truth_n that_o death_n be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o to_o be_v understand_v so_o much_o of_o those_o very_a pang_n whereby_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v disjoin_v as_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o divorce_n betwixt_o soul_n and_o body_n in_o the_o grave_a verse_n xxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o will_v not_o leave_v my_o soul_n in_o hell_n it_o be_v well_o know_v what_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v in_o greek_a author_n viz._n the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v they_o just_a or_o unjust_a and_o their_o eternal_a state_n be_v distinguish_v not_o so_o much_o by_o the_o word_n itself_o as_o by_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o person_n all_o the_o just_a the_o hero_n the_o follower_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n according_a to_o those_o author_n be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hades_n but_o it_o be_v in_o elysium_n in_o joy_n and_o felicity_n all_o the_o evil_a the_o wicked_a the_o unjust_a they_o be_v in_o hades_n too_o but_o then_o that_o be_v in_o hell_n in_o torture_n and_o punishment_n so_o that_o the_o word_n hades_n be_v not_o use_v in_o opposition_n to_o heaven_n or_o the_o state_n of_o the_o bless_a but_o to_o this_o world_n only_o or_o this_o present_a state_n of_o life_n which_o may_v be_v make_v out_o by_o numberless_a instance_n in_o those_o author_n the_o soul_n of_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d descend_v into_o hell_n i._n e._n he_o pass_v into_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a viz._n into_o that_o place_n in_o hades_n where_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n go_v but_o even_o there_o do_v not_o god_n suffer_v his_o soul_n to_o abide_v separate_v from_o his_o body_n nor_o his_o body_n to_o putrify_v in_o the_o grave_a because_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o christ_n to_o be_v hold_v of_o those_o band_n of_o death_n see_v his_o death_n be_v not_o some_o punishment_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o utmost_a pitch_n of_o obedience_n he_o himself_o being_n not_o only_o without_o sin_n but_o uncapable_a of_o commit_v any_o verse_n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n let_v i_o speak_v free_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v doubt_v whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v i_o may_v or_o let_v i_o if_o that_o which_o r._n isaac_n say_v obtain_v at_o that_o time_n viz._n those_o word_n my_o flesh_n shall_v rest_v in_o hope_n teach_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o neither_o worm_n nor_o insect_n have_v any_o power_n over_o david_n 4._o david_n david_n david_n david_n david_n david_n mâ—dr_n till_o fol._n 13._o 4._o than_o be_v it_o agreeable_a enough_o that_o st._n peter_n shall_v by_o way_n of_o preface_n crave_v the_o leave_n of_o his_o auditory_a in_o speak_v of_o david_n be_v putrify_v in_o the_o grace_n and_o so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v well_o render_v let_v i_o but_o i_o may_v please_v i_o best_o and_o by_o this_o paraphrase_n the_o word_n may_v be_v illustrate_v that_o this_o passage_n thou_o shall_v not_o leave_v my_o soul_n in_o hell_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o to_o be_v apply_v to_o david_n himself_o appear_v in_o that_o i_o may_v confident_o aver_v concern_v he_o that_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o bury_v and_o never_o rise_v again_o but_o his_o soul_n be_v leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o he_o see_v corruption_n for_o his_o sepulchre_n be_v with_o we_o unto_o this_o day_n under_o that_o very_a notion_n that_o it_o be_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o david_n who_o die_v and_o be_v there_o bury_v nor_o be_v their_o one_o syllable_n any_o where_o mention_v of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o his_o body_n or_o the_o return_n of_o his_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a i_o can_v slip_v over_o that_o passage_n 1._o passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n passage_n hieros_n chaâ—ig_n fol._n 78._o 1._o r_o jose_n ben_fw-mi r._n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d david_n die_v at_o pentecost_n and_o all_o israel_n bewail_v he_o and_o offer_v their_o sacrifice_n the_o day_n follow_v verse_n xxxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n etc._n etc._n see_v st._n peter_n do_v with_o so_o much_o assurance_n and_o without_o scruple_n apply_v these_o word_n to_o the_o messiah_n it_o be_v some_o sign_n that_o that_o comment_n wherewith_o the_o late_a jew_n have_v gloze_v over_o this_o place_n be_v not_o think_v of_o or_o invent_v at_o that_o time_n gloss_v on_o the_o word_n thus_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n sit_v thou_o on_o my_o right_a hand_n 2._o hand_n hand_n hand_n hand_n hand_n hand_n sanhedr_n fol._n 108._o 2._o sem_fw-mi the_o great_a say_v unto_o eleazar_n when_o the_o king_n of_o the_o east_n and_o of_o the_o west_n come_v against_o you_o how_o do_v you_o do_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n take_v up_o abraham_n and_o make_v he_o sit_v at_o his_o right_a hand_n he_o throw_v dust_n upon_o they_o and_o that_o dust_n be_v turn_v into_o sword_n stubble_n and_o that_o stubble_n be_v turn_v into_o dart_n so_o it_o be_v say_v in_o david_n psalm_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n sit_v thou_o at_o my_o right_a hand_n where_o the_o gloss_n very_o cautious_o note_n that_o these_o word_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n be_v the_o word_n of_o eleazar_n who_o lord_n of_o right_a abraham_n may_v be_v call_v 2._o call_v call_v call_v call_v call_v call_v nederim_n fol._n 32._o 2._o r._n zechary_n in_o the_o name_n of_o r._n ishmael_n say_v god_n have_v a_o purpose_n to_o have_v draw_v the_o priesthood_n from_o sem_fw-mi according_a as_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n but_o when_o he_o pronounce_v his_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n before_o his_o blessing_n of_o god_n god_n derive_v the_o priesthood_n from_o abraham_n for_o it_o be_v say_v and_o he_o bless_v he_o say_v bless_a be_v abraham_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n possessor_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o bless_v be_v the_o most_o high_a god_n abraham_n say_v unto_o he_o do_v any_o one_o put_v the_o blessing_n of_o the_o servant_n before_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o lord_n immediate_o the_o priesthood_n be_v give_v to_o abraham_n as_o it_o be_v say_v the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n sit_v thou_o on_o my_o right_a hand_n it_o be_v write_v afterward_o thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o word_n of_o melchizedek_n who_o have_v not_o place_v his_o blessing_n in_o due_a order_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v write_v and_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n it_o intimate_v to_o we_o that_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n but_o his_o seed_n be_v not_o can_v we_o think_v that_o this_o gloss_n be_v frame_v at_o that_o time_n when_o st._n peter_n so_o confident_o as_o though_o none_o will_v oppose_v he_o in_o it_o apply_v this_o passage_n to_o the_o messiah_n which_o also_o our_o saviour_n himself_o do_v before_o he_o to_o the_o great_a doctor_n of_o that_o nation_n and_o there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o open_v his_o mouth_n against_o it_o matth._n xxii_o 44._o verse_n xxxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ._n beza_n tell_v we_o that_o this_o do_v not_o declare_v the_o form_n of_o baptism_n but_o the_o scope_n and_o end_n of_o it_o yet_o this_o clause_n be_v want_v in_o the_o syriack_n interpreter_n wherever_o he_o may_v have_v get_v a_o copy_n wherein_o this_o be_v want_v yet_o be_v it_o not_o so_o in_o other_o copy_n but_o to_o let_v that_o pass_v what_o he_o say_v that_o this_o do_v not_o declare_v the_o form_n of_o baptism_n be_v i_o fear_v a_o mistake_n for_o at_o that_o time_n they_o baptize_v among_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n although_o among_o the_o gentile_n they_o baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n that_o jesus_n may_v be_v acknowledge_v for_o the_o messiah_n by_o they_o that_o be_v baptize_v than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o tenacions_o and_o obstinate_o deny_v and_o contradict_v by_o the_o jew_n let_v the_o jew_n therefore_o in_o his_o baptism_n own_o jesus_n for_o the_o true_a messiah_n and_o let_v the_o gentile_a in_o his_o confess_v the_o true_a god_n three_o in_o one_o verse_n xli_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v add_v about_o three_o thousand_o soul_n and_o chap._n iu._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o five_o thousand_o to_o which_o i_o will_v refer_v that_o passage_n in_o psal._n cx_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
to_o strike_v elymas_n with_o blindness_n and_o to_o deliver_v hymenaeus_n and_o alexander_n unto_o satan_n but_o from_o that_o apostolic_a power_n which_o christ_n grant_v to_o the_o apostle_n in_o these_o word_n well_o may_v not_o these_o sin_n very_o well_o be_v call_v sin_n unto_o death_n that_o be_v overtake_v with_o such_o deadly_a and_o dreadful_a penalty_n be_v not_o that_o sin_n a_o sin_n unto_o death_n that_o be_v to_o be_v retain_v as_o retain_v be_v set_v in_o di_o rectopposition_n to_o remit_v thus_o may_v we_o bring_v the_o subjectum_fw-la quaestionis_fw-la into_o a_o farnarrow_a compass_n than_o the_o rhemist_n bring_v it_o who_o do_v bewray_v their_o ignorance_n one_o way_n that_o they_o may_v serve_v their_o own_o turn_n another_o their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o proper_a original_n of_o the_o phrase_n sin_n unto_o death_n that_o they_o may_v serve_v their_o turn_n about_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a the_o great_a difficulty_n of_o the_o scripture_n lie_v in_o the_o language_n for_o unlock_v the_o language_n and_o phrase_n and_o the_o difficulty_n be_v go_v and_o therefore_o they_o that_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o preach_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o to_o expound_v the_o scripture_n by_o the_o spirit_n let_v they_o either_o unlock_v to_o i_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o greek_a in_o the_o new_a that_o be_v difficult_a and_o obscure_a or_o else_o they_o do_v nothing_o now_o to_o attain_v to_o the_o meaning_n of_o such_o dark_a and_o doubtful_a phrase_n the_o way_n be_v not_o so_o proper_a to_o put_v on_o they_o a_o sense_n of_o our_o own_o as_o to_o consider_v what_o sense_n they_o may_v take_v they_o in_o to_o who_o and_o among_o who_o the_o thing_n be_v speak_v and_o write_v in_o their_o common_a speech_n if_o it_o be_v well_o consider_v how_o the_o jewish_a nation_n understand_v bind_v and_o lose_v in_o their_o school_n and_o in_o their_o common_a speech_n we_o shall_v never_o need_v to_o mint_n such_o sense_n of_o our_o own_o to_o put_v upon_o the_o phrase_n it_o will_v so_o be_v do_v to_o our_o hand_n such_o a_o obscure_a phrase_n be_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n about_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o it_o shall_v never_o be_v forgive_v neither_o in_o this_o life_n nor_o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o collection_n that_o the_o rhemist_n make_v upon_o it_o may_v seem_v very_o logical_a for_o in_o that_o he_o say_v that_o sin_n shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v do_v it_o not_o argue_v that_o some_o other_o sin_n be_v then_o forgive_v but_o this_o be_v their_o own_o sense_n and_o logic_n it_o be_v not_o our_o saviour_n now_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v our_o saviour_n sense_n by_o consider_v how_o they_o will_v understand_v it_o to_o who_o the_o word_n be_v speak_v in_o their_o common_a acceptation_n and_o language_n viz._n they_o will_v soon_o understand_v it_o to_o be_v a_o direct_a face_n and_o confute_v of_o their_o foolish_a opinion_n concern_v forgiveness_n of_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n which_o be_v that_o repentance_n and_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n expiate_v a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n corporal_a punishment_n inflict_v by_o the_o magistrate_n expiate_v another_o three_o part_n but_o death_n do_v quite_o wipe_v it_o clean_o out_o for_o say_v they_o it_o be_v write_v this_o sin_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v from_o you_o till_o you_o die_v which_o argue_v that_o it_o be_v purge_v by_o death_n no_o say_v our_o saviour_n