isaac_n do_v for_o his_o mother_n who_o be_v not_o comfort_v over_o her_o death_n till_o he_o marry_v rebeccah_n genes_n 24.67_o neither_o need_v it_o move_v any_o question_n whether_o this_o keturah_n be_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n canaan_n for_o see_v isaac_n of_o who_o the_o promise_a seed_n shall_v come_v be_v provide_v for_o abraham_n for_o this_o second_o offspring_n which_o he_o know_v shall_v not_o increase_v the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o careful_a to_o decline_v marriage_n with_o canaan_n tostat._n mercer_n quest_n v._o of_o the_o name_n and_o country_n of_o abraham_n son_n by_o keturah_n vers._n 2._o which_o bear_v he_o zimramâ—_n josephus_n think_v that_o some_o of_o these_o inhabit_v the_o region_n trâ—glodytis_n in_o africa_n which_o can_v be_v because_o they_o be_v send_v to_o inhabit_v the_o east_n country_n jocksan_n vers_fw-la 6._o as_o most_o of_o they_o have_v their_o seat_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o remainder_n of_o their_o name_n as_o zimram_n give_v the_o name_n to_o zamram_n in_o the_o region_n of_o the_o cinedocolpite_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la of_o jocksan_n be_v name_v the_o town_n camasa_n in_o syria_n palmyrin_v jun._n ex_fw-la ptolom_n 5._o geograph_n medan_n midian_a of_o medan_n take_v the_o name_n the_o town_n madiania_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la jun._n and_o the_o country_n madianaea_n on_o the_o south_n of_o arabia_n hieron_n of_o midian_a the_o country_n madianitis_n have_v the_o name_n error_n in_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n therefore_o pererius_n be_v in_o a_o error_n which_o think_v these_o two_o all_o one_o country_n and_o confute_v hierome_n for_o distinguish_v they_o in_o 25._o gen._n numer_n 19_o of_o this_o midian_a come_v the_o midianite_n of_o who_o be_v balaam_n which_o give_v that_o wicked_a counsel_n against_o israel_n from_o hence_o moses_n have_v his_o wife_n who_o be_v also_o call_v a_o chusite_n or_o aethiopisse_v for_o there_o be_v two_o country_n call_v chus_n or_o aethiopia_n one_o eastward_o which_o be_v arabia_n another_o the_o occidental_a aethiopia_n in_o africa_n beyond_o egypt_n perer._n these_o madianites_fw-la be_v also_o call_v ismaelite_n genes_n 37.25.28_o jud._n 7.33_o &_o 8.24_o because_o they_o be_v in_o their_o dwell_n disperse_v and_o mingle_v among_o the_o ismaelite_n be_v yet_o of_o a_o divers_a kindred_n and_o original_n the_o one_o of_o agar_n the_o other_o of_o keturah_n ishbak_v the_o founder_n of_o laodicea_n scabiosa_fw-la in_o suria_n of_o shuah_n come_v the_o saccai_n shuah_n inhabit_v the_o east_n part_n of_o syria_n by_o batanaea_n jun._n vers_fw-la 3._o sheba_n there_o be_v three_o almost_o of_o this_o name_n one_o the_o son_n of_o chus_n sheba_n gen._n 10.7_o a_o people_n inhabit_v near_o to_o persia_n another_o sheba_n of_o jocktan_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o sem_fw-mi gen._n 10.38_o who_o be_v think_v to_o inhabit_v india_n the_o three_o be_v sheba_n of_o keturah_n in_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la perer._n jun._n dedan_n there_o be_v another_o dedan_n the_o son_n of_o raamah_n son_n of_o chus_n gen._n 10.7.1_o dedan_n these_o be_v two_o divers_a people_n as_o appear_v ezech._n 27.15.20_o where_o two_o nation_n be_v rehearse_v with_o their_o divers_a merchandise_n 2._o neither_o of_o these_o can_v inhabit_v so_o far_o as_o aethiopia_n in_o africa_n as_o hierome_n suppose_v for_o be_v so_o far_o remote_a they_o can_v have_v no_o traffic_n with_o tyrus_n as_o the_o prophet_n show_v ezech._n 27.3_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o dedaneans_n be_v not_o far_o from_o the_o idumean_n jer._n 49.7_o 8._o perer._n of_o this_o dedan_n seem_v to_o take_v name_n adada_n in_o syria_n palmirenâ—_n jun._n vers._n 4._o the_o son_n of_o midian_a ephah_n these_o two_o country_n be_v join_v together_o by_o the_o prophet_n ephah_n the_o multitude_n of_o camel_n shall_v cover_v thou_o the_o dromedary_n of_o midian_a and_o epha_n isa._n 60.6_o and_o hierome_n say_v that_o these_o two_o be_v country_n beyond_o arabia_n which_o abound_v with_o camel_n the_o whole_a province_n be_v call_v saba_n hier._n liâ—_n 17._o in_o isaiam_n hepher_n of_o he_o josephus_n will_v have_v africa_n so_o call_v which_o be_v not_o like_a hepher_n see_v all_o these_o be_v say_v to_o dwell_v in_o the_o east_n country_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o great_a probability_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v call_v africa_n of_o afer_n the_o son_n of_o the_o lybian_a hercules_n perer._n the_o rest_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o keturah_n either_o be_v no_o founder_n of_o several_a nation_n or_o their_o seat_n be_v unknown_a only_o this_o general_a direction_n we_o have_v that_o they_o settle_v themselves_o towards_o the_o east_n in_o arabia_n or_o syria_n not_o far_o off_o one_o from_o another_o quest_n vi_o of_o what_o good_n isaac_n be_v make_v heir_n and_o why_o vers._n 5._o abraham_n give_v all_o his_o good_n to_o isaac_n 1._o abraham_n have_v no_o land_n or_o possession_n to_o give_v to_o isaac_n for_o he_o possess_v nothing_o but_o certain_a well_n of_o water_n and_o the_o grove_n which_o he_o plant_v in_o beershebâ—_n gen._n 22._o and_o the_o double_a cave_n which_o he_o buy_v of_o ephron_n 2._o they_o be_v therefore_o movable_a good_n as_o they_o be_v call_v which_o abraham_n give_v to_o isaac_n as_o sheep_n beef_n silver_n gold_n maid_n servant_n man_n servant_n wherein_o abraham_n substance_n consist_v gen._n 24.35_o abraham_n be_v great_o increase_v in_o all_o these_o thing_n 90._o year_n before_o his_o death_n when_o lot_n and_o he_o for_o their_o greatness_n be_v constrain_v to_o divide_v household_n gen._n 13._o and_o such_o be_v abraham_n greatness_n that_o even_o king_n as_o abimelech_n desire_v his_o friendship_n gen._n 21._o 3._o he_o make_v isaac_n heir_n of_o all_o this_o both_o because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o sarah_n his_o first_o and_o chief_a wife_n and_o because_o god_n have_v declare_v isaac_n to_o be_v abraham_n heir_n perer._n quest_n vii_o the_o difference_n of_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a copulation_n in_o abraham_n time_n vers._n 6._o to_o the_o son_n of_o the_o concubine_n we_o see_v then_o in_o abraham_n time_n there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o wife_n and_o concubine_n and_o that_o all_o copulation_n be_v not_o lawful_a as_o cicero_n note_v that_o in_o the_o beginning_n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o man_n live_v as_o beast_n etc._n etc._n nemo_fw-la legitimas_fw-la viderat_fw-la nuptias_fw-la 〈◊〉_d certos_fw-la quispiam_fw-la inspexerat_fw-la liberos_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n know_v what_o lawful_a marriage_n be_v nor_o do_v acknowledge_v his_o own_o child_n cicer._n in_o prooem_n de_fw-fr invention_n well_o may_v this_o brutish_a fashion_n be_v receive_v among_o the_o heathen_a but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n among_o the_o faithful_a it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o even_o then_o when_o as_o yet_o no_o positive_a law_n be_v make_v to_o restrain_v unnatural_a lust_n and_o unlawful_a conjunction_n in_o marriage_n they_o be_v a_o law_n to_o themselves_o and_o make_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o honest_a marriage_n and_o unhonest_a lust_n 1._o in_o abraham_n time_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o be_v a_o distinction_n between_o a_o wife_n and_o a_o concubine_n sarah_n be_v abraham_n wife_n hagar_n his_o concubine_n hereof_o more_o shall_v be_v say_v in_o the_o next_o question_n 2._o they_o make_v a_o difference_n between_o marriage_n with_o a_o free_a woman_n and_o a_o bondwoman_n as_o hagar_n the_o bondwoman_n with_o her_o son_n be_v cast_v out_o 3._o that_o age_n discern_v between_o matrimonial_a act_n and_o adulterous_a abimelech_n confess_v adultery_n that_o be_v commixtion_n with_o another_o man_n wife_n to_o be_v sin_n gen._n 20._o 4._o another_o difference_n be_v make_v between_o marriage_n and_o fornication_n gen._n 34.32_o shall_v he_o use_v our_o sister_n as_o a_o whore_n so_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n answer_v their_o father_n 5._o between_o lawful_a marriage_n and_o unlawful_a copulation_n with_o the_o father_n concubine_n or_o son_n wife_n as_o reuben_n be_v accurse_v because_o he_o lie_v with_o bilha_n his_o father_n concubine_n gen._n 35.22_o and_o judas_n have_v commit_v the_o like_a fault_n with_o thamar_n his_o daughter_n ignorant_o will_v do_v it_o no_o more_o gen._n 38.26_o 6._o a_o great_a difference_n they_o make_v between_o voluntary_a commixtion_n and_o violent_a force_n therefore_o simeon_n and_o levi_n be_v incense_v against_o the_o sichemite_n because_o sechem_n have_v force_v their_o sister_n gen._n 34.2_o perer._n quest_n viii_o the_o difference_n between_o a_o wife_n and_o a_o concubine_n now_o whereas_o keturah_n seem_v to_o be_v reckon_v among_o abraham_n concubine_n yet_o be_v she_o indeed_o abraham_n wife_n as_o she_o be_v call_v gen._n 25._o 1._o neither_o in_o that_o sense_n abraham_n concubine_n as_o hagar_n be_v 1._o there_o be_v four_o principal_a difference_n between_o a_o wife_n and_o a_o concubine_n the_o wife_n be_v take_v solemn_o with_o
his_o friend_n as_o onkelos_n lyranus_fw-la tostat._n 3_o abimelech_n come_v a_o far_a journey_n not_o of_o love_n or_o good_a will_n but_o partly_o prick_v in_o conscience_n for_o the_o wrong_n which_o he_o have_v offer_v to_o isaac_n chrysost._n hom_n 52._o in_o gen._n partly_o provide_v for_o their_o posterity_n that_o isaac_n will_v do_v they_o no_o hurt_n mercer_n 4._o origen_n by_o these_o three_o that_o come_v to_o isaac_n understand_v the_o tripartite_a wisdom_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o moral_a natural_a rational_a which_o dissent_v at_o the_o first_o from_o the_o christian_a faith_n be_v afterward_o reconcile_v to_o it_o hom_n 14._o in_o genes_n quest_n xiii_o why_o isaac_n make_v a_o feast_n to_o abimelech_n and_o his_o company_n vers._n 3._o he_o make_v they_o a_o feast_n 1._o isaac_n do_v this_o of_o a_o simple_a and_o sincere_a affection_n that_o they_o may_v know_v there_o remain_v no_o grudge_n or_o purpose_n of_o revenge_n in_o his_o mind_n for_o to_o invite_v unto_o feast_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o remit_v and_o forget_v of_o former_a wrong_n as_o augustus_n caesar_n do_v bid_v catullus_n the_o rail_a poet_n to_o supper_n in_o token_n he_o have_v forgive_v he_o though_o alexander_n dissemble_o bring_v philotas_n to_o his_o table_n to_o have_v the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o murder_v he_o as_o absolom_n serve_v his_o brother_n ammon_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o the_o next_o morning_n the_o oath_n before_o between_o they_o make_v be_v again_o ratify_v mer._n but_o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o the_o oath_n be_v defer_v till_o the_o next_o morning_n as_o be_v the_o fit_a time_n for_o serious_a consultation_n it_o be_v the_o persian_n barbarous_a manner_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o cup_n to_o advise_v of_o their_o weighty_a affair_n perer._n quest_n fourteen_o wherefore_o the_o well_o be_v call_v shibah_n vers._n 33._o so_o he_o call_v it_o shiba_n 1._o some_o interpret_v this_o word_n abundance_n or_o saturity_n because_o of_o the_o plenty_n of_o water_n that_o be_v find_v as_o hierome_n who_o find_v fault_n with_o the_o septuagint_n because_o they_o translate_v it_o oath_n but_o sabang_n signify_v to_o abound_v not_o shabang_n which_o be_v here_o use_v 2._o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o this_o be_v both_o the_o same_o well_o which_o abraham_n dig_v and_o the_o same_o name_n derive_v from_o the_o oath_n which_o be_v make_v between_o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n as_o before_o between_o abraham_n and_o abimelech_n for_o so_o this_o story_n say_v that_o isaac_n give_v they_o the_o same_o name_n which_o his_o father_n give_v they_o vers_n 18._o mercer_n calvin_n quest_n xv._n of_o the_o marriage_n of_o esau._n vers._n 34._o when_o esau_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o esau_n till_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a give_v himself_o to_o a_o vicious_a and_o a_o licentious_a life_n which_o may_v well_o be_v and_o that_o to_o imitate_v his_o father_n who_o be_v marry_v at_o forty_o he_o do_v the_o like_a 2._o this_o his_o marry_v into_o the_o flock_n of_o canaan_n be_v abdicationis_fw-la praeludium_n a_o forerunner_n of_o his_o cast_n off_o and_o miss_v of_o the_o blessing_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n calvin_n 3._o tostatus_n think_v that_o in_o the_o forty_o year_n of_o esau_n chronology_n which_o be_v the_o hundred_o of_o isaac_n sem_fw-mi die_v but_o pererius_n think_v to_o correct_v his_o oversight_n fall_v into_o a_o great_a error_n refer_v the_o death_n of_o sem_fw-mi to_o the_o 50._o of_o esau_n and_o 100_o of_o isaac_n whereas_o they_o be_v both_o in_o a_o great_a error_n for_o sem_fw-mi die_v in_o the_o 50._o year_n of_o isaack_n life_n 60._o year_n before_o this_o time_n which_o be_v 502._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n quest_n xvi_o the_o evil_a quality_n of_o esau_n his_o wife_n vers._n 35._o they_o be_v a_o grief_n of_o mind_n 1._o some_o read_v rebellious_a of_o marah_n to_o rebel_v sic_fw-la chald._n but_o it_o rather_o come_v of_o marra_fw-mi to_o be_v bitter_a 2._o and_o so_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o esau_n bitter_a unto_o isaac_n and_o rebeckah_n and_o a_o great_a offence_n of_o mind_n unto_o they_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o corrupt_a manner_n and_o their_o divers_a profession_n be_v give_v to_o idolatry_n as_o the_o canaanite_n be_v tharg_n hierosol_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n god_n make_v rich_a vers._n 12._o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o god_n blessing_n be_v give_v as_o a_o reason_n of_o isaack_n increase_v and_o grow_v rich_a whereupon_o augustine_n note_v etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la bona_fw-la temporalia_fw-la nec_fw-la dari_fw-la posse_fw-la nec_fw-la sperari_fw-la debere_fw-la etc._n etc._n nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la deo_fw-la that_o these_o temporal_a good_n can_v be_v give_v or_o hope_v for_o but_o from_o the_o only_a god_n quast_o 76._o in_o genes_n as_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v prov._n 10.22_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v rich_a 2._o doct._n the_o soul_n of_o the_o righteous_a live_v with_o god_n vers._n 24._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n abraham_n be_v now_o dead_a and_o yet_o the_o lord_n profess_v himself_o to_o be_v his_o god_n whereby_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o righteous_a after_o this_o life_n do_v live_v with_o god_n for_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v he_o be_v not_o the_o god_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o of_o the_o live_n matth._n 22.32_o muscul._n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n against_o the_o break_n of_o covenant_n vers._n 15._o the_o philistines_n fill_v all_o the_o well_n etc._n etc._n though_o that_o abimelech_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n concern_v the_o well_o gen._n 21.30_o yet_o after_o abraham_n death_n they_o go_v from_o the_o covenant_n such_o be_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o who_o the_o prophet_n speak_v isa._n 33.8_o he_o have_v break_v the_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n he_o regard_v no_o man_n such_o be_v the_o romanist_n which_o hold_v that_o faith_n be_v 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good_a way_n and_o walk_v therein_o jerem._n 6.16_o 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o observ._n not_o to_o imitate_v our_o father_n infirmity_n vers._n 7._o he_o say_v she_o be_v my_o sister_n abraham_n before_o have_v offend_v in_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o yet_o isaac_n can_v take_v heed_n so_o apt_a child_n be_v to_o imitate_v the_o infirmity_n of_o their_o parent_n mercer_n but_o we_o shall_v rather_o learn_v to_o decline_v from_o our_o parent_n erring_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v if_o he_o beget_v a_o son_n that_o see_v all_o his_o father_n sin_n etc._n etc._n and_o fear_v neither_o do_v the_o like_a etc._n etc._n ezek._n 18.14_o 2._o observ._n the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n vers._n 11._o he_o that_o touch_v this_o man_n or_o his_o wife_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n thus_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v teach_v that_o adultery_n be_v a_o grievous_a sin_n and_o abimelech_n pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n against_o such_o as_o shall_v violate_v another_o man_n wife_n as_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v before_o to_o abimelech_n thou_o be_v but_o dead_a because_o of_o the_o woman_n which_o thou_o have_v take_v genes_n 20._o vers_fw-la 3._o 3._o observ._n adversity_n and_o prosperity_n temper_v together_o vers._n 12._o isaack_n sow_v etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o lord_n temper_v adversity_n and_o prosperity_n sorrow_n and_o joy_n together_o like_v as_o the_o night_n and_o day_n summer_n and_o winter_n do_v one_o succeed_v another_o isaac_n after_o these_o grievous_a tentation_n concern_v his_o wife_n be_v increase_v and_o bless_v of_o god_n likewise_o vers_fw-la 20._o when_o his_o servant_n have_v strive_v for_o two_o well_n they_o peaceable_o enjoy_v the_o three_o call_z it_z rehoboth_n roomth_n as_o the_o psalm_n say_v weep_v may_v abide_v in_o the_o evening_n but_o joy_n come_v in_o the_o morning_n psal._n
it_o for_o a_o recompense_n for_o take_v sarah_n away_o as_o the_o septuagint_n read_v and_o chrysostome_n expound_v 2._o or_o to_o buy_v sarah_n and_o her_o maid_n veil_v to_o hide_v their_o beauty_n that_o other_o be_v not_o entangle_v ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o or_o that_o it_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o honour_n to_o show_v that_o sarah_n be_v both_o chaste_a and_o innocent_a latin_a translat_n and_o the_o great_a bible_n so_o also_o rasi_fw-la 2._o it_o be_v not_o understand_v of_o this_o excuse_n or_o dissimulation_n which_o sarah_n use_v as_o though_o the_o sense_n shall_v be_v this_o that_o she_o may_v use_v this_o veil_n or_o colour_n of_o the_o truth_n among_o her_o ownr_n for_o they_o can_v not_o be_v deceive_v but_o among_o stranger_n she_o shall_v plain_o confess_v herself_o to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n lyranus_fw-la tâ—status_n for_o what_o need_v sarah_n to_o use_v any_o such_o excuse_n where_o she_o be_v know_v 3._o some_o do_v refer_v it_o as_o well_o to_o abraham_n as_o to_o the_o gift_n and_o to_o all_o that_o now_o happen_v that_o they_o be_v sign_n of_o sarahs_n chastity_n mercer_n but_o the_o better_a interpretation_n be_v to_o apply_v it_o to_o abraham_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o veil_n of_o her_o eye_n 1._o that_o no_o man_n know_v she_o to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n shall_v look_v upon_o she_o to_o desire_v she_o aben_n ezra_n cajeâ—â—n_n 2._o it_o also_o put_v sara_n in_o mind_n of_o her_o subjection_n to_o abraham_n whereof_o the_o veil_n be_v a_o sign_n 1_o cor._n 11._o â—0_n 3._o oleaster_n also_o further_o stretch_v it_o that_o abraham_n be_v her_o veil_n that_o be_v her_o just_a excuse_n that_o she_o do_v this_o for_o his_o cause_n be_v by_o he_o persuade_v but_o the_o former_a exposition_n be_v the_o better_a quest_n xiii_o how_o sarah_n be_v reprove_v she_o be_v thus_o reprove_v 1._o the_o 70._o read_v speak_v the_o truth_n that_o be_v that_o i_o be_o innocent_a and_o touch_v theâ—_n noâ—_n but_o this_o read_n dissent_v from_o the_o original_n 2._o so_o do_v the_o latin_a remember_v thou_o be_v deprehend_v lyppoman_n say_v it_o shall_v be_v read_v reprehensam_fw-la reprehend_v not_o deprehensam_fw-la deprehend_v 3._o junius_n read_v all_o this_o be_v do_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v learned_a 4._o but_o the_o better_a read_n be_v all_o this_o be_v that_o sheâ—_n may_v be_v reprove_v or_o in_o all_o this_o she_o reprove_v herself_o so_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o word_n rather_o of_o the_o writer_n concern_v sarah_n than_o of_o abimelech_n to_o sarah_n quest_n fourteen_o whether_o abimelech_n be_v smite_v with_o any_o disease_n vers._n 17._o god_n heal_v abimelech_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o lord_n have_v shut_v up_o every_o womb_n 1._o aben_n ezra_n be_v not_o right_a that_o think_v that_o abimelech_n himself_o be_v strike_v with_o no_o disease_n but_o that_o he_o be_v say_v so_o to_o be_v because_o his_o wife_n and_o maiden_n be_v punish_v for_o the_o text_n itself_o say_v that_o god_n heal_v abimelech_n and_o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o god_n send_v upon_o he_o some_o infirmity_n in_o his_o secret_n whereby_o he_o be_v keep_v from_o come_v near_o to_o sarah_n quest_n xv._n what_o the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n signify_v 2._o the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o pererius_n do_v of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o bring_v forth_o for_o then_o the_o child_n be_v ready_a for_o birth_n and_o stay_v long_o than_o their_o time_n shall_v have_v be_v suffocate_v and_o the_o text_n say_v the_o lord_n have_v shut_v up_o every_o womb_n but_o all_o be_v not_o great_a with_o child_n at_o one_o instant_a neither_o need_v we_o with_o calvin_n because_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n sarah_n be_v conceive_v with_o child_n of_o isaac_n and_o not_o yet_o deliver_v there_o can_v be_v no_o experience_n or_o trial_n of_o their_o sterility_n and_o barrenness_n to_o say_v the_o history_n be_v transpose_v and_o be_v do_v before_o for_o abraham_n till_o now_o have_v no_o occasion_n to_o sojourn_v in_o gerar_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o woman_n be_v hinder_v from_o conception_n so_o signify_v the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n as_o the_o open_n of_o the_o womb_n betoken_v aptness_n to_o conceive_v as_o we_o read_v gen._n 29.31_o the_o hebrew_n affirm_v that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o man_n also_o all_o their_o pore_n and_o passage_n be_v stop_v as_o well_o of_o the_o mouth_n to_o take_v meat_n as_o of_o other_o place_n that_o expel_v they_o fancy_n and_o that_o the_o hen_n can_v not_o lay_v their_o egg_n but_o the_o text_n bear_v it_o not_o 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n adultery_n a_o sin_n punishable_a with_o death_n vers._n 3._o thou_o be_v but_o dead_a etc._n etc._n god_n threaten_v death_n to_o abimelech_n conditional_o if_o he_o do_v not_o restore_v abraham_n wife_n jun._n whereby_o we_o see_v that_o in_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n adultery_n be_v a_o sin_n to_o be_v punish_v by_o death_n as_o judas_n adjudge_v thamar_n to_o the_o fire_n for_o whoredom_n gen._n 38.24_o where_o the_o law_n than_o be_v more_o gentle_a than_o to_o inflict_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n upon_o adulterer_n they_o may_v thank_v the_o lenity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n which_o use_v not_o that_o rigour_n which_o may_v well_o stand_v with_o justice_n 2._o doct._n ignorance_n excuse_v not_o sin_n vers._n 6._o i_o keep_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_v against_o i_o etc._n etc._n abimelech_n then_o if_o he_o have_v touch_v sarai_n though_o he_o do_v not_o know_v she_o to_o be_v another_o wife_n have_v sin_v ignorance_n then_o excuse_v not_o sin_n though_o it_o do_v some_o what_o extenuate_v and_o qualify_v it_o muscul._n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o gospel_n he_o that_o know_v not_o his_o master_n will_v and_o yet_o do_v commit_v many_o thing_n worthy_a of_o stripe_n shall_v be_v beat_v with_o few_o stripe_n luk._n 12.48_o he_o that_o sin_v willing_o shall_v receive_v more_o stripe_n and_o he_o that_o fall_v of_o ignorance_n shall_v have_v some_o also_o 3._o doct._n the_o whole_a family_n bless_v because_o of_o the_o master_n vers._n 7._o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o all_o thou_o have_v as_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n bring_v a_o judgement_n upon_o the_o whole_a family_n so_o the_o lord_n also_o show_v mercy_n to_o the_o whole_a house_n for_o the_o master_n sake_n luk._n 19.9_o this_o day_n be_v salvation_n come_v into_o this_o house_n because_o he_o be_v become_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n no_o perfect_a righteousness_n in_o this_o life_n vers._n 5._o with_o a_o upright_a mind_n and_o innocent_a hand_n etc._n etc._n this_o place_n be_v no_o ground_n for_o their_o opinion_n that_o think_v a_o man_n in_o this_o life_n may_v attain_v to_o perfect_a justice_n for_o abimelech_n do_v not_o absolute_o clear_v himself_o from_o all_o sin_n but_o only_o in_o this_o particular_a in_o this_o degree_n of_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v not_o commit_v willing_o any_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n with_o sarah_n calvin_n as_o the_o prophet_n david_n use_v to_o plead_v for_o himself_o psal._n 7.3_o if_o i_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n if_o there_o be_v any_o wickedness_n in_o my_o hand_n etc._n etc._n he_o only_o purge_v himself_o from_o the_o suspicion_n of_o a_o particular_a fact_n 2._o confut._n the_o scripture_n send_v we_o not_o to_o pray_v to_o the_o dead_a but_o to_o be_v holpen_v by_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o live_n vâ—â—s_n 7._o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o etc._n etc._n neither_o do_v this_o place_n make_v for_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n that_o be_v depart_v for_o god_n send_v not_o abimelech_n to_o noah_n or_o any_o other_o depart_v to_o pray_v for_o he_o but_o to_o abraham_n then_o live_v calvin_n the_o live_v then_o may_v pray_v for_o the_o live_n which_o duty_n may_v be_v mutual_o perform_v in_o charity_n while_o one_o know_v another_o necessity_n but_o for_o the_o living_n to_o pray_v to_o or_o for_o the_o dead_a which_o know_v not_o their_o want_n and_o they_o be_v already_o certain_o dispose_v of_o in_o a_o unchangeable_a state_n as_o the_o live_a be_v not_o it_o have_v no_o warrant_n upon_o any_o precept_n or_o example_n of_o scripture_n or_o any_o sound_a reason_n draw_v from_o thence_o 3._o confut._n against_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o tritheist_n vers._n 13._o when_o god_n cause_v i_o to_o wander_v out_o of_o my_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n be_v elohim_n god_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n which_o make_v some_o to_o understand_v the_o angel_n vatablus_n calvin_n but_o god_n and_o not_o the_o angel_n first_o call_v abraham_n from_o his_o country_n &_o father_n house_n
