the_o wicked_a heart_n never_o fear_v god_n but_o thunder_v or_o rain_v fire_n from_o heaven_n but_o the_o good_a can_v dread_v he_o in_o his_o very_a sunshine_n his_o love_a deliverance_n and_o blessing_n affect_v they_o with_o awfulness_n moses_n be_v the_o true_a son_n of_o jacob_n who_o when_o he_o see_v nothing_o but_o vision_n of_o love_n and_o mercy_n can_v say_v how_o dreadful_a be_v this_o place_n verse_n 7._o if_o we_o will_v have_v our_o grief_n see_v and_o help_v we_o must_v endeavour_v to_o become_v god_n people_n for_o then_o sigh_v and_o groan_v in_o our_o several_a affliction_n as_o these_o do_v we_o may_v be_v sure_a in_o due_a time_n to_o find_v our_o comfort_n as_o they_o find_v we_o may_v hence_o also_o learn_v that_o affliction_n do_v not_o show_v that_o the_o party_n be_v dislike_v of_o god_n as_o the_o devil_n often_o suggest_v to_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o trouble_n for_o god_n call_v these_o israelite_n his_o people_n which_o yet_o be_v plunge_v in_o the_o depth_n of_o misery_n and_o affliction_n verse_n 11._o this_o shall_v teach_v every_o one_o of_o we_o humility_n and_o to_o say_v with_o moses_n who_o be_o i_o lord_n that_o thou_o shall_v thus_o and_o thus_o think_v of_o i_o choose_v i_o and_o take_v i_o to_o that_o place_n that_o i_o have_v no_o strength_n to_o manage_v and_o which_o thousand_o of_o my_o brethren_n be_v fit_a for_o than_o i_o be_o this_o also_o may_v put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o weighty_a call_n of_o minister_n for_o be_v it_o such_o a_o matter_n to_o strive_v with_o pharaoh_n for_o body_n and_o temporal_a servitude_n and_o be_v it_o nothing_o to_o fight_v with_o the_o devil_n for_o soul_n and_o freedom_n from_o eternal_a slavery_n verse_n 14._o see_v a_o sweet_a comfort_n in_o all_o our_o fear_n even_o his_o name_n i_o am._n note_v that_o as_o he_o have_v be_v to_o penitent_a sinner_n so_o ever_o he_o will_v be_v without_o any_o change_n if_o i_o call_v upon_o he_o and_o depend_v upon_o he_o i_o be_o be_v his_o name_n and_o i_o may_v not_o doubt_v of_o he_o he_o be_v no_o changeling_n but_o the_o same_o for_o ever_o verse_n 16._o when_o any_o new_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v publish_v that_o concern_v any_o change_n in_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n we_o must_v acquaint_v the_o magistrate_n ruler_n and_o governor_n with_o it_o to_o approve_v our_o commission_n and_o matter_n unto_o they_o with_o all_o modesty_n humility_n fear_v and_o care_n of_o order_n and_o unity_n and_o then_o with_o their_o consent_n and_o assistance_n unto_o the_o people_n and_o multitude_n this_o be_v a_o right_a course_n and_o this_o shall_v have_v a_o blessing_n from_o the_o author_n of_o it_o as_o here_o it_o have_v then_o shall_v they_o obey_v thy_o voice_n verse_n 18._o verse_n 18._o see_v again_o and_o still_o most_o careful_o note_v it_o how_o god_n regard_v government_n for_o now_o pharaoh_n must_v be_v use_v as_o be_v fit_a for_o his_o place_n he_o be_v the_o king_n of_o that_o land_n in_o which_o they_o be_v wicked_a pharaoh_n i_o say_v must_v not_o be_v disorderly_o deal_v with_o by_o such_o as_o live_v under_o his_o government_n although_o stranger_n and_o not_o his_o natural_a subject_n how_o much_o then_o by_o natural_a subject_n but_o he_o must_v be_v go_v unto_o with_o all_o duty_n and_o acquaint_v with_o their_o desire_n with_o all_o reverence_n that_o neither_o themselves_o may_v be_v judge_v factious_a neither_o other_o by_o their_o example_n move_v to_o any_o disorder_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v acquaint_v he_o with_o the_o author_n of_o their_o desire_n not_o their_o own_o head_n lust_a after_o liberty_n or_o novelty_n but_o the_o lord_n god_n verse_n 21._o all_o heart_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n even_o as_o the_o river_n of_o water_n and_o that_o he_o turn_v they_o hither_o and_o thither_o at_o his_o pleasure_n he_o can_v make_v they_o love_n hate_v they_o never_o so_o much_o yea_o he_o can_v make_v they_o so_o love_v that_o fruit_n from_o thence_o shall_v flow_v to_o his_o people_n of_o their_o love_n be_v they_o jewel_n of_o silver_n or_o raiment_n they_o shall_v grant_v it_o and_o send_v it_o give_v it_o or_o lend_v it_o with_o so_o willing_a a_o mind_n as_o the_o party_n take_v need_v to_o wish_v chap._n iu._n verse_n 3._o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v like_o the_o rod_n of_o moses_n as_o long_o as_o he_o hold_v it_o in_o his_o hand_n it_o remain_v a_o rod_n but_o when_o he_o throw_v it_o to_o the_o ground_n it_o turn_v instant_o into_o a_o serpent_n nay_o a_o dragon_n the_o prince_n of_o serpent_n as_o philo_n the_o jew_n say_v so_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v fast_o hold_v of_o it_o as_o long_o as_o man_n be_v the_o possessor_n god_n the_o guardian_n it_o continue_v still_o a_o heart_n but_o if_o our_o boisterous_a unruly_a sin_n once_o throw_v it_o to_o the_o earth_n it_o change_v instant_o to_o be_v a_o serpent_n from_o whence_o all_o carnal_a and_o earthly-minded_n man_n may_v learn_v who_o conscience_n at_o the_o read_n hereof_o tell_v they_o that_o their_o heart_n be_v turn_v into_o serpent_n and_o viper_n by_o their_o sin_n and_o be_v now_o crawl_v on_o the_o earth_n in_o their_o lustful_a design_n to_o stretch_v forth_o a_o hand_n of_o sorrow_n a_o hand_n of_o true_a repentance_n to_o take_v they_o up_o again_o in_o what_o shape_n soever_o they_o appear_v for_o he_o that_o be_v exalt_v on_o the_o cross_n as_o the_o serpent_n in_o the_o wilderness_n shall_v turn_v those_o serpent_n into_o heart_n again_o their_o gall_n and_o poison_n into_o innocence_n their_o sting_n of_o death_n into_o issue_n of_o immortal_a life_n verse_n 4._o sin_n be_v a_o serpent_n and_o have_v a_o deadly_a sting_n in_o the_o tail_n of_o it_o even_o the_o sting_n of_o death_n for_o the_o sting_n of_o death_n be_v sin_n say_v st._n paul_n now_o as_o a_o man_n will_v fly_v from_o a_o serpent_n so_o let_v he_o fly_v from_o sin_n but_o if_o thou_o have_v take_v this_o serpent_n into_o thy_o hand_n rest_v not_o till_o like_v moses_n serpent_n it_o be_v turn_v into_o a_o rod_n again_o to_o scourge_v thy_o soul_n till_o a_o true_a sense_n of_o thy_o sin_n and_o of_o god_n wrath_n due_a unto_o thou_o for_o the_o same_o bring_v thou_o to_o a_o serious_a repentance_n and_o contrition_n to_o a_o spiritual_a loathe_n and_o abhorrency_n of_o those_o sin_n that_o so_o thou_o may_v never_o cast_v thy_o eye_n back_o upon_o they_o but_o with_o a_o new_a and_o a_o particular_a detestation_n thou_o may_v never_o enter_v into_o meditation_n of_o those_o sinful_a passage_n of_o thy_o former_a life_n but_o with_o shame_n and_o horror_n of_o soul_n and_o that_o every_o solemn_a review_n of_o those_o day_n of_o darkness_n and_o unregeneration_n may_v make_v the_o wound_n of_o our_o remorse_n to_o bleed_v afresh_o verse_n 7._o when_o moses_n pluck_v his_o hand_n out_o of_o his_o bosom_n it_o be_v leprous_a and_o again_o when_o he_o pluck_v it_o out_o it_o be_v white_a to_o show_v that_o the_o action_n of_o our_o hand_n receive_v their_o denomination_n from_o the_o bosom_n the_o heart_n according_a to_o that_o say_n of_o the_o father_n tantum_n habent_fw-la virtutis_fw-la aut_fw-la vitii_fw-la actiones_fw-la quantum_fw-la habent_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la verse_n 12._o he_o that_o be_v single_v out_o to_o any_o service_n of_o his_o god_n for_o the_o advantage_n of_o his_o israel_n must_v not_o give_v back_o or_o waver_v but_o go_v bold_o on_o if_o a_o willing_a obedience_n second_o his_o command_n god_n promise_v to_o assist_v i_o will_v be_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o teach_v thou_o what_o thou_o shall_v say_v be_v god_n promise_v here_o to_o moses_n and_o it_o be_v his_o son_n to_o the_o apostle_n mat._n 10._o 19_o take_v no_o thought_n how_o or_o what_o you_o shall_v speak_v for_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v you_o in_o that_o hour_n what_o you_o shall_v speak_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v be_v not_o anxious_a about_o matter_n or_o manner_n of_o your_o apology_n for_o yourselves_o you_o shall_v be_v supply_v from_o on_o high_a both_o with_o invention_n and_o elocution_n you_o shall_v have_v your_o help_n from_o heaven_n for_o it_o be_v not_o you_o that_o speak_v say_v our_o saviour_n in_o the_o next_o verse_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o your_o father_n that_o speak_v in_o you_o who_o borrow_v your_o mouth_n for_o the_o present_a to_o speak_v by_o it_o be_v he_o that_o form_v your_o speech_n for_o you_o dictate_v they_o to_o you_o fill_v you_o with_o matter_n and_o furnish_v you_o with_o word_n fear_v not_o therefore_o your_o rudeness_n to_o reply_v there_o be_v no_o mouth_n into_o which_o god_n can_v put_v word_n and_o how_o oft_o do_v he_o choose_v the_o weak_a and_o unlearned_a to_o confound_v
a_o rule_n to_o guide_v my_o conscience_n by_o either_o in_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n verse_n 4._o god_n action_n be_v general_a and_o particular_a general_a to_o all_o man_n particular_a to_o his_o friend_n so_o must_v we_o be_v as_o therefore_o by_o his_o general_a action_n he_o suffer_v the_o sun_n to_o shine_v upon_o the_o bad_a as_o well_o as_o good_a so_o must_v we_o extend_v our_o love_n which_o be_v the_o common_a bond_n of_o mankind_n as_o well_o to_o our_o enemy_n as_o to_o our_o friend_n by_o which_o common_a love_n all_o hurt_v of_o the_o body_n or_o good_n of_o our_o enemy_n be_v forbid_v again_o as_o god_n have_v his_o special_a action_n to_o his_o friend_n and_o his_o church_n namely_o sanctification_n so_o must_v friendship_n which_o be_v our_o special_a action_n reach_v its_o self_n to_o such_o only_a as_o be_v of_o the_o household_n of_o faith_n for_o although_o we_o must_v love_v with_o that_o general_a love_n all_o mankind_n turk_n pagan_n yet_o to_o such_o may_v we_o not_o be_v friend_n and_o familiar_n but_o must_v beware_v of_o inward_a and_o usual_a conversation_n with_o they_o that_o hate_n god_n and_o all_o his_o grace_n this_o distinction_n tell_v you_o the_o meaning_n of_o mat._n 5._o 44._o love_v your_o enemy_n verse_n 5._o estne_v deo_fw-la cura_fw-la de_fw-la bobus_fw-la be_v the_o apostle_n question_v have_v god_n care_n of_o ox_n other_o man_n ox_n how_o much_o more_o of_o his_o own_o sheep_n and_o therefore_o if_o thou_o see_v one_o of_o his_o sheep_n one_o of_o thy_o fellow_n christian_n stray_v into_o sin_n of_o infirmity_n join_v he_o with_o thy_o own_o soul_n in_o thy_o prayer_n to_o god_n relieve_v he_o if_o what_o he_o needs_o be_v spiritual_a with_o thy_o prayer_n for_o he_o and_o relieve_v he_o if_o his_o want_n be_v of_o another_o kind_n according_a to_o his_o prayer_n to_o thou_o why_o shall_v not_o he_o that_o be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o blood_n and_o redeem_v with_o the_o same_o blood_n as_o thou_o be_v why_o shall_v not_o he_o prevail_v with_o thou_o so_o far_o as_o to_o the_o obtain_n of_o a_o alm_n when_o some_o fellow-servant_n of_o thou_o have_v have_v that_o interest_n in_o god_n as_o by_o his_o intercession_n and_o prayer_n to_o advance_v thy_o salvation_n will_v not_o thou_o save_v the_o life_n of_o another_o man_n that_o pray_v to_o thou_o when_o perchance_o thy_o soul_n have_v be_v save_v by_o another_o man_n that_o pray_v for_o thou_o verse_n 6._o in_o the_o three_o verse_n god_n command_v that_o the_o poor_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v spare_v for_o pity_n here_o now_o he_o enjoin_v that_o a_o poor_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v wrong_v in_o respect_n of_o his_o poverty_n such_o equal_a step_n will_v god_n have_v judgement_n to_o walk_v in_o verse_n 11._o bless_a be_v the_o man_n that_o provide_v for_o the_o poor_a the_o lord_n shall_v deliver_v he_o in_o all_o his_o trouble_n psalm_n 41._o 1._o this_o be_v prove_v in_o the_o widow_n of_o zarepta_n who_o feed_v the_o prophet_n and_o never_o suffer_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o that_o famine_n 1_o king_n 17._o when_o i_o be_v hungry_a you_o feed_v i_o say_v christ_n mat._n 25._o 35._o i_o i_o say_v in_o the_o poor_a with_o you_o to_o who_o what_o you_o do_v you_o do_v it_o to_o i_o and_o so_o i_o take_v it_o and_o will_v bless_v you_o for_o it_o both_o here_o and_o hereafter_o verse_n 19_o you_o must_v not_o seethe_v the_o kid_n etc._n etc._n to_o show_v that_o we_o must_v not_o use_v that_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o any_o creature_n which_o be_v intend_v for_o his_o preservation_n chap._n xxiv_o verse_n 3._o it_o be_v better_a not_o to_o promise_v than_o not_o to_o keep_v promise_n the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v signify_v by_o the_o locust_n which_o sudden_o leap_v up_o and_o forthwith_o fall_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n again_o they_o do_v as_o it_o be_v leap_v up_o when_o in_o word_n they_o promise_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v but_o they_o fall_v to_o the_o earth_n again_o when_o in_o their_o deed_n they_o deny_v the_o same_o let_v we_o therefore_o always_o weigh_v our_o weakness_n and_o according_o frame_v our_o promise_n for_o as_o we_o see_v in_o this_o