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famine_n to_o go_v into_o egypt_n he_o possess_v not_o a_o foot_n of_o land_n in_o y_z e_z whole_a world_n and_o yet_o he_o assign_v inheritaunce_n to_o his_o child_n thou_o shall_v have_v such_o a_o portion_n by_o the_o sea-coast_n 49.10.13.20_o gen._n 49.10.13.20_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o pasture_n ground_n thou_o shall_v be_v a_o delicate_a soil_n for_o king_n so_o as_o y_z e_z bread_n which_o shall_v be_v make_v there_o and_z y_z e_z sweet_a fruit_n of_o thou_o shall_v be_v their_o strength_n thou_o shall_v have_v y_z e_o royal_a sceptre_n thou_o shall_v be_v advance_v &_o thou_o shall_v reign_v among_o thy_o enemy_n as_o for_o thou_o thou_o shall_v be_v scatter_v but_o yet_o shall_v thou_o have_v ease_n of_o body_n although_o thou_o be_v fain_o to_o remove_v here_o and_o there_o see_v then_o that_o he_o take_v order_n after_o that_o manner_n for_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n that_o although_o he_o be_v drive_v thence_o by_o famine_n yet_o he_o allot_v it_o out_o by_o portion_n to_o his_o child_n speak_v he_o as_o a_o mortal_a man_n let_v we_o know_v then_o that_o god_n govern_v he_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n and_o there_o come_v not_o that_o word_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n which_o be_v not_o as_o a_o heavenly_a oracle_n now_o hereby_o the_o people_n be_v edifyed_a so_o as_o they_o know_v that_o god_n have_v choose_v they_o with_o condition_n that_o they_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o inheritance_n which_o he_o have_v promise_v they_o when_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v in_o egypt_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o their_o father_n they_o be_v by_o this_o mean_v certify_v y_o t_o god_n have_v not_o forget_v his_o promise_n but_o that_o he_o will_v perform_v it_o when_o the_o time_n come_v they_o be_v feed_v with_o y_z t_z hope_n and_o to_o hold_v they_o thereunto_o god_n have_v give_v they_o occasion_n enough_o if_o their_o own_o unthankfulnes_n have_v not_o let_v they_o this_o be_v do_v after_o that_o they_o have_v be_v deliver_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o be_v to_o enjoy_v the_o land_n which_o have_v be_v assign_v they_o long_o afore_o god_n make_v moses_n to_o speak_v and_o drive_v he_o to_o utter_v that_o which_o he_o have_v determine_v to_o do_v as_o touch_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o in_o very_a deed_n we_o see_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o have_v be_v speak_v afore_o by_o jacob_n be_v partly_o rehearse_v here_o again_o for_o the_o large_a confirmation_n of_o they_o and_o again_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o reveal_v at_o that_o time_n be_v set_v down_o here_o so_o as_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n may_v here_o behold_v their_o own_o state_n to_o come_v whereby_o they_o be_v teach_v that_o god_n have_v a_o special_a care_n of_o they_o for_o see_v he_o declare_v first_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o jacob_n and_o second_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o moses_n all_o that_o he_o mean_v to_o do_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n do_v he_o not_o show_v that_o he_o be_v near_o they_o and_o that_o he_o take_v they_o 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be_v of_o as_o great_a estimation_n among_o we_o as_o if_o he_o himself_o be_v personal_o present_a with_o us._n and_o for_o that_o cause_n he_o say_v 10.16_o luke_n 10.16_o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o and_o he_o that_o refuse_v you_o refuse_v i_o for_o in_o that_o place_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n mean_v not_o to_o exalt_v man_n but_o to_o show_v that_o god_n word_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v the_o less_o esteem_v although_o there_o be_v no_o man_n to_o give_v estimation_n thereto_o for_o we_o must_v not_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o messenger_n but_o to_o he_o that_o send_v he_o so_o then_o we_o see_v how_o moses_n have_v speak_v of_o god_n word_n and_o have_v show_v that_o they_o which_o call_v themselves_o faithful_a aught_o to_o submit_v themselves_o thereto_o add_v moses_n give_v the_o law_n mean_v thereby_o that_o we_o need_v not_o to_o go_v to_o the_o newfound_a isle_n to_o