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dathan_n and_o abiram_n sect._n 64._o aaron_n red_a blossom_a sect._n 65._o the_o work_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n sect._n 66._o water_n of_o purification_n sect._n 67._o miriams_n death_n sect._n 68_o they_o murmur_v at_o kadesh_n for_o want_v of_o water_n moses_n strike_v the_o rock_n in_o anger_n be_v doom_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o canaan_n sect._n 69._o the_o king_n of_o edom_n refuse_v they_o passage_n sect._n 70._o aaron_z dies_z and_o be_v bury_v upon_o mount_n hor._n sect._n 71._o arad_n the_o canaanite_n vanquish_v sect._n 72._o the_o brazen_a serpent_n sect._n 73._o several_a station_n of_o the_o israelite_n sect._n 74._o the_o miraculous_a well_o sect._n 75._o sihon_n slay_v sect._n 76._o og_n total_o subdue_v sect._n 77._o the_o encamp_a at_o abel-shittim_a sect._n 78._o balaam_n send_v for_o to_o curse_v the_o israelite_n his_o ass_n speak_v sect._n 79._o balaam_n attempt_v to_o curse_n israel_n sect._n 80._o the_o idolatry_n and_o whoredom_n 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in_o canaan_n manna_n cease_v sect._n 98._o jericho_n take_v burn_a and_o curse_a sect._n 99_o the_o israelite_n defeat_v at_o ai._n sect._n 100_o joshua_n march_v against_o ai._n sect._n 101._o a_o monument_n of_o stone_n and_o a_o altar_n erect_v and_o blessing_n and_o curse_n pronounce_v at_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o mount_v ebal_n sect._n 102._o the_o league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n sect._n 103._o adonizedek_n and_o his_o ally_n besiege_v gibeon_n their_o discomfiture_n prodigious_a hailstone_n the_o sun_n and_o moon_n stand_v still_o at_o the_o prayer_n of_o joshua_n sect._n 104._o several_a king_n vanquish_v and_o their_o city_n take_v sect._n 105._o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n sect._n 106._o joshua_n war_n with_o the_o northern_a king_n his_o victory_n over_o they_o sect._n 107._o joshua_n rest_n from_o war_n sect._n 108._o joshua_n divide_v the_o land_n sect._n 109._o joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n proceed_v to_o divide_v the_o land_n ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n complain_v sect._n 110._o
the_o second_o temple_n rejoice_v exceed_o because_o god_n have_v turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n towards_o they_o in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o darius_n esther_n make_v queen_n ibid._n the_o history_n of_o esther_n ahasuerus_n die_v zerxes_n succee_v he_o he_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o grecian_n artaxerxes_n succeed_v he_o ezra_n obtain_v a_o large_a patent_n from_o he_o to_o settle_v the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n liberty_n be_v also_o grant_v by_o he_o for_o such_o of_o the_o jew_n as_o will_v to_o return_v ezra_n with_o a_o great_a number_n return_v have_v first_o keep_v a_o solemn_a fast_o to_o seek_v a_o blessing_n from_o the_o lord_n they_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o present_a the_o gold_n and_o silver_n they_o have_v bring_v with_o they_o which_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o temple_n ezra_n mourn_v and_o fast_n because_o many_o of_o the_o people_n have_v marry_v strange_a wife_n they_o be_v move_v to_o put_v away_o their_o strange_a wife_n and_o the_o child_n they_o have_v by_o they_o which_o they_o consent_v to_o do_v in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n nehemiah_n his_o cupbearer_n hear_v how_o thing_n go_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o their_o wall_n be_v not_o build_v obtain_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o king_n to_o be_v governor_n of_o judea_n and_o to_o build_v the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n he_o come_v thither_o and_o go_v about_o it_o sanballat_n and_o tobiah_n at_o first_o scoff_v at_o it_o but_o then_o grow_v very_o angry_a and_o conspire_v to_o fight_v the_o jew_n and_o hinder_v the_o work_n but_o nehemiah_n arm_n the_o people_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v in_o readiness_n for_o they_o nehemiah_n redress_n the_o oppression_n among_o they_o viz._n concern_v slave_n debtor_n and_o mortgage_n sanballat_n and_o tobiah_n and_o their_o accomplice_n strive_v now_o by_o false_a rumour_n and_o false_a prophecy_n to_o terrify_v nehemiah_n from_o the_o work_n and_o some_o false_a brethren_n at_o home_n seek_v to_o 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the_o