31._o 13._o it_o be_v a_o sign_n betwixt_o i_o and_o you_o in_o your_o generation_n that_o you_o may_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n who_o sanctify_v you_o you_o shall_v therefore_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n for_o to_o you_o it_o be_v holy_a nor_o will_v the_o master_n allow_v it_o to_o have_v pertain_v to_o the_o gentile_n some_o exempt_a even_a proselyte_n of_o the_o house_n from_o the_o obligation_n of_o this_o precept_n but_o how_o that_o exemption_n can_v be_v bring_v to_o consist_v with_o those_o word_n of_o the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o strange_a that_o be_v within_o thy_o gate_n i_o see_v not_o chap._n vi_o the_o five_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n honour_n thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o this_o precept_n among_o those_o that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o legible_a by_o the_o light_n of_o right_a reason_n not_o the_o least_o be_v 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sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d understand_v devil_n appear_v to_o their_o votary_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o hee-goat_n with_o long_a hair_n the_o same_o rabbi_n doct._n perplex_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 46._o pag._n 480._o say_v moreover_o of_o the_o zabian_o there_o have_v be_v some_o who_o worship_v daemon_n and_o believe_v they_o to_o have_v the_o form_n of_o male-goat_n and_o thence_o call_v they_o also_o seirim_n i._n e._n goat_n which_o foolish_a and_o ridiculous_a opinion_n be_v in_o moses_n time_n diffuse_v far_o and_o wide_a as_o appear_v from_o the_o above_o recite_v prohibition_n non_fw-la sacrificabunt_fw-la ultrà _fw-la sacrificia_fw-la sua_fw-la lasseirim_n hircis_fw-la i._n e._n daemonibus_fw-la ita_fw-la appellatis_fw-la and_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n why_o the_o eat_n of_o such_o goat_n be_v piacular_a among_o the_o zabian_o by_o which_o name_n he_o understand_v chief_o the_o mendesii_fw-la people_n of_o a_o province_n in_o lower_n egypt_n to_o enumerate_v all_o the_o various_a kind_n of_o idolatry_n use_v by_o the_o egyptian_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n servitude_n under_o they_o interdict_v will_v require_v a_o large_a volume_n for_o not_o content_v to_o adore_v all_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n by_o a_o idolatry_n common_a to_o they_o with_o many_o other_o nation_n they_o be_v then_o grow_v so_o impious_o devout_a that_o they_o form_v to_o themselves_o deity_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o animal_n fourfooted_a beast_n fowl_n fish_n serpent_n infect_v not_o except_v plant_n tree_n and_o herb_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o reason_n that_o moses_n solicitous_a to_o extirpate_v the_o relic_n of_o idolatry_n out_o of_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o infect_a israelite_n at_o once_o and_o by_o one_o universal_a antidote_n give_v they_o this_o command_n deut._n c._n 12._o v._n 2._o &_o 3._o you_o shall_v utter_o destroy_v all_o the_o place_n wherein_o the_o nation_n which_o you_o shall_v possess_v serve_v their_o god_n upon_o the_o high_a mountain_n and_o upon_o hill_n and_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n and_o you_o shall_v overthrow_v their_o altar_n and_o break_v their_o pillar_n and_o burn_v their_o grove_n with_o fire_n and_o hew_v down_o the_o grave_a image_n of_o their_o god_n and_o destroy_v the_o name_n of_o they_o out_o of_o that_o place_n yea_o more_o he_o make_v it_o unlawful_a for_o they_o either_o to_o enter_v into_o a_o league_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o with_o any_o people_n serve_v idol_n intra_fw-la solum_fw-la israeliticum_fw-la or_o to_o have_v conversation_n or_o commerce_n with_o they_o exod._n cap._n 34._o ver_fw-la 15._o and_o deut._n cap._n 7._o ver_fw-la 2._o before_o the_o law_n idolatry_n jacob_n the_o patriarch_n erect_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cippum_fw-la statum_fw-la a_o pillar_n gen._n 35._o 14._o and_o moses_n before_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v build_v raise_v a_o altar_n and_o twelve_o title_n exod._n 24._o 4._o but_o lest_o from_o these_o conspicuous_a example_n occasion_n may_v be_v give_v to_o idolatry_n the_o law_n forbid_v such_o thing_n also_o levit._n 26._o 1._o but_o these_o law_n peculiar_a to_o the_o israelite_n do_v not_o per_fw-mi se_fw-mi oblige_v a_o noachid_n or_o stranger_n to_o who_o live_v without_o the_o hebrew_n territory_n it_o be_v
