The harmony of the Old and New Testament and the obscure texts explained with a relation especially to the times that preceded Christ and how they meet in him, his genealogie and other mysteries preparatory to his first coming / written in French by John d'Espagne ... ; and published in English by his executor.

The distinction of the Tribes hath sometimes served to chastise the Israelites.

GOD, who was the Founder of their State, and the Author of their Po∣licy, was pleased, that the Tribes should be distinguished, more eminently the Royal Tribe of Juda, and the Sacerdotal of Levi. That distinction was necessary for many weighty reasons, yet many times it hath been the occasion of emulation and division. The Ephramites thinking them∣selves sleighted by Jeptha, pitched Battel with him; The Benjamites, to counte∣nance some lewd persons of their Tribe, made war with all the other Israelites; We know the war betwixt Juda and the other Tribes for the Kingship, after the death of Saul, and yet the dispute betwixt them about bringing back David after the defeat of Absolom: Finally, the ten Tribes forsook the Tribe of Juda, and made a State and a Religion apart.

When the Israelites sinned against God, the distinction of the Tribes hath often turned into division, and division in∣to ruine. The same came to pass when they offered to confound the Rights and

Privileges of one Tribe, to make them common, as the Priesthood and the Kingship, whereof there are some Ex∣amples.