twelve_o year_n of_o his_o government_n and_o thirty-second_a of_o artaxerxes_n he_o go_v to_o he_o again_o and_o soon_o after_o return_v with_o a_o new_a commission_n and_o then_o reform_v those_o disorder_n in_o the_o state_n mention_v chap._n 5._o and_o the_o disorder_n in_o religion_n mention_v chap._n 13._o the_o prophet_n malachi_n errata_fw-la the_o most_o considerable_a fault_n of_o the_o press_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v amend_v page_n 14._o line_n 11._o read_v backward_o p._n 16._o l._n 10._o make_v the_o *_o at_o pul._n p._n 17._o l._n 53._o r._n rhoine_n p._n 46._o in_o last_o part_n of_o marg._n after_o 12._o add_v child_n &_o l._n 6._o r._n five_o son_n p._n 47._o l._n 30_o r._n freedom_n p._n 57_o l._n 1._o r._n attend_v p._n 59_o l._n 12._o in_o marg._n r._n ch._n 36._o p._n 63._o l._n 47._o r._n how_o violent_a the_o rage_n of_o jealousy_n be_v p._n 69._o in_o mark_fw-mi near_o bottom_n r._n there_o be_v p._n 80._o l._n 9_o r._n to_o any_o of_o l._n 32._o r._n posterity_n p._n 81._o l_o 1._o r._n gad._n p._n 85._o l._n 8._o r._n ch._n 12_o 13_o 14._o p._n 98._o l._n 30._o r._n every_o p._n 124._o l._n ult_n r._n slay_v p._n 141._o l._n 36._o r._n vanity_n p._n 144._o mark_fw-mi a_o r._n paschate_o p._n 158._o l._n 5._o r._n fast_o p._n 162._o l._n 1._o r._n new_a mark_fw-mi l._n 12._o r._n hinc_fw-la p._n 166._o l._n penult_n r._n for_o no_o man_n p._n 170._o l._n penult_n of_o sect._n 41._o blot_n out_o v._o 30._o to_o the_o end_n p._n 171._o l._n 18._o r._n in_o all_o p._n 188._o l._n 1._o r._n mutiny_n p._n 197._o l._n 11._o r._n amicable_o p._n 206._o l._n 5._o r._n infest_a p._n 212._o l._n 10._o r._n allege_v p._n 231._o l._n 16._o r._n in_o a_o vision_n p._n 278._o l._n 8._o r._n highpriest_n p._n 284._o l._n 23._o r._n at_o present_a p._n 294._o mark_fw-mi l._n 4._o at_o *_o r._n arte_fw-la susoria_fw-la p._n 313._o l._n 1._o add_v they_o p._n 328._o l._n 49._o r._n refuse_v p._n 346._o mark_fw-mi l._n 7._o r._n damna_fw-la p._n 398._o mark_fw-mi l._n penult_n r._n daemonum_fw-la p._n 412._o mark_fw-mi a_o r._n disoperiens_fw-la p._n 434._o mark_fw-mi l._n penult_n r._n cogitat_fw-la p._n 447._o mark_fw-mi fig._n 3._o r._n in_o regard_n of_o the_o transcendent_a holiness_n p_o 448._o mark_fw-mi l._n 2._o r._n they_o p._n 464._o l._n 12._o r_o 1_o king_n p._n 478_o l._n 1._o add_v know_v p._n 474._o near_o the_o bottom_n for_o a_o r._n the._n p._n 476._o l._n ult_n for_o daily_a or_o weekly_o p._n 478_o l._n 1._o r._n we_o do_v not_o find_v p._n 480._o l._n 19_o r._n preserve_v p._n 517._o mark_fw-mi r._n ob_fw-la religionem_fw-la p._n 522._o l._n 16._o r._n fly_v not_o p._n 543._o l._n 48._o r._n more_o p._n 581._o mark_fw-mi r._n pollebat_fw-la p._n 598._o l._n 1._o mark_fw-mi r._n 26._o p._n 621._o l._n 33._o after_o captivity_n r._n as_o some_o learned_a man_n conjecture_v though_o other_o assert_v the_o continuance_n of_o that_o kingdom_n to_o have_v be_v only_o 254_o year_n see_v pag._n 605._o there_o be_v some_o who_o begin_v these_o year_n at_o jeroboam_n set_v up_o the_o calf_n at_o dan_n and_o bethel_n when_o the_o ten_o tribe_n become_v idolatrous_a and_o end_v they_o at_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o they_o include_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n because_o many_o of_o they_o join_v themselves_o to_o they_o and_o these_o the_o prophet_n seem_v to_o mean_v by_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n include_v also_o their_o predecessor_n who_o be_v dead_a long_o before_o p._n 638._o l._n 29._o r._n this_o i_o find_v to_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o learned_a willet_n and_o follow_v by_o mr._n allein_n in_o his_o chronology_n but_o for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v see_v that_o there_o be_v above_o twenty_o year_n from_o the_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o finish_n of_o it_o as_o we_o have_v show_v pag._n 650._o some_o learned_a man_n begin_v these_o seven_o week_n or_o 49_o year_n at_o cyrus_n decree_n and_o end_v they_o when_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v finish_v by_o nehemiah_n which_o interval_n of_o time_n they_o make_v 49_o year_n but_o the_o holy_a scripture_n have_v not_o set_v down_o express_o the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n and_o profane_a author_n differ_v so_o much_o about_o they_o it_o be_v a_o difficult_a thing_n to_o determine_v any_o thing_n certain_o in_o this_o matter_n if_o any_o error_n have_v happen_v in_o the_o