Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	abel_n	abraham_n	bear_v	18	3	4.4816	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48431	The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.; Works. 1684	Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.; G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.; Strype, John, 1643-1737.	1684 (1684)	Wing L2051; ESTC R16617	4,059,437	2,607

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ephraim_n 8_o year_n judg._n 12._o 13_o 14._o samson_n of_o dan_n 20_o year_n judg._n 13._o 2._o &_o 15._o 20._o &_o 16._o 31._o the_o total_a sum_n 299._o now_o beside_o these_o year_n under_o these_o ruler_n there_o be_v also_o mention_v of_o one_o hundred_o and_o eleven_o under_o oppressor_n as_o under_o cushan_n rishathaim_n 8_o year_n judg._n 3._o 8._o eglon_n of_o moab_n 18_o year_n judg._n 3._o 14._o jabin_n of_o canaan_n 20_o year_n judg._n 4._o 3._o midian_a 7_o year_n judg._n 6._o 1._o ammon_n 18_o year_n judg._n 10._o 8._o philiftim_n 40_o year_n judg._n 13._o 1._o the_o total_a sum_n 111._o but_o these_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o not_o to_o be_v reckon_v as_o so_o many_o year_n apart_o by_o themselves_o as_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v chap._n 3._o cushan_n rishathaim_n oppress_v eight_o year_n vers_fw-la 8._o and_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n and_o othniel_n die_v ver_fw-la 11._o those_o eight_o year_n of_o cushans_n oppression_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o othniel_n forty_o and_o we_o be_v not_o to_o reckon_v they_o forty_o eight_o and_o the_o eighteen_o of_o eglon_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o ehud_n eighty_o and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n paul_n indeed_o reckon_v the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n so_o as_o that_o he_o count_v the_o year_n of_o the_o oppression_n in_o a_o distinct_a sum_n from_o they_o act_v 13._o 20._o where_o he_o speak_v of_o judge_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 450_o year_n until_o samuel_n but_o he_o utter_v it_o with_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o a_o manner_n or_o in_o some_o kind_n of_o reckon_v but_o not_o in_o exact_a propriety_n again_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n in_o the_o time_n of_o othniel_n chap._n 3._o 11._o and_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v eighty_o year_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ehud_n chap._n 3._o 30._o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v so_o understand_v as_o if_o there_o be_v forty_o year_n or_o eighty_o year_n peace_n in_o the_o land_n uninterrupted_a for_o in_o othniels_n time_n israel_n be_v bustle_a with_o the_o canaanite_n as_o chap._n 1._o and_o among_o themselves_o as_o chap._n 20._o and_o in_o ehud_n time_n they_o be_v disquiet_v by_o moab_n chap._n 3._o 14._o but_o it_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o upon_o the_o delivery_n by_o othniel_n the_o land_n have_v rest_n till_o forty_o year_n be_v up_o from_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n and_o upon_o the_o delivery_n by_o ehud_n the_o land_n have_v rest_n till_o eighty_o year_n be_v up_o from_o the_o death_n of_o othniel_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o carry_v that_o phrase_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o tenor_n be_v that_o phrase_n take_v in_o numb_a 14._o 33._o your_o child_n shall_v wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n and_o ver_fw-la 34._o after_o the_o number_n of_o the_o day_n in_o which_o you_o search_v the_o land_n even_o forty_o day_n each_v day_n for_o a_o year_n shall_v you_o bear_v your_o iniquity_n even_o forty_o year_n not_o that_o they_o be_v to_o wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n full_a forty_o year_n from_o the_o time_n that_o this_o be_v speak_v but_o to_o make_v up_o full_a forty_o year_n from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o divers_a other_o of_o the_o same_o tenor_n may_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o scripture_n the_o first_o forty_o year_n that_o follow_v after_o the_o year_n of_o joshua_n death_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o othniel_n judg._n 3._o 11._o not_o that_o othniel_n be_v sole_a ruler_n or_o monarch_n in_o the_o land_n for_o the_o sanhedrin_n or_o great_a council_n bear_v the_o rule_n in_o their_o place_n and_o inferior_a magistrate_n in_o they_o but_o that_o othniel_n be_v a_o valiant_a and_o fortunate_a commander_n in_o the_o war_n and_o wrought_v special_a deliverance_n for_o the_o people_n the_o many_o occurrence_n that_o befall_v in_o his_o time_n be_v not_o point_v out_o to_o their_o exact_a and_o fix_a year_n and_o therefore_o can_v chronical_o be_v set_v down_o every_o thing_n in_o its_o very_a time_n more_o than_o by_o conjecture_n and_o probability_n but_o it_o will_v be_v enough_o for_o the_o right_n carry_v of_o the_o chronicle_n on_o if_o we_o reduce_v what_o be_v do_v in_o his_o forty_o year_n to_o those_o forty_o year_n in_o general_a though_o we_o can_v particular_o give_v every_o occurrence_n to_o its_o very_a year_n chap._n 1._o world_n 2571_o othniel_n 1_o israel_n be_v assure_v by_o joshua_n before_o his_o death_n that_o the_o canaanite_n that_o be_v othniel_n 2_o yet_o leave_v in_o the_o land_n shall_v and_o must_v be_v subdue_v josh._n 23._o 5._o they_o inquire_v

grandchilds_n action_n be_v like_o manasses_n his_o action_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n chap._n xix_o othniel_n 27_o israel_n tolerate_v this_o idolatry_n and_o never_o stir_v either_o against_o micah_n or_o the_o danite_n which_o toleration_n breed_v all_o iniquity_n so_o that_o gibeah_n a_o city_n of_o israel_n become_v as_o abominable_a as_o sodom_n a_o whorish_a woman_n be_v kill_v with_o whoredom_n chap._n xx._n all_o israel_n go_v against_o gibeah_n and_o that_o by_o god_n express_a commission_n and_o command_n and_o yet_o 40000_o of_o they_o be_v slay_v by_o that_o wicked_a and_o wretched_a town_n and_o by_o the_o tribe_n that_o take_v part_n with_o it_o thus_o do_v god_n avenge_v his_o own_o cause_n against_o israel_n because_o israel_n will_v not_o avenge_v god_n cause_n against_o idolatry_n they_o be_v so_o sensible_a of_o a_o injury_n do_v to_o a_o whore_n in_o gibeah_n but_o be_v not_o at_o all_o sensible_a of_o a_o injury_n do_v to_o god_n by_o dan_n idolatry_n when_o god_n have_v thus_o use_v benjamin_n to_o execute_v his_o justice_n against_o israel_n for_o not_o punish_v idolatry_n he_o than_o use_v israel_n to_o punish_v benjamin_n for_o not_o deliver_v gibeah_n up_o to_o justice_n othniel_n it_o be_v like_o be_v chief_a commander_n in_o this_o service_n and_o phineas_n be_v zealous_a in_o this_o case_n as_o he_o have_v be_v in_o one_o of_o a_o not_o much_o different_a nature_n numb_a 25._o benjamin_n be_v now_o benoni_n a_o son_n of_o sorrow_n and_o rachel_n have_v cause_n to_o weep_v for_o her_o child_n chap._n xxi_o hadad_n rimmon_n zech._n 12._o 11._o or_o the_o sad_a shout_n of_o rimmon_n the_o prophet_n allude_v to_o the_o two_o great_a and_o general_a lamentation_n of_o israel_n the_o one_o about_o the_o rock_n rimmon_n where_o a_o whole_a tribe_n be_v now_o come_v to_o 400_o man_n and_o whereupon_o even_o the_o very_a conqueror_n become_v mourner_n the_o other_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o megiddo_n for_o the_o death_n of_o josiah_n the_o one_o 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be_v long_o after_o joshua_n death_n 2._o phinehas_n be_v alive_a at_o the_o battle_n at_o gibeah_n chap._n 20._o 28._o 3._o the_o wickedness_n of_o gibeah_n be_v reckon_v for_o their_o first_o villainy_n hos._n 10_o 9_o 4._o deborah_n speak_v of_o the_o 40000_o of_o israel_n that_o perish_v by_o benjamin_n as_o if_o neither_o sword_n nor_o spear_n have_v be_v among_o they_o chap._n 5._o 8._o 5._o mahaneh_n dan_o which_o be_v so_o name_v upon_o the_o march_n of_o the_o danite_n when_o they_o set_v up_o their_o idolatry_n chap._n 18._o 12._o be_v mention_v in_o the_o story_n of_o samson_n though_o that_o story_n be_v set_v before_o the_o story_n of_o their_o march_n chap._n 15._o 25._o 6._o dan_fw-mi be_v omit_v among_o the_o seal_a of_o the_o lord_n rev._n 7._o because_o idolatry_n first_o begin_v in_o his_o tribe_n as_o be_v say_v before_o 7._o ehud_n may_v very_o well_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o left-handed_a benjamite_n and_o one_o of_o they_o that_o escape_v at_o the_o rock_n rimmon_n chap._n 20._o 16._o &_o 21._o now_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v lay_v these_o story_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v so_o soon_o in_o so_o late_a a_o place_n may_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v this_o 1._o that_o the_o reader_n observe_v how_o their_o state-policy_n fail_v in_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n which_o be_v a_o danite_n may_v present_o be_v show_v god_n justice_n in_o it_o because_o their_o religion_n have_v first_o fail_v among_o the_o danite_n 2._o that_o when_o he_o observe_v that_o eleven_o hundred_o piece_n of_o silver_n be_v give_v by_o every_o philistim_a prince_n for_o the_o ruin_n of_o samson_n chap._n 16._o 5._o he_o may_v present_o observe_v the_o eleven_o hundred_o piece_n of_o silver_n that_o be_v give_v by_o micahs_n mother_n for_o the_o make_n of_o a_o idol_n which_o ruin_v religion_n in_o samson_n tribe_n 3._o that_o the_o story_n of_o micah_n of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n the_o first_o destroyer_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o story_n of_o saemuel_n of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n the_o first_o reformer_n of_o religion_n may_v be_v lay_v together_o somewhat_o near_o chap._n ii_o ver._n 11._o to_o the_o end_n and_o chap._n iii_o to_o ver._n 11._o othniel_n 28_o when_o these_o story_n be_v read_v the_o story_n return_v to_o chap._n 2._o 11._o and_o relate_v othniel_n 29_o the_o spread_a of_o idolatry_n over_o all_o the_o tribe_n as_o it_o have_v do_v over_o othniel_n 30_o that_o of_o dan_fw-mi and_o how_o mix_v marriage_n with_o curse_a canaanites_n undo_v israel_n their_o othniel_n 31_o first_o afflict_a be_v cushan_n rishathaim_n a_o mesopotamian_n he_o oppress_v they_o eight_o othniel_n 32_o year_n it_o be_v like_a he_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o tribe_n that_o lay_v on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n othniel_n 33_o as_o those_o that_o lie_v near_a to_o his_o own_o country_n and_o there_o get_v possession_n for_o so_o othniel_n 34_o many_o year_n together_o and_o encroach_v upon_o they_o within_o jordan_n by_o degree_n as_o othniel_n 35_o he_o find_v strength_n and_o opportunity_n but_o othniel_n of_o judah_n make_v good_a the_o othniel_n 36_o prophecy_n of_o judah_n be_v a_o lion_n whelp_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o the_o tent_n of_o cushan_n come_v into_o othniel_n 37_o affliction_n etc._n etc._n hab._n 3._o 7._o the_o consideration_n and_o observe_v that_o the_o first_o foreign_a othniel_n 38_o oppressor_n of_o all_o other_o that_o trouble_v israel_n in_o their_o own_o land_n be_v a_o man_n of_o othniel_n 39_o aram_n naharaim_n or_o a_o mesopotamian_n it_o can_v but_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o deal_n of_o laban_n with_o jacob_n in_o that_o place_n and_o it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o question_n and_o some_o strangeness_n how_o and_o why_o a_o man_n of_o that_o country_n of_o all_o other_o shall_v thus_o oppress_v they_o chap._n iii_o vers._n 11._o world_n 2610_o othniel_n 40_o othniel_n die_v chap._n iii_o verse_n 12._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 2611_o ehud_n 1_o ehud_n 2_o ehud_n 3_o ehud_n eighty_o year_n begin_v not_o that_o he_o rule_v so_o long_o without_o intermission_n ehud_n 4_o ehud_n 5_o or_o so_o long_o in_o any_o sense_n at_o all_o for_o eighty_o year_n be_v even_o a_o man_n ehud_n 6_o ehud_n 7_o whole_a life_n but_o that_o there_o be_v fourscore_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o othniel_n ehud_n 8_o and_o that_o after_o ehud_n deliver_v they_o from_o eglon_n he_o be_v judge_n and_o a_o ruler_n ehud_n 9_o ehud_n 10_o over_o they_o while_o he_o live_v not_o as_o a_o monarch_n for_o the_o sanhedrin_n bear_v the_o ehud_n 11_o sway_n but_o as_o a_o chief_a commander_n and_o one_o ready_a to_o undertake_v for_o they_o if_o ehud_n 12_o ehud_n 13_o any_o enemy_n shall_v arise_v and_o one_o ready_a to_o teach_v and_o lead_v they_o in_o the_o way_n ehud_n 14_o of_o god_n as_o be_v say_v before_o of_o othniel_n it_o be_v say_v of_o othniels_n time_n that_o the_o ehud_n 15_o ehud_n 16_o land_n have_v rest_n ehud_n 17_o forty_o year_n and_o othniel_n die_v by_o which_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o forty_o year_n be_v reckon_v till_o othniels_n death_n so_o in_o chap._n 22._o ibsan_n judge_v ehud_n 18_o ehud_n 19_o seven_o year_n and_o die_v elon_n judge_v ten_o year_n and_o die_v abdon_n judge_v eight_o ehud_n 20_o year_n and_o die_v etc._n etc._n samson_n judge_v twenty_o year_n and_o these_o twenty_o year_n ehud_n 21_o end_v in_o his_o death_n and_o so_o be_v we_o to_o conceive_v of_o these_o fourscore_o of_o ehud_n ehud_n 22_o ehud_n 23_o that_o they_o end_v with_o his_o death_n also_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v improper_a to_o conceive_v ehud_n 24_o that_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o cushan_n afflict_v be_v the_o last_o eight_o year_n of_o ehud_n 25_o ehud_n 26_o othniel_n

