Judges 13

Judges 13:2

ZOrab] See concerning this City, Ioshua chapter 19. v. 41.

Judges 13:3

The Angel] The Sonne of God himselfe as it appeares by verse 18. and 22. See Iudges 2. 1. and 6. 11.

Judges 13:4

Beware] The sanctifying of thy sonne must begin from thy selfe: Now amongst all the sanctfyings that of the Nazarit-ship was the most noted, and required the strictest abstinence from wine, and all manner of drinke that would make one drunke Numbers 6:3.

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A Nazarite] A figure of Christ the great Nazarite; perfectly 〈◊〉 from his mothers womb to be the Saviour of the world, Matthew chapter 2. 23. The resemblance of the one to the other is as well in their miraculous births, as in the gifts of the holy Ghost, in strength and justice: For as Samson alone, without an Army, and almost without any weapons, saved the peopl; So Christ hath done of himselfe, y chapter 63. verse 5. Hose chapter 1. verse 7. There are also diverse other correspondences, which shall be noted in the progresse of the histoiry: Begin] For the Philistims continued in troubling of the people a long time after Samson, untill they were at the last subdued quite under David, who was a figure of Christ, in the glory of his last comming, destroying all the residue of his enemies, 1 Corinthians 15:25-26.

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Very terrible] Majesticall, glorious and sparkling with divine light.

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That shall bee] Or, when hee shall bee borne.

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Vntill wee] Thinking it was some Prophet, or some created Angel, and therefore he would do him honour, in imitation of Abraham, Genesis Chapter 18. vse 5. Iudges, Chapter 6. verse 18.

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Though thou] This thy food doeth not befit me, I being no man, and if thou wilt bestow it in a sacrifice, bestow it as upon the true God, and not as upon a created Angel.

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May do thee honour] As a Prophet, by service, acknowledgement, and respct, or as a good Angell, by remembrance, renowne and reverence.

Judges 13:18

Askest] Thinking to know my name as a creature is: Secret] The Italian hath it, Incomprehensible] Hebrew, hidden, difficult, or admirable as Isay 9. 5; Now by the name he meanes the essence, and divine glory it selfe.

Judges 13:19

A meat offering] Manoa had questionlesse brought bread with the Kid, and she employed that bread n a meat offering, which was wont to be joyned with the Sacrifices.

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From off the Altor] He calleth that part of the rock so, where these offerings were offered.

Judges 13:23

At this time] Namely of the childes sanctification, and the promise of the Churches deliverance through him, in this time of our great wants, are not signes of anger, but of grace.

Judges 13:25

The Spirit] Which was extraordinarily conferred upon those, whom the Lord had chosen for deliverers of his people: To move him] To inspire magnanimous thoughts into him, and give him a miraculous strength of body and minde, and incite him to do great and more then humane acts: In the Campe of Dan] The Italian hath it, Mahane-Dan] See Judges 18:12.