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their_o covenant_n with_o god_n verse_n 21._o they_o have_v move_v i_o to_o jealousy_n with_o that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n the_o sum_n of_o that_o which_o be_v here_o threaten_a be_v this_o that_o since_o they_o have_v mobe_v he_o to_o jealousy_n that_o be_v provoke_v he_o to_o displeasure_n with_o that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n that_o be_v by_o give_v away_o the_o worship_n which_o be_v due_a only_o to_o he_o to_o god_n which_o be_v indeed_o no_o god_n so_o prefer_v mere_a vanity_n perhaps_o stock_n and_o stone_n before_o their_o creator_n therefore_o he_o will_v move_v they_o to_o jealousy_n that_o be_v will_v vex_v and_o disquiet_v they_o with_o those_o which_o be_v not_o a_o people_n even_o with_o a_o foolish_a nation_n that_o be_v by_o prefer_v as_o it_o be_v the_o heathen_a before_o they_o that_o have_v be_v his_o peculiar_a people_n and_o this_o the_o lord_n do_v to_o the_o israelite_n two_o several_a way_n first_o when_o he_o take_v part_n with_o the_o heathen_n and_o 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for_o herein_o s._n paul_n note_v that_o this_o threaten_n be_v make_v good_a rom._n 10._o 19_o and_o indeed_o if_o a_o prince_n shall_v take_v some_o base_a beggar_n to_o his_o bed_n and_o board_n to_o vex_v his_o wife_n that_o have_v former_o play_v the_o harlot_n with_o some_o base_a unworthy_a groom_n this_o can_v not_o be_v a_o great_a vexation_n to_o she_o than_o it_o be_v always_o to_o the_o jew_n to_o think_v that_o the_o gentile_n who_o they_o despise_v for_o their_o blindness_n and_o folly_n shall_v come_v to_o be_v espouse_v to_o god_n in_o christ_n and_o enjoy_v the_o privilege_n of_o god_n church_n and_o people_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v cast_v off_o even_o the_o believe_a jew_n be_v not_o without_o much_o ado_n bring_v to_o yield_v to_o this_o truth_n of_o the_o gentile_n call_v act._n 11._o 2_o 3._o and_o much_o more_o be_v it_o a_o matter_n of_o great_a vexation_n and_o indignation_n to_o the_o rest_n and_o indeed_o so_o it_o be_v unto_o this_o day_n see_v 1_o thess_n 2._o 15_o 16._o who_o both_o kill_v the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o their_o own_o prophet_n and_o have_v persecute_v we_o and_o they_o please_v not_o god_n and_o be_v contrary_a to_o all_o man_n forbid_v we_o to_o speak_v to_o the_o gentile_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v to_o fill_v up_o their_o sin_n always_o for_o the_o wrath_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o to_o the_o uttermost_a verse_n 22._o for_o a_o fire_n be_v kindle_v in_o my_o anger_n and_o shall_v burn_v unto_o the_o low_a hell_n etc._n etc._n some_o expositor_n understand_v this_o of_o the_o eternal_a torment_n of_o hell_n to_o wit_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v in_o his_o just_a anger_n not_o only_o pour_v out_o upon_o they_o his_o judgement_n here_o but_o also_o throw_v their_o soul_n afterwards_o to_o hell_n where_o the_o unquenchable_a fire_n burn_v matt._n 3._o 12._o but_o though_o this_o be_v a_o truth_n that_o the_o wicked_a shall_v not_o only_o be_v punish_v here_o but_o also_o eternal_o in_o hellfire_n hereafter_o yet_o it_o seem_v not_o so_o probable_a that_o this_o be_v intend_v here_o but_o that_o all_o which_o be_v here_o threaten_a be_v this_o that_o the_o judgement_n which_o god_n in_o his_o anger_n will_v bring_v upon_o they_o shall_v utter_o destroy_v the_o land_n for_o the_o last_o branch_n of_o the_o verse_n and_o shall_v consume_v the_o earth_n with_o her_o increase_n and_o set_v on_o fire_n the_o foundation_n of_o the_o mountain_n seem_v to_o be_v add_v by_o way_n of_o explain_v these_o and_o to_o show_v we_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o burn_a of_o this_o fire_n unto_o the_o low_a hell_n verse_n 23._o i_o will_v heap_v mischief_n upon_o they_o i_o will_v spend_v my_o arrow_n upon_o they_o that_o be_v i_o
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face_n of_o the_o earth_n neither_o can_v he_o be_v proper_o therefore_o say_v to_o remove_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o so_o that_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v down_o to_o see_v the_o city_n and_o the_o tower_n etc._n etc._n be_v only_o to_o imply_v 1._o that_o however_o the_o lord_n do_v awhile_o wink_v at_o this_o their_o mad_a and_o proud_a attempt_n and_o suffer_v they_o to_o go_v on_o as_o if_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o it_o yet_o at_o length_n by_o his_o judgement_n upon_o they_o he_o discover_v that_o he_o be_v present_a with_o they_o and_o see_v all_o their_o proceed_n and_o 2._o that_o this_o arrogant_a attempt_n of_o these_o babel-builder_n be_v such_o as_o do_v indeed_o upon_o exact_a enquiry_n deserve_v the_o severity_n of_o god_n ensue_a proceed_n against_o they_o and_o that_o god_n be_v most_o just_a and_o righteous_a in_o all_o that_o he_o do_v to_o they_o verse_n 26._o and_o terah_n live_v seventy_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n that_o be_v he_o begin_v to_o beget_v they_o one_o of_o these_o his_o son_n be_v then_o bear_v to_o wit_n nahor_n for_o that_o abram_n be_v not_o bear_v till_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o father_n terahs_n age_n be_v most_o plain_a if_o we_o compare_v diligent_o these_o place_n together_o gen._n 11._o 32._o and_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v too_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o terah_n die_v in_o haran_n gen._n 12._o 4._o and_o abram_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o depart_v out_o of_o haran_n act._n 7._o 4._o and_o from_o thence_o when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a he_o remove_v he_o into_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n for_o have_v abram_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o seventi_v year_n of_o his_o father_n age_n when_o his_o father_n die_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n old_a he_o must_v needs_o be_v one_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o year_n old_a which_o can_v be_v for_o when_o abram_n go_v into_o canaan_n which_o be_v after_o his_o father_n death_n act_v 7._o he_o be_v but_o seventy_o five_o year_n old_a gen_n 12._o 4._o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o abram_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o his_o father_n die_v in_o haran_n two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n old_a it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o abram_n be_v bear_v when_o his_o father_n terah_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o verse_n 29._o milcah_n the_o daughter_n of_o haran_n if_o this_o be_v as_o some_o conceive_v another_o haran_n and_o not_o the_o brother_n of_o abram_n and_o so_o the_o follow_a clause_n the_o father_n of_o milcah_n the_o father_n of_o iscah_n be_v add_v to_o distinguish_v this_o from_o that_o other_o haran_n the_o brother_n of_o abram_n then_o be_v there_o no_o difficulty_n in_o this_o place_n but_o the_o most_o of_o expositor_n conceive_v otherwise_o namely_o that_o both_o mâ—lcah_n and_o sarai_n otherwise_o call_v iscah_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o haran_n the_o son_n of_o terah_n and_o marry_v to_o their_o uncle_n abram_n and_o nahor_n and_o yet_o be_v this_o no_o proof_n that_o such_o match_n be_v then_o lawful_a rather_o we_o may_v think_v that_o both_o nahor_n and_o abram_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n necessitate_v to_o marry_v their_o niece_n the_o sister_n of_o lot_n and_o daughter_n of_o their_o brother_n haran_n because_o they_o will_v not_o match_v with_o stranger_n in_o those_o corrupt_a time_n that_o be_v general_o fall_v from_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o that_o these_o match_n be_v by_o special_a toleration_n or_o dispensation_n from_o god_n either_o at_o first_o permit_v or_o at_o least_o afterward_o allow_v and_o approve_v though_o otherwise_o unlawful_a by_o the_o common_a rule_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n verse_n 31._o and_o terah_n take_v abram_n his_o son_n to_o wit_n abram_n have_v first_o discover_v to_o he_o how_o the_o lord_n have_v in_o a_o revelation_n charge_v he_o to_o leave_v his_o country_n and_o go_v into_o a_o land_n which_o he_o will_v show_v he_o to_o wit_n canaan_n for_o it_o be_v clear_a act._n 7._o 2._o that_o god_n appear_v to_o abram_n in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n before_o he_o come_v to_o haran_n and_o command_v he_o to_o go_v into_o canaan_n so_o that_o abram_n first_o motion_v this_o remove_n though_o terah_n be_v here_o first_o name_v because_o he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n and_o they_o come_v unto_o haran_n and_o dwell_v there_o this_o first_o remove_n be_v with_o a_o purpose_n to_o go_v into_o canaan_n but_o be_v strike_v in_o year_n or_o otherwise_o disable_v for_o travel_n he_o stay_v there_o in_o haran_n and_o after_o a_o few_o year_n die_v chap._n xii_o now_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o abram_n etc._n etc._n now_o moses_n return_v to_o show_v the_o cause_n both_o of_o terahs_n removal_n with_o his_o family_n from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n and_o of_o abraham_n removal_n after_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a from_o haran_n where_o for_o some_o year_n they_o have_v stay_v for_o why_o do_v he_o not_o abide_v 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by_o the_o name_n whereby_o they_o be_v afterward_o know_v as_o sit_v his_o speech_n to_o the_o man_n of_o that_o age_n werein_o himself_o live_v verse_n 11._o behold_v now_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v a_o fair_a woman_n to_o look_v upon_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o sarah_n be_v at_o this_o time_n above_o threescore_o year_n old_a for_o abram_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o come_v first_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n vers_fw-la 4._o and_o sarah_n be_v but_o ten_o year_n young_a than_o abram_n gen._n 17._o 17._o yet_o no_o wonder_n it_o be_v though_o sarah_n be_v at_o these_o year_n fair_a yea_o vers_n 14._o very_o fair_a not_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o her_o husband_n only_o but_o of_o the_o egyptian_n also_o even_o her_o barrenness_n be_v doubtless_o some_o help_n to_o the_o continuance_n of_o her_o beauty_n but_o beside_o in_o those_o time_n when_o they_o live_v so_o long_a the_o strength_n and_o beauty_n of_o woman_n we_o may_v well_o think_v continue_v long_o fresh_a and_o without_o any_o great_a decay_n then_o in_o these_o day_n whereto_o if_o we_o add_v that_o it_o be_v most_o likely_a that_o god_n do_v also_o by_o his_o providence_n in_o a_o more_o special_a and_o extraordinary_a manner_n bless_v sarah_n in_o this_o regard_n even_o in_o she_o otherwise_o decline_a year_n it_o will_v not_o seem_v any_o way_n improbable_a that_o sarah_n shall_v at_o this_o time_n be_v so_o wondrous_a beautiful_a verse_n 13._o say_v i_o pray_v thou_o thou_o be_v my_o sister_n that_o the_o egyptian_n know_v she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n may_v not_o kill_v he_o that_o then_o they_o may_v marry_v she_o abram_n advise_v sarah_n not_o to_o deny_v but_o to_o conceal_v this_o truth_n that_o
etc._n etc._n which_o seem_v to_o imply_v that_o he_o have_v only_o former_o hear_v of_o he_o not_o see_v his_o face_n i_o will_v give_v thou_o money_n for_o the_o field_n abraham_n persist_v to_o refuse_v it_o of_o gift_n because_o he_o will_v not_o by_o any_o bounty_n of_o they_o enjoy_v one_o foot_n of_o that_o land_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o entire_a for_o his_o possession_n verse_n 17._o and_o the_o field_n of_o ephron_n etc._n etc._n that_o this_o be_v not_o that_o purchase_v bury_v place_n whereof_o stephen_n speak_v act._n 7._o 16._o be_v evident_a because_o that_o be_v in_o sichem_n this_o in_o hebron_n that_o be_v buy_v of_o emor_n the_o father_n of_o sichem_n this_o of_o ephron_n chap._n xxiv_o verse_n 1._o and_o abraham_n be_v old_a etc._n etc._n his_o age_n put_v he_o in_o mind_n to_o provide_v for_o his_o son_n marriage_n he_o be_v now_o a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a for_o isaac_n be_v forty_o gen._n 25._o 20._o and_o isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o take_v rebekah_n to_o wife_n and_o he_o be_v bear_v when_o abraham_n be_v a_o hundred_o gen._n 21._o 5._o abraham_n be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o his_o son_n isaac_n be_v bear_v unto_o he_o verse_n 2._o and_o abraham_n say_v unto_o his_o elder_a servant_n etc._n etc._n this_o in_o likelihood_n be_v his_o steward_n eliezer_n who_o be_v bear_v in_o his_o house_n gen._n 15._o 2_o 3._o and_o the_o steward_n of_o my_o house_n be_v this_o eliezer_n of_o damascus_n and_o abraham_n say_v behold_v to_o i_o thou_o have_v give_v no_o seed_n and_o lo_o one_o bear_v in_o my_o house_n be_v my_o heir_n put_v i_o pray_v thou_o thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n etc._n etc._n a_o sign_n which_o jacob_n also_o require_v of_o his_o son_n joseph_n gen._n 47._o 29._o either_o in_o token_n of_o homage_n and_o to_o signify_v subjection_n that_o as_o their_o hand_n lie_v under_o the_o thigh_n of_o he_o that_o enjoin_v the_o oath_n so_o they_o acknowledge_v themselves_o under_o his_o power_n bind_v to_o obey_v his_o command_n or_o for_o a_o further_a mystery_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n or_o rather_o of_o christ_n the_o promise_a seed_n who_o be_v to_o come_v out_o of_o abraham_n loin_n or_o thigh_n gen._n 46._o 26._o all_o the_o soul_n that_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n which_o come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 3._o that_o thou_o will_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o canaanite_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o because_o they_o be_v a_o profane_a idolatrous_a people_n but_o especial_o because_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o seed_n mix_v themselves_o with_o that_o accurse_a nation_n in_o who_o place_n they_o shall_v succeed_v when_o god_n have_v destroy_v they_o according_a to_o his_o promise_n verse_n 5._o must_v i_o needs_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o unto_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v abraham_n have_v require_v his_o servant_n to_o swear_v as_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o forego_n verse_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o canaanite_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v go_v unto_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v and_o there_o among_o his_o kindred_n provide_v a_o wife_n for_o he_o in_o these_o word_n the_o servant_n object_n a_o case_n that_o may_v happen_v and_o desire_v direction_n therein_o to_o wit_n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o fit_a wise_a find_v among_o his_o kindred_n that_o will_v leave_v her_o country_n to_o come_v into_o canaan_n nor_o yield_v to_o marry_v isaac_n but_o upon_o condition_n that_o he_o shall_v leave_v canaan_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n where_o she_o dwell_v whether_o in_o this_o case_n he_o shall_v be_v so_o strict_o bind_v by_o his_o oath_n to_o provide_v he_o a_o wife_n among_o his_o kindred_n that_o of_o necessity_n he_o must_v consent_v to_o this_o condition_n rather_o than_o not_o to_o marry_v he_o to_o one_o of_o they_o this_o i_o say_v be_v doubtless_o the_o drift_n of_o these_o word_n must_v i_o needs_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o unto_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v only_o further_a yet_o to_o clear_v they_o two_o thing_n must_v be_v note_v 1._o that_o those_o word_n must_v i_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o into_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n must_v not_o make_v we_o think_v that_o isaac_n be_v now_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o tender_a year_n under_o this_o servant_n government_n and_o at_o his_o dispose_n to_o be_v carry_v up_o and_o down_o whither_o he_o please_v for_o he_o be_v now_o well-nigh_o forty_o year_n old_a gen._n 25._o 20._o isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o take_v rebekah_n to_o wife_n but_o be_v only_o mean_v as_o a_o enquiry_n whether_o he_o shall_v in_o treat_v about_o a_o wife_n for_o he_o consent_v to_o that_o condition_n of_o isaac_n remove_v to_o dwell_v among_o his_o father_n kindred_n and_o persuade_v isaac_n to_o it_o who_o it_o seem_v have_v undertake_v to_o his_o father_n to_o be_v guide_v by_o this_o servant_n in_o the_o business_n of_o his_o marriage_n and_o 2._o though_o isaac_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n and_o have_v never_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o his_o father_n come_v yet_o he_o say_v must_v i_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o into_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v to_o wit_n in_o relation_n to_o his_o father_n former_a dwell_n there_o as_o with_o the_o like_a phrase_n gen._n 15._o 16._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o israelite_n shall_v in_o the_o four_o generation_n come_v again_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n out_o of_o egypt_n though_o their_o father_n only_a not_o themselves_o have_v be_v there_o before_o verse_n 6._o beware_v thou_o that_o thou_o bring_v not_o my_o son_n thither_o again_o that_o be_v yield_v not_o to_o any_o such_o condition_n undertake_v no_o such_o thing_n when_o you_o treat_v with_o my_o kindred_n about_o a_o wife_n for_o he_o i_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n have_v my_o son_n leave_v this_o land_n and_o go_v thither_o to_o dwell_v and_o therefore_o be_v sure_a that_o you_o yield_v to_o no_o such_o condition_n nor_o persuade_v my_o son_n to_o it_o when_o i_o be_o go_v now_o this_o abraham_n do_v thus_o earnest_o give_v in_o charge_n to_o his_o servant_n not_o only_o because_o he_o know_v his_o kindred_n be_v not_o so_o free_a from_o idolatrous_a corruption_n in_o religion_n as_o he_o desire_v though_o they_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n and_o therefore_o have_v respect_n to_o his_o son_n therein_o but_o especial_o because_o he_o know_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v call_v he_o out_o of_o that_o land_n into_o canaan_n to_o take_v possession_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v both_o for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n and_o that_o therefore_o his_o son_n go_v to_o dwell_v elsewhere_o will_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o renounce_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n as_o therefore_o himself_o by_o faith_n have_v hitherto_o abide_v there_o heb._n 11._o 9_o so_o he_o will_v have_v his_o son_n do_v also_o choose_v rather_o to_o have_v he_o live_v as_o a_o stranger_n and_o sojourner_n in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n then_o to_o have_v he_o live_v among_o his_o kindred_n in_o the_o land_n of_o his_o forefather_n nativity_n verse_n 10._o and_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o camel_n etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n why_o he_o take_v so_o many_o camel_n and_o servant_n also_o answerable_a as_o be_v express_v ver_fw-la 59_o they_o send_v away_o abraham_n servant_n and_o his_o man_n be_v doubtless_o partly_o because_o the_o journey_n be_v very_o long_o and_o much_o of_o it_o through_o desert_a place_n and_o so_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o shall_v take_v store_n of_o provision_n along_o with_o they_o partly_o because_o he_o be_v to_o carry_v many_o rich_a present_n with_o he_o of_o all_o sort_n to_o give_v among_o his_o master_n kindred_n and_o partly_o because_o it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v go_v the_o more_o rich_o attend_v that_o thereby_o his_o master_n kindred_n may_v see_v what_o a_o mighty_a man_n of_o wealth_n his_o master_n be_v and_o the_o more_o ready_o embrace_v the_o motion_n of_o a_o match_n to_o be_v make_v with_o his_o son_n and_o because_o it_o may_v happy_o seem_v strange_a that_o he_o shall_v so_o free_o take_v for_o his_o journey_n of_o his_o master_n good_n what_o he_o please_v himself_o this_o clause_n be_v add_v for_o all_o the_o good_n of_o his_o master_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n that_o be_v they_o be_v always_o at_o his_o command_n so_o that_o he_o may_v take_v what_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o who_o wisdom_n and_o care_n the_o manage_n of_o this_o business_n be_v whole_o leave_v and_o go_v to_o mesopotamia_n as_o mizraim_n be_v in_o greek_a and_o other_o tongue_n call_v