and_o only_o salve_v it_o with_o make_v a_o statute_n for_o her_o yearly_a lamentation_n in_o some_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n the_o high-priesthood_n be_v translate_v from_o the_o line_n of_o eleazar_n to_o the_o line_n of_o ithamar_n as_o appear_v in_o eli_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n now_o in_o all_o the_o story_n of_o the_o judge_n we_o find_v not_o any_o one_o thing_n so_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o root_a out_o of_o that_o house_n from_o the_o priesthood_n as_o about_o this_o matter_n of_o jephtah_n they_o not_o instruct_v he_o better_a but_o suffer_v such_o a_o butchery_n for_o a_o sacrifice_n jephtah_n have_v a_o new_a quarrel_n with_o the_o ephraimite_n and_o slay_v 42000_o of_o they_o discover_v they_o by_o the_o mis-pronouncing_a of_o a_o letter_n he_o may_v have_v offer_v many_o word_n that_o have_v shall_z double_v in_o they_o as_o shemesh_n the_o sun_n shelosha_n three_o shalsheleh_n a_o chain_n but_o the_o word_n propose_v be_v shiboleh_n because_o of_o the_o present_a occasion_n it_o signify_v a_o stream_n and_o the_o ephraimite_n be_v put_v to_o call_v the_o stream_n that_o they_o desire_v to_o pass_v over_o by_o the_o right_a name_n and_o they_o can_v not_o name_v it_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 8_o 9_o 10._o world_n 2825_o jephtach_v 1_o jephtach_v 2_o ibsan_n judge_v seven_o year_n he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o bethlehem_n and_o thereupon_o jephtach_v 3_o imagine_v by_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v boaz_n without_o any_o ground_n or_o reason_n for_o since_o jephtach_v 4_o jephtach_v 5_o rahab_n the_o mother_n of_o boaz_n be_v take_v into_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n be_v 270_o jephtach_v 6_o year_n and_o then_o guess_v whether_o boaz_n be_v likely_a to_o be_v active_a now_o ibsan_n be_v renown_v jephtach_v 7_o for_o the_o number_n and_o equality_n of_o the_o number_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n chap._n xiii_o and_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 11_o 12._o world_n 2832_o elon_n 1_o elon_n judge_v ten_o year_n he_o be_v a_o galilean_a of_o zebulon_n in_o the_o ten_o elon_n 2_o year_n of_o ibsan_n the_o philistines_n forty_o year_n of_o oppress_v begin_v mention_v elon_n 3_o chap._n 13._o verse_n 1._o samson_n be_v bear_v about_o this_o year_n if_o not_o in_o it_o for_o when_o the_o elon_n 4_o angel_n tell_v of_o his_o conception_n the_o philistines_n be_v lord_n over_o israel_n see_v elon_n 5_o verse_n 5._o the_o story_n of_o his_o birth_n be_v join_v to_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n that_o there_o elon_n 6_o might_n be_v no_o interruption_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o judge_n before_o he_o and_o that_o the_o elon_n 7_o whole_a history_n of_o his_o life_n and_o birth_n may_v lie_v together_o but_o in_o chronical_a series_n elon_n 8_o it_o lie_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o elon_n elon_n 9_o elon_n 10_o jesse_n the_o father_n of_o david_n bear_v by_o this_o time_n if_o not_o before_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 13_o 14_o 15._o world_n 2842_o elon_n 1_o abdon_n judge_v eight_o year_n he_o be_v exceed_o renown_v for_o his_o elon_n 2_o child_n have_v as_o many_o young_a noble_n and_o gallant_n to_o his_o son_n and_o elon_n 3_o granchildren_n as_o will_v make_v a_o whole_a sanhedrin_n namely_o seventy_o and_o himself_o elon_n 4_o the_o head_n he_o be_v a_o ephraimite_n of_o pirathon_n and_o so_o joseph_n glory_n elon_n 5_o shine_v again_o in_o ephraim_n as_o it_o have_v do_v in_o joshua_n before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o elon_n 6_o judge_n and_o have_v do_v in_o manasseh_n in_o the_o judge_n time_n in_o gedeon_n jair_a elon_n 7_o and_o jephtah_n ephraim_n low_a estate_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o abimelech_n and_o shechem_n be_v elon_n 8_o now_o somewhat_o recover_v in_o abdon_n chap._n fourteen_o xv._o xvi_o world_n 2850_o elon_n 1_o samson_n judge_v twenty_o year_n a_o man_n of_o dan_o be_v so_o as_o ephraim_n elon_n 2_o and_o dan_n have_v breed_v the_o first_o idolatry_n they_o yield_v the_o last_o judge_n he_o elon_n 3_o be_v bear_v supernatural_o of_o a_o barren_a woman_n and_o become_v the_o first_o nazarite_n elon_n 4_o we_o have_v upon_o record_n he_o kill_v a_o lion_n without_o any_o weapon_n findeth_z honey_n elon_n 5_o in_o the_o carcase_n propose_v a_o parable_n to_o thirty_o philistim_a gallant_n which_o elon_n 6_o in_o three_o day_n they_o can_v unriddle_v and_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n say_v the_o text_n elon_n 7_o they_o say_v unto_o his_o wife_n persuade_v thy_o husband_n chap._n 14._o vers_fw-la 15._o that_o be_v elon_n 8_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n their_o irreligiousness_n not_o mind_v that_o day_n and_o now_o elon_n 9_o find_v the_o fit_a opportunity_n of_o talk_v with_o his_o wife_n alone_o samson_n be_v elon_n 10_o employ_v about_o the_o sabbath_n duty_n he_o pay_v they_o with_o their_o own_o countrymens_n elon_n 11_o spoil_n fire_v the_o philistines_n corn_n with_o three_o hundred_o fox_n be_v destroy_a elon_n 12_o they_o all_o his_o life_n but_o destroy_v more_o at_o his_o death_n a_o type_n of_o christ._n elon_n 13_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o philistines_n be_v say_v to_o bear_v rule_n and_o oppress_v israel_n elon_n 14_o all_o samson_n day_n chap._n 13._o 1._o the_o lord_n deliver_v israel_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o elon_n 15_o philistines_n forty_o year_n and_o chap._n 15._o 20._o and_o samson_n judge_v israel_n in_o the_o day_n elon_n 16_o of_o the_o philistines_n twenty_o year_n this_o help_v clear_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o elon_n 17_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n be_v include_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o so_o elon_n 18_o end_v the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n in_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n though_o elon_n 19_o the_o posture_n of_o the_o book_n itself_o do_v end_n in_o another_o story_n no_o judge_n of_o all_o elon_n 20_o the_o twelve_o have_v fall_v into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n and_o under_o their_o abuse_n but_o only_a samson_n but_o he_o slay_v more_o at_o his_o death_n then_o while_o he_o be_v live_v the_o first_o book_n of_o samuel_n this_o book_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o 80_o year_n viz._n from_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n who_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n glorious_o to_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n who_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n wretched_o this_o time_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o equal_a portion_n namely_o 40_o year_n to_o eli_n 1_o sam._n 4._o 18._o and_o 40_o year_n to_o samuel_n and_o saul_n act_v 13._o 21._o chap._n i._n ii_o iii_o world_n 2870_o eli_n 1_o eli_n judge_v 40_o year_n he_o be_v of_o ithamar_n for_o eleazers_n line_n have_v lose_v the_o eli_n 2_o high_a priesthood_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n it_o have_v be_v in_o that_o family_n eli_n 3_o seven_o generation_n viz._n eleazar_n phineas_n abishua_n bukki_n uzzi_n zerahiah_n meraioth_n eli_n 4_o eli_n 5_o 1_o chron._n 6._o 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o there_o it_o fail_v till_o the_o seven_o generation_n after_o eli_n 6_o namely_o through_o the_o time_n of_o amaziah_n ahitub_n zadok_v ahimaaz_n azaria_n johanan_n eli_n 7_o and_o then_o come_v azariah_n and_o he_o execute_v this_o office_n in_o the_o temple_n eli_n 8_o that_o solomon_n build_v 1_o chron._n 6._o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o observe_v these_o six_o that_o fail_v of_o the_o eli_n 9_o high_a priesthood_n leave_v out_o of_o the_o genealogy_n ezra_n 7._o 3_o 4._o eli_n be_v the_o first_o of_o eli_n 10_o the_o other_o line_n that_o obtain_v it_o and_o it_o run_v through_o these_o descent_n eli_n phineas_n eli_n 11_o ahitub_n ahimelech_n abiathar_n 1_o sam._n 14._o 3._o &_o 22._o 20._o &_o 1_o king_n 2._o 26._o samuel_n eli_n 12_o eli_n 13_o the_o son_n of_o his_o mother_n prayer_n tear_n and_o vow_n be_v bear_v in_o country_n in_o in_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o sam._n 1._o 1._o that_o be_v of_o one_o of_o the_o two_o ramah_n to_o wit_n that_o of_o the_o zophites_n of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v construe_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 1_o sam._n 18._o 2._o one_o of_o two_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v construe_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d josh._n 21._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 1._o 39_o 5._o not_o the_o hill_n of_o ephraim_n but_o the_o hill_n country_n aramathea_n the_o eli_n 14_o twenty_o from_o levi_n of_o the_o offspring_n of_o korah_n who_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o eli_n 15_o the_o ground_n 1_o chron._n 6._o and_o numb_a 26._o 11._o he_o have_v murmur_v at_o the_o priesthood_n eli_n 16_o and_o magistracy_n and_o now_o one_o of_o his_o line_n be_v raise_v up_o to_o repair_v both_o when_o eli_n 17_o they_o be_v decay_v samuel_n be_v a_o vow_a nazarite_n and_o dedicate_v at_o the_o

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author_n of_o the_o book_n zohar_n r._n nathan_n the_o author_n of_o avoth_n r._n josi_n galileus_n and_o his_o son_n eliezer_n r._n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi nuri._fw-la ben_fw-mi nanas_n r._n joshua_n ben_fw-mi korcha_n r._n eliezer_n ben_fw-mi chasma_fw-la and_o why_o shall_v we_o reckon_v more_o when_o berishith_n rabath_n make_v this_o summa_fw-la totalis_fw-la on_o gen._n 25._o that_o r._n akibah_n have_v 24000_o disciple_n of_o some_o decretal_n make_v at_o usha_n you_o may_v read_v jerus_n in_o rosh_n hashan_fw-mi fol._n 58._o col_fw-fr 3._o chetub_n fol._n 28._o col_fw-fr 3._o in_o these_o time_n of_o hadrian_n which_o we_o be_v yet_o upon_o aquila_n the_o proselyte_n be_v in_o be_v and_o in_o repute_n in_o jerus_n chagig_n fol._n 77._o col_fw-fr 1_o he_o be_v introduce_v discourse_v with_o hadrian_n about_o the_o universe_n be_v support_v by_o a_o spirit_n in_o megil_n fol._n 71._o col_fw-fr 3._o it_o be_v say_v that_o aquila_n the_o proselyte_n interpret_v the_o law_n before_o 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once_o you_o have_v he_o swear_v by_o the_o temple_n cherithuth_n per._n 1._o halac_fw-la 7._o section_n vii_o the_o sanhedrin_n at_o bethshaarain_a tsipporis_n and_o tiberias_n r._n judah_n precedent_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n his_o son_n rabbi_n judah_n succeed_v he_o a_o man_n of_o note_n equal_a with_o if_o not_o above_o any_o name_v before_o he_o he_o bear_v not_o the_o title_n of_o rabban_n as_o his_o ancestor_n have_v do_v for_o five_o generation_n before_o he_o yet_o have_v he_o those_o appellation_n that_o dignify_v he_o equal_a with_o it_o he_o be_v call_v sometime_o eminent_o rabbi_n and_o no_o more_o sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o holy_a sometime_o our_o holy_a rabbi_n sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o prince_n and_o oft_o in_o the_o jerus_n talmud_n r._n judan_n vid._n jerus_n sanhedr_n fol._n 30._o col_fw-fr 1._o where_o it_o speak_v of_o all_o his_o title_n there_o be_v innumerable_a story_n of_o he_o we_o shall_v only_o pick_v up_o those_o that_o be_v 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moses_n 2._o the_o pharisaical_a wash_n bring_v in_o upon_o tradition_n 3._o the_o baptism_n of_o john_n 4._o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n