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Passage 1: Exodus 17-18

(Exo 17:1) And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wildernesse of Sin, by their iourneyes at the commandement of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.

(Notes Reference) And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in (a) Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.

(a) Moses does not note every place where they camped as in Numbers 33, but only those places where some notable thing was done.

(Exo 17:2) Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke. And Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

(Notes Reference) Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye (b) tempt the LORD?

(b) Why do you distrust God? Why do you not look for comfort from him without complaining to us?

(Exo 17:3) So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kill vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?

(Exo 17:4) And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.

(Notes Reference) And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to (c) stone me.

(c) How ready the people are to slay the true prophets for their own purposes and how slow they are to take up God's cause against his enemies and false prophets.

(Exo 17:5) And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:

(Exo 17:6) Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke. And Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.

(Exo 17:7) And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?

(Notes Reference) And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the (d) LORD among us, or not?

(d) When in adversity we think God is absent, then we neglect his promise and make him a liar.

(Exo 17:8) Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

(Notes Reference) Then came (e) Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

(e) Who came from Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Gen 36:12).

(Exo 17:9) And Moses sayde to Ioshua, Chuse vs out men, and go fight with Amalek: to morowe I will stande on the toppe of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

(Notes Reference) And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the (f) hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

(f) That is, Horeb, which is also called Sinai.

(Exo 17:10) So Ioshua did as Moses bad him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went vp to the top of the hill.

(Exo 17:11) And when Moses helde vp his hande, Israel preuailed: but when he let his hande downe, Amalek preuailed.

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let (g) down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

(g) So that we see how dangerous a thing it is to cease in prayer.

(Exo 17:12) Nowe Moses handes were heauy: therefore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him, and hee sate vpon it: and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntill the going downe of the sunne.

(Exo 17:13) And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

(Exo 17:14) And the Lord sayde to Moses, Write this for a remembrance in the booke, and rehearse it to Ioshua: for I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.

(Notes Reference) And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial (h) in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

(h) In the book of the law.

(Exo 17:15) (And Moses builte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouah-nissi)

(Notes Reference) And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it (i) Jehovahnissi:

(i) That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands.

(Exo 17:16) Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

(Exo 18:1) When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,

(Exo 18:2) Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)

(Notes Reference) Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had (a) sent her back,

(a) It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, (Exo 4:25).

(Exo 18:3) And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:

(Exo 18:4) And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)

(Exo 18:5) And Iethro Moses father in law came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes, where he camped by ye mout of God.

(Notes Reference) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the (b) mount of God:

(b) Horeb is called the mount of God, because God did many miracles there. So Peter calls the mount where Christ was transfigured, the holy mount: for by Christ's presence it was holy for a time, (2Pe 1:18).

(Exo 18:6) And he said to Moses, I thy father in law Iethro am come to thee, and thy wife and her two sonnes with her.

(Notes Reference) And he (c) said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

(c) That is, he sent messengers to say to him.

(Exo 18:7) And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.

(Exo 18:8) Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them.

(Exo 18:9) And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had deliuered them out of the hande of the Egyptians.

(Exo 18:10) Therfore Iethro sayd, Blessed be the Lord who hath deliuered you out of the hande of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh: who hath also deliuered the people from vnder the hand of the Egyptians.

(Notes Reference) And Jethro said, (d) Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

(d) By this it is evident that he worshipped the true God, and therefore Moses did not refuse to marry his daughter.

(Exo 18:11) Now I know that the Lord is greater then all the gods: for as they haue dealt proudly with them, so are they recompensed.

(Notes Reference) Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly (e) [he was] above them.

(e) For they that drowned the children of the Israelites, perished themselves by water.

(Exo 18:12) Then Iethro Moses father in lawe tooke burnt offerings and sacrifices to offer vnto God. And Aaron and all the Elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses father in law before God.

(Notes Reference) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law (f) before God.

(f) They ate in the place, where the sacrifice was offered: for part was burnt, and the rest eaten.

(Exo 18:13) Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vnto euen.

(Exo 18:14) And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?

(Exo 18:15) And Moses sayd vnto his father in law, Because the people come vnto me to seeke God.

(Notes Reference) And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of (g) God:

(g) That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed.

(Exo 18:16) When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.

(Exo 18:17) But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.

(Exo 18:18) Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie for thee: thou art not able to doe it thy selfe alone.

(Exo 18:19) Heare nowe my voyce, (I will giue thee counsell, and God shalbe with thee) be thou for the people to Godwarde, and report thou the causes vnto God,

(Notes Reference) Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to (h) God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

(h) You judge in difficult cases, which cannot be decided without consulting with God.

(Exo 18:20) And admonish them of the ordinances, and of the lawes, and shew them the way, wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must do.

(Exo 18:21) Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God, men dealing truely, hating couetousnesse: and appoynt such ouer them to be rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

(Notes Reference) Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people (i) able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

(i) What manner of men ought to be chosen to bear office.

(Exo 18:22) And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all small causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shall beare the burden with thee.

(Exo 18:23) If thou do this thing, (and God so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go quietly to their place.

