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ãâã_d ãâã_d history_n family_n etc._n etc._n page_n 415._o marg._n δ._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o the_o coin_n when_o the_o time_n it_o be_v collect_v page_n 240_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d not_o justification_n but_o ordinance_n 406_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o mighty_a one_o etc._n etc._n 399_o ε._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d take_v either_o as_o adverb_n or_o verb_n what_o it_o denote_v page_n 640_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d not_o the_o same_o with_o '_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 239_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d namely_o on_o the_o second_o and_o five_o day_n of_o the_o week_n follow_v 291_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d do_v often_o carry_v the_o sense_n of_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 513_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v constant_o refer_v to_o place_n and_o not_o to_o time_n 518_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d put_v casual_o 495_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d whence_o derive_v page_n 662_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o be_v beside_o himself_o he_o be_v faint_a he_o be_v in_o a_o rapture_n etc._n etc._n 229_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d privilege_n dignity_n or_o licence_n p._n 396._o marg._n further_o open_v 509_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o it_o constant_o signify_v 258_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d import_v a_o look_n of_o pity_n and_o compassion_n 414_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v for_o lawful_a undertake_n 391_o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d various_o use_v 755_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o name_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o the_o synagogue_n 611_o 612_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d john_n 5._o 29._o you_o search_v not_o imparative_o 664_o 684_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o word_n of_o a_o high_a activity_n and_o motion_n 399._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d whence_o derive_v and_o for_o what_o intent_n 423_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d john_n 1._o 26._o must_v be_v render_v in_o its_o preterperfect_a signification_n 481_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d it_o express_v pharaoh_n and_o his_o servant_n trouble_v upon_o their_o dream_n 398._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d by_o which_o the_o seventy_o translate_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 401_o marg._n θ._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d fight_v with_o wild_a beast_n in_o the_o theatre_n page_n 299_o ι_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d private_a man_n of_o inferior_a rank_n and_o unskilful_a page_n 761_o κ._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o order_n refer_v to_o forego_v writer_n or_o to_o follow_v matter_n page_n 391._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v in_o two_o differ_a sense_n 424._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d from_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o bed_n because_o they_o use_v to_o eat_v sit_v on_o bed_n 539._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d money-changer_n what_o they_o be_v 550_o 551_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o 213_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d refer_v to_o man_n of_o rank_n or_o degree_n 392._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d deaf_a and_o dumb._n 410_o λ._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o josephus_n will_v open_v the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o gospel_n page_n 268_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d denote_v a_o price_n pay_v 422_o μ._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v always_o in_o scripture_n take_v in_o the_o worst_a sense_n for_o such_o as_o use_v magical_a and_o unlawful_a arts._n page_n 205_o 431._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d may_v signify_v both_o bear_v of_o witness_n and_o be_v martyr_a for_o the_o truth_n 517_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o kind_n of_o measure_n at_o large_a 544_o to_o 547_o ν._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d silver_n temple_n what_o page_n 305_o ο._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d do_v not_o always_o point_v out_o a_o particular_a thing_n or_o person_n page_n 525_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d converse_v together_o with_o one_o accord_n why_o so_o often_o use_v in_o one_o place_n 