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of_o he_o and_o that_o either_o the_o sceptre_n or_o lawgiver_n joseph_n 73_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 249_o shall_v continue_v in_o that_o tribe_n till_o his_o come_n that_o judah_n habitation_n joseph_n 74_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 250_o shall_v be_v a_o country_n of_o vine_n so_o as_o to_o tie_v ass_n or_o colt_n to_o they_o and_o joseph_n 75_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 251_o not_o to_o be_v nice_a of_o spoil_v they_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o abundant_a that_o joseph_n 76_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 252_o he_o shall_v souse_v his_o garment_n in_o wine_n with_o tread_v the_o wine-presses_a joseph_n 77_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 253_o etc._n etc._n joseph_n 78_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 254_o that_o zebulon_n shall_v trade_v at_o sea_n on_o both_o hand_n in_o the_o ocean_n and_o joseph_n 79_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 255_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n joseph_n 80_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 256_o that_o issachar_n shall_v be_v burden_a with_o two_o kingdom_n of_o phenicia_n joseph_n 81_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 257_o and_o samaria_n on_o either_o hand_n he_o yet_o love_v of_o ease_n shall_v make_v joseph_n 82_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 258_o he_o bear_v and_o become_v tributary_n joseph_n 83_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 259_o joseph_n 84_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 260_o that_o dan_n in_o samson_n shall_v bite_v the_o heel_n of_o the_o philistines_n house_n joseph_n 85_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 261_o and_o overthrow_v so_o many_o thousand_o rider_n and_o that_o make_v jacob_n to_o joseph_n 86_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 262_o look_v at_o the_o delivery_n by_o christ_n in_o the_o like_a manner_n who_o shall_v destroy_v joseph_n 87_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 263_o joseph_n 88_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 264_o samson-like_a by_o die_v joseph_n 89_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 265_o that_o gad_n shall_v be_v hard_o set_v with_o the_o hagarite_n but_o he_o and_o his_o joseph_n 90_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 266_o friend_n shall_v overcome_v they_o at_o last_o joseph_n 91_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 267_o joseph_n 92_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 268_o that_o ashur_n shall_v abound_v in_o corn_n and_o provision_n and_o naphtali_n in_o joseph_n 93_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 269_o venison_n and_o in_o he_o shall_v begin_v the_o gospel_n joseph_n 94_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 270_o joseph_n 95_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 271_o that_o joseph_n son_n shall_v grow_v by_o jacob_n well_o unto_o a_o kingdom_n joseph_n 96_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 272_o and_o that_o his_o daughter_n shall_v go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o to_o the_o enemy_n to_o repair_v joseph_n 97_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 273_o joseph_n 98_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 274_o the_o hostile_a tribe_n of_o benjamin_n which_o otherwise_o have_v decay_v for_o joseph_n 99_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 275_o want_n of_o wife_n as_o judg._n 21._o joseph_n 100_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 276_o joseph_n 101_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 277_o that_o benjamin_n shall_v be_v ravenous_a and_o devour_v the_o prey_n to_o themselves_o joseph_n 102_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 278_o in_o the_o morning_n of_o their_o estate_n in_o the_o great_a slaughter_n of_o gibeah_n and_o in_o steal_v they_o wife_n but_o shall_v divide_v the_o spoil_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o other_o tribe_n in_o the_o evening_n of_o their_o first_o estate_n by_o mordecai_n and_o in_o the_o evening_n of_o their_o second_o estate_n by_o paul_n joseph_n 103_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 279_o the_o apostle_n in_o heb._n 11._o 21._o mention_v only_o jacob_n blessing_n the_o two_o joseph_n 104_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 280_o joseph_n 105_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 281_o son_n of_o joseph_n because_o bear_v out_o of_o his_o