\ ~~, . . . · rU1 [ommentarie vpon 1 ~'""· ,,,, t when he comes to 1-I~::r.,ckJ.ah from the Lord, he : A · and portion; which mu!lnecdcs be a \Yorke of ' :J.imcs :'!t thc[c two: and bidshim fct his houfl in a notable f:~ith,wondcrfully apprchcrtding and ord"·, forhcemufl dieawJ "ot li11" lf•y. 38. 1. applying thcpromife ofGo·d. , and f~ ought cucry MaHer of af~unilic, af:cr In h1s example we arc 1::tught a nno.blc d~- thrtrcx:lmiic,both lcarnc& praC1ilc rhcfc two ti~ in !.he m:lttcr ofour {j~u01i:ion' ; VVhcn 35 a·ny duties. · ;; ~t vs (by rcafon of the ngorous tcmptadoll oC Se.toridly, GedS Minillers mull hence learn t;nnc and Satan, and by their afflnhs yo~a!l I d\cir'Ou\ic: for, fuol· was .a notabl.·e.}.1_inif1er & fccme to om fc!ucs to bc(as it \Ye re) thru!1 0 ·ut ProJ'hct ~in Gods t:hurch, ·which'v\,as then in ofour inheritance in the hcauenly Car.a5.)\V}lat h_iS fa!lil!ic. Idcob /;ee h!ejferh thF{onnes of lomull we doe? We mufl: not defoairc: liuYCtfCrl 1[epb, that hcc might rccc!llc them uuo his fathen fer befOre our eyes, and ~~h t~ re-mcrn ... l m\}te-, and imo th.e coucn:wr; thatfo be might bra1~cc the pro:nifc~ of God _m?.de "htl6'V§-in cdritinuc :1nd prcfcruc the Church of God :1f-'. Chnft,conccnung1Ifecucdaibno:and l1'iereon ter his death: for, lookc as lfoac his f.,ther did ·wc.mufi r~fl:and flay our fC.lucs.TI1c:n let'tC 111 p ... c3ll him into the coucnanr, and bidfcd him; fo tations _aflaulr \'S, and driuc vs whether they· dca!eth he .. ,._,ith the two fonncs ofJofCph.A~ld B c~u: fi11l wee mufi hold f.,H the promife '''itli accordingly cuery 'Minifler of God, in his borh hands of fatth; and aboue hor.e 6) fi!itli 1 plac~ ought to haue lpt:ci;lll care ro conuayand appoint and de!ignc vmo om fclu<:s',;p:nt :md deriue true religion, and theGofpcl of ChriU: portion in the longdome ofhe:!uen.And fo cio~ from hand to hand, fo much as they can ""·h~le ing,we {hall be true Ifraelitcs,& true followers they liuc; that fo ~Her their death ;it nny ,bee of t_his ~3ithf~ll P:uriarch;who by faith(beyond publifhcd and maintained. In the newe Tdlaall hkehhooo)allotsthe Land ofCanaan-fo his mcnt'we hauc a worth le commaun4ement for pofleritic. ' ... · - · this purpofc; S. Paul hauing inlhuCtfd and j. Circumflmtce. Thepartie.l' "'·horn he blef- ~aught Tim.othic in ~he waycs of godlynciTc & fed; namely, the twofonnes of Iofoph; M<waJ{es, religion, chargct:,li him,that·wiJat thmgshe had andEphrazm. Hereof wcc.may reade•at lar.oc 1 hea1'dand learnedof him, thefame hejhou!ddeGen. 48. 8.' 9, &c. ":here-among mai1ythi\~gs: !tUtJ! tO faithfit!