all_o nature_n shall_v lust_n after_o the_o woman_n of_o earth_n and_o marry_v they_o beget_v giant_n of_o they_o chap._n 23._o â—…is_fw-la question_n we_o touch_v at_o in_o our_o three_o book_n but_o leave_v it_o undiscuss_v wheâ—…er_v the_o angel_n be_v spirit_n can_v have_v carnal_a knowledge_n of_o woman_n for_o 〈◊〉_d â—…itten_v he_o make_v his_o angel_n spirit_n that_o a_o be_v those_o that_o be_v spirit_n he_o 〈◊〉_d his_o angel_n by_o send_v they_o on_o message_n as_o he_o please_v for_o the_o greek_a 103_o 〈◊〉_d â—…rd_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o latin_n call_v c_o angelus_n be_v interpret_v a_o messenger_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ether_o he_o mean_v of_o their_o body_n when_o he_o add_v and_o his_o minister_n a_o flaâ—…_n or_o that_o he_o intimate_v that_o god_n minister_n shall_v burn_v with_o fiery_a zeal_n â—…ritie_n it_o be_v doubtful_a yet_o do_v the_o scripture_n plain_o aver_v that_o the_o anâ—…_n appear_v both_o in_o visible_a and_o palpable_a figure_n b_o and_o see_v it_o be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d a_o report_n and_o so_o many_o aver_v it_o either_o from_o their_o own_o trial_n or_o from_o 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v of_o indubitable_a honesty_n and_o credit_n that_o the_o sylvan_n and_o 〈◊〉_d common_o call_v e_o incubâ—…_n have_v often_o injure_v woman_n desire_v and_o acâ—…â—…rnally_o with_o they_o and_o that_o certain_a devil_n who_o the_o frenchman_n call_v 〈◊〉_d do_v continual_o practice_v this_o uncleanness_n and_o tempt_v other_o to_o it_o which_o â—…ed_v by_o such_o person_n and_o with_o such_o confidence_n that_o it_o be_v impudence_n 〈◊〉_d it_o i_o dare_v not_o venture_v to_o determine_v any_o thing_n here_o whether_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v embody_v in_o air_n for_o this_o air_n be_v violent_o move_v be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…lt_n can_v suffer_v this_o lust_n or_o move_v it_o so_o as_o the_o woman_n with_o who_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ixe_v many_o feel_v it_o f_z yet_o do_v i_o firm_o believe_v that_o god_n angel_n can_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v so_o at_o that_o time_n nor_o that_o the_o apostle_n peter_n do_v mean_a of_o they_o when_o he_o say_v if_o god_n spare_v not_o the_o angel_n that_o have_v sin_v but_o cast_v they_o down_o into_o hell_n and_o deliver_v they_o into_o chain_n of_o darkness_n to_o be_v keep_v unto_o damnation_n but_o rather_o of_o those_o that_o turn_v apostata_n with_o the_o devil_n their_o prince_n at_o first_o in_o he_o i_o mean_v that_o deceive_v mankind_n in_o the_o serpent_n that_o man_n be_v also_o call_v the_o angel_n of_o god_n the_o scripture_n testify_v also_o say_v of_o john_n behold_v i_o send_v my_o angel_n before_o â—…hy_a face_n which_o shall_v prepare_v the_o way_n before_o thou_o and_o malachi_n the_o prophet_n by_o a_o peculiar_a grace_n give_v he_o be_v call_v a_o angel_n but_o some_o stick_n at_o this_o that_o in_o 1._o this_o commixtion_n of_o they_o that_o be_v call_v god_n angel_n with_o the_o woman_n of_o earth_n there_o be_v giant_n beget_v and_o bear_v as_o though_o that_o we_o have_v no_o such_o extraordinary_a huge_a statured_a creature_n even_o in_o these_o our_o time_n be_v there_o not_o a_o woman_n of_o late_a at_o rome_n with_o her_o father_n and_o mother_n a_o little_a before_o it_o be_v sack_v by_o the_o goth_n that_o be_v of_o a_o giantlike_a height_n in_o respect_n of_o all_o other_o it_o be_v wonderful_a to_o see_v the_o concourse_n of_o those_o that_o come_v to_o see_v she_o and_o she_o be_v the_o more_o admire_v in_o that_o her_o parent_n exceed_v not_o our_o tall_a ordinary_a stature_n therefore_o there_o may_v be_v giant_n bear_v before_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n call_v also_o his_o angel_n have_v any_o carnal_a confederacy_n with_o the_o daughter_n of_o man_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o live_v in_o the_o fleshly_a course_n that_o be_v ere_o the_o son_n of_o seth_n meddle_v with_o the_o daughter_n of_o cain_n for_o the_o scripture_n in_o genesis_n say_v thus_o so_o when_o man_n be_v multiply_v upon_o earth_n and_o there_o be_v daughter_n bear_v unto_o they_o the_o son_n of_o god_n see_v the_o daughter_n of_o man_n that_o they_o be_v fair_a and_o they_o take_v they_o wife_n of_o all_o that_o they_o like_v 6._o therefore_o the_o lord_n say_v my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n because_o he_o be_v but_o flesh_n and_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v 120._o year_n there_o be_v giant_n in_o the_o earth_n in_o those_o day_n yea_o and_o after_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n come_v unto_o the_o daughter_n of_o man_n and_o they_o have_v bear_v they_o child_n these_o be_v giant_n and_o in_o old_a time_n be_v man_n of_o renown_n these_o word_n of_o holy_a writ_n show_v plain_o that_o there_o be_v giant_n upon_o earth_n when_o the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v the_o fair_a daughter_n of_o man_n to_o be_v their_o wife_n g_o for_o the_o scripture_n use_v to_o call_v that_o which_o be_v fair_a good_a but_o there_o be_v giant_n bear_v after_o this_o for_o it_o say_v there_o be_v giant_n upon_o earth_n in_o those_o day_n and_o after_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n come_v unto_o the_o daughter_n of_o man_n so_o that_o there_o be_v giant_n both_o then_o and_o before_o and_o whereas_o it_o say_v they_o beget_v unto_o themselves_o this_o show_v that_o they_o have_v beget_v child_n unto_o god_n before_o and_o not_o unto_o themselves_o that_o be_v not_o for_o lust_n but_o for_o their_o duty_n of_o propagation_n nor_o to_o make_v themselves_o up_o any_o flaunt_a family_n but_o to_o increase_v the_o citizen_n of_o god_n who_o they_o like_o god_n angel_n instruct_v to_o ground_n their_o hope_n on_o he_o as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o resurrection_n seths_n son_n do_v who_o hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o which_o hope_n he_o and_o all_o his_o son_n may_v be_v son_n and_o heir_n of_o life_n everlasting_a but_o we_o may_v not_o take_v they_o to_o be_v such_o angel_n as_o be_v no_o man_n man_n they_o be_v without_o doubt_n and_o so_o say_v the_o scripture_n which_o have_v first_o say_v the_o angel_n of_o god_n sâ—…_n the_o daughter_n of_o man_n that_o they_o be_v good_a and_o they_o take_v they_o wife_n of_o all_o who_o they_o angeâ—…â—…ically_o like_v add_v present_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o mâ—…_n because_o he_o be_v but_o flesh_n for_o his_o spirit_n make_v they_o his_o angel_n and_o son_n but_o they_o decline_v downward_o and_o therefore_o he_o call_v they_o man_n by_o nature_n not_o by_o grace_n and_o flesh_n be_v the_o forsake_a forsaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n the_o 70._o call_v they_o the_o angel_n and_o son_n of_o god_n some_o book_n call_v they_o only_o the_o son_n of_o god_n leave_v out_o angel_n but_o h_o aquila_n who_o the_o jew_n prefer_v before_o all_o call_v they_o neither_o but_o the_o son_n of_o god_n both_o be_v true_a for_o they_o be_v both_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o by_o his_o patronage_n the_o brother_n of_o their_o father_n and_o they_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o god_n as_o bear_v of_o the_o god_n and_o their_o equal_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalm_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n and_o you_o be_v all_o son_n of_o the_o most_o high_a for_o weâ—…_n do_v worthy_o believe_v that_o the_o 70._o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n and_o that_o what_o soever_o 6._o they_o alter_v be_v set_v down_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o divinity_n not_o after_o the_o pleasure_n of_o translator_n yet_o the_o hebrew_n they_o say_v be_v doubtful_a and_o may_v be_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o god_n or_o of_o go_n therefore_o let_v we_o omit_v the_o scripture_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d ay_o apocrypha_n because_o the_o old_a father_n of_o who_o we_o have_v the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o author_n of_o those_o work_n wherein_o though_o there_o be_v some_o truth_n yâ—…_n their_o multitude_n of_o falshhood_n make_v they_o of_o no_o canonical_a authority_n sâ—…_n scripture_n questionless_a be_v write_v by_o enoch_n the_o seven_o from_o 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o canonical_a k_o epistle_n of_o jude_n record_v but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o â—…ng_v that_o they_o be_v leave_v out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n canon_n which_o the_o priest_n keep_v in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…mple_n the_o reason_n be_v their_o antiquity_n procure_v a_o suspicion_n that_o they_o 〈◊〉_d not_o true_o divine_a and_o a_o uncertainty_n whether_o henoch_n be_v the_o author_n or_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ing_v that_o such_o as_o shall_v have_v give_v they_o their_o credit_n unto_o posterity_n never_o 〈◊〉_d they_o and_o therefore_o those_o book_n that_o go_v in_o his_o name_n and_o contain_v those_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o giant_n that_o their_o father_n be_v no_o man_n be_v by_o good_a judgement_n hold_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_v of_o he_o but_o counterfeit_a as_o the_o heretic_n have_v do_v many_o
a_o horn_n thus_o much_o hierome_n in_o spain_n this_o proverb_n remain_v still_o but_o not_o as_o augustine_n take_v it_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v altogether_o see_v but_o in_o a_o manner_n that_o be_v his_o help_n shall_v be_v see_v d_o obey_v ob-audisti_a and_o so_o the_o old_a writersuse_v to_o say_v in_o steed_n of_o obedisti_fw-la of_o rebecca_n nachor'_v niece_n who_o isaac_n marry_v chap_n 33._o then_o isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a marry_v rebecca_n niece_n to_o his_o uncle_n nachor_n three_o year_n after_o his_o mother_n death_n his_o father_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a and_o when_o abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n into_o mesopotamia_n to_o fetch_v she_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n and_o i_o will_v swear_v thou_o by_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o earth_n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v my_o son_n isaac_n a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o but_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o proceed_v of_o those_o loin_n be_v these_o mean_a prophecy_n and_o presage_n of_o that_o which_o we_o see_v now_o fulfil_v in_o christ._n of_o abraham_n marry_v kethurah_n after_o sarahs_n death_n and_o the_o meaning_n therefore_o chap._n 34._o but_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o abraham_n marry_v kethurah_n after_o sarahs_n death_n god_n defend_v we_o from_o suspect_n of_o incontinency_n in_o he_o be_v so_o old_a and_o so_o holy_a and_o faithful_a desire_v he_o more_o son_n god_n have_v promise_v to_o make_v the_o seed_n of_o isaac_n 〈◊〉_d the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o if_o agar_n and_o hismaell_n do_v signify_v the_o mortal_n to_o the_o old-testament_n as_o the_o apostle_n teach_v why_o may_v not_o kethurah_n and_o her_o son_n signify_v the_o mortal_n belong_v to_o the_o new-testament_n they_o both_o be_v call_v abraham_n wife_n &_o his_o concubine_n but_o sarah_n be_v never_o call_v his_o concubine_n but_o his_o wife_n only_o for_o it_o be_v thus_o write_v of_o sarahs_n give_v agar_n unto_o abraham_n then_o sarah_n abraham_n wife_n take_v agar_n the_o egyptian_a she_o maid_n after_o abraham_n have_v dwell_v ten_o year_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o give_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n abraham_n for_o his_o wife_n and_o of_o kethurah_n we_o read_v thus_o of_o his_o take_v she_o after_o sarahs_n death_n now_o abraham_n have_v take_v he_o another_o wife_n call_v kethurah_n here_o now_o you_o hear_v they_o both_o call_v his_o wife_n but_o the_o scripture_n call_v they_o both_o his_o concubine_n also_o say_v afterward_o abraham_n gaeve_fw-la all_o his_o good_n unto_o isaac_n but_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n he_o give_v gift_n and_o send_v they_o away_o from_o isaac_n his_o son_n while_o 〈◊〉_d he_o yet_o live_v eastward_o into_o the_o east_n country_n thus_o the_o concubine_n son_n have_v some_o gift_n but_o none_o of_o they_o attain_v the_o promise_a kingdom_n neither_o the_o carnal_a jew_n nor_o the_o heretic_n for_o none_o be_v heir_n but_o isaac_n nor_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o flesh_n the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o those_o of_o the_o promise_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v be_v call_v thy_o seed_n for_o i_o can_v see_v how_o kethurah_n who_o he_o marry_v after_o sarahs_n death_n shall_v be_v call_v his_o concubine_n but_o in_o this_o respect_n but_o he_o that_o will_v not_o understand_v these_o thing_n thus_o let_v he_o not_o slander_n abraham_n for_o what_o if_o this_o be_v appoint_v by_o god_n to_o show_v a_o those_o future_a heretic_n that_o deny_v second_o marriage_n in_o this_o great_a father_n of_o so_o many_o nation_n that_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n to_o many_o after_o the_o first_o wife_n be_v dead_a now_o abraham_n die_v be_v a_o hundred_o seaventy_fw-la five_o year_n old_a and_o isaac_n who_o he_o beget_v when_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o be_v seventy_o five_o year_n of_o age_n at_o his_o death_n l._n vives_n defective_a those_o ah_o future_a the_o cataphrygian_o that_o hold_v second_o marriage_n to_o be_v fornication_n aug_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la hierome_n against_o jovinian_a do_v not_o only_o abhor_v second_o marriage_n but_o even_o dislike_v of_o the_o first_o for_o he_o be_v a_o single_a man_n and_o bare_a marriage_n no_o good_a will_n the_o appointment_n of_o god_n concern_v the_o two_o twin_n in_o rebeccas_fw-la womb_n chap._n 33._o now_o let_v we_o see_v the_o proceed_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n after_o abraham_n death_n so_o then_o from_o isaac_n birth_n to_o the_o sixtith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n wherein_o he_o have_v child_n there_o be_v this_o one_o thing_n to_o be_v note_v that_o when_o as_o he_o have_v pray_v for_o her_o frutefulnes_n who_o be_v barren_a and_o that_o god_n have_v hear_v he_o and_o open_v her_o womb_n and_o she_o conceive_v the_o two_o twin_n a_o play_v in_o her_o womb_n wherewith_o she_o be_v trou_fw-fr bleed_v ask_v the_o lord_n pleasure_n and_o be_v answer_v thus_o two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb_n and_o two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v divide_v out_o of_o thy_o bowel_n and_o the_o one_o 25._o shall_v be_v mighty_a than_o the_o other_o and_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a wherein_o peter_n the_o apostle_n understand_v the_o great_a mystery_n of_o grace_n in_o that_o ere_o they_o be_v bear_v and_o either_o do_v evil_a or_o good_a the_o one_o be_v elect_v and_o the_o other_o reject_v and_o doubtless_o as_o concern_v original_a sin_n both_o be_v alike_o and_o guilty_a and_o as_o concern_v actual_a both_o a_o like_a and_o clear_a but_o my_o intent_n in_o this_o work_n curb_v i_o from_o further_a discourse_n of_o this_o point_n we_o have_v handle_v it_o in_o other_o volume_n but_o that_o say_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a all_o man_n interpret_v of_o the_o jew_n serve_v the_o christian_n and_o though_o it_o seem_v fulfil_v in_o b_o idumaea_n which_o come_v of_o the_o elder_a esau_n or_o edom_n for_o he_o have_v two_o name_n because_o it_o be_v afterward_o subdue_v by_o the_o israelite_n that_o come_v of_o the_o young_a yet_o notwithstanding_a that_o prophecy_n must_v needs_o have_v a_o great_a intent_n than_o so_o and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o christian_n l._n vives_n the_o two_o twin_n a_o play_v so_o say_v the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o kick_v hierome_n say_v move_v movebantur_fw-la aquila_n say_v be_v crush_v confringebantur_fw-la and_o symmachus_n compare_v their_o motion_n to_o a_o empty_a ship_n at_o sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b_o idumaea_n stephanus_n derive_v their_o nation_n from_o idumaas_n semiramis_n her_o son_n as_o judaea_n from_o judas_n another_o of_o her_o son_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v idumaea_n of_o a_o promise_n and_o blessing_n receive_v by_o isaac_n in_o the_o manner_n that_o abraham_n have_v receive_v he_o chap._n 36._o now_o 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to_o be_v jupiter_n chap._n 13._o but_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v say_v more_o of_o jupiter_n to_o who_o all_o the_o other_o god_n have_v such_o relation_n that_o the_o opinion_n of_o many_o god_n will_v by_o and_o by_o prove_v a_o babble_n and_o jove_n stand_v for_o they_o all_o whether_o they_o be_v take_v as_o his_o part_n and_o power_n or_o that_o the_o soul_n that_o they_o hold_v be_v diffuse_v through_o all_o the_o world_n get_v itself_o so_o many_o diverse_a name_n by_o the_o manifold_a operation_n which_o it_o effect_v in_o the_o part_n of_o this_o huge_a mass_n whereof_o the_o visible_a universe_n have_v the_o fabric_n and_o composition_n for_o what_o be_v this_o same_o saturn_n a_o chief_a god_n say_v he_o and_o one_o that_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o seed_n and_o sow_v what_o but_o do_v not_o the_o exposition_n of_o soranus_n his_o verse_n say_v that_o jove_n be_v the_o world_n and_o both_o creator_n and_o conceiver_n of_o all_o seed_n he_o therefore_o must_v needs_o rule_v the_o sow_v of_o they_o and_o what_o be_v a_o genius_fw-la god_n of_o generation_n say_v he_o why_o tell_v i_o have_v any_o one_o that_o power_n but_o the_o world_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v high_a jove_n full_a parent_n general_a of_o all_o beside_o he_o say_v in_o another_o place_n that_o the_o genius_n b_o be_v the_o reasonable_a soul_n peculiar_a in_o each_o peculiar_a man_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o god_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n draw_v it_o to_o this_o that_o that_o soul_n be_v the_o universal_a genius_n to_o