people_n we_o may_v purpose_v well_o that_o which_o we_o can_v so_o well_o perform_v verse_n 12._o it_o be_v not_o many_o week_n since_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n in_o which_o space_n god_n have_v cherish_v their_o faith_n by_o several_a wonder_n yet_o now_o he_o think_v it_o time_n to_o give_v they_o statute_n from_o heaven_n as_o well_o as_o bread_n the_o manna_n and_o water_n from_o the_o rock_n which_o be_v christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n be_v give_v before_o the_o law_n the_o sacrament_n of_o grace_n before_o the_o legal_a covenant_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n prevent_v our_o obedience_n therefore_o shall_v we_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n because_o we_o have_v a_o saviour_n o_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n which_o before_o we_o see_v what_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v show_v we_o our_o remedy_n if_o we_o do_v it_o not_o how_o can_v our_o faith_n disannul_v the_o law_n when_o it_o be_v before_o it_o it_o may_v help_v to_o fulfil_v that_o which_o shall_v be_v it_o can_v frustrate_v that_o which_o be_v not_o the_o letter_n which_o god_n have_v write_v in_o our_o fleshly_a table_n be_v now_o as_o some_o that_o be_v carve_v in_o some_o bark_n almost_o grow_v out_o he_o see_v it_o time_n to_o write_v they_o in_o dead_a table_n who_o hardness_n shall_v not_o be_v capable_a of_o alteration_n he_o know_v that_o the_o stone_n will_v be_v more_o faithful_a than_o our_o heart_n verse_n 14._o minister_n whether_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a be_v not_o to_o leave_v their_o charge_n without_o deputy_n when_o moses_n here_o ascend_v he_o leave_v aaron_n and_o hur_z with_o the_o people_n that_o whosoever_o have_v any_o matter_n may_v come_v to_o they_o so_o watchful_a and_o faithful_a be_v moses_n in_o his_o place_n that_o without_o just_a cause_n he_o be_v not_o absent_a and_o then_o he_o leave_v able_a deputy_n verse_n 16._o moses_n ascend_v be_v not_o admit_v to_o god_n till_o after_o six_o day_n to_o teach_v all_o man_n patient_o and_o reverent_o to_o tarry_v god_n leisure_n and_o gracious_a pleasure_n for_o any_o matter_n of_o his_o will_n to_o be_v reveal_v to_o they_o not_o curious_o search_v but_o humble_o wait_v for_o the_o thing_n we_o seek_v be_v fit_a for_o we_o at_o the_o end_n of_o six_o day_n god_n call_v to_o moses_n so_o will_v the_o lord_n have_v a_o comfortable_a time_n for_o all_o those_o that_o wait_v for_o he_o they_o shall_v see_v and_o hear_v at_o last_o what_o he_o will_v say_v unto_o they_o but_o then_o they_o must_v come_v to_o god_n in_o the_o cloud_n that_o be_v in_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n whereof_o this_o cloud_n be_v a_o figure_n for_o without_o he_o there_o be_v no_o access_n to_o god_n and_o by_o he_o we_o come_v and_o that_o bold_o verse_n 17._o god_n appear_v here_o like_o a_o consume_a fire_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n but_o to_o they_o who_o he_o draw_v to_o he_o he_o appear_v as_o a_o pleasant_a saphire_n verse_n 10._o just_o so_o to_o carnal_a man_n and_o to_o such_o as_o be_v his_o call_v by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n of_o he_o the_o one_o see_v with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a the_o other_o see_v feeling_n and_o taste_v joy_n and_o comfort_n verse_n 18._o moses_n be_v with_o god_n forty_o day_n and_o night_n without_o any_o repast_n that_o god_n that_o send_v the_o quail_n to_o the_o host_n of_o israel_n and_o manna_n from_o heaven_n can_v have_v feed_v he_o with_o dainty_n if_o he_o have_v so_o please_v but_o there_o be_v no_o life_n to_o the_o life_n of_o faith_n man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n only_o the_o vision_n of_o god_n do_v not_o only_o satiate_v but_o feast_v he_o what_o a_o bless_a satiety_n shall_v there_o be_v when_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o as_o he_o be_v and_o he_o shall_v be_v all_o in_o all_o to_o we_o since_o this_o very_a frail_a mortality_n of_o moses_n be_v sustain_v and_o comfort_v but_o with_o representation_n of_o his_o presence_n here_o again_o i_o see_v moses_n the_o receiver_n of_o the_o law_n elias_n the_o restorer_n of_o the_o law_n christ_n the_o fulfiller_n of_o the_o law_n all_o fast_v forty_o day_n abstinence_n prepare_v best_a for_o good_a duty_n full_a belly_n be_v fit_a for_o rest_n hence_o solemn_a prayer_n take_v ever_o fast_v to_o attend_v it_o and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o speed_v in_o heaven_n when_o it_o be_v so_o accompany_v it_o be_v good_a so_o to_o diet_v the_o body_n that_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v fatten_v chap._n xxv_o
the_o priest_n from_o who_o other_o shall_v draw_v example_n shall_v themselves_o be_v obedient_a to_o god_n word_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o first_o hear_v then_o speak_v obedience_n be_v ever_o acceptable_a to_o god_n psal._n 40._o 6._o next_o the_o thumb_n be_v touch_v with_o blood_n to_o teach_v that_o we_o must_v not_o only_o be_v hearer_n but_o doer_n of_o the_o word_n join_v work_n to_o faith_n and_o a_o holy_a life_n to_o a_o sound_a belief_n and_o the_o right_a thumb_n not_o the_o left_a to_o signify_v that_o our_o work_n must_v be_v right_a command_v by_o god_n not_o invent_v by_o we_o to_o the_o like_a end_n be_v the_o right_a toe_n sprinkle_v with_o blood_n that_o they_o may_v so_o remember_v to_o walk_v worthy_a their_o vocation_n and_o usual_o by_o the_o foot_n in_o scripture_n be_v both_o action_n and_o affection_n note_v my_o foot_n have_v almost_o slip_v say_v david_n mean_v both_o action_n and_o affection_n verse_n 29._o the_o same_o garment_n continue_v although_o the_o priest_n by_o mortality_n change_v and_o so_o be_v signify_v that_o our_o high_a priest_n not_o mere_a man_n but_o god_n and_o man_n be_v one_o and_o his_o righteousness_n our_o bless_a garment_n remain_v to_o father_n son_n and_o son_n son_n to_o the_o world_n end_n in_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o and_o by_o a_o true_a faith_n believe_v in_o he_o chap._n xxx_o verse_n 1._o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n be_v of_o wood_n cover_v with_o gold_n figure_v so_o christ_n in_o both_o his_o nature_n the_o wood_n his_o humanity_n the_o gold_n his_o divinity_n the_o deity_n yield_v glory_n and_o majesty_n to_o his_o manhood_n as_o the_o gold_n adorn_v and_o beautify_v the_o shittim_n wood._n verse_n 2._o the_o square_a form_n of_o this_o altar_n represent_v the_o firm_a stability_n of_o christ_n who_o can_v be_v overthrow_v the_o crown_n about_o it_o the_o regal_a dignity_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v ingraft_v to_o he_o for_o we_o be_v king_n and_o priesis_n in_o he_o and_o by_o he_o verse_n 7._o the_o sweet_a incense_n note_v all_o duty_n and_o service_n which_o the_o people_n of_o god_n do_v to_o he_o by_o his_o appointment_n and_o that_o they_o smell_v sweet_a before_o he_o as_o the_o incense_n and_o be_v accept_v of_o he_o but_o particular_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o faithful_a for_o so_o david_n psal._n 14._o 2._o expound_v it_o the_o burn_a of_o this_o incense_n upon_o the_o altar_n which_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o christ_n shadow_v out_o that_o in_o christ_n and_o for_o christ_n only_o our_o prayer_n be_v in_o force_n with_o god_n and_o therefore_o by_o he_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v offer_v unto_o god_n verse_n 9_o prayer_n either_o make_v to_o other_o then_o to_o god_n in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n or_o for_o unlawful_a thing_n be_v strange_a incense_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v offer_v unto_o god_n no_o saint_n nor_o creature_n be_v shadow_v by_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n but_o christ_n and_o therefore_o let_v they_o take_v heed_n that_o will_v pray_v to_o other_o and_o make_v other_o present_v their_o desire_n to_o god_n verse_n 12._o to_o number_v people_n in_o a_o land_n be_v lawful_a and_o if_o you_o think_v of_o david_n why_o he_o be_v plague_v for_o so_o do_v sure_o it_o be_v not_o for_o that_o he_o number_v the_o people_n but_o because_o he_o do_v it_o in_o a_o pride_n and_o confidence_n in_o man_n strength_n but_o here_o neither_o pride_n nor_o wealth_n nor_o other_o such_o eâ—ds_n be_v respect_v but_o obedience_n be_v aim_v at_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v profess_v themselves_o thus_o god_n people_n and_o themselves_o his_o tributary_n and_o so_o be_v ever_o strong_o comfort_v in_o his_o protection_n verse_n 15._o this_o be_v a_o personal_a tribute_n impose_v to_o testify_v obedience_n to_o god_n and_o therefore_o equal_o be_v pay_v to_o signify_v that_o god_n be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n but_o the_o poor_a be_v as_o dear_a to_o he_o do_v his_o will_n as_o the_o rich_a we_o be_v all_o the_o lord_n the_o price_n of_o our_o redemption_n be_v one_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o that_o immaculate_a lamb_n jesus_n christ._n verse_n 16._o in_o worldly_a matter_n the_o rich_a may_v go_v before_o we_o but_o in_o matter_n belong_v unto_o god_n his_o worship_n and_o service_n we_o ought_v to_o be_v as_o forward_o as_o the_o rich_a for_o you_o see_v here_o that_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v not_o post_v over_o to_o prince_n and_o great_a man_n only_o but_o even_o private_a man_n also_o must_v join_v in_o this_o work_n for_o if_o he_o be_v bear_v to_o inherit_v heaven_n he_o must_v think_v himself_o bear_v to_o maintain_v the_o mean_n that_o lead_v we_o unto_o heaven_n our_o sheep_n and_o cattle_n we_o provide_v for_o because_o they_o labour_v for_o we_o and_o feed_v we_o what_o heart_n then_o shall_v we_o have_v to_o see_v they_o comfortable_o maintain_v that_o labour_n for_o we_o in_o a_o far_o high_a sort_n and_o feed_v we_o with_o a_o much_o better_a food_n verse_n 21._o we_o must_v not_o meddle_v with_o holy_a thing_n with_o unwashen_n hand_n that_o be_v with_o profane_a heart_n tongue_n and_o mind_n as_o they_o do_v that_o read_v the_o scripture_n not_o to_o guide_v their_o life_n but_o to_o maintain_v table_n discourse_n draw_v the_o scripture_n to_o their_o judgement_n and_o not_o frame_v their_o judgement_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n these_o wash_n again_o in_o the_o law_n have_v a_o further_a reach_n be_v use_v in_o faith_n even_o to_o the_o inward_a wash_n of_o the_o spirit_n whereof_o they_o be_v true_a sacrament_n to_o the_o believer_n so_o david_n wash_v i_o o_o lord_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v clean_a that_o be_v inward_o inward_o o_o lord_n by_o thy_o bless_a spirit_n from_o my_o sin_n verse_n 23._o this_o holy_a and_o most_o excellent_a oil_n be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n without_o who_o nothing_o be_v pure_a nothing_o sweet_a all_o thing_n be_v anoint_v therewith_o priest_n ark_n table_n candlestick_n to_o teach_v that_o all_o the_o exercise_n of_o religion_n be_v utter_o unprofitable_a without_o the_o inward_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o our_o heart_n chap._n xxxi_o verse_n 3._o by_o this_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o skill_n of_o any_o handi-craft_n be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n but_o come_v by_o the_o high_a and_o by_o this_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o use_v all_o those_o gift_n well_o whereby_o we_o be_v enable_v to_o discharge_v our_o particular_a calling_n that_o they_o may_v serve_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o church_n and_o those_o that_o in_o their_o calling_n use_v fraud_n and_o deceit_n or_o else_o live_v inordinate_o do_v most_o unthankful_o abuse_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o dishonour_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n the_o author_n of_o their_o gift_n verse_n 6._o god_n here_o join_v aholiab_n with_o bezaliel_n in_o the_o work_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v it_o may_v be_v the_o more_o complete_a if_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o fault_n in_o bezaliels_n work_n aholiab_n may_v mend_v it_o and_o if_o there_o shall_v chance_v to_o be_v any_o error_n in_o aholiabs_n performance_n bezaliel_n may_v correct_v it_o that_o so_o by_o the_o care_n and_o circumspection_n of_o these_o two_o able_a workman_n nothing_o may_v be_v omit_v and_o as_o it_o be_v thus_o under_o the_o law_n so_o be_v it_o under_o the_o gospel_n the_o work_n of_o christ_n church_n as_o well_o as_o moses_n tabernacle_n must_v be_v perform_v by_o pair_n therefore_o christ_n send_v out_o his_o apostle_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n by_o couple_n two_o and_o two_o together_o two_o be_v better_o than_o one_o say_v solomon_n for_o first_o if_o they_o fall_v the_o one_o will_v lift_v up_o the_o other_o that_o which_o be_v strong_a shore_v up_o the_o weak_a one_o man_n may_v be_v a_o angel_n to_o another_o in_o regard_n of_o comfort_n and_o assistance_n nay_o a_o god_n to_o another_o as_o moses_n be_v to_o aaron_n second_o if_o two_o lie_v together_o then_o they_o have_v heat_n heat_n of_o zeal_n and_o good_a affection_n when_o silas_n come_v paul_n burn_v in_o spirit_n act_n 18._o warm_a he_o be_v before_o but_o now_o all_o of_o a_o light_a fire_n as_o it_o be_v the_o enemy_n be_v ready_a to_o assault_v when_o none_o be_v by_o to_o assist_v and_o much_o of_o our_o strength_n be_v lose_v in_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o faithful_a friend_n chap._n xxxii_o verse_n 1._o o_o the_o ingratitude_n of_o that_o giddy_a multitude_n a_o man_n will_v have_v think_v they_o will_v have_v weep_v out_o theit_n eye_n and_o sigh_v their_o heart_n in_o sunder_o for_o such_o a_o man_n as_o moses_n such_o a_o instrument_n of_o god_n and_o good_a to_o they_o such_o
