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name_n here_o denote_v a_o monument_n which_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o person_n that_o erect_v it_o thus_o absalon_n in_o his_o life_n time_n have_v rear_v up_o for_o himself_o a_o pillar_n which_o be_v in_o the_o king_n dale_n for_o he_o say_v i_o have_v no_o son_n to_o keep_v my_o name_n in_o remembrance_n and_o he_o call_v the_o pillar_n after_o his_o own_o name_n and_o it_o be_v call_v unto_o this_o day_n absalom_n place_n 2_o sam._n 18.18_o so_o cain_n not_o long_o after_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n build_v a_o city_n which_o he_o call_v after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n gen._n 4.17_o in_o like_a manner_n man_n be_v now_o resolve_v to_o build_v a_o city_n which_o perhaps_o they_o will_v have_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o by_o some_o such_o sort_n of_o a_o name_n but_o if_o instead_o of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schem_n a_o name_n we_o change_v one_o letter_n and_o read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o metropolis_n the_o same_o sense_n will_v arise_v nor_o can_v it_o be_v pretend_v that_o this_o expression_n be_v incongruous_a let_v we_o build_v we_o a_o city_n and_o tower_n and_o make_v we_o a_o metropolis_n lest_o we_o be_v disperse_v through_o all_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o the_o intention_n of_o mankind_n perhaps_o may_v be_v to_o build_v a_o mother-city_n or_o metropolis_n in_o the_o vale_n of_o shinaar_n to_o which_o the_o city_n around_o it_o shall_v be_v subject_a thus_o upon_o the_o build_n of_o this_o metropolis_n there_o will_v have_v be_v but_o one_o empire_n in_o the_o world_n which_o perhaps_o be_v design_v at_o first_o with_o no_o ill_a intention_n but_o because_o this_o project_n draw_v several_a great_a inconvenience_n along_o with_o it_o as_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o observe_v god_n be_v please_v to_o blast_v and_o disappoint_v it_o iii_o by_o the_o child_n of_o man_n bochart_n phal_a l._n 1._o c._n 10._o with_o several_a 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of_o a_o indifferent_a city_n much_o less_o can_v we_o suppose_v that_o any_o of_o they_o refuse_v to_o give_v their_o assistance_n towards_o so_o vast_a a_o undertake_n which_o require_v so_o many_o hand_n four_o noah_n and_o the_o rest_n from_o who_o the_o hebrew_n be_v descend_v be_v without_o reason_n exempt_v out_o of_o this_o number_n since_o this_o attempt_n have_v nothing_o of_o impiety_n in_o it_o although_o we_o own_v it_o be_v undiscreet_a and_o not_o agreeable_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o shall_v be_v demonstrate_v below_o neither_o if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o harm_n in_o it_o do_v it_o therefore_o follow_v that_o man_n obnoxious_a to_o sin_n although_o in_o other_o respect_v they_o be_v not_o bad_a abstain_v from_o it_o beside_o who_o can_v imagine_v that_o while_n noah_n and_o his_o son_n be_v alive_a at_o so_o small_a a_o distance_n too_o from_o the_o flood_n mankind_n be_v divide_v into_o faithful_a and_o unfaithful_a we_o may_v indeed_o rational_o enough_o suppose_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v not_o so_o pious_a as_o other_o but_o however_o they_o do_v not_o therefore_o deserve_v to_o be_v stigmatise_v by_o the_o odious_a character_n of_o unbeliever_n iv_o let_v we_o go_v down_o the_o interpreter_n be_v divide_v about_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o passage_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o let_v we_o make_v man_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n some_o both_o jew_n and_o christian_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o god_n be_v here_o introduce_v speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o manner_n of_o king_n who_o as_o they_o act_n not_o only_o by_o their_o own_o judgement_n but_o that_o of_o their_o privy-counsellor_n use_v the_o plural_a number_n when_o they_o speak_v to_o their_o people_n nay_o sometime_o they_o speak_v after_o this_o fashion_n when_o they_o consult_v their_o noble_n thus_o 1_o king_n 12.9_o what_o counsel_n give_v you_o that_o we_o may_v answer_v this_o people_n say_v rehoboam_n to_o his_o young_a adviser_n 2_o chron._n 10.9_o esdras_n 4.18_o thus_o god_n himself_o also_o be_v describe_v like_o a_o king_n