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ch._n 24._o 18_o 19_o 20._o ch._n 21._o 25_o 26_o 27._o ver._n 28._o matt._n 24._o 31._o ch._n 2._o 6._o heb._n 12._o 26._o isa._n 34._o 4._o matt._n 24._o 30_o 31._o act._n 1._o 11._o &_o 3._o 20_o 21._o apoc._n 1._o 7._o heb._n 9_o 28._o 1_o ep._n 1._o 7._o matt._n 16._o 27._o ch_n 12._o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o 21._o it_o be_v ill_o render_v in_o the_o english_a cast_v down_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 10._o psal._n 18._o 9_o 11_o 12._o psal._n 97._o deut._n 4._o 11._o hebr._n 12._o 18._o act._n 22._o 6._o act._n 7._o 55_o 56._o isa._n 2._o 19_o rev._n 6._o 16_o 17._o apoc._n 7._o 10._o &_o 12._o 10._o luke_n 2._o 12._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 11_o 12._o gen._n 18._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 17._o matt._n 18._o 10._o isa._n 24._o jer._n 51._o lament_n isa._n 30._o revel_v 15._o 3._o 2_o epist._n 3._o 11._o 2_o thess._n 1._o 7_o 8._o heb._n 10_o 27._o matt._n 24._o 30._o &_o 25._o 32_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 41._o 2_o thess._n 1._o 7_o 8_o 9_o joh._n 3._o 13._o &_o 6._o 38._o &_o 62._o &_o 17._o 5._o apoc._n 21._o 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&_o 8._o theor._n book_n 2._o chap._n 5._o 2_o pet._n 3._o there_o be_v a_o sect_n among_o the_o jew_n that_o hold_v this_o perpetuity_n and_o immutability_n of_o nature_n and_o maimonides_n himself_o be_v of_o this_o principle_n and_o give_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o it_o with_o the_o scoffer_n here_o in_o the_o text_n quod_fw-la mundus_fw-la retiâ—et_fw-la &_o sequitur_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la svam_fw-la and_o as_o to_o those_o of_o the_o jew_n that_o be_v aristotelean_n it_o be_v very_o suitable_a to_o their_o principle_n to_o hold_v the_o incortuptibility_n of_o the_o world_n as_o their_o master_n do_v vid._n med._n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la quae_fw-la vulgat_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la beza_n quâ_fw-la de_fw-la causâ—_n grot._n nem_v interpretum_fw-la reddidit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la quas_fw-la subintelligendo_fw-la aquas_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la argumentationem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la tolleret_fw-la supponeretque_fw-la illussores_fw-la illos_fw-la ignorâsse_fw-la quod_fw-la olim_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 〈…〉_z supponi_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la suprà _fw-la oâ—tendimus_fw-la oâ—tendimus_fw-la this_o phrase_n or_o manner_n of_o speech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o unusual_a in_o greek_a author_n and_o upon_o a_o like_a subject_n plato_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o he_o that_o shall_v translate_v plato_n the_o world_n stand_v out_o of_o fire_n water_n etc._n etc._n will_v be_v think_v neither_o grecian_a nor_o philosopher_n the_o same_o phrase_n be_v use_v in_o recite_v heraclitus_n his_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o also_o in_o thales_n his_o which_o be_v still_o near_o to_o the_o subject_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o cicero_n render_v ex_fw-la aquâ_fw-la dixit_fw-la constare_fw-la omne_fw-la so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v the_o true_a importance_n of_o this_o phrase_n and_o how_o ill_o it_o be_v render_v in_o the_o english_a stand_v out_o of_o the_o water_n book_n 2._o c._n 5._o p._n 233._o whether_o you_o refer_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d