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do_v not_o only_o write_v to_o his_o own_o age_n wherein_o his_o father_n and_o grandfather_n be_v well_o know_v but_o likewise_o to_o the_o follow_a age_n to_o who_o he_o seem_v in_o this_o place_n to_o direct_v his_o discourse_n and_o not_o to_o his_o contemporary_n who_o know_v all_o these_o particular_n well_o enough_o it_o be_v of_o consequence_n for_o they_o to_o know_v that_o aaron_n the_o brother_n of_o moses_n be_v descend_v from_o levi_n and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o head_n of_o the_o sacerdotal_a family_n therefore_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o seem_v strange_a to_o any_o one_o that_o in_o this_o place_n moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v as_o it_o be_v point_v at_o and_o their_o genealogy_n show_v to_o the_o israelite_n of_o future_a age_n 12._o the_o word_n of_o exodus_fw-la 16.35_o be_v allege_v which_o they_o pretend_v can_v not_o be_v write_v till_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v eat_v manna_n forty_o year_n until_o they_o come_v to_o a_o land_n inhabit_v they_o do_v eat_v manna_n until_o they_o come_v unto_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o joshua_n that_o manna_n do_v not_o cease_v till_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n to_o this_o some_o answer_n that_o moses_n fore-knew_a as_o be_v evident_a from_o number_n 14.33_o that_o the_o manna_n will_v cease_v after_o the_o end_n of_o forty_o year_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o israelite_n enter_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o this_o be_v here_o relate_v and_o not_o foretell_v and_o therefore_o moses_n use_v the_o preterperfect_a tense_n comederunt_fw-la do_v eat_v for_o which_o reason_n i_o shall_v rather_o choose_v to_o say_v that_o this_o verse_n as_o well_o as_o some_o more_o have_v be_v add_v to_o the_o text_n by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n occasion_v by_o what_o immediate_o go_v before_o where_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o omer_n full_a of_o manna_n to_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o ark._n 13._o some_o person_n deny_v the_o follow_a verse_n to_o belong_v to_o moses_n but_o a_o omer_n be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o a_o ephah_n because_o when_o a_o measure_n be_v in_o use_n it_o be_v not_o customary_a to_o define_v it_o and_o therefore_o they_o believe_v that_o after_o the_o hebrew_n be_v scatter_v into_o several_a country_n and_o consequent_o begin_v to_o use_v the_o measure_n of_o other_o nation_n this_o be_v purposely_o write_v that_o they_o may_v understand_v which_o measure_n be_v mean_v in_o this_o history_n the_o same_o be_v observe_v about_o their_o money_n numb_a 3.47_o chap._n 18.16_o but_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o the_o jew_n use_v any_o other_o measure_n in_o palestine_n so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o necessary_a to_o define_v the_o old_a measure_n nor_o do_v a_o ephah_n seem_v to_o be_v better_o know_v than_o a_o omer_n but_o moses_n who_o institute_v the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n may_v design_o give_v a_o short_a description_n of_o the_o coin_n and_o measure_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v not_o afterward_o be_v change_v 14._o the_o sacred_a historian_n thus_o begin_v deut._n 1.1_o these_o be_v the_o word_n which_o moses_n speak_v to_o all_o israel_n on_o this_o side_n jordan_n in_o the_o wilderness_n from_o whence_o they_o gather_v that_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o book_n be_v then_o in_o canaan_n but_o we_o have_v discuss_v the_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o particle_n bheber_n upon_o yet_o upon_o m._n le_fw-fr clerk_n have_v promise_v the_o world_n a_o paraphrase_n and_o comment_n upon_o the_o other_o four_o book_n of_o moses_n but_o they_o have_v not_o see_v the_o light_n as_o yet_o that_o place_n of_o deuteronomy_n to_o which_o we_o refer_v the_o reader_n 15._o in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 