kindred_n namely_o of_o the_o issue_n of_o his_o brother_n nachor_n by_o his_o wife_n milcah_n and_o his_o concubine_n reumah_n vers_fw-la 20._o to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o first_o part_n we_o have_v 1._o god_n commandment_n to_o abraham_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o 2._o abraham_n obedience_n vers_fw-la 3_o 4.5_o 3._o the_o preparation_n to_o the_o sacrifice_n the_o wood_n the_o fire_n the_o knife_n the_o altar_n isaack_n bind_v be_v all_o express_v vers_fw-la 6._o to_o vers_n 10._o 4._o god_n prevention_n of_o abraham_n and_o provision_n of_o another_o sacrifice_n vers_fw-la 10._o to_o 15._o 5._o the_o lord_n commendation_n of_o abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n with_o renew_v of_o the_o promise_n 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n v_o 2._o only_o beget_v son_n h._n only_a son_n caet_fw-la he_o jachad_fw-mi to_o unite_v into_o the_o land_n of_o vision_n h._n high_a land_n s._n the_o land_n of_o god_n worship_n c._n the_o land_n of_o moriah_n cat_n which_o some_o derive_v of_o jarah_n to_o fear_v some_o of_o raah_o to_o see_v h.s.c._n v_o 6._o a_o sword_n h.s.c._n a_o knife_n caet_fw-la maacelet_n signify_v both_o derive_v of_o acal_a to_o devour_v v_o 7._o where_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n h._n the_o sheep_n s._n beast_n b._n lamb_n g.p._n the_o little_a beast_n signif_n t.h._n sheh_z signify_v a_o small_a beast_n of_o sheep_n or_o goat_n v_o 13._o one_o ram_n s._n after_o that_o a_o ram_n etc._n etc._n c._n aramme_v behind_o come_v behind_o achad_v pr._n catch_v in_o the_o plant_n sabech_n s._n in_o a_o tree_n c._n in_o a_o thicket_n or_o bush_n caet_fw-la sabach_n the_o perplexity_n or_o entangle_v in_o bush_n or_o tree_n v_o 14._o and_o abraham_n pray_v and_o offer_v sacrifice_n in_o this_o place_n and_o say_v before_o the_o lord_n here_o shall_v be_v generation_n serve_v he_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v to_o this_o day_n in_o this_o mountain_n abraham_n sacrifice_v to_o god_n afterward_o c._n and_o the_o lord_n call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n jehovah_n â—ireh_fw-it g._n or_o the_o lord_n see_v caet_fw-la v_o 16._o haste_v not_o withdraw_v thy_o son_n t._n spare_v thy_o son_n caet_fw-la chashach_n to_o forbid_v v_o 18._o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v because_o of_o thy_o son_n ch._n in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n be_v bless_v caet_fw-la h.s.c._n v_o 24._o concubine_n rema_v s._n roma_n h.c._n reumah_o v_o 21._o the_o father_n of_o the_o syrian_n h.s._n father_n of_o aram_n cater_n 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubtful_a question_n qvest._n i._o at_o what_o year_n of_o his_o age_n isaac_n shall_v have_v be_v sacrifice_v vers._n 1._o after_o these_o thing_n 1._o though_o it_o be_v uncertain_a in_o what_o year_n of_o isaack_n age_n abraham_n be_v bid_v to_o sacrifice_v he_o yet_o it_o be_v neither_o like_a that_o he_o be_v then_o but_o 12._o year_n old_a as_o aben_n ezra_n ex_fw-la tostato_fw-la see_v abraham_n lay_v a_o burden_n of_o wood_n upon_o his_o shoulder_n neither_o be_v he_o yet_o 37._o year_n old_a as_o some_o hebrew_n hold_v which_o be_v the_o year_n of_o sarahs_n death_n for_o this_o be_v do_v sarah_n be_v yet_o live_v and_o in_o good_a health_n but_o josephus_n opinion_n seem_v to_o be_v more_o probable_a that_o isaac_n be_v at_o this_o time_n 25._o year_n old_a 2._o but_o that_o this_o be_v do_v the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o seven_o month_n upon_o which_o occasion_n the_o jew_n observe_v the_o feast_n of_o blow_v of_o trumpet_n in_o remembrance_n of_o isaack_n deliverance_n be_v but_o a_o jewish_a tradition_n without_o ground_n 3._o whereas_o nyssenus_n and_o augustine_n think_v that_o sarah_n know_v of_o this_o intend_a sacrifice_n chrysostom_n opinion_n be_v more_o like_a that_o she_o know_v it_o not_o purpose_n lest_o she_o shall_v have_v be_v too_o much_o grieve_v with_o the_o loss_n of_o her_o son_n ex_fw-la perer._n qvest._n ii_o why_o isaac_n be_v command_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v vers._n 2._o take_v thy_o only_a son_n etc._n etc._n there_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v two_o principal_a end_n of_o this_o commandment_n of_o god_n 1._o that_o thereby_o abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n may_v be_v try_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v heb._n 11.17_o by_o faith_n abraham_n offer_v up_o isaac_n 2._o the_o other_o end_n be_v to_o be_v a_o lively_a type_n and_o representation_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o this_o sense_n some_o expound_v that_o place_n heb._n 11.19_o that_o abraham_n receive_v isaac_n èn_fw-fr parabolè_fw-la in_o a_o similitude_n or_o parable_n which_o though_o it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v the_o proper_a meaning_n of_o those_o word_n yet_o this_o offer_v up_o of_o isaac_n in_o sacrifice_n in_o many_o thing_n represent_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n 1._o as_o abraham_n offer_v isaac_n so_o god_n give_v his_o son_n to_o die_v for_o the_o world_n christ_n 2._o as_o isaac_n be_v not_o sacrifice_v so_o christ_n be_v the_o lamb_n that_o be_v as_o though_o he_o have_v be_v kill_v revel_v 5_o 6._o his_o divinity_n die_v not_o and_o his_o humanity_n be_v revive_v 3._o the_o time_n also_o agree_v abraham_n be_v three_o day_n and_o three_o night_n in_o go_v to_o the_o place_n of_o sacrifice_n as_o christ_n be_v so_o long_o in_o the_o grave_n 4._o the_o wood_n be_v lay_v upon_o isaac_n christ_n carry_v his_o cross_n 5._o the_o ram_n be_v entangle_v in_o a_o thick_a christ_n be_v crown_v with_o thorn_n 6._o isaac_n be_v offer_v in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o afterward_o the_o temple_n stand_v and_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v at_o jerusalem_n qvest._n iii_o of_o the_o ten_o several_a tentation_n of_o abraham_n this_o be_v the_o last_o and_o great_a tentation_n of_o abraham_n and_o in_o number_n the_o ten_o 1._o abraham_n be_v tempt_v and_o try_v when_o he_o be_v bid_v to_o come_v forth_o of_o his_o country_n not_o know_v whither_o 2._o when_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n he_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n 3._o when_o pharaoh_n take_v away_o his_o wife_n that_o both_o he_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n and_o she_o of_o her_o chastity_n 4._o when_o there_o be_v a_o strife_n between_o lot_n servant_n and_o he_o 5._o when_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o arm_v himself_o and_o his_o servant_n to_o rescue_v lot_n taken_z captive_z 6._o when_o at_o sarahs_n motion_n he_o expel_v agar_n out_o of_o his_o house_n 7._o when_o at_o ninety_o nine_o year_n of_o his_o age_n he_o be_v circumcise_v in_o his_o foreskinne_n 8._o when_o abimelech_n take_v away_o his_o wife_n 9_o when_o he_o send_v away_o hagar_n and_o ishmael_n his_o son_n 10._o when_o he_o be_v command_v of_o god_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n isaac_n perer._n ex_fw-la haebreis_n qvest._n iv._n whether_o this_o mountain_n moriah_n be_v the_o same_o wherein_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v vers._n 2._o to_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n 1._o that_o this_o be_v the_o mountain_n where_o afterward_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v there_o be_v no_o question_n for_o so_o it_o be_v direct_o affirm_v 2._o cron._n 3.1_o 2._o but_o whether_o christ_n be_v crucify_v upon_o this_o mountain_n it_o can_v certain_o be_v affirm_v as_o augustine_n think_v receive_v it_o from_o hierom._n serm_n dempor_fw-la 71._o see_v christ_n suffer_v without_o the_o city_n in_o mount_n calvarie_n unless_o it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o these_o two_o mountain_n be_v continue_v together_o and_o so_o in_o effect_n but_o one_o 3._o but_o that_o cain_n and_o abel_n do_v sacrifice_n in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v unlike_a see_v they_o keep_v not_o off_o from_o paradise_n which_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n mountain_n neither_o do_v noah_n build_v his_o altar_n here_o after_o the_o flood_n because_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o the_o ark_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n of_o armenia_n gen._n 8._o and_o immediate_o upon_o noah_n come_n forth_o of_o the_o ark_n he_o rear_v that_o altar_n unto_o god_n 4._o this_o hill_n whereon_o the_o temple_n stand_v be_v sometime_o high_o than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n as_o josephus_n describe_v it_o but_o the_o roman_n cast_v it_o down_o into_o the_o brook_n cedron_n so_o that_o now_o it_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n a_o plain_a low_a than_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o city_n perer._n ex_fw-la borchard_n qvest._n v._o of_o the_o original_n and_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o moriah_n for_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n moriah_n 1._o some_o interpret_v it_o the_o bright_a or_o shine_a hill_n derive_v it_o of_o oorh_fw-mi light_n because_o there_o be_v the_o oracle_n of_o god_n aquila_n 2._o some_o will_v have_v it_o so_o call_v of_o marar_n myrrh_n because_o that_o place_n abound_v with_o myrrh_n and_o cinnamon_n cantic_a 4.6_o 3._o some_o of_o jara_o to_o fear_v because_o god_n be_v there_o fear_v and_o worship_v chald._n 4._o
some_o of_o jarah_n to_o teach_v because_o there_o the_o law_n and_o heavenly_a doctrine_n be_v teach_v 5._o oleaster_n fetch_v it_o from_o mar_v bitter_a because_o of_o the_o bitter_a grief_n of_o abraham_n offer_v his_o son_n 6._o but_o we_o need_v not_o go_v far_o for_o the_o derivation_n of_o this_o word_n abraham_n show_v the_o original_a to_o be_v from_o raah_o to_o see_v not_o because_o it_o be_v a_o conspitious_a hill_n and_o easy_a to_o be_v seeâ—_n or_o because_o it_o be_v the_o country_n of_o the_o seer_n and_o prophet_n lyppoman_n but_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o see_v of_o abraham_n and_o do_v provide_v for_o he_o jun._n qvest._n vi_o the_o greatness_n of_o abraham_n tentation_n in_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o isaac_n 2._o take_v now_o thy_o only_a son_n many_o difficulty_n do_v concur_v in_o this_o tentation_n of_o abraham_n 1._o he_o say_v not_o take_v thy_o servant_n but_o thy_o son_n muscul._n 2._o the_o only_a son_n if_o he_o have_v have_v many_o tâ—e_v grief_n have_v be_v the_o less_o but_o now_o isaac_n be_v his_o only_a son_n ishmael_n be_v abdicate_v and_o send_v away_o calvin_n 2._o it_o be_v add_v who_o thou_o love_v etc._n etc._n isaac_n be_v a_o virtuous_a and_o obedient_a child_n and_o abraham_n love_v he_o so_o much_o the_o more_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o ungracious_a son_n the_o grief_n have_v be_v much_o less_o calvin_n 4._o yea_o he_o be_v bid_v to_o offer_v isaac_n of_o who_o the_o lord_n say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v so_o that_o abraham_n hope_n of_o posterity_n by_o this_o mean_n and_o the_o expectation_n even_o of_o all_o those_o promise_n make_v in_o isaac_n be_v cut_v off_o origen_n 5._o ipse_fw-la primus_fw-la author_n inusitati_fw-la exempli_fw-la etc._n etc._n abraham_n must_v be_v first_o author_n of_o a_o unwonted_a example_n in_o sacrifice_v humane_a flesh_n philo_z 6._o he_o be_v bid_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n to_o kill_v he_o to_o be_v the_o executioner_n himself_o muscul._n 7._o he_o must_v offer_v he_o for_o a_o burn_a offering_n that_o no_o memory_n or_o monument_n shall_v remain_v of_o he_o but_o he_o shall_v be_v consume_v to_o ash_n perer._n 8._o he_o must_v not_o do_v it_o present_o but_o he_o take_v a_o journey_n of_o three_o day_n all_o which_o time_n his_o soul_n be_v torment_v with_o grief_n and_o care_n dum_fw-la ambulat_fw-la dum_fw-la iter_fw-la agit_fw-fr cogitationibus_fw-la animus_n ejus_fw-la discerpitur_fw-la while_o he_o walk_v upon_o the_o way_n his_o mind_n be_v as_o tear_v in_o sunder_o with_o these_o thought_n origen_n hom_n 7._o in_o genes_n 9_o it_o must_v be_v do_v upon_o a_o mountain_n in_o the_o view_n and_o sight_n of_o the_o world_n if_o a_o secret_a place_n have_v be_v permit_v for_o this_o sacrifice_n it_o have_v be_v more_o tolerable_a marlorat_n 10._o but_o the_o great_a conflict_n of_o all_o be_v in_o that_o the_o messiah_n be_v promise_v to_o come_v of_o isaac_n sic_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la persona_fw-la perire_fw-la videbatur_fw-la tota_fw-la mundi_fw-la salus_fw-la and_o so_o the_o safety_n and_o salvation_n of_o the_o world_n do_v seem_v to_o perish_v in_o his_o person_n calvin_n qvest._n vii_o how_o abraham_n know_v that_o it_o be_v god_n that_o bid_v he_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n vers._n 3._o then_o abraham_n rise_v up_o early_o etc._n etc._n 1._o it_o appear_v that_o the_o lord_n speak_v not_o unto_o abraham_n by_o dream_n in_o his_o sleep_n but_o be_v awake_a both_o because_o abraham_n rise_v up_o in_o the_o night_n to_o address_v himself_o to_o his_o business_n he_o stay_v not_o till_o he_o be_v awake_v out_o of_o his_o sleep_n as_o also_o this_o be_v so_o hard_a and_o unaccustomed_a charge_n it_o be_v requisite_a that_o abraham_n shall_v have_v be_v in_o the_o plain_a manner_n speak_v unto_o that_o without_o all_o ambiguity_n he_o may_v acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v god_n voice_n cajetan_n 2._o now_o abraham_n know_v it_o to_o be_v god_n voice_n partly_o by_o that_o experience_n which_o he_o have_v of_o such_o heavenly_a conference_n that_o he_o know_v it_o as_o well_o as_o he_o discern_v sarahs_n voice_n when_o she_o speak_v partly_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n by_o the_o clear_a light_n and_o illumination_n of_o their_o soul_n do_v understand_v such_o vision_n to_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o soul_n natural_o discern_v of_o certain_a general_a notion_n and_o principle_n but_o in_o these_o day_n there_o be_v no_o such_o clear_a light_n of_o illumination_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o judge_v of_o vision_n without_o some_o special_a direction_n &_o better_a certainty_n out_o of_o god_n word_n 3._o wherefore_o abraham_n nothing_o doubt_v but_o that_o god_n speak_v unto_o he_o do_v easy_o overcome_v all_o other_o troublesome_a thought_n as_o that_o it_o may_v seem_v a_o unnatural_a and_o cruel_a part_n for_o the_o father_n to_o kill_v his_o own_o son_n and_o that_o god_n do_v appear_v to_o be_v contrary_a to_o himself_o in_o command_v he_o to_o be_v kill_v in_o who_o abraham_n be_v promise_v to_o be_v bless_v and_o increase_v the_o first_o doubt_n abraham_n be_v satisfy_v in_o because_o nothing_o which_o god_n command_v can_v be_v against_o nature_n see_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o nature_n although_o god_n may_v work_v against_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n and_o like_v as_o god_n have_v inflict_v death_n just_o upon_o all_o both_o good_a and_o bad_a so_o at_o god_n special_a bid_n to_o take_v away_o man_n life_n be_v not_o man_n act_n but_o god_n and_o therefore_o just_a against_o the_o other_o doubt_n abraham_n faith_n prevail_v for_o he_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v up_o isaac_n again_o from_o the_o dead_a heb._n 11.9_o qvest._n viii_o of_o the_o distance_n of_o the_o mount_n moreah_n from_o beersheba_n vers._n 3._o the_o three_o day_n abraham_n lift_v up_o his_o eye_n 1._o neither_o do_v i_o think_v with_o tostatus_n that_o this_o mountain_n moriah_n be_v under_o 20._o mile_n and_o so_o not_o a_o day_n journey_n from_o beersheba_n where_o abraham_n dwell_v and_o that_o he_o as_o full_a of_o care_n and_o grief_n go_v but_o a_o easy_a pace_n for_o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o he_o which_o rise_v up_o so_o early_o assoon_o as_o the_o commandment_n be_v give_v he_o will_v make_v all_o haste_n also_o to_o perform_v it_o 22._o 2._o neither_o need_v we_o thus_o to_o reckon_v the_o day_n with_o perer._n that_o the_o first_o day_n must_v be_v account_v that_o which_o go_v before_o whereof_o the_o night_n be_v a_o part_n wherein_o god_n speak_v to_o abraham_n and_o so_o he_o travel_v but_o one_o whole_a day_n for_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v against_o the_o text_n that_o count_v the_o three_o day_n from_o abraham_n set_v forth_o 3._o therefore_o i_o approve_v rather_o hieromes_n opinion_n which_o think_v that_o from_o gerar_n to_o mount_v moriah_n it_o be_v three_o day_n journey_n and_o so_o we_o need_v not_o force_v the_o letter_n of_o the_o scripture_n qvest._n ix_o how_o the_o mountain_n moriah_n be_v show_v to_o abraham_n vers._n 4._o see_v the_o place_n afar_o off_o 1._o abraham_n know_v not_o this_o mountain_n by_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n upon_o it_o at_o some_o hebrew_n think_v nor_o by_o any_o external_a visible_a mean_n 2._o neither_o by_o any_o vision_n or_o dream_v for_o in_o the_o last_o vision_n the_o lord_n say_v which_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o v_o 2._o 3._o but_o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o god_n show_v it_o he_o by_o some_o secret_a instinct_n as_o he_o use_v to_o speak_v to_o his_o prophet_n and_o as_o david_n be_v show_v to_o samuel_n 2_o sam._n 16.12_o qvest._n x._o in_o what_o sense_n abraham_n say_v to_o his_o servant_n we_o will_v come_v again_o vers._n 5._o and_o come_v again_o unto_o you_o 1._o neither_o do_v abraham_n here_o utter_v a_o untruth_n say_v they_o will_v come_v again_o whereas_o he_o in_o his_o mind_n purpose_v to_o sacrifice_n isaac_n 2._o neither_o do_v he_o so_o speak_v include_v a_o secret_a condition_n si_fw-la deus_fw-la voluerit_fw-la if_o god_n will_v thom._n angli_fw-la for_o abraham_n know_v the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v otherwise_o that_o isaac_n shall_v be_v sacrifice_v 3._o neither_o be_v this_o a_o figurative_a speech_n in_o use_v the_o singular_a for_o the_o plural_a as_o though_o abraham_n shall_v mean_v only_o himself_o for_o he_o mean_v his_o son_n direct_o i_o and_o my_o child_n etc._n etc._n 4._o neither_o yet_o do_v abraham_n speak_v so_o cunning_o or_o captious_o captiose_fw-la loquâ—batur_fw-la etc._n etc._n lest_o any_o of_o his_o servant_n know_v his_o business_n shall_v have_v go_v about_o to_o hinder_v it_o as_o ambr._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr abraham_n c._n 8.5_o nor_o yet_o do_v abraham_n so_o speak_v because_o he_o know_v god_n will_v raise_v up_o isaac_n again_o to_o life_n as_o
