isaiah_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 14_o 13_o 14_o 1_o 40_o 26_o 16_o 1_o 77_o 27_o 4_o 1_o 46_o 32_o 2_o 1_o 120_o 41_o 2_o 1_o 133_o 51_o 1_o 1_o ibid._n 63_o 15_o 16_o 1_o 214_o 65_o 8_o 1_o 107_o jeremiah_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 6_o 19_o 1_o 40_o 10_o 11_o 1_o 5_o lamentation_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n ezekiel_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n daniel_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 4_o 30_o 32_o 1_o 134_o hosea_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n joel_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n amos_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n obadiah_n  _fw-fr verse_n vol._n page_n jonah_n micah_n nahum_n habakkuk_n zephaniah_n haggai_n zechariah_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 14_o 6_o 1_o 103_o malachy_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 3_o 17_o 1_o 171_o the_o new-testament_n matthew_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 5_o 29_o 1_o 15_o 6_o 29_o 1_o 6_o 10_o 39_o 1_o 25_o 16_o 26_o 1_o 20_o 23_o 17_o 1_o 76_o 31_o 35_o 1_o 59_o 14_o 1_o 104_o 24_o 37_o to_o 44_o 1_o ibid._n mark_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 7_o 34_o 1_o 17_o 10_o 17_o 1_o 178_o luke_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 2_o 46_o 51_o 1_o 60_o 12_o 51_o 1_o 69_o john_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 8_o 56_o 1_o 157_o 10_o 7_o 9_o 1_o 113_o 16_o 21_o 1_o 52_o 8_o 9_o 1_o 184_o act_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 10_o 14_o 20_o 28_o 1_o 125_o 13_o 34_o 1_o 205_o 14_o 22_o 1_o 143_o romans_z chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 4_o 13_o 1_o 139_o 8_o 1_o 1_o 176_o 9_o 11_o 12_o 18_o 1_o 75_o 15_o 1_o 175_o 16_o 20_o 1_o 50_o 1_o corinthian_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 10_o 16_o 1_o 71_o 11_o 19_o 1_o 69_o 2_o corinthian_n galatian_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 3_o 12_o 1_o 166_o 4_o 24_o 1_o 164_o etc._n etc._n ephesian_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 1_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 1_o 75_o  _fw-fr 3_o 1_o ibid._n 2_o 10_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 11_o 1_o 108_o 4_o 3_o 4_o 13_o 1_o 62_o 6_o 4_o 1_o 55_o philippian_n colossian_n 1_o thessalonian_o 2_o thessalonian_o 1_o timothy_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 2_o 14_o 1_o 43_o 4_o 1_o 4_o 1_o 8_o 2_o timothy_n titus_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 3_o 4_o 1_o 214_o philemon_z hebrew_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 8_o 10_o 1_o 177_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 1_o 70_o 10_o 15_o 16_o 1_o 191_o 5_o 1_o 98_o 11_o 6_o 1_o 79_o 80_o 9_o to_o 16_o 1_o 137_o etc._n etc._n 12_o 14_o 1_o 69_o james_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_z 1_o 13_o 14_o 1_o 45_o 17_o 1_o 100_o 3_o 6_o 8_o 1_o 18_o 17_o 1_o 159_o 1_o peter_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 3_o 19_o 1_o 102_o  _fw-fr 20_o 21_o 1_o 112_o 126_o 2_o peter_n 1.2_o and_o 3._o of_o john_n 1_o joh._n ch._n verse_n vol._n page_n 2_o 16_o 1_o 43_o 5_o 19_o 1_o 49_o 3_o 12_o 1_o 55_o judas_n  _fw-fr verse_n vol._n page_z  _fw-fr 6_o 1_o 40_o revelation_n chap._n verse_n vol._n page_n 14_o 4_o 1_o 139_o 18_o 4_o 1_o 133_o 21_o 3_o 1_o 122_o errata_n in_o the_o whole_a first_o volume_n in_o page_n 14._o chapter_n the_o three_o be_v