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to_o jerusalem_n with_o oâ—her_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o 5._o month_n which_o be_v the_o 7_o z_o year_n of_o the_o k._n ver_fw-la 9_o for_o upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n he_o begin_v to_o go_v up_o from_o babel_n and_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month_n come_v â—e_n to_o jerusalem_n according_a to_o the_o good_a hand_n of_o his_o god_n that_o be_v upon_o he_o nehemiah_n 1.1_o the_o word_n of_o nehemiah_n the_o son_n of_o hachaâ—iah_n in_o the_o month_n b_o chisten_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o 20._o year_n etc._n etc._n v._n 2._o come_v hanani_n one_o of_o my_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n v._n 3._o and_o they_o say_v to_o i_o the_o residue_n etc._n etc._n y_z i._n e._n of_o artaxerxes_n muemon_n when_o after_o his_o father_n decease_n he_o alone_o rule_v
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to_o like_v too_o well_o this_o rabbinicall_a blasphemy_n as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o annot_n dote_v on_o the_o rabbin_n too_o often_o but_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v want_v in_o the_o second_o temple_n be_v blasphemous_a for_o have_v not_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o do_v not_o they_o live_v under_o the_o second_o temple_n nay_o be_v not_o more_o and_o more_o full_a revelation_n promise_v in_o the_o second_o temple_n than_o in_o the_o first_o hag._n 1.8_o &_o cap._n 2.4.10_o 4_o beside_o after_o urim_n and_o thummim_n be_v go_v they_o have_v some_o prophet_n as_o haggai_n zechariah_n and_o malachy_n i_o confess_v that_o prophet_n by_o office_n and_o commission_n end_v in_o malachy_n yet_o 1.21_o yet_o drus._n 2._o pet._n 1.21_o there_o be_v that_o hold_n that_o after_o he_o there_o be_v now_o &_o then_o some_o prophet_n only_o by_o the_o spirit_n i_o know_v there_o be_v a_o great_a silence_n of_o prophet_n after_o malachy_n to_o prepare_v the_o people_n for_o to_o expect_v the_o come_n of_o that_o great_a prophet_n for_o though_o it_o be_v vox_fw-la populi_fw-la and_o a_o tradition_n among_o the_o priest_n 7.40.41_o priest_n john_n 1.20.21_o &_o 7.40.41_o and_o levite_n that_o the_o great_a prophet_n be_v one_o distinct_a from_o the_o christ_n the_o messiah_n yet_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o church_n do_v understand_v moses_n the_o great_a prophet_n prophesy_v of_o to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o expect_a messiah_n and_o therefore_o the_o damp_n that_o be_v of_o prophet_n after_o malachy_n turn_v to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o godly_a it_o teach_v they_o that_o christ_n jesus_n be_v now_o at_o hand_n and_o upon_o his_o come_n we_o find_v that_o the_o lord_n stir_v up_o two_o prophet_n in_o a_o line_n 1.21_o line_n maldonat_n in_o joh._n 1.21_o zacharie_n the_o father_n and_o john_n the_o baptist_n his_o son_n to_o point_v out_o he_o prophet_n by_o grace_n rather_o than_o by_o office_n and_o so_o i_o may_v say_v that_o the_o want_n of_o urim_n and_o thummim_n do_v teach_v the_o church_n that_o they_o be_v short_o now_o to_o expect_v the_o true_a urim_n and_o thummim_n christ_n jesus_n the_o high_a priest_n of_o their_o profession_n and_o beside_o it_o shall_v have_v teach_v they_o to_o cleave_v the_o more_o to_o the_o write_a oracle_n of_o god_n this_o jeremy_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o show_v in_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o ark_n viz._n that_o that_o loss_n shall_v be_v no_o loss_n the_o people_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o care_v to_o look_v after_o the_o ark_n any_o more_o but_o set_v their_o heart_n on_o the_o true_a ark_n christ_n jesus_n the_o ark_n of_o arke_n this_o then_o the_o church_n get_v by_o