consult_v his_o nobleman_n 1_o king_n 22.20_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v who_o shall_v persuade_v ahab_n that_o he_o may_v go_v up_o and_o fall_v at_o ramoth-gilead_n and_o one_o say_v on_o this_o manner_n and_o another_o say_v on_o that_o manner_n other_o pretend_v there_o be_v no_o necessity_n to_o have_v recourse_n to_o this_o custom_n of_o king_n since_o sometime_o we_o find_v in_o the_o hebrew_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a language_n particular_a man_n speak_v of_o themselves_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n thus_o bildad_n speak_v to_o job_n when_o only_o they_o two_o be_v together_o quando_fw-la tandem_fw-la finem_fw-la imponetis_fw-gr sermonibus_fw-la intelligite_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la loquemur_fw-la cur_n reputamur_fw-la ut_fw-la jumentum_fw-la &_o sorduimus_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la vestris_fw-la job_n 18.2_o 3._o see_v likewise_o cant._n 1.4_o 2_o sam._n 16.20_o and_o dan._n 2.36_o some_o of_o the_o late_a rabbin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ancient_a jew_n maintain_v that_o god_n speak_v to_o his_o angel_n here_o as_o to_o his_o guard_n the_o chaldaean_n wise_a man_n indeed_o never_o describe_v god_n do_v any_o thing_n but_o without_o a_o great_a attendance_n of_o angel_n as_o jamblichus_n often_o inform_v we_o and_o particular_o §_o 5._o c._n 21._o that_o all_o those_o power_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o they_o go_v before_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o god_n and_o whenever_o they_o make_v a_o procession_n to_o the_o earth_n bear_v they_o company_n and_o the_o jewish_a master_n who_o as_o some_o learned_a man_n imagine_v borrow_a their_o doctrine_n concern_v angel_n out_o of_o chaldaea_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n origen_n in_o his_o homily_n upon_o number_n 11._o be_v
be_v form_v of_o day_n thus_o in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n which_o i_o believe_v no_o man_n in_o the_o world_n ever_o dream_v to_o be_v the_o primitive_a language_n we_o may_v say_v that_o god_n call_v the_o first_o man_n homo_fw-la because_o he_o be_v form_v ex_fw-la humo_fw-la i._n e._n out_o of_o the_o ground_n beside_o the_o same_o thing_n may_v accidental_o happen_v in_o the_o word_n isch_n and_o ischah_n as_o among_o the_o ancient_a latin_n spirit_n latin_n see_v what_o fetstus_n in_o querquetulana_n virae_fw-la say_v foeminas_fw-la antiqui_fw-la quas_fw-la nunc_fw-la dicimus_fw-la viras_n appellabant_fw-la unde_fw-la adhuc_fw-la permanent_a virgin_n &_o viragines_n st._n jerom_n use_v this_o last_o word_n who_o herein_o we_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o imitate_v because_o virago_n neither_o signify_v what_o ischa_n do_v in_o hebrew_a nor_o vira_fw-la in_o latin_a but_o a_o woman_n of_o a_o masculine_a spirit_n vir_fw-la and_o vira_fw-la be_v in_o use_n we_o may_v here_o produce_v the_o frequent_a alteration_n of_o name_n even_o of_o those_o we_o call_v proper_a but_o the_o reader_n may_v find_v they_o in_o the_o learned_a grotius_n annotation_n on_o gen._n 11.1_o and_o in_o huetius_n demonstratio_fw-la evangelica_n propos_fw-fr 4._o c._n 13._o §_o 4._o we_o shall_v at_o present_a content_n ourselves_o to_o give_v a_o instance_n or_o two_o not_o take_v notice_n of_o by_o they_o of_o a_o etymology_n happy_o express_v in_o another_o language_n every_o one_o have_v hear_v of_o a_o famous_a city_n in_o egypt_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o name_n for_o it_o be_v of_o greek_a extraction_n be_v right_o derive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o dirt_n because_o it_o be_v build_v in_o a_o dirty_a place_n for_o thus_o strabo_n in_o his_o seventeen_o book_n page_n 552._o of_o the_o geneva_n edition_n put_v out_o by_o casaubon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o if_o the_o book_n of_o the_o hebrew_n prophet_n be_v all_o lose_v who_o will_v not_o swear_v that_o this_o city_n have_v no_o other_o name_n who_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v build_v by_o some_o greek_n that_o settle_v there_o or_o by_o the_o posterity_n of_o lagus_n and_o bear_v this_o greek_a name_n ever_o since_o its_o beginning_n however_o it_o be_v undeniable_a from_o ezekiel_n 30.14_o 15._o that_o it_o be_v call_v sin_n by_o the_o egyptian_n which_o word_n signify_v