the_o peasant_n price_n of_o spiritvall_n liberty_n wherein_o be_v represent_v the_o complexion_n of_o the_o time_n and_o consideration_n to_o cure_v it_o in_o three_o sermon_n by_o nathaniel_n homes_n d.d._n london_n print_v by_o r._n o._n and_o g._n d._n for_o benjamin_n allen_n in_o popeshead_n alley_n 1642._o the_o peasant_n price_n of_o spiritual_a liberty_n 1_o chron._n 4._o verse_n 21.22.23_o 21._o i_o begin_v so_o high_a as_o the_o 21._o verse_n and_o take_v in_o all_o three_o verse_n because_o they_o make_v up_o one_o distinct_a complete_a table_n of_o the_o genealogy_n of_o shelah_n the_o three_o son_n of_o judah_n gen._n 38._o and_o in_o some_o greek_a copy_n the_o 4._o chap._n begin_v at_o vers_n 21._o 21._o the_o son_n of_o shelah_n the_o son_n of_o judah_n be_v er_fw-mi the_o father_n of_o lecah_n and_o laadah_n the_o father_n of_o maresha_n and_o the_o family_n of_o the_o house_n of_o they_o that_o wrought_v fine_a linen_n of_o the_o house_n of_o ashbea_n 22._o and_o 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of_o chozeba_n may_v be_v render_v the_o man_n of_o a_o lie_n 1_o lie_n so_o pelican_n so_o old_a lát._n viri_fw-la mendacii_fw-la 1_o or_o of_o lie_v or_o deceit_n or_o deceive_v and_o this_o be_v express_v in_o a_o chaldean_a dialect_n etc._n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o lie_n deceit_n etc._n etc._n and_o although_o here_o it_o be_v admit_v that_o chozeba_n be_v a_o proper_a name_n yet_o questionless_a some_o lie_n in_o word_n 〈◊〉_d note_v that_o herein_o the_o text_n sound_v of_o babylon_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v â—haldaised_v in_o be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o work_n some_o tell_v or_o as_o rev._n 22.15_o make_v a_o lie_n become_v ominous_a and_o at_o first_o give_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n for_o place_n of_o themselves_o be_v not_o name_v and_o after_o that_o here_o the_o place_n give_v name_n to_o the_o man_n that_o dwelt-there_a there_o be_v yet_o one_o thing_n more_o to_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o grammar_n of_o the_o word_n viz._n whether_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v in_o the_o text_n hedge_n or_o wall_n and_o consequent_o whether_o hedger_n or_o maisons_fw-fr for_o their_o dwell_n viz._n among_o plant_n etc._n etc._n note_v their_o occupation_n as_o we_o shall_v touch_v more_o in_o the_o lay_n open_a of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o text._n the_o question_n be_v occasion_v because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o fence_n whether_o of_o a_o hedge_n or_o a_o wall_n especial_o a_o wall_n of_o mere_a stone_n without_o mortar_n our_o resolution_n be_v that_o no_o doubt_n hedgers_n must_v be_v employ_v in_o the_o text_n because_o they_o have_v fence_n about_o their_o plant_n and_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a they_o be_v all_o of_o stone_n wall_n yea_o to_o make_v quickset_n hedge_n be_v a_o part_n of_o plant_v and_o very_o probable_o here_o suppose_v else_o how_o shall_v the_o king_n have_v so_o much_o employment_n for_o so_o many_o for_o so_o many_o year_n but_o for_o the_o 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be_v discern_v by_o their_o colour_n the_o main_a thing_n in_o this_o way_n to_o be_v note_v be_v a_o rhetorical_a prolepsis_fw-la pre-occupation_n or_o anticipation_n whereby_o the_o holy_a ghost_n speak_v of_o that_o now_o