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kindle_v great_o which_o break_v forth_o short_o after_o in_o a_o great_a plague_n upon_o they_o v._o 34._o and_o moses_n also_o be_v displease_v the_o same_o phrase_n with_o that_o v._o 1._o it_o be_v evil_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o moses_n i._n e._n grieve_v he_o so_o that_o it_o make_v he_o wish_v himself_o rid_v of_o the_o burden_n of_o their_o government_n ver._n 11._o and_o moses_n say_v unto_o the_o lord_n i_o suppose_v verse_n 11_o he_o go_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n to_o bewail_v himself_o and_o pray_v god_n to_o relieve_v he_o see_v v._o 24._o wherefore_o have_v thou_o afflict_v thy_o servant_n by_o commit_v this_o people_n to_o his_o charge_n and_o wherefore_o have_v i_o not_o sound_a favour_n in_o thy_o sight_n by_o grant_v the_o prayer_n which_o he_o make_v at_o his_o first_o call_n to_o this_o office_n iii_o exod._n 2._o iv_o 10._o that_o thou_o lay_v the_o burden_n of_o this_o people_n upon_o i_o i._o e._n the_o principal_a care_n of_o such_o a_o untractable_a multitude_n upon_o one_o man_n to_o who_o they_o resort_v in_o all_o difficulty_n xviii_o exod._n 22_o 26._o ver._n 12._o have_v i_o conceive_v all_o this_o people_n have_v i_o beget_v verse_n 12_o they_o be_v they_o my_o child_n that_o i_o shall_v make_v provision_n for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o all_o their_o desire_n that_o thou_o have_v say_v unto_o i_o carry_v they_o in_o thy_o bosom_n as_o a_o nurse_n father_n bear_v the_o suck_a child_n unto_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n take_v a_o tender_a care_n of_o they_o as_o a_o parent_n do_v of_o a_o little_a infant_n and_o conduct_v they_o into_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n nothing_o can_v more_o lively_o express_v the_o affection_n that_o prince_n ought_v to_o have_v for_o their_o people_n if_o they_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n than_o this_o divine_a command_n to_o moses_n verse_n 13_o ver._n 13._o whence_o shall_v i_o have_v flesh_n to_o give_v unto_o all_o this_o people_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o i_o to_o do_v what_o they_o 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those_o man_n be_v burn_v in_o the_o late_a fire_n because_o they_o do_v not_o suppress_v the_o beginning_n of_o this_o mutiny_n v._n 1._o but_o perhaps_o join_v in_o it_o and_o so_o bechai_n but_o the_o true_a account_n be_v rather_o this_o that_o they_o be_v set_v only_o to_o hear_v and_o judge_v small_a cause_n all_o the_o weighty_a and_o difficult_a cause_n be_v still_o bring_v before_o moses_n to_o who_o also_o the_o last_o appeal_n be_v make_v in_o every_o cause_n which_o be_v so_o great_a a_o burden_n that_o he_o complain_v for_o want_v of_o help_n in_o those_o great_a thing_n which_o lie_v whole_o upon_o he_o see_v xviii_o exod._n 22._o ver._n 15._o and_o if_o thou_o deal_v thus_o with_o i_o if_o thou_o leave_v i_o still_o alone_o in_o this_o office_n kill_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o out_o of_o hand_n if_o i_o have_v find_v favour_n in_o thy_o sight_n i_o shall_v take_v it_o for_o the_o great_a verse_n 15_o kindness_n to_o be_v take_v immediate_o out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o let_v i_o not_o see_v my_o wretchedness_n live_v to_o be_v a_o most_o miserable_a creature_n for_o to_o see_v wretchedness_n be_v to_o be_v wretched_a as_o to_o see_v death_n be_v to_o die_v lxxxix_o psal_n 48._o and_o what_o can_v make_v such_o a_o tender_a parent_n as_o he_o be_v more_o miserable_a than_o their_o perpetual_a untowardness_n together_o with_o the_o intolerable_a trouble_n it_o will_v give_v he_o to_o see_v heavy_a punishment_n continual_o befall_v they_o for_o their_o wickedness_n and_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n rejoice_v in_o their_o ruin_n ver._n 16._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o moses_n here_o verse_n 16_o be_v not_o the_o least_o sign_n of_o god_n dislike_n of_o this_o expostulation_n of_o moses_n with_o god_n which_o seem_v not_o very_o dutiful_a because_o the_o vexation_n this_o stubborn_a people_n give_v he_o be_v real_o so_o great_a that_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o desire_v to_o be_v ease_v of_o it_o which_o