dirt_n as_o bochart_n have_v observe_v phaleg_n l._n 4._o c._n 27._o the_o same_o have_v happen_v in_o the_o name_n of_o another_o place_n not_o far_o distant_a from_o pelusium_n diodorus_n siculus_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o bibliotheca_fw-la mighty_o commend_v actisanes_n the_o aethiopian_a who_o after_o he_o have_v conquer_v ammose_n king_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o subdue_v the_o whole_a country_n neither_o put_v the_o guilty_a to_o death_n nor_o yet_o whole_o dismiss_v they_o unpunished_a but_o carry_v multitude_n of_o the_o condemn_a he_o thus_o use_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cut_v off_o their_o nose_n he_o transplant_v they_o into_o the_o far_a part_n of_o a_o desert_a region_n and_o build_v a_o city_n and_o call_v it_o from_o this_o accident_n rinocolura_n strabo_n in_o his_o sixteenth_o book_n make_v the_o same_o remark_n and_o so_o do_v stephanus_n upon_o this_o word_n now_o those_o person_n that_o do_v not_o know_v that_o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n do_v not_o speak_v greek_a will_v easy_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v persuade_v especial_o see_v it_o name_v among_o the_o city_n of_o egypt_n that_o rinocolura_n be_v the_o very_a name_n by_o which_o this_o city_n go_v among_o the_o egyptian_n but_o if_o any_o one_o will_v rather_o desire_v to_o see_v example_n fetch_v from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n he_o may_v observe_v how_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n turn_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o the_o bible_n into_o greek_a gen._n 11.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d babel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o the_o name_n of_o it_o be_v call_v confusion_n babel_n or_o babylon_n because_o there_o the_o lord_n confound_v the_o lip_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n see_v likewise_o gen._n 31.47_o &_o 32.20_o nay_o what_o be_v high_o remarkable_a moses_n have_v derive_v the_o original_a of_o his_o own_o name_n from_o a_o hebrew_n word_n and_o have_v introduce_v the_o daughter_n of_o pharaoh_n speak_v hebrew_a who_o without_o question_n express_v herself_o in_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n exod._n 2.10_o the_o child_n grow_v up_o and_o his_o nurse_n bring_v he_o to_o the_o daughter_n of_o pharaoh_n who_o call_v his_o name_n mosche_n because_o say_v she_o i_o draw_v he_o out_o of_o the_o water_n mishithinou_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o be_v plain_a for_o since_o moses_n see_v he_o can_v easy_o imitate_v the_o egyptian_a origination_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n he_o make_v no_o scruple_n to_o bring_v in_o this_o princess_n express_v herself_o after_o that_o manner_n but_o in_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n he_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o water_n for_o with_o the_o old_a egyptian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v water_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v out_o thus_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n he_o that_o be_v call_v by_o the_o syrian_n chipha_n or_o chepha_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peter_n by_o the_o greek_n and_o so_o that_o paronomasia_n which_o our_o saviour_n use_v in_o the_o hebrew_n or_o syro-chaldaïc_a be_v convenient_o enough_o translate_v into_o the_o greek_a tongue_n matt._n 16.17_o however_o i_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v think_v to_o affirm_v that_o the_o name_n of_o adam_n and_o suchlike_a be_v change_v for_o it_o may_v so_o happen_v that_o both_o the_o primitive_n and_o derivative_n of_o the_o first_o language_n be_v often_o preserve_v in_o the_o hebrew_n but_o we_o must_v not_o conclude_v from_o thence_o that_o therefore_o adam_n speak_v pure_a hebrew_a there_o be_v some_o name_n which_o with_o equal_a felicity_n may_v be_v deduce_v out_o of_o the_o chaldee_n as_o for_o instance_n the_o name_n hhavah_n for_o hhai_n signify_v live_v no_o less_o in_o chaldee_n than_o it_o do_v in_o hebrew_a nay_o there_o be_v some_o name_n which_o can_v analogical_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o hebrew_a root_n although_o moses_n deduce_v they_o from_o those_o root_n which_o if_o we_o shall_v urge_v as_o the_o rabbin_n do_v to_o