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the_o inhabitant_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a be_v black_a homer_n that_o old_a poet_n say_v there_o be_v two_o ethiopa_n odyss_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o lie_v upon_o the_o east_n that_o on_o the_o west_n there_o be_v also_o a_o part_n of_o the_o i_o will_v eubaea_n call_v aethiopon_n of_o that_o point_n of_o time_n wherein_o the_o city_n of_o god_n begin_v a_o new_a order_n of_o succession_n in_o abraham_n chap._n 12._o now_o let_v we_o see_v how_o the_o city_n of_o god_n proceed_v from_o that_o minute_n wherein_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v more_o eminent_a and_o evident_a in_o promise_n unto_o abraham_n which_o now_o we_o see_v fulfil_v in_o christ._n thus_o the_o holy_a scripture_n teach_v we_o then_o that_o
small_a that_o he_o that_o discern_v they_o as_o they_o fly_v must_v have_v a_o sharp_a eye_n but_o when_o they_o alight_v upon_o the_o body_n they_o will_v soon_o make_v themselves_o know_v to_o his_o feel_n though_o his_o sight_n discern_v they_o not_o super_fw-la exod._n by_o this_o creature_n origen_n understand_v logic_n which_o enter_v the_o mind_n with_o such_o sting_n of_o undiscerned_a subtlety_n that_o the_o party_n deceive_v never_o perceive_v till_o he_o be_v fetch_v over_o but_o the_o latin_n nor_o the_o greek_n ever_o use_v either_o cynipe_n or_o snipe_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o seventy_o either_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnat-like_a creature_n say_v suidas_n and_o such_o as_o eat_v hole_n in_o wood_n psal._n 104._o the_o hebrew_n and_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n read_v lice_n for_o this_o word_n as_o josephus_n do_v also_o d_o horsefly_n or_o dogge-flies_a the_o vulgar_a read_v fly_n only_o e_z grasshopper_n the_o field_n plague_n much_o endamage_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n that_o border_v grasshopper_n upon_o egypt_n pliny_n say_v they_o be_v hold_v note_n of_o god_n wrath_n where_o they_o exceed_v thus_o f_z groan_v under_o perfracti_fw-la perfractus_fw-la be_v thorough_o tame_v praefractus_fw-la obstinate_a g_o passove_a phase_n be_v a_o pass_v over_o because_o the_o angel_n of_o death_n pass_v over_o the_o israelite_n house_n &_o smite_v they_o not_o hence_o arise_v the_o paschal_n feast_n hieron_n in_o mich._n lib._n 2._o not_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o suffer_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v from_o the_o passion_n in_o matth._n h_o who_o name_n in_o hebrew_a josuah_n and_o jesus_n seem_v all_o one_o iâ—…s_n both_o be_v salvation_n and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedech_n in_o esdras_n be_v call_v josuah_n ay_o who_o son_n mat._n 1._o a_o 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o course_n of_o the_o gospel_n christ_n be_v especial_o call_v the_o son_n of_o two_o abraham_n or_o david_n for_o to_o they_o be_v he_o chief_o promise_v k_o à _fw-la non_fw-la fando_fw-la and_o therefore_o iâ—…_n great_a fellow_n that_o can_v speak_v be_v sometime_o call_v infant_n and_o such_o also_o as_o stammer_v 〈◊〉_d their_o language_n and_o such_o likewise_o as_o be_v express_a dolt_n and_o sot_n in_o matter_n of_o learning_n defective_a will_v challenge_v the_o name_n of_o great_a artist_n philosopher_n and_o divine_n finis_fw-la lib._n 16._o the_o content_n of_o the_o seaventeenth_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 2._o at_o what_o time_n god_n promise_v concern_v 〈◊〉_d land_n of_o canaan_n be_v fulfil_v and_o israel_n â—…ed_v it_o to_o dwell_v in_o and_o possess_v 3._o the_o prophet_n three_o meaning_n of_o earthly_a â—…lem_n of_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o of_o both_o 4._o the_o change_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n anâ—…â—…uels_n mother_n a_o prophetess_n and_o a_o type_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n what_o she_o prophesy_v 5._o the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o heli_n the_o priest_n â—…g_v the_o take_v away_o of_o aaron_n priestâ—…_n 6._o the_o promise_n of_o the_o priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o their_o kingdom_n to_o stand_v eternal_o â—…ed_v in_o that_o sort_n that_o other_o promise_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nded_v nature_n be_v 〈◊〉_d kingdom_n of_o israel_n rend_v prefigure_v â—…all_a division_n between_o the_o spiritual_a â—…ll_n israel_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ises_n make_v to_o david_n concern_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fulfil_v in_o solomon_n but_o in_o christ._n 〈◊〉_d â—…phecy_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o 88_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d â—…s_v of_o nathan_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diverse_a action_n do_v in_o the_o earthly_a jeâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n differ_v from_o god_n 〈◊〉_d to_o show_v that_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n conâ—…â—…he_v glory_n of_o a_o other_o kingdom_n and_o anâ—…â—…g_v 11._o the_o substance_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n who_o 〈◊〉_d christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n who_o only_o have_v power_n to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…e_a soul_n of_o man_n from_o hell_n 12._o â—…her_n verse_n of_o the_o former_a psalm_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o it_o belong_v 13._o whether_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o promise_a peace_n may_v be_v ascribe_v unto_o salomon_n time_n 14._o of_o david_n endeavour_n in_o compose_v of_o the_o psalm_n 15._o whether_o all_o thing_n concern_v christ_n &_o his_o church_n in_o the_o psalm_n be_v to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o this_o work_n 16._o of_o the_o forty_o five_o psalm_n the_o trope_n and_o truth_n therein_o concern_v christ_n and_o the_o church_n 17._o of_o the_o reference_n of_o the_o hundred_o and_o ten_o psalm_n unto_o christ_n priesthood_n and_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o unto_o his_o passion_n 18._o christ_n death_n and_o resurrection_n prophesy_v in_o psalm_n 3._o et_fw-la 40._o 15._o et_fw-la 67._o 19_o the_o obstinate_a infidelity_n of_o the_o jew_n declare_v in_o the_o 69._o psalm_n 20._o david_n kingdom_n his_o merit_n his_o son_n solomon_n his_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n in_o salomon_n book_n and_o in_o book_n that_o be_v annex_v unto_o they_o 21._o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n after_o solomon_n 22._o how_o hieroboam_n infect_v his_o subject_n with_o idolatry_n yet_o do_v god_n never_o fail_v they_o in_o prophet_n nor_o in_o keep_v many_o from_o that_o infection_n 23._o the_o state_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n unto_o both_o their_o captivity_n which_o befall_v at_o different_a time_n diverse_o alter_v judah_n unite_v to_o israel_n and_o last_o both_o unto_o rome_n 24._o of_o the_o last_o prophet_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n be_v bear_v finis_fw-la the_o seventeen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n chap._n 1._o thus_o have_v we_o attain_v the_o understanding_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n and_o due_a unto_o israel_n his_o seed_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o earth_n as_o his_o seed_n in_o the_o spirit_n how_o they_o be_v fulfil_v the_o progress_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n in_o those_o time_n do_v manifest_a now_o because_o our_o last_o book_n end_v at_o the_o reign_n of_o david_n let_v we_o in_o this_o book_n proceed_v with_o the_o same_o reign_n as_o far_o as_o be_v requisite_a all_o the_o time_n therefore_o between_o samuel_n first_o prophecy_n and_o the_o return_v of_o israel_n from_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n in_o babylon_n to_o repair_v the_o temple_n as_o hieremy_n have_v prophesy_v all_o this_o be_v call_v the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 7._o for_o although_o that_o the_o patriarch_n noah_n in_o who_o time_n the_o universal_a deluge_n befall_v and_o diverse_a other_o live_v before_o there_o be_v king_n in_o israel_n for_o some_o holy_a and_o heavenly_a prediction_n of_o they_o may_v not_o undeserued_o be_v call_v ah_o prophet_n especial_o 4_o see_v we_o see_v abraham_n and_o moses_n chief_o call_v by_o those_o name_n and_o more_o express_o than_o the_o rest_n yet_o the_o day_n wherein_o samuel_n begin_v to_o prophecy_n 16_o be_v call_v peculiar_o the_o prophet_n time_n samuel_n anoint_a saul_n first_o and_o afterward_o he_o be_v reject_v he_o anoint_a david_n for_o king_n by_o god_n express_a command_n and_o from_o david_n loin_n be_v all_o the_o blood_n royal_a to_o descend_v during_o that_o kingdom_n continuance_n but_o if_o i_o shall_v rehearse_v all_o that_o the_o prophet_n each_o in_o his_o time_n successive_o presage_v of_o christ_n during_o all_o this_o time_n that_o the_o city_n of_o god_n continue_v in_o those_o time_n and_o member_n of_o he_o i_o shall_v never_o make_v a_o end_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n though_o they_o seem_v but_o a_o bare_a relation_n of_o the_o successive_a deed_n of_o each_o king_n in_o his_o time_n yet_o be_v consider_v with_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n spirit_n will_v prove_v either_o more_o or_o as_o full_o prophecy_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o history_n of_o thing_n past_a and_o how_o laborious_a it_o be_v to_o stand_v upon_o each_o peculiar_a hereof_o and_o how_o huge_a a_o work_n it_o will_v amount_v unto_o who_o know_v not_o that_o have_v any_o insight_n herein_o second_o because_o the_o prophecy_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o kingdom_n the_o city_n of_o god_n be_v so_o many_o in_o multitude_n that_o the_o disputation_n arise_v hereof_o will_v not_o be_v contain_v in_o a_o far_o big_a volume_n than_o be_v necessary_a for_o my_o intent_n so_o that_o as_o i_o will_v restrain_v my_o pen_n as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v from_o all_o superfluous_a relation_n in_o this_o work_n so_o will_v i_o not_o ommit_v any_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v real_o pertinent_a unto_o our_o purpose_n l._n vives_n call_v a_o prophet_n the_o hebrew_n call_v they_o seer_n because_o they_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o prediction_n or_o prefiguration_n of_o any_o thing_n with_o
god_n so_o do_v christ_n find_v she_o in_o his_o patriarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…hets_n before_o he_o take_v flesh_n in_o she_o from_o the_o virgin_n mary_n see_v therefore_o 〈◊〉_d prophet_n so_o long_a agoc_n say_v that_o of_o this_o city_n which_o now_o we_o behold_v come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o steed_n of_o father_n thou_o shall_v have_v child_n to_o make_v they_o prince_n over_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d so_o have_v she_o when_o whole_a nation_n and_o their_o ruler_n come_v free_o to_o conâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d proffesse_v christ_n his_o truth_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o then_o without_o all_o doubt_n there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ope_v herein_o how_o ever_o understand_v but_o have_v direct_a reference_n unto_o these_o 〈◊〉_d station_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o generation_n so_o read_v the_o 70._o who_o augustine_n ever_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o reduplication_n be_v very_o emphatical_a in_o the_o hebrew_n b_o to_o those_o that_o he_o never_o christ_n while_o he_o be_v on_o the_o earth_n never_o come_v nor_o preach_v in_o any_o nation_n but_o israel_n nor_o matterâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d thaâ—…_n some_o few_o gentile_n come_v unto_o he_o we_o speak_v here_o of_o whole_a nation_n c_o men_n shall_v call_v it_o the_o seventy_o read_v it_o thus_o indeed_o but_o erroneous_o as_o hierome_n note_v in_o psalm_n 89._o for_o they_o have_v write_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v zion_n which_o read_v some_o conceyve_n not_o reject_v and_o add_v 〈◊〉_d read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o other_o siâ—…n_n and_o that_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o follow_v he_o be_v make_v man_n therein_o but_o the_o vulgar_a follow_v the_o hebrew_n and_o read_v it_o with_o a_o interrogation_n of_o the_o reference_n of_o the_o 110._o psalm_n unto_o christ_n priesthood_n and_o the_o 22._o unto_o his_o passion_n chap._n 17._o for_o in_o that_o psalm_n that_o as_o this_o call_v christ_n a_o king_n enstile_v he_o a_o priest_n beginning_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n sit_v thou_o at_o my_o right_a hand_n until_o i_o make_v thy_o enemy_n thy_o footstool_n we_o believe_v that_o christ_n sit_v at_o god_n right_a hand_n but_o we_o see_v it_o not_o nor_o that_o his_o enemy_n be_v all_o under_o his_o foot_n which_o ah_o must_v appear_v in_o the_o end_n and_o be_v now_o believe_v as_o it_o shall_v hereafter_o be_v behold_v but_o then_o the_o rest_n the_o lord_n shall_v send_v the_o rod_n of_o thy_o power_n out_o of_o zion_n be_v thou_o ruler_n amid_o thy_o enemy_n this_o be_v so_o plain_a that_o nought_o but_o impudence_n itself_o can_v contradict_v it_o the_o enemy_n themselves_o confess_v that_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n come_v out_o of_o zion_n that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o gospel_n and_o avouch_v to_o be_v the_o rod_n of_o his_o power_n and_o that_o he_o rule_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o enemy_n themselves_o his_o slave_n with_o grudge_v and_o fruitless_a gnash_n of_o tooth_n do_v real_o acknowledge_v furthermore_n the_o lord_n swear_v and_o will_v not_o repent_v which_o prove_v the_o sequence_n eternal_o establish_v thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedech_n the_o reason_n be_v aaron_n priesthood_n and_o sacrifice_n be_v abolish_v and_o now_o in_o all_o the_o world_n under_o christ_n the_o priest_n we_o offer_v that_o 22_o which_o melchisedech_n bring_v forth_o when_o he_o bless_v abraham_n who_o doubt_v now_o of_o who_o this_o be_v speak_v and_o unto_o this_o manifestation_n be_v the_o other_o trope_n of_o the_o psalm_n refer_v as_o we_o have_v declare_v they_o peculiar_o in_o our_o sermon_n and_o in_o that_o psalm_n also_o wherein_o christ_n prophesi_v of_o his_o passion_n by_o david_n mouth_n say_v they_o pierce_v my_o hand_n and_o my_o foot_n they_o count_v all_o my_o bone_n and_o stand_v 22_o gaze_v upon_o i_o these_o word_n be_v a_o plain_a description_n of_o his_o posture_n on_o the_o cross_n his_o nail_v of_o his_o hand_n and_o foot_n his_o whole_a body_n stretch_v at_o length_n and_o make_v a_o rueful_a gaze_a stock_n to_o the_o beholder_n nay_o more_o they_o part_v my_o garment_n among_o they_o they_o cast_v lot_n upon_o my_o vesture_n how_o this_o be_v fulfil_v let_v the_o gospel_n tell_v you_o and_o so_o in_o this_o there_o be_v diverse_a obscurity_n which_o not_o withstand_v be_v all_o congruent_a with_o the_o main_a and_o scope_n of_o the_o psalm_n manifest_v in_o the_o passion_n chief_o