
             the
             due
             of
             their
             vowels
             and
             letters
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             
               Porath
            
             also
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             the
             latter
             clause
             ,
             
               Porath
               Bavoth
               fruitfulnes
               in
               daughters
               .
            
             Fourthly
             ,
             that
             
               Shur
            
             signifieth
             natively
             in
             Hebrew
             
               an
               Enemy
               ps.
            
             92.
             12.
             and
             it
             is
             but
             from
             the
             
               Chaldee
            
             idioms
             that
             it
             betokeneth
             a
             
               wall
               .
               Iosephs
               fruitfulnes
               in
               sons
            
             then
             did
             chiefly
             shew
             it self
             by
             
               the
               well
            
             of
             
               Shechem
            
             where
             
               Ioshua
               of
               Ioseph
            
             assembleth
             all
             the
             tribes
             as
             Prince
             over
             them
             ,
             &
             there
             also
             
               Ieroboā
               of
               Ioseph
            
             raiseth
             up
             that
             house
             to
             a
             Kingdome
             .
             From
             these
             words
             of
             
               Iacob
            
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             
               Sychar
            
             had
             their
             warrant
             to
             maintaine
             ,
             that
             their
             well
             was
             
               Iacobs
            
             well
             &
             that
             his
             sons
             &
             cattell
             drank
             of
             it
             .
             For
             it
             might
             not
             have
             bin
             digged
             of
             a
             1000.
             yeers
             after
             
               Iacob
            
             was
             dead
             &
             gone
             ,
             for
             ought
             any
             
               Samaritane
            
             alive
             could
             tell
             ,
             if
             he
             fetched
             not
             his
             authority
             from
             these
             words
             of
             
               Iacob
               ;
            
             who
             having
             given
             that
             portien
             of
             ground
             to
             
               Ioseph
               .
               Gen.
            
             48.
             22.
             doth
             here
             intimate
             that
             there
             was
             a
             well
             in
             it
             ,
             &
             besides
             that
             
               well
            
             in
             his
             house
             should
             rise
             to
             honour
             .
             His
             fruitfulnesse
             by
             daughters
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               Iudg.
            
             21.
             where
             the
             daughters
             of
             
               Iabesh
               Gilead
            
             and
             of
             
               Shiloh
            
             both
             of
             
               Ioseph
            
             make
             up
             the
             breach
             of
             an
             hostile
             
               tribe
            
             the
             
               tribe
            
             of
             
               Benjamin
               ,
            
             or
             else
             it
             had
             decayed
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             Venditionis
             sipsorum
             .