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neighbourhood_n and_o intercourse_n with_o the_o russian_n and_o colony_n from_o thence_o entertain_v do_v much_o what_o speak_v the_o russian_a language_n for_o in_o that_o duglossus_n derive_v the_o name_n and_o original_n of_o this_o nation_n from_o prusias_n the_o king_n of_o bythinia_n it_o be_v altogether_o fabulous_a and_o not_o worth_a the_o confute_v some_o do_v think_v that_o the_o borussi_fw-fr in_o the_o german_a tongue_n be_v so_o call_v for_o that_o they_o be_v near_o the_o russi_n but_o whether_o true_o or_o false_o i_o listen_v not_o here_o to_o dispute_v when_o and_o how_o the_o latin_a tongue_n do_v intermeddle_v itself_o with_o the_o vulgar_a language_n of_o the_o borussian_n lithuanian_n and_o livonians_n we_o dare_v not_o constant_o affirm_v erasmus_fw-la stella_fw-la say_v that_o borussia_n prussia_n or_o spruce_n be_v rather_o assault_v by_o the_o roman_n then_o conquer_v and_o allege_v pliny_n for_o his_o author_n whereupon_o that_o follow_v that_o together_o with_o the_o empire_n the_o latin_a tongue_n can_v not_o there_o be_v spread_v
length_n be_v release_v for_o a_o long_a time_n preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o rome_n and_o other_o place_n of_o italy_n v._o 31.32_o some_o there_o be_v that_o think_v that_o after_o his_o enlargement_n he_o go_v also_o into_o spain_n and_o france_n and_o plant_v the_o gospel_n among_o those_o nation_n last_o he_o be_v again_o apprehend_v by_o nero_n and_o at_o rome_n put_v to_o death_n by_o he_o in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n which_o be_v the_o 70._o year_n after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n the_o peregrination_n of_o abraham_n the_o patriarch_n abraham_n the_o first_o patriarch_n who_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o syrach_n chapter_n 44._o v._n 19_o call_v a_o great_a man_n and_o admirable_a for_o glory_n and_o honour_n the_o son_n of_o there_o be_v bear_v as_o josephus_n write_v in_o the_o 292._o year_n after_o the_o universal_a flood_n in_o five_o r_n a_o city_n of_o the_o chaldee_n otherwise_o call_v camarine_n as_o eusebius_n witness_v it_o may_v be_v it_o be_v the_o same_o that_o ptolemey_n call_v vrchoa_n he_o go_v forth_o of_o his_o country_n and_o native_a soil_n at_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n when_o he_o be_v as_o suidas_n teach_v but_o fourteen_o year_n old_a into_o charran_n which_o s._n stephen_n in_o that_o oration_n which_o he_o make_v to_o the_o jew_n act._n 7.2_o 3.4_o as_o also_o achior_n in_o the_o story_n of_o judith_n chapter_n 5._o v._n 7._o in_o his_o speech_n to_o holofernes_n and_o likewise_o the_o 72._o interpreter_n do_v expound_v to_o be_v mesopotamia_n josephus_n take_v it_o for_o a_o city_n that_o this_o place_n be_v carrae_n famous_a for_o the_o great_a overthrow_n here_o give_v to_o the_o roman_a force_n lead_v by_o crassus_n against_o the_o parthian_n although_o there_o be_v some_o which_o be_v of_o that_o opinion_n yet_o i_o dare_v not_o whole_o yield_v unto_o they_o only_o i_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o learned_a to_o determine_v have_v stay_v a_o while_n in_o this_o country_n of_o mesopotamia_n his_o father_n be_v dead_a there_o as_o the_o same_o suidas_n report_v from_o thence_o he_o go_v with_o sarai_n his_o wife_n lot_z his_o brother_n son_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o the_o soul_n or_o live_a creature_n that_o he_o have_v get_v in_o charran_n towards_o the_o land_n of_o chanaan_n gen._n 12.5_o and_o if_o you_o will_v believe_v nicolaus_n damascenus_n in_o josephus_n he_o dwell_v sometime_o near_o damascus_n where_o in_o his_o day_n he_o say_v there_o be_v to_o be_v see_v a_o street_n which_o they_o vulgar_o call_v abraham_n house_n when_o he_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o sichem_n at_o the_o plain_a of_o moreh_n a_o place_n which_o diverse_a interpreter_n diverse_o interpret_v some_o the_o oak_n moreh_n other_o the_o okegrove_n of_o moreh_n zozomene_n write_v that_o in_o his_o time_n it_o be_v call_v terebinthus_n the_o terebinth_n or_o turpentine_n tree_n gen._n 12.6_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o and_o promise_v to_o give_v to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o seed_n that_o land_n for_o a_o inheritance_n for_o ever_o therefore_o in_o this_o place_n he_o build_v a_o altar_n to_o the_o lord_n which_o here_o appear_v unto_o he_o v._o 7._o from_o thence_o remove_v unto_o a_o mountain_n eastward_o from_o bethel_n he_o pitch_v his_o tent_n have_v bethel_n on_o the_o westside_n and_o haai_n on_o the_o east_n and_o there_o also_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n v._o 8._o thence_o he_o remoove_v and_o go_v on_o towards_o the_o south_n v._o 9_o but_o a_o great_a famine_n arise_v in_o that_o land_n and_o every_o day_n grow_v still_o more_o grievous_a than_o other_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n to_o sojourn_v there_o v._o 10._o and_o come_v thither_o with_o his_o wife_n a_o very_a fair_a and_o beautiful_a woman_n v._o 11._o who_o he_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o his_o sister_n v._o 13._o pharaoh_n the_o king_n of_o egypt_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o she_o and_o take_v she_o into_o his_o house_n v._o 15._o and_o for_o her_o sake_n entreat_v abram_n extraordinary_o well_o and_o bestow_v great_a gift_n upon_o he_o v._o 16._o who_o also_o be_v there_o as_o josephus_n affirm_v for_o his_o eloquence_n wisdom_n and_o great_a experience_n in_o all_o thing_n have_v in_o great_a estimation_n among_o the_o egyptian_n but_o when_o the_o lord_n punish_v pharaoh_n and_o all_o his_o family_n with_o many_o great_a and_o grievous_a plague_n for_o sara_n abraham_n wife_n sake_n v._o 17._o he_o debate_v the_o matter_n with_o he_o and_o examine_v he_o what_o his_o reason_n be_v to_o give_v out_o speech_n that_o she_o be_v his_o sister_n and_o that_o he_o have_v not_o tell_v he_o that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n v._o 18._o and_o so_o he_o restore_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n again_o v._o 19_o and_o give_v commandment_n that_o he_o his_o wife_n and_o all_o that_o he_o have_v shall_v be_v convey_v out_o of_o the_o land_n v._o 20._o therefore_o abram_n go_v up_o back_o again_o to_o bethel_n chapter_n 13.3_o into_o that_o 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