priesthood_n which_o consist_v in_o sprinkle_v of_o the_o blood_n and_o make_v a_o atonement_n for_o the_o soul_n either_o of_o themselves_o or_o other_o belong_v only_o to_o the_o priest_n proper_o and_o strict_o so_o call_v this_o be_v the_o most_o sacred_a and_o essential_a character_n of_o the_o priesthood_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o common_a to_o all_o the_o levite_n who_o be_v disperse_v through_o the_o whole_a land_n and_o have_v in_o a_o great_a latitude_n the_o charge_n of_o the_o holy_a thing_n but_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n who_o have_v always_o their_o constant_a residence_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v their_o daily_a attendance_n upon_o the_o altar_n so_o that_o the_o priesthood_n of_o jeroboam_n be_v not_o bare_o a_o levitical_a but_o a_o more_o strict_a and_o sacrificial_a priesthood_n such_o as_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o only_a place_n of_o sacrifice_n set_v up_o 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his_o kindness_n back_o again_o by_o give_v authority_n and_o credit_n to_o his_o relation_n and_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o epiphanius_n do_v not_o understand_v hebrew_n which_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o prove_v that_o he_o do_v not_o and_o i_o think_v i_o have_v do_v it_o in_o some_o other_o paper_n the_o name_n itself_o do_v sufficient_o vouch_v the_o credibility_n of_o the_o story_n since_o its_o signification_n be_v so_o well_o accommodate_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o sect_n itself_o which_o he_o describe_v i_o do_v therefore_o disow_v and_o recant_v those_o reason_n which_o i_o have_v give_v of_o the_o samaritan_n practice_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a in_o the_o paper_n i_o have_v mention_v which_o be_v already_o finish_v from_o the_o press_n though_o not_o yet_o publish_v can_v be_v recall_v since_o it_o appear_v so_o plain_o that_o it_o be_v whole_o owe_v to_o the_o perverse_a institution_n of_o jeroboam_n which_o be_v devise_v by_o he_o on_o set_v purpose_n to_o make_v the_o breach_n wide_o and_o the_o enmity_n more_o irreconcilable_a betwixt_o the_o two_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n and_o it_o be_v further_a to_o be_v note_v that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o institute_v a_o new_a feast_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n a_o old_a feast_n at_o a_o new_a time_n but_o also_o that_o he_o do_v sacrifice_n in_o his_o own_o person_n by_o that_o mean_n invade_v the_o priestly_a office_n a_o sin_n so_o grievous_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n that_o for_o this_o very_a thing_n for_o offer_v sacrifice_n of_o himself_o before_o samuel_n come_v into_o the_o camp_n the_o kingdom_n be_v rend_v from_o saul_n and_o his_o posterity_n and_o azariah_n or_o vzziah_n only_o for_o burn_a incense_n upon_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n though_o in_o all_o other_o respect_v a_o very_a good_a and_o a_o very_a pious_a king_n be_v smite_v with_o the_o leprosy_n all_o his_o life-time_n after_o but_o in_o the_o thirteen_o and_o last_o place_n it_o appear_v beyond_o all_o possibility_n all_o colour_n of_o contradiction_n that_o the_o priest_n of_o jeroboam_n be_v not_o disperse_v in_o the_o levitical_a city_n all_o over_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n as_o the_o levite_n themselves_o be_v but_o only_o in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n from_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o text_n itself_o 1_o king_n 12._o 32._o and_o he_o place_v in_o bethel_n the_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n which_o he_o have_v make_v and_o there_o be_v the_o same_o sacredness_n of_o dan_n as_o of_o bethel_n the_o same_o kind_n of_o priest_n belong_v to_o they_o both_o and_o the_o same_o sacrifice_n and_o ceremony_n to_o be_v perform_v at_o both_o place_n there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o both_o that_o dan_n as_o well_o
upon_o his_o inheritance_n now_o if_o he_o have_v a_o right_a of_o redeem_v the_o inheritance_n and_o yet_o not_o take_v the_o woman_n for_o his_o wife_n than_o the_o former_a impediment_n will_v still_o remain_v there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o he_o shall_v relinquish_v his_o right_n either_o to_o boaz_n or_o any_o other_o pretender_n but_o if_o he_o have_v not_o than_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o connexion_n of_o these_o two_o the_o land_n and_o the_o woman_n together_o so_o as_o he_o must_v of_o necessity_n take_v both_o or_o neither_o can_v not_o depend_v upon_o any_o other_o law_n than_o that_o of_o the_o brother_n raise_v up_o seed_n to_o the_o brother_n for_o it_o be_v another_o very_a gross_a error_n of_o these_o writer_n when_o they_o distinguish_v with_o so_o much_o nicety_n as_o they_o do_v betwixt_o what_o they_o call_v the_o jibboum_n and_o the_o geulah_n that_o be_v the_o perform_v the_o husband_n part_n and_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o inheritance_n for_o 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so_o very_o plain_a that_o they_o need_v no_o confirmation_n they_o carry_v their_o own_o evidence_n in_o themselves_o but_o they_o tell_v we_o none_o have_v right_a to_o marry_v the_o widow_n of_o a_o husband_n decease_v without_o issue_n but_o the_o next_o brother_n to_o the_o same_o husband_n and_o upon_o his_o refusal_n the_o next_o to_o he_o and_o so_o on_o but_o this_o be_v only_o say_v not_o prove_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o what_o the_o rabbin_n call_v jibboum_n or_o leviratus_n if_o you_o argue_v too_o nice_o from_o the_o signification_n of_o a_o word_n which_o be_v of_o their_o own_o