which_o long_o after_o be_v do_v in_o order_n of_o time_n for_o the_o jew_n here_o genealogize_v be_v not_o in_o captivity_n till_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o the_o 2._o of_o chron._n yet_o here_o be_v mention_n of_o certain_a that_o carry_v in_o babylon_n after_o they_o have_v freedom_n grant_v to_o return_v namely_o these_o potter_n etc._n etc._n this_o way_n of_o set_v down_o thing_n we_o call_v anticipation_n or_o prevention_n that_o these_o generation_n now_o set_v down_o before_o the_o
we_o know_v scatter_v with_o the_o ten_o tribe_n never_o likely_a to_o be_v relieve_v till_o the_o general_a call_n of_o the_o jew_n thus_o of_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o doctrine_n next_o of_o the_o vindication_n of_o it_o to_o clear_v it_o from_o objection_n and_o scruple_n 1._o object_n god_n cease_v now_o to_o write_v therefore_o cease_v now_o to_o record_v man_n ill_a manner_n with_o disgrace_n sol._n 1._o parallel_n or_o like_a sinner_n and_o sin_n will_v bring_v they_o all_o under_o the_o same_o disgrace_n how_o do_v england_n grow_v cold_a and_o formal_a like_a laodicea_n cause_n man_n to_o call_v she_o laodicea_n rome_n brigstman_n on_o apocal._n so_o that_o john_n in_o the_o revel_n who_o suffer_v banishment_n under_o the_o tyranny_n of_o rome_n and_o rome_n imitate_v babylon_n in_o persecution_n and_o tyranny_n to_o be_v term_v babylon_n imitate_v sodom_n *_o in_o lust_n and_o lasciviousness_n to_o be_v term_v sodom_n and_o imitate_v egypt_n *_o in_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n to_o be_v term_v egypt_n numinâ—_n egypt_n revel_v 11.8_o the_o adultery_n and_o lust_n and_o the_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n of_o rome_n be_v so_o notorious_a that_o poet_n have_v sing_v of_o they_o mantuan_n of_o her_o lust_n roma_fw-la est_fw-la jam_fw-la totalupanar_fw-mi yea_o the_o heathen_a poet_n persius_n juvenal_n and_o horatius_n so_o much_o and_o in_o such_o gross_a term_n as_o be_v not_o meet_v to_o be_v mention_v so_o of_o rome_n idolatry_n and_o superstition_n mantuan_n thus_o eclog._n 9_o famaest_a aegyptum_fw-la coluisse_fw-la animalia_fw-la quâ—dam_fw-la et_fw-la pronuminibus_fw-la multas_fw-la habuisse_fw-la ferarum_fw-la illa_fw-la superstitio_fw-la minor_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la nostra_fw-la ferarum_fw-la hic_fw-la arras_n habet_fw-la omue_fw-la genus_fw-la contraria_fw-la ceyte_n naturares_fw-la atque_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la dieitur_fw-la olim_fw-la praposuisse_fw-la hominem_fw-la cunctis_fw-la animantibus_fw-la unum_fw-la yea_o juvenal_n the_o heathen_a poet_n of_o egypt_n superstition_n thus_o sat._n 15._o quu_o neseit_n volusiâ—_n bitâ—â—nice_n qualia_fw-la demens_fw-la aegyptus_n portenta_fw-la colat_fw-la crocodylon_n adorat_fw-la pars_fw-la bacâ—â—â—la_fw-la pavet_fw-la saturam_fw-la seâ—pentibus_fw-la ibim_n illic_fw-la ceruleos_n hic_fw-la piscem_fw-la fluminu_fw-la illic_fw-la oppidatota_n canon_n venerantur_fw-la porrum_fw-la et_fw-la cape_n nefaâ—_fw-la violare_fw-la et_fw-la frangere_fw-la morsu_fw-la o_o sanctas_fw-la gentes_fw-la quibus_fw-la haâ—_n nascuntur_fw-la in_o hortâ—_n numinâ—_n 2._o it_o be_v god_n divine_a providence_n that_o order_n man_n pen_n still_o much_o more_o than_o crow_n and_o sparrow_n and_o therefore_o god_n providence_n so_o provide_v that_o sometime_o mere_a man_n write_v of_o the_o vice_n of_o man_n as_o