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some_o of_o the_o ancient_a heresy_n viz._n that_o the_o very_a name_n of_o they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a refutation_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o some_o passage_n i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v pag._n 25._o there_o be_v a_o dialogue_n between_o the_o serpent_n and_o eve_n it_o happen_v upon_o a_o time_n that_o eve_n sit_v solitary_a under_o a_o tree_n without_o her_o husband_n there_o come_v to_o her_o a_o serpent_n or_o adder_n which_o i_o know_v not_o by_o what_o mean_n or_o power_n civil_o accost_v the_o woman_n in_o these_o word_n or_o to_o this_o purpose_n all_o hail_n most_o fair_a one_o what_o be_v you_o do_v so_o solitary_a and_o serious_a under_o this_o shade_n pag._n 26._o eve_n say_v let_v i_o see_v have_v i_o best_o use_v it_o or_o no_o what_o can_v be_v more_o beautiful_a than_o this_o apple_n how_o sweet_o it_o smell_v but_o it_o may_v be_v it_o taste_v ill_a serpent_n if_o it_o taste_v ill_a throw_v it_o away_o and_o say_v i_o be_o a_o great_a lyar._n eve_n well_o i_o will_v try_v thou_o have_v not_o deceive_v i_o give_v i_o one_o that_o i_o may_v carry_v it_o to_o my_o husband_n serpent_n well_o think_v on_o here_o be_v another_o for_o you_o go_v to_o your_o husband_n with_o it_o farewell_o young_a woman_n pag._n 27._o god_n say_v to_o the_o serpent_n hereafter_o vile_a beast_n instead_o of_o eat_v apple_n thou_o shall_v lick_v the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o as_o for_o you_o mistress_z curious_a in_o sorrow_n shall_v you_o bring_v forth_o child_n pag._n 33._o it_o perplex_v i_o how_o out_o of_o one_o rib_n the_o whole_a mass_n of_o a_o woman_n body_n can_v be_v build_v for_o a_o rib_n do_v not_o equal_a the_o hundred_o perhaps_o not_o the_o thousand_o part_n of_o a_o entire_a body_n pag._n 44._o the_o text_n say_v they_o sew_v figleaf_n together_o and_o therewith_o make_v themselves_o apron_n from_o whence_o you_o may_v deduce_v the_o original_a of_o the_o tailor_n trade_n but_o where_o have_v they_o needle_n and_o where_o their_o 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be_v wilful_o blind_a that_o deny_v the_o completion_n thereof_o but_o our_o author_n be_v not_o to_o be_v bear_v withal_o as_o to_o what_o he_o say_v concern_v the_o prophecy_n authority_n and_o that_o the_o jew_n reckon_v it_o not_o among_o their_o canonical_a book_n father_n simon_n who_o have_v well_o weigh_v this_o point_n in_o his_o critical_a history_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n book_n 1_o chap._n 9_o say_v there_o be_v many_o learned_a man_n who_o find_v fault_n that_o the_o jew_n exclude_v daniel_n from_o the_o number_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o theodoret_n have_v reprove_v they_o very_o severe_o but_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o reconcile_v their_o opinion_n in_o this_o point_n with_o that_o of_o the_o christian_n since_o they_o agree_v that_o the_o book_n of_o the_o bible_n which_o be_v call_v canonical_a have_v be_v equal_o inspire_v by_o god_n and_o moreover_o that_o the_o book_n of_o daniel_n be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o these_o canonical_a book_n josephus_n in_o the_o 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and_o cotemporary_a with_o origen_n who_o make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o refel_v the_o prophecy_n of_o daniel_n when_o he_o find_v all_o thing_n so_o punctual_o deliver_v as_o that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o a_o refutation_n he_o final_o assume_v the_o impudence_n to_o affirm_v that_o not_o daniel_n but_o a_o impostor_n under_o his_o name_n who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n publish_v these_o prophecy_n and_o this_o his_o impudence_n be_v much_o more_o tolerable_a than_o that_o of_o mr._n blount_n who_o assert_n that_o daniel_n 70_o week_n be_v uncertain_a as_o to_o their_o authority_n pag._n 162._o he_o never_o evince_v his_o genealogy_n from_o david_n for_o though_o some_o mean_a person_n call_v he_o the_o son_n of_o david_n and_o the_o mobb_n by_o that_o title_n do_v cry_v hosannah_n to_o he_o yet_o do_v he_o acquiesce_v in_o term_v himself_o the_o son_n of_o man._n as_o also_o when_o he_o make_v his_o cavalcade_n upon_o a_o asinego_fw-it they_o extol_v he_o as_o the_o descendant_n of_o king_n david_n answer_n this_o be_v a_o very_a bold_a stroke_n infidelity_n unmask_v to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v our_o saviour_n evince_v his_o genealogy_n from_o david_n the_o honourable_a du_n plessis_n chap._n 30._o observe_n nusquam_fw-la in_o evangelio_n exprobratum_fw-la jesus_n legamus_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la stirpe_fw-la davidis_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la tribu_fw-la juda_n oriundus_fw-la nonesset_n sed_fw-la quod_fw-la fabri_fw-la filius_fw-la ut_fw-la diuturnae_fw-la davidicae_n domus_fw-la erumnae_fw-la ad_fw-la