/ men , which jl;ou!d bee able tQ obfcrue thJS one: lofeph bnngs his two fonncs teash othr:rsalfo: that fo Gods Gofpcl and re':" MtmaJTes and Ephraim, Vnto lacob ·hiS tarher ligion going on fi·om hand to hand, and froffi " that he might bleffc them,as he layon his bf'd~ pe.rfon to per!On, mi9ht encreafc fi·om time to Now ,l4Cph.r minde was , thac A1an'ajfos( the time, S. P(terJ praC1-iJe herein, was notable, 1. elder) fl1ould hauc the chiefeft bleHing; and Pet. t. I 5. !IvillendeauQurthn·eforea!wais,that therefore he (et ~Man:zj]Cs at /acoin nght hand, ·eem"!r beea6lctoh:merememhranceofthething.l' C andEphraim(thc younger) at his left: But laof.Godt-i.ftcr mydepartttre: hauingprofcffed becob becing toblcffc them_, Iayes his hands afotc,that '!Vhi!ebeliuedhuwou!dftirre them vp croffe, putting his fight 'hand on Ephraims !Jyputtingthcminremcmbrancc, vcr.t 3· And in head, and the left on'the-head of Mana!Jes :· like fort, oil Gods faithful! minifrers muit doe whereby, he gaue the birth-right (which was thcit V.• hole endeauour before they die, that a principall prcrogatiuc)vntoEphratm,.contrathc Gofpclniay bee preached when they are ry to lofephsdefire. VntoAfanaj[<s hec gaue·a gone. · · blctling alfo, but farrc infcriour to f.phraims, z. Circltmflance. Bywh:1t mcancs did iacoh Now here we may notthink,that/acob did this bk!kthe two fonnes of lofoph. An[. Byfaith vpon any fond affeCtion (as P"tents olic;1timcs ~1 the promifds of God; fo the text faith, By do,bc·caufc they Iouc one child better then an- .,;,J, lacob.blcj]ed the two fonncs.of lofeph. And othcr)buthc did it after a fpeciall m:rnnet: by f we confider Ehc matter vvelt; wee flull fee it the direCtion and infiil·lC\: ofGodsfp.irir,which ¥as a notable faith:for he was now apoorc pilfo appointed it:For, wh.cn lacob bJdfcd them, ~rime: in Egypt, and yet by faith giues them he knewe not (ofhis owncknovvlcdge, by the onions in the bnd ofCanaan. benefit ofh'is fcnfcs,)whichwas EpJ;rnim, and Qf!.eft. Why (will fOme fay) flid hcc not .D which JV!m~ttf{cs. Againc, lookeas lacohgauc I kcepc himfclfc ih the Land ofCanaan? the blcfiing at this time, thepdncipall vmo EAnfiv. Iacab indeedcdwelr there fora time phraim ,and the Idfer to Manaf{es; 'fo afterhut yet as a foiourncr,hauing no mOre hbc:nies ward they came to patfc: For (as we fnoy read) then he bought for himfelfc; no not fo much as the tribe o1' Ephtaimwas fanemorepopulous, water for his camels, or a place to- buric the and morCglorious then the tribe ofMai'1rtJ{es. dead: and befidcs, hcc was driucn out of this And therefore , in the bookcsof the Prophcrs hisowne Land by famine ,and wasfainetoflic (Hof+t6. and 5· 9. and 6, 4·&c.) wee/hall into Egypt for fOod and flificna.ncc ; ~u.td there. find·c, that the name of Ephraim is giuen [ 0 all to liuc'as a poorc pilgrimc and !lrangcr,forth ?t the ten tribcs:and they arc c:11lcd by rhat name, his ownc Counny:And yet for :1H this cxtrcnnbccaufe it was the moH no}?Jc tribe of all, and tic (:1s though he I.ad bin fomc mighric potcnthe moft: v:1lianr, and (~ts it were) the fl1cltcr of t~tc ofthe v!orld,or (ome Emperour)hc makes all the rell.Yea fi1nhcr, of this tribe came ( r ,' his,Will, and bcoHC3thcs vnto his children the Chron. 7·27-J lehofoab,that noble captaine:& 1 bnd ofCannn, ailotring to cucry one his pa:t ( 1. 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