it_o that_o by_o the_o want_n of_o urim_n they_o learn_v that_o the_o ceremony_n be_v in_o go_v and_o the_o messiah_n in_o come_v that_o salvation_n be_v not_o to_o be_v place_v in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o moses_n since_o vrim_fw-he and_o thummim_v itself_o be_v utter_o go_v last_o we_o see_v that_o the_o church_n do_v stand_v and_o be_v the_o pillar_n of_o truth_n without_o urim_n and_o thummim_n the_o probatur_fw-la the_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4_o §._o quartà _fw-la probatur_fw-la argument_n be_v loose_a that_o be_v make_v to_o prove_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o great_a bishop_n of_o rome_n from_o the_o urim_n and_o thummim_v of_o the_o high_a priest_n for_o beside_o that_o the_o argument_n may_v follow_v from_o the_o 8.1_o the_o heb._n 4.14_o &_o 8.1_o leviticall_a high_a priest_n to_o christ_n our_o high_a priest_n of_o who_o that_o high_a priest_n be_v a_o type_n and_o not_o of_o the_o pope_n yet_o we_o see_v that_o the_o church_n stand_v to_o the_o word_n when_o there_o be_v no_o urim_n &_o thummim_n from_o the_o take_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n jesus_n for_o in_o that_o interim_n the_o high_a priest_n have_v no_o urim_n and_o thummim_n and_o for_o that_o slender_a voice_n call_v bath-col_a mention_v by_o tremelius_fw-la in_o act._n 12.22_o which_o henry_n 28.30_o henry_n on_o exod._n 28.30_o ainsworth_n will_v have_v to_o make_v some_o supply_n for_o the_o defect_n of_o urim_n it_o have_v no_o ground_n and_o be_v to_o be_v turn_v back_o to_o the_o foolish_a rabbin_n from_o who_o it_o come_v and_o therefore_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v the_o standard_n and_o not_o the_o urim_n and_o thummim_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o people_n have_v by_o some_o mean_v perfect_a notice_n of_o the_o revelation_n make_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o they_o be_v absolute_o to_o stand_v to_o the_o oracle_n give_v by_o urim_n and_o thummim_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o prove_v that_o the_o priest_n do_v use_v it_o for_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o doctrine_n and_o not_o only_o for_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o event_n next_o that_o the_o priest_n have_v answer_v when_o he_o will_v though_o he_o himself_o be_v never_o so_o wicked_a or_o last_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n do_v not_o hinder_v the_o give_v of_o the_o oracle_n sometime_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o for_o some_o 550._o year_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v destitute_a of_o urim_n and_o thummim_v and_o yet_o i_o hope_v the_o lord_n do_v not_o leave_v his_o people_n without_o a_o sure_a and_o certain_a rule_n of_o faith_n and_o direction_n of_o life_n which_o be_v the_o holy_a word_n of_o god_n and_o malachy_n do_v tell_v we_o that_o though_o the_o priest_n lip_n by_o that_o place_n and_o office_n shall_v have_v preserve_v knowledge_n yet_o often_o they_o do_v not_o and_o though_o while_o urim_n last_v it_o never_o give_v any_o false_a or_o fallacious_a answer_n yet_o many_o time_n what_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o what_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n the_o lord_n refuse_v to_o give_v any_o answer_n at_o all_o and_o the_o answer_n that_o be_v give_v be_v rather_o in_o matter_n of_o 8._o of_o numb_a 17.21_o 1._o sam._n 23.11_o 12._o &_o 30.7_o 8._o fact_n than_o of_o doctrine_n and_o of_o faith_n the_o argument_n be_v too_o weak_a that_o the_o cardinal_n do_v draw_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v the_o decide_n spirit_n and_o voice_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n since_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o messiah_n the_o prince_n a_o