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brethren_n and_o contemn_v death_n that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o mercy_n i_o may_v receive_v thou_o and_o thy_o brethren_n again_o in_o heaven_n as_o his_o mother_n thus_o admonish_v he_o he_o in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n request_v to_o be_v unbound_v for_o that_o he_o have_v a_o secret_a to_o disclose_v to_o the_o king_n who_o be_v unfetter_v he_o present_o run_v to_o the_o torment_v prepare_v for_o there_o be_v a_o frying-pan_n red_a hot_a that_o be_v prepare_v for_o such_o as_o be_v to_o suffer_v unto_o the_o which_o the_o child_n come_v remember_v his_o brethren_n and_o behold_v also_o the_o king_n he_o say_v unto_o he_o cruel_a tyrant_n i_o now_o know_v thou_o not_o only_o to_o have_v be_v cruel_a against_o my_o brethren_n but_o even_o cruelty_n itself_o wretch_n that_o thou_o f_o f_o be_v who_o give_v thou_o this_o purple_a and_o who_o exalt_v thou_o to_o this_o kingdom_n and_o dignity_n even_o he_o who_o thou_o in_o we_o do_v persecute_v who_o servant_n and_o worshipper_n thou_o kill_v and_o torment_v for_o which_o thy_o wickedness_n thyself_o shall_v suffer_v eternal_a fire_n and_o torment_n which_o shall_v have_v no_o end_n thou_o be_v of_o high_a dignity_n and_o authority_n in_o this_o world_n than_o other_o man_n yet_o he_o that_o make_v other_o man_n make_v thou_o also_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n that_o they_o be_v for_o all_o man_n be_v bear_v and_o must_v die_v alike_o he_o that_o kill_v another_o sheweth_z that_o he_o himself_o may_v be_v kill_v thou_o tear_v and_o torment_v thy_o own_o picture_n and_o image_n in_o vain_a thou_o in_o thy_o fury_n kill_v he_o who_o not_o long_o since_o god_n create_v like_o thyself_o and_o according_a to_o the_o same_o law_n thou_o think_v all_o lawful_a which_o thy_o kingly_a power_n can_v command_v thou_o pull_v out_o our_o tongue_n and_o tear_v our_o body_n with_o flesh-book_n and_o consume_v with_o fire_n but_o they_o who_o have_v already_o suffer_v this_o have_v receive_v everlasting_a g_o g_o joy_n for_o their_o reward_n and_o thou_o shall_v answer_v for_o all_o the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o they_o think_v not_o that_o i_o expect_v any_o favour_n at_o thy_o hand_n i_o will_v follow_v my_o brethren_n and_o remain_v constant_a h_o h_o in_o our_o law_n the_o tyrant_n hear_v this_o be_v wroth_a and_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v torment_v but_o his_o mother_n in_o his_o torment_n comfort_v he_o and_o with_o her_o kind_a hand_n hold_v his_o head_n when_o with_o violence_n of_o the_o torture_n blood_n issue_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n nose_n and_o privy_a part_n the_o tormentor_n not_o cease_v till_o life_n in_o he_o be_v almost_o spend_v but_o they_o by_o god_n appointment_n give_v over_o and_o so_o he_o take_v strength_n again_o to_o endure_v more_o than_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n have_v do_v at_o last_o his_o hand_n and_o arm_n be_v cut_v off_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n to_o heaven_n and_o cry_v o_o adonai_n o_o sabaor_n be_v merciful_a unto_o i_o and_o receive_v i_o into_o the_o company_n of_o my_o brethren_n brother_n the_o death_n of_o the_o young_a brother_n let_v thy_o wrath_n now_o cease_v and_o grant_v they_o mercy_n who_o by_o we_o do_v make_v intercession_n to_o thou_o have_v say_v thus_o his_o tongue_n be_v pull_v out_o