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whole_a work_n from_o venice_n or_o francfurt_n student_n may_v have_v 1._o aben_n ezra_n 2._o abrabbaneel_n 3._o abraham_n ben_n isaak_n in_o navath_n salom._n 4._o abraham_n zakuto_n author_n sepher_n juchasim_n 5._o abraham_n perizol_n 6._o baal_n aruch_n 7._o baal_n hatturim_fw-la 8._o david_n kimchi_n 9_o elias_n mizrachi_n 10._o isaak_n ben_n arama_n 11._o levi_n ben_n gerson_n 12._o menachem_n upon_o moses_n 13._o midras_n bereshith_n 14._o midras_n tillin_n 15._o moses_n ben_fw-mi maymon_n or_o rambam_fw-la 16._o moses_n ben_fw-mi nachaman_n or_o ramban_n 17._o perush_v col_fw-fr millah_o kasha_n that_o be_v a_o exposition_n upon_o every_o hard_a word_n 18._o salomob_v jarchi_n 19_o seder_n olam_n rabbah_n 20._o symeon_n ben_fw-mi jochai_n he_o be_v cite_v in_o the_o babylonian_a talmud_n but_o be_v far_o elder_a in_o zakuto_n in_o sepher_n juchasin_n as_o of_o s._n paul_n age_n 21._o talmud_n babylonian_n print_v at_o basil_n and_o from_o sucha_n nedarin_n sanedrin_n 22._o tanchumaâ—_n rom._n 9_o 17._o exod._n 9_o 16._o epiphanius_n book_n 2._o her_z 55_o the_o first_o opinion_n opinion_n in_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v in_o the_o most_o manifest_a sort_n sort_n heb._n 7._o gene._n 3._o job._n 13._o 7._o 7._o by_o s._n augustnes_n leave_n heb._n 7._o heb._n 6._o gen._n 14._o 18._o 2._o pet._n 3_o 7._o confer_v gen._n 9_o &_o 11._o &_o 14._o the_o second_o opinion_n rom._n heb._n 5._o 1._o 1._o that_o melchisedeck_v be_v a_o cananite_n by_o kindred_n epiph._n in_o here._n 55._o oecum_fw-la upon_o heb._n 7._o 7._o that_o he_o be_v no_o far_o a_o chananite_n then_o by_o place_n a_o discourse_n touch_v the_o septuagint_n septuagint_n rabbi_n sadaias_n have_v make_v a_o treatise_n of_o that_o which_o elias_n have_v join_v to_o his_o hammasore_v hammasore_v apocal._n 17._o mat._n 3._o mar._n 12_o luk._n 20._o act._n 5_o 5_o aquilas_fw-la symmachus_n theodotion_n and_o two_o without_o the_o author_n name_n these_o join_v make_v hexaplun_n that_o be_v a_o sixfold_a work_n the_o hebrew_n both_o in_o hebrew_a letter_n &_o also_o in_o greek_a letter_n but_o hebrew_n word_n make_v up_o octaplun_n the_o eyghtfolde_a work_n the_o translation_n of_o lucian_n the_o martyr_n &_o that_o of_o sophronius_n though_o not_o from_o the_o hebrew_n be_v of_o good_a account_n moses_n of_o late_a day_n be_v set_v forth_o in_o a_o greek_a translation_n but_o in_o hebrew_a letter_n by_o a_o wicked_a jew_n to_o deface_v the_o greek_a now_o use_v r._n abraham_n ben-david_n in_o kabala_n kabala_n homer_n plato_n in_o timaeo_n timaeo_n hesiod_n in_o pandora_n pandora_n nicander_n ther._n ther._n alexander_n polyhistor_n polyhistor_n clem._n 1._o strom._n strom._n joseph_n out_o of_o hesiod_n and_o diod._n sic_fw-la ovid._n 1._o metam_fw-la herod_n 2._o euseb_n 1._o praep_n praep_n manethus_n molus_n estiaeus_fw-la ecataeus_n ellanicus_fw-la acousilaus_n ephorus_n sibylla_n sibylla_n berossus_fw-la chaldeus_n hieronymus_n aegiptius_n ni_fw-fr colau_n damascenus_n mnaseas_n mnaseas_n eupolemus_n euseb_n 9_o prap_n diog_n laer._n in_o his_o proaem_n in_o egypt_n the_o learned_a be_v call_v hiereis_n and_o prophet_n ae_z thence_o the_o septuagint_n borrow_v these_o two_o term_n to_o translate_v cohenim_n and_o nebyir_n the_o apostle_n in_o greek_a retain_v the_o septuagint_a term_n and_o for_o cohenim_n put_v hiereis_n but_o never_o for_o oâ—e_v under_o the_o gospel_n that_o be_v servant_n in_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n wisdom_n will_v think_v their_o term_n the_o best_a but_o custom_n will_v rule_v rule_v baal_n aruch_n 〈◊〉_d lachnai_fw-mi or_o jannes_n who_o also_o cit_v the_o talmud_n and_o numenius_n in_o euseb_n praep._n 9_o observation_n observation_n in_o the_o former_a time_n some_o noteâ—_n as_o it_o appear_v yet_o very_o bad_o and_o blasphemos_o that_o moses_n omit_v a_o hundred_o year_n so_o at_o the_o first_o they_o will_v deface_v all_o his_o authority_n what_o will_v they_o say_v for_o his_o late_a sum_n have_v more_o they_o the_o greek_a have_v by_o â—n_n hundred_o year_n and_o yet_o the_o whole_a summâ—_n in_o most_o equal_a in_o all_o save_a lamech_v lamech_v in_o he_o the_o greek_a translation_n alter_v nothing_o her_o in_o noah_n noah_n so_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o father_n twenty_o year_n soon_o than_o he_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n truth_n and_o of_o 955._o year_n old_a at_o the_o flood_n wherefore_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o age_n he_o must_v be_v 14._o year_n somewhere_o some_o will_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v with_o henoch_n till_o the_o flood_n be_v past_a rather_o than_o believe_v y_z e_o hebrew_a text_n aug._n civit._n 15._o cha._n 11._o as_o though_o all_o the_o lewes_z will_v or_o can_v corrupt_v the_o hebrew_n text_n cite_v so_o much_o in_o commentary_n and_o find_v uniform_a yet_o by_o this_o impossibility_n the_o septuagint_n will_v have_v the_o world_n to_o know_v that_o they_o for_o a_o close_a purpose_n will_v not_o communicate_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o father_n age_n with_o profane_a heathen_a it_o be_v a_o pitiful_a thing_n to_o see_v how_o till_o this_o day_n man_n be_v bend_v to_o imagine_v untruethe_n against_o the_o hebrew_n truth_n to_o disannul_v the_o holiness_n of_o the_o word_n moses_n in_o the_o hebrew_n omit_v mention_v of_o sems_n death_n to_o stay_v the_o reader_n in_o expectation_n of_o some_o rare_a dignity_n of_o his_o person_n and_o that_o man_n shall_v not_o think_v that_o he_o die_v before_o the_o blessing_n be_v fasten_v upon_o abraham_n as_o in_o truth_n he_o live_v after_o terahs_n death_n or_o the_o promise_n seventie_o &_o five_o year_n unto_o the_o fifty_o year_n of_o isaaks_n age_n by_o the_o hebrew_n unfallible_a here_o the_o greek_n interlace_v that_o feign_a sentence_n and_o caâ—nan_n live_v etc._n etc._n that_o never_o be_v and_o he_o die_v and_o here_o a_o man_n mayseâ—_n that_o they_o do_v but_o dally_v with_o the_o heathen_a by_o this_o feign_a name_n