Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	abraham_n	canaan_n	egypt_n	1,319	5	8.3550	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48432	A commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles, chronicall and criticall the difficulties of the text explained, and the times of the story cast into annals : the first part, from the beginning of the Booke, to the end of the twelfth chapter : with a briefe survey of the contemporary story of the Jews and Romans / by John Lightfoot ...	Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.	1645 (1645)	Wing L2052; ESTC R21614	222,662	354

splendour_n of_o a_o angel_n and_o shine_v like_o the_o face_n of_o moses_n act_n vii_o vers._n 2._o man_n brethren_n that_o be_v brethren_n for_o the_o word_n man_n be_v add_v only_o by_o a_o hebrew_n elegancy_n and_o custom_n as_o gen._n 13.8_o we_o be_v man_n brethren_n which_o our_o english_a have_v well_o render_v we_o be_v brethren_n so_z vers_n 26._o of_o this_o chapter_n sect._n when_o he_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n for_o chaldea_n be_v also_o reckon_v to_o mesopotamia_n and_o so_o pliny_n account_v it_o lib._n 6._o nat._n hist._n cap._n 26._o babylon_n chaldaicarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la caput_fw-la diu_fw-la summam_fw-la claritatem_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la reliqua_fw-la pars_fw-la mesopotamiae_n assyriaeque_fw-la babylonia_n appellata_fw-la est_fw-la and_o afterward_o sunt_fw-la etiamnum_fw-la in_o mesopotamia_n hipparenum_fw-la chaldaeorum_n &_o hoc_fw-la sicut_fw-la babylon_n and_o present_o after_o orchein_n quoque_fw-la tertia_fw-la chaldaeorum_n doctrina_fw-la in_fw-la eodem_fw-la situ_fw-la locantur_fw-la vers._n 3._o and_o say_v unto_o he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n divers_a expositor_n have_v intricate_v themselves_o into_o a_o perplexity_n they_o can_v well_o tell_v how_o to_o get_v out_o of_o by_o suppose_v these_o word_n and_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n gen._n 12._o ●_o to_o be_v the_o same_o and_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o time_n and_o thing_n whereas_o they_o be_v visible_o and_o vast_o distant_a and_o different_a and_o they_o mean_v two_o several_a call_v of_o god_n to_o abraham_n the_o one_o in_o chaldea_n the_o other_o in_o charran_n in_o chaldea_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n but_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o leave_v his_o father_n house_n for_o that_o he_o take_v along_o with_o he_o gen._n 11.31_o the_o holy_a ghost_n indeed_o have_v ascribe_v the_o conduct_n of_o this_o journey_n to_o terah_n as_o if_o he_o have_v receive_v the_o cal●_n and_o have_v be_v the_o chief_a mover_n in_o the_o business_n but_o it_o be_v only_o to_o show_v his_o conversion_n and_o forsake_v of_o his_o native_a country_n and_o idolatry_n and_o his_o readiness_n to_o go_v with_o abram_n when_o god_n call_v abram_n but_o that_o the_o call_v be_v to_o abram_n it_o be_v not_o only_o assert_v by_o stephen_n here_o and_o joshua_n chap._n 24.2_o but_o also_o confess_v by_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o as_o aben_n ezra_n on_o gen._n 12.1_o the_o lord_n command_v abram_n whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o in_o ur_fw-la of_o th●_n chaldee_n that_o he_o shall_v leave_v his_o country_n but_o when_o god_n call_v he_o away_o from_o haran_n or_o charran_n he_o than_o bid_v he_o depart_v from_o his_o father_n house_n as_o well_o as_o he_o have_v do_v from_o his_o country_n and_o kindred_n before_o for_o now_o he_o leave_v his_o brother_n nahor_n and_o all_o his_o father_n house_n behind_o he_o have_v this_o be_v observe_v there_o can_v never_o so_o many_o scruple_n have_v rise_v about_o terahs_n age_n at_o abraham_n birth_n nor_o about_o abraham_n journey_n as_o there_o have_v do_v nor_o will_v there_o be_v such_o ambiguity_n about_o translate_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 12.1_o as_o there_o have_v be_v the_o story_n in_o genesis_n run_v