he_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n go_v into_o the_o fiery_a i_o i_o fry_v pan_n and_o so_o to_o the_o great_a admiration_n of_o antiochus_n die_v behold_v how_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o reason_n can_v rule_v our_o affection_n see_v that_o child_n hereby_o show_v more_o constancy_n affection_n reason_n mistress_n of_o our_o affection_n than_o the_o tyrant_n can_v show_v cruelty_n for_o it_o be_v reason_n force_n that_o wrought_v in_o they_o that_o determination_n to_o suffer_v all_o torment_n rather_o than_o to_o forsake_v the_o way_n of_o salvation_n these_o constant_a young_a man_n do_v fit_o resemble_v inexpugnable_a tower_n and_o they_o who_o after_o a_o great_a tempest_n and_o shipwrak_fw-mi do_v safe_o enter_v the_o harbour_n of_o salvation_n wave_n a_o similitude_n of_o the_o wave_n who_o guide_v their_o course_n amid_o the_o boysâ—etous_a wave_n at_o last_o obtain_v the_o wish_a shore_n for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o strengthen_v the_o other_o by_o advice_n and_o good_a counsel_n manful_o the_o seven_o brethren_n exhort_v one_o another_o to_o suffer_v death_n manful_o and_o none_o of_o they_o be_v so_o effeminate_a as_o to_o decline_v his_o martyrdom_n none_o use_v delay_v herein_o but_o k_o k_o one_o follow_v another_o example_n let_v we_o therefore_o die_v for_o our_o law_n and_o imitate_v the_o three_o child_n who_o the_o asyrian_o fury_n condemn_v to_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n who_o patience_n spread_v their_o fame_n even_o unto_o heaven_n whilst_o thus_o one_o of_o they_o exhort_v the_o other_o
and_o take_v 271._o o._n babylonian_n require_v anilaeus_n 501._o f._n slay_v the_o jew_n 502._o k._n babylonian_a veil_n 721._o a._n bacchides_n send_v against_o judas_n 323._o n._n use_v tyranny_n and_o treachery_n 324._o b._n fight_v with_o judas_n 326._o b._n be_v slay_v ibid._n murther_v those_o of_o judas_n faction_n 328._o b._n practise_v against_o jonathan_n ib._n c._n revenge_v himself_o on_o the_o fugitive_n 329._o k._n make_v peace_n with_o jonathan_n ibid._n m._n bagose_n general_n of_o artaxerxes_n army_n 293._o h._n offer_v outrage_n to_o the_o jew_n ibid._n baker_n dream_v expound_v 54._o o._n hang_v 55._o a._n bala_n rachel_n handmaid_n 46._o o._n bare_a napthalim_fw-la and_o dan_n ibid._n p._n balaam_n a_o divine_a or_o prophet_n 105._o e._n deni_v to_o go_v with_o balacs_n ambassador_n ibid._n f._n come_v to_o balac_n 106._o i._o prophesi_v good_a to_o befall_v the_o israelite_n 106._o k._n his_o counsel_n to_o balac_n and_o the_o midianite_n ibid._n o._n balac_n send_v a_o embassage_n to_o the_o midianite_n 105._o e._n also_o to_o 〈◊〉_d balaam_n ibid._n e._n reprove_v he_o and_o why_o 106._o l._n follow_v balaams_n counsel_n 107._o b._n balin_n a_o king_n of_o syria_n 37._o a._n ballast_n a_o king_n of_o assyria_n 37._o a._n balm_n 215._o f._n 235._o a._n balthasar_z his_o pride_n 271._o h._n his_o vision_n of_o the_o hand_n ibid._n slay_v 271._o n._n banaia_n slay_v a_o egyptian_a 197._o b._n kill_v a_o lion_n 197._o b._n substitute_v in_o joabs_n place_n 204._o l._n banishment_n of_o cain_n 29._o e._n of_o the_o diviner_n 171._o b._n of_o absalon_n 187._o c._n of_o antipater_n 585._o g._n of_o doris_n 453._o d._n of_o pheroras_n 596._o l._n banquet_n of_o laban_n and_o jacob_n 48._o i._o of_o samuel_n to_o saul_n 150_o n._n and_o of_o he_o to_o david_n 158._o m._n of_o saul_n 165._o b._n of_o david_n to_o the_o people_n 181._o