than_o isaac_n do_v for_o his_o mother_n who_o be_v not_o comfort_v over_o her_o death_n till_o he_o marry_v rebeccah_n genes_n 24.67_o neither_o need_v it_o move_v any_o question_n whether_o this_o keturah_n be_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n canaan_n for_o see_v isaac_n of_o who_o the_o promise_a seed_n shall_v come_v be_v provide_v for_o abraham_n for_o this_o second_o offspring_n which_o he_o know_v shall_v not_o increase_v the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o careful_a to_o decline_v marriage_n with_o canaan_n tostat._n mercer_n quest_n v._o of_o the_o name_n and_o country_n of_o abraham_n son_n by_o keturah_n vers._n 2._o which_o bear_v he_o zimramâ—_n josephus_n think_v that_o some_o of_o these_o inhabit_v the_o region_n trâ—glodytis_n in_o africa_n which_o can_v be_v because_o they_o be_v send_v to_o inhabit_v the_o east_n country_n jocksan_n vers_fw-la 6._o as_o most_o of_o they_o have_v their_o seat_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o remainder_n of_o their_o name_n as_o zimram_n give_v the_o name_n to_o zamram_n in_o the_o region_n of_o the_o cinedocolpite_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la of_o jocksan_n be_v name_v the_o town_n camasa_n in_o syria_n palmyrin_v jun._n ex_fw-la ptolom_n 5._o geograph_n medan_n midian_a of_o medan_n take_v the_o name_n the_o town_n madiania_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la jun._n and_o the_o country_n madianaea_n on_o the_o south_n of_o arabia_n hieron_n of_o midian_a the_o country_n madianitis_n have_v the_o name_n error_n in_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n therefore_o pererius_n be_v in_o a_o error_n which_o think_v these_o two_o all_o one_o country_n and_o confute_v hierome_n for_o distinguish_v they_o in_o 25._o gen._n numer_n 19_o of_o this_o midian_a come_v the_o midianite_n of_o who_o be_v balaam_n which_o give_v that_o wicked_a counsel_n against_o israel_n from_o hence_o moses_n have_v his_o wife_n who_o be_v also_o call_v a_o chusite_n or_o aethiopisse_v for_o there_o be_v 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to_o isaac_n for_o he_o possess_v nothing_o but_o certain_a well_n of_o water_n and_o the_o grove_n which_o he_o plant_v in_o beershebâ—_n gen._n 22._o and_o the_o double_a cave_n which_o he_o buy_v of_o ephron_n 2._o they_o be_v therefore_o movable_a good_n as_o they_o be_v call_v which_o abraham_n give_v to_o isaac_n as_o sheep_n beef_n silver_n gold_n maid_n servant_n man_n servant_n wherein_o abraham_n substance_n consist_v gen._n 24.35_o abraham_n be_v great_o increase_v in_o all_o these_o thing_n 90._o year_n before_o his_o death_n when_o lot_n and_o he_o for_o their_o greatness_n be_v constrain_v to_o divide_v household_n gen._n 13._o and_o such_o be_v abraham_n greatness_n that_o even_o king_n as_o abimelech_n desire_v his_o friendship_n gen._n 21._o 3._o he_o make_v isaac_n heir_n of_o all_o this_o both_o because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o sarah_n his_o first_o and_o chief_a wife_n and_o because_o god_n have_v declare_v isaac_n to_o be_v abraham_n heir_n perer._n quest_n vii_o the_o difference_n of_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a copulation_n in_o abraham_n time_n vers._n 6._o to_o the_o son_n of_o the_o concubine_n we_o see_v then_o in_o abraham_n time_n there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o wife_n and_o concubine_n and_o that_o all_o copulation_n be_v not_o lawful_a as_o cicero_n note_v that_o in_o the_o beginning_n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o man_n live_v as_o beast_n etc._n etc._n nemo_fw-la legitimas_fw-la viderat_fw-la nuptias_fw-la 〈◊〉_d certos_fw-la quispiam_fw-la inspexerat_fw-la liberos_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n know_v what_o lawful_a marriage_n be_v nor_o do_v acknowledge_v his_o own_o child_n cicer._n in_o prooem_n de_fw-fr invention_n well_o may_v this_o brutish_a fashion_n be_v receive_v among_o the_o heathen_a but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n among_o the_o faithful_a it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o even_o then_o when_o as_o yet_o no_o positive_a law_n be_v make_v to_o restrain_v unnatural_a lust_n and_o unlawful_a conjunction_n in_o 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be_v take_v solemn_o
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pilate_n mingle_v with_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o of_o those_o eighteen_o person_n upon_o who_o the_o tower_n of_o siloam_n fall_v in_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o be_v not_o great_a sinner_n than_o the_o rest_n but_o except_o you_o repent_v say_v he_o you_o shall_v all_o likewise_o perish_v 2._o god_n neither_o punish_v all_o such_o offender_n in_o this_o life_n for_o then_o man_n will_v expect_v no_o judgement_n to_o come_v neither_o do_v he_o suffer_v all_o to_o go_v unpunished_a lest_o worldly_a man_n may_v be_v altogether_o secure_a and_o deny_v in_o their_o heart_n the_o divine_a providence_n as_o the_o prophet_n david_n say_v psal._n 10.13_o wherefore_o do_v the_o wicked_a contemn_v god_n he_o say_v in_o his_o heart_n thou_o will_v not_o regard_v 3._o that_o they_o which_o go_v on_o still_o in_o their_o sin_n without_o punishment_n shall_v not_o flatter_v themselves_o for_o there_o remain_v a_o great_a judgement_n behind_o and_o there_o be_v more_o hope_n of_o they_o which_o be_v 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than_o the_o voice_n which_o they_o hear_v and_o therefore_o they_o be_v say_v rather_o to_o see_v than_o hear_v but_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o people_n well_o regard_v the_o voice_n of_o god_n because_o present_o after_o they_o desire_v that_o moses_n may_v speak_v unto_o they_o and_o not_o the_o lord_n any_o more_o 4._o procopius_n think_v that_o it_o be_v say_v they_o see_v because_o of_o the_o evidence_n thereof_o as_o if_o they_o have_v see_v it_o with_o their_o eye_n as_o it_o be_v say_v amos_n 1.1_o the_o word_n of_o amos_n etc._n etc._n which_o he_o see_v etc._n etc._n deus_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la oculis_fw-la res_fw-la subjicit_fw-la tanta_fw-la evidentia_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la oculis_fw-la cernerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n do_v so_o evident_o set_v thing_n before_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o prophet_n that_o be_v their_o inward_a sight_n as_o though_o they_o see_v they_o with_o their_o eye_n but_o this_o be_v not_o do_v in_o vision_n as_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o his_o prophet_n here_o be_v a_o sensible_a demonstration_n 5._o augustine_n therefore_o think_v videre_fw-la hic_fw-la poni_fw-la pro_fw-la generali_fw-la sensu_fw-la tam_fw-la animi_fw-la quam_fw-la corporis_fw-la that_o to_o see_v be_v here_o put_v for_o the_o general_a sense_n both_o of_o the_o mind_n and_o body_n because_o moses_n will_v speak_v compendious_o so_o we_o use_v to_o say_v vide_fw-la quid_fw-la sonnet_n see_v what_o sound_v so_o also_o be_v it_o take_v for_o other_o sense_n as_o christ_n say_v to_o thomas_n because_o thou_o have_v see_v i_o thou_o believe_v whereas_o thomas_n touch_v he_o tract_n 121._o super_fw-la joann_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v quia_fw-la visus_fw-la primatum_fw-la obtinet_fw-la in_fw-la sensibus_fw-la intermiscetur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la because_o the_o sight_n be_v the_o chief_a among_o the_o sense_n it_o be_v as_o intermingle_v among_o they_o all_o interlinear_n and_o sensus_fw-la
give_v it_o for_o a_o recompense_n for_o take_v sarah_n away_o as_o the_o septuagint_n read_v and_o chrysostome_n expound_v 2._o or_o to_o buy_v sarah_n and_o her_o maid_n veil_v to_o hide_v their_o beauty_n that_o other_o be_v not_o entangle_v ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o or_o that_o it_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o honour_n to_o show_v that_o sarah_n be_v both_o chaste_a and_o innocent_a latin_a translat_n and_o the_o great_a bible_n so_o also_o rasi_fw-la 2._o it_o be_v not_o understand_v of_o this_o excuse_n or_o dissimulation_n which_o sarah_n use_v as_o though_o the_o sense_n shall_v be_v this_o that_o she_o may_v use_v this_o veil_n or_o colour_n of_o the_o truth_n among_o her_o ownr_n for_o they_o can_v not_o be_v deceive_v but_o among_o stranger_n she_o shall_v plain_o confess_v herself_o to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n lyranus_fw-la tâ—status_n for_o what_o need_v sarah_n to_o use_v any_o such_o excuse_n where_o she_o be_v know_v 3._o some_o do_v refer_v it_o as_o well_o to_o abraham_n as_o to_o the_o gift_n and_o to_o all_o that_o now_o happen_v that_o they_o be_v sign_n of_o sarahs_n chastity_n mercer_n but_o the_o better_a interpretation_n be_v to_o apply_v it_o to_o abraham_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o veil_n of_o her_o eye_n 1._o that_o no_o man_n know_v she_o to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n shall_v look_v upon_o she_o to_o desire_v she_o aben_n ezra_n cajeâ—â—n_n 2._o it_o also_o put_v sara_n in_o mind_n of_o her_o subjection_n to_o abraham_n whereof_o the_o veil_n be_v a_o sign_n 1_o cor._n 11._o â—0_n 3._o oleaster_n also_o further_o stretch_v it_o that_o abraham_n be_v her_o veil_n that_o be_v her_o just_a excuse_n that_o she_o do_v this_o for_o his_o cause_n be_v by_o he_o persuade_v but_o the_o former_a exposition_n be_v the_o better_a quest_n xiii_o how_o sarah_n be_v reprove_v she_o be_v thus_o reprove_v 1._o the_o 70._o read_v speak_v the_o truth_n that_o be_v that_o i_o be_o innocent_a and_o touch_v theâ—_n noâ—_n but_o this_o read_n dissent_v from_o the_o original_n 2._o so_o do_v the_o latin_a remember_v thou_o be_v deprehend_v lyppoman_n say_v it_o shall_v be_v read_v reprehensam_fw-la reprehend_v not_o deprehensam_fw-la deprehend_v 3._o junius_n read_v all_o this_o be_v do_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v learned_a 4._o but_o the_o better_a read_n be_v all_o this_o be_v that_o sheâ—_n may_v be_v reprove_v or_o in_o all_o this_o she_o reprove_v herself_o so_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o word_n rather_o of_o the_o writer_n concern_v sarah_n than_o of_o abimelech_n to_o sarah_n quest_n fourteen_o whether_o abimelech_n be_v smite_v with_o any_o disease_n vers._n 17._o god_n heal_v abimelech_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o lord_n have_v shut_v up_o every_o womb_n 1._o aben_n ezra_n be_v not_o right_a that_o think_v that_o abimelech_n himself_o be_v strike_v with_o no_o disease_n but_o that_o he_o be_v say_v so_o to_o be_v because_o his_o wife_n and_o maiden_n be_v punish_v for_o the_o text_n itself_o say_v that_o god_n heal_v abimelech_n and_o it_o be_v most_o like_a that_o god_n send_v upon_o he_o some_o infirmity_n in_o his_o secret_n whereby_o he_o be_v keep_v from_o come_v near_o to_o sarah_n quest_n xv._n what_o the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n signify_v 2._o the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o pererius_n do_v of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o bring_v forth_o for_o then_o the_o child_n be_v ready_a for_o birth_n and_o stay_v long_o than_o their_o time_n shall_v have_v be_v suffocate_v and_o the_o text_n say_v the_o lord_n have_v shut_v up_o every_o womb_n but_o all_o be_v not_o great_a with_o child_n at_o one_o instant_a neither_o need_v we_o with_o calvin_n because_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n sarah_n be_v conceive_v with_o child_n of_o isaac_n and_o not_o yet_o deliver_v there_o can_v be_v no_o experience_n or_o trial_n of_o their_o sterility_n and_o barrenness_n to_o say_v the_o history_n be_v transpose_v and_o be_v do_v before_o for_o abraham_n till_o now_o have_v no_o occasion_n to_o sojourn_v in_o gerar_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o woman_n be_v hinder_v from_o conception_n so_o signify_v the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o womb_n as_o the_o open_n of_o the_o womb_n betoken_v aptness_n to_o conceive_v as_o we_o read_v gen._n 29.31_o the_o hebrew_n affirm_v that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o man_n also_o all_o their_o pore_n and_o passage_n be_v stop_v as_o well_o of_o the_o mouth_n to_o take_v meat_n as_o of_o other_o place_n that_o expel_v they_o fancy_n and_o that_o the_o hen_n can_v not_o lay_v their_o egg_n but_o the_o text_n bear_v it_o not_o 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n adultery_n a_o sin_n punishable_a with_o death_n vers._n 3._o thou_o be_v but_o dead_a etc._n etc._n god_n threaten_v death_n to_o abimelech_n conditional_o if_o he_o do_v not_o restore_v abraham_n wife_n jun._n whereby_o we_o see_v that_o in_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n adultery_n be_v a_o sin_n to_o be_v punish_v by_o death_n as_o judas_n adjudge_v thamar_n to_o the_o fire_n for_o whoredom_n gen._n 38.24_o where_o the_o law_n than_o be_v more_o gentle_a than_o to_o inflict_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n