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token_n of_o it_o by_o the_o fowl_n light_v upon_o his_o carcase_n gen._n 15._o a_o type_n of_o israel_n be_v in_o egypt_n and_o of_o pharoahs_n be_v plague_v for_o their_o sake_n be_v when_o pharaoh_n suffer_v for_o take_v sarah_n from_o her_o husband_n and_o keep_v she_o in_o his_o house_n as_o it_o be_v gen._n 12._o how_o long_o they_o be_v in_o that_o land_n few_o there_o be_v but_o know_v but_o how_o long_o their_o affliction_n last_v be_v uncertain_a probable_a it_o be_v that_o it_o be_v about_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n repentance_n and_o moses_n his_o age_n this_o be_v to_o be_v search_v by_o levi_n his_o age_n which_o within_o a_o little_a one_o may_v find_v certain_a all_o the_o generation_n of_o joseph_n time_n die_v before_o they_o be_v afflict_v as_o all_o the_o generation_n of_o joshuahs_n time_n die_v before_o they_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n judge_n 2._o 10._o the_o reason_n why_o god_n shall_v thus_o suffer_v they_o to_o suffer_v whether_o it_o be_v to_o fit_v they_o for_o the_o receive_n of_o he_o and_o his_o law_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v to_o whip_v they_o for_o their_o idolatry_n or_o for_o some_o other_o cause_n i_o dare_v not_o enter_v too_o near_o to_o search_v this_o i_o see_v that_o when_o the_o foundation_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o visible_a church_n be_v lay_v thus_o in_o affliction_n the_o church_n can_v but_o look_v for_o affliction_n while_o it_o live_v in_o the_o egypt_n of_o this_o world_n but_o as_o israel_n increase_v under_o persecution_n so_o do_v the_o church_n for_o even_o when_o sparsum_fw-la est_fw-la semen_fw-mi sanguinis_fw-la martyrum_fw-la surrexit_fw-la seges_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nec_fw-la frustra_fw-la oravit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la pro_fw-la
he_o propound_v more_o plain_o and_o familiar_o ii_o but_o however_o it_o be_v whether_o those_o thing_n be_v true_a indeed_o or_o only_o believe_v and_o conceive_v so_o by_o a_o most_o apt_a and_o open_a comparison_n be_v show_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v first_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n by_o the_o gospel_n and_o then_o seek_v for_o a_o seat_n and_o rest_n among_o the_o gentile_n and_o not_o find_v it_o the_o gospel_n every_o where_o vex_v he_o come_v back_o into_o the_o jewish_a nation_n again_o fix_v his_o seat_n there_o and_o possess_v it_o much_o more_o than_o he_o have_v do_v before_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o thing_n appear_v in_o that_o fearful_a apostasy_n of_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o jew_n who_o receive_v the_o gospel_n and_o most_o wicked_o revolt_v from_o it_o afterward_o concern_v which_o the_o new_a testament_n speak_v in_o abundance_n of_o place_n chap._n xiii_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o he_o sit_v and_o the_o whole_a multitude_n stand_v so_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o the_o master_n when_o they_o read_v their_o lecture_n sit_v and_o the_o scholar_n stand_v which_o honorary_a custom_n continue_v to_o the_o death_n of_o gamaliel_n the_o elder_a and_o then_o so_o far_o cease_v that_o the_o scholar_n sit_v when_o their_o master_n sit_v hence_o be_v that_o passage_n 15._o passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n sotah_n cap._n 9_o hall_n 15._o from_o that_o time_n that_o old_a rabban_n gamaliel_n die_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o law_n perish_v and_o purity_n and_o pharisaism_n die_v where_o the_o gloss_n from_o megillah_n write_v thus_o before_o his_o death_n health_n be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o they_o learn_v the_o law_n stand_v but_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a sickness_n come_v down_o into_o the_o world_n and_o they_o be_v compel_v to_o learn_v the_o law_n sit_v verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o parable_n i._n no_o scheme_n of_o jewish_a retoric_n be_v more_o familiar_o use_v than_o that_o of_o parable_n which_o perhaps_o creep_v in_o from_o thence_o among_o the_o heathen_a end_v in_o fable_n it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o talmud_n just_a now_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o time_n that_o r._n meri_n die_v those_o that_o speak_v in_o parable_n cease_v not_o that_o that_o figure_n of_o rhetoric_n perish_v in_o the_o nation_n from_o that_o time_n but_o because_o he_o surpass_v all_o other_o in_o these_o flower_n as_o the_o gloss_n there_o from_o the_o tract_n sanhedrin_n speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o three_o part_n of_o his_o discourse_n or_o sermon_n be_v tradition_n a_o three_o part_n allegory_n and_o a_o three_o part_n parable_n the_o jewish_a book_n abound_v every_o where_n with_o these_o figure_n the_o nation_n incline_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a genius_n to_o this_o kind_n of_o rhetoric_n one_o may_v not_o amiss_o call_v their_o religion_n parabolical_a fold_v up_o within_o the_o cover_n of_o ceremony_n and_o their_o oratory_n in_o their_o sermon_n be_v like_a to_o it_o but_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n indeed_o that_o they_o who_o be_v so_o give_v to_o and_o delight_v in_o parable_n and_o so_o dextrous_a in_o unfold_a they_o shall_v stick_v in_o the_o outward_a shell_n of_o ceremony_n and_o shall_v not_o have_v fetch_v out_o the_o parabolical_a and_o spiritual_a sense_n of_o they_o neither_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o fetch_v they_o out_o ii_o our_o saviour_n who_o always_o and_o every_o where_o speak_v with_o the_o vulgar_a use_v the_o same_o kind_n of_o speech_n and_o very_o often_o the_o same_o preface_n as_o they_o do_v in_o their_o parable_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n to_o what_o be_v it_o liken_v etc._n etc._n but_o in_o he_o thus_o speak_v one_o may_v both_o acknowledge_v the_o divine_a justice_n who_o speak_v dark_o to_o they_o that_o despise_v the_o light_n and_o his_o divine_a wisdom_n likewise_o who_o so_o speak_v to_o they_o that_o see_v and_o yet_o see_v not_o that_o they_o may_v see_v the_o shell_n and_o not_o see_v the_o kernel_n verse_n iv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n some_o fall_v by_o the_o way_n side_n etc._n etc._n cocern_v the_o husbandry_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o their_o manner_n of_o sow_v we_o meet_v with_o various_a passage_n in_o the_o tract_n peah_o demai_n kilaim_v sheviith_o we_o shall_v only_o touch_v upon_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n under_o our_o hand_n do_v ready_o remind_v we_o of_o there_o be_v way_n and_o path_n as_o well_o common_a as_o more_o private_a along_o the_o sow_o field_n see_v chap._n xii_o 1._o hence_o in_o the_o tract_n 2._o tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n cap._n 2._o peah_n where_o they_o dispute_v what_o those_o thing_n be_v which_o divide_v a_o field_n so_o that_o it_o owe_v a_o double_a corner_n to_o the_o poor_a thus_o it_o be_v determine_v these_o thing_n divide_v a_o river_n a_o aqueduct_v a_o private_a way_n a_o common_a way_n a_o common_a path_n and_o a_o private_a path_n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o place_n and_o the_o gloss._n verse_n v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o fall_v among_o stony_a place_n 1._o place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n in_o hieros_n kilaim_v fol._n 27._o 1._o discourse_n be_v have_v concern_v some_o law_n of_o the_o kilaim_n or_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o different_a kind_n and_o of_o the_o seven_o year_n where_o among_o other_o thing_n we_o meet_v with_o these_o word_n r._n simeon_n ben_fw-mi lachish_n say_v that_o he_o be_v free_v from_o those_o law_n who_o sow_v his_o seed_n by_o the_o sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o rock_n shelf_n and_o rocky_a place_n these_o word_n be_v speak_v according_a to_o the_o reason_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n which_o be_v very_o rocky_a and_o yet_o those_o place_n that_o be_v so_o be_v not_o altogether_o unfit_a for_o tillage_n verse_n vii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o fell_a among_o thorn_n here_o the_o distinction_n come_v into_o my_o mind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o white_a field_n that_o be_v which_o be_v all_o sow_v and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o woody_a field_n that_o be_v in_o which_o tree_n and_o bush_n grow_v here_o and_o there_o concern_v which_o see_v the_o tract_n 2._o tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n chap._n 2._o sheviith_n so_o there_o be_v very_o frequent_a mention_n in_o the_o talmudist_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bed_n in_o field_n and_o vineyard_n 2._o vineyard_n vineyard_n vineyard_n vineyard_n vineyard_n vineyard_n peah_o cap._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o speak_v the_o same_o thing_n 3._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n kilaim_v c._n 3._o and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baldness_n in_o a_o field_n that_o be_v when_o some_o place_n be_v leave_v not_o sow_v and_o some_o place_n lying_z between_z be_v 4._o be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v kilaim_v c._n 4._o verse_n viii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n some_o a_o hundred_o etc._n etc._n these_o word_n be_v speak_v according_a to_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n concern_v which_o the_o talmudist_n speak_v much_o and_o hyperbolical_o enough_o which_o nevertheless_o they_o confess_v to_o be_v turn_v long_o since_o into_o miserable_a barrenness_n but_o be_v dim-sighted_a as_o to_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o it_o 2._o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o hieros_n peah_n fol._n 20._o 1_o 2._o they_o treat_v of_o this_o matter_n and_o various_a story_n be_v produce_v which_o you_o may_v see_v we_o will_v only_o mention_v these_o two_o r._n jochanan_n say_v the_o worst_a fruit_n which_o we_o eat_v in_o our_o youth_n excel_v the_o best_a which_o we_o now_o eat_v in_o our_o old_a age_n for_o in_o his_o day_n the_o world_n be_v change_v r._n chaijah_n bar_n basilius_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o arbelite_n bushel_n former_o yield_v a_o bushel_n of_o flower_n a_o bushel_n of_o meal_n a_o bushel_n of_o bran_n and_o a_o bushel_n of_o course_n bran_n and_o a_o bushel_n of_o courser_n bran_n yet_o and_o a_o bushel_n of_o the_o course_v bran_n also_o but_o now_o one_o bushel_n scarce_o come_v from_o one_o bushel_n verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n they_o seeing_z see_v not_o here_o you_o may_v observe_v this_o people_n to_o have_v be_v give_v up_o to_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n and_o a_o spirit_n of_o deep_a sleep_n now_o a_o great_a while_n before_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v observe_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o apostle_n will_v more_o easy_o appear_v rom._n xi_o where_o these_o very_a word_n be_v repeat_v if_o you_o there_o state_n aright_o the_o
lavatory_n of_o bethany_n pardon_v the_o word_n which_o i_o be_o force_v to_o frame_v leave_v if_o i_o have_v say_v the_o bath_n or_o the_o laver_n they_o may_v straighten_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o thing_n too_o much_o that_o place_n whereof_o we_o be_v now_o speak_v be_v a_o pool_n or_o a_o collection_n of_o water_n where_o people_n be_v wont_a to_o wash_v and_o it_o agree_v very_o well_o with_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v speak_v before_o concern_v purification_n here_o either_o unclean_a man_n or_o unclean_a woman_n may_v wash_v themselves_o and_o present_o buy_v in_o the_o neighbour_a shop_n what_o be_v needful_a for_o purification_n they_o betake_v themselves_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v purify_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o this_o place_n of_o wash_v whatsoever_o it_o be_v the_o gemarist_n speak_v in_o that_o story_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n cholin_n fol._n 53._o 1._o a_o fox_n rend_v a_o sheep_n at_o the_o lavatory_n of_o beth_n hene_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o wiseman_n and_o they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o a_o rend_n we_o doubt_v not_o that_o beth_n hene_n be_v bethany_n and_o this_o cause_n be_v bring_v thence_o before_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o may_v instruct_v they_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o eat_v of_o the_o carcase_n of_o that_o sheep_n when_o the_o eat_n of_o a_o beast_n that_o be_v tear_v be_v forbid_v see_v if_o you_o please_v their_o distinction_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d snatch_v away_o by_o a_o wild_a beast_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tear_v in_o the_o place_n cite_v where_o they_o discuss_v it_o at_o large_a traveller_n speak_v of_o a_o cistern_n near_o the_o town_n of_o bethany_n near_o which_o in_o a_o field_n be_v show_v the_o place_n where_o martha_n meet_v our_o lord_n come_v to_o bethany_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o borchard_n the_o monk_n whether_o the_o thing_n itself_o agree_v with_o this_o whereof_o we_o be_v speak_v must_v be_v leave_v uncertain_a sect_n iv_o migal_n eder_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o occasion_n of_o these_o place_n discover_v to_o we_o by_o the_o talmudist_n i_o can_v but_o observe_v another_o also_o out_o of_o they_o on_o another_o side_n of_o the_o city_n not_o further_o distant_a from_o the_o city_n than_o that_o whereof_o we_o now_o speak_v if_o it_o be_v as_o far_o distant_a as_o that_o that_o be_v migdal_n edar_fw-la or_o the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n different_a from_o that_o mention_a gen._n xxxv_o 21._o the_o jerusalem_n talmudist_n of_o this_o our_o place_n speak_v thus_o 1._o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o hieros_n kidd_n fol._n 63._o 1._o the_o cattle_n which_o be_v find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o jerusalem_n as_o far_o as_o migdal_n eder_n on_o every_o side_n etc._n etc._n the_o babylonian_a writer_n more_o full_o 1._o full_o full_o full_o full_o full_o full_o bab._n kidd_n fol._n 55._o 1._o the_o cattle_n which_o be_v find_v from_o jerusalem_n as_o far_o as_o migdal_n eder_n and_o in_o the_o same_o space_n on_o every_o side_n be_v male_n be_v burn_v offering_n female_n be_v peace_n offering_n in_o that_o place_n the_o master_n be_v treat_v and_o dispute_v whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o espouse_v a_o woman_n by_o some_o consecrate_a thing_n give_v in_o pledge_n to_o assure_v the_o thing_n and_o concern_v cattle_n find_v between_o jerusalem_n and_o migdal_n eder_n and_o the_o same_o space_n every_o where_n about_o jerusalem_n they_o conclude_v that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v repute_v for_o consecrate_a because_o it_o may_v be_v suppose_v as_o the_o gloss_n speak_v that_o they_o be_v stray_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n for_o very_o many_o cattle_n go_v out_o thence_o be_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v they_o have_v a_o tradition_n not_o unlike_o this_o as_o we_o say_v before_o of_o money_n find_v within_o jerusalem_n 1._o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n 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the_o jebusite_n and_o there_o kill_v he_o and_o then_o they_o sack_v and_o burn_v that_o city_n this_o story_n of_o the_o take_n of_o jerusalem_n lie_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n here_o for_o though_o the_o king_n of_o it_o have_v be_v slay_v in_o the_o field_n josh._n 10._o yet_o be_v not_o the_o city_n take_v nor_o it_o nor_o any_o other_o city_n fire_v in_o joshua_n time_n but_o only_o jericho_n ai_fw-fr and_o hazor_n josh._n 6._o 24._o &_o 8._o 26._o &_o 11._o 3._o and_o therefore_o the_o eight_o verse_n shall_v be_v read_v and_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n war_v against_o jerusalem_n and_o take_v it_o and_o smite_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o not_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v do_v before_o now_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v war_v hebron_n and_o debir_n take_v by_o caleb_n and_o by_o othniel_n calebs_n uncle_n but_o young_a than_o he_o and_o so_o be_v those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v understand_v and_o othniel_n the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n a_o kinsman_n of_o calebs_n young_a than_o he_o take_v it_o for_o othniel_n and_o jephunneh_n calebs_n father_n be_v brethren_n both_o son_n of_o kenaz_n see_v numb_a 32._o 12._o and_o 1_o chron._n 4._o 13_o 14._o hebron_n and_o debir_n have_v be_v take_v by_o joshua_n in_o the_o first_o or_o second_o year_n of_o his_o war_n josh._n 10._o 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o and_o about_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o war_n he_o sweep_v those_o place_n again_o of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o anakim_v that_o have_v swarm_v thither_o again_o in_o the_o space_n between_o josh._n 11._o 20._o and_o when_o the_o land_n begin_v to_o be_v divide_v he_o allot_v hebron_n unto_o caleb_n as_o josh._n 14._o now_o ten_o or_o twelve_o year_n pass_v since_o that_o allotment_n and_o the_o public_a service_n have_v be_v act_v all_o this_o while_n for_o the_o divide_n of_o the_o land_n and_o bring_v every_o tribe_n into_o its_o possession_n so_o that_o caleb_n hitherto_o have_v have_v little_a leisure_n because_o of_o the_o public_a or_o if_o he_o have_v leisure_n yet_o leave_v to_o his_o own_o strength_n and_o force_n which_o he_o can_v make_v a_o part_n and_o distinct_a from_o the_o public_a he_o be_v too_o weak_a to_o work_v his_o own_o settlement_n and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v still_o grow_v upon_o he_o till_o now_o that_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o simeon_n engage_v for_o he_o and_o he_o their_o general_n and_o then_o he_o take_v hebron_n and_o debir_n and_o destroy_v the_o anakim_v and_o canaanites_n clear_v out_o that_o they_o grow_v no_o more_o there_o othniel_n marry_v his_o nephew_n daughtet_n or_o his_o own_o great_a niece_n and_o have_v a_o inheritance_n of_o land_n with_o she_o though_o she_o have_v three_o brethren_n 1_o chron._n 4._o 15._o jethro_n family_n call_v kenites_n because_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o country_n call_v kain_n numb_a 24._o 22._o have_v come_v up_o with_o joshua_n and_o israel_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o reside_v about_o jericho_n the_o city_n of_o palm-tree_n among_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n till_o now_o and_o now_o that_o judah_n have_v clear_v his_o portion_n and_o begin_v to_o spread_v into_o plantation_n they_o go_v along_o and_o plant_v with_o they_o in_o the_o south_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o amalekite_n and_o so_o in_o saul_n time_n be_v mingle_v among_o they_o 1_o sam._n 15._o 6._o these_o kenites_n be_v the_o root_n of_o the_o rechabite_v jerem._n 35._o 1_o chron._n 3._o 55._o judah_n conquer_v horma_n for_o simeon_n and_o azza_n askelon_n ekron_n for_o himself_o but_o the_o philistines_n soon_o recover_v these_o three_o last_o town_n again_o chap._n 3._o 1_o 2._o the_o several_a tribe_n be_v work_v themselves_o into_o settlement_n in_o their_o several_a possession_n but_o be_v not_o careful_a to_o root_v out_o the_o canaanite_n but_o suffer_v they_o to_o live_v among_o they_o and_o so_o hazard_v themselves_o to_o be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o and_o forget_v the_o command_n of_o god_n which_o have_v engage_v they_o utter_o to_o destroy_v and_o not_o to_o spare_v they_o chap._n ii_o to_o ver._n 11._o othniel_n 11_o for_o this_o christ_n himself_o come_v up_o from_o judah_n camp_n at_o gilgal_n to_o the_o people_n othniel_n 12_o assemble_v at_o some_o solemnity_n at_o shiloh_n or_o bethel_n and_o tell_v they_o othniel_n 13_o plain_o that_o he_o will_v no_o more_o conquer_v for_o they_o he_o have_v offer_v himself_o to_o othniel_n 14_o joshua_n to_o lead_v the_o field_n in_o all_o the_o war_n and_o so_o have_v do_v josh._n 5._o 14._o he_o have_v othniel_n 15_o be_v with_o judah_n and_o make_v he_o victorious_a till_o he_o also_o spare_v the_o canaanite_n and_o othniel_n 16_o either_o for_o fear_n or_o neglect_v let_v we_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o vale_n inhabit_v there_o still_o othniel_n 17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver_fw-la 19_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o construe_v indifferent_o either_o he_o will_v not_o or_o othniel_n 18_o can_v not_o or_o dare_v not_o drive_v they_o out_o and_o then_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n othniel_n 19_o host_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n that_o have_v bring_v they_o from_o egypt_n thitherto_o othniel_n 20_o depart_v from_o they_o for_o which_o all_o the_o people_n have_v good_a cause_n to_o weep_v and_o othniel_n 21_o they_o call_v the_o place_n bochim_n the_o dimission_n of_o the_o people_n by_o joshua_n and_o his_o age_n othniel_n 22_o and_o death_n and_o the_o death_n of_o that_o generation_n be_v mention_v here_o that_o the_o othniel_n 23_o foundation_n of_o the_o future_a story_n may_v be_v the_o better_o lay_v and_o the_o time_n of_o the_o people_n othniel_n 24_o beginning_n to_o degenerate_a may_v be_v mark_v out_o chap._n xvii_o xviii_o xix_o xx._n xxi_o othniel_n 25_o after_o the_o ten_o verse_n of_o the_o second_o chapter_n be_v the_o proper_a place_n and_o order_n of_o these_o chapter_n for_o though_o they_o be_v lay_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n yet_o be_v the_o thing_n mention_v in_o they_o act_v even_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o wickedness_n after_o joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n death_n for_o the_o better_a evidence_n of_o which_o it_o will_v be_v pertinent_a to_o consider_v first_o the_o connexion_n of_o the_o passage_n there_o mention_v one_o to_o another_o and_o then_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o dislocation_n of_o they_o all_o chap._n xvii_o idolatry_n be_v begin_v in_o israel_n by_o a_o woman_n and_o in_o ephraim_n where_o afterward_o jeroboam_n establish_v it_o by_o law_n micahs_n mother_n devote_v eleven_o hundred_o shekel_n to_o the_o make_n of_o a_o idol_n and_o nine_o hundred_o of_o they_o go_v for_o material_n and_o two_o hundred_o for_o workmanship_n micah_n set_v it_o up_o in_o his_o own_o house_n for_o his_o own_o use_n and_o the_o use_n of_o the_o neighbourhood_n round_o about_o he_o the_o text_n in_o the_o original_a call_v he_o micaiahu_n with_o a_o part_n of_o the_o name_n jehovah_n affix_v to_o his_o name_n till_o he_o have_v set_v up_o his_o image_n and_o from_o thence_o forward_o viz._n from_o ver_fw-la 5._o it_o call_v he_o micah_n chap._n xviii_o othniel_n 26_o the_o danite_n take_v micah_n idol_n from_o he_o and_o set_v it_o up_o public_o in_o their_o own_o tribe_n there_o jeroboam_n set_v up_o one_o of_o his_o calf_n afterward_o also_o for_o this_o first_o public_a idolatry_n begin_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n that_o tribe_n be_v not_o name_v among_o the_o seal_a of_o the_o lord_n rev._n 7._o a_o great_a grandchild_n of_o moses_n be_v the_o first_o idolatrous_a priest_n but_o moses_n his_o name_n be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manasseh_n with_o the_o letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o the_o word_n partly_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o moses_n in_o the_o dust_n and_o partly_o because_o this_o his_o