neither_o in_o this_o life_n either_o by_o repentance_n nor_o day_n of_o expiation_n nor_o corporal_a punishment_n nor_o pardon_n in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v by_o the_o purge_n and_o wipe_v out_o of_o death_n such_o a_o obscure_a phrase_n be_v this_o before_o we_o a_o sin_n unto_o deâ—th_n and_o it_o seem_v a_o fair_a sense_n which_o the_o rhemist_n have_v put_v upon_o it_o of_o their_o own_o viz._n that_o it_o shall_v mean_v a_o sin_n a_o man_n liâ—es_v in_o till_o he_o die_v but_o this_o be_v their_o own_o sense_n it_o be_v not_o the_o apostle_n now_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v the_o apostle_n sense_n by_o consider_v how_o they_o understand_v this_o phrase_n in_o their_o common_a language_n to_o who_o he_o write_v and_o how_o be_v that_o take_v it_o up_o by_o this_o observation_n that_o in_o the_o jewish_a school_n and_o nation_n and_o language_n this_o be_v a_o most_o frequent_a and_o ordinary_a say_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o a_o man_n do_v such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o shall_v not_o be_v do_v ignorant_o he_o be_v to_o bring_v a_o sin_n offer_v and_o that_o atone_v for_o he_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o he_o do_v it_o wilful_o he_o be_v bind_v over_o to_o cut_v off_o and_o in_o this_o they_o speak_v but_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n in_o numb_a xv._o 27_o 28._o if_o any_o soul_n sin_n through_o ignorance_n he_o shall_v bring_v a_o she_o goat_n of_o the_o first_o year_n for_o a_o sin_n offer_v and_o the_o priest_n shall_v make_v a_o atonement_n for_o he_o that_o sin_v ignorant_o but_o the_o soul_n that_o do_v aught_o presumptuous_o whether_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o land_n or_o a_o stranger_n the_o same_o have_v reproach_v the_o lord_n that_o soul_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n now_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o cut_v off_o if_o you_o ask_v some_o they_o will_v put_v a_o sense_n of_o their_o own_o upon_o the_o phrase_n and_o tell_v you_o it_o mean_v a_o cut_n off_o or_o separate_a a_o person_n from_o the_o congregation_n and_o public_a assembly_n by_o excommunication_n but_o ask_v the_o jew_n to_o and_o among_o who_o the_o thing_n be_v speak_v what_o it_o mean_v in_o their_o common_a speech_n and_o acceptation_n and_o they_o will_v tell_v you_o cut_v off_o mean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d death_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o heaven_n death_n or_o destruction_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n interpret_n the_o matter_n to_o this_o purpose_n that_o if_o a_o person_n sin_v wilful_o and_o presumptuous_o there_o 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this_o apostle_n say_v chap._n ix_o 14._o and_o now_o his_o obedience_n his_o holiness_n that_o he_o show_v in_o his_o death_n be_v infinite_a and_o what_o need_v we_o say_v more_o so_o that_o lie_v all_o the_o disobedience_n of_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n on_o a_o heap_n as_o the_o dead_a frog_n in_o egypt_n be_v lay_v on_o heap_n that_o they_o make_v the_o land_n to_o stink_v again_o yet_o here_o be_v a_o obedience_n that_o outvie_v they_o all_o for_o though_o they_o be_v infinite_a in_o number_n as_o to_o man_n number_v yet_o lay_v they_o all_o together_o they_o be_v finite_a upon_o this_o account_n because_o commit_v by_o creature_n finite_a but_o here_o be_v a_o obedience_n a_o holiness_n pay_v down_o by_o he_o that_o be_v infinite_a and_o now_o satan_n where_o be_v thy_o triumph_n thou_o bring_v the_o first_o adam_n to_o fail_v of_o perfect_a obedience_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v pay_v his_o creator_n and_o here_o the_o second_o adam_n have_v pay_v he_o for_o it_o 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they_o assert_v in_o sanhedr_n per._n helek_n and_o maym._n in_o melachint_a per._n ult_n section_n xxxvi_o matth_n chap._n xii_o from_o ver._n 46_o to_o the_o end_n mark_n chap._n iii_o from_o ver._n 31._o to_o the_o end_n luke_n chap._n viii_o ver._n 19_o 20_o 21._o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n seek_v he_o etc._n etc._n the_o order_n be_v clear_v by_o the_o transition_n of_o matthew_n while_o he_o yet_o talk_v etc._n etc._n luke_n have_v set_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n after_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sower_n whereas_o the_o other_o two_o evangelist_n have_v set_v it_o before_o and_o that_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n thereby_o intimate_v the_o end_n and_o prosecution_n of_o the_o errand_n they_o come_v upon_o which_o be_v to_o take_v he_o up_o from_o preach_v with_o which_o intention_n and_o importunity_n they_o follow_v he_o from_o place_n to_o place_n here_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_fw-mi sinfulness_n as_o well_o as_o other_o woman_n if_o go_v about_o to_o stop_v christ_n ministry_n be_v a_o sin_n as_o certain_o it_o be_v proceed_v that_o intention_n from_o what_o pretence_n soever_o mark_v 3._o 21._o his_o friend_n go_v to_o lay_v hold_n on_o he_o for_o they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v that_o word_n what_o it_o will_v whether_o he_o be_v beside_o himself_o or_o he_o be_v faint_a or_o he_o be_v in_o a_o rapture_n etc._n etc._n their_o errand_n and_o intention_n be_v to_o take_v he_o off_o from_o the_o course_n he_o be_v in_o which_o he_o know_v well_o enough_o and_o therefore_o he_o give_v so_o smart_a a_o answer_n who_o be_v my_o mother_n &_o c_o compare_v deut._n 33._o 9_o section_n xxxvii_o matth_n chap._n xiii_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 54._o mark_n chap._n iu._n from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 35._o luke_n chap._n viii_o from_o ver._n 4_o to_o ver._n 19_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sour_a and_o divers_a other_o parable_n matthews_n transition_n do_v again_o clear_a the_o order_n here_o the_o same_o day_n go_v jesus_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o day_n that_o his_o mother_n and_o brethren_n come_v to_o he_o as_o be_v apparent_a in_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n so_o that_o this_o consideration_n help_v to_o methodize_v the_o order_n of_o luke_n for_o whereas_o the_o other_o two_o have_v set_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n before_o his_o utter_v of_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sour_a etc._n etc._n he_o have_v set_v it_o after_o and_o that_o without_o contrariety_n though_o with_o diversity_n for_o both_o the_o occurrence_n be_v on_o the_o same_o day_n and_o he_o have_v by_o this_o order_n show_v how_o the_o mother_n and_o friend_n of_o christ_n have_v once_o find_v he_o go_v along_o with_o he_o whether_o to_o prosecute_v the_o intention_n they_o come_v upon_o or_o better_o convince_v to_o attend_v he_o and_o his_o doctrine_n christ_n speak_v of_o parable_n which_o he_o do_v so_o exceed_v much_o through_o the_o gospel_n be_v according_a to_o the_o stile_n and_o manner_n of_o that_o nation_n which_o be_v exceed_o accustom_v to_o this_o manner_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o talmud_n be_v abundant_o full_a of_o this_o kind_n of_o oratory_n and_o so_o be_v general_o all_o their_o ancient_a writer_n and_o they_o common_o enter_v upon_o their_o parable_n with_o this_o preface_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o parable_n to_o what_o be_v the_o thing_n like_o which_o stile_n he_o also_o use_v not_o seldom_o and_o sometime_o they_o enter_v upon_o it_o more_o abrupt_o with_o such_o a_o entrance_n as_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o man_n or_o to_o a_o king_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n etc._n etc._n meaning_n it_o be_v like_a to_o a_o man_n or_o like_v to_o a_o king_n etc._n etc._n i_o believe_v there_o be_v very_o many_o in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v not_o be_v further_o acquaint_v with_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o jew_n then_o what_o they_o have_v see_v quote_v by_o other_o writer_n and_o yet_o be_v ready_a to_o censure_v they_o of_o lie_n and_o falsehood_n which_o indeed_o they_o be_v not_o free_a from_o mere_o upon_o want_n of_o acquaintance_n with_o their_o stile_n of_o parable_n and_o hyperbole_n very_o good_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o talmudick_n treatise_n peah_o demai_n and_o kilaim_v which_o treat_v intentional_o concern_v sow_v and_o seed_n for_o illustration_n of_o these_o parable_n in_o kilaim_n they_o dispute_v of_o sow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o rock_n and_o upon_o stone_n and_o of_o mingle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wheat_n and_o tare_n etc._n etc._n cap._n 1._o in_o peah_n in_o tal._n jerus_n fol._n 20._o they_o speak_v of_o a_o tree_n of_o mustardseed_n that_o one_o may_v climb_v into_o like_o other_o tree_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o divers_a other_o passage_n in_o these_o parable_n some_o light_n may_v be_v fetch_v from_o those_o tract_n see_v christ_n all_o along_o speak_v of_o thing_n usual_a and_o most_o particular_o usual_a among_o that_o nation_n section_n xxxviii_o matth_n chap._n viii_o ver._n 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o mark_n chap._n iu._n ver._n 35._o luke_n chap._n ix_o ver._n 57_o 58_o 59_o 60_o 61_o 62._o a_o scribe_n will_v follow_v christ_n etc._n etc._n the_o story_n of_o christ_n prepare_v to_o go_v over_o the_o water_n be_v evidence_v by_o mark_n to_o come_v in_o here_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n for_o he_o say_v the_o same_o day_n at_o even_o etc._n etc._n matthews_n lay_v it_o where_o he_o have_v do_v may_v seem_v to_o be_v because_o of_o its_o nearness_n to_o matthews_n or_o levy_n feast_v as_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o follow_a current_n of_o the_o story_n which_o feast_n he_o have_v lay_v at_o matthews_n call_v and_o so_o have_v according_o bring_v
&_o 26._o 1._o &_o 29._o 1._o &_o 31._o 1._o &_o 32._o 1._o &_o 40._o 1._o the_o whole_a sum_n of_o the_o three_o fourteen_n be_v the_o renown_a number_n of_o two_o and_o forty_o the_o number_n of_o the_o knop_n and_o flower_n and_o branch_n of_o the_o candlestick_n of_o the_o journey_n and_o station_n of_o israel_n betwixt_o egypt_n and_o canaan_n numb_a 33._o of_o the_o child_n of_o bethel_n 2_o king_n 2._o 24._o and_o see_v rev._n 11._o 2._o &_o 13._o 5._o vers._n 18._o before_o they_o come_v together_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o dwell_v together_o in_o the_o same_o house_n nay_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o as_o yet_o they_o dwell_v not_o in_o the_o same_o town_n but_o joseph_n in_o capernaum_n and_o mary_n in_o nazeret_n vers._n 19_o to_o make_v she_o a_o public_a example_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n use_v by_o the_o lxx_o numb_a 25._o 4._o ezek._n 28._o 17._o etc._n etc._n and_o by_o the_o new_a testament_n heb._n 6._o 6._o and_o ever_o say_v erasmus_n in_o a_o evil_a sense_n brucioli_fw-it have_v strange_o translate_v this_o clause_n non_fw-fr lo_o volendo_fw-la publicare_fw-la and_o divers_a of_o the_o papist_n have_v more_o strange_o expound_v it_o as_o non_fw-la volens_fw-la traducere_fw-la not_o willing_a to_o take_v she_o to_o himself_o or_o to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o why_o because_o he_o think_v himself_o unworthy_a of_o her_o society_n and_o because_o the_o brightness_n of_o her_o face_n be_v such_o that_o he_o can_v not_o look_v upon_o it_o and_o he_o think_v it_o more_o possible_a for_o a_o woman_n to_o conceive_v without_o a_o man_n then_o for_o mary_n to_o sin_n and_o thus_o will_v they_o make_v joseph_n to_o divorce_v his_o wife_n or_o at_o least_o to_o use_v unkind_o for_o she_o too_o great_a excellency_n she_o excellency_n excellency_n excellency_n excellency_n excellency_n excellency_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o divorce_v she_o as_o mat._n 5._o 31._o &_o 19_o 7._o mark_v 10._o 4._o luk._n 16._o 18._o erasm._n voluit_fw-la clanculum_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la divertere_fw-la and_o so_o brucioli_n la_fw-fr volse_a oâ—cultament_fw-it â—asciare_fw-it make_v joseph_n a_o patient_a in_o the_o divorce_n rather_o than_o a_o agent_n or_o rather_o divorce_v himself_o then_o she_o to_o put_v she_o away_o privy_o the_o law_n bind_v he_o not_o to_o bring_v she_o either_o to_o shame_n by_o trial_n before_o the_o priest_n numb_a 6._o or_o to_o punishment_n by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n the_o adulteress_n indeed_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n if_o she_o be_v accuse_v