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A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis by John White.
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White, John, 1575-1648.
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my_o mother_n and_o my_o sister_n job_n 17.14_o reason_n 1._o to_o humble_v we_o gen._n 18.27_o 2._o to_o magnify_v god_n mercy_n in_o abase_v himself_o to_o look_v on_o such_o vile_a wretch_n see_v psal_n 113.6_o 7_o 8._o to_o give_v his_o son_n for_o they_o to_o advance_v dust_n and_o ash_n to_o such_o a_o glorious_a condition_n as_o the_o apostle_n describe_v cor._n 15.42_o 43_o 49._o 3._o to_o move_v we_o to_o long_o for_o heaven_n see_v 2_o cor._n 5.1_o 2._o first_o it_o reprove_v all_o that_o glory_n in_o beauty_n or_o ability_n or_o bestow_v all_o their_o care_n and_o labour_n in_o make_v provision_n for_o the_o body_n by_o costly_a clothing_n delicate_a feed_n sumptuous_a building_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n leave_v the_o soul_n empty_a and_o naked_a discover_v therein_o 1._o their_o earthly_a mind_n phil._n 3.19_o 2._o and_o gross_a folly_n psal_n 49.13_o 3._o join_v with_o some_o impiety_n in_o glory_v in_o that_o wherein_o god_n especial_o labour_v to_o abase_v they_o second_o let_v it_o move_v we_o to_o cease_v from_o our_o care_n of_o provide_v for_o these_o earthly_a tabernacle_n and_o to_o bestow_v our_o labour_n for_o the_o supply_n and_o adorn_v of_o the_o soul_n as_o 1._o more_o immediate_o give_v by_o god_n 2._o carry_v the_o most_o lively_a character_n of_o his_o image_n 3._o more_o capable_a in_o itself_o of_o true_a beauty_n 4._o yet_o most_o deform_v by_o sin_n 5._o consequent_o reque_a most_o care_n and_o labour_n to_o repair_v and_o restore_v it_o unto_o that_o condition_n in_o which_o it_o be_v create_v to_o which_o purpose_n endeavour_v to_o enrich_v that_o with_o knowledge_n psal_n 1.9_o adorn_v it_o with_o humility_n 1_o pet._n 3.4_o establish_v it_o in_o faith_n heb._n 13.9_o now_o in_o that_o god_n who_o threaten_v death_n to_o our_o first_o parent_n in_o the_o day_n wherein_o they_o shall_v eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n yet_o suspend_v the_o execution_n thereof_o till_o a_o long_a time_n though_o the_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n of_o nature_n which_o before_o their_o fall_n they_o be_v not_o subject_a unto_o seize_v on_o they_o at_o present_a we_o may_v from_o thence_o 7_o observe_v the_o dispose_n of_o man_n life_n be_v in_o god_n hand_n observe_v 7_o which_o god_n challenge_v to_o himself_o deut_n 32.39_o david_n acknowledge_v psal_n 3.15_o daniel_n testify_v to_o belshazzar_n dan._n 5.23_o and_o be_v clear_o manifest_v by_o all_o experience_n psal_n 104.29_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o cut_v it_o off_o at_o their_o pleasure_n 1_o king_n 19_o dan._n 3.27_o and_o 6.22_o though_o god_n use_v they_o to_o that_o end_n sometime_o as_o his_o executioner_n psal_n 17.13_o 14._o reason_n 1._o he_o give_v it_o psal_n 104.30_o job_n 33.4_o no_o reason_n then_o that_o any_o creature_n shall_v make_v his_o gift_n void_a 2._o and_o he_o can_v preserve_v it_o see_v isa_n 54.16_o 3._o to_o have_v power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n belong_v to_o the_o high_a authority_n which_o be_v found_v in_o god_n alone_o see_v john_n 19.10_o 11._o that_o all_o man_n may_v fear_v before_o he_o first_o let_v it_o arm_v we_o against_o the_o threat_n and_o violence_n of_o wicked_a man_n who_o 1._o can_v shorten_v our_o life_n one_o day_n see_v luke_n 13.32_o 2._o nor_o till_o we_o have_v serve_v our_o time_n act_v 13.36_o and_o finish_v our_o course_n 2_o tim._n 4.7_o 3._o and_o then_o shall_v but_o