s Men ſocilled, partly from their high ſtature, but p-jncipally © for their great ſtrength and force, whereby they oppreiied anu ry- * rannized over others : bor rhisis mentioned as another $in, nd caule of the Flood ; and therefore they ſeem robe here noted. not for the height of their ſtature, whichis no crime, bur for their vio» lence, which alſo 15 expreiied :encath,. verſe 11, 13 &# Alter that time there aroſe a newGeneration or Succeſſion of rat fort or Mon. # Were united and incorporated with them. A modef ex;:reition of the Conjugal ſtate and a, as Ger. 16. 2. and 35. 3. Juice i5 2.5 Which were proper to the firſt ages of the World; for the ſuccted- ing Generations were generally leſs in ſtature and ſtength of 40- dy, and therefore nor ſo famous for perſonal Exploits. Or this words may be thus joyned with the following, Which were of od, (7/.e.) among the Men of that firſt and wicked world, Men of 12= own, (i.e.) famous in their Generations; when indeed they thould have been in{amous for the atuſe of their ſtature and ſtrength to tyranny and cruelty. |
5 And God ſaw that the wickedneſs cf man was :
great 1n the earth, and that Þ every imagination of | Or, te
F . : F - W1i7vie ?M the thoughts of his * heart y was only evil + continu- giuation. aily a.
» To which the Scriprme commonly aſcribes all Men's wickednels, as Pjal: 41.6. Prov: 4. 23. an! 6. 14, 18. Jer, Ma#ih: 15: 19. Rom: 3. 10, OA Fhereb leading us from Sin to the original Corruption of Natu'e, as the cauſe and fource Maginatte , of them. @(z. e. ) That Man was perperunlly eirher deing or con- 9, #7 alſo triving wickzdnefs ; thatnot ory h:s actions were vile,” but his :%e purpoſes Priaciples allo ; his very Soul, yea the nobleſt part cf ir, which and delires.
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might ſeem moſt free from rhe contagion; his Mind and IT houghts * Chap. 8. WeTE COLrupt and abominalle, and ſo there wasno hopes of amend- 2 r. Marth,
menr.
25. 3.3 s And it repented the LORD & that he had made t Heb., + Man on the earth, very dnp.
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heart c. | b Properly God cannot repent, Numbers 23: 19: 1 Samuel de..20; 29: becauſe he is unchangeatle in his Nature and Counicls, Mt; 3:6. Jam: 1,17 And pe.tedtly wife, and conſtantly happy, nd therefore nor lyable ro any Grief cr Diſappointment _ Ber this is ſpoken of God after the manner of Man, by a commoa Figu-e cal-
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7 And the LORD ſaid, I will deſtroy man, whom _ T have created, from the fice of the Earth : + bork t PS. man and beaſt 4, and the creeping thing, and the 77 fowls of the air; for ir repenteth me chat 1 have made © them, ſn
d For as the Beaſts were made f.r Man's uſe and ſervice, they are deſtroyed for Man's puniſhment, and to diſcover the Nat: gni- ty of Sin; and .od's deep abhorrengy thereuf, by deirroying thoſe innocent Creatures chat had been made inftrumenral ro it.
s Burt Noah tourd grace e in tie eyes of oy
e( i.e.) Obtained Mercy ani Favour ; which is noted to ſhew
LORD.
Nature, th:t he needed God's frrace and Mercy 2 pardon and 9 The are the generations of Noah f: * Noah was * Eick-14 a juſt man, and + perfect b inhis gencrations 4, and 14, 29 , Noah watike © with God &- _, Per.4- f Either 1. Properly the poſterity of Noah, as the word is com F O:, uſe monly uſed ; and as it is exp!ained verſe 10. So the reſt of this veric Figs comes in by way of Parentheſi:, which is fiequenr Or, 2 The events or 9ccuriences which befell Neahand his? amily,as the word is taken, Gen: 27, 2, Prov. 27.1. þ Theſe wor. s are to be taken, either 1. joyntly, q. 4. he was Riz4t.ous, not only in appearanc?, Or 1n part, /but perf Fly, 1n all reſpcts, towards God and Men; tin- cerely and t:uly, Or, 2. Diſtin.cly, 9.4. he was for his ſtare and condition juſt befo:ie frod, which was by Faith. Heb 11. 7. by wich every. jrtt man lives, Rom. IT. 17. and perfetf, 7. e- upright and unblam<able in the courſe of his Life among rhe men of his Age, as it follows. 7 This is ſpoken either 2. Diminurively ; he was 10 comparatively to the men rhar then lived, who were very bad; though otherwiſe even Noah had many infirmities, ſo that he a!o had not been ſaved but for God's Grace and Mercy, v. 8. O-, 2. By way of amplification and commendation; he was good in bad times, in ſpighr of all evil Countels or Examples. He faith Generarions in the plural number, to ſhew thar as he lived in two Generations, one before the Flood, and another afrer it, ſo he continued uncor- rupted in both of them. & See on Ger: 5. 22.
:o And Noah begazt three fons, Shem, Ham, Japheth 7. | Z
1 See the Note on Gen: 5. 32. OS 2” ;
11 The earth #» alſo was corrupt before God », and the Earth o was filled with violence p, EIN
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of God, ant of his Preſence and Juſtice. Compare Gen: 10. 9. and 13.13. 9.4. They ſinned openly and impudently without ſhame, boldly and reſolutely without any fear of God. » Here put for the place, or the inhabited parts of it. So the ſame word is twice uſed in a differing ſenſe in one and the ſame verſe. See the-like Marth. $8.22. p Or, lnju/tice, Fraud, Rapine, Oppreſſon : For all theſe this word ſignifies. Some conceive that theſe two Branches note the vniver(al corruption of Mankind, in reference to all their Duties. 1. Towards God and his Worſhip, which they corrupred by horri- ble Superſtition, and by Idolatry, which 1s called Corruption, Exod. 32»7. Deut. 32. ©. Jud. 2. 19. 2 Chron, 27. 28. 2. Towards Men»
12 And God looked upon the earth, and behoid, it was COrrupt : for all fleth q had corrupted his way 7 upon the earth. | q ( i.e. ) All Men, as the word Fleſh is taken, Pſal. 78. 39. 1/ai. 40. 5. and oft elſewhere. r Either 1. God's way, his precepts concer- ning Religion and Righteouſneſs. Or, 2. Their own way, or mun- ncr of hving. 13 And Gol ſaid unto Noah, The end s of all fleſh for the earth is filled with violence chrough them z: and behold, I will deſtroy
them * with the earth 4.