inopiam_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la redegerant_fw-la we_o never_o read_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o our_o lord_n be_v upbraid_v with_o his_o not_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n or_o lineage_n of_o david_n it_o be_v object_v that_o he_o be_v a_o carpenter_n son_n for_o the_o misery_n that_o have_v befall_v the_o house_n of_o david_n have_v reduce_v some_o of_o that_o family_n to_o great_a penury_n agreeable_a hereunto_o be_v that_o of_o episcopius_n lib._n 3._o instit_fw-la jesum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ex_fw-la tribu_fw-la judae_fw-la ortum_fw-la duxisse_fw-la nemo_fw-la circae_fw-la ista_fw-la tempora_fw-la quibus_fw-la discipuli_fw-la ejus_fw-la vivebant_fw-la dubitavit_fw-la that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n spring_v out_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n no_o one_o doubt_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o disciple_n the_o jew_n do_v all_o acknowledge_v it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o question_n of_o our_o saviour_n how_o say_v the_o scribe_n that_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o david_n what_o think_v you_o of_o christ_n who_o son_n be_v he_o they_o say_v unto_o he_o the_o son_n of_o david_n the_o genealogy_n of_o jesus_n show_v his_o family_n the_o first_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o book_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o david_n the_o apostle_n in_o his_o seven_o chapter_n of_o the_o hebrew_n verse_n 14._o for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o our_o lord_n spring_v out_o of_o 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that_o whosoever_o be_v of_o they_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o world_n but_o josephus_n also_o add_v what_o our_o deist_n omit_v and_o alter_v the_o case_n that_o this_o be_v for_o want_v of_o letter_n the_o ancient_a use_n of_o which_o come_v to_o the_o greek_n from_o the_o phaenician_o and_o cadmus_n and_o that_o at_o that_o time_n the_o greek_n have_v no_o certain_a record_n that_o homer_n poem_n be_v the_o ancient_a book_n which_o they_o have_v and_o this_o be_v write_v after_o the_o trojan_a war_n nay_o that_o this_o poem_n be_v not_o at_o first_o write_v but_o be_v preserve_v by_o tradition_n and_o the_o people_n song_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o great_a dissonancy_n and_o difference_n which_o appear_v in_o original_a copy_n when_o it_o be_v first_o commit_v to_o write_v it_o be_v for_o want_v of_o letrer_n they_o have_v no_o ancient_a history_n and_o that_o their_o cadmus_n milesius_n and_o their_o acusilaus_n argivus_n do_v not_o long_o precede_v the_o expedition_n of_o the_o persian_n against_o the_o greek_n whereas_o nothing_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v more_o evident_a to_o he_o that_o read_v josephus_n than_o this_o that_o the_o same_o prejudice_n do_v not_o affect_v moses_n and_o therefore_o our_o author_n have_v with_o great_a incogitancy_n affirm_v that_o what_o josephus_n speak_v of_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o nation_n may_v with_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v apply_v to_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n our_o author_n by_o this_o assertion_n overthrow_v his_o own_o supposition_n for_o if_o adam_n and_o eve_n be_v the_o first_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o the_o world_n according_a to_o moses_n or_o at_o least_o must_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v such_o according_a to_o our_o author_n method_n in_o this_o place_n then_o there_o can_v not_o be_v two_o creation_n one_o in_o the_o first_o and_z another_z in_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n there_o can_v be_v no_o praeadamite_n as_o be_v pretend_v and_o adam_n and_o eve_n be_v create_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n which_o yet_o mr._n blount_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n allow_v of_o without_o be_v repugnant_a to_o himself_o and_o contrary_a to_o his_o own_o method_n in_o another_o place_n josephus_n no_o where_o affirm_v that_o the_o egyptian_n chaldean_n and_o phoenicians_n have_v more_o ancient_a record_n than_o the_o jew_n he_o no_o where_o affirm_v that_o he_o dare_v not_o compare_v the_o write_n of_o moses_n so_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v write_v and_o not_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o i_o observe_v in_o another_o place_n with_o the_o most_o ancient_a and_o infallible_a write_n i_o use_v our_o author_n word_n of_o the_o foresay_a nation_n josephus_n indeed_o say_v he_o will_v not_o enumerate_v the_o jew_n with_o those_o barbarous_a nation_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o advantage_n of_o write_a history_n but_o then_o he_o determine_v the_o advantage_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o in_o that_o book_n he_o plain_o 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