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chap._n iii_o of_o man_n consider_v in_o his_o first_o state_n wherein_o he_o be_v create_v and_o of_o paradise_n the_o place_n of_o his_o habitation_n pag._n 13_o chap._n four_o of_o the_o word_n religion_n and_o of_o the_o religion_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n before_o the_o fall_n pag._n 17_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n and_o of_o original_a sin_n p._n 21_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o divine_a image_n after_o the_o fall_n whereby_o natural_o man_n addict_v themselves_o unto_o some_o religion_n and_o what_o be_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o world_n before_o the_o flood_n pag._n 25_o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o cause_n and_o come_n of_o the_o flood_n p._n 30_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o repeople_a of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o division_n of_o tongue_n and_o nation_n pag._n 34_o chap._n ix_o a_o geographical_a narration_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n in_o general_a and_o more_o particular_o of_o asia_n pag._n 39_o chap._n x._o of_o babylonia_n the_o 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pag._n 73_o chap._n xvii_o of_o phoenicia_n and_o of_o the_o theology_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o ancient_a phoenician_n of_o their_o art_n and_o invention_n pag._n 76_o chap._n xviii_o of_o palaestina_n and_o the_o first_o inhabitant_n thereof_o the_o sodomite_n idumaean_n moabite_n ammonite_n and_o canaanite_n with_o other_o pag._n 83_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o hebrew_n nation_n and_o religion_n from_o the_o begin_n thereof_o to_o our_o time_n chap._n i._n the_o preface_n of_o this_o book_n and_o a_o description_n of_o the_o region_n of_o palaestina_n since_o call_v judaea_n and_o now_o terra_fw-la sancta_fw-la pag._n 89_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o hebrew_a patriarch_n and_o their_o religion_n before_o the_o law_n also_o of_o their_o law_n and_o polity_n pag._n 95_o §_o i._o of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o religion_n before_o the_o law_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n the_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o of_o proselyte_n pag._n 96_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o hebrew_n polity_n and_o civil_a government_n pag._n 97_o §_o four_o of_o the_o jewish_a excommunication_n pag._n 100_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o religious_a place_n among_o the_o israelite_n their_o tabernacle_n temple_n synagogue_n pag._n 101_o chap._n four_o of_o the_o jewish_a computation_n of_o time_n and_o of_o their_o festival_n day_n pag._n 105_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o festival_n day_n institute_v by_o god_n in_o the_o law_n pag._n 108_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o feast_n and_o fast_n which_o the_o jew_n institute_v to_o themselves_o with_o a_o calendar_n of_o their_o feast_n and_o fast_n through_o the_o year_n as_o they_o be_v now_o observe_v pag._n 113_o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o ancient_a oblation_n gift_n and_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o their_o tithe_n and_o of_o their_o priest_n and_o person_n ecclesiastical_a and_o religious_a pag._n 115_o §_o i._o of_o their_o oblation_n gift_n and_o sacrifice_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o tithe_n and_o their_o manner_n of_o tithing_n pag._n 116_o §_o iii_o of_o their_o personal_a offering_n and_o of_o their_o and_o our_o ecclesiastical_a revenue_n pag._n 119_o §_o four_o of_o their_o firstborn_a priest_n levite_n and_o other_o religious_a person_n pag._n 121_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o diverse_a sect_n opinion_n and_o alteration_n of_o religion_n among_o the_o hebrew_n pag._n 123_o §_o i._o of_o their_o ancient_a division_n and_o idolatry_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o karraim_n and_o rabbinists_n and_o of_o hasidaei_n pag._n 125_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o pharisee_n pag._n 126_o §_o four_o of_o the_o sadducee_n pag._n 129_o §_o v._o of_o the_o hessee_n pag._n 130_o §_o vi_o of_o the_o scribe_n pag._n 132_o §_o vii_o of_o many_o other_o jewish_a sect_n and_o heresy_n pag._n 133_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o samaritan_o pag._n 136_o chap._n x._o the_o miserable_a destruction_n and_o dispersion_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o desolation_n of_o their_o city_n and_o temple_n to_o this_o day_n p._n 140_o §_o i._o of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o titus_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o