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Show T he fecond Bookeof thefirit part Cuar.s3.§.8, od ort Fo Gad hiniik un fromthatia lluftrious deliueranc cout of Egy ae God himlelt among the principall of hisbenefits to Ifrael wherof the y ery d » and a ol eee Sctipture(as likewile are the yeere and moneth w he r a CXt ir ( & ‘ 1e Forme of the & ap TAO t. thing it felte. rey ral aa Denti : ) . Ey Wherefore we may beft agrce with fuchas affirmethat the Apoftle S. Paul did not a herein labourto fet downe the courfe oftime exactly( athing no way concerning his ve purpofe) but onelyto thew that God,who had chofen Itael to behis people,delinered themout ofbondage,andruled thembyJudges and Prophets, vnto the time of Saal,dd raifevp out LerdJe/us Chrift out of the feede of Danid the King, in wh« fefuccefsion the Crowne waseftablifhed, and promife made ofa Kingdome that fhould haue no etd Nowiti rehearfing briefly thus much which tendedas a Prefaceto thedecl aration fol lowing(wherin hee fneweth Chrift to haue bin the true Ate/sias ) the Apoftle wasfo farre from labouring to makean exact calculation oftimes ( the Hiftorybeing fo wel knowne & beleeued ofthe lewes to whom he preached)that hefpakeas it wereat largey of the 40.yeeres confumed in the wilderneffe,whereofno man doubted, faying,thet Godfufferedtheir manners in the wilderneffe about 40.yeeres.Inlike mannerhe proceeded, faying,that fromthe diuifion ofthe Landynto the daies ofSammel the Prophet, in whofetimethey required to hauea King,therepaffed about 45 0.ycc res. Neitherdid he ftand to tell them,that an hundredand eleuen yeeres of bondage mentioned inthis middle while,were by exact computationto be includedwithin the 3 39.yeeres of the Judges : for this had beene animpertinent digrefsion fromthe argument wh chhee had in hand.Whereforeit is nota worke fo needfull as laborious,to fearch out of this place that which the Apoftle did notheere intend to teach,whenthe fumme of48o.yecits's fo exprefly and purpofelyfet downe. 3 Nowthat the words ofS.Paw/(if there be nofault in the Copie through errout of fome Scribe)are not fo curioufly to be examined in matter ofChronolegie, but enufbe taken,as hauing referenceto the memory & apprehenfion of the vulgar,it is evident bY his afcribing in the fame place 40.yeers tothe reigne ofSaud: wheras it m : of the Fiiftory of the World : ope Aocteene yeere vpon that occafion. changed; but thould haue re ren eto the lurprizing ofa ‘Town byfixe hundred men,that robbed a Chappell bythe way sand ftole fromthen Idols to be their guides,as not going to worke in Gods name¢ | orth saccident wher upon Cedeman buildeth, hath either no timegiuen to it,ora time fa ferent fromthat whichhe fuppofeth,andis indeed rather byhimplacedin fuch a yee re, becauletBe ftood witlvhis interpretation foto haueit,than for anycertainetyor likelihoodofthe tc ea he a raker acpi se eee ee -- pat thattime; becaufe elfe we could notre Fthe Templeto any aétion that might be te Of] of Egypt, without exeluding the yeeres of fertitude ; Aa 's fernitude mult necds be included; for that otherwife hee imnfelfe the 5 OLS # vainely, in {ecking to pleafireS. Pau/ withan expofition: Wh be {trong enoughto vphold a Paradoxe, Leave it tothedecifion of th ee nowto proceedin our tori. "To the time of Lephtaare referred the death of the rape of Helen by s, andthe prouifions which het husband Azenelaus, hen in Sparta, and ie. his brother 4gamemnon King of Mycens, mad Others referthis rape wegen ! of Hales tothe fourtl j Betis notbegit ; the rule holding' 7 reparation beve See esl ance sntred,fackt and buyatinthe thitdj : a ter Troytaken, W in iralic. the eighth 40. fonnes and : 3 grand-chi .o Dh: 20 I{raels oppreffion bythe Phi ninth ycere of {air {ended i , h I ict fe of quarre .2000. armed meninto d it beenetrue that they we wil inft the Philiftims with{fo. powerfull an A me deliuerance, than again{t their owne brethrentheHraelites‘e Butz throwne, itfeemedatthat time, tharthey feared no other\enen o.yeeres mutt eitherbee {applied elfewhere; as in therime 1 ‘erred.toy the izter-reguumbetweenethe deatl I reer and the deliverance of Ifraelby Samp/ow, {uchasit was. ff thofe yeeres were diuided betweenSealand Samuelyea, that farre the greater 0 them were {pent vnder the gouernmentofthe Prophet,howfocuertheyare herepat 11 ded inthe raigne ofthe King.Asfor thofe that with fo much cunning forfake the get rall opinion,whenit fauoureth not fuch expofition as theybring out ofa good mints to helpe wherethe needis not ouer-great; [had rather commendtheir diligence, C HAP. x Liked Of Me Warre of Troy Of Dery art aa follow their example. The words of S.Paul were fufficiently iuftified by peroaldis, B hauing reference toa common opinion amongthe Scribes in thofe dayes, that them! yeers of feruitude were to be reckoned apart from the 3 39.yeers afcribed to the 10mg eee : which accountthe Apoftle would notin this place ftandto contradié, but120° chofeto fpeake as the vulgar,qualifying it with a quafi,where hefaith guafi quate" tis.quinguaginta aanis, As it werefoxre hundred andfifty yeeres, But Codemanbanign"" suport depe thus contented,wouldneeds haue it be fo indeed,and therfore dif-ioynes the mer to make the account euen.In fo doing he dafhethhimfel fe againft a notable Tee Uponall Authors haue builded‘as well they might and ought ) that purpofely nef cifely doth caft vpthe yeeres fromthe departure out ofEgypt,vnto the building", Lonsoms Temple,not omitting the very Monethit felfe. + fal Now(as commonlythe firft apprehenfions are ftrongeft) hauing alreadygive? is t ohis Owaeinterpretation of Saint Paw/,he thinketh it more needfull to find fome™ €xpofition ror that whichis ofit felfe moft plaine,and to examine his owne come" ¥ pona pla > that isfull ofcontrouerfie. Thus byexpoundingaftera ftrange m¢ t hat which is maniteft by that which is ob{cure,he lofeth himfelfin thofe wal t nbefore him neuer man walked.Surely ifone fhould vrge himto giue reafon oF F dew opinions,he mutt needs anfiver, That Othoniel could not gouerneaboue 25: Scante then was the taking of Laifb,at which time there was no King in Ifratl; We BX > Htabdon, a = 1 Citie, by moft Chronologersis fout lide of 1/7ael, whomin thelaft place Tha here to intreat ofin one entire nafrat all ent oftheir Princes,than to break t a-part in divers yceres,thediuerfity ofoccurrents. esof Troy isvacertaine, in regard both oftheir o1 i t is commonly held that Tevcer and Dardanus were gdome. This is the opinionof Vérgél: which if hee (as from Berofws , itisthe more probable: if -4#aiw borrowed it 1 r LOIN TO Cretalouis macni medio iacet in j i deus vbi,vot Cr ZEMEISG aentis cunabula Mons laaus witmofire. Y ‘ 3 Piet weat |