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i_o be_o not_o to_o set_v down_o my_o own_o but_o my_o author_n sense_n be_v it_o what_o it_o will_v or_o what_o other_o can_v make_v of_o it_o and_o in_o general_a once_o for_o all_o i_o hope_v no_o man_n will_v think_v i_o oblige_v to_o applaud_v or_o approve_v every_o notion_n or_o remark_n of_o these_o treatise_n it_o be_v not_o my_o business_n to_o make_v a_o author_n but_o to_o give_v he_o make_v not_o to_o tell_v what_o the_o author_n shall_v say_v but_o what_o he_o have_v say_v every_o one_o may_v take_v or_o leave_v as_o he_o please_v for_o he_o seem_v i_o confess_v too_o serious_o to_o make_v and_o imitate_v cabbalistical_a and_o rabbinical_a observation_n such_o as_o that_o of_o the_o talmudist_n and_o baal_n hatturim_n but_o sometime_o perhaps_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o observation_n more_o than_o the_o certainty_n or_o probability_n of_o
fol._n 30._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d numberer_n because_o they_o number_v all_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n for_o they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vau_fw-fr in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d levit._fw-la xi_o 42._o be_v the_o middle_a letter_n in_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o gloss_n give_v another_o reason_n out_o of_o the_o jerus_n talm._n namely_o because_o they_o number_v all_o the_o point_n and_o content_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o forty_o principal_a servile_a work_n save_o one_o etc._n etc._n shall_v we_o indeed_o grant_v that_o the_o first_o original_n of_o the_o word_n have_v such_o narrow_a bound_n as_o this_o yet_o do_v not_o this_o hinder_v but_o that_o it_o afterward_o enlarge_v itself_o so_o far_o as_o to_o denote_v any_o person_n learn_v in_o the_o law_n and_o every_o doctor_n of_o it_o nay_o that_o it_o extend_v itself_o even_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o schoolmaster_n that_o teach_v child_n if_o not_o to_o the_o very_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d libellarii_fw-la those_o who_o business_n it_o be_v to_o write_v out_o bill_n of_o divorce_n and_o form_n of_o contract_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o two_n there_o be_v mention_v make_v among_o the_o ten_o sort_n whereof_o if_o none_o shall_v happen_v to_o be_v in_o a_o city_n it_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o any_o disciple_n of_o the_o wise_a to_o abide_v in_o it_o 2._o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o sanhedr_n fol._n 17._o 2._o ii_o that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v more_o emphatical_o call_v the_o scribe_n it_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o it_o need_v no_o confirmation_n that_o passage_n in_o the_o evangelist_n sufficient_o show_v it_o 1._o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o mat._n xxiii_o 1._o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n that_o be_v on_o the_o legislative_a bench_n or_o in_o the_o sanhedrin_n where_o also_o the_o sadducee_n that_o be_v of_o that_o council_n be_v call_v scribe_n and_o the_o scribe_n be_v distinguish_v there_o from_o the_o pharisee_n not_o that_o they_o be_v not_o scribe_n but_o because_o all_o the_o scribe_n there_o be_v not_o pharisees_n iii_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a degree_n of_o doctor_n or_o scribe_n that_o be_v in_o the_o sanhedrin_n but_o be_v not_o member_n of_o it_o these_o be_v common_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o who_o give_v judgement_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fit_a for_o the_o office_n of_o legislator_n but_o not_o yet_o admit_v such_o be_v simeon_n be_v azzai_n and_o simeon_n be_v zumah_n 2._o zumah_n zumah_n zumah_n zumah_n zumah_n zumah_n horaioth_n fol._n 2._o 2._o such_o also_o be_v simeon_n the_o temanite_n of_o who_o we_o have_v make_v mention_n elsewhere_o out_o of_o sanhedr_n fol._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o judge_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v upon_o the_o ground_n he_o do_v not_o sit_v on_o the_o bench_n with_o the_o father_n as_o not_o be_v one_o of_o their_o number_n but_o on_o the_o seat_n