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the_o new_a in_o some_o part_n by_o which_o man_n and_o beast_n may_v pass_v and_o p._n 503._o if_o there_o be_v any_o sea_n betwixt_o the_o old_a world_n and_o america_n it_o be_v so_o narrow_a that_o wild_a beast_n may_v easy_o swim_v over_o and_o man_n may_v go_v over_o in_o small_a bo_n so_o that_o without_o a_o miracle_n here_o be_v a_o plain_a solution_n of_o this_o difficulty_n how_o the_o remote_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n may_v be_v plant_v with_o man_n tiger_n panther_n bear_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 5._o it_o be_v a_o paradox_n to_o i_o that_o methusalem_n be_v the_o long_a live_v of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n and_o no_o man_n will_v be_v able_a to_o prove_v it_o while_o from_o the_o process_n of_o the_o text_n i_o can_v manifest_v it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o answer_n it_o be_v no_o paradox_n to_o believe_v that_o which_o have_v be_v opinion_v by_o most_o man_n and_o in_o most_o age_n and_o be_v establish_v on_o good_a ground_n although_o it_o may_v not_o unexceptional_o 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because_o the_o right_n state_v of_o the_o scriptural_a year_n and_o month_n be_v of_o good_a use_n in_o these_o controversy_n pag._n 7._o i_o know_v that_o manna_n be_v now_o plentiful_o gather_v in_o calabria_n and_o josephus_n tell_v i_o in_o his_o day_n it_o be_v as_o plentiful_a in_o arabia_n the_o devil_n therefore_o make_v i_o quere_z where_o be_v then_o the_o miracle_n in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n since_o the_o israelite_n see_v but_o that_o in_o his_o time_n which_o the_o native_n of_o those_o country_n behold_v in_o we_o answer_n the_o authority_n of_o josephus_n be_v of_o little_a moment_n in_o this_o case_n mr._n gregory_n of_o christ_n church_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n p._n 33._o have_v these_o word_n when_o josephus_n come_v to_o the_o miraculous_a passage_n of_o holy_a writ_n he_o use_v a_o fair_a way_n of_o dissimulation_n still_o moderate_v the_o wonder_n of_o a_o work_n that_o he_o bring_v it_o
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