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affirm_v that_o linus_n be_v ordain_v by_o st._n paul_n and_o clemens_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o death_n of_o linus_n on_o which_o place_n see_v cotelerius_fw-la v._o that_o after_o the_o restore_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o adrian_n or_o a_o little_a before_o there_o be_v two_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n none_o of_o the_o ancient_n ever_o say_v eusebius_n in_o hist_n eccles_n lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o where_o he_o set_v down_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o time_n during_o which_o they_o be_v bishop_n be_v unknown_a but_o that_o fifteen_o sit_v till_o the_o siege_n of_o adrian_n which_o be_v all_o jew_n by_o descent_n then_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o the_o church_n under_o they_o be_v make_v up_o of_o believe_v jew_n who_o have_v continue_v from_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o siege_n which_o then_o happen_v by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v not_o two_o congregation_n at_o that_o time_n 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be_v there_o he_o do_v not_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n be_v compose_v of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v say_v according_a to_o dr._n hammond_n opinion_n vi_o diversity_n of_o language_n can_v be_v no_o reason_n for_o the_o jewish_a and_o gentile_a christian_n keep_v up_o distinct_a assembly_n because_o the_o jew_n of_o old_a as_o also_o now_o understand_v the_o language_n of_o the_o place_n in_o which_o they_o live_v or_o at_o least_o the_o greek_a which_o obtain_v in_o all_o asia_n as_o well_o as_o in_o greece_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n there_o be_v so_o many_o greek_a translation_n make_v of_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o of_o the_o septuagint_n aquila_n symmachus_n etc._n etc._n xii_o and_o whatever_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n there_o be_v extant_a no_o record_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o after_o the_o apostle_n time_n they_o refuse_v to_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o assembly_n with_o the_o gentile_n nor_o can_v any_o such_o thing_n be_v gather_v from_o the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o that_o they_o be_v force_v in_o every_o particular_a town_n or_o city_n to_o constitute_v two_o bishop_n and_o two_o church_n for_o all_o difference_n be_v not_o open_a schism_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v assent_v to_o dr._n hammond_n obtrude_a upon_o we_o a_o raw_a conjecture_n almost_o for_o a_o certain_a truth_n it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o find_v any_o thing_n in_o ancient_a history_n if_o we_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o reason_n after_o the_o same_o rate_n and_o interpret_v the_o ancient_n by_o supply_v what_o be_v want_v in_o they_o with_o conjecture_n as_o if_o they_o say_v in_o so_o many_o word_n what_o we_o infer_v only_o by_o guess_v from_o doubtful_a sign_n chap._n xii_o verse_n 6._o note_n c._n our_o author_n
that_o in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v we_o our_o bread_n that_o be_v order_z it_o so_o by_o thy_o providence_n that_o we_o may_v not_o live_v by_o other_o man_n labour_n but_o upon_o food_n get_v by_o our_o own_o labour_n and_o so_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o whole_a petition_n will_v be_v this_o grant_v that_o the_o remain_a part_n of_o our_o life_n we_o may_v daily_o by_o our_o labour_n provide_v food_n for_o ourselves_o on_o the_o contrary_a they_o be_v say_v in_o latin_a alieno_fw-la pane_fw-la vesci_fw-la not_o who_o another_o man_n maintain_v because_o they_o be_v industrious_a in_o his_o service_n but_o who_o like_a drone_n live_v idle_o at_o another_o man_n cost_n so_o juvenal_n begin_v his_o v_o the_o sat._n against_o parasite_n thus_o si_fw-mi te_fw-la propositi_fw-la nondum_fw-la pudet_fw-la atque_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la mens_fw-la ut_fw-la bona_fw-la summa_fw-la pute_fw-la aliena_fw-la vivere_fw-la quadra_fw-la si_fw-la potes_fw-la illa_fw-la pati_fw-la etc._n etc._n verse_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_n for_o the_o most_o part_n omit_v the_o use_n of_o point_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o these_o word_n shall_v be_v render_v if_o any_o man_n do_v not_o obey_v our_o word_n signify_v that_o man_n by_o a_o epistle_n i._n e._n write_v i_o word_n who_o it_o be_v or_o if_o any_o man_n obey_v not_o our_o word_n by_o this_o epistle_n note_v that_o man._n the_o former_a be_v prefer_v by_o erasmus_n and_o grotius_n and_o indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v often_o say_v than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latter_a by_o beza_n and_o dr._n hammond_n beside_o these_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o excommunication_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o to_o brand_n by_o excommunication_n but_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v produce_v a_o example_n of_o that_o signification_n for_o all_o lexicon_n indeed_o tell_v we_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o signify_v or_o notify_v but_o i_o do_v know_v whether_o it_o be_v ever_o use_v for_o to_o brand_n or_o set_v a_o mark_n of_o infamy_n upon_o a_o man_n ignominia_fw-la notare_fw-la i_o confess_v that_o be_v often_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o latin_a verb_n notare_fw-la but_o hence_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o greek_a verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o same_o verse_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v the_o vulgar_a interpreter_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v render_v it_o loco_fw-la and_o that_o read_v be_v approve_v by_o grotius_n who_o explain_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o apostle_n thus_o deus_fw-la det_fw-la vobis_fw-la res_fw-la bonas_fw-la sive_fw-la thessalonicae_fw-la eritis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o judaeam_n seu_fw-la syriam_fw-la redibitis_fw-la sive_fw-la aliò_fw-la migrabitis_fw-la god_n give_v you_o good_a thing_n whether_o you_o stay_v at_o thessalonica_n or_o whether_o you_o return_v into_o judaea_n or_o syria_n or_o wherever_o else_o you_o go_v this_o be_v sense_n good_a enough_o but_o most_o copy_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o choose_v to_o follow_v in_o this_o sense_n god_n give_v you_o always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peace_n by_o all_o mean_n ☞_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o english_a translation_n that_o be_v whether_o peace_n be_v take_v for_o all_o prosperity_n or_o for_o tranquillity_n which_o the_o heathen_n may_v let_v you_o enjoy_v or_o for_o concord_n which_o you_o may_v preserve_v among_o yourselves_o both_o public_o and_o private_o for_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v in_o scripture_n comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o peace_n this_o be_v certain_o the_o fit_a sense_n of_o these_o word_n if_o the_o whole_a assembly_n be_v consider_v which_o live_v at_o thessalonica_n and_o to_o which_o st._n paul_n write_v not_o to_o particular_a person_n who_o may_v take_v those_o journey_n which_o grotius_n speak_v of_o annotation_n on_o the_o first_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o timothy_n i._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o praemon_n what_o dr._n hammond_n here_o attempt_n in_o order_n to_o assign_v the_o time_n in_o which_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v be_v contrary_a to_o what_o he_o say_v about_o the_o journey_n of_o timothy_n for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o timothy_n be_v leave_v bishop_n at_o ephesus_n that_o present_o after_o he_o shall_v leave_v that_o city_n and_o travel_v with_o st._n paul_n and_o go_v to_o visit_v he_o as_o far_o as_o rome_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o timothy_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n after_o st._n paul_n be_v release_v from_o his_o bond_n and_o go_v from_o rome_n to_o asia_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n lxiu_o or_o the_o xi_o the_o of_o nero_n and_o that_o the_o year_n after_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v as_o dr._n pearson_n in_o his_o annal_n paulinae_n think_v chap._n i._n verse_n 3_o &_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n these_o two_o verse_n must_v be_v join_v with_o the_o 18_o the_o all_o the_o rest_n which_o intervene_v be_v a_o parenthesis_n it_o be_v i_o confess_v a_o harsh_a hyperbaton_n but_o st._n paul_n be_v not_o curious_a about_o such_o thing_n verse_n 4._o note_n a._n what_o dr._n hammond_n say_v here_o about_o antiphanes_n as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o gnostick_n or_o valentinian_n genealogy_n he_o owe_v to_o irenaeus_n in_o lib._n 4._o c._n 19_o who_o affirm_v that_o that_o poet_n write_v such_o thing_n in_o his_o theogonia_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o comedy_n of_o antiphanes_n shall_v no_o where_o else_o be_v cite_v but_o perhaps_o this_o be_v not_o the_o name_n of_o a_o comedy_n but_o irenaeus_n refer_v to_o a_o place_n in_o which_o something_a be_v say_v upon_o that_o subject_a ☜_o viz._n the_o generation_n of_o the_o god_n as_o in_o aristophanes_n his_o ave_n we_o have_v something_o still_o extant_a about_o that_o matter_n as_o to_o hesiod_n the_o thing_n be_v plain_a if_o we_o read_v the_o begin_n of_o his_o theogonia_n and_o the_o valentinian_o be_v more_o than_o once_o upbraid_v with_o apply_v the_o fabulous_a story_n of_o that_o poet_n to_o their_o purpose_n by_o irenaeus_n and_o epiphanius_n but_o as_o to_o philistio_n who_o write_v mimic_n poem_n i_o very_o much_o doubt_n whether_o he_o be_v right_o reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o describe_v the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o go_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v our_o author_n be_v deceive_v as_o to_o he_o by_o misunderstand_v a_o passage_n in_o epiphanius_n in_o haeres_fw-la xxxiii_o which_o be_v that_o of_o the_o ptolemaite_n s._n 1._o where_o epiphanius_n speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o none_o of_o those_o ancient_a tragedian_n or_o their_o successor_n the_o mimic_n philistio_n i_o speak_v of_o and_o diogenes_n who_o write_v thing_n exceed_v all_o belief_n nor_o any_o of_o all_o those_o other_o writer_n and_o patcher_n up_o of_o fable_n can_v have_v forge_v so_o great_a a_o lie_n as_o these_o man_n temerè_fw-la suae_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la periculo_fw-la acti_fw-la finxerunt_fw-la act_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o their_o own_o life_n have_v bold_o invent_v and_o entangle_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n who_o believe_v they_o in_o foolish_a question_n and_o endless_a genealogy_n epiphanius_n here_o compare_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d falseness_n or_o incredibility_n of_o the_o fable_n which_o be_v write_v by_o the_o mimic_n poet_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o foolery_n of_o the_o valentinian_o but_o he_o do_v not_o say_v these_o latter_a owe_v their_o genealogy_n to_o the_o mimic_n verse_n 15._o note_n c._n i_o do_v not_o believe_v st._n paul_n here_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o jew_n cabbala_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a very_o often_o signify_v to_o approve_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d approbation_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o pure_a greek_a phrase_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o allusion_n to_o the_o cabbala_n suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n be_v join_v with_o a_o accusative_a and_o genitive_a case_n and_o signify_v to_o approve_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i_o approve_v your_o manner_n so_o hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esteem_v worthy_a of_o acceptation_n so_o the_o old_a gloss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d probo_fw-la acceptum_fw-la habeo_fw-la comprobo_fw-la i_o approve_v i_o account_v acceptable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comprobat_fw-la and_o hence_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o hesychius_n interpret_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laudable_a see_v also_o my_o note_n on_o 1_o cor._n two_o 14_o verse_n 17._o note_n d._n i._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o imitation_n of_o a_o hebrew_n form_n of_o speech_n very_o common_a