below_o near_o the_o ground_n he_o the_o father_n be_v consult_v in_o difficult_a matter_n a_o shadow_n of_o which_o we_o have_v in_o england_n of_o the_o judge_n man_n learn_v in_o the_o law_n who_o have_v their_o seat_n in_o our_o house_n of_o lord_n he_o that_o be_v particular_o call_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wise_a man_n whether_o he_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o father_n or_o only_o of_o these_o kind_n of_o judge_n i_o shall_v not_o at_o present_a dispute_n but_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o judge_n from_o this_o story_n 2._o story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n horaioth_n fol._n 13._o 2._o rabban_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi gamaliel_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o precedent_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n r._n meir_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chacam_n or_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o r._n nathan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o vice_n governor_n now_o when_o rabban_n simeon_n have_v decree_v something_o that_o disparage_v r._n meir_n and_o r._n nathan_n say_v r._n meir_n to_o r._n nathan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o the_o chacam_n or_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o thou_o be_v the_o vicepresident_n let_v we_o remove_v rabban_n simeon_n from_o the_o presidency_n than_o thou_o will_v be_v the_o precedent_n and_o i_o the_o vicepresident_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o common_a and_o yet_o nothing_o more_o difficult_a than_o that_o say_n the_o school_n of_o hillel_n say_v so_o and_o so_o and_o the_o school_n of_o schammai_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v otherwise_o it_o be_v very_o obscure_a who_o these_o wise_a man_n shall_v be_v if_o we_o shall_v say_v the_o sanhedrin_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o one_o part_n of_o it_o consist_v of_o the_o shammaeans_n and_o another_o part_n of_o the_o hillelite_n if_o so_o than_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o these_o wise_a man_n be_v those_o judge_n of_o who_o we_o have_v speak_v unless_o you_o will_v assign_v a_o three_o part_n to_o the_o sadducee_n to_o who_o you_o will_v hardly_o attribute_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o much_o less_o the_o emphatical_a title_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n but_o this_o we_o leave_v undecided_a iii_o let_v we_o a_o little_a inquire_v out_o of_o the_o sanhedrin_n we_o shall_v find_v variety_n of_o scribe_n and_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o law_n itself_o and_o the_o variety_n of_o teach_v it_o hence_o those_o various_a treatise_n among_o the_o rabbin_n the_o micra_fw-la mishneh_n midra_n talmud_n agadah_n etc._n etc._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d micra_fw-la be_v the_o text_n of_o the_o bible_n itself_o its_o read_n and_o literal_a explication_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mishneh_n the_o doctrine_n of_o tradition_n and_o their_o explication_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d midrash_n the_o mystic_a and_o allegorical_a doctrine_n and_o exposition_n of_o the_o scripture_n 21._o scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n scripture_n act._n xv._o 21._o for_o moses_n of_o old_a time_n have_v in_o every_o city_n they_o that_o preach_v he_o be_v read_v in_o the_o synagogue_n every_o sabbath-day_n now_o these_o be_v the_o way_n and_o method_n of_o preach_v he_o i._o as_o to_o the_o write_a law_n for_o every_o one_o know_v they_o have_v a_o twofold_a law_n write_v and_o oral_a as_o they_o call_v it_o as_o to_o the_o write_a law_n therefore_o they_o have_v a_o twofold_a way_n of_o declare_v it_o viz._n explain_v and_o apply_v it_o according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o edification_n exhortation_n and_o comfort_n as_o the_o apostle_n have_v it_o 3._o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o it_o 1_o cor._n fourteen_o 3._o or_o else_o by_o draw_v allegory_n mystery_n and_o far_o fetch_v notion_n out_o of_o it_o as_o to_o the_o former_a way_n the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n