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say_v with_o our_o dear_a lord_n joh._n 16.32_o you_o shall_v leave_v i_o alone_o and_o yet_o i_o be_o not_o alone_a because_o the_o father_n be_v with_o i_o 2._o from_o the_o order_n and_o appointment_n arise_v go_v to_o bethel_n doct._n 2._o god_n alone_o be_v the_o fit_a to_o dispose_v of_o man_n habitation_n deut._n 32.8_o the_o most_o high_o divide_v to_o the_o nation_n their_o inheritance_n when_o he_o separate_v the_o son_n of_o adam_n the_o great_a god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o topography_n and_o geography_n as_o well_o as_o genealogy_n and_o chronology_n act._n 17.26_o he_o have_v make_v of_o one_o blood_n all_o nation_n of_o man_n for_o to_o dwell_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o have_v determine_v the_o time_n before_o appoint_v loc_n sicut_fw-la in_o castris_fw-la sva_fw-la cuique_fw-la turmae_fw-la &_o dicuriâ—e_fw-la distincta_fw-la est_fw-la statio_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la locatos_fw-la esse_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la singuli_fw-la 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out_o of_o harm_n way_n loc_n gen._n 28.11_o 19_o eight_o german_a mile_n say_v paraeus_n in_o loc_n bethel_n be_v thirty_o english_a mile_n distant_a from_o schechem_n southwards_o god_n have_v his_o pathmos_n for_o his_o servant_n in_o time_n of_o danger_n his_o pella_n for_o his_o hidden_a one_o in_o a_o universal_a slaughter_n 4._o to_o put_v jacob_n upon_o pay_v his_o vow_n for_o hitherto_o he_o have_v be_v slack_a in_o make_v good_a his_o promise_n make_v at_o bethel_n chap._n 28.22_o loc_n how_o god_n speak_v of_o himself_o in_o the_o three_o person_n see_v par._n in_o loc_n 3._o here_o be_v the_o duty_n god_n put_v jacob_n upon_o which_o be_v to_o make_v there_o a_o altar_n unto_o god_n which_o he_o must_v do_v partly_o to_o maintain_v and_o promote_v god_n worship_n partly_o to_o strengthen_v his_o faith_n against_o his_o present_a fear_n from_o the_o gracious_a experiment_n he_o have_v at_o bethel_n gen._n 31.13_o doct._n 3._o god_n will_v be_v worship_v where_o ever_o his_o people_n inhabit_v mens_fw-la shift_v their_o habitation_n must_v not_o divorce_v they_o from_o god_n and_o religion_n as_o god_n be_v every_o where_o present_a so_o in_o every_o place_n incense_n must_v be_v offer_v to_o his_o name_n mal._n 1.11_o change_v of_o place_n must_v not_o lessen_v our_o piety_n 4._o here_o be_v the_o reason_n to_o urge_v this_o duty_n 1._o god_n appear_v to_o he_o there_o doct._n 4._o former_a appearance_n of_o god_n to_o his_o child_n be_v memento_n of_o present_a duty_n jacob_n have_v be_v nine_o year_n in_o the_o country_n and_o have_v not_o return_v to_o bethel_n to_o pay_v his_o vow_n make_v there_o whether_o 1._o that_o he_o wait_v for_o a_o 〈◊〉_d opportunity_n to_o do_v it_o solemn_o with_o tithe_n or_o sacrifice_n or_o 2._o wait_v for_o a_o admonition_n from_o god_n loc_n totus_fw-la à _fw-la divino_fw-la nutu_fw-la pendebat_fw-la nec_fw-la dubitabat_fw-la dom._n illi_fw-la fignificaturum_fw-la tempus_fw-la yid._n poli_fw-fr syn._n in_o loc_n and_o hope_v for_o god_n signify_v his_o mind_n since_o he_o whole_o depend_v on_o the_o divine_a appointment_n or_o 3_o whether_o now_o his_o new_a strait_n put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o old_a strait_n receipt_n or_o 4._o whether_o this_o be_v jacob_n sin_n to_o forget_v and_o neglect_v this_o duty_n which_o be_v most_o likely_a that_o rich_a jacob_n forget_v what_o poor_a jacob_n have_v vow_v doct._n 5._o god_n have_v a_o day_n and_o a_o way_n to_o rub_v up_o his_o people_n memory_n to_o perform_v forget_v duty_n god_n tell_v he_o there_o be_v a_o day_n he_o flee_v from_o esau_n his_o brother_n 16._o dr._n lightfoot_n on_o gen._n think_v god_n be_v angry_a with_o jacob_n for_o distrust_v his_o promise_n and_o send_v esaâ—_n 500_o cattle_n which_o he_o have_v vow_v the_o tithe_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o therefore_o seek_a to_o kill_v he_o observat_fw-la oâ—_n gen._n p._n 16._o and_o now_o let_v he_o see_v the_o danger_n he_o be_v in_o of_o the_o canaanite_n that_o