gath_n and_o ekron_n which_o they_o once_o samuel_n 27_o have_v josh._n 15._o 45_o 46._o but_o lose_v judg._n 3._o 3._o peace_n make_v with_o amorites_n for_o the_o samuel_n 28_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n of_o those_o hater_n of_o the_o lord_n have_v have_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o samuel_n 29_o father_n visit_v upon_o they_o samuel_n two_o son_n cause_v the_o people_n to_o abhor_v the_o samuel_n 30_o government_n as_o eli'_v two_o son_n have_v cause_v they_o to_o abhor_v religion_n then_o degeneration_n samuel_n 31_o be_v still_o come_v on_o chap._n ix_o x._o xi_o xii_o world_n 2941_o sam._n 32_o saul_n seek_v ass_n find_v a_o kingdom_n he_o be_v anoint_v at_o ramah_n which_o be_v not_o far_o from_o his_o own_o town_n of_o gibeah_n gibeah_n once_o so_o abominable_a and_o abominable_o destroy_v judg._n 20._o afford_v their_o first_o king_n he_o prophesi_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a among_o a_o company_n of_o prophet_n that_o attend_v the_o ark_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—orum_fw-la be_v saul_n also_o among_o the_o prophet_n and_o one_o of_o the_o same_o place_n answer_v and_o say_v yes_o one_o that_o be_v their_o father_n not_o et_fw-la quis_fw-la but_o et_fw-la qui_fw-la pater_fw-la â—orum_fw-la chap._n 10._o 12._o and_o he_o become_v one_o that_o be_v their_o father_n or_o chief_a prophet_n among_o they_o at_o mizpeh_n where_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v he_o be_v proclaim_v king_n by_o lot_n and_o by_o the_o people_n he_o befriend_v jabesh_n against_o ammon_n for_o jabesh_n have_v be_v a_o friend_n to_o gibeah_n and_o suffer_v for_o it_o judg._n 21._o at_o gilgal_n he_o be_v anoint_v again_o and_o god_n in_o thunder_n and_o lightning_n tell_v the_o people_n of_o his_o displeasure_n for_o their_o ask_v a_o king_n their_o occasion_n of_o so_o do_v be_v nahash_n the_o ammonite_n his_o come_n against_o jabesh_n at_o first_o to_o besiege_v it_o chap._n 12._o 12._o the_o siege_n be_v long_o and_o when_o it_o begin_v to_o capitulate_v for_o surrender_v nahash_n demand_v every_o right_a eye_n in_o the_o town_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xiii_o fourteen_o xv._o sam._n 33_o saul_n 2_o saul_n reign_v one_o year_n and_o he_o reign_v two_o year_n over_o israel_n that_o be_v sam._n 34_o saul_n 3_o he_o have_v now_o be_v king_n one_o year_n from_o his_o first_o anoint_v by_o samuel_n at_o ramah_n to_o his_o second_o anoint_v by_o he_o at_o gibeah_n and_o he_o reign_v after_o this_o two_o year_n more_o before_o the_o lord_n cast_v he_o off_o and_o anoint_a david_n and_o the_o time_n he_o rule_v after_o that_o be_v not_o a_o rule_n but_o a_o tyranny_n and_o persecution_n in_o these_o two_o year_n he_o beat_v the_o philistines_n syrian_n moabite_n and_o ammonite_n that_o invade_v the_o land_n and_o invade_v amalek_n and_o destroy_v it_o but_o undo_v himself_o by_o spare_v agag_n here_o the_o lord_n cast_v he_o off_o chap._n xvi_o world_n 2944_o sam._n 35_o david_n anoint_v in_o bethlehem_n and_o from_o henceforward_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n rest_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o power_n of_o which_o he_o kill_v a_o lion_n and_o bear_n and_o by_o the_o direction_n of_o which_o he_o become_v musical_a and_o pen_v psalm_n this_o be_v that_o that_o make_v music_n by_o david_n hand_n able_a to_o hush_v and_o master_n saul_n devil_n chap._n xvii_o sam._n 36_o david_n kill_v goliath_n a_o type_n of_o christ_n victory_n over_o satan_n the_o chief_a captain_n of_o the_o uncircumcised_a he_o bring_v the_o giant_n head_n to_o saul_n and_o saul_n question_v who_o son_n be_v thou_o not_o that_o either_o saul_n or_o abner_n be_v ignorant_a who_o david_n be_v for_o he_o go_v but_o from_o harp_v to_o saul_n when_o saul_n go_v to_o this_o war_n ver_fw-la 15._o but_o they_o wonder_v what_o kind_n of_o man_n it_o be_v that_o have_v such_o son_n as_o jesse_n have_v now_o in_o the_o army_n and_o his_o question_n be_v not_o so_o much_o filius_fw-la cujus_fw-la as_o filius_fw-la qualis_fw-la viri_fw-la or_o not_o of_o david_n person_n but_o of_o his_o parentage_n the_o 55_o and_o 56_o verse_n in_o their_o proper_a order_n shall_v lie_v after_o verse_n 40._o but_o they_o be_v put_v off_o to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o lie_v that_o saul_n question_n which_o be_v before_o the_o battle_n and_o the_o resolution_n of_o it_o which_o be_v not_o till_o after_o may_v be_v lay_v together_o and_o so_o the_o story_n of_o verse_n 54._o of_o david_n lay_v up_o the_o giant_n head_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v lay_v before_o its_o time_n as_o they_o be_v lay_v after_o for_o he_o lay_v not_o that_o there_o till_o some_o space_n of_o time_n after_o and_o what_o time_n uncertain_a but_o the_o relation_n of_o it_o be_v mention_v in_o this_o place_n because_o he_o will_v dispatch_v the_o story_n of_o goliath_n at_o once_o psalm_n ix_o upon_o this_o victory_n over_o goliath_n david_n pen_v the_o nine_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o champion_n for_o goliath_n be_v call_v ish_n benajim_v 1_o sam._n 17._o 4._o and_o so_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v interpret_v it_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o man_n that_o come_v out_o between_o the_o two_o army_n that_o psalm_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o at_o this_o place_n chap._n xviii_o upon_o david_n discourse_n with_o saul_n and_o upon_o former_a acquaintance_n with_o david_n behaviour_n jonathan_n affect_v he_o saul_n that_o day_n retain_v he_o for_o a_o courtier_n and_o jonathan_n put_v he_o into_o a_o soldier_n and_o courtier_n garb_n and_o so_o they_o march_v from_o the_o camp_n to_o gibeah_n where_o saul_n dwell_v by_o the_o way_n the_o woman_n come_v out_o and_o sing_v so_o as_o they_o displease_v saul_n and_o from_o thenceforward_o he_o spite_v david_n cast_v spear_n at_o he_o to_o kill_v he_o but_o see_v he_o escape_v he_o put_v he_o into_o command_n in_o the_o army_n that_o he_o may_v fall_v there_o thus_o lie_v the_o story_n to_o vers_n 16._o and_o therefore_o the_o five_o verse_n which_o speak_v of_o his_o go_v in_o and_o out_o before_o the_o people_n be_v set_v there_o as_o a_o general_a head_n which_o be_v to_o be_v explain_v afterward_o when_o david_n be_v thus_o set_v at_o large_a from_o saul_n to_o go_v in_o and_o out_o at_o his_o pleasure_n than_o it_o be_v like_a he_o bring_v goliahs_n armour_n to_o bethlehem_n and_o his_o head_n to_o jerusalem_n lay_v up_o these_o trophy_n of_o his_o valour_n victory_n and_o success_n among_o his_o own_o tribe_n that_o when_o occasion_n shall_v be_v and_o he_o shall_v need_v man_n to_o stand_v to_o he_o he_o be_v already_o anoint_a king_n these_o very_a thing_n may_v have_v make_v a_o good_a party_n for_o he_o against_o that_o time_n chap._n xix_o sam._n &_o saul_n 37_o another_o war_n with_o the_o philistines_n another_o spear_n throw_v at_o david_n his_o house_n watch_v that_o he_o may_v be_v slay_v psal._n lix_n here_o come_v in_o the_o fifty_o nine_o psalm_n make_v upon_o this_o watch_n of_o his_o house_n as_o the_o title_n tell_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v between_o the_o 12_o and_o 13_o verse_n of_o this_o 19_o chapter_n samuel_n and_o saul_n and_o david_n be_v meet_v altogether_o chap._n 19_o 22._o 24._o and_o saul_n prophesy_v naked_a for_o 24_o hour_n whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o chap._n 15._o 35._o that_o samuel_n come_v no_o more_o to_o see_v saul_n until_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o by_o way_n of_o homage_n for_o he_o see_v he_o now_o at_o ramah_n by_o saul_n come_v to_o he_o but_o he_o never_o after_o saul_n transgression_n in_o spare_v amalek_n go_v to_o he_o to_o present_v himself_o or_o service_n to_o he_o for_o than_o do_v the_o lord_n cast_v he_o off_o and_o he_o will_v own_v he_o no_o more_o as_o king_n chap._n xx._n saul_n come_v to_o ramah_n put_v david_n to_o fly_v to_o gibeah_n to_o confer_v with_o jonathan_n saul_n bloody_a intention_n be_v discover_v david_n be_v now_o force_v to_o a_o perpetual_a exile_n it_o begin_v now_o chap._n xxi_o david_n come_v to_o nob_n to_o ahimelech_n or_o ahijah_n 1_o sam._n 14._o 3._o in_o the_o day_n of_o abiathar_n mar._n 2._o 26._o our_o saviour_n name_v he_o rather_o than_o ahimelech_n because_o he_o be_v not_o only_o one_o of_o the_o priest_n there_o now_o chap._n 22._o 20._o but_o he_o alone_o escape_v of_o all_o ahimelech_n house_n from_o saul_n fury_n and_o he_o be_v of_o special_a note_n afterward_o from_o nob_n david_n be_v force_v to_o flee_v to_o gath_n the_o very_a town_n of_o goliath_n and_o goliahs_n sword_n now_o about_o he_o there_o be_v he_o discover_v who_o he_o be_v and_o hear_v the_o very_a song_n repeat_v that_o be_v sing_v to_o he_o when_o he_o return_v from_o the_o slaughter_n of_o goliath_n
have_v 600_o man_n with_o he_o a_o guard_n to_o himself_o and_o a_o help_n to_o achish_n against_o saul_n david_n dwell_v at_o ziklag_n and_o invade_v the_o country_n thereabouts_o etc._n etc._n i_o chron._n xii_o from_o beginning_n to_o verse_n 8._o world_n 2959_o sam._n &_o saul_n 40_o thither_o divers_a of_o saul_n own_o tribe_n and_o kindred_n resort_v unto_o he_o and_o these_o be_v name_v in_o this_o chapter_n before_o the_o man_n of_o gad_n that_o have_v fall_v to_o he_o before_o because_o these_o man_n come_v to_o he_o be_v most_o remarkable_a as_o be_v of_o saul_n own_o kindred_n chap._n xxviii_o saul_n end_n be_v now_o approach_v he_o consult_v a_o witch_n he_o have_v neither_o priest_n nor_o prophet_n to_o inquire_v after_o he_o have_v despise_v and_o persecute_v both_o he_o see_v a_o devil_n in_o samuel_n likeness_n and_o hear_v of_o his_o own_o ruin_n chap._n xxix_o the_o philistines_n dare_v not_o trust_v david_n in_o battle_n and_o thus_o the_o lord_n provide_v for_o he_o that_o he_o may_v neither_o prove_v perfidious_a to_o achish_n nor_o fight_v against_o his_o own_o people_n i_o chron._n xii_o vers._n 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o as_o he_o go_v forth_o with_o the_o philistines_n towards_o the_o battle_n and_o as_o he_o come_v back_o again_o from_o they_o divers_z fell_z to_o he_o of_o manasseh_n chap._n xxx_o xxxi_o &_o i_o chron._n x._o david_n return_v home_o find_v no_o home_n at_o all_o ziklag_n fire_v a_o band_n of_o amalekite_n slay_v and_o as_o it_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o saul_n funeral_n saul_n himself_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o by_o a_o amalekite_n he_o have_v never_o prosper_v since_o he_o have_v spare_v that_o generation_n the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n chap._n i._n david_n hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o lament_v he_o and_o charge_v the_o young_a man_n of_o judah_n to_o learn_v the_o use_n of_o the_o bow_n that_o they_o may_v match_v the_o philistines_n in_o archery_n and_o so_o be_v avenge_v on_o they_o for_o saul_n death_n for_o by_o archery_n they_o have_v slay_v he_o the_o story_n of_o the_o amalekite_n to_o david_n be_v not_o a_o lie_n to_o curry_v favour_n or_o to_o obtain_v a_o reward_n but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a and_o a_o real_a truth_n saul_n have_v fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n indeed_o as_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n but_o his_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v hinder_v that_o he_o have_v not_o give_v himself_o a_o wound_n so_o speedy_o deadly_a but_o that_o the_o philistines_n may_v come_v and_o catch_v he_o alive_a and_o abuse_v he_o and_o so_o he_o stand_v bleed_v at_o that_o and_o at_o his_o other_o wound_n lean_v on_o his_o spear_n till_o this_o amalekite_n come_v by_o his_o armour_n bearer_n be_v dead_a already_o and_o these_o word_n when_o his_o armour_n bearer_n see_v that_o saul_n be_v dead_a he_o fall_v on_o his_o sword_n and_o die_v also_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o this_o sense_n that_o when_o he_o see_v saul_n have_v give_v himself_o so_o deadly_a a_o wound_n he_o do_v the_o like_a and_o die_v indeed_o but_o saul_n wound_n be_v not_o so_o quick_a of_o dispatch_n therefore_o he_o desire_v the_o amalekite_n to_o kill_v he_o out_o for_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v withhold_v i_o so_o that_o my_o life_n be_v all_o this_o while_n in_o i_o and_o thus_o saul_n that_o have_v be_v so_o cruel_a to_o david_n be_v now_o cruel_a to_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o have_v spare_v the_o amalekite_n be_v now_o slay_v by_o one_o of_o that_o nation_n chap._n ii_o world_n 2950_o david_n 1_o david_n anoint_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o hebron_n be_v 30_o year_n old_a compair_a david_n 2_o gen._n 41._o 46._o numb_a 4._o 3._o luke_n 3._o 23._o in_o hebran_n abraham_n have_v have_v his_o david_n 3_o first_o land_n and_o much_o residence_n here_o lay_v the_o patriarch_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n david_n 4_o and_o their_o wife_n bury_v and_o here_o be_v john_n baptist_n bear_v and_o our_o saviour_n david_n 5_o conceive_v there_o be_v long_o bustle_a between_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o the_o house_n of_o david_n 6_o saul_n abner_n still_o strive_v to_o make_v a_o party_n strong_a enough_o to_o settle_v one_o of_o saul_n david_n 7_o son_n in_o the_o kingdom_n thereupon_o be_v ishbosheth_n anoint_v in_o saul_n stead_n he_o be_v call_v ishbaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 33._o for_o baal_n be_v common_o call_v bosheth_n or_o shame_n as_o jerubbaal_n be_v call_v jerubbosheth_n 2_o sam._n 11._o 21._o and_o mephibosheth_n 2_o sam._n 9_o 12._o call_v meribaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 34._o see_v also_o jer._n 11._o 13._o abners_fw-la vapour_a cause_v a_o desperate_a duel_n of_o twelve_o and_o twelve_o man_n and_o so_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o continual_a war_n in_o a_o equal_a bloodshed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 27._o if_o thou_o have_v not_o say_v say_v joab_n what_o thou_o do_v say_v in_o the_o morning_n let_v the_o young_a man_n rise_v and_o play_v before_o we_o sure_o the_o people_n have_v go_v away_o every_o man_n from_o his_o brother_n even_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o there_o have_v be_v never_o a_o blow_n strike_v but_o thou_o do_v provoke_v it_o chap._n iii_o david_n six_o son_n bear_v to_o he_o in_o hebron_n in_o his_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n reign_n there_o be_v here_o reckon_v together_o that_o that_o story_n and_o matter_n may_v be_v dispatch_v at_o once_o abner_n upon_o discontent_n at_o ishbosheth_n turn_v to_o david_n and_o confess_v that_o kingdom_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v willing_o and_o witting_o oppose_v but_o god_n will_v not_o suffer_v such_o a_o man_n and_o upon_o such_o ground_n to_o be_v a_o promoter_n of_o david_n throne_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o joab_n even_o in_o a_o place_n of_o judicature_n and_o with_o a_o wound_n parallel_n to_o that_o that_o he_o have_v give_v asahel_n chap._n iu._n ishbosheth_n slay_v by_o two_o benjamite_n brethren_n in_o evil_a they_o come_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o house_n as_o if_o they_o will_v setch_v wheat_n vers_fw-la 6._o that_o be_v with_o a_o sack_n in_o their_o hand_n to_o put_v his_o head_n in_o etc._n etc._n