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have_v we_o to_o take_v special_a notice_n of_o because_o we_o find_v it_o so_o often_o mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n see_v gen._n 46.6_o deut._n 10.22_o deut._n 26.5_o josh_n 24.4_o psal_n 105.23_o act._n 7_o 15._o it_o may_v be_v say_v abraham_n also_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n two_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o year_n before_o jacob_n this_o account_n therefore_o of_o jubilee_n may_v as_o well_o begin_v from_o that_o time_n as_o from_o jacob_n go_v thither_o a_o negative_a answer_n must_v hereunto_o be_v give_v for_o first_o though_o abraham_n go_v into_o egypt_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n 105.14.15_o ps_n 105.14.15_o but_o as_o a_o traveller_n from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o as_o his_o affair_n call_v he_o and_o it_o be_v but_o for_o a_o short_a time_n for_o he_o go_v up_o from_o thence_o again_o and_o which_o be_v remarkable_a all_o that_o he_o have_v he_o bring_v away_o with_o he_o gen._n 13.1_o but_o as_o for_o jacob_n he_o go_v not_o 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the_o divine_a wisdom_n have_v appoint_v for_o they_o 26.2_o gen._n 26.2_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v very_o probable_o that_o a_o express_a inhibition_n be_v give_v unto_o isaac_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n as_o his_o father_n abraham_n have_v do_v though_o it_o seem_v a_o necessity_n lie_v upon_o he_o to_o relieve_v himself_o and_o his_o family_n at_o that_o time_n by_o the_o plenty_n of_o egypt_n be_v put_v to_o as_o hard_o a_o strait_a by_o reason_n of_o a_o second_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o his_o father_n abraham_n be_v three_o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n be_v a_o type_n of_o our_o saviour_n go_v thither_o one_o resemble_v the_o other_o in_o sundry_a notable_a circumstance_n and_o in_o that_o regard_n be_v the_o great_a notice_n to_o be_v take_v of_o it_o to_o instance_n first_o jacob_n go_v thither_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o be_v jesus_n carry_v thither_o by_o a_o message_n from_o heaven_n second_o joseph_n be_v a_o mean_n of_o bring_v jacob_n into_o that_o land_n so_o do_v another_o joseph_n carry_v christ_n into_o it_o three_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n that_o be_v the_o country_n choose_v of_o god_n for_o israel_n infancy_n for_o he_o grow_v a_o lovely_a child_n there_o god_n teach_v ephraim_n to_o go_v take_v they_o by_o their_o arm_n hos_fw-la 11.1.3_o so_o be_v the_o holy_a child_n jesus_n carry_v into_o egypt_n to_o be_v there_o for_o a_o while_n keep_v at_o nurse_n as_o i_o may_v say_v with_o his_o mother_n and_o during_o his_o malitiae_fw-la his_o sabellicus_n historiographus_fw-la scribit_fw-la josephum_fw-la cum_fw-la maria_n &_o pvero_fw-la jesus_n in_o aegypto_n 7._o annos_fw-la exulasse_n tantum_fw-la scil_n temporis_fw-la debuit_fw-la implendae_fw-la herodis_fw-la malitiae_fw-la minority_n to_o have_v that_o education_n as_o be_v meet_v and_o convenient_a for_o he_o four_o jacob_n go_v thither_o to_o preserve_v his_o life_n from_o the_o famine_n gen._n 45.5.7_o and_o jesus_n be_v carry_v thither_o to_o keep_v he_o out_o of_o harms-way_n and_o to_o preserve_v his_o life_n from_o those_o that_o seek_v to_o destroy_v it_o five_o jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v to_o stay_v there_o till_o the_o time_n come_v which_o the_o lord_n have_v set_v for_o their_o dismission_n from_o thence_o so_o jesus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o egypt_n till_o he_o be_v call_v according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o the_o prophet_n hos_n 11.1_o out_o of_o egypt_n have_v i_o call_v my_o son_n and_o word_n bring_v by_o the_o angel_n for_o that_o very_a purpose_n matth._n 2.13.19_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o may_v we_o not_o infer_v that_o the_o time_n of_o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n be_v a_o time_n of_o great_a remark_n in_o scripture_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o fit_a of_o all_o other_o to_o make_v a_o epocha_n from_o whence_o these_o seventy_o jubilee_n