election_n advance_v its_o head_n above_o the_o rest_n &_o be_v call_v the_o princess_n of_o the_o province_n in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremiah_n which_o god_n have_v peculiar_o choose_v out_o of_o all_o the_o province_n and_o city_n of_o israel_n it_o be_v call_v jebus_n which_o be_v a_o tread_v under_o foot_n when_o it_o be_v number_v among_o the_o city_n of_o the_o nation_n but_o be_v choose_v and_o make_v a_o city_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v call_v by_o god_n jerusalem_n that_o be_v the_o sight_n of_o peace_n baruc._n 5._o her_o foundation_n be_v in_o the_o holy_a mountain_n and_o glorious_a thing_n be_v speak_v of_o she_o psalm_n 87._o for_o that_o call_v the_o faithful_a city_n a_o city_n holy_a and_o elect_a and_o adorn_v with_o other_o great_a title_n well_o know_v in_o holy_a writ_n the_o temple_n place_v in_o it_o be_v adorn_v with_o a_o elegy_n of_o most_o choice_a holiness_n i_o have_v choose_v and_o sanctify_v that_o place_n that_o my_o name_n 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behalf_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n king_n 1._o chap._n 8._o wheresoever_o say_v he_o thou_o shall_v send_v thy_o people_n they_o shall_v pray_v to_o thou_o towards_o the_o city_n which_o thou_o have_v choose_v and_o towards_o that_o house_n which_o i_o have_v build_v to_o thy_o name_n and_o thou_o shall_v hear_v their_o prayer_n in_o heaven_n more_o i_o will_v say_v of_o the_o holy_a and_o choose_a land_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o of_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n when_o i_o shall_v speak_v of_o the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o shall_v be_v their_o full_a election_n in_o the_o top_n of_o the_o hill_n of_o zion_n stand_v the_o palace_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o david_n and_o which_o the_o lord_n himself_o call_v the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n of_o this_o david_n and_o of_o this_o great_a king_n we_o shall_v afterward_o have_v a_o great_a discourse_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o must_v speak_v something_o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o sit_v upon_o the_o high_a throne_n of_o the_o city_n of_o david_n of_o who_o this_o be_v the_o original_n we_o say_v before_o that_o the_o lord_n god_n be_v king_n of_o the_o jew_n a_o god_n to_o help_v they_o with_o heavenly_a assistance_n a_o king_n to_o stand_v for_o they_o in_o the_o battle_n to_o advance_v the_o shield_n draw_v the_o sword_n and_o put_v to_o flight_v the_o â—_z of_o the_o jew_n but_o because_o when_o the_o jew_n begin_v to_o be_v very_o stiff-necked_a it_o often_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o god_n turn_v from_o they_o and_o go_v from_o home_n as_o the_o gospel_n speak_v continue_v long_o absent_a then_o the_o jew_n without_o a_o king_n and_o a_o defender_n be_v open_a to_o the_o incursion_n of_o their_o enemy_n who_o spoil_v they_o and_o most_o cruel_o do_v destroy_v they_o utter_o they_o fear_v lest_o this_o may_v again_o befall_v they_o when_o samuel_n their_o judge_n be_v deed_n as_o also_o his_o son_n not_o walk_v in_o his_o way_n request_v a_o king_n who_o may_v judge_v they_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o other_o nation_n who_o may_v go_v out_o before_o they_o and_o fight_v their_o battle_n for_o they_o which_o trouble_v samuel_n nor_o do_v the_o lord_n slight_v the_o petition_n of_o the_o jew_n harken_v to_o they_o in_o all_o that_o they_o say_v to_o thou_o for_o they_o have_v not_o reject_v thou_o but_o i_o sam._n 1._o chap._n 8._o which_o open_v thus_o i_o be_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n and_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n by_o covenant_n and_o i_o appoint_v thou_o o_o samuel_n by_o that_o kingly_a power_n which_o i_o have_v over_o the_o jew_n and_o thy_o son_n to_o be_v their_o judge_n therefore_o have_v reject_v thou_o and_o thy_o son_n