2.12_o there_o be_v some_o word_n which_o they_o pretend_v can_v never_o come_v from_o moses_n the_o horim_n dwell_v in_o sur_n before_o time_n but_o the_o child_n of_o eâ—au_n succeed_v they_o when_o they_o have_v destroy_v they_o from_o before_o they_o and_o dwell_v in_o their_o stead_n as_o iâ—rael_n do_v unto_o the_o land_n of_o his_o possession_n but_o at_o that_o time_n when_o moses_n write_v this_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a have_v already_o settle_v themselves_o near_o the_o head_n of_o jordan_n and_o turn_v out_o the_o old_a inhabitant_n and_o moses_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o that_o 16._o chap._n 3.11_o thus_o the_o sacred_a writer_n speak_v of_o the_o king_n of_o basan_n for_o only_a og_n king_n of_o basan_n remain_v of_o the_o remnant_n of_o giant_n behold_v his_o bedstead_n be_v a_o bedstead_n of_o iron_n be_v it_o not_o in_o rabbah_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n nine_o cubit_n be_v the_o length_n thereof_o and_o four_o cubit_n the_o breadth_n of_o it_o now_o some_o can_v scarce_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o moses_n to_o speak_v thus_o of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v late_o dead_a and_o overcome_v by_o the_o israelite_n and_o who_o bed_n be_v rather_o in_o basan_n of_o which_o territory_n he_o be_v king_n than_o among_o the_o ammonite_n who_o be_v none_o of_o his_o subject_n but_o moses_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o give_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v well_o know_v at_o that_o time_n indeed_o but_o will_v have_v be_v unknown_a to_o posterity_n unless_o he_o have_v deliver_v it_o in_o writing_n as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o bed_n how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v carry_v into_o another_o kingdom_n who_o can_v tell_v but_o since_o there_o be_v no_o absurdity_n in_o this_o story_n nothing_o can_v be_v gather_v from_o a_o thing_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v altogether_o unknown_a 17._o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n v._o 14._o we_o meet_v with_o the_o follow_a passage_n jair_v the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n take_v all_o the_o country_n of_o argob_n unto_o the_o coast_n of_o geshuri_n and_o maacathi_o and_o call_v they_o after_o his_o own_o name_n bashan-havoth-jair_a unto_o this_o day_n we_o shall_v handle_v this_o matter_n more_o at_o large_a in_o our_o commentary_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n if_o this_o be_v add_v by_o a_o late_a hand_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v from_o thence_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n be_v not_o write_v by_o moses_n 18._o we_o will_v not_o deny_v the_o last_o chapter_n of_o deuteronomy_n to_o be_v write_v by_o some_o one_o else_o where_o moses_n go_v up_o to_o mount_n nebo_n and_o his_o death_n be_v relate_v and_o yet_o all_o the_o forego_n chapter_n be_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v give_v away_o from_o he_o we_o may_v easy_o suppose_v that_o this_o book_n be_v supply_v by_o another_o hand_n which_o have_v be_v in_o a_o manner_n imperfect_a if_o it_o have_v not_o end_v with_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n but_o those_o jew_n that_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o moses_n foretell_v all_o these_o thing_n as_o be_v assist_v by_o a_o prophetical_a spirit_n do_v not_o deserve_v to_o be_v hear_v what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o plain_o to_o make_v we_o understand_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v write_v long_o after_o moses_n death_n than_o what_o we_o find_v in_o the_o three_o last_o verse_n iv_o hence_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o these_o eighteen_o place_n which_o be_v common_o bring_v to_o prove_v the_o pentateuch_n to_o be_v of_o a_o late_a date_n that_o most_o of_o they_o be_v doubtful_a and_o consequent_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v make_v use_n of_o as_o argument_n to_o prove_v these_o five_o book_n to_o belong_v to_o