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tell_v we_o that_o a_o great_a many_o thing_n out_o of_o ancient_a tragedy_n suit_v his_o case_n be_v by_o roscius_n and_o all_o the_o roman_n accommodate_v to_o he_o and_o after_o he_o have_v recite_v this_o verse_n o_o ingratisici_fw-la argivi_n inane_n graii_n immemores_fw-la beneficii_fw-la with_o a_o few_o more_o he_o go_v on_o thus_o illud_fw-la scripit_fw-la disertissimus_fw-la poeta_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o i._n e._n these_o thing_n do_v so_o exact_o sit_v my_o case_n that_o if_o the_o poet_n have_v write_v about_o i_o on_o set_v purpose_n he_o can_v not_o possible_o have_v devise_v any_o thing_n more_o suitable_a and_o just_o thus_o i_o shall_v here_o understand_v isaiah_n to_o be_v figurative_o say_v to_o have_v prophesy_v that_o which_o do_v so_o well_o agree_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n as_o that_o if_o he_o have_v real_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o they_o he_o can_v not_o have_v speak_v otherwise_o verse_n 19_o note_n e._n i._o the_o phrase_n to_o proceed_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n do_v not_o signify_v for_o any_o thing_n that_o lie_v hide_v in_o the_o heart_n to_o discover_v itself_o by_o some_o external_a action_n but_o to_o have_v a_o fountain_n in_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o our_o thought_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v gather_v from_o this_o phrase_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o place_n signify_v any_o thing_n more_o than_o bare_a thought_n and_o indeed_o christ_n oppose_v here_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v convey_v from_o without_o into_o the_o body_n to_o those_o which_o have_v their_o rise_n from_o the_o mind_n whether_o they_o be_v latent_fw-la or_o whether_o they_o manifest_v themselves_o by_o outward_a action_n nor_o do_v evil_a thought_n less_o defile_v a_o man_n whilst_o they_o remain_v secret_a in_o the_o mind_n than_o when_o they_o be_v express_v in_o word_n ii_o if_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o hebraism_n likewise_o such_o another_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o age_n of_o age_n that_o be_v perpetual_o or_o to_o the_o very_a last_o age_n verse_n 73._o note_n q._n what_o be_v say_v here_o about_o the_o allusion_n of_o this_o whole_a passage_n to_o the_o name_n of_o john_n and_o his_o parent_n be_v a_o mere_a trifle_n only_o fit_a for_o a_o allegorist_n to_o say_v not_o for_o a_o serious_a and_o exact_a interpreter_n such_o as_o grotius_n from_o who_o the_o doctor_n take_v this_o remark_n our_o author_n suppose_v with_o other_o that_o the_o name_n of_o zacharias_n wife_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elischebah_n but_o if_o that_o have_v be_v her_o name_n she_o shall_v have_v be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o do_v i_o see_v why_o her_o name_n may_v not_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elischebat_fw-la my_o god_n be_v a_o sceptre_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elischebath_n my_o god_n be_v rest_n ibid._n note_v r._n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v undoubted_o be_v join_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o grotius_n right_o think_v nor_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v imagine_v more_o harsh_a than_o this_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v deliver_v without_o fear_n whereas_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o serve_v god_n without_o fear_n be_v a_o phrase_n that_o every_o body_n will_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v proper_a when_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n worship_n be_v so_o punish_v and_o keep_v under_o by_o he_o as_o to_o be_v incapable_a of_o hinder_v his_o be_v open_o and_o public_o worship_v but_o that_o which_o make_v our_o learned_a author_n suppose_v that_o the_o evangelist_n make_v use_v of_o so_o harsh_a a_o phrase_n be_v the_o difficulty_n of_o understanding_n what_o deliverance_n be_v here_o proper_o speak_v of_o consider_v the_o primary_n notion_n of_o the_o word_n zacharias_n here_o speak_v concern_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n as_o the_o prophet_n general_o do_v viz._n as_o of_o a_o deliverance_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o the_o danger_n that_o hang_v over_o they_o from_o their_o enemy_n at_o the_o time_n when_o zacharias_n speak_v these_o word_n the_o syrian_n egyptian_n and_o other_o heathen_a nation_n that_o border_v upon_o judaea_n bear_v the_o jew_n such_o a_o grudge_n and_o be_v such_o troublesome_a neighbour_n to_o they_o that_o they_o can_v not_o exercise_v their_o religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o fear_n where_o the_o heathen_n be_v more_o numerous_a than_o themselves_o nor_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o offer_v sacrifice_n without_o danger_n nay_o they_o be_v not_o without_o some_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n of_o the_o roman_n themselves_o lest_o be_v blind_v with_o superstition_n they_o shall_v some_o time_n or_o other_o oppose_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o afterward_o they_o often_o do_v zacharias_n therefore_o speak_v of_o the_o messiah_n as_o of_o one_o that_o be_v about_o to_o rescue_v the_o jew_n from_o these_o danger_n in_o agreement_n with_o the_o common_a opinion_n nor_o do_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n undeceive_v he_o as_o to_o this_o matter_n and_o the_o proper_a sense_n of_o his_o word_n be_v this_o which_o i_o have_v mention_v but_o in_o a_o more_o sublime_a sense_n ii_o this_o deliverance_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o general_a of_o the_o enemy_n of_o christianity_n who_o be_v in_o time_n to_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o christian_a religion_n so_o that_o those_o who_o be_v before_o a_o terror_n to_o the_o christian_n shall_v enter_v themselves_o into_o christ_n sheepfold_n and_o set_v the_o christian_n free_a from_o all_o their_o fear_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v only_o in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n it_o be_v then_o and_o not_o before_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o suspicion_n misgive_a and_o fear_n be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o christian_n as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o edict_n of_o constantine_n extant_a in_o eusebius_n hist_n eccles_n lib._n ix_o c._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o side_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v fill_v with_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o shame_n and_o dishonour_n by_o the_o piety_n of_o their_o enemy_n as_o eusebius_n express_v himself_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n these_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o enemy_n here_o speak_v of_o ii_o the_o passage_n cite_v by_o the_o doctor_n out_o of_o prov._n i_o 33_o in_o the_o greek_a translation_n will_v not_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o proper_a phrase_n for_o these_o be_v wisdom_n word_n but_o whoso_o hearken_v unto_o i_o shall_v dwell_v safe_o and_o at_o peace_n and_o free_a from_o fear_n of_o evil_a which_o the_o septuagint_n render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v he_o shall_v fear_v no_o evil_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o passage_n which_o he_o compare_v with_o this_o place_n in_o st._n luke_n be_v foreign_a to_o the_o purpose_n chap._n ii_o verse_n 1._o note_n b._n i._n of_o this_o passage_n in_o st._n luke_n the_o learned_a jac._n perizonius_n have_v treat_v in_o a_o particular_a discourse_n by_o itself_o wherein_o he_o have_v confute_v dr._n hammond_n and_o other_o opinion_n at_o large_a and_o if_o i_o be_o not_o mistake_v solid_o he_o affirm_v that_o st._n luke_n word_n in_o the_o 2_o verse_n ought_v to_o be_v render_v thus_o haec_fw-la descriptio_fw-la ante_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la praeesset_fw-la syriae_n quirinus_n this_o enrol_a be_v make_v before_o quirinus_n be_v governor_n of_o syria_n and_o have_v examine_v his_o reason_n i_o free_o subscribe_v to_o they_o and_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o discourse_n itself_o ii_o our_o author_n have_v commit_v a_o great_a mistake_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n upon_o the_o 2_o verse_n where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o at_o that_o time_n i._n e._n in_o the_o reign_n of_o herod_n the_o great_a palestine_n be_v under_o syria_n whereas_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o the_o king_n of_o judaea_n have_v no_o dependence_n upon_o the_o proconsul_n of_o syria_n and_o that_o judaea_n be_v not_o a_o province_n at_o that_o time_n this_o appear_v evident_o from_o josephus_n antiq._n jud._n lib._n xviii_o c._n 1._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o judaea_n be_v not_o make_v a_o province_n till_o after_o archelaus_n banishment_n but_o perhaps_o our_o learned_a author_n fall_v into_o the_o same_o mistake_v with_o eusebius_n who_o say_v that_o josephus_n make_v mention_v of_o the_o same_o register_n which_o st._n luke_n here_o speak_v of_o because_o he_o affirm_v it_o to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o quirinus_n who_o name_n be_v mention_v by_o st._n luke_n for_o which_o mistake_v nevertheless_o he_o have_v long_o since_o be_v correct_v by_o learned_a men._n the_o passage_n which_o eusebius_n refer_v to_o in_o josephus_n be_v at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o seventeen_o book_n of_o antiq._n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o archelaus_n country_n be_v make_v tributary_n and_o add_v to_o syria_n cesar_n send_v quirinus_n one_o who_o have_v be_v consul_n to_o enroll_v syria_n and_o sell_v archelaus_n be_v own_o house_n see_v also_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o next_o book_n verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v not_o only_o the_o custom_n among_o the_o jew_n as_o have_v be_v observe_v by_o grotius_n but_o also_o among_o the_o roman_n as_o appear_v by_o these_o word_n in_o livy_n lib._n 42._o cap._n 10._o censa_fw-la sunt_fw-la civium_fw-la romanorum_fw-la capita_fw-la ducenta_fw-la sexaginta_fw-la novem_fw-la millia_fw-la &_o quindecim_fw-la minor_n aliquanto_fw-la numerus_fw-la quia_fw-la l._n postumius_n consul_n pro_fw-la concione_fw-la edixerat_fw-la qui_fw-la sociùm_fw-la latini_n nominis_fw-la ex_fw-la edicto_fw-la c._n claudii_n consulis_fw-la redire_fw-la in_o civitates_fw-la svas_fw-la debuissent_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la eorum_fw-la romae_fw-la sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la censerentur_fw-la there_o be_v enroll_v of_o roman_a citizen_n two_o hundred_o sixty_o nine_o thousand_o and_o fifteen_o a_o number_n somewhat_o less_o than_o ordinary_a because_o the_o consul_n l._n posthumius_fw-la have_v public_o proclaim_v that_o those_o of_o their_o confederates_n who_o shall_v have_v return_v into_o their_o respective_a city_n pursuant_n to_o the_o order_n make_v by_o the_o consul_n c._n claudius_n shall_v not_o any_o of_o they_o be_v enroll_v at_o rome_n but_o in_o the_o several_a city_n to_o which_o they_o belong_v verse_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o shepherd_n have_v spend_v the_o night_n abroad_o in_o the_o open_a field_n it_o can_v be_v infer_v that_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o in_o december_n as_o g._n j._n vossius_fw-la have_v very_o well_o show_v in_o a_o small_a treatise_n de_fw-fr nat._n christi_fw-la but_o the_o ancient_n
the_o vulgar_a by_o propellere_fw-la to_o push_n forward_o or_o to_o carry_v along_o to_o judgement_n for_o it_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o question_v any_o man_n but_o only_o to_o the_o judge_n so_o this_o word_n be_v take_v in_o that_o excellent_a say_n of_o solon_n in_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o city_n be_v extreme_o well_o govern_v in_o which_o those_o that_o be_v not_o injure_v as_o well_o as_o those_o that_o be_v carry_v such_o as_o do_v any_o injury_n to_o judgement_n and_o punish_v they_o verse_n 35._o note_n i._n the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v common_a in_o the_o coin_n of_o the_o city_n of_o asia_n but_o ephesus_n glory_v in_o it_o above_o the_o rest_n for_o there_o be_v some_o piece_n of_o ephesian_a money_n to_o be_v see_v at_o this_o day_n in_o which_o ephesus_n be_v not_o only_o simple_o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o twice_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o there_o be_v also_o a_o piece_n coin_v under_o the_o reign_n of_o caracalla_n inscribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o another_o under_o heliagabalus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o they_o boast_v that_o they_o only_o of_o all_o the_o city_n of_o asia_n have_v be_v four_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v j._n foy-vaillant_n in_o num._n aer_fw-la impp._n coin_v in_o colonies_n and_o corporation_n t._n 2._o pag._n 171._o chap._n xx._n verse_n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xx._n in_o the_o alexandrian_a copy_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v omit_v as_o the_o oxford_n edition_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n observe_v i_o wonder_v that_o dr._n hammond_n who_o often_o set_v down_o the_o various_a reading_n of_o that_o copy_n shall_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o this_o it_o be_v observable_a also_o that_o instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o copy_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o such_o variation_n as_o these_o be_v common_a in_o the_o place_n heretofore_o controvert_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o nicene_n synod_n chap._n xxi_o verse_n 7._o note_v a._n the_o vulgar_a read_n be_v certain_o right_a xxi_o and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v change_v for_o no_o body_n beside_o the_o doctor_n ever_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o greek_a phrase_n for_o sail_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v very_o proper_o make_v