That which ha learned Linguist gathereth out of the change of the number in those words of that story, iThey gave out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on Jonah; to wit, that they should cast Lots oft over and over to be more fully assured of the certainty of the thing, and that upon every casting the Lot lighted still upon the same party; is not unlike that which kone of the Rabbins gathereth from lthe change of the Gender afterward in the same story, that mJonah should be in the bowels or belly of two several Whales, a male and a female, the one after the other; the one an idle and senseless, the other also a groundless conceit. For as nthe Genders in that language are oft indifferent and indefinite, else there might be three Whales as well as two picked out of the text, othe gender being also once again afterward changed: so the interchange of numbers in passing sometime pfrom the plural to the singular, sometime from the singular to the plural is a thing no less usual, qas well with the penmen ⟨p. 279⟩of holy writ, as with rother profane Writers, and those of the best note. And yet this help needeth not here neither: for there is san Article of some emphasis in the original, They cast their Lots; which were, it may be, many, as usually there are; and tthe Lot, or, that Lot, to wit, that that was assigned to show who was the delinquent, that Lot lighted upon Jonah; who being thereby discovered, discovered thereupon unto them, what had been done by him.
That which ha learned Linguist gathereth out of the change of the number in those words of that story, iThey gaue out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on Ionas; to wit, that they should cast Lots oft ouer and ouer to be more fully assured of the certainetie of the thing, and that vpon euery casting the Lot lighted still vpon the same partie; is not vnlike that which kone of the Rabbines gathereth from lthe change of the Gender afterward in the same story, that mIonas should be in the bowels or belly of two seuerall Whales, a male and a female, the one after the other; the one an idle and senselesse, the other also a groundlesse conceipt. For as nthe Genders in that language are oft indifferent and indefinite, else there might bee three Whales as well as two picked out of the text, othe gender being also once againe afterward changed: so the enterchange of numbers in passing sometime pfrom the plurall to the singular, sometime from the singular to the plurall is a thing no lesse vsuall, qas well with the penmen ⟨p. 279⟩of holy writ, as with rother prophane Writers, and those of the best note. And yet this helpe needeth not here neither: for there is san Article of some emphasis in the originall, They cast their Lots; which were, it may be, many, as vsually there are; and tthe Lot, or, that Lot, to wit, that that was assigned to shew who was the delinquent, that Lot lighted vpon Ionas; who being thereby discouered, discouered thereupon vnto them, what had beene done by him.
- hArias Montan. in Jon 1.Arias Montan. in Ion 1.
- iMis•runt sorts; & cecid•• sors. Jon. 1.7.Mis•runt sortes; & cecid•• sors. Ion. 1.7.
- kR. Solomon Jarch• in Jon c. 1.R. Salomon Iarch• in Ion c. 1.
- l[Greek or Hebrew] Jon. 1.17. [Greek or Hebrew] Jon. 2.1.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Ion. 1.17. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Ion. 2.1.
- mCum in piscis masculi ventre s•tis commodè ag•ret, ad orationem animum non adiccit: quod ubi Deus animaduertit, ••ctum per vomitum à faemina faeta deglutiri procura•it, in cuius utero cùm angustè se haberet, Deum deprecari cep•rat. Jarchi.Cum in piscis masculi ventre stis commodè agret, ad orationem animum non adiccit: quod vbi Deus animaduertit, ctum per vomitum à faemina faeta deglutiri procurait, in cuius vtero cùm angustè se haberet, Deum deprecari ceprat. Iarchi.