seem_v to_o have_v respect_n to_o it_o in_o what_o they_o say_v to_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n 15._o barnabas_n barnabas_n barnabas_n barnabas_n barnabas_n barnabas_n act._n xiii_o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o have_v any_o word_n of_o exhortation_n for_o the_o people_n say_v on_o as_o to_o the_o latter_a the_o instance_n be_v endless_a in_o the_o jewish_a writing_n every_o where_o so_o far_o that_o they_o have_v even_o melt_v down_o the_o whole_a volume_n of_o the_o scripture_n into_o tradition_n and_o allegory_n it_o be_v not_o easy_o determine_v whether_o these_o preacher_n be_v so_o of_o a_o different_a order_n that_o the_o one_o shall_v whole_o addict_v himself_o to_o the_o plain_a and_o literal_a exposition_n and_o application_n of_o the_o scripture_n the_o other_o only_o to_o the_o mystical_a and_o more_o abstruse_a way_n of_o teach_v there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o both_o these_o do_v frequent_o meet_v both_o in_o one_o preacher_n and_o that_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sermon_n and_o indeed_o i_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d agadah_fw-mi may_v sometime_o denote_v both_o these_o way_n of_o expound_v and_o interpret_n the_o law_n 3._o law_n law_n law_n law_n law_n law_n beresh_a rab_n fol._n 90._o 3._o when_o a_o certain_a person_n be_v interrogated_a about_o certain_a tradition_n can_v give_v no_o answer_n the_o stander_n by_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perhaps_o he_o be_v not_o skilled_a in_o the_o traditional_a doctrine_n but_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o expound_v and_o so_o they_o propound_v to_o he_o dan._n x._o 21._o to_o explain_v to_o which_o that_o also_o agree_v well_o enough_o 1._o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o enough_o gloss
tract_n which_o also_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o bethany_n be_v distant_a but_o one_o mile_n or_o a_o single_a sabbath_n day_n journey_n only_o our_o saviour_n lead_v out_o his_o disciple_n when_o he_o be_v about_o to_o ascend_v to_o the_o very_a first_o brink_n of_o that_o region_n or_o tract_n of_o mount_n olivet_n which_o be_v call_v bethany_n and_o be_v distant_a from_o the_o city_n a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n and_o so_o far_o from_o the_o city_n itself_o do_v that_o tract_n extend_v itself_o which_o be_v call_v bethphage_n and_o when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o that_o place_n where_o the_o bound_n of_o bethphage_n and_o bethany_n meet_v and_o touch_v one_o another_o he_o there_o ascend_v in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o he_o get_v upon_o the_o ass_n when_o he_o ride_v into_o jerusalem_n mark_v xi_o 1._o whereas_o therefore_o josephus_n say_v that_o mount_n olivet_n be_v but_o five_o furlong_n from_o the_o city_n he_o mean_v the_o first_o brink_n and_o border_n of_o it_o but_o our_o evangelist_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o place_n where_o christ_n ascend_v where_o the_o name_n of_o olivet_n begin_v as_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o bethphage_n and_o since_o we_o have_v so_o frequent_a mention_n of_o a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n and_o it_o be_v not_o very_o foreign_a from_o our_o present_a purpose_n to_o observe_v something_o concern_v it_o let_v i_o take_v notice_n of_o these_o few_o thing_n i._n the_o space_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o sabbath_n day_n bound_n be_v two_o thousand_o cubit_n 16._o cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n targ._n in_o ruth_n cap._n 1._o 16._o naomi_n say_v to_o ruth_n we_o be_v command_v to_o observe_v the_o sabbath_n and_o the_o feast_n but_o we_o be_v not_o to_o go_v beyond_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o thousand_o cubit_n 27._o cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n cubit_n maimon_n schab_n cap._n 27._o it_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o scribe_n that_o no_o man_n go_v out_o of_o the_o city_n beyond_o two_o thousand_o cubit_n instance_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v endless_a but_o it_o be_v dispute_v upon_o what_o