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chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n in_o hebrew_n it_n be_v call_v suph_n the_o sea_n of_o weed_n because_o say_v kimchi_n there_o grow_v abundance_n of_o weed_n upon_o the_o side_n of_o it_o in_o greek_a latin_a and_o english_a and_o other_o western_a tongue_n it_o be_v common_o call_v the_o red_a sea_n divers_a reason_n be_v give_v by_o divers_a person_n why_o it_o be_v so_o call_v the_o best_a seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v from_o the_o redness_n of_o the_o ground_n about_o it_o and_o so_o herodotus_n speak_v of_o a_o place_n thereabouts_o call_v erythrobolus_fw-la or_o the_o red_a soil_n it_o be_v think_v our_o country_n take_v the_o name_n of_o albion_n from_o the_o like_a occasion_n but_o not_o like_o colour_n as_o from_o the_o white_a rock_n or_o cliff_n upon_o the_o sea_n side_n the_o jew_n hold_v that_o whale_n that_o swallow_v jonah_n bring_v he_o into_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o there_o show_v he_o the_o way_n that_o israel_n pass_v through_o it_o for_o his_o 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the_o fable_a jew_n must_v find_v some_o sleight_n to_o maintain_v their_o own_o invention_n chap._n xix_o of_o the_o word_n raca_n matth._n 5._o 22._o whosoever_o shall_v say_v unto_o his_o brother_n raca_n shall_v be_v worthy_a to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o council_n the_o word_n be_v a_o jewish_a nickname_n and_o so_o use_v in_o the_o talmud_n for_o a_o despiteful_a title_n to_o a_o despise_a man_n as_o our_o rabbin_n show_v a_o thing_n do_v with_o a_o religious_a man_n that_o be_v pray_v in_o the_o high_a way_n by_o come_v a_o great_a man_n and_o give_v he_o the_o time_n of_o the_o day_n but_o he_o salute_v he_o not_o again_o he_o stay_v for_o he_o till_o he_o have_v finish_v his_o prayer_n after_o he_o have_v do_v his_o prayer_n he_o say_v to_o he_o reka_n be_v it_o not_o write_v in_o your_o law_n that_o you_o shall_v take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o have_v i_o strike_v off_o thy_o head_n with_o my_o sword_n who_o shall_v have_v require_v thy_o blood_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o go_v the_o angry_a man_n on_o irenaeus_n have_v a_o phrase_n nigh_o to_o the_o signification_n of_o this_o word_n qui_fw-la expuit_fw-la cerebrum_fw-la a_o man_n that_o have_v no_o brain_n and_o so_o raka_n signify_v a_o man_n empty_a whether_o of_o understanding_n or_o goodness_n so_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v frequent_o take_v chap._n xx._n wit_n steal_v by_o jew_n out_o of_o the_o gospel_n gospel_n jew_n our_o saviour_n say_v to_o his_o disciple_n the_o harvest_n true_o be_v great_a but_o the_o labourer_n be_v few_o matth._n 9_o 38._o rabbi_n simeon_n say_v to_o day_n be_v the_o harvest_n and_o the_o work_n be_v much_o and_o the_o labourer_n be_v idle_a and_o the_o reward_n great_a and_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n urgent_a pirk_n abhoth_v per._n 2._o whosoever_o hear_v these_o say_n and_o do_v they_o i_o will_v liken_v he_o to_o a_o man_n that_o build_v his_o house_n upon_o a_o rock_n and_o the_o rain_n descend_v and_o flood_n come_v etc._n etc._n he_o that_o learn_v the_o law_n and_o do_v many_o good_a work_n be_v like_o a_o man_n that_o build_v his_o house_n the_o foundation_n of_o stone_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o brick_n and_o the_o water_n beat_v and_o the_o stone_n stand_v etc._n etc._n and_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v these_o say_n and_o do_v they_o not_o shall_v be_v liken_v to_o a_o foolish_a man_n that_o build_v his_o house_n upon_o the_o sand_n matth._n 7._o 24_o 25._o etc._n etc._n but_o he_o that_o learn_v the_o law_n and_o do_v not_o many_o good_a work_n be_v like_o a_o man_n that_o build_v his_o house_n the_o foundation_n of_o brick_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o stone_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o brick_n waste_v etc._n etc._n abhoth_o rabbi_n nathan_n of_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n speak_v they_o shall_v give_v account_n thereof_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n matth._n 12._o 36._o the_o very_a same_o word_n almost_o in_o orehhoth_n hhajim_fw-la with_o what_o measure_n you_o meet_v it_o shall_v be_v measure_v to_o you_o again_o matth._n 7._o 2._o rabbi_n mair_n say_v with_o the_o measure_n that_o a_o man_n measure_v they_o measure_v to_o he_o again_o sanhedrin_n the_o whole_a lord_n prayer_n may_v almost_o be_v pick_v out_o of_o their_o work_n for_o they_o deny_v not_o the_o word_n though_o they_o contradict_v the_o force_n of_o it_o the_o first_o word_n of_o it_o they_o use_v frequent_o as_o our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n in_o their_o common_a prayer_n book_n fol._n 5._o and_o humble_a your_o heart_n before_o your_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n in_o rosh_n hashava_fw-la but_o they_o have_v as_o much_o devotion_n towards_o the_o father_n while_o they_o deny_v the_o son_n as_o the_o heathen_n have_v which_o can_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d frequent_v in_o homer_n our_o father_n jupiter_n and_o worship_v a_o unknown_a god_n act._n 17._o they_o pray_v almost_o in_o every_o other_o prayer_n thy_o kingdom_n come_v and_o that_o 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imagine_v that_o god_n shall_v lead_v man_n into_o temptation_n whereas_o all_o man_n as_o well_o as_o he_o do_v think_v that_o god_n do_v not_o lead_v man_n into_o evil_a temptation_n as_o satan_n do_v and_o yet_o that_o god_n do_v tempt_v man_n so_o he_o be_v say_v in_o plain_a word_n to_o have_v tempt_v abraham_n and_o rabbi_n tanchum_n witty_o observe_v that_o abraham_n two_o great_a temptation_n begin_v both_o with_o one_o strain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d get_v thou_o go_v the_o first_o get_v thou_o go_v out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o father_n house_n gen._n 12._o the_o second_o get_v thou_o go_v to_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n and_o offer_v thy_o son_n isaac_n
upon_o one_o of_o the_o mountain_n gen._n 22._o may_v we_o not_o safe_o say_v here_o that_o god_n lead_v abraham_n into_o temptation_n but_o as_o it_o follow_v liberavit_fw-la a_o malo_fw-la god_n deliver_v he_o from_o the_o evil_n of_o the_o temptation_n which_o be_v be_v overcome_v and_o saint_n james_n say_v sweet_o though_o at_o first_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o cross_v this_o petition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brethren_n account_v it_o all_o joy_n when_o you_o fall_v into_o diverse_a temptation_n jac._n 1._o 2._o to_o be_v in_o temptation_n be_v joy_n for_o god_n chastise_v every_o son_n that_o he_o receive_v and_o yet_o pray_v lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n but_o deliver_v we_o from_o evil_a let_v the_o latter_a comment_n upon_o the_o first_o lead_v we_o not_o into_o the_o evil_n of_o temptation_n which_o in_o the_o apostle_n phrase_n be_v suffer_v we_o not_o to_o be_v tempt_v above_o our_o strength_n chap._n xxii_o septuaginta_fw-la interpreter_n i_o will_v not_o with_o clemens_n josephus_n austen_n epiphanius_n and_o other_o spend_v time_n in_o lock_v they_o up_o several_o in_o their_o closert_n to_o make_v their_o translation_n the_o more_o admirable_a i_o will_v only_o mind_v that_o they_o do_v the_o work_n of_o this_o translation_n against_o their_o will_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v expect_v but_o slippery_a do_v and_o that_o appear_v by_o they_o their_o addition_n variation_n and_o without_o doubt_n oversight_n may_v well_o argue_v with_o what_o a_o will_v they_o go_v about_o this_o business_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o instance_n in_o thousand_o of_o place_n how_o they_o add_v man_n and_o year_n gen._n 5._o &_o 10._o &_o 11._o &_o 46._o how_o they_o add_v matter_n of_o their_o own_o head_n as_o how_o they_o help_v job_n wife_n to_o scold_n job_n 2._o add_v there_o a_o whole_a verse_n of_o female_a passion_n i_o must_v now_o say_v she_o go_v wander_v up_o and_o down_o and_o have_v no_o place_n to_o rest_v in_o and_o so_o forth_o and_o so_o job_n 1._o 21._o naked_a come_v i_o out_o of_o my_o mother_n womb_n and_o naked_a shall_v i_o return_v thither_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v and_o the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o even_o as_o please_v the_o lord_n so_o come_v thing_n to_o pass_v bless_a be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o clause_n even_o as_o please_v the_o lord_n so_o come_v thing_n to_o pass_v be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n but_o it_o be_v add_v by_o they_o and_o so_o be_v it_o take_v from_o they_o into_o our_o common_a prayer_n book_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o burial_n to_o trace_v they_o in_o their_o mistake_n be_v pretty_a to_o see_v how_o their_o unpricked_a bible_n deceive_v they_o as_o to_o instance_n in_o one_o or_o two_o for_o a_o taste_n hebrew_n septuag_n gen._n 15._o 11._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o bird_n light_a upon_o the_o carcase_n and_o abraham_n drive_v they_o away_o in_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vaijashhebh_n they_o read_v in_o stead_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vajashhebh_v he_o drive_v they_o away_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vajeshhebh_o he_o sit_v by_o they_o and_o of_o this_o saint_n austen_n make_v goodly_a allegory_n judge_n 5._o 8._o the_o hebrew_n say_v they_o choose_v new_a god_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lahhem_fw-mi shegnarim_n be_v war_n in_o the_o gate_n they_o say_v they_o choose_v new_a god_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lehhem_fw-mi segnorim_n 〈◊〉_d segnorim_n segnorim_n segnorim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barley_n bread_n judge_n 7._o 11._o the_o hebrew_n say_v and_o he_o and_o phurah_n his_o servant_n go_v down_o to_o the_o quarter_n or_o side_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hhamushim_n the_o arm_a man_n they_o say_v he_o and_o his_o servant_n pharah_n go_v down_o to_o the_o quarter_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hhamishim_n fifty_o man_n thus_o do_v they_o vary_v in_o a_o world_n of_o place_n which_o the_o expert_a may_v easy_o see_v and_o smile_v at_o i_o omit_v how_o they_o vary_v name_n of_o man_n and_o place_n i_o will_v trouble_v you_o with_o no_o more_o but_o one_o which_o they_o comment_v as_o it_o be_v to_o help_v a_o difficulty_n 1_o king_n 12._o 2._o it_o be_v say_v of_o jeroboam_n that_o he_o dwell_v in_o egypt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vaijeshhebh_n bemitzraijm_fw-la 2_o chron._n 10._o 2._o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o return_v from_o egypt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vaijashobh_n mimmitzraijm_fw-la the_o septuagint_n heal_v this_o thus_o translate_n 2_o chron._n 10._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o have_v dwell_v in_o egypt_n and_o he_o return_v out_o of_o egypt_n such_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o that_o work_n of_o the_o greek_a now_o to_o examine_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o wonderful_a that_o some_o of_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n read_v the_o old_a testament_n in_o greek_a and_o not_o in_o hebrew_n tertullian_n seem_v to_o witness_v but_o those_o be_v jew_n out_o of_o canaan_n for_o 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the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o law_n and_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o day_n for_o this_o the_o lord_n keep_v he_o and_o deliver_v he_o from_o all_o affliction_n and_o trouble_n and_o from_o every_o plague_n and_o sickness_n and_o write_v he_o and_o seal_v he_o for_o a_o happy_a life_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o send_v a_o blessing_n and_o prosper_v he_o in_o every_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n and_o all_o israel_n his_o brethren_n and_o let_v we_o say_v amen_o thus_o courteous_a reader_n have_v thou_o see_v a_o popish_a jew_n intercede_v for_o the_o dead_a have_v but_o the_o like_a patience_n a_o while_n and_o thou_o shall_v see_v how_o they_o be_v popish_a almost_o entire_o in_o claim_v the_o merit_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o intercede_v for_o they_o for_o thus_o tend_v a_o prayer_n which_o they_o use_v in_o the_o book_n call_v sepher_n min_n hagim_a shell_n col_fw-fr hammedinoth_n etc._n etc._n which_o i_o have_v also_o here_o turn_v into_o english_a do_v for_o thy_o praise_n sake_n do_v for_o their_o sake_n that_o love_v thou_o that_o now_o dwell_v in_o dust_n for_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n sake_n do_v for_o moses_n and_o aaron_n sake_n do_v for_o david_n and_o salomon_n sake_n do_v for_o jerusalem_n thy_o holy_a city_n sake_n do_v for_o zion_n the_o habitation_n of_o thy_o glory_n sake_n do_v for_o the_o desolation_n of_o thy_o temple_n sake_n do_v for_o the_o tread_v down_o of_o thy_o altar_n sake_n do_v for_o their_o sake_n who_o be_v slay_v for_o thy_o holy_a name_n do_v for_o their_o sake_n who_o have_v be_v massacre_v for_o thy_o sake_n do_v for_o their_o sake_n who_o have_v go_v to_o fire_n or_o water_n for_o the_o hallow_n of_o thy_o name_n do_v for_o suck_a child_n sake_n who_o have_v not_o sin_v do_v for_o wean_a child_n sake_n who_o have_v not_o offend_v do_v for_o infant_n sake_n who_o be_v of_o the_o house_n of_o our_o doctor_n do_v for_o thy_o own_o sake_n if_o not_o for_o we_o do_v for_o thy_o own_o sake_n and_o save_v we_o tell_v i_o gentle_a reader_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n whether_o do_v the_o jew_n romanize_v or_o the_o roman_a judaize_n in_o his_o devotion_n this_o intercede_v by_o other_o be_v a_o shrewd_a sign_n they_o have_v both_o reject_v the_o right_a mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n christ_n jesus_n the_o profane_a heathen_a may_v have_v read_v both_o jew_n and_o papist_n a_o lecture_n in_o he_o contemno_fw-la minutos_fw-la istos_fw-la deos_fw-la modo_fw-la jupiter_fw-la propitium_fw-la habeam_fw-la which_o i_o think_v a_o christian_a may_v well_o english_a let_v go_v all_o diminutive_a divinity_n so_o that_o i_o may_v have_v the_o great_a jesus_n christ_n to_o propitiate_v for_o i_o chap._n xli_o of_o the_o latin_a translation_n of_o matth._n 6._o 1._o alm_n in_o rabbin_z hebrew_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tsedhakah_n righteousness_n which_o word_n the_o syrian_a translator_n use_v matth._n 6._o 1._o act._n 10._o 2._o and_o in_o other_o place_n from_o this_o custom_n of_o speech_n the_o roman_a vulgar_a translate_v attendite_fw-la ne_fw-la justitiam_fw-la vestram_fw-la faciatis_fw-la one_o english_a old_a manuscript_n testament_n be_v in_o lichfield_n library_n which_o have_v it_o thus_o after_o the_o latin_a takith_o heed_n that_o you_o do_v not_o your_o rightwisnes_n before_o man_n to_o be_v seyne_n of_o they_o ellis_fw-la you_o shullen_a have_v no_o meed_n at_o your_o fadir_n that_o be_v in_o hevenes_n other_o english_a translation_n i_o never_o see_v any_o to_o this_o sense_n nor_o any_o greek_a copy_n it_o seem_v the_o papist_n will_v rather_o judaize_v for_o his_o own_o advantage_n than_o follow_v the_o true_a greek_a the_o septuagint_n in_o some_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n have_v turn_v tsedhakah_n righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d almsdeed_n or_o little_a or_o to_o no_o sense_n as_o the_o papist_n have_v in_o this_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n turn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d almsdeed_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d righteousness_n to_o as_o little_a purpose_n in_o the_o hebrew_n indeed_o one_o word_n be_v use_v for_o both_o tsedhakah_n for_o almsdeed_n which_o proper_o signify_v righteousness_n upon_o what_o ground_n i_o know_v not_o unless_o it_o be_v to_o show_v that_o touch_v sâ—_n chrysostom_n have_v such_o â—_o touch_v alm_n must_v be_v give_v of_o right_o get_v good_a or_o else_o they_o be_v no_o righteousness_n or_o they_o be_v call_v zadkatha_n in_o syrian_a hu_o she_o zadek_v le_fw-fr mehwo_n they_o be_v call_v righteousness_n because_o it_o be_v right_a they_o shall_v be_v give_v and_o give_v right_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n speak_v much_o of_o the_o merit_n of_o alm_n who_o one_o may_v
