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death_n and_o the_o school_n or_o city_n in_o which_o such_o a_o act_n shall_v be_v do_v to_o be_v destroy_v whereupon_o rabbi_n jehuda_n ben_n baba_n lest_o ordination_n shall_v fail_v in_o israel_n go_v forth_o and_o stand_v between_o two_o great_a mountain_n and_o two_o great_a city_n and_o between_o two_o sabbathday_n journy_n from_o osa_n and_o sephara_n ordain_v five_o presbyter_n for_o this_o feat_n the_o rabbi_n be_v remember_v by_o the_o talmudist_n under_o the_o name_n of_o ordinator_n but_o the_o same_o as_o it_o follow_v be_v discover_v by_o the_o roman_a guard_n they_o shoot_v his_o body_n through_o with_o so_o many_o dart_n as_o make_v it_o like_o a_o sieve_n yet_o stay_v not_o the_o business_n here_o but_o so_o obstinate_a continue_v the_o jew_n in_o the_o superstition_n to_o which_o this_o kind_n of_o ordination_n be_v now_o grow_v that_o whereas_o by_o the_o same_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o they_o to_o ordain_v in_o a_o foren_a land_n and_o at_o home_o they_o can_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o abstain_v the_o emperor_n banish_v they_o all_o out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n whence_o happen_v their_o total_a dispersion_n that_o of_o a_o chap._n 4_o thing_n which_o at_o the_o first_o be_v a_o mere_a delusion_n such_o religion_n shall_v come_v in_o time_n and_o with_o education_n to_o be_v make_v that_o not_o only_o they_o who_o have_v receive_v advantage_n can_v suffer_v martyrdom_n but_o they_o that_o have_v lose_v by_o it_o will_v be_v utter_o lose_v for_o it_o be_v admirable_a in_o the_o case_n of_o this_o people_n if_o it_o be_v not_o common_a in_o the_o case_n of_o most_o in_o the_o world_n at_o this_o day_n custom_n may_v bring_v that_o to_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n for_o which_o there_o be_v no_o colour_n in_o scripture_n for_o to_o consult_v maimonides_n a_o little_a better_o upon_o this_o point_n whereas_o say_v he_o they_o grant_v in_o case_n it_o 11
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