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number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o many_o other_o famous_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v full_a of_o such_o mystery_n take_v one_o which_o be_v notable_a we_o know_v that_o god_n have_v cause_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n to_o be_v pronounce_v against_o ezechias_n do_v notwithstanding_o add_v fifteen_o year_n to_o his_o life_n the_o common_a sort_n who_o see_v no_o far_o than_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o history_n perceive_v not_o of_o what_o importance_n this_o term_n of_o year_n be_v which_o god_n bestow_v on_o this_o prince_n this_o number_n of_o year_n be_v fignificative_a and_o carry_v a_o meaning_n that_o reach_v far_o we_o must_v observe_v that_o a_o little_a before_o ezechias_n sickness_n the_o kingdom_n of_o juda_n be_v draw_v towards_o its_o end_n it_o have_v be_v invade_v by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o as_o yet_o stand_v in_o awe_n of_o they_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n promise_v to_o ezechias_n not_o only_o the_o prolongation_n of_o his_o life_n but_o also_o the_o continuance_n of_o his_o kingdom_n for_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o he_o assure_v his_o life_n for_o fifteen_o year_n he_o add_v that_o he_o will_v deliver_v he_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o will_v defend_v jerusalem_n the_o capital_a city_n so_o the_o fifteen_o year_n that_o be_v promise_v to_o ezechias_n do_v express_v also_o the_o continuance_n and_o establishment_n of_o his_o kingdom_n we_o must_v observe_v then_o that_o ezechias_n be_v the_o fifteen_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o judea_n in_o which_o the_o true_a religion_n be_v preserve_v for_o from_o saul_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n till_o ezechias_n inclusive_o be_v reckon_v fifteen_o king_n of_o juda_n to_o wit_n 1._o saul_n 2._o david_n 3._o solomon_n 4._o roboam_n who_o be_v forsake_v by_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o retain_v only_o that_o of_o juda_n with_o a_o part_n of_o benjamin_n 5._o abija_n 6._o asa_n 7._o josophat_n 8._o joram_n 9_o achaziah_n otherways_o call_v hozias_n who_o his_o mother_n athalia_fw-la follow_v but_o because_o she_o usurp_v the_o kingdom_n her_o unlawful_a ragin_v be_v not_o count_v among_o the_o true_a king_n 10._o joas._n 11._o amaziah_n 12._o hazaria_n 13._o jotham_n 14._o achaz_n 15._o ezechias_n as_o then_o the_o reign_n of_o ezechias_n be_v the_o fifteen_o in_o order_n of_o succession_n so_o god_n will_v give_v he_o fifteen_o year_n include_v as_o it_o be_v in_o this_o epitome_n all_o the_o former_a reign_v and_o recapitulate_v they_o by_o the_o like_a number_n of_o year_n in_o the_o fifteen_o king_n this_o be_v to_o confirm_v all_o together_o both_o the_o life_n and_o reign_n of_o ezechias_n both_o which_o have_v be_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o expiration_n so_o that_o the_o life_n of_o this_o prince_n be_v prolong_v fifteen_o year_n be_v a_o pledge_n of_o the_o subsistence_n of_o that_o throne_n which_o have_v support_v fifteen_o king_n the_o age_n of_o the_o israelite_n when_o they_o pass_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n this_o i_o observe_v here_o as_o a_o historical_a circumstance_n only_o none_o of_o those_o who_o enter_v into_o canaan_n aâ—ter_v the_o death_n of_o moses_n have_v as_o yet_o attain_v the_o age_n of_o sixty_o year_n except_o calib_n and_o josua_n who_o god_n reserve_v as_o two_o ancient_a witness_n of_o the_o wonder_n he_o wrought_v in_o egypt_n this_o may_v be_v easy_o verify_v for_o two_o year_n after_o the_o israelite_n departure_n from_o egypt_n they_o be_v all_o condemn_a to_o die_v in_o the_o desert_n except_o such_o as_o be_v then_o twenty_o year_n old_a and_o under_o numb_a 14.29_o 30._o since_o this_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n there_o pass_v thirty_o eight_o year_n in_o which_o the_o sentence_n be_v perform_v and_o about_o the_o end_n of_o this_o term_n the_o surviver_n enter_v canaan_n now_o if_o