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nay_o most_o probable_o he_o never_o so_o much_o as_o hear_v for_o this_o just_a man_n be_v say_v job_n 1._o 5._o to_o have_v offer_v up_o victim_n in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n not_o according_a to_o the_o form_n and_o rite_n ordain_v in_o the_o mosaic_a law_n by_o which_o it_o be_v enact_v under_o the_o penalty_n of_o excision_n that_o all_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v immolate_a at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n whence_o some_o learned_a man_n infer_v that_o he_o live_v before_o the_o law_n be_v give_v other_o affirm_v that_o there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o man_n and_o the_o book_n that_o bear_v that_o name_n be_v not_o a_o true_a history_n but_o a_o parable_n or_o poem_n for_o the_o original_a be_v write_v in_o verse_n concern_v providence_n divine_a which_o of_o these_o two_o opinion_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v i_o pretend_v not_o now_o to_o inquire_v certain_a it_o be_v however_o that_o this_o book_n contain_v many_o remarkable_a thing_n pertain_v to_o natural_a law_n principal_o these_o follow_v of_o idolatry_n chap._n 31._o v._n 26._o if_o i_o behold_v the_o sun_n when_o it_o shine_v or_o the_o moon_n walk_v in_o brightness_n and_o my_o heart_n have_v be_v secret_o entice_v or_o my_o mouth_n kiss_v my_o hand_n this_o also_o be_v a_o iniquity_n to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o judge_n for_o i_o shall_v have_v deny_v the_o god_n that_o be_v above_o of_o blasphemy_n chap._n 1._o v._n 5._o in_o the_o morning_n he_o offer_a burnt-offering_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o they_o all_o for_o job_n say_v it_o may_v be_v that_o my_o son_n have_v sin_v and_o curse_a god_n in_o their_o heart_n of_o homicide_n chap._n 31._o v._n 29._o if_o i_o rejoice_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o he_o that_o hate_v i_o or_o lift_v up_o myself_o when_o evil_o find_v he_o neither_o have_v i_o suffer_v my_o mouth_n to_o sin_n by_o wish_v a_o curse_n to_o his_o soul_n if_o the_o man_n of_o my_o tabernacle_n say_v not_o oh_o that_o we_o have_v of_o his_o flesh_n we_o can_v be_v satisfy_v of_o adultery_n chap._n 31._o v._n 9_o if_o my_o heart_n have_v be_v deceive_v by_o a_o woman_n or_o if_o i_o have_v lay_v wait_v at_o my_o neighbour_n door_n then_o let_v my_o wife_n grind_v unto_o another_o and_o let_v other_o bow_v down_o upon_o she_o or_o as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a scortum_fw-la alterius_fw-la sit_fw-la vxor_fw-la mea_fw-la to_o turn_v about_o a_o mill_n be_v among_o the_o ancient_a service_n of_o woman_n of_o theft_n or_o the_o unlawful_a lay_v hand_n upon_o the_o good_n of_o another_o chap._n 31._o v._n 7._o if_o any_o blot_n have_v cleaved_a to_o my_o hand_n then_o let_v i_o see_v and_o let_v another_o eat_v yea_o let_v my_o offspring_n be_v root_v out_o of_o judgement_n he_o speak_v in_o chap._n 29._o from_o v_o 7._o to_o the_o end_n where_o he_o relate_v that_o himself_o have_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o prosperity_n sit_v on_o the_o tribunal_n and_o be_v a_o prince_n among_o the_o judge_n of_o his_o nation_n most_o evident_a it_o be_v then_o that_o all_o these_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n obtain_v among_o and_o be_v sacred_a to_o the_o idumean_n who_o live_v not_o under_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n chap._n xi_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o not_o eat_v any_o member_n of_o a_o animal_n alive_a this_o precept_n be_v add_v after_o the_o flood_n israelite_n according_a to_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o rabbin_n who_o say_v that_o the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n which_o have_v be_v interdict_a to_o adam_n be_v permit_v to_o noah_n and_o understand_v this_o interdict_v to_o be_v comprehend_v in_o that_o of_o not_o eat_v blood_n god_n at_o first_o say_v to_o adam_n gen._n 1._o 29._o i_o have_v give_v you_o every_o herb_n bear_v seed_n and_o every_o tree_n in_o which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o a_o tree_n yield_v seed_n to_o you_o it_o shall_v be_v for_o meat_n after_o he_o say_v to_o noah_n gen._n 9_o 3._o every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n for_o you_o even_o as_o the_o green_a herb_n have_v i_o give_v you_o all_o thing_n but_o flesh_n with_o the_o life_n thereof_o which_o be_v the_o blood_n thereof_o shall_v you_o not_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o carnem_fw-la in_o sanguine_fw-la animae_fw-la non_fw-la comedetis_fw-la where_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anima_fw-la we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o life_n the_o eat_n of_o blood_n be_v by_o the_o levitical_a law_n forbid_v in_o the_o same_o form_n with_o the_o immolation_n of_o a_o son_n to_o moloch_n levit._n 20._o 3._o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o he_o that_o eat_v blood_n interdict_v nor_o be_v this_o manner_n of_o speak_v to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o three_o precept_n which_o maimonides_n well_o observe_v in_o more_o nebochim_n part_n 3._o c._n 46._o pag._n 484._o because_o the_o eat_n of_o blood_n give_v occasion_n to_o the_o worship_n of_o devil_n and_o he_o fetch_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o interdict_v from_o idolater_n who_o think_v blood_n to_o be_v the_o meat_n of_o daemon_n hence_o also_o it_o be_v command_v levit._n 17._o 10._o that_o the_o blood_n of_o victim_n be_v sprinkle_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o moreover_o that_o it_o be_v cover_v with_o dust_n or_o sprinkle_v upon_o the_o ground_n as_o water_n some_o of_o the_o zabii_n use_v to_o eat_v the_o blood_n some_o other_o who_o reckon_v this_o to_o inhumanity_n at_o the_o kill_n of_o a_o beast_n reserve_v the_o blood_n and_o put_v it_o into_o a_o vessel_n or_o trench_n and_o then_o sit_v down_o in_o a_o circle_n about_o it_o eat_v up_o the_o flesh_n and_o please_v themselves_o with_o a_o opinion_n that_o their_o daemon_n feed_v upon_o the_o blood_n and_o that_o this_o manner_n of_o sit_v at_o the_o same_o table_n with_o their_o god_n will_v endear_v they_o to_o a_o near_a tie_n of_o conversation_n and_o familiarity_n and_o promise_v to_o themselves_o also_o that_o these_o spirit_n will_v insinuate_v themselves_o in_o dream_n and_o render_v they_o capable_a of_o prophecy_n and_o predict_a thing_n to_o come_v now_o in_o reference_n to_o these_o absurd_a and_o idolatrous_a way_n of_o the_o amorites_n it_o be_v that_o god_n express_o forbid_v his_o people_n to_o eat_v blood_n for_o so_o some_o of_o the_o zabian_o do_v and_o to_o prevent_v their_o imitation_n of_o other_o who_o reserve_v it_o in_o a_o vessel_n he_o command_v that_o the_o blood_n shall_v be_v spill_v upon_o the_o ground_n like_o water_n and_o with_o the_o same_o respect_n to_o the_o zabian_a rite_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o it_o be_v also_o forbid_v exod._n 23._o 19_o and_o deut._n 14._o 21._o to_o any_o man_n of_o israel_n to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n or_o lamb_n in_o his_o mother_n milk_n as_o our_o many-tongued_n mr._n gregory_n in_o posthum_fw-la have_v learned_o assert_v the_o law_n in_o another_o place_n viz._n deut._n 14._o 21._o say_v thereof_o you_o shall_v not_o eat_v morticinum_fw-la ullum_fw-la of_o any_o thing_n that_o die_v of_o itself_o thou_o shall_v give_v it_o unto_o the_o strange_a that_o be_v within_o thy_o gate_n that_o he_o may_v eat_v it_o or_o thou_o may_v sell_v it_o unto_o a_o alien_n whence_o some_o collect_v that_o the_o eat_n of_o blood_n be_v not_o forbid_v to_o either_o proselyte_n of_o the_o house_n or_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n but_o only_o of_o flesh_n tear_v from_o a_o animal_n alive_a as_o the_o stone_n of_o a_o lamb_n cut_v out_o maimonides_n more_n neboch_n part_n 3._o cap._n 48._o pag._n 496._o bring_v these_o reason_n of_o the_o interdict_v both_o because_o that_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o cruelty_n and_o because_o the_o king_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o that_o age_n be_v wont_n so_o to_o do_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o idolatry_n namely_o they_o cut_v some_o member_n from_o a_o live_a creature_n and_o eat_v it_o present_o nor_o be_v this_o so_o strange_a a_o thing_n bacchanal_n since_o clem._n alexandrinus_n in_o protreptico_fw-la p._n 9_o commemorate_v the_o same_o execrable_a cruelty_n and_o bestial_a carnage_n to_o have_v be_v practise_v in_o bacchanal_n bacchi_fw-la orgiis_fw-la celebrant_a dionysium_fw-la maenolem_fw-la crudarum_fw-la carnium_fw-la esu_fw-la sacram_fw-la insaniam_fw-la agentes_fw-la &_o caesarum_fw-la carnium_fw-la divulsionem_fw-la peragunt_fw-la coronati_fw-la serpentibus_fw-la nay_o more_o inhumanity_n yet_o have_v be_v solemn_o practise_v in_o the_o furious_a devotion_n of_o the_o adorer_n of_o the_o same_o drunken_a deity_n prophyry_n de_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la l._n 3._o sect_n 55._o say_v in_o chio_n sacrificabant_fw-la baccho_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d crudis_fw-la gaudenti_fw-la hominem_fw-la membratim_fw-la discerpentes_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o tenedo_n obtinuit_fw-la well_o therefore_o do_v they_o speak_v who_o call_v idolatry_n madness_n in_o the_o last_o degree_n jobus_fw-la ludolfus_n in_o historia_n aethiopica_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 1._o