(Exo 18:24) So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:

(Notes Reference) So Moses (k) hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

(k) Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another.

(Exo 18:25) And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

(Exo 18:26) And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iudged all small matters themselues.

(Exo 18:27) Afterward Moses let his father in law depart, and he went into his countrey.

(Notes Reference) And Moses (l) let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

(l) Read (Num 10:29).

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Passage 2: Psalms 72

(Psa 72:1) A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.

(Notes Reference) "[A Psalm] (a) for Solomon." Give the king thy (b) judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's (c) son.

(a) Composed by David concerning the reign of his son Solomon.

(b) Imbue the king with the Spirit of wisdom and justice, that he reign not as the worldly tyrants do.

(c) That is, to his posterity.

(Psa 72:2) Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

(Psa 72:3) The mountaines and the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.

(Notes Reference) The (d) mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

(d) When justice reigns, even the places most barren will be enriched with your blessings.

(Psa 72:4) He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall subdue the oppressor.

(Notes Reference) He shall (e) judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

(e) He shows why the sword is committed to Kings that is, to defend the innocent, and suppress the wicked.

(Psa 72:5) They shall feare thee as long as the sunne and moone endureth, from generatio to generation.

(Notes Reference) They shall (f) fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

(f) The people will embrace your true religion, when you give a king who rules according to your word.

(Psa 72:6) He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

(Notes Reference) He shall come (g) down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

(g) As this is true in all godly kings, so it is chiefly verified in Christ, who with his heavenly dew, makes his Church ever to flourish.

(Psa 72:7) In his dayes shall the righteous florish, and abundance of peace shalbe so long as the moone endureth.

(Psa 72:8) His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land.

(Notes Reference) He shall have dominion also from (h) sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

(h) That is, from the Red sea to the sea called the Syriacum, and from Euphrates forward, meaning, that Christ's kingdom would be large and universal.

(Psa 72:9) They that dwell in ye wildernes, shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke the dust.

(Psa 72:10) The Kings of Tarshish and of the yles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring giftes.

(Notes Reference) The kings of (i) Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings (k) of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

(i) Of Cilicia, and of all other countries beyond the sea, which he means by the isles.

(k) That is, of Arabia that rich country, of which Sheba was a part bordering on Ethiopia.

(Psa 72:11) Yea, all Kings shall worship him: all nations shall serue him.

(Psa 72:12) For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.

(Psa 72:13) He shalbe mercifull to the poore and needie, and shall preserue the soules of the poore.

(Psa 72:14) He shall redeeme their soules from deceite and violence, and deare shall their blood be in his sight.

(Notes Reference) He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and (l) precious shall their blood be in his sight.

(l) Though tyrants pause not to shed blood, yet this godly king will preserve his subjects from all kinds of wrong.

(Psa 72:15) Yea, he shall liue, and vnto him shall they giue of the golde of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and dayly blesse him.

(Notes Reference) And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the (m) gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.

(m) God will both prosper his life and make the people willing to obey him.

(Psa 72:16) An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

(Notes Reference) There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the (n) fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

(n) Under such a king will be great plenty, both of fruit and also of the increase of mankind.

(Psa 72:17) His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.

(Notes Reference) His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call (o) him blessed.

(o) They will pray to God for his continuance and know that God prospers them for his sake.

(Psa 72:18) Blessed be the Lord God, euen the God of Israel, which onely doeth wonderous things.

(Notes Reference) Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth (p) wondrous things.

(p) He confesses that unless God miraculously preserves his people neither the king nor the kingdom can continue.

(Psa 72:19) And blessed be his glorious Name for euer: and let all the earth be filled with his glorie. So be it, euen so be it.

(Psa 72:20) Here end the prayers of Dauid, the sonne of Ishai.

(Notes Reference) The (q) prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

(q) Concerning his son Solomon.

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Passage 3: Mark 5

(Mar 5:1) And they came ouer to the other side of the sea into the countrey of the Gadarens.

(Notes Reference) And (1) they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the (a) Gadarenes.

(1) Many hold the virtue of Christ in admiration, and yet they will not lose even the least thing they have in order to redeem it.

(a) See Mat 8:30

(Mar 5:2) And when he was come out of the shippe, there met him incontinently out of the graues, a man which had an vncleane spirit:

(Notes Reference) And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man (b) with an unclean spirit,

(b) Literally, "in an unclean spirit"; now they are said to be in the spirit because the spirit holds them tightly locked up, and as it were bound.

(Mar 5:3) Who had his abiding among the graues, and no man could binde him, no not with chaines:

(Mar 5:4) Because that when hee was often bounde with fetters and chaines, he plucked the chaines asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces, neither could any man tame him.

(Mar 5:5) And alwayes both night and day he cryed in the mountaines, and in the graues, and strooke himselfe with stones.

(Mar 5:6) And when he saw Iesus afarre off, he ranne, and worshipped him,

(Mar 5:7) And cryed with a loude voyce, and saide, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of the most high God? I will that thou sweare to me by God, that thou torment me not.