among_o they_o yet_o be_v they_o not_o exact_o eleven_o then_o for_o thomas_n be_v absent_a joh._n xx._n 24._o 2._o when_o the_o eleven_o be_v mention_v we_o must_v not_o suppose_v it_o exact_o mean_v of_o the_o number_n of_o apostle_n then_o present_a but_o the_o present_a number_n of_o the_o apostle_n verse_n xxxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o suppose_v they_o have_v see_v a_o spirit_n whereas_o the_o jew_n distinguish_v between_o angel_n and_o spirit_n and_o daemon_n spirit_n be_v define_v by_o r._n hoshaiah_n 2._o hoshaiah_n hoshaiah_n hoshaiah_n hoshaiah_n hoshaiah_n hoshaiah_n beresh_a rabbâ—_n fol._n 34._o 2._o to_o be_v such_o to_o who_o soul_n be_v create_v but_o they_o have_v not_o a_o body_n make_v for_o those_o soul_n but_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o they_o include_v all_o spirit_n or_o soul_n under_o this_o notion_n when_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o apparition_n of_o ghost_n or_o decease_a person_n who_o once_o have_v a_o body_n be_v reckon_v by_o they_o under_o the_o same_o title_n nor_o do_v i_o apprehend_v the_o disciple_n have_v any_o other_o imagination_n at_o this_o time_n than_o that_o this_o be_v not_o christ_n indeed_o in_o his_o own_o person_n as_o new_o raise_v from_o the_o dead_a but_o a_o spectrum_n only_o in_o his_o shape_n himself_o be_v still_o dead_a and_o when_o the_o pharisee_n speak_v concern_v paul_n act_n xxiii_o 9_o that_o if_o a_o angel_n or_o a_o spirit_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o i_o will_v easy_o believe_v they_o may_v mean_v it_o of_o the_o apparition_n of_o some_o prophet_n or_o some_o other_o depart_v just_a person_n than_o of_o any_o soul_n that_o have_v never_o yet_o any_o body_n create_v to_o it_o i_o the_o rather_o incline_v thus_o to_o think_v because_o it_o be_v so_o evident_a that_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o prove_v how_o deep_o impress_v that_o nation_n be_v with_o a_o opinion_n of_o the_o apparition_n of_o depart_a ghost_n verse_n xliv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o in_o the_o prophet_n and_o in_o the_o psalm_n it_o be_v a_o know_a division_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n the_o prophet_n and_o the_o holy_a write_n by_o abbrevation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o their_o order_n need_v not_o be_v insist_v upon_o call_v common_o by_o we_o the_o pentateuch_n but_o by_o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n the_o heptateuch_n and_o by_o some_o christian_n the_o octateuch_n 1._o octateuch_n octateuch_n octateuch_n octateuch_n octateuch_n octateuch_n schabb._n fol._n 116._o 1._o r._n samuel_n bar_n nachman_n say_v r._n jonathan_n say_v wisdom_n have_v hew_v out_o her_o seven_o pillar_n prov._n ix_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v the_o seven_o book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o book_n of_o number_n complete_v the_o seven_o book_n of_o the_o law_n but_o be_v there_o not_o but_o five_o book_n only_o ben_n kaphra_n say_v the_o book_n of_o number_n be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d three_o book_n from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o book_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o the_o ark_n set_v forward_o chap._n x._o 35._o be_v a_o book_n by_o itself_o that_o verse_n and_o the_o follow_a be_v a_o book_n by_o itself_o and_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n be_v a_o book_n by_o itself_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o account_v this_o period_n chap._n x._o 35._o 36._o too_o be_v one_o book_n by_o itself_o be_v partly_o because_o it_o do_v not_o seem_v put_v there_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n partly_o because_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o it_o have_v the_o letter_n nun_n invert_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o after_o the_o end_n of_o it_o in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o both_o place_n be_v set_v for_o a_o boundary_a and_o limit_n to_o distinguish_v that_o period_n from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o book_n whatever_o therefore_o go_v before_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n to_o that_o period_n be_v reckon_v by_o they_o for_o one_o book_n and_o whatever_o follow_v it_o for_o another_o book_n and_o the_o period_n itself_o for_o a_o three_o eulogius_n speak_v concern_v dosthes_n or_o dositheus_n a_o famous_a seducer_n of_o the_o samaritan_n have_v this_o passage_n ccxxx_o passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n apud_fw-la phot._n cod._n ccxxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o adulterate_v the_o octateuch_n of_o moses_n with_o spurious_a writing_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o corrupt_a falsifying_n there_o be_v mention_n also_o of_o a_o book_n with_o this_o title_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xxxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cod._n xxxvi_o the_o christian_n book_n a_o exposition_n upon_o the_o octateuch_n whether_o this_o be_v the_o octateuch_n of_o moses_n it_o be_v neither_o certain_a nor_o much_o worth_a our_o enquiry_n for_o photius_n judge_v he_o a_o corrupt_a author_n beside_o that_o it_o may_v be_v show_v by_o and_o by_o that_o there_o be_v a_o twofold_a octateuch_n beside_o that_o of_o moses_n now_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v ask_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o eulogius_n and_o that_o probable_o from_o the_o common_a notion_n of_o the_o thing_n shall_v divide_v the_o book_n of_o moses_n into_o a_o octateuch_n i_o have_v rather_o any_o one_o else_o rather_o than_o myself_o shall_v resolve_v he_o in_o it_o but_o if_o any_o consent_n that_o he_o own_v the_o heptateuch_n we_o have_v already_o mention_v we_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o reckon_v the_o last_o chapter_n of_o deuteronomy_n for_o the_o eight_o part_n aben_n ezra_n will_v smile_v here_o who_o in_o that_o his_o obscure_a and_o disguise_a denial_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o write_v by_o the_o pen_n of_o moses_n he_o instance_n in_o that_o chapter_n in_o the_o first_o place_n as_o 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pentateuch_n but_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o the_o proper_a subject_n for_o our_o present_a handle_n ii_o there_o also_o be_v a_o octatuech_n of_o the_o prophet_n too_o 2._o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 14._o 2._o all_o the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v eight_o josuah_n judge_n samuel_n king_n jeremy_n ezekiel_n isaiah_n and_o the_o twelve_o for_o the_o historical_a book_n also_o be_v read_v in_o their_o synagogue_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o prophet_n as_o well_o as_o the_o prophet_n themselves_o who_o name_n be_v set_v down_o you_o will_v see_v the_o title_n prefix_v to_o they_o in_o the_o hebrew_n bibles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a prophet_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latter_a prophet_n the_o doctor_n give_v we_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o dispose_v the_o prophet_n in_o that_o order_n that_o jeremiah_n be_v name_v first_o ezekiel_n next_o and_o isaiah_n last_o which_o i_o 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habiliment_n and_o give_v he_o charge_n and_o instruction_n to_o make_v another_o according_a to_o that_o pattern_n and_o appoint_v bezaleel_n and_o aholiah_n for_o chief_a workman_n chap._n xxxii_o xxxiii_o xxxiv_o moses_n on_o the_o seventeen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n tammuz_fw-fr come_v down_o from_o the_o mount_n and_o find_v a_o golden_a calf_n break_v it_o and_o break_v the_o two_o table_n for_o whereas_o god_n have_v give_v he_o the_o two_o table_n write_v at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o first_o forty_o day_n fast_o moses_n break_v those_o table_n at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n to_o show_v that_o israel_n have_v make_v themselves_o unworthy_a of_o so_o great_a a_o jewel_n and_o whereas_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v he_o a_o pattern_n and_o a_o command_n for_o the_o make_n and_o set_v up_o of_o a_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o service_n of_o it_o that_o benefit_n be_v also_o forfeit_v by_o their_o calvish_a idolatry_n and_o neither_o table_n restore_v nor_o tabernacle_n to_o be_v make_v till_o moses_n by_o long_a and_o earnest_a prayer_n have_v make_v israel_n peace_n moses_n have_v destroy_v the_o golden_a calf_n and_o slay_v the_o idolater_n return_v the_o next_o day_n to_o god_n by_o prayer_n but_o be_v return_v back_o the_o same_o day_n with_o a_o sad_a message_n whereupon_o israel_n be_v humble_v the_o tent_n of_o moses_n which_o hitherto_o have_v be_v in_o stead_n of_o a_o tabernacle_n be_v remove_v out_o of_o the_o unclean_a camp_n and_o then_o the_o cloud_n of_o glory_n which_o have_v be_v take_v away_o because_o of_o idolatry_n be_v restore_v the_o next_o day_n moses_n go_v up_o to_o the_o mount_n again_o and_o fall_v into_o a_o second_o forty_o day_n fast_o and_o as_o in_o his_o first_o forty_o day_n fast_o he_o
forty_o or_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o eglon_n afflict_v be_v the_o last_o eighteen_o ehud_n 27_o year_n of_o ehud_n eighty_o for_o by_o this_o mean_v othniel_n and_o ehud_n be_v make_v ehud_n 28_o to_o start_v up_o in_o the_o very_a end_n of_o these_o sum_n of_o year_n and_o get_v a_o victory_n and_o no_o ehud_n 29_o ehud_n 30_o more_o news_n of_o they_o whereas_o it_o be_v apparent_a not_o only_o by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o ehud_n 31_o man_n late_o cite_v and_o by_o chap._n 2._o 19_o but_o also_o by_o other_o passage_n that_o the_o ehud_n 32_o ehud_n 33_o judge_n be_v not_o only_o their_o deliverer_n in_o one_o fight_v battle_n or_o the_o like_a but_o ehud_n 34_o that_o he_o be_v their_o instructor_n and_o help_v and_o strive_v to_o keep_v they_o to_o the_o fear_n ehud_n 35_o ehud_n 36_o of_o the_o lord_n chap._n 2._o 17._o and_o when_o any_o of_o the_o judge_n do_v not_o so_o they_o be_v ehud_n 37_o note_v for_o it_o as_o gideon_n about_o his_o ephod_n abimeleck_n about_o his_o brethren_n ehud_n 38_o ehud_n 39_o and_o samson_n about_o his_o woman_n so_o that_o in_o what_o time_n of_o these_o fourscore_o year_n ehud_n 40_o of_o ehud_n to_o place_v the_o eighteen_o of_o eglon_n afflict_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a nor_o be_v it_o ehud_n 41_o very_a much_o material_a see_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o they_o fall_v out_o sometime_o within_o ehud_n 42_o ehud_n 43_o those_o fourscore_o year_n a_o good_a space_n of_o time_n may_v we_o allot_v for_o israel_n fall_v ehud_n 44_o to_o idolatry_n after_o othniels_n death_n and_o for_o god_n give_v they_o up_o to_o their_o enemy_n ehud_n 45_o ehud_n 46_o power_n upon_o their_o idolatry_n but_o whensoever_o that_o affliction_n come_v it_o ehud_n 47_o come_n so_o home_o that_o a_o king_n of_o moab_n be_v king_n of_o israel_n and_o have_v his_o very_a ehud_n 48_o ehud_n 49_o court_n and_o palace_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o the_o city_n of_o jericho_n that_o city_n ehud_n 50_o be_v inhabit_v by_o israelites_n before_o eglon_n and_o his_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o ehud_n 51_o ehud_n 52_o amalekite_n drive_v they_o out_o and_o yet_o have_v not_o joshua_n curse_n seize_v on_o they_o ehud_n 53_o for_o that_o have_v reference_n only_o to_o rahabs_n kindred_n and_o family_n to_o prohibit_v ehud_n 54_o ehud_n 55_o they_o for_o ever_o go_v about_o to_o fortify_v and_o build_v it_o for_o a_o canaanitish_a town_n ehud_n 56_o again_o and_o hiel_n that_o go_v about_o that_o work_n in_o ahabs_n time_n be_v of_o that_o ehud_n 57_o ehud_n 58_o stock_n and_o that_o light_n upon_o he_o according_o as_o will_v be_v touch_v there_o the_o ehud_n 59_o oppressor_n of_o israel_n at_o this_o time_n be_v the_o very_a same_o nation_n that_o come_v ehud_n 60_o against_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n 20._o namely_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o meunims_n ehud_n 61_o ehud_n 62_o or_o amalekite_n and_o edomite_n that_o dwell_v promiscuous_o among_o ammon_n as_o see_v ehud_n 63_o the_o note_n when_o we_o come_v there_o and_o those_o that_o be_v here_o speak_v of_o be_v general_o ehud_n 64_o ehud_n 65_o fat_a man_n ver_fw-la 29._o as_o be_v eglon_n himself_o extraordinary_o ehud_n be_v a_o ehud_n 66_o man_n of_o benjamin_n and_o probable_o of_o gibeah_n for_o he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o family_n in_o ehud_n 67_o benjamin_n that_o king_n saul_n be_v of_o afterward_o and_o thus_o the_o honour_n of_o benjamin_n ehud_n 68_o ehud_n 69_o be_v somewhat_o restore_v in_o he_o and_o as_o judah_n in_o othniel_n have_v the_o first_o ehud_n 70_o honour_n of_o judge-ship_n so_o benjamin_n in_o ehud_n have_v the_o second_o eglon_n be_v destroy_v ehud_n 71_o ehud_n 72_o with_o a_o two_o edge_a sword_n compare_v rev._n 1._o 16._o about_o the_o latter_a end_n ehud_n 73_o of_o ehud_n life_n we_o may_v indeed_o suppose_v some_o of_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ehud_n 74_o ruth_n to_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v for_o that_o book_n contain_v the_o story_n of_o a_o very_a ehud_n 75_o ehud_n 76_o long_a time_n but_o the_o exact_a place_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n where_o and_o the_o exact_a ehud_n 77_o time_n in_o chronicle_n when_o to_o lay_v any_o particular_a of_o those_o occurrence_n be_v not_o ehud_n 78_o ehud_n 79_o to_o be_v find_v nor_o determine_v world_n 2690_o ehud_n 80_o ehud_n die_v the_o book_n of_o ruth_n towards_o the_o aim_v and_o conclude_v upon_o the_o time_n of_o the_o story_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n these_o thing_n may_v not_o unprofitable_o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n 1._o that_o salmon_n who_o come_v with_o joshua_n into_o the_o land_n marry_v rahab_n and_o of_o she_o beget_v boaz_n who_o marry_v ruth_n matth._n 1._o 5._o 2._o that_o from_o salmon_n come_v into_o the_o land_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o david_n be_v 366_o year_n namely_o 17_o of_o joshua_n 299_o of_o judge_n 40_o of_o eli_n and_o 10_o of_o samuel_n and_o yet_o be_v this_o long_a space_n of_o time_n take_v up_o by_o four_o man_n viz._n salmon_n before_o he_o beget_v boaz_n of_o rahab_n and_o boaz_n before_o he_o beget_v obed_n of_o ruth_n and_o obed_n before_o he_o beget_v jesse_n and_o jesse_n before_o he_o beget_v david_n so_o that_o you_o must_v allow_v to_o every_o one_o of_o they_o near_o upon_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o beget_v his_o son_n 3._o that_o from_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n to_o ehud_n death_n be_v 137_o year_n 4._o now_o grant_v that_o rahab_n live_v sixty_o year_n in_o israel_n before_o she_o have_v boaz_n by_o salmon_n and_o that_o boaz_n live_v a_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o be_v marry_v to_o ruth_n both_o which_o be_v fair_a allowance_n yet_o will_v this_o his_o marriage_n with_o ruth_n fall_v but_o three_o year_n after_o ehud_n death_n so_o that_o this_o book_n of_o ruth_n may_v be_v take_v in_o between_o the_o three_o and_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n the_o book_n of_o ruth_n set_v out_o the_o great_a providence_n of_o god_n in_o bring_v light_n out_o of_o darkness_n ruth_n a_o mother_n of_o christ_n out_o of_o the_o incest_n of_o lot_n a_o special_a mark_n over_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o story_n of_o lot_n elder_a daughter_n lie_v with_o her_o father_n gen._n 19_o 34._o and_o a_o special_a mark_n in_o a_o great_a letter_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o story_n of_o ruth_n go_v to_o boaz_n his_o bed_n ruth_n 4._o 13._o seem_v to_o relate_v one_o to_o the_o other_o and_o both_o together_o to_o point_v at_o this_o providence_n boaz_n bear_v of_o a_o heathen_a woman_n and_o marry_v to_o a_o heathen_a woman_n but_o both_o these_o become_v israelite_n and_o holy_a after_o the_o read_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n the_o reader_n and_o story_n return_v to_o the_o four_o of_o judge_n judge_n chap._n iu._n v._n world_n 2691_o deborah_n 1_o deborah_n 2_o deborah_n and_o barak_n forty_o year_n begin_v israel_n after_o the_o death_n deborah_n 3_o of_o ehud_n fall_n to_o their_o old_a idolatry_n again_o and_o for_o that_o ere_o long_o fall_v under_o deborah_n 4_o deborah_n 5_o oppression_n shamgar_o get_v one_o wonderful_a victory_n for_o they_o but_o wrought_v deborah_n 6_o not_o a_o perfect_a deliverance_n deborab_n a_o woman_n of_o ephraim_n arise_v after_o he_o and_o deborah_n 7_o deborah_n 8_o judge_v the_o people_n she_o be_v a_o prophetess_n and_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n stir_v deborah_n 9_o up_o barak_n of_o nephtali_n to_o fight_v with_o sisera_n who_o he_o overcome_v by_o a_o army_n deborah_n 10_o of_o galilean_n but_o sisera_n himself_o fall_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o proselytess_n woman_n deborah_n 11_o deborah_n 12_o then_o deborah_n and_o barak_n sing_v here_o the_o man_n of_o nephtali_n give_v goodly_a deborah_n 13_o word_n they_o tell_v the_o sad_a case_n of_o israel_n in_o shamgar_n and_o jaels_n time_n before_o the_o deborah_n 14_o deborah_n 15_o victory_n be_v get_v over_o sisera_n that_o man_n dare_v not_o go_v in_o the_o common_a way_n nor_o deborah_n 16_o dwell_v in_o village_n and_o unwall_v town_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n the_o rich_a and_o deborah_n 17_o deborah_n 18_o gallant_a man_n that_o use_v to_o ride_v on_o white_a ass_n dare_v not_o ride_v in_o those_o time_n and_o deborah_n 19_o the_o ruler_n dare_v not_o sit_v in_o judgement_n for_o fear_n of_o be_v surprise_v and_o people_n deborah_n 20_o deborah_n 21_o dare_v not_o go_v to_o the_o town_n well_n to_o draw_v water_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n archer_n deborah_n 22_o but_o now_o all_o these_o may_v speak_v of_o the_o act_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o forsake_a village_n deborah_n 23_o deborah_n 24_o and_o towards_o the_o forlorn_a place_n of_o judicature_n in_o the_o gate_n for_o they_o