intend_v the_o omnipotent_a author_n of_o they_o assist_v i_o serious_o and_o according_a to_o the_o best_a of_o my_o weak_a understanding_n to_o consider_v one_o by_o one_o in_o the_o same_o order_n in_o which_o they_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o exodus_fw-la and_o that_o neither_o want_n of_o skill_n in_o the_o hebrew_n language_n and_o in_o the_o idiotism_n or_o proper_a mode_n of_o speak_v use_v by_o esdras_n or_o whoever_o else_o be_v the_o writer_n of_o the_o pentateuch_n nor_o the_o slenderness_n of_o my_o judgement_n may_v lead_v i_o into_o error_n in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o sacred_a text_n i_o be_o resolve_v to_o resign_v up_o myself_o entire_o to_o the_o conduct_n and_o manuduction_n of_o the_o most_o celebrate_a interpreter_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o among_o they_o principal_o of_o the_o illustrious_a hugo_n grotius_n a_o man_n no_o less_o admirable_a for_o the_o singular_a felicity_n of_o his_o judgement_n in_o difficult_a question_n than_o for_o the_o immensity_n of_o his_o erudition_n in_o his_o explication_n of_o the_o decalogue_n as_o it_o be_v extant_a in_o the_o greek_a version_n of_o the_o seventy_o senior_n choose_v rather_o to_o tread_v in_o his_o very_a footstep_n than_o to_o deviate_v from_o the_o right_a way_n in_o a_o argument_n of_o so_o great_a moment_n not_o that_o i_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o recite_v whatsoever_o he_o have_v congest_v of_o this_o subject_a in_o that_o part_n of_o his_o theological_a write_n wherein_o be_v deliver_v many_o curious_a criticism_n concern_v the_o various_a signification_n and_o use_n of_o as_o well_o greek_n as_o hebrew_n word_n and_o phrase_n that_o belong_v chief_o to_o the_o cognizance_n of_o philologer_n but_o that_o i_o design_n from_o thence_o to_o select_v only_o such_o thing_n that_o seem_v requisite_a to_o my_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o and_o singular_a the_o precept_n that_o i_o be_o now_o about_o to_o consider_v in_o pursuance_n therefore_o of_o this_o design_n i_o begin_v from_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o decalogue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o lord_n speak_v here_o by_o the_o lord_n lord_n be_v mean_v the_o god_n of_o go_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n choose_v rather_o to_o use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lord_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n seem_v to_o be_v this_o that_o write_v to_o the_o greek_n among_o who_o be_v to_o be_v number_v the_o egyptian_a king_n of_o the_o macedonian_a blood_n by_o the_o hebrew_n call_v king_n of_o graecia_n and_o that_o among_o the_o grecian_n also_o they_o who_o be_v repute_v wise_a than_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o platonic_n of_o which_o order_n be_v the_o ptolemy_n king_n use_v to_o give_v the_o appellation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n also_o to_o those_o who_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daemon_n and_o sometime_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d angel_n they_o think_v themselves_o religious_o concern_v open_o to_o testify_v that_o they_o speak_v of_o that_o god_n only_o who_o by_o supreme_a right_o rule_v and_o command_v all_o those_o that_o they_o honour_v by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n as_o among_o mortal_a king_n the_o king_n of_o the_o persian_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o even_o at_o this_o day_n the_o king_n of_o the_o habessins_n in_o ethiopia_n write_v himself_o negûsa_fw-la nagast_a zaitjopja_n king_n of_o the_o king_n of_o ethiopia_n with_o respect_n to_o some_o petty_a king_n subject_n to_o he_o or_o his_o vice-roys_n who_o also_o be_v honour_v with_o the_o title_n of_o negus_n king_n as_o the_o most_o learned_a jobus_n ludolfus_n observe_v in_o hist._n aethiop_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o print_a at_o francfurt_n this_o present_a year_n 1681._o but_o although_o the_o lord_n god_n that_o be_v the_o high_a god_n be_v here_o say_v to_o speak_v these_o word_n that_o follow_v yet_o ought_v we_o to_o hold_v for_o certain_a that_o he_o speak_v they_o not_o by_o himself_o or_o immediate_o but_o by_o a_o angel_n send_v as_o a_o ambassador_n act_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v understand_v also_o of_o other_o the_o like_a vision_n that_o have_v happen_v to_o holy_a man_n in_o old_a time_n for_o it_o be_v a_o angel_n that_o speak_v to_o moses_n and_o the_o people_n in_o sinah_n if_o we_o believe_v the_o writer_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n chap._n 7._o v._n 38._o and_o so_o think_v the_o grave_a josephus_n also_o when_o antiq._n l._n 15._o he_o say_v cum_fw-la nos_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la potissima_fw-la &_o sanctissimam_fw-la legum_n partem_fw-la per_fw-la angelos_n à _fw-la deo_fw-la acceperimus_fw-la they_o err_v great_o who_o here_o by_o angel_n understand_v the_o second_o substance_n of_o god_n or_o second_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n for_o god_n speak_v indeed_o in_o various_a and_o manifold_a manner_n to_o the_o father_n of_o old_a but_o in_o the_o last_o time_n he_o begin_v to_o speak_v to_o we_o by_o his_o son_n hebr._n 1._o 1._o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o angel_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o internuncii_fw-la a_o ambassador_n or_o mediator_n namely_o of_o moses_n that_o it_o may_v be_v of_o force_n until_o the_o promise_a seed_n shall_v come_v galat._n 3._o 19_o and_o the_o writer_n to_o the_o hebrew_n prefer_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o law_n from_o this_o that_o the_o gospel_n be_v give_v by_o our_o lord_n jesus_n himself_o the_o law_n only_o by_o angel_n heb._n 2._o 2._o in_o which_o place_n angel_n be_v name_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n etc._n though_o st._n stephen_n say_v angel_n in_o the_o singular_a because_o such_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o vision_n of_o that_o kind_n that_o there_o be_v one_o angel_n sustain_v the_o person_n and_o name_n of_o god_n and_o other_o present_v with_o he_o as_o apparitor_n or_o minister_n as_o in_o gen._n 18._o &_o luke_n 2._o 13._o confer_v with_o 1_o thess._n 4._o 16._o and_o with_o matth._n 13._o 39_o 41._o 49._o as_o therefore_o the_o angel_n that_o pronounce_v the_o law_n say_v i_o jehovah_n so_o also_o do_v other_o angel_n that_o have_v be_v likewise_o send_v from_o god_n as_o ambassador_n to_o transact_v affair_n of_o great_a importance_n speak_v in_o the_o first_o person_n just_a as_o the_o crier_n of_o a_o court_n pronounce_v the_o word_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o st._n austin_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la c._n 2._o make_v the_o comparison_n so_o moses_n exod._n 3._o 15._o say_v that_o the_o god_n jehovah_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o the_o bush_n and_o he_o that_o then_o speak_v to_o moses_n have_v new_o say_v i_o who_o be_o which_o be_v a_o explication_n of_o the_o word_n jehovah_n i._n e._n existens_fw-la or_o be_v for_o be_v without_o beginning_n without_o end_n and_o without_o dependence_n be_v proper_a to_o god_n alone_o but_o st._n stephen_n act_n 7._o 30._o say_v that_o a_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o moses_n in_o a_o flame_n of_o fire_n in_o a_o bush_n and_o that_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o moses_n himself_o exod._n 3._o 2._o of_o which_o st._n athanasius_n orat._n 6._o say_v et_fw-la vocavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la mosem_fw-la exrubo_fw-la dicens_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la deus_fw-la patris_fw-la tui_fw-la deus_fw-la abraham_n deus_fw-la isaac_n &_o deus_fw-la jacob_n at_o angelus_n ille_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la deus_fw-la abraham_n say_v in_o angelo_n loquebatur_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la conspiciebatur_fw-la erat_fw-la angelus_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o same_o judgement_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o response_n to_o the_o orthodox_n christian_n when_o he_o say_v angelorum_fw-la qui_fw-la dei_fw-la loco_fw-la visi_fw-la aut_fw-la locuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hominibus_fw-la dei_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la nominati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la jacobo_n quique_fw-la mosi_fw-la est_fw-la locutus_fw-la etiam_fw-la homines_fw-la dii_fw-la vocantur_fw-la utrisque_fw-la ob_fw-la officium_fw-la ipsis_fw-la injunctum_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la vicem_fw-la &_o nomen_fw-la obtinere_fw-la expleto_fw-la autem_fw-la officio_fw-la desinunt_fw-la vocari_fw-la dii_fw-la qui_fw-la tantùm_fw-la operae_fw-la alicujus_fw-la causâ_fw-la id_fw-la nomen_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la we_o must_v acknowledge_v then_o that_o the_o word_n recite_v in_o this_o place_n of_o exodus_fw-la be_v pronounce_v by_o a_o angel_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n but_o we_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o believe_v the_o same_o of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o deut._n 5._o for_o they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o moses_n by_o memory_n rehearse_v the_o former_a and_o indeed_o with_o such_o liberty_n that_o he_o transpose_v some_o word_n change_v some_o for_o other_o of_o the_o same_o signification_n omit_v other_o and_o add_v new_a for_o interpretation_n sake_n for_o deuteronomy_n or_o as_o philo_n speak_v epinomis_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o law_n and_o
