be_v short_a of_o a_o day_n in_o four_o year_n lose_v near_o a_o day_n in_o one_o hundred_o year_n and_o we_o know_v not_o which_o way_n or_o that_o any_o one_o method_n of_o keep_v the_o account_n of_o the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v constant_o and_o successive_o use_v from_o the_o creation_n thereof_o to_o this_o present_a day_n nor_o how_o much_o time_n we_o have_v lose_v the_o knowledge_n of_o for_o want_v of_o the_o exact_a account_n of_o the_o age_n of_o the_o first_o patriarch_n etc._n etc._n unto_o month_n and_o day_n which_o be_v omit_v in_o the_o scripture_n so_o that_o we_o can_v tell_v so_o much_o as_o the_o precise_a year_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n as_o our_o astronomer_n tell_v we_o that_o according_a to_o verity_n be_v 0000_o viz._n it_o be_v not_o know_v 1619._o collect_v in_o the_o 〈…〉_o eusâ—â—tus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—nicon_n 〈◊〉_d 552._o 〈◊〉_d in_o 1619._o and_o in_o eusebius_n we_o have_v divers_a author_n mention_v that_o in_o their_o 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memorial_n of_o israel_n deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n yet_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o show_v that_o it_o take_v its_o original_a from_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o passover_n or_o from_o the_o red_a sea_n but_o contrariwise_o i_o find_v that_o israel_n come_v unto_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n after_o their_o depart_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o follow_a word_n be_v 23._o exod._n 10.1_o 2_o 3_o 11_o 12._o â—er_n 5_o 22_o 23._o and_o the_o whole_a congregation_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n murmur_v against_o moses_n and_o aaron_n for_o bread_n and_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o moses_n say_v at_o even_o you_o shall_v cat_n flesh_n and_o in_o the_o morning_n you_o shall_v be_v fill_v with_o bread_n now_o their_o first_o sabbath_n in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v not_o till_o the_o day_n after_o their_o six_o day_n of_o gather_v manna_n and_o from_o this_o account_n 9â—_n see_v mr._n weemse_n christian_n synagogue_n page_z 9â—_n if_o we_o reckon_v as_o the_o jew_n do_v their_o lunar_a year_n according_a to_o mr._n weemse_n â—rogromma_n of_o the_o hebrew_n calendar_n that_o the_o first_o month_n nisan_fw-la or_o abib_fw-la have_v thirty_o day_n and_o then_o reckon_v the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o this_o month_n on_o which_o they_o depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n unto_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o their_o second_o month_n and_o add_v this_o day_n to_o their_o six_o day_n of_o gather_a manna_n with_o their_o first_o sabbath_n it_o make_v together_o thirty_o eight_o day_n and_o so_o their_o first_o sabbath_n fall_v on_o the_o three_o day_n after_o five_o week_n time_n from_o their_o depart_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o take_v not_o its_o original_a from_o that_o epocha_n nor_o any_o other_o precise_a epocha_n as_o a_o first-day_n sabbath_n for_o if_o any_o shall_v insist_v on_o their_o gather_a manna_n six_o day_n as_o a_o epocha_n which_o i_o have_v show_v be_v not_o so_o for_o fix_v their_o six_o work_a day_n precise_o and_o original_o before_o their_o sabbath_n it_o will_v only_o render_v it_o a_o seventh-day_n sabbath_n original_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o so_o it_o can_v not_o answer_v adam_n pattern_n of_o his_o first-day_n sabbath_n nor_o be_v like_o it_o in_o its_o epocha_n from_o the_o perfect_a of_o the_o first_o adam_n as_o our_o first-day_n sabbath_n be_v from_o its_o epocha_n of_o the_o perfect_a the_o second_o adam_n 3._o if_o it_o shall_v be_v yet_o think_v tho'_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n for_o it_o that_o the_o jewish_a sabbath_n be_v original_o fix_v to_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o follow_v their_o six_o work_a day_n i_o have_v this_o to_o say_v that_o if_o so_o then_o israel_n keep_v their_o sabbath_n therein_o after_o a_o ceremonial_a precept_n contrary_a to_o adam_n pattern_n in_o keep_v his_o first-day_n sabbath_n
their_o natural_a day_n of_o twenty_o four_o hour_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o egyptian_a and_o romish_a priest_n at_o midnight_n ainsworth_n and_o mr._n hugh_n also_o say_v that_o the_o chaldean_n count_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o day_n at_o san_n rise_v now_o as_o for_o babylon_n in_o hebrew_n babel_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o chaldean_n it_o be_v first_o build_v by_o nimrod_n before_o abraham_n and_o lot_n time_n who_o be_v chaldean_n bear_v and_o it_o be_v plain_a from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n that_o lot_n and_o abraham_n generation_n reckon_v their_o natural_a day_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o chaldean_n to_o begin_v with_o the_o daylight_n and_o not_o the_o night_n as_o appear_v in_o gen._n 19_o 33_o 34._o and_o they_o make_v their_o father_n drink_v wine_n that_o night_n and_o the_o first-born_a go_v in_o and_o lay_v with_o her_o father_n and_o he_o perceive_v not_o when_o she_o lay_v down_o nor_o when_o she_o arise_v and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v 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