have_v 600_o man_n with_o he_o a_o guard_n to_o himself_o and_o a_o help_n to_o achish_n against_o saul_n david_n dwell_v at_o ziklag_n and_o invade_v the_o country_n thereabouts_o etc._n etc._n i_o chron._n xii_o from_o beginning_n to_o verse_n 8._o world_n 2959_o sam._n &_o saul_n 40_o thither_o divers_a of_o saul_n own_o tribe_n and_o kindred_n resort_v unto_o he_o and_o these_o be_v name_v in_o this_o chapter_n before_o the_o man_n of_o gad_n that_o have_v fall_v to_o he_o before_o because_o these_o man_n come_v to_o he_o be_v most_o remarkable_a as_o be_v of_o saul_n own_o kindred_n chap._n xxviii_o saul_n end_n be_v now_o approach_v he_o consult_v a_o witch_n he_o have_v neither_o priest_n nor_o prophet_n to_o inquire_v after_o he_o have_v despise_v and_o persecute_v both_o he_o see_v a_o devil_n in_o samuel_n likeness_n and_o hear_v of_o his_o own_o ruin_n chap._n xxix_o the_o philistines_n dare_v not_o trust_v david_n in_o battle_n and_o thus_o the_o lord_n provide_v for_o he_o that_o he_o may_v neither_o prove_v perfidious_a to_o achish_n nor_o fight_v against_o his_o own_o people_n i_o chron._n xii_o vers._n 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o as_o he_o go_v forth_o with_o the_o philistines_n towards_o the_o battle_n and_o as_o he_o come_v back_o again_o from_o they_o divers_z fell_z to_o he_o of_o manasseh_n chap._n xxx_o xxxi_o &_o i_o chron._n x._o david_n return_v home_o find_v no_o home_n at_o all_o ziklag_n fire_v a_o band_n of_o amalekite_n slay_v and_o as_o it_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o saul_n funeral_n saul_n himself_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o by_o a_o amalekite_n he_o have_v never_o prosper_v since_o he_o have_v spare_v that_o generation_n the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n chap._n i._n david_n hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o lament_v he_o and_o charge_v the_o young_a man_n of_o judah_n to_o learn_v the_o use_n of_o the_o bow_n that_o they_o may_v match_v the_o philistines_n in_o archery_n and_o so_o be_v avenge_v on_o they_o for_o saul_n death_n for_o by_o archery_n they_o have_v slay_v he_o the_o story_n of_o the_o amalekite_n to_o david_n be_v not_o a_o lie_n to_o curry_v favour_n or_o to_o obtain_v a_o reward_n but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a and_o a_o real_a truth_n saul_n have_v fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n indeed_o as_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n but_o his_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v hinder_v that_o he_o have_v not_o give_v himself_o a_o wound_n so_o speedy_o deadly_a but_o that_o the_o philistines_n may_v come_v and_o catch_v he_o alive_a and_o abuse_v he_o and_o so_o he_o stand_v bleed_v at_o that_o and_o at_o his_o other_o wound_n lean_v on_o his_o spear_n till_o this_o amalekite_n come_v by_o his_o armour_n bearer_n be_v dead_a already_o and_o these_o word_n when_o his_o armour_n bearer_n see_v that_o saul_n be_v dead_a he_o fall_v on_o his_o sword_n and_o die_v also_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o this_o sense_n that_o when_o he_o see_v saul_n have_v give_v himself_o so_o deadly_a a_o wound_n he_o do_v the_o like_a and_o die_v indeed_o but_o saul_n wound_n be_v not_o so_o quick_a of_o dispatch_n therefore_o he_o desire_v the_o amalekite_n to_o kill_v he_o out_o for_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v withhold_v i_o so_o that_o my_o life_n be_v all_o this_o while_n in_o i_o and_o thus_o saul_n that_o have_v be_v so_o cruel_a to_o david_n be_v now_o cruel_a to_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o have_v spare_v the_o amalekite_n be_v now_o slay_v by_o one_o of_o that_o nation_n chap._n ii_o world_n 2950_o david_n 1_o david_n anoint_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o hebron_n be_v 30_o year_n old_a compair_a david_n 2_o gen._n 41._o 46._o numb_a 4._o 3._o luke_n 3._o 23._o in_o hebran_n abraham_n have_v have_v his_o david_n 3_o first_o land_n and_o much_o residence_n here_o lay_v the_o patriarch_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n david_n 4_o and_o their_o wife_n bury_v and_o here_o be_v john_n baptist_n bear_v and_o our_o saviour_n david_n 5_o conceive_v there_o be_v long_o bustle_a between_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o the_o house_n of_o david_n 6_o saul_n abner_n still_o strive_v to_o make_v a_o party_n strong_a enough_o to_o settle_v one_o of_o saul_n david_n 7_o son_n in_o the_o kingdom_n thereupon_o be_v ishbosheth_n anoint_v in_o saul_n stead_n he_o be_v call_v ishbaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 33._o for_o baal_n be_v common_o call_v bosheth_n or_o shame_n as_o jerubbaal_n be_v call_v jerubbosheth_n 2_o sam._n 11._o 21._o and_o mephibosheth_n 2_o sam._n 9_o 12._o call_v meribaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 34._o see_v also_o jer._n 11._o 13._o abners_fw-la vapour_a cause_v a_o desperate_a duel_n of_o twelve_o and_o twelve_o man_n and_o so_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o continual_a war_n in_o a_o equal_a bloodshed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 27._o if_o thou_o have_v not_o say_v say_v joab_n what_o thou_o do_v say_v in_o the_o morning_n let_v the_o young_a man_n rise_v and_o play_v before_o we_o sure_o the_o people_n have_v go_v away_o every_o man_n from_o his_o brother_n even_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o there_o have_v be_v never_o a_o blow_n strike_v but_o thou_o do_v provoke_v it_o chap._n iii_o david_n six_o son_n bear_v to_o he_o in_o hebron_n in_o his_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n reign_n there_o be_v here_o reckon_v together_o that_o that_o story_n and_o matter_n may_v be_v dispatch_v at_o once_o abner_n upon_o discontent_n at_o ishbosheth_n turn_v to_o david_n and_o confess_v that_o kingdom_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v willing_o and_o witting_o oppose_v but_o god_n will_v not_o suffer_v such_o a_o man_n and_o upon_o such_o ground_n to_o be_v a_o promoter_n of_o david_n throne_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o joab_n even_o in_o a_o place_n of_o judicature_n and_o with_o a_o wound_n parallel_n to_o that_o that_o he_o have_v give_v asahel_n chap._n iu._n ishbosheth_n slay_v by_o two_o benjamite_n brethren_n in_o evil_a they_o come_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o house_n as_o if_o 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she_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o she_o be_v leave_v his_o only_a child_n his_o three_o son_n be_v dead_a 2_o sam._n 14._o 27._o &_o 18._o 18._o and_o he_o call_v jeremoth_n partly_o to_o intimate_v his_o lift_n up_o in_o pride_n when_o he_o rebel_v against_o his_o father_n and_o his_o lift_n up_o in_o the_o oak_n where_o he_o take_v his_o end_n and_o partly_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o another_o absalon_n who_o daughter_n also_o rehoboam_n marry_v which_o be_v call_v maachah_n 1_o king_n xii_o from_o vers_fw-la 25._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n rehoboam_n 2_o jeroboam_fw-la 2_o division_n 2_o jeroboam_n in_o a_o hellish_a policy_n set_v up_o idol_n in_o bethel_n rehoboam_n 3_o jeroboam_fw-la 3_o division_n 3_o and_z dan_o to_o keep_v israel_n from_o jerusalem_n lest_o they_o shall_v revolt_v to_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o he_o ordain_v a_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o eight_o month_n like_o that_o at_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o seven_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o people_n go_v after_o one_o of_o his_o calf_n to_o dan_n v._o 30._o for_o ere_o long_a abijah_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n have_v recover_v bethel_n 2_o chron._n 13._o 19_o 2_o chron._n xii_o all_o the_o chapter_n rehoboam_n and_o judah_n world_n 3033_o rehoboam_n 4_o jeroboam_fw-la 4_o division_n 4_o become_v wicked_a shishak_n world_n 3034_o rehoboam_n 5_o jeroboam_fw-la 5_o division_n 5_o plunder_v jerusalem_n it_o may_v be_v rehoboam_n 6_o jeroboam_fw-la 6_o division_n 6_o his_o quarrel_n be_v in_o reference_n to_o rehoboam_n 7_o jeroboam_fw-la 7_o division_n 7_o pharaoh_n daughter_n solomon_n rehoboam_n 8_o jeroboam_fw-la 8_o division_n 8_o wife_n she_o belike_o be_v either_o his_o rehoboam_n 9_o jeroboam_fw-la 9_o division_n 9_o daughter_n or_o sister_n and_o if_o she_o rehoboam_n 10_o jeroboam_fw-la 10_o division_n 10_o have_v a_o son_n it_o be_v wonder_v he_o reign_v rehoboam_n 11_o jeroboam_fw-la 11_o division_n 11_o not_z rehoboam'_v 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intimacy_n and_o familiarity_n with_o hezekiah_n and_o thereupon_o set_v upon_o babel_n and_o take_v it_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n babel_n have_v be_v tributary_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o assyria_n hitherto_o the_o assyrian_a have_v build_v it_o for_o some_o of_o his_o servant_n that_o trade_v upon_o euphrates_n in_o ship_n and_o make_v it_o a_o fair_a city_n but_o now_o eser-haddon_a subdue_v it_o and_o deface_v it_o esay_n 23._o 13._o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o from_z vers_n 27._o to_o end_n 2_o king_n xx._n vers_fw-la 20_o 21._o division_n 267_o hezekiah_n 15_o hezekiah_n live_v these_o fifteen_o year_n in_o safety_n and_o prosperity_n division_n 268_o hezekiah_n 16_o have_v humble_v himself_o before_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o pride_n to_o the_o ambassador_n division_n 269_o hezekiah_n 17_o of_o babel_n the_o degree_n of_o the_o sun_n reverse_v and_o the_o fifteen_o division_n 270_o hezekiah_n 18_o year_n of_o hezekiahs_n life_n prolong_v may_v call_v to_o our_o mind_n the_o fifteen_o division_n 271_o hezekiah_n 19_o psalm_n of_o degree_n viz._n from_o psalm_n 120_o and_o forward_o there_o be_v hezekiahs_n division_n 272_o hezekiah_n 20_o song_n that_o be_v sing_v to_o the_o string_a instrument_n in_o the_o house_n of_o division_n 273_o hezekiah_n 21_o the_o lord_n esay_n 38._o 21._o whether_o these_o be_v pick_v out_o by_o he_o for_o that_o division_n 274_o hezekiah_n 22_o purpose_n be_v it_o leave_v to_o censure_v the_o jew_n hold_v they_o be_v call_v psalm_n division_n 275_o hezekiah_n 23_o of_o degree_n because_o they_o be_v sing_v upon_o the_o fifteen_o stair_n that_o rise_v into_o division_n 276_o hezekiah_n 24_o the_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n who_o so_o in_o read_v those_o psalm_n shall_v have_v division_n 277_o hezekiah_n 25_o his_o thought_n upon_o the_o danger_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o sennacherib_n and_o her_o delivery_n and_o the_o sickness_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o recovery_n shall_v find_v that_o they_o fit_v those_o occasion_n in_o many_o place_n 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once_o you_o have_v he_o swear_v by_o the_o temple_n cherithuth_n per._n 1._o halac_fw-la 7._o section_n vii_o the_o sanhedrin_n at_o bethshaarain_a tsipporis_n and_o tiberias_n r._n judah_n precedent_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n his_o son_n rabbi_n judah_n succeed_v he_o a_o man_n of_o note_n equal_a with_o if_o not_o above_o any_o name_v before_o he_o he_o bear_v not_o the_o title_n of_o rabban_n as_o his_o ancestor_n have_v do_v for_o five_o generation_n before_o he_o yet_o have_v he_o those_o appellation_n that_o dignify_v he_o equal_a with_o it_o he_o be_v call_v sometime_o eminent_o rabbi_n and_o no_o more_o sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o holy_a sometime_o our_o holy_a rabbi_n sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o prince_n and_o oft_o in_o the_o jerus_n talmud_n r._n judan_n vid._n jerus_n sanhedr_n fol._n 30._o col_fw-fr 1._o where_o it_o speak_v of_o all_o his_o title_n there_o be_v innumerable_a story_n of_o he_o we_o shall_v only_o pick_v up_o those_o that_o be_v 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12._o 1_o 5._o 10_o 11._o mar._n 1._o 21._o from_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o stand_v up_o for_o to_o read_v 17._o and_o there_o be_v deliver_v unto_o he_o the_o the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n esaias_n and_o when_o he_o have_v 1._o have_v have_v have_v have_v have_v have_v gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v when_o he_o have_v unfold_v the_o book_n for_o their_o book_n in_o those_o time_n be_v not_o bind_v as_o we_o be_v now_o to_o open_v and_o turn_v over_o leaf_n but_o they_o be_v roll_v up_o as_o a_o roul_n of_o paper_n and_o hence_o be_v their_o book_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exekiel_n 2._o 9_o esay_n 8._o 1._o open_v the_o book_n he_o find_v the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v write_v 18._o humble_a 18._o 18._o 18._o 18._o 18._o 18._o the_o evangelist_n in_o this_o quotation_n from_o esay_n do_v follow_v the_o translation_n of_o the_o septuagint_n verbatim_o but_o only_o in_o that_o clause_n to_o set_v at_o liberty_n they_o that_o be_v bruise_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o greek_a and_o the_o hebrew_n text_n be_v not_o great_a they_o be_v only_o these_o 1._o in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n jehovah_n be_v upon_o i_o which_o the_o greek_a have_v utter_v by_o the_o single_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o common_o use_v that_o word_n to_o translate_v both_o adonai_n and_o jehovah_n by_o 2._o whereas_o the_o hebrew_n repeat_v the_o word_n jehovah_n again_o in_o the_o next_o clause_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v anoint_v i_o the_o greek_a have_v omit_v it_o the_o sense_n be_v clear_a enough_o though_o it_o do_v leave_v it_o out_o 3._o the_o hebr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o bind_v up_o it_o have_v render_v to_o heal_n bring_v the_o word_n up_o to_o its_o full_a sense_n 4._o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o humble_a it_o have_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o poor_a for_o it_o mean_v the_o poor_a in_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o humble_a the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o i_o because_o he_o have_v anoint_v i_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o poor_a he_o have_v send_v i_o to_o heal_v the_o break_a heart_a to_o preach_v deliverance_n to_o the_o captive_n and_o recover_v of_o sight_n to_o the_o blind_a to_o set_v at_o liberty_n they_o that_o be_v bruise_v 19_o to_o preach_v the_o acceptable_a year_n of_o the_o lord_n 20._o and_o he_o close_v the_o book_n and_o give_v it_o again_o to_o the_o minister_n and_o sit_v down_o and_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o synagouge_n be_v fasten_v on_o he_o 21._o and_o he_o begin_v to_o say_v unto_o they_o this_o day_n be_v the_o scripture_n fulfil_v in_o your_o ear_n 22._o and_o all_o bear_v he_o wintess_n and_o wonder_v at_o the_o gracious_a word_n that_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n and_o they_o say_v be_v not_o this_o josephs_n son_n 23._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o you_o