history_n summary_o repeat_v in_o favour_n of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o present_a at_o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o at_o the_o transaction_n of_o that_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o these_o sermon_n say_v word_n these_o very_a word_n that_o no_o man_n of_o posterity_n may_v think_v that_o aught_o have_v be_v add_v or_o take_v away_o in_o deuteronomy_n 5._o be_v not_o find_v these_o word_n so_o express_v and_o therefore_o it_o suffice_v that_o there_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o reciter_n be_v signify_v as_o we_o just_a now_o siad_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d israelite_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n who_o have_v bring_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o servitude_n by_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o septuagint_n have_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d empire_n be_v signify_v the_o same_o word_n be_v attribute_v sometime_o also_o to_o angel_n as_o in_o psalm_n 82._o v_o 2._o and_o sometime_o to_o eminent_a magistrate_n as_o in_o exod._n 21._o 6._o &_o 22._o 26._o so_o that_o in_o psalm_n 82._o 1._o &_o 131._o 1._o it_o be_v a_o great_a doubt_n among_o the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n whether_o angel_n or_o magistrate_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v but_o whensoever_o the_o plural_a be_v conjoin_v with_o the_o singular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o apposition_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d defective_a no_o doubt_n be_v to_o be_v make_v but_o that_o he_o alone_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v who_o with_o high_a and_o most_o absolute_a empire_n preside_v over_o all_o both_o angel_n and_o magistrate_n but_o to_o that_o word_n the_o possessive_a case_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v add_v whereby_o it_o be_v signify_v that_o to_o this_o most_o high_a god_n beside_o the_o sovereign_n right_o he_o have_v of_o most_o absolute_a dominion_n over_o all_o angel_n and_o man_n there_o belong_v also_o a_o certain_a peculiar_a right_n of_o dominion_n over_o some_o particular_a man_n or_o nation_n by_o virtue_n of_o not_o common_a benefit_n confer_v upon_o they_o for_o such_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o benefit_n that_o it_o always_o give_v to_o he_o who_o have_v confer_v a_o benefit_n somewhat_o of_o new_a right_n over_o he_o that_o have_v receive_v it_o and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o here_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o god_n creation_n of_o mankind_n in_o the_o beginning_n but_o of_o those_o thing_n that_o proper_o belong_v to_o the_o posterity_n of_o jacob_n nor_o of_o all_o those_o neither_o but_o only_o of_o the_o most_o recent_a the_o memory_n whereof_o stick_v more_o firm_o and_o efficacious_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o men._n compare_v with_o this_o the_o cause_n of_o keep_v the_o law_n which_o father_n be_v command_v to_o deliver_v down_o to_o their_o child_n in_o deut._n 26._o 10._o and_o follow_v verse_n now_o what_o be_v say_v in_o this_o place_n authority_n be_v not_o law_n but_o a_o preface_n to_o the_o law_n seneca_n indeed_o approve_v not_o of_o a_o law_n with_o a_o prologue_n because_o a_o law_n be_v make_v not_o to_o persuade_v but_o to_o command_v but_o zaleucus_n charondas_n plato_n philo_n and_o some_o other_o philosopher_n be_v of_o another_o opinion_n certain_o the_o middle_a way_n be_v the_o best_a let_v the_o prologue_n be_v brief_a and_o grave_a such_o as_o carry_v the_o face_n of_o authority_n not_o of_o disputation_n the_o number_n ten_n be_v to_o almost_o all_o nation_n the_o end_n of_o number_v ten._n for_o the_o number_n that_o follow_v be_v distinguish_v by_o compound_a name_n either_o by_o the_o sound_n as_o vndecim_fw-la duodecim_fw-la eleven_o twelve_o or_o by_o signification_n as_o a_o hundred_o a_o thousand_o etc._n etc._n and_o certain_o the_o most_o ancient_a way_n of_o numeration_n be_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o which_o man_n have_v ten._n for_o which_o reason_n also_o in_o these_o precept_n which_o be_v above_o all_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o receiver_n memory_n god_n be_v please_v to_o choose_v this_o number_n wherein_o that_o all_o diversity_n of_o number_n all_o analogy_n all_o geometrical_a figure_n relate_v to_o number_n be_v find_v philo_n large_o show_v in_o his_o enarration_n of_o the_o ten_o precept_n and_o martianus_n capella_n where_o he_o say_v decas_fw-la verò_fw-la ultra_fw-la omnes_fw-la habenda_fw-la quae_fw-la omnes_fw-la numeros_fw-la diversae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la ac_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la intra_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o from_o any_o other_o reason_n that_o the_o pythagorean_n and_o after_o they_o the_o peripatetic_n refer_v all_o kind_n of_o thing_n into_o ten_o class_n vulgar_o call_v category_n or_o that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o law_n but_o also_o before_o it_o ten_o be_v devote_v to_o god_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o history_n of_o camillus_n write_v by_o livy_n and_o plutarch_n and_o from_o herodotus_n who_o speak_v of_o that_o custom_n as_o most_o ancient_a the_o place_n wherein_o the_o law_n be_v give_v wilderness_n also_o exact_v our_o notice_n it_o be_v give_v in_o a_o wilderness_n barren_a and_o desolate_a with_o design_n that_o the_o people_n remote_a from_o the_o contagion_n of_o city_n and_o purge_v by_o hardship_n and_o sore_a affliction_n and_o by_o miracle_n teach_v not_o to_o depend_v upon_o thing_n create_v may_v be_v well_o prepare_v for_o that_o commonwealth_n which_o god_n be_v about_o to_o found_v and_o establish_v nor_o ought_v we_o without_o a_o remark_n number_n to_o pass_v by_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thy_n god_n which_o not_o only_o here_o in_o the_o preface_n but_o in_o the_o precept_n ensue_v be_v use_v intimate_v that_o the_o law_n command_v and_o forbid_v speak_v to_o every_o individual_a man_n in_o the_o number_n of_o unity_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o may_v declare_v that_o here_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o of_o the_o low_a hebrew_a of_o the_o vulgar_a be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o none_o high_a or_o low_a be_v exempt_v from_o the_o obligation_n thereof_o chap._n ii_o the_o first_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o have_v other_o god_n beside_o i_o in_o the_o word_n i_o other_o god_n beside_o i_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o pleonasm_n or_o redundance_n of_o speech_n for_o it_o have_v be_v sufficient_a even_o to_o man_n of_o common_a sense_n to_o have_v say_v other_o go_n but_o the_o like_a speech_n occur_v also_o in_o 1_o corinth_n 8._o 4._o and_o 1_o corinth_n 3._o 1._o and_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o other_o god_n be_v neither_o to_o be_v substitute_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o true_a god_n nor_o to_o be_v assume_v to_o he_o which_o many_o do_v as_o in_o 1_o king_n 17._o 33._o here_o by_o god_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v class_n not_o only_o angel_n and_o judge_n or_o other_o magistrate_n of_o eminent_a dignity_n who_o be_v as_o we_o have_v already_o hint_v in_o the_o preface_n sometime_o in_o the_o scripture_n honour_v with_o the_o title_n of_o god_n while_o they_o execute_v their_o office_n but_o also_o all_o those_o who_o the_o gentile_n though_o without_o just_a cause_n call_v by_o that_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v call_v god_n 1_o corinth_n 8._o 5._o so_o some_o be_v call_v prophet_n who_o boast_n and_o magnify_v themselves_o for_o such_o jer._n 28._o 1._o let_v we_o therefore_o consider_v first_o the_o false_a god_n of_o the_o ancient_a gentile_n and_o then_o those_o that_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n call_v go_n that_o the_o first_o thing_n which_o man_n worship_v as_o god_n go_n be_v the_o celestial_a fire_n or_o luminary_n be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o judicious_a of_o the_o hebrew_n master_n abenesdras_n moses_n maimonides_n and_o other_o and_o this_o opinion_n be_v high_o favour_v both_o by_o the_o tradition_n of_o abraham_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v abandon_v his_o native_a country_n and_o travel_v into_o a_o strange_a land_n mere_o out_o of_o detestation_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n and_o from_o the_o history_n of_o job_n take_v from_o time_n most_o ancient_a chap._n 31._o v._n 26._o 27._o 28._o whereto_o may_v be_v add_v that_o of_o deut._n chap._n 4._o v._n 19_o and_o chap._n 17._o v._n 3._o now_o that_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o other_o light_n of_o heaven_n be_v false_a god_n be_v most_o evident_a not_o only_o from_o hence_o that_o no_o great_a good_n or_o benefit_n come_v from_o they_o to_o mankind_n but_o also_o from_o this_o that_o they_o neither_o understand_v man_n adoration_n and_o prayer_n nor_o have_v the_o liberty_n of_o do_v good_a more_o to_o one_o man_n than_o to_o another_o which_o two_o thing_n be_v conjunctim_fw-la require_v to_o fill_v up_o the_o true_a signification_n of_o the_o name_n god_n heb._n 11._o 6._o no_o
cause_n will_v at_o length_n find_v with_o the_o philosopher_n of_o clear_a understanding_n that_o there_o be_v one_o first_o mover_n i._n e._n one_o eternal_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o all_o man_n call_v god_n and_o this_o without_o all_o cogitation_n of_o his_o own_o fortune_n the_o solicitude_n whereof_o both_o beget_v fear_n of_o evil_a to_o come_v and_o avert_v the_o mind_n from_o the_o inquisition_n of_o natural_a cause_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n give_v occasion_n of_o imagine_v many_o go_n 2._o god_n be_v necessary_o or_o by_o himself_o and_o whatsoever_o be_v so_o be_v consider_v not_o as_o it_o be_v in_o genere_fw-la but_o in_o actu_fw-la and_o in_o actu_fw-la thing_n be_v single_a now_o if_o you_o suppose_v more_o than_o one_o god_n you_o shall_v find_v in_o singulis_fw-la nothing_o wherefore_o they_o shall_v be_v necessary_o or_o by_o themselves_o nothing_o wherefore_o two_o shall_v be_v believe_v to_o be_v rather_o than_o three_o or_o ten_o rather_o than_o five_o add_v that_o the_o multiplication_n of_o singular_a thing_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n be_v from_o the_o fecundity_n of_o cause_n according_a to_o which_o more_o or_o few_o thing_n be_v breed_v out_o of_o they_o but_o of_o god_n there_o be_v neither_o original_n nor_o any_o cause_n and_o then_o again_o in_o divers_a singular_n there_o be_v certain_a singular_a propriety_n by_o which_o they_o be_v distinguish_v among_o themselves_o which_o to_o suppose_v in_o god_n who_o by_o his_o nature_n necessary_o be_v be_v not_o necessary_a 3._o nor_o can_v you_o any_o where_o find_v sign_n of_o more_o than_o one_o god_n for_o this_o whole_a university_n make_v one_o world_n in_o the_o world_n be_v but_o one_o sun_n in_o man_n also_o but_o one_o mind_n govern_v 4._o if_o there_o be_v two_o or_o more_o god_n act_v and_o will_v free_o they_o may_v will_v contrary_a thing_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o consequent_o one_o may_v hinder_v the_o other_o from_o do_v what_o he_o will_v but_o to_o imagine_v it_o possible_a for_o god_n to_o be_v hinder_v from_o do_v what_o he_o will_v be_v to_o imagine_v he_o not_o to_o be_v god_n evident_a therefore_o