for_o these_o two_o though_o they_o be_v not_o different_a in_o themselves_o yet_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o different_a by_o the_o people_n 2._o about_o the_o disputant_n upon_o the_o question_n the_o language_n of_o the_o text_n be_v somewhat_o curt_a and_o hard_a it_o say_v there_o be_v a_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o or_o by_o the_o disciple_n of_o john_n with_o the_o jew_n and_o it_o seem_v to_o intimate_v a_o subdivide_v controversy_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v argue_v a_o doubt_n among_o john_n disciple_n themselves_o and_o so_o the_o vulgar_a french_a and_o italian_a carry_v it_o as_o if_o they_o be_v the_o man_n that_o begin_v the_o dispute_n and_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v set_v they_o both_o in_o a_o opposition_n and_o conjunction_n with_o the_o jew_n in_o this_o question_n 3._o their_o divide_a controversy_n be_v partly_o about_o the_o pre-eminence_n of_o the_o judaical_a wash_n and_o the_o evangelical_n baptism_n and_o here_o the_o jew_n and_o they_o be_v at_o opposition_n and_o partly_o about_o the_o pre-eminence_n of_o john_n baptism_n and_o christ_n and_o here_o the_o jew_n will_v hiss_v they_o on_o in_o the_o contestation_n 4._o this_o question_v arise_v upon_o the_o occasion_n relate_v immediate_o before_o christ_n begin_v to_o baptize_v and_o john_n also_o be_v still_o baptise_v therefore_o there_o arise_v a_o question_n john_n disciple_n start_v at_o it_o that_o another_o baptizer_n shall_v appear_v beside_o their_o master_n and_o he_o more_o follow_v than_o their_o master_n be_v as_o vers_n 26._o and_o the_o jew_n will_v fly_v upon_o they_o with_o indignation_n as_o causer_n and_o abettor_n of_o innovation_n you_o see_v what_o you_o have_v do_v to_o forsake_v the_o state_v and_o ancient_a wash_n and_o rite_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o tradition_n for_o there_o be_v now_o another_o rise_v up_o that_o set_v up_o a_o new_a baptism_n and_o so_o will_v there_o be_v novellize_a still_o in_o infinitum_fw-la vers._n 27._o a_o man_n can_v receive_v nothing_o except_v etc._n etc._n john_n give_v a_o answer_n to_o his_o disciple_n that_o take_v it_o ill_o that_o christ_n be_v so_o follow_v and_o as_o they_o think_v to_o their_o master_n prejudice_n to_o satisfy_v they_o both_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o on_o the_o other_o be_v he_o so_o much_o follow_v why_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o heaven_n do_v i_o decrease_v why_o a_o man_n can_v receive_v nothing_o unless_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o thence_o vers._n 29._o he_o that_o have_v the_o bride_n be_v the_o bridegroom_n etc._n etc._n the_o baptist_n in_o this_o borrow_a speech_n 1._o assert_v christ_n to_o be_v that_o lord_n of_o host_n who_o be_v the_o husband_n of_o the_o church_n esa._n 54._o 5._o jer._n 3._o 14._o hos._n 2._o 19_o 20._o and_o 2._o that_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o ministry_n be_v but_o a_o attendant_n upon_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o bride_n as_o the_o bridegroom_n friend_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v translate_v the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shoshebin_n which_o be_v a_o word_n exceed_v common_a in_o their_o use_n and_o author_n in_o a_o general_a sense_n it_o signify_v any_o special_a or_o singular_a friend_n whatsoever_o and_o so_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o 2_o sam._n 13._o 3._o that_o amnon_n have_v a_o friend_n the_o chaldee_n have_v render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d amnon_n have_v a_o shoshebin_n but_o more_o peculiarly_a and_o proper_o it_o signify_v the_o special_a friend_n and_o attendant_n of_o a_o bridegroom_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o marriage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o use_v say_v elias_n levita_fw-la to_o call_v the_o friend_n of_o a_o bridegroom_n shoshebenin_n so_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o judg._n 14._o 20._o samson_n wife_n be_v give_v to_o his_o companion_n who_o he_o have_v use_v as_o his_o friend_n the_o chaldee_n express_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o his_o companion_n who_o have_v be_v his_o shoshebin_n that_o be_v his_o paranymphus_fw-la or_o his_o special_a friend_n and_o attendant_n at_o his_o marriage_n with_o the_o bride_n and_o bridegroom_n at_o a_o marriage_n there_o be_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o friend_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n or_o paranymphi_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n or_o wedding_n guest_n as_o matth._n 9_o 15._o and_o so_o they_o be_v mention_v all_o together_o in_o that_o tradition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o bridegroom_n and_o the_o bride_n the_o paranymphi_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n be_v free_v from_o keep_v the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n maym._n in_o succah_n per._n 6._o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shoshebinin_n be_v common_o two_o one_o of_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o one_o of_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o bride_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tosaph_n ad_fw-la cetuboth_n per._n 1._o they_o appoint_v two_o paranymphi_n one_o of_o the_o bridegroom_n kindred_n and_o the_o other_o of_o the_o bride_n these_o two_o be_v now_o resemble_v among_o we_o by_o those_o that_o we_o call_v the_o bridegroom_n man_n now_o by_o this_o expression_n and_o comparison_n john_n show_v how_o far_o he_o be_v from_o that_o jealousy_n and_o indignation_n that_o his_o disciple_n have_v and_o which_o they_o will_v have_v kindle_v in_o he_o at_o jesus_n his_o honour_n and_o the_o resort_n that_o be_v make_v of_o all_o sort_n unto_o he_o no_o say_v john_n i_o envy_v not_o his_o honour_n and_o growth_n but_o as_o a_o near_a and_o true_a friend_n of_o a_o bridegroom_n envy_v not_o but_o rejoice_v at_o the_o bridegroom_n happiness_n and_o honour_n and_o that_o all_o observe_v and_o serve_v he_o at_o his_o marriage_n and_o be_v well_o please_v to_o hear_v his_o voice_n and_o pleasantness_n even_o so_o be_v it_o my_o rejoice_v to_o hear_v of_o the_o honour_n growth_n splendour_n and_o advancement_n of_o christ_n for_o he_o be_v the_o bridegroom_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 30._o he_o must_v increase_v but_o i_o must_v decrease_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o see_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o baptist_n in_o these_o word_n that_o he_o intend_v they_o concern_v his_o ministry_n and_o glory_n compare_v with_o the_o ministry_n and_o glory_n of_o christ_n that_o his_o shall_v be_v as_o the_o star_n and_o moon_n be_v when_o the_o sun_n appear_v swallow_v up_o and_o eclipse_v by_o that_o light_n the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o verse_n if_o it_o be_v also_o take_v as_o a_o prediction_n of_o john_n of_o his_o own_o imprisonment_n and_o death_n we_o shall_v see_v it_o make_v good_a and_o accomplish_v in_o that_o next_o section_n but_o that_o exposition_n that_o apply_v this_o to_o the_o day_n increase_v from_o christmas_n when_o christ_n be_v bear_v and_o decrease_v from_o midsummer_n when_o john_n baptist_n be_v bear_v seem_v to_o have_v look_v more_o on_o a_o almanac_n than_o on_o the_o scripture_n vers._n 31._o he_o that_o come_v from_o above_o be_v above_o all_o here_o be_v another_o argument_n whereby_o the_o baptist_n will_v convince_v his_o disciple_n against_o those_o thought_n of_o emulation_n that_o they_o have_v of_o john_n compare_v with_o christ_n when_o they_o think_v not_o well_o of_o it_o that_o christ_n shall_v baptise_v and_o that_o so_o many_o shall_v come_v to_o he_o which_o do_v or_o will_v eclipse_v the_o honour_n of_o john_n why_o say_v john_n he_o come_v from_o above_o and_o therefore_o he_o deserve_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o i_o and_o before_o all_o other_o the_o baptist_n do_v herein_o assert_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o he_o be_v more_o than_o he_o appear_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o these_o disciple_n that_o be_v speak_v of_o he_o §._o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v earthly_a and_o speak_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o greek_a it_o be_v he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v of_o the_o earth_n which_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v render_v so_o verbatim_o and_o so_o the_o syriack_n but_o the_o arabic_a erasmus_n beza_n the_o italian_a etc._n etc._n read_v it_o as_o our_o english_a do_v he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v earthly_a the_o french_a enlarge_v it_o thus_o he_o that_o proceed_v from_o the_o earth_n be_v of_o the_o earth_n and_o speak_v as_o one_o proceed_v from_o the_o earth_n the_o intention_n of_o the_o baptist_n in_o the_o word_n be_v to_o character_n himself_o and_o all_o other_o man_n as_o he_o have_v character_v christ_n in_o the_o word_n precede_v and_o do_v so_o forward_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v he_o speak_v especial_o three_o thing_n of_o christ_n and_o three_o thing_n

couple_n for_o breed_v and_o the_o odd_a one_o for_o adam_n sacrifice_n upon_o his_o fall_n but_o of_o unclean_a only_o one_o couple_n for_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o kind_n vers._n 26._o man_n create_v by_o the_o trinity_n about_o the_o three_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n or_o nine_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n chap._n ii_o the_o three_o first_o verse_n that_o treat_v of_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v according_a to_o their_o proper_a order_n of_o time_n to_o be_v take_v in_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n vers._n 4._o etc._n etc._n on_o the_o morning_n of_o the_o six_o day_n a_o mist_n that_o have_v go_v up_o from_o the_o earth_n fall_v down_o upon_o it_o again_o in_o rain_n or_o dew_n and_o water_v the_o earth_n with_o which_o water_v the_o tree_n and_o plant_n bud_v to_o maturity_n in_o a_o trice_n this_o dew_n be_v as_o a_o natural_a cause_n thereof_o yet_o the_o effect_n be_v withal_o exceed_o supernatural_a because_o ●o_o speedy_a vers._n 7._o of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n thus_o water_v god_n create_v the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o to_o this_o the_o psalmist_n allude_v the_o dew_n of_o thy_o youth_n psal._n 110._o 3._o and_o into_o that_o earth_n so_o prepare_v he_o breathe_v the_o spirit_n of_o life_n and_o grace_n ephes._n 4._o 24._o vers._n 10._o eden_n water_v by_o a_o river_n that_o overflow_v it_o once_o a_o year_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o nilus_n and_o jordan_n chap._n 13._o 10._o to_o adam_n thus_o create_v and_o make_v lord_n of_o the_o creature_n the_o lord_n himself_o bring_v the_o creature_n to_o receive_v their_o name_n which_o he_o give_v to_o they_o agreeable_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o that_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n show_v at_o once_o his_o dominion_n over_o they_o and_o his_o wisdom_n among_o they_o all_o he_o see_v no_o fit_a match_n for_o himself_o but_o by_o see_v every_o one_o of_o they_o mate_v and_o that_o they_o come_v before_o he_o by_o pair_n he_o be_v bring_v to_o be_v sensible_a of_o his_o own_o want_n of_o a_o fellow_n which_o thereupon_o god_n provide_v for_o he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o body_n of_o a_o rib_n which_o part_n of_o he_o may_v best_o be_v spare_v and_o thus_o the_o creation_n end_v in_o the_o make_n of_o the_o woman_n chap._n iii_o the_o woman_n think_v it_o have_v be_v a_o good_a angel_n that_o speak_v in_o the_o trunk_n of_o the_o serpent_n she_o enter_v communication_n with_o the_o devil_n who_o perceive_v she_o both_o to_o add_v and_o to_o diminish_v to_o and_o from_o the_o commandment_n that_o be_v give_v they_o grow_v the_o more_o impudent_a to_o tempt_v and_o seduce_v she_o by_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o pride_n of_o life_n as_o 1_o john_n 2._o 16._o and_o she_o persuade_v her_o husband_n and_o so_o they_o both_o be_v fall_v on_o the_o very_a same_o day_n that_o they_o be_v create_v gen._n 9_o 1_o 2_o 3._o psal._n 49._o 12._o christ_n be_v promise_v before_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n be_v censure_v and_o they_o be_v question_v also_o before_o they_o be_v sentence_v but_o so_o be_v not_o satan_n for_o god_n have_v mercy_n in_o store_n for_o