750_o Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d page_n 733_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d tradition_n of_o the_o high_a form_n yet_o nothing_o worth_a in_o comparison_n of_o scripture_n 391._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v say_v to_o be_v ever_o use_v in_o a_o ill_a sense_n 418_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o to_o all_o man_n 272_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d signify_v in_o scripture_n style_v the_o certainty_n of_o thing_n do_v and_o of_o the_o belief_n that_o they_o be_v so_o 391._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d beyond_o and_o not_o beside_o 527_o 528_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o holy_a ghost_n wind_n 562_o 563._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o wicked_a one_o for_o the_o roman_n 424_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o matth._n 4._o 5._o what_o p._n 1070._o *_o wing_n of_o the_o temple_n 1073._o *_o Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o page_n 222_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d often_o use_v in_o both_o number_n whence_o derive_v 606._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d often_o use_v in_o both_o number_n whence_o derive_v 606._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d from_o the_o hebrew_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d wine_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o make_v one_o drink_v 398._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o porch_n cloister_n walk_v etc._n etc._n p._n 661._o rather_o a_o cloister_n than_o a_o porch_n 1060_o 1061._o *_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d at_o first_o a_o creditable_a term_n but_o afterward_o a_o term_n of_o disgrace_n 449._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d salvation_n or_o deliverance_n 420._o marg._n Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o state_n of_o a_o low_a and_o poor_a condition_n page_n 414_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d what_o 1084._o *_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d set_v a_o part_n to_o holy_a use_n baptism_n and_o martyrdom_n 399._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o dine_a room_n and_o why_o so_o call_v 539._o marg._n Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d translate_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d shoshebin_n any_o singular_a friend_n whatsoever_o but_o peculiar_o the_o special_a friend_n and_o attendant_n of_o a_o bridegroom_n page_n 585_o 586_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v mussele_v speak_v of_o satan_n 636._o marg._n Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d grace_n how_o use_v page_n 519_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d improper_o render_v 291_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d or_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d signify_v the_o upper_a garment_n 449._o marg._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o no_o more_o delay_n 245_o Ï._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d as_o proper_o require_v a_o so_o to_o follow_v it_o page_n 314_o the_o four_o table_n or_o alphabetical_a index_n be_v of_o thing_n or_o principal_a matter_n contain_v in_o the_o first_o volume_n a._n aaron_z his_o birth_n and_o character_n page_n 24_o his_o fault_n for_o which_o he_o be_v debar_v the_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n page_n 36_o abbreviature_n use_v by_o the_o jew_n and_o 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be_v a_o matter_n of_o singular_a value_n and_o may_v be_v conducible_a for_o this_o and_o for_o other_o very_a material_a purpose_n the_o book_n of_o judge_n the_o book_n of_o judge_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o two_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o nine_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n to_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n take_v up_o in_o these_o sum_n and_o parcel_n othniel_n of_o judah_n 40_o year_n judg._n 3._o 11._o ehud_n of_o benjamin_n 80_o year_n judg._n 3._o 15_o 20._o shamgar_n barak_n of_o naphtali_n 40_o year_n judg._n 4._o 6._o 5._o 31._o gideon_n of_o manasseh_n 40_o year_n judg._n 6._o 15._o &_o 8._o 28._o abimelech_n gideon_n son_n 3_o year_n judg._n 9_o 22._o tola_n of_o issachar_n 23_o year_n judg._n 10._o 1_o 2._o jair_a of_o manasseh_n 22_o year_n judg._n 10._o 3._o jephtah_n of_o manasseh_n 6_o year_n judg._n 11._o 1._o &_o 12._o 7._o ibsan_n of_o judah_n 7_o year_n judg._n 12._o 8_o 9_o elon_n of_o zebulon_n 10_o year_n judg._n 12._o 11_o 12._o abdon_n of_o ephraim_n 8_o year_n judg._n 12._o 13_o 14._o samson_n of_o dan_n 20_o year_n judg._n 13._o 2._o &_o 15._o 20._o &_o 16._o 31._o the_o total_a sum_n 299._o now_o beside_o these_o year_n under_o