and_o necessary_a it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n evident_a it_o be_v also_o that_o the_o israelite_n be_v under_o a_o double_a obligation_n to_o obey_v this_o precept_n one_o from_o god_n express_a command_n the_o other_o from_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o alone_o be_v sufficient_a to_o teach_v man_n both_o that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n proper_o so_o call_v and_o that_o to_o he_o alone_o all_o divine_a worship_n be_v due_a chap._n iii_o the_o second_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o make_v to_o thyself_o any_o grave_a image_n etc._n etc._n in_o greek_a writer_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v often_o use_v to_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o apparition_n or_o ostent_n scripture_n but_o in_o the_o sacred_a book_n we_o no_o where_o find_v it_o use_v in_o that_o signification_n but_o always_o of_o the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grave_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o image_n or_o effigy_n and_o therefore_o st._n jerom_n translate_v it_o sometime_o idolum_fw-la sometime_o sculptile_a then_o imago_fw-la and_o in_o other_o place_n simulacrum_fw-la so_o the_o calf_n make_v in_o horeb_n be_v by_o st._n luke_n act._n 7._o 41._o call_v a_o idol_n and_o they_o that_o worship_v it_o be_v by_o st._n paul_n 1_o corinth_n 10._o 7._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idolater_n and_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d answer_v exact_o to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o be_v signify_v worship_n alien_a from_o the_o law_n not_o that_o a_o idol_n signify_v any_o thing_n of_o evil_a per_fw-la se_fw-la as_o some_o think_v but_o because_o after_o the_o law_n there_o be_v no_o more_o evident_a sign_n of_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o pious_a and_o the_o superstitious_a than_o this_o that_o all_o these_o have_v grave_v image_n those_o have_v none_o and_o therefore_o though_o the_o greek_a version_n render_v not_o word_n for_o word_n yet_o the_o sense_n be_v plain_o enough_o express_v nor_o do_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worshipper_n of_o many_o god_n only_o make_v and_o set_v up_o image_n to_o they_o vocal_a but_o think_v also_o that_o by_o magical_a rite_n some_o certain_a ethereal_a spirit_n be_v bring_v down_o into_o those_o image_n as_o may_v be_v see_v both_o in_o the_o dialogue_n of_o trismegistus_n whoever_o he_o be_v that_o impose_v that_o mighty_a name_n upon_o himself_o with_o asclepius_n and_o in_o maimonides_n in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o book_n entitle_v ductor_n dubitantium_fw-la as_o also_o in_o abenesdras_n upon_o this_o precept_n the_o same_o be_v note_v by_o tertullian_n l._n de_fw-la idololatria_fw-la in_o these_o word_n rapere_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la daemonia_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la immundum_fw-la per_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la obligamentum_fw-la and_o in_o l._n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la he_o say_v that_o demon_n operate_v in_o image_n and_o minutius_n felix_n isti_fw-la impuri_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sub_fw-la statuis_fw-la &_o imaginibus_fw-la consecratis_fw-la delitescunt_fw-la that_o such_o be_v the_o image_n which_o in_o iacob_n history_n be_v name_v teraphim_n be_v the_o opinion_n of_o abenesdras_n maimonides_n and_o kimchi_n though_o the_o word_n itself_o be_v of_o good_a and_o bad_a signification_n indifferent_o and_o be_v sometime_o as_o in_o judg._n 17._o 5._o and_o hosea_n 3._o 5._o take_v for_o cherubin_n such_o also_o be_v the_o gamaheu_o or_o little_a image_n that_o nero_n have_v or_o at_o least_o be_v willing_a man_n shall_v believe_v he_o have_v by_o the_o suggestion_n whereof_o he_o pretend_v to_o be_v premonish_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o suetonius_n relate_v that_o many_o image_n telesmatical_o make_v forsooth_o and_o erect_v have_v be_v vocal_a yea_o and_o oraculous_a too_o many_o grave_a writer_n have_v make_v no_o scruple_n to_o affirm_v and_o maimonides_n part_n 3._o cap._n 29._o ductor_n dubitant_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v read_v two_o book_n of_o speak_a image_n these_o author_n perhaps_o have_v from_o other_o hear_v of_o such_o statue_n and_o believe_v what_o they_o have_v hear_v to_o be_v true_a but_o to_o i_o i_o free_o profess_v it_o seem_v more_o probable_a that_o either_o they_o give_v credit_n too_o easy_o to_o fabulous_a relation_n or_o that_o the_o relator_n themselves_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o by_o fraud_n and_o imposture_n of_o heathen_a priest_n speak_v in_o and_o pronounce_v enigmatick_a oracle_n from_o the_o hollow_a of_o statue_n to_o delude_v the_o credulous_a and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n propagate_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o false_a god_n represent_v by_o those_o idol_n than_o that_o evil_a demon_n shall_v as_o it_o be_v animate_v a_o statue_n and_o cause_v it_o to_o express_v articulate_a sound_n without_o vocal_a organ_n and_o as_o for_o memnon_n statue_n or_o colossus_n make_v of_o black_a marble_n set_v up_o in_o that_o magnificent_a temple_n of_o serapis_n in_o thebes_n and_o for_o the_o music_n it_o make_v upon_o the_o strike_n of_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n upon_o it_o so_o much_o celebrate_v by_o ancient_a writer_n as_o well_v latin_a as_o greek_a certain_o it_o be_v mere_o a_o piece_n of_o art_n a_o kind_n of_o pneumatic_a machine_n contrive_v by_o the_o theban_a priest_n man_n of_o not_o vulgar_a skill_n in_o astronomy_n and_o all_o other_o philosophical_a science_n athanasius_n kircher_n i_o remember_v in_o his_o oedipus_n aegyptiacus_n tom._n 2._o according_a to_o his_o usual_a credulity_n conceive_v it_o be_v a_o telesme_fw-fr or_o make_v by_o talismanic_a art_n and_o that_o the_o devil_n be_v conjure_v within_o the_o hollow_a of_o it_o to_o perform_v that_o effect_n because_o it_o continue_v musical_a for_o so_o long_a a_o time_n namely_o to_o the_o day_n of_o apollonius_n tyaneus_n which_o from_o the_o first_o erection_n of_o it_o be_v about_o eleven_o hundred_o year_n but_o yet_o he_o show_v that_o such_o a_o musical_a statue_n may_v be_v make_v by_o mathematical_a and_o natural_a contrivance_n upon_o the_o ground_n of_o rarefaction_n say_v magnam_fw-la enim_fw-la vim_o in_fw-la natura_fw-la rerum_fw-la rarefactionem_fw-la obtinere_fw-la nemo_fw-la ignorat_fw-la and_o subnect_v various_a other_o pneumatical_a device_n among_o the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o temple_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n or_o the_o priest_n that_o speak_v in_o those_o consecrate_a statue_n divination_n or_o whether_o the_o vulgar_a in_o all_o age_n easy_a to_o be_v gull_v by_o man_n of_o more_o learning_n and_o cunning_a be_v only_o delude_v into_o a_o belief_n that_o they_o speak_v certain_a it_o be_v however_o that_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o spirit_n or_o other_o include_v within_o they_o so_o far_o advance_v their_o
that_o kind_a of_o speech_n be_v find_v in_o any_o other_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thousand_o and_o show_v mercy_n unto_o thousand_o god_n speak_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n not_o to_o a_o thousand_o but_o to_o thousand_o show_v how_o much_o large_a god_n be_v in_o do_v good_a and_o confer_v benefit_n than_o in_o punish_v this_o be_v what_o the_o hebrew_n mean_v when_o they_o say_v that_o the_o angel_n michael_n the_o minister_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o vengeance_n fly_n with_o but_o one_o wing_n gabriel_n the_o minister_n of_o his_o mercy_n love_n and_o blessing_n with_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d men._n to_o those_o that_o love_v i_o to_o those_o that_o worship_n i_o and_o that_o be_v therefore_o call_v pious_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o keep_v my_o precept_n who_o be_v attent_a to_o observe_v all_o my_o commandment_n but_o chief_o those_o which_o pertain_v to_o the_o exclusion_n and_o extinction_n of_o idolatry_n and_o all_o wicked_a superstition_n and_o who_o be_v therefore_o call_v righteous_a or_o iust._n chap._n iu._n the_o three_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o hebrew_n name_n thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v or_o carry_v namely_o in_o thy_o mouth_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v viz._n into_o thy_o mouth_n here_o also_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n because_o by_o that_o title_n the_o tremend_v majesty_n of_o god_n be_v best_a understand_v we_o may_v en_fw-fr passant_a observe_v that_o here_o the_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v change_v for_o according_a to_o the_o way_n of_o speak_v use_v in_o the_o former_a precept_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v my_o name_n but_o to_o the_o hebrew_n this_o be_v frequent_a to_o put_v a_o noun_n for_o a_o pronoun_n as_o in_o exod._n 23._o 18_o 19_o genes_n 2._o 20._o numb_a 10._o 29._o and_o many_o other_o place_n where_o the_o like_a translation_n from_o the_o first_o person_n to_o the_o three_o occur_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vain_a or_o as_o aquila_n rash_o or_o as_o philo_z to_o testify_v a_o lye_n but_o to_o omit_v all_o other_o interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n we_o have_v the_o sense_n of_o they_o compendious_o express_v in_o st._n matthew_n 5._o 33._o thou_o shall_v not_o forswear_v thyself_o nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o our_o saviour_n christ_n in_o this_o place_n urge_v the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o law_n where_o the_o syrian_a have_v put_v word_n that_o signify_v thou_o shall_v not_o lie_v in_o thy_o oath_n or_o swear_v only_o this_o be_v to_o be_v accurate_o note_v that_o in_o this_o place_n be_v treat_v not_o of_o a_o oath_n take_v for_o testimony_n of_o which_o the_o nine_o precept_n be_v particular_o give_v but_o of_o a_o oath_n promissory_a which_o the_o word_n follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o same_o verse_n of_o st._n matthew_n