deal_v with_o the_o gainsaying_n jew_n will_v not_o so_o much_o stand_v upon_o his_o apostolic_a illumination_n neither_o will_v they_o rest_v upon_o it_o 3._o neither_o be_v the_o word_n seed_n take_v here_o not_o singular_o for_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n but_o collective_o for_o the_o whole_a spiritual_a seed_n of_o abraham_n the_o people_n of_o god_n consist_v of_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n beza_n for_o this_o sense_n seem_v to_o be_v coact_v and_o not_o proper_a and_o the_o apostle_n himself_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o many_o but_o of_o one_o 4._o neither_o do_v saint_n paul_n ground_n his_o argument_n upon_o the_o receive_a opinion_n and_o confession_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o he_o be_v experience_v in_o be_v bring_v up_o under_o the_o foot_n of_o gamaliel_n who_o all_o general_o do_v hold_v this_o promise_n of_o blessing_n in_o abraham_n seed_n to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o messiah_n perer._n for_o thus_o the_o apostle_n reason_v shall_v be_v invert_v and_o that_o make_v his_o conclusion_n which_o be_v his_o argument_n for_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o reason_n thus_o this_o place_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o messiah_n ergo_fw-la he_o say_v not_o seed_n but_o seed_n but_o thus_o rather_o stand_v his_o argument_n in_o say_v seed_n not_o seed_n he_o mean_v but_o one_o ergo_fw-la the_o messiah_n that_o be_v christ._n 5._o wherefore_o if_o the_o apostle_n word_n be_v thorough_o weigh_v and_o examine_v he_o enforce_v two_o conclusion_n in_o this_o one_o sentence_n the_o first_o be_v that_o this_o place_n out_o of_o moses_n must_v needs_o be_v interpret_v not_o of_o all_o abraham_n seed_n confuse_o but_o of_o some_o one_o special_o the_o other_o be_v that_o this_o be_v evict_v that_o the_o lord_n in_o this_o promise_n speak_v but_o of_o one_o it_o will_v follow_v of_o necessity_n that_o this_o one_o must_v be_v christ._n for_o the_o first_o that_o abraham_n seed_n be_v not_o understand_v promiscuè_fw-fr for_o all_o his_o seed_n the_o jew_n themselves_o can_v not_o deny_v for_o this_o seed_n be_v first_o restrain_v to_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n exclude_v then_o in_o isaac_n it_o be_v assign_v to_o jacob_n and_o esau_n refuse_v in_o jacob_n this_o seed_n be_v single_v out_o in_o juda_n when_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v carry_v into_o captivity_n and_o never_o return_v therefore_o seed_n here_o can_v be_v take_v for_o many_o but_o we_o must_v still_o proceed_v in_o descend_v till_o we_o come_v to_o one_o in_o who_o this_o blessing_n be_v perform_v calvin_n for_o the_o second_o that_o this_o one_o must_v be_v christ_n it_o will_v necessary_o follow_v because_o none_o else_o can_v be_v name_v in_o who_o all_o the_o gentile_n receive_v this_o blessing_n for_o that_o place_n psal._n 72.17_o all_o nation_n shall_v bless_v he_o and_o be_v bless_v in_o he_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o solomon_n expound_v who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o procure_v a_o blessing_n to_o all_o nation_n that_o he_o bring_v a_o curse_n upon_o his_o own_o nation_n and_o posterity_n when_o for_o his_o idolatry_n a_o rent_n be_v make_v in_o the_o kingdom_n the_o small_a part_n fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o his_o son_n rehoboam_n and_o beside_o this_o psalm_n be_v a_o prophetical_a song_n of_o christ_n under_o the_o type_n of_o solomon_n as_o vers_n 5._o they_o shall_v â—eare_z he_o as_o long_o as_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n endure_v vers_fw-la 11._o all_o king_n shall_v worship_v he_o vers_fw-la 17._o his_o name_n shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o these_o saying_n can_v be_v utter_v of_o solomon_n or_o any_o other_o mortal_a man_n but_o only_o be_v true_a of_o the_o lord_n messiah_n there_o be_v then_o none_o else_o find_v by_o who_o the_o gentile_n be_v spiritual_o bless_v in_o be_v call_v from_o their_o filthy_a idolatry_n to_o the_o knowledge_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n in_o be_v lighten_v with_o scripture_n bring_v to_o the_o acknowledgement_n and_o so_o remission_n of_o their_o sin_n but_o only_o christ_n none_o else_o in_o who_o they_o believe_v who_o name_n be_v bless_v among_o they_o who_o can_v this_o else_o be_v but_o jesus_n christ_n the_o messiah_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o apostle_n have_v reason_v strong_o from_o this_o place_n that_o salvation_n come_v not_o by_o the_o law_n but_o by_o faith_n in_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n the_o apostle_n in_o this_o place_n intend_v to_o prove_v quest_n xxiii_o whether_o abraham_n obedience_n or_o isaack_n patience_n be_v more_o notable_a it_o may_v seem_v that_o isaack_n obedience_n in_o yield_v himself_o willing_o to_o death_n be_v more_o excellent_a and_o worthy_a of_o note_n than_o abraham_n because_o it_o be_v a_o great_a patience_n to_o suffer_v death_n for_o god_n cause_n than_o to_o infer_v it_o isaac_n also_o shall_v have_v feel_v the_o sorrow_n and_o pang_n of_o death_n in_o his_o body_n which_o abraham_n be_v only_o to_o behold_v notwithstanding_o these_o reason_n abraham_n example_n of_o obedience_n excel_v 1._o because_o he_o be_v to_o sacrifice_v his_o only_a most_o belove_a and_o innocent_a son_n which_o be_v no_o doubt_n more_o grievous_a unto_o he_o than_o if_o he_o have_v die_v himself_o 2._o isaack_n death_n come_v unlooked_a for_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v finish_v at_o once_o abraham_n grief_n as_o it_o pierce_v his_o heart_n three_o continual_a day_n before_o so_o the_o remembrance_n of_o this_o fact_n will_v have_v continue_v still_o 3._o the_o scripture_n give_v sentence_n with_o abraham_n which_o make_v mention_n in_o this_o place_n and_o other_o beside_o of_o abraham_n offer_v up_o of_o isaac_n but_o ascribe_v no_o part_n thereof_o to_o isaac_n now_o because_o that_o example_n of_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n expound_v which_o offer_v up_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n son_n in_o sacrifice_n and_o not_o his_o own_o as_o the_o common_a opinion_n be_v may_v be_v think_v to_o resemble_v abraham_n fact_n here_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o brief_o to_o examine_v that_o place_n as_o it_o 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likely_a that_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n assay_v to_o break_v through_o to_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n and_o can_v not_o take_v the_o king_n son_n of_o edom_n that_o be_v to_o reign_v after_o he_o and_o therefore_o be_v call_v the_o king_n of_o edom_n amos_n 2.1_o and_o sacrifice_v he_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o his_o father_n to_o his_o great_a grief_n junius_n quest_n xxv_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o indignation_n against_o israel_n second_o where_o it_o follow_v thus_o for_o that_o israel_n be_v sore_o grieve_v and_o they_o depart_v from_o he_o or_o there_o be_v great_a indignation_n against_o israel_n 1._o this_o be_v not_o refer_v to_o the_o indignation_n or_o wrath_n of_o god_n as_o though_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v offend_v with_o israel_n &_o send_v a_o plague_n among_o they_o because_o
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be_v set_v in_o his_o sight_n h._n they_o set_v man_n meat_n before_o he_o c.b.g._n they_o set_v before_o he_o to_o eat_v t._n he_o v_o 41._o free_a from_o this_o oath_n b.g._n from_o the_o curse_n cat_n alah_o to_o swear_v to_o curse_v accept_v v_o 40._o the_o lord_n to_o who_o i_o be_o please_v s._n in_o who_o sight_n i_o serve_v c._n walk_n caeter_fw-la t.p.r._n v_o 43._o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o man_n of_o the_o city_n come_v forth_o to_o draw_v water_n s._n a_o virgin_n come_v forth_o to_o draw_v water_n caeter_fw-la v_o 47._o i_o put_v a_o ear_n about_o she_o s._n i_o hang_v a_o ear_n upon_o her_o face_n c.h.b._n a_o habiliment_n upon_o her_o face_n g._n upon_o her_o nose_n t.p._n aph_n the_o nose_n the_o face_n s.c.c._n v_o 50._o we_o can_v beside_o his_o pleasure_n speak_v any_o thing_n with_o thou_o h._n speak_v either_o evil_a or_o good_a caet_fw-la v_o 54._o they_o tarry_v there_o h._n they_o sleep_v s.c._n they_o tarry_v all_o night_n caet_fw-la lun_n to_o lodge_v all_o 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all_o abraham_n kindâ—ed_n cajetan_n 3._o abraham_n send_v not_o isaac_n who_o then_o of_o 40._o year_n may_v be_v judge_v as_o one_o of_o 25._o now_o lest_o the_o canaanite_n may_v have_v abuse_v his_o flexible_a youth_n and_o therefore_o he_o commit_v this_o business_n to_o his_o grave_n and_o prudent_a servant_n quest_n iv._o of_o the_o put_v the_o hand_n under_o the_o thigh_n vers._n 2._o put_v now_o thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n 1._o this_o be_v neither_o the_o general_a custom_n of_o those_o time_n as_o chrysostome_n think_v for_o neither_o abimelech_n with_o abraham_n gen._n 20._o nor_o afterward_o with_o isaac_n gen._n 26._o and_o laban_n with_o jacob_n make_v a_o covenant_n gen._n 32._o and_o one_o swear_v to_o another_o do_v use_v this_o ceremony_n which_o show_v it_o to_o have_v be_v no_o general_a custom_n 2._o neither_o be_v this_o custom_n derive_v from_o the_o indian_n as_o aben_n ezra_n who_o in_o honour_n of_o bacchus_n who_o be_v fable_v to_o have_v come_v forth_o 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raise_v up_o those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o dust_n to_o set_v forward_o the_o truth_n to_o nourish_v and_o encourage_v the_o preacher_n thereof_o to_o speak_v for_o the_o innocent_a to_o hold_v out_o your_o helpful_a hand_n to_o the_o needy_a so_o shall_v your_o honour_n ascend_v from_o step_n to_o step_v till_o you_o come_v to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o ladder_n where_o christ_n sit_v who_o shall_v cast_v and_o tumble_v down_o from_o thence_o all_o unfaithful_a steward_n and_o cut_v they_o off_o to_o have_v their_o portion_n with_o hypocrite_n matth._n 24.51_o but_o shall_v say_v unto_o you_o and_o all_o other_o that_o shall_v serve_v he_o faithful_o herein_o in_o earth_n it_o be_v well_o do_v good_a servant_n and_o faithful_a thou_o have_v be_v faithful_a in_o little_a i_o will_v make_v thou_o ruler_n over_o much_o enter_v into_o thy_o master_n joy_n amen_n your_o honour_n ready_a to_o be_v command_v in_o the_o lord_n andrew_z willet_n the_o first_o book_n of_o this_o second_o part_n of_o genesis_n contain_v the_o history_n concern_v the_o patriarch_n isaac_n jacob_n hitherto_o have_v be_v continue_v the_o holy_a story_n of_o those_o three_o great_a patriarch_n adam_n before_o the_o flood_n noah_n in_o the_o flood_n abraham_n after_o the_o flood_n the_o rest_n of_o this_o book_n of_o genesis_n follow_v which_o set_v forth_o the_o life_n act_n and_o death_n of_o the_o three_o other_o father_n isaac_n jacob_n joseph_n chap._n xxv_o 1._o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o this_o chapter_n 1._o concern_v abraham_n his_o second_o marriage_n be_v declare_v with_o the_o issue_n thereof_o his_o child_n and_o their_o gift_n vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 6._o then_o abraham_n year_n death_n and_o burial_n vers_fw-la 7._o to_o 11._o 2._o concern_v ishmael_n his_o generation_n or_o offspring_n be_v express_v his_o year_n of_o life_n his_o place_n of_o dwell_v vers_fw-la 12._o to_o 20._o 3._o of_o isaac_n there_o be_v set_v down_o his_o time_n of_o marriage_n the_o barrenness_n of_o his_o wife_n the_o remedy_n by_o prayer_n vers_fw-la 20.21_o 4._o concern_v esau_n and_o jacob_n these_o thing_n be_v rehearse_v 1._o their_o manner_n of_o conception_n vers_fw-la 22_o 23._o 2._o of_o their_o birth_n 24._o to_o 27._o 3._o their_o divers_a education_n vers_fw-la 27_o 28._o 4._o esau_n his_o profaneness_n in_o sell_v his_o birthright_n for_o a_o mess_n of_o pottage_n vers_fw-la 29._o to_o the_o end_n 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n v_o 1._o abraham_n have_v take_v he_o another_o wife_n h.g._n proceed_v or_o add_v take_v another_o wife_n caeter_fw-la g.c_n v_o 2._o zambran_n joctan_n madal_n sebe_n s._n zimran_n jocksan_n madan_n shuah_n caeter_fw-la v_o 3._o the_o son_n of_o dedan_n be_v in_o hold_n tent_n and_o island_n â—_o the_o son_n of_o dedan_n asshurim_n letushim_n leumim_n det_fw-la v_o 4._o gephar_n apher_n raga_n s._n epha_n epher_n eldaha_n caeter_fw-la v_o 6._o son_n of_o the_o concubine_n c._n of_o the_o concubine_n caet_fw-la v_o 8._o and_o faint_v or_o wear_v away_o h.s.c.b._n he_o yield_v up_o the_o spirit_n or_o die_v t.g.p._n jagaug_fw-mi signify_v to_o faint_v gavagh_o expirare_fw-la to_o yield_v the_o spirit_n which_o word_n be_v here_o use_v v_o 11._o isaac_n dwell_v by_o the_o well_o of_o the_o live_n and_o see_v h.b._n the_o well_o of_o vision_n s._n where_o the_o angel_n of_o life_n appear_v c._n beâ—r-lahairâ—_a g.p._n the_o fountain_n lahoiro_n t._n v_o 12._o which_o hagar_n the_o egyptian_a sarahs_n maid_n bare_a h._n bare_a to_o abraham_n caet_fw-la v_o 13._o these_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n h._n of_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n cat_n v_o 13._o nadbehel_n massa._n s._n adbehel_n mibsa_n cat_n g.r._n v_o 18._o from_o havilah_n to_o agara_n c._n from_o havila_n to_o sur._n cat_n v_o 18._o he_o die_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n h.b.p._n he_o dwell_v s.c._n his_o lot_n fall_v t._n g._n naphal_a signify_v 〈◊〉_d fall_n it_o
say_v to_o have_v sleep_v with_o his_o father_n 2_o king_n 16.20_o mercer_n for_o if_o it_o be_v no_o more_o but_o thus_o to_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o father_n that_o be_v to_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v the_o same_o be_v say_v before_o and_o such_o repetition_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v think_v needless_a 6._o wherefore_o beside_o this_o sense_n this_o phrase_n do_v further_a show_v the_o divers_a state_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o this_o life_n that_o both_o abraham_n have_v his_o people_n the_o just_a and_o righteous_a to_o who_o he_o be_v gather_v as_o also_o ishmael_n his_o that_o the_o soul_n which_o go_v hence_o be_v not_o solitary_a and_o alone_a but_o go_v as_o it_o be_v from_o one_o people_n to_o another_o from_o one_o city_n to_o another_o luther_n calvin_n perer._n quest_n xvi_o why_o ishmael_n be_v join_v with_o isaac_n in_o the_o burial_n of_o his_o father_n vers._n 9_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n bury_v he_o etc._n etc._n 1._o isaac_n be_v set_v before_o ishmael_n not_o as_o though_o he_o have_v repent_v he_o of_o his_o presumption_n against_o isaac_n and_o give_v he_o the_o priority_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v but_o isaac_n be_v prefer_v before_o ishmael_n for_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o prerogative_n 2._o neither_o do_v this_o show_n that_o abraham_n have_v call_v ishmael_n home_o again_o after_o he_o be_v cast_v out_o for_o that_o have_v be_v against_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n that_o the_o bondwoman_n with_o her_o son_n shall_v be_v cast_v out_o 3._o but_o it_o be_v like_a that_o abraham_n be_v sick_a and_o wear_v away_o send_v for_o ishmael_n dwell_v not_o far_o off_o and_o reconcile_v he_o and_o isaac_n mercer_n quest_n xvii_o how_o isaac_n be_v bless_v after_o abraham_n death_n vers._n 11._o after_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n god_n bless_v isaac_n etc._n etc._n 1._o we_o refuse_v here_o the_o fond_a conceit_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o abraham_n bless_v not_o isaac_n because_o of_o esau_n which_o shall_v come_v of_o he_o and_o therefore_o god_n and_o not_o abraham_n be_v say_v to_o bless_v isaac_n for_o although_o no_o express_a mention_n be_v make_v of_o abraham_n blessing_n isaac_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o abraham_n omit_v it_o and_o see_v god_n bless_a isaac_n abraham_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o withhold_v his_o blessing_n 3._o this_o blessing_n of_o isaac_n be_v rather_o spiritual_a than_o temporal_a for_o isaac_n be_v marry_v twenty_o year_v before_o he_o see_v his_o posterity_n or_o have_v any_o child_n bear_v whereas_o ishmael_n beget_v twelve_o duke_n isaac_n therefore_o with_o patience_n expect_v god_n promise_n and_o blessing_n upon_o he_o mer._n 3._o we_o see_v here_o also_o perform_v that_o promise_n of_o god_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o seed_n for_o isaac_n be_v bless_v after_o abraham_n death_n marâ—â—ret_n quest_n xviii_o of_o the_o dwell_n of_o ismaels_n son_n vers._n 13._o these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n nebaioth_n kedma_n of_o who_o come_v the_o nabathaei_n in_o arabia_n petraea_n and_o napathaei_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la or_o the_o happy_a of_o kedar_n the_o kedaren_n as_o lampridius_n or_o cedraei_fw-la as_o pliny_n call_v they_o in_o arabia_n petraea_n of_o adbeel_n the_o adubeni_n or_o agubeni_n with_o ptolemy_n in_o arabia_n the_o happy_a of_o mibsam_n the_o mnasemanenses_n in_o arabia_n the_o happy_a of_o mishma_n the_o raabeni_fw-la in_o arabia_n the_o desert_n where_o ptolemy_n place_v the_o town_n zagmais_fw-fr of_o dumah_n the_o dumaei_n between_o the_o adubenes_n and_o raabenes_n where_o be_v the_o town_n dumetha_n of_o massa_n the_o masani_n near_o to_o the_o raabenes_n of_o chadar_n the_o athritaei_n of_o thema_fw-la the_o themanei_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la where_o be_v the_o town_n thema_fw-la of_o jethur_n the_o iturean_o in_o coelae-syria_n of_o naphish_n the_o nubaei_fw-la arabian_n near_o to_o the_o mount_n libanus_n of_o kedma_n the_o cadmonaei_n call_v esites_n because_o they_o worship_v fire_n by_o the_o corrupt_a use_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v fire_n ex_fw-la iâ—niâ—_n quest_n xix_o the_o massorite_n curious_a observation_n vers._n 14._o misma_n dumah_n masha_n 1._o of_o dumah_n and_o masha_n mention_n be_v make_v isaiah_n 21.11_o where_o some_o translate_v masha_n burden_n in_o the_o same_o place_n also_o thema_fw-la be_v mention_v verse_n 14._o another_o of_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n here_o rehearse_v 2._o the_o massorite_n do_v note_v that_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o 14._o verse_n through_o the_o whole_a bible_n that_o consist_v of_o three_o word_n mercer_n 3._o and_o further_o they_o observe_v that_o these_o three_o name_n the_o first_o derive_v of_o shamang_n to_o hear_v the_o second_o of_o dum_o which_o be_v to_o keep_v silence_n the_o three_o of_o nasha_n to_o bear_v do_v signify_v the_o three_o principal_a thing_n that_o make_v a_o quiet_a and_o good_a life_n to_o hear_v to_o keep_v silence_n to_o bear_v but_o these_o note_n be_v too_o curious_a mercer_n quest_n xx._n why_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o ismaels_n age_n vers._n 17._o there_o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o life_n of_o ishmael_n 137._o year_n the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o ishmael_n a_o wicked_a man_n age_n be_v record_v for_o this_o end_n that_o we_o may_v have_v a_o perfect_a account_n of_o jacob_n year_n for_o if_o ishmael_n die_v the_o same_o year_n that_o jacob_n go_v from_o his_o father_n unless_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v hide_v himself_o 14._o year_n in_o heber_n house_n before_o he_o come_v to_o laban_n as_o the_o hebrew_n think_v which_o be_v not_o like_a he_o shall_v want_v 14._o year_n of_o his_o age_n as_o they_o further_o gather_v thus_o jacob_n be_v 63._o year_n old_a when_o he_o flee_v from_o his_o father_n house_n because_o of_o esau_n his_o father_n be_v then_o 123._o year_n old_a and_o ishmael_n 137_o 14._o year_n elder_a than_o isaac_n then_o he_o serve_v 14._o year_n before_o josephs_n birth_n joseph_n be_v 30._o year_n old_a when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n then_o follow_v 7._o year_n of_o plenty_n and_o two_o year_n of_o dearth_n when_o jacob_n go_v down_o to_o egypt_n all_o make_v but_o 116._o year_n but_o jacob_n then_o confess_v when_o he_o appear_v before_o pharaoh_n to_o be_v 130._o year_n old_a the_o 14._o year_n want_v they_o imagine_v jacob_n to_o have_v spend_v in_o heber_n house_n but_o this_o computation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n fail_v many_o way_n 1._o heber_n be_v dead_a long_o before_o jacob_n 60._o year_n he_o die_v some_o 4._o year_n after_o abraham_n in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o jacob_n age_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v thus_o house_n heber_n be_v bear_v 67._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n gen._n 11._o v._n 10._o to_o 15._o and_o live_v 464._o year_n which_o make_v together_o 531._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o abraham_n die_v 527._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n as_o be_v before_o show_v quest_n 11._o 2._o it_o be_v also_o a_o uncertain_a conjecture_n that_o ishmael_n die_v the_o same_o year_n that_o jacob_n go_v towards_o mesopotamia_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v 3._o these_o 14._o year_n may_v be_v otherwise_o supply_v if_o we_o say_v that_o jacob_n may_v be_v 14._o year_n in_o laban_n house_n before_o he_o serve_v for_o his_o wife_n mercer_n or_o which_o be_v the_o more_o likely_a that_o jacob_n be_v 77._o year_n old_a before_o he_o go_v out_o of_o his_o father_n house_n consent_n 4._o therefore_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v mention_v make_v of_o ismaels_n age_n who_o be_v the_o only_a evil_a man_n who_o whole_a age_n be_v record_v in_o scripture_n but_o to_o show_v the_o fulfil_n of_o god_n promise_n who_o condescend_v to_o abraham_n request_n that_o ishmael_n may_v live_v in_o god_n sight_n genes_n 17.18_o for_o so_o the_o lord_n endue_v he_o with_o long_a life_n and_o bless_v he_o with_o much_o prosperity_n and_o a_o honourable_a issue_n quest_n xxi_o how_o ishmael_n be_v say_v to_o dwell_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o brethren_n vers._n 18._o and_o they_o dwell_v from_o havilah_n to_o shur_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o lay_v or_o his_o lot_n fall_v before_o all_o his_o brethren_n 1._o the_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o ishmael_n do_v issue_n out_o or_o fall_v upon_o all_o his_o brethren_n as_o the_o word_n naphal_n signify_v whereof_o come_v the_o word_n nephilim_n giant_n muscul._n 2._o neither_o that_o he_o full_a that_o be_v died_z aben_n ezra_n 3._o or_o that_o he_o die_v before_o his_o brethren_n that_o be_v his_o son_n in_o a_o full_a age_n lyran._n 4._o or_o that_o he_o die_v before_o his_o brethren_n as_o though_o his_o life_n be_v short_a than_o of_o the_o rest_n 5._o but_o either_o it_o may_v be_v expound_v his_o lot_n fall_v jun._n or_o if_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v coact_v as_o calvin_n
think_v the_o word_n also_o signify_v to_o he_o jud._n 7.12_o so_o that_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n that_o he_o lay_v that_o be_v dwell_v as_o the_o septuagint_n and_o chalde_n translate_v before_o his_o brethren_n that_o be_v he_o border_v upon_o they_o his_o brethren_n the_o son_n of_o keturah_n not_o he_o only_o in_o person_n but_o his_o posterity_n inhabit_v this_o large_a country_n whereof_o the_o desert_n of_o sur_n be_v the_o bound_n on_o the_o south_n the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n not_o that_o in_o india_n but_o another_o in_o arabia_n where_o the_o geographer_n place_v the_o chaulatean_n on_o the_o east_n assiria_n on_o the_o north_n so_o that_o this_o show_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o that_o prophecy_n gen._n 16.12_o he_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n mercer_n jun._n quest_n xx._n why_o isaac_n be_v again_o say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n vers._n 19_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o isaac_n abraham_n son_n etc._n etc._n 1._o although_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n and_o esau_n be_v long_o before_o ismaels_n death_n for_o at_o that_o time_n ishmael_n be_v but_o 74._o year_n old_a 14._o year_n elder_a than_o isaac_n who_o be_v 60._o at_o the_o birth_n of_o his_o child_n but_o ishmael_n live_v in_o all_o 137._o year_n yet_o moses_n finish_v and_o knit_v up_o brief_o the_o story_n of_o ishmael_n because_o he_o make_v haste_n to_o set_v down_o the_o story_n of_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o church_n and_o people_n of_o god_n 2._o yet_o he_o dwell_v not_o long_o in_o the_o history_n of_o isaac_n handle_v the_o life_n and_o act_n of_o jacob_n in_o the_o most_o part_n of_o this_o book_n behind_o and_o as_o it_o may_v appear_v for_o these_o reason_n 1._o because_o all_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n the_o twelve_o patriarch_n be_v founder_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n isaac_n whereas_o esau_n come_v of_o isaac_n 2._o for_o that_o great_a variety_n of_o temptation_n and_o change_n happen_v to_o jacob_n than_o to_o isaac_n wherein_o he_o show_v experiment_n of_o his_o virtue_n 3._o more_o excellent_a vision_n be_v manifest_v to_o jacob_n than_o to_o isaac_n six_o in_o all_o genes_n 28.2_o genes_n 31.3_o cap._n 32.4_o and_o 5._o chap._n 35.6_o gen._n 46._o whereas_o two_o only_o be_v reveal_v to_o isaac_n express_v c._n 26._o ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o isaac_n be_v here_o again_o call_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n not_o because_o some_o sorcerer_n of_o that_o time_n hold_v he_o to_o be_v abimelechs_n son_n and_o therefore_o to_o put_v the_o matter_n out_o of_o doubt_n he_o be_v again_o repeat_v to_o be_v abraham_n son_n thus_o the_o hebrew_n conjecture_n but_o because_o genealoger_n must_v begin_v from_o the_o first_o famous_a author_n or_o father_n moses_n begin_v with_o abraham_n to_o who_o such_o large_a promise_n be_v make_v concern_v his_o seed_n quest_n xxi_o why_o isaac_n stay_v three_o year_n after_o sarahs_n death_n for_o rebecca_n vers._n 20._o isaack_n be_v 40._o year_n old_a when_o he_o take_v rebecca_n to_o wife_n etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o hebrew_n do_v but_o fable_n that_o rebecca_n be_v bear_v about_o sarahs_n death_n and_o that_o isaac_n stay_v for_o she_o 3._o year_n after_o for_o though_o the_o report_n of_o rebecâ—a_n her_o birth_n about_o that_o time_n come_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 22._o yet_o then_o it_o be_v not_o do_v and_o if_o rebecca_n have_v be_v then_o bear_v isaac_n must_v have_v stay_v long_o for_o she_o than_o 3._o year_n rasi_fw-la think_v rebecca_n be_v then_o 10._o year_n old_a and_o that_o isaac_n stay_v for_o she_o three_o year_n more_o but_o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o she_o be_v then_o 30._o year_n of_o age_n ten_o year_n young_a than_o isaac_n as_o sarah_n be_v to_o abraham_n mercer_n 2._o rupertus_n allegory_n also_o be_v but_o force_v that_o as_o sarah_n die_v 3._o year_n before_o the_o marriage_n of_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_n so_o from_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n three_o year_n before_o his_o passion_n the_o law_n begin_v to_o die_v 3._o mention_n be_v here_o make_v of_o bethuel_n and_o laban_n to_o show_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n towards_o rebecca_n that_o be_v a_o rose_n between_o two_o thorn_n have_v a_o superstitious_a both_o father_n and_o brother_n muscul._n as_o also_o laban_n be_v bring_v in_o to_o make_v a_o way_n for_o the_o story_n follow_v who_o daughter_n jacob_n marry_v jun._n quest_n xxii_o whence_o mesopotamia_n be_v call_v padan_n vers._n 20._o of_o padan_n aram._n this_o be_v not_o the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n but_o a_o country_n for_o the_o name_n of_o laban_n and_o bethuels_n city_n be_v charran_n 1._o it_o be_v not_o call_v padan_n aram_n that_o be_v the_o region_n or_o country_n of_o aram._n 2._o neither_o because_o padan_n in_o the_o syrian_a tongue_n signify_v a_o pair_n be_v it_o so_o call_v