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the_o maltese_n but_o as_o barbarian_n 28._o while_o he_o count_v it_o a_o honour_n to_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v a_o freeborn_a roman_a nay_o whereas_o the_o greek_n and_o roman_n look_v upon_o other_o nation_n as_o barbarous_a only_o out_o of_o scorn_n the_o jew_n look_v on_o all_o alike_o as_o barbarous_a with_o the_o more_o bitterness_n because_o they_o be_v not_o circumcise_v but_o of_o this_o we_o shall_v have_v somewhat_o to_o observe_v further_o when_o we_o come_v into_o the_o wilderness_n 2._o circumcision_n be_v also_o ordain_v for_o a_o moral_a end_n in_o which_o alone_a philo_n do_v acknowledge_v some_o part_n of_o the_o truth_n assimilare_fw-la but_o in_o such_o a_o heathenish_a manner_n that_o his_o similitude_n be_v not_o only_o filthy_a but_o as_o false_a and_o unworthy_a to_o be_v conceive_v to_o have_v ever_o enter_v into_o the_o pure_a thought_n of_o god_n but_o that_o the_o outward_a circumcision_n teach_v the_o israelite_n the_o circumcise_n of_o their_o heart_n 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which_o promise_n be_v limit_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n sojourn_v in_o egypt_n and_o be_v exact_o contemporary_a with_o the_o two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n in_o the_o question_n now_o handle_v so_o that_o the_o veracity_n of_o god_n himself_o be_v high_o concern_v to_o see_v this_o promise_n perform_v within_o that_o compass_n of_o time_n and_o when_o once_o that_o be_v expire_v than_o they_o who_o be_v preserve_v before_o entire_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hollow_a of_o his_o hand_n as_o i_o shall_v make_v appear_v at_o large_a be_v deliver_v up_o to_o several_a waste_a judgement_n in_o the_o wilderness_n such_o as_o the_o earth_n open_v her_o mouth_n to_o swallow_v up_o the_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o 5._o prince_n of_o the_o assembly_n famous_a in_o the_o congregation_n man_n of_o renown_n their_o wife_n 27._o and_o their_o little_a one_o and_o all_o that_o appertain_v 33._o or_o adhere_v to_o they_o in_o that_o revolt_n beside_o this_o they_o be_v smite_v 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accomplishment_n in_o god_n own_o enclosure_n the_o church_n than_o among_o his_o and_o his_o church_n enemy_n especial_o consider_v the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o people_n that_o they_o be_v to_o subdue_v nation_n great_a and_o mighty_a before_o they_o can_v be_v settle_v in_o the_o promise_a canaan_n and_o when_o they_o be_v settle_v there_o they_o be_v environ_v with_o nation_n round_o about_o like_o a_o garden_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o forest_n of_o wild_a beast_n who_o will_v be_v continual_o break_v in_o upon_o they_o to_o devour_v they_o if_o god_n have_v not_o proportion_v their_o number_n to_o a_o competency_n of_o defence_n and_o resistance_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n will_v have_v want_v that_o privilege_n and_o blessing_n which_o be_v the_o lot_n of_o many_o private_a believer_n viz._n not_o to_o be_v ashamed_a when_o she_o speak_v with_o her_o enemy_n in_o the_o gate_n have_v speak_v of_o the_o promise_n the_o next_o thing_n will_v be_v to_o consider_v the_o mean_n of_o its_o accomplishment_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v two_o especial_o the_o first_o be_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o concubine_n which_o they_o can_v not_o cashier_v without_o differ_v from_o the_o example_n of_o their_o ancestor_n and_o doubtless_o that_o custom_n which_o be_v introduce_v at_o first_o by_o lamech_v be_v not_o only_o connive_v at_o but_o encourage_v by_o god_n appear_v to_o hagar_n and_o promise_v so_o bountiful_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o ishmael_n gen._n 17.10_o 11._o in_o order_n to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n of_o increase_n in_o due_a season_n and_o in_o god_n appoint_a time_n and_o in_o imitation_n of_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n do_v that_o nation_n retain_v that_o custom_n not_o only_o in_o egypt_n but_o even_o till_o shiloh_n come_v i_o shall_v confirm_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o by_o two_o or_o three_o quotation_n only_o out_o of_o the_o learned_a selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la gentium_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o cite_v maimonides_n say_v fas_fw-la est_fw-la cuique_fw-la quotcunque_fw-la etiam_fw-la centum_fw-la vxores_fw-la sive_fw-la siniul_fw-la omnes_fw-la sive_fw-la alteram_fw-la