upon_o adulterer_n they_o may_v thank_v the_o lenity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n which_o use_v not_o that_o rigour_n which_o may_v well_o stand_v with_o justice_n 2._o doct._n ignorance_n excuse_v not_o sin_n vers._n 6._o i_o keep_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_v against_o i_o etc._n etc._n abimelech_n then_o if_o he_o have_v touch_v sarai_n though_o he_o do_v not_o know_v she_o to_o be_v another_o wife_n have_v sin_v ignorance_n then_o excuse_v not_o sin_n though_o it_o do_v some_o what_o extenuate_v and_o qualify_v it_o muscul._n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o gospel_n he_o that_o know_v not_o his_o master_n will_v and_o yet_o do_v commit_v many_o thing_n worthy_a of_o stripe_n shall_v be_v beat_v with_o few_o stripe_n luk._n 12.48_o he_o that_o sin_v willing_o shall_v receive_v more_o stripe_n and_o he_o that_o fall_v of_o ignorance_n shall_v have_v some_o also_o 3._o doct._n the_o whole_a family_n bless_v because_o of_o the_o master_n vers._n 7._o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o all_o thou_o have_v as_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n bring_v a_o judgement_n upon_o the_o whole_a family_n so_o the_o lord_n also_o show_v mercy_n to_o the_o whole_a house_n for_o the_o master_n sake_n luk._n 19.9_o this_o day_n be_v salvation_n come_v into_o this_o house_n because_o he_o be_v become_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n no_o perfect_a righteousness_n in_o this_o life_n vers._n 5._o with_o a_o upright_a mind_n and_o innocent_a hand_n etc._n etc._n this_o place_n be_v no_o ground_n for_o their_o opinion_n that_o think_v a_o man_n in_o this_o life_n may_v attain_v to_o perfect_a justice_n for_o abimelech_n do_v not_o absolute_o clear_v himself_o from_o all_o sin_n but_o only_o in_o this_o particular_a in_o this_o degree_n of_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v not_o commit_v willing_o any_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n with_o sarah_n calvin_n as_o the_o prophet_n david_n use_v to_o plead_v for_o himself_o psal._n 7.3_o if_o i_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n if_o there_o be_v any_o wickedness_n in_o my_o hand_n etc._n etc._n he_o only_o purge_v himself_o from_o the_o suspicion_n of_o a_o particular_a fact_n 2._o confut._n the_o scripture_n send_v we_o not_o to_o pray_v to_o the_o dead_a but_o to_o be_v holpen_v by_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o live_n vâ—â—s_n 7._o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o etc._n etc._n neither_o do_v this_o place_n make_v for_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n that_o be_v depart_v for_o god_n send_v not_o abimelech_n to_o noah_n or_o any_o other_o depart_v to_o pray_v for_o he_o but_o to_o abraham_n then_o live_v calvin_n the_o live_v then_o may_v pray_v for_o the_o live_n which_o duty_n may_v be_v mutual_o perform_v in_o charity_n while_o one_o know_v another_o necessity_n but_o for_o the_o living_n to_o pray_v to_o or_o for_o the_o dead_a which_o know_v not_o their_o want_n and_o they_o be_v already_o certain_o dispose_v of_o in_o a_o unchangeable_a state_n as_o the_o live_a be_v not_o it_o have_v no_o warrant_n upon_o any_o precept_n or_o example_n of_o scripture_n or_o any_o sound_a reason_n draw_v from_o thence_o 3._o confut._n against_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o tritheist_n vers._n 13._o when_o god_n cause_v i_o to_o wander_v out_o of_o my_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n be_v elohim_n god_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n which_o make_v some_o to_o understand_v the_o angel_n vatablus_n calvin_n but_o god_n and_o not_o the_o angel_n first_o call_v abraham_n from_o his_o country_n &_o father_n
of_o his_o friend_n as_o onkelos_n lyranus_fw-la tostat._n 3_o abimelech_n come_v a_o far_a journey_n not_o of_o love_n or_o good_a will_n but_o partly_o prick_v in_o conscience_n for_o the_o wrong_n which_o he_o have_v offer_v to_o isaac_n chrysost._n hom_n 52._o in_o gen._n partly_o provide_v for_o their_o posterity_n that_o isaac_n will_v do_v they_o no_o hurt_n mercer_n 4._o origen_n by_o these_o three_o that_o come_v to_o isaac_n understand_v the_o tripartite_a wisdom_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o moral_a natural_a rational_a which_o dissent_v at_o the_o first_o from_o the_o christian_a faith_n be_v afterward_o reconcile_v to_o it_o hom_n 14._o in_o genes_n quest_n xiii_o why_o isaac_n make_v a_o feast_n to_o abimelech_n and_o his_o company_n vers._n 3._o he_o make_v they_o a_o feast_n 1._o isaac_n do_v this_o of_o a_o simple_a and_o sincere_a affection_n that_o they_o may_v know_v there_o remain_v no_o grudge_n or_o purpose_n of_o revenge_n in_o his_o mind_n for_o to_o invite_v unto_o feast_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o remit_v and_o forget_v of_o former_a wrong_n as_o augustus_n caesar_n do_v bid_v catullus_n the_o rail_a poet_n to_o supper_n in_o token_n he_o have_v forgive_v he_o though_o alexander_n dissemble_o bring_v philotas_n to_o his_o table_n to_o have_v the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o murder_v he_o as_o absolom_n serve_v his_o brother_n ammon_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o the_o next_o morning_n the_o oath_n before_o between_o they_o make_v be_v again_o ratify_v mer._n but_o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o the_o oath_n be_v defer_v till_o the_o next_o morning_n as_o be_v the_o fit_a time_n for_o serious_a consultation_n it_o be_v the_o persian_n barbarous_a manner_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o cup_n to_o advise_v of_o their_o weighty_a affair_n perer._n quest_n fourteen_o wherefore_o the_o well_o be_v call_v shibah_n vers._n 33._o so_o he_o call_v it_o shiba_n 1._o some_o interpret_v this_o word_n abundance_n or_o saturity_n because_o of_o the_o plenty_n of_o water_n that_o be_v find_v as_o hierome_n who_o find_v fault_n with_o the_o septuagint_n because_o they_o translate_v it_o oath_n but_o sabang_n signify_v to_o abound_v not_o shabang_n which_o be_v here_o use_v 2._o it_o be_v more_o like_a that_o this_o be_v both_o the_o same_o well_o which_o abraham_n dig_v and_o the_o same_o name_n derive_v from_o the_o oath_n which_o be_v make_v between_o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n as_o before_o between_o abraham_n and_o abimelech_n for_o so_o this_o story_n say_v that_o isaac_n give_v they_o the_o same_o name_n which_o his_o father_n give_v they_o vers_n 18._o mercer_n calvin_n quest_n xv._n of_o the_o marriage_n of_o esau._n vers._n 34._o when_o esau_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n 1._o the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o esau_n till_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a give_v himself_o to_o a_o vicious_a and_o a_o licentious_a life_n which_o may_v well_o be_v and_o that_o to_o imitate_v his_o father_n who_o be_v marry_v at_o forty_o he_o do_v the_o like_a 2._o this_o his_o marry_v into_o the_o flock_n of_o canaan_n be_v abdicationis_fw-la praeludium_n a_o forerunner_n of_o his_o cast_n off_o and_o miss_v of_o the_o blessing_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n calvin_n 3._o tostatus_n think_v that_o in_o the_o forty_o year_n of_o esau_n chronology_n which_o be_v the_o hundred_o of_o isaac_n sem_fw-mi die_v but_o pererius_n think_v to_o correct_v his_o oversight_n fall_v into_o a_o great_a error_n refer_v the_o death_n of_o sem_fw-mi to_o the_o 50._o of_o esau_n and_o 100_o of_o isaac_n whereas_o they_o be_v both_o in_o a_o great_a error_n for_o sem_fw-mi die_v in_o the_o 50._o year_n of_o isaack_n life_n 60._o year_n before_o this_o time_n which_o be_v 502._o year_n after_o the_o flood_n quest_n xvi_o the_o evil_a quality_n of_o esau_n his_o wife_n vers._n 35._o they_o be_v a_o grief_n of_o mind_n 1._o some_o read_v rebellious_a of_o marah_n to_o rebel_v sic_fw-la chald._n but_o it_o rather_o come_v of_o marra_fw-mi to_o be_v bitter_a 2._o and_o so_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o esau_n bitter_a unto_o isaac_n and_o rebeckah_n and_o a_o great_a offence_n of_o mind_n unto_o they_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o corrupt_a manner_n and_o their_o divers_a profession_n be_v give_v to_o idolatry_n as_o the_o canaanite_n be_v tharg_n hierosol_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n god_n make_v rich_a vers._n 12._o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o god_n blessing_n be_v give_v as_o a_o reason_n of_o isaack_n increase_v and_o grow_v rich_a whereupon_o augustine_n note_v etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la bona_fw-la temporalia_fw-la nec_fw-la dari_fw-la posse_fw-la nec_fw-la sperari_fw-la debere_fw-la etc._n etc._n nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la deo_fw-la that_o these_o temporal_a good_n can_v be_v give_v or_o hope_v for_o but_o from_o the_o only_a god_n quast_o 76._o in_o genes_n as_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v prov._n 10.22_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v rich_a 2._o doct._n the_o soul_n of_o the_o righteous_a live_v with_o god_n vers._n 24._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n abraham_n be_v now_o dead_a and_o yet_o the_o lord_n profess_v himself_o to_o be_v his_o god_n whereby_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o righteous_a after_o this_o life_n do_v live_v with_o god_n for_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v he_o be_v not_o the_o god_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o of_o the_o live_n matth._n 22.32_o muscul._n 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n against_o the_o break_n of_o covenant_n vers._n 15._o the_o philistines_n fill_v all_o the_o well_n etc._n etc._n though_o that_o abimelech_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n concern_v the_o well_o gen._n 21.30_o yet_o after_o abraham_n death_n they_o go_v from_o the_o covenant_n such_o be_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o who_o the_o prophet_n speak_v isa._n 33.8_o he_o have_v break_v the_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n he_o regard_v no_o man_n such_o be_v the_o romanist_n which_o hold_v that_o faith_n be_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v with_o heretic_n as_o they_o break_v the_o safe_a conduct_n grant_v to_o john_n hus_n and_o hierome_n of_o prage_n mercer_n 2._o confut._n of_o restore_v the_o ancient_a doctrine_n with_o the_o ancient_a name_n vers._n 18._o he_o give_v they_o the_o same_o name_n which_o his_o father_n give_v they_o the_o philistines_n both_o stop_v the_o ancient_a well_n and_o abolish_v the_o name_n isaac_n restore_v both_o so_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v abolish_v both_o the_o true_a ancient_a doctrine_n of_o the_o sacrament_n as_o also_o take_v away_o the_o name_n thereof_o call_v it_o by_o a_o idolatrous_a name_n of_o their_o own_o invention_n of_o the_o mass_n muscul._n we_o therefore_o with_o isaac_n have_v restore_v the_o pure_a doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a primitive_a church_n together_o with_o the_o name_n as_o the_o communion_n the_o lord_n supper_n the_o lord_n day_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v ask_v for_o the_o old_a way_n which_o be_v the_o good_a way_n and_o walk_v therein_o jerem._n 6.16_o 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o obseru._n not_o to_o imitate_v our_o father_n infirmity_n vers._n 7._o he_o say_v she_o be_v my_o sister_n abraham_n before_o have_v offend_v in_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o yet_o isaac_n can_v take_v heed_n so_o apt_a child_n be_v to_o imitate_v the_o infirmity_n of_o their_o parent_n mercer_n but_o we_o shall_v rather_o learn_v to_o decline_v from_o our_o parent_n erring_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v if_o he_o beget_v a_o son_n that_o see_v all_o his_o father_n sin_n etc._n etc._n and_o fear_v neither_o do_v the_o like_a etc._n etc._n ezek._n 18.14_o 2._o obseru._n the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n vers._n 11._o he_o that_o touch_v this_o man_n or_o his_o wife_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n thus_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v teach_v that_o adultery_n be_v a_o grievous_a sin_n and_o abimelech_n pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n against_o such_o as_o shall_v violate_v another_o man_n wife_n as_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v before_o to_o abimelech_n thou_o be_v but_o dead_a because_o of_o the_o woman_n which_o thou_o have_v take_v genes_n 20._o vers_fw-la 3._o 3._o obseru._n adversity_n and_o prosperity_n temper_v together_o vers._n 12._o isaack_n sow_v etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o lord_n temper_v adversity_n and_o prosperity_n sorrow_n and_o joy_n together_o like_v as_o the_o night_n and_o day_n summer_n and_o winter_n do_v one_o succeed_v another_o isaac_n after_o these_o grievous_a tentation_n concern_v his_o wife_n be_v increase_v and_o bless_v of_o god_n likewise_o vers_fw-la 20._o when_o his_o servant_n have_v strive_v for_o two_o well_n they_o peaceable_o enjoy_v the_o three_o call_z it_z rehoboth_n roomth_n as_o the_o psalm_n say_v weep_v may_v abide_v in_o the_o evening_n but_o joy_n come_v in_o the_o morning_n
