in_o the_o sin_n render_v the_o sin_n so_o sinful_a that_o after-offender_n be_v excuse_v if_o not_o à _fw-la toto_fw-la at_o least_o à _fw-it tanto_fw-it their_o sin_n comparative_o be_v say_v not_o to_o be_v as_o touch_v the_o first_o sin_n adam_n be_v not_o deceive_v but_o the_o woman_n be_v deceive_v be_v in_o the_o transgression_n 1_o tim._n 2.14_o and_o therefore_o aaron_n be_v not_o smite_v with_o leprosy_n but_o miriam_n only_o though_o no_o doubt_n some_o regard_n be_v also_o have_v to_o his_o high_a priesthood_n as_o exod._n 32._o nor_o be_v adam_n so_o severe_o punish_v as_o eve_n nor_o she_o as_o the_o serpent_n now_o as_o the_o scripture_n here_o note_v the_o first_o sinner_n as_o most_o guilty_a so_o likewise_o elsewhere_o as_o numb_a 16.1_o where_o our_o translation_n join_v the_o conspirator_n altogether_o in_o one_o act_n but_o the_o hebrew_a first_fw-mi appropriate_v the_o sin_n to_o the_o ringleader_n of_o it_o as_o i_o shall_v there_o show_v the_o judicious_a reader_n may_v observe_v many_o other_o like_o example_n it_o be_v true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v because_o but_o do_v it_o not_o also_o signify_v super_fw-la occasiones_fw-la upon_o occasion_n whereas_o therefore_o miriam_n and_o aaron_n speak_v against_o moses_n upon_o two_o occasion_n 1._o because_o moses_n have_v marry_v a_o ethiopian_a woman_n 2._o because_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o speak_v only_o by_o moses_n but_o also_o by_o they_o it_o clear_v the_o text_n if_o we_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o occasion_n and_o whereas_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v as_o well_o cause_v as_o occasion_n so_o gen._n 21.25_o abraham_n reprove_v abimelech_n upon_o just_a cause_n but_o miriam_n and_o aaron_n speak_v against_o moses_n upon_o occasion_n only_o which_o be_v no_o just_a cause_n therefore_o arias_n montanus_n turn_v the_o word_n gen._n 21.25_o super_fw-la causas_fw-la for_o the_o cause_n but_o this_o place_n super_fw-la occasiones_fw-la upon_o occasion_n the_o first_o occasion_n be_v moses_n have_v take_v a_o ethiopian_a woman_n we_o read_v of_o no_o other_o wife_n of_o moses_n in_o scripture_n but_o zipporah_n though_o josephus_n understand_v this_o of_o another_o wife_n a_o ethiopian_a whereas_o zipporah_n be_v a_o midianitess_n howbeit_o this_o be_v easy_o satisfy_v in_o that_o the_o midianite_n dwell_v among_o the_o ethiopian_n as_o the_o hebrew_n be_v account_v egyptian_n because_o they_o dwell_v in_o egypt_n gen._n 50.11_o &_o moses_n also_o exod._n 2.19_o and_o the_o midianites_n be_v esteem_v cushites_n or_o ethiopian_n because_o they_o dwell_v among_o they_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o that_o moses_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o testimony_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o shall_v be_v speak_v afterward_o hebr._n 3.5_o that_o by_o what_o he_o make_v or_o cause_v to_o be_v make_v and_o what_o he_o write_v or_o teach_v the_o people_n by_o it_o he_o may_v testify_v the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o 1_o cor._n 1.6_o 2_o tim._n 1.8_o revel_v 1.2_o hence_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v call_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o witness_n and_o what_o moses_n do_v write_v or_o teach_v more_o obscure_o with_o a_o vail_n on_o his_o face_n be_v to_o be_v declare_v afterward_o more_o full_o and_o clear_o according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o divine_a manifestation_n to_o such_o as_o be_v capable_a of_o they_o so_o that_o all_o who_o come_v after_o moses_n must_v for_o doctrine_n and_o life_n speak_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o he_o do_v and_o his_o writing_n must_v be_v the_o test_n to_o prove_v other_o by_o the_o first_o