post_fw-la alteram_fw-la ducere_fw-la neque_fw-la potestas_fw-la vxort_fw-la antea_fw-la ductae_fw-la virum_fw-la heic_fw-la impediendi_fw-la modo_fw-la illi_fw-la potestas_fw-la fuerit_fw-la praestare_fw-la alimenta_fw-la vestitum_fw-la atque_fw-la debitum_fw-la conjugale_n the_o other_o citation_n be_v of_o a_o author_n with_o a_o deadly_a hard_a hebrew_n name_n which_o i_o therefore_o omit_v who_o say_v qui_fw-fr dicit_fw-la plures_fw-la vxores_fw-la simul_fw-la interdictas_fw-la esse_fw-la notum_fw-la sit_fw-la eum_fw-la nec_fw-la morum_fw-la nee_n juris_fw-la esse_fw-la peritum_fw-la nam_fw-la multi_fw-la justi_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la binas_fw-la vxores_fw-la velut_fw-la elcana_fw-la david_n solomon_n et_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la paralipomenwn_n multi_fw-la memorantur_fw-la quibus_fw-la binae_fw-la vxores_fw-la m_o r_o selden_n in_o the_o same_o chap._n 7._o book_n 5._o quote_v saint_n t_o augustine_n say_v prolis_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la patres_fw-la sanctos_fw-la ex_fw-la abraham_n &_o ante_fw-la abraham_n quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la quòd_fw-la ei_fw-la placuerint_fw-la perhibet_fw-la testimonium_fw-la usos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la conjugibus_fw-la neminem_fw-la oportet_fw-la dubitare_fw-la christianum_fw-la quando_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la etiam_fw-la singulis_fw-la plures_fw-la habere_fw-la concessum_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la ratio_fw-la fuit_fw-la prolis_fw-la multiplicandae_fw-la non_fw-la variandae_fw-la appetitio_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la but_o because_o we_o be_v so_o overrun_v with_o grotius_n in_o england_n of_o late_a year_n that_o nothing_o will_v go_v down_o with_o our_o modish_a divine_n but_o what_o grotius_n have_v chew_v for_o they_o and_o if_o he_o do_v but_o say_v it_o down_o it_o go_v right_a or_o wrong_n insomuch_o that_o they_o can_v no_o more_o write_v without_o grotius_n grotius_n than_o 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8._o continet_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la genus_fw-la protestationem_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la totum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la suum_fw-la accepisset_fw-la à _fw-la dâ—o_fw-la cum_fw-la recognitione_n &_o gratiarum_fw-la acâ—ione_fw-la idâ—oque_fw-la totum_fw-la illâ—d_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la nullà _fw-fr parte_fw-la reservaâ—â_fw-la igne_fw-la consumi_fw-la debebat_fw-la in_o honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la est._n in_o lib._n 2._o do_v 25._o §._o 27._o exod._n 29.18_o levit._fw-la 1.9_o rev._n 8.3_o de_fw-fr precibus_fw-la vero_fw-la sacrificalibus_fw-la quales_fw-la erant_fw-la vid._n outr._n l._n 1._o c._n 15._o &_o jo._n seld._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat_n &_o gentium_fw-la juxta_fw-la discipl_n ebr._n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o &_o lightsoot_n c._n 9_o §._o 6._o adami_n seu_fw-la praeficti_fw-la ecclesâ—e_fw-la moderande_fw-fr duplex_fw-la fuisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la ofsicium_fw-la unum_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la alterum_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la ..._o saepius_fw-la iteravit_fw-la &_o 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the_o world_n part_n 1._o ch_z 6._o sect_n 2._o gen._n 9.23_o gen._n 10.21_o gen._n 10._o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n book_n 1._o part_n ch_z 8_o §._o 2._o numb_a 24.24_o though_o goodness_n may_v be_v repair_v in_o ourselves_o yet_o it_o can_v be_v propagate_v unto_o we_o ...._o doubtless_o their_o education_n be_v holy_a for_o adam_n though_o in_o paradise_n he_o can_v not_o be_v innocent_a yet_o be_v a_o good_a man_n out_o of_o paradise_n say_v bishop_n hall_n contemplate_v on_o cain_n and_o abel_n ut_fw-la fusè_fw-la explicat_fw-la bertramus_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr rep._n ebr_n cap._n 2._o &_o jo_n seld._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la natur._n &_o gen._n etc._n etc._n cap._n 8._o 8._o josh._n 24.2_o 3._o isal._n 51.1_o 2._o 2._o montag_n apparat_fw-la c._n 1._o sect._n 28._o jos._n antiq._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o egypt_n give_v relief_n to_o abraham_n when_o canaan_n can_v not_o afford_v he_o bread_n which_o yet_o he_o must_v believe_v shall_v flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n to_o his_o 