vicissim_fw-la generare_fw-la possit_fw-la and_o as_o god_n be_v please_v for_o man_n imitation_n to_o impress_v upon_o mute_a animal_n visible_a character_n of_o almost_o all_o virtue_n of_o justice_n clemency_n chastity_n fidelity_n friendship_n etc._n etc._n not_o of_o all_o in_o all_o but_o of_o each_o in_o particular_a species_n so_o have_v he_o give_v for_o a_o example_n of_o filial_a love_n and_o piety_n to_o man_n the_o stork_n which_o sustain_v and_o nourish_v their_o parent_n when_o they_o be_v grow_v old_a and_o weak_a for_o this_o also_o be_v comprehend_v in_o the_o first_o word_n of_o this_o precept_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honour_n want_n which_o in_o its_o chief_a sense_n signify_v to_o nourish_v as_o appear_v from_o the_o 1_o timothy_n 5._o 3._o honour_n widow_n that_o be_v widow_n indeed_o i._n e._n relieve_v their_o want_n and_o contribute_v to_o their_o maintenance_n and_o so_o the_o hebrew_n interpret_v that_o text_n in_o number_n 22._o 17._o i_o will_v promote_v thou_o unto_o very_o great_a honour_n so_o cicero_n officior_fw-la 1._o treat_v of_o duty_n to_o kindred_n and_o near_a relation_n say_v necessaria_fw-la praesidia_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la debentur_fw-la his_o maxim_n and_o hierocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n we_o shall_v high_o honour_v parent_n if_o we_o most_o ready_o serve_v they_o with_o the_o ministry_n of_o our_o body_n and_o the_o help_n of_o money_n here_o i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o strange_a distinction_n make_v betwixt_o son_n and_o daughter_n by_o the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o law_n of_o nourish_a parent_n labour_v of_o old_a age_n or_o poverty_n and_o record_v by_o herodotus_n l._n 2._o 35._o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la filiis_fw-la alendi_fw-la parent_n nolentibus_fw-la sed_fw-la filiabus_fw-la summa_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nolint_fw-la son_n be_v under_o no_o necessity_n to_o feed_v and_o sustain_v their_o parent_n against_o their_o own_o will_n but_o daughter_n be_v most_o strict_o bind_v to_o nourish_v they_o though_o against_o their_o will_n a_o odd_a law_n this_o to_o impose_v the_o burden_n upon_o the_o weak_a sex_n and_o exempt_v the_o strong_a and_o the_o more_o admirable_a to_o i_o because_o no_o reason_n be_v add_v to_o it_o by_o herodotus_n nor_o can_v i_o fix_v my_o conjecture_n upon_o any_o that_o be_v probable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o may_v be_v well_o with_o thou_o this_o be_v here_o add_v out_o of_o deuteronomy_n for_o explication_n sake_n or_o perhaps_o ascribe_v on_o the_o margin_n from_o that_o place_n in_o epist._n to_o the_o ephesian_n 6._o 1._o 3._o many_o such_o additional_a clause_n be_v find_v in_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o thou_o may_v live_v long_o reverence_n here_o abenesdras_n note_v that_o god_n be_v wont_a when_o he_o forbid_v any_o thing_n to_o annex_v the_o penalty_n where_o he_o command_v the_o reward_n as_o in_o this_o place_n but_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o just_a now_o cite_v place_n to_o the_o ephesian_n note_v this_o more_o that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o commandment_n with_o promise_n the_o law_n in_o direct_a word_n promise_v only_o temporal_a felicity_n as_o st._n jerom_n observe_v l._n 2._o commentar_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la galat._n &_o 1_o dialog_n contra_fw-la pelagium_fw-la and_o st._n austin_n de_fw-la civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 10._o cap._n 15._o and_o of_o temporal_a felicity_n the_o principal_a part_n be_v long_a life_n which_o be_v general_o promise_v to_o those_o that_o keep_v the_o law_n as_o in_o levit._n 18._o 5._o and_o 25._o 18._o and_o in_o deuter._n 6._o 17._o 18._o and_o in_o ezech._n 20._o 11._o some_o expound_v the_o hebrew_n word_n that_o they_o may_v prolong_v thy_o day_n namely_o thy_o parent_n by_o their_o favour_n and_o prayer_n to_o god_n but_o i_o fear_v lest_o this_o interpretation_n be_v too_o subtle_a and_o adhere_v rather_o to_o the_o seventy_o and_o other_o interpreter_n who_o take_v the_o hebrew_n word_n though_o of_o a_o active_a form_n in_o a_o passive_a sense_n viz._n that_o thy_o day_n may_v be_v prolong_v to_o absolom_n violate_v this_o precept_n his_o day_n be_v cut_v off_o or_o shorten_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o earth_n or_o in_o the_o land_n life_n in_o exile_n be_v not_o life_n but_o a_o long_a death_n therefore_o god_n promise_v to_o obsequious_a and_o dutiful_a child_n a_o long_a life_n and_o that_o too_o at_o home_n in_o their_o own_o country_n and_o ezechiel_n enumerate_v the_o cause_n of_o deserve_a exile_n