another_o age._n very_o few_o of_o they_o manifest_o seem_v to_o be_v add_v by_o another_o hand_n and_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o hinder_v why_o we_o shall_v not_o ascribe_v these_o volume_n to_o moses_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n some_o ancient_a grammarian_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v several_a verse_n here_o and_o there_o insert_v into_o homer_n poem_n yet_o no_o one_o from_o thence_o take_v occasion_n to_o deny_v that_o the_o iliad_n and_o the_o odyssey_n be_v write_v by_o homer_n we_o must_v not_o imagine_v that_o in_o former_a age_n they_o have_v such_o plenty_n of_o book_n or_o so_o many_o copy_n of_o the_o same_o book_n as_o now_o we_o have_v and_o so_o it_o may_v easy_o happen_v that_o in_o succeed_a time_n one_o of_o the_o prophet_n may_v make_v some_o addition_n to_o moses_n which_o afterward_o be_v incorporate_v with_o all_o the_o copy_n indeed_o if_o it_o do_v not_o otherwise_o evident_o appear_v that_o the_o great_a part_n by_o far_o of_o the_o pentateuch_n be_v write_v by_o moses_n i_o confess_v there_o will_v be_v great_a weight_n in_o the_o abovementioned_a objection_n to_o incline_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o these_o volume_n be_v write_v much_o late_a than_o be_v common_o pretend_v but_o since_o we_o have_v prove_v it_o beyond_o all_o manner_n of_o doubt_n that_o almost_o all_o the_o
of_o they_o for_o example_n the_o egyptian_n ascribe_v agriculture_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o squeeze_v wine_n from_o the_o grape_n to_o their_o osiris_n which_o belong_v to_o noah_n as_o we_o be_v inform_v by_o moses_n chap._n 9.20_o the_o phaenician_o too_o have_v publish_v several_a fiction_n if_o philo_n byblius_n sanchoniathou_fw-mi have_v give_v we_o a_o true_a account_n of_o their_o theology_n a_o fragment_n of_o which_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o eusebius_n praeparatio_fw-la evangelica_n l._n 1._o cap._n 10._o which_o moses_n contradict_v as_o will_v soon_o appear_v by_o compare_v the_o two_o history_n 5._o he_o seem_v likewise_o by_o not_o only_o write_v his_o law_n but_o publish_v it_o and_o command_v it_o to_o be_v read_v every_o seven_o year_n deut._n 31.10_o tacit_o to_o reprehend_v the_o conduct_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o have_v several_a secret_a rite_n and_o hide_a dotrine_n which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o discover_v to_o the_o people_n 3._o people_n the_o egyptian_a priest_n have_v not_o only_o their_o mystery_n and_o sacred_a doctrine_n which_o they_o do_v not_o hold_v it_o lawful_a to_o reveal_v to_o the_o people_n but_o peculiar_a letter_n or_o character_n which_o none_o but_o themselves_o can_v read_v vid._n herod_n l._n 2._o diod._n biblioth_n l._n 3._o see_v our_o note_n upon_o gen._n 41.8_o 6._o most_o of_o the_o oriental_a nation_n not_o only_o boast_v of_o their_o antiquity_n as_o diodorus_n siculus_n have_v observe_v in_o his_o first_o book_n but_o likewise_o extravagant_o praise_v their_o founder_n and_o reckon_v they_o among_o their_o god_n as_o after_o diodorus_n herodotus_n in_o the_o place_n abovementioned_a and_o manetho_n in_o eusebius_n praep._n evang._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o and_o several_a other_o have_v remark_v now_o moses_n show_v they_o to_o be_v descend_v of_o cham_n noah_n three_o son_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o merit_v a_o place_n among_o the_o divinity_n that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v esteem_v a_o good_a man._n he_o likewise_o observe_v all_o under_o one_o chap._n 9.22_o that_o the_o canaanite_n be_v descend_v from_o that_o race_n which_o god_n have_v curse_v nor_o do_v he_o forget_v chap._n 19.37_o 38._o to_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o ammonite_n and_o the_o moabite_n come_v from_o incestuous_a parent_n and_o as_o the_o edomite_n may_v perhaps_o boast_v that_o they_o proceed_v from_o the_o elder_a son_n he_o expose_v his_o scandalous_a sell_v of_o his_o birthright_n chap._n 25._o nay_o perhaps_o he_o have_v this_o in_o his_o