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show_v affliction_n by_o egypt_n before_o his_o seed_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o land_n xvi_o gen._n xvi_o which_o soon_o begin_v by_o egyptian_a hagar_n that_o gender_v to_o bondage_n xvii_o gen._n xvii_o but_o the_o son_n of_o the_o freewoman_n must_v inherit_v the_o promise_n which_o thing_n abram_n believe_v and_o circumcision_n be_v give_v he_o a_o seal_n of_o his_o righteousness_n by_o faith_n and_o for_o the_o more_o assurance_n baptism_n assurance_n from_o this_o that_o abram_n have_v a_o new_a name_n give_v he_o when_o the_o command_n of_o circumcision_n be_v give_v he_o aftertime_n use_v to_o give_v name_n to_o their_o child_n at_o their_o circumcision_n luk._n i._n 59_o and_o two_o 21_o as_o christian_n do_v now_o at_o baptism_n his_o and_o sarai'_v name_n be_v change_v the_o trinity_n in_o visible_a form_n appear_v to_o abraham_n xviii_o gen._n xviii_o and_o determine_v the_o time_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o promise_a seed_n cham_n derision_n of_o his_o father_n nakedness_n 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xxi_o and_o in_o token_n call_v his_o son_n name_n isaac_n laughter_n at_o isaac_n five_o year_n ishmael_n mock_v then_o begin_v the_o four_o hundred_o year_n affliction_n exact_o isaac_n and_o the_o ram_n a_o true_a type_n of_o christ_n two_o nature_n the_o one_o only_o suffer_v and_o the_o other_o not_o xxii_o gen._n xxii_o yet_o that_o that_o suffer_v not_o giving_z validity_n and_o value_n to_o that_o that_o suffer_v sarah_n die_v the_o only_a woman_n who_o age_n be_v record_v in_o scripture_n abraham_n have_v not_o a_o foot_n of_o land_n of_o his_o own_o in_o canaan_n but_o only_o a_o burial_n place_n xxiii_o gen._n xxiii_o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n you_o have_v tiding_n of_o rebecca_n before_o the_o death_n of_o sarah_n that_o one_o sun_n may_v be_v ready_a to_o rise_v before_z another_z set_z isaac_n have_v grieve_v three_o year_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o mother_n be_v comfort_v at_o last_o with_o rebecca_n his_o wife_n xxiv_o gen._n xxiv_o who_o of_o necessity_n must_v be_v barren_a that_o the_o seed_n may_v be_v of_o promise_n and_o not_o of_o nature_n xxv_o gen._n xxv_o this_o barrenness_n of_o sarah_n and_o rebecca_n and_o other_o and_o yet_o have_v child_n at_o last_o be_v as_o a_o harbinger_n to_o provide_v room_n for_o the_o belief_n of_o christ_n supernatural_a birth_n see_v luke_n i._n 36_o jacob_n and_o esau_n quarrel_v before_o they_o be_v bear_v esau_n lose_v his_o interest_n in_o god_n in_o the_o sale_n of_o his_o birthright_n the_o genealogy_n of_o abraham_n and_o ishmael_n their_o age_n and_o death_n be_v set_v down_o here_o because_o there_o be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v say_v of_o they_o howbeit_o abraham_n live_v till_o jacob_n be_v fifteen_o year_n old_a and_o ishmael_n till_o he_o be_v sixty_o three_o at_o abraham_n death_n when_o isaac_n be_v now_o just_a seventy-five_a year_n old_a the_o same_o blessing_n be_v give_v to_o he_o xxvi_o gen._n xxvi_o that_o be_v give_v to_o abraham_n when_o he_o be_v seventy-five_a at_o the_o same_o age_n probable_o jacob_n also_o get_v it_o from_o his_o father_n by_o take_v on_o he_o to_o be_v esau_n xxvii_o gen._n xxvii_o when_o he_o be_v jacob._n and_o by_o this_o mean_n obtain_v the_o blessing_n of_o his_o father_n which_o blessing_n god_n second_o give_v he_o the_o same_o promise_n as_o he_o go_v to_o haran_n xxviii_o gen._n xxviii_o that_o he_o give_v abraham_n to_o bring_v he_o thence_o but_o his_o unlawful_a mean_n of_o compass_v his_o father_n blessing_n god_n punish_v in_o the_o same_o kind_n xxix_o gen._n xxix_o so_o that_o after_o seven_o year_n