they_o but_o none_o for_o he_o the_o curse_n be_v not_o upon_o man_n himself_o but_o upon_o the_o earth_n to_o teach_v he_o to_o set_v his_o affection_n on_o thing_n above_o and_o not_o on_o the_o curse_a ground_n and_o not_o to_o look_v for_o a_o earthly_a kingdom_n of_o christ_n on_o this_o earth_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v curse_v adam_n apprehend_v and_o lay_v hold_v upon_o the_o promise_n by_o faith_n and_o in_o evidence_n of_o this_o his_o faith_n he_o call_v his_o wife_n name_n eve_n or_o life_n because_o she_o be_v to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o christ_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n by_o who_o life_n shall_v come_v and_o of_o all_o believer_n that_o by_o faith_n shall_v live_v in_o he_o for_o a_o outward_a sign_n and_o seal_v of_o this_o his_o faith_n and_o for_o a_o further_o and_o more_o lively_a expression_n of_o the_o same_o god_n teach_v he_o the_o rite_n of_o sacrifice_n to_o lay_v christ_n die_v before_o his_o eye_n in_o a_o visible_a figure_n and_o with_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o sacrifice_a beast_n god_n teach_v he_o and_o his_o wife_n to_o clothe_v their_o body_n and_o thus_o the_o first_o thing_n that_o die_v in_o the_o world_n be_v christ_n in_o a_o figure_n at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o three_o chapter_n imagine_v the_o three_o first_o verse_n of_o chap._n 2._o concern_v the_o sabbath_n to_o be_v observe_v to_o come_v in_o and_o suppose_v the_o texture_n of_o the_o story_n to_o lie_v thus_o adam_n thus_o fall_v censure_v recover_v instruct_v and_o expel_v eden_n on_o the_o six_o day_n the_o next_o day_n follow_v he_o by_o god_n appointment_n keep_v for_o a_o sabbath_n or_o a_o holy_a rest_n and_o spend_v it_o only_o in_o divine_a duty_n now_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o stand_v in_o the_o place_n where_o it_o do_v chap._n 2._o be_v partly_o because_o moses_n will_v lay_v the_o seven_o day_n or_o the_o first_o week_n of_o the_o world_n altogether_o without_o interposition_n and_o partly_o because_o he_o will_v show_v by_o set_v it_o before_o adam_n fall_n that_o have_v he_o persist_v in_o innocency_n yet_o must_v he_o have_v observe_v a_o sabbath_n the_o seven_o day_n or_o sabbath_n be_v not_o bound_v in_o the_o text_n with_o the_o same_o limit_n that_o the_o other_o day_n be_v for_o it_o be_v not_o say_v of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v of_o they_o the_o evening_n and_o the_o morning_n be_v the_o seven_o day_n because_o a_o time_n shall_v come_v when_o it_o shall_v have_v a_o new_a beginning_n and_o end_n and_o though_o to_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v from_o even_o to_o even_o yet_o from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o express_v chap._n iu._n cain_n and_o abel_n twin_n of_o one_o birth_n and_o first_o be_v bear_v he_o that_o be_v natural_a and_o after_o he_o that_o be_v spiritual_a the_o faith_n of_o abel_n appear_v in_o the_o very_a material_n of_o his_o sacrifice_n it_o be_v of_o slay_a beast_n and_o so_o a_o representation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n for_o this_o it_o be_v fire_v from_o heaven_n and_o cain_n be_v not_o though_o his_o dry_a ear_n of_o corn_n be_v material_n far_o more_o combustible_a cain_n and_o abel_n be_v both_o their_o own_o priest_n for_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o sacrifice_n be_v ever_o offer_v but_o upon_o emergent_a occasion_n till_o the_o law_n fix_v it_o for_o a_o common_a service_n and_o he_o that_o have_v such_o a_o occasion_n have_v liberty_n to_o be_v his_o own_o priest_n even_o under_o the_o law_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o gedeon_n manoah_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o much_o more_o be_v that_o liberty_n before_o the_o word_n sin_n in_o vers_n 7._o seem_v rather_o to_o signify_v a_o offering_n or_o attonment_n for_o sin_n than_o punishment_n for_o first_o god_n come_v not_o to_o deject_v cain_n low_a than_o he_o be_v but_o to_o raise_v he_o from_o his_o dejection_n as_o it_o appear_v both_o by_o his_o deign_v to_o give_v he_o a_o oracle_n from_o heaven_n and_o also_o by_o the_o word_n wherewith_o he_o begin_v second_o if_o the_o word_n sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n intend_v sudden_a judgement_n ready_a to_o devour_v he_o what_o dependence_n can_v the_o word_n follow_v have_v with_o these_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o well_o thou_o shall_v certain_o be_v punish_v and_o thy_o brother_n desire_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o thou_o for_o this_o be_v to_o threaten_v poor_a abel_n more_o or_o at_o least_o as_o much_o as_o cain_n three_o the_o original_a word_n chateath_n as_o it_o signify_v sin_n so_o also_o do_v it_o the_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n as_o hos._n 4._o 8._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 21._o and_o all_o along_o leviticus_n and_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n according_a to_o which_o moses_n speak_v as_o best_o know_v to_o lay_v the_o sacrifice_n at_o the_o sanctuary_n door_n vers._n 14._o cain_n sensible_a of_o his_o punishment_n though_o he_o be_v not_o of_o his_o sin_n beg_v of_o god_n that_o he_o may_v die_v to_o ease_v he_o of_o it_o therefore_o let_v any_o one_o that_o find_v i_o kill_v i_o but_o this_o god_n deny_v to_o he_o reserve_v he_o to_o a_o linger_a punishment_n and_o cain_n be_v assure_v of_o long_a life_n give_v himself_o to_o all_o sensuality_n to_o sweeten_v it_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v and_o this_o be_v the_o way_n of_o cain_n jud._n vers_fw-la 11._o vers._n 23._o lamech_v in_o horror_n of_o conscience_n for_o his_o polygamy_n which_o now_o begin_v to_o be_v exemplary_a to_o the_o general_a corruption_n of_o the_o world_n acknowledge_v his_o sin_n seventy_o time_n great_a than_o

they_o of_o the_o most_o difficulty_n as_o far_o as_o grammatical_a construction_n and_o truth_n of_o history_n will_v warrant_v and_o justify_v reuben_n thou_o be_v my_o first_o bear_v my_o might_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o my_o strength_n there_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o dignity_n for_o thou_o and_o a_o remnant_n of_o strength_n for_o so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v many_o time_n in_o the_o bible_n and_o so_o be_v reuben_n dignify_v in_o lead_v the_o van_n in_o the_o war_n of_o canaan_n josh._n 4._o 12._o and_o so_o have_v he_o a_o residue_n of_o strength_n in_o be_v frontier_n against_o the_o hagarens_n 1_o chron._n 5._o 10._o vers._n 4._o unstable_a as_o water_v in_o affect_v the_o priesthood_n numb_a 16._o 1_o 2._o and_o in_o refuse_v relinquas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ne_fw-fr relinquas_fw-la of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n numb_a 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leave_v no_o remnant_n of_o thy_o instability_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 5._o simeon_n and_o levi_n brethren_n their_o trafficking_n be_v instrument_n of_o cruelty_n for_o their_o ipsorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d venditionis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la pretence_n of_o trade_n with_o shechem_n they_o make_v a_o instrument_n to_o execute_v their_o bloodiness_n vers._n 6._o for_o in_o their_o anger_n they_o slay_v a_o man_n as_o for_o their_o will_v they_o will_v hough_v a_o ox_n for_o they_o use_v circumcision_n as_o a_o mean_n to_o master_n and_o murder_v i_o as_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v cut_v the_o sinew_n of_o a_o ox_n to_o bring_v he_o under_o to_o their_o will_n vers._n 13._o zebulon_n shall_v dwell_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n or_o the_o lake_n of_o genezaret_n east_n and_o the_o sea_n of_o phoenicia_n or_o the_o mediterranean_a north-west_n vers._n 14._o issachar_n be_v a_o ass_n of_o bone_n couch_v down_o between_o two_o burden_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o phoenicia_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n on_o the_o other_o vers._n 22._o joseph_n be_v a_o son_n of_o fruitfulness_n his_o fruitfulness_n in_o son_n shall_v be_v by_o the_o well_o in_o daughter_n it_o go_v even_o to_o the_o enemy_n this_o interpretation_n of_o that_o part_n of_o joseph_n blessing_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o conjecture_v at_o rather_o than_o bold_o aver_v and_o that_o upon_o these_o consideration_n first_o that_o there_o be_v a_o plain_a antithesis_fw-la betwixt_o ben_n and_o bavoth_o and_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v construe_v according_o of_o son_n and_o daughter_n second_o that_o the_o word_n ben_n be_v by_o his_o place_n in_o regimine_fw-la but_o by_o his_o vowel_n not_o so_o be_v porah_n by_o his_o last_o letter_n in_o regimine_fw-la but_o not_o by_o this_o place_n and_o therefore_o both_o of_o they_o to_o be_v render_v something_o answerable_a to_o this_o their_o double_a condition_n ben-porath_a joseph_n be_v a_o son_n of_o fruitfulness_n here_o they_o have_v the_o due_a of_o their_o place_n and_o porath_n ben_n fruitfulness_n of_o son_n here_o they_o have_v the_o due_a of_o their_o vowel_n and_o letter_n three_o that_o porath_n also_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o latter_a clause_n porath_n bavoth_v fruitfulness_n in_o daughter_n four_o that_o shur_n signify_v native_o in_o hebrew_a a_o enemy_n psal._n 92._o 12._o and_o it_o be_v but_o from_o the_o chaldee_n idiom_n that_o it_o betoken_v a_o wall_n joseph_n fruitfulness_n in_o son_n than_o do_v chief_o show_v itself_o by_o the_o well_o of_o shechem_n where_o joshua_n of_o joseph_n aslemble_v all_o the_o tribe_n as_o prince_n over_o they_o and_o there_o also_o jeroboam_n of_o joseph_n raise_v up_o that_o house_n to_o a_o kingdom_n from_o these_o word_n of_o jacob_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o sychar_n have_v their_o warrant_n to_o maintain_v that_o their_o well_o be_v jocobs_n well_o and_o that_o his_o son_n and_o cattle_n drink_v of_o it_o for_o it_o may_v not_o have_v 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be_v 430_o year_n exod._n 12._o 40._o gal._n 1._o 17._o this_o sum_n of_o year_n divide_v itself_o into_o two_o equal_a part_n for_o half_a of_o it_o be_v spend_v before_o their_o go_v into_o egypt_n and_o half_a of_o it_o in_o there_o be_v there_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n be_v take_v up_o before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n thus_o from_o the_o promise_n give_v to_o abraham_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n compare_v gen._n 12._o 4._o with_o gen._n 21._o 5._o from_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n threescore_o gen._n 25._o 26._o from_o thence_o to_o their_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o gen._n 27._o 9_o the_o other_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n they_o spend_v in_o egypt_n namely_o ninety_o four_o before_o the_o death_n of_o levi_n the_o long_a liver_n of_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o one_o betwixt_o his_o death_n and_o their_o deliverance_n for_o levi_n and_o joseph_n be_v both_o bear_v in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o jacob_n second_o apprenticeship_n gen._n 29._o &_o 30._o levi_n in_o the_o four_o and_o joseph_n in_o the_o seven_o so_o that_o there_o be_v three_o year_n between_o they_o now_o joseph_n when_o his_o father_n and_o brethren_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n be_v nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a compare_v gen._n 41._o 46._o 51._o &_o 45._o 6._o and_o then_o be_v levi_n forty_o three_o and_o levi_n live_v a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n exod._n 6._o 16._o out_o of_o which_o those_o forty_o three_o be_v deduct_v which_o he_o have_v spend_v before_o their_o come_n down_o into_o egypt_n it_o appear_v they_o be_v in_o egypt_n ninety_o four_o year_n before_o his_o death_n and_o those_o ninety_o four_o be_v deduct_v out_o of_o the_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o which_o they_o spend_v in_o that_o land_n it_o appear_v also_o that_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o one_o year_n pass_v betwixt_o his_o death_n and_o their_o delivery_n and_o till_o his_o death_n they_o feel_v no_o affliction_n exod._n 1._o 6_o 7_o 8._o section_n ii_o the_o 88_o &_o 89_o psalm_n pen_v in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o affliction_n these_o two_o psalm_n be_v the_o old_a piece_n of_o writing_n that_o the_o world_n have_v to_o show_v for_o they_o be_v pen_v many_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n by_o two_o man_n that_o feel_v and_o groan_v under_o this_o bondage_n and_o affliction_n of_o egypt_n heman_n and_o ethan_n two_o son_n of_o zerah_n 1_o chron._n 2._o 6._o in_o psalm_n 88_o heman_n deplore_v the_o distress_n and_o misery_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n in_o most_o passionate_a measure_n and_o therefore_o title_n his_o elegy_n gnal_n mahalath_n leannoth_n concern_v sickness_n by_o affliction_n and_o according_o he_o and_o his_o brethren_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o mahol_n 1_o king_n 4._o 31._o in_o psal._n 89._o ethan_n from_o the_o promise_n gen._n 15._o sing_v joyful_o their_o deliverance_n that_o the_o rage_a of_o the_o red_a sea_n shall_v be_v rule_v vers_fw-la 9_o and_o rahab_n or_o egypt_n shall_v be_v break_v in_o piece_n vers_n 10._o and_o that_o the_o people_n shall_v hear_v the_o joyful_a sound_n of_o the_o law_n vers_fw-la 15._o object_n but_o david_n be_v name_v frequent_o in_o the_o psalm_n who_o be_v not_o bear_v of_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o ethan_n be_v dead_a answ._n 1._o this_o may_v be_v do_v prophetical_o as_o samuel_n be_v think_v to_o be_v name_v by_o moses_n psal._n 99_o 6._o for_o that_o psalm_n according_a to_o a_o rule_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v hold_v to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o he_o 2._o it_o will_v be_v find_v in_o scripture_n that_o when_o some_o holy_a man_n endue_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v leave_v piece_n

