ing paſſages, 'and from the need which Noah had of ſuch a ſupport and ericouragement, during all the time of his Miniſtry Or 2. My Covenant concerning the ſending of the promiſed Seed, and the Redemption of Mankind by the Meſſias, who ſhall come out of rhy Loins, and therefore thou ſhalt be preſerved. 19 And ofevery living thing of all fleſh two q of e- very ſort ſhalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: they ſhall be male and female« q (i.e. ) Either 1. By Couples,or Male and Female : But this is mentioned as a diſtin&t thing in the cloſe of the verſe. Or rather 2. Two at leaſt of every ſort, even of the unclean ; bur of the clean more, as 1s noted ch. 7. 2.
20 Of fowls after their kind r, and of cattel after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after
his kind: two of every ſer: ſhall come unto thee s, to Fe keep them alive. : r(7:e; ) According to their ſeveral kinds. s Of their own ac- cord, by my impulſe, or by the condu@ of Angels, as Gen: 2. 19. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten t, and thou ſhalt gather iz rothee, andit ſhall be for food forthee, and for them. ft Of which ſee Ger: 1. 29, 30. 22 * Thus did Nech ;- according to allthat God com- , ,,.,,,. manded him, ſo did hes. _— « Both forthe matterand the manner of it ; although the work of - buj!ding the Ark was laborious, coſtly, tedious, dangerous, and ſcemingly fooliſh & ridiculous; eſpecially when all things conginu- ed in the ſame poſture & ſafety for ſo many ſcores of years together: Whereby Noah, without doubt, was all that while the Scng of the Drunkards, and the Sport of the Wits of that Age. So that it is not ſtrange that this is mentioned as an heroick A& of Faith in Noah, Heb. 11. 7, whereby he ſurmounted all theſe difficulties.
CHAP, VII.
God commands Noah to enter into the Ark ; thereaſon of it, x, Dire@s him as to the manner and time, '2---=4, Noah's obedience in all things, 5: His age, 6. His entrance with his family, &c, intotheark, 7===9. The any in which the flood began, 10, 11, Its continuance, 12. Noah:and his Family, Sc. inthe ark, 13---16. The flood encitaſes and deſtroys all living ſubſtance, 17-==24.
ND, the LOR © faid a unto Noah, Come 6 « Moo thu and all thy houſe c into the ark 3 for * thee 38. Luke have 7ſcen righteous 4 before me e in this generati- 17: 26.
the incapaciry of the A:k for thefood of ſo many Beaſts. 3. Thar ſuppoſing the ravenous Creatures did feed upon Fleſh, here is alſo ſpace enough and ro ſpare,fora ſufficient number of Sheep, for their food for a whole yerr.as upon-compuration will eaſily appear; there being not twoth-uſind Sheep neceſſary for them. and the Ark con- taining n » !eſ5 than four hundred and fifty thouſand ſolid cubirs in ;c. Bur of this matter more may be ſeen in my Latin Synopſis. |
16 A window h ſhalt thou make to the ark, andin a. cubit ſhalt thou finiſh it above 7, and the door of the ark
ſbalt thou ſer in the ſide thereof : ith lower, ſecond and third & fories ſhalt thou make it,
on fe 2Pet. 2. 5»
a When the Ark was finiſhed and furniſhed,and the time of God's Cap. 6.9. & patience expired, ' Gen: 6. 3. b(7.e.) Prepare to enter. c (7.e.}) + Thy Family : which conſiſted only of eight perſons, 1 Per. 3. 20. 38
To wit, Noah and his three Sons, and their four Wives, Gen. 6. 18. # Whereby it appears that each had but one Wife, and conſequently it 1s more than probable that Polygamy, as it began in the poſteri- ty of wicked Cain, Gen: 4. 19. ſo it was confined to them, and had not as yet got footing amongſt the Sons of God. For if ever polygamy had beenallowable, it mult have been now, for the re= p<opling of the periſhing World. 4 Withthe Righteouſneſs of Faith, as It 15explained, Heb. 11.7, evidenced by all the fruits of Righ- teouſneſs and true Holineſs. e Not only before Men, and ſeem-
ingly, bur really, and to my all-ſceing Eye. f Of which expreſſi-
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