adrian_n pag._n 141_o §_o iii_o of_o other_o their_o false_a christ_n and_o seduce_a prophet_n pag._n 143_o §_o four_o of_o the_o miserable_a dispersion_n of_o the_o jew_n pag._n 144_o §_o v._o of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o their_o disperse_a habitation_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ben._n tudelensis_n pag._n 146_o §_o vi_o of_o some_o jew_n late_o find_v in_o china_n and_o of_o their_o late_a accident_n in_o germany_n pag._n 150_o §_o vii_o of_o the_o jew_n sometime_o live_v in_o england_n collect_v out_o of_o ancient_a record_n by_o master_n john_n selden_n of_o the_o inner_a temple_n pag._n 151_o chap._n xi_o a_o chronology_n of_o the_o jewish_a history_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n brief_o collect_v pag._n 153_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o jewish_a talmud_n and_o the_o composition_n and_o estimation_n thereof_o also_o of_o the_o jewish_a learned_a man_n their_o succession_n their_o cabalist_n masorite_n their_o rabbin_n university_n student_n rabbinical_a creation_n their_o scripture_n and_o the_o translation_n of_o they_o pag._n 155_o §_o i._o of_o the_o talmud_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o ancient_a jewish_a author_n and_o their_o cabalist_n pag._n 161_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o rabbin_n the_o rite_n of_o their_o creation_n the_o jewish_a university_n and_o student_n pag._n 164_o §_o four_o of_o the_o scripture_n and_o their_o interpretation_n pag._n 168_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o modern_a jew_n creed_n or_o the_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n with_o their_o interpretation_n of_o the_o same_o and_o their_o affirmative_a and_o negative_a precept_n pag._n 170_o §_o i._o of_o their_o creed_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o negative_a precept_n expound_v by_o the_o rabbin_n pag._n 174_o §_o iii_o of_o their_o affirmative_a precept_n pag._n
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1._o kin._n 22.22_o 22.22_o vict._n de_fw-fr carben_n lib._n 1._o cont_n jud._n cap._n 8._o p._n ric._n praec._o affirmat_fw-la 19_o 19_o psal._o 72.19_o 72.19_o mor._n neb._n l._n 3._o cap._n 64._o buxdorf_n c_o 6_o 7._o 7._o relation_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o west_n west_n deut._n 11.13_o 11.13_o levit._n 26.10_o 26.10_o talmud_n tract_n sotah_n cap._n 1._o 1._o prou._n 6.26_o 6.26_o they_o may_v not_o drink_v any_o wine_n with_o the_o gentile_n because_o it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o it_o have_v be_v offer_v to_o idol_n or_o no_o and_o though_o it_o be_v allege_v that_o the_o gentile_n now_o do_v not_o serve_v idol_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v determine_v by_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o rabbin_n till_o by_o a_o counsel_n of_o so_o many_o that_o decree_n be_v disannul_v it_o must_v stand_v elias_n this_o rad_a nesech_n nesech_n robin_n goodfellow_n or_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o buttery_n among_o the_o jew_n concern_v angel_n it_o be_v thus_o write_v in_o the_o book_n aboth_o folio_n 83._o from_o the_o earth_n to_o the_o firmament_n all_o be_v full_a of_o troop_n and_o ruler_n and_o below_o be_v many_o hurtful_a and_o accuse_a creature_n which_o all_o have_v their_o abode_n in_o the_o air_n no_o place_n be_v free_a of_o which_o some_o be_v for_o peace_n some_o for_o war_n some_o provoke_v to_o good_a some_o to_o evil_a to_o life_n and_o death_n etc_n etc_n drus_n lib._n 7._o praet_fw-la they_o say_v the_o angel_n raeziel_n be_v god_n secretary_n of_o which_o name_n be_v two_o cabalistical_a book_n elias_n this_o samael_n be_v the_o devil_n every_o one_o have_v two_o angel_n one_o at_o his_o right_a hand_n the_o other_o at_o his_o left_a rambam_fw-la m._n n._n lib._n 3.23_o 3.23_o he_o that_o leave_v nothing_o on_o the_o table_n shall_v not_o be_v prosperous_a sanhed_n c._n helek_n helek_n psal._o 39.10_o 11_o 11_o scholae_fw-la pulsator_fw-la among_o the_o jew_n be_v as_o our_o sexton_n they_o will_v not_o admit_v of_o bell_n because_o it_o be_v a_o invention_n of_o the_o christian_n &_o because_o say_v carbensis_n they_o be_v baptize_v they_o use_v this_o proverb_n therof_o he_o which_o ring_v a_o bell_n let_v he_o fall_v in_o the_o dunghill_n and_o he_o which_o hang_v on_o the_o belrope_n may_v he_o hang_v in_o hell_n vict._n carb_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o 11._o psal._o 84_o 4._o &_o 144.15_o &_o 145.5_o 145.5_o josh_o 7.6_o 7.6_o deut._n 6.4_o 6.4_o tract_n rabath_n kama_n c._n 7._o 7._o exod._n 15.22_o 15.22_o li._n musar_n c._n 4_o 4_o princip_n sap_n ap_fw-mi drus_n drus_n the_o devout_a jew_n fast_o every_o monday_n and_o