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first_o instance_n of_o polygamy_n be_v in_o that_o generation_n and_o private_o insinuate_v that_o lamech_v who_o first_o assume_v that_o liberty_n be_v of_o a_o fierce_a disposition_n and_o despise_v his_o other_o wife_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o history_n 4._o moses_n endeavour_n in_o this_o history_n to_o raise_v a_o aversion_n in_o the_o israelite_n to_o the_o fable_n of_o their_o neighbour_n and_o consequent_o to_o their_o religion_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v build_v upon_o they_o and_o this_o seem_v probable_a for_o the_o follow_a reason_n he_o not_o only_o teach_v that_o the_o world_n be_v create_v which_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n seem_v to_o have_v believe_v or_o rather_o know_v it_o from_o ancient_a monument_n but_o he_o likewise_o show_v how_o many_o generation_n there_o be_v from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o world_n down_o to_o his_o own_o time_n and_o reckon_v every_o particular_a person_n so_o generate_v to_o oppose_v the_o truth_n to_o that_o mighty_a number_n of_o generation_n which_o the_o egyptian_n pretend_v to_o have_v be_v in_o their_o own_o country_n for_o not_o to_o mention_v what_o the_o learned_a sir_n john_n marsham_n have_v collect_v relate_v to_o this_o head_n herodotus_n who_o live_v about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o four_o chiliad_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o second_o book_n chap._n 142._o that_o the_o egyptian_n pretend_v after_o the_o god_n have_v cease_v to_o reign_v in_o egypt_n that_o there_o reach_v to_o his_o age_n three_o hundred_o forty_o five_o generation_n which_o make_v up_o ten_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o seventy_o three_o year_n see_v the_o boast_v of_o the_o egyptian_n ezek._n 29.3_o and_o our_o annotation_n upon_o number_n 13.23_o but_o moses_n show_v gen._n 10.6_o that_o after_o the_o flood_n egypt_n be_v people_v by_o the_o posterity_n of_o cham_n who_o come_v thither_o out_o of_o babylon_n the_o egyptian_n too_o romance_v very_o much_o concern_v the_o generation_n of_o man_n in_o their_o country_n and_o about_o the_o flood_n which_o may_v be_v find_v in_o diodorus_n l._n 1._o they_o boast_v that_o they_o be_v the_o 1._o the_o so_o they_o ascribe_v the_o invention_n of_o music_n to_o one_o thouth_n a_o friend_n of_o osiriâ—_n who_o as_o diodoras_n as_o tell_v we_o l._n 1._o invent_v the_o harp_n with_o three_o string_n but_o moses_n give_v it_o to_o jubal_n they_o likewise_o pretend_v that_o under_o the_o reign_n of_o osiris_n the_o art_n of_o work_v in_o brass_n and_o iron_n be_v find_v out_o in_o theâ—aiâ—_n see_v the_o same_o historian_n lib._n 1._o inventor_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o the_o same_o author_n tell_v we_o most_o of_o which_o moses_n confute_v by_o the_o bye_n give_v a_o quite_o different_a account_n of_o thing_n and_o plain_o show_v that_o other_o be_v the_o inventor_n
ii_o the_o reason_n ancient_o assign_v for_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o iii_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v perform_v iv_o other_o jewish_a rite_n examine_v in_o relation_n to_o their_o original_a 1._o it_o have_v be_v a_o question_n long_o debate_v among_o learned_a man_n whether_o the_o jew_n borrow_v this_o ceremony_n from_o the_o egyptian_n since_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o undoubted_a testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_n that_o other_o nation_n and_o particu_o the_o latter_a use_v circumcision_n or_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n whether_o the_o egyptian_n have_v it_o from_o the_o jew_n herodotus_n l._n 2._o maintain_v the_o first_o opinion_n the_o colchian_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o aethiopian_n say_v this_o historian_n be_v the_o only_a people_n that_o use_v circumcision_n from_o the_o beginning_n now_o the_o colchian_o and_o aethiopian_n be_v colony_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o therefore_o borrow_a without_o doubt_n this_o custom_n from_o their_o founder_n he_o immediate_o subjoin_v the_o phaenician_o and_o the_o syrian_n that_o live_v in_o palestine_n own_o that_o they_o learn_v it_o of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n the_o people_n of_o egypt_n as_o they_o be_v always_o extreme_o tenacious_a of_o their_o own_o custom_n so_o they_o express_v that_o contempt_n for_o those_o of_o foreign_a nation_n that_o they_o imagine_v themselves_o to_o be_v pollute_v even_o with_o keep_v any_o correspondence_n with_o stranger_n