all_o those_o particular_n why_o then_o it_o be_v the_o same_o that_o they_o call_v jove_n c_o for_o if_o each_o genius_n be_v a_o god_n and_o each_o soul_n reasonable_a a_o genius_n then_o be_v each_o soul_n reasonable_a a_o god_n by_o all_o consequence_n which_o such_o absurdity_n urge_v they_o to_o deny_v it_o rest_v that_o they_o make_v the_o world_n singular_a soul_n their_o select_a genius_n and_o consequent_o make_v their_o genius_n direct_o jove_n l._n vives_n what_o ah_o be_v genius_n the_o lord_n of_o all_o generation_n fest._n pompey_n the_o son_n of_o the_o god_n and_o the_o father_n of_o man_n beget_v they_o and_o so_o it_o be_v call_v my_o genius_n for_o it_o beget_v i_o aufustius_fw-la the_o learned_a have_v have_v much_o a_o do_v about_o this_o genius_n and_o find_v it_o manifold_o use_v nature_n genius_n be_v the_o god_n that_o produce_v she_o the_o heaven_n have_v many_o genii_n read_v they_o in_o capella_n his_o nuptiae_fw-la melicerta_n be_v the_o sea_n genius_n parthen_n the_o four_o element_n fire_n air_n water_n and_o earth_n be_v the_o genii_fw-la of_o all_o thing_n corporal_a the_o greek_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genial_a god_n such_o like_a have_v macrobius_n of_o nature_n penates_n jupiter_n and_o juno_n be_v the_o air_n low_a and_o mean_a minerva_n the_o high_a or_o the_o aethereal_a sky_n to_o which_o three_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n erect_v one_o temple_n under_o one_o roof_n some_o call_v the_o moon_n and_o the_o 12._o sign_n genii_n and_o chief_a genii_n too_o for_o they_o will_v have_v no_o place_n without_o a_o predominant_a genius_n every_o man_n also_o have_v his_o genius_n either_o that_o guard_v he_o in_o his_o life_n or_o that_o look_v to_o his_o generation_n or_o that_o have_v original_a with_o he_o both_o at_o one_o time_n censorin_n genius_n and_o lar_n some_o say_v be_v all_o one_o c._n flaccus_n de_fw-fr indigitament_n the_o lar_n say_v ovid_n be_v twin_n to_o mercury_n and_o nymph_n lara_n or_o larunda_n wherefore_o many_o philosopher_n and_o euclid_n for_o one_o give_v each_o man_n two_o lar_n a_o good_a and_o a_o bad_a such_o be_v that_o which_o come_v to_o brutus_n in_o the_o night_n as_o he_o be_v think_v of_o his_o war_n he_o have_v in_o hand_n plutarch_n flor._n appian_n b_o genius_n be_v of_o this_o more_o at_o large_a in_o the_o book_n follow_v c_o for_o if_o each_o a_o true_a syllogism_n in_o the_o first_o form_n of_o the_o first_o mood_n usual_o call_v barbara_n of_o the_o function_n of_o mars_n and_o mercury_n chap._n 14._o but_o in_o all_o the_o world_n part_n they_o can_v find_v never_o a_o corner_n for_o mars_n and_o mercury_n to_o practice_v in_o the_o element_n and_o therefore_o they_o give_v they_o power_n in_o man_n action_n this_o of_o eloquence_n &_o the_o other_o of_o war_n now_o for_o mercury_n a_o if_o he_o have_v power_n of_o the_o god_n language_n also_o then_o be_v he_o their_o king_n if_o jupiter_n borrow_v all_o his_o phrase_n from_o he_o but_o this_o be_v absurd_a but_o his_o power_n stretch_v but_o unto_o man_n only_a it_o be_v unlikely_a that_o jove_n will_v take_v such_o a_o base_a charge_n in_o hand_n as_o suckling_n of_o not_o only_a child_n but_o cattle_n also_o calf_n or_o foal_v as_o thence_o he_o have_v his_o name_n romulus_n and_o leave_v the_o rule_n of_o our_o speech_n so_o glorious_a a_o thing_n and_o that_o wherein_o we_o excel_v the_o beast_n unto_o the_o sway_n of_o another_o his_o inferior_a ay_o but_o how_o if_o mercury_n be_v b_o the_o speech_n only_o itself_o for_o so_o they_o interpret_v he_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v mercurius_n c_o quasi_fw-la medius_n currens_fw-la the_o mean_a currant_n because_o to_o speak_v be_v the_o only_a currant_n mean_v for_o one_o man_n to_o express_v his_o mind_n to_o another_o by_o and_o his_o greek_a name_n d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nothing_o but_o interpreter_n &_o speech_n or_o interpretation_n which_o be_v call_v in_o greek_a also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thence_o be_v he_o e_o lord_n of_o merchant_n because_o buy_v and_o sell_v be_v all_o by_o word_n and_o discourse_n hereupon_o they_o f_o wing_n his_o head_n and_o his_o foot_n to_o signify_v the_o swift_a passage_n of_o speech_n and_o call_v he_o g_o the_o messenger_n because_o all_o message_n and_o thought_n whatsoever_o be_v transport_v from_o man_n to_o man_n by_o the_o speech_n why_o very_o well_o if_o mercury_n then_o be_v but_o the_o speech_n i_o hope_v he_o be_v no_o god_n then_o by_o their_o own_o confession_n but_o they_o make_v god_n of_o no_o god_n and_o offer_v to_o unclean_a spirit_n in_o stead_n of_o be_v inspire_v with_o god_n be_v possess_v with_o devil_n and_o because_o the_o world_n and_o element_n have_v no_o room_n for_o mars_n to_o work_v in_o nature_n they_o make_v he_o god_n of_o war_n which_o be_v a_o work_n of_o man_n not_o to_o be_v desire_v after_o but_o if_o mars_n be_v war_n as_o mercury_n be_v speech_n i_o will_v it_o be_v as_o sure_o that_o there_o be_v no_o war_n to_o be_v false_o call_v god_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o mars_n be_v no_o god_n l._n
son_n d_o what_o of_o or_o which_o because_o thou_o can_v not_o deny_v thou_o do_v so_o falter_v in_o thy_o doctrine_n and_o contrary_a thyself_o that_o first_o thâ—…_n teach_v that_o the_o theurgikes_fw-gr etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v the_o better_a read_n of_o the_o two_o what_o persuasion_n blind_v porphiry_n from_o know_v christ_n the_o true_a wisdom_n chap._n 28._o thus_o draw_v thou_o man_n into_o most_o certain_a error_n and_o a_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o it_o be_v a_o professor_n of_o virtue_n and_o wisdom_n which_o if_o thou_o true_o respect_v thou_o will_v have_v know_v christ_n the_o virtue_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n the_o father_n and_o not_o b_o have_v leave_v his_o save_a humility_n for_o the_o pride_n of_o vain_a knowledge_n yet_o thou_o confess_v that_o the_o virtue_n of_o c_o continence_n only_o without_o theurgy_n and_o with_o those_o teletae_n thy_o frutlesse_o study_n be_v sufficient_a to_o purge_v the_o soul_n spiritual_o and_o once_o thou_o say_v that_o the_o 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noble_a speaker_n say_v that_o dire_a affect_v which_o do_v compel_v the_o soul_n be_v purge_v from_o all_o earthly_a c_o contagion_n 〈◊〉_d desire_n the_o body_n again_o be_v not_o of_o the_o body_n and_o therefore_o they_o confess_v that_o all_o the_o soul_n ill_a affect_n arise_v not_o from_o the_o flesh_n as_o desire_v fear_v joy_n and_o d_o sorrow_n but_o it_o may_v have_v those_o passion_n of_o itself_o l._n vives_n the_o ah_o manichee_n they_o hold_v all_o flesh_n the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n not_o of_o god_n and_o therefore_o they_o forbid_v their_o hearer_n to_o kill_v any_o creature_n lest_o they_o shall_v offend_v the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n from_o who_o they_o say_v all_o flesh_n have_v original_a and_o if_o they_o use_v their_o wife_n yet_o must_v they_o avoid_v generation_n lest_o the_o divine_a substance_n which_o go_v into_o they_o by_o their_o nourishment_n shall_v bebound_v in_o the_o fleshly_a bond_n of_o the_o child_n beget_v aug_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deum_fw-la the_o prisciâ—…ianists_n hold_v thus_o also_o b_o noble_a speâ—…ker_n so_o he_o call_v tully_n before_o and_o virgil_n now_o c_o contagion_n or_o habitacle_n d_o sorrow_n tully_n call_v it_o egritudo_fw-la tusc._n 3_o of_o the_o quality_n of_o man_n will_n unto_o with_o all_o affection_n good_a and_o bad_a be_v subject_a chap._n 6._o but_o the_o quality_n of_o man_n will_n be_v of_o some_o moment_n for_o if_o it_o be_v bad_a so_o be_v all_o those_o motion_n if_o good_a they_o be_v both_o blameless_a and_o praiseworthy_a for_o there_o be_v a_o a_o will_n in_o they_o all_o nay_o they_o be_v all_o direct_a will_n what_o be_v desire_n and_o joy_n but_o a_o will_v b_o consent_v to_o that_o which_o we_o affect_v and_o what_o be_v fear_n and_o sorrow_n but_o a_o will_v contrary_v unto_o what_o we_o like_a but_o when_o we_o consent_v to_o the_o desire_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v desire_n and_o when_o we_o consent_v in_o enjoy_v any_o thing_n this_o be_v delight_n â—…o_o when_o we_o dislike_v a_o thing_n and_o will_v not_o have_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v this_o will_n be_v fear_n when_o we_o dislike_v it_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v this_o be_v grief_n or_o sorrow_n and_o this_o according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o thing_n desire_v and_o avoid_v as_o the_o will_n consent_v or_o dislike_v so_o be_v our_o diversity_n of_o passion_n whereof_o a_o man_n that_o make_v god_n aâ—…d_a noâ—…_n man_n the_o steersman_n of_o his_o life_n aught_o to_o love_v good_a and_o consequent_o to_o hate_v evil_a and_o because_o none_o be_v evil_a by_o nature_n but_o all_o by_o vice_n he_o that_o live_v after_o god_n love_n owe_v his_o c_o full_a hate_n unto_o the_o evil_a not_o to_o hate_v the_o man_n for_o his_o hate_n vice_n nor_o to_o love_v the_o vice_n for_o the_o man_n but_o hate_v the_o vice_n and_o love_n the_o man_n for_o the_o vice_n be_v cure_v he_o shall_v find_v no_o object_n of_o his_o hate_n but_o all_o for_o his_o love_n l._n vives_n a_o a_o will_n the_o stoic_n hold_v that_o only_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o tully_n translate_v will_n when_o a_o thing_n be_v firm_o and_o constant_o desire_v therefore_o it_o be_v define_v a_o desire_n of_o any_o thing_n will._n with_o reason_n which_o be_v in_o a_o wise_a man_n only_o but_o that_o which_o be_v against_o reason_n be_v call_v a_o lust_n or_o a_o inordinate_a desire_n be_v resident_a in_o all_o fool_n the_o peripatetic_n call_v both_o these_o will_n the_o one_o good_a and_o the_o other_o bid_v the_o controversy_n as_o i_o say_v elsewhere_o be_v but_o verbal_a for_o the_o stoic_n call_v affect_n will_n also_o nor_o skill_v it_o whether_o will_v follow_v naâ—…e_n or_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v evermore_o will_v though_o that_o be_v proper_o call_v will_n wherein_o be_v that_o freedom_n of_o election_n and_o be_v harbour_v to_o vice_n or_o virtue_n b_o consent_v to_o believe_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v or_o not_o to_o be_v be_v no_o consent_n or_o dissent_v but_o knowledge_n faith_n or_o opinion_n arist._n in_o analyt_v posterior_n but_o to_o will_v or_o not_o to_o will_v in_o any_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o will_n which_o pertain_v to_o the_o mind_n and_o as_o it_o be_v appoint_v and_o decree_n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v or_o not_o do_v c_o full_a hate_n explayn_v that_o of_o the_o psalm_n 139._o 22._o i_o hate_v they_o with_o a_o perfect_a hatred_n that_o amor_fw-la and_o dilectio_fw-la be_v of_o indifferent_a use_n in_o the_o scripture_n both_o for_o good_a and_o evil_a chap._n 7._o for_o he_o that_o be_v resolve_v to_o love_n god_n and_o his_o neighbour_n according_a unto_o god_n and_o not_o man_n for_o this_o love_n be_v call_v a_o man_n of_o a_o good_a will_n and_o this_o be_v call_v more_o common_o charity_n in_o the_o scripture_n though_o sometime_o it_o be_v call_v love_n therein_o also_o for_o the_o apostle_n will_v have_v his_o magistrate_n to_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o good_a and_o our_o lord_n ask_v peter_n thus_o simon_n the_o son_n of_o jonah_n love_v thou_o i_o a_o more_o than_o these_o he_o answer_v lord_n b_o thou_o know_v that_o i_o love_v thou_o he_o ask_v he_o so_o again_o and_o he_o answer_v so_o again_o than_o they_o ask_v he_o the_o three_o time_n by_o 〈◊〉_d amo_fw-la whereas_o he_o have_v use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diligo_fw-la in_o the_o other_o two_o only_o to_o show_v that_o diligere_fw-la and_o amare_fw-la be_v both_o one_o to_o love_v as_o peter_n have_v use_v the_o one_o in_o all_o the_o three_o question_n this_o i_o think_v worth_a recital_n but_o some_o say_v c_o dilectio_fw-la charity_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o amor_fw-la love_n another_o and_o that_o the_o first_o be_v d_o use_v in_o the_o good_a and_o the_o late_a in_o the_o bad_a but_o sure_o it_o be_v that_o the_o profane_a author_n never_o use_v they_o so_o but_o let_v the_o philosopher_n look_v to_o their_o distinction_n for_o their_o book_n use_v amor_fw-la love_n in_o good_a sense_n and_o in_o reference_n to_o god_n 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a_o piece_n but_o of_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n with_o the_o night_n and_o therefore_o those_o father_n live_v some_o of_o they_o nine_o hundred_o such_o year_n as_o abraham_n live_v but_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o of_o and_o his_o son_n isaac_n near_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o and_o such_o as_o moses_n pass_v over_o to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o and_o such_o as_o our_o ordinary_a man_n now_o a_o day_n do_v live_v seventy_o or_o eighty_o of_o or_o some_o few_o more_o of_o which_o it_o be_v say_v their_o overplus_n be_v but_o labour_n and_o sorrow_n for_o the_o discrepance_n of_o account_n between_o we_o and_o the_o hebrew_n 20_o concern_v not_o the_o length_n of_o the_o patriarch_n life_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o they_o both_o that_o truth_n can_v reconcile_v we_o must_v trust_v to_o the_o tongue_n whence_o we_o have_v our_o translation_n which_o every_o man_n have_v power_n to_o do_v yet_o b_o it_o be_v not_o for_o 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it_o credible_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v live_v eighty_o or_o ninty_a nâ—…more_o than_o a_o 100_o year_n without_o a_o woman_n and_o without_o purpose_n of_o continency_n and_o then_o fall_v a_o beget_n child_n as_o the_o hebrew_n record_v of_o they_o or_o if_o they_o lift_v can_v they_o not_o get_v child_n before_o this_o question_n have_v two_o answer_n for_o either_o they_o live_v long_o a_o immature_n than_o we_o do_v according_a to_o the_o length_n of_o time_n exceed_v we_o or_o else_o which_o be_v more_o likely_a their_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o reckon_v but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o draw_v of_o a_o pedigree_n down_o from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n from_o who_o we_o see_v a_o derivation_n to_o abraham_n and_o so_o until_o a_o certain_a period_n as_o far_o as_o those_o pedigree_n be_v hold_v fit_a to_o prefigure_v the_o course_n of_o god_n glorious_a pilgrim-citty_n until_o it_o ascend_v to_o eternity_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o cain_n be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o be_v bear_v of_o man_n and_o woman_n for_o adam_n will_v 1_o not_o have_v say_v i_o have_v l_o get_v a_o man_n by_o the_o lord_n at_o his_o birth_n but_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o man_n bear_v before_o the_o other_o two_o he_o abel_n be_v next_o who_o the_o first_o or_o elder_n kill_v and_o herein_o be_v prefigure_v what_o persecution_n god_n glorious_a city_n shall_v endure_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o wicked_a member_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a society_n those_o son_n of_o earth_n i_o may_v call_v they_o but_o how_o old_a adam_n be_v at_o the_o beget_n of_o these_o two_o it_o be_v not_o evident_a from_o thence_o be_v a_o passage_n make_v to_o the_o generation_n of_o cain_n and_o to_o his_o who_o god_n give_v adam_n in_o murder_a abel_n seed_n call_v seth_n of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v god_n have_v appoint_v i_o another_o seed_n for_o abel_n who_o cain_n slay_v see_v therefore_o that_o these_o two_o generation_n caines_n and_o seth_n do_v perfect_o insinuate_v the_o two_o city_n the_o one_o celestial_a and_o labour_v upon_o earth_n the_o other_o earthly_a and_o follow_v our_o terrestrial_a affect_n there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o all_o cain_n progeny_n from_o adam_n to_o the_o eight_o generation_n who_o age_n be_v set_v down_o when_o he_o beget_v his_o next_o son_n yet_o be_v his_o whole_a generation_n rehearse_v for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n will_v not_o record_v the_o time_n of_o the_o wicked_a before_o the_o deluge_n but_o of_o the_o righteous_a only_o as_o only_o â—…orthy_a but_o when_o seth_n be_v bear_v his_o father_n year_n be_v not_o forget_v though_o he_o have_v beget_v other_o