space_n of_o some_o 550._o year_n there_o be_v no_o oracle_n by_o urim_n and_o thummim_n no_o prophet_n no_o psal._n 74.9_o we_o see_v not_o our_o sign_n there_o be_v no_o more_o any_o prophet_n succession_n of_o prophet_n nor_o but_o a_o few_o prophet_n at_o all_o from_o malachy_n till_o zachary_n the_o father_n and_o john_n baptist_n the_o son_n no_o miracle_n except_o the_o pool_n of_o bethesda_n grant_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o strengthen_v they_o in_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n under_o the_o persecution_n of_o antiochus_n till_o the_o day_n of_o zachary_n and_o john_n baptist_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o yet_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n do_v not_o leave_v the_o church_n for_o all_o that_o time_n without_o sufficient_a and_o ample_a mean_n of_o their_o salvation_n in_o a_o word_n the_o loss_n of_o urim_n and_o thummim_n the_o ark_n and_o other_o ceremonial_n teach_v they_o to_o look_v off_o from_o the_o shadow_n and_o to_o look_v for_o the_o truth_n the_o lord_n jesus_n chap._n vi_o darij_fw-la cyrus_n after_o the_o edict_n make_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v call_v abroad_o to_o the_o war_n he_o leave_v his_o son_n cambyses_n the_o power_n of_o a_o king_n at_o home_n and_o cambyses_n hinder_v the_o execution_n of_o his_o father_n proclamation_n 1_o not_o darius_n medus_n as_o bengorion_a say_v for_o he_o be_v predecessor_n to_o cyrus_n now_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o text_n that_o
child_n with_o some_o great_a measure_n of_o punishment_n shall_v personal_a sin_n in_o the_o guilt_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o the_o child_n we_o shall_v have_v more_o original_a sin_n than_o one_o when_o then_o in_o the_o word_n they_o 26.40_o be_v command_v to_o confess_v together_o with_o their_o own_o sin_n the_o sin_n of_o their_o forefather_n it_o be_v not_o that_o their_o forefather_n sin_n that_o go_v no_o further_o any_o way_n than_o their_o forefather_n person_n shall_v be_v remit_v to_o their_o forefather_n be_v dead_a or_o to_o they_o be_v alive_a but_o that_o such_o sin_n which_o they_o themselves_o have_v also_o in_o their_o own_o proper_a person_n by_o occasion_n of_o the_o example_n of_o their_o forefather_n commit_v by_o act_n or_o some_o consent_n may_v be_v forgive_v unto_o they_o so_o psal._n 79.8_o remember_v not_o against_o who_o our_o forefather_n no_o but_o remember_v not_o agha_v we_o former_a deodat_n iniquity_n that_o be_v such_o sin_n as_o we_o have_v commit_v through_o the_o example_n of_o our_o forefather_n at_o least_o have_v one_o way_n or_o another_o make_v our_o own_o the_o translation_n read_v it_o former_a iniquity_n word_n for_o word_n it_o be_v in_o the_o original_n the_o iniquity_n of_o those_o that_o be_v before_o we_o i._o e._n of_o our_o ancestor_n chap._n x._o that_o that_o be_v into_o be_v i_o shall_v â—â—ter_v into_o for_o the_o house_n that_o he_o himself_o be_v to_o have_v be_v make_v governor_n by_o the_o king_n it_o appear_v by_o ezr._n 6.15_o and_o nohem_n 2.1_o that_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v before_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n be_v first_o break_v down_o and_o last_o build_v up_o and_o that_o 14._o year_n after_o the_o temple_n and_o one_o reason_n hereof_o be_v give_v for_o that_o before_o in_o all_o the_o former_a edict_n make_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o jew_n by_o cyrus_n or_o any_o other_o there_o be_v no_o word_n as_o touch_v the_o re-edify_n of_o the_o city_n but_o only_o to_o build_v again_o the_o temple_n paraeus_n rather_o be_v in_o the_o truth_n who_o hold_v that_o cyrus_n do_v by_o edict_n give_v leave_v to_o build_v the_o city_n orat._n the_o 70._o hebdom_n dan._n but_o by_o reason_n of_o so_o great_a resistance_n