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jephthah_n vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v if_o thou_o shall_v etc._n etc._n p._n 81_o dan._n 9_o 24_o 25._o seventy_o week_n be_v determine_v upon_o thy_o people_n and_o upon_o thy_o holy_a city_n etc._n etc._n p._n 113_o matt._n 27._o 5._o judas_n depart_v and_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o compare_v with_o act_n 1._o 18._o p._n 141_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 22._o if_o any_o man_n love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maran-atha_a p._n 169_o col._n 2._o 8._o beware_v lest_o any_o man_n spoil_v you_o through_o philosophy_n and_o vain_a deceit_n etc._n etc._n p._n 193_o to_o which_o be_v add_v a_o discourse_n on_o 1_o john_n 3._o 8._o wherein_o be_v show_v what_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n p._n 285_o a_fw-la enquiry_n into_o several_a remarkable_a text_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o text_n enquire_v into_o viz._n gen._n xlix_o 10._o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o a_o 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shall_v not_o depart_v which_o be_v the_o next_o word_n i._n e._n there_o shall_v be_v a_o continual_a succession_n of_o king_n and_o ruler_n the_o civil_a power_n and_o polity_n shall_v constant_o remain_v these_o shall_v not_o be_v remove_v shall_v not_o whole_o be_v destroy_v they_o may_v for_o a_o time_n be_v cloud_v and_o eclipse_v they_o may_v be_v interrupt_v for_o a_o while_n but_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o final_a and_o total_a cessation_n of_o they_o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o quite_o depart_v it_o shall_v lat._n shall_v non_fw-la auferetur_fw-la vulg._n lat._n not_o be_v take_v away_o from_o judah_n but_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o judah_n here_o first_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o restrain_a sense_n for_o the_o patriarch_n judah_n but_o for_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n as_o the_o priesthood_n be_v consign_v to_o levi_n i._n e._n not_o his_o person_n but_o his_o tribe_n and_o posterity_n so_o judah_n have_v the_o sceptre_n the_o government_n confer_v on_o he_o not_o his_o person_n for_o he_o have_v no_o rule_n but_o his_o tribe_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o other_o tribe_n the_o meaning_n than_o be_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o of_o that_o tribe_n who_o shall_v reign_v till_o christ_n come_v and_o no_o long_o for_o as_o the_o kingdom_n and_o government_n shall_v begin_v in_o this_o tribe_n as_o it_o do_v in_o david_n and_o be_v continue_v in_o it_o so_o it_o shall_v end_v with_o it_o when_o that_o tribe_n afford_v no_o more_o king_n than_o kingship_n shall_v cease_v among_o the_o jew_n though_o foreigner_n may_v be_v set_v up_o yet_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o more_o king_n of_o their_o own_o which_o shall_v be_v a_o certain_a indication_n of_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n second_o judah_n must_v be_v take_v comprehensive_o for_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n for_o the_o state_n government_n and_o polity_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n call_v jew_n from_o the_o patriarch_n judah_n some_o shrink_v this_o prophecy_n into_o a_o 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work_n and_o thence_o he_o have_v his_o name_n give_v he_o in_o the_o greek_a a_o devil_n and_o a_o revile_a be_v term_n convertible_a it_o be_v the_o office_n and_o employ_v of_o the_o evil_a spirit_n first_o to_o raise_v and_o then_o to_o keep_v up_o slander_n and_o contumelious_a report_n but_o behold_v our_o bless_a master_n have_v leave_v we_o rule_v diametrical_o opposite_a to_o these_o practice_n 31._o practice_n ephes._n 4._o 31._o we_o must_v put_v away_o from_o we_o all_o evil-sâ—â—aking_a we_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o revile_v though_o we_o be_v revile_v yea_o we_o be_v to_o be_v possessor_n of_o that_o charity_n which_o 5._o which_o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5._o think_v no_o evil._n to_o proceed_v lie_v and_o falsehood_n craft_n and_o treachery_n most_o sensible_o discover_v the_o devilish_a nature_n these_o wind_n and_o crooked_a course_n be_v the_o go_n of_o the_o serpent_n we_o be_v tell_v that_o the_o devil_n put_v it_o into_o judas_n '_o s_o heart_n to_o betray_v christ_n 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up_o cain_n to_o kill_v his_o brother_n and_o ever_o since_o this_o savage_a and_o bloody_a spirit_n have_v show_v itself_o in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v the_o inseparable_a property_n of_o the_o roar_a lion_n to_o seek_v who_o he_o may_v devour_v he_o be_v the_o destroyer_n 11_o destroyer_n rev._n 9_o 11_o apollyon_n be_v his_o name_n and_o he_o act_v agreeable_o to_o it_o as_o for_o his_o violence_n and_o cruelty_n towards_o man_n body_n in_o continual_a haunt_n and_o worry_v the_o possess_a i_o have_v say_v something_o already_o in_o this_o discourse_n but_o it_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o cruelty_n which_o i_o be_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o of_o which_o i_o will_v propound_v these_o two_o notable_a instance_n first_o the_o humane_a sacrifice_n which_o be_v offer_v in_o most_o part_n of_o the_o world_n second_o the_o bloody_a prize_n of_o the_o gladiator_n which_o prevail_v in_o great_a city_n chief_o at_o rome_n the_o mistress_n and_o governess_n of_o the_o world_n and_o i_o will_v brief_o hint_n to_o you_o how_o the_o christian_a religion_n destroy_v these_o work_n of_o satan_n first_o i_o say_v humane_a slaughter_n and_o sacrifice_n be_v no_o unusual_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n the_o evil_a spirit_n teach_v parent_n to_o make_v a_o burnt-offering_a of_o their_o child_n unto_o moloch_n to_o sacrifice_v they_o alive_a in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n so_o that_o the_o name_n of_o hell_n gehenna_n take_v its_o denomination_n â—rom_o that_o bloody_a usage_n this_o moloch_n be_v the_o god_n of_o the_o ammonite_n but_o it_o appear_v from_o jer._n 7._o 31._o and_o psal._n 106._o 37._o that_o even_o the_o jew_n god_n select_a people_n burn_v their_o son_n and_o daughter_n to_o this_o idol_n nay_o although_o they_o have_v be_v particular_o caution_v against_o it_o by_o a_o early_a prohibition_n levit._n 18._o 21._o i_o know_v some_o of_o the_o maimonides_n the_o solomon_n jarchi_n d._n kimchi_n maimonides_n rabbin_n hold_v that_o the_o child_n be_v not_o burn_v or_o 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