he_o may_v perform_v old_a duty_n before_o he_o expect_v new_a mercy_n and_o indeed_o new_a strait_n revive_v old_a guilt_n gen._n 42.21_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o first_o general_n god_n commission_n 2._o here_o be_v jacob_n charge_n to_o his_o family_n verse_n 23._o then_o jacob_n say_v to_o his_o household_n wherein_o jacob_n as_o a_o housholder_n act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o 1._o prophet_n 2._o priest_n 3._o king_n 1._o he_o be_v as_o a_o prophet_n to_o instruct_v his_o family_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n 2._o teach_v they_o their_o duty_n 3._o his_o own_o purpose_n what_o he_o be_v resolve_v upon_o and_o 4._o communicate_v to_o they_o his_o own_o experience_n for_o argument_n and_o encouragement_n chap._n 2._o 1._o his_o prayer_n 2._o god_n answer_n in_o his_o deliverance_n and_o direction_n verse_n 3_o 2._o he_o act_v herein_o as_o a_o priest_n in_o his_o own_o house_n 1._o in_o make_v a_o altar_n unto_o god_n 2._o in_o pour_v a_o drink-offering_a thereon_o and_o pour_v oil_n thereon_o verse_n 14._o 3._o he_o act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o king_n or_o supreme_a governor_n over_o his_o own_o family_n which_o consist_v 1._o in_o the_o command_n he_o lay_v on_o they_o 1._o to_o put_v away_o strange_a god_n 2._o to_o be_v clean_a 3._o to_o change_v their_o garment_n 2._o in_o his_o actual_a exercise_n of_o jurisdiction_n viz._n 1._o their_o compliance_n ver_fw-la 4._o they_o give_v he_o the_o strange_a god_n and_o earring_n 2._o his_o demolish_n or_o put_v they_o out_o of_o their_o sight_n he_o hide_v they_o q._n 1._o how_o come_v idol_n to_o be_v in_o jacob_n be_v family_n ans_fw-fr 1._o either_o those_o new_o take_v from_o the_o shechemite_n among_o other_o spoil_n chap._n 34.29_o which_o jacob_n son_n may_v keep_v not_o to_o worship_v but_o for_o their_o precious_a matter_n of_o gold_n silver_n 2._o or_o jacob_n gentile_a servant_n keep_v these_o image_n to_o worship_n secret_o unknown_a to_o jacob._n 3._o or_o they_o may_v be_v maintain_v and_o use_v by_o leah_n or_o jacob_n two_o wife_n or_o concubine_n billah_n and_o zilpah_n or_o deborah_n nurse_n to_o rebecca_n for_o idolatry_n be_v but_o gradual_o purge_v out_o 4._o why_o may_v not_o these_o god_n be_v the_o image_n that_o his_o belove_a rachel_n steal_v chap._n 31.19_o they_o be_v call_v teraphim_n or_o image_n laban_n call_v they_o his_o god_n v._o 30._o they_o be_v make_v in_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n who_o the_o heathen_a adore_v as_o subordinate_a god_n to_o who_o they_o commit_v the_o protection_n of_o their_o house_n with_o who_o they_o consult_v about_o secret_a or_o future_a thing_n from_o who_o they_o receive_v delusory_a and_o diabolical_a answer_n these_o idol_n laban_n worship_v together_o with_o the_o true_a god_n which_o rachel_n take_v as_o due_a to_o she_o for_o a_o portion_n or_o it_o may_v be_v to_o prevent_v her_o father_n consult_v they_o
do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o whole_a assembly_n meet_v every_o day_n therefore_o most_o probable_o a_o family_n work_n and_o worship_n 3._o natural_a religion_n prompt_v to_o it_o there_o be_v certain_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o the_o law_n and_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o put_v man_n on_o to_o what_o be_v moral_o good_a and_o restrain_v man_n from_o or_o check_v they_o for_o what_o be_v gross_o evil_a hence_o the_o apostle_n say_v 15._o rom._n 2.14_o 15._o the_o gentile_n do_v by_o nature_n some_o thing_n material_o good_a and_o natural_a conscience_n accuse_v or_o excuse_v so_o he_o appeal_v to_o nature_n as_o a_o argument_n à _fw-fr fortiori_fw-la 11.14_o 1_o cor._n 11.14_o do_v not_o even_a nature_n itself_o teach_v you_o whence_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a in_o working_n proceed_v i_o dispute_v not_o whether_o from_o some_o relic_n of_o god_n image_n in_o man_n which_o some_o censure_n as_o pelagianism_n or_o they_o be_v superinduce_v by_o god_n since_o the_o fall_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o mankind_n temptation_n see_v mr._n gepel_n