omit_v at_o line_n 32._o page_n 214._o for_o 94._o after_o 91._o read_v 92._o title_n page_n line_n 9_o read_v goel_n for_o god_n next_o to_o page_n 277._o page_n 279._o be_v set_v before_o page_n 278._o a_o alphabetical_a table_n of_o the_o principal_a matter_n contain_v in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n wherein_o the_o figure_n 1._o signify_v the_o first_o volume_n and_o the_o letter_n p._n signify_v page_n as_o it_o be_v find_v either_o in_o the_o first_o or_o in_o the_o second_o or_o in_o the_o three_o volume_n or_o in_o the_o supplement_n betwixt_o the_o first_o and_o second_o and_o the_o numerical_a figure_n do_v refer_v to_o those_o page_n etc._n etc._n a._n abel_n his_o birth_n life_n and_o death_n vol._n 1._o page_n 55._o 56_o etc._n etc._n abraham_n the_o friend_n of_o god_n p._n 129._o have_v the_o resemblance_n of_o god_n the_o the_o father_n p._n 130._o and_o of_o god_n the_o son_n p._n ibid._n and_o of_o every_o true_a christian_a p._n 131._o his_o call_n whence_o and_o whither_o p._n 132_o to_o 136._o his_o ten_o tyral_n name_v p._n 143._o acceptance_n with_o god_n how_o obtain_v p._n 80_o 81_o 82._o adam_n wise_a than_o solomon_n p._n 29._o he_o name_v all_o thing_n suitable_a to_o their_o nature_n p._n 30._o how_o make_v after_o god_n image_n and_o place_v in_o paradise_n p._n 31._o all_o creature_n be_v subject_a to_o he_o p._n 32._o god_n give_v eve_n to_o he_o the_o blessing_n of_o marriage_n p._n 33_o 34_o 35._o and_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o sabbath_n p._n 36_o 37_o 38._o nothing_o be_v record_v of_o adam_n conversion_n etc._n etc._n p._n 176._o adultery_n god_n punish_v it_o in_o king_n p._n 163._o angel_n when_o create_v the_o fall_v of_o some_o their_o malice_n and_o mischief_n to_o man_n p._n 41._o ark_n of_o noah_n large_o describe_v p._n 109_o 110_o 111._o how_o it_o be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 112_o 113_o 114_o 115._o the_o disparity_n p._n 116._o we_o shall_v prepare_v a_o ark_n to_o save_v we_o p._n 117_o 118_o 119._o how_o it_o be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n p._n 120._o arminian_n refute_v p._n 171._o b._n babel_n the_o building_n and_o builder_n of_o that_o tower_n p._n 134_o 135._o baptism_n of_o believer_n seed_n vindicated_n p._n 198_o 199._o barrenness_n in_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o body_n and_o sometime_o in_o the_o church_n p._n 160._o c._n cain_n the_o curse_a one_o describe_v at_o large_a vol._n 1._o page_n 55_o 56_o etc._n etc._n call_v every_o man_n must_v be_v of_o some_o employ_v p._n 57_o 59_o 60._o in_o some_o it_o be_v necessary_a wherein_o to_o learn_v it_o p._n 61_o 62._o none_o be_v bear_v to_o be_v idle_a p._n 412._o canaan_n be_v abraham_n three_o way_n p._n 138._o ceremony_n quarrel_n about_o they_o be_v ancient_a see_v quarrel_n p._n 121_o 122._o child_n must_v honour_v their_o parent_n p._n 132._o they_o must_v not_o be_v unnatural_a to_o they_o p._n 329._o but_o provide_v for_o they_o in_o their_o old_a age_n p._n 406_o 414._o christ_n see_v ark._n joseph_n his_o fullness_n must_v invite_v we_o to_o come_v to_o he_o as_o the_o fullness_n of_o joseph_n garner_n draw_v the_o patriarch_n to_o egypt_n p._n 406._o christendom_n the_o womb_n of_o it_o describe_v p._n 219_o 221_o 222._o christian_n like_o rebekah_n womb_n have_v struggle_n of_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n p._n 223_o etc._n etc._n his_o excellency_n describe_v p._n 360_o 361._o all_o other_o man_n