prosecute_v and_o convict_v but_o to_o accuse_v and_o prosecute_v she_o the_o law_n bind_v not_o but_o upon_o deprehension_n in_o the_o very_a act_n joh._n 8._o 4._o 5._o deut._n 22._o 22._o numb_a 25._o 8._o if_o a_o man_n take_v a_o wife_n and_o hate_v she_o deut._n 22._o 13._o he_o may_v bring_v she_o to_o trial_n and_o upon_o conviction_n to_o punishment_n but_o if_o he_o love_v she_o for_o all_o his_o suspicion_n and_o will_v connive_v at_o her_o fault_n and_o not_o seek_v her_o death_n he_o be_v a_o liberty_n to_o connive_v and_o tolerate_v by_o the_o law_n so_o to_o do_v and_o blameless_a if_o he_o do_v it_o as_o judg._n 19_o 2_o 3._o but_o if_o a_o couple_n be_v deprehend_v in_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n then_o must_v there_o be_v no_o connivance_n deut._n 22._o 22._o explain_v levit._fw-la 20._o 10._o and_o the_o case_n of_o the_o unbetrothed_a damosel_n deut._n 22._o 28._o explain_v the_o case_n of_o the_o betroth_a and_o thus_o be_v the_o question_n easy_o answer_v which_o have_v so_o toil_v many_o expositor_n how_o joseph_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v just_a when_o in_o this_o very_a matter_n that_o be_v now_o in_o hand_n he_o violate_v it_o be_v answer_v by_o deny_v that_o he_o violate_v the_o law_n for_o that_o tolerate_a he_o thus_o to_o do_v vers._n 21._o jesus_n for_o he_o shall_v save_v rabenn_n haccadosh_o say_v because_o messiah_n shall_v save_v man_n he_o shall_v be_v call_v joshua_n but_o the_o heathen_a of_o another_o nation_n which_o shall_v embrace_v the_o belief_n of_o he_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n jesus_n and_o this_o be_v intimate_v in_o gen._n 49._o chi_fw-mi jabbo_fw-mi shiloh_o until_o shiloh_n come_v vid._n galatin_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 20._o vers._n 23._o behold_v a_o virgin_n the_o jew_n seek_v to_o elude_v this_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n by_o expound_v it_o either_o of_o the_o prophet_n wife_n as_o isa._n 8._o 3._o or_o of_o the_o king_n wife_n and_o from_o prov._n 30._o 19_o they_o plead_v that_o almah_n do_v not_o strict_o signify_v a_o virgin_n but_o a_o woman_n that_o have_v know_v a_o man_n answ._n 1._o there_o be_v three_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n that_o signify_v and_o betoken_v virginity_n but_o this_o most_o proper_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o virgin_n but_o not_o always_o for_o it_o proper_o denote_v a_o young_a woman_n yea_o though_o she_o be_v not_o a_o virgin_n but_o have_v be_v touch_v second_o bethulah_n be_v the_o common_a word_n use_v to_o denote_v virginity_n yet_o as_o galatine_n observe_v out_o of_o prov._n 30._o it_o seem_v sometime_o to_o be_v take_v otherwise_o but_o three_o almah_n proper_o import_v a_o young_a virgin_n and_o not_o at_o all_o one_o touch_v so_o that_o naarah_n signify_v any_o young_a woman_n though_o she_o be_v not_o a_o virgin_n bethulah_n a_o virgin_n though_o she_o be_v not_o young_a but_o almah_n import_v youth_n and_o virginity_n both_o second_o the_o lxx_o in_o the_o place_n of_o isaiah_n cite_v translate_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o denote_v not_o otherwise_o then_o a_o virgin_n three_o it_o be_v give_v for_o a_o sign_n to_o ahaz_n that_o almah_n shall_v bear_v a_o son_n now_o for_o one_o that_o have_v know_v a_o man_n to_o do_v so_o be_v no_o sign_n at_o all_o see_v galatine_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 15._o they_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n emmanuel_n nomen_fw-la naturae_fw-la not_o impositionis_fw-la they_o shall_v own_v he_o for_o god_n in_o our_o nature_n and_o not_o denominate_v he_o emmanuel_n for_o his_o impose_v name_n see_v the_o like_a phrase_n esa._n 60._o 18._o ezek._n 48._o 35._o which_o be_v be_v interpret_v first_n this_o and_o other_o passage_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n in_o this_o evangelist_n argue_v strong_o that_o matthew_n write_v not_o his_o gospel_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n as_o be_v very_o common_o hold_v for_o first_o than_o have_v this_o word_n need_v no_o interpretation_n and_o it_o have_v be_v very_o hard_o to_o have_v interpret_v it_o but_o by_o the_o same_o word_n again_o second_o the_o jew_n in_o those_o time_n that_o matthew_n write_v understand_v not_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n in_o its_o purity_n but_o have_v degenerate_v into_o the_o use_n and_o speech_n of_o the_o syrian_a three_o jonathan_n ben_n uzziel_n translate_v the_o prophet_n out_o of_o hebrew_n into_o chaldee_n a_o little_a before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o onkelos_n do_v as_o much_o by_o the_o law_n a_o little_a after_o and_o both_o do_v so_o because_o the_o jew_n can_v not_o at_o that_o time_n understand_v or_o read_v the_o bible_n in_o its_o own_o hebrew_a tongue_n and_o how_o improper_a then_o be_v it_o for_o matthew_n to_o write_v his_o gospel_n in_o that_o language_n four_o all_o the_o world_n that_o use_v the_o old_a testament_n at_o those_o time_n unless_o it_o be_v such_o as_o have_v gain_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n by_o study_n use_v it_o in_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o lxx_o or_o the_o greek_a and_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o the_o penman_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n shall_v write_v in_o that_o language_n and_o according_a to_o their_o stile_n as_o paul_n write_v for_o and_o to_o roman_n and_z matthew_z and_o he_o to_o hebrew_n that_o their_o quotation_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n may_v be_v examine_v by_o the_o greek_a bible_n five_o let_v those_o that_o hold_v the_o opinion_n we_o be_v confute_v but_o serious_o consider_v that_o christ_n call_v himself_o by_o the_o name_n of_o two_o greek_a letter_n and_o why_o rev._n 1._o 8._o vers._n 25._o he_o know_v she_o not_o till_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o this_o proper_o fall_v in_o order_n at_o luke_n 2._o 7._o and_o there_o shall_v it_o be_v take_v up_o again_o section_n v._n s._n luke_n chap._n i._n the_o birth_n and_o circumcision_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o the_o tongue_n of_o his_o father_n restore_v etc._n etc._n vers._n 57_o now_o elizabeth_n it_o elizabeth_n elizabeth_n elizabeth_n elizabeth_n elizabeth_n elizabeth_n though_o the_o conceive_v her_o child_n above_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n yet_o his_o time_n in_o the_o womb_n be_v according_a to_o it_o full_a time_n come_v that_o she_o shall_v be_v deliver_v and_o she_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n 58._o and_o cousin_n and_o
heaven_n and_o it_o be_v also_o write_v lowly_a and_o ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n now_o how_o agree_v this_o if_o they_o be_v good_a he_o come_v with_o the_o cloud_n of_o heaven_n if_o they_o be_v not_o good_a then_o lowly_a and_o ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n also_o in_o their_o word_n rabbi_n eliezer_n say_v if_o israel_n repent_v they_o be_v present_o redeem_v rabbi_n joshua_n say_v to_o he_o and_o be_v it_o not_o somewhere_o say_v you_o be_v sell_v for_o nought_o and_o you_o shall_v not_o be_v redeem_v with_o silver_n but_o by_o repentance_n and_o good_a work_n so_o that_o we_o see_v that_o they_o scruple_v among_o themselves_o whether_o the_o gather_n of_o the_o captivity_n shall_v be_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o repentance_n or_o no._n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v because_o of_o the_o diversity_n of_o these_o text_n but_o it_o be_v possible_a thus_o to_o reconcile_v they_o that_o many_o of_o israel_n shall_v repent_v after_o that_o they_o see_v some_o sign_n of_o redemption_n and_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v exceed_o significant_a and_o pertinent_a to_o that_o doctrine_n and_o occasion_n the_o word_n be_v frequent_o use_v in_o the_o septuagint_n concern_v god_n when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o repent_v or_o not_o repent_v as_o 1_o sam._n 15._o 29._o jer._n 3._o 9_o amos_n 7._o 3._o 6._o etc._n etc._n but_o the_o use_n of_o it_o apply_v to_o man_n be_v not_o so_o frequent_a in_o they_o as_o of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o ezek._n 18._o 30._o because_o that_o word_n do_v most_o grammatical_o and_o verbatim_o translate_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o word_n most_o common_o use_v in_o the_o hebrew_n for_o repent_v and_o yet_o do_v the_o septuagint_n sometime_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o man_n repentance_n as_o jer._n 8._o 6._o etc._n etc._n the_o word_n do_v first_o signify_v a_o review_v or_o consider_v of_o a_o man_n own_o self_n and_o condition_n as_o lam._n 3._o 40._o and_o so_o brucioli_n do_v render_v it_o in_o the_o italian_a ravedete_fw-la vi_fw-la view_v yourselves_o or_o take_v yourselves_o into_o consideration_n second_o it_o betoken_v a_o grow_a wise_a or_o come_v to_o one_o self_n again_o as_o luk._n 15._o 1._o 7._o and_o thereupon_o it_o be_v well_o render_v by_o our_o protestant_a divine_n resipicite_fw-la be_v wise_a again_o for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v to_o be_v construe_v in_o its_o strict_a propriety_n and_o three_o it_o signify_v a_o change_n of_o mind_n from_o one_o temper_n to_o another_o now_o the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o a_o word_n of_o this_o significancy_n do_v give_v the_o proper_a and_o true_a character_n of_o repentance_n both_o against_o the_o misprision_n that_o be_v take_v up_o concern_v it_o by_o their_o tradition_n in_o those_o time_n and_o those_o also_o that_o have_v be_v take_v up_o since_o the_o jew_n do_v place_n much_o of_o repentance_n in_o a_o bare_a confession_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o much_o of_o pardon_n in_o the_o scapegoat_n 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to_o they_o in_o their_o body_n as_o the_o miracle_n be_v double_a so_o be_v the_o plague_n 1._o the_o ash_n become_v shehin_n that_o be_v a_o burn_a itch_n or_o a_o inflame_a scab_n for_o so_o the_o word_n signify_v as_o be_v plain_a job_n 2._o 7_o 8._o where_o the_o holy_a man_n body_n be_v strike_v with_o shehin_n such_o a_o intolerable_a dry_a hot_a itch_n that_o his_o nail_n will_v not_o serve_v to_o scratch_v enough_o but_o he_o be_v glad_a to_o get_v a_o potsherd_v to_o skrub_n himself_o 2._o this_o itch_n have_v also_o blain_n and_o boil_v break_v out_o with_o it_o be_v so_o job_n have_v not_o so_o that_o the_o egyptian_n be_v vex_v at_o once_o with_o intolerable_a itch_n and_o intolerable_a ache_n their_o itch_n call_v upon_o they_o to_o scratch_v and_o skrub_n and_o yet_o they_o can_v not_o do_v so_o for_o the_o soreness_n and_o ache_a of_o their_o boil_n in_o the_o five_o precede_a plague_n the_o obduration_n of_o pharaoh_n heart_n be_v attribute_v to_o himself_o in_o these_o five_o forward_o it_o be_v attribute_v to_o god_n and_o just_o when_o be_v punish_v for_o his_o sin_n he_o harden_v his_o heart_n so_o many_o time_n be_v his_o heart_n harden_v so_o many_o time_n that_o he_o sin_v for_o a_o punishment_n section_n xv._o the_o plague_n of_o darkness_n exod._n 10._o why_o first_o name_v psal._n 105._o 28._o as_o the_o man_n of_o the_o old_a world_n of_o sodom_n and_o the_o jew_n at_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v strike_v with_o darkness_n before_o they_o enter_v into_o utter_a darkness_n so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o egyptian_n here_o this_o plague_n lie_v upon_o they_o three_o day_n namely_o the_o eleven_o twelve_o and_o thirteen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n nisan_fw-la for_o upon_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o darkness_n moses_n be_v send_v for_o to_o pharaoh_n give_v he_o such_o distaste_n that_o he_o charge_v he_o never_o to_o come_v into_o his_o presence_n again_o which_o moses_n say_v he_o will_v not_o do_v i_o will_v see_v thy_o face_n again_o no_o more_o but_o before_o he_o go_v out_o of_o the_o presence_n he_o give_v he_o warning_n concern_v the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v to_o be_v that_o night_n chap._n ii_o vers._n 4._o by_o which_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o darkness_n end_v on_o the_o passover_n day_n in_o the_o morning_n quest._n why_o then_o see_v it_o be_v the_o nine_o plague_n in_o number_n have_v psal._n 105._o set_v it_o first_o answ._n because_o it_o be_v the_o most_o terrible_a of_o all_o the_o plague_n that_o come_v upon_o they_o for_o those_o that_o have_v go_v before_o have_v plague_v only_o their_o land_n or_o cattle_n or_o body_n that_o that_o come_v after_o light_v not_o upon_o all_o but_o only_o on_o the_o first_o