of_o the_o ministry_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v defraud_v of_o the_o least_o thing_n allot_v to_o it_o and_o therefore_o harden_v not_o your_o heart_n against_o god_n against_o law_n against_o right_n and_o truth_n accustom_v not_o your_o heart_n to_o cover_v your_o neighbour_n due_a your_o hand_n to_o purloin_v it_o by_o fraud_n or_o take_v it_o by_o strength_n it_o be_v theft_n spiritual_a theft_n sacrilege_n your_o house_n receive_v steal_a good_n and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n may_v happy_o shake_v the_o foundation_n of_o it_o for_o such_o a_o sin_n and_o you_o in_o you_o or_o you_o and_o you_o be_v punish_v verse_n 13._o here_o leaven_n be_v admit_v of_o which_o before_o be_v forbid_v leaven_n therefore_o be_v take_v in_o a_o good_a sense_n as_o well_o as_o in_o a_o ill_a thus_o the_o apostle_n be_v resemble_v to_o a_o little_a leaven_n that_o leaven_v the_o whole_a lump_n they_o be_v send_v out_o of_o god_n into_o the_o unleavened_a world_n by_o preach_v to_o leaven_n it_o clean_o through_o and_o there_o be_v a_o leaven_n of_o the_o new_a nature_n accept_v as_o there_o be_v a_o leaven_n of_o the_o old_a nature_n reject_v for_o look_v how_o the_o leaven_n make_v the_o bread_n savoury_n and_o strong_a and_o wholesome_a look_v also_o how_o it_o make_v it_o rise_v and_o heave_v up_o which_o otherwise_o will_v be_v sad_a and_o heavy_a so_o do_v god_n regenerate_a spirit_n change_v we_o make_v we_o savoury_a and_o all_o our_o duty_n please_v to_o god_n and_o we_o rise_v up_o our_o heart_n and_o soul_n be_v heave_v up_o in_o all_o love_n in_o thankfulness_n to_o he_o that_o in_o mercy_n have_v so_o look_v upon_o we_o verse_n 15._o a_o ceremony_n use_v to_o signify_v that_o public_a feast_n shall_v not_o be_v superfluous_o continue_v and_o keep_v long_o under_o the_o colour_n of_o religion_n for_o god_n love_v not_o idle_a banquet_n and_o prodigal_a spend_n although_o he_o allow_v gracious_o what_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o occasion_n second_o this_o be_v do_v in_o wisdom_n by_o god_n lest_o if_o the_o flesh_n shall_v have_v smell_v by_o long_a keep_n religion_n may_v so_o have_v be_v vile_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o fickle_a person_n verse_n 18._o we_o may_v learn_v by_o this_o that_o the_o take_a hold_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o to_o be_v defer_v and_o put_v off_o but_o speedy_o and_o quick_o to_o be_v do_v whilst_o time_n serve_v and_o opportunity_n be_v offer_v for_o behold_v say_v christ_n to_o day_n and_o to_o morrow_n i_o cast_v out_o devil_n and_o the_o three_o day_n luke_n 13._o that_o be_v a_o short_a time_n i_o have_v yet_o to_o go_v on_o with_o my_o ministry_n and_o then_o i_o shall_v be_v slay_v more_o particular_o every_o man_n and_o woman_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v three_o day_n the_o first_o of_o youth_n till_o age_n come_v the_o second_o of_o age_n till_o death_n come_v and_o in_o these_o two_o day_n there_o be_v mercy_n offer_v but_o the_o three_o day_n be_v after_o death_n and_o then_o there_o be_v no_o help_n as_o here_o on_o the_o three_o day_n no_o offer_v be_v accept_v but_o the_o sin_n remain_v unpardoned_a and_o not_o forgive_v verse_n 30._o the_o bring_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o not_o send_v it_o by_o other_o teach_v humility_n and_o duty_n to_o god_n teach_v that_o every_o one_o must_v live_v by_o his_o own_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o another_o verse_n 34._o the_o shake_n of_o it_o to_o and_o fro_o four_o way_n east_n west_n north_n and_o south_n shadow_v the_o spread_a of_o that_o lift_n up_o of_o christ_n that_o be_v of_o christ_n death_n and_o passion_n throughout_o all_o the_o world_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n chap._n viii_o verse_n 2._o the_o lord_n precise_o appoint_v priest_n and_o will_v not_o leave_v it_o to_o every_o man_n to_o perform_v this_o office_n to_o signify_v that_o not_o any_o man_n butthe-man_n christ_n jesus_n can_v appease_v god_n wrath_n satisfy_v his_o justice_n and_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n this_o can_v not_o be_v figure_v out_o better_a than_o by_o seclude_v all_o the_o host_n of_o israel_n from_o this_o office_n and_o choose_v but_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n as_o type_n of_o christ_n that_o so_o by_o such_o a_o ordinance_n the_o majesty_n authority_n and_o property_n of_o christ_n office_n may_v be_v resemble_v and_o shadow_v verse_n 5._o nothing_o but_o god_n commandment_n do_v moses_n offer_v unto_o they_o for_o he_o well_o know_v god_n will_v only_o in_o his_o own_o house_n must_v be_v the_o rule_n our_o own_o head_n be_v never_o the_o best_a head_n to_o follow_v and_o for_o god_n he_o know_v our_o mould_n too_o well_o to_o give_v that_o swinge_n unto_o we_o verse_n 13._o aaron_n son_n be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o church_n which_o by_o faith_n eat_v also_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o his_o merit_n as_o well_o as_o the_o priest_n their_o garment_n figure_v out_o the_o grace_n and_o gift_n wherewith_o the_o believer_n in_o christ_n be_v adorn_v and_o beautify_v cast_v away_o the_o work_n of_o darkness_n and_o put_v on_o daily_o more_o and_o more_o the_o deed_n of_o light_n rom._n 13._o 12._o verse_n 30._o upon_o aaron_n son_n moses_n do_v but_o sprinkle_v the_o anoint_v oil_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v pour_v upon_o aaron_n verse_n 12._o so_o plain_o show_v that_o in_o christ_n the_o spirit_n shall_v be_v without_o measure_n and_o upon_o his_o servant_n in_o measure_n we_o all_o receive_n of_o his_o fullness_n according_a to_o his_o good_a pleasure_n some_o more_o some_o less_o verse_n 35._o by_o this_o be_v signify_v that_o watch_n which_o all_o our_o life_n time_n be_v note_v by_o the_o seven_o day_n we_o keep_v in_o avoid_v sin_n and_o work_a righteousness_n as_o the_o lord_n shall_v enable_v which_o indeed_o may_v be_v call_v the_o watch_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o holy_a christian_a and_o happy_a watch_n the_o seven_o day_n we_o shall_v be_v free_a full_o sanctify_v and_o deliver_v from_o this_o vail_n of_o misery_n to_o keep_v a_o eternal_a sabbath_n in_o heaven_n to_o our_o endless_a comfort_n chap._n ix_o verse_n 7._o in_o that_o aaron_n be_v here_o command_v to_o offer_v as_o well_o for_o himself_o as_o the_o people_n he_o be_v herein_o a_o figure_n of_o christ_n not_o that_o christ_n have_v any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o but_o that_o we_o be_v so_o lay_v upon_o he_o and_o he_o so_o make_v satisfaction_n to_o god_n for_o they_o as_o they_o have_v be_v his_o own_o sure_o say_v the_o prophet_n isai._n 53._o 4._o he_o have_v bear_v our_o infirmity_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v we_o judge_v he_o evil_n as_o though_o he_o be_v punish_v for_o his_o own_o sin_n and_o not_o for_o we_o verse_n 22._o thus_o do_v god_n bless_v we_o in_o christ_n in_o who_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v bless_v first_o with_o the_o blessing_n of_o reconciliation_n to_o himself_o repute_v we_o now_o just_a for_o his_o son_n christ._n second_o with_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o spirit_n whereby_o we_o walk_v in_o 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so_o neither_o bring_v the_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n you_o must_v answer_v yourself_o thus_o that_o all_o this_o in_o these_o man_n be_v extraordinary_a and_o we_o may_v not_o follow_v extraordinary_a matter_n without_o some_o such_o personal_a and_o special_a vocation_n as_o no_o doubt_n they_o have_v for_o we_o do_v not_o live_v by_o example_n but_o by_o law_n verse_n 6._o the_o burn_a and_o broil_v of_o beast_n and_o the_o sprinkle_n of_o their_o blood_n upon_o the_o altar_n can_v of_o themselves_o yield_v no_o sweet_a savour_n but_o thereto_o be_v add_v wine_n oil_n and_o incense_n by_o god_n appointment_n our_o prayer_n as_o from_o we_o will_v never_o please_v but_o as_o indict_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o present_v by_o christ_n they_o be_v high_o accept_v in_o heaven_n christ_n be_v the_o incense_n the_o perfume_n of_o all_o our_o sacrifice_n and_o therefore_o if_o ever_o we_o intend_v that_o our_o sacrifice_n either_o of_o praise_n or_o prayer_n shall_v carry_v a_o sweet_a savour_n along_o with_o it_o it_o must_v be_v offer_v up_o in_o and_o by_o christ_n for_o he_o be_v god_n benjamin_n the_o son_n of_o his_o love_n in_o who_o alone_a god_n be_v well_o please_v upon_o which_o account_n it_o be_v that_o the_o catholic_n church_n do_v evermore_o conclude_v her_o prayer_n with_o this_o expression_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n verse_n 10._o the_o lord_n by_o this_o law_n will_v teach_v man_n to_o abstain_v from_o murder_n and_o bloodshed_n the_o blood_n of_o man_n be_v vehiculum_fw-la animae_fw-la vitalis_fw-la for_o the_o vital_a spirit_n which_o yield_v unto_o man_n through_o his_o whole_a body_n heat_n motion_n and_o action_n be_v beget_v of_o blood_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o man_n life_n and_o the_o life_n of_o every_o other_o creature_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o blood_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n purpuream_fw-la vomit_n ille_fw-la animam_fw-la second_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v ordain_v blood_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o atonement_n make_v for_o sin_n as_o a_o plain_a figure_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o only_a able_a sacrifice_n to_o purge_v and_o wash_v away_o our_o sin_n and_o offence_n therefore_o he_o will_v have_v blood_n regard_v as_o a_o holy_a thing_n and_o not_o use_v by_o man_n as_o other_o meat_n may_v be_v chap._n xviii_o verse_n 2._o this_o expression_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n be_v often_o repeat_v to_o draw_v attention_n and_o beget_v authority_n for_o consider_v first_o it_o be_v thy_o lord_n thy_o master_n that_o speak_v he_o who_o house_n be_v the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o creature_n his_o servant_n shall_v we_o not_o then_o listen_v when_o this_o our_o great_a master_n shall_v speak_v second_o it_o be_v thy_o god_n that_o speak_v the_o eternal_a creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n he_o who_o have_v make_v all_o preserve_v all_o and_o can_v as_o easy_o destroy_v all_o again_o he_o who_o be_v the_o all-seeing_a god_n that_o look_v upon_o thou_o in_o thy_o privare_fw-la closet_n in_o thy_o bolt_a chamber_n under_o thy_o draw_a curtain_n that_o see_v all_o thy_o secret_a villainy_n and_o steal_a embrace_n all_o thy_o wicked_a plot_n and_o contriving_n and_o shall_v we_o not_o then_o hear_v and_o fear_v he_o what_o run_v and_o strive_v will_v there_o be_v who_o shall_v come_v first_o if_o a_o king_n or_o some_o great_a lord_n shall_v call_v o_o let_v not_o the_o lord_n of_o lord_n and_o king_n of_o king_n call_v so_o oft_o and_o thou_o sleight_n and_o neglect_v it_o but_o rather_o say_v with_o samuel_n speak_v lord_n for_o thy_o servant_n hear_v speak_v lord_n to_o my_o ear_n that_o they_o may_v hear_v speak_v to_o my_o memory_n that_o it_o may_v retain_v speak_v to_o my_o heart_n and_o affection_n that_o they_o may_v be_v obedient_a speak_v to_o my_o life_n and_o conversation_n that_o it_o may_v be_v answerable_a to_o thy_o word_n then_o shall_v thy_o servant_n hear_v 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corruption_n be_v but_o in_o man_n and_o other_o creature_n be_v flesh_n as_o well_o as_o man_n but_o man_n be_v every_o creature_n because_o as_o gregory_n say_v omnis_fw-la creaturae_fw-la differentia_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la all_o the_o property_n and_o quality_n of_o all_o other_o creature_n how_o remote_a and_o distant_a how_o contrary_a soever_o in_o themselves_o yet_o they_o all_o meet_v in_o man_n in_o man_n if_o he_o be_v a_o flatterer_n you_o shall_v find_v the_o grovel_v and_o crawl_v of_o the_o snake_n and_o in_o man_n if_o he_o be_v ambitious_a you_o shall_v find_v the_o high_a flight_n and_o pierce_a of_o the_o eagle_n in_o a_o voluptuous_a sensual_a man_n you_o shall_v find_v the_o earthliness_n of_o the_o hogg_n and_o in_o a_o licentious_a man_n the_o intemperance_n and_o distemper_n of_o the_o goat_n ever_o lustful_a and_o ever_o in_o a_o fever_n ever_o in_o sickness_n contract_v by_o that_o sin_n and_o yet_o ever_o in_o a_o desire_n to_o proceed_v in_o that_o sin_n 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soul_n that_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o so_o melt_v and_o pour_v out_o that_o soul_n that_o yet_o understand_v nothing_o of_o the_o divine_a nature_n nor_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v become_v partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o be_v the_o same_o spirit_n with_o god_n verse_n 16._o now_o that_o noah_n and_o all_o his_o guest_n be_v enter_v the_o ark_n be_v shut_v and_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n open_v god_n first_o provide_v for_o noah_n before_o the_o wicked_a be_v destroy_v of_o who_o many_o no_o doubt_n when_o they_o see_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o wave_n descend_v and_o ascend_v according_a to_o noah_n prediction_n come_v wade_v middle-deep_a unto_o the_o ark_n and_o importunate_o crave_v that_o