be_v â—…eed_o very_a near_o it_o but_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v a_o religious_a care_n to_o keep_v the_o â—…red_v with_o such_o limmite_n lest_o it_o shall_v spread_v unto_o nothing_o bind_v of_o it_o back_o again_o into_o itself_o when_o it_o be_v a_o little_a diffuse_v and_o call_v it_o still_o to_o a_o new_a combination_n in_o itself_o and_o hereupon_o when_o the_o earth_n be_v well_o replenish_v with_o 〈◊〉_d they_o desire_v no_o more_o to_o marry_v brother_n unto_o sister_n yet_o notwithstanding_o 〈◊〉_d one_o desire_a a_o wife_n in_o his_o own_o kindred_n but_o without_o all_o question_n the_o proâ—…_n of_o cousin_n germans_n marriage_n be_v very_o honest_a partly_o for_o the_o aforesaid_a 〈◊〉_d because_o one_o person_n therein_o shall_v have_v two_o alliance_n which_o two_o ought_v raâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d have_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o affinity_n and_o partly_o because_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d natural_a instinct_n in_o a_o man_n shamefastness_n to_o obstâ—…ine_v from_o use_v that_o 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o tend_v unto_o propagation_n upon_o such_o as_o propinquity_n have_v bind_v 〈◊〉_d â—…stly_o to_o respect_n see_v that_o inculpable_a wedlock_n be_v ashamed_a of_o this_o very_a 〈◊〉_d in_o respect_n of_o mankind_n therefore_o the_o couple_v of_o man_n and_o wâ—…man_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o city_n and_o the_o earthly_a city_n need_v only_o this_o marry_v the_o heavenly_a 〈◊〉_d need_v a_o further_a matter_n call_v regeneration_n to_o avoid_v the_o corruption_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generation_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o sign_n or_o at_o least_o any_o corporal_a 〈◊〉_d sign_n of_o regeneration_n before_o the_o deluge_n or_o until_o circumcision_n be_v â—…ded_v unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n do_v not_o manifest_a that_o these_o first_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ificed_v unto_o god_n holy_a writ_n declare_v as_o in_o the_o two_o first_o brethren_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o deluge_n when_o he_o come_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n he_o be_v say_v to_o offer_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d but_o of_o this_o we_o have_v speak_v already_o to_o show_v that_o the_o devil_n desire_v to_o be_v â—…ted_v god_n and_o offer_v unto_o only_o for_o this_o end_n because_o they_o know_v that_o true_a 〈◊〉_d be_v due_a to_o none_o but_o the_o true_a god._n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o be_v that_o alliance_n may_v be_v augment_v by_o match_n abroad_o and_o not_o keep_v contiâ—…_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o one_o parentage_n but_o intermix_v with_o blood_n and_o lineage_n thuâ—…_n be_v union_n dilate_v and_o love_v sow_v through_o mankind_n cic._n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o two_o brethren_n be_v call_v patrueles_fw-la of_o a_o brother_n and_o a_o sister_n amâ—…_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…sobrini_fw-la germans_n general_o cousin_n germans_n they_o be_v all_o marcellus_n de_fw-fr propriet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o the_o god_n use_v it_o saturn_n marry_v his_o sister_n ops_n and_o jupiter_n juno_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o athenian_n allow_v it_o but_o the_o roman_n never_o d_o nor_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o law_n 〈◊〉_d marry_v of_o kindred_n say_v plutarch_n until_o at_o length_n it_o be_v permit_v that_o father_n or_o 〈◊〉_d marry_o his_o brother_n or_o sister_n daughter_n which_o arise_v hereupon_o a_o good_a poor_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d people_n love_v very_o well_o marry_v his_o brother_n daughter_n and_o be_v accuse_v and_o bring_v before_o the_o judge_n he_o plead_v for_o himself_o so_o well_o that_o he_o be_v absolve_v and_o this_o laâ—…â—…reed_n by_o 〈◊〉_d universal_a consent_n e_z be_v call_v so_o abraham_n call_v sarah_n and_o tully_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o uncle_n son_n brother_n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o yet_o augustine_n say_v not_o they_o be_v brother_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d very_o near_o it_o of_o the_o two_o head_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o two_o city_n bear_v both_o of_o one_o father_n chap._n 17._o adam_n therefore_o be_v the_o father_n of_o both_o the_o progeny_n belong_v to_o the_o earthly_a and_o heavenly_a city_n and_o abel_n be_v slay_v and_o in_o his_o death_n a_o wonderful_a ah_o mystery_n commend_v unto_o we_o cain_n and_o seth_n become_v the_o head_n of_o the_o two_o party_n in_o who_o son_n such_o as_o be_v name_v the_o two_o city_n begin_v to_o show_v themselves_o upon_o earth_n in_o mankind_n for_o cain_n beget_v enoch_n and_o build_v a_o earthly_a city_n after_o his_o name_n no_o such_o city_n as_o shall_v be_v a_o pilgrim_n in_o this_o earthly_a world_n but_o a_o enjoyer_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a peace_n cain_n be_v interpret_v possession_n whereupon_o either_o his_o father_n or_o his_o mother_n at_o his_o birth_n say_v i_o have_v get_v a_o man_n by_o god_n henoch_n man_n be_v interpret_v dedication_n for_o the_o earthly_a city_n be_v dedicate_v here_o below_o where_o it_o be_v build_v for_o here_o be_v the_o scope_n and_o end_n that_o it_o affect_v and_o aim_n at_o now_o b_o seth_n be_v call_v resurrection_n and_o enos_n his_o son_n be_v call_v man_n not_o as_o adam_n be_v for_o adam_n be_v man_n but_o in_o the_o hebrew_n it_o be_v common_a to_o male_a and_o female_a for_o it_o be_v write_v male_a and_o female_a make_v he_o they_o and_o call_v their_o name_n adam_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d doubtless_o be_v not_o so_o proper_o call_v euah_n but_o that_o adam_n be_v a_o name_n indifferent_a to_o they_o both_o but_o c_o enos_n be_v so_o proper_o a_o man_n that_o it_o exclude_v all_o womankind_n as_o the_o hebrew_n linguist_n affirm_v as_o import_v the_o son_n of_o the_o resurrection_n where_o they_o shall_v not_o marry_v nor_o take_v no_o wife_n for_o regeneration_n 〈◊〉_d exclude_v generation_n from_o thence_o therefore_o i_o hold_v this_o no_o idle_a nâ—…te_n that_o in_o the_o â—…2_n whole_a generation_n draw_v from_o seth_n there_o be_v not_o one_o woman_n name_v as_o beget_v in_o this_o generation_n for_o thus_o we_o read_v it_o mathusaell_n beget_v lamech_v and_o lamecâ—…_n take_v unto_o he_o two_o wife_n adah_n and_o zillah_n and_o adah_n bare_a jabell_n the_o father_n of_o such_o as_o live_v in_o tent_n and_o be_v keeper_n of_o cattle_n and_o his_o brother_n name_n be_v â—…aball_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o musician_n and_o zillah_n also_o bear_v d_o tobel_n who_o wrought_v in_o brass_n and_o iron_n and_o the_o sister_n of_o tobel_n be_v naamah_n thus_o far_o be_v 〈◊〉_d generation_n recite_v be_v eight_o from_o adam_n with_o adam_z seven_o to_o lamech_v thaâ—…_n have_v these_o two_o wife_n and_o the_o eight_o in_o his_o son_n who_o sister_n be_v also_o reckon_v this_o be_v a_o elegant_a note_n that_o the_o earthly_a city_n shall_v have_v carnal_a generatioâ—…s_n until_o it_o end_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o proceed_v from_o copulation_n of_o male_a and_o female_a and_o therefore_o the_o wife_n of_o he_o that_o be_v the_o last_o father_n here_o be_v nameâ—…_n by_o their_o proper_a name_n and_o so_o be_v none_o beside_o they_o before_o the_o deluge_n bâ—…_n euah_n but_o even_o as_o cain_n be_v interpret_v possession_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n fouâ—…der_n and_o henoch_n his_o son_n interpret_v dedication_n who_o give_v the_o city_n his_o name_n dâ—…_n show_v that_o it_o be_v to_o have_v both_o a_o earthly_a beginning_n &_o end_v in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n but_o of_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n so_o likewise_o seth_n be_v interpret_v the_o resurrection_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o other_o generation_n we_o must_v see_v what_o holy_a writ_n deliver_v concern_v his_o son_n l._n vives_n a_o wonderful_a ah_o mystery_n first_o of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o then_o of_o the_o martyr_n who_o the_o worldly_a brother_n persecute_v b_o seth_n be_v hierome_n put_v it_o position_n posuit_fw-la the_o table_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o bible_n contain_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n name_n say_v that_o seth_n be_v put_v or_o set_v c_o enos_n as_o adam_n be_v say_v hierome_n so_o be_v enos_n a_o man_n d_o tobel_n augustine_n follow_v the_o seventy_o who_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereas_o the_o hebrew_n read_v it_o tubalcain_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o zillah_n as_o josephus_n record_v also_o that_o the_o signification_n of_o abel_n seth_n and_o enos_n be_v all_o pertinent_a unto_o christ_n and_o his_o body_n the_o church_n chap._n 18._o and_o seth_n say_v the_o scripture_n have_v a_o son_n and_o he_o call_v his_o name_n enos_n this_o man_n hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o son_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 26._o live_v in_o hope_n say_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v true_a all_o the_o while_n that_o he_o continue_v in_o his_o pilgrimage_n here_o below_o together_o with_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n for_o by_o these_o two_o man_n abel_n interpret_v sorrow_n and_o seth_n resurrection_n be_v
the_o death_n and_o rise_v again_o of_o christ_n perfigure_v of_o which_o faith_n the_o city_n of_o god_n have_v original_a namely_o in_o these_o man_n that_o a_o hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o lord_n god_n for_o we_o be_v save_v by_o hope_n say_v the_o apostle_n but_o hope_v which_o be_v see_v be_v no_o hope_n for_o hope_v he_o for_o that_o he_o see_v but_o if_o we_o hope_v for_o that_o which_o we_o 25._o see_v not_o then_o do_v we_o with_o patience_n abide_v it_o who_o can_v say_v that_o this_o do_v not_o concern_v the_o depth_n of_o this_o mystery_n do_v not_o abel_n hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n when_o his_o sacrifice_n be_v so_o acceptable_a unto_o he_o and_o do_v not_o seth_n so_o also_o of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v god_n have_v appoint_v i_o another_o seed_n for_o abel_n why_o then_o be_v this_o peculiar_o bind_v unto_o seths_n time_n in_o which_o be_v understand_v the_o time_n of_o all_o the_o godly_a but_o that_o it_o behoove_v that_o in_o he_o who_o be_v first_o record_v to_o have_v be_v bear_v to_o elevate_v his_o spirit_n from_o his_o father_n that_o beget_v he_o unto_o a_o better_a father_n the_o king_n of_o the_o celestial_a country_n man_n that_o be_v that_o society_n of_o man_n who_o live_v in_o the_o hope_n of_o bless_a eternity_n not_o according_a to_o man_n but_o god_n be_v prefigure_v it_o be_v not_o say_v he_o hope_v in_o god_n nor_o he_o call_v upon_o god_n but_o he_o hope_v to_o call_v upon_o god_n why_o hope_v to_o call_v but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o prophecy_n that_o from_o he_o shall_v arise_v a_o people_n who_o by_o the_o election_n of_o grace_n shall_v call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n god._n this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n have_v from_o another_o prophet_n &_o show_v it_o to_o pertain_v unto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n say_v whosoever_o shall_v call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v save_v this_o be_v 13._o that_o which_o be_v say_v he_o call_v his_o name_n enos_n which_o be_v man_n and_o then_o be_v add_v this_o 〈◊〉_d hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n wherein_o be_v plain_o show_v that_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o himself_o for_o curse_a be_v the_o man_n that_o trust_v in_o man_n as_o we_o read_v elsewhere_o and_o consequent_o in_o himself_o which_o if_o he_o do_v not_o â—…e_o may_v become_v a_o citizen_n of_o that_o city_n which_o be_v found_v above_o in_o the_o eternity_n of_o bliss_n not_o of_o that_o which_o cain_n build_v and_o name_v after_o his_o son_n be_v of_o this_o â—…orld_n waver_v and_o transitory_a l._n vives_n thâ—…_n a_o hope_v some_o read_v it_o then_o man_n begin_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n refer_v to_o the_o time_n and_o not_o to_o seths_n person_n it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a phrase_n in_o author_n the_o 〈◊〉_d approve_v it_o and_o so_o seem_v hierome_n to_o do_v the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o than_o they_o begâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d set_v up_o idol_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n hierome_n but_o augustine_n follow_v the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o man_n hope_v to_o call_v upon_o etc._n etc._n what_o the_o translation_n of_o enoch_n signify_v chap._n 19_o for_o seths_n progeny_n have_v that_o name_n of_o dedication_n also_o for_o one_o of_o the_o son_n the_o seven_o from_o adam_n who_o be_v call_v ah_o henoch_n and_o be_v the_o seven_o of_o that_o generation_n but_o he_o be_v translate_v or_o take_v up_o because_o he_o please_v god_n and_o live_v in_o that_o famous_a number_n of_o the_o generation_n whereupon_o the_o sabbath_n be_v sanctify_v namely_o the_o seven_o from_o adam_n and_o from_o the_o first_o distinction_n of_o the_o generation_n in_o cain_n and_o seth_n the_o six_o in_o which_o number_n man_n be_v make_v and_o all_o god_n work_v perfect_v the_o translation_n of_o this_o enoch_n be_v the_o prefiguration_n of_o our_o dedication_n which_o be_v already_o perform_v in_o christ_n who_o rise_v from_o death_n to_o die_v 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air_n but_o a_o eternal_a power_n in_o 〈◊〉_d work_v upon_o a_o temporal_a object_n thus_o do_v god_n speak_v to_o his_o angel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v far_o of_o he_o in_o a_o far_a other_o manner_n and_o when_o we_o conceive_v aâ—…_n by_o the_o first_o manner_n we_o come_v near_o the_o angel_n but_o i_o be_o not_o here_o to_o disâ—…e_v of_o god_n way_n open_v his_o will_n to_o other_o the_o unchangeable_a truth_n do_v 〈◊〉_d speak_v ineffable_o from_o himself_o unto_o reasonable_a creature_n or_o by_o reasonable_a â—…ures_n mutable_a or_o spiritual_a either_o unto_o our_o imagination_n and_o spirit_n or_o to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…dily_a sense_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v and_o shall_v they_o not_o feign_v many_o thing_n they_o 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v no_o confirmation_n but_o rather_o a_o question_n as_o we_o use_v in_o threaten_v 〈◊〉_d â—…is_n verse_n virgil_n declare_v b_o non_fw-la arma_fw-la expedient_a totâque_fw-la ex_fw-la urbe_fw-la sequentur_fw-la and_o shall_v not_o all_o my_o power_n take_v arm_n and_o run_v 3._o we_o must_v therefore_o take_v it_o as_o a_o question_n otherwise_o it_o show_v not_o as_o a_o threaten_a we_o must_v needs_o therefore_o add_v the_o interrogative_n point_n thus_o than_o the_o progeny_n of_o noah_n three_o son_n be_v seventy_o three_o or_o rather_o as_o we_o have_v say_v three_o score_n and_o twelve_o nation_n who_o fill_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o island_n thereof_o c_o and_o the_o number_n of_o nation_n be_v far_o above_o the_o number_n of_o language_n for_o now_o in_o africa_n we_o have_v many_o barbarous_a country_n that_o speak_v all_o one_o language_n and_o who_o doubt_v that_o mankind_n increase_v diverse_a take_v ship_n and_o go_v to_o inhabit_v the_o island_n abroad_o l._n vives_n let_v ah_o we_o make_fw-mi hierome_n and_o augustine_n do_v both_o take_v this_o as_o a_o intimation_n of_o the_o trâ—…y_n b_o non_fw-la arma_fw-la dido_n word_n in_o virgil._n aenead_n 3_o c_o and_o the_o number_n but_o i_o think_v it_o be_v â—…der_o to_o show_v any_o one_o language_n than_o any_o one_o nation_n but_o i_o do_v not_o contend_v but_o only_o speak_v my_o mind_n whether_o the_o remote_a isle_n be_v supply_v with_o the_o beast_n of_o all_o sort_n that_o be_v save_v in_o the_o ark_n chap._n 7._o but_o now_o there_o be_v a_o question_n concern_v those_o beast_n which_o man_n respect_v not_o &_o yet_o be_v not_o produce_v by_o putrefaction_n as_o frog_n be_v but_o only_o by_o copulation_n of_o male_a and_o female_a as_o wolf_n &c._n &c._n how_o they_o after_o the_o deluge_n wherein_o all_o perish_a but_o those_o in_o the_o ark_n can_v come_v into_o those_o island_n unless_o they_o be_v propagate_v from_o they_o that_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o ark_n we_o may_v think_v that_o they_o may_v some_o to_o the_o near_a isle_n but_o there_o be_v some_o far_o in_o the_o main_a to_o which_o no_o beast_n can_v swim_v if_o man_n desire_v to_o catch_v they_o and_o transport_v they_o thither_o questionless_a they_o may_v do_v it_o a_o by_o hunt_v though_o we_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o angel_n by_o god_n command_n may_v carry_v they_o thither_o but_o if_o they_o be_v produce_v from_o the_o earth_n as_o at_o first_o because_o god_n say_v let_v the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o the_o live_a soul_n then_o be_v it_o most_o apparent_a that_o the_o diversity_n of_o beast_n be_v preserve_v in_o the_o ark_n rather_o for_o a_o figure_n of_o the_o diverse_a nation_n then_o for_o restauration_n if_o the_o earth_n bring_v they_o forth_o in_o those_o isle_n to_o which_o they_o can_v not_o otherwise_o come_v l._n vives_n by_o a_o hunt_v in_o the_o canary_n and_o other_o new_o find_v isle_n there_o be_v none_o of_o
