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jud._n c._n 4._o a_o old_a say_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o ipul_a sammai_n occid_a baut_fw-fr d_o scipulos_fw-la hillel_n epiphaa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o in_o nomen_fw-la mosis_fw-la acibe_n annae_fw-la filiorium_fw-la assanonaei_n hier._n algasia_n de_fw-fr 11._o questionib_fw-la 1_o cor._n 1.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scribae_fw-la lectionarâ—j_fw-la quasi_fw-la scriptuarij_fw-la vel_fw-la textuarij_fw-la pharisei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d drus_n matth._n 9_o eodem_fw-la habitu_fw-la cum_fw-la scribis_fw-la multebr_fw-fr pallio_fw-la latis_fw-la crepedis_fw-la &_o calâ—eamentorum_fw-la figalis_fw-la procedentes_fw-la epiphan_n meabavab_n epiph._n both_o collegiate_n and_o eremitical_a these_o pharise_n then_o be_v a_o fraternity_n or_o college_n of_o extraordinary_a devotion_n who_o rule_n be_v tradition_n who_o practice_n voluntary_a austereness_n to_o they_o the_o scribe_n join_v themselves_o as_o the_o pure_a jew_n for_o paul_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o exquisite_a sect_n yea_o and_o as_o josephus_n the_o best_a expositor_n willing_o expound_v the_o law_n according_a to_o their_o tradition_n &_o countenance_v their_o tradition_n by_o the_o force_a sense_n of_o the_o law_n both_o which_o profession_n be_v great_o enlarge_v and_o grace_v by_o two_o famous_a doctor_n sammai_n and_o hillel_n who_o some_o though_o false_o will_v have_v the_o founder_n of_o they_o not_o long_o before_o christ_n time_n for_o old_a hillel_n of_o a_o 120_o year_n protract_v his_o day_n by_o likely_a computation_n to_o ten_o year_n after_o christ_n birth_n how_o hierome_n fetch_v their_o name_n with_o more_o witness_n than_o probability_n from_o dissipate_v and_o profane_v the_o law_n and_o what_o bicker_n and_o deadly_a quarrel_n be_v even_o among_o themselves_o in_o those_o two_o famous_a house_n and_o what_o be_v the_o four_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o follow_v i_o listen_v not_o now_o to_o 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cappucine-like_a profess_v more_o year_n continency_n and_o in_o a_o word_n take_v more_o pain_n to_o go_v to_o hell_n these_o do_v so_o carry_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o there_o be_v no_o holy_a man_n which_o be_v not_o term_v a_o pharisee_fw-mi and_o therefore_o among_o the_o seven_o kind_n of_o pharise_n in_o their_o taimud_n they_o make_v abraham_n a_o pharisee_fw-mi of_o love_n job_n a_o pharisee_fw-mi of_o fear_n and_o if_o from_o the_o man_n you_o cast_v your_o eye_n upon_o their_o righteousness_n you_o can_v but_o wonder_v at_o the_o curiosity_n of_o their_o zeal_n wherein_o look_n i_o beseech_v you_o first_o at_o their_o devotion_n than_o their_o holy_a carriage_n last_o their_o strict_a observation_n of_o the_o law_n such_o be_v their_o devotion_n that_o they_o pray_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o father_n say_v oft_o and_o long_o thrice_o a_o day_n be_v ordinary_a at_o nine_o twelve_o and_o three_o a_o clock_n yea_o their_o progenitor_n who_o 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