current_a and_o in_o a_o continuation_n and_o may_v be_v illustrate_v in_o this_o paraphrase_n god_n in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n appear_v to_o abraham_n and_o say_v into_o he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n but_o take_v thy_o father_n house_n with_o thou_o and_o go_v to_o a_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o and_o when_o abram_n tell_v terah_n of_o this_o command_n terah_n condescend_v and_o consent_v and_o terah_n take_v abram_n and_o lot_z and_o sarai_n and_o they_o terah_n and_o abram_n go_v with_o they_o from_o ur_fw-la to_o haran_n and_o dwell_v there_o and_o terah_n die_v in_o haran_n and_o then_o god_n say_v to_o abram_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n also_o now_o and_o go_v into_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o take_v away_o all_o cavil_n that_o may_v be_v make_v against_o the_o matter_n in_o this_o respect_n in_o that_o both_o ur_fw-la and_o haran_n be_v call_v abraham_n country_n and_o kindred_n stephen_n have_v lay_v they_o both_o in_o mesopotamia_n as_o be_v note_v before_o vers._n 5._o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o set_v his_o foot_n on_o as_o deut._n 2.5_o abram_n be_v force_v to_o buy_v a_o place_n of_o burial_n though_o all_o the_o land_n be_v give_v he_o by_o promise_n vers._n 6._o and_o entreat_v they_o evil_a four_o hundred_o year_n there_o be_v a_o double_a sum_n of_o year_n mention_v concern_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n namely_o four_o hundred_o and_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o gen._n 15.13_o exod._n 12.40_o the_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o be_v from_o abraham_n receive_v of_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o the_o four_o hundred_o be_v from_o the_o five_o year_n of_o isaac_n to_o that_o delivery_n then_o do_v ishmael_n mock_v and_o then_o begin_v affliction_n to_o abraham_n seed_n and_o from_o thence_o they_o be_v in_o affliction_n and_o sojourn_v in_o a_o strange_a land_n canaan_n and_o egypt_n four_o hundred_o year_n see_v the_o seventy_o at_o exod._n 12.40_o vers._n 7._o and_o serve_v i_o in_o this_o place_n this_o clause_n be_v here_o allege_v by_o steven_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v speak_v to_o abraham_n whereas_o it_o be_v speak_v to_o moses_n four_o hundred_o year_n after_o but_o the_o holy_a ghost_n use_v to_o speak_v short_a in_o know_a story_n as_o matth._n 1.12_o 1_o chron._n 1.36_o mark_v 1.2.3_o etc._n etc._n vers._n 14._o threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n whereas_o moses_n say_v that_o all_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o family_n of_o jacob_n that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n be_v but_o threescore_o and_o ten_o gen._n 46.27_o exod._n 1.5_o deut._n 10.22_o steven_n enlarge_v the_o number_n and_o say_v threescore_o and_o fifteen_o and_o herein_o he_o follow_v the_o septuagint_n who_o in_o the_o two_o first_o cite_v place_n have_v that_o sum_n and_o they_o make_v up_o the_o account_n in_o gen._n 46._o by_o fetch_v the_o name_n of_o five_o child_n of_o joseph_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n which_o moses_n mention_v not_o and_o which_o indeed_o be_v not_o bear_v at_o their_o go_v into_o egypt_n but_o after_o and_o these_o be_v machir_n gilead_n shutelah_n tahen_n and_o eden_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o their_o reckon_n i_o have_v show_v elsewhere_o viz._n in_o harm_n of_o evang._n at_o luke_n 3.36_o vers._n 16._o and_o be_v carry_v over_o into_o shechem_n etc._n etc._n the_o shortness_n of_o the_o language_n in_o this_o verse_n have_v breed_v some_o difficulty_n and_o as_o stevens_n speak_v more_o than_o moses_n in_o the_o verse_n forego_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o some_o obscurity_n there_o so_o be_v it_o a_o cause_n of_o more_o in_o this_o verse_n for_o that_o he_o have_v not_o speak_v so_o much_o moses_n have_v tell_v that_o jacob_n be_v bury_v in_o hebron_n steven_n