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by_o the_o angel_n testimony_n 36._o cousin_n unto_o marie_n but_o that_o marie_n therefore_o shall_v be_v of_o levi_n it_o prove_v hot_a for_o albeit_o that_o daughter_n which_o ordain_v be_v inheriter_n be_v to_o bestow_v themselves_o upon_o man_n of_o the_o same_o tribe_n lest_o their_o 8._o possession_n shall_v be_v transfer_v or_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n revert_v unto_o the_o inheritance_n of_o other_o yet_o in_o other_o and_o especial_o those_o of_o the_o king_n and_o priest_n line_n we_o find_v the_o practice_n contrary_a and_o that_o virtuous_a woman_n without_o breach_n of_o this_o law_n do_v marry_v into_o other_o tribe_n for_o so_o do_v 23._o elisheba_n of_o judah_n match_n with_o aaron_n of_o levi_n and_o miriam_n of_o levi_n with_o hur_z of_o judah_n 21._o hezron_n of_o judah_n match_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasses_n and_o 27._o david_n take_v michal_n the_o daughter_n of_o saul_n to_o wife_n the_o mother_n of_o hiram_n a_o daughter_n of_o â—…4_n dan_n marry_v her_o second_o husband_n out_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o 14._o naphtali_n and_o jehoiada_n the_o high_a priest_n of_o levi_n marry_v 11._o â—…ehoshabeah_a the_o daughter_n of_o king_n jehoram_n oâ—…_n judah_n which_o thing_n haâ—…_n it_o be_v unlawful_a these_o godly_a person_n will_v never_o have_v do_v it_o and_o the_o oath_n have_v be_v needless_a which_o the_o israelite_n make_v in_o mixpah_n that_o 1._o none_o of_o they_o shall_v give_v their_o daughter_n to_o marry_v with_o the_o beniaminnite_n if_o the_o law_n of_o god_n have_v debar_v tribe_n from_o mixture_n before_o upon_o this_o warrant_n therefore_o elisabet_n must_v be_v hold_v a_o branch_n from_o judah_n levi._n and_o not_o the_o bless_a marie_n to_o be_v a_o bud_n from_o levi_n who_o parent_n be_v all_o of_o they_o know_v to_o be_v from_o zâ—…rubbabel_n david_n and_o judah_n by_o the_o rabbin_n own_o testimony_n and_o albeit_o that_o tribe_n match_v into_o tribe_n and_o judahs_n many_o time_n into_o that_o of_o levy_n yet_o so_o distinct_o have_v the_o holy_a ghost_n separate_v judah_n from_o levi_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o christ_n that_o of_o those_o mother_n whereof_o he_o come_v and_o take_v flesh_n none_o be_v record_v to_o come_v from_o levi_n nor_o indeed_o from_o any_o other_o tribe_n know_v of_o then_o from_o judahs_n except_v thamar_n rahab_n and_o ruth_n who_o be_v of_o canaan_n and_o moab_n and_o they_o by_o divine_a providence_n into_o judahs_n tribe_n be_v conjoin_v that_o so_o by_o they_o the_o gentile_n may_v have_v interest_n with_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o spiritual_a temple_n as_o they_o have_v be_v interest_v in_o the_o material_a temple_n who_o foundation_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o thresh_a floor_n of_o ornan_n the_o jebusite_n a_o canaanite_n 1._o the_o sceptre_n and_o censer_n
〈◊〉_d make_v reconciliation_n for_o all_o thing_n for_o though_o it_o be_v write_v write_v jeconiah_n childless_a yet_o be_v it_o afterward_o write_v the_o son_n of_o jeconiah_n be_v salathiel_n and_o his_o son_n zerubbabel_n a_o signet_n upon_o god_n finger_n â—…th_n rambam_n also_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o repentance_n bring_v in_o jeconiah_n for_o a_o example_n who_o say_v he_o be_v a_o signet_n pluck_v off_o and_o in_o zerubbabell_n be_v a_o signet_n place_v again_o and_o kimchi_n the_o spanish_a jew_n be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v he_o die_v childless_a that_o he_o will_v have_v the_o word_n assir_fw-fr in_o 1._o chro._n 3._o 17._o to_o be_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o a_o man_n &_o that_o man_n jeconiahs_n son_n but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o 21._o ephraim_n herein_o fight_v against_o manasses_n and_o manasses_n against_o ephraim_n for_o this_o be_v a_o principal_a point_n hold_v of_o the_o rabbin_z ancient_a rabbin_n that_o repentance_n can_v not_o put_v back_o a_o decree_n make_v with_o a_o oath_n and_o the_o babylonian_a thalmud_n in_o