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A10995	Twelue prophetical legacies. Or Twelue sermons vpon Iacobs last will and testament recorded by Moses, in the 49. chapt. of Genesis: containing his bequests and blessings, bestowed vpon his twelue sonnes. ... Preached by Francis Rollenson, Bach: of Diuinitie, and sometimes fellow of S. Iohn the Euang: Colledge in Cambridge.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1612 (1612)	STC 21265; ESTC S116140	213,059	329

are made (t) Apo. 21.9 the Bride Spouse of Christ which vnion is most honourable To conclude this point the u) Gen. 41.46 afflictions of Ioseph and his miserie did continue but for a short time till hee was 30. yeares of age and of them but 14. but his prosperitie lasted vnto the day of his death which was in the hūdred and tenth yeare of his age Euen so the Saints vpon earth weare crownes of thornes vpon their heads carrie Christs Crosse vpon their shoulders only threescore ten yeares which are ordinarilie as Dauid saith the dayes of man but they shall weare crownes of golde and carrie Palme-branches in their hands which are the signes of glorie and immortalitie for euer and therefore S. Paul saith x) Rom. 8. ●8 I count that the afflictions of this present time are not worthy of the glorie which shall be shewe ●●to vs and in another place he saith (y] 2 Cor. 4.17 Ou● light afflicti●● which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre more excellent and an eternall waight of glorie The third generall part of Iacobs speech being a Benediction or Blessing lieth in these wordes Euen by the GOD of thy Father who shall helpe thee and by the Almightie who shall blesse th●ewith heauenly Blessings from aboue with blessings of the deepe that lyeth beneath with blessings of the breasts and of the wombe The blessings of thy Father shall be stronger then the blessings of mine Elders Vnto the ende of the Hilles of the world they shall be on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him that was separate from his brethren The Blessings that Iacob bequeatheth vnto Ioseph are of God hee onely being the Heralde to deliuer them And therefore hee saith The Almightie shall helpe thee the Almightie shall blesse thee And these Blessings are in number three First Ioseph is blest with a Blessing from aboue or from heauen whereby is vnderstoode not onely the pleasant showers and Raine wherewith the portion of his posteritie should be watered but also the goodnes and wholsomnes of the aire the sweet influence of the starres as Moses more at large explaneth this prophecie saying (z] Deut. 33 13.14 Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetnes of heauen for the dew for the sweete increase of the Sunne for the sweete increase of the Moone (a] 1. Reg. 17 To want raine is the empouerishment of the earth and drought bringeth Famine And therefore such as will not obserue and keepe the Commaundements of God are thus threatned (b] Deut. 28.24.23 The Lord shall giue thee for the raine of thy Land dust and Ashes euen from heauen shall it come downe vpon thee vntill thou bee destroyed the Heauen ouer thy head shal be brasse and the earth that is vnder thee yron Of the contrary part moderate raine and showers ma●e the earth fruitfull and cause plentie And therefore the Lord saith that vnto such as feare him and call vpon his Name (c] Deut. 28.22 Hee will open his good Treasure euen the Heauen to giue Raine vnto their Land in due season This then is Iosephs first blessing that his Children shall dwell in a Land the Climate whereof shall be wondrous pleasant and the soyle verie fertile Secondly hee is blest with the Blessing of the Depth that lyeth beneath by which is meant the Riuers and Springs which doe arise from beneath and water the earth Such Countreyes as haue store of Riuers and Springs are euer accounted the most pleasant and the most plentifull of all things and for this cause they bee called Paradises As it may appeare by that description of Sodome and Gomorrha made by Moses where hee saith (d] Gen. 13.10 So when Lot lifted vp his eyes hee saw that all the plaine of Iordane was watered euery where For before the Lord destroyed Sodome and Gomorrha it was as the Paradise or the Garden of the Lorde (e] Gen. 2. The garden of Eden which God planted and wherein Adam and Heuah were placed because it was so well watered is ordinaarilie called Paradise which worde as some thinke is deriued from the Hebrewe worde Pardes which signifieth A Garden or place inclosed for