Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	egypt_n	moses_n	pharaoh_n	2,863	5	10.3611	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11058	An exposition on the fourteene first chapters of Genesis, by way of question and answere Collected out of ancient and recent writers: both briefely and subtilly propounded and expounded. By Abraham [sic] Rosse of Aberden, preacher at St. Maries neere South-Hampton, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. First booke of questions and answers upon Genesis. aut; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. Second booke of questions and answers upon Genesis. aut	1626 (1626)	STC 21324; ESTC S116181	141,572	354

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that_o name_n indeed_o be_v sometime_o give_v to_o the_o creature_n psal._n 82._o 6._o but_o the_o essential_a name_n of_o jehovah_n be_v here_o express_v which_o be_v only_o proper_a to_o the_o creator_n second_o if_o this_o have_v be_v a_o angel_n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o abraham_n will_v have_v build_v a_o altar_n to_o he_o for_o build_v of_o altar_n be_v a_o part_n of_o divine_a worship_n q._n to_o who_o then_o do_v abraham_n build_v thi●…_n altar_n a._n to_o jehovah_n that_o appear_v unto_o he_o and_o in_o so_o do_v he_o testify_v his_o piety_n to_o god_n even_o among_o the_o midst_n of_o idolater_n without_o fear_n religio_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ubi_fw-la metus_fw-la est_fw-la lact._n firm._n lib._n 4._o love_n drive_v out_o fear_n second_o he_o show_v a_o thankful_a mind_n to_o god_n not_o only_o in_o build_v a_o altar_n but_o build_v it_o without_o command_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n three_o he_o do_v not_o build_v it_o to_o any_o of_o the_o idol_n god_n he_o know_v his_o god_n to_o be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o who_o will_v give_v his_o glory_n to_o none_o far_o otherwise_o do_v they_o who_o build_v church_n and_o chapel_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o dead_a man_n hon●…randi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la propter_fw-la imitationem_fw-la non_fw-la adorandi_fw-la propter_fw-la religionem_fw-la augustin_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o any_o religious_a house_n may_v bare_v the_o name_n of_o a_o saint_n or_o martyr_n decease_v provide_v always_o that_o we_o derogate_v nothing_o from_o the_o lord_n or_o arrogate_v any_o thing_n to_o they_o contrary_a to_o god_n word_n q._n whether_o remoove_v abraham_n from_o sichem_n a._n to_o a_o mountain_n on_o the_o east_n of_o bethel_n so_o call_v by_o jacob_n but_o otherwise_o it_o be_v call_v by_o luz_n gen._n 28._o 19_o this_o mountain_n be_v between_o bethel_n and_o a●…_n a_o city_n which_o josuah_n destroy_v jos._n 8._o and_o upon_o this_o mountain_n a_o temple_n be_v build_v by_o the_o permission_n of_o alexander_n macedonia_n of_o which_o hill_n the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n speak_v joh._n 4._o it_o have_v two_o top_n hebal_n and_o garizim_n whereon_o the_o blessing_n and_o curse_n be_v pronounce_v here_o then_o abraham_n stay_v a_o while_n and_o yet_o not_o long_o for_o he_o be_v force_v to_o travel_v towards_o the_o south_n as_o have_v no_o certain_a abode_n enen_fw-la in_o that_o promise_a land_n he_o be_v then_o and_o the_o godly_a be_v still_o but_o stranger_n in_o this_o world_n and_o as_o he_o go_v towards_o the_o south_n as_o towards_o the_o sun_n so_o do_v the_o godly_a in_o faith_n and_o grace_n the_o way_n of_o the_o righteous_a shine_v as_o the_o light_n that_o shine_v more_o and_o more_o unto_o the_o perfect_a day_n prou

call_v pharaoh_n in_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n and_o this_o name_n remain_v among_o they_o till_o the_o return_n of_o the_o people_n from_o babylon_n then_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o grecian_a empire_n they_o be_v call_v ptolomee_n till_o cleopatra_n be_v overcome_v augustus_n do_v redact_v it_o into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n but_o after_o the_o empire_n be_v divide_v egypt_n be_v govern_v a_o while_n by_o the_o grecian_a emperor_n and_o weary_a of_o that_o servitude_n they_o do_v choose_v calipha_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o saracen_n to_o be_v their_o king_n from_o who_o the_o egyptian_a king_n for_o almost_o the_o space_n of_o 447._o year_n be_v