make_n belong_v only_o in_o propriety_n of_o speech_n to_o the_o brother_n of_o the_o decease_a but_o as_o for_o all_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o it_o and_o all_o that_o be_v the_o design_n of_o this_o law_n which_o be_v the_o perform_n of_o the_o husband_n part_n to_o the_o widow_n of_o the_o decease_a this_o may_v be_v and_o be_v actual_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n extend_v far_o for_o look_v you_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n be_v these_o her_o husband_n brother_n shall_v go_v in_o unto_o she_o this_o the_o rabbin_n to_o appeal_v to_o themselves_o apply_v to_o the_o elder_a of_o the_o survive_a brethren_n if_o there_o be_v more_o of_o they_o and_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o he_o be_v first_o to_o be_v apply_v to_o but_o than_o if_o he_o refuse_v application_n be_v to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o second_o and_o three_o and_o so_o on_o and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o order_n in_o which_o they_o be_v take_v be_v evident_a from_o the_o story_n of_o er_fw-mi onan_n and_o shelah_n already_o so_o much_o insist_v upon_o and_o from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o seven_o brethren_n all_o of_o they_o successive_o marry_v to_o the_o same_o woman_n in_o the_o gospel_n but_o what_o if_o all_o the_o immediate_a brethren_n refuse_v as_o they_o may_v do_v if_o they_o please_v shall_v the_o man_n name_n perish_v for_o want_v of_o a_o adoptive_a heir_n rather_o than_o the_o next_o of_o kin_n shall_v be_v address_v to_o to_o perform_v the_o husband_n part_n the_o 70_o interpreter_n who_o understand_v these_o matter_n better_o than_o either_o mr._n selden_n or_o any_o of_o those_o author_n who_o he_o be_v please_v to_o follow_v in_o this_o matter_n be_v not_o of_o his_o mind_n their_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o 4._o it_o be_v manifest_a therefore_o it_o be_v enough_o if_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nigh_o of_o kin_n which_o the_o cousin_n german_n must_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o be_v and_o therefore_o their_o translate_n the_o word_n jabem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v have_v be_v translate_v more_o compendious_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v that_o by_o that_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o confine_v themselves_o to_o the_o strict_a signification_n of_o jabem_fw-la but_o to_o expound_v it_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n which_o extend_v to_o all_o that_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o decease_a who_o in_o the_o hebrew_n idiom_n be_v frequent_o call_v achim_n i._n e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brethren_n the_o same_o be_v likewise_o prove_v from_o their_o general_a way_n of_o render_v the_o verb_n jibbem_fw-la without_o restrain_v it_o in_o their_o version_n to_o the_o brother_n of_o the_o decease_a gen._n 38._o 8._o bornwell_n el_fw-es esh_v achika_fw-mi vejabbem_fw-la otha_n 70._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v duc_fw-fr eam_fw-la vxorem_fw-la the_o vulgar_a latin_a &_o sociare_fw-la illi_fw-la and_o our_o translation_n go_v in_o unto_o thy_o brother_n wife_n and_o marry_v she_o again_o deut._n 25._o 5._o lechachah_n lo_o leishah_o vejibmah_o 70._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v take_v she_o for_o his_o wife_n and_o shall_v cohabit_v with_o she_o whereas_o if_o they_o will_v have_v render_v it_o by_o a_o word_n restrain_v it_o whole_o to_o the_o brother_n of_o the_o decease_a they_o must_v instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o they_o use_v else_o where_o have_v use_v some_o such_o word_n as_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o such_o like_a again_o ruth_n 4._o 5._o then_o say_v boaz_n what_o day_n thou_o buy_v the_o field_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o naomi_n thou_o must_v buy_v it_o also_o of_o ruth_n the_o moabitess_n the_o wife_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o raise_v up_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dead_a upon_o his_o inheritance_n and_o v._o 10._o moreover_o ruth_n the_o moabitess_n the_o wife_n of_o mahlon_n have_v i_o purchase_v to_o be_v my_o wife_n to_o raise_v up_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dead_a upon_o his_o inheritance_n that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v not_o cut_v off_o from_o among_o his_o brethren_n and_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o his_o place_n which_o answer_v exact_o to_o that_o of_o deut._n 25._o 6._o and_o it_o shall_v be_v that_o the_o first-born_a which_o she_o bear_v shall_v succeed_v in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o brother_n which_o be_v dead_a that_o his_o name_n be_v not_o put_v out_o of_o israel_n it_o be_v therefore_o unquestionable_a that_o the_o marriage_n of_o ruth_n and_o boaz_n be_v between_o so_o near_a kins-folk_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n which_o be_v assign_v of_o the_o brother_n marry_v the_o brother_n wife_n deut._n 25._o 5._o do_v depend_v likewise_o upon_o the_o same_o law_n and_o to_o say_v otherwise_o be_v to_o say_v any_o thing_n without_o regard_n either_o to_o truth_n or_o probability_n solomon_n jarchi_n think_v to_o compound_v the_o business_n thus_o as_o he_o be_v cite_v by_o selden_n de_fw-fr successionibus_fw-la p._n 106._o chiatta_n legaol_n nachalath_n ishi_n he_o make_v ruth_n speak_v to_o boaz_n in_o this_o manner_n you_o be_v to_o redeem_v the_o inheritance_n of_o my_o husband_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o i_o and_o my_o mother_n in_o law_n be_v compel_v to_o sell_v 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