because_o there_o be_v two_o country_n of_o syria_n or_o aram_n aram_n soba_n and_o aram_n naharaim_n or_o mesopotamia_n and_o the_o name_n of_o padan_n to_o be_v give_v to_o mesopotamia_n as_o the_o chief_a 3._o but_o a_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n be_v so_o call_v because_o of_o two_o flood_n which_o part_v and_o divide_v the_o river_n chaborah_n and_o euphrates_n a_o monument_n of_o this_o name_n padan_n appear_v in_o the_o name_n aphadans_fw-fr give_v unto_o two_o town_n one_o situate_a by_o euphrates_n the_o other_o by_o the_o river_n chabora_n junius_n ex_fw-la ptolem._n quest_n xxiii_o wherefore_o barren_a woman_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o the_o church_n vers._n 21._o because_o she_o be_v barren_a we_o find_v in_o scripture_n that_o many_o excellent_a woman_n appoint_v to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o holy_a man_n be_v barren_a as_o sara_n rebecca_n rachel_n anna_n the_o mother_n of_o samuel_n elizabeth_n the_o mother_n of_o john_n baptist_n the_o reason_n be_v yield_v to_o be_v these_o 1._o that_o we_o may_v know_v genus_fw-la israeliticum_fw-la non_fw-la naturali_fw-la successione_n sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la esse_fw-la multiplicatum_fw-la that_o the_o israelite_n be_v multiply_v not_o by_o natural_a succession_n but_o by_o grace_n theodoret._n qu._n 74._o in_o genes_n 2._o ut_fw-la ex_fw-la mirabili_fw-la partu_fw-la sterilium_fw-la foemmarum_fw-la praestrueretur_fw-la fides_fw-la partus_fw-la virgin_n that_o by_o the_o miraculous_a bear_n of_o barren_a woman_n a_o way_n mihgt_v be_v make_v to_o believe_v the_o birth_n of_o a_o virgin_n chrysost._n hom_n 49._o in_o genes_n 3._o this_o be_v also_o do_v ad_fw-la consolaâ—dos_fw-la autmos_fw-la sterilium_fw-la conjugum_fw-la to_o comfort_v the_o mind_n of_o barren_a couple_n chrysost._n ibid._n 4_o it_o may_v be_v that_o god_n will_v qualify_v the_o excess_n of_o isaack_n love_n by_o this_o mean_n calvin_n quest_n xxiv_o why_o and_o how_o long_o isaac_n pray_v for_o his_o wife_n vers._n 21._o isaack_n pray_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o wife_n 1._o he_o know_v that_o the_o impediment_n be_v in_o his_o wife_n and_o not_o in_o himself_o because_o of_o god_n promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 21.17_o i_o will_v great_o multiply_v thy_o seed_n and_o therefore_o he_o pray_v for_o rebecca_n 2._o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o continue_v in_o this_o prayer_n twenty_o year_n so_o long_o as_o rebecca_n be_v barren_a as_o chrysostome_n think_v hom_n 49._o in_o gen._n for_o some_o experience_n isaac_n first_o have_v of_o her_o barrenness_n which_o can_v not_o be_v immediate_o after_o their_o marriage_n 3._o neither_o as_o rasi_fw-la do_v he_o expect_v ten_o year_n as_o abraham_n so_o long_o take_v trial_n of_o sarah_n before_o he_o take_v hagar_n and_o hereupon_o the_o hebrew_n after_o ten_o year_n trial_n of_o barrenness_n do_v take_v liberty_n to_o repudiate_v their_o wife_n for_o the_o ten_o year_n after_o the_o which_o sarah_n give_v hagar_n to_o abraham_n be_v to_o be_v count_v not_o from_o their_o marriage_n but_o from_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n 4._o the_o time_n therefore_o can_v be_v present_o set_v how_o many_o year_n isaac_n continue_v pray_v for_o his_o wife_n but_o it_o be_v like_a he_o continue_v and_o wait_v in_o prayer_n for_o so_o the_o word_n gnathar_n here_o use_v signify_v to_o frequent_v and_o multiply_v prayer_n 5._o and_o where_o the_o word_n be_v nocach_v he_o pray_v in_o respect_n or_o towards_o his_o wife_n we_o need_v neither_o to_o understand_v his_o wife_n always_o to_o be_v present_a when_o he_o pray_v or_o that_o they_o pray_v together_o one_o in_o one_o corner_n the_o other_o in_o another_o as_o the_o hebrew_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o he_o pray_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o his_o wife_n though_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o sometime_o they_o pray_v together_o quest_n xxvii_o why_o isaac_n do_v not_o think_v of_o second_o marriage_n as_o abraham_n take_v agar_n now_o isaac_n see_v his_o wife_n to_o be_v barren_a do_v not_o take_v unto_o he_o another_o
birth_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n which_o be_v 15._o year_n before_o abraham_n death_n and_o 63._o year_n before_o ishmael_n die_v for_o abraham_n live_v 175._o ishmael_n 137._o year_n and_o where_o isaac_n be_v young_a than_o abraham_n by_o 100_o and_o than_o ishmael_n by_o 14._o they_o be_v find_v so_o long_o to_o have_v live_v after_o the_o birth_n of_o these_o twin_n from_o hence_o then_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o order_n of_o time_n be_v not_o always_o observe_v in_o the_o sacred_a history_n but_o that_o sometime_o be_v set_v down_o first_o which_o be_v do_v last_o 3._o doct._n against_o the_o cast_n of_o man_n nativity_n vers._n 23._o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a this_o example_n be_v urge_v by_o augustine_n against_o the_o genethliake_n that_o be_v caster_n of_o man_n nativity_n for_o hereby_o the_o vanity_n of_o their_o observation_n appear_v in_o that_o these_o two_o twin_n conceive_v at_o once_o and_o bear_v together_o be_v of_o such_o divers_a nature_n and_o quality_n august_n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o and_o whereas_o they_o answer_v that_o in_o the_o birth_n of_o twin_n there_o may_v be_v great_a diversity_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o swift_a motion_n of_o the_o planet_n which_o change_n their_o aspect_n and_o conjunction_n every_o moment_n as_o one_o nigidius_n figulus_n will_v demonstrate_v by_o the_o example_n of_o a_o wheel_n which_o while_o it_o be_v swift_o carry_v about_o he_o mark_v twice_o with_o ink_n which_o mark_n when_o the_o wheel_n have_v leave_v run_v be_v find_v not_o to_o be_v far_o asunder_o whereby_o he_o will_v insinuate_v that_o in_o a_o small_a distance_n of_o time_n a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o celestial_a globe_n may_v be_v turn_v about_o but_o to_o this_o fancy_n augustine_n answer_v that_o if_o the_o celestial_a motion_n be_v so_o swift_a and_o continue_v not_o in_o one_o stay_v than_o hardly_o can_v any_o man_n discern_v under_o what_o constellation_n any_o be_v bear_v and_o 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the_o apostle_n show_v to_o what_o people_n the_o faithful_a be_v gather_v you_o be_v come_v etc._n etc._n to_o the_o company_n of_o innumerable_a angel_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o spirit_n of_o just_a and_o perfect_a man_n heb._n 12.22_o 23._o where_o then_o the_o spirit_n of_o just_a man_n be_v there_o also_o be_v the_o angel_n for_o so_o we_o read_v that_o lazarus_n soul_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o angel_n into_o abraham_n bosom_n but_o the_o angel_n be_v not_o in_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la upon_o this_o reason_n lyranus_fw-la refuse_v the_o interpretation_n of_o augustine_n and_o tostatus_n gen._n who_o by_o this_o people_n to_o the_o which_o abraham_n be_v gather_v understand_v the_o society_n of_o angel_n which_o be_v in_o no_o place_n but_o heaven_n lyranus_fw-la also_o hold_v that_o all_o the_o just_a man_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n go_v to_o limbus_n be_v confute_v by_o paulus_n burgen_v who_o say_v that_o abraham_n be_v the_o first_o that_o go_v to_o limbus_n because_o of_o he_o first_o this_o phrase_n be_v use_v in_o scripture_n that_o he_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o these_o patron_n of_o limbus_n can_v agree_v among_o themselves_o for_o what_o certainty_n of_o opinion_n can_v there_o be_v which_o be_v not_o ground_v upon_o scripture_n 2._o confut._n election_n be_v not_o of_o good_a work_n foresee_v vers._n 23._o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a s._n paul_n infer_v upon_o this_o text_n that_o we_o be_v not_o elect_v by_o work_n but_o according_a to_o the_o purpose_n of_o he_o that_o call_v rom._n 9.11_o here_o then_o the_o error_n of_o the_o pelagian_n be_v confute_v who_o teach_v that_o man_n be_v elect_v for_o their_o good_a work_n foresee_v of_o god_n before_o but_o this_o error_n be_v repugnant_a to_o scripture_n eph._n 14._o he_o have_v choose_v we_o in_o he_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a he_o say_v not_o because_o we_o be_v holy_a so_o that_o good_a work_n be_v not_o a_o precedent_a cause_n of_o our_o election_n but_o a_o consequent_a effect_n thereof_o 3._o confut._n the_o soul_n merit_v not_o before_o they_o come_v into_o the_o body_n here_o also_o that_o error_n ascribe_v to_o origen_n be_v overthrow_v who_o think_v that_o the_o soul_n have_v a_o be_v before_o the_o body_n and_o that_o they_o be_v dispose_v of_o in_o this_o life_n according_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o former_a life_n which_o they_o live_v in_o before_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o body_n for_o the_o apostle_n expound_v this_o place_n sai_z before_o they_o have_v do_v either_o good_a or_o evil_n and_o immediate_o before_o your_o the_o child_n be_v yet_o bear_v rom._n 9.11_o therefore_o before_o they_o be_v bear_v they_o have_v neither_o do_v good_a nor_o evil_a 4._o confut._n s._n paul_n allege_v the_o example_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n not_o for_o temporal_a election_n or_o figurative_o only_a of_o eternal_a but_o original_o and_o proper_o it_o be_v therefore_o evident_a 1._o that_o neither_o moses_n write_v this_o prophecy_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a do_v not_o only_o speak_v of_o the_o external_a inheritance_n and_o preeminence_n of_o jacob_n before_o esau_n neither_o do_v paul_n so_o understand_v moses_n for_o then_o the_o example_n have_v not_o be_v pertinent_a to_o s._n paul_n purpose_n who_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v these_o two_o thing_n that_o all_o be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o promise_n which_o be_v the_o child_n of_o abraham_n after_o the_o flesh_n which_o he_o show_v by_o the_o instance_n of_o ishmael_n and_o isaac_n vers_fw-la 7._o the_o other_o point_n be_v that_o god_n election_n be_v of_o grace_n not_o by_o work_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o example_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n wherefore_o the_o one_o be_v hate_v of_o god_n the_o other_o love_v before_o they_o have_v do_v good_a or_o evil_n if_o the_o apostle_n then_o have_v bring_v in_o a_o example_n of_o temporal_a election_n it_o have_v be_v impertinent_a see_v throughout_o the_o chapter_n he_o treat_v of_o eternal_a 2._o neither_o yet_o be_v this_o outward_a pre-eminence_n of_o jacob_n and_o refusal_n of_o esau_n a_o sign_n only_o and_o figure_n of_o their_o eternal_a election_n and_o reprobation_n as_o lyranus_fw-la in_o 1._o malach._n and_o therefore_o not_o direct_o imply_v in_o the_o word_n but_o so_o apply_v by_o the_o apostle_n for_o as_o the_o preacher_n say_v no_o man_n know_v either_o love_n or_o hatred_n of_o all_o that_o be_v before_o they_o eccles._n 9.4_o that_o be_v god_n love_n or_o hatred_n be_v not_o discern_v by_o the_o condition_n of_o outward_a thing_n 3._o neither_o be_v it_o the_o literal_a and_o historical_a sense_n only_o to_o show_v that_o esau_n be_v temporal_o reject_v but._n s._n paul_n by_o his_o divine_a spirit_n do_v draw_v it_o to_o a_o mystical_a sense_n as_o pererius_n think_v in_o 25._o gen._n numer_n 45._o for_o s._n paul_n understand_v moses_n no_o otherwise_o than_o malachy_n do_v esau_n have_v i_o hate_v jacob_n have_v i_o love_v chap._n 1.1_o who_o out_o of_o moses_n word_n infer_v a_o conclusion_n of_o god_n everlasting_a love_n towards_o jacob_n 4._o wherefore_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o very_a literal_a and_o proper_a sense_n of_o these_o word_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a write_v first_o by_o moses_n and_o cite_v by_o s._n paul_n do_v principal_o describe_v the_o everlasting_a state_n and_o condition_n before_o god_n and_o be_v especial_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o celestial_a inheritance_n but_o secondary_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o external_a inheritance_n of_o canaan_n be_v here_o also_o comprehend_v this_o may_v be_v make_v evident_a by_o these_o two_o reason_n 1._o that_o be_v the_o proper_a sense_n of_o the_o place_n which_o be_v principal_o and_o chief_o intend_v by_o the_o spirit_n but_o so_o be_v this_o spiritual_a sense_n as_o the_o
they_o after_o he_o to_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o which_o care_n the_o lord_n himself_o commend_v he_o gen._n 18.19_o than_o either_o nachor_n or_o esau_n have_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o job_n great_a knowledge_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o abraham_n instruction_n propagate_v to_o his_o posterity_n quest_n xv._n in_o what_o time_n job_n live_v concern_v the_o time_n wherein_o job_n live_v 1._o he_o be_v neither_o so_o ancient_a as_o jacob_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o philo_n who_o think_v that_o dinah_n jacob_n daughter_n be_v job_n wife_n for_o eliphaz_n the_o temanite_n of_o teman_fw-mi of_o eliphaz_n of_o esau_n the_o three_o from_o esau_n one_o of_o job_n friend_n will_v make_v he_o after_o jacob_n time_n 2._o neither_o be_v job_n in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n which_o must_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o hierome_n who_o make_v eliâ—u_n to_o be_v balaâ—m_n 3._o much_o less_o live_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o gregory_n think_v for_o at_o such_o time_n as_o job_n live_v who_o be_v commend_v for_o offer_v sacrifice_n the_o sacrifice_a priesthood_n be_v not_o institute_v 4._o wherefore_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o job_n live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n be_v in_o egypt_n after_o the_o death_n of_o joseph_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n when_o satan_n compass_v the_o earth_n and_o it_o be_v a_o rare_a thing_n to_o find_v a_o righteous_a man_n for_o moses_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v the_o writer_n of_o the_o book_n of_o job_n and_o as_o eliphaz_n of_o teman_fw-mi of_o eliphaz_n of_o esau_n of_o isaac_n of_o abraham_n be_v the_o six_o from_o abraham_n so_o may_v job_n be_v in_o another_o line_n quest_n xvi_o of_o baal-hanan_a the_o seven_o king_n of_o edom._n vers._n 38._o baâ—l-hanan_a the_o son_n of_o achbor_n etc._n etc._n in_o that_o the_o city_n or_o country_n of_o this_o baal-hanan_a be_v not_o express_v as_o of_o the_o rest_n 1._o some_o think_v it_o be_v omit_v because_o he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o city_n of_o the_o which_o be_v the_o king_n next_o before_o name_v 2._o some_o because_o he_o have_v many_o adversary_n and_o therefore_o have_v no_o certain_a place_n 3._o some_o as_o ramban_n that_o hanan_n be_v his_o city_n and_o so_o he_o be_v call_v baal-hanan_a that_o be_v lord_n of_o hanan_n 4._o but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o famous_a as_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o his_o city_n be_v not_o note_v mercer_n quest_n xvii_o of_o mehetabel_n the_o wife_n of_o hadad_n vers._n 39_o mehetabel_n the_o daughter_n of_o matred_n the_o daughter_n of_o mezabâ—h_n etc._n etc._n 1._o some_o think_v that_o matred_n be_v her_o father_n mezabah_n her_o mother_n 2._o some_o as_o r._n levi_n will_v have_v she_o the_o natural_a daughter_n of_o matred_n and_o the_o adopt_a daughter_n of_o mezabah_n 3._o some_o think_v that_o mezabah_n be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n otherwise_o call_v medeba_n or_o with_o ptolemy_n medava_n jun._n but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v somewhat_o coact_v and_o strain_v that_o she_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o such_o a_o city_n or_o town_n 4._o therefore_o she_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o matred_n her_o father_n not_o mother_n and_o daughter_n that_o be_v niece_n of_o her_o grandfather_n as_o aholibamah_n before_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n and_o daughter_n that_o be_v niece_n of_o sibeon_n mercer_n 5._o mezabah_n signify_v golden_a water_n it_o may_v be_v that_o he_o be_v enrich_v by_o such_o water_n where_o gold_n be_v gather_v matred_n also_o be_v interpret_v one_o that_o be_v diligent_a or_o conversant_a in_o his_o work_n of_o the_o word_n tare_v from_o whence_o some_o think_v the_o name_n mithridates_n to_o be_v derive_v mehetabel_n that_o be_v do_v well_o or_o give_v unto_o god_n of_o the_o same_o signification_n with_o the_o name_n theodosâ—â—_n mercer_n quest_n xviii_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o edom._n vers._n 41._o duke_n timna_n etc._n etc._n duke_n aholibamah_n 1._o as_o the_o principality_n of_o edom_n begin_v with_o duke_n and_o rose_z to_o king_n so_o it_o return_v to_o duke_n again_o who_o do_v not_o one_o succeed_v another_o as_o the_o king_n but_o they_o be_v all_o ruler_n together_o in_o divers_a place_n of_o edom_n after_o the_o death_n of_o hadad_n in_o moses_n time_n 1_o chron._n 1.51_o 2._o these_o be_v not_o here_o the_o name_n of_o woman_n as_o think_v aben_n ezra_n that_o first_o the_o duke_n be_v name_v that_o come_v of_o timna_n than_o those_o which_o come_v of_o aholibamah_n neither_o be_v they_o the_o name_n of_o man_n jun._n but_o rather_o of_o the_o place_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o their_o first_o mother_n where_o these_o duke_n have_v their_o seat_n mercer_n muscul._n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a of_o short_a continuance_n vers._n 32._o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v etc._n etc._n the_o wicked_a be_v soon_o raise_v to_o honour_n and_o be_v quick_o cast_v down_o again_o as_o esau_n posterity_n be_v speedy_o advance_v to_o a_o kingdom_n but_o it_o continue_v not_o long_o jacob_n seed_n though_o a_o long_a time_n keep_v under_o in_o affliction_n yet_o at_o the_o last_o obtain_v a_o firm_a and_o permanent_a kingdom_n such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o elect_a though_o of_o a_o long_a time_n their_o happiness_n appear_v not_o yet_o when_o it_o break_v forth_o it_o have_v a_o durable_a continuance_n but_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a soon_o fade_v away_o therefore_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v set_v in_o flippery_a place_n and_o they_o be_v as_o a_o dream_n when_o one_o awake_v psal._n 73.18.20_o mercer_n 2._o doct._n alteration_n of_o state_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n further_o whereas_o first_o the_o horites_n dwell_v in_o mount_n seir_n and_o have_v divers_a dukedom_n and_o principality_n there_o and_o after_o they_o the_o edomite_n be_v first_o duke_n than_o king_n than_o duke_n again_o we_o see_v that_o the_o alteration_n of_o state_n transplant_n and_o change_v of_o kingdom_n be_v in_o the_o lord_n hand_n it_o be_v god_n that_o make_v low_a and_o make_v high_a psal._n 75.7_o muscul._n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n outward_a prosperity_n no_o sure_a note_n of_o the_o church_n vers._n 32._o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o edom_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v divers_a king_n in_o edom_n before_o any_o reign_v in_o israel_n yet_o be_v not_o edom_n the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o israel_n prosperity_n then_o and_o outward_a glory_n be_v no_o sure_a note_n of_o the_o true_a church_n as_o the_o papist_n make_v it_o luther_n for_o then_o moses_n will_v not_o have_v choose_v to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o have_v refuse_v the_o glory_n pomp_n and_o pleasure_n of_o pharaoh_n court_n heb._n 11.25_o 2._o confut._n against_o the_o jew_n that_o magdiel_n be_v not_o rome_n vers._n 43._o duke_n magdiel_n the_o hebrew_n take_v this_o for_o rome_n because_o they_o think_v that_o the_o roman_n come_v of_o the_o idumean_n but_o they_o have_v no_o reason_n for_o it_o spiritual_o indeed_o the_o romanist_n and_o all_o other_o enemy_n to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n may_v be_v count_v idumean_n but_o otherwise_o there_o be_v no_o affinity_n between_o rome_n and_o idumea_n be_v so_o far_o distant_a magdiel_n be_v a_o place_n in_o edom_n as_o timna_n and_o teman_fw-mi and_o the_o rest_n be_v it_o signify_v annuntians_fw-la deum_fw-la praise_v or_o confess_v god_n in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v happy_a for_o rome_n now_o spiritual_a babylon_n if_o she_o can_v true_o be_v call_v magdiel_n 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o observ._n god_n bless_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o righteous_a for_o their_o father_n sake_n vers._n 15._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o the_o son_n of_o esau_n etc._n etc._n as_o ishmael_n be_v temporal_o bless_v for_o abraham_n sake_n so_o be_v esau_n for_o isaack_n sake_n his_o posterity_n be_v renown_v and_o honourable_a thus_o the_o lord_n often_o vouchsafe_v temporal_a and_o outward_a favour_n even_o to_o the_o degenerate_a seed_n for_o their_o righteous_a forefather_n sake_n as_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o take_v away_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n from_o rehoboam_n that_o david_n still_o may_v have_v a_o light_n in_o jerusalem_n 1_o king_n 11.36_o 2._o observ._n the_o wicked_a void_a of_o natural_a affection_n vers._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n the_o horite_n etc._n etc._n esau_n be_v by_o marriage_n ally_v to_o this_o seir_n for_o he_o marry_v aholibamah_n neeâ—e_v to_o sibeon_n the_o three_o son_n of_o seir_n gen._n 36.2.20_o yet_o the_o child_n of_o esau_n chase_v away_o the_o horim_n and_o destroy_v they_o and_o dwell_v in_o their_o stead_n