from_o be_v judge_n they_o have_v not_o reject_v thou_o but_o i_o who_o appoint_v thou_o and_o in_o that_o wherein_o they_o trespass_n against_o thou_o they_o more_o heinous_o and_o grievous_o trespass_v against_o i_o for_o in_o this_o they_o plain_o discover_v their_o thought_n how_o little_a confidence_n they_o have_v in_o i_o and_o how_o weak_o their_o hope_n be_v fix_v upon_o i_o but_o because_o they_o be_v so_o unbelieved_a and_o harden_v in_o the_o foolishness_n of_o their_o heart_n harken_v to_o they_o and_o set_v a_o king_n over_o they_o yet_o true_o god_n have_v promise_v before_o in_o the_o desert_n that_o he_o will_v set_v a_o king_n over_o the_o jew_n deut._n 17._o yea_o god_n have_v promise_v the_o jew_n king_n at_o what_o time_n he_o bless_a abraham_n and_o the_o jew_n in_o abraham_n king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o thou_o and_o jacob_n prophesy_v and_o in_o his_o son_n blessing_n all_o the_o jew_n the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o juda._n chap._n v._n the_o gentile_n elect_v in_o the_o jew_n by_o a_o mystical_a â—lectâ—on_n esteem_a the_o son_n of_o god_n because_o elect_v in_o the_o jew_n and_o graft_v in_o the_o jew_n after_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v fit_a that_o in_o order_n we_o shall_v speak_v of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o gentile_n which_o spring_v from_o the_o jew_n as_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n himself_n most_o open_o express_v to_o the_o samaritan_n woman_n in_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o gospel_n according_a to_o st._n john_n salvation_n be_v by_o the_o jew_n but_o that_o which_o god_n the_o son_n tell_v this_o gentile_a woman_n god_n the_o father_n long_o before_o promise_v the_o father_n of_o the_o jew_n first_o to_o abraham_n genesis_n chapter_n 12._o all_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v in_o thou_o then_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n that_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v
therefore_o the_o election_n of_o the_o jew_n must_v be_v bring_v back_o to_o adam_n the_o first_o father_n and_o the_o first_o head_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o although_o the_o jew_n be_v proper_o say_v to_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o judah_n jacob_n four_o son_n yet_o take_v the_o denomination_n large_o we_o shall_v call_v those_o jew_n likewise_o who_o be_v beget_v even_o from_o adam_n unto_o judah_n therefore_o god_n elect_v the_o jew_n the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n and_o abraham_n because_o he_o be_v join_v to_o their_o father_n adam_n and_o abraham_n that_o be_v because_o he_o form_v the_o jew_n in_o adam_n and_o bless_v they_o in_o abraham_n the_o promise_n of_o this_o mystical_a election_n be_v find_v from_o adam_n unto_o moses_n both_o before_o and_o after_o the_o flood_n repeat_v often_o and_o many_o way_n to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o confirm_v more_o peculiarly_a to_o the_o jew_n in_o moses_n by_o a_o covenant_n as_o deut._n 7._o where_o moses_n speak_v to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n say_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v choose_v thou_o to_o be_v a_o peculiar_a people_n to_o himself_o of_o all_o the_o nation_n that_o be_v upon_o earth_n god_n himself_o call_v that_o nation_n his_o first-born_a exod._n 4._o israel_n my_o first-born_a as_o also_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o harvest_n of_o the_o lord_n jeremiah_n chap._n 2._o both_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n by_o which_o all_o the_o first-born_a and_o first_o fruit_n belong_v to_o god_n by_o property_n of_o election_n as_o also_o because_o the_o jew_n first_o of_o all_o receive_v the_o mystery_n &_o grace_n of_o election_n in_o which_o sense_n i_o say_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v ch._n 49._o the_o lord_n from_o the_o womb_n have_v call_v i_o