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be_v not_o do_v 2._o that_o may_v be_v omit_v in_o one_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v supply_v in_o a_o other_o as_o both_o genes_n 17.17_o abraham_n stand_v upon_o both_o these_o difficulty_n that_o a_o child_n shall_v be_v bear_v unto_o he_o at_o a_o hundred_o year_n and_o sarah_n shall_v bear_v at_o ninety_o and_o the_o apostle_n set_v down_o both_o these_o as_o impediment_n in_o this_o place_n the_o deadness_n of_o abraham_n body_n and_o of_o sarahs_n womb_n the_o scripture_n then_o note_v both_o as_o difficulty_n and_o let_v we_o be_v not_o curious_o to_o take_v exception_n to_o the_o contrary_n now_o although_o elsewhere_o hexapl._n in_o gen._n c._n 17._o quest_n 7.8_o i_o seem_v to_o incline_v unto_o augustine_n first_o solution_n yet_o now_o upon_o better_a ground_n and_o plain_a evidence_n of_o scripture_n i_o approve_v the_o latter_a rather_o that_o abraham_n have_v effoetum_fw-la corpus_fw-la a_o body_n unapt_a for_o generation_n indeed_o haymo_n beza_n and_o 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say_v not_o to_o have_v doubt_v v_o 20._o 1._o tolet_n annot_n 22._o think_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v reference_n in_o this_o place_n unto_o three_o promise_n renew_v to_o abraham_n the_o last_o be_v mention_v first_o v_o 17._o when_o he_o offer_v up_o izaak_n without_o doubt_v believe_v god_n who_o quicken_v the_o dead_a the_o first_o v_o 18._o which_o be_v make_v concern_v the_o number_n of_o his_o seed_n gen._n 15._o and_o then_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o promise_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o son_n of_o sarah_n gen._n 17._o the_o apostle_n infer_v v_o 19_o and_o of_o that_o promise_v the_o apostle_n speak_v here_o but_o if_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o first_o place_n shall_v have_v mention_v the_o last_o promise_n make_v at_o the_o offering_n of_o izaak_n it_o have_v be_v out_o of_o order_n to_o mention_v the_o last_o first_o and_o it_o have_v be_v show_v before_o that_o there_o the_o apostle_n touch_v the_o first_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v his_o seed_n 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