29214The Hiſtory of Life and Death.
Above all it maketh to the preſent Inquiſition, to inquire diligently and attentively whe-
ther a man may not receive Nouriſhment from without, at leaſt ſome other way beſide
the Mouth We know that Baths of Milk are uſed in ſome Hectick Fevers, and when
the body is brought extream low, and Phyſicians do provide Nouriſhing clyſters. This
matter would be well ſtudied; for if Nouriſhment may be made either from without,
or ſome other way than by the ſtomach, then the weakneſs of Concoction, which is
incident to old men, might be recompenced by theſe helps, and Concoction reſtored to
them intire.
ther a man may not receive Nouriſhment from without, at leaſt ſome other way beſide
the Mouth We know that Baths of Milk are uſed in ſome Hectick Fevers, and when
the body is brought extream low, and Phyſicians do provide Nouriſhing clyſters. This
matter would be well ſtudied; for if Nouriſhment may be made either from without,
or ſome other way than by the ſtomach, then the weakneſs of Concoction, which is
incident to old men, might be recompenced by theſe helps, and Concoction reſtored to
them intire.
Length and Shortneſs of Life in Man.
The Hiſt@ry.
BEfore the Floud, as the Sacred Scriptures relate, Men lived many hundred
11To the 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, and
11 Articles. years; yet none of the Fathers attained to a full thouſand. Neither was this
Length of Life peculiar onely to Grace, or the Holy Line; for there are reckon-
ed of the Fathers until the Floud eleven Generations; but of the ſons of
221. Adam by cain onely eight Generations; ſo as the poſterity of Cain may ſeem the lon-
ger-liv’d. But this Length of Life immediately after the Floud was reduced to a moiety,
9595[Handwritten note 95] but in the Poſt-nati; for Noah, who was born before, equalled the age of his Anceſtors,
and Sem ſaw the ſix hundredth year of his life. Afterwards, three Generations being
run from the Floud, the Life of Man was brought down to a fourth part of the pri-
mative Age, that was, to about two hundred years.
11To the 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, and
11 Articles. years; yet none of the Fathers attained to a full thouſand. Neither was this
Length of Life peculiar onely to Grace, or the Holy Line; for there are reckon-
ed of the Fathers until the Floud eleven Generations; but of the ſons of
221. Adam by cain onely eight Generations; ſo as the poſterity of Cain may ſeem the lon-
ger-liv’d. But this Length of Life immediately after the Floud was reduced to a moiety,
9595[Handwritten note 95] but in the Poſt-nati; for Noah, who was born before, equalled the age of his Anceſtors,
and Sem ſaw the ſix hundredth year of his life. Afterwards, three Generations being
run from the Floud, the Life of Man was brought down to a fourth part of the pri-
mative Age, that was, to about two hundred years.
Abraham lived an hundred ſeventy and five years:
a man of an high courage, and
332. proſperous in all things. Iſaac came to an hundred and eighty years of age: a chaſte
man, and enjoying more quietneſs than his Father. But Jacob, after many croſſes
and a numerous progeny, laſted to the hundred forty ſeventh year of his life: a pa-
tient, gentle, and wiſe man. Iſmael, a military man, lived an hundred thirty and
ſeven years. Sarah (whoſe years onely amongſt women are recorded) died in the
hundred twenty ſeventh year of her age: a beautifull and magnanimous woman; a
ſingular good Mother and Wife; and yet no leſs famous for her Liberty than Ob-
ſequiouſneſs towards her husband. Joſeph alſo, a prudent and politick man, paſſing
his youth in affliction, afterwards advanced to the height of honour and proſperity,
lived an hundred and ten years. But his brother Levi, elder than himſelf, attained to
an hundred thirty ſeven years: a man impatient of contumely and revengeful. Near
unto the ſame age attained the ſon of Levi@ alſo his grand-child, the father of Aaron
and Moſes.
332. proſperous in all things. Iſaac came to an hundred and eighty years of age: a chaſte
man, and enjoying more quietneſs than his Father. But Jacob, after many croſſes
and a numerous progeny, laſted to the hundred forty ſeventh year of his life: a pa-
tient, gentle, and wiſe man. Iſmael, a military man, lived an hundred thirty and
ſeven years. Sarah (whoſe years onely amongſt women are recorded) died in the
hundred twenty ſeventh year of her age: a beautifull and magnanimous woman; a
ſingular good Mother and Wife; and yet no leſs famous for her Liberty than Ob-
ſequiouſneſs towards her husband. Joſeph alſo, a prudent and politick man, paſſing
his youth in affliction, afterwards advanced to the height of honour and proſperity,
lived an hundred and ten years. But his brother Levi, elder than himſelf, attained to
an hundred thirty ſeven years: a man impatient of contumely and revengeful. Near
unto the ſame age attained the ſon of Levi@ alſo his grand-child, the father of Aaron
and Moſes.
Moſes lived an hundred and twenty years:
a ſtout man, and yet the meekest upon
443. the earth, and of a very ſlow tongue. Howſoever Moſes in his Pſalm pronounceth
that the life of man is but ſeventy years, and if a man have ſtrength, then eighty;
which term of man’s life ſtandeth firm in many particulars even at this day. Aaron,
who was three years the elder, died the ſame year with his Brother: a man of a
readier ſpeech, of a more facile diſpoſition, and leſs conſtant. But Phineas, grand-
child of Aaron, (perhaps out of extraordinary grace) may be collected to have
lived three hundred years; if ſo be the War of the Iſraelites againſt the Tribe of Ben-
jamin (in which Expedition Phineas was conſulted with) were performed in the
ſame order of time in which the Hiſtory hath ranked it: He was a man of a moſt emi-
nent Zeal. Joſhua, a martial man, and an excellent Leader, and evermore victorious,
lived to the hundred and tenth year of his life. Caleb was his Contemporary, and
ſeemeth to have been of as great years. Ehud the Judge ſeems to have been no
leſs than an hundred years old, in regard that after the Victory over the N@oa-
bites the Holy Land had reſt under his Government eighty years: He was a man
fierce and undaunted, and one that in a ſort neglected his life for the good of his
People.
443. the earth, and of a very ſlow tongue. Howſoever Moſes in his Pſalm pronounceth
that the life of man is but ſeventy years, and if a man have ſtrength, then eighty;
which term of man’s life ſtandeth firm in many particulars even at this day. Aaron,
who was three years the elder, died the ſame year with his Brother: a man of a
readier ſpeech, of a more facile diſpoſition, and leſs conſtant. But Phineas, grand-
child of Aaron, (perhaps out of extraordinary grace) may be collected to have
lived three hundred years; if ſo be the War of the Iſraelites againſt the Tribe of Ben-
jamin (in which Expedition Phineas was conſulted with) were performed in the
ſame order of time in which the Hiſtory hath ranked it: He was a man of a moſt emi-
nent Zeal. Joſhua, a martial man, and an excellent Leader, and evermore victorious,
lived to the hundred and tenth year of his life. Caleb was his Contemporary, and
ſeemeth to have been of as great years. Ehud the Judge ſeems to have been no
leſs than an hundred years old, in regard that after the Victory over the N@oa-
bites the Holy Land had reſt under his Government eighty years: He was a man
fierce and undaunted, and one that in a ſort neglected his life for the good of his
People.
Job lived, after the reſtauration of his happineſs, an hundred and forty years,
554. being before his afflictions of that age that he had ſons at man’s eſtate: a man
554. being before his afflictions of that age that he had ſons at man’s eſtate: a man
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