bear_v but_o this_o be_v a_o plague_n even_o to_o the_o very_a mind_n and_o conscience_n and_o universal_o so_o to_o they_o all_o it_o be_v not_o their_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o not_o stir_v about_o their_o business_n for_o three_o day_n together_o that_o plague_v they_o so_o much_o for_o this_o have_v be_v no_o great_a torment_n but_o their_o torture_n be_v that_o in_o this_o darkness_n they_o see_v fearful_a apparition_n of_o fiend_n and_o devil_n and_o horrible_a vision_n which_o so_o hideous_o affright_v and_o even_o distract_v they_o that_o they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v in_o hell_n already_o for_o observe_v that_o pharaoh_n that_o have_v be_v nothing_o at_o all_o move_v in_o a_o manner_n with_o all_o the_o plague_n that_o go_v before_o be_v so_o stir_v with_o this_o that_o he_o send_v for_o moses_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o darkness_n be_v over_o and_o permit_v he_o to_o depart_v exod._n 10._o 24._o which_o mear_v sit_v in_o darkness_n can_v not_o have_v wrought_v he_o to_o but_o those_o terror_n which_o he_o see_v in_o the_o dark_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o psal._n 78._o 49._o name_v not_o the_o plague_n of_o darkness_n by_o its_o name_n but_o in_o the_o place_n where_o it_o shall_v come_v he_o mention_v that_o which_o be_v the_o very_a quintessence_n of_o it_o he_o cast_v upon_o they_o the_o fierceness_n of_o his_o anger_n wrath_n and_o indignation_n and_o trouble_n by_o send_v evil_a angel_n among_o they_o section_n xvi_o israel_n circumcise_v in_o the_o three_o day_n darkness_n he_o send_v darkness_n and_o make_v it_o dark_a and_o they_o rebel_v not_o against_o his_o word_n psal._n 105._o 28._o this_o latter_a clause_n they_o rebel_v not_o against_o his_o word_n it_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o israel_n who_o in_o this_o plague_n of_o darkness_n perform_v some_o special_a part_n of_o obedience_n and_o that_o upon_o inquiry_n will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v their_o undergo_n of_o circumcision_n for_o they_o have_v follow_v the_o idol_n of_o egypt_n and_o in_o idolatry_n be_v become_v like_o the_o egyptian_n so_o be_v they_o also_o in_o uncircumcision_n for_o when_o joshuah_n have_v circumcise_v they_o at_o their_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n he_o say_v i_o have_v roll_v away_o from_o you_o the_o reproach_n of_o egypt_n josh._n 5._o 9_o or_o that_o wherein_o you_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o egyptian_n uncircumcised_a to_o your_o reproach_n but_o when_o god_n ordain_v the_o passover_n he_o give_v charge_n for_o circumcision_n for_o no_o uncircumcised_a person_n must_v eat_v thereof_o exod._n 12._o 48._o then_o be_v require_v a_o general_a circumcision_n of_o all_o the_o people_n or_o at_o least_o of_o the_o most_o of_o they_o for_o all_o be_v uncircumcised_a unless_o it_o be_v some_o few_o that_o be_v more_o constant_a to_o the_o covenant_n of_o their_o god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o general_a circumcision_n in_o egypt_n be_v infer_v in_o the_o forename_a place_n josh._n 5._o where_o god_n command_v joshua_n to_o circumcise_v the_o people_n
she_o be_v now_o return_v home_o from_o her_o cousin_n elizabeth_n see_v luke_n 1._o 56._o and_o compare_v gen._n xxxviii_o 24._o the_o master_n of_o the_o tradition_n assign_v this_o space_n to_o discover_v a_o thing_n of_o that_o nature_n a_o woman_n large_o woman_n woman_n woman_n woman_n woman_n woman_n maim_v in_o geâ—â—â—hin_n cap._n 1._o &_o â—aâ—â—â—_n in_o jeâ—aâ—â—â—n_n cap._n 4._o &_o â—â—etabboth_n cap._n 5._o large_o say_v they_o who_o be_v either_o put_v away_o from_o her_o husband_n or_o become_v a_o widow_n neither_o marry_v nor_o be_v espouse_v but_o after_o ninety_o day_n namely_o that_o it_o may_v be_v know_v whether_o she_o be_v big_a with_o child_n or_o no_o and_o that_o distinction_n may_v be_v make_v between_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o first_o husband_n and_o of_o the_o second_o in_o like_a manner_n a_o husband_n and_o wife_n be_v make_v proselyte_n be_v part_v from_o one_o another_o for_o ninety_o day_n that_o judgement_n may_v be_v make_v between_o child_n beget_v in_o holiness_n that_o be_v within_o the_o true_a religion_n see_v 1_o cor._n vii_o 14._o and_o child_n beget_v out_o of_o holiness_n verse_n xix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o joseph_n be_v a_o just_a man_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o wrack_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a to_o fetch_v out_o thence_o the_o sense_n of_o gentleness_n or_o mercy_n which_o many_o do_v for_o construe_v the_o clause_n of_o the_o verse_n separately_z the_o sense_n will_v appear_v clear_a and_o soft_a enough_o joseph_n be_v a_o just_a man_n can_v not_o will_v not_o endure_v a_o adulteress_n but_o yet_o not_o willing_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v she_o a_o public_a example_n be_v a_o merciful_a man_n and_o love_v his_o wife_n be_v mind_v to_o put_v she_o away_o privy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v she_o a_o public_a example_n this_o do_v not_o imply_v death_n but_o rather_o public_a disgrace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v her_o public_a for_o it_o may_v not_o without_o reason_n be_v inquire_v whether_o she_o will_v have_v be_v bring_v to_o capital_a punishment_n if_o it_o have_v be_v true_a that_o she_o have_v conceive_v by_o adultery_n for_o although_o there_o be_v a_o law_n promulge_v of_o punish_a adultery_n with_o death_n levit._fw-la xx._n 10._o deut._n xxii_o 22._o and_o in_o this_o case_n she_o that_o be_v espouse_v will_v be_v deal_v withal_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v with_o she_o who_o be_v become_v a_o wife_n yet_o so_o far_o be_v that_o law_n mollify_v that_o i_o say_v not_o weaken_v by_o the_o law_n of_o give_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_v deut._n xxiv_o 1._o etc._n etc._n that_o the_o husband_n may_v not_o only_o pardon_v his_o adulterous_a wife_n and_o not_o compel_v she_o to_o appear_v before_o the_o sanhedrin_n but_o scarce_o can_v if_o he_o will_v put_v she_o to_o death_n for_o why_o otherwise_o be_v the_o bill_n of_o divorce_v indulge_v joseph_n therefore_o endeavour_v to_o do_v nothing_o here_o but_o what_o he_o may_v with_o the_o full_a consent_n both_o of_o the_o law_n and_o nation_n the_o adulteress_n may_v be_v put_v away_o she_o that_o be_v espouse_v can_v not_o be_v put_v away_o without_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_v concern_v which_o thus_o the_o jewish_a law_n 1_o law_n law_n law_n law_n law_n law_n maimon_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap_n 1_o a_o woman_n be_v espouse_v three_o way_n by_o money_n or_o by_o a_o writing_n or_o by_o be_v lie_v with_o and_o be_v thus_o espouse_v though_o she_o be_v not_o yet_o marry_v nor_o conduct_v into_o the_o man_n house_n yet_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n and_o if_o any_o shall_v lie_v with_o she_o beside_o he_o he_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n by_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o if_o he_o himself_o will_v put_v she_o away_o he_o must_v have_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v she_o away_o privy_o let_v the_o talmudic_n tract_n gittin_n be_v look_v upon_o where_o they_o be_v treat_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o deliver_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_v to_o a_o wife_n to_o be_v put_v away_o among_o other_o thing_n it_o may_v be_v give_v private_o if_o the_o husband_n so_o please_v either_o into_o the_o woman_n hand_n or_o bosom_n two_o witness_n only_o present_a verse_n xxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v be_v with_o child_n that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o prophet_n denote_v a_o untouched_a virgin_n sufficient_o appear_v from_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n esa._n vii_o king_n achaz_n there_o be_v afraid_a lest_o the_o enemy_n that_o be_v now_o upon_o he_o may_v destroy_v jerusalem_n and_o utter_o consume_v the_o house_n of_o david_n the_o lord_n meet_v with_o this_o fear_n by_o a_o signal_n and_o most_o remarkable_a promise_n namely_o that_o soon_o shall_v a_o pure_a virgin_n bring_v forth_o a_o child_n thaâ—_n the_o family_n of_o david_n perish_v and_o the_o promise_n yield_v a_o double_a comfort_n namely_o of_o christ_n hereafter_o to_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n and_o of_o their_o security_n from_o the_o imminent_a danger_n of_o the_o city_n and_o house_n of_o david_n so_o that_o although_o that_o prophecy_n of_o a_o virgin_n bring_v forth_o a_o son_n shall_v not_o be_v fulfil_v till_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o yet_o at_o that_o present_a time_n when_o the_o prophecy_n be_v make_v ahaz_n have_v a_o certain_a and_o notable_a sign_n that_o the_o house_n of_o david_n shall_v be_v safe_a and_o secure_a from_o the_o danger_n that_o hang_v over_o it_o as_o much_o as_o if_o the_o prophet_n have_v say_v be_v not_o so_o trouble_v o_o ahaz_n do_v it_o not_o seem_v a_o impossible_a thing_n to_o thou_o and_o that_o never_o will_v happen_v that_o a_o pure_a virgin_n shall_v become_v a_o mother_n but_o i_o tell_v thou_o a_o pure_a virgin_n shall_v bring_v forth_o a_o son_n before_o the_o house_n of_o david_n perish_v hear_v this_o o_o unbelieving_a jew_n and_o show_v we_o now_o some_o remainder_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n or_o confess_v this_o prophecy_n fulfil_v in_o the_o virgin_n bring_v forth_o or_o deny_v that_o a_o sign_n be_v give_v when_o a_o sign_n be_v give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v be_v interpret_v §_o in_o what_o language_n matthew_n write_v his_o gospel_n i._o all_o confess_v that_o the_o syriac_a language_n be_v the_o mother_n tongue_n to_o the_o jewish_a nation_n dwell_v in_o judea_n and_o that_o the_o hebrew_n be_v not_o all_o understand_v by_o the_o common_a people_n may_v especial_o appear_v from_o two_o thing_n 1._o that_o in_o the_o synagogue_n when_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v read_v in_o the_o original_a hebrew_n a_o interpreter_n be_v always_o present_a to_o the_o reader_n who_o render_v into_o the_o mother_n tongue_n that_o which_o be_v read_v that_o it_o may_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o common_a people_n etc._n people_n people_n people_n people_n people_n people_n bab._n megill_n fol._n 25_o etc._n etc._n massech_v sopherim_n cap._n 11._o 12_o etc._n etc._n hence_o those_o rule_n of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o interpreter_n and_o of_o some_o place_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v render_v into_o the_o mother_n tongue_n 2._o that_o jonathan_n the_o son_n of_o uzziel_n a_o scholar_n of_o hillel_n about_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n birth_n render_v all_o the_o prophet_n that_o be_v as_o the_o jew_n number_n they_o joshua_n judge_n samuel_n the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n esaiah_n jeremiah_n ezekiel_n and_o the_o twelve_o lesser_a prophet_n into_o the_o chaldee_n language_n that_o be_v into_o a_o language_n much_o more_o know_v to_o the_o people_n than_o the_o hebrew_n and_o more_o acceptable_a than_o the_o mother_n tongue_n for_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v why_o he_o translate_v they_o at_o all_o and_o why_o he_o translate_v not_o rather_o into_o the_o mother_n tongue_n which_o be_v know_v to_o all_o and_o if_o it_o be_v object_v concern_v s._n matthew_n and_o s._n paul_n that_o write_v to_o the_o jew_n one_o his_o gospel_n the_o other_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n must_v have_v write_v in_o the_o syriac_a tongue_n if_o so_o be_v they_o write_v not_o in_o hebrew_n that_o they_o may_v be_v understand_v by_o all_o we_o answer_v first_o it_o be_v not_o without_o reason_n that_o the_o paraphra_v jonathan_n translate_v out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n original_a into_o the_o chaldee_n tongue_n because_o this_o tongue_n be_v much_o more_o know_v and_o familiar_a to_o all_o the_o people_n than_o the_o hebrew_n the_o holy_a text_n have_v need_n of_o a_o interpreter_n into_o a_o more_o know_a tongue_n because_o it_o be_v now_o in_o a_o tongue_n not_o know_v at_o all_o to_o the_o vulgar_a for_o none_o know_v the_o