be_v for_o sin_n or_o for_o the_o present_a pressure_n only_o i_o have_v not_o to_o say_v but_o god_n be_v so_o pitiful_a that_o he_o hear_v and_o help_v our_o affliction_n as_o he_o do_v hagar_n in_o this_o text._n verse_n 15._o god_n present_v to_o we_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n often_o to_o draw_v we_o and_o as_o often_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n to_o avert_v we_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n origen_n say_v aright_o as_o abraham_n have_v two_o son_n the_o one_o of_o a_o bondwoman_n the_o other_o of_o a_o free_a but_o yet_o both_o son_n of_o abraham_n so_o god_n be_v serve_v by_o two_o fear_n and_o the_o latter_a fear_n the_o fear_n of_o future_a torment_n be_v not_o the_o perfect_a fear_n but_o yet_o even_o that_o fear_n be_v the_o servant_n and_o instrument_n of_o god_n too_o who_o can_v so_o absolute_o divest_v all_o sense_n say_v chrysostome_n but_o that_o when_o the_o whole_a city_n be_v in_o a_o combustion_n and_o commotion_n or_o when_o the_o ship_n that_o he_o be_v in_o strike_v desperate_o and_o irrecoverable_o upon_o a_o rock_n he_o be_v otherwise_o affect_v towards_o god_n then_o than_o when_o every_o day_n in_o a_o quietness_n and_o calmness_n of_o holy_a affection_n he_o hear_v a_o sermon_n gehennae_fw-la timor_fw-la say_v the_o same_o father_n regni_fw-la affert_fw-la coronam_fw-la even_o the_o fear_n of_o hell_n get_v we_o heaven_n chap._n xvii_o verse_n 1._o it_o be_v god_n prescript_n to_o abraham_n here_o walk_v before_o i_o and_o be_v perfect_a and_o that_o be_v when_o as_o to_o allude_v to_o that_o know_a expression_n manus_fw-la ad_fw-la clavum_fw-la oculus_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la as_o our_o hand_n be_v upon_o the_o work_n so_o our_o eye_n must_v be_v upon_o god_n in_o every_o thing_n we_o do_v which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o that_o uprightness_n call_v in_o the_o scripture_n dialect_n perfection_n where_o you_o may_v note_v the_o difference_n between_o these_o three_o expression_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o walk_v with_o god_n after_o god_n and_o before_o god_n we_o walk_v with_o god_n as_o a_o sweet_a companion_n after_o god_n as_o a_o command_a lord_n before_o god_n as_o a_o observe_a judge_n we_o walk_v with_o he_o as_o his_o friend_n after_o he_o as_o his_o servant_n before_o he_o as_o his_o child_n last_o we_o walk_v with_o he_o by_o a_o humble_a familiarity_n after_o he_o in_o a_o regular_a conformity_n before_o he_o by_o a_o cordial_a integrity_n and_o this_o be_v according_a to_o god_n rule_n to_o abraham_n walk_v before_o i_o and_o be_v perfect_a verse_n 3._o when_o god_n talk_v with_o we_o in_o his_o word_n or_o we_o talk_v with_o god_n in_o our_o prayer_n we_o can_v be_v too_o humble_a you_o see_v from_o this_o text_n that_o abraham_n the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a fall_v upon_o his_o face_n at_o a_o conference_n with_o god_n and_o shall_v we_o that_o be_v his_o son_n not_o fall_v upon_o our_o knee_n certain_o be_v there_o never_o a_o church_n stand_v in_o the_o world_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o one_o stone_n leave_v for_o a_o bethel_n wheresoever_o we_o come_v to_o pray_v we_o shall_v worship_v first_o look_v up_o to_o our_o god_n and_o his_o infinitude_n with_o glory_n be_v to_o thou_o o_o lord_n then_o in_o the_o publican_n deject_a posture_n reflect_v upon_o the_o dust_n our_o original_n and_o our_o end_n with_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o i_o a_o sinner_n and_o indeed_o can_v we_o presume_v high_o than_o the_o dust_n when_o we_o reverence_v before_o our_o maker_n or_o do_v less_o than_o hide_v our_o own_o face_n with_o shame_n appear_v before_o the_o glorious_a light_n of_o that_o countenance_n which_o we_o can_v see_v and_o live_v and_o which_o we_o shall_v one_o day_n look_v upon_o with_o tremble_a if_o not_o now_o with_o shame_n verse_n 5._o there_o be_v no_o faith_n where_o there_o be_v either_o mean_n or_o hope_n difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n be_v the_o true_a object_n of_o belief_n hereupon_o god_n add_v to_o abraham_n name_n that_o which_o he_o will_v fetch_v from_o his_o loin_n and_o make_v his_o name_n as_o ample_a as_o his_o posterity_n never_o any_o man_n be_v a_o loose_a by_o believe_v faith_n be_v ever_o recompense_v with_o glory_n verse_n 7._o god_n have_v in_o great_a mercy_n and_o goodness_n promise_v to_o show_v grace_n and_o favour_n not_o only_o to_o the_o faithful_a themselves_o but_o to_o their_o seed_n after_o they_o and_o as_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v great_a so_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o godly_a be_v effectual_a for_o themselves_o and_o their_o child_n god_n will_v be_v our_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o our_o seed_n after_o we_o if_o then_o we_o consider_v either_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n to_o be_v merciful_a or_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o godly_a to_o believe_v in_o both_o respect_v we_o may_v collect_v and_o gather_v this_o truth_n that_o the_o love_n of_o god_n to_o the_o faithful_a shall_v so_o abound_v that_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o their_o posterity_n like_o the_o precious_a ointment_n pour_v on_o the_o head_n of_o aaron_n that_o run_v down_o upon_o his_o beard_n and_o flow_v to_o the_o border_n of_o his_o garment_n or_o as_o the_o dew_n on_o hermon_n and_o zion_n which_o water_v the_o valley_n which_o be_v beneath_o they_o now_o see_v that_o goodness_n have_v the_o promise_n of_o bring_v a_o blessing_n upon_o the_o family_n where_o it_o be_v profess_v it_o be_v require_v of_o we_o to_o profess_v and_o believe_v the_o gospel_n that_o so_o we_o may_v procure_v a_o blessing_n upon_o ourselves_o and_o child_n the_o neglect_n of_o which_o bring_v utter_a ruin_n to_o father_n and_o child_n so_o then_o godly_a parent_n must_v have_v a_o care_n to_o bring-up_a their_o child_n and_o family_n in_o the_o true_a faith_n and_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o may_v be_v a_o mean_n by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n to_o save_v thy_o son_n from_o death_n and_o to_o deliver_v his_o soul_n from_o destruction_n verse_n 11._o circumcision_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n betwixt_o god_n and_o we_o if_o we_o be_v in_o god_n and_o god_n in_o we_o if_o we_o be_v circumcise_v within_o if_o the_o foreskin_n of_o our_o heart_n be_v take_v away_o then_o be_v the_o outward_a circumcision_n a_o seal_n unto_o our_o covenant_n with_o god_n otherwise_o it_o be_v a_o seal_n indeed_o but_o a_o seal_n without_o a_o bond_n a_o seal_n without_o any_o stipulation_n betwixt_o god_n and_o we_o we_o be_v no_o whit_n privilege_v by_o it_o no_o more_o than_o be_v the_o turk_n who_o yet_o be_v circumcise_v which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o the_o jew_n at_o this_o day_n have_v no_o benefit_n by_o this_o covenant_n because_o they_o be_v uncircumcised_a in_o their_o heart_n that_o vail_v that_o foreskin_n be_v not_o take_v away_o and_o that_o only_o be_v the_o circumcision_n which_o seal_v the_o covenant_n betwixt_o god_n and_o we_o the_o gospel-circumcision_a the_o put_v off_o the_o old_a adam_n by_o that_o circumcision_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n wrought_v by_o the_o word_n upon_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o poor_a sinner_n whereby_o the_o corruption_n of_o his_o nature_n be_v mortify_v and_o himself_o receive_v into_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o communion_n with_o god_n verse_n 14._o in_o the_o first_o covenant_n that_o god_n make_v with_o his_o people_n as_o we_o see_v here_o that_o person_n that_o will_v not_o be_v circumcise_v that_o soul_n be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o just_o so_o in_o the_o second_o covenant_n that_o god_n make_v with_o his_o people_n the_o covenant_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o that_o be_v not_o circumcise_v in_o heart_n and_o make_v new_a by_o regeneration_n he_o shall_v have_v no_o part_n with_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n joh._n 3._o 3_o the_o wise_a man_n be_v not_o privilege_v by_o his_o wisdom_n nor_o the_o strong_a man_n by_o his_o strength_n the_o king_n be_v not_o free_v by_o his_o crown_n and_o dignity_n nor_o the_o priest_n by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o key_n for_o if_o any_o one_o enter_v himself_o in_o covenant_n with_o god_n under_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o hope_n for_o benefit_n by_o that_o covenant_n as_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n do_v undergo_v the_o outward_a circumcision_n of_o the_o body_n so_o must_v he_o the_o inward_a circcmcision_n of_o the_o heart_n no_o circumcision_n no_o son_n of_o abraham_n no_o son_n of_o abraham_n no_o son_n of_o god_n verse_n 17._o abraham_n be_v old_a ere_o this_o promise_n and_o hope_n of_o a_o son_n be_v give_v and_o still_o the_o old_a the_o more_o uncapable_a yet_o god_n make_v he_o wait_v twenty_o five_o year_n for_o performance_n no_o time_n be_v long_o to_o faith_n which_o have_v learned_a to_o defer_v hope_n without_o faint_a and_o irksomeness_n abraham_n hear_v this_o news_n
be_v love_v abimelech_n and_o phicol_n desire_v to_o live_v peaceable_o and_o quiet_o with_o isaac_n that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o oath_n and_o a_o covenant_n between_o they_o but_o yet_o these_o be_v heathen_n can_v not_o love_v isaac_n as_o a_o godly_a man_n shall_v be_v love_v they_o depart_v from_o he_o in_o peace_n say_v this_o verse_n peace_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o love_n be_v another_o chap._n xxvii_o verse_n 2._o as_o isaac_n say_v here_o that_o he_o know_v not_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n so_o may_v we_o say_v both_o of_o the_o time_n and_o also_o of_o the_o place_n and_o manner_n of_o our_o death_n for_o death_n surprise_v some_o as_o abel_n when_o he_o be_v walk_v in_o the_o field_n other_o as_o uz_n when_o he_o be_v sit_v at_o his_o door_n some_o with_o job_n child_n at_o a_o feast_n other_o with_o the_o philistine_n sport_v in_o a_o theatre_n thus_o likewise_o may_v we_o say_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o death_n there_o be_v a_o natural_a death_n when_o a_o man_n die_v as_o a_o lamp_n go_v out_o because_o there_o be_v no_o more_o oil_n to_o feed_v it_o and_o there_o be_v a_o violent_a death_n when_o the_o soul_n be_v thrust_v out_o of_o door_n and_o the_o lamp_n of_o life_n not_o burn_v but_o blow_v out_o josia_n die_v by_o the_o hurt_n of_o a_o arrow_n a_o prophet_n of_o god_n by_o the_o tooth_n of_o a_o lion_n abimelech_n by_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o stone_n boast_v not_o thyself_o therefore_o of_o to_o morrow_n for_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o a_o day_n may_v bring_v forth_o if_o not_o a_o end_n of_o thy_o sin_n it_o may_v be_v a_o end_n of_o thy_o life_n if_o it_o bring_v not_o forth_o conversion_n it_o may_v bring_v forth_o confusion_n verse_n 4._o what_o have_v careless_a esau_n lose_v if_o have_v sell_v his_o birthright_n he_o may_v obtain_v the_o blessing_n or_o what_o have_v jacob_n gain_v if_o his_o brother_n venison_n may_v countervail_v his_o pottage_n yet_o thus_o have_v old_a isaac_n decree_v who_o be_v not_o now_o more_o blind_a in_o his_o eye_n than_o in_o his_o affection_n god_n have_v forewarn_v he_o that_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a yet_o isaac_n go_v about_o to_o bless_v esau._n the_o dear_a of_o god_n saint_n have_v be_v sometime_o transport_v with_o natural_a affection_n he_o see_v himself_o prefer_v to_o ishmael_n though_o the_o elder_a he_o see_v his_o father_n wilful_o forget_v nature_n at_o god_n command_n in_o bind_v he_o for_o sacrifice_n he_o see_v esau_n lewd_o match_v with_o heathen_n and_o yet_o he_o will_v remember_v nothing_o but_o esau_n be_v my_o first-born_a but_o how_o gracious_a be_v god_n that_o when_o we_o will_v will_v not_o let_v we_o sin_n and_o so_o order_v our_o action_n that_o we_o do_v not_o what_o we_o will_v but_o what_o we_o ought_v verse_n 8._o that_o god_n which_o have_v ordain_v the_o lordship_n for_o the_o young_a will_v also_o contrive_v for_o he_o the_o blessing_n what_o he_o