abraham_n be_v then_o but_o seventy_o two_o year_n of_o age_n and_o his_o father_n beget_v he_o when_o he_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a must_v needs_o be_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o no_o more_o at_o his_o departure_n therefore_o he_o go_v not_o after_o his_o father_n death_n who_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n but_o before_o at_o the_o seventy_o two_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n and_o consequent_o the_o hundred_o forty_o five_o of_o his_o father_n and_o thus_o the_o scripture_n in_o a_o usual_a course_n return_v to_o the_o time_n which_o the_o former_a relation_n have_v go_v beyond_o as_o it_o do_v before_o say_v that_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n son_n be_v divide_v into_o nation_n and_o language_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o afterward_o adjoin_v 1._o then_o the_o whole_a earth_n be_v of_o one_o language_n etc._n etc._n as_o though_o this_o have_v real_o follow_v how_o then_o have_v every_o man_n his_o nation_n and_o his_o tongue_n but_o that_o the_o scripture_n return_v back_o again_o unto_o the_o time_n over-passed_n even_o so_o here_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o &_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n &_o then_o the_o scripture_n return_v to_o that_o which_o over-passed_n to_o finish_v the_o discourse_n of_o thara_n first_o then_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o be_v add_v so_o abraham_n depart_v as_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o and_o abraham_n be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v from_o charra_n this_o therefore_o be_v when_o his_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o hundred_o forty_o and_o five_o year_n of_o age_n for_o than_o be_v abraham_n seventy_o five_o this_o doubt_n be_v also_o otherwise_o dissolve_v by_o count_v abraham_n seventy_o 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o go_v to_o charra_n from_o the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v free_v from_o the_o fire_n of_o 〈◊〉_d chaldaaens_n and_o not_o from_o his_o birth_n as_o if_o he_o have_v rather_o be_v bear_v then_o 〈◊〉_d saint_n stephen_n in_o the_o act_n discourse_v hereof_o say_v thus_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n apâ—…_n 3._o to_o our_o father_n abraham_n in_o mesopotamia_n before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charra_n and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n which_o 〈◊〉_d give_v thou_o according_a to_o these_o word_n of_o stephen_n it_o be_v not_o after_o tharas_n death_n 〈◊〉_d â—…od_n speak_v to_o abraham_n for_o thara_n die_v in_o charra_n but_o it_o be_v before_o he_o dwell_v 〈◊〉_d â—…rra_n yet_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n but_o he_o be_v go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n first_o and_o â—…eas_n stephen_n say_v then_o come_v he_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o dwell_v in_o 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v relation_n of_o a_o thing_n do_v after_o those_o word_n of_o god_n for_o he_o go_v 〈◊〉_d chaldaea_n after_o god_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o for_o he_o say_v god_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o mesopotamia_n but_o that_o word_n then_o comprise_v all_o the_o time_n from_o abraham_n departure_n until_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o he_o and_o that_o which_o follow_v after_o that_o his_o father_n 〈◊〉_d dead_a god_n place_v he_o in_o this_o land_n wherein_o he_o now_o dwell_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o place_n be_v and_o god_n bring_v he_o from_o thence_o where_o his_o father_n die_v afterward_o and_o place_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ere_o so_o then_o we_o just_o understand_v that_o god_n speak_v unto_o abraham_n be_v in_o mesoâ—…tamia_n yet_o not_o as_o yet_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o that_o he_o come_v in_o to_o charra_n with_o â—…er_n hold_v god_n commandment_n fast_o and_o in_o the_o seventy_o five_o year_n of_o 〈◊〉_d depart_v thence_o which_o be_v in_o his_o father_n a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n now_o 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o be_v place_v in_o chanaan_n not_o he_o come_v out_o of_o charra_n after_o his_o 〈◊〉_d death_n for_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a he_o begin_v to_o buy_v land_n there_o and_o become_v 〈◊〉_d possession_n but_o whereas_o god_n speak_v thus_o to_o he_o after_o he_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n 〈◊〉_d thy_o father_n house_n this_o concern_v not_o his_o bodily_a removal_n for_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d before_o but_o the_o separation_n of_o his_o soul_n from_o they_o for_o his_o mind_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…arted_v from_o they_o if_o he_o ever_o have_v any_o hope_n to_o return_v or_o desire_v it_o this_o â—…d_a desire_n by_o god_n command_n be_v to_o be_v cut_v of_o it_o be_v not_o incredible_a 〈◊〉_d â—…erwards_o when_o as_o nachor_n follow_v his_o father_n abraham_n then_o fulfil_v the_o â—…nd_n of_o god_n and_o take_v sara_n his_o wife_n and_o lot_n his_o brother_n son_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o charra_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o inextricable_a doubt_n so_o hierome_n call_v it_o and_o dissolve_v it_o somewhat_o â—…sly_o from_o augustine_n although_o he_o use_v three_o conjecture_n dissolâ—…â—…us_a â—…us_z hierome_n dissolve_v it_o out_o of_o a_o hebrew_n history_n for_o that_o which_o we_o read_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o chaldaea_n the_o hebrew_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ur_fw-la shadim_n that_o be_v the_o fire_n of_o the_o caldaeâ—…â—…pon_n the_o hebrew_n have_v the_o story_n abraham_n be_v take_v by_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o worship_v their_o idol_n namely_o their_o fire_n he_o be_v put_v into_o it_o from_o whence_o fire_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v he_o by_o miracle_n and_o the_o like_a story_n they_o have_v of_o thara_n also_o his_o father_n that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o adore_v their_o image_n be_v so_o serve_v and_o so_o escape_v also_o as_o whereas_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d aram_n die_v before_o his_o father_n in_o the_o land_n where_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o country_n of_o 〈◊〉_d they_o say_v it_o be_v in_o his_o father_n presence_n in_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n wherein_o beâ—…â—…ould_v not_o worship_v it_o he_o be_v burn_v to_o death_n and_o likewise_o in_o other_o place_n of_o yâ—_z text_n 〈◊〉_d â—…hen_o he_o come_v to_o this_o point_n say_v the_o hebrew_a tradition_n be_v true_a that_o say_v that_o thara_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o chaldaee_n &_o that_o abraham_n be_v hedge_v round_o about_o in_o 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o fire_n which_o he_o will_v not_o worship_v be_v by_o god_n power_n deliver_v &_o from_o thence_o be_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n account_v because_o than_o he_o first_o confess_v the_o lord_n god_n and_o contemn_v the_o chaldee_n idol_n thus_o far_o hierome_n without_o who_o relation_n this_o place_n of_o augustine_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v josephus_n write_v that_o thara_n hate_v chaldaea_n depart_v thence_o for_o the_o grief_n of_o his_o son_n aram_v death_n and_o come_v to_o dwell_v in_o charra_n and_o that_o aram_v tomb_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n the_o order_n and_o quality_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n chap._n 16._o now_o must_v we_o examine_v the_o promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n for_o in_o they_o begin_v the_o oracle_n presage_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a god_n to_o appear_v who_o be_v to_o come_v of_o that_o godly_a people_n that_o the_o prophecy_v promise_v the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v this_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n 12._o and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n unto_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n and_o will_v bless_v thou_o &_o make_v thy_o name_n great_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v bless_v i_o will_v also_o bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o they_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v here_o we_o must_v observe_v a_o double_a promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n the_o first_o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o these_o word_n go_v unto_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o great_a nation_n the_o second_o of_o far_o more_o worth_a and_o moment_n concern_v his_o spiritual_a seed_n whereby_o he_o be_v not_o only_o the_o father_n of_o israel_n but_o of_o all_o the_o nation_n that_o follow_v his_o faith_n and_o that_o be_v in_o these_o word_n and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v this_o promise_n be_v make_v in_o abraham_n seventy_o five_o year_n as_o eusebius_n a_o think_v as_o if_o that_o abraham_n do_v present_o there_o upon_o depart_v out_o of_o charra_n because_o the_o scripture_n may_v not_o be_v control_v that_o give_v
beget_v diverse_a upon_o keturah_n and_o this_o clear_v the_o doubt_n that_o his_o body_n be_v not_o simple_o dead_a i_o mean_v unto_o generation_n but_o i_o like_o the_o other_o answer_n better_o because_o a_o man_n in_o those_o day_n be_v not_o in_o his_o weak_a age_n at_o a_o hundred_o year_n although_o the_o man_n of_o our_o time_n be_v so_o and_o can_v beget_v a_o child_n of_o any_o woman_n they_o may_v for_o they_o live_v far_o long_o and_o have_v able_a body_n than_o we_o have_v l._n vives_n his_o former_a ah_o name_n some_o hebrew_n say_v that_o god_n put_v a_o letter_n of_o his_o name_n 〈◊〉_d into_o abraham_n name_n to_o wit_n the_o letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierome_n b_o for_o the_o change_n hierome_n out_o of_o moâ—…_n of_o the_o hebrew_n interprete_v sarai_n my_o princess_n or_o lady_n and_o sarah_n a_o princess_n oâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d for_o she_o be_v first_o abraham_n lady_n and_o then_o the_o lady_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o uirtus_fw-la or_o strengtâ—…_n sarah_n often_o take_v by_o divine_n for_o dominion_n or_o principality_n hiero._n in_o genes_n augustine_n use_v the_o word_n in_o another_o sense_n c_o she_o be_v barren_a the_o physician_n hold_v woman_n barrenness_n to_o proceed_v of_o the_o defect_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la as_o if_o it_o be_v too_o hard_a or_o brawny_a or_o too_o loose_a and_o spungeous_a or_o too_o fat_a or_o fleshly_a plutarch_n de_fw-fr phisoph_n decret_n lib._n 5._o i_o ommit_v the_o simple_n that_o be_v take_v 〈◊〉_d inward_o procure_v barrenness_n as_o the_o berry_n of_o black_a juy_n cetarach_n or_o heart_n tongue_n as_o plâ—…y_n say_v etc._n etc._n the_o stoic_n say_v that_o it_o be_v often_o effect_v by_o the_o contrariety_n of_o quality_n in_o the_o agent_n &_o patient_a at_o copulation_n which_o be_v couple_v with_o other_o of_o more_o concordance_n do_v easy_o become_v fruitful_a which_o we_o may_v not_o unfit_o imagine_v in_o abraham_n and_o sarah_n because_o afterward_o he_o beget_v child_n upon_o keturah_n unless_o you_o wind_v up_o all_o these_o matter_n with_o a_o more_o divine_a interpretation_n for_o paul_n call_v abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o dead_a body_n exhaust_v and_o fruitless_a d_o wherein_o the_o menstrual_a of_o the_o menstrue_n pliny_n say_v thus_o some_o woman_n never_o have_v they_o and_o those_o be_v barren_a for_o they_o be_v the_o substance_n wherein_o the_o sperme_n congeal_v and_o ripen_v and_o thereof_o if_o they_o flow_v frow_fw-mi woman_n that_o be_v with_o child_n the_o child_n bear_v will_v be_v either_o weak_a and_o sickly_a or_o else_o it_o will_v not_o live_v long_o as_o nigidius_n say_v thus_o much_o out_o of_o pliny_n lib._n 7._o aristotle_n say_v that_o all_o that_o want_v these_o menstrual_a flux_n be_v not_o barren_a for_o they_o may_v retain_v as_o much_o in_o their_o place_n of_o conception_n as_o they_o do_v that_o have_v these_o purgative_a course_n so_o often_o histor_n 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o of_o the_o three_o man_n or_o angel_n wherein_o god_n appear_v to_o abraham_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o mambra_n chap._n 29._o god_n appear_v unto_o abraham_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o mambra_n in_o three_o man_n who_o doubtless_o be_v angel_n though_o some_o think_v that_o one_o of_o they_o be_v christ_n and_o that_o he_o be_v visible_a before_o his_o incarnation_n it_o be_v indeed_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o unchangeable_a uncorporall_a and_o invisible_a deity_n to_o appear_v unto_o man_n visible_a whensoever_o it_o please_v without_o any_o alteration_n of_o itself_o not_o in_o the_o own_o but_o in_o some_o creature_n subject_a unto_o it_o as_o what_o be_v it_o that_o it_o rule_v not_o over_o but_o if_o they_o ground_n that_o one_o of_o these_o three_o be_v christ_n upon_o this_o that_o abraham_n when_o he_o see_v three_o man_n salute_v the_o lord_n peculiar_o bow_v to_o the_o ground_n at_o the_o door_n of_o his_o tabernacle_n and_o say_v lord_n if_o i_o have_v find_v favour_n in_o thy_o sight_n etc._n etc._n why_o do_v they_o not_o observe_v that_o when_o two_o come_v to_o destroy_v sodom_n abraham_n speak_v yet_o but_o unto_o one_o of_o they_o that_o remain_v call_v he_o lord_n and_o entreat_v he_o not_o to_o destroy_v the_o righteous_a with_o the_o wicked_a and_o those_o two_o be_v entertain_v by_o lot_n who_o notwithstanding_o call_v either_o of_o they_o by_o the_o name_n of_o lord_n for_o speak_v to_o they_o both_o my_o lord_n say_v he_o i_o pray_v you_o turn_v in_o unto_o your_o servant_n house_n etc._n etc._n 19_o and_o yet_o afterward_o we_o read_v and_o the_o angel_n take_v he_o and_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o two_o daughter_n by_o the_o hand_n the_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o he_o and_o they_o bring_v he_o forth_o and_o set_v he_o without_o the_o city_n and_o when_o they_o have_v so_o do_v the_o angel_n say_v escape_v for_o thyself_o look_v not_o behind_o thou_o neither_o tarry_v in_o all_o the_o plain_n but_o escape_n to_o the_o mountain_n lest_o thou_o be_v destroy_v and_o he_o say_v not_o so_o i_o pray_v thou_o my_o lord_n etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o these_o two_o angel_n answer_v he_o as_o in_o one_o say_v behold_v i_o have_v a_o receive_v thy_o request_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v far_o more_o likely_a that_o abraham_n know_v the_o lord_n to_o be_v in_o they_o all_o three_o and_o lot_z in_o the_o two_o unto_o who_o they_o continual_o speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n even_o then_o when_o they_o think_v they_o to_o be_v man_n than_o otherwise_o for_o they_o entertain_v they_o at_o first_o only_o to_o give_v they_o meat_n and_o lodging_n in_o charity_n as_o unto_o poor_a man_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o excellent_a mark_n in_o they_o whereby_o their_o host_n may_v be_v assure_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o they_o as_o he_o use_v to_o be_v in_o the_o prophet_n and_o therefore_o they_o sometime_o call_v they_o lord_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n as_o speak_v to_o themselves_o and_o sometime_o lord_n in_o the_o singular_a as_o speak_v to_o god_n in_o they_o but_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o testify_v that_o they_o be_v angel_n not_o only_o in_o this_o place_n of_o genesis_n but_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n where_o the_o apostle_n commend_v hospitality_n b_o thereby_o joâ—…e_v say_v he_o have_v receive_v angel_n into_o their_o house_n unwares_o these_o three_o man_n therefore_o confirm_v the_o promise_n of_o isaac_n the_o second_o time_n and_o say_v unto_o abraham_n 132_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o great_a and_o mighty_a nation_n and_o in_o he_o shall_v the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v bless_v here_o be_v a_o plain_a prophecy_n both_o of_o the_o bodily_a nation_n of_o the_o israelite_n and_o 18._o the_o spiritual_a nation_n of_o the_o righteous_a l_o vives_n i_o have_v ah_o receive_v so_n read_v the_o vulgar_a but_o not_o the_o seventy_o b_o thereby_o some_o i_o woâ—…_n how_o placuerunt_fw-la come_v into_o the_o latin_a vulgar_a edition_n i_o think_v the_o translator_n make_v it_o latueâ—…_n rather_o from_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o augustine_n have_v translate_v it_o the_o best_a of_o all_o put_v unaware_o for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o greek_n do_v often_o use_v to_o speak_v so_o lot_n deliverance_n sodom_n destruction_n abimelech_n lust_n sarahs_n chastity_n chap._n 30._o after_o this_o promise_n be_v lot_n deliver_v out_o of_o sodom_n and_o the_o whole_a territory_n of_o that_o wicked_a city_n consume_v by_o a_o shower_n a_o of_o fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o all_o those_o part_n where_o masculine_a bestiality_n be_v as_o allowable_a by_o custom_n as_o any_o other_o act_n be_v by_o other_o law_n beside_o this_o punishment_n of_o they_o be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o what_o do_v the_o angel_n forbid_v they_o to_o look_v back_o signify_v but_o that_o the_o regenerate_a must_v never_o return_v to_o his_o old_a course_n if_o he_o mean_v to_o escape_v the_o terror_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n lot_n wife_n where_o she_o look_v back_o there_o be_v wife_n she_o fix_v and_o be_v turn_v into_o b_o a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n serve_v to_o season_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o faithful_a to_o take_v heed_n by_o such_o example_n after_o this_o abraham_n do_v with_o his_o wife_n sarah_n at_o geraris_fw-la in_o king_n abimelech_n court_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o in_o egypt_n and_o her_o chastity_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n preserve_v &_o she_o return_v to_o her_o husband_n where_o 20_o abraham_n when_o the_o king_n chide_v he_o for_o conceal_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n open_v his_o fear_n and_o withal_o tell_v he_o say_v she_o be_v my_o sister_n indeed_o for_o she_o be_v my_o father_n daughter_n but_o not_o my_o mother_n and_o she_o be_v my_o wife_n and_o