these_o ruler_n there_o be_v also_o mention_v of_o one_o hundred_o and_o eleven_o under_o oppressor_n as_o under_o cushan_n rishathaim_n 8_o year_n judg._n 3._o 8._o eglon_n of_o moab_n 18_o year_n judg._n 3._o 14._o jabin_n of_o canaan_n 20_o year_n judg._n 4._o 3._o midian_a 7_o year_n judg._n 6._o 1._o ammon_n 18_o year_n judg._n 10._o 8._o philiftim_n 40_o year_n judg._n 13._o 1._o the_o total_a sum_n 111._o but_o these_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o not_o to_o be_v reckon_v as_o so_o many_o year_n apart_o by_o themselves_o as_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v chap._n 3._o cushan_n rishathaim_n oppress_v eight_o year_n vers_fw-la 8._o and_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n and_o othniel_n die_v ver_fw-la 11._o those_o eight_o year_n of_o cushans_n oppression_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o othniel_n forty_o and_o we_o be_v not_o to_o reckon_v they_o forty_o eight_o and_o the_o eighteen_o of_o eglon_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o ehud_n eighty_o and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n paul_n indeed_o reckon_v the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n so_o as_o that_o he_o count_v the_o year_n of_o the_o oppression_n in_o a_o distinct_a sum_n from_o they_o act_v 13._o 20._o where_o he_o speak_v of_o judge_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 450_o year_n until_o samuel_n but_o he_o utter_v it_o with_o a_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d after_o a_o manner_n or_o in_o some_o kind_n of_o reckon_v but_o not_o in_o exact_a propriety_n again_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n in_o the_o time_n of_o othniel_n chap._n 3._o 11._o and_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v eighty_o year_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ehud_n chap._n 3._o 30._o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v so_o understand_v as_o if_o there_o be_v forty_o year_n or_o eighty_o year_n peace_n in_o the_o land_n uninterrupted_a for_o in_o othniels_n time_n israel_n be_v bustle_a with_o the_o canaanite_n as_o chap._n 1._o and_o among_o themselves_o as_o chap._n 20._o and_o in_o ehud_n time_n they_o be_v disquiet_v by_o moab_n chap._n 3._o 14._o but_o it_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o upon_o the_o delivery_n by_o othniel_n the_o land_n have_v rest_n till_o forty_o year_n be_v up_o from_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n and_o upon_o the_o delivery_n by_o ehud_n the_o land_n have_v rest_n till_o eighty_o year_n be_v up_o from_o the_o death_n of_o othniel_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o carry_v that_o phrase_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o tenor_n be_v that_o phrase_n take_v in_o numb_a 14._o 33._o your_o child_n shall_v wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n and_o ver_fw-la 34._o after_o the_o number_n of_o the_o day_n in_o which_o you_o search_v the_o land_n even_o forty_o day_n each_v day_n for_o a_o year_n shall_v you_o bear_v your_o iniquity_n even_o forty_o year_n not_o that_o they_o be_v to_o wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n full_a forty_o year_n from_o the_o time_n that_o this_o be_v speak_v but_o to_o make_v up_o full_a forty_o year_n from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o divers_a other_o of_o the_o same_o tenor_n may_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o scripture_n the_o first_o forty_o year_n that_o follow_v after_o the_o year_n of_o joshua_n death_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o othniel_n judg._n 3._o 11._o not_o that_o othniel_n be_v sole_a ruler_n or_o monarch_n in_o the_o land_n for_o the_o sanhedrin_n or_o great_a council_n bear_v the_o rule_n in_o their_o place_n and_o inferior_a magistrate_n in_o they_o but_o that_o othniel_n be_v a_o valiant_a and_o fortunate_a commander_n in_o the_o war_n and_o wrought_v special_a deliverance_n for_o the_o people_n the_o many_o occurrence_n that_o befall_v in_o his_o time_n be_v not_o point_v out_o to_o their_o exact_a and_o fix_a year_n and_o therefore_o can_v chronical_o be_v set_v down_o every_o thing_n in_o its_o very_a time_n more_o than_o by_o conjecture_n and_o probability_n but_o it_o will_v be_v enough_o for_o the_o right_n carry_v of_o the_o chronicle_n on_o if_o we_o reduce_v what_o be_v do_v in_o his_o forty_o year_n to_o those_o forty_o year_n in_o general_a though_o we_o can_v particular_o give_v every_o occurrence_n to_o its_o very_a year_n chap._n 1._o world_n 2571_o othniel_n 1_o israel_n be_v assure_v by_o joshua_n before_o his_o death_n that_o the_o canaanite_n that_o be_v othniel_n 2_o yet_o leave_v in_o the_o land_n shall_v and_o must_v be_v subdue_v josh._n 23._o 5._o they_o inquire_v