sufficient_o declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v perform_v unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o oath_n taken_z most_o certain_o from_o numb_a 30._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o forswear_v take_v in_o its_o proper_a sense_n be_v as_o have_v be_v critical_o observe_v by_o chrysippus_n to_o make_v void_a what_o thou_o have_v swear_v or_o not_o to_o stand_v to_o what_o thou_o have_v by_o oath_n promise_v the_o weight_n or_o heinousness_n of_o this_o execrable_a crime_n philo_n wise_o show_v where_o he_o say_v that_o he_o who_o commit_v it_o do_v either_o not_o believe_v that_o god_n take_v care_n of_o humane_a affair_n which_o be_v a_o abnegation_n of_o god_n providence_n and_o the_o fountain_n of_o all_o injustice_n or_o if_o he_o do_v believe_v that_o he_o make_v god_n less_o than_o any_o honest_a man_n who_o none_o that_o design_n to_o assert_v a_o lie_n will_v dare_v to_o call_v in_o for_o a_o witness_n of_o what_o he_o know_v to_o be_v false_a abenesdras_n add_v that_o in_o other_o sin_n somewhat_o of_o commodity_n profit_n or_o pleasure_n be_v look_v upon_o whereby_o man_n may_v be_v tempt_v and_o carry_v away_o but_o in_o this_o oftentimes_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o commodity_n or_o emolument_fw-fr that_o other_o crime_n can_v always_o be_v commit_v this_o always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d himself_o for_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o hold_v he_o guiltless_a that_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n in_o vain_a here_o according_a to_o the_o greek_a custom_n two_o negative_n be_v put_v for_o one_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o pass_v by_o one_o as_o innocent_a so_o that_o the_o sense_n be_v god_n will_v not_o leave_v he_o unpunished_a which_o be_v a_o figure_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o extenuation_n such_o as_o be_v use_v in_o the_o gospel_n of_o st._n matthew_n 12._o 31._o blasphemy_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v unto_o man_n that_o be_v shall_v be_v severe_o punish_v and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o this_o sin_n be_v even_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n so_o heinous_a and_o detestable_a that_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v always_o severe_o punish_v by_o god_n hesiod_n say_v et_fw-la juramentum_fw-la clades_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la unde_fw-la adveniunt_fw-la quoties_fw-la fallaci_fw-la pectore_fw-la jurant_fw-la dire_a misery_n pursue_v those_o man_n that_o dare_v themselves_o with_o heart_n fallacious_a to_o forswear_v in_o herodotus_n this_o oracle_n be_v relate_v at_o juramento_fw-la quaedam_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la nomine_fw-la proles_fw-la trunca_fw-la manus_fw-la &_o trunca_fw-la pedes_fw-la tamen_fw-la impete_fw-la magno_fw-la advenit_fw-la atque_fw-la omnem_fw-la vastat_fw-la stirpemque_fw-la domumque_fw-la from_o perjury_n a_o nameless_a issue_n spring_v with_o maim_a hand_n and_o foot_n which_o yet_o still_o bring_v revenge_n with_o mighty_a force_n and_o do_v at_o last_o both_o the_o whole_a race_n and_o family_n devast_v and_o the_o sweet-tongued_a tibullus_n can_v say_v ah_o miser_n et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la primo_fw-la perjuria_fw-la celat_fw-la sera_n tamen_fw-la tacitis_fw-la poena_fw-la venit_fw-la pedibus_fw-la ah_o wretch_n though_o one_o his_o perjury_n conceal_v vengeance_n with_o silent_a foot_n will_v on_o he_o steal_v and_o he_o have_v reason_n oath_n for_o a_o oath_n be_v a_o religious_a affirmation_n as_o cicero_n define_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o testimony_n of_o god_n upon_o a_o doubtful_a matter_n as_o philo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o affirmation_n with_o a_o assumption_n of_o god_n for_o witness_n as_o clement_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o strong_a seal_n of_o human_a faith_n as_o dionysius_n halicarnensis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o last_o and_o most_o certain_a pledge_n of_o faith_n as_o procopius_n wherefore_o the_o ancient_n even_o wehre_fw-ge ah_o specious_a excuse_n may_v be_v bring_v hold_v themselves_o religious_o oblige_v to_o fulfil_v whatsoever_o they_o have_v by_o oath_n promise_v concern_v the_o sanction_n of_o a_o oath_n or_o vow_n consult_v judge_n 20._o 1._o 1_o sam._n 14._o 24_o 26_o 27._o joshua_n 19_o 15._o psal._n 21._o 2_o 6_o 7_o 8._o now_o the_o reason_n why_o god_n threaten_v to_o himself_o send_v from_o himself_o dire_a punishment_n upon_o those_o who_o either_o worship_n false_a god_n or_o violate_v his_o most_o holy_a name_n by_o perjury_n seem_v to_o be_v this_o to_o let_v they_o know_v that_o though_o man_n may_v perhaps_o be_v ignorant_a of_o or_o neglect_v to_o vindicate_v these_o crime_n yet_o they_o shall_v never_o escape_v the_o certain_a hand_n of_o divine_a vengeance_n in_o the_o end_n which_o many_o time_n indeed_o be_v slow_a in_o lift_v up_o but_o always_o first_o or_o last_o strike_v sure_a and_o home_o chap._n v._o the_o four_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d remember_v the_o sabbath_n day_n etc._n etc._n in_o deuteronomy_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d observe_v the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v the_o like_a difference_n in_o the_o latter_a place_n moses_n expound_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o remember_v in_o the_o former_a namely_o attend_v to_o the_o sabbath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o sanctify_v it_o time_n viz._n by_o a_o glad_a and_o grateful_a recordation_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n by_o god_n for_o most_o true_a be_v the_o sentence_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n barbesathel_n and_o r._n ephraim_n in_o keli_n jacar_n that_o in_o these_o word_n one_o thing_n be_v command_v and_o another_o in_o the_o follow_v the_o keep_v holy_a of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n have_v for_o its_o true_a cause_n the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n the_o rest_n from_o labour_n the_o egyptian_a servitude_n that_o extend_v to_o all_o mankind_n this_o to_o the_o hebrew_n only_o exod._n 31._o 13._o which_o be_v the_o
31._o 13._o it_o be_v a_o sign_n betwixt_o i_o and_o you_o in_o your_o generation_n that_o you_o may_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n who_o sanctify_v you_o you_o shall_v therefore_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n for_o to_o you_o it_o be_v holy_a nor_o will_v the_o master_n allow_v it_o to_o have_v pertain_v to_o the_o gentile_n some_o exempt_a even_a proselyte_n of_o the_o house_n from_o the_o obligation_n of_o this_o precept_n but_o how_o that_o exemption_n can_v be_v bring_v to_o consist_v with_o those_o word_n of_o the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o strange_a that_o be_v within_o thy_o gate_n i_o see_v not_o chap._n vi_o the_o five_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n honour_n thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o this_o precept_n among_o those_o that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o legible_a by_o the_o light_n of_o right_a reason_n not_o the_o least_o be_v first_o give_v to_o the_o israelite_n in_o marah_n we_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o babylonian_a gemara_n where_o in_o titulo_fw-la sanhedrin_n cap._n 7._o sect_n 5._o we_o read_v decem_fw-la praecepta_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la israelitae_n in_o mara_n septem_fw-la quae_fw-la noachidarum_fw-la fuere_fw-la jam_fw-la vero_fw-la adjecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la &_o parentum_fw-la honos_fw-la that_o it_o obtain_v among_o the_o egyptian_n also_o and_o be_v by_o they_o place_v next_o after_o the_o precept_n of_o divine_a worship_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o funeral_n apology_n use_v among_o they_o wherein_o the_o libitinarius_fw-la personate_n the_o defunct_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v i_o have_v ever_o honour_v those_o who_o beget_v my_o body_n and_o that_o the_o same_o be_v teach_v also_o in_o the_o school_n of_o pythagoras_n who_o learn_v all_o his_o doctrine_n from_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n be_v equal_o manifest_a from_o the_o golden_a verse_n where_o immediate_o after_o the_o precept_n of_o worship_v the_o godsfollows_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o honour_v thy_o parent_n but_o long_o before_o the_o day_n of_o pythagoras_n be_v this_o law_n place_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o ceres_n eleusinia_n athenian_n if_o we_o may_v confide_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o porphyry_n who_o from_o hermippus_n in_o de_n abstinentia_fw-la p._n 1._o and_o 399._o say_v as_o st._n jerom_n have_v translate_v the_o place_n jovinian_a l._n 2._o p._n 528._o xenocrates_n philosophus_fw-la de_fw-fr triptolemi_n legibus_fw-la apud_fw-la athenienses_fw-la tria_fw-la tantum_fw-la praecepta_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la eleusinae_fw-la residere_fw-la scribit_fw-la honorandos_fw-la parent_n venerandos_fw-la deos_fw-la carnibus_fw-la non_fw-la vescendum_fw-la and_o socrates_n in_o xenophon_n memorabil_n l._n 2._o p._n 743._o say_v civitas_n ingratitudinis_fw-la alterius_fw-la rotionem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la neque_fw-la datur_fw-la actio_fw-la in_o eam_fw-la verùm_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la parent_n non_fw-la honorârit_fw-la &_o actio_fw-la adversùs_fw-la eum_fw-la scribitur_fw-la &_o magistratum_fw-la capessere_fw-la non_fw-la permittitur_fw-la for_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inquisition_n make_v into_o the_o manner_n and_o life_n of_o those_o who_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o magistracy_n they_o be_v interrogated_a first_o if_o they_o be_v descend_v for_o three_o generation_n at_o least_o on_o both_o side_n from_o athenian_a citizen_n and_o second_o if_o they_o have_v due_o honour_v their_o parent_n because_o he_o that_o be_v impious_a towards_o his_o parent_n can_v be_v judge_v pious_a towards_o his_o country_n nor_o towards_o god_n neither_o say_v