see_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o psalm_n presage_v so_o long_o before_o be_v but_o now_o effect_v as_o it_o foretold_v and_o even_o now_o be_v open_v unto_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o it_o say_v a_o little_a after_o all_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v remember_v themselves_o and_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n all_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v worship_v before_o he_o for_o the_o kingdom_n be_v the_o lord_n and_o he_o rule_v among_o the_o nation_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o â—…st_v appear_v in_o the_o end_n but_o now_o be_v only_o believe_v saint_n paul_n write_v much_o of_o it_o unto_o the_o corynthian_o and_o hebrew_n christ_n death_n and_o resurrection_n prophesy_v in_o psalm_n 3._o &_o 40._o &_o 15._o &_o 67._o chap._n 18._o neither_o be_v the_o psalm_n silent_a of_o his_o resurrection_n for_o what_o be_v that_o of_o the_o three_o psalm_n i_o lay_v i_o down_o and_o sleep_v and_o rise_v again_o for_o the_o lord_n sustain_v i_o will_v any_o one_o say_v that_o the_o prophet_n will_v record_v it_o for_o such_o a_o great_a thing_n to_o sleep_v and_o 3_o to_o rise_v but_o that_o he_o mean_v by_o sleep_n death_n and_o by_o rise_v again_o the_o resurrection_n thing_n that_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v prophesy_v of_o christ_n this_o in_o the_o 41._o psalm_n be_v most_o plain_a for_o david_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o mediator_n discourse_v as_o he_o use_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o if_o they_o be_v already_o past_a because_o they_o be_v already_o past_a in_o god_n predestination_n a_o and_o prescience_n say_v thus_o my_o enemy_n speak_v evil_a of_o i_o say_v when_o shall_v he_o die_v and_o his_o name_n perish_v and_o if_o he_o come_v to_o see_v he_o speak_v lie_n and_o his_o heart_n he_o ap_v up_o iniquity_n within_o he_o and_o he_o go_v forth_o and_o tell_v it_o my_o eneâ—…_n 41_o whisper_v together_o against_o i_o and_o imagine_v how_o to_o hurt_v i_o they_o have_v speak_v a_o unjust_a thing_n upon_o i_o shall_v not_o he_o that_o sleep_v arise_v again_o this_o be_v even_o as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v shall_v not_o he_o that_o be_v dead_a revive_v again_o the_o precedence_n do_v show_v how_o they_o conspire_v his_o death_n and_o how_o he_o that_o come_v in_o to_o see_v he_o go_v for_o to_o bewray_v he_o to_o they_o and_o why_o be_v not_o this_o that_o traitor_n judas_n his_o disciple_n now_o because_o he_o 〈◊〉_d they_o will_v effect_v their_o wicked_a purpose_n to_o kill_v he_o he_o to_o show_v the_o fondness_n of_o their_o malice_n in_o murder_v he_o that_o shall_v rise_v again_o say_v these_o word_n â—…ll_v not_o he_o that_o sleep_v arise_v again_o as_o if_o he_o say_v you_o fool_n your_o wickedness_n procure_v but_o my_o sleep_n but_o lest_o they_o shall_v do_v such_o a_o villainy_n unpunished_a he_o mean_v to_o repay_v they_o at_o full_a say_v my_o friend_n and_o familiar_a who_o i_o trust_v and_o who_o eat_v of_o my_o â—…ead_n even_o he_o have_v b_o kick_v at_o i_o but_o thou_o lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o raise_v i_o up_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v requite_v they_o who_o be_v he_o now_o that_o behold_v the_o jew_n beat_v out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nd_n and_o make_v vagabond_n all_o the_o world_n over_o since_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ceiveth_v not_o the_o scope_n of_o this_o prophecy_n for_o he_o rise_v again_o after_o they_o have_v 〈◊〉_d and_o repay_v they_o with_o temporal_a plague_n beside_o those_o that_o he_o reâ—…_n for_o the_o rest_n until_o the_o great_a judgement_n for_o christ_n himself_o show_v his_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o apostle_n by_o reach_v he_o a_o piece_n of_o bread_n remember_v this_o verse_n 〈◊〉_d â—…alm_n &_o show_v it_o fulfil_v in_o himself_o he_o that_o do_v eat_v of_o my_o bread_n even_o he_o have_v 〈◊〉_d â—…e_n the_o word_n in_o who_o i_o trust_v agree_v not_o with_o the_o head_n but_o with_o the_o â—…ts_n proper_o for_o our_o saviour_n know_v he_o well_o before_o hand_n when_o he_o say_v c_o 21._o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o devil_n but_o christ_n use_v to_o transfer_v the_o propriety_n of_o his_o member_n 〈◊〉_d â—…mselfe_n as_o be_v their_o head_n body_n and_o head_n be_v all_o one_o christ._n and_o therâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o gospel_n i_o be_v hungry_a and_o you_o give_v i_o to_o eat_v he_o expound_v afâ—…_n 35_o thus_o
the_o seventy_o but_o the_o put_n of_o it_o in_o alter_v not_o 〈◊〉_d sense_n e_z who_o be_v go_n out_o this_o exclude_v all_o mortal_a man_n from_o be_v mean_v of_o in_o this_o â—…ecy_n inculd_v only_o that_o eternal_a saviour_n who_o essence_n have_v be_v from_o all_o eternity_n 〈◊〉_d will_v he_o give_v they_o the_o gentile_n shall_v rule_v until_o the_o body_n of_o their_o state_n do_v bring_v forth_o â—…en_v unto_o the_o lord_n g_o the_o remnant_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o people_n israel_n and_o the_o spiriâ—…_n seed_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n they_o shall_v believe_v on_o that_o christ_n that_o be_v promise_v to_o the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d h_z he_o shall_v stand_v here_o shall_v be_v rest_n and_o security_n the_o lord_n look_v unto_o all_o his_o sheep_n 〈◊〉_d â—…eeding_v they_o with_o his_o powerful_a grace_n ay_o jonas_n be_v cast_v overboard_n by_o the_o sailor_n jonaâ—…_n â—…orme_n he_o be_v catch_v up_o by_o a_o whale_n and_o at_o the_o three_o day_n end_n be_v cast_v a_o shore_n by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d be_v he_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n himself_a unto_o the_o tempt_a jew_n mat._n 12._o 39_o 40._o k_o by_o 〈◊〉_d apostle_n act._n 2._o 17._o 18._o prophecy_n of_o abdi_n naum_n and_o abacuc_n concern_v the_o world_n salvation_n in_o christ._n chap._n 31._o â—…herefore_o the_o small_a prophet_n a_o abdi_n b_o naum_n and_o c_o abacuc_n 〈◊〉_d never_o mention_v the_o time_n nor_o do_v eusebius_n or_o hierome_n supply_v that_o â—…ct_n they_o place_n d_o abdi_n and_o michaeas_n both_o together_o but_o not_o â—…re_o where_o they_o record_v the_o time_n of_o michaeas_n his_o prophesy_a e_o which_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o transcriber_n i_o think_v be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o two_o other_o we_o can_v once_o find_v name_v in_o our_o copy_n yet_o since_o they_o be_v cannonicall_a we_o may_v not_o omit_v they_o abdi_n in_o his_o writing_n be_v the_o brief_a of_o they_o all_o he_o speak_v against_o idumaea_n the_o reprobate_a progeny_n of_o esau_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o isaac_n and_o grandchild_n of_o abraham_n now_o if_o we_o take_v idumaea_n by_o a_o synecdoche_n partis_fw-la g_o for_o all_o the_o nation_n we_o may_v take_v this_o prophecy_n of_o he_o to_o be_v mean_v of_o christ_n upon_o mount_n zion_n shall_v be_v salvation_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o by_o and_o by_o after_o they_o that_o h_z shall_v be_v save_v shall_v come_v out_o of_o zion_n that_o be_v the_o believer_n in_o christ_n the_o apostle_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o judah_n to_o defend_v mount_n esau._n how_o to_o defend_v it_o but_o by_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o save_v the_o believer_n and_o translate_v they_o into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n as_o the_o sequel_n show_v and_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v the_o lord_n for_o mount_n zion_n signify_v juda_n the_o store-house_n of_o salvation_n and_o the_o holy_a mother_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o ay_o mount_v esau_n be_v idumaea_n prefigure_v the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o they_o that_o be_v save_v come_v out_o of_o zion_n to_o defend_v that_o the_o kingdom_n may_v be_v the_o lord_n this_o be_v unknown_a ere_o it_o be_v do_v but_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v who_o do_v not_o discern_v it_o now_o the_o prophet_n naum_n nay_o god_n in_o he_o say_v i_o will_v abolish_v the_o grave_v and_o melt_a image_n and_o make_v they_o thy_o 1_o k_o grave_n behold_v upon_o the_o foot_n of_o he_o that_o declare_v and_o publish_v peace_n o_o judah_n keep_v thy_o solemn_a feast_n perform_v thy_o vow_n for_o the_o wicked_a shall_v no_o more_o pass_v through_o thou_o he_o be_v utter_o cut_v off_o he_o that_o breathe_v in_o thy_o face_n and_o free_v thou_o from_o tribulation_n ascend_v who_o be_v this_o that_o do_v thus_o remember_v the_o holy_a ghost_n remember_v the_o gospel_n for_o this_o belong_v to_o the_o new_a testament_n who_o feast_n be_v renew_v never_o more_o to_o cease_v the_o gospel_n we_o see_v have_v abolish_v all_o those_o grave_v and_o melt_a image_n those_o false_a idol_n &_o have_v lay_v they_o in_o oblivion_n as_o in_o a_o grave_n herein_o we_o see_v this_o prophecy_n fulfil_v now_o for_o abacuk_n of_o what_o do_v he_o mean_v but_o of_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n when_o he_o say_v the_o lord_n answer_v say_v write_v the_o vision_n and_o make_v it_o plain_a on_o table_n that_o he_o may_v run_v that_o read_v it_o for_o the_o vision_n be_v yet_o for_o a_o appoint_a time_n but_o at_o the_o last_o it_o shall_v speak_v and_o not_o lie_v though_o it_o tarry_v 2_o await_n for_o it_o shall_v come_v sure_o and_o shall_v not_o stay_v l._n vives_n abdi_n a_o the_o hebrew_n say_v hierome_n say_v this_o be_v he_o that_o in_o the_o persecution_n under_o achab_n and_o jezabel_n feed_v one_o hundred_o prophet_n in_o cave_n that_o never_o bow_v the_o knee_n unto_o abdi_n baal_n and_o those_o be_v part_n of_o the_o seven_o thousand_o who_o elias_n know_v not_o his_o sepulchrâ—…e_n be_v next_o unto_o heliseus_fw-la the_o prophet_n and_o john_n baptist_n in_o sebasta_n otherwise_o call_v samaria_n this_o man_n get_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n because_o he_o feed_v those_o prophet_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o of_o a_o warrior_n become_v a_o teacher_n hier._n in_o abdi_n he_o be_v in_o josaphats_n time_n before_o any_o of_o the_o other_o tiber_n be_v king_n of_o the_o latin_n b_o naum_n he_o live_v in_o joathans_n time_n the_o king_n of_o juda_n joseph_n lib._n 9_o c_o abacuc_n of_o he_o be_v mention_v make_v in_o daniel_n c._n 14._o that_o he_o bring_v daniel_n his_o dinner_n from_o juda_n defective_a to_o babylon_n but_o augustine_n use_v not_o this_o place_n to_o prove_v his_o time_n because_o that_o history_n of_o â—…el_n and_o all_o this_o fourteen_o chapter_n together_o with_o the_o history_n of_o susanna_n be_v apocryphal_a neither_o write_v in_o hebrew_n nor_o translate_v by_o the_o seventy_o abacuc_n prophesy_v say_v hierome_n when_o nabucodrosar_n lead_v judah_n and_o benjamin_n into_o captivity_n and_o his_o prophecy_n be_v all_o against_o babylon_n d_o abdi_n and_o eusebius_n place_v addi_fw-la and_o michaeas_n both_o under_o josaphat_n it_o be_v true_a that_o abdi_n live_v then_o but_o for_o michaeas_n his_o own_o word_n cite_v before_o by_o augustine_n do_v disproove_v it_o for_o his_o vision_n befall_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o joathan_n achaz_n and_o ezechias_n long_o after_o josaphat_n e_z which_o she_o negligence_n i_o assure_v you_o there_o be_v error_n in_o eusebius_n very_o dangerous_a both_o to_o the_o ignorant_a and_o the_o learned_a f_z idumaea_n it_o adjoin_v to_o palestina_n and_o be_v the_o next_o country_n beyond_o idumaea_n arrabia_n pliny_n joseph_n hierom._n the_o greek_a and_o latin_a author_n call_v they_o nabathei_n inhabit_v the_o city_n petra_n the_o land_n have_v the_o name_n of_o esau_n who_o be_v otherwise_o call_v edom_n for_o diverse_a cause_n g_o for_o all_o the_o nation_n idumaea_n be_v no_o part_n of_o israel_n but_o yet_o they_o descend_v both_o from_o isaac_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o foe_n unto_o juda_n and_o the_o jew_n call_v the_o roman_n idumaean_n iduâ—…_n signify_v flesh_n which_o fight_v against_o the_o spirit_n b_o shall_v be_v save_v the_o hebrew_n be_v shall_v 〈◊〉_d ay_o mount_v esau_n the_o mountain_n in_o idumaea_n be_v call_v seir._n joseph_n josuah_n chap._n 24_o idumaea_n because_o they_o be_v rugged_a and_o rough_a as_o esau_n be_v k_o thy_o grave_n the_o hebrew_n add_v for_o thou_o at_o vile_a saint_n paul_n have_v not_o his_o quotation_n rom._n 10._o 15._o from_o hence_o but_o from_o the_o fifteen_v of_o isaiah_n the_o prophecy_n contain_v in_o the_o song_n and_o prayer_n of_o abacuc_n chap._n 32._o and_o in_o his_o prayer_n and_o song_n who_o do_v he_o speak_v unto_o but_o christ_n say_v o_o lord_n i_o hear_v thy_o voice_n and_o be_v afraid_a lord_n i_o consider_v thy_o work_n and_o be_v terrify_v what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o ineffable_a admiration_n of_o that_o sudden_a and_o unknown_a salvation_n of_o man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o two_o shall_v thou_o be_v know_v what_o be_v those_o two_o the_o two_o testament_n the_o two_o thief_n or_o the_o two_o prophet_n moses_n and_o elias_n in_o the_o approach_n of_o year_n shall_v thou_o be_v know_v this_o be_v plain_a it_o need_v no_o exposition_n but_o that_o which_o follow_v my_o soul_n be_v trouble_v therewith_o in_o thy_o wrath_n remember_v mercy_n be_v mean_v of_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o nation_n he_o be_v who_o be_v mad_a in_o their_o wrath_n and_o crucify_a christ_n he_o remember_v his_o mercy_n say_v father_n forgive_v they_o they_o 〈◊〉_d not_o what_o they_o do_v god_n shall_v come_v from_o theman_n and_o the_o holy_a one_o from_o the_o thick_a and_o dark_a mountain_n from_o a_o theman_n say_v