(Notes Reference) And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I (c) adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

(c) That is, assure me by an oath that you will not vex me.

(Mar 5:8) (For hee saide vnto him, Come out of the man, thou vncleane spirit.)

(Mar 5:9) And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

(Mar 5:10) And hee prayed him instantly, that hee would not send them away out of the countrey.

(Notes Reference) And he (d) besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

(d) The demon that was the spokesperson of the many.

(Mar 5:11) Now there was there in the mountaines a great heard of swine, feeding.

(Notes Reference) Now there was there nigh unto the (e) mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

(e) This whole country is for the most part very hilly, for the mountains of Galeed run through it.

(Mar 5:12) And all ye deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.

(Mar 5:13) And incontinently Iesus gaue them leaue. Then the vncleane spirites went out, and entred into the swine, and the heard ranne headlong from the high banke into the sea, (and there were about two thousand swine) and they were choked vp in the sea.

(Notes Reference) And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the (f) sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

(f) Strabo in the sixteenth book says that in Gadaris there is a standing pool of very polluted water, which if beasts taste, they shed their hair, nails, or hooves and horns.

(Mar 5:14) And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

(Mar 5:15) And they came to Iesus, and sawe him that had bene possessed with the deuil, and had the legion, sit both clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraide.

(Mar 5:16) And they that saw it, tolde them, what was done to him that was possessed with the deuil, and concerning the swine.

(Mar 5:17) Then they began to pray him, that hee would depart from their coastes.

(Mar 5:18) And when he was come into the shippe, he that had bene possessed with the deuil, prayed him that he might be with him.

(Mar 5:19) Howbeit, Iesus would not suffer him, but said vnto him, Goe thy way home to thy friendes, and shewe them what great thinges the Lord hath done vnto thee, and howe hee hath had compassion on thee.

(Mar 5:20) So he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, what great things Iesus had done vnto him: and all men did marueile.

(Mar 5:21) And when Iesus was come ouer againe by ship vnto the other side, a great multitude gathered together to him, and he was neere vnto the sea.

(Mar 5:22) And beholde, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe him, he fell downe at his feete,

(Notes Reference) And, (g) behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

(g) The whole company did not assemble without any structure, but in every synagogue there were certain men who governed the people.

(Mar 5:23) And besought him instantly, saying, My litle daughter lyeth at point of death: I pray thee that thou wouldest come and lay thine hands on her, that she may be healed, and liue.

(Mar 5:24) Then hee went with him, and a great multitude folowed him, and thronged him.

(Mar 5:25) (And there was a certaine woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres,

(Notes Reference) (2) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

(2) Jesus being touched with true faith, although it is but weak, heals us by his virtue.

(Mar 5:26) And had suffred many things of many physicions, and had spent all that she had, and it auailed her nothing, but she became much worse.

(Mar 5:27) When she had heard of Iesus, shee came in the preasse behinde, and touched his garment.

(Mar 5:28) For she said, If I may but touch his clothes, I shalbe whole.

(Mar 5:29) And straightway the course of her blood was dried vp, and she felt in her body, that she was healed of that plague.

(Mar 5:30) And immediatly when Iesus did knowe in himselfe the vertue that went out of him, he turned him round about in the preasse, and said, Who hath touched my clothes?

(Mar 5:31) And his disciples said vnto him, Thou seest the multitude throng thee, and sayest thou, Who did touche me?

(Mar 5:32) And he looked round about, to see her that had done that.

(Mar 5:33) And the woman feared and trembled: for she knewe what was done in her, and shee came and fell downe before him, and tolde him the whole trueth.

(Mar 5:34) And hee saide to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.)

(Mar 5:35) While hee yet spake, there came from the same ruler of the Synagogues house certaine which said, Thy daughter is dead: why diseasest thou the Master any further?

(Mar 5:36) Assoone as Iesus heard that word spoken, he said vnto the ruler of the Synagogue, Be not afraide: onely beleeue.

(Notes Reference) (3) As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

(3) By faith fathers apprehended the promises of life even for their children.

(Mar 5:37) And he suffered no man to follow him saue Peter and Iames, and Iohn the brother of Iames.

(Mar 5:38) So hee came vnto the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, and sawe the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

(Mar 5:39) And he went in, and said vnto them, Why make ye this trouble, and weepe? the childe is not dead, but sleepeth.

(Mar 5:40) And they laught him to scorne: but hee put them all out, and tooke the father, and the mother of the childe, and them that were with him, and entred in where the childe lay,

(Notes Reference) (4) And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them (b) that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

(4) Such as mock and scorn Christ are unworthy to be witnesses of his goodness.

(b) The three disciples.

(Mar 5:41) And tooke the childe by the hand, and saide vnto her, Talitha cumi, which is by interpretation, Mayden, I say vnto thee, arise.

(Mar 5:42) And straightway the mayden arose, and walked: for shee was of the age of twelue yeeres, and they were astonied out of measure.

(Mar 5:43) And he charged them straitly that no man should knowe of it, and commanded to giue her meate.