support_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n we_o shall_v from_o thence_o conclude_v that_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n have_v no_o affinity_n with_o the_o language_n of_o the_o antediluvian_o thus_o gen._n 2.1_o and_o she_o bring_v forth_o cain_n and_o say_v i_o have_v get_v kanithi_o a_o man_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o name_n kajin_n according_a to_o the_o common_a rule_n aught_o to_o be_v deduce_v from_o koun_n which_o signify_v to_o lament_v in_o pihel_n as_o kajit_v the_o summer_n from_o kout_v tsaiid_v hunting_n from_o tsoud_a and_o several_a more_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n from_o the_o root_n kanah_n we_o shall_v more_o proper_o deduce_v kanovi_n now_o as_o we_o have_v observe_v if_o we_o be_v mind_v to_o copy_n after_o the_o rabbin_n and_o follow_v their_o conduct_n we_o may_v say_v that_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n be_v not_o the_o first_o since_o moses_n be_v not_o able_a to_o express_v in_o it_o the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n kain_n we_o may_v gather_v the_o same_o from_o genesis_n chap._n 5._o v._n 29._o where_o the_o father_n of_o noah_n call_v the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n noahh_v say_v he_o will_v comfort_v we_o jenahhamenou_n for_o if_o we_o be_v to_o derive_v the_o name_n of_o this_o restorer_n of_o mankind_n from_o nahham_n we_o ought_v to_o have_v call_v he_o nohhem_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o comforter_n not_o noahh_n which_o can_v be_v deduce_v from_o nothing_o else_o but_o noahh_o quievit_fw-la so_o that_o if_o a_o few_o happy_a etymology_n will_v prove_v the_o antediluvian_n language_n to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o hebrew_n sure_o those_o of_o a_o different_a nature_n will_v demonstrate_v the_o contrary_n but_o since_o both_o these_o proposition_n can_v be_v true_a what_o remain_v but_o that_o we_o shall_v own_v that_o the_o hebrew_n language_n be_v not_o indeed_o the_o first_o but_o the_o offspring_n of_o it_o as_o be_v likewise_o the_o chaldee_n and_o arabic_a and_o that_o some_o remainder_n of_o it_o be_v still_o preserve_v in_o these_o three_o dialect_n true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o original_a of_o the_o name_n of_o tubal_n cain_n which_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v trace_v out_o of_o hebrew_n nor_o chaldee_n be_v plain_o find_v in_o the_o arabic_a as_o we_o have_v show_v at_o the_o three_o they_o three_o
in_o it_o which_o moses_n inform_v we_o be_v very_o good_a in_o the_o land_n of_o havilah_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n pactolus_n a_o river_n of_o lydia_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n havilah_n be_v near_o to_o judea_n and_o that_o b_o pison_n be_v perhaps_o the_o chrysorrhoas_n that_o run_v by_o damascus_n but_o suppose_v chaldea_n be_v here_o mean_v yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o merchant_n that_o traffic_v from_o thence_o into_o egypt_n that_o country_n may_v very_o well_o be_v know_v for_o if_o in_o jacob_n time_n caravan_n of_o merchant_n travel_v from_o gilead_n into_o egypt_n why_o may_v they_o not_o likewise_o come_v from_o chaldea_n too_o thither_o 2._o the_o same_o be_v suspect_v of_o chap._n 10.8_o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n where_o a_o large_a account_n be_v give_v of_o nimrod_n and_o his_o empire_n than_o there_o be_v of_o any_o other_o head_n of_o family_n and_o country_n and_o this_o they_o imagine_v may_v be_v say_v more_o agreeable_o after_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n than_o before_o the_o israelite_n have_v any_o manner_n of_o commerce_n with_o those_o people_n but_o the_o mighty_a reputation_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o other_o city_n there_o mention_v seem_v to_o afford_v sufficient_a cause_n why_o moses_n shall_v write_v a_o little_a more_o particular_o about_o their_o beginning_n who_o otherwise_o of_o himself_o be_v apt_a enough_o to_o make_v such_o discovery_n of_o antiquity_n as_o we_o have_v frequent_o more_o frequent_o thus_o in_o the_o 35th_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n v._n 8._o moses_n tell_v we_o why_o the_o oak_n under_o which_o rebecca_n nurse_n be_v bury_v be_v call_v allon-bachouth_a i._n e._n the_o oak_n of_o weep_v not_o that_o this_o circumstance_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n