head_n when_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o young_a child_n be_v often_o prefer_v to_o the_o elder_a as_o we_o have_v observe_v upon_o 12._o upon_o it_o be_v remarkable_a enough_o say_v m._n le_fw-fr clerk_n upon_o this_o place_n that_o moses_n take_v care_n all_o along_o in_o his_o history_n wherein_o he_o omit_v innumerable_a particular_n of_o the_o great_a consequence_n to_o observe_v that_o several_a first-begotten_a son_n either_o forfeit_v their_o birthright_n or_o be_v inferior_a to_o their_o young_a brother_n in_o all_o good_a quality_n thus_o cain_n the_o first-born_a be_v not_o so_o acceptable_a to_o god_n as_o his_o brother_n abel_n and_o at_o last_o lose_v the_o privilege_n of_o primogeniture_n gen._n 4._o shem_fw-mi seem_v to_o be_v prefer_v to_o japhet_n gen._n 5._o &_o 9_o abraham_n to_o haran_n gen._n 11._o isaac_n to_o ishmael_n gen._n 17._o and_o jacob_n be_v set_v before_o isaiah_n among_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n reuben_n lose_v his_o birthright_n which_o be_v partly_o confer_v upon_o judah_n and_o partly_o upon_o joseph_n and_o joseph_n young_a son_n be_v prefer_v to_o the_o elder_n if_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o we_o to_o interpose_v our_o own_o conjecture_n continue_v he_o we_o may_v with_o probability_n enough_o suppose_v that_o the_o moabite_n the_o ammonite_n ishmaelite_n and_o edomite_n who_o be_v all_o descend_v from_o the_o elder_a son_n do_v upon_o that_o score_n claim_v a_o right_n over_o the_o israelite_n where_o they_o happen_v to_o be_v more_o powerful_a than_o they_o for_o which_o reason_n moses_n who_o write_v chief_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o jew_n often_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o elder_a brother_n be_v not_o without_o good_a cause_n postpone_v to_o the_o young_a nay_o moses_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o young_a of_o the_o two_o be_v prefer_v to_o his_o brother_n aaron_n non_fw-la sine_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la fratris_fw-la inpidiâ_fw-la numb_a 12._o gen._n 48.19_o therefore_o it_o be_v high_o credible_a that_o moses_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o mortify_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n and_o furnish_v the_o israelite_n with_o some_o topic_n to_o upbraid_v they_o with_o 7._o last_o while_o he_o write_v the_o history_n of_o the_o hebrew_n although_o it_o be_v true_a he_o enlarge_v more_o copious_o upon_o their_o affair_n yet_o we_o must_v not_o believe_v and_o the_o brevity_n of_o it_o be_v a_o convince_a argument_n of_o what_o i_o here_o maintain_v that_o he_o never_o design_v to_o write_v full_a annal_n it_o appear_v from_o the_o sacred_a history_n itself_o that_o several_a thing_n be_v omit_v by_o he_o which_o however_o be_v tell_v in_o another_o place_n though_o they_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o it_o he_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o ancestor_n of_o the_o israelite_n when_o they_o be_v beyond_o the_o euphrates_n of_o which_o joshua_n 24.2_o make_v mention_n unless_o perhaps_o it_o be_v obscure_o hint_v at_o in_o gen._n 31.53_o he_o be_v utter_o silent_a of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o israelite_n in_o egypt_n which_o nevertheless_o ezekiel_n the_o prophet_n lay_v to_o their_o charge_n chap._n 20.7_o 8._o he_o have_v likewise_o omit_v a_o particular_a sort_n of_o superstition_n into_o which_o they_o fall_v when_o they_o be_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o which_o amos_n 5.25_o 26._o give_v we_o a_o account_n but_o for_o what_o reason_n we_o be_v whole_o in_o the_o dark_a but_o since_o by_o these_o example_n and_o 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one_o and_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v gen._n ch_z 16.12_o ch_n 22._o v._n 1.11_o 12._o exod._n 3.2_o and_o seqq._n so_o though_o exod._n 20._o the_o lord_n god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v speak_v yet_o the_o old_a hebrew_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o law_n be_v deliver_v by_o angel_n