in_o hand_n in_o haste_n so_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o supper_n to_o be_v eat_v without_o leaven_n of_o malice_n with_o bitter_a repentance_n with_o resolution_n of_o amendment_n with_o preparation_n to_o walk_v better_o lean_v on_o the_o staff_n of_o true_a faith_n haste_v to_o leave_v this_o worldly_a egypt_n thus_o be_v the_o passover_n first_o eat_v in_o egypt_n after_o which_o all_o egypt_n be_v strike_v with_o death_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v now_o punish_v with_o death_n of_o their_o child_n for_o murder_a israel_n child_n this_o night_n be_v ill_o to_o they_o but_o the_o night_n in_o the_o read_v sea_n be_v worse_a at_o the_o death_n of_o a_o lamb_n egypt_n be_v destroy_v israel_n deliver_v so_o by_o the_o death_n of_o a_o lamb_n hell_n be_v destroy_v mankind_n deliver_v when_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n they_o bring_v up_o with_o they_o joseph_n bone_n and_o so_o as_o he_o bring_v they_o down_o thither_o so_o they_o bring_v he_o up_o 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their_o passover_n psalm_n the_o 113._o &_o 114._o all_o these_o and_o their_o other_o ceremony_n be_v set_v down_o accurate_o in_o their_o common_a prayer_n book_n which_o i_o will_v not_o have_v deny_v to_o the_o reader_n in_o english_a both_o for_o his_o recreation_n satisfaction_n and_o some_o instruction_n but_o that_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o i_o shall_v actum_fw-la agere_fw-la do_v that_o which_o some_o one_o have_v do_v before_o and_o beside_o i_o write_v these_o thing_n not_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o set_v study_n but_o steal_a hour_n employ_v my_o idle_a hour_n to_o the_o write_n of_o these_o study_n that_o i_o may_v witness_v to_o some_o that_o my_o whole_a time_n be_v not_o idle_a but_o it_o may_v be_v i_o may_v seem_v more_o idle_a in_o thus_o write_v than_o if_o i_o have_v be_v idle_a indeed_o to_o they_o that_o think_v thus_o i_o can_v only_o answer_v it_o be_v youth_n age_n may_v do_v better_o chap._n xxviii_o of_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n that_o the_o world_n from_o babel_n be_v scatter_v into_o divers_a tongue_n we_o need_v not_o other_o proof_n then_o as_o diogenes_n prove_v that_o there_o be_v motion_n by_o walk_v so_o we_o may_v see_v the_o confusion_n of_o language_n by_o our_o confuse_a speak_v once_o all_o the_o earth_n be_v of_o one_o tongue_n one_o speech_n and_o one_o consent_n for_o they_o all_o speak_v in_o the_o holy_a tongue_n wherein_o the_o world_n be_v create_v in_o the_o beginning_n to_o use_v the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v and_o targ._n jerusal_n upon_o gen._n 11._o 1._o but_o pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la dissentionis_fw-la humanae_fw-la as_o say_v st._n austen_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n disagree_v not_o only_o different_a disposition_n but_o also_o different_a language_n come_v into_o the_o world_n they_o come_v to_o babel_n with_o a_o disagree_a agreement_n and_o they_o come_v away_o punish_v with_o a_o speechless_a speech_n they_o disagree_v among_o themselves_o cum_fw-la cuique_fw-la principatum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la rapit_fw-la while_o every_o one_o strive_v for_o dominion_n as_o the_o same_o austen_n they_o agree_v against_o god_n in_o their_o nagnavad_n lan_o siguda_n etc._n etc._n we_o will_v make_v ourselves_o a_o rendezvouz_n for_o idolatry_n as_o the_o same_o jeruselamy_n but_o they_o come_v away_o speak_v each_o to_o other_o but_o not_o understand_v of_o each_o other_o and_o so_o speak_v to_o no_o more_o purpose_n than_o if_o they_o speak_v not_o at_o all_o this_o punishment_n of_o they_o at_o babel_n be_v like_o adam_n corruption_n hereditary_a to_o we_o for_o we_o never_o come_v under_o the_o rod_n at_o grammar_n school_n but_o we_o smart_v for_o our_o ancestor_n rebellion_n at_o babel_n into_o how_o many_o country_n and_o 6._o and_o and_o and_o one_o in_o epiphanius_n say_v this_o be_v easy_a to_o find_v but_o he_o do_v little_a towards_o it_o epiph._n co●●_n haeret._n tom._n 2._o lib._n 6._o tongue_n those_o shinaar_n rebel_n be_v scatter_v be_v no_o less_o confuse_a work_n to_o find_v out_o than_o be_v they_o at_o the_o tower_n so_o divers_a be_v the_o speech_n of_o man_n about_o the_o diversity_n of_o speech_n that_o it_o make_v the_o confusion_n more_o confuse_v 1_o confuse_v confuse_v confuse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n clem._n alex._n strom._n 1_o euphorus_n and_o many_o other_o historian_n say_v that_o the_o nation_n and_o tongue_n be_v seventy_o five_o listen_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o moses_n which_o say_v all_o the_o soul_n that_o come_v into_o egypt_n out_o of_o jacob_n be_v seventy_o five_o but_o in_o truth_n the_o natural_a dialect_n of_o speech_n appear_v to_o be_v seventy_o two_o as_o our_o scripture_n have_v deliver_v thus_o say_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n of_o who_o conceit_n herein_o i_o must_v for_o my_o part_n say_v as_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v of_o aaron_n about_o the_o golden_a calf_n tantum_n sacerdotem_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o great_a a_o scholar_n as_o clemens_n i_o dare_v not_o censure_v though_o i_o dare_v not_o believe_v he_o the_o jew_n with_o one_o consent_n maintain_v that_o there_o be_v just_a seventy_o nation_n and_o so_o many_o tongue_n so_o confident_a they_o be_v of_o this_o that_o they_o dare_v say_v that_o the_o seventy_o soul_n that_o go_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n be_v as_o much_o as_o all_o the_o seventy_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n jerusalem_n school_n ring_v with_o this_o doctrine_n and_o the_o child_n learn_v to_o high-prize_n themselves_o from_o their_o father_n a_o stately_a claim_n be_v this_o to_o israel_n but_o the_o keep_n of_o it_o dangerous_a man_n of_o the_o seventy_o nation_n will_v not_o be_v so_o undervalue_v by_o one_o people_n therefore_o when_o israel_n want_v strength_n to_o keep_v this_o challenge_n they_o do_v it_o by_o sleight_n and_o so_o it_o be_v the_o thrice-learned_n master_n broughtons_n opinion_n that_o the_o septuagint_n when_o they_o be_v to_o translate_v the_o bible_n and_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o seventy_o soul_n of_o jacob_n house_n they_o dare_v not_o put_v down_o the_o just_a number_n of_o seventy_o lest_o tale_n shall_v have_v be_v tell_v out_o of_o their_o school_n concern_v their_o scornful_a doctrine_n and_o when_o the_o rumour_n and_o the_o number_n shall_v both_o come_v to_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n the_o meet_a number_n may_v maintain_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o rumour_n seventy_o so_o in_o gen._n 10._o the_o septuag_n put_v in_o two_o cainans_n and_o so_o spoil_v the_o roundness_n of_o that_o seventy_o and_o by_o both_o they_o may_v incur_v danger_n therefore_o they_o add_v five_o more_o to_o spoil_v the_o roundness_n of_o the_o sum_n and_o saint_n steven_n follow_v their_o translation_n then_o joseph_n send_v and_o call_v his_o father_n jacob_n to_o he_o and_o

be_v record_v to_o have_v live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n jannai_n call_v also_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o hyrcanus_n this_o hyrcanus_n be_v likewise_o call_v jannai_n he_o affect_v the_o kingdom_n and_o thereupon_o the_o wise_a man_n or_o great_a one_o of_o that_o time_n will_v have_v put_v he_o from_o the_o high_a priesthood_n but_o he_o maintain_v his_o station_n by_o the_o sword_n for_o he_o slay_v divers_a of_o the_o wise_a man_n which_o cause_v joshua_n the_o son_n of_o perahiah_n to_o flee_v to_o alexandria_n but_o he_o be_v recall_v upon_o the_o mediation_n of_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi shetah_n 6._o judah_n the_o son_n of_o tabbai_n precedent_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi shetah_n vicepresident_n a_o gallant_a pair_n for_o integrity_n and_o justice_n be_v their_o life_n to_o be_v write_v most_o eminent_a action_n of_o they_o may_v be_v relate_v which_o be_v record_v of_o they_o as_o that_o they_o hang_v fourscore_o witch_n in_o one_o day_n judged_n king_n jannai_n the_o one_o of_o they_o weep_v daily_o for_o a_o error_n of_o judgement_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v and_o the_o other_o prefer_v the_o execution_n of_o justice_n before_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o own_o son_n this_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi shetah_n be_v he_o who_o we_o suppose_v the_o builder_n of_o this_o room_n gazith_n that_o we_o be_v survey_v 7._o shemaiah_n precedent_n and_o abtalion_a vicepresident_n these_o be_v kinsman_n and_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o sennacharib_n but_o their_o mother_n be_v a_o israelite_n 8._o hillel_n precedent_n and_o shammai_n vicepresident_n at_o first_o it_o be_v hillel_n and_o menahem_n but_o menahem_n depart_v to_o the_o service_n of_o herod_n hillel_n be_v one_o of_o the_o eminent_a that_o ever_o be_v among_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n both_o for_o birth_n learning_n rule_n and_o child_n he_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o david_n by_o his_o mother_n side_n be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o shephatiah_n the_o son_n of_o abital_n david_n wife_n he_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o babel_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n at_o forty_o year_n old_a and_o there_o study_v the_o law_n forty_o year_n more_o under_o shemaiah_n and_o abtalion_n and_o after_o they_o he_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n forty_o year_n more_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o presidency_n be_v general_o conclude_v upon_o to_o have_v be_v just_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v by_o which_o account_n he_o begin_v eight_o and_o twenty_o year_n before_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v and_o die_v when_o he_o be_v about_o twelve_o year_n old_a he_o be_v renown_v for_o his_o fourscore_o scholar_n one_o among_o which_o be_v jonathan_n be_v uzziel_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v etc._n etc._n 9_o rabban_n simeon_n hillel_n son_n this_o man_n be_v first_o dignify_v with_o the_o title_n rabban_n he_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o simeon_n mention_v luk._n ii_o that_o take_v christ_n in_o his_o arm_n and_o for_o that_o it_o be_v conceive_v that_o he_o be_v not_o of_o so_o frequent_a and_o honourable_a mention_n among_o the_o jewish_a writer_n as_o other_o of_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o he_o be_v they_o not_o well_o relish_v his_o confession_n of_o christ_n who_o they_o deny_v he_o begin_v his_o presidentship_n about_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o our_o saviour_n age_n if_o the_o date_n and_o account_n of_o hillel_n rule_n mention_v before_o be_v current_n and_o how_o long_o he_o sit_v precedent_n no_o one_o mention_n