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and_o the_o rabbin_n from_o p._n 83._o to_o 119._o two_o other_o mistake_v of_o mr._n selden_n and_o his_o rabbin_n discover_v from_o p._n 120._o to_o 124._o of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n first-born_a in_o this_o controversy_n from_o p._n 124._o to_o 138._o two_o objection_n against_o what_o be_v assert_v under_o the_o last_o head_n concern_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n first-born_a propose_v and_o answer_v from_o p._n 138._o to_o 147._o another_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o by_o the_o first-born_a the_o daughter_n or_o female_n be_v not_o understand_v in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o in_o what_o case_n a_o woman_n be_v to_o inherit_v from_o p._n 147._o to_o 149_o the_o heiress_n oblige_v to_o marry_v to_o some_o of_o the_o kindred_n and_o to_o the_o next_o of_o kin_n if_o he_o please_v p._n 150_o 151._o the_o law_n of_o the_o leviratus_n to_o be_v understand_v only_o of_o brethren_n by_o the_o father_n side_n and_o in_o this_o mr._n selden_n and_o 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and_o subordinate_a clergy_n from_o p._n 183._o to_o 237._o that_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o abstain_v from_o any_o thing_n mere_o because_o the_o zabii_n or_o any_o other_o nation_n round_o about_o they_o practise_v it_o and_o that_o this_o be_v no_o reason_n of_o any_o of_o their_o negative_a precept_n prove_v large_o against_o dr._n cudworth_n and_o the_o jewish_a rabbin_n who_o he_o follow_v from_o p._n 237._o to_o 292._o of_o the_o practice_n of_o usury_n among_o the_o jew_n and_o other_o nation_n and_o that_o the_o roman_n borrow_v most_o if_o not_o all_o their_o usage_n concern_v it_o out_o of_o the_o east_n together_o with_o a_o explanation_n of_o many_o thing_n in_o the_o roman_a and_o assyrian_a or_o eastern_a antiquity_n hitherto_o unknown_a which_o be_v conclude_v with_o two_o observation_n the_o first_o concern_v the_o reason_n of_o tithe_n be_v pay_v to_o the_o priesthood_n the_o other_o concern_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o a_o moderate_a usury_n in_o all_o but_o such_o 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and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v proper_o call_v usura_fw-la hemiolia_fw-la concern_v usurarum_fw-la v._o d._n gothâ—f_n in_o c._n th._n l._n 2._o tit_n 33._o l._n 1._o de_fw-la modo_fw-la usurarum_fw-la which_o there_o be_v still_o extant_a several_a imperial_a law_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o increase_n of_o usury_n in_o corn_n and_o oil_n and_o other_o thing_n above_o what_o be_v allow_v or_o practise_v in_o money_n be_v learned_o set_v forth_o by_o dionysius_n gothofr_v in_o his_o elaborate_v note_n upon_o the_o code_n of_o theodosius_n another_o instance_n of_o a_o manifest_a resemblance_n betwixt_o the_o jew_n and_o roman_n as_o to_o the_o business_n of_o usury_n be_v this_o nehemiah_n tell_v we_o the_o people_n in_o his_o time_n be_v reduce_v to_o such_o extremity_n that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o sell_v their_o son_n and_o daughter_n into_o bondage_n and_o sometime_o in_o case_n of_o this_o nature_n they_o sell_v themselves_o though_o they_o have_v still_o the_o 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conclude_v this_o discourse_n concern_v usury_n with_o this_o observation_n that_o it_o be_v forbid_v the_o jew_n only_o upon_o a_o political_a reason_n which_o have_v a_o peculiar_a reference_n to_o the_o partition_n of_o inheritance_n among_o they_o which_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o usury_n will_v have_v be_v destroy_v and_o for_o no_o other_o cause_n or_o reason_n whatsoever_o that_o can_v be_v discern_v in_o the_o sacred_a write_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_n they_o be_v permit_v to_o practise_v it_o upon_o the_o stranger_n where_o this_o partition_n be_v not_o concern_v it_o follow_v unavoidable_o that_o in_o any_o other_o polity_n than_o such_o a_o one_o as_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n be_v the_o practice_n of_o a_o moderate_a usury_n be_v a_o lawful_a thing_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v no_o more_o in_o effect_n then_o sell_v of_o commodity_n for_o a_o moderate_a gain_n or_o receive_v of_o rent_n for_o land_n and_o therefore_o the_o greek_n call_v it_o not_o only_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o its_o increase_a nature_n which_o answer_v to_o the_o hebrew_n tarbith_n and_o marbith_n but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d terra_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o same_o and_o both_o of_o they_o proper_o and_o peculiar_o denote_v the_o rent_n of_o land_n so_o that_o it_o be_v now_o abundant_o prove_v that_o the_o marriage_n of_o boaz_n and_o ruth_n be_v by_o virtue_n and_o in_o consequence_n of_o that_o mosaic_a law_n by_o which_o the_o brother_n be_v oblige_v to_o raise_v up_o seed_n to_o the_o brother_n in_o case_n he_o decease_v without_o issue_n male_a and_o that_o the_o obligation_n of_o this_o law_n together_o with_o that_o partition_n and_o distribution_n of_o inheritance_n upon_o which_o it_o depend_v cease_v to_o be_v any_o long_o regard_v among_o the_o jew_n themselves_o after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o two_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o that_o wherever_o the_o same_o sort_n of_o partition_n be_v observe_v there_o either_o usury_n be_v forbid_v as_o among_o the_o jew_n or_o else_o the_o partition_n be_v destroy_v and_o break_v down_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o again_o it_o be_v further_o clear_a that_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o abstain_v from_o any_o thing_n mere_o because_o the_o zabii_n or_o any_o other_o nation_n round_o about_o they_o practise_v it_o and_o for_o no_o other_o reason_n and_o last_o that_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n as_o to_o the_o proportion_n of_o their_o usury_n and_o the_o time_n of_o payment_n and_o many_o other_o thing_n of_o their_o most_o remote_a but_o yet_o undoubted_a and_o unquestionable_a antiquity_n be_v