they_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o their_o father_n and_o learn_v no_o other_o be_v the_o word_n of_o herodotus_n l._n 2._o cap._n 78._o who_o repeat_v the_o same_o cap._n 91._o notwithstanding_o this_o testimony_n be_v so_o plain_a against_o they_o yet_o several_a person_n maintain_v that_o circumcision_n begin_v among_o the_o jew_n and_o particular_o from_o abraham_n who_o god_n command_v to_o observe_v it_o as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o 17_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n as_o a_o peculiar_a sign_n to_o distinguish_v his_o posterity_n from_o other_o nation_n the_o learned_a spencer_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la mos_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o cite_v the_o reason_n urge_v on_o both_o side_n at_o large_a and_o compare_v they_o who_o the_o reader_n may_v consult_v for_o his_o far_a satisfaction_n it_o be_v indeed_o not_o improbable_a to_o suppose_v that_o though_o this_o custom_n have_v be_v long_o before_o observe_v by_o the_o egyptian_n either_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o cleanliness_n which_o they_o principal_o affect_v or_o for_o some_o other_o reason_n we_o be_v unacquainted_a with_o yet_o god_n for_o another_o end_n may_v enjoin_v abraham_n to_o observe_v it_o and_o thus_o neither_o the_o jew_n derive_v it_o from_o the_o egyptian_n nor_o the_o egyptian_n from_o the_o jew_n although_o the_o egyptian_a custom_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o the_o divine_a precept_n it_o seem_v incredible_a to_o many_o that_o so_o inconvenient_a and_o troublesome_a a_o ceremony_n and_o when_o perform_v upon_o person_n that_o be_v arrive_v to_o year_n of_o maturity_n so_o indecent_a and_o last_o which_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o contribute_v to_o piety_n and_o good_a manner_n shall_v be_v at_o first_o institute_v by_o god_n almighty_a they_o therefore_o suspect_v that_o abraham_n who_o have_v see_v it_o do_v in_o egypt_n and_o perhaps_o be_v inform_v by_o some_o egyptian_a servant_n who_o he_o have_v carry_v with_o he_o from_o egypt_n into_o canaan_n of_o the_o reason_n they_o allege_v for_o a_o rite_n which_o seem_v otherwise_o so_o absurd_a to_o have_v mighty_o approve_v of_o it_o which_o when_o god_n almighty_n perceive_v who_o by_o a_o wonderful_a condescension_n accommodate_v himself_o to_o humane_a imbecility_n command_v abraham_n to_o observe_v that_o custom_n which_o he_o like_v in_o other_o nation_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v the_o same_o because_o not_o to_o mention_v that_o it_o be_v not_o do_v at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o perhaps_o the_o rite_n too_o be_v different_a the_o cause_n in_o both_o be_v not_o the_o same_o origen_n in_o his_o learned_a book_n against_o celsus_n have_v a_o remarkable_a passage_n upon_o this_o occasion_n lib._n 5._o p._n 263._o of_o the_o cambridge_n edition_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o jewish_a circumcision_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o the_o egyptian_n or_o colchian_o and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o suppose_v the_o circumcision_n be_v the_o same_o as_o for_o instance_n a_o priest_n that_o offer_v sacrifice_n do_v not_o offer_v it_o to_o the_o same_o divinity_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o perform_v those_o sacred_a rite_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o as_o he_o that_o pray_v do_v not_o say_v the_o same_o prayer_n with_o another_o although_o he_o supplicate_v for_o the_o same_o thing_n so_o likewise_o though_o one_o be_v circumcise_v we_o must_v not_o infer_v that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a difference_n between_o his_o circumcision_n and_o that_o of_o other_o people_n for_o the_o intention_n the_o law_n and_o will_v of_o he_o that_o circumcise_n make_v it_o a_o different_a matter_n ii_o the_o ancient_a jew_n be_v use_v to_o assign_v four_o reason_n why_o this_o covenant_n be_v rather_o institute_v in_o the_o prepuce_fw-la than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o body_n the_o first_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prevention_n of_o a_o troublesome_a disease_n and_o hard_o to_o be_v cure_v which_o they_o call_v a_o carbuncle_n because_o it_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v inflame_v these_o be_v the_o express_a word_n of_o philo_n in_o his_o treatise_n concern_v circumcision_n who_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o those_o that_o be_v uncircumcised_a be_v more_o obnoxious_a to_o this_o distemper_n than_o the_o