At what time Gods promise concerning the Land of Canaan was ful∣filled, and Israell receiued it to dwell in and possesse. CHAP. 2.
VVEE said in the last booke that God promised two things vnto Abraham, one was the possession of the Land of Canaan, for his seed: in these words: Goe into the Land that I will shew thee, and I will make thee a great nation &c. The other of farre more excellence, not concerning the carnall, but the spirituall seed: nor Israell onely, but all the beleeuing nations of the world: in these words 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shall all nations of the earth be blessed &c. This we confirmed by many testi∣•…•…. * 1.1 Now therefore was Abrahams carnall seed (that is, the Israelites) in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 promise: now had they townes, citties, yea and Kings therein, and Gods 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were performed vnto them in great measure: not onely those that hee 〈◊〉〈◊〉 signes, or by word of mouth vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob: but euen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…so that Moyses who brought them out of the Egyptian bondage, or any 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him vnto this instant had promised them from God. But the pro∣•…•… •…•…cerning the land of Canaan, that Israel should reigne ouer it from the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Egipt vnto the great Euphrates, was neither fulfilled by Iosuah that wor∣•…•… of them into the Land of promise, and hee that diuided the whole a∣•…•… the twelue tribes, nor by any other of the Iudges in all the time after 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was there any more prophecies that it was to come, but at this instant 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ected. And by (a) Dauid, and his son Salomon, it was fulfilled indeed, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…gdome enlarged as farre as was promised: for these two, made all 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ations their seruants and tributaries. Thus then was Abrahams seed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so settled in this land of Canaan by these Kings, that now no part of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ly promise was left vnfulfilled: but that the Hebrewes, obeying Gods •…•…ements, might continue their dominion therein, without all distur∣•…•… in all security and happinesse of estate. But God knowing they would 〈◊〉〈◊〉, vsed some temporall afflictions to excercise the few faithfull therein 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ad left, and by them to giue warning to all his seruants that the nations 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…erwards to containe, who were to bee warned by those, as in whom hee 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…llfill his other promise, by opening the New Testament in the death of 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
L. VIVES.
B•…•… •…•…id] Hierome (epist. ad Dardan.) sheweth that the Iewes possessed not all the lands 〈◊〉〈◊〉 promised thē: for in the booke of Numbers, it is sayd to be bounded on the South