though_o he_o beg_v with_o much_o earnestness_n yet_o no_o doubt_n with_o no_o less_o submission_n to_o god_n holy_a will_n and_o pleasure_n gather_v unto_o i_o these_o word_n be_v interpret_v by_o the_o talmudist_n as_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o they_o may_v be_v a_o sanhedrim_n to_o my_o land_n i._n e._n a_o holy_a perpetual_a stand_v council_n to_o endure_v throughout_o all_o generation_n for_o wheresoever_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o word_n li_z unto_o i_o they_o think_v it_o signify_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v establish_v by_o god_n to_o all_o generation_n the_o example_n they_o allege_v of_o it_o be_v these_o of_o aaron_z and_o his_o son_n he_o say_v they_o shall_v minister_v unto_o i_o in_o the_o priest_n office_n xxviii_o exod._n 41._o and_o of_o the_o levite_n he_o say_v iii_o numb_a 12._o they_o shall_v be_v i_o or_o unto_o i_o and_o of_o the_o israelite_n xxv_o leu._n 55._o unto_o i_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v servant_n the_o like_a be_v say_v of_o the_o first-born_a iii_o numb_a 13._o of_o the_o sanctuary_n xxv_o exod._n 18._o of_o the_o altar_n xx_o exod._n 24._o of_o the_o holy_a ointment_n xxx_o exod._n 31._o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o david_n 1_o sam._n xvi_o 1._o and_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n xxviii_o numb_a 2._o see_v mr._n selden_n lib._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 4._o n._n 2._o seventy_o man_n of_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n this_o number_n be_v general_o think_v both_o by_o the_o jewish_a and_o christian_a writer_n to_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o number_n of_o person_n that_o come_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o jacob_n xlvi_o gen._n 27._o who_o say_v r._n bechai_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o prototype_n of_o this_o number_n in_o future_a age_n for_o hence_o they_o be_v govern_v by_o so_o many_o elder_n when_o they_o be_v in_o egypt_n iii_o exod._n 16._o where_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n indeed_o make_v of_o seventy_o but_o he_o gather_v it_o from_o what_o follow_v and_o those_o be_v the_o seventy_o who_o we_o find_v at_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n a_o little_a after_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n xxiv_o exod._n 1_o 9_o who_o be_v call_v noble_n or_o great_a man_n v._o 11._o so_o that_o this_o number_n be_v not_o now_o first_o constitute_v but_o rather_o continue_v and_o confirm_v who_o thou_o know_v to_o be_v the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n for_o there_o be_v many_o elder_n out_o of_o who_o seventy_o be_v choose_v see_v xxiv_o exod._n 1._o and_o officer_n over_o they_o that_o be_v say_v r._n bechai_n who_o thou_o know_v to_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o when_o they_o be_v officer_n in_o egypt_n over_o the_o people_n be_v beat_v by_o pharaoh_n taskmaster_n five_o exod._n 14._o which_o word_n officer_n do_v not_o signify_v man_n that_o have_v any_o judicial_a authority_n but_o only_o such_o as_o have_v a_o inspection_n over_o other_o to_o see_v they_o do_v their_o work_n and_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o they_o but_o it_o be_v very_o likely_a they_o be_v person_n of_o note_n who_o have_v more_o than_o ordinary_a understanding_n and_o breed_n which_o advance_v they_o to_o be_v inspector_n of_o other_o and_o therefore_o the_o talmudist_n right_o observe_v that_o the_o elder_n and_o officer_n here_o mention_v be_v no_o doubt_n man_n of_o wisdom_n and_o judgement_n who_o know_v how_o to_o use_v the_o authority_n that_o be_v commit_v to_o they_o and_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a as_o some_o of_o they_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v choose_v out_o of_o those_o lesser_a court_n which_o be_v erect_v by_o the_o advice_n of_o jethro_n see_v selden_n in_o the_o same_o place_n sect_n 5._o who_o at_o large_a confute_v baronius_n and_o other_o who_o say_v that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o great_a sanhedrim_n which_o
