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Passage 1: Exodus 15

(Exo 15:1) Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song vnto the Lord, and sayd in this maner, I will sing vnto the Lord: for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and him that rode vpon him hath he ouerthrowen in the Sea.

(Notes Reference) Then (a) sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

(a) Praising God for the overthrow of his enemies, and their deliverance.

(Exo 15:2) The Lord is my strength and praise, and he is become my saluation. He is my God, and I will prepare him a tabernacle. he is my fathers God, and I will exalt him.

(Notes Reference) The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will (b) prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

(b) To worship him in it.

(Exo 15:3) The Lord is a man of warre, his Name is Iehouah.

(Notes Reference) The LORD [is] a (c) man of war: the LORD [is] his (d) name.

(c) In battle he always overcomes.

(d) Always constant in his promises.

(Exo 15:4) Pharaohs charets and his host hath he cast into the Sea: his chosen captaines also were drowned in the red Sea.

(Exo 15:5) The depths haue couered them, they sanke to the bottome as a stone.

(Exo 15:6) Thy right hande, O Lord, is glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath brused the enemie.

(Exo 15:7) And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as the stubble.

(Notes Reference) And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against (e) thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.

(e) Those who are enemies to God's people are his enemies.

(Exo 15:8) And by the blast of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floods stoode still as an heape, the depthes congealed together in the heart of the Sea.

(Exo 15:9) The enemie sayd, I wil pursue, I wil ouertake them, I will deuide the spoyle, my lust shall bee satisfied vpon them, I will drawe my sworde, mine hand shall destroy them.

(Exo 15:10) Thou blewest with thy winde, the Sea couered them, they sanke as leade in the mightie waters.

(Exo 15:11) Who is like vnto thee, O Lord, among the Gods! who is like thee so glorious in holinesse, fearefull in prayses, doing wonders!

(Notes Reference) Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the (f) gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, (g) fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?

(f) The scripture often so calls the mighty men of the world.

(g) Who ought to be praised with all fear and reverence.

(Exo 15:12) Thou stretchedst out thy right hande, the earth swallowed them.

(Exo 15:13) Thou wilt by thy mercie cary this people, which thou deliueredst: thou wilt bring them in thy strength vnto thine holy habitation.

(Notes Reference) Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy (h) habitation.

(h) That is, into the land of Canaan, or into mount Zion.

(Exo 15:14) The people shall heare and be afraide: sorow shall come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina.

(Exo 15:15) Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, and trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted.

(Exo 15:16) Feare and dread shall fall vpon them: because of the greatnesse of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, till thy people passe, O Lord: til this people passe, which thou hast purchased.

(Exo 15:17) Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountaine of thine inheritance, which is the place that thou hast prepared, O Lord, for to dwell in, euen the sanctuarie, O Lord, which thine hands shall establish.

(Notes Reference) Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine (i) inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established.

(i) Which was mount Zion, where later the temple was built.

(Exo 15:18) The Lord shall reigne for euer and euer.

(Exo 15:19) For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsemen into the Sea, and the Lord brought the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israel went on drie land in the middes of the Sea.

(Exo 15:20) And Miriam the prophetesse, sister of Aaron tooke a timbrell in her hande, and all the women came out after her with timbrels and daunces.

(Notes Reference) And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with (k) dances.

(k) Signifying their great joy: a custom the Jews observed in certain situations, (Jdg 11:34) but it should not be used as a means to justify our wanton dances.

(Exo 15:21) And Miriam answered the men, Sing yee vnto the Lord: for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath hee ouerthrowen in the Sea.

(Notes Reference) And Miriam (l) answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

(l) By singing the same song of thanksgiving.

(Exo 15:22) Then Moses brought Israel from the redde Sea, and they went out into the wildernesse of Shur: and they went three dayes in the wildernesse, and found no waters.

(Notes Reference) So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of (m) Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

(m) Which was called Etham, (Num 33:8).

(Exo 15:23) And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.

(Exo 15:24) Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke?

(Exo 15:25) And he cried vnto the Lord, and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were sweete: there he made them an ordinance and a law, and there he proued them,

(Notes Reference) And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there (n) he proved them,

(n) That is, God, or Moses in God's name.

(Exo 15:26) And sayd, if thou wilt diligently hearken, O Israel, vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that, which is right in his sight, and wilt giue eare vnto his commandements, and keepe all his ordinances, then will I put none of these diseases vpon thee, which I brought vpon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

(Notes Reference) And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is (o) right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.

(o) Which is, to do only what God commanded.

(Exo 15:27) And they came to Elim, where were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they camped thereby the waters.

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Passage 2: Psalms 69

(Psa 69:1) To him that excelleth upon Shoshannim. A Psalme of David. Save mee, O God: for the waters are entred euen to my soule.

(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician upon (a) Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David." Save me, O God; for the (b) waters are come in unto [my] soul.

(a) Of Shoshannim, read (Psa 45:1).

(b) David shows by the waters the great dangers he was in, out of which God delivered him.

