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there_o be_v a_o noble_a testimony_n to_o divine_a providence_n prevent_v humane_a miscarriage_n or_o repair_v they_o a_o failure_n on_o the_o one_o side_n we_o find_v in_o 2_o chron._n 34.14_o hilkiah_n the_o priest_n find_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n write_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n and_o a_o special_a care_n on_o the_o other_o isa_n 34.16_o seek_v you_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o read_v one_o of_o these_o viz._n prophecy_n shall_v not_o fail_v neither_o one_o or_o other_o shall_v be_v want_v for_o my_o mouth_n itself_o have_v command_v it_o may_v be_v christ_n and_o his_o spirit_n have_v gather_v they_o
much_o like_o the_o arabian_n but_o i_o think_v they_o have_v more_o time_n than_o wit_n to_o spare_v that_o can_v bestow_v much_o of_o it_o in_o learning_n or_o teach_v that_o art_n but_o of_o old_a it_o do_v consist_v only_o in_o a_o oratorical_a proportion_n 1._o the_o name_n signify_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o song_n 2._o the_o musical_a instrument_n 3._o no_o attempt_n have_v be_v able_a to_o reconcile_v they_o to_o any_o strict_a measure_n use_v in_o europe_n arabia_n persia_n or_o turkey_n no_o lyric_a licence_n in_o horatian_n or_o pindaric_a ode_n will_v comprehend_v the_o psalm_n of_o david_n no_o comical_a dimension_n use_v in_o terentius_n or_o plautus_n can_v confine_v any_o hebrew_n verse_n except_o by_o accident_n as_o sometime_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n deviation_n be_v rare_a in_o the_o one_o common_a in_o the_o other_o gomarus_n in_o his_o lyra_n have_v this_o rule_n reg._n 5._o the_o hebrew_n verse_n be_v first_o various_a second_o of_o various_a foot_n three_o more_o or_o mix_v four_o short_a or_o long_o five_o analogous_n or_o anomalous_a six_o excessive_a or_o defective_a seven_o of_o many_o kind_n without_o order_n or_o relation_n it_o have_v be_v soon_o say_v any_o prose_n make_v hebrew_n verse_n i_o do_v think_v the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o m_o s_o s._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n roll_n give_v occasion_n to_o think_v all_o the_o old_a testament_n a_o jambic_a kind_n of_o short_a verse_n for_o hermannus_n ʋander_n hardit_n say_v he_o have_v see_v some_o in_o this_o form_n the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o mss._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o every_o considerable_a lord_n command_v a_o line_n which_o render_v the_o sense_n obvious_a and_o distinct_a deut._n 32._o stand_n in_o our_o hebrew_a bible_n after_o this_o manner_n now_o a_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a method_n this_o look_n like_o our_o european_a poesy_n and_o may_v deceive_v the_o credulous_a unacquainted_a with_o the_o true_a design_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o these_o point_n govern_v and_o rule_v the_o coherence_n and_o division_n of_o matter_n and_o cadency_n of_o affection_n and_o this_o order_n render_v this_o obvious_a to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o reader_n there_o be_v another_o notion_n may_v be_v worth_a the_o insert_v about_o the_o ancient_a roll_n and_o volume_n in_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n viz._n their_o bigness_n that_o as_o goodw._n say_v be_v ten_o ell_n in_o breadth_n and_o twenty_o in_o length_n buxtorf_n say_v in_o some_o of_o their_o synagogue_n you_o may_v see_v all_o the_o pentateuch_n in_o a_o volume_n of_o fifty_o ell_n most_o neat_o compact_v aristeus_n say_v that_o that_o present_v to_o ptol._n phil._n by_o the_o lxx_o have_v its_o parchment_n so_o neat_o unite_v sow_v or_o glue_v that_o neither_o eye_n nor_o reason_n can_v see_v where_o the_o juncture_n