seek_v god_n word_n nor_o to_o pass_v over_o the_o sea_n as_o we_o have_v see_v already_o 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array_n and_o company_n of_o he_o according_o also_o as_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o y_z e_z virtue_n of_o that_o promise_n needs_o must_v we_o be_v worse_o than_o unthankful_a if_o we_o have_v not_o a_o care_n to_o teach_v they_o when_o they_o come_v to_o discretion_n and_o let_v we_o assure_v ourselves_o that_o this_o inheritance_n be_v often_o lose_v through_o the_o leawdnes_n of_o man_n or_o through_o their_o carelessness_n and_o coldness_n so_o as_o their_o child_n be_v deprive_v thereof_o we_o see_v what_o be_v happen_v to_o the_o world_n we_o see_v the_o horrible_a disorder_n which_o have_v be_v every_o
if_o we_o think_v the_o fault_n small_a our_o lord_n will_v account_v it_o great_a if_o we_o shall_v judge_v after_o the_o imagination_n of_o man_n concern_v this_o deed_n of_o moses_n what_o be_v to_o be_v say_v but_o that_o he_o show_v great_a stoutness_n for_o he_o resist_v the_o people_n and_o use_v very_o rough_a and_o sharp_a word_n think_v you_o say_v he_o that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v water_n to_o issue_n out_o of_o this_o rock_n 20._o num._n 20._o see_v how_o moses_n stryve_v with_o they_o through_o faith_n with_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o he_o glorifi_v he_o to_o be_v short_a in_o all_o his_o word_n there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v see_v which_o be_v not_o worthy_a praise_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o do_v amiss_o and_o see_v that_o god_n pronounce_v it_o so_o it_o be_v not_o for_o we_o to_o gainsay_v it_o therefore_o let_v we_o learn_v to_o walk_v in_o humility_n for_o fear_v lest_o it_o happen_v unto_o we_o according_a to_o this_o say_n of_o solomon_n 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be_v hear_v unto_o we_o when_o god_n chastise_v our_o sin_n &_o that_o we_o may_v desire_v he_o to_o deliver_v we_o from_o they_o yet_o if_o we_o see_v that_o his_o will_n be_v not_o so_o but_o that_o it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o to_o be_v correct_v let_v we_o strengthen_v ourselves_o to_o it_o and_o pray_v he_o to_o give_v we_o power_n to_o hold_v out_o unquail_v and_o therewithal_o let_v we_o understande_v that_o our_o strength_n consist_v in_o faith_n in_o y_z t_z we_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o hope_n whereunto_o we_o be_v call_v true_a it_o be_v that_o we_o possess_v not_o in_o deed_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v promise_v we_o but_o yet_o god_n give_v we_o such_o a_o taste_n thereof_o as_o aught_o to_o suffice_v we_o we_o have_v the_o certeinetie_n thereof_o print_v in_o we_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n therefore_o let_v that_o be_v a_o mean_a to_o hold_v we_o in_o that_o we_o may_v patient_o bear_v all_o the_o correction_n which_o god_n list_v to_o lay_v upon_o us._n that_o be_v y_z e_z thing_n which_o we_o have_v to_o gather_v here_o upon_o the_o example_n of_o moses_n now_o in_o the_o end_n it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n bury_v he_o in_o deed_n the_o word_n god_n be_v not_o express_v y_z e_z text_n say_v only_a moses_n die_v and_o he_o bury_v he_o in_o nebo_n but_o yet_o it_o set_v down_o also_o according_a to_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n and_o bury_v he_o in_o gay_n he_o go_v up_o into_o nebo_n &_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o hill_n there_o be_v a_o place_n name_v the_o valley_n of_o gay_a and_o there_o be_v his_o sepulchre_n we_o see_v then_o y_z t_z it_o be_v speak_v of_o god_n where_o it_o be_v set_v down_o that_o moses_n die_v according_a to_o his_o mouth_n for_o god_n mouth_n signify_v nothing_o else_o but_o his_o word_n in_o deed_n god_n declare_v not_o the_o die_a time_n of_o every_o of_o we_o he_o reserve_v that_o to_o himself_o we_o have_v our_o bound_n which_o we_o can_v not_o pass_v 14.5_o job._n 14.5_o but_o we_o shall_v die_v every_o eachone_o of_o we_o and_o we_o be_v to_o die_v according_a to_o god_n decree_n the_o only_a difference_n between_o we_o and_o moses_n be_v this_o that_o god_n tell_v we_o that_o we_o be_v mortal_a as_o soon_o as_o we_o come_v into_o the_o world_n heerewithal_o we_o see_v also_o how_o short_a &_o flyghtfull_a our_o life_n be_v insomuch_o that_o