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Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 23:4

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Genesis23:4

4 I am a stranger, and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight .

The priviledge of burial hath been always sought and priz'd, by all Nations, whom nature and humanity teacheth to preserve the bodies of men, which have been the Temples of reasonable and immortal souls from contempt and violation, so especially by Christians, as a Testimony and Pledge of their future Resurrection, See Numb. 33. 4. Deut. 21. 23. Iob 5. 26. For which cause Abraham desires a distinct burying place separated from the Pagan people.

In Canaan. There he and after him other Patriarchs earnestly desired to be buried, upon this account, that it might confirm their own and their Childrens Faith in Gods Promise, and animate their Children in due time to take possession of the Land. See Gen. 25. 9. and 47. 29, 30. and 50. 13, 25. Exod. 13. 19. Heb. 11. 22.

So she that before was the desire of his eyes, Ezek. 24. 16. is now, being dead become their torment.

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