instant_o before_o the_o text_n fall_v upon_o the_o story_n of_o ishbosheth_n it_o relate_v the_o story_n of_o mephibosheth_n because_o he_o be_v now_o all_o the_o stock_n leave_v of_o saul_n house_n but_o only_o rizpahs_n child_n a_o concubine_n and_o morahs_n a_o daughter_n chap._n v._o from_o beginning_n to_o ver._n 11._o and_o i_o chron._n xi_o all_o world_n 2957_o david_n 8_o david_n anoint_a king_n over_o all_o israel_n at_o hebron_n and_o from_o thence_o bring_v by_o all_o israel_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o settle_v he_o there_o and_o to_o make_v that_o the_o royal_a city_n he_o reign_v in_o all_o 40_o year_n in_o hebron_n seven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o at_o jerusalem_n 32_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o this_o latter_a be_v exact_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n life_n upon_o earth_n joab_n after_o david_n curse_n upon_o he_o for_o abner_n murder_v be_v yet_o make_v commander_n in_o chief_a for_o his_o take_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o prosperity_n of_o david_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o build_n of_o it_o be_v present_o set_v down_o after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o take_n of_o the_o city_n as_o begin_v from_o that_o time_n and_o continue_v and_o go_v along_o with_o the_o time_n of_o the_o follow_a story_n and_o so_o to_o be_v carry_v in_o mind_n then_o do_v the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n give_v account_n of_o david_n worthies_z which_o catalogue_n be_v also_o mention_v by_o this_o book_n of_o samuel_n but_o with_o this_o difference_n of_o place_n that_o in_o the_o chronicle_n it_o be_v set_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o david_n reign_n and_o in_o samuel_n in_o the_o latter_a end_n and_o both_o very_o proper_o and_o much_o like_a to_o the_o place_n of_o our_o saviour_n genealogy_n in_o matthew_n and_o luke_n the_o one_o give_v it_o at_o his_o birth_n and_o the_o other_o at_o his_o baptism_n and_o both_o upon_o singular_a reason_n and_o so_o here_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n reckon_v up_o these_o man_n as_o those_o that_o help_v david_n to_o his_o settlement_n in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o it_o mention_n they_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n reckon_v they_o up_o at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o those_o that_o have_v stick_v to_o he_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o help_v to_o keep_v he_o in_o that_o settlement_n in_o both_o the_o book_n there_o be_v first_o reckon_v a_o triumvirate_n or_o three_o gallant_a man_n that_o be_v of_o a_o rank_n by_o themselves_o and_o none_o be_v equal_a with_o they_o or_o like_v
be_v dart_v through_o david_n mourn_v sad_o for_o he_o because_o of_o the_o desperate_a condition_n in_o which_o he_o die_v shimei_n be_v pardon_v he_o come_v down_o first_o of_o all_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n to_o meet_v the_o king_n chap._n 19_o vers_fw-la 20._o here_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n be_v use_v for_o all_o israel_n except_o judah_n and_o set_v in_o opposition_n to_o judah_n joseph_n have_v be_v the_o prime_a family_n while_o the_o ark_n be_v in_o shiloh_n and_o all_o israel_n be_v name_v after_o it_o as_o psal._n 80._o 1._o but_o then_o god_n refuse_v joseph_n and_o choose_v judah_n for_o the_o chief_a psal._n 78._o 68_o 69._o and_o there_o begin_v and_o continue_v the_o difference_n and_o distinction_n betwixt_o israel_n and_o judah_n joseph_n and_o judah_n ephraim_n and_o judah_n for_o by_o all_o these_o name_n be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o tribe_n style_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n chap._n xx._n sheba_n the_o son_n of_o bichri_fw-la rebell_v a_o man_n of_o benjamin_n by_o descent_n ver_fw-la 1._o but_o of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n by_o residence_n ver_fw-la 21._o psal._n xxx_o with_o the_o three_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n read_v the_o 30_o psalm_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v make_v by_o david_n when_o upon_o his_o return_n to_o jerusalem_n after_o his_o flight_n he_o purge_v and_o hallow_v his_o own_o house_n which_o have_v be_v make_v a_o stew_n by_o absalon_n psal._n iu._n with_o this_o chapter_n also_o read_v the_o four_o psalm_n make_v as_o the_o stile_n of_o it_o argue_v upon_o this_o rebellion_n of_o sheba_n as_o the_o three_o psalm_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o rebellion_n of_o absalon_n he_o check_v the_o people_n for_o despise_v his_o kingdom_n and_o harken_v after_o a_o kingdom_n that_o be_v but_o vanity_n as_o first_o absaloms_n and_o now_o shebas_n ver_fw-la 2._o he_o advise_v israel_n and_o judah_n not_o to_o sin_v in_o their_o anger_n 2_o sam._n 19_o 43._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v angry_a but_o sin_v not_o ver_fw-la 4._o he_o profess_v in_o ver_fw-la 7._o that_o since_o the_o time_n that_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o other_o provision_n increase_v to_o he_o from_o barzillai_n shobi_n and_o nahash_n 2_o sam._n 17._o 27._o etc._n etc._n that_o his_o heart_n have_v receive_v comfortable_a confidence_n and_o assurance_n of_o his_o restore_n again_o and_o therefore_o he_o will_v still_o trust_v and_o depend_v upon_o that_o goodness_n and_o providence_n that_o have_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o the_o other_o trouble_n and_o wrought_v those_o good_a beginning_n towards_o he_o chap._n xxi_o to_o vers._n 15._o david_n 36_o three_o year_n famine_n lie_v upon_o the_o land_n for_o the_o offence_n of_o saul_n he_o in_o a_o david_n 37_o zeal_n to_o israel_n and_o judah_n will_v expel_v the_o amorites_n and_o destroy_v they_o and_o david_n 38_o with_o they_o all_o wizard_n and_o witch_n and_o with_o they_o he_o also_o fall_v upon_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o destroy_v they_o though_o joshua_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o they_o that_o these_o three_o year_n famine_n begin_v the_o next_o year_n after_o the_o year_n of_o absaloms_n rebellion_n the_o text_n seem_v to_o hint_n in_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vers_fw-la 1._o the_o year_n after_o that_o year_n for_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n wherein_o mention_n of_o famine_n be_v make_v it_o only_o say_v there_o be_v seven_o year_n famine_n or_o ten_o year_n famine_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o be_v enough_o and_o be_v use_v constant_o to_o denote_v that_o there_o be_v famine_n so_o many_o year_n together_o and_o it_o never_o tell_v that_o there_o be_v famine_n so_o many_o year_n year_n after_o year_n and_o therefore_o this_o expression_n here_o seem_v rather_o to_o join_v the_o three_o year_n of_o famine_n to_o the_o story_n before_o then_o to_o one_o another_o however_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o passage_n in_o the_o story_n of_o david_n number_v the_o people_n that_o direct_v we_o very_o well_o about_o the_o time_n of_o these_o year_n chap._n xxi_o vers._n 15._o to_o end_n i_o chron._n xx._n vers._n 4._o to_o end_n those_o battle_n be_v of_o a_o uncertain_a date_n and_o therefore_o since_o there_o be_v no_o direction_n where_o to_o place_v they_o it_o be_v the_o safe_a way_n to_o take_v they_o in_o the_o order_n where_o they_o lie_v especial_o since_o both_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n and_o the_o chronicle_n have_v lay_v they_o in_o this_o place_n the_o book_n of_o samuel_n reckon_v four_o battle_n and_o the_o chronicle_n but_o three_o for_o that_o wherein_o david_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o can_v not_o come_v off_o with_o honour_n and_o safety_n be_v omit_v the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n conceal_v sometime_o the_o dishonour_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n as_o it_o mention_v not_o the_o fact_n of_o david_n with_o uriah_n and_o his_o wife_n nor_o the_o idolatry_n of_o solomon_n etc._n etc._n the_o book_n of_o samuel_n call_v elhanan_n the_o son_n of_o jaare_v oregim_v a_o bethlehemite_n and_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n call_v he_o the_o son_n of_o jair_a now_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o elhanan_n a_o bethlehemite_n the_o son_n of_o dodo_n 1_o chron._n 12._o 26._o and_o whether_o these_o be_v two_o man_n or_o only_o one_o and_o the_o same_o may_v well_o be_v question_v he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v slay_v goliath_n 2_o sam._n 21._o 19_o that_o be_v lahmi_n goliath_n brother_n as_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n expound_v it_o as_o by_o michal_n be_v mean_v michal_n sister_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n of_o samuel_n ver_fw-la 8._o chap._n xxii_o &_o psal._n xviii_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o argue_v this_o not_o to_o be_v the_o proper_a place_n of_o this_o psalm_n and_o chapter_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v most_o especial_o compose_v upon_o david_n delivery_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n as_o the_o title_n show_v in_o the_o day_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o his_o enemy_n and_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n that_o be_v especial_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n as_o josh._n 2._o 1._o go_v view_n the_o land_n and_o jericho_n that_o be_v jericho_n chief_o 2._o because_o the_o next_o chapter_n in_o samuel_n begin_v thus_o and_o these_o be_v the_o latter_a word_n of_o david_n show_v that_o these_o of_o chap._n 22._o be_v utter_v a_o good_a while_n before_o they_o but_o howsoever_o this_o song_n of_o deliverance_n may_v be_v pen_v by_o david_n many_o year_n a_o go_v upon_o his_o clear_a deliverance_n from_o all_o trouble_n by_o saul_n and_o his_o family_n yet_o be_v it_o most_o proper_o lay_v here_o and_o repeat_v by_o david_n at_o this_o time_n when_o now_o all_o his_o enemy_n have_v spit_v their_o venom_n and_o he_o be_v deliver_v from_o they_o all_o and_o now_o we_o hear_v of_o no_o more_o enemy_n of_o his_o stir_n but_o himself_o a_o enemy_n to_o himself_o in_o number_v the_o people_n if_o any_o one_o will_v be_v so_o curious_a he_o may_v read_v psal._n 18._o at_o the_o end_n of_o 2_o sam._n 4._o when_o david_n be_v quit_v from_o the_o trouble_n of_o saul_n house_n and_o he_o may_v read_v this_o 2_o sam._n 22._o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n again_o here_o chap._n xxiii_o here_o be_v some_o word_n of_o david_n of_o a_o latter_a date_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v render_v verba_fw-la posteriora_fw-la as_o well_o as_o postrema_fw-la the_o reason_n of_o the_o recital_n of_o his_o worthy_n in_o this_o place_n be_v observe_v before_o chap._n xxiv_o &_o i_o chron._n xxi_o david_n 39_o david_n number_v the_o people_n by_o the_o provoke_a of_o satan_n 1_o chron._n 21._o 1._o and_o by_o the_o provoke_a of_o god_n 1_o sam._n 24._o 1._o the_o former_a tend_v to_o a_o sin_n in_o david_n the_o latter_a tend_v to_o a_o punishment_n of_o israel_n the_o lord_n be_v displease_v at_o they_o for_o so_o little_a regard_v david_n kingdom_n as_o he_o have_v be_v at_o david_n for_o the_o matter_n of_o uriah_n and_o as_o he_o have_v be_v at_o saul_n house_n for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o therefore_o he_o give_v up_o david_n to_o a_o covetous_a thought_n to_o number_v the_o people_n that_o he_o may_v lay_v a_o tax_n upon_o every_o poll._n joab_n have_v here_o more_o piety_n at_o the_o least_o more_o policy_n than_o david_n and_o decline_v the_o business_n till_o master_v by_o david_n importunity_n he_o be_v nine_o month_n and_o twenty_o day_n upon_o his_o count_a much_o near_o the_o counting-time_n of_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n and_o at_o last_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o number_n but_o here_o the_o account_n in_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n do_v differ_v exceed_o from_o the_o account_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n
the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o this_o thing_n for_o so_o shall_v the_o word_n be_v render_v as_o crave_v pardon_n for_o idolatry_n past_a and_o not_o beg_v leave_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v gehazy_n covetousness_n bring_v upon_o he_o naaman_n leprosy_n the_o text_n have_v divine_o omit_v a_o letter_n in_o one_o word_n that_o it_o may_v the_o more_o brand_v he_o with_o a_o blot_n for_o this_o his_o villainy_n i_o will_v run_v after_o naaman_n say_v he_o and_o will_v take_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o blot_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d somewhat_o ver_fw-la 20._o the_o three_o year_n elisha_n make_v iron_n to_o swim_v prevent_v the_o syrian_n ambushment_n and_o strike_v those_o with_o blindness_n that_o be_v send_v to_o catch_v he_o and_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o midst_n of_o samaria_n and_o there_o fea_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 6._o 23._o so_o the_o band_n of_o syria_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o into_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n for_o so_o the_o very_a next_o verse_n teach_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v translate_v for_o it_o relate_v that_o after_o this_o benhadad_n gather_v all_o his_o host_n and_o besiege_a samaria_n so_o be_v the_o like_a passage_n to_o be_v render_v 2_o king_n 24._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o or_o at_o that_o time_n out_o of_o his_o land_n for_o in_o jer._n 37._o 5._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o foot_n with_o his_o army_n and_o abroad_o again_o the_o four_o year_n jehoshaphat_n die_v edom_n rebell_v and_o shake_v off_o judah_n yoke_n which_o david_n have_v lay_v upon_o they_o till_o jorams_fw-mi time_n there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o edom_n of_o absolute_a power_n and_o rule_v but_o a_o deputy_n under_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n be_v king_n 1_o king_n 22._o 47._o but_o now_o edom_n revolt_v from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o judah_n and_o make_v a_o king_n over_o themselves_o 2_o king_n 8._o 20._o then_o libnah_n revolt_v also_o joram_n go_v against_o they_o and_o by_o night_n smite_v their_o squadron_n which_o be_v pitch_v about_o he_o to_o give_v he_o battle_n the_o next_o morning_n the_o five_o year_n samaria_n be_v besiege_v by_o benhadad_n and_o the_o famine_n become_v so_o great_a in_o the_o city_n that_o woman_n eat_v their_o own_o child_n as_o deut._n 28._o 53._o 56._o and_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n eat_v dove_n dung_n all_o the_o fault_n be_v lay_v upon_o elisha_n and_o he_o must_v be_v behead_v but_o he_o foretell_v a_o sudden_a and_o wonderful_a delivery_n and_o a_o strange_a and_o miraculous_a plenty_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v a_o unbelieving_a prince_n be_v tread_v to_o death_n the_o six_o year_n philistines_n and_o arabian_n oppress_v joram_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o captive_a his_o wife_n and_o child_n leave_v he_o only_o one_o son_n behind_o here_o he_o be_v meet_v with_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o own_o brethren_n the_o seven_o year_n joram_n be_v fall_v