be_v 4._o junius_n place_v it_o near_o unto_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o same_o valley_n where_o absalon_n rear_v his_o pillar_n 2._o sam._n 18.18_o and_o hereunto_o the_o septuagint_n agree_v which_o interpret_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o melchisedeck_n and_o it_o seem_v indeed_o not_o to_o be_v far_o off_o from_o salem_n which_o be_v jerusalem_n where_o melchisedeck_n be_v king_n because_o he_o meet_v abraham_n there_o with_o bread_n and_o wine_n 5._o it_o be_v not_o at_o this_o time_n but_o afterward_o call_v the_o king_n dale_n vatab._n not_o because_o the_o king_n use_v there_o to_o exercise_n and_o disport_v themselves_o chald._a neither_o be_v it_o so_o name_v of_o some_o king_n calvin_n but_o rather_o it_o be_v call_v the_o king_n dale_n for_o the_o excellency_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o same_o which_o be_v call_v vallis_n illustris_fw-la the_o famous_a valley_n perer._n qvest._n xvi_o who_o melchisedeck_n be_v vers._n 18_o melchisedeck_n etc._n etc._n 1._o origen_n and_o dydimus_n think_v that_o melchisedeck_n be_v a_o angel_n but_o the_o text_n be_v contrary_a that_o make_v he_o king_n of_o salem_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o this_o melchisedeck_n be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o opinion_n be_v defend_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o question_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n i_o 109._o which_o go_v under_o augustine_n name_n but_o it_o be_v none_o of_o augustine_n work_n for_o he_o number_v the_o melchsedechians_n among_o the_o heretic_n ghost_n here_o be_v 34._o and_o it_o be_v a_o erroneous_a opinion_n 1._o for_o this_o melchisedeck_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n to_o the_o most_o high_a god_n but_o every_o priest_n be_v take_v from_o among_o man_n heb._n 5.1_o 2._o if_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v a_o priest_n unto_o god_n he_o therein_o shall_v be_v inferior_a unto_o god_n and_o so_o not_o god_n for_o in_o the_o godhead_n there_o be_v equality_n 3._o neither_o do_v the_o holy_a ghost_n ever_o descend_v from_o heaven_n to_o be_v incarnate_a but_o only_o the_o son_n of_o god_n joh._n 3.13_o 4._o and_o whereas_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o melchisedeck_n be_v without_o father_n or_o mother_n and_o without_o beginning_n of_o day_n or_o end_n of_o life_n heb._n 7.3_o whence_o they_o will_v enforce_v that_o melchesedeck_n be_v not_o a_o mortal_a man_n but_o of_o a_o immortal_a nature_n the_o apostle_n have_v there_o relation_n only_o to_o the_o story_n in_o this_o place_n melchisedeck_n be_v not_o set_v forth_o in_o story_n by_o his_o kindred_n his_o birth_n and_o death_n he_o have_v both_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v bear_v and_o die_v but_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o it_o and_o so_o hierome_n expound_v that_o word_n use_v by_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genealogy_n be_v not_o express_v or_o mention_v 3._o a_o three_o opinion_n there_o be_v that_o melchisedeck_n be_v a_o king_n of_o canaan_n and_o not_o of_o abraham_n line_n of_o which_o opinion_n be_v irenaeus_n eusebius_n caesarion_n apollinarius_n eustathius_n as_o hierome_n testify_v canaanite_n and_o among_o the_o new_a writer_n calvin_n junius_n musculus_fw-la mercerus_n pererius_n with_o other_o 1._o pererius_n urge_v that_o place_n heb._n 7.6_o he_o who_o kindred_n be_v not_o count_v among_o they_o which_o prove_v not_o that_o melchisedeck_n simple_o be_v not_o of_o abraham_n kindred_n but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o express_v in_o story_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o epiphanius_n say_v so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o rehearse_v in_o genealogy_n here_o use_v by_o the_o apostle_n be_v the_o same_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o kindred_n vers_fw-la 3._o 2._o and_o see_v canaan_n be_v under_o god_n curse_n and_o sem_fw-mi have_v the_o chief_a blessing_n how_o it_o be_v like_o that_o one_o of_o canaan_n shall_v bless_v abraham_n of_o sem._n 3._o and_o the_o apostle_n conclude_v that_o melchisedeck_n be_v great_a than_o abraham_n because_o he_o bless_v he_o but_o none_o of_o the_o canaanite_n which_o be_v the_o curse_a seed_n can_v be_v great_a than_o abraham_n the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a of_o bless_a sem._n 4._o the_o four_o opinion_n of_o the_o rest_n most_o probable_a be_v that_o this_o melchisedeck_n be_v sem_fw-mi which_o opinion_n be_v strengthen_v with_o many_o argument_n melchisedeck_n 1._o sem_fw-mi only_o of_o all_o man_n live_v be_v great_a than_o abraham_n as_o syracides_n say_v sem_fw-mi and_o seth_n be_v in_o great_a honour_n among_o the_o child_n of_o man_n 49.16_o though_o arphaxad_n selah_n and_o heber_n yet_o live_v yet_o sem_fw-mi be_v the_o most_o honourable_a in_o respect_n of_o his_o year_n his_o knowledge_n who_o see_v the_o old_a world_n his_o prerogative_n in_o noah_n blessing_n and_o whereas_o abraham_n predecessor_n be_v idolater_n none_o of_o sems_n progenitor_n be_v note_v that_o way_n therefore_o see_v melchisedeck_n be_v great_a than_o abraham_n and_o none_o then_o live_v be_v great_a than_o sem_fw-mi he_o be_v most_o like_a to_o be_v the_o melchisedeck_n 2._o that_o be_v the_o place_n of_o sem_n dwell_v whence_o in_o time_n japheths_n son_n shall_v learn_v to_o dwell_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o god_n so_o reason_v midras_n but_o from_o zion_n come_v forth_o the_o law_n and_o word_n from_o jerusalem_n melchisedeck_n isaiah_n 2.3_o at_o salem_n therefore_o be_v the_o tent_n of_o sem._n 3._o hierome_n allege_v this_o reason_n use_v by_o some_o that_o melchisedeck_n bring_v forth_o bread_n and_o wine_n to_o abraham_n for_o his_o repast_n see_v he_o owe_v this_o duty_n to_o his_o grandchild_n evagr._fw-la tom_n 4._o 4._o melancthon_n thus_o argue_v therefore_o god_n bring_v abraham_n to_o sem_fw-mi the_o father_n of_o his_o ancestor_n to_o join_v together_o a_o notable_a company_n of_o the_o church_n 5._o some_o use_n this_o reason_n a_o kingdom_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o a_o tyranny_n but_o unless_o we_o make_v sem_fw-mi to_o be_v melchisedeck_n we_o can_v plain_o prove_v that_o a_o king_n reign_v before_o nimrod_n treat_v of_o melchis_n 6._o melchisedeck_n be_v interpret_v a_o king_n of_o righteousness_n this_o melchisedeck_n have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a justice_n and_o righteousness_n by_o faith_n in_o christ_n but_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n shall_v we_o read_v of_o none_o call_v to_o the_o faith_n but_o man_n acquaint_v with_o abraham_n house_n with_o himself_o or_o isaack_n line_n or_o the_o child_n of_o the_o east_n the_o son_n of_o keturah_n in_o the_o book_n of_o job._n 7._o that_o this_o melchisedeck_n a_o king_n of_o canaan_n shall_v be_v sem_fw-mi agree_v to_o the_o pprophecy_n gen._n 9.27_o let_v canaan_n be_v his_o servant_n 8._o also_o in_o that_o he_o be_v call_v a_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n this_o also_o agree_v to_o sem_fw-mi who_o have_v that_o prerogative_n of_o priesthood_n not_o as_o some_o hebrew_n think_v by_o his_o birthright_n for_o japheth_n be_v elder_a but_o by_o his_o father_n blessing_n bless_a be_v the_o god_n of_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v more_o like_a to_o be_v this_o great_a high_a priest_n of_o sems_n god_n than_o sem_fw-mi himself_o 9_o melchisedeck_n be_v king_n of_o salem_n which_o signify_v peace_n and_o indeed_o this_o salem_n have_v a_o special_a prerogative_n of_o peace_n for_o when_o the_o four_o king_n smite_v other_o part_n of_o the_o country_n of_o canaan_n as_o be_v set_v forth_o in_o this_o chapter_n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o salem_n shall_v have_v be_v spare_v if_o the_o king_n thereof_o have_v be_v a_o canaanite_n if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v great_a respect_n to_o the_o person_n of_o age_a melchisedeck_n or_o sem._n 10._o where_o melchisedeck_n be_v set_v forth_o without_o father_n or_o mother_n begin_v of_o life_n or_o end_n of_o day_n this_o also_o most_o fit_o agree_v to_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v bear_v before_o the_o flood_n who_o father_n noah_n be_v now_o dead_a who_o live_v 600._o year_n so_o that_o no_o man_n live_v at_o that_o time_n can_v remember_v his_o birth_n or_o death_n or_o parent_n 11._o see_v also_o that_o heber_n language_n be_v preserve_v in_o salem_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o melchisedeck_n it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o this_o king_n of_o salem_n be_v of_o that_o line_n who_o together_o with_o the_o true_a faith_n retain_v that_o holy_a language_n 12._o last_o see_v melchisedeck_n be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n psal._n 10._o that_o come_v of_o sem_fw-mi and_o no_o type_n or_o figure_n of_o christ_n be_v express_v in_o scripture_n but_o of_o sems_n line_n none_o be_v more_o like_a to_o be_v this_o representer_n and_o foreshewer_n of_o christ_n everlasting_a priesthood_n than_o sem_fw-mi himself_o then_o live_v it_o be_v most_o unlike_a that_o any_o priest_n not_o of_o sem_fw-mi shall_v shadow_v forth_o the_o high_a priest_n christ_n of_o sem_fw-mi
high_a priest_n as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v for_o he_o die_v ten_o year_n before_o jacob_n be_v bear_v who_o be_v now_o above_o 100_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o melchisedeck_n can_v not_o have_v a_o daughter_n so_o young_a to_o bear_v child_n neither_o be_v this_o punishment_n arbitrary_a in_o judah_n and_o inflict_v without_o law_n according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n burgen_n for_o judah_n have_v no_o such_o authority_n there_o nor_o yet_o as_o lyranus_fw-la and_o tostatus_n be_v she_o worthy_a of_o the_o fire_n because_o she_o have_v commit_v not_o simple_a fornication_n but_o adultery_n because_o she_o be_v by_o law_n oblige_v to_o the_o three_o brother_n and_o so_o in_o a_o manner_n espouse_v for_o it_o be_v not_o adultery_n for_o the_o widow_n of_o the_o brother_n to_o marry_v with_o some_o other_o than_o the_o survive_a brother_n else_o naomi_n will_v never_o have_v advise_v her_o daughter_n in_o law_n to_o get_v they_o other_o husband_n in_o their_o own_o country_n ruth_n 1.9_o but_o i_o rather_o think_v that_o thamar_n adultery_n be_v in_o this_o that_o she_o have_v play_v the_o whore_n whereas_o judah_n have_v betroth_v and_o espouse_v she_o to_o selah_n and_o that_o judah_n who_o never_o be_v mind_v to_o give_v selah_n to_o thamar_n fear_v lest_o he_o may_v die_v also_o as_o be_v evident_a vers_fw-la 11._o be_v very_o forward_o to_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o thamar_n that_o selah_n may_v not_o marry_v she_o 3._o but_o herein_o appear_v judahs_n too_o much_o rigour_n and_o injustice_n fire_n that_o before_o the_o matter_n be_v examine_v give_v sentence_n and_o be_v partial_a the_o truth_n be_v know_v in_o his_o own_o cause_n and_o further_o it_o be_v a_o savage_a part_n to_o put_v to_o death_n a_o woman_n great_a with_o child_n which_o be_v contrary_a both_o to_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n for_o it_o be_v write_v deut._n 24.16_o the_o father_n shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o child_n nor_o the_o child_n for_o the_o father_n but_o if_o thamar_n have_v now_o die_v the_o infant_n have_v die_v with_o she_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o law_n that_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n shall_v be_v defer_v till_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o the_o same_o also_o be_v practise_v among_o the_o athenian_n aeltan_n lib._n 5._o and_o therefore_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n be_v note_v for_o his_o cruelty_n that_o spare_v not_o to_o put_v to_o death_n woman_n with_o child_n perer._n ex_fw-la dion_n lib._n 57_o quest_n xi_o wherefore_o the_o midwife_n use_v a_o red_a thread_n and_o what_o colour_n it_o be_v of_o vers._n 28._o the_o midwife_n bind_v a_o red_a thread_n etc._n etc._n 1._o it_o be_v so_o rather_o to_o be_v read_v than_o with_o oleaster_n a_o twine_n or_o double_a thread_n the_o word_n sani_fw-la here_o use_v come_v indeed_o of_o sanah_n that_o signify_v to_o double_a which_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o double_a die_n and_o colour_n than_o the_o double_a matter_n jun._n tostatus_n also_o be_v much_o deceive_v here_o that_o take_v it_o not_o for_o a_o red_a but_o a_o black_a colour_n twice_o die_v ex_fw-la perer._n 3_o the_o midwife_n tie_v this_o red_a thread_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o the_o firstborn_a because_o he_o first_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o