family_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n yet_o joseph_n 106_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 282_o joseph_n 107_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 283_o by_o faith_n adopt_v by_o jacob_n for_o his_o own_o child_n the_o apostle_n there_o joseph_n 108_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 284_o follow_v the_o lxx_o that_o in_o their_o unprickt_a bibles_n read_v matteh_n a_o rod_n for_o joseph_n 109_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 285_o mittah_n a_o bed_n world_n 2369_o joseph_n 110_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 286_o joseph_n die_v 110_o year_n old_a have_v live_v to_o see_v ephram_n child_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 287_o to_o the_o three_o generation_n that_o be_v to_o the_o three_o generation_n from_o ephraim_n or_o four_o from_o joseph_n and_o to_o this_o the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 50._o ver_fw-la 23._o seem_v to_o point_n to_o teach_v we_o to_o construe_v this_o to_o the_o great_a extent_n namely_o to_o the_o three_o from_o ephraim_n as_o the_o like_a be_v express_v of_o manasseh_n 1_o chron._n vii_o ver_fw-la 21_o 22_o 23._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 288_o ephraim_n at_o joseph_n death_n can_v not_o be_v less_o than_o threescore_o and_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 289_o fiteen_fw-mi year_n old_a and_o therefore_o that_o passage_n concern_v his_o son_n be_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 290_o slay_v by_o the_o man_n of_o gath_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v not_o very_o long_o after_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 291_o joseph_n death_n if_o not_o before_o unless_o we_o will_v conceive_v ephraim_n to_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 292_o have_v beget_v child_n after_o that_o at_o a_o very_a great_a age_n zabad_n his_o son_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 293_o and_o shutelah_n and_o ezer_n and_o elead_v his_o grandchild_n probable_o enough_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 294_o that_o three_o generation_n of_o ephraim_n mean_v gen._n 50._o 25._o be_v the_o man_n so_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 295_o unhappy_o slay_v by_o the_o man_n of_o gath_n that_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o land_n that_o be_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 296_o man_n bear_v in_o egypt_n but_o now_o resident_a in_o gath_n and_o who_o come_v down_o to_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 297_o take_v away_o these_o ephraimite_n cattle_n and_o slay_v they_o as_o they_o stand_v in_o defence_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 298_o and_o retention_n of_o they_o for_o so_o shall_v i_o rather_o translate_v the_o verse_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 299_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 300_o and_o man_n of_o gath_n who_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o land_n slay_v they_o for_o they_o come_v down_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 301_o to_o take_v away_o their_o cattle_n so_o as_o to_o make_v the_o man_n of_o gath_n the_o plunderer_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 302_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 303_o rather_o than_o the_o son_n of_o ephraim_n ephraim_n their_o father_n upon_o the_o sad_a occurrence_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 304_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 305_o mourn_v many_o day_n but_o afterward_o go_v in_o to_o his_o wife_n and_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 306_o give_v he_o that_o name_n because_o it_o go_v ill_o at_o that_o time_n with_o his_o house_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 307_o israel_n by_o this_o time_n be_v grow_v to_o a_o vast_a multitude_n in_o egypt_n the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la chap._n i._n world_n 2391_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 308_o about_o this_o time_n levi_n die_v have_v live_v 137_o year_n exod._n 6._o 16._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 309_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 310_o it_o be_v like_o that_o he_o live_v long_a of_o all_o the_o tribe_n and_o that_o because_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 311_o only_a his_o age_n and_o the_o age_n of_o joseph_n be_v mention_v of_o all_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 312_o the_o rest_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o one_o die_v the_o soon_a and_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 313_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n