of_o temptation_n but_o doubtless_o such_o notion_n there_o be_v as_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n a_o supreme_a be_v that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v love_a worship_v and_o that_o not_o only_o single_o but_o social_o in_o family_n as_o well_o as_o alone_o or_o in_o great_a assembly_n hence_o beside_o their_o national_a and_o city-god_n they_o have_v their_o lar_n and_o penates_n their_o household_n god_n though_o alas_o they_o be_v but_o dumb_a idol_n from_o they_o it_o may_v be_v idolatrous_a micah_n have_v a_o house_n of_o god_n 17.5_o judg._n 17.5_o and_o shall_v poor_a dim-sighted_a heathen_n think_v it_o high_o rational_a to_o have_v dung_a hill_n god_n in_o their_o house_n and_o shall_v not_o man_n profess_v the_o true_a religion_n of_o the_o true_a god_n own_o their_o omnipresent_v god_n by_o set_v up_o a_o altar_n to_o he_o in_o their_o house_n the_o prophet_n speak_v peremptory_o mic._n 4.5_o 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people_n whether_o this_o mean_v all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n or_o judah_n only_o it_o be_v a_o gospel-promise_a and_o imply_v worship_n for_o relation_n to_o god_n infer_v adoration_n of_o he_o octavius_n mat._n 4.10_o putatis_fw-la nos_fw-la occulâ—â—re_fw-la quod_fw-la câ—limus_fw-la si_fw-la delubra_fw-la &_o arras_n non_fw-la habemus_fw-la eum_fw-la sit_fw-la litabilis_fw-la hostia_fw-la bonuâ—_n animus_n &_o pura_fw-la mens_fw-la ut_fw-la sincera_fw-la conscientia_fw-la haec_fw-la nostra_fw-la sacrificial_a ac_fw-la dei_fw-la sacra_fw-la sunt_fw-la sic_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la religiosin_n est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—inucia_fw-la â—â—â—cis_fw-la octavius_n thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o this_o in_o family_n not_o only_o large_a but_o lesser_a holiness_n to_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v write_v on_o the_o bell_n of_o the_o horse_n but_o the_o pot_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n shall_v be_v like_o the_o bowl_n before_o the_o altar_n i._n e._n their_o very_a kitchenstuff_n and_o common_a utensil_n shall_v be_v reckon_v as_o holy_a as_o altar-vessel_n immediate_o employ_v in_o sacrifice_n yea_o further_o every_o pot_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o judah_n shall_v be_v holiness_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n zech._n 14.20_o 21._o the_o person_n and_o utensil_n in_o private_a shall_v all_o be_v dedicate_v to_o god_n and_o accept_v by_o he_o in_o gospel-time_n civility_n shall_v savour_v of_o sanctity_n these_o new-testament_n priest_n shall_v without_o scruple_n serve_v god_n in_o their_o house_n every_o family_n shall_v be_v a_o temple_n wherein_o god_n will_v be_v woship_v house-pot_n shall_v be_v holy_a vessel_n this_o be_v mean_v of_o gentile_a worshipper_n verse_n 16._o and_o jew_n shall_v not_o be_v behind_o they_o zech._n 12.12_o 13_o 14._o the_o land_n shall_v mourn_v every_o family_n apart_o heb._n family_n family_n royal_a family_n sacerdotal_a tribe_n and_o common_a people_n they_o shall_v mourn_v apart_o and_o shut_v up_o themselves_o apart_o from_o company_n and_o pleasure_n to_o exercise_v godly_a sorrow_n vent_v their_o spirit_n in_o repent_v prayer_n and_o mournful_a groan_n for_o their_o barbarous_a crucify_a the_o prince_n of_o life_n this_o some_o from_o all_o place_n do_v at_o jerusalem_n act._n 2._o and_o more_o shall_v do_v it_o the_o day_n of_o their_o general_a call_n and_o conversion_n to_o god_n 5._o the_o servant_n of_o god_n have_v practise_v it_o you_o can_v scaace_v name_n a_o religious_a housholder_n but_o he_o have_v set_v up_o a_o altar_n in_o his_o family_n and_o offer_v spiritual_a sacrifice_n thereupon_o joshua_n a_o noble_a warrior_n resolve_v upon_o this_o chap._n 24.15_o but_o as_o for_o i_o and_o my_o house_n we_o will_v serve_v the_o lord_n let_v other_o do_v as_o they_o dare_v answer_v it_o another_o day_n i_o with_o my_o child_n and_o servant_n must_v and_o will_v worship_v the_o lord_n worship_v god_n be_v serve_v he_o psal_n 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