be_v to_o derive_v their_o commencement_n and_o beginning_n another_o argument_n there_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v consider_v for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o sense_n of_o the_o angel_n word_n take_v from_o the_o end_n or_o final_a cause_n for_o which_o these_o 70_o seven_n be_v determine_v which_o be_v here_o say_v to_o finish_v the_o transgression_n and_o to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v reconciliation_n for_o iniquity_n that_o be_v that_o no_o unrighteousness_n of_o what_o kind_n or_o degree_n soever_o whether_o that_o single_a transgression_n of_o jacob_n in_o the_o sinful_a manner_n of_o supplant_n his_o brother_n esau_n or_o that_o unnatural_a cruelty_n of_o his_o ten_o son_n against_o their_o brother_n joseph_n or_o the_o numberless_a multitude_n of_o sin_n whereof_o they_o have_v since_o be_v guilty_a or_o their_o most_o execrable_a iniquity_n against_o the_o lord_n of_o life_n and_o his_o gospel_n send_v among_o they_o
in_o it_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n then_o the_o apostle_n by_o his_o variation_n of_o the_o prophet_n term_n seem_v to_o take_v away_o all_o scruple_n of_o the_o jew_n restauration_n first_o their_o redeemer_n shall_v be_v their_o deliverer_n who_o be_v both_o willing_a and_o able_a so_o to_o be_v will_v by_o his_o relation_n unto_o they_o able_a because_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n strong_a and_o mighty_a second_o he_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o zion_n because_o he_o be_v come_v unto_o zion_n that_o be_v he_o shall_v from_o his_o church_n by_o some_o powerful_a mean_n that_o shall_v be_v use_v issue_n out_o a_o deliverance_n unto_o they_o because_o he_o come_v to_o his_o church_n to_o be_v her_o redeemer_n three_o neither_o shall_v their_o ungodliness_n that_o be_v their_o pertinacy_n in_o their_o present_a infidelity_n hinder_v this_o deliverance_n as_o some_o conceive_v by_o it_o a_o impossibility_n of_o their_o return_n for_o he_o shall_v turn_v it_o away_o from_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v no_o more_o turn_n unto_o it_o again_o second_o it_o be_v observable_a though_o the_o apostle_n here_o vary_v from_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o formality_n of_o israel_n conversion_n and_o deliverance_n yet_o he_o full_o agree_v with_o he_o in_o the_o subject_n thereof_o that_o be_v jacob_n for_o mark_v neither_o of_o they_o both_o say_v ungodliness_n shall_v be_v turn_v away_o from_o judah_n which_o be_v the_o remnant_n that_o god_n have_v reserve_v to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o shall_v know_v that_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n neither_o do_v they_o say_v from_o israel_n as_o distinguish_v from_o judah_n which_o have_v be_v long_o ago_o drive_v into_o banishment_n but_o from_o jacob_n as_o signify_v all_o his_o posterity_n all_o i_o say_v not_o intend_v probable_o every_o particular_a person_n that_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n but_o as_o rank_v into_o several_a tribe_n not_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v lose_v but_o all_o shall_v be_v save_v that_o be_v all_o 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his_o mouth_n and_o past_a into_o a_o record_n in_o holy_a writ_n the_o register_n of_o his_o reveal_v counsel_n to_o his_o church_n will_v he_o then_o retract_v it_o and_o not_o keep_v his_o covenant_n o_o far_o be_v it_o from_o any_o to_o put_v such_o a_o imputation_n of_o inconstancy_n upon_o the_o unchangeable_a god_n faithful_n be_v he_o that_o have_v covenant_v who_o also_o will_v do_v it_o and_o now_o let_v we_o join_v these_o two_o together_o the_o strength_n of_o israel_n redeemer_n and_o the_o faithfulness_n of_o their_o god_n and_o who_o be_v he_o then_o that_o can_v doubt_v of_o their_o restauration_n object_n true_o indeed_o say_v some_o but_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v till_o the_o very_a instant_n of_o the_o consummation_n of_o all_o thing_n when_o the_o work_n of_o christ_n be_v finish_v the_o predeterminate_a number_n of_o god_n elect_v fill_v up_o and_o a_o final_a period_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v put_v both_o to_o the_o sin_n