the_o apostle_n call_v sin_n say_v i_o do_v not_o this_o but_o the_o sin_n which_o dwell_v in_o i_o which_o part_n the_o philosopher_n call_v the_o vicious_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o ought_v not_o to_o rule_v but_o to_o serve_v the_o mind_n and_o be_v thereby_o curb_v from_o unreasonable_a act_n when_o this_o move_v we_o to_o any_o mischief_n if_o we_o follow_v the_o apostle_n counsel_n say_v give_v not_o your_o member_n as_o weapon_n of_o unrighteousness_n unto_o 13._o sin_n then_o be_v this_o part_n conquer_v and_o bring_v under_o the_o mind_n and_o reason_n this_o rule_n god_n give_v he_o that_o malice_v his_o brother_n and_o desire_v to_o kill_v he_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o follow_v be_v quiet_a quoth_v he_o yâ—_z be_v keep_v thy_o hand_n out_o of_o mischief_n let_v not_o sin_n get_v predominance_n in_o thy_o body_n to_o effect_v what_o it_o desire_v nor_o give_v thou_o thy_o member_n up_o as_o weapon_n of_o unrighteousness_n thereunto_o for_o unto_o thou_o shall_v the_o desire_n thereof_o become_v subject_a if_o thou_o restrain_v it_o by_o supression_n and_o increase_v it_o not_o by_o give_v it_o scope_n and_o thou_o shall_v rule_v over_o it_o permit_v it_o not_o to_o perform_v any_o external_a act_n and_o thy_o goodness_n of_o will_n shall_v exclude_v it_o from_o all_o internal_a motion_n such_o a_o say_n there_o be_v also_o of_o the_o woman_n when_o god_n have_v examine_v and_o condemn_v our_o first_o parent_n after_o their_o sin_n the_o devil_n in_o the_o serpent_n and_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o themselves_o i_o will_v great_o increase_v thy_o sorrow_n and_o thy_o conception_n say_v he_o in_o sorrow_n shall_v thou_o bring_v forth_o child_n and_o then_o he_o add_v and_o thy_o desire_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o thy_o husband_n and_o he_o shall_v rule_v over_o thou_o thus_o what_o be_v to_o cain_n concern_v sin_n or_o concupiscence_n the_o same_o be_v say_v here_o to_o the_o offend_a woman_n where_o we_o must_v learn_v that_o the_o man_n must_v 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or_o corporal_o and_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o as_o he_o do_v to_o abraham_n moses_n etc._n etc._n in_o a_o corporal_a shape_n thus_o they_o hear_v he_o walk_v in_o paradise_n in_o the_o shade_n q_o no_o doubt_n how_o can_v cain_n know_v say_v hierome_n that_o god_n accept_v his_o brother_n sacrifice_n and_o refuse_v he_o but_o that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o theodotion_n do_v say_v the_o lord_n set_v abel_n sacrifice_n on_o fire_n but_o caines_n he_o do_v not_o that_o â—…ire_n have_v wont_a to_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n upon_o the_o sacrifice_n salomon_n offer_v at_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o temple_n and_o elias_n his_o upon_o mount_n carmel_n do_v testifieâ—…_n thus_o far_o hierom._n c_o if_o thou_o so_o do_v the_o seventy_o read_v it_o our_o common_a translation_n be_v if_o thou_o do_v well_o shall_v thou_o not_o be_v accept_v 〈◊〉_d if_o thou_o do_v not_o well_o sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n hierome_n rehearse_v the_o translation_n of_o the_o seventy_o and_o 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have_v be_v general_a in_o ancient_a â—…ls_n it_o possible_a that_o that_o which_o be_v not_o here_o may_v be_v in_o another_o place_n and_o be_v it_o â—…ble_a that_o that_o which_o be_v not_o now_o may_v have_v come_v at_o some_o other_o time_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o give_v aeneid_n 12._o of_o turnus_n allude_v to_o that_o fight_n of_o diomedes_n and_o aeneas_n 〈◊〉_d where_o diomedes_n take_v up_o a_o stone_n which_o fourteen_o such_o man_n as_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d faith_n he_o can_v not_o lift_v and_o throw_v it_o at_o aeneas_n who_o be_v strike_v down_o with_o 〈◊〉_d â—…her_n cover_v he_o with_o a_o mist_n and_o so_o save_v he_o iwenall_n touch_v they_o both_o at_o 〈◊〉_d virgil_n and_o homer_n
abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n which_o belong_v ah_o unto_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o now_o have_v superstition_n get_v great_a head_n in_o chaldaea_n as_o it_o have_v all_o over_o else_o so_o there_o be_v but_o only_o the_o house_n of_o thara_n abraham_n father_n that_o serve_v god_n true_o and_o by_o all_o likelihood_n keep_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n pure_a though_o that_o as_o josuah_n tell_v the_o hebrew_n as_o they_o be_v god_n evident_a people_n in_o egypt_n so_o in_o mesopotamia_n they_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n all_o heber_n other_o son_n become_v other_o nation_n or_o be_v commix_v with_o other_o therefore_o even_o as_o in_o the_o deluge_n of_o water_n noah_n house_n remain_v alone_o to_o repair_v mankind_n so_o in_o this_o deluge_n of_o sin_n and_o superstition_n thare_v house_n only_o remain_v as_o the_o place_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v plant_v and_o keep_v and_o even_o as_o before_o the_o deluge_n the_o generation_n of_o all_o from_o adam_n the_o number_n of_o year_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v all_o reckon_v up_o before_o god_n begin_v to_o speak_v of_o build_v the_o ark_n the_o scripture_n say_v of_o noah_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o noah_n even_o so_o here_o have_v reckon_v all_o from_o sem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n down_o unto_o abraham_n he_o put_v this_o to_o the_o conclusion_n as_o a_o point_n of_o much_o moment_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o thara_n thara_n beget_v abraham_n nachor_n and_o aram_n and_o aram_n die_v before_o b_o his_o father_n thara_n in_o the_o land_n wherein_o he_o be_v bear_v be_v a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n and_o abraham_n and_o nachor_n take_v they_o wife_n the_o name_n of_o abraham_n wife_n be_v sarah_n and_o the_o name_n of_o nachor_n wife_n be_v melca_n the_o daughter_n of_o aram_n who_o be_v father_n both_o to_o melca_n and_o jesea_n who_o some_o hold_v also_o to_o be_v sara_n abraham_n wife_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o belong_v for_o mela_n pliny_n strabo_n and_o other_o place_n chaldaea_n in_o assyria_n and_o 〈◊〉_d only_o a_o part_n of_o that_o assyria_n which_o the_o ancient_a writer_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o syâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d country_n but_o of_o that_o assyria_n also_o which_o strabo_n call_v the_o babylonian_a assyria_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d make_v a_o difference_n between_o syria_n and_o assyria_n cyropaed_n 1._o b_o before_o in_o his_o faâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d so_o all_o interpreter_n take_v it_o augustine_n may_v perhaps_o understand_v it_o before_o his_o 〈◊〉_d to_o charra_n which_o be_v part_n of_o chaldaea_n charrah_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n where_o charra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v crassus_n the_o roman_a general_n â—…hy_a there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o nachor_n tharas_n son_n in_o his_o departure_n from_o chaldaea_n to_o mesopotamia_n chap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n proceed_v and_o declare_v how_o thara_n and_o his_o family_n leave_v â—…ldaea_n and_o come_v a_o into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…chor_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o go_v with_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o thara_n take_v abraham_n his_o son_n and_o let_v his_o grandchild_n abraâ—…_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n his_o son_n abraham_n wife_n and_o he_o lead_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d country_n of_o chaldaea_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o 〈◊〉_d there_o here_o be_v no_o word_n of_o nachor_n nor_o his_o wife_n melcha_n but_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n to_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o find_v it_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o so_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o of_o his_o master_n camel_n and_o of_o his_o master_n â—…4_n 〈◊〉_d â—…th_v he_o and_o depart_v and_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n into_o the_o city_n of_o nachor_n â—…ce_n and_o other_o beside_o do_v prove_v that_o nachor_n go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n alâ—…â—…led_v himself_o in_o mesopotamia_n where_o abraham_n and_o his_o father_n have_v dwell_v 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o scripture_n than_o remember_v he_o when_o thara_n go_v thence_o to_o 〈◊〉_d where_o when_o it_o make_v mention_n both_o of_o abraham_n and_o lot_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…and-childe_n and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n in_o this_o transmigration_n what_o 〈◊〉_d think_v but_o that_o he_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n and_o brother_n religion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n superstition_n and_o afterward_o either_o repent_v for_o his_o fact_n 〈◊〉_d â—…secuted_v by_o the_o country_n suspect_v he_o to_o be_v hollow-harted_n deparâ—…_n himself_o also_o for_o holophernes_n israel_n enemy_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judith_n 〈◊〉_d what_o nation_n they_o be_v and_o whether_o he_o ought_v to_o fight_v against_o they_o 〈◊〉_d answer_v by_o achior_n captain_n of_o the_o ammonite_n let_v my_o lord_n hear_v the_o 〈◊〉_d mouth_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o the_o truth_n concern_v this_o people_n 〈◊〉_d these_o mountain_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o lie_n come_v out_o of_o thy_o servant_n mouth_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o they_o dwell_v before_o in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ia_fw-la because_o they_o will_v not_o follow_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…us_a in_o the_o land_n of_o chaldaea_n but_o they_o leave_v the_o way_n of_o their_o ancestor_n &_o 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n of_o heaven_n who_o they_o know_v so_o that_o they_o cast_v they_o out_o from_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n and_o they_o flee_v into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v there_o many_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n command_v they_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o chanaan_n where_o they_o dwell_v and_o so_o forth_o as_o 〈◊〉_d ammonite_n relate_v hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o thara_n his_o family_n be_v perâ—…_n the_o chaldaean_n for_o their_o religion_n because_o they_o worship_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d god_n l._n vives_n mesopotamia_n mesopotamia_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o two_o sea_n for_o it_o lay_v all_o beâ—…_n mesopotamia_n 〈◊〉_d and_o euphrates_n of_o the_o age_n of_o thara_n who_o live_v in_o charra_n until_o his_o die_a day_n chap._n 14._o thara_n die_v in_o mesopotamia_n where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o after_o his_o death_n the_o promise_n that_o god_n make_v to_o abraham_n begin_v to_o be_v manifest_v of_o thara_n it_o be_v thus_o record_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n he_o live_v not_o there_o all_o this_o time_n you_o must_v think_v but_o because_o he_o end_v his_o time_n which_o amount_v unto_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v say_v so_o otherwise_o we_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o year_n he_o live_v because_o we_o have_v not_o the_o time_n record_v when_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o it_o be_v fondness_n to_o imagine_v that_o in_o that_o catalogue_n where_o all_o their_o age_n be_v record_v his_o only_a shall_v be_v leave_v out_o for_o whereas_o the_o scripture_n name_v some_o and_o yet_o name_v not_o their_o year_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o they_o belong_v not_o to_o that_o generation_n that_o be_v so_o lineal_o draw_v down_o from_o man_n to_o man_n for_o the_o stem_n that_o be_v derive_v from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n and_o from_o he_o unto_o abraham_n name_v no_o man_n without_o record_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n also_o of_o the_o time_n wherein_o abraham_n receive_v the_o promise_n from_o god_n and_o depart_v from_o charra_n chap._n 15._o but_o whereas_o we_o read_v that_o after_o thara_n death_n 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 and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o time_n though_o it_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o scripture_n for_o so_o we_o shall_v fall_v into_o a_o b_o inextricable_a doubt_n for_o after_o these_o word_n unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n follow_v thus_o 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 five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charra_n how_o can_v this_o be_v true_a now_o if_o abraham_n go_v not_o out_o of_o charra_n until_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n for_o thara_n beget_v he_o as_o we_o say_v before_o at_o the_o seaventith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n unto_o which_o add_v seventy_o five_o year_n the_o age_n of_o abraham_n at_o this_o his_o departure_n from_o charra_n and_o it_o make_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n so_o old_a therefore_o be_v thara_n when_o abraham_n depart_v from_o charra_n that_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n for_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
the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n but_o the_o progeny_n of_o his_o body_n only_o by_o isaac_n and_o israel_n for_o their_o seed_n possess_v this_o land_n l._n vives_n unto_o a_o sichem_n this_o lie_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n part_n and_o abimelech_n afterward_o destroy_v iâ—…_n judg._n 9_o 45._o it_o be_v call_v sicima_fw-la in_o greek_a and_o latin_a and_o there_o remain_v some_o memoâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iâ—…_n iâ—…_n hieromes_n time_n in_o the_o suburb_n of_o neapolis_n near_o unto_o josephs_n sepulchre_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d sichem_n also_o upon_o mount_n ephraim_n a_o city_n of_o the_o fugitive_n hier._n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr hebraec_fw-la how_o god_n preserve_v saras_n chastity_n in_o egypt_n when_o abraham_n will_v not_o be_v know_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n but_o his_o sister_n chap._n 19_o there_o abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n and_o then_o depart_v and_o dwell_v in_o a_o wilderness_n and_o from_o thence_o be_v drive_v by_o famine_n to_o go_v into_o egypt_n where_o he_o call_v his_o wife_n his_o sister_n and_o yet_o ah_o lie_v not_o for_o she_o be_v his_o cousin_n germane_a and_o lot_n be_v his_o brother_n son_n be_v call_v his_o brother_n so_o that_o he_o do_v only_o conceal_v and_o not_o deny_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n commend_v the_o custody_n of_o her_o chastity_n unto_o god_n and_o avoid_v man_n deceit_n as_o man_n for_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v endeavour_v â—…o_o eschew_v danger_n as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v he_o shall_v rather_o have_v become_v a_o b_o 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n than_o a_o truster_n in_o he_o whereof_o we_o have_v dispute_v against_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manichee_n his_o callumnye_n and_o as_o abraham_n trust_v upon_o god_n so_o come_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o pharaoh_n the_o king_n of_o egypt_n seek_v to_o have_v she_o to_o wife_n be_v sore_a afâ—…_n â—…d_v force_v to_o restore_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n where_o c_o god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d she_o defile_v by_o he_o any_o way_n his_o great_a plague_n that_o he_o suffer_v will_v no_o way_n permit_v he_o to_o commit_v any_o such_o outrage_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o lie_v not_o for_n cousin-germaines_a be_v call_v brethren_n and_o sister_n as_o we_o show_v out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d b_o a_o temple_n god_n will_v be_v trust_v unto_o firm_o but_o no_o way_n tempt_v thou_o shall_v not_o tempt_v 〈◊〉_d lord_n thy_o god_n say_v moses_n in_o deuteronomy_n which_o say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n make_v 〈◊〉_d of_o mat._n 4._o c_o god_n forbid_v hierome_n show_v by_o the_o