so_o she_o be_v indeed_o both_o these_o and_o withal_o of_o such_o beauty_n that_o she_o be_v amiable_a even_o at_o those_o year_n l._n vives_n a_o shower_n a_o of_o fire_n of_o this_o combustion_n many_o profane_a author_n make_v mention_n strabo_n say_v that_o city_n be_v consume_v by_o that_o fire_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n thereabouts_o report_v the_o pool_n that_o remain_v where_o sodom_n stand_v the_o chief_a city_n be_v sixty_o furlong_n about_o many_o of_o they_o also_o mention_v the_o lake_n asphalt_n where_o the_o bitumen_n grow_v b_o apiller_n josephus_n say_v he_o do_v see_v it_o of_o isaac_n bear_v at_o the_o time_n prefix_v and_o name_v so_o because_o of_o his_o parent_n laughter_n chap._n 31._o after_o this_o abraham_n according_a to_o god_n promise_n have_v a_o son_n by_o sarah_n and_o call_v he_o isaac_n that_o be_v laughter_n for_o his_o father_n laugh_v for_o joy_n and_o admiration_n when_o he_o be_v first_o promise_v and_o his_o mother_n when_o the_o three_o man_n confirm_v this_o promise_n again_o laugh_v also_o between_o joy_n and_o doubt_v the_o angel_n show_v she_o that_o her_o laughter_n be_v not_o faithful_a though_o it_o be_v joyful_a hence_o have_v the_o child_n his_o name_n for_o this_o laughter_n belong_v not_o to_o the_o record_v of_o reproach_n but_o to_o the_o celebration_n of_o gladness_n as_o sarah_n show_v when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v and_o call_v by_o this_o name_n for_o she_o say_v god_n have_v make_v i_o to_o laugh_v and_o all_o that_o hear_v i_o will_v rejoice_v with_o i_o and_o soon_o after_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o house_n in_o 6_o signification_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o sarah_n be_v of_o the_o new_a as_o the_o apostle_n say_v and_o of_o that_o glorious_a city_n of_o god_n the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n prooâ—…_n in_o his_o intent_n to_o offer_v his_o son_n sarahs_n death_n chap._n 32._o to_o omit_v many_o accident_n for_o brenity_n sake_n 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commend_v for_o have_v a_o firm_a faith_n and_o belief_n that_o his_o son_n isaac_n shall_v rise_v again_o after_o he_o be_v sacrifice_v for_o when_o he_o will_v not_o obey_v his_o wife_n in_o cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n god_n say_v unto_o he_o in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n 9_o be_v call_v and_o add_v of_o the_o bond-womans_n son_n will_v i_o make_v a_o great_a nation_n also_o because_o he_o be_v thy_o seed_n how_o then_o be_v isaac_n only_o call_v abraham_n seed_n when_o god_n call_v ishmael_n so_o likewise_o the_o apostle_n expound_v it_o in_o these_o word_n that_o be_v they_o which_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v account_v for_o the_o seed_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o son_n of_o promise_n call_v to_o be_v abraham_n seed_n in_o isaac_n that_o be_v gather_v into_o the_o church_n by_o christ_n his_o free_a grace_n and_o mercy_n this_o promise_n the_o father_n hold_v fast_o see_v that_o it_o must_v be_v fulfil_v in_o he_o who_o god_n command_v to_o kill_v doubt_v not_o but_o that_o that_o god_n can_v restore_v he_o after_o sacrifice_v who_o have_v give_v he_o at_o first_o beyond_o all_o hope_n so_o the_o scripture_n take_v his_o belief_n to_o have_v be_v and_o deliver_v it_o by_o faith_n a_o 11._o abraham_n offer_v up_o isaac_n when_o he_o be_v try_v and_o he_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o promise_n offer_v his_o only_a son_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v for_o he_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o then_o follow_v for_o when_o he_o receive_v he_o also_o in_o a_o sort_n in_o what_o sort_n but_o as_o he_o receive_v his_o son_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v who_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o die_v for_o we_o all_o and_o so_o do_v isaac_n carry_v the_o wood_n of_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o place_n even_o as_o christ_n 8._o carry_v the_o cross_n last_o see_v isaac_n be_v not_o to_o be_v slay_v indeed_o and_o his_o father_n command_v to_o hold_v his_o hand_n who_o be_v that_o ram_n that_o be_v offer_v as_o a_o full_a and_o typical_a sacrifice_n namely_o that_o which_o abraham_n first_o of_o all_o espy_v entangle_v b_o in_o the_o bush_n by_o the_o horn_n what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o type_n of_o jesus_n christ_n crown_v with_o thorn_n ere_o he_o be_v crucify_v but_o mark_v the_o angel_n word_n abraham_n say_v the_o scripture_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n and_o take_v the_o knife_n to_o kill_v his_o son_n but_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v unto_o he_o from_o heaven_n say_v abraham_n and_o he_o answer_v here_o lord_n then_o he_o say_v lay_v not_o thy_o hand_n upon_o thy_o son_n nor_o do_v any_o thing_n unto_o he_o for_o now_o i_o know_v thou_o fear_v god_n see_v that_o for_o my_o sake_n thou_o have_v not_o spare_v thy_o only_a son_n now_o i_o know_v that_o be_v now_o i_o have_v make_v know_v for_o god_n know_v it_o ere_o now_o and_o then_o abraham_n have_v offer_v the_o ram_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n call_v the_o place_n c_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v as_o it_o be_v say_v unto_o this_o day_n in_o the_o mount_n have_v the_o lord_n appear_v &_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v unto_o abraham_n again_o out_o of_o heaven_n say_v by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v say_v the_o lord_n because_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n &_o lust_n not_o spare_v thy_o only_a son_n for_o i_o sure_o i_o will_v bless_v thou_o &_o multiply_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o thy_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o gate_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v because_o thou_o have_v a_o obey_v my_o voice_n this_o be_v that_o promise_v swear_v unto_o by_o god_n concern_v the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n after_o the_o offering_n of_o the_o ram_n the_o type_n of_o christ._n god_n have_v often_o promise_v before_o but_o never_o swear_v and_o what_o be_v god_n oath_n but_o a_o confirmation_n of_o his_o promise_n and_o a_o reprehension_n of_o the_o faithless_a after_o this_o die_v sara_n be_v ahundr_v twenty_o seven_o year_n old_a in_o the_o hundred_o thirty_o seven_o year_n of_o her_o husband_n age_n for_o he_o be_v ten_o year_n elder_a than_o she_o as_o he_o show_v when_o isaac_n be_v first_o promise_v say_v shall_v i_o that_o be_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a have_v a_o child_n and_o shall_v sarah_n that_o be_v four_o score_n and_o ten_o year_n old_a bear_v and_o then_o do_v abraham_n buy_v a_o piece_n of_o ground_n and_o bury_v his_o wife_n in_o it_o and_o then_o as_o stephen_n say_v be_v he_o seat_v in_o that_o land_n for_o than_o begin_v he_o to_o be_v a_o possessor_n namely_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n who_o be_v dead_a some_o two_o year_n before_o l._n vives_n by_o a_o faith_n a_o diversity_n of_o read_v in_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n therefore_o have_v we_o follow_v the_o vulgar_a b_o in_o the_o bush_n this_o be_v after_o the_o seventy_o and_o theodotion_n who_o translation_n hierome_n approve_v before_o that_o of_o aquila_n and_o symachus_n c_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v the_o hebrew_n say_v hierome_n be_v shall_v see_v and_o it_o be_v a_o proverb_n use_v by_o the_o hebrew_n in_o all_o their_o proverb_n extremity_n wish_v god_n help_v to_o say_v in_o the_o mount_n the_o lord_n shall_v see_v that_o be_v as_o he_o pity_v abraham_n so_o will_v he_o pity_v us._n and_o in_o sign_n of_o that_o ram_n that_o god_n send_v he_o they_o use_v unto_o this_o day_n to_o blow_v
wife_n without_o all_o doubt_n his_o father_n obedience_n be_v of_o the_o great_a merit_n so_o that_o for_o his_o sake_n god_n say_v that_o he_o will_v do_v isaac_n that_o good_a that_o he_o do_v he_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v bless_v say_v he_o because_o thy_o father_n abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n etc._n etc._n again_o say_v he_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n abraham_n fear_v not_o for_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o and_o have_v bless_v thou_o and_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n for_o abraham_n thy_o father_n sake_n to_o show_v all_o those_o carnal_o mind_a man_n that_o think_v singleness_n it_o be_v lust_n that_o make_v abraham_n do_v as_o it_o be_v record_v that_o he_o do_v it_o with_o no_o lust_n at_o all_o but_o a_o chaste_a intent_n teach_v we_o beside_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o compare_v man_n worth_n by_o singularity_n but_o to_o take_v they_o with_o all_o their_o quality_n together_o for_o a_o man_n may_v excel_v another_o in_o this_o or_o that_o virtue_n who_o excel_v he_o as_o far_o in_o another_o as_o good_a and_o albeit_a it_o be_v true_a that_o continence_n be_v better_a than_o marriage_n yet_o the_o faithful_a marry_a man_n be_v better_a than_o the_o continent_n infidel_n for_o such_o 〈◊〉_d one_o a_o be_v not_o only_o not_o to_o be_v praise_v for_o his_o continency_n since_o he_o believe_v not_o but_o rather_o high_o to_o be_v dispraise_v for_o not_o believe_v see_v he_o be_v continent_n but_o to_o grant_v they_o both_o good_a a_o marry_a man_n of_o great_a faith_n and_o obedience_n in_o jesus_n christ_n be_v better_a than_o a_o continent_n man_n with_o less_o but_o if_o they_o be_v equal_a who_o make_v any_o question_n that_o the_o continent_n man_n be_v the_o more_o excellent_a l._n vives_n such_o a_o a_o one_o be_v not_o herein_o be_v apparent_a how_o fruitless_a external_a work_n be_v without_o the_o dew_n of_o grace_n do_v ripen_v they_o in_o the_o heart_n the_o bruges_n copy_n read_v not_o this_o place_n so_o well_o in_o my_o judgement_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n and_o the_o mystery_n include_v in_o they_o both_o chap._n 27._o so_o isaac_n two_o son_n esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bring_v up_o together_o now_o the_o young_a get_v the_o birthright_n of_o the_o elder_a by_o a_o bargain_n make_v for_o a_o lentiles_n and_o pottage_n which_o jacob_n have_v prepare_v &_o esau_n long_v for_fw-mi exceed_o &_o so_o sell_v he_o his_o birthright_n for_o some_o of_o they_o and_o confirm_v the_o bargain_n with_o a_o oath_n here_o now_o may_v we_o learn_v that_o it_o be_v b_o not_o the_o kind_n of_o meat_n but_o the_o gluttonous_a affect_v that_o hurt_v to_o proceed_v isaac_n grow_v old_a and_o his_o sight_n fail_v he_o he_o will_v willing_o bless_v his_o elder_a son_n and_o not_o know_v he_o bless_v the_o young_a who_o have_v counterfeit_v his_o brother_n roughness_n of_o body_n by_o put_v goat_n skin_n upon_o his_o neck_n and_o hand_n and_o so_o let_v his_o father_n feel_v he_o now_o lest_o some_o shall_v think_v that_o this_o be_v c_o â—…lent_a deceit_n in_o jacob_n the_o scripture_n say_v before_o esau_n be_v a_o cunning_a hunter_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v in_o the_o fiele_n but_o jacob_n be_v a_o simple_a plain_a man_n and_o keep_v at_o home_n d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…lesse_a one_o without_o counterfeit_n what_o be_v the_o deceit_n then_o of_o this_o plaâ—…_n deal_v man_n in_o get_v of_o this_o blessing_n what_o can_v the_o guile_n of_o a_o guiltless_a true_a heart_a soul_n be_v in_o this_o case_n but_o a_o deep_a mystery_n of_o the_o truth_n what_o be_v the_o blessing_n behold_v say_v he_o the_o smell_n of_o my_o son_n be_v as_o the_o smell_n of_o a_o field_n which_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d bless_a god_n give_v thou_o therefore_o of_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o fatness_n of_o earth_n â—…d_v plenty_n of_o wheat_n and_o wine_n let_v the_o nation_n be_v thy_o servant_n and_o prince_n bow_v down_o iâ—…cob_n unto_o thou_o be_v lord_n over_o thy_o brother_n and_o let_v thy_o mother_n child_n honour_v thou_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o bless_v be_v he_o that_o bless_v thou_o thus_o this_o blessing_n of_o jacob_n be_v the_o preach_n of_o christ_n unto_o all_o the_o nation_n this_o be_v the_o whole_a scope_n in_o isaac_n be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v christ_n bless_v unknowen_a to_o they_o because_o he_o know_v not_o they_o the_o odour_n of_o his_o name_n fill_v the_o world_n like_o a_o field_n the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n be_v his_o divine_a doctrine_n the_o fertile_a â—…th_n be_v the_o faithful_a church_n the_o plenty_n of_o wheat_n and_o wine_n be_v the_o multitude_n â—…ed_v in_o christ_n by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n he_o do_v nation_n serve_v and_o prince_n adore_v heâ—…_n be_v lord_n over_o his_o brother_n for_o his_o people_n rule_v oâ—…r_o the_o jew_n the_o son_n of_o his_o father_n that_o be_v abraham_n son_n in_o the_o faith_n do_v honour_n he_o for_o he_o be_v abraham_n son_n in_o the_o flesh_n curse_a be_v he_o that_o curse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bless_a be_v he_o that_o bless_v he_o christ_n i_o mean_v our_o saviour_n bless_v that_o be_v â—…ly_o â—…ught_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o wound_a jew_n and_o be_v still_o bless_a by_o oâ—…_n of_o they_o that_o as_o yet_o erroneous_o expect_v his_o come_n and_o now_o come_v 〈◊〉_d â—…er_n for_o the_o blessing_n promise_v then_o be_v isaac_n afraid_a and_o know_v he_o have_v bless_v the_o one_o for_o the_o other_o he_o wonder_v and_o ask_v who_o he_o be_v yet_o complain_v he_o not_o of_o the_o deceit_n but_o have_v the_o mystery_n thereof_o open_v in_o his_o heart_n he_o forbear_v fretn_a and_o confirm_v the_o blessing_n who_o be_v he_o then_o say_v he_o that_o hunt_v and_o take_v venison_n for_o i_o and_o i_o have_v eat_v of_o it_o all_o before_o thou_o come_v and_o i_o have_v bless_v he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v bless_v who_o will_v not_o have_v here_o expect_v a_o curse_n rather_o but_o that_o his_o mind_n be_v alter_v by_o a_o divine_a inspiration_n o_o true_a do_v deed_n but_o yet_o all_o prophetical_a on_o earth_n but_o all_o by_o heaven_n by_o man_n but_o all_o for_o god_n whole_a volume_n will_v not_o hold_v all_o the_o mystery_n that_o they_o conceive_v but_o we_o must_v restrain_v ourselves_o the_o process_n of_o the_o work_n call_v we_o on_o unto_o other_o matter_n l._n vives_n for_o a_o lentiles_n there_o be_v lenticula_fw-la a_o vessel_n of_o oil_n and_o lenticula_fw-la of_o lens_fw-la a_o little_a fitchie_a kind_n of_o pease_n the_o other_o come_v of_o lentitas_fw-la because_o the_o oil_n can_v run_v but_o gentle_o lent_fw-la be_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n it_o be_v so_o straight_o but_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o they_o be_v only_o read_v poâ—…ge_n that_o esau_n sell_v his_o birthright_n for_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v edom_n red_a b_o not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o this_n be_v a_o true_a precept_n of_o the_o evangelicall_a law_n here_o i_o may_v inscribe_v much_o not_o allow_v the_o commons_o any_o licentiousness_n but_o to_o teach_v the_o ruler_n diverse_a thing_n which_o i_o must_v let_v alone_o for_o once_o c_o fraudulent_a deceit_n for_o deceit_n may_v be_v either_o good_a or_o bad_a of_o jacob_n journey_n into_o mesopotamia_n for_o a_o wife_n his_o vision_n in_o the_o night_n as_o he_o go_v his_o return_n with_o four_o woman_n whereas_o he_o go_v but_o for_o one_o chap._n 38._o iacobs_n parent_n send_v he_o into_o mesopotamia_n there_o to_o get_v a_o wife_n his_o father_n dismiss_v he_o with_o these_o word_n thou_o shall_v take_v thou_o no_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n arise_v get_v thou_o to_o mesopotamia_n to_o the_o house_n of_o bathuel_n thy_o mother_n father_n 〈◊〉_d thence_o take_v thou_o a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o laban_n thy_o mother_n brother_n my_o god_n bless_v thou_o and_o increase_v thou_o and_o multiply_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v a_o multitude_n of_o people_n and_o give_v the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o that_o 〈◊〉_d may_v inherit_v the_o land_n wherein_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n which_o god_n give_v abraham_n here_o we_o see_v jacob_n the_o one_o half_a of_o isaac_n seed_n sever_v from_o esau_n the_o other_o half_o for_o when_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v that_o be_v the_o seed_n pertain_v to_o god_n holy_a city_n than_o be_v abraham_n other_o seed_n the_o bond-womans_n son_n sever_v from_o this_o other_o as_o kethurahs_n be_v also_o to_o be_v do_v with_o afterward_o but_o now_o there_o be_v this_o doubt_n rise_v about_o isaac_n two_o son_n whether_o
effect_v without_o be_v foretold_v that_o intimate_v not_o something_o belong_v unto_o the_o city_n of_o god_n and_o to_o be_v refer_v unto_o the_o holy_a pilgrim_n thereof_o upon_o earth_n but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o we_o shall_v tie_v the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o two_o meaning_n only_o and_o exclude_v the_o three_o and_o not_o only_a 〈◊〉_d prophet_n but_o even_o all_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o therein_o must_v be_v nothing_o peâ—…_n to_o the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n if_o all_o that_o be_v speak_v or_o fulfil_v of_o that_o have_v a_o farâ—…_n reference_n to_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n so_o that_o the_o prophet_n must_v needs_o 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o two_o sort_n either_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n or_o else_o of_o both_o 〈◊〉_d i_o think_v it_o a_o great_a error_n in_o some_o to_o hold_v no_o relation_n of_o thing_n do_v in_o the_o â—…res_v more_o than_o mere_a historical_a so_o do_v i_o hoâ—…d_v it_o a_o c_o great_a boldness_n in_o 〈◊〉_d that_o bind_v all_o the_o relation_n of_o scripture_n unto_o allegorical_a reference_n and_o therefore_o i_o avouch_v the_o meaning_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o be_v triple_a and_o not_o twofold_a only_o this_o i_o hold_v yet_o blame_v i_o not_o those_o that_o can_v piâ—…ke_v a_o good_a spiritual_a sense_n 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o thing_n they_o read_v so_o they_o do_v not_o contradict_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n but_o what_o faithful_a man_n will_v not_o say_v that_o those_o be_v vain_a say_n that_o can_v belong_v 〈◊〉_d to_o divinity_n nor_o humanity_n and_o who_o will_v not_o avow_v that_o these_o of_o which_o 〈◊〉_d speak_v be_v to_o have_v a_o spiritual_a interpretation_n also_o or_o leave_v they_o unto_o those_o 〈◊〉_d interpret_v they_o in_o that_o manner_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d prophet_n a_o nathan_n after_o david_n have_v send_v vriah_n to_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o front_n of_o the_o battle_n 〈◊〉_d marry_v his_o widow_n bersabe_n b_o in_o so_o much_o hereupon_o they_o say_v that_o so_o much_o be_v leave_v out_o â—…g_v the_o act_n of_o the_o jewish_a king_n because_o they_o seem_v not_o to_o concern_v the_o city_n of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o whatsoever_o the_o old_a testament_n contain_v or_o the_o new_a either_o have_v all_o a_o sure_a this_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n at_o which_o they_o be_v both_o level_v c_o great_a boldness_n as_o 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v with_o great_a rarity_n of_o spirit_n yet_o keep_v he_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n unuiolate_a for_o oâ—…â—…l_o these_o relation_n be_v vanity_n and_o each_o one_o will_v sâ—…rue_v a_o allegory_n out_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o live_v and_o believe_v as_o he_o list_v and_o so_o our_o faith_n and_o discipline_n shall_v be_v utter_o conâ—…â—…herein_o i_o wonder_v at_o their_o mad_a folly_n that_o will_v fetch_v all_o our_o form_n of_o life_n and_o religion_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ories_n entangle_v they_o in_o ceremonious_a vanity_n and_o proclaim_v all_o that_o contraâ—…_n heretic_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ange_a of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o priesthood_n of_o israel_n anna_n samuel_n mother_n a_o prophetess_n and_o a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n what_o she_o prophesy_v chap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d â—…ogresse_n