service_n he_o embrace_v leah_n instead_o of_o rachel_n as_o he_o have_v pretend_v esau_n instead_o of_o jacob._n he_o serve_v for_o this_o a_o week_n in_o earnest_n that_o he_o will_v serve_v seven_o year_n more_o for_o rachel_n and_o at_o the_o week_n end_v he_o obtain_v she_o in_o seven_o year_n hard_a affliction_n he_o beget_v many_o child_n god_n take_v care_n of_o payment_n of_o his_o wage_n xxx_o gen._n xxx_o type_n of_o what_o shall_v happen_v to_o his_o posterity_n his_o riches_n endanger_v he_o both_o to_o laban_n xxxi_o xxxi_o who_o see_v with_o he_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o flock_n and_o to_o esau_n xxxii_o xxxii_o who_o now_o see_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o blessing_n get_v from_o he_o xxxiii_o xxxiii_o and_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o birthright_n which_o he_o have_v sold._n but_o jacob_n be_v israel_n a_o prevailer_n with_o god_n before_o he_o meet_v with_o esau_n and_o he_o can_v choose_v then_o but_o prevail_v with_o he_o jacob_n remissness_n in_o the_o discipline_n of_o his_o family_n cause_v the_o rape_n of_o dinah_n here_o leah_n tender_a eye_n have_v cause_n to_o weep_v for_o her_o daughter_n xxxiv_o gen._n xxxiv_o till_o now_o jacob_n have_v hardly_o hold_v touch_n with_o god_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o vow_n the_o lord_n shall_v be_v my_o god_n and_o no_o wonder_n if_o his_o child_n miscarry_v but_o at_o bethel_n where_o his_o vow_n be_v make_v xxxv_o gen._n xxxv_o he_o purge_v his_o house_n from_o idol_n and_o there_o he_o again_o receive_v a_o blessing_n and_o be_v call_v a_o israelite_n indeed_o now_o without_o guile_n hos._n twelve_o 4_o he_o find_v he_o in_o bethel_n and_o there_o he_o speak_v with_o we_o that_o be_v at_o this_o time_n at_o bethel_n he_o call_v he_o israel_n in_o behalf_n of_o his_o posterity_n who_o while_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o his_o family_n be_v here_o purge_v from_o iniquity_n they_o shall_v be_v israel_n powerful_a with_o god_n upon_o the_o name_n of_o he_o israel_n which_o shall_v concern_v all_o his_o tribe_n his_o tribe_n be_v reckon_v upon_o the_o birth_n of_o benjamin_n when_o they_o be_v now_o full_a now_o the_o story_n be_v to_o fall_v only_o upon_o jacob_n and_o his_o child_n esau_n genealogy_n be_v reckon_v xxxvi_o gen._n xxxvi_o for_o no_o more_o be_v now_o to_o be_v say_v of_o he_o eight_o king_n of_o edom_n before_o israel_n have_v any_o answerable_o eight_o king_n of_o israel_n keep_v the_o kingdom_n of_o edom._n joseph_n sell_v by_o judah_n to_o midianites_n medanite_n and_o ishmaelite_n for_o which_o fact_n judah_n be_v just_o punish_v in_o the_o death_n of_o his_o child_n xxxviii_o gen._n xxxvii_o xxxviii_o and_o his_o own_o shame_n seek_v earnest_o in_o this_o story_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v judah_n to_o have_v child_n at_o the_o most_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a if_o not_o before_o joseph_n sell_v into_o egypt_n be_v near_o ravish_v by_o his_o black_a mistress_n his_o coat_n be_v again_o show_v to_o colour_v the_o wickedness_n of_o this_o woman_n thirty-nine_o gen._n thirty-nine_o as_o his_o bloody_a coat_n be_v to_o colour_n that_o of_o his_o brethren_n as_o for_o tell_v of_o dream_n he_o be_v sell_v so_o by_o interpret_n of_o dream_n he_o rise_v to_o honour_n when_o he_o see_v and_o tell_v xl._n gen._n xl._n how_o plenty_n and_o famine_n over_o egypt_n shall_v be_v cause_v by_o nilus_n xli_o xli_o and_o the_o famine_n he_o know_v come_v as_o a_o just_a judgement_n upon_o egypt_n for_o keep_v his_o innocence_n so_o long_o in_o prison_n xlii_o xlii_o the_o same_o justice_n be_v show_v upon_o canaan_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v sold._n which_o make_v his_o