but_o some_o assert_v that_o his_o rule_n be_v not_o long_o the_o author_n of_o juchasin_n relate_v that_o he_o be_v never_o mention_v in_o the_o mishneh_n or_o in_o the_o code_n of_o the_o jew_n tradition_n it_o may_v be_v his_o embrace_a christianity_n make_v he_o cool_v towards_o their_o tradition_n so_o that_o there_o be_v none_o to_o father_n on_o he_o as_o there_o be_v on_o the_o other_o doctor_n it_o be_v like_a he_o be_v a_o secret_a professor_n of_o christ_n as_o nicodemus_n be_v and_o keep_v both_o his_o place_n and_o profession_n 10._o rabban_n gamaliel_n simeons_n son_n this_o be_v he_o under_o who_o paul_n be_v bring_v up_o act._n xxii_o 3._o and_o see_v act._n v._n 34._o he_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o council_n when_o christ_n be_v arraign_v and_o live_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o onkelos_n the_o targumist_n of_o the_o law_n do_v solemn_o celebrate_v his_o funeral_n he_o be_v common_o style_v rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o old_a either_o because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n or_o because_o he_o be_v of_o a_o long_a life_n of_o he_o they_o have_v this_o say_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o the_o treatise_n sotah_n from_o the_o time_n that_o rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o old_a die_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o law_n fail_v and_o purity_n and_o pharisaism_n die_v 11._o rabban_n simeon_n gamaliel_n son_n he_o be_v slay_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o so_o shall_v his_o son_n also_o have_v be_v have_v not_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n be_v in_o favour_n with_o caesar_n beg_v his_o life_n and_o thus_o have_v we_o follow_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n till_o the_o temple_n and_o city_n fall_v but_o the_o sanhedrin_n fall_v not_o as_o yet_o but_o continue_v in_o a_o flit_a and_o languish_a condition_n for_o a_o good_a space_n still_o and_o have_v its_o precedent_n till_o it_o fall_v also_o which_o be_v these_o 12._o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n he_o be_v not_o of_o the_o blood_n of_o hillel_n but_o he_o be_v his_o scholar_n he_o come_v to_o be_v precedent_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n last_o mention_v his_o sanhedrin_n sit_v at_o jabneh_n 13._o rabban_n gamaliel_n of_o jabneh_n this_o be_v rabban_n simeon_n son_n who_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n beg_v from_o death_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o caesar_n at_o the_o slaughter_n of_o his_o father_n his_o minority_n make_v he_o unfit_a for_o the_o presidency_n when_o his_o father_n be_v slay_v therefore_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n bear_v that_o place_n and_o after_o his_o death_n this_o rabban_n gamaliel_n succeed_v 14._o rabban_n simeon_n the_o son_n of_o gamaliel_n of_o jabneh_n 15._o rabbi_n judah_n the_o son_n of_o this_o rabban_n simeon_n he_o be_v eminent_o call_v rabbi_n and_o rabenu_fw-fr haccadosh_fw-mi he_o collect_v and_o compile_v the_o mishnaioth_n 16._o rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o son_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n here_o the_o title_n rabban_n expire_v and_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v go_v chap._n xxiii_o the_o draw-well_a room_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o west_n end_n of_o this_o famous_a room_n gazith_n there_o be_v the_o house_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o house_n or_o room_n of_o the_o draw-well_a and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mid._n per._n ●_o because_o there_o be_v a_o well_o sink_v there_o with_o a_o wheel_n over_o it_o and_o from_o thence_o they_o fetch_v up_o water_n to_o serve_v all_o the_o court._n it_o be_v not_o a_o little_a water_n that_o be_v use_v and_o spend_v at_o the_o temple_n for_o the_o fill_n of_o the_o laver_n boil_v the_o offering_n wash_v the_o sacrifice_n nay_o for_o wash_n of_o the_o court_n and_o fill_v cistern_n for_o the_o priest_n to_o bathe_v in_o it_o be_v not_o a_o small_a quantity_n of_o water_n that_o do_v serve_v these_o turn_n and_o yet_o the_o temple_n never_o want_v but_o have_v it_o always_o in_o great_a abundance_n the_o place_n itself_o be_v dry_a rocky_a and_o without_o water_n 5._o water_n water_n water_n maym._n in_o b●●●h_n mikda●h_o per._n 5._o but_o they_o convey_v their_o water_n in_o pipe_n thither_o from_o a_o place_n at_o some_o distance_n where_o there_o be_v a_o spring_n head_n that_o lie_v convenient_a for_o such_o a_o purpose_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fountain_n etam_n of_o this_o the_o babylon_n talmud_n discourse_v in_o the_o place_n allege_v in_o the_o margin_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n 2._o purpose_n purpose_n purpose_n z●vachin_n per._n 5._o fol._n 54._o fac_fw-la 2._o the_o house_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n be_v high_a than_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n be_v high_a than_o other_o land_n they_o know_v not_o the_o like_a as_o they_o produce_v in_o the_o book_n of_o joshua_n it_o be_v write_v throughout_o the_o border_n go_v down_o and_o the_o border_n go_v up_o and_o the_o border_n reach_v etc._n etc._n but_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n it_o be_v write_v the_o border_n go_v up_o but_o it_o be_v not_o write_v the_o border_n go_v down_o learn_v from_o hence_o that_o this_o be_v a_o place_n think_v ●it_a to_o build_v the_o sanctuary_n in_o by_o the_o fountain_n etam_n because_o it_o be_v high_a but_o they_o say_v let_v

word_n word_n lebachin_n ubi_fw-la s●pr_fw-la sect._n 3_o the_o sin-offering_a of_o the_o congregation_n or_o of_o a_o private_a person_n and_o the_o goat_n offer_v at_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o month_n or_o at_o the_o solemn_a time_n their_o slaughter_n be_v on_o the_o north_n side_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o take_n of_o their_o blood_n in_o some_o of_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o service_n be_v on_o the_o north_n side_n and_o it_o require_v a_o fourfold_a put_n on_o the_o four_o horn_n how_o be_v this_o do_v he_o go_v up_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rise_v of_o the_o altar_n and_o turn_v off_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d circuit_n of_o it_o he_o go_v to_o the_o southeast_n horn_n and_o then_o to_o the_o north-east_n so_o to_o the_o north-west_n and_o last_o to_o the_o south-west_n and_o the_o blood_n that_o be_v leave_v he_o pour_v upon_o the_o foundation_n on_o the_o south_n side_n either_o of_o these_o ledge_v the_o rabbin_n sometime_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xliii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n r._n sol._n in_o eztk._n xliii_o malben_n either_o because_o they_o be_v as_o sloor_n whereon_o the_o priest_n tread_v for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v sometime_o take_v or_o because_o they_o voce_fw-la r_o vid._n aruch_n in_o voce_fw-la be_v often_o rub_v to_o keep_v they_o white_a since_o there_o be_v so_o much_o blood_n sprinkle_v on_o they_o 3._o they_o they_o they_o mid._n per._n 3._o for_o the_o whole_a altar_n be_v white_v over_o twice_o a_o year_n namely_o at_o the_o passover_n and_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n rabbi_n say_v that_o it_o be_v rub_v with_o a_o map_n on_o the_o eve_n of_o every_o sabbath_n 3._o a_o cubit_n height_n above_o this_o upper_a ledge_n which_o be_v call_v the_o circuit_n there_o be_v a_o narrow_n again_o a_o cubit_n breadth_n and_o there_o begin_v the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o now_o the_o square_n be_v but_o six_o and_o twenty_o cubit_n upon_o every_o side_n the_o horn_n be_v at_o every_o corner_n a_o cubit_n square_a be_v hollow_a and_o rise_v a_o cubit_n upward_o for_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a say_n among_o the_o jew_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maym._n in_o beth_n habbechir_n per._n 2._o the_o height_n of_o every_o horn_n be_v five_o hand_n breadth_n or_o a_o common_a cubit_n which_o be_v to_o be_v take_v so_o as_o that_o the_o horn_n rise_v but_o one_o cubit_n straight_o up_o from_o their_o foundation_n or_o first_o beginning_n abate_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o cubit_n square_n in_o the_o bottom_n into_o a_o pyramidical_a sharp_a but_o so_o as_o that_o for_o one_o cubit_n height_n it_o rise_v straight_o and_o then_o point_v outward_a like_o the_o tip_n of_o a_o horn_n the_o low_a part_n of_o these_o horn_n be_v seven_o cubit_n from_o the_o ground_n and_o therefore_o these_o word_n bound_v the_o sacrifice_n with_o cord_n to_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n psal._n cxviii_o can_v hardly_o be_v take_v in_o propriety_n as_o if_o 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messiah_n shall_v spring_v from_o any_o of_o they_o yea_o one_o in_o the_o babylonian_a gemara_n be_v almost_o persuade_v that_o rabbi_n judah_n the_o holy_a of_o the_o hillelian_a family_n be_v the_o messiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanhedr_n fol._n 98._o 2._o rabh_n say_v if_o messiah_n be_v among_o the_o live_n our_o holy_a rabbi_n be_v such_o if_o among_o the_o dead_a daniel_n be_v he_o v._o christ_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o month_n tisri_n somewhat_o answer_v to_o our_o september_n this_o we_o conclude_v omit_v other_o thing_n by_o compute_v backward_o from_o his_o death_n for_o if_o he_o die_v in_o his_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o a_o half_a at_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n in_o the_o month_n nisan_fw-la you_o must_v necessary_o lay_v the_o time_n of_o

name_n of_o he_o that_o be_v decease_v for_o instance_n if_o one_o die_v without_o a_o son_n and_o his_o name_n be_v joseph_n or_o johanan_n whether_o the_o son_n that_o be_v bear_v to_o this_o man_n brother_n take_v his_o brother_n widow_n to_o wife_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o name_n after_o he_o that_o first_o have_v she_o and_o be_v call_v joseph_n or_o johanan_n otherwise_o indeed_o it_o be_v very_o seldom_o that_o the_o son_n bear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n as_o be_v evident_a both_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o rabinical_a writer_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o sometime_o this_o be_v do_v but_o so_o very_o rare_o that_o we_o may_v easy_o believe_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o friend_n of_o zachary_n will_v have_v give_v the_o child_n his_o own_o name_n be_v mere_o either_o because_o they_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n learn_v what_o he_o himself_o design_v to_o call_v he_o or_o else_o in_o honour_n to_o he_o however_o he_o lie_v under_o that_o divine_a stroke_n at_o present_a as_o to_o be_v both_o deaf_a and_o dumb_a verse_n lxxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o dayspring_n from_o on_o high_a i_o will_v ready_o have_v render_v it_o the_o branch_n from_o on_o high_a but_o for_o what_o follow_v to_o give_v light_n etc._n etc._n i._o it_o be_v know_v and_o observe_v by_o all_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o the_o seventy_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jerem._n xxiii_o 5._o zech._n iii_o 8._o &_o vi_o 12._o now_o every_o one_o know_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o branch_n and_o as_o to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ii_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ezek._n xvi_o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o bud_n or_o spring_n of_o the_o the_o field_n ibid._n cap._n xvii_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o shall_v wither_v in_o the_o clod_n where_o it_o grow_v and_o well_o may_v christ_n indeed_o in_o this_o sense_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o branch_n or_o spring_n from_o on_o high_a in_o opposition_n to_o that_o branch_n from_o below_o by_o which_o mankind_n be_v undo_v viz._n the_o forbid_a tree_n in_o paradise_n verse_n lxxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o desert_n whither_o john_n be_v a_o eremite_n in_o the_o sense_n as_o it_o be_v now_o common_o take_v we_o may_v inquire_v and_o judge_v by_o these_o two_o thing_n i._o whether_o there_o be_v ever_o any_o eremite_n in_o this_o sense_n among_o the_o jew_n ii_o when_o he_o absent_v himself_o from_o the_o synagogue_n from_o the_o feast_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o to_o this_o may_v be_v add_v whether_o he_o retire_v