priest_n and_o sacred_a uses_n see_v selden_n in_o that_o book_n cap._n 9_o p._n 518_o etc._n etc._n but_o though_o they_o may_v not_o devote_v their_o servant_n to_o death_n yet_o they_o may_v their_o enemy_n before_o they_o go_v out_o to_o war_n with_o they_o and_o such_o of_o their_o own_o people_n also_o as_o do_v not_o observe_v the_o military_a law_n a_o example_n of_o which_o we_o have_v xxi_o numb_a 2._o upon_o which_o account_n also_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jabesh_n gilead_n be_v slay_v xxi_o judg._n 9_o 10._o for_o violate_v the_o solemn_a public_a cherem_n pronounce_v against_o those_o that_o come_v not_o up_o to_o mizpeh_n v._o 5._o and_o this_o be_v the_o cherem_n speak_v of_o in_o this_o verse_n see_v selden_n cap._n 10._o for_o as_o for_o the_o cherem_n whereby_o a_o man_n be_v excommunicate_v it_o only_o load_v he_o with_o many_o curse_n and_o make_v he_o execrable_a so_o that_o no_o man_n may_v come_v near_o he_o but_o do_v not_o touch_v his_o life_n as_o he_o there_o show_v p._n 520._o ver._n 30._o verse_n 30_o all_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o lord_n by_o a_o ancient_a right_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v deliver_v for_o this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o find_v any_o mention_n of_o a_o law_n about_o tithe_n for_o which_o he_o give_v no_o reason_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n this_o be_v a_o pious_a usage_n all_o the_o world_n over_o and_o therefore_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n but_o what_o all_o nation_n practise_v the_o jew_n can_v not_o think_v it_o burdensome_a to_o they_o unless_o they_o will_v be_v whole_o irreligious_a and_o not_o acknowledge_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n and_o fountain_n of_o all_o the_o plenty_n and_o happiness_n they_o enjoy_v which_o be_v the_o intention_n of_o pay_v tithe_n as_o the_o gentile_n ancient_o do_v and_o the_o jew_n themselves_o after_o victory_n over_o their_o enemy_n for_o which_o there_o be_v no_o precept_n that_o appear_v what_o can_v we_o think_v but_o that_o natural_a 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either_o in_o kind_n or_o else_o if_o it_o be_v too_o far_o thither_o by_o turn_v it_o into_o money_n and_o therewith_o to_o buy_v provision_n to_o make_v feast_n say_v that_o to_o this_o tithe_n do_v the_o jew_n apply_v that_o of_o xxvii_o leu._n 30_o 31._o but_o for_o this_o he_o quote_v only_o r._n s._n jarchi_n who_o though_o he_o be_v a_o great_a talmudist_n yet_o must_v not_o be_v think_v to_o understand_v the_o sense_n of_o all_o their_o doctor_n aben-ezra_n it_o be_v plain_a to_o name_n no_o more_o take_v it_o otherwise_o make_v moses_n to_o speak_v of_o such_o a_o tithe_n as_o abraham_n give_v melchisedeck_v and_o jacob_n vow_v to_o god_n lyra_n i_o may_v add_v a_o convert_a jew_n agree_v with_o he_o and_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n for_o it_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o second_o tithe_n be_v as_o yet_o ordain_v and_o when_o they_o be_v command_v and_o the_o change_n of_o they_o into_o money_n allow_v there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n say_v of_o add_v a_o five_o part_n see_v fourteen_o deut._n 24_o 25._o which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v that_o moses_n in_o these_o two_o verse_n speak_v of_o the_o first_o tithe_n which_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o levite_n by_o a_o law_n make_v some_o time_n after_o this_o which_o transfer_v the_o right_a that_o god_n have_v in_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n unto_o they_o which_o if_o any_o man_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o redeem_v and_o not_o pay_v it_o in_o kind_n god_n allow_v he_o so_o to_o do_v because_o the_o tithe_n be_v not_o more_o holy_a than_o thing_n vow_v to_o god_n speak_v of_o before_o but_o then_o he_o be_v to_o do_v as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o