thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o the_o call_n of_o assembly_n be_v render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a or_o high_a day_n which_o in_o other_o place_n be_v term_v a_o holy_a convocation_n by_o which_o be_v mean_v the_o first_o and_o last_o day_n of_o the_o three_o great_a feast_n which_o be_v keep_v for_o seven_o day_n together_o in_o the_o first_o and_o last_o of_o which_o there_o be_v a_o more_o extraordinary_a concourse_n of_o the_o people_n and_o beside_o a_o sabbath_n or_o day_n of_o rest_n from_o all_o manner_n of_o secular_a employment_n which_o notion_n if_o boâ—â—artus_n have_v understand_v so_o thorough_o as_o he_o shall_v have_v do_v if_o he_o have_v know_v that_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o a_o feast_n be_v as_o well_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a or_o high_a day_n as_o the_o first_o though_o it_o be_v not_o equal_o so_o for_o by_o this_o time_n most_o of_o those_o that_o live_v at_o any_o distance_n from_o jerusalem_n be_v go_v home_o he_o will_v not_o have_v utter_v these_o word_n quin_fw-la apud_fw-la jadaeos_fw-la nullum_fw-la fuit_fw-la festum_fw-la in_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la quadret_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la that_o there_o be_v no_o feast-day_n among_o the_o jew_n which_o may_v not_o proper_o enough_o be_v call_v a_o great_a or_o high_a day_n for_o which_o he_o cite_v that_o text_n of_o joh._n c._n 7._o v._n 37._o speak_v of_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o last_o day_n that_o great_a day_n of_o the_o feast_n neither_o be_v this_o any_o more_o than_o what_o be_v usual_a in_o our_o own_o age_n as_o bochartus_fw-la can_v not_o choose_v but_o know_v for_o what_o day_n or_o night_n be_v so_o guilty_a of_o excess_n and_o riot_n as_o that_o which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o carnival_n in_o popish_a country_n and_o here_o among_o ourselves_o the_o solemnity_n of_o twelftide_n and_o candlemass_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n equal_a to_o that_o of_o 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be_v be_v call_v the_o 〈◊〉_d or_o high_a sunday_n as_o well_o because_o of_o the_o concurrence_n 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v of_o two_o holiday_n in_o one_o as_o for_o that_o this_o be_v our_o christian_a passover_n it_o answer_v to_o the_o first_o day_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n which_o be_v a_o holy_a convocation_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o last_o place_n mention_v by_o bochartus_n be_v matt._n 26._o 5._o but_o they_o say_v not_o on_o the_o feast_n day_n lest_o there_o be_v a_o uproar_n 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n which_o place_n to_o speak_v true_o prove_v nothing_o either_o way_n for_o thus_o much_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o jew_n be_v wont_a to_o put_v to_o death_n notorious_a malefactor_n and_o such_o some_o of_o they_o look_v upon_o our_o saviour_n and_o other_o will_v have_v have_v he_o thought_n to_o be_v upon_o the_o preparation_n of_o their_o solemn_a feast-day_n when_o there_o be_v a_o general_a conslux_n of_o the_o people_n that_o so_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v of_o great_a example_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o passover_n must_v be_v kill_v or_o as_o a_o man_n will_v express_v it_o in_o latin_a quo_fw-la die_v solenne_fw-fr erat_fw-la ex_fw-la proescripto_o legis_fw-la ex_fw-la instituto_fw-la mosis_fw-la ex_fw-la hebroeorum_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ex_fw-la proecepto_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la mactaretur_fw-la pascha_fw-la but_o than_o you_o will_v ask_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o parasceve_v or_o preparation_n to_o the_o passover_n be_v call_v the_o first_o day_n of_o unleavened-bread_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o first_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o roman_a way_n of_o speak_v of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o the_o language_n of_o those_o time_n when_o judoea_n be_v become_v a_o roman_a province_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o latin_a pridie_fw-la calendarum_fw-la be_v primo_fw-la die_fw-la 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ab_fw-la ea_fw-la nocte_fw-la quoe_fw-la antecedit_fw-la solemn_a decimum_fw-la quartum_fw-la &_o pars_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decimi_fw-la quarti_fw-la quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la etiam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la ejus_fw-la proeparationis_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la anxia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la quam_fw-la alludit_fw-la paulus_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 7._o solicitè_fw-fr enim_fw-la eâ_fw-la nocte_fw-la &_o antemeridiano_fw-it tempore_fw-la sequenti_fw-la inquirunt_fw-la ecquid_fw-la usquam_fw-la fermentatum_fw-la supersit_fw-la etiam_fw-la micas_fw-la colligentes_fw-la and_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o josephus_n in_o the_o three_o of_o his_o antiquity_n speak_v of_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened-bread_n speak_v of_o it_o in_o the_o most_o proper_a acceptation_n of_o those_o word_n for_o that_o feast_n of_o seven_o day_n continuance_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o leaven_n to_o be_v touch_v or_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o fifteen_o of_o nisan_fw-la after_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n follow_v the_o feast_n of_o vnleavened-bread_n which_o continue_v for_o seven_o day_n but_o in_o his_o second_o book_n speak_v of_o the_o same_o feast_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o celebrate_v the_o feast_n of_o vnleavened-bread_n