they_o can_v do_v little_a or_o nothing_o to_o the_o city_n and_o therefore_o nehemiah_n get_v letter_n patent_n to_o build_v the_o city_n and_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o jew_n after_o their_o return_n grow_v secure_a and_o careless_a fall_v to_o 3._o to_o vid._n calvin_n in_o zach._n cap._n 1._o v._n 3._o marry_v strange_a wife_n and_o other_o disorder_n till_o the_o lord_n stir_v up_o the_o spirit_n and_o zeal_n of_o our_o nehemiah_n and_o he_o never_o give_v over_o till_o he_o have_v finish_v the_o work_n so_o much_o good_a may_v one_o man_n of_o place_n power_n and_o zeal_n and_o courage_n do_v for_o the_o church_n neither_o be_v the_o lord_n want_v to_o he_o in_o his_o bless_a enterprise_n but_o he_o send_v in_o haggai_n and_o zachariah_n a_o pair_n of_o noble_a prophet_n to_o encourage_v the_o people_n in_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n neither_o will_v the_o lord_n be_v want_v to_o any_o of_o we_o in_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a if_o we_o be_v not_o want_v to_o he_o and_o ourselves_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v in_o vers._n 11._o shall_v such_o a_o man_n as_o i_o fly_v and_o who_o be_v there_o that_o be_v as_o i_o be_o will_v go_v into_o the_o temple_n to_o save_v his_o life_n i_o will_v not_o goâ—_n in_o it_o be_v not_o for_o i_o that_o have_v a_o call_n from_o god_n to_o do_v what_o i_o do_v which_o call_v be_v a_o sufficient_a testimony_n of_o his_o assistance_n and_o protection_n for_o fear_v to_o leave_v the_o work_n begin_v and_o so_o to_o discover_v disobedience_n and_o diffidence_n towards_o god_n junius_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n i._n e._n not_o a_o priest_n be_v not_o by_o law_n to_o go_v into_o the_o temple_n as_o it_o be_v numb_a 3.38_o but_o i_o rather_o follow_v deodate_n who_o seem_v to_o like_v better_a to_o say_v that_o he_o will_v not_o flee_v to_o the_o temple_n because_o it_o be_v for_o malefactor_n who_o use_v to_o take_v sanctuary_n there_o to_o shift_v for_o their_o life_n exod._n 21.14_o 1._o king_n 1.51_o &_o 2.28_o sâ—majah_n who_o persuade_v he_o to_o run_v to_o the_o temple_n be_v a_o priest_n and_o he_o do_v put_v a_o colour_n of_o retire_v religion_n on_o it_o too_o so_o that_o even_a priest_n be_v find_v ready_a to_o hinder_v the_o build_n of_o the_o wals._n but_o nehemiah_n do_v look_v to_o god_n and_o not_o to_o man_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o say_v he_o perceive_v that_o god_n have_v not_o send_v he_o for_o that_o he_o go_v about_o to_o draw_v he_o from_o his_o vocation_n which_o have_v a_o sure_a foundation_n we_o must_v not_o suffer_v no_o not_o divine_v themselves_o to_o turn_v we_o out_o of_o our_o calling_n place_n and_o duty_n chap._n xi_o israel_n here_o we_o see_v how_o forward_o the_o people_n be_v they_o call_v upon_o ezra_n and_o ezra_n think_v it_o not_o much_o to_o be_v stir_v up_o by_o the_o people_n to_o do_v his_o duty_n the_o wind_n of_o god_n spirit_n blow_v where_o it_o lift_v and_o sometime_o begin_v with_o the_o common_a people_n the_o duty_n that_o they_o press_v ezra_n unto_o be_v a_o plain_a text_n deut._n 33.10_o 11._o where_o god_n command_v in_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n that_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v read_v unto_o the_o people_n where_o the_o people_n have_v scripture_n for_o it_o they_o must_v say_v to_o archippus_n do_v thy_o duty_n read_n the_o people_n be_v too_o many_o to_o be_v teach_v by_o one_o and_o therefore_o they_o make_v sundry_a company_n and_o congregation_n and_o have_v many_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n to_o teach_v they_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v they_o read_v in_o the_o book_n and_o have_v read_v they_o give_v the_o sense_n and_o make_v the_o people_n to_o understand_v