The suruey of popery vvherein the reader may cleerely behold, not onely the originall and daily incrementes of papistrie, with an euident confutation of the same; but also a succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church from Adam vntill Christs ascension, contained in the first and second part thereof: and throughout the third part poperie is turned vp-side downe.

A great doubt.

God rewarded the midwiues, for telling a lie to the king; therefore to lie is no sinne. I say first, that to lie is neuer law∣full, [ 1] neither for one respect nor other. I say secondly, that as [ 2] God rewarded the midwiues Shiphrah and Puah, so did hee Rahab; but he rewarded them not, for the telling of a leasing. I say thirdly, with Austen, that God rewarded them, because [ 3] they loued and feared him, which are the true fruits of a liuely faith: which solution is effectually comprised, euen in the text it selfe, Exod. 1. verse 21. neither could an officious lie com∣mitted by humane frailtie, make frustrate their liuely faith.

Moses, when he was fortie yeres olde,* 1.1 fled from king Pha∣raoh, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, Acts 7. verse 23. verse 29.

Moses being a faire childe, was hidde three moneths in his fathers house, Acts 7. verse 20.

After three months the mother of Moses (because she could hide him no longer from the tyranny of the king,) made a bas∣ket of reedes, and laide the child therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the riuers brincke, where Pharaohs daughter espied him, and caused him to be brought vp as her own child. Yea by Gods prouidence, his owne mother became his nurse, Exod. 2. verse 3.7, 10.

The Egyptians made the Israelites wearie of their liues, by sore labor in clay and in bricke, and in all maner of bondage, which they laide vpon them most cruelly, Exod. 1. verse 14. but God (whose prouidence is neuer wanting to his children) raised vp Moses, who in the 40. yeere of his age, auenged the cause of his brethren the Israelites, and slew the Egyptian that smote an Hebrew, Exod. 2. verse 11. Act. 7. ver. 23.

The children of Israel were 40. yeeres in the wildernesse, by the holy and valiant conduction of Moses: in which time, neither their clothes waxed old vpon their backes, neither their shooes vpon their feete; such was the omnipotent power and mercifull goodnes of their good God and ours, Deut 29. vers. 5. They were fed with manna fortie yeres in the wildernesse, vntill they came into the land of Canaan, Exod. 16. verse 35.

* 1.2The law was giuen 430. yeares after the promise made to Abraham, Galat. 3. verse 17. in the age of the worlde 2513. which was 480. yeares before Salomon built the temple, 3. King. 6. verse 1. It was giuen in mount Sinai, which was al on a smoake: the Lord came downe vpon it in fire, and all the mount trembled exceedingly. Thunders and lightnings were vpon the mount, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people in the campe was afraide, Exod. 19. ver. 16, 18. which fearefull signes God shewed in exhibiting his law; as well to cause it be had in greater reuerence, as also to make his maiestie more feared.

The law written with the finger of God in tables of stone, was giuen the third day of the third month, after the comming of Israel out of Egypt, so that from the 14. day of the first moneth (in which the Israelites eate the passeouer) vntill the day in which the law was giuen, are reckoned iump 50. daies. First, 17. of the first moneth; then, 30. of the second moneth; lastly, three dayes of the third moneth. The law therefore was giuen the 50. daie after the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt. August. tom 4. libr. 2. quaest. supr. Exod. cap. 70. pa. 103.

* 1.3Moses died when he was 120. yeres olde, neither was his eie dimme, nor his naturall force abated, Deuteronomie 34. verse 7.

Moses was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day. Deut, 34. ver. 6. least the Iewes shoulde thereby haue occasion to commit Ido∣latry, as people most prone thereunto, euen as they adored the Serpent, which he had made. Aug. lib. 1. de mirab. S. Script. cap. 35.

The whole life of Moses, is deuided into three quadragena∣ries. For he learned fortie yeares in Egypt, in the house of king Pharao. He was fourtie yeares in exile in Egypt, in the house of a priest of Madian: and he was 40. yeares in the desert, lea∣der to the Israelites. Aug. vbi supra.

There was not a prophet since in Israel like vnto Moses, whom the Lord knewe face to face. He did miracles and won∣ders before Pharao in the land of Egypt, and before all his ser∣uauntes. Deut. 34. verse 10.

The blessed man Moses in his infancie, was put in a basket daubed with clay, and so exposed to Gods prouidence vpon the water. Whereupon he was so called: for Mo in the Egyptian tongue, signifieth water; and Yses signifieth saued: So that Moyses in the Egyptian language, signifieth, saued out of the water. Iosephus, lib. 2 antiquit. cap. 5.

Notes

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  A. M. 2474
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  A. M. 2513
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  A. M. 2554