brethren_n to_o bow_v to_o he_o for_o corn_n as_o their_o corn-sheave_n do_v to_o his_o in_o his_o dream_n xliii_o xliii_o his_o brother_n benjamin_n who_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o his_o sale_n yet_o be_v bring_v also_o to_o crouch_v to_o he_o xliv_o xliv_o to_o fulfil_v his_o dream_n of_o his_o mother_n bow_v to_o he_o for_o benjamin_n cost_v she_o her_o life_n xlv_o xlv_o when_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o before_o signification_n be_v fulfil_v xlvi_o xlvi_o joseph_n reveal_v himself_o to_o his_o brethren_n and_o send_v for_o his_o father_n who_o come_v for_o egypt_n and_o
thing_n the_o more_o our_o english_a in_o the_o text_n call_v he_o a_o noble_a man_n in_o the_o margin_n a_o courtier_n ver_fw-la 46._o and_o the_o original_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v that_o he_o be_v one_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n one_o of_o herod_n courtier_n now_o in_o that_o court_n time_n be_v when_o john_n baptist_n be_v hear_v reverence_v and_o follow_v mark_z vi_fw-mi 17_o but_o john_n do_v no_o miracle_n show_v no_o sign_n john_n x._o 41_o therefore_o at_o last_o john_n head_n go_v to_o the_o block_n now_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o jew_n be_v so_o require_v of_o sign_n and_o wonder_n beside_o their_o hardness_n of_o heart_n that_o will_v not_o believe_v without_o a_o miracle_n be_v because_o they_o have_v not_o have_v a_o prophet_n among_o they_o of_o so_o long_a a_o time_n it_o be_v full_a four_o hundred_o year_n since_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n depart_v from_o the_o nation_n for_o since_o the_o death_n of_o zachary_n and_o malachi_n there_o have_v be_v no_o prophet_n among_o they_o till_o these_o time_n no_o nor_o any_o that_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o prophet_n therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o when_o christ_n come_v among_o they_o in_o the_o evidence_n of_o a_o prophet_n they_o require_v he_o to_o show_v some_o wonder_n that_o they_o may_v thereby_o be_v confirm_v that_o he_o be_v a_o true_a prophet_n and_o not_o a_o false_a here_o now_o at_o his_o first_o come_v into_o his_o temple_n after_o his_o enter_v into_o his_o public_a ministry_n by_o his_o baptism_n he_o reform_v and_o refine_v as_o the_o last_o of_o the_o prophet_n before_o prophecy_n cease_v have_v foretell_v mal._n iii._o 1_o 3._o the_o lord_n who_o you_o seek_v shall_v sudden_o come_v to_o his_o temple_n and_o he_o shall_v sit_v as_o a_o purifier_n and_o refiner_n of_o silver_n and_o he_o shall_v purify_v the_o son_n of_o levi._n he_o overthrow_v the_o table_n of_o the_o money-changer_n and_o whip_v the_o buyer_n and_o seller_n out_o of_o the_o temple_n in_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o prophet_n or_o messiah_n ay_o say_v the_o jew_n do_v thou_o these_o thing_n so_o authoritative_o i_o pray_v thou_o what_o sign_n show_v thou_o to_o prove_v that_o thou_o be_v either_o messiah_n or_o prophet_n nay_o second_o they_o be_v so_o urgent_a in_o require_v sign_n from_o he_o that_o they_o require_v a_o wonder_n when_o they_o have_v new_o see_v a_o wonder_n nay_o wonder_v after_o wonder_n like_v he_o in_o the_o poet_n fiction_n that_o stand_v chin_n deep_a in_o water_n and_o be_v still_o thirsty_a and_o seek_v after_o water_n observe_v but_o two_o passage_n 1._o in_o mat._n twelve_o 22_o there_o be_v a_o man_n blind_a and_o dumb_a and_o possess_v with_o a_o devil_n and_o christ_n heal_v he_o three_o miracle_n in_o one_o and_o to_o have_v do_v any_o one_o of_o they_o either_o to_o have_v give_v sight_n to_o the_o blind_a or_o speech_n to_o the_o dumb_a or_o to_o dispossess_v one_o possess_v have_v be_v enough_o and_o 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