theread_v the_o meaning_n be_v that_o by_o 8.8_o compare_v place_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n they_o do_v clear_o expound_v to_o they_o the_o meaning_n 9_o read_v &_o expound_v or_o preach_v have_v use_v of_o old_a to_o go_v together_o so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o philip_n and_o the_o eunuch_n and_o act._n 13.15_o after_o the_o lecture_n of_o the_o law_n &_o prophet_n the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n send_v unto_o they_o say_v man_n &_o brethren_n if_o you_o have_v any_o word_n of_o exhortation_n for_o the_o people_n say_v on_o we_o see_v more_o scripture_n be_v read_v than_o be_v present_o expound_v yet_o when_o read_v of_o the_o word_n be_v there_o use_v to_o be_v expound_v of_o some_o portion_n it_o be_v a_o poor_a conceit_n to_o say_v that_o before_o the_o captivity_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o bare_a read_n but_o after_o when_o the_o people_n have_v lose_v much_o of_o their_o language_n and_o do_v hardly_o understand_v the_o tongue_n that_o then_o literal_a expound_v come_v in_o by_o learned_a man_n that_o have_v the_o skill_n of_o the_o tongue_n school_n as_o though_o give_v of_o the_o sense_n have_v be_v nothing_o but_o a_o grammatical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n preach_v be_v ancient_a than_o so_o noah_n be_v a_o preacher_n of_o righteousness_n and_o act_n 15.21_o moses_n of_o old_a time_n have_v in_o every_o city_n they_o that_o preach_v he_o see_v he_o be_v read_v in_o the_o synagogue_n every_o sabbath_n day_n moses_n of_o old_a i._n e._n from_o the_o first_o time_n paraphrastem_fw-la from_o the_o very_a begin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la aetatibus_fw-la antiquis_fw-la a_o phrase_n never_o use_v of_o the_o age_n only_o since_o the_o captivity_n and_o that_o it_o be_v say_v moses_n and_o not_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n as_o act_n 13.15_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o note_v the_o time_n of_o moses_n law_n before_o the_o prophet_n be_v the_o word_n translate_v read_v be_v 3.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o do_v proper_o signify_v a_o assembly_n or_o convocation_n and_o here_o the_o scripture_n be_v name_v by_o that_o name_n to_o show_v we_o that_o the_o holy_a scripture_n ought_v to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o congregation_n and_o assembly_n perfect_o take_v it_o then_o for_o a_o truth_n that_o before_o and_o after_o the_o captivity_n the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v their_o teacher_n who_o do_v expound_v and_o preach_v unto_o they_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o ezra_n with_o the_o rest_n here_o be_v say_v to_o interpret_v not_o the_o word_n but_o the_o meaning_n they_o give_v the_o sense_n that_o be_v not_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o the_o jew_n
have_v see_v do_v in_o the_o national_n and_o learned_a version_n and_o translation_n turn_v it_o by_o word_n express_v nobles_n lord_n worthies_z heroical_a person_n potentate_n illustrious_a and_o the_o like_a sith_o i_o say_v all_o these_o proof_n meet_v as_o most_o pregnant_a to_o evince_v the_o true_a and_o full_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v noble_n the_o conclusion_n be_v we_o that_o nehemiah_n do_v contest_v not_o with_o all_o the_o freeman_n but_o with_o the_o noble_n as_o man_n that_o be_v in_o place_n and_o power_n to_o redress_v the_o profanation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n chap._n xxi_o the_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v freeman_n from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o chaldee_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o worth_a the_o print_n what_o do_v not_o that_o chaldee_n come_v by_o etymology_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n