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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00730	Certaine plaine, briefe, and comfortable notes vpon euerie chapter of Genesis Gathered and laid downe for the good of them that are not able to vse better helpes, and yet carefull to read the worde, and right heartilie desirous to taste the sweete of it. By the Reuerend Father Geruase Babington, Bishop of Landaph.	Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610.	1592 (1592)	STC 1086; ESTC S100811	308,840	390

multiplied exceedingly and had possessions hee liued in that lande seuentéene yeares and sawe his childrens children he inioyed his sonne Ioseph in great honour with Beniamin also whom he loued yea hee inioied them all placed about him and liuing in vnitie peace and plentie Sée then the comforts of god to his true seruant after many afflictions God is not changed Cleaue we therefore to him and be euer shall dispose vnto vs for the best If we now weepe he is able to make vs laugh if we now grone vnder any burden he is able to ease our shoulders from it in good time and to comfort our later yéeres with a swéeter measure as he here did Iacob Remember the great calme that followed after their great daunger in the shippe Remember the wordes you nowe are sad but your sorow shalbe turned into ioy Remember the prophet for a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thée for a litle season but with euerlasting mercy wil I haue compassion on thée saith the Lord. Tobiah had his sight againe and ended in comfort Iob had all well againe in the end the lord blessed the last daies of Iob more then y e first Dauid after manie troubles hath a crown of honor Iacob hath his Ioseph againe that his spirit reuiueth Ionas commeth vp againe all in safetie from the bottom of the sea Feare not affliction therefore but refer all to God He is not the god of these men alone but of vs also All shalbe well in the Lords good time al teares wiped away from our eies and what he hath promised anie way so true is he so good is he so himselfe is he and euer shall be Here then might I ende if it were not also worthie obseruing how reuerentlie Iacob speaketh to his son being in authoritie If I now haue found grace in thy sight deale mercifully with me c. Teaching hereby all parents to 〈…〉 their childrens places as their children ought to 〈◊〉 to them So such giuing other that honor is due God shall be honored of them both and in them both Of this buriall 〈◊〉 by Iacob in the land of Canaan withal haue occasion to speake hereafter It respected Gods promise of that land in time to be giuen to his posteritie which he stedfastlie beléeued and for shewe of the same his vnwauering faith and the confirmation of others wished and sought that his bodie might thither be caried to take possession till that tim came Such faith in other of Gods promises concerning vs becommeth it vs euer to haue and God in mercie giue it Chap. 48. In this Chapter two things especiallie are laide downe The adoption of the sonnes of Ioseph to be Iacobs sonnes The blessing that Iacob giueth them TIdings are brought vnto Ioseph that his father was sick Sicke then are the godlie when it pleaseth God as well as others and worne and wasted with diseases and griefs they passe away as other men The Lord could do otherwise if it pleased him But this course is best in his eies that being as others appointed to die they also as others should haue these common messengers and forerunners of their death that hereby receiuing as it were a watchworde that the time is neere they might renounce the worlde with all the flattering and fading glorie thereof they might lift vp their eies to the God of heauen and consider the comfort of that companie They might dispose of their goodes and affaires of this worlde to the quiet peace of them that shall haue them And lastly with more ease depart and make an end the bodie being weakned and worne away by sicknes that it cannot so stiffely startle against that separation Ioseph visiteth his father in this his sicknesse and taketh his two sonnes with him Manasses and Ephraim still shewing himselfe in all things a comfortable carefull and obedient man towards his father confuting also by his example that most sinfull softnesse of some in our dayes who can not abide to come at anie sicke persons as though themselues either neuer should be sicke or being sicke could rest contented to lie by the walles not comforted nor visited of anie bodie That with him he tooke his two sonnes he shewed that more highlie hee estéemed to haue his children receyued into Iacobs familie which was the Church of God then to inioy all the treasures of Egypt 2 Then one told Iacob that his sonne Ioseph was come Israel tooke his strength vnto him and sate vpon the bed c. Sée how the presence of déere friends comforteth the sick and grieued in their beds It euen maketh their spirits reuiue and their strength to come againe that they are able to speake and deliuer matters as whole men How may a friend then answer it to God or man to denie such comfort to the sicke 3 Then Iacob called for Iosephs children kissed them imbraced them and breaketh into these words I had not thought to haue seene thy face and behold God hath shewed me also thy seed Shewing thereby what a full feeling he had in his hart of Gods infinite mercies vnto him receiuing more then euer he could hope or looke for Such such féeling should we also haue in our estates euerie one of vs weighing our case past weighing our case present weighing what once was likelie and what yet now we haue what once we could not dreame of and yet now by God is done and rising vp vpon it into all feruent feeling of a sweete and gracious God which hath so done for vs. This did Iacob here and blessed he this doe not some of vs as may bee feared and therefore sinfull we But now let vs amende and write this saying of Iacob vpon our handes that we maie euer sée it Ioseph then tooke away his children from his fathers knees and did reuerence downe to the grounde O dutifull childe a verie patterne of all vertue and true affection to parents whilest the world endureth So great and so mightie so honourable and so high yet to his father hee boweth and doth reuerence euen to the ground his father being but a shéepheard as you heard before that is a man that liued by breeding and kéeping of cattell 4 Then Ioseph tooke his two sonnes Ephraim in his right hand towards Israels left hand and Manasses in his left hand towards Israels right hand so he brought them vnto him But Israel stretched out his right hand crossing his hands and laid it on Ephraims head which was the yonger and his left hand vpon Manasses head directing his hands of purpose for Manasses was the elder Then he blessed them giuing such title to his father Abraham as I wish vs to marke namelie that he walked with God To teach vs not to delight so much either in honour or prowes or pollicie or any thing in our ancetors as that they were religious and