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same_o sense_n second_o for_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o word_n that_o be_v to_o say_v for_o the_o thing_n word_n itself_o which_o by_o his_o word_n be_v affirm_v command_v threaten_v or_o promise_v as_o psalm_n 105._o 19_o where_o joseph_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v keep_v in_o prison_n till_o his_o word_n be_v come_v that_o be_v till_o that_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v which_o he_o have_v gen._n 40._o 13._o foretell_v to_o pharaoh_n butler_n concern_v his_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o office_n for_o there_o by_o his_o word_n be_v come_v be_v mean_v the_o thing_n itself_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v so_o also_o 1_n king_n 18._o 36._o elijah_n say_v to_o god_n i_o have_v do_v all_o these_o thy_o word_n in_o stead_n of_o i_o have_v do_v all_o these_o thing_n at_o thy_o word_n or_o commandment_n and_o jer._n 17._o 15._o where_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v put_v for_o where_o be_v the_o evil_n he_o threaten_v and_o ezek._n 12._o 28._o there_o shall_v none_o of_o my_o word_n be_v prolong_v any_o more_o by_o word_n be_v understand_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n promise_v to_o his_o people_n and_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n mat._n 24._o 35._o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o but_o my_o word_n shall_v not_o pass_v away_o that_o be_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o i_o have_v promise_v or_o foretell_v that_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o in_o this_o sâ—…nse_n it_o be_v that_o st._n john_n the_o evangelist_n and_o i_o think_v st._n john_n only_o call_v our_o saviour_n himself_o as_o in_o the_o flesh_n the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o joh._n 1._o 14._o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n that_o be_v to_o
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word_n and_o promise_n deliver_v by_o the_o prophet_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o here_o of_o the_o incarnation_n of_o a_o word_n but_o of_o the_o incarnation_n of_o god_n the_o son_n therefore_o call_v the_o word_n because_o his_o incarnation_n be_v the_o performance_n of_o the_o promise_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v call_v the_o promise_n 4._o 49._o there_o be_v also_o place_n of_o the_o scripture_n where_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v equity_n signify_v such_o word_n as_o be_v consonant_a to_o reason_n and_o equity_n though_o speak_v sometime_o neither_o by_o prophet_n nor_o by_o a_o holy_a man_n for_o pharaoh_n necho_n be_v a_o idolater_n yet_o his_o word_n to_o the_o good_a king_n josiah_n in_o which_o he_o advise_v he_o by_o messenger_n not_o to_o oppose_v he_o in_o his_o march_n against_o carchemish_n be_v say_v to_o have_v proceed_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n and_o that_o josiah_n not_o harken_v to_o they_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o battle_n as_o be_v to_o be_v read_v 2_o chron._n 35._o vers_fw-la 21_o 22_o 23._o it_o be_v true_a that_o as_o the_o same_o history_n be_v relate_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o esdras_n not_o pharaoh_n but_o jeremiah_n speak_v these_o word_n to_o josiah_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o we_o be_v to_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n whatsoever_o be_v write_v in_o the_o apocrypha_fw-la the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v then_o also_o to_o be_v take_v for_o the_o dictate_v of_o reason_n and_o equity_n when_o the_o same_o be_v say_v in_o the_o scripture_n to_o be_v write_v in_o man_n heart_n as_o psalm_n 36._o 31._o jerem._n 31._o 33._o deut._n 30._o 11_o 14._o and_o many_o other_o like_o place_n the_o name_n of_o prophet_n signify_v in_o scripture_n sometime_o prolocutor_n prophet_n that_o be_v he_o that_o speak_v from_o god_n to_o man_n or_o from_o man_n to_o god_n and_o sometime_o praedictor_n or_o a_o foreteller_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o sometime_o 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concern_v aaron_n he_o shall_v be_v thy_o spokesman_n to_o the_o people_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v to_o thou_o a_o mouth_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v to_o he_o instead_o of_o god_n that_o which_o here_o be_v spokesman_n be_v chap._n 7._o 1._o interpret_v prophet_n see_v say_v god_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o god_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o aaron_n thy_o brother_n shall_v be_v thy_o prophet_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o speak_v from_o man_n to_o god_n abraham_n be_v call_v a_o prophet_n genes_n 20._o 7._o where_o god_n in_o a_o dream_n speak_v to_o abimelech_n in_o this_o manner_n now_o therefore_o restore_v the_o man_n his_o wife_n for_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o whereby_o may_v be_v also_o gather_v that_o the_o name_n of_o prophet_n may_v be_v give_v not_o unproper_o to_o they_o that_o in_o christian_a church_n have_v a_o call_v to_o say_v public_a prayer_n for_o the_o congregation_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n the_o prophet_n that_o come_v down_o from_o the_o 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