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A68150 A briefe discourse of the scriptures Declaring the seuerall stories, liues, and deaths, of the fathers, from the Creation of Adam, vnto the death of Ioseph: very necessarie to be read and practised, for easie vnderstanding of the Scriptures in a short time. Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645, attributed name. aut 1614 (1614) STC 12975; ESTC S115174 75,069 130

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abraham_n in_o this_o sort_n by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v because_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n and_o have_v not_o spare_v thy_o only_o son_n therefore_o will_v i_o sure_o bless_v thou_o in_o rom._n 8.32_o saint_n paul_n speak_v thus_o what_o shall_v we_o then_o say_v to_o these_o thing_n if_o god_n be_v on_o our_o side_n who_o can_v be_v against_o we_o who_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o death_n for_o we_o how_o shall_v he_o not_o with_o he_o give_v we_o all_o thing_n also_o compare_v isaac_n with_o christ_n be_v not_o abraham_n our_o father_n justify_v by_o work_n when_o he_o offer_v his_o son_n isaac_n upon_o the_o altar_n jam._n 2._o isaac_n be_v bind_v isaac_n after_o three_o day_n be_v offer_v up_o to_o death_n and_o after_o a_o sort_n reviue_v to_o life_n god_n spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o for_o we_o all_o to_o death_n christ_n be_v bind_v christ_n have_v suffer_v death_n rise_v up_o again_o the_o three_o day_n to_o life_n sara_n die_v be_v 127._o yeaye_n old_a 2145._o she_o be_v bury_v in_o canaan_n in_o the_o field_n of_o machpelah_n which_o abraham_n hought_v of_o the_o hittite_n this_o place_n they_o will_v have_v give_v abraham_n free_o for_o they_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v a_o prince_n of_o god_n among_o they_o but_o he_o will_v buy_v it_o because_o they_o shall_v not_o say_v that_o they_o have_v make_v abraham_n rich_a wherefore_o we_o must_v know_v if_o we_o will_v be_v godly_a that_o all_o our_o life_n be_v but_o a_o pilgrimage_n and_o that_o we_o be_v but_o stranger_n and_o that_o all_o our_o inheritance_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o place_n for_o burial_n the_o hebrew_n expound_v sarahs_n death_n a_o mortification_n and_o die_v unto_o sin_n rebecca_n be_v marry_v to_o isaac_n gen._n 24.47_o when_o he_o be_v 40._o year_n old_a 2148._o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o bethuel_n the_o son_n of_o nachor_n the_o son_n of_o terah_n and_o brother_n of_o abraham_n her_o grandfather_n nachor_n be_v a_o idolater_n but_o her_o grandmother_n milka_n be_v think_v to_o be_v of_o a_o good_a religion_n in_o that_o two_o of_o her_o son_n bethuel_n and_o kemuel_n have_v el_n the_o mighty_a god_n in_o their_o name_n isaac_n go_v to_o mesopotamia_n for_o a_o wife_n of_o his_o own_o kindred_n for_o in_o canaan_n there_o be_v none_o of_o his_o own_o kindred_n and_o of_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o land_n he_o may_v not_o marry_v jacob_n his_o son_n likewise_o go_v to_o mesopotamia_n to_o laban_n the_o brother_n of_o rebecca_n and_o there_o take_v he_o wife_n of_o the_o same_o kindred_n 2158._o sem_fw-mi die_v gen._n 11.10_o be_v 600._o year_n old_a borne_n 98._o year_n before_o the_o flood_n and_o be_v teach_v by_o methushelah_n and_o lamech_v who_o see_v adam_n many_o year_n this_o sem_fw-mi be_v a_o great_a king_n and_o live_v six_o hundred_o year_n as_o noah_n before_o the_o flood_n he_o be_v call_v melchisedech_n the_o king_n of_o peace_n he_o dwell_v at_o salem_n where_o his_o name_n continue_v 65._o age_n half_o one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o answerable_a to_o seth_n till_o that_o the_o apostle_n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n after_o the_o ascension_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v resemble_v to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n seem_v house_n believe_v that_o christ_n shall_v come_v till_o he_o come_v and_o when_o he_o come_v they_o deny_v he_o and_o be_v cut_v off_o 2168._o esau_n &_o jacob_n bear_v gen._n 25.25_o their_o grandfather_n abraham_n be_v 160_o and_o their_o father_n isaac_n 60._o year_n old_a the_o first_o matter_n in_o this_o story_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v how_o the_o two_o twin_n in_o rebeckahs_n womb_n be_v call_v two_o nation_n malachi_n
god_n willing_a to_o show_v his_o wrath_n and_o to_o make_v his_o power_n know_v suffer_v with_o long_a patience_n the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n appoint_v for_o destruction_n what_o be_v thou_o that_o dispute_a with_o god_n isaiah_n 45.7_o it_o be_v i_o that_o create_v the_o light_n and_o the_o darkness_n i_o make_v peace_n and_o trouble_n even_o i_o the_o lord_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n woe_n be_v unto_o he_o that_o strive_v with_o his_o maker_n the_o pot-soerd_a with_o the_o potter_n say_v the_o clay_n to_o the_o potter_n what_o make_v thou_o or_o thy_o work_n serve_v for_o nothing_o woe_n be_v unto_o he_o that_o say_v unto_o his_o father_n why_o begatte_v thou_o and_o to_o his_o mother_n why_o bear_v thou_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n even_o the_o holy_a one_o and_o maker_n of_o israel_n that_o their_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o condemnation_n and_o god_n not_o the_o author_n of_o it_o proverb_n 29.6_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v their_o own_o snare_n isaiah_n 50.1_o for_o your_o offence_n be_v you_o sell_v and_o because_o of_o your_o transgression_n be_v your_o mother_n forsake_v isaiah_n 59.2_o their_o misdeed_n have_v separate_v they_o from_o their_o god_n and_o their_o sin_n have_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o they_o that_o he_o hear_v they_o not_o they_o hope_v in_o vain_a thing_n imagine_v deceit_n and_o bring_v forth_o evil_a they_o breed_v cockatrise_n egg_n and_o weave_v the_o spider_n web_n who_o so_o eat_v of_o their_o egg_n die_v but_o if_o one_o tread_v upon_o they_o there_o come_v up_o a_o serpent_n their_o deed_n be_v the_o deed_n of_o wickedness_n and_o the_o work_n of_o robbery_n be_v in_o their_o hand_n their_o foot_n run_v to_o evil_a they_o make_v haste_n to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n all_o their_o counsel_n be_v wicked_a harm_n and_o destruction_n be_v in_o their_o way_n but_o the_o way_n of_o peace_n they_o have_v not_o know_v in_o their_o goinge_n there_o be_v no_o equity_n their_o way_n be_v so_o crooked_a that_o 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