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to_o show_v mercy_n to_o his_o fellow-servant_n it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o s._n mat._n 18.30_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n obstinate_o refuse_v to_o come_v under_o god_n protection_n it_o be_v say_v of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o will_v not_o s._n mat._n 23.37_o and_o so_o again_o s._n luke_n 13.34_o now_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o negative_a particle_n before_o it_o signify_v a_o wilful_a and_o obstinate_a refusal_n of_o a_o thing_n then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o a_o negative_a may_v signify_v a_o wilful_a and_o obstinate_a consent_n to_o a_o thing_n or_o compliance_n with_o it_o and_o so_o the_o phrase_n here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v signify_v a_o wilful_a and_o obstinate_a ignorance_n and_o because_o he_o be_v for_o proof_n out_o of_o greek_a author_n ib._n ib._n one_o proof_n shall_v be_v give_v he_o out_o of_o a_o author_n that_o he_o know_v understand_v greek_n well_o enough_o i_o mean_v the_o very_a learned_a and_o judicious_a dr._n hammond_n who_o in_o his_o annotation_n write_v thus_o upon_o this_o text._n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v here_o to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o sense_n not_o ordinary_a in_o other_o place_n for_o be_v of_o opinion_n or_o affirm_v perhaps_o with_o this_o addition_n of_o assert_v it_o magisterial_o without_o any_o reason_n render_v for_o it_o but_o a_o sic_fw-la volo_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o i_o will_v i_o command_v my_o will_n be_v my_o reason_n and_o according_a to_o this_o excellent_a annotator_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v extraordinary_a wilfulness_n here_o nor_o let_v he_o think_v that_o he_o gain_v any_o thing_n by_o note_v 20._o p._n 20._o that_o it_o be_v not_o their_o ignorance_n that_o s._n peter_n chief_o reprove_v but_o their_o deride_v and_o scoff_v at_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o if_o he_o reprove_v they_o as_o scoffer_n yet_o in_o the_o word_n consider_v he_o reprove_v they_o chief_o for_o their_o ignorance_n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n for_o their_o wilful_a ignorance_n 12â—_n p._n 12â—_n next_o he_o check_v the_o excepter_n for_o dispatch_a scripture_n quick_o by_o the_o help_n of_o a_o particle_n and_o a_o figure_n but_o if_o argument_n be_v so_o weak_a that_o they_o will_v fall_v with_o a_o fillip_v why_o shall_v great_a force_v be_v use_v to_o beat_v they_o down_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o he_o that_o shall_v have_v bring_v strong_a to_o draw_v a_o rapier_n to_o stab_v a_o fly_n or_o to_o charge_v a_o pistol_n to_o kill_v a_o spider_n i_o think_v will_v be_v preposterous_a he_o go_v on_o next_o to_o psal_n 33.7_o he_o gather_v the_o water_n of_o the_o sea_n 86._o eng._n the._n p._n 86._o as_o in_o a_o bag_n he_o lay_v up_o the_o abysses_n in_o storehouse_n which_o according_a to_o the_o theory_n hint_n that_o the_o sea_n or_o abyss_n before_o the_o deluge_n be_v enclose_v within_o the_o vault_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o confutation_n of_o this_o phantsy_n bag_n so_o the_o vulgate_n and_o septuagint_n both_o render_v it_o which_o the_o theorist_n quote_v for_o render_v the_o forecited_a place_n psal_n 33.7_o as_o in_o a_o bag_n the_o excepter_n bring_v in_o that_o passage_n psal_n 78.13_o he_o set_v the_o water_n as_o in_o a_o bag._n which_o prove_v according_a to_o the_o know_a rule_n of_o expound_v one_o scripture_n by_o another_o that_o by_o the_o water_n be_v as_o in_o a_o bag_n psal_n 33.7_o can_v not_o be_v mean_v their_o be_v enclose_v within_o the_o vault_n of_o the_o earth_n because_o this_o text_n which_o say_v the_o same_o thing_n speak_v of_o a_o open_a sea_n viz._n the_o red_a sea_n 140._o see_v disc_n p._n 139_o 140._o and_o that_o when_o it_o
