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Show TLhesfecondBooke of the firSt part Cuar.a.§,3 j ike} : 1 Chas, Borinthefifteenth ofGenefs .iiactaity i ak seeruae aa thewtittites & Perizzites, ae Ind.4. EeRia ds hich were indeed afterwards rooted the dmorites, Canaamites, Gergefites,and - j fepatated themfeluesa i from ns amono out. ButtheleXesitesdefcendedfrom Abrahamhad i ; oe the reft,whith were altogether idolatrons: For,as it is before ee : ; ite. whi fthechildien oft Hobabywas departed fromthe Kenites, that isto i caaeons of Canaan,and inhabited in Zaanaioswh ich is by aie de gaine,Mofés nameth that Nation of the Kenites,before we any ss ae a rot ier Gen-25.40 Giuses eng botne: ee ae my felfto better iudgement)rather,becanfe ver ncient, than anticipation. 3 10 SrAndaaehiastoaes fo wre may doidiler of the Madianites, parted by oe:ue fiue Tribes. For fome of them were corrupted, and heathens ; as thofe of Ma ‘Y the RiuerZared, afterwards deftroyed by Mofes. Butthe Madzanites necre the : : ofthe Red Sea,where Mofes married his wife Z7ppora,and with whom heleft her and . ‘children, till after the ouerthrow of 4malech, feeme likewifenot to.haue beene nw ted. For thefe Madsavites with the Keaites, aflifted u/rael , and guided them in the ' . farts.' But the Adadianites in Atoab, and tothe North of the Afeerapolis of Arabia, calle Petres, were by I/raelrooted out, when thofe.adioyning)to-the Red: Sea were not Pdatices it may be doubted,whetherthofe of Madian, ofwhom /ethro was Priel 0 and the otherCities in A4aab-were the fame,yetthe contrary ismore probable. For a Jfeswould not havefent'12600.//raelites,as far backe as the Rea Sea, from the Plaines : Moabxo hane deftroyed that Aadiazsvhere his wives kindred inhabited; feeing hime comming with 600000.ablemen,was encountred by Amalech;in that paflage. Neithet could 4to/es forget the length ofthe way throughthofe difcomfortable Defarts,wheria himfelfe and Ifrael had wandred 40. yeeres. its That Lethro,or Iothor; Raguel,or Renel,and Hobab, were but one perfon, the Scriptures teach vs. \Forthe /w/gar and Septuagintwhichcallhim Kaguel,and our Engtifb Rewel, Exe odus 2.18.cals him Jethro,or lothor, Ex0d,3.% V.1.6.4.U.T 3.10.1 8.1 1 CoQaL OP 1% andiin Nwm.c.10.0.29 Hobab, Otherstake ethro & Hobab to be the fame,but not Ragutl, ;0 §ITL Of the time whenthe Law wisGinen, with diners commendations of the inuention ofLawes Te reft of the moneths ofthis yeere25 15... were fperitin the Defartofsins, neere themountaine: of Sinai or Horeb, the twelfth Manfion. Eafebius thought thar Sinai or Horeb were diftinG mountainesi:iHierdmesto be but one, ofa dou ble name. And-foit appeareth by many Scriptures: Fors in Exod.3.0,1.itis called a reb: andin Exbd.2'4..0.19.1itis written Sinai. In the 206.Pfalmev.1.9; Horeb: in Extn 19.11. Sipad, Andfoivis called, Galatians 4:24.andagaine, Deut.as10. O15. 7 Deyy 5-2. HorebsAnd foisitinthefirt ofKings:8:6 and thefecond ofGhron.5.19.andin ue lacie 4.4. Finally, itv Eeelefiafticus the 48.7.they. are named as one, which heardef (faith Ecclefiafticus) therebuke ofthe Lord in Sinatjand ib Horeb the indgeiment of the wengealt™ Somewhatthéyare difioynedarthe topby the report of) Peter Belonias 3. who inthe yeere 1 588. patt out of Egyprinto Arabia) with Monfiexr Fumet of France; and traualed to the top both ofSineiand Hareb i) Sizat being By farde the higher hill, Fromthesie? ofHoref (faith he) there fallech a vety-faire'fprinig ofwater into the V.alley adioyning where he found two Ména/fferies of Cherian Matrbuites, containing fome ‘roo! Re ous perfons ofidiuers/ Nations; who bad'pleafant g ardens; delicate f,fruits,andexcel!lent PetBebliae.6. Wine. ‘Thefe(fith the fanie Author)gine entertainm ent to all ftrangerss which pale, | that way. i ‘ 3 : sie Nowthat there was fomefinch Torrerir.6£-water here Sizejin Mofestines:it:is vers probable:s« Firft, becaufe-hge incampied.thereabouralmoft a ydere, and drew now? tér;as.in other places, by miracle): fecondly; becaufe itis written " Exed,3a=20. chat when470/¢s had broken the'goldenGalfeto powderwhichierey fer vpinbis abfencs a caftthe powderthereof into theivater, andimade the children of //rac/to dri thereof Onthismountaine; the'Law bythe Angel of God was giuentoiate/es,, where ie {tare Cuar.4Sog. uf che HifloryofibeWorl, ftaied'awhole yeere, wanting fome temor twelu e daies::for heremonedn ottilith ézc, - day ofthe fecond monetlofthe fecond yeere sand hee arriued about the 