will_v sure_o say_v to_o i_o this_o proverb_n 2._o proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n physician_n heal_v thyself_o this_o proverb_n the_o jew_n common_o utter_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phycisian_n heal_v thy_o own_o lameness_n tanchumah_n have_v it_o in_o a_o legendary_a story_n of_o a_o dialogue_n betwixt_o adam_n and_o lamech_n wife_n they_o fall_v out_o with_o their_o husband_n and_o will_v no_o more_o associate_v with_o he_o yet_o they_o will_v go_v to_o adam_n to_o ask_v his_o counsel_n adam_n advise_v they_o to_o hearken_v to_o their_o husband_n they_o answer_v he_o with_o this_o proverb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d physician_n heal_v thy_o own_o lameness_n thou_o part_v from_o thy_o mate_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o do_v thou_o teach_v we_o otherwise_o tanch_v fol._n 4._o col_fw-fr 2._o physician_n heal_v thyself_o whatsoever_o we_o have_v hear_v do_v in_o capernaum_n do_v here_o also_o in_o thy_o own_o country_n 24._o and_o he_o say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o no_o prophet_n be_v accept_v in_o his_o own_o country_n 25._o but_o i_o tell_v you_o of_o a_o truth_n many_o widow_n be_v in_o israel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o elias_n when_o the_o heaven_n be_v shut_v up_o three_o year_n and_o six_o month_n when_o great_a famine_n be_v throughout_o all_o the_o land_n 26._o but_o unto_o none_o of_o they_o be_v elias_n send_v save_v only_o unto_o sarepta_n a_o city_n of_o sidon_n unto_o a_o woman_n that_o be_v a_o widow_n 27._o and_o many_o leper_n be_v in_o israel_n in_o the_o time_n of_o elizeus_fw-la the_o prophet_n and_o none_o of_o they_o be_v cleanse_v save_o naaman_n the_o syrian_a 28._o and_o all_o they_o in_o the_o synagogue_n when_o they_o hear_v these_o thing_n be_v fill_v with_o wrath_n 29._o and_o rise_v up_o and_o thrust_v he_o out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o 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prevail_v so_o gallant_o against_o the_o commander_n appoint_v by_o the_o tyrant_n apollonius_n seron_n gorgias_n and_o lysâ—as_n that_o in_o the_o year_n one_o hundred_o forty_o eight_o he_o and_o his_o people_n return_v and_o purify_v the_o temple_n erect_v a_o new_a altar_n restore_v the_o service_n and_o keep_v the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n for_o eight_o day_n and_o ordain_v it_o for_o a_o annual_a solemnity_n and_o from_o thence_o even_o till_o now_o say_v josephus_n we_o keep_v that_o feast_n and_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d candlemas_n if_o i_o may_v so_o english_z it_z name_v the_o feast_n as_o i_o think_v from_o this_o because_o such_o a_o restauration_n shine_v upon_o we_o unexpected_a there_o be_v mention_n of_o this_o feast_n and_o it_o be_v honour_v with_o christ_n presence_n joh._n x._o 22._o and_o what_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o its_o solemnity_n especial_o by_o light_v abundance_n of_o candle_n at_o it_o i_o have_v show_v in_o another_o place_n both_o josephus_n and_o the_o book_n of_o maccabeus_n make_v it_o but_o exact_o three_o year_n between_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n his_o defile_n of_o the_o altar_n with_o abomination_n and_o maccabeus_n his_o restore_n and_o purify_n it_o again_o sup_n again_o again_o again_o 1_o mac._n i._n 54._o jos._n ubi_fw-la sup_n only_o the_o one_o of_o they_o say_v its_o defile_n begin_v on_o the_o 15_o day_n of_o the_o month_n cisleu_n in_o the_o one_o hundred_o forty_o and_o five_o year_n of_o the_o seleucian_n kingdom_n and_o the_o other_o say_v it_o begin_v on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o the_o same_o month_n in_o the_o same_o year_n but_o both_o agree_v that_o it_o be_v purify_v on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o the_o same_o month_n in_o the_o year_n one_o hundred_o forty_o and_o eight_o which_o teach_v we_o how_o to_o distinguish_v upon_o that_o passage_n of_o daniel_n foremention_v in_o chap._n xii_o 11._o namely_o that_o the_o time_n the_o daily_a sacrifice_n be_v take_v away_o be_v one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o day_n or_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o some_o few_o day_n over_o but_o the_o time_n that_o the_o abomination_n that_o make_v desolate_a be_v set_v up_o that_o be_v idol_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o a_o idol_n altar_n upon_o the_o lord_n altar_n be_v but_o three_o year_n antiochus_n die_v in_o persia_n within_o forty_o five_o day_n after_o the_o restore_n of_o the_o temple_n as_o dan._n xii_o 12._o seem_v to_o intimate_v when_o it_o pronounce_v he_o bless_v that_o come_v to_o one_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o five_o day_n for_o than_o he_o shall_v see_v the_o tyrant_n death_n 15._o death_n death_n death_n id._n ibid._n cap._n 15._o his_o son_n antiochus_n eupator_n who_o succeed_v he_o be_v invite_v into_o judea_n by_o some_o apostate_n jew_n to_o come_v to_o curb_v judas_n maccabeus_n who_o be_v besiege_v the_o syrian_a garrison_n that_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n he_o come_v with_o a_o mighty_a power_n force_v judas_n into_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o besiege_v he_o but_o be_v straighten_a for_o provision_n and_o hear_v of_o stir_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n he_o offer_v the_o besiege_a honourable_a condition_n upon_o which_o they_o surrender_v but_o he_o enter_v and_o see_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o place_n and_o suspect_v it_o may_v be_v troublesome_a to_o he_o again_o he_o break_v his_o article_n and_o his_o oath_n and_o put_v down_o the_o wall_n that_o encompass_v the_o holy_a ground_n down_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o thus_o poor_a judas_n and_o the_o temple_n be_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o before_o for_o the_o antiochian_a garrison_n in_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v ready_a upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o annoy_v it_o be_v not_o only_o not_o remove_v but_o now_o be_v the_o temple_n lay_v naked_a to_o their_o will_n and_o fury_n ibid._n fury_n fury_n fury_n ibid._n this_o antiochus_n put_v menelaus_n the_o high_a priest_n to_o death_n and_o he_o reward_v he_o but_o just_o for_o call_v the_o tyrant_n this_o man_n father_n in_o and_o he_o make_v alcimus_n high_a priest_n in_o his_o stead_n one_o that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n line_n at_o all_o which_o make_v onias_n who_o be_v next_o to_o the_o high_a priesthood_n indeed_o to_o flee_v into_o egypt_n and_o thereby_o the_o favour_n ptolemy_n philometor_n he_o build_v a_o temple_n parallel_n to_o that_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o thus_o have_v jerusalem_n temple_n two_o corrival_n a_o temple_n on_o mount_n gerizim_n in_o samaria_n on_o the_o north_n and_o a_o temple_n in_o egypt_n on_o the_o south_n of_o this_o temple_n build_v by_o onias_n in_o egypt_n the_o talmudical_a writer_n do_v make_v frequent_a and_o renown_a mention_n they_o speak_v in_o the_o treatise_n 5._o treatise_n treatise_n treatise_n succah_n per._n 5._o succah_n of_o a_o great_a synagogue_n or_o sanhedrin_n here_o in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a in_o which_o they_o say_v there_o be_v seventy_o golden_a chair_n and_o a_o congregation_n belong_v to_o it_o of_o double_a the_o number_n of_o israelite_n that_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o that_o alexander_n destroy_v they_o to_o bring_v upon_o they_o the_o curse_v denounce_v by_o jeremy_n against_o their_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n jer._n xliv_o and_o the_o curse_n due_a to_o they_o for_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o command_n you_o shall_v return_v thither_o to_o egypt_n no_o more_o 14._o more_o more_o more_o jos._n ant._n lib_n 13_o cap._n 6._o juchas_fw-es sol_fw-it 14._o yet_o will_v onias_n venture_v to_o build_v a_o temple_n here_o again_o and_o that_o the_o rather_o build_v upon_o that_o prophecy_n esay_n xix_o 19_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o altar_n to_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o passage_n take_v the_o gloss_n of_o r._n solomon_n xix_o solomon_n solomon_n
hebrew_n but_o such_o as_o learn_v it_o by_o study_n however_o therefore_o all_o the_o jew_n inhabit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n do_v not_o so_o ready_o understand_v the_o chaldee_n language_n as_o the_o syriac_a which_o be_v their_o mother_n language_n yet_o they_o much_o readily_o understand_v that_o than_o the_o hebrew_n which_o to_o the_o unlearned_a be_v not_o know_v at_o all_o hence_o it_o be_v not_o without_o necessity_n that_o the_o prophet_n be_v turn_v into_o the_o chaldee_n language_n by_o johnathan_n and_o the_o law_n not_o much_o after_o by_o onkelos_n that_o they_o may_v a_o little_a be_v understand_v by_o the_o common_a people_n by_o who_o the_o hebrew_a original_n be_v not_o understand_v at_o all_o 3._o all_o all_o all_o all_o all_o all_o hierof_o schabb._n fol._n 15._o col_fw-fr 3._o we_o read_v also_o that_o the_o book_n of_o job_n have_v its_o targum_fw-la in_o the_o time_n of_o gamaliel_n the_o elder_a that_o be_v paul_n master_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n 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be_v the_o syriac_a mother_n tongue_n or_o the_o chaldee_n its_o cousin_n language_n unto_o that_o degree_n of_o honour_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o original_a language_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n improper_a certain_o it_o be_v to_o write_v the_o gospel_n in_o their_o tongue_n who_o above_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n most_o despise_v and_o oppose_v it_o ii_o since_o therefore_o the_o gentile_n be_v to_o be_v call_v to_o the_o faith_n and_o to_o embrace_v the_o gospel_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o it_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v write_v very_o congruous_o in_o the_o gentile_a language_n and_o in_o that_o which_o among_o the_o gentile_a language_n be_v the_o most_o noble_a viz._n the_o greek_a let_v we_o see_v what_o the_o jew_n say_v of_o this_o language_n envious_a enough_o against_o all_o language_n beside_o their_o own_o 2._o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o mâ—gillab_n fol._n 9_o 2._o rabban_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi gamaliel_n say_v even_o concern_v the_o holy_a book_n the_o wise_a man_n permit_v not_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v write_v in_o any_o other_o language_n than_o greek_a r._n abhu_n say_v that_o r._n jochanan_n say_v the_o tradition_n be_v according_a to_o rabban_n simeon_n that_o r._n jochanan_n say_v moreover_o whence_o be_v that_o of_o rabban_n simeon_n prove_v from_o thence_o that_o the_o scripture_n say_v the_o lord_n shall_v persuade_v japhet_n and_o he_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o sem_fw-mi the_o word_n of_o japhet_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n shall_v persuade_v japhet_n i._n e._n the_o grace_n of_o japhet_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o sem._n where_o the_o gloss_n speak_v thus_o the_o grace_n of_o japhet_n be_v the_o greek_a language_n the_o fair_a of_o those_o tongue_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n â—_o japhet_n japhet_n japhet_n japhet_n japhet_n japhet_n hierof_o meâ—ill_o fol_z 71._o â—_o rabban_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi gamaliel_n say_v even_o concern_v the_o sacred_a book_n they_o permit_v not_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v write_v in_o any_o other_o language_n than_o greek_a they_o search_v serious_o and_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o law_n can_v not_o be_v translate_v according_a to_o what_o be_v needful_a for_o it_o but_o in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o have_v this_o latter_a clause_n cut_v off_o in_o massech_v sopherim_n where_o this_o story_n also_o be_v add_v â—_o add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v cap._n 1._o artic_a â—_o the_o five_o elder_n write_v the_o law_n in_o greek_a for_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n and_o that_o day_n be_v bitter_a to_o israel_n as_o the_o day_n wherein_o the_o golden_a calf_n be_v make_v because_o the_o law_n can_v not_o be_v translate_v according_a to_o what_o be_v needful_a for_o it_o this_o story_n of_o the_o five_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n be_v worthy_a of_o consideration_n which_o you_o find_v seldom_o mention_v or_o scarce_o any_o where_o else_o the_o tradition_n next_o follow_v after_o this_o in_o the_o place_n cite_v recite_v the_o story_n of_o the_o lxx_o look_v it_o when_o therefore_o the_o common_a use_n of_o the_o hebrew_n language_n have_v perish_v and_o when_o the_o mother_n syriac_n or_o chaldee_n tongue_n of_o a_o curse_a nation_n can_v not_o be_v bless_v our_o very_a enemy_n be_v judge_n no_o other_o language_n can_v be_v find_v which_o may_v be_v fit_a to_o write_v the_o new_a divine_a law_n beside_o the_o greek_a tongue_n that_o this_o language_n be_v scatter_v and_o in_o use_n among_o all_o the_o eastern_a nation_n almost_o and_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n the_o mother_n tongue_n and_o that_o it_o be_v plant_v every_o where_n by_o the_o conquest_n of_o alexander_n and_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o greek_n we_o need_v not_o many_o word_n to_o prove_v since_o it_o be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o historian_n the_o jew_n do_v well_o near_o acknowledge_v it_o for_o their_o mother_n tongue_n even_o in_o judea_n 2._o judea_n judea_n judea_n judea_n judea_n judea_n hieros_n megill_n in_o the_o place_n above_o col_fw-fr 2._o r._n jochanan_n of_o beth_n gubrin_n say_v there_o be_v four_o noble_a language_n which_o the_o world_n use_v the_o mother_n tongue_n for_o sing_v the_o roman_a for_o war_n the_o syriac_a for_o mourn_v and_o the_o hebrew_n for_o elocution_n and_o there_o be_v some_o who_o say_v the_o assyrian_a for_o write_v what_o be_v that_o which_o he_o call_v the_o mother_n tongue_n it_o be_v very_o easy_o answer_v the_o greek_a from_o those_o encomium_n add_v to_o it_o mention_v before_o and_o that_o may_v more_o confident_o be_v affirm_v from_o the_o word_n of_o midras_n tillin_n respect_v this_o say_n of_o r._n jochanan_n and_o mention_v the_o greek_a language_n by_o name_n 4._o name_n name_n name_n name_n name_n name_n midr._fw-la till_n fol._n 25._o 4._o r._n jochanan_n say_v there_o be_v three_o language_n the_o roman_a for_o war_n the_o greek_a for_o speech_n the_o assyrian_a for_o prayer_n to_o this_o also_o belong_v that_o that_o occur_v once_o and_o again_o in_o bab._n megillah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fol._n 18._o 1._o in_o the_o greek_a mother_n tongue_n you_o have_v a_o instance_n of_o the_o thing_n 2._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n hieros_n sotah_n fol._n 21._o 2._o r._n levi_n come_v to_o caesarea_n hear_v some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d recite_v the_o phylactery_n in_o the_o hellenistical_a language_n this_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v mark_v at_o caesarea_n flourish_v the_o famous_a school_n of_o the_o rabbin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rabbin_n of_o caesarea_n be_v mention_v in_o both_o talmud_n most_o frequent_o and_o with_o great_a praise_n but_o especial_o in_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n but_o yet_o among_o these_o the_o greek_a be_v use_v as_o the_o mother_n tongue_n and_o that_o in_o recite_v the_o phylactery_n which_o you_o may_v well_o think_v above_o all_o other_o thing_n in_o judea_n be_v to_o be_v say_v in_o hebrew_n in_o that_o very_a caesarea_n hierom_n mention_n the_o hebrew_n gospel_n of_o s._n matthew_n to_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o library_n of_o pamphilus_n in_o these_o word_n matthew_n who_o be_v also_o call_v levi_n from_o a_o publican_n make_v a_o apostle_n first_o of_o all_o in_o judea_n compose_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n in_o hebrew_a letter_n and_o word_n for_o their_o sake_n who_o be_v of_o the_o circumcision_n and_o believe_v which_o gospel_n who_o he_o be_v that_o afterward_o translate_v it_o into_o greek_a it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o know_v moreover_o that_o very_a hebrew_n gospel_n be_v reserve_v to_o this_o day_n in_o the_o library_n at_o caesarea_n which_o pamphilus_n the_o marlyr_n with_o much_o care_n collect_v i_o also_o have_v leave_v