if_o they_o escape_v that_o army_n why_o eat_v this_o year_n what_o grow_v of_o itself_o and_o what_o may_v be_v find_v up_o and_o down_o on_o the_o tree_n and_o the_o ground_n but_o what_o must_v they_o do_v the_o next_o year_n which_o be_v a_o year_n of_o release_n and_o rest_n as_o every_o seven_o year_n be_v and_o they_o may_v not_o till_o the_o ground_n why_o providebit_fw-la deus_fw-la god_n will_v also_o then_o provide_v for_o they_o of_o what_o grow_v of_o itself_o again_o and_o then_o the_o three_o year_n sow_v and_o reap_v and_o return_v to_o your_o old_a peace_n and_o prosperity_n esay_n xxxviii_o 2_o king_n xx._n to_o ver_fw-la 12._o &_o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o ver_fw-la 24._o hezekiahs_n sickness_n of_o the_o plague_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o very_a time_n while_o the_o assyrian_a army_n lie_v about_o jerusalem_n for_o though_o the_o destruction_n of_o that_o army_n by_o the_o angel_n be_v relate_v before_o the_o story_n of_o his_o sickness_n yet_o that_o his_o sickness_n be_v while_o that_o army_n be_v alive_a may_v be_v conjecture_v upon_o these_o two_o collection_n first_o it_o be_v past_o all_o doubt_n that_o his_o sickness_n be_v this_o very_a same_o year_n that_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o angel_n for_o if_o he_o reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n as_o 2_o king_n 18._o 2._o and_o that_o stroke_n of_o the_o angel_n upon_o that_o army_n be_v in_o his_o fourteen_o year_n as_o vers_n 13._o of_o that_o chapter_n and_o he_o live_v fifteen_o year_n after_o his_o sickness_n as_o 2_o king_n 20._o 6._o then_o it_o make_v that_o matter_n past_o controvert_v second_o the_o lord_n in_o his_o sickness_n do_v not_o only_o promise_v he_o recovery_n from_o his_o disease_n but_o also_o that_o he_o will_v deliver_v he_o and_o that_o city_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n which_o show_v there_o be_v then_o danger_n to_o he_o and_o jerusalem_n from_o that_o king_n and_o this_o may_v be_v conceive_v one_o cause_n that_o make_v hezekiah_n to_o weep_v so_o bitter_o when_o the_o message_n of_o death_n be_v denounce_v unto_o he_o because_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v jerusalem_n and_o judea_n under_o the_o pressure_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o assyrian_a tyrant_n and_o must_v not_o see_v the_o delivery_n of_o it_o therefore_o though_o the_o whole_a story_n of_o sennacherib_n be_v lay_v together_o as_o be_v fit_a yet_o can_v i_o not_o but_o in_o my_o thought_n insert_v this_o story_n of_o hezekiahs_n sickness_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o army_n as_o no_o doubt_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v before_o sennacherib_n death_n and_o yet_o be_v that_o story_v before_o it_o for_o the_o conclude_a of_o his_o history_n all_o at_o once_o to_o hezekiah_n alone_o be_v it_o give_v to_o know_v the_o term_n of_o his_o life_n and_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o firmament_n know_v not_o his_o go_v down_o that_o hezekiah_n may_v know_v he_o 2_o king_n xx._n from_o vers_fw-la 12._o to_o vers_n 20._o esay_n thirty-nine_o all_o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o vers_fw-la 25_o 26._o merodach_n or_o berodach-baladan_a the_o king_n of_o babel_n visit_v hezekiah_n by_o his_o ambassador_n to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n and_o to_o inquire_v after_o the_o miracle_n of_o the_o sun_n turn_v back_o the_o lord_n leave_v hezekiah_n to_o try_v what_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o it_o show_v folly_n the_o lord_n foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n the_o captivity_n into_o babel_n which_o city_n and_o kingdom_n be_v now_o small_a and_o under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o assyrian_a before_o it_o rise_v to_o be_v the_o golden_a head_n for_o observe_v in_o 2_o chron._n 33._o 11._o that_o babel_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o host_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n carry_v manass_v unto_o babel_n it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v that_o eser-haddon_a who_o succeed_v sennacherib_n in_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n take_v offence_n at_o merodach-baladan_a for_o his_o intimacy_n and_o familiarity_n with_o hezekiah_n and_o thereupon_o set_v upon_o babel_n and_o take_v it_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n babel_n have_v be_v tributary_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o assyria_n hitherto_o the_o assyrian_a have_v build_v it_o for_o some_o of_o his_o servant_n that_o trade_v upon_o euphrates_n in_o ship_n and_o make_v it_o a_o fair_a city_n but_o now_o eser-haddon_a subdue_v it_o and_o deface_v it_o esay_n 23._o 13._o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o from_z vers_n 27._o to_o end_n 2_o king_n xx._n vers_fw-la 20_o 21._o division_n 267_o hezekiah_n 15_o hezekiah_n live_v these_o fifteen_o year_n in_o safety_n and_o prosperity_n division_n 268_o hezekiah_n 16_o have_v humble_v himself_o before_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o pride_n to_o the_o ambassador_n division_n 269_o hezekiah_n 17_o of_o babel_n the_o degree_n of_o the_o sun_n reverse_v and_o the_o fifteen_o division_n 270_o hezekiah_n 18_o year_n of_o hezekiahs_n life_n prolong_v may_v call_v to_o our_o mind_n the_o fifteen_o division_n 271_o hezekiah_n 19_o psalm_n of_o degree_n viz._n from_o psalm_n 120_o and_o forward_o there_o be_v hezekiahs_n division_n 272_o hezekiah_n 20_o song_n that_o be_v sing_v to_o the_o string_a instrument_n in_o the_o house_n of_o division_n 273_o hezekiah_n 21_o the_o lord_n esay_n 38._o 21._o whether_o these_o be_v pick_v out_o by_o he_o for_o that_o division_n 274_o hezekiah_n 22_o purpose_n be_v it_o leave_v to_o censure_v the_o jew_n hold_v they_o be_v call_v psalm_n division_n 275_o hezekiah_n 23_o of_o degree_n because_o they_o be_v sing_v upon_o the_o fifteen_o stair_n that_o rise_v into_o division_n 276_o hezekiah_n 24_o the_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n who_o so_o in_o read_v those_o psalm_n shall_v have_v division_n 277_o hezekiah_n 25_o his_o thought_n upon_o the_o danger_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o sennacherib_n and_o her_o delivery_n and_o the_o sickness_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o recovery_n shall_v find_v that_o they_o fit_v those_o occasion_n in_o many_o place_n very_o well_o but_o i_o assert_v nothing_o but_o leave_v it_o to_o examination_n division_n 278_o hezekiah_n 26_o 1_o chron._n iv_o from_o vers_fw-la 34._o to_o the_o end_n division_n 279_o hezekiah_n 27_o in_o the_o time_n of_o hezekiah_n some_o of_o the_o simeonites_n subdue_v the_o meunim_n division_n 280_o hezekiah_n 28_o and_o the_o amalekite_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o former_a fourteen_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n when_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v all_o abroad_o and_o none_o dare_v peep_v out_o but_o in_o his_o last_o fifteen_o year_n when_o that_o army_n be_v destroy_v and_o go_v world_n 3310_o division_n 281_o hezekiah_n 29_o hezekiah_n die_v esay_n xxiii_o &_o esay_n xl_o xli_o etc._n etc._n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n the_o prophesy_v of_o esay_n be_v conclude_v by_o the_o title_n of_o his_o book_n in_o the_o time_n of_o hezekiah_n though_o the_o hebrew_n of_o old_a have_v hold_v that_o he_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o day_n of_o manasseh_n and_o be_v saw_v asunder_o by_o he_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n may_v seem_v to_o speak_v to_o that_o heb._n 11._o 37._o therefore_o according_a to_o the_o chronology_n of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o book_n in_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o it_o these_o chapter_n that_o be_v set_v after_o the_o story_n of_o hezekiahs_n fourteen_o year_n or_o after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o hezekiahs_n recovery_n be_v all_o to_o be_v allot_v to_o the_o fifteen_o year_n of_o his_o prolong_a life_n since_o there_o be_v no_o direction_n to_o lay_v all_o of_o they_o or_o any_o of_o they_o in_o any_o time_n else_o etc._n etc._n the_o three_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n also_o fall_v under_o the_o same_o time_n even_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o hezekiahs_n reign_n when_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v now_o take_v babel_n this_o be_v apparent_a by_o ver_fw-la 13._o speak_v of_o a_o little_a before_o for_o there_o the_o lord_n threaten_v tyrus_n by_o the_o example_n of_o babel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o city_n have_v be_v found_v by_o the_o assyrian_a 1._o assyrian_a assyrian_a assyrian_a for_o ship_n and_o for_o man_n of_o the_o desert_n thereupon_o babel_n be_v call_v the_o desert_n of_o the_o sea_n esay_n 21._o 1._o for_o his_o ship_n and_o ship-man_n to_o traffic_v upon_o euphrates_n as_o tyrus_n be_v build_v on_o the_o sea_n for_o the_o like_a purpose_n but_o now_o the_o assyrian_a have_v bring_v that_o to_o ruin_n and_o so_o shall_v the_o case_n of_o tyrus_n be_v by_o the_o babylonians_n nabuchadnezzar_a destroy_v tyrus_n ezek._n 29._o 18._o now_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o chapter_n that_o fall_v so_o late_o in_o hezekiahs_n time_n be_v yet_o lay_v in_o that_o place_n where_o it_o be_v be_v this_o because_o the_o prophecy_n against_o those_o country_n
five_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o for_o it_o particulare_v only_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o great_a size_n but_o sum_v up_o both_o the_o great_a and_o little_a for_o 2_o chron._n 36._o 18._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n bring_v all_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n both_o great_a and_o small_a to_o babel_n vid._n joseph_n antiq._n 11._o 1._o ezra_n ii_o this_o chapter_n reckon_v the_o number_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o return_v out_o of_o captivity_n it_o first_o name_v the_o chief_a conductor_n and_o prince_n among_o the_o people_n and_o then_o the_o several_a family_n and_o number_n of_o person_n the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o nehemiah_n have_v this_o catalogue_n over_o again_o but_o with_o abundance_n of_o difference_n some_o reason_n whereof_o shall_v be_v give_v there_o the_o commander_n and_o ruler_n in_o chief_a be_v twelve_o 1._o zerubabel_n the_o prince_n of_o judah_n 2._o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o jozedek_n the_o high_a priest_n 3._o nehemiah_n the_o builder_n and_o repairer_n of_o jerusalem_n afterward_o 4._o seraiah_n or_o azariah_n as_o he_o be_v call_v neh._n 7._o 7._o probable_o ezra_n who_o be_v call_v seraiah_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o father_n 5._o realiah_n call_v raamiah_n neh._n 7._o the_o difference_n of_o the_o name_n agree_v in_o the_o sense_n for_o realiah_n signify_v the_o lord_n terror_n and_o raamiah_n the_o lord_n thunder_n 6._o mordecay_n the_o uncle_n of_o esther_n and_o over-throw_a of_o haman_n 7._o nachamani_fw-la he_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o nehemiah_n but_o omit_v here_o for_o he_o come_v not_o up_o now_o but_o at_o some_o other_o time_n before_o nehemiah_n take_v his_o catalogue_n 8._o bilshan_n 9_o mispar_fw-la or_o mispese_v 10._o bigudi_fw-la 11._o rehum_o or_o nehum_fw-la 12._o baanah_n the_o number_n of_o the_o people_n be_v 42360_o their_o servant_n and_o maid_n proselyte_v 7337._o ezra_n iii_o in_o the_o seven_o month_n the_o return_v jew_n meet_v at_o jerusalem_n build_v 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denial_n likewise_o that_o his_o feast_n must_v come_v in_o here_o matthews_n word_n ver_fw-la 18._o do_v make_v it_o plain_a for_o he_o say_v that_o while_n jesus_n be_v speak_v those_o thing_n concern_v fast_v etc._n etc._n jairus_n come_v to_o he_o who_o come_v the_o other_o two_o evangelist_n have_v clear_o pitch_v in_o this_o place_n in_o matthew_n the_o late_a publican_n house_n when_o christ_n be_v invite_v to_o dinner_n many_o publican_n and_o sinner_n sit_v down_o at_o meat_n with_o he_o a_o thing_n as_o far_o contrary_a to_o the_o pharisaical_a discipline_n as_o what_o be_v most_o contrary_a for_o which_o the_o pharisee_n challenge_v he_o and_o his_o disciple_n they_o look_v upon_o christ_n and_o his_o disciple_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n of_o religion_n and_o devotion_n and_o therefore_o that_o aught_o to_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n of_o people_n especial_o from_o such_o as_o these_o be_v of_o a_o infamous_a stamp_n and_o character_n 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see_v she_o can_v not_o be_v hide_v mat._n 5._o 33_o because_o she_o have_v be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o touch_v christ_n in_o her_o uncleanness_n the_o story_n of_o the_o picture_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o woman_n touch_v he_o both_o make_v in_o brass_n of_o which_o the_o papist_n have_v make_v no_o small_a ado_n towards_o their_o worship_v of_o image_n have_v speak_v exceed_v wide_a and_o far_o from_o hit_v upon_o the_o right_a place_n where_o this_o woman_n and_o christ_n meet_v the_o story_n as_o it_o be_v relate_v by_o eusebius_n baronius_n and_o other_o be_v this_o that_o in_o caesarea_n philippi_n call_v otherwise_o paneas_n the_o house_n of_o this_o woman_n be_v to_o be_v see_v and_o before_o the_o door_n of_o the_o house_n a_o brazen_a image_n of_o a_o woman_n kneel_v and_o before_o her_o the_o brazen_a statute_n of_o a_o man_n in_o a_o garment_n down_o to_o the_o foot_n and_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o woman_n and_o that_o there_o grow_v there_o a_o certain_a 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maymony_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 14_o etc._n etc._n with_fw-mi etiam_fw-la jerus_fw-la moe_v katon_n fol._n 83._o col_fw-fr 4._o a_o goodwhile_o ago_o he_o have_v denounce_v a_o sad_a doom_n against_o capernaum_n matth._n 11._o 23._o at_o sect._n 52._o o_o thou_o capernaum_n which_o be_v exalt_v unto_o heaven_n shall_v be_v bring_v down_o to_o hell_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v speak_v as_o to_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o city_n who_o for_o the_o thing_n they_o have_v hear_v and_o see_v be_v exalt_v to_o heaven_n as_o that_o be_v christ_n own_o city_n or_o the_o place_n of_o his_o habitation_n yet_o they_o believe_v not_o and_o this_o may_v be_v some_o reason_n why_o when_o he_o have_v raise_v this_o dead_a girl_n he_o bid_v her_o parent_n keep_v the_o matter_n close_o for_o that_o city_n have_v just_o forfeit_v all_o such_o revelation_n of_o he_o yet_o for_o all_o the_o denounce_v of_o that_o sad_a fate_n against_o she_o he_o oft_o resort_v thither_o and_o forsake_v not_o his_o habitation_n there_o partly_o because_o he_o have_v some_o there_o who_o for_o all_o the_o unbelief_n of_o the_o generality_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o partly_o because_o he_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o remove_v his_o habitation_n for_o their_o unbelief_n or_o to_o pass_v off_o his_o dwell_n for_o other_o man_n wickedness_n for_o where_o can_v he_o go_v to_o reside_v but_o he_o shall_v reside_v among_o some_o of_o the_o same_o temper_n section_n xlii_o matth_n chap._n ix_o from_o ver._n 27_o to_o ver._n 35._o two_o blind_a man_n and_o a_o possess_v dumb_a man_n heal_v the_o order_n be_v clear_a from_o these_o two_o passage_n of_o connexion_n when_o jesus_n depart_v thence_o ver_fw-la 27._o and_o as_o they_o go_v out_o ver_fw-la 32._o jesus_n from_o jairus_n his_o house_n return_v to_o his_o own_o home_n ver_fw-la 28._o and_o there_o two_o blind_a man_n come_v to_o he_o who_o eye_n he_o touch_v and_o say_v according_a to_o your_o faith_n be_v it_o to_o you_o urgo_v this_o upon_o they_o the_o rather_o because_o of_o the_o general_a untowardness_n and_o unbelief_n of_o the_o place_n where_o he_o now_o be_v capernaum_n and_o because_o of_o the_o pharisee_n that_o be_v now_o present_a ver_fw-la 34._o that_o he_o may_v magnify_v faith_n as_o these_o blind_a man_n go_v out_o they_o bring_v in_o a_o man_n possess_v with_o a_o dumb_a devil_n and_o he_o also_o be_v heal_v which_o the_o pharisee_n still_o ascribe_v to_o magic_n etc._n etc._n section_n xliii_o mark_n chap._n vi_o ver._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o matth_n chap._n xiii_o ver._n 54_o 55_o 56_o 57_o 58._o christ_n at_o nazaret_n and_o offence_n take_v at_o he_o it_o be_v say_v by_o matthew_n that_o when_o jesus_n return_v back_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o gadarens_n he_o come_v into_o his_o own_o city_n matth._n 9_o 1._o that_o be_v to_o capernaum_n where_o he_o himself_o dwell_v and_o matthew_n and_o jairus_n and_o the_o three_o last_o section_n relate_v story_n do_v in_o their_o three_o house_n now_o mark_n say_v that_o from_o thence_o he_o go_v out_o and_o come_v into_o his_o own_o country_n that_o be_v to_o nazareth_n which_o title_n be_v use_v of_o that_o city_n again_o john_n 4._o 44._o in_o that_o synagogue_n he_o have_v be_v abuse_v a_o good_a while_n ago_o and_o his_o life_n endanger_v luke_n 4._o 29._o and_o thither_o he_o be_v come_v now_o to_o try_v they_o again_o and_o find_v not_o much_o better_a entertainment_n than_o before_o but_o only_o not_o so_o full_a of_o danger_n therefore_o he_o do_v not_o many_o great_a work_n there_o because_o of_o their_o unbelief_n which_o mark_n utter_v he_o can_v do_v no_o mighty_a work_n there_o ver_fw-la 5._o which_o mean_v not_o
here_o be_v somewhat_o obscure_a and_o that_o especial_o from_o these_o two_o thing_n 1._o because_o of_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o all_o the_o section_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v link_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o verse_n precede_v it_o in_o luke_n he_o go_v through_o the_o city_n and_o village_n teach_v and_o journey_v towards_o jerusalem_n then_o say_v one_o to_o he_o etc._n etc._n 2._o because_o of_o that_o passage_n in_o chap._n 17._o 11._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o he_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o pass_v through_o the_o mid_n of_o samaria_n and_o galilee_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o journey_n with_o that_o chap._n 13._o 22._o and_o that_o all_o the_o occurrence_n in_o these_o chapter_n be_v in_o that_o journey_n but_o for_o the_o proof_n and_o clear_n of_o the_o order_n to_o be_v as_o we_o have_v lay_v it_o these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v 1._o that_o this_o story_n wherewithal_o this_o section_n begin_v one_o say_v to_o he_o lord_n be_v few_o to_o be_v save_v etc._n etc._n be_v on_o the_o same_o day_n that_o he_o cry_v out_o o_o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 31._o 34._o now_o that_o this_o be_v when_o christ_n be_v no_o more_o to_o come_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n till_o his_o last_o come_v up_o thither_o be_v evident_a from_o his_o word_n ver_fw-la 35._o you_o shall_v no_o more_o see_v i_o till_o the_o time_n when_o you_o shall_v say_v bless_a be_v he_o that_o come_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o that_o this_o be_v after_o his_o come_n up_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n and_o those_o word_n be_v speak_v whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o at_o jerusalem_n before_o he_o go_v away_o thence_o from_o the_o feast_n to_o go_v beyond_o jordan_n the_o word_n then_o therefore_o wherewith_o this_o section_n begin_v in_o our_o english_a translation_n do_v not_o enforce_v the_o necessary_a conjunction_n of_o the_o time_n for_o in_o the_o original_a it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o chap._n 17._o 11._o that_o as_o he_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o pass_v through_o samaria_n and_o galilee_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v his_o last_o journey_n thither_o and_o the_o manner_n of_o expression_n do_v help_v to_o confirm_v of_o our_o order_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v there_o herod_n be_v now_o at_o jerusalem_n as_o compare_v ver_fw-la 31._o and_o 34._o and_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v ruler_n of_o galilee_n have_v help_v forward_o the_o death_n of_o these_o galilean_n who_o pilate_n have_v slay_v as_o they_o be_v sacrifice_v and_o a_o intimation_n of_o such_o like_a danger_n from_o he_o be_v give_v jesus_n and_o this_o may_v be_v conceive_v one_o cause_n that_o set_v he_o out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o go_v beyond_o jordan_n which_o be_v record_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o precede_a section_n john_n 10._o 40._o and_o how_o the_o order_n of_o story_n be_v to_o be_v cast_v in_o the_o reader_n thought_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o see_v christ_n be_v at_o the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n at_o jerusalem_n one_o come_v and_o ask_v he_o lord_n be_v few_o to_o be_v save_v luke_n 13._o 23._o and_o the_o same_o day_n ver_fw-la 31._o some_o pharisee_n tell_v he_o of_o danger_n from_o herod_n he_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o he_o be_v to_o die_v at_o jerusalem_n for_o a_o prophet_n can_v not_o be_v try_v but_o by_o the_o great_a council_n there_o talm._n in_o sanhedr_n per._n 11._o but_o he_o have_v yet_o some_o time_n to_o walk_v and_o work_v miracle_n before_o and_o so_o he_o go_v away_o from_o jerusalem_n chap._n fourteen_o he_o heal_v the_o dropsy_n on_o the_o sabbath_n and_o plead_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o action_n from_o their_o own_o pity_n to_o their_o beast_n to_o pull_v they_o out_o of_o a_o pit_n on_o the_o sabbath_n of_o which_o maym._n in_o schabb._n per._n 25._o r._n abuhabh_n in_o praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la ner._n 7._o have_v a_o parable_n somewhat_o like_o that_o passage_n at_o ver_fw-la 8._o and_o forward_o three_o man_n say_v he_o be_v bid_v to_o a_o feast_n a_o prince_n a_o wise_a man_n and_o a_o humble_a man_n the_o prince_n sit_v high_a next_o he_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o humble_a man_n low_a the_o king_n observe_v it_o and_o ask_v the_o prince_n why_o sit_v thou_o high_a he_o say_v because_o i_o be_o a_o prince_n to_o the_o wise_a man_n why_o sit_v thou_o next_o he_o say_v because_o i_o be_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o to_o the_o humble_a man_n why_o sit_v thou_o low_a because_o i_o be_o humble_a the_o king_n seat_v the_o humble_a man_n high_a and_o the_o wise_a man_n still_o in_o his_o place_n and_o the_o prince_n low_a chap._n xv._o by_o three_o eminent_a and_o feel_a parable_n be_v set_v forth_o god_n readiness_n to_o receive_v sinner_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o last_o of_o which_o be_v a_o clear_a intimation_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n chap._n xvi_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o unjust_a steward_n of_o the_o rich_a man_n and_o lazarus_n from_o psal._n 49._o lazer_n be_v use_v constant_o in_o the_o jerus_n talm._n for_o eleazar_n the_o word_n signify_v god_n help_v i_o or_o god_n be_v my_o help_n a_o fit_a name_n under_o which_o to_o personate_v a_o beggar_n abraham_n bosom_n a_o phrase_n use_v by_o the_o jew_n that_o day_n that_o rabbi_n die_v r._n ada_n ben_fw-mi ahava_n say_v this_o day_n he_o sit_v in_o abraham_n bosom_n juchasin_n fol._n 77._o col_fw-fr 4._o that_o the_o tongue_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n thirst_n for_o water_n as_o ver_fw-la 24._o be_v also_o their_o conception_n talm._n jerus_n in_o chagigah_n fol._n 77._o col_fw-fr 4._o be_v relate_v a_o story_n of_o a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o bad_a man_n that_o die_v and_o the_o good_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v no_o burial_n rite_n but_o the_o bad_a man_n have_v afterward_o one_o in_o a_o vision_n see_v the_o good_a man_n walk_v in_o garden_n and_o among_o pleasant_a fountain_n of_o water_n but_o the_o bad_a near_o a_o river_n and_o his_o tongue_n reach_v after_o water_n but_o can_v not_o reach_v it_o chap._n xvii_o at_o ver_fw-la 11._o it_o be_v say_v as_o he_o go_v through_o jerusalem_n he_o pass_v through_o samaria_n and_o galilee_n this_o mean_v his_o last_o journey_n thither_o but_o the_o expression_n be_v somewhat_o strange_a have_v it_o be_v as_o he_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o pass_v through_o galilee_n and_o samaria_n this_o have_v set_v his_o face_n towards_o jerusalem_n but_o utter_v as_o it_o be_v it_o seem_v to_o set_v his_o back_n upon_o it_o but_o by_o this_o passage_n the_o evangelist_n help_v to_o explain_v what_o john_n and_o the_o other_o evangelist_n speak_v of_o his_o journey_n from_o jerusalem_n beyond_o jordan_n but_o that_o he_o go_v not_o to_o jericho_n and_o so_o the_o next_o way_n to_o the_o next_o place_n beyond_o jordan_n namely_o that_o he_o go_v through_o samaria_n up_o into_o galilee_n and_o there_o cross_v over_o jordan_n to_o bethabara_n which_o be_v over_o against_o galilee_n from_o ver_fw-la 20._o and_o forward_o there_o be_v a_o speech_n of_o christ_n much_o like_o that_o in_o matth._n 24._o which_o still_o give_v we_o occasion_n to_o observe_v how_o christ_n rehearse_v thing_n over_o and_o over_o chap._n xviii_o by_o two_o parable_n he_o show_v the_o needfulness_n and_o efficacy_n of_o fervency_n constancy_n and_o humility_n in_o prayer_n in_o the_o pharisee_n prayer_n ver_fw-la 11._o we_o may_v observe_v what_o kind_n of_o faith_n in_o god_n the_o judaic_a faith_n be_v he_o wait_v for_o good_a from_o god_n but_o ground_v this_o in_o himself_o because_o of_o his_o own_o righteousness_n but_o in_o the_o gospel_n the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v reveal_v and_o that_o from_o faith_n to_o faith_n in_o the_o publican_n posture_n in_o his_o prayer_n two_o of_o their_o canonical_a gesture_n in_o prayer_n be_v exhibit_v stand_v and_o look_v downward_o maym._n in_o deah_n per._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o scholar_n of_o the_o wise_a must_v look_v downward_o when_o he_o stand_v pray_v the_o pharisee_n fast_v twice_o a_o week_n may_v be_v explain_v from_o jerus_n taanith_n fol._n 64._o 3_o &_o maym._n taanith_n per._n 1._o section_n lxiii_o matth_n chap._n xix_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 13._o mark_n chap._n x._o from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 13._o christ_n beyond_o jordan_n concern_v divorce_n matthew_n say_v when_o jesus_n have_v finish_v these_o say_n he_o depart_v from_o galilee_n and_o come_v into_o the_o coast_n of_o judea_n beyond_o jordan_n which_o saying_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o be_v finish_v a_o long_a while_n ago_o at_o sect._n 55._o but_o because_o he_o set_v down_o nothing_o