pleasure Some will haue it to be a Persian word Septuag interp Iul. pollux li. 2. Onoma because Xenophon and Philostratus called such places as were made and planted for the delight of the Persian Kings Paradises and others as Suidas draw it frō the greeke verbe Paradeúein which is to water So euery Countrey that is well watered and moystened with Springs as the Garden of Eden was with these foure riuers Pishon Gihon Hiddekel and Perath may rightly be called a Paradice both in regarde of profite pleasure with the possession of such a Prouince as Iacob saith the Tribe of Ioseph shall be blessed and endowed Thirdly he is blest with the Blessings of the Breasts and of the wombe God made the womb to beare the brests to giue sucke by these two then is signified not onely the plentifull increase prosperous education of Children but the multiplying also of Beasts and cattell This is one of those blessings which God promiseth vnto such as cleaue vnto him and obey his voyce So saith Moses The Lorde shall make thee plenteous in goods in the fruite of thy bodie in the fruit of thy Cattell And the prophet Dauid amongst other Blessings reckoneth vp these two First the increase of children for hee saith (f) Psal 128 1.2.3 Blessed is euery one that feareth the Lorde and walketh in his wayes when thou eatest the labours of thine hands thou shalt be blessed and it shall be well with thee thy Wife shall bee as the fruitefull vine on the sides of thine house and thy Children like the Oliue plantes round about thy Table And secondly the multiplying of Cattell for he counteth it a great happinesse when (g] Ps 65.13 the Oxen are strong to labour when the Pastures are clad with Sheepe and when they bring forth thousandes and tenne thousandes in the streetes As the increase of the wombe is a blessing So contrariwise Barrennesse is a punishment not onely in women but also in dumbe creatures And therefore because the Ephraimites did forsake God and went to Baal-peor Hoseah the Prophet prayeth against them h) Hos 9.14 O Lorde giue them what wilt thou giue them Giue them a barren wombe and drie Breastes which is as if he should haue saide O Lord turne Iacobs blessing vpon Iosephs posteritie into a Curse because of their Idolatrie Also Moses saith (i) Deut. 28.18 If thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lorde thy God to keepe and to doe all his Commaundements and Ordinances Cursed shall bee the fruite of thy bodie and the fruite of thy Lande the increase of Kyne and the flockes of thy Sheepe These are the great Blessings giuen vnto Ioseph being so much

the vncircumcised to strike the seede of Abraham to whom he had promised that he would be their God they should be his people it is answered that God vsed the Gentiles in this kind as his instruments that he might exercise his children in patience and in humilitie and that by them as the messengers of vengeance hee might destroy such as were stubborne and stiffnecked this is proued by the words of God himselfe saying (l) Leuit. 26.23.24.25 if you will not be reformed but walke stubbornely against me then will I also walke stubbornely against you and I will smite you seuen times for your sinnes and I will send a sword vpon you that shall auenge the quarrell of my couenant yet as a father burneth his rod when he hath chastised his sonne so God euer dealt with the gentiles assoone as by them being his Rods he had scourged his owne people for their sinnes he consumed them with the fire of his fierce wrath Gad an host of men shall ouercome him but he shall ouercome at the last in the former part of this prophecie Gad is ouerthrowē but in the later he is victorious herein we may see the difference that God makes in his chastisements when he ouerthroweth the gentiles he strikes them with a Rod of Iron and bruiseth them in peeces like a potters vessell cutting them off as he threatned (m) Obad. 10. the Edomites for euer but when the Israelites were ouerthrowne hee stroke them with a Rod like (n) Numb 17.8 Aarons which budded and bare ripe almondes a Rod of gentle correction wherby they were not destroyed but humbled though he suffered them to be euil-entreated for a time and to be ouerthrowne yet at the last he deliuered them out of all distresse and gaue them victorie ouer their enemies In Gad wee may beholde the estate and condition of the whole Church of Christ and particularly of euery member thereof both in regard of his Name his ouerthrowe and his Victorie First this word (o) Hierom. in tradit haebraicis