will_v have_v effect_v shall_v not_o want_v mean_n the_o mother_n shall_v rather_o defeat_v the_o son_n and_o beguile_v her_o husband_n than_o the_o father_n shall_v beguile_v the_o choose_a son_n of_o his_o blessing_n what_o be_v jacob_n to_o rebecca_n more_o than_o esau_n or_o what_o mother_n do_v not_o more_o affect_v the_o elder_n but_o now_o god_n incline_v the_o love_n of_o the_o mother_n to_o the_o young_a against_o the_o custom_n of_o nature_n because_o the_o father_n love_v the_o elder_a against_o the_o promise_n the_o affection_n of_o parent_n be_v divide_v that_o the_o promise_n may_v be_v fulfil_v rebecca_n craft_n shall_v answer_v isaac_n partiality_n isaac_n will_v unjust_o turn_v esau_n into_o jacob_n rebecca_n do_v as_o cunning_o turn_v jacob_n into_o esau_n her_o desire_n be_v good_a her_o mean_n be_v unlawful_a god_n do_v ofttimes_o effect_v his_o just_a will_n by_o our_o wickedness_n yet_o neither_o thereby_o justify_v our_o infirmity_n nor_o blemish_v his_o own_o action_n verse_n 19_o here_o be_v nothing_o but_o counterfeit_v a_o feign_a person_n feign_a name_n feign_a venison_n a_o feign_a answer_n and_o yet_o behold_v a_o true_a blessing_n but_o to_o the_o man_n not_o to_o the_o mean_n those_o be_v so_o unsound_a that_o jacob_n himself_o do_v more_o fear_n their_o curse_n than_o hope_v for_o their_o success_n but_o rebecca_n presume_v upon_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n and_o her_o husband_n simplicity_n dare_v be_v his_o surety_n for_o the_o danger_n his_o counsellor_n for_o the_o carriage_n of_o the_o business_n his_o cook_n for_o the_o diet_n yea_o dress_n both_o the_o meat_n and_o the_o man_n and_o now_o she_o wish_v she_o can_v borrow_v esau_n tongue_n as_o well_o as_o his_o garment_n that_o she_o may_v secure_o deceive_v all_o the_o sense_n of_o he_o who_o have_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v more_o dangerous_o deceive_v by_o his_o affection_n but_o this_o be_v pass_v her_o remedy_n her_o son_n must_v name_v himself_o esau_n with_o the_o voice_n of_o jacob_n it_o be_v hard_a if_o our_o tongue_n do_v not_o bewray_v what_o we_o be_v in_o spite_n of_o our_o habit_n this_o be_v enough_o to_o work_v isaac_n to_o a_o suspicion_n to_o a_o enquiry_n not_o to_o a_o incredulity_n he_o that_o be_v good_a of_o himself_o will_v hardly_o believe_v evil_a of_o another_o and_o will_v rather_o distrust_v his_o own_o sense_n than_o the_o fidelity_n of_o those_o he_o trust_v all_o the_o sense_n be_v set_v to_o examine_v none_o stick_v at_o the_o judgement_n but_o the_o ear_n to_o deceive_v that_o jacob_n must_v second_v his_o dissimulation_n with_o three_o lie_n in_o one_o breath_n i_o be_o esau_n as_o thou_o bid_v i_o my_o venison_n onesin_n entertain_v fetch_v in_o another_o and_o if_o it_o be_v force_v to_o lodge_v alone_o either_o depart_v or_o die_v i_o love_v jacob_n blessing_n but_o i_o hate_v his_o lie_n i_o will_v not_o do_v that_o wilful_o which_o jacob_n do_v weak_o on_o condition_n of_o a_o blessing_n he_o that_o pardon_v his_o infirmity_n will_v curse_v my_o obstinateness_n verse_n 23._o good_a isaac_n have_v first_o set_v his_o hand_n to_o try_v whether_o his_o ear_n inform_v he_o aright_o and_o then_o feel_v the_o hand_n of_o he_o who_o voice_n he_o suspect_v that_o honest_a heart_n can_v not_o think_v that_o the_o skin_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v counterfeit_v than_o the_o lung_n a_o small_a satisfaction_n content_v those_o who_o guiltiness_n have_v not_o make_v scrupulous_a isaac_n believe_v and_o bless_v the_o young_a son_n in_o the_o garment_n of_o the_o elder_n if_o our_o heavenly_a father_n smell_v upon_o our_o back_n the_o savour_n of_o our_o elder_a brother_n robe_n we_o can_v depart_v from_o he_o unblessed_a verse_n 27._o as_o isaac_n say_v of_o his_o son_n here_o the_o smell_n of_o my_o son_n be_v as_o the_o smell_n of_o a_o field_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v bless_v so_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n as_o he_o smell_v a_o savour_n of_o rest_n from_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o noah_n shall_v smell_v from_o we_o if_o we_o intend_v to_o be_v his_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o the_o promise_n as_o jacob_n be_v the_o savour_n of_o medicinal_a herb_n of_o remorse_n and_o repentance_n and_o contrition_n and_o detestation_n of_o former_a sin_n and_o the_o savour_n of_o odoriferous_a and_o fragrant_a and_o aromatical_a herb_n work_v worthy_a of_o repentance_n amendment_n of_o life_n edification_n of_o other_o and_o zeal_n to_o his_o glory_n verse_n 32._o no_o soon_o be_v jacob_n go_v away_o full_a of_o the_o joy_n of_o his_o blessing_n than_o esau_n come_v in_o full_a of_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o blessing_n and_o now_o blow_v and_o sweat_v for_o his_o reward_n he_o find_v nothing_o but_o a_o repulse_v lewd_a man_n when_o they_o think_v they_o have_v earn_v of_o god_n and_o come_v proud_o to_o challenge_v favour_n receive_v no_o answer_n but_o who_o be_v thou_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o wicked_a fail_v they_o when_o they_o be_v at_o the_o high_a whereas_o god_n child_n find_v these_o comfort_n in_o extremity_n which_o they_o dare_v not_o expect_v verse_n 33._o both_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n wonder_v at_o each_o other_o the_o one_o with_o fear_n the_o other_o with_o grief_n isaac_n tremble_v and_o esau_n weep_v the_o one_o upon_o conscience_n the_o other_o upon_o envy_n isaac_n heart_n now_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v purpose_v the_o blessing_n where_o he_o do_v and_o that_o it_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o unto_o who_o it_o be_v give_v and_o not_o purpose_v hence_o he_o dare_v not_o reverse_v that_o which_o he_o have_v do_v with_o god_n will_v beside_o his_o own_o for_o now_o he_o see_v that_o he_o have_v do_v unwilling_a justice_n god_n will_v find_v both_o time_n and_o mean_n to_o reclaim_v his_o own_o to_o prevent_v their_o sin_n to_o manifest_v
time_n as_o by_o nature_n a_o woman_n may_v have_v a_o child_n god_n will_v return_v to_o we_o in_o the_o grave_n according_a to_o the_o time_n of_o life_n that_o be_v in_o such_o time_n as_o he_o by_o his_o gracious_a decree_n have_v fix_v for_o the_o resurrection_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n no_o more_o than_o the_o godhead_n depart_v from_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o grave_n do_v his_o power_n and_o his_o presence_n depart_v from_o our_o dead_a body_n in_o that_o darkness_n verse_n 6._o jacob_n be_v not_o willing_a to_o be_v a_o burden_n unto_o pharaoh_n more_o than_o needs_o must_v bring_v down_o all_o his_o estate_n into_o egypt_n though_o the_o famine_n force_v the_o patriarch_n to_o be_v behold_v to_o pharaoh_n for_o bread_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o be_v engage_v to_o he_o for_o meat_n and_o therefore_o take_v his_o cattle_n along_o with_o he_o and_o although_o he_o can_v not_o bring_v down_o his_o house_n into_o goshen_n yet_o he_o carry_v his_o good_n it_o be_v a_o happiness_n so_o to_o live_v with_o other_o as_o not_o to_o be_v behold_v but_o rather_o helpful_a than_o burdensome_a when_o the_o prophet_n desire_v a_o cake_n of_o the_o widow_n in_o the_o day_n of_o famine_n he_o reward_v she_o with_o a_o barrel_n of_o meal_n which_o outla_v that_o famine_n and_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v be_v a_o burden_n to_o the_o poor_a woman_n a_o miracle_n shall_v relieve_v she_o verse_n 27._o well_o may_v the_o rabbin_n say_v that_o these_o seventy_o soul_n be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o seventy_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n when_o moses_n tell_v we_o deut._n 10._o 22._o that_o whereas_o their_o father_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o seventy_o soul_n now_o jehovah_n have_v make_v they_o as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n for_o multitude_n and_o this_o too_o by_o miraculous_a way_n and_o mean_n as_o for_o instance_n when_o this_o israel_n of_o god_n be_v shackled_a perchance_o for_o their_o forefather_n sell_v joseph_n to_o be_v a_o slave_n with_o the_o iron_n of_o egypt_n where_o their_o burden_n be_v turn_v into_o bondage_n and_o their_o bondage_n into_o blood_n their_o soul_n also_o be_v ever_o on_o the_o rack_n of_o continual_a fear_n and_o suspense_n lest_o their_o body_n may_v be_v throw_v into_o the_o same_o brickhill_n they_o have_v build_v and_o become_v the_o fire_n to_o harden_v their_o own_o handiwork_n yet_o here_o how_o do_v god_n tie_v up_o pharaoh_n hand_n with_o plague_n turn_v their_o poison_n into_o cordial_n and_o their_o enemy_n malice_n to_o their_o great_a improvement_n in_o that_o he_o make_v they_o grow_v under_o their_o burden_n and_o propagate_v through_o that_o inhuman_a destruction_n of_o the_o male_a fruit_n of_o their_o body_n so_o able_a be_v god_n to_o raise_v his_o church_n from_o a_o small_a number_n to_o a_o infinite_a from_o seventy_o person_n to_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o sand_n on_o the_o seashore_n for_o multitude_n verse_n 29._o the_o height_n of_o all_o earthly_a contentment_n appear_v in_o the_o meeting_n of_o these_o two_o who_o their_o mutual_a loss_n have_v more_o endear_v to_o each_o other_o the_o intermission_n of_o comfort_n have_v this_o advantage_n that_o it_o sweeten_v our_o delight_n more_o in_o the_o return_n than_o be_v abate_v in_o the_o forbearance_n god_n do_v ofttimes_o hide_v away_o our_o joseph_n for_o a_o time_n that_o we_o may_v be_v more_o joyous_a and_o thankful_a in_o his_o recovery_n this_o be_v the_o sincere_a pleasure_n that_o ever_o jacob_n have_v which_o therefore_o god_n reserve_v for_o his_o age_n and_o if_o the_o meeting_n of_o earthly_a friend_n be_v so_o unspekable_o comfortable_a how_o happy_a shall_v we_o be_v in_o sight_n of_o the_o glorious_a face_n of_o god_n our_o heavenly_a father_n of_o that_o our_o bless_a redeemer_n who_o we_o sell_v to_o death_n by_o our_o sin_n and_o which_o now_o after_o that_o noble_a triumph_n have_v all_o power_n give_v he_o in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n chap._n xlvii_o verse_n 3._o it_o be_v fit_a that_o every_o one_o that_o live_v in_o a_o commonwealth_n shall_v labour_v in_o that_o commonwealth_n and_o bring_v some_o benefit_n some_o honey_n to_o the_o common_a hive_n unless_o he_o will_v be_v cast_v out_o as_o a_o drone_n pharaoh_n will_v hardly_o have_v suffer_v even_o josephs_n own_o brethren_n to_o have_v live_v idle_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o therefore_o his_o first_o question_n here_o be_v what_o be_v your_o occupation_n at_o athens_n every_o man_n give_v a_o yearly_a account_n to_o the_o magistrate_n by_o what_o trade_n or_o course_n of_o life_n he_o maintain_v himself_o which_o if_o he_o can_v not_o do_v he_o be_v banish_v take_v you_o the_o evil_a and_o unprofitable_a servant_n say_v our_o saviour_n and_o cast_v he_o into_o utter_a darkness_n away_o with_o such_o a_o fellow_n from_o off_o the_o earth_n which_o he_o have_v burden_a for_o he_o be_v no_o more_o miss_v when_o go_v then_o the_o paring_n of_o one_o nail_n those_o therefore_o that_o have_v a_o talon_n a_o trade_n to_o live_v on_o must_v improve_v that_o talon_n must_v follow_v that_o trade_n whereby_o the_o world_n may_v be_v the_o better_a and_o not_o think_v to_o come_v hither_o mere_o as_o rat_n and_o mouse_n only_o to_o devour_v victual_n and_o to_o run_v squeak_v up_o and_o down_o these_o be_v cipher_n or_o rather_o excrement_n in_o humane_a society_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o brow_n thou_o shall_v eat_v thy_o bread_n be_v the_o old_a sanction_n even_o paradise_n that_o be_v man_n storehouse_n be_v also_o his_o work_a house_n they_o bury_v themselves_o alive_a that_o as_o body-lice_n live_v on_o other_o man_n sweat_n and_o labour_n and_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o relieve_v they_o verse_n 4._o these_o plain_a deal_n man_n do_v not_o desire_v to_o live_v at_o court_n though_o their_o brother_n be_v the_o chief_a favourite_n but_o in_o goshen_n which_o as_o it_o be_v next_o to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n so_o be_v it_o most_o fit_a for_o their_o cattle_n these_o honest_a religious_a patriarch_n choose_v rather_o a_o poor_a shepherd_n life_n in_o god_n service_n then_o to_o ruffle_v it_o as_o courtier_n out_o of_o the_o church_n so_o do_v moses_n afterward_o and_o david_n psal._n 84._o 10._o and_o the_o poor_a prophet_n that_o die_v so_o deep_a in_o debt_n and_o good_a micaiah_n and_o those_o that_o wander_v about_o in_o sheepskin_n and_o goatskin_n heb._n 11._o who_o happy_o may_v have_v ruffle_v in_o silk_n and_o velvet_n if_o they_o will_v have_v strain_v their_o conscience_n origen_n be_v content_v to_o be_v a_o poor_a catechist_n at_o alexandria_n every_o day_n in_o fear_n of_o death_n when_o he_o may_v have_v be_v with_o his_o fellow_n pupil_n photinus_n in_o great_a authority_n and_o favour_n if_o not_o a_o christian._n god_n take_v it_o kind_o when_o man_n will_v go_v after_o he_o in_o the_o wildernef_n in_o a_o land_n not_o sow_v jer._n 2._o 2._o that_o be_v choose_v he_o and_o his_o way_n in_o affliction_n and_o with_o self-denial_n verse_n 6._o those_o that_o be_v ingenious_a and_o industrious_a in_o their_o call_n shall_v be_v prefer_v and_o have_v in_o esteem_n by_o great_a man_n how_o much_o more_o than_o do_v it_o concern_v christian_n to_o improve_v their_o talon_n that_o they_o may_v be_v accept_v and_o prefer_v by_o god_n that_o servant_n in_o saint_n luke_n that_o have_v improve_v his_o pound_n to_o ten_o pound_n be_v make_v lord_n over_o ten_o city_n and_o he_o that_o have_v increase_v it_o but_o to_o five_o pound_n have_v authority_n but_o over_o five_o city_n as_o every_o one_o have_v trade_v so_o he_o be_v reward_v and_o have_v a_o different_a degree_n both_o of_o grace_n and_o glory_n let_v all_o man_n therefore_o according_a to_o their_o several_a ability_n improve_v what_o they_o have_v to_o god_n glory_n and_o the_o good_a of_o other_o and_o then_o they_o may_v be_v sure_o they_o shall_v improve_v it_o for_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o both_o good_a and_o glory_n verse_n 9_o man_n life_n be_v but_o a_o sojourn_v it_o be_v but_o a_o pilgrimage_n say_v jacob_n here_o and_o but_o the_o day_n of_o his_o pilgrimage_n neither_o every_o one_o of_o they_o quick_o at_o a_o end_n and_o all_o of_o they_o quick_o reckon_v thus_o also_o do_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n count_v themselves_o but_o as_o stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o thereby_o declare_v that_o they_o seek_v a_o country_n heb._n 12._o 14._o here_o we_o have_v no_o continue_a city_n first_o no_o city_n no_o such_o large_a be_v and_o then_o no_o continue_n at_o all_o it_o be_v but_o a_o sojourn_v here_o we_o be_v but_o viatores_fw-la passenger_n wayfaring_a man_n this_o life_n be_v but_o the_o highway_n and_o thou_o can_v not_o build_v thy_o hope_n here_o nay_o to_o be_v