require_v this_o as_o a_o reward_n and_o recompense_v for_o this_o good_a tiding_n but_o by_o this_o he_o show_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o butler_n good_a success_n and_o favour_n with_o the_o king_n that_o if_o he_o make_v but_o mention_n of_o he_o to_o pharaoh_n he_o may_v be_v deliver_v neither_o do_v he_o ask_v this_o as_o a_o reward_n but_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o do_v himself_o good_a for_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o use_v all_o honest_a mean_n for_o his_o liberty_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v thou_o call_v be_v a_o servant_n care_v not_o for_o it_o yet_o if_o thou_o can_v be_v free_a use_n it_o rather_o 1_o cor._n 7.21_o calvin_n 3._o it_o may_v be_v that_o joseph_n be_v some_o what_o too_o confident_a upon_o this_o mean_n as_o though_o this_o be_v the_o way_n that_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o his_o deliverance_n and_o therefore_o god_n will_v exercise_v josephs_n patience_n still_o so_o that_o joseph_n fail_v not_o in_o diffidence_n and_o distrust_n in_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o mean_n but_o rather_o herein_o that_o he_o limit_v god_n providence_n both_o for_o the_o mean_n and_o the_o time_n that_o even_o now_o and_o by_o this_o mean_n he_o haste_v to_o be_v deliver_v calvin_n mercer_n quest_n four_o how_o joseph_n be_v say_v to_o be_v steal_v away_o vers._n 15._o i_o be_v steal_v away_o by_o theft_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 1._o this_o theft_n be_v not_o commit_v by_o the_o ismaelite_n who_o buy_v joseph_n for_o their_o money_n but_o by_o his_o own_o brother_n who_o commit_v a_o theft_n two_o way_n both_o because_o they_o sell_v a_o freeman_n not_o take_v in_o battle_n nor_o bring_v into_o bondage_n which_o by_o moses_n law_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n exod._n 21.16_o and_o in_o that_o they_o do_v rob_v their_o father_n of_o his_o child_n perer._n 2._o hebron_n be_v not_o here_o mean_v by_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n as_o ramban_n hebrew_n because_o that_o be_v the_o principal_a place_n of_o abode_n for_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n but_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v thus_o call_v where_o the_o hebrew_n dwell_v which_o joseph_n so_o call_v rather_o than_o canaan_n because_o he_o abhor_v to_o be_v count_v of_o that_o nation_n mercer_n quest_n v._o how_o the_o chief_a baker_n his_o head_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o 〈◊〉_d levy_v vers._n 19_o within_o three_o day_n pharaoh_n shall_v take_v thy_o head_n from_o thou_o or_o leavy_z thy_o head_n off_o from_o thou_o etc._n etc._n 1._o junius_n read_v thus_o pharaoh_n number_v thou_o shall_v cause_v theâ—_n no_o more_o to_o be_v number_v and_o he_o refer_v it_o as_o before_o to_z the_o removing_z or_o take_v away_o of_o his_o peg_n which_o he_o take_v for_o his_o head_n out_o of_o his_o hole_n or_o place_n in_o the_o table_n but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v too_o curious_a 2._o neither_o with_o some_o other_o do_v i_o think_v that_o the_o chief_a baker_n be_v behead_v for_o the_o text_n say_v he_o be_v hang_v upon_o a_o tâ—ee_v which_o need_v not_o if_o he_o be_v first_o behead_v 3._o some_o make_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o phrase_n to_o be_v this_o that_o pharaoh_n will_v take_v away_o his_o life_n from_o he_o and_o the_o latin_n say_v capite_fw-la plecti_fw-la to_o lose_v the_o head_n that_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n hence_o they_o be_v call_v capital_a crime_n that_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o head_n or_o life_n mercer_n 4._o the_o most_o read_v shall_v take_v thy_o head_n from_o thou_o but_o he_o be_v hang_v not_o behead_v 5._o some_o think_v he_o be_v first_o behead_v and_o then_o hang_v as_o the_o manner_n be_v yet_o in_o some_o country_n osiand_n but_o in_o that_o the_o butler_n head_n be_v lift_v up_o as_o well_o as_o the_o baker_n vers_fw-la 20._o this_o phrase_n do_v not_o show_v his_o punishment_n for_o then_o the_o effect_n vers_fw-la 20._o shall_v not_o answer_v to_o the_o prophecy_n 6._o some_o understand_v it_o of_o his_o hang_n that_o his_o head_n be_v lift_v up_o upon_o he_o as_o our_o saviour_n call_v his_o hang_n upon_o the_o cross_n his_o exaltation_n or_o lift_v up_o joh._n 3.14_o pelican_n but_o this_o can_v be_v the_o meaning_n because_o the_o same_o phrase_n be_v use_v both_o of_o the_o butler_n and_o baker_n 7._o this_o therefore_o be_v the_o sense_n that_o pharaoh_n shall_v lift_v up_o his_o head_n aloft_o out_o of_o prison_n and_o cause_v his_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v and_o so_o his_o head_n to_o be_v levy_v among_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o take_v cognizance_n of_o both_o their_o cause_n but_o the_o one_o he_o shall_v hang_v and_o restore_v the_o other_o so_o joseph_n do_v foretell_v unto_o they_o three_o thing_n whereof_o the_o first_o the_o levy_n of_o the_o head_n and_o examine_v their_o cause_n be_v common_a to_o they_o both_o the_o other_o two_o thing_n be_v peculiar_a to_o either_o the_o butler_n shall_v be_v restore_v to_o his_o office_n and_o minister_v the_o cup_n to_o the_o king_n vers_n 13._o the_o baker_n shall_v be_v put_v from_o his_o office_n and_o no_o more_o reckon_v or_o levy_v among_o the_o officer_n and_o be_v hang_v this_o than_o be_v the_o true_a read_n of_o the_o word_n pharaoh_n shall_v leavy_z thy_o head_n from_o upon_o thou_o that_o be_v that_o no_o more_o levy_v or_o reckon_n be_v make_v upon_o thou_o which_o word_n may_v be_v supply_v by_o the_o contrary_a vers_fw-la 13._o and_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o preposition_n ghal_o use_v there_o to_o thy_o office_n and_o mâ—ghal_o from_o off_o express_v here_o do_v insinuate_v as_o much_o so_o also_o the_o same_o word_n meghaleca_v from_o off_o thou_o be_v use_v in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o verse_n and_o deut._n 8.4_o thy_o garment_n 〈◊〉_d not_o wax_v old_a from_o off_o thou_o that_o be_v to_o be_v no_o more_o upon_o thou_o and_o so_o to_o be_v use_v by_o thou_o quest_n vi_o whether_o joseph_n use_v any_o preamble_n to_o his_o interpretation_n vers._n 19_o the_o bird_n shall_v eat_v thy_o flesh_n 1._o it_o be_v like_o that_o joseph_n be_v to_o deliver_v so_o hard_a a_o interpretation_n of_o the_o baker_n dream_n do_v use_v some_o preface_n to_o excuse_v himself_o as_o philo_n bring_v he_o in_o thus_o speak_v utinam_fw-la tale_n somnium_fw-la non_fw-la vidiss_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v thou_o have_v either_o not_o see_v this_o dream_n or_o not_o declare_v it_o to_o i_o and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o joseph_n use_v some_o such_o preparation_n as_o daniel_n do_v when_o he_o be_v to_o expound_v nebuchadnezzars_n dream_n the_o dream_n be_v to_o they_o that_o hate_v thou_o and_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o to_o thy_o enemy_n dan._n 4.16_o 2._o this_o hang_n of_o malefactor_n upon_o a_o tree_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o ancient_a punishment_n and_o it_o be_v count_v a_o most_o ignominious_a death_n and_o therefore_o saint_n paul_n set_v forth_o the_o great_a humility_n of_o christ_n that_o humble_v himself_o even_o to_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n philip._n 2._o the_o latin_a translator_n read_v he_o shall_v hang_v thou_o on_o the_o cross_n which_o kind_n of_o death_n be_v use_v also_o among_o the_o roman_n punishment_n as_o tully_n say_v facinus_fw-la est_fw-la vincire_fw-la civem_fw-la romanum_fw-la scelus_fw-la verberare_fw-la quid_fw-la dicam_fw-la in_o crucem_fw-la tollerâ—_n it_o be_v a_o great_a offence_n to_o bind_v a_o citizen_n of_o rome_n a_o great_a to_o beat_v he_o the_o great_a to_o set_v he_o on_o the_o cross_n cicer._n verrem_fw-la 7._o 3._o such_o as_o be_v hang_v to_o death_n among_o the_o israelite_n by_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v take_v down_o and_o bury_v the_o same_o day_n deut._n 21.23_o but_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o use_n be_v not_o observe_v among_o the_o gentile_n but_o their_o body_n do_v hang_v to_o be_v meat_n to_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n perer._n which_o may_v be_v note_v as_o a_o great_a judgement_n of_o god_n when_o the_o lord_n suffer_v his_o own_o image_n in_o man_n to_o be_v so_o deface_v and_o his_o flesh_n to_o be_v give_v for_o meat_n to_o the_o fowl_n and_o beast_n who_o flesh_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v man_n food_n as_o the_o lord_n threaten_v against_o jeroboam_fw-la and_o his_o house_n that_o they_o which_o die_v in_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v eat_v of_o dog_n they_o which_o die_v in_o the_o field_n shall_v be_v devour_v of_o the_o fowl_n of_o heaven_n 1_o king_n 14.11_o muscul._n quest_n vii_o whether_o lawful_a to_o keep_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o birthday_n vers._n 20._o pharaoh_n birthday_n 1._o this_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a custom_n to_o celebrate_v the_o birth-day_n of_o king_n and_o prince_n both_o among_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n as_o witness_v xenophon_n lib._n
it_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n who_o be_v god_n messenger_n for_o so_o angel_n signify_v or_o else_o they_o be_v call_v angel_n of_o evil_a i._o of_o penal_a not_o moral_a evil_n rather_o than_o evil_a angel_n and_o though_o they_o will_v seem_v to_o gather_v by_o those_o word_n chap._n 12.23_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o destroyer_n to_o come_v into_o your_o house_n that_o this_o angel_n of_o himself_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o invade_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o a_o good_a angel_n yet_o that_o follow_v not_o but_o the_o word_n rather_o show_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o angel_n be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o direction_n to_o strike_v where_o god_n bid_v he_o strike_v and_o to_o forbear_v where_o the_o lord_n purpose_v to_o spare_v 4._o wherefore_o as_o the_o good_a angel_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o former_a plague_n as_o be_v show_v before_o quest_n 30._o in_o chap._n 7._o so_o they_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v the_o lord_n instrument_n in_o this_o pâ—rer_n quest_n iv._o whether_o one_o angel_n or_o many_o be_v use_v in_o this_o destruction_n and_o for_o the_o number_n of_o these_o destroy_a angel_n 1._o though_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n chap._n 12.23_o the_o destroyer_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o one_o angel_n shall_v be_v the_o minister_n for_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o put_v the_o singular_a for_o the_o plural_a 2._o therefore_o it_o be_v more_o probable_a that_o many_o angel_n be_v employ_v in_o this_o service_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o multitude_n that_o be_v slay_v for_o in_o the_o host_n of_o senacherib_n one_o angel_n slay_v 180._o thousand_o nor_o of_o the_o distance_n of_o place_n for_o one_o angel_n in_o david_n time_n smite_v 70000._o in_o three_o day_n space_n from_o dan_n to_o beersheba_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o time_n because_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n be_v slay_v at_o midnight_n about_o the_o same_o time_n it_o be_v like_a that_o many_o angel_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o egypt_n be_v send_v of_o god_n to_o strike_v the_o first_o bear_v perer._n cajetan_n quest_n v._o upon_o who_o this_o plague_n in_o the_o smite_v of_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v execute_v vers._n 5._o all_o the_o first_o bear_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n shall_v die_v all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o every_o house_n as_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_n be_v smite_v with_o death_n even_o from_o the_o king_n throne_n unto_o the_o son_n of_o the_o poor_a servant_n that_o ground_n at_o the_o mill_n which_o they_o use_v in_o the_o day_n to_o do_v such_o servile_a work_n and_o in_o the_o night_n time_n keep_v they_o in_o hold_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v chap._n 12.29_o unto_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o captive_a that_o be_v in_o prison_n so_o samson_n do_v grind_v at_o the_o mill_n be_v in_o prison_n judg._n 16._o 2._o beside_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o their_o beast_n be_v slay_v that_o be_v of_o their_o domestical_a cattle_n for_o wild_a beast_n must_v be_v here_o except_v which_o be_v not_o in_o their_o power_n and_o such_o cattle_n as_o bring_v forth_o many_o at_o once_o where_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o firstling_n and_o the_o rest_n perer._n 3_o the_o three_o effect_n of_o this_o plague_n be_v that_o god_n do_v execute_v his_o judgement_n upon_o the_o god_n and_o idol_n of_o egypt_n chap._n 12.12_o quest_n vi_o whether_o in_o every_o house_n the_o first_o bear_v be_v slay_v but_o here_o this_o doubt_n arise_v concern_v the_o first_o bear_v because_o it_o be_v say_v afterward_o chap._n 12.30_o that_o there_o be_v no_o house_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o one_o dead_a whether_o in_o every_o house_n there_o be_v a_o first_o bear_v 1._o ab._n ezra_n think_v all_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o the_o great_a part_n 2._o simler_n for_o the_o house_n of_o every_o sort_n both_o of_o high_a and_o low_a as_o the_o king_n and_o captive_a be_v name_v 3._o hugo_n s._n victor_n do_v thus_o interpret_v it_o that_o in_o every_o house_n where_o be_v any_o first_o bear_v there_o be_v one_o slay_v but_o it_o seem_v that_o no_o house_n at_o all_o be_v except_v because_o all_o the_o israelite_n be_v command_v to_o strike_v the_o blood_n upon_o the_o post_n of_o their_o door_n to_o escape_v the_o plague_n 4._o therefore_o augustine_n think_v that_o god_n so_o dispose_v at_o this_o time_n by_o his_o divine_a providence_n that_o every_o house_n of_o the_o egyptian_n have_v one_o first_o borne_n quest_n 44._o in_o exod._n but_o we_o need_v not_o run_v unto_o miracle_n where_o another_o exposition_n may_v be_v find_v 5._o thostatus_n think_v that_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v here_o take_v for_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o feminine_a sex_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o male_n whether_o their_o parent_n be_v alive_a or_o dead_a whether_o they_o be_v the_o first_o bear_v by_o the_o husband_n or_o wife_n but_o the_o name_n of_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o thus_o take_v in_o scripture_n neither_o yet_o be_v it_o like_o that_o any_o female_n die_v but_o male_n as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v that_o be_v make_v holy_a unto_o god_n upon_o this_o occasion_n because_o the_o lord_n for_o israel_n sake_n kill_v all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n there_o only_o the_o male_n that_o first_o open_v the_o womb_n be_v set_v apart_o chap._n 13.12_o 6._o therefore_o of_o all_o the_o â—est_n i_o prefer_v the_o exposition_n of_o junius_n that_o in_o every_o house_n either_o the_o first_o or_o if_o there_o be_v no_o first_o bear_v the_o next_o principal_a man_n be_v take_v in_o stead_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v so_o also_o cajetan_n quest_n vii_o why_o the_o lord_n destroy_v the_o first_o bear_v now_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v slay_v 1._o because_o they_o oppress_v israel_n who_o the_o lord_n call_v his_o first_o bear_v exod._n 4._o theodoret._n 2._o rather_o because_o they_o put_v to_o death_n the_o first_o bear_v child_n of_o israel_n yea_o all_o the_o male_n therefore_o the_o lord_n do_v worthy_o punish_v they_o in_o their_o first_o bear_v ferus_fw-la 3._o and_o this_o plague_n be_v ordain_v for_o they_o more_o grievous_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n for_o what_o can_v come_v near_o a_o man_n than_o the_o death_n of_o his_o first_o bear_v which_o also_o may_v be_v his_o only_a bear_v as_o abraham_n can_v not_o have_v a_o great_a trial_n than_o when_o he_o be_v command_v to_o sacrifice_v his_o only_a son_n isaac_n that_o the_o egyptian_n shall_v be_v force_v by_o this_o last_o and_o great_a plague_n to_o let_v israel_n go_v perer._n 4._o neither_o be_v this_o unjust_a in_o god_n to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o infant_n who_o be_v not_o innocent_a before_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n that_o give_v they_o life_n may_v take_v it_o away_o if_o it_o more_o serve_v unto_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o parent_n also_o that_o have_v sin_v be_v punish_v herein_o by_o the_o death_n of_o their_o dear_a child_n be_v themselves_o reserve_v for_o a_o great_a destruction_n simler_n quest_n viii_o why_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o cattle_n also_o be_v destroy_v the_o egyptian_n cattle_n also_o be_v kill_v 1._o because_o this_o loss_n also_o be_v a_o punishment_n unto_o the_o egyptian_n for_o who_o use_n they_o serve_v simler_n 2._o and_o much_o of_o their_o substance_n also_o consist_v in_o cattle_n perer._n so_o that_o both_o they_o lose_v part_n of_o their_o substance_n and_o want_v the_o use_n of_o they_o 3._o beside_o the_o egyptian_n oppress_v the_o israelite_n and_o wrong_v they_o in_o their_o cattle_n ferus_fw-la 4._o the_o hebrew_n also_o think_v this_o be_v one_o special_a cause_n for_o that_o the_o egyptian_n do_v superstitious_o adore_v divers_a kind_n of_o cattle_n and_o therefore_o for_o detestation_n of_o their_o idolatry_n the_o cattle_n be_v punish_v quest_n ix_o how_o the_o god_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v judge_v now_o what_o god_n of_o egypt_n be_v judge_v be_v diverse_o scan_v 1._o some_o think_v that_o by_o god_n the_o magistrate_n and_o judge_n be_v understand_v osiander_n but_o this_o be_v say_v before_o that_o the_o first_o bear_v shall_v be_v kill_v even_o from_o the_o prince_n throne_n this_o be_v a_o punishment_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o his_o great_a man_n to_o have_v their_o first_o bear_v cut_v off_o 2._o some_o think_v that_o the_o egyptian_a god_n be_v judge_v in_o that_o their_o worshipper_n be_v punish_v borrh._o 3_o other_o that_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o idol_n be_v cast_v down_o hierom_n and_o their_o idol_n throw_v down_o and_o beat_v to_o dust_n as_o the_o hebrew_n 4._o some_o that_o
origen_n hom_n 8._o genes_n the_o apostle_n only_o say_v that_o he_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v he_o up_o even_o from_o the_o dead_a but_o that_o god_n will_v do_v it_o so_o present_o he_o know_v not_o neither_o have_v it_o be_v such_o a_o trial_n of_o his_o faith_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n if_o he_o have_v be_v sure_a that_o his_o son_n shall_v in_o that_o instant_n have_v be_v restore_v again_o to_o life_n 6._o i_o think_v rather_o that_o abraham_n be_v general_o by_o faith_n assure_v of_o god_n power_n yet_o be_v ignorant_a in_o this_o particular_a what_o will_v fall_v out_o and_o therefore_o speak_v as_o a_o man_n amaze_v and_o astonish_v and_o yet_o ignorant_o prophesy_v prophetavit_fw-la quod_fw-la ignoravit_fw-la ambr._n jun._n qvest._n xi_o of_o abraham_n constancy_n and_o isaack_n obedience_n vers._n 7._o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n 1._o abraham_n settle_a constancy_n appear_v that_o notwithstanding_o these_o amiable_a word_n of_o his_o son_n yet_o 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4._o take_v a_o wife_n to_o my_o son_n isaac_n abraham_n provide_v a_o wife_n for_o isaac_n it_o be_v not_o then_o lawful_a for_o child_n to_o enterprise_n marriage_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o parent_n so_o rebeckas_n parent_n do_v dispose_v of_o she_o for_o marriage_n v_o 51._o rebeckah_n be_v before_o thou_o take_v she_o and_o go_v and_o she_o afterward_o give_v consent_n to_o their_o choice_n v_o 58._o wherefore_o great_a wrong_n be_v offer_v to_o the_o right_n of_o parent_n by_o the_o popish_a canon_n that_o allow_v contract_n make_v without_o the_o parent_n consent_n calvin_n 3._o doct._n angel_n precedent_n and_o minister_n of_o marriage_n vers._n 7._o he_o shall_v send_v his_o angel_n before_o thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o holy_a angel_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v a_o guide_n in_o this_o business_n of_o marriage_n which_o therefore_o be_v hence_o conclude_v to_o be_v a_o holy_a thing_n see_v such_o holy_a spirit_n be_v precedent_n of_o this_o action_n as_o the_o 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give_v he_o a_o name_n edom_n calvin_n this_o action_n be_v govern_v by_o god_n providence_n and_o the_o prophecy_n begin_v now_o to_o take_v place_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a quest_n xl._o whether_o jacob_n offend_v in_o cause_v esau_n to_o sell_v his_o birthright_n vers._n 31._o cell_n i_o now_o thy_o birthright_n 1._o jacob_n may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v deal_v cruel_o with_o esau_n and_o uncharitable_o that_o will_v give_v he_o no_o relief_n be_v ready_a to_o die_v but_o upon_o such_o hard_a condition_n but_o the_o answer_n be_v that_o esau_n covet_v jacob_n pottage_n not_o of_o necessity_n for_o there_o be_v other_o meat_n in_o the_o house_n whereby_o he_o may_v have_v satisfy_v his_o hunger_n but_o of_o a_o unsatiable_a greediness_n 2._o but_o jacob_n be_v too_o covetous_a to_o cause_n esau_n to_o sell_v for_o so_o small_a a_o trifle_n so_o rich_a a_o thing_n as_o his_o birthright_n which_o include_v many_o privilege_n as_o the_o priority_n and_o government_n of_o his_o brethren_n a_o double_a portion_n to_o the_o rest_n the_o priesthood_n and_o right_a to_o sacrifice_v exod._n 19.22_o and_o 24.5_o and_o beside_o be_v a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o everlasting_a life_n vatabl._n here_o the_o answer_n be_v not_o as_o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o jacob_n give_v a_o great_a sum_n and_o this_o to_o be_v only_o as_o a_o earnest_n for_o no_o such_o thing_n appear_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o the_o true_a answer_n be_v this_o that_o jacob_n know_v by_o the_o instruction_n of_o his_o mother_n that_o the_o birthright_n by_o god_n appointment_n belong_v unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o as_o a_o wise_a man_n he_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o recover_v his_o right_n from_o he_o that_o be_v a_o usurper_n of_o it_o 3._o but_o see_v this_o birthright_n be_v a_o sacred_a thing_n for_o otherwise_o esau_n shall_v not_o be_v count_v a_o profane_a person_n for_o sell_v it_o how_o can_v jacob_n buy_v it_o without_o sin_n answer_n jacob_n intelligitur_fw-la svam_fw-la vexationem_fw-la redemisse_fw-la birthright_n jacob_n do_v but_o redeem_v his_o own_o vexation_n he_o buy_v not_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o belong_v to_o he_o but_o only_o recover_v that_o which_o be_v his_o own_o and_o this_o be_v not_o simoniacal_a in_o sacred_a thing_n for_o a_o man_n to_o redeem_v his_o quietness_n and_o peaceable_a possession_n 4._o but_o see_v esau_n sin_v in_o sell_v his_o birthright_n how_o can_v jacob_n be_v without_o sin_n yes_o jacob_n offend_v not_o be_v hereunto_o no_o doubt_n stir_v and_o incite_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o spare_v from_o his_o own_o belly_n to_o obtain_v such_o a_o blessing_n prefer_v thing_n spiritual_a before_o temporal_a but_o esau_n sin_v in_o set_v so_o light_a by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n as_o shall_v appear_v in_o the_o next_o question_n mer._n yet_o this_o extraordinary_a fact_n of_o jacob_n be_v not_o to_o be_v draw_v into_o imitation_n quest_n xli_o whether_o before_o the_o law_n the_o first_o bear_v do_v always_o exercise_v priesthood_n but_o whether_o the_o priesthood_n do_v go_v with_o the_o birthright_n and_o that_o the_o first_o bear_v do_v execute_v the_o priest_n office_n it_o be_v question_v among_o the_o learned_a for_o the_o solution_n whereof_o 1._o i_o neither_o think_v with_o the_o hebrew_n that_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o family_n always_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n of_o the_o priesthood_n for_o abel_n the_o young_a brother_n offer_v sacrifice_n as_o well_o as_o cain_n 2._o neither_o with_o oleaster_n that_o this_o be_v never_o practise_v who_o opinion_n be_v that_o the_o priesthood_n be_v not_o due_a to_o the_o first_o bear_v before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n in_o hunc_fw-la loc_n for_o the_o contrary_n be_v evident_a exod._n 24.5_o 3._o neither_o do_v i_o whole_o assent_v to_o hierome_n who_o think_v that_o omnes_fw-la primogeniti_fw-la ex_fw-la stirpe_fw-la noah_n that_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o noah_n stock_n be_v priest_n epist_n 126._o ad_fw-la evag._n for_o then_o japheth_n rather_o then_o sem_fw-mi shall_v have_v have_v that_o prerogative_n for_o he_o be_v elder_a than_o sem_fw-mi be_v bear_v in_o the_o 500_o year_n of_o noah_n age_n gen._n 5.32_o sem_fw-mi two_o year_n after_o gen._n 11.10_o yet_o sem_fw-mi be_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n suppose_v to_o be_v melchisedeck_n and_o noah_n say_v bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o sem_fw-mi gen._n 9.26_o 4._o neither_o do_v the_o apostle_n call_v esau_n profane_v only_o as_o pererius_n think_v because_o he_o sell_v the_o priesthood_n annex_v to_o the_o birthright_n for_o it_o be_v a_o holy_a thing_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o spiritual_a blessing_n annex_v unto_o it_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v gen._n 22.18_o 5._o this_o then_o be_v our_o opinion_n rather_o that_o before_o moses_n the_o father_n of_o the_o house_n be_v the_o priest_n for_o the_o family_n as_o we_o read_v that_o job_n every_o day_n offer_v sacrifice_n for_o his_o son_n but_o after_o the_o father_n be_v decease_v than_o the_o first_o bear_v succeed_v both_o in_o the_o inheritance_n and_o priesthood_n and_o so_o after_o isaack_n decease_n the_o birthright_n shall_v also_o have_v convey_v with_o it_o the_o priesthood_n mercer_n but_o that_o ordinance_n that_o the_o first_o bear_v shall_v exercise_v the_o priesthood_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n though_o he_o be_v not_o the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n be_v no_o old_a than_o moses_n exod._n 19.22.24.5_o who_o then_o be_v sanctify_v and_o set_v apart_o unto_o god_n exod._n 13.2_o quest_n xxxvii_o how_o many_o way_n esau_n offend_v in_o sell_v his_o birthright_n vers._n 32._o lo_o i_o be_o almost_o dead_a etc._n etc._n esau_n diverse_o offend_v in_o sell_v his_o birthright_n 1._o because_o he_o esteem_v his_o birthright_n only_o by_o the_o present_a commodity_n and_o pleasure_n of_o this_o life_n for_o whether_o he_o mean_v in_o respect_n of_o his_o daily_a danger_n in_o hunt_v he_o be_v subject_a to_o death_n as_o jun._n or_o general_o speak_v of_o his_o mortality_n as_o mercer_n or_o which_o be_v most_o like_a of_o his_o present_a faintness_n calvin_n he_o only_o limit_v his_o birthright_n to_o this_o life_n as_o though_o it_o can_v not_o profit_v he_o afterward_o whereupon_o the_o hebrew_n gather_v that_o he_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n 2._o esau_n offend_v in_o his_o intemperancy_n and_o ravenous_a desire_n that_o prefer_v his_o belly_n before_o so_o great_a and_o rich_a a_o birthright_n 3._o in_o that_o for_o so_o mean_v a_o value_n he_o will_v forgo_v such_o a_o inheritance_n for_o whereas_o aben_n ezra_n will_v excuse_v the_o matter_n because_o isaac_n be_v now_o become_v very_o poor_a fancy_n and_o therefore_o esau_n set_v the_o less_o by_o his_o patrimony_n it_o have_v no_o ground_n at_o all_o for_o whereas_o abraham_n be_v very_o rich_a and_o leave_v all_o to_o isaac_n and_o god_n bless_v isaac_n beside_o how_o be_v it_o like_o that_o isaac_n in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n can_v be_v waste_v 4._o another_o sin_n be_v esau_n his_o profaneness_n note_v by_o the_o apostle_n heb._n 12.16_o that_o part_v with_o a_o spiritual_a blessing_n for_o a_o temporal_a and_o momentany_a pleasure_n 5._o his_o unthankfulness_n to_o god_n appear_v in_o that_o he_o no_o more_o regard_v the_o dignity_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v give_v unto_o he_o 6._o his_o obstinacy_n in_o that_o he_o repent_v not_o his_o folly_n but_o after_o he_o have_v do_v go_v away_o careless_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v esau_n contemn_v his_o birthright_n vers_fw-la 34._o 7._o his_o falsehood_n and_o perfidious_a nature_n appear_v who_o though_o he_o have_v pass_v over_o his_o birthright_n to_o jacob_n with_o a_o oath_n yet_o seem_v to_o make_v but_o a_o scoff_n of_o it_o and_o purpose_v not_o in_o his_o heart_n to_o perform_v it_o perer._n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n vers._n 8._o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n theodoret_n from_o hence_o well_o conclude_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n for_o if_o man_n whole_o perish_v and_o do_v not_o pass_v to_o another_o life_n moses_n will_v not_o have_v say_v he_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n qu._n 109._o in_o genes_n our_o saviour_n also_o use_v the_o like_a argument_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v alive_a to_o god_n because_o the_o lord_n call_v himself_o the_o god_n of_o isaac_n abraham_n and_o jacob_n god_n be_v not_o the_o god_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o the_o live_n matth._n 22.23_o 2_o doct._n order_n of_o time_n not_o always_o observe_v in_o the_o sacred_a history_n vers._n 20._o isaack_n be_v 40._o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n whereas_o moses_n set_v down_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n and_o of_o ishmael_n before_o he_o describe_v the_o