put_v the_o contempt_n of_o parent_n in_o the_o head_n of_o the_o catalogue_n chap._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a land_n this_o also_o have_v be_v add_v from_o deut._n 8._o 7._o but_o deserve_o for_o that_o land_n be_v in_o those_o day_n true_o good_a and_o singular_o fertile_a abound_v with_o milk_n honey_n and_o corn_n and_o other_o fruit_n and_o the_o only_a land_n that_o produce_v balsam_n which_o it_o continue_v to_o do_v in_o good_a plenty_n down_o to_o the_o day_n of_o pliny_n who_o therefore_o praise_v it_o and_o do_v even_o at_o this_o time_n though_o in_o less_o quantity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v give_v thou_o law_n the_o present_a for_o the_o future_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o will_v come_v matth._n 3._o 2._o it_o must_v be_v something_o great_a and_o high_o estimable_a that_o god_n confer_v as_o a_o donative_n upon_o the_o posterity_n of_o those_o who_o he_o love_v above_o all_o other_o and_o to_o who_o he_o promise_v to_o give_v it_o but_o as_o god_n promise_v great_a blessing_n to_o those_o that_o observe_v this_o precept_n so_o on_o the_o contrary_n he_o threaten_v grievous_a punishment_n to_o those_o that_o contemn_v and_o revile_v their_o parent_n namely_o death_n by_o decree_n of_o the_o judge_n if_o the_o matter_n be_v by_o sufficient_a testimony_n prove_v against_o they_o exod._n 21._o 15._o 17._o and_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o bring_v to_o public_a notice_n divine_a wrath_n deut._n 27._o 16._o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o dreadful_a and_o from_o which_o good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o chap._n vii_o the_o six_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n in_o the_o hebrew_n this_o precept_n be_v place_v next_o after_o that_o against_o murder_n and_o the_o greek_a copy_n also_o now_o keep_v the_o same_o order_n in_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o the_o decalogue_n in_o deuteronomy_n but_o lest_o any_o shall_v think_v this_o transposition_n of_o these_o two_o precept_n a_o thing_n recent_a i_o must_v observe_v that_o philo_n in_o his_o time_n read_v they_o as_o we_o now_o do_v and_o that_o he_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o among_o unjust_a fact_n adultery_n be_v the_o great_a and_o again_o after_o he_o have_v with_o admirable_a eloquence_n describe_v the_o many_o evil_a consequent_n of_o this_o crime_n he_o say_v meritò_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o hominibus_fw-la exosa_fw-la res_fw-la adulterium_fw-la inter_fw-la crimina_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ducit_fw-la mean_v the_o crime_n that_o be_v injurious_a to_o man_n nor_o do_v the_o ancient_a christian_n read_v they_o otherwise_o follow_v the_o greek_a code_o as_o appear_v from_o tertullian_n de_fw-la pudicitia_fw-la who_o say_v eo_fw-la amplius_fw-la praemittens_fw-la non_fw-la maechaberis_fw-la adjungit_fw-la non_fw-la occides_fw-la oneravit_fw-la utique_fw-la maechiam_fw-la quam_fw-la homicidio_fw-la anteponit_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o whenever_o the_o ancient_n bring_v in_o these_o precept_n in_o another_o order_n they_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o deuteronomy_n not_o out_o of_o this_o place_n of_o exodus_fw-la let_v we_o then_o since_o we_o may_v do_v so_o without_o injury_n to_o the_o diligence_n of_o the_o masoret_n follow_v the_o greek_a edition_n which_o we_o have_v take_v into_o our_o hand_n and_o which_o may_v be_v defend_v not_o only_o by_o its_o antiquity_n but_o also_o by_o this_o probable_a reason_n that_o many_o of_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n prefer_v chastity_n to_o life_n and_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o aristotle_n the_o crime_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o desire_n of_o pleasure_n be_v more_o heinous_a than_o those_o that_o come_v from_o anger_n abenesdras_n think_v that_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v commit_v adultery_n all_o unlawful_a venery_n and_o simple_a fornication_n be_v signify_v but_o we_o find_v that_o among_o the_o hebrew_n that_o word_n be_v everywhere_o take_v only_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o adultery_n and_o so_o translate_v in_o this_o and_o other_o place_n by_o the_o greek_a latin_a and_o other_o interpreter_n true_a it_o be_v indeed_o that_o in_o the_o mosaic_a law_n there_o be_v a_o interdict_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o whore_n in_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o that_o incest_n and_o marriage_n with_o strange_a woman_n that_o worship_v false_a god_n