only_o to_o the_o people_n but_o to_o the_o priest_n himself_o to_o sustain_v he_o yea_o and_o to_o countenance_n and_o favour_n and_o protect_v he_o too_o in_o the_o execution_n and_o exercise_n of_o his_o priestly_a office_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o those_o two_o great_a cedar_n the_o secular_a and_o ecclesiastical_a power_n which_o that_o they_o may_v always_o agree_v as_o brethren_n god_n plant_v at_o first_o in_o those_o two_o brethren_n moses_n and_o aaron_n there_o though_o moses_n be_v the_o temporal_a and_o aaron_n the_o spiritual_a magistrate_n yet_o god_n say_v here_o to_o moses_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o god_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o not_o only_o to_o pharaoh_n but_o aaron_n thy_o brother_n shall_v be_v thy_o prophet_n for_o as_o he_o say_v exod_a 4._o thou_o shall_v be_v to_o he_o instead_o of_o god_n so_o useful_a so_o necessary_a be_v man_n to_o man_n as_o that_o the_o priest_n who_o be_v of_o god_n incorporate_v in_o god_n subsist_v also_o by_o man._n verse_n 3._o concern_v this_o harden_v of_o pharaoh_n some_o understand_v it_o by_o permission_n i._n e._n god_n suffer_v he_o to_o be_v harden_v as_o we_o say_v in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n i._n e._n suffer_v we_o not_o to_o be_v lead_v greg._n moral_a 31._o cap._n 12._o say_v non_fw-la duritiem_fw-la contulit_fw-la sed_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la meritis_fw-la nulla_fw-la infu_fw-la sa_fw-it timoris_fw-la sensibilitate_fw-la mollivit_fw-la he_o do_v not_o impose_v hardness_n but_o his_o merit_n so_o deserve_v he_o soften_v he_o not_o by_o any_o infuse_a sense_n of_o fear_n this_o shall_v ever_o work_v in_o we_o care_n and_o zeal_n to_o crave_v at_o god_n hand_n fleshy_a heart_n which_o may_v tremble_v at_o his_o judgement_n and_o taste_v his_o mercy_n say_v with_o samuel_n speak_v on_o lord_n thy_o servant_n hear_v and_o with_o david_n o_o my_o god_n i_o be_o content_a to_o do_v it_o yea_o thy_o law_n be_v within_o my_o heart_n verse_n 10._o pharaoh_n be_v now_o from_o a_o staff_n of_o protection_n and_o sustentation_n to_o god_n people_n turn_v to_o a_o serpent_n that_o sting_v they_o to_o death_n god_n show_v himself_o in_o this_o real_a emblem_n do_v that_o sudden_o before_o he_o which_o satan_n have_v wrought_v in_o he_o by_o leisure_n and_o now_o when_o he_o crawl_v and_o hiss_v threaten_v peril_n to_o israel_n he_o show_v he_o how_o in_o a_o instant_n he_o can_v turn_v he_o into_o a_o senseless_a stick_n and_o make_v he_o if_o not_o useful_a yet_o fearless_a the_o same_o god_n which_o wrought_v this_o give_v satan_n leave_v to_o imitate_v it_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n the_o first_o plague_n that_o god_n mean_v to_o inflict_v upon_o pharaoh_n be_v delusion_n god_n can_v be_v content_a the_o devil_n shall_v win_v himself_o credit_n where_o he_o mean_v to_o judge_v and_o hold_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o miracle_n well_o lose_v to_o harden_v a_o enemy_n verse_n 12._o here_o we_o may_v see_v the_o end_n of_o falsehood_n and_o error_n at_o the_o last_o truth_n shall_v devour_v it_o in_o god_n good_a time_n for_o great_a be_v truth_n and_o prevail_v truth_n may_v be_v oppress_v for_o a_o time_n god_n so_o please_v either_o to_o punish_v or_o try_v his_o people_n but_o final_o suppress_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v god_n be_v strong_a than_o all_o his_o enemy_n moses_n than_o all_o enchanter_n shall_v disperse_v all_o dusky_a cloud_n bring_v his_o glorious_a truth_n out_o to_o bear_v sway_n again_o at_o his_o good_a pleasure_n verse_n 17._o this_o plague_n god_n bring_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o child_n which_o be_v drown_v and_o the_o river_n thus_o turn_v into_o blood_n complain_v to_o god_n for_o that_o slaughter_n we_o may_v further_o note_v a_o increase_n of_o terror_n in_o this_o miracle_n above_o the_o former_a of_o the_o serpent_n to_o signify_v that_o where_o mild_a mean_n will_v not_o serve_v god_n both_o can_v and_o will_v add_v sharp_a and_o heavy_a he_o increase_v his_o cross_n from_o good_n to_o body_n from_o body_n to_o mind_n from_o ourselves_o to_o our_o child_n and_o still_o make_v we_o abound_v with_o more_o want_n in_o great_a and_o sharp_a measure_n that_o we_o may_v repent_v and_o return_v if_o not_o in_o the_o end_n he_o can_v destroy_v we_o with_o misery_n that_o never_o shall_v have_v a_o end_n verse_n 20._o first_o god_n begin_v his_o judgement_n with_o water_n as_o the_o river_n nilus_n be_v to_o egypt_n instead_o of_o heaven_n to_o moisten_v and_o fatten_v the_o earth_n so_o their_o confidence_n be_v more_o in_o it_o than_o in_o heaven_n man_n be_v sure_a to_o be_v punish_v most_o and_o soon_a in_o that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o corrival_n with_o god_n this_o change_n also_o of_o the_o water_n into_o blood_n be_v a_o image_n of_o their_o future_a destruction_n they_o be_v afterward_o overwhelm_v in_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o now_o beforehand_o they_o see_v the_o river_n red_a with_o blood_n chap._n viii_o verse_n 3._o what_o a_o army_n be_v here_o against_o such_o a_o prince_n god_n can_v have_v make_v use_n of_o man_n or_o angel_n but_o here_o he_o will_v confound_v the_o pride_n of_o such_o a_o conceit_a king_n by_o a_o host_n of_o frog_n rather_o than_o by_o either_o of_o the_o other_o the_o lord_n by_o contemptible_a and_o base_a thing_n will_v cast_v down_o our_o high_a look_n if_o we_o swell_v against_o he_o and_o of_o this_o he_o will_v have_v all_o high_a mind_n at_o this_o day_n to_o make_v use_n unto_o humility_n before_o they_o find_v it_o too_o late_a verse_n 7._o god_n adversary_n seek_v often_o to_o impugn_v the_o truth_n by_o the_o self_n same_o mean_n whereby_o he_o do_v teach_v it_o as_o if_o scripture_n be_v allege_v satan_n will_v do_v the_o like_a mat._n 4._o if_o the_o true_a prophet_n use_v a_o sign_n then_o will_v zedekiah_n make_v he_o horn_n too_o and_o say_v when_o go_v the_o spirit_n from_o i_o to_o thou_o 1_o king_n 22._o 11._o all_o which_o god_n do_v suffer_v to_o draw_v we_o to_o true_a and_o sound_a knowledge_n without_o which_o we_o can_v stand_v but_o shall_v be_v shake_v to_o and_o fro_o with_o doubt_n and_o fear_n most_o unfit_a for_o believer_n col._n 1._o 23._o verse_n 8._o let_v this_o comfort_n god_n minister_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o contempt_n that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o force_v the_o wicked_a to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o he_o and_o they_o in_o their_o extremity_n they_o shall_v acknowledge_v our_o calling_n justify_v our_o love_n and_o wish_v our_o prayer_n thus_o many_o who_o at_o other_o time_n regard_v not_o minister_n either_o go_v to_o sea_n or_o to_o battle_n or_o be_v sick_a or_o vex_v at_o home_n will_v send_v and_o seek_v for_o the_o prayer_n of_o god_n minister_n and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o sign_n of_o god_n omnipotent_a hand_n over_o all_o pharaoh_n whatsoever_o and_o that_o he_o can_v revenge_v our_o contempt_n and_o give_v our_o truth_n and_o careful_a walk_v in_o our_o place_n a_o due_a regard_n and_o reverence_n when_o he_o will_v with_o they_o and_o in_o they_o but_o here_o it_o may_v be_v demand_v why_o do_v pharaoh_n call_v now_o for_o moses_n and_o aaron_n rather_o than_o in_o the_o former_a plague_n why_o because_o this_o plague_n touch_v he_o near_o than_o the_o former_a when_o the_o river_n be_v blood_n he_o may_v have_v wine_n to_o drink_v and_o so_o not_o feel_v the_o smart_n of_o that_o plague_n whence_o we_o see_v that_o howbeit_o other_o man_n harm_n shall_v affect_v we_o yet_o unless_o the_o lord_n touch_v ourselves_o we_o be_v dull_a and_o dead_a without_o sense_n which_o certain_o make_v god_n reach_v we_o a_o blow_n many_o time_n when_o otherwise_o he_o will_v spare_v we_o do_v we_o make_v but_o use_n of_o other_o man_n misery_n verse_n 10._o wicked_a man_n do_v not_o only_o defer_v their_o duty_n from_o day_n to_o day_n but_o put_v over_o other_o also_o that_o offer_v good_a thing_n unto_o they_o as_o for_o instance_n if_o a_o preacher_n tender_v his_o service_n this_o sunday_n he_o be_v tell_v the_o next_o will_v be_v far_o more_o fit_a and_o if_o he_o come_v the_o next_o sunday_n then_o be_v either_o the_o master_n from_o home_n the_o gentlewoman_n sick_a the_o wether_n too_o hot_a or_o cold_a or_o some_o such_o thing_n that_o be_v moses_n never_o so_o ready_a yet_o pharaoh_n be_v not_o ready_a but_o to_o morrow_n to_o morrow_n be_v still_o the_o song_n till_o the_o lord_n strike_v and_o all_o morrow_n end_v in_o their_o eternal_a torment_n verse_n 14._o the_o lord_n can_v have_v take_v the_o frog_n quite_o away_o but_o this_o be_v do_v to_o show_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o miracle_n that_o they_o be_v frog_n indeed_o and_o no_o enchantment_n thereby_o to_o meet_v with_o the_o unbelief_n of_o the_o king_n
wife_n as_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o his_o church_n eph._n 5._o to_o rule_n to_o defend_v it_o to_o provide_v for_o it_o therefore_o as_o the_o church_n be_v in_o subjection_n to_o christ_n so_o ought_v the_o wife_n to_o be_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o wife_n to_o acknowledge_v their_o duty_n and_o to_o yield_v without_o strive_v subjection_n to_o their_o husband_n it_o be_v also_o the_o duty_n of_o husband_n see_v authority_n be_v commit_v unto_o they_o over_o their_o wife_n to_o love_v they_o tender_o even_o as_o christ_n love_v his_o church_n eph._n 5._o it_o be_v his_o duty_n likewise_o to_o dwell_v with_o his_o wife_n 1_o pet._n 3._o 7._o and_o why_o to_o dwell_v together_o but_o that_o the_o husband_n shall_v yield_v to_o his_o wife_n these_o four_o thing_n first_o good_a example_n second_o instruction_n three_o maintenance_n and_o last_o employment_n in_o her_o call_v for_o his_o good_a and_o his_o family_n verse_n 9_o it_o be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o vow_n or_o not_o to_o vow_v but_o when_o we_o have_v vow_v it_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n to_o break_v it_o vovere_fw-la nusquam_fw-la est_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la say_v bellarm._n l._n z._n de_fw-fr mona_n for_o as_o for_o that_o of_o the_o psalm_n 76._o 11._o vow_v and_o perform_v to_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n be_v not_o purum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la say_v mr._n cartwright_n a_o pure_a precept_n but_o like_o that_o in_o the_o new-testament_n be_v angry_a and_o sin_n not_o where_o anger_n be_v not-commanded_n but_o limit_v so_o neither_o be_v we_o simple_o command_v to_o vow_v but_o have_v voluntary_o vow_v we_o must_v not_o break_v it_o nor_o yet_o may_v we_o defer_v to_o pay_v it_o delay_n be_v take_v for_o denial_n excuse_n for_o refusal_n we_o must_v therefore_o come_v off_o with_o our_o vow_n roundly_o and_o ready_o as_o those_o zech._n 5._o 9_o that_o have_v wing_n and_o wind_n in_o their_o wing_n be_v not_o the_o nine_o leper_n condemn_v by_o christ_n for_o their_o negligence_n and_o unthankfulness_n luke_n 17._o god_n love_v a_o cheerful_a giver_n chap._n xxxi_o verse_n 2._o we_o must_v first_o do_v our_o work_n and_o then_o god_n will_v pay_v we_o our_o wage_n first_o fight_v our_o good_a fight_n against_o the_o world_n the_o flesh_n and_o the_o devil_n which_o