as_o also_o the_o kingly_a prophet_n psalm_n 22._o thou_o be_v he_o that_o take_v i_o from_o the_o womb_n thou_o be_v my_o hope_n from_o my_o mother_n breast_n upon_o thou_o be_v i_o cast_v from_o my_o mother_n womb_n from_o the_o womb_n of_o my_o mother_n thou_o be_v my_o god_n god_n call_v and_o choose_v israel_n from_o the_o womb_n of_o mystical_a election_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o jew_n be_v his_o first-born_a natural_a child_n by_o mystical_a election_n nor_o do_v he_o think_v that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o the_o gentile_n who_o be_v not_o call_v from_o the_o womb_n nor_o choose_v nor_o esteem_v as_o his_o natural_a child_n but_o adopt_v into_o this_o mystical_a election_n by_o a_o second_o election_n and_o only_o esteem_v the_o son_n of_o adoption_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n roman_n 2._o ascribe_v first_o salvation_n honour_n and_o glory_n which_o be_v election_n to_o the_o jew_n first_o then_o to_o the_o greek_n who_o be_v the_o gentile_n for_o the_o greek_a in_o that_o place_n be_v the_o fine_a gentile_a that_o the_o jew_n have_v the_o first_o election_n not_o of_o their_o own_o desert_n but_o of_o the_o mere_a grace_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n from_o hence_o be_v apparent_a because_o that_o mystical_a election_n proceed_v from_o that_o eternal_a election_n by_o which_o the_o jew_n be_v choose_v from_o eternity_n that_o be_v by_o which_o they_o be_v choose_v before_o they_o be_v bear_v when_o they_o have_v do_v neither_o good_a nor_o harm_n not_o for_o their_o work_n as_o paul_n say_v but_o of_o the_o mere_a bounty_n of_o god_n who_o call_v and_o choose_v they_o this_o eternal_a election_n isaiah_n mean_v chapt._n 63._o thou_o say_v he_o lord_n art_n our_o father_n abraham_n know_v we_o not_o and_o israel_n have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o we_o the_o prophet_n mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o jew_n when_o their_o father_n be_v not_o bear_v at_o which_o time_n abraham_n know_v not_o the_o jew_n and_o israel_n have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o they_o the_o lord_n do_v choose_v thou_o because_o he_o love_v thou_o abraham_n and_o israel_n be_v here_o indifferent_o take_v deut._n 7._o not_o for_o their_o righteousness_n he_o choose_v they_o to_o which_o add_v that_o place_n of_o 9_o deut._n he_o save_v i_o because_o he_o love_v i_o psal_n 18._o he_o have_v make_v we_o and_o not_o we_o ourselves_o sing_v david_n king_n of_o the_o jew_n psalm_n 100_o if_o you_o look_v upon_o the_o matter_n whereof_o the_o jew_n be_v create_v you_o will_v find_v nothing_o that_o shall_v make_v they_o appear_v worthy_a of_o the_o election_n for_o they_o be_v make_v up_o of_o the_o same_o flesh_n and_o blood_n as_o the_o gentile_n and_o be_v temper_v with_o the_o same_o clay_n of_o which_o other_o man_n be_v frame_v as_o be_v the_o clay_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o potter_n so_o be_v thou_o o_o house_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o prophet_n allude_v to_o that_o very_a clay_n of_o which_o adam_n the_o first_o father_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v make_v that_o same_o common_a and_o impure_a clay_n which_o be_v observable_a this_o we_o be_v teach_v gen._n 3._o in_o which_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v cast_v adam_n out_o of_o the_o paradise_n of_o pleasure_n which_o be_v most_o choice_a land_n that_o he_o may_v till_o the_o ground_n of_o which_o he_o be_v make_v ground_n not_o choice_n but_o common_a unclean_a of_o which_o adam_n and_o all_o other_o man_n be_v make_v for_o common_a and_o not_o elect_v and_o unclean_a be_v the_o same_o act._n 10._o and_o many_o other_o place_n of_o both_o testament_n and_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n for_o which_o adam_n be_v make_v of_o common_a and_o impure_a clay_n god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v find_v israel_n