any_o intimation_n that_o paul_n send_v for_o he_o away_o as_o we_o have_v of_o his_o send_n for_o titus_n who_o he_o leave_v in_o crete_n intend_o for_o a_o long_a time_n but_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o paul_n design_v to_o have_v sail_v for_o syria_n come_v near_o to_o he_o and_o there_o discover_v the_o danger_n that_o be_v lay_v in_o his_o way_n by_o the_o jew_n which_o may_v also_o have_v enfold_v timothy_n he_o bring_v he_o away_o back_o again_o with_o he_o and_o so_o both_o return_v into_o macedonia_n and_o now_o winter_n be_v over_o they_o be_v set_v for_o asia_n again_o but_o when_o paul_n and_o this_o his_o company_n be_v all_o go_v for_o asia_n together_o why_o shall_v they_o not_o set_v out_o together_o but_o these_o go_v before_o and_o tarry_v at_o troas_n and_o paul_n and_o some_o other_o of_o his_o company_n come_v after_o nay_o they_o be_v all_o to_o meet_v at_o troas_n as_o it_o appear_v ver_fw-la 6._o why_o may_v they_o not_o then_o have_v go_v all_o together_o to_o troas_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v because_o paul_n himself_o be_v to_o go_v by_o corinth_n and_o not_o mind_v to_o stay_v there_o but_o very_o little_a because_o he_o hasten_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o will_v not_o take_v his_o whole_a train_n thither_o but_o send_v they_o away_o the_o next_o way_n they_o can_v go_v to_o troas_n himself_o promise_v and_o resolve_v to_o be_v speedy_o with_o they_o there_o he_o have_v promise_v a_o long_a time_n to_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n to_o come_v unto_o they_o and_o he_o have_v new_o send_v word_n in_o that_o epistle_n that_o he_o have_v late_o send_v that_o now_o his_o come_n will_v be_v speedy_a 2_o cor._n 12._o 14._o behold_v the_o three_o time_n i_o be_o ready_a to_o come_v to_o you_o and_o chap._n 13._o 1._o this_o be_v the_o three_o time_n that_o i_o be_o come_v to_o you_o not_o that_o he_o have_v be_v there_o twice_o before_o for_o since_o his_o first_o depart_v thence_o when_o he_o have_v stay_v there_o a_o long_a 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and_o now_o to_o look_v a_o little_a further_o into_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o thus_o part_a company_n and_o of_o paul_n short_a stay_n at_o corinth_n when_o he_o come_v there_o we_o may_v take_v into_o thought_n beside_o how_o much_o he_o hasten_v to_o jerusalem_n the_o jealousy_n that_o he_o have_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o find_v all_o thing_n at_o corinth_n so_o comfortable_a to_o himself_o and_o so_o creditable_a to_o they_o before_o those_o that_o shall_v come_v with_o he_o as_o he_o desire_v he_o have_v many_o passage_n in_o the_o second_o epistle_n that_o he_o write_v to_o they_o that_o glance_n that_o way_n for_o though_o as_o to_o the_o general_a there_o be_v reformation_n wrought_v among_o they_o upon_o the_o receive_n of_o his_o first_o epistle_n and_o thereupon_o he_o speak_v very_o excellent_a thing_n of_o they_o yet_o be_v there_o not_o a_o few_o that_o think_v base_o of_o he_o 2_o cor._n 10._o 1_o 2._o and_o traduce_v he_o and_o his_o doctrine_n chap._n 11._o &_o 12._o and_o give_v he_o cause_n to_o suspect_v that_o his_o boast_n of_o that_o church_n to_o the_o church_n of_o macedonia_n may_v come_v off_o but_o indifferent_o if_o the_o macedonian_n shall_v come_v with_o he_o to_o see_v how_o all_o thing_n be_v there_o 2_o cor._n 9_o 4._o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o the_o good_a policy_n of_o just_a fear_n grief_n and_o prudence_n to_o send_v they_o by_o another_o way_n and_o he_o have_v very_o just_a cause_n to_o stay_v but_o a_o while_n when_o he_o come_v there_o from_o corinth_n in_o his_o short_a stay_n there_o he_o write_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o romans_z as_o have_v be_v well_o suppose_v by_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n be_v assert_v by_o the_o postscript_n and_o may_v be_v conclude_v from_o these_o observation_n 1._o that_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v now_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o bring_v to_o the_o saint_n that_o benevolence_n that_o they_o of_o macedonia_n and_o achaia_n have_v collect_v for_o they_o rom._n 15._o 26._o the_o word_n achaia_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o now_o be_v sure_a of_o the_o corinthian_a contribution_n which_o he_o be_v not_o sure_a of_o till_o he_o come_v there_o 2._o that_o he_o commend_v to_o the_o roman_n phoebe_n a_o servant_n of_o the_o church_n of_o cenchraea_n rom._n 16._o 1._o which_o cenchraea_n be_v a_o place_n belong_v to_o corinth_n as_o be_v observe_v before_o though_o at_o some_o few_o mile_n distance_n 3._o that_o he_o call_v erastus_n chamberlain_n of_o the_o city_n rom._n 16._o 23._o of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v erastus_n abode_n at_o corinth_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 4._o that_o he_o call_v gaius_n his_o host_n or_o the_o man_n with_o who_o he_o lodge_v and_o the_o host_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n or_o in_o who_o house_n stranger_n have_v their_o entertainment_n rom._n 16._o 23._o who_o be_v a_o corinthian_a 1_o cor._n 1._o 14._o and_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o gaius_n of_o derbe_n who_o be_v one_o of_o those_o that_o be_v go_v before_o to_o troas_n be_v one_o man_n and_o gaius_n of_o corinth_n be_v another_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o greeting_n of_o some_o man_n be_v send_v in_o this_o epistle_n which_o be_v not_o with_o paul_n at_o this_o present_a in_o corinth_n as_o timothy_n rom._n 16._o 20._o who_o be_v go_v to_o troas_n and_o sosipaters_n who_o be_v go_v thither_o also_o for_o he_o i_o suppose_v be_v the_o same_o with_o sopater_n of_o berea_n act_v 20._o 4._o and_o this_o may_v seem_v to_o infringe_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o opinion_n that_o hold_v that_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v from_o corinth_n but_o when_o it_o be_v consider_v how_o late_o paul_n and_o these_o man_n part_v and_o that_o it_o be_v past_a doubt_n that_o he_o will_v acquaint_v they_o before_o their_o part_n of_o his_o intention_n to_o send_v to_o rome_n it_o be_v no_o difficulty_n to_o conceive_v how_o their_o salutation_n come_v insert_v into_o that_o epistle_n there_o be_v indeed_o some_o that_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v write_v from_o corinth_n but_o not_o at_o this_o time_n but_o at_o another_o namely_o in_o that_o time_n when_o paul_n travel_v greece_n of_o which_o journey_n there_o be_v mention_v act._n 20._o in_o which_o time_n among_o other_o place_n they_o conceive_v he_o come_v to_o corinth_n and_o there_o write_v this_o epistle_n but_o 1._o it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v question_v whether_o he_o be_v at_o corinth_n in_o these_o three_o month_n travel_n or_o no._n for_o whereas_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o call_v on_o they_o as_o he_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n 1_o cor._n 16._o 7._o which_o he_o intend_v when_o he_o travel_v those_o three_o month_n but_o that_o he_o discover_v that_o the_o jew_n lay_v in_o wait_n for_o he_o he_o excuse_v himself_o for_o not_o come_v according_o to_o that_o promise_n 2_o cor._n 1._o 16_o 17._o and_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o he_o be_v at_o corinth_n at_o that_o time_n yet_o 2._o he_o can_v not_o write_v this_o epistle_n at_o that_o time_n because_o when_o he_o write_v it_o he_o know_v the_o 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go_v thither_o he_o say_v not_o at_o all_o and_o now_o to_o take_v up_o what_o we_o have_v to_o observe_v upon_o these_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v speak_v 1._o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o as_o tacitus_n witness_v that_o pallas_n the_o brother_n of_o felix_n who_o have_v be_v claudius_n his_o great_a favourite_n and_o so_o nero_n also_o in_o claudius_n time_n do_v wane_n and_o decrease_v somewhat_o in_o his_o favour_n in_o a_o very_a short_a time_n after_o his_o entrance_n into_o his_o reign_n but_o he_o be_v not_o utter_o lay_v flat_a and_o out_o at_o all_o till_o after_o poppaea_n come_v into_o favour_n and_o amorousness_n who_o forward_v the_o death_n of_o agrippina_n and_o the_o bring_v down_o of_o those_o that_o be_v of_o her_o party_n as_o pallas_n be_v therefore_o the_o power_n of_o pallas_n with_o the_o emperor_n seem_v to_o be_v expire_v in_o nero_n five_o year_n in_o which_o agrippina_n be_v slay_v and_o by_o this_o account_n we_o can_v extend_v felix_n his_o escape_n for_o his_o brother_n pallas_n his_o sake_n beyond_o nero_n four_o year_n for_o consider_v poppaea_n prevalency_n with_o the_o emperor_n when_o once_o she_o become_v his_o paramour_n and_o consider_v her_o detestation_n of_o agrippina_n and_o her_o faction_n of_o which_o pallas_n be_v the_o chief_a we_o can_v cast_v felix_n his_o discharge_n for_o pallas_n his_o sake_n beyond_o nero_n four_o 2._o paul_n lay_v two_o year_n prisoner_n at_o caesarea_n under_o felix_n act_v 24._o 27._o after_o two_o year_n portius_n festus_n come_v into_o felix_n room_n many_o be_v the_o conjecture_n about_o these_o two_o year_n baronius_n say_v it_o be_v expleto_fw-la biennio_fw-la neronis_n magister_fw-la historiae_fw-la scholasticae_fw-la say_v it_o be_v biennium_fw-la ab_fw-la accusatione_fw-la felicis_fw-la a_o judaeis_n a_o lapide_fw-la care_v not_o to_o think_v that_o biennium_fw-la hoc_fw-la inchoandum_fw-la a_o praefectura_fw-la felicis_fw-la in_o judaea_n nam_fw-la ante_fw-la illud_fw-la praefuerat_fw-la trachonitidi_fw-la batanaeae_fw-la &_o gaulonitidi_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o hold_v that_o these_o two_o year_n mean_v the_o time_n of_o paul_n be_v a_o prisoner_n under_o felix_n from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o apprehension_n under_o lysias_n the_o chief_a captain_n till_o felix_n his_o go_v out_o of_o his_o government_n and_o so_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o beda_n beza_n salmeron_n onuphrius_n and_o other_o and_o this_o be_v so_o proper_a and_o suitable_a to_o the_o intent_n and_o discourse_n of_o luke_n that_o it_o need_v no_o illustration_n or_o proof_n of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o scripture_n manner_n of_o account_v in_o all_o other_o place_n these_o two_o thing_n then_o be_v thus_o conclude_v on_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o paul_n apprehension_n be_v in_o nero_n second_o and_o felix_n go_v out_o of_o office_n in_o nero_n four_o before_o poppaea_n be_v yet_o get_v into_o her_o potency_n and_o the_o account_v of_o paul_n two_o year_n imprisonment_n under_o felix_n to_o be_v thus_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n second_v he_o be_v apprehend_v and_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n third_n he_o have_v be_v a_o year_n prisoner_n and_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n four_o his_n two_o year_n be_v up_o and_o that_o spring_v it_o be_v that_o felix_n go_v out_o of_o office_n and_o go_v to_o rome_n to_o make_v his_o answer_n and_o pallas_n his_o brother_n not_o yet_o utter_o out_o of_o favour_n make_v his_o peace_n and_o now_o let_v we_o draw_v up_o the_o chronology_n of_o nero_n time_n to_o the_o full_a according_a to_o these_o evidence_n and_o as_o refer_v to_o our_o occasion_n christ_n 55_o nero._n 1_o paul_n at_o ephesus_n go_v to_o macedonia_n crete_n greece_n to_o macedonia_n again_o and_o winter_v in_o nicopolis_n christ_n 56_o nero._n 2_o paul_n at_o macedonia_n till_o easter_n then_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v apprehend_v at_o pentecost_n and_o from_o that_o time_n till_o the_o year_n 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live_n no_o justification_n but_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n the_o apostle_n in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o this_o epistle_n lay_v down_o two_o conclusion_n that_o determine_v the_o case_n and_o resolve_v all_o into_o faith_n the_o first_o be_v in_o ver_fw-la 17._o namely_o that_o the_o law_n be_v not_o give_v to_o cross_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n but_o to_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o it_o the_o second_o in_o ver_fw-la 10._o that_o the_o law_n do_v plain_o show_v of_o itself_o that_o no_o man_n can_v perform_v it_o but_o it_o leave_v a_o man_n under_o the_o curse_n observe_v that_o he_o say_v not_o as_o many_o as_o fail_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n but_o as_o many_o as_o be_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n show_v that_o the_o lawdid_v not_o only_o denounce_v a_o curse_n upon_o all_o
that_o perform_v it_o not_o but_o plain_o demonstrate_v that_o none_o can_v perform_v it_o and_o so_o leave_v all_o under_o a_o curse_n and_o these_o word_n curse_a be_v every_o one_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n conclude_v both_o so_o that_o the_o law_n be_v not_o give_v for_o justification_n but_o to_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o covenant_n of_o justification_n not_o to_o cross_v the_o covenant_n but_o to_o serve_v it_o not_o purposely_o to_o leave_v under_o the_o curse_n but_o to_o show_v the_o curse_n and_o to_o drive_v man_n to_o get_v from_o under_o it_o so_o that_o man_n may_v live_v in_o it_o but_o not_o by_o it_o it_o be_v the_o way_n in_o which_o man_n be_v to_o go_v to_o seek_v for_o justification_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n or_o mean_n whereby_o they_o be_v justify_v see_v gal._n 3._o 5._o the_o jew_n make_v the_o moral_a law_n cross_v to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n whilst_o they_o seek_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n and_o 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in_o it_o urge_v timothy_n to_o come_v to_o he_o before_o winter_n timothy_n be_v now_o at_o ephesus_n when_o this_o epistle_n be_v direct_v to_o he_o as_o may_v be_v observe_v out_o of_o the_o epistle_n itself_o by_o these_o collection_n 1._o in_o that_o he_o will_v he_o to_o salute_v the_o household_n of_o onesiphorus_n chap._n 4._o 19_o who_o be_v a_o ephesian_a chap._n 1._o 16_o 18._o 2._o in_o that_o he_o bid_v he_o take_v troas_n in_o his_o way_n as_o he_o come_v to_o he_o chap._n 4._o 13._o which_o have_v be_v the_o way_n that_o paul_n himself_o have_v go_v from_o ephesus_n 2_o cor._n 2._o 22._o and_o to_o ephesus_n again_o act_v 20._o 5._o 3._o in_o that_o he_o warn_v he_o of_o alexander_n chap._n 4._o 14._o who_o be_v a_o ephesian_a 1_o tim._n 1._o 20._o act._n 19_o 33._o there_o be_v one_o passage_n in_o this_o epistle_n which_o have_v cause_v some_o to_o doubt_n about_o the_o time_n of_o its_o writing_n for_o about_o the_o place_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n and_o that_o be_v what_o he_o say_v chap._n 4._o 6._o i_o be_o now_o ready_a to_o be_v offer_v up_o and_o the_o time_n of_o my_o departure_n be_v at_o hand_n which_o will_v make_v one_o think_v that_o he_o be_v now_o ready_a to_o be_v martyr_v and_o take_v away_o and_o it_o have_v make_v some_o believe_v that_o this_o be_v the_o last_o epistle_n that_o ever_o he_o write_v but_o when_o we_o compare_v his_o own_o word_n again_o in_o ver_fw-la 17_o 18._o and_o phil._n 1._o 25._o and_o philem_n ver_fw-la 22._o it_o make_v it_o past_a controversy_n that_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o his_o sudden_a martyrdoom_v but_o that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o some_o other_o sense_n but_o what_o be_v that_o baronius_n give_v this_o gloss_n the_o word_n of_o paul_n concern_v his_o speedy_a death_n seem_v not_o possible_o otherwise_o to_o be_v understand_v then_o that_o god_n have_v reveal_v it_o to_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v suffer_v death_n under_o nero._n for_o that_o time_n may_v very_o well_o seem_v near_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o quod_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la facile_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d depravare_fw-la luke_n say_v plain_o that_o at_o paul_n come_n away_o from_o judea_n in_o his_o voyage_n to_o rome_n it_o be_v their_o resolution_n to_o sail_v by_o the_o coast_n of_o asia_n act_n 27._o 2._o which_o have_v be_v a_o far_o fair_a ground_n to_o have_v conclude_v upon_o that_o paul_n be_v at_o miletum_n in_o that_o voyage_n since_o that_o be_v a_o part_n of_o those_o asian_a coast_n then_o to_o change_n miletum_n into_o melita_n upon_o no_o ground_n at_o all_o and_o certain_o the_o very_a scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o that_o passage_n will_v not_o admit_v of_o that_o change_n for_o he_o be_v not_o tell_v timothy_n of_o erastus_n his_o abode_n at_o corinth_n or_o of_o trophimus_n his_o sick_a stay_n at_o miletum_n as_o thing_n unknown_a to_o he_o but_o as_o thing_n very_o well_o know_v yet_o mention_v to_o he_o as_o make_v to_o the_o apostle_n 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among_o man_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n section_n xii_o s._n john_n chap._n i._o vers._n 15._o john_n it_o john_n john_n john_n john_n john_n john_n in_o the_o greek_a it_o be_v john_n bear_v witness_v and_o cry_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a word_n in_o the_o present_a tense_n and_o the_o latter_a in_o the_o praeter_fw-la tense_n the_o tense_n be_v either_o indifferent_o put_v one_o for_o another_o as_o the_o the_o translator_n of_o cyrill_n have_v render_v they_o testatur_fw-la &_o clamat_fw-la or_o nove_n hoc_fw-la as_o erasmus_n phrase_v it_o this_o strange_a construction_n be_v use_v by_o the_o evangelist_n to_o show_v in_o the_o former_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
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that_o very_a end_n that_o it_o be_v among_o we_o namely_o for_o admission_n of_o person_n into_o the_o church_n many_o year_n before_o the_o gospel_n begin_v to_o be_v preach_v or_o john_n baptist_n appear_v and_o this_o be_v show_v from_o the_o jew_n one_o writing_n and_o testimony_n though_o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o our_o baptism_n and_o now_o it_o may_v not_o be_v impertinent_a from_o the_o same_o author_n to_o give_v some_o account_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o administration_n of_o that_o rite_n among_o they_o or_o in_o what_o manner_n they_o use_v to_o baptize_v towards_o that_o we_o must_v first_o take_v up_o that_o traditional_a maxim_n mention_v by_o maymony_n in_o issure_v biah_n per._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o such_o a_o gather_n of_o water_n as_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o wash_n of_o a_o woman_n from_o her_o separation_n there_o they_o baptize_v proselyte_n now_o the_o water_n fit_a for_o such_o a_o wash_n they_o describe_v thus_o a_o man_n that_o have_v 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whether_o he_o have_v not_o set_v his_o eye_n upon_o some_o maid_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o a_o woman_n whether_o she_o have_v not_o set_v her_o eye_n upon_o some_o young_a man_n of_o israel_n and_o if_o no_o such_o matter_n be_v find_v out_o than_o they_o acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o labour_n of_o perform_v it_o if_o they_o see_v that_o they_o come_v out_o of_o love_n to_o the_o law_n they_o receive_v they_o as_o it_o be_v say_v when_o she_o see_v that_o she_o be_v steadfast_o mind_v to_o go_v with_o she_o than_o she_o leave_v speak_v unto_o she_o ruth_n 1._o 18._o when_o they_o receive_v a_o proselyte_n of_o righteousness_n and_o have_v inquire_v of_o he_o and_o find_v none_o of_o the_o cause_n mention_v they_o say_v unto_o he_o what_o see_v thou_o that_o cause_v thou_o to_o become_v a_o proselyte_n know_v thou_o not_o that_o israel_n be_v at_o this_o time_n poor_a and_o oppress_v and_o many_o calamity_n be_v upon_o they_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v very_o frequent_a mention_n of_o this_o place_n in_o the_o talmudist_n and_o certain_o a_o more_o careful_a comparison_n of_o the_o map_n with_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v by_o they_o of_o the_o situation_n of_o this_o place_n be_v worthy_a to_o be_v make_v when_o they_o place_v it_o in_o mount_n olivet_n these_o make_v it_o contiguous_a to_o the_o building_n of_o jerusalem_n i._o 2._o i._o i._o i._o i._o i._o i._o bab._n sanhedr_n fol._n 14._o 2._o in_o the_o place_n cite_v in_o the_o margin_n the_o case_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o stubbern_a judge_n or_o elder_a be_v handle_v for_o when_o by_o the_o prescript_n of_o the_o law_n difficult_a matter_n and_o such_o thing_n as_o concern_v which_o the_o low_a counsel_n can_v not_o judge_v be_v to_o be_v bring_v unto_o the_o chief_a council_n unto_o the_o place_n which_o god_n shall_v choose_v deut._n xvii_o 8._o and_o when_o that_o judge_n of_o the_o low_a council_n who_o after_o the_o 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court_n or_o in_o beth-phage_a v._o that_o which_o we_o produce_v first_o concern_v the_o cause_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o stubborn_a elder_n be_v recite_v also_o elsewhere_o and_o these_o word_n be_v add_v 1._o add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v add_v bab._n sotah_n fol._n 45._o 1._o he_o find_v the_o council_n sit_v in_o beth-phage_a for_o example_n sake_n if_o he_o betake_v himself_o thither_o to_o measure_n for_o the_o behead_v of_o the_o cow_n or_o to_o add_v to_o the_o space_n of_o the_o city_n or_o the_o court_n vi_o 1._o vi_o vi_o vi_o vi_o vi_o vi_o id._n bava_n meâ—â—â—_n â—ol_n 90._o 1._o he_o thresh_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o beth-phage_a the_o gloss_n beth-phage_a be_v the_o outmost_a circuit_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o aruch_n the_o wall_n of_o beth-phage_a be_v the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n now_o consult_v the_o map_n and_o the_o commentary_n of_o christian_n and_o you_o have_v beth-phage_a seat_v far_o from_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n not_o very_o far_o from_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n olivet_n where_o also_o the_o footstep_n of_o it_o even_o at_o this_o day_n be_v false_o show_v to_o traveller_n so_o our_o countryman_n sands_n a_o eye_n witness_n write_v concern_v it_o we_o now_o ascend_v mount_n olivet_n say_v he_o another_o way_n bend_v more_o northwards_o for_o before_o he_o have_v describe_v the_o ascent_n to_o bethany_n on_o the_o right-hand_a nor_o far_o from_o the_o top_n be_v beth-phage_a seat_v who_o very_a foundation_n be_v confound_v from_o whence_o christ_n sit_v upon_o the_o sole_a of_o a_o ass_n go_v in_o triumph_n to_o jerusalem_n the_o father_n guardian_n every_o palm-sunday_n now_o superstitious_o imitate_v he_o they_o take_v their_o resolution_n concern_v the_o situation_n of_o this_o place_n not_o elsewhere_o certain_o than_o from_o the_o
the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n ix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v he_o give_v he_o a_o stone_n 7._o stone_n stone_n stone_n stone_n stone_n stone_n de_fw-fr benefic_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o here_o that_o of_o seneca_n come_v into_o my_o mind_n verrucosus_n call_v a_o benefit_n rough_o give_v from_o a_o hard_a man_n panem_fw-la lapidosum_fw-la stony_a bread_n verse_n xii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n whatsoever_o you_o will_v that_o man_n shall_v do_v unto_o you_o etc._n etc._n 1._o etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n bab._n schab_n fol._n 31._o 1._o a_o certain_a gentile_n come_v to_o shammai_n and_o say_v make_v i_o a_o proselyte_n that_o i_o may_v learn_v the_o whole_a law_n stand_v upon_o one_o foot_n shammai_n beat_v he_o with_o the_o staff_n that_o be_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o go_v to_o hillel_n and_o he_o make_v he_o a_o proselyte_n and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v odious_a to_o thyself_o do_v it_o not_o to_o thy_o neighbour_n for_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a law_n verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d broad_n be_v the_o way_n in_o these_o word_n concern_v the_o broad_a and_o narrow_a way_n our_o saviour_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o jew_n among_o their_o lawyer_n concern_v the_o public_a and_o private_a way_n with_o who_o a_o private_a way_n be_v four_o cubit_n in_o breadth_n a_o public_a way_n be_v sixteen_o cubit_n see_v the_o gloss_n in_o 1._o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o cap._n 2._o hall_n 1._o peah_n verse_n fourteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gate_n under_o this_o phrase_n be_v very_o many_o thing_n in_o religion_n express_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n gen._n xxviii_o 17._o psal._n cxviii_o 19_o 20._o mat._n xvi_o 18_o etc._n etc._n and_o also_o in_o the_o jewish_a writer_n the_o gate_n of_o repentance_n be_v mention_v by_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v upon_o jer._n xxxiii_o 6._o and_o the_o gate_n of_o prayer_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o tear_n 2._o tear_n tear_n tear_n tear_n tear_n tear_n bab._n berac_n fol._n 32._o 2._o since_o the_o temple_n be_v lay_v waist_n the_o gate_n of_o prayer_n be_v shut_v but_o the_o gate_n of_o tear_n be_v not_o shut_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d straight_a gate_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o greek_a render_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pishpesh_n a_o word_n very_o usual_a among_o the_o talmudist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tamid_n cap._n 1._o hall_n 3._o with_o a_o key_n he_o open_v the_o little_a door_n and_o out_o of_o beth_n mokad_v the_o place_n of_o the_o fire_n hearth_n he_o enter_v into_o the_o court_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o aruch_n be_v a_o little_a door_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o great_a door_n verse_n xv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o sheep_n clothing_n not_o so_o much_o in_o woollen_a garment_n as_o in_o the_o very_a skin_n of_o sheep_n so_o that_o outward_o they_o may_v seem_v sheep_n but_o inward_o they_o be_v raven_a wolf_n of_o the_o ravenousness_n of_o wolf_n among_o the_o jew_n take_v these_o two_o example_n beside_o other_o 7._o other_o other_o other_o other_o other_o other_o taanith_n c._n 3._o hall_n 7._o the_o elder_n proclaim_v a_o fast_a in_o their_o city_n upon_o this_o occasion_n because_o the_o wolf_n have_v devour_v two_o little_a child_n beyond_o jordan_n 1._o jordan_n jordan_n jordan_n jordan_n jordan_n jordan_n hieros_n jom_n tobh_o fol._n 60._o 1._o more_o than_o three_o hundred_o sheep_n of_o the_o son_n of_o judah_n ben_fw-mi shamoe_n be_v tear_v by_o wolf_n verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o their_o fruit_n you_o shall_v know_v they_o that_o be_v a_o proverb_n not_o unlike_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n berac_n fol._n 48._o 1._o a_o gourd_n a_o gourd_n be_v know_v by_o its_o branch_n verse_n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o one_o have_v authority_n and_o not_o as_o the_o scribe_n it_o be_v say_v with_o good_a reason_n in_o the_o verse_n go_v before_o that_o the_o multitude_n be_v astonish_v at_o christ_n doctrine_n for_o beside_o his_o divine_a