be_v to_o avenge_v ourselves_o of_o the_o midianite_n in_o the_o text_n and_o then_o god_n will_v give_v we_o the_o crown_n of_o glory_n avenge_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n of_o the_o midianite_n say_v the_o lord_n here_o and_o afterward_o thou_o shall_v be_v gather_v to_o thy_o people_n to_o that_o great_a panegyris_n the_o general_n assembly_n and_o church_n of_o the_o first-born_a in_o heaven_n to_o that_o glorious_a amphitheatre_n where_o the_o saint_n shall_v see_v and_o say_v look_v yonder_o be_v peter_n and_o that_o be_v paul_n we_o shall_v sit_v down_o with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n have_v communion_n with_o they_o not_o only_o as_o godly_a man_n but_o as_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n verse_n 8._o balaam_n pretend_v a_o haste_n homeward_o but_o he_o linger_v so_o long_o that_o he_o leave_v his_o bone_n in_o midian_a how_o just_o do_v he_o perish_v by_o the_o sword_n of_o israel_n who_o tongue_n have_v insensible_o slay_v so_o many_o thousand_o of_o they_o as_o it_o be_v usual_o say_v of_o the_o devil_n that_o he_o go_v away_o in_o a_o stench_n so_o may_v it_o true_o be_v say_v of_o this_o prophet_n of_o he_o according_a to_o the_o fashion_n of_o all_o hypocrite_n his_o word_n be_v good_a his_o action_n abominable_a he_o will_v not_o curse_v but_o he_o will_v advise_v and_o his_o counsel_n be_v worse_a than_o a_o curse_n for_o his_o curse_n have_v hurt_v none_o but_o himself_o his_o counsel_n cost_v the_o blood_n of_o four_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o israelite_n he_o that_o have_v hear_v god_n speak_v by_o balaam_n will_v not_o look_v for_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o same_o mouth_n and_o if_o god_n himself_o have_v not_o witness_v against_o he_o who_o can_v believe_v that_o the_o same_o tongue_n that_o utter_v so_o divine_a prophecy_n shall_v utter_v so_o villainous_a and_o curse_a advice_n hypocrisy_n gain_v this_o of_o man_n that_o it_o may_v do_v evil_a unsuspected_a but_o now_o he_o that_o hear_v what_o he_o speak_v in_o balaac_n ear_n have_v beray_v and_o condemn_v his_o counsel_n and_o himself_o verse_n 15._o the_o woman_n be_v they_o that_o have_v cause_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o save_v they_o leave_v they_o may_v entice_v israel_n to_o sin_v the_o second_o time_n if_o we_o will_v avoid_v the_o sin_n we_o must_v have_v a_o care_n to_o fly_v the_o temptation_n if_o we_o will_v not_o commit_v the_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n we_o must_v not_o keep_v company_n with_o unclean_a person_n we_o must_v stand_v a_o loof_o and_o keep_v at_o a_o distance_n from_o all_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o pray_v lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n and_o yet_o to_o run_v upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n be_v to_o thrust_v our_o finger_n into_o the_o fire_n and_o then_o pray_v that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v burn_v a_o good_a man_n dare_v not_o come_v near_o the_o train_n though_o he_o be_v far_o off_o the_o blow_n he_o will_v not_o dare_v to_o play_v near_o the_o hole_n of_o the_o asp_n lest_o he_o slip_v into_o it_o he_o will_v not_o dally_v with_o the_o devil_n know_v full_a well_o that_o sin_n be_v very_o infinuative_a and_o that_o the_o old_a serpent_n if_o he_o once_o get_v in_o his_o head_n will_v quick_o wind_v in_o his_o whole_a body_n verse_n 16._o this_o policy_n be_v fetch_v from_o the_o bottom_n of_o hell_n it_o be_v not_o for_o lack_v of_o desire_n that_o i_o say_v balaam_n to_o balaac_n curse_v not_o israel_n thou_o do_v not_o more_o wish_v their_o destruction_n than_o i_o do_v thy_o wealth_n and_o honour_n but_o so_o long_o as_o they_o hold_v firm_a with_o god_n there_o be_v no_o sorcery_n against_o jacob_n withdraw_v god_n from_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v fall_v alone_o and_o curse_v themselves_o draw_v they_o into_o sin_n and_o thou_o shall_v withdraw_v god_n from_o they_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n more_o plausible_a than_o wantonness_n one_o fornication_n shall_v draw_v in_o another_o and_o both_o shall_v fetch_v the_o anger_n of_o god_n after_o they_o send_v your_o fair_a woman_n into_o their_o tent_n their_o sight_n shall_v draw_v they_o to_o lust_n their_o lust_n to_o folly_n their_o folly_n to_o idolatry_n and_o now_o god_n shall_v curse_v they_o for_o thou_o unasked_a where_o balaam_n speak_v well_o there_o be_v never_o any_o prophet_n speak_v more_o divine_o where_o he_o speak_v ill_o there_o be_v never_o any_o devil_n speak_v more_o desperate_o ill_a counsel_n seldom_o succee_v not_o god_n seed_n fall_v often_o out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o root_n not_o but_o the_o tare_n never_o likely_a miss_n verse_n 31._o it_o be_v worth_a the_o observation_n to_o consider_v that_o before_o the_o death_n of_o anron_n moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v join_v together_o so_o after_o his_o death_n moses_n and_o eleazar_n the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o minister_n as_o the_o hand_n and_o eye_n be_v in_o the_o body_n then_o do_v the_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n flourish_v when_o these_o two_o go_v hand_n in_o hand_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n they_o go_v to_o wrack_v when_o they_o be_v separate_v and_o draw_v several_a way_n verse_n 35._o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o victory_n that_o god_n give_v his_o people_n here_o appear_v by_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o people_n and_o reservation_n of_o the_o woman_n that_o have_v not_o know_v man_n which_o escape_v the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n learn_v hereby_o first_o that_o the_o iniquity_n of_o a_o people_n or_o nation_n make_v the_o lord_n to_o destroy_v they_o and_o lay_v they_o waste_v sometime_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o enemy_n as_o in_o this_o place_n and_o sometime_o by_o other_o judgement_n second_o that_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n providence_n be_v upon_o all_o man_n and_o all_o their_o way_n in_o that_o he_o destroy_v multitude_n and_o nation_n as_o well_o as_o single_a person_n which_o may_v serve_v to_o reprove_v those_o that_o magnify_v themselves_o against_o god_n think_v to_o prevail_v and_o escape_v for_o their_o multitude_n sake_n three_o this_o admonish_v every_o country_n city_n and_o nation_n if_o they_o will_v enjoy_v their_o land_n and_o good_n in_o peace_n they_o must_v seek_v to_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o god_n and_o if_o they_o will_v not_o have_v destruction_n come_v upon_o they_o from_o god_n let_v they_o not_o draw_v it_o upon_o themselves_o by_o their_o sin_n verse_n 49._o there_o lack_v not_o one_o man_n of_o we_o say_v they_o here_o therefore_o we_o have_v bring_v a_o
who_o thereby_o she_o draw_v about_o she_o not_o so_o among_o men._n god_n and_o the_o saint_n loath_a what_o the_o wicked_a love_n and_o delight_n in_o as_o the_o panther_n do_v in_o man_n excrement_n chap._n xxiv_o verse_n 9_o that_o be_v command_v she_o to_o be_v shut_v up_o seven_o day_n and_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o all_o part_n miriam_n shall_v continue_v some_o while_n leprous_a there_o be_v no_o policy_n in_o a_o sudden_a removal_n of_o just_a punishment_n if_o the_o judgement_n have_v be_v at_o once_o inflict_v and_o remove_v there_o have_v be_v no_o example_n of_o terror_n to_o other_o unless_o the_o rain_n so_o fall_v that_o it_o lie_v and_o soak_v into_o the_o earth_n it_o profit_v nothing_o if_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v only_o as_o passenger_n and_o not_o so_o journer_n at_o least_o they_o will_v be_v no_o whit_n regard_v verse_n 15._o the_o hireling_n have_v earnest_a thought_n upon_o his_o reward_n his_o reward_n be_v in_o his_o eye_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n here_o give_v why_o his_o wage_n shall_v not_o be_v withhold_v poor_a man_n he_o have_v be_v work_v all_o day_n and_o he_o have_v have_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o wage_n the_o hope_n of_o that_o give_v he_o some_o relief_n and_o ease_n in_o go_v through_o his_o hard_a task_n and_o service_n therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o keep_v it_o from_o he_o but_o be_v not_o this_o a_o sin_n in_o the_o servant_n to_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o wage_n be_v not_o the_o charge_n give_v psalm_n 62._o if_o riches_n increase_v set_v not_o thy_o heart_n upon_o they_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o these_o two_o text_n for_o this_o word_n here_o note_v the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o soul_n so_o we_o read_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n but_o in_o the_o psalm_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o covetous_a rich_a man_n the_o word_n import_v the_o set_n down_o or_o settle_v of_o his_o heart_n upon_o it_o a_o poor_a man_n have_v but_o a_o little_a and_o his_o wage_n it_o may_v be_v be_v above_o he_o his_o wage_n possible_o be_v more_o than_o he_o be_v worth_a therefore_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o mind_n to_o it_o as_o a_o thing_n he_o reach_v upward_o for_o but_o a_o rich_a man_n who_o have_v abundance_n let_v we_o his_o heart_n down_o he_o crouch_v and_o brood_v upon_o the_o creature_n a_o godly_a poor_a man_n look_v up_o to_o his_o reward_n and_o fetch_v his_o bread_n from_o heaven_n a_o covetous_a rich_a man_n look_v down_o to_o his_o reward_n and_o take_v his_o bread_n from_o the_o earth_n a_o godly_a man_n be_v above_o all_o earthly_a thing_n and_o yet_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o mind_n to_o receive_v they_o a_o mere_a natural_a man_n be_v below_o earthly_a thing_n and_o yet_o he_o descend_v that_o he_o may_v receive_v they_o the_o thing_n which_o both_o receive_v be_v the_o same_o but_o the_o conveyance_n and_o the_o derivation_n differ_v always_o as_o much_o as_o heaven_n and_o earth_n sometime_o as_o much_o as_o heaven_n and_o hell_n verse_n 16._o if_o it_o be_v here_o demand_v how_o it_o may_v stand_v with_o god_n justice_n and_o this_o text_n to_o punish_v the_o son_n for_o the_o father_n i_o answer_v that_o outward_a temporal_a evil_n be_v in_o the_o nature_n sometime_o of_o a_o curse_n sometime_o of_o a_o cure_n and_o according_o god_fw-we deal_v for_o sometime_o he_o punish_v a_o bad_a father_n in_o a_o bad_a son_n and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o a_o cross_n only_o but_o a_o curse_n to_o both_o so_o god_n punish_v pharaoh_n in_o his_o first-born_a sometime_o he_o punish_v a_o good_a father_n in_o a_o good_a son_n and_o then_o it_o be_v though_o a_o cross_n yet_o a_o cure_n to_o both_o so_o punish_v he_o david_n in_o his_o young_a child_n sometime_o he_o punish_v a_o good_a father_n in_o a_o bad_a son_n as_o he_o do_v david_n in_o absolom_n and_o then_o it_o be_v a_o cure_n to_o the_o father_n but_o a_o curse_n to_o the_o son_n sometime_o he_o punish_v a_o bad_a father_n in_o a_o good_a son_n thus_o he_o punish_v jeroboam_fw-la in_o his_o son_n and_o then_o it_o be_v a_o curse_n to_o the_o father_n but_o a_o cure_n to_o the_o son_n chap._n xxv_o verse_n 17._o in_o the_o israelite_n passage_n out_o of_o egypt_n god_n will_v not_o lead_v they_o the_o near_a way_n by_o the_o philistine_n land_n lest_o they_o shall_v repent_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o war_n now_o they_o both_o see_v and_o feel_v it_o god_n know_v how_o to_o make_v the_o fit_a choice_n of_o the_o time_n of_o evil_a and_o withhold_v that_o one_o while_o which_o he_o send_v another_o not_o without_o a_o just_a reason_n why_o he_o send_v and_o withhold_v it_o and_o though_o to_o we_o they_o come_v ever_o as_o we_o think_v unreasonable_o and_o at_o some_o time_n more_o unfit_o than_o other_o yet_o he_o that_o send_v they_o know_v their_o opportunity_n who_o will_v not_o have_v think_v a_o worse_a time_n can_v not_o have_v be_v pick_v for_o israel_n war_n than_o now_o in_o the_o feebleness_n of_o their_o troop_n when_o they_o be_v weary_a thirsty_a 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colour_n and_o strengthen_v not_o those_o part_n where_o be_v most_o opposition_n verse_n 19_o god_n hold_v it_o no_o derogation_n from_o his_o mercy_n to_o bear_v a_o quarrel_n long_o where_o he_o hate_v he_o who_o anger_n to_o the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n be_v everlasting_a even_o in_o temporal_a judgement_n revenge_v late_a the_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o child_n be_v no_o soon_o do_v and_o repent_v of_o then_o forget_v but_o the_o malicious_a sin_n of_o his_o enemy_n stick_v fast_o in_o a_o infinite_a displeasure_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o time_n to_o raze_v out_o any_o of_o the_o arrearage_n of_o god_n we_o may_v lay_v up_o wrath_n for_o our_o posterity_n happy_a be_v that_o child_n therefore_o who_o progenitor_n be_v in_o heaven_n he_o be_v leave_v a_o inheritor_n of_o blessing_n together_o with_o estate_n whereas_o wicked_a ancestor_n lose_v the_o thank_v of_o a_o rich_a patrimony_n by_o the_o curse_n that_o attend_v it_o he_o that_o think_v because_o punishment_n be_v defer_v that_o god_n have_v forgive_v or_o forget_v his_o offence_n be_v unacquainted_a with_o justice_n and_o know_v not_o that_o time_n make_v no_o difference_n in_o eternity_n chap._n xxvi_o verse_n 13._o what_o be_v give_v here_o to_o the_o poor_a the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n be_v give_v according_a to_o god_n command_n because_o he_o have_v enjoin_v it_o shall_v be_v so_o which_o instruct_v we_o that_o the_o work_n of_o alms-deed_n be_v not_o a_o freewill_n offer_n leave_v to_o ourselves_o to_o be_v do_v or_o undo_v as_o we_o think_v fit_a but_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n and_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v it_o if_o able_a and_o this_o be_v further_a prove_v from_o 1_o tim._n 6._o 17._o charge_v the_o rich_a that_o they_o be_v rich_a in_o good_a work_n it_o be_v the_o rich_a man_n charge_n precept_n and_o duty_n it_o be_v not_o leave_v to_o their_o free_a choice_n to_o do_v good_a if_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v lay_v upon_o they_o as_o their_o charge_n and_o duty_n they_o must_v do_v good_a work_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v because_o god_n have_v not_o make_v they_o owner_n but_o servant_n and_o servants_z not_o of_o their_o own_o good_n but_o the_o giver_n not_o treasurer_n but_o steward_n and_o almoner_n which_o shall_v exhort_v man_n to_o go_v on_o and_o glory_n in_o this_o office_n of_o stewardship_n especial_o when_o they_o shall_v consider_v that_o the_o praise_n of_o a_o steward_n be_v more_o to_o lay_v out_o well_o than_o to_o have_v receive_v much_o know_v that_o well_o do_v faithful_a servant_n mat._n 25._o be_v a_o thousand_o time_n
