The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675., G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696., Strype, John, 1643-1737.

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The Book of EXODUS.

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CHAP. I.

[World 2391] [Years of the Promise. 308] ABout this time Levi dieth, having lived 137 years; Exod. 6. 16. [Years of the Promise. 309] [Years of the Promise. 310] It is like that he lived longest of all the tribes; and that be∣cause [Years of the Promise. 311] only his age, and the age of Joseph are mentioned of all [Years of the Promise. 312] the rest: it seemeth that the one died the soonest, and the [Years of the Promise. 313] [Years of the Promise. 314] other lived longest of all the twelve. The children of Israel after the [Years of the Promise. 315] [Years of the Promise. 316] death of the twelve Patriarchs, do by degrees fall into all manner of [Years of the Promise. 317] abomination: They commit Idolatry, Josh. 24. 14. Ezek. 20. 8. They for∣get [Years of the Promise. 318] and forgo Circumcision, the Covenant of their God; and this was [Years of the Promise. 319] [Years of the Promise. 320] the reproach of Egypt, Josh. 5. 9. &c. They joyned in marriage with the [Years of the Promise. 321] Egyptians, Lev. 24. 10. Exod. 12. 38. and walked according to such [Years of the Promise. 322] wretched principles as these: therefore the Lord casteth them into a fur∣nace [Years of the Promise. 323] [Years of the Promise. 324] of affliction; and now, as in Abrahams vision, Gen. 15. 12. when [Years of the Promise. 325] the Sun of Religion is gone down among them, an horrid darkness of [Years of the Promise. 326] [Years of the Promise. 327] impiety and misery comes upon them. Yet doth the strength of the [Years of the Promise. 328] Promise shew it self wonderful in both the sexes; in the men, that they [Years of the Promise. 329] [Years of the Promise. 330] are strong to beget children, though overpressed with intolerable labour; [Years of the Promise. 331] and in the women, that they bare their children with less pain and tedi∣ousness [Years of the Promise. 332] [Years of the Promise. 333] of travel, then other women did; being lively and quick in their [Years of the Promise. 334] delivery; and were delivered before the midwives came at them. Pha∣raoh, [Years of the Promise. 335] when over-labouring of the men will not prevent their increasing [Years of the Promise. 336] in children, giveth charge to the midwives for the destroying of the chil∣dren when they should be born: but Shiphrah and Puah two of the mid∣wives, Page 23 observing Gods wonderful hand in the womens delivery, disobeyed the Kings command; and by a glorious confession of Gods hand which they saw, will rather venture the Kings displeasure then fight against God: for [Years of the Promise. 337] [Years of the Promise. 338] which their piety, God marrieth them to Israelites, [for they were Egyptian [Years of the Promise. 339] women] and builded up Israelitish families by them; ver. 25. Because the [Years of the Promise. 340] midwives feared God he made them houses.

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