hand_n of_o a_o woman_n yet_o he_o die_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o page_n or_o armour-bearer_n and_o a_o certain_a woman_n cast_v a_o piece_n of_o a_o millstone_n upon_o abimelechs_n head_n and_o all_o to_o break_v his_o scull_n then_o he_o call_v hasty_o unto_o the_o young_a man_n his_o armour-bearer_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o draw_v out_o thy_o sword_n and_o slay_v i_o that_o man_n say_v not_o of_o i_o a_o woman_n slay_v he_o and_o his_o young_a man_n thrust_v he_o through_o and_o he_o die_v judg._n 9.53_o 54._o but_o as_o some_o schoolman_n have_v in_o the_o disquisition_n of_o this_o point_n go_v too_o far_o so_o other_o have_v acute_o resolve_v the_o difficulty_n and_o elegant_o reconcile_v the_o difference_n in_o opinion_n mors_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la verè_fw-la miraculosa_fw-la erat_fw-la tamen_fw-la miraculum_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la christ_n do_v no_o way_n make_v away_o himself_o or_o die_v by_o miracle_n but_o by_o course_n of_o nature_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o true_a miracle_n that_o his_o life_n and_o spirit_n be_v so_o far_o spend_v he_o shall_v have_v speech_n and_o memory_n so_o perfect_a as_o to_o make_v delivery_n of_o his_o soul_n into_o his_o father_n hand_n viva_fw-la voce_fw-la at_o the_o very_a moment_n of_o his_o expiration_n the_o jew_n and_o roman_n do_v true_o and_o proper_o take_v away_o his_o life_n and_o yet_o he_o do_v as_o true_o and_o proper_o animam_fw-la ponere_fw-la lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o sheep_n in_o that_o he_o patient_o submit_v himself_o to_o their_o tyrannical_a cruelty_n and_o more_o sweet_o and_o placid_o resign_v up_o his_o soul_n into_o his_o father_n hand_n at_o the_o instant_n of_o death_n by_o course_n of_o nature_n or_o perhaps_o a_o little_a after_o it_o than_o a_o sheep_n do_v his_o fleece_n unto_o the_o shearer_n or_o his_o owner_n in_o this_o resignation_n or_o bequeath_v of_o his_o soul_n thus_o placid_o into_o his_o father_n hand_n in_o his_o inimitable_a patience_n in_o all_o his_o suffering_n whether_o of_o torture_n or_o indignity_n there_o be_v a_o most_o exact_a concurrence_n or_o coincidence_n rather_o of_o all_o former_a sacrifice_n and_o obedience_n more_o than_o the_o quintessence_n of_o those_o sacrifice_n wherewith_o god_n be_v always_o best_o please_v that_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o contrite_a spirit_n and_o break_a heart_n not_o humble_v but_o humble_v itself_o unto_o death_n the_o most_o full_a and_o proper_a satisfactory_a sacrifice_n that_o can_v be_v require_v by_o god_n or_o desire_v by_o man_n a_o sacrifice_n so_o complete_a as_o no_o wisdom_n beside_o wisdom_n true_o infinite_a can_v have_v conceive_v no_o person_n beside_o the_o person_n of_o he_o that_o be_v true_o god_n can_v have_v offer_v or_o perform_v chap._n xxx_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v offer_v up_o in_o bloody_a sacrifice_n be_v concludent_o prefigure_v by_o the_o intend_a death_n of_o isaac_n 1_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v thus_o offer_v as_o a_o true_a and_o proper_a bloody_a sacrifice_n be_v concludent_o prefigure_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o isaac_n intend_v by_o his_o father_n abraham_n that_o the_o cross_n whereon_o he_o offer_v himself_o shall_v be_v the_o very_a altar_n of_o altar_n the_o body_n which_o the_o legal_a altar_n do_v foreshadow_v and_o that_o this_o cross_n shall_v be_v erect_v without_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v foreshadowed_a by_o other_o matter_n of_o fact_n record_v by_o moses_n to_o begin_v with_o the_o first_o type_n to_o wit_n isaac_n the_o place_n appoint_v by_o god_n himself_o for_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o isaac_n be_v either_o the_o mount_n whereon_o the_o temple_n stand_v or_o some_o mount_n near_o unto_o it_o if_o not_o calvary_n itself_o and_o when_o abraham_n come_v near_o to_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mount_n which_o of_o the_o mountain_n of_o moriah_n soever_o it_o be_v he_o lay_v the_o wood_n for_o the_o burn_a offering_n on_o isaac_n his_o son_n 22._o isaac_n then_o bear_v his_o cross_n unwitting_o and_o be_v afterward_o willing_a by_o gentle_a persuasion_n to_o die_v upon_o the_o wood_n which_o he_o bare_a for_o if_o he_o