into_o the_o sad_a disease_n of_o his_o bowel_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 19_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o the_o end_n of_o two_o year_n his_o bowel_n fall_v out_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o sickness_n for_o he_o show_v no_o bowel_n to_o his_o brethren_n this_o year_n the_o famine_n end_v at_o harvest_n and_o at_o that_o harvest_n the_o shunamite_n child_n die_v and_o be_v recover_v by_o elisha_n his_o death_n and_o revive_n be_v relate_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n of_o his_o birth_n though_o when_o he_o die_v he_o be_v able_a to_o follow_v the_o reaper_n because_o his_o story_n may_v be_v relate_v together_o and_o not_o long_o after_o his_o mother_n go_v to_o the_o king_n to_o beg_v and_o petition_v to_o be_v settle_v in_o her_o estate_n again_o and_o there_o she_o find_v leprous_a gehazi_n with_o he_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o chapter_n 8._o shall_v chronical_o be_v translate_v as_o of_o the_o time_n past_a now_o elisha_n have_v speak_v to_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 2._o and_o the_o woman_n have_v rise_v and_o do_v after_o the_o say_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n this_o year_n elisha_n be_v at_o damaseus_fw-la benhadad_o sick_a hazael_n stifle_v he_o with_o a_o wet_a cloth_n and_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o to_o ver_fw-la 10._o 2_o king_n viii_o 25._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o joram_n reign_v and_o die_v this_o year_n by_o the_o sword_n of_o jehu_n 2_o king_n 8._o 26._o in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n do_v ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoram_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v to_o reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o he_o reign_v one_o year_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o mother_n name_n be_v athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o 2_o king_n 9_o 29._o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n begin_v ahaziah_n to_o reign_v over_o judah_n 2_o chron._n 22._o 2._o forty_o and_o two_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v etc._n etc._n here_o the_o reader_n see_v two_o plain_a and_o visible_a difference_n the_o one_o about_o the_o age_n of_o ahaziah_n and_o the_o other_o about_o the_o time_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v the_o same_o book_n of_o king_n say_v he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n and_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n now_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v easy_a when_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n reign_v one_o whole_a year_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o his_o father_n and_o eleven_o year_n afterward_o and_o so_o one_o text_n call_v his_o last_o year_n his_o twelve_o that_o be_v of_o his_o whole_a reign_n and_o another_o text_n call_v it_o his_o eleven_o that_o be_v of_o his_o sole_a reign_n after_o his_o father_n death_n but_o the_o other_o difference_n be_v both_o the_o more_o visible_a and_o the_o more_o difficult_a for_o the_o book_n of_o king_n say_v ahaziah_n be_v but_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n say_v he_o be_v two_o and_o forty_o and_o so_o this_o latter_a reckon_n make_v he_o two_o year_n old_a than_o his_o father_n for_o his_o father_n begin_v to_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o and_o reign_v eight_o year_n and_o so_o die_v be_v forty_o 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o now_o for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o scruple_n the_o original_a help_v we_o which_o in_o our_o translation_n be_v not_o visible_a the_o original_a mean_v thus_o ahaziah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n namely_o of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n of_o who_o seed_n he_o be_v by_o the_o mother_n side_n and_o he_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o that_o house_n and_o come_v to_o ruin_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o it_o this_o the_o text_n direct_v we_o to_o look_v after_o when_o it_o call_v his_o mother_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n now_o these_o forty_o two_o year_n be_v easy_o reckon_v by_o any_o that_o will_v count_v back_o in_o the_o chronicle_n to_o the_o second_o of_o omri_n such_o another_o reckon_n there_o be_v about_o jechoniah_n or_o jehojachin_n 2_o king_n 24._o 8._o jehojachin_n be_v eighteen_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v but_o 2_o chron._n 36._o 9_o jehojachin_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o eight_o year_n that_o be_v his_o beginning_n of_o reign_n fall_v in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o of_o judah_n first_o captivity_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v there_o world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o joram_n king_n of_o israel_n fight_v at_o ramoth_n gilead_n be_v wound_v come_v to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o wound_n at_o jezreel_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o jehu_n ahaziah_n have_v be_v with_o joram_n at_o ramoth_n and_o be_v slay_v with_o joram_n at_o jezreel_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o vers_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o 2_o king_n xi_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o world_n 3118_o athaliah_n 1_o jehu_n 1_o division_n 89_o athaliah_n destroy_v athaliah_n 2_o jehu_n 2_o division_n 90_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seed_n royal_a athaliah_n 3_o jehu_n 3_o division_n 91_o that_o be_v leave_v beside_o the_o forty_o athaliah_n 4_o jehu_n 4_o division_n 92_o two_o slay_v by_o jehu_n she_o she_o athaliah_n 5_o
the_o fury_n of_o thy_o wrath_n lie_v hold_v of_o they_o etc._n etc._n which_o while_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n be_v pray_v one_o run_v to_o the_o gate_n or_o door_n of_o the_o house_n and_o set_v it_o wide_o open_a in_o sign_n of_o their_o deliverance_n and_o in_o hope_n of_o elias_n his_o come_n to_o tell_v they_o of_o the_o approach_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o present_o in_o come_v one_o clothe_v in_o white_a that_o their_o child_n may_v believe_v that_o elias_n be_v now_o come_v among_o they_o indeed_o and_o in_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o relate_v that_o every_o sabbath_n day_n at_o night_n they_o call_v hard_o upon_o elias_n and_o since_o he_o vouchsafe_v not_o to_o come_v among_o they_o on_o the_o sabbath_n which_o be_v now_o past_a they_o earnest_o entreat_v he_o that_o he_o will_v come_v the_o next_o sabbath_n day_n and_o their_o rabbin_n and_o wiseman_n have_v teach_v they_o that_o elias_n every_o sabbath_n day_n sit_v under_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n in_o paradise_n take_v account_n of_o and_o write_v down_o the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o keep_n of_o the_o sabbath_n i_o shall_v trespass_v too_o much_o upon_o the_o reader_n patience_n if_o i_o trouble_v he_o with_o any_o more_o such_o trash_n and_o ridiculous_a sluff_n as_o this_o be_v about_o this_o matter_n ihave_v be_v the_o bold_a with_o he_o that_o i_o may_v the_o more_o full_o show_v the_o earnest_n and_o foolish_a expectation_n of_o that_o blind_a nation_n in_o this_o particular_a i_o shall_v only_o crave_v leave_n to_o allege_v some_o few_o expression_n more_o out_o of_o their_o own_o author_n upon_o this_o subject_n that_o here_o once_o for_o all_o their_o doctrine_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o come_n of_o elias_n which_o come_v in_o mention_n now_o and_o then_o in_o the_o evangelist_n may_v be_v handle_v and_o may_v trouble_v we_o no_o more_o their_o second_o and_o great_a expectation_n then_o of_o elias_n be_v that_o he_o will_v come_v visible_o and_o bodily_a before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o that_o he_o will_v do_v great_a thing_n when_o he_o come_v the_o disciple_n well_o know_v and_o speak_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o nation_n when_o upon_o our_o saviour_n discourse_n concern_v his_o own_o resurrection_n they_o make_v this_o reply_n why_o then_o say_v the_o scribe_n that_o elias_n must_v first_o come_v matth._n 17._o 10._o and_o so_o be_v their_o author_n full_a of_o assertion_n to_o such_o a_o purpose_n the_o four_o carpenter_n in_o zechary_n say_v rabbi_n simeon_n be_v messiah_n ben_fw-mi david_n messiah_n ben_fw-mi joseph_n elias_n and_o the_o priest_n of_o righteousness_n vid._n kimch_n in_o zech._n 1._o elias_n shall_v restore_v three_o thing_n in_o israel_n say_v rabbi_n tanchuma_n the_o pot_n of_o manna_n the_o cruse_a of_o the_o anoint_v oil_n and_o the_o cruse_v of_o water_n and_o as_o some_o say_v also_o aaron_n rod_n with_o its_o blossom_n and_o almond_n tauch_n on_o exod._n 1._o the_o talmudist_n in_o erubhim_n perek_n 4._o be_v discourse_v of_o this_o come_n of_o elias_n and_o inquire_v the_o time_n and_o they_o have_v this_o conclusion_n that_o israel_n be_v assure_v that_o elias_n will_v not_o come_v but_o on_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o sabbath_n or_o on_o the_o evening_n of_o feastival_n day_n and_o when_o he_o come_v they_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n he_o be_v come_v fol._n 43._o and_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o sabbath_n they_o intimate_v that_o one_o work_n of_o elias_n when_o he_o thus_o come_v shall_v be_v to_o destroy_v every_o one_o say_v they_o that_o observe_v steadfast_o three_o repast_n on_o the_o sabbath_n be_v deliver_v from_o three_o vengeance_n from_o messiah_n his_o destroy_n from_o the_o judgement_n of_o hell_n and_o from_o the_o war_n of_o gog_n and_o magog_n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o messiah_n it_o be_v write_v here_o the_o day_n viz._n remember_v the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o it_o be_v write_v there_o behold_v i_o send_v unto_o you_o elias_n the_o prophet_n before_o the_o day_n come_v etc._n etc._n perek_n 16._o fol._n 118._o and_o in_o a_o common_a and_o current_a proverb_n among_o they_o they_o hold_v that_o another_o work_n of_o elias_n when_o he_o come_v shall_v be_v to_o resolve_v doubt_n and_o scruple_n and_o to_o unite_v doctrinal_a knot_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v purify_v bastard_n and_o make_v they_o fit_a to_o come_v into_o the_o congregation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n kimch_n in_o zech._n 9_o and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o shepherd_n and_o eight_o principal_a one_o mention_v michah_n 5._o 5._o our_o rabbin_n say_v who_o be_v the_o seven_o shepherd_n david_n in_o the_o middle_n seth_n enoch_n and_o methuselah_n on_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n and_o moses_n on_o his_o left_a and_o who_o be_v the_o eight_o principal_a one_o jesse_n saul_n samuel_n amos_n zephany_n ezekiah_n elias_n and_o messiah_n kimch_n in_o mich._n 5._o and_o for_o this_o come_n of_o elias_n do_v elias_n levita_n so_o hearty_o pray_v in_o tisbi_n in_o rad_a tishbi_fw-la elias_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o gibeah_n so_o let_v it_o be_v god_n good_a will_n that_o he_o may_v be_v with_o we_o in_o this_o time_n and_o let_v that_o verse_n be_v accomplish_v upon_o we_o behold_v i_o send_v you_o elias_n so_o be_v the_o prayer_n of_o elias_n the_o author_n by_o these_o and_o divers_a other_o speech_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n which_o may_v be_v produce_v out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n author_n show_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o that_o people_n concern_v the_o come_n of_o elias_n bodily_a before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o when_o the_o jew_n see_v so_o eminent_a a_o man_n as_o john_n the_o baptist_n come_v in_o so_o powerful_a a_o way_n of_o ministry_n so_o great_a a_o change_n of_o a_o sacrament_n and_o so_o strict_a austerity_n of_o life_n they_o question_v with_o themselves_o and_o with_o he_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o the_o messiah_n and_o when_o he_o deny_v that_o then_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o elias_n but_o it_o be_v some_o wonder_n be_v that_o the_o rather_o because_o our_o saviour_n have_v long_o ago_o resolve_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n behold_v i_o send_v elias_n and_o have_v plain_o tell_v that_o john_n the_o baptist_n be_v the_o elias_n that_o be_v to_o come_v i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o wonder_v this_o consider_v that_o ever_o this_o jewish_a opinion_n of_o elias_n come_v before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v so_o transplant_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o christian_n under_o this_o notion_n of_o elias_n his_o come_n before_o christ_n second_o come_v as_o that_o so_o many_o understand_v it_o as_o literal_o personal_o and_o real_o as_o ever_o the_o gross_a jew_n in_o judea_n do_v it_o be_v endless_a to_o reckon_v their_o name_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a that_o have_v very_o believe_v and_o as_o bold_o assert_v that_o enoch_n and_o elias_n shall_v come_v visible_o and_o bodily_a to_o destroy_v antichrist_n to_o convert_v the_o jew_n and_o to_o build_v up_o the_o elect_a in_o the_o faith_n of_o christ._n he_o that_o desire_v name_n may_v see_v enough_o in_o bellarmine_n de_fw-fr roman_n pontif._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o where_o he_o prove_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o antichrist_n by_o this_o argument_n that_o elias_n and_o enoch_n never_o come_v against_o he_o in_o cornel._n a_o lapide_fw-la in_o apocal._n 11._o where_o he_o hold_v the_o two_o witness_n to_o be_v these_o two_o man_n enoch_n and_o elias_n it_o be_v somewhat_o beside_o our_o work_n to_o take_v up_o this_o controversy_n in_o this_o place_n but_o it_o may_v not_o be_v beside_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o reader_n to_o take_v up_o two_o or_o three_o consideration_n upon_o this_o matter_n and_o to_o ruminate_v and_o study_v upon_o they_o towards_o the_o confutation_n of_o this_o groundless_a opinion_n 1._o that_o the_o great_a and_o terrible_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n before_o which_o elias_n be_v promise_v to_o come_v be_v exceed_o mistake_v by_o those_o that_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o it_o mean_v only_o the_o day_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n as_o may_v be_v prove_v at_o large_a by_o divers_a other_o place_n of_o scripture_n where_o the_o same_o phrase_n be_v use_v and_o the_o like_a misconstruction_n be_v there_o of_o the_o phrase_n in_o the_o last_o day_n by_o take_v it_o for_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o world_n whereas_o it_o mean_v only_o the_o last_o day_n of_o jerusalem_n 2._o those_o two_o witness_n mention_v rev._n 11._o upon_o who_o there_o be_v so_o various_a gloss_n and_o different_a opinion_n be_v picture_v and_o character_v out_o like_o moses_n and_o elias_n