example_n hester_n that_o the_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d a_o full_a year_n to_o be_v prepare_v fit_a for_o the_o king_n bed_n ere_o he_o touch_v they_o so_o that_o phaâ—…â—…ght_v â—…ght_z be_v plague_v and_o force_v to_o return_n sara_n to_o her_o husband_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n of_o the_o separation_n of_o lot_n and_o abraham_n without_o breach_n of_o charity_n or_o love_n between_o they_o chap._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o place_n whence_o he_o come_v lot_z withâ—…_n any_o breach_n of_o love_n between_o they_o depart_v to_o dwell_v in_o sodom_n for_o beâ—…â—…th_v very_o rich_a their_o shepherd_n and_o herdsman_n can_v not_o agree_v and_o so_o to_o aâ—…_n that_o inconvenience_n they_o part_v for_o among_o such_o as_o all_o man_n be_v unperâ—…â—…ere_o may_v no_o doubt_n be_v some_o contention_n now_o and_o then_o arise_v which_o eâ—…_n avoid_v abraham_n say_v thus_o unto_o lot_n let_v there_o be_v no_o strife_n i_o pray_v thou_o between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o nor_o between_o my_o herdsman_n and_o thou_o for_o we_o be_v brethren_n be_v a_o not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nd_v before_o thou_o i_o pray_v thou_o depart_v from_o i_o if_o thou_o will_v take_v the_o left_a hand_n i_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o right_n or_o if_o thou_o will_v go_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n than_o i_o will_v take_v the_o left_a â—…ce_o b_o it_o may_v be_v the_o world_n get_v up_o a_o honest_a quiet_a custom_n that_o the_o elâ—…â—…ould_v evermore_o divide_v the_o land_n and_o the_o young_a shall_v choose_v l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d abraham_n put_v he_o to_o his_o choice_n to_o take_v where_o he_o will_v and_o he_o will_v take_v 〈◊〉_d b_o hence_o it_o may_v be_v this_o be_v a_o custom_n of_o old_a as_o the_o declamer_n law_n conâ—…â—…of_o this_o be_v one_o sen._n lib._n declam_fw-la 6._o of_o god_n three_o promise_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o chap._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d â—…hen_n abraham_n and_o lot_n be_v part_v &_o dwell_v several_a for_o necessity_n sake_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ot_n for_o discord_n abraham_n in_o canaan_n lot_n in_o sodom_n god_n speak_v the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o abraham_n say_v lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n now_o and_o look_v from_o the_o place_n where_o 13._o 〈◊〉_d northward_o and_o southward_o and_o eastward_o and_o to_o a_o the_o sea_n for_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d see_v will_v i_o give_v to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n for_o ever_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n may_v number_v the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n then_o shall_v thy_o 〈◊〉_d â—…bred_v also_o arise_v walk_n through_o the_o land_n in_o the_o length_n and_o breadth_n thereof_o for_o 〈◊〉_d it_o unto_o thou_o whether_o these_o promise_n concern_v his_o be_v the_o faâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d nation_n it_o be_v not_o evident_o apparent_a these_o word_n i_o will_v make_v 〈◊〉_d the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n may_v have_v some_o reference_n to_o that_o be_v a_o tropiâ—…_n of_o speech_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v b_o hyperbole_n but_o how_o c_o the_o 〈◊〉_d use_v this_o and_o the_o rest_n not_o that_o have_v read_v they_o but_o understand_v this_o trope_n now_o be_v when_o the_o word_n do_v far_o exceed_v the_o meaning_n for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o sand_n be_v more_o than_o all_o adam_n seed_n can_v make_v from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n how_o much_o more_o than_o abraham_n though_o it_o include_v both_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o believe_v of_o all_o other_o nation_n compare_v this_o late_a with_o the_o number_n of_o the_o wicked_a d_o and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o handful_n though_o e_o this_o handful_n be_v such_o a_o multitude_n as_o holy_a write_v think_v to_o signify_v hyperbolical_o by_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o indeed_o the_o seed_n promise_v abraham_n be_v innumerable_a unto_o man_n but_o not_o unto_o god_n f_z nor_o the_o sand_n neither_o and_o therefore_o because_o not_o only_o the_o israelite_n but_o all_o abraham_n seed_n beside_o which_o he_o shall_v propagate_v in_o the_o spirit_n be_v fit_o compare_v with_o the_o sand_n therefore_o this_o promise_n include_v both_o but_o this_o we_o say_v be_v not_o apparent_a because_o his_o bodily_a progeny_n alone_o in_o time_n amount_v to_o such_o a_o number_n that_o it_o fill_v almost_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o may_v by_o a_o hyperbole_n be_v comparable_a to_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n because_o this_o multitude_n be_v only_o innumerable_a unto_o man_n but_o that_o the_o land_n he_o speak_v of_o be_v only_a canaan_n no_o man_n make_v question_n but_o some_o may_v stick_v upon_o this_o i_o will_v give_v it_o to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n for_o ever_o whether_o he_o mean_v eternal_o here_o or_o no._n but_o if_o we_o understand_v this_o ever_o to_o be_v mean_v until_o the_o world_n end_n as_o we_o do_v firm_o believe_v it_o be_v than_o the_o doubt_n be_v clear_v for_o though_o the_o israelite_n be_v chase_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n yet_o do_v they_o possess_v other_o city_n in_o canaan_n and_o shall_v do_v until_o the_o end_n and_o be_v all_o the_o land_n inhabit_v with_o christian_n there_o be_v abraham_n seed_n in_o they_o l_o vives_n to_o the_o a_o sea_n of_o syria_n wherein_o abraham_n be_v our_o sea_n be_v upon_o the_o west_n so_o that_o have_v name_v the_o three_o quarter_n of_o the_o world_n before_o he_o must_v needs_o mean_v that_o for_o the_o western_a 〈◊〉_d sea_n which_o pliny_n call_v the_o phaenician_a sea_n b_o hyperbole_n when_o our_o word_n exceed_v our_o meaning_n quintil._n lib._n 9_o c_o the_o scripture_n as_o in_o hieremy_n the_o twenty_o a_o hyperbole_n of_o many_o verse_n say_v hierome_n also_o dan._n 4._o and_o ecclesiaste_n 10._o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o heaven_n shall_v carry_v thy_o voice_n origen_n say_v that_o that_o place_n rom._n 1._o 8._o your_o faith_n be_v publish_v through_o all_o the_o world_n be_v a_o hyperbole_n this_o figure_n be_v ordinary_a in_o the_o gospel_n also_o and_o use_v most_o to_o move_v the_o hearer_n aug._n contra_fw-la julian._n lib._n 5._o i_o wonder_v of_o some_o that_o have_v rather_o have_v the_o scripture_n speak_v rustical_o then_o learned_o d_o it_o be_v but_o narrow_a be_v the_o way_n that_o lead_v
unto_o life_n and_o many_o be_v call_v but_o few_o be_v choose_v mat._n 7._o 14._o e_z this_o handful_n so_n john_n say_v that_o he_o see_v a_o multitude_n which_o no_o defective_a man_n can_v number_v apoc._n 7._o 9_o f_z nor_o the_o sand_n this_o the_o oraculous_a devil_n of_o delpho_n among_o other_o particulars_n of_o god_n ascribe_v to_o himself_o for_o the_o lydian_n who_o crasus_n send_v thither_o come_v into_o the_o temple_n the_o pythia_n speak_v thus_o to_o they_o from_o apollo_n nâ—…iego_n arenarum_fw-la numerum_fw-la spaciumque_fw-la profundi_fw-la my_o power_n can_v count_v the_o sand_n and_o sound_v the_o sea_n how_o abraham_n overthrow_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o sodomite_n free_v lot_n from_o captivity_n and_o be_v bless_v by_o melchisedech_n the_o priest_n chap._n 22._o abraham_n have_v receive_v this_o promise_n depart_v and_o remain_v in_o another_o place_n by_o the_o wood_n of_o mambra_n which_o be_v in_o chebron_n and_o then_o sodom_n be_v spoil_v and_o lâ—…t_o take_v prisoner_n by_o five_o king_n that_o come_v against_o they_o abraham_n go_v to_o fetch_v he_o back_o with_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o of_o those_o that_o 〈◊〉_d bear_v and_o breed_v in_o his_o house_n and_o overthrow_v those_o king_n and_o set_v lot_n at_o liâ—…_n and_o yet_o will_v take_v nothing_o of_o the_o spoil_n though_o the_o a_o king_n for_o who_o â—…rred_v proffer_v it_o he_o but_o than_o be_v he_o bless_v of_o melchisedech_n who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o high_a god_n of_o who_o there_o be_v write_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 111._o 〈◊〉_d b_o the_o most_o affirm_v to_o be_v paul_n tho_o some_o deny_v it_o many_o and_o great_a 〈◊〉_d for_o there_o the_o sacrifice_n that_o the_o whole_a church_n offer_v now_o unto_o god_n 〈◊〉_d apparent_a and_o that_o be_v prefigure_v which_o be_v long_o after_o fulfil_v in_o 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o the_o prophet_n say_v before_o he_o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n thou_o be_v a_o priest_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d â—…er_v the_o order_n of_o melchisedech_n not_o after_o the_o order_n of_o aaron_n for_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…emooved_v when_o the_o true_a thing_n come_v to_o effect_v whereof_o those_o be_v figure_n 〈◊〉_d l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d king_n basa_n king_n of_o sodom_n who_o quarrel_n abraham_n revenge_v gen._n 14._o b_o which_o 〈◊〉_d â—…st_n hierome_n origen_n and_o augustine_n do_v doubt_n of_o this_o epistle_n and_o so_o do_v other_o the_o erroneous_a 〈◊〉_d church_n before_o hierome_n hold_v it_o not_o canonical_a erasmus_n dispute_v large_o and_o learnedâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n of_o his_o note_n upon_o it_o this_o bread_n and_o wine_n be_v type_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v now_o offer_v in_o those_o form_n of_o god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o he_o â—…ould_v make_v his_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o that_o he_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n before_o his_o circumcision_n chap._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v unto_o abraham_n in_o a_o vision_n who_o have_v many_o 〈◊〉_d promise_v make_v and_o yet_o doubt_v of_o posterity_n he_o say_v that_o eliezer_n his_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v his_o heir_n but_o present_o he_o have_v a_o heir_n promise_v he_o not_o 〈◊〉_d but_o one_o of_o his_o own_o body_n and_o beside_o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v innumeâ—…_n as_o the_o sand_n of_o earth_n now_o but_o as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n wherein_o the_o 15._o 〈◊〉_d glory_n of_o his_o posterity_n seem_v to_o be_v plain_o intimate_v but_o as_o for_o their_o 〈◊〉_d who_o see_v not_o that_o the_o sand_n do_v far_o exceed_v the_o star_n herein_o you_o 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v comparable_a in_o that_o they_o be_v both_o innumerable_a for_o we_o canâ—…â—…e_v that_o one_o can_v see_v all_o the_o star_n but_o the_o earnest_a he_o behold_v they_o the_o 〈◊〉_d see_v so_o that_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v that_o there_o a_o be_v some_o that_o deceive_v 〈◊〉_d â—…st_a eye_n beside_o those_o that_o arise_v in_o other_o b_o horizon_n out_o of_o our_o sight_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ch_o as_o hold_v and_o record_n one_o certain_a and_o definite_a number_n of_o the_o star_n 〈◊〉_d â—…us_a or_o d_o eudoxus_n or_o other_o this_o book_n over-throweth_a they_o whole_o 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o record_v that_o the_o apostle_n recite_v in_o commendation_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d abraham_n believe_v the_o lord_n and_o that_o be_v count_v unto_o he_o for_o righteâ—…_n lest_o circumcision_n shall_v exalte_n itself_o and_o deny_v the_o uncircumcised_a naâ—…â—…esse_n unto_o christ_n for_o abraham_n be_v uncircumcised_a as_o yet_o when_o he_o beleeâ—…_n and_o it_o be_v impute_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o some_o in_o the_o white_a circle_n of_o heaven_n call_v the_o milken_a way_n there_o be_v a_o many_o eye_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eye_n can_v distinguish_v arist._n and_o other_o b_o other_o horizon_n there_o be_v some_o star_n that_o never_o appear_v unto_o we_o as_o those_o above_o the_o south-pole_n proclus_n and_o other_o nor_o do_v the_o antipode_n ever_o see_v our_o charles_n wainâ—…_n nor_o our_o pole_n star_n nor_o the_o less_o bear_v &c_n &c_n c_o aratus_n two_o famous_a man_n there_o be_v of_o this_o name_n one_o a_o captain_n who_o free_v his_o country_n sycione_n 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o nicoâ—…les_n the_o other_o a_o poet_n of_o pompâ—…iopolis_n a_o city_n of_o cilicia_n never_o unto_o which_o be_v this_o aratus_n his_o tomb_n upon_o which_o if_o you_o throw_v a_o stone_n it_o will_v leap_v off_o the_o reason_n be_v unknown_a he_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o antigonus_n king_n of_o macedon_n and_o write_v diverse_a poem_n which_o suidas_n reckon_v &_o among_o other_o his_o phaenomena_n which_o tully_n when_o he_o be_v a_o youth_n translate_v into_o latin_a verse_n a_o fragment_n of_o which_o be_v yet_o extant_a julius_n caesar_n say_v firmicus_n but_o the_o common_a opinion_n and_o the_o more_o true_a be_v germanicus_n put_v all_o aratus_n his_o work_n into_o a_o pâ—…eme_n but_o perhaps_o firmicus_n call_v germanicus_n julius_n anienâ—…s_n ruffus_n in_o hieromes_n time_n make_v a_o latin_a paraphrase_n of_o it_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o tully_n say_v he_o be_v no_o astronomer_n in_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o write_v excellent_a well_o of_o the_o star_n his_o eloquence_n be_v so_o powerful_a de_fw-fr oratore_fw-la lib._n 1_o d_o eudoxus_n a_o carian_a bear_v at_o gnidus_n a_o excellent_a philosopher_n and_o deep_o see_v in_o physic_n 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o mathematics_n he_o write_v verse_n of_o astrology_n suidas_n plutarch_n say_v that_o arcâ—…tas_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o practical_a geometrician_n laërtius_n say_v he_o first_o devise_v crooked_a line_n he_o go_v say_v strabo_n with_o plato_n into_o egypt_n and_o there_o learn_v astronomy_n and_o teach_v in_o a_o rock_n that_o bear_v his_o name_n afterward_o lucan_n signify_v that_o he_o write_v calendar_n make_v caesar_n boast_v thus_o at_o cleopatra_n table_n neâ—…_n meus_fw-la eudoxi_n vincetur_fw-la fastibus_fw-la annus_fw-la nor_o can_v eudoxus_n count_v excel_v my_o year_n because_o he_o have_v bring_v the_o year_n to_o a_o reform_a course_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o abraham_n be_v command_v to_o offer_v when_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o thing_n he_o believe_v chap._n 24._o god_n say_v also_o unto_o he_o in_o the_o same_o vision_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n that_o bring_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o country_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n to_o give_v thou_o this_o land_n to_o inherit_v it_o then_o say_v abraham_n lord_n how_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v inherit_v 〈◊〉_d and_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o take_v i_o a_o heifer_n of_o three_o year_n old_a a_o she_o goat_n of_o three_o year_n old_a a_o 〈◊〉_d of_o three_o year_n old_a a_o turtledove_n and_o a_o pigeon_n so_o he_o do_v and_o divide_v they_o in_o 15_o the_o midst_n and_o lay_v one_o piece_n against_o another_o but_o the_o bird_n he_o do_v not_o divide_v then_o come_v soul_n as_o the_o book_n say_v and_o fall_v on_o the_o carcase_n and_o fate_n thereupon_o and_o abraham_n a_o sit_v by_o they_o and_o abount_v sunset_n there_o fall_v a_o heavy_a sleep_n upon_o abraham_n and_o lo_o a_o very_a fearful_a darkness_n fall_v upon_o he_o &_o god_n say_v unto_o abraham_n know_v this_o assure_o that_o thy_o seed_n shall_v be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o land_n that_o be_v not_o they_o four_o hundred_o year_n and_o they_o shall_v serve_v there_o and_o shall_v be_v evil_a entreat_v but_o the_o nation_n who_o they_o shall_v serve_v will_v i_o judge_v and_o afterward_o they_o shall_v come_v out_o with_o great_a substance_n but_o thou_o shall_v go_v unto_o thy_o father_n in_o peace_n and_o shall_v die_v in_o a_o good_a age_n and_o in_o the_o four_o generation_n they_o shall_v come_v hither_o again_o for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o â—…orites_n be_v not_o yet_o