and_o do_v the_o chaldee_n usual_o signify_v freeman_n and_o yet_o do_v you_o say_v the_o argument_n thence_o be_v of_o no_o force_n no._n of_o none_o at_o all_o for_o to_o pass_v it_o over_o that_o the_o chaldee_n edition_n be_v but_o a_o paraphrase_n no_o punctual_a translation_n neither_o be_v it_o as_o it_o be_v so_o exact_a so_o say_v 3._o bellarmine_n neither_o be_v it_o christ._n christ._n ancient_a enough_o to_o carry_v a_o conclusion_n for_o the_o use_n of_o a_o word_n for_o in_o so_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n as_o the_o chaldee_n be_v late_a than_o nehemiah_n it_o be_v usual_a for_o signification_n of_o word_n to_o change_v it_o be_v use_v rather_o than_o grammar_n that_o bring_v in_o signification_n of_o word_n poëticâ_fw-la use_n be_v norma_n loquendi_fw-la to_o pass_v over_o all_o this_o what_o if_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v to_o signify_v noble_n as_o well_o as_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o be_v all_o this_o boast_n then_o look_v but_o in_o danâ—el_n 7.9_o and_o daniel_n live_v about_o the_o day_n of_o nehemiah_n and_o there_o only_o that_o i_o know_v we_o have_v the_o chaldee_n woâ—d_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o signify_v and_o be_v translate_v white_a just_a as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n and_o noble_n use_v to_o apparel_n themselves_o in_o white_a thence_o they_o be_v both_o in_o the_o chaldee_n and_o hebrw_n word_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o do_v we_o speak_v at_o random_n for_o 〈◊〉_d schindler_n as_o great_a a_o linguist_n as_o christendom_n have_v know_v dispraise_v to_o none_o do_v assure_v we_o that_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v man_n of_o place_n &_o he_o do_v express_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o chaldee_n by_o three_o latin_a word_n principes_fw-la magnates_fw-la primate_fw-la all_o which_o signify_v great_a man_n and_o if_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n may_v be_v hear_v for_o good_a then_o look_v jer._n 27.20_o wherefore_o our_o hebrew_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o translate_v noble_n of_o judah_n the_o chaldee_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o prince_n both_o come_v to_o one_o therefore_o the_o chaldee_n himself_o be_v judge_n the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o freeman_n but_o prince_n but_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o chaldee_n proper_o signify_v a_o freeman_n it_o do_v be_v it_o not_o derive_v by_o etymology_n from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o think_v so_o i_o grant_v it_o and_o yet_o all_o this_o come_v not_o home_n to_o the_o point_n for_o word_n have_v the_o signification_n from_o the_o common_a use_n and_o the_o chaldee_n come_v in_o long_a after_o have_v some_o alteration_n from_o the_o grammatical_a signification_n and_o that_o i_o do_v not_o only_o say_v but_o prove_v for_o because_o the_o chaldee_n do_v not_o use_v to_o express_v the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o to_o show_v a_o difference_n the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n be_v constant_a in_o use_v to_o render_v the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v indeed_o precise_o a_o freeman_n by_o the_o chaldee_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v in_o the_o language_n when_o the_o paraphrase_n write_v freemen_n as_o ez._n 21.