than_o several_a other_o which_o he_o omit_v as_o jacob_n come_n home_o to_o his_o parent_n rebecca_n death_n etc._n etc._n but_o only_o because_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o acquaint_v his_o reader_n why_o this_o oak_n which_o last_v to_o his_o own_o time_n be_v call_v so_o it_o be_v not_o the_o most_o unuseful_a part_n of_o a_o antiquary_n business_n to_o give_v the_o original_a of_o name_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o the_o name_n of_o babil_n chap._n 11.9_o of_o zoar_n chap._n 19.22_o of_o bethel_n chap._n 28.9_o not_o to_o instance_n in_o any_o more_o observe_v upon_o genesis_n as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o name_n of_o nineve_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o a_o late_a date_n than_o moses_n as_o derive_v its_o name_n from_o ninus_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n who_o according_a to_o the_o exact_a computation_n of_o chronology_n flourish_v about_o the_o time_n of_o deborah_n perhaps_o the_o original_a of_o it_o be_v otherwise_o than_o be_v common_o relate_v for_o who_o in_o so_o great_a a_o antiquity_n and_o so_o vast_a a_o defect_n of_o ancient_a monument_n dare_v positive_o affirm_v any_o thing_n perhaps_o too_o some_o one_o else_o may_v add_v it_o to_o moses_n word_n as_o learned_a man_n have_v conjecture_v of_o several_a other_o name_n 3._o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o the_o follow_a passage_n and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n chap._n 12.6_o can_v only_o come_v from_o a_o writer_n who_o live_v after_o the_o canaanite_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o their_o country_n but_o what_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o these_o word_n we_o have_v sufficient_o show_v in_o our_o rest_n our_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o out_o of_o the_o eleven_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n some_o of_o they_o be_v call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o the_o rest_n who_o inhabit_v these_o place_n and_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o canaanite_n be_v often_o mention_v as_o a_o particular_a tribe_n see_v gen._n 13.7_o chap._n 15.21_o exod._n 3.8_o 17._o chap._n 33.2_o chap._n 34.11_o and_o elsewhere_o but_o then_o they_o be_v express_o say_v to_o have_v live_v near_o the_o sea_n and_o near_o jordan_n but_o not_o at_o sichem_n however_o perhaps_o they_o dwell_v here_o in_o abraham_n time_n and_o moses_n have_v a_o regard_n to_o that_o our_o author_n prefer_v this_o solution_n to_o the_o rest_n commentary_n upon_o that_o place_n neither_o be_v it_o necessary_a for_o we_o to_o repeat_v it_o here_o perhaps_o they_o may_v be_v add_v by_o a_o late_a hand_n after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o canaanite_n by_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o perhaps_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o superfluous_a observation_n which_o frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o sacred_a volume_n which_o may_v have_v be_v omit_v without_o any_o injury_n do_v to_o the_o history_n 4._o in_o chap._n 13.8_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n hebron_n by_o which_o name_n that_o town_n do_v not_o go_v till_o after_o moses_n time_n as_o appear_v from_o joshua_n 14.15_o chap._n 15.13_o where_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v change_v its_o old_a name_n arba_n in_o the_o day_n of_o caleb_n and_o joshua_n and_o indeed_o that_o city_n seem_v to_o derive_v its_o name_n hebron_n from_o the_o nephew_n of_o caleb_n but_o learned_a man_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o this_o passage_n may_v be_v add_v by_o another_o hand_n since_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n to_o expound_v a_o obscure_a name_n by_o one_o that_o be_v better_o know_v see_v likewise_o chap._n 21.2_o 5._o the_o like_a conjecture_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o word_n dan_fw-mi which_o we_o find_v chap._n 14.14_o and_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o the_o name_n of_o it_o be_v laish_n or_o leshem_n till_o it_o be_v take_v by_o the_o child_n of_o dan._n see_v joshua_n 9.47_o but_o we_o have_v handle_v this_o matter_n in_o our_o commentary_n where_o we_o plain_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o well_o dan._n well_o josephus_n