make_v we_o the_o soon_o possessor_n of_o our_o reward_n second_o depend_v upon_o god_n for_o our_o life_n 1._o seek_v they_o at_o god_n hand_n with_o hezekiah_n isa_n 38_o 3._o with_o david_n psal_n 102.24_o and_o jonah_n and_o depend_v not_o on_o mean_n with_o asa_n 2_o chron._n 16.11_o 12._o 2._o bless_v he_o for_o they_o isa_n 38.20_o 3._o and_o serve_v he_o with_o they_o live_v to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o ourselves_o 2_o cor._n 5.15_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n for_o man_n dissolution_n be_v clear_o express_v the_o time_n when_o this_o shall_v be_v god_n keep_v in_o his_o own_o breast_n that_o be_v not_o express_v at_o all_o whence_o 8_o observe_v though_o death_n be_v certain_a to_o all_o man_n yet_o the_o time_n of_o death_n be_v uncertain_a observe_v 8_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n who_o number_n every_o man_n day_n out_o unto_o we_o luk_n 12_o 19_o as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o extraordinary_a judgement_n that_o fall_v upon_o dathan_n uzzah_n ananias_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o providence_n reason_n 1._o that_o man_n may_v not_o be_v harden_v in_o sin_n as_o usual_o they_o be_v when_o judgement_n be_v defer_v eccl._n 8.11_o but_o walk_v in_o fear_n as_o be_v not_o assure_v of_o life_n for_o one_o moment_n of_o a_o hour_n 2._o to_o be_v assure_v of_o the_o term_n of_o life_n will_v not_o profit_v we_o any_o way_n either_o to_o prevent_v death_n which_o be_v certain_o determine_v or_o to_o further_a repentance_n which_o that_o blasphemous_a thief_n upon_o the_o cross_n find_v no_o place_n for_o though_o he_o see_v death_n before_o he_o luke_n 23.39_o it_o be_v true_a notwithstanding_o that_o god_n extraordinary_o may_v reveal_v unto_o man_n beforehand_o the_o time_n of_o their_o death_n or_o removal_n from_o hence_o as_o in_o aaron_n and_o moses_n case_n numb_a 20.26_o deut._n 32.49_o and_o elijah_n 2_o king_n 2.3_o 5._o and_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 20.6_o but_o that_o be_v not_o usual_a let_v it_o move_v all_o to_o stand_v loose_a from_o the_o world_n in_o which_o they_o have_v no_o assurance_n to_o continue_v one_o moment_n to_o have_v our_o lamp_n always_o burn_v with_o the_o five_o wise_a virgin_n mat._n 25.7_o to_o make_v sure_a of_o christ_n and_o heaven_n to_o be_v always_o well-doing_n that_o our_o master_n may_v find_v we_o so_o whensoever_o he_o come_v mat._n 24.46_o 47._o for_o fear_n of_o the_o danger_n threaten_v ver_fw-la 50_o 51._o but_o it_o be_v worth_a our_o observe_n that_o god_n together_o with_o the_o sentence_n which_o he_o pronounce_v against_o man_n withal_o manifest_v the_o equity_n of_o it_o that_o he_o do_v man_n no_o wrong_n since_o he_o leave_v he_o in_o no_o worse_a condition_n than_o he_o be_v at_o first_o resolve_v he_o into_o dust_n that_o be_v but_o dust_n whence_o 9_o observe_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v just_a and_o equal_a all_o of_o they_o in_o all_o thing_n observe_v 9_o as_o moses_n profess_v deut._n 32.4_o and_o job_n acknowledge_v job_n 1.21_o and_o 2.10_o and_o david_n psal_n 119.75_o 128._o though_o many_o time_n we_o see_v not_o how_o see_v jer._n 12.1_o which_o notwithstanding_o god_n reveal_v unto_o his_o servant_n as_o he_o do_v to_o abraham_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n gen._n 18.32_o reason_n 1._o he_o can_v wrong_v his_o own_o creature_n no_o more_o than_o the_o potter_n can_v the_o clay_n nay_o much_o less_o 2._o his_o nature_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o do_v otherwise_o he_o that_o be_v god_n must_v necessary_o do_v good_a psal_n 119.68_o out_o of_o the_o lord_n mouth_n proceed_v not_o good_a