AFTER that Iaakób by Gods commandemēt Gen. 46,3. had broght his familie into Egypt, where they remained for the ſpace of foure hundreth yeres, and of ſeuenty perſones grewe to an infinite nombre, ſo that the King and the countrey grudged and endeuored bothe by tyrannie and cruel ſlauery to ſuppreſſe them: the Lord according to his promes Gen. 15,14. had compaſsion of his Church & deliuered them, but plagued their ennemies in moſte ſtrāge and ſondry ſortes. And the more that the tyrānie of the wicked enraged againſt his Church, the more did his heauy iudgements increaſe againſt them, til Pharaō & his armie were drowned in the ſame Sea, which gaue an entrie and paſſage to the childré of God. But as the ingratitude of man is great, ſo did they immediatly forget Gods wōderful benefites: & albeit he had giuen them the Paſſouer to be a ſigne & memorial of the ſame, yet they fel to diſtruſt, & tempted God with ſondry murmurings and grudgings againſt him and his miniſters: ſometime moued with ambitiō, ſometime for lacke of drincke or meate to cōtent their luſtes, ſometime by idolatrie, or ſuche like. Wherfore God viſited them with ſharpe roddes and plagues that by his corrections they might ſeke to him for remedy againſt his ſcourges & earneſtly repent them for their rebelliōs & wickednes. And becauſe God loueth thē to the end, whome he hathe once begōne to loue, he puniſhed thé not according to their deſertes, but dealt with them in great mercies, and euer with newe benefites labored to ouercome their malice: for he ſtil gouerned them and gaue thē his worde & Law, bothe cōcerning the maner of ſeruing him, & alſo the forme of iudgements and ciuil policie: to the intent that thei ſhulde not ſerue God after their owne inuentions, but according to that ordre, which his heauenlie wiſdome had appointed.