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lord_n speak_v with_o so_o great_a power_n and_o majesty_n that_o people_n also_o fear_v so_o exceed_o that_o they_o pray_v moses_n thence_o forward_o to_o speak_v to_o they_o lest_o hear_v god_n voice_n they_o shall_v die_v three_o the_o lord_n write_v the_o law_n with_o his_o own_o finger_n in_o the_o table_n of_o stone_n show_v their_o stony-heartednesse_n and_o that_o nothing_o but_o god_n finger_n be_v able_a to_o imprint_v they_o there_o all_o for_o the_o more_o reverence_n and_o that_o we_o be_v not_o negligent_a of_o his_o most_o holy_a law_n 10._o how_o be_v it_o call_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n as_o by_o he_o record_v yea_o and_o the_o table_n by_o he_o receive_v from_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o of_o he_o note_v these_o circumstance_n also_o there_o 1._o his_o fast_v forty_o day_n at_o the_o receive_n thereof_o to_o show_v with_o what_o penitence_n abstinence_n and_o humility_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v receive_v by_o we_o and_o as_o christ_n also_o to_o the_o promulgation_n of_o that_o better_a law_n fast_v also_o forty_o day_n 2._o his_o zeal_n for_o god_n honour_n against_o the_o people_n idolatry_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o break_v the_o table_n as_o they_o their_o faith_n to_o god_n 3._o his_o glorious_a aspect_n and_o face_n shine_v so_o at_o receive_v of_o the_o law_n that_o the_o people_n be_v not_o able_a to_o behold_v he_o to_o signify_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o ministry_n from_o god_n and_o the_o blindness_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o have_v not_o power_n neither_o to_o look_v the_o law_n or_o moses_n in_o the_o face_n to_o see_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o look_v upon_o the_o messiah_n as_o they_o ought_v unless_o the_o lord_n take_v away_o the_o veil_n of_o blindness_n from_o their_o eye_n and_o heart_n 11._o why_o be_v the_o word_n double_v so_o of_o speak_v and_o say_v to_o signify_v and_o show_v not_o only_o the_o speak_n or_o pronounce_v be_v from_o god_n to_o dignify_v the_o word_n but_o say_v as_o establish_v with_o authority_n and_o command_v thereby_o require_v awful_a obedience_n to_o the_o same_o 12._o which_o be_v moses_n preface_n intimate_v in_o the_o former_a and_o almost_o in_o the_o same_o word_n express_v thus_o god_n speak_v all_o these_o word_n say_v exod._n 20._o 1._o 13._o what_o to_o be_v observe_v for_o the_o most_o part_n as_o in_o the_o former_a preface_n so_o here_o to_o be_v note_v the_o author_n god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o speak_v and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n write_v wherein_o the_o universality_n all_o and_o not_o only_o part_v thereof_o regularity_n reduce_v to_o word_n these_o word_n speak_v hear_v write_v and_o record_v the_o authority_n whereby_o as_o speak_v for_o declaration_n establish_v for_o confirmation_n say_v i_o be_o etc._n etc._n 14._o which_o be_v the_o three_o preface_n god_n own_o as_o immediate_o prefix_v to_o that_o first_o commandment_n and_o so_o by_o some_o call_v a_o reason_n of_o the_o command_n and_o in_o these_o word_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n which_o bring_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o etc._n etc._n 15._o be_v it_o then_o a_o reason_n or_o preface_n it_o may_v well_o be_v both_o a_o preface_n take_v from_o the_o reason_n of_o enforce_v their_o obedience_n and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o preface_n as_o it_o be_v prefix_v to_o the_o commandment_n reason_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o obedience_n urge_v 16._o be_v it_o a_o preface_n to_o the_o first_o only_o or_o all_o the_o commandment_n to_o the_o first_o primary_o as_o either_o immediate_o prefix_v or_o as_o the_o first_o commandment_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o ground_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o residue_n of_o good_a consequence_n as_o respect_v they_o also_o and_o enforce_v obedience_n to_o they_o all_o 17._o what_o observe_v you_o in_o that_o preface_n the_o lord_n name_n the_o author_n and_o so_o the_o authority_n i_o be_o etc._n etc._n attribute_n require_v reverence_n lord_n thy_o god_n action_n of_o deliverance_n enforce_v duty_n and_o obedience_n which_o bring_v etc._n etc._n 18._o what_o be_v his_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jehovah_n render_v the_o lord_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n take_v it_o for_o his_o name_n and_o thereby_o manifest_v himself_o to_o the_o father_n in_o his_o mighty_a power_n essence_n and_o majesty_n and_o in_o that_o veneration_n hold_v with_o the_o jew_n that_o in_o latter_a time_n they_o forbear_v to_o speak_v or_o pronounce_v it_o they_o lose_v the_o true_a &_o genuine_a pronunciation_n and_o speak_v &_o read_v adonai_n or_o lord_n for_o it_o so_o it_o be_v call_v ineffabile_fw-la and_o tetragrammaton_fw-gr as_o write_v with_o those_o four_o letter_n the_o principal_a &_o matres_fw-la lectionis_fw-la as_o it_o be_v whereof_o the_o jew_n write_v many_o rare_a and_o excellent_a observation_n though_o in_o abstruse_a divinity_n and_o so_o by_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n be_v understand_v of_o this_o most_o high_a and_o holy_a 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