have_v detest_v or_o abhor_v the_o fact_n intend_v upon_o he_o he_o be_v of_o year_n and_o strength_n sufficient_a to_o have_v resist_v his_o father_n he_o be_v at_o least_o twenty_o five_o year_n of_o age_n and_o abraham_n one_o hundred_o twenty_o five_o now_o our_o saviour_n as_o the_o evangelist_n record_v go_v forth_o bear_v his_o cross_n unto_o a_o place_n call_v in_o hebrew_a golgotha_n either_o a_o place_n where_o the_o skull_n of_o dead_a man_n be_v lay_v or_o rather_o for_o the_o form_n or_o fashion_n of_o it_o like_o a_o scull_n but_o here_o some_o curious_a inquisitor_n or_o one_o dispose_v to_o examine_v or_o scann_v the_o relation_n of_o the_o evangelist_n as_o lawyer_n do_v late_a evidence_n by_o more_o ancient_a deed_n will_v interpose_v this_o or_o the_o like_a exception_n non_fw-la concordat_fw-la cum_fw-la originali_fw-la for_o our_o saviour_n christ_n as_o the_o evangelist_n record_v be_v real_o sacrifice_v actual_o crucify_v and_o put_v to_o death_n but_o so_o be_v not_o isaac_n as_o moses_n tell_v we_o but_o all_o this_o will_v infer_v no_o more_o than_o all_o good_a christian_n must_v of_o necessity_n grant_v to_o wit_n that_o the_o evangelicall_n record_n be_v more_o than_o mere_a exemplification_n of_o moses_n for_o that_o which_o be_v verify_v or_o true_o foreshadowed_a in_o abraham_n readiness_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o only_a son_n and_o in_o his_o son_n willingness_n to_o be_v sacrifice_v by_o he_o be_v to_o be_v real_o and_o exact_o fulfil_v of_o god_n the_o father_n who_o have_v bind_v himself_o by_o promise_n to_o give_v his_o only_a son_n unto_o mankind_n and_o in_o the_o willingness_n of_o this_o his_o only_a son_n jesus_n christ_n to_o be_v offer_v up_o in_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n our_o apostle_n be_v not_o afraid_a to_o say_v that_o abraham_n by_o faith_n offer_v up_o his_o only_a son_n that_o very_a man_n upon_o who_o life_n or_o death_n the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n do_v depend_v account_v or_o be_v resolve_v that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v he_o up_o even_o from_o the_o dead_a from_o whence_o also_o he_o receive_v he_o in_o a_o figure_n heb._n 11.17_o 18._o isaac_n then_o be_v a_o true_a figure_n both_o of_o christ_n death_n and_o resurrection_n and_o abraham_n first_o in_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o slay_v his_o only_a son_n and_o second_o in_o be_v prohibit_v by_o god_n from_o accomplish_v his_o resolution_n do_v accurate_o foreshadow_v those_o fundamental_a truth_n which_o we_o christian_n believe_v concern_v the_o true_a and_o bodily_a death_n and_o resurrection_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n abraham_n by_o benign_a interpretation_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o resolution_n for_o the_o very_a fact_n or_o deed_n do_v both_o sacrifice_n his_o only_a son_n and_o receive_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a 2._o but_o be_v there_o no_o more_o than_o a_o tentation_n or_o trial_n of_o abraham_n faith_n in_o that_o story_n of_o moses_n gen._n 22_o if_o no_o more_o than_o so_o the_o tempt_a or_o trial_n itself_o may_v seem_v superfluous_a for_o god_n who_o know_v all_o thing_n aswell_o possible_a as_o determinate_a or_o future_a do_v most_o infallible_o know_v what_o abraham_n will_v do_v upon_o his_o command_n what_o he_o will_v leave_v undo_v upon_o express_a prohibition_n this_o only_a conclude_v that_o the_o omnipotent_a and_o all-seeing_a father_n of_o power_n do_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o determination_n of_o abraham_n will_n either_o to_o foresee_v or_o determine_v that_o which_o upon_o this_o actual_a obedience_n of_o abraham_n he_o do_v first_o bind_v himself_o by_o oath_n to_o perform_v that_o which_o long_o before_o he_o have_v decree_v ad_fw-la extra_fw-la and_o in_o his_o general_a expression_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o love_a kindness_n he_o have_v promise_v to_o do_v we_o have_v his_o promise_n before_o mankind_n be_v actual_o propagate_v or_o multiply_v upon_o the_o earth_n that_o the_o woman_n seed_n shall_v bruise_v the_o old_a serpent_n head_n which_o have_v seduce_v she_o the_o like_a comfortable_a word_n be_v at_o sundry_a time_n interpose_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o noah_n and_o abraham_n 3._o but_o upon_o this_o present_a fact_n of_o abraham_n the_o same_o lord_n interpose_v his_o oath_n and_o it_o be_v the_o first_o oath_n which_o we_o read_v that_o god_n do_v make_v for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o general_a promise_n in_o one_o of_o abraham_n seed_n because_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n and_o have_v not_o spare_v thy_o only_a son_n by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v that_o in_o thy_o seed_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v but_o do_v not_o