continuation_n of_o this_o history_n the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o mend_v they_o with_o his_o pen_n the_o author_n not_o have_v have_v time_n to_o read_v those_o sheet_n over_o a_o chronological_a table_n of_o the_o seven_o age_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o flood_n 1_o adam_n 130_o seth._n bear_v 235_o enos_n bear_v 325_o cainan_n bear_v 395_o mahalaleel_n bear_v 0_o jared_n bear_v 622_o enoch_n bear_v 687_o methuselah_n bear_v 874_o lamech_v bear_v 1056_o noah_n bear_v 1558_o noah_n three_o son_n japhet_n shem_o ham._n the_o ark_n build_v 1656_o the_o flood_n the_o second_o age_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n 1658_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n come_v out_o of_o the_o ark._n noah_n build_v a_o altar_n the_o rainbow_n a_o pledge_n of_o god_n covenant_n noah_n plant_v a_o vineyard_n arphaxad_v bear_v to_o shem._n 1693_o salah_n bear_v 1723_o eber_n bear_v 1757_o peleg_n bear_v 1787_o reu_fw-fr bear_v nimrod_n the_o grandchild_n of_o cham._n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n the_o assyrian_a or_o first_o monarchy_n begin_v by_o
burn_v incense_n be_v within_o the_o tabernacle_n at_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n but_o this_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a occasion_n and_o a_o mean_v enjoin_v for_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o lord_n will_v whither_o these_o man_n or_o only_a aaron_n and_o his_o son_n as_o former_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o execute_v the_o priest_n office_n corah_n have_v assemble_v his_o confederate_n and_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n before_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o not_o find_v dathan_n and_o abiram_n there_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v go_v to_o their_o tent_n to_o talk_v with_o they_o see_v ch._n 26.10_o and_o probable_o from_o they_o he_o go_v to_o his_o own_o tent_n before_o moses_n and_o the_o elder_n come_v to_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o present_o they_o do_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o 250_o conspirator_n on_o the_o one_o side_n take_v fire_n from_o the_o altar_n and_o put_v it_o into_o their_o censer_n and_o lay_v incense_n thereon_o and_o aaron_n near_o to_o who_o moses_n stand_v do_v the_o like_a on_o the_o other_o god_n now_o signify_v his_o approach_n and_o the_o actual_a manifestation_n of_o his_o presence_n by_o the_o descend_v of_o the_o cloud_n which_o use_v to_o hover_v over_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o the_o door_n 12.5_o door_n see_v vers_fw-la 42._o of_o this_o chap._n and_o ch._n 12.5_o thereof_o and_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o moses_n and_o aaron_n say_v separate_a yourselves_o from_o among_o this_o congreation_n that_o i_o may_v consume_v these_o conspirator_n and_o all_o that_o join_v with_o they_o in_o a_o moment_n then_o moses_n and_o aaron_n fall_v upon_o their_o face_n before_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v o_o god_n the_o god_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o all_o flesh_n who_o forme_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n within_o he_o zach._n 12.1_o and_o see_v and_o know_v the_o spirit_n and_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n and_o be_v able_a to_o discern_v between_o those_o that_o sin_n obstinate_o and_o those_o that_o be_v only_o seduce_v by_o other_o and_o draw_v hither_o only_o to_o see_v what_o will_v be_v do_v shall_v one_o man_n sin_n viz._n corah_n the_o chief_a incendiary_n and_o will_v thou_o be_v wroth_a with_o the_o whole_a congregation_n upon_o this_o intercession_n the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o spare_v the_o people_n that_o will_v depart_v from_o these_o rebel_n and_o then_o impart_v to_o moses_n what_o he_o intend_v to_o do_v command_v he_o to_o warn_v the_o congregation_n to_o get_v away_o from_o the_o tent_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n moses_n according_o rise_v up_z many_o of_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n accompany_v he_o to_o denounce_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n against_o these_o conspirator_n and_o he_o warn_v the_o congregation_n to_o depart_v from_o the_o tent_n of_o these_o wicked_a man_n and_o to_o get_v far_o from_o they_o and_o to_o touch_v nothing_o of_o they_o as_o judge_v all_o that_o they_o have_v execrable_a and_o accurse_a