for_o eight_o day_n together_o in_o which_o last_o place_n it_o be_v manifest_a he_o must_v of_o necessity_n include_v the_o preparation_n to_o the_o feast_n as_o well_o as_o the_o feast_n itself_o otherwise_o his_o eight_o day_n will_v want_v of_o their_o number_n have_v thus_o vindicate_v these_o three_o text_n of_o the_o evangelist_n saint_n matthew_n mark_n and_o luke_n from_o the_o false_a interpretation_n which_o the_o latin_a church_n and_o their_o defendour_n whether_o among_o themselves_o or_o of_o the_o reformation_n have_v make_v and_o show_v that_o these_o very_a place_n do_v equal_o conspire_v with_o the_o 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as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o entrance_n upon_o the_o feast_n or_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o part_n of_o a_o oration_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o a_o house_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o the_o tongue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o the_o hair_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o the_o forehead_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o a_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o part_n of_o a_o wall_n and_o the_o like_a but_o suppose_v there_o be_v such_o a_o word_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o believe_v it_o will_v be_v difficult_a to_o find_v yet_o i_o deny_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v the_o same_o no_o more_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o instance_n the_o preposition_n with_o the_o genitive_a 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to_o be_v allow_v but_o yet_o though_o i_o be_o not_o oblige_v to_o put_v the_o cause_n upon_o this_o issue_n be_v support_v by_o so_o many_o authority_n beside_o that_o of_o this_o text_n if_o so_o much_o as_o one_o single_a place_n can_v be_v produce_v beside_o this_o which_o be_v in_o question_n and_o must_v not_o therefore_o be_v allege_v to_o justify_v itself_o where_o the_o word_n pesach_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v for_o the_o chagigah_n or_o peace-offering_a of_o any_o of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o unleavened-bread_n than_o i_o will_v be_v content_a to_o allow_v that_o bochartus_fw-la and_o those_o who_o he_o follow_v in_o this_o particular_a be_v in_o the_o right_n notwithstanding_o that_o suppose_v the_o chagigah_n or_o peace_n offer_v of_o the_o day_n of_o unleavened-bread_n to_o be_v understand_v in_o this_o place_n by_o the_o passover_n yet_o this_o will_v have_v be_v no_o reason_n of_o their_o not_o enter_v into_o the_o judgment-hall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v defile_v for_o in_o the_o first_o place_n there_o be_v not_o that_o purity_n require_v to_o the_o feed_n upon_o the_o chagigah_n which_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o passover_n itself_o and_o therefore_o though_o the_o first_o and_o last_o day_n of_o the_o seven_o be_v a_o sabbath_n and_o a_o holy_a convocation_n yet_o the_o other_o five_o day_n be_v not_o of_o a_o sabbatical_a nature_n as_o you_o may_v see_v plain_o in_o exodus_fw-la where_o the_o institution_n of_o this_o solemnity_n be_v appoint_v sed_fw-la ita_fw-la erant_fw-la festi_fw-la as_o grotius_n express_v it_o ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la essent_fw-la ex_fw-la aliqua_fw-la svi_fw-la parte_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v day_n of_o a_o middle_a state_n and_o condition_n between_o the_o work_n of_o the_o week_n day_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o sabbath_n and_o if_o the_o late_a jew_n have_v take_v so_o solicitous_a a_o care_n by_o the_o rubric_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o of_o their_o calendar_n to_o hinder_v the_o concourse_n of_o two_o sabbath_n together_o of_o which_o i_o shall_v speak_v more_o by_o and_o by_o much_o less_o can_v we_o think_v as_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o be_v do_v that_o either_o they_o or_o their_o ancestor_n ever_o keep_v seven_o day_n together_o with_o a_o sabbatical_a of_o observation_n but_o second_o it_o be_v agree_v on_o all_o hand_n if_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o suffer_v upon_o the_o passover_n itself_o yet_o that_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o unleavened-bread_n which_o be_v a_o sabbath_n and_o keep_v among_o the_o jew_n with_o all_o the_o religion_n and_o strictness_n that_o can_v be_v conceive_v it_o will_v have_v be_v no_o reason_n of_o their_o not_o enter_v into_o the_o judgment-hall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o may_v eat_v the_o chagigah_n but_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v defile_v upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o unleavened-bread_n 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giauhari_n with_o which_o his_o admirable_a skill_n in_o oriental_a learning_n have_v supply_v he_o but_o that_o the_o passover_n if_o it_o happen_v to_o fall_v upon_o a_o friday_n be_v ever_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v that_o which_o he_o and_o divers_a other_o contend_v for_o this_o be_v that_o which_o i_o deny_v because_o first_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v precarious_a have_v no_o authority_n of_o any_o hebrew_n calendar_n to_o vouch_v it_o in_o the_o second_o when_o the_o friday_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o elliptical_a way_n of_o speak_v which_o must_v be_v supply_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o those_o word_n the_o answer_n will_v be_v that_o it_o be_v the_o day_n before_o the_o sabbath_n and_o so_o a_o man_n will_v think_v by_o the_o same_o way_n of_o construe_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o day_n before_o the_o passover_n and_o not_o 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