purple_a colour_n very_o well_o agree_v to_o the_o birthright_n or_o eldership_n muscul._n quest_n xii_o whence_o pharez_n be_v so_o call_v and_o whereof_o he_o be_v a_o type_n vers._n 29._o how_o have_v thou_o break_v thy_o breach_n upon_o thou_o 1._o hierome_n be_v deceive_v that_o of_o this_o word_n pharatz_n that_o signify_v to_o break_v or_o divide_v think_v the_o pharisee_n to_o have_v take_v denomination_n whereas_o they_o have_v their_o name_n rather_o of_o pharas_n which_o signify_v to_o disperse_v or_o separate_v because_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o other_o in_o profession_n of_o life_n and_o their_o apparel_n mercer_n 2._o this_o story_n have_v be_v diverse_o allegorize_v by_o the_o father_n some_o by_o pharez_n understand_v the_o believe_a gentile_n by_o zarah_n the_o israelite_n and_o by_o the_o red_a thread_n their_o bloody_a circumcision_n &_o sacrifice_n sic_fw-la iren._n cyril_n some_o contrariwise_o will_v have_v phares_n to_o signify_v the_o jew_n zarah_n the_o believe_a gentile_n chrysost._n 3_o but_o this_o phares_n be_v more_o fit_o a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n who_o have_v break_v down_o the_o partition_n wall_n and_o have_v break_v the_o power_n of_o hell_n and_o death_n mercer_n and_o by_o this_o strange_a and_o extraordinary_a birth_n the_o lord_n will_v have_v judah_n and_o thamar_n admonish_v of_o the_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v and_o to_o be_v humble_v thereby_o though_o he_o in_o his_o mercy_n have_v forgive_v it_o calvin_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o difference_n between_o the_o apparel_v of_o widow_n and_o wife_n vers._n 14._o she_o put_v her_o widow_n garment_n off_o etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v the_o use_n in_o those_o day_n for_o widow_n to_o be_v know_v from_o wife_n by_o their_o mourning_n and_o grave_a apparel_n in_o which_o case_n more_o be_v permit_v to_o woman_n that_o be_v marry_v who_o the_o apostle_n allow_v to_o adorn_v themselves_o with_o comely_a and_o sober_a apparel_n without_o pride_n or_o excess_n 1_o timoth._n 2.9_o to_o please_v and_o content_v their_o husband_n but_o widow_n have_v no_o husband_n to_o who_o like_n they_o shall_v apparel_v themselves_o ought_v not_o to_o deck_v themselves_o to_o please_v other_o man_n eye_n luther_n 2._o doct._n friendship_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v join_v with_o piety_n vers._n 20._o ivdah_n send_v a_o kid_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o friend_n this_o hâ—rah_n judahs_n friend_n do_v perform_v a_o evil_a office_n in_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o broker_n for_o judah_n who_o shall_v neither_o have_v request_v any_o dishonest_a or_o uncomely_a thing_n of_o his_o friend_n nor_o the_o other_o yield_v unto_o it_o love_v truth_n and_o piety_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v separate_v as_o saint_n john_n say_v who_o i_o love_v in_o the_o truth_n epist._n 3.1_o muscul._n 3._o doct._n adultery_n in_o former_a time_n punish_v by_o death_n vers._n 24._o let_v she_o be_v burn_v we_o see_v that_o even_o among_o the_o canaanite_n adultery_n be_v judge_v worthy_a of_o death_n for_o judah_n invent_v no_o new_a kind_n of_o punishment_n but_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o that_o country_n so_o the_o lord_n himself_o say_v to_o abimelech_n that_o have_v take_v sarai_n unto_o he_o behold_v thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n for_o this_o etc._n etc._n gen._n 20.3_o now_o although_o this_o law_n as_o peculiar_a to_o that_o country_n bind_v not_o now_o neither_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o death_n for_o by_o moses_n law_n only_o the_o priest_n daughter_n if_o she_o play_v the_o whore_n be_v burn_v levit._n 21.9_o the_o rest_n be_v stone_v nor_o yet_o in_o the_o inequality_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o woman_n offend_v be_v burn_v the_o man_n escape_v as_o appear_v in_o judah_n calvin_n whereas_o both_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n be_v alike_o guilty_a and_o though_o then_o there_o be_v great_a cause_n of_o keep_v their_o seed_n uncorrupt_a for_o preserve_v of_o their_o life_n and_o the_o distinction_n of_o family_n in_o which_o respect_n it_o may_v be_v think_v somewhat_o of_o the_o former_a rigour_n and_o severity_n may_v be_v abate_v yet_o this_o example_n condemn_v the_o security_n and_o connivance_n of_o magistrate_n in_o these_o day_n in_o the_o punish_n of_o this_o sin_n when_o as_o fault_n of_o less_o nature_n be_v more_o severe_o censure_v than_o adultery_n and_o whereas_o the_o precedent_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v urge_v by_o some_o for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n 8._o because_o he_o will_v not_o condemn_v the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n it_o do_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n for_o this_o mercy_n christ_n show_v not_o to_o clear_v or_o exempt_v the_o adulteress_n leave_v she_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o partly_o to_o show_v that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o be_v a_o judge_n in_o such_o cause_n as_o neither_o in_o other_o like_a business_n as_o divide_v of_o the_o inheritance_n luk._n 12.14_o partly_o by_o this_o example_n he_o will_v teach_v what_o be_v to_o be_v require_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o accuser_n not_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o that_o crime_n whereof_o he_o accuse_v other_o 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a upon_o any_o occasion_n to_o marry_v the_o brother_n wife_n vers._n 8._o go_v into_o thy_o brother_n wife_n because_o in_o this_o place_n as_o also_o deut._n 25.5_o it_o be_v permit_v to_o natural_a brethren_n to_o marry_v the_o wife_n of_o their_o brother_n decease_v
cordis_fw-la quam_fw-la fancy_n corporis_fw-la fair_o in_o the_o light_n of_o his_o soul_n than_o in_o the_o face_n of_o his_o body_n augustine_n 4._o in_o who_o appear_v four_o principal_a virtue_n his_o temperance_n in_o not_o be_v entice_v no_o not_o by_o his_o mistress_n his_o justice_n in_o not_o yield_v to_o do_v this_o wrong_n and_o dishonour_n to_o his_o master_n his_o fortitude_n in_o not_o suffer_v himself_o by_o many_o attempt_n and_o assault_n to_o be_v overcome_v his_o prudence_n in_o choose_v rather_o at_o once_o to_o reject_v she_o and_o leave_v his_o garment_n than_o to_o keep_v she_o in_o suspense_n rupertus_n quest_n v._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o joseph_n be_v imprison_v not_o put_v to_o death_n vers._n 20._o after_o this_o manner_n do_v thy_o sâ—rvant_n unto_o i_o and_o josephs_n master_n take_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o prison_n 1._o that_o be_v a_o obscure_a colection_n of_o rasi_fw-la that_o potiphars_n wife_n be_v in_o bed_n with_o her_o husband_n show_v how_o joseph_n will_v have_v do_v unto_o she_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o she_o stay_v so_o long_o to_o make_v her_o complaint_n but_o as_o josephus_n think_v she_o sit_v weep_v and_o mourn_v tell_v her_o tale_n as_o soon_o as_o her_o lord_n come_v in_o 2._o in_o that_o potiphar_n cast_v joseph_n into_o prison_n and_o killeh_o he_o not_o i_o neither_o think_v with_o perer_n that_o it_o proceed_v of_o his_o master_n love_n towards_o he_o nor_o with_o musculus_fw-la that_o he_o be_v commit_v to_o custody_n there_o to_o be_v keep_v till_o he_o receive_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n but_o i_o rather_o with_o chrysostome_n ascribe_v it_o to_o god_n providence_n who_o so_o wrought_v in_o pharaoh_n heart_n that_o he_o have_v no_o such_o purpose_n to_o put_v joseph_n to_o death_n as_o also_o josephs_n innocence_n may_v appear_v imprisonment_n for_o the_o which_o cause_n the_o chief_a keeper_n under_o potiphar_n show_v he_o favour_n 3._o it_o seem_v that_o joseph_n be_v put_v into_o a_o dungeon_n chap._n 40.15_o the_o word_n sohar_n signify_v a_o round_a vault_a house_n such_o be_v this_o where_o the_o king_n prisoner_n lay_v bind_v and_o whither_o joseph_n be_v send_v not_o of_o favour_n as_o some_o think_v but_o for_o more_o sure_a keep_n and_o there_o he_o lay_v bind_v with_o fetter_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o psal._n 105.18_o they_o hold_v his_o foot_n in_o the_o stock_n and_o he_o be_v lay_v miron_n 4._o place_n of_o doctrine_n 1._o doct._n the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o righteous_a must_v be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n providence_n vers._n 2._o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n and_o he_o prosper_v josephs_n prosperity_n be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n providence_n the_o world_n use_v to_o impute_v such_o thing_n to_o chance_n and_o fortune_n but_o we_o must_v look_v towards_o god_n the_o author_n of_o our_o prosperous_a state_n and_o moderator_n of_o our_o affliction_n calvin_n that_o we_o may_v say_v with_o david_n who_o have_v i_o in_o heaven_n but_o thou_o and_o i_o have_v desire_v none_o in_o the_o earth_n with_o thou_o psal._n 73.25_o 2._o doct._n why_o adultery_n be_v call_v a_o great_a sin_n and_o against_o god_n vers._n 9_o how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o sin_n against_o god_n adultery_n be_v call_v a_o great_a sin_n as_o abimeleck_n say_v to_o abraham_n what_o have_v i_o offend_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v bring_v upon_o i_o and_o my_o kingdom_n this_o great_a sin_n gene._n 20.9_o it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n because_o there_o be_v dishonour_v do_v to_o the_o husband_n who_o bed_n be_v defile_v the_o childeren_n be_v wrong_v who_o be_v illegitimate_a be_v get_v in_o adultery_n the_o woman_n also_o break_v her_o faith_n and_o vow_v make_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o this_o sin_n be_v special_o say_v to_o be_v against_o god_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o holy_a wedlock_n who_o institution_n be_v by_o this_o mean_v violate_v and_o break_v as_o david_n therefore_o say_v psal._n 51.4_o against_o thou_o against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v muscul._n 3._o doct._n fear_v of_o evil_a report_n must_v not_o make_v we_o leave_v our_o duty_n vers._n 12._o he_o leave_v his_o garment_n and_o flee_v joseph_n do_v choose_v rather_o to_o keep_v his_o innocence_n though_o it_o be_v with_o infamy_n and_o false_a report_n for_o as_o according_a to_o s._n paul_n rule_n we_o must_v not_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o rom._n 3.8_o so_o we_o must_v not_o leave_v off_o to_o do_v good_a though_o evil_a do_v ensue_v upon_o it_o we_o ought_v to_o use_v all_o mean_n to_o have_v good_a report_n but_o rather_o than_o we_o shall_v hazard_v our_o faith_n and_o innocence_n we_o must_v arm_v ourselves_o with_o joseph_n to_o pass_v by_o honour_n and_o dishonour_n by_o evil_a report_n and_o good_a report_n 2_o cor._n 6.8_o 5._o place_n of_o confutation_n 1._o confut._n against_o merit_n vers._n 21._o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n and_o show_v he_o mercy_n etc._n etc._n although_o joseph_n fear_v god_n and_o be_v a_o virtuous_a man_n yet_o this_o favour_n which_o he_o find_v be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n mercy_n not_o to_o any_o merit_n or_o worthiness_n in_o he_o for_o although_o the_o lord_n reward_v his_o innocence_n and_o integrity_n by_o this_o mean_n yet_o be_v it_o in_o mercy_n calvin_n so_o jacob_n before_o acknowledge_v all_o to_o be_v of_o god_n mercy_n gen._n 32.10_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o thy_o mercy_n and_o gene._n 33.10_o god_n have_v have_v mercy_n on_o i_o and_o therefore_o i_o have_v all_o thing_n 2._o confut._n against_o the_o descension_n of_o christ_n into_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la vers._n 22._o and_o the_o keeper_n commit_v all_o the_o prisoner_n to_o josephs_n hand_n etc._n etc._n pererius_n here_o make_v joseph_n a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n that_o as_o the_o prisoner_n be_v commit_v to_o his_o charge_n who_o he_o be_v a_o great_a comfort_n unto_o and_o prophesy_v unto_o some_o of_o their_o deliverance_n so_o christ_n descend_v to_o hell_n deliver_v from_o thence_o those_o which_o be_v there_o bind_v in_o prison_n contra._n beside_o that_o such_o devise_a allegory_n be_v but_o simple_a ground_n of_o matter_n of_o faith_n such_o as_o the_o papist_n make_v the_o descension_n of_o christ_n to_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la to_o be_v this_o comparison_n between_o joseph_n and_o christ_n have_v small_a agreement_n in_o this_o point_n 1._o joseph_n be_v put_v into_o the_o dungeon_n as_o a_o prisoner_n himself_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v as_o a_o prisoner_n in_o hell_n 2._o joseph_n deliver_v none_o but_o foreshow_v the_o deliverance_n of_o some_o but_o christ_n must_v be_v a_o deliverer_n 3._o some_o of_o these_o prisoner_n be_v not_o deliver_v but_o condemn_v but_o christ_n they_o say_v harrow_v that_o hell_n