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she_o call_v his_o name_n levi._n she_o call_v he_o levi_n but_o for_o aught_o we_o read_v in_o regard_n of_o herself_o she_o sound_v he_o no_o levi_n as_o she_o hope_v but_o she_o prophesy_v of_o that_o sacred_a office_n whereby_o all_o the_o son_n of_o levi_n become_v conjoyner_n become_v maker_n of_o union_n not_o between_o jacob_n and_o leah_n but_o between_o god_n and_o man_n between_o christ_n and_o his_o spouse_n between_o the_o spiritual_a jacob_n and_o his_o deform_a leah_n for_o as_o true_o as_o ever_o leah_n speak_v may_v the_o church_n then_o and_o may_v the_o church_n now_o affirm_v when_o she_o have_v bear_v these_o son_n unto_o her_o husband_n now_o i_o know_v my_o heavenly_a husband_n my_o lord_n my_o god_n will_v be_v join_v to_o i_o because_o i_o have_v bear_v he_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o son_n of_o union_n 18._o these_o minister_n of_o reconciliation_n plato_n can_v say_v a_o priest_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o friend-maker_n 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religion_n which_o they_o see_v no_o better_a fruit_n of_o those_o who_o be_v enter_v be_v ashamed_a and_o discourage_v forsake_v the_o duty_n of_o religion_n that_o they_o may_v shun_v the_o suspicion_n of_o hypocrisy_n and_o dishonesty_n 7._o but_o woe_n be_v unto_o they_o by_o who_o scandal_n come_v let_v we_o all_o therefore_o take_v heed_n to_o adorn_v and_o approve_v our_o profession_n by_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n not_o only_o of_o piety_n and_o devotion_n towards_o god_n but_o of_o work_n of_o righteousness_n and_o charity_n to_o our_o neighbour_n discourse_n xl._o genesis_n 3._o 13._o and_o the_o lord_n god_n say_v unto_o the_o woman_n what_o be_v this_o that_o thou_o have_v do_v and_o the_o woman_n say_v the_o serpent_n beguile_v i_o and_o i_o do_v eat_v the_o story_n whereof_o the_o word_n i_o have_v read_v be_v part_n be_v so_o well_o know_v to_o all_o that_o it_o will_v be_v needless_a to_o spend_v time_n in_o any_o long_a preface_n thereof_o who_o know_v not_o the_o 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do_v consist_v in_o no_o other_o thing_n but_o in_o the_o ministerial_a retinue_n of_o his_o angel_n which_o if_o true_a where_o shall_v his_o angel_n encamp_v rather_o than_o in_o the_o assembly_n of_o his_o saint_n 20._o in_o midst_n of_o who_o he_o have_v promise_v he_o will_v be_v so_o will_v the_o speech_n of_o s._n paul_n have_v a_o evident_a meaning_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o attire_n and_o demean_v ourselves_o with_o comeliness_n because_o of_o the_o angel_n because_o of_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n in_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o holy_a angel_n who_o can_v consider_v of_o this_o so_o great_a a_o presence_n with_o so_o glorious_a a_o retinue_n and_o not_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o religious_a fear_n with_o a_o holy_a reverence_n as_o often_o as_o he_o be_v to_o appear_v before_o it_o let_v we_o then_o learn_v to_o say_v with_o jacob_n gen._n 28._o 16._o sure_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o this_o place_n and_o be_v afraid_a as_o he_o be_v and_o say_v v._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d how_o dreadful_a be_v this_o place_n this_o be_v no_o other_o but_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o the_o gate_n or_o court_n of_o heaven_n and_o now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o second_o thing_n the_o person_n who_o be_v to_o appear_v at_o these_o solemn_a feast_n every_o male_a all_o thy_o male_n shall_v appear_v and_o here_o we_o be_v to_o inquire_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o female_n or_o woman_n have_v a_o exemption_n from_o this_o solemn_a duty_n which_o to_o omit_v that_o of_o a_o type_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o some_o bring_v i_o take_v to_o be_v these_o three_o 1._o the_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n of_o that_o sex_n not_o able_a without_o much_o danger_n and_o trouble_n to_o endure_v so_o long_o a_o journey_n 2._o the_o danger_n of_o their_o chastity_n in_o such_o a_o concourse_n of_o people_n as_o be_v a_o assembly_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n in_o one_o place_n 3._o the_o care_n of_o their_o tender_a infant_n and_o young_a child_n and_o other_o house-affair_n which_o will_v have_v be_v whole_o abandon_v if_o they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o male_n shall_v have_v be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n so_o far_o away_o and_o so_o long_o absent_a neither_o can_v it_o otherwise_o be_v imagine_v how_o their_o house_n can_v be_v look_v unto_o unless_o the_o one_o be_v to_o stay_v at_o home_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o other_o again_o it_o may_v be_v question_v whether_o all_o male_n without_o respect_n be_v to_o appear_v for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o young_a child_n shall_v or_o decrepit_a old_a man_n can_v appear_v i_o answer_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o all_o male_n who_o be_v within_o the_o age_n and_o year_n of_o service_n namely_o between_o twenty_o and_o fifty_o for_o at_o fifty_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o all_o be_v emeriti_fw-la discharge_v from_o that_o duty_n even_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n serve_v not_o after_o