sanctuary_n eli_n 18_o with_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o a_o song_n the_o year_n of_o his_o birth_n be_v not_o determinable_a eli_n 19_o eli_n 20_o no_n not_o so_o much_o as_o whether_o it_o be_v in_o the_o judgeship_n of_o eli_n though_o it_o be_v undoubted_a eli_n 21_o that_o it_o be_v in_o his_o priesthood_n eli_n son_n commit_v theft_n and_o adultery_n in_o eli_n 22_o the_o very_a sanctuary_n they_o ravine_v from_o the_o man_n that_o come_v to_o sacrifice_v and_o they_o eli_n 23_o ravish_v the_o woman_n that_o 37._o that_o that_o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d chap._n 2._o 22._o woman_n that_o have_v some_o office_n and_o attendance_n at_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o num._n 4._o 14._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v to_o do_v the_o sanctuary_n service_n anna_n be_v such_o a_o woman_n luke_n 2._o 37._o wait_v on_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o so_o they_o cause_v the_o ordinance_n eli_n 24_o of_o the_o lord_n to_o be_v abhor_v under_o such_o example_n be_v samuel_n educate_v eli_n 25_o eli_n 26_o yet_o fall_v not_o under_o that_o taint_n a_o prophet_n sharp_o reprove_v eli_n for_o not_o reprove_v eli_n 27_o his_o son_n this_o prophet_n the_o jew_n hold_v to_o be_v elkanah_n himself_o and_o say_v eli_n 28_o that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o eight_o and_o forty_o prophet_n that_o prophesy_v to_o israel_n in_o chap._n eli_n 29_o 2._o vers._n 11._o it_o be_v say_v that_o elkanah_n return_v to_o ramoth_n to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o yet_o eli_n 30_o verse_n 20._o it_o be_v say_v that_o eli_n bless_a elkanah_n which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o eli_n 31_o he_o have_v do_v so_o from_o samuel_n first_o dedication_n and_o so_o do_v as_o oft_o as_o he_o come_v to_o eli_n 32_o shiloh_n samuel_n himself_o become_v a_o prophet_n first_o against_o elies_n house_n and_o then_o eli_n 33_o afterward_o to_o all_o israel_n chap._n 3._o 1._o impiety_n have_v exceed_o banish_v prophesy_v eli_n 34_o eli_n 35_o in_o these_o time_n among_o they_o but_o now_o the_o lord_n begin_v to_o restore_v it_o for_o prediction_n eli_n 36_o of_o ruin_n and_o then_o for_o direction_n of_o reformation_n urim_n and_o thummim_n eli_n 37_o be_v ere_o long_o to_o be_v lose_v from_o the_o priest_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o ark_n eli_n 38_o and_o god_n pour_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n upon_o a_o levite_n to_o supply_v that_o eli_n 39_o want_n chap._n iu._n world_n 2909_o eli_n 40_o the_o ark_n first_o touch_v and_o take_v with_o the_o hand_n of_o uncircumcised_a one_o the_o two_o son_n of_o eli_n come_v to_o fatal_a end_n at_o this_o last_o service_n of_o the_o ark_n as_o the_o two_o son_n of_o aaron_n nadab_n and_o abihu_n do_v at_o the_o first_o eli_n himself_o die_v the_o very_a death_n of_o a_o unredeemed_a ass_n exod._n 13._o 13._o shiloh_n lay_v waste_v jer._n 7._o 14._o and_o the_o birthright_n lose_v from_o joseph_n and_o ephraim_n psal._n 78._o 60._o etc._n etc._n the_o tabernacle_n have_v be_v at_o shiloh_n 340_o year_n and_o somewhat_o more_o the_o idol_n of_o dan_n have_v now_o outlive_v it_o judg._n 18._o 31._o ah_o poor_a israel_n world_n 2910_o eli_n 1_o here_o begin_v the_o forty_o year_n of_o samuel_n and_o saul_n mention_v act._n 13._o 20_o 21._o he_o give_v they_o judge_n after_o a_o manner_n four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n that_o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n also_o reckon_v in_o the_o judge_n 299._o the_o oppressor_n 111._o and_o eli_n 40._o until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n and_o afterward_o they_o desire_v a_o king_n and_o god_n give_v they_o saul_n by_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n that_o be_v to_o the_o expiration_n of_o forty_o year_n from_o elies_n death_n the_o last_o of_o the_o judge_n chap._n v._o vi._n the_o ark_n be_v all_o the_o spring_n and_o summer_n of_o this_o year_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistines_n for_o its_o sake_n the_o lord_n smite_v dagon_n the_o god_n of_o their_o corn_n and_o destroy_v the_o harvest_n of_o their_o corn_n as_o it_o grow_v on_o the_o ground_n with_o a_o army_n of_o mouse_n he_o strike_v the_o people_n with_o emerods_n in_o their_o hinder_a part_n psal._n 78._o 66._o and_o bring_v a_o shameful_a soreness_n on_o they_o in_o a_o contrary_a part_n and_o in_o a_o contrary_a nature_n to_o the_o honourable_a soreness_n of_o circumcision_n they_o restore_v the_o ark_n again_o with_o strange_a present_n with_o abundance_n of_o golden_a mouse_n et_fw-la cum_fw-la quinque_fw-la anis_fw-la vel_fw-la podicibus_fw-la aureis_fw-la quasi_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d two_o kine_n know_v their_o owner_n as_o esa._n 1._o 3._o hophni_n and_o phineas_n know_v he_o not_o the_o