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have_v be_v turn_v out_o of_o door_n to_o assist_v isaac_n in_o the_o burial_n of_o his_o father_n 25.9_o however_o as_o he_o have_v be_v a_o scoffer_n in_o his_o own_o person_n so_o he_o continue_v to_o be_v a_o persecutor_n in_o his_o posterity_n which_o instead_o of_o the_o blessing_n inherit_v the_o curse_n which_o be_v oppose_v to_o it_o 12.3_o viz._n i_o will_v curse_v he_o that_o curse_v thou_o we_o read_v of_o no_o good_a man_n of_o his_o descent_n at_o all_o so_o far_o as_o i_o remember_v second_o but_o for_o the_o son_n of_o keturah_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o any_o persecutor_n descend_v from_o they_o or_o no_o unless_o the_o midianite_n out_o of_o some_o of_o which_o however_o the_o subject_n of_o jethro_n and_o the_o kenites_n befriend_v israel_n and_o become_v partaker_n of_o his_o blessing_n so_o that_o their_o circumcision_n serve_v to_o carry_v the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n abroad_o into_o remote_a part_n when_o abraham_n give_v they_o gift_n and_o send_v they_o 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in_o tent_n frugality_n of_o diet_n paâ—city_n of_o entertainment_n want_v of_o field_n garden_n vineyard_n whereby_o be_v hinder_v from_o sow_v for_o themselves_o they_o be_v oft_o distress_v through_o famine_n if_o there_o be_v any_o scarcity_n abroad_o hitherto_o we_o have_v see_v somewhat_o of_o the_o best_a of_o the_o patriarch_n state_n as_o viz_o that_o they_o have_v gold_n and_o silver_n and_o stock_n and_o a_o great_a retinue_n together_o with_o some_o favour_n in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o most_o converse_v as_o for_o their_o outward_a form_n of_o religion_n there_o be_v no_o retire_a place_n in_o tent_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o devotion_n 24.63_o isaac_n be_v fain_o to_o go_v forth_o into_o the_o field_n to_o meditate_v they_o make_v it_o their_o first_o work_n to_o erect_v altar_n wherever_o they_o come_v which_o be_v their_o place_n of_o resort_n to_o pray_v and_o pay_v their_o vow_n and_o receive_v instruction_n and_o direction_n from_o god_n whether_o oracular_o 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family_n be_v priest_n in_o his_o own_o tent_n yet_o when_o he_o come_v to_o a_o great_a father_n in_o such_o a_o tribe_n or_o kindred_n as_o be_v true_a worshipper_n that_o the_o young_a be_v to_o serve_v the_o elder_a and_o to_o pay_v such_o a_o reverence_n to_o he_o as_o if_o he_o reserve_v none_o unto_o himself_o let_v we_o next_o consider_v before_o we_o leave_v they_o some_o of_o their_o restraint_n and_o incommodity_n under_o which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o discipline_n and_o train_n they_o up_o unto_o a_o grow_a church_n we_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o emblem_n of_o it_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o rechabite_v etc._n who_o father_n jonadab_n command_v they_o say_v you_o shall_v drink_v no_o wine_n you_o nor_o your_o wife_n nor_o your_o son_n nor_o your_o daughter_n for_o ever_o neither_o shall_v you_o build_v house_n nor_o plant_v vineyard_n nor_o have_v a_o field_n nor_o any_o seed_n but_o all_o your_o day_n you_o shall_v dwell_v in_o tent_n that_o you_o may_v live_v many_o day_n in_o the_o land_n where_o you_o be_v stranger_n only_o for_o fear_v of_o the_o army_n of_o the_o chaldean_n say_v they_o we_o dwell_v at_o jerusalem_n for_o a_o time_n even_o as_o abraham_n may_v do_v in_o gerar_n or_o in_o hebron_n who_o example_n that_o devout_a man_n seem_v to_o recommend_v unto_o his_o child_n and_o their_o posterity_n for_o ever_o and_o so_o to_o become_v more_o extraordinary_a votary_n than_o any_o of_o the_o nazarite_n for_o wine_n indeed_o it_o be_v not_o forbid_v to_o the_o patriarch_n but_o they_o can_v not_o have_v it_o of_o their_o own_o since_o they_o can_v not_o be_v so_o well_o settle_v as_o noah_n 9.20_o who_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o husbandman_n and_o plant_v a_o vineyard_n and_o he_o drink_v the_o wine_n and_o be_v drunken_a belike_o as_o unaccustomed_a to_o it_o too_o 19.23_o even_o as_o