separately_z to_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n or_o both_o to_o the_o earth_n or_o both_o to_o both_o it_o will_v make_v no_o great_a difference_n as_o to_o our_o interpretation_n theâ—r_n 1._o book_n c._n 2._o cap._n 18._o cap._n 16._o de_fw-fr 6._o dier_z create_v see_v theor._n book_n 2._o ch_z 5._o 5._o i_o know_v some_o will_v make_v this_o place_n of_o no_o effect_n by_o render_v the_o hebrew_n particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d juxta_fw-la by_o or_o near_o to_o so_o they_o will_v read_v it_o thus_o he_o have_v found_v the_o earth_n by_o the_o seaside_n and_o establish_v it_o by_o the_o flood_n what_o be_v there_o wonderful_a in_o this_o that_o the_o shore_n shall_v lie_v by_o the_o seaside_n where_o can_v they_o lie_v else_o what_o reason_n or_o argument_n be_v this_o why_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v the_o lord_n the_o earth_n be_v the_o lord_n for_o he_o have_v found_v it_o near_o the_o sea_n where_o be_v the_o consequence_n of_o this_o but_o if_o he_o found_v it_o upon_o the_o sea_n which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v by_o any_o other_o hand_n but_o he_o it_o show_v both_o the_o workman_n and_o the_o master_n and_o according_o in_o that_o other_o place_n psal._n 136._o 6._o if_o you_o render_v it_o he_o stretch_v out_o the_o earth_n near_o the_o water_n how_o be_v that_o one_o of_o god_n great_a wonder_n as_o it_o be_v there_o represent_v to_o be_v because_o in_o some_o few_o place_n this_o particle_n be_v render_v otherwise_o where_o the_o sense_n will_v bear_v it_o must_v we_o therefore_o render_v it_o so_o when_o we_o please_v and_o where_o the_o sense_n will_v not_o bear_v it_o this_o be_v the_o most_o usual_a signification_n of_o it_o and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o word_n that_o signify_v above_o more_o frequent_o or_o determinate_o than_o this_o do_v why_o must_v it_o signify_v otherwise_o in_o this_o place_n man_n will_v 〈◊〉_d any_o way_n to_o get_v from_o under_o the_o force_n of_o a_o text_n that_o do_v not_o suit_n to_o their_o own_o notion_n book_n 1._o p._n 88_o 88_o this_o read_n or_o translate_n be_v general_o follow_v theor._n book_n 1._o p._n 86._o though_o the_o english_a translation_n read_v on_o a_o heap_n unsuitable_o to_o the_o matter_n and_o to_o the_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ch_n 3â—_n theor._n book_n 2._o p._n 194_o 195._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v philo_n judaeus_fw-la his_o description_n of_o the_o deluge_n both_o as_o to_o the_o commotion_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o fraction_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o his_o first_o treatise_n de_fw-fr abrahamo_n mihi_fw-la p._n 279._o 279._o uti_fw-la comparatio_fw-la praecedens_fw-la ver._n 4_o 5_o 6._o de_fw-fr ortu_fw-la telluris_fw-la simitur_fw-la ab_fw-la aedificio_fw-la ita_fw-la haec_fw-la altera_fw-la de_fw-la ortu_fw-la maris_fw-la sumitur_fw-la à _fw-la partuâ—_n &_o exhibetur_fw-la oceanus_n primùm_fw-la ut_fw-la foetus_fw-la inclusus_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la dein_fw-ge ut_fw-mi erumpens_fw-la &_o prodeuns_fw-la denique_fw-la ut_fw-la fasciis_fw-la &_o primis_fw-la suis_fw-la pannis_fw-la involutus_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la aperto_fw-la terrae_fw-la utero_fw-la prorupit_fw-la aquarum_fw-la mole_n ut_fw-la proluvy_n illae_fw-la quam_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la foetu_fw-la profundere_fw-la soâ—et_fw-la puerpera_fw-la see_v theor._n book_n 1._o p._n 99_o 〈…〉_z isa._n 65._o 17._o 2_o pet._n 3._o 11_o 12_o 13._o