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to_o they_o he_o turn_v servitor_n the_o while_n and_o wait_v upon_o the_o table_n he_o sit_v not_o with_o they_o 18.8_o gen._n 18.8_o he_o stand_v but_o by_o they_o he_o stand_v himself_o by_o they_o under_o the_o tree_n and_o they_o do_v eat_v the_o godly_a man_n refuse_v no_o office_n whereby_o to_o give_v god_n attendance_n he_o think_v he_o then_o high_a promote_v when_o he_o do_v he_o best_o service_n oh_o that_o i_o be_v worthy_a to_o stand_v by_o my_o table_n while_o my_o lord_n eat_v with_o i_o or_o to_o kneel_v at_o his_o table_n when_o i_o eat_v he_o a_o free_a heart_n and_o yet_o but_o frugal_a cheer_n cake_n and_o a_o calf_n butter_n and_o milk_n be_v at_o once_o the_o first_o and_o second_o course_n he_o bid_v not_o spare_v their_o stomach_n and_o breathe_v awhile_o from_o the_o first_o dish_n to_o expect_v more_o sumptuous_a fare_n in_o the_o next_o at_o once_o they_o see_v their_o cheer_n and_o have_v their_o welcome_n abraham_n will_v feast_v in_o frugality_n let_v dives_fw-la glut_v in_o superfluity_n saint_n feast_n aught_o not_o to_o be_v so_o dainty_a as_o wholesome_a let_v the_o world_n alone_o with_o this_o vanity_n reject_v sobriety_n to_o wallow_v in_o excess_n abraham_n cheer_n be_v though_o frugal_a yet_o hospitable_a who_o will_v have_v think_v to_o have_v find_v such_o entertainment_n under_o a_o oak_n how_o many_o be_v there_o build_v great_a babel_n for_o their_o honour_n and_o yet_o her_o stately_a pillar_n yield_v not_o the_o like_a relief_n to_o stranger_n as_o the_o least_o branch_n of_o this_o homely_a tree_n both_o i_o think_v agree_v not_o such_o curious_a harbour_n so_o careless_a hospitality_n in_o my_o pilgrimage_n i_o will_v rather_o choose_v to_o lodge_v under_o abraham_n tree_n then_o shroud_v within_o the_o hard_a and_o bare_a stone_n of_o the_o goodly_a palace_n which_o bear_v a_o aspect_n of_o so_o fair_a promise_n and_o be_v fraught_v with_o the_o furniture_n of_o so_o small_a performance_n the_o guest_n be_v now_o suffice_v their_o host_n also_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v the_o man_n have_v think_v and_o be_v agree_v how_o to_o requite_v his_o courtesy_n no_o man_n ever_o entertain_v god_n with_o loss_n who_o ever_o give_v he_o a_o dry_a morsel_n which_o he_o requite_v not_o with_o a_o honeycomb_n who_o give_v he_o a_o cup_n of_o cold_a water_n which_o he_o reward_v not_o with_o the_o water_n of_o life_n abraham_n alone_o have_v attend_v on_o the_o table_n but_o the_o guest_n will_v see_v and_o thank_v their_o hostess_n he_o must_v call_v in_o sarah_n that_o she_o together_o with_o he_o may_v gather_v up_o the_o shot_n and_o where_o be_v sarah_n not_o gad_v abroad_o as_o a_o gossip_n but_o within_o door_n like_o a_o good_a huswife_n well_o busy_v in_o she_o tent._n while_o the_o woman_n be_v call_v or_o come_v mean_v while_o the_o man_n have_v think_v what_o more_o then_o wont_a kindness_n be_v it_o they_o have_v receive_v at_o their_o hand_n themselves_o but_o stranger_n to_o they_o his_o whole_a family_n civil_o how_o order_v religious_o how_o instruct_v and_o who_o shall_v do_v thus_o when_o abraham_n be_v lay_v in_o his_o dust_n have_v thus_o ponder_v thus_o also_o have_v they_o promise_v to_o hold_v up_o his_o father_n house_n and_o hospitality_n sarah_n thy_o wife_n 18.10_o gen._n 18.10_o say_v they_o shall_v have_v a_o son_n abraham_n for_o the_o kindness_n of_o hospitality_n receive_v the_o blessing_n of_o posterity_n it_o be_v pity_n indeed_o but_o good_a hospitaller_n shall_v have_v after_o they_o to_o uphold_v their_o house_n and_o it_o prove_v true_a for_o the_o most_o part_n no_o family_n so_o fruitful_a as_o the_o cheerful_a the_o house_n of_o the_o hospitable_a be_v common_o continue_v in_o the_o same_o name_n and_o kin_n while_o the_o niggard_n stock_n and_o stile_n end_v usual_o in_o himself_o sarah_n they_o say_v shall_v have_v a_o son_n the_o saâ—ing_n be_v on_o the_o one_o side_n hear_v &_o laugh_v at_o &_o yet_o believe_v on_o the_o other_o it_o be_v say_v and_o confirm_v and_o according_o effect_v they_o be_v suffice_v to_o see_v to_o and_o these_o well_o reward_v and_o have_v thus_o make_v a_o clear_a board_n up_o they_o rise_v for_o why_o part_n they_o must_v though_o they_o have_v all_o see_v and_o blessed_v he_o by_o the_o way_n yet_o they_o be_v some_o of_o they_o for_o another_o place_n and_o purpose_n and_o now_o that_o he_o may_v do_v they_o all_o the_o office_n of_o hospitality_n he_o who_o have_v earnest_o invite_v they_o cheerful_o treat_v they_o dismiss_v they_o courteous_o and_o see_v they_o will_v needs_o depart_v himself_o will_v go_v with_o they_o 16._o gen._n 18_o 16._o to_o bring_v they_o on_o the_o way_n o_o god_n what_o good_a grace_n of_o thou_o have_v i_o see_v here_o even_o with_o admiration_n in_o this_o one_o saint_n i'faith_o and_o hope_v and_o charity_n all_o lodge_v in_o the_o breast_n of_o abraham_n this_o in_o thou_o that_o for_o a_o son_n the_o other_o towards_o thy_o saint_n because_o abraham_n do_v 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