as_o they_o will_v make_v he_o chap._n 31._o then_o elihu_n the_o penman_n undertake_v to_o moderate_v but_o incline_v to_o the_o same_o misprision_n with_o the_o other_o the_o lord_n himself_o convince_v they_o all_o of_o the_o uprightness_n of_o job_n which_o no_o argument_n of_o job_n can_v do_v and_o this_o not_o only_o by_o a_o oracle_n from_o heaven_n but_o also_o by_o job_n revive_v prosperity_n wherein_o every_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v lose_v be_v restore_v double_a to_o he_o but_o only_o his_o child_n which_o though_o they_o die_v yet_o be_v not_o lose_v his_o year_n be_v double_v for_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o his_o trouble_n and_o so_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o his_o trouble_n come_v and_o die_v two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n old_a the_o long_a liver_n bear_v since_o terah_n chap._n ii_o to_o ver._n 11._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 341_o israel_n affliction_n increase_v upon_o they_o the_o cruel_a king_n of_o egypt_n command_v 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my_o study_n be_v then_o and_o have_v late_o be_v upon_o it_o can_v not_o but_o call_v i_o fool_n and_o i_o think_v it_o speak_v as_o true_a to_o i_o as_o ever_o it_o have_v do_v in_o all_o my_o life_n but_o only_o when_o it_o call_v i_o sinner_n a_o fool_n that_o be_v so_o studious_a and_o have_v be_v so_o search_v about_o thing_n remote_a and_o that_o so_o little_o concern_v my_o interest_n and_o yet_o be_v so_o neglective_a of_o what_o be_v near_o i_o both_o in_o place_n and_o in_o my_o particular_a concernment_n and_o a_o fool_n again_o who_o go_v about_o to_o describe_v to_o other_o place_n and_o building_n that_o lay_v so_o many_o
cain_n and_o his_o desert_n of_o punishment_n proportionable_a for_o cain_n have_v slay_v but_o one_o man_n and_o but_o the_o body_n but_o he_o by_o his_o evil_a example_n have_v kill_v old_a and_o young_a and_o their_o very_a soul_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v his_o complaint_n to_o his_o two_o wife_n that_o have_v bring_v he_o to_o it_o chap._n v._n a_o chronicle_n of_o 1556_o year_n and_o all_o the_o year_n be_v reckon_v complete_a but_o only_a noah_n five_o hundred_o year_n in_o vers_fw-la 32._o vers._n 3._o seth_n bear_v in_o original_a sin_n the_o father_n of_o all_o man_n in_o the_o new_a world_n after_o the_o flood_n numb_a 24._o 17._o vers._n 23._o enoch_n live_v as_o many_o year_n as_o be_v day_n in_o a_o year_n those_o that_o live_v near_o the_o flood_n live_v the_o long_a unmarried_a because_o they_o will_v not_o generate_v many_o child_n for_o the_o water_n vers._n 29._o noah_n a_o comforter_n because_o in_o he_o liberty_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o world_n to_o eat_v flesh_n chap._n vi_o in_o the_o general_a corruption_n of_o the_o world_n noah_n the_o eight_o person_n in_o descent_n from_o enoch_n in_o who_o time_n profaneness_n begin_v as_o 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o escape_v the_o abomination_n and_o desolation_n of_o the_o time_n chap._n vii_o viii_o ix_o the_o flood_n the_o beast_n in_o the_o ark_n live_v without_o enmity_n which_o show_v how_o the_o word_n gen._n 3._o 15._o about_o enmity_n with_o the_o serpent_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o serpent_n and_o noah_n be_v now_o friend_n each_o to_o other_o this_o be_v allude_v to_o esay_n 11._o 6_o 7._o noah_n be_v in_o the_o ark_n just_a a_o complete_a and_o exact_a year_n of_o the_o sun_n but_o reckon_v in_o the_o text_n by_o the_o lunary_n month_n universal_a darkness_n all_o the_o forty_o day_n rain_n the_o door_n of_o the_o ark_n under_o water_n the_o ark_n draw_v water_n eleven_o cubit_n the_o water_n when_o they_o come_v to_o abate_v while_o they_o lie_v above_o the_o mountain_n fall_v but_o one_o cubit_n in_o four_o day_n but_o far_o fast_a afterward_o after_o their_o come_n out_o of_o the_o ark_n for_o a_o whole_a half_a year_n together_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n and_o all_o the_o creature_n live_v upon_o provision_n that_o be_v still_o in_o the_o ark_n for_o they_o come_v out_o just_a upon_o the_o begin_n of_o winter_n when_o there_o be_v neither_o grass_n corn_n nor_o fruit_n till_o another_o spring_n the_o forbid_v to_o eat_v flesh_n with_o the_o blood_n condemn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n chap._n x_o xi_o seventy_o nation_n disperse_v from_o babel_n but_o not_o seventy_o language_n the_o fifteen_o name_v in_o act._n 2._o be_v enough_o to_o confound_v the_o work_n and_o they_o may_v very_o