we_o have_v produce_v be_v plain_a and_o without_o any_o difficulty_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v a_o old_a tradition_n which_o have_v obtain_v for_o many_o age_n verse_n xxii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o say_v the_o word_n of_o one_o that_o refute_v or_o determine_v a_o question_n very_o frequent_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o the_o hebrew_n writer_n to_o this_o you_o may_v lay_v that_o of_o esaiah_n chap._n ii_o vers_fw-la 3_o and_o he_o will_v teach_v we_o of_o his_o way_n etc._n etc._n when_o kimchi_n write_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o teacher_n be_v king_n messiah_n and_o that_o of_o zacharias_n chap._n xi_o vers_fw-la 8._o where_o this_o great_a shepherd_n destroy_v three_o evil_a shepherd_n namely_o the_o pharisee_fw-mi and_o the_o saduâ—ee_n and_o the_o essene_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o whosoever_o be_v angry_a with_o his_o brother_n without_o a_o cause_n etc._n etc._n first_o let_v we_o treat_v of_o the_o word_n and_o then_o of_o the_o sentence_n with_o his_o brother_n the_o jewish_a school_n do_v thus_o distinguish_v between_o a_o brother_n and_o a_o neighbour_n that_o a_o brother_n signify_v a_o israelite_n by_o nation_n and_o blood_n a_o neighbour_n a_fw-fr israelite_n in_o religion_n and_o worship_n that_o be_v a_o proselyte_n the_o author_n of_o aruch_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o son_n of_o the_o covenant_n write_v thus_o the_o son_n of_o the_o covenant_n these_o be_v israel_n and_o when_o the_o scripture_n say_v if_o any_o one_o ox_n gore_v the_o ox_n of_o his_o neighbour_n it_o exclude_v all_o the_o heathen_a in_o that_o it_o say_v of_o his_o neighbour_n maimonides_n write_v thus_o 2._o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ch._n 2._o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o kill_v a_o israelite_n and_o a_o canaanite_n servant_n for_o both_o the_o punishment_n be_v death_n but_o a_o israelite_n who_o shall_v kill_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o strange_a inhabitant_n shall_v not_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n because_o it_o be_v say_v whosoever_o shall_v proud_o rise_v up_o against_o his_o neighbour_n to_o kill_v he_o ex._n xxi_o 14._o and_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o say_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n for_o kill_v a_o heathen_a where_o this_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o heathen_n and_o strange_a inhabitant_n who_o be_v not_o admit_v to_o perfect_a and_o complete_a proselytism_n be_v not_o qualify_v with_o the_o title_n of_o neighbour_n nor_o with_o any_o privilege_n but_o under_o the_o gospel_n where_o there_o be_v no_o distinction_n of_o nation_n or_o tribe_n brother_n be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o latitude_n as_o among_o the_o jew_n both_o brother_n and_o neighbour_n be_v that_o be_v for_o all_o profess_v the_o gospel_n and_o be_v contradistinguish_v to_o the_o heathen_a 1_o cor._n v._o 11._o if_o any_o one_o who_o be_v call_v a_o brother_n and_o mat._n xviii_o 15._o if_o thy_o brother_n sin_n against_o thou_o etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 17._o if_o he_o hear_v not_o the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v a_o heathen_a but_o neighbour_n be_v extend_v to_o all_o even_o such_o as_o be_v stranger_n to_o our_o religion_n luk._n x._o 29_o 30_o etc._n etc._n he_o shall_v be_v guilty_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n signify_v guilt_n or_o debt_n to_o be_v meet_v with_o a_o thousand_o time_n in_o the_o talmudist_n es._n xxiv_o v._o 23._o they_o shall_v be_v gather_v together_o as_o captive_n be_v gather_v into_o prison_n where_o r._n solomon_n speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d guilty_a of_o hell_n unto_o hell_n which_o agree_v with_o the_o last_o clause_n of_o this_o verse_n of_o the_o council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o sanhedrin_n that_o be_v of_o the_o judgement_n or_o tribunal_n of_o the_o magistrate_n for_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judgement_n in_o the_o clause_n before_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n will_v appear_v by_o what_o follow_v raka_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n use_v by_o one_o that_o despise_v another_o in_o the_o high_a scorn_n very_o usual_a in_o the_o hebrew_n writer_n and_o very_o common_a in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o nation_n 2._o nation_n nation_n nation_n nation_n nation_n nation_n tanchum_fw-la fol._n 5._o col_fw-fr 2._o one_o return_v to_o repentance_n his_o wife_n say_v to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d raka_fw-mi if_o it_o be_v appoint_v you_o to_o repent_v the_o very_a girdle_n wherewith_o you_o gird_v yourself_o shall_v not_o be_v your_o own_o 4._o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o id._n fol._n 18._o col_fw-fr 4._o a_o heathen_a say_v to_o a_o israelite_n very_o suitable_a food_n be_v make_v ready_a for_o you_o at_o my_o house_n what_o be_v it_o say_v the_o other_o to_o who_o he_o reply_v swines-flesh_n raka_fw-mi say_v the_o jew_n i_o must_v not_o eat_v of_o clean_a beast_n with_o you_o cxxxvii_o you_o you_o you_o you_o you_o you_o midras_n tillin_n upon_o psal._n cxxxvii_o a_o king_n daughter_n be_v marry_v to_o a_o certain_a dirty_a fellow_n he_o command_v she_o to_o stand_v by_o he_o as_o a_o mean_a servant_n and_o to_o be_v his_o butler_n to_o who_o she_o say_v raka_n i_o be_o a_o king_n daughter_n 4._o daughter_n daughter_n daughter_n daughter_n daughter_n daughter_n id._n fol._n 38_o col_fw-fr 4._o one_o of_o the_o scholar_n of_o r._n jochanan_n make_v sport_n with_o the_o teach_n of_o his_o master_n but_o return_v at_o last_o to_o a_o sober_a mind_n teach_v thou_o say_v he_o o_o master_n for_o thou_o be_v worthy_a to_o teach_v for_o i_o have_v find_v and_o see_v that_o which_o thou_o have_v teach_v to_o who_o he_o reply_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d raka_fw-mi thou_o have_v not_o believe_v unless_o thou_o have_v see_v 2._o see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v bab._n berac_n fol._n 32._o 2._o a_o certain_a captain_n salute_v a_o religious_a man_n pray_v in_o the_o way_n but_o he_o salute_v he_o not_o again_o he_o wait_v till_o he_o have_v do_v his_o prayer_n and_o say_v to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d raka_fw-mi it_o be_v write_v in_o your_o law_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o hell_n fire_n the_o jew_n do_v very_o usual_o express_v hell_n or_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gehinnom_n which_o may_v be_v show_v in_o infinite_a example_n the_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v take_v from_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n a_o place_n infamous_a for_o foul_a idolatry_n commit_v there_o for_o the_o howl_n of_o infant_n roast_v to_o molech_n filth_n carry_v out_o thither_o and_o for_o a_o fire_n that_o always_o be_v burn_v and_o so_o most_o fit_a to_o represent_v the_o horror_n of_o hell_n 1._o hell_n hell_n hell_n hell_n hell_n hell_n bab._n erubhin_n fol._n 19_o 1._o there_o be_v three_o door_n of_o gehenna_n one_o in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o it_o be_v write_v they_o go_v down_o and_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o they_o alive_a into_o hell_n num._n xvi_o 33._o another_o in_o the_o sea_n as_o it_o be_v write_v out_o of_o the_o belly_n of_o hell_n have_v i_o call_v thou_o have_v hear_v my_o voice_n jon._n ii_o 2._o the_o three_o in_o jerusalem_n as_o it_o be_v write_v thus_o say_v the_o lord_n who_o fire_n be_v in_o zion_n and_o his_o furnace_n in_o jerusalem_n esai_n xxxi_o 9_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o school_n of_o r._n ishmael_n who_o fire_n be_v in_o zion_n this_o be_v the_o gate_n of_o gehenna_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v upon_o esai_n ch_n xxxiii_o ver_fw-la 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gehenna_n eternal_a fire_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gehenna_n of_o eternal_a fire_n we_o come_v now_o to_o the_o sentence_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o verse_n a_o threefoid_a punishment_n be_v adjudge_v to_o a_o threefold_a wickedness_n judgement_n to_o he_o that_o be_v angry_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v without_o cause_n judgement_n also_o and_o that_o by_o the_o sanhedrin_n that_o call_v raka_fw-mi judgement_n of_o hell_n to_o he_o that_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fool._n that_o which_o be_v here_o produce_v of_o the_o threefold_a sanhedrin_n among_o the_o jew_n please_v i_o not_o because_o pass_v over_o other_o reason_n mention_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v make_v only_o in_o the_o middle_a clause_n how_o the_o judgement_n in_o the_o first_o clause_n be_v to_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n in_o the_o second_o will_v very_o easy_o appear_v from_o this_o gloss_n and_o commentary_n of_o the_o talmudist_n of_o not_o kill_v 1._o kill_v kill_v kill_v kill_v kill_v
carry_v with_o it_o a_o very_a proper_a sense_n if_o you_o interpret_v it_o to_o according_a to_o its_o most_o usual_a signification_n moses_n to_o the_o hardness_n of_o your_o heart_n add_v this_o that_o he_o permit_v divorce_n something_o that_o favour_n of_o punishment_n in_o itself_o however_o you_o esteem_v it_o for_o a_o privilege_n ii_o but_o you_o may_v interpret_v it_o more_o clear_o and_o apt_o of_o the_o inhumanity_n of_o husband_n towards_o their_o wife_n but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v also_o under_o restriction_n foe_fw-mi r_o moses_n permit_v not_o divorce_n because_o simple_o and_o general_o man_n be_v severe_a and_o unkind_a towards_o their_o wife_n for_o then_o why_o shall_v he_o restrain_v divorce_n to_o the_o cause_n of_o adultery_n but_o because_o from_o their_o fierceness_n and_o cruelty_n towards_o their_o wife_n they_o may_v take_v hold_n of_o and_o seek_v occasion_n from_o that_o law_n which_o punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n to_o prosecute_v their_o wife_n with_o all_o manner_n of_o severity_n to_o oppress_v they_o to_o kill_v they_o let_v we_o search_v into_o the_o divine_a law_n in_o case_n of_o adultery_n a_o little_a more_o large_o 1._o there_o be_v a_o law_n make_v upon_o the_o suspicion_n of_o adultery_n that_o the_o wife_n shall_v undergo_v a_o trial_n by_o the_o bitter_a water_n numb_a 5._o but_o it_o be_v dispute_v by_o the_o jewish_a school_n right_o and_o upon_o good_a ground_n whether_o the_o husband_n be_v bind_v in_o this_o case_n by_o duty_n to_o prosecute_v his_o wife_n to_o extremity_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o to_o connive_v at_o and_o pardon_v she_o if_o he_o will_v and_o there_o be_v some_o who_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v he_o be_v bind_v by_o duty_n and_o there_o be_v other_o who_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o pleasure_n before_o pleasure_n pleasure_n pleasure_n pleasure_n pleasure_n pleasure_n see_v hierof_o sotah_n as_o before_o 2._o there_o be_v a_o law_n of_o death_n make_v in_o case_n of_o the_o discovery_n of_o adultery_n deut._n xxii_o 21_o 22_o 23._o if_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v find_v lie_v with_o a_o marry_a woman_n both_o shall_v die_v etc._n etc._n not_o that_o this_o law_n be_v not_o in_o force_n unless_o they_o be_v take_v in_o the_o very_a act_n but_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v find_v be_v oppose_v to_o suspicion_n and_o mean_v the_o same_o as_o if_o it_o be_v say_v when_o it_o shall_v be_v find_v that_o a_o man_n have_v lie_v etc._n etc._n 3._o a_o law_n of_o divorce_n also_o be_v give_v in_o case_n of_o adultery_n discover_v deut._n xxiv_o for_o in_o that_o case_n only_o and_o when_o it_o be_v discover_v it_o plain_o appear_v from_o our_o saviour_n gloss_n and_o from_o the_o concession_n of_o some_o rabbin_n also_o that_o divorce_n take_v place_n for_o say_v they_o in_o the_o place_n last_o cite_v do_v a_o man_n find_v something_o foul_a in_o his_o wife_n he_o can_v put_v she_o away_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o have_v not_o find_v foul_a nakedness_n in_o she_o that_o be_v adultery_n but_o now_o how_o do_v the_o law_n of_o death_n and_o that_o of_o divorce_n consist_v together_o it_o be_v answer_v they_o do_v not_o so_o consist_v together_o that_o both_o retain_v their_o force_n but_o the_o former_a be_v partly_o take_v off_o by_o the_o latter_a and_o partly_o not_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n know_v that_o inhuman_a husband_n will_v use_v that_o law_n of_o death_n unto_o all_o manner_n of_o cruelty_n towards_o their_o wife_n for_o how_o ready_a be_v it_o for_o a_o wicked_a and_o unkind_a husband_n to_o lay_v snare_n even_o for_o his_o innocent_a wife_n if_o he_o be_v weary_a of_o she_o to_o oppress_v she_o under_o that_o law_n of_o death_n and_o if_o she_o be_v take_v under_o guilt_n