But, aut de via in semitam regrediamur, leaving these generals, to come nearer home, and confine our selves to a narrower compass: in my Text observe we these particulars:
1. The Negative, Non: it is a negative sin that they are charged with; not so much the doing of that they should not do, as the not doing of that they should.
⟨p. 7⟩2.2The duty required of them, but wanting in them; dolour, baegritudo; grief, sorrow, yea sickness: for so the word properly signifieth: as being a sin, not to be grieved at the heart, yea not to be heart-sore and sick again with grief, as things then stood.
3.4The ground of this grief, of such and so great grief, contritio, ca breach, a fracture, a rupture, or da contrition rather, a breaking to eshiners, as the word properly importeth: a most heavy and extreme calamity, though not personally on themselves, yet on those that ought to be right near and deer unto them, their brethren: which calamity what it was, is not here particularly expressed, but is described elsewhere: *Their affliction was bitter, (by the incursion of strangers, their enemies) for there was nothing almost shut up, nor left them, nor any at all that helped them.
4.9The person thus afflicted, Joseph: put, sometime ffor all Israel in general: because Joseph was a principal Patriarch; and, gupon the disinheriting of Reuben, the double portion, part of the birthright, being devolved unto him; hhis issue made two Tribes: sometime more specially ifor the Ten Tribes, as because they had two of the Ten, so for that also kJeroboam the first King to the Ten Tribes was of that stock, of the posterity of Joseph.
But, avt de via in semitam regrediamur, leauing these generals, to come neerer home, and confine our selues to a narrower compasse: in my Text obserue we these particulars:
1. The Negatiue, Non: it is a negatiue sinne that they are charged with; not so much the doing of that they should not doe, as the not doing of that they should.
⟨p. 7⟩2.2The dutie required of them, but wanting in them; dolor, baegritudo; griefe, sorrow, yea sicknesse: for so the word properly signifieth: as being a sinne, not to be grieued at the heart, yea not to be heart-sore and sicke againe with griefe, as things then stood.
3.4The ground of this griefe, of such and so great griefe, contritio, ca breach, a fracture, a rupture, or da contrition rather, a breaking to eshiners, as the word properly importeth: a most heauie and extreme calamitie, though not personally on themselues, yet on those that ought to be right neere and deere vnto them, their brethren: which calamitie what it was, is not here particularly expressed, but is described elsewhere: *Their affliction was bitter, (by the incursion of strangers, their enemies) for there was nothing almost shut vp, nor left them, nor any at all that helped them.
4.9The person thus afflicted, Ioseph: put, sometime ffor all Israel in generall: because Ioseph was a principall Patriake; and, gvpon the disinheriting of Reuben, the double portion, part of the birthright, being deuolued vnto him; h
- aPlaut. Cas. 3.5. Division of Text Branch 1.Plaut. Cas. 3.5. Diuision of Text Branch 1.
- 2Branch 2.
- b[Greek or Hebrew] unde [Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉 vnde 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- 4Branch 3.
- c[Greek or Hebrew] breach, Reg. Bibl.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 breach, Reg. Bibl.
- dSuper contrition. Hier.Super contritione. Hier.
- e[Greek or Hebrew] unde quidam nostrum tractum volunt.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 vnde quidam nostrum tractum volunt.
- *2 […] 1•, 26.2 〈…〉 1•, 26.
- 9Branch 4.
- fPsal. 80.1, 2, & 77.15.
- g1 Chron. 5.1. Gen. 48.16, 22.
- hNum. 1.10.32, 33. & 2.18, 20