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hebrew_n in_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n the_o son_n of_o the_o freeman_n sith_o then_o the_o chaldee_n do_v not_o express_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—ut_v by_o some_o other_o word_n signify_v noble_n 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v ever_o use_v to_o translate_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v himself_o our_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v noble_n and_o not_o freeman_n to_o argue_v from_o the_o signification_n of_o a_o word_n that_o it_o now_o have_v to_o prove_v the_o signification_n it_o have_v 400_o or_o 500_o year_n ago_o be_v of_o no_o force_n since_o the_o use_n of_o word_n do_v come_v and_o go_v almost_o as_o fast_o as_o the_o fashion_n of_o clothes_n as_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v a_o tyrant_n now_o that_o therefore_o it_o do_v never_o signify_v a_o king_n time_n do_v change_v and_o word_n do_v alter_v with_o time_n both_o in_o pronunciation_n and_o signification_n and_o so_o i_o think_v that_o the_o chaldee_n which_o in_o the_o paraphrast_n his_o day_n do_v signify_v freeman_n long_o before_o when_o it_o come_v first_o out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v noble_n howsoever_o man_n please_v to_o think_v of_o that_o conjecture_n i_o have_v my_o desire_n in_o that_o the_o chaldee_n himself_o do_v not_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v freeman_n though_o radical_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v derive_v itself_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o do_v construe_v by_o word_n signify_v nobles_n say_v then_o that_o nehemiah_n have_v not_o testify_v against_o the_o servant_n which_o the_o text_n flat_o say_v he_o do_v and_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v master_n which_o we_o have_v prove_v to_o be_v very_o false_a yet_o thus_o to_o dispute_v he_o contest_v with_o the_o master_n ergo_fw-la the_o master_n be_v only_o in_o the_o sin_n and_o the_o servant_n do_v not_o sin_n because_o not_o contest_v with_o this_o i_o say_v be_v such_o a_o enthymeme_n that_o a_o freshman_n new_o come_v from_o turn_v over_o brierwoods_n note_n can_v tell_v how_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n with_o reason_n to_o deny_v the_o consequence_n for_o nehemiah_n do_v reprove_v the_o noble_n because_o they_o be_v in_o great_a fault_n to_o suffer_v it_o and_o in_o their_o hand_n it_o lay_v much_o to_o reform_v it_o and_o nehemiah_n will_v not_o be_v say_v in_o it_o but_o threaten_v they_o all_o rich_a and_o poor_a mighty_a and_o mean_a bond_n and_o free_a master_n and_o man_n one_o with_o another_o and_o he_o have_v his_o will._n god_n give_v he_o good_a success_n for_o the_o text_n say_v that_o they_o go_v away_o and_o from_o that_o time_n forth_o they_o come_v no_o more_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o what_o a_o mercy_n be_v it_o if_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v please_v so_o to_o order_v the_o heart_n pen_n and_o tongue_n of_o the_o learned_a that_o from_o henceforth_o they_o will_v give_v over_o and_o speak_v and_o write_v no_o more_o against_o the_o sabbath_n day_n finis_fw-la â—unâ—cius_fw-la in_o chronol_n comm_n lib._n 2._o ezra_n 6.11.14_o nehem._n 2.4_o diodor._fw-la sicuâ—_n lib._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chief_o about_o some_o piece_n of_o year_n herodâ—t_fw-la in_o thaliâ_n thaliâ_n inclusiuè_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la more_fw-it heb._n heb._n vid._n herod_n principium_fw-la polymâ—iae_fw-la zech._n 4.9_o zech._n 1.1_o 1.1_o plin._n lib_n 6._o cap_n 13._o 13._o herodot_n in_o melpoâ—ene_n 7.1_o 4._o nehem._n 12.10_o 22._o nehem._n 6.15_o argument_n i._o from_o the_o story_n of_o mordecay_n who_o they_o say_v be_v carry_v captive_a with_o jeconiah_n from_o jerusalem_n mat._n 1.12_o 2._o sam._n 19.36_o argum._n 2._o nehemiah_n be_v name_v among_o those_o that_o return_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n from_o babylon_n ezra_n 2._o â—_o and_o this_o nehemiah_n live_v till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n nehem._n 12._o therefore_o say_v m_n