and_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o society_n of_o mankind_n if_o he_o absent_v from_o the_o synagogue_n he_o must_v have_v be_v account_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o wicked_a neighbour_n 8._o neighbour_n neighbour_n neighbour_n neighbour_n neighbour_n neighbour_n maimon_n t●ph●l_n cap._n 8._o if_o from_o the_o feast_n he_o transgress_v the_o command_n exod._n xxiii_o 17._o if_o from_o the_o society_n of_o mankind_n what_o agreeableness_n be_v there_o in_o this_o it_o seem_v very_o incongruous_a that_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v for_o this_o end_n to_o turn_v the_o disobedient_a etc._n etc._n shall_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o all_o society_n and_o converse_n with_o they_o nothing_o will_v persuade_v i_o soon_o that_o john_n be_v indeed_o a_o anchoret_n than_o that_o which_o he_o himself_o say_v that_o he_o do_v not_o know_v jesus_n joh._n 1._o 31._o whereas_o he_o be_v so_o very_o near_o akin_a to_o he_o one_o may_v think_v sure_o he_o must_v have_v lie_v hide_v in_o some_o den_n or_o cave_n of_o the_o earth_n when_o for_o the_o space_n of_o almost_o thirty_o year_n wherein_o he_o have_v live_v he_o have_v have_v no_o society_n with_o jesus_n so_o near_o a_o kinsman_n of_o he_o nay_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o the_o least_o to_o know_v he_o but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o how_o come_v he_o to_o know_v and_o so_o humble_o refuse_v he_o when_o he_o offer_v himself_o to_o be_v baptize_v by_o he_o matth._n iii_o 14._o and_o this_o before_o he_o be_v instruct_v who_o he_o be_v by_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o he_o joh._n i._n 33._o from_o this_o question_n may_v arise_v two_o more_o i._o whether_o john_n appear_v or_o act_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o prophet_n before_o his_o entrance_n into_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o his_o age_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v he_o do_v not_o and_o hence_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v say_v concern_v he_o that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o desert_n that_o be_v he_o be_v among_o the_o rustic_n and_o common_a rank_n of_o man_n as_o a_o man_n of_o no_o note_n or_o quality_n himself_o till_o he_o make_v himself_o public_a under_o the_o notion_n and_o authority_n of_o a_o prophet_n ii_o whether_o he_o may_v not_o well_o know_v his_o kinsman_n jesus_n in_o all_o this_o time_n and_o admire_v his_o incomparable_a sanctity_n and_o yet_o be_v ignorant_a that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n yea_o and_o when_o he_o modest_o repulse_v he_o from_o his_o baptism_n be_v it_o that_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o the_o messiah_n which_o agree_v not_o with_o joh._n i._o 33._o or_o not_o rather_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o admirable_a holiness_n he_o see_v that_o he_o be_v above_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o day_n of_o his_o show_v unto_o israel_n john_n be_v unquestionable_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o priest_n by_o birth_n and_o be_v arrive_v at_o the_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o age_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o nation_n he_o be_v after_o examination_n of_o the_o great_a council_n to_o have_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o priestly_a office_n but_o that_o god_n have_v commission_v he_o another_o way_n 4._o way_n way_n way_n way_n way_n way_n middoth_n cap._n 5._o hall_n 4._o in_o the_o room_n gazith_v the_o great_a council_n of_o israel_n sit_v and_o judge_v concern_v the_o priesthood_n the_o priest_n in_o who_o any_o blemish_n be_v find_v be_v clothe_v and_o veil_v in_o black_a go_v out_o and_o be_v dismiss_v but_o if_o he_o have_v no_o blemish_n he_o be_v clothe_v and_o veil_v in_o white_a and_o go_v in_o minister_a and_o give_v his_o attendance_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o priest_n his_o brethren_n and_o they_o make_v a_o gawdy_a day_n when_o there_o be_v no_o blemish_n find_v in_o the_o seed_n of_o aaron_n the_o priest_n chap._n ii_o verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o caesar_n augustus_n the_o new_a testament_n mention_n nothing_o of_o the_o roman_a government_n but_o as_o now_o reduce_v under_o a_o monarchical_a form_n when_o that_o head_n which_o have_v be_v mortal_o wound_v in_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o tarquin_n be_v heal_v and_o restore_v again_o in_o the_o caesar_n rev._n xiii_o 3._o all_o the_o world_n wonder_v say_v st._n john_n and_o well_o they_o may_v to_o see_v monarchy_n that_o have_v for_o so_o many_o hundred_o year_n be_v antiquate_v and_o quite_o dead_a shall_v now_o flourish_v again_o more_o vigorous_o and_o splendid_o than_o ever_o but_o whence_o the_o epocha_n or_o beginning_n of_o this_o government_n shall_v take_v its_o date_n be_v something_o difficult_a to_o determine_v the_o foundation_n of_o it_o as_o they_o be_v lay_v by_o julius_n cesar_n so_o do_v they_o seem_v overturn_v and_o erase_v again_o in_o the_o death_n he_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o senate-house_n it_o be_v again_o restore_v and_o indeed_o perfect_v by_o augustus_n but_o to_o what_o year_n of_o augustus_n shall_v we_o reckon_v it_o i_o will_v lay_v it_o in_o his_o one_o and_o thirty_o the_o very_a year_n wherein_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v of_o this_o year_n dion_n cassius_n lib._n 55._o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o three_o decennium_fw-la or_o term_v of_o ten_o year_n have_v now_o run_v out_o and_o a_o four_o beginning_n he_o be_v force_v to_o it_o undertake_v the_o government_n observe_v the_o force_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o be_v augustus_n constrain_v or_o compel_v to_o take_v the_o empire_n upon_o he_o the_o senate_n the_o people_n and_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v the_o whole_a republic_n with_o one_o consent_n submit_v themselves_o entire_o to_o a_o monarchical_a form_n of_o government_n do_v even_o constrain_v the_o emperor_n augustus_n who_o for_o some_o time_n stiff_o refuse_v it_o to_o take_v the_o reins_o into_o his_o hand_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o the_o computation_n of_o augustus_n his_o reign_n may_v reasonable_o enough_o commence_v from_o his_o battle_n and_o victory_n at_o actium_n nor_o do_v the_o gemarist_n

among_o the_o vulgar_a crowd_n fear_v they_o if_o the_o council_n themselves_o shall_v have_v decree_v his_o execution_n they_o seek_v this_o evasion_n therefore_o which_o do_v not_o altogether_o want_v some_o colour_n and_o pretext_n of_o truth_n and_o it_o succeed_v according_a to_o what_o they_o do_v desire_v divine_a providence_n so_o order_v it_o as_o the_o evangelist_n intimate_v vers_fw-la 32._o that_o the_o say_n of_o jesus_n may_v be_v fulfil_v which_o he_o slake_v signify_v what_o death_n he_o shall_v die_v that_o be_v be_v crucify_a according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n while_o i_o be_o upon_o this_o thought_n i_o can_v but_o reflect_v upon_o that_o passage_n than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o worthy_a observation_n in_o the_o whole_a description_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n in_o the_o revelation_n chap._n xiii_o 4._o the_o dragon_n which_o give_v power_n to_o the_o beast_n we_o can_v say_v this_o of_o the_o assyrian_a babylonish_n or_o any_o other_o monarchy_n for_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v not_o say_v it_o but_o reason_n dictate_v and_o the_o event_n itself_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v something_o act_v by_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o dragon_n which_o be_v not_o compatible_a with_o any_o other_o that_o be_v the_o put_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o death_n which_o thing_n we_o must_v remember_v as_o often_o as_o we_o recite_v that_o article_n of_o our_o creed_n he_o suffer_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n that_o be_v be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o roman_a empire_n verse_n xxxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v truth_n christ_n have_v say_v for_o this_o end_n come_v i_o into_o the_o world_n that_o i_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n q._n d._n i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o i_o be_o a_o king_n as_o thou_o have_v say_v for_o for_o this_o end_n i_o come_v that_o i_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n whatever_o hazard_n i_o shall_v run_v upon_o that_o account_n upon_o this_o pilot_n ask_v he_o what_o be_v truth_n that_o be_v what_o be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o this_o affair_n that_o thou_o who_o be_v so_o poor_a a_o wretch_n shall_v call_v thyself_o a_o king_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o thou_o call_v thyself_o a_o king_n yet_o say_v thy_o kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n where_o lie_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o this_o riddle_n but_o suppose_v when_o christ_n say_v he_o come_v that_o he_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n he_o mean_v in_o general_a the_o gospel_n then_o pilate_n ask_v he_o what_o be_v that_o truth_n however_o the_o evangelist_n mention_n nothing_o either_o whether_o our_o saviour_n give_v he_o any_o answer_n to_o that_o question_n or_o whether_o indeed_o pilate_n stay_v in_o expectation_n of_o any_o answer_n from_o he_o chap._n xix_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n plait_a a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n etc._n etc._n amost_a unquestionable_a token_n this_o that_o christ_n kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n when_o he_o be_v crown_v only_o with_o thorn_n and_o briar_n which_o be_v the_o curse_n of_o this_o earth_n gen._n iii_o 18._o herod_n have_v put_v upon_o he_o a_o purple_a robe_n luke_n xxiii_o 11._o and_o the_o soldier_n add_v this_o crown_n it_o be_v likewise_o say_v that_o they_o also_o clothe_v he_o with_o this_o robe_n that_o be_v after_o he_o have_v be_v strip_v in_o order_n to_o be_v scourge_v verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o place_n that_o be_v call_v the_o pavement_n what_o be_v it_o can_v be_v object_v against_o it_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o the_o evangelist_n by_o this_o title_n of_o the_o pavement_n shall_v mean_v the_o room_n gazith_v where_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v and_o that_o when_o the_o jew_n will_v not_o go_v into_o pilat_n judgment-hall_n he_o will_v himself_o go_v into_o they_o aristeas_n tell_v we_o concern_v the_o temple_n that_o it_o look_v towards_o the_o east_n the_o back_n part_n of_o it_o towards_o the_o west_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o floor_n be_v all_o pave_v with_o stone_n to_o this_o the_o talmudist_n all_o witness_n and_o to_o the_o pavement_n especial_o josephus_n by_o a_o memorable_a story_n 6._o story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n de_fw-fr excid_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o one_o julian_n a_o centurion_n in_o titus_n his_o army_n pursuing_z and_o kill_v the_o jew_n with_o infinite_a hardness_n and_o strength_n in_o the_o very_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n have_v many_o and_o very_o sharp_a nail_n fasten_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o shoe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o every_o other_o soldier_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o run_v along_o upon_o the_o pavement_n his_o heel_n trip_v up_o and_o he_o fall_v backward_o etc._n etc._n but_o have_v not_o the_o room_n gazith_v a_o pavement_n lay_v in_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a manner_n whence_o else_o have_v it_o its_o name_n it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o room_n gazith_n say_v aruch_n because_o it_o be_v pave_v with_o smooth_a square_a stone_n be_v not_o all_o the_o other_o place_n so_o too_o 1._o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o bava_n meziah_n fol._n 117._o 2._o &_o bathra_fw-la fol._n 2._o 1._o they_o distinguish_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v brick_n and_o half_a brick_n square_v hew_v stone_n and_o rough_a or_o unhewn_a now_o therefore_o when_o there_o be_v so_o many_o apartment_n about_o the_o court_n be_v those_o all_o pave_v with_o rough_a stone_n or_o brick_n and_o this_o only_a of_o square_n and_o hew_a stone_n without_o doubt_n the_o whole_a building_n be_v much_o more_o uniform_a and_o then_o