1 / Or, the Lord spake to Abram.
2 a His feare was not onely lest he shulde not haue children, but lest the promes of the blessed sede shulde not be accomplished in him.
8 b This is a parteicular mocion of Gods Spirit, which is not lawful for all to follow in asking signes: but was permitted to some by a peculiar mocion, as to Gideon and Ezekiah.
10 c This was the olde custome in making couenants, {Jerem. 34,18}: to the which God added these condicions, that Abrams posteritie shulde be as torne in pieces, but after thei shulde be coupled together: also that it shulde be assalted, but yet deliuered
13 d Counting from the birthe of Izhak to their departure out of Egypt which declareth that God will suffer his to be afflicted in this worlde.
16 e Thogh God suffre the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance falleth vpon them, when the measure of their wickednes is ful.
18 / Ebr. Perath.