ranted by moſt that Lube deriveth the Deſcent of ary. Inthe pre- ne Caſe ir ſeemeth of high Concern, that the Genealogy both of Foſeph and ary ſhould be counted : Tho' our Saviour's bets che Meſſtas, could not have been proved from his being the Son of Zoſeph, for then he could nor have been the Son of a Virgin, (yer admitring the Jewiſh Error in that Caſe, nor knowing the Myſtery of Chriſt's Incarnation) Chriſt, by cheir own Confeſſion, was confirmed to be the Som of David, becauſe Foſeph was 10. On the other fide, Luke deriving Mary's Genealgy from David, and affirming Chriſt to be born of a Virgin eſpouſed, confirmed him to all the World to be both the Son of David, deſcending from Mary a Virgin, that was a Daughter ro one who was the Son of David; and alſo the true Meſſiah, in whom the Prophecy was fulfilled, of a Virgin's concei- wing and bearing a Sm: So that by the reckoning of che Generati- on of two Pertons, both of which were lineally deſcended from David, he was proved to be the Sonof David, borh co the Zzener- licy of the Jews, who could nor deny but Foſeph was ſo, and ro all Believers, both Fews and Gentiles, to whom God ſhould xive io be- lieve the Myſtery of the Incarnation by the Conception of the Aly Ghoſt, This ro me ſeems a ſufficient reaſon for the reckoning up our Saviour's Deſcent from David both by Father and Mcther. Which is advantaged, by + oro} Hey of ay was nor oaly rhe reputed Father, bur the legal Father of Criſt, and alcho* his being nor the natural, but the legal Father of Chrijt, will aoc prove hint che Son of David, further than to the Fews, who would have him to be che Natural Son of Foſeth;, yer the Genealogy, reckoned from Abraham & Foſeph, will prove Foſepb the Son of David, (whom they jud;ed Chriſt's narural Father,) fo as they had nothing ro ſay aviuſt rhar; and the other parts of this Goſpel, and this Chapter infced, wich the Geneal22y of Mary, will prove that he was both the 32 of David, and the crue Mets, as a Son born of a Virgin, Whereas ſome ſay, that Mary was of the Tribe of Levi, end think to prove ir by her being Couſen ro Elizabeth, who 1s ex- preſly called a Daughter of Aaron, Luk, 1. 1. Beſides, that Luke, ch. 3. plainly proverh her of the Tribe of Zudah, and of the Family of Dxvid; the Proof is by no ineans ſufficient : For alcho' the Law, Num. 36. 8,9. for the avoiding of a Confufion of Inherirances, commanded them to Marry within their Tribes, yet this Law con- cerned nor the Daughters of the Tribe of Levi, for thar Tribe had no Inheritance as the reſt, So as that Kindred might eaſily he, tho' A/ary was not of the Tribe of Levi, bur of Fudah, as indeed ſhe was. Bur leaving this Queſtion, ler us comme to_the Words of the Verſe: And 7acob begat Joſeph, the Husband of Mary; thar is, the eſpouſed Husband of Mary, Eſpouſals make a Marriage before God : The Angel afterward ſaith to Foſeph, ( bur yer eſpouſed ) Fear not to tahe unto thee Mary thy Wife: And he was ſoon after the Legal, Afual Husband of Mary ; of whom was born Feſus, who was called Chrift ; that Perſon, who was called Feſus by the DireGtton of the Angel, as we ſhall by and by fee, who wasalfo called Chri/t, which, as we ſaid, ſignifierh Aninted, and the ſame with Aeftiah. Ir is obſerved by ſome, that the Name Chriſt was given to Kings of Fudah (becauſe of their Anointing) before the Caprivity, bur ro none after, till he came who was the Chriſt ; God by that Provi- dence (if the Fews would have underſtood it) pointing our to them, that the Perſon was now come who was promiſed them un- der the Notion of the Meſſiah. Dan. 9. 25, 26. and whom they ex- petted, as appeareth from oh. 1. 41. G5 4+ 25. and no longer
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" T HEW. Ch, | 17 So all the generations from Abraham to Dayiq are fourteen generations: and from David to the car- rying away into Babylon, are fourteen generations .
and trom the carrying away into Babylon unto Chrift
are fourteen generations.
The Evangelift, for Reaſons which we cannor fathom red ceth our S4viour's Progenicors to fourteen in each Perigd 'of wa x Jewiſh Stare, and in the firſt Period determining with Davig the » were no more. In the ſecond, he leaverh out three Kings defoen. ded trom the Daughrer of 4hab. In the third, which wa; ya the Captivity to Chriſt, there were doubtleſs more ; Lube reckonett up twenty tour (taking in-Chriſt for one) and agreerh in very few with Matthew, who was forced to leave our ſome ro keep to his number of fourteen: Nor doth Matthew ſpeak any thing falſe, or contradittious ro Luke, in ſaying there were fourteen, tho' there were more. Beſides, there might be many more Progenitors of Mary pn eg whofe Pedegree Matthew deriveth.
Io L£ wiſe: when as his Mother Mary was eſpouſed tg
Joſeph, before they came together, ſhe was foung with child of the Holy Ghoſt.