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Doct. 1 It is a great promotion to have a long and large posterity. The matter and form of thanks which David returned to the Lord for his promise of this rare benefit to be bestowed upon him, is memorable: Who am I (saith he) O Lord God, ¹and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight. O Lord God; therefore thou hast spoken of thy servants house for a great while. The kindness of God was in this, among many other mercies, declared to ⟨p. 122⟩Joseph, that he saw Ephraims children even unto the third generation, ²and that the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were borne upon his knees. And it is observed as a principal part of that happiness wherewith the old age of Job was refreshed, that he saw his sons, and his sons sons, even four generations.

Doct. 1 It is a great promotion to haue a long and large posteritie. The matter and forme of thankes which Dauid returned to the Lord for his promise of this rare benefit to be bestowed vpon him, is memorable: Who am I (saith he) O Lord God, ¹and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight. O Lord God; therefore thou hast spoken of thy seruants house for a great while. The kindnesse of God was in this, among many other mercies, declared to ⟨p. 122⟩Ioseph, that he saw Ephraims children euen vnto the third generation, ²and that the sonnes of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, were borne vpon his knees. And it is obserued as a principall part of that happinesse wherewith the old age of Iob was refreshed, that he saw his sons, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.

1. 12. Sam. 7. 18. 19