45. daya fter the egref sion-the Lawbeing giuen the so. day. At this Manfionall was doney whichis written from the beginning ofthe xg, Chap- ter'of Exodus; tothe end of thatbooke Chapter. Whereof(becaufe thereis ; albin Lewiticns 3 and allin.Wambersytothd 4 3. no forienorothes paflage) ‘I wilkomitthe repititionand in place thereof {peake fomewhat of the Lawyand'the kindes ad yfe thetof: whereby', if the Readerfindethe ftory-any waydi leaues, and,omittingthis, fimde'tht continuation f-ioyned, hee may turne ouer‘a few thereof? We mutt firtt confider;thatas ro there.can bee neither foundation; building' nor continuance of any:Common- wealth withoutthe rule, lewell, and fquare of Lawe s: foit pleafed-God to giuethereby vnto Mofes the powerfillet meane (fig miract ilous glace cxcepted)-to gonern that multitude which he conducted tomakethémvi@otious in furedly in theit:conqueft. 'Forasthe Notth Rare their paflageyand to eftablith themaf. is themoft fixed:diréaour ofthe Ser. man tohisdefired Port: foisthd Lawof God the to the haven ofetetnall life ithe Taw of nature guidéand condii@etofa li in generall, , tule: ofall his ‘creatures': :thesLaw human from Godhis etertialblaw deducedsthe e; depending'on borhithefe;the euard Kings,Magiftrates, and vernious men of 5yea, the veryfpirir, & the very:finewes of every Eftatein the world, by whichthey liueandtmo ue sthe Law, towitaiut law, being re. 20 fembled to an Heart without affeCi ons‘toian Byewithout lift, andtoaMi nde without pafliom; a 'Treafarer) which keepethfor euery ueryman what he‘oughtto hane.'T his. benefi thanwhavhe hath, and-diftvibuterht6 et fohighly,tharamong them, thofewhichweret the Ancient;though barbarous;efteemed aken forthe firtt makers ofLawes, were hotiontedas gods,oras the fonnes ofgods)? vandtherefty that made either additionsor corrections,were commendtdito all pofteritie berally beneficiallto their Countries; thanth for men ofing leffe vertiiesand.noJeffe liz e-sreateftiand moft profperous Conque: roursthat euer gouerned thenii'The Uratlives, receiuedtheit Lawesfromone ¥\4s the Iftachitesthe Latsdembnians, andthe Athchians, Lycargus'. the Athewians from Solon 3 the Roman f6in. wMlifesy the Lavedensdziains from cs fomevime fiom their firtt Kings, from 39 their, Decem viri,fromtheir Senatonrs, from felues: others fromthe Prince, Nobilitie,a their Lawyersyand fromthe people therti: nd People pasim Eaglaied) France, andin ox ther Chriftian Mowarchiesand-E tates, Srl) I Ofthe name and meaning ofthe words, Lay, and Right. He word Lex, or Law, is not alwaies taken alikey ferent fenfevfed!For if, wee'confidet'it.at largebutis. dinetfly, andin an indif. sinmay bee vaderftoodfor any tule prefcribing a neceflarie meane, order, and methode,forth attai ningofian 40° end. And fo therules of Grammar, or other Arts, arecalled Lawes. Qriti s takta for anypriuate ordinance ofSuperiou rsto Inferiours: for the commandenients of Tyran whichthey cauféto be obferued by force ts, ,for cordingto the generall acceptationofithewao their decreesidoalfo viurpethattitle; ac-__ rd Law:of which Efay;Wae unto thempbat 7" accred wicked decreesand write gricuous thongs . Likewife;the word is vfed forthe tumultuary.refolutions of the people: Forf uch conftitutions:doth Ariftorlealfo call Lawes thougheuill and-vafinfhicient':: Mile Jev Cfqu e turnltuarie'pofita cf 3 Medsanilllaw that; ts mage tamultwoufly.'So as all ordinanc Etbic.L40.1; es, either goodiot euill,are called-b aWes, ythe name Mie 2 So Virg Theword Lamisalfotaken forthe niorall habi t ofoutniinde,whichdath(as it pete) "ornuedarlil, command our thoughts,wordssand actio es ns': fram ing and fathioning them according bo Feder itfelfe, as to their patterne and plat-for acanis. thusthe lawiofthe fleth which theDi impofu uinesicall degen fomitesistorbevadert me.s And ir, natua oods For every lawisa kinde ofpateerne ofthatx ralee Bhd whichis doneac cording-vntoit:in whic h fenfeas* elfewhere}this moral:habit or difpo -noted that hee fition'ofthe heartis called the fram e or figmtutumoftheheatt + foin SePasl tothe Re- nS leges & manes itis Called a\Law s Bart feea nsther lawin my members, rebelling again ft the Law ofin ae MY Mminae; and leadiny me captine uatothe lasof finne.' Againe. the nature and inclipati- fcript Ons of all creatures ate fometimi ure the e'called lames, {0 far as they agtce. with the reafon of seteceed the saweternall . asthe lawof a Lyon,to be fierce orvalianr. the couenant, V3 Alfo |