observe_v lib._n ii_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la cap._n 20._o sect_n 9_o and_o see_v selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n lib._n iu._n cap._n 4._o but_o this_o judgement_n as_o they_o call_v it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v well_o ground_v upon_o the_o fact_n of_o phineas_n who_o be_v a_o public_a person_n and_o have_v a_o extraordinary_a motion_n not_o to_o be_v imitate_v by_o private_a man_n nor_o be_v it_o follow_v till_o the_o latter_a time_n of_o the_o state_n of_o that_o nation_n through_o her_o belly_n the_o vulgar_a have_v it_o through_o her_o secret_a part_n and_o so_o the_o jew_n in_o pirke_n eliezer_n c._n 47._o and_o in_o other_o book_n such_o as_o pesikta_n and_o siphri_n where_o they_o make_v many_o miracle_n to_o have_v concur_v in_o this_o fact_n particular_o they_o say_v that_o the_o relation_n of_o zimri_n go_v to_o fall_v upon_o phineas_n for_o kill_v their_o prince_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n smite_v they_o and_o cut_v they_o off_o so_o the_o plague_n be_v stay_v from_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n it_o seem_v a_o pestilential_a disease_n as_o josephus_n call_v it_o sweep_v away_o many_o of_o the_o offender_n who_o can_v not_o so_o speedy_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o judge_n but_o it_o stop_v immediate_o upon_o this_o pious_a act_n of_o phineas_n verse_n 9_o ver._n 9_o and_o those_o that_o die_v of_o the_o plague_n be_v twenty_o and_o four_o thousand_o there_o be_v but_o twenty_o and_o three_o thousand_o who_o die_v of_o the_o plague_n itself_o as_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o 1_o cor._n x._o 8._o but_o there_o be_v a_o thousand_o more_o take_v off_o in_o the_o plague_n time_n or_o during_o the_o plague_n as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n may_v be_v read_v for_o in_o the_o twenty_o and_o four_o thousand_o moses_n comprehend_v all_o those_o who_o be_v kill_v by_o the_o sword_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o plague_n as_o the_o phrase_n be_v v._o 18._o whereas_o st._n paul_n reckon_v those_o only_o who_o die_v of_o the_o pestilence_n as_o many_o have_v observe_v particular_o bochartus_fw-la lib._n ii_o hieroz_n cap._n 34._o p._n i._o it_o be_v probable_a that_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o author_n of_o the_o samaritan_n chronicle_n take_v up_o a_o conceit_n that_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n send_v twenty_o four_o thousand_o damsel_n to_o seduce_v the_o israelite_n as_o hottinger_n report_v his_o word_n in_o his_o smegma_fw-la orientale_n cap._n 8._o p._n 448._o verse_n 10_o ver._n 10._o and_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o moses_n say_v after_o the_o plague_n be_v stay_v it_o be_v likely_a moses_n go_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o give_v god_n thanks_o for_o his_o mercy_n to_o his_o people_n and_o then_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o what_o here_o follow_v verse_n 11_o ver._n 11._o phineas_n the_o son_n of_o eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o aaron_n the_o priest_n have_v turn_v my_o wrath_n away_o from_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n though_o they_o weep_v and_o mourn_v before_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n yet_o that_o do_v not_o prevail_v so_o much_o for_o mercy_n as_o this_o heroic_a act_n of_o justice_n while_o he_o be_v zealous_a for_o my_o sake_n among_o they_o with_o a_o fervent_a and_o courageous_a affection_n vindicate_v the_o divine_a honour_n by_o a_o speedy_a punishment_n of_o those_o notorious_a offender_n that_o i_o consume_v not_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o my_o jealousy_n do_v not_o proceed_v to_o destroy_v they_o by_o the_o pestilence_n when_o i_o be_v so_o high_o incense_v against_o they_o for_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o herodotus_n himself_o in_o his_o euterpe_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o great_a crime_n there_o be_v as_o great_a punishment_n send_v from_o god_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o public_a good_n for_o unless_o by_o such_o mean_n a_o stop_n be_v put_v to_o open_a impurity_n to_o murder_n and_o such_o like_a crime_n not_o only_o all_o civil_a society_n will_v be_v overturn_v but_o nation_n become_v so_o wicked_a that_o 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