serious_o think_v that_o jacob_n be_v able_a to_o give_v she_o this_o blessing_n which_o god_n have_v hitherto_o deny_v she_o but_o as_o those_o that_o be_v in_o a_o passion_n do_v many_o time_n speak_v they_o scarce_o know_v what_o so_o she_o in_o a_o womanish_a heat_n and_o passion_n cry_v out_o to_o her_o husband_n to_o give_v her_o child_n never_o consider_v to_o who_o she_o speak_v or_o why_o she_o shall_v crave_v this_o of_o he_o or_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o satisfy_v her_o desire_n verse_n 3._o she_o shall_v bear_v upon_o my_o knee_n that_o be_v child_n that_o may_v be_v bring_v up_o and_o nurse_v on_o her_o knee_n as_o her_o own_o gen._n 50._o 23._o the_o child_n also_o of_o machir_n the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n be_v bring_v up_o upon_o joseph_n knee_n and_o it_o seem_v most_o probable_a that_o this_o be_v do_v about_o the_o three_o year_n after_o her_o marriage_n verse_n 4._o and_o she_o give_v he_o bilhah_n her_o handmaid_n to_o wife_n a_o secondary_a wife_n or_o concubine_n for_o so_o also_o she_o be_v call_v gen._n 35._o 22._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o israel_n dwell_v in_o that_o land_n that_o reuben_n go_v and_o lie_v with_o bilhah_n his_o father_n concubine_n verse_n 5._o and_o bilhah_n conceive_v and_o bare_a jacob_n a_o fonne_n happy_o the_o same_o year_n wherein_o levi_n be_v bear_v of_o leah_n verse_n 9_o when_o leah_n see_v she_o have_v leave_v bear_v etc._n etc._n consider_v that_o leah_n have_v she_o six_o son_n and_o one_o daughter_n beside_o these_o two_o by_o her_o handmaid_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o last_o seven_o year_n service_n of_o jacob_n with_o laban_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o above_o half_a a_o year_n that_o she_o stay_v ere_o she_o conceive_v again_o yet_o so_o inordinate_a be_v their_o desire_n of_o child_n and_o emulation_n one_o against_o another_o that_o she_o also_o give_v her_o maid_n to_o her_o husband_n and_o so_o her_o maid_n bring_v she_o a_o son_n and_o herself_o be_v also_o at_o that_o time_n with_o child_n that_o may_v be_v one_o inducement_n to_o name_v the_o child_n gâ—d_v that_o be_v a_o troop_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 14._o and_o reuben_n go_v in_o the_o day_n of_o wheat-harvest_n and_o find_v mandrake_n a_o kind_n of_o flower_n or_o fruit_n very_o pleasant_a to_o the_o eye_n which_o may_v seem_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o name_n for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v lovely_a or_o amiable_a and_o very_o odoriferous_a cant._n 7._o 13._o the_o mandrake_n give_v a_o smell_n whether_o they_o be_v the_o same_o we_o now_o call_v mandrake_n or_o no_o it_o be_v uncertain_a these_o reuben_n be_v a_o child_n then_o about_o four_o or_o five_o year_n of_o age_n gather_v in_o the_o field_n as_o child_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v and_o bring_v they_o home_o to_o his_o mother_n give_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o of_o thy_o son_n mandrake_n it_o seem_v that_o mandrake_n be_v in_o great_a esteem_n among_o they_o though_o the_o child_n only_o casual_o light_v on_o they_o and_o pluck_v they_o because_o of_o their_o glorious_a show_n and_o hence_o so_o great_a ado_n be_v make_v about_o these_o mandrake_n which_o reuben_n find_v verse_n 15._o be_v it_o a_o small_a matter_n that_o thou_o have_v take_v my_o husband_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o full_a understanding_n of_o this_o passage_n we_o must_v know_v 1._o that_o these_o contention_n be_v not_o mere_o carnal_a but_o partly_o also_o for_o desire_v of_o god_n ordinary_a blessing_n in_o propagation_n and_o chief_o for_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o church_n and_o obtain_v the_o promise_a seed_n for_o salvation_n 2._o that_o jacob_n do_v most_o frequent_o converse_v with_o rachel_n who_o he_o do_v most_o affect_v and_o do_v comparative_o neglect_v leah_n for_o which_o be_v high_o offend_v with_o rachel_n she_o thus_o snap_v she_o up_o and_o deny_v this_o small_a request_n she_o make_v to_o she_o verse_n 16._o and_o leah_n go_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o this_o she_o do_v to_o make_v sure_o he_o shall_v not_o go_v in_o to_o rachel_n as_o for_o the_o most_o part_n he_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v and_o tell_v he_o what_o have_v pass_v betwixt_o rachel_n and_o she_o and_o so_o prevail_v with_o he_o to_o go_v in_o to_o she_o verse_n 17._o and_o she_o conceive_v the_o same_o year_n that_o gad_n be_v bear_v of_o zilpah_n ver_fw-la 10._o verse_n 25._o jacob_n say_v unto_o laban_n send_v i_o away_o that_o i_o may_v go_v unto_o my_o own_o place_n that_o be_v the_o land_n promise_v to_o he_o gen._n 28._o 13._o the_o land_n whereon_o thou_o lie_v to_o thou_o wâ—ll_n i_o give_v it_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n and_o the_o land_n where_o his_o father_n live_v and_o where_o himself_o be_v bear_v no_o doubt_v the_o respect_n he_o have_v to_o the_o promise_n make_v he_o earnest_a that_o he_o may_v return_v thither_o verse_n 26._o give_v i_o my_o wife_n and_o my_o child_n for_o who_o i_o have_v serve_v thou_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v let_v i_o by_o thy_o good_a leave_n depart_v now_o home_o with_o my_o wife_n and_o child_n for_o thou_o know_v that_o the_o year_n of_o my_o service_n be_v expire_v and_o that_o i_o have_v therein_o do_v thou_o faithful_a and_o good_a service_n verse_n 29._o thou_o know_v how_o i_o have_v serve_v thou_o etc._n etc._n though_o jacob_n do_v before_o real_o intend_v to_o return_v home_o yet_o now_o consider_v with_o himself_o that_o it_o will_v be_v better_a to_o get_v somewhat_o for_o he_o and_o he_o before_o he_o go_v then_o to_o go_v away_o with_o a_o great_a family_n have_v nothing_o to_o sustain_v they_o and_o be_v withal_o so_o earnest_o press_v by_o the_o importunity_n of_o laban_n and_o not_o know_v how_o to_o get_v from_o he_o whether_o he_o will_v or_o no_o in_o this_o reply_n he_o labour_v to_o make_v it_o appear_v what_o good_a reason_n there_o be_v that_o if_o he_o do_v stay_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v altogether_o without_o respect_n of_o somâ—_n benefit_n to_o himself_o verse_n 31._o thâ—u_fw-mi shall_v not_o give_v i_o any_o thing_n etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o serve_v he_o without_o some_o just_a recompense_n and_o reward_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v this_o that_o he_o will_v not_o require_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o laban_n present_a estate_n and_o that_o which_o he_o have_v get_v already_o but_o that_o he_o will_v receive_v his_o hire_n out_o of_o the_o future_a increase_n of_o his_o flock_n and_o that_o in_o a_o way_n as_o afterward_o he_o tell_v he_o which_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v most_o advantageous_a to_o laban_n and_o wherein_o he_o for_o his_o part_n be_v content_a to_o rest_v upon_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n to_o wit_n that_o have_v under_o his_o charge_n only_o those_o sheep_n and_o goat_n that_o be_v all_o of_o one_o colour_n whether_o black_a or_o white_a none_o spot_v he_o will_v have_v for_o his_o hire_n only_o such_o kid_n and_o lamb_n as_o be_v speckled_a and_o spot_v breed_v of_o the_o old_a one_o under_o his_o charge_n that_o have_v neither_o speck_n nor_o spot_n in_o they_o a_o condition_n which_o laban_n vers_fw-la 34._o embrace_v very_o greedy_o i_o will_v it_o may_v be_v according_a to_o thy_o word_n both_o because_o such_o covetous_a churl_n do_v more_o hardly_o part_n with_o that_o which_o they_o have_v in_o their_o present_a possession_n then_o that_o which_o may_v come_v in_o hereafter_o and_o because_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n cattle_n be_v wont_a to_o bring_v forth_o such_o as_o themselves_o be_v and_o therefore_o in_o this_o way_n jacob_n be_v like_a to_o have_v a_o poor_a bargain_n of_o it_o but_o in_o all_o this_o doubtless_o the_o lord_n direct_v jacob_n what_o he_o shall_v do_v who_o by_o this_o mean_v adjudge_v a_o good_a reward_n to_o jacob_n which_o otherwise_o laban_n will_v have_v keep_v from_o he_o chap._n 31._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o verse_n 38._o and_o he_o set_v the_o rod_n which_o he_o have_v peel_v before_o the_o flock_n in_o the_o gutter_n etc._n etc._n his_o end_n in_o this_o be_v that_o the_o ewe_n be_v in_o the_o heat_n or_o strength_n of_o a_o double_a desire_n while_o they_o be_v both_o drink_v greedy_o and_o withal_o couple_v with_o the_o male_n for_o he_o do_v this_o only_a in_o ram_v time_n they_o may_v conceive_v such_o young_a one_o as_o they_o see_v shadow_n of_o in_o the_o water_n for_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o rod_n make_v also_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o ram_n that_o be_v leap_v upon_o they_o to_o appear_v particoloured_a verse_n 40._o and_o jacob_n do_v separate_v the_o lamb_n and_o set_v the_o face_n of_o the_o flock_n towards_o the_o ring-straked_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v another_o course_n he_o take_v to_o increase_v his_o flock_n because_o
all_o the_o flock_n will_v not_o conceive_v just_a at_o water_v time_n have_v get_v some_o spot_a lamb_n by_o his_o first_o devise_n of_o the_o peel_a rod_n these_o he_o set_v before_o the_o face_n of_o laban_n flock_n that_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o speckled_a cattle_n they_o may_v bring_v forth_o lamb_n like_o they_o that_o be_v in_o their_o eye_n and_o he_o put_v his_o own_o flock_n by_o themselves_o this_o be_v a_o three_o device_n he_o use_v for_o his_o great_a advantage_n his_o own_o flock_n that_o be_v ring-straked_n speckled_a and_o spot_v when_o they_o be_v likely_a to_o conceive_v he_o will_v not_o let_v they_o be_v among_o laban_n flock_n lest_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o that_o be_v all_o of_o one_o colour_n shall_v bring_v forth_o young_a one_o that_o be_v all_o of_o one_o colour_n which_o then_o it_o seem_v shall_v have_v be_v laban_n chap._n xxxi_o verse_n 1._o of_o that_o which_o be_v our_o father_n have_v he_o get_v all_o this_o glory_n that_o be_v all_o this_o wealth_n which_o they_o call_v his_o glory_n because_o common_o a_o manâ—_n wealth_n procure_v he_o honour_n and_o make_v he_o glorious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o worldly_a man_n whence_o be_v that_o psal_n 49._o 16_o 17._o be_v not_o thou_o afraid_a when_o one_o be_v make_v rich_a when_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o house_n be_v increase_v for_o when_o he_o die_v he_o shall_v carry_v nothing_o away_o his_o glory_n shall_v not_o descend_v after_o he_o verse_n 3._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o jacob_n return_v unto_o the_o land_n of_o thy_o father_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o forego_n word_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o envy_n of_o his_o brethren_n and_o the_o frown_n of_o his_o father_n in_o law_n laban_n make_v jacob_n entertain_v some_o thought_n of_o return_v home_o but_o be_v withal_o it_o seem_v perplex_v with_o some_o fear_n how_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o get_v away_o how_o his_o wife_n friend_n may_v deal_v with_o he_o and_o whether_o his_o brother_n esau_n wrath_n be_v appease_v or_o no_o to_o remove_v all_o these_o scruple_n from_o his_o mind_n the_o lord_n now_o appear_v to_o jacob_n and_o will_v he_o to_o return_v and_o promise_v to_o be_v with_o he_o and_o bless_v he_o in_o his_o journey_n verse_n 7._o your_o father_n have_v deceive_v i_o and_o change_v my_o wage_n ten_o time_n if_o sheep_n in_o that_o country_n bring_v forth_o young_a one_o twice_o a_o year_n as_o it_o seem_v they_o do_v in_o the_o space_n of_o six_o year_n so_o oft_o his_o wage_n may_v well_o be_v change_v yet_o ten_o time_n may_v here_o be_v put_v for_o many_o time_n as_o it_o be_v usual_o elsewhere_o job_n 19_o 3._o these_o ten_o time_n you_o have_v reproach_v i_o num._n 14._o 22._o and_o have_v tempt_v i_o now_o these_o ten_o time_n and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n verse_n 11._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n speak_v unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n who_o be_v call_v vers_fw-la 13._o the_o god_n of_o bethel_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v undoubted_o christ_n verse_n 13._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o bethel_n this_o be_v to_o put_v jacob_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o promise_n and_o vow_n which_o then_o and_o there_o he_o make_v to_o god_n verse_n 15._o for_o he_o have_v sell_v we_o etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n for_o 14._o year_n service_n and_o our_o money_n that_o be_v the_o money_n and_o profit_n which_o he_o have_v get_v by_o this_o sale_n of_o we_o he_o have_v quite_o devour_v that_o be_v he_o have_v whole_o convert_v it_o to_o his_o own_o use_n whereas_o of_o right_n he_o shall_v have_v give_v it_o we_o 〈…〉_z portion_n verse_n 21._o and_o pass_v over_o the_o river_n that_o be_v euphrates_n which_o be_v between_o chaldea_n and_o canaan_n josh_n 24._o 2_o 3._o your_o father_n be_v dwell_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o flood_n in_o old_a time_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o take_v your_o father_n abraham_n from_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o flood_n and_o lead_v he_o throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 22._o and_o it_o be_v tell_v laban_n on_o the_o three_o day_n etc._n etc._n for_o so_o many_o day_n journey_n be_v laban_n flock_n which_o his_o son_n keep_v whether_o laban_n be_v now_o go_v to_o the_o sheep-shearing_n off_o from_o jacob._n chap._n 30._o 36._o and_o he_o set_v three_o day_n journey_n betwixt_o himself_o and_o jacob_n and_o jacob_n feed_v the_o rest_n of_o laban_n flock_n vâ—rs_n 23._o and_o pursue_v after_o he_o sâ—ven_n day_n journey_n that_o be_v be_v return_v home_o wherein_o three_o day_n be_v again_o spend_v he_o gather_v his_o company_n together_o and_o in_o seven_o day_n pursuit_n overtake_v he_o so_o that_o laban_n go_v as_o far_o in_o seven_o day_n as_o jacob_n have_v go_v in_o thirteen_o to_o wit_n the_o three_o day_n of_o the_o messenger_n go_v to_o laban_n the_o three_o day_n of_o laban_n return_n home_o and_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o laban_n pursuit_n after_o jacob._n verse_n 24._o take_v heed_n that_o thou_o speak_v noâ—_n to_o jacob_n either_o good_a or_o bad_a that_o iâ—_n respective_o to_o that_o end_n for_o which_o thou_o have_v pursue_v he_o thou_o shall_v not_o seek_v to_o detain_v he_o neither_o by_o flatter_a speech_n nor_o by_o evil_a language_n verse_n 35._o for_o the_o custom_n of_o woman_n be_v upon_o i_o not_o that_o woman_n while_o they_o be_v in_o that_o condition_n be_v not_o able_a to_o rise_v but_o because_o they_o be_v oft_o at_o those_o time_n stomach-sick_a trouble_v with_o headache_n and_o many_o several_a way_n not_o fit_a to_o be_v disquiet_v and_o beside_o in_o those_o hot_a country_n perhaps_o that_o diseasâ—_n of_o woman_n be_v strong_a upon_o they_o than_o it_o be_v in_o these_o part_n verse_n 42._o except_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o isaac_n etc._n etc._n jacob_n call_v god_n the_o fear_n of_o isaac_n that_o be_v the_o god_n who_o his_o father_n isaac_n fear_v and_o worship_v as_o the_o only_a true_a god_n who_o alone_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v as_o god_n be_v elsewhere_o call_v the_o hope_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v the_o god_n on_o who_o all_o his_o people_n do_v put_v their_o whole_a trust_n and_o confidence_n verse_n 46._o jacob_n say_v unto_o his_o brethren_n gather_v stone_n that_o be_v he_o exhort_v the_o son_n of_o laban_n and_o other_o his_o kindred_n and_o ally_n that_o be_v come_v thither_o with_o laban_n that_o they_o will_v put_v to_o their_o help_a hand_n to_o raise_v up_o a_o heap_n of_o stone_n that_o may_v be_v a_o witness_n of_o the_o covenant_n that_o shall_v be_v now_o make_v betwixt_o they_o for_o in_o the_o 51._o verse_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o not_o jacob_n only_o and_o his_o family_n but_o laban_n also_o and_o those_o that_o be_v with_o he_o do_v gather_v and_o make_v this_o heap_n of_o stone_n verse_n 47._o but_o jacob_n call_v it_o galeed_n that_o be_v a_o heap_n a_o witness_n they_o both_o give_v it_o the_o same_o name_n only_a laban_n call_v it_o so_o in_o his_o tongue_n the_o syriack_n and_o jacob_n in_o his_o the_o hebrew_n verse_n 53._o and_o jacob_n swear_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n that_o be_v whereas_o laban_n swear_v by_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o god_n of_o nahor_n and_o terah_n the_o father_n both_o of_o abraham_n and_o nahor_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o serve_v strange_a god_n josh_n 24._o 2._o your_o father_n be_v dwell_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o flood_n in_o old_a time_n even_o terah_n the_o father_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o father_n of_o nahor_n and_o they_o serve_v other_o god_n jacob_n only_a swear_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n that_o be_v the_o god_n who_o his_o father_n fear_v and_o worship_v chap._n xxxii_o verse_n 2._o and_o he_o call_v the_o name_n of_o that_o place_n mahanaim_n that_o be_v two_o camp_n because_o the_o angel_n appear_v in_o two_o camp_n or_o troop_n happy_o on_o each_o side_n of_o he_o as_o it_o be_v to_o guard_v and_o defend_v he_o verse_n 3._o and_o jacob_n send_v messenger_n before_o he_o to_o esau_n his_o brother_n unto_o the_o land_n of_o seir._n here_o the_o horites_n dwell_v gen._n 14._o 6._o and_o the_o horites_n in_o their_o mount_n seir_n but_o esau_n and_o his_o child_n destroy_v they_o afterward_o and_o dwell_v in_o their_o stead_n deut._n 2._o 22._o as_o he_o do_v to_o the_o child_n of_o esau_n which_o dwell_v in_o seir_n when_o he_o destroy_v the_o horim_n from_o before_o they_o and_o they_o succeed_v they_o etc._n etc._n now_o esau_n be_v remove_v thither_o at_o this_o time_n from_o his_o father_n house_n jacob_n that_o be_v necessary_o to_o pass_v that_o way_n send_v thither_o to_o he_o to_o get_v his_o favour_n verse_n 4._o thy_o