prophet_n the_o book_n of_o josua_n judge_n samuel_n king_n jeremiah_n ezekiel_n esay_n and_o the_o twelve_o and_o a_o little_a after_o but_o since_o isaiah_n be_v before_o both_o jeremiah_n and_o ezekiel_n he_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v set_v before_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o since_o the_o book_n of_o king_n end_n with_o destruction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o jeremy_n be_v about_o destruction_n and_o since_o ezekiel_n begin_v with_o destruction_n and_o end_n with_o comfort_n and_o all_o isaiah_n be_v about_o comfort_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o join_v destruction_n with_o destruction_n and_o comfort_n with_o comfort_n that_o be_v they_o place_v those_o book_n together_o which_o treat_v of_o destruction_n and_o those_o together_o which_o treat_v of_o comfort_n you_o have_v this_o tradition_n quote_v by_o david_n kimchius_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o jeremy_n whence_o it_o be_v very_o plain_a that_o jeremy_n of_o old_a have_v the_o first_o place_n among_o the_o prophet_n and_o hereby_o he_o come_v to_o be_v mention_v above_o all_o the_o rest_n mat._n xvi_o 14._o because_o he_o stand_v first_o in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n therefore_o he_o be_v first_o name_v when_o therefore_o matthew_n produce_v a_o text_n of_o zacharias_n under_o the_o name_n of_o jeremy_n he_o only_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n under_o his_o name_n who_o stand_v first_o in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n of_o which_o sort_n be_v that_o also_o of_o our_o saviour_n luk._n xxiv_o 44._o all_o thing_n must_v be_v fulfil_v which_o be_v write_v of_o i_o in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o psalm_n in_o the_o psalm_n that_o be_v in_o the_o book_n of_o hagiographa_n in_o which_o the_o psalm_n be_v place_v first_o verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barrabas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bar_n abba_n a_o very_a usual_a name_n in_o the_o talmudist_n r._n samuel_n barabba_n and_o r._n nathan_n barabba_n 1._o barabba_n barabba_n barabba_n barabba_n barabba_n barabba_n hieros_n moe_v katon_n fol._n 82._o 1._o abba_n bar_n abba_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n berac_n fol._n 18._o 2._o in_o the_o jerusalem_n dialect_n it_o be_v very_o often_o utter_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bar_n ba._n simeon_n bar_n basilius_n 1._o basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n taanith_n fol._n 66._o 1._o r._n chaijah_n bar_n basilius_n etc._n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n basilius_n chagigah_n fol._n 76._o 6._o etc._n etc._n this_o bring_v to_o my_o mind_n what_o josephus_n 18._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n de_fw-fr bell._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 18._o relate_v to_o have_v be_v do_v in_o the_o besiege_n of_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o huge_a stone_n be_v throw_v against_o the_o city_n by_o the_o roman_a sting_n some_o person_n sit_v in_o the_o tower_n give_v the_o citizen_n warn_v by_o a_o sign_n to_o take_v heed_n cry_v out_o in_o the_o vulgar_a dialect_n the_o son_n come_v that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o man_n indeed_o then_o come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o his_o vengeance_n as_o he_o have_v often_o foretell_v to_o destroy_v that_o most_o wicked_a and_o profligate_v nation_n verse_n xix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v thou_o nothing_o to_o do_v with_o that_o just_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n taanith_n fol._n 25._o 2._o when_o king_n sapores_fw-la go_v about_o to_o afflict_v rabbah_n his_o mother_n send_v to_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v thou_o nothing_o to_o do_v with_o that_o jew_n etc._n etc._n verse_n xxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o have_v scourge_v jesus_n he_o deliver_v he_o to_o be_v crucify_v such_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n towards_o those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v crucify_v 25._o crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v joseph_n de_fw-fr bell._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o after_o he_o have_v beat_v with_o whip_n he_o crucify_v and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v whip_v before_o the_o judgment-seat_n and_o to_o be_v nail_v to_o the_o cross._n verse_n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reed_n in_o his_o right_a hand_n see_v those_o fiction_n in_o tanchum_n 4._o tanchum_n tanchum_n tanchum_n tanchum_n tanchum_n tanchum_n fol._n 59_o 4._o concern_v a_o angel_n that_o appear_v in_o the_o shape_n of_o solomon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o who_o hand_n there_o be_v a_o reed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o who_o they_o strike_v with_o a_o reed_n verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lead_v he_o away_o to_o crucify_v he_o these_o thing_n be_v deliver_v in_o sanhedrim_n 4._o sanhedrim_n sanhedrim_n sanhedrim_n sanhedrim_n sanhedrim_n sanhedrim_n cap._n 6._o hal._n 4._o of_o one_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o ston_a if_o there_o be_v no_o defence_n find_v for_o he_o they_o lead_v he_o out_o to_o be_v stone_v and_o a_o crier_n go_v before_o say_v aloud_o thus_o n._n the_o son_n of_o n._n come_v out_o to_o be_v stone_v because_o he_o have_v do_v so_o and_o so_o the_o witness_n against_o he_o be_v n._n and_o n._n whosoever_o can_v bring_v any_o thing_n in_o his_o defence_n let_v he_o come_v forth_o and_o produce_v it_o on_o which_o thus_o the_o gemara_n of_o babylon_n the_o tradition_n be_v that_o on_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o passover_n jesus_n be_v hang_v and_o that_o a_o crier_n go_v before_o he_o for_o forty_o day_n make_v this_o proclamation_n this_o man_n come_v forth_o to_o be_v stone_v because_o he_o deal_v in_o sorcery_n and_o persuade_v and_o seduce_v israel_n whosoever_o know_v of_o any_o defence_n for_o he_o let_v he_o come_v forth_o and_o produce_v it_o but_o no_o defence_n can_v be_v find_v therefore_o they_o hang_v he_o on_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o passover_n ulla_n say_v his_o case_n seem_v not_o to_o admit_v of_o any_o defence_n since_o he_o be_v a_o seducer_n and_o of_o such_o god_n have_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o spare_v he_o neither_o shall_v thou_o conceal_v he_o deut._n xiii_o they_o lead_v he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v stone_v out_o of_o the_o city_n act._n vii_o 58._o so_o also_o he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v crucify_v 2._o crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v crucify_v gloss._n in_o bab._n sanhed_n fol._n 42._o 2._o the_o place_n of_o ston_a be_v without_o the_o three_o camp_n for_o at_o jerusalem_n there_o be_v three_o camp_n namely_o god_n the_o levite_n and_o the_o people_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o encamp_a in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o in_o every_o city_n also_o where_o there_o be_v a_o council_n namely_o of_o twenty_o three_o the_o place_n of_o ston_a be_v without_o the_o city_n for_o all_o city_n that_o have_v wall_n bear_v a_o resemblance_n to_o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n because_o jesus_n be_v judge_v at_o a_o heathen_a tribunal_n therefore_o a_o death_n be_v inflict_v on_o he_o not_o usual_a with_o the_o jewish_a council_n namely_o crucifixion_n in_o several_a thing_n the_o circumstance_n and_o action_n belong_v to_o his_o death_n differ_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o put_v person_n to_o death_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o never_o judge_v two_o on_o the_o same_o day_n 4._o day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n sanhedr_n cap._n 6._o hall_n 4._o but_o here_o beside_o christ_n be_v two_o thief_n judge_v 2._o they_o never_o carry_v one_o that_o be_v to_o be_v hang_v to_o hang_v till_o near_a sunset_n gemara_n sunset_n sunset_n sunset_n sunset_n sunset_n sunset_n ibid._n in_o gemara_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o stay_v till_o near_a sunset_n and_o then_o they_o pass_v sentence_n and_o execute_v he_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v by_o the_o glosser_n they_o do_v not_o perfect_v his_o judgement_n nor_o hang_v he_o in_o the_o morning_n lest_o they_o shall_v neglect_v his_o burial_n and_o happen_v to_o forget_v themselves_o and_o the_o malefactor_n shall_v hang_v till_o after_o sunset_n but_o near_o sunsetting_a so_o that_o they_o may_v bury_v he_o out_o of_o hand_n but_o christ_n be_v sentence_v to_o death_n before_o noon_n and_o at_o noon_n be_v nail_v to_o the_o cross._n for_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o first_o put_v the_o condemn_a person_n to_o death_n and_o then_o hang_v he_o upon_o a_o tree_n but_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_z empire_n be_v first_o to_o hang_v they_o and_o then_o to_o put_v they_o to_o death_n ibid._n death_n death_n death_n death_n death_n death_n ibid._n 4._o they_o do_v not_o open_o lament_v for_o those_o that_o be_v lead_v forth_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o
thou_o sit_v without_o why_o do_v thou_o not_o ascend_v he_o answer_v he_o they_o say_v unto_o i_o because_o there_o want_v those_o year_n wherein_o thou_o do_v not_o go_v into_o the_o academy_n of_o the_o rabbi_n when_o his_o father_n come_v he_o see_v he_o weep_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o why_o do_v thou_o weep_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o where_o be_v the_o orphan_n money_n he_o say_v unto_o he_o go_v and_o take_v it_o out_o of_o the_o mill-house_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o fear_v the_o reader_n will_v frown_v at_o this_o huge_a length_n of_o trifle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o cool_v my_o tongue_n 4._o tongue_n tongue_n tongue_n tongue_n tongue_n tongue_n hieros_n chagigah_n fol._n 77._o 4._o there_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o wicked_a man_n that_o die_v as_o for_o the_o good_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v no_o funeral_n rite_n solemnize_v but_o the_o wicked_a man_n have_v afterward_o there_o be_v one_o see_v in_o his_o dream_n the_o good_a man_n walk_v in_o garden_n and_o hard_o by_o pleasant_a spring_n but_o the_o wicked_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o his_o tongue_n trickle_v drop_n by_o drop_n at_o the_o bank_n of_o a_o river_n endeavour_v to_o touch_v the_o water_n but_o he_o can_v not_o verse_n xxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a gulf_n fix_v it_o be_v well_o know_v from_o the_o poet_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o greek_a and_o inferi_n among_o the_o latin_n comprehend_v the_o seat_n both_o of_o the_o bless_a and_o the_o damn_a denote_v in_o general_n the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v they_o according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o their_o person_n allot_v either_o to_o joy_n or_o punishment_n on_o this_o hand_n elysium_n for_o the_o good_a on_o that_o hand_n tartarus_n for_o the_o wicked_a the_o river_n cocytus_n or_o acheron_n or_o some_o such_o great_a gulf_n fix_v betwixt_o they_o the_o jew_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v be_v very_o distant_a from_o this_o apprehension_n of_o thing_n 2._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n midras_n cohese_v 103._o 2._o god_n have_v set_v the_o one_o against_o the_o other_o eccles._n vii_o 14._o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hell_n and_o paradise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d how_o far_o be_v they_o distant_a a_o handbreadth_n r._n johanan_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o wall_n be_v between_o but_o the_o rabbin_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v so_o even_o with_o one_o another_o that_o you_o may_v see_v out_o of_o one_o into_o the_o other_o that_o of_o see_v out_o of_o the_o one_o into_o the_o other_o agree_v with_o the_o passage_n before_o we_o nor_o be_v it_o very_a dissonant_n that_o it_o be_v say_v they_o be_v so_o even_o with_o one_o another_o that_o be_v they_o be_v so_o even_o that_o they_o have_v a_o plain_a view_n one_o from_o the_o other_o nothing_o be_v interpose_v to_o hinder_v it_o and_o yet_o so_o great_a a_o gulf_n between_o that_o it_o be_v impssible_a to_o pass_v the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o that_o be_v worth_a note_n revel_v fourteen_o 10._o shall_v be_v torment_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o holy_a angel_n and_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lamb._n verse_n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o have_v moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n the_o historical_a book_n also_o be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o prophet_n according_a to_o the_o common_a acceptation_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o read_n in_o their_o synagogue_n 2._o synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n gloss._n in_o bathra_fw-la fol._n 13._o 2._o all_o the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v eight_o josua_n judge_n samuel_n the_o king_n jeremy_n ezechiel_n isaiah_n and_o the_o twelve_o so_o the_o gemarah_n also_o reckon_v they_o 2._o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o ibid._n fol._n 14._o 2._o so_o we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o octateuch_n of_o the_o prophet_n as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pentateuch_n of_o moses_n in_o photius_n 230._o photius_n photius_n photius_n photius_n photius_n photius_n cod._n 230._o of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v elsewhere_o but_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hagiographa_n exclude_v when_o mention_n be_v make_v only_o of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n our_o saviour_n speak_v after_o the_o usual_a manner_n of_o their_o read_n moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n in_o their_o synagogue_n where_o every_o ordinary_a person_n even_o the_o most_o rude_a and_o illiterate_a meet_v with_o they_o though_o he_o have_v neither_o moses_n nor_o the_o prophet_n nor_o the_o hagiographa_n at_o his_o own_o house_n indeed_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o holy_a write_n be_v not_o read_v in_o the_o sgnagogue_n for_o what_o reason_n i_o will_v not_o dispute_v in_o this_o place_n but_o they_o be_v however_o far_o from_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o people_n but_o account_v for_o divine_a write_n which_o may_v be_v evince_v beside_o other_o thing_n even_o from_o the_o very_a name_n our_o saviour_n therefore_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o not_o because_o he_o light_o esteem_v they_o but_o because_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v hear_v by_o every_o one_o every_o sabbath_n day_n and_o so_o be_v not_o the_o hagiographa_n verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o will_v they_o be_v persuade_v though_o one_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a any_o one_o may_v see_v how_o christ_n point_v at_o the_o insidelity_n of_o the_o jew_n even_o after_o that_o himself_o shall_v have_v rise_v again_o from_o whence_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_v what_o be_v the_o design_n and_o intention_n of_o this_o parable_n chap._n xvii_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o a_o millstone_n be_v hang_v about_o his_o neck_n there_o be_v mention_n among_o the_o talmudick_n author_n concern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ass-mill_n and_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o a_o hand-mill_n mezia_n hand-mill_n hand-mill_n hand-mill_n hand-mill_n hand-mill_n hand-mill_n aruch_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o bava_n mezia_n whoso_o hire_v a_o house_n of_o his_o neighbour_n he_o may_v build_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ass-mill_n but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o hand-mill_n to_o have_v a_o millstone_n hang_v about_o his_o neck_n be_v a_o common_a proverb_n 2._o proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n proverb_n kiddushin_n fol._n 29._o 2._o samuel_n say_v it_o be_v a_o tradition_n that_o a_o man_n may_v marry_v and_o after_o that_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n but_o r._n johanan_n say_v no._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v he_o addict_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n with_o a_o millstone_n about_o his_o neck_n suidas_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o drown_v any_o in_o the_o sea_n they_o hang_v stone_n about_o their_o neck_n and_o quote_v that_o of_o aristophanes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lift_v he_o up_o i_o will_v plung_v he_o to_o the_o deep_a *_o a_o stone_n hang_v at_o his_o neck_n *_o for_o so_o suidas_n take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o render_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stone_n but_o this_o interpreter_n ingenious_o remark_n that_o suidas_n seem_v to_o have_v reach_v the_o place_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o poet_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v not_o a_o stone_n hang_v about_o the_o neck_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o sea_n but_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hang_v a_o stone_n he_o do_v by_o way_n of_o jest_n and_o beside_o all_o expectation_n for_o laughter_n sake_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hang_v hyperbolus_n that_o be_v a_o litigious_a fellow_n about_o his_o neck_n who_o for_o his_o peculiar_a wickedness_n he_o will_v represent_v as_o the_o most_o burdensome_a thing_n that_o can_v be_v to_o all_o the_o athenian_n hang_v about_o they_o like_o a_o heavy_a stone_n that_o be_v hang_v about_o the_o neck_n of_o one_o condemn_v to_o be_v drown_v one_o indeed_o that_o deserve_v that_o fate_n himself_o that_o he_o may_v no_o more_o vex_v and_o disturb_v the_o commonwealth_n verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rebuke_v he_o the_o rabbin_n be_v not_o spare_v in_o grant_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o repeat_v rebuke_n upon_o rebuke_n but_o they_o be_v most_o spare_v about_o forgiveness_n where_o any_o have_v give_v a_o offence_n they_o allow_v from_o levit._n xix_o 17._o that_o a_o man_n may_v rebuke_v a_o hundred_o time_n if_o there_o be_v any_o need_n for_o it_o nay_o that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o disciple_n to_o rebuke_v his_o master_n if_o occasion_n