do_v fare_v better_a for_o they_o p._n 363._o church_n see_v ark_n have_v three_o great_a adversary_n bad_a priest_n bad_a prince_n and_o bad_a people_n p._n 395._o how_o she_o be_v seat_v first_o in_o goshen_n p._n 416._o her_o various_a condition_n she_o pass_v through_o in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o this_o low_a world_n p._n 464_o to_o 468._o cloud_n what_o that_o cloudy_a pillar_n be_v which_o guide_v israel_n through_o the_o wilderness_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o conduct_n p._n 457_o 458_o 459_o 460_o to_o 463._o covenant_n twofold_a represent_v by_o sarah_n and_o hagar_n p._n 164._o the_o difference_n betwixt_o that_o of_o work_n and_o of_o grace_n p._n 166_o 167_o 168._o we_o may_v know_v under_o which_o covenant_n we_o be_v p._n 174._o one_o sin_n break_v that_o of_o work_n but_o many_o sin_n can_v break_v that_o of_o grace_n p._n 175._o that_o on_o sinai_n what_o it_o be_v p._n 179._o how_o it_o be_v make_v with_o three_o public_a person_n with_o adam_n noah_n and_o abraham_n p._n 180._o and_o so_o with_o moses_n and_o israel_n p._n 181._o that_o this_o be_v not_o a_o three_o covenant_n but_o that_o of_o grace_n p._n 182._o the_o covenant_n betwixt_o the_o father_n and_o son_n ab_fw-la eterno_fw-la what_o p._n 187._o the_o spirit_n be_v a_o witness_n to_o it_o p_o 191._o name_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n hebrew_n greek_a and_o latin_a p._n 194_o 195._o it_o be_v nature_n p._n 196._o it_o be_v free_a firm_a full_a and_o holy_a p._n 203_o to_o 212._o how_o our_o union_n with_o this_o covenant_n be_v know_v p._n 113_o 114._o creation_n the_o creator_n who_o have_v ab_fw-la eterno_fw-la be_v deus_fw-la contractus_fw-la then_o become_v deus_fw-la expansus_fw-la p._n 1._o what_o it_o be_v p._n 2._o of_o the_o heaven_n and_o of_o the_o earth_n p._n 3_o 4._o the_o vast_a variety_n of_o create_a being_n in_o the_o heaven_n earth_n and_o sea_n p._n 6_o 7._o of_o man_n creation_n p._n 9_o cross_n attend_v pious_a person_n and_o family_n p._n 311._o d._n death_n be_v threefold_a temporal_a spiritual_a and_o eternal_a p._n 97._o it_o be_v uncertainty_n shall_v make_v we_o wise_a p._n 227_o 228._o then_o god_n say_v
must_v be_v isaac_n and_o not_o ishmael_n nor_o any_o other_o may_v none_o but_o abraham_n be_v the_o priest_n to_o slay_v this_o sacrifice_n can_v this_o inhuman_a action_n be_v do_v by_o no_o hand_n but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o own_o father_n must_v my_o own_o hand_n destroy_v the_o seed_n of_o my_o own_o loin_n be_v there_o no_o way_n to_o be_v faithful_a to_o my_o god_n but_o in_o be_v unnatural_a to_o my_o son_n and_o in_o make_v myself_o a_o monster_n of_o parent_n to_o all_o the_o world_n 5._o if_o i_o who_o profess_v religion_n do_v such_o a_o unparalleled_a irreligious_a act_n how_o shall_v i_o hereby_o give_v just_a occasion_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o blaspheme_n to_o lay_v reproach_n upon_o religion_n and_o to_o rail_v against_o god_n himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v not_o only_o the_o abettor_n but_o also_o the_o very_a author_n of_o such_o matchless_a villainy_n oh_o how_o will_v all_o the_o bank_n of_o blasphemy_n against_o both_o god_n and_o religion_n be_v break_v down_o among_o the_o heathen_a and_o how_o will_v man_n spend_v their_o spite_n and_o just_o anger_v indignity_n on_o i_o say_v there_o go_v the_o barbarous_a man_n that_o most_o brutish_o butcher_v his_o own_o son_n 6._o