servant_n jacob_n say_v thus_o jacob_n do_v not_o by_o this_o submissive_a speech_n renounce_v his_o blessing_n but_o yield_v temporal_a subjection_n for_o a_o time_n as_o david_n to_o saul_n though_o he_o be_v even_o then_o the_o anoint_a king_n he_o thereby_o labour_v to_o appease_v his_o brother_n wrath_n still_o wait_v by_o faith_n for_o the_o promise_n which_o be_v to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o future_a time_n i_o have_v sojourn_v with_o laban_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v that_o the_o consideration_n of_o what_o he_o have_v already_o suffer_v may_v cause_v esau_n anger_n to_o cease_v and_o also_o that_o this_o his_o readiness_n to_o render_v a_o account_n as_o it_o be_v of_o his_o time_n spend_v may_v seem_v a_o kind_n of_o submission_n unto_o he_o verse_n 5._o and_o i_o have_v ox_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v add_v to_o prevent_v suspicion_n that_o he_o may_v not_o think_v he_o be_v come_v as_o one_o that_o gape_v after_o his_o father_n riches_n or_o to_o suck_v any_o thing_n from_o he_o or_o that_o he_o now_o seek_v his_o favour_n for_o his_o own_o profit_n sake_n verse_n 6._o we_o come_v to_o thy_o brother_n esau_n and_o also_o he_o come_v to_o meet_v thou_o and_o four_o hundred_o man_n with_o he_o whether_o esau_n come_v with_o this_o troop_n against_o jacob_n with_o a_o purpose_n to_o destroy_v he_o and_o so_o to_o be_v revenge_v on_o he_o as_o long_o since_o he_o intend_v it_o be_v not_o evident_a in_o the_o text_n the_o most_o expositor_n be_v of_o that_o mind_n and_o that_o god_n do_v miraculous_o change_v his_o heart_n by_o that_o time_n they_o meet_v together_o yet_o other_o judge_v it_o more_o probable_a that_o esau_n mean_v not_o to_o cut_v off_o jacob_n &_o indeed_o they_o allege_v a_o very_a probable_a reason_n for_o it_o for_o if_o say_v they_o out_o of_o reverence_n to_o his_o father_n esau_n restrain_v himself_o when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o fresh_a and_o hot_a of_o his_o passion_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o now_o after_o twenty_o year_n absence_n he_o will_v have_v no_o respect_n to_o the_o grief_n of_o his_o age_a father_n who_o be_v still_o live_v but_o by_o slay_v his_o brother_n bring_v his_o gray_a hair_n with_o sorrow_n to_o the_o grave_n however_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o the_o messenger_n fear_v he_o come_v in_o his_o displeasure_n and_o to_o that_o end_n bring_v such_o a_o band_n of_o man_n along_o with_o he_o which_o no_o marvel_n it_o be_v though_o jacob_n be_v very_o ready_a to_o believe_v verse_n 16._o and_o put_v a_o space_n betwixt_o drove_n and_o drive_v this_o he_o do_v that_o his_o present_n may_v make_v the_o fair_a show_n and_o by_o these_o distant_a space_n the_o heat_n of_o esau_n rage_n may_v be_v abate_v and_o also_o that_o if_o he_o fall_v in_o hostile_a manner_n upon_o the_o first_o the_o other_o may_v seek_v the_o better_a to_o escape_v verse_n 20._o and_o say_v you_o moreover_o behold_v thy_o servant_n jacob_n be_v behind_o we_o this_o he_o urge_v to_o be_v especial_o remember_v by_o his_o servant_n that_o esau_n may_v not_o think_v that_o he_o send_v these_o in_o this_o manner_n before_o to_o delude_v he_o that_o he_o in_o the_o mean_a season_n may_v escape_v some_o other_o way_n verse_n 21._o and_o himself_o lodge_v that_o night_n in_o the_o company_n that_o be_v the_o night_n after_o he_o have_v send_v away_o these_o drove_n by_o his_o servant_n as_o be_v before_o relate_v it_o be_v not_o therefore_o that_o night_n mention_v vers_fw-la 13._o the_o night_n after_o he_o hear_v that_o his_o brother_n esau_n be_v come_v towards_o he_o with_o four_o hundred_o man_n but_o the_o night_n follow_a the_o day_n between_v be_v spend_v in_o send_v away_o the_o present_n to_o esau_n verse_n 22._o and_o pass_v over_o the_o ford_n jabbok_n jabbok_n be_v a_o river_n whereof_o mention_n be_v again_o make_v deut._n 2._o 37._o thou_o come_v not_o unto_o any_o place_n of_o the_o river_n jabbok_n and_o that_o jacob_n pass_v over_o this_o river_n be_v express_o set_v down_o because_o this_o testify_v that_o after_o he_o have_v pray_v to_o the_o lord_n he_o be_v well_o confirm_v and_o settle_v in_o his_o mind_n concern_v the_o lord_n protection_n because_o otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v pass_v the_o river_n but_o have_v make_v a_o stand_n on_o the_o other_o side_n where_o with_o less_o difficulty_n he_o may_v have_v escape_v away_o have_v his_o brother_n in_o a_o hostile_a manner_n set_v upon_o they_o verse_n 24._o and_o there_o wrestle_v a_o man_n with_o he_o that_o be_v christ_n appear_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o man_n therefore_o call_v after_o and_o by_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n god_n and_o a_o angel_n hose_n 12._o 3_o 4._o and_o by_o his_o strength_n he_o have_v power_n with_o god_n yea_o he_o have_v power_n over_o the_o angel_n yea_o the_o angel_n that_o redeem_v he_o from_o all_o evil_a gen._n 48._o 16._o the_o angel_n that_o redeem_v i_o from_o all_o evil_a bless_v the_o lad_n jacob_n have_v wrestle_v with_o god_n by_o prayer_n as_o no_o doubt_n to_o that_o very_a end_n he_o stay_v behind_o alone_o and_o that_o not_o without_o bitter_a tear_n as_o hose_n 12._o 4._o he_o weep_v and_o make_v supplication_n unto_o he_o at_o the_o last_o the_o lord_n appear_v set_v upon_o he_o and_o wrestle_v with_o he_o and_o that_o to_o this_o very_a end_n that_o he_o may_v be_v assure_v that_o though_o he_o wrestle_v with_o many_o affliction_n yet_o he_o shall_v be_v victor_n in_o they_o all_o verse_n 25._o when_o he_o see_v that_o he_o prevail_v not_o against_o he_o etc._n etc._n this_o be_v speak_v with_o respect_n to_o that_o assistance_n &_o measure_n of_o strength_n wherewith_o god_n be_v please_v in_o that_o assume_v body_n wherein_o he_o wrestle_v with_o jacob_n to_o struggle_v with_o he_o and_o over_o which_o jacob_n with_o his_o might_n and_o power_n prevail_v and_o the_o hollow_a of_o jacob_n thigh_n be_v out_o of_o joint_n this_o be_v for_o the_o present_a to_o humble_v he_o that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v exalt_v above_o measure_n be_v a_o discovery_n of_o his_o weakness_n and_o of_o the_o lord_n indulgence_n whereby_o only_o he_o prevail_v and_o it_o be_v withal_o for_o the_o future_a a_o memorial_n and_o remembrance_n unto_o he_o of_o this_o most_o comfortable_a apparition_n verse_n 26._o and_o he_o say_v let_v i_o go_v for_o the_o day_n break_v the_o angel_n speak_v thuâ—_n 1._o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n who_o shape_n he_o have_v take_v as_o if_o he_o have_v haste_n to_o be_v go_v 2._o to_o put_v jacob_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o affair_n that_o it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v make_v haste_n to_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n and_o 3._o to_o intimate_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o glory_n by_o the_o rise_a light_n be_v reveal_v to_o he_o and_o much_o less_o to_o any_o of_o his_o family_n that_o may_v now_o come_v to_o he_o and_o he_o say_v i_o will_v not_o let_v thou_o go_v except_o thou_o bless_v i_o his_o desire_v to_o be_v bless_v by_o he_o argue_v that_o he_o acknowledge_v himself_o to_o be_v inferior_a to_o he_o with_o who_o he_o wrestle_v and_o that_o though_o he_o do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o hold_v he_o yet_o if_o he_o procure_v not_o the_o blessing_n by_o beg_v it_o at_o his_o hand_n he_o may_v happy_o miss_v of_o it_o and_o so_o some_o understand_v that_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n hos_fw-la 12._o 4._o to_o wit_n that_o it_o be_v at_o this_o time_n that_o he_o weep_v and_o make_v supplication_n to_o the_o angel_n with_o who_o he_o have_v wrestle_v verse_n 28._o thy_o name_n shall_v be_v call_v no_o more_o jacob_n but_o israel_n that_o be_v not_o so_o much_o jacob_n as_o israel_n which_o signify_v one_o that_o have_v princely_a power_n with_o god_n verse_n 29._o tell_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o thy_o name_n though_o he_o know_v at_o length_n with_o who_o he_o wrestle_v at_o least_o that_o he_o wrestle_v with_o a_o angel_n send_v from_o god_n ver_fw-la 30._o for_o i_o have_v see_v god_n face_n to_o face_n etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o desire_v a_o sure_a and_o clear_a knowledge_n verse_n 30._o i_o have_v see_v god_n face_n to_o face_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o apparition_n before_o mention_v for_o otherwise_o to_o see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v in_o and_o of_o himself_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a for_o man_n exod._a 33._o 20._o thou_o can_v not_o see_v my_o face_n for_o there_o shall_v no_o man_n see_v i_o and_o live_v verse_n 32._o therefore_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n eat_v not_o of_o the_o sinew_n which_o shrink_v &c._n &c._n to_o perpetuate_v hereby_o the_o memory_n of_o this_o honour_n which_o god_n afford_v jacob_n in_o this_o conflict_n
to_o eat_v and_o raiment_n to_o put_v on_o so_o that_o i_o come_v again_o to_o my_o father_n house_n in_o peace_n then_o shall_v the_o lord_n be_v my_o god_n &_o this_o stone_n which_o i_o have_v set_v for_o a_o pillar_n shall_v be_v god_n house_n and_o of_o all_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o i_o will_v sure_o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o verse_n 8._o bâ—t_fw-la deborah_n rebekahs_n nurse_n die_v this_o place_n make_v i_o without_o any_o scruple_n to_o conclude_v that_o though_o the_o come_n of_o jacob_n to_o his_o father_n isaac_n be_v not_o yet_o mention_v he_o have_v be_v there_o long_o before_o this_o for_o who_o can_v think_v that_o jacob_n will_v be_v ten_o or_o twelve_o year_n in_o canaan_n after_o he_o be_v come_v from_o laban_n with_o who_o he_o have_v serve_v twenty_o year_n and_o never_o go_v in_o all_o that_o time_n to_o see_v his_o age_a father_n undoubted_o there_o be_v continual_a intercourse_n betwixt_o they_o and_o so_o deborah_n be_v come_v at_o this_o time_n to_o jacob_n it_o may_v be_v upon_o rebekahs_n death_n or_o some_o other_o occasion_n there_o die_v and_o with_o great_a mourning_n be_v bury_v verse_n 10._o but_o israel_n shall_v be_v thy_o name_n god_n have_v give_v he_o this_o name_n before_o gen._n 32._o 28._o and_o he_o say_v thy_o name_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v jacob_n but_o israel_n but_o now_o the_o lord_n confirm_v this_o name_n to_o he_o the_o second_o time_n as_o jacob_n also_o ver_fw-la 15._o confirm_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n bethel_n and_o jacob_n call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n where_o god_n speak_v with_o he_o bethel_n verse_n 14._o and_o jacob_n set_v up_o a_o pillar_n in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o talk_v with_o he_o whether_o the_o pillar_n set_v up_o here_o before_o gen._n 28._o 18._o and_o jacob_n rise_v up_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o take_v the_o stone_n that_o he_o have_v put_v for_o his_o pillow_n and_o set_v it_o up_o for_o a_o pillar_n be_v deface_v or_o overthrow_v it_o be_v uncertain_a but_o this_o be_v questionless_a another_o pillar_n as_o appear_v because_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v set_v up_o just_a in_o the_o place_n where_o god_n have_v this_o second_o time_n appear_v to_o he_o and_o he_o pour_v a_o drink-offering_a thereon_o see_v gen._n 28._o 18._o ver._n 18._o but_o his_o father_n call_v he_o benjamin_n that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o my_o right_a hand_n to_o wit_n because_o he_o shall_v be_v his_o belove_a tender_v and_o especial_o regard_v he_o shall_v be_v ever_o at_o his_o right_a hand_n according_a to_o that_o expression_n psal_n 80._o 17._o let_v thy_o hand_n be_v upon_o the_o man_n of_o thy_o right_a hand_n and_o thus_o do_v jacob_n as_o it_o be_v correct_v the_o immoderate_a sorrow_n of_o his_o wife_n show_v in_o the_o name_n she_o have_v give_v he_o benoni_n the_o son_n of_o my_o sorrow_n &_o also_o prevent_v the_o frequent_a renew_n of_o his_o sorrow_n by_o that_o name_n which_o may_v often_o have_v bring_v to_o remembrance_n the_o loss_n of_o his_o dear_a wife_n verse_n 19_o and_o rachel_n die_v to_o wit_n immediate_o after_o she_o be_v deliver_v of_o her_o child_n and_o thus_o she_o that_o ere_o while_n in_o a_o passion_n quarrel_v with_o her_o husband_n give_v i_o child_n or_o i_o die_v now_o die_v by_o she_o bear_v of_o child_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o way_n to_o ephrath_n which_o be_v bedlam_a it_o have_v both_o name_n micah_n 5._o 2._o but_o thou_o bedlam_a ephratah_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 29._o and_o isaac_n give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o die_v this_o be_v here_o set_v down_o by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n for_o that_o which_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o two_o follow_a chapter_n fall_v out_o before_o isaac_n die_v chap._n xxxvi_o verse_n 1._o now_o these_o be_v thâ—_n generation_n of_o esau_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v relate_v to_o show_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o that_o temporal_a blessing_n wherewith_o his_o father_n bless_v he_o gen._n 27._o 39_o and_o isaac_n his_o father_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o behold_v thy_o dwell_n shall_v be_v the_o fatness_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o of_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n from_o above_o and_o by_o thy_o sword_n shall_v thou_o live_v and_o shall_v serve_v thy_o brother_n and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v when_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o dominion_n that_o thou_o shall_v break_v his_o yoke_n from_o off_o thy_o neck_n as_o likewise_o of_o the_o promise_n to_o abraham_n gen._n 22._o 17._o in_o multiply_v i_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o as_o the_o sand_n upon_o the_o sea_n shore_n and_o the_o oracle_n give_v to_o rebekah_n gen._n 25._o 23._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o she_o two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb_n and_o two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v separate_v from_o thy_o bowel_n verse_n 2._o adah_n the_o daughter_n of_o elon_n etc._n etc._n the_o wife_n of_o esau_n be_v here_o set_v down_o by_o other_o name_n then_o former_o the_o first_o be_v adah_n who_o gen._n 26._o 34._o be_v call_v bashemath_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o elon_n the_o hittite_n as_o here_o also_o she_o be_v say_v to_o be_v and_o indeed_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o those_o time_n to_o have_v two_o name_n for_o thus_o esau_n be_v call_v edom_n and_o jacob_n israel_n maachah_n daughter_n of_o abishalom_n 1_o king_n 15._o 2._o be_v call_v michaiah_n daughter_n of_o uriel_n 2._o chron._n 13._o 2._o his_o second_o wife_n here_o name_v be_v aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n the_o hivite_n now_o this_o doubtless_o be_v the_o same_o who_o be_v call_v judith_n gen._n 26._o 34._o only_a because_o her_o father_n be_v call_v both_o anah_n and_o beeri_n here_o she_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n and_o there_o the_o daughter_n of_o beeri_n and_o because_o this_o anah_n who_o be_v also_o call_v beeri_n be_v the_o son_n of_o zibeon_n therefore_o aholibamah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v not_o only_o the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n but_o also_o the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n because_o she_o be_v his_o grandchild_n namely_o zibeons_n and_o that_o to_o distinguish_v this_o anah_n the_o father_n of_o aholibamah_n esau_n wife_n from_o another_o anah_n mention_v ver_n 20._o who_o be_v the_o brother_n of_o zibeon_n and_o so_o the_o uncle_n of_o this_o anah_n indeed_o anah_n or_o beeri_n the_o father_n of_o aholibamah_n or_o judith_n though_o here_o term_v the_o hivite_n yet_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o hittite_n chap._n 26._o 34._o but_o this_o be_v because_o the_o hivites_n comprehend_v also_o the_o hittite_n as_o the_o britain_n the_o english_a and_o welsh_a verse_n 3._o and_o bashemath_n this_o be_v esau_n three_o wife_n call_v machalath_n gen._n 28._o 9_o verse_n 6._o and_o esau_n take_v his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n esau_n dwell_v in_o seir_n while_o jacob_n be_v in_o mesopotamia_n chap._n 32._o be_v remove_v thither_o as_o may_v well_o be_v think_v either_o upon_o some_o displeasure_n or_o for_o that_o he_o be_v ally_v by_o marriage_n to_o the_o hivites_n vers_fw-la 2._o esau_n take_v his_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n the_o hivite_n but_o this_o can_v be_v mean_v of_o that_o removal_n for_o now_o he_o go_v from_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n jacob_n and_o that_o vers_n 7._o because_o their_o riches_n be_v more_o than_o that_o they_o may_v dwell_v together_o questionless_a therefore_o after_o jacob_n return_v from_o mesopotamia_n esau_n not_o yet_o have_v remove_v his_o good_n etc._n etc._n from_o canaan_n nor_o full_o accomplish_v his_o design_n in_o seir_n return_v also_o to_o his_o father_n but_o after_o isaac_n be_v dead_a and_o bury_v partly_o because_o as_o it_o fare_v once_o with_o abraham_n and_o lot_n the_o place_n where_o they_o dwell_v be_v too_o straight_o for_o he_o and_o his_o brother_n both_o be_v now_o grow_v exceed_v rich_a and_o partly_o because_o no_o doubt_n he_o have_v already_o hope_v to_o get_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n he_o remove_v thither_o again_o with_o all_o that_o he_o have_v god_n in_o his_o providence_n thus_o dispose_v it_o that_o he_o shall_v thus_o leave_v jacob_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o possession_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v appoint_v for_o his_o posterity_n verse_n 12._o and_o timna_n be_v concubine_n to_o eliphaz_n esau_n son_n she_o be_v sister_n to_o lotan_n the_o son_n of_o seir_n vers_fw-la 22._o and_o lotans_n sister_n be_v timma_n thus_o not_o only_a esau_n but_o eliphaz_n his_o son_n match_v into_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o chorite_n by_o this_o occasion_n they_o thrust_v in_o themselves_o into_o the_o government_n of_o mount_n seir_n deut_n 2._o
lie_v intend_v withal_o to_o draw_v he_o out_o secret_o afterward_o and_o so_o to_o restore_v he_o to_o his_o father_n observable_a indeed_o it_o be_v that_o reuben_n shall_v do_v this_o who_o be_v jacob_n elder_a son_n and_o that_o by_o leah_n have_v most_o cause_n to_o be_v jealous_a of_o and_o rage_z against_o the_o suspect_a superiority_n of_o this_o son_n of_o rachel_n but_o herein_o be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n magnify_v who_o make_v he_o the_o instrument_n of_o deliver_v joseph_n that_o be_v most_o unlikely_a to_o have_v do_v it_o and_o yet_o there_o may_v be_v some_o reason_n withal_o conceive_v why_o reuben_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n shall_v seek_v to_o rescue_n joseph_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n for_o have_v late_o repent_v he_o of_o that_o his_o foul_a incest_n with_o bilhah_n his_o father_n concubine_n for_o we_o can_v think_v that_o the_o patriarch_n when_o they_o fall_v so_o grievous_o do_v also_o run_v on_o in_o a_o state_n of_o impenitency_n he_o be_v doubtless_o the_o more_o tender_a of_o have_v any_o hand_n again_o in_o such_o a_o high_a degree_n of_o wickedness_n and_o be_v happy_o glad_a to_o have_v so_o fair_a a_o occasion_n to_o assuage_a his_o father_n displeasure_n conceive_v evil_a against_o he_o for_o his_o former_a sin_n and_o fear_v lest_o this_o intend_a wickedness_n shall_v it_o come_v to_o his_o father_n knowledge_n will_v be_v chief_o charge_v upon_o he_o even_o because_o of_o his_o former_a offence_n verse_n 28._o then_o there_o pass_v by_o midianites_n the_o merchant_n to_o who_o joseph_n be_v sell_v be_v in_o several_a place_n call_v sometime_o ishmaelites_n sometime_o midianites_n who_o yet_o be_v two_o distinct_a nation_n the_o one_o of_o ishmael_n hagar_n son_n the_o other_o of_o midian_a keturahs_n son_n gen_n 25._o 2._o but_o because_o they_o dwell_v both_o in_o arabia_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a that_o there_o be_v in_o this_o company_n of_o merchant_n both_o ishmaelite_n and_o midianite_n who_o do_v traffic_v together_o and_o to_o that_o purpose_n be_v go_v together_o into_o egypt_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v sometime_o ishmaelites_n sometime_o midianites_n and_o they_o draw_v &_o lift_v up_o joseph_n out_o of_o the_o pit_n reuben_n be_v former_o upon_o some_o pretence_n slip_v away_o from_o they_o that_o he_o may_v go_v about_o some_o other_o way_n &_o take_v joseph_n out_o of_o the_o pit_n without_o their_o knowledge_n in_o his_o absence_n they_o sell_v he_o to_o these_o arabian_a merchant_n and_o chuckerd_n themselves_o no_o doubt_n with_o think_v how_o far_o they_o shall_v be_v now_o from_o crouch_v to_o he_o that_o be_v himself_o make_v a_o bondslave_n doubtless_o joseph_n do_v both_o before_o when_o they_o cast_v he_o into_o the_o pit_n and_o now_o again_o earnest_o beg_v of_o they_o with_o many_o tear_n that_o they_o will_v not_o do_v it_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o their_o own_o confession_n gen._n 42._o 21._o and_o they_o say_v one_o to_o another_o we_o be_v very_o guilty_a concern_v our_o brother_n in_o that_o we_o see_v the_o anguish_n of_o his_o soul_n when_o he_o beseech_v we_o and_o we_o will_v not_o hear_v but_o malice_n have_v for_o the_o present_a harden_v their_o heart_n verse_n 29._o and_o he_o rend_v his_o clothes_n as_o the_o custom_n be_v in_o those_o time_n when_o any_o grievous_a calamity_n or_o sorrow_n befall_v man_n either_o thereby_o to_o express_v how_o their_o heart_n be_v break_v and_o tear_v with_o grief_n and_o anguish_n of_o spirit_n or_o else_o how_o little_a comfort_n they_o take_v in_o any_o thing_n and_o how_o little_a they_o care_v what_o become_v of_o they_o not_o mind_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v most_o useful_a for_o they_o verse_n 30._o and_o he_o return_v unto_o his_o brethren_n and_o say_v the_o child_n be_v not_o hereby_o meaning_n not_o only_o that_o he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o pit_n but_o also_o that_o they_o have_v slay_v he_o in_o his_o absence_n as_o at_o first_o they_o intend_v for_o in_o scripture_n those_o that_o be_v dead_a be_v say_v not_o to_o be_v jer._n 31._o 15._o rachel_n weep_v for_o her_o child_n refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v because_o they_o be_v not_o questionless_a reuben_n for_o the_o reason_n before_o note_a upon_o ver_fw-la 21._o be_v serious_o and_o hearty_o distress_v for_o that_o they_o have_v do_v yet_o evident_a it_o be_v on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o when_o they_o have_v tell_v he_o that_o they_o have_v only_o sell_v he_o to_o the_o ishmaelite_n and_o have_v not_o slay_v he_o he_o consent_v to_o conceal_v this_o their_o fact_n from_o their_o father_n and_o to_o deceive_v he_o with_o a_o forget_v tale_n because_o he_o shall_v otherwise_o have_v stir_v up_o the_o hatred_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n against_o he_o wherein_o though_o he_o can_v be_v excuse_v from_o sin_v great_o yet_o he_o be_v far_o less_o guilty_a than_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n verse_n 35._o and_o all_o his_o daughter_n rise_v up_o to_o comfort_v he_o he_o may_v have_v other_o daughter_n beside_o dinah_n though_o they_o be_v not_o mention_v but_o however_o hereby_o may_v be_v mean_v his_o son_n wife_n or_o their_o daughter_n but_o he_o refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v