as_o appear_v from_o galatian_n 3.19_o heb._n 2.2_o act._n 7._o v._n 38.53_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v this_o because_o good_a angel_n never_o tell_v or_o command_v man_n any_o thing_n in_o their_o own_o name_n but_o behave_v themselves_o as_o the_o ambassador_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o high_a god_n hence_o st._n austin_n quaest_n in_o genes_n 37._o and_o elsewhere_o have_v observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o angel_n that_o speak_v as_o god_n in_o the_o angel_n perhaps_o say_v he_o of_o abraham_n he_o understand_v it_o be_v god_n that_o speak_v to_o he_o by_o some_o plain_a and_o manifest_a proof_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n which_o be_v so_o it_o signify_v nothing_o to_o know_v whether_o god_n or_o a_o angel_n speak_v to_o they_o the_o chaldean_n indeed_o who_o doctrine_n jamblichus_n deliver_v in_o his_o book_n of_o mystery_n sect._n 2._o ch_n 3._o &_o seqq._n pretend_v to_o know_v what_o be_v the_o certain_a token_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n or_o a_o angel_n or_o a_o archangel_n or_o a_o daemon_n or_o a_o prince_n or_o a_o soul_n this_o be_v porphyry_n question_n in_o which_o jamblichus_n large_o endeavour_v to_o satisfy_v he_o but_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o cite_v those_o passage_n in_o he_o not_o that_o every_o thing_n he_o there_o say_v be_v groundless_a and_o chimerical_a but_o because_o the_o brevity_n of_o our_o work_n will_v not_o allow_v we_o to_o be_v more_o prolix_a upon_o this_o subject_a the_o pious_a man_n among_o the_o ancient_a hebrew_n do_v it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v very_o apprehensive_a of_o the_o fraud_n of_o evil_a angel_n in_o this_o affair_n because_o they_o do_v not_o question_v but_o 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of_o the_o righteous_a dissertation_n ix_o concern_v the_o subversion_n of_o sodom_n and_o the_o neighbour_a city_n i._o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o dissertation_n ii_o the_o situation_n of_o sodom_n and_o the_o neighbour_a city_n iii_o the_o sin_n they_o be_v guilty_a of_o iv_o a_o description_n of_o their_o subversion_n v._o the_o lacus_n asphaltites_n or_o dead_a sea_n a_o everlasting_a monument_n of_o their_o destruction_n vi_o a_o description_n of_o the_o country_n about_o it_o from_o whence_o the_o seven_o verse_n in_o st._n jude_n catholic_n epistle_n be_v explain_v and_o some_o other_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n vii_o this_o history_n give_v occasion_n to_o some_o remarkable_a circumstance_n in_o the_o story_n of_o baucis_n and_o philemon_n which_o observation_n be_v illustrate_v by_o several_a example_n viii_o whether_o the_o subversion_n of_o these_o city_n situate_v upon_o the_o river_n jordan_n be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o a_o miracle_n or_o be_v the_o common_a 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to_o deserve_v yet_o since_o we_o have_v do_v it_o to_o the_o best_a of_o our_o ability_n we_o hope_v the_o learned_a reader_n will_v favourable_o receive_v it_o ii_o before_o we_o examine_v the_o destruction_n itself_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a for_o we_o to_o give_v a_o short_a description_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o sodom_n gomorrah_n adma_n and_o zeboim_n because_o by_o this_o mean_n we_o shall_v the_o better_o understand_v how_o we_o come_v to_o see_v nothing_o but_o a_o stink_a lake_n where_o this_o most_o delightful_a country_n former_o stand_v moses_n thus_o describe_v the_o situation_n of_o these_o city_n gen._n 13.10_o where_o he_o relate_v after_o what_o manner_n lot_n and_o abraham_n part_v but_o let_v lift_v up_o his_o eye_n and_o behold_v all_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n that_o it_o be_v well_o water_v every_o where_o before_o the_o lord_n destroy_v
