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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	aaron_n	bear_v	girdle_n	29	3	11.7521	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80359	The memory of that faithful servant of the Lord Thomas Carleton, reviv'd. Being a collection of several of his vvritings in the ensuing volume as a testimony of his zeal for promoting the blessed truth and establishing of Friends therein. : Also some testimonies concerning his faithfulness and perseverance in the way of the Lord, unto the finishing of his course here with joy, which was the 18th day of the ninth month, 1684.	Carleton, Thomas, 1636?-1684.	1694 (1694)	Wing C589A; ESTC R170899	77,974	209

gratification of his Love in meeting him and setting Bread and Wine before him had given him one half of the Spoils this had been no binding Rule to Posterity 2d Objection is Jacob's Vow when he went to Padan-aram If God said he will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me Bread to eat and Raiment to put on so that I come again to my Fathers House in Peace then shall the Lord be my God and this stone my Pillow which I have set for a Pillar shall be Gods House and of all that thou givest me I will surely give a Tenth unto thee Gen. 28.20 Answer Here Jacob being gone from his Fathers House for it s said he lighted on a certain place it seems between Beersheba and Haran I suppose it was either in the Fields or Desart on the South side of Luz Joshua 18.13 however I suppose Jacob was in a desolate disconsolate condition Gen. 35.3 for it is said he took of the stones of the place and laid them for his Pillow and lay down to sleep Gen. 28.11 Now the Lord appeared to him in a Vision as He hath oft done to his Servants in such disconsolate conditions which makes His appearance more Glorious saying I am the Lord God of Abraham and of Isaac thy Father the Land whereon thou liest to thee will I give it and to thy seed after thee and thy seed shall be as the dust of the Earth and shall spread to the East West North and South and in thy seed shall all the Families of the Earth he blessed And behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all places and will bring thee again into this Land I will not leave thee untill I have done as I have spoken And he awaked and said surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not and he was afraid saying how dreadfull is this place it is none other but the House of God this is the Gate of Heaven c. mark the Lords appearance in an hour of great distress is very comfortable and also fearfull this is true fear indeed here is fear mixed with love here Jacob lays hold forth with upon the Love and Promise of the Lord and said If the Lord will do so c. then shall He be my God and this stone my pillow which I have set up for a pillar shall be Gods House and of all that he giveth me I will surely give a Tenth unto him mark I say Jacob being possessed with fear and overcome with love he vows and promises unto the Lord again this was a voluntary act in Jacob he obliged himself to the Lord after the Lord had promised to bless him and he performed his promise for after twenty years he purged his House of Idols and built an Altar unto the Lord at Bethel Gen. 35.6 which he called Elbeth-el viz. The God of Bethel But who did he give his Tenth unto or when did he give it that is yet disputable but suppose it had been to the Priesthood which some hold was annexed to the first-born of Families what will that argue for me to do so Jacob vowed but for himself not for his posterity after him and it was voluntary being filled with the Lords appearance in a day of distress Gen. 35.3 and not commanded by God neither compelled by Man and so not binding to any save Jacob alone only this may be observed if any one have vowed as Jacob did let such perform also also it was but once in Abraham and once in Jacob and that in cases extraordinary and who or what is he that can plead for annual payment of Tythes of every of a Mans encrease from these two places what suppose I being in distress as I have often been and few of Gods Servants are exempted should vow a vow unto the Lord that if he will preserve me this one time or deliver me from this great danger c. then will I give him one half of all that I enjoy or have received of him would this my vow being performed be binding to my Children and their Children after them from Generation to Generation for ever Object 3. Now in Exodus 23.19 it is said The first of the First-fruits of the Land thou shalt bring into the House of the Lord thy God This is the first express command but here is no certain dividual part expressed only the first of the First-fruits Exod. 34.26 Again Levit. 23.10 Moses instituting the Feast of First fruits When ye come saith he into the Land which I will give you ye shall bring a sheaf of the First-fruits of your Harvest unto the Priest and he shall shake it before the Lord verse 14. This shall be a Law for ever in your Generations Again that which is more express is Levit. 27.30.32 33. All the Tythe of the Land both of the seed of the Ground and of the Trees is the Lords and every tythe of Bullock and Sheep and all that goeth under the rod the Tenth shall be holy unto the Lord this is a more positive command then any before Again Numb 15.20 it is said Ye shall offer a Cake of the first of your Dough for an Heave-offering as the Heave-offering of the Barn ye shall lift it up and give it to the Lord in your Generations Again Moses being the Son of a Levite Exod. 2.1 2. Aaron was his Brother Chap. 4.14 the Lord bid Moses separate Aaron and his Sons for the Priests Office Exod. 28.1 and appoints him to make them holy Garments The Ephod and the curious Girdle c. and Aaron was to wear the Breast-plate of Judgment upon his Heart and upon it the names of the Children of Israel and in the Brest-plate of Judgment Moses was to put the Urim and the Thummim which he was to bear upon his Heart when he went in before the Lord c. Exod. 28. throughout So the Priesthood being setled to Aaron and his Sons as a Statute and an Ordinance for ever throughout their Generations he was to take unto him his Brethren the Tribe of Levi the Family of his Father they were to be joyned with him and to minister unto him and were to take the Charge of the Sanctuary of the Tabernacle and of the Altar only he and his sons was to execute the Priests Office in all things Numb 18.2 to verse 7. then all the Heave-offerings and the holy things that the Children of Israel offered to the Lord was to be Aarons and his Sons for ever by a perpetual Covenant of Salt as in verse 19. And Aaron and his Sons was to have no Inheritance in the Land neither any part among the Children of Israel for the Lord was their part and inheritance for ever Deut. 18.1 2. And to the Children of Levi the Lord gave the Tenth in Israel for their inheritance and for their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation and they were to have