Geneva [1587], THE BIBLE: THAT IS, THE HOLY SCRIPTVRES CONTEINED IN THE OLDE AND NEWE TESTAMENT. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance (Imprinted... by Christopher Barker [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B07000].
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THE ARGVMENT.
After that Iaakob by Gods commandement Gene.46.3. had brought his familie into Egypt, where
they remayned for the space of foure hundreth yeeres, and of seuentie persons grewe to an infinite
number, so that the King and the countrey grudged and endeuoured both by tyrannie and cruell slauerie
to suppresse them: the Lorde according to his promise Gene.15.14. had compassion of his Church, and
deliuered them, but plagued their enemies in most strange and sundry sortes. And the more that the tyrannie
of the wicked enraged against his Church, the more did his heauie iudgementes encrease against
them, till Pharaoh and his armie were drowned in the same Sea, which gaue an entrie and passage to the
children of God. But as the ingratitude of man is great, so did they immediately forget Gods wonderfull
benefites: and albeit he had giuen them the Passeouer to be a signe and memoriall of the same, yet
they fell to distrust, and tempted God with sundrie murmurings and grudgings against him and his ministers:
sometime moued with ambition, sometime for lacke of drinke or meate to content their lustes, sometime
by idolatrie, or such like. Wherefore God visited them with sharpe roddes and plagues, that by his
corrections they might seeke to him for remedie against his scourges, and earnestly repent them for their
rebellions and wickednesse. And because God loueth them to the ende, whom he hath once begun to loue,
he punished them not according to their desertes, but dealt with th&ebar; in great mercies, and euer with newe
benefites laboured to ouercome their malice: for he still gouerned them and gaue them his word & Law,
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Pharaoh oppresseth the Israelites.
both concerning the maner of seruing him, and also the forme of iudgements and ciuill policie: to the intent
that they shoulde not serue God after their owne inuentions, but according to that order, which his
heauenly wisedome had appoynted.
Geneva [1587], THE BIBLE: THAT IS, THE HOLY SCRIPTVRES CONTEINED IN THE OLDE AND NEWE TESTAMENT. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance (Imprinted... by Christopher Barker [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B07000].
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