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to_o go_v awhoring_a after_o they_o then_o will_v i_o set_v my_o face_n against_o that_o person_n and_o will_v cut_v he_o off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n therefore_o unless_o we_o fear_v not_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n we_o must_v be_v warn_v hereby_o not_o to_o seek_v for_o help_v at_o their_o hand_n for_o they_o be_v graceless_a people_n who_o have_v no_o fear_n of_o god_n before_o their_o eye_n but_o they_o set_v themselves_o against_o god_n and_o his_o word_n and_o indeed_o these_o common_a blesser_n which_o seem_v to_o do_v no_o hurt_n but_o to_o bless_v man_n child_n and_o cattle_n be_v more_o dangerous_a than_o notorious_a witch_n who_o can_v only_o hurt_v man_n body_n and_o good_n when_o god_n permit_v whereas_o these_o blesser_n ensnare_v the_o soul_n and_o draw_v whole_a town_n and_o country_n to_o the_o approbation_n and_o partake_n of_o their_o wickedness_n the_o three_o point_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v the_o party_n bless_v that_o be_v jacob_n and_o esau._n here_o 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he_o meet_v with_o esau_n he_o send_v present_n to_o he_o and_o when_o he_o see_v he_o he_o go_v before_o 33.3_o and_o bow_v himself_o to_o the_o ground_n 7._o time_n until_o he_o come_v near_o to_o his_o brother_n answ._n that_o prophecy_n of_o jaacob_n and_o esau_n that_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a must_v not_o be_v restrain_v to_o the_o person_n of_o jaacob_n and_o esau_n but_o refer_v to_o their_o posterity_n especial_o in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n for_o than_o be_v the_o edomite_n who_o come_v of_o esau_n in_o subjection_n to_o the_o israelite_n the_o posterity_n of_o old_a ishmael_n whereupon_o david_n speak_v as_o a_o king_n sai_z psal._n 60.8_o moab_n shall_v be_v my_o wash-pot_n over_o edom_n will_v i_o cast_v my_o shoe_n mean_v thereby_o that_o he_o will_v bring_v the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n into_o a_o base_a and_o low_a estate_n of_o subjection_n unto_o he_o according_a as_o we_o may_v see_v verify_v 2._o sam._n 8.14_o but_o some_o will_v say_v that_o isaac_n when_o he_o bless_v esau_n pronounce_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o fertile_a soil_n and_o the_o fatness_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v his_o dwell_a place_n gen._n 27.39_o whereas_o in_o malachi_n the_o lord_n say_v mal._n 1.3_o he_o hate_v esau._n and_o a_o token_n thereof_o be_v this_o that_o he_o have_v make_v his_o mountain_n waste_n and_o his_o heritage_n a_o wilderness_n for_o dragon_n meaning_n that_o he_o shall_v dwell_v in_o a_o barren_a land_n how_o can_v these_o two_o agree_v answ._n first_o we_o may_v say_v thus_o that_o the_o land_n of_o edom_n be_v a_o fertile_a land_n but_o yet_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o a_o barren_a and_o waste_a land_n second_o isaac_n speak_v here_o of_o idumea_n as_o it_o be_v in_o his_o time_n not_o as_o it_o be_v afterward_o for_o it_o may_v be_v fertile_a in_o isaac_n time_n 〈◊〉_d yet_o after_o become_v barren_a for_o god_n will_v curse_v a_o land_n by_o turn_v fruitfulness_n into_o barrenness_n for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o they_o that_o dwell_v therein_o psal._n 107.34_o and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o example_n of_o isaac_n faith_n now_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o jacob_n jacob_n faith_n verse_n 21._o by_o faith_n jacob_n when_o he_o be_v die_v bless_a both_o the_o son_n of_o joseph_n and_o worship_v on_o the_o end_n of_o his_o staff_n in_o these_o word_n the_o holy_a ghost_n lay_v down_o the_o notable_a and_o worthy_a example_n of_o jacob_n faith_n which_o be_v here_o commend_v by_o two_o action_n first_o his_o