relate_v this_o history_n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o tell_v we_o that_o abraham_n attack_v the_o assyrian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o dan_n and_o add_v for_o this_o be_v the_o name_n of_o one_o of_o the_o head_n of_o jordan_n if_o this_o be_v true_a it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o head_n be_v so_o call_v long_o before_o the_o city_n laish_n obtain_v its_o new_a name_n and_o afterward_o when_o the_o child_n of_o dan_n possess_v themselves_o of_o these_o place_n that_o not_o only_o this_o fountain_n but_o the_o neighbour_a city_n take_v the_o same_o name_n a_o place_n may_v happen_v to_o receive_v the_o same_o appellation_n for_o two_o several_a cause_n as_o for_o instance_n bâ—ersheba_n i._n e._n the_o well_o of_o the_o oath_n be_v so_o call_v from_o two_o covenant_n that_o be_v make_v near_o it_o see_v gen._n 21.31_o chap._n 26.33_o and_o this_o may_v be_v the_o case_n of_o dan._n ground_v 6._o in_o chap._n 20.7_o we_o read_v the_o word_n revive_v word_n this_o word_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v in_o use_n with_o the_o hebrew_n at_o fiâ—st_n afterward_o the_o word_n roe_n a_o seer_n be_v more_o common_o use_v but_o at_o last_o nabi_n come_v in_o fashion_n again_o horace_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la poeticâ_fw-la have_v a_o passage_n which_o be_v very_o applicable_a to_o this_o 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the_o follow_a word_n chap._n 22.14_o and_o abraham_n call_v the_o name_n of_o that_o place_n jehovah-jireh_a as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o this_o day_n in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o shall_v be_v see_v some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o be_v the_o mountain_n moria_n upon_o which_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v and_o which_o do_v not_o go_v by_o that_o name_n till_o the_o temple_n be_v erect_v upon_o it_o but_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a conjecture_n and_o although_o moriah_n and_o jehovah-jireh_n seem_v to_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v from_o thence_o that_o it_o be_v but_o one_o name_n with_o no_o great_a reason_n on_o their_o side_n do_v other_o observe_v that_o moses_n can_v not_o be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o proverbial_a say_v for_o so_o they_o
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and_o other_o allude_v to_o the_o word_n chittim_n we_o have_v not_o room_n to_o insert_v the_o rest_n chittim_n v._o 4._o of_o the_o numidoe_n and_o mauri_n v._o 6._o of_o the_o chasluchoean_n and_o caphthoroean_n v._o 14._o but_o here_o also_o especial_a care_n be_v to_o be_v take_v that_o we_o be_v not_o deceive_v by_o the_o affinity_n of_o word_n to_o prevent_v which_o it_o must_v be_v support_v by_o historical_a authority_n as_o bochart_n have_v do_v and_o we_o have_v often_o endeavour_v to_o do_v the_o same_o see_v for_o example_n our_o observation_n upon_o the_o name_n steph_n name_n bochart_n lib._n 2._o c._n 14._o phal_a think_v it_o be_v so_o call_v from_o haran_n abraham_n brother_n which_o be_v scarce_o credible_a since_o beside_o the_o difference_n in_o write_v we_o be_v tell_v v._n 28._o that_o haran_n die_v at_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o we_o be_v not_o where_o inform_v that_o he_o be_v ever_o here_o now_o how_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o this_o city_n shall_v take_v its_o name_n from_o a_o stranger_n who_o perhaps_o never_o see_v it_o in_o his_o life_n and_o who_o father_n do_v not_o build_v it_o our_o author_n with_o more_o reason_n derive_v it_o from_o hharar_fw-la exustus_fw-la adustus_fw-la fuit_fw-la by_o reason_n of_o the_o vast_a desert_n that_o lay_v round_o it_o burn_v up_o with_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o such_o a_o description_n plutarch_n give_v we_o of_o it_o in_o his_o life_n of_o m._n crassus_n so_o do_v it_o appian_n the_o historian_n in_o parthicis_fw-la p._n 141._o ed._n steph_n charroe_n upon_o gen._n 11.31_o we_o must_v likewise_o take_v heed_n not_o to_o deduce_v all_o our_o reason_n from_o the_o bare_a etymology_n as_o the_o rabbin_n often_o do_v who_o have_v history_n ready_a at_o hand_n that_o be_v build_v upon_o they_o oftentimes_o word_n have_v so_o strange_o deviate_v from_o their_o primitive_a signification_n into_o