use_n of_o to_o signify_v the_o finish_n of_o a_o voyage_n the_o meaning_n of_o st._n luke_n be_v clear_a have_v finish_v our_o navigation_n from_o tyre_n we_o come_v to_o ptolemais_n for_o they_o have_v first_o finish_v their_o navigation_n before_o they_o come_v to_o ptolemais_n from_o whence_o they_o go_v on_o foot_n to_o caesarea_n xxii_o whether_o a_o comma_n be_v put_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o whether_o it_o be_v omit_v the_o thing_n be_v the_o same_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o be_v connect_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v finish_v or_o make_v a_o end_n of_o our_o navigation_n we_o arrive_v chap._n xxii_o verse_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n do_v sometime_o show_v himself_o to_o person_n encompass_v with_o so_o dazzle_v a_o light_n as_o even_o blind_v the_o looker_n on_o and_o hence_o that_o say_n of_o hagar_n in_o gen._n xuj_o 13_o where_o see_v my_o note_n as_o also_o what_o i_o have_v write_v on_o exod._n xxxiv_o 18_o 20._o verse_n 25._o note_n e._n lin_v 24._o after_o the_o word_n such_o a_o one_o 1._o our_o author_n memory_n fail_v he_o when_o he_o say_v so_o say_v philo_n of_o agrippa_n etc._n etc._n for_o what_o be_v there_o say_v be_v speak_v by_o agrippa_n of_o caligula_n in_o philo_n de_fw-fr leg._n ad_fw-la caium_fw-la p._n 798._o edit_fw-la genev._n philo_n produce_v a_o letter_n of_o agrippa_n to_o caius_n in_o which_o agrippa_n write_v to_o he_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o can_v only_o be_v do_v by_o the_o emperor_n at_o that_o time_n and_o not_o by_o agrippa_n as_o every_o one_o know_v he_o shall_v have_v say_v therefore_o so_o say_v agrippa_n of_o caligula_n in_o philo._n 2._o it_o be_v strange_a our_o author_n shall_v produce_v a_o passage_n as_o out_o of_o the_o 47_o the_o book_n of_o diodorus_n siculus_n who_o write_v only_o 40_o as_o photius_n affirm_v cod._a 70._o of_o which_o we_o have_v only_o half_a extant_a and_o some_o fragment_n but_o he_o mean_v dion_n cocceianus_n who_o word_n those_o be_v in_o lib._n 47._o p._n 228._o edit_fw-la graec._n rob._n stephani_fw-la beside_o those_o word_n of_o dion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ought_v not_o to_o be_v translate_v that_o from_o his_o own_o name_n he_o call_v they_o juliopolis_n but_o that_o they_o change_v their_o name_n and_o call_v themselves_o from_o he_o juliopolis_n for_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o flattery_n in_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o tarsus_n who_o afterward_o also_o out_o of_o flattery_n to_o other_o emperor_n call_v their_o city_n adriana_n antoniniana_n and_o severiana_n of_o which_o see_v luc._n holstenius_fw-la on_o stephanus_n byzantinus_n the_o word_n of_o dion_n be_v no_o proof_n at_o all_o that_o tarsus_n have_v the_o freedom_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n give_v to_o it_o and_o it_o otherwise_o appear_v that_o after_o augustus_n time_n that_o be_v a_o free_a city_n which_o be_v govern_v not_o by_o the_o roman_a law_n but_o by_o its_o own_o and_o therefore_o do_v not_o enjoy_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n consult_v on_o this_o place_n h._n grotius_n who_o the_o doctor_n will_v have_v more_o safe_o follow_v as_o be_v not_o so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o ancient_a history_n perhaps_o st._n paul_n have_v be_v make_v a_o roman_a citizen_n because_o his_o father_n though_o a_o jew_n have_v be_v make_v free_a of_o rome_n such_o as_o philo_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o place_n quote_v by_o the_o doctor_n in_o the_o next_o annotation_n chap._n xxiii_o xxiii_o verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n paul_n seem_v at_o that_o time_n to_o have_v look_v another_o way_n so_o as_o not_o to_o have_v observe_v who_o it_o be_v that_o have_v command_v he_o to_o be_v smite_v so_o that_o we_o must_v supply_v out_o of_o what_o go_v before_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v order_v he_o to_o be_v smite_v on_o the_o mouth_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o natural_a than_o this_o other_o seek_v a_o knot_n in_o a_o bulrush_n chap._n xxiv_o verse_n 1._o xxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o doctor_n have_v hit_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o this_o word_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n but_o only_o as_o he_o now_o and_o then_o do_v he_o borrow_v term_n from_o the_o present_a custom_n to_o express_v it_o by_o which_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v do_v because_o at_o that_o time_n those_o who_o have_v a_o accusation_n against_o any_o do_v not_o use_v to_o bring_v in_o the_o head_n of_o it_o to_o the_o proconsul_n in_o writing_n but_o only_o to_o speak_v what_o they_o have_v to_o say_v however_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o comparere_fw-la to_o appear_v or_o come_v before_o as_o it_o be_v render_v by_o beza_n but_o to_o accuse_v to_o lay_v open_a a_o crime_n as_o it_o be_v explain_v by_o suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o who_o agree_v phavorinus_n who_o interpret_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o show_v it_o you_o manifest_o it_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o pricaeus_n upon_o this_o place_n have_v well_o observe_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o aristophanes_n scholiast_n on_o equites_fw-la be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o accuser_n and_o one_o that_o lay_v open_a cause_n and_o a_o informer_n and_o the_o old_a gloss_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allego_fw-la intimo_fw-la to_o allege_v to_o intimate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d declarare_fw-la to_o declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intimatio_fw-la a_o intimation_n verse_n 25._o note_v a._n we_o may_v apply_v those_o verse_n of_o juvenal_n sat._n 13._o even_o to_o the_o heathen_a judge_n of_o that_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a age._n prima_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la ultio_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la judice_fw-la nemo_fw-la nocens_fw-la absolvitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hos_fw-la tu_fw-la evasisse_fw-la putas_fw-la quos_fw-la diri_fw-la conscia_fw-la facti_fw-la mens_fw-la habet_fw-la attonitos_fw-la &_o surdo_fw-la verbere_fw-la caedit_fw-la occultum_fw-la quatiente_fw-la animo_fw-la tortore_fw-la flagellum_fw-la ver._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n to_o please_v or_o gratify_v the_o jew_n lest_o they_o shall_v send_v informer_n to_o rome_n and_o complain_v of_o his_o
who_o he_o have_v banish_v dyrrachium_fw-la and_o philippi_n and_o other_o town_n to_o inhabit_v by_o this_o it_o appear_v how_o a_o little_a before_o st._n paul_n time_n philippi_n come_v to_o be_v enlarge_v because_o that_o city_n have_v twice_o receive_v a_o colony_n of_o roman_n we_o may_v consult_v foy-vaillant_n on_o numismata_fw-la aerea_fw-la coloniarum_fw-la the_o same_o author_n testify_v that_o philippi_n in_o piece_n of_o coin_n be_v style_v metropolis_n but_o that_o there_o be_v any_o regard_n have_v in_o that_o to_o ecclesiastical_a order_n or_o dignity_n of_o bishop_n even_o from_o the_o very_a time_n of_o st._n paul_n dr._n hammond_n have_v not_o prove_v nor_o will_v any_o other_o i_o believe_v prove_v though_o the_o thing_n be_v undoubted_o more_o ancient_a than_o many_o think_v the_o passage_n allege_v out_o of_o the_o digest_v be_v in_o lib._n 50._o tit_n 15._o de_fw-la censibus_fw-la leg_n 8._o §_o 8._o and_o be_v paulus_n not_o vlpian_n as_o be_v say_v by_o our_o author_n who_o it_o seem_v cite_v he_o upon_o trust_n he_o may_v have_v add_v that_o of_o celsus_n in_o leg_n 6._o colonia_n philippensis_fw-la juris_fw-la italici_n est_fw-la ii_o our_o author_n affirm_v that_o after_o vespasian_n have_v bring_v a_o colony_n into_o caesarea_n that_o city_n become_v immediate_o even_o in_o respect_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n a_o metropolis_n under_o which_o jerusalem_n itself_o be_v but_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v no_o jerusalem_n because_o it_o have_v be_v raze_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o be_v not_o rebuilt_a till_o under_o adrian_n who_o put_v into_o it_o a_o roman_a colony_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o xiphilinus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o adrian_n and_o as_o appear_v by_o a_o great_a many_o medal_n in_o which_o it_o be_v call_v col_n ael_n cap._n colonia_n aelia_n capitolina_n and_o who_o tell_v our_o author_n there_o be_v a_o bishop_n at_o caesarea_n in_o the_o time_n of_o vespasian_n from_o what_o mark_n of_o antiquity_n do_v he_o gather_v that_o the_o caesarean_a bishop_n be_v reckon_v superior_a in_o dignity_n and_o order_n to_o those_o of_o jerusalem_n from_o the_o age_n of_o vespasian_n if_o what_o he_o say_v be_v true_a that_o a_o city_n which_o have_v a_o roman_a colony_n bring_v into_o it_o be_v make_v a_o metropolis_n jerusalem_n enjoy_v that_o privilege_n as_o well_o as_o caesarea_n though_o not_o quite_o so_o soon_o ulpian_n in_o the_o forementioned_a tit._n lib._n 1._o §_o 6._o say_v palaestina_n dvae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la coloniae_fw-la &_o caesariensis_n &_o aelia_n capitolina_n sed_fw-la neutra_fw-la jus_o italicum_fw-la habet_fw-la but_o i_o look_v upon_o this_o also_o as_o improbable_a iii_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o think_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o ancient_n place_v philippi_n sometime_o in_o thrace_n and_o sometime_o in_o macedonia_n be_v not_o because_o those_o province_n be_v various_o divide_v which_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o because_o when_o city_n stand_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o any_o two_o country_n it_o be_v doubtful_a to_o which_o of_o they_o they_o belong_v the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o nicopolis_n what_o our_o author_n say_v beside_o about_o many_o church_n and_o those_o episcopal_a depend_v upon_o the_o metropolis_n of_o philippi_n be_v nothing_o but_o conjecture_n which_o i_o be_o not_o whole_o for_o reject_v but_o which_o i_o do_v not_o easy_o believe_v learned_a man_n often_o partly_o prove_v thing_n out_o of_o the_o ancient_n and_o partly_o make_v up_o by_o guest_n and_o conjecture_n what_o they_o will_v have_v to_o be_v true_a then_o they_o equal_v their_o conjecture_n to_o that_o which_o they_o have_v prove_v and_o from_o all_o put_v together_o they_o very_o easy_o infer_v what_o they_o please_v because_o st._n paul_n preach_v the_o gospel_n first_o at_o philippi_n do_v it_o present_o follow_v that_o that_o city_n be_v also_o account_v the_o metropolis_n in_o respect_n of_o ecclesiastical_a order_n the_o rest_n also_o be_v very_o deceitful_a and_o uncertain_a ibid._n note_v b._n i._n the_o opinion_n of_o grotius_n and_o other_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o plain_a who_o think_v that_o as_o the_o word_n presbyter_n and_o bishop_n be_v promiscuous_o use_v though_o there_o be_v one_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o call_v so_o also_o the_o word_n bishop_n signify_v both_o order_n first_o and_o second_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o word_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n where_o the_o discourse_n be_v but_o of_o one_o church_n there_o be_v a_o communion_n of_o name_n between_o minister_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o rank_n so_o that_o those_o of_o the_o first_o rank_n be_v sometime_o style_v presbyter_n and_o those_o of_o the_o second_o bishop_n not_o because_o their_o authority_n be_v the_o same_o and_o their_o office_n in_o every_o respect_n alike_o but_o because_o there_o be_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n between_o they_o as_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n but_o the_o particular_a power_n of_o ordination_n may_v belong_v to_o one_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o call_v ii_o that_o which_o our_o author_n say_v about_o metropolitan_o and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o which_o alone_o he_o defend_v himself_o against_o his_o adversary_n as_o to_o those_o apostolical_a time_n be_v very_o uncertain_a nor_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o follow_a age_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o primitive_a time_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o own_o and_o not_o from_o any_o certain_a knowledge_n not_o to_o say_v at_o present_a that_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n aspire_v to_o that_o dignity_n can_v always_o safe_o be_v hear_v in_o their_o own_o cause_n it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o there_o be_v any_o episcopal_a church_n in_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n beside_o ephesus_n at_o the_o time_n speak_v of_o in_o act_n xx_o or_o in_o macedonia_n beside_o philippi_n and_o thessalonica_n but_o a_o little_a while_n after_o when_o the_o number_n of_o christian_n be_v increase_v there_o be_v other_o episcopal_a seat_n constitute_v in_o they_o ibid._n note_v c._n i._n i_o also_o have_v speak_v pretty_a large_o of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o luke_n viij_o 2_o and_o i_o shall_v not_o repeat_v what_o i_o have_v there_o say_v our_o author_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o note_n use_v