that_o be_v so_o far_o do_v his_o passion_n prevail_v over_o he_o that_o he_o mind_v not_o what_o they_o say_v to_o he_o but_o even_o give_v way_n to_o the_o extremity_n of_o his_o sorrow_n which_o be_v note_v as_o a_o infirmity_n in_o this_o good_a patriarch_n but_o chief_o to_o aggravate_v the_o wickedness_n of_o his_o son_n who_o have_v bring_v this_o sorrow_n upon_o their_o father_n yea_o upon_o isaac_n their_o age_a grandfather_n too_o for_o he_o live_v thirteen_o year_n after_o this_o as_o be_v before_o note_v ver_n 1._o and_o have_v therefore_o his_o share_n doubtless_o in_o this_o sorrow_n chap._n xxxviii_o verse_n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o determine_v of_o what_o time_n this_o be_v mean_v when_o judah_n go_v to_o his_o friend_n hirah_n the_o adullamite_n that_o be_v that_o dwell_v in_o adullam_n a_o city_n mention_v josh_n 19_o 35._o and_o so_o by_o his_o mean_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n the_o canaanite_n and_o that_o because_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o from_o the_o time_n of_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n unto_o the_o time_n of_o jacob_n go_v down_o thither_o to_o he_o there_o be_v but_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n at_o the_o most_o for_o he_o be_v sell_v at_o seventeen_o year_n old_a chap._n 37._o 1._o joseph_n be_v seventeen_o year_n old_a be_v feed_v the_o flock_n etc._n etc._n from_o which_o time_n till_o he_o be_v exalt_v in_o pharaoh_n court_n there_o be_v but_o thirteen_o year_n chap._n 41._o 46._o and_o joseph_n be_v thirty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o if_o we_o add_v the_o seven_o plenteous_a year_n that_o be_v in_o egypt_n after_o his_o exaltation_n and_o the_o two_o year_n and_o upward_o that_o be_v spend_v of_o the_o famine_n ere_o joseph_n send_v for_o his_o father_n and_o his_o family_n chap._n 45._o 6._o for_o these_o two_o year_n have_v the_o famine_n be_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n this_o will_v make_v up_o at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o come_n into_o egypt_n about_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o yet_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v yield_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n relate_v in_o this_o chapter_n be_v do_v before_o jacob_n remove_v out_o of_o canaan_n into_o egypt_n and_o how_o they_o can_v be_v do_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o so_o few_o year_n it_o may_v seem_v very_o questionable_a some_o expositor_n hold_v that_o these_o word_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n must_v be_v strict_o take_v with_o reference_n to_o that_o which_o go_v before_o in_o the_o former_a chapâ—â—â—_n â—o_o wiâ—_n that_o judah_n do_v this_o in_o that_o very_a year_n or_o thereabouts_o when_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n and_o that_o 1._o because_o the_o word_n be_v so_o express_v that_o at_o that_o time_n judah_n thus_o marry_v neither_o can_v there_o be_v any_o probable_a reason_n give_v why_o the_o relation_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o concern_v joseph_n shall_v be_v break_v off_o to_o insert_v these_o thing_n concern_v judah_n but_o only_o this_o because_o present_o upon_o the_o sell_n of_o joseph_n judah_n make_v this_o marriage_n with_o the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n 2._o because_o till_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n judah_n dwell_v among_o his_o brethren_n and_o therefore_o as_o be_v likely_a it_o be_v after_o this_o that_o he_o go_v aside_o and_o match_v himself_o with_o the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n the_o canaanite_n and_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n here_o relate_v concern_v judah_n and_o his_o child_n may_v well_o be_v
within_o the_o compass_n of_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n they_o show_v thus_o to_o wit_n 1._o that_o judah_n may_v marry_v and_o have_v his_o three_o son_n er_o onan_n and_o shelah_n by_o his_o wife_n the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n in_o the_o first_o three_o year_n after_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n 2._o that_o ere_o may_v be_v marriedto_o tamar_n when_o he_o be_v sixteen_o year_n old_a &_o onan_n also_o the_o follow_a year_n which_o be_v towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o seven_o plenteous_a year_n in_o egypt_n about_o eighteen_o year_n after_o joseph_n be_v sell_v thither_o and_o 3._o that_o in_o the_o five_o follow_a year_n tamar_n may_v by_o judah_n as_o be_v here_o relate_v conceive_v with_o child_n and_o bring_v forth_o pharez_n and_o zarah_n a_o little_a before_o their_o go_v into_o egypt_n and_o whereas_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o pharez_n have_v two_o son_n hezron_n and_o hamul_fw-la when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n gen._n 46._o 12._o the_o son_n of_o pharez_n be_v hezron_n and_o hamul_n to_o this_o they_o answer_v that_o hezron_n and_o hamul_n be_v there_o reckon_v among_o those_o that_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n not_o because_o they_o be_v then_o bear_v but_o because_o they_o be_v of_o jacob_n family_n in_o egypt_n while_o jacob_n be_v yet_o live_v thus_o i_o say_v some_o expositor_n understand_v this_o place_n that_o judah_n marry_v this_o canaanite_n daughter_n contrary_v no_o doubt_n to_o his_o father_n jacob_n mind_n who_o be_v himself_o strict_o forbid_v to_o marry_v among_o they_o by_o isaac_n that_o very_a year_n that_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n but_o 2._o because_o hezron_n and_o hamul_fw-la be_v so_o express_o reckon_v among_o those_o that_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n gen_n 46._o 12._o therefore_o many_o expositor_n yea_o the_o most_o conceive_v that_o these_o word_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n must_v not_o be_v take_v strict_o that_o judah_n marry_v thus_o at_o that_o time_n when_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n but_o that_o it_o be_v do_v about_o that_o time_n that_o be_v say_v they_o at_o jacob_n first_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n when_o he_o leave_v his_o uncle_n laban_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o their_o opinion_n be_v this_o because_o jacob_n come_v from_o laban_n which_o be_v when_o joseph_n be_v six_o year_n old_a as_o be_v evident_a if_o we_o compare_v gen._n 30._o 25._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o rachel_n have_v bear_v joseph_n that_o jacob_n say_v unto_o laban_n send_v i_o away_o etc._n etc._n give_v i_o my_o wife_n and_o my_o child_n for_o who_o i_o have_v serve_v thou_o and_o let_v i_o go_v etc._n etc._n with_o gen._n 31._o 40._o thus_o have_v i_o be_v twenty_o year_n in_o thy_o house_n i_o serve_v thou_o fourteen_o year_n for_o thy_o two_o daughter_n and_o six_o year_n for_o thy_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n be_v but_o eleven_o year_n before_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n &_o consequent_o not_o above_o four_o &_o thirty_o year_n at_o the_o most_o ere_o jacob_n go_v down_o thither_o to_o joseph_n all_o which_o time_n will_v be_v straight_o enough_o if_o not_o too_o little_a for_o all_o these_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v in_o that_o be_v here_o relate_v and_o for_o the_o birth_n of_o ezron_n and_o hamul_n the_o son_n of_o pharez_n who_o be_v reckon_v among_o those_o that_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n for_o though_o judah_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n about_o two_o year_n after_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n and_o yet_o be_v he_o then_o but_o thirteen_o year_n old_a as_o be_v at_o the_o utmost_a but_o five_o year_n old_a than_o joseph_n and_o have_v by_o her_o er_fw-mi onan_n and_o shelah_n in_o the_o three_o next_o year_n after_o his_o marriage_n and_o though_o he_o then_o marry_v er_fw-mi his_o elder_a son_n to_o tamar_n when_o he_o be_v also_o but_o thirteen_o year_n old_a which_o be_v sixteen_o year_n after_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n three_o year_n at_o least_o after_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n to_o this_o if_o you_o add_v but_o three_o year_n for_o the_o death_n of_o er_fw-mi the_o marriage_n and_o death_n of_o onan_n the_o go_v home_o of_o tamar_n to_o her_o father_n house_n judah_n incest_n with_o she_o and_o the_o conception_n and_o birth_n of_o her_o two_o twin_n pharez_n and_o zarah_n the_o fruit_n of_o that_o incest_n and_o then_o fifteen_o year_n more_o ere_o pharez_n can_v be_v marriageable_a and_o have_v those_o his_o two_o son_n hezron_n and_o hamul_fw-la who_o be_v number_v among_o those_o that_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n this_o will_v make_v the_o whole_a number_n of_o four_o and_o thirty_o year_n from_o jacob_n come_v into_o canaan_n till_o his_o remove_n into_o egypt_n and_o so_o they_o conclude_v that_o doubtless_o the_o time_n here_o speak_v of_o when_o judah_n marry_v this_o canaanite_n daughter_n be_v within_o a_o while_n after_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n and_o indeed_o neither_o of_o these_o expositor_n do_v suppose_v any_o thing_n impossible_a yet_o the_o first_o may_v seem_v most_o probable_a because_o it_o be_v very_o strange_a if_o judah_n and_o his_o son_n er_fw-mi and_o pharez_n shall_v all_o marry_v at_o twelve_o or_o thirteen_o year_n of_o agâ—_n verse_n 7._o and_o the_o lord_n slay_v he_o the_o like_a also_o be_v say_v of_o onan_n his_o young_a brother_n vers_fw-la 10._o and_o the_o meaning_n in_o both_o place_n be_v that_o they_o die_v not_o a_o ordinary_a natural_a death_n but_o that_o they_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n by_o some_o remarkable_a judgement_n whereby_o it_o be_v manifest_a unto_o other_o that_o they_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o the_o revenge_a hand_n of_o god_n for_o their_o notorious_a wickedness_n and_o this_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o judah_n marriage_n with_o a_o daughter_n of_o that_o accurse_a nation_n of_o the_o canaanite_n that_o be_v in_o time_n to_o come_v to_o be_v root_v out_o that_o the_o israelite_n may_v dwell_v in_o their_o room_n his_o child_n that_o he_o have_v by_o her_o prove_a son_n of_o belial_n and_o be_v destroy_v by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o verse_n 8._o go_v in_o unto_o thy_o brother_n wife_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o god_n have_v give_v this_o in_o charge_n to_o the_o patriarch_n as_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v afterward_o establish_v by_o the_o write_a law_n deut._n 25._o 5._o if_o brethren_n dwell_v together_o and_o one_o of_o they_o die_v and_o have_v no_o child_n the_o wife_n of_o the_o dead_a shall_v not_o marry_v without_o unto_o a_o stranger_n her_o husband_n brother_n shall_v go_v in_o unto_o she_o and_o take_v she_o to_o he_o for_o wife_n and_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o husband_n brother_n unto_o she_o verse_n 11._o remain_v a_o widow_n in_o thy_o father_n house_n till_o shelah_n my_o son_n be_v grow_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o these_o word_n judah_n think_v to_o assure_v tamar_n that_o assoon_o as_o his_o son_n shelah_n be_v marriageable_a he_o also_o shall_v take_v she_o to_o wife_n and_o raise_v up_o feed_v to_o his_o decease_a brethren_n but_o withal_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o he_o mean_v nothing_o less_o but_o only_o intend_v to_o put_v she_o off_o and_o that_o as_o suspect_v that_o she_o have_v some_o way_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o death_n of_o his_o other_o two_o son_n as_o the_o word_n follow_v do_v import_n for_o he_o say_v to_o wit_n within_o himself_o lest_o peradventure_o he_o die_v also_o as_o his_o brethren_n do_v and_o indeed_o why_o â—lse_o do_v he_o send_v she_o home_o to_o her_o father_n she_o may_v have_v stay_v awhile_o unmarried_a with_o he_o and_o when_o shelah_n be_v grow_v we_o see_v judah_n mind_v not_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n as_o be_v note_v vers_fw-la 14._o yea_o his_o own_o confession_n make_v it_o manifest_a vers_fw-la 26._o where_o he_o accuse_v himself_o of_o do_v her_o wrong_n she_o have_v be_v more_o righteous_a than_o i_o because_o that_o i_o give_v she_o not_o to_o shelah_n my_o son_n verse_n 12._o judah_n be_v comfort_v and_o go_v up_o to_o his_o sheep-shearer_n to_o timnath_n a_o city_n in_o the_o philistine_n country_n which_o also_o befall_v judah_n child_n for_o a_o possession_n josh_n 15._o 20_o 57_o this_o be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n etc._n etc._n cain_n gibea_n and_o timnath_n verse_n 14._o and_o sit_v in_o a_o open_a place_n such_o open_a place_n harlot_n use_v ezech._n 16._o 25._o thou_o have_v build_v thy_o high_a place_n at_o every_o head_n of_o the_o way_n jer._n 3._o 2._o lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n unto_o the_o high_a place_n and_o see_v where_o thou_o have_v
of_o his_o affliction_n that_o he_o remain_v there_o and_o run_v not_o away_o to_o his_o father_n again_o or_o else_o that_o whereas_o some_o servant_n be_v employ_v in_o more_o servile_a business_n abroad_o joseph_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o ingenuity_n be_v employ_v at_o home_n in_o the_o house_n verse_n 4._o and_o joseph_n find_v grace_n in_o his_o sight_n and_o he_o serve_v he_o etc._n etc._n this_o be_v his_o first_o advancement_n that_o he_o be_v take_v to_o attend_v upon_o his_o master_n person_n the_o next_o be_v that_o he_o be_v make_v his_o steward_n and_o have_v all_o commit_v to_o his_o hand_n verse_n 6._o and_o he_o know_v not_o aught_o he_o have_v that_o be_v he_o suffer_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v at_o joseph_n dispose_v and_o so_o be_v without_o all_o care_n himself_o only_o eat_v and_o drink_v such_o thing_n as_o be_v provide_v for_o he_o verse_n 14._o see_v he_o have_v bring_v in_o a_o hebrew_n to_o mock_v we_o the_o more_o to_o exasperate_v her_o husband_n against_o joseph_n both_o here_o to_o the_o servant_n and_o afterward_o to_o himself_o ver_fw-la 17._o she_o lay_v the_o blame_n of_o she_o be_v so_o use_v upon_o his_o folly_n in_o bring_v such_o a_o one_o into_o the_o house_n see_v say_v she_o show_v his_o garment_n unto_o the_o servant_n he_o have_v bring_v in_o a_o hebrew_n unto_o we_o so_o she_o name_v he_o in_o contempt_n for_o the_o hebrew_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n chap._n 43._o 32_o to_o mock_v we_o that_o be_v by_o a_o dishonest_a attempt_n to_o dishonour_n and_o disgrace_v we_o to_o make_v the_o more_o show_n of_o modesty_n she_o use_v the_o most_o modest_a term_n she_o can_v devise_v in_o speak_v of_o his_o pretend_a attempt_n to_o ravish_v she_o verse_n 20._o and_o joseph_n master_n take_v he_o and_o put_v he_o into_o the_o prison_n though_o joseph_n questionless_a plead_v his_o innocency_n and_o make_v know_v to_o his_o master_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o business_n yet_o have_v never_o former_o suspect_v his_o wife_n of_o incontinency_n no_o marvel_n it_o be_v though_o he_o believe_v his_o wife_n and_o not_o he_o and_o so_o in_o his_o rage_n cast_v he_o into_o prison_n rather_o we_o have_v cause_n to_o admire_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o restrain_v he_o so_o far_o that_o he_o do_v not_o present_o in_o his_o rage_n fall_v upon_o he_o and_o kill_v he_o especial_o if_o we_o consider_v how_o violent_a the_o rage_n of_o jealousy_n be_v and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o heathen_a not_o awe_v with_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o may_v have_v do_v what_o he_o please_v to_o his_o servant_n verse_n 21._o but_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n and_o give_v he_o favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o prison_n at_o first_o he_o be_v more_o hardly_o use_v psal_n 105._o 18._o who_o foot_n they_o hurt_v with_o fetter_n he_o be_v lay_v in_o iron_n but_o be_v by_o degree_n perhaps_o not_o altogether_o at_o last_o without_o potiphar_n consent_n allow_v more_o liberty_n and_o kindness_n chap._n xl._o verse_n 4._o and_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n charge_v joseph_n with_o they_o that_o be_v potiphar_n joseph_n master_n whereby_o be_v evident_a that_o either_o by_o find_v just_a cause_n at_o least_o to_o suspect_v that_o his_o mistress_n have_v accuse_v he_o false_o or_o by_o some_o other_o mean_n his_o wrath_n be_v assuage_v so_o that_o now_o himself_o appoint_v joseph_n to_o this_o employment_n verse_n 5._o and_o they_o dream_v a_o dream_n both_o of_o they_o each_o man_n according_a to_o the_o interpretation_n of_o his_o dream_n that_o be_v no_o vain_a dream_n but_o significant_a contain_v prediction_n of_o thing_n which_o do_v according_o come_v to_o pass_n verse_n 6._o and_o behold_v they_o be_v sad_a so_o dream_n and_o vision_n send_v of_o god_n use_v much_o to_o affect_v man_n gen._n 41._o 8._o pharaoh_n sleep_v and_o dream_v etc._n etc._n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o morning_n that_o his_o spirit_n be_v trouble_v dan._n 2._o 1._o nabuchadnezzar_n dream_v dream_n wherewith_o his_o spirit_n be_v trouble_v mat._n 27._o 19_o for_o i_o have_v suffer_v many_o thing_n this_o day_n in_o a_o dream_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 8._o and_o there_o be_v no_o interpreter_n of_o it_o that_o be_v be_v prisoner_n they_o can_v not_o go_v to_o the_o soothsayer_n and_o wise_a man_n of_o egypt_n as_o that_o people_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v gen._n 41._o 8._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o morning_n that_o his_o spirit_n be_v trouble_v and_o he_o send_v and_o call_v for_o all_o the_o magician_n of_o egypt_n and_o all_o the_o wise_a man_n thereof_o be_v not_o interpretation_n of_o god_n tell_v i_o they_o etc._n etc._n joseph_n find_v by_o the_o instinct_n of_o god_n spirit_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o interpret_v their_o dream_n and_o have_v happy_o have_v experience_n former_o that_o god_n have_v give_v he_o this_o extraordinary_a gift_n he_o bid_v they_o tell_v he_o what_o their_o dream_n be_v verse_n 15._o for_o indeed_o i_o be_v steal_v away_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n wherein_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n the_o hebrew_n dwell_v and_o to_o who_o it_o be_v to_o come_v for_o a_o inheritance_n thus_o he_o speak_v by_o faith_n in_o god_n promise_n and_o observable_a it_o be_v that_o though_o he_o make_v know_v that_o he_o be_v steal_v away_o yet_o he_o mention_n not_o by_o who_o it_o be_v do_v as_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o credit_n of_o his_o brethren_n and_o father_n family_n chap._n xli_o verse_n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o the_o end_n of_o two_o full_a year_n that_o pharaoh_n dream_v etc._n etc._n that_o be_v after_o he_o have_v expound_v the_o butler_n &_o baker_n dream_n &_o thus_o be_v the_o faith_n and_o patience_n of_o this_o dear_a servant_n of_o god_n the_o better_o try_v that_o he_o may_v be_v a_o example_n unto_o other_o to_o wait_v patient_o upon_o god_n in_o long-continuing_a affliction_n and_o withal_o he_o be_v teach_v not_o to_o ascribe_v his_o deliverance_n to_o the_o favour_n of_o this_o courtier_n who_o never_o mind_v he_o so_o long_o a_o time_n together_o but_o to_o the_o watchful_a care_n and_o providence_n of_o god_n over_o he_o verse_n 2._o and_o behold_v there_o come_v up_o out_o of_o the_o river_n seven_o well_o favour_v cow_n etc._n etc._n the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n or_o barrenness_n of_o egypt_n be_v from_o the_o overflow_a as_o it_o be_v much_o or_o little_a of_o the_o river_n nilus_n therefore_o be_v both_o the_o fat_a and_o lean_a cow_n say_v to_o come_v out_o of_o the_o river_n neither_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v fit_a to_o represent_v the_o plenty_n or_o scarcity_n of_o a_o land_n than_o be_v these_o vision_n of_o cow_n and_o ear_n of_o corn_n because_o indeed_o corn_n and_o cattle_n be_v the_o two_o principal_a thing_n which_o a_o land_n yield_v for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n and_o where_o these_o abound_v the_o scarcity_n of_o other_o thing_n be_v but_o little_o feel_v verse_n 5._o and_o behold_v seven_o ear_n of_o corn_n upon_o one_o stalk_n etc._n etc._n a_o clear_a sign_n of_o incredible_a plenty_n verse_n 8._o pharaoh_n tell_v they_o his_o dream_n but_o there_o be_v none_o that_o can_v interpret_v they_o unto_o pharaoh_n thus_o god_n make_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o wise_a to_o perish_v isaiah_n 29._o 14._o for_o the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o wise_a man_n shall_v perish_v verse_n 9_o i_o do_v remember_v my_o fault_n this_o day_n it_o be_v not_o doubtless_o without_o a_o special_a providence_n that_o the_o chief_a butler_n speak_v not_o to_o pharaoh_n concern_v joseph_n till_o he_o have_v make_v trial_n of_o the_o magician_n and_o wise_a man_n of_o egypt_n and_o can_v receive_v no_o satisfaction_n from_o they_o for_o this_o must_v needs_o make_v pharaoh_n to_o prize_n joseph_n the_o more_o and_o so_o it_o make_v way_n to_o his_o advancement_n as_o for_o the_o compliment_n wherewith_o the_o chief_a butler_n begin_v his_o speech_n to_o pharaoh_n it_o be_v doubtless_o to_o curry_v favour_n with_o his_o great_a lord_n and_o master_n lest_o the_o mention_n of_o his_o imprisonment_n shall_v seem_v to_o be_v speak_v out_o of_o discontent_n for_o that_o which_o he_o then_o suffer_v as_o king_n be_v full_a of_o jealousy_n in_o this_o kind_n by_o this_o humble_v of_o himself_o courtier-like_a i_o do_v remember_v my_o fault_n etc._n etc._n he_o seek_v to_o prevent_v all_o suspicion_n that_o may_v arise_v in_o the_o king_n mind_n in_o this_o regard_n verse_n 16._o god_n shall_v give_v pharaoh_n a_o answer_n of_o peace_n a_o expression_n of_o his_o hope_n or_o desire_n namely_o that_o his_o dream_n shall_v be_v a_o prediction_n of_o nothing_o but_o peace_n