without_o original_a sin_n as_o be_v make_v out_o of_o this_o substance_n after_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o the_o messiah_n or_o son_n of_o god_n be_v make_v of_o a_o virgin_n sit_fw-la fides_fw-la penes_fw-la authorem_fw-la we_o know_v the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o david_n but_o not_o by_o any_o portion_n of_o abraham_n or_o david_n body_n altogether_o exempt_v from_o such_o alteration_n as_o the_o elementary_a virtue_n of_o which_o all_o man_n body_n be_v make_v be_v subject_a unto_o nor_o be_v the_o body_n of_o the_o messiah_n to_o be_v make_v of_o any_o such_o portion_n of_o adam_n perpetual_o exempt_v from_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n original_n unto_o the_o time_n wherein_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v affiance_v to_o joseph_n the_o first_o exemption_n of_o any_o portion_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n or_o substance_n of_o adam_n after_o his_o fall_n be_v grant_v and_o wrought_v by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n in_o the_o conception_n of_o his_o son_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v immediate_o upon_o that_o sweet_a assent_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n unto_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n ecce_fw-la ancilla_fw-la etc._n etc._n capnio_n vellem_fw-la expressius_fw-la audire_fw-la a_o veteres_fw-la heâ—_n braeorum_fw-la senserint_fw-la matrem_fw-la messiae_n in_o peccat-originali_a concipiendam_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la galatin_n quamvis_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la diximus_fw-la satis_fw-la utarbi_fw-la tror_fw-la apertè_fw-la colligatur_fw-la hanc_fw-la priscorum_fw-la judaeorum_n fuisse_fw-la fidem_fw-la nedum_fw-la opinionem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la manifestius_fw-la ex_fw-la verbis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la rabbenu_fw-la haccado_n habetur_fw-la qui_fw-la eodem_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gale_n razeia_n cum_fw-la ad_fw-la septimam_fw-la antonini_n consulis_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la petitionem_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la dixisset_fw-la propter_fw-la matrem_fw-la verò_fw-la ejus_fw-la scil_n messiae_n ait_fw-fr david_n psal_n 80._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aâ—acum_fw-la quam_fw-la plantavit_fw-la dextratua_n dixissetque_fw-la ei_fw-la antoninus_n curio_n mater_fw-la dei_fw-la comparatur_fw-la abaco_n curve_v dicit_fw-la eam_fw-la a_o dextra_fw-la dei_fw-la plantatam_fw-la respondit_fw-la sic_fw-la ille_fw-la similis_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la abaco_n mater_fw-la dei_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la aâ—acus_fw-la est_fw-la armarium_fw-la quod_fw-la principes_fw-la conficiunt_fw-la ad_fw-la collâ—canda_fw-la vascula_fw-la auri_fw-la &_o argenti_fw-la ut_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la atque_fw-la opes_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ostendant_fw-la ita_fw-la mater_fw-la regis_fw-la messiae_n erat_fw-la armarium_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la construxit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la sedeat_fw-la ipse_fw-la messiah_n ad_fw-la ostendendam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la maiestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la cunctis_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la plantâ—tam_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o dextra_fw-la dei_fw-la ostendit_fw-la eam_fw-la primam_fw-la esse_fw-la creaturam_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la humano_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la micheae_n cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la egressus_fw-la