bethshemite_n though_o priest_n yet_o slay_v by_o the_o lord_n for_o too_o much_o boldness_n with_o the_o ark._n chap._n vii_o vers._n 1._o and_o the_o first_o half_a of_o the_o second_o samuel_n 2_o the_o ark_n settle_v in_o kirjath-jearim_a the_o city_n of_o the_o wood_n to_o this_o the_o samuel_n 3_o psalmist_n speak_v psal._n 132._o 6._o we_o hear_v of_o it_o at_o ephratah_n or_o at_o shiloh_n samuel_n 4_o in_o ephraim_n we_o find_v it_o in_o the_o field_n of_o the_o wood_n or_o at_o kirjath-jearim_a there_o a_o samuel_n 5_o eleazar_n look_v to_o it_o when_o both_o the_o line_n of_o eleazar_n and_o ithamar_n be_v out_o of_o samuel_n 6_o that_o service_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v while_o the_o ark_n abode_n in_o kirjath-jearim_a the_o time_n samuel_n 7_o samuel_n 8_o be_v long_o for_o it_o be_v twenty_o year_n this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o the_o whole_a samuel_n 9_o time_n that_o it_o be_v there_o for_o it_o be_v above_o six_o and_o forty_o year_n there_o before_o david_n samuel_n 10_o fetch_v it_o up_o 2_o sam._n 6._o namely_o thirty_o nine_o year_n of_o samuel_n and_o saul_n and_o samuel_n 11_o seven_o samuel_n david_n bear_v in_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o samuel_n year_n of_o david_n reign_n in_o hebron_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v thus_o understand_v and_o construe_v samuel_n 12_o that_o the_o ark_n be_v twenty_o year_n in_o kirjath-jearim_a before_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n samuel_n 13_o mind_v it_o or_o look_v after_o it_o but_o they_o follow_v and_o adhere_v to_o their_o former_a samuel_n 14_o idolatry_n and_o corruption_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v by_o samuel_n afterward_o vers_fw-la 3._o samuel_n 15_o samuel_n 16_o if_o you_o do_v return_v unto_o the_o lord_n put_v away_o the_o strange_a god_n ashteroth_n from_o among_o samuel_n 17_o you_n etc._n etc._n their_o idolatry_n and_o profaneness_n be_v so_o deep_o root_v have_v be_v so_o samuel_n 18_o long_a and_o so_o customary_a with_o they_o that_o neither_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o ark_n nor_o the_o samuel_n 19_o slaughter_n of_o israel_n have_v wrought_v upon_o they_o but_o that_o twenty_o year_n together_o samuel_n 20_o they_o be_v lose_v to_o the_o ark_n though_o the_o ark_n be_v not_o then_o lose_v to_o they_o chap._n vii_o vers._n 2._o the_o latter_a half_n of_o it_o lament_v it_o it_o it_o the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d to_o be_v translate_v not_o and_o but_o then_o they_o lament_v then_o all_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n lament_v after_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 7_o chapter_n and_o chapter_n 8._o all_o world_n 2930_o samuel_n 21_o a_o spirit_n of_o repentance_n and_o conversion_n come_v general_o upon_o all_o the_o people_n a_o matter_n and_o a_o time_n as_o remarkable_a as_o almost_o any_o we_o read_v of_o in_o scripture_n one_o only_a parallel_n to_o it_o and_o that_o be_v in_o act_n 2._o and_o 3._o at_o the_o great_a conversion_n there_o there_o be_v to_o that_o time_n these_o sum_n of_o year_n four_o hundred_o ninety_o year_n from_o hence_o to_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o captivity_n seventy_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n and_o four_o hundred_o ninety_o year_n from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o captivity_n thither_o the_o seventy_o of_o the_o captivity_n be_v the_o midst_n of_o year_n hab._n 3._o 2._o and_o samuel_n according_a to_o this_o chain_n be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o prophet_n act_n 4._o 24._o samuel_n 22_o israel_n be_v baptize_v from_o their_o idol_n samuel_n though_o no_o priest_n yet_o by_o special_a 14._o they_o draw_v water_n and_o pour_v it_o before_o the_o lord_n chap._n 7._o 6_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o their_o wash_a themselves_o from_o their_o idol_n as_o gen._n 35._o 2._o exod._n 19_o 14._o samuel_n 23_o warrant_n sacrifice_v by_o prayer_n destroy_v the_o philistines_n with_o thunder_n chap._n 2._o samuel_n 24_o 20._o psal._n 99_o 6._o they_o be_v subdue_v in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o they_o have_v subdue_v samuel_n 25_o israel_n and_o take_v the_o ark_n one_o and_o twenty_o year_n before_o samuel_n ride_v in_o circuit_n samuel_n 26_o and_o judge_v israel_n judah_n recover_v