the_o word_n dimensum_fw-la for_o demensum_fw-la though_o that_o itself_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o be_v use_v in_o this_o place_n because_o demensum_fw-la signify_v the_o portion_n or_o allowance_n of_o servant_n not_o of_o guest_n see_v frid._n taubmannus_n on_o plautus_n his_o stitch_n act_v i_o sc._n two_o vers_fw-la 3._o ii_o i_o think_v indeed_o with_o dr._n hammond_n that_o the_o original_a or_o deacon_n must_v be_v fetch_v from_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o deacon_n be_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n what_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hhazanim_fw-la be_v in_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n but_o i_o do_v not_o think_v we_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v here_o with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schoterim_n which_o be_v the_o name_n only_o of_o the_o officer_n that_o attend_v upon_o magistrate_n or_o certain_a public_a crier_n see_v my_o note_n on_o exod._n ver_fw-la 8._o iii_o nor_n do_v i_o think_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d juniors_n aught_o to_o be_v confound_v with_o the_o charanitae_n especial_o in_o act_n v_o 6_o where_o any_o of_o the_o young_a sort_n who_o be_v accidental_o then_o present_a seem_v to_o be_v mean_v though_o the_o disciple_n of_o doctor_n be_v call_v junior_n in_o maimonides_n it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o that_o word_n must_v be_v so_o take_v wherever_o we_o meet_v with_o it_o iv._o the_o say_v of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o decay_n of_o learning_n among_o they_o which_o our_o author_n speak_v of_o be_v in_o sotae_n fol._n 49.1_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d since_o the_o second_o house_n be_v destroy_v the_o wise_a man_n begin_v to_o be_v as_o the_o scribe_n and_o the_o scribe_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o last_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o synagogue_n as_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o dr._n hammond_n mistranslate_v and_o invert_v the_o word_n themselves_o they_o may_v be_v find_v by_o those_o that_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o turn_v to_o they_o in_o the_o edition_n of_o joan._n chr._n wagenseilius_fw-la in_o sotae_n cap._n ix_o s._n 15._o it_o appear_v that_o our_o author_n do_v not_o look_v into_o this_o say_v himself_o but_o go_v upon_o trust_n for_o it_o and_o that_o make_v he_o render_v it_o so_o ill_a and_o not_o so_o much_o as_o refer_v to_o the_o book_n in_o which_o it_o be_v set_v down_o verse_n 13._o note_n e._n some_o year_n ago_o there_o arise_v a_o great_a controversy_n about_o this_o place_n
here_o because_o there_o be_v some_o agonistical_a term_n use_v he_o strain_v they_o all_o to_o the_o same_o metaphor_n and_o can_v see_v nothing_o in_o this_o place_n but_o metaphor_n borrow_v from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o agones_fw-la the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o may_v much_o more_o natural_o be_v interpret_v of_o that_o action_n of_o christ_n when_o he_o sudden_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apprehend_o s._n paul_n as_o he_o be_v persecute_v the_o christian_n in_o his_o way_n to_o damascus_n in_o order_n to_o make_v he_o a_o apostle_n but_o if_o any_o one_o will_v needs_o with_o dr._n hammond_n have_v this_o to_o be_v a_o agonistical_a word_n i_o shall_v not_o interpret_v it_o of_o the_o attain_v a_o prize_n but_o of_o overtake_v or_o catch_v viz._n when_o a_o swift_a runner_n overtake_v another_o that_o run_v more_o slow_o as_o if_o christ_n shall_v be_v say_v to_o have_v run_v after_o st._n paul_n and_o overtake_v he_o suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n be_v apply_v also_o to_o the_o swiftness_n of_o the_o foot_n and_o therefore_o we_o say_v such_o a_o one_o pursue_v another_o that_o run_v away_o overtake_v he_o verse_n 20._o note_n l._n i._n our_o author_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o note_n put_v municipium_fw-la for_o municipatus_fw-la for_o municipium_fw-la be_v the_o town_n corporate_a itself_o and_o municipatus_fw-la the_o privilege_n or_o condition_n of_o municipes_fw-la freeman_n of_o any_o city_n or_o corporation_n which_o word_n tertullian_n and_o s._n jerom_n make_v use_v of_o to_o explain_v this_o place_n as_o learned_a man_n have_v observe_v ii_o but_o the_o truth_n be_v neither_o of_o these_o word_n belong_v to_o it_o for_o no_o municeps_fw-la can_v say_v my_o municipatus_fw-la or_o my_o municipium_fw-la be_v in_o rome_n rome_n can_v not_o be_v call_v a_o municipium_fw-la which_o name_n belong_v first_o only_o to_o the_o city_n of_o italy_n but_o afterward_o also_o to_o other_o iu._n the_o inhabitant_n of_o which_o be_v indeed_o roman_a citizen_n but_o in_o their_o municipia_fw-la be_v govern_v by_o their_o own_o municipal_a law_n and_o not_o those_o of_o rome_n of_o which_o see_v a._n gellius_n lib._n xuj_o c._n 13._o if_o we_o will_v describe_v the_o condition_n of_o christian_n by_o a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o the_o condition_n of_o municipes_fw-la we_o ought_v to_o say_v that_o they_o have_v indeed_o a_o municipium_fw-la on_o earth_n but_o their_o city_n be_v in_o heaven_n iii_o i_o can_v tell_v whether_o the_o place_n in_o cicero_n be_v transcribe_v by_o our_o author_n out_o of_o cicero_n himself_o but_o it_o be_v certain_a it_o be_v false_a quote_v for_o it_o be_v in_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr legg_n cap._n 2._o in_o these_o word_n omnibus_fw-la municipibus_fw-la dvas_fw-la esse_fw-la censeo_fw-la patrias_fw-la unam_fw-la naturae_fw-la alteram_fw-la civitatis_fw-la not_o juris_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la cato_n cum_fw-la esset_fw-la tusculi_fw-la natus_fw-la not_o exemplo_fw-la catonis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_fw-la populi_fw-la romani_fw-la civitatem_fw-la not_o societatem_fw-la susceptus_fw-la est_fw-la if_o our_o author_n write_v this_o passage_n out_o of_o cicero_n himself_o he_o be_v scarce_o awake_a if_o he_o transcribe_v it_o out_o of_o another_o he_o do_v not_o act_v prudent_o see_v note_n on_o mat._n xiii_o 54_o ☜_o where_o this_o place_n be_v cite_v by_o mr._n le_fw-fr clerâ—_n upon_o another_o occasion_n iv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o act_n xxii_o 28_o do_v not_o signify_v municipium_fw-la or_o municipatus_fw-la but_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n beside_o that_o word_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o this_o place_n for_o no_o one_o will_v say_v beside_o dr._n hammond_n who_o abound_v with_o impropriety_n of_o speech_n our_o privilege_n of_o citizenship_n be_v in_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o be_v all_o one_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d city_n that_o be_v patria_fw-la country_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v our_o city_n or_o country_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o not_o on_o earth_n elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o way_n of_o administer_a a_o commonwealth_n according_a to_o the_o twofold_a signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v take_v for_o live_v in_o a_o city_n or_o administer_a a_o commonwealth_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v also_o the_o two_o allege_a signification_n but_o the_o former_a only_o can_v be_v admit_v here_o because_o st._n paul_n speak_v of_o a_o place_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o heaven_n see_v heb._n xi_o 13_o and_o seqq_n chap._n iu._n verse_n 3._o note_v a._n of_o this_o phrase_n see_v my_o note_n on_o deut._n xxxii_o 32_o where_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o at_o large_a and_o confirm_v what_o dr._n hammond_n here_o say_v but_o he_o produce_v imprudent_o a_o piece_n of_o a_o verse_n as_o out_o of_o homer_n take_v it_o upon_o trust_n which_o be_v no_o where_o extant_a in_o he_o at_o least_o as_o i_o never_o read_v it_o that_o i_o remember_v so_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v find_v by_o the_o help_n of_o seberus_n index_n it_o be_v very_o ill_o do_v in_o any_o to_o allege_v the_o ancient_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n that_o the_o reader_n can_v know_v whether_o they_o be_v true_o cite_v such_o person_n deserve_v never_o to_o be_v trust_v verse_n 7._o note_n b._n i_o can_v easy_o assent_v to_o what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v if_o we_o put_v but_o jew_n instead_o of_o gnostic_n or_o if_o by_o the_o name_n of_o gnostic_n we_o understand_v the_o jew_n themselves_o because_o though_o it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v judaizer_n wherever_o the_o jew_n be_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o the_o heathen_a sect_n of_o the_o gnostic_n be_v so_o wide_o disperse_v it_o must_v be_v further_o add_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v only_o the_o mind_n but_o also_o frequent_o quickness_n of_o wit_n or_o understanding_n whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o be_v ingenious_a hesychius_n tell_v we_o that_o this_o word_n signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o the_o action_n of_o a_o compose_a mind_n that_o be_v a_o clear_a understanding_n of_o thing_n and_o so_o st._n paul_n meaning_n here_o will_v be_v that_o the_o love_n of_o peace_n be_v much_o better_a than_o all_o the_o wit_n and_o subtilty_n that_o the_o disturber_n of_o the_o church_n boast_v of_o annotation_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o the_o colossian_n i._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o praemon_n i._n it_o may_v not_o be_v unuseful_a to_o observe_v that_o colossae_n be_v even_o in_o ancient_a time_n a_o wealthy_a and_o populous_a city_n as_o those_o general_o be_v which_o the_o first_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n go_v to_o because_o of_o the_o likelihood_n of_o have_v a_o great_a harvest_n in_o they_o than_o in_o other_o xenophon_n in_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr exped_n cyri_n speak_v of_o it_o in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o lead_v they_o through_o phrygia_n one_o station_n eight_o parasangae_fw-la to_o colossae_n a_o populous_a rich_a and_o great_a city_n ii_o this_o epistle_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v write_v in_o the_o same_o year_n with_o the_o two_o forego_v that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o account_n of_o dr._n pearson_n who_o i_o follow_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la lxii_o and_o the_o ix_o the_o of_o nero._n chap._n i._n verse_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v supply_v here_o after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o the_o visible_a image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n itself_o as_o beza_n well_o observe_v who_o may_v be_v consult_v but_o to_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n we_o must_v add_v the_o visible_a miracle_n which_o he_o wrought_v in_o the_o view_n of_o multitude_n this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v otherwise_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o philip._n two_o 6_o our_o author_n ought_v to_o have_v express_v this_o more_o full_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n ibid._n note_v a._n i._o if_o we_o careful_o examine_v the_o place_n bring_v by_o our_o author_n and_o other_o to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sometime_o a_o lord_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o to_o be_v of_o no_o force_n in_o psal_n lxxxix_o 28_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n do_v not_o signify_v a_o lord_n over_o other_o king_n but_o a_o excellent_a or_o most_o glorious_a king_n as_o dr._n hammond_n himself_o acknowledge_v and_o the_o thing_n itself_o show_v but_o joh_n xviii_o 13_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o the_o first-born_a of_o death_n