a._n of_o artaxerxes_n 286._o d._n of_o ptolemy_n 303._o n._n of_o archelaus_n 463._o a._n of_o herod_n 483._o f._n barak_n appoint_a general_n 134._o l._n put_v sisera_n to_o flight_n ibid._n n._n slay_v jabin_n and_o govern_v israel_n forty_o year_n 135._o a._n bareas_n one_o of_o the_o five_o king_n of_o assyria_n 37._o a._n baruch_n jeremy_n secretary_n 261._o l._n dismiss_v 266._o b._n barzapharnes_n seize_v upon_o syria_n 572._o i._o instate_v antigonus_n ibid._n barzillais_n excuse_n to_o david_n 194._o i._o battle_n between_o joshuah_n and_o the_o canaanite_n 125._o d._n between_o the_o benjamite_n and_o israelite_n 131._o c._n between_o saul_n and_o the_o philistine_n 173._o e._n between_o joab_n and_o absalon_n 191._o d._n battle_n of_o herod_n 400._o d._n battle_n between_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o jew_n 467._o e._n battery_n of_o jotapata_n 666._o k._n of_o jerusalem_n 723._o b._n 724._o l._n bath_n 768._o k._n bath_n of_o calliroe_n 460._o m._n 602._o l._n bathuel_n son_n of_o nachor_n 35._o e._n father_n of_o rebecca_n and_o labas_n ibid._n g._n beam_n of_o gold_n 368._o b._n bear_v of_o arm_n inhibit_v 154._o i._o beast_n venomous_a a_o plague_n of_o egypt_n 69._o d._n beauty_n of_o superior_a body_n 30._o i._o beauty_n of_o body_n not_o to_o be_v respect_v 158._o i._o beauty_n of_o sara_n 36._o k._n of_o rachel_n 45._o f._n of_o joseph_n 53._o a._n of_o david_n and_o his_o brethren_n 158._o l._n m._n of_o bethsaâ—e_n 184._o k._n bed_n of_o iron_n 105._o b._n begin_v of_o the_o war_n of_o the_o jew_n 622._o i._o behaviour_n of_o rachel_n towards_o jacob_n 45._o f._n belly_n of_o the_o jew_n rip_v for_o gold_n 737._o f._n beneficence_n of_o xerxes_n 282._o b._n c._n benefit_n of_o god_n recite_v 74._o l._n m._n benefit_n of_o herod_n 585._o a._n b._n benjamin_n jacob_n son_n by_o rachel_n 44._o d._n go_v into_o egypt_n 57_o f._n what_o happen_v to_o he_o there_o 58._o i._o attach_v and_o imprison_v 58._o n._n benjamite_n expert_a in_o shoot_v 131._o c._n overthrow_v the_o other_o tribe_n twice_o ibid._n c._n d._n twenty_o five_o thousand_o slay_v and_o why_o 131._o f._n only_a six_o hundred_o escape_n ibid._n f._n take_v they_o wife_n by_o force_n 132._o h._n i._n bernice_n her_o request_n to_o florus_n 623._o f._n berosus_n a_o chaldaean_a writer_n 787._o d._n berosus_n 36._o h._n his_o testimony_n of_o abraham_n ibid._n of_o senacherib_n 256._o e._n of_o nabuchodonosor_n 270._o b._n bethsabe_n the_o pit_n of_o swear_v 40._o a._n beseleel_n a_o workmaster_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n 80._o l._n 89._o c._n bethel_n what_o it_o signify_v 45._o d._n bethsabe_n defile_v by_o david_n 184._o i._o bear_v he_o a_o son_n 185._o b._n bring_v forth_o solomon_n 185._o c._n certifi_v david_n of_o adonias_n etc._n etc._n 199._o e._n birthday_n of_o vespasian_n celebrate_v 762._o i._o of_o pharaoh_n 55._o a._n birthright_n of_o esau_n sell_v 50._o l._n birth_n of_o moses_n 63._o e._n birth_n of_o samson_n 140._o k._n bitterness_n of_o the_o water_n 73._o d._n e._n change_v 74._o h._n blasphemy_n against_o god_n 111._o e._n blasphemer_n of_o god_n to_o be_v stone_v 111._o e._n blaspheme_v of_o goliab_n 159._o c._n d._n e._n bless_v of_o god_n upon_o the_o israelite_n 74._o l._n m._n bless_v of_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n 44._o m._n of_o jacob_n on_o his_o son_n 62._o ay_o blessing_n of_o moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n 118._o m._n