that_o because_o they_o suffer_v in_o earth_n they_o shall_v there_o also_o be_v reward_v but_o as_o the_o israelite_n be_v afflict_v in_o egypt_n and_o recompense_v in_o canaan_n so_o the_o faithful_a for_o their_o travel_n and_o labour_n in_o the_o earth_n shall_v find_v rest_n in_o heaven_n 5._o confut._n obedience_n for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n not_o commendable_a vers._n 41._o the_o day_n of_o mourning_n for_o my_o father_n will_v come_v short_o etc._n etc._n esau_n forbear_v a_o while_n from_o slay_v his_o brother_n not_o of_o any_o conscience_n but_o for_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n curse_n &_o displeasure_n we_o see_v then_o that_o obedience_n which_o be_v cause_v for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n be_v but_o a_o force_a obedience_n nor_o of_o any_o acceptance_n with_o god_n which_o notwithstanding_o be_v so_o much_o commend_v of_o the_o papist_n calvin_n saint_n paul_n say_v love_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 13.10_o they_o then_o which_o do_v not_o yield_v their_o service_n of_o love_n do_v not_o keep_v and_o fulfil_v the_o law_n 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o observ._n the_o meditation_n of_o death_n profitable_a vers._n 2._o i_o know_v not_o the_o day_n of_o my_o death_n the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o time_n of_o our_o end_n ought_v to_o stir_v we_o up_o to_o watchfulness_n and_o to_o make_v all_o thing_n straight_o with_o god_n and_o the_o world_n as_o here_o isaac_n resolve_v to_o hasten_v the_o blessing_n of_o his_o son_n because_o of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o his_o end_n muscul._n for_o our_o saviour_n exhort_v we_o to_o watch_v because_o we_o know_v not_o when_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n will_v come_v mark_n 13.35_o 2._o observ._n parent_n curse_v how_o much_o to_o be_v fear_v vers._n 12._o so_o shall_v i_o bring_v a_o curse_n upon_o i_o and_o not_o a_o blessing_n etc._n etc._n jacob_n be_v afraid_a to_o purchase_v his_o father_n curse_n whereunto_o the_o scripture_n attribute_v much_o we_o read_v how_o heavy_a noah_n curse_n be_v upon_o cham_n augustine_n report_v a_o strange_a story_n of_o a_o woman_n of_o caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n who_o after_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n receive_v wrong_a at_o the_o hand_n of_o her_o child_n which_o be_v ten_o in_o number_n mother_n seven_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n accurse_a they_o all_o whereupon_o present_o they_o be_v all_o strike_v with_o a_o shake_n and_o tremble_v of_o all_o their_o part_n and_o for_o shame_n they_o disperse_v themselves_o into_o divers_a country_n of_o which_o number_n two_o pallus_n and_o paladia_n a_o brother_n and_o sister_n come_v to_o hippo_n lib._n 27._o de_fw-la civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 8._o 3._o observ._n god_n must_v be_v seek_v and_o fly_v unto_o in_o time_n vers._n 34._o bless_v i_o also_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n esau_n come_v too_o late_o for_o the_o blessing_n which_o be_v bestow_v before_o and_o he_o come_v out_o of_o time_n another_o have_v prevent_v he_o can_v not_o obtain_v it_o no_o not_o with_o tear_n we_o must_v seek_v the_o lord_n therefore_o in_o time_n and_o enter_v in_o while_o the_o door_n be_v open_a lest_o if_o we_o stay_v till_o the_o door_n be_v shut_v upon_o we_o we_o remain_v without_o so_o the_o prophet_n say_v seek_v the_o lord_n while_o he_o may_v be_v find_v call_v upon_o he_o while_o he_o be_v near_o isaiah_n 55.6_o calvin_n 4._o observ._n outward_a blessing_n common_a to_o the_o just_a and_o unjust_a vers._n 39_o the_o fatness_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v thy_o dwell_n etc._n etc._n esau_n be_v bless_v with_o temporal_a gift_n as_o the_o fatness_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o jacob_n be_v before_o so_o that_o we_o see_v that_o these_o external_a blessing_n of_o the_o world_n be_v grant_v as_o well_o to_o the_o ungodly_a as_o the_o righteous_a as_o our_o saviour_n say_v that_o god_n send_v rain_n upon_o the_o just_a and_o unjust_a matth._n 5.45_o perer._n which_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o much_o care_n for_o these_o outward_a thing_n but_o desire_v the_o best_a and_o more_o principal_a gift_n 5._o observ._n persecution_n for_o righteousness_n sake_n vers._n 43._o flee_v to_o haran_n etc._n etc._n jacob_n be_v constrain_v to_o flee_v and_o shift_v for_o himself_o because_o of_o the_o blessing_n so_o while_o the_o faithful_a do_v seek_v for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o spiritual_a thing_n they_o must_v make_v account_n to_o find_v hard_a entertainment_n in_o the_o world_n calvin_n but_o christ_n have_v give_v we_o a_o comfort_n bless_v be_v they_o which_o suffer_v persecution_n for_o righteousness_n sake_n matth._n 5.10_o 6._o observ._n god_n promise_n to_o be_v expect_v with_o patience_n further_o whereas_o jacob_n which_o have_v the_o blessing_n be_v drive_v from_o his_o father_n house_n and_o be_v constrain_v to_o serve_v twenty_o year_n under_o a_o hard_a master_n and_o esau_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n have_v the_o rule_n of_o his_o father_n house_n prosper_v and_o become_v a_o mighty_a man_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o neither_o rebeckah_n nor_o jacob_n despair_v of_o god_n promise_n or_o doubt_v of_o the_o blessing_n it_o teach_v we_o that_o although_o the_o wicked_a do_v for_o a_o while_n flourish_n in_o the_o world_n we_o shall_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o god_n in_o his_o good_a time_n will_v perform_v his_o promise_n towards_o he_o mercer_n 7._o observ._n injury_n must_v first_o be_v forget_v and_o then_o forgive_v vers._n 45._o till_o thy_o brother_n wrath_n be_v turn_v away_o etc._n etc._n and_o he_o forget_v etc._n etc._n the_o forgetfulness_n of_o wrong_n bring_v forth_o forgiveness_n but_o where_o injury_n be_v remember_v they_o be_v hardly_o remit_v muscul._n we_o must_v therefore_o forget_v and_o then_o forgive_v as_o joseph_n do_v forget_v all_o the_o wrong_n that_o his_o brethren_n do_v unto_o he_o and_o consider_v how_o the_o lord_n turn_v it_o to_o his_o good_a gen._n 50.20_o 8._o observ._n wife_n must_v not_o exasperate_v or_o provoke_v their_o husband_n vers._n 46._o i_o be_o weary_a of_o my_o life_n for_o the_o daughter_n of_o hoth_n rebeckah_n as_o a_o wise_a and_o discreet_a woman_n not_o willing_a to_o grieve_v her_o husband_n conceal_v from_o he_o the_o malicious_a hatred_n of_o esau_n towards_o jacob_n and_o pretend_v another_o cause_n of_o send_v away_o jacob_n namely_o to_o provide_v he_o a_o wife_n from_o her_o own_o kindred_n and_o not_o to_o match_v into_o so_o wicked_a a_o race_n as_o esau_n have_v do_v mercer_n by_o which_o example_n woman_n shall_v learn_v that_o as_o their_o husband_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v bitter_a to_o they_o so_o they_o again_o shall_v not_o exasperate_v their_o husband_n with_o quick_a word_n or_o froward_a deed_n as_o sarah_n obey_v abraham_n and_o call_v he_o lord_n 1_o pet._n 3.6_o she_o do_v with_o mild_a and_o dutiful_a word_n seek_v to_o please_v he_o chap._n xxviii_o 1._o the_o argument_n and_o content_n first_o isaack_n charge_v to_o jacob_n concern_v his_o marriage_n and_o his_o blessing_n be_v set_v forth_o vers_fw-la 1.5_o 2._o esau_n his_o hypocrisy_n who_o to_o please_v his_o father_n take_v a_o wife_n from_o ismaels_n house_n vers_n 6._o to_o 10._o 3._o god_n providence_n be_v declare_v in_o a_o vision_n to_o jacob_n how_o the_o lord_n promise_v to_o be_v with_o he_o and_o to_o conduct_v he_o vers_n 10._o to_o 16._o 4._o jacob_n fear_n devotion_n and_o vow_v be_v express_v vers_fw-la 16._o to_o the_o end_n 2._o the_o divers_a reading_n mut_n v_o 2._o into_o mesopotamia_n of_o syria_n h.c._n mesopotamia_n s.b._n padan_n of_o syria_n t._n padan_n aram._n g.p._n v_o 4._o which_o god_n promise_v to_o thy_o grandfather_n h._n which_o god_n give_v to_o abraham_n cater_n v_o 5._o rebeckah_n his_o mother_n h._n the_o mother_n of_o jacob_n and_o esau._n cater_n v_o 8._o prove_v that_o his_o father_n do_v not_o willing_o look_v upon_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n h._n esau_n see_v that_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n displease_v or_o seem_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o isaac_n his_o father_n cater_n cor_o v_o 9_o melech_n the_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n h._n mahalath_n caet_fw-la v_o 13._o the_o lord_n lean_v upon_o the_o ladder_n h._n the_o glory_n of_o god_n stand_v upon_o it_o c._n the_o lord_n stand_v above_o it_o cater_n v_o 13._o fear_v not_o s._n the_o rest_n have_v not_o these_o word_n v_o 14._o for_o thou_o and_o for_o thy_o child_n shall_v all_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v c._n in_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n cater_n v_o 16._o in_o truth_n the_o glory_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o this_o place_n c._n true_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o this_o place_n cat_n v_o 17._o this_o be_v no_o common_a place_n but_o a_o place_n wherein_o god_n be_v please_v and_o over_o against_o this_o place_n be_v the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n c._n this_o be_v no_o other_o
time_n about_o 180._o year_n of_o age_n for_o it_o be_v 170._o year_n since_o she_o come_v first_o with_o rebeckah_n into_o canaan_n when_o she_o may_v well_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v 50._o year_n old_a have_v the_o charge_n and_o government_n of_o rebeckah_n 3._o it_o be_v very_o like_a that_o rebeckah_n be_v now_o depart_v for_o otherwise_o deborah_n will_v not_o have_v leave_v she_o so_o long_o as_o she_o live_v 4._o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o rebeckah_n death_n not_o because_o she_o be_v bury_v obscure_o and_o in_o the_o night_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v isaac_n be_v blind_a and_o none_o to_o bury_v she_o but_o esau_n but_o it_o be_v the_o use_n of_o scripture_n to_o make_v rare_a mention_n of_o the_o death_n of_o woman_n in_o this_o place_n deborahs_n death_n be_v record_v as_o a_o accident_n that_o fall_v out_o by_o the_o way_n mercer_n quest_n v._o how_o deborah_n come_v to_o be_v in_o jacob_n company_n now_o whereas_o the_o question_n be_v move_v how_o deborah_n come_v to_o be_v in_o jacob_n company_n 1._o neither_o be_v it_o like_v that_o after_o she_o have_v accompany_v rebeckah_n into_o canaan_n she_o go_v back_o again_o and_o be_v now_o desirous_a to_o go_v and_o see_v rebeckah_n as_o chrysostome_n for_o she_o be_v send_v with_o rebeckah_n to_o remain_v with_o she_o 2._o neither_o do_v she_o go_v with_o jacob_n at_o the_o first_o when_o he_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n as_o calvin_n for_o he_o be_v alone_o in_o bethel_n 3._o neither_o be_v she_o send_v as_o a_o messenger_n to_o fetch_v jacob_n out_o of_o mesopotamia_n as_o the_o hebrew_n for_o he_o return_v at_o god_n commandment_n not_o at_o his_o mother_n call_v 4._o neither_o as_o ramban_n be_v it_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o rebeckah_n have_v more_o nurse_n than_o one_o 5._o but_o it_o be_v like_a that_o deborah_n be_v send_v to_o meet_v jacob_n be_v return_v mercer_n or_o go_v to_o he_o of_o her_o own_o accord_n after_o rebeckah_n death_n cajetan_n quest_n vi_o of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o vision_n wherein_o god_n appear_v to_o jacob_n vers._n 9_o again_o god_n appear_v unto_o jacob_n etc._n etc._n not_o as_o though_o this_o be_v the_o second_o vision_n in_o all_o which_o jacob_n have_v but_o it_o be_v another_o vision_n beside_o that_o mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o chapter_n where_o he_o be_v bid_v to_o go_v up_o to_o bethel_n or_o it_o be_v the_o second_o time_n that_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o in_o bethel_n for_o otherwise_o to_o count_v all_o the_o vision_n that_o jacob_n have_v this_o be_v in_o number_n the_o seven_o 1._o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o in_o bethel_n in_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o ladder_n 2._o when_o in_o a_o dream_n he_o be_v show_v the_o particoloured_a sheep_n genes_n 31.11_o 3._o when_o the_o lord_n bid_v he_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n gen._n 31.3_o 4._o when_o the_o angel_n meet_v he_o gen._n 32.2_o 5._o when_o the_o angel_n wrestle_v with_o he_o 6._o when_o god_n bid_v he_o go_v up_o to_o bethel_n 7._o god_n appear_v again_o unto_o he_o in_o bethel_n perer._n quest_n vii_o whether_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n be_v here_o new_o impose_v or_o but_o renew_v vers._n 10._o thy_o name_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v jacob_n but_o israel_n etc._n etc._n 1._o neither_o iâ—_n this_o the_o same_o vision_n which_o jacob_n have_v when_o he_o wrestle_v with_o the_o angel_n as_o oleaster_n because_o the_o same_o name_n be_v impose_v for_o the_o text_n say_v that_o god_n appear_v again_o to_o jacob_n vers_fw-la 9_o that_o be_v in_o bethel_n 2._o neither_o as_o hierome_n think_v be_v the_o name_n of_o jacob_n only_o foretell_v then_o and_o impose_v now_o tradit_fw-la in_o genes_n as_o peter_n name_n be_v design_v john_n 1._o but_o actual_o give_v he_o matth._n 12.16_o thom._n anglic._n for_o before_o this_o jacob_n be_v twice_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n genes_n 33.10_o and_o gen._n 34.7_o 3._o neither_o as_o tostatus_n and_o lyranus_fw-la think_v be_v the_o same_o name_n impose_v in_o both_o place_n but_o upon_o divers_a reason_n for_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o be_v call_v israel_n because_o he_o prevail_v with_o god_n and_o therefore_o much_o more_o with_o man_n to_o signify_v his_o fortitude_n in_o the_o active_a life_n but_o here_o be_v name_v israel_n that_o be_v see_v god_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o contemplative_a life_n the_o which_o he_o have_v now_o achieve_v but_o there_o appear_v no_o difference_n at_o all_o in_o the_o reason_n and_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n for_o as_o there_o by_o the_o name_n israel_n he_o be_v comfort_v and_o fortify_v against_o esau_n so_o here_o against_o the_o canaanite_n that_o think_v to_o have_v revenge_v the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o sichemite_n 4._o wherefore_o we_o say_v that_o the_o same_o name_n upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n be_v here_o impose_v and_o that_o this_o be_v but_o a_o repetition_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o other_o vision_n and_o thereupon_o jacob_n be_v confident_a do_v now_o more_o open_o call_v himself_o israel_n mercer_n jun._n and_o so_o it_o be_v not_o unusual_a in_o scripture_n to_o have_v the_o same_o promise_n often_o repeat_v as_o those_o make_v to_o abraham_n of_o the_o multiply_a of_o his_o seed_n and_o possess_v of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v often_o revive_v and_o renew_v as_o gen._n 15.17.22_o perer._n quest_n viii_o how_o it_o be_v say_v thy_o name_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v jacob_n fvrth_o whereas_o the_o lord_n say_v thy_o name_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v jacob_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v afterward_o call_v jacob_n 1._o augustine_n think_v that_o he_o be_v call_v jacob_n in_o respect_n of_o this_o life_n only_o where_o he_o shall_v wrestle_v as_o his_o name_n signify_v with_o many_o temptation_n but_o he_o be_v call_v israel_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v quast_o 114._o in_o gen._n but_o this_o solution_n be_v mystical_a and_o this_o mutation_n of_o jacob_n name_n historical_a satisfy_v not_o much_o like_o be_v the_o solution_n of_o tostatus_n that_o he_o be_v call_v jacob_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o active_a life_n but_o israel_n for_o his_o contemplative_a neither_o be_v this_o answer_n sufficient_a to_o say_v he_o shall_v be_v call_v by_o both_o name_n but_o in_o a_o diverse_a sense_n for_o the_o text_n deny_v unto_o he_o the_o name_n of_o jacob_n any_o more_o 3._o nor_o yet_o do_v we_o approve_v the_o solution_n of_o cajetan_n vatab._n that_o for_o ultra_fw-la no_o more_o put_v in_o tantum_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v call_v jacob_n for_o thus_o the_o text_n be_v force_v 4._o pererius_n thus_o interprete_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o much_o call_v by_o the_o name_n israel_n as_o have_v the_o thing_n thereby_o signify_v as_o strength_n and_o power_n with_o god_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o christ_n he_o shall_v be_v call_v emanuel_n that_o be_v god_n with_o we_o yet_o be_v not_o christ_n so_o call_v who_o be_v indeed_o god_n with_o we_o but_o this_o sense_n be_v not_o so_o proper_a for_o jacob_n be_v usual_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n 5._o therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v rather_o this_o that_o although_o the_o name_n of_o jacob_n shall_v remain_v yet_o the_o last_o be_v more_o honourable_a and_o excellent_a and_o shall_v obscure_v that_o other_o muscul._n mercer_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o author_n the_o name_n jacob_n be_v give_v by_o man_n the_o name_n israel_n by_o god_n 2._o in_o signification_n it_o be_v more_o excellent_a jacob_n signify_v a_o supplant_a because_o he_o hold_v esau_n by_o the_o heel_n but_o israel_n be_v interpret_v one_o that_o prevail_v with_o god_n 3._o the_o name_n israel_n be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a nation_n and_o posterity_n of_o jacob_n who_o of_o israel_n be_v call_v israelite_n not_o of_o jacob_n jacobite_n quest_n ix_o what_o king_n come_v out_o of_o jacob_n loin_n vers._n 11._o king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o thy_o loin_n etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o hebrew_n special_o refer_v it_o to_o saul_n and_o isboseth_n that_o be_v king_n of_o benjamin_n and_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n and_o manasses_n 2._o but_o because_o that_o saul_n and_o his_o house_n be_v reject_v of_o god_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v but_o a_o usurpation_n it_o be_v special_o to_o be_v apply_v to_o david_n and_o the_o other_o king_n of_o judah_n calvin_n 3._o it_o may_v also_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o gentile_n convert_v to_o the_o faith_n who_o spiritual_o be_v bear_v of_o jacob_n mercer_n 4._o these_o nation_n that_o come_v out_o of_o jacob_n loin_n be_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n that_o multiply_v &_o increase_v as_o so_o many_o several_a nation_n quest_n x._o how_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v give_v to_o
