A70035:50
The Scriptures harmony
The Scriptures harmony by E.F., Esq.
London: printed by Richard Cotes for William Hope, 1643
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But in truth I cannot see, how they should account this a wonder, who give Abraham a wife and six sons of her after Sarah's death; the eldest of whom should we suppose that Abraham begat him 1the same day that Sarah died, must be begotten in the 137 year of Abraham's age: and (if some may be credited) all six were begotten in less then foure 2yeeres. Sed ex uno absurdo mille sequuntur.
But in truth I cannot see, how they should account this a wonder, who give Abraham a wife and sixe sonnes of her after Sarah's death; the eldest of whom should we suppose that Abraham begat him 1the same day that Sarah died, must be begotten in the 137 yeere of Abraham's age: and (if some may be credited) all six were begotten in lesse then foure 2yeeres. Sed ex uno absurdo mille sequuntur.
- 1Gen. 17. v. 17. compared with C. 23. v. 1.
- 2Sr. W. R. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. Sect. 4.
Seventhly, because the best Writers and Chronologers affirm, That Terah begat Abraham at 70. years old. As, Joseph. Ant. l. 1. c. 7. Euseb. Chron. fol. 6. August. quaest. 25. in Gen. Beda de 6. aetat. mundi. Func. fol. 20. Bucholz. pag. 4. Calvis. pag. 35. Hen. Buntingus. fol. 22. Christ. Helvic. fol. 3. Isaacs. fol. 30.
Seventhly, because the best Writers and Chronologers affirme, That Terah begat Abraham at 70. yeeres old. As, Joseph. Ant. l. 1. c. 7. Euseb. Chron. fol. 6. August. quaest. 25. in Gen. Beda de 6. aetat. mundi. Func. fol. 20. Bucholz. pag. 4. Calvis. pag. 35. Hen. Buntingus. fol. 22. Christ. Helvic. fol. 3. Isaacs. fol. 30.