blindness_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o how_o 237._o i._o 238._o d._n blindness_n of_o the_o jew_n 736._o k._n 753._o b._n blood_n royal_a destroy_v 240._o d._n body_n celestial_a their_o beauty_n and_o order_n 30._o i._o body_n of_o jacob_n translate_v into_o hebron_n 62._o k._n of_o his_o son_n bring_v thither_o also_o ibid._n body_n of_o saul_n and_o his_o son_n hang_v up_o 174._o i._o boldness_n of_o the_o jew_n 715._o e._n bondage_n of_o the_o israelite_n see_v servitude_n bone_n of_o joseph_n translate_v 62._o l._n 71._o a._n book_n of_o moses_n law_n 111._o b._n c._n when_o to_o be_v read_v 112._o h._n holy_a book_n 118._o m._n find_v and_o read_v 259._o i._o k._n book_n of_o holy_a writ_n how_o many_o 782._o n._n book_n of_o jeremy_n 261._o l._n burn_v ibid._n l._n boos_n friend_n to_o naomi_n and_o ruth_n 142._o d._n eshort_v his_o kinsman_n to_o marry_v ruth_n 143._o d._n espouse_v ruth_n 143._o d._n beget_v obed_n ibid._n e._n booty_n of_o ox_n and_o camel_n 100_o o._n of_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n 687._o o._n border_n of_o galilee_n 659._o c._n d._n of_o judaea_n 659._o e._n of_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o nine_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a 126._o k._n borrow_v thing_n must_v be_v repay_v 116._o i._o botch_n a_o plague_n of_o egypt_n 69._o d._n bound_n of_o land_n be_v not_o to_o be_v remove_v 113._o b._n bound_n of_o the_o nine_o tribe_n and_o half_n possession_n 126._o l._n etc._n etc._n bound_n of_o egypt_n 708._o l._n bowl_n or_o ewer_n 210._o c._n bounty_n requite_v 215._o f._n bounty_n of_o ezechias_n 253._o h._n i._n bounty_n of_o alexander_n to_o the_o jew_n 295._o l._n bounty_n of_o herod_n to_o all_o man_n 585._o a._n b._n of_o caesar_n to_o archelaus_n 607_o c._n of_o titus_n 728._o m._n brazen_a altar_n 211._o i._o vessel_n pertain_v to_o the_o same_o 211._o i._o brazen_a gate_n of_o the_o temple_n open_v of_o itself_o 753._o b._n breach_n of_o god_n law_n loss_n of_o his_o favour_n 704._o h._n i._n breach_n of_o oath_n 255._o m._n 368._o c._n of_o faith_n 361._o n._n breadth_n of_o the_o ark_n of_o noab_n 30._o n._n bread_n of_o proposition_n or_o shewbread_n 92._o n._n brethren_n cain_n and_o abel_n 29._o b._n brethren_n of_o joseph_n hate_v he_o and_o complot_v his_o death_n 51._o d._n sell_v he_o 52._o k._n persuade_v their_o father_n that_o he_o be_v devour_v of_o beast_n ibid._n n._n repent_v of_o the_o evil_n they_o do_v to_o joseph_n 57_o b._n return_v out_o of_o egypt_n ibid._n d_o go_v thither_o again_o ibid._n d._n stay_v in_o their_o journey_n and_o accuse_v of_o theft_n 58._o i._o k._n die_v 62._o k._n l._n seven_o brethren_n torment_v and_o put_v to_o death_n 821._o a._n b._n 822._o h._n i._n 823._o a._n b._n bribery_n of_o elies_n son_n 143._o f._n of_o antonius_n 391._o l._n of_o ventidius_n 384._o f._n 575._o c._n of_o silo_n ibid._n 575._o c._n of_o antipater_n 594._o m._n n._n brother_n of_o abraham_n 35._o d._n of_o joseph_n 50._o m._n of_o antipater_n 588._o l._n m._n brother_n bewail_v their_o mother_n 589._o c._n excuse_v themselves_o ibid._n d._n broil_n at_o caesarea_n 537._o e._n at_o jerusalem_n 638._o h._n building_n of_o the_o temple_n 208._o m._n inhibit_v 277._o n._n permit_v 278._o c._n d._n e._n bulwark_n build_v by_o the_o roman_n 733._o d._n burial_n of_o sara_n 42._o f._n of_o abraham_n 43._o d._n of_o isaac_n 49._o f._n of_o jacob_n 62._o l._n m._n of_o samuel_n 168._o l._n of_o jadon_n 220._o e._n of_o