it_o happen_v unto_o lot_n who_o daughter_n get_v the_o wine_n no_o doubt_n from_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n but_o since_o the_o patriarch_n have_v no_o such_o intimacy_n with_o their_o wicked_a neighbour_n 8._o we_o read_v of_o no_o other_o beverage_n that_o they_o have_v but_o milk_n and_o water_n and_o such_o be_v their_o frugal_a entertainment_n with_o cake_n make_v ready_a upon_o the_o hearth_n and_o a_o little_a butter_n veal_n or_o kid_n fetch_v as_o occasion_n serve_v from_o the_o flock_n and_o that_o we_o may_v likewise_o think_v may_v much_o conduce_v to_o their_o increase_n of_o wealth_n since_o they_o make_v much_o ado_n about_o the_o approach_n of_o any_o visitant_n that_o come_v for_o kindness_n only_o as_o a_o rare_a thing_n as_o for_o the_o field_n which_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n purchase_v we_o have_v note_v before_o that_o the_o one_o be_v for_o no_o other_o use_n but_o a_o buryingplace_n and_o the_o other_o for_o his_o booth_n and_o his_o altar_n even_o as_o man_n at_o a_o fair_a pay_n for_o the_o ground_n they_o break_v or_o occupy_v for_o the_o time_n 7.7_o for_o saint_n t_o stephen_n tell_v we_o that_o god_n give_v they_o no_o inheritance_n in_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o set_v their_o foot_n upon_o but_o a_o promise_n only_o unto_o abraham_n posterity_n and_o s_o t_o paul_n 11.9_o that_o abraham_n by_o faith_n only_o sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n as_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n and_o in_o opposition_n unto_o house_n that_o he_o dwell_v in_o tabernacle_n which_o be_v no_o more_o comparable_a unto_o house_n than_o the_o ship-cabin_n to_o the_o chamber_n of_o a_o palace_n with_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n the_o heir_n with_o he_o of_o the_o same_o promise_n though_o for_o isaac_n it_o seem_v that_o he_o be_v not_o lodge_v under_o the_o same_o roof_n with_o abraham_n but_o be_v enlarge_v enough_o in_o family_n to_o have_v a_o tent_n of_o his_o own_o 67._o when_o he_o go_v forth_o to_o meet_v rebekkah_n and_o have_v meet_v she_o he_o bring_v she_o into_o his_o mother_n sarah_n tent_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o mutual_a joy_n 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happen_v or_o be_v do_v like_o what_o be_v then_o and_o at_o other_o time_n to_o look_v upon_o the_o same_o as_o mere_a dotage_n even_o as_o young_a man_n when_o they_o hearken_v to_o old_a man_n tale_n think_v that_o they_o themselves_o be_v able_a to_o do_v much_o more_o and_o better_a or_o as_o other_o pretend_v that_o the_o modern_a age_n must_v needs_o be_v far_o more_o know_v because_o they_o stand_v upon_o their_o shoulder_n while_o they_o be_v but_o grow_v up_o unto_o their_o elbow_n at_o least_o more_o pious_a by_o revelation_n and_o experience_n whereas_o more_o knowledge_n be_v lose_v than_o can_v possible_o be_v repair_v and_o more_o piety_n than_o the_o decline_a age_n of_o the_o world_n be_v likely_a to_o restore_v chap._n xxii_o adam_n and_o eve_n earnest_o look_v
towards_o the_o promise_a seed_n enoch_n live_v a_o heavenly_a life_n and_o noah_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n much_o in_o private_a devotion_n the_o saint_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n live_v not_o by_o temporal_a promise_n nor_o rest_v in_o they_o but_o they_o live_v and_o be_v save_v by_o faith_n in_o christ_n prove_v out_o of_o both_o testament_n and_o one_o objection_n answer_v we_o may_v perceive_v by_o what_o have_v be_v hint_v before_o what_o manner_n of_o life_n our_o father_n adam_n live_v after_o his_o transgression_n viz._n pray_v and_o sacrifice_v in_o earnest_a expectation_n of_o the_o seed_n promise_v in_o who_o all_o sacrifice_n be_v to_o cease_v and_o poor_a eve_n to_o make_v amends_o travel_v continual_o with_o the_o desire_n of_o obtain_v it_o as_o she_o hope_v in_o her_o own_o person_n wherefore_o when_o she_o bring_v forth_o her_o first-born_a 26._o she_o say_v i_o have_v get_v a_o man_n from_o the_o lord_n and_o when_o she_o come_v again_o in_o process_n of_o 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