28 And God bleffed them o, and God ſaid unto them, * Befruicful and multiply, and repleniſh the + Earth p,and ſubdue ie,and have Dominion over the Fiſh of the Sea, and over the Fowl of the Air, and over
every living thing that + moveth upon the Earth. + Heb: 0 Having bleſſed them with excellent Natures; ind heavenly 4 f Gifts and Graces, he further bleſs eth them with aſpeci#land rem- wks os poral bleſſing expreſſed in the following Words. p With Inhabi- rants to be begotten by you. Queſt. Whether this be a Command obliging all men to Marriage and Procreation? So the Hebrew Do&tors think. It may be thus reſolved. 1.It is a Command ob- liging all men fo farasnct to ſuffer the extin&ion of mankind : Thus it did abſolutely bind Azam and Eve,as alſo Noah, and his Sons and their Wives after the Flood. 2. Ir dcth not oblige e- very particular perſen to' marry, as appears both from the exam- ple cf the Lord Jeſts, who lived and died in an unmarried State, and from his commendation of thoſe who made themſelves Eu- nuchs for the Kingdom of Ged, Marth. 19. 12. And f:cm St.Pauls appiobation of Virginity, . 1 Cor. 7. 1, 8, 26,27, 32. Oc. 3. It is here rather a promiſe of benedi&ion, than a command, as appears both from wv. 22. where the ſame words 2re applied to the brute Beaſts, who are not ſubje& to a command ; and becaule if this were a command, it would equally oblige every man to exe: ciſe dominion oyer Fiſhes and Fowls, &c. which is -abſurd. Tr is therefore a Permiſſion rather than a Command, though it be ex- preſſed in the form of a Command, as other permiſſions frequent- ly are, as Gen. 2. 16. Deut, 14. 4. | 29 4 And God faid, Behold, I have given you every Herb | bearing ſeed, which & upon the face of all the Earth, and every Tree in the which 3s the fruit ofa Tree yielding ſeed, *co you it (ball be for meat 9. | 9 It is neither affirmed nor denied that Fleſh alſo wasgranted to the firſt men for food, and therefore we may ſafely be ignorant of it. It is ſufficient for us, that it was expreſly allowed, Gen. g. 3. 30 And toevery Beaſt of the Earth, and ro every Fowl of the + Air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the Earth, wherein there ;s + Life, I have given every green Herb for Meat : and it was ſo.
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31 And God ſaw every thing that he had made: Heb. Ta And behold it vas very good. And the Evening and ving Soul. the Morning were the ſixth day.
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The Sabbath inflituted and bleſſed, 2,7. A rehearſal of the Creation; and ( 18. ) of Vegetables, 4,'5. The Earth watered, 6. (2.) of Man, 7. His Habitation, 8, 9g. Trees for his delight and food : as alſs the tree of Life and Knowledge, 9. Its pleaſant Situation and Riches, to----1g. Mans Employment, 15. Every treee given him but that of Knowledge, 16.This demed on pain of death, 17. A purpoſe to create the Woman, and the Reaſon thereof, 18. Beaſts 3nd Fouls named by Adam, 19. 20. The Woman made of Adam's Rib preſented to him, 21, 22. And owned by him,23. Marriage Ordained, 24. Their flate whilſt innocent, 25. |
Hus the Heavens and the Earth were finiſhed;and * all the Hoſt of them &@ _ Tet”
a All the Creatures in Heaven and Earth are ca'led their Hoſts, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and ſubje&ion to the Lord of Hoſts. Particularly the Hoſt of Heaven in Scripture (which is its own beſt Interpreter ) ſignifies both the Stars, as Der. 4, 19. and 17. 3. Js. 34- 4- and the Angels,as 1 Kings 22.9. 2 Chron. 18,18. Luke 2. 13. Who from theſe words appear to have been Created within the compaſs of the firſt ſix days,which alſo is prc- bable from*Co!. x. 16, 17.But it is no wonder the Scripruie taith ſo little concerning Angels, becauſe it was watten for the uſe of men, nor of Angeis; and God would hereby takeus off. om cu- rious and impertinent Speculations, -ahd* reach us to imploy our. thoughts-abour neceſſary and uſefulthings. LEGS 0:
.2 * Andon the feventh day. God ended þ his work + g,,q .g* which he had made: andherefted c on theſeventhday 11.31. : from all his work which he had made. ww Devr.s.
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