be_v dart_v through_o david_n mourn_v sad_o for_o he_o because_o of_o the_o desperate_a condition_n in_o which_o he_o die_v shimei_n be_v pardon_v he_o come_v down_o first_o of_o all_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n to_o meet_v the_o king_n chap._n 19_o vers_fw-la 20._o here_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n be_v use_v for_o all_o israel_n except_o judah_n and_o set_v in_o opposition_n to_o judah_n joseph_n have_v be_v the_o prime_a family_n while_o the_o ark_n be_v in_o shiloh_n and_o all_o israel_n be_v name_v after_o it_o as_o psal._n 80._o 1._o but_o then_o god_n refuse_v joseph_n and_o choose_v judah_n for_o the_o chief_a psal._n 78._o 68_o 69._o and_o there_o begin_v and_o continue_v the_o difference_n and_o distinction_n betwixt_o israel_n and_o judah_n joseph_n and_o judah_n ephraim_n and_o judah_n for_o by_o all_o these_o name_n be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o tribe_n style_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n chap._n xx._n sheba_n the_o son_n of_o bichri_fw-la rebell_v a_o man_n of_o benjamin_n by_o descent_n ver_fw-la 1._o but_o of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n by_o residence_n ver_fw-la 21._o psal._n xxx_o with_o the_o three_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n read_v the_o 30_o psalm_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v make_v by_o david_n when_o upon_o his_o return_n to_o jerusalem_n after_o his_o flight_n he_o purge_v and_o hallow_v his_o own_o house_n which_o have_v be_v make_v a_o stew_n by_o absalon_n psal._n iu._n with_o this_o chapter_n also_o read_v the_o four_o psalm_n make_v as_o the_o stile_n of_o it_o argue_v upon_o this_o rebellion_n of_o sheba_n as_o the_o three_o psalm_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o rebellion_n of_o absalon_n he_o check_v the_o people_n for_o despise_v his_o kingdom_n and_o harken_v after_o a_o kingdom_n that_o be_v but_o vanity_n as_o first_o absaloms_n and_o now_o shebas_n ver_fw-la 2._o he_o advise_v israel_n and_o judah_n not_o to_o sin_v in_o their_o anger_n 2_o sam._n 19_o 43._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v angry_a but_o sin_v not_o ver_fw-la 4._o he_o profess_v in_o ver_fw-la 7._o that_o since_o the_o time_n that_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o other_o provision_n increase_v to_o he_o from_o barzillai_n shobi_n and_o nahash_n 2_o sam._n 17._o 27._o etc._n etc._n that_o his_o heart_n have_v receive_v comfortable_a confidence_n and_o assurance_n of_o his_o restore_n again_o and_o therefore_o he_o will_v still_o trust_v and_o depend_v upon_o that_o goodness_n and_o providence_n that_o have_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o the_o other_o trouble_n and_o wrought_v those_o good_a beginning_n towards_o he_o chap._n xxi_o to_o vers._n 15._o david_n 36_o three_o year_n famine_n lie_v upon_o the_o land_n for_o the_o offence_n of_o saul_n he_o in_o a_o david_n 37_o zeal_n to_o israel_n and_o judah_n will_v expel_v the_o amorites_n and_o destroy_v they_o and_o david_n 38_o with_o they_o all_o wizard_n and_o witch_n and_o with_o they_o he_o also_o fall_v upon_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o destroy_v they_o though_o joshua_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o they_o that_o these_o three_o year_n famine_n begin_v the_o next_o year_n after_o the_o year_n of_o absaloms_n rebellion_n the_o text_n seem_v to_o hint_n in_o the_o phrase_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o vers_fw-la 1._o the_o year_n after_o that_o year_n for_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n wherein_o mention_n of_o famine_n be_v make_v it_o only_o say_v there_o be_v seven_o year_n famine_n or_o ten_o year_n famine_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o be_v enough_o and_o be_v use_v constant_o to_o denote_v that_o there_o be_v famine_n so_o many_o year_n together_o and_o it_o never_o tell_v that_o there_o be_v famine_n so_o many_o year_n year_n after_o year_n and_o therefore_o this_o expression_n here_o seem_v rather_o to_o join_v the_o three_o year_n of_o famine_n to_o the_o story_n before_o then_o to_o one_o another_o however_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o passage_n in_o the_o story_n of_o david_n number_v the_o people_n that_o direct_v we_o very_o well_o about_o the_o time_n of_o these_o year_n chap._n xxi_o vers._n 15._o to_o end_n i_o chron._n xx._n vers._n 4._o to_o end_n those_o battle_n be_v of_o a_o uncertain_a date_n and_o therefore_o since_o there_o be_v no_o direction_n where_o to_o place_v they_o it_o be_v the_o safe_a way_n to_o take_v they_o in_o the_o order_n where_o they_o lie_v especial_o since_o both_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n and_o the_o chronicle_n have_v lay_v they_o in_o this_o place_n the_o book_n of_o samuel_n reckon_v four_o battle_n and_o the_o chronicle_n but_o three_o for_o that_o wherein_o david_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o can_v not_o come_v off_o with_o honour_n and_o safety_n be_v omit_v the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n conceal_v sometime_o the_o dishonour_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n as_o it_o mention_v not_o the_o fact_n of_o david_n with_o uriah_n