as_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a after_o this_o act_n to_o look_v any_o man_n in_o the_o face_n so_o lest_o of_o all_o my_o own_o dear_a sarah_n who_o will_v never_o affect_v or_o embrace_v more_o the_o murderer_n of_o her_o belove_a child_n who_o she_o breed_v bring_v forth_o and_o bring_v up_o in_o sorrow_n as_o 1_o chron._n 4.9_o yet_o now_o be_v become_v not_o her_o jabez_n or_o jazeb_n a_o sorrowful_a son_n but_o her_o isaac_n indeed_o a_o son_n of_o much_o joy_n and_o laughter_n as_o the_o name_n signify_v alas_o whither_o shall_v i_o go_v and_o which_o way_n shall_v i_o turn_v i_o when_o all_o people_n shall_v hiss_v at_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o i_o and_o the_o wife_n of_o my_o bosom_n shall_v spit_v in_o my_o face_n instead_o of_o entertain_v i_o for_o become_v a_o butcher_n to_o her_o dear_a son_n how_o may_v she_o more_o just_o ring_n that_o loud_a peal_n in_o my_o ear_n say_v as_o zipporah_n say_v after_o to_o her_o husband_n moses_n sure_o a_o bloody_a husband_n thou_o be_v to_o i_o twice_o over_o exod._n 4.25_o 26._o thus_o shall_v i_o make_v my_o conjugium_fw-la to_o become_v a_o conjurgium_fw-la my_o yoke_n of_o wedlock_n a_o unbearable_a yoke_n when_o i_o have_v make_v she_o a_o most_o just_o peevish_a froward_a and_o morose_a woman_n continual_o scold_v with_o i_o in_o all_o other_o after-occurrence_n and_o thus_o my_o marriage_n shall_v become_v my_o not_o merry-age_n but_o marriage_n by_o lay_v the_o foundation_n by_o this_o fact_n of_o continual_a contention_n brawl_v and_o brangle_v will_v be_v drop_v scald_v hot_a upon_o my_o head_n incessant_o which_o i_o can_v neither_o cure_v nor_o carry_v patient_o prov._n 19.13_o how_o may_v the_o dog-letter_n r_o lead_v i_o a_o dog-life_n and_o make_v i_o wish_v to_o live_v in_o the_o corner_n of_o the_o housetop_n prov._n 21.9_o or_o which_o be_v worse_o in_o the_o wilderness_n among_o ravenous_a beast_n and_o venomous_a serpent_n in_o great_a danger_n and_o want_v of_o all_o necessary_a accommodation_n ver_fw-la 19_o 7._o and_o that_o which_o be_v still_o worse_o and_o near_o how_o shall_v i_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v before_o the_o check_n and_o chide_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n which_o i_o can_v fly_v from_o but_o must_v carry_v it_o in_o my_o bosom_n to_o sting_v i_o continual_o and_o in_o all_o place_n and_o company_n for_o murder_v so_o dutiful_a and_o gracious_a a_o son_n have_v isaac_n be_v a_o foolish_a son_n which_o solomon_n say_v be_v the_o calamity_n of_o his_o father_n prov._n 19.13_o i_o may_v have_v be_v less_o trouble_v though_o david_n can_v never_o have_v do_v with_o his_o doleful_a ditty_n oh_o absalon_n my_o son_n my_o son_n will_v god_n i_o have_v die_v for_o thou_o 2_o sam._n 18.33_o and_o 19.4_o notwithstanding_o his_o be_v a_o graceless_a and_o rebellious_a son_n and_o die_v by_o other_o hand_n and_o not_o by_o his_o own_o yea_o truss_v up_o betwixt_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o unworthy_a of_o either_o by_o god_n own_o immediate_a hand_n but_o my_o isaac_n be_v a_o wise_a son_n which_o make_v a_o glad_a father_n prov._n 10.1_o and_o 15.20_o his_o father_n light_n as_o abner_n and_o joy_n or_o laughter_n as_o abigail_n signify_v yet_o must_v i_o be_v the_o murderer_n 8._o how_o can_v this_o my_o murder_v practice_n be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n gracious_a promise_n how_o can_v isaac_n die_v and_o yet_o live_v