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thou_o will_v i_o give_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n the_o lot_n of_o your_o inheritance_n and_o verse_n 42._o what_o the_o lord_n do_v for_o his_o people_n be_v that_o he_o remember_v his_o holy_a promise_n and_o abraham_n his_o servant_n second_o observe_v what_o he_o say_v of_o abraham_n seed_n namely_o by_o set_v down_o what_o god_n have_v already_o do_v in_o fulfil_v his_o promise_n unto_o abraham_n he_o foretell_v what_o he_o will_v do_v afterward_o in_o a_o more_o glorious_a way_n and_o that_o he_o do_v by_o three_o type_n first_o before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n when_o they_o be_v but_o few_o rebuke_v king_n for_o their_o sake_n say_v touch_v not_o my_o anoint_a and_o do_v my_o prophet_n no_o harm_n from_o verse_n 12._o to_o 15._o second_o the_o history_n of_o joseph_n from_o v._o 16._o to_o 22._o which_o he_o bring_v in_o with_o a_o moreover_o as_o be_v a_o instance_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n he_o be_v sell_v by_o his_o brethren_n for_o a_o season_n be_v in_o prison_n in_o 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for_o his_o people_n and_o what_o he_o do_v then_o to_o be_v a_o type_n of_o what_o he_o will_v again_o do_v in_o a_o more_o glorious_a way_n it_o have_v not_o be_v worth_a the_o while_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n only_o to_o repeat_v the_o history_n have_v set_v that_o down_o at_o large_a already_o long_o before_o but_o with_o submission_n i_o say_v to_o better_a judgement_n i_o suppose_v in_o these_o history_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n intend_v a_o sample_n &_o prophesy_v of_o what_o god_n will_v do_v for_o his_o oppress_a people_n at_o the_o last_o namely_o he_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o possess_v the_o gate_n of_o their_o enemy_n and_o that_o in_o remembrance_n of_o his_o holy_a promise_n and_o of_o abraham_n his_o servant_n therefore_o you_o may_v observe_v how_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o history_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o god_n deal_n with_o they_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o in_o canaan_n consist_v of_o parable_n and_o dark_a say_n psal_n 78._o 1._o 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their_o kind_n and_o their_o carriage_n in_o that_o work_n he_o say_v that_o this_o the_o lord_n christ_n do_v that_o it_o may_v be_v fulfil_v which_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o prophet_n say_v i_o will_v open_v my_o mouth_n in_o parable_n i_o will_v utter_v thing_n which_o have_v be_v keep_v secret_a from_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n this_o 105._o psalm_n be_v a_o pprophecy_n although_o it_o seem_v to_o give_v we_o but_o the_o repetition_n of_o a_o history_n that_o seventy_o eight_o psalm_n i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v to_o more_o full_o by_o and_o by_o thus_o we_o see_v from_o that_o psal_n 105._o that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n be_v also_o a_o part_n of_o that_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n and_o that_o we_o find_v it_o to_o be_v a_o part_n thereof_o not_o only_o in_o that_o of_o gen._n 22._o 16._o thy_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o gate_n 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