yea_o happy_o he_o may_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v assure_v that_o the_o dream_n be_v such_o as_o do_v portend_v nothing_o but_o peace_n and_o prosperity_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o kingdom_n verse_n 34._o and_o take_v up_o the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n in_o the_o seven_o plenteous_a year_n that_o this_o five_o part_n be_v take_v up_o for_o the_o king_n be_v evident_a because_o he_o afterward_o sell_v it_o to_o the_o people_n chap._n 47._o 14._o and_o joseph_n gather_v up_o all_o the_o money_n that_o be_v find_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o the_o corn_n which_o they_o buy_v but_o whether_o he_o take_v it_o up_o by_o way_n of_o tribute_n or_o purchase_n buy_v it_o of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v not_o express_v most_o probable_a it_o be_v that_o both_o mean_n be_v use_v and_o that_o this_o store_n be_v gather_v into_o the_o king_n granary_n and_o storehouse_n partly_o upon_o the_o king_n payment_n and_o engagement_n for_o it_o and_o partly_o by_o advance_v of_o his_o yearly_a tribute_n which_o may_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o bear_v by_o the_o people_n both_o because_o of_o the_o exceed_a plenty_n of_o those_o year_n wherein_o the_o remain_a four_o part_n be_v more_o than_o the_o whole_a increase_n of_o other_o year_n and_o abundant_o enough_o and_o to_o spare_v for_o their_o own_o supply_n and_o because_o they_o may_v know_v that_o this_o provision_n be_v make_v for_o the_o supply_n of_o the_o country_n against_o a_o time_n of_o scarcity_n which_o be_v fear_v or_o know_v to_o be_v come_v upon_o they_o verse_n 38._o a_o man_n in_o who_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v this_o he_o ground_n upon_o that_o prophetical_a gift_n of_o interpret_n dream_n and_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v which_o by_o a_o divine_a power_n be_v confer_v upon_o he_o and_o observable_a it_o be_v that_o as_o dream_n be_v before_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o bondage_n so_o dream_n be_v now_o again_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o exaltation_n verse_n 41._o see_v i_o have_v set_v thou_o over_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n this_o word_n see_v he_o use_v as_o have_v respect_n therein_o to_o thâ—se_a outward_a ornament_n and_o signet_n wherewith_o this_o honour_n be_v to_o be_v confer_v and_o confirm_v unto_o he_o verse_n 42._o and_o pharaoh_n take_v off_o his_o ring_n from_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v his_o signet_n which_o he_o be_v to_o use_v as_o his_o viceroy_n in_o his_o name_n and_o by_o his_o authority_n to_o publish_v under_o his_o seal_n whatever_o he_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o decree_v verse_n 43._o and_o he_o make_v he_o to_o ride_v in_o the_o second_o chariot_n he_o have_v king_n have_v two_o chariot_n for_o more_o honour_n and_o use_v 2._o chron._n 35._o 24._o his_o servant_n therefore_o take_v he_o out_o of_o the_o chariot_n and_o put_v he_o in_o the_o second_o chariot_n that_o he_o have_v by_o set_v joseph_n hereon_o the_o king_n honour_v he_o as_o mordecai_n be_v by_o ride_v on_o the_o king_n horse_n and_o seek_v to_o make_v it_o know_v thâ—t_n he_o have_v take_v he_o to_o be_v the_o next_o man_n under_o himself_o in_o the_o kingdom_n verse_n 44._o i_o be_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v i_o be_o king_n that_o authority_n which_o i_o have_v give_v thou_o i_o be_o able_a and_o will_v make_v good_a unto_o thou_o or_o else_o it_o may_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o oath_n so_o true_a as_o i_o be_o pharaoh_n without_o thou_o shall_v no_o man_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n or_o foot_n in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v a_o proverbial_a speech_n and_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o least_o thing_n shall_v not_o be_v do_v to_o wit_n in_o matter_n concern_v the_o order_n and_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o by_o authority_n from_o joseph_n verse_n 45._o and_o he_o give_v he_o to_o wife_n asenath_n the_o daughter_n of_o potipherah_a etc._n etc._n it_o be_v express_o note_v that_o potipherah_a the_o father_n in_o law_n of_o joseph_n be_v priest_n or_o prince_n of_o on._n a_o chief_a city_n in_o egypt_n not_o only_o to_o show_v into_o what_o a_o honourable_a family_n joseph_n be_v match_v by_o the_o care_n and_o favour_n of_o pharaoh_n but_o also_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o potiphar_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n to_o who_o joseph_n be_v sell_v when_o he_o be_v first_o bring_v into_o egypt_n because_o their_o name_n be_v much_o alike_o neither_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o he_o will_v marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o potiphar_n wife_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v dishonest_a and_o by_o who_o false_a accusation_n he_o have_v suffer_v so_o much_o reproach_n and_o misery_n as_o for_o his_o marry_n with_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o idolatrous_a priest_n or_o prince_n we_o must_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a case_n there_o be_v no_o other_o in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n neither_o can_v he_o go_v elsewhere_o to_o seek_v a_o wife_n without_o desert_v that_o great_a office_n whereto_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n god_n have_v advance_v he_o and_o beside_o he_o may_v by_o some_o special_a instinct_n or_o revelation_n from_o god_n be_v move_v to_o accept_v of_o pharaoh_n favour_n herein_o verse_n 51._o for_o god_n say_v he_o have_v make_v i_o forget_v all_o my_o father_n house_n by_o forget_v his_o father_n house_n be_v not_o mean_v that_o now_o he_o do_v not_o at_o all_o think_v upon_o his_o father_n or_o brethren_n or_o mind_n the_o family_n from_o which_o he_o be_v take_v for_o this_o have_v be_v sinful_a in_o joseph_n and_o a_o dishonour_n to_o he_o and_o not_o a_o matter_n to_o be_v rejoice_v in_o but_o that_o god_n have_v comfort_v he_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o former_a sad_a thought_n for_o his_o be_v sell_v away_o from_o his_o father_n and_o all_o his_o friend_n by_o advance_v he_o to_o a_o condition_n wherein_o it_o be_v better_a with_o he_o for_o all_o outward_a thing_n then_o in_o his_o father_n house_n it_o can_v have_v be_v and_o beside_o he_o may_v in_o these_o word_n have_v especial_a respect_n to_o his_o marriage_n concern_v which_o it_o be_v say_v that_o a_o man_n must_v then_o leave_v his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n and_o cleave_v unto_o his_o wife_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o and_o very_o strange_a it_o may_v seem_v that_o joseph_n neither_o in_o his_o bondage_n nor_o in_o the_o eight_o year_n after_o his_o exaltation_n do_v ever_o send_v word_n to_o his_o father_n where_o and_o in_o what_o condition_n he_o be_v which_o be_v doubtless_o of_o god_n in_o some_o extraordinary_a way_n and_o most_o probable_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o have_v that_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o interpret_n dream_n even_o the_o meaning_n and_o event_n of_o his_o own_o dream_n may_v be_v reveal_v to_o he_o to_o wit_n how_o his_o brethren_n shall_v in_o the_o famine_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n for_o corn_n and_o so_o bow_v down_o before_o he_o and_o that_o therefore_o he_o send_v not_o to_o his_o father_n but_o wait_v for_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o that_o which_o god_n have_v beforehand_o reveal_v to_o he_o verse_n 57_o and_o all_o country_n come_v into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v all_o the_o neighbour-countries_n round_n about_o egypt_n chap._n xlii_o verse_n 1._o now_o when_o jacob_n see_v that_o there_o be_v corn_n in_o egypt_n to_o wit_n by_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o canaanite_n who_o in_o his_o sight_n do_v daily_o bring_v it_o home_o verse_n 6._o and_o joseph_n brethren_n come_v and_o bow_v down_o themselves_o before_o he_o etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o however_o there_o be_v corn_n sell_v unto_o the_o native_n throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n by_o subordinate_a officer_n depute_v by_o joseph_n to_o that_o service_n yet_o the_o stranger_n that_o come_v from_o other_o country_n for_o corn_n come_v immediate_o to_o joseph_n and_o buy_v it_o of_o he_o by_o which_o he_o have_v opportunity_n of_o sift_v they_o and_o inform_v himself_o concern_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v for_o the_o advantage_n of_o egypt_n and_o god_n withal_o do_v accomplish_v what_o in_o his_o dream_n be_v long_o since_o foreshow_v that_o his_o brethren_n shall_v in_o a_o humble_a and_o submissive_a manner_n bow_v down_o before_o he_o verse_n 7._o he_o know_v they_o but_o make_v himself_o strange_a unto_o they_o etc._n etc._n have_v joseph_n at_o first_o make_v know_v himself_o to_o his_o brethren_n he_o may_v fear_v lest_o they_o will_v assay_v to_o hide_v from_o their_o father_n what_o have_v befall_v he_o in_o egypt_n lest_o their_o wickedness_n in_o sell_v he_o etc._n etc._n shall_v thereby_o come_v to_o knowledge_n neither_o will_v they_o happy_o have_v deal_v sincere_o with_o he_o in_o tell_v he_o how_o it_o fare_v with_o his_o
to_o his_o great_a comfort_n receive_v satisfaction_n herein_o he_o profess_v his_o willingness_n to_o die_v whensoever_o god_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o call_v for_o he_o even_o as_o old_a simeon_n do_v when_o he_o have_v see_v christ_n which_o he_o have_v long_o wait_v for_o lord_n now_o let_v thou_o thy_o servant_n depart_v in_o peace_n according_a to_o thy_o word_n luke_n 2._o 29._o verse_n 32._o and_o the_o man_n be_v shepherd_n there_o be_v many_o reason_n why_o joseph_n may_v desire_v to_o have_v his_o father_n and_o brethren_n dwell_v together_o in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v a_o fruitful_a pasture-countrey_n fit_a for_o breed_v cattle_n 2._o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v corrupt_v with_o the_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n of_o the_o egyptian_n 3._o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v a_o offence_n to_o the_o egyptians_n who_o abhor_v all_o keeper_n of_o sheep_n 4._o because_o goshen_n be_v the_o near_a part_n of_o egypt_n towards_o canaan_n stand_v most_o commodious_o for_o the_o israelite_n return_v out_o of_o egypt_n whensoever_o god_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o call_v they_o back_o again_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n now_o though_o joseph_n have_v promise_v his_o brethren_n before_o that_o they_o shall_v dwell_v in_o goshen_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o settle_v they_o there_o without_o the_o king_n express_a consent_n and_o though_o he_o doubt_v not_o of_o procure_v his_o consent_n yet_o the_o more_o easy_o to_o effect_v it_o hâ—_n resolve_v to_o acquaint_v pharaoh_n that_o they_o be_v shepherd_n that_o so_o he_o may_v think_v it_o most_o convenient_a to_o dispose_v of_o they_o by_o themselves_o in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n the_o outmost_a part_n of_o egypt_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v a_o eyesore_n to_o the_o egyptian_n that_o can_v not_o endure_v man_n of_o their_o occupation_n verse_n 34._o for_o every_o shepherd_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n to_o wit_n because_o such_o people_n do_v usual_o eat_v and_o sacrifice_v those_o cattle_n which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v as_o their_o god_n as_o be_v before_o note_v gen._n 43._o 32._o it_o be_v evident_a indeed_o that_o the_o egyptian_n have_v flock_n of_o sheep_n both_o the_o king_n and_o people_n for_o chap._n 47._o 6._o pharaoh_n proffer_v joseph_n to_o make_v his_o brethren_n ruler_n over_o his_o cattle_n and_o exod._n 9_o 3._o we_o read_v of_o a_o grievous_a murrain_n that_o god_n send_v among_o the_o egyptian_n cattle_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n upon_o their_o sheep_n but_o it_o seem_v they_o keep_v they_o rather_o for_o their_o wool_n and_o milk_n then_o any_o thing_n else_o and_o happy_o those_o that_o keep_v they_o be_v stranger_n rather_o than_o egyptian_n chap._n xlvii_o verse_n 4._o for_o to_o sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n be_v we_o come_v that_o be_v not_o to_o settle_v ourselves_o here_o but_o only_o to_o stay_v here_o for_o a_o time_n for_o our_o succour_n and_o relief_n in_o this_o time_n of_o famine_n whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o purpose_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n be_v not_o to_o leave_v canaan_n though_o afterward_o for_o joseph_n sake_n they_o continue_v in_o egypt_n even_o after_o the_o famine_n be_v end_v which_o be_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v note_v to_o discover_v the_o injustice_n of_o the_o follow_a king_n of_o egypt_n who_o against_o all_o law_n of_o hospitality_n do_v afterward_o detain_v they_o there_o by_o force_n and_o make_v very_a bondslave_n of_o those_o that_o only_o come_v at_o first_o to_o sojourn_v in_o their_o land_n verse_n 9_o the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o my_o pilgrimage_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n jacob_n call_v his_o life_n a_o pilgrimage_n not_o only_o with_o respect_n to_o his_o travel_v up_o and_o down_o and_o live_v as_o a_o stranger_n first_o in_o mesopotamia_n afterward_o in_o canaan_n now_o in_o egypt_n but_o also_o especial_o with_o respect_n unto_o that_o heavenly_a inheritance_n which_o be_v the_o rest_n of_o god_n people_n to_o which_o they_o be_v still_o travel_v esteem_v themselves_o but_o pilgrim_n here_o in_o this_o world_n for_o so_o it_o be_v express_o say_v of_o the_o patriarch_n heb._n 11._o 13._o that_o they_o confess_v themselves_o stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o seek_v a_o better_a even_o a_o heavenly_a country_n as_o for_o the_o age_n of_o jacob_n here_o express_o make_v know_v to_o pharaoh_n it_o help_v much_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o time_n of_o other_o passage_n of_o this_o history_n for_o joseph_n be_v now_o nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a when_o jacob_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o for_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v first_o exalt_v in_o egypt_n chap._n 41._o 46._o and_o since_o that_o there_o have_v be_v seven_o year_n of_o plenty_n and_o two_o year_n of_o famine_n chap._n 45._o 6._o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o jacob_n be_v ninety_o one_o when_o joseph_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o service_n with_o laban_n and_o consequent_o that_o he_o be_v about_o seventy_o seven_o when_o he_o first_o go_v down_o into_o mesopotamia_n fly_v from_o the_o rage_n of_o his_o brother_n esau_n and_o have_v not_o attain_v unto_o the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o life_n of_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n for_o abraham_n live_v a_o hundred_o seventy_o and_o five_o year_n gen._n 25._o 7._o and_o these_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o abraham_n life_n which_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o threescore_o and_o fifteen_o year_n and_o isaac_n a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n gen._n 35._o 28._o and_o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n verse_n 15._o and_o when_o money_n fail_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v general_o speak_v not_o with_o relation_n to_o each_o particular_a man_n the_o egyptian_n have_v for_o the_o most_o part_n spend_v all_o their_o money_n and_o so_o be_v force_v to_o sell_v their_o cattle_n verse_n 18._o they_o come_v unto_o he_o the_o second_o year_n that_o be_v after_o their_o cattle_n be_v sell_v which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o six_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n verse_n 21._o he_o remove_v they_o to_o city_n from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o border_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n this_o may_v be_v take_v in_o a_o double_a sense_n 1._o that_o he_o remove_v they_o from_o one_o end_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o other_o that_o be_v all_o the_o land_n over_o out_o of_o their_o countrey-dwelling_n into_o the_o city_n and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_n 1._o they_o give_v up_o the_o possession_n of_o their_o land_n to_o pharaoh_n 2._o they_o be_v the_o more_o commodious_o nourish_v out_o of_o the_o king_n granary_n 3._o the_o desolate_a place_n of_o the_o city_n be_v fill_v up_o and_o so_o many_o only_a as_o be_v necessary_a be_v send_v out_o to_o till_o the_o ground_n the_o famine_n be_v cease_v or_o else_o which_o i_o rather_o think_v the_o meaning_n be_v only_o this_o that_o he_o transplant_v they_o from_o one_o town_n unto_o another_o not_o leave_v they_o in_o that_o which_o be_v their_o own_o that_o so_o it_o may_v appear_v the_o land_n be_v he_o and_o they_o only_o his_o servant_n verse_n 29._o and_o the_o time_n draw_v nigh_o that_o israel_n must_v die_v which_o he_o know_v happy_o not_o only_a as_o other_o man_n may_v by_o the_o great_a decay_n of_o his_o natural_a strength_n but_o also_o by_o special_a revelation_n from_o god_n put_v i_o pray_v thou_o thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n etc._n etc._n concern_v this_o custom_n of_o put_v the_o hand_n under_o the_o thigh_n when_o a_o oath_n be_v take_v see_v the_o note_n on_o gen._n 24._o 2._o jacob_n be_v near_o his_o end_n make_v joseph_n swear_v that_o he_o will_v not_o bury_v he_o in_o egypt_n but_o carry_v he_o into_o canaan_n not_o out_o of_o a_o suspicion_n that_o joseph_n will_v not_o do_v this_o which_o he_o require_v of_o he_o but_o 1._o that_o joseph_n may_v allege_v this_o to_o pharaoh_n and_o so_o decline_v the_o envy_n of_o the_o egyptian_n who_o may_v else_o have_v take_v it_o ill_o as_o if_o joseph_n have_v scorn_v and_o despiâ—ed_v the_o land_n wherein_o he_o have_v be_v so_o high_o esteem_v and_o advance_v and_o 2._o especial_o to_o show_v of_o what_o great_a importance_n it_o be_v which_o he_o now_o require_v of_o he_o not_o proceed_v from_o any_o carnal_a or_o ambitious_a conceit_n but_o from_o the_o assurance_n of_o faith_n and_o to_o strengthen_v the_o faith_n of_o his_o child_n herein_o that_o god_n will_v undoubted_o bring_v they_o back_o to_o canaan_n and_o give_v they_o that_o land_n for_o a_o possession_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o a_o sign_n of_o his_o expectation_n and_o desire_n of_o that_o heavenly_a inheritance_n whereof_o the_o land_n of_o