sanedrim_n expound_v assir_n for_o a_o adjective_n bind_v up_o or_o hard_o keep_v restraint_n or_o prisoner_n and_o not_o for_o the_o proper_a name_n of_o a_o man_n moreover_o their_o sedar_n olam_fw-la zuta_fw-la affirm_v that_o it_o be_v but_o the_o rabbin_n report_v that_o salathiel_n be_v the_o natural_a son_n of_o jeconiah_n and_o kimchi_n with_o salomoh_n jarchi_n upon_o the_o twelve_o of_o zacharie_n confess_v that_o nathan_n there_o name_v be_v the_o son_n of_o david_n who_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v mention_v as_o a_o principal_a man_n to_o zerubbabel_n unless_o he_o be_v of_o his_o family_n but_o as_o touch_v that_o it_o can_v not_o put_v back_o a_o decree_n make_v by_o oath_n do_v that_o of_o zedekiah_n and_o they_o that_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o he_o make_v they_o the_o 8._o bad_a fig_n that_o can_v not_o be_v eat_v any_o better_a can_v that_o of_o 26._o moses_n notwithstanding_o his_o earnest_a prayer_n prevail_v for_o his_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n or_o the_o israelite_n whereof_o no_o doubt_n many_o be_v repentant_n to_o enter_v the_o rest_n when_o god_n have_v swear_v the_o contrary_a nay_o if_o 20._o noah_n daniel_n and_o job_n shall_v not_o be_v hear_v against_o god_n decree_n of_o famine_n pestilence_n and_o sword_n shall_v we_o think_v that_o jeconiah_n who_o repentance_n be_v not_o read_v of_o and_o who_o captivity_n remain_v thirty_o seven_o year_n in_o babylon_n even_o all_o his_o life_n long_o can_v alter_v god_n oath_n as_o touch_v posterity_n and_o yet_o these_o miserable_a oath_n man_n seek_v to_o continue_v a_o succession_n from_o this_o childless_a man_n for_o aben_n ezra_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o salomon_n song_n call_v the_o messiah_n solomon_n because_o say_v he_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o son_n of_o solomon_n as_o from_o david_n he_o be_v call_v 25._o david_n the_o prince_n everlasting_a but_o have_v that_o rabin_n consider_v that_o no_o such_o promise_n be_v speak_v concern_v salomon_n son_n nor_o that_o prince_n david_n there_o name_v be_v name_v before_o that_o salomon_n house_n fail_v in_o jeconiah_n he_o may_v have_v know_v how_o christ_n have_v be_v salomon_n son_n his_o son_n he_o be_v indeed_o as_o a_o king_n and_o successor_n but_o not_o as_o a_o man_n as_o his_o heir_n to_o his_o crown_n but_o not_o of_o his_o loin_n and_o i_o can_v have_v wish_v that_o natural_o christian_n also_o have_v not_o be_v so_o forward_o in_o follow_v the_o rabbin_n herein_o and_o in_o urge_v the_o text_n of_o saint_n matthew_n in_o jeconiahs_n beget_v of_o salathiel_n somewhat_o too_o natural_o as_o lyra_n lucidus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d messeus_fw-la and_o many_o other_o have_v do_v who_o lean_a so_o waighty_o upon_o the_o outward_a phrase_n of_o beget_v that_o the_o main_a prop_n of_o divinity_n be_v thereby_o overburden_v for_o they_o by_o saint_n matthew_n and_o the_o first_o book_n of_o chronicle_n will_v make_v a_o line_n all_o and_o natural_a succession_n from_o jeconiah_n to_o salathiel_n as_o the_o rabbin_n have_v do_v and_o will_v continue_v salomon_n line_n unto_o joseph_n the_o husband_n of_o the_o virgin_n marie_n without_o breach_n of_o succession_n the_o word_n of_o either_o text_n be_v these_o in_o the_o chronicle_n thus_o and_o the_o son_n of_o jeconiah_n assir_n salathiel_n hâ—…_n son_n 1._o chron._n 3._o 17._o and_o in_o saint_n matthew_n thus_o and_o after_o they_o be_v bring_v into_o babylon_n jeconiah_n beget_v salathiel_n matth._n 1._o 12._o but_o if_o speech_n here_o speak_v must_v be_v take_v in_o a_o procreating_a sense_n than_o be_v zedekiah_n as_o well_o as_o salathiel_n son_n unto_o jeconiah_n for_o in_o the_o first_o of_o chronicle_n chap._n 3._o vers_fw-la 16._o thus_o it_o it_o stand_v and_o the_o son_n of_o â—…oakim_n jeconiah_n his_o son_n zedekiah_n his_o son_n which_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o verse_n immediate_o before_o be_v say_v as_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v the_o 1._o son_n of_o josiah_n but_o in_o the_o seconâ—…_n