be_v how_o false_o then_o do_v p._n sim._n say_v much_o disorder_n in_o the_o bible_n be_v come_v from_o the_o misplace_n the_o several_a parchment_n heap_v up_o one_o on_o top_n of_o another_o and_o when_o roll_v off_o displace_v when_o again_o roll_v up_o for_o psal_n 40.8_o it_o be_v in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o book_n the_o whole_a book_n be_v one_o volume_n nor_o do_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n oppose_v it_o cap._n 10._o v._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o h._n gro._n and_o svi_fw-la do_v observe_v be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o role_n for_o not_o only_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o all_o the_o prophet_n testify_v of_o this_o great_a messiah_n if_o these_o sacred_a volume_n have_v suffer_v aliquid_fw-la humani_fw-la he_o have_v have_v a_o better_a foundation_n for_o guess_v it_o from_o misplace_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jer._n 36.23_o when_o he_o have_v read_v three_o or_o four_o leaf_n the_o word_n signify_v door_n or_o plot_n like_o bed_n in_o a_o garden_n for_o we_o may_v see_v that_o be_v their_o custom_n to_o write_v one_o prophecy_n in_o one_o place_n and_o another_o in_o another_o place_n they_o do_v not_o carry_v the_o line_n through_o the_o whole_a breadth_n of_o the_o parchment_n now_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o he_o that_o copy_v out_o this_o not_o to_o write_v first_o in_o his_o book_n or_o roll_n what_o be_v first_o write_v in_o the_o original_a but_o i_o think_v the_o gentleman_n in_o great_a need_n of_o argument_n that_o tell_v i_o his_o great_a objection_n against_o the_o scripture_n divinity_n be_v the_o humanity_n he_o see_v in_o jeremiah_n some_o story_n in_o a_o latter_a chapter_n 7_o or_o 20_o year_n act_v before_o what_o be_v record_v in_o a_o former_a chapter_n they_o may_v bring_v the_o same_o argument_n because_o jeremiah_n be_v put_v after_o nehemiah_n which_o in_o time_n be_v 200_o year_n before_o and_o solomon_n book_n 500_o year_n before_o he_o and_o jeremiah_n lamentation_n in_o most_o hebrew_a book_n put_v next_o to_o moses_n but_o i_o be_o inform_v by_o a_o french_a minister_n who_o hear_v it_o that_o heideggerus_fw-la so_o run_v down_o p._n simon_n that_o he_o confess_v what_o i_o can_v do_v before_o hand_n that_o his_o arabic_a and_o rabbenic_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o at_o second-hand_n the_o 3d._a argument_n be_v that_o which_o alone_o may_v give_v saticfaction_n because_o they_o be_v harmonious_a mean_n in_o serve_v of_o this_o end_n no_o body_n can_v ever_o yet_o find_v out_o rule_v by_o which_o they_o guide_v we_o in_o the_o metre_n or_o music_n of_o scripture_n though_o it_o have_v be_v study_v by_o many_o this_o 1500_o year_n but_o i_o can_v find_v no_o man_n before_o bohlius_n about_o 40_o year_n ago_o that_o have_v dream_v of_o this_o end_n since_o it_o be_v lose_v and_o it_o have_v come_v to_o a_o considerable_a perfection_n if_o too_o early_a death_n have_v not_o snatch_v he_o off_o in_o his_o very_a youth_n we_o may_v have_v see_v it_o in_o its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d long_o before_o now_o do_v any_o man_n desire_v better_a proof_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o a_o grammar_n than_o this_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o classic_a author_n be_v so_o that_o by_o follow_v these_o rule_v we_o be_v able_a to_o expound_v and_o make_v latin_a something_a like_a to_o they_o in_o physics_n we_o require_v no_o more_o of_o axiom_n than_o this_o that_o we_o can_v explain_v the_o most_o difficile_a appearance_n or_o effect_n of_o nature_n by_o they_o now_o in_o this_o bible_n thou_o have_v at_o least_o 22_o classic_a author_n time_n will_n it_o