v_o 21._o leson_n asar_n risoâ—_n s._n dishon_n ezer_n dishan_n caeter_fw-la s.h.c._n v_o 24._o as_o she_o feed_v b._n as_o he_o feed_v caeter_fw-la this_o be_v that_o ana_n that_o find_v eanomin_v in_o the_o desert_n s._n that_o find_v giant_n in_o the_o wilderness_n c._n he_o water_v h._n that_o find_v mule_n t._n b._n g._n p._n ieenâ—m_o mile_n cat_n when_o he_o find_v the_o yoke_n hupozugia_fw-la of_o his_o father_n sibeon_n s._n when_o he_o feed_v his_o father_n siâ—eons_n ass_n cater_n s._n chamorim_n ass_n v_o 32._o balac_n the_o son_n of_o beor_n s._n bela_n the_o son_n of_o beor_n cat_n v_o 39_o arath_n the_o son_n of_o barad_n regard_v in_o his_o stead_n s._n adad_fw-la h._n g._n hadar_n cat_n s._n the_o name_n of_o his_o city_n phogar_n s._n phaâ—_n c.h._n pan._n g.b._n pahn_n t._n p._n sic_fw-la heb_n the_o daughter_n of_o the_o goldsmith_n c._n of_o mezoab_n cater_n pr._n v_o 40._o duke_n gola_n s._n alâ—ba_n h._n duke_n alua._n cater_n gnaluah_n v_o 41._o duke_n olâ—â—_n s._n duke_n ela._n caet_fw-la s._n v_o 43._o duke_n mâ—bdiel_n cat_n h._n magdiel_n duke_n zaphoim_n s._n duke_n hiron_n caet_fw-la s._n 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubtful_a question_n quest_n i._o the_o order_n of_o time_n of_o the_o thing_n set_v down_o in_o the_o chapter_n vers._n 1._o now_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o esau._n 1_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v from_o 35._o to_o 41._o be_v set_v down_o out_o of_o their_o place_n as_o all_o go_n before_o the_o death_n of_o isaac_n who_o see_v his_o son_n esau_n marry_v and_o great_o increase_v he_o know_v of_o the_o incest_n of_o judah_n with_o thamar_n and_o of_o josephs_n sell_v into_o egypt_n luther_n 2._o for_o esau_n be_v 120._o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n die_v at_o 180._o therefore_o the_o history_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v before_o isaack_n death_n perer._n 3_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n into_o egypt_n be_v 12._o year_n before_o isaack_n death_n as_o be_v prove_v quest._n 21._o of_o the_o former_a chapter_n who_o be_v think_v to_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n the_o same_o year_n that_o isaac_n die_v thirteen_o year_n after_o he_o be_v sell_v by_o his_o brethren_n mercer_n quest_n ii_o of_o adah_n esau_n wife_n vers._n 2._o adah_n the_o daughter_n of_o elon_n 1._o this_o adah_n be_v not_o the_o same_o before_o call_v judith_n the_o daughter_n of_o beeri_n gen._n 26.34_o as_o some_o hebrew_n which_o they_o will_v have_v first_o so_o call_v because_o she_o profess_v god_n but_o afterward_o be_v give_v too_o much_o to_o the_o deck_v of_o herself_o she_o be_v call_v adah_n of_o gnadi_fw-la a_o jewel_n or_o ornament_n but_o this_o adah_n be_v the_o other_o call_v basemath_n which_o be_v there_o say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o elon_n the_o hittite_n for_o it_o be_v no_o rare_a thing_n in_o scripture_n for_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o be_v call_v by_o divers_a name_n as_o maacah_n the_o daughter_n of_o absalon_n the_o mother_n of_o abjah_n 1._o king_n 15.2_o be_v call_v micajah_n of_o vriel_n 2._o chron._n 13.2_o 2._o concern_v aholibamah_n the_o second_o wife_n of_o esau_n judith_n 1._o these_o be_v neither_o other_o wife_n beside_o those_o which_o esau_n marry_v before_o as_o ramban_n think_v who_o make_v esau_n to_o have_v have_v 5._o wife_n in_o all_o for_o the_o scripture_n make_v mention_v but_o of_o three_o wife_n that_o esau_n have_v and_o here_o it_o be_v therefore_o say_v not_o that_o he_o take_v wife_n but_o his_o wife_n as_o have_v relation_n to_o those_o which_o be_v his_o wife_n before_o so_o that_o this_o aholibamah_n be_v the_o same_o which_o be_v call_v judith_n before_o 2._o she_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n not_o the_o son_n as_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a read_v but_o daughter_n of_o sibeon_n for_o the_o word_n be_v bathe_v not_o be_v neither_o be_v it_o mean_v that_o anah_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o sibeon_n as_o some_o read_v for_o anah_n be_v sibeons_n son_n vers_n 14._o a_o man_n not_o a_o woman_n nor_o yet_o as_o the_o hebrew_n fable_n anah_n this_o aholibamah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n and_o of_o sibeon_n two_o brother_n as_o beget_v in_o incest_n or_o of_o sibeon_n the_o father_n of_o anah_n but_o this_o be_v add_v by_o way_n of_o distinction_n because_o there_o be_v two_o call_v anah_n one_o brother_n to_o sibeon_n vers_fw-la 20._o another_o son_n of_o sibeon_n vers_fw-la 24._o this_o aholibamah_n be_v daughter_n to_o anah_n son_n of_o sibeon_n and_o so_o also_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n that_o be_v niece_n of_o sibeon_n jun._n mercer_n 3._o and_o whereas_o her_o father_n be_v before_o call_v a_o hittite_n but_o here_o a_o hivite_n that_o be_v because_o the_o hivites_n be_v the_o great_a nation_n and_o comprehend_v also_o the_o hittite_n jun._n or_o the_o one_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o father_n the_o other_o of_o the_o grandfather_n mercer_n 3._o basemath_n that_o be_v the_o same_o before_o call_v mahalah_n gen._n 28.9_o first_o so_o name_v because_o she_o be_v sickly_a of_o chalah_o to_o be_v sick_a afterward_o basemath_n of_o a_o pleasant_a smell_n ramban_n other_o will_v have_v she_o so_o name_v daughter_n for_o offer_v incense_n to_o idol_n rasi_fw-la but_o the_o derivation_n of_o name_n be_v uncertain_a it_o appear_v that_o the_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n who_o esau_n marry_v be_v call_v by_o two_o name_n jun._n quest_n iii_o whether_o this_o eliphaz_n be_v one_o of_o job_n friend_n ves._n 4._o ada_n bare_a unto_o esau_n eliphaz_n this_o be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v that_o eliphaz_n which_o be_v job_n friend_n though_o he_o may_v be_v of_o his_o posterity_n for_o these_o reason_n 1._o that_o eliphaz_n be_v call_v a_o temanâ—te_n but_o teman_fw-mi be_v one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o this_o eliphaz_n who_o be_v not_o like_a to_o have_v take_v denomination_n of_o his_o son_n mercer_n 2._o this_o eliphaz_n can_v not_o be_v much_o less_o than_o 70._o or_o 80._o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n die_v at_o 180._o for_o esau_n 60._o year_n young_a than_o isaac_n marry_v at_o 40._o year_n then_o eliphaz_n his_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o much_o more_o than_o 100_o year_n young_a than_o isaac_n and_o by_o this_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o job_n that_o live_v with_o eliphaz_n shall_v have_v be_v many_o year_n before_o the_o departure_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n which_o be_v uncertain_a muscul._n quest_n iv._n why_o aholibamah_n the_o second_o wife_n be_v last_o name_v vers._n 5._o aholibamah_n bare_a leuâ—h_n etc._n etc._n aholibamah_n be_v set_v after_o the_o other_o two_o wife_n whereas_o esau_n marry_v she_o before_o he_o take_v ismaels_n daughter_n 1._o some_o think_v because_o she_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o three_o that_o bear_v he_o child_n but_o that_o be_v not_o like_a that_o she_o begin_v to_o bear_v after_o 36._o or_o 37._o year_n have_v many_o child_n 2._o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o aholibamah_n have_v child_n before_o which_o die_v and_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o rehearse_v 3._o but_o the_o most_o like_a conjecture_n be_v that_o the_o other_o two_o be_v name_v first_o because_o they_o 〈◊〉_d but_o each_o of_o they_o a_o son_n aholibamah_n be_v name_v last_o because_o she_o have_v divers_a son_n and_o therefore_o moses_n be_v to_o insist_v long_o in_o her_o generation_n or_o else_o see_v the_o scripture_n do_v often_o invert_v and_o change_v the_o order_n of_o time_n in_o history_n we_o need_v not_o much_o stand_n upon_o this_o point_n who_o be_v first_o or_o last_o name_v mercer_n quest_n v._o corah_n how_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o esau_n by_o aholibamah_n and_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n vers._n 5._o whereas_o corah_n be_v name_v among_o the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n vers_fw-la 5._o and_o yet_o be_v number_v also_o among_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n of_o adan_n vers_fw-la 16._o 1._o neither_o for_o solution_n of_o this_o doubt_n need_v we_o with_o the_o hebrew_n to_o imagine_v that_o corah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n by_o aholibamah_n esau_n wife_n who_o commit_v incest_n with_o she_o for_o then_o the_o scripture_n will_v not_o before_o have_v set_v he_o down_o as_o the_o son_n of_o esau._n 2._o r._n levi_n think_v that_o when_o aholibamah_n be_v dead_a eliphaz_n bring_v up_o corah_n the_o young_a son_n of_o aholibamah_n among_o his_o own_o child_n and_o so_o he_o be_v reckon_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o eliphaz_n son_n but_o in_o this_o case_n the_o scripture_n will_v not_o have_v alter_v sometime_o make_v corah_n the_o son_n of_o esau_n sometime_o of_o eliphaz_n 3._o therefore_o we_o think_v rather_o that_o there_o be_v two_o of_o this_o name_n one_o brother_n to_o eliphaz_n by_o aholibamah_n the_o other_o eliphaz_n
then_o a_o brief_a catalogue_n of_o esau_n offspring_n come_v between_o the_o story_n return_v to_o jacob_n and_o his_o generation_n jun._n among_o the_o which_o moses_n insist_v upon_o joseph_n as_o the_o most_o worthy_a quest_n ii_o joseph_n sell_v into_o egypt_n while_o isaac_n be_v alive_a vers._n 2._o when_o joseph_n be_v 17._o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n 1._o whereas_o the_o death_n of_o isaac_n be_v mention_v before_o c._n 35._o when_o he_o be_v 180._o year_n old_a and_o jacob_n 120._o who_o be_v but_o 60._o year_n young_a than_o isaac_n this_o story_n of_o josephs_n sell_v into_o egypt_n when_o he_o be_v but_o 17._o year_n old_a must_v needs_o go_v before_o isaack_n death_n 12._o or_o 13._o year_n for_o if_o jacob_n when_o joseph_n be_v 39_o that_o be_v 30._o year_n old_a when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n and_o nine_o year_n more_o that_o be_v count_v 7._o year_n of_o plenty_n and_o two_o of_o famine_n if_o jacob_n be_v then_o 130._o gen._n 47.9_o then_o at_o josephs_n seventeen_o jacob_n exceed_v not_o 108._o year_n but_o he_o be_v 120._o when_o isaac_n die_v and_o then_o be_v joseph_n 31._o year_n old_a or_o there_o about_o 2._o now_o where_o it_o be_v add_v be_v yet_o a_o child_n before_o 1._o neither_o need_v we_o with_o ramban_n to_o transpose_v the_o word_n and_o join_v it_o with_o his_o year_n and_o read_v thus_o when_o joseph_n be_v a_o child_n of_o 17._o year_n for_o the_o order_n of_o the_o text_n will_v not_o bear_v it_o to_o be_v so_o transpose_v 2._o neither_o be_v that_o the_o best_a read_v to_o say_v and_o the_o child_n be_v with_o the_o son_n of_o bilha_n etc._n etc._n aâ—_n b.g._n do_v read_v but_o with_o a_o parenthesis_n thus_o be_v yet_o a_o child_n 3._o which_o be_v add_v not_o to_o signify_v his_o age_n express_v before_o nor_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v as_o a_o servant_n and_o minister_n to_o his_o father_n and_o brethren_n as_o the_o word_n â—â—guar_fw-mi sometime_o signify_v as_o josua_n be_v call_v pver_fw-la mosis_fw-la moses_n boy_n jun._n but_o to_o declare_v the_o simplicity_n of_o his_o mind_n that_o he_o do_v not_o of_o malice_n accuse_v his_o brethren_n mercer_n and_o the_o purity_n of_o his_o affection_n that_o at_o those_o year_n can_v not_o abide_v sin_n rupert_n and_o cruelty_n of_o his_o brethren_n that_o deal_v so_o hardly_o with_o he_o be_v a_o child_n chrysost._n and_o beside_o his_o age_n be_v mention_v to_o show_v how_o long_o a_o time_n joseph_n continue_v in_o miserable_a captivity_n full_o 14._o year_n from_o 17._o till_o he_o be_v 30._o for_o so_o old_a he_o be_v when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n perâ—â—_n quest_n iii_o why_o joseph_n keep_v with_o the_o son_n of_o the_o handmaid_n vers._n 2._o with_o the_o son_n of_o zilphah_n and_o of_o bilhah_n joseph_n keep_v sheep_n with_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n concubine_n rather_o than_o the_o other_o 1._o not_o because_o as_o rasi_fw-la think_v the_o son_n of_o leah_n despise_v the_o son_n of_o the_o handmaid_n and_o therefore_o joseph_n join_v himself_o unto_o they_o not_o scorn_v they_o for_o then_o these_o son_n of_o the_o handmaid_n will_v have_v be_v the_o ready_a to_o have_v deliver_v joseph_n whereas_o reuben_n and_o judah_n the_o son_n of_o leah_n be_v his_o best_a friend_n 2._o therefore_o jacob_n commit_v joseph_n to_o their_o custody_n because_o the_o other_o brethren_n of_o leah_n can_v not_o well_o brook_v the_o son_n of_o rachel_n who_o jacob_n love_v better_a than_o their_o mother_n ramban_n and_o beside_o rachel_n be_v dead_a joseph_n be_v as_o bilhas_n son_n and_o her_o child_n be_v as_o rachel_n and_o so_o brethren_n to_o joseph_n as_o both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n side_n muscul._n he_o keep_v company_n also_o with_o zilphas_n son_n because_o it_o seem_v the_o son_n of_o the_o handmaid_n sort_v together_o quest_n four_o what_o sin_n it_o be_v whereof_o joseph_n accuse_v his_o brethren_n to_o his_o father_n and_o joseph_n bring_v to_o their_o father_n their_o evil_a say_n 1._o the_o other_o brethren_n accuse_v not_o joseph_n to_o theiâ—_n father_n as_o the_o septuagint_n in_o some_o translation_n read_v but_o joseph_n accuse_v they_o whereupon_o they_o hate_v he_o 2._o neither_o do_v joseph_o only_o complain_v of_o the_o handmaid_n son_n as_o cajetan_n though_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o their_o servile_a nature_n be_v most_o prone_a to_o evil_a but_o of_o the_o rest_n also_o for_o they_o all_o hate_v he_o jun._n 3._o that_o which_o he_o complain_v of_o be_v not_o 1._o either_o any_o wrong_n do_v to_o himself_o as_o vatablus_n 2._o not_o of_o any_o particular_a sin_n as_o the_o latin_a translator_n read_v as_o either_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o sodomitry_n as_o rupertus_n 3._o or_o of_o the_o incest_n of_o reuben_n as_o gloss_n interlinear_o for_o reuben_n afterward_o be_v josephs_n best_a friend_n 4._o or_o of_o that_o horrible_a sin_n of_o bestial_a copulation_n as_o tostat._n thom._n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o jacob_n son_n though_o licentious_a enough_o be_v so_o filthilie_o give_fw-ge 5._o or_o that_o they_o do_v eat_v raw_a flesh_n contrary_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o noah_n as_o the_o hebrew_n 6._o but_o i_o rather_o think_v that_o he_o bring_v to_o jacob_n their_o evil_a fame_n or_o report_n as_o the_o word_n signify_v that_o be_v complain_v general_o of_o their_o evil_a life_n for_o the_o which_o they_o be_v infamous_a as_o either_o their_o contention_n among_o themselves_o or_o defile_v themselves_o with_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o heathen_a or_o such_o like_a mercer_n perer._n quest_n v._o whether_o joseph_n do_v well_o in_o accuse_v his_o brethren_n to_o their_o father_n now_o lest_o joseph_n may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v deal_v uncharitablie_o with_o his_o brethren_n in_o accuse_v they_o to_o his_o father_n for_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o title_n give_v unto_o satan_n who_o be_v call_v a_o accuser_n of_o the_o brethren_n apocal._n 12._o 1._o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o joseph_n might_n first_o private_o admonish_v they_o before_o he_o tell_v his_o father_n although_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o scripture_n direct_o express_v tostat._v 2._o or_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o praemonitiâ—_n non_fw-la fuit_fw-la necessaria_fw-la cum_fw-la crimen_fw-la esset_fw-la publicum_fw-la admonition_n be_v not_o necessary_a where_o the_o crime_n waâ—_n public_a thom._n 3._o or_o joseph_n do_v perceive_v that_o his_o admonition_n will_v not_o prevail_v but_o that_o they_o will_v have_v hate_v he_o the_o more_o as_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v reproove_v a_o scorâ—er_n and_o he_o will_v hate_v thou_o prov._n 9_o and_o in_o this_o case_n one_o may_v forbear_v private_a admonition_n as_o augustine_n well_o note_v si_fw-la vel_fw-la opportuniâ—s_fw-la â—â—mpus_fw-la querit_fw-la accusation_n vel_fw-la metuit_fw-la â—e_n deteriores_fw-la efficiantur_fw-la if_o either_o he_o watch_v a_o fit_a time_n or_o be_v afraid_a they_o shall_v wax_v worse_o in_o such_o case_n to_o refrain_v and_o not_o for_o fear_v of_o displeasure_n or_o any_o temporal_a loss_n it_o be_v consilium_fw-la charitatis_fw-la a_o charitable_a consideration_n 4._o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o joseph_n do_v not_o publish_v or_o divulgate_v abroad_o to_o every_o one_o his_o brethren_n sin_n but_o only_o inform_v his_o father_n for_o otherwise_o as_o augustine_n si_fw-mi coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la â—is_fw-la arguere_fw-la non_fw-la eris_fw-la correptâ—r_fw-la sed_fw-la proditor_n etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o will_v reproove_v before_o all_o what_o thâ—â—_n know_v by_o thy_o brother_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o reproover_n but_o a_o betrayer_n sâ—r_n 16._o de_fw-fr verb._n domin_v 5._o joseph_n do_v not_o accuse_v his_o brethren_n of_o a_o malicious_a mind_n be_v yet_o in_o a_o manner_n but_o a_o child_n but_o of_o a_o desire_n to_o have_v they_o amend_v for_o as_o augustine_n say_v debemuâ—_n amando_fw-la corripere_fw-la non_fw-la nocendi_fw-la â—viditute_n sâ—d_v study_v câ—rrigâ—ndi_fw-la we_o must_v reproove_v in_o louâ—_n not_o in_o a_o desire_n to_o hurt_v but_o a_o study_n to_o correct_v quest_n vi_o whether_o jacob_n love_v joseph_n chief_o because_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o his_o old_a age_n vers._n 3._o israel_n love_v joseph_n because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o his_o old_a age_n 1._o we_o need_v not_o with_o rupertus_n to_o understand_v this_o mystical_o by_o israel_n old_a age_n his_o perfection_n of_o virtue_n and_o that_o therefore_o he_o love_v joseph_n best_o because_o he_o do_v imitate_v his_o father_n virtue_n 2._o nor_o yet_o with_o onkelâ—s_n and_o paul_n burgen_v do_v we_o refer_v it_o to_o joseph_n that_o he_o be_v the_o child_n of_o old_a age_n that_o be_v a_o wise_a sober_a and_o grave_a child_n for_o this_o be_v coact_v and_o strain_v 3._o but_o indeed_o jacob_n love_v he_o because_o he_o have_v he_o in_o his_o old_a age_n be_v then_o 91._o year_n old_a when_o joseph_n be_v bear_v
priest_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v for_o he_o die_v ten_o year_n before_o jacob_n be_v bear_v who_o be_v now_o above_o 100_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o melchisedeck_n can_v not_o have_v a_o daughter_n so_o young_a to_o bear_v child_n neither_o be_v this_o punishment_n arbitrary_a in_o judah_n and_o inflict_v without_o law_n according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n burgen_n for_o judah_n have_v no_o such_o authority_n there_o nor_o yet_o as_o lyranus_fw-la and_o tostatus_n be_v she_o worthy_a of_o the_o fire_n because_o she_o have_v commit_v not_o simple_a fornication_n but_o adultery_n because_o she_o be_v by_o law_n oblige_v to_o the_o three_o brother_n and_o so_o in_o a_o manner_n espouse_v for_o it_o be_v not_o adultery_n for_o the_o widow_n of_o the_o brother_n to_o marry_v with_o some_o other_o than_o the_o survive_a brother_n else_o naomi_n will_v never_o have_v advise_v her_o daughter_n in_o law_n to_o get_v they_o other_o husband_n in_o their_o own_o country_n ruth_n 1.9_o but_o i_o rather_o think_v that_o thamar_n adultery_n be_v in_o this_o that_o she_o have_v play_v the_o whore_n whereas_o judah_n have_v betroth_v and_o espouse_v she_o to_o selah_n and_o that_o judah_n who_o never_o be_v mind_v to_o give_v selah_n to_o thamar_n fear_v lest_o he_o may_v die_v also_o as_o be_v evident_a vers_fw-la 11._o be_v very_o forward_o to_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o thamar_n that_o selah_n may_v not_o marry_v she_o 3._o but_o herein_o appear_v judahs_n too_o much_o rigour_n and_o injustice_n fire_n that_o before_o the_o matter_n be_v examine_v give_v sentence_n and_o be_v partial_a the_o truth_n be_v know_v in_o his_o own_o cause_n and_o further_o it_o be_v a_o savage_a part_n to_o put_v to_o death_n a_o woman_n great_a with_o child_n which_o be_v contrary_a both_o to_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n for_o it_o be_v write_v deut._n 24.16_o the_o father_n shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o child_n nor_o the_o child_n for_o the_o father_n but_o if_o thamar_n have_v now_o die_v the_o infant_n have_v die_v with_o she_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o law_n that_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n shall_v be_v defer_v till_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o the_o same_o also_o be_v practise_v among_o the_o athenian_n aeltan_n lib._n 5._o and_o therefore_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n be_v note_v for_o his_o cruelty_n that_o spare_v not_o to_o put_v to_o death_n woman_n with_o child_n perer._n ex_fw-la dion_n lib._n 57_o quest_n xi_o wherefore_o the_o midwife_n use_v a_o red_a thread_n and_o what_o colour_n it_o be_v of_o vers._n 28._o the_o midwife_n bind_v a_o red_a thread_n etc._n etc._n 1._o it_o be_v so_o rather_o to_o be_v read_v than_o with_o oleaster_n a_o twine_n or_o double_a thread_n the_o word_n sani_fw-la here_o use_v come_v indeed_o of_o sanah_n that_o signify_v to_o double_a which_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o double_a die_n and_o colour_n than_o the_o double_a matter_n jun._n tostatus_n also_o be_v much_o deceive_v here_o that_o take_v it_o not_o for_o a_o red_a but_o a_o black_a colour_n twice_o die_v ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o the_o midwife_n tie_v this_o red_a thread_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o the_o firstborn_a because_o he_o first_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o purple_a colour_n very_o well_o agree_v to_o the_o birthright_n or_o eldership_n muscul._n quest_n xii_o whence_o pharez_n be_v so_o call_v and_o whereof_o he_o be_v a_o type_n vers._n 29._o how_o have_v thou_o break_v thy_o breach_n upon_o thou_o 1._o hierome_n be_v deceive_v that_o of_o this_o word_n pharatz_n that_o signify_v to_o break_v or_o divide_v think_v the_o pharisee_n to_o have_v take_v denomination_n whereas_o they_o have_v their_o name_n rather_o of_o pharas_n which_o signify_v to_o disperse_v or_o separate_v because_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o other_o in_o profession_n of_o life_n and_o their_o apparel_n mercer_n 2._o this_o story_n have_v be_v diverse_o allegorize_v by_o the_o father_n some_o by_o pharez_n understand_v the_o believe_a gentile_n by_o zarah_n the_o israelite_n and_o by_o the_o red_a thread_n their_o bloody_a circumcision_n &_o sacrifice_n sic_fw-la iren._n cyril_n some_o contrariwise_o will_v have_v phares_n to_o signify_v the_o jew_n zarah_n the_o believe_a gentile_n chrysost._n 3_o but_o this_o phares_n be_v more_o fit_o a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n who_o have_v break_v down_o the_o partition_n wall_n and_o have_v break_v the_o power_n of_o hell_n and_o death_n mercer_n and_o by_o this_o strange_a and_o extraordinary_a birth_n the_o lord_n will_v have_v judah_n and_o thamar_n admonish_v of_o the_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v and_o to_o be_v humble_v thereby_o though_o he_o in_o his_o mercy_n have_v forgive_v it_o calvin_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o difference_n between_o the_o apparel_v of_o widow_n and_o wife_n vers._n 14._o she_o put_v her_o widow_n garment_n off_o etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v the_o use_n in_o those_o day_n for_o widow_n to_o be_v know_v from_o wife_n by_o their_o mourning_n and_o grave_a apparel_n in_o which_o case_n more_o be_v permit_v to_o woman_n that_o be_v marry_v who_o the_o apostle_n allow_v to_o adorn_v themselves_o with_o comely_a and_o sober_a apparel_n without_o pride_n or_o excess_n 1_o timoth._n 2.9_o to_o please_v and_o content_v their_o husband_n but_o widow_n have_v no_o husband_n to_o who_o like_n they_o shall_v apparel_v themselves_o ought_v not_o to_o deck_v themselves_o to_o please_v other_o man_n eye_n luther_n 2._o doct._n friendship_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v join_v with_o piety_n vers._n 20._o ivdah_n send_v a_o kid_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o friend_n this_o hâ—rah_n judahs_n friend_n do_v perform_v a_o evil_a office_n in_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o broker_n for_o judah_n who_o shall_v neither_o have_v request_v any_o dishonest_a or_o uncomely_a thing_n of_o his_o friend_n nor_o the_o other_o yield_v unto_o it_o love_v truth_n and_o piety_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v separate_v as_o saint_n john_n say_v who_o i_o love_v in_o the_o truth_n epist._n 3.1_o muscul._n 3._o doct._n adultery_n in_o former_a time_n punish_v by_o death_n vers._n 24._o let_v she_o be_v burn_v we_o see_v that_o even_o among_o the_o canaanite_n adultery_n be_v judge_v worthy_a of_o death_n for_o judah_n invent_v no_o new_a kind_n of_o punishment_n but_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o that_o country_n so_o the_o lord_n himself_o say_v to_o abimelech_n that_o have_v take_v sarai_n unto_o he_o behold_v thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n for_o this_o etc._n etc._n gen._n 20.3_o now_o although_o this_o law_n as_o peculiar_a to_o that_o country_n bind_v not_o now_o neither_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o death_n for_o by_o moses_n law_n only_o the_o priest_n daughter_n if_o she_o play_v the_o whore_n be_v burn_v levit._n 21.9_o the_o rest_n be_v stone_v nor_o yet_o in_o the_o inequality_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o woman_n offend_v be_v burn_v the_o man_n escape_v as_o appear_v in_o judah_n calvin_n whereas_o both_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n be_v alike_o guilty_a and_o though_o then_o there_o be_v great_a cause_n of_o keep_v their_o seed_n uncorrupt_a for_o preserve_v of_o their_o life_n and_o the_o distinction_n of_o family_n in_o which_o respect_n it_o may_v be_v think_v somewhat_o of_o the_o former_a rigour_n and_o severity_n may_v be_v abate_v yet_o this_o example_n condemn_v the_o security_n and_o connivance_n of_o magistrate_n in_o these_o day_n in_o the_o punish_n of_o this_o sin_n when_o as_o fault_n of_o less_o nature_n be_v more_o severe_o censure_v than_o adultery_n and_o whereas_o the_o precedent_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v urge_v by_o some_o for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n 8._o because_o he_o will_v not_o condemn_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n it_o do_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n for_o this_o mercy_n christ_n show_v not_o to_o clear_v or_o exempt_v the_o adulteress_n leave_v she_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o partly_o to_o show_v that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o be_v a_o judge_n in_o such_o cause_n as_o neither_o in_o other_o like_a business_n as_o divide_v of_o the_o inheritance_n luk._n 12.14_o partly_o by_o this_o example_n he_o will_v teach_v what_o be_v to_o be_v require_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o accuser_n not_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o that_o crime_n whereof_o he_o accuse_v other_o 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a upon_o any_o occasion_n to_o marry_v the_o brother_n wife_n vers._n 8._o go_v into_o thy_o brother_n wife_n because_o in_o this_o place_n as_o also_o deut._n 25.5_o it_o be_v permit_v to_o natural_a brethren_n to_o marry_v the_o wife_n of_o their_o brother_n decease_v bellarmine_n