we_o have_v but_o a_o shadow_n which_o slip_v away_o 14.2_o job._n 14.2_o we_o see_v it_o but_o we_o have_v not_o a_o day_n certain_a assign_v we_o god_n prolong_v the_o life_n of_o one_o &_o shorten_v the_o life_n of_o another_o and_o in_o that_o case_n it_o behove_v we_o to_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o his_o determination_n all_o of_o we_o then_o die_v according_a to_o god_n decree_n but_o moses_n die_v according_a to_o his_o mouth_n that_o be_v to_o say_v according_a as_o he_o have_v declare_v it_o afore_o now_o as_o touch_v his_o burial_n it_o behoove_v we_o to_o see_v wherefore_o moses_n be_v not_o bury_v after_o the_o common_a fashion_n of_o man_n and_o why_o he_o will_v have_v his_o sepulchre_n to_o remain_v unknowen_a sooth_o we_o must_v not_o expound_v the_o word_n so_o gross_o which_o be_v set_v down_o here_o as_o to_o say_v y_z t_o god_n make_v a_o pit_n to_o bury_v moses_n in_o but_o he_o so_o ordain_v that_o he_o be_v bury_v by_o his_o power_n god_n need_v not_o to_o set_v his_o hand_n to_o a_o thing_n when_o he_o will_v have_v it_o do_v it_o be_v enough_o that_o his_o power_n be_v know_v for_o all_o creature_n must_v needs_o obey_v he_o the_o earth_n will_v open_v when_o it_o please_v he_o as_o the_o which_o be_v make_v of_o nothing_o god_n then_o may_v command_v and_o the_o thing_n be_v by_o and_o by_o do_v &_o perform_v according_o as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o psalm_n 33.9_o psal._n 33.9_o that_o his_o commandment_n be_v of_o as_o great_a force_n as_o all_o the_o executinge_n of_o the_o world_n you_o see_v then_o that_o y_z e_z bury_v of_o moses_n by_o god_n be_v that_o god_n will_v the_o earth_n to_o open_a to_o give_v he_o burial_n &_o to_o hide_v his_o body_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o never_o man_n may_v know_v what_o become_v thereof_o and_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n y_fw-fr t_o god_n will_v have_v the_o grave_n of_o moses_n so_o hide_v nay_o rather_o we_o have_v to_o note_v what_o s._n jude_n say_v thereof_o in_o his_o epistle_n y_o it_o be_v to_o wit_n 9_o jude._n 9_o that_o michael_n tharkeangell_n fight_v with_o the_o devil_n for_o the_o grave_n of_o moses_n and_o that_o battle_n be_v not_o stir_v up_o by_o satan_n for_o nought_o for_o needs_o must_v it_o be_v that_o he_o pretend_v some_o advantage_n if_o the_o grave_n of_o moses_n have_v be_v know_v and_o that_o have_v be_v a_o mean_a to_o beguile_v man_n with_o superstition_n so_o then_o god_n purpose_n and_o intent_n be_v now_o manifest_a unto_o we_o which_o be_v that_o he_o will_v not_o have_v man_n to_o abuse_v the_o body_n of_o moses_n in_o ydolatrie_n and_o see_v that_o god_n provide_v for_o it_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o he_o know_v man_n inclination_n to_o be_v such_o as_o they_o will_v hardly_o forbear_v to_o make_v ydolle_n if_o they_o have_v any_o occasion_n at_o all_o behold_v moses_n excel_v all_o prophet_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o book_n &_o as_o by_o god_n will_v we_o shall_v see_v to_o morrow_n insomuch_o that_o after_o his_o death_n there_o come_v not_o a_o prophet_n in_o israel_n like_v unto_o he_o all_o of_o they_o be_v as_o expounder_n of_o the_o law_n but_o yet_o have_v he_o as_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a
moses_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o here_o again_o the_o people_n be_v put_v in_o mind_n that_o god_n have_v not_o forsake_v they_o though_o they_o be_v worthy_a of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v a_o very_a profitable_a lesson_n for_o we_o to_o know_v that_o god_n govern_v his_o church_n and_o never_o forget_v it_o for_o without_o that_o what_o faith_n can_v be_v in_o we_o we_o shall_v be_v as_o folk_n forlorn_a for_o as_o long_o as_o god_n govern_v we_o if_o we_o rest_v upon_o he_o we_o bold_o proceed_v and_o keep_v on_o our_o course_n but_o if_o god_n withdraw_v his_o hand_n and_o we_o perceive_v not_o that_o he_o guide_v our_o step_n or_o that_o he_o have_v a_o care_n of_o we_o and_o that_o we_o be_v under_o protection_n woe_n will_v be_v unto_o we_o and_o man_n be_v too_o dulheaded_a if_o they_o be_v not_o then_o utter_o dismay_v behold_v then_o our_o happiness_n be_v to_o have_v god_n to_o be_v our_o watchman_n and_o to_o be_v govern_v under_o his_o hand_n and_o protection_n 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