how_o cruel_o and_o insolent_o will_v he_o triumph_v over_o she_o poor_a woman_n both_o to_o the_o disgrace_n of_o wedlock_n and_o to_o the_o scandal_n of_o religion_n therefore_o the_o most_o prudent_a and_o withal_o merciful_a lawgiver_n make_v provision_n that_o the_o woman_n if_o she_o be_v guilty_a may_v not_o go_v without_o her_o punishment_n and_o if_o she_o be_v not_o guilty_a may_v go_v without_o danger_n and_o that_o the_o wicked_a husband_n that_o be_v impatient_a of_o wedlock_n may_v not_o satiate_v his_o cruelty_n that_o which_o be_v say_v by_o one_o do_v not_o please_v i_o that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o divorce_v where_o matrimony_n be_v break_v off_o by_o capital_a punishment_n for_o there_o be_v place_n for_o divorce_n for_o that_o end_n that_o there_o may_v not_o be_v place_n for_o capital_a punishment_n that_o law_n indeed_o of_o death_n hold_v the_o adulterer_n in_o a_o snare_n and_o exact_v capital_a punishment_n upon_o he_o and_o so_o the_o law_n make_v sufficient_a provision_n for_o terror_n but_o it_o consult_v more_o gentle_o for_o the_o woman_n the_o weak_a vessel_n lest_o the_o cruelty_n of_o her_o husband_n may_v unmerciful_o triumph_v over_o she_o therefore_o in_o the_o suspicion_n of_o adultery_n and_o the_o thing_n not_o discover_v the_o husband_n may_v if_o he_o will_v try_v his_o wife_n by_o the_o bitter_a water_n or_o if_o he_o will_v he_o may_v connive_v at_o she_o in_o case_n of_o the_o discovery_n of_o adultery_n the_o husband_n may_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n but_o he_o scarce_o may_v put_v she_o to_o death_n because_o the_o law_n of_o divorce_n be_v give_v for_o that_o very_a end_n that_o provision_n may_v be_v make_v for_o the_o woman_n against_o the_o hard_a heartedness_n of_o her_o husband_n let_v this_o story_n serve_v for_o a_o conclusion_n 1._o conclusion_n conclusion_n conclusion_n conclusion_n conclusion_n conclusion_n bab._n berac_n fol._n 19_o 1._o shemaiah_n and_o abtalion_n compel_v carchemith_n a_o libertine_n woman-servant_n to_o drink_v the_o bitter_a water_n the_o husband_n of_o this_o woman_n can_v not_o put_v she_o away_o by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n because_o she_o be_v not_o find_v guilty_a of_o discover_v adultery_n he_o may_v put_v she_o away_o by_o the_o traditional_a law_n which_o permit_v divorce_n without_o the_o case_n of_o adultery_n he_o may_v not_o if_o he_o have_v please_v have_v bring_v she_o to_o trial_n by_o the_o bitter_a water_n but_o it_o argue_v the_o hardness_n of_o his_o heart_n towards_o his_o wife_n or_o burn_a jealousy_n that_o he_o bring_v she_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o i_o have_v any_o where_o in_o the_o jewish_a pandect_a read_v any_o example_n of_o a_o wife_n punish_v with_o death_n for_o adultery_n 2._o adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n adultery_n hierof_o sanhedr_n fol._n â—4_n 2._o there_o be_v mention_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o certain_a priest_n commit_v fornication_n in_o her_o father_n house_n that_o be_v burn_v alive_a but_o she_o be_v not_o marry_v verse_n xii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eunuch_n from_o their_o mother_n womb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eunuch_n which_o be_v make_v eunuch_n of_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o talmudist_n verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o be_v little_a child_n bring_v unto_o he_o not_o for_o the_o heal_n of_o some_o disease_n for_o if_o this_o have_v be_v the_o end_n propound_v why_o do_v the_o disciple_n keep_v they_o back_o above_o all_o other_o or_o chide_v any_o for_o their_o access_n nor_o can_v we_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v the_o child_n of_o unbelieve_a jew_n when_o it_o be_v scarce_o probable_a that_o they_o despise_v the_o doctrine_n and_o person_n of_o christ_n will_v desire_v his_o blessing_n some_o therefore_o of_o those_o that_o believe_v bring_v their_o infant_n to_o christ_n that_o he_o may_v take_v particular_a notice_n of_o they_o and_o admit_v they_o into_o his_o discipleship_n and_o mark_v they_o for_o his_o by_o his_o blessing_n perhaps_o the_o disciple_n think_v this_o a_o excess_n of_o officious_a religion_n or_o that_o they_o will_v be_v too_o troublesome_a to_o their_o master_n and_o hence_o they_o oppose_v they_o but_o christ_n countenance_v the_o thing_n and_o favour_n again_o that_o doctrine_n which_o he_o have_v lay_v down_o chap._n xviii_o namely_o that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v as_o much_o disciple_n and_o partaker_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n as_o their_o parent_n verse_n xviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v worthy_a mark_v how_o again_o and_o again_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n when_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o whole_a law_n only_o the_o second_o table_n be_v exemplify_v as_o in_o this_o place_n so_o also_o rom._n xiii_o 8_o 9_o and_o jam._n 11._o 8._o 11_o etc._n etc._n charity_n towards_o our_o neighbour_n be_v the_o top_n of_o religion_n and_o a_o most_o
that_o arise_v from_o the_o word_n of_o mark._n this_o tree_n it_o seem_v have_v leaf_n which_o promise_v fruit_n and_o other_o have_v not_o so_o whereas_o have_v they_o all_o be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n it_o be_v likely_a they_o will_v all_o have_v have_v leaf_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o when_o other_o have_v lose_v all_o their_o leaf_n of_o the_o former_a year_n by_o wind_n and_o the_o winter_n and_o those_o of_o the_o present_a year_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o come_v out_o this_o keep_v its_o leaf_n according_a to_o its_o nature_n and_o kind_n both_o summer_n and_o winter_n mark_v therefore_o in_o that_o clause_n which_o chief_o perplex_v interpreter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o time_n of_o fig_n be_v not_o yet_o do_v not_o strict_o and_o only_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o find_v no_o fig_n but_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o whole_a action_n namely_o why_o on_o that_o mountain_n which_o abound_v with_o figtree_n he_o see_v but'one_v that_o have_v such_o leaf_n and_o be_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n when_o he_o see_v it_o he_o go_v to_o it_o expect_v fig_n only_o from_o it_o the_o reason_n say_v he_o be_v this_o because_o it_o be_v not_o the_o usual_a time_n of_o fig_n for_o have_v it_o be_v so_o he_o may_v have_v gather_v fig_n from_o the_o tree_n about_o he_o but_o since_o it_o be_v not_o all_o his_o expectation_n be_v from_o this_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o the_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o never_o want_v leaf_n or_o figs._n for_o to_o take_v a_o instance_n in_o the_o tree_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o tree_n suppose_v bear_v fig_n such_o a_o summer_n which_o hang_v upon_o the_o bough_n all_o the_o follow_a winter_n it_o bear_v other_o also_o next_o summer_n and_o those_o together_o with_o the_o former_a hang_v on_o the_o bough_n all_o this_o winter_n too_o the_o three_o summer_n it_o bear_v a_o three_o degree_n and_o this_o summer_n bring_v those_o of_o the_o first_o bear_v to_o ripeness_n and_o so_o onward_o continual_o so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o time_n to_o be_v find_v without_o fruit_n of_o several_a year_n it_o be_v less_o therefore_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o if_o that_o which_o promise_v so_o much_o fruitfulness_n by_o its_o look_n that_o one_o may_v have_v expect_v from_o it_o at_o least_o the_o fruit_n of_o two_o year_n do_v so_o far_o deceive_v the_o hope_n it_o have_v raise_v as_o not_o to_o afford_v one_o fig_n if_o that_o i_o say_v shall_v suffer_v a_o just_a punishment_n from_o our_o lord_n who_o it_o have_v so_o much_o in_o appearance_n disappoint_v a_o emblem_n of_o the_o punishment_n that_o be_v to_o be_v inflict_v upon_o the_o jew_n for_o their_o spiritual_a barrenness_n and_o hypocrisy_n verse_n xxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o you_o shall_v say_v unto_o this_o mountain_n be_v thou_o remove_v and_o be_v thou_o cast_v into_o the_o sea_n it_o shall_v be_v do_v this_o be_v a_o hyperbolical_a way_n of_o speak_v take_v from_o the_o common_a language_n of_o the_o school_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o design_v after_o a_o manner_n for_o their_o refutation_n such_o a_o hyperbole_n concern_v this_o very_a mountain_n you_o have_v zech._n fourteen_o 4._o the_o jew_n use_v to_o set_v out_o those_o teacher_n among_o they_o that_o be_v more_o eminent_a for_o the_o profoundness_n of_o their_o learning_n or_o the_o splendour_n of_o their_o virtue_n by_o such_o expression_n as_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v a_o rooter_n up_o or_o a_o remover_n of_o mountain_n 1._o mountain_n mountain_n mountain_n mountain_n mountain_n mountain_n bab._n beracoth_n fol._n 64._o 1._o rabh_n joseph_n be_v sinai_n and_o rabbah_n be_v a_o rooter_n up_o of_o mountain_n the_o gloss_n they_o call_v rabh_n joseph_n sinai_n because_o he_o be_v very_o skilful_a in_o clear_v of_o difficulty_n and_o rabbah_n bar_n nachmani_n a_o rooter_n up_o of_o mountain_n because_o he_o have_v a_o pierce_a judgement_n 1._o judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n id._n erubhin_n fol._n 29._o 1._o rabath_n say_v i_o be_o like_a ben_fw-mi azzai_fw-mi in_o the_o street_n of_o tiberias_n the_o gloss_n like_o ben_n azzai_n who_o teach_v profound_o in_o the_o street_n of_o tiberias_n nor_o be_v there_o in_o his_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o another_o rooter_n up_o of_o mountain_n as_o he_o 1._o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o id._n sanâ—edr_n fol._n 24._o 1._o he_o see_v resh_n lachish_n in_o the_o school_n as_o if_o he_o be_v pluck_v up_o of_o mountain_n and_o grind_v they_o one_o upon_o another_o the_o same_o expression_n with_o which_o they_o silly_o and_o flatter_o extol_v the_o learning_n and_o virtue_n of_o their_o man_n christ_n deserve_o use_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o power_n of_o faith_n as_o able_a to_o do_v all_o thing_n mark_v ix_o 23._o verse_n xxxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plant_v a_o vineyard_n concern_v vine_n and_o their_o husbandry_n see_v kilaim_v 7._o kilaim_v kilaim_v kilaim_v kilaim_v kilaim_v kilaim_v chap._n 4_o 5_o 6_o &_o 7._o where_o there_o be_v a_o large_a discourse_n of_o the_o bed_n of_o a_o vineyard_n the_o order_n of_o the_o vine_n of_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o wine_n press_v of_o the_o hedge_n of_o the_o trench_n of_o the_o void_a space_n of_o the_o place_n within_o the_o hedge_n which_o be_v free_a from_o vine_n whether_o they_o be_v to_o be_v sow_o or_o not_o to_o be_v sow_o etc._n etc._n verse_n xxxv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stone_a there_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o allusion_n to_o the_o punishment_n and_o manner_n of_o death_n in_o the_o council_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o proper_o signify_v the_o flay_v off_o of_o the_o skin_n be_v not_o amiss_o render_v by_o interpreter_n beat_v and_o the_o word_n seem_v to_o relate_v to_o whip_v where_o forty_o stripe_n save_o one_o do_v miserable_o flay_v off_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o poor_a man_n see_v what_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o mean_v in_o that_o very_a usual_a phrase_n express_v this_o whip_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beat_v with_o forty_o stripe_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v signify_v a_o death_n by_o the_o sword_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v in_o the_o sanhedrin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d four_o kind_n of_o death_n be_v deliver_v to_o the_o sanhedrin_n ston_a burn_a kill_a and_o strangle_v 1._o strangle_v strangle_v strangle_v strangle_v strangle_v strangle_v sanhedr_n chap._n 7._o hall_n 1._o verse_n xxxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o heir_n etc._n etc._n compare_v this_o verse_n with_o joh._n xi_o 48._o and_o it_o seem_v to_o hint_n that_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o jew_n acknowledge_v among_o themselves_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o messiah_n but_o be_v strange_o transport_v beside_o their_o sense_n they_o put_v he_o to_o death_n lest_o bring_v in_o another_o worship_n and_o another_o people_n he_o shall_v either_o destroy_v or_o suppress_v their_o worship_n and_o themselves_o verse_n xliv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o whosoever_o shall_v fall_v on_o this_o stone_n shall_v be_v break_v etc._n etc._n here_o be_v a_o plain_a allusion_n to_o the_o manner_n of_o ston_a concern_v which_o thus_o sanhedr_n 4_o sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n chap._n 6._o hall_n 4_o the_o place_n of_o ston_a be_v twice_o as_o high_a as_o a_o man._n from_o the_o top_n of_o this_o one_o of_o the_o witness_n strike_v he_o on_o his_o loin_n fall_v he_o to_o the_o ground_n if_o he_o die_v of_o this_o well_o if_o not_o the_o other_z witness_n throw_v a_o stone_n upon_o his_o heart_n etc._n etc._n g_o ri_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi eleazar_n say_v there_o gemard_n *_o bab._n gemard_n be_v a_o stone_n there_o as_o much_o as_o two_o can_v carry_v this_o they_o throw_v upon_o his_o heart_n chap._n xxii_o verse_n ix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n go_v you_o into_o the_o high_a way_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v bring_v in_o hither_o the_o traveller_n 1._o traveller_n traveller_n traveller_n traveller_n traveller_n traveller_n bab._n beracoth_n fol._n 43._o 1._o what_o be_v the_o order_n of_o sit_v down_o to_o meat_n the_o traveller_n come_v in_o and_o sit_v down_o upon_o bench_n or_o chair_n till_o all_o be_v come_v that_o be_v invite_v the_o gloss_n it_o be_v a_o custom_n among_o rich_a man_n to_o invite_v poor_a traveller_n to_o feast_n verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o herodian_o many_o thing_n be_v conjecture_v concern_v the_o herodian_o i_o make_v a_o judgement_n of_o they_o from_o that_o history_n which_o be_v produce_v by_o the_o