therefore_o of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n in_o the_o king_n time_n when_o saul_n be_v reâ—…ued_v and_o david_n choose_v in_o his_o place_n to_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusaâ—…â—…im_n and_o his_o posterity_n successive_o signify_v and_o prefigure_v that_o which_o 〈◊〉_d not_o omit_v namely_o the_o future_a change_n concern_v the_o two_o testament_n 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v the_o new_a where_o the_o old_a kingdom_n and_o priesthood_n be_v change_v by_o 〈◊〉_d and_o eternal_a king_n and_o priest_n christ_n jesus_n for_o heli_n be_v reject_v saâ—…_n make_v both_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o judge_n of_o god_n and_o saul_n be_v reject_v daâ—…_n 3._o â—…hosen_v for_o the_o king_n and_o these_o two_o be_v thus_o seat_v signify_v the_o change_n 〈◊〉_d of_o and_o samuel_n mother_n anna_n be_v first_o barren_a and_o afterward_o by_o 〈◊〉_d â—…odnes_n make_v fruitful_a seem_v to_o prophesy_v nothing_o but_o this_o in_o her_o song_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ing_n when_o have_v bring_v up_o her_o son_n she_o dedicate_v he_o unto_o god_n as_o she_o 〈◊〉_d say_v my_o heart_n rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n my_o horn_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…y_a mouth_n be_v enlarge_v on_o my_o enemy_n because_o i_o rejoice_v in_o thy_o salvation_n 〈◊〉_d holy_a as_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v no_o god_n like_o our_o god_n nor_o any_o holy_a beside_o thou_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d â—…ore_o presumptious_o let_v no_o arrogancy_n come_v out_o of_o your_o mouth_n for_o the_o lord_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…f_a knowledge_n and_o by_o he_o be_v enterprise_n establish_v the_o bow_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ee_v break_v and_o guird_v the_o weak_a with_o strength_n they_o that_o be_v full_o be_v hire_v forth_o for_o hunger_n and_o the_o hungry_a have_v pass_v the_o land_n for_o the_o barren_a have_v 〈◊〉_d seâ—…en_n and_o a_o she_o that_o have_v many_o child_n be_v enfeoble_v the_o lord_n kill_v and_o 〈◊〉_d bring_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n and_o raise_v up_o the_o lord_n impoverish_v and_o enritchâ—…_n humble_v and_o exalt_v he_o raise_v the_o poor_a out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o lift_v the_o beggar_n from_o the_o dunghill_n to_o set_v they_o among_o prince_n &_o make_v they_o inherit_v the_o seat_n of_o glory_n he_o give_v vow_n unto_o those_o that_o vow_v unto_o he_o and_o bless_v the_o year_n of_o the_o just_a for_o in_o his_o own_o might_n shall_v no_o man_n be_v strong_a the_o lord_n the_o holy_a lord_n shall_v weaken_v his_o adversary_n let_v not_o the_o wise_a boast_n of_o his_o wisdom_n nor_o the_o rich_a in_o his_o riches_n nor_o the_o mighty_a in_o his_o might_n but_o let_v their_o glory_n be_v to_o know_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o execute_v his_o judgement_n 9_o and_o justice_n upon_o the_o earth_n the_o lord_n from_o heaven_n have_v thunder_v he_o shall_v judge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v give_v the_o power_n unto_o our_o king_n and_o shall_v exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anointed_n be_v these_o the_o word_n of_o a_o woman_n give_v thanks_n for_o her_o son_n be_v man_n mind_n so_o benight_a that_o they_o can_v discern_v a_o great_a spirit_n herein_o then_o mere_o humane_a and_o if_o any_o one_o be_v move_v at_o the_o event_n that_o now_o begin_v to_o fall_v out_o in_o this_o earthly_a process_n do_v he_o not_o discern_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o very_a true_a religion_n and_o city_n of_o god_n who_o king_n and_o founder_n be_v jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o word_n of_o his_o anna_n who_o be_v fit_o interpret_v his_o grace_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n from_o which_o the_o proud_a decline_n and_o fall_v and_o therewith_o the_o humble_a adhere_v anna._n and_o be_v advance_v as_o this_o hymn_n say_v which_o speak_v those_o prophetical_a word_n if_o any_o one_o will_v say_v that_o the_o woman_n do_v not_o prophecy_n but_o only_o commend_v and_o extol_v god_n goodness_n for_o give_v her_o prayer_n a_o son_n why_o then_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o the_o bow_n of_o the_o mighty_a have_v he_o break_v and_o guird_v the_o weak_a with_o strength_n they_o that_o be_v full_o be_v hire_v forth_o for_o hunger_n and_o the_o hungry_a have_v pass_v 〈◊〉_d the_o land_n for_o the_o barren_a have_v bear_v seven_o and_o she_o that_o have_v many_o child_n be_v 〈◊〉_d have_v she_o be_v barren_a bear_v seven_o she_o have_v bear_v but_o one_o when_o she_o say_v thus_o b_o nor_o have_v she_o seven_o afterward_o or_o six_o either_o for_o samuel_n to_o make_v up_o seven_o but_o only_o three_o son_n and_o two_o daughter_n again_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n at_o that_o time_n to_o what_o end_n do_v she_o conclude_v thus_o he_o shall_v give_v the_o power_n unto_o our_o king_n and_o exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_a do_v she_o not_o prophesy_v in_o this_o let_v the_o church_n of_o god_n therefore_o that_o fruitful_a mother_n that_o gracious_a city_n of_o that_o great_a king_n be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o which_o this_o prophetical_a mother_n speak_v in_o her_o person_n so_o long_o before_o my_o heart_n rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n c_o and_o my_o horn_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o lord_n true_a joy_n and_o as_o true_a exaltation_n both_o be_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o in_o herself_o my_o mouth_n be_v enlarge_v over_o my_o enemy_n because_o god_n word_n be_v not_o pen_v up_o in_o strait_n d_o nor_o in_o preacher_n that_o be_v teach_v what_o to_o speak_v i_o have_v rejoice_v say_v she_o in_o thy_o salvation_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n who_o old_a simeon_n in_o the_o gospel_n have_v in_o his_o arm_n and_o know_v his_o greatness_n in_o his_o infancy_n say_v lord_n 2._o nâ—…w_o lâ—…ttest_v thou_o thy_o servant_n depart_v in_o
lord_n shall_v weaken_v his_o adversary_n and_o make_v they_o be_v conquer_v by_o those_o who_o he_o the_o most_o holy_a have_v make_v holy_a also_o ay_o and_o therefore_o let_v not_o the_o wise_a glory_n in_o his_o wisdom_n the_o mighty_a in_o his_o might_n nor_o the_o rich_a in_o his_o riches_n but_o let_v their_o glory_n be_v to_o know_v god_n and_o to_o execute_v his_o judgement_n and_o justice_n upon_o earth_n he_o be_v a_o good_a proficient_a in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n that_o know_v that_o god_n must_v give_v he_o the_o mean_n to_o know_v god_n for_o what_o have_v thou_o say_v the_o apostle_n which_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v that_o be_v what_o have_v thou_o of_o thy_o own_o to_o boast_v of_o now_o he_o that_o do_v right_a execute_v judgement_n and_o justice_n and_o he_o that_o live_v in_o god_n obedience_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o command_n namely_o in_o a_o pure_a love_n a_o good_a conscience_n and_o a_o unfeigned_a faith_n but_o 5_o this_o love_n as_o the_o apostle_n john_n say_v be_v of_o god_n then_o to_o do_v judgement_n and_o justice_n be_v of_o god_n but_o what_o be_v on_o the_o earth_n may_v it_o not_o have_v be_v leave_v out_o and_o it_o have_v only_o be_v say_v to_o do_v judgement_n and_o justice_n the_o precept_n will_v be_v more_o common_a both_o to_o man_n of_o land_n and_o sea_n but_o least_o any_o shall_v think_v that_o after_o this_o life_n there_o be_v a_o time_n elsewhere_o to_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n in_o and_o so_o to_o avoid_v the_o great_a judgement_n for_o not_o do_v they_o in_o the_o flesh_n therefore_o in_o the_o earth_n be_v add_v to_o confine_v those_o act_n within_o this_o life_n for_o each_o man_n bear_v his_o earth_n about_o with_o he_o in_o this_o world_n and_o when_o he_o die_v bequeath_v it_o to_o the_o great_a earth_n that_o must_v return_v he_o it_o at_o the_o resurrection_n in_o this_o earth_n therefore_o in_o this_o fleshly_a body_n must_v we_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n to_o do_v ourselves_o good_a hereafter_o by_o when_o every_o one_o shall_v receive_v according_a to_o his_o work_n do_v in_o the_o body_n good_a or_o bad_a in_o the_o body_n that_o be_v in_o the_o time_n that_o the_o body_n live_v for_o if_o a_o man_n blaspheme_v in_o heart_n though_o he_o do_v no_o â—…urt_n with_o any_o bodily_a member_n yet_o shall_v not_o he_o be_v unguilty_a because_o though_o he_o do_v it_o not_o in_o his_o body_n yet_o he_o do_v it_o in_o the_o time_n wherein_o he_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o so_o many_o we_o understand_v that_o of_o the_o psalm_n the_o lord_n our_o king_n have_v wrought_v 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n before_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v the_o lord_n 13_o jesus_n our_o god_n before_o the_o beginning_n for_o he_o make_v the_o beginning_n have_v wrought_v salvation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n namely_o then_o when_o the_o word_n become_v flesh_n and_o 〈◊〉_d corporal_o among_o us._n but_o on_o annah_n have_v show_v how_o each_o man_n ought_v to_o glory_n viz._n not_o in_o himself_o but_o in_o god_n for_o the_o reward_n that_o follow_v the_o great_a judgement_n proceed_v thus_o l_o the_o lord_n go_v up_o unto_o heaven_n and_o have_v thunder_v he_o shall_v judge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v give_v the_o power_n unto_o our_o king_n 5._o and_o exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_a this_o be_v the_o plain_a faith_n of_o a_o christian._n he_o 〈◊〉_d into_o heaven_n and_o thence_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o judge_v the_o quick_a and_o dead_a for_o who_o 10._o be_v â—…ded_v say_v the_o apostle_n but_o he_o who_o first_o descend_v into_o the_o inferior_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o thunder_v in_o the_o cloud_n which_o he_o fill_v with_o his_o holy_a spirit_n in_o his_o â—…ntion_n from_o which_o cloud_n he_o threaten_v jerusalem_n that_o ungrateful_a vine_n to_o 〈◊〉_d no_o rain_n upon_o it_o now_o it_o be_v say_v he_o shall_v judge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o man_n for_o he_o shall_v judge_v no_o real_a part_n of_o earth_n but_o only_o all_o the_o man_n thereof_o nor_o judge_v he_o they_o that_o be_v change_v into_o good_a or_o bad_a in_o the_o mean_a 〈◊〉_d but_o m_z as_o every_o man_n end_v so_o shall_v he_o beiudge_v whereupon_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o come_v unto_o the_o end_n shall_v be_v safe_a he_o therefore_o that_o do_v iâ—…ce_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o earth_n shall_v not_o be_v condemn_v when_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o shall_v give_v power_n unto_o our_o king_n that_o be_v in_o not_o condemn_v they_o by_o â—…gement_n he_o give_v they_o power_n because_o they_o rule_v over_o the_o flesh_n like_o king_n 〈◊〉_d â—…quer_v the_o world_n in_o he_o who_o shed_v his_o blood_n for_o they_o and_o shall_v exalt_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o anoint_a how_o shall_v christ_n the_o anoint_v exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anâ—…_n it_o be_v of_o christ_n that_o those_o say_n the_o lord_n go_v up_o to_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o 〈◊〉_d so_o be_v this_o same_o last_o of_o exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_a christ_n thereâ—…_n exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_a that_o be_v of_o every_o faithful_a servant_n of_o he_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o my_o horn_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o lord_n for_o all_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o uncâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grace_n may_v well_o be_v call_v his_o anoint_a all_o which_o with_o their_o head_n make_v 〈◊〉_d anoint_v this_o anna_n prophisy_v holy_a samuel_n mother_n in_o who_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o ancient_a priesthood_n be_v prefigure_v and_o now_o fulfil_v when_o as_o the_o woâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d many_o son_n be_v enfeeble_v that_o the_o barren_a which_o bring_v forth_o seven_o 〈◊〉_d â—…eceive_v the_o new_a priesthood_n in_o christ._n l._n vives_n shâ—…_n that_o a_o have_v multa_fw-la in_o filiis_fw-la b_o nor_o have_v she_o the_o first_o book_n of_o samuel_n agree_v with_o 〈◊〉_d but_o josephus_n unless_o the_o book_n be_v falty_n say_v she_o have_v six_o three_o son_n and_o three_o 〈◊〉_d after_o samuel_n but_o the_o hebrew_n reckon_v samuel_n two_o son_n for_o annahs_n also_o be_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d â—…dchildren_n and_o phamuahs_n seven_o child_n die_v several_o as_o annahs_n and_o her_o son_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ere_v bear_v c_o and_o my_o horn_n some_o read_v my_o heart_n but_o false_o the_o greek_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d preacher_n there_o be_v or_o nor_o in_o such_o as_o be_v bind_v by_o call_v to_o be_v his_o preacher_n the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…py_a read_v but_o in_o his_o call_v precher_n e_z no_o man_n know_v b_n in_o his_o foreknowledge_n 〈◊〉_d â—…owlege_n of_o the_o secret_n of_o man_n heart_n f_z be_v hire_v out_o the_o seventy_o read_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d g_o for_o the_o beggar_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o word_n of_o more_o indigence_n then_o poor_a the_o latin_a poor_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ops_n or_o helpless_a have_v no_o reference_n in_o many_o place_n to_o want_v of_o money_n but_o of_o 〈◊〉_d gâ—…rg_n 1._o terent._n adelpe_n act._n 2._o scaena_fw-la 1._o pauper_fw-la say_v uarro_n be_v quasi_fw-la paulus_fw-la lar_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d â—…gens_fw-la h_z the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v both_o he_o and_o his_o own_o the_o greek_n do_v not_o distinâ—…_n two_o as_o we_o do_v ay_o let_v not_o the._n this_o be_v not_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n of_o the_o king_n but_o 〈◊〉_d cha_n 9_o the_o 70._o put_v it_o in_o they_o both_o but_o with_o some_o alteration_n it_o be_v a_o utter_a subversion_n 〈◊〉_d god_n respect_v not_o wit_n power_n or_o wealth_n those_o be_v the_o fuel_n of_o man_n vain_a glory_n but_o let_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…th_n as_o paul_n say_v glory_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o by_o a_o modest_a and_o equal_a thought_n of_o himself_o continual_o for_o so_o shall_v he_o never_o be_v pride-swollen_a for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n that_o charity_n season_v never_o puff_v up_o if_o we_o consider_v his_o mercy_n and_o his_o judgement_n his_o love_n and_o his_o wrath_n together_o with_o his_o majesty_n k_o and_o to_o do_v judgement_n the_o seventy_o read_v this_o one_o way_n in_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n and_o another_o way_n in_o hieremy_n attribute_v in_o the_o first_o unto_o the_o man_n that_o glori_v and_o in_o the_o late_a unto_o god_n l_o the_o lord_n go_v up_o this_o be_v not_o in_o the_o vulgar_a until_o you_o come_v unto_o this_o and_o he_o shall_v judge_v augustine_n follow_v the_o lxx_o and_o so_o do_v all_o that_o age_n almost_o in_o all_o the_o church_n m_o as_o every_o man_n as_o i_o find_v thou_o so_o will_v i_o judge_v thou_o the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o heli_n the_o priest_n signify_v the_o take_n