another_o that_o those_o who_o use_v they_o do_v not_o at_o all_o think_v of_o 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call_v it_o prospicietur_fw-la in_fw-la monte_fw-fr jehovae_fw-la since_o the_o person_n that_o add_v it_o to_o the_o text_n seem_v to_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o be_v still_o use_v in_o his_o time_n but_o why_o may_v not_o moses_n say_v that_o this_o proverb_n be_v in_o use_n etiamnum_fw-la hodie_fw-la since_o perhaps_o this_o form_n be_v use_v from_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n down_o to_o moses_n this_o i_o be_o certain_a of_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o whole_a matter_n which_o do_v not_o fit_o agree_v with_o moses_n time_n there_o be_v a_o convenient_a distance_n enough_o between_o abraham_n and_o moses_n for_o the_o latter_a to_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o aforesaid_a form_n of_o which_o abraham_n be_v the_o author_n continue_v till_o his_o own_o time_n nay_o if_o the_o interval_n have_v not_o be_v quite_o so_o great_a yet_o moses_n may_v very_o warrantable_o express_v himself_o after_o that_o manner_n since_o this_o form_n be_v sometime_o use_v by_o those_o that_o write_v but_o a_o few_o year_n after_o of_o which_o we_o find_v two_o example_n in_o st._n matthew_n chap._n 27.8_o chap._n 28.15_o as_o other_o have_v observe_v before_o i_o to_o these_o we_o may_v add_v suchlike_a passage_n out_o of_o st._n jerom_n for_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n of_o his_o own_o age_n express_v himself_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n saebadius_n bishop_n of_o agennum_n in_o france_n vivit_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la live_v till_o now_o or_o to_o this_o day_n decrepitâ_fw-la senectute_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n have_v render_v it_o didymus_n of_o alexandria_n vivit_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la and_o have_v pass_v the_o eighti_v year_n of_o his_o age_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphanius_n bishop_n of_o salamis_n in_o cyprus_n superest_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la and_o in_o his_o old_a age_n be_v write_v several_a book_n eunomius_n of_o the_o arian_n party_n usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la vivere_fw-la dicitur_fw-la priscillianus_n bishop_n of_o abila_n usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la to_o this_o very_a day_n be_v accuse_v by_o some_o of_o the_o gnostick_n heresy_n though_o other_o maintain_v that_o he_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o what_o be_v lay_v to_o his_o charge_n priscillianus_n be_v slay_v by_o maximus_n the_o tyrant_n but_o seven_o year_n before_o st._n jerom_n write_v this_o we_o have_v touch_v upon_o this_o somewhat_o large_o because_o several_a place_n in_o the_o sacred_a historian_n be_v illustrate_v by_o this_o observation_n 8._o likewise_o they_o object_v the_o name_n of_o migdal_n hede_a gen._n 35.21_o that_o be_v the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n by_o which_o name_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v mean_v a_o tower_n upon_o one_o of_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v call_v the_o sheep-gate_n but_o this_o be_v uncertain_a however_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v latter_a age_n the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o jerusalem_n consult_v our_o be_v our_o there_o be_v a_o tower_n at_o jerusalem_n or_o not_o far_o from_o that_o city_n of_o the_o same_o name_n as_o we_o be_v inform_v by_o micah_n 4.8_o st._n jerom_n follow_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n in_o his_o time_n place_n it_o not_o far_o from_o bethlehem_n in_o his_o epitaph_n of_o paula_n who_o after_o she_o have_v visit_v bethlehem_n not_o for_o from_o thence_o say_v she_o she_o descend_v to_o the_o tower_n of_o ader_n i._n e._n of_o the_o flock_n near_o which_o jacob_n feed_v his_o flock_n and_o the_o shepherd_n watch_v by_o night_n be_v so_o happy_a as_o to_o hear_v glory_n be_v to_o god_n on_o high_a etc._n etc._n which_o as_o it_o may_v be_v true_a so_o it_o receive_v no_o great_a confirmation_n from_o so_o fabulous_a a_o voucher_n as_o tradition_n be_v observation_n upon_o this_o place_n of_o genesis_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n why_o this_o place_n shall_v not_o retain_v