of_o chronicle_n he_o be_v call_v the_o brother_n of_o jeconiah_n chap._n â—…6_n 10._o and_o yet_o in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o book_n of_o king_n he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o brother_n of_o jeconiah_n his_o father_n 2._o king_n 24._o 17._o so_o that_o by_o these_o place_n hâ—…_n be_v both_o uncle_n brother_n and_o son_n to_o jeconiah_n and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o tâ—…ue_n either_o in_o nature_n inheritance_n or_o succession_n and_o if_o these_o seem_v not_o strange_a in_o he_o nor_o that_o line_n why_o shall_v salathiels_n sonship_n be_v so_o natural_o urge_v in_o matthew_n who_o saint_n luke_n clear_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o neri_n and_o so_o do_v zachariah_n in_o name_v 11._o nathan_n for_o a_o chief_a family_n of_o david_n and_o that_o saint_n matthew_n mean_v consider_v no_o otherwise_o of_o beget_v then_o of_o heir_n to_o salomon_n crown_n appear_v by_o himself_o who_o in_o record_v his_o successor_n follow_v neither_o a_o natural_a succession_n nor_o a_o exact_a descent_n for_o he_o make_v joram_n to_o beget_v ozias_n whereas_o the_o chronicle_n tell_v we_o that_o ozias_n be_v the_o immediate_a son_n of_o amaziah_n and_o be_v four_o descent_n after_o joram_n his_o great_a grandfather_n who_o die_v 69._o year_n before_o ozias_n be_v bear_v so_o likewise_o he_o say_v that_o josias_n beget_v jeconias_n who_o notwithstanding_o be_v his_o grandchild_n and_o son_n unto_o jehoiakim_n the_o second_o son_n of_o josiah_n whereby_o we_o see_v no_o natural_a succession_n urge_v by_o the_o evangelist_n but_o rather_o such_o as_o make_v a_o successor_n a_o son_n to_o the_o childless_a or_o a_o heir_n of_o what_o consanguinity_n soever_o to_o be_v a_o son_n to_o the_o issueless_a possessor_n so_o 14_o moses_n be_v mean_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n so_o jair_a of_o judah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n and_o so_o 34._o baasha_n be_v father_n unto_o ahab_n though_o save_v the_o throne_n he_o be_v no_o kin_n unto_o he_o for_o baashas_n house_n end_v in_o his_o son_n elah_n so_o that_o another_o intent_n move_v saint_n matthew_n to_o continue_v a_o continual_a succession_n from_o jeconiah_n unto_o salathiel_n and_o that_o the_o evangelist_n speak_v of_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o not_o of_o the_o kindred_n in_o blood_n it_o further_o appear_v in_o that_o he_o ascend_v by_o the_o make_v legal_a line_n through_o joseph_n abiud_n jeconiah_n and_o solomon_n no_o high_a than_o unto_o abraham_n who_o first_o of_o the_o father_n have_v promise_n either_o of_o king_n or_o kingdom_n whereas_o saint_n luke_n our_o other_o fuangelist_n in_o the_o natural_a line_n by_o marie_n eli_n rhesa_n and_o nathan_n ascend_v up_o unto_o adam_n the_o first_o man_n to_o who_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v of_o christ_n his_o humanity_n and_o how_o from_o adam_n to_o omit_v the_o other_o collateral_n that_o in_o another_o kind_a lead_n unto_o christ_n let_v we_o here_o insert_v that_o so_o the_o whole_a generation_n of_o his_o manhood_n may_v full_o appear_v so_o careful_o record_v in_o all_o former_a age_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n himself_o and_o in_o the_o late_a time_n continue_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n of_o truth_n in_o his_o instrument_n saint_n luke_n our_o holy_a evangelist_n unto_o his_o mother_n the_o virgin_n marie_n herself_o the_o first_o table_n end_v at_o david_n as_o the_o writer_n of_o ruth_n do_v and_o the_o other_o from_o david_n by_o solomon_n to_o jeconiah_n be_v record_v by_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n &_o where_o they_o end_v be_v again_o continue_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n unto_o joseph_n the_o husband_n of_o marie_n by_o the_o evangelist_n saint_n matthew_n both_o which_o their_o descent_n from_o david_n downward_o that_o the_o eiemay_n witness_n what_o the_o purpose_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n pen_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o these_o scribe_n