livius_n tacitus_n etc._n etc._n sometime_o open_a persecutor_n and_o enemy_n of_o all_o goodness_n write_v of_o their_o own_o fact_n to_o their_o own_o shame_n so_o the_o record_n in_o the_o office_n of_o bb._n and_o chancellor_n and_o register_n in_o queen_n mary_n day_n preserve_v for_o we_o a_o history_n to_o fill_v a_o book_n of_o martyr_n of_o and_o concern_v their_o own_o tyrannical_a persecution_n 4._o persecution_n diâ—â—_n negut_n quam_fw-la inâ—redibilâ—_n christianorum_fw-la tun_n pudore_fw-la tum_fw-la ettam_fw-la corum_fw-la qui_fw-la veer_fw-la tale_n sun_n cordolio_fw-la ut_fw-la juda_n filia_fw-la scortari_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la dei_fw-la filialiceat_fw-la imo_fw-la isâ—aclâ—s_fw-la filia_fw-la meretricarâ—_n non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ante_fw-la possâ—t_fw-la quam_fw-la facta_fw-la per_fw-la baptismur_fw-la sanctum_fw-la christ_n soror_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fiâ—â—a_n â—â—spen_n de_fw-fr coâ—â—â—â—_n l_o b._n 3._o c._n 4._o the_o papist_n themselves_o write_v with_o detestation_n that_o in_o rome_n a_o jewish_a maid_n may_v not_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o stew_n of_o whoredom_n unless_o she_o will_v be_v first_o baptize_v that_o 80._o martyr_n be_v put_v in_o a_o house_n by_o the_o massacrer_n and_o fetch_v one_o by_o one_o by_o the_o executioner_n to_o a_o blood_n pit_n over_o which_o he_o cut_v their_o throat_n as_o calf_n he_o put_v his_o bloody_a knife_n like_o a_o butcher_n in_o his_o mouth_n while_o he_o drag_v another_o to_o the_o pit_n martyr_n pit_n book_n of_o martyr_n 2._o object_n it_o seem_v not_o to_o stand_v with_o god_n mercy_n to_o cast_v they_o off_o for_o graceless_a nor_o with_o his_o truth_n to_o forsake_v they_o see_v he_o have_v swear_v he_o desire_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n sol._n we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o 65._o of_o esay_n and_o the_o first_o seven_o verse_n that_o when_o the_o lord_n have_v first_o free_o and_o full_o reveal_v himself_o in_o his_o ordinance_n then_o have_v he_o leave_v sufficient_a testimony_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o of_o his_o willingness_n that_o man_n shall_v not_o perish_v remedy_n 2_o chron._n 36.16_o for_o they_o that_o slight_a the_o mean_n of_o grace_n there_o be_v no_o remedy_n so_o that_o if_o then_o man_n come_v not_o in_o by_o the_o ordinance_n the_o lord_n be_v discharge_v from_o all_o his_o engagement_n and_o justice_n be_v to_o succeed_v in_o the_o place_n of_o mercy_n and_o to_o proceed_v against_o the_o contemner_n of_o mercy_n thus_o also_o of_o the_o vindication_n next_o of_o the_o probation_n of_o this_o point_n by_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n first_o we_o find_v in_o scripture_n a_o pprophecy_n that_o this_o unworthy_a spirit_n shall_v emasculate_v some_o tribe_n of_o this_o jewish_a nation_n 15._o gen._n 49.14_o 15._o that_o isachar_n shall_v be_v a_o strong_a ass_n couch_v down_o between_o two_o burden_n gen._n it_o be_v in_o the_o hebr._n without_o any_o tense_n of_o be_v or_o shall_v but_o it_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o future_a tense_n see_v v._o 1._o of_o that_o 49._o of_o gen._n and_o see_v that_o rest_n be_v good_a and_o that_o the_o land_n be_v pleasant_a he_o bow_v his_o shoulder_n to_o bear_v and_o become_v a_o 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