find_v it_o herbanus_n the_o jew_n beginning_n jew_n jew_n jew_n jew_n jew_n jew_n oregent_n dial._n at_o the_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o man_n excellent_o well_o instruct_v in_o the_o law_n and_o holy_a book_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o octateuch_n and_o all_o the_o other_o write_n what_o this_o octateuch_n shall_v be_v distinct_a from_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o indeed_o what_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o other_o writing_n beside_o shall_v be_v be_v not_o easy_o guess_v this_o octateuch_n perhaps_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v some_o reference_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hagiographa_n or_o holy_a write_n for_o it_o be_v probable_a enough_o that_o speak_v of_o a_o jew_n well_o skill_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n he_o may_v design_v the_o partition_n of_o the_o bible_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n divide_v it_o but_o who_o then_o can_v pick_v out_o book_n that_o shall_v make_v it_o up_o let_v the_o reader_n pick_v out_o the_o eight_o and_o then_o i_o will_v say_v that_o the_o other_o four_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o other_o write_n but_o we_o will_v not_o much_o disquiet_v ourselves_o about_o this_o matter_n it_o may_v be_v ask_v why_o these_o book_n shall_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n when_o the_o whole_a bible_n go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o holy_a scripture_n nor_o can_v any_o thingbe_n more_o ready_o answer_v to_o this_o than_o that_o by_o this_o title_n they_o will_v keep_v up_o their_o dignity_n and_o just_a esteem_n for_o they_o they_o do_v not_o indeed_o read_v they_o in_o their_o synagogue_n but_o that_o they_o may_v acknowledge_v they_o of_o most_o holy_a and_o divine_a authority_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o they_o they_o confirm_v their_o tradition_n and_o they_o expound_v they_o mystical_o 2._o mystical_o mystical_o mystical_o mystical_o mystical_o mystical_o schabb._n fol._n 116._o 2._o yea_o and_o give_v they_o the_o same_o title_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n supr_fw-la scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n bathra_fw-la ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la this_o be_v the_o order_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o hagiographa_n ruth_n the_o book_n of_o psalm_n job_n the_o proverb_n ecclesiaste_n the_o canticle_n the_o lamentation_n daniel_n the_o book_n of_o esther_n ezra_n and_o the_o chronicle_n it_o be_v here_o dispute_v that_o if_o job_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n why_o then_o be_v not_o his_o book_n put_v in_o the_o first_o place_n the_o answer_n be_v they_o do_v not_o begin_v with_o vengeance_n or_o affliction_n and_o such_o be_v that_o book_n of_o job_n they_o reply_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruth_n also_o begin_v with_o affliction_n viz._n with_o the_o story_n of_o a_o famine_n and_o the_o death_n of_o elimelech_n son_n but_o that_o be_v say_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o affliction_n that_o have_v a_o joyful_a end_n so_o they_o may_v have_v say_v of_o the_o book_n and_o affliction_n of_o job_n too_o we_o see_v it_o be_v dispute_v there_o why_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n shall_v be_v place_v the_o first_o in_o that_o rank_n and_o not_o the_o book_n of_o job_n but_o we_o may_v inquire_v whether_o the_o book_n of_o psalm_n ought_v not_o have_v be_v place_v the_o first_o rather_o than_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n iv_o in_o this_o passage_n at_o present_a before_o we_o who_o will_v think_v otherwise_o but_o that_o our_o saviour_n allude_v to_o the_o common_a and_o most_o know_a partition_n of_o the_o bible_n and_o although_o he_o name_v the_o psalm_n only_o yet_o that_o under_o the_o title_n he_o include_v that_o whole_a volume_n for_o we_o must_v of_o necessity_n say_v that_o either_o he_o exclude_v all_o the_o book_n of_o that_o three_o division_n except_v the_o book_n of_o psalm_n which_o be_v not_o probable_a or_o that_o he_o include_v they_o under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o prophet_n which_o be_v not_o customary_a or_o else_o that_o under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o psalm_n he_o comprehend_v all_o the_o rest_n that_o he_o do_v not_o exclude_v they_o reason_n will_v tell_v we_o for_o in_o several_a book_n of_o that_o division_n be_v he_o himself_o speak_v of_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o psalm_n and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o include_v they_o in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o prophet_n reason_n also_o will_v dictate_v because_o we_o will_v not_o suppose_v he_o speak_v different_o from_o the_o common_a and_o receive_a opinion_n of_o that_o nation_n there_o be_v very_o little_a question_n therefore_o but_o the_o apostle_n may_v understand_v he_o speak_v with_o the_o vulgar_a and_o by_o the_o psalm_n to_o have_v mean_v all_o the_o book_n of_o that_o volume_n those_o especial_o wherein_o any_o thing_n be_v write_v concern_v himself_o for_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o ruth_n as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o history_n and_o the_o time_n of_o its_o writing_n may_v challenge_v to_o its_o self_n the_o first_o place_n in_o order_n and_o it_o be_v that_o kind_n of_o priority_n the_o gemarist_n be_v argue_v yet_o certain_o among_o all_o those_o book_n that_o mention_v any_o thing_n of_o christ_n the_o book_n of_o psalm_n deserve_o obtain_v the_o first_o place_n so_o far_o that_o in_o the_o name_n of_o this_o the_o rest_n may_v be_v understand_v so_o st._n matthew_n chap._n xxvii_o 9_o under_o the_o name_n of_o jeremiah_n comprehend_v that_o whole_a volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n because_o he_o be_v place_v the_o first_o in_o that_o rank_n which_o observation_n we_o have_v make_v in_o note_n upon_o that_o place_n verse_n xlv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o open_v he_o their_o understanding_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o gift_n of_o tongue_n and_o of_o prophecy_n be_v confer_v they_o speak_v with_o tongue_n and_o they_o prophesy_v act_v xix_o 6._o by_o prophecy_n nothing_o may_v be_v better_o understand_v than_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o the_o mind_n of_o such_o be_v open_v that_o they_o may_v understand_v the_o scripture_n and_o perhaps_o their_o speak_n with_o tongue_n may_v look_v this_o way_n in_o the_o first_o notion_n of_o it_o viz._n that_o they_o can_v understand_v the_o original_n wherein_o the_o scripture_n be_v write_v verse_n l._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o far_o as_o bethany_n how_o many_o difficulty_n arise_v here_o i._o this_o very_a evangelist_n act_n i._o 12._o tell_v we_o that_o when_o the_o disciple_n come_v back_o from_o the_o place_n where_o our_o lord_n ascend_v they_o return_v from_o mount_n olivet_n distant_a from_o jerusalem_n a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n but_o now_o the_o town_n of_o bethany_n be_v about_o fifteen_o furlong_n from_o jerusalem_n joh._n xi_o 18._o and_o that_o be_v double_a a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n ii_o josephus_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n be_v but_o five_o furlong_n from_o the_o city_n and_o a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n be_v seven_o furlong_n and_o a_o half_a 6._o half_a half_a half_a half_a half_a half_a antiq._n lib._n 20._o cap._n 6._o about_o that_o time_n there_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n a_o certain_a egyptian_a pretend_v himself_o a_o prophet_n and_o persuade_v the_o people_n that_o they_o will_v go_v out_o with_o he_o to_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v situate_v on_o the_o front_n of_o the_o city_n be_v distant_a five_o furlong_n these_o thing_n be_v all_o true_a 1._o that_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n lay_v but_o five_o furlong_n distance_n from_o jerusalem_n 2._o that_o the_o town_n of_o bethany_n be_v fifteen_o furlong_n 3._o that_o the_o disciple_n be_v bring_v by_o christ_n as_o far_o as_o bethany_n 4._o that_o when_o they_o return_v from_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n that_o they_o travel_v more_o than_o five_o furlong_n and_o 5._o return_v from_o bethany_n they_o travel_v but_o a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n all_o which_o may_v be_v easy_o reconcile_v if_o we_o will_v observe_v that_o the_o first_o space_n from_o the_o city_n towards_o this_o mount_n be_v call_v bethphage_n which_o i_o have_v clear_v elsewhere_o from_o talmudick_n author_n the_o evangelist_n themselves_o also_o confirm_v it_o that_o part_n of_o that_o mount_n be_v know_v by_o that_o name_n to_o the_o length_n of_o about_o a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n till_o it_o come_v to_o that_o part_n which_o be_v call_v bethany_n for_o there_o be_v bethany_n a_o tract_n of_o the_o mount_n and_o the_o town_n of_o bethany_n the_o town_n be_v distant_a from_o the_o city_n about_o fifteen_o furlong_n i._n e._n two_o mile_n or_o a_o double_a sabbath_n day_n journey_n but_o the_o first_o border_n of_o this_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o perceive_v or_o apprehend_v for_o the_o baptist_n seem_v in_o these_o word_n to_o rebuke_v the_o incredulity_n and_o stupidity_n of_o these_o man_n q._n d._n you_o see_v by_o this_o very_a instance_n of_o yourselves_o that_o no_o man_n can_v learn_v perceive_v or_o believe_v unless_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o heaven_n for_o you_o yourselves_o be_v my_o witness_n that_o i_o do_v prefer_v jesus_n before_o myself_o that_o i_o testify_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o lamb_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n and_o you_o now_o will_v cavil_v against_o he_o and_o prefer_v i_o before_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o no_o one_o can_v perceive_v or_o discern_v what_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v unless_o it_o be_v give_v from_o heaven_n compare_v with_o this_o vers_n 32._o no_o man_n receive_v his_o testimony_n verse_n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o we_o have_v already_o speak_v in_o our_o note_n upon_o chap._n ii_o 2._o ii_o ii_o ii_o ii_o ii_o ii_o sanhedr_n fol._n 27._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o friend_n that_o be_v his_o shoshebin_n where_o the_o gloss_n have_v this_o passage_n which_o at_o first_o sight_n the_o reader_n may_v a_o little_a wonder_n at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o friend_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n be_v not_o allow_v he_o all_o the_o day_n of_o the_o nuptial_n the_o sense_n be_v he_o be_v not_o admit_v to_o be_v a_o judge_n or_o witness_v for_o he_o all_o that_o time_n wherein_o for_o certain_a day_n of_o the_o nuptial_n he_o be_v his_o shoshebin_n or_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v earthly_a mark_v but_o the_o antithesis_fw-la and_o you_o will_v not_o suspect_v any_o tautology_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o come_v from_o heaven_n where_o the_o antithesis_fw-la be_v not_o so_o much_o between_o christ_n and_o john_n as_o betwixt_o christ_n and_o all_o mankind_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v above_o all_o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v only_o of_o earthly_a degree_n or_o rank_n and_o he_o that_o be_v from_o heaven_n be_v above_o all_o degree_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o speak_v of_o the_o earth_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o he_o have_v see_v and_o hear_v that_o he_o testify_v he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n speak_v earthly_a thing_n and_o what_o he_o have_v learn_v upon_o the_o earth_n but_o he_o that_o be_v from_o heaven_n speak_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o learn_v in_o heaven_n viz._n those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v see_v and_o hear_v from_o god_n the_o baptist_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o the_o manner_n of_o bear_v witness_n and_o teach_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n there_o be_v need_n of_o a_o eye-witness_n in_o matter_n of_o doctrine_n they_o deliver_v what_o they_o have_v hear_v from_o their_o master_n chap._n iu._n verse_n iv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o must_v needs_o go_v through_o samaria_n josephus_n tell_v we_o 5._o we_o we_o we_o we_o we_o we_o antiqu._n lib._n 20._o cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v the_o custom_n for_o the_o galilean_n in_o their_o journey_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o their_o feast_n to_o go_v through_o samaria_n our_o countryman_n biddulph_n describe_v the_o way_n which_o he_o himself_o travel_v from_o galilee_n to_o jerusalem_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1601._o out_o of_o who_o for_o the_o reader_n be_v sake_n i_o will_v borrow_v a_o a_o few_o passage_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o on_o march_n xxiv_o they_o ride_v near_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n and_o give_v the_o computation_n of_o that_o sea_n to_o be_v in_o length_n about_o eight_o league_n and_o in_o breadth_n five_o now_o a_o league_n be_v three_o mile_n after_o they_o have_v go_v about_o seven_o mile_n have_v the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n on_o their_o left_a hand_n they_o go_v up_o a_o hill_n not_o very_o steep_a but_o very_o pleasant_a which_o he_o say_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o hill_n mention_v joh._n vi_o 3._o although_o here_o indeed_o either_o i_o be_o mistake_v or_o his_o guide_n deceive_v he_o because_o that_o mountain_n be_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o sea_n however_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o from_o the_o top_n of_o this_o hill_n they_o discern_v saphetta_n the_o jew_n university_n all_o the_o way_n they_o go_v be_v infinite_o pleasant_a the_o hill_n and_o dale_n all_o very_a fruitful_a and_o that_o about_o two_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n they_o come_v to_o a_o certain_a village_n call_v by_o the_o arabian_n inel_n tiger_n i._n e._n the_o merchant_n eye_n when_o they_o have_v take_v some_o food_n and_o sleep_n