at_o full_a and_o when_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o there_o be_v a_o darkness_n 〈◊〉_d behold_v a_o smoke_a furnace_n and_o a_o firebrand_n go_v between_o those_o piece_n iâ—…_n that_o same_o day_n the_o lord_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n say_v unto_o thy_o seed_n have_v i_o give_v this_o land_n from_o the_o river_n of_o egypt_n unto_o the_o great_a river_n of_o euphrates_n the_o câ—…ites_n and_o the_o chenezites_n and_o the_o cadmonites_n the_o hittite_n the_o perezites_n the_o reâ—…s_n the_o amorites_n the_o chaâ—…aanites_n the_o gergesites_n and_o the_o iâ—…busites_n all_o this_o do_v abraham_n hear_v and_o see_v in_o his_o vision_n to_o stand_v upon_o each_o particular_a be_v tedious_a and_o from_o our_o purpose_n suffice_v it_o that_o we_o must_v know_v that_o whereâ—…_n abraham_n believe_v before_o and_o that_o be_v count_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v not_o from_o his_o faith_n now_o in_o say_v lord_n how_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v inheâ—…_n namely_o that_o land_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v he_o he_o say_v not_o from_o â—…ce_n shall_v i_o know_v but_o how_o or_o where_o by_o shall_v i_o know_v by_o what_o similitude_n 〈◊〉_d i_o be_v further_o instruct_v in_o my_o belief_n nor_o do_v the_o virgin_n mary_n distrust_n 〈◊〉_d how_o shall_v this_o be_v see_v i_o know_v no_o man_n she_o know_v it_o will_v be_v but_o she_o 34._o â—…red_v of_o the_o manner_n and_o be_v answer_v thus_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v descend_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ee_v and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o most_o high_a shall_v over_o shadow_v thou_o and_o in_o this_o manner_n have_v abraham_n his_o simylie_n in_o his_o three_o beast_n his_o heifer_n 〈◊〉_d and_o ram_n and_o the_o two_o bird_n the_o turtledove_n and_o the_o pigeon_n 〈◊〉_d that_o that_o be_v to_o come_v to_o pass_v thus_o which_o he_o be_v firm_o persuade_v 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o pass_v some_o way_n wherefore_o either_o the_o heifer_n signify_v the_o â—…s_n yoke_n under_o the_o law_n the_o b_o goaâ—…e_v their_o offend_n and_o the_o c_o ram_n 〈◊〉_d dominion_n which_o three_o creature_n be_v all_o three_o year_n old_a because_o 〈◊〉_d three_o space_n of_o time_n be_v so_o famous_a which_o lie_v from_o adam_n to_o noah_n from_o 〈◊〉_d to_o abraham_n and_o from_o abraham_n to_o david_n who_o be_v the_o first_o elect_v king_n of_o israel_n saul_n be_v a_o â—…eprobate_a of_o these_o three_o this_o three_o from_o â—…raham_n to_o david_n contain_v israell_v full_a growth_n to_o glory_n or_o else_o they_o may_v signify_v some_o other_o thing_n more_o convenient_o but_o without_o all_o doubt_n the_o turtledove_n and_o the_o pigeon_n be_v type_n of_o his_o spiritual_a seed_n and_o therefore_o iâ—…_n be_v say_v they_o he_o divide_v not_o for_o the_o carnal_a be_v divide_v between_o themselves_o but_o the_o spiritual_a never_o whether_o they_o retire_v themselves_o from_o converse_v with_o the_o business_n of_o man_n like_o the_o d_o turtledove_n or_o live_v among_o they_o e_z like_o the_o pigeon_n both_o these_o bird_n be_v simple_a and_o hurtless_a signify_v that_o even_o in_o israel_n who_o sâ—…_n possess_v that_o land_n there_o shall_v be_v individual_a son_n of_o pâ—…omise_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o eterniâ—…y_n f_z the_o bird_n that_o fall_v upon_o â—…he_fw-mi sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d nothing_o but_o the_o airy_a power_n that_o feed_v upon_o the_o contention_n and_o diâ—…_n of_o carnal_a man_n but_o whereas_o abraham_n sit_v by_o they_o that_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v of_o the_o faithful_a among_o these_o contention_n even_o unto_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o g_o heaviness_n that_o fall_v upon_o abraham_n toâ—…_n sunne-setting_a and_o that_o fearful_a darkness_n signify_v the_o sore_a trouble_n 〈◊〉_d faithful_a shall_v endure_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o world_n whereof_o â—…st_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n then_o shall_v be_v a_o great_a tribulation_n such_o as_o 〈◊〉_d â—…om_n the_o beginning_n etc._n etc._n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v to_o abraham_n know_v assuâ—…_n 15_o thy_o seed_n shall_v be_v a_o stranger_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o plain_a prophecy_n of_o israâ—…_n in_o egypt_n not_o that_o they_o be_v to_o serve_v four_o hundred_o year_n 〈◊〉_d â—…uish_a affliction_n but_o that_o within_o four_o hundred_o year_n this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d they_o for_o as_o there_o where_o it_o be_v write_v of_o thara_n the_o father_n of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o live_v in_o charra_n two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n we_o must_v 〈◊〉_d he_o live_v not_o there_o all_o this_o while_n but_o that_o there_o he_o end_v these_o 〈◊〉_d so_o be_v it_o here_o say_v they_o shall_v be_v stranger_n in_o a_o lanâ—…_n that_o be_v not_o they_o 〈◊〉_d â—…dered_a year_n not_o that_o their_o bondage_n last_v all_o this_o time_n but_o 〈◊〉_d â—…as_v end_v at_o this_o time_n and_o it_o be_v say_v four_o hundred_o year_n for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o number_n although_o there_o be_v some_o more_o year_n in_o the_o account_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ou_fw-mi reckon_v from_o abraham_n first_o receive_v of_o the_o promise_n or_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d son_fw-fr isaac_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seed_n unto_o who_o this_o be_v promise_v for_o from_o 〈◊〉_d seven_o year_n wherein_o as_o i_o say_v before_o he_o first_o receive_v the_o promise_n 〈◊〉_d â—…parture_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n four_o hundred_o &_o thirty_o year_n which_o the_o apostle_n mention_v in_o these_o word_n this_o i_o say_v that_o the_o law_n which_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o can_v disannul_v the_o covenant_n which_o be_v confirm_v of_o god_n 17_o before_o or_o make_v the_o promise_n of_o none_o effect_n now_o these_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n may_v have_v be_v call_v four_o hundred_o because_o they_o be_v not_o much_o more_o especial_o some_o of_o they_o be_v pass_v when_o abraham_n have_v this_o vision_n or_o when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v unto_o his_o father_n be_v then_o one_o hundred_o year_n old_a it_o be_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o the_o promise_n so_o that_o there_o remain_v four_o hundred_o &_o five_o year_n of_o the_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o that_o be_v to_o come_v and_o those_o it_o please_v god_n to_o call_v four_o hundred_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o other_o word_n of_o god_n there_o be_v no_o man_n doubt_v but_o that_o they_o belong_v unto_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n but_o that_o which_o follow_v when_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o there_o be_v a_o darkness_n and_o behold_v a_o smoke_a furnace_n and_o a_o firebrand_n go_v between_o the_o piece_n this_o signify_v that_o in_o the_o end_n the_o carnal_a be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o fire_n for_o as_o the_o great_a and_o exceed_a affliction_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n be_v signify_v by_o the_o heaviness_n that_o fall_v upon_o abraham_n towards_o sunset_n that_o be_v towards_o this_o world_n end_n even_o so_o at_o sunset_n that_o be_v at_o the_o world_n end_n do_v this_o fire_n signyfie_v that_o fire_n that_o shall_v purge_v the_o righteous_a and_o devour_v the_o wicked_a and_o then_o the_o promise_v make_v unto_o abraham_n be_v a_o plain_a mention_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n name_v the_o eleven_o nation_n thereof_o from_o the_o river_n of_o egypt_n unto_o the_o great_a river_n euphrates_n not_o from_o nile_n the_o great_a river_n of_o egypt_n but_o from_o that_o little_a one_o which_o divide_v egypt_n and_o palestina_n on_o who_o bank_n the_o city_n h_o rhinocorura_n stand_v l_o vives_n abraham_n a_o sit_v by_o they_o the_o vulgar_a read_v and_o abraham_n drive_v they_o away_o and_o so_o have_v the_o hebrew_n hier._n but_o the_o seventy_o read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sit_v by_o they_o b_o the_o goat_n their_o this_o creature_n be_v in_o a_o perpetual_a fever_n arist._n ex_fw-la almaeone_n c_o the_o ram_n this_n be_v the_o leader_n of_o the_o flock_n or_o rather_o that_o kingly_a ram_n dan._n 8._o d_o the_o turtledove_n those_o say_v pliny_n do_v hide_v themselves_o when_o they_o cast_v their_o feather_n neither_o the_o turtle_n nor_o the_o pigeon_n say_v aelian_a will_v have_v to_o do_v with_o any_o but_o their_o own_o cock_n e_z the_o pigeon_n that_o live_v tame_o with_o us._n f_z the_o fowl_n this_o be_v a_o type_n say_v josephus_n of_o his_o evil_a neighbour_n of_o egypt_n g_o heaviness_n some_o read_v it_o sleep_v some_o a_o ecstasy_n and_o so_o the_o seventy_o do_v h_z rhinocorura_n this_o word_n say_v hierome_n rhinocorura_n be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n but_o add_v by_o the_o seventy_o to_o make_v know_v the_o place_n pliny_n lib._n 5._o call_v it_o rhinocolura_n and_o place_v it_o in_o idumaea_n strabo_n in_o phoenicia_n but_o without_o all_o question_n the_o jew_n and_o the_o egyptian_n claim_v it_o to_o themselves_o and_o people_v it_o with_o the_o ethiopian_n who_o they_o conquer_v and_o cut_v off_o
their_o nose_n actisanes_n the_o king_n of_o ethiopia_n say_v diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 2._o have_v conquer_v all_o egypt_n partly_o by_o force_n and_o part_n by_o condition_n set_v up_o a_o new_a law_n for_o thief_n neither_o acquit_v they_o nor_o punish_v they_o with_o death_n but_o get_v they_o altogether_o he_o punish_v they_o thus_o first_o he_o cut_v off_o their_o nose_n and_o then_o force_v they_o to_o go_v into_o the_o far_a part_n of_o the_o desert_n and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o city_n for_o they_o call_v rhinocorura_n of_o there_o want_v of_o nose_n and_o this_o stand_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o egypt_n and_o arabia_n void_a of_o all_o thing_n fit_a for_o the_o life_n of_o man_n for_o all_o the_o water_n of_o the_o country_n be_v salt_n and_o there_o be_v but_o one_o fountain_n wtihin_a the_o wall_n and_o that_o be_v most_o bitter_a and_o unprofitable_a thus_o far_o diodorus_n of_o agar_n sara_n her_o bondwoman_n who_o she_o give_v as_o concubine_n unto_o abraham_n chap._n 25._o now_o follow_v the_o time_n of_o abraham_n son_n one_o of_o agar_n the_o bondwoman_n the_o 16._o other_o of_o sara_n the_o freewoman_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v also_o in_o the_o last_o book_n bâ—…_n now_o for_o this_o act_n abraham_n offend_v not_o in_o use_v of_o this_o woman_n agar_n as_o a_o concubine_n for_o he_o do_v it_o for_o progeny_n sake_n and_o not_o for_o lust_n nor_o as_o insult_v but_o obey_v his_o wife_n who_o hold_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o comfort_n unto_o her_o barrenness_n if_o she_o get_v child_n from_o her_o bondwoman_n by_o will_n see_v she_o can_v get_v none_o of_o herself_o by_o nature_n use_v that_o law_n that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o the_o husband_n have_v not_o power_n of_o his_o own_o body_n but_o the_o wife_n the_o woman_n may_v procure_v herself_o 4._o child_n from_o the_o womb_n of_o another_o if_o she_o can_v bear_v none_o herself_o there_o be_v neither_o luxury_n nor_o uncleanness_n in_o such_o a_o act_n the_o maid_n be_v therefore_o give_v by_o the_o wife_n to_o the_o hushand_n for_o issue_n sake_n and_o for_o that_o end_n he_o take_v she_o neither_o of_o they_o desire_v the_o effect_n of_o lust_n but_o the_o fruit_n of_o nature_n and_o when_o as_o the_o bondwoman_n be_v now_o with_o child_n begin_v to_o despise_v her_o barren_a mistress_n and_o sara_n suspect_v her_o husband_n for_o bear_v with_o she_o in_o her_o pride_n abraham_n show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o a_o captive_a lover_n but_o a_o free_a father_n in_o this_o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o his_o pleasure_n but_o her_o will_n that_o he_o have_v fulfil_v and_o that_o by_o she_o own_o seek_v that_o he_o meddle_v with_o agar_n but_o yet_o be_v no_o way_n entangle_v in_o affect_v unto_o she_o and_o sow_v the_o seed_n of_o future_a fruit_n in_o she_o but_o yet_o without_o yield_v to_o any_o exorbitant_a affection_n to_o she_o for_o he_o tell_v his_o wife_n thy_o maid_n be_v in_o thy_o hâ—…nd_n use_v she_o as_o it_o 6._o please_v thou_o oh_o worthy_a man_n that_o can_v use_v his_o wife_n with_o temperance_n and_o his_o servant_n with_o obedience_n and_o both_o without_o all_o touch_n of_o uncleanness_n of_o god_n promise_n unto_o abraham_n that_o sara_n though_o she_o be_v old_a shall_v have_v a_o son_n that_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o how_o this_o promise_n be_v seal_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o circumcision_n chap._n 26._o after_o this_o ishmael_n be_v bear_v of_o agar_n in_o who_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n be_v fulfil_v who_o when_o he_o talk_v of_o make_v his_o steward_n his_o heir_n god_n say_v nay_o but_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o heir_n of_o thy_o 1â—…_n 〈◊〉_d body_n but_o lest_o he_o shall_v build_v upon_o this_o in_o the_o four_o score_n and_o nineteen_o year_n of_o his_o age_n god_n appear_v unto_o he_o say_v i_o be_o the_o all-fufficient_a god_n 〈◊〉_d before_o i_o and_o be_v thou_o upright_o and_o i_o will_v make_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o 〈◊〉_d thou_o and_o will_v multiply_v thou_o exceed_o then_o abraham_n fall_v on_o his_o face_n and_o god_n talk_v with_o he_o say_v behold_v i_o make_v my_o covenant_n with_o thou_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n