or_o because_o the_o right_n of_o primogeniture_n be_v transfer_v to_o he_o though_o the_o sacred_a history_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o it_o he_o be_v both_o here_o and_o sometime_o below_o nominate_v first_o as_o several_z learned_a man_n have_v imagine_v and_o thus_o abraham_n name_n be_v mention_v before_o his_o brother_n chap._n 11.26_o jacob_n before_o esau_n chap._n 28.5_o and_o ephraim_n before_o manasseh_n chap._n 48.20_o i_o wish_v they_o have_v inform_v we_o why_o ham_n the_o young_a be_v reckon_v the_o second_o in_o order_n and_o japhet_n last_o though_o he_o be_v the_o first_o beget_v both_o here_o and_o chap._n 7.13_o chap._n 9.18_o chap._n 10.1_o and_o elsewhere_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o his_o father_n blessing_n chap._n 9.27_o japhet_n be_v unquestionable_o prefer_v to_o ham._n but_o perhaps_o in_o all_o these_o matter_n we_o be_v more_o curious_a than_o we_o need_v and_o indeed_o in_o the_o reckon_n up_o of_o the_o generation_n chap._n 10._o japhet_n be_v 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quadruped_n and_o two_o of_o bird_n be_v allow_v in_o sacrifice_n leu._n 1_o 2.14_o whereas_o several_a more_o be_v permit_v to_o be_v eat_v see_v levit._n 11._o but_o it_o be_v doubt_v whether_o this_o distinction_n be_v know_v in_o noah_n time_n because_o it_o be_v high_o probable_a that_o no_o sort_n of_o flesh_n be_v eat_v before_o the_o flood_n those_o that_o maintain_v the_o affirmative_a ground_n themselves_o upon_o this_o text._n however_o though_o god_n almighty_n be_v here_o introduce_v speak_v in_o a_o direct_a oration_n according_a to_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o oriental_a language_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o manifest_a that_o he_o use_v these_o very_a term_n perhaps_o he_o command_v noah_n to_o take_v seven_o of_o such_o creature_n as_o be_v wholesome_a for_o food_n which_o be_v here_o call_v clean_o and_o only_a pair_n of_o those_o that_o be_v unwholesome_a and_o perhaps_o after_o all_o the_o sacred_a writer_n who_o have_v all_o along_o a_o great_a regard_n to_o the_o sense_n than_o the_o bare_a word_n accommodate_v himself_o to_o the_o language_n of_o his_o own_o time_n and_o noah_n go_v in_o and_o his_o son_n chap._n 7.7_o as_o noah_n either_o have_v no_o more_o child_n than_o these_o before_o the_o deluge_n or_o if_o he_o have_v they_o be_v not_o alive_a so_o likewise_o his_o son_n either_o have_v beget_v no_o child_n before_o it_o happen_v or_o else_o have_v bury_v they_o whatever_o side_n the_o reader_n choses_fw-fr it_o be_v evident_a from_o hence_o that_o mankind_n before_o the_o flood_n have_v not_o people_v many_o country_n for_o if_o noah_n family_n when_o he_o be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a only_o consist_v of_o three_o son_n who_o have_v no_o issue_n we_o may_v probable_o suppose_v that_o several_a more_o have_v not_o a_o more_o numerous_a offspring_n every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n to_o you_o ch_n 9.3_o before_o the_o deluge_n man_n have_v so_o far_o a_o right_n over_o the_o live_a creature_n that_o he_o may_v make_v use_n of_o their_o milk_n their_o wool_n and_o their_o skin_n in_o case_n they_o happen_v to_o die_v and_o while_o they_o be_v alive_a may_v employ_v they_o to_o draw_v or_o carry_v his_o burden_n but_o be_v not_o allow_v to_o seed_n upon_o they_o otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o have_v give_v noah_n a_o permission_n here_o to_o do_v what_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o before_o and_o beside_o moses_n express_o tell_v we_o chap._n 29._o that_o herb_n and_o fruit_n be_v give_v to_o the_o antidiluvians_n for_o meat_n i_o shall_v not_o stay_v to_o confute_v some_o theological_a or_o philosophical_a conjecture_n which_o oppose_v this_o exposition_n since_o they_o can_v be_v admit_v without_o commit_v violence_n upon_o the_o moysaicall_a history_n and_o tell_v abraham_n the_o hebrew_n c._n 14.13_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o be_v a_o patronymec_n appellation_n derive_v from_o heber_n who_o be_v reckon_v among_o abraham_n ancestor_n ch_n 11.14_o but_o the_o scripture_n no_o where_o tell_v we_o why_o the_o hebrew_n shall_v rather_o take_v their_o name_n from_o he_o than_o from_o any_o one_o