and_o his_o wife_n nor_o the_o idolatry_n of_o solomon_n etc._n etc._n the_o book_n of_o samuel_n call_v elhanan_n the_o son_n of_o jaare_v oregim_v a_o bethlehemite_n and_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n call_v he_o the_o son_n of_o jair_a now_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o elhanan_n a_o bethlehemite_n the_o son_n of_o dodo_n 1_o chron._n 12._o 26._o and_o whether_o these_o be_v two_o man_n or_o only_o one_o and_o the_o same_o may_v well_o be_v question_v he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v slay_v goliath_n 2_o sam._n 21._o 19_o that_o be_v lahmi_n goliath_n brother_n as_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n expound_v it_o as_o by_o michal_n be_v mean_v michal_n sister_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n of_o samuel_n ver_fw-la 8._o chap._n xxii_o &_o psal._n xviii_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o argue_v this_o not_o to_o be_v the_o proper_a place_n of_o this_o psalm_n and_o chapter_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v most_o especial_o compose_v upon_o david_n delivery_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n as_o the_o title_n show_v in_o the_o day_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o his_o enemy_n and_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n that_o be_v especial_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n as_o josh._n 2._o 1._o go_v view_n the_o land_n and_o jericho_n that_o be_v jericho_n chief_o 2._o because_o the_o next_o chapter_n in_o samuel_n begin_v thus_o and_o these_o be_v the_o latter_a word_n of_o david_n show_v that_o these_o of_o chap._n 22._o be_v utter_v a_o good_a while_n before_o they_o but_o howsoever_o this_o song_n of_o deliverance_n may_v be_v pen_v by_o david_n many_o year_n a_o go_v upon_o his_o clear_a deliverance_n from_o all_o trouble_n by_o saul_n and_o his_o family_n yet_o be_v it_o most_o proper_o lay_v here_o and_o repeat_v by_o david_n at_o this_o time_n when_o now_o all_o his_o enemy_n have_v spit_v their_o venom_n and_o he_o be_v deliver_v from_o they_o all_o and_o now_o we_o hear_v of_o no_o more_o enemy_n of_o his_o stir_n but_o himself_o a_o enemy_n to_o himself_o in_o number_v the_o people_n if_o any_o one_o will_v be_v so_o curious_a he_o may_v read_v psal._n 18._o at_o the_o end_n of_o 2_o sam._n 4._o when_o david_n be_v quit_v from_o the_o trouble_n of_o saul_n house_n and_o he_o may_v read_v this_o 2_o sam._n 22._o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n again_o here_o chap._n xxiii_o here_o be_v some_o word_n of_o david_n of_o a_o latter_a date_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d may_v be_v render_v verba_fw-la posteriora_fw-la as_o well_o as_o postrema_fw-la the_o reason_n of_o the_o recital_n of_o his_o worthy_n in_o this_o place_n be_v observe_v before_o chap._n xxiv_o &_o i_o chron._n xxi_o david_n 39_o david_n number_v the_o people_n by_o the_o provoke_a of_o satan_n 1_o chron._n 21._o 1._o and_o by_o the_o provoke_a of_o god_n 1_o sam._n 24._o 1._o the_o former_a tend_v to_o a_o sin_n in_o david_n the_o latter_a tend_v to_o a_o punishment_n of_o israel_n the_o lord_n be_v displease_v at_o they_o for_o so_o little_a regard_v david_n kingdom_n as_o he_o have_v be_v at_o david_n for_o the_o matter_n of_o uriah_n and_o as_o he_o have_v be_v at_o saul_n house_n for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o therefore_o he_o give_v up_o david_n to_o a_o covetous_a thought_n to_o number_v the_o people_n that_o he_o may_v lay_v a_o tax_n upon_o every_o poll._n joab_n have_v here_o more_o piety_n at_o the_o least_o more_o policy_n than_o david_n and_o decline_v the_o business_n till_o master_v by_o david_n importunity_n he_o be_v nine_o month_n and_o twenty_o day_n upon_o his_o count_a much_o near_o the_o counting-time_n of_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n and_o at_o last_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o number_n but_o here_o the_o account_n in_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n do_v differ_v exceed_o from_o the_o account_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n
