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day_n be_v sorrow_n and_o his_o travel_n grief_n eccles._n 2._o 23._o now_o the_o earth_n be_v true_o the_o land_n of_o labourer_n numberless_a poor_a people_n sweat_n and_o turmoil_v in_o get_v a_o livelihood_n and_o even_o their_o body_n be_v bow_v down_o sometime_o with_o a_o burden_n so_o the_o erect_a figure_n of_o man_n be_v partly_o impair_v who_o can_v recount_v the_o various_a trouble_n and_o affliction_n of_o this_o mortal_a state_n what_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o calamity_n and_o misery_n be_v a_o man_n liable_a to_o daily_a how_o strange_o be_v he_o beset_v with_o cross_n and_o disaster_n at_o home_n and_o abroad_o in_o his_o private_a and_o relative_a capacity_n in_o his_o body_n mind_n and_o all_o his_o concern_v his_o dominion_n over_o the_o creature_n be_v much_o diminish_v many_o of_o they_o be_v hard_a to_o be_v tame_v and_o keep_v in_o subjection_n many_o of_o they_o prove_v hurtful_a and_o mortal_a he_o may_v lament_v the_o loss_n of_o another_o dominion_n which_o 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unto_o her_o husband_n be_v free_a and_o voluntary_a but_o afterward_o this_o obedience_n be_v force_v and_o unwilling_a and_o the_o man_n dominion_n too_o often_o degenerate_v into_o a_o arbitrary_a unreasonable_a sway_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o place_n be_v plain_a from_o the_o like_a word_n of_o god_n to_o cain_n to_o pacify_v his_o wrath_n against_o his_o brother_n abel_n unto_o thou_o shall_v be_v his_o desire_n and_o thou_o shall_v rule_v over_o he_o gen._n 4._o 7._o that_o be_v abel_n be_v thy_o young_a brother_n and_o shall_v be_v subject_a unto_o thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o superiority_n over_o he_o so_o then_o the_o import_n of_o the_o foresay_a word_n be_v this_o that_o though_o indeed_o man_n as_o be_v first_o create_v have_v a_o superiority_n and_o preeminence_n over_o the_o woman_n and_o shall_v have_v yet_o have_v if_o they_o have_v stand_v in_o their_o intergrity_n yet_o now_o since_o the_o fall_v the_o latter_a be_v oftentimes_o 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by_o they_o some_o jew_n live_v all_o their_o day_n uncircumcised_a yea_o some_o of_o their_o very_a priest_n minister_a at_o the_o altar_n though_o they_o be_v never_o circumcise_v for_o if_o the_o first_o second_o and_o three_o son_n die_v of_o circumcision_n as_o sometime_o happen_v the_o son_n that_o be_v bear_v afterward_o be_v not_o circumcise_v and_o yet_o be_v account_v true_a israelite_n and_o true_a priest_n as_o dr._n lightfoot_n inform_v we_o for_o as_o one_o of_o their_o rabbin_n say_v israelite_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o perform_v the_o legal_a precept_n where_o death_n will_v certain_o follow_v for_o it_o be_v say_v you_o shall_v keep_v my_o statute_n and_o my_o judgement_n which_o if_o a_o man_n do_v he_o shall_v live_v in_o they_o not_o die_v in_o they_o 4._o observe_v how_o god_n himself_o despise_v and_o vilifi_v reject_v and_o hate_v these_o legal_a rite_n and_o observance_n in_o themselves_o consider_v and_o as_o abstract_v from_o real_a virtue_n and_o piety_n the_o 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law_n but_o that_o in_o the_o prophet_n amos_n be_v much_o high_a i_o hate_v i_o despise_v your_o feast-day_n and_o i_o will_v not_o smell_v in_o your_o solemn_a assembly_n though_o you_o offer_v i_o burnt-offering_n and_o your_o meat-offering_n i_o will_v not_o accept_v they_o neither_o will_v i_o regard_v the_o peace-offering_n of_o your_o fat_a beast_n but_o let_v judgement_n run_v down_o as_o water_n and_o righteousness_n as_o a_o mighty_a stream_n am._n 5._o 21_o 22_o 23._o hither_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n micah_n wherewith_o shall_v i_o come_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o bow_v myself_o before_o the_o high_a god_n shall_v i_o come_v before_o he_o with_o burnt-offering_n with_o calf_n of_o a_o year_n old_a will_v the_o lord_n be_v please_v with_o thousand_o of_o ram_n or_o with_o ten_o thousand_o of_o river_n of_o oil_n he_o have_v show_v thou_o o_o man_n what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o do_v the_o lord_n require_v of_o thou_o but_o to_o do_v just_o 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the_o learnede_a rabbi_n hold_v that_o the_o law_n be_v mutable_a all_o sacrifice_n shall_v cease_v in_o the_o age_n to_o come_v but_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n shall_v never_o cease_v say_v r._n kimchi_n on_o the_o 100_o psalm_n it_o be_v a_o tradition_n among_o the_o jew_n say_v abarbanel_n in_o rosh_n amanah_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o jew_n shall_v feed_v upon_o swine_n as_o well_o as_o other_o animal_n the_o talmud_n itself_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n be_v to_o last_v no_o long_o than_o till_o the_o messias_n come_n and_o that_o than_o swine_n flesh_n shall_v be_v lawful_o eat_v again_o they_o confess_v 1._o that_o all_o those_o precept_n which_o more_o immediate_o respect_v the_o jewish_a nation_n which_o make_v up_o the_o great_a part_n of_o their_o law_n shall_v not_o be_v observe_v in_o any_o other_o country_n further_o they_o say_v massech_v there_o be_v six_o hundred_o and_o thirteen_o precept_n of_o 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