1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o calf_n and_o the_o young_a bullock_n which_o they_o kill_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o passover_n or_o for_o the_o passover_n whence_o we_o may_v observe_v the_o calf_n be_v the_o passover_n as_o well_o as_o the_o lamb._n 2._o the_o elder_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n prepare_v and_o oblige_v themselves_o to_o eat_v the_o chagigah_n the_o passover_n on_o that_o day_n because_o the_o next_o day_n be_v the_o sabbath_n and_o the_o chagihah_n must_v not_o make_v void_a the_o sabbath_n supr_fw-la sabbath_n sabbath_n sabbath_n sabbath_n sabbath_n sabbath_n pesachin_n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chagigah_n do_v not_o set_v aside_o the_o sabbath_n hence_o that_o we_o quote_v before_o that_o the_o chagigah_n be_v not_o to_o be_v bring_v upon_o the_o sabbath_n day_n as_o also_o not_o in_o case_n of_o uncleanness_n because_o however_o the_o chagigah_n and_o defilement_n may_v set_v aside_o the_o passover_n yet_o it_o may_v not_o the_o sabbath_n verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n do_v pilate_n jest_n or_o deride_v they_o when_o he_o bid_v they_o take_v he_o and_o judge_v he_o according_a to_o their_o own_o law_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o capital_a judgement_n or_o sentence_n upon_o life_n have_v be_v take_v from_o the_o jew_n for_o above_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n as_o they_o oftentimes_o themselves_o confess_v but_o how_o come_v this_o to_o pass_v it_o be_v common_o receive_v that_o the_o roman_n at_o this_o time_n the_o jew_n lord_n and_o master_n have_v take_v from_o all_o their_o court_n a_o power_n and_o capacity_n of_o judge_v the_o capital_a matter_n we_o have_v speak_v large_o upon_o this_o subject_n in_o our_o note_n upon_o matth._n xxvi_o 3._o let_v we_o superadd_a a_o few_o thing_n here_o 2._o here_o here_o here_o here_o here_o here_o avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 8._o 2._o rabh_n cahna_n say_v when_o r._n ishmael_n bar_n jose_n lay_v sick_a they_o send_v to_o he_o say_v pray_v sir_n tell_v we_o two_o or_o three_o thing_n which_o thou_o do_v once_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o name_n of_o thy_o father_n he_o say_v to_o they_o a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o wicked_a kingdom_n the_o roman_a empire_n reign_v over_o israel_n fourscore_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o the_o father_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n determine_v about_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o heathen_a land_n and_o about_o glass_n vessel_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o sanhedrin_n remove_v and_o sit_v in_o the_o tavern_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o tradition_n rabh_n isaac_n bar_n abdimi_n say_v they_o do_v not_o judge_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judgement_n of_o mulct_n the_o gloss_n be_v those_o be_v the_o judgement_n about_o sin_v any_o that_o offer_a violence_n that_o entice_v a_o maid_n and_o the_o price_n of_o a_o servant_n when_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n they_o do_v not_o judge_v about_o these_o thing_n and_o so_o those_o judgement_n about_o mulct_n or_o sin_n cease_v here_o we_o have_v one_o part_n of_o their_o judiciary_n power_n lose_v not_o take_v away_o from_o they_o by_o the_o roman_n but_o fall_v of_o itself_o as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n nor_o do_v the_o roman_n indeed_o take_v away_o their_o power_n of_o judge_v in_o capital_a matter_n but_o they_o by_o their_o own_o oscitancy_n supine_n and_o unreasonable_a lenity_n lose_v it_o themselves_o for_o so_o the_o gemara_n go_v on_o rabh_n nachman_n bar_n isaac_n say_v let_v he_o not_o say_v that_o they_o do_v not_o judge_v judgement_n of_o mulct_n for_o they_o do_v not_o judge_v capital_a judgement_n neither_o and_o whence_o come_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o they_o see_v that_o so_o many_o murder_n and_o homicide_n multiply_v upon_o they_o that_o they_o can_v not_o well_o judge_v and_o call_v they_o to_o account_v they_o say_v it_o be_v better_a for_o we_o that_o we_o remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o how_o can_v we_o otherwise_o sit_v here_o and_o not_o punish_v they_o not_o contract_v a_o guilt_n upon_o ourselves_o they_o think_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o punish_v murderer_n while_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o place_n itself_o engage_v they_o to_o it_o they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o gemarist_n upon_o which_o the_o gloss._n the_o room_n gazith_n be_v half_a of_o it_o within_o and_o half_a of_o it_o without_o the_o holy_a place_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v that_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o the_o council_n shall_v sit_v near_o the_o divine_a majesty_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o say_v whoever_o constitute_v a_o unfit_a judge_n be_v as_o if_o he_o plant_v a_o grove_n by_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v write_v judge_n and_o officer_n shall_v thou_o make_v thou_o and_o it_o follow_v present_o after_o thou_o shall_v not_o plant_v thou_o a_o grove_n near_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n deut._n xvi_o 18_o 21._o they_o remove_v therefore_o from_o gazith_n and_o sit_v in_o the_o tavern_n now_o though_o the_o tavern_n be_v upon_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o temple_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o sit_v so_o near_o the_o divine_a majesty_n there_o as_o they_o do_v when_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n let_v we_o now_o in_o order_n put_v the_o whole_a matter_n together_o i._o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v most_o stupid_o and_o unreasonable_o remiss_a in_o their_o punishment_n of_o capital_a offender_n go_v upon_o this_o reason_n especial_o that_o they_o account_v it_o so_o horrible_a a_o thing_n to_o sentence_v a_o israelite_n to_o death_n forsooth_o he_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o stock_n of_o israel_n and_o you_o must_v have_v a_o care_n how_o you_o touch_v such_o a_o one_o 2._o one_o one_o one_o one_o one_o one_o â—ava_fw-la meziah_n sol_fw-mi 83._o 2._o r._n eliezer_n b._n r._n simeon_n have_v lay_v hold_n on_o some_o thief_n r._n joshua_n b._n korchah_n send_v to_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o thou_o vinegar_n the_o son_n of_o good_a wine_n i._n e._n o_o thou_o wicked_a son_n of_o a_o good_a father_n how_o long_o will_v thou_o deliver_v the_o people_n of_o god_n to_o the_o slaughter_n he_o answer_v and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o root_v the_o thorn_n out_o of_o the_o vineyard_n to_o who_o the_o other_o let_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o vineyard_n come_v and_o root_v they_o out_o himself_o it_o be_v worth_a note_n that_o the_o very_a thief_n of_o israel_n be_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o o_o they_o must_v not_o be_v touch_v by_o any_o mean_n but_o refer_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n himself_o 1._o himself_o himself_o himself_o himself_o himself_o himself_o ibid._n fol._n 64._o 1._o when_o r._n ishmael_n b._n r._n jose_n be_v constitute_v a_o magistrate_n by_o the_o king_n there_o happen_v some_o such_o thing_n to_o he_o for_o elias_n himself_o rebuke_v he_o say_v how_o long_o will_v thou_o deliver_v over_o the_o people_n of_o god_n to_o slaughter_n hence_o that_o which_o we_o allege_v elsewhere_o 1._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o maccoth_n fol._n 7._o 1._o the_o sanhedrin_n that_o happen_v to_o sentence_v any_o one_o to_o death_n within_o the_o space_n of_o seven_o year_n be_v call_v a_o destroyer_n r._n eleazar_n ben_fw-mi azariah_n say_v it_o be_v so_o if_o they_o shall_v but_o condemn_v one_o within_o seventy_o year_n ii_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o any_o one_o how_o this_o foolish_a remissness_n and_o let_v loose_a the_o reins_o of_o judgement_n will_v soon_o increase_v the_o number_n of_o robber_n murderer_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n and_o indeed_o they_o do_v so_o abundant_o multiply_v that_o the_o sanhedrin_n neither_o can_v nor_o dare_v as_o it_o ought_v call_v the_o criminal_n to_o account_n the_o law_n sleep_v while_o wickedness_n be_v in_o the_o height_n of_o its_o revel_n and_o punitive_a justice_n be_v so_o out_o of_o countenance_n that_o as_o to_o uncertain_a murder_n they_o make_v no_o search_n and_o certain_a one_o they_o frame_v no_o judgement_n against_o 1._o against_o against_o against_o against_o against_o against_o sotah_n fol._n 47._o 1._o since_o the_o time_n that_o homicide_n multiply_v the_o behead_v the_o heifer_n cease_v and_o in_o the_o place_n before_o quote_v in_o avodah_n 2._o avodah_n avodah_n avodah_n avodah_n avodah_n avodah_n fol._n 8._o 2._o when_o they_o see_v the_o number_n of_o murderer_n so_o great_o increase_v that_o
which_o be_v inflict_v by_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o to_o cut_v off_o which_o be_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n but_o hear_v the_o glosser_n all_o those_o cut_n off_o say_v he_o be_v concern_v thing_n do_v presumptuous_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o there_o be_v no_o previous_a admonition_n or_o protestation_n but_o if_o there_o be_v previous_a admonition_n some_o of_o they_o be_v adjudge_v to_o strangle_v and_o some_o to_o ston_a but_o if_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v out_o of_o ignorance_n a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n be_v require_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cut_v off_o be_v by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n which_o this_o impious_a person_n have_v deserve_v in_o the_o high_a degree_n for_o that_o this_o wicked_a act_n be_v do_v by_o he_o out_o of_o ignorance_n it_o will_v be_v ridiculous_a to_o imagine_v verse_n v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o deliver_v to_o satan_n sect_n a_o few_o thing_n concern_v excommunication_n among_o the_o jew_n whether_o to_o excommunicate_v and_o to_o deliver_v to_o satan_n among_o they_o be_v the_o same_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o excommunication_n among_o the_o jew_n we_o must_v first_o speak_v a_o little_a concern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reproof_n which_o with_o the_o babylonian_a writer_n be_v the_o same_o with_o excommunication_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n moe_v â—at_a n_z fol._n 16._o 1_o reproof_n or_o admonition_n be_v not_o less_o than_o for_o seven_o day_n as_o it_o be_v say_v if_o her_o father_n spit_v in_o her_o face_n shall_v she_o not_o be_v ashamed_a seven_o day_n numb_a xii_o 12._o rabbi_n chasda_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o excommunication_n in_o babylon_n iâ—_n like_o their_o reproof_n in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n these_o example_n be_v there_o produce_v r._n simeon_n the_o