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A49329 Look unto Jesus, or, An ascent to the Holy Mount to see Jesus Christ in his glory whereby the active and contemplative believer may have the eyes of his understanding more inlightned to behold in some measure the eternity and immutability of the Lord Jesus Christ ... : at the end of the book is an appendix, shewing the certainty of the calling of the Jews / written by Edward Lane. Lane, Edward, 1605-1685. 1663 (1663) Wing L332; ESTC R25446 348,301 421

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have_v we_o to_o take_v special_a notice_n of_o because_o we_o find_v it_o so_o often_o mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n see_v gen._n 46.6_o deut._n 10.22_o deut._n 26.5_o josh_n 24.4_o psal_n 105.23_o act._n 7_o 15._o it_o may_v be_v say_v abraham_n also_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n two_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o year_n before_o jacob_n this_o account_n therefore_o of_o jubilee_n may_v as_o well_o begin_v from_o that_o time_n as_o from_o jacob_n go_v thither_o a_o negative_a answer_n must_v hereunto_o be_v give_v for_o first_o though_o abraham_n go_v into_o egypt_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n 105.14.15_o ps_n 105.14.15_o but_o as_o a_o traveller_n from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o as_o his_o affair_n call_v he_o and_o it_o be_v but_o for_o a_o short_a time_n for_o he_o go_v up_o from_o thence_o again_o and_o which_o be_v remarkable_a all_o that_o he_o have_v he_o bring_v away_o with_o he_o gen._n 13.1_o but_o as_o for_o jacob_n he_o go_v not_o thither_o but_o at_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o there_o he_o continue_v till_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n and_o his_o posterity_n remove_v not_o from_o thence_o till_o the_o lord_n lead_v they_o forth_o with_o a_o strong_a hand_n and_o stretched-out_a arm_n second_o when_o abraham_n go_v thither_o god_n have_v not_o make_v know_v unto_o he_o the_o affliction_n that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v endure_v in_o that_o land_n and_o therefore_o he_o may_v be_v at_o his_o liberty_n before_o to_o go_v thither_o or_o not_o as_o seem_v good_a unto_o he_o but_o when_o once_o this_o be_v reveal_v unto_o he_o gen._n 15._o there_o must_v then_o be_v no_o more_o journey_v into_o egypt_n by_o these_o patriarch_n till_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o that_o time_n come_v which_o be_v here_o by_o the_o angel_n say_v to_o be_v cut_v out_o for_o this_o people_n that_o be_v as_o i_o have_v say_v for_o their_o grow_v up_o into_o a_o nation_n and_o suffer_v such_o chastisement_n which_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n have_v appoint_v for_o they_o 26.2_o gen._n 26.2_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v very_o probable_o that_o a_o express_a inhibition_n be_v give_v unto_o isaac_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n as_o his_o father_n abraham_n have_v do_v though_o it_o seem_v a_o necessity_n lie_v upon_o he_o to_o relieve_v himself_o and_o his_o family_n at_o that_o time_n by_o the_o plenty_n of_o egypt_n be_v put_v to_o as_o hard_o a_o strait_a by_o reason_n of_o a_o second_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o his_o father_n abraham_n be_v three_o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n be_v a_o type_n of_o our_o saviour_n go_v thither_o one_o resemble_v the_o other_o in_o sundry_a notable_a circumstance_n and_o in_o that_o regard_n be_v the_o great_a notice_n to_o be_v take_v of_o it_o to_o instance_n first_o jacob_n go_v thither_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o be_v jesus_n carry_v thither_o by_o a_o message_n from_o heaven_n second_o joseph_n be_v 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