nor_o shall_v thy_o name_n be_v call_v abram_n any_o more_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n for_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n have_v i_o make_v thou_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o â—…ding_v fruitful_a and_o many_o nation_n yea_o even_a king_n shall_v proceed_v of_o thou_o and_o i_o â—…ill_v establish_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o in_o their_o gâ—…tions_n for_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n to_o be_v god_n to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d will_v give_v thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o a_o land_n wherein_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n even_o 〈◊〉_d the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n and_o i_o wâ—…lbee_n their_o god_n and_o god_n say_v further_o unto_o abraham_n thou_o shall_v keep_v my_o covenant_n thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o in_o their_o generation_n this_o be_v my_o covenant_n which_o thou_o shall_v keep_v between_o thou_o and_o i_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o let_v every_o manchild_n â—…f_n you_o be_v circumcise_v that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d shall_v circumcise_v the_o foreskin_n of_o your_o flesh_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o coâ—…_n between_o i_o and_o you_o every_o man_n child_n of_o eight_o day_n old_a among_o you_o shall_v be_v â—…ised_v in_o your_o generation_n aswell_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o thy_o house_n or_o he_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o stranger_n which_o be_v not_o of_o thy_o seed_n both_o must_v be_v circumcise_v so_o my_o coveâ—…_n shall_v be_v eternal_o in_o you_o but_o the_o uncircumcised_a manchild_n and_o he_o in_o who_o flesh_n the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_n be_v not_o circumcise_v shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n because_o he_o have_v break_v my_o covenant_n and_o god_n say_v more_o unto_o abraham_n sarai_n thy_o wife_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v sarai_n but_o sarah_n and_o i_o will_v bless_v she_o and_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o son_n of_o she_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v she_o and_o she_o shall_v be_v the_o mother_n of_o nation_n yea_o even_o of_o king_n then_o abraham_n fall_v upon_o his_o face_n and_o laugh_v in_o his_o heart_n say_v shall_v he_o that_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a have_v a_o child_n and_o shall_v sarah_n that_o be_v ninety_o year_n old_a bear_v and_o abraham_n say_v unto_o god_n oh_o let_v ishmael_n live_v in_o thy_o sight_n and_o god_n say_v unto_o abraham_n sarah_n thy_o wife_n shall_v be_v be_v a_o son_n indeed_o and_o thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n isaac_n i_o will_v establish_v my_o covenant_n with_o he_o as_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o i_o a_o will_v be_v his_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o his_o seed_n after_o he_o as_o concern_v ishmael_n i_o have_v hear_v thou_o for_o i_o have_v bless_v he_o and_o will_v multiply_v and_o increase_v he_o exceed_o twelve_o prince_n shall_v he_o beget_v and_o i_o will_v make_v he_o a_o great_a nation_n but_o my_o covenant_n will_v i_o establish_v with_o isaac_n who_o sarah_n shall_v bear_v unto_o the_o next_o year_n by_o this_o time_n here_o now_o be_v the_o call_n of_o the_o nation_n plain_o promise_v in_o isaac_n that_o be_v in_o the_o son_n of_o promise_n signify_v grace_n and_o not_o nature_n for_o a_o son_n be_v promise_v unto_o a_o old_a man_n by_o a_o barren_a old_a woman_n and_o although_o god_n work_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n yet_o where_o that_o nature_n be_v wither_v and_o waste_v there_o such_o a_o effect_n as_o this_o be_v god_n evident_a work_n denounce_v grace_n the_o more_o apparent_o and_o because_o this_o be_v not_o to_o come_v by_o generation_n but_o regeneration_n afterward_o therefore_o be_v circumcision_n command_v now_o when_o this_o son_n be_v promise_v unto_o sarah_n and_o whereas_o all_o child_n servant_n regeneration_n unborn_a &_o stranger_n be_v command_v to_o be_v circumcise_v this_o show_v that_o grace_n belong_v unto_o all_o the_o world_n for_o what_o do_v circumcision_n signify_v but_o the_o put_n off_o corruption_n and_o the_o renovation_n of_o nature_n and_o what_o do_v the_o eight_o day_n signify_v but_o christ_n that_o rise_v again_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o week_n the_o sabbath_n be_v fulfil_v b_o the_o very_a name_n of_o these_o parent_n be_v change_v all_o signify_v that_o newness_n which_o be_v shadow_v in_o the_o type_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o which_o the_o new_a one_o lie_v prefigure_v for_o why_o be_v it_o call_v the_o old_a testament_n but_o for_o that_o it_o shadow_v the_o new_a and_o what_o
be_v the_o new_a testament_n but_o the_o open_n of_o the_o old_a one_o now_o abraham_n be_v say_v to_o laugh_v but_o this_o be_v the_o extremity_n of_o his_o joy_n not_o any_o sign_n of_o his_o deride_v this_o promise_n upon_o distrust_n and_o his_o thought_n be_v these_o shall_v he_o that_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n be_v not_o doubt_n of_o the_o event_n but_o admiration_n cause_v by_o so_o strange_a a_o event_n now_o if_o some_o stop_n at_o that_o where_o god_n say_v he_o will_v give_v he_o all_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o eternal_a possession_n how_o this_o may_v be_v fulfil_v see_v that_o no_o man_n progeny_n can_v inherit_v the_o earth_n everlasting_o he_o must_v know_v that_o eternal_a be_v here_o take_v as_o the_o greek_n take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v derive_v of_o c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v seculum_fw-la a_o age_n but_o the_o latin_a translation_n dare_v not_o say_v seculare_fw-la here_o lest_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v take_v in_o a_o other_o sense_n for_o seculare_fw-la and_o transitorium_fw-la be_v both_o alike_o use_v for_o thing_n that_o last_v but_o for_o a_o little_a space_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o which_o be_v either_o endless_a at_o all_o or_o end_v not_o until_o the_o world_n end_n and_o in_o this_o late_a sense_n be_v eternal_a use_v here_o l._n vives_n i_o will_v be_v a_o his_o god_n or_o to_o be_v his_o god._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o grecisme_n hardly_o express_v in_o your_o latin_a b_o the_o very_a the_o gentile_n have_v also_o their_o eight_o day_n whereupon_o the_o distinguish_v the_o child_n name_n from_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v seculum_fw-la aetas_fw-la annâ—…m_fw-la &_o eternitas_fw-la in_o latin_a tully_n and_o other_o great_a author_n translate_v it_o all_o those_o way_n from_o the_o greek_a of_o the_o manchild_n that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o circumcise_v the_o eight_o day_n iâ—…_n perish_v for_o break_v of_o god_n covenant_n chap._n 27._o some_o also_o may_v stick_v upon_o the_o understanding_n of_o these_o word_n the_o man_n child_n in_o who_o flesh_n the_o foreskin_n be_v not_o circumcise_v that_o person_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n because_o he_o have_v break_v my_o covenant_n here_o be_v no_o fault_n of_o the_o child_n who_o be_v hereexpose_v to_o destruction_n he_o break_v no_o covenant_n of_o god_n but_o his_o parent_n that_o look_v not_o to_o his_o circumcision_n unless_o you_o say_v that_o the_o young_a child_n have_v break_v god_n command_n and_o covenant_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o first_o man_n in_o who_o all_o mankind_n sin_v for_o there_o be_v a_o many_o testament_n or_o covenant_n of_o god_n beside_o the_o old_a and_o new_a those_o two_o so_o great_a one_o that_o every_o one_o may_v read_v and_o know_v the_o first_o covenant_n be_v this_o unto_o adam_n whensoever_o thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n whereupon_o it_o be_v write_v in_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la all_o flesh_n wax_v 17_o 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o garment_n and_o it_o be_v a_o covenant_n from_o the_o beginning_n that_o all_o sinner_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n for_o whereas_o the_o law_n be_v afterward_o give_v and_o that_o bring_v the_o more_o light_n to_o man_n judgement_n in_o sin_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v where_o no_o law_n be_v there_o be_v no_o transgression_n 119._o how_o be_v that_o true_a that_o the_o psalmist_n say_v i_o account_v all_o the_o sinner_n of_o the_o earth_n transgressor_n b_o but_o that_o every_o man_n be_v guilty_a in_o his_o own_o conscience_n of_o somewhat_o that_o he_o have_v do_v against_o some_o law_n and_o therefore_o see_v that_o little_a child_n as_o the_o true_a faith_n teach_v be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n though_o not_o of_o actual_a whereupon_o we_o confess_v that_o they_o must_v necessary_o have_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o remission_n of_o their_o sin_n then_o very_o in_o this_o they_o be_v breaker_n of_o god_n coveâ—…_n make_v with_o adam_n in_o paradise_n so_o that_o both_o the_o psalmist_n say_v and_o the_o apostle_n be_v true_a and_o consequent_o see_v that_o circumcision_n be_v a_o type_n of_o regeneration_n just_o shall_v the_o child_n original_a sin_n break_v the_o first_o covenant_n that_o 〈◊〉_d be_v make_v between_o god_n and_o man_n cut_v he_o off_o from_o his_o people_n unless_o that_o regeneration_n engraffe_v he_o into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n this_o than_o we_o must_v conceive_v that_o god_n speak_v he_o that_o be_v not_o regenerate_v shall_v perish_v from_o â—…gst_a his_o people_n because_o he_o have_v break_v my_o covenant_n in_o offend_v i_o in_o adam_n for_o if_o he_o have_v say_v he_o have_v break_v this_o my_o covenant_n it_o can_v have_v be_v mean_v of_o nothing_o but_o the_o circumcision_n only_o but_o see_v he_o say_v not_o what_o covenant_n the_o child_n break_v we_o must_v needs_o understand_v he_o to_o mean_v of_o a_o covenant_n liable_a unto_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o child_n but_o if_o any_o one_o will_v tie_v it_o unto_o circumcision_n and_o say_v that_o that_o be_v the_o covenant_n which_o the_o uncircumcised_a child_n have_v break_v let_v he_o beware_v of_o absurdity_n in_o say_v that_o he_o break_v their_o covenant_n which_o be_v not_o break_v by_o he_o but_o in_o he_o only_o but_o howsoever_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o child_n condemnation_n to_o come_v only_o from_o his_o original_a sin_n and_o not_o from_o any_o negligence_n of_o his_o own_o iucur_v this_o breach_n of_o the_o covenant_n l._n vives_n there_o ah_o be_v many_o hierome_n have_v note_v that_o wheresoever_o the_o greek_n read_v testament_n 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n read_v covenant_n berith_n be_v the_o hebrew_n word_n b_o but_o that_o there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o barbarous_a but_o nature_n have_v give_v he_o some_o form_n of_o goodness_n in_o his_o heart_n whereby_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honest_a life_n if_o he_o follow_v they_o and_o if_o he_o refuse_v they_o to_o turn_v wicked_a of_o the_o change_n of_o abram_n and_o sara_n name_n who_o be_v the_o one_o too_o barren_a and_o both_o to_o old_a to_o have_v child_n yet_o by_o god_n bounty_n be_v both_o make_v fruitful_a chap._n 28._o thus_o this_o great_a and_o evident_a promise_n be_v make_v unto_o abraham_n in_o these_o word_n a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n have_v i_o make_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o exceed_o 7._o fruitful_a and_o nation_n yea_o even_a king_n shall_v proceed_v of_o thou_o which_o promise_n we_o see_v most_o evident_o fulfil_v in_o christ_n from_o that_o time_n the_o man_n and_o wife_n be_v call_v no_o more_o abram_n and_o sarai_n but_o as_o we_o call_v they_o before_o and_o all_o the_o world_n call_v they_o abraham_n and_o sarah_n but_o why_o be_v abraham_n name_n change_v the_o reason_n follow_v immediate_o upon_o the_o change_n for_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n have_v i_o make_v thou_o this_o be_v signify_v by_o abraham_n now_o abram_n his_o former_a ah_o name_n be_v interpret_v a_o high_a father_n but_o b_o for_o the_o change_n of_o sara_n name_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n give_v but_o as_o they_o say_v that_o have_v interpret_v those_o hebrew_n name_n sarai_n be_v my_o princess_n and_o sarah_n strength_n whereupon_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n by_o faith_n sarah_n receive_v strength_n to_o conceive_v seed_n etc._n etc._n now_o they_o be_v both_o old_a as_o the_o scripture_n say_v but_o c_o she_o be_v barren_a also_o and_o past_o the_o age_n d_o wherein_o the_o menstrual_a blood_n flow_v in_o woman_n which_o want_v she_o can_v never_o have_v conceive_v although_o she_o have_v not_o be_v barren_a and_o if_o a_o woman_n be_v well_o in_o year_n and_o yet_o have_v that_o menstrual_a humour_n remain_v she_o may_v conceive_v with_o a_o youngman_n but_o never_o by_o a_o old_a as_o the_o old_a man_n may_v beget_v child_n but_o it_o must_v be_v upon_o a_o young_a woman_n as_o abraham_n after_o sarahs_n death_n do_v upon_o keturah_n because_o she_o be_v of_o a_o youthful_a age_n as_o yet_o this_o therefore_o be_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n so_o high_o admire_v and_o hereupon_o he_o say_v that_o abraham_n body_n be_v dead_a because_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o beget_v a_o child_n upon_o any_o woman_n that_o be_v not_o whole_o past_o her_o age_n of_o childbearing_n but_o only_o of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o prime_n and_o flower_n thereof_o for_o his_o body_n be_v not_o simple_o dead_a but_o respective_o otherwise_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v a_o carcase_n fit_a for_o a_o grave_n not_o a_o ancient_a father_n upon_o earth_n beside_o the_o gift_n of_o beget_v child_n that_o god_n give_v he_o last_v after_o sarahs_n death_n and_o he_o
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
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 isaac_n receive_v such_o a_o instruction_n from_o god_n as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v diverse_a time_n before_o it_o be_v record_v thus_o there_o be_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n beside_o the_o first_o famine_n that_o be_v in_o abraham_n time_n and_o isaac_n go_v to_o abymelech_n king_n of_o 1._o the_o philistine_n in_o gerara_n and_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o and_o say_v go_v not_o down_o into_o egypt_n but_o abide_v in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o dwell_v in_o this_o land_n and_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o for_o to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n and_o i_o will_v establish_v my_o oath_n which_o i_o swear_v to_o abraham_n thy_o father_n and_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o give_v all_o this_o land_n unto_o thy_o seed_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 thy_o father_n abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n and_o keep_v my_o ordinance_n my_o commandment_n my_o statute_n and_o my_o law_n now_o this_o patriarch_n have_v no_o wife_n nor_o concubine_n more_o than_o his_o first_o but_o rest_v content_a with_o the_o two_o son_n that_o god_n send_v he_o at_o one_o birth_n and_o he_o also_o fear_v his_o wife_n beauty_n among_o those_o stranger_n and_o do_v as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o with-h_a call_v her_o sister_n only_o and_o not_o wife_n she_o be_v indeed_o his_o kinswoman_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o when_o the_o stranger_n know_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n they_o let_v she_o quiet_o alone_a with_o he_o we_o not_o prefer_v he_o before_o his_o father_n tho_o in_o that_o he_o compare_v have_v but_o one_o