under_o all_o its_o flaw_n and_o imperfection_n by_o such_o a_o lawless_a liberty_n as_o this_o a_o liberty_n of_o recourse_n to_o extraordinary_a providence_n and_o of_o bring_v in_o miracle_n and_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n to_o help_v to_o take_v off_o and_o solve_v those_o difficulty_n which_o puzzle_n its_o author_n and_o baffle_v its_o principle_n to_o what_o purpose_n do_v he_o invent_v a_o theory_n and_o write_v a_o treatise_n with_o design_n to_o shut_v out_o one_o extraordinary_a providence_n 34._o eng._n theor._n p._n 2d_o l._n 33_o 34._o the_o create_v of_o new_a water_n to_o make_v the_o deluge_n when_o in_o this_o treatise_n and_o to_o uphold_v that_o theory_n he_o be_v constrain_v to_o let_v in_o thus_o many_o but_o here_o the_o answerer_n be_v plain_o for_o shift_v to_o avoid_v a_o blow_n which_o for_o that_o fall_v but_o the_o heavy_a upon_o he_o the_o theory_n say_v the_o excepter_n 175_o disc_n p._n 175_o will_v have_v the_o rain_n to_o be_v antecedent_n to_o the_o description_n of_o the_o abyss_n 98._o eng._n theor._n p._n 98._o and_o he_o quote_v these_o word_n in_o proof_n of_o it_o i_o do_v not_o suppose_v the_o abyss_n break_v open_a till_o after_o the_o forty_o day_n rain_n but_o then_o add_v the_o excepter_n this_o be_v most_o direct_o against_o scripture_n for_o that_o plain_o affirm_v that_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_a and_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n be_v both_o open_v on_o one_o day_n gen._n 7.11_o now_o to_o salve_v this_o repugnancy_n to_o scripture_n the_o answerer_n here_o declare_v that_o he_o do_v not_o suppose_v the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n to_o have_v be_v open_v before_o which_o make_v the_o grand_a rain_n 31._o answ_n p._n 31._o but_o then_o he_o must_v suppose_v that_o there_o be_v two_o forty-days-rains_a one_o before_o the_o abyss_n be_v break_v up_o and_o another_o beginning_n with_o it_o and_o continue_v after_o it_o but_o be_v not_o this_o also_o as_o much_o against_o scripture_n which_o own_v but_o one_o forty-day_n rain_n that_o commence_v with_o the_o disruption_n and_o true_o have_v the_o vapour_n of_o the_o atmosphaere_n be_v exhaust_v as_o they_o must_v have_v be_v by_o the_o first_o continue_v forty-day_n rain_n according_a to_o the_o answerer_n supposition_n where_o can_v have_v be_v a_o supply_n for_o the_o second_o forty-day_n rain_v especial_o when_o the_o rain_n that_o fall_v then_o be_v to_o be_v grand_a rain_n without_o a_o new_a creation_n of_o water_n which_o the_o theory_n design_o oppose_v and_o then_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o noah_n gen._n 7.4_o yet_o seven_o day_n and_o i_o will_v cause_v it_o to_o rain_v upon_o the_o earth_n forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n and_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o god_n will_v have_v give_v that_o preserver_n of_o the_o world_n notice_n that_o rain_n to_o make_v the_o flood_n shall_v begin_v a_o week_n after_o if_o it_o have_v already_o rain_v for_o three_o and_o thirty_o day_n before_o or_o for_o above_o a_o month_n past_a last_o against_o the_o equinox_n it_o be_v suggest_v that_o author_n of_o all_o sort_n have_v dispute_v 176._o disc_n p._n 176._o in_o what_o season_n of_o the_o year_n the_o flood_n come_v in_o and_o the_o world_n have_v its_o beginning_n which_o hint_n that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o season_n through_o all_o the_o earth_n at_o once_o but_o the_o answerer_n intimate_v that_o upon_o supposition_n of_o a_o equinox_n according_a to_o the_o theory_n 31._o answ_n p._n 31._o it_o may_v be_v so_o and_o why_o say_v he_o may_v not_o that_o have_v give_v occasion_n to_o the_o general_a belief_n that_o the_o world_n begin_v in_o the_o spring_n do_v he_o insist_v upon_o that_o belief_n he_o must_v prove_v it_o to_o be_v general_a and_o to_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o equinox_n and_o not_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v ib._n ib._n but_o because_o he_o say_v he_o do_v not_o depend_v upon_o it_o we_o need_v not_o reply_v to_o it_o any_o far_a neither_o in_o the_o next_o place_n the_o excepter_n consider_v the_o authority_n call_v in_o to_o establish_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o