occasion_n of_o miriam_n her_o detraction_n from_o moses_n be_v the_o ethiopian_a woman_n either_o because_o he_o take_v she_o to_o wife_n who_o be_v a_o stranger_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n though_o midian_a descend_v from_o abraham_n by_o keturah_n gen._n 25.2_o or_o because_o have_v marry_v she_o he_o yet_o abstain_v from_o conjugal_a society_n with_o she_o as_o the_o chald._n paraphra_v say_v he_o put_v away_o his_o fair_a wife_n who_o he_o so_o call_v by_o antiphrasis_n it_o be_v probable_a the_o contention_n begin_v between_o the_o woman_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o strife_n be_v like_o the_o let_v forth_o of_o water_n say_v solomon_n which_o spread_v itself_o to_o overwhelm_v the_o name_n and_o reputation_n of_o moses_n the_o ethiopian_n although_o proper_o one_o nation_n gen._n 2.13_o yet_o that_o a_o very_a large_a one_o be_v use_v to_o signify_v the_o gentile_n who_o more_o proper_a sin_n be_v intemperancy_n of_o all_o kind_n as_o luxury_n drunkenness_n incontinency_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o they_o who_o live_v in_o those_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o work_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o will_n of_o the_o gentile_n walk_v in_o lasciviousness_n lust_n excess_n of_o wine_n etc._n etc._n 1_o pet._n 4.3_o and_o when_o the_o prophet_n compare_v the_o people_n to_o the_o ethiopian_n as_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o sin_n so_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o habitual_a continuance_n in_o they_o he_o charge_v they_o with_o drunkenness_n and_o whoredom_n jer._n 13.12.23.27_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o bacchus_n the_o heathen_n god_n of_o wine_n and_o excess_n of_o wine_n have_v his_o name_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o cush_n and_o therefore_o david_n not_o willing_a plain_o to_o name_n saul_n the_o son_n of_o kish_n the_o benjamite_n 1_o sam_n 9.1_o he_o imply_v he_o more_o secret_o under_o the_o name_n of_o cush_n the_o son_n of_o jemini_fw-la psal_n 7._o in_o the_o title_n for_o his_o unchangeable_a like_a sin_n as_o where_o the_o poet_n not_o dare_v to_o speak_v out_o concern_v caelius_n a_o riotous_a roman_a say_v dic_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la tres_fw-la pateat_fw-la caelî_fw-la for_o caelii_n spacium_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la ulnas_fw-la tell_v in_o what_o land_n the_o ground_n of_o caelius_n be_v but_o three_o eln_n which_o three_o remain_v unsold_a as_o reserve_v for_o his_o grave_n hence_o it_o be_v also_o that_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o israelite_n be_v oppose_v as_o jew_n and_o gentile_n amos_n 9.7_o be_v you_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o amos._n 9_o v._o 7._o as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n unto_o i_o o_o you_o son_n of_o israel_n which_o our_o translator_n call_v child_n when_o therefore_o moses_n be_v say_v to_o have_v take_v to_o wife_n a_o ethiopian_a woman_n hereby_o he_o prefigure_v he_o who_o the_o lord_n will_v raise_v up_o like_a unto_o moses_n who_o will_v reject_v his_o disobedient_a impenitent_a and_o incorrigible_a people_n and_o give_v they_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n and_o shall_v grant_v the_o gentile_n repentance_n unto_o life_n act_v 11_o 18._o and_o take_v out_o of_o the_o gentile_n a_o people_n to_o his_o name_n act_v 15.14_o so_o to_o be_v call_v as_o a_o wife_n by_o her_o husband_n name_n this_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o great_a obloquy_n and_o contradiction_n of_o sinner_n against_o the_o spiritual_a moses_n john_n 7.35_o act_n 22.21_o 22._o the_o other_o occasion_n of_o speak_v against_o moses_n be_v the_o eminency_n of_o his_o