truth_n depth_n and_o convince_a power_n they_o have_v not_o before_o hear_v any_o discourse_n with_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d authority_n that_o he_o do_v the_o scribes_z borrow_a credit_n to_o their_o doctrine_n from_o tradition_n and_o the_o father_n of_o they_o and_o no_o sermon_n of_o any_o scribe_n have_v any_o authority_n or_o value_n without_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rabbin_n have_v a_o tradition_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wise_a man_n say_v or_o some_o traditional_a oracle_n of_o that_o nature_n hillel_n the_o great_a teach_v true_o and_o as_o the_o tradition_n be_v concern_v a_o certain_a thing_n 1._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n hieros_n pesachin_n fol._n 33._o 1._o but_o although_o he_o discourse_v of_o that_o matter_n all_o day_n long_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o receive_v not_o his_o doctrine_n until_o he_o say_v at_o last_o so_o i_o hear_v from_o shemaia_n and_o abtalion_n chap._n viii_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o can_v make_v i_o clean_o the_o doctrine_n in_o the_o law_n concern_v leprosy_n paint_v out_o very_o well_o the_o doctrine_n of_o sin_n i._o it_o teach_v that_o no_o creature_n be_v so_o unclean_a by_o a_o touch_n as_o man_n yea_o it_o may_v with_o good_a reason_n be_v ask_v whether_o any_o creature_n while_o it_o live_v be_v unclean_a to_o the_o touch_n beside_o man_n that_o be_v often_o repeat_v in_o the_o talmudist_n that_o he_o that_o take_v a_o worm_n in_o his_o hand_n all_o the_o water_n of_o jordan_n can_v wash_v he_o from_o his_o uncleanness_n that_o be_v while_o the_o worm_n be_v as_o yet_o in_o his_o hand_n or_o the_o worm_n be_v cast_v away_o not_o until_o the_o time_n appoint_v for_o such_o purification_n be_v expire_v but_o whether_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o live_n or_o dead_a worm_n it_o be_v doubt_v not_o without_o cause_n since_o the_o law_n treat_v of_o this_o matter_n speak_v only_o of_o those_o thing_n that_o die_v of_o themselves_o see_v levit._n xi_o ver_fw-la 31._o whosoever_o shall_v touch_v they_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a etc._n etc._n and_o ver_fw-la 32._o upon_o whatsoever_o any_o of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a shall_v fall_v etc._n etc._n but_o whether_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o live_a worm_n or_o a_o dead_a uncleanness_n follow_v by_o the_o touch_n of_o it_o for_o that_o day_n only_o for_o he_o shall_v be_v unclean_a say_v the_o law_n until_o the_o evening_n but_o the_o carcase_n of_o a_o man_n be_v touch_v a_o week_n uncleanness_n follow_v see_v num._n xix_o ii_o among_o all_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o man_n leprosy_n be_v the_o great_a in_o as_o much_o as_o other_o uncleanness_n separate_v the_o unclean_a person_n or_o render_v he_o unclean_a for_o a_o day_n or_o a_o week_n or_o a_o month_n but_o the_o leprosy_n perhaps_o for_o ever_o iii_o when_o the_o leper_n be_v purify_v the_o leprosy_n be_v not_o heal_v but_o the_o poison_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v evaporate_v and_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o contagion_n go_v the_o leper_n be_v restore_v to_o the_o public_a congregation_n gehazi_n the_o servant_n of_o elisha_n be_v adjudge_v to_o perpetual_a leprosy_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v cleanse_v and_o converse_v with_o the_o king_n 2_o king_n viii_o 5._o cleanse_v not_o heal_v thus_o under_o justification_n and_o sanctification_n there_o remain_v still_o the_o seed_n and_o silth_n of_o sin_n iv_o he_o that_o be_v full_a of_o the_o leprosy_n be_v pronounce_v clean_o he_o that_o be_v otherwise_o be_v not_o levit._fw-la xiii_o 12._o if_o the_o leprosy_n shall_v cover_v the_o whole_a body_n from_o head_n to_o foot_n thou_o shall_v pronounce_v he_o clean_o etc._n etc._n a_o law_n certain_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o be_v he_o not_o clean_o till_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v infect_v and_o cover_v with_o the_o leprosy_n nor_o shall_v thou_o o_o sinner_n be_v make_v clean_o without_o the_o like_a condition_n either_o acknowledge_v thyself_o all_o over_o leprous_a or_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v cleanse_v verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jesus_n touch_v he_o it_o be_v indeed_o a_o wonder_n that_o when_o the_o leprosy_n be_v a_o creep_a infection_n the_o priest_n when_o he_o judge_v of_o it_o be_v not_o hurt_v with_o the_o infection_n it_o can_v be_v pass_v over_o without_o observation_n that_o aaron_n be_v bind_v under_o the_o same_o guilt_n with_o miriam_n bear_v not_o the_o same_o punishment_n for_o she_o be_v touch_v with_o leprosy_n he_o not_o num._n xii_o and_o also_o that_o uzziah_n shall_v be_v confute_v concern_v his_o
of_o a_o dream_n hence_o be_v that_o expression_n very_o usual_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fast_a for_o a_o dream_n and_o it_o be_v a_o common_a proverb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fast_n be_v as_o fit_v for_o a_o dream_n as_o fire_n be_v for_o flax_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v allow_v to_o fast_v on_o the_o sabbath_n which_o otherwise_o be_v forbid_v see_v the_o babylonian_a talmud_n in_o the_o tract_n 1._o tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n fol._n 11._o 1._o schabbath_n where_o also_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o story_n of_o r._n joshua_n bar_n rabh_n idai_n who_o on_o the_o sabbath_n be_v splendid_o receive_v by_o r._n ishai_n but_o will_v not_o eat_v because_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o a_o fast_o for_o a_o dream_n iii_o they_o fast_v often_o to_o obtain_v their_o desire_n 2._o desire_n desire_n desire_n desire_n desire_n desire_n hieros_n kilaim_n fol._n 32._o 2._o r_o jose_n fast_v eighty_o fast_n and_o r._n simeon_n ben_n lachish_n three_o hundred_o for_o this_o end_n that_o they_o may_v see_v r._n chaijah_n rubbah_n and_o often_o to_o avert_v threaten_a evil_n of_o which_o fast_n the_o tract_n taanith_n do_v large_o treat_v let_v one_o example_n be_v enough_o instead_o of_o many_o and_o that_o be_v of_o r._n zadok_v who_o for_o forty_o year_n that_o be_v from_o the_o time_n whâ—â—â—he_fw-mi â—aâ—es_n of_o the_o temple_n open_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n a_o sign_n of_o the_o destruction_n come_v do_v so_o mortify_v himself_o with_o fasting_n that_o he_o be_v common_o callâ—d_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o weak_a and_o when_o the_o city_n be_v now_o destroy_v and_o he_o see_v it_o waâ—_n in_o vain_a to_o fast_v any_o long_o he_o use_v the_o physician_n of_o titus_n to_o restore_v his_o health_n which_o through_o too_o much_o abstinence_n have_v be_v waste_v verse_n xv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o child_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o the_o bride_n chamber_n a_o ordinary_a phrase_n there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o relate_v their_o mirth_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o nuptial_n i_o will_v relate_v that_o only_a and_o it_o be_v enough_o which_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o glosser_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o bab._n berac_n fol._n 31._o 1._o they_o be_v wont_a to_o break_v glass_n vessel_n in_o wedding_n and_o that_o for_o this_o reason_n that_o they_o may_v by_o this_o action_n set_v bound_n to_o their_o mirth_n lest_o they_o shall_v run_v out_o into_o too_o much_o excess_n the_o gemara_n produce_v one_o or_o two_o story_n there_o mar_n the_o son_n of_o rabbena_n make_v wedding_n feast_n for_o his_o son_n and_o invite_v the_o rabbin_n and_o when_o he_o see_v that_o their_o mirth_n exceed_v its_o bound_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o bring_v forth_o a_o glass_n cup_n worth_a four_o hundred_o zuzee_n and_o break_v it_o before_o they_o whereupon_o they_o become_v sad_a the_o like_a story_n be_v also_o relate_v of_o rabh_n ishai_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o action_n be_v give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v forbid_v a_o man_n to_o fill_v his_o mouth_n with_o laughter_n in_o this_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o day_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n to_o the_o son_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n that_o be_v to_o the_o friend_n and_o acquaintance_n be_v seven_o hence_o there_o be_v frequent_a mention_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o marriage_n feast_n but_o to_o the_o bride_n the_o day_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n be_v thirty_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o eat_v drink_v wash_v or_o anoint_v one_o self_n on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o joma_n cap._n hall_n 1._o but_o it_o be_v allow_v a_o king_n and_o a_o bride_n to_o wash_v their_o face_n for_o the_o bride_n be_v to_o be_v make_v handsome_a say_v the_o gloss_n upon_o the_o place_n that_o she_o may_v be_v lovely_a to_o her_o husband_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o her_o bride-chamber_n she_o be_v call_v the_o bride_n it_o be_v worth_a meditation_n how_o the_o disciple_n when_o christ_n be_v with_o they_o suffer_v no_o persecution_n at_o all_o but_o when_o he_o be_v absent_a all_o manner_n of_o persecution_n overtake_v they_o verse_n xviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v a_o ruler_n distinction_n 1._o distinction_n distinction_n distinction_n distinction_n distinction_n distinction_n in_o joma_n cap._n 7._o hall_n 1._o be_v make_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o head_n of_o the_o congregation_n for_o while_o the_o discourse_n be_v there_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n read_v a_o certain_a portion_n of_o the_o law_n on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n agreeable_a to_o the_o day_n thus_o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n of_o the_o synagogue_n take_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o give_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n where_o the_o gloss_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o synagogue_n be_v in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o temple_n near_o the_o court_n which_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v mark_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chazan_n or_o bishop_n or_o overseer_n of_o the_o synagogue_n be_v the_o minister_n and_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n be_v he_o by_o who_o command_n the_o affair_n of_o the_o synagogue_n be_v appoint_v namely_o who_o shall_v read_v the_o prophet_n who_o shall_v recite_v the_o phylactery_n who_o shall_v pass_v before_o the_o ark._n of_o this_o order_n and_o function_n be_v jairus_n in_o the_o synagogue_n of_o capernaum_n so_o that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n be_v understand_v in_o this_o sense_n admit_v of_o little_a obscurity_n although_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a be_v not_o there_o he_o speak_v these_o word_n behold_v the_o ruler_n of_o that_o synagogue_n etc._n etc._n verse_n xx._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disease_a with_o a_o issue_n of_o blood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zeba_n in_o talmudick_n language_n the_o talmudick_n tract_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v serve_v for_o a_o commentary_n here_o these_o thing_n be_v act_v in_o the_o street_n of_o capernaum_n for_o there_o matthew_n live_v and_o there_o jairus_n also_o and_o in_o his_o passage_n from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o one_o to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o other_o this_o disease_a woman_n meet_v he_o weigh_v the_o story_n well_o and_o you_o will_v easy_o judge_v what_o be_v to_o be_v think_v of_o that_o story_n concern_v the_o statue_n of_o this_o woman_n and_o christ_n set_v up_o at_o paneas_n or_o caesarea_n philippi_n of_o which_o 14._o which_o which_o which_o which_o which_o which_o eccles._n hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 14._o eusebius_n speak_v verse_n xxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v the_o minstrel_n djon_n cassius_n 56._o cassius_n cassius_n cassius_n cassius_n cassius_n cassius_n lib._n 56._o concern_v the_o funeral_n of_o augustus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tiberius_n and_o drusus_n his_o son_n sacrifice_a frankincense_n themselves_o but_o they_o use_v not_o a_o minstrel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chetubb_n cap._n 4._o hall_n 6._o even_o the_o poor_a among_o the_o israelite_n his_o wife_n be_v dead_a will_v afford_v she_o not_o less_o than_o two_o pipe_n and_o one_o woman_n to_o make_v lamentation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bava_n mezia_n cap._n 6._o hall_n 1._o he_o that_o hire_v a_o ass_n keeper_n or_o a_o wagoner_n to_o bring_v pipe_n either_o for_o a_o bride_n or_o for_o a_o dead_a person_n that_o be_v either_o for_o a_o wedding_n or_o a_o funeral_n 14._o funeral_n funeral_n funeral_n funeral_n funeral_n funeral_n maimon_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 14._o the_o husband_n be_v bind_v to_o bury_v his_o dead_a wife_n and_o to_o make_v lamentation_n and_o mourning_n for_o she_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o country_n and_o also_o the_o very_o poor_a among_o the_o israelite_n will_v afford_v she_o not_o less_o than_o two_o pipe_n and_o one_o lament_v woman_n but_o if_o he_o be_v rich_a let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v according_a to_o his_o quality_n 4._o quality_n quality_n quality_n quality_n quality_n quality_n schab_n cap._n 13._o hall_n 4._o if_o a_o idolater_n bring_v pipe_n on_o the_o sabbath_n to_o the_o house_n where_o any_o one_o be_v dead_a a_o israelite_n shall_v not_o lament_v at_o those_o pipe_n this_o multitude_n be_v get_v
this_o be_v a_o rabbi_n let_v there_o not_o be_v many_o such_o in_o israel_n verse_n fourteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o devour_v widow_n house_n the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v ingenious_a enough_o for_o their_o own_o advantage_n hear_v one_o argument_n among_o many_o forge_v upon_o the_o anvil_n of_o their_o covetousness_n a_o little_a rude_o draw_v but_o gainful_a enough_o 2._o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o bab._n joma_n fol._n 72._o 2._o say_v the_o lord_n make_v i_o a_o ark_n of_o shittim-wood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hence_o it_o be_v decide_v say_v they_o in_o behalf_n of_o a_o disciple_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n that_o his_o fellow_n citizen_n be_v bind_v to_o perform_v his_o servile_a work_n for_o he_o o_o money_n thou_o mistress_n of_o art_n and_o mother_n of_o wit_n so_o he_o that_o be_v prefer_v to_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o council_n be_v to_o be_v maintain_v and_o enrich_v by_o the_o council_n see_v the_o gloss_n on_o bab._n taanith_n 1._o taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n fol._n 21._o 1._o they_o angle_v among_o the_o people_n for_o respect_n and_o by_o respect_n for_o gain_n with_o a_o double_a hook_n i._o as_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n where_o they_o first_o and_o above_o all_o thing_n instill_v into_o their_o disciple_n and_o the_o common_a people_n that_o a_o wise_a man_n or_o a_o master_n be_v to_o be_v respect_v above_o all_o mortal_a man_n whatsoever_o behold_v the_o rank_n and_o order_n of_o bench_n according_a to_o these_o judge_n 2._o judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n jerus_n horaioth_n fol._n 84._o 2._o a_o wise_a man_n be_v to_o take_v place_n of_o a_o king_n a_o king_n of_o a_o high_a priest_n a_o high_a priest_n of_o a_o prophet_n a_o prophet_n of_o one_o anoint_a for_o war_n one_o anoint_a for_o war_n of_o a_o precedent_n of_o the_o course_n a_o precedent_n of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o head_n of_o a_o family_n the_o head_n of_o a_o family_n of_o a_o counsellor_n a_o counsellor_n of_o a_o treasurer_n a_o treasurer_n of_o a_o private_a priest_n a_o private_a priest_n of_o a_o levite_n a_o levite_n of_o a_o israelite_n a_o israelite_n of_o a_o bastard_n a_o bastard_n of_o a_o nethinim_n a_o nethinim_n of_o a_o proselyte_n a_o proselyte_n of_o a_o free_a slave_n but_o when_o be_v this_o to_o be_v namely_o when_o they_o be_v alike_o as_o to_o other_o thing_n but_o indeed_o if_o a_o bastard_n be_v a_o disciple_n or_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v unlearned_a the_o bastard_n be_v to_o take_v place_n of_o he_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o a_o king_n for_o if_o a_o wise_a man_n die_v he_o have_v not_o leave_v his_o equal_a but_o if_o a_o king_n die_v any_o israelite_n be_v fit_a for_o a_o kingdom_n this_o last_o bring_v to_o my_o mind_n those_o word_n of_o ignatius_n the_o martyr_n if_o indeed_o they_o be_v his_o in_o his_o ten_o epistle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n my_o son_n say_v he_o honour_n god_n and_o the_o king_n but_o i_o say_v honour_n god_n as_o the_o cause_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n as_o the_o chief_a priest_n bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o rule_n bear_v god_n image_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o priestly_a office_n christ_n and_o after_o he_o we_o ought_v to_o honour_v the_o king_n also_o ii_o under_o a_o pretence_n of_o mighty_a devotion_n but_o especial_o under_o the_o goodly_a show_n of_o long_a prayer_n they_o so_o draw_v over_o the_o mind_n of_o devout_a person_n to_o they_o especial_o of_o woman_n and_o among_o they_o of_o the_o rich_a widow_n that_o by_o subtle_a attractive_n they_o either_o draw_v out_o or_o wrest_v away_o their_o good_n and_o estate_n nor_o do_v they_o want_v net_n of_o counterfeit_a authority_n when_o from_o the_o chair_n they_o pronounce_v according_a to_o their_o pleasure_n of_o the_o dowry_n and_o estate_n befalling_a a_o widow_n and_o assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o power_n of_o determine_v concern_v those_o thing_n of_o which_o matter_n as_o it_o be_v perplex_v with_o infinite_a difficulty_n and_o quirk_n you_o may_v read_v if_o you_o have_v leisure_n the_o treatise_n jevamoth_n chetubboth_n and_o gittin_n concern_v the_o length_n of_o their_o prayer_n it_o may_v suffice_v to_o produce_v the_o word_n of_o the_o babylon_n gemara_n in_o beracoth_n 2._o beracoth_n beracoth_n beracoth_n beracoth_n beracoth_n beracoth_n fol._n 32._o 2._o the_o religious_a ancient_o use_v to_o tarry_v a_o hour_n meditate_v before_o they_o begin_v their_o prayer_n whence_o be_v this_o r._n joshua_n ben_fw-mi levi_n say_v it_o be_v because_o the_o scripture_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bless_a be_v they_o who_o sit_v in_o thy_o house_n r._n joshuah_n ben_fw-mi levi_n say_v also_o he_o that_o pray_v aught_o to_o tarry_v a_o hour_n after_o prayer_n as_o it_o be_v say_v the_o just_a shall_v praise_v thy_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o upright_o shall_v sit_v before_o thy_o face_n it_o be_v necessary_a therefore_o that_o he_o shall_v stay_v meditate_v a_o hour_n before_o prayer_n and_o a_o hour_n after_o and_o the_o religious_a ancient_o use_v to_o stay_v a_o hour_n before_o prayer_n a_o hour_n they_o pray_v and_o a_o hour_n they_o stay_v after_o prayer_n since_o therefore_o they_o spend_v nine_o hour_n every_o day_n about_o their_o prayer_n how_o do_v they_o perform_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o law_n and_o how_o do_v they_o take_v care_n of_o their_o worldly_a affair_n why_o herein_o in_o be_v religious_a both_o the_o law_n be_v perform_v and_o their_o own_o business_n well_o provide_v for_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n 2._o place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n fol._n 54._o 2._o long_a prayer_n make_v a_o long_a life_n verse_n xv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v one_o proselyte_n the_o talmudist_n true_o speak_v very_o ill_o of_o proselyte_n 2._o proselyte_n proselyte_n proselyte_n proselyte_n proselyte_n proselyte_n bab._n middah_fw-mi fol._n 13._o 2._o our_o rabbin_n teach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o proselyte_n and_o sodomite_n hinder_v the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proselyte_n be_v as_o a_o scab_n to_o israel_n the_o gloss_n for_o this_o reason_n that_o they_o be_v not_o skill_v in_o the_o commandment_n that_o they_o bring_v in_o revenge_n and_o moreover_o that_o the_o israelite_n perchance_o may_v imitate_v their_o work_n etc._n etc._n yet_o in_o make_v of_o these_o they_o use_v their_o utmost_a endeavour_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o their_o own_o gain_n that_o they_o may_v some_o way_n or_o other_o drain_v their_o purse_n after_o they_o have_v draw_v they_o in_o under_o the_o show_n of_o religion_n or_o make_v some_o use_n or_o benefit_n to_o themselves_o by_o they_o the_o same_o covetousness_n therefore_o under_o a_o vail_n of_o hypocrisy_n in_o devour_a widow_n which_o our_o saviour_n have_v condemn_v in_o the_o former_a clause_n he_o here_o also_o condemn_v in_o hunt_v after_o proselyte_n which_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v at_o all_o kind_n of_o pain_n to_o bring_v over_o to_o they_o not_o that_o they_o care_v for_o proselyte_n who_o they_o account_v as_o a_o scab_n and_o plague_n but_o that_o the_o more_o they_o can_v draw_v over_o to_o their_o religion_n the_o great_a draught_n they_o shall_v have_v for_o gain_v and_o the_o more_o purse_n to_o fish_n in_o these_o therefore_o be_v so_o proselyte_v they_o make_v double_o more_o the_o child_n of_o hell_n than_o themselves_o for_o when_o they_o have_v draw_v they_o into_o their_o net_n have_v get_v their_o prey_n they_o be_v no_o further_o concern_v what_o become_v of_o they_o so_o they_o get_v some_o benefit_n by_o they_o they_o may_v perish_v in_o ignorance_n superstition_n atheism_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n this_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o concern_v to_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n only_o let_v they_o remain_v in_o judaisme_n that_o they_o may_v lord_n it_o over_o their_o conscience_n and_o purse_n verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n whosoever_o shall_v swear_v by_o the_o gold_n of_o the_o temple_n he_o be_v a_o debtor_n these_o word_n agree_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o those_o of_o the_o corban_n chap._n xv._o 5._o we_o must_v not_o understand_v the_o gold_n of_o the_o temple_n here_o of_o that_o gold_n which_o shine_v all_o about_o in_o the_o wall_n and_o ceiling_n but_o the_o gold_n here_o mean_v be_v that_o which_o be_v offer_v up_o in_o the_o corban_n it_o be_v a_o common_a thing_n with_o they_o and_o esteem_v as_o nothing_o to_o swear_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o temple_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o altar_n which_o we_o have_v observe_v at_o the_o 31_o vers_fw-la of_o the_o 5_o