to_o the_o which_o he_o descend_v and_o deliver_v all_o 6._o place_n of_o moral_a observation_n 1._o obseru._n family_n and_o kingdom_n bless_v for_o the_o righteous_a sake_n vers._n 5._o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o all_o that_o he_o have_v in_o the_o house_n and_o in_o the_o field_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o god_n bless_v potiphars_n house_n for_o josephs_n sake_n as_o laban_n prosper_v because_o of_o jacob_n thus_o house_n family_n city_n and_o kingdom_n be_v bless_v because_o of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n the_o world_n therefore_o have_v reason_n to_o make_v much_o of_o they_o as_o potiphar_n do_v of_o joseph_n not_o to_o hate_v and_o deâ—ide_v they_o as_o the_o fashion_n of_o this_o untoward_a age_n be_v 2._o obseru._n beauty_n a_o deceitful_a gift_n vers._n 6._o ioseph_n be_v a_o fair_a person_n joseph_n by_o occasion_n of_o his_o beauty_n and_o favour_n be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o have_v be_v supplant_v and_o entice_v to_o evil_a which_o teach_v we_o that_o although_o favour_n and_o beauty_n be_v a_o precious_a gift_n from_o god_n and_o as_o the_o poet_n can_v say_v gratior_fw-la est_fw-la pulchro_fw-la veniens_fw-la è_fw-la corpore_fw-la virtus_fw-la virtue_n have_v a_o better_a grace_n that_o shine_v from_o a_o beautiful_a face_n yet_o there_o be_v better_a gift_n to_o be_v desire_v which_o bring_v no_o such_o inconvenience_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v desire_v you_o the_o best_a gift_n 1_o cor_fw-la 12.31_o muscul_n calvin_n 3._o obseru._n the_o three_o engine_n and_o weapon_n of_o harlot_n vers._n 7._o his_o master_n wife_n cast_v her_o eye_n upon_o joseph_n wanton_n woman_n have_v three_o principal_a weapon_n that_o they_o fight_v with_o prima_fw-la adultera_fw-la oculorum_fw-la telâ—_n sunt_fw-la a_o harlot_n first_o engine_n be_v her_o eye_n as_o here_o josephs_n mistress_n first_o cast_v her_o eye_n upon_o he_o secunda_fw-la verborum_fw-la the_o second_o be_v her_o entice_a word_n as_o here_o she_o impudent_o say_v come_v lie_v
by_o judah_n that_o particular_a tribe_n and_o not_o the_o whole_a nation_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o shall_v seem_v that_o judah_n also_o in_o this_o place_n shall_v be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n 2._o these_o word_n also_o of_o jacob_n prophecy_n until_o shiloh_n come_v may_v be_v understand_v of_o that_o time_n when_o the_o certain_a term_n and_o number_n of_o year_n shall_v be_v reveal_v of_o shilohs_n come_n which_o be_v show_v unto_o daniel_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o king_n darius_n daniel_n 9.1_o to_o who_o cyrus_n permit_v the_o regiment_n of_o babylon_n who_o reign_v together_o with_o he_o from_o which_o time_n there_o be_v reckon_v 70._o week_n that_o be_v 490._o year_n which_o week_n begin_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n when_o the_o edict_n go_v forth_o for_o the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o end_n in_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n at_o this_o time_n etc._n etc._n at_o this_o time_n zerubbabel_n prince_n of_o judah_n be_v captain_n of_o the_o people_n ezra_n 2_o 2._o and_o unto_o this_o time_n after_o the_o sceptre_n be_v give_v to_o judah_n in_o david_n it_o be_v not_o remove_v but_o only_o during_o the_o captivity_n of_o judah_n when_o it_o be_v like_o also_o that_o the_o head_n of_o judah_n bear_v the_o great_a sway_n over_o their_o brethren_n i_o leave_v this_o interpretation_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a neither_o do_v i_o much_o insist_v upon_o it_o see_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jacob_n rather_o aim_v at_o the_o historical_a come_n of_o the_o messiah_n than_o the_o prediction_n of_o his_o come_n 3._o some_o do_v take_v the_o word_n shebet_fw-la hear_v not_o for_o a_o sceptre_n but_o for_o the_o tribe_n as_o junius_n and_o oleaster_n translate_v the_o tribe_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n this_o opinion_n may_v seem_v probable_a for_o these_o reason_n 1._o the_o word_n be_v so_o take_v in_o this_o chapter_n for_o a_o tribe_n vers_fw-la 28._o these_o be_v the_o tribe_n shibteâ—â—_n and_o it_o be_v very_o rare_a or_o not_o at_o all_o use_v in_o moses_n for_o the_o sceptre_n 2._o thus_o this_o prophecy_n be_v evident_o fulfil_v for_o till_o our_o saviour_n christ_n time_n the_o line_n of_o judah_n especial_o from_o david_n be_v exact_o keep_v as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o genealogy_n set_v down_o by_o s._n matthew_n and_o s._n luke_n but_o after_o shiloh_n be_v come_v the_o policy_n and_o government_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v within_o one_o generation_n dissolve_v and_o the_o line_n and_o stock_n of_o judah_n not_o regard_v but_o shuffle_v and_o confound_v with_o the_o rest_n neither_o can_v the_o jew_n tell_v at_o this_o day_n of_o what_o tribe_n they_o be_v descend_v i_o therefore_o herein_o approve_v of_o calvins_n judgement_n who_o understand_v this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o policy_n and_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o present_o after_o the_o messiah_n come_v be_v overthrow_v 3._o but_o it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n continue_v till_o christ_n time_n 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of_o the_o abundance_n of_o vine_n and_o wine_n promise_v to_o judah_n vers._n 11._o he_o shall_v bind_v his_o ass_n foal_n to_o the_o vine_n etc._n etc._n 1._o we_o do_v not_o with_o oâ—kelos_n by_o the_o ass_n and_o foal_n understand_v the_o parent_n and_o child_n that_o shall_v cleave_v unto_o the_o law_n as_o tie_v to_o the_o vine_n and_o by_o the_o wash_n of_o their_o garment_n in_o wine_n that_o the_o prince_n shall_v be_v clothe_v in_o purple_a by_o the_o eye_n the_o hill_n which_o shall_v be_v full_a of_o vine_n and_o by_o the_o tooth_n the_o field_n white_a with_o corn_n 2._o neither_o need_v we_o here_o run_v to_o allegory_n as_o to_o make_v the_o bind_n of_o the_o ass_n to_o the_o vine_n to_o insinuate_v the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n to_o christ_n and_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o grape_n to_o understand_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o which_o we_o be_v wash_v from_o our_o sin_n by_o the_o eye_n the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n by_o the_o tooth_n the_o doctor_n 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untimely_a death_n or_o sickness_n it_o seem_v not_o unpossible_a that_o such_o a_o number_n by_o ordinary_a mean_n in_o the_o circuit_n of_o 215._o year_n may_v be_v multiply_v for_o seventy_o person_n in_o thirty_o year_n if_o they_o beget_v every_o one_o but_o one_o in_o a_o year_n will_v have_v 2100._o cut_a off_o the_o odd_a hundred_o and_o admit_v that_o the_o three_o part_n only_o of_o the_o other_o number_n be_v apt_a for_o generation_n that_o be_v six_o hundred_o which_o make_v 300._o couple_n or_o marriage_n those_o will_v beget_v in_o thirty_o year_n more_o which_o be_v the_o 60._o year_n from_o their_o come_n into_o egypt_n nine_o thousand_o the_o three_o part_n hereof_o three_o thousand_o make_v fifteen_o hundred_o couple_n which_o have_v but_o every_o year_n one_o will_v beget_v the_o next_o thirty_o year_n which_o make_v 90._o in_o all_o 45000._o hereof_o the_o three_o part_n 15000._o will_v make_v 7400._o couple_n leave_v the_o odd_a hundred_o which_o will_v beget_v 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time_n they_o be_v slay_v and_o ephraim_n mourn_v for_o they_o 1_o chron._n 7.21_o osiander_n quest_n vii_o who_o this_o new_a king_n be_v that_o know_v not_o joseph_n vers._n 8._o there_o arise_v a_o new_a king_n in_o egypt_n 1._o this_o new_a king_n be_v neither_o a_o assyrian_a bear_v as_o cajetano_n conjecture_v upon_o these_o word_n of_o isaiah_n chap._n 52.4_o my_o people_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n to_o sojourn_v there_o and_o asshur_n oppress_v they_o without_o cause_n but_o the_o prophet_n in_o this_o place_n touch_v both_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o israelite_n in_o egypt_n and_o under_o asshur_n neither_o in_o the_o egyptian_a chronicle_n be_v there_o any_o assyrian_a king_n either_o before_o moses_n or_o for_o a_o thousand_o year_n after_o till_o the_o reign_n of_o cambyses_n the_o persian_a 2._o neither_o can_v this_o king_n be_v mephres_n in_o who_o nine_o year_n joseph_n shall_v die_v and_o the_o bondage_n of_o israel_n begin_v as_o vincentius_n for_o see_v all_o the_o patriarch_n be_v dead_a before_o their_o affliction_n begin_v of_o which_o number_n levi_n elder_a than_o joseph_n by_o four_o year_n live_v 137._o year_n exod._n 6._o and_o so_o survive_v joseph_n who_o die_v at_o 110._o year_n 23._o year_n then_o can_v not_o mephres_n be_v this_o king_n that_o begin_v to_o reign_v before_o joseph_n die_v 3._o neither_o be_v this_o king_n ramesses_n as_o some_o think_v because_o one_o of_o the_o city_n which_o the_o israelite_n build_v be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n for_o ramesses_n be_v king_n of_o egypt_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojane_n war_n plin._n lib._n 36._o cap._n 8._o which_o be_v three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n if_o he_o reign_v in_o egypt_n in_o the_o time_n of_o deborah_n as_o think_v eusebius_n he_o be_v 140._o year_n after_o moses_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v more_o probable_a that_o this_o king_n be_v amemphis_n in_o who_o 18._o year_n eusebius_n think_v moses_n be_v bear_v so_o also_o hierome_n in_o 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revenue_n of_o egypt_n perer._n as_o also_o herein_o josephs_n modesty_n appear_v that_o do_v not_o in_o his_o long_a time_n of_o honour_n which_o continue_v 80._o year_n raise_v up_o a_o honourable_a and_o wealthy_a state_n to_o his_o posterity_n see_v his_o house_n be_v so_o soon_o obscure_v but_o as_o be_v most_o like_a he_o and_o his_o son_n join_v themselves_o unto_o their_o brethren_n not_o hunt_v after_o the_o wealth_n of_o egypt_n where_o they_o know_v they_o be_v but_o stranger_n simlerus_n quest_n ix_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o israelite_n vers._n 10._o come_v let_v we_o work_v wise_o with_o they_o etc._n etc._n 1._o there_o be_v three_o cause_n why_o the_o egyptian_n consult_v to_o oppress_v the_o israelite_n first_o they_o envy_v their_o happiness_n and_o prosperity_n for_o god_n every_o way_n bless_v they_o then_o they_o hate_v they_o for_o their_o religion_n in_o which_o regard_n the_o hebrew_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n for_o they_o sacrifice_v those_o beast_n which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v see_v gen._n 46.34_o and_o exod._n 8.26_o three_o they_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o lest_o they_o shall_v join_v with_o their_o enemy_n and_o rebel_v against_o they_o perer._n 2._o and_o three_o thing_n they_o fear_v lest_o they_o may_v take_v part_n with_o their_o enemy_n or_o rebel_v by_o their_o own_o strength_n or_o make_v a_o escape_n out_o of_o the_o land_n jun._n they_o fear_v all_o these_o joint_o and_o every_o one_o in_o particular_a therefore_o it_o be_v better_a read_v disjunctive_o israel_n see_v before_o in_o the_o divers_a reading_n 3._o they_o work_v wise_o or_o cunning_o crafty_o for_o so_o the_o word_n chacham_n be_v take_v both_o in_o the_o good_a &_o bad_a part_n not_o as_o the_o hebrew_n imagine_v because_o they_o will_v not_o destroy_v they_o with_o the_o sword_n or_o fire_n lest_o god_n may_v be_v revenge_v of_o they_o in_o the_o same_o kind_n but_o devise_v by_o the_o water_n to_o destroy_v they_o whereby_o the_o lord_n promise_v never_o to_o destroy_v the_o world_n again_o but_o their_o craft_n be_v see_v in_o attempt_v divers_a way_n to_o keep_v they_o under_o that_o if_o they_o prevail_v not_o by_o one_o mean_n they_o may_v by_o another_o and_o in_o respect_n of_o themselves_o they_o work_v wise_o provide_v both_o for_o their_o own_o security_n and_o for_o their_o profit_n in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o israelite_n simler_n likewise_o they_o oppress_v they_o cunning_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v accuse_v of_o open_a and_o manifest_a tyranny_n osiander_n 4._o josephus_n allege_v another_o cause_n of_o this_o affliction_n that_o about_o that_o time_n one_o of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n foretell_v unto_o the_o king_n of_o one_o that_o shall_v be_v bear_v who_o when_o he_o once_o come_v to_o year_n shall_v work_v much_o harm_n to_o the_o egyptian_n and_o great_o exalt_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n lib._n 2._o antiquit_n cap._n 5._o but_o this_o be_v his_o conjecture_n no_o such_o thing_n here_o insinuate_v by_o moses_n may_v be_v more_o safe_o reject_v than_o credit_v quest_n x._o of_o the_o hard_a affliction_n of_o the_o israelite_n 12._o therefore_o they_o do_v set_v taskmaster_n over_o they_o etc._n etc._n 1._o divers_a way_n be_v the_o israelites_n most_o grievous_o oppress_v in_o egypt_n 1._o philo_n write_v that_o they_o be_v cause_v to_o carry_v burden_n above_o their_o strength_n that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o work_v night_n and_o day_n that_o the_o same_o be_v constrain_v to_o be_v both_o workman_n and_o server_n they_o be_v employ_v in_o make_v brick_n dig_v and_o building_n insomuch_o that_o many_o of_o they_o die_v under_o their_o burden_n and_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o be_v bury_v and_o beside_o the_o most_o cruel_a man_n be_v set_v to_o be_v their_o taskmaster_n phil._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la