foundation_n this_o constitution_n of_o they_o be_v build_v 4._o build_v build_v build_v build_v build_v build_v hieros_n erubhin_n fol._n 21._o 4._o whence_o come_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o ordain_v concern_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o thousand_o cubit_n it_o be_v found_v upon_o this_o let_v no_o man_n go_v out_o of_o his_o place_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n exod._n xvi_o 29._o 1._o 29._o 29._o 29._o 29._o 29._o 29._o bab._n erubhin_n fol._n 51._o 1._o where_o be_v these_o two_o thousand_o cubit_n mention_v they_o have_v their_o tradition_n from_o hence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d abide_v you_o every_o man_n in_o his_o place_n exod._n xvi_o 29._o these_o be_v four_o cubit_n let_v no_o man_n go_v out_o of_o his_o place_n these_o be_v two_o thousand_o cubit_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o we_o can_v gain_v so_o much_o as_o one_o cubit_n out_o of_o any_o of_o 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and_o erubhin_n cap._n 8._o very_o large_o discourse_v in_o what_o manner_n and_o by_o what_o line_n they_o measure_v these_o two_o thousand_o cubit_n from_o each_o city_n but_o it_o make_v very_o little_a to_o our_o purpose_n only_o let_v i_o add_v this_o one_o thing_n that_o if_o any_o one_o be_v over-taken_a in_o his_o journey_v in_o the_o field_n or_o wilderness_n by_o the_o night_n when_o the_o sabbath_n be_v come_v in_o and_o do_v not_o exact_o know_v the_o space_n of_o two_o thousand_o cubit_n than_o he_o may_v walk_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o thousand_o ordinary_a pace_n and_o these_o be_v account_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sabbatical_a bound_n 1._o bound_n bound_n bound_n bound_n bound_n bound_n erubh._o fol._n 42._o 1._o so_o far_o from_o the_o city_n be_v that_o place_n of_o mount_n olivet_n where_o christ_n ascend_v viz._n that_o part_n of_o the_o mount_n where_o bethphage_n end_v and_o bethany_n begin_v perhaps_o the_o very_a same_o place_n 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therefore_o perform_v his_o promise_n as_o esa._n v._n 4._o what_o can_v god_n have_v do_v more_o to_o this_o purpose_n than_o he_o have_v do_v in_o afford_v the_o mean_n for_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v afford_v and_o here_o come_v in_o the_o work_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o magistracy_n god_n be_v so_o full_o a_o performer_n of_o his_o promise_n that_o he_o have_v leave_v the_o issue_n not_o only_o to_o the_o bare_a preach_v of_o the_o word_n but_o he_o have_v ordain_v also_o the_o sword_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o magistracy_n to_o restrain_v man_n from_o their_o fight_n and_o brutishness_n and_o to_o force_v they_o out_o of_o their_o wilful_a ignorance_n when_o the_o only_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n will_v not_o persuade_v they_o as_o when_o the_o priest_n with_o the_o sound_n of_o their_o trumpet_n will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n to_o subdue_v jericho_n a_o host_n of_o man_n of_o arm_n must_v be_v ready_a to_o assist_v the_o work_n and_o to_o do_v it_o it_o be_v in_o mercy_n to_o man_n soul_n that_o god_n have_v ordain_v magistracy_n as_o well_o as_o it_o in_o mercy_n to_o their_o estate_n and_o for_o the_o secure_n of_o their_o person_n it_o be_v a_o bond_n of_o love_n whereby_o he_o will_v draw_v man_n from_o their_o own_o ruin_n and_o the_o ruine_n of_o other_o a_o holy_a tender_a and_o love_a violence_n whereby_o when_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n can_v persuade_v they_o to_o be_v good_a he_o will_v restrain_v they_o from_o be_v evil_a and_o will_v constrain_v they_o to_o be_v better_a than_o they_o be_v a_o holy_a violence_n that_o will_v make_v man_n good_a whether_o they_o will_v or_o no._n such_o a_o mercy_n be_v a_o christian_a magistracy_n a_o ordinance_n stamp_v with_o christ_n own_o kingly_a picture_n and_o send_v for_o a_o token_n to_o his_o church_n of_o special_a love_n and_o mercy_n as_o aaron_n in_o his_o breastplate_n of_o judgement_n carry_v urim_n and_o thummim_n light_a and_o perfection_n so_o 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