gift_n of_o pprophecy_n which_o occasion_v the_o envy_n of_o miriam_n and_o aaron_n and_o their_o derision_n of_o he_o for_o so_o that_o may_v be_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o have_v the_o lord_n speak_v only_o only_o in_o moses_n for_o so_o both_o word_n signify_v only_o or_o what_o have_v the_o lord_n speak_v only_o forsooth_o in_o moses_n have_v he_o not_o speak_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o nobis_fw-la in_o we_o so_o very_o often_o our_o translator_n render_v by_o or_o with_o 1.1_o 2_o sam._n 23._o v._n 2._o zach._n 1._o v._o 14.19_o hebr._n 1.1_o which_o shall_v be_v turn_v in_o as_o 2_o sam._n 23.2_o zach._n 1.14.19_o &_o 2.3_o hebr._n 1.1_o and_o elsewhere_o such_o emulation_n and_o envy_n have_v always_o be_v among_o those_o of_o a_o inferior_a dispensation_n against_o those_o who_o have_v be_v of_o a_o more_o eminent_a and_o high_o which_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o reason_n of_o acidia_fw-la or_o laziness_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n they_o under_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n envy_n and_o detract_v from_o those_o who_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n how_o much_o more_o when_o a_o perverse_a spirit_n be_v mingle_v with_o a_o mere_a literal_a understanding_n then_o ishmael_n mock_v and_o persecute_v isaac_n shimei_n curse_v david_n and_o the_o jew_n encourage_v one_o another_o false_o to_o accuse_v and_o detract_v from_o jeremy_n under_o pretence_n of_o the_o law_n the_o priest_n and_o prophet_n who_o teach_v otherwise_o then_o jeremy_n do_v jer._n 18.18_o manifold_a example_n of_o this_o kind_n we_o read_v of_o the_o scribe_n learn_v only_o in_o the_o letter_n and_o the_o precise_a pharisee_n zelotical_a high_a priest_n and_o elder_n who_o have_v contradict_v and_o blaspheme_v the_o spiritual_a moses_n as_o
11.12_o 28._o lest_o his_o people_n be_v mingle_v among_o the_o nation_n shall_v learn_v their_o work_n and_o swear_v by_o other_o god_n see_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o jer._n 12.14_o 15_o 16._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n against_o all_o my_o evil_a neighbour_n etc._n etc._n it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o they_o shall_v diligent_o learn_v all_o the_o way_n of_o my_o people_n to_o swear_v by_o my_o name_n the_o lord_n live_v as_o they_o have_v teach_v my_o people_n to_o swear_v by_o baal_n than_o they_o shall_v be_v build_v up_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o my_o people_n and_o we_o now_o live_v mix_v one_o with_o another_o good_a and_o bad_a together_o and_o every_o one_o endeavour_n to_o assimilate_v and_o render_v another_o like_a unto_o himself_o o_o that_o every_o one_o of_o we_o so_o far_o as_o we_o have_v attain_v will_v endeavour_v to_o render_v another_o like_a unto_o god_n now_o although_o swear_v by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n rash_o vain_o and_o false_o and_o without_o just_a cause_n have_v always_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o so_o account_v ecclus_n 23.9_o 13._o yet_o the_o universal_a prohibition_n hereof_o be_v reserve_v until_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n matth._n 5.33_o 37._o howbeit_o that_o this_o kind_n of_o swear_v ought_v not_o here_o to_o be_v understand_v but_o adjuration_n only_o and_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o controversy_n among_o man_n as_o have_v be_v say_v will_v appear_v to_o be_v true_a if_o we_o lie_v to_o the_o word_n now_o question_v and_o compare_v with_o they_o what_o solomon_n say_v prov._n 29.24_o he_o that_o be_v partner_n with_o a_o thief_n hate_v his_o own_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o hear_v adjuration_n and_o utter_v it_o not_o where_o we_o have_v