(Psa 69:2) I sticke fast in the deepe myre, where no staie is: I am come into deepe waters, and the streames runne ouer me.

(Notes Reference) I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no (c) standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

(c) No stable firmness to settle my feet.

(Psa 69:3) I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.

(Notes Reference) I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine (d) eyes fail while I wait for my God.

(d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.

(Psa 69:4) They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the heares of mine heade: they that would destroy mee, and are mine enemies falsly, are mightie, so that I restored that which I tooke not.

(Notes Reference) They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies (e) wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I (f) took not away.

(e) Condemning me as guilty.

(f) They judged me a thief, though innocent, and gave my goods to others, as though I had stolen them.

(Psa 69:5) O God, thou knowest my foolishnesse, and my fautes are not hid from thee.

(Notes Reference) O God, thou knowest my (g) foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

(g) Though I am guilty toward you, yet I am innocent toward them.

(Psa 69:6) Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hostes, be ashamed for me: let not those that seeke thee, be confounded through mee, O God of Israel.

(Notes Reference) Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for (h) my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

(h) Do not let my evil entreaty of the enemy be an opportunity for the faithful to fall from you.

(Psa 69:7) For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.

(Psa 69:8) I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes.

(Psa 69:9) For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.

(Notes Reference) (i) For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

(i) When I saw your enemies claim your Name in mouth only, and in their life deny the same, your Holy Spirit thrust me forward to reprove them and defend your glory.

(Psa 69:10) I wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reproofe.

(Notes Reference) When I (k) wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

(k) My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation.

(Psa 69:11) I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them.

(Psa 69:12) They that sate in the gate, spake of mee, and the drunkards sang of me.

(Notes Reference) They that (l) sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

(l) The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against him both the poor and the rich.

(Psa 69:13) But Lord, I make my praier vnto thee in an acceptable time, euen in the multitude of thy mercie: O God, heare me in the trueth of thy saluation.

(Notes Reference) But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an (m) acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

(m) Knowing that even though I endure trouble now, yet you have a time in which you have appointed my deliverance.

(Psa 69:14) Deliuer mee out of the myre, that I sinke not: let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the deepe waters.

(Notes Reference) Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the (n) deep waters.

(n) He shows a living faith, in that he believes that God is favourable towards him when he seems to be angry and at hand when he seems to be far off.

(Psa 69:15) Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.

(Psa 69:16) Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to ye multitude of thy tender mercies.

(Psa 69:17) And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: make haste and heare me.

(Notes Reference) And (o) hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

(o) Not that he feared that God would not hear him, but that care made him think that God delayed too long.

(Psa 69:18) Draw neere vnto my soule and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies.

(Psa 69:19) Thou hast knowen my reproofe and my shame, and my dishonour: all mine aduersaries are before thee.

(Notes Reference) Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine (p) adversaries [are] all before thee.

(p) You see that I am beset as a sheep among many wolves.

(Psa 69:20) Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heauinesse, and I looked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.

(Notes Reference) Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and (q) I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

(q) He shows men that it is vain to put our trust in men in our great necessity, but that our comfort only depends on God: for man increases our sorrows, then diminishes them, (Joh 19:29).

(Psa 69:21) For they gaue me gall in my meate, and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke.

(Psa 69:22) Let their table be a snare before them, and their prosperitie their ruine.

(Notes Reference) Let their (r) table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

(r) He desires God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, which cannot by any means be turned, (Rom 11:9).

(Psa 69:23) Let their eyes be blinded that they see not: and make their loynes alway to tremble.

(Notes Reference) Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their (s) loins continually to shake.

(s) Take both judgment and power from them, (Act 1:20).

(Psa 69:24) Powre out thine anger vpon them, and let thy wrathfull displeasure take them.

(Psa 69:25) Let their habitation be voide, and let none dwell in their tents.

(Notes Reference) Let their (t) habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

(t) Punish not only them, but their posterity, who will be like them.

(Psa 69:26) For they persecute him, whome thou hast smitten: and they adde vnto the sorrowe of them, whome thou hast wounded.

(Psa 69:27) Laie iniquitie vpon their iniquitie, and let them not come into thy righteousnesse.

(Notes Reference) Add (u) iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

(u) By their continuance and increasing in their sins, let it be known that they are of the reprobate.

(Psa 69:28) Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.

(Notes Reference) Let them be blotted out of the (x) book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

(x) They who seemed by their profession to have been written in your book, yet by their fruits prove the contrary, let them be known as reprobates.

(Psa 69:29) When I am poore and in heauinesse, thine helpe, O God, shall exalt me.

(Psa 69:30) I will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnifie him with thankesgiuing.

(Psa 69:31) This also shall please the Lord better then a yong bullocke, that hath hornes and hoofes.

(Notes Reference) [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] (y) bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

(y) There is no sacrifice which God values more than thanksgiving for his benefits.

(Psa 69:32) The humble shall see this, and they that seeke God, shalbe glad, and your heart shall liue.

