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A48445 Some genuine remains of the late pious and learned John Lightfoot, D.D. consisting of three tracts ... : together with a large preface concerning the author, his learned debates in the assembly of divines, his peculiar opinions, his Christian piety, and the faithful discharge of his ministry. Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. 1700 (1700) Wing L2070; ESTC R12231 207,677 406

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then_o of_o his_o generation_n or_o that_o come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n be_v sixty-nine_a in_o number_n and_o himself_o make_v the_o seventieth_n he_o be_v present_v before_o pharaoh_n who_o never_o see_v so_o old_a a_o man_n in_o all_o his_o life_n as_o he_o have_v nourish_v joseph_n seventeen_o year_n before_o he_o be_v sell_v xlvii_o gen._n xlvii_o so_o joseph_n nourish_v he_o in_o egypt_n seventeen_o year_n before_o he_o die_v xlviii_o xlviii_o before_o his_o death_n he_o swear_v joseph_n to_o inter_v he_o in_o canaan_n xlix_o xlix_o bless_v his_o two_o son_n particular_o and_o himself_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n he_o die_v a_o hundred_o fortyseven_a year_n old_a joseph_n fifty-three_a year_n after_o die_v himself_o l._n l._n and_o be_v cossine_v up_o in_o egypt_n to_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n when_o israel_n shall_v be_v deliver_v before_o joseph_n death_n israel_n grow_v numerous_a in_o egypt_n if_o not_o before_o jacob_n gen._n xlvii_o 27_o 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against_o a_o evil_a work_n why_o the_o egyptian_n perish_v in_o the_o sea_n the_o murmur_a israelite_n in_o the_o wilderness_n the_o samaritan_n by_o lion_n bethel_n child_n by_o bear_n because_o there_o be_v a_o sentence_n against_o a_o evil_a work_n but_o where_o be_v this_o sentence_n since_o thousand_o and_o thousand_o have_v abuse_v the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n a_o thousand_o time_n whereas_o belshazzar_n do_v but_o once_o and_o yet_o their_o finger_n never_o ache_v for_o so_o do_v many_o and_o many_o a_o thousand_o have_v tell_v a_o thousand_o and_o a_o thousand_o lie_n whereas_o ananias_n tell_v but_o one_o and_o yet_o have_v escape_v in_o a_o whole_a skin_n and_o there_o have_v be_v thousand_o as_o proud_a in_o heart_n as_o herod_n can_v be_v and_o yet_o not_o meet_v with_o his_o fate_n it_o be_v these_o man_n hard_a luck_n to_o speed_v as_o they_o do_v but_o million_o speed_n better_o that_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n therefore_o where_o be_v this_o sentence_n i_o answer_v 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commandment_n and_o 2._o a_o engage_v of_o their_o heart_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v to_o obedience_n of_o his_o commandment_n or_o let_v they_o be_v accurse_v and_o so_o the_o word_n amen_o signify_v in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n both_o a_o assertion_n of_o a_o thing_n or_o aver_v that_o it_o be_v true_a and_o so_o they_o and_o we_o be_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o god_n commandment_n deserve_v a_o curse_n and_o second_o a_o imprecation_n upon_o themselves_o if_o they_o willing_o do_v so_o transgress_v again_o now_o what_o be_v this_o curse_n or_o what_o be_v the_o curse_n that_o hang_v over_o the_o head_n of_o sinner_n it_o be_v true_a sometime_o the_o curse_n fall_v upon_o ungodly_a man_n in_o visible_a and_o temporal_a judgement_n as_o upon_o the_o old_a world_n sodom_n the_o egyptian_n and_o ten_o thousand_o more_o such_o direful_a monument_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o curse_n that_o he_o intend_v for_o the_o ungodly_a for_o many_o and_o many_o 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