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estate_n call_v morgengab_v dr._n hammond_n so_o abraham_n give_v gift_n to_o his_o other_o son_n v._o 6._o a_o learned_a man_n observe_v that_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v in_o denmark_n to_o this_o day_n yet_o wave_v any_o further_a disquisition_n or_o search_v further_o into_o the_o context_n i_o shall_v come_v at_o last_o to_o those_o considerable_a circumstance_n which_o be_v in_o the_o text_n itself_o concern_v the_o death_n and_o burial_n of_o abraham_n 1._o the_o person_n die_v abraham_n 2._o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o die_v 3._o the_o time_n when_o he_o die_v in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n a_o old_a man_n and_o full_a of_o year_n 4._o how_o he_o be_v dispose_v of_o after_o death_n and_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n these_o part_n be_v plain_o in_o the_o text_n without_o either_o strain_n it_o or_o obscure_v they_o with_o any_o term_n of_o art_n i_o must_v begin_v with_o 1._o the_o person_n die_v abraham_n and_o abraham_n give_v up_o 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he_o that_o live_v and_o shall_v not_o see_v death_n shall_v he_o deliver_v his_o soul_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o grave_a psa_fw-la 89.48_o the_o word_n be_v not_o adam_n or_o enos_n but_o geber_n what_o rich_a what_o mighty_a what_o great_a man_n be_v there_o that_o live_v and_o shall_v not_o see_v death_n and_o that_o we_o may_v not_o pass_v from_o that_o text_n without_o serious_a consider_v the_o purport_n of_o it_o he_o arrest_v our_o spirit_n with_o that_o signal_n and_o emphatical_a note_n selah_n first_o or_o last_o we_o must_v all_o travel_v this_o common_a road_n which_o have_v be_v beat_v by_o the_o foot_n of_o all_o our_o forefather_n and_o indeed_o this_o be_v also_o a_o common_a &_o beat_a truth_n that_o i_o be_o upon_o none_o doubt_v of_o it_o in_o their_o understanding_n &_o retire_a thought_n yet_o because_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o a_o simple_a notional_a and_o speculative_a knowledge_n of_o a_o truth_n swim_v upon_o the_o understanding_n 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