double_a benefit_n the_o one_o to_o keep_v up_o the_o causeway_n on_o either_o side_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o fall_v down_o and_o the_o other_o be_v to_o make_v the_o king_n a_o pleasant_a walk_n and_o shade_n with_o tree_n on_o either_o side_n as_o he_o come_v and_o go_v and_o so_o they_o render_v that_o verse_n in_o esai_n 6._o 13._o where_o the_o word_n be_v only_o use_v beside_o in_o all_o the_o bible_n in_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o ten_o and_o it_o shall_v return_v and_o be_v eat_v as_o a_o teyle-tree_n or_o aâ—_n a_o oak_n by_o shallech_v that_o be_v as_o the_o row_n of_o tree_n on_o the_o side_n of_o this_o causeway_n sect_n ii_o parbar_n gate_n 1_o chron._n xxvi_o 18._o from_z the_o gate_n shallech_v or_o coponius_n that_o lay_v most_o north_n on_o this_o western_a quarter_n let_v we_o walk_v towards_o the_o south_n and_o the_o next_o gate_n we_o come_v to_o be_v call_v parbar_n of_o this_o there_o be_v mention_n in_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n in_o the_o place_n allege_v where_o the_o holy_a ghost_n relate_v the_o disposal_n of_o the_o porter_n at_o the_o several_a gate_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n say_v at_o parbar_n westward_o two_o at_o the_o causeway_n and_o two_o at_o parbar_n by_o which_o it_o be_v apparent_a sufficient_o that_o this_o gate_n be_v in_o the_o west_n quarter_n and_o reasonable_o well_o apparent_a that_o it_o be_v the_o next_o gate_n to_o the_o causeway_n or_o shallech_v because_o it_o be_v so_o name_v with_o it_o but_o by_o that_o time_n we_o have_v full_o survey_v the_o situation_n of_o it_o it_o will_v appear_v to_o have_v be_v so_o plain_a enough_o the_o word_n parbar_n admit_v of_o a_o double_a construction_n for_o it_o either_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o outer_a place_n etc._n place_n place_n place_n gloss._n in_o tamid_n per._n 1._o kimch_o in_o 1_o chron._n xxvi_o aruch_n in_o voce_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o many_o of_o the_o jew_n do_v construe_v it_o or_o it_o concur_v with_o the_o 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little_a upon_o that_o text_n that_o speak_v of_o the_o suburb_n and_o out_o of_o which_o we_o have_v take_v that_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n parbar_n namely_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 11._o it_o be_v say_v there_o that_o josiah_n take_v away_o the_o horse_n that_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n have_v give_v to_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o chamber_n of_o nathan_n melech_n the_o chamberlain_n which_o be_v in_o the_o suburb_n whether_o these_o horse_n be_v give_v to_o the_o sun_n to_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o it_o or_o to_o ride_v on_o to_o meet_v and_o salute_v the_o sunrising_n as_o the_o jew_n suppose_v we_o shall_v not_o trouble_v ourselves_o to_o inquire_v into_o it_o be_v the_o place_n that_o we_o have_v to_o look_v after_o at_o this_o time_n rather_o than_o the_o thing_n these_o stable_n of_o such_o horse_n and_o it_o be_v like_o the_o king_n common_a stable_n be_v in_o the_o same_o place_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o suburb_n and_o at_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o we_o can_v better_o allot_v the_o place_n than_o that_o whereupon_o we_o be_v namely_o that_o they_o stand_v here_o in_o millo_n before_o this_o gate_n parbar_n or_o thereabouts_o and_o from_o thence_o there_o be_v a_o way_n to_o bring_v the_o horse_n up_o to_o the_o king_n house_n when_o the_o king_n will_v use_v either_o those_o horse_n that_o they_o have_v dedicate_v to_o the_o sun_n for_o their_o irreligious_a use_n or_o their_o other_o horse_n for_o their_o common_a use_n as_o they_o go_v out_o of_o millo_n to_o rise_v up_o into_o zion_n they_o pass_v through_o a_o gate_n which_o be_v in_o the_o wall_n that_o part_v between_o millo_n and_o zion_n which_o wall_n and_o gate_n be_v but_o a_o little_a below_o the_o causeway_n that_o go_v up_o to_o the_o gate_n shallech_v and_o this_o help_v to_o understand_v that_o passage_n about_o athaliah_n death_n 2_o king_n xi_o 11._o they_o lay_v hand_n on_o she_o and_o she_o go_v by_o the_o way_n by_o which_o the_o horse_n come_v into_o the_o king_n house_n and_o there_o she_o be_v sâ—ain_o that_o be_v they_o get_v she_o out_o of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o temple_n bring_v she_o down_o by_o the_o gate_n shallech_v and_o the_o causeway_n and_o when_o she_o come_v near_o the_o horse_n gate_n through_o which_o the_o horse_n go_v up_o out_o of_o the_o stable_n in_o millo_n to_o the_o king_n house_n there_o they_o slay_v she_o there_o be_v a_o horse_n gate_n indeed_o in_o the_o main_a wall_n of_o the_o city_n on_o the_o east_n part_n of_o it_o neh._n iii_o 28._o jer._n xxxi_o 39_o but_o that_o be_v distinct_a from_o this_o which_o be_v peculiar_a for_o the_o king_n horse_n and_o therefore_o a_o distinctive_a character_n be_v set_v upon_o this_o namely_o that_o it_o be_v the_o horse_n gate_n towards_o the_o king_n house_n 2_o chron._n xxiii_o 15._o it_o shall_v be_v render_v towards_o the_o king_n house_n rather_o than_o by_o the_o king_n house_n for_o neither_o of_o these_o gate_n either_o that_o on_o the_o east_n which_o be_v a_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n nor_o this_o on_o the_o west_n which_o be_v a_o gate_n into_o millo_n be_v near_o the_o king_n house_n but_o a_o good_a distance_n off_o see_v the_o seventy_o there_o sect_n iii_o the_o two_o gate_n and_o house_n of_o asuppim_fw-la in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o design_v of_o the_o porter_n to_o their_o several_a place_n and_o charge_n in_o chron._n xxvi_o 15_o 17._o it_o be_v say_v thus_o to_o obed_n edom_n south_n ward_n and_o to_o his_o son_n the_o house_n of_o asuppim_fw-la eastward_o be_v six_o levite_n northward_o four_o a_o day_n southward_o four_o
with_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o east-gate_n or_o the_o gate_n nicanor_n but_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v two_o cubit_n and_o a_o half_a high_o and_o the_o rise_n thus_o imagine_v you_o come_v up_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o nicanor_n or_o rather_o imagine_v the_o levite_n come_v up_o from_o it_o with_o their_o musical_a instrument_n in_o their_o hand_n which_o we_o observe_v before_o they_o lay_v up_o in_o room_n just_a under_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n but_o the_o door_n of_o those_o room_n open_v into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o woman_n when_o they_o be_v rise_v the_o many_o step_n into_o the_o gate_n of_o nicanor_n and_o be_v come_v through_o it_o they_o have_v on_o either_o hand_n a_o fair_a passage_n into_o the_o cloister_n or_o court_n of_o the_o people_n such_o another_o as_o he_o have_v that_o come_v upon_o the_o royal_a exchange_n either_o out_o of_o cornhill_n or_o bartlemew-lane_n he_o may_v step_v into_o the_o cloister_n walk_v on_o whether_o hand_n he_o will_v they_o walk_v upon_o even_a ground_n till_o they_o come_v over_o the_o breadth_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o people_n or_o to_o the_o pillar_n which_o be_v on_o the_o further_a side_n of_o that_o court_n which_o bear_v up_o the_o cloister_n and_o distinguish_v the_o court_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n one_o from_o another_o then_o be_v there_o a_o rise_n of_o two_o cubit_n and_o a_o half_a but_o step_v up_o thus_o â—_o thus_o thus_o thus_o id._n ibid._n &_o mid._n per._n 2._o §_o â—_o first_o there_o be_v a_o step_n of_o a_o cubit_n high_a and_o then_o three_o step_n of_o half_a a_o cubit_n high_a a_o piece_n thus_o it_o be_v as_o you_o go_v direct_o up_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o nicanor_n forward_o but_o if_o you_o will_v turn_v on_o either_o hand_n there_o be_v the_o desk_n or_o stand_n of_o the_o levite_n where_o they_o stand_v to_o sing_v and_o to_o make_v their_o music_n make_v with_o step_n as_o even_o as_o that_o middle_a rise_n just_o now_o mention_v first_o a_o rise_n of_o a_o cubit_n height_n and_o that_o run_v along_o at_o that_o height_n all_o along_o before_o the_o rail_n and_o pillar_n that_o part_v betwixt_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o court_n of_o people_n and_o then_o be_v there_o three_o step_n up_o of_o half_a a_o cubit_n high_a a_o piece_n and_o on_o the_o high_a step_n stand_v the_o levite_n with_o their_o instrument_n and_o their_o song_n their_o foot_n even_o with_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o a_o desk_n before_o they_o elias_n levita_n it_o seem_v observe_v not_o this_o rise_n both_o into_o the_o court_n and_o in_o the_o levite_n station_n when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d say_v say_v say_v elias_n in_o tishbi_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n which_o be_v the_o name_n of_o their_o desk_n and_o which_o the_o learned_a render_v suggestus_fw-la or_o pulpitum_fw-la be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o bench_n or_o form_n whereon_o they_o stand_v for_o their_o foot_n stand_v even_o with_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o court_n and_o be_v not_o raise_v above_o it_o at_o all_o his_o word_n be_v these_o i_o wonder_v at_o this_o targum_fw-la on_o psalm_n cxxxiv_o lift_v up_o your_o hand_n o_o you_o priest_n upon_o the_o holy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o behold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bench_n on_o which_o the_o levite_n stand_v when_o they_o sing_v and_o it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n in_o the_o arabic_a but_o in_o the_o dutch_a and_o vulgar_a bauca_fw-la in_o this_o construction_n of_o it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o bench_n and_o own_v it_o for_o a_o arabic_a word_n he_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d follow_v follow_v follow_v aruch_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aruch_n verbatim_o but_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o very_o well_o understand_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o wonder_n especial_o consider_v what_o he_o say_v before_o the_o word_n cite_v namely_o this_o we_o call_v the_o place_n where_o the_o priest_n lift_v up_o their_o hand_n when_o they_o bless_v the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n and_o so_o be_v the_o targum_fw-la lift_v up_o your_o hand_n o_o you_o priest_n on_o the_o holy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o at_o this_o i_o wonder_v now_o if_o he_o wonder_v that_o the_o targum_fw-la have_v bring_v in_o the_o priest_n blessing_n the_o people_n from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d desk_n or_o pulpit_n in_o that_o psalm_n he_o may_v have_v find_v the_o like_a in_o other_o place_n for_o the_o chaldee_n of_o jonathan_n upon_o the_o law_n do_v thus_o render_v the_o 23_o verse_n of_o the_o six_o of_o number_n vi_o number_n number_n number_n targ._n jonathi_o in_o legem_fw-la in_o numb_a vi_o speak_v to_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n say_v thus_o shall_v you_o bless_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n spread_v their_o hand_n upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukana_n and_o they_o shall_v speak_v to_o they_o in_o this_o manner_n where_o the_o hebrew_n gloss_n in_o the_o margin_n interpret_v it_o ibid._n it_o it_o it_o glossa_fw-la mark_fw-mi ibid._n by_o spread_v their_o hand_n in_o the_o place_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukana_n and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bench_v place_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n and_o so_o the_o large_a chaldee_n paraphrase_n upon_o the_o canticle_n gloss_v the_o seven_o verse_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n behold_v his_o bed_n which_o be_v solomon_n threescore_o valiant_a man_n be_v about_o it_o thus_o iii_o thus_o thus_o thus_o targ._n in_o cant._n iii_o when_o solomon_n the_o king_n of_o israel_n build_v the_o house_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o jerusalem_n the_o lord_n say_v by_o his_o word_n how_o beautiful_a be_v this_o house_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n which_o be_v build_v to_o i_o by_o king_n solomon_n the_o son_n of_o david_n and_o how_o beautiful_a be_v the_o priest_n when_o they_o spread_v forth_o their_o hand_n and_o stand_v upon_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n and_o bless_v the_o people_n the_o house_n of_o israel_n by_o the_o threescore_o wonder_n that_o be_v deliver_v to_o moses_n their_o master_n but_o it_o seem_v his_o wonder_n be_v at_o this_o that_o the_o jew_n so_o general_o and_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n particular_o shall_v hold_v that_o the_o priest_n when_o they_o bless_v the_o people_n stand_v upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n whereas_o the_o dukan_a or_o these_o desk_n be_v for_o the_o levite_n and_o not_o for_o the_o priest_n and_o if_o i_o do_v conceive_v that_o they_o mean_v these_o very_a desk_n of_o the_o levite_n when_o they_o say_v the_o priest_n stand_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n and_o bless_a the_o people_n i_o shall_v wonder_v with_o he_o also_o but_o i_o suppose_v they_o mean_v some_o other_o desk_n appropriate_a to_o the_o priest_n for_o this_o purpose_n or_o the_o place_n of_o the_o priest_n stand_v when_o they_o bless_v the_o people_n and_o as_o by_o a_o name_n best_o know_v they_o call_v it_o dukan_n the_o word_n of_o the_o talmud_n in_o description_n of_o these_o desk_n where_o the_o levite_n stand_v to_o sing_v and_o to_o make_v their_o music_n be_v these_o 2_o these_o these_o these_o mid._n per._n 2_o rabbi_n eliezer_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n say_v there_o be_v a_o rise_n viz._n out_o of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o people_n into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o it_o be_v a_o cubit_n high_a and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dukan_n be_v set_v above_o it_o and_o in_o that_o there_o be_v three_o step_n of_o half_a a_o cubit_n high_a a_o piece_n so_o that_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v find_v to_o be_v high_a than_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n by_o two_o cubit_n and_o a_o half_a so_o that_o it_o appear_v indeed_o that_o the_o levite_n stand_v upon_o raise_a step_n in_o their_o desk_n but_o it_o be_v plain_a withal_o that_o the_o high_a step_n be_v no_o high_a than_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o court_n before_o they_o and_o that_o that_o step_v whereon_o they_o stand_v be_v not_o call_v the_o dukan_n but_o the_o whole_a place_n of_o the_o three_o step_n rise_v and_o thus_o be_v the_o eleven_o cubit_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o priest_n at_o this_o east_n quarter_n of_o the_o court_n take_v up_o and_o divide_v namely_o two_o cubit_n and_o a_o half_a take_v up_o by_o the_o desk_n of_o the_o singer_n for_o as_o be_v the_o height_n of_o the_o step_n so_o be_v their_o breadth_n and_o eight_o cubit_n and_o a_o half_a