here_o speak_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v bury_v in_o sichem_n moses_n make_v jacob_n the_o buyer_n of_o the_o land_n of_o emor_n the_o father_n of_o sichem_n stephen_n seem_v to_o make_v abraham_n the_o buyer_n of_o it_o and_o in_o conclusion_n to_o make_v jacob_n and_o his_o twelve_o son_n to_o lie_v in_o one_o sepulchre_n and_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n purchase_n to_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o now_o stephen_n and_o moses_n speak_v but_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o intend_v the_o same_o meaning_n only_a stephen_n use_v shortness_n of_o speech_n in_o relate_v a_o story_n which_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o a_o word_n be_v enough_o for_o a_o sentence_n and_o he_o speak_v in_o a_o language_n which_o have_v its_o propriety_n and_o idiom_n which_o those_o that_o hear_v he_o easy_o understand_v and_n be_v carry_v over_o into_o sichem_n the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a apply_v this_o only_a to_o jacob_n for_o they_o read_v it_o in_o the_o singular_a number_n he_o be_v translate_v direct_o cross_a and_o contrary_a to_o moses_n who_o tell_v plain_o that_o jacob_n burial_n be_v in_o hebron_n gen._n 50.13_o and_o in_o hebron_n josephus_n will_v have_v all_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n bury_v likewise_o antiq._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o and_o by_o his_o report_n they_o be_v bury_v there_o before_o joseph_n for_o that_o they_o be_v bring_v thither_o as_o they_o die_v but_o josephs_n burial_n be_v put_v over_o till_o all_o the_o nation_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n now_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o stephen_n a_o man_n so_o full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v ever_o have_v speak_v

have_v in_o hand_n the_o more_o plain_o and_o the_o word_n remphan_n seem_v to_o be_v compound_v either_o of_o a_o hebrew_n and_o a_o greek_a word_n or_o of_o two_o hebrew_n word_n together_o and_o to_o mean_v either_o the_o high_a shine_a of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o high_a representation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o latter_a the_o more_o probable_a for_o as_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o word_n chijim_v express_v the_o fabric_n of_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n which_o the_o idolatrous_a people_n have_v wrought_v and_o represent_v in_o one_o piece_n so_o will_v stephen_n speak_v to_o the_o very_a same_o sense_n and_o therefore_o forsake_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o find_v in_o the_o septuagint_n and_o take_v up_o or_o form_v it_o into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v the_o high_a face_n or_o high_a representation_n or_o that_o whole_a piece_n that_o represent_v the_o whole_a heaven_n which_o he_o call_v their_o god_n because_o in_o that_o they_o adore_v all_o the_o star_n and_o host_n of_o heaven_n at_o once_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o one_o number_n put_v for_o another_o one_o star_n for_o many_o vi_o i_o will_v carry_v you_o away_o beyond_o babylon_n both_o in_o the_o hebrew_n of_o amos_n and_o in_o the_o greek_a of_o the_o septuagint_n it_o be_v beyond_o damascus_n which_o stephen_n seem_v purposely_o to_o have_v change_v into_o beyond_o babylon_n because_o that_o as_o he_o have_v treat_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o abraham_n come_v out_o of_o those_o part_n into_o that_o land_n he_o will_v now_o show_v è_fw-la contrà_fw-la how_o they_o for_o their_o idolatry_n shall_v be_v carry_v out_o of_o that_o land_n into_o those_o part_n again_o act_v viii_o vers._n 1._o and_o there_o be_v a_o great_a persecution_n etc._n etc._n sect._n i._o persecution_n the_o spite_n and_o cruelty_n of_o the_o adversary_n be_v not_o quench_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o stephen_n but_o rather_o inflame_v confute_v and_o confound_v the_o great_a scholar_n of_o