noboar_n have_v his_o crown_n and_o he_o do_v cyrus_n chase_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n when_o he_o have_v reign_v seventeen_o year_n now_o if_o this_o account_n be_v true_a there_o be_v more_o than_o a_o hundred_o year_n between_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o jew_n captivity_n and_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a but_o sure_a a_o error_n there_o â—…s_v either_o in_o the_o author_n or_o in_o the_o transcriber_n now_o cyrus_n be_v move_v by_o the_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n who_o have_v cyrus_n foretold_v the_o original_n of_o his_o empire_n twenty_o year_n ere_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v set_v the_o jew_n free_a and_o send_v they_o to_o build_v the_o temple_n restore_v all_o the_o vessel_n that_o nabuchodrosor_n have_v bring_v away_o this_o be_v now_o forty_o year_n after_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o captivity_n euseb._n so_o they_o go_v and_o build_v but_o their_o enemy_n trouble_v they_o so_o that_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o let_v it_o alone_o until_o the_o second_o year_n of_o darius_n his_o reign_n the_o son_n of_o histaspis_n who_o expel_v the_o magi_n and_o be_v king_n alone_o for_o he_o in_o favour_n of_o zorobabell_a send_v all_o the_o jew_n home_n and_o forbid_v any_o of_o his_o subject_n to_o molest_v they_o so_o in_o the_o seaventith_n year_n after_o their_o captivation_n they_o return_v home_o this_o be_v after_o eusebius_n his_o account_n unto_o who_o clement_n 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o jew_n captivity_n endure_v â—…eaventy_n year_n unto_o the_o second_o year_n of_o darius_n king_n of_o persia_n egypt_n and_o assyria_n in_o who_o time_n aggee_n zachary_n and_o one_o of_o the_o 12._o call_v angelus_n prophesy_v and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedech_n be_v high_a priest_n that_o darius_n his_o second_o year_n and_o the_o seaventith_n of_o the_o captivity_n be_v both_o in_o one_o zachary_n testify_v chap._n 1._o 1._o 12._o but_o josephus_n judith_n make_v seventy_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n to_o be_v run_v in_o cyrus_n his_o time_n b_o the_o stoâ—…y_n of_o judith_n this_o book_n say_v hierome_n have_v no_o authority_n in_o matter_n of_o controversy_n but_o yet_o the_o synod_n of_o nice_a have_v make_v it_o canonical_a bede_n say_v that_o cambysis_n son_n to_o the_o elder_a cyrus_n be_v call_v by_o the_o jew_n the_o second_o nabuchodrosor_n and_o that_o the_o fact_n of_o judith_n be_v do_v in_o his_o time_n c_o have_v profix_v chap._n 25._o 11._o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n who_o book_n we_o have_v how_o they_o prophesy_v some_o of_o they_o of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o nation_n in_o the_o decline_a of_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n and_o the_o roman_n erect_v chap._n 27._o to_o know_v the_o time_n well_o let_v we_o go_v back_o a_o little_a the_o prophecy_n of_o ozee_n the_o first_o of_o the_o twelve_o begin_v thus_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o come_v to_o ozee_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ozias_n joathan_n achaz_n ezechias_n king_n of_o juda_n b_o amos_n writeâ—…h_v also_o that_o yâ—_z prophecy_n in_o ozias_n his_o day_n c_o add_v that_o hieroboam_n live_v in_o those_o time_n also_o as_o â—…e_n do_v indeed_o 〈◊〉_d also_o the_o son_n of_o amos_n either_o the_o prophet_n or_o some_o other_o 〈◊〉_d this_o late_a be_v more_o general_o hold_v name_v the_o four_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o â—…phecy_n that_o osee_n name_v so_o do_v d_o micheas_n also_o all_o these_o their_o propheâ—…_n prove_v to_o have_v live_v in_o one_o time_n together_o with_o e_z jonas_n and_o f_o joel_n the_o 〈◊〉_d under_o ozias_n and_o the_o late_a under_o his_o son_n joathan_n but_o we_o find_v not_o the_o â—…es_n of_o the_o two_o late_a in_o their_o book_n but_o in_o the_o chronicle_n now_o g_o these_o time_n reach_v from_o procas_n or_o auentinus_n his_o predecessor_n king_n of_o the_o latin_n unto_o romulus_n now_o king_n of_o rome_n nay_o even_o unto_o numa_n pompilius_n his_o successor_n for_o so_o long_o reign_v ezechias_n in_o juda_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n and_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o roman_a do_v these_o fountain_n of_o prophecy_n break_v â—…th_n that_o even_o as_o abraham_n have_v receive_v the_o promise_n of_o all_o the_o world_n be_v â—…ed_v in_o his_o seed_n at_o the_o first_o original_n of_o the_o assyrian_a estate_n so_o likewise_o might_n 〈◊〉_d â—…stimonies_n of_o the_o person_n in_o who_o the_o former_a be_v to_o be_v fulfil_v be_v as_o freâ—…_n both_o in_o word_n and_o writing_n in_o the_o original_n of_o the_o western_a babylon_n for_o 〈◊〉_d prophet_n that_o be_v continual_o in_o israel_n from_o the_o first_o of_o their_o king_n 〈◊〉_d all_o for_o their_o peculiar_a good_a and_o no_o way_n pertain_v to_o the_o nation_n h_z but_o 〈◊〉_d â—…e_v more_o manifest_a prophecy_n which_o tend_v also_o to_o the_o nation_n good_a it_o 〈◊〉_d â—…te_n they_o shall_v begin_v when_o that_o city_n begin_v that_o be_v the_o lady_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o day_n of_o ozias_n the_o sure_a testimony_n of_o the_o prophet_n time_n be_v in_o their_o work_n oâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d have_v not_o omit_v to_o record_v when_o they_o prophesy_v so_o that_o it_o be_v superfluous_a to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ddition_n of_o any_o other_o confirmation_n than_o those_o of_o their_o own_o osee_n prophesy_v too_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ose_n three_o king_n of_o the_o two_o tribe_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o son_n son_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o day_n salmanazar_n lead_v the_o israelite_n away_o captive_a so_o that_o osee_n as_o hierome_n 〈◊〉_d â—…id_v both_o presage_v it_o ere_o it_o come_v and_o deplore_v it_o when_o it_o come_v ozias_n live_v in_o that_o memoâ—…e_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n by_o the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o mede_n some_o call_v this_o king_n azaâ—…_n amos_n amos_n say_v hierome_n the_o next_o prophet_n after_o joell_n and_o the_o three_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o he_o that_o be_v the_o prophet_n esay'_v father_n for_o his_o name_n be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d amos._n 〈◊〉_d and_o tsade_n be_v the_o first_o and_o last_o letter_n of_o his_o name_n which_o be_v interpret_v strong_a and_o 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o prophet_n name_n be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o ain_z and_o samech_v and_o be_v translate_v â—…ed_a people_n man_n and_o uaâ—…_n both_o of_o they_o have_v alike_o to_o we_o now_o that_o have_v no_o difference_n 〈◊〉_d nor_o of_o the_o letter_n s_o which_o the_o hebrew_n have_v triple_a these_o word_n seem_v all_o one_o 〈◊〉_d can_v discern_v they_o by_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o vowel_n and_o accent_n this_o prophet_n amos_n 〈◊〉_d in_o thecue_n six_o mile_n south_n from_o holy_a betheleem_n where_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v and_o â—…d_v that_o be_v neither_o village_n nor_o cottage_n such_o a_o huge_a desert_n lie_v between_o that_o and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d sea_n reach_v even_o to_o the_o confine_n of_o persia_n aethiopia_n and_o india_n but_o because_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v barren_a and_o will_v bear_v no_o corn_n therefore_o all_o be_v full_a of_o shepherd_n to_o countervail_v 〈◊〉_d â—…lesnesse_n of_o the_o land_n with_o the_o abundance_n of_o cattle_n one_o of_o these_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d rude_a in_o language_n but_o not_o in_o knowledge_n for_o the_o spirit_n that_o speak_v in_o they_o all_o speak_v also_o 〈◊〉_d he_o thus_o far_o hierome_n wherefore_o i_o wonder_v that_o the_o prologue_n unto_o amos_n say_v diâ—…_n that_o he_o be_v father_n to_o isaiah_n perhaps_o it_o be_v from_o some_o hebrew_n tradition_n who_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prophet_n father_n or_o grandfather_n that_o be_v name_v in_o any_o part_n of_o their_o work_n title_n 〈◊〉_d prophet_n also_o hier._n in_o sophon_n c_o add_v that_o hieroboam_n not_o he_o that_o draw_v the_o 〈◊〉_d tribe_n from_o roboam_n for_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n before_o this_o other_o who_o 〈◊〉_d his_o son_n micheas_n he_o prophesy_v say_v hierome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o joathon_n 〈◊〉_d ozias_n the_o seventy_o make_v he_o three_o prophet_n of_o the_o twelve_o and_o the_o hebrew_n the_o michaeas_n 〈◊〉_d jonas_n so_o say_v eusebius_n of_o the_o time_n of_o azarias_n or_o ozias_n so_o say_v hierome_n alâ—…â—…ommentaryes_n upon_o ozee_n and_o in_o his_o prologue_n upon_o jonas_n he_o receyt_v the_o opiniâ—…_n jonas_n 〈◊〉_d that_o hold_v amathi_o the_o father_n of_o jonas_n to_o be_v the_o widow_n of_o sarephta_n son_n 〈◊〉_d elias_n restore_v to_o life_n whereupon_a she_o say_v now_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v a_o man_n of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o thy_o mouth_n be_v truth_n and_o therefore_o her_o child_n be_v so_o name_v for_o amithi_n in_o our_o language_n be_v truth_n f_z joell_n in_o our_o tongue_n begin_v hierome_n he_o prophesy_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o other_o prophet_n g_o these_o time_n auentinus_n reign_v thirty_o â—…uen_n joel_n year_n and_o in_o the_o two_o
and_o thirtith_n of_o his_o reign_n begin_v azarias_n or_o ozias_n to_o reign_v in_o juda_n euseb._n eutropius_n differ_v not_o much_o from_o this_o so_o that_o by_o both_o account_v ezechias_n his_o time_n fall_v to_o the_o begin_n of_o numa_n his_o reign_n h_z but_o for_o the_o for_o these_o prophet_n prophesy_v of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o heathen_n as_o he_o will_v show_v afterward_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o gospel_n in_o osee_n and_o amos._n chap._n 28._o osee_n be_v a_o prophet_n as_o divine_a as_o deep_o let_v we_o perform_v our_o promise_n and_o see_v what_o he_o â—…ayth_v in_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v say_v unto_o they_o you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n it_o shâ—…ll_v be_v say_v you_o be_v son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n this_o testimony_n the_o a_o apostle_n 10._o â—…m-selues_n interpret_v of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o because_o they_o be_v thâ—…_n spiritual_a son_n of_o abraham_n and_o therefore_o b_o right_o call_v israel_n it_o follow_v of_o they_o thus_o then_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v be_v gather_v together_o and_o appoint_v themselves_o one_o head_n and_o they_o shall_v come_v up_o out_o of_o the_o land_n if_o we_o seek_v for_o far_a exposition_n of_o this_o we_o shall_v â—…loy_v the_o sweet_a taste_n of_o the_o prophet_n eloquence_n remember_v but_o the_o corner_n stone_n and_o the_o two_o wall_n the_o jew_n and_o the_o gentile_n either_o of_o they_o under_o those_o several_a name_n be_v found_v upon_o that_o one_o head_n and_o acknowledge_v to_o mount_v up_o from_o the_o land_n and_o that_o those_o carnal_a israelite_n that_o believe_v not_o now_o shall_v once_o believe_v be_v as_o son_n to_o the_o other_o succeed_v they_o in_o their_o place_n the_o same_o prophet_n avoucheâ—…h_v say_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v sit_v many_o day_n without_o a_o king_n without_o a_o 4._o prince_n without_o a_o offering_n without_o a_o altar_n without_o a_o priesthood_n and_o without_o c_o manifestation_n who_o see_v not_o that_o these_o be_v the_o jew_n now_o mark_v the_o sequel_n afterward_o shall_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n convert_v and_o seek_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o david_n their_o king_n and_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n and_o his_o goodness_n in_o these_o late_a day_n nothing_o can_v be_v plain_a speak_v here_o be_v christ_n mean_v by_o david_n as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o david_n in_o the_o flesh_n say_v the_o apostle_n nay_o this_o prophet_n foretold_v the_o three_o day_n of_o his_o resurrection_n also_o hear_v he_o else_o after_o two_o day_n will_v he_o revive_v we_o and_o in_o the_o three_o day_n he_o will_v raise_v we_o up_o just_o in_o this_o key_n speak_v saint_n paul_n say_v if_o you_o be_v rise_v with_o 1â—…_n christ_n seek_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v above_o such_o a_o prophecy_n have_v amos_n also_o prepare_v to_o meet_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n for_o lo_o i_o form_v the_o thunder_n and_o the_o wind_n and_o declare_v my_o anoint_a in_o man_n and_o in_o another_o place_n d_o in_o that_o day_n will_v i_o raise_v up_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o david_n that_o be_v fall_v down_o and_o close_o up_o the_o breach_n thereof_o and_o will_v raise_v up_o his_o ruin_n and_o build_v it_o as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a that_o the_o residue_n of_o mankind_n and_o aâ—…_n the_o heatâ—…_n â—…ay_v seek_v i_o because_o my_o name_n be_v call_v upon_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n that_o do_v this_o l._n vives_n thâ—…_n a_o apostle_n pet._n 1._o 2._o 10._o b_o right_o call_v israel_n for_o all_o that_o follow_v truth_n and_o righteousness_n be_v of_o abraham_n spiritual_a seed_n wherefore_o such_o as_o descend_v from_o he_o in_o the_o flesh_n the_o scripture_n call_v judah_n because_o that_o tribe_n stick_v to_o the_o old_a priesthood_n temple_n and_o sacrifice_n and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o abraham_n child_n by_o birth_n but_o by_o faith_n be_v call_v israel_n for_o the_o ten_o tribe_n that_o fall_v from_o juâ—…ahs_n king_n the_o jew_n name_v israel_n and_o they_o differ_v not_o much_o from_o 〈◊〉_d for_o they_o leave_v their_o father_n religion_n and_o become_v idolater_n wherefore_o the_o jew_n hate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o as_o they_o do_v the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v no_o claim_n at_o all_o of_o descent_n from_o abrahâ—…_n c_o manifestation_n so_o do_v the_o seventy_o read_v it_o the_o hebrew_n have_v it_o ephod_n the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d at_o that_o intimation_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o prophecy_n doctrine_n and_o wisdom_n the_o great_a loss_n 〈◊〉_d can_v befall_v a_o city_n the_o hebrew_n at_o the_o abolition_n of_o their_o priesthood_n dignity_n and_o ornaâ—…_n d_o in_o the_o day_n this_o place_n saint_n james_n in_o the_o act_n testify_v to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o call_n of_o 〈◊〉_d nation_n act._n 15._o 15._o 16._o the_o apostle_n there_o avow_v it_o who_o dare_v gainsay_v it_o isaiah_n his_o prophecy_n concern_v christ._n chap._n 29._o esaias_n a_o be_v none_o of_o the_o twelve_o prophet_n they_o be_v call_v the_o small_a prophet_n because_o their_o prophecy_n be_v brief_a in_o comparison_n of_o other_o that_o write_v large_a â—…mes_n of_o who_o isaiah_n be_v one_o who_o i_o add_v here_o because_o he_o live_v in_o the_o time_n 〈◊〉_d two_o afore-named_n in_o his_o precept_n against_o sin_n and_o for_o goodness_n &_o his_o proâ—…cies_n of_o tribulation_n for_o offend_v he_o forget_v not_o also_o to_o proclaim_v christ_n 〈◊〉_d his_o church_n more_o ample_o than_o any_o other_o in_o so_o much_o that_o b_o some_o call_v he_o a_o â—…gelist_n rather_o than_o a_o prophet_n one_o of_o his_o prophecy_n hear_v in_o brief_a because_o i_o 〈◊〉_d stand_v upon_o many_o in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n the_o father_n thus_o he_o say_v c_o beâ—…_n 14_o my_o son_n shall_v understand_v he_o shall_v be_v exalt_v and_o be_v very_o high_a as_o many_o be_v astonish_v 〈◊〉_d thy_o form_n be_v so_o despise_v by_o man_n and_o thy_o beauty_n by_o the_o son_n of_o man_n so_o shall_v maâ—…ions_n admire_v he_o &_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o silence_n at_o his_o sight_n for_o that_o which_o they_o etc._n 〈◊〉_d not_o hear_v of_o he_o shall_v they_o see_v and_o that_o which_o have_v not_o be_v tell_v they_o they_o shall_v â—…stand_v lord_n who_o will_v believe_v our_o report_n to_o who_o be_v the_o lord_n arm_v reveal_v we_o 〈◊〉_d â—…clare_v he_o as_o a_o infant_n and_o as_o a_o root_n out_o of_o a_o dry_a ground_n he_o have_v neither_o form_n â—…ty_n when_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o he_o shall_v have_v neither_o goodliness_n nor_o glory_n but_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…albe_n despise_v and_o reject_v before_o all_o man_n he_o be_v a_o man_n full_a of_o sorrow_n and_o have_v â—…ce_n of_o infirmity_n for_o his_o face_n be_v turn_v away_o he_o be_v despise_v and_o we_o esteemâ—…_n not_o he_o have_v bear_v our_o sin_n and_o sorrow_v for_o we_o yet_o do_v we_o judge_v he_o as_o 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n and_o smite_v and_o humble_v but_o he_o be_v wound_v for_o our_o transgression_n 〈◊〉_d break_v for_o our_o iniquity_n our_o 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shall_v take_v his_o soul_n from_o sorrow_n to_o show_v he_o light_n â—…firme_v his_o understanding_n to_o justify_v the_o righteous_a serve_v many_o for_o he_o bear_v their_o â—…ties_n therefore_o i_o will_v give_v he_o a_o portion_n with_o the_o great_a he_o shall_v divide_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o strong_a because_o he_o have_v pour_v out_o his_o soul_n unto_o death_n he_o be_v reckoâ—…â—…ith_o the_o transgressor_n and_o have_v bear_v the_o sin_n of_o many_o and_o be_v betray_v â—…ir_a trespass_n thus_o much_o of_o christ_n nâ—…_n what_o say_v he_o of_o his_o church_n 〈◊〉_d o_o barren_a that_o bear_v not_o break_v forth_o and_o cry_v out_o for_o joy_n thoâ—…_n that_o bring_v etc._n â—…th_n for_o
the_o small_a of_o some_o of_o who_o i_o now_o speak_v he_o prophesy_v under_o josia_n king_n of_o juda_n ancus_n martius_n be_v king_n of_o rome_n hard_o before_o israel_n captivity_n unto_o the_o five_o month_n of_o which_o he_o prophesy_v as_o his_o own_o book_n prove_v zephany_n b_o a_o small_a prophet_n be_v also_o in_o his_o time_n and_o prophesy_v in_o josias_n time_n also_o as_o himself_o say_v but_o how_o long_o he_o say_v not_o hieremies_n time_n last_v all_o ancus_n martius_n his_o and_o part_n of_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n his_o reign_n the_o five_o roman_a king_n for_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o jew_n be_v captive_v this_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n we_o read_v in_o hieremy_n the_o breath_n of_o our_o mouth_n the_o anoint_v our_o lord_n be_v take_v in_o our_o sin_n here_o he_o 〈◊〉_d brief_o both_o christ_n his_o deity_n and_o his_o sufferance_n for_o us._n again_o this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d gâ—…d_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o beside_o he_o he_o have_v find_v all_o the_o way_n of_o wisdom_n &_o teach_v 〈◊〉_d to_o his_o servant_n jacob_n and_o to_o israel_n his_o belove_a afterward_o be_v he_o see_v upon_o earth_n and_o he_o converse_v with_o man_n this_o some_o say_v be_v not_o hieremye_n but_o d_o baruch_n his_o transcriber_n but_o the_o most_o hold_v it_o hieremies_n he_o say_v further_a behold_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v say_v the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v raise_v unto_o david_n a_o just_a branch_n which_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d as_o king_n and_o be_v wise_a and_o shall_v exetute_v justice_n and_o judgement_n upon_o the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d day_n shall_v judah_n be_v save_v and_o israel_n shall_v dwell_v safe_o and_o this_o be_v the_o name_n that_o they_o shall_v call_v he_o the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n which_o we_o see_v now_o fullfil_v he_o say_v thus_o o_o lord_n my_o god_n and_o refuge_n in_o the_o day_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o shall_v the_o gentile_n come_v from_o the_o end_n oâ—…_n the_o world_n and_o shall_v say_v our_o fatherâ—…_n have_v adore_v false_a image_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o profit_n and_o because_o the_o jew_n will_v noâ—…_n acknowledge_v christ_n but_o shall_v kill_v he_o the_o prophet_n say_v e_z the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o thing_n he_o be_v a_o man_n and_o who_o shall_v know_v he_o he_o be_v the_o testimoâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o christ_n the_o mediator_n which_o i_o recite_v in_o my_o 〈◊〉_d book_n for_o he_o say_v behold_v the_o day_n come_v that_o i_o will_v make_v a_o new_a covenant_n 〈◊〉_d the_o house_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n now_o zephany_n that_o be_v of_o this_o time_n also_o have_v this_o of_o 〈◊〉_d wait_n upon_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o day_n of_o my_o resurrection_n wherein_o my_o 2._o â—…dgement_n shall_v