lest_o they_o perish_v effect_n perish_v v._o 26._o lest_o you_o be_v consume_v in_o all_o their_o sin_n that_o be_v lest_o you_o be_v destroy_v in_o the_o judgement_n that_o will_v fall_v upon_o they_o for_o all_o their_o sin_n the_o cause_n be_v here_o put_v for_o the_o effect_n in_o the_o judgement_n which_o be_v ready_a to_o fall_v upon_o they_o for_o their_o great_a sin_n and_o provocation_n the_o people_n according_o do_v so_o and_o flee_v from_o the_o tent_n of_o these_o man_n but_o dathan_n and_o abiram_n impudent_o come_v out_o and_o stand_v in_o the_o door_n of_o their_o tent_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n as_o if_o they_o intend_v to_o outface_v moses_n and_o scorn_v the_o judgement_n he_o threaten_v against_o they_o moses_n then_o say_v hereby_o you_o shall_v know_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v send_v i_o and_o have_v appoint_v i_o to_o take_v upon_o myself_o the_o government_n of_o this_o people_n and_o have_v confer_v the_o priesthood_n on_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n and_o that_o i_o have_v not_o do_v these_o thing_n on_o 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to_o this_o faction_n who_o life_n moses_n have_v save_v the_o day_n before_o by_o pray_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o murmur_v against_o he_o and_o aaron_n and_o peremptory_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o have_v kill_v the_o lord_n people_n moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v thus_o injurious_o charge_v look_v up_o to_o god_n as_o have_v no_o other_o refuge_n or_o shelter_n to_o fly_v unto_o and_o immediate_o behold_v the_o cloud_n descend_v upon_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o a_o sign_n of_o the_o approach_n and_o actual_a manifestation_n of_o the_o glorious_a presence_n of_o god_n and_o that_o he_o intend_v to_o speak_v something_o unto_o they_o moses_n and_o aaron_n present_v themselves_o before_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n bid_v they_o get_v they_o up_o present_o from_o among_o this_o rebellious_a company_n that_o he_o may_v consume_v they_o in_o a_o moment_n but_o they_o fall_v
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their_o god_n also_o he_o have_v execute_v judgement_n cause_v possible_o some_o such_o notable_a accident_n to_o befall_v the_o egyptian_a idol_n as_o do_v the_o philistine_n dagon_n which_o fall_v down_o before_o the_o ark_n see_v exod._n 12.12_o their_o second_o station_n be_v succoth_n their_o three_o etham_n where_o the_o lord_n begin_v first_o to_o go_v before_o they_o by_o day_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o cloud_n and_o by_o night_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n from_o etham_n they_o turn_v unto_o pihahiroth_n a_o narrow_a passage_n between_o two_o ledge_n of_o mountain_n into_o which_o be_v enter_v pharaoh_n overtake_v they_o with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o think_v they_o can_v not_o have_v escape_v he_o but_o god_n divide_v the_o red-sea_n which_o the_o israelite_n pass_v through_o the_o egyptian_n assay_v to_o follow_v they_o and_o there_o be_v miserable_o drown_v the_o israelite_n have_v pass_v through_o the_o sea_n go_v three_o day_n journey_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o 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suspend_v miracle_n when_o he_o afford_v mean_n and_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o israelite_n drink_v of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o country_n till_o they_o come_v to_o kadesh_n then_o they_o encamp_v at_o ebronah_n from_o thence_o they_o march_v to_o eziongaber_n a_o place_n by_o the_o red-sea_n where_o be_v a_o harbour_n for_o ship_n in_o edom_n land_n 1_o king_n 9.26_o from_o thence_o to_o kadesh_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n here_o miriam_n die_v the_o people_n in_o this_o place_n want_v water_n murmur_v again_o and_o have_v water_n again_o give_v they_o out_o of_o a_o rock_n here_o god_n be_v very_o angry_a with_o moses_n and_o aaron_n for_o their_o unbelief_n and_o here_o they_o have_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n pass_v on_o they_o though_o reprieve_v for_o a_o time_n and_o render_v uncapable_a of_o enter_v into_o canaan_n they_o come_v hither_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 40th_o year_n and_o hence_o they_o send_v to_o crave_v a_o passage_n through_o edom_n land_n 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