mezia_n mezia_n mezia_n cap._n 5._o chap._n xxvi_o verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assemble_v together_o unto_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n §._o of_o the_o present_a authority_n of_o the_o council_n and_o of_o its_o place_n those_o ominous_a prodigy_n be_v very_o memorable_a which_o be_v relate_v by_o the_o talmudist_n to_o have_v happen_v forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n 3._o temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n temple_n 〈…〉_o fol._n 4â—_n 3._o a_o tradition_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v the_o western_a candle_n that_o be_v the_o middlemost_a â—â—_o the_o holy_a candlestick_n be_v put_v out_o and_o the_o crimson_a tongue_n that_o be_v fasten_v to_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o escape_n goat_n or_o the_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n keep_v its_o redness_n and_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o goat_n that_o be_v to_o be_v offer_v up_o on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n come_v out_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v shut_v over_o night_n be_v find_v open_a in_o the_o morning_n rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccat_n say_v therefore_o o_o temple_n wherefore_o do_v thou_o trouble_v we_o we_o know_v thy_o fate_n namely_o that_o thou_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v for_o it_o be_v say_v open_v o_o lebanon_n thy_o gate_n that_o the_o flame_n may_v consume_v thy_o cedar_n 2._o cedar_n cedar_n cedar_n cedar_n cedar_n cedar_n idem_fw-la sanh_o d._n fol_z 24._o 2._o a_o tradition_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v judgement_n in_o capital_a cause_n be_v take_v away_o from_o israel_n 2._o israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n bab._n avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 8._o 2._o forty_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v the_o council_n remove_v and_o sit_v in_o the_o shed_v with_o these_o two_o last_o tradition_n lie_v our_o present_a business_n what_o the_o jew_n say_v joh._n xviii_o 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o tradition_n before_o we_o judgement_n in_o capital_a cause_n be_v take_v away_o from_o israel_n when_o be_v they_o first_o take_v away_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n say_v the_o talmudsit_n no_o doubt_n before_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n the_o word_n of_o the_o jew_n imply_v so_o much_o but_o how_o be_v they_o take_v away_o it_o be_v general_o receive_v by_o all_o that_o the_o roman_n do_v so_o far_o divest_v the_o council_n of_o its_o authority_n that_o it_o be_v not_o allow_v by_o they_o to_o punish_v any_o with_o death_n and_o this_o be_v gather_v from_o those_o word_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o one_o to_o death_n but_o if_o this_o indeed_o be_v true_a 1._o what_o do_v then_o those_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n mean_a 17_o mean_a mean_a mean_a mean_a mean_a mean_a chap._n x._o 17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o will_v deliver_v you_o up_o to_o the_o council_n 2._o how_o do_v they_o put_v stephen_n to_o death_n 3._o why_o be_v paul_n so_o much_o afraid_a to_o commit_v himself_o to_o the_o council_n that_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o appeal_v to_o caesar_n the_o talmudist_n excellent_o well_o clear_a the_o matter_n what_o signify_v that_o tradition_n say_v they_o of_o the_o removal_n of_o the_o council_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o temple_n rabh_n isaac_n bar_n abdimi_n say_v it_o signify_v thus_o much_o that_o they_o do_v not_o judge_v of_o sin_n and_o a_o little_a after_o but_o r._n nachman_n bar_n isaac_n say_v do_v not_o say_v that_o it_o do_v not_o judge_v of_o sin_n but_o that_o it_o do_v not_o judge_v in_o capital_a cause_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o see_v murderer_n so_o much_o increase_v that_o they_o can_v not_o judge_v they_o they_o say_v therefore_o it_o be_v sit_v that_o we_o shall_v remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n that_o so_o we_o may_v avoid_v the_o guilt_n that_o be_v the_o number_n and_o boldness_n of_o thief_n and_o murderer_n grow_v so_o great_a that_o by_o reason_n thereof_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n grow_v weak_a and_o neither_o can_v nor_o dare_v put_v they_o to_o death_n it_o be_v better_a say_v they_o for_o we_o to_o remove_v from_o hence_o out_o of_o this_o chamber_n gazith_n where_o by_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o place_n we_o be_v oblige_v to_o judge_v they_o than_o that_o by_o sit_v still_o here_o and_o not_o judge_v they_o we_o shall_v render_v ourselves_o guilty_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o neither_o in_o the_o high_a nor_o in_o the_o inferior_a council_n any_o one_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n for_o they_o do_v not_o judge_v of_o capital_a matter_n in_o the_o inferior_a council_n in_o any_o city_n but_o only_o when_o the_o great_a council_n sit_v in_o the_o chamber_n gazith_n say_v the_o gloss._n the_o authority_n of_o they_o be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o the_o roman_n but_o rather_o relinquish_v by_o themselves_o the_o slothfulness_n of_o the_o council_n destroy_v its_o own_o authority_n hear_v it_o just_o upbraid_v in_o this_o matter_n 17_o matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n maccoth_n chap._n 1._o hal._n 17_o the_o council_n which_o put_v but_o one_o to_o death_n in_o seven_o year_n be_v call_v destructive_a r._n lazar_n ben_fw-mi azariah_n say_v whichput_v one_o to_o death_n in_o seventy_o year_n r._n tarphon_n and_o r._n achiba_n say_v if_o we_o have_v be_v in_o the_o council_n when_o it_o judge_v of_o capital_a matter_n there_o have_v none_o ever_o be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o it_o r._n simeon_n ben_fw-mi gamaliel_n say_v these_o man_n have_v increase_v the_o number_n of_o murderer_n in_o israel_n most_o certain_o true_a o_o simeon_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o power_n of_o the_o council_n come_v to_o be_v weaken_v in_o capital_a matter_n because_o they_o either_o by_o mere_a slothfulness_n or_o by_o a_o foolish_a tenderness_n or_o as_o indeed_o the_o truth_n be_v by_o a_o most_o fond_a estimation_n of_o a_o israelite_n as_o a_o israelite_n they_o so_o far_o neglect_v to_o punish_v bloodshed_n and_o murder_n and_o other_o crime_n till_o wickedness_n grow_v so_o untractable_a that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n tremble_v for_o fear_n of_o it_o and_o dare_v not_o kill_v the_o killer_n in_o this_o sense_n their_o say_n must_v be_v understand_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n their_o authority_n of_o judge_v not_o be_v take_v from_o they_o by_o the_o roman_n but_o lose_v by_o themselves_o and_o despise_v by_o their_o people_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v not_o so_o lose_v but_o that_o sometime_o they_o exercise_v it_o namely_o when_o they_o observe_v they_o may_v do_v it_o safe_o and_o without_o danger_n that_o veniam_fw-la corvis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spare_v crow_n but_o vex_v pigeon_n thief_n murderer_n and_o wicked_a man_n arm_v with_o force_n they_o dare_v not_o call_v into_o their_o judgement_n they_o be_v afraid_a of_o so_o desperate_a a_o crew_n but_o to_o judge_n condemn_v torture_n and_o put_v to_o death_n poor_a man_n and_o christian_n from_o who_o they_o fear_v no_o such_o danger_n they_o dread_v it_o not_o they_o do_v not_o avoid_v it_o they_o have_v be_v ready_a enough_o at_o condemniag_n our_o saviour_n himself_o to_o death_n if_o they_o have_v not_o fear_v the_o people_n and_o if_o providence_n have_v not_o otherwise_o determine_v of_o his_o death_n we_o may_v also_o by_o the_o way_n add_v that_o also_o which_o follow_v after_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieros_n sanhedr_n fol._n 24._o 1._o in_o the_o day_n of_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi jochai_n judgement_n of_o pecuniary_a matter_n be_v take_v away_o from_o israel_n 1._o israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n fol._n 18._o 1._o in_o the_o same_o tract_n this_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi shetah_n long_o before_o christ_n be_v bear_v but_o this_o be_v a_o error_n of_o the_o transcriber_n but_o now_o if_o the_o jewish_a council_n lose_v their_o power_n of_o judge_v in_o pecuniary_a cause_n by_o the_o same_o mean_n as_o they_o lose_v it_o in_o capital_a it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o deceit_n oppression_n and_o mutual_a injury_n be_v grow_v so_o common_a and_o dare_a that_o they_o be_v let_v alone_o as_o be_v above_o all_o punishment_n the_o babylonian_a gemarist_n allege_v another_o reason_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v only_o in_o favour_n of_o their_o nation_n this_o be_v no_o fit_a place_n to_o examine_v before_o examine_v examine_v examine_v examine_v examine_v examine_v see_v avodah_n zarah_n as_o before_o that_o we_o may_v
yet_o further_o confirm_v our_o opinion_n that_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o council_n in_o capital_a matter_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o the_o roman_n we_o will_v produce_v two_o story_n as_o clear_a example_n of_o the_o thing_n we_o assert_v one_o be_v this_o 2._o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o hieros_n sanhedr_n fol._n 24._o 2._o r._n lazar_n son_n of_o r._n zadok_v say_v when_o i_o be_v a_o little_a boy_n sit_v on_o my_o father_n shoulder_n i_o see_v the_o daughter_n of_o a_o priest_n that_o have_v play_v the_o harlot_n compass_v round_o with_o faggot_n and_o burn_v the_o council_n no_o doubt_n judge_v and_o condemn_v she_o and_o this_o after_o judea_n have_v then_o groan_v many_o year_n under_o the_o roman_a yoke_n for_o that_o same_o r._n lazar_n see_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n the_o other_o you_o have_v in_o the_o same_o tract_n 4._o tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n fol._n 25._o 4._o where_o they_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o pump_v out_o evidence_n against_o a_o heretic_n and_o seducer_n of_o the_o people_n they_o place_n say_v they_o two_o witness_n in_o ambush_n in_o the_o inner_a part_n of_o the_o house_n and_o he_o in_o the_o outward_a with_o a_o candle_n burn_v by_o he_o that_o they_o may_v see_v and_o hear_v he_o thus_o they_o deal_v with_o ben_n sudta_n in_o lydda_n they_o place_v two_o disciple_n of_o the_o wise_a in_o ambush_n for_o he_o and_o they_o bring_v he_o before_o the_o council_n and_o stone_v he_o the_o jew_n open_o profess_v that_o this_o be_v do_v to_o he_o in_o the_o day_n of_o r._n akiba_n long_o after_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n and_o yet_o then_o as_o you_o see_v the_o council_n still_o retain_v its_o authority_n in_o judge_v of_o capital_a cause_n they_o may_v do_v it_o for_o all_o the_o roman_n if_o they_o dare_v do_v it_o to_o the_o criminal_n but_o so_o much_o thus_o far_o concern_v its_o authority_n let_v we_o now_o speak_v of_o its_o present_a seat_n 1._o seat_n seat_n seat_n seat_n seat_n seat_n bab._n rosh_n hashanah_n fol._n 31._o 1._o the_o council_n remove_v from_o the_o chamber_n gazith_v to_o the_o shed_v from_o the_o shed_v into_o jerusalem_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o jasne_n from_o jasne_n to_o osha_n from_o osha_n to_o shepharaama_n from_o shepharaama_n to_o bethshaarim_n from_o bethshaarim_n to_o tsippor_n from_o tsippor_n to_o tiberias_n etc._n etc._n we_o conjecture_v that_o the_o great_a bench_n be_v drive_v from_o its_o seat_n the_o chamber_n gazith_n half_a a_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o before_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n but_o whether_o they_o sit_v then_o in_o the_o shed_v a_o place_n in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n or_o in_o the_o city_n when_o they_o debate_v about_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o clear_o appear_v since_o no_o author_n make_v mention_n how_o long_o it_o sit_v either_o here_o or_o there_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v mention_v in_o chap._n xxvii_o 4_o 5_o 6._o seem_v to_o argue_v that_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o temple_n these_o before_o we_o that_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o city_n perhaps_o in_o both_o place_n for_o it_o be_v not_o unusual_a with_o they_o to_o return_v thither_o as_o occasion_n serve_v from_o whence_o they_o come_v only_o to_o the_o chamber_n gazith_o they_o never_o go_v back_o whence_o the_o gloss_n on_o the_o place_n late_o cite_v they_o sit_v in_o jasne_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n jochanan_n in_o osha_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n gamaliel_n for_o they_o return_v from_o osha_n to_o jasne_n etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o council_n which_o be_v remove_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o jasne_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n return_v thither_o at_o the_o feast_n and_o sit_v as_o before_o hence_o paul_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n when_o jasne_n at_o that_o time_n be_v its_o proper_a seat_n and_o hence_o rabban_n simeon_n precedent_n of_o the_o council_n be_v take_v and_o kill_v in_o the_o siege_n of_o the_o city_n and_o rabban_n jochanan_n his_o vicepresident_n be_v very_o near_o it_o both_o of_o they_o be_v draw_v from_o jasne_n to_o the_o city_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bench_n for_o observation_n of_o the_o passover_n whether_o the_o hall_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v the_o ordinary_a receptacle_n for_o the_o council_n or_o only_o in_o the_o present_a occasion_n we_o do_v not_o here_o inquire_v it_o be_v more_o material_a to_o inquire_v concern_v the_o bench_n itself_o and_o who_o sit_v precedent_n in_o judge_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o council_n at_o this_o time_n be_v rabban_n gamaliel_n paul_n master_n and_o the_o vicepresident_n rabban_n simeon_n his_o son_n or_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n which_o we_o do_v not_o dispute_v now_o whence_o therefore_o have_v the_o chief_a priest_n here_o and_o in_o other_o place_n the_o precedence_n and_o the_o chief_a voice_n in_o judge_v for_o thus_o in_o stephen_n case_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o inquisition_n act._n vi_o 1._o also_o in_o paul_n case_n act._n xxiii_o 2._o see_v also_o act._n ix_o 1._o have_v the_o priest_n a_o council_n and_o judgment-seat_n of_o their_o own_o or_o may_v they_o in_o the_o chief_a council_n when_o the_o precedent_n be_v absent_a hear_v cause_n of_o life_n and_o death_n to_o this_o long_a question_n and_o that_o enough_o perplex_v we_o reply_v these_o few_o thing_n i._o we_o confess_v indeed_o that_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o bench_n and_o council_n of_o their_o own_o yet_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v a_o double_a council_n one_o for_o ecclesiastical_a the_o other_o for_o civil_a affair_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o 1._o we_o meet_v often_o with_o mention_n of_o the_o chamber_n of_o the_o councillor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d next_o the_o court_n which_o be_v also_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v which_o thus_o the_o bab._n joma_n 8._o joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n fol._n 8._o the_o tradition_n of_o r._n juda_n what_o be_v it_o the_o chamber_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v it_o not_o the_o chamber_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o councillor_n at_o first_o it_o be_v call_v the_o chamber_n of_o the_o councillor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o when_o the_o high_a priesthood_n come_v to_o be_v buy_v with_o money_n and_o change_v yearly_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o king_n precedent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v change_v every_o year_n from_o that_o time_n forward_o it_o be_v call_v the_o chamber_n of_o the_o precedent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hear_v the_o glosser_n on_o this_o place_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v wicked_a and_o do_v not_o fulfil_v their_o whole_a year_n and_o he_o that_o succeed_v the_o other_o change_v this_o building_n and_o adorn_v it_o that_o it_o may_v be_v call_v by_o his_o own_o name_n hear_v also_o the_o gemara_n the_o first_o temple_n stand_v four_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n and_o there_o be_v not_o above_o eighteen_o priest_n under_o it_o the_o second_o stand_v four_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o there_o be_v more_o than_o three_o hundred_o under_o it_o take_v out_o forty_o year_n of_o simeon_n the_o just_a eighty_o of_o jochanan_n ten_o of_o ishmael_n ben_fw-mi phabi_n and_o eleven_o of_o eleazar_n ben_fw-mi harsum_fw-la and_o there_o do_v not_o remain_v one_o whole_a year_n to_o each_o of_o the_o rest_n behold_v the_o chamber_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d councillor_n proper_o so_o call_v because_o the_o priest_n do_v meet_v and_o sit_v there_o not_o to_o judge_n but_o to_o consult_v and_o that_o only_a of_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o temple_n here_o they_o consult_v and_o take_v care_n that_o all_o person_n and_o thing_n belong_v and_o necessary_a to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v in_o readiness_n that_o the_o building_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o court_n shall_v be_v keep_v in_o repair_n and_o that_o the_o public_a liturgy_n shall_v be_v due_o perform_v but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o want_v all_o power_n of_o judge_v and_o punish_v they_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o sine_fw-la scourge_n or_o put_v to_o death_n yea_o and_o in_o a_o word_n to_o exercise_v any_o judgement_n for_o by_o their_o own_o examination_n and_o authority_n they_o can_v not_o admit_v a_o candidate_n into_o the_o priesthood_n but_o he_o be_v admit_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n 1._o council_n council_n council_n council_n council_n council_n bab._n joma_n fol._n 19_o 1._o in_o the_o chamber_n gazith_v sit_v the_o council_n of_o israel_n and_o hold_v the_o examination_n of_o priest_n whosoever_o be_v not_o find_v sit_v be_v send_v away_o in_o black_a clothes_n and_o a_o black_a veil_n whosoever_o be_v â—ound_v fit_a be_v clothe_v
foot_n their_o own_o canon_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o it_o be_v morning_n this_o be_v the_o time_n of_o say_v their_o phylactery_n namely_o from_o the_o first_o daylight_n to_o the_o three_o hour_n 2._o hour_n hour_n hour_n hour_n hour_n hour_n beraâ—_n chap._n 1._o hall_n 2._o but_o where_o be_v these_o man_n religion_n to_o day_n do_v you_o say_v your_o phylactery_n this_o morning_n my_o good_a father_n of_o the_o council_n before_o you_o come_v to_o sit_v on_o the_o bench_n another_o business_n that_o you_o have_v in_o hand_n effectual_o to_o destroy_v jesus_n either_o robe_v you_o of_o your_o prayer_n or_o rob_v your_o prayer_n of_o charity_n iv_o now_o appear_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o feast-day_n of_o the_o passover_n when_o they_o use_v to_o present_v themselves_o in_o the_o temple_n and_o offer_v their_o gift_n exod._n xxiii_o 15._o but_o when_o and_o how_o be_v this_o perform_v by_o they_o to_o day_n they_o take_v heed_n of_o go_v into_o the_o judgement_n or_o praetor_n hall_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v defile_v but_o that_o they_o may_v eat_v the_o chagiga_n or_o passover_n s_o but_o you_o will_v scarce_o find_v what_o time_n they_o allow_v to_o day_n for_o that_o 1._o 〈…〉_o 28._o &_o 〈◊〉_d cap._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d sanâ—edr_n fol._n 63._o 1._o purpose_n nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o eat_v any_o thing_n on_o that_o day_n it_o be_v provide_v by_o a_o canon_n that_o when_o the_o council_n shall_v have_v adjudge_v any_o one_o to_o die_v let_v they_o not_o taste_v any_o thing_n that_o day_n 1._o day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n sanhedr_n fol._n 63._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v counsel_n to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n let_v that_o be_v consider_v 4._o consider_v consider_v consider_v consider_v consider_v consider_v sanhedr_n in_o the_o place_n quote_v cap._n 4._o case_n of_o money_n be_v hear_v in_o the_o daytime_n and_o may_v be_v determine_v in_o the_o night_n capital_a cause_n be_v try_v in_o the_o day_n and_o finish_v in_o the_o day_n judgement_n in_o case_n of_o money_n be_v pass_v the_o same_o day_n whether_o it_o be_v for_o sin_v or_o acquit_v judgement_n in_o capital_a cause_n be_v pass_v the_o same_o day_n if_o it_o be_v for_o acquit_v but_o if_o it_o be_v for_o condemn_v it_o be_v pass_v the_o day_n after_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v give_v by_o the_o gemarist_n who_o see_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o latter_a be_v thus_o express_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bless_a be_v the_o judge_n who_o leaven_v his_o judgement_n that_o be_v as_o the_o gloss_n who_o delay_v his_o judgement_n and_o let_v it_o rest_v all_o night_n that_o he_o may_v sift_v out_o the_o truth_n the_o difference_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v great_a than_o the_o reader_n may_v perhaps_o think_v at_o first_o sight_n by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o signify_v the_o whole_a process_n of_o the_o trial_n the_o examine_n of_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n and_o of_o the_o witness_n the_o take_v the_o vote_n of_o the_o council_n and_o the_o enter_v of_o they_o by_o the_o scribe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v only_o the_o pass_n of_o judgement_n or_o give_v a_o definitive_a sentence_n you_o may_v better_o perceive_v the_o difference_n from_o the_o glossary_a on_o bab._n sanhedr_n 1._o sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n fol._n 35._o 1._o in_o the_o text_n this_o be_v decree_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v they_o not_o judge_n on_o the_o eve_n of_o the_o sabbath_n nor_o on_o the_o eve_n of_o a_o feast-day_n which_o be_v also_o repeat_v in_o other_o place_n 1._o place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n hieros_n chetub_n fol._n 24._o 4._o &_o moe_v katon_n fol._n 63._o 1._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o prohibition_n be_v this_o namely_o that_o the_o trial_n which_o be_v begin_v on_o the_o eve_n of_o the_o sabbath_n or_o a_o feast-day_n shall_v not_o be_v finish_v on_o the_o sabbath_n or_o feast-day_n which_o indeed_o say_v the_o gloss_n be_v observe_v in_o pecuniary_a trial_n and_o care_n be_v take_v that_o there_o be_v no_o writing_n for_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o write_v so_o much_o as_o a_o letter_n on_o the_o sabbath_n but_o in_o capital_a cause_n it_o take_v not_o place_n upon_o that_o account_n for_o the_o vote_n of_o those_o that_o acquit_v or_o condemn_v be_v write_v the_o day_n before_o you_o see_v in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o gospel_n 1._o the_o trial_n concern_v our_o saviour_n life_n dispatch_v at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sit_v 2._o and_o that_o too_o on_o a_o feast-day_n verse_n v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hang_v himself_o strangulatus_fw-la est_fw-la be_v strangle_v namely_o by_o the_o devil_n who_o have_v now_o be_v in_o he_o three_o day_n together_o the_o word_n of_o peter_n act._n i._n 18._o do_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o understand_v this_o of_o hang_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fall_v headlong_o he_o burst_v asunder_o in_o the_o midst_n interpreter_n take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o make_v these_o word_n agree_v with_o his_o hang_a himself_o but_o indeed_o all_o will_v not_o do_v i_o know_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v common_o apply_v to_o a_o man_n hang_v himself_o but_o not_o to_o exclude_v some_o other_o way_n of_o strangle_v and_o i_o can_v but_o take_v the_o story_n with_o good_a leave_n of_o antiquity_n in_o this_o sense_n after_o judas_n have_v throw_v down_o the_o money_n the_o price_n of_o his_o treason_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o be_v now_o return_v again_o to_o his_o mate_n the_o devil_n who_o dwell_v in_o he_o catch_v he_o up_o on_o high_a strangle_v he_o and_o throw_v he_o down_o headlong_o so_o that_o dash_v upon_o the_o ground_n he_o burst_v in_o the_o midst_n and_o his_o gut_n issue_v out_o and_o the_o devil_n go_v out_o in_o so_o horrid_a a_o exit_fw-la this_o certain_o agree_v very_o well_o with_o the_o word_n of_o peter_n now_o mention_v and_o also_o with_o those_o that_o follow_v this_o be_v know_v to_o all_o that_o dwell_v at_o jerusalem_n it_o agree_v also_o very_a well_o with_o the_o desert_n of_o the_o wicked_a wretch_n and_o with_o the_o title_n of_o iscariot_n the_o wickedness_n he_o have_v commit_v be_v above_o all_o example_n and_o the_o punishment_n he_o suffer_v be_v beyond_o all_o precedent_n there_o have_v be_v many_o instance_n of_o person_n who_o have_v hang_v themselves_o this_o will_v not_o so_o much_o have_v stir_v up_o the_o people_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o as_o such_o a_o strangle_a and_o throw_v down_o headlong_o which_o we_o suppose_v horrible_a above_o measure_n and_o singular_a beyond_o example_n see_v what_o we_o have_v say_v at_o the_o ten_o chapter_n concern_v the_o word_n iscariot_n verse_n ix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v speak_v by_o jeremy_n the_o prophet_n how_o much_o this_o place_n have_v trouble_v interpreter_n let_v the_o famous_a beza_n instead_o of_o many_o other_o declare_v this_o knot_n have_v hamper_v all_o the_o most_o ancient_a interpreter_n in_o that_o the_o testimony_n here_o be_v take_v out_o of_o zachary_n and_o not_o from_o jeremy_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v plain_o to_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fail_v of_o memory_n as_o augustine_n suppose_v in_o his_o three_o book_n de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la chapter_n the_o seven_o as_o also_o eusebius_n in_o the_o twenty_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o demonstration_n but_o if_o any_o one_o have_v rather_o impute_v this_o error_n to_o the_o transcriber_n or_o as_o i_o rather_o suppose_v to_o the_o unskilfulness_n of_o some_o person_n who_o put_v in_o the_o name_n of_o jeremy_n when_o the_o evangelist_n have_v write_v only_o as_o he_o often_o do_v in_o other_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o prophet_n yet_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o this_o error_n have_v long_o since_o creep_v into_o the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o i_o express_o affirm_v etc._n etc._n but_o with_o the_o leave_n of_o so_o great_a man_n i_o do_v not_o only_o deny_v that_o so_o much_o as_o one_o letter_n be_v spurious_a or_o creep_v in_o without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o evangelist_n but_o i_o do_v confident_o assert_v that_o matthew_n write_v jeremy_n as_o we_o read_v it_o and_o that_o it_o be_v very_o ready_o understand_v and_o receive_v by_o his_o countryman_n we_o will_v transcribe_v the_o follow_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n out_o of_o the_o talmudist_n and_o then_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n 2._o judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n judge_n bab._n bova_n bathrâ—_n fol._n 14._o 2._o a_o tradition_n of_o the_o rabbin_n this_o be_v the_o order_n of_o the_o