else_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o abraham_n may_v with_o as_o much_o nay_o with_o more_o pretence_n have_v be_v call_v the_o therachite_a or_o nachorite_n and_o we_o have_v already_o show_v in_o our_o first_o dissertation_n that_o what_o the_o rabbin_n impudent_o tell_v we_o of_o heber_n great_a piety_n and_o his_o preserve_v the_o ancient_a religion_n and_o language_n in_o his_o family_n be_v a_o groundless_a fiction_n therefore_o other_o suppose_v it_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o preposition_n heber_n which_o signify_v on_o the_o other_o side_n because_o abraham_n be_v bear_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o euphrates_n and_o pass_v that_o river_n to_o come_v into_o canaan_n of_o this_o opinion_n be_v the_o lxx_o who_o have_v translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o origen_n upon_o matthew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o likewise_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o st._n jerome_n who_o word_n upon_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o ezekiel_n be_v as_o follow_v abraham_n hebraeus_n i._n e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o peregrinus_fw-la transitorque_fw-la memoratur_fw-la now_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o appellation_n be_v not_o give_v to_o the_o edomite_n or_o the_o other_o descendant_n of_o lot_n and_o abraham_n but_o only_o to_o abraham_n posterity_n by_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n be_v because_o the_o first_o be_v real_o bear_v beyond_o the_o euphrates_n and_o the_o second_o fetch_v he_o a_o wife_n from_o thence_o as_o refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o such_o a_o alliance_n with_o the_o canaanite_n who_o in_o this_o particular_a jacob_n follow_v who_o likewise_o live_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o life_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o that_o river_n thou_o shall_v go_v to_o thy_o father_n in_o peace_n ch_n 15.15_o this_o be_v a_o common_a periphrasis_n of_o death_n like_o these_o in_o latin_a ire_n ad_fw-la plures_fw-la ire_n in_o communem_fw-la locum_fw-la r._n solomon_n conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o therah_n who_o be_v a_o idolater_n repent_v before_o he_o die_v and_o that_o his_o soul_n go_v to_o the_o mantion_n of_o the_o bless_a because_o it_o be_v here_o say_v that_o abraham_n who_o be_v a_o pious_a man_n and_o acceptable_a to_o god_n shall_v go_v to_o he_o but_o sr._n jerome_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o this_o expression_n be_v not_o to_o be_v depend_v upon_o since_o the_o good_a and_o bad_a when_o they_o die_v be_v equal_o say_v to_o go_v to_o their_o father_n the_o hebrew_n likewise_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o this_o phrase_n to_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n which_o be_v use_v concern_v abraham_n ch_n 25.8_o but_o can_v be_v urge_v no_o more_o than_o the_o former_a since_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o neither_o be_v abraham_n bury_v with_o his_o countryman_n the_o chaldean_n but_o purchase_v himself_o a_o monument_n in_o canaan_n neither_o can_v his_o soul_n be_v say_v when_o it_o quit_v his_o body_n to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o that_o of_o the_o chaldean_a idolater_n however_o these_o phrase_n whatever_o the_o signification_n of_o they_o may_v afterward_o be_v seem_v to_o take_v their_o original_a from_o such_o like_a opinion_n as_o this_o viz._n that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a go_v to_o some_o certain_a recepcacle_n where_o every_o nation_n and_o family_n live_v apart_o by_o themselves_o ezekiel_n ch_n 32._o v._n 22._o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o this_o opinion_n ashur_n be_v there_o and_o all_o her_o company_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n and_o look_v and_o lo_o three_o man_n stand_v by_o he_o ch_z 18.2_o some_o pretend_v that_o these_o be_v three_o angel_n in_o humane_a shape_n one_o of_o who_o as_o be_v chief_a of_o the_o embassy_n come_v to_o abraham_n and_o