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be_v lord_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n but_o in_o a_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a manner_n for_o whatsoever_o authority_n or_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n the_o king_n of_o other_o nation_n do_v exercise_v over_o their_o subject_n as_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n of_o make_v law_n and_o league_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o prerogative_n do_v the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n reserve_v to_o himself_o alone_o over_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n upon_o which_o ground_n as_o dr._n jackson_n well_o observe_v moses_n be_v delegated_a to_o be_v his_o ambassador_n to_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o constitute_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o whole_a story_n his_o deputy_n or_o viceroy_n over_o israel_n ver._n 11._o and_o moses_n say_v unto_o god_n who_o be_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v go_v unto_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n he_o modest_o decline_v the_o service_n consider_v how_o mean_a a_o person_n he_o be_v in_o comparison_n with_o pharaoh_n and_o how_o unable_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o the_o israelite_n he_o have_v feel_v some_o extraordinary_a motion_n in_o himself_o forty_o year_n ago_o which_o he_o take_v to_o be_v a_o indication_n that_o god_n will_v use_v he_o as_o a_o instrument_n of_o their_o deliverance_n see_v chap._n ii_o v._n 11_o 12._o but_o at_o that_o time_n he_o be_v a_o far_o great_a man_n than_o now_o and_o have_v more_o interest_n at_o court_n the_o princess_n who_o adopt_v he_o for_o her_o son_n be_v then_o perhaps_o alive_a or_o have_v lest_o he_o what_o make_v he_o very_o considerable_a in_o short_a he_o be_v then_o the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n but_o now_o a_o poor_a shepherd_n ver._n 12._o and_o he_o say_v certain_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o in_o answer_n to_o his_o objection_n god_n bid_v he_o depend_v on_o this_o that_o he_o will_v preserve_v he_o by_o a_o special_a providence_n from_o be_v hurt_v by_o pharaoh_n so_o maimonides_n show_v this_o phrase_n i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o signify_v in_o scripture_n more_o nev._n p._n iii_o c._n 18._o and_o the_o confidence_n which_o god_n wrought_v in_o he_o of_o this_o give_v he_o courage_n and_o resolution_n which_o be_v also_o denote_v by_o this_o phrase_n as_o he_o show_v p._n ii_o c._n 38._o for_o all_o the_o prophet_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o extraordinary_a fortitude_n and_o magnanimity_n which_o be_v in_o moses_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o encounter_v a_o great_a king_n and_o all_o his_o court_n and_o people_n bare_o with_o a_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v a_o token_n to_o thou_o that_o i_o have_v send_v thou_o when_o thou_o have_v bring_v forth_o the_o people_n out_o of_o egypt_n you_o shall_v serve_v god_n upon_o this_o mountain_n this_o can_v not_o be_v a_o token_n to_o he_o now_o but_o be_v afterward_o when_o god_n by_o his_o power_n bring_v they_o to_o this_o very_a place_n to_o worship_v he_o according_a to_o this_o promise_n upon_o this_o mountain_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n there_o be_v many_o other_o token_n god_n give_v he_o as_o we_o find_v in_o this_o history_n which_o be_v all_o confirm_v by_o this_o at_o last_o ver._n 13._o and_o they_o shall_v say_v unto_o i_o what_o be_v his_o name_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v unto_o they_o this_o do_v not_o argue_v that_o they_o know_v not_o what_o the_o name_n of_o their_o god_n be_v for_o they_o and_o their_o father_n have_v be_v long_o acquaint_v with_o he_o and_o they_o cry_v unto_o he_o and_o he_o hear_v they_o ii_o 23_o 24._o but_o moses_n be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o speak_v to_o man_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n none_o of_o the_o patriarch_n either_o before_o the_o flood_n or_o after_o it_o have_v say_v any_o such_o word_n as_o these_o god_n have_v send_v i_o to_o you_o the_o lord_n command_v i_o to_o bid_v you_o do_v so_o or_o so_o as_o maimon_n observe_v in_o several_a place_n of_o his_o more_n nevoch_n p._n i._o c._n 63._o p._n ii_o c._n 39_o be_v be_v natural_a for_o the_o israelite_n to_o ask_v he_o by_o what_o name_n or_o peculiar_a attribute_n 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often_o have_v a_o principal_a hand_n in_o harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n ver._n 6._o and_o he_o make_v ready_a his_o chariot_n cause_v it_o immediate_o to_o be_v make_v ready_a which_o we_o may_v suppose_v be_v do_v on_o the_o xixth_z day_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o pursue_v they_o and_o take_v his_o people_n with_o he_o all_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o attend_v he_o on_o such_o accasion_n 7._o and_o he_o take_v six_o hundred_o choose_a chariot_n the_o best_a chariot_n in_o egypt_n which_o be_v always_o ready_o prepare_v for_o such_o expedition_n and_o all_o the_o chariot_n of_o egypt_n that_o can_v be_v get_v ready_a on_o a_o sudden_a for_o he_o have_v not_o time_n to_o muster_v all_o his_o force_n but_o make_v all_o the_o haste_n possible_a lest_o the_o israelite_n shall_v get_v out_o of_o the_o strait_n wherein_o they_o be_v and_o go_v so_o far_o away_o that_o he_o can_v not_o overtake_v they_o for_o which_o reason_n he_o pursue_v they_o with_o chariot_n and_o horseman_n who_o can_v make_v 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