the_o word_n be_v these_o inter_fw-la pyrrhicarum_fw-la argumenta_fw-la taurus_n pasiphaen_n ligneo_fw-la juvencae_fw-la simulacro_fw-la abditam_fw-la iniit_fw-la ut_fw-la multi_fw-la spectantium_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la icarus_n primo_fw-la statim_fw-la conatu_fw-la juxta_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la ejus_fw-la decidit_fw-la ipsumque_fw-la cruore_fw-la respersit_fw-la among_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o pyrrich_n sport_n which_o nero_n represent_v to_o the_o people_n a_o bull_n cover_v pasiphae_n enclose_v in_o a_o engine_n of_o wood_n make_v in_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o heifer_n one_o that_o act_v the_o part_n of_o icarus_n immediate_o upon_o the_o first_o attempt_n fall_v down_o near_o the_o emperor_n pavilion_n and_o sprinkle_v he_o with_o his_o blood_n what_o be_v there_o here_o about_o the_o contest_v of_o simon_n with_o s._n peter_n who_o do_v not_o see_v that_o suetonius_n speak_v of_o a_o poor_a miserable_a wretch_n that_o be_v force_v to_o attempt_v fly_v to_o make_v the_o people_n a_o show_n we_o may_v be_v sure_a if_o any_o such_o conflict_n have_v pass_v before_o nero_n and_o the_o people_n in_o the_o amphitheatre_n the_o fame_n of_o it_o will_v have_v be_v so_o great_a among_o the_o heathen_n that_o it_o will_v never_o have_v be_v forget_v but_o these_o be_v the_o fable_n of_o some_o idle_a christian_n which_o posterity_n greedy_o take_v up_o iu._n chap._n iu._n verse_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v proper_o say_v of_o the_o wine_n which_o be_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n yet_o here_o i_o think_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v understand_v metaphorical_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n itself_o upon_o which_o the_o wine_n be_v pour_v out_o a_o little_a before_o it_o be_v kill_v so_o hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n paul_n use_v the_o present_a tense_n because_o of_o the_o nearness_n of_o the_o danger_n as_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o show_v our_o author_n force_v this_o place_n when_o he_o interpret_v it_o of_o a_o past_a danger_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o indeed_o be_v a_o verb_n in_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n but_o it_o be_v very_o frequent_o take_v for_o the_o present_a whence_o the_o vulgar_a interpreter_n and_o almost_o all_o other_o render_v it_o instat_fw-la be_v at_o hand_n and_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v so_o understand_v the_o forego_n word_n show_v so_o that_o our_o author_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o interpret_v it_o in_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n in_o his_o premonition_n and_o paraphrase_n of_o this_o verse_n verse_n 7._o note_v a._n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o st._n paul_n here_o use_v agonistical_a word_n but_o as_o the_o crown_n be_v due_a not_o to_o he_o who_o be_v yet_o run_v but_o who_o be_v come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o race_n and_o that_o before_o other_o so_o also_o god_n bestow_v a_o crown_n not_o on_o he_o that_o behave_v himself_o manful_o in_o any_o particular_a calamity_n but_o during_o his_o whole_a life_n so_o that_o what_o st._n paul_n call_v a_o good_a combat_n be_v the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o life_n which_o he_o tell_v timothy_n he_o have_v finish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o know_v his_o death_n be_v near_o as_o the_o forego_n verse_n sufficient_o show_v what_o our_o author_n say_v in_o his_o note_n on_o act_n xxi_o 7_o i_o have_v confute_v already_o on_o that_o place_n see_v 1_o tim._n vi_o 12_o and_o act_n xx_o 24_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v here_o to_o be_v in_o the_o place_n of_o a_o adjective_n so_o as_o that_o according_a to_o a_o know_a hebraism_n a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v be_v put_v for_o a_o righteous_a or_o just_a crown_n that_o be_v a_o crown_n just_o due_a this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o epithet_n just_o add_v to_o the_o word_n judg._n the_o place_n which_o our_o author_n produce_v as_o if_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v in_o they_o felicity_n i_o may_v show_v to_o be_v improper_o allege_v if_o it_o will_v contribute_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o illustration_n of_o st._n paul_n word_n verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v certain_a indeed_o that_o timothy_n be_v present_a with_o st._n paul_n when_o he_o make_v his_o first_o defence_n but_o whether_o he_o can_v go_v again_o to_o rome_n soon_o enough_o to_o he_o there_o before_o st._n paul_n death_n be_v somewhat_o questionable_a verse_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o author_n will_v not_o have_v demas_n to_o have_v revolt_v from_o the_o faith_n but_o only_o forsake_v his_o office_n of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o have_v apply_v himself_o to_o worldly_a affair_n but_o to_o love_v the_o present_a age_n signify_v something_o worse_a than_o that_o viz._n to_o prefer_v it_o before_o the_o future_a which_o he_o that_o forsake_v a_o office_n which_o he_o find_v himself_o insufficient_a for_o do_v not_o see_v matt._n xiii_o 22_o and_o james_n four_o 4_o verse_n 13._o note_n b._n the_o etymologicon_n magnum_n have_v it_o so_o as_o dr._n hammond_n think_v the_o word_n of_o phavorinus_n shall_v be_v read_v but_o in_o this_o matter_n i_o neither_o believe_v the_o writer_n of_o the_o etymologicon_n nor_o phavorinus_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o a_o greek_a word_n and_o signify_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n see_v grotius_n verse_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n hammond_n think_v st._n paul_n here_o have_v a_o reference_n to_o the_o trouble_v he_o endure_v at_o ephesus_n mention_v in_o act_n nineteeen_o but_o neither_o be_v it_o from_o that_o place_n sufficient_o evident_a what_o alexander_n do_v against_o st._n paul_n and_o if_o he_o do_v any_o thing_n i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o apostle_n here_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o that_o but_o something_o which_o be_v do_v at_o rome_n for_o this_o alexander_n seem_v to_o have_v go_v from_o asia_n to_o rome_n where_o he_o fierce_o oppose_v s._n paul_n 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kingdom_n as_o dr._n pearson_n also_o have_v observe_v i._n annotation_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o titus_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o premon_n dr._n pearson_n with_o more_o reason_n refer_v the_o writing_n of_o this_o epistle_n to_o the_o year_n lxv_o in_o which_o also_o st._n paul_n write_v his_o first_o to_o timothy_n it_o be_v probable_a titus_n remain_v in_o crete_n under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o evangelist_n rather_o than_o of_o a_o bishop_n or_o archbishop_n a_o word_n then_o unknown_a as_o well_o as_o the_o thing_n itself_o because_o st._n paul_n afterward_o command_v he_o to_o meet_v he_o at_o nicopolis_n as_o appear_v from_o chap._n iii._o 12_o and_o after_o that_o he_o go_v to_o dalmatia_n as_o st._n paul_n tell_v we_o in_o 2_o tim._n four_o
fit_o be_v render_v to_o come_v to_o the_o torment_n of_o the_o club_n or_o if_o you_o please_v to_o the_o place_n in_o which_o that_o torment_n be_v inflict_v because_o that_o be_v abusive_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d celsus_n also_o improper_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o which_o be_v to_o die_v a_o painful_a death_n nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a he_o shall_v have_v think_v of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o of_o hang_v as_o we_o shall_v afterward_o see_v on_o the_o place_n in_o eusebius_n which_o dr._n hammond_n last_o of_o all_o allege_v v._o the_o pull_v off_o the_o skin_n or_o cut_v off_o the_o member_n signify_v nothing_o to_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o so_o call_v nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a that_o those_o who_o suffer_v this_o kind_n of_o torment_n shall_v also_o have_v their_o skin_n pull_v off_o or_o be_v dismember_v but_o all_o these_o severity_n may_v improper_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 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we_o as_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o david_n and_o solomon_n and_o other_o king_n do_v the_o christian_n enjoy_v so_o great_a tranquillity_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n xii_o that_o there_o never_o have_v be_v any_o tranquillity_n in_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n than_o which_o that_o short_a rest_n if_o it_o be_v any_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o the_o christian_n from_o that_o time_n be_v often_o grievous_o persecute_v though_o not_o by_o the_o jew_n yet_o by_o the_o heathen_n till_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n if_o therefore_o we_o will_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o quiet_a profession_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n that_o be_v
past_o his_o review_n before_o they_o be_v publish_v as_o also_o that_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n mix_v with_o they_o by_o another_o hand_n contrary_a to_o his_o real_a sentiment_n but_o it_o appear_v both_o by_o grotius_n his_o epistle_n late_o publish_v and_o other_o that_o the_o learned_a j._n mercer_n a_o man_n of_o unquestionable_a integrity_n receive_v all_o these_o thing_n from_o grotius_n himself_o and_o his_o widow_n to_o be_v set_v forth_o and_o publish_v they_o as_o he_o have_v receive_v they_o but_o grotius_n be_v here_o and_o elsewhere_o mistake_v as_o if_o that_o learned_a man_n have_v be_v exempt_v from_o all_o danger_n of_o error_n it_o be_v plain_a all_o these_o thing_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o style_n and_o be_v write_v in_o the_o same_o strain_n and_o i_o do_v not_o think_v it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o easy_a matter_n in_o france_n or_o elsewhere_o to_o find_v a_o man_n that_o can_v have_v obtrude_v his_o own_o work_n instead_o of_o grotius_n upon_o the_o more_o judicious_a sort_n of_o reader_n ii_o beside_o why_o do_v dr._n hammond_n not_o take_v notice_n that_o there_o be_v other_o reason_n for_o which_o both_o ancient_a and_o late_a writer_n have_v suspect_v this_o epistle_n draw_v from_o the_o stile_n which_o be_v not_o like_a that_o of_o the_o former_a epistle_n do_v not_o he_o know_v that_o jos_n scaliger_n also_o who_o be_v afterward_o follow_v by_o cl._n salmasius_n think_v this_o epistle_n to_o be_v supposititious_a methinks_v all_o this_o may_v much_o extenuate_v grotius_n his_o error_n who_o only_o study_v for_o new_a argument_n to_o confirm_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o great_a man_n iii_o what_o our_o author_n allege_v out_o of_o chap._n iii._o 1_o to_o prove_v that_o this_o be_v a_o second_o epistle_n of_o st._n peter_n be_v of_o no_o force_n if_o that_o chapter_n itself_o be_v a_o second_o epistle_n of_o simeon_n as_o grotius_n conjecture_n who_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v confute_v iv._o the_o compare_v of_o grotius_n his_o annotation_n on_o mat._n xvii_o with_o those_o he_o have_v on_o chap._n i._n 17_o of_o this_o epistle_n do_v not_o prove_v that_o these_o be_v write_v by_o another_o hand_n i._n because_o grotius_n may_v have_v change_v his_o opinion_n as_o he_o plain_o here_o acknowledge_v if_o dr._n hammond_n have_v live_v long_o and_o careful_o review_v his_o own_o annotation_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o will_v have_v alter_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v correct_v in_o he_o v._o they_o that_o have_v reject_v this_o epistle_n as_o false_o attribute_v to_o st._n peter_n have_v not_o stick_v to_o say_v that_o the_o person_n of_o that_o apostle_n be_v here_o ill_o represent_v scaliger_n have_v adventure_v to_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v commentum_fw-la veteris_fw-la christiani_n otio_fw-la svo_fw-la abutentis_fw-la the_o invention_n of_o some_o ancient_a christian_a who_o do_v not_o know_v how_o to_o employ_v his_o time_n better_o vi_o grotius_n do_v not_o infer_v from_o simeon_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n writing_n this_o epistle_n as_o he_o suppose_v that_o it_o be_v write_v after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a from_o its_o be_v write_v after_o the_o destruction_n of_o that_o city_n that_o we_o must_v find_v out_o some_o writer_n who_o survive_v it_o to_o who_o this_o epistle_n may_v be_v attribute_v and_o who_o he_o think_v to_o be_v this_o simeon_n because_o of_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o name_n vii_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o the_o christian_n who_o have_v read_v mat._n xxiv_o do_v not_o expect_v the_o consummation_n of_o all_o thing_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o the_o last_o day_n of_o all_o the_o world_n be_v immediate_o to_o follow_v that_o destruction_n so_o that_o though_o the_o christian_n be_v here_o command_v to_o wait_v patient_o for_o the_o last_o judgement_n it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v after_o the_o demolish_n of_o jerusalem_n this_o i_o have_v rather_o say_v than_o deny_v there_o be_v any_o mention_n here_o make_v of_o the_o last_o judgement_n as_o dr._n hammond_n do_v with_o the_o great_a confidence_n in_o opposition_n to_o most_o other_o interpreter_n viii_o our_o author_n follow_v as_o he_o ordinary_o do_v caes_n baronius_n as_o to_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n in_o which_o st._n peter_n suffer_v martyrdom_n but_o ant._n pagus_n contend_v that_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n lxv_o and_o dr._n pearson_n in_o lxviii_o who_o i_o choose_v to_o follow_v but_o if_o we_o suppose_v st._n peter_n die_v at_o rome_n in_o the_o year_n which_o dr._n hammond_n think_v and_o that_o he_o write_v this_o epistle_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o the_o jewish_a war_n be_v then_o approach_v which_o begin_v in_o the_o xiith_o of_o nero_n and_o in_o the_o two_o d_o of_o cestius_n florus_n precedent_n of_o judea_n and_o of_o christ_n lxvi_o and_o in_o the_o month_n of_o may._n see_v dr._n pearson_n annal_n paulinae_n chap._n i._n verse_n 3._o note_v a._n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o alexandrian_a copy_n and_o other_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o virtue_n propria_fw-la gloria_fw-la &_o virtute_fw-la as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a also_o have_v it_o which_o way_n soever_o of_o these_o we_o read_v it_o the_o sense_n will_v be_v the_o same_o christ_n namely_o have_v call_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o extraordinary_a miracle_n which_o he_o wrought_v as_o dr._n hammond_n well_o observe_v and_o by_o his_o virtue_n