to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o nation_n and_o of_o that_o bless_a seed_n christ_n jesus_n the_o redeemer_n in_o who_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v to_o be_v bless_v gen_n 22.18_o gal._n 3.8_o 16._o how_o can_v it_o be_v my_o way_n to_o keep_v isaac_n for_o these_o great_a purpose_n promise_v thus_o wicked_o to_o kill_v he_o such_o and_o many_o more_o with_o the_o aforesaid_a may_v have_v be_v the_o carnal_a reason_n of_o abraham_n heart_n against_o his_o obedience_n to_o this_o grievous_a command_n of_o god_n but_o through_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o faith_n fear_v and_o love_n to_o god_n he_o do_v not_o dispute_v but_o dispatch_v he_o do_v not_o argue_v but_o obey_v the_o command_n god_n know_v he_o speak_v in_o that_o command_n to_o a_o faithful_a abraham_n and_o abraham_n know_v he_o deal_v with_o a_o most_o holy_a god_n who_o be_v too_o kind_a to_o do_v he_o any_o harm_n and_o too_o just_a to_o do_v he_o any_o wrong_n therefore_o do_v he_o act_n his_o part_n and_o leave_v god_n part_n to_o himself_o to_o order_n and_o issue_n all_o according_a to_o his_o own_o wisdom_n power_n and_o goodness_n he_o obey_v the_o command_n and_o leave_v the_o success_n of_o his_o obedience_n to_o the_o great_a god_n who_o out_o of_o his_o sovereignty_n give_v no_o account_n of_o any_o of_o his_o matter_n to_o man_n job_n 33.13_o have_v give_v our_o that_o command_n thus_o abraham_n be_v say_v to_o offer_v up_o isaac_n heb._n 11.17_o insomuch_o as_o he_o do_v offer_v he_o up_o purposely_o though_o he_o do_v it_o not_o actual_o inference_n hence_o be_v 1._o as_o abraham_n do_v so_o every_o child_n of_o abraham_n ought_v to_o evidence_n their_o fear_n and_o love_n to_o god_n gen._n 22.12_o now_o i_o know_v etc._n etc._n not_o as_o if_o god_n be_v ignorant_a at_o any_o time_n of_o any_o thing_n for_o he_o be_v omniscient_a god_n know_v abraham_n fear_n of_o love_n hosea_n 3.5_o before_o but_o now_o he_o make_v experience_n of_o it_o when_o abraham_n testify_v his_o faith_n by_o his_o obedience_n and_o declare_v it_o open_o to_o all_o the_o world_n oh_o that_o we_o can_v give_v such_o real_a evidence_n of_o our_o love_n to_o christ_n as_o abraham_n do_v here_o and_o as_o peter_n do_v mat._n 14.28_o 29._o in_o adventure_v to_o walk_v upon_o a_o boisterous_a sea_n etc._n etc._n alas_o we_o murmur_v to_o wet_v our_o foot_n where_o he_o and_o many_o martyr_n wade_v deep_a in_o the_o salt_n water_n of_o affliction_n 2._o our_o best_a evidence_n hereof_o be_v to_o offer_v up_o our_o isaac_n to_o god_n our_o herodias_n our_o dalilah_n whatever_o be_v our_o joy_n and_o laughter_n not_o warrant_v by_o the_o word_n as_o the_o ambitious_a mind_n its_o honour_n the_o voluptuous_a its_o pleasure_n the_o covetous_a its_o treasure_n and_o the_o envious_a its_o revenge_n etc._n etc._n alas_o the_o spirit_n natural_o in_o we_o lu_v to_o envy_n jam._n 4.5_o and_o will_v be_v as_o forward_o in_o return_v as_o persecutor_n be_v in_o offer_v evil_a revenge_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sweet_a 1_o sam._n 24.19_o we_o shall_v offer_v up_o this_o isaac_n and_o not_o avenge_v ourselves_o rom._n 12.19_o but_o rather_o keep_v the_o king_n peace_n and_o so_o give_v place_n unto_o wrath_n that_o be_v to_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n into_o which_o man_n wrath_n must_v be_v melt_v which_o be_v ready_a to_o seize_v upon_o our_o adversary_n if_o we_o 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