of_o the_o place_n be_v that_o christ_n shine_v forth_o in_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v a_o light_n that_o lighten_v all_o the_o world_n the_o light_n of_o the_o law_n shine_v only_o upon_o the_o jew_n but_o this_o light_n spread_v wide_a even_o over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n verse_n xii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o give_v they_o power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o empower_v they_o so_o eccl._n v._n 19_o &_o vi_o 2._o he_o give_v they_o the_o privilege_n the_o liberty_n the_o dignity_n of_o be_v call_v and_o become_v the_o son_n of_o god_n israel_n be_v once_o the_o son_n and_o the_o first-born_a exod._n iu_o 22._o but_o now_o the_o adoption_n of_o son_n to_o god_n be_v open_a and_o free_a to_o all_o nation_n whatever_o verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v bear_v not_o of_o blood_n it_o may_v be_v a_o question_n here_o whether_o the_o evangelist_n in_o this_o place_n oppose_v regeneration_n to_o natural_a generation_n or_o only_o to_o those_o way_n by_o which_o the_o jew_n fancy_v man_n be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n expositor_n treat_v large_o of_o the_o former_a let_v we_o a_o little_a consider_v the_o latter_a i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o of_o blood_n observe_v the_o plural_a number_n 19_o number_n number_n number_n number_n number_n number_n shemoth_n rabba_fw-mi sect._n 19_o our_o rabbin_n say_v that_o all_o israel_n have_v throw_v off_o circumcision_n in_o egypt_n but_o at_o length_n they_o be_v circumcise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o passover_n be_v mingle_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o circumcise_a and_o god_n accept_v every_o one_o of_o they_o and_o kiss_v they_o 191._o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o gloss._n in_o vajicra_fw-la rab_n fol._n 191._o i_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d while_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o blood_n live_v i._n e._n in_o the_o twofold_a blood_n that_o of_o the_o passover_n and_o that_o of_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n wherein_o the_o patriarch_n and_o other_o jew_n be_v ambitious_a by_o many_o wife_n to_o multiply_v child_n to_o themselves_o as_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o israel_n and_o child_n of_o the_o covenant_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o they_o covet_v so_o many_o proselyte_n to_o admit_v they_o into_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o so_o into_o covenant_n and_o sonship_n with_o god_n these_o be_v the_o way_n by_o which_o the_o jew_n think_v any_o become_v the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o be_v by_o be_v make_v israelites_n but_o it_o be_v far_o otherwise_o in_o the_o adoption_n and_o sonship_n that_o accrue_v to_o we_o by_o the_o gospel_n verse_n fourteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o glory_n as_o of_o the_o only_o beget_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o place_n import_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o worthy_a we_o see_v his_o glory_n as_o what_o be_v worthy_a or_o become_v the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n he_o do_v not_o glister_v in_o any_o worldly_a pomp_n or_o grandeur_n according_a to_o what_o the_o jewish_a nation_n fond_o dream_v their_o messiah_n will_v do_v but_o he_o be_v deck_v with_o the_o glory_n of_o holiness_n grace_n truth_n and_o the_o power_n of_o miracle_n verse_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o grace_n for_o grace_n he_o appear_v among_o we_o full_a of_o grace_n and_o truth_n and_o all_o we_o who_o converse_v with_o he_o and_o see_v his_o glory_n of_o his_o fullness_n do_v receive_v grace_n and_o truth_n nay_o further_o we_o receive_v grace_n towards_o the_o propagation_n of_o grace_n i._n e._n the_o grace_n of_o apostleship_n that_o we_o may_v dispense_v and_o propagate_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n towards_o other_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denote_v the_o end_n or_o design_n of_o a_o thing_n very_o frequent_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o but_o must_v needs_o know_v verse_n xxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v thou_o that_o prophet_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n ix_o 8_o 19_o one_o of_o the_o old_a prophet_n that_o be_v rise_v again_o i._o the_o master_n of_o tradition_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n depart_v from_o israel_n after_o the_o death_n of_o zachary_n and_o malachy_n so_o that_o we_o do_v not_o find_v they_o expect_v any_o prophet_n till_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n nor_o indeed_o that_o any_o in_o that_o interim_n of_o time_n do_v pretend_v to_o that_o character_n ii_o they_o believe_v that_o at_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o prophet_n be_v to_o rise_v again_o 2._o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o sanhedr_n fol._n 91._o 2._o they_o watchmen_z shall_v lift_v up_o the_o voice_n with_o the_o voice_n together_o shall_v they_o sing_v isa._n lii_o 8._o r._n chaia_n bar_n abba_n and_o r._n johanan_n say_v all_z the_o prophet_n 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interpreter_n instead_o of_o eight_o principal_a man_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eight_o bite_n of_o man_n a_o very_a foreign_a sense_n they_o mistake_v in_o read_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o which_o they_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hence_o by_o how_o much_o near_o still_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o expect_a time_n of_o messiah_n come_n draw_v on_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o do_v they_o dream_v of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o when_o any_o person_n of_o more_o remarkable_a gravity_n piety_n and_o holiness_n appear_v among_o they_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o conceive_v of_o he_o as_o a_o prophet_n raise_v from_o the_o dead_a mat._n xvi_o 14._o that_o therefore_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v thou_o one_o of_o the_o prophet_n raise_v from_o the_o dead_a verse_n xxv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o then_o baptise_v thou_o the_o jew_n likewise_o expect_v 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for_o the_o time_n and_o place_n of_o it_o david_n name_v one_o of_o his_o son_n by_o bathsheba_n nathan_n after_o the_o name_n of_o the_o prophet_n 1_o chron._n 3._o 5._o zach._n 12._o 12._o and_o this_o be_v that_o son_n of_o who_o christ_n descend_v luke_n 3._o 31._o and_o thus_o david_n both_o show_v his_o belief_n of_o the_o promise_n that_o nathan_n have_v tell_v he_o of_o when_o he_o bring_v he_o good_a tiding_n and_o his_o repentance_n for_o that_o sin_n that_o nathan_n check_v he_o for_o when_o he_o bring_v he_o bad_a chap._n xii_o from_o vers_fw-la 15._o and_o the_o lord_n strike_v the_o child_n etc._n etc._n to_o vers_fw-la 24._o david_n 27_o the_o child_n beget_v in_o adultery_n die_v uncircumcised_a david_n have_v be_v certain_o tell_v by_o nathan_n that_o he_o shall_v die_v yet_o he_o beg_v for_o his_o life_n chap._n xii_o from_z vers_n 28._o to_o the_o end_n i_o chron._n xx._n vers_fw-la 1._o and_o joab_n smite_v rabbah_n and_o destroy_v it_o and_z vers_n 2_o 3._o joab_n take_v part_n of_o rabbah_n namely_o that_o part_n where_o the_o court_n lie_v and_o david_n come_v and_o take_v the_o rest_n and_o put_v the_o ammonite_n to_o exquisite_a torture_n chap._n xiii_o all_o david_n 28_o amnon_n deflour_v tamar_n his_o own_o sister_n compare_v this_o incest_n of_o david_n elder_a son_n with_o that_o of_o reuben_n jacob_n elder_a son_n gen._n 35._o 22._o and_o this_o rape_n of_o tamar_n with_o the_o rape_n of_o dinah_n gen._n 34._o and_o this_o tamar_n incestuate_v by_o she_o own_o brother_n with_o tamar_n incestuate_v by_o she_o own_o father_n in_o law_n gen._n 38._o david_n 29_o absalon_n call_v amnon_n aminon_n scornful_o ver_fw-la 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v aminon_n thy_o brother_n be_v with_o thou_o absalon_n murder_v amnon_n here_o observe_v the_o hand_n and_o proceed_n of_o justice_n as_o david_n have_v commit_v adultery_n make_v uriah_n drink_v and_o then_o murder_v he_o so_o amnon_n commit_v incest_n be_v make_v drink_v and_o then_o 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conceive_v in_o adultery_n his_o reconciliation_n be_v show_v in_o the_o lord_n delight_v in_o a_o child_n bear_v in_o wedlock_n of_o the_o same_o woman_n his_o birth_n be_v mention_v before_o the_o take_n of_o rabbah_n though_o it_o be_v long_o after_o because_o the_o text_n have_v bathsheba_n story_n david_n 31_o in_o hand_n it_o will_v conclude_v it_o altogether_o absalon_n in_o this_o year_n in_o exile_n at_o geshur_n absalon_n still_o at_o geshur_n chap._n fourteen_o etc._n etc._n david_n 32_o absalon_n still_o at_o geshur_n but_o this_o year_n beg_v home_o again_o by_o joab_n and_o by_o a_o suborn_a woman_n her_o speech_n to_o david_n be_v very_o obscure_a and_o intricate_a if_o not_o very_o well_o look_v into_o and_o consider_v she_o first_o propose_v a_o story_n parable_n wise_a of_o one_o of_o her_o son_n murder_v another_o as_o absalon_n have_v do_v amnon_n and_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o slayer_n for_o the_o fact_n if_o the_o king_n shall_v not_o remedy_v it_o to_o this_o the_o king_n answer_v she_o go_v to_o thy_o house_n and_o i_o will_v give_v charge_n concern_v thou_o ver_fw-la 8._o and_o the_o woman_n say_v unto_o the_o king_n the_o iniquity_n be_v on_o i_o and_o on_o my_o father_n house_n and_o the_o king_n and_o his_o throne_n be_v guiltless_a vers_fw-la 9_o her_o meaning_n in_o plain_a term_n be_v this_o well_o thou_o give_v i_o such_o a_o answer_n and_o dispatch_v as_o may_v possible_o bring_v the_o blood_n upon_o thy_o own_o head_n and_o upon_o thy_o throne_n for_o thou_o say_v thou_o will_v give_v charge_n concern_v i_o to_o prevent_v the_o mischief_n which_o may_v chance_v be_v do_v before_o thou_o prevent_v it_o and_o the_o king_n say_v whosoever_o say_v aught_o unto_o thou_o bring_v he_o to_o i_o and_o he_o shall_v not_o touch_v thou_o any_o more_o ver_fw-la 10._o she_o reply_v to_o this_o let_v the_o king_n remember_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o of_o the_o multitude_n of_o avenger_n of_o blood_n to_o destroy_v and_o let_v they_o not_o destroy_v my_o son_n that_o be_v let_v the_o king_n for_o the_o lord_n sake_n consider_v how_o many_o avenger_n of_o blood_n there_o be_v and_o while_o i_o be_o bring_v one_o to_o thou_o another_o may_v chance_v kill_v he_o in_o the_o mean_a season_n then_o the_o king_n swear_v her_o son_n shall_v not_o die_v and_o then_o she_o come_v close_o up_o to_o her_o errand_n and_o why_o say_v she_o have_v thou_o such_o thought_n towards_o the_o people_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n and_o think_v not_o the_o like_a towards_o the_o people_n of_o thy_o own_o family_n so_o as_o to_o bring_v thy_o own_o banish_a back_n for_o we_o must_v indeed_o once_o die_v and_o when_o we_o be_v dead_a there_o be_v no_o recall_v of_o we_o any_o more_o no_o more_o than_o spill_v water_n can_v be_v gather_v again_o off_o the_o ground_n but_o while_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o life_n he_o have_v contrive_v way_n and_o thought_n that_o a_o banish_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v banish_v for_o ever_o from_o he_o etc._n etc._n david_n 33_o absalon_n be_v at_o jerusalem_n but_o see_v not_o the_o king_n face_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o nazarite_n for_o the_o present_a and_o under_o a_o vow_n that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o pretend_v the_o pay_n of_o a_o vow_n at_o hebron_n yet_o be_v he_o force_v to_o cut_v his_o hair_n before_o his_o vow_n david_n 34_o be_v pay_v because_o it_o be_v a_o burden_n to_o he_o he_o bring_v joab_n to_o he_o as_o god_n use_v to_o bring_v man_n to_o he_o by_o affliction_n he_o fire_v his_o field_n and_o then_o come_v joab_n and_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o king_n chap._n xv._o david_n 35_o absalon_n rebel_n at_o the_o end_n of_o forty_o year_n after_o david_n be_v first_o anoint_v by_o samuel_n at_o bethlehem_n and_o put_v david_n to_o flee_v for_o his_o life_n psal._n iii_o with_o the_o thirty_o second_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n even_o with_o these_o word_n of_o it_o and_o when_o david_n come_v to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mount_n where_o he_o worship_v god_n read_v the_o three_o psalm_n make_v as_o the_o title_n tell_v by_o david_n when_o he_o flee_v from_o his_o son_n absalon_n and_o pour_v out_o as_o may_v well_o be_v suppose_v in_o this_o prayer_n that_o he_o make_v on_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n olivet_n where_o he_o worship_v god_n he_o complain_v sad_o in_o it_o of_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o enemy_n that_o be_v against_o he_o and_o of_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o false_a friend_n that_o dare_v not_o be_v for_o he_o but_o yet_o assure_v himself_o of_o deliverance_n and_o of_o his_o enemy_n destruction_n and_o prophesi_v of_o the_o very_a manner_n of_o the_o end_n of_o absalon_n and_o achitophel_n if_o you_o will_v take_v these_o word_n in_o the_o very_a letter_n thou_o have_v smite_v my_o enemy_n on_o the_o cheek_n bone_n achitophel_n with_o the_o knot_n of_o the_o rope_n and_o absalon_n with_o the_o bough_n of_o the_o oak_n unless_o he_o allude_v to_o samson_n victory_n with_o the_o jaw_n bone_n and_o foresee_v that_o by_o small_a mean_n as_o that_o be_v the_o lord_n will_v bring_v he_o a_o great_a deliverance_n compare_v christ_n go_v up_o to_o mount_v olivet_n and_o there_o pray_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o bitterness_n with_o this_o type_n of_o david_n chap._n xvi_o david_n give_v away_o and_o dispose_v of_o mephibosheths_n land_n when_o he_o have_v not_o power_n to_o dispose_v of_o his_o own_o shimei_n fling_v curse_n and_o stone_n at_o david_n and_o bark_n like_o a_o live_a dog_n though_o abishai_n call_v he_o a_o dead_a one_o the_o only_a unjust_a act_n that_o ever_o david_n have_v do_v against_o the_o house_n of_o saul_n he_o have_v but_o new_o do_v that_o be_v give_v away_o mephibosheths_n land_n and_o here_o a_o man_n of_o the_o house_n of_o saul_n be_v soon_o upon_o he_o psal._n vii_o betwixt_o the_o thirteen_o and_o fourteen_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n come_v in_o the_o seven_o psalm_n make_v by_o david_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o shimei_n and_o sing_v by_o he_o even_o in_o this_o extremity_n he_o call_v he_o cush_n by_o way_n of_o derision_n as_o allude_v to_o kish_n the_o father_n of_o saul_n family_n for_o shimei_n be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o saul_n but_o turn_v it_o into_o cush_n upon_o shimei_n a_o accurse_a name_n gen._n 10._o and_o a_o black-moor_n nation_n and_o of_o such_o a_o colour_n be_v shimeis_n condition_n chap._n xvii_o ahitophels_n curse_a spleen_n against_o david_n yet_o he_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a be_v bathshebaes_n grandfather_n hushai_n foil_v his_o counsel_n psal._n xlii_o xliii_o david_n in_o his_o slight_n from_o absalon_n stay_v not_o till_o he_o come_v close_o to_o jordan_n and_o there_o he_o rest_v that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o necessity_n or_o danger_n he_o be_v ready_a to_o get_v over_o the_o water_n and_o be_v go_v and_o so_o be_v that_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o 2_o sam._n 16._o 14._o and_o the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o people_n that_o be_v with_o he_o come_v weary_a and_o refresh_v themselves_o there_o that_o be_v a_o little_a beyond_o bahurim_n which_o be_v close_o by_o jordan_n and_o they_o have_v not_o stay_v nor_o refresh_v themselves_o till_o they_o come_v there_o as_o david_n lie_v thus_o upon_o jordan_n bank_n he_o make_v the_o forty_o second_o psalm_n and_o from_o the_o land_n of_o jordan_n remember_v the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 6._o and_o by_o the_o observe_n of_o the_o water_n of_o jordan_n he_o remember_v his_o own_o misery_n there_o he_o observe_v the_o wave_n roll_v one_o in_o the_o neck_n of_o another_o and_o the_o deep_a make_v a_o noise_n here_o and_o there_o in_o its_o channel_n and_o in_o its_o fall_n and_o so_o say_v he_o all_o thy_o billow_n and_o all_o wave_n tumble_v over_o i_o one_o after_o another_o vers_fw-la 7._o etc._n etc._n the_o forty_o three_o psalm_n seem_v also_o to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o he_o about_o the_o same_o time_n compare_v the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o two_o psalm_n together_o psal._n lv._o betwixt_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o and_o two_o and_o twenty_o verse_n of_o this_o 17_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o of_o samuel_n upon_o the_o relation_n how_o tiding_n come_v to_o david_n of_o ahitophels_n counsel_n against_o he_o take_v in_o the_o five_o and_o fifty_o psalm_n in_o which_o david_n deplore_v his_o misery_n cause_v by_o one_o of_o his_o guide_n and_o acquaintance_n and_o counsellor_n ver_fw-la 13_o 14._o and_o pray_v bitter_o against_o he_o his_o prayer_n take_v effect_v instant_o in_o ahitophels_n death_n chap._n xviii_o xix_o absalon_n hang_v by_o the_o neck_n in_o the_o fork_a bough_n of_o a_o oak_n his_o high_a head_n be_v now_o in_o its_o proper_a exaltation_n and_o his_o proud_a heart_n
