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and_o mean_n he_o be_v confident_a of_o receive_v the_o bless_a inheritance_n promise_v but_o he_o be_v also_o confident_a that_o the_o way_n to_o come_v to_o it_o be_v to_o follow_v god_n guidance_n and_o direction_n and_o that_o god_n be_v as_o much_o to_o be_v believe_v in_o his_o show_v the_o way_n and_o therein_o his_o counsel_n and_o command_v to_o be_v embrace_v as_o he_o be_v in_o promise_v the_o end_n heb._n 11.14_o 15_o 16._o there_o you_o have_v the_o end_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n and_o sara_n the_o mark_n at_o which_o they_o aim_v for_o they_o that_o say_v such_o thing_n declare_v plain_o that_o they_o seek_v a_o country_n and_o what_o country_n not_o such_o as_o they_o leave_v for_o true_o if_o they_o have_v be_v mindful_a of_o that_o country_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v out_o they_o may_v have_v have_v opportunity_n to_o have_v return_v but_o now_o they_o desire_v a_o better_a country_n that_o be_v a_o heavenly_a wherefore_o god_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v call_v their_o god_n for_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o they_o a_o city_n god_n have_v give_v they_o hope_n of_o a_o heavenly_a country_n they_o believe_v he_o in_o his_o discovery_n and_o promise_n of_o this_o and_o therefore_o when_o god_n call_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o native_a country_n to_o set_v forward_o for_o this_o they_o present_o obey_v they_o go_v out_o not_o know_v whither_o they_o go_v heb._n 11.8_o but_o be_v resolve_v under_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o heavenly_a country_n to_o follow_v the_o conduct_n of_o god_n and_o to_o deliver_v themselves_o up_o to_o his_o counsel_n and_o command_n and_o to_o follow_v these_o whithersoever_o they_o will_v lead_v they_o as_o be_v full_o persuade_v that_o these_o will_v at_o last_o bring_v they_o to_o that_o heavenly_a country_n which_o they_o seek_v just_o as_o the_o wise_a man_n who_o follow_v the_o guidance_n of_o the_o star_n be_v by_o it_o bring_v to_o the_o house_n where_o the_o young_a child_n jesus_n be_v who_o they_o seek_v sect._n 3_o see_v also_o the_o faith_n of_o moses_n run_v the_o same_o race_n heb._n 11.24_o 25_o 26._o by_o faith_n moses_n when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o year_n refuse_v to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n esteem_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n great_a riches_n than_o the_o treasure_n in_o egypt_n for_o he_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o recompense_n of_o the_o reward_n first_o that_o which_o his_o faith_n have_v in_o its_o eye_n as_o the_o mark_n at_o which_o he_o aim_v be_v the_o recompense_n of_o the_o reward_n the_o great_a prize_n for_o which_o all_o the_o saint_n run_v he_o believe_v there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v have_v from_o god_n second_o the_o same_o faith_n by_o which_o he_o depend_v upon_o god_n for_o this_o blessedness_n enable_v he_o to_o wait_v upon_o god_n in_o his_o own_o way_n to_o be_v lead_v to_o it_o and_o therefore_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v by_o sin_n displease_v he_o from_o who_o he_o expect_v the_o recompense_n of_o reward_n he_o at_o once_o turn_v his_o back_n upon_o the_o honour_n pleasure_n and_o treasure_n of_o egypt_n and_o see_v he_o can_v not_o join_v himself_o unto_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o with_o they_o to_o worship_n the_o lord_n but_o that_o in_o embrace_v they_o he_o must_v embrace_v reproach_n and_o affliction_n with_o they_o therefore_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v lose_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o one_o in_o relation_n to_o his_o expect_a happiness_n he_o choose_v and_o espouse_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o the_o other_o he_o by_o his_o faith_n put_v into_o the_o one_o balance_v the_o recompense_n of_o reward_n as_o the_o end_n and_o his_o communion_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o his_o worship_n and_o service_n as_o the_o way_n and_o mean_n and_o together_o with_o these_o the_o reproach_n for_o christ_n and_o the_o 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