such_o thing_n v._n 13._o add_v a_o five_o part_n over_o and_o above_o to_o what_o such_o a_o portion_n of_o tithe_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v worth_a the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v as_o mr._n calvin_n well_o observe_v not_o that_o the_o priest_n shall_v get_v more_o than_o his_o due_n by_o the_o man_n who_o desire_v to_o redeem_v his_o tithe_n but_o that_o the_o man_n may_v not_o make_v a_o gain_n of_o the_o priest_n for_o it_o be_v seldom_o see_v that_o a_o husbandman_n desire_v to_o pay_v money_n rather_o than_o his_o tithe_n unless_o he_o propound_v some_o considerable_a advantage_n to_o himself_o ver._n 32._o verse_n 32_o and_o concern_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o herd_n and_o of_o the_o flock_n every_o one_o know_v that_o by_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o herd_n here_o be_v mean_v calf_n and_o by_o the_o flock_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v lamb_n and_o kid_n i_o leu._n 2._o for_o this_o be_v the_o tithe_n of_o those_o young_a one_o that_o be_v bring_v forth_o that_o year_n the_o same_o cattle_n not_o be_v again_o tithe_v every_o year_n and_o he_o speak_v of_o clean_a beast_n which_o be_v allow_v in_o sacrifice_n for_o tithe_n be_v not_o pay_v of_o other_o beast_n but_o their_o first-born_a only_a be_v the_o lord_n this_o tithe_n be_v pay_v to_o god_n every_o year_n as_o a_o eucharistical_a sacrifice_n for_o all_o the_o benefit_n they_o receive_v 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they_o the_o dear_a thing_n they_o have_v see_v our_o great_a selden_n lib._n de_fw-la diis_fw-la syris_n syntagm_n i._o cap._n 6._o where_o he_o show_v the_o phaenician_o offer_v their_o child_n to_o saturn_n so_o porphyrius_n express_o say_v lib._n ii_o de_fw-fr abstin_n who_o be_v say_v by_o the_o poet_n to_o have_v devour_v his_o own_o child_n and_o by_o many_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o molech_n though_o other_o take_v it_o for_o the_o sun_n to_o who_o it_o be_v certain_a human_a sacrifice_n be_v offer_v many_o author_n make_v mention_n of_o it_o and_o eben_n batrich_n think_v such_o sacrifice_n begin_v in_o the_o day_n of_o serug_v and_o be_v first_o use_v among_o the_o syrian_n which_o be_v a_o very_a probable_a opinion_n as_o johan_n geusius_fw-la have_v demonstrate_v lib._n de_fw-fr victimis_fw-la humanis_fw-la pars_fw-la i._n cap._n 4_o 5._o and_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o conceive_v how_o from_o the_o syrian_n this_o abominable_a practice_n be_v derive_v to_o the_o phaenician_o who_o worship_v the_o sun_n under_o the_o name_n of_o baal_n or_o bel_n as_o herodian_a lib._n viii_o testify_v which_o do_v not_o contradict_v what_o other_o say_v that_o they_o be_v devote_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o hercules_n for_o by_o he_o be_v mean_v the_o sun_n also_o as_o his_o very_a name_n import_v viz._n or-col_a which_o in_o that_o language_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o he_o that_o illuminate_v all_o thing_n from_o the_o phaenician_o this_o worship_n of_o offer_v human_a sacrifice_n be_v propagate_v to_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o other_o people_n of_o africa_n among_o who_o this_o impious_a idolatry_n continue_v till_o the_o time_n of_o hannibal_n as_o bochartus_n gather_v out_o of_o silius_n italicus_n lib._n iu._n mos_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la quos_fw-la condidit_fw-la advena_fw-la dido_n poscere_fw-la caede_fw-la deos_fw-la veniam_fw-la ac_fw-la flagrantibus_fw-la aris_fw-la infandum_fw-la dictu_fw-la parvos_fw-la imponere_fw-la natos_fw-la who_o say_v the_o carthaginian_n be_v wont_a to_o appease_v their_o god_n by_o burn_v their_o child_n on_o their_o altar_n and_o then_o follow_v after_o the_o word_n now_o mention_v the_o lamentation_n of_o imilce_a the_o wife_n of_o annibal_n who_o son_n be_v by_o lot_n to_o be_v sacrifice_v lib._n i._o canaan_n