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of_o divine_a worship_n for_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o question_v but_o the_o jew_n have_v their_o proseuchas_fw-la or_o place_n of_o prayer_n from_o the_o beginning_n since_o it_o be_v incredible_a that_o those_o who_o live_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n and_o can_v not_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n and_o other_o time_n of_o divine_a worship_n beside_o the_o three_o great_a festival_n when_o all_o their_o male_n be_v bind_v to_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n shall_v not_o assemble_v for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o dwell_v nay_o they_o be_v by_o a_o express_a law_n oblige_v to_o it_o on_o the_o sabbath_n the_o seven_o day_n be_v the_o sabbath_n of_o rest_n a_o holy_a convocation_n you_o shall_v do_v no_o work_n therein_o it_o be_v the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o all_o your_o dwelling_n leu._n xxiii_o 3._o they_o must_v therefore_o have_v place_n in_o all_o their_o dwelling_n to_o resort_v to_o where_o they_o hold_v their_o 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to_o himself_o thereby_o the_o great_a master_n of_o decency_n have_v not_o think_v it_o always_o improper_a for_o man_n to_o commend_v themselves_o either_o because_o they_o suppose_v some_o occasion_n may_v require_v it_o or_o because_o it_o be_v a_o more_o usual_a thing_n in_o ancient_a time_n when_o man_n life_n and_o manner_n be_v more_o natural_a and_o sincere_a and_o they_o often_o speak_v as_o they_o think_v both_o of_o themselves_o and_o other_o yet_o we_o no_o where_n find_v man_n speak_v so_o free_o in_o disparagement_n of_o themselves_o as_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o show_v that_o moses_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o inspire_a writer_n little_o regard_v their_o own_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v but_o write_v what_o god_n be_v please_v to_o appoint_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n indifferent_a to_o they_o so_o god_n may_v be_v honour_v whether_o they_o lose_v or_o gain_v in_o their_o own_o reputation_n by_o it_o but_o what_o we_o read_v of_o moses_n num._n twelve_o 3._o 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he_o will_v certain_o have_v ascribe_v balaam_n prophecy_n and_o jethro_n advice_n to_o himself_o at_o least_o he_o will_v never_o have_v record_v that_o by_o jethro_n counsel_n he_o take_v up_o a_o new_a and_o better_a method_n for_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n if_o he_o have_v be_v lead_v by_o ambition_n and_o vainglory_n he_o will_v have_v endeavour_v by_o these_o thing_n to_o adorn_v his_o own_o character_n and_o will_v never_o have_v lessen_v it_o by_o tell_v his_o own_o infirmity_n at_o the_o same_o time_n when_o to_o the_o diminution_n of_o himself_o he_o publish_v the_o excellency_n of_o other_o the_o wonder_n of_o the_o magician_n of_o egypt_n be_v not_o conceal_v by_o he_o and_o be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o own_o genealogy_n from_o levi_n he_o first_o set_v down_o the_o family_n of_o reuben_n and_o simeon_n the_o two_o elder_a brother_n lest_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o arrogate_v too_o much_o to_o himself_o and_o his_o own_o tribe_n some_o have_v observe_v that_o moses_n relate_v his_o own_o birth_n to_o have_v be_v by_o a_o marriage_n contrary_n to_o the_o law_n afterward_o by_o himself_o establish_v which_o indeed_o be_v doubtful_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o latitude_n of_o signification_n in_o the_o word_n sister_n in_o the_o hebrew_n language_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o be_v not_o careful_a to_o avoid_v the_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v bear_v from_o such_o a_o marriage_n as_o he_o will_v have_v be_v if_o his_o law_n have_v be_v of_o his_o own_o contrivance_n lest_o his_o own_o reputation_n or_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o law_n or_o perhaps_o both_o may_v have_v suffer_v by_o it_o exod._n vi_fw-la 14_o 20._o he_o set_v forth_o the_o ingratitude_n idolatry_n and_o perpetual_a revolt_v and_o murmur_n of_o his_o whole_a nation_n and_o relate_v the_o fail_n and_o fault_n of_o their_o