their_o mind_n leap_v within_o they_o to_o go_v up_o mount_n tabor_n which_o be_v not_o far_o off_o i_o fear_v his_o guide_n deceive_v he_o here_o also_o concern_v this_o mount_n on_o the_o twenty_o five_o of_o march_n they_o spend_v the_o whole_a day_n in_o traverse_v the_o pleasant_a field_n of_o basan_n near_o the_o hill_n of_o basan_n in_o the_o way_n they_o see_v some_o rubbish_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o gehazi_n 2_o king_n v._n 24._o and_o come_v to_o a_o town_n common_o call_v jenine_n of_o old_a engannim_n josh._n xv._o 34._o more_o true_o good_a man_n josh._n xix_o 21._o distant_a from_o tabor_n two_o and_o twenty_o mile_n a_o place_n of_o garden_n and_o water_n and_o place_n of_o pleasure_n there_o they_o stay_v all_o the_o next_o day_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o a_o turkish_a feast_n call_v byram_n mar._n xxvii_o ride_v by_o engannim_n they_o be_v twice_o in_o danger_n once_o by_o thief_n dwell_v hard_o by_o another_o time_n by_o the_o arab_n in_o a_o wood_n about_o twelve_o mile_n thence_o that_o night_n they_o come_v to_o sychar_n a_o city_n of_o samaria_n mention_v joh._n iu._n distant_a from_o engannim_n seven_o and_o twenty_o mile_n they_o stay_v there_o the_o next_o day_n it_o be_v now_o call_v napolis_n jacob_n well_o be_v near_o it_o the_o water_n of_o it_o sweet_a as_o milk_v march_v xxix_o they_o go_v from_o sychar_n towards_o jerusalem_n the_o near_a to_o which_o place_n they_o come_v the_o more_o barren_a and_o unpleasant_a they_o find_v the_o soil_n at_o length_n come_v to_o a_o large_a grove_n or_o wilderness_n full_a of_o tree_n and_o hill_n perhaps_o this_o be_v mount_n ephraim_n from_o the_o top_n of_o the_o hill_n they_o see_v the_o sea_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o little_a vessel_n upon_o it_o pass_v to_o joppa_n about_o three_o or_o four_o in_o the_o afternoon_n they_o come_v to_o a_o ruinous_a town_n call_v beer_n of_o old_a as_o be_v report_v to_o they_o beersheba_n a_o great_a city_n but_o more_o probable_o beeroth_n mention_v jos._n xviii_o 25._o it_o be_v say_v that_o be_v the_o place_n where_o christ_n parent_n first_o miss_v he_o in_o their_o journey_n luke_n ii_o 44._o they_o will_v have_v lodge_v there_o that_o night_n be_v weary_a and_o hungry_a and_o have_v spend_v their_o provision_n but_o they_o can_v have_v nothing_o fit_a for_o themselves_o or_o their_o horse_n and_o be_v from_o jerusalem_n but_o ten_o mile_n they_o go_v on_o and_o after_o have_v travel_v five_o or_o six_o mile_n have_v a_o view_n of_o the_o city_n thus_o our_o countryman_n a_o clergyman_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o book_n this_o interposition_n of_o samaria_n between_o galilee_n and_o judea_n must_v be_v remember_v when_o we_o read_v the_o border_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o tribe_n set_v out_o ezek._n xlviii_o where_o manasseh_n and_o ephraim_n the_o country_n of_o samaria_n be_v bound_v and_o set_v out_o as_o former_o but_o must_v not_o be_v reckon_v undâ—â—_n the_o notion_n of_o samaria_n as_o they_o have_v be_v necessity_n itself_o find_v or_o make_v a_o way_n betwixt_o judea_n and_o galilee_n through_o samaria_n because_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n they_o can_v go_v unless_o a_o long_a way_n about_o through_o the_o country_n beyond_o jordan_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n why_o they_o shall_v make_v any_o difficulty_n of_o go_v through_o samaria_n unless_o the_o hostility_n of_o the_o country_n for_o 4._o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o hieros_n 〈…〉_o dah_fw-mi zar._n fol._n 44._o 4._o for_o the_o country_n of_o the_o cuthites_n be_v clean_o so_o that_o without_o scruple_n they_o may_v gather_v of_o the_o fruit_n and_o product_n of_o it_o the_o gather_n of_o their_o water_n be_v clean_a so_o that_o a_o jew_n may_v drink_v or_o wash_v himself_o in_o
send_v drink-offering_n the_o drink-offering_n be_v offer_v but_o if_o he_o send_v no_o drink-offering_n drink-offering_n be_v offer_v at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o congregation_n observe_v that_o we_o have_v the_o same_o elsewhere_o 2._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o fal._n 166._o 2._o vajicra_fw-la rabath_n fol._n 166._o 2._o and_o it_o be_v every_o where_o add_v that_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o thing_n that_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o great_a council_n and_o that_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o gentile_a be_v only_o a_o whole_a burnt-offering_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o thank-offering_n of_o a_o gentile_a be_v whole_a burnt-offering_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mind_n of_o that_o gentile_a be_v towards_o heaven_n gloss._n he_o have_v rather_o that_o his_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v whole_o consume_v by_o fire_n to_o god_n than_o as_o his_o thank-offering_n be_v eat_v by_o man_n etc._n man_n man_n man_n man_n man_n man_n see_v also_o menacoth_a fol._n 72._o 2._o &_o temuraâ—_n fol._n 103._o 1_o etc._n etc._n that_o of_o josephus_n be_v observable_a 30._o observable_a observable_a observable_a observable_a observable_a observable_a de_fw-fr bell._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 30._o eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o ananias_n the_o high_a priest_n a_o bold_a young_a man_n persuade_v those_o that_o minister_v in_o holy_a thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o shall_v accept_v of_o no_o sacrifice_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o stranger_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o war_n with_o the_o roman_n for_o they_o refuse_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o cesar._n 31._o cesar._n cesar._n cesar._n cesar._n cesar._n cesar._n ibid._n cap._n 31._o the_o elder_n that_o they_o may_v take_v off_o eleazar_n and_o his_o follower_n from_o this_o resolution_n of_o they_o make_v a_o speech_n to_o they_o among_o other_o thing_n say_v this_o that_o their_o forefather_n have_v great_o beautify_v and_o adorn_v the_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o thing_n devote_v by_o the_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o receive_v the_o gift_n from_o foreign_a nation_n not_o have_v ever_o make_v any_o difference_n in_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o any_o whosoever_o for_o that_o will_v be_v irreligious_a etc._n etc._n when_o they_o have_v speak_v this_o and_o many_o more_o thing_n to_o this_o purpose_n they_o produce_v several_a priest_n skilled_a in_o the_o ancient_a custom_n of_o their_o forefather_n who_o show_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o their_o ancestor_n receive_v offering_n from_o the_o gentile_n ii_o nor_n do_v the_o gentile_n only_o send_v their_o gift_n and_o sacrifice_n but_o come_v themselves_o personal_o sometime_o to_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o worship_v hence_o the_o outward_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v call_v the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o common_a court_n to_o which_o that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n allude_v chap._n xi_o 2._o but_o the_o court_n which_o be_v without_o the_o temple_n leave_v out_o and_o measure_v it_o not_o for_o it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o gentile_n and_o of_o those_o there_o shall_v innumerable_a number_n come_v and_o worship_n and_o they_o shall_v tread_v the_o holy_a city_n forty_o and_o two_o month_n it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v tread_v it_o under_o foot_n as_o enemy_n and_o spoiler_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v tread_v it_o as_o worshipper_n so_o isa._n i._n 12._o 224._o 12._o 12._o 12._o 12._o 12._o 12._o remidâ—_n rab_n fol._n 224._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o syrian_n and_o those_o that_o be_v unclean_a by_o the_o touch_n of_o a_o dead_a body_n enter_v into_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o temple_n 1._o temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n hieros_n avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 40._o 1._o rabban_n gamaliel_n walk_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n see_v a_o heathen_a woman_n and_o bless_a concern_v she_o supâ—_n she_o she_o she_o she_o she_o she_o joseph_n ubi_fw-la supâ—_n they_o will_v provoke_v the_o roman_a arm_n espouse_v a_o war_n with_o they_o introduce_v a_o new_a worship_n and_o persuade_v a_o impiety_n with_o the_o hazard_n of_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o no_o stranger_n but_o the_o jew_n only_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o sacrifice_n or_o worship_n hence_o that_o suspicion_n about_o trophimus_n be_v bring_v by_o paul_n into_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v with_o reference_n to_o this_o court_n but_o to_o the_o court_n of_o the_o woman_n in_o which_o paul_n be_v purify_n himself_n 2._o himself_n himself_n himself_n himself_n himself_n himself_n pesachin_n fol._n 3._o 2._o there_o be_v a_o story_n of_o a_o certain_a gentile_a that_o eat_v the_o passover_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o when_o they_o find_v he_o out_o to_o be_v a_o heathen_a they_o slay_v he_o for_o the_o passover_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v eat_v by_o any_o one_o that_o be_v uncircumcised_a but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n that_o a_o uncircumcised_a person_n can_v run_v by_o come_v into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o worship_v there_o verse_n xxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n except_o a_o corn_n of_o wheat_n how_o do_v this_o answer_n of_o our_o saviour_n agree_v with_o the_o matter_n propound_v thus_o be_v it_o so_o indeed_o do_v the_o gentile_n desire_v to_o see_v i_o the_o time_n draw_v on_o wherein_o i_o must_v be_v glorify_v in_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n but_o as_o a_o corn_n of_o wheat_n do_v not_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n except_o it_o be_v first_o throw_v into_o the_o ground_n and_o there_o die_v but_o if_o it_o die_v it_o will_v bring_v forth_o much_o fruit_n so_o i_o must_v die_v first_o and_o be_v throw_v into_o the_o earth_n and_o then_o a_o mighty_a harvest_n of_o the_o gentile_a world_n will_v grow_v up_o and_o be_v the_o product_n of_o that_o death_n of_o i_o isa._n xxvi_o 19_o thy_o dead_a man_n shall_v live_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d together_o with_o my_o dead_a body_n shall_v they_o arise_v so_o our_o translation_n with_o which_o also_o the_o french_a agree_v rescusciteront_fw-fr avec_fw-fr mon_fw-fr corpse_n they_o shall_v rise_v with_o my_o body_n but_o it_o be_v proper_o corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la resurgent_fw-la they_o shall_v arise_v my_o body_n so_o the_o interlineary_a version_n the_o gentile_n be_v dead_a in_o their_o sin_n shall_v with_o my_o dead_a body_n when_o it_o rise_v again_o rise_v again_o also_o from_o their_o death_n nay_o they_o shall_v rise_v again_o my_o body_n that_o be_v as_o part_v of_o myself_o and_o my_o body_n mystical_a verse_n xxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v both_o glorify_v it_o and_o will_v glorify_v it_o again_o this_o petition_n of_o our_o saviour_n father_n glorify_v thy_o name_n be_v of_o no_o light_a consequence_n when_o it_o have_v such_o a_o answer_n from_o heaven_n by_o a_o audible_a voice_n and_o what_o it_o do_v indeed_o mean_a we_o must_v guess_v by_o the_o context_n christ_n upon_o the_o greek_n desire_v to_o see_v he_o take_v that_o occasion_n to_o discourse_n about_o his_o death_n and_o to_o exhort_v his_o follower_n that_o from_o his_o example_n they_o will_v not_o love_v their_o life_n but_o by_o lose_v it_o preserve_v it_o to_o life_n eternal_a now_o by_o how_o much_o the_o deep_o he_o proceed_v in_o the_o discourse_n and_o thought_n of_o his_o approach_a death_n by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o be_v his_o mind_n disturb_v as_o himself_o acknowledge_v ver_fw-la 27._o but_o whence_o come_v this_o disturbance_n it_o be_v from_o the_o apprehend_a rage_n and_o affault_n of_o the_o devil_n whether_o our_o lord_n christ_n in_o his_o agony_n and_o passion_n have_v to_o grapple_v with_o a_o angry_a god_n i_o question_v but_o i_o be_o certain_a he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o angry_a devil_n when_o he_o stand_v and_o stand_v firm_o in_o the_o high_a and_o most_o eminent_a point_n and_o degree_n of_o obedience_n as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o suffering_n it_o do_v not_o seem_v agreeable_a that_o he_o shall_v then_o be_v groan_v under_o the_o pressure_n of_o divine_a wrath_n but_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a he_o shall_v under_o the_o rage_n and_o fury_n of_o the_o devil_n for_o i._o the_o fight_n be_v now_o to_o begin_v between_o the_o serpent_n and_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n mention_v gen._n iii_o 15._o about_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n in_o which_o strife_n and_o contest_v we_o need_v not_o doubt_v but_o the_o devil_n will_v exert_v all_o his_o malice_n and_o force_n to_o the_o very_a uttermost_a ii_o god_n loose_v all_o the_o reins_o and_o suffer_v the_o devil_n without_o any_o kind_n of_o restraint_n upon_o he_o to_o
other_o of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o further_o take_v notice_n how_o though_o they_o reckon_v up_o nine_o child_n of_o joseph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n now_o the_o son_n of_o joseph_n which_o be_v bear_v to_o he_o in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v nine_o soul_n ver_fw-la 27._o yet_o they_o name_v but_o seven_o josephus_n the_o historian_n speak_v of_o those_o threescore_o and_o ten_o person_n that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n i_o will_v reckon_v they_o up_o say_v he_o that_o i_o may_v satisfy_v those_o who_o will_v pretend_v we_o take_v not_o our_o original_n from_o mesopotamia_n but_o from_o egypt_n it_o be_v strange_a therefore_o that_o the_o interpreter_n will_v add_v those_o that_o be_v actual_o bear_v in_o egypt_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o when_o they_o will_v confound_v the_o true_a number_n they_o choose_v those_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o those_o word_n in_o gen._n l._n which_o we_o mention_v as_o to_o these_o child_n of_o ephraim_n and_o other_o who_o story_n be_v mention_v 1_o chron._n vii_o 20._o the_o master_n of_o tradition_n tell_v some_o ridiculous_a tale_n of_o they_o viz._n that_o have_v not_o count_v right_o as_o to_o the_o year_n of_o their_o bondage_n in_o egypt_n they_o go_v to_o invade_v the_o land_n of_o palestine_n before_o the_o appoint_a time_n and_o fall_v by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o gittites_n 7._o gittites_n gittites_n gittites_n gittites_n gittites_n gittites_n targ._n in_o cant._n 2._o 7._o but_o that_o they_o come_v to_o life_n again_o with_o those_o who_o ezekiel_n raise_v from_o the_o dead_a chap._n xxxvii_o 2._o xxxvii_o xxxvii_o xxxvii_o xxxvii_o xxxvii_o xxxvii_o sanbedr_n fol._n 92._o 2._o i_o have_v in_o my_o note_n upon_o luke_n iii_o offer_v my_o conjecture_n why_o the_o interpreter_n shall_v confound_v the_o number_n and_o put_v threescore_o and_o fifteen_o instead_o of_o threescore_o and_o ten_o as_o also_o why_o the_o evangelist_n shall_v follow_v that_o version_n and_o that_o number_n and_o be_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n still_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n wonder_v at_o their_o retain_v the_o true_a number_n deut._n x._o 22._o where_o nobilius_fw-la in_o his_o scholia_fw-la tell_v we_o josephus_n lib._n 2._o antiquitatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n josephus_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o antiquity_n write_v of_o jacob_n have_v set_v the_o number_n i_o have_v quote_v the_o passage_n already_o and_o st._n jerom_n in_o his_o question_n upon_o genesis_n witness_v that_o the_o septuagint_n so_o write_v it_o alii_fw-la codices_fw-la etc._n etc._n other_o copy_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n if_o the_o septuagint_n write_v so_o in_o this_o place_n when_o elsewhere_o they_o have_v threescore_o and_o fifteen_o i_o know_v no_o other_o reason_n can_v be_v render_v of_o it_o but_o that_o moses_n be_v here_o introduce_v speak_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n who_o very_o well_o know_v the_o certain_a and_o true_a number_n but_o elsewhere_o where_o it_o be_v render_v by_o they_o threescore_o