and_o suffering_n of_o all_o god_n people_n throughout_o the_o world_n sol._n i_o answer_v shall_v this_o be_v grant_v which_o yet_o be_v too_o tenacious_o hold_v by_o the_o lutheran_n party_n it_o may_v well_o be_v demand_v what_o advantage_n will_v accrue_v to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n by_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o jew_n how_o shall_v the_o world_n be_v enrich_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n by_o their_o fullness_n more_o than_o it_o be_v by_o their_o fall_n and_o diminution_n if_o the_o world_n must_v be_v dissolve_v immediate_o upon_o their_o conversion_n i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o this_o may_v be_v the_o glorious_a and_o bless_a catastrophe_n of_o the_o mighty_a act_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o i_o heater_n of_o this_o world_n and_o that_o it_o be_v keep_v as_o a_o reserve_n by_o the_o providence_n of_o heaven_n to_o crown_v messiah_n victory_n and_o his_o people_n glory_n but_o that_o at_o the_o very_a first_o appearance_n thereof_o when_o the_o consolation_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n so_o large_o promise_v in_o the_o word_n and_o so_o earnest_o expect_v and_o desire_v in_o sundry_a generation_n shall_v by_o the_o good_a hand_n of_o god_n be_v produce_v into_o act_n that_o the_o i_o say_v at_o the_o very_a rise_n and_o spring_v of_o these_o glorious_a manifestation_n of_o god_n power_n and_o faithfulness_n this_o stage_n shall_v be_v take_v down_o and_o the_o scene_n remove_v into_o another_o world_n as_o if_o the_o distinction_n between_o jew_n and_o gentile_n shall_v be_v continue_v there_o as_o it_o be_v here_o be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v believe_v undoubted_o god_n will_v so_o do_v this_o marvellous_a act_n that_o it_o shall_v for_o some_o time_n be_v have_v here_o in_o remembrance_n to_o the_o advancement_n of_o his_o own_o glory_n the_o honour_n of_o his_o people_n and_o to_o the_o everlasting_a confusion_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n with_o all_o his_o adherent_n neither_o be_v this_o confidence_n without_o sufficient_a 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the_o mouth_n of_o thy_o seed_n nor_o out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o thy_o seed_n seed_n say_v the_o lord_n henceforth_o and_o for_o ever_o which_o word_n i_o confess_v in_o the_o spirit_n of_o they_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o church_n and_o the_o child_n of_o it_o assure_v they_o that_o god_n spirit_n and_o word_n shall_v continue_v with_o they_o for_o their_o instruction_n in_o all_o thing_n needful_a for_o their_o salvation_n but_o when_o the_o apostle_n who_o with_o the_o prophet_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o same_o infallible_a spirit_n shall_v lead_v we_o further_o to_o a_o application_n of_o they_o unto_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n after_o their_o restauration_n we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o they_o do_v carry_v also_o with_o they_o this_o sense_n as_o well_o as_o the_o former_a viz._n that_o israel_n shall_v when_o they_o be_v return_v unto_o the_o lord_n cleave_v unto_o he_o for_o some_o generation_n three_o at_o least_o wherein_o they_o shall_v continue_v steadfast_a unto_o the_o end_n now_o that_o the_o apostle_n intend_v the_o same_o with_o the_o prophet_n in_o this_o particular_a as_o well_o as_o in_o any_o other_o before_o insist_v upon_o seem_v to_o i_o very_o probable_a he_o do_v not_o indeed_o intersert_a those_o very_a word_n of_o the_o prophet_n have_v mention_v that_o already_o which_o be_v equivalent_a with_o they_o 3.15_o 2_o pet._n 3.15_o i_o or_o as_o the_o apostle_n saint_n peter_n will_v have_v the_o long-suffering_a of_o god_n to_o be_v account_v salvation_n so_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n in_o that_o he_o say_v all_o israel_n shall_v be_v save_v reckon_v the_o pour_v out_o of_o god_n spirit_n upon_o israel_n and_o put_v his_o word_n into_o their_o mouth_n together_o with_o their_o constant_a adherency_n thereunto_o throughout_o their_o generation_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n write_v of_o they_o to_o be_v salvation_n also_o