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c._n 14._o so_o reply_v that_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o gainsay_v we_o confess_v say_v he_o that_o esdras_n the_o restorer_n of_o scripture_n if_o any_o place_n more_o obscure_a or_o difficult_a than_o other_o occur_v stuff_v here_o and_o there_o into_o the_o sacred_a write_n for_o explanation_n sake_n some_o thing_n of_o his_o own_o moreover_o see_v the_o sacred_a write_n be_v propagate_v by_o so_o many_o disputation_n that_o never_o so_o many_o exemplar_n be_v ever_o know_v of_o any_o one_o book_n no_o wonder_n if_o what_o have_v happen_v upon_o other_o occasion_n to_o other_o book_n shall_v happen_v to_o this_o that_o some_o note_n add_v by_o pious_a and_o learned_a man_n in_o the_o margin_n shall_v at_o length_n creep_v into_o the_o text._n last_o those_o relation_n at_o the_o end_n of_o deutronomy_n concern_v the_o death_n and_o burial_n of_o moses_n by_o
testimony_n of_o the_o learned_a jew_n pag._n 12._o chap._n 4._o of_o the_o publish_a exemplar_n of_o the_o hebrew_n context_n which_o be_v masoretic_n of_o the_o art_n of_o the_o masorite_n of_o its_o original_a and_o what_o opinion_n we_o be_v to_o have_v of_o it_o pag._n 22._o chap._n 5._o the_o part_n of_o the_o masora_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o manuscript_n copies_n be_v weigh_v and_o illustrate_v the_o true_a original_a of_o the_o masora_n pag._n 28._o chap._n 6._o other_o part_n of_o the_o manuscript_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o manuscript_n bible_n be_v examine_v their_o true_a original_a and_o the_o masoretic_n lection_n confirm_v pag._n 35_o chap._n 7._o some_o thing_n unprofitable_o and_o superstitious_o note_v by_o the_o masoretick_n be_v illustrate_v out_o of_o the_o manuscript_n copy_n of_o the_o bibles_n pag._n 44._o chap._n 8._o some_o example_n of_o different_a write_n be_v produce_v from_o the_o manuscript_n which_o vary_v from_o the_o masoretic_n version_n pag._n 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