equinox_n that_o be_v by_o prove_v that_o the_o earth_n have_v suffer_v a_o change_n as_o to_o its_o position_n and_o thereby_o have_v lose_v its_o former_a right_a situation_n but_o these_o authority_n be_v not_o find_v clear_a enough_o to_o do_v the_o theory_n business_n as_o will_v best_o appear_v to_o they_o that_o shall_v peruse_v the_o examination_n of_o the_o same_o 7._o disc_n ch._n 8._o §_o 7._o and_o here_o the_o answerer_n be_v much_o offend_v as_o if_o his_o witness_n be_v not_o fair_o hear_v 32._o answ_n p._n 32._o but_o rather_o unjust_o and_o illegal_o reject_v because_o they_o be_v unskilful_a in_o give_v the_o cause_n or_o reason_n of_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n we_o reply_v all_o testimony_n must_v be_v take_v as_o they_o be_v and_o where_o evidence_n be_v not_o clear_a for_o the_o same_o reason_n it_o be_v not_o certain_a nor_o can_v it_o be_v valid_a and_o when_o witness_n give_v it_o in_o if_o they_o trip_v and_o falter_v in_o any_o part_n of_o it_o we_o have_v good_a reason_n to_o suspect_v the_o whole_a and_o as_o improbable_a circumstance_n in_o their_o allegation_n will_v invalidate_v they_o in_o matter_n of_o fact_n so_o impossible_a one_o if_o mingle_v with_o they_o will_v quite_o overthrow_v they_o the_o true_a case_n of_o the_o testimony_n before_o we_o they_o contain_v such_o improbable_a and_o impossible_a thing_n as_o do_v not_o only_o weaken_v but_o destroy_v they_o shall_v twenty_o mariner_n confident_o affirm_v that_o they_o sail_v in_o a_o ship_n from_o dover_n to_o calais_n by_o a_o brisk_a gale_n out_o of_o a_o pair_n of_o bellows_o though_o this_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n must_v they_o not_o be_v reckon_v notorious_a liar_n or_o if_o forty_o engineer_n shall_v positive_o swear_v that_o the_o powder-mill_n near_o london_n be_v late_o blow_v up_o by_o a_o mine_n then_o spring_v at_o great_a waradin_n in_o hungary_n must_v they_o not_o be_v grievous_o perjure_a person_n and_o the_o philosopher_n attest_v the_o earth_n inclination_n have_v charge_v their_o evidence_n with_o as_o great_a impossibility_n the_o report_v they_o make_v must_v be_v as_o little_a credible_a or_o let_v we_o take_v the_o instance_n which_o the_o answerer_n give_v the_o peloponesian_a war._n ibid._n ibid._n if_o the_o historian_n that_o write_v it_o have_v tell_v that_o the_o soldier_n who_o fall_v in_o it_o fight_v only_o with_o sunbeam_n and_o single_a currant_n which_o grow_v thereabouts_o and_o that_o hundred_o and_o thousand_o be_v stab_v with_o the_o one_o and_o knock_v on_o the_o head_n with_o the_o other_o who_o will_v believe_v that_o ever_o there_o be_v such_o weapon_n in_o that_o war_n that_o ever_o there_o be_v such_o a_o fatal_a war_n in_o that_o country_n yet_o as_o possible_a it_o be_v for_o multitude_n of_o man_n to_o be_v kill_v by_o these_o instrument_n as_o for_o the_o position_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o be_v change_v by_o those_o cause_n which_o be_v assign_v by_o the_o theory_n philosophic_a witness_n for_o how_o can_v the_o southern_a pole_n of_o the_o earth_n dip_v into_o the_o air_n through_o excess_n of_o heat_n or_o excess_n of_o fruit_n thereabouts_o when_o at_o both_o pole_n the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v equal_a and_o so_o be_v the_o fatness_n and_o fertility_n of_o the_o soil_n see_v disc_n p._n 180_o 181._o or_o if_o these_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o great_a effect_n why_o then_o be_v it_o not_o wrought_v soon_o than_o at_o the_o end_n of_o above_o sixteen_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n and_o yet_o these_o very_a cause_n be_v not_o only_o bring_v into_o their_o evidence_n but_o make_v as_o true_a and_o express_v a_o part_n thereof_o as_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o earth_n itself_o their_o testimony_n must_v extend_v to_o both_o alike_o and_o in_o case_n the_o one_o be_v of_o doubtful_a credit_n the_o other_o must_v be_v the_o same_o yea_o the_o one_o according_a to_o their_o 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