L. VIVES.
HE (a) vsed.] Sup. Gen. ad lit. lib. 8. He inquireth how God spake to Adam, spiritually, or corporally▪ and hee answereth that hee spake to him as he did to Abraham, Moyses. &c. in a corporall shape, thus they heard him walking in Paradise in the shade. (q) No doubt.] How could Caine know (sayth Hierome) that God accepted his brothers sacrifice and refused his, but that it is true that Theodotion doth say: the Lord set Abels sacrifice on fire, but Caines he did not, that •…•…ire had wont to come downe from heauen vpon the sacrifice, Salomons offring at the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the temple, and Elias his vpon mount Carmel do testifie•…•… Thus far Hierom. (c) If thou.] So do the seauenty read it: our common translation is: If thou do well shalt thou not be accep∣ted, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 if thou do not well, sinne lieth at the doore. Hierome rehearseth the translation of the seauenty and saith thus: the Hebrew and the Septuagintes do differ much in this place. But the Hebrew read it as our vulgar translations haue it: and the seauenty haue it as Augustine rea∣deth it. (d) Be quiet.] Runne not headlong on, neither be desperate of pardon; sinnes originall is adherent vnto all men, but, it is in mans choice to yeeld to it or no. (e) Vnto thee shall.] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, say the seauenty. Aquila hath Societas, and Sy•…•…achus Appetitus, or Impetus. The •…•…g •…•…ay be either that sin shalbe our fellow, or that sinnes violence shalbe in our power to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, as the sequel declareth, and this later is the likelier to be the true meaning. (f) Gi∣•…•… God.] God respects not the guift but the giuer, and therefore the sacrifices of the wicked