they_o may_v be_v stir_v up_o to_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o their_o deliverance_n and_o to_o long_o for_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 3._o that_o god_n may_v take_v just_a occasion_n to_o show_v his_o judgement_n upon_o egypt_n 4._o that_o the_o israelite_n also_o may_v be_v occasion_v hereby_o more_o just_o to_o shake_v off_o the_o egyptian_n cruel_a yoke_n 5._o that_o god_n goodness_n and_o power_n may_v be_v see_v in_o support_v his_o people_n and_o increase_v they_o even_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o affliction_n 6._o that_o the_o israelite_n remember_v their_o cruel_a bondage_n in_o egypt_n shall_v have_v no_o mind_n to_o go_v thither_o again_o for_o see_v this_o notwithstanding_o if_o some_o rebellious_a of_o they_o attempt_v to_o make_v they_o a_o captain_n and_o to_o return_v into_o egypt_n numb_a 14._o what_o will_v they_o have_v do_v if_o they_o have_v live_v in_o all_o fullness_n and_o pleasure_n there_o perer._n quest_n fourteen_o whether_o the_o midwife_n be_v egyptian_n or_o hebrew_n woman_n 15_o moreover_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n command_v the_o midwife_n of_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n 1._o those_o midwife_n be_v not_o egyptian_a woman_n as_o josephus_n think_v to_o who_o pererius_n subscribe_v with_o other_o as_o aretiuâ—_n simlerus_n for_o they_o be_v such_o as_o usual_o minister_v to_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n as_o the_o text_n show_v before_o this_o time_n and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o the_o israelitish_n woman_n have_v no_o midwife_n of_o their_o own_o beside_o their_o religion_n show_v as_o much_o because_o they_o serve_v god_n that_o they_o be_v hebrew_n midwife_n and_o the_o derivation_n of_o their_o name_n do_v give_v conjecture_n thereof_o shiphrah_n be_v derive_v of_o shaphar_n to_o be_v bountiful_a to_o adorn_v and_o puhah_n of_o pahah_n to_o cry_v out_o a_o name_n fit_v a_o midwife_n that_o be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o the_o cry_n of_o child_n and_o whereas_o josephus_n give_v this_o reason_n because_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n will_v have_v be_v partial_a for_o kindred_n say_v it_o may_v seem_v no_o more_o unlikely_a that_o pharaoh_n use_v hebrew_a woman_n who_o he_o may_v think_v for_o the_o fear_n of_o their_o life_n will_v obey_v his_o commandment_n than_o he_o do_v set_v hebrew_n taskmaster_n over_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o israelite_n exod._n 5.15_o who_o may_v have_v be_v think_v also_o no_o indifferent_a overseeer_n 15.16_o i_o therefore_o rather_o think_v with_o augustine_n that_o those_o midwife_n be_v hebrew_a woman_n than_o egyptian_n 2._o yet_o can_v they_o not_o be_v jocabed_a moses_n mother_n and_o miriam_n moses_n sister_n as_o some_o hebrew_n who_o be_v too_o young_a not_o above_o seven_o year_n elder_a than_o moses_n to_o be_v employ_v for_o a_o midwife_n simler_n quest_n xv._n why_o pharaoh_n only_o give_v his_o cruel_a charge_n to_o two_o midwife_n these_o two_o midwife_n be_v name_v 1._o not_o as_o cajetan_n because_o they_o attend_v only_o upon_o the_o noble_a sort_n of_o the_o hebrew_n who_o child_n especial_o pharaoh_n intend_v to_o cut_v off_o for_o pharaoh_n charge_n be_v general_a to_o kill_v all_o the_o male_a child_n 2._o nay_o there_o be_v many_o more_o call_v as_o perer._n but_o these_o name_v as_o the_o more_o famous_a 3._o but_o these_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o have_v the_o charge_n and_o command_v over_o the_o rest_n and_o from_o they_o they_o be_v to_o take_v their_o direction_n pelican_n vatablus_n and_o whereas_o cajetan_n deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o presidencie_n or_o superiority_n among_o the_o midwife_n it_o appear_v to_o be_v otherwise_o that_o among_o the_o grecian_n there_o be_v some_o to_o who_o the_o choice_n care_v of_o that_o business_n be_v commit_v as_o plutarch_n testify_v and_o that_o public_a school_n be_v keep_v for_o that_o service_n jun._n in_o analys_n 4._o now_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o guess_v why_o the_o male_a child_n be_v command_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n rather_o than_o the_o other_o 1._o because_o they_o fear_v not_o any_o rebellion_n or_o insurrection_n by_o that_o sex_n 2._o they_o be_v fair_a than_o the_o egyptian_a woman_n and_o so_o they_o may_v keep_v they_o for_o their_o lust_n 3._o they_o be_v industrious_a in_o spin_v and_o needle_n work_v and_o for_o that_o cause_n may_v be_v keep_v for_o their_o service_n perer._n 5._o but_o herein_o pharaoh_n show_v himself_o more_o cruel_a than_o either_o athaliah_n in_o put_v to_o death_n the_o king_n child_n or_o herod_n in_o slay_v the_o infant_n or_o then_o astâ—ages_n and_o aâ—â—lius_n that_o will_v have_v destroy_v remus_n and_o romulus_n for_o these_o do_v not_o make_v a_o general_a edict_n against_o the_o child_n of_o a_o whole_a nation_n as_o pharaoh_n do_v nor_o yet_o surprise_v infant_n new_o bear_v borrh._n quest_n xvi_o whether_o the_o midwife_n make_v a_o lie_n and_o be_v therein_o to_o be_v justify_v vers._n 19_o a_o and_o the_o midwife_n answer_v pharaoh_n because_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n be_v not_o &c._n &c._n the_o most_o do_v hold_v that_o the_o midwife_n do_v here_o make_v a_o feign_a excuse_n by_o a_o officious_a lie_n 1._o and_o of_o they_o which_o thus_o think_v most_o be_v of_o augustine_n opinion_n that_o the_o midwife_n herein_o offend_v because_o no_o lie_n be_v against_o the_o truth_n be_v just_a yet_o god_n reward_v they_o not_o for_o their_o dissemble_n but_o for_o their_o mercy_n 10._o remunerata_fw-la est_fw-la benignitas_fw-la mentis_fw-la non_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la mentientis_fw-la the_o benignity_n of_o the_o mind_n not_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o lie_n be_v reward_v so_o also_o simler_n borrh._n with_o other_o and_o augustine_n add_v this_o reason_n that_o if_o many_o time_n the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v pardon_v for_o the_o work_n of_o mercy_n that_o follow_v after_o much_o more_o merito_fw-la misericordiâ—_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la committuntur_fw-la for_o mercy_n sake_n those_o thing_n be_v remit_v which_o because_o of_o mercy_n be_v commit_v 2._o other_o think_v that_o the_o midwife_n be_v hinder_v by_o their_o lie_n moral_a and_o that_o which_o may_v have_v be_v eternal_a in_o terrenam_fw-la est_fw-la compensationem_fw-la declinata_fw-la be_v because_o of_o the_o lie_v turn_v into_o a_o earthly_a recompense_n gregory_n but_o see_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n have_v not_o only_o the_o promise_n of_o this_o life_n but_o of_o the_o next_o and_o the_o scripture_n testify_v of_o these_o midwife_n that_o they_o fear_v god_n it_o be_v speak_v without_o warrant_n that_o they_o be_v only_o temporal_o bless_v 3._o some_o do_v justify_v this_o act_n of_o the_o midwife_n and_o seem_v to_o make_v it_o meritorious_a though_o not_o of_o a_o eternal_a yet_o of_o a_o temporal_a reward_n thom._n aquin._n but_o to_o this_o opinion_n may_v be_v oppose_v that_o say_n of_o aug._n non_fw-la remunerata_fw-la est_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la fallacia_fw-la sed_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la their_o fallacy_n be_v not_o reward_v in_o they_o but_o their_o mercy_n 4._o rupertus_n do_v simple_o defend_v this_o dissimulation_n and_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v no_o sin_n because_o it_o proceed_v of_o charity_n and_o god_n reward_v it_o and_o as_o well_o may_v rahab_n be_v condemn_v for_o make_v the_o like_a excuse_n josh._n 2._o cont_n but_o these_o reason_n be_v very_o weak_a 1._o this_o excuse_n proceed_v not_o of_o charity_n but_o from_o fear_n and_o though_o it_o do_v charity_n must_v be_v always_o join_v with_o verity_n otherwise_o it_o be_v inordinate_a 2._o their_o mercy_n only_o be_v commend_v and_o their_o infirmity_n by_o god_n mercy_n pardon_v 3._o not_o rahabs_n infirmity_n but_o her_o faith_n be_v commend_v if_o her_o excuse_n be_v untrue_a 4._o but_o as_o rahab_n may_v in_o that_o place_n be_v defend_v to_o have_v make_v a_o true_a excuse_n speak_v of_o some_o other_o man_n that_o be_v depart_v from_o she_o which_o come_v to_o her_o house_n so_o here_o also_o the_o midwife_n may_v say_v true_a that_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n have_v secret_a notice_n from_o the_o midwife_n may_v be_v deliver_v in_o secret_a before_o the_o midwife_n come_v jun._n and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o as_o they_o be_v chaste_a than_o the_o egyptian_a woman_n so_o god_n may_v give_v they_o more_o strength_n and_o speedy_a deliverance_n pelican_n here_o it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o it_o be_v say_v the_o midwife_n preserve_v the_o man_n child_n because_o they_o fear_v god_n vers_fw-la 17._o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v like_a they_o be_v present_a simler_n but_o this_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o care_n that_o they_o have_v of_o the_o infant_n by_o who_o mean_n they_o be_v preserve_v vatab._n for_o otherwise_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o these_o two_o in_o their_o own_o person_n can_v be_v present_a at_o every_o woman_n travail_n to_o save_v the_o child_n quest_n xvii_o how_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o
chap._n 7._o that_o either_o it_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n who_o be_v god_n messenger_n for_o so_o angel_n signify_v or_o else_o they_o be_v call_v angel_n of_o evil_a i._o of_o penal_a not_o moral_a evil_n rather_o than_o evil_a angel_n and_o though_o they_o will_v seem_v to_o gather_v by_o those_o word_n chap._n 12.23_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o destroyer_n to_o come_v into_o your_o house_n that_o this_o angel_n of_o himself_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o invade_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o a_o good_a angel_n yet_o that_o follow_v not_o but_o the_o word_n rather_o show_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o angel_n be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o direction_n to_o strike_v where_o god_n bid_v he_o strike_v and_o to_o forbear_v where_o the_o lord_n purpose_v to_o spare_v 4._o wherefore_o as_o the_o good_a angel_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o former_a plague_n as_o be_v show_v before_o quest_n 30._o in_o chap._n 7._o so_o they_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v the_o lord_n instrument_n in_o this_o pâ—rer_n quest_n iv._o whether_o one_o angel_n or_o many_o be_v use_v in_o this_o destruction_n and_o for_o the_o number_n of_o these_o destroy_a angel_n 1._o though_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n chap._n 12.23_o the_o destroyer_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o one_o angel_n shall_v be_v the_o minister_n for_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o put_v the_o singular_a for_o the_o plural_a 2._o therefore_o it_o be_v more_o probable_a that_o many_o angel_n be_v employ_v in_o this_o service_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o multitude_n that_o be_v slay_v for_o in_o the_o host_n of_o senacherib_n one_o angel_n slay_v 180._o thousand_o nor_o of_o the_o distance_n of_o place_n for_o one_o angel_n in_o david_n time_n smite_v 70000._o in_o three_o day_n space_n from_o dan_n to_o beersheba_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o time_n because_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n be_v slay_v at_o midnight_n about_o the_o same_o time_n it_o be_v like_a that_o many_o angel_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o egypt_n be_v send_v of_o god_n to_o strike_v the_o first_o bear_v perer._n cajetan_n quest_n v._o upon_o who_o this_o plague_n in_o the_o smite_v of_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v execute_v vers._n 5._o all_o the_o first_o bear_v in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n shall_v die_v all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o every_o house_n as_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_n be_v smite_v with_o death_n even_o from_o the_o king_n throne_n unto_o the_o son_n of_o the_o poor_a servant_n that_o ground_n at_o the_o mill_n which_o they_o