that_o be_v by_o his_o most_o holy_a example_n whereby_o we_o be_v as_o much_o affect_v as_o by_o his_o preach_n nay_o without_o which_o all_o his_o preach_v will_v be_v vain_a and_o insignificant_a they_o be_v mistake_v who_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o understand_v god_n the_o father_n because_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o christ_n who_o himself_o call_v the_o apostle_n and_o first_o disciple_n who_o he_o win_v to_o himself_o not_o only_o by_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o doctrine_n but_o by_o the_o miracle_n he_o wrought_v and_o the_o sanctity_n of_o his_o life_n beside_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o where_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d power_n verse_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o miracle_n and_o virtue_n of_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v give_v unto_o we_o great_a and_o precious_a promise_n because_o they_o accompany_v the_o word_n he_o preach_v and_o add_v weight_n to_o it_o without_o which_o it_o will_v have_v have_v no_o great_a influence_n upon_o man_n than_o the_o doctrine_n of_o philosopher_n which_o do_v not_o work_v upon_o many_o because_o there_o be_v no_o miracle_n wrought_v in_o confirmation_n of_o they_o and_o they_o themselves_o often_o contradict_v they_o in_o their_o life_n ibid._n note_v b._n i._n no_o one_o will_v doubt_v but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d often_o signify_v a_o desire_n of_o unlawful_a fleshly_a pleasure_n and_o if_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o that_o of_o those_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v those_o extraordinary_a signification_n the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n must_v require_v it_o otherwise_o it_o may_v be_v reasonable_o think_v that_o word_n be_v take_v in_o general_a for_o any_o desire_n or_o lust_n whatsoever_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v any_o corruption_n of_o manner_n do_v sometime_o peculiar_o denote_v what_o our_o author_n here_o suppose_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o but_o i_o see_v in_o this_o place_n no_o circumstance_n which_o shall_v oblige_v we_o to_o take_v those_o word_n in_o any_o other_o than_o a_o general_a sense_n for_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o that_o amendment_n of_o life_n to_o which_o christ_n call_v all_o man_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o corruption_n through_o lust_n which_o be_v in_o the_o world_n signify_v any_o sort_n of_o vice_n which_o christ_n will_v have_v we_o renounce_v ii_o to_o corrupt_v a_o youth_n where_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o a_o man_n and_o unnatural_a lust_n signify_v what_o our_o author_n say_v but_o when_o young_a man_n be_v say_v to_o corrupt_v a_o maid_n all_o we_o can_v think_v be_v mean_v by_o it_o be_v the_o deflower_v she_o as_o in_o the_o passage_n cite_v out_o of_o palladius_n the_o corruption_n which_o socrates_n be_v accuse_v of_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o depravation_n of_o manner_n and_o temper_v not_o that_o peculiar_a wickedness_n which_o our_o author_n speak_v of_o this_o appear_v from_o the_o apology_n of_o socrates_n write_v by_o plato_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n we_o must_v
not_o know_v what_o himself_o mean_v ibid._n note_v g._n i._n he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n be_v represent_v as_o much_o great_a than_o the_o four_o live_a creature_n as_o be_v god_n himself_o who_o the_o live_a creature_n praise_n and_o worship_n which_o be_v undoubted_o the_o angel_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v if_o it_o be_v to_o be_v inquire_v who_o resemble_v they_o in_o the_o sanhedrim_n the_o only_a person_n that_o can_v be_v liken_v to_o they_o be_v the_o officer_n that_o wait_v upon_o the_o sanhedrim_n but_o between_o these_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n there_o be_v almost_o as_o much_o difference_n as_o between_o god_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o similitude_n to_o be_v seek_v for_o between_o they_o but_o in_o this_o that_o they_o may_v both_o be_v call_v minister_n ii_o this_o be_v much_o more_o likely_a than_o what_o be_v say_v by_o our_o author_n who_o to_o find_v out_o his_o own_o meaning_n make_v apostle_n inferior_a to_o a_o bishop_n which_o be_v utter_o false_a for_o the_o apostle_n have_v receive_v their_o commission_n from_o christ_n himself_o have_v a_o equal_a authority_n over_o all_o nation_n and_o in_o all_o city_n and_o therefore_o wherever_o they_o be_v have_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o first_o seat_n if_o any_o order_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o sit_v and_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o yield_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o they_o themselves_o have_v ordain_v what_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n say_v of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o jerusalem_n just_a as_o if_o the_o apostle_n out_o of_o modesty_n have_v not_o aspire_v to_o it_o be_v with_o that_o learned_a writer_n leave_n not_o agreeable_a to_o thing_n themselves_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o apostle_n to_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o bishopric_n of_o any_o one_o city_n because_o they_o be_v to_o spread_v the_o gospel_n through_o the_o whole_a world_n according_a to_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n nor_o can_v they_o without_o disparage_v themselves_o seek_v a_o dignity_n less_o than_o their_o own_o yet_o our_o author_n several_a time_n allege_v these_o inconsiderate_a word_n of_o clemens_n as_o if_o they_o be_v of_o some_o moment_n but_o you_o will_v say_v st._n james_n have_v hear_v the_o rest_n at_o length_n in_o act_n xv_o sum_n up_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n after_o all_o be_v agree_v which_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o precedent_n but_o it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o he_o do_v that_o as_o precedent_n and_o so_o as_o a_o thing_n which_o of_o right_n belong_v to_o he_o but_o rather_o by_o the_o impulse_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n who_o may_v have_v pronounce_v that_o decree_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o any_o that_o be_v there_o present_a those_o holy_a man_n be_v not_o ambitious_a of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d like_o the_o pharisee_n and_o therefore_o among_o friend_n and_o those_o act_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n every_o thing_n doubtless_o be_v do_v without_o stand_v upon_o order_n or_o ceremony_n the_o effect_n of_o man_n pride_n and_o contention_n nor_o do_v i_o any_o more_o think_v that_o st._n james_n here_o act_v as_o a_o precedent_n than_o that_o he_o sit_v on_o a_o high_a throne_n with_o some_o four_o apostle_n attend_v on_o he_o as_o metropolitan_a and_o archbishop_n as_o our_o author_n call_v he_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o judea_n sit_v round_o about_o which_o yet_o must_v have_v be_v do_v if_o this_o representation_n of_o the_o heavenly_a court_n be_v take_v from_o thence_o otherwise_o it_o have_v no_o more_o resemblance_n with_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n than_o with_o any_o other_o consistory_n of_o judge_n iii_o the_o objection_n our_o author_n propose_v to_o himself_o be_v of_o no_o moment_n and_o may_v have_v be_v solve_v in_o one_o word_n from_o what_o he_o say_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o second_o answer_n for_o it_o be_v visible_a that_o the_o antiochian_o send_v to_o inquire_v at_o jerusalem_n because_o there_o be_v there_o a_o great_a many_o apostle_n and_o other_o disciple_n who_o have_v converse_v with_o christ_n on_o earth_n and_o have_v receive_v spiritual_a gift_n from_o he_o from_o heaven_n who_o if_o they_o have_v be_v in_o the_o most_o obscure_a village_n in_o all_o judea_n will_v nevertheless_o have_v be_v there_o consult_v they_o have_v no_o respect_n therefore_o to_o the_o metropolitan_a dignity_n of_o the_o city_n which_o our_o author_n here_o without_o reason_n make_v a_o show_n of_o and_o which_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o grandeur_n not_o know_v in_o those_o time_n of_o after_o age_n i_o say_v nothing_o in_o which_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o bishop_n to_o enter_v as_o it_o be_v into_o covenant_n with_o one_o another_o and_o attribute_v a_o great_a dignity_n to_o some_o seat_n than_o to_o other_o which_o constitution_n seem_v useful_a and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v change_v where_o it_o have_v obtain_v because_o it_o may_v be_v beneficial_a to_o the_o ordinary_a sort_n of_o christian_n verse_n 7._o note_n h._n i._n these_o thing_n be_v not_o only_a conjecture_n but_o most_o extravagant_a fancy_n in_o which_o i_o wonder_v our_o learned_a author_n can_v acquiesce_v there_o be_v not_o here_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o indication_n of_o the_o standard_n or_o standard-bearer_n of_o israel_n v._n nor_o any_o ground_n to_o imagine_v they_o allude_v to_o beside_o that_o which_o be_v say_v by_o the_o rabbin_n who_o be_v less_o acquaint_v with_o what_o be_v do_v of_o old_a than_o we_o and_o who_o invention_n be_v just_o say_v by_o our_o author_n to_o be_v absurd_a but_o why_o then_o do_v he_o believe_v they_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v understand_v ii_o on_o the_o contrary_a here_o be_v a_o manifest_a allusion_n to_o the_o cherubim_n who_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n not_o god_n himself_o and_o so_o it_o be_v they_o which_o be_v describe_v and_o not_o god_n of_o who_o see_v what_o i_o have_v say_v on_o exod._n twenty-five_o 18_o they_o be_v the_o officer_n and_o minister_n of_o god_n in_o execute_v his_o judgement_n which_o best_o of_o all_o agree_v to_o this_o place_n and_o not_o apostle_n who_o office_n be_v not_o to_o punish_v obstinate_a offender_n what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v out_o of_o eusebius_n and_o about_o some_o particular_a apostle_n be_v as_o absurd_a as_o the_o fiction_n of_o the_o rabbin_n verse_n 8._o note_n i._n but_o if_o we_o understand_v the_o attendant_n of_o god_n to_o be_v signify_v by_o those_o live_a creature_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v more_o probable_a those_o eye_n will_v denote_v the_o watchfulness_n of_o the_o angel_n in_o guard_v those_o who_o god_n commit_v to_o their_o care_n such_o another_o image_n present_v itself_o to_o the_o fancy_n of_o the_o poet_n when_o they_o describe_v argus_n as_o set_v by_o juno_n to_o watch_v her_o rival_n centum_fw-la luminibus_fw-la cinctum_fw-la caput_fw-la argus_n habebat_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o may_v be_v read_v in_o ovid._n metam_fw-la lib._n 1._o chap._n v._n verse_n 1._o note_n b._n scriptus_fw-la &_o in_fw-la tergo_fw-la make_v nothing_o to_o the_o length_n of_o the_o roll_n which_o though_o short_a may_v be_v write_v on_o the_o backside_n but_o to_o the_o abundance_n of_o matter_n contain_v in_o it_o which_o be_v so_o much_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v all_o write_v on_o the_o foreside_n of_o the_o parchment_n as_o the_o orestes_n of_o a_o certain_a unknown_a poet_n mention_v by_o juvenal_n sat._n 1.5_o summi_fw-la plena_fw-la jam_fw-la margin_n libri_fw-la scriptus_fw-la &_o in_fw-la tergo_fw-la nec_fw-la dum_fw-la finitus_fw-la orestes_n verse_n 8._o note_n c._n it_o be_v indeed_o the_o office_n of_o bishop_n to_o offer_v prayer_n and_o praise_n to_o god_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n over_o which_o they_o be_v set_v but_o this_o assembly_n hold_v as_o in_o heaven_n be_v not_o a_o representation_n of_o thing_n do_v on_o earth_n but_o as_o a_o celestial_a court_n to_o set_v out_o which_o there_o be_v some_o colour_n take_v from_o earthly_a thing_n so_o that_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o elder_n be_v rather_o angel_n of_o the_o high_a dignity_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assistant_n in_o this_o council_n vi._n which_o angel_n have_v the_o patronage_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n assign_v they_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o they_o be_v say_v to_o present_v the_o prayer_n of_o christian_n to_o god_n and_o to_o speak_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christian_n a_o angel_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n represent_v as_o perform_v this_o office_n afterward_o in_o chap._n viij_o 3_o 4._o chap._n vi_o verse_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o word_n be_v invert_v he_o go_v out_o to_o conquer_v and_o do_v in_o effect_n