of_o 1_o chron._n 23._o and_o that_o story_n do_v speak_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n i_o chron._n xxiii_o from_o verse_n 2._o to_o end_n and_o xxiv_o xxv_o david_n have_v that_o emergent_a occasion_n by_o adonijah_n conspiracy_n to_o anoint_v solomon_n hasty_o and_o private_o when_o he_o have_v so_o do_v it_o he_o intend_v world_n 2989_o david_n 40_o a_o more_o solemn_a and_o public_a coronation_n of_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o call_v together_o all_o the_o head_n and_o ruler_n of_o the_o people_n about_o it_o and_o as_o at_o the_o first_o platform_v of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n into_o a_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o be_v number_v the_o levite_n appoint_v for_o divine_a service_n and_o the_o sanctuary_n frame_v much_o like_a do_v david_n here_o the_o levite_n be_v number_v and_o distribute_v into_o their_o several_a office_n and_o service_n and_o the_o priest_n into_o their_o course_n etc._n etc._n the_o book_n of_o psalm_n beside_o those_o psalm_n that_o we_o have_v already_o mention_v and_o rank_v as_o we_o have_v come_v along_o there_o be_v about_o 120_o more_o that_o be_v of_o a_o uncertain_a date_n or_o of_o uncertain_a author_n or_o both_o and_o therefore_o not_o certain_o to_o be_v apply_v to_o any_o fix_a time_n or_o occasion_n and_o yet_o may_v not_o unfit_o nor_o impertinent_o be_v take_v in_o here_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o of_o chronicle_n for_o when_o the_o reader_n have_v there_o see_v how_o david_n dispose_v of_o asaph_n heman_n and_o jeduthun_n to_o be_v chief_a singer_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o their_o son_n under_o their_o hand_n he_o may_v very_o proper_o turn_v his_o thought_n to_o those_o psalm_n that_o be_v commit_v to_o these_o man_n to_o sing_v or_o that_o be_v make_v by_o they_o to_o be_v sing_v he_o will_v find_v twelve_o that_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o asaph_n viz._n psal._n 73_o 74_o 75_o 76_o 77_o 78_o 79_o 80_o 81_o 82_o 83._o whether_o all_o 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now_o appear_v in_o those_o water_n that_o do_v signify_v it_o so_o when_o the_o time_n of_o the_o promise_n to_o israel_n in_o egypt_n draw_v nigh_o god_n bestow_v a_o miraculous_a and_o supernatural_a course_n of_o nature_n if_o we_o may_v so_o call_v it_o for_o the_o generation_n and_o birth_n of_o their_o child_n act._n 7._o 17._o v._o i_o shall_v not_o strive_v to_o conclude_v any_o under_o this_o opinion_n with_o i_o i_o shall_v only_o conclude_v with_o two_o thing_n which_o be_v remarkable_a about_o the_o water_n of_o siloam_n from_o which_o fountain_n i_o do_v suppose_v the_o water_n of_o bethesda_n to_o have_v their_o flow_n 1._o the_o first_o be_v that_o as_o this_o collection_n of_o siloam_n water_n in_o bethesda_n be_v honour_v with_o this_o miraculous_a virtue_n of_o heal_v of_o all_o disease_n so_o that_o in_o joh._n 9_o christ_n honour_v the_o other_o pool_n that_o be_v fill_v from_o siloam_n with_o the_o miraculous_a cure_n of_o eye_n bear_v blind_a 2._o second_o let_v 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matter_n whether_o these_o cloister_n be_v build_v before_o the_o heal_a virtue_n of_o the_o water_n first_o appear_v for_o the_o conveniency_n of_o those_o that_o have_v occasion_n to_o come_v to_o the_o water_n or_o after_o the_o appear_v of_o that_o miraculous_a excellency_n for_o the_o accommodation_n of_o they_o that_o stay_v there_o for_o heal_a it_o be_v not_o much_o worth_n the_o labour_n to_o inquire_v and_o there_o be_v but_o little_a hope_n to_o find_v it_o out_o it_o be_v more_o general_o think_v that_o they_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o latter_a occasion_n and_o so_o we_o leave_v they_o the_o general_a silence_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o race_n and_o wondrous_a virtue_n of_o this_o pool_n be_v something_o strange_a who_o in_o the_o abundant_a praise_n and_o privilege_n and_o particular_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o they_o give_v yet_o speak_v not_o one_o syllable_n that_o i_o have_v ever_o find_v towards_o the_o story_n of_o bethesda_n though_o it_o may_v have_v be_v a_o story_n of_o so_o remarkable_a recognizance_n which_o make_v i_o the_o rather_o to_o believe_v that_o this_o heal_a virtue_n of_o it_o be_v and_o be_v take_v for_o a_o presage_n of_o the_o near_a approach_n of_o the_o messiah_n as_o we_o have_v speak_v because_o they_o to_o weaken_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o come_n have_v subtle_o be_v silent_a in_o such_o a_o matter_n i_o may_v not_o utter_o omit_v to_o say_v something_o about_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o concern_v the_o sovereign_a efficacy_n of_o these_o water_n the_o two_o that_o be_v the_o most_o current_a and_o that_o carry_v the_o fair_a probability_n and_o colour_n with_o they_o be_v these_o 1._o that_o in_o this_o pool_n the_o sacrifice_n be_v wash_v and_o god_n will_v honour_v the_o rite_n of_o sacrifice_n with_o such_o a_o miraculous_a work_n in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v wash_v and_o fit_v for_o the_o altar_n which_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v true_a be_v not_o impertinent_a in_o the_o application_n but_o the_o truth_n i_o question_n for_o if_o they_o mean_v that_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v be_v wash_v here_o whilst_o they_o be_v alive_a as_o some_o and_o those_o not_o a_o few_o will_v have_v it_o it_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o scripture_n nor_o dream_v of_o by_o any_o jew_n that_o write_v upon_o that_o subject_n that_o any_o sacrifice_a beast_n be_v to_o be_v wash_v till_o he_o be_v slay_v but_o if_o they_o mean_v that_o the_o inward_o of_o the_o slay_a sacrifice_n be_v wash_v here_o as_o the_o inward_o indeed_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n except_o the_o leg_n that_o be_v to_o be_v wash_v leu._n 1._o 9_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v prove_v by_o scripture_n that_o the_o inward_o be_v wash_v at_o the_o temple_n and_o never_o bring_v out_o thence_o and_o the_o talmudist_n show_v we_o a_o room_n at_o the_o temple_n for_o this_o very_a purpose_n call_v the_o wash_a room_n which_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o in_o its_o place_n where_o they_o have_v their_o first_o scour_n and_o marble_n table_n in_o the_o court_n where_o they_o have_v a_o second_o 2._o another_o opinion_n be_v that_o god_n by_o this_o wondrous_a virtue_n of_o bethesda_n water_n will_v antedate_v as_o it_o be_v honour_n to_o the_o water_n of_o baptism_n which_o be_v now_o to_o come_v in_o but_o may_v not_o the_o pharisee_n as_o well_o misconstrue_v the_o matter_n and_o say_v it_o seal_v the_o honour_n of_o their_o wash_n which_o be_v of_o use_n already_o and_o so_o long_o before_o as_o well_o as_o of_o baptism_n that_o be_v now_o come_v in_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o conception_n of_o tremellius_n in_o this_o matter_n in_o his_o marginal_a note_n to_o nehem._n 3._o but_o when_o i_o consider_v what_o kind_n of_o man_n eliashib_n be_v to_o who_o that_o opinion_n refer_v so_o much_o i_o can_v see_v but_o little_a satisfaction_n in_o that_o conjecture_n especial_o consider_v how_o dead_a the_o appear_v of_o angel_n or_o miracle_n have_v be_v from_o the_o time_n of_o eliashib_n till_o near_o the_o appear_v of_o christ_n in_o humane_a flesh_n vers._n 4._o for_o a_o angel_n go_v down_o at_o a_o certain_a season_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v but_o a_o kind_n of_o labour_n lose_v to_o stand_v to_o debate_v whether_o this_o season_n be_v fix_v to_o all_o the_o three_o festival_n or_o to_o passover_n time_n alone_o or_o to_o pentecost_n alone_o or_o to_o some_o other_o determinate_a time_n of_o the_o year_n for_o these_o opinion_n be_v several_o assert_v it_o be_v most_o probable_a the_o time_n be_v uncertain_a and_o the_o waiter_n there_o can_v not_o guess_v when_o the_o angel_n will_v come_v but_o stand_v in_o continual_a expectation_n and_o attendance_n for_o his_o come_n whether_o he_o appear_v in_o visible_a shape_n be_v also_o questionable_a but_o though_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v see_v which_o be_v the_o more_o probable_a yet_o do_v he_o give_v so_o visible_a and_o apparent_a evidence_n of_o his_o be_v there_o by_o trouble_v the_o water_n either_o cause_v it_o to_o boil_v or_o tumble_v in_o wave_n or_o some_o such_o thing_n that_o the_o party_n present_a do_v perceive_v well_o enough_o when_o he_o be_v come_v the_o lord_n will_v use_v a_o angel_n in_o this_o employment_n and_o the_o angel_n must_v use_v the_o trouble_v of_o the_o water_n for_o the_o heal_a effect_n not_o only_o because_o it_o be_v god_n ordinary_a way_n of_o providence_n to_o use_v the_o ministration_n of_o angel_n in_o such_o thing_n nor_o altogether_o because_o the_o mere_a trouble_v of_o the_o water_n do_v produce_v such_o a_o efficacy_n but_o because_o the_o people_n may_v the_o more_o visible_o observe_v the_o restore_n of_o sensible_a ministration_n of_o angel_n and_o of_o work_n miraculous_a which_o have_v be_v either_o a_o very_a mere_a stranger_n or_o if_o at_o
42._o and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n text_n but_o here_o the_o apostle_n heighten_v the_o expression_n that_o he_o may_v set_v home_o their_o abuse_n of_o christ_n near_a to_o their_o heart_n and_o may_v show_v the_o humiliation_n of_o christ_n the_o more_o the_o syriack_n mind_v not_o this_o but_o translate_v this_o place_n and_o matth._n 21._o 42._o by_o the_o same_o word_n refuse_v the_o chaldee_n interpretation_n of_o the_o psalm_n from_o whence_o the_o phrase_n be_v take_v be_v exceed_o conceit_v it_o run_v thus_o the_o youth_n which_o the_o bvilder_n refuse_v among_o the_o son_n of_o jesse_n obtain_v to_o be_v set_v for_o king_n and_o governor_n this_o be_v from_o the_o lord_n say_v the_o bvilder_n and_o it_o be_v wondrous_a before_o we_o say_v the_o son_n of_o jesse_n this_o be_v the_o day_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v say_v the_o bvilder_n let_v we_o be_v glad_a and_o rejoice_v in_o it_o say_v the_o son_n of_o jesse_n save_v we_o now_o say_v the_o bvilder_n prosper_v we_o now_o say_v jesse_n and_o his_o wife_n bless_a be_v he_o that_o come_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n say_v the_o bvilder_n let_v they_o bless_v you_o from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n say_v david_n the_o lord_n give_v we_o light_n say_v the_o tribe_n of_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n tie_v the_o youth_n for_o a_o festival_n sacrifice_n with_o cord_n until_o you_o offer_v he_o up_o and_o pour_v his_o blood_n at_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n say_v samuel_n the_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n at_o which_o psalm_n and_o place_n how_o far_o the_o chaldee_n in_o bibliis_fw-la regiis_fw-la and_o the_o chaldee_n in_o bibliis_fw-la buxtorfianis_fw-la and_o venetis_fw-la do_v differ_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o learn_n observation_n vers._n 13._o and_o ignorant_a man_n gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n exceed_o much_a take_v into_o use_n by_o jewish_a writer_n and_o both_o in_o they_o and_o in_o greek_n it_o signify_v private_a man_n or_o man_n in_o no_o public_a employment_n and_o man_n of_o inferior_a rank_n and_o man_n ignorant_a or_o unskilful_a example_n of_o all_o these_o signification_n may_v be_v allege_v lucian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o common_a multitude_n who_o wise_a man_n call_v idiotae_fw-la galen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unskilful_a in_o physic_n aben._n ezr._n on_o levit._n 13._o vers._n 2._o aaron_z that_o be_v the_o priest_n anoint_v in_o his_o stead_n or_o one_o of_o his_o son_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacerdotes_fw-la idiotae_fw-la the_o inferior_a priest_n rab._n sol._n on_o levit._fw-la 1._o 1._o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o purpose_n serve_v the_o pausing_n to_o give_v moses_n space_n to_o understand_v between_o division_n and_o division_n sense_n and_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o more_o to_o a_o private_a man_n that_o learn_v from_o a_o private_a man_n in_o all_o these_o sense_n may_v it_o very_o well_o be_v apply_v here_o and_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a all_o these_o sense_n be_v in_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o council_n concern_v peter_n and_o john_n at_o this_o time_n they_o see_v they_o be_v unlearned_a private_a inferior_a ignorant_a man_n and_o thereupon_o they_o can_v not_o but_o wonder_n at_o the_o miracle_n and_o cure_n that_o they_o have_v wrought_v vers._n 23._o they_o go_v to_o their_o own_o company_n that_o be_v to_o the_o society_n of_o the_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o mention_v act_v 1._o 15._o vers._n 25._o who_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o thy_o servant_n david_n have_v say_v etc._n etc._n the_o second_o psalm_n which_o own_v not_o its_o author_n in_o the_o title_n the_o holy_a ghost_n ascribe_v here_o to_o david_n and_o seem_v by_o this_o very_a passage_n to_o give_v we_o close_a intimation_n that_o every_o psalm_n that_o tell_v not_o in_o its_o title_n who_o be_v the_o author_n and_o penman_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o david_n as_o the_o penman_n the_o rule_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o every_o psalm_n that_o bear_v not_o the_o author_n of_o it_o in_o the_o title_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v of_o his_o make_n who_o be_v last_o name_v in_o a_o title_n before_o be_v at_o a_o nonplus_n at_o these_o two_o first_o psalm_n and_o help_v we_o