these_o very_a word_n of_o the_o law_n levit._n 5.1_o and_o a_o exemplification_n of_o it_o in_o this_o case_n the_o arabic_a proverb_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v repentance_n for_o silence_n be_v better_a than_o repentance_n for_o speech_n and_o that_o of_o cato_n have_v no_o place_n here_o nam_fw-la nulli_fw-la tacuisse_fw-la nocet_fw-la nocet_fw-la esse_fw-la locutum_fw-la for_o silence_n in_o this_o case_n argue_v a_o consent_n unto_o evil_n take_v notice_n here_o christian_a reader_n how_o strict_a the_o lord_n be_v in_o require_v a_o discovery_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o the_o truth_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o light_n and_o judgement_n and_o that_o under_o a_o ceremonial_a dispensation_n so_o that_o he_o who_o conceal_v his_o knowledge_n render_v himself_o guilty_a and_o shall_v we_o who_o ought_v to_o depart_v from_o and_o hate_v every_o evil_a way_n and_o every_o iniquity_n and_o loathe_v it_o in_o ourselves_o shall_v we_o hide_v and_o keep_v another_o sin_n as_o sweet_a under_o our_o tongue_n in_o this_o case_n it_o will_v well_o beseem_v our_o christian_a prudence_n and_o charity_n to_o inquire_v what_o will_v be_v more_o profitable_a for_o our_o brother_n reformation_n whether_o to_o accuse_v he_o and_o discover_v his_o sin_n as_o joseph_n do_v his_o brethren_n gen._n 37.2_o or_o at_o least_o for_o a_o time_n with_o lenity_n and_o pious_a long-suffering_a to_o bear_v his_o weakness_n but_o if_o we_o wink_v at_o and_o dissemble_v our_o brother_n sin_n as_o if_o we_o favour_v it_o and_o wait_v not_o for_o a_o fit_a time_n for_o reproof_n of_o it_o we_o make_v our_o brother_n sin_n and_o guilt_n our_o own_o and_o our_o tenderness_n and_o clemency_n towards_o our_o brother_n will_v be_v interpret_v no_o less_o than_o contumacy_n and_o disobedience_n towards_o god_n remember_v how_o solomon_n conclude_v his_o ecclesiaste_n and_o with_o it_o i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o essay_n god_n will_v bring_v every_o work_n into_o judgement_n and_o every_o secret_a thing_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v evil_a and_o the_o priest_n shall_v make_v a_o atonement_n for_o he_o concern_v his_o sin_n 6._o levit._fw-la 5._o ver._n 6._o this_o sense_n be_v impose_v upon_o these_o word_n beside_o their_o genuine_a and_o proper_a meaning_n which_o be_v this_o and_o the_o priest_n shall_v expiate_v or_o purge_n he_o from_o his_o sin_n the_o only_a difficulty_n if_o any_o there_o be_v be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o person_n purge_v from_o his_o sin_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o purge_v or_o expiate_v be_v construe_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o whether_o it_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o sacrifice_n as_o arias_n montanus_n understand_v it_o both_o have_v their_o author_n and_o their_o meaning_n good_a as_o for_o atonement_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o it_o but_o union_n with_o god_n or_o oneness_n as_o when_o god_n and_o man_n be_v at_o one_o and_o how_o can_v that_o be_v wrought_v while_o the_o sin_n intervene_v and_o keep_v man_n at_o a_o distance_n from_o his_o god_n esay_n 59.2_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v couch_v two_o action_n under_o one_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o to_o cover_v and_o 2._o to_o purge_v cleanse_v or_o expiate_v but_o although_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o cover_v yet_o not_o so_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 2.16_o as_o a_o cloak_n to_o cover_v knavery_n not_o so_o as_o to_o hide_v the_o sin_n but_o as_o a_o plaster_n be_v apply_v to_o cover_v and_o so_o to_o cure_v and_o heal_v a_o wound_n and_o so_o the_o first_o signification_n