and_o evil_a lam._n 3.38_o 3._o nor_o the_o respect_n to_o his_o own_o honour_n magnify_v as_o well_o in_o his_o justice_n psal_n 64.8_o 9_o as_o in_o his_o mercy_n and_o truth_n 4._o it_o will_v otherwise_o discourage_v his_o own_o servant_n see_v mat._n 25.24_o 25._o as_o the_o opinion_n of_o god_n favour_v of_o the_o wicked_a and_o afflict_v his_o own_o servant_n have_v almost_o discourage_v david_n psal_n 73.13_o 14._o let_v it_o cease_v our_o murmur_n against_o god_n administration_n towards_o ourselves_o or_o other_o to_o which_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n easy_o incline_v psal_n 73.3_o against_o which_o the_o psalmist_n give_v a_o special_a caveat_n psal_n 37.1_o and_o justify_v god_n in_o all_o his_o way_n in_o which_o he_o be_v righteous_a psal_n 145.17_o to_o this_o purpose_n 1._o let_v we_o lay_v that_o before_o we_o as_o a_o principle_n unquestionable_a with_o the_o prophet_n jer._n 12.1_o 2._o that_o we_o may_v see_v and_o so_o bear_v witness_n to_o that_o justice_n of_o god_n 1._o confider_v that_o god_n may_v charge_v the_o best_a of_o his_o servant_n with_o folly_n see_v psal_n 130.3_o and_o 143.2_o 2._o to_o satisfy_v we_o concern_v the_o seem_a prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a consider_v 1_o what_o they_o enjoy_v 1._o only_o outward_a thing_n neither_o grace_n nor_o glory_n which_o be_v the_o godlies'_n portion_n psal_n 84.11_o 2._o and_o those_o unto_o their_o own_o hurt_n eccl._n 5.13_o so_o that_o a_o little_a that_o a_o righteous_a man_n have_v be_v better_a than_o the_o riches_n of_o many_o wicked_a psal_n 37.16_o 3._o that_o also_o oftentimes_o to_o their_o destruction_n at_o the_o last_o prov._n 1.32_o for_o which_o purpose_n god_n advance_v they_o psal_n 73.18_o whereas_o good_a man_n affliction_n turn_v to_o their_o good_a
he_o when_o we_o be_v limit_v even_o in_o the_o small_a thing_n 2._o to_o show_v we_o that_o it_o be_v only_a obedience_n and_o conformity_n to_o his_o will_n that_o god_n respect_n and_o not_o the_o matter_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o in_o which_o he_o require_v it_o 3._o to_o make_v our_o yoke_n the_o more_o easy_a that_o we_o may_v be_v the_o more_o encourage_v to_o obedience_n as_o naaman_n servant_n move_v he_o to_o wash_v himself_o in_o jordan_n as_o the_o prophet_n command_v he_o because_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a thing_n even_o a_o small_a matter_n that_o be_v require_v of_o he_o 2_o king_n 5.13_o who_o then_o be_v they_o that_o esteem_v observance_n in_o matter_n of_o small_a moment_n niceness_n and_o preciseness_n and_o will_v persuade_v we_o that_o the_o smallness_n of_o the_o matter_n make_v a_o sin_n venial_a whereas_o god_n punish_v the_o gather_n of_o stick_n only_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n with_o death_n numb_a 15.35_o as_o he_o do_v afterward_o only_o for_o touch_v the_o ark_n 2_o sam._n 6.7_o and_o shall_v as_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o judge_v man_n hereafter_o for_o every_o idle_a word_n matth._n 12.36_o this_o tree_n of_o the_o fruit_n whereof_o man_n be_v forbid_v to_o eat_v be_v seat_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o paradise_n and_o consequent_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o those_o pleasant_a fruit_n which_o god_n have_v give_v man_n free_a liberty_n to_o make_v use_n of_o not_o only_o for_o necessity_n but_o for_o delight_v beside_o whence_o we_o may_v take_v occasion_n to_o 5._o observe_v our_o abundance_n and_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n must_v be_v use_v in_o fear_n and_o within_o the_o limit_n of_o obedience_n observe_v 5_o a_o man_n must_v not_o give_v the_o rain_n to_o his_o