menander_n in_o this_o distich_n qui_fw-la patrem_fw-la incilat_fw-la voce_fw-la maledicit_fw-la patri_fw-la at_o in_fw-la hoc_fw-la se_fw-la parat_fw-la at_o ipsi_fw-la maledicat_fw-la deo_fw-la to_o return_v to_o the_o egyptian_n parent_n doubtless_o the_o son_n among_o they_o show_v all_o sign_n of_o filial_a respect_n and_o honour_n to_o their_o father_n while_n they_o live_v since_o they_o pious_o venerate_v they_o even_o after_o their_o decease_n and_o pay_v a_o kind_n of_o religious_a reverence_n to_o their_o dead_a body_n to_o that_o end_n preserve_v by_o precious_a embalmment_n as_o if_o death_n can_v not_o cancel_v their_o bond_n of_o gratitude_n nor_o fate_n extinguish_v their_o sentiment_n of_o natural_a piety_n whence_o that_o honourable_a testimony_n give_v of_o they_o by_o the_o prince_n of_o antiquary_n diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a lib._n 1._o pag._n 58._o sanctissimè_fw-la receptum_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la egyptios_n ut_fw-la appareant_fw-la parent_n aut_fw-la majores_fw-la ad_fw-la eternam_fw-la habitationem_fw-la translatos_fw-la impensius_fw-la honorasse_fw-la whereto_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n to_o pawn_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o their_o parent_n but_o those_o who_o redeem_v they_o not_o be_v punish_v with_o high_a infamy_n and_o contempt_n during_o life_n and_o after_o death_n with_o privation_n of_o sepulture_n nor_o be_v the_o egyptian_n the_o only_a nation_n that_o teach_v and_o urge_v obedience_n and_o honour_n to_o parent_n parent_n from_o the_o dictate_v of_o nature_n for_o the_o grave_n plutarch_n the_o philadelphia_n say_v omnes_fw-la dicunt_fw-la atque_fw-la canunt_fw-la primum_fw-la ac_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la honorem_fw-la post_fw-la deos_fw-la parentibus_fw-la destinasse_n &_o naturam_fw-la &_o naturae_fw-la legem_fw-la nor_o be_v there_o be_v the_o whole_a world_n any_o people_n so_o barbarous_a and_o savage_a but_o by_o mere_a natural_a instinct_n they_o understand_v that_o honour_n and_o reverence_n be_v due_a to_o parent_n wise_o therefore_o do_v philo_n judaeus_fw-la account_v this_o precept_n now_o confirm_v at_o the_o law_n promulgation_n of_o the_o decalogue_n the_o last_o of_o the_o first_o table_n and_o place_v in_o confinio_fw-la utriusque_fw-la his_o reason_n this_o natura_fw-la parentum_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la confinium_fw-la immortalis_fw-la &_o mortalis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la immortal_a because_o a_o father_n by_o beget_n resemble_v god_n the_o genitor_fw-la of_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o the_o violation_n of_o it_o he_o put_v the_o high_a inhumanity_n most_o detestable_a to_o god_n and_o man_n feritatis_fw-la primas_fw-la ferunt_fw-la qui_fw-la parent_n negligunt_fw-la and_o in_o truth_n this_o law_n be_v the_o cement_n of_o human_a society_n for_o he_o that_o love_v and_o reveres_fw-la his_o parent_n will_v requite_v their_o care_n with_o good_a education_n of_o his_o child_n love_v his_o brethren_n and_o sister_n as_o branch_n of_o the_o same_o stock_n with_o himself_o cherish_v and_o assist_v all_o his_o kindred_n as_o descendent_a from_o the_o same_o progenitor_n whence_o flow_v that_o whole_a series_n of_o consanguinity_n and_o natural_a relation_n and_o whence_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a original_a of_o nation_n city_n and_o town_n when_o tribe_n and_o numerous_a family_n conjoin_v themselves_o into_o society_n under_o the_o government_n of_o their_o head_n after_o this_o when_o man_n convene_v from_o many_o place_n they_o begin_v by_o common_a consent_n to_o constitute_v king_n and_o governor_n by_o the_o example_n of_o parent_n to_o who_o the_o ancient_n therefore_o give_v the_o most_o proper_a and_o oblige_a name_n of_o father_n for_o which_o reason_n in_o the_o roman_a law_n and_o in_o those_o of_o other_o nation_n the_o crime_n of_o majesty_n which_o we_o call_v high_a treason_n be_v put_v before_o all_o other_o crime_n as_o most_o pernicious_a to_o the_o peace_n and_o safety_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v this_o precept_n of_o honour_v parent_n put_v before_o the_o rest_n that_o respect_v human_a society_n here_o god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o name_n and_o certain_o as_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o nature_n child_n and_o maker_n of_o all_o child_n in_o the_o mother_n womb_n so_o be_v he_o the_o most_o equal_a judge_n the_o mother_n as_o well_o as_o the_o father_n whereas_o the_o law_n of_o this_o kind_n make_v by_o man_n provide_v almost_o for_o father_n only_a as_o the_o persian_a law_n commemorate_a by_o aristotle_n and_o the_o roman_a describe_v in_o the_o digest_v and_o institution_n mention_v first_o by_o epictetus_n then_o by_o simplicius_n and_o philo_n de_fw-la legatione_fw-la and_o though_o in_o collisu_fw-la the_o right_a of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o better_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o prevalency_n of_o his_o sex_n for_o which_o god_n give_v the_o husband_n dominion_n over_o the_o wife_n yet_o certain_o obedience_n and_o reverence_n which_o be_v here_o signify_v by_o the_o word_n honour_n be_v from_o child_n due_a to_o both_o in_o the_o same_o word_n be_v comprehend_v also_o the_o duty_n of_o thankfulness_n and_o a_o grateful_a requital_n as_o much_o as_o in_o child_n lie_v for_o indeed_o a_o full_a requital_n can_v never_o be_v make_v to_o parent_n for_o the_o great_a blessing_n of_o existence_n and_o life_n give_v by_o they_o to_o child_n as_o both_o aristotle_n and_o philo_n have_v observe_v quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la genitus_fw-la eos_fw-la
vicissim_fw-la generare_fw-la possit_fw-la and_o as_o god_n be_v please_v for_o man_n imitation_n to_o impress_v upon_o mute_a animal_n visible_a character_n of_o almost_o all_o virtue_n of_o justice_n clemency_n chastity_n fidelity_n friendship_n etc._n etc._n not_o of_o all_o in_o all_o but_o of_o each_o in_o particular_a species_n so_o have_v he_o give_v for_o a_o example_n of_o filial_a love_n and_o piety_n to_o man_n the_o stork_n which_o sustain_v and_o nourish_v their_o parent_n when_o they_o be_v grow_v old_a and_o weak_a for_o this_o also_o be_v comprehend_v in_o the_o first_o word_n of_o this_o precept_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honour_n want_n which_o in_o its_o chief_a sense_n signify_v to_o nourish_v as_o appear_v from_o the_o 1_o timothy_n 5._o 3._o honour_n widow_n that_o be_v widow_n indeed_o i._n e._n relieve_v their_o want_n and_o contribute_v to_o their_o maintenance_n and_o so_o the_o hebrew_n interpret_v that_o text_n in_o number_n 22._o 17._o i_o will_v promote_v thou_o unto_o very_o great_a honour_n so_o cicero_n officior_fw-la 1._o treat_v of_o duty_n to_o kindred_n and_o near_a relation_n say_v necessaria_fw-la praesidia_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la debentur_fw-la his_o maxim_n and_o hierocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n we_o shall_v high_o honour_v parent_n if_o we_o most_o ready_o serve_v they_o with_o the_o ministry_n of_o our_o body_n and_o the_o help_n of_o money_n here_o i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o strange_a distinction_n make_v betwixt_o son_n and_o daughter_n by_o the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o law_n of_o nourish_a parent_n labour_v of_o old_a age_n or_o poverty_n and_o record_v by_o herodotus_n l._n 2._o 35._o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la filiis_fw-la alendi_fw-la parent_n nolentibus_fw-la sed_fw-la filiabus_fw-la summa_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nolint_fw-la son_n be_v under_o no_o necessity_n to_o feed_v and_o sustain_v their_o parent_n against_o their_o own_o will_n but_o daughter_n be_v most_o strict_o bind_v to_o nourish_v they_o though_o against_o their_o will_n a_o odd_a law_n this_o to_o impose_v the_o burden_n upon_o the_o weak_a sex_n and_o exempt_v the_o strong_a and_o the_o more_o admirable_a to_o i_o because_o no_o reason_n be_v add_v to_o it_o by_o herodotus_n nor_o can_v i_o fix_v my_o conjecture_n upon_o any_o that_o be_v probable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o may_v be_v well_o with_o thou_o this_o be_v here_o add_v out_o of_o deuteronomy_n for_o explication_n sake_n or_o perhaps_o ascribe_v on_o the_o margin_n from_o that_o place_n in_o epist._n to_o the_o ephesian_n 6._o 1._o 3._o many_o such_o additional_a clause_n be_v find_v in_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o thou_o may_v live_v long_o reverence_n here_o abenesdras_n note_v that_o god_n be_v wont_a when_o he_o forbid_v any_o thing_n to_o annex_v the_o penalty_n where_o he_o command_v the_o reward_n as_o in_o this_o place_n but_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o just_a now_o cite_v place_n to_o the_o ephesian_n note_v this_o more_o that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o commandment_n with_o promise_n the_o law_n in_o direct_a word_n promise_v only_o temporal_a felicity_n as_o st._n jerom_n observe_v l._n 2._o commentar_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la galat._n &_o 1_o dialog_n contra_fw-la pelagium_fw-la and_o st._n austin_n de_fw-la civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 10._o cap._n 15._o and_o of_o temporal_a felicity_n the_o principal_a part_n be_v long_a life_n which_o be_v general_o promise_v to_o those_o that_o keep_v the_o law_n as_o in_o levit._n 18._o 5._o and_o 25._o 18._o and_o in_o deuter._n 6._o 17._o 18._o and_o in_o ezech._n 20._o 11._o some_o expound_v the_o hebrew_n word_n that_o they_o may_v prolong_v thy_o day_n namely_o thy_o parent_n by_o their_o favour_n and_o prayer_n to_o god_n but_o i_o fear_v lest_o this_o interpretation_n be_v too_o subtle_a and_o adhere_v rather_o to_o the_o seventy_o and_o other_o interpreter_n who_o take_v the_o hebrew_n word_n though_o of_o a_o active_a form_n in_o a_o passive_a sense_n viz._n that_o thy_o day_n may_v be_v prolong_v to_o absolom_n violate_v this_o precept_n his_o day_n be_v cut_v off_o or_o shorten_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o earth_n or_o in_o the_o land_n life_n in_o exile_n be_v not_o life_n but_o a_o long_a death_n