we_o shall_v hardly_o find_v out_o any_o more_o probable_a reason_n why_o this_o place_n be_v particular_o and_o above_o all_o other_o room_n call_v gazith_n but_o that_o it_o be_v lay_v with_o a_o more_o noble_a and_o rich_a pavement_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o what_o shall_v forbid_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pavement_n in_o this_o place_n shall_v not_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o room_n gazith_n object_n but_o gazith_n be_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n and_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o pilate_n be_v a_o gentile_a to_o enter_v there_o sol._n i._o if_o he_o will_v do_v it_o per_fw-la fas_fw-la &_o nefas_fw-la who_o can_v hinder_v he_o ii_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o he_o can_v not_o sit_v in_o that_o room_n and_o yet_o be_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n into_o which_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o gentile_a to_o enter_v half_n of_o that_o room_n indeed_o be_v within_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n but_o there_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n themselves_o do_v not_o sit_v because_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o none_o to_o sit_v in_o that_o court_n but_o the_o king_n only_o the_o other_o half_a part_n in_o which_o they_o sit_v be_v in_o chel_n and_o extend_v itself_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n for_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o ten_o cubit_n breadth_n within_o the_o wall_n 3._o wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n middoth_n cap._n 2._o hall_n 3._o it_o will_v be_v much_o too_o narrow_a a_o room_n for_o seventy_o man_n to_o sit_v in_o if_o the_o gazith_n do_v not_o extend_v itself_o a_o little_a within_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o the_o hebrew_n gabbatha_n the_o syriack_n render_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mound_n or_o fence_v which_o may_v fall_v in_o with_o what_o we_o have_v say_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chel_n in_o which_o be_v part_n of_o this_o room_n be_v the_o fence_n to_o all_o the_o court_n except_v the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n but_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v hebrew_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o no._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gab_n among_o other_o thing_n signify_v a_o surface_n do_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o much_o proof_n and_o so_o the_o pavement_n and_o surface_n of_o the_o floor_n be_v convertible_a and_o as_o that_o room_n may_v be_v peculiar_o call_v gazith_n in_o the_o ancient_a jewish_a language_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o its_o pavement_n so_o may_v it_o in_o their_o more_o modern_a language_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o same_o reason_n what_o if_o that_o in_o jerusalem_n sanhedrin_n 3._o sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n fol._n 18._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v the_o elder_n

israelite_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o uncircumcised_a priest_n r._n 2._o r._n r._n r._n r._n r._n r._n hieros_n pesach_n fol._n 36._o 2._o jochanan_n in_o the_o name_n of_o r._n benaiah_n say_v they_o sprinkle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o a_o uncircumcised_a israelite_n 1._o israelite_n israelite_n israelite_n israelite_n israelite_n israelite_n levachin_n cap._n 2._o hall_n 1._o all_o the_o sacrifice_n who_o blood_n be_v receive_v by_o a_o alien_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o uncircumcised_a priest_n lament_v etc._n etc._n be_v not_o approve_v r._n simeon_n say_v they_o be_v approve_v and_o before_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o hieros_n in_o the_o place_n before_o r._n lazar_n in_o the_o name_n of_o r._n haninah_n say_v there_o be_v a_o story_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o uncircumcised_a priest_n who_o sprinkle_v blood_n at_o the_o altar_n and_o his_o sprinkling_n be_v approve_v zevachin_n approve_v approve_v approve_v approve_v approve_v approve_v gloss_n in_o zevachin_n a_o uncircumcised_a priest_n be_v a_o priest_n who_o brethren_n die_v by_o circumcision_n and_o a_o c●●li●_n a_o a_o a_o a_o a_o a_o arach_o ex_fw-la c●●li●_n uncircumcised_a israelite_n be_v who_o brethren_n die_v of_o circumcision_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v a_o israelite_n although_o uncircumcised_a for_o the_o israelite_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o perform_v the_o precept_n where_o death_n will_v certain_o follow_v for_o it_o be_v say_v law_n which_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v observe_v they_o he_o shall_v live_v in_o they_o not_o that_o he_o die_v in_o they_o hence_o if_o the_o first_o second_o three_o son_n shall_v die_v by_o circumcision_n those_o that_o be_v bear_v after_o be_v not_o circumcise_v but_o be_v always_o uncircumcised_a and_o yet_o israelites_n in_o all_o respect_n priest_n in_o all_o respect_n 4._o respect_n respect_n respect_n respect_n respect_n respect_n hieros_n jevamoth_n fol._n 7._o 4._o r._n nathan_n say_v i_o travail_v to_o caesarea_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o there_o be_v a_o woman_n there_o who_o have_v bring_v forth_o male_a child_n which_o have_v die_v of_o circumcision_n the_o first_o the_o second_o the_o three_o they_o bring_v the_o four_o to_o i_o and_o i_o look_v upon_o he_o and_o see_v not_o in_o he_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n he_o advise_v they_o to_o permit_v he_o a_o little_a while_n though_o not_o circumcise_v and_o they_o permit_v he_o etc._n etc._n now_o jew_n tell_v i_o whether_o circumcision_n be_v any_o thing_n especial_o whether_o it_o be_v of_o so_o much_o account_n either_o to_o justification_n or_o to_o sanctification_n as_o you_o esteem_v it_o when_o a_o israelite_n may_v be_v a_o true_a israelite_n and_o a_o priest_n a_o true_a priest_n without_o circumcision_n ii_o circumcision_n be_v nothing_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o time_n for_o now_o it_o be_v vanish_v the_o end_n of_o it_o for_o which_o it_o have_v be_v institute_v be_v accomplish_v that_o end_n the_o apostle_n show_v in_o those_o word_n rom._n iu._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o faith_n in_o uncircumcision_n but_o i_o fear_v the_o word_n be_v not_o sufficient_o fit_v by_o most_o version_n to_o the_o end_n of_o circumcision_n and_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n while_o they_o insert_v some_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o the_o french_a translation_n thus_o scene_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr justice_n de_fw-fr foy_fw-fr laquelle_fw-fr il_fw-fr avoyt_n durant_fw-mi le_fw-fr prepuce_fw-la a_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n which_o he_o have_v during_o uncircumcision_n the_o italian_a thus_o segno_fw-la della_fw-it giustitia_fw-la della_fw-it fede_fw-it laquale_fw-la fu_fw-it nella_fw-it circoncisione_n a_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o faith_n which_o be_v without_o circumcision_n the_o syriac_a read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o sign_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o his_o faith_n the_o arabic_a of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v in_o uncircumcision_n other_o to_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o though_o circumcision_n be_v give_v to_o abraham_n for_o a_o sign_n of_o that_o righteousness_n which_o he_o have_v while_o as_o yet_o he_o be_v uncircumcised_a which_o we_o deny_v not_o in_o some_o sense_n to_o be_v true_a but_o we_o believe_v circumcision_n especial_o look_v far_o another_o way_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o render_v the_o word_n thus_o and_o he_o receive_v the_o sign_n of_o circumcision_n a_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o faith_n which_o shall_v hereafter_o be_v in_o uncircumcision_n i_o say_v which_o shall_v be_v not_o which_o have_v be_v not_o which_o have_v be_v to_o abraham_n as_o yet_o uncircumcised_a but_o which_o shall_v be_v to_o his_o seed_n uncircumcised_a that_o be_v to_o the_o gentile_n that_o shall_v hereafter_o imitate_v the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n for_o mark_v well_o upon_o what_o occasion_n circumcision_n be_v appoint_v to_o abraham_n lay_v before_o your_o eye_n the_o history_n of_o it_o gen._n xvii_o first_o this_o promise_n be_v make_v he_o thou_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o apostle_n explain_v in_o that_o chapter_n and_o then_o a_o double_a seal_n be_v subjoin_v to_o establish_v the_o thing_n viz._n the_o change_n of_o the_o name_n abram_n into_o abraham_n and_o the_o institution_n of_o circumcision_n ver_fw-la 4._o behold_v my_o covenant_n be_v with_o thou_o thou_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n why_o be_v his_o name_n call_v abraham_n for_o the_o seal_n of_o this_o promise_n thou_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n and_o why_o be_v circumcision_n appoint_v he_o for_o seal_v the_o same_o promise_n thou_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n so_o that_o this_o may_v be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o apostle_n very_o agreeable_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o circumcision_n he_o receive_v the_o sign_n of_o circumcision_n a_o seal_n of_o the_o righteous_a of_o faith_n which_o hereafter_o the_o uncircumcision_n or_o the_o gentile_n be_v to_o have_v and_o obtain_v abraham_n have_v a_o double_a seed_n a_o natural_a seed_n that_o of_o the_o jew_n and_o a_o faithful_a seed_n that_o of_o the_o believe_a gentile_n the_o natural_a seed_n be_v sign_v with_o the_o sign_n of_o circumcision_n first_o indeed_o for_o the_o distinguish_a itself_o from_o all_o other_o nation_n while_o they_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n but_o especial_o in_o memory_n of_o the_o justification_n of_o the_o gentile_n by_o faith_n when_o at_o last_o they_o be_v his_o seed_n therefore_o upon_o good_a reason_n circumcision_n be_v to_o cease_v when_o the_o gentile_n shall_v be_v bring_v in_o to_o the_o faith_n because_o than_o it_o have_v obtain_v to_o its_o last_o and_o chief_a end_n and_o from_o thenceforth_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d circumcision_n be_v nothing_o verse_n xxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v you_o not_o the_o servant_n of_o man_n i_o ask_v whether_o the_o apostle_n speak_v these_o word_n direct_o and_o as_o his_o own_o sense_n or_o by_o way_n of_o objection_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v in_o the_o verse_n follow_v the_o jew_n be_v wont_v thus_o to_o object_n concern_v themselves_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o liberty_n obtain_v by_o the_o redemption_n out_o of_o egypt_n so_o that_o they_o will_v not_o endure_v by_o any_o mean_n to_o be_v call_v not_o free_a joh._n viii_o 33._o rabban_n 2._o rabban_n rabban_n rabban_n rabban_n rabban_n rabban_n kiddush_n fol._n 22._o 2._o jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n say_v the_o bless_a lord_n say_v the_o ear_n which_o hear_v my_o voice_n upon_o mount_n sinai_n at_o what_o time_n i_o say_v for_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v my_o servant_n and_o not_o the_o servant_n of_o servant_n but_o it_o go_v and_o obtain_v to_o its_o self_n the_o lord_n let_v that_o ear_n be_v bore_v perhaps_o these_o new_a christian_n that_o be_v of_o a_o servile_a condition_n labour_v under_o this_o pride_n not_o as_o yet_o instruct_v concern_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o evangelical_n liberty_n or_o this_o scruple_n stick_v with_o they_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o christian_n to_o serve_v a_o heathen_a a_o atheist_n a_o idolater_n etc._n etc._n such_o question_n be_v move_v by_o the_o master_n whether_o a_o israelite_n be_v to_o be_v sell_v for_o a_o servant_n to_o a_o heathen_a whether_o a_o israelite_n that_o be_v a_o servant_n be_v to_o be_v press_v with_o the_o same_o service_n as_o a_o canaanite_n if_o the_o apostle_n speak_v direct_o he_o do_v not_o discourse_n concern_v servant_n particular_o but_o of_o all_o christian_n in_o general_n and_o it_o be_v far_o from_o his_o intention_n to_o take_v away_o the_o relation_n that_o be_v between_o master_n and_o servant_n but_o he_o admonish_v all_o christian_n that_o they_o serve_v not_o the_o evil_a lust_n and_o will_n of_o man_n

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