well_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v the_o whole_a number_n sem_fw-mi as_o he_o stand_v in_o the_o front_n of_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o new_a world_n have_v neither_o father_n nor_o mother_n name_v nor_o beginning_n of_o day_n nor_o end_n of_o life_n nahors_n life_n be_v shorten_v for_o idolatry_n chap._n xii_o abraham_n at_o 75_o year_n old_a receive_v the_o promise_n and_o come_v into_o canaan_n and_o just_a so_o many_o year_n do_v sem_fw-mi live_v after_o abraham_n come_v thither_o and_o so_o may_v well_o be_v melchizedeck_v in_o chap._n 14._o vers._n 6_o 7._o abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n near_o if_o not_o upon_o mount_n gerizim_n the_o hill_n of_o blessing_n and_o vers_fw-la 8._o another_o altar_n he_o build_v near_o unto_o if_o not_o upon_o mount_n ebal_n the_o hill_n of_o curse_v deut._n 27._o and_o so_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o land_n by_o faith_n in_o the_o very_a same_o place_n where_o his_o son_n the_o israelite_n do_v take_v possession_n of_o it_o indeed_o josh._n 8._o 12._o etc._n etc._n 30._o vers._n 11._o when_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o enter_v into_o egypt_n whither_o famine_n drive_v he_o as_o it_o do_v his_o posterity_n afterward_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o his_o life_n in_o regard_n of_o sarah_n who_o be_v a_o white_a woman_n will_v soon_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v blackmoor_n this_o be_v one_o main_a enticement_n to_o joseph_n mistress_n to_o cast_v a_o eye_n of_o lustfulness_n upon_o he_o because_o he_o be_v a_o white_a man_n and_o she_o a_o moor._n of_o the_o same_o complexion_n be_v pharaoh_n daughter_n who_o solomon_n take_v to_o wife_n of_o who_o that_o in_o the_o first_o and_o literal_a acceptation_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v which_o spiritual_o be_v to_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o church_n cant._n 1._o 5_o 6._o i_o be_o black_a but_o comely_a and_o i_o be_o black_a because_o the_o sun_n have_v look_v on_o i_o and_o that_o psal._n 45._o 13._o the_o king_n daughter_n be_v all_o glorious_a within_o for_o she_o be_v a_o blackmoor_n without_o vers._n 20._o pharaoh_n plague_v for_o sarah_n and_o abraham_n sake_n who_o be_v a_o hebrew_n shepherd_n giveth_z charge_n to_o the_o egyptian_n make_v it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n for_o time_n to_o come_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o converse_v with_o hebrew_n nor_o with_o foreign_a shepherd_n in_o any_o so_o near_a familiarity_n as_o to_o eat_v or_o drink_v with_o they_o which_o the_o egyptian_n observe_v strict_o ever_o after_o gen._n 42._o 32._o &_o 46._o 34._o chap._n xiii_o abraham_n and_o lot_n quarrel_n and_o part_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n and_o this_o be_v at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n of_o the_o year_n that_o israel_n come_v into_o the_o land_n viz._n in_o the_o first_o month_n of_o the_o year_n or_o abib_fw-la chap._n fourteen_o noah_n in_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o son_n sem_fw-mi make_v he_o in_o a_o special_a manner_n lord_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n gen._n 9_o hither_o therefore_o come_v sem_fw-mi and_o build_v a_o city_n and_o call_v it_o after_o his_o own_o peaceable_a condition_n salem_n here_o he_o reign_v as_o a_o king_n but_o so_o quiet_o and_o retire_o as_o that_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n also_o in_o this_o sequestration_n of_o the_o father_n from_o worldly_a care_n and_o affair_n elam_n his_o elder_a son_n and_o heir_n apparent_a though_o he_o be_v seat_v far_o distant_a in_o the_o east_n yet_o it_o concern_v he_o to_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o canaan_n and_o how_o matter_n go_v there_o for_o the_o land_n by_o bequest_n of_o his_o grandfather_n noah_n descend_v to_o he_o as_o by_o the_o common_a law_n this_o title_n bring_v chedorlaomer_n a_o heir_n of_o elam_n from_o persia_n into_o canaan_n when_o the_o five_o city_n of_o the_o plain_a rebel_n into_o this_o war_n he_o take_v three_o partner_n young_a brother_n of_o the_o house_n of_o sem_fw-mi amraphel_n of_o arphaxad_n king_n of_o chaldea_n arioch_n of_o lâ—d_n king_n of_o ellasar_n border_v upon_o babylonia_n and_o tidal_a of_o assur_n king_n of_o nation_n and_o late_o build_v niniveh_n these_o four_o thus_o band_v together_o and_o all_o child_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o all_o in_o claim_n of_o his_o land_n against_o the_o usurp_a canaanites_n be_v resolve_v to_o march_v over_o and_o 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