call_v caliphae_n afterward_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v call_v sultan_n after_o the_o death_n of_o melechsala_n q._n how_o be_v saray_v chastity_n preserve_v a._n by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n for_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o house_n be_v plague_v with_o great_a plague_n because_o of_o she_o then_o questionless●…_n as_o god_n have_v a_o care_n to_o keep_v her_o chastity_n from_o abimelech_n so_o now_o he_o hi_v to_o keep_v it_o from_o pharaoh_n though_o here_o it_o be_v not_o direct_o express_v as_o there_o because_o short_o after_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o isack_n birth_n who_o some_o will_v have_v think_v to_o have_v be_v abimelechs_n son_n and_o not_o abraham_n second_o here_o we_o see_v the_o care_n that_o god_n have_v of_o his_o child_n in_o their_o extremity_n he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o do_v they_o wrong_n psal._n 105._o 14._o three_o king_n must_v take_v heed_n by_o this_o pharaoh_n that_o they_o do_v not_o oppress_v and_o offend_v god_n child_n for_o he_o have_v reproove_v king_n for_o their_o sake_n psal._n 105._o 14._o four_o we_o may_v see_v here_o the_o fierceness_n of_o god_n judgement_n who_o for_o this_o sin_n of_o pharaoh_n do_v plague_v his_o whole_a house_n so_o many_o time_n for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o a_o king_n the_o whole_a land_n be_v punish_v quicquid_fw-la delirant_fw-la reges_fw-la plectuntur_fw-la achivi_fw-la five_o god_n plague_v pharaoh_n for_o abraham_n wife_n even_o so_o whore-monger_n and_o adulterer_n god_n will_v judge_v heb._n 13._o 4._o example_n we_o have_v of_o pharaoh_n here_o rubin_n gen._n 35._o the_o beniamite_n judg._n 19_o david_n 2._o sam._n 11._o the_o israelite_n with_o the_o moabite_n woman_n num._n 25._o 6._o if_o god_n plague_v pharaoh_n who_o ignorant_o take_v sarai_n what_o plague_n must_v they_o look_v for_o who_o take_v a_o pride_n and_o pleasure_n in_o commit_v adultery_n seaventh_o not_o only_a pharaoh_n but_o the_o prince_n that_o counsel_v he_o be_v plague_v even_o so_o shall_v all_o wicked_a counsellor_n be_v handle_v malum_fw-la consilium_fw-la consultori_fw-la pessimum_fw-la then_o let_v none_o wonder_v why_o they_o be_v also_o punish_v quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la ●…os_fw-la regiae_fw-la penae_fw-la fuisse_fw-la participes_fw-la qui_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o patrando_fw-la flagitio_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la adiutores_fw-la chrysostom_n q._n do_v pharaoh_n commit_v adultery_n with_o sarai_n a._n no_o for_o he_o be_v plague_v before_o he_o touch_v she_o or_o else_o to_o what_o end_n have_v he_o be_v plague_v after_o he_o violate_v she_o second_o it_o be_v not_o the_o custom_n among_o these_o nation_n for_o king_n to_o take_v they_o wife_n before_o they_o have_v purify_v themselves_o certain_a day_n yea_o a_o whole_a year_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o book_n of_o hester_n three_o although_o pharaoh_n have_v touch_v she_o yet_o proper_o we_o can_v call_v that_o copulation_n adultery_n because_o she_o yield_v not_o of_o her_o own_o accord_n but_o be_v compel_v both_o by_o her_o husband_n to_o save_v his_o life_n as_o also_o by_o pharaoh_n so_o abraham_n do_v lie_v with_o agar_n and_o yet_o we_o can_v say_v he_o commit_v adultery_n see_v he_o do_v not_o of_o lust_n but_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o wife_n to_o beget_v child_n yet_o the_o sure_a way_n be_v to_o hold_v that_o she_o be_v not_o touch_v four_o we_o may_v collect_v here_o by_o pharaoh_n word_n that_o if_o he_o have_v know_v sarai_n to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n he_o will_v not_o have_v take_v she_o qui_fw-la prat●…ndit_fw-la ignor_fw-it antiam_fw-la condemnat_fw-la intemperantiam_fw-la ambros._n lib._n de_fw-la abr._n cap._n 2._o this_o profane_a king_n have_v learn_v so_o much_o continency_n even_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n five_o it_o be_v like_a that_o pharaoh_n be_v warn_v by_o god_n in_o a_o dream_n as_o afterward_o abimelech_n be_v that_o sarai_n be_v the_o wife_n of_o abraham_n q._n why_o do_v pharaoh_n give_v charge_n to_o his_o man_n concern_v abraham_n a._n because_o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o to_o do_v he_o wrong_v and_o like_a enough_o the_o egyptian_n do_v