blessing_n of_o the_o two_o son_n of_o joseph_n second_o his_o adore_a or_o worship_v of_o god_n in_o the_o first_o action_n consider_v these_o point_n 1._o the_o blessing_n itself_o 2._o the_o circumstance_n belong_v to_o the_o same_o as_o 1._o the_o time_n when_o jacob_n bless_v they_o that_o be_v when_o he_o be_v die_v second_o by_o what_o mean_n do_v he_o bless_v they_o namely_o by_o faith_n three_o the_o party_n bless_v ephraim_n and_o manasses_n of_o these_o in_o order_n first_o for_o the_o blessing_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o blessing_n we_o entreat_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n in_o the_o example_n of_o isaac_n faith_n and_o therefore_o need_v not_o now_o repeat_v the_o same_o only_o this_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o this_o blessing_n of_o jacob_n be_v not_o the_o common_a or_o ordinary_a blessing_n of_o a_o father_n but_o the_o extraordinary_a blessing_n of_o a_o holy_a patriarch_n and_o prophet_n of_o god_n the_o blessing_n itself_o stand_v in_o three_o thing_n 1._o jacob_n make_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n his_o own_o son_n adopt_v they_o and_o take_v they_o into_o his_o family_n and_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n in_o genesis_n where_o jacob_n say_v as_o he_o be_v bless_v they_o let_v my_o name_n be_v name_v upon_o they_o and_o the_o name_n of_o my_o father_n abraham_n and_o isaac_n gen._n 48.16_o that_o be_v they_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o my_o family_n and_o be_v my_o child_n call_v after_o my_o name_n 2._o he_o give_v they_o two_o portion_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o jacob_n be_v make_v a_o instrument_n of_o god_n by_o way_n of_o prophecy_n to_o distinguish_v and_o divide_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n among_o his_o child_n 3._o he_o do_v as_o a_o prophet_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n foretell_v the_o condition_n and_o estate_n of_o ephraim_n and_o manasses_n in_o their_o posterity_n to_o wit_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v great_a nation_n and_o of_o they_o shall_v come_v two_o great_a people_n in_o these_o three_o thing_n do_v jacob_n blessing_n consist_v out_o of_o this_o blessing_n of_o jacob_n we_o learn_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o god_n allow_v this_o liberty_n to_o a_o master_n of_o a_o family_n to_o adopt_v and_o choose_v for_o the_o uphold_v of_o his_o house_n a_o child_n or_o child_n in_o the_o want_n of_o issue_n from_o his_o own_o body_n for_o here_o old_a jacob_n for_o the_o continuance_n of_o his_o posterity_n and_o 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to_o make_v manifest_a the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o his_o child_n the_o lord_n say_v job_n know_v my_o way_n and_o try_v i_o job_n 23.10_o deuteronomie_n 8.2_o remember_v all_o the_o way_n say_v moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n lead_v thou_o this_o forty_o year_n for_o to_o prove_v thou_o and_o to_o know_v what_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n hence_o james_n call_v temptation_n the_o trial_n of_o faith_n james_n chapter_n 1._o verse_n 2.3_o and_o paul_n make_v patience_n the_o fruit_n of_o tribulation_n roman_n chapter_n 5._o verse_n 3._o for_o look_v as_o the_o shower_n in_o the_o spring_n time_n cause_v the_o bud_n to_o appear_v so_o do_v affliction_n make_v manifest_a god_n grace_n in_o his_o child_n patience_n hope_v and_o other_o virtue_n lie_v close_o in_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o day_n of_o peace_n but_o when_o tribulation_n come_v than_o they_o break_v forth_o and_o show_v themselves_o hence_o we_o learn_v that_o it_o be_v not_o always_o a_o token_n of_o god_n wrath_n to_o suffer_v affliction_n if_o any_o man_n or_o people_n be_v