and_o fifteen_o he_o be_v write_v a_o history_n for_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o who_o the_o precise_a number_n be_v not_o so_o well_o know_v but_o one_o may_v suspect_v the_o same_o pen_n do_v not_o translate_v the_o book_n of_o deuteronomy_n that_o have_v translate_v the_o book_n of_o genesis_n and_o exodus_fw-la so_o gaphterim_n in_o gen._n x._o 14._o by_o the_o interpreter_n of_o that_o book_n be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaphthoriim_n or_o as_o it_o be_v in_o m._n s._n alex._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caphthoriin_n but_o in_o the_o book_n of_o deuteronomy_n chap._n ii_o 23._o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cappadocian_o verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v carry_v over_o into_o sychem_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ever_o let_v a_o man_n teach_v his_o disciple_n concise_o 1._o concise_o concise_o concise_o concise_o concise_o concise_o gloss_n in_o zevachin_n fol._n 2._o 1._o or_o brief_o so_o that_o a_o short_a way_n of_o speak_v especial_o in_o a_o thing_n plain_a be_v not_o strange_a among_o the_o jew_n which_o rule_n if_o steven_n follow_v in_o this_o place_n he_o may_v do_v it_o more_o safe_o and_o unblamable_o in_o a_o story_n so_o well_o know_v i._o it_o be_v very_o common_o and_o without_o any_o kind_n of_o doubt_n receive_v among_o they_o that_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o twelve_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o jacob_n be_v carry_v out_o of_o egypt_n into_o canaan_n 3._o canaan_n canaan_n canaan_n canaan_n canaan_n canaan_n hierosol_n sotah_n fol._n 17._o 3._o it_o be_v write_v i_o will_v go_v down_o with_o thou_o into_o egypt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o even_o in_o go_v up_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o to_o go_v up_o gen._n xlvi_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v we_o teach_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o in_o go_v up_o he_o say_v i_o will_v make_v thou_o to_o go_v up_o and_o i_o will_v make_v all_o the_o other_o tribe_n to_o go_v up_o too_o teach_v thereby_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o every_o tribe_n shall_v carry_v up_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o his_o tribe_n with_o it_o take_v notice_n by_o the_o way_n that_o the_o seventy_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o end_n 1._o end_n end_n end_n end_n end_n end_n gloss_n in_o bava_n kama_fw-la fol._n 92._o 1._o the_o bone_n of_o all_o the_o patriarch_n be_v carry_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o bury_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o it_o be_v write_v and_o you_o shall_v carry_v up_o my_o bone_n with_o you_o gen._n l._n 25._o 19_o 25._o 25._o 25._o 25._o 25._o 25._o see_v also_o beresh_a rabba_fw-mi fol._n 115._o 3._o gloss_n in_o maccoth_n 11._o 2._o r._n sol._n in_o exod._n 13._o 19_o ii_o thus_o far_o therefore_o stephen_n speak_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o that_o nation_n viz._n that_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v convey_v out_o of_o egypt_n into_o canaan_n but_o what_o can_v we_o say_v as_o to_o their_o be_v bury_v in_o sychem_n doubtless_o he_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o common_a receive_v opinion_n among_o they_o in_o this_o thing_n also_o though_o i_o can_v but_o say_v that_o aâ—â—_n jewish_a writer_n as_o far_o as_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o be_v whole_o silent_a in_o it_o nay_o josephus_n himself_o will_v have_v they_o bury_v in_o hebron_n and_o that_o before_o the_o israelite_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n 4._o egypt_n egypt_n egypt_n egypt_n egypt_n egypt_n antiq._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o the_o talmudist_n speak_v very_o much_o of_o joseph_n be_v bury_v in_o sychem_n and_o among_o other_o thing_n say_v this_o that_o they_o steal_v he_o from_o sychem_n and_o restore_v he_o to_o sychem_fw-mi again_o 2._o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o sotah_n fol._n 13._o 2._o but_o as_o to_o the_o bury_n of_o the_o other_o patriarch_n there_o they_o have_v not_o one_o word_n benjamin_n also_o in_o his_o itinerary_n speak_v of_o sychem_n mention_n the_o sepulchre_n of_o joseph_n and_o none_o but_o that_o and_o so_o do_v the_o cippi_n hebraiâ—i_n as_o the_o learned_a hottinger_n translate_v they_o from_o sechem_n at_o the_o distance_n of_o a_o sabbath-day_n journey_n lie_v a_o village_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d belata_n where_o joseph_n the_o just_a of_o bless_a memory_n lie_v bury_v i_o conceive_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o jew_n be_v so_o silent_a in_o this_o matter_n may_v be_v because_o they_o fear_v it_o will_v be_v a_o reproach_n to_o themselves_o and_o too_o great_a a_o honour_n for_o the_o samaritan_n that_o the_o patriarch_n bone_n shall_v lie_v among_o they_o as_o to_o joseph_n be_v bury_v there_o there_o can_v be_v no_o denial_n of_o that_o because_o the_o scripture_n speak_v it_o in_o express_a term_n that_o he_o be_v bury_v in_o sichem_n but_o it_o be_v very_o grievous_a for_o they_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o all_o the_o other_o head_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o tribe_n shall_v lie_v there_o where_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n first_o begin_v and_o after_o their_o expulsion_n the_o odious_a nation_n of_o the_o samaritan_n be_v seat_v and_o for_o this_o very_a reason_n one_o may_v argue_v that_o stephen_n will_v never_o have_v mention_v such_o a_o thing_n if_o it_o can_v have_v be_v contradict_v by_o they_o the_o master_n of_o the_o tradition_n indeed_o do_v tacit_o yield_v that_o the_o eleven_o patriarch_n be_v not_o bury_v in_o hebron_n when_o they_o admit_v but_o four_o couple_n there_o viz._n adam_n and_o eve_n abraham_n and_o sarah_n isaac_n and_o rebecca_n jacob_n and_o leah_n 1._o leah_n leah_n leah_n leah_n leah_n leah_n sotah_n fol._n 13._o 1._o and_o if_o so_o where_o be_v they_o bury_v if_o we_o do_v but_o consider_v how_o the_o great_a charge_n and_o care_n of_o public_a affair_n be_v commit_v to_o
and_o now_o let_v we_o brief_o weigh_v what_o thing_n be_v say_v on_o the_o contrary_a side_n chap._n x._o what_o thing_n be_v object_v for_o the_o affirmative_a i._o first_o that_o passage_n be_v object_v 7._o object_v object_v object_v object_v object_v object_v hieros_n sotah_n cap._n 7._o r._n levi_n go_v to_o caesarea_n and_o hear_v they_o read_v the_o lesson_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schma_n deut._n vi_o in_o greek_a will_v hinder_v they_o r._n jose_n observe_v it_o be_v angry_a say_v he_o that_o can_v read_v in_o hebrew_n shall_v he_o not_o read_v at_o all_o yea_o let_v a_o man_n read_v in_o any_o tongue_n which_o he_o understand_v and_o know_v and_o so_o satisfy_v his_o duty_n so_o the_o word_n be_v render_v by_o a_o very_a learned_a man._n but_o the_o gemara_n treat_v not_o of_o read_v the_o law_n in_o the_o synagogue_n but_o concern_v the_o repeat_n of_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o phylactery_n among_o which_o the_o first_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hear_v o_o israel_n deut._n vi._n therefore_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o to_o be_v render_v read_v but_o repeat_v in_o which_o sense_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d occur_v very_o frequent_o in_o the_o master_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n megill_n fol._n 17._o 1._o she_o recite_v the_o book_n of_o ester_n by_o her_o mouth_n that_o be_v without_o book_n and_o 1._o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o biccurim_fw-la fol._n 86._o 1._o heretofore_o every_o one_o that_o can_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d recite_v that_o passage_n use_v in_o offer_v the_o first_o fruit_n deut._n xxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d recite_v and_o he_o that_o can_v not_o recite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o teach_v he_o to_o recite_v or_o they_o recite_v for_o he_o ii_o that_o example_n and_o story_n be_v urge_v concern_v read_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o synagogue_n of_o antioch_n of_o pisidia_n act._n xiii_o 15._o to_o which_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o answer_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o that_o it_o beg_v the_o question_n iii_o that_o also_o of_o tertullian_n be_v add_v 18._o add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v apoleget_v cap._n 18._o sed_fw-la &_o judaei_n palam_fw-la lectitant_fw-la vectigalis_fw-la libertas_fw-la vulgo_fw-la auditur_fw-la or_o aditur_fw-la singulis_fw-la sabbatis_fw-la but_o the_o jew_n also_o read_v open_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o tax_n be_v hear_v or_o go_v unto_o every_o sabbath_n day_n i_o answer_v be_v it_o grant_v that_o tertullian_n speak_v of_o the_o greek_a version_n which_o be_v not_o so_o very_o evident_a that_o which_o be_v do_v under_o severus_n do_v not_o conclude_v the_o same_o thing_n do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o especial_o when_o severus_n be_v according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o name_n very_o severe_a towards_o the_o jew_n as_o baronius_n teach_v and_o spartianus_n long_o before_o he_o under_o who_o sabbath_n can_v not_o be_v keep_v by_o the_o jew_n but_o under_o a_o tax_n and_o be_v it_o grant_v that_o the_o greek_a version_n be_v read_v then_o by_o they_o at_o rome_n as_o the_o glosser_n upon_o tertullian_n describe_v the_o scene_n of_o the_o affair_n that_o be_v also_o under_o a_o tax_n not_o by_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o people_n but_o by_o pure_a compulsion_n iv_o that_o of_o justin_n martyr_n be_v produce_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graecos_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orâ—â—_n pâ—ranâ—â—_n ad_fw-la graecos_n but_o if_o any_o say_v that_o these_o book_n belong_v not_o to_o we_o but_o the_o jew_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v to_o this_o day_n preserve_v in_o their_o synagogue_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n â—_o etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n apolog._n â—_o the_o book_n remain_v even_o among_o the_o egyptian_n hitherto_o and_o be_v every_o where_n among_o all_o the_o jew_n who_o read_v they_o understand_v they_o not_o v._o but_o that_o be_v instead_o of_o all_o that_o philo_n and_o josephus_n follow_v the_o greek_a version_n and_o that_o which_o be_v still_o great_a the_o holy_a penman_n do_v follow_v it_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o their_o allegation_n take_v out_o of_o the_o old_a therefore_o without_o doubt_n say_v they_o that_o version_n be_v frequent_a and_o common_a in_o the_o synagogue_n and_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n and_o without_o doubt_n of_o the_o high_a authority_n among_o the_o jew_n yea_o as_o it_o seem_v of_o divine_a these_o be_v the_o argument_n which_o be_v of_o the_o great_a weight_n on_o that_o side_n that_o i_o may_v therefore_o answer_v together_o to_o all_o let_v we_o expatiate_v a_o little_a in_o this_o enquiry_n chap._n xi_o by_o what_o author_n and_o counsil_n it_o may_v probable_o be_v that_o that_o greek_a version_n come_v forth_o which_o obtain_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o seventy_o i._o it_o be_v make_v and_o publish_v without_o doubt_n not_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o of_o the_o heathen_a we_o have_v josephus_n a_o witness_n here_o in_o his_o story_n of_o the_o seventy_o grant_v he_o to_o be_v true_a in_o that_o relation_n what_o move_v ptolomey_n so_o greedy_o to_o desire_v the_o version_n to_o purchase_v so_o small_a a_o volume_n at_o such_o vast_a expense_n be_v it_o religion_n or_o a_o desire_n of_o adorn_v his_o library_n by_o that_o paint_n do_v josephus_n colour_v the_o business_n but_o reason_n will_v dictate_v a_o three_o cause_n and_o that_o far_o more_o likely_a for_o both_o the_o jewish_a and_o heathen_a writer_n teach_v that_o egypt_n at_o that_o time_n be_v fill_v with_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o jew_n and_o what_o can_v a_o prudent_a king_n and_o that_o take_v care_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o kingdom_n do_v else_o than_o look_v into_o the_o manner_n and_o institution_n of_o that_o nation_n whether_o they_o consist_v with_o the_o peace_n and_o security_n of_o his_o kingdom_n since_o that_o people_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o manner_n and_o law_n of_o all_o other_o nation_n when_o therefore_o he_o can_v neither_o examine_v nor_o understand_v their_o law_n which_o comprise_v their_o whole_a religion_n polity_n and_o occonomy_n be_v write_v in_o hebrew_n it_o be_v necessary_a for_o he_o to_o provide_v to_o have_v it_o translate_v into_o their_o vulgar_a tongue_n hence_o arise_v the_o version_n of_o the_o five_o elder_n as_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v and_o lest_o some_o fraud_n or_o collusion_n may_v creep_v in_o the_o assemble_v of_o the_o seventy_o two_o elder_n be_v occasion_v hence_o also_o and_o do_v it_o not_o favour_n of_o some_o suspicion_n that_o he_o assemble_v they_o be_v altogether_o ignorant_a what_o they_o be_v to_o do_v for_o let_v reason_n tell_v we_o why_o we_o shall_v not_o rather_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o talmudist_n write_v for_o their_o own_o countryman_n than_o to_o josephus_n write_v for_o the_o heathen_a and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n in_o that_o relation_n that_o when_o he_o have_v gather_v they_o together_o he_o shut_v they_o up_o by_o themselves_o in_o so_o many_o chamber_n that_o still_o increase_v the_o same_o suspicion_n ii_o let_v it_o be_v yield_v that_o they_o turn_v it_o into_o greek_a which_o as_o we_o have_v see_v be_v doubtful_a yet_o the_o speech_n in_o the_o gemarist_n be_v only_o concern_v the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o concern_v the_o law_n only_o in_o josephus_n who_o therefore_o translate_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o holy_a volume_n it_o be_v without_o a_o author_n perhaps_o shall_v we_o say_v the_o jerusalem_n sanhedrin_n but_o not_o without_o reason_n for_o iii_o the_o jew_n wheresoever_o disperse_v through_o out_o the_o world_n and_o they_o in_o very_o many_o region_n infinite_a in_o their_o number_n make_v it_o their_o earnest_a request_n that_o they_o may_v live_v and_o be_v govern_v by_o their_o own_o law_n and_o indeed_o they_o will_v live_v by_o none_o but_o their_o own_o but_o what_o prince_n will_v grant_v this_o be_v altogether_o ignorant_a what_o those_o law_n be_v they_o see_v their_o manner_n and_o rite_n be_v contrary_a to_o all_o other_o nation_n it_o be_v needful_a also_o to_o see_v whether_o they_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o peace_n of_o their_o kingdom_n that_o very_a jealousy_n can_v not_o but_o require_v the_o version_n of_o those_o law_n into_o the_o common_a language_n and_o to_o force_v it_o also_o from_o they_o how_o unwilling_a soever_o they_o may_v be_v the_o great_a sanhedrin_n therefore_o can_v not_o consult_v better_o and_o more_o wise_o for_o the_o safety_n and_o security_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n than_o by_o turn_v their_o holy_a book_n into_o the_o greek_a language_n that_o all_o may_v know_v what_o it_o be_v that_o they_o profess_v they_o can_v
be_v convert_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n reveal_v these_o to_o he_o in_o feeling_n and_o experience_n and_o further_a revelation_n as_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o scripture_n there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o groundwork_n in_o scripture_n whereupon_o to_o expect_v it_o iii_o when_o god_n have_v commit_v the_o new_a testament_n to_o writing_n he_o have_v reveal_v all_o that_o he_o will_v reveal_v to_o man_n on_o earth_n of_o his_o will_n and_o way_n of_o salvation_n the_o word_n in_o joh._n xvi_o 13._o be_v appropriate_a to_o the_o apostle_n none_o ever_o be_v or_o will_v be_v who_o god_n lead_v into_o all_o truth_n save_o the_o apostle_n he_o lead_v indeed_o every_o saint_n he_o have_v into_o all_o truth_n needful_a for_o he_o but_o the_o apostle_n into_o all_o truth_n needful_a both_o for_o themselves_o and_o the_o whole_a church_n because_o god_n by_o they_o be_v to_o give_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o manner_n to_o all_o the_o church_n now_o when_o all_o the_o truth_n 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