ark_n of_o noah_n swim_v upon_o the_o water_n as_o upon_o two_o rafter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o space_n as_o be_v from_o tiberias_n to_o susitha_n above_o susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n joseph_n in_o the_o place_n above_o gadara_n be_v distant_a sixty_o furlong_n from_o tiberias_n 13._o tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n id._n the_o bell_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o bethsaida_n be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d low_a gaulanitis_n beyond_o jordan_n in_o batanea_n it_o be_v show_v to_o pilgrim_n on_o the_o shore_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o genesaret_n in_o galilee_n and_o thence_o the_o error_n of_o the_o map_n be_v take_v hear_v our_o countryman_n biddulph_n who_o see_v those_o place_n about_o the_o year_n mdc_o march_v the_o twenty_o four_o we_o ride_v by_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n which_o have_v two_o name_n joh._n vi_o 1._o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n and_o tiberias_n of_o galilee_n because_o it_o be_v in_o galilee_n and_o of_o tiberias_n because_o the_o city_n of_o tiberias_n be_v build_v near_o it_o also_o bethsaide_a another_o ancient_a city_n we_o see_v some_o ruin_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o both_o but_o it_o be_v say_v in_o that_o chapter_n joh._n vi_o 1._o that_o jesus_n sail_v over_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n and_o elsewhere_o that_o he_o go_v over_o the_o lake_n and_o luke_n ix_o 10._o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o depart_v into_o a_o desert_n place_n near_o the_o city_n bethsaida_n which_o text_n of_o john_n i_o learn_v better_a to_o understand_v by_o see_v than_o ever_o i_o can_v by_o read_v for_o when_o tiberias_n and_o bethsaida_n be_v both_o on_o the_o same_o shore_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o christ_n go_v from_o tiberias_n to_o or_o near_o bethsaida_n hence_o i_o gather_v that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n sail_v not_o over_o the_o length_n or_o breadth_n of_o the_o sea_n but_o that_o he_o pass_v some_o bay_n as_o much_o as_o tiberias_n be_v distant_a from_o bethsaida_n which_o be_v prove_v thence_o in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v elsewhere_o that_o a_o great_a multitude_n follow_v he_o thither_o on_o foot_n which_o they_o can_v not_o do_v if_o he_o have_v sail_v over_o the_o whole_a sea_n to_o that_o shore_n among_o the_o gergasen_n which_o be_v without_o the_o holy_a land_n these_o be_v his_o word_n but_o take_v heed_n sir_n that_o your_o guide_v who_o show_v those_o place_n under_o those_o name_n do_v not_o impose_v upon_o you_o if_o you_o will_v take_v josephus_n for_o a_o guide_n he_o will_v teach_v that_o 3._o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 3._o philip_n repair_v the_o town_n bethsaida_n and_o he_o call_v it_o julias_n from_o julias_n the_o daughter_n of_o cesar._n and_o that_o above_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o id._n in_o the_o place_n above_o that_o julias_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o low_a gaulanitis_n nor_o be_v the_o argument_n good_a otherwise_o they_o can_v not_o follow_v he_o a_o foot_n for_o from_o capernaum_n and_o tiberias_n there_o be_v a_o very_a beat_v and_o common_a way_n by_o the_o bridge_n of_o chammath_n into_o the_o country_n of_o the_o gadarens_n and_o so_o to_o bethsaida_n cana_n be_v a_o great_a way_n distant_a from_o tiberias_n 631._o tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n in_o his_o own_o life_n p._n 631._o josephus_n spend_v a_o whole_a night_n travail_v from_o this_o town_n to_o that_o with_o his_o army_n it_o be_v situate_a against_o julias_n of_o betharamptha_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o same_o author_n in_o the_o place_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n 653._o margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n ibid._n p._n 653._o now_o that_o julias_n be_v situate_a at_o the_o very_a influx_n of_o jordan_n into_o the_o sea_n of_o genesaret_n these_o thing_n may_v be_v more_o large_o explain_v and_o illustrate_v but_o we_o be_v afraid_a of_o be_v too_o long_o and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o because_o we_o have_v treat_v copious_o of_o they_o elsewhere_o this_o will_v be_v enough_o to_o a_o unbiased_a reader_n to_o who_o judgement_n we_o leave_v it_o and_o now_o go_v on_o to_o dalmanutha_n sect_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zalmon_n thence_o dalmanutha_n if_o we_o may_v play_v a_o little_a with_o the_o name_n dalmanutha_n hear_v a_o talmudical_a tradition_n 2._o tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 98._o 2._o he_o that_o sell_v a_o farm_n to_o his_o neighbour_n or_o that_o receive_v a_o place_n from_o his_o neighbour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v he_o a_o house_n of_o betrthe_v for_o his_o son_n or_o a_o house_n of_o widowhood_n for_o his_o daughter_n let_v he_o build_v it_o four_o cubit_n this_o way_n and_o six_o that_o where_o the_o gloss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o house_n of_o widowhood_n for_o his_o daughter_n who_o husband_n be_v dead_a and_o she_o now_o return_v to_o the_o house_n of_o her_o father_n the_o meaning_n of_o this_o tradition_n be_v when_o the_o son_n of_o any_o one_o have_v marry_v a_o wife_n he_o do_v not_o use_v to_o dwell_v with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n but_o it_o be_v more_o customary_a for_o his_o father_n to_o build_v he_o a_o little_a house_n near_o his_o own_o house_n so_o also_o when_o the_o husband_n be_v dead_a and_o the_o daughter_n now_o be_v a_o widow_n return_v to_o her_o father_n it_o be_v also_o customary_a for_o the_o father_n to_o build_v she_o a_o little_a house_n in_o which_o she_o dwell_v indeed_o alone_o but_o very_o near_o her_o father_n but_o now_o from_o some_o such_o house_n of_o more_o note_n than_o ordinary_a build_v for_o some_o eminent_a widow_n or_o from_o many_o such_o house_n stand_v thick_a together_o this_o place_n perhaps_o may_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dalmanutha_n that_o be_v the_o place_n of_o widowhood_n and_o if_o some_o more_o probable_a derivation_n of_o the_o name_n occur_v not_o it_o may_v not_o without_o reason_n have_v have_v respect_n to_o this_o but_o we_o suppose_v the_o name_n be_v derive_v elsewhere_o namely_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zalmon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tsaddi_n be_v change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dale_v which_o be_v no_o strange_a thing_n to_o the_o syrian_n and_o arabian_n of_o zalmon_n we_o meet_v with_o mention_n judg._n ix_o 48._o namely_o a_o mountain_n or_o some_o tract_n in_o a_o mountain_n near_o sychem_n but_o that_o place_n be_v a_o very_a great_a way_n off_o of_o that_o concern_v which_o we_o be_v now_o treat_v but_o the_o talmudist_n mention_v a_o place_n call_v zalmon_n which_o agree_v excellent_o well_o with_o dalmanutha_n 1._o dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n â—vamoth_a fol._n 122._o 1._o there_o be_v a_o story_n say_v they_o of_o a_o certain_a man_n in_o zalmon_n who_o say_v i_o n._n the_o son_n of_o n._n be_o bite_v by_o a_o serpent_n and_o behold_v i_o die_v they_o go_v away_o and_o find_v he_o not_o they_o go_v away_o therefore_o and_o marry_v his_o wife_n the_o gloss_n be_v they_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o he_o cry_v and_o say_v behold_v i_o die_v but_o they_o find_v not_o such_o a_o man_n in_o zalmon_n and_o again_o 2._o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o kilaim_v cap._n 4_o hall_n 9_o bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 82._o 2._o there_o be_v a_o story_n in_o zalmon_n of_o a_o certain_a man_n who_o plant_v his_o vineyard_n sixteen_o and_o sixteen_o cubit_n and_o a_o gate_n of_o two_o rank_n of_o vine_n now_o he_o turn_v on_o this_o side_n and_o the_o year_n follow_v on_o the_o other_o and_o plough_v on_o both_o side_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o they_o approve_v of_o it_o none_o will_v suspect_v this_o zalmon_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o near_a sichem_n when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o bring_v the_o cause_n before_o the_o wise_a man_n for_o what_o have_v the_o samaritan_n to_o do_v with_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o jew_n one_o may_v rather_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v some_o place_n near_o to_o tiberias_n where_o be_v a_o university_n of_o wise_a man_n well_o know_v and_o common_o speak_v of_o and_o mention_v in_o the_o tradition_n cite_v as_o a_o place_n so_o know_v so_o divers_a place_n about_o tiberias_n be_v mention_v by_o the_o talmudist_n as_o well_o know_v which_o you_o will_v scarce_o find_v any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o talmudist_n such_o be_v chammath_n magdala_n beth_n meon_n paltathan_n caphar_n chittaia_n etc._n etc._n concern_v which_o we_o have_v speak_v in_o another_o place_n there_o be_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mizgah_n 34._o mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n bereshith_n rabb_n §_o 34._o the_o seat_n of_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi
nor_o do_v we_o say_v this_o upon_o conjecture_n alone_o but_o by_o very_a many_o example_n among_o the_o israelite_n and_o indeed_o among_o other_o nation_n and_o this_o in_o that_o very_a nation_n of_o which_o we_o be_v speak_v in_o gen._n xxxvi_o zibeon_n be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n vers_fw-la 20._o and_o the_o whole_a nation_n and_o land_n be_v call_v the_o nation_n and_o land_n of_o the_o son_n of_o seir._n but_o now_o that_o that_o seir_n be_v of_o the_o canaanite_n pedigree_n appear_v sufficient_o hence_o that_o his_o son_n zibeon_n be_v call_v a_o hivite_n vers_fw-la 2._o after_o the_o same_o manner_n therefore_o as_o the_o seirite_n who_o be_v of_o canaanite_n blood_n be_v so_o name_v i_o make_v no_o doubt_n the_o perizzites_n be_v name_v from_o one_o perez_n a_o man_n of_o great_a name_n in_o some_o canaanite_n stock_n sect_n iv_o the_o kenites_n of_o the_o same_o rank_n be_v the_o kenites_n the_o knizzites_n cadmonites_n by_o original_a indeed_o canaanites_n but_o so_o name_v from_o some_o cain_n and_o kenaz_n and_o cadmon_n man_n of_o famous_a renown_n in_o those_o family_n if_o so_o be_v the_o cadmonites_n be_v not_o so_o call_v from_o their_o antiquity_n or_o rather_o from_o their_o habitation_n eastward_o which_o be_v the_o derivation_n of_o saracen_n from_o saracon_n the_o east_n the_o master_n of_o the_o tradition_n do_v not_o agree_v among_o themselves_o what_o to_o resolve_n concern_v these_o nation_n in_o the_o jerusalem_n talmudist_n you_o have_v these_o passage_n 4._o passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n hieros_n kiddush_n fol._n 61._o 4._o your_o father_n possess_v seven_o nation_n but_o you_o shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o ten_o nation_n the_o three_o last_o be_v these_o the_o kenites_n the_o kenizzites_n the_o cadmonites_n r._n judah_n say_v these_o be_v the_o salmean_n the_o sabean_o and_o the_o nabathean_o r._n simeon_n say_v asia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o damascus_n r._n lazar_n ben_fw-mi jacob_n say_v asia_n and_o cartagena_n and_o turkey_n rabbi_n say_v edom_n and_o moab_n and_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n in_o the_o babylonian_a talmudist_n these_o passage_n 1._o passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n bab._n bathra_fw-la fol._n 56._o 1._o samuel_n say_v all_o that_o land_n which_o god_n show_v to_o moses_n be_v bind_v to_o tithe_n to_o exclude_v what_o to_o exclude_v the_o kenites_n the_o kenizzites_n the_o cadmonites_n a_o tradition_n r._n meir_n say_v these_o be_v the_o naphtuchites_n the_o arabian_n and_o the_o salmean_n r._n judah_n say_v mount_v seir_n ammon_n and_o moab_n r._n simeon_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d asia_n and_o spain_n 2._o spain_n spain_n spain_n spain_n spain_n spain_n berish._n rab_n fol._n 28._o 2._o these_o nation_n be_v not_o deliver_v to_o israel_n in_o this_o age_n but_o they_o shall_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n in_o 8._o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o maimon_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 8._o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n they_o shall_v add_v three_o other_o city_n of_o refuge_n but_o whence_o from_o the_o city_n of_o the_o kenites_n the_o kenizzites_n and_o the_o cadmonites_n concern_v who_o god_n give_v a_o promise_n to_o our_o father_n abraham_n but_o they_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o subdue_v we_o may_v borrow_v light_a concern_v these_o nation_n from_o those_o word_n of_o moses_n gen._n x._o 18._o afterward_o the_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n be_v disperse_v first_o they_o replenish_v phenicia_n and_o the_o northern_a country_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n by_o little_a and_o little_a the_o whole_a land_n of_o canaan_n within_o jordan_n then_o they_o spread_v themselves_o into_o the_o land_n which_o afterward_o belong_v to_o the_o edomite_n and_o there_o they_o be_v call_v horites_n from_o mount_n hor_n and_o the_o child_n of_o seir_n from_o seir_n the_o father_n of_o those_o family_n he_o himself_o be_v a_o canaanite_n on_o the_o east_n they_o spread_v themselves_o into_o those_o country_n which_o afterward_o belong_v to_o the_o moabite_n the_o ammonite_n the_o midianite_n and_o they_o be_v call_v kenites_n kenizzites_n cadmonites_n from_o one_o cain_n one_o kenaz_n and_o perhaps_o one_o cadmon_n the_o father_n of_o those_o family_n if_o so_o be_v the_o cadmonites_n be_v not_o so_o call_v from_o the_o aforesaid_a cause_n the_o mention_n of_o a_o certain_a cain_n call_v to_o my_o mind_n the_o town_n or_o city_n cain_n which_o you_o see_v in_o the_o map_n place_v not_o far_o from_o carmel_n in_o that_o of_o do_v it_o adorn_v shall_v i_o say_v or_o disfigure_v with_o a_o dutch_a picture_n of_o one_o man_n shoot_v another_o with_o this_o inscription_n cain_n be_v geschoten_a van_fw-mi lamech_v cain_n be_v shoot_v by_o lamech_v gen._n iu._n a_o famous_a monument_n forsooth_o that_o place_n indeed_o be_v obscure_a gen._n iu._n and_o make_v more_o obscure_a by_o the_o various_a opinion_n of_o interpreter_n and_o you_o do_v it_o have_v choose_v the_o worst_a of_o all_o if_o the_o word_n of_o lamech_v may_v be_v clear_v from_o the_o text_n and_o if_o you_o clear_v it_o not_o from_o the_o context_n whence_o will_v you_o clear_v it_o they_o carry_v this_o plain_a and_o smooth_a sense_n with_o they_o he_o have_v bring_v in_o bigamy_n that_o also_o have_v lay_v waste_v the_o whole_a world_n gen._n vi_o for_o so_o wretched_a a_o wickedness_n and_o which_o by_o his_o example_n be_v the_o destruction_n of_o infinite_a number_n of_o man_n divine_a justice_n and_o vengeance_n strike_v and_o wound_v he_o with_o the_o horror_n and_o sting_n of_o conscience_n so_o that_o groan_v and_o howl_v before_o his_o two_o bigamous_a wife_n adah_n and_o zillah_n he_o complain_v and_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v a_o much_o more_o bloody_a murderer_n than_o cain_n for_o he_o have_v only_o slay_v abel_n but_o he_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o young_a and_o old_a by_o his_o wicked_a example_n sect_n v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rephaim_n the_o samaritan_n interpreter_n always_o render_v these_o aseans_n in_o gen._n xv._o 20._o write_v with_o cheth_n but_o in_o deut._n ii_o 20._o with_o aleph_fw-la if_o they_o be_v call_v aseans_n as_o they_o be_v by_o he_o so_o by_o all_o other_o speak_v syriac_n and_o chaldee_n i_o know_v not_o whence_o the_o word_n asia_n may_v more_o fit_o be_v derive_v than_o from_o the_o memory_n of_o this_o gygantic_a race_n live_v almost_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o asia_n and_o monstrous_a and_o astonish_a above_o all_o other_o asiatic_o the_o lxx_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d titan_n 2_o sam._n v._o 18._o 22._o the_o word_n use_v by_o the_o samaritan_n denote_v physician_n and_o so_o it_o be_v render_v by_o i_o in_o the_o polyglot_n bible_n late_o publish_v at_o london_n deut._n ii_o partly_o that_o it_o may_v be_v render_v word_n for_o word_n but_o especial_o that_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v by_o what_o sound_n and_o in_o what_o kind_n of_o pronunciation_n he_o read_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rephaim_n so_o the_o lxx_o render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d physician_n esa._n xxvi_o 14._o etc._n etc._n horae_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la &_o talmudicae_n or_o hebrew_n and_o talmudic_n exercitation_n upon_o the_o gospel_n of_o st._n mark_n chap._n i._n verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o beginning_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o preach_a and_o baptism_n of_o john_n be_v the_o very_a gate_n and_o entrance_n into_o the_o state_n and_o dispensation_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o i._o he_o open_v the_o door_n of_o a_o new_a church_n by_o a_o new_a sacrament_n of_o admission_n into_o the_o church_n ii_o point_v as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o finger_n at_o the_o messiah_n that_o be_v come_v he_o show_v the_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v iii_o in_o that_o manner_n as_o the_o jew_n by_o baptism_n admit_v gentile_a proselyte_n into_o the_o jewish_a church_n he_o admit_v both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n into_o the_o gospel_n church_n iv_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o work_n which_o the_o school_n of_o the_o scribe_n have_v defile_v all_o religion_n with_o he_o bring_v in_o a_o new_a and_o yet_o not_o a_o new_a and_o true_o save_v doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o prophet_n here_o a_o doubt_n be_v make_v of_o the_o true_a read_n namely_o whether_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o prophet_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o esaias_n the_o prophet_n these_o particular_n make_v for_o the_o former_a i._o when_o two_o place_n be_v cite_v out_o of_o two_o prophet_n it_o be_v far_o more_o congruous_o say_v as_o it_o be_v witten_v in_o the_o prophet_n than_o as_o it_o be_v write_v
cast_v out_o devil_n i._o without_o doubt_n he_o true_o do_v this_o work_n whosoever_o he_o be_v he_o cast_v out_o devil_n true_o and_o real_o and_o that_o by_o the_o divine_a power_n otherwise_o christ_n have_v not_o say_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v forbid_v he_o not_o there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o do_v a_o miracle_n in_o my_o name_n who_o can_v speak_v evil_a of_o i_o etc._n etc._n ii_o whence_o then_o can_v any_o one_o that_o follow_v not_o christ_n cast_v out_o devil_n or_o whence_o can_v any_o one_o that_o cast_v out_o devil_n not_o follow_v christ_n i_o answer_v we_o suppose_v i._o that_o this_o man_n cast_v not_o out_o devil_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n but_o in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n or_o messiah_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o out_o of_o contempt_n that_o he_o follow_v not_o jesus_n but_o out_o of_o ignorance_n namely_o because_o he_o know_v not_o yet_o that_o jesus_n be_v the_o messiah_n ii_o we_o therefore_o conjecture_v that_o he_o have_v be_v heretofore_o some_o disciple_n of_o john_n who_o have_v receive_v his_o baptism_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n now_o speedy_o to_o come_v which_o all_o the_o disciple_n of_o john_n have_v but_o he_o know_v not_o as_o yet_o that_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n be_v the_o messiah_n which_o john_n himself_o know_v not_o until_o it_o be_v reveal_v to_o he_o from_o heaven_n iii_o it_o be_v probable_a therefore_o that_o god_n grant_v the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n to_o some_o late_o baptize_v by_o john_n to_o do_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o that_o to_o lay_v a_o plain_a way_n for_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o messiah_n when_o he_o shall_v manifest_v himself_o under_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n see_v vers._n 41._o in_o my_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o you_o belong_v to_o christ_n and_o chap._n xiii_o 6._o many_o shall_v come_v in_o my_o name_n not_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n but_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n for_o those_o false_a prophet_n assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n to_o bring_v to_o naught_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n that_o joh._n xvi_o 24._o hitherto_o you_o have_v ask_v nothing_o in_o my_o name_n differ_v not_o much_o from_o this_o sense_n the_o apostle_n pour_v out_o their_o prayer_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a man_n they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n but_o you_o have_v as_o yet_o ask_v nothing_o in_o my_o name_n jesus_n etc._n etc._n verse_n xliii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cut_v it_o off_o 2._o off_o off_o off_o off_o off_o off_o bab._n scab_n fol._n 108._o 2._o rabh_n mona_n in_o the_o name_n of_o r._n judah_n say_v a_o drop_n of_o cold_a water_n in_o the_o morning_n apply_v to_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o wash_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o foot_n in_o the_o evening_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v good_a beyond_o all_o the_o collyrium_n eye_n salve_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hand_n apply_v to_o the_o eye_n in_o the_o morning_n before_o wash_v let_v it_o be_v cut_v off_o the_o hand_n apply_v to_o the_o nostril_n let_v it_o be_v cut_v off_o the_o hand_n put_v to_o the_o ear_n let_v it_o cut_v off_o etc._n etc._n verse_n xlix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o every_o one_o shall_v be_v salt_v with_o fire_n the_o great_a scaliger_n be_v well_o chastise_v and_o not_o without_o cause_n by_o 3._o by_o by_o by_o by_o by_o by_o in_o spicileg_n scholae_fw-la sacrific_a problem_n 3._o john_n clopenberg_n because_o he_o change_v the_o read_n here_o into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v salt_v see_v what_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o every_o man_n but_o of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o who_o worm_n die_v not_o etc._n etc._n the_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n be_v to_o be_v fetch_v from_o those_o word_n and_o the_o sense_n of_o those_o word_n from_o esai_n lxvi_o ult_n and_o they_o shall_v go_v forth_o and_o look_v upon_o the_o carcase_n of_o the_o man_n that_o have_v transgress_v against_o i_o for_o their_o worm_n shall_v not_o die_v neither_o shall_v their_o fire_n be_v quench_v and_o they_o shall_v be_v a_o abhor_v to_o all_o flesh_n upon_o which_o place_n thus_o the_o jew_n write_v they_o shall_v go_v forth_o and_o look_v etc._n etc._n be_v not_o the_o finger_n of_o a_o man_n if_o it_o be_v put_v into_o the_o fire_n immediate_o burn_v but_o god_n give_v power_n or_o be_v to_o wicked_a man_n to_o receive_v torment_n kimchi_n upon_o the_o place_n thus_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o carcase_n of_o they_o full_a of_o worm_n and_o fire_n burn_v in_o they_o and_o yet_o the_o worm_n die_v not_o the_o word_n therefore_o of_o our_o saviour_n respect_v this_o their_o worm_n die_v not_o and_o the_o fire_n be_v not_o quench_v for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v season_v with_o fire_n itself_o so_o as_o to_o become_v unconsumeable_a and_o shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o to_o be_v torment_v as_o salt_n preserve_v from_o corruption_n that_o very_o learned_a man_n mention_v before_o call_v the_o common_a read_n very_o improper_a for_o what_o be_v it_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o season_n with_o fire_n let_v i_o retort_v and_o what_o be_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o fire_n with_o salt_n and_o yet_o that_o sense_n occur_v very_o frequent_o in_o the_o talmudist_n for_o in_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o burn_v which_o signify_v proper_o indeed_o and_o very_o frequent_o it_o be_v to_o corrupt_v any_o thing_n with_o too_o much_o salt_v so_o that_o it_o can_v be_v eat_v to_o be_v fire_v with_o salt_n so_o in_o this_o place_n to_o be_v salt_v with_o fire_n that_o it_o can_v be_v corrupt_v or_o consume_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o every_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v salt_v with_o salt_n here_o the_o discourse_n be_v of_o salt_v which_o be_v do_v at_o the_o altar_n see_v levit._n ii_o 13._o 2._o 13._o 13._o 13._o 13._o 13._o 13._o menacoth_fw-mi fol._n 21._o 2._o in_o the_o ascent_n of_o the_o altar_n they_o salt_v the_o part_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o altar_n they_o salt_v the_o handful_n of_o meal_n of_o frankincense_n of_o incense_n and_o the_o mincha_fw-mi of_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o mincha_fw-mi of_o the_o anoint_a priest_n and_o the_o mincha_fw-mi of_o the_o drink_n offering_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o bird_n yea_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fol._n 20._o â—_o the_o very_a wood_n be_v a_o corban_n of_o the_o mincha_fw-mi and_o be_v to_o be_v salt_v but_o in_o the_o former_a clause_n the_o allusion_n be_v not_o to_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o altar_n but_o to_o the_o fire_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n where_o dead_a carcase_n bone_n and_o other_o filthy_a thing_n be_v consume_v carcase_n crawl_v with_o worm_n and_o instead_o of_o salt_n which_o secure_v against_o worm_n they_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o fire_n and_o shall_v be_v season_v with_o flame_n and_o yet_o the_o worm_n shall_v not_o they_o but_o he_o that_o be_v a_o true_a sacrifice_n to_o god_n shall_v be_v season_v with_o the_o salt_n of_o grace_n to_o the_o incorruption_n of_o glory_n our_o saviour_n speak_v in_o this_o place_n with_o esaiah_n chap._n lxvi_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v bring_v their_o brethren_n out_o of_o all_o the_o nation_n for_o a_o gift_n to_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n offer_v their_o sacrifice_n to_o i_o with_o psalm_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o vers._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o they_o shall_v go_v forth_o and_o look_v upon_o the_o limb_n of_o the_o man_n that_o transgress_v against_o i_o for_o their_o worm_n shall_v not_o die_v and_o their_o fire_n shall_v not_o be_v quench_v etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o sacrifice_n say_v our_o saviour_n concern_v holy_a man_n season_v with_o grace_n so_o the_o prophet_n they_o shall_v bring_v your_o brethren_n for_o a_o gift_n to_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v the_o sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v season_v with_o fire_n say_v our_o saviour_n of_o wicked_a man_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n esaiah_n they_o shall_v be_v in_o unquencheable_a fire_n and_o yet_o their_o worm_n shall_v not_o die_v their_o fire_n and_o their_o worm_n who_o concern_v the_o former_a it_o be_v somewhat_o obscure_a in_o our_o saviour_n word_n and_o so_o indeed_o that_o it_o be_v without_o all_o obscurity_n that_o he_o refer_v his_o word_n
