CHAP. XI. Objections against Dan answered.
YOu positively affirme that the land of Dan belonged primi∣tively to Iudah, yet produce no Scripture for the proof there∣of. We beleeve the same of Simeon, thea 1.1 Text affirming that their inheri∣tance was within the inheritance of Iudah, but no evidence appears of such de∣rivation of Dans possession originally from Iudah.
The same is infallibly collected from Scripture, because the Cities of Eshtaol,b 1.2 Zoreah,c 1.3 Timnah,d 1.4 Ekron were first bestowed on Iudah, ande 1.5 afterwards we finde the same places, (with the Countrey there∣abouts by necessary consequence) conferred upon Dan's posterity for their portion.
Such an alteration seems utterly inconsistent with divine im∣mutab••lity,