envy_v he_o because_o for_o his_o sake_n the_o king_n and_o court_n be_v plague_v as_o also_o because_o he_o grow_v very_o rich_a among_o they_o in_o that_o short_a time_n he_o remain_v there_o second_o because_o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o violence_n offer_v to_o sarai_n for_o he_o know_v how_o prone_a to_o lust_n his_o people_n be_v here_o than_o we_o see_v that_o the_o heart_n of_o king_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n prou._n 21._o 1._o second_o abraham_n in_o this_o tentation_n lose_v nothing_o but_o gain_v both_o riches_n and_o honour_n then_o true_a it_o be_v that_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o the_o best_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n rom._n 8._o 28._o now_o whether_o abraham_n teach_v the_o egyptian_n astrology_n or_o not_o be_v uncertain_a yet_o like_a enough_o he_o do_v although_o he_o do_v not_o remain_v their_o long_a for_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o abraham_n do_v labour_n to_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n which_o he_o can_v not_o better_o do_v then_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o visible_a celestial_a creature_n and_o true_o no_o man_n fit_a to_o teach_v they_o then_o abraham_n be_v breed_v among_o the_o chaldean_n the_o only_a astrologer_n in_o the_o world_n have_v also_o himself_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o none_o fit_a to_o learn_v this_o science_n than_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v natural_o invite_v thereto_o because_o of_o the_o perpetual_a serenity_n of_o their_o air_n be_v altogether_o free_a from_o cloud_n which_o do_v take_v away_o the_o light_n of_o these_o celestial_a body_n oftentimes_o from_o us._n question_n on_o the_o thirteen_o chapter_n quest._n how_o be_v it_o understand_v that_o abraham_n go_v up_o out_o of_o egypt_n into_o the_o south_n a._n he_o be_v say_v to_o go_v up_o out_o of_o egypt_n because_o this_o country_n lie_v low_a than_o canaan_n so_o in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n vers_fw-la 10._o he_o be_v say_v to_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n now_o abraham_n go_v to_o canaan_n from_o egypt_n be_v say_v to_o go_v unto_o the_o south_n not_o as_o though_o canaan_n do_v lie_v southward_o from_o egypt_n for_o it_o be_v northward_o but_o by_o the_o south_n here_o moses_n understand_v the_o southern_a part_n of_o canaan_n as_o canaan_n be_v a_o type_n of_o heaven_n so_o be_v egypt_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o satan_n abraham_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n to_o canaan_n so_o must_v we_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o grace_n he_o go_v up_o from_o egypt_n so_o we_o must_v ascend_v by_o faith_n and_o seek_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v above_o he_o go_v unto_o the_o south_n as_o to_o the_o sun_n so_o we_o must_v follow_v the_o son_n of_o righteousness_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o light_n while_o it_o be_v day_n he_o take_v his_o wife_n and_o lot_n with_o he_o so_o we_o must_v help_v forward_o our_o friend_n in_o this_o spiritual_a journey_n he_o be_v very_o rich_a when_o he_o go_v up_o so_o we_o must_v be_v rich_a in_o faith_n jam._n 2._o 5._o rich_a in_o good_a work_n 1._o tim._n 6._o 18._o rich_a in_o understanding_n col._n 2._o 2._o rich_a in_o all_o utterance_n and_o knowledge_n 1._o cor._n 1._o 5._o q._n why_o do_v abraham_n return_v again_o to_o bethel_n where_o he_o be_v before_o a._n not_o to_o pay_v his_o debt_n which_o he_o have_v contract_v go_v to_o egypt_n as_o rabbi_n salomo_n prate_v but_o because_o he_o know_v this_o place_n better_o than_o other_o second_o he_o have_v more_o acquaintance_n here_o then_o elsewhere_o three_o he_o receive_v here_o some_o blessing_n from_o god_n therefore_o his_o affection_n be_v more_o bend_v to_o this_o place_n then_o to_o any_o other_o four_o this_o place_n have_v be_v consecrate_v already_o by_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o call_n upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n therefore_o he_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o neglect_v that_o place_n which_o be_v once_o consecrate_v for_o god_n worship_n teach_v we_o not_o to_o despise_v the_o public_a place_n dedicate_v to_o god_n service_n five_o he_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o