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from_o sin_n to_o god_n as_o repentance_n in_o the_o former_a place_n be_v take_v for_o a_o save_a repentance_n in_o the_o latter_a place_n it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o sorrow_n or_o change_n in_o the_o mind_n not_o of_o himself_o but_o of_o his_o father_n 1101._o act_n 3.2_o and_o a_o man_n lame_a from_o his_o mother_n womb_n they_o lay_v daily_o at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o ask_v alm_n cha._n 4.34_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o among_o they_o that_o lack_v they_o that_o carry_v the_o lame_a man_n to_o the_o beautiful_a gate_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o believe_v in_o christ_n nor_o the_o lame_a man_n himself_o before_o he_o be_v heal_v 1102._o act_n 4.31_o and_o when_o they_o have_v pray_v they_o be_v all_o fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n chap._n 2.4_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n the_o holy_a ghost_n sit_v upon_o every_o one_o of_o they_o before_o the_o first_o place_n be_v of_o the_o increase_n of_o gift_n and_o their_o boldness_n and_o confidence_n to_o profess_v the_o gospel_n that_o cast_v away_o all_o sorrow_n they_o be_v full_a of_o rejoice_v and_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n free_o against_o the_o threaten_n and_o interdict_v of_o the_o high_a priest_n *_o 1103._o act_n 4.31_o with_o act_n 4.8_o peter_n be_v fill_v with_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o preach_v and_o answer_v stout_o according_a as_o christ_n have_v promise_v nor_o do_v this_o hinder_a but_o that_o he_o may_v receive_v further_a augmentation_n and_o repletion_n of_o the_o spirit_n afterward_o for_o when_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n it_o imply_v no_o more_o than_o that_o the_o spirit_n do_v at_o present_a furnish_v the_o soul_n for_o that_o work_n it_o be_v about_o full_o and_o complete_o which_o hinder_v not_o the_o spirit_n furnish_v the_o soul_n with_o other_o gift_n and_o grace_n for_o other_o work_n there_o be_v several_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o if_o so_o these_o two_o place_n be_v reconcile_v the_o one_o of_o fullness_n for_o one_o office_n the_o other_o place_n of_o fullness_n to_o a_o new_a matter_n and_o office_n 1104._o act_n 7.2_o man_n brethren_n and_o father_n harken_v ver._n 52._o betrayer_n and_o murderer_n in_o the_o former_a place_n he_o do_v civil_o use_v those_o compellation_n to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o latter_a he_o show_v what_o the_o truth_n be_v according_a to_o the_o gospel_n they_o be_v enemy_n 11.28_o rom._n 11.28_o but_o according_a to_o election_n they_o be_v belove_v for_o the_o father_n sake_n *_o 1105._o act_n 7.3_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n gen._n 12.1_o divers_a expositor_n think_v these_o word_n and_o gen._n 12.1_o to_o be_v the_o same_o and_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o time_n and_o thing_n whereas_o other_o suppose_v they_o different_a and_o they_o mean_v two_o several_a call_v of_o god_n to_o abraham_n the_o one_o in_o chaldea_n the_o other_o in_o charran_n in_o chaldea_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n but_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o leave_v his_o father_n house_n for_o that_o he_o take_v along_o with_o he_o gen._n 11.31_o the_o holy_a ghost_n indeed_o have_v ascribe_v the_o conduct_n of_o this_o journey_n to_o terah_n as_o if_o he_o have_v receive_v the_o call_n and_o have_v be_v the_o chief_a mover_n in_o the_o business_n but_o it_o be_v only_o to_o show_v his_o conversion_n and_o forsake_v his_o native_a country_n and_o idolatry_n and_o his_o readiness_n to_o go_v with_o abraham_n when_o god_n call_v abram_n but_o that_o the_o call_v be_v to_o abram_n it_o be_v not_o only_o assert_v by_o stephen_n here_o and_o joshuah_n 24.2_o but_o also_o confess_v by_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o but_o when_o god_n call_v he_o away_o from_o haran_n or_o charran_n he_o than_o bid_v he_o depart_v from_o his_o father_n house_n as_o well_o as_o he_o have_v do_v from_o his_o country_n and_o kindred_n before_o for_o now_o he_o leave_v his_o brother_n nahor_n and_o all_o his_o father_n house_n behind_o he_o the_o story_n in_o genesis_n run_v in_o a_o continuation_n and_o seem_v to_o say_v thus_o much_o god_n in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n appear_v to_o abraham_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n but_o take_v thy_o