appetite_n but_o eat_v within_o measure_n when_o he_o come_v to_o a_o feast_n as_o solomon_n advise_v prov._n 23.2_o and_o it_o be_v a_o mark_n of_o sensual_a man_n that_o they_o feast_n without_o fear_n judas_n 12._o so_o that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o limit_a measure_n in_o the_o free_a use_n of_o god_n blessing_n and_o limit_a time_n both_o of_o they_o proportion_v according_a to_o the_o law_n 1._o of_o nature_n that_o we_o feed_v for_o hunger_n and_o to_o strengthen_v the_o body_n and_o not_o for_o drunkenness_n and_o surfeit_v eccl._n 10.17_o 2._o of_o moral_a respect_n of_o sobriety_n modesty_n and_o correspondency_n to_o our_o present_a condition_n every_o man_n may_v not_o wear_v costly_a apparel_n but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o king_n court_n luk._n 7.25_o and_o to_o the_o necessity_n of_o other_o man_n dives_n must_v not_o feast_v every_o day_n and_o let_v lazarus_n starve_v at_o his_o gate_n 3._o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o religion_n god_n take_v it_o heinous_o at_o his_o people_n hand_n when_o they_o fall_v to_o slay_v of_o sheep_n and_o ox_n in_o a_o time_n when_o he_o call_v to_o mourning_n and_o fast_v isa_n 22.12.13_o and_o the_o apostle_n give_v a_o caveat_n to_o forbear_v even_o the_o lawful_a use_n of_o marriage_n at_o such_o time_n as_o we_o shall_v give_v ourselves_o to_o fast_v and_o prayer_n we_o have_v hitherto_o consider_v the_o law_n which_o forbid_v the_o eat_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o that_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a the_o sanction_n follow_v which_o be_v the_o intermination_n of_o a_o most_o fearful_a curse_n which_o necessary_o imply_v the_o heinousnesse_n of_o the_o sin_n in_o disobey_v god_n commandment_n whence_o 6._o observe_v disobedience_n be_v a_o fearful_a sin_n in_o god_n account_n observe_v 6_o and_o be_v therefore_o by_o samuel_n equal_v to_o witchcraft_n the_o most_o hateful_a of_o all_o sin_n 1._o sam._n 15.23_o for_o which_o saul_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n which_o god_n himself_o threaten_v with_o destruction_n isa_n 1.20_o not_o only_o temporal_a but_o eternal_a 1_o pet._n 3.19.20_o and_o that_o especial_o because_o it_o be_v direct_v against_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n himself_o who_o authority_n be_v slight_v and_o despise_v when_o his_o law_n and_o commandment_n be_v disobey_v and_o second_o it_o open_v a_o gap_n to_o all_o manner_n of_o looseness_n and_o disorder_n nature_n know_v to_o stay_v when_o it_o have_v once_o pass_v the_o bound_n of_o obedience_n no_o more_o than_o a_o violent_a stream_n do_v when_o it_o have_v once_o break_v over_o those_o bank_n that_o before_o keep_v it_o in_o let_v we_o then_o esteem_n and_o value_v all_o sin_n according_a to_o that_o circumstance_n the_o more_o disobedience_n there_o be_v in_o any_o act_n of_o we_o the_o more_o sin_n therefore_o sin_n be_v out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a when_o it_o be_v 1._o against_o knowledge_n jam._n 4.17_o john_n 9.41_o 2._o against_o warning_n persuasion_n judgement_n experience_n of_o mercy_n or_o against_o any_o mean_n of_o grace_n see_v john_n 15.22.24_o 2_o chron._n 36.15_o 3._o or_o voluntary_a without_o solicitation_n or_o urge_v by_o the_o violence_n of_o any_o temptation_n as_o when_o man_n set_v themselves_o in_o a_o way_n that_o be_v not_o good_a psal_n 36.4_o and_o imagine_v mischief_n upon_o their_o bed_n mich._n 2.1_o last_o when_o the_o law_n itself_o be_v reject_v and_o cast_v aside_o jer._n 44.16_o and_o account_v as_o a_o strange_a thing_n hos_fw-la 8.12_o and_o cast_v behind_o a_o man_n back_n psal_n 50.17_o but_o why_o be_v such_o