favoured with no divine appearance, as we may gather from this passage ; so neither had Moses before he left Egypt, ver. 27. The position (thesis), that he is, etc., was strongly felt by Enoch, and is asserted from the faith of Enoch. The faith of Enoch, which is described in a manner so singular, seems to have had not very many perspicuous Data. Otherwise his faith would not be, as it is, reduced in Paul's description exclusively to this point. — Stf, must) The inference which is found in this passage, is intended to be necessary and strong. — roD @z&, to GOD) inas much as He is invisible, ver. 27. — on lar}} that He is. Hence e J~LN is used absolutely, Wisd. xiii. 1 ; comp. crpay^arwv, of things, note, ver. 1. He who walks with God, acknowledges Him to be God. This is opposed to antediluvian atheism. — xaf) This word also depends on on. — ro%) of them, not of others. — fafyrovffiv, who earnestly seek) without seeing Him. A grand compound [seek out]. — piffda'Trodorqi;, rewarder) for example, of Enoch, whom He translated. — yivtrai, that He will be) The future bestowing of the reward is intended. The reward is He himself, who is earnestly sought [sought out], WITH GOD, says Moses, and signifies thereby communion (with God : " Enoch walked with God)."
7. Xpjj,aar/(T0g/£, being warned by God) A prophetical revelation does not take away faith, ver. 20, etc.— irtpf) of the deluge, that was to come ; construed with the foregoing participle. — tl\afirr 6ele, moved with fear) The same participle occurs, Acts xxiii. 10. On the other hand, the world, not believing, did not fear, and did not use any means of repentance or escape. It despised and laughed in security. — x//3«rov, an ark) The omission of the article is agreeable to that extraordinary building. — 81 %g) ly which, viz. faith, ver. 4. — nar'tupm) condemned, by a remarkable testi mony. — rbv xoffpov, the world) which was very unlike Noah. — r5js- xara nitinv dixatoffvvr^, of the righteousness which is according to faith) So Paul, Rom. i. 17: xara is used in the same way, Tit. i. 1. Noah p^V B*K, av^awo; 5/xa/o?, a righteous man, Gen. vi. 9; xqf>v%, a preacher of righteousness, 2 Pet. ii. 5. — xX^po- heir) in the succession of the patriarchs, of whom there was always some one at the head of them who believed the promise, and from whom they were sprung. The word is appropriate here, and therefore of frequent occurrence, ver. 8, 9, in