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line_n of_o his_o four_o difference_n 142._o but_o lest_o our_o person_n of_o quality_n be_v more_o trouble_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v think_v to_o have_v commit_v a_o error_n against_o the_o topic_n of_o aristotle_n and_o rule_n which_o logic_n teach_v to_o guide_v argumentation_n than_o he_o can_v be_v know_v to_o have_v either_o ignorant_o or_o wilful_o impose_v on_o holy_a scripture_n and_o no_o less_o wicked_o for_o such_o a_o purpose_n then_o unground_o have_o comment_v on_o it_o i_o will_v save_v you_o reader_n some_o pain_n by_o examine_v here_o every_o of_o those_o particular_n which_o he_o must_v of_o necessity_n insist_v upon_o to_o maintain_v that_o meaning_n or_o any_o rational_a inference_n from_o such_o premise_n or_o material_a difference_n in_o the_o case_n 143._o and_o to_o begin_v with_o that_o of_o saul_n his_o have_v make_v the_o gibeonite_n hewer_n of_o wood_n and_o drawer_n of_o water_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o no_o further_o trouble_v than_o to_o read_v the_o nine_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o joshua_n where_o you_o shall_v find_v that_o convince_v of_o 23._o joshua_n 9_o v._o 23._o manifest_a imposture_n for_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o and_o three_o and_o twenty_o verse_n of_o that_o chapter_n tell_v plain_o it_o be_v joshua_n himself_o and_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n with_o he_o long_o before_o saul_n day_n god_n wot_v even_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n that_o make_v the_o predecessor_n of_o those_o gibeonite_n and_o posterity_n after_o they_o for_o ever_o and_o consequent_o those_o in_o saul_n time_n hewer_n of_o wood_n and_o drawer_n of_o water_n for_o the_o house_n of_o my_o god_n say_v joshua_n himself_o 144._o that_o this_o condition_n impose_v on_o the_o gibeonite_n by_o joshua_n be_v neither_o against_o article_n nor_o at_o all_o a_o oppression_n so_o grievous_a as_o to_o be_v answerable_a in_o any_o kind_n to_o those_o merciless_a oppression_n this_o gentleman_n will_v press_v his_o majesty_n to_o lay_v for_o ever_o 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