circumcise_a cornelius_n celsus_n l._n 6._o c._n 18._o §_o 5._o teach_v we_o a_o way_n how_o to_o cure_v this_o disease_n but_o i_o very_o much_o question_n whether_o it_o visit_v the_o 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upbraid_v with_o a_o uncircumcised_a heart_n see_v leviticus_n 26.41_o but_o philo_n and_o some_o other_o believe_v that_o the_o renounce_n of_o all_o dishonest_a pleasure_n be_v chief_o signify_v by_o it_o because_o among_o the_o great_a variety_n of_o pleasure_n that_o of_o carnal_a copulation_n be_v say_v to_o exceed_v the_o rest_n our_o lawgiver_n think_v fit_a to_o circumcise_v the_o instrument_n of_o coition_n obscure_o intimate_v hereby_o a_o circumcision_n of_o all_o superfluous_a and_o immoderate_a pleasure_n and_o not_o of_o one_o alone_a but_o this_o be_v the_o great_a and_o that_o to_o which_o mankind_n express_v the_o fierce_a inclination_n comprehend_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o this_o indeed_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o eastern_a nation_n who_o instruct_v their_o disciple_n not_o only_o by_o word_n but_o thing_n in_o order_n to_o make_v the_o great_a impression_n upon_o their_o mind_n the_o four_o and_o the_o most_o necessary_a of_o all_o as_o philo_z tell_v we_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o preparative_a to_o beget_v a_o numerous_a issue_n for_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v he_o those_o nation_n which_o use_v circumcision_n be_v infinite_o more_o populous_a than_o other_o but_o with_o submission_n be_v it_o speak_v this_o reason_n seem_v to_o be_v none_o of_o the_o true_a as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o modern_a jew_n and_o mahometans_n but_o perhaps_o philo_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n because_o he_o see_v his_o countryman_n the_o egyptian_n beget_v abundance_n of_o child_n which_o be_v not_o however_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o their_o circumcision_n but_o to_o the_o disposition_n of_o their_o climate_n and_o soil_n or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o the_o water_n of_o nile_n rabbi_n levi_n barcinonensis_fw-la who_o have_v plain_o and_o brief_o expound_v the_o moysaicall_a precept_n after_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o perfection_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n which_o as_o he_o pretend_v be_v
sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n even_o as_o the_o garden_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n as_o thou_o come_v unto_o zoar._n in_o the_o first_o place_n from_o hence_o we_o gather_v that_o these_o city_n be_v situate_v on_o both_o side_n of_o the_o river_n jordan_n for_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n be_v here_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o septuagint_n have_v right_o translate_v rather_o follow_v the_o sense_n than_o the_o genuine_a signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n chicchar_n which_o proper_o signify_v a_o plain_a country_n as_o we_o find_v gen._n 19_o v._n 17._o where_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o a_o mountainous_a region_n for_o this_o reason_n in_o follow_v time_n this_o country_n be_v call_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o great_a field_n as_o likewise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o valley_n to_o make_v this_o more_o evident_o appear_v we_o will_v here_o set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o josephus_n who_o thus_o describe_v it_o in_o the_o five_o book_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n chap._n 27._o near_o to_o it_o jericho_n it_o mean_v jericho_n we_o find_v a_o barren_a mountain_n but_o of_o a_o vast_a length_n for_o northwards_o it_o reach_v as_o far_o as_o the_o country_n of_o the_o scythopolitae_n and_o towards_o the_o south_n it_o extend_v as_o far_o as_o the_o land_n of_o sodom_n and_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o dead_a sea_n opposite_a to_o it_o beyond_o jordan_n lie_v a_o mountain_n which_o begin_v from_o julias_n and_o the_o northern_a country_n and_o southwards_o spread_v as_o far_o as_o somorra_n which_o adjoin_v to_o petra_n a_o city_n of_o arabia_n and_o here_o too_o be_v a_o mountain_n call_v the_o iron_n mountain_n which_o reach_v as_o far_o as_o the_o country_n of_o moab_n the_o valley_n between_o these_o mountain_n be_v the_o same_o we_o be_v now_o talk_v of_o and_o josephus_n give_v we_o the_o follow_a description_n of_o it_o the_o country_n which_o lie_v in_o the_o middle_n between_o these_o mountain_n 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