he_o say_v i_o have_v be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o strange_a land_n gershom_n be_v by_o interpretation_n a_o desolate_a stranger_n now_o so_o he_o name_v his_o elder_a son_n both_o to_o testify_v his_o faith_n concern_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n which_o he_o look_v upon_o because_o of_o god_n promise_n as_o his_o true_a country_n and_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o child_n and_o profess_v therefore_o that_o his_o child_n be_v but_o stranger_n in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o nativity_n and_o likewise_o to_o express_v his_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o afford_v he_o this_o comfort_n to_o support_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o affliction_n when_o he_o live_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o banish_a man_n in_o a_o strange_a country_n another_o son_n moses_n have_v by_o his_o wife_n zipporah_n who_o he_o call_v eliezer_n as_o we_o may_v see_v chap._n 18._o 4._o but_o the_o first-born_a only_o be_v mention_v here_o verse_n 23._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o process_n of_o time_n that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n die_v and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n sigh_v etc._n etc._n the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v here_o mention_v to_o show_v the_o misery_n of_o the_o poor_a israelite_n who_o be_v no_o way_n ease_v of_o their_o burden_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o former_a oppress_a tyrant_n but_o have_v as_o much_o cause_n of_o sigh_v under_o their_o burden_n as_o ever_o they_o have_v before_o chap._n iii_o verse_n 1._o now_o moses_n keep_v the_o flock_n of_o jethro_n etc._n etc._n the_o priest_n of_o median_a either_o this_o jethro_n be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v before_o call_v revel_v chap._n 2._o 18._o or_o else_o if_o jethro_n be_v the_o son_n of_o revel_v he_o also_o be_v priest_n of_o midian_a as_o his_o father_n have_v be_v the_o son_n succeed_v in_o his_o father_n office_n and_o that_o happy_o because_o revel_v be_v now_o dead_a this_o be_v forty_o year_n after_o moses_n come_v thither_o as_o we_o see_v act_n 7._o 30._o and_o when_o forty_o year_n be_v expire_v there_o appear_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o mount_n sinai_n and_o come_v to_o the_o mountain_n of_o god_n even_o to_o horeb._n horeb_n be_v call_v here_o by_o anticipation_n the_o mountain_n of_o god_n both_o because_o of_o this_o follow_a vision_n wherein_o god_n appear_v to_o moses_n in_o so_o miraculous_a a_o manner_n and_o also_o especial_o because_o there_o afterward_o the_o lord_n come_v down_o to_o moses_n and_o deliver_v he_o the_o law_n and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o his_o people_n exod._n 19_o for_o it_o be_v say_v express_o that_o this_o apparition_n be_v at_o mount_n sinai_n act_v 7._o 30._o and_o when_o forty_o year_n be_v expire_v there_o appear_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o mount_n sinai_n a_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o a_o flame_a fire_n in_o bush_n and_o there_o we_o know_v the_o law_n be_v give_v exod._n 19_o 1._o it_o seem_v therefore_o that_o the_o whole_a mountainous_a tract_n or_o circuit_n where_o mount_n sinai_n stand_v be_v call_v horeb_n or_o else_o as_o some_o of_o the_o jewish_a rabbin_n hold_v this_o mountain_n be_v former_o call_v horeb_n but_o after_o this_o apparition_n of_o god_n in_o the_o bush_n it_o be_v call_v sinai_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n sâ—neh_n which_o signify_v a_o bramble_n bush_n verse_n 2._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v untâ—_n he_o in_o a_o flame_n of_o fire_n out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o bush_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n god_n himself_o that_o now_o appear_v unto_o moses_n for_o vers_fw-la 7._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o lord_n jehovah_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o verse_n the_o fixth_n he_o say_v i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n etc._n etc._n and_o which_o be_v most_o to_o be_v observe_v vers_fw-la 5._o he_o that_o appear_v to_o moses_n require_v that_o worship_n and_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a only_a to_o god_n namely_o that_o he_o shall_v present_v himself_o before_o he_o barefooted_a as_o a_o poor_a caitiff_n not_o worthy_a to_o stand_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o so_o great_a a_o majesty_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o just_a cause_n why_o we_o shall_v question_v this_o because_o it_o be_v say_v here_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o christ_n the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n be_v call_v the_o messenger_n or_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n mal._n 3._o 1._o now_o as_o concern_v the_o burn_a bush_n wherein_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o moses_n it_o be_v doubtless_o intend_v not_o only_o to_o cause_n moses_n with_o the_o more_o reverence_n and_o humility_n to_o attend_v to_o what_o shall_v be_v say_v unto_o he_o but_o also_o to_o be_v a_o sign_n represent_v to_o he_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o his_o people_n concern_v who_o the_o lord_n now_o give_v he_o a_o charge_n to_o wit_n that_o though_o his_o israel_n have_v be_v long_o in_o the_o fire_n of_o affliction_n the_o enemy_n seek_v with_o all_o possible_a fury_n to_o destroy_v they_o yet_o hitherto_o they_o have_v be_v miraculous_o preserve_v and_o so_o still_o shall_v be_v and_o that_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v among_o they_o to_o preserve_v and_o defend_v they_o and_o will_v now_o rescue_v they_o from_o the_o power_n of_o their_o oppressor_n verse_n 3._o and_o moses_n say_v i_o will_v now_o turn_v aside_o and_o see_v this_o great_a sight_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v hard_o to_o say_v which_o some_o affirm_v that_o moses_n conclude_v that_o this_o be_v some_o secret_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o bush_n burn_v and_o be_v not_o consume_v and_o so_o out_o of_o curiosity_n do_v rash_o resolve_v to_o approach_v near_o that_o he_o may_v search_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o no_o such_o thing_n can_v be_v conclude_v from_o these_o word_n rather_o his_o call_n it_o a_o great_a sight_n may_v seem_v to_o imply_v that_o he_o think_v it_o some_o vision_n but_o indeed_o the_o most_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o he_o neither_o conclude_v the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o but_o be_v sudden_o strike_v with_o admiration_n at_o the_o sight_n and_o not_o know_v what_o to_o think_v of_o it_o he_o determine_v at_o last_o to_o approach_v near_o hope_v thereby_o to_o be_v the_o better_o inform_v and_o wait_v with_o reverence_n to_o see_v what_o the_o issue_n will_v be_v verse_n 4._o god_n call_v unto_o he_o out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o bush_n and_o say_v moses_n moses_n etc._n etc._n this_o call_n of_o moses_n by_o his_o name_n and_o the_o redouble_v of_o his_o name_n in_o such_o a_o familiar_a and_o love_a manner_n be_v both_o to_o make_v he_o know_v that_o the_o vision_n he_o see_v be_v of_o god_n thereby_o to_o stir_v he_o up_o the_o more_o careful_o to_o intend_v what_o be_v do_v and_o say_v and_o also_o to_o intimate_v the_o great_a love_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n to_o he_o and_o indeed_o consider_v how_o strange_a and_o terrible_a the_o apparition_n be_v and_o that_o moses_n though_o all_o alone_a and_o in_o a_o desert_n place_n be_v not_o yet_o so_o astonish_v but_o that_o when_o he_o hear_v himself_o call_v by_o name_n from_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o burn_a bush_n he_o can_v answer_v so_o ready_o here_o be_o i_o we_o may_v well_o think_v that_o it_o be_v this_o gracious_a manner_n of_o god_n call_v upon_o he_o that_o do_v thus_o far_o encourage_v he_o verse_n 5._o put_v off_o thy_o shoe_n from_o off_o thy_o foot_n the_o put_v off_o of_o shoe_n be_v use_v as_o a_o sign_n of_o mourning_n and_o humiliation_n ezech._n 24._o 17._o 23._o forbear_v to_o cry_v make_v no_o mourning_n for_o the_o dead_a etc._n etc._n and_o put_v on_o thy_o shoe_n upon_o thy_o foot_n etc._n etc._n 2._o sam._n 15._o 30._o and_o david_n go_v up_o by_o the_o ascent_n of_o mount_n olivet_n and_o weep_v as_o he_o go_v up_o and_o have_v his_o head_n cover_v and_o he_o go_v barefoot_a etc._n etc._n esai_n 20._o 2._o 4._o go_v and_o loose_v the_o sackcloth_n from_o off_o thy_o loin_n and_o put_v off_o thy_o shoe_n from_o thy_o foot_n etc._n etc._n so_o shall_v the_o king_n of_o assyria_n lead_v away_o the_o egyptian_n prisoner_n and_o the_o ethiopian_n captives_z young_a and_o old_a naked_a and_o barefoot_a etc._n etc._n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n no_o doubt_n be_v moses_n here_o enjoin_v it_o both_o that_o this_o outward_a ceremony_n may_v strike_v he_o with_o the_o great_a awe_n and_o reverence_n of_o god_n majesty_n into_o who_o presence_n he_o may_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o approach_v but_o in_o so_o lowly_a and_o submissive_a a_o manner_n and_o also_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o outward_a expression_n of_o the_o inward_a religious_a affection_n of_o his_o mind_n that_o he_o do_v
of_o his_o utterance_n and_o pronunciation_n and_o so_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v with_o moses_n though_o he_o be_v a_o excellent_a speaker_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o that_o which_o he_o speak_v yet_o some_o defect_n he_o have_v in_o regard_n of_o his_o utterance_n which_o some_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v that_o he_o be_v of_o a_o stammer_a tongue_n and_o thereto_o apply_v that_o which_o he_o afterward_o say_v how_o shall_v pharaoh_n hear_v i_o who_o be_o of_o uncircumcised_a lip_n chap._n 6._o 12._o verse_n 12._o i_o will_v be_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o teach_v thou_o what_o thou_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o imperfection_n of_o moses_n speech_n and_o utterance_n continue_v after_o this_o for_o still_o we_o see_v he_o complain_v of_o his_o uncircumcised_a lip_n chap._n 6._o 30._o and_o because_o of_o this_o aaron_n be_v his_o spokesman_n in_o deliver_v god_n message_n unto_o pharaoh_n this_o therefore_o which_o the_o lord_n here_o say_v to_o moses_n i_o will_v be_v with_o thy_o mouth_n be_v not_o mean_v of_o help_v he_o of_o that_o natural_a imperfection_n in_o his_o speech_n but_o that_o god_n will_v direct_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v say_v and_o so_o prosper_v he_o in_o his_o message_n that_o his_o slowness_n of_o speech_n shall_v be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o he_o but_o that_o he_o shall_v with_o comfort_n to_o his_o people_n and_o terror_n to_o their_o enemy_n dispatch_v the_o business_n which_o god_n have_v impose_v upon_o he_o verse_n 14._o and_o he_o say_v be_v not_o aaron_n the_o levite_n thy_o brother_n i_o know_v that_o he_o can_v speak_v well_o etc._n etc._n thus_o be_v moses_n comfort_v hear_v that_o his_o brother_n aaron_n from_o who_o he_o have_v be_v absent_a now_o forty_o year_n be_v still_o live_v and_o well_o and_o withal_o encourage_v by_o know_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v he_o join_v with_o he_o in_o commission_n of_o who_o fidelity_n he_o can_v make_v no_o question_n and_o who_o he_o know_v of_o good_a ability_n for_o the_o deliver_n of_o their_o message_n to_o pharaoh_n verse_n 16._o and_o thou_o shall_v be_v to_o he_o in_o stead_n of_o god_n that_o be_v thou_o shall_v as_o from_o god_n and_o in_o god_n stead_n make_v know_v to_o he_o what_o he_o shall_v say_v unto_o pharaoh_n verse_n 18._o and_o moses_n go_v and_o return_v to_o jethrâ—_n his_o father_n in_o law_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o let_v i_o go_v etc._n etc._n moses_n do_v not_o ask_v his_o father_n in_o law_n leave_v to_o go_v into_o egypt_n as_o question_v whether_o he_o shall_v obey_v god_n command_v in_o go_v unless_o he_o will_v give_v he_o leave_v but_o only_o as_o judge_v it_o fit_a that_o he_o shall_v acquaint_v his_o father_n in_o law_n with_o his_o purpose_n and_o crave_v his_o approbation_n and_o not_o go_v rude_o away_o with_o his_o daughter_n and_o her_o child_n without_o give_v he_o any_o notice_n beforehand_o of_o it_o especial_o consider_v that_o he_o have_v no_o cause_n at_o all_o to_o suspect_v either_o the_o wisdom_n or_o courtesy_n of_o his_o father_n in_o give_v he_o liberty_n moses_n therefore_o be_v not_o herein_o to_o be_v blame_v rather_o his_o modesty_n and_o humility_n herein_o discover_v be_v worthy_a admiration_n who_o after_o so_o glorious_a a_o vision_n be_v no_o way_n puff_v up_o with_o it_o but_o carry_v himself_o in_o such_o a_o humble_a and_o lowly_a manner_n towards_o his_o father_n in_o law_n as_o for_o his_o allege_v no_o other_o reason_n to_o jethro_n for_o his_o return_v into_o egypt_n but_o only_o his_o desire_n to_o visit_v and_o see_v his_o brethren_n let_v i_o go_v i_o pray_v thou_o and_o return_v unto_o my_o brethren_n which_o be_v in_o egypt_n and_o see_v whether_o they_o be_v yet_o alive_a therein_o also_o his_o modesty_n be_v discover_v in_o that_o he_o can_v forbear_v to_o tell_v his_o father_n in_o law_n of_o the_o glorious_a vision_n he_o have_v see_v and_o the_o honourable_a employment_n which_o god_n have_v put_v upon_o he_o and_o likewise_o his_o wisdom_n in_o manage_v this_o business_n for_o doubtelesse_a he_o do_v purposely_o conceal_v this_o that_o hewas_fw-mi send_v to_o fetch_v the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n both_o because_o he_o judge_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o impart_v this_o secret_a to_o jethro_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o israel_n though_o a_o godly_a man_n before_o he_o acquaint_v the_o israelite_n themselves_o with_o it_o and_o likewise_o especial_o lest_o the_o difficulty_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o work_n shall_v make_v his_o father_n in_o law_n unwilling_a to_o let_v he_o go_v verse_n 19_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o moses_n in_o midian_a etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n either_o before_o he_o have_v ask_v his_o father_n leave_n or_o after_o that_o the_o other_o appear_v of_o god_n to_o moses_n be_v in_o horeb_n this_o in_o midian_a but_o whether_o this_o his_o appear_v to_o moses_n in_o midian_a be_v before_o he_o ask_v leave_v to_o go_v or_o after_o we_o can_v certain_o conclude_v if_o it_o be_v after_o that_o then_o either_o moses_n even_o after_o leave_v obtain_v from_o jethro_n yet_o hasten_v not_o his_o journey_n as_o be_v fit_v and_o therefore_o by_o this_o second_o apparition_n god_n quicken_v he_o again_o or_o else_o he_o take_v it_o that_o in_o the_o first_o vision_n in_o the_o burn_a bush_n god_n have_v only_o call_v he_o to_o the_o work_n of_o go_v into_o egypt_n for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o israelite_n but_o have_v not_o express_o tell_v he_o the_o time_n when_o he_o shall_v go_v and_o so_o he_o wait_v till_o now_o that_o in_o this_o second_o vision_n in_o the_o land_n of_o midian_a god_n again_o appear_v to_o he_o and_o command_v he_o immediate_o to_o go_v thither_o add_v this_o encouragement_n to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v before_o that_o all_o the_o man_n be_v dead_a which_o seek_v his_o life_n and_o doubtless_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o sojourn_v with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n in_o midian_a he_o think_v of_o what_o god_n have_v former_o reveal_v to_o he_o in_o egypt_n concern_v the_o lord_n employ_v he_o in_o that_o service_n only_o he_o wait_v to_o see_v when_o god_n will_v call_v he_o thereto_o and_o that_o happy_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o in_o so_o many_o year_n he_o do_v not_o send_v to_o know_v in_o what_o condition_n his_o brethren_n be_v in_o egypt_n because_o he_o be_v resolve_v whole_o to_o cast_v himself_o herein_o upon_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o to_o do_v nothing_o without_o direction_n from_o he_o verse_n 20._o and_o moses_n take_v his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n hereby_o it_o appear_v that_o moses_n either_o carry_v his_o wife_n and_o his_o child_n into_o egypt_n or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o be_v upon_o his_o journey_n intend_v to_o carry_v they_o with_o he_o thither_o indeed_o as_o evident_a it_o be_v when_o moses_n go_v with_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n his_o wife_n and_o child_n be_v with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n in_o midian_a for_o exod._n 18._o 5._o it_o be_v say_v that_o jethro_n his_o father_n in_o law_n meet_v he_o in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o he_o encamp_v at_o the_o mount_n of_o god_n and_o bring_v his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n thither_o to_o he_o it_o seem_v therefore_o that_o either_o when_o he_o be_v upon_o the_o way_n go_v thither_o he_o send_v they_o back_o again_o to_o jethro_n perhaps_o upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o follow_a story_n of_o the_o circumcise_n of_o his_o son_n or_o at_o least_o that_o when_o he_o be_v in_o egypt_n find_v some_o inconvenience_n in_o their_o be_v there_o he_o take_v order_n to_o return_v they_o to_o the_o safe_a custody_n of_o his_o father_n in_o law_n that_o himself_o may_v the_o more_o free_o and_o whole_o intend_v the_o business_n he_o have_v undertake_v and_o moses_n take_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n in_o his_o hand_n it_o be_v doubtless_o the_o same_o rod_n or_o shepherd_n crook_n which_o moses_n use_v at_o other_o time_n to_o carry_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n when_o god_n speak_v to_o he_o out_o of_o the_o burn_a bush_n only_o it_o be_v here_o call_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n because_o it_o be_v that_o wherewith_o god_n have_v appoint_v that_o moses_n shall_v work_v so_o many_o glorious_a miracle_n and_o so_o to_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v mere_o of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o any_o power_n in_o moses_n or_o in_o the_o rod_n that_o so_o many_o strange_a thing_n be_v do_v by_o it_o verse_n 21._o but_o i_o will_v harden_v his_o heart_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o let_v the_o people_n go_v see_v châ—p_n 7._o 13._o verse_n 22._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n israel_n be_v my_o son_n even_o my_o first-born_a etc._n etc._n many_o several_a reason_n may_v be_v give_v why_o