father_n house_n with_o thou_o and_o go_v to_o a_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o and_o when_o abram_n tell_v terah_n of_o this_o command_n terah_n condescend_v and_o consent_v and_o terah_n take_v abram_n and_z lot_z and_o sarai_n and_o they_o terah_n and_o abram_n go_v with_o they_o from_o ur_fw-la to_o haran_n and_o dwell_v there_o and_o terah_n die_v in_o haran_n and_o than_o god_n say_v to_o abram_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n also_o now_o and_o go_v into_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n ur_fw-la and_o haran_n be_v both_o call_v abraham_n country_n moses_n and_o stephen_n lay_v they_o both_o in_o mesopotamia_n *_o 1106._o act_n 7.6_o and_o entreat_v they_o evil_a four_o hundred_o year_n with_o gen._n 15.13_o exod._n 12.40_o there_o be_v a_o double_a sum_n of_o year_n mention_v concern_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n namely_o four_o hundred_o year_n and_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o the_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o be_v from_o abraham_n receive_v of_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o the_o four_o hundred_o be_v from_o the_o five_o year_n of_o isaac_n to_o that_o delivery_n then_o do_v ishmael_n mock_v and_o then_o begin_v affliction_n to_o abraham_n seed_n and_o from_o thence_o they_o be_v in_o affliction_n and_o sojourn_v in_o a_o strange_a land_n canaan_n and_o egypt_n four_o hundred_o year_n *_o 1107._o act_n 7.14_o threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n gen._n 46.27_o exod._n 1.5_o deut._n 10.22_o whereas_o moses_n say_v that_o all_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o family_n of_o jacob_n that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n be_v but_o seventy_o steven_n enlarge_v the_o number_n and_o say_v seventy_o five_o and_o herein_o he_o follow_v the_o septuagint_n who_o in_o the_o first_o cite_v place_n have_v that_o sum_n and_o they_o make_v up_o the_o account_n in_o gen._n 46._o by_o fetch_v the_o name_n of_o five_o child_n of_o joseph_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n which_o moses_n mention_v not_o and_o which_o indeed_o be_v not_o bear_v at_o their_o go_v out_o into_o egypt_n but_o after_o and_o these_o be_v machir_n gilead_n shulela_n taben_n and_o eden_n *_o 1108._o act_n 7.16_o and_o be_v carry_v into_o shechem_n gen._n 49.29_o 30_o 31._o the_o shortness_n of_o the_o language_n in_o this_o place_n have_v breed_v some_o difficulty_n and_o as_o stephen_n speak_v more_o than_o moses_n in_o the_o verse_n forego_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o some_o obscurity_n there_o so_o be_v it_o a_o cause_n of_o more_o in_o this_o verse_n for_o that_o he_o have_v not_o speak_v so_o much_o moses_n say_v jacob_n in_o hebron_n stephen_n say_v in_o shechem_n moses_n say_v jacob_n be_v the_o buyer_n of_o the_o land_n of_o emoreh_n stephen_n seem_v to_o make_v abraham_n the_o buyer_n of_o it_o and_o in_o conclusion_n to_o make_v jacob_n and_o his_o twelve_o son_n to_o lie_v in_o one_o sepulchre_n and_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n purchase_v to_o be_v but_o one_o &_o the_o same_o stephen_n and_o moses_n speak_v the_o same_o thing_n only_a stephen_n use_v shortness_n of_o speech_n in_o relate_v a_o story_n which_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o a_o word_n be_v enough_o for_o a_o sentence_n and_o he_o speak_v in_o a_o language_n which_o have_v its_o propriety_n and_o idiom_n which_o those_o that_o hear_v he_o easy_o understand_v in_o regard_n that_o the_o ordinariness_n of_o the_o matter_n be_v such_o as_o if_o stephen_n have_v fail_v in_o the_o least_o it_o have_v be_v a_o disgrace_n therefore_o it_o be_v pass_v all_o doubt_v that_o shechem_n be_v know_v and_o general_o repute_v the_o place_n of_o the_o patriarch_n burial_n although_o there_o be_v only_o mention_v of_o moses_n bring_v up_o the_o bone_n of_o joseph_n exod._n 13.19_o yet_o we_o may_v learn_v hence_o that_o the_o bone_n of_o all_o the_o patriarch_n be_v bring_v up_o with_o he_o now_o why_o stephen_n speak_v of_o the_o burial_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n which_o be_v in_o distance_n and_o different_a place_n do_v yet_o couch_v their_o story_n so_o close_o together_o as_o if_o they_o be_v in_o the_o same_o place_n 1._o because_o treat_v of_o two_o number_n so_o unequal_a as_o twelve_o and_o one_o he_o follow_v first_o the_o story_n of_o the_o great_a number_n 2._o he_o use_v the_o singular_a number_n for_o the_o plural_a sepulchre_n