in_o a_o place_n of_o horror_n and_o waste_a wilderness_n deuteronom_n 32._o ezekiel_n likewise_o bear_v witness_n that_o the_o jew_n be_v bear_v unclean_a as_o other_o man_n be_v bear_v unclean_a chapter_n 16._o where_o god_n speak_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n his_o spouse_n and_o the_o jew_n in_o these_o word_n thy_o root_n and_o thy_o lineage_n be_v from_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n thy_o father_n be_v a_o amorrhite_a and_o thy_o mother_n a_o hittite_n and_o when_o thou_o be_v bear_v thy_o navel_n be_v not_o cut_v and_o thou_o be_v not_o wash_v with_o water_n to_o salvation_n nor_o salt_v with_o salt_n nor_o wrap_v up_o in_o clout_n no_o eye_n spare_v thou_o to_o do_v any_o of_o these_o thing_n for_o thou_o but_o thou_o be_v throw_v out_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o affliction_n of_o thy_o soul_n in_o that_o day_n wherein_o thou_o be_v bear_v pass_v by_o thou_o i_o see_v thou_o trample_v in_o thy_o blood_n and_o a_o little_a after_o i_o spread_v my_o garment_n upon_o thou_o and_o cover_v thy_o shame_n and_o i_o swear_v to_o thou_o and_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o thou_o say_v the_o lord_n and_o thou_o be_v make_v my_o and_o i_o wash_v thou_o with_o water_n and_o cleanse_v thou_o from_o thy_o blood_n and_o anoint_v thou_o with_o oil_n by_o which_o famous_a text_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o jew_n spring_v from_o the_o same_o root_n and_o be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o common_a earth_n as_o all_o the_o gentile_n be_v make_v of_o for_o the_o amorrhites_n and_o the_o hittite_n here_o be_v take_v for_o any_o manner_n of_o gentile_n as_o likewise_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o land_n not_o yet_o choose_v a_o earth_n common_a and_o unclean_a i_o say_v god_n mean_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v bear_v of_o a_o father_n and_o mother_n spring_v from_o a_o unelected_a earth_n be_v likewise_o themselves_o bear_v unelected_a that_o they_o be_v bear_v unclean_a and_o defile_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o their_o first_o creation_n naked_a and_o cast_v out_o but_o by_o the_o bounty_n of_o god_n pass_v by_o they_o and_o pity_v they_o they_o be_v wash_v clothe_v and_o receive_v into_o the_o covenant_n of_o mystical_a election_n by_o no_o better_a signification_n can_v the_o love_n of_o god_n to_o the_o jew_n have_v be_v express_v or_o rather_o that_o holy_a love_n by_o which_o god_n in_o his_o mystical_a election_n be_v join_v to_o the_o jew_n than_o by_o that_o mystical_a marriage_n in_o which_o god_n be_v 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that_o they_o may_v be_v honour_v by_o thoâ—e_n who_o be_v renown_v commend_v and_o glorious_a praise_n become_v the_o upright_a psal_n 33._o as_o a_o girdle_n cleave_v to_o the_o loin_n of_o a_o man_n so_o have_v i_o join_v to_o myself_o all_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n that_o it_o may_v be_v to_o i_o a_o people_n a_o renown_n a_o praise_n and_o a_o glory_n but_o first_o of_o all_o the_o lord_n call_v the_o jew_n unto_o holiness_n that_o he_o may_v be_v sanctify_v by_o those_o that_o be_v holy_a be_v you_o holy_a as_o i_o be_o holy_a you_o shall_v be_v holy_a unto_o i_o because_o i_o the_o lord_n be_o holy_a levit._n 20._o and_o exod._n 19_o you_o shall_v be_v to_o i_o a_o kingly_a priesthood_n and_o a_o holy_a nation_n as_o you_o also_o may_v read_v every_o where_o the_o jew_n anoint_v and_o elect_v to_o be_v king_n priest_n and_o prophet_n which_o be_v most_o exquisite_a and_o choice_a name_n of_o holiness_n because_o the_o jew_n be_v elect_v unto_o holiness_n they_o be_v common_o 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call_v high_a for_o its_o fruitfulness_n and_o the_o excellency_n of_o goodness_n by_o which_o it_o be_v advance_v above_o other_o land_n the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v likewise_o