the_o synagogue_n of_o the_o libertine_n cyrenian_o alexandrian_n and_o cilician_o have_v breed_v in_o they_o so_o hateful_a a_o disdain_n of_o be_v put_v to_o a_o nonplus_n and_o his_o cut_a word_n at_o his_o death_n to_o all_o the_o people_n act._n 7.51_o 52_o 53._o have_v gall_v they_o so_o sore_o and_o especial_o his_o denounce_v of_o ruin_n to_o moses_n ceremony_n and_o to_o the_o temple_n as_o they_o charge_v he_o with_o it_o have_v so_o exasperate_v their_o blind_a zeal_n that_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a as_o they_o think_v to_o have_v stephen_n put_v to_o death_n only_o but_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a that_o other_o shall_v live_v who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n with_o he_o for_o so_o they_o construe_v it_o hence_o arise_v a_o bitter_a persecution_n to_o destroy_v the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n because_o it_o hold_v a_o opinion_n that_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o rite_n there_o shall_v be_v destroy_v in_o this_o tragedy_n be_v saul_n a_o chief_a actor_n spare_v neither_o place_n from_o search_n sex_n from_o apprehension_n nor_o the_o apprehend_v from_o torture_n or_o imprisonment_n such_o a_o testimony_n do_v luke_n give_v of_o he_o act._n 8.3_o and_o such_o a_o confession_n do_v he_o make_v of_o himself_o act._n 22.4_o and_o 26.11_o by_o which_o the_o epistle_n of_o lucianus_n concern_v the_o find_v out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o stephen_n may_v again_o be_v challenge_v for_o forgery_n when_o it_o make_v gamaliel_n a_o most_o zealous_a convert_v and_o professor_n of_o the_o gospel_n &_o that_o at_o this_o time_n insomuch_o that_o he_o take_v care_n for_o the_o burial_n of_o stephen_n and_o receive_v nicodemus_n when_o the_o jew_n have_v cast_v he_o out_o which_o will_v prove_v incredible_a in_o regard_n of_o his_o scholar_n saul_n for_o who_o can_v believe_v either_o that_o the_o scholar_n shall_v be_v so_o great_a a_o persecutor_n when_o the_o master_n be_v so_o great_a a_o professor_n or_o that_o if_o it_o be_v so_o gamaliel_n of_o all_o other_o shall_v escape_v with_o his_o life_n when_o his_o scholar_n of_o all_o other_o can_v not_o but_o know_v where_o to_o find_v he_o out_o and_o how_o to_o follow_v he_o close_v or_o who_o can_v imagine_v that_o paul_n when_o he_o be_v answer_v for_o his_o life_n for_o be_v a_o christian_n shall_v plead_v his_o education_n under_o gamaliel_n if_o he_o be_v as_o notorious_a a_o christian_n as_o he_o this_o have_v be_v to_o bring_v his_o master_n into_o danger_n and_o not_o himself_o out_o and_o to_o ma●_n another_o man_n cause_n not_o mend_v his_o own_o vers._n 1._o and_o they_o be_v all_o scatter_a abroad_o except_o the_o apostle_n sect._n ii_o dispersion_n upon_o the_o persecution_n out_o of_o the_o darkness_n of_o persecution_n the_o lord_n bring_v forth_o the_o light_n &_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n provide_v at_o once_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o some_o by_o their_o flight_n and_o for_o the_o call_n home_o of_o many_o more_o by_o their_o dispersion_n at_o that_o time_n say_v luke_n there_o be_v a_o great_a persecution_n against_o the_o church_n that_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o they_o be_v all_o scatter_a abroad_o throughout_o the_o region_n of_o judea_n and_o samaria_n except_o the_o apostle_n where_o as_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o very_a centre_n of_o the_o tyranny_n be_v admirable_a so_o the_o scatter_n of_o the_o other_o into_o their_o several_a place_n be_v considerable_a for_o that_o they_o travail_v into_o judea_n and_o samaria_n damascus_n phenicia_n cyprus_n and_o syria_n the_o text_n be_v plain_a in_o this_o and_o in_o other_o place_n but_o since_o it_o mention_v none_o of_o their_o journey_n any_o further_a what_o be_v say_v of_o they_o more_o be_v but_o groundless_a conjecture_n or_o rather_o ridiculous_a fable_n for_o though_o it_o 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