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statue_n and_o picture_n by_o the_o name_n of_o those_o who_o be_v represent_v by_o they_o if_o then_o i_o shall_v assert_v that_o this_o be_v the_o tombstone_n which_o adam_n erect_v in_o memory_n of_o his_o murder_a son_n abel_n and_o so_o be_v the_o first_o funeral_n monument_n in_o the_o world_n i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v none_o can_v disprove_v it_o but_o because_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o this_o and_o it_o may_v be_v abel_n in_o this_o place_n be_v no_o more_o than_o ebel_n luctus_fw-la as_o that_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v and_o so_o relate_v to_o the_o remarkable_a occasion_n of_o mourn_v which_o we_o read_v of_o v_o 19_o therefore_o i_o shall_v dismiss_v it_o and_o propound_v that_o which_o be_v plain_a certain_a and_o undeniable_a such_o be_v iacob_n set_v a_o pillar_n on_o rachel_n grave_n gen._n 35._o 20._o he_o that_o have_v set_v up_o a_o stone_n for_o a_o pillar_n as_o a_o memorial_n of_o the_o covenant_n make_v between_o laban_n and_o he_o gen._n 31._o 45_o 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this_o day_n and_o the_o like_a monument_n have_v the_o king_n of_o ai_fw-fr josh._n 8._o 29._o they_o take_v his_o carease_n down_o from_o the_o tree_n and_o cast_v it_o at_o the_o enter_v of_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n there_o inter_v it_o a_o little_a without_o the_o city_n and_o raise_v thereon_o a_o great_a heap_n of_o stone_n that_o remain_v unto_o this_o day_n and_o a_o sepulchral_v structure_n of_o the_o very_a same_o sort_n be_v set_v over_o the_o body_n of_o absalon_n they_o take_v he_o and_o cast_v he_o into_o a_o great_a pit_n in_o the_o wood_n and_o lay_v a_o very_a great_a heap_n of_o stone_n upon_o he_o 1_o sam._n 18._o 17._o from_o which_o three_o instance_n i_o observe_v 1._o that_o this_o sort_n of_o monument_n be_v make_v for_o those_o who_o death_n be_v untimely_a and_o violent_a whence_o we_o may_v be_v apt_a to_o infer_v that_o these_o be_v monument_n of_o infamy_n and_o according_o the_o heap_n of_o stone_n lay_v over_o achan_n and_o his_o son_n be_v call_v 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these_o first_o rude_a sepul_n cheer_v and_o you_o see_v that_o the_o term_n in_o which_o they_o be_v exprelâ—sed_v be_v a_o confirmation_n of_o it_o these_o let_v we_o know_v that_o they_o be_v a_o edifice_n but_o very_o incondite_fw-la and_o artless_n which_o can_v not_o be_v more_o â—itly_o express_v to_o we_o than_o by_o raise_v a_o great_a heap_n of_o stone_n and_o indeed_o this_o be_v the_o old_a way_n of_o entomb_v great_a man_n and_o hero_n among_o the_o gentile_n they_o heap_v up_o great_a and_o massy_a stone_n upon_o one_o another_o and_o seem_v as_o it_o be_v to_o frame_v a_o mountain_n rather_o than_o a_o monument_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n 8._o et_fw-la regum_fw-la cineres_fw-la extructo_fw-la