nothing_o at_o all_o to_o understand_v who_o make_v they_o and_o thereupon_o aben_n ezra_n conceive_v not_o that_o this_o second_o psalm_n be_v make_v by_o david_n but_o by_o some_o of_o the_o singer_n but_o this_o passage_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o their_o prayer_n do_v not_o only_o own_o david_n for_o the_o compiler_n of_o this_o psalm_n but_o also_o teach_v we_o to_o own_v he_o so_o of_o every_o psalm_n who_o author_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o the_o title_n of_o it_o as_o may_v be_v further_o confirm_v if_o it_o be_v ad_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la from_o psalm_n 96._o &_o 105._o &_o 107._o &_o 132._o compare_v with_o 1_o chron._n 16._o 7._o the_o ancient_a rabbin_n and_o doctor_n of_o the_o jew_n interpret_v this_o psalm_n concern_v christ_n even_o as_o the_o apostle_n do_v here_o as_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o solomon_n jarchi_n at_o his_o entrance_n into_o it_o though_o himself_o and_o some_o other_o latter_a jew_n apply_v it_o to_o david_n and_o it_o may_v be_v in_o spite_n to_o christ._n vers._n 32_o &_o 33._o §._o community_n of_o good_n this_o community_n of_o good_n howsoever_o it_o sort_v and_o suit_v with_o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n at_o that_o time_n yet_o can_v it_o not_o be_v take_v up_o for_o a_o example_n or_o precedent_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v for_o first_o the_o thing_n be_v not_o do_v by_o command_n but_o at_o the_o free_a disposal_n of_o whosoever_o be_v mind_v so_o to_o do_v act_v 5._o 4._o second_o the_o land_n that_o be_v sell_v be_v many_o of_o they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o the_o convert_n be_v jew_n from_o all_o nation_n and_o one_o instance_n be_v give_v in_o the_o land_n of_o barnabas_n in_o cyprus_n now_o when_o these_o man_n be_v resolve_v to_o cleave_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o not_o to_o return_v to_o their_o own_o country_n what_o good_a will_v their_o land_n in_o those_o foreign_a country_n do_v they_o three_o if_o these_o land_n and_o house_n be_v in_o judea_n as_o it_o be_v undoubted_a many_o of_o they_o be_v it_o may_v be_v suppose_v that_o the_o faithful_a owner_n thereof_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o threaten_a destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n speak_v of_o by_o our_o saviour_n and_o so_o will_v part_v with_o their_o estate_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n before_o they_o shall_v be_v surprise_v by_o the_o enemy_n and_o fourthly_a thus_o do_v god_n provide_v against_o persecution_n to_o come_v that_o neither_o the_o poor_a of_o the_o church_n shall_v fall_v off_o through_o penury_n nor_o the_o rich_a start_n back_o through_o worldly_a mindedness_n but_o by_o a_o competent_a distribution_n among_o they_o the_o one_o may_v have_v enough_o and_o the_o other_o not_o too_o much_o and_o last_o such_o be_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n at_o this_o time_n as_o never_o be_v the_o like_a to_o be_v again_o it_o be_v but_o new_o bear_v it_o be_v all_o in_o one_o city_n the_o most_o of_o the_o people_n far_o resident_a from_o their_o own_o house_n all_o in_o a_o possibility_n to_o be_v scatter_v by_o persecution_n they_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o soon_o and_o therefore_o that_o present_a administration_n of_o the_o church_n in_o such_o a_o case_n can_v be_v any_o copy_n for_o time_n to_o come_v either_o to_o follow_v as_o a_o command_n or_o to_o imitate_v as_o a_o perfection_n this_o very_a year_n be_v a_o jubilee_n among_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o very_a proper_a sense_n it_o be_v the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o that_o the_o land_n have_v have_v since_o their_o settle_n in_o it_o and_o these_o people_n now_o convert_v to_o the_o gospel_n be_v so_o far_o from_o return_v to_o their_o possession_n if_o they_o have_v sell_v or_o mortgage_v they_o as_o the_o jubilee_n privilege_v they_o that_o they_o part_n with_o their_o possession_n that_o they_o have_v in_o their_o hand_n have_v by_o this_o time_n learned_a that_o the_o earthly_a canaan_n and_o inheritance_n be_v not_o that_o possession_n that_o be_v to_o be_v look_v after_o and_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n shall_v not_o be_v earthly_a vers._n 36._o barnabas_n a_o levite_n and_o of_o the_o country_n of_o cyprus_n etc._n etc._n as_o saul_n a_o benjamite_n of_o the_o country_n of_o tarsus_n yet_o educate_v and_o live_v at_o jerusalem_n so_o do_v barnabas_n in_o canaan_n though_o a_o cypriot_n bear_v he_o have_v land_n to_o sell_v though_o he_o be_v a_o levite_n for_o the_o levite_n may_v purchase_v land_n of_o their_o own_o even_o in_o
they_o seek_v it_o not_o and_o how_o much_o more_o shall_v they_o that_o we_o be_v now_o to_o bring_v upon_o the_o scene_n that_o seek_v and_o woo_v it_o with_o their_o utmost_a pain_n §._o 1._o the_o rebellion_n of_o some_o jew_n there_o be_v in_o neardaa_n the_o residence_n and_o university_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o babylonia_n two_o brethren_n name_v asinaeus_n and_o anilaeus_n or_o in_o their_o proper_a language_n chasinai_n and_o chanilai_n these_o two_o their_o mother_n their_o father_n be_v dead_a have_v put_v to_o a_o trade_n and_o to_o a_o master_n for_o the_o make_n of_o sail_n or_o other_o tackle_n for_o ship_n the_o sturdy_a youth_n have_v one_o day_n give_v their_o master_n some_o offence_n and_o he_o they_o some_o blow_n do_v take_v the_o matter_n in_o such_o high_a scorn_n and_o disdain_n that_o they_o resolve_v not_o only_o to_o overrun_v their_o master_n but_o indeed_o to_o run_v over_o all_o mastership_n whatsoever_o they_o therefore_o get_v away_o all_o the_o arm_n their_o master_n house_n will_v afford_v betake_v themselves_o to_o a_o strong_a place_n in_o a_o island_n of_o euphrates_n and_o there_o publish_v and_o proclaim_v their_o rebellious_a resolution_n young_a man_n flock_v in_o to_o they_o apace_o man_n of_o the_o same_o desperate_a mind_n and_o fortune_n and_o after_o build_v some_o castle_n in_o the_o air_n of_o future_a expectation_n they_o begin_v to_o build_v a_o fort_n in_o the_o isle_n for_o their_o present_a security_n and_o rendevouz_n they_o then_o command_v the_o neighbour_n town_n to_o pay_v they_o tribute_n which_o the_o numerousness_n and_o resolution_n of_o the_o commander_n make_v they_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o disobey_v the_o governor_n of_o babylonia_n think_v to_o quell_v this_o grow_a evil_a before_o it_o shall_v be_v too_o strong_a come_v secret_o upon_o they_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n think_v to_o involve_v they_o in_o their_o own_o superstition_n into_o the_o trap_n that_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o they_o but_o the_o furious_a youth_n be_v not_o so_o over-religious_a as_o to_o be_v kill_v in_o devotion_n nor_o do_v they_o prize_v the_o sabbath_n above_o their_o own_o life_n but_o for_o all_o it_o be_v that_o day_n they_o be_v resolve_v to_o fight_v and_o they_o fight_v resolve_o and_o kill_v and_o rout_n and_o soil_n the_o force_n that_o make_v no_o other_o account_n but_o of_o victory_n artabanus_n king_n of_o parthia_n hear_v of_o the_o power_n of_o this_o newborn_a army_n and_o the_o resolution_n of_o those_o upstart_n captain_n and_o consider_v how_o advantageous_a it_o may_v be_v for_o his_o own_o affair_n to_o have_v they_o sure_a and_o firm_a unto_o himself_o he_o send_v for_o the_o two_o brethren_n with_o assurance_n of_o their_o safety_n whereupon_o they_o come_v to_o he_o and_o be_v royal_o and_o brave_o entertain_v by_o he_o and_o when_o abdagasis_n the_o general_n of_o his_o army_n will_v have_v slay_v asinaeus_n treacherous_o the_o king_n forbid_v he_o send_v asinaeus_n home_o with_o rich_a gift_n and_o the_o government_n of_o babylonia_n commit_v to_o he_o there_o he_o grow_v great_a and_o great_a in_o power_n and_o honour_n and_o stand_v in_o high_a repute_n both_o with_o the_o babylonian_n and_o the_o parthian_n and_o have_v all_o mesopotamia_n at_o his_o command_n and_o thus_o continue_v these_o brethren_n in_o pomp_n and_o height_n for_o fifteen_o year_n together_o till_o a_o miscarriage_n of_o anilaeus_n begin_v to_o cloud_n and_o eclipse_v their_o prosperity_n for_o anilaeus_n have_v slay_v a_o parthian_a peer_n that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v his_o lady_n and_o she_o when_o she_o be_v now_o his_o wife_n use_v her_o ancient_a idolatry_n as_o in_o her_o first_o husband_n day_n this_o become_v a_o double_a offence_n to_o his_o chief_a friend_n namely_o for_o that_o he_o have_v marry_v a_o heathen_a and_o for_o that_o she_o continue_v still_o in_o her_o idolatry_n they_o serious_o admonish_v anilaeus_n of_o the_o matter_n but_o he_o slay_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o for_o his_o home-reproof_n and_o admonition_n therefore_o the_o rest_n address_v themselves_o to_o asinaeus_n and_o demand_v the_o vindication_n of_o their_o native_a law_n and_o religion_n he_o rebuke_v his_o brother_n anilaeus_n and_o be_v therefore_o poison_a by_o the_o parthian_a lady_n because_o that_o her_o husband_n may_v be_v from_o under_o rebuke_n and_o may_v be_v commander_n of_o all_o he_o be_v now_o so_o indeed_o first_o invade_v the_o country_n of_o mithridates_n son_n in_o law_n to_o artabanus_n and_o forage_v that_o and_o by_o a_o surprisal_n get_v mithridates_n prisoner_n yet_o send_v he_o home_o again_o to_o his_o own_o possession_n have_v hardly_o deliver_v he_o from_o his_o soldier_n fury_n that_o they_o do_v not_o kill_v he_o mithridates_n sensible_a of_o the_o disgrace_n of_o his_o usage_n for_o they_o have_v set_v he_o naked_a upon_o a_o ass_n and_o instigate_v by_o the_o haughty_a and_o revengeful_a spirit_n of_o his_o wife_n raise_v what_o force_n he_o can_v get_v and_o give_v anilaeus_n battle_n and_o rout_v he_o but_o anilaeus_n himself_o escape_v and_o recruit_v a_o army_n of_o dissolute_a and_o resolute_a fellow_n again_o he_o begin_v to_o spoil_v some_o town_n of_o the_o babylonian_n but_o the_o babylonian_n find_v a_o fit_a opportunity_n fall_v upon_o anilaeus_n and_o his_o troop_n and_o slay_v many_o of_o they_o and_o anilaeus_n himself_o among_o the_o rest_n this_o bridle_n and_o curb_v of_o the_o jew_n which_o have_v lie_v so_o long_o and_o so_o heavy_a upon_o the_o babylonian_n be_v now_o take_v off_o they_o begin_v now_o to_o rise_v up_o and_o to_o curb_v and_o oppress_v the_o jew_n who_o for_o their_o safety_n flee_v to_o seleucia_n and_o there_o they_o reside_v quiet_o for_o the_o space_n of_o five_o year_n but_o in_o the_o six_o year_n a_o hot_a plague_n drive_v the_o rest_n of_o they_o that_o have_v stay_v behind_o at_o babylon_n into_o seleucia_n also_o providence_n do_v as_o it_o be_v bring_v 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claudius_n we_o have_v show_v before_o not_o only_o out_o of_o dion_n the_o roman_a historian_n but_o even_o by_o necessary_a collection_n from_o other_o thing_n now_o whether_o it_o proceed_v from_o want_n of_o rain_n or_o from_o what_o other_o cause_n it_o be_v not_o determinable_a it_o appear_v by_o suetonius_n that_o it_o come_v to_o this_o height_n through_o a_o continue_a sterility_n of_o the_o ground_n which_o it_o seem_v have_v be_v some_o year_n together_o this_o year_n be_v helena_n the_o queen_n of_o the_o adiabeni_n present_a at_o jerusalem_n and_o her_o presence_n there_o be_v a_o happiness_n to_o the_o city_n for_o from_o cyprus_n and_o alexandria_n she_o send_v for_o provision_n and_o distribute_v they_o among_o the_o people_n when_o divers_a have_v perish_v of_o famine_n before_o vers._n 30._o send_v it_o to_o the_o elder_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n §._o paul_n rapture_n into_o the_o three_o heaven_n although_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v in_o this_o chapter_n that_o paul_n go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n but_o be_v send_v only_o with_o provision_n to_o the_o poor_a brethren_n in_o judea_n yet_o have_v we_o also_o prove_v before_o that_o at_o this_o journey_n he_o have_v his_o trance_n in_o the_o temple_n act_v 22._o 17._o and_o in_o that_o trance_n he_o be_v rapt_v up_o into_o the_o three_o heaven_n the_o story_n of_o which_o he_o himself_o relate_v 2_o cor._n 12._o 2._o i_o know_v a_o man_n in_o christ_n above_o fourteen_o year_n ago_o whether_o in_o the_o body_n i_o can_v tell_v etc._n etc._n and_o there_o he_o relate_v also_o the_o story_n of_o the_o messenger_n of_o satan_n buffet_n he_o and_o himself_o pray_v and_o god_n give_v he_o a_o gracious_a answer_n all_o which_o we_o shall_v explain_v by_o god_n permission_n in_o another_o place_n in_o this_o trance_n god_n bid_v he_o get_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n and_o give_v he_o
some_o do_v to_o interpret_v these_o word_n of_o jeremiah_n in_o any_o plain_a or_o probable_a sense_n unless_o you_o imagine_v that_o which_o be_v most_o false_a that_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n be_v situate_a northwardly_a vers._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seventy_o render_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fish_n gate_n that_o be_v also_o southward_o of_o it_o mention_n be_v make_v zeph._n i._o 10._o where_o the_o seventy_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d something_n obscure_a many_o conjecture_v this_o gate_n be_v call_v the_o fish_n gate_n because_o fish_n be_v carry_v into_o the_o city_n through_o it_o i_o rather_o because_o it_o be_v the_o fish_n market_n as_o the_o sheep_n gate_n be_v the_o market_n for_o sheep_n zephaniah_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o shall_v howl_v from_o the_o second_o the_o chaldee_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n solomon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o bird_n gate_n perhaps_o the_o gate_n near_o unto_o which_o fowl_n be_v sold._n kimchi_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o ophel_n more_o plain_a indeed_o but_o i_o ask_v whether_o more_o true_a this_o bird-gate_n perhaps_o be_v that_o which_o be_v call_v the_o old-gate_n nehem._n iii_o 6._o near_o the_o corner_n look_v south_n west_n we_o suppose_v the_o fountain_n of_o siloam_n be_v and_o that_o partly_o be_v persuade_v by_o the_o word_n of_o josephus_n before_o allege_v partly_o be_v induce_v to_o it_o by_o reason_n itself_o for_o hence_o flow_v that_o fountain_n by_o the_o south_n wall_n eastward_o to_o the_o sheep-gate_n as_o we_o suppose_v thence_o the_o river_n somewhat_o slope_v bend_v towards_o the_o north_n into_o the_o valley_n and_o end_n at_o length_n in_o the_o pool_n of_o siloam_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o mount_n zion_n on_o the_o west_n be_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gate_n of_o the_o valley_n vers_fw-la 13._o be_v now_o get_v to_o the_o foot_n of_o mount_n acra_n and_o 2._o a_o thousand_o cubit_n thence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o esquiline_n or_o dung_n gate_n vers_n 14._o and_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fountain_n gate_n vers_n 15._o not_o that_o of_o siloam_n nor_o of_o draco_n but_o another_o and_o now_o we_o be_v come_v to_o the_o pool_n of_o siloam_n and_o to_o the_o foot_n of_o zion_n whether_o they_o go_v up_o by_o certain_a step_n vers_n 15._o the_o pool_n of_o siloam_n be_v first_o a_o fountain_n and_o a_o river_n