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and_o thereby_o give_v i_o occasion_n to_o rectify_v some_o passage_n and_o encouragement_n to_o commit_v this_o tract_n as_o it_o now_o stand_v correct_v to_o public_a view_n if_o it_o shall_v please_v the_o divine_a goodness_n to_o make_v use_n of_o so_o mean_v a_o person_n as_o myself_o towards_o the_o settle_v the_o conscience_n of_o christian_n upon_o a_o safe_a ground_n and_o the_o bind_v up_o of_o those_o wound_n which_o the_o church_n have_v receive_v in_o the_o house_n of_o her_o friend_n as_o the_o poor_a tattered_a captive_a democedes_n cure_v darius_n after_o that_o the_o egyptian_a physician_n have_v for_o seven_o day_n and_o night_n by_o violent_a handle_n of_o his_o disjointed_a foot_n keep_v he_o without_o sleep_n let_v god_n have_v the_o praise_n who_o choose_v the_o weak_a and_o foolish_a thing_n of_o this_o world_n to_o confound_v the_o mighty_a and_o wise_a and_o let_v he_o have_v your_o prayer_n christian_n reader_n who_o utmost_a
design_n and_o ambition_n be_v to_o be_v serviceable_a in_o promote_a the_o eternal_a interest_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n your_o servant_n in_o our_o common_a lord_n j._n s._n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o patriarch_n have_v state_v assembly_n for_o public_a worship_n pag._n 3._o sect._n 1_o they_o have_v state_v place_n for_o divine_a worship_n p._n 4._o sect._n 2._o state_v minister_n with_o maintenance_n jacob_n vow_n the_o egyptian_a priests-land_n cain_n offer_v p._n 6._o chap._n ii_o the_o patriarch_n have_v state_v time_n prove_v from_o gen._n 4._o 3._o and_o gen._n 1._o 4._o p._n 17._o chap._n iii_o these_o state_v time_n be_v weekly_o p._n 19_o sect._n 1_o the_o computation_n of_o time_n by_o septimanes_n common_a to_o all_o age_n week_n of_o year_n gen._n 29._o 27._o affront_v sacred_a chronology_n p._n 20_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 2._o and_o to_o all_o nation_n computation_n by_o month_n and_o year_n of_o human_a invention_n by_o week_n of_o divine_a institution_n p._n 25._o sect._n 3_o at_o the_o end_n of_o day_n gen._n 4._o 3._o be_v the_o end_n of_o a_o week_n p._n 28._o sect._n 4._o son_n of_o god_n job_n 1._o 6._o not_o angel_n but_o church-member_n p._n 30._o sect._n 5._o son_n of_o god_n different_a from_o morning-star_n what_o be_v the_o cornerstone_n job_n 38._o p._n 38._o sect._n 6._o the_o son_n of_o god_n joh._n 1._o 6._o prove_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o son_n of_o god_n gen._n 2._o 6._o from_o the_o proximity_n of_o the_o time_n job_n contemporarian_n with_o phaleg_n prove_v from_o length_n of_o his_o age._n job_n be_v jobab_v the_o son_n of_o joctan_n daughter_n of_o edom_n in_o the_o land_n of_o we_o lam._n 4._o explain_v by_o jer._n 25._o job_n country_n arabia_n petraea_n p._n 43._o sect._n 7._o elihu_n write_v the_o history_n of_o job_n p._n 51._o sect._n 8._o son_n of_o god_n present_v themselves_o before_o the_o lord_n be_v their_o church-convention_n on_o state_v day_n weekly_o p._n 56._o sect._n 9_o the_o chimaera_n of_o a_o prolepsis_n gen._n 2._o prove_v p._n 61._o chap._n iu._n the_o weekly_a patriarchal-sabbath_n be_v sunday_n p._n 64._o sect._n 1_o the_o patriarchal_a sabbath_n be_v not_o saturday_n prove_v from_o testimony_n of_o heathen_n father_n scripture_n which_o make_v a_o vast_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o precept_n and_o that_o enjoin_v the_o jew_n by_o moses_n p._n 64._o sect._n 2._o the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o precept_n and_o mosaic_a ground_v upon_o different_a reason_n p._n 77._o sect._n 3_o the_o patriarchal_a sabbath_n be_v sunday_n prove_v by_o two_o argument_n saturday-sabbaterians_a silence_v p._n 91._o sect._n 4._o the_o first_o instance_n of_o celebrate_v sunday_n before_o the_o institution_n of_o saturday-sabbath_n exod._n 16._o the_o point_v of_o the_o septuagint_n refer_v the_o 15_o day_n to_o their_o morning_n why_o that_o preferable_a before_o the_o hebrew_n p._n 97._o sect._n 5._o the_o assembly_n ex._n 16._o 2._o a_o church-assemble_o celebrate_v on_o course_n instruct_v by_o a_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n p._n 115._o sect._n 6._o this_o 15_o day_n be_v sunday_n p._n 122._o sect._n 7._o the_o saturday_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o saturday-sabbath_n that_o ever_o be_v keep_v p._n 126._o sect._n 8._o the_o other_o instance_n of_o a_o sunday-sabbath_n keep_v before_o the_o give_n of_o the_o law_n by_o moses_n gen._n 12._o the_o ten_o day_n there_o mention_v be_v sunday_n it_o be_v on_o that_o day_n not_o the_o 14_o that_o moses_n and_o aaron_n speak_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o the_o israelite_n assemble_v not_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n but_o on_o course_n for_o religious_a worship_n p._n 132._o chap._n v._o god_n rest_v on_o the_o seven_o day_n in_o his_o new_a creation_n man_n restore_v by_o faith_n p._n 146._o sect._n 1_o prove_v in_o gross_a from_o the_o analasis_n of_o gen._n chap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o p._n ibid._n sect._n 2._o adam_n fall_v on_o the_o day_n of_o his_o 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