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voice_n etc._n etc._n 11._o and_o he_o say_v who_o tell_v thou_o etc._n etc._n 12._o and_o the_o man_n say_v the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n 13._o and_o the_o lord_n god_n say_v unto_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n 14._o and_o the_o lord_n god_n say_v unto_o the_o serpent_n etc._n etc._n 16._o to_o the_o woman_n he_o say_v etc._n etc._n 17._o and_o unto_o adam_n he_o say_v but_o why_o we_o shall_v servile_o be_v confine_v to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n as_o if_o there_o be_v something_o extraordinary_a in_o they_o we_o see_v no_o reason_n and_o the_o compare_v of_o our_o version_n with_o the_o rest_n will_v show_v which_o of_o we_o have_v express_v himself_o most_o agreeable_o to_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n so_o chap._n 8.15_o and_o god_n speak_v unto_o noah_n say_v et_fw-la locutus_fw-la esi_fw-la jehova_n ad_fw-la noach_n dicendo_fw-la or_o dicens_fw-la be_v indeed_o exact_o conformable_a to_o the_o hebrew_n word_n but_o do_v not_o express_v the_o meaning_n 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these_o head_n to_o â—â—duce_v testimony_n from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o bible_n and_o set_v they_o off_o with_o a_o little_a secular_a eloquence_n and_o make_v a_o magnificent_a appearance_n upon_o such_o common_a subject_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o dive_v into_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n to_o know_v why_o they_o write_v so_o by_o what_o reason_n they_o support_v their_o opinion_n what_o peculiar_a thing_n the_o idumean_n the_o moabite_n the_o ammonite_n the_o tyrian_n the_o philistine_n the_o egyptian_n and_o assyrian_n have_v to_o themselves_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o it_o be_v necessary_a continue_v he_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v different_a cause_n and_o argument_n and_o original_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o place_n and_o time_n and_o man_n to_o who_o they_o be_v write_v but_o neither_o in_o st._n jerom_n time_n nor_o afterward_o do_v any_o one_o before_o our_o age_n regard_v this_o advice_n as_o it_o deserve_v so_o that_o 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who_o censure_n we_o most_o willing_o submit_v our_o undertake_n and_o shall_v be_v always_o ready_a to_o receive_v their_o instruction_n and_o emendation_n with_o all_o imaginable_a gratitude_n dissertation_n iii_o concern_v moses_n the_o writer_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n and_o his_o design_n in_o writing_n i._o the_o necessity_n of_o treat_v of_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n ii_o three_o sort_n of_o thing_n we_o find_v in_o the_o pentateuch_n 1._o those_o that_o happen_v before_o moses_n 2._o the_o action_n of_o moses_n which_o be_v without_o doubt_n first_o write_v by_o himself_o 3._o other_o thing_n which_o real_o be_v or_o at_o least_o seem_v to_o be_v late_a than_o the_o age_n of_o moses_n iii_o those_o passage_n which_o some_o people_n imagine_v to_o be_v late_a than_o moses_n be_v examine_v iv_o that_o very_o few_o place_n can_v come_v under_o that_o denomination_n however_o that_o the_o pentateuch_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v give_v away_o from_o moses_n upon_o that_o 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be_v communicate_v to_o he_o by_o god_n nor_o though_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v possible_a yet_o since_o moses_n be_v silent_a in_o the_o matter_n dare_v any_o one_o pretend_v to_o affirm_v it_o as_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n but_o only_o the_o rabbin_n who_o be_v never_o ashamed_a of_o lie_v and_o who_o assertion_n consequent_o be_v not_o much_o to_o be_v regard_v now_o it_o scarce_o seem_v probable_a that_o so_o many_o name_n and_o the_o particular_n of_o so_o many_o year_n can_v be_v hand_v down_o by_o tradition_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n leave_v they_o in_o write_v and_o so_o transmit_v they_o to_o their_o posterity_n which_o monument_n come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n he_o diligent_o copy_v and_o connect_v they_o with_o the_o history_n of_o his_o own_o age_n for_o what_o design_n and_o purpose_n we_o shall_v afterward_o inquire_v now_o what_o sort_n of_o write_n they_o be_v and_o how_o numerous_a only_o those_o person_n can_v inform_v we_o who_o live_v in_o those_o time_n if_o they_o be_v restore_v to_o life_n again_o we_o conjecture_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v write_v carminibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o termination_n wherein_o we_o shall_v at_o some_o better_a convenience_n show_v the_o poetry_n of_o the_o hebrew_n to_o consist_v habuere_fw-la consist_v lamech_n speech_n gen._n 4.23_o m._n le_fw-fr clerk_n have_v observe_v to_o consist_v of_o word_n of_o the_o same_o termination_n in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o it_o be_v his_o opinion_n that_o moses_n borrow_a abundance_n of_o passage_n from_o ancient_a verse_n in_o which_o antiquity_n use_v to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o all_o remarkable_a transaction_n before_o the_o discovery_n of_o letter_n the_o same_o remark_n he_o make_v upon_o chap._n 7.11_o add_v that_o there_o be_v something_o of_o a_o poetical_a spirit_n in_o the_o latter_a but_o i_o look_v upon_o this_o criticism_n to_o be_v ill_o ground_v for_o 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certain_a that_o it_o be_v of_o a_o doubtful_a signification_n and_o may_v signify_v more_o or_o few_o law_n so_o joshua_n 8.32_o it_o be_v say_v that_o joshua_n write_v a_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n upon_o twelve_o stone_n of_o a_o altar_n as_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n see_v deut._n 27.2_o 3._o in_o all_o which_o place_n thorah_n signify_v only_o a_o small_a part_n of_o the_o law_n as_o learned_a man_n have_v observe_v because_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o the_o whole_a five_o book_n of_o moses_n to_o be_v write_v upon_o twelve_o stone_n join_v together_o to_o make_v a_o foursquare_a altar_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o place_n abovementioned_a that_o at_o least_o all_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n be_v write_v by_o moses_n and_o indeed_o so_o many_o troublesome_a law_n can_v not_o be_v remember_v unless_o their_o memory_n be_v refresh_v by_o a_o write_a book_n especial_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v observe_v some_o 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