use_v in_o the_o day_n to_o do_v such_o servile_a work_n and_o in_o the_o night_n time_n keep_v they_o in_o hold_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v chap._n 12.29_o unto_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o captive_a that_o be_v in_o prison_n so_o samson_n do_v grind_v at_o the_o mill_n be_v in_o prison_n judg._n 16._o 2._o beside_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o their_o beast_n be_v slay_v that_o be_v of_o their_o domestical_a cattle_n for_o wild_a beast_n must_v be_v here_o except_v which_o be_v not_o in_o their_o power_n and_o such_o cattle_n as_o bring_v forth_o many_o at_o once_o where_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o firstling_n and_o the_o rest_n perer._n 3_o the_o three_o effect_n of_o this_o plague_n be_v that_o god_n do_v execute_v his_o judgement_n upon_o the_o god_n and_o idol_n of_o egypt_n chap._n 12.12_o quest_n vi_o whether_o in_o every_o house_n the_o first_o bear_v be_v slay_v but_o here_o this_o doubt_n arise_v concern_v the_o first_o bear_v because_o it_o be_v say_v afterward_o chap._n 12.30_o that_o there_o be_v no_o house_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o one_o dead_a whether_o in_o every_o house_n there_o be_v a_o first_o bear_v 1._o ab._n ezra_n think_v all_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o the_o great_a part_n 2._o simler_n for_o the_o house_n of_o every_o sort_n both_o of_o high_a and_o low_a as_o the_o king_n and_o captive_a be_v name_v 3._o hugo_n s._n victor_n do_v thus_o interpret_v it_o that_o in_o every_o house_n where_o be_v any_o first_o bear_v there_o be_v one_o slay_v but_o it_o seem_v that_o no_o house_n at_o all_o be_v except_v because_o all_o the_o israelite_n be_v command_v to_o strike_v the_o blood_n upon_o the_o post_n of_o their_o door_n to_o escape_v the_o plague_n 4._o therefore_o augustine_n think_v that_o god_n so_o dispose_v at_o this_o time_n by_o his_o divine_a providence_n that_o every_o house_n of_o the_o egyptian_n have_v one_o first_o borne_n quest_n 44._o in_o exod._n but_o we_o need_v not_o run_v unto_o miracle_n where_o another_o exposition_n may_v be_v find_v 5._o thostatus_n think_v that_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v here_o take_v for_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o feminine_a sex_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o male_n whether_o their_o parent_n be_v alive_a or_o dead_a whether_o they_o be_v the_o first_o bear_v by_o the_o husband_n or_o wife_n but_o the_o name_n of_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o thus_o take_v in_o scripture_n neither_o yet_o be_v it_o like_o that_o any_o female_n die_v but_o male_n as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v that_o be_v make_v holy_a unto_o god_n upon_o this_o occasion_n because_o the_o lord_n for_o israel_n sake_n kill_v all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n there_o only_o the_o male_n that_o first_o open_v the_o womb_n be_v set_v apart_o chap._n 13.12_o 6._o therefore_o of_o all_o the_o â—est_n i_o prefer_v the_o exposition_n of_o junius_n that_o in_o every_o house_n either_o the_o first_o or_o if_o there_o be_v no_o first_o bear_v the_o next_o principal_a man_n be_v take_v in_o stead_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v so_o also_o cajetan_n quest_n vii_o why_o the_o lord_n destroy_v the_o first_o bear_v now_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v slay_v 1._o because_o they_o oppress_v israel_n who_o the_o lord_n call_v his_o first_o bear_v exod._n 4._o theodoret._n 2._o rather_o because_o they_o put_v to_o death_n the_o first_o bear_v child_n of_o israel_n yea_o all_o the_o male_n therefore_o the_o lord_n do_v worthy_o punish_v they_o in_o their_o first_o bear_v ferus_fw-la 3._o and_o this_o plague_n be_v ordain_v for_o they_o more_o grievous_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n for_o what_o can_v come_v near_o a_o man_n than_o the_o death_n of_o his_o first_o bear_v which_o also_o may_v be_v his_o only_a bear_v as_o abraham_n can_v not_o have_v a_o great_a trial_n than_o when_o he_o be_v command_v to_o sacrifice_v his_o only_a son_n isaac_n that_o the_o egyptian_n shall_v be_v force_v by_o this_o last_o and_o great_a plague_n to_o let_v israel_n go_v perer._n 4._o neither_o be_v this_o unjust_a in_o god_n to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o infant_n who_o be_v not_o innocent_a before_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n that_o give_v they_o life_n may_v take_v it_o away_o if_o it_o more_o serve_v unto_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o parent_n also_o that_o have_v sin_v be_v punish_v herein_o by_o the_o death_n of_o their_o dear_a child_n be_v themselves_o reserve_v for_o a_o great_a destruction_n simler_n quest_n viii_o why_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o cattle_n also_o be_v destroy_v the_o egyptian_n cattle_n also_o be_v kill_v 1._o because_o this_o loss_n also_o be_v a_o punishment_n unto_o the_o egyptian_n for_o who_o use_n they_o serve_v simler_n 2._o and_o much_o of_o their_o substance_n also_o consist_v in_o cattle_n perer._n so_o that_o both_o they_o lose_v part_n of_o their_o substance_n and_o want_v the_o use_n of_o they_o 3._o beside_o the_o egyptian_n oppress_v the_o israelite_n and_o wrong_v they_o in_o their_o cattle_n ferus_fw-la 4._o the_o hebrew_n also_o think_v this_o be_v one_o special_a cause_n for_o that_o the_o egyptian_n do_v superstitious_o adore_v divers_a kind_n of_o cattle_n and_o therefore_o for_o detestation_n of_o their_o idolatry_n the_o cattle_n be_v punish_v quest_n ix_o how_o the_o god_n of_o 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of_o regality_n and_o principality_n 3._o as_o for_o that_o heathenish_a conceit_n of_o the_o philosopher_n that_o virtue_n be_v not_o proper_o say_v to_o be_v in_o woman_n it_o be_v contrary_a to_o that_o position_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o in_o christ_n there_o be_v neither_o male_a nor_o female_a galath_n 3.28_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n can_v plant_v grace_n and_o virtue_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o woman_n as_o well_o as_o of_o man_n nay_o often_o the_o lord_n choose_v the_o weak_a thing_n of_o this_o world_n to_o confound_v the_o mighty_a thing_n 1._o cor._n 1.27_o and_o the_o example_n of_o so_o many_o virtuous_a and_o good_a woman_n in_o the_o scripture_n of_o sara_n rebecca_n anna_n the_o shunamite_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o old_a of_o marie_n anna_n martha_n lydia_n dorcas_n and_o many_o other_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v evident_o confute_v that_o profane_a paradox_n of_o the_o philosopher_n 4._o and_o to_o deliver_v the_o regiment_n of_o woman_n from_o the_o 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regeneration_n shall_v sit_v upon_o twelve_o seat_n and_o judge_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n whereupon_o he_o infer_v that_o christ_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n shall_v appoint_v other_o judge_n beside_o himself_o qui_fw-la judicent_fw-la populum_fw-la de_fw-la mineribus_fw-la causiâ—_n etc._n etc._n which_o shall_v judge_v the_o people_n in_o small_a cause_n refer_v the_o great_a to_o he_o the_o rhemisnis_n and_o romanistes_n who_o manner_n be_v to_o scrape_v all_o the_o refuse_v of_o the_o father_n affirm_v likewise_o that_o the_o faithful_a shall_v judge_v and_o give_v sentence_n with_o christ_n at_o the_o latter_a day_n wrest_v the_o same_o text_n in_o matthew_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n contra._n 1._o the_o apostle_n and_o saint_n be_v say_v indeed_o to_o judge_v the_o world_n but_o not_o in_o that_o sense_n as_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o world_n but_o as_o he_o say_v his_o word_n shall_v judge_v they_o at_o the_o latter_a day_n 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he_o alone_o suffice_v not_o this_o be_v to_o derogate_v from_o his_o all_o sufficient_a power_n who_o need_v not_o as_o man_n any_o assistant_n or_o fellow_n helper_n vers._n 22._o every_o great_a matter_n let_v they_o bring_v to_o thou_o upon_o this_o precedent_n the_o romanistes_n will_v ground_v the_o papal_a reservation_n of_o case_n from_o who_o no_o appeal_n say_v they_o be_v to_o be_v make_v as_o there_o be_v not_o from_o moses_n tostat._n quaest_n 11._o in_o 18._o cap._n exod._n contra._n 1._o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o the_o reservation_n of_o matter_n to_o moses_n and_o of_o certain_a case_n to_o the_o pope_n for_o moses_n be_v set_v over_o but_o one_o nation_n which_o at_o this_o time_n encamp_v together_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o not_o many_o mile_n and_o so_o they_o may_v with_o ease_n bring_v the_o weighty_a cause_n to_o he_o but_o the_o pope_n challenge_v to_o be_v the_o supreme_a judge_n over_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o without_o infinite_a 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blood_n galas_n 5._o polluitur_fw-la &_o foedatur_fw-la terra_fw-la yea_o the_o land_n itself_o be_v pollute_v and_o defile_v with_o blood_n numb_a 35.36_o galas_n 6._o man_n body_n be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 1_o cor._n 6.16_o if_o any_o than_o destroy_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n he_o will_v god_n destroy_v 1_o cor._n 3.17_o 7._o the_o murderer_n also_o sin_v against_o christ_n who_o member_n his_o neighbour_n be_v who_o life_n he_o have_v seek_v so_o reason_v the_o apostle_n but_o in_o a_o divers_a case_n that_o he_o which_o cause_v the_o weak_a brother_n to_o perish_v for_o who_o christ_n die_v sin_v against_o christ_n himself_o 1_o cor._n 8.11_o quest_n xi_o how_o diverse_o murder_n be_v commit_v this_o kind_n of_o external_a and_o actual_a murder_n be_v commit_v two_o way_n either_o by_o a_o man_n himself_o or_o by_o another_o 1._o the_o first_o be_v do_v two_o way_n either_o by_o the_o cruel_a shed_n of_o man_n blood_n which_o be_v the_o most_o grievous_a sin_n 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that_o meet_v he_o and_o pursue_v he_o in_o battle_n this_o kind_n be_v not_o so_o heinous_a as_o wilful_a murder_n yet_o it_o far_o exceed_v these_o other_o kind_n that_o follow_v 2._o sometime_o one_o be_v kill_v by_o chance_n which_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n either_o a_o chance_n which_o fall_v out_o by_o mere_a oversight_n and_o negligence_n as_o if_o a_o physician_n through_o carelessness_n mistake_v the_o medicine_n and_o so_o kill_v his_o patient_a which_o may_v by_o his_o care_n have_v be_v prevent_v or_o it_o fall_v out_o by_o mere_a chance_n which_o can_v not_o be_v help_v as_o when_o one_o hew_v wood_n and_o the_o axe-head_n fly_v off_o and_o kill_v one_o that_o stand_v by_o 3._o but_o that_o kind_a which_o deserve_v most_o favour_n and_o may_v best_o be_v excuse_v be_v when_o one_o be_v force_v to_o kill_v another_o se_fw-la defendendo_fw-la by_o defend_v of_o himself_o which_o be_v the_o woman_n case_n that_o with_o a_o millstone_n pash_v out_o cruel_a abimelechs_n brain_n when_o he_o attempt_v to_o set_v fire_n upon_o the_o tower_n and_o to_o burn_v the_o woman_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o people_n there_o judg._n 9_o quest_n xiii_o magistrate_n be_v not_o guilty_a of_o murder_n in_o put_v malefactor_n to_o death_n all_o kind_n of_o kill_v be_v not_o then_o unlawful_a whereof_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n there_o be_v divina_fw-la vindicte_fw-la heroica_fw-la ordinata_fw-la divine_a revenge_n heroical_a ordinary_a 1._o the_o divine_a be_v which_o be_v direct_o and_o immediate_o command_v by_o god_n as_o abraham_n at_o the_o lord_n bid_v will_v have_v sacrifice_v his_o son_n abraham_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la culpatus_fw-la crudâ—litatis_fw-la crimine_fw-la sed_fw-la laudatus_fw-la est_fw-la pietatis_fw-la nomine_fw-la abraham_n be_v not_o only_a 〈◊〉_d blame_v for_o his_o cruelty_n but_o commend_v for_o his_o piety_n therein_o so_o joshua_n have_v commandment_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o destroy_v the_o canaanite_n 2._o the_o heroical_a kind_n of_o kill_v be_v when_o any_o be_v inflame_v with_o the_o zeal_n of_o god_n glory_n and_o extraordinary_o stir_v by_o his_o spirit_n do_v take_v revenge_n of_o the_o lord_n enemy_n as_o samson_n upon_o the_o philistines_n in_o his_o death_n phineas_n in_o zeal_n kill_v the_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n and_o samuel_n hew_v agag_n the_o king_n of_o amalek_n in_o piece_n marbach_n 3._o the_o ordinary_a kill_n be_v by_o the_o magistrate_n who_o by_o direction_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o according_a to_o wholesome_a law_n ground_v upon_o the_o same_o do_v give_v sentence_n of_o death_n against_o malefactor_n or_o wage_v just_a battle_n upon_o these_o occasion_n the_o magistrate_n sin_v not_o in_o shed_v of_o blood_n the_o reason_n be_v these_o 1._o hierome_n say_v homicidas_fw-la punire_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la