nation_n to_o the_o other_o what_o great_a proof_n need_v we_o than_o this_o to_o confirm_v that_o the_o israelite_n and_o all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v contain_v in_o abraham_n seed_n the_o first_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o late_a in_o the_o spirit_n of_o moses_n his_o time_n josuah_n the_o judge_n the_o king_n saul_n the_o first_o david_n the_o chief_a both_o in_o merit_n and_o in_o mystical_a reference_n chap._n 43._o iacob_n and_o joseph_n be_v dead_a the_o israelite_n in_o the_o other_o hundred_o forty_o four_o year_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o they_o leave_v egypt_n increase_v wonderful_o though_o the_o egyptian_n oppress_v they_o sore_o and_o once_o kill_v all_o their_o male_a child_n for_o fear_n of_o their_o wonderful_a multiplication_n but_o moses_n be_v save_v from_o those_o butcher_n and_o bring_v up_o in_o the_o court_n by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n the_o a_o name_n of_o the_o 2._o egyptian_a king_n god_n intend_v great_a thing_n by_o he_o and_o he_o grow_v up_o to_o that_o worth_n that_o he_o be_v hold_v fit_a to_o lead_v the_o nation_n out_o of_o this_o extreme_a slavery_n or_o rather_o god_n do_v it_o by_o he_o according_a to_o his_o promise_n to_o abraham_n first_o he_o flee_v into_o madian_n for_o kill_v a_o egyptian_a in_o defence_n of_o a_o israelite_n and_o afterward_o return_v full_a of_o god_n spirit_n he_o foil_v the_o enchanter_n h_o of_o pharaoh_n in_o all_o their_o opposition_n and_o 11_o lay_v the_o ten_o sore_a plague_n upon_o the_o egyptian_n because_o they_o will_v not_o let_v israel_n depart_v namely_o the_o change_n of_o the_o water_n into_o blood_n frog_n c_o louse_n d_o gnattes_n morren_a of_o cattle_n botch_n and_o sore_n haile_o grasshopper_n darkness_n and_o death_n of_o all_o the_o first_o bear_v and_o last_o the_o israelite_n be_v permit_v after_o all_o the_o plague_n that_o egypt_n have_v groan_v under_o to_o depart_v and_o yet_o be_v pursue_v afterward_o by_o they_o again_o pass_v over_o the_o red_a sea_n dryfoot_n and_o leave_v all_o the_o host_n of_o egypt_n drown_v in_o the_o midst_n the_o sea_n open_v before_o the_o israelite_n and_o shut_v after_o they_o return_v upon_o the_o pursuer_n and_o over-whelming_a they_o and_o then_o forty_o year_n after_o be_v israel_n in_o the_o desert_n with_o moses_n and_o there_o have_v they_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o testimony_n where_o god_n be_v serve_v with_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v all_o figure_n of_o future_a event_n the_o law_n be_v now_o give_v with_o terror_n upon_o mount_n syna_n for_o the_o terrible_a voice_n and_o thunder_n be_v full_a proose_n that_o god_n be_v there_o and_o this_o be_v present_o after_o their_o departure_n from_o egypt_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o there_o they_o celebrate_v their_o passove_a fifty_o day_n after_o by_o offer_v of_o a_o lamb_n the_o true_a type_n of_o christ_n pass_v unto_o his_o father_n by_o his_o passion_n 12._o in_o this_o world_n for_o pascha_fw-la in_o hebrew_a be_v a_o pass_v over_o and_o so_o the_o fiftith_n day_n after_o the_o open_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o the_o offering_n of_o christ_n our_o passeâ—…over_n the_o 11._o holy_a spirit_n descend_v down_o from_o heaven_n he_o who_o the_o scripture_n call_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n to_o renew_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o first_o miraculous_a prefiguration_n in_o our_o heart_n because_o the_o law_n in_o the_o table_n be_v say_v to_o be_v write_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god._n moses_n be_v dead_a josuah_n rule_v the_o people_n and_o lead_v they_o into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n divide_v it_o among_o they_o and_o by_o these_o two_o glorious_a captain_n be_v 1._o strange_a battle_n win_v and_o they_o be_v end_v with_o happy_a success_n god_n himself_o avouch_v that_o the_o loser_n sin_n and_o not_o the_o winner_n merit_n be_v cause_n of_o those_o conquest_n after_o these_o two_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n be_v rule_v by_o judge_n that_o abraham_n seed_n may_v see_v the_o first_o promise_n fulfil_v concern_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n though_o not_o as_o yet_o concern_v the_o nation_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n for_o that_o be_v to_o be_v fulfil_v by_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o gospel_n not_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v insinuate_v in_o this_o that_o it_o be_v not_o moses_n that_o receive_v the_o law_n but_o josuab_n h_o who_o name_n god_n also_o change_v that_o lead_v the_o people_n into_o the_o promise_a land_n but_o in_o the_o judge_n time_n as_o the_o people_n offend_v or_o obey_v god_n so_o vary_v their_o fortune_n in_o war_n on_o unto_o the_o king_n saul_n be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n who_o be_v a_o reprobate_n and_o dead_a in_o the_o field_n and_o all_o his_o race_n reject_v 10._o from_o ability_n of_o succession_n david_n be_v enthrone_v ay_o who_o son_n our_o saviour_n 18_o be_v especial_o call_v in_o he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o point_n from_o whence_o the_o people_n of_o god_n do_v flow_v who_o original_a as_o then_o be_v in_o the_o youthful_a time_n thereof_o be_v draw_v from_o abraham_n unto_o this_o david_n for_o it_o be_v not_o out_o of_o neglect_n that_o matthew_n the_o evangelist_n reckon_v the_o descent_n so_o that_o he_o put_v fourteen_o generation_n between_o abraham_n and_o david_n for_o a_o man_n may_v be_v able_a to_o beget_v in_o his_o youth_n and_o therefore_o he_o begin_v his_o genealogy_n from_o abraham_n who_o upon_o the_o change_n of_o his_o name_n be_v make_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n so_o that_o before_o he_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v in_o the_o infancy_n as_o it_o be_v from_o noah_n i_o mean_v unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o the_o first_o language_n the_o hebrew_n as_o then_o be_v invent_v for_o to_o speak_v by_o for_o from_o the_o term_n of_o one_o infancy_n he_o begin_v to_o speak_v be_v call_v a_o infant_n k_o a_o non_fw-la sancto_fw-la of_o not_o speak_v which_o age_n of_o himself_o every_o man_n forget_v as_o full_o as_o the_o world_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o deluge_n for_o who_o can_v remember_v his_o infancy_n wherefore_o in_o this_o progress_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n as_o the_o last_o book_n contain_v the_o first_o age_n thereof_o so_o let_v this_o contain_v the_o second_o and_o the_o three_o when_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o law_n be_v lay_v on_o their_o neck_n the_o abundance_n of_o sin_n appear_v and_o the_o earthly_a kingdom_n have_v beginning_n etc._n etc._n intimate_v by_o the_o heifer_n the_o goat_n â—…d_v the_o ram_n of_o three_o year_n old_a in_o which_o there_o want_v not_o some_o faithful_a person_n as_o the_o turtle-dove_n and_o the_o pigeon_n portend_v l._n vives_n the_o ah_o name_n of_o to_n anoyde_v the_o supposition_n that_o pharaoh_n that_o reign_v in_o jacob_n and_o josephs_n pharaoh_n time_n be_v all_o one_o pharaoh_n with_o this_o here_o name_v pharaoh_n be_v a_o name_n of_o kingly_a dignity_n in_o egipâ—…_n hieron_n in_o ezechiel_n lib._n 9_o so_o be_v prolomy_n after_o alexander_n caesar_n and_o augustus_n after_o the_o two_o brave_a roman_n and_o abimelech_n in_o palestina_n herodotus_n speak_v of_o one_o pharaoh_n that_o be_v blind_a they_o be_v call_v pharaoh_n of_o pharos_n a_o i_o will_v over-against_o alexandria_n call_v carpathoâ—…_n of_o old_a proteus_n reign_v in_o it_o the_o daughter_n of_o this_o pharaoh_n josephus_n call_v thermuth_n b_o of_o pharaoh_n which_o pharaoh_n this_o be_v it_o be_v doubtful_a amasis_n say_v apion_n polyhistor_n as_o eusebius_n cit_v he_o reign_v in_o egypt_n when_o the_o jew_n go_v thence_o but_o this_o can_v be_v for_o amasis_n be_v long_o after_o viz._n in_o pythagoras_n his_o time_n unto_o who_o he_o be_v commend_v by_o polycrates_n king_n of_o samos_n but_o josephus_n say_v out_o of_o manethon_n that_o this_o be_v techmosis_n and_o yet_o show_v he_o to_o vary_v from_o himself_o and_o to_o put_v amenophis_n in_o another_o place_n also_o eusebius_n say_v that_o it_o be_v pharaoh_n cenchre_n in_o chron._n and_o that_o the_o magician_n name_n be_v jannes_n and_o jambres_n prep_n evangel_n ex_fw-la numenio_n c_o louse_n so_o do_v josephus_n say_v if_o ruffinus_n have_v well_o translate_v he_o that_o this_o three_o plague_n be_v the_o disease_n call_v phthiriasis_n or_o the_o lousy_a evil_n name_v no_o gnatte_n peter_n denatalibus_fw-la and_o albertus_n grotus_n say_v that_o the_o cyniphes_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o fly_n so_o say_v cyniphes_n origen_n albertus_n say_v that_o they_o have_v the_o body_n of_o a_o worm_n the_o wing_n and_o head_n of_o a_o fly_n with_o a_o sting_n in_o their_o mouth_n wherewith_o they_o prick_v and_o draw-bloud_n and_o be_v common_o breed_v in_o fen_n and_o marsh_n trouble_v all_o creature_n but_o man_n especial_o origen_n call_v they_o snipe_n they_o do_v fly_v faith_n he_o but_o be_v so_o
the_o eye_n of_o the_o spirit_n though_o not_o of_o the_o dull_a flesh_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o scripture_n call_v a_o prophecy_n a_o vision_n and_o nathan_n be_v call_v the_o seer_n 1._o king_n the_o greek_n sometime_o use_v the_o name_n of_o prophet_n for_o their_o priest_n poet_n or_o teacher_n adam_n be_v the_o first_o man_n and_o the_o first_o prophet_n who_o see_v the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n in_o his_o sleep_n then_o follow_v enoch_n noah_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n and_o his_o child_n moses_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v not_o these_o reckon_v among_o the_o prophet_n for_o none_o of_o they_o leave_v any_o book_n of_o the_o vision_n but_o moses_n who_o book_n concern_v ceremony_n sacrifice_n and_o civil_a order_n also_o but_o these_o be_v all_o figure_n of_o future_a thing_n nor_o be_v those_o the_o prophetical_a time_n as_o those_o from_o samuel_n be_v wherein_o there_o never_o be_v prophet_n want_v whereas_o before_o god_n speak_v but_o seldom_o and_o his_o vision_n be_v not_o so_o manifest_a as_o they_o be_v from_o the_o first_o king_n unto_o the_o captivity_n wherein_o be_v four_o great_a book_n of_o prophecy_n write_v and_o twelve_o of_o the_o small_a at_o what_o time_n god_n promise_v concern_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v fulfil_v and_o israel_n receive_v it_o to_o dwell_v in_o and_o possess_v chap._n 2._o we_o say_v in_o the_o last_o book_n that_o god_n promise_v two_o thing_n unto_o abraham_n one_o be_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o his_o seed_n in_o these_o word_n go_v into_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 etc._n etc._n the_o other_o of_o far_o more_o excellence_n not_o concern_v the_o carnal_a but_o the_o spiritual_a seed_n nor_o israel_n only_o but_o all_o the_o believe_a nation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v all_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v etc._n etc._n this_o we_o confirm_v by_o many_o testiâ—…_n 12._o now_o therefore_o be_v abraham_n carnal_a seed_n that_o be_v the_o israelite_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d promise_n now_o have_v they_o town_n city_n yea_o and_o king_n therein_o and_o god_n 〈◊〉_d be_v perform_v unto_o they_o in_o great_a measure_n not_o only_o those_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d sign_n or_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n unto_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n but_o even_o 〈◊〉_d â—…so_o that_o moses_n who_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o egyptian_a bondage_n or_o any_o 〈◊〉_d he_o unto_o this_o instant_n have_v promise_v they_o from_o god_n but_o the_o proâ—…â—…cerning_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n that_o israel_n shall_v reign_v over_o it_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d egypt_n unto_o the_o great_a euphrates_n be_v neither_o fulfil_v by_o josuah_n that_o worâ—…_n of_o they_o into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n and_o he_o that_o divide_v the_o whole_a aâ—…_n the_o twelve_o tribe_n nor_o by_o any_o other_o of_o the_o judge_n in_o all_o the_o time_n after_o 〈◊〉_d be_v there_o any_o more_o prophecy_n that_o it_o be_v to_o come_v but_o at_o this_o instant_a 〈◊〉_d â—…ected_v and_o by_o a_o david_n and_o his_o son_n solomon_n it_o be_v fulfil_v indeed_o and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…gdome_n enlarge_v as_o far_o as_o be_v promise_v for_o these_o two_o make_v all_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ations_n their_o servant_n and_o tributary_n thus_o then_o be_v abraham_n seed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o settle_v in_o this_o land_n of_o canaan_n by_o these_o king_n that_o now_o no_o part_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ly_a promise_n be_v leave_v unfulfil_v but_o that_o the_o hebrew_n obey_v god_n â—…ements_n may_v continue_v their_o dominion_n therein_o without_o all_o disturâ—…_n in_o all_o security_n and_o happiness_n of_o estate_n but_o god_n know_v they_o will_v 〈◊〉_d use_v some_o temporal_a affliction_n to_o excercise_n the_o few_o faithful_a therein_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ad_v leave_v and_o by_o they_o to_o give_v warning_n to_o all_o his_o servant_n that_o the_o nation_n 〈◊〉_d â—…erwards_o to_o contain_v who_o be_v to_o be_v warn_v by_o those_o as_o in_o who_o he_o 〈◊〉_d â—…llfill_v his_o other_o promise_n by_o open_v the_o new_a testament_n in_o the_o death_n of_o 〈◊〉_d l._n vives_n bâ—…â—…id_v hierome_n epist_n ad_fw-la dardan_n show_v that_o the_o jew_n possess_v not_o all_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d promise_v they_o for_o in_o the_o book_n of_o number_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v bound_v on_o the_o south_n by_o the_o salt_n sea_n and_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n unto_o that_o river_n of_o egypt_n that_o run_v into_o the_o sea_n by_o rhinocorura_n on_o the_o west_n by_o the_o sea_n of_o palestina_n phoenicia_n coele_n syria_n and_o cylicia_n on_o the_o north_n by_o