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down_o and_o the_o â—…yes_n of_o all_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o synagogue_n be_v fasten_v on_o he_o and_o he_o begin_v to_o say_v unto_o they_o this_o day_n be_v this_o scripture_n fulfil_v in_o your_o ear_n and_o all_o bear_v he_o witness_v and_o wonder_v at_o the_o gracioâ—…_n word_n which_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n and_o say_v be_v not_o this_o josephs_n son_n note_v here_o how_o many_o thing_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tradition_n our_o lord_n then_o observe_v he_o stand_v up_o to_o read_v the_o book_n be_v deliver_v to_o he_o he_o open_v the_o book_n and_o find_v the_o place_n he_o close_v the_o book_n and_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o synagogue_n read_v be_v fasten_v on_o he_o thus_o we_o see_v by_o many_o circumstance_n that_o our_o lord_n read_v as_o any_o of_o israel_n might_n as_o well_o as_o levi._n so_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n the_o one_o doubtless_o of_o benjamin_n though_o the_o other_o be_v of_o levi_n both_o at_o antioch_n and_o neither_o of_o 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saducee_n themselves_o in_o religion_n which_o 2._o sect_n 〈◊〉_d â—…he_n resurrectioâ—…_n of_o the_o bâ—…y_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n perish_v wâ—…h_v their_o body_n and_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o 8_o angel_n nor_o spirit_n but_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o priest_n we_o deny_v not_o yea_o our_o great_a high_a priest_n which_o john_n make_v a_o reconciliation_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n we_o acknowledge_v he_o yet_o after_o another_o order_n than_o aaron_n be_v and_o of_o another_o tribe_n then_o that_o of_o levi_n even_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o order_n of_o 7._o melchisedeck_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a say_v the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n that_o our_o lord_n spring_v out_o of_o judah_n concern_v which_o tribe_n 14._o moses_n speak_v nothing_o touch_v the_o priesthood_n in_o which_o his_o office_n he_o continue_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o and_o in_o who_o likewise_o the_o government_n of_o his_o peace_n be_v prefigure_v so_o 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