thursday_n vid._n buxdor_n sin_v cap._n 9_o &_o drus_n praet_fw-la in_o luc._n 1.8_o &_o 18.2_o 18.2_o li._n musar_n 26._o 26._o in_o thisb_n rad_a sacar_n sacar_n in_o their_o synagogue_n they_o may_v do_v this_o but_o not_o in_o their_o school_n see_v c._n 12._o sup._n §._o 3._o 3._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o law-lecture_n law-lecture_n the_o fold_n of_o the_o wood_n of_o life_n life_n prou._n 3.18_o 3.18_o precantor_n precantor_n psal._o 34.4_o 34.4_o psalm_n 99.9_o legem_fw-la legebant_fw-la primumm_n sacerdos_n deinde_fw-la levita_fw-la postreme_a israel_n nam_fw-la tres_fw-la erant_fw-la qui_fw-la eam_fw-la legebant_fw-la drus_n ex_fw-la li._n musar_n woman_n have_v a_o synagogue_n apart_o from_o the_o man_n man_n zach._n 12.2_o 12.2_o this_o preparation_n or_o parasceve_fw-la they_o observe_v before_o the_o sabbath_n and_o other_o feast_n tertullian_n call_v they_o caenae_fw-la purae_fw-la purae_fw-la exod._n 16.25_o 16.25_o orach_n chaijm_fw-la cap._n 2._o 2._o gen._n 3.12_o 3.12_o de_fw-fr sab._n c._n 21._o 21._o like_o to_o this_o be_v the_o story_n of_o turnus_n and_o r._n akiba_n in_o the_o talmud_n tract_n sanhed_n cap._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr sab._n c._n 16._o 16._o dicunt_fw-la cabalistae_fw-la quòd_fw-la qui_fw-la uxorem_fw-la svam_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la in_o media_fw-la nocte_fw-la noctis_fw-la veneris_fw-la adveniente_fw-la sabbato_fw-la &_o non_fw-la aliter_fw-la prospera_fw-la erit_fw-la ei_fw-la generatio_fw-la tale_n n_z nunquam_fw-la caerebunt_fw-la haerede_fw-la &_o bonos_fw-es procreabunt_fw-la filios_fw-la &_o tale_n dicuntur_fw-la eunuchi_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la etiam_fw-la that_fw-mi bona_fw-la temporalia_fw-la quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la tunc_fw-la tipheret_n copulatur_fw-la uxori_fw-la malcut_n ratione_fw-la sobbati_n sic_fw-la vir_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la influxis_fw-la tipheret_n participabit_fw-la archang._o in_o cabal_n quem_fw-la consul_n de_fw-la tipher_n &_o malch_n pag._n 769._o 769._o esa_n 58.13_o 58.13_o minhagam_fw-la pag._n 13._o 13._o math._n 27.47_o 27.47_o this_o holy_a wine_n they_o sprinkle_v about_o their_o house_n and_o themselves_o as_o effectual_a against_o disease_n and_o devil_n devil_n math_n 12_o 11._o 11._o job._n 9_o they_o accuse_v christ_n for_o anoint_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o blind_a etc_n etc_n yet_o they_o except_v the_o danger_n of_o life_n thanchuma_n 8.1_o &_o imeden_n folio_n 41._o aquiba_n say_v one_o may_v raise_v the_o dead_a by_o necromancy_n except_o on_o the_o sabbath_n and_o misuoth_v 100_o he_o determine_v a_o sabbath_n journey_n out_o of_o town_n for_o within_o though_o as_o wide_a as_o ninive_n it_o have_v none_o at_o 2000_o cubit_n which_o there_o be_v a_o measure_a mile_n mile_n five_o ct_n caroâ—ns_n l._n 1._o buxdorf_n syn._n jud._n jud._n of_o their_o tekuphas_n see_v sup_v c._n 4._o 4._o scal._n em._n tem._n l._n 7._o p._n 592._o 592._o their_o order_n of_o celebrate_v the_o passover_n at_o this_o day_n day_n thus_o curious_a be_v the_o roman_a woman_n in_o the_o tite_n of_o bana_n dea_n not_o leave_v a_o mousehole_n unsearched_a lest_o some_o male_a mouse_n may_v mar_v the_o solemnity_n solemnity_n hac_fw-la nocte_fw-la pas_n legunt_fw-la historiam_fw-la de_fw-la exitu_fw-la aeg._n &_o bibunt_fw-la 4_o cyathos_fw-la vini_fw-la &_o post_fw-la coenam_fw-la frangunt_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o daunt_v partem_fw-la svam_fw-la unicuique_fw-la in_o mensacum_fw-la tantasanctitate_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pascha_fw-la mactassent_v phil._n ferdinand_n praec._o 19_o 19_o abundans_fw-la cautela_fw-la non_fw-la nocet_fw-la nocet_fw-la pentecost_n pentecost_n so_o the_o primitive_a church_n neither_o fast_v nor_o kneel_v all_o the_o day_n between_o easter_n &_o pentecost_n in_o token_n of_o joyful_a hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n just_o mart._n quaest._o 115._o amb._n ser_n 61._o hier._n aug._n etc_n etc_n perhaps_o in_o imitation_n of_o this_o jewish_a rite_n apply_v to_o that_o mystery_n mystery_n tabernacle_n tabernacle_n the_o last_o day_n they_o may_v kindle_v fire_n from_o another_o not_o strike_v fire_n with_o stone_n or_o metal_n nor_o quench_v it_o although_o to_o save_v their_o good_a nor_o blow_v it_o with_o bellows_n but_o with_o a_o reed_n they_o may_v with_o many_o trifle_a observation_n else_o mention_v by_o munst_n precept_n mos_n cum_fw-la expos_fw-la rab._n rab._n palm_n and_o willow_n and_o pomecitron_n and_o myrtle_n the_o cause_n hereof_o rambam_n deliver_v moreb_n neb._n p._n 3._o c._n 44._o 44._o psal._o 96.12_o 96.12_o bux_n de_fw-fr