(Psa 69:33) For the Lord heareth the poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.

(Notes Reference) For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his (z) prisoners.

(z) For as he delivered his servant David, so will he do for all that are in distress and call on him.

(Psa 69:34) Let heauen and earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them.

(Psa 69:35) For God will saue Zion, and builde the cities of Iudah, that men may dwell there and haue it in possession.

(Psa 69:36) The seede also of his seruants shall inherit it: and they that loue his name, shall dwel therein.

(Notes Reference) The (a) seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

(a) Under the temporal promise of the land of Canaan, he comprehends the promise of everlasting life to the faithful and their posterity.

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Passage 3: Mark 3

(Mar 3:1) And he entred againe into ye Synagogue, and there was a man which had a withered had.

(Notes Reference) And (1) he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a (a) withered hand.

(1) Thirdly, because they preferred the ceremonial law (which was but an addition to the moral law) before the moral law, whereas in reality they should have learned from this the true use of the ceremonial law.

(a) That is, unprofitable and dead.

(Mar 3:2) And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

(Mar 3:3) Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.

(Mar 3:4) And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

(Notes Reference) And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save (b) life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

(b) He uses here the figure of speech called synecdoche, for this type of saying, "to save the life", is the same as saying "to save the man".

(Mar 3:5) Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.

(Notes Reference) And when he had looked round about on them (c) with anger, being grieved for the (d) hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

(c) Men are angry when they have wrong done to them, but not without sin: but Christ is angry without sin, and he is not sorry for the injury that is done to him as much as he is for their wickedness; and therefore he had pity upon them, and because of that he is said to have been grieved.

(d) As though their heart had been closed up and had grown together, so that wholesome doctrine had no effect upon them.

(Mar 3:6) And the Pharises departed, and straightway gathered a councill with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.

(Notes Reference) (2) And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the (e) Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

(2) The more the truth is suppressed, the more it comes out.

(e) See (Mat 22:16).

(Mar 3:7) But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,

(Mar 3:8) And from Ierusalem, and from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus and Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came vnto him in great number.

(Notes Reference) And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] (f) beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

(f) Which Josephus called stony or rocky.

(Mar 3:9) And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.

(Notes Reference) And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should (g) wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

(g) Should always be ready for him.

(Mar 3:10) For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.

(Notes Reference) For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had (h) plagues.

(h) Diseases with which God scourges men as it were with whips.

(Mar 3:11) And when the vncleane spirits sawe him, they fel downe before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.

(Notes Reference) And (i) unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

(i) In those whom they had entered into: or by the figure of speech called metonymy, it refers to those who were vexed with the unclean spirits.

(Mar 3:12) And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.

(Mar 3:13) Then hee went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he woulde, and they came vnto him.

(Mar 3:14) And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,

(Notes Reference) (3) And he (k) ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

(3) The twelve apostles are set apart to be trained for the office of the apostleship.

(k) Chose and appointed twelve to be familiar and well acquainted with him.

(Mar 3:15) And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.

(Mar 3:16) And the first was Simon, and hee named Simon, Peter,

(Mar 3:17) Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sonnes of thunder,)

(Mar 3:18) And Andrew, and Philippe, and Bartlemew, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames, the sonne of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

(Notes Reference) And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and (l) Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

(l) Whom Luke also calls Judas: and to make a distinction the other Judas is called Iscariot.

(Mar 3:19) And Iudas Iscariot, who also betraied him, and they came home.

(Notes Reference) And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an (m) house.

(m) The disciples whom Christ had taken as part of his company and to live with him come home to his house, to be with him from this point on.

(Mar 3:20) And the multitude assembled againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.

(Mar 3:21) And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.

(Notes Reference) (4) And when his (n) friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

(4) None are worse enemies of the gospel than they that should be enemies of it the least.

(n) Literally, "they that were of him", that is, his relatives: for they that were mad were brought to their relatives.

(Mar 3:22) And the Scribes which came downe from Hierusalem, saide, He hath Beelzebub, and through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils.

(Mar 3:23) But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Satan?

(Mar 3:24) For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand.

(Mar 3:25) Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.

(Mar 3:26) So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende.

(Notes Reference) And if (o) Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

(o) Satan's servants or followers.

(Mar 3:27) No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.

(Mar 3:28) Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shalbe forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:

(Notes Reference) (5) Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

(5) Only those who know Christ and maliciously attack him are without hope of salvation.

(Mar 3:29) But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.

(Mar 3:30) Because they saide, Hee had an vncleane spirit.

(Notes Reference) (p) Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

(p) These are the words of the evangelist.

(Mar 3:31) Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.

(Notes Reference) There came then his (q) brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

(q) By the name "brother" the Hebrews understand all that are of the same stock and blood.

(Mar 3:32) And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.

(Mar 3:33) But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?

(Mar 3:34) And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.

(Notes Reference) (6) And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

(6) The spiritual family is larger than the biological family.

(Mar 3:35) For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.