that_o age_n but_o at_o what_o year_n they_o come_v to_o be_v capable_a of_o service_n there_o be_v difference_n the_o priest_n may_v not_o serve_v in_o the_o priest_n office_n afore_o thirty_o numb_a 4._o 3._o nor_o the_o levite_n in_o their_o office_n afore_o twenty_o five_o numb_a 8._o 24._o but_o the_o laity_n be_v capable_a of_o employment_n and_o serviceable_a at_o twenty_o as_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o â—_o of_o numb_a 2_o 3._o where_o god_n command_v moses_n to_o take_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n from_o twenty_o year_n old_a and_o upward_a all_o that_o be_v able_a to_o go_v forth_o to_o war_n so_o imply_v that_o from_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n they_o be_v able_a for_o that_o service_n these_o thing_n thus_o explain_v and_o suppose_v we_o may_v observe_v that_o the_o indulgence_n of_o god_n admit_v the_o case_n of_o infirmity_n unavoidable_a inconvenience_n and_o requisite_a employment_n 1._o as_o allowable_a reason_n of_o absence_n from_o holy_a assembly_n for_o these_o we_o have_v see_v to_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o exemption_n of_o woman_n from_o the_o annual_a and_o solemn_a feast_n and_o no_o question_n but_o if_o the_o like_a case_n may_v happen_v even_o for_o their_o ordinary_a and_o sabbath-assembly_n god_n will_v in_o like_a manner_n dispense_v for_o weakness_n of_o body_n we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v and_o for_o the_o other_o case_n mention_v the_o equity_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o here_o dispense_v with_o woman_n for_o the_o solemn_a assembly_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o the_o indulgence_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o same_o as_o well_o for_o other_o time_n as_o those_o and_o as_o well_o for_o the_o other_o sex_n as_o for_o woman_n and_o if_o in_o the_o time_n of_o that_o law_n god_n be_v thus_o indulgent_a when_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o severe_o and_o strict_o exact_v much_o more_o in_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gospel_n christ_n himself_o here_o lose_v the_o strictness_n even_o of_o the_o sabbath_n rest_n 27._o allege_v that_o the_o sabbath_n be_v make_v for_o man_n and_o not_o man_n for_o the_o sabbath_n for_o of_o the_o two_o duty_n require_v in_o the_o observation_n of_o a_o holy_a day_n the_o call_n of_o a_o holy_a assembly_n and_o bodily_a rest_n from_o corporal_a labour_n the_o law_n seem_v to_o exact_v this_o latter_a of_o rest_n more_o severe_o than_o the_o other_o in_o regard_n it_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v which_o the_o other_o be_v not_o if_o then_o that_o which_o be_v most_o strict_a be_v release_v much_o more_o be_v the_o other_o which_o be_v less_o as_o free_v now_o as_o in_o former_a time_n i_o speak_v not_o this_o against_o a_o religious_a diligence_n for_o that_o be_v require_v of_o all_o who_o have_v no_o just_a impediment_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o god_n himself_o shall_v allow_v and_o therefore_o let_v no_o man_n deceive_v himself_o for_o god_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v not_o mock_v but_o i_o speak_v against_o that_o more_o than_o judaical_a scrupulosity_n of_o some_o 7._o who_o think_v it_o not_o lawful_a upon_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o leave_v any_o at_o home_n to_o keep_v house_n or_o be_v employ_v in_o such_o business_n as_o conveniency_n can_v dispense_v with_o the_o second_o thing_n i_o observe_v here_o be_v 2._o that_o to_o obey_v god_n in_o what_o he_o command_v be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o protection_n or_o a_o warrant_n of_o security_n from_o those_o danger_n which_o humane_a reason_n will_v otherwise_o think_v unavoidable_a or_o obedience_n unto_o god_n in_o what_o he_o command_v be_v a_o great_a security_n than_o all_o the_o caution_n and_o prevention_n that_o humane_a wisdom_n can_v procure_v we_o for_o who_o will_v think_v when_o all_o the_o able_a and_o serviceable_a man_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o israel_n shall_v thrice_o every_o year_n be_v gather_v together_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o the_o whole_a land_n shall_v be_v in_o great_a danger_n of_o invasion_n from_o their_o enemy_n who_o such_o a_o advantage_n can_v not_o but_o allure_v and_o all_o their_o border_n thus_o unfurnished_v can_v not_o well_o prevent_v such_o a_o mischief_n nevertheless_o we_o find_v not_o in_o the_o whole_a scripture_n that_o ever_o any_o such_o evil_n befall_v they_o upon_o this_o occasion_n so_o good_a a_o protection_n be_v obedience_n but_o we_o find_v a_o express_a promise_n to_o the_o contrary_n make_v by_o god_n himself_o lest_o you_o may_v think_v this_o be_v but_o a_o surmise_a danger_n for_o exod._n 34._o 24._o where_o this_o commandment_n be_v also_o mention_v god_n say_v i_o will_v cast_v out_o the_o nation_n before_o thou_o and_o enlarge_v thy_o border_n neither_o shall_v any_o man_n desire_v thy_o land_n when_o thou_o shall_v go_v up_o to_o appear_v before_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n thrice_o in_o the_o year_n but_o for_o all_o this_o we_o know_v their_o last_o woeful_a destruction_n by_o the_o roman_n be_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o passover_n one_o of_o these_o solemn_a time_n and_o no_o marvel_n for_o when_o god_n mean_v to_o cast_v 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