will_v fall_v into_o the_o second_o thus_o the_o tigurin_n bible_n render_v the_o word_n verbatim_o et_fw-la expiabit_fw-la eum_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la svo_fw-la and_o the_o priest_n shall_v purge_v or_o expiate_v he_o from_o his_o sin_n and_o the_o chald._a par._n say_v the_o very_a same_o though_o somewhat_o otherwise_o translate_v so_o munster_n so_o vatablus_n so_o tremellius_n so_o diodati_n and_o although_o the_o spanish_a bible_n have_v reconcilierà _fw-la in_o the_o text_n yet_o it_o have_v expiarà _fw-la the_o priest_n shall_v expiate_v in_o the_o margin_n if_o meantime_n the_o sin_n remain_v how_o can_v the_o atonement_n or_o reconciliation_n be_v make_v since_o sin_n be_v the_o only_a makebate_n quod_fw-la turbat_fw-la omne_fw-la which_o therefore_o if_o it_o remain_v and_o be_v not_o real_o and_o true_o remove_v and_o take_v away_o the_o wrath_n and_o the_o condemnation_n and_o guilt_n and_o obligation_n unto_o death_n must_v remain_v with_o it_o what_o be_v wont_v in_o this_o case_n to_o be_v say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n which_o word_n be_v usual_o cite_v alone_o and_o the_o follow_a word_n suppress_v it_o be_v true_a of_o they_o who_o walk_v not_o after_o the_o flesh_n but_o after_o the_o spirit_n who_o the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n in_o christ_n jesus_n make_v free_a from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n in_o who_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n be_v fulfil_v rom._n 8.1_o 4._o it_o be_v true_a these_o action_n be_v all_o of_o they_o ceremonial_a poor_a and_o beggarly_a rudiment_n yet_o by_o they_o be_v figure_v out_o the_o precious_a truth_n of_o god_n touch_v atonement_n with_o god_n and_o expiation_n from_o sin_n as_o gold_n be_v weigh_v out_o by_o brass_n or_o leaden_a weight_n the_o real_a purge_n from_o our_o sin_n by_o christ_n be_v mean_v by_o the_o ceremonial_a expiation_n wrought_v by_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n so_o reason_n if_o the_o blood_n of_o bull_n and_o goat_n and_o the_o ash_n of_o a_o heifer_n sprinkle_v the_o unclean_a sanctifi_v to_o the_o purify_n of_o the_o flesh_n so_o far_o then_o it_o do_v sanctify_v how_o much_o more_o shall_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n who_o through_o the_o eternal_a spirit_n offer_v himself_o without_o spot_n to_o god_n purge_v your_o conscience_n from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n let_v we_o well_o consider_v this_o christian_n reader_n lest_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a 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hag._n 2._o v._o 8._o and_o join_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o plural_a they_o shall_v come_v import_v that_o all_o appetite_n and_o desire_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v and_o satisfy_v in_o the_o lord_n land_n hag._n 2.8_o which_o the_o ancient_a father_n understand_v of_o christ_n say_v galatinus_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 9_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v worthy_o call_v the_o ornament_n in_o all_o land_n and_o that_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v spy_v out_o for_o his_o people_n 6._o ezech._n 20._o v._o 6._o ezech._n 20.6_o remember_v the_o joint_a testimony_n of_o jehoshua_n and_o caleb_n against_o the_o gainsay_n and_o rebellious_a israelite_n num._n 14.7.8_o the_o land_n which_o we_o pass_v thorough_a to_o search_v it_o be_v a_o exceed_o good_a land_n if_o the_o lord_n bear_v good_a will_n towards_o we_o or_o delight_n in_o we_o he_o will_v bring_v we_o into_o this_o land_n and_o give_v it_o we_o and_o certain_o he_o will_v so_o do_v if_o we_o bear_v good_a will_n towards_o he_o 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