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vex_v to_o see_v not_o only_o other_o but_o also_o his_o own_o posterity_n fall_v to_o idolatry_n yet_o he_o be_v comfort_v before_o he_o die_v to_o see_v the_o church_n renew_v again_o in_o abraham_n and_o isac_n and_o no_o less_o comfort_n be_v it_o for_o abraham_n and_o his_o son_n to_o enjoy_v the_o society_n of_o old_a sem_fw-mi who_o see_v the_o first_o world_n the_o flood_n the_o build_n of_o babel_n who_o questionless_a do_v instruct_v they_o with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v both_o receive_v of_o his_o father_n noah_n and_o which_o he_o have_v see_v by_o his_o own_o experience_n q._n what_o son_n have_v terah_n a._n abraham_n nachor_n and_o haran_n where_o abraham_n though_o young_a be_v first_o place_v for_o honour_n and_o dignity_n sake_n as_o before_o sem_fw-mi be_v put_v before_o his_o elder_a brethren_n second_o abraham_n be_v not_o only_o mention_v here_o but_o also_o nachor_n and_o haran_n for_o the_o 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isaac_n be_v bear_v 35._o year_n before_o abraham_n come_v to_o canaan_n for_o abraham_n be_v 100_o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v gen._n 21._o but_o that_o be_v false_a for_o isaac_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n yea_o if_o this_o fiction_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v true_a we_o must_v be_v force_v against_o the_o scripture_n to_o admit_v that_o abraham_n be_v 160._o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v and_o that_o he_o live_v 100_o year_n whereas_o he_o live_v but_o 175._o gen._n 25._o neither_o need_v we_o with_o augustine_n quest._n 25._o in_o gen._n that_o abraham_n come_v twice_o to_o canaan_n once_o when_o his_o father_n be_v live_v and_o then_o he_o remain_v there_o 60._o year_n and_o another_o time_n after_o his_o death_n for_o the_o scripture_n both_o here_o and_o act._n 7._o mention_n only_o of_o once_o come_v to_o canaan_n and_o that_o after_o his_o father_n death_n q_o what_o signify_v ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n here_o a._n it_o may_v either_o signify_v fire_n proper_o and_o so_o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o haran_n die_v in_o the_o fire_n but_o that_o abraham_n be_v wonderful_o deliver_v from_o thence_o which_o savour_v of_o a_o fable_n because_o neither_o mention_v by_o moses_n nor_o paul_n heb._n 11._o neither_o by_o josephus_n nor_o philo_n who_o have_v write_v much_o of_o abraham_n second_o this_o ur_fw-la may_v signify_v metaphorical_o persecution_n and_o affliction_n which_o often_o in_o scripture_n be_v call_v fire_n as_o psal._n 66._o 12._o lam._n 1._o 13._o and_o so_o abraham_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o chaldee_n three_o it_o may_v be_v here_o the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n as_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n take_v it_o or_o a_o country_n as_o the_o greek_a translate_v it_o and_o this_o be_v most_o proper_a then_o ur_fw-la be_v a_o city_n or_o country_n in_o chaldea_n so_o call_v either_o from_o the_o fire_n which_o they_o see_v come_v from_o heaven_n upon_o the_o father_n sacrifice_n or_o else_o from_o 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because_o it_o be_v permit_v they_o be_v extraordinary_a person_n we_o must_v not_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n for_o many_o thing_n be_v lawful_a to_o they_o which_o to_o we_o be_v unlawful_a and_o though_o moses_n do_v not_o express_o forbid_v it_o yet_o by_o analogy_n and_o consequence_n it_o seem_v to_o forbid_v such_o kind_n of_o marriage_n moses_n leu._n 18._o do_v not_o in_o express_a term_n forbid_v the_o grandchild_n to_o marry_v with_o the_o grandmother_n or_o with_o the_o wife_n of_o his_o grandfather_n or_o a_o man_n to_o marry_v with_o his_o mother_n brother_n wife_n and_o yet_o these_o marriage_n by_o proportion_n be_v unlawful_a moses_n only_o there_o set_v down_o express_o a_o few_o unlawful_a marriage_n that_o by_o those_o we_o may_v judge_v
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groave_n not_o far_o from_o hebron_n which_o city_n of_o hebron_n be_v also_o call_v mamre_n gen._n 23._o 19_o therefore_o from_o the_o town_n this_o plain_n be_v so_o call_v and_o this_o town_n be_v call_v mamre_n from_o a_o certain_a amorite_n of_o the_o same_o name_n with_o who_o abraham_n make_v a_o covenant_n gen._n 14._o 13._o where_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o he_o and_o his_o two_o brother_n eschol_n &_o aner_n in_o this_o mamre_n abraham_n live_v a_o long_a time_n and_o near_o to_o it_o he_o and_o his_o wife_n sarai_n isaac_n and_o his_o wife_n rebecca_n jacob_n and_o his_o wife_n leah_n be_v bury_v in_o one_o grave_n gen._n 49._o 31._o q._n what_o be_v hebron_n a._n a_o city_n in_o canaan_n which_o be_v build_v seven_o year_n before_o zoan_n in_o egypt_n num._n 13._o 22._o which_o zoan_n be_v think_v to_o be_v tanis_n and_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o this_o hebron_n be_v build_v by_o heth_n the_o son_n of_o canaan_n who_o posterity_n the_o hittite_n inhabit_v in_o 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