call_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n because_o god_n by_o a_o peculiar_a covenant_n promise_v it_o to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v write_v gen._n 12._o that_o god_n appear_v unto_o abraham_n when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o which_o he_o lead_v they_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o say_v to_o he_o to_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v all_o this_o land_n and_o in_o the_o 15_o chapter_n in_o that_o day_n the_o lord_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n say_v i_o will_v give_v this_o land_n to_o thy_o seed_n this_o promise_n be_v confirm_v to_o isaac_n the_o son_n of_o abraham_n 26._o gen._n in_o these_o word_n abide_v say_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v name_v to_o thou_o that_o land_n be_v canaan_n for_o to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v 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the_o year_n to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o therefore_o that_o ground_n be_v fertile_a not_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o disposition_n as_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v account_v of_o all_o nation_n the_o fertile_a upon_o earth_n but_o because_o god_n have_v blessed_v it_o because_o he_o give_v it_o rain_v in_o his_o own_o time_n and_o open_v to_o it_o his_o good_a treasure_n as_o it_o be_v deut._n 29._o and_o chapter_n 33._o because_o the_o heaven_n mizle_v with_o rain_n upon_o it_o and_o that_o i_o may_v end_v in_o a_o word_n because_o god_n descend_v most_o upon_o it_o god_n provide_v that_o elect_a earth_n for_o the_o elect_a jew_n ezech._n 20._o that_o israel_n may_v dwell_v in_o it_o alone_o and_o without_o fear_n deut._n 33._o that_o be_v undefiled_a with_o admiration_n of_o nation_n which_o ascribe_v to_o that_o chief_a right_n of_o election_n what_o we_o handle_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n in_o which_o god_n set_v aside_o the_o jew_n for_o a_o peculiar_a people_n and_o nation_n out_o of_o all_o the_o people_n and_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o be_v choose_v for_o his_o portion_n and_o the_o lot_n of_o his_o inheritance_n he_o likewise_o place_v in_o a_o choice_a land_n that_o they_o may_v inhabit_v it_o alone_o without_o fear_n terrae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la delineatio_fw-la chap._n iu._n jerusalem_n the_o holy_a city_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n the_o temple_n place_v in_o jerusalem_n on_o the_o fork_a hill_n of_o zion_n eternal_a hill_n the_o city_n of_o david_n the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n jerusalem_fw-la which_o be_v chief_a of_o the_o city_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n in_o greatness_n and_o
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in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o st._n paul_n speak_v of_o the_o gentile_n ephesian_n 2._o son_n of_o wrath_n by_o nature_n for_o by_o nature_n be_v the_o same_o as_o from_o the_o womb_n it_o be_v add_v they_o have_v speak_v lie_v which_o can_v be_v only_o ascribe_v to_o the_o gentile_n for_o the_o â—ons_n of_o adam_n that_o be_v the_o jew_n be_v here_o sâ—eaking_v justice_n and_o true_o if_o you_o true_o speak_v justice_n you_o son_n of_o adam_n yea_o truth_n be_v grant_v to_o the_o jew_n according_a to_o that_o of_o micah_n chap._n 20._o thou_o shall_v give_v truth_n unto_o jacob._n that_o truth_n be_v the_o law_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o jew_n who_o have_v the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v call_v a_o just_a nation_n and_o observe_v truth_n on_o the_o contrary_a understand_v the_o gentile_n by_o those_o who_o speak_v lie_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o 5_o psal_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o gentile_n there_o be_v no_o truth_n and_o again_o you_o son_n 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