of_o some_o delicate_a niceness_n verse_n v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o three_o hundred_o penny_n i._o the_o prize_n of_o such_o precious_a ointment_n as_o it_o seem_v in_o pliny_n be_v common_o know_v for_o thus_o he_o 1â—_n he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o lib._n xii_o c._n 1â—_n the_o price_n of_o costus_n be_v xvi_o pound_n the_o price_n of_o spike_n nard_n be_v xc_o pound_n the_o leave_n have_v make_v a_o difference_n in_o the_o value_n from_o the_o broadness_n of_o they_o it_o be_v call_v hadrospherum_fw-la with_o great_a leave_n it_o be_v worth_a x_o thirty_o that_o be_v thirty_o penny_n that_o with_o a_o lesser_a leaf_n be_v call_v mesopherum_fw-la it_o be_v sell_v at_o x_o lx_o sixty_o penny_n the_o most_o esteem_a be_v that_o call_v microspherum_fw-la have_v the_o least_o leaf_n and_o the_o price_n of_o it_o be_v x_o lxxv_o seventy_o five_o penny_n and_o elsewhere_o 20._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o cap._n 20._o to_o these_o the_o merchant_n have_v add_v that_o which_o they_o call_v daphnois_n surname_v isocinnamon_n and_o they_o make_v the_o price_n of_o it_o to_o be_v ccc_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d three_o hundred_o penny_n see_v more_o there_o ii_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o reduce_v this_o sum_n of_o three_o hundred_o penny_n to_o its_o proper_a value_n partly_o because_o a_o penny_n be_v twofold_a a_o silver_n penny_n and_o a_o gold_n one_o partly_o because_o there_o be_v a_o double_a value_n and_o estimation_n of_o money_n namely_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o of_o tyre_n as_o we_o observe_v before_o let_v these_o be_v silver_n which_o we_o believe_v which_o be_v of_o much_o less_o value_n than_o gold_n and_o let_v they_o be_v jerusalem_n penny_n which_o we_o also_o believe_v which_o be_v cheap_a than_o the_o tyrian_a yet_o they_o plain_o speak_v the_o great_a wealth_n of_o magdalen_n who_o pour_v out_o a_o ointment_n of_o such_o a_o value_n when_o before_o she_o have_v spend_v some_o such_o other_o which_o bring_v to_o my_o mind_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v speak_v by_o the_o master_n concern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o box_n of_o spice_n which_o the_o husband_n be_v bind_v to_o give_v the_o wife_n according_a to_o the_o proportion_n of_o her_o dowry_n 2._o dowry_n dowry_n dowry_n dowry_n dowry_n dowry_n bab._n chetub_n fol._n 66._o 2._o but_o this_o be_v not_o speak_v say_v rabh_n ishai_n but_o of_o jerusalem_n people_n there_o be_v a_o example_n of_o a_o daughter_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nicodemus_n ben_fw-mi gorion_n to_o who_o the_o wise_a man_n appoint_v four_o hundred_o crown_n of_o gold_n for_o a_o chest_n of_o spice_n for_o one_o day_n she_o say_v to_o they_o i_o wish_v you_o may_v so_o appoint_v for_o their_o daughter_n and_o they_o answer_v after_o she_o amen_o the_o gloss_n be_v the_o husband_n be_v to_o give_v to_o his_o wife_n ten_o zuzee_n for_o every_o manah_n which_o she_o bring_v with_o she_o to_o buy_v spice_n with_o which_o she_o use_v to_o wash_v herself_o etc._n etc._n behold_v a_o most_o wealthy_a woman_n of_o jerusalem_n daughter_n of_o nicodemus_n in_o the_o contract_n and_o instrument_n of_o who_o marriage_n be_v write_v a_o thousand_o thousand_o gold_n penny_n out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o her_o father_n beside_o those_o she_o have_v out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o her_o father_n in-law_n who_o yet_o you_o have_v in_o the_o same_o story_n reduce_v to_o that_o extreme_a poverty_n that_o she_o pick_v up_o barley_n corn_n for_o her_o food_n out_o of_o the_o cattle_n dung_n verse_n vii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o you_o have_v the_o poor_a always_o with_o you_o samuel_n 1._o samuel_n samuel_n samuel_n samuel_n samuel_n samuel_n bab._n schabb._n fol._n 63._o 1._o say_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o this_o world_n and_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anless_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o heathen_a kingdom_n as_o it_o be_v say_v a_o poor_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v want_v out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n deut._n xv._o 11._o observe_v a_o jew_n cofess_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v poor_a man_n even_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o how_o it_o agree_v with_o their_o receive_a opinion_n of_o the_o pompous_a kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n let_v he_o look_v to_o it_o r._n solomon_n and_o aben_n ezra_n write_v if_o thou_o shall_v obey_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o poor_a man_n in_o thou_o but_o thou_o will_v not_o obey_v therefore_o a_o poor_a man_n shall_v never_o be_v want_v upon_o this_o receive_a reason_n of_o the_o thing_n confess_v also_o o_o samuel_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v disobedient_a person_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o indeed_o when_o the_o true_a messiah_n come_v prove_v too_o too_o true_a in_o thy_o nation_n verse_n xii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n so_o matth._n chap._n xxvi_o 17._o and_o luke_n chap._n xxii_o 7._o and_o now_o let_v they_o tell_v i_o who_o think_v that_o christ_n indeed_o keep_v his_o passover_n the_o fourteen_o day_n but_o the_o jew_n not_o before_o the_o fifteen_o because_o this_o year_n their_o passover_n be_v transfer_v unto_o the_o fifteen_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o follow_a sabbath_n let_v they_o tell_v i_o i_o say_v whether_o the_o evangelist_n speak_v according_a to_o the_o day_n prescribe_v by_o moses_n or_o according_a to_o the_o day_n prescribe_v by_o the_o master_n of_o the_o tradition_n and_o use_v by_o the_o nation_n if_o according_a to_o moses_n than_o the_o fifteen_o day_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o of_o unleavened_a bread_n exod._n xii_o 15_o 18._o but_o if_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o nation_n than_o it_o be_v the_o fourteen_o and_o whether_o the_o evangelist_n speak_v according_a to_o this_o custom_n let_v we_o inquire_v brief_o sometime_o indeed_o the_o whole_a seven_o day_n feast_n be_v transfer_v to_o another_o month_n and_o that_o not_o only_o from_o that_o law_n numb_a ix_o but_o from_o other_o cause_n also_o concern_v which_o see_v the_o place_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n 4._o margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n hieros_n in_o maasar_n sheni_fw-la fol._n 56._o 3._o &_o maimon_n in_o kiddush_n hodesh_n cap_n 4._o but_o when_o the_o time_n appoint_v for_o the_o feast_n occur_v the_o lamb_n be_v always_o slay_v on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n i._o let_v we_o begin_v with_o a_o story_n where_o a_o occasion_n occur_v not_o very_a unlike_o that_o for_o which_o they_o of_o who_o we_o speak_v think_v the_o passover_n this_o year_n be_v transfer_v namely_o because_o of_o the_o follow_a sabbath_n the_o story_n be_v this_o 1._o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o hieros_n pisachin_n fol._n 33._o 1._o after_o the_o death_n of_o shemaiah_n and_o abtalion_n the_o son_n of_o betyra_n obtain_v the_o chief_a place_n hillel_n go_v up_o from_o babylon_n to_o inquire_v concern_v three_o doubt_n when_o he_o be_v now_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n fall_v out_o on_o the_o sabbath_n observe_v that_o it_o appear_v not_o to_o the_o son_n of_o betyra_n whether_o the_o passover_n drive_v off_o the_o sabbath_n or_o no._n which_o when_o hillel_n have_v determine_v in_o many_o word_n and_o have_v add_v moreover_o that_o he_o have_v learn_v this_o from_o shemaiah_n and_o abtalion_n they_o lay_v down_o their_o authority_n and_o make_v hillel_n precedent_n when_o they_o have_v choose_v he_o precedent_n he_o deride_v they_o say_v what_o need_v have_v you_o of_o this_o babylonian_a do_v you_o not_o serve_v the_o two_o chief_a man_n of_o the_o world_n shemaiah_n and_o abtalion_n who_o sit_v among_o you_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v already_o say_v make_v enough_o to_o our_o purpose_n but_o with_o the_o reader_n leave_v let_v we_o add_v the_o whole_a story_n while_o he_o thus_o scoff_v at_o they_o he_o forget_v a_o tradition_n for_o they_o say_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v with_o the_o people_n if_o they_o bring_v not_o their_o knife_n he_o answer_v i_o have_v hear_v this_o tradition_n but_o i_o have_v forget_v but_o let_v they_o alone_o for_o although_o they_o be_v not_o prophet_n they_o be_v prophet_n son_n present_o every_o one_o who_o passover_n be_v a_o lamb_n stick_v his_o knife_n into_o the_o fleece_n of_o it_o and_o who_o passover_n be_v a_o kid_n hang_v his_o knife_n upon_o the_o horn_n of_o it_o and_o now_o let_v the_o impartial_a reader_n judge_v between_o the_o reason_n which_o be_v give_v for_o the_o transfer_v the_o passover_n this_o year_n unto_o the_o fifteen_o day_n namely_o because_o of_o the_o sabbath_n follow_v that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v force_v to_o abstain_v from_o
these_o be_v angel_n that_o bring_v this_o stone_n so_o he_o give_v the_o elder_n the_o money_n for_o which_o the_o angel_n have_v bargain_v with_o he_o in_o truth_n i_o shall_v easy_o incline_v to_o believe_v this_o story_n than_o that_o of_o loretto_n because_o there_o be_v some_o reason_n to_o apprehend_v this_o r._n chaninah_n no_o other_o than_o haninah_n ben_fw-mi dusa_n a_o notorious_a magcian_n 1._o magcian_n magcian_n magcian_n magcian_n magcian_n magcian_n juchasin_n fol._n 57_o 1._o unless_o you_o will_v also_o say_v that_o the_o chapel_n at_o loretto_n take_v that_o jaunt_n by_o the_o help_n of_o magic_n 257._o magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n in_o bemidbar_n rabath_n fol._n 257._o a_o huge_a stone_n of_o its_o own_o accord_n take_v a_o skip_n from_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o stop_v up_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o den_n in_o babylon_n where_o daniel_n and_o the_o lion_n lay_v but_o so_o much_o for_o tales_n sect_n ii_o the_o situation_n of_o nazareth_n the_o situation_n of_o nazareth_n according_a to_o borchard_n breidenbach_n and_o saligniac_a aught_o to_o be_v measure_v and_o determine_v from_o mount_n thabor_n for_o so_o they_o unanimous_o a_o nazareth_n duabus_fw-la leucis_fw-la contra_fw-la orientem_fw-la est_fw-la mons_fw-la thabor_n from_o nazareth_n two_o league_n eastward_o be_v mount_n tabor_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o cause_n why_o with_o respect_n to_o that_o region_n of_o galilee_n in_o which_o they_o place_v this_o city_n we_o shall_v dissent_v from_o they_o see_v there_o be_v other_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n now_o the_o mount_n tabor_n be_v in_o the_o very_a confine_n that_o divide_v issachar_n from_o zabulon_n jos._n xix_o 22._o and_o the_o coast_n i._n e._n of_o issachar_n reach_v to_o tabor_n and_o shahazimath_n but_o what_o coast_n shall_v this_o be_v northor_n south_n the_o north_n coast_n say_v josephus_n 1._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n antiqu._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o manassites_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n next_o to_o manasseh_n be_v issachar_n have_v for_o its_o bound_n of_o longitude_n mount_n carmel_n and_o the_o river_n jordan_n and_o of_o latitude_n mount_v tabor_n that_o be_v the_o latitude_n of_o issachar_n be_v from_o manasseh_n to_o mount_n tabor_n as_o josephus_n plain_o make_v out_o in_o that_o place_n mount_v tabor_n therefore_o lay_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n betwixt_o the_o coast_n of_o samaria_n and_o upper_a galilee_n have_v on_o this_o side_n issachar_n towards_o samaria_n and_o on_o that_o side_n zabulon_n towards_o the_o aforesaid_a galilee_n josephus_n 6._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n lib._n the_o bell_n 4._o cap._n 6._o describe_v mount_n tabor_n where_o these_o thing_n seem_v something_o obscure_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o have_v already_o see_v where_o scythopolis_n lie_v and_o where_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a plain_n near_a scythopolis_n but_o what_o shall_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d great_a plain_n be_v that_o lie_v so_o behind_o tabor_n towards_o the_o north_n that_o tabor_n shall_v be_v betwixt_o it_o and_o scythopolis_n be_v not_o zabulon_n so_o call_v in_o josephus_n yea_o and_o issachar_n too_o at_o least_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o if_o we_o consult_v the_o same_o josephus_n 4._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o so_o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o scythopolis_n or_o manasseh_n be_v distinct_o call_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a plain_n of_o samaria_n 21._o samaria_n samaria_n samaria_n samaria_n samaria_n samaria_n ibid._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 21._o and_o the_o low_a galilee_n be_v describe_v by_o the_o talmudist_n by_o this_o character_n that_o it_o produce_v sycamine_n which_o the_o upper_a galilee_n do_v not_o 2._o not_o not_o not_o not_o not_o not_o shevith_o cap._n ix_o hall_n 2._o now_o the_o sycamine_n tree_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o vale_n 1_o king_n x._o 27._o and_o hence_o seem_v to_o arise_v the_o distinction_n between_o the_o upper_a and_o the_o low_a galilee_n the_o low_a so_o call_v because_o more_o plain_a and_o champagne_n the_o upper_a because_o more_o hilly_a and_o mountainous_a i_o be_o deceive_v if_o the_o upper_a galilee_n be_v not_o sometime_o by_o way_n of_o emphasis_n call_v galilee_n nor_o without_o cause_n whenas_o the_o low_a may_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o great_a plain_a so_o cana_n have_v the_o adjunct_n of_o cana_n of_o galilee_n perhaps_o that_o it_o may_v distinguish_v that_o cana_n which_o bound_n both_o the_o galilee_n of_o which_o more_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n that_o passage_n which_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o our_o evangelist_n chap._n iu._n 43_o 44._o he_o depart_v from_o thence_o from_o samaria_n and_o go_v into_o galilee_n for_o jesus_n himself_o testify_v that_o a_o prophet_n have_v no_o honour_n in_o his_o country_n it_o look_v this_o way_n that_o be_v he_o will_v not_o go_v into_o nazareth_n but_o into_o galilee_n viz._n the_o upper_a and_o so_o come_v to_o cana._n nazareth_n therefore_o be_v in_o the_o low_a galilee_n in_o the_o very_a confine_n of_o issachar_n and_o zabulon_n and_o be_v common_o receive_v within_o zabulon_n its_o self_n be_v distant_a sixteen_o mile_n or_o more_o from_o capernaum_n for_o from_o capernaum_n mount_v tabor_n be_v distant_a ten_o mile_n or_o thereabouts_o sect_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ben_n nezer_n i_o be_o not_o abundant_o satisfy_v in_o the_o common_a writing_n of_o the_o word_n nazareth_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o less_o that_o nazarenus_fw-la shall_v be_v express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o sacred_a amanuensis_n write_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o can_v hardly_o suppress_v a_o just_a indignation_n when_o i_o read_v what_o the_o jew_n scribble_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ben_n nezer_n 2._o nezer_n nezer_n nezer_n nezer_n nezer_n nezer_n chetubb_n fol._n 51._o 2._o the_o rabbin_n have_v a_o tradition_n those_o that_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n behold_v they_o be_v proper_o captive_n but_o those_o that_o be_v take_v by_o thief_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v captive_n the_o tradition_n be_v to_o be_v distinguish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o kingdom_n and_o kingdom_n there_o be_v no_o difficulty_n that_o be_v as_o to_z kingdom_n which_o be_v equal_a but_o between_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ahashuerus_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ben_n nezer_n there_o be_v between_o thief_n and_o thief_n there_o be_v no_o difficulty_n but_o between_o ben_fw-mi nezer_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o thief_n of_o the_o world_n viz._n common_a thief_n there_o be_v there_o in_o palestine_n ben_n nezer_n be_v call_v a_o king_n here_o in_o babylon_n he_o be_v call_v a_o robber_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gloss._n ben_n nezer_n be_v a_o thief_n and_o take_v city_n and_o rule_v over_o they_o and_o become_v the_o captain_n of_o robber_n it_o be_v very_o suspicious_a to_o what_o purpose_n they_o have_v invent_v that_o name_n for_o the_o most_o infamous_a robber_n to_o call_v he_o the_o son_n of_o nezer_n by_o those_o very_a letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o write_v the_o city_n nazareth_n read_v on_o and_o the_o suspicion_n will_v increase_v 76._o increase_v increase_v increase_v increase_v increase_v increase_v beresh_a rabb_n sect_n 76._o i_o consider_v the_o horn_n and_o behold_v there_o come_v up_o among_o they_o another_o little_a horn_n dan._n vii_o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v ben_n nezer_n aruch_n quote_v this_o passage_n under_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o manner_n there_o come_v up_o among_o they_o another_o little_a horn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o cuthite_n now_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o cuthite_n may_v be_v conjecture_v from_o 2._o from_o from_o from_o from_o from_o from_o midras_n schir_n fol._n 17._o 2._o the_o winter_n be_v pass_v cant._n ii_o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o cuthite_n and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o time_n be_v come_v when_o the_o kingdom_n of_o cuth_o shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n shall_v be_v reveal_v it_o be_v easy_a imagine_v what_o they_o will_v point_v at_o by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o cuthite_n the_o christian_n no_o doubt_n unless_o they_o will_v pretend_v to_o some_o samaritan_n kingdom_n and_o if_o so_o it_o be_v as_o obvious_a who_o they_o design_v by_o ben_n nezer_n let_v they_o show_v whence_o come_v the_o name_n of_o the_o tetrarchy_n of_o the_o nazarene_o in_o celosyria_n of_o which_o pliny_n 23._o pliny_n
they_o can_v not_o sit_v in_o judgement_n upon_o they_o they_o say_v let_v we_o remove_v etc._n etc._n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o adultery_n which_o we_o also_o observe_v in_o our_o note_n upon_o chap._n viii_o 3._o viii_o viii_o viii_o viii_o viii_o viii_o maimon_n in_o sotah_n cap._n 3._o since_o the_o time_n that_o adultery_n so_o open_o advance_v under_o the_o second_o temple_n they_o lest_o off_o try_v the_o adulteress_n by_o the_o bitter_a water_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o we_o see_v the_o liberty_n of_o judge_v in_o capital_a matter_n be_v no_o more_o take_v from_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o roman_n than_o the_o behead_v of_o the_o heifer_n or_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o suspect_a wife_n by_o the_o bitter_a water_n be_v take_v away_o by_o they_o which_o not_o one_o will_v affirm_v but_o rather_o iii_o when_o the_o sanhedrin_n see_v that_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o struggle_v against_o the_o mighty_a torrent_n and_o inundation_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n that_o play_v rex_fw-la and_o encroach_v so_o fast_o upon_o they_o and_o that_o the_o interposure_n of_o their_o authority_n can_v do_v nothing_o in_o suppress_v they_o they_o be_v uncapable_a of_o pass_a judgement_n as_o they_o ought_v they_o determine_v not_o to_o sit_v in_o judgement_n at_o all_o and_o whereas_o they_o think_v themselves_o bind_v by_o the_o majesty_n and_o awfulness_n of_o the_o place_n while_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_fw-mi in_o the_o very_a court_n of_o israel_n before_o the_o altar_n to_o judge_v according_a to_o the_o sacredness_n of_o the_o place_n but_o can_v not_o indeed_o do_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o dare_a pride_n and_o resolution_n of_o the_o criminal_n they_o throw_v themselves_o out_o of_o that_o apartment_n and_o go_v further_o off_o into_o the_o place_n where_o the_o exchanger_n shop_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o so_o to_o other_o place_n which_o we_o find_v mention_v in_o rosh_n hashanah_n 1._o hashanah_n hashanah_n hashanah_n hashanah_n hashanah_n hashanah_n fol._n 31._o 1._o iv_o it_o be_v dispute_v whether_o they_o ever_o return_v to_o their_o first_o place_n gazith_o or_o no._n it_o be_v affirm_v by_o the_o gloss_n in_o avodah_n zarah_n 2._o zarah_n zarah_n zarah_n zarah_n zarah_n zarah_n fol._n 8._o 2._o when_o for_o a_o time_n they_o find_v it_o absolute_o necessary_a they_o betake_v themselves_o again_o to_o that_o room_n we_o have_v the_o same_o also_o elsewhere_o upon_o this_o tradition_n 1._o tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n chetubb_n fol._n 30._o 1._o it_o be_v a_o tradition_n of_o r._n chaia_n from_o the_o day_n wherein_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v though_o the_o sanhedrin_n cease_v yet_o the_o four_o kind_n of_o death_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v inflict_v by_o the_o sanhedrin_n do_v not_o cease_v for_o he_o that_o have_v deserve_v to_o be_v stone_v to_o death_n he_o either_o fall_v off_o from_o some_o house_n or_o some_o wild_a beast_n tear_v and_o devour_v he_o he_o that_o have_v deserve_v burn_v he_o either_o fall_v into_o some_o fire_n or_o some_o serpent_n bite_v he_o he_o that_o have_v deserve_v to_o be_v slay_v i._n e._n with_o the_o sword_n be_v either_o deliver_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o heathen_a king_n or_o be_v murder_v by_o robber_n he_o that_o have_v deserve_v strangle_v be_v either_o drown_v in_o some_o river_n or_o choke_v by_o a_o squinancy_n but_o it_o may_v be_v object_v why_o be_v it_o say_v from_o the_o time_n that_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v and_o not_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o this_o the_o gloss_n answer_v sometime_o according_a to_o the_o urgency_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o time_n the_o sanhedrin_n return_v to_o the_o room_n gazith_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v further_a except_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o they_o never_o return_v to_o sit_v in_o capital_a cause_n or_o to_o try_v murder_n for_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o removal_n at_o first_o be_v because_o the_o number_n of_o homicide_n so_o increase_v upon_o they_o etc._n etc._n v._o when_o the_o great_a council_n do_v not_o sit_v in_o gazith_o all_o court_n for_o capital_a matter_n cease_v every_o where_o else_o one_o gloss_n say_v thus_o they_o take_v no_o cognisance_n of_o capital_a matter_n in_o any_o of_o the_o lesser_a session_n so_o long_o as_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n do_v not_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n another_o say_v what_o time_n the_o great_a sanhedrin_n sit_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n where_o it_o ought_v near_o the_o altar_n then_o thou_o shall_v make_v thou_o judge_n in_o all_o thy_o gate_n to_o judge_v in_o capital_a cause_n but_o when_o that_o remove_v than_o all_o cognisance_n about_o those_o matter_n cease_v vi_o the_o sanhedrin_n remove_v as_o we_o have_v already_o see_v from_o gazith_n forty_o year_n before_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v and_o this_o be_v the_o very_a thing_n that_o be_v say_v forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n judgement_n in_o capital_a cause_n be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o and_o now_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n what_o shall_v be_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o be_v deprive_v of_o this_o privilege_n whether_o the_o roman_n be_v in_o fault_n or_o whether_o rather_o the_o jew_n nay_o the_o sanhedrin_n itself_o have_v not_o bring_v it_o upon_o themselves_o when_o the_o sanhedrin_n flit_v from_o gazith_n all_o judgement_n of_o this_o kind_n vanish_v and_o upon_o what_o reason_n they_o do_v thus_o flit_v we_o have_v learn_v from_o their_o own_o pen_n we_o will_v not_o contend_v about_o the_o time_n when_o these_o forty_o year_n shall_v first_o begin_v though_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v they_o may_v begin_v about_o half_a a_o year_n before_o christ_n death_n the_o word_n which_o we_o have_v under_o consideration_n speak_v by_o the_o sanhedrin_n to_o pilate_n seem_v to_o refer_v whole_o to_o the_o reason_n we_o have_v already_o mention_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n why_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a because_o be_v force_v by_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o time_n we_o retire_v from_o the_o room_n gazith_n where_o if_o we_o sit_v not_o neither_o we_o ourselves_o nor_o any_o court_n under_o we_o can_v take_v any_o cognisance_n of_o cause_n of_o life_n and_o death_n but_o what_o necessity_n of_o time_n can_v urge_v you_o to_o remove_v so_o great_o do_v the_o criminal_n multiply_v and_o grow_v to_o such_o a_o head_n that_o we_o neither_o can_v nor_o dare_v animadvert_v upon_o they_o according_a to_o what_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o place_n may_v expect_v and_o require_v from_o we_o if_o we_o shall_v sit_v in_o gazith_n that_o must_v be_v observe_v from_o the_o evangelist_n that_o when_o they_o have_v have_v christ_n in_o examination_n in_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o highpriest_n all_o night_n in_o the_o morning_n the_o whole_a sanhedrin_n meet_v that_o they_o may_v pass_v sentence_n of_o death_n upon_o he_o where_o then_o be_v this_o that_o they_o meet_v questionless_a in_o the_o room_n gazith_n at_o least_o if_o they_o adhere_v to_o their_o own_o rule_n and_o constitution_n thither_o they_o betake_v themselves_o sometime_o upon_o urgent_a necessity_n the_o gloss_n before_o quote_v except_v only_o the_o case_n of_o murder_n which_o among_o all_o their_o false_a accusation_n they_o never_o charge_v christ_n with_o but_o however_o suppose_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o great_a council_n meet_v either_o in_o the_o tavern_n or_o some_o other_o place_n which_o yet_o by_o no_o mean_n agree_v with_o their_o own_o tradition_n do_v they_o deal_v true_o and_o as_o the_o matter_n real_o and_o indeed_o be_v with_o pilate_n when_o they_o tell_v he_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n he_o have_v say_v to_o they_o take_v you_o he_o and_o judge_v he_o according_a to_o your_o law_n we_o have_v indeed_o judge_v and_o condemn_v he_o but_o we_o can_v put_v any_o one_o to_o death_n be_v this_o that_o they_o say_v in_o fact_n true_a how_o come_v they_o then_o to_o stone_n the_o protomartyr_n stephen_n how_o come_v they_o to_o stone_n ben_n sarda_n at_o lydda_n 4._o lydda_n lydda_n lydda_n lydda_n lydda_n lydda_n hieros_n san._n hedr._n fol._n 25._o 4._o how_o come_v they_o to_o burn_v the_o priest_n daughter_n alive_a that_o be_v take_v in_o adultery_n 1._o adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n bab._n saâ—hedr_n fol._n 52._o â—_o &_o juchasin_n fol._n 51._o 1._o it_o be_v probable_a they_o have_v not_o put_v any_o one_o to_o death_n as_o yet_o since_o the_o time_n that_o they_o have_v remove_v out_o of_o gazith_o and_o so_o may_v the_o easy_o persuade_v pilate_n in_o that_o case_n but_o their_o great_a design_n be_v to_o throw_v off_o the_o odium_fw-la of_o christ_n death_n from_o themselves_o at_o least_o