lade_v with_o cross_n it_o be_v no_o argument_n that_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n for_o as_o peter_n say_v judgement_n begin_v at_o god_n house_n 1._o peter_n chapter_n 4._o verse_n 17_o and_o any_o cross_n upon_o a_o people_n family_n or_o particular_a person_n if_o it_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o be_v a_o true_a sign_n they_o belong_v to_o god._n yea_o when_o man_n wander_v from_o god_n by_o a_o evil_a way_n these_o affliction_n be_v mean_n to_o call_v they_o home_o to_o god._n psalm_n 119.67_o before_o i_o be_v afflict_v i_o go_v astray_o and_o they_o that_o forsake_v their_o sin_n and_o return_v to_o god_n in_o the_o time_n of_o affliction_n be_v certain_o god_n people_n for_o the_o wicked_a man_n fret_v and_o murmure_v against_o god_n when_o a_o cross_n come_v and_o he_o can_v abide_v it_o but_o the_o godly_a man_n be_v humble_v thereby_o and_o it_o make_v he_o more_o obedient_a in_o all_o duty_n unto_o god_n this_o we_o shall_v consider_v for_o by_o a_o outward_a profession_n we_o bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o we_o be_v god_n child_n and_o therefore_o we_o come_v to_o hear_v god_n word_n and_o to_o learn_v how_o to_o behave_v ourselves_o as_o beseem_v his_o child_n but_o if_o we_o will_v be_v know_v to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o then_o when_o any_o of_o god_n judgement_n do_v befall_v we_o we_o must_v make_v this_o use_n of_o they_o namely_o labour_v thereby_o to_o be_v humble_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o forsake_v our_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v conscience_n of_o all_o bad_a way_n for_o ever_o afterward_o and_o then_o we_o show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o but_o if_o under_o the_o cross_n or_o after_o the_o cross_n we_o be_v as_o dissolute_a as_o ever_o we_o be_v and_o still_o follow_v our_o old_a sin_n than_o we_o can_v be_v judge_v to_o be_v god_n people_n and_o child_n but_o rather_o a_o wicked_a and_o stubborn_a generation_n which_o the_o more_o they_o be_v correct_v the_o worse_o they_o be_v like_o a_o stithy_n the_o more_o it_o be_v beat_v the_o hard_a it_o be_v let_v we_o therefore_o by_o the_o use_n of_o god_n judgement_n show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v god_n child_n so_o shall_v we_o say_v with_o david_n with_o much_o joy_n and_o comfort_n it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o that_o we_o have_v be_v in_o trouble_n psal._n 119.71_o thus_o we_o see_v what_o moses_n choose_v now_o come_v we_o to_o the_o thing_n he_o refuse_v to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n by_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v understand_v the_o riches_n and_o dignity_n that_o moses_n
salvation_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o he_o will_v show_v you_o this_o day_n for_o the_o egyptian_n who_o you_o have_v see_v this_o day_n shall_v you_o never_o see_v again_o exod._n 14.13_o whereby_o it_o notable_o appear_v that_o moses_n depart_v in_o faith_n without_o fear_n of_o pharaoh_n but_o some_o will_v say_v for_o a_o man_n to_o come_v into_o another_o man_n kingdom_n and_o to_o carry_v away_o his_o subject_n without_o the_o king_n consent_n be_v a_o fact_n of_o rebellion_n and_o sedition_n and_o therefore_o worthy_a no_o commendation_n but_o rather_o shame_n and_o punishment_n and_o this_o do_v moses_n he_o come_v from_o midian_a and_o carry_v away_o the_o jew_n which_o have_v be_v a_o long_a time_n pharaoh_n subject_n and_o for_o who_o service_n he_o may_v plead_v possession_n and_o a_o long_a prescription_n therefore_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o fact_n of_o faith_n answer_n indeed_o if_o moses_n have_v do_v this_o on_o his_o own_o head_n he_o may_v worthy_o have_v be_v 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