effusio_fw-la sed_fw-la legis_fw-la ministerium_fw-la to_o punish_v murderer_n and_o other_o malefactor_n it_o be_v no_o effusion_n of_o blood_n but_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o law_n in_o jeremiam_fw-la c._n 22._o so_o gloss._n interlinear_o index_n non_fw-la occidit_fw-la reum_fw-la sed_fw-la lex_fw-la quae_fw-la jubet_fw-la the_o judge_n kill_v not_o the_o guilty_a party_n but_o the_o law_n which_o command_v 2._o thomas_n say_v id_fw-la quod_fw-la licitum_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la licitum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ministro_fw-la ipsius_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ejus_fw-la that_o which_o be_v lawful_a unto_o god_n the_o author_n of_o the_o law_n be_v lawful_a unto_o god_n minister_n by_o his_o commandment_n but_o the_o magistrate_n be_v god_n minister_n rom._n 13.4_o 2._o place_n of_o doctrine_n upon_o the_o six_o commandment_n 1._o doct._n of_o the_o general_a content_n of_o this_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v this_o commandment_n consist_v 1._o partly_o in_o prohibit_v all_o kind_n of_o hurt_n or_o wrong_v to_o our_o neighbour_n either_o in_o leave_v or_o forsake_v he_o or_o in_o do_v he_o hurt_v either_o outward_o by_o murder_n rail_v revile_v or_o by_o any_o injury_n whatsoever_o or_o inward_o by_o anger_n hatred_n desire_v of_o revenge_n 2._o partly_o in_o command_v the_o preservation_n of_o our_o neighbour_n life_n either_o in_o not_o hurt_v whether_o provoke_v or_o not_o provoke_v or_o in_o help_v either_o by_o the_o depulsion_n of_o wrong_n and_o injury_n offer_v or_o by_o the_o collation_n of_o benefit_n 2._o doct._n the_o particular_a virtue_n here_o command_v the_o virtue_n then_o prescribe_v in_o this_o commandment_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n either_o such_o as_o do_v not_o hurt_v or_o such_o as_o be_v beside_o help_v also_o of_o the_o first_o kind_n be_v 1._o a_o particular_a justice_n and_o equity_n in_o all_o our_o act_n and_o do_n not_o to_o hurt_v or_o molest_v any_o in_o word_n or_o deed_n by_o violence_n fraud_n or_o negligence_n or_o by_o any_o other_o mean_n such_o a_o one_o
by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v not_o adjudge_v to_o death_n the_o roman_a law_n follow_v moses_n precedent_n in_o punish_v of_o adulterer_n so_o do_v some_o other_o nation_n beside_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n burn_v zedekiah_n and_o ahab_n two_o false_a prophet_n with_o fire_n for_o commit_v adultery_n jerem._n 29.23_o among_o the_o egyptian_n the_o man_n take_v in_o adultery_n be_v beat_v with_o a_o thousand_o stripe_n the_o woman_n have_v her_o nose_n cut_v off_o diodor._n sicul._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o the_o german_n use_v to_o set_v the_o adulteress_n naked_a before_o her_o kindred_n and_o cut_v off_o her_o hair_n and_o then_o her_o husband_n dâ—ave_v she_o before_o he_o through_o the_o street_n beat_v she_o with_o cudgel_n cornel._n tacit._n the_o morib_n german_n the_o cumean_o place_v the_o adulteress_n in_o the_o market_n place_n upon_o a_o stone_n in_o open_a view_n that_o she_o may_v be_v deride_v and_o scorn_v of_o all_o and_o then_o set_v she_o upon_o a_o ass_n and_o ever_o after_o she_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ass_n rider_n and_o the_o stone_n they_o abhor_v as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n plutar._n tom_n 1._o in_o quastionib_n graciâ—_n these_o or_o some_o other_o grievous_a punishment_n may_v be_v impose_v upon_o the_o odious_a crime_n of_o adultery_n where_o it_o be_v not_o recompense_v with_o loss_n of_o life_n but_o to_o dally_v with_o so_o great_a iniquity_n and_o either_o to_o wink_v at_o it_o or_o to_o let_v it_o pass_v with_o a_o light_n and_o superficial_a check_n be_v displease_v to_o god_n and_o offensive_a to_o all_o good_a man_n see_v more_o of_o this_o question_n how_o far_o moses_n judicial_n do_v now_o bind_v 1_o qu._n general_a in_o exod._n quest_n x._o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o husband_n to_o kill_v his_o wife_n take_v in_o adultery_n but_o whereas_o the_o ancient_a roman_a law_n permit_v the_o husband_n to_o kill_v his_o wife_n take_v in_o adultery_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o declamation_n of_o seneca_n how_o a_o man_n have_v lose_v both_o his_o hand_n in_o war_n come_v home_n and_o take_v his_o wife_n with_o another_o in_o adultery_n command_v his_o son_n to_o kill_v they_o both_o and_o for_o refuse_v he_o do_v abdicate_v and_o renounce_v he_o for_o his_o son_n some_o will_v justify_v this_o also_o as_o lawful_a pretend_v the_o example_n of_o phinehe_n that_o strike_v the_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n through_o at_o once_o contra._n 1._o though_o the_o ancient_a law_n do_v not_o punish_v the_o husband_n that_o kill_v his_o wife_n take_v in_o adultery_n yet_o that_o act_n be_v not_o thereby_o make_v lawful_a but_o the_o law_n do_v therein_o bear_v with_o the_o just_a grief_n of_o the_o husband_n 2._o and_o though_o the_o law_n of_o man_n shall_v tolerate_v it_o yet_o before_o god_n he_o commit_v murder_n because_o he_o do_v it_o in_o his_o rage_n and_o in_o his_o own_o revenge_n 3._o but_o the_o lastre_a roman_a law_n give_v no_o such_o liberty_n for_o the_o man_n to_o kill_v his_o wife_n but_o only_o the_o adulterer_n with_o who_o she_o be_v take_v in_o her_o husband_n house_n for_o by_o this_o mean_n if_o man_n hate_v their_o wife_n they_o may_v seek_v occasion_n to_o be_v rid_v of_o they_o and_o if_o he_o be_v a_o noble_a personage_n with_o who_o the_o woman_n be_v find_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o husband_n to_o kill_v he_o but_o only_o to_o keep_v he_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n prisoner_n at_o home_n until_o he_o bring_v the_o witness_n 4._o phinehes_n example_n be_v altogether_o unlike_a for_o beside_o that_o he_o be_v stir_v by_o the_o extraordinary_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n if_o this_o precedent_n shall_v be_v follow_v it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o any_o man_n to_o kill_v the_o adulterer_n and_o the_o adulteress_n and_o not_o for_o the_o husband_n only_o for_o both_o of_o these_o who_o phinehe_v kill_v be_v stranger_n unto_o he_o the_o man_n be_v of_o another_o tribe_n and_o the_o woman_n a_o midiaâ—iâ—esse_n ex_fw-la simlerâ—_n quest_n xi_o simple_a fornication_n whether_o a_o breach_n of_o this_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n etc._n etc._n 1._o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o simplex_fw-la fornicatio_fw-la single_a fornication_n which_o be_v soluti_fw-la cum_fw-la soluta_fw-la of_o a_o single_a man_n with_o a_o single_a woman_n be_v not_o here_o forbid_v oleaster_n he_o grant_v that_o fornication_n with_o a_o woman_n quae_fw-la esset_fw-la alteri_fw-la vel_fw-la omnibus_fw-la exposita_fw-la which_o be_v either_o defile_v by_o another_o or_o common_a to_o many_o be_v forbid_v to_o the_o israelite_n as_o deut._n 22.21_o she_o that_o play_v the_o where_o in_o her_o father_n house_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o otherwise_o it_o be_v not_o in_o this_o commandment_n therefore_o he_o think_v adultery_n only_o to_o be_v forbid_v according_a to_o the_o native_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n naâ—ph_n which_o signify_v only_o to_o commit_v adultery_n contra._n 1._o but_o i_o rather_o prefer_v the_o opinion_n of_o aben_n ezrah_n a_o learned_a rabbin_z who_o think_v oâ—â—em_fw-la concubitum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la viri_fw-la cum_fw-la uxore_fw-la sua_fw-la hîc_fw-la esse_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la that_o all_o company_v with_o a_o woman_n beside_o of_o the_o man_n with_o the_o wife_n be_v here_o forbid_a for_o see_v single_a fornication_n be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n as_o judah_n before_o the_o law_n be_v write_v adjudge_v thamar_n for_o her_o whoredom_n to_o the_o fire_n gen._n 38._o as_o olea_v himself_o confess_v it_o must_v also_o of_o necessity_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n which_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 2._o and_o as_o for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n augustine_n well_o show_v by_o the_o interpretation_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n matth·_n 5.9_o that_o even_o adultery_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o fornication_n he_o that_o dismiss_v his_o wife_n except_o for_o fornication_n cause_v she_o to_o commit_v adultery_n the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fornication_n which_o be_v take_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adultery_n beza_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la 2._o but_o that_o single_a fornication_n even_o between_o party_n both_o unmarried_a and_o unbetrothed_a be_v forbid_v in_o this_o commandment_n it_o shall_v be_v manifest_v by_o these_o reason_n 1._o augustine_n thus_o argue_v 1._o if_o that_o kind_n of_o fornication_n be_v not_o forbid_v here_o vbi_fw-la sit_fw-la illa_fw-la prohibita_fw-la in_o decalogo_fw-la utrum_fw-la inveniri_fw-la possit_fw-la ignore_fw-la whether_o it_o can_v be_v find_v prohibit_v elsewhere_o in_o the_o decalogue_n i_o be_o ignorant_a etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v either_o forbid_v here_o or_o no_o where_o in_o the_o moral_a law_n 2._o again_o si_fw-mi furti_fw-la nomine_fw-la bene_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la illicita_fw-la usurpatio_fw-la rei_fw-la alienae_n etc._n etc._n if_o under_o the_o name_n of_o theft_n be_v well_o understand_v all_o unlawful_a usurp_a of_o other_o man_n good_n profectò_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la moechiae_fw-la omnis_fw-la illicitus_fw-la concubitus_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o the_o same_o reason_n also_o by_o the_o name_n of_o adultery_n 9_o all_o unlawful_a company_n with_o a_o woman_n be_v forbid_v august_n quaest_n 71._o in_o exod._n 3._o further_o augustine_n in_o another_o place_n thus_o reason_v say_v not_o vxorem_fw-la non_fw-la habeo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o have_v no_o wife_n and_o therefore_o i_o sin_v not_o against_o she_o neither_o do_v i_o covet_v another_o man_n wife_n ad_fw-la meretricem_fw-la eo_fw-la i_o go_v unto_o a_o harlot_n in_o deum_fw-la pecccas_fw-la cujus_fw-la imaginem_fw-la per_fw-la diffluentias_fw-la libidinis_fw-la in_o te_fw-la violasti_fw-la etc._n etc._n thou_o sin_v against_o god_n who_o image_n thou_o have_v violate_v in_o thyself_o by_o thy_o overflow_a lust_n 4._o again_o dominus_fw-la quiscit_fw-la quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la utile_fw-la sit_fw-la vxorem_fw-la concessit_fw-la hoc_fw-la pracepit_fw-la hoc_fw-la jussit_fw-la the_o lord_n who_o know_v what_o be_v best_a for_o thou_o have_v grant_v thou_o a_o wife_n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o wander_v in_o lust_n this_o he_o command_v thou_o to_o do_v if_o thou_o can_v not_o contain_v thyself_o etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o fornicator_n in_o give_v himself_o to_o lust_n and_o refuse_v the_o remedy_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v therein_o offend_v against_o god_n 2._o thom._n aquin._n add_v these_o argument_n 1._o a_o rigno_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la excluditur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mortale_fw-la etc._n etc._n one_o be_v not_o exclude_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o by_o a_o mortal_a sin_n but_o fornication_n exclude_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n 1_o cor._n 6.9_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o deadly_a sin_n 2._o licet_fw-la non_fw-la detur_fw-la corpus_fw-la uxoris_fw-la datur_fw-la tamen_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la
this_o distinction_n one_o way_n they_o be_v say_v simple_o to_o be_v write_v in_o quantum_fw-la praedestinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o noticia_fw-la divina_fw-la as_o they_o be_v ordain_v to_o salvation_n in_o the_o knowledge_n and_o prescience_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o be_v thus_o write_v can_v never_o be_v blot_v out_o another_o way_n they_o be_v scripti_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la write_v after_o a_o sort_n not_o according_a to_o the_o divine_a prescience_n or_o predestination_n sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la in_o eye_n actu_fw-la existentem_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la but_o according_a to_o their_o disposition_n which_o be_v in_o act_n in_o they_o and_o according_a to_o their_o present_a justice_n and_o thus_o be_v they_o say_v to_o be_v blot_v out_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n knowledge_n as_o though_o any_o thing_n can_v fall_v out_o against_o his_o prescience_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o change_n from_o grace_n 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