therefore_o god_n promise_v to_o obsequious_a and_o dutiful_a child_n a_o long_a life_n and_o that_o too_o at_o home_n in_o their_o own_o country_n and_o ezechiel_n enumerate_v the_o cause_n of_o deserve_a exile_n put_v the_o contempt_n of_o parent_n in_o the_o head_n of_o the_o catalogue_n chap._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a land_n this_o also_o have_v be_v add_v from_o deut._n 8._o 7._o but_o deserve_o for_o that_o land_n be_v in_o those_o day_n true_o good_a and_o singular_o fertile_a abound_v with_o milk_n honey_n and_o corn_n and_o other_o fruit_n and_o the_o only_a land_n that_o produce_v balsam_n which_o it_o continue_v to_o do_v in_o good_a plenty_n down_o to_o the_o day_n of_o pliny_n who_o therefore_o praise_v it_o and_o do_v even_o at_o this_o time_n though_o in_o less_o quantity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v give_v thou_o law_n the_o present_a for_o the_o future_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o will_v come_v matth._n 3._o 2._o it_o must_v be_v something_o great_a and_o high_o estimable_a that_o god_n confer_v as_o a_o donative_n upon_o the_o posterity_n of_o those_o who_o he_o love_v above_o all_o other_o and_o to_o who_o he_o promise_v to_o give_v it_o but_o as_o god_n promise_v great_a blessing_n to_o those_o that_o observe_v this_o precept_n so_o on_o the_o contrary_n he_o threaten_v grievous_a punishment_n to_o those_o that_o contemn_v and_o revile_v their_o parent_n namely_o death_n by_o decree_n of_o the_o judge_n if_o the_o matter_n be_v by_o sufficient_a testimony_n prove_v against_o they_o exod._n 21._o 15._o 17._o and_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o bring_v to_o public_a notice_n divine_a wrath_n deut._n 27._o 16._o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o dreadful_a and_o from_o which_o good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o chap._n vii_o the_o six_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n in_o the_o hebrew_n this_o precept_n be_v place_v next_o after_o that_o against_o murder_n and_o the_o greek_a copy_n also_o now_o keep_v the_o same_o order_n in_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o the_o decalogue_n in_o deuteronomy_n but_o lest_o any_o shall_v think_v this_o transposition_n of_o these_o two_o precept_n a_o thing_n recent_a i_o must_v observe_v that_o philo_n in_o his_o time_n read_v they_o as_o we_o now_o do_v and_o that_o he_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o among_o unjust_a fact_n adultery_n be_v the_o great_a and_o again_o after_o he_o have_v with_o admirable_a eloquence_n describe_v the_o many_o evil_a consequent_n of_o this_o crime_n he_o say_v meritò_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o hominibus_fw-la exosa_fw-la res_fw-la adulterium_fw-la inter_fw-la crimina_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ducit_fw-la mean_v the_o crime_n that_o be_v injurious_a to_o man_n nor_o do_v the_o ancient_a christian_n read_v they_o otherwise_o follow_v the_o greek_a code_o as_o appear_v from_o tertullian_n de_fw-la pudicitia_fw-la who_o say_v eo_fw-la amplius_fw-la praemittens_fw-la non_fw-la maechaberis_fw-la adjungit_fw-la non_fw-la occides_fw-la oneravit_fw-la utique_fw-la maechiam_fw-la quam_fw-la homicidio_fw-la anteponit_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o whenever_o the_o ancient_n bring_v in_o these_o precept_n in_o another_o order_n they_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o deuteronomy_n not_o out_o of_o this_o place_n of_o exodus_fw-la let_v we_o then_o since_o we_o may_v do_v so_o without_o injury_n to_o the_o diligence_n of_o the_o masoret_n follow_v the_o greek_a edition_n which_o we_o have_v take_v into_o our_o hand_n and_o which_o may_v be_v defend_v not_o only_o by_o its_o antiquity_n but_o also_o by_o this_o probable_a reason_n that_o many_o of_o the_o hebrew_n woman_n prefer_v chastity_n to_o life_n and_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o aristotle_n the_o crime_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o desire_n of_o pleasure_n be_v more_o heinous_a than_o those_o that_o come_v from_o anger_n abenesdras_n think_v that_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v commit_v adultery_n all_o unlawful_a venery_n and_o simple_a fornication_n be_v signify_v but_o we_o find_v that_o among_o the_o hebrew_n that_o word_n be_v everywhere_o take_v only_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o adultery_n and_o so_o translate_v in_o this_o and_o other_o place_n by_o the_o greek_a latin_a and_o other_o interpreter_n true_a it_o be_v indeed_o that_o in_o the_o mosaic_a law_n there_o be_v a_o interdict_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o whore_n in_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o that_o incest_n and_o marriage_n with_o strange_a woman_n that_o worship_v false_a god_n
and_o the_o portenta_fw-la veneris_fw-la or_o unnatural_a lust_n be_v also_o strict_o prohibit_v but_o there_o be_v nothing_o of_o necessity_n that_o in_o so_o brief_a a_o decalogue_n all_o the_o crime_n that_o be_v afterward_o to_o be_v interdict_v shall_v be_v mention_v when_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o those_o be_v touch_v upon_o that_o may_v most_o hurt_v either_o piety_n or_o human_a society_n so_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o wound_n inflict_v but_o of_o murder_n which_o of_o all_o kind_n of_o violence_n offer_v to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n be_v the_o great_a in_o these_o word_n therefore_o be_v proper_o comprehend_v both_o the_o wife_n that_o yield_v the_o use_n of_o her_o body_n to_o any_o other_o man_n beside_o her_o husband_n and_o the_o man_n that_o polutes_n another_o wife_n both_o be_v condemn_v to_o suffer_v death_n levit._n 20._o 10._o which_o punishment_n the_o christian_a emperor_n constans_n and_o constantius_n long_v after_o introduce_v into_o the_o roman_a empire_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o theodosian_a code_n nor_o be_v this_o capital_a punishment_n to_o be_v think_v more_o severe_a than_o equity_n require_v if_o we_o well_o consider_v that_o commonwealth_n arise_v from_o and_o be_v conserve_v by_o marriage_n that_o their_o very_a foundation_n be_v shake_v by_o adultery_n that_o conjugal_a love_n be_v convert_v into_o mutual_a hatred_n that_o inheritance_n be_v alienate_v to_o a_o spurious_a issue_n while_o the_o right_a heir_n be_v supplant_v that_o whole_a house_n be_v fill_v with_o reproach_n and_o feud_n which_o descend_v to_o posterity_n and_o not_o seldom_o break_v forth_o into_o public_a misery_n and_o destruction_n of_o these_o dire_a mischief_n and_o a_o hundred_o other_o too_o many_o to_o be_v here_o in_o this_o brief_a and_o desultory_a discourse_n particular_o mention_v sad_a and_o tragical_a example_n occur_v in_o almost_o all_o history_n whether_o ancient_a or_o modern_a and_o the_o consideration_n of_o they_o make_v epicurus_n in_o the_o moral_a sentence_n ascribe_v to_o he_o to_o say_v what_o evil_a do_v it_o not_o draw_v upon_o a_o man_n to_o desire_v to_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o woman_n who_o company_n be_v interdict_v to_o he_o by_o the_o law_n doubtless_o a_o wise_a man_n must_v be_v deter_v from_o admit_v such_o a_o design_n into_o his_o thought_n if_o not_o by_o the_o manifest_a injustice_n thereof_o yet_o at_o least_o by_o the_o great_a solicitude_n of_o mind_n requisite_a to_o obviate_v the_o many_o and_o great_a danger_n that_o threaten_v he_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o it_o it_o be_v find_v true_a by_o daily_a experience_n that_o those_o who_o attempt_n to_o enjoy_v forbid_a woman_n be_v frequent_o reward_v with_o wound_n death_n imprisonment_n exile_n and_o other_o grievous_a punishment_n whence_o it_o come_v that_o for_o a_o pleasure_n which_o be_v but_o short_a little_a and_o not_o necessary_a to_o nature_n and_o which_o may_v have_v be_v either_o otherwise_o enjoy_v or_o whole_o omit_v man_n too_o often_o expose_v themselves_o to_o very_o great_a pain_n danger_n or_o at_o best_o late_o and_o bitter_a repentance_n chap._n viii_o the_o seven_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o our_o time_n this_o precept_n have_v be_v undue_o place_v after_o that_o against_o theft_n law_n philo_n tertullian_n and_o other_o clear_o show_v philo_n say_v true_o that_o he_o who_o commit_v homicide_n be_v guilty_a also_o of_o sacrilege_n in_o that_o he_o violate_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o then_o he_o most_o heinous_o sin_n against_o society_n to_o which_o all_o man_n be_v bear_v and_o which_o can_v consist_v if_o innocency_n be_v not_o safe_a from_o violence_n since_o nature_n have_v institute_v a_o certain_a cognation_n betwixt_o we_o it_o be_v a_o genuine_a consequence_n say_v florentinus_n most_o wise_o that_o for_o one_o man_n to_o lie_v in_o wait_n for_o the_o blood_n of_o another_o be_v a_o high_a crime_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n then_o again_o he_o that_o assume_v to_o himself_o that_o power_n over_o the_o life_n of_o another_o how_o nocent_a soever_o which_o the_o law_n attribute_n only_o to_o the_o judge_n violate_v the_o civil_a law_n so_o that_o homicide_n be_v a_o crime_n against_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o against_o the_o law_n of_o humane_a society_n or_o civil_a government_n but_o by_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o kill_v be_v here_o signify_v law_n not_o every_o act_n by_o which_o the_o life_n of_o another_o be_v take_v away_o but_o the_o unlawful_a act_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_n have_v murder_v what_o therefore_o be_v do_v in_o defence_n of_o life_n or_o chastity_n be_v exempt_a from_o this_o law_n by_o that_o of_o exod._n 22._o 2._o and_o deut._n 22._o 26._o so_o be_v other_o kill_n that_o the_o law_n permit_v as_o the_o kill_v of_o he_o that_o attempt_v to_o seduce_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o strange_a god_n deut._n 25._o 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o the_o kill_v of_o a_o homicide_n be_v permit_v to_o the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n who_o be_v the_o next_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o person_n slay_v the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v say_v