3+ I fai.r3. r o: 2. Gen.37.t 5 Gen.4r 4z. )11.6.37, 'Gen45.24. Joleph a type ofChrif1. nothing ; Chrift fhall fee his feed , and prolong his dayes. II. In his anions. z. Iofeph was feat by his fa- ther to vilite his brethren in the wilderneffe : So was Chrift fent to feeke his brethren wandring in the wil- dernefl'e,he was feet to the loft fheepeofIfrael. 2. As at thirty yeares, Iofeph was preferred to his Office by Pharaoh : Si at thirty yeares Chrift entred his Office. 3, As by Pharaoh a virgin was given Iofeph to wife, verfc 4s : So is the Church as a pure Virgin given by the Father to Jefus Chrift, as his Spoufe to fanaifieand fave : All that the Father giveth me, (hall come tome : and him that cornmeth to me, I will in nowife call out. 4. As Iofeph out of 'Pharaohs garners feeds all Egypt, all his fathers houfe, and the nations ; whence in Gen. 49.z4. he is called the feeder of Ifrael, and allow, that is, a roche or refuge to his brethren : So Jefus Chrift is the feeder of Ifrael, and of all the family ofGod in all Nations of the earth, not with temporali food onely, but with the Manna from heaven, the Word and Sa- craments, and his owne fleth and blood, the incorrup- tible and indeficient bread and water of life. S. As Iofeph inhis lowefl eftate was both a Lord in the prifon, and a comforterof the prifoners, affuring the Butler of his life, and recovery of his place : So jefas Chrift at his loweft abafer tent, was Lord over death and the grave, having command ofthem , and his laft breath on the Croe allm7,f cornfcted the poore thiefe promifing him both life and glory.' 6. As Iofeph doth all the good he can for his brethren that had ill deferved it: For a , Flee teacheth them how to live together, and com- mends brotherly loveand concord,fall i not out by theway. Teacheth them how to fpeake to Pharaoh,and what todemand. 3. Goes to Pharaoh, and (peaks, and ob- raines for themwhatfoever hewould, andplaceth them in GoJ en the fat of the land, till they come to Cowan So
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