its_o ancient_a name_n in_o follow_v age_n 9_o they_o suppose_v that_o 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be_v turn_v into_o a_o kingly_a government_n now_o moses_n not_o where_o tell_v we_o that_o such_o a_o revelation_n happen_v to_o he_o and_o indeed_o whoever_o will_v read_v over_o the_o nine_o verse_n wherein_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n be_v contain_v will_v soon_o be_v satisfy_v that_o there_o be_v no_o prophecy_n in_o the_o case_n for_o the_o sacred_a historian_n there_o speak_v as_o of_o a_o thing_n past_a and_o go_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o clear_o express_v for_o what_o more_o evident_a testimony_n can_v there_o be_v give_v that_o the_o thing_n be_v already_o past_a than_o these_o phrase_n and_o he_o die_v and_o there_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n some_o body_n who_o name_n have_v escape_v i_o solve_v it_o another_o way_n for_o he_o humble_o suppose_v that_o these_o king_n reign_v at_o the_o same_o time_n in_o different_a place_n and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o humble_o suppose_v he_o never_o read_v this_o chapter_n his_o head_n be_v certain_o fill_v with_o metaphysical_a contemplation_n to_o deal_v ingenious_o with_o the_o reader_n the_o best_a way_n to_o get_v clear_a of_o this_o difficulty_n will_v be_v to_o own_o frank_o that_o these_o nine_o verse_n from_o v._o 31_o to_o 39_o be_v add_v by_o some_o one_o who_o live_v after_o the_o kingly_a government_n be_v set_v up_o in_o israel_n 10._o some_o have_v object_v that_o canaan_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n chap._n 40.15_o which_o in_o propriety_n of_o speech_n can_v be_v say_v only_o at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o hebrew_n have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o it_o and_o that_o therefore_o the_o sacred_a historian_n who_o be_v late_a than_o moses_n accommodate_v joseph_n way_n of_o speak_v to_o the_o style_n of_o his_o own_o time_n but_o we_o have_v force_n have_v it_o be_v plain_a enough_o say_v our_o author_n upon_o this_o place_n that_o after_o joshua_n have_v lead_v the_o israelite_n into_o canaan_n all_o that_o country_n may_v be_v call_v and_o real_o be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n but_o if_o we_o shall_v take_v it_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o this_o passage_n be_v write_v after_o the_o time_n of_o joshua_n as_o some_o have_v believe_v if_o we_o will_v have_v it_o write_v by_o moses_n we_o must_v only_o understand_v some_o part_n of_o canaan_n where_o the_o hebrew_n general_o feed_v their_o flock_n without_o any_o disturbance_n for_o though_o they_o be_v stranger_n and_o wander_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o yet_o those_o field_n may_v proper_o enough_o be_v say_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o where_o they_o have_v pitch_v their_o tent_n for_o several_a year_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o old_a inhabitant_n now_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n that_o they_o sojourn_v for_o the_o great_a part_n about_o mamre_n and_o hebron_n as_o far_o as_o sichem_n partly_o by_o the_o permission_n of_o the_o native_n and_o partly_o by_o force_n answer_v this_o objection_n in_o our_o commentary_n 11._o in_o exodus_fw-la chap._n 6._o after_o the_o sacred_a historian_n have_v inform_v we_o of_o aaron_n and_o moses_n pedigree_n he_o thus_o go_v on_o v._o 26._o these_o be_v that_o aaron_n and_o moses_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n say_v bring_v out_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n from_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n according_a to_o their_o army_n these_o be_v they_o that_o speak_v to_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n to_o bring_v out_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n from_o egypt_n these_o be_v that_o moses_n and_o aaron_n now_o we_o do_v not_o urge_v the_o three_o person_n here_o say_v some_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a several_a historian_n have_v use_v but_o the_o demonstrative_a pronoun_n that_o and_o they_o which_o moses_n will_v scarce_o make_v use_n of_o while_o he_o be_v alive_a and_o write_v of_o himself_o but_o we_o must_v here_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o moses_n
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