ancestor_n the_o patriarch_n and_o particular_o of_o levi_n from_o who_o he_o be_v descend_v gen._n xxxiv_o 30._o &_o xlix_o 6._o he_o spare_v neither_o his_o people_n nor_o his_o ancestor_n nor_o himself_o in_o what_o he_o relate_v and_o these_o be_v all_o the_o character_n of_o a_o faithful_a historian_n and_o a_o sincere_a man_n that_o can_v be_v desire_v and_o as_o moses_n be_v not_o ambitious_a of_o praise_n so_o neither_o be_v he_o ambitious_a of_o power_n and_o dominion_n for_o beside_o that_o he_o enter_v upon_o such_o a_o undertake_n as_o no_o sober_a man_n will_v have_v attempt_v without_o a_o revelation_n it_o appear_v otherwise_o impossible_a to_o accomplish_v it_o his_o whole_a conduct_n show_v that_o he_o have_v no_o design_n of_o advance_v his_o own_o interest_n or_o dominion_n if_o he_o have_v be_v never_o so_o ambitious_a he_o need_v not_o have_v go_v into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o seek_v his_o preferment_n among_o a_o wander_a and_o stubborn_a people_n when_o he_o have_v be_v breed_v up_o to_o all_o the_o honour_n and_o the_o pleasure_n that_o egypt_n or_o pharaoh_n court_n can_v afford_v but_o he_o refuse_v to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n esteem_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n great_a riches_n than_o the_o treasure_n of_o egypt_n heb._n xi_o 24_o 25._o he_o undertake_v to_o lead_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n for_o forty_o year_n through_o a_o barren_a wilderness_n where_o he_o can_v promise_v himself_o but_o a_o very_a uneasy_a and_o inglorious_a reign_n if_o that_o have_v be_v his_o design_n and_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n he_o can_v not_o hope_v to_o outlive_v that_o period_n of_o time_n and_o though_o he_o be_v preserve_v in_o his_o old_a age_n in_o the_o full_a strength_n and_o vigour_n of_o manhood_n yet_o upon_o their_o entrance_n into_o the_o promise_a land_n he_o meek_o resign_v himself_o to_o death_n in_o the_o very_a sight_n and_o border_n of_o canaan_n know_v beforehand_o that_o he_o must_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o possess_v the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v be_v so_o many_o year_n in_o so_o great_a danger_n lead_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n to_o enjoy_v though_o he_o do_v not_o conceal_v how_o desirous_a he_o be_v to_o pass_v over_o jordan_n deut._n iii._o 23_o etc._n etc._n the_o history_n of_o his_o death_n be_v like_a that_o of_o his_o life_n relate_v with_o a_o peculiar_a kind_n of_o native_a simplicity_n he_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v take_v up_o into_o heaven_n as_o enoch_n and_o elijah_n be_v and_o as_o the_o roman_n feign_v of_o romulus_n but_o to_o die_v and_o his_o sepulchre_n be_v hide_v to_o prevent_v the_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a veneration_n which_o may_v have_v be_v pay_v to_o the_o remain_v of_o so_o great_a a_o person_n and_o though_o he_o have_v son_n yet_o they_o be_v but_o private_a man_n no_o otherwise_o know_v to_o we_o than_o as_o they_o be_v his_o son_n the_o government_n he_o confer_v upon_o joshua_n one_o of_o another_o tribe_n moses_n therefore_o be_v the_o further_a of_o any_o man_n from_o vainglorious_a or_o ambitious_a and_o aspire_a design_n and_o can_v propose_v no_o other_o advantage_n to_o himself_o but_o the_o fulfil_n the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o deliver_v his_o commandment_n to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o follow_v his_o direction_n in_o his_o conduct_n and_o government_n aaron_z be_v of_o a_o different_a temper_n from_o moses_n and_o be_v envious_a of_o he_o and_o both_o aaron_n and_o miriam_n murmur_v against_o he_o it_o be_v so_o notorious_a that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o contrivance_n between_o they_o to_o deceive_v the_o people_n that_o it_o be_v the_o immediate_a and_o visible_a power_n of_o god_n which_o keep_v aaron_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n in_o obedience_n to_o moses_n upon_o moses_n absence_n aaron_n comply_v with_o the_o people_n in_o make_v a_o golden_a calf_n and_o his_o two_o elder_a son_n offer_v strange_a fire_n before_o the_o lord_n which_o he_o have_v not_o command_v for_o 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