also_o of_o those_o who_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n a_o special_a mandate_n to_o kill_v some_o people_n or_o men._n for_o there_o be_v no_o injury_n in_o what_o god_n command_v who_o have_v by_o high_a right_n most_o absolute_a dominion_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o all_o man_n even_o without_o cause_n give_v of_o the_o right_n of_o zealot_n derive_v from_o the_o example_n of_o phineas_n the_o son_n of_o eleazar_n numb_a 25._o 11._o we_o have_v former_o speak_v in_o art_n 6._o of_o chap._n 6._o of_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o disquisition_n chap._n ix_o the_o eight_o precept_n explain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v under_o the_o name_n of_o theft_n be_v comprehend_v all_o subduction_n or_o take_v away_o of_o the_o good_n of_o another_o public_a whether_o it_o be_v do_v by_o force_n or_o by_o fraud_n society_n to_o which_o as_o be_v just_a now_o say_v all_o man_n be_v bear_v can_v subsist_v unless_o every_o man_n possession_n be_v in_o safety_n he_o therefore_o that_o either_o by_o open_a violence_n or_o by_o privy_a steal_v take_v any_o thing_n from_o a_o private_a man_n at_o the_o same_o time_n both_o wrong_v he_o by_o invade_v his_o propriety_n and_o hurt_v the_o commonwealth_n by_o dissolve_v the_o common_a ligament_n or_o bond_n of_o it_o which_o be_v the_o safety_n of_o every_o man_n private_a right_n or_o propriety_n nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o he_o that_o indulge_v to_o himself_o that_o licence_n will_v if_o he_o can_v invade_v all_o thing_n of_o all_o man_n and_o by_o open_a force_n make_v the_o commonwealth_n his_o own_o for_o injustice_n strengthen_v by_o power_n become_v tyranny_n therefore_o interdict_v the_o seed_n of_o so_o great_a and_o pernicious_a a_o evil_n be_v to_o be_v early_o oppress_v and_o the_o diligence_n of_o all_o man_n to_o be_v excite_v to_o labour_n by_o faith_n make_v to_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v quiet_o keep_v possess_v and_o enjoy_v whatsoever_o they_o by_o their_o honest_a pain_n art_n and_o industry_n acquire_v to_o admit_v theft_n say_v paul_n the_o learned_a roman_a lawyer_n be_v prohibit_v by_o law_n natural_a and_o ulpian_n say_v that_o theft_n and_o adultery_n be_v by_o nature_n shameful_a and_o odious_a hebrew_n by_o the_o mosaic_a law_n the_o panishment_n of_o theft_n be_v various_a according_a to_o the_o quality_n and_o valour_n of_o the_o thing_n steal_v and_o some_o other_o circumstance_n but_o theft_n of_o the_o most_o precious_a thing_n of_o a_o man_n which_o the_o latin_n call_v plagium_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n exod._n 21._o 16._o and_o deut._n 24._o 7._o which_o abenesdras_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o this_o precept_n will_v have_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o de_fw-la pvero_fw-la of_o a_o boy_n or_o child_n that_o can_v speak_v theft_n of_o a_o man_n be_v interdict_v also_o by_o the_o roman_a law_n f._n f._n de_fw-fr furtis_fw-la 37._o 60._o so_o it_o be_v by_o our_o law_n which_o make_v it_o felony_n chap._n x._o the_o nine_o precept_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v not_o speak_v against_o thy_o neighbour_n a_o false_a testimony_n neighbour_n here_o be_v neighbour_n a_o israelite_n of_o the_o same_o country_n as_o appear_v from_o exod_n 11._o 13._o and_o levit._n 19_o 18._o where_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o stand_v against_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o neighbour_n which_o according_a to_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o master_n be_v thou_o shall_v not_o stand_v a_o idle_a spectator_n when_o a_o israelite_n one_o of_o thy_o
that_o be_v in_o our_o saviour_n time_n and_o a_o little_a before_o and_o after_o who_o find_v in_o the_o mosaic_a law_n no_o penalty_n ordain_v for_o thought_n and_o desire_n of_o intervert_v the_o wife_n or_o good_n and_o possession_n of_o another_o man_n therefore_o deny_v that_o any_o sin_n be_v commit_v by_o the_o will_v alone_o without_o any_o overt_a act_n unless_o in_o the_o case_n of_o worship_v false_a god_n because_o to_o such_o thought_n counsel_n and_o purpose_n a_o penalty_n be_v assign_v and_o to_o no_o other_o and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o most_o rabbin_n abenesdras_n note_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o decalogue_n and_o josephus_n certain_o be_v of_o the_o same_o when_o treat_v of_o the_o sacrilege_n design_v by_o antiochus_n he_o say_v non_fw-la erat_fw-la paenae_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la consilium_fw-la sine_fw-la effectu_fw-la nor_o will_v st._n paul_n educate_v under_o such_o master_n have_v believe_v otherwise_o have_v not_o a_o more_o exact_a and_o more_o spiritual_a consideration_n of_o the_o law_n convince_v he_o and_o bring_v he_o to_o write_v roman_n 7._o 13._o that_o the_o law_n be_v spiritual_a make_v concupiscence_n in_o thought_n though_o it_o proceed_v no_o far_o sinful_a but_o what_o shall_v we_o christian_n say_v of_o what_o our_o saviour_n prescribe_v to_o we_o in_o the_o gospel_n of_o st._n matthew_n 5._o that_o this_o law_n mind_n which_o we_o now_o consider_v be_v thereby_o only_o vindicate_v from_o a_o erroneous_a interpretation_n or_o that_o somewhat_o be_v ad_v unto_o it_o the_o latter_a be_v more_o probable_a viz._n that_o christ_n prohibit_v not_o only_o a_o firm_a purpose_n and_o design_n to_o gratify_v our_o lust_n but_o also_o the_o assent_n or_o yield_v to_o the_o motion_n of_o they_o which_o he_o command_v we_o to_o suppress_v and_o extinguish_v so_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v feel_v and_o perceive_v within_o we_o and_o to_o avoid_v all_o occasion_n that_o may_v foment_n they_o which_o he_o teach_v very_o significant_o though_o in_o parable_n by_o the_o cast_n away_o of_o hand_n eye_n and_o foot_n i._n e._n by_o the_o loss_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v dear_a to_o we_o nor_o content_a to_o have_v teach_v this_o pure_a doctrine_n he_o add_v a_o more_o grievous_a penalty_n to_o offender_n than_o any_o find_v in_o the_o old_a law_n namely_o that_o of_o hell_n whereas_o for_o such_o delict_n the_o law_n of_o moses_n prescribe_v no_o punishment_n at_o all_o as_o the_o master_n right_o observe_v certain_o the_o ancient_a christian_n hold_v that_o in_o the_o gospel_n somewhat_o more_o perfect_a be_v exact_v than_o what_o the_o law_n express_o treat_v of_o witness_v tertullian_n nos_fw-la ergo_fw-la soli_fw-la innocent_n quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la enimvero_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la edocti_fw-la &_o perfectè_fw-la eam_fw-la novimus_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la perfecto_fw-la magistro_fw-la revelatam_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la 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4._o why_o god_n be_v here_o call_v the_o lord_n 5._o that_o the_o law_n be_v give_v not_o immediate_o by_o god_n himself_o but_o by_o a_o angel_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n 6._o why_o the_o angel_n that_o pronounce_v the_o law_n say_v i_o be_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 7._o why_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o law_n say_v all_o these_o word_n 8._o god_n peculiar_a right_n to_o the_o title_n of_o supreme_a lord_n of_o the_o israelite_n 9_o the_o preface_n to_o a_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v brief_a and_o full_a of_o authority_n 10._o why_o god_n in_o these_o precept_n choose_v the_o number_n ten._n 11._o why_o the_o law_n be_v give_v in_o the_o wilderness_n 12._o why_o it_o be_v here_o say_v thy_o in_o the_o singular_a number_n article_n 1._o why_o it_o be_v here_o say_v other_o god_n beside_o i_o 2._o god_n distinguish_v into_o two_o class_n 3._o the_o celestial_a luminary_n the_o first_o false_a go_n 4._o king_n and_o queen_n deify_v after_o death_n the_o second_o false_a go_n 5._o 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a_o right_n of_o exception_n to_o this_o law_n from_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o cherubim_n and_o of_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n erect_v by_o his_o command_n 9_o image_n of_o the_o star_n also_o interdict_v by_o this_o precept_n and_o that_o to_o prevent_v polytheism_n &_o 10._o to_o admonish_v man_n that_o the_o invisible_a god_n can_v be_v represent_v by_o image_n 11._o what_o picture_n fall_v under_o this_o interdict_v 12._o that_o the_o christian_n have_v not_o think_v themselves_o indeterminate_o oblige_v by_o this_o law_n 13._o what_o be_v here_o signify_v by_o adoration_n of_o image_n 14._o different_a opinion_n of_o christian_n about_o honour_n exhibit_v to_o saint_n before_o their_o image_n &_o picture_n 15._o the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n idolatry_n 16._o private_a man_n among_o christian_n ought_v not_o to_o pull_v down_o idol_n idol_n 17._o that_o god_n revenge_n idolatry_n only_o to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o that_o by_o deliver_v up_o the_o 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the_o universe_n in_o six_o day_n 16._o what_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o his_o rest_v upon_o the_o seven_o day_n day_n 17._o how_o the_o true_a seven_o or_o sabbatical_a day_n be_v first_o make_v know_v to_o the_o hebrew_n 18._o the_o honour_n of_o the_o number_n seven_o derive_v from_o the_o egyptian_a mathematician_n 19_o the_o septenary_n number_n of_o day_n observe_v by_o gentile_n in_o their_o feast_n 20._o the_o number_n seven_o of_o solemn_a respect_n in_o the_o mosaic_a rite_n &_o in_o other_o mystery_n 21._o the_o weekly_a circle_n of_o day_n derive_v by_o the_o egyptian_a astrologer_n from_o the_o seven_o planet_n 22._o bede_n reason_n why_o in_o the_o planetary_a denomination_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o week_n the_o natural_a order_n of_o the_o planet_n be_v not_o observe_v 23._o why_o saturn_n be_v make_v lord_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n 24._o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o planetary_a denomination_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n and_o conclusion_n of_o this_o 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