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quantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la quare_fw-la fiejudicent_fw-la nihil_fw-la habent_fw-la imòverò_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la ejus_fw-la aliena_fw-la suissent_fw-la cruenta_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la quî_fw-la sactum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la cujas_fw-la idem_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la genus_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la sacrificaret_fw-la outr._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1._o ubi_fw-la vir_fw-la cl._n coactus_fw-la est_fw-la sareri_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la typica_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la instituta_fw-la ante_fw-la mofen_n gen._n 20.7_o gal_n 3_o 3_o videsis_n tamen_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la hâcre_fw-la senferit_fw-la p._n cunaeus_n de_fw-fr rep._n hebraeorum_n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o 3._o corn._n à _fw-fr lap._n in_o locum_fw-la qui_fw-la interimpios_fw-la piè_fw-la &_o juslè_fw-la vix_fw-la it_o ..._o accuratissimè_fw-la v._n matth._n po._n lus_z in_o synopsi_fw-la ad_fw-la heb._n c._n 7._o 7._o sine_fw-la patre_fw-la sine_fw-la matre_fw-la quia_fw-la sine_fw-la genealogia_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la viris_fw-la magnis_fw-la contra_fw-la à _fw-la mose_n fieri_fw-la solebat_fw-la imò_fw-la nallis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la esse_fw-la dicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la magni_fw-la &_o illustres_fw-la viri_fw-la quorum_fw-la parent_n non_fw-la memorantur_fw-la nam_fw-la seneca_n duorum_fw-la regum_fw-la meminit_fw-la quorum_fw-la alter_fw-la inquit_fw-la patrem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la alter_fw-la matrem_fw-la ep._n 108._o in_o outr._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o cujus_fw-la libri_fw-la cl._n de_fw-fr sacrif_n ad_fw-la manus_fw-la meas_fw-la non_fw-la pervenêre_fw-la nisi_fw-la post_fw-la exaratas_fw-la &_o propemodum_fw-la fiâ—itas_fw-la hasce_fw-la chartas_n quaeratio_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n in_o ipsis_fw-la columnis_fw-la postea_fw-la non_fw-la citentur_fw-la gen._n 9.26_o gen._n 10_o 21_o etc._n etc._n gen._n 4.26_o gen._n 4.26_o gen._n 9.26_o montague_n act_n and_o monument_n which_o the_o be_v his_o apparatus_fw-la otherwise_o accommodate_v ch_z 1._o §_o 29._o gen._n 17.7_o con_n empl_a of_o abraham_n book_n 2._o act_n 7.2_o gen_n 12._o â—_o 2_o 3_o ab_fw-la anno_fw-la mun._n ut_fw-la simson_n computat_fw-la 2077_o add_v an._n mun._n 2108._o 2108._o with_o a_o second_o assurance_n deliver_v as_o a_o new_a promise_n point_v out_o the_o land_n in_o particular_a which_o he_o have_v be_v command_v to_o survey_v gen._n 13.7_o gen._n 13.14_o 15_o 16._o gen._n 15.1_o gen._n 15.6_o etc._n etc._n gen._n 16.2_o ver._n 3._o 3._o ut_fw-la probat_fw-la jo._n seldenus_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la etc._n etc._n libr._n 5._o cap._n 7._o 7._o as_o dan_n and_o naphtali_n son_n of_o bilhab_n and_o gad_n and_o ashur_n son_n of_o zilpah_n zilpah_n judg._n 1_o 1.2_o mar._n 19.4_o alii_fw-la dicunt_fw-la filios_fw-la concubinarum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gentis_fw-la haeredes_fw-la quidem_fw-la esse_fw-la seu_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la item_n ancillarum_fw-la alienigenarum_fw-la ut_fw-la agar_n vide_fw-la que_fw-la sarah_n suggerit_fw-la cap._n 21.10_o gen._n 15._o ult_n &_o 17_o 1._o gen_n 17.18_o rev._n 12.4_o gen._n 21.9_o gal._n 4.24_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 10.11_o evidenter_fw-la ergo_fw-la paulus_n pronunciat_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la sidem_fw-la à _fw-la chrislo_fw-la consequitar_n libâ—rtatem_fw-la filius_fw-la sit_fw-la liberae_fw-la &_o hanc_fw-la dicit_fw-la esse_fw-la sursum_fw-la jerusalem_n quae_fw-la libera_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la mater_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la orig_n in_o cantic_a homil_n 2._o tom_n 1._o he_o vero_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la gentibus_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la domino_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la &_o non_fw-la videntur_fw-la sub_fw-la huius_fw-la viri_fw-la i.e._n sub_fw-la legis_fw-la vixisse_fw-la poteslate_v nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la habuisse_fw-la virum_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la esaias_n declarat_fw-la dicens_fw-la laetare_fw-la slerilis_fw-la quae_fw-la