mount_n taurus_n and_o zephyrius_fw-la as_o far_o as_o emath_n or_o epiphania_fw-la in_o syria_n on_o the_o east_n by_o antioch_n and_o the_o lake_n genesareth_n call_v now_o tabarie_n and_o by_o jordan_n that_o run_v into_o the_o salt_n sea_n call_v now_o the_o dead_a sea_n beyond_o jordan_n half_a of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n &_o gad_n lay_v and_o half_a of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasses_n thus_o much_o hierome_n but_o david_n possess_v not_o all_o these_o but_o only_o that_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o rhinocorura_n and_o euphrates_n wherein_o the_o israelite_n still_o keep_v themselves_o the_o prophet_n three_o meaning_n of_o earthly_a jerusalem_n of_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o of_o both_o chap._n 3._o wherefore_o as_o those_o prophecy_n speak_v to_o abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n or_o any_o other_o in_o the_o time_n before_o the_o king_n so_o likewise_o all_o that_o the_o prophet_n speak_v afterward_o have_v their_o double_a reference_n partly_o to_o abraháms_n seed_n in_o the_o flesh_n &_o partly_o to_o that_o wherein_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v in_o he_o be_v make_v coheir_n with_o christ_n in_o the_o glory_n and_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n by_o this_o new_a testament_n so_o then_o they_o concern_v partly_o the_o bondwoman_n bring_v forth_o unto_o bondage_n that_o be_v the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n which_o serve_v with_o her_o son_n and_o partly_o to_o the_o free_a city_n of_o god_n the_o true_a jerusalem_n eternal_a and_o heavenly_a who_o child_n be_v pilgrim_n upon_o earth_n in_o the_o way_n of_o god_n word_n and_o there_o be_v some_o that_o belong_v unto_o both_o properly_z to_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o figurative_o unto_o the_o free_a woman_n for_o the_o prophet_n have_v a_o triple_a meaning_n in_o their_o prophecy_n some_o concern_v the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n some_o the_o heavenly_a and_o some_o both_o as_o for_o example_n the_o prophet_n a_o nathan_n be_v send_v to_o tell_v david_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o foretell_v he_o the_o evil_n that_o shall_v ensue_v thereof_o now_o who_o doubt_v that_o these_o word_n concern_v the_o temporal_a city_n whether_o they_o be_v speak_v public_o for_o the_o people_n general_n 12_o good_a or_o private_o for_o some_o man_n knowledge_n for_o some_o temporal_a use_n in_o the_o life_n present_a but_o now_o whereas_o we_o read_v behold_v the_o day_n come_v say_v the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v make_v a_o new_a covenant_n with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n not_o according_a to_o the_o covenant_n that_o i_o make_v with_o their_o father_n when_o i_o take_v they_o by_o the_o hand_n to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o covenant_n they_o break_v although_o i_o be_v a_o husband_n unto_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n but_o this_o be_v the_o covenant_n that_o i_o will_v make_v with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n after_o those_o day_n say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v put_v my_o law_n in_o their_o mind_n and_o write_v it_o in_o their_o heart_n and_o i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n this_o without_o aâ—…l_a doubt_n be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o celestial_a jerusalem_n to_o who_o god_n himself_o stand_v as_o a_o reward_n and_o unto_o which_o the_o enjoy_n of_o he_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o good_a yet_o belong_v it_o unto_o they_o both_o in_o that_o the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n be_v call_v god_n city_n and_o his_o house_n promise_v to_o be_v therein_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o salomon_n build_v of_o that_o magnificent_a temple_n these_o thing_n be_v both_o relation_n of_o thing_n act_v on_o earth_n and_o figure_n of_o thing_n concern_v heaven_n which_o kind_n of_o prophecy_n compound_v of_o both_o be_v of_o great_a efficacy_n in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o do_v exercise_v the_o reader_n of_o scripture_n very_o laudable_o in_o seek_v how_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v speak_v of_o abraham_n carnal_a seed_n be_v allegorical_o fulfil_v in_o his_o seed_n by_o faith_n in_o b_o so_o much_o that_o some_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o scripture_n foretold_v and_o effect_v or_o
like_v a_o parcel_n of_o some_o poâ—…â—…hose_v â—…hose_z intent_n concern_v a_o theme_n far_o different_a now_o to_o show_v this_o testimoâ—…_n one_o in_o every_o psalm_n of_o the_o book_n we_o must_v expound_v the_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d to_o do_v how_o great_a a_o work_n it_o be_v both_z other_o and_o our_o volume_n wherein_o we_o 〈◊〉_d do_v it_o do_v express_o declare_v let_v he_o that_o can_v and_o list_v read_v those_o and_o there_o â—…ll_v see_v how_o abundant_a the_o prophecy_n of_o david_n concern_v christ_n and_o of_o his_o church_n be_v namely_o concern_v that_o celestial_a king_n and_o the_o city_n which_o he_o build_v l._n vives_n like_a e_o parcel_n centones_n be_v piece_n of_o cloth_n of_o diverse_a colour_n use_v any_o way_n on_o the_o centones_n back_n or_o on_o the_o bed_n cic._n cato_n maior_n sisenna_n c._n caesar._n metaphorical_o it_o be_v a_o poem_n patch_v out_o of_o other_o poem_n by_o end_n of_o verse_n as_o homero-centon_a and_o uirgilio-centon_a diverse_a make_v by_o proba_n and_o by_o ausonius_n b_o retrograde_a poem_n sotadicall_a verse_n that_o be_v verse_n backward_o and_o forward_o as_o musa_fw-la mihi_fw-la causas_fw-la memora_fw-la quo_fw-la numine_fw-la laesa_fw-la &_o laeso_fw-la numine_fw-la quo_fw-la memora_fw-la causas_fw-la mihi_fw-la musa_fw-la sotadicall_a verse_n may_v be_v turn_v backward_o into_o other_o also_o as_o verse_n this_o jambick_a pio_n precare_fw-la sure_fw-mi caelestum_fw-la numina_fw-la turn_v it_o numina_fw-la caelestum_fw-la sure_fw-mi precare_fw-la piâ—…_n it_o be_v a_o pâ—…ntameter_n they_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o wanton_a verse_n as_o quintilian_n say_v invent_v say_v strabo_n or_o rather_o use_v say_v diomedes_n by_o sotades_n who_o marshal_n call_v gnidus_n some_o of_o augustine_n copy_n read_v it_o a_o great_a poem_n and_o it_o be_v the_o fit_a as_o if_o one_o shall_v pick_v verse_n out_o of_o some_o great_a work_n concern_v another_o purpose_n and_o apply_v they_o unto_o his_o own_o as_o some_o centonist_n do_v turn_v uirgils_n and_o homer_n word_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o trojan_a war_n unto_o christ_n and_o divine_a matter_n and_o ausonius_n turn_v they_o unto_o a_o epithalamion_n of_o the_o forty_o five_o psalm_n the_o trope_n and_o truth_n therein_o concern_v christ_n and_o the_o church_n chap._n 16._o for_o although_o there_o be_v some_o manifest_a prophecy_n yet_o be_v they_o mix_v with_o figure_n put_v the_o learned_a unto_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o labour_n in_o make_v the_o ignorant_a understand_v they_o yet_o some_o show_n christ_n and_o his_o church_n at_o first_o sight_n though_o we_o must_v at_o leisure_n expound_v the_o difficulty_n that_o we_o find_v therein_o as_o for_o example_n psal._n 45._o my_o heart_n have_v give_v out_o a_o good_a word_n i_o dedicate_v my_o work_n to_o the_o king_n my_o tongue_n be_v the_o pen_n of_o a_o ready_a writer_n thou_o fair_o than_o the_o child_n of_o man_n grâ—…_n be_v pour_v in_o thy_o lip_n for_o god_n have_v bless_v thou_o for_o ever_o gird_v thy_o sword_n upon_o thy_o â—…high_n thou_o most_o mighty_a proceed_v in_o thy_o beauty_n and_o glory_n and_o reign_v prosperou_o 45._o because_o of_o thy_o truth_n thy_o justice_n and_o thy_o gentleness_n thy_o right_a hand_n shall_v guide_v thou_o wondrous_o thy_o arrow_n be_v sharp_a most_o mighty_a against_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o king_n enemy_n the_o people_n shall_v fall_v under_o thou_o thy_o throne_n o_o god_n be_v everlasting_a and_o the_o sceptre_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n a_o sceptre_n of_o direction_n thou_o love_v justice_n and_o hate_v iniquity_n therefore_o god_n even_o thy_o god_n have_v anoint_v thou_o with_o oil_n of_o gladness_n above_o thy_o fellow_n all_o thy_o garment_n smell_v of_o myrrh_n aloe_n and_o cassia_n from_o the_o iâ—…ry_a palace_n wherein_o the_o king_n daughter_n have_v make_v thou_o glâ—…d_n in_o their_o honour_n who_o be_v so_o dull_a that_o he_o discern_v not_o christ_n our_o god_n in_o who_o we_o believe_v by_o this_o place_n hear_n he_o call_v god_n who_o throne_n be_v for_o ever_o and_o annoynâ—…d_v by_o god_n not_o with_o visible_a but_o with_o spiritual_a chrism_n who_o be_v so_o barbarous_o ignorant_a in_o this_o immortal_a and_o universal_a religion_n that_o he_o hear_v not_o that_o christ_n name_n come_v of_o chrisma_n unction_n here_o we_o know_v christ_n let_v we_o see_v then_o unto_o the_o type_n how_o be_v he_o father_n then_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o a_o beauty_n far_o more_o amiable_a than_o that_o of_o the_o body_n what_o be_v his_o sword_n his_o shaft_n etc._n etc._n all_o these_o be_v tropical_a character_n of_o his_o power_n and_o how_o they_o be_v all_o so_o let_v he_o that_o be_v the_o subject_n to_o this_o true_a just_a and_o gentle_a king_n look_v to_o at_o his_o leisure_n and_o then_o behold_v his_o church_n that_o spiritual_a spouse_n of_o he_o and_o that_o divine_a wedlock_n of_o they_o here_o it_o be_v the_o queen_n stand_v on_o thy_o right_a hand_n her_o â—…lothing_n be_v of_o gold_n embroider_v with_o diverse_a colour_n heaâ—…e_o oh_o daughter_n and_o 〈◊〉_d attend_v and_o forget_v thy_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n for_o the_o king_n take_v pleasure_n in_o thy_o beauty_n and_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n the_o son_n of_o tyre_n shall_v adore_v he_o 〈◊〉_d gift_n the_o rich_a man_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v â—…ooe_v he_o with_o present_n the_o king_n daughter_n 〈◊〉_d all_o glorious_a within_o her_o clothing_n be_v of_o wrought_a gold_n the_o virgin_n shall_v be_v bring_v after_o she_o unto_o the_o king_n and_o her_o kinsfolk_n and_o companion_n shall_v follow_v she_o with_o joy_n and_o gladness_n shall_v they_o be_v bring_v and_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o king_n chamber_n instead_o of_o father_n 〈◊〉_d shall_v have_v child_n to_o make_v they_o prince_n through_o out_o the_o earth_n they_o shall_v remember_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n from_o a_o generation_n to_o generation_n therefore_o shall_v their_o people_n give_v â—…ks_n unto_o thou_o world_n without_o end_n i_o do_v not_o think_v any_o one_o so_o besot_v as_o to_o think_v this_o to_o be_v mean_v of_o any_o personal_a woman_n no_o no_o she_o be_v his_o spouse_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v thy_o throne_n o_o god_n be_v everlasting_a and_o the_o sceptre_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n a_o sceptre_n of_o direction_n 〈◊〉_d haste_n love_v justice_n and_o hate_a iniquity_n therefore_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v anoint_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ith_n the_o oil_n of_o gladness_n before_o thy_o fellow_n namely_o christ_n before_o the_o christiâ—…_n for_o they_o be_v his_o fellow_n of_o who_o concord_n out_o of_o all_o nation_n come_v this_o queen_n as_o a_o other_o psalm_n say_v the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n mean_v the_o spiritual_a zion_n zion_n be_v speculation_n for_o so_o it_o speculate_v the_o future_a good_a that_o it_o be_v to_o receive_v and_o thither_o direct_v it_o all_o the_o intention_n this_o be_v the_o spiritual_a jerusalem_n whereof_o we_o have_v all_o this_o while_n speak_v this_o be_v the_o foe_n of_o that_o devilish_a babylon_n hight_v confusion_n and_o that_o the_o foe_n of_o this_o yet_o be_v this_o city_n by_o regeneration_n free_v from_o the_o babylonian_a bondage_n and_o pass_v over_o the_o worst_a king_n for_o the_o best_a that_o ever_o be_v turn_v from_o the_o devil_n and_o come_v home_o to_o christ_n for_o which_o it_o be_v say_v forget_v thy_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n the_o israelite_n be_v a_o part_n of_o thiâ—…_n â—…tty_a in_o the_o flesh_n but_o not_o in_o that_o faith_n but_o become_v foe_n both_o to_o this_o great_a 〈◊〉_d queen_n christ_n be_v kill_v by_o they_o and_o come_v from_o they_o to_o b_o those_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ever_o see_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o therefore_o our_o king_n say_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o another_o place_n thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o contention_n of_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d i_o the_o head_n of_o the_o heathen_a a_o people_n who_o i_o have_v not_o know_v have_v serve_v 44._o 〈◊〉_d assoon_o as_o they_o hear_v i_o obey_v i_o this_o be_v the_o gentile_n who_o never_o 〈◊〉_d â—…rist_n in_o the_o flesh_n nor_o he_o they_o yet_o hear_v he_o preach_v they_o believe_v 〈◊〉_d â—…astly_a that_o he_o may_v well_o say_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o hear_v i_o they_o obey_v i_o for_o 〈◊〉_d â—…es_v by_o hear_v this_o people_n conjoin_v with_o the_o true_a israel_n both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o spirit_n be_v that_o city_n of_o god_n which_o when_o it_o be_v only_o in_o israel_n bring_v 〈◊〉_d â—…hrist_n in_o the_o flesh_n for_o thence_o be_v the_o virgin_n mary_n from_o who_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d our_o manhood_n upon_o he_o of_o this_o city_n thus_o say_v another_o psalm_n c_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v call_v it_o our_o mother_n zion_n he_o become_v man_n therein_o the_o most_o high_a have_v found_v 〈◊〉_d be_v this_o most_o high_a but_o
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better_a for_o africa_n be_v 〈◊〉_d europe_n and_o asia_n great_a than_o both_o which_o lie_v in_o a_o large_a quantity_n to_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d africa_n and_o the_o sea_n between_o they_o both_o contain_v as_o mela_n say_v but_o he_o folâ—…â—…olde_v tradition_n for_o we_o have_v now_o discover_v a_o great_a part_n of_o africa_n towards_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…owne_v before_o f_z europe_n from_o the_o north_n on_o the_o north_n side_n europe_n be_v bound_v 〈◊〉_d sea_n and_o the_o british_a ocean_n on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantike_a ocean_n on_o the_o europe_n 〈◊〉_d â—…he_v mediterrane_n sea_n and_o on_o the_o east_n with_o hellespont_n the_o two_o bosphori_n the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o river_n of_o tanais_n g_o africa_n africa_n be_v bound_v on_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantic_a sea_n on_o the_o north_n with_o our_o sea_n and_o on_o the_o south_n 〈◊〉_d â—…opian_a ocean_n but_o thus_o the_o old_a writer_n unperfect_o limit_v it_o the_o portugal_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v 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