son_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n and_o bar_v kaphra_n sit_v read_v and_o when_o the_o place_n which_o they_o read_v be_v too_o hard_o r._n simeon_n say_v to_o bar_n kaphra_n we_o have_v need_n of_o rabbi_n for_o a_o interpreter_n here_o to_o who_o bar_n kaphra_n and_o what_o can_v rabbi_n say_v in_o this_o matter_n r._n simeon_n go_v away_o and_o tell_v this_o to_o his_o father_n who_o thereupon_o be_v angry_a bar_v kaphra_n come_v to_o visit_v he_o he_o say_v to_o he_o o_o bar_n kaphra_n i_o know_v you_o not_o he_o know_v what_o he_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o he_o undergo_v reproof_n thirty_o day_n and_o again_o rabbi_n sometime_o command_v that_o the_o master_n teach_v not_o their_o scholar_n in_o the_o street_n apply_v those_o word_n mystical_o hither_o the_o compass_n of_o thy_o thigh_n be_v like_o jewel_n cant._n vii_o 1._o as_o the_o thigh_n be_v in_o secret_a so_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n be_v in_o secret_a r._n chaiia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v forth_o and_o teach_v the_o two_o son_n of_o his_o brother_n in_o the_o street_n that_o be_v rabb_n and_o bar_v bar_n channah_n rabbi_n hear_v this_o and_o be_v angry_a r._n chaiia_n come_v to_o visit_v he_o he_o say_v to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o aija_n who_o shall_v read_v to_o thou_o in_o the_o street_n the_o gloss_n there_o he_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aija_n in_o contempt_n who_o shall_v read_v to_o thou_o in_o the_o street_n be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v be_v go_v hence_o he_o know_v why_o he_o utter_v such_o word_n against_o he_o therefore_o he_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o reproof_n for_o thirty_o day_n r._n asher_n stick_v in_o this_o business_n why_o bar_n kaphra_n and_o r._n chaiia_n submit_v themselves_o thirty_o day_n to_o that_o reproof_n when_o it_o extend_v not_o itself_o beyond_o seven_o day_n concern_v which_o let_v the_o reader_n see_v if_o he_o be_v at_o leisure_n what_o he_o discourse_v the_o difference_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reproof_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excommunication_n be_v this_o i._o that_o reproof_n or_o correption_n have_v not_o need_v of_o absolution_n excommunication_n have_v ii_o although_o he_o who_o be_v strike_v with_o such_o reproof_n keep_v himself_o within_o door_n and_o go_v not_o abroad_o as_o a_o man_n ashamed_a yet_o other_o abstain_v not_o from_o his_o company_n before_o he_o who_o have_v strike_v he_o with_o that_o thunder_n he_o appear_v not_o nor_o converse_v in_o public_a yet_o any_o one_o may_v resort_v to_o he_o at_o home_n so_o r._n chaiia_n be_v say_v to_o have_v teach_v rabh_n at_o home_o those_o thirty_o day_n reproof_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o master_n be_v when_o some_o eminent_a man_n chide_v another_o say_v how_o impudent_a be_v n._n or_o something_o of_o that_o nature_n now_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o man_n thus_o chide_v or_o reprove_v be_v this_o he_o hide_v himself_o and_o keep_v himself_o at_o home_n as_o one_o ashamed_a that_o he_o may_v not_o see_v his_o face_n who_o shame_v he_o nor_o do_v he_o stand_v before_o he_o with_o his_o head_n uncover_v he_o abate_v also_o of_o his_o laughter_n and_o of_o his_o word_n and_o of_o his_o business_n and_o make_v himself_o sad_a before_o those_o that_o see_v he_o but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n for_o he_o to_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o man_n but_o he_o may_v eat_v and_o drink_v with_o they_o and_o salute_v they_o nor_o need_v he_o to_o please_v he_o that_o reprove_v he_o nor_o needs_o be_v absolution_n but_o when_o he_o have_v take_v the_o reproof_n upon_o he_o and_o the_o time_n be_v expire_v he_o be_v free_a compare_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o tim._n v._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n rebuke_v not_o a_o elder_a etc._n etc._n with_o this_o passage_n and_o now_o to_o pass_v to_o excommunication_n itself_o i._o excommunication_n be_v devise_v and_o find_v out_o by_o the_o jew_n if_o my_o eye_n see_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o those_o fault_n for_o which_o there_o be_v no_o other_o punishment_n decree_v either_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o in_o the_o tradition_n i_o believe_v he_o scarce_o be_v excommunicate_v among_o the_o jew_n for_o who_o offence_n the_o punishment_n either_o of_o cut_v off_o or_o of_o death_n or_o of_o whip_v or_o of_o restitution_n of_o double_a or_o fourfold_o etc._n etc._n be_v open_o appoint_v either_o by_o the_o law_n or_o by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o tradition_n but_o in_o those_o thing_n concern_v which_o there_o be_v no_o such_o appointment_n of_o punishment_n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v there_o be_v fault_n worthy_a of_o punishment_n but_o neither_o law_n nor_o scribe_n assign_v they_o any_o of_o all_o those_o punishment_n which_o be_v name_v but_o certain_o provision_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v that_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o do_v without_o punishment_n hence_o excommunication_n be_v invent_v as_o the_o general_a punishment_n of_o such_o fault_n the_o thing_n itself_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o speak_v this_o if_o we_o well_o weigh_v those_o thing_n for_o which_o excommunication_n be_v inflict_v ii_o the_o cause_n or_o reason_n of_o excommunication_n be_v general_o two_o namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o money_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o epicurism_n this_o distinction_n we_o meet_v with_o in_o a_o place_n 1._o place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n place_n bab._n moed_n katon_n fol._n 16._o 1._o in_o their_o talmud_n where_o they_o treat_v at_o large_a of_o excommunication_n and_o whence_o we_o have_v many_o thing_n concern_v this_o subject_n excommunication_n for_o money_n be_v not_o when_o one_o owe_v another_o money_n do_v not_o pay_v it_o for_o a_o action_n at_o law_n lay_v against_o he_o but_o when_o he_o be_v summon_v into_o court_n and_o adjudge_v by_o the_o bench_n to_o pay_v it_o and_o yet_o pay_v it_o not_o what_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurism_n mean_v we_o may_v learn_v from_o the_o definition_n of_o epicurus_n 2._o epicurus_n epicurus_n epicurus_n epicurus_n epicurus_n epicurus_n sanhedr_n fol._n 99_o 2._o epicurus_n be_v he_o that_o despise_v the_o word_n of_o god_n epicurus_n be_v he_o that_o despise_v the_o scholar_n of_o the_o wise_a men._n the_o aruch_n say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v he_o that_o speak_v with_o a_o ill_a tongue_n he_o be_v epicurus_n among_o the_o talmudist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denote_v one_o that_o be_v presumptuous_a dissolute_a a_o man_n govern_v by_o no_o rule_n thence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurus_n lawless_n dissolute_a not_o circumscribe_v within_o the_o law_n of_o the_o scribe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o the_o gloss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d megill_n fol._n 25._o 2._o the_o heretic_n have_v
there_o be_v sin_n unto_o death_n than_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o unto_o death_n as_o our_o apostle_n say_v there_o be_v in_o the_o word_n immediate_o go_v before_o these_o that_o i_o have_v choose_v in_o these_o that_o i_o have_v choose_v you_o see_v there_o be_v two_o clause_n and_o out_o of_o either_o of_o they_o arise_v two_o question_n out_o of_o the_o former_a i._n what_o sin_n it_o be_v the_o apostle_n mean_v and_o ii_o why_o he_o title_n it_o by_o such_o a_o name_n a_o sin_n unto_o death_n out_o of_o the_o latter_a i._n why_o he_o forbid_v to_o pray_v for_o it_o and_o ii_o why_o he_o forbid_v not_o to_o pray_v for_o it_o i_o mean_v why_o he_o speak_v not_o out_o in_o down_o right_a term_n i_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o pray_v for_o it_o but_o say_v only_o i_o say_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v the_o rhemist_n popish_a expositor_n upon_o the_o place_n will_v answer_v you_o even_o all_o these_o question_n with_o a_o breath_n if_o you_o will_v but_o take_v their_o word_n and_o little_o more_o than_o their_o bare_a word_n must_v you_o expect_v for_o the_o proof_n and_o confirmation_n of_o what_o they_o tell_v you_o 1._o they_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o the_o sin_n our_o apostle_n mean_v be_v any_o sin_n whatsoever_o that_o any_o one_o life_n in_o unrepentant_a all_o his_o time_n 2._o they_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v title_v a_o sin_n unto_o death_n because_o he_o live_v in_o it_o till_o his_o death_n and_o so_o die_v in_o it_o 3._o they_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o the_o apostle_n by_o not_o pray_v for_o he_o mean_v not_o pray_v for_o he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a but_o he_o that_o sin_v not_o a_o sin_n unto_o death_n that_o be_v that_o live_v not_o in_o his_o sin_n till_o he_o die_v but_o repent_v of_o it_o before_o for_o he_o you_o must_v pray_v after_o his_o death_n for_o that_o the_o place_n be_v most_o proper_o or_o only_o mean_v of_o pray_v for_o the_o depart_v say_v they_o this_o convince_v that_o neither_o 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over_o that_o which_o be_v the_o proper_a duty_n and_o reality_n of_o holiness_n and_o rest_v upon_o something_o beside_o it_o so_o concern_v christ_n superstition_n have_v teach_v man_n to_o take_v up_o something_o in_o opinion_n and_o practice_v over_o and_o beside_o what_o be_v needful_a about_o the_o worship_n and_o love_n of_o christ._n to_o worship_v the_o cross_n because_o christ_n suffer_v on_o it_o to_o put_v holiness_n in_o those_o place_n where_o he_o once_o be_v as_o the_o manger_n the_o sepulchre_n etc._n etc._n of_o this_o nature_n and_o rank_n be_v place_v so_o much_o in_o the_o bodily_a presence_n of_o christ_n and_o overlook_v the_o efficacy_n and_o work_n of_o his_o spirit_n transubstantiation_n be_v of_o this_o form_n and_o this_o that_o we_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o like_a viz._n that_o the_o patriarch_n can_v not_o be_v save_v by_o the_o divine_a power_n and_o spirit_n of_o christ_n but_o he_o must_v come_v first_o in_o person_n before_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o 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viii_o 21._o you_o shall_v die_v in_o your_o sin_n whether_o i_o go_v you_o can_v come_v he_o that_o die_v in_o his_o sin_n in_o any_o of_o his_o sin_n must_v never_o come_v where_o christ_n be_v imagine_v a_o man_n have_v get_v off_o all_o his_o sin_n but_o one_o and_o that_o stick_v to_o he_o die_v that_o will_v damn_v he_o as_o well_o as_o all_o suppose_v it_o this_o i_o can_v will_v not_o forgive_v such_o a_o one_o that_o have_v do_v i_o this_o wrong_n that_o spot_n of_o malice_n will_v keep_v he_o out_o of_o heaven_n as_o well_o as_o if_o he_o be_v daub_v all_o over_o with_o all_o sin_n whatsoever_o nay_o to_o come_v to_o a_o low_a rate_n be_v it_o but_o a_o little_a love_n of_o the_o world_n a_o unwillingness_n to_o part_n with_o the_o pleasure_n and_o profit_n of_o it_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o man_n shall_v go_v to_o heaven_n that_o have_v rather_o be_v here_o nay_o yet_o low_o be_v it_o some_o particular_a sin_n that_o he_o have_v chance_v to_o forget_v and_o not_o repent_v 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unrepented_a of_o damn_v as_o well_o as_o many_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o s._n james_n chap._n ii_o 10_o 11._o for_o whosoever_o shall_v keep_v the_o whole_a law_n and_o yet_o offend_v in_o one_o point_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o all_o for_o he_o that_o say_v do_v not_o commit_v adultery_n say_v also_o do_v not_o kill_v now_o if_o thou_o commit_v no_o adultery_n yet_o if_o thou_o kill_v thou_o be_v become_v a_o transgressor_n of_o the_o law_n second_o because_o the_o other_o world_n be_v a_o world_n of_o eternity_n and_o in_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o change_n he_o that_o go_v sinful_a into_o that_o can_v never_o be_v change_v three_o because_o it_o be_v impiety_n to_o make_v any_o thing_n sharer_n with_o the_o blood_n and_o grace_n of_o christ_n in_o man_n salvation_n it_o be_v say_v we_o be_v save_v by_o his_o blood_n and_o by_o his_o grace_n there_o need_v no_o purgatory_n sire_n unless_o these_o be_v weak_a and_o insufficient_a object_n but_o be_v it_o possible_a any_o one_o shall_v 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