which_o be_v heretofore_o under_o the_o consulship_n of_o torquatus_n and_o cotta_n foretell_v by_o lydius_n the_o etrurian_a prophet_n be_v now_o ratify_v and_o accomplish_v for_o jupiter_n have_v sometime_o since_o smite_v his_o own_o hill_n and_o temple_n and_o throw_v fire_n into_o the_o capitol_n and_o therefore_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o capitol_n under_o vespasian_n be_v count_v a_o very_a great_a calamity_n as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o these_o tragical_a word_n of_o tacitus_n in_o hist_n lib._n iii._o c._n 72._o id_fw-la facinus_fw-la post_fw-la conditam_fw-la urbem_fw-la luctuosissimum_fw-la foedissimumque_fw-la populo_fw-la romano_n accidit_fw-la nullo_n externo_fw-la host_n propitiis_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la mores_fw-la nostros_fw-la liceret_fw-la this_o sedem_fw-la jovis_n opt._n max._n auspicato_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la pignus_fw-la imperii_fw-la conditam_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la porsena_n dedita_fw-la urbe_fw-la neque_fw-la galli_n capta_fw-la temerare_fw-la potuissent_fw-la furore_fw-la principum_fw-la exscindi_fw-la arserat_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la capitolium_fw-la civili_fw-la bello_fw-la sed_fw-la fraud_n privata_fw-la nunc_fw-la palam_fw-la obsessum_fw-la palam_fw-la incensum_fw-la quibus_fw-la armorum_fw-la causis_fw-la quo_fw-la tantae_fw-la cladis_fw-la pretio_fw-la pro_fw-la patria_fw-la bellavimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o action_n since_o the_o first_o building_n of_o the_o city_n be_v the_o most_o dismal_a and_o shameful_a that_o ever_o happen_v to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n that_o when_o we_o have_v no_o foreign_a enemy_n at_o our_o gate_n and_o the_o god_n for_o any_o thing_n we_o have_v do_v to_o provoke_v they_o be_v propitious_a to_o we_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o great_a and_o excellent_a jupiter_n ominous_o erect_v as_o a_o pledge_n of_o dominion_n which_o neither_o porsena_n when_o the_o city_n be_v deliver_v to_o he_o nor_o the_o gaul_n who_o take_v it_o by_o assault_n have_v be_v able_a to_o break_v into_o shall_v be_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iii_o i_o wonder_v that_o our_o learned_a author_n who_o interpret_v the_o first_o beast_n of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o rome_n and_o especial_o of_o the_o capitol_n do_v not_o seek_v for_o the_o number_n of_o the_o beast_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o god_n of_o the_o capitol_n i_o myself_o suppose_v what_o be_v say_v by_o grotius_n and_o dr._n hammond_n to_o be_v true_a and_o conjecture_v that_o the_o mark_n of_o the_o name_n or_o of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o beast_n must_v contain_v the_o number_n make_v by_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o name_n of_o jupiter_n and_o juno_n who_o be_v chief_o worship_v in_o the_o capitol_n and_o signify_v that_o he_o who_o bear_v that_o mark_n be_v a_o worshipper_n of_o those_o god_n find_v the_o number_n of_o the_o beast_n χξςʹ_n in_o these_o word_n δ_n 4_o ι_n 10_o ο_n 70_o σ_n 200_o ε_n 5_o ι_n 10_o μ_n 40_o ι_n 10_o η_n 8_o η_n 8_o Ï_n 100_o α_n 1_o σ_n 200_o  _fw-fr 666_o so_o that_o he_o who_o have_v these_o letter_n 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france_n and_o the_o place_n etc._n etc._n but_o who_o will_v believe_v that_o tertullian_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o zealous_a declamer_n do_v not_o make_v the_o thing_n more_o than_o it_o real_o be_v it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v but_o few_o christian_n if_o any_o among_o those_o nation_n when_o they_o invade_v the_o roman_a empire_n and_o they_o do_v not_o receive_v the_o christian_a religion_n till_o they_o have_v fix_v themselves_o in_o it_o i_o shall_v say_v nothing_o about_o the_o counterfeit_a lucius_n in_o england_n verse_n 5._o note_n c._n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consider_v in_o itself_o signify_v nothing_o shameful_a nor_o can_v it_o be_v use_v by_o achilles_n tatius_n in_o the_o sense_n our_o author_n here_o mention_n but_o improper_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o in_o the_o eleusinia_n sacra_fw-la there_o be_v some_o indecent_a rite_n use_v but_o i_o do_v not_o think_v they_o be_v so_o very_o unclean_a and_o abominable_a as_o the_o doctor_n 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de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o c._n 52._o where_o he_o confute_v those_o who_o think_v that_o after_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o ten_o persecution_n which_o have_v already_o be_v there_o be_v none_o to_o come_v but_o the_o eleven_o which_o be_v to_o happen_v in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o antichrist_n among_o other_o thing_n say_v this_o nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr non_fw-la est_fw-la persecutio_fw-la computanda_fw-la quando_fw-la rex_fw-la gotthorum_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gotthia_n persecutus_fw-la est_fw-la christianos_n persecutione_fw-la mirabili_fw-la cum_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la catholici_fw-la quorum_fw-la plurimi_fw-la martyrio_fw-la coronati_fw-la sunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la fratribus_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la illic_fw-la pveri_fw-la fuerant_fw-la &_o se_fw-la ista_fw-la vidisse_fw-la incunctanter_fw-la recordabantur_fw-la audivimus_fw-la unless_o perhaps_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v a_o persecution_n when_o the_o king_n of_o the_o goth_n strange_o persecute_v the_o christian_n in_o gothia_n itself_o because_o there_o be_v not_o there_o any_o catholic_n of_o who_o a_o great_a many_o be_v crown_v with_o martyrdom_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v from_o certain_a brethren_n that_o be_v there_o when_o child_n and_o well_o remember_v that_o they_o see_v those_o thing_n see_v also_o orosius_n in_o lib._n 7._o c._n 32._o then_o of_o the_o conversion_n of_o those_o northern_a people_n after_o their_o entrance_n into_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o there_o settle_v themselves_o orosius_n speak_v thus_o in_o lib._n 7._o c._n 41._o quanquam_fw-la si_fw-la ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la barbari_fw-la romanis_n finibus_fw-la immissi_fw-la forent_fw-la quod_fw-la vulgò_fw-la per_fw-la orientem_fw-la &_o occidentem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la hunnis_n suevis_n vandalis_fw-la &_o burgundionibus_fw-la diversisque_fw-la &_o innumeris_fw-la credentium_fw-la populis_fw-la replentur_fw-la laudanda_fw-la &_o attollenda_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la videretur_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la etsi_fw-la cum_fw-la labefactatione_n nostri_fw-la tantae_fw-la gentes_fw-la agnitionem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la acciperent_fw-la quam_fw-la invenire_fw-la utique_fw-la nisi_fw-la hac_fw-la occasione_n non_fw-la possent_fw-la though_o if_o it_o be_v only_o for_o this_o that_o the_o barbarian_n shall_v have_v be_v send_v into_o the_o roman_a border_n that_o general_o the_o eastern_a and_o western_a church_n be_v fill_v with_o huns_n suevian_o vandal_n burgundian_n and_o a_o multitude_n of_o other_o different_a sort_n of_o people_n who_o have_v embrace_v the_o christian_a faith_n yet_o we_o ought_v to_o praise_v and_o extol_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n consider_v that_o though_o with_o the_o weaken_n of_o the_o empire_n so_o great_a nation_n receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o will_v never_o have_v attain_v if_o they_o have_v not_o have_v this_o opportunity_n verse_n 16._o note_n f._n there_o be_v some_o fault_n in_o this_o annotation_n which_o i_o must_v correct_v i._o it_o be_v absurd_o say_v by_o dr._n hammond_n of_o gensericus_fw-la that_o he_o rob_v the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n capitolinus_n or_o olympius_n for_o no_o body_n ever_o call_v jupiter_n capitolinus_n at_o rome_n olympius_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o such_o thing_n in_o procopius_n the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n olympius_n be_v at_o olympia_n not_o at_o rome_n i_o may_v perhaps_o also_o say_v that_o this_o be_v a_o fable_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o the_o capitolian_a temple_n have_v stand_v untouched_a under_o so_o many_o christian_a emperor_n but_o i_o leave_v the_o matter_n undecided_a ii_o our_o learned_a author_n have_v reckon_v illyricum_n among_o the_o province_n which_o the_o barbarian_n possess_v mention_n also_o dalmatia_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v leave_v out_o because_o every_o one_o know_v that_o dalmatia_n be_v the_o same_o country_n which_o be_v before_o call_v illyricum_n iii_o after_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o totilas_n and_o refer_v we_o for_o what_o he_o have_v say_v about_o he_o as_o one_o will_v think_v to_o sozomen_n lib._n ix_o c._n 6._o
where_o that_o author_n speak_v of_o alaricus_n he_o immediate_o add_v this_o be_v do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o honorius_n make_v as_o the_o reader_n may_v suppose_v bellisarius_fw-la contemporary_a with_o honorius_n xviii_o which_o he_o know_v to_o be_v false_a but_o design_v by_o the_o word_n this_o though_o no_o body_n will_v think_v so_o to_o refer_v to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v before_o the_o mention_n of_o totilas_n and_o bellisarius_fw-la for_o the_o burn_a of_o part_n of_o rome_n by_o totilas_n be_v after_o the_o time_n of_o honorius_n and_o innocentius_n iv._o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v that_o innocentius_n be_v not_o at_o rome_n after_o the_o first_o take_v of_o it_o before_o the_o second_o but_o he_o will_v have_v say_v siege_n of_o it_o for_o he_o know_v that_o alaricus_n twice_o besiege_v rome_n and_o take_v it_o but_o once_o v._o i_o have_v set_v down_o the_o place_n cite_v out_o of_o orosius_n lib._n seven_o c._n 38._o more_o at_o large_a in_o my_o latin_a translation_n than_o it_o be_v in_o the_o english_a because_o the_o word_n which_o dr._n hammond_n omit_v make_v more_o to_o his_o purpose_n than_o those_o which_o he_o allege_v ☜_o an_o they_o be_v these_o rhadagaiso_n romanis_n arcibus_fw-la imminente_fw-la fit_a omnium_fw-la paganorum_fw-la in_o urbem_fw-la concursus_fw-la bostem_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la utique_fw-la virium_fw-la copia_fw-la tum_fw-la maxim_n praesidio_fw-la deorum_fw-la potentem_fw-la urbem_fw-la autem_fw-la ideo_fw-la destitutam_fw-la &_o maturè_fw-la perituram_fw-la quia_fw-la deos_fw-la &_o sacra_fw-la perdiderit_fw-la magnis_fw-la querelis_fw-la ubique_fw-la agitur_fw-la &_o continuo_fw-la de_fw-la repetendis_fw-la sacris_fw-la celebrandisque_fw-la tractatur_fw-la fervent_a tota_fw-la urbe_fw-la blasphemiae_fw-la vulgo_fw-la nomen_fw-la christi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la lues_fw-la aliqua_fw-la praesentium_fw-la temporum_fw-la probris_fw-la ingravatur_fw-la when_o rhadagasus_n draw_v near_o the_o roman_a tower_n all_o the_o pagan_n run_v together_o into_o the_o city_n cry_v out_o that_o a_o enemy_n be_v come_v against_o they_o who_o beside_o a_o powerful_a army_n have_v also_o the_o god_n to_o assist_v he_o and_o that_o the_o city_n be_v destitute_a of_o all_o hope_n and_o will_v soon_o be_v destroy_v because_o they_o have_v lose_v the_o god_n and_o forbear_v to_o do_v sacrifice_n to_o they_o there_o be_v heavy_a complaint_n make_v in_o all_o place_n and_o present_o they_o enter_v offering_z they_o all_o the_o city_n be_v fill_v with_o loud_a blasphemy_n and_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v revile_v and_o inveigh_v against_o as_o some_o present_a plague_n chap._n xviii_o verse_n 2._o note_v a._n it_o be_v much_o more_o natural_a to_o think_v that_o the_o jew_n groan_v under_o the_o roman_a tyranny_n and_o believe_v they_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o all_o manner_n of_o evil_n by_o the_o messiah_n do_v upon_o that_o ground_n conclude_v that_o the_o roman_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o he_o that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o their_o most_o note_a sentiment_n than_o to_o suppose_v against_o all_o probability_n that_o they_o learn_v it_o from_o the_o revelation_n for_o nothing_o be_v more_o certain_a than_o that_o the_o christian_n and_o their_o write_n be_v detest_a by_o the_o jew_n so_o that_o what_o be_v here_o say_v of_o the_o persuasion_n of_o that_o people_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o st._n john_n may_v have_v be_v omit_v without_o any_o loss_n to_o the_o reader_n verse_n 8._o note_n b._n i._n if_o the_o desolation_n that_o be_v bring_v upon_o rome_n by_o alaricus_n gensericus_fw-la and_o totila_fw-la be_v all_o put_v together_o without_o doubt_n the_o misery_n of_o that_o city_n will_v be_v the_o great_a but_o all_o these_o be_v not_o comprehend_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o palladius_n who_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o sack_n of_o rome_n by_o alaricus_n which_o happen_v an._n chr._n ccccx_n when_o gensericus_fw-la take_v it_o in_o an._n chr._n cccclv_n and_o totila_n an._n chr._n dxlvii_o which_o time_n our_o author_n shall_v have_v distinguish_v and_o not_o speak_v of_o they_o confuse_o ii_o it_o be_v true_a what_o he_o say_v about_o the_o sense_n of_o prophetical_a expression_n of_o which_o see_v the_o example_n i_o have_v allege_v on_o rev._n four_o 2_o and_o elsewhere_o but_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v say_v that_o after_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremiah_n the_o dominion_n of_o babylon_n be_v translate_v to_o the_o mede_n but_o to_o the_o persian_n as_o every_o one_o know_v but_o the_o confuse_a memory_n of_o the_o four_o pretend_a monarchy_n put_v he_o out_o verse_n 13._o our_o author_n take_v almost_o all_o this_o out_o of_o h._n grotius_n as_o many_o other_o thing_n without_o ever_o look_v into_o julius_n pollux_n by_o who_o he_o will_v have_v see_v that_o grotius_n