excellent_a and_o he_o shall_v be_v nourish_v with_o the_o delight_n of_o king_n c._n assher_n his_o bread_n shall_v be_v fat_a and_o he_o shall_v give_v pleasure_n for_o a_o king_n caet_fw-la signif_n v_o 21._o nepthali_n his_o lot_n shall_v fall_v in_o a_o good_a ground_n etc._n etc._n they_o shall_v praise_v and_o bless_v over_o they_o c._n neptali_n a_o trunk_n or_o post_n remissus_fw-la scent_n back_o send_v forth_o beauty_n in_o the_o branch_n s._n nepthali_n as_o a_o hind_n let_v go_v or_o send_v forth_o give_v goodly_a word_n caet_fw-la aial_a signify_v a_o hart_n and_o a_o post_n oomer_n a_o word_n amir_v a_o high_a branch_n t.b.r._n v_o 22._o joseph_n a_o son_n increase_v h.s.c._n a_o fruitful_a bough_n cater_n ben_fw-mi sig_n a_o son_n and_o a_o bough_n pleasant_a to_o behold_v h.s._n as_o a_o fruitful_a bough_n beside_o the_o fountain_n caet_fw-la gnen_fw-ge sig_n a_o eye_n and_o a_o fountain_n his_o daughter_n run_v upon_o the_o wall_n h.p._n my_o young_a son_n return_v unto_o i_o s._n two_o tribe_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o son_n and_o shall_v receive_v their_o part_n and_o inheritance_n c._n his_o small_a branch_n run_v upon_o the_o wall_n caet_fw-la baenâ—th_o daughter_n branch_n v_o 22._o the_o man_n of_o dissension_n c._n the_o archer_n or_o shooter_n caet_fw-la v_o 2.44_o their_o bow_n be_v break_v with_o strength_n s._n his_o how_o abode_n strong_a caet_fw-la jashab_v to_o sit_v to_o rest_v to_o continue_v the_o sinew_n or_o string_n of_o his_o arm_n be_v dissolve_v h.s._n the_o arm_n of_o his_o hand_n be_v strengthen_v t.b.p._n the_o hand_n of_o his_o arm_n be_v strengthen_v g._n phazzaz_v to_o strengthen_v from_o thence_o israel_n be_v strengthen_v of_o god_n thy_o father_n s._n of_o who_o be_v the_o feeder_n appoint_v by_o the_o stone_n of_o israel_n g._n of_o he_o shall_v come_v a_o shepherd_n or_o herd-man_n b_o the_o stone_n of_o israel_n t.h.b.p._n the_o chalde_n translate_v here_o very_o corrupt_o come_v nothing_o near_o the_o text_n thus_o the_o prophecy_n be_v fulfil_v in_o they_o because_o he_o keep_v the_o law_n in_o secret_a and_o propound_v his_o constant_a hope_n than_o gold_n be_v put_v upon_o his_o arm_n etc._n etc._n t.g.r._n v_o 25._o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v all_o thing_n s._n the_o blessing_n of_o the_o deep_a beneath_o caet_fw-la with_o the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o mother_n c._n with_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o breast_n and_o the_o womb_n caet_fw-la v_o 26._o the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o mother_n above_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o stable_a hill_n s._n the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o father_n shall_v be_v add_v above_o the_o blessing_n of_o my_o father_n c.b.g.p._n the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o father_n be_v strong_a with_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o father_n h._n or_o of_o my_o elder_n t.h._n he_o har_o a_o hill_n harah_n a_o father_n a_o progenitor_n v_o 26._o in_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o everlasting_a hill_n s._n until_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o everlasting_a hill_n come_v h._n which_o the_o prince_n have_v desire_v which_o be_v since_o the_o world_n c._n to_o the_o utmost_a hill_n of_o the_o world_n b._n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o hill_n of_o the_o world_n t.g._n ta_o ah_o sig_n to_o limit_v avah_o to_o desire_v which_o be_v ruler_n over_o his_o brethren_n s._n which_o be_v a_o nazarite_n s.c._n or_o separate_v among_o his_o brethren_n caet_fw-la nazar_n to_o separate_v inter_fw-la v_o 27._o in_o the_o land_n of_o benjamin_n shall_v dwell_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o in_o the_o possession_n thereof_o the_o sanctuary_n evening_n and_o morning_n shall_v the_o priest_n offer_v sacrifice_n and_o in_o the_o evening_n they_o shall_v divide_v the_o rest_n etc._n etc._n the_o rest_n agree_v in_o the_o vulgar_a read_n det_fw-la v_o 31._o there_o they_o bury_v leah_n s._n there_o leah_n lie_v bury_v h._n there_o i_o bury_v leah_n caet_fw-la v_o 32._o the_o possession_n of_o the_o field_n and_o cave_n therein_o of_o the_o son_n of_o heth._n s.t._n the_o purchase_n of_o the_o field_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o son_n of_o heth._n b.g.c.p._n chanah_n sig_n both_o to_o possess_v &_o purchase_v this_o verse_n be_v omit_v in_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a 3._o the_o explanation_n of_o doubtful_a question_n quest_n i._o of_o the_o prophetical_a testament_n or_o jacob_n in_o general_n vers._n 1·_a then_o jacob_n call_v his_o son_n etc._n etc._n 1._o jacob_n not_o by_o any_o natural_a instinct_n as_o some_o hold_v a_o opinion_n that_o the_o soul_n be_v more_o divine_a and_o apt_a to_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v when_o death_n approach_v as_o xenophon_n report_v of_o cyrus_n lib._n 8._o plato_n of_o socrates_n in_o apolog_n but_o by_o a_o divine_a inspiration_n do_v prophesy_v what_o shall_v befall_v his_o child_n as_o isaac_n do_v bless_v his_o two_o son_n gen._n 27._o moses_n the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n deut._n 33._o david_n bless_a solomon_n 1_o chron._n 29._o our_o bless_a saviour_n pray_v for_o his_o disciple_n immediate_o before_o his_o death_n joan._n 17._o perer._n 2._o jacob_n do_v not_o bless_v all_o his_o child_n three_o of_o they_o he_o censure_v for_o their_o sin_n reuben_n simeon_n levi_n but_o moses_n bless_v all_o the_o tribe_n deuter._n 33._o the_o cause_n be_v not_o as_o r._n solomon_n imagine_v that_o jacob_n purpose_v to_o bless_v all_o but_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n spirit_n and_o beside_o himself_o he_o fall_v into_o a_o fit_a of_o frenzy_n which_o be_v impious_a to_o think_v perer._n 3._o some_o make_v question_n whether_o jacob_n speak_v these_o word_n or_o moses_n rather_o so_o pen_v they_o mercer_n but_o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o jacob_n be_v move_v by_o the_o spirit_n speak_v after_o this_o concise_a manner_n as_o a_o prophet_n though_o not_o altogether_o in_o the_o same_o form_n of_o words·_n 4._o some_o do_v wonder_n how_o moses_n shall_v come_v by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o word_n will_n which_o jacob_n speak_v 200._o year_n before_o to_o his_o son_n in_o a_o corner_n they_o may_v as_o well_o muse_v how_o moses_n shall_v describe_v the_o particular_a place_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o he_o never_o see_v and_o set_v down_o the_o history_n of_o the_o creation_n which_o thing_n moses_n may_v have_v by_o godly_a tradition_n but_o most_o of_o all_o by_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o spirit_n calvin_n 5._o josephus_n be_v too_o slender_a in_o the_o report_n of_o this_o prophetical_a speech_n of_o jacob_n make_v only_a mention_n thereof_o in_o general_a that_o he_o prophesy_v how_o his_o child_n shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n lib._n 2_o antiquitat_fw-la some_o other_o have_v be_v too_o bold_a to_o forge_v other_o fable_n upon_o this_o occasion_n as_o origen_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o book_n entitle_v the_o narration_n of_o joseph_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n abuse_v tom_n 2._o in_o joâ—uâ—_n out_o of_o the_o which_o he_o cit_v certain_a testimony_n to_o prove_v the_o incarnation_n of_o angel_n and_o the_o prognostication_n of_o thing_n do_v in_o the_o world_n by_o the_o star_n but_o athanasius_n in_o synops._n hold_v this_o to_o be_v a_o forge_a book_n so_o be_v that_o other_o called_z the_o testament_n of_o the_o twelve_o patriarch_n mention_v by_o origen_n hom_n 15._o in_o josun_n ex_fw-la perer._n some_o also_o of_o our_o own_o have_v be_v too_o bold_a in_o allegorise_v jacob_n word_n whereas_o the_o literal_a and_o historical_a sense_n be_v full_a enough_o and_o contain_v excellent_a matter_n calvin_n quest_n ii_o what_o last_v time_n jacob_n speak_v of_o gather_v yourselves_o etc._n etc._n i_o will_v tell_v you_o what_o shall_v come_v in_o the_o last_o day_n 2._o he_o call_v all_o his_o child_n to_o be_v present_a who_o be_v not_o all_o before_o assemble_v when_o jacob_n bless_a ephraim_n and_o manassâ—h_n and_o he_o stir_v they_o up_o also_o to_o attention_n to_o consider_v diligent_o what_o he_o say_v mercer_n 2._o we_o need_v not_o with_o rupertus_n by_o jacob_n son_n to_o understand_v his_o spiritual_a seed_n the_o church_n of_o christ_n see_v this_o prophecy_n be_v literal_o accomplish_v in_o his_o carnal_a offspring_n 3._o by_o the_o lust_n day_n we_o understand_v not_o only_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n as_o david_n kimhi_n hierome_n and_o lyranus_fw-la will_v have_v it_o always_o take_v in_o the_o prophet_n scripture_n but_o sometime_o it_o betoken_v the_o age_n next_o ensue_v as_o dan._n 2.28_o god_n show_v the_o king_n what_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o latter_a day_n that_o be_v vers_n 29._o what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v afterward_o some_o part_n of_o his_o dream_n fall_v out_o in_o the_o next_o time_n and_o age_n after_o nabuchadnezzar_n like_a as_o then_o in_o this_o place_n jacob_n speak_v of_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n vers_fw-la 10._o so_o also_o he_o propesi_v
110._o year_n and_o levi_n at_o 137._o survive_v joseph_n 23._o year_n all_o which_o time_n the_o israelite_n be_v not_o oppress_v with_o servitude_n 2._o rupertus_n think_v that_o the_o israelite_n serve_v 144._o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o joseph_n until_o the_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o israelite_n so_o recompense_v tenfold_o the_o 14._o year_n of_o josephs_n servitude_n in_o egypt_n who_o be_v 16._o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n by_o his_o brethren_n and_o there_o serve_v till_o he_o be_v 30._o year_n old_a but_o rupertus_n be_v in_o two_o thing_n deceive_v for_o joseph_n be_v not_o sixteen_o as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a corrupt_o read_v but_o 17._o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n gen._n 37.2_o so_o that_o he_o serve_v but_o 13._o year_n in_o egypt_n neither_o be_v the_o time_n of_o their_o servitude_n so_o long_o as_o be_v show_v before_o 3._o some_o think_v that_o after_o levi_n his_o death_n who_o live_v 23._o year_n after_o joseph_n their_o affliction_n begin_v which_o continue_v 121._o year_n neither_o can_v this_o be_v so_o for_o not_o only_a levi_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o josephs_n brethren_n but_o all_o that_o generation_n also_o die_v before_o their_o servitude_n and_o affliction_n enter_v of_o which_o generation_n pharez_n be_v one_o suppose_v to_o be_v one_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n and_o to_o have_v live_v 130._o year_n according_a to_o the_o usual_a age_n then_o it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o their_o affliction_n endure_v not_o a_o hundred_o year_n if_o the_o age_n of_o pharez_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v 130._o be_v deduct_v from_o the_o sum_n of_o 215._o the_o full_a time_n of_o the_o israelite_n sojourn_v in_o egypt_n see_v before_o quest_n 12._o in_o chap._n 1._o exod._n quest_n lix_n moses_n understand_v all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o sojourn_v of_o israel_n and_o of_o their_o father_n in_o egypt_n and_o in_o canaan_n now_o then_o for_o the_o right_a 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give_v this_o reason_n because_o their_o dwell_n in_o egypt_n be_v the_o last_o and_o thing_n do_v common_o take_v their_o denomination_n from_o the_o end_n 2._o but_o these_o reason_n rather_o may_v be_v yield_v first_o because_o their_o sojourn_v do_v not_o only_a end_n in_o egypt_n but_o there_o it_o begin_v for_o thither_o abraham_n at_o his_o first_o come_v into_o canaan_n be_v constrain_v to_o flee_v in_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n gen._n 12.2_o there_o be_v the_o long_a time_n of_o their_o sojourn_v the_o other_o patriarch_n at_o divers_a time_n sojourn_v in_o canaan_n 295._o year_n and_o jacob_n in_o mesopotamia_n 20._o year_n but_o in_o egypt_n israel_n continue_v 215._o year_n 3._o their_o habitation_n in_o egypt_n be_v more_o famous_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n both_o for_o the_o honourable_a advancement_n of_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n the_o wonderful_a multiply_a and_o increase_n of_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o strange_a sign_n and_o wonder_n there_o wrought_v for_o their_o deliverance_n perer._n some_o question_n also_o there_o be_v when_o this_o computation_n of_o 430._o year_n shall_v begin_v 1._o epiphanius_n will_v have_v they_o begin_v at_o such_o time_n as_o the_o lord_n tell_v abraham_n what_o shall_v befall_v his_o seed_n and_o how_o hardly_o they_o shall_v be_v entreat_v so_o also_o ferus_fw-la pelican_n but_o that_o can_v be_v for_o both_o in_o that_o place_n the_o lord_n name_v another_o sum_n of_o 400_o year_n and_o s._n paul_n count_v this_o space_n of_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n unto_o the_o give_n of_o the_o law_n quest_n lxi_o where_o the_o 430._o year_n must_v take_v beginning_n 2._o zeiglerus_n in_o his_o commentary_n begin_v this_o term_n of_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o ten_o year_n after_o abraham_n come_v into_o canaan_n when_o he_o say_v the_o lord_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o he_o but_o this_o computation_n can_v stand_v 1._o we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o abraham_n receive_v any_o promise_n about_o that_o time_n but_o then_o when_o he_o have_v be_v ten_o year_n in_o canaan_n sarah_n give_v unto_o he_o his_o maid_n agar_n gen._n 16.2_o 2._o also_o by_o this_o account_n we_o shall_v want_v ten_o year_n of_o the_o whole_a sum_n of_o 430._o from_o abraham_n 75._o when_o he_o first_o come_v into_o canaan_n unto_o the_o 80._o year_n of_o moses_n when_o the_o israelite_n go_v out_o be_v just_a 430._o year_n as_o be_v show_v before_o if_o then_o this_o term_n shall_v begin_v ten_o year_n after_o in_o the_o 85._o year_n of_o abraham_n we_o shall_v want_v ten_o year_n of_o 430._o 3._o beside_o zeiglerus_a to_o make_v this_o computation_n good_a commit_v apparent_a error_n in_o chronology_n as_o that_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n 207._o year_n after_o the_o covenant_n which_o be_v 215._o year_n and_o if_o it_o begin_v 10._o year_n after_o as_o he_o reckon_v than_o it_o can_v be_v but_o 205._o year_n further_o he_o say_v that_o joseph_n die_v 285._o year_n after_o 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account_v these_o 430._o year_n from_o the_o departure_n of_o abraham_n out_o of_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n from_o whence_o to_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n be_v thirty_o year_n and_o junius_n suppose_v that_o he_o stay_v 5._o year_n in_o haran_n contra._n 1._o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o abraham_n be_v call_v of_o god_n to_o go_v out_o of_o his_o country_n will_v stay_v 5._o year_n in_o haran_n but_o that_o he_o make_v all_o haste_n to_o obey_v the_o call_n of_o god_n 2._o if_o the_o account_n of_o 430._o year_n shall_v begin_v 30._o year_n before_o isaack_n birth_n we_o shall_v have_v 435._o year_n in_o all_o for_o from_o the_o 75._o year_n of_o abraham_n which_o be_v but_o 25._o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n until_o the_o time_n of_o
or_o write_v all_o after_o one_o manner_n of_o purpose_n but_o in_o some_o variety_n of_o order_n and_o word_n be_v direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n to_o write_v one_o truth_n other_o rule_v also_o may_v be_v propound_v for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o place_n of_o scripture_n scripture_n which_o seem_v at_o the_o first_o sight_n to_o be_v repugnant_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o divers_a computation_n of_o time_n 1._o when_o as_o one_o writer_n do_v inclusive_o account_v the_o time_n which_o another_o do_v exclusive_o as_o luke_n c._n 9.29_o say_n that_o christ_n about_o a_o 8._o day_n after_o be_v transfigure_v include_v in_o this_o number_n both_o primum_fw-la &_o ultimum_fw-la the_o first_o and_o last_o day_n matthew_n say_v after_o 6._o day_n do_v exclude_v these_o two_o day_n make_v mention_n of_o those_o six_o that_o come_v between_o sic_fw-la augustin_n lib._n de_fw-fr consens_fw-la evang._n c._n 56._o 2._o sometime_o the_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o time_n be_v rehearse_v and_o the_o small_a or_o odd_a number_n omit_v as_o 1_o king_n 2.11_o david_n be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v 40._o year_n over_o israel_n 7._o year_n in_o hebron_n and_o 33._o year_n in_o jerusalem_n whereas_o the_o precise_a account_n of_o his_o reign_n in_o hebron_n be_v 7._o year_n 6._o month_n and_o in_o jerusalem_n 33._o year_n which_o make_v in_o all_o 40._o year_n 6._o month_n 2_o sam._n 5.5_o 3._o sometime_o the_o year_n of_o a_o king_n reign_n be_v reckon_v which_o he_o reign_v alone_o sometime_o those_o wherein_o he_o reign_v with_o another_o so_o jotham_n reign_v 16._o year_n alone_o but_o twenty_o year_n count_v those_o wherein_o he_o govern_v under_o his_o father_n 2_o king_n 15.5.30.33_o perer._n quest_n xx._n why_o abraham_n servant_n refuse_v to_o eat_v or_o drink_v vers._n 33._o they_o set_v before_o he_o to_o eat_v but_o he_o say_v i_o will_v not_o eat_v 1._o he_o neither_o refuse_v to_o eat_v because_o unusual_a meat_n be_v set_v before_o he_o such_o as_o he_o be_v not_o accustom_v unto_o in_o abraham_n house_n as_o some_o hebrew_n think_v 2._o neither_o do_v he_o defer_v till_o he_o have_v speak_v his_o word_n that_o be_v say_v grace_n as_o some_o interpret_v for_o though_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o they_o use_v in_o abraham_n house_n to_o receive_v their_o meat_n with_o thanksgiving_n yet_o he_o mean_v the_o deliver_n of_o his_o message_n 3._o but_o that_o be_v a_o mere_a fable_n that_o he_o will_v not_o eat_v because_o they_o set_v poison_n before_o he_o to_o have_v his_o good_n which_o poison_n be_v return_v upon_o bethuel_n who_o thereupon_o die_v and_o this_o fable_n the_o hebrew_n will_v build_v upon_o the_o word_n same_o fable_n poison_n answerable_a to_o the_o word_n sum_n here_o use_v which_o signify_v to_o place_n or_o set_v for_o neither_o be_v they_o so_o poor_a that_o they_o need_v abraham_n good_n nor_o so_o unhonest_a so_o to_o deal_v with_o their_o near_a kinsman_n servant_n nor_o yet_o be_v there_o any_o affinity_n between_o those_o two_o word_n the_o one_o beginning_n with_o samech_v the_o other_o with_o shin_n mercer_n 4._o neither_o do_v he_o refrain_v from_o eat_v and_o drink_v fear_v lest_o afterward_o he_o shall_v not_o tell_v a_o sober_a tale_n 5._o but_o his_o diligence_n be_v commend_v who_o prefer_v his_o master_n business_n before_o his_o meat_n and_o drink_n quest_n xxi_o persuasion_n use_v by_o abraham_n servant_n to_o further_a the_o marriage_n ver._n 35._o the_o lord_n have_v bless_v my_o master_n etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o servant_n begin_v to_o use_v persuasion_n to_o make_v a_o way_n for_o the_o marriage_n intend_v 1._o that_o he_o be_v rich_a and_o not_o by_o evil_a mean_n but_o by_o god_n blessing_n muscul._n 2._o that_o isaac_n be_v bear_v of_o sarai_n in_o her_o old_a age_n and_o so_o not_o without_o a_o miracle_n as_o a_o man_n ordain_v of_o god_n for_o some_o great_a matter_n calvin_n 3._o and_o lest_o they_o may_v object_v why_o be_v so_o rich_a he_o take_v not_o a_o wife_n near_o hand_n he_o add_v that_o his_o master_n give_v he_o special_a charge_n not_o to_o take_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n mercer_n quest_n xxii_o certain_a fabulous_a conceit_n of_o the_o hebrew_n refuse_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o note_v certain_a fabulous_a collection_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 1._o vers._n 39_o they_o think_v that_o eliezar_n secret_o insinuate_v that_o if_o he_o can_v not_o otherwise_o provide_v a_o wife_n for_o isaac_n he_o will_v offer_v his_o own_o daughter_n but_o that_o abraham_n absolute_o refuse_v because_o he_o be_v of_o the_o canaanite_n but_o yet_o they_o say_v that_o this_o eliezar_n for_o his_o faithful_a service_n be_v take_v alive_a into_o paradise_n as_o isaac_n come_v alive_a from_o thence_o 2._o vers._n 42._o where_o he_o say_v i_o come_v this_o day_n to_o the_o well_o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o he_o come_v from_o hebron_n to_o charras_n in_o a_o day_n which_o be_v note_v to_o be_v seventeen_o day_n journey_n and_o this_o day_n note_v the_o time_n not_o of_o his_o departure_n from_o home_n but_o of_o his_o come_n thither_o mercer_n 3._o v._o 47._o they_o note_v that_o he_o put_v the_o jewel_n so_o upon_o her_o face_n that_o he_o touch_v not_o her_o flesh_n whereas_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o he_o give_v she_o they_o rather_o to_o put_v they_o on_o herself_o quest_n xxiii_o whether_o abraham_n servant_n give_v the_o gift_n before_o he_o know_v who_o she_o be_v vers._n 47._o whereas_o before_o v_o 22._o he_o first_o bring_v forth_o the_o jewel_n before_o he_o ask_v she_o who_o daughter_n she_o be_v whereas_o here_o he_o first_o be_v say_v to_o ask_v she_o 1._o neither_o be_v it_o like_v that_o he_o ask_v she_o before_o he_o bring_v they_o forth_o as_o jun._n perer._n 2._o neither_o do_v he_o here_o report_v it_o otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v do_v lest_o they_o may_v have_v accuse_v he_o of_o levity_n to_o give_v jewel_n to_o one_o who_o he_o know_v not_o as_o rasi_fw-la 3._o but_o first_o he_o bring_v they_o forth_o and_o then_o ask_v she_o the_o question_n and_o after_o give_v they_o mercer_n quest_n xxiv_o why_o laban_n be_v set_v before_o bethuel_n vers._n 50._o then_o answer_v laban_n and_o bethuel_n 1._o neither_o be_v this_o bethuel_n the_o brother_n of_o laban_n as_o lyran_n 2._o neither_o be_v bethuel_n rebeccahs_n father_n dead_a as_o josephus_n 3._o neither_o be_v laban_n impiety_n note_v who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o speak_v before_o his_o father_n as_o rasi_fw-la 4._o nor_o yet_o be_v laban_n first_o name_v as_o more_o excellent_a in_o wisdom_n than_o his_o father_n as_o aben_n ezra_n 5._o but_o for_o that_o his_o father_n be_v old_a or_o sickly_a have_v commit_v his_o household_n government_n to_o laban_n jun._n mercer_n quest_n xxv_o the_o space_n of_o ten_o day_n for_o rebeccahs_n abode_n how_o to_o be_v understand_v vers._n 55._o let_v the_o maid_n abide_v with_o we_o at_o the_o least_o ten_o day_n 1._o she_o mean_v not_o that_o be_v rebeccahs_n mother_n to_o have_v she_o stay_v a_o year_n or_o at_o the_o least_o ten_o month_n as_o the_o hebrew_n and_o onkelâ—s_n for_o this_o have_v be_v a_o unreasonable_a request_n see_v the_o man_n make_v such_o haste_n 2._o neither_o the_o word_n stand_v thus_o let_v she_o abide_v day_n at_o the_o least_o ten_o by_o day_n be_v understand_v seven_o day_n of_o mourning_n for_o bethuel_n who_o they_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v dead_a for_o than_o they_o will_v not_o have_v request_v for_o seven_o day_n first_o and_o then_o for_o ten_o but_o have_v begin_v with_o the_o great_a request_n first_o 3._o neither_o be_v the_o vulgar_a read_v the_o best_a to_o join_v the_o word_n together_o at_o the_o least_o ten_o day_n for_o in_o the_o original_n day_n go_v before_o 4._o the_o best_a read_v then_o be_v let_v she_o abide_v day_n that_o be_v certain_a or_o at_o the_o least_o ten_o jun._n quest_n xxvi_o of_o the_o willingness_n of_o rebecca_n vers._n 58._o i_o will_v go_v etc._n etc._n 1._o not_o that_o she_o say_v in_o effect_n i_o will_v go_v though_o you_o will_v not_o as_o rasi_fw-la for_o this_o thought_n or_o speech_n have_v noâ—_n become_v the_o modesty_n of_o the_o maid_n 2._o but_o rather_o her_o obedience_n to_o her_o parent_n appear_v to_o who_o she_o consent_v calvin_n 3._o and_o her_o will_n be_v no_o doubt_n direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n muscul._n quest_n xxvii_o how_o isaac_n dwell_v in_o beersheba_n abraham_n remain_v in_o hebron_n verse_n 6â—_n isaack_n come_v from_o the_o way_n of_o beerlahairoi_a etc._n etc._n 1._o not_o that_o isaac_n go_v thither_o to_o fetch_v hagar_n to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n after_o sarahs_n death_n as_o some_o hebrew_n for_o she_o be_v not_o keturah_n as_o shall_v appear_v afterward_o 2._o