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our_o affection_n and_o may_v it_o last_v in_o katherine-hall_n even_o to_o future_a age_n as_o a_o testimony_n of_o service_n a_o monument_n of_o love_n and_o a_o memorial_n both_o of_o i_o and_o you._n from_o my_o study_n the_o calends_o of_o june_n 1658._o horae_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la &_o talmudicae_n or_o hebrew_n and_o talmudical_a exercitation_n upon_o the_o evangelist_n st._n matthew_n chap._n i._n verse_n i._o βίβλος_n γενÎσεως_n ἰησοῦ_n χÏιστοῦ_n the_o book_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o jesus_n christ._n ×¢_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ten_o a_o stock_n come_v up_o out_o of_o babylon_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d priest_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d levite_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d talm._n in_o kiddush_n cap._n 4._o art_n 1._o israelite_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a person_n as_o to_o the_o priesthood_n such_o who_o father_n indeed_o be_v spring_v from_o priest_n but_o their_o mother_n unfit_a to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o priest_n marriage_n bed_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proselyte_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d liberti_n or_o servant_n set_v free_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothi_fw-la for_o such_o as_o be_v bear_v in_o wedlock_n but_o that_o which_o be_v unlawful_a 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nethinims_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bastard_n such_o as_o come_v of_o a_o certain_a mother_n but_o of_o a_o uncertain_a father_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o be_v gather_v up_o out_o of_o the_o street_n who_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v uncertain_a a_o defile_a generation_n indeed_o and_o therefore_o bring_v up_o out_o of_o babylon_n in_o this_o common_a sink_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o the_o whole_a jewish_a seed_n still_o remain_v there_o may_v not_o be_v pollute_v by_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o ezra_n go_v not_o up_o out_o of_o babylon_n until_o he_o have_v render_v it_o pure_a as_o flower_n they_o be_v word_n of_o the_o babylonian_a gemara_n which_o the_o gloss_n explain_v thus_o he_o leave_v not_o any_o there_o that_o be_v illegitimate_a in_o any_o respect_n but_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n only_o and_o israelite_n of_o a_o pure_a and_o undefiled_a stock_n therefore_o he_o bring_v up_o with_o he_o these_o ten_o kind_n of_o pedigree_n that_o these_o may_v not_o be_v mingle_v with_o those_o when_o there_o remain_v now_o no_o more_o a_o sanhedrin_n there_o which_o may_v take_v care_n of_o that_o matter_n therefore_o he_o bring_v they_o to_o jerusalem_n where_o care_n may_v be_v take_v by_o the_o sanhedrin_n fix_v there_o that_o the_o legitimate_a may_v not_o marry_v with_o the_o illegitimate_a let_v we_o think_v of_o these_o thing_n a_o little_a while_o we_o be_v upon_o our_o entrance_n into_o the_o gospel_n history_n i._o how_o great_a a_o cloud_n of_o obscurity_n can_v not_o but_o arise_v to_o the_o people_n concern_v the_o original_n of_o christ_n even_o from_o the_o very_a return_n out_o of_o babylon_n when_o they_o either_o certain_o see_v or_o certain_o believe_v that_o they_o see_v a_o pure_a spring_n of_o jewish_a blood_n there_o than_o in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n itself_o ii_o how_o great_a a_o care_n ought_v there_o to_o be_v in_o the_o family_n of_o pure_a blood_n to_o preserve_v themselves_o untouched_a and_o clean_a from_o this_o impure_a sink_n and_o to_o lay_v up_o among_o themselves_o genealogical_a scrol_n from_o generation_n to_o generation_n as_o faithful_a witness_n and_o last_a monument_n of_o their_o legitimate_a stock_n and_o free_a blood_n hear_v a_o complaint_n and_o a_o story_n in_o this_o case_n 71._o case_n case_n case_n case_n case_n case_n hiâ—â—â—â—_n kiddâ—â—_n fol._n 6â—_n â—_o bab._n ibid._n fol._n 71._o r._n jochanan_n say_v by_o the_o temple_n it_o be_v in_o our_o hand_n to_o discover_v who_o be_v not_o of_o pure_a blood_n in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n but_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v when_o 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another_o inference_n as_o samson_n mother_n do_v judg._n xiii_o 23._o if_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o kill_v we_o he_o will_v not_o have_v accept_v a_o offering_n neither_o will_v he_o have_v show_v we_o all_o these_o thing_n if_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v that_o the_o scripture_n shall_v not_o be_v understand_v he_o will_v never_o have_v write_v they_o he_o will_v never_o have_v charge_v all_o to_o study_v they_o god_n never_o write_v the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o scripture_n only_o to_o be_v gaze_v upon_o and_o never_o understand_v never_o give_v they_o as_o a_o book_n seal_v and_o that_o can_v never_o be_v unseal_v that_o learned_a and_o unlearned_a alike_o may_v never_o see_v what_o be_v in_o they_o but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v more_o serious_o read_v more_o careful_o study_v that_o so_o be_v understand_v and_o practise_v they_o may_v become_v the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n unto_o all_o a_o sermon_n preach_v upon_o daniel_n xii_o 12._o blessed_n be_v he_o that_o wait_v 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thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o day_n now_o let_v your_o thought_n conceive_v the_o case_n and_o state_n of_o the_o people_n and_o temple_n in_o this_o time_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o day_n three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a or_o there_o about_o no_o law_n no_o religion_n no_o sacrifice_n but_o what_o be_v abominable_a the_o temple_n fill_v with_o idol_n the_o heathen_a there_o sacrifice_a swines-flesh_n and_o other_o abominable_a thing_n to_o their_o abominable_a god_n ah_o poor_a jerusalem_n what_o case_n be_v thou_o in_o how_o be_v the_o gold_n become_v dim_a nay_o change_v to_o dro_n what_o desolation_n of_o religion_n be_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o what_o bondage_n and_o thraldom_n under_o irreligion_n how_o it_o go_v against_o their_o heart_n not_o to_o circumcise_v their_o child_n but_o they_o dare_v not_o do_v it_o how_o grievous_a to_o see_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n burn_v and_o they_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n dare_v not_o save_v they_o 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