to_o his_o promise_n look_v for_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o commonwealth_n must_v be_v all_o on_o fire_n and_o the_o mosaic_a element_n burn_v up_o but_o we_o according_a to_o the_o promise_n make_v to_o we_o by_o isaiah_n the_o prophet_n when_o all_o these_o be_v consume_v look_v for_o the_o new_a creation_n of_o the_o evangelical_n state_n iv_o the_o day_n the_o time_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o this_o vengeance_n upon_o this_o people_n be_v call_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o day_n of_o christ_n his_o come_n in_o the_o cloud_n in_o his_o glory_n in_o his_o kingdom_n nor_o be_v this_o without_o reason_n for_o from_o hence_o do_v this_o form_n and_o mode_n of_o speak_v take_v its_o rise_n christ_n have_v not_o as_o yet_o appear_v but_o in_o a_o state_n of_o humility_n contemn_v blaspheme_v and_o at_o length_n murder_v by_o the_o jew_n his_o gospel_n reject_v laugh_v at_o and_o trample_v under_o foot_n his_o follower_n pursue_v with_o extreme_a hatred_n persecution_n and_o death_n itself_o at_o length_n therefore_o he_o display_v himself_o in_o his_o glory_n his_o kingdom_n and_o power_n and_o call_v for_o those_o cruel_a enemy_n of_o he_o that_o they_o may_v be_v slay_v before_o he_o act_n ii_o 20._o before_o that_o great_a and_o notable_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v let_v we_o take_v notice_n how_o st._n peter_n apply_v that_o pprophecy_n of_o joel_n to_o those_o very_a time_n and_o it_o will_v be_v clear_a enough_o without_o any_o commentary_n what_o that_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v 2_o thess._n ii_o 2._o as_o if_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n be_v at_o hand_n etc._n etc._n to_o this_o also_o do_v those_o passage_n belong_v heb._n x._o 37._o yet_o a_o little_a while_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v come_v will_v come_v james_n v._n 9_o behold_v the_o judge_n be_v at_o the_o door_n revel_v i._o 7._o he_o come_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o xxii_o 12._o behold_v i_o come_v quick_o with_o many_o other_o passage_n of_o that_o nature_n all_o which_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o christ_n come_v in_o judgement_n and_o vengeance_n against_o that_o wicked_a nation_n and_o in_o this_o very_a sense_n must_v the_o word_n now_o before_o we_o be_v take_v and_o no_o otherwise_o i_o will_v that_o he_o tarry_v till_o i_o come_v for_o thy_o part_n peter_z thou_o shall_v suffer_v death_n by_o thy_o countryman_n the_o jew_n but_o as_o for_o he_o i_o will_v that_o he_o shall_v tarry_v till_o i_o come_v and_o avenge_v myself_o upon_o this_o generation_n and_o if_o i_o will_v so_o what_o be_v that_o to_o thou_o the_o story_n that_o be_v tell_v of_o both_o these_o apostle_n confirm_v this_o exposition_n for_o it_o be_v take_v for_o grant_v by_o all_o that_o st._n peter_n have_v his_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n before_o jerusalem_n fall_v and_o st._n john_n survive_v the_o ruin_n of_o it_o verse_n xxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o we_o know_v that_o his_o testimony_n be_v true_a the_o evangelist_n have_v say_v before_o chap._n xix_o 35._o he_o know_v that_o he_o say_v true_a and_o here_o in_o this_o place_n he_o change_v the_o person_n say_v we_o know_v that_o his_o testimony_n be_v true_a i._o one_o will_v believe_v that_o this_o be_v a_o idiotism_n in_o the_o chaldee_n and_o syriack_n tongue_n to_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o know_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o unusual_a in_o other_o language_n also_o joshua_n ii_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v the_o targumist_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o you_o will_v believe_v to_o be_v we_o know_v 1_o sam._n xvii_o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v targumist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o know_v so_o among_o the_o talmudist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o seem_v to_o be_v we_o know_v we_o say_v and_o indeed_o sometime_o nay_o most_o frequent_o they_o so_o signify_v but_o sometime_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_v include_v so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n which_o appear_v very_o clear_o in_o that_o expression_n 1._o expression_n expression_n expression_n expression_n expression_n expression_n beracoth_fw-mi fol._n 56._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tell_v i_o what_o i_o be_o to_o see_v in_o my_o dream_n for_o that_o so_o it_o must_v be_v render_v i_o be_o to_o see_v the_o gloss_n and_o context_n direct_v we_o where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o will_v not_o therefore_o in_o this_o place_n take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o know_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v although_o the_o sense_n may_v not_o be_v very_o disagreeable_a if_o we_o do_v so_o but_o ii_o we_o suppose_v the_o evangelist_n both_o here_o and_o chap._n xix_o 35._o refer_v to_o a_o eye_n witness_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o in_o all_o judicial_a cause_n the_o ocular_a testimony_n prevail_v if_o any_o person_n shall_v testify_v that_o he_o himself_o see_v the_o thing_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o witness_n must_v be_v receive_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d true_a when_o it_o be_v say_v of_o any_o testimony_n do_v not_o signify_v bare_o that_o which_o be_v true_a but_o that_o which_o be_v to_o believe_v and_o entertain_v for_o a_o sure_a and_o irrefragrable_a evidence_n so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n be_v this_o this_o be_v the_o disciple_n who_o testify_v of_o these_o thing_n and_o write_v they_o and_o we_o all_o know_v that_o such_o a_o testimony_n obtain_v in_o all_o judgement_n whatever_o for_o he_o be_v a_o eye_n witness_n and_o see_v that_o which_o he_o testify_v soli_fw-la deo_fw-la gloria_fw-la horae_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la &_o talmudicae_n hebrew_n and_o talmudical_a exercitation_n upon_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o upon_o some_o chapter_n of_o the_o epistle_n of_o saint_n paul_n to_o the_o romans_z by_o john_n lightfoot_n d._n d._n late_a master_n of_o katharine-hall_n in_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n london_n print_v by_o william_n rawlins_n for_o richard_n chiswell_n at_o the_o rose_n and_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxxiv_o hebrew_n and_o talmudical_a exercitation_n upon_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n chap._n i._n verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o former_a treatise_n have_v i_o make_v etc._n etc._n we_o may_v reduce_v to_o this_o place_n for_o even_o thus_o far_o it_o may_v be_v extend_v what_o our_o historian_n have_v say_v in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o his_o gospel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v good_a to_o i_o also_o to_o write_v to_o thou_o in_o order_n where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o order_n seem_v to_o promise_v not_o only_o a_o orderly_a series_n of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o action_n of_o our_o saviour_n but_o successive_o even_o of_o the_o apostle_n too_o for_o what_o passage_n we_o have_v relate_v to_o we_o in_o this_o book_n may_v very_o well_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o thing_n which_o be_v most_o sure_o believe_v among_o they_o indeed_o by_o the_o very_a stile_n in_o this_o place_n he_o show_v that_o he_o have_v a_o design_n of_o write_v these_o story_n joint_o that_o be_v to_o say_v first_o to_o give_v we_o a_o narration_n of_o the_o action_n and_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n and_o then_o in_o their_o due_a place_n and_o order_n to_o commit_v to_o write_v the_o act_n and_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o to_o most_o of_o the_o thing_n contain_v in_o this_o book_n st._n luke_n be_v both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o eye-witness_n yea_o and_o a_o part_n also_o but_o how_o far_o he_o be_v spectator_n of_o those_o act_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o he_o relate_v in_o his_o other_o book_n none_o can_v say_v what_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o preface_n of_o that_o work_n be_v ambiguous_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o inquire_v whether_o he_o mean_v he_o have_v a_o perfect_a understanding_n of_o thing_n from_o the_o first_o by_o the_o same_o way_n only_o which_o those_o have_v that_o undertake_v to_o compile_v the_o evangelical_n history_n from_o the_o mouth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o that_o be_v eye-witness_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n or_o whether_o he_o come_v to_o this_o understanding_n of_o thing_n from_o the_o first_o he_o himself_o have_v be_v from_o the_o beginning_n a_o eye-witness_n and_o a_o minister_n or_o last_o whether_o he_o do_v not_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
and_o begin_v to_o be_v call_v bethany_n concern_v which_o we_o have_v discourse_v more_o large_o in_o another_o place_n verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o go_v up_o into_o a_o upper_a room_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o upper_a room_n in_o talmudic_n language_n i._o it_o be_v very_o familiar_a with_o that_o nation_n that_o when_o they_o be_v to_o concern_v themselves_o with_o the_o law_n or_o any_o part_n of_o religion_n out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n they_o go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o a_o upper_a room_n some_o uppermost_a part_n of_o the_o house_n 2._o house_n house_n house_n house_n house_n house_n juchasin_n fol._n 23._o 2._o abniah_n a_o very_a rich_a man_n invite_a rabban_n johanan_n ben_fw-mi zacchai_n and_o his_o disciple_n and_o nicodemus_n etc._n etc._n to_o a_o feast_n which_o he_o make_v at_o the_o circumcision_n of_o his_o son_n when_o the_o feast_n be_v do_v rabban_n johanan_n and_o his_o disciple_n go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o a_o upper_a room_n and_o read_v and_o expound_v till_o the_o fire_n shine_v round_o about_o they_o as_o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v at_o mount_n sinai_n abniah_n be_v amaze_v at_o the_o honour_n that_o be_v give_v to_o the_o law_n and_o so_o devote_v his_o son_n to_o the_o law_n take_v notice_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o upper-room_n be_v distinct_a from_o a_o dining-room_n where_o they_o dine_v and_o sup_v and_o there_o it_o be_v they_o handle_v the_o law_n and_o divine_a thing_n to_o which_o if_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d large_a upper_a room_n mention_v mark_v fourteen_o 15._o and_o luke_n xxii_o 12._o where_o our_o saviour_n celebrate_v the_o passover_n have_v any_o affinity_n it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v something_o different_a from_o a_o common_a dining-room_n ii_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o upper-room_n i_o presume_v be_v the_o beth_n midras_n of_o this_o or_o that_o rabbin_z 2._o rabbin_z rabbin_z rabbin_z rabbin_z rabbin_z rabbin_z juchas_fw-es fol._n 45._o 2._o r._n simeon_n say_v i_o see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o the_o upper_a room_n that_o they_o be_v few_o in_o number_n that_o be_v if_o i_o take_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aright_o the_o son_n or_o disciple_n of_o beth_n midras_n but_o i_o will_v not_o contend_v in_o this_o matter_n 3._o matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n matter_n hieros_n schab_n fol._n 3._o 3._o those_o be_v the_o tradition_n which_o they_o deliver_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o upper_a room_n of_o hananiah_n ben_fw-mi hezekiah_n ben_fw-mi garon_n and_o many_o instance_n of_o that_o kind_n of_o this_o kind_n seem_v that_o upper_a chamber_n at_o troas_n mention_v act_n xx._n 8._o and_o so_o where_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o church_n in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o one_o house_n it_o seem_v to_o look_v this_o way_n viz._n some_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o house_n sequester_v on_o purpose_n for_o the_o assemble_v of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o the_o beth_n midras_n be_v set_v apart_o for_o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o disciple_n of_o this_o or_o that_o rabbin_z and_o as_o the_o beth_n midras_n be_v always_o in_o the_o house_n of_o some_o rabbin_z so_o probable_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v these_o church_n in_o the_o house_n of_o some_o minister_n or_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o aquila_n such_o a_o one_o in_o who_o house_n we_o find_v a_o church_n mention_v rom._n xvi_o 5._o compare_v with_o act_n xviii_o 26._o be_v not_o philemon_n such_o a_o one_o philem_n ver_fw-la 2._o verse_n xv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o the_o same_o number_n be_v ezra_n great_a synagogue_n 2._o synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n synagogue_n juchas_fw-es fol._n 13._o 2._o ezra_n be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o he_o be_v the_o twenty_o second_o receiver_n of_o tradition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o whole_a sanhedrin_n consist_v of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o elder_n there_o be_v not_o state_v council_n in_o any_o city_n under_o this_o number_n 1._o number_n number_n number_n number_n number_n number_n sanhedr_n fol._n 17._o 2._o &_o maimon_n sanhedr_n cap._n 1._o how_o many_o man_n be_v requisite_a in_o a_o city_n that_o it_o may_v be_v capable_a of_o have_v a_o council_n settle_v in_o it_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o what_o be_v their_o office_n three_o and_o twenty_o be_v to_o make_v up_o the_o number_n of_o the_o lesser_a sanhedrin_n and_o there_o be_v three_o class_n of_o twenty_o three_o behold_v there_o be_v ninety_o two_o there_o be_v ten_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v at_o leisure_n for_o the_o synagogue_n behold_v there_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o two_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o plaintiff_n and_o the_o defendant_n who_o have_v business_n before_o the_o sanhedrin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o crafty_a witness_n those_o who_o by_o their_o counter-evidence_n may_v implead_v the_o witness_n if_o possible_a of_o a_o lie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o counter_a witness_n against_o those_o counter_a witness_n two_o scribe_n two_o chazanim_fw-la two_o collector_n of_o the_o alm_n and_o a_o three_o to_o distribute_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o physician_n the_o gloss_n have_v it_o one_o to_o circumcise_v infant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o artificer_n chirurgeon_n the_o gloss_n be_v one_o to_o let_v blood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o libellary_n i._n e._n one_o that_o be_v to_o write_v bill_n of_o espousal_n divorce_n contract_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o schoolmaster_n behold_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o if_o you_o will_v pick_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o this_o parity_n of_o number_n you_o may_v however_o certain_o the_o number_n of_o those_o we_o have_v now_o before_o we_o ought_v always_o to_o occur_v to_o mind_n when_o we_o read_v such_o passage_n as_o these_o they_o be_v all_o with_o one_o accord_n in_o one_o place_n act._n ii_o 1._o they_o be_v all_o scatter_a abroad_o except_v the_o apostle_n chap._n viii_o 1._o so_o chap._n xi_o 19_o etc._n etc._n beside_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n and_o seventy_o two_o disciple_n who_o can_v tell_v we_o who_o those_o other_o thirty_o six_o be_v that_o be_v to_o fill_v up_o the_o number_n what_o kind_n of_o man_n of_o what_o degree_n and_o quality_n who_o though_o they_o be_v neither_o of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n nor_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n yet_o be_v admit_v member_n of_o that_o great_a and_o holy_a consistory_n reason_n itself_o seem_v against_o it_o that_o any_o woman_n shall_v be_v account_v of_o that_o number_n as_o also_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o though_o there_o be_v more_o in_o the_o city_n that_o believe_v yet_o these_o be_v for_o some_o special_a cause_n and_o reason_n ascribe_v into_o this_o peculiar_a fellowship_n and_o number_n as_o to_o the_o twelve_o and_o the_o seventy_o we_o need_v not_o inquire_v as_o to_o the_o rest_n let_v we_o see_v whether_o it_o may_v not_o be_v intimate_v to_o we_o ver_fw-la 21._o that_o they_o have_v be_v the_o follower_n of_o christ_n in_o company_n with_o the_o other_o from_o the_o very_a first_o of_o his_o publish_v the_o gospel_n that_o peter_n shall_v be_v always_o in_o the_o head_n of_o they_o and_o have_v the_o chief_a part_n in_o the_o whole_a history_n as_o their_o prolocutor_n and_o chief_a actor_n must_v be_v attribute_v 1._o to_o his_o seniority_n he_o be_v old_a than_o any_o of_o the_o other_o twelve_o and_o whereas_o under_o this_o notion_n of_o his_o age_n he_o have_v be_v their_o chief_a speaker_n all_o the_o while_n that_o our_o saviour_n converse_v among_o they_o it_o be_v but_o just_a and_o reasonable_a he_o shall_v hold_v the_o same_o place_n and_o quality_n now_o that_o their_o lord_n be_v go_v 2._o to_o his_o repentance_n as_o what_o be_v but_o necessary_a that_o he_o who_o have_v so_o scandalous_o fall_v might_n 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1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fol._n â—â—_o 1._o the_o three_o feast_n be_v the_o scab_n of_o the_o year_n the_o gloss_n be_v the_o three_o feast_n passover_n pentecost_n and_o tabernacle_n be_v the_o break_n out_o of_o the_o year_n by_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o association_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o because_o of_o transgression_n because_o in_o the_o day_n of_o those_o feast_n man_n and_o woman_n assemble_v together_o to_o hear_v sermon_n and_o cast_v their_o eye_n upon_o one_o another_o and_o some_o say_v that_o for_o this_o cause_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o fast_o after_o passover_n and_o pentecost_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v ready_o be_v gather_v that_o man_n and_o woman_n shall_v not_o so_o promiscuous_o and_o confuse_o meet_v and_o sit_v together_o nor_o that_o they_o shall_v so_o look_v upon_o one_o another_o as_o in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o at_o jerusalem_n when_o such_o innumerable_a multitude_n flock_v to_o the_o feast_n but_o that_o 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woman_n in_o their_o house_n and_o inner_a chamber_n for_o there_o also_o they_o use_v these_o rite_n when_o they_o pray_v and_o handle_v holy_a thing_n private_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o public_a assembly_n 1._o assembly_n assembly_n assembly_n assembly_n assembly_n assembly_n hieros_n auâ—â—ah_o zâ—râ—h_n fol._n 4â—_n 1._o rabban_n gamaliel_n journey_v and_o be_v ask_v by_o one_o that_o meet_v he_o concern_v a_o certain_a vow_n he_o light_v off_o his_o horse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o veil_a himself_o and_o sit_v down_o and_o loose_v the_o vow_n so_o r._n judah_n bar_n allai_n on_o the_o sabbath_n eve_n when_o he_o compose_v himself_o in_o his_o house_n to_o meet_v and_o receive_v the_o sabbath_n they_o bring_v he_o warm_a water_n and_o he_o wash_v his_o face_n and_o hand_n and_o foot_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o vail_v himself_o with_o his_o linen_n cloth_n of_o divers_a colour_n he_o sit_v down_o and_o be_v like_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n 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fol._n 43._o 2._o r._n meir_n say_v every_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o these_o three_o benediction_n every_o day_n bless_a be_v god_n that_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o a_o heathen_a that_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o a_o woman_n that_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stupid_a or_o unlearned_a but_o rabb_n acha_n bar_n jacob_n when_o he_o hear_v his_o son_n say_v bless_a be_v god_n that_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unlearned_a stick_v at_o it_o and_o upon_o this_o reason_n as_o the_o gloss_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o a_o heathen_a and_o a_o woman_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o the_o precept_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o rude_a or_o unlearned_a man_n be_v capable_a deserve_o therefore_o god_n be_v bless_v that_o god_n make_v he_o not_o a_o heathen_a or_o a_o woman_n by_o this_o canon_n that_o a_o woman_n be_v loose_v from_o the_o precept_n they_o be_v exempt_v from_o cover_v the_o face_n during_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dishonour_v her_o head_n dishonour_v her_o head_n what_o head_n that_o which_o she_o carry_v upon_o her_o shoulder_n or_o that_o to_o which_o she_o be_v subject_v as_o the_o man_n to_o christ_n the_o woman_n to_o the_o man_n that_o the_o apostle_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v especial_o of_o the_o late_a appear_v from_o the_o verse_n before_o and_o indeed_o from_o the_o whole_a context_n for_o to_o what_o end_n be_v those_o word_n produce_v vers_fw-la 3._o i_o will_v have_v you_o know_v that_o the_o head_n of_o the_o woman_n be_v the_o man_n etc._n etc._n unless_o that_o they_o be_v apply_v and_o make_v to_o the_o apostle_n business_n in_o the_o verse_n follow_v nor_o
city_n officiousness_n of_o story_n must_v do_v something_o more_o for_o the_o church_n there_o every_o place_n almost_o have_v have_v paul_n for_o their_o founder_n it_o be_v fit_a sure_a the_o church_n at_o rome_n shall_v outvie_v other_o as_o be_v the_o noble_a place_n therefore_o historical_a officiousness_n bring_v peter_n thither_o also_o for_o that_o church_n strive_v for_o dignity_n of_o place_n before_o it_o do_v for_o superiority_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v like_a it_o be_v invent_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o circumcision_n peter_n as_o well_o as_o the_o minister_n of_o uncircumcision_n paul_n be_v bring_v thither_o ii_o now_o whencesoever_o this_o opinion_n spring_v it_o be_v a_o chief_a prop_n for_o this_o argument_n that_o rome_n be_v call_v babylon_n by_o john_n in_o the_o revelation_n true_o and_o good_a cause_n but_o peter_n have_v not_o so_o good_a cause_n to_o conceal_v its_o name_n plin._n lib._n iii_o cap._n 5._o romae_fw-la 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against_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o besiege_v the_o belove_a city_n the_o apocalyptick_a here_o tell_v you_o till_o his_o army_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o fire_n of_o god_n vengeance_n from_o heaven_n and_o till_o satan_n himself_o be_v cast_v into_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n a_o passage_n which_o i_o think_v be_v very_o well_o worth_a their_o consider_v which_o look_v for_o and_o speak_v of_o such_o golden_a and_o glorious_a time_n yet_o to_o come_v before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n four_o satan_n loose_v you_o see_v fall_v to_o his_o old_a trade_n again_o of_o deceive_v the_o nation_n iv_o iv_o a_o right_a jail-bird_n indeed_o a_o thief_n that_o deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n fall_v to_o his_o old_a course_n of_o theive_v again_o and_o will_v not_o leave_v till_o the_o gallow_n end_v he_o will_v you_o not_o think_v that_o a_o thousand_o year_n imprisonment_n shall_v have_v wrought_v some_o change_n in_o he_o and_o amendment_n upon_o he_o but_o bray_v a_o fool_n in_o 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