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foot_n three_o more_o or_o mix_v four_o short_a or_o long_o five_o analogous_n or_o anomalous_a six_o excessive_a or_o defective_a seven_o of_o many_o kind_n without_o order_n or_o relation_n it_o have_v be_v soon_o say_v any_o prose_n make_v hebrew_n verse_n i_o do_v think_v the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o m_o s_o s._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n roll_n give_v occasion_n to_o think_v all_o the_o old_a testament_n a_o jambic_a kind_n of_o short_a verse_n for_o hermannus_n ʋander_n hardit_n say_v he_o have_v see_v some_o in_o this_o form_n the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o mss._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o every_o considerable_a lord_n command_v a_o line_n which_o render_v the_o sense_n obvious_a and_o distinct_a deut._n 32._o stand_n in_o our_o hebrew_a bible_n after_o this_o manner_n now_o a_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a method_n this_o look_n like_o our_o european_a poesy_n and_o may_v deceive_v the_o credulous_a unacquainted_a with_o the_o true_a design_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o these_o point_n govern_v and_o rule_v the_o coherence_n and_o division_n of_o matter_n and_o cadency_n of_o affection_n and_o this_o order_n render_v this_o obvious_a to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o reader_n there_o be_v another_o notion_n may_v be_v worth_a the_o insert_v about_o the_o ancient_a roll_n and_o volume_n in_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n viz._n their_o bigness_n that_o as_o goodw._n say_v be_v ten_o ell_n in_o breadth_n and_o twenty_o in_o length_n buxtorf_n say_v in_o some_o of_o their_o synagogue_n you_o may_v see_v all_o the_o pentateuch_n in_o a_o volume_n of_o fifty_o ell_n most_o neat_o compact_v aristeus_n say_v that_o that_o present_v to_o ptol._n phil._n by_o the_o lxx_o have_v its_o parchment_n so_o neat_o unite_v sow_v or_o glue_v that_o neither_o eye_n nor_o reason_n can_v see_v where_o the_o juncture_n be_v how_o false_o then_o do_v p._n sim._n say_v much_o disorder_n in_o the_o bible_n be_v come_v from_o the_o misplace_n the_o several_a parchment_n heap_v up_o one_o on_o top_n of_o another_o and_o when_o roll_v off_o displace_v when_o again_o roll_v up_o for_o psal_n 40.8_o it_o be_v in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o book_n the_o whole_a book_n be_v one_o volume_n nor_o do_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n oppose_v it_o cap._n 10._o v._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o h._n gro._n and_o svi_fw-la do_v observe_v be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o role_n for_o not_o only_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o all_o the_o prophet_n testify_v of_o this_o great_a messiah_n if_o these_o sacred_a volume_n have_v suffer_v aliquid_fw-la humani_fw-la he_o have_v have_v a_o better_a foundation_n for_o guess_v it_o from_o misplace_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jer._n 36.23_o when_o he_o have_v read_v three_o or_o four_o leaf_n the_o word_n signify_v door_n or_o plot_n like_o bed_n in_o a_o garden_n for_o we_o may_v see_v that_o be_v their_o custom_n to_o write_v one_o prophecy_n in_o one_o place_n and_o another_o in_o another_o place_n they_o do_v not_o carry_v the_o line_n through_o the_o whole_a breadth_n of_o the_o parchment_n now_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o he_o that_o copy_v out_o this_o not_o to_o write_v first_o in_o his_o book_n or_o roll_n what_o be_v first_o write_v in_o the_o original_a but_o i_o think_v the_o gentleman_n in_o great_a need_n of_o argument_n that_o tell_v i_o his_o great_a objection_n against_o the_o scripture_n divinity_n be_v the_o humanity_n he_o see_v in_o jeremiah_n some_o story_n in_o a_o latter_a chapter_n 7_o or_o 20_o year_n act_v before_o what_o be_v record_v in_o a_o former_a chapter_n they_o may_v bring_v the_o same_o argument_n because_o jeremiah_n be_v put_v after_o nehemiah_n which_o in_o time_n be_v 200_o year_n before_o and_o solomon_n book_n 500_o year_n before_o he_o and_o jeremiah_n lamentation_n in_o most_o hebrew_a book_n put_v next_o to_o moses_n but_o i_o be_o inform_v by_o a_o french_a minister_n who_o hear_v it_o that_o heideggerus_fw-la so_o run_v down_o p._n simon_n that_o he_o confess_v what_o i_o can_v do_v before_o hand_n that_o his_o arabic_a and_o rabbenic_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o at_o second-hand_n the_o 3d._a argument_n be_v that_o which_o alone_o may_v give_v saticfaction_n because_o they_o be_v harmonious_a mean_n in_o serve_v of_o this_o end_n no_o body_n can_v ever_o yet_o find_v out_o rule_v by_o which_o they_o guide_v we_o in_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d likewise_o chap._n 8.1_o and_o 12.1_o and_o 14.1_o and_o 17.1.18.1.19.1.20.1.22.1_o compare_v psal_n 14._o with_o 53._o and_o psal_n 105._o to_o v._o 16._o with_o 1_o chro._n 17._o from_o v._o 8._o to_o v._o 13._o and_o psal_n 18._o with_o 2_o sam._n 22._o though_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o poetical_a point_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o equivalency_n num._n 7._o be_v a_o remarkable_a scripture_n the_o vowel_n be_v omit_v in_o all_o our_o bibles_n because_o as_o most_o think_v no_o need_n the_o same_o be_v again_o repeat_v but_o the_o
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o peculiar_a style_n of_o the_o tongue_n its_o idiotism_n and_o emphasis_n and_o the_o accentual_a subserve_v that_o too_o take_v a_o chapter_n in_o the_o bible_n write_v nothing_o but_o the_o consonant_n in_o it_o and_o show_v it_o to_o a_o scholar_n and_o i_o believe_v you_o will_v make_v he_o work_v before_o he_o can_v bring_v you_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o the_o fallacy_n of_o the_o answer_n consist_v in_o this_o viz._n it_o be_v a_o truth_n that_o this_o comparison_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o grand_a mean_n of_o interpretation_n but_o you_o can_v make_v no_o use_n of_o this_o mean_a without_o the_o accent_n every_o context_n have_v three_o text_n every_o comparison_n at_o least_o two_o judgement_n and_o the_o accent_n be_v necessary_a for_o each_o of_o these_o part_n he_o suppose_v a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o whole_a without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o part_n can_v a_o english_a reader_n 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