his_o animadversion_n be_v false_a pollux_n in_o lib._n iii._o c._n 8._o s._n 2._o where_o he_o reckon_v up_o the_o name_n of_o slave_n say_v that_o those_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d change_v for_o money_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v not_o say_v body_n simple_o but_o servile_a body_n in_o which_o he_o correct_v the_o common_a but_o barbarous_a custom_n of_o those_o who_o call_v a_o slave_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v freeman_n which_o hire_v themselves_o for_o money_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v of_o any_o man_n whether_o a_o freeman_n or_o a_o slave_n as_o lexicographer_n will_v show_v but_o when_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o wealth_n or_o buy_v or_o sell_v slave_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o slave_n not_o from_o the_o proper_a notion_n of_o the_o word_n but_o because_o of_o the_o circumstance_n example_n be_v allege_v by_o be_v casaubon_n on_o athenaeus_n lib._n v_o c._n 10._o a_o hireling_n be_v never_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o appellation_n invent_v by_o grotius_n be_v groundless_a but_o slave_n be_v style_v body_n when_o in_o reckon_v up_o possession_n man_n be_v oppose_v to_o other_o thing_n which_o do_v not_o use_v to_o be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n they_o be_v style_v also_o soul_n by_o the_o jew_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n because_o as_o many_o slave_n as_o there_o be_v so_o many_o soul_n there_o be_v or_o as_o the_o lawyer_n speak_v person_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n against_o this_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o be_v soul_n of_o man_n afterward_o mention_v which_o be_v slave_n for_o such_o repetition_n be_v not_o avoid_v by_o these_o writer_n verse_n 23._o note_n d._n as_o our_o author_n before_o rash_o follow_v grotius_n who_o he_o transcribe_v without_o examination_n so_o here_o he_o rash_o forsake_v he_o for_o it_o be_v the_o wealth_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o not_o that_o of_o stranger_n which_o be_v extol_v in_o this_o place_n grotius_n have_v produce_v a_o passage_n out_o of_o isa_n xxiii_o 8_o where_o there_o be_v the_o like_a phrase_n who_o the_o reader_n may_v consult_v chap._n xix_o xix_o verse_n 8._o note_v a._n it_o be_v a_o mistake_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v in_o these_o book_n for_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o moysaicall_a law_n as_o i_o have_v show_v on_o rom._n viij_o 4_o in_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o saint_n righteous_a action_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v apt_o describe_v by_o a_o white_a garment_n whiteness_n be_v a_o symbol_n of_o innocence_n nothing_o can_v be_v devise_v more_o violent_a than_o dr._n hammond_n interpretation_n verse_n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v say_v in_o my_o dissertation_n about_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n that_o these_o phrase_n be_v take_v from_o the_o lake_n asphaltites_n which_o be_v a_o lake_n burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v observe_v also_o by_o dr._n hammond_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o his_o paraphrase_n so_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o rabbin_n to_o banish_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v abominable_a and_o the_o use_n of_o which_o they_o think_v to_o be_v profane_a to_o the_o salt_n sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v observe_v by_o mr._n lightfoot_n cent._n chorog_n on_o mat._n cap._n v._n chap._n xx._n verse_n 5._o xx._n note_n b._n i_o confess_v indeed_o ingenuous_o i_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o person_n here_o mention_v reign_v a_o thousand_o year_n but_o notwithstanding_o that_o i_o can_v if_o i_o please_v confute_v what_o be_v here_o say_v by_o dr._n hammond_n he_o will_v never_o persuade_v any_o one_o who_o believe_v that_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n be_v the_o only_a arbitrary_a 〈◊〉_d
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o john_n i_o 16_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o proper_o what_o metaphorical_o act_v fourteen_o 23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o coat_n mat._n v._n 40_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o good_a disposition_n or_o good_a manner_n 1_o cor._n xv_o 33_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o person_n bountiful_a of_o a_o thing_n profitable_a mat._n xi_o 30_o ψ._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o act_v v_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o the_o slay_a rev._n vi_fw-la 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o brutish_a sensual_a man_n 1_o cor._n two_o 14_o a_o index_n of_o the_o memorable_a thing_n contain_v in_o these_o remark_n a._n abortive_a in_o a_o metaphorical_a sense_n what_o 1_o cor._n xv_o 8_o abraham_n go_v from_o charran_n during_o his_o father_n life_n act_v seven_o 4_o whether_o his_o pay_a tithe_n to_o melchisedek_n can_v be_v think_v a_o example_n of_o the_o present_a custom_n of_o pay_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o a_o man_n possess_v heb._n seven_o 4_o adoption_n of_o son_n what_o in_o rom._n viij_o 23_o adramyttium_n a_o town_n in_o mysia_n act_v xxvii_o 2_o adultery_n the_o story_n of_o the_o woman_n take_v in_o the_o act_n whether_o genuine_a john_n seven_o 53_o and_o viij_o 3_o 6_o 7_o 9_o 10._o age_n to_o come_v which_o luke_n i_o 70_o agnoetae_fw-la their_o heresy_n agonistical_a term_n often_o use_v by_o st._n paul_n as_o rom._n ix_o 16_o 1_o cor._n ix_o 24_o etc._n etc._n 2_o cor._n four_o 8_o 2_o tim._n four_o 7_o phil._n iii._o 12_o but_o not_o so_o often_o as_o dr._n hammond_n think_v phil._n iii._o 12_o p._n 457_o and_o 458._o alabaster_n box_n out_o of_o which_o christ_n be_v anoint_v whether_o break_v or_o not_o mat._n xxvi_o 7_o mark_v fourteen_o 3_o alexander_n the_o coppersmith_n where_o he_o do_v so_o much_o evil_n to_o st._n paul_n 2_o tim._n four_o 14_o allegorical_a interpretation_n of_o scripture_n use_v as_o argument_n ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la to_o convince_v the_o jew_n gal._n iii._o 16_o and_o four_o 21_o 25._o cite_v for_o the_o very_a word_n of_o scripture_n james_n four_o 5_o mat._n two_o 23_o all_o put_v for_o some_o or_o the_o most_o 1_o cor._n xiii_o 28_o p._n 348._o ambiguity_n of_o a_o expression_n improve_v into_o a_o argument_n 1_o pet._n four_o 1_o angel_n their_o tongue_n 1_o cor._n xiii_o 1_o appoint_a to_o offer_v up_o the_o prayer_n of_o christian_n rev._n v._n 8_o guardian_n angel_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o heathen_n about_o they_o and_o what_o respect_n christ_n may_v have_v to_o either_o of_o those_o opinion_n mat._n xviii_o 10_o angel_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n who_o rev._n ix_o 11_o anger_n several_a degree_n of_o it_o mention_v by_o aristotle_n whether_o they_o be_v refer_v to_o by_o st._n paul_n eph._n four_o 26_o 31._o antecedent_n put_v for_o the_o consequent_a heb._n vi_fw-la 7_o antichrist_n more_o than_o one_o 1_o john_n two_o 18_o who_o ibid._n antitype_n what_o 1_o cor._n x._o 6_o aâ—rist_n in_o greek_a expressive_a of_o a_o custom_n mark_v xv_o 6_o rom._n viij_o 30_o apostle_n whether_o the_o name_n itself_o imply_v any_o authority_n luke_n vi_fw-la 13_o who_o be_v proper_o so_o call_v prem_n to_o james_n apollyon_n who_o rev._n ix_o 11_o arabian_n circumcise_v but_o not_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jew_n gal._n four_o 25_o areopagus_n whence_o so_o call_v act_v xvii_o 19_o archippus_n whether_o bishop_n of_o colosse_n in_o st._n paul_n time_n col._n four_o 17_o argument_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o christianity_n take_v from_o prophecy_n what_o we_o be_v to_o think_v of_o they_o mat._n two_o 15_o and_o 1_o cor._n two_o 4_o argument_n of_o the_o apostle_n not_o always_o demonstrative_a heb._n ix_o 16_o and_o xiii_o 10_o armillus_n of_o the_o jew_n john_n xi_o 48_o athletae_fw-la their_o diet_n 1_o cor._n ix_o 25_o b._n to_o be_v baptise_a into_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v become_v christian_n rom._n vi_fw-la 8_o for_o the_o dead_a what_o 1_o cor._n xv_o 29_o into_o any_o one_o name_n what_o mat._n xxviii_o 19_o into_o moses_n 1_o cor._n x._o 2_o in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n speak_v of_o the_o israelite_n what_o ib._n ver_fw-la 1._o p._n 332._o barnabas_n his_o cabbalistical_a way_n of_o reason_v 2_o pet._n i_o 5_o battology_n a_o instance_n of_o it_o out_o of_o some_o prayer_n of_o the_o jew_n mat._n vi_fw-la 7_o better_a thing_n how_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v provide_v some_o better_a thing_n for_o we_o christian_n than_o the_o jew_n heb._n xi_o 40_o bishop_n whether_o include_v in_o the_o commission_n give_v by_o christ_n to_o his_o apostle_n mat._n xuj_o 19_o how_o they_o differ_v from_o presbyter_n phil._n i._n 1_o when_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n for_o a_o bishop_n to_o desert_n his_o office_n 1_o tim._n three_o 1_o whether_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n there_o be_v two_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o city_n one_o over_o the_o jewish_a and_o another_o the_o gentile_a christian_n 2_o john_n and_o rev._n i_o 20_o and_o xi_o 3_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n why_o not_o mention_v by_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o inscription_n to_o all_o his_o epistle_n 1_o thess_n i._o 1_o body_n of_o sin_n what_o rom._n vi_fw-la 6_o bodily_a exercise_n in_o what_o sense_n profitable_a or_o unprofitable_a 1_o tim._n four_o 8_o bond_n of_o perfectness_n why_o charity_n be_v so_o call_v col._n iii._o 14_o bread_n take_v both_o for_o food_n and_o raiment_n mat._n vi_fw-la 11_o our_o bread_n in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n what_o 2_o thess_n iii._o 12_o c._n caesarea_n philippi_n where_o mat._n xuj_o 13_o call_v its_o several_a acceptation_n in_o scripture_n mat._n xx_o 16_o many_o be_v call_v but_o few_o be_v choose_v the_o ground_n and_o meaning_n of_o that_o expression_n ibid._n and_o xxii_o 14_o capital_a cause_n whether_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o capital_a cause_n be_v observe_v among_o the_o jew_n john_n viij_o 29_o captain_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o two_o sort_n luke_n xxii_o 52_o capitol_n of_o rome_n whence_o so_o call_v rev._n xiii_o 3_o the_o burn_a of_o it_o under_o vespasian_n reckon_v a_o very_a great_a calamity_n ibid._n carnal_a for_o weak_a 2_o cor._n x._o 4_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n when_o to_o be_v inflict_v upon_o heretic_n tit._n iii._o 10_o choenix_n how_o big_a a_o measure_n rev._n vi_fw-la 6_o to_o choose_v in_o christ_n what_o eph._n i._n 4_o christ_n his_o birth_n by_o what_o mean_v know_v to_o the_o wise_a man_n mat._n two_o 2_o the_o time_n of_o it_o whether_o in_o the_o public_a record_n in_o justin_n and_o tertullian_n time_n luke_n two_o 8_o why_o he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o divulge_v that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n mat._n viij_o 4_o and_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o multitude_n that_o will_v have_v make_v he_o a_o king_n john_n vi_fw-la 15_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n john_n nineteeen_o 14_o his_o coat_n of_o what_o sort_n and_o in_o what_o manner_n wrought_v ibid._n 23._o what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v in_o christ_n 2_o cor._n twelve_o 2_o chronology_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n faulty_a act_v seven_o 4_o church_n the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n 1_o cor._n xuj_o 19_o church_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christ_n why_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v so_o call_v 1_o thess_n i._o 1_o p._n 478_o church_n apostolical_a whether_o all_o regular_o form_v when_o st._n paul_n write_v to_o they_o ibid._n circumstance_n omit_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o a_o story_n to_o be_v gather_v from_o what_o follow_v act._n xxviii_o 22_o circumcision_n why_o institute_v rom._n i._n 26_o citation_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o ornament_n sake_n not_o as_o proof_n 1_o cor._n i_o 20_o place_n of_o scripture_n often_o cite_v without_o connexion_n rom._n ix_o 28_o and_o xv_o 3_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o cite_v author_n upon_o trust_n ephes_n v_o 32_o cloud_n that_o go_v before_o the_o israelite_n how_o they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v under_o it_o and_o baptize_v in_o it_o 1_o cor._n x._o 1_o come_v of_o christ_n to_o signify_v his_o punish_v the_o jew_n john_n xx_o 22_o communion_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n what_o 2_o cor._n xiii_o 14_o community_n of_o good_n enjoy_v among_o some_o nation_n act_n four_o 35_o compel_v how_o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o compel_v man_n to_o piety_n luke_n fourteen_o 23_o compel_v by_o entreaty_n or_o example_n gal._n two_o 14_o conjugal_a love_n compare_v to_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n eph._n v._n 32_o consummation_n of_o the_o age_n what_o mat._n xxiv_o 3_o council_n of_o the_o roman_a precedent_n act._n twenty-five_o 12_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n for_o a_o crown_n bestow_v in_o justice_n 2_o