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that_o reach_n some_o thousand_o of_o year_n beyond_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n by_o this_o cavil_n moses_n shall_v have_v omit_v all_o prediction_n who_o completion_n be_v before_o his_o own_o time_n nor_o have_v record_v either_o the_o dream_n of_o pharaoh_n or_o of_o joseph_n himself_o philoth._n indeed_o cuphophron_n this_o fetch_n of_o you_o be_v over-fine_a and_o witty_a and_o next_o to_o the_o distrust_v of_o the_o whole_a history_n of_o moses_n but_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o prophecy_n that_o point_n at_o event_n some_o thousand_o of_o year_n after_o moses_n time_n countenance_n also_o the_o history_n as_o in_o that_o notable_a prophecy_n of_o jacob_n 49.10_o gen._n 49.10_o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o a_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n till_o shiloh_n come_v and_o unto_o he_o shall_v the_o gather_n of_o the_o people_n be_v which_o prophecy_n plain_o point_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o conversion_n of_o 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