gather_v the_o nation_n and_o again_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v terrible_a unto_o 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v consume_v all_o the_o god_n of_o the_o earth_n every_o man_n shall_v adore_v he_o from_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…en_o 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that_o nation_n believe_v in_o christ._n l._n vives_n hieremy_n a_o of_o he_o already_o b_o zephany_n he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o father_n to_o prophet_n and_o have_v prophet_n to_o his_o grandfather_n and_o great_a grandfather_n say_v the_o hebrew_n chusi_n be_v his_o zephany_n father_n who_o be_v son_n to_o godolias_n the_o son_n of_o amariaâ—…_n the_o son_n of_o ezechias_n all_o prophet_n for_o all_o the_o prophet_n progeny_n name_v in_o their_o title_n be_v prophet_n say_v the_o hebrew_n doctor_n c_o the_o anointed_n there_o be_v many_o anoint_a &_o many_o lord_n but_o that_o breath_n of_o our_o mouth_n this_o anoint_a be_v none_o but_o christ_n our_o saviour_n the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o who_o we_o breathe_v we_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v who_o if_o he_o leave_v we_o leave_v we_o less_o life_n then_o if_o we_o lack_v our_o soul_n d_o baruchâ—…_n he_o be_v hieremies_n servant_n as_o hieremies_n prophecy_n show_v and_o write_v a_o little_a prophecy_n allow_v by_o the_o church_n because_o it_o much_o concern_v christ_n and_o those_o late_a time_n e_z thâ—…_n heart_n 〈◊〉_d this_n be_v the_o septuagint_n interpretation_n hierome_n have_v it_o otherwise_o from_o the_o hebrew_n daniel_n and_o ezechiel_n prophecy_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o church_n chap._n 34._o now_o in_o the_o captivity_n itself_o ah_o daniel_n and_o b_o ezechiel_n two_o of_o the_o great_a prophet_n prophesy_v first_o daniel_n foretold_v the_o very_a number_n of_o year_n until_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o passion_n it_o be_v too_o tedious_a to_o perticularize_v and_o other_o have_v do_v it_o before_o us._n but_o of_o his_o power_n and_o glory_n this_o he_o say_v i_o behold_v a_o vision_n by_o night_n and_o behold_v the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v in_o the_o cloud_n of_o heaven_n and_o approach_v 13_o unto_o the_o ancient_a of_o day_n and_o they_o bring_v he_o before_o he_o and_o he_o give_v he_o dominion_n and_o honour_n and_o a_o kingdom_n that_o all_o people_n nation_n and_o language_n shall_v serve_v he_o his_o dominion_n be_v a_o everlasting_a dominion_n and_o shall_v never_o be_v take_v away_o his_o kingdom_n shall_v never_o be_v destroy_v ezechiel_n also_o prefigure_v christ_n by_o david_n as_o the_o prophet_n use_n because_o christ_n take_v his_o flesh_n and_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n from_o david_n 34_o seed_n in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n the_o father_n do_v thus_o prophecy_n of_o he_o i_o will_v set_v up_o a_o shepherd_n over_o my_o sheep_n and_o he_o shall_v feed_v they_o even_o my_o servant_n david_n he_o shall_v feed_v they_o and_o be_v their_o shepherd_n i_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o my_o servant_n david_n shall_v be_v prince_n among_o they_o i_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v it_o and_o again_o one_o 37_o king_n shall_v be_v king_n to_o they_o all_o they_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o two_o people_n nor_o be_v divide_v from_o thenceforth_a into_o two_o kingdom_n nor_o shall_v they_o be_v any_o more_o pollute_a in_o 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and_o one_o of_o the_o captivity_n with_o daniel_n as_o his_o write_n do_v record_n of_o the_o three_o prophecy_n of_o aggee_n zachary_n and_o malachy_n chap._n 35._o three_o of_o the_o small_a prophet_n a_o aggee_n b_o zachary_n and_o c_o malachy_n all_o prophesy_v in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o captivity_n remain_v still_o aggee_n prophecy_v of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n thus_o diverse_o and_o plain_o yet_o a_o little_a while_n and_o i_o will_v shake_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o dry_a land_n and_o i_o will_v move_v all_o nation_n and_o the_o desire_n of_o all_o nation_n shall_v come_v say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n this_o prophecy_n be_v partly_o come_v to_o effect_v and_o partly_o to_o be_v effect_v
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it_o unto_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o my_o brother_n you_o have_v do_v it_o unto_o i_o then_o shall_v he_o say_v unto_o they_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n which_o be_v prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n for_o i_o be_v a_o hunger_a and_o you_o gaâ—…e_v i_o no_o meat_n i_o thirst_v and_o you_o give_v i_o no_o drink_n etc._n etc._n then_o shall_v they_o also_o answer_v he_o say_v lord_n when_o see_v we_o thou_o hungry_a or_o a_o thirst_n or_o a_o stranger_n or_o naked_a or_o in_o prison_n or_o sick_a and_o do_v not_o minister_v unto_o thou_o then_o shall_v he_o answer_v they_o and_o say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o in_o asmuch_o as_o you_o do_v it_o not_o unto_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o you_o do_v it_o not_o unto_o i_o and_o these_o shâ—…ll_v go_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n and_o the_o righteous_a into_o life_n eternal_a now_o john_n the_o evangelist_n show_v plain_o that_o christ_n 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he_o shall_v never_o enter_v l._n vives_n tyrus_n a_o and_o sydon_n two_o city_n on_o the_o coast_n of_o phoenicia_n call_v now_o suri_n and_o saiâ—…_n postell_n niger_n b_o he_o say_v not_o the_o accuser_n of_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v say_v to_o condemn_v he_o aswell_o as_o the_o judge_n c_o judgement_n but_o shall_v pass_v our_o translation_n read_v it_o condemnation_n but_o have_v pass_v hierome_n read_v it_o transiet_n what_o the_o first_o resurrection_n be_v and_o what_o the_o second_o chap._n 6._o then_o he_o proceed_v in_o these_o word_n very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o the_o hour_n 26_o shall_v come_v and_o now_o be_v when_o the_o dead_a shall_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o hear_v it_o shall_v live_v for_o as_o the_o father_n have_v life_n in_o himself_o so_o likewise_o have_v â—…ee_v give_v unto_o the_o son_n to_o have_v life_n in_o himself_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v as_o yet_o of_o the_o second_o resurrection_n of_o that_o of_o 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pass_v out_o of_o the_o death_n of_o sin_n and_o impiety_n unto_o life_n and_o eternity_n of_o this_o death_n in_o sin_n the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o these_o word_n if_o one_o be_v dead_a for_o all_o then_o be_v all_o dead_a and_o he_o die_v for_o all_o that_o they_o which_o live_v shall_v not_o henceforth_o live_v unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o which_o 15_o die_v for_o they_o and_o rise_v again_o thus_o then_o all_o be_v dead_a in_o sin_n none_o except_v either_o in_o original_a sin_n or_o in_o actual_a either_o by_o be_v ignorant_a of_o good_a or_o by_o know_v good_a and_o not_o perform_v it_o and_o for_o all_o these_o dead_a soul_n one_o live_a son_n come_v and_o die_v live_v that_o be_v one_o without_o all_o sin_n that_o such_o as_o get_v life_n by_o have_v their_o sin_n remit_v shall_v no_o more_o live_v unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o that_o suffer_v for_o all_o our_o sin_n and_o rise_v again_o for_o all_o our_o iustification_n that_o we_o which_o believe_v upon_o the_o justifier_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v justify_v out_o of_o wickedness_n and_o raise_v as_o it_o be_v from_o death_n to_o life_n nay_o be_v assure_v to_o belong_v unto_o the_o first_o resurrection_n that_o now_o be_v for_o none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v heir_n of_o eternal_a bliss_n have_v any_o part_n in_o this_o first_o resurrection_n but_o the_o second_o be_v common_a both_o â—…o_o the_o bless_a and_o the_o wretched_a the_o first_o be_v mercy_n resurrection_n the_o second_o judgement_n and_o therefore_o the_o psalm_n say_v i_o will_v sing_v mercy_n and_o judgement_n unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n with_o this_o judgement_n the_o evangelist_n proceed_v thus_o anâ—…_n 27_o have_v give_v he_o power_n also_o to_o execute_v judgement_n in_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man._n loe_o here_o now_o in_o that_o flesh_n wherein_o he_o be_v judge_v shall_v he_o come_v to_o be_v the_o whole_a world_n judge_n for_o these_o word_n in_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n have_v a_o direct_a aim_n at_o this_o and_o then_o he_o add_v this_o marvel_v not_o at_o this_o for_o the_o hour_n shall_v come_v in_o the_o which_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o grave_n shall_v hear_v 28_o his_o voice_n and_o they_o shall_v come_v forth_o which_o have_v do_v good_a unto_o the_o resurrection_n of_o life_n but_o they_o that_o have_v do_v evil_a unto_o the_o resurrection_n of_o judgement_n this_o be_v that_o judgement_n which_o he_o put_v before_o for_o condemnation_n when_o he_o say_v he_o that_o hear_v my_o worde_n etc._n etc._n shall_v not_o come_v into_o judgement_n but_o shall_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n that_o be_v he_o belong_v to_o the_o first_o resurrection_n and_o that_o belong_v to_o life_n so_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o condemnation_n which_o he_o understand_v by_o the_o word_n judgement_n in_o this_o last_o place_n unto_o the_o resurrection_n of_o judgement_n oh_o rise_v then_o in_o the_o first_o resurrection_n all_o you_o that_o will_v not_o perish_v in_o 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mean_v hereby_o s._n augustine_n confess_v that_o he_o can_v define_v sup._n genes_n lib._n 8._o these_o be_v secret_n all_o unneedfull_a to_o be_v know_v and_o all_o we_o unworthy_a to_o know_v they_o of_o the_o new_a heaven_n and_o the_o new_a earth_n chap._n 16._o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v past_a as_o he_o foretold_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o goodâ—…ust_v follow_v for_o he_o have_v already_o explain_v what_o christ_n say_v in_o brief_a they_o shall_v go_v into_o everlasting_a pain_n now_o he_o must_v express_v the_o sequel_n and_o the_o righteous_a 25._o into_o life_n eternal_a and_o i_o see_v say_v he_o a_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n the_o first_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v go_v and_o so_o be_v thesea_o for_o such_o be_v the_o order_n describe_v before_o by_o he_o when_o he_o see_v the_o great_a white_a throne_n &_o one_o sit_v upon_o it_o from_o who_o face_n they_o flee_v so_o then_o they_o that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n be_v 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the_o excercise_v of_o the_o reader_n understanding_n and_o there_o be_v but_o few_o thing_n who_o understanding_n may_v be_v a_o induction_n unto_o the_o rest_n for_o he_o repete_v the_o same_o thing_n so_o many_o way_n that_o it_o seem_v whole_o pertinent_a unto_o another_o purpose_n and_o indeed_o it_o may_v often_o be_v find_v as_o speak_v in_o another_o kind_n but_o here_o where_o he_o say_v god_n shall_v wipe_v away_o all_o tear_n from_o their_o eye_n &c_n &c_n this_o be_v direct_o mean_v of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o saint_n for_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o sorrow_n no_o tear_n nor_o cause_n of_o sorrow_n or_o tear_n if_o any_o one_o
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and_o jerusalem_n be_v mean_v the_o church_n of_o god_n both_o of_o hebrew_n and_o other_o but_o not_o in_o that_o state_n that_o it_o stand_v now_o in_o for_o as_o we_o be_v now_o if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v no_o sin_n we_o deceive_v ourselves_o and_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o we_o but_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v then_o like_o a_o threshing-flore_a cleanse_v by_o the_o fan_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n all_o be_v penal_o purge_v that_o need_v such_o a_o purification_n so_o that_o now_o there_o shall_v need_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n for_o all_o that_o offer_v such_o be_v in_o sin_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o which_o they_o offer_v to_o be_v free_v from_o it_o by_o god_n gracious_a acceptance_n of_o their_o offering_n l._n vives_n malachiel_n or_o a_o malachi_n i_o never_o read_v that_o malachi_n be_v ever_o call_v malachiel_n malachi_n be_v in_o hebrew_n his_o angel_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v malachi_n for_o if_o it_o be_v malachiel_n it_o shall_v be_v 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and_o pure_o exhibit_v do_v signify_v spotless_a and_o holy_a man_n such_o as_o christ_n himself_o only_a be_v and_o no_o other_o see_v therefore_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n all_o be_v cleanse_v that_o need_n cleanse_v there_o shall_v not_o be_v any_o sin_n leave_v in_o the_o saint_n but_o each_o shall_v offer_v himself_o in_o righteousness_n unto_o god_n as_o a_o immaculate_a and_o pure_a oblation_n thus_o shall_v it_o be_v then_o as_o in_o the_o year_n afore_o when_o that_o be_v represent_v typical_o which_o at_o this_o day_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v true_o for_o than_o shall_v that_o purity_n be_v real_a in_o the_o saint_n which_o erst_o be_v prefigure_v in_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o thus_o of_o that_o now_o as_o for_o those_o that_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o be_v cleanse_v but_o condemn_v thus_o say_v the_o prophet_n i_o will_v come_v to_o you_o in_o judgement_n and_o i_o will_v be_v a_o swift_a witness_n against_o the_o soothsayer_n and_o against_o the_o adulterer_n etc._n etc._n for_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n and_o change_v not_o as_o if_o he_o say_v your_o fault_n have_v now_o make_v you_o worse_o and_o my_o grace_n once_o make_v you_o better_o but_o i_o change_v not_o he_o will_v be_v witness_n himself_o because_o he_o shall_v in_o that_o judgement_n need_v no_o other_o swift_a because_o he_o will_v come_v on_o a_o sudden_a unlooked_v for_o and_o when_o he_o be_v think_v to_o be_v far_a of_o and_o again_o because_o he_o will_v convince_v the_o guilty_a conscience_n without_o make_v any_o word_n inquisition_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o ungodly_a say_v the_o 9_o wise_a man_n their_o conscience_n also_o bear_v witness_n say_v the_o apostle_n and_o their_o thought_n accuse_v one_o another_o or_o excuse_v at_o the_o day_n when_o god_n shall_v judge_v the_o secret_n of_o man_n by_o jesus_n christ_n according_a to_o my_o gospel_n thus_o then_o shall_v god_n be_v a_o swift_a witness_n in_o call_v that_o present_o unto_o the_o thought_n which_o shall_v forthwith_o condemn_v they_o l._n vives_n no_o a_o man_n except_v the_o question_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v not_o yet_o a_o foot_n but_o grow_v afterward_o copy_n between_o two_o order_n of_o friar_n both_o fiery_a and_o lead_v with_o undaunted_a general_n the_o dominican_n by_o thomas_n of_o aquin_n and_o the_o franciscan_n by_o john_n duns_n scotus_n now_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n decred_a that_o she_o be_v whole_o pure_a from_o all_o touch_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o dominican_n object_v that_o this_o be_v no_o lawful_a counsel_n and_o the_o minorite_n of_o the_o other_o side_n avow_v that_o it_o be_v true_a and_o holy_a and_o call_v the_o dominican_n heretic_n for_o slander_v the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n so_o that_o the_o matter_n have_v come_v to_o a_o shrewd_a pass_n but_o that_o pope_n sixtus_n forbid_v this_o theme_n to_o be_v any_o more_o dispute_v of_o thus_o do_v these_o man_n esteem_v counsel_n or_o canon_n be_v they_o again_o their_o pleasure_n just_a as_o a_o old_a wife_n tale_n in_o a_o flaxe-shope_a or_o at_o a_o alehouse_n gossip_v of_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o good_a from_o the_o bad_a in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n chap._n 27._o that_o also_o which_o i_o allege_v to_o another_o purpose_n in_o the_o eighteen_o book_n out_o of_o this_o prophet_n belong_v to_o the_o last_o judgement_n they_o shall_v be_v to_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n in_o that_o day_n that_o i_o shall_v do_v this_o as_o a_o flock_n for_o i_o will_v spare_v they_o as_o a_o 3_o man_n spare_v his_o own_o son_n that_o serve_v he_o then_o shall_v you_o return_v and_o discern_v between_o the_o righteous_a and_o the_o wicked_a between_o he_o that_o serve_v god_n and_o he_o that_o serve_v he_o not_o for_o behold_v the_o day_n come_v that_o shall_v burn_v as_o a_o oven_n and_o all_o the_o proud_a yea_o and_o all_o that_o do_v wicked_o shall_v be_v stubble_n and_o the_o day_n that_o come_v shall_v burn_v they_o up_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o 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and_o what_o profit_n be_v it_o that_o we_o have_v keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o that_o we_o walk_v humble_o before_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n therefore_o b_o we_o count_v the_o proud_a bless_a even_o they_o that_o work_v wickedness_n be_v set_v up_o etc._n etc._n these_o their_o word_n seem_v even_o to_o compel_v the_o prophet_n to_o foretell-the_a last_o judgement_n where_o the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o all_o shadow_n of_o happiness_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v apparent_o wretched_a and_o the_o good_a so_o acquit_v from_o all_o last_a misery_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v touch_v with_o any_o the_o most_o transitory_a but_o full_o and_o free_o be_v enthrone_v in_o eternal_a blessedness_n for_o their_o word_n before_o seem_v to_o say_v thus_o all_o that_o do_v evil_a be_v good_a in_o god_n eye_n and_o please_v he_o these_o grumble_n against_o god_n proceed_v mere_o of_o the_o carnal_a understanding_n of_o moses_n law_n where-upon_o the_o psalmist_n say_v that_o 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