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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	abraham_n	lord_n	way_n	1,660	5	5.7908	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77664	A rare paterne of iustice and mercy; exemplified in the many notable, and charitable legacies of Sr. Iames Cambel, Knight, and alderman of London, deceased : worthy imitation. Whereunto is annexed A meteor, and A starre : or, Briefe and pleasant meditations of Gods providence to his chosen, of the education of children and of the vertue of love; with other poems. / By Edw: Browne.	Browne, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing B5105; Thomason E1109_1; ESTC R208421	51,495	182

David in a loving beautifull and religious wife whose nam● Abigail signifies the fathers joy and ● she became the joy solace and comfo● of Davids soule an helper in all ex 〈…〉 gents by wise and godly counsell for David had experence of her great godllin● wisdome and humility And what gre●ter comfort is there in this world the such a woman Surely none All the 〈…〉 things by a learned penne might be fu●ther enlarged amplified and illustrated ●ut it is enough for me by this to con●●der Gods providence towards his ●hosen Therefore I will conclude and pray ● God that it would please him to in 〈…〉 se into my heart the graces of his holy ●pirit to bee so qualified as Iacob and David viz. fervent in prayer and hum●le in heart sorrowfull for my sinnes ●s David righteous in my actions as ●acob loving to my enemies as David 〈…〉 evalent with God as Iacob so shall not need to feare the churlessenesse of ●abal or malice of Laban which is ● one being both churles for read ●aban backwards its Nabal forwards ●or the power of Esau or envy of Saul ●nd what need I to care though Shemei ●ile or Labans children murmure for have hereby learned that God can ●d will for the support reliefe and ●omfort of his children make poyso●ous things wholesome and bitter ●ings sweet turne Serpents into rods ●d rockes and hard stony places into a ●ft and gentle temper as it is in the 107. Psal He maketh the wildernesse a standing water and water springs of a dry g●ound c. to the end of that Psalme And so much I thought good to write o● the providence of God towards his chosen The second part of this Discourse is like a paire of Ballances for in the one scale you may behold the love of Isaac towards Esau and in the other you ●●y see the love of Iacob towards Ioseph In the first I will set the pride of the world and in the other I shall fix the humility of the godly so that the light vanity of the one and the true validity of the other may easily be discerned But this theame is more harde● then the rocke I last handled and hee had need of more then a serpentine wisdome that shall undertake to unfold the knotty windings in such a Labyrinth Yet because God hath blessed me with two children I will write something in my youth which I ought to performe if it shall please God to blesse me with old age Therefore in Isaacks love toward● Esau I will note three things First what Esau was and how Isaac ●rought him up Secondly what Esau ●id and how his father approved his ●ctions and thirdly I will briefly declare how Esau was prevented of that ●e sought for and how his father retarded him For the first which was Esaus minority it cannot be thought o●herwise but that Isaac according to his Fathers example did bring up his children in the feare of the Lord and especially him that he thought to make Lord of his brethren for this is the Testimony of God concerning Abraham I know him that he will command his houshold after him that they keep the way ●f the Lord to do righteousnesse and judgement that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that he hath spoken unto him Therefore I beleeve that Isaac did of●en tell Esau and the rest of his family ●hat God had done how he had created the world of nothing how hee upholds and guides the frame thereof by his providence how the Angels for their pride and ambition were throwne downe into hell how Adam brough● sinne upon himselfe and all his posterity how God had promised to restore● falne man to his former happinesse by Christ the seed of the woman how his fathers lived in hope of that promise● a godly righteous and sober life And how God blessed them with temporall blessings and spirituall graces for their faith and obedience But all those instructions would not take effect in Esau His very name signifies that he sough● more after earthly fading happinesse then for spirituall and heavenly graces for Edom signifies a piece of red earth and Esau working and as his name is even so is he for notwithstanding all the godly precepts and religious practices of his father whose custome was to goe out into the fields to pray and meditate on the wondrous workes of God Esau Edom was still working in the earth giving his minde to sensuality and pleasure for so much his desire after Lentill potage and cunning hunting import yet it may be he as many others of his conditions made a semblance and show before his father of godly and pious qualities being endued with much knowledge and could talke prettily to his father thereof and it may be gained the love of his father before his brother in this respect as well as for his activity and skill in hunting in his youth so that his father doted too much upon him for this hath beene the quality of many godly parents in all ages to humor their children too much in their youth which they perceiving know very well how to plot and bring to passe their designes for by nature mankinde is more apt and prone for the obtaining of earthly fading transitory treasure then for heavenly durable and everlasting felicity But this naturall promptitude is very hard and difficult to discerne Isaac could not descry it in Esau and therefore I cease to wonder that aged people who are farre inferiour to Isaac in spirituall speculation cannot discerne it in this age Therefore leaving the education of Es●u I come ●o his youth the ac●ions of Esau's life the Text saith He became a cunning huntter and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Now I reade in sacred W 〈…〉 before him and 〈◊〉 after him therefore I surmise that he as N●mrod the mighty hunter before the Lord sought more after worldly honour and glory then celestiall treasure for they are alike in many things First in their names N●mrod signifies Rebellious to note his pride cruelty and rebellious courses in erecting a Babel whose top might reach unto heaven for many authors affirme that he out of his pride and ambition spake to the people these words Come let us build us a City and a Tower whose top may reach unto heaven that wee may get us a name lest wee bee scattered upon the whole earth and so compelled the people to hard labour lest they being idle should reject the tyrannicall jurisdiction which was so great that God confounded his enterprise and so insufferable that all men abhorred his insolency so that it came into a Proverb when people saw proud tyrants to beare rule to say He was as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord agreeable hereunto is the surname of Esau Edom which signifies bloudy or red to note his revengefull and bloudy minde for after he had a long time hunted beasts he began to hunt after the lives of men as appeares by his threatning to kill