a_o sweet_a note_n than_o soul_n take_v thy_o ease_n luke_n 12._o verse_n 15._o god_n that_o bid_v we_o to_o give_v one_o another_o good_a measure_n and_o run_v over_o do_v look_v not_o to_o be_v pinch_v and_o scantle_v at_o our_o hand_n as_o if_o we_o count_v all_o too_o much_o that_o he_o or_o he_o be_v to_o receive_v how_o he_o like_v such_o deal_n his_o law_n will_v teach_v we_o wherein_o oftentimes_o he_o require_v that_o his_o offering_n be_v of_o the_o best_a without_o blemish_n add_v to_o this_o the_o solemn_a protestation_n which_o god_n require_v here_o at_o every_o man_n hand_n what_o time_n he_o make_v his_o account_n when_o thou_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o tything_n say_v god_n verse_n 12._o then_o thou_o shall_v say_v i_o have_v not_o eat_v thereof_o in_o my_o mourning_n for_o any_o necessity_n whatsoever_o nor_o suffer_v aught_o to_o perish_v by_o put_v it_o to_o any_o profane_a usage_n or_o careless_o test_v it_o to_o be_v spoil_v but_o have_v hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n my_o god_n and_o do_v after_o all_o that_o thou_o in_o this_o case_n have_v command_v i_o look_v down_o therefore_o from_o thy_o holy_a habitation_n even_o from_o heaven_n and_o bless_v i_o god_n will_v have_v he_o know_v he_o must_v look_v no_o otherwise_o to_o be_v bless_v of_o god_n and_o make_v to_o prosper_v in_o all_o that_o he_o have_v but_o according_a as_o god_n know_v the_o secret_n of_o all_o heart_n do_v know_v that_o he_o have_v deal_v true_o and_o just_o with_o god_n and_o his_o minister_n in_o this_o point_n verse_n 18._o see_v god_n may_v be_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o many_o where_o he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o heart_n we_o learn_v from_o hence_o to_o join_v to_o our_o outward_a profession_n true_a sanctification_n and_o inward_a holiness_n of_o conversation_n true_a profession_n bring_v with_o it_o true_a godliness_n for_o all_o such_o as_o have_v this_o honour_n give_v unto_o they_o to_o be_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o his_o precious_a inheritance_n must_v be_v a_o holy_a people_n thou_o have_v set_v up_o the_o lord_n this_o day_n to_o be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v set_v thou_o up_o this_o day_n to_o be_v a_o precious_a people_n unto_o he_o let_v we_o therefore_o not_o content_v ourselves_o to_o have_v god_n in_o our_o mouth_n but_o labour_v to_o be_v sincere_a and_o first_o of_o all_o to_o look_v to_o our_o heart_n he_o that_o look_v to_o have_v good_a fruit_n of_o his_o tree_n look_v to_o the_o root_n he_o that_o will_v have_v clear_a water_n in_o the_o channel_n look_v to_o the_o fountain_n so_o if_o we_o cleanse_v our_o way_n in_o god_n sight_n this_o be_v the_o right_a order_n to_o be_v observe_v to_o begin_v first_o to_o cleanse_v the_o heart_n chap._n xxvii_o verse_n 15._o the_o people_n here_o be_v command_v to_o say_v amen_o to_o every_o branch_n of_o the_o curse_n because_o though_o it_o be_v the_o low_a way_n of_o obedience_n to_o obey_v in_o regard_n we_o believe_v the_o truth_n and_o certainty_n of_o the_o curse_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o high_a act_n of_o obedience_n to_o believe_v it_o for_o satan_n be_v as_o busy_a against_o our_o faith_n in_o the_o threaten_n as_o he_o be_v against_o our_o faith_n in_o promise_n this_o unbelief_n open_v the_o way_n to_o the_o commit_n of_o sin_n and_o sweeten_v sin_n while_o we_o be_v commit_v it_o and_o therefore_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v have_v we_o in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o say_v amen_o to_o the_o curse_n that_o so_o we_o may_v not_o say_v amen_o to_o the_o sin_n verse_n 17._o how_o heinous_a a_o thing_n this_o be_v appear_v by_o the_o curse_n annex_v to_o it_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n o_o therefore_o beware_v of_o this_o caninus_n appetitus_n this_o dogg-like_a greediness_n to_o swallow_v up_o all_o we_o can_v if_o dives_n be_v torment_v quia_fw-la cupide_n servavit_fw-la sua_fw-la what_o shall_v be_v his_o portion_n qui_fw-fr avide_n rapit_fw-la aliena_fw-la if_o those_o fist_n which_o too_o close_o keep_v their_o own_o shall_v be_v cut_v off_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o those_o hand_n that_o be_v open_v to_o grasp_v other_o man_n estate_n we_o see_v all_o creature_n know_v and_o keep_v their_o bound_n fish_n the_o water_n beast_n the_o earth_n bird_n the_o air_n let_v man_n learn_v of_o they_o but_o especial_o let_v they_o remember_v that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n with_o a_o anathema_n to_o remove_v our_o neighbour_n what_o be_v it_o to_o alienate_v the_o church_n bound_n o_o take_v heed_n of_o a_o sacrilegious_a surfeit_n a_o disease_n so_o perilous_a that_o envy_n its_o self_n can_v wish_v a_o worse_o to_o a_o enemy_n 〈◊〉_d iâ—_n lord_n burleigh_n give_v advice_n to_o his_o son_n that_o he_o shall_v build_v no_o great_a house_n upon_o any_o impropriation_n well_o know_v it_o will_v be_v build_v upon_o a_o sandy_a foundation_n sure_o for_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o church_n private_a family_n yea_o the_o whole_a nation_n mourn_v verse_n 24._o those_o that_o be_v curse_v in_o this_o verse_n be_v such_o as_o go_v about_o and_o make_v baâ—e_a between_o man_n and_o man_n those_o incendiary_n that_o carry_v tale_n that_o whisper_v against_o their_o brethren_n and_o smite_v in_o secret_a buzz_n into_o man_n ear_n false_a and_o scandalous_a report_n to_o engender_v strife_n these_o be_v a_o accurse_a generation_n of_o people_n the_o mouth_n of_o god_n curse_v they_o and_o his_o soul_n abhor_v they_o prov._n 6._o beside_o as_o they_o stand_v accurse_v of_o god_n man_n must_v curse_v they_o too_o as_o you_o see_v here_o god_n give_v all_o his_o people_n leave_v to_o curse_v such_o a_o one_o curse_v be_v he_o that_o smite_v his_o neighbour_n in_o secret_a that_o backbite_v he_o and_o speak_v evil_a of_o he_o in_o a_o corner_n sly_o so_o to_o work_v he_o out_o of_o the_o good_a opinion_n of_o other_o and_o all_o the_o people_n shall_v say_v amen_o lo_o this_o be_v the_o wretched_a state_n and_o condition_n of_o all_o such_o as_o breed_v bate_v and_o dissension_n between_o party_n 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very_a word_n subah_n they_o will_v have_v return_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n and_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o 80._o psalm_n turn_v we_o again_o o_o lâ—rd_n say_v david_n and_o we_o shall_v be_v save_v there_o go_v no_o more_o to_o salvation_n but_o such_o a_o turn_n so_o that_o this_o return_v of_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o operative_a a_o effectual_a return_v that_o turn_v our_o heart_n and_o eye_n and_o hand_n and_o foot_n to_o the_o way_n of_o god_n and_o produce_v in_o we_o repentance_n and_o obedience_n verse_n 3._o at_o what_o time_n soever_o man_n repent_v of_o his_o sin_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o heart_n at_o that_o very_a time_n god_n will_v repent_v of_o the_o judgement_n he_o intend_v against_o that_o man_n and_o thus_o here_o when_o god_n people_n shall_v be_v carry_v away_o captive_a into_o any_o strange_a land_n if_o then_o in_o their_o captivity_n they_o will_v turn_v unto_o god_n god_n will_v immediate_o turn_v unto_o they_o for_o the_o only_a reason_n why_o 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sun_n now_o god_n do_v thus_o chastise_v his_o child_n lest_o they_o sin_v with_o the_o man_n of_o this_o world_n shall_v be_v condemn_v with_o they_o for_o as_o in_o punish_v we_o he_o respect_v his_o own_o justice_n so_o also_o our_o own_o good_a and_o the_o great_a profit_n which_o thereby_o be_v bring_v unto_o we_o for_o if_o we_o shall_v always_o enjoy_v health_n and_o liberty_n peace_n and_o plenty_n we_o shall_v kick_v against_o the_o almighty_a and_o bitter_o esteem_v the_o rock_n of_o our_o salvation_n wherefore_o affliction_n be_v as_o the_o messenger_n of_o god_n to_o call_v we_o back_o from_o sin_n to_o wean_v we_o from_o this_o world_n and_o to_o kindle_v in_o we_o a_o desire_n of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v god_n affliction_n be_v our_o remembrancer_n and_o his_o correction_n our_o instruction_n and_o beside_o we_o must_v needs_o confess_v from_o hence_o that_o great_a be_v the_o wrath_n and_o anger_n of_o god_n for_o sin_n see_v he_o punish_v it_o so_o sharp_o and_o 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man_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n they_o be_v to_o give_v up_o their_o account_n to_o god_n only_o and_o not_o to_o man_n for_o as_o they_o be_v next_o and_o immediate_a unto_o god_n and_o inferior_a to_o none_o but_o he_o so_o for_o all_o their_o action_n they_o shall_v reckon_v with_o he_o and_o if_o you_o object_n that_o of_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 13._o where_o the_o people_n call_v it_o a_o ordinance_n of_o man_n i_o answer_v the_o magistrate_n be_v so_o call_v not_o because_o man_n be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o or_o may_v dissolve_v it_o but_o first_o because_o man_n do_v execute_v it_o and_o not_o god_n or_o the_o angel_n second_o because_o it_o be_v ordain_v for_o the_o use_n benefit_n and_o profit_n of_o
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homely_a and_o if_o he_o think_v of_o his_o egyptian_a home_n where_o be_v nothing_o but_o bondage_n and_o tyranny_n how_o shall_v we_o think_v of_o that_o home_n of_o we_o above_o where_o be_v nothing_o but_o rest_n and_o blessedness_n verse_n 23._o this_o be_v a_o comfort_n to_o the_o godly_a as_o likewise_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o warn_v to_o all_o oppressor_n of_o god_n child_n they_o shall_v die_v and_o be_v pack_v and_o shall_v not_o continue_v to_o deal_v cruel_o with_o god_n inheritance_n the_o rod_n of_o the_o ungodly_a light_v upon_o the_o faithful_a but_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v it_o shall_v not_o rest_v and_o dwell_v upon_o they_o but_o however_o it_o be_v but_o just_a with_o god_n to_o let_v they_o sigh_v by_o reason_n of_o their_o bondage_n such_o sob_n of_o sorrow_n be_v but_o due_a to_o they_o that_o reject_v and_o will_v not_o see_v what_o god_n offer_v they_o of_o ease_n a_o singular_a warn_v to_o beware_v the_o rejection_n of_o god_n mercy_n when_o it_o be_v offer_v 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constant_o do_v moses_n stick_v to_o his_o hook_n and_o yet_o a_o man_n of_o great_a spirit_n of_o excellent_a learning_n of_o curious_a education_n and_o if_o god_n have_v not_o call_v he_o off_o he_o have_v so_o end_v his_o day_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n how_o have_v he_o learn_v to_o subdue_v all_o ambitious_a desire_n and_o to_o rest_v content_a with_o his_o obscurity_n so_o he_o may_v have_v the_o freedom_n of_o his_o thought_n and_o full_a opportunity_n of_o holy_a meditation_n he_o willing_o leave_v the_o world_n to_o other_o and_o envy_v not_o his_o proud_a acquaintance_n of_o the_o court_n of_o pharaoh_n he_o that_o have_v true_a worth_n in_o himself_o and_o familiarity_n with_o god_n find_v more_o pleasure_n in_o the_o desert_n of_o midian_a than_o other_o can_v do_v in_o the_o palace_n of_o king_n verse_n 2._o this_o manner_n of_o appear_v may_v occasion_v we_o to_o remember_v how_o god_n use_v to_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o intent_n of_o his_o appear_v 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