on_o the_o west_n without_o the_o wall_n but_o at_o last_o manasseh_n the_o king_n enclose_v all_o 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 14._o that_o the_o city_n may_v be_v more_o secure_v of_o water_n in_o case_n of_o a_o siege_n teach_v it_o by_o the_o example_n of_o his_o grandfather_n ezekiah_n but_o more_o incommodious_a 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 3._o the_o wall_n go_v forward_o along_o bury_v place_n of_o david_n another_o pool_n and_o the_o house_n of_o the_o strong_a vers_fw-la 16._o and_o not_o much_o after_o it_o bend_v eastward_o and_o now_o we_o be_v come_v to_o the_o north_n side_n see_v vers_fw-la 19_o &_o 20._o at_o the_o turn_n of_o this_o corner_n herod_n build_v the_o most_o famous_a psephin_n tower_n of_o which_o josephus_n thus_o 13._o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o thus_o joseph_n de_fw-fr bell._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n on_o the_o north_n west_n corner_n the_o admire_a psephin_n tower_n lift_v up_o itself_o near_o which_o titus_n encamp_v etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o gate_n on_o this_o north_n side_n the_o building_n which_o be_v inward_a be_v mention_v nehem._n iii_o vers_fw-la 20_o 21_o 22_o 23_o 24._o and_o the_o hippic_a tower_n be_v mention_v by_o josephus_n on_o the_o east_n be_v 1._o a_o tower_n advance_v itself_o in_o the_o very_a bend_n of_o the_o north_n east_n corner_n within_o be_v the_o king_n house_n and_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n vers_fw-la 25._o 2._o the_o water_n gate_n of_o which_o be_v mention_n nehem._n xii_o 37._o 3._o ophel_n and_o the_o horse_n gate_n nehem._n iii_o 27_o 28._o of_o which_o mention_n be_v also_o make_v jer._n xxxi_o 40._o whence_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o valley_n of_o ben-hinnom_n which_o run_v out_o below_o the_o city_n southward_o at_o last_o bend_v into_o the_o west_n therefore_o the_o water-gate_n lead_v into_o the_o valley_n of_o kidron_n but_o the_o horse-gate_n into_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n at_o that_o place_n touch_v on_o the_o valley_n of_o kidron_n 4._o the_o gate_n miphkad_v the_o vulgar_a call_v it_o the_o gate_n of_o judgement_n 5._o not_o far_o distant_a thence_o be_v the_o south_n east_n corner_n and_o thence_o a_o little_a on_o the_o south_n side_n be_v the_o sheep-gate_n whence_o we_o first_o set_v out_o let_v we_o add_v the_o word_n of_o josephus_n describe_v how_o the_o outmost_a wall_n go_v above_o go_v go_v go_v go_v go_v go_v joseph_n in_o the_o place_n above_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n it_o begin_v on_o the_o north_n at_o the_o hippic_n or_o horse_n tower_n and_o extend_v to_o the_o xystus_n or_o open_a gallery_n then_o touch_v upon_o the_o council-house_n it_o end_v at_o the_o east_n walk_v of_o the_o temple_n on_o the_o other_o side_n westward_o begin_v from_o the_o same_o tower_n it_o stretch_v along_o by_o a_o place_n call_v bethso_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o essenes_n and_o thence_o it_o incline_v to_o the_o south_n behind_o the_o fountain_n siloam_n and_o hence_o it_o bow_v again_o eastward_o unto_o solomon_n pool_n and_o pass_v on_o to_o a_o certain_a place_n which_o they_o call_v ophla_n and_o join_v to_o the_o east_n walk_v of_o the_o temple_n in_o which_o word_n let_v we_o observe_v two_o thing_n for_o the_o assert_v the_o procession_n that_o we_o have_v go_v 1._o that_o this_o description_n proceed_v from_o the_o north_n to_o the_o west_n the_o south_n and_o the_o east_n 2._o that_o ophla_n or_o ophel_n lay_v between_o the_o south_n east_n corner_n and_o the_o porch_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o can_v at_o all_o be_v conceive_v if_o you_o begin_v nehemiahs_n delineation_n at_o any_o other_o place_n then_o where_o we_o have_v to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v the_o situation_n of_o siloam_n of_o which_o those_o thing_n speak_v in_o josephus_n and_o the_o scripture_n can_v in_o no_o manner_n be_v say_v if_o you_o reckon_v it_o to_o be_v near_o zion_n let_v we_o add_v also_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o choir_n nehem._n xii_o 31._o they_o go_v up_o upon_o the_o wall_n and_o go_v forward_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o the_o dung-gate_n the_o fountain-gate_n the_o city_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 37._o let_v those_o word_n they_o go_v forward_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n vers_n 31._o be_v observe_v which_o can_v not_o be_v unless_o according_a to_o the_o procession_n which_o we_o have_v lay_v down_o if_o so_o be_v they_o go_v up_o on_o the_o wall_n on_o the_o inside_n of_o the_o wall_n which_o it_o be_v rough_a and_o strange_a not_o to_o think_v the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o choir_n go_v on_o the_o left_a hand_n towards_o the_o south_n west_n and_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n and_o the_o old_a gate_n and_o the_o fish_n gate_n etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 29._o of_o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n nothing_o be_v say_v in_o the_o delineation_n give_v chap._n iii_o mention_v also_o be_v make_v of_o it_o 2_o king_n fourteen_o 13._o where_o the_o corner_n gate_n be_v also_o speak_v of_o concern_v which_o also_o here_o be_v nothing_o say_v in_o nehemiah_n seem_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o place_n where_o former_o be_v a_o gate_n of_o that_o name_n but_o now_o under_o the_o second_o temple_n be_v vanish_v chap._n xxvii_o mount_v moriah_n wherefore_o 1._o wherefore_o wherefore_o wherefore_o wherefore_o wherefore_o wherefore_o bab._n taanith_n fol._n 16._o 1._o be_v it_o call_v mount_n moriah_n r._n levi_n bar_n chama_fw-la and_o r._n chaninah_n differ_v about_o this_o matter_n one_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o thence_o instruction_n shall_v go_v forth_o to_o israel_n the_o other_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o thence_o shall_v go_v forth_o fear_v to_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n 2._o world_n world_n world_n world_n world_n world_n maimon_n in_o beth_n habbechir_o cap._n 2._o juchas_fw-es fol._n 9_o 1._o midr._fw-la till_n 41._o 2._o it_o be_v a_o tradition_n receive_v by_o all_o that_o the_o place_n where_o david_n build_v a_o altar_n in_o the_o thresh_a floor_n of_o arauna_n be_v the_o place_n where_o abraham_n build_v his_o upon_o which_o he_o bind_v isaac_n where_o noah_n build_v his_o when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n that_o in_o the_o same_o place_n be_v the_o altar_n upon_o which_o cain_n and_o abel_n offer_v that_o adam_n
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
as_o if_o they_o mean_v that_o the_o roman_n have_v take_v away_o from_o they_o the_o power_n of_o capital_a punishment_n but_o the_o jew_n more_o true_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o viz._n that_o murderer_n and_o malefactor_n be_v grow_v so_o numerous_a and_o headstrong_a and_o so_o strong_a a_o party_n that_o the_o sanhedrin_n can_v not_o dare_v not_o execute_v justice_n upon_o they_o and_o let_v i_o add_v one_o other_o record_n of_o they_o which_o suit_v with_o the_o thing_n we_o be_v upon_o namely_o they_o say_v that_o adulterer_n grow_v so_o common_a so_o in_o numerable_a that_o they_o be_v glad_a to_o lay_v aside_o that_o practice_n by_o try_v the_o adulterous_a wife_n by_o give_v she_o to_o drink_v the_o bitter_a water_n prescribe_v by_o god_n in_o the_o five_o of_o number_n and_o that_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n who_o i_o doubt_v not_o be_v of_o the_o sanhedrin_n at_o this_o very_a time_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v lay_v aside_o allege_v that_o say_n of_o the_o 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with_o he_o who_o foresee_v foretell_v of_o time_n and_o affair_n to_o a_o day_n to_o a_o hour_n so_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o they_o come_v ii_o his_o harmonize_a of_o time_n in_o so_o sweet_a a_o union_n as_o he_o have_v do_v do_v not_o that_o show_n that_o he_o be_v the_o wonderful_a numberer_n of_o time_n and_o numberer_n of_o time_n of_o the_o affliction_n of_o his_o people_n the_o scripture_n be_v most_o copious_a and_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n most_o sweet_a and_o heavenly_a in_o this_o kind_n of_o consort_n and_o it_o may_v much_o refresh_v and_o ravish_v the_o reader_n of_o scripture_n to_o observe_v such_o harmony_n henock_n that_o glorious_a shine_a light_n upon_o earth_n to_o run_v his_o course_n here_o just_a in_o as_o many_o year_n three_o hundred_o sixty_o five_o year_n as_o the_o sun_n do_v his_o course_n in_o heaven_n day_n three_o hundred_o sixty_o five_o day_n gen._n v._n 23._o david_n to_o reign_v exact_o so_o long_o a_o time_n in_o jerusalem_n as_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o david_n live_v here_o upon_o earth_n thirty_o two_o year_n and_o a_o half_a 1_o king_n ii_o 11._o no_o rain_n in_o elias_n time_n three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a luk._n iu._n 25._o antiochus_n desolate_v of_o religion_n three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a in_o the_o verse_n before_o the_o text_n and_o christ_n ministry_n to_o be_v three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a dan._n ix_o 24._o do_v not_o this_o harmony_n tell_v that_o god_n be_v the_o wonderful_a numberer_n of_o time_n and_o weigh_o of_o all_o affair_n multitude_n of_o such_o harmony_n of_o time_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o scripture_n which_o all_o â—ound_n out_o this_o truth_n we_o be_v upon_o
targumica_fw-la ibid._n l._n 36._o r._n that_o tongue_n p._n 1169._o l._n 49._o r._n be_v p._n 1171._o l._n 21._o add_v in_o the_o margin_n 1._o ibid._n l._n 48._o add_v in_o the_o margin_n ii_o p._n 1174._o l._n 35._o add_v i._n p._n 1175._o l._n 61._o add_v ii_o p._n 1181._o l._n 14._o midianitish_a p._n 1185._o l._n 12._o r._n wight_n ibid._n l._n 41._o r._n aruch_n a_o talmudical_a p._n 1187._o l._n 16._o r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 23._o after_o in_o add_v all_o p._n 1188._o l._n 39_o r._n lord._n p._n 1189._o l._n penult_n after_o cannoâ—_n r._n but._n ibid._n the_o same_o line_n r._n â—e_n p._n 1192._o l._n 46._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n l._n 51._o r._n epithet_n p._n 1193._o l._n 9_o r._n epithet_n p._n 1198_o l._n 55._o deal_n the._n p._n 1200._o l._n 39_o pres_o p._n 1201._o l._n 7._o for_o your_o r._n the._n p._n 1212._o l._n 53._o r._n straiten_v p._n 1233._o l._n 8._o r._n bind_v p._n 1237._o l._n 18._o r._n â—ngrasted_v p._n 1239._o l._n 1._o r._n away_o ibid._n l._n 2._o deal_n the_o second_o let_v ibid._n l._n 10._o r._n inquiry_n ibid._n l._n 11._o r._n intimation_n ibid._n l._n 13._o impenitent_a p._n 1240._o l._n 13._o r._n a_o king_n ibid._n l._n 26._o after_o be_v r._n this_o p._n 1241._o l._n 8._o deal_n have_v p._n 1243._o l._n 37._o after_n as_o add_v to_o ibid._n l._n 40._o deal_n so_o p._n 1244._o l._n 17._o r._n more_o p._n 1245._o l._n 3._o at_o this_o p._n 1251._o l._n 31._o deal_n the_o second_o and._n p._n 1252._o l._n 35._o r._n his_o sin_n ibid._n l._n 36._o r._n osâ—_n p._n 1257._o l._n 53._o deal_n in_o it_o p._n 1267._o l._n 4._o in_o the_o margin_n add_v i._o p._n 1270._o l._n 38._o r._n motion_n p._n 1272._o l._n 20._o r._n rack_a p._n 1276._o l._n 60._o r._n way_n p._n 1277._o l._n 29._o deal_n that_o p._n 1278._o l._n 27._o r._n dote_v ibid._n l._n 34._o deal_n not_o ibid._n l._n 46._o in_o the_o margin_n add_v i._o p._n 1279._o l._n 53._o r._n word_n p._n 1281._o l._n 10._o in_o the_o margin_n add_v ii_o p._n 1283._o l._n 10._o after_o first_o add_v thing_n p._n 1303._o l._n 23._o in_o the_o margin_n add_v i._o p._n 1310._o l._n 21._o r._n righteous_a p._n 1314._o l._n 15._o r._n even_o p._n 1321._o l._n 13._o r._n lay_v p._n 1323._o l._n 12._o r._n day_n p._n 1326._o l._n 17._o after_o christ_n add_v a_o period_n p._n 1328._o l._n 51._o after_o some_o add_v thing_n p._n 1337._o l._n 44._o r._n do_v ibid._n l._n 46._o r._n child_n p._n 1338._o l._n 32._o r._n even_o ibid._n 34._o r._n become_v p._n 1340._o l._n 48._o after_o stock_n add_v of_o p._n 1350._o l._n 58._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 1352._o l._n 52._o r._n genera_fw-la the_o table_n or_o index_n belong_v to_o the_o second_o volume_n of_o doctor_n lightfoot_v work_n reader_n that_o this_o work_n sufficient_o great_a pleasant_n and_o useful_a in_o itself_o may_v be_v so_o to_o thou_o thou_o be_v desire_v to_o correct_v with_o thy_o pen_n the_o ensue_a error_n of_o the_o press_n especial_o those_o that_o refer_v to_o 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43_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 1._o 1080_o 11_o be_v 1081_o 58_o she_o be_v guilty_a 1100_o 17_o elixir_n 1106_o 45_o two_o word_n of_o 1110_o 33_o 2_o thâ—ss_n 2._o 1118_o 10_o have_v be_v these_o have_v there_o 1129_o 30_o go_v 1138_o 38_o shall_v 1139_o 34_o to_o be_v use_v 1145_o 19_o they_o  _fw-fr 24_o preface_n 1147_o 21_o it_o be_v a_o time_n 1180_o 55_o no_o changeling_n 1184_o 6_o david_n 1192_o 9_o derive_v 1223_o 3_o hand_n 1224_o 18_o prophet_n 1226_o 29_o therefore_o 1242_o 38_o from_o 1252_o 1_o sore_a 1278_o 34_o now_o 1286_o 5_o they_o have_v make_v the_o best_a of_o etc._n etc._n 1302_o 24_o god_n 1306_o 20_o have_v the_o first_o table_n of_o scripture_n illustrate_v explain_v or_o reconcile_v in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n with_o a_o appendix_n of_o such_o as_o be_v different_o read_v from_o the_o ordinary_a translation_n genesis_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 1._o 2._o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n 643_o 3._o 15._o i_o will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thou_o and_o the_o woman_n 1171_o  _fw-fr 21._o unto_o adam_n and_o his_o wife_n do_v the_o lord_n make_v coat_n of_o skin_n 1327_o 4._o 7._o if_o thou_o do_v not_o well_o sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n 1085_o 1243_o 6._o 3._o my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man._n 1291_o 10._o 18._o the_o canaanite_n be_v disperse_v 329_o  _fw-fr 19_o the_o border_n of_o the_o canaanite_n 328_o 14._o 5._o chedorlaomer_n and_o the_o king_n smite_v etc._n etc._n 363_o 46._o 27._o child_n that_o be_v bear_v to_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n 402_o all_o the_o soul_n be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o compare_v and_o reconcile_v with_o act_n 7._o 14._o threescore_o and_o fifteen_o 667_o 49._o 17._o dan_fw-mi shall_v be_v a_o serpent_n by_o the_o way_n etc._n etc._n 1249_o  _fw-fr 22._o joseph_n be_v a_o fruiful_a bough_n even_o by_o a_o well_o 537_o exodus_fw-la ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 1._o 19_o the_o midwife_n say_v unto_o pharaoh_n the_o hebrew_n woman_n be_v etc._n etc._n 1243_o 1244_o 4._o 24._o the_o lord_n meet_v moses_n and_o seek_v to_o kill_v he_o 1066_o 8._o 19_o this_o be_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n 1244_o 17._o 16._o the_o lord_n will_v have_v war_n with_o amalech_n 291_o â—0_n 5._o unto_o the_o four_o generation_n 97_o 98_o 28._o 30._o thou_o shall_v put_v in_o the_o breast_n plate_n of_o judgement_n the_o urim_n and_o thummim_n 1067_o 32._o 27._o put_v every_o man_n his_o sword_n by_o his_o side_n and_o slay_v etc._n etc._n 1081_o 1315_o â—4_n 14._o the_o lord_n who_o