cap._n 28._o and_o this_o wicked_a custom_n continue_v still_o to_o this_o day_n among_o some_o of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o africa_n as_o good_a author_n affirm_v it_o have_v spread_v itself_o all_o over_o the_o world_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o discovery_n that_o have_v be_v make_v in_o america_n even_o into_o the_o northern_a country_n of_o scythia_n but_o i_o shall_v content_v myself_o with_o observe_v only_o what_o the_o scripture_n say_v concern_v a_o people_n in_o the_o east_n call_v sepharvite_v who_o burn_v their_o child_n in_o the_o fire_n to_o adramelech_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 31._o which_o god_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o 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a_o hallow_v image_n have_v seven_o apartment_n in_o it_o according_a to_o the_o number_n i_o suppose_v of_o the_o seven_o planet_n into_o one_o of_o which_o viz._n the_o low_a the_o infant_n be_v throw_v when_o it_o be_v red_a hot_a as_o flour_n a_o turtle_n dove_n a_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n be_v into_o the_o rest_n we_o can_v have_v no_o certainty_n of_o this_o but_o such_o kind_n of_o statue_n be_v find_v in_o the_o west-indies_n when_o they_o be_v discover_v as_o ludovicus_n vives_z observe_v in_o lib._n vi_o cap._n 19_o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o diodorus_n siculus_n in_o his_o bibliotheca_fw-la lib._n xx._n describe_v the_o statue_n of_o saturn_n among_o the_o carthaginian_n as_o stretch_v forth_o its_o hand_n down_o towards_o the_o earth_n so_o that_o the_o child_n which_o be_v put_v into_o they_o may_v roll_v and_o fall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o a_o gulf_n full_a of_o fire_n benjamin_n tudelensis_n in_o his_o travel_n about_o 500_o year_n ago_o affirm_v that_o in_o some_o island_n in_o the_o east_n the_o worshipper_n of_o fire_n be_v wont_a to_o leap_v into_o it_o in_o performance_n of_o some_o solemn_a vow_n and_o be_v count_v by_o all_o to_o be_v happy_a men._n which_o i_o mention_v here_o because_o he_o say_v these_o fire_n be_v kindle_v in_o a_o valley_n as_o those_o among_o the_o jew_n be_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n p._n 108_o 109._o he_o shall_v sure_o be_v put_v to_o death_n sufficient_a proof_n be_v make_v of_o the_o fact_n xvii_o deut._n 6._o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v stone_n he_o with_o stone_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a punishment_n in_o this_o and_o in_o some_o other_o case_n particular_o adultery_n v._o 10._o and_o blasphemy_n xxiv_o 14_o etc._n etc._n the_o manner_n of_o it_o be_v describe_v out_o of_o a_o hebrew_n ms._n ez_n hechajim_v by_o j._n wagenseil_n upon_o sota_n cap._n 3._o to_o have_v be_v thus_o he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o ston_a be_v strip_v naked_a have_v only_o a_o cover_n before_o and_o set_v upon_o a_o high_a place_n attend_v by_o the_o witness_n against_o he_o his_o hand_n be_v bind_v one_o of_o the_o witness_n give_v he_o a_o strong_a push_n throw_v he_o down_o headlong_o from_o thence_o if_o this_o fall_v kill_v he_o there_o be_v a_o end_n but_o if_o life_n remain_v in_o he_o the_o witness_n take_v up_o a_o stone_n which_o be_v lay_v there_o on_o purpose_n as_o big_a as_o two_o man_n can_v lift_v and_o throw_v it_o upon_o he_o and_o before_o he_o quite_o expire_v all_o the_o people_n that_o stand_v by_o throw_v stone_n at_o he_o according_a to_o the_o law_n xvii_o deut._n 7._o a_o woman_n be_v only_o strip_v to_o her_o shift_n ver._n 3._o verse_n 3_o and_o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o that_o man_n and_o will_v cut_v he_o off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n in_o case_n that_o be_v there_o be_v not_o sufficient_a proof_n against_o he_o god_n threaten_v that_o he_o himself_o will_v take_v care_n to_o punish_v he_o by_o cut_v he_o 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