eius_fw-la ab_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la &_o a_o diebus_fw-la seculi_fw-la dicit_fw-la enim_fw-la egressus_fw-la numero_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la quiâ—_n sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la messiae_n egressus_fw-la vnus_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la aeterna_fw-la ideoque_fw-la dicit_fw-la ab_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la alter_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sue_v matris_fw-la extat_fw-la substantia_fw-la quae_fw-la creata_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la hora_fw-la creationis_fw-la mundi_fw-la haec_fw-la ille_fw-la quem_fw-la judaei_n magistrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la nuncupant_fw-la ad_fw-la quorum_fw-la declarationem_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la opinio_fw-la quorundam_fw-la veterum_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la fuit_fw-la matrem_fw-la messiae_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la dei_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la secula_fw-la creatam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la paulò_fw-la superiùs_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la materiam_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o materia_fw-la adae_fw-la fuisse_fw-la productam_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la gloriosam_fw-la messiae_n matrem_fw-la principalem_fw-la extitisse_fw-la cum_fw-la eius_fw-la amore_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la mundus_fw-la creatus_fw-la sit_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la adam_n plasmaret_fw-la fecit_fw-la quasi_fw-la massam_fw-la ex_fw-la cvius_fw-la parte_fw-la nobiliori_fw-la accepit_fw-la intemeratae_fw-la matris_fw-la messiae_n materiam_fw-la ex_fw-la residuo_fw-la vero_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o superfluitate_fw-la adam_n formavit_fw-la exit_fw-la materia_fw-la autem_fw-la immaculatae_fw-la matris_fw-la messiae_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o nobiliori_fw-la loco_fw-la &_o membro_fw-la corporis_fw-la adae_fw-la conservata_fw-la fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la postea_fw-la emanavit_fw-la ad_fw-la seth_n deinde_fw-la ad_fw-la enos_n deinde_fw-la succidaneo_fw-la ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la reliquos_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctum_fw-la jehoiakim_n exit_fw-la hac_fw-la demum_fw-la virtute_fw-la beatissima_fw-la mater_fw-la messiae_n formata_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la idcirco_fw-la eam_fw-la zach._n cap._n 4._o suae_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la petram_fw-la primariam_fw-la recte_fw-la appellavit_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la ut_fw-la antiqui_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la exposuerunt_fw-la excidendus_fw-la erat_fw-la messiah_n neque_fw-la quidem_fw-la abs_fw-la re_fw-la cum_fw-la tempore_fw-la gradu_fw-la &_o excellentia_fw-la primaria_fw-la futura_fw-la esset_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la opinion_n apertè_fw-la concluditur_fw-la carnem_fw-la gloriosae_fw-la matris_fw-la 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between_o man_n and_o bodily_a serpent_n and_o this_o enmity_n special_o on_o the_o serpent_n part_n be_v never_o more_o remarkable_a then_o in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o the_o murmur_a israelite_n do_v tempt_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o the_o first_o woman_n have_v do_v that_o be_v by_o lust_a after_o meat_n for_o that_o time_n and_o place_n forbid_v by_o loathe_v manna_n and_o heavenly_a food_n which_o god_n have_v plentiful_o provide_v for_o they_o and_o they_o depart_v from_o the_o mount_n hor_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o compass_v the_o land_n of_o edom_n and_o the_o people_n be_v sore_o greeve_v because_o of_o the_o way_n and_o the_o people_n speak_v against_o god_n and_o against_o moses_n say_v wherefore_o have_v you_o bring_v we_o out_o of_o egypt_n to_o die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n for_o here_o be_v neither_o bread_n nor_o water_n and_o our_o soul_n loathe_v this_o light_a bread_n wherefore_o the_o lord_n send_v fiery_a 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