thousand_o seventy_o one_o pound_n weight_n of_o silver_n which_o at_o five_o shilling_n the_o ounce_n come_v to_o thirty_o six_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o thirteen_o pound_n in_o sterling_a money_n verse_n 29._o and_o the_o brass_n of_o the_o offering_n be_v seventy_o talent_n and_o two_o thousand_o and_o four_o hundred_o shekel_n that_o be_v allow_v three_o thousand_o shekel_n to_o a_o talon_n two_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o thousand_o and_o four_o hundreâ—_o shekel_n of_o brass_n and_o this_o count_v twenty_o five_o shekel_n to_o a_o pound_n weight_n amount_v to_o eight_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o ninety_o six_o pound_n weight_n of_o brass_n whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o brass_n as_o silver_n and_o therefore_o sure_o the_o pillar_n be_v make_v of_o wood_n and_o only_o cover_v over_o with_o brass_n see_v chap._n 27._o ver_fw-la 9_o chap._n thirty-nine_o verse_n 1._o and_o of_o the_o blue_a and_o purple_a and_o scarlet_a they_o make_v clothes_n of_o service_n etc._n etc._n see_v chap._n 31._o 10._o verse_n 43._o and_o moses_n bless_v they_o that_o be_v he_o not_o only_o commend_v both_o the_o people_n and_o workman_n and_o pray_v god_n to_o bless_v they_o but_o also_o as_o god_n public_a minister_n he_o pronounce_v a_o blessing_n on_o they_o from_o the_o lord_n chap._n xl_o verse_n 9_o and_o thou_o shall_v take_v the_o anoint_v â—yl_n and_o anoint_v the_o tabernacle_n etc._n etc._n the_o performance_n of_o this_o see_v in_o levit._n 8._o 10._o verse_n 10._o and_o thou_o shall_v anoint_v the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n and_o sprinkle_v thereof_o upon_o the_o altar_n seven_o time_n see_v levit._n 8._o 11._o verse_n 15._o for_o their_o anoint_v shall_v sure_o be_v a_o everlasting_a priesthood_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o their_o child_n after_o they_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o be_v anoint_a but_o shall_v execute_v the_o office_n by_o reason_n of_o this_o unction_n of_o their_o father_n only_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v anoint_a in_o the_o generation_n follow_v verse_n 17._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o first_o month_n etc._n etc._n they_o go_v out_o of_o egypt_n the_o fifteen_o of_o the_o first_o month_n and_o now_o the_o next_o year_n upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o month_n the_o tabernacle_n be_v erect_v so_o that_o there_o want_v now_o but_o fifteen_o day_n of_o a_o full_a year_n since_o they_o leave_v egypt_n verse_n 27._o and_o he_o burn_v sweet_a incense_n thereon_o etc._n etc._n as_o supply_v at_o present_a the_o priest_n office_n annotation_n on_o the_o three_o book_n of_o moses_n call_v leviticus_n chap._n i._n and_o the_o lord_n call_v unto_o moses_n etc._n etc._n this_o word_n and_o show_v the_o immediate_a connexion_n of_o this_o book_n of_o this_o story_n upon_o that_o wherewith_o the_o forego_n book_n of_o exodus_fw-la be_v conclude_v namely_o that_o after_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v rear_v aaron_n and_o his_o son_n consecrate_v to_o the_o office_n of_o the_o priesthood_n and_o the_o cloud_n descend_v upon_o the_o tabernacle_n immediate_o god_n speak_v to_o moses_n from_o the_o mercy-seat_n out_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n for_o into_o it_o moses_n be_v not_o able_a to_o enter_v because_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n fill_v it_o and_o so_o inform_v he_o how_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n shall_v carry_v themseluâ—s_o â—n_o the_o priesthood_n etc._n etc._n verse_n if_o any_o man_n of_o you_o bring_v a_o offering_n unto_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v any_o sacrifice_n whatsoever_o this_o be_v a_o general_a rule_n concern_v all_o sacrifice_n to_o wit_n that_o none_o must_v be_v offer_v but_o of_o the_o herd_n or_o flock_n that_o be_v if_o they_o be_v cattle_n they_o intend_v to_o offer_v for_o if_o they_o intend_v a_o offering_n of_o bird_n what_o they_o must_v be_v be_v express_v afterward_o vers_fw-la 14._o verse_n 3._o if_o his_o offering_n be_v a_o burnt-sacrifice_n of_o the_o herd_n let_v he_o offer_v a_o male_a without_o blemish_n here_o the_o lord_n first_o give_v direction_n for_o burnt-offering_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o chief_a of_o all_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o so_o call_v because_o they_o be_v all_o whole_o burn_v upon_o the_o altar_n whereas_o of_o other_o sacrifice_n some_o part_n only_o be_v burn_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o other_o part_n be_v otherwise_o dispose_v of_o and_o the_o direction_n that_o be_v here_o first_o give_v concern_v these_o be_v that_o if_o a_o burnt-offering_a be_v to_o be_v offer_v of_o the_o herd_n it_o must_v be_v a_o male_a without_o blemish_n that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o fit_a to_o figure_v forth_o christ_n perfection_n in_o himself_o and_o we_o in_o he_o who_o be_v perfect_o holy_a and_o free_a from_o the_o least_o blemish_n of_o sin_n he_o do_v no_o sin_n neither_o be_v guile_n find_v in_o his_o mouth_n 1._o pet._n 2._o 22._o do_v yet_o notwithstanding_o by_o suffer_v death_n for_o we_o perfect_o satisfy_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n on_o our_o behalf_n that_o so_o he_o may_v present_v the_o church_n to_o himself_o a_o glorious_a church_n not_o have_v spot_n or_o wrinkle_n or_o any_o such_o thing_n but_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o without_o blemish_n ephes_n 5._o 27._o for_o say_v the_o same_o apostle_n heb._n 9_o 13_o 14._o if_o the_o blood_n of_o bull_n and_o of_o goat_n and_o the_o ash_n of_o a_o heifer_n sprinkle_v the_o unclean_a sanctify_v to_o the_o purify_n of_o the_o flesh_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n who_o through_o the_o eternal_a spirit_n offer_v himself_o without_o spot_n to_o god_n purge_v your_o conscience_n from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n and_o so_o again_o saint_n peter_n say_v you_o know_v that_o you_o be_v redeem_v with_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o christ_n as_o of_o a_o lamb_n without_o blemish_n and_o without_o spot_n 1._o pet._n 1._o 18_o 19_o yet_o withal_o hereby_o the_o lord_n teach_v both_o they_o and_o we_o to_o give_v god_n the_o best_a in_o all_o 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the_o excess_n of_o superstition_n verse_n 3._o he_o shall_v separate_v himself_o from_o wine_n and_o strong_a drink_n etc._n etc._n because_o the_o nazarite_n be_v to_o give_v themselves_o whole_o to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o separation_n therefore_o as_o the_o priest_n be_v forbid_v the_o drink_n of_o wine_n or_o strong_a drink_n when_o they_o be_v to_o go_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n levit._n 10._o 9_o so_o be_v the_o nazarite_n also_o yea_o the_o drink_n or_o eat_v of_o any_o thing_n that_o come_v of_o the_o vine_n vinegar_n or_o raisin_n etc._n etc._n thereby_o also_o to_o signify_v their_o full_a and_o perfect_a renounce_n of_o all_o worldly_a pleasure_n or_o any_o thing_n tend_v thereto_o and_o how_o exact_o careful_a we_o ought_v to_o be_v not_o only_o to_o avoid_v all_o evil_a but_o also_o to_o abstain_v from_o all_o appearance_n of_o evil_n 1._o thess_n 5._o 22._o but_o yet_o still_o we_o must_v note_v that_o 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verse_n 7._o he_o shall_v not_o make_v himself_o unclean_a for_o his_o father_n etc._n etc._n namely_o by_o touch_v mourn_a for_o or_o bury_v they_o wherein_o as_o much_o exactness_n be_v require_v of_o the_o nazarite_n as_o be_v require_v of_o the_o high_a priest_n levit._n 21._o 11._o and_o thus_o by_o avoid_v these_o legal_a impurity_n they_o be_v teach_v what_o exactness_n of_o spiritual_a purity_n and_o holiness_n god_n require_v of_o they_o for_o this_o refrain_v from_o the_o dead_a in_o who_o the_o image_n as_o it_o be_v of_o god_n curse_n for_o sin_n be_v to_o be_v see_v for_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n rom._n 6._o 23._o figure_v our_o abstain_v from_o sinful_a and_o dead_a work_n that_o we_o may_v keep_v ourselves_o unspotted_a of_o the_o world_n pure_a and_o undefiled_a before_o god_n jam._n 1._o 27._o beside_o this_o teach_v they_o to_o moderate_v their_o affection_n and_o sorrow_n for_o their_o earthly_a friend_n that_o they_o may_v be_v holy_a to_o their_o 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world_n but_o may_v some_o say_v oshea_n which_o be_v his_o former_a name_n do_v also_o signify_v a_o saviour_n and_o why_o then_o be_v his_o name_n change_v i_o answer_v many_o reason_n be_v give_v for_o this_o by_o expositor_n but_o the_o most_o probable_a be_v this_o that_o by_o add_v jah_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n psal_n 68_o 4._o contract_v of_o jehova_n or_o as_o some_o think_v by_o add_v the_o first_o letter_n of_o jehova_n to_o oshea_n so_o to_o make_v his_o name_n jehoshua_n thereby_o be_v signify_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v a_o saviour_n but_o also_o the_o lord_n saviour_n imply_v that_o he_o shall_v by_o authority_n from_o god_n and_o by_o the_o help_n and_o assistance_n of_o god_n be_v the_o saviour_n of_o his_o people_n and_o therein_o also_o the_o more_o manifest_o a_o type_n of_o chriâ—t_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n anoint_v and_o the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n jer._n 23._o 6._o when_o his_o name_n be_v thus_o change_v it_o be_v not_o express_v only_o we_o see_v that_o he_o be_v call_v joshua_n in_o the_o story_n of_o moses_n before_o this_o to_o wit_n at_o the_o â—ight_n which_o he_o have_v with_o the_o amalekite_n exodus_fw-la 17._o 9_o verse_n 17._o get_v you_o up_o this_o way_n southward_o etc._n etc._n or_o by_o the_o south_n mean_v the_o south_n part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v near_a to_o they_o verse_n 21._o so_o they_o go_v up_o and_o search_v the_o land_n etc._n etc._n it_o may_v be_v probable_o think_v that_o they_o go_v not_o all_o together_o but_o divide_v themselves_o for_o go_v all_o together_o they_o will_v have_v be_v suspect_v neither_o can_v they_o have_v view_v the_o whole_a country_n in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n and_o so_o they_o go_v quite_o through_o the_o land_n from_o one_o end_n to_o the_o other_o that_o be_v from_o the_o south_n to_o the_o north_n for_o so_o much_o be_v employ_v in_o these_o word_n so_o they_o go_v up_o and_o search_v the_o land_n from_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v not_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n that_o border_v upon_o egypt_n exod._n 16._o 1._o but_o a_o wilderness_n call_v by_o a_o name_n much_o like_a the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n which_o lie_v on_o the_o south_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n numb_a 34._o 3._o joshua_n 15._o 3._o and_o rehob_n and_o hamath_n be_v city_n that_o be_v on_o the_o utmost_a north_n part_n of_o the_o land_n only_a rehob_n lie_v more_o towards_o the_o westside_n of_o the_o land_n and_o hamath_n towards_o the_o eaâ—â—-side_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o search_v the_o land_n unto_o rehob_n as_o man_n come_v to_o hamath_n because_o be_v come_v to_o rehob_n they_o strike_v over_o eastward_o from_o rehob_n to_o hamath_n or_o because_o they_o search_v all_o that_o northern_a tract_n as_o man_n usual_o go_v from_o rehob_n to_o hamath_n verse_n 22._o and_o they_o ascend_v by_o the_o south_n and_o come_v unto_o hebron_n where_o ahiman_n etc._n etc._n have_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n general_o relate_v how_o the_o spy_v search_v the_o land_n quite_o through_o from_o the_o south_n to_o the_o north_n and_o from_o the_o west_n to_o the_o east_n here_o moses_n undertake_v to_o relate_v â—ome_o particular_a passage_n that_o be_v most_o memorable_a either_o in_o their_o go_v out_o or_o come_v back_o again_o and_o so_o show_v how_o they_o go_v up_o by_o the_o south_n for_o there_o they_o enter_v the_o land_n he_o tell_v we_o how_o they_o come_v to_o hebron_n a_o city_n in_o the_o south_n part_n of_o canaan_n where_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n with_o their_o wife_n be_v bury_v and_o there_o they_o see_v certain_a huge_a giant_n ahiman_n shesui_n and_o talmai_n who_o be_v afterward_o expel_v thence_o and_o slay_v by_o caleb_n josh_n 15._o 14._o and_o be_v here_o call_v the_o child_n of_o anak_n either_o because_o they_o be_v indeed_o his_o sonâ—es_n which_o seem_v most_o probable_a 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tahath_n thence_o to_o tarah_n where_o it_o be_v think_v that_o insolent_a mutiny_n begin_v of_o korah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n thence_o they_o remove_v to_o mithcah_n thence_o to_o hashmonah_n thence_o to_o moseroth_n thence_o to_o bene-jaakan_a thence_o to_o horhagidgad_a thence_o to_o jotbathah_n thence_o to_o ebronah_n thence_o to_o ezion-gabe_a which_o be_v close_o by_o the_o red_a sea_n for_o this_o be_v a_o place_n for_o ship_v in_o edom_n land_n 1._o king_n 9_o 26._o and_o king_n solomon_n make_v a_o navy_n of_o ship_n in_o ezion-geber_n which_o be_v beside_o eloth_n on_o the_o shore_n on_o the_o red_a sea_n in_o the_o land_n of_o edom_n than_o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north_n again_o and_o pitch_v as_o here_o moses_n tell_v we_o in_o another_o kadesh_n which_o be_v in_o the_o desert_n of_o zin_n of_o which_o jephthah_n speak_v judg._n 11._o 16._o and_o this_o be_v in_o the_o first_o month_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o they_o be_v come_v out_o of_o egypt_n for_o at_o their_o next_o station_n in_o mount_n hor_n whither_o they_o remove_v from_o this_o kadesh_n aaron_n die_v and_o that_o be_v note_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month_n of_o the_o fourti_v year_n numb_a 33._o 38._o so_o that_o in_o their_o travel_n from_o kadesh-barnea_a where_o the_o spy_n come_v to_o moses_n to_o this_o kadesh_n in_o the_o desert_n of_o zin_n there_o be_v about_o eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n spend_v the_o most_o of_o their_o father_n that_o be_v number_v at_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v in_o that_o time_n destroy_v and_o miriam_n die_v there_o and_o be_v bury_v there_o to_o wit_n in_o kadesh_n she_o be_v the_o sister_n of_o moses_n a_o prophetess_n and_o by_o she_o also_o god_n guide_v the_o israelite_n in_o their_o travel_n i_o send_v before_o thou_o moses_n and_o aaron_n and_o miriam_n say_v the_o lord_n to_o the_o israelite_n mich._n 6._o 4._o and_o therefore_o be_v the_o place_n and_o time_n of_o her_o death_n and_o burial_n note_v this_o year_n aaron_n die_v also_o chap._n 33._o 38._o and_o moses_n deut_n 34._o 7._o and_o if_o this_o be_v the_o sister_n of_o moses_n as_o it_o be_v general_o hold_v that_o be_v set_v to_o watch_v what_o will_v become_v of_o moses_n when_o he_o be_v lay_v out_o in_o a_o ark_n of_o bulrush_n exod._n 2._o 4._o she_o can_v be_v little_o less_o than_o ten_o year_n old_a when_o moses_n be_v bear_v and_o consequent_o she_o be_v about_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n now_o when_o she_o die_v for_o moses_n who_o die_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o year_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o die_v deâ—t_n 34._o 7._o verse_n 2._o and_o there_o be_v no_o water_n for_o the_o congregation_n etc._n etc._n with_o the_o same_o want_n god_n try_v their_o father_n in_o the_o first_o year_n after_o their_o go_v out_o of_o egypt_n exod._n 17._o 4._o who_o thereupon_o murmur_v then_o also_o and_o have_v water_n out_o of_o a_o rock_n for_o in_o many_o 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matter_n of_o nothing_o verse_n 6._o and_o moses_n and_o aaron_n go_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o assembly_n etc._n etc._n namely_o for_o fear_v of_o the_o people_n because_o of_o their_o outrage_n and_o that_o they_o may_v go_v to_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o intercede_v as_o former_o chap._n 14._o 5._o for_o this_o rebellious_a people_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o they_o see_v chap._n 16._o 19_o verse_n 8._o take_v the_o rod_n and_o gather_v thou_o the_o assembly_n together_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o questionable_a what_o rod_n it_o be_v that_o god_n here_o appoint_v moses_n to_o take_v for_o the_o work_n of_o this_o miracle_n of_o fetch_v water_n out_o of_o the_o rock_n evident_a it_o be_v that_o moses_n take_v the_o rod_n from_o before_o the_o lord_n vers_n 9_o that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o therefore_o some_o expositor_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v aaron_n rod_n which_o be_v bud_v and_o be_v lay_v up_o before_o the_o testimony_n chap._n 17._o 10._o but_o more_o general_o it_o be_v hold_v that_o it_o be_v that_o rod_n of_o moses_n wherewith_o he_o have_v wrought_v so_o many_o miracle_n in_o egypt_n which_o seem_v indeed_o the_o more_o probable_a first_o because_o it_o be_v afterward_o call_v his_o rod_n vers_fw-la 11._o with_o his_o rod_n he_o smite_v the_o rock_n and_o second_o because_o this_o be_v fit_a for_o this_o employment_n the_o very_a sight_n of_o this_o rod_n wherewith_o god_n have_v manifest_v his_o almighty_a power_n in_o so_o many_o miracle_n and_o particular_o in_o fetch_v water_n for_o they_o out_o of_o the_o rock_n at_o rephidim_n be_v enough_o to_o make_v they_o ashamed_a of_o their_o present_a murmur_a against_o god_n and_o what_o though_o he_o take_v this_o rod_n from_o before_o the_o lord_n vers_fw-la 9_o even_o moses_n rod_n in_o memory_n of_o the_o great_a thing_n that_o have_v be_v do_v by_o it_o for_o which_o it_o be_v sometime_o call_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n as_o exod._n 4._o 20._o 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power_n to_o fetch_v water_n out_o of_o the_o rock_n how_o can_v they_o have_v have_v experience_n that_o he_o have_v do_v it_o before_o exod._n 17._o 6_o nor_o do_v absolute_o conclude_v that_o god_n will_v not_o work_v this_o miracle_n at_o this_o time_n but_o why_o then_o do_v the_o lord_n tell_v moses_n and_o aaron_n that_o they_o believe_v he_o not_o vers_n 12_o undoubted_o because_o there_o be_v some_o secret_a distrust_n and_o unbelief_n in_o their_o heart_n though_o it_o prevail_v not_o so_o far_o against_o their_o faith_n as_o to_o make_v they_o whole_o refuse_v to_o do_v what_o god_n have_v enjoin_v they_o god_n that_o see_v the_o heart_n charge_v they_o with_o infidelity_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v be_v
the_o feast_n of_o trumpet_n and_o be_v in_o the_o first_o day_n of_o this_o month_n be_v their_o new-year_n day_n for_o civil_a affair_n and_o so_o a_o fit_a day_n to_o praise_n god_n for_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o yeaâ—_n past_a and_o to_o crave_v his_o blessing_n on_o the_o follow_a year_n see_v what_o be_v note_v concern_v the_o solemnity_n of_o this_o feast_n leu._n 23._o 24._o verse_n 2._o and_o you_o shall_v offer_v a_o burnt-offering_a for_o a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o the_o lord_n one_o young_a bullock_n etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n beside_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o day_n as_o it_o be_v a_o new_a moon_n chap._n 28._o 11._o and_o beside_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n as_o be_v express_o note_v vers_fw-la 6._o verse_n 7._o and_o you_o shall_v have_v on_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o this_o seven_o month_n a_o holy_a convocation_n etc._n etc._n see_v levit._n 16._o 29._o and_o the_o note_n thereon_o verse_n 11._o one_o kid_n of_o the_o goat_n for_o a_o sinne-offering_a beside_o the_o sinne-offering_a of_o atonement_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v beside_o that_o goat-buck_n offer_v on_o the_o day_n of_o atonement_n who_o blood_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o high_a priest_n within_o the_o vail_n into_o the_o most_o holy_a place_n see_v levit_fw-la 16._o 9_o 29_o 30._o verse_n 12._o and_o on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o seven_o month_n you_o shall_v have_v a_o holy_a convocation_n etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n the_o seast_z of_o booth_n see_v levit._n 23._o 34_o 35._o and_o the_o note_n thereon_o verse_n 13._o and_o you_o shall_v offer_v a_o burnt-offering_a a_o sacrifice_n make_v by_o fire_n of_o a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o the_o lord_n thirteen_o young_a bullock_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v more_o sacrifice_n offer_v at_o this_o then_o at_o any_o other_o feast_n both_o because_o it_o be_v celebrate_v in_o remembrance_n of_o the_o mercy_n of_o many_o year_n even_o all_o those_o courty_a year_n of_o their_o travel_n from_o egypt_n to_o canaan_n as_o also_o because_o at_o this_o time_n they_o have_v gather_v in_o their_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o have_v see_v the_o blessing_n of_o god_n on_o all_o their_o increase_n and_o in_o all_o the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n deut._n 16._o 13_o 15._o thou_o shall_v observe_v the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n seven_o day_n after_o thou_o have_v gather_v in_o thy_o corn_n and_o thy_o wine_n seven_o day_n shall_v thou_o keep_v a_o solemn_a feast_n unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n in_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v choose_v because_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v bless_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o increase_n and_o in_o all_o the_o work_n of_o thy_o hand_n therefore_o thou_o shall_v sure_o rejoice_v verse_n 17._o and_o on_o the_o second_o day_n you_o shall_v offer_v twelve_o young_a bullock_n etc._n etc._n in_o every_o one_o of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o this_o feast_n one_o bullock_n be_v abate_v for_o whereas_o they_o offer_v thirteen_o bullock_n the_o first_o day_n they_o offer_v but_o twelve_o on_o the_o second_o day_n and_o elâ—veâ—_o on_o the_o three_o &c_n &c_n and_o herein_o happy_o be_v intend_v a_o representation_n how_o the_o year_n of_o their_o pilgrimage_n wherein_o god_n have_v appoint_v that_o they_o shall_v wander_v up_o and_o down_o in_o booth_n do_v by_o degree_n wear_v away_o and_o grow_v few_o and_o few_o or_o else_o by_o this_o abate_n of_o the_o sinâ—e-offerings_n whereby_o atonement_n be_v make_v for_o they_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v teach_v their_o duty_n to_o grow_v in_o grace_n that_o in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o their_o pilgrimage_n through_o this_o world_n sin_n shall_v still_o decay_v and_o wear_v away_o or_o it_o may_v signify_v a_o diminish_n or_o wear_v away_o of_o the_o legal_a sacrifice_n and_o ceremony_n chap._n xxx_o verse_n 1._o and_o moses_n speak_v unto_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n concern_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v mention_n make_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o forego_n chapter_n vers_fw-la 39_o of_o sacrifice_n due_a upon_o a_o vow_n make_v which_o be_v to_o be_v careful_o bring_v in_o beside_o the_o set_a sacrifice_n which_o god_n have_v enjoin_v upon_o this_o occasion_n it_o seem_v these_o precept_n be_v in_o this_o next_o chapter_n here_o add_v concern_v vow_n to_o show_v who_o they_o be_v that_o must_v always_o necessary_o perform_v their_o vow_n and_o who_o not_o and_o these_o law_n it_o be_v say_v that_o moses_n make_v know_v to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n because_o they_o be_v the_o man_n that_o be_v according_a to_o these_o law_n to_o judge_v either_o to_o bind_v they_o to_o their_o vow_n or_o free_v they_o etc._n etc._n verse_n 2._o if_o a_o man_n vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n or_o swear_v a_o oath_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o a_o man_n to_o