may_v be_v discover_v some_o other_o book_n that_o have_v they_o too_o if_o not_o it_o be_v a_o exactness_n shine_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o book_n above_o other_o and_o the_o rule_n i_o shall_v give_v thou_o about_o these_o point_n shall_v both_o instruct_v thou_o to_o expound_v they_o and_o make_v hebrew_n in_o syntactical_a order_n like_o they_o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v axiom_n hold_v as_o universal_o without_o exception_n as_o the_o axiom_n of_o physics_n and_o that_o i_o may_v not_o disappoint_v nor_o defer_v thy_o expectation_n i_o will_v first_o show_v thou_o how_o harmonious_a the_o scripture_n be_v to_o admit_v and_o accept_v of_o rule_n of_o this_o kind_n for_o where_o the_o like_a syntax_n or_o sentence_n there_o be_v the_o like_a point_n as_o equal_v there_o be_v a_o harmonious_a tenor_n in_o this_o affair_n ex_fw-la gr_n leu._n 4.1_o and_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o moses_n chap._n v._o  _fw-fr leu._n 4._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d likewise_o chap._n 8.1_o and_o 12.1_o and_o 14.1_o and_o 17.1.18.1.19.1.20.1.22.1_o compare_v psal_n 14._o with_o 53._o and_o psal_n 105._o to_o v._o 16._o with_o 1_o chro._n 17._o from_o v._o 8._o to_o v._o 13._o and_o psal_n 18._o with_o 2_o sam._n 22._o though_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o poetical_a point_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o equivalency_n num._n 7._o be_v a_o remarkable_a scripture_n the_o vowel_n be_v omit_v in_o all_o our_o bibles_n because_o as_o most_o think_v no_o need_n the_o same_o be_v again_o repeat_v but_o the_o
make_v three_o proposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o they_o shall_v feed_v on_o they_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o death_n or_o grave_n which_o be_v a_o substitute_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v too_o great_a a_o lord_n for_o the_o distinction_n our_o english_a make_v their_o beauty_n shall_v consume_v in_o their_o grave_n from_o their_o dwell_n the_o least_o of_o dominus_fw-la may_v serve_v that_o comma_n psal_n 10.15_o break_v thou_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o wicked_a man_n and_o the_o evil_n seek_v out_o his_o wickedness_n till_o thou_o find_v none_o here_o be_v a_o intolerable_a disorder_n and_o by_o it_o a_o different_a sense_n from_o the_o truth_n for_o there_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o wicked_a man_n a_o colon_n between_o it_o and_o the_o evil_a and_o then_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o upon_o evil_a to_o divide_v it_o from_o what_o follow_v and_o so_o suppose_v something_o understand_v therefore_o be_v to_o be_v turn_v thus_o break_v thou_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o then_o as_o to_o the_o evil_a man_n if_o thou_o seek_v for_o his_o iniquity_n thou_o shall_v not_o find_v it_o or_o as_o before_o david_n confess_v so_o long_o as_o they_o have_v mean_n to_o pursue_v wickedness_n with_o they_o will_v never_o leave_v it_o psal_n 106._o there_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neglect_v on_o generation_n thus_o he_o have_v say_v in_o his_o heart_n i_o shall_v never_o be_v move_v from_o generation_n to_o generation_n i_o shall_v never_o be_v move_v for_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v in_o adversity_n thus_o have_v i_o make_v choice_n of_o give_v instance_n of_o what_o be_v otherwise_o than_o it_o shall_v be_v by_o neglect_n of_o the_o accent_n rather_o than_o what_o must_v be_v for_o i_o can_v change_v every_o verse_n into_o a_o quite_o contrary_a sense_n point_n sense_n read_v the_o critic_n and_o thou_o will_v find_v five_o sometime_o ten_o different_a sense_n 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