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First he showeth, how Noah cometh to himself, then how he knew what his sons had done unto him; then how he curseth one and blesseth another. As his sons were ashamed of his nakedness when he was drunken, so now he is sober, he is ashamed of it himself, therefore he is said to awake from his wine, as though he had ⟨p. 611⟩been a sleep; for The drunkard (saith Solomon) is as one that sleepeth, Proverbs 23. 34. When the belly is full, the bones are at rest, so when Noah was full, his thoughts were at rest: therefore being as it were lulled a sheep, with overmuch wine, he may be said to awake. Here Moses would exhort all them that sleep with Noah, to awake with Noah. Noah was once intemperate, and many follow him in that, Noah was but once intemperate, and few follow him in that: David was once incontinent, and many follow him in that; David was but once incontinent, and few follow him in that: Peter was once unfaithful, and many follow him in that; Peter was but once unfaithful, and few follow him in that. This the difference between the faithful and the wicked, both fall, and but one riseth again. It followeth. He knew what his younger son had done unto him: either by the spirit of God, which suggested him, or else by some other that told him; for a drunken man doth not remember what is said or done: and therefore the drunkard saith, I was beaten, but when I awaked, I knew it not, Pro. 23. 35. Therefore when Lot was drunken, his daughters lay with him, and it is said, Gen. 19. 33. that he perceived not when they lay down, nor when they rose up: therefore Noah knew either by the ⟨p. 612⟩spirit which informed him, or by others which told him.

First he sheweth, how Noah commeth to himselfe, then how he knew what his sonnes had done vnto him; then how he curseth one and blesseth another. As his sonnes were ashamed of his nakednes when he was drunken, so now he is sober, he is ashamed of it himselfe, therefore he is said to awake from his wine, as though hee had ⟨p. 611⟩