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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o lord_n 13.4_o 1_o pet_n 2.13_o rom._n 13.4_o the_o magistrate_n of_o what_o form_n soever_o he_o be_v have_v his_o commission_n from_o heaven_n he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n say_v the_o apostle_n to_o thou_o for_o good_a and_o as_o jeheshaphat_n speak_v of_o judge_n so_o may_v we_o say_v of_o all_o in_o authority_n they_o judge_v not_o at_o least_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o judge_v pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la or_o pro_fw-la populo_fw-la 6._o 2_o chron._n 19_o 6._o either_o to_o please_v themselves_o or_o the_o people_n but_o for_o god_n that_o be_v they_o be_v in_o god_n stead_n vice_n domini_fw-la gerentes_fw-la as_o junius_n gloss_v it_o god_n vicegerent_n do_v his_o work_n represent_v his_o person_n and_o execute_v what_o he_o himself_o command_v now_o though_o this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o this_o cavil_v and_o put_v to_o silence_v the_o ignorance_n of_o those_o that_o will_v insist_v upon_o 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thy_o god_n have_v make_v thou_o as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n for_o multitude_n whence_o we_o may_v collect_v this_o journey_n into_o egypt_n be_v the_o beginning_n or_o providential_a occasion_n of_o form_v this_o people_n into_o a_o nation_n and_o whereby_o god_n do_v visible_o forelay_a his_o design_n of_o prove_v himself_o unto_o they_o to_o be_v the_o great_a jehovah_n in_o give_v a_o be_v to_o his_o promise_n make_v before_o unto_o abraham_n therefore_o very_o fit_a to_o be_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o vision_n and_o prophecy_n concern_v this_o people_n second_o egypt_n be_v the_o place_n where_o israel_n be_v first_o as_o a_o child_n train_v up_o under_o his_o father_n discipline_n and_o for_o the_o sin_n wherewith_o they_o there_o sin_v god_n make_v they_o there_o to_o pass_v under_o the_o rod_n and_o bring_v they_o first_o into_o the_o bond_n of_o the_o covenant_n leu._n 17.7_o josh_n 24.14_o ezek._n 23.3_o so_o that_o in_o all_o likelihood_n there_o do_v the_o time_n of_o 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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 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