in Genes Gad doeth not onely signifie an Armie or Troup of men but also a Souldier gyrt in armour or harnessed in the first signification it may be applied very fitly to the Church of Christ here vpon earth which is called Militant as in the Canticles (p) Cant. 6.3 Thou art beautifull my loue as Tirzah comely as Hierusalem terrible as an armie with banners and in the second to euery one that is the sonne of Christs spouse for such a one is (q) Cant. 3 7.8 one of the strong men about Salomons bed which handle the sword and are expert in warre euery one hauing his sword vpon his thigh for feare by night and both the Mother and her sonnes namely the Church and the true members thereof are called militant because they (r) Eph. 6.12 Wrestle against principalities and powers and wordly gouernours the Princes of the darkenesse of this world and Against spirituall wickednesses which are in high places that is to say against the diuell and his Angels with whom the elect haue continuall warfare as it appeareth by the Vision of the battell betwixt (s) Apo. 12.7 Michael and the Dragon So then the life of a Christian is a Warfare vpon earth as Iob saith and therefore euery one of vs must be a Gad gyrt in armour that wee may be able to stand against the assaults of the diuell as Saint Paul exhorteth vs saying (t) Eph. 6.10.11 finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the assaults of the diuell the better that we may be prepared for this spirituall combat let vs consider these foure particulars First against whom must euery Christian Gad fight It is against Sathan the aduersarie of mankind and his Angels who are not as the Sadduces dreamed onely the affections and Perturbations of the minde but reall substances for the Apostle saith (u) Eph. 6.12 that wee wrestle not with flesh and blood from whence our Affections arise but with powers and principalities namely with such creatures as be most excellēt in regard of their substance and are endewed both with Will and Vnderstanding which were created in heauen and afterwards for their sinne cast downe from thence into these lower regions vnder the moone and S. Peter and S. Iude witnesse these Enemies are the more to be feared because they be inuisible or not seene of vs for they be spirits mightie in performance bold in aduentures subtile in contriuing plots expeditious in executing them neuer wearied in taking paines to effect their designes and purposes and in a word there is nothing wanting in them which can be desired in a Souldier besides we are to fight with them in their owne kingdome which is This world which makes the warre more dangerous moreouer the euill spirits are aboue (x) Eph. 6.12 in the high places ouer our heads which is a great disaduantage vnto vs and lastly their Leader or Captaine is as a (y) 1. Pet. 5.8 Roaring Lion that goeth vp and downe seeking whō he may deuoure in which words the Apostle doth most liuely describe the fierce aduersarie of mankind first hee compareth him to a (z) Prou. 30.30 Lion which is strong amongst beastes and turneth not at the sight of any thereby setting before our eies his great power and strength Secondly he calleth him not simply a Lion but a Roaring Lion therein shewing the Greedie desire of the diuel to destroy man for he is wondrous fierce and cruell as it is in the Reuelation of S. Iohn (a) Apo. 12.12 wo● to the inhabitantes of the earth and of the sea for the diuel is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath knowing that he hath but a short time Thirdly he doeth not onely Rore but also goes vp and downe or as it is in Iob (b) Iob. 1.7 he compasseth the earth too and fro and walketh in it as the Pharisies did compasse sea and land to make a Proselite so doeth the diuell raunge through all the corners of the world he is vpon the mountaines and in the lowe vallies in cities and in villages in courtes and in cottages as the woman in the Gospell did to finde her lost groate so doeth he sweepe euery roome to finde his preye whereupon the Apostle addeth that hee doth not onely walke vp and downe but also hee Seeketh whom hee may deuoure The diuell like (c) Gen. 10. ● Nimrod is a great Hunter and he pursueth vs by our sent and foote-steppes Now if as S. Peter exhorteth vs we follow the (d) 1. Pet. 2.21 steppes of Christ which are Meeknes humilitie mercie and charitie then hee may hunt vs but he cannot hurt vs But if our foote-steppes smell of impatience pride crueltie and hatred thē are we sure to fall into the snare of the