a_o heavy_a curse_n threaten_v to_o adam_n in_o this_o state_n of_o his_o innocency_n have_v especial_o have_v such_o late_a and_o large_a experiment_n of_o god_n bounty_n towards_o he_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v that_o god_n have_v special_a respect_n unto_o the_o mutability_n of_o his_o nature_n and_o therefore_o know_v that_o he_o need_v this_o bridle_n which_o also_o by_o experience_n appear_v to_o be_v too_o weak_a to_o restrain_v those_o inordinate_a lust_n which_o be_v quick_o stir_v up_o in_o he_o by_o satan_n suggestion_n so_o that_o out_o of_o this_o help_n that_o god_n think_v fit_a to_o provide_v for_o he_o we_o may_v 7._o observe_v the_o terror_n of_o the_o law_n be_v useful_a and_o needful_a even_o unto_o the_o best_a among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n observe_v 7_o if_o god_n find_v it_o needful_a to_o adam_n in_o this_o state_n of_o perfection_n much_o more_o must_v it_o be_v useful_a to_o all_o man_n now_o see_v beside_o all_o temptation_n from_o without_o we_o have_v within_o we_o such_o a_o fountain_n of_o corruption_n breathe_v out_o continual_o inordinate_a lust_n that_o need_v the_o strong_a bridle_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o and_o suppress_v they_o beside_o those_o terror_n be_v now_o unto_o we_o of_o special_a use_n to_o sweeten_v the_o remembrance_n of_o our_o redemption_n by_o christ_n from_o the_o curse_n and_o condemn_a sentence_n of_o the_o law_n and_o to_o strengthen_v we_o against_o those_o manifold_a temptation_n which_o from_o without_o assault_v we_o more_o freequent_o and_o prevalent_o than_o they_o do_v our_o first_o parent_n wherefore_o we_o find_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n make_v use_n of_o those_o terror_n not_o only_o in_o general_n as_o in_o the_o proposal_n of_o the_o law_n to_o his_o own_o people_n but_o more_o particular_o to_o affect_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o best_a man_n as_o moses_n himself_o tremble_v as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n at_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n heb._n 12.21_o yea_o even_o godly_a man_n themselves_o have_v make_v use_n of_o they_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n for_o the_o keep_n of_o their_o heart_n in_o a_o awful_a reverence_n of_o god_n to_o hold_v they_o on_o in_o a_o course_n of_o obedience_n as_o job_n do_v job_n 31.14_o 15._o and_o david_n psalm_n 119.120_o hitherto_o we_o have_v consider_v this_o curse_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o sin_n against_o which_o and_o the_o person_n against_o who_o it_o be_v denounce_v we_o be_v far_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o kind_a measure_n and_o certainty_n thereof_o all_o employ_v in_o that_o phrase_n die_v thou_o shall_v die_v together_o with_o the_o speedy_a execution_n thereof_o in_o the_o very_a day_n wherein_o they_o shall_v eat_v thereof_o the_o first_o in_o that_o god_n threaten_v death_n unto_o the_o man_n in_o case_n of_o his_o rebellion_n we_o may_v 8._o observe_v death_n and_o destruction_n be_v in_o god_n hand_n to_o inflict_v they_o where_o he_o please_v observe_v 8_o he_o just_o claim_v unto_o himself_o the_o power_n to_o kill_v as_o well_o as_o to_o make_v alive_a deut._n 32.39_o and_o therefore_o his_o child_n ascribe_v it_o unto_o he_o 1_o sam._n 2.6_o and_o unto_o christ_n rev._n 1.18_o even_o bodily_a or_o temporal_a death_n which_o may_v indeed_o be_v inflict_v by_o man_n who_o can_v kill_v the_o body_n matth._n 10.28_o but_o therein_o they_o be_v but_o god_n executioner_n rev._n 6.4_o and_o be_v the_o sword_n in_o his_o his_o hand_n psal_n 17.13_o much_o more_o be_v hell_n and_o eternal_a death_n in_o