wit_n a_o man_n of_o grow_v year_n have_v power_n over_o himself_o shall_v bind_v his_o soul_n with_o a_o bond_n whether_o it_o be_v only_o a_o promise_n or_o vow_n that_o he_o have_v solemn_o make_v unto_o the_o lord_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o vow_n strengthen_v with_o a_o oath_n or_o that_o he_o have_v swear_v that_o he_o will_v do_v such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n he_o shall_v not_o break_v his_o word_n but_o shall_v do_v according_a to_o all_o that_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n that_o be_v he_o must_v not_o fail_v to_o do_v exact_o what_o he_o have_v vow_v and_o swear_v to_o do_v and_o that_o without_o delay_n for_o it_o be_v also_o add_v deut._n 23._o 21._o when_o thou_o shall_v vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n thou_o shall_v not_o slack_v to_o pay_v it_o to_o wit_n if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o unlawful_a thing_n he_o have_v vow_v or_o swear_v for_o vow_n for_o the_o do_v of_o that_o which_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o do_v be_v not_o vow_n bind_v the_o conscience_n for_o how_o can_v that_o vow_n bind_v man_n to_o god_n when_o they_o vow_v to_o do_v that_o which_o god_n forbid_v and_o will_v not_o have_v do_v such_o as_o be_v that_o of_o those_o forty_o man_n act_n 23._o 21_o that_o have_v bind_v themselves_o with_o a_o oath_n that_o they_o will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v till_o they_o have_v kill_v paul_n verse_n 3._o if_o a_o woman_n also_o vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o bind_v herself_o by_o a_o bond_n be_v in_o her_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v under_o his_o power_n and_o command_v whether_o in_o his_o house_n or_o no_o and_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o analogy_n the_o same_o exception_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v for_o son_n and_o servant_n under_o their_o governor_n power_n as_o for_o those_o last_o word_n in_o her_o youth_n either_o they_o be_v only_o add_v because_o it_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o their_o youth_n that_o maid_n continue_v in_o their_o father_n house_n for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o vow_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o father_n when_o they_o have_v live_v unmarried_a till_o ripe_a year_n and_o be_v still_o under_o their_o father_n sjurisdiction_n or_o else_o 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void_a though_o it_o be_v long_o after_o the_o vow_n be_v make_v second_o to_o show_v that_o if_o he_o dissemble_v for_o a_o time_n and_o afterward_o show_v his_o dislike_n though_o it_o be_v the_o next_o day_n after_o it_o shall_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n verse_n 9_o but_o every_o vow_n of_o a_o widow_n and_o of_o she_o that_o be_v divorce_v wherewith_o they_o have_v bind_v their_o soul_n shall_v stand_v against_o she_o if_o it_o be_v make_v in_o her_o widowhood_n she_o must_v perform_v it_o yea_o say_v the_o hebrew_n though_o she_o be_v afterward_o marry_v or_o be_v turn_v to_o her_o father_n house_n verse_n 10._o and_o if_o she_o vow_v in_o her_o husband_n
let_v he_o give_v she_o a_o write_n of_o divorcement_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n save_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o fornication_n cause_v she_o to_o commit_v adultery_n and_o whosoever_o shall_v marry_v she_o that_o be_v divorce_v commit_v adultery_n verse_n 4._o her_o former_a husband_n which_o send_v she_o away_o may_v not_o take_v she_o again_o to_o bâ—_n his_o wife_n after_o that_o she_o be_v defile_v to_o wit_n by_o marry_v and_o lie_v with_o a_o second_o husband_n her_o first_o husband_n be_v still_o live_v it_o seem_v that_o after_o a_o man_n have_v give_v his_o wife_n a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n and_o send_v she_o away_o if_o he_o repent_v of_o what_o he_o have_v do_v and_o be_v reconcile_v to_o his_o wife_n thus_o unjust_o divorce_v before_o she_o have_v take_v another_o husband_n he_o may_v with_o her_o consent_n cancel_v the_o bill_n of_o divorce_n and_o receive_v she_o again_o as_o his_o wife_n but_o after_o she_o have_v 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a_o wilful_a separation_n that_o the_o innocent_a party_n may_v marry_v again_o 1._o cor._n 7._o 15._o therefore_o other_o think_v that_o by_o be_v defile_v here_o be_v mean_v only_o her_o lie_v with_o her_o second_o husband_n which_o in_o a_o natural_a way_n be_v account_v a_o pollution_n without_o any_o intimation_n of_o the_o sinfulness_n thereof_o or_o else_o her_o be_v defile_v in_o regard_n of_o he_o that_o be_v one_o who_o he_o may_v no_o more_o touch_n nor_o meddle_v with_o it_o be_v as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o word_n a_o abomination_n before_o the_o lord_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v deliver_v up_o his_o wife_n as_o it_o be_v to_o another_o man_n bed_n and_o then_o take_v she_o when_o he_o please_v himself_o again_o thou_o shall_v not_o eause_v the_o land_n to_o sin_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o cause_v the_o land_n to_o be_v defile_v with_o sin_n and_o so_o to_o be_v liable_a to_o punishment_n or_o make_v other_o to_o sin_n by_o thy_o example_n verse_n 5._o when_o a_o man_n have_v take_v a_o new_a wife_n he_o shall_v not_o go_v out_o to_o war_n etc._n etc._n this_o law_n be_v for_o the_o exemption_n of_o those_o that_o have_v take_v a_o new_a wife_n that_o be_v those_o that_o have_v new_o marry_v a_o wife_n from_o be_v send_v forth_o to_o war_n or_o from_o be_v charge_v with_o any_o business_n to_o wit_n any_o public_a employment_n that_o will_v necessary_o cause_n he_o to_o be_v absent_a from_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o law_n be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o unfitnesse_n of_o such_o man_n for_o public_a employment_n in_o regard_n their_o mind_n will_v still_o be_v so_o much_o upon_o their_o wife_n as_o the_o provide_v for_o the_o settle_n of_o their_o love_n one_o to_o another_o as_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o follow_a word_n he_o shall_v be_v free_a at_o home_n one_o year_n and_o shall_v cheer_v up_o his_o wife_n which_o he_o have_v take_v when_o a_o woman_n be_v new_o marry_v and_o so_o take_v from_o her_o father_n house_n and_o family_n and_o transplant_v into_o a_o new_a stock_n she_o be_v subject_a to_o grieve_v much_o and_o have_v the_o more_o need_n to_o be_v tender_v and_o cherish_v by_o her_o husband_n and_o beside_o if_o the_o first_o year_n by_o live_v love_o together_o their_o heart_n be_v once_o thorough_o settle_v one_o to_o the_o other_o there_o will_v be_v the_o more_o hope_n of_o wellknit_a affection_n for_o ever_o after_o and_o to_o give_v a_o privilege_n to_o the_o new-marryed_n man_n in_o this_o respect_n be_v this_o law_n give_v the_o israelite_n verse_n 6._o no_o man_n shall_v take_v the_o nether_a or_o the_o upper_a millstone_n to_o pledge_v etc._n etc._n for_o one_o of_o the_o millstone_n be_v go_v the_o other_o be_v unuseful_a and_o by_o consequence_n the_o take_n of_o any_o thing_n as_o a_o pledge_n that_o be_v of_o the_o like_a necessary_a use_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o a_o man_n calling_n or_o for_o the_o sustenance_n of_o his_o life_n be_v here_o forbid_a see_v exod._n 22._o 26._o verse_n 7._o if_o a_o man_n be_v find_v steal_v any_o of_o his_o brethren_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o note_n upon_o exod._n 21._o 16._o verse_n 9_o remember_v what_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n do_v unto_o miriam_n etc._n etc._n this_o example_n be_v add_v to_o render_v they_o the_o more_o careful_a of_o what_o he_o have_v enjoin_v in_o the_o forego_n verse_n to_o wit_n that_o in_o the_o plague_n of_o leprosy_n they_o shall_v observe_v diligent_o and_o do_v according_a to_o all_o that_o the_o priest_n the_o levite_n shall_v teach_v they_o remember_v say_v moses_n what_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n do_v unto_o miriam_n that_o be_v remember_v how_o for_o her_o sin_n and_o contempt_n of_o moses_n the_o lord_n strike_v she_o with_o leprosy_n and_o thereby_o be_v warn_v to_o take_v heed_n of_o sin_v against_o god_n by_o slight_v the_o direction_n of_o the_o levite_n who_o god_n have_v set_v over_o you_o to_o teach_v you_o in_o all_o thing_n what_o you_o shall_v do_v lest_o otherwise_o you_o provoke_v god_n to_o punish_v you_o and_o to_o strike_v you_o with_o leprosy_n as_o he_o do_v she_o or_o rather_o remember_v what_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n do_v unto_o miriam_n that_o be_v remember_v how_o she_o be_v by_o god_n special_a command_n shut_v out_o of_o the_o camp_n seven_o day_n until_o she_o have_v be_v purify_v according_a to_o the_o law_n if_o she_o may_v not_o be_v exempt_v who_o then_o shall_v plead_v exemption_n see_v that_o therefore_o you_o careful_o observe_v those_o law_n give_v concern_v the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o leper_n and_o the_o cleanse_n of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v heal_v and_o whatever_o else_o from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o levite_n shall_v direct_v you_o to_o do_v verse_n 10._o when_o thou_o do_v lend_v thy_o brother_n any_o thing_n thou_o shall_v not_o go_v into_o his_o house_n to_o fetch_v his_o pledge_n etc._n etc._n some_o conceive_v that_o the_o end_n of_o this_o law_n enjoin_v the_o pledge_n still_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o door_n be_v to_o make_v man_n careful_a so_o to_o order_v their_o expense_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v put_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o neighbour_n to_o pawn_v their_o clothes_n and_o to_o curb_v the_o creditor_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v too_o harsh_a and_o greedy_a in_o exact_v a_o pledge_n but_o far_o more_o probable_a that_o be_v which_o be_v hold_v by_o most_o of_o expositor_n namely_o that_o god_n do_v heâ—ein_o provide_v for_o the_o poor_a man_n both_o that_o the_o creditor_n may_v not_o pick_v and_o choose_v his_o pledge_n where_o he_o please_v though_o it_o be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v very_o unwilling_a to_o part_v with_o but_o shall_v be_v content_a wiâ—h_n that_o which_o shall_v be_v bring_v out_o to_o he_o as_o likewise_o because_o poor_a man_n be_v usual_o ashamed_a that_o stranger_n shall_v come_v in_o and_o in_o every_o corner_n behold_v their_o penury_n and_o want_n verse_n 13._o in_o any_o case_n thou_o shall_v deliver_v he_o the_o pledge_n again_o when_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o that_o he_o may_v sleep_v in_o his_o own_o raiment_n and_o bless_v thou_o concern_v this_o law_n see_v the_o noâ—e_n upon_o exod._n 22._o 26._o as_o there_o the_o lord_n press_v this_o work_n of_o mercy_n upon_o his_o people_n by_o threaten_v that_o if_o by_o keep_v away_o such_o a_o necessary_a pledge_n the_o poor_a man_n be_v provoke_v to_o cry_v unto_o he_o he_o will_v hear_v his_o cry_n and_o be_v avenge_v on_o such_o a_o hard-hearted_a creditor_n so_o here_o also_o by_o promise_v that_o in_o case_n they_o do_v herein_o show_v mercy_n to_o the_o poor_a the_o poor_a shall_v bless_v they_o
great_a inhumanity_n and_o cruelty_n and_o a_o notable_a contempt_n of_o god_n who_o be_v so_o constant_o wont_a to_o plead_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o that_o be_v so_o barbarous_o use_v and_o second_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o which_o god_n have_v so_o late_o do_v for_o the_o israelite_n in_o egypt_n for_o when_o god_n have_v so_o immediate_o before_o manifest_v the_o special_a love_n that_o he_o bear_v to_o this_o people_n by_o take_v such_o vengeance_n on_o the_o egyptian_n for_o their_o sake_n and_o by_o those_o many_o strange_a sign_n and_o wonder_n which_o he_o have_v wrought_v among_o they_o it_o argue_v a_o high_a degree_n of_o desperate_a boldness_n in_o the_o amalekite_n that_o yet_o notwithstanding_o they_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o fight_v against_o they_o and_o so_o indeed_o in_o fight_v against_o they_o to_o fight_v against_o god_n verse_n 19_o thou_o shall_v blot_v out_o the_o remembrance_n of_o amalek_n from_o under_o heaven_n this_o judgement_n god_n appoint_v saul_n to_o execute_v 1._o sam._n 15._o 2_o 3._o but_o he_o fail_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o afterward_o god_n stir_v up_o the_o simeonites_n in_o hezekiahs_n day_n who_o smite_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o amalekite_n 1._o chron._n 4._o 42_o 43._o and_o some_o of_o they_o even_o of_o the_o son_n of_o simeon_n five_o hundred_o man_n go_v to_o mount_v seir_n have_v for_o their_o captain_n pelatiah_n and_o neariah_n and_o rephaiah_n and_o uzziel_n the_o son_n of_o ishi_n and_o they_o smite_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o amalekite_v that_o werâ—_n escape_v and_o dwell_v there_o unto_o this_o day_n and_o what_o befall_v haman_n and_o his_o son_n who_o be_v of_o that_o race_n be_v large_o relate_v in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o esther_n chap._n xxvi_o verse_n 2._o thou_o shall_v take_v of_o the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o every_o mâ—n_z and_o that_o every_o year_n either_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n callâ—d_v also_o the_o feast_n of_o week_n as_o seem_v to_o be_v employ_v deut._n 16._o 10._o and_o thou_o shall_v keep_v the_o feâ—st_n of_o week_n unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n wâ—th_v attribute_n of_o a_o freewill-offering_a of_o thy_o hand_n etc._n etc._n or_o rather_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n which_o be_v call_v the_o feast_n of_o in-gathering_a at_o the_o year_n end_n exod._n 23._o 16._o when_o they_o bring_v of_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o their_o fruit-tree_n as_o the_o bring_n of_o they_o in_o a_o bushel_n seem_v to_o imply_v and_o these_o first-fruit_n they_o thus_o bring_v unto_o the_o lord_n first_o as_o a_o acknowledgement_n thâ—t_v it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o have_v free_o give_v they_o this_o land_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o their_o forefather_n which_o be_v thaâ—_n vers_fw-la 3._o i_o profess_v etc._n etc._n and_o that_o of_o he_o they_o still_o hold_v it_o and_o to_o he_o therefore_o as_o by_o way_n of_o tribute_n due_a to_o he_o the_o lord_n in_o chief_a they_o bring_v these_o first-fruit_n second_o to_o tesâ—isie_n that_o the_o yearly_a fruitfulness_n of_o this_o their_o land_n be_v also_o from_o his_o blâ—ssing_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 3._o and_o thou_o shall_v go_v unto_o the_o priest_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o those_o day_n etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n as_o the_o figure_n of_o christ_n in_o who_o only_o our_o service_n become_v acceptable_a wiâ—â—_n god_n hebr._n 13._o 15._o by_o he_o therefore_o lâ—t_v we_o offer_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o praâ—se_n to_o god_n continual_o that_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o oâ—r_a lâ—ps_n give_v thanâ—s_n to_o his_o naâ—e_n the_o â—ame_n be_v likewise_o teach_v they_o in_o the_o â—etting_n down_o of_o this_o basket_n of_o first-â—ruits_a before_o the_o altar_n vers_n 4._o verse_n 5._o a_o syrian_a ready_a to_o perish_v be_v my_o father_n and_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v jacob_n for_o though_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n yet_o he_o be_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o syrian_n for_o abram_n his_o grandfather_n come_v out_o of_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n the_o land_n of_o his_o nativity_n gen._n 11._o 28._o which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o syria_n whence_o laban_n who_o live_v in_o the_o same_o country_n be_v also_o call_v a_o syrian_a gen._n 28._o 5._o yea_o jacob_n be_v not_o only_o bear_v of_o syrian_a parent_n and_o only_o live_v as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o a_o stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o also_o abide_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o time_n there_o for_o there_o he_o dwell_v with_o laban_n twenty_o year_n at_o least_o in_o hard_a service_n hos_fw-la 12._o 12._o and_o jacob_n flâ—d_v into_o the_o country_n of_o syria_n and_o israel_n serve_v for_o a_o wife_n and_o for_o a_o wife_n he_o keep_v sheep_n when_o he_o return_v thence_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n after_o a_o few_o year_n by_o the_o extremity_n of_o famine_n he_o be_v constrain_v to_o remove_v into_o egypt_n to_o which_o extremity_n i_o conceive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v here_o special_a reference_n in_o call_v he_o a_o syrian_a ready_a to_o perish_v though_o withal_o it_o may_v have_v respect_n also_o to_o the_o poverty_n and_o misery_n he_o undergo_v in_o syria_n and_o in_o his_o go_v thither_o wheâ—_n he_o flee_v for_o his_o life_n because_o of_o his_o brother_n esau_n but_o however_o this_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o meanness_n of_o their_o original_n be_v doubtless_o thereby_o to_o magnify_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n in_o raise_v they_o to_o such_o a_o condition_n as_o now_o they_o do_v enjoy_v verse_n 10._o and_o thou_o shall_v set_v it_o before_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o worship_n bâ—fore_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n it_o be_v say_v before_o vers_fw-la 4._o that_o the_o man_n that_o bring_v this_o basket_n of_o first-fruit_n be_v to_o deliver_v it_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o therefore_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o which_o be_v say_v here_o of_o his_o set_n it_o before_o the_o lord_n be_v only_o this_o that_o he_o shall_v leave_v it_o there_o set_v down_o before_o the_o altar_n to_o wit_n by_o the_o priest_n who_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n do_v afterward_o eat_v they_o all_o first-fruit_n appertain_v to_o they_o as_o we_o may_v see_v deut._n 18._o 4._o as_o for_o that_o second_o clause_n and_o worship_n before_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n hereby_o be_v mean_v that_o after_o he_o have_v deliver_v his_o basket_n of_o first-fruit_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n to_o be_v set_v down_o before_o the_o lord_n aâ—d_n have_v make_v that_o thankful_a and_o open_a profession_n of_o god_n great_a goodness_n to_o his_o people_n which_o be_v express_v large_o in_o the_o forego_n verse_n he_o be_v then_o to_o add_v such_o other_o duty_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n as_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v as_o prayer_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o then_o bow_v down_o before_o the_o lord_n to_o depart_v away_o verse_n 11._o and_o thou_o shall_v rejoice_v in_o every_o good_a thing_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v give_v unto_o thou_o etc._n etc._n though_o thâ—s_n may_v be_v extend_v to_o the_o cheerful_a use_v of_o god_n gift_n all_o the_o year_n after_o which_o â—hey_n may_v indeed_o the_o more_o comfortable_o enjoy_v when_o they_o have_v in_o this_o testify_v their_o thankfulness_n as_o he_o have_v appoint_v yet_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v chiefl_o intend_v of_o their_o feast_n together_o in_o jerusalem_n after_o they_o have_v do_v their_o serviâ—e_n together_o with_o the_o levite_n and_o stranger_n with_o the_o peace-offering_n they_o have_v bring_v thither_o even_o as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v at_o all_o other_o feast_n deut._n 16._o 11_o 15._o verse_n 12._o when_o thou_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o tithing_n all_o the_o tithe_n of_o thy_o increase_n the_o three_o year_n which_o be_v the_o year_n of_o tithing_n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o note_n upon_o chap._n 14._o 28._o verse_n 14._o i_o have_v not_o eat_v thereof_o in_o my_o mourning_n thaâ—_n be_v even_o in_o my_o great_a want_n and_o necessity_n when_o i_o be_v put_v to_o the_o great_a strait_n i_o have_v not_o venture_v to_o supply_v myself_o from_o they_o and_o indeed_o that_o which_o man_n will_v not_o do_v at_o other_o time_n they_o will_v make_v bold_a to_o do_v when_o they_o be_v in_o want_n and_o distress_n and_o therefore_o be_v they_o appoint_v particular_o to_o clear_v themselves_o of_o this_o or_o else_o it_o may_v be_v mean_v of_o mourning_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o friend_n i_o have_v not_o eatâ—n_v thereof_o in_o my_o mourning_n that_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o my_o mourning_n for_o my_o dead_a friend_n for_o hereby_o these_o hallow_a thing_n â—hould_v have_v be_v defile_v hos_fw-la 9_o 4._o their_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v unto_o