come_v for_o if_o baasha_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o asa_n and_o reign_v but_o four_o and_o twenty_o year_n as_o 1_o king_n 15._o 33._o assert_v than_o be_v baasha_n dead_a nine_o full_a year_n before_o the_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asa_n come_v and_o therefore_o he_o can_v not_o then_o possible_o come_v up_o against_o judah_n for_o he_o be_v rot_v in_o his_o grave_n but_o it_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o in_o the_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asaes_n kingdom_n that_o be_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n since_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n baasha_n come_v up_o against_o that_o kingdom_n and_o war_v against_o it_o the_o kingdom_n that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v to_o be_v fight_v against_o now_o as_o jeroboam_n have_v make_v the_o division_n which_o have_v now_o continue_v six_o and_o thirty_o year_n viz._n 17_o of_o rehoboam_n 3_o of_o abijah_n and_o 16_o of_o asa_n so_o do_v baasha_n go_v about_o now_o to_o confirm_v that_o division_n for_o he_o set_v on_o to_o build_v and_o garrison_n ramah_n that_o he_o may_v stop_v all_o intercourse_n betwixt_o israel_n and_o judah_n and_o therefore_o the_o holy_a ghost_n reckon_v the_o time_n of_o this_o act_n of_o baasha_n by_o a_o computation_n from_o the_o first_o division_n and_o he_o call_v it_o the_o kingdom_n of_o asa_n the_o rather_o also_o because_o he_o have_v late_o confirm_v and_o establish_v it_o to_o himself_o as_o far_o as_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o he_o to_o do_v namely_o by_o a_o reformation_n and_o a_o covenant_n but_o now_o do_v asa_n exceed_v ill_a for_o he_o rely_v upon_o a_o arm_n of_o flesh_n the_o king_n of_o syria_n he_o hire_v he_o with_o dedicate_v thing_n which_o himself_o have_v dedicate_v but_o a_o year_n or_o two_o before_o he_o bring_v a_o foreign_a enemy_n in_o to_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o imprison_v the_o prophet_n that_o reprove_v he_o for_o it_o here_o be_v the_o first_o captivity_n of_o any_o israelite_n and_o dan_n the_o place_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n fall_v under_o the_o sword_n because_o asa_n lean_v upon_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n therefore_o be_v the_o king_n of_o syria_n escape_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n 2_o chron._n 16._o 7._o for_o the_o syrian_a be_v in_o league_n with_o baasha_n and_o have_v asa_n let_v he_o alone_o he_o have_v side_v with_o baasha_n and_o asa_n if_o he_o have_v rely_v on_o god_n have_v conquer_v israel_n and_o the_o syrian_a both_o but_o now_o he_o have_v lose_v that_o victory_n over_o syria_n by_o seek_v thereunto_o for_o help_n 2_o chron._n xvi_o ver_fw-la 1._o to_o ver_fw-la 7._o world_n 3065_o asa._n 16_o baasha_n 14_o division_n 35_o benhadad_n son_n of_o tabrimmon_n asa._n 17_o baasha_n 15_o division_n 36_o now_o king_n of_o syria_n baasha_n come_v up_o against_o judah_n and_o begin_v to_o build_v and_o to_o fortify_v ramah_n which_o be_v a_o frontier_n upon_o the_o very_a skirt_n of_o ephraim_n towards_o benjamin_n and_o judah_n 2_o chron._n xvi_o vers_fw-la 7._o to_o vers_n 11._o asa_n 18_o baasha_n 16_o division_n 37_o asa_n upon_o this_o reliance_n upon_o asa_n 19_o baasha_n 17_o division_n 38_o syria_n decline_v excee-ding_o asa_n 20_o baasha_n 18_o division_n 39_o from_o his_o former_a goodness_n asa_n 21_o baasha_n 19_o division_n 40_o for_o he_o grow_v not_o only_o harsh_a to_o asa_n 22_o baasha_n 20_o division_n 41_o the_o prophet_n hanani_n that_o reprove_v asa_n 23_o baasha_n 21_o division_n 42_o he_o but_o he_o also_o begin_v to_o asa_n 24_o baasha_n 22_o division_n 43_o use_v harshness_n and_o to_o tyrannize_v asa_n 25_o baasha_n 23_o division_n 44_o over_o his_o subject_n and_o for_o this_o his_o alteration_n he_o be_v in_o continual_a baasha_n 24_o war_n and_o trouble_n world_n 3074_o asa_n 26_o elah_n 1_o division_n 45_o asa_n see_v a_o end_n of_o his_o great_a enemy_n world_n 3075_o asa_n 27_o elah_n 2_o omri_n 1_o division_n 46_o baasha_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o that_o family_n as_o he_o have_v see_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o family_n of_o jeroboam_n 1_o king_n xvi_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o vers_n 23._o asa_n 18_o baasha_n 16_o division_n 37_o as_o hanani_n the_o seer_n reprove_v asa_n 19_o baasha_n 17_o division_n 38_o asa_n for_o his_o reliance_n asa_n 20_o baasha_n 18_o division_n 39_o upon_o syria_n so_o jehu_n the_o son_n of_o asa_n 21_o baasha_n 19_o division_n 40_o hanani_n reprove_v baasha_n for_o his_o asa_n 22_o baasha_n 20_o division_n 41_o idolatry_n and_o threaten_v destruction_n asa_n 23_o baasha_n 21_o division_n 42_o to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o family_n asa_n 24_o baasha_n 22_o division_n 43_o and_o the_o same_o fate_n be_v denounce_v asa_n 25_o baasha_n 23_o division_n 44_o to_o his_o house_n that_o have_v befall_v the_o baasha_n 24_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n world_n 3074_o asa_n 26_o elah_n 1_o division_n 45_o elah_n reign_v in_o the_o of_o asa_n 1_o king_n 16._o 8._o world_n 3075_o asa_n 27_o elah_n 2_o omri_n 1_o division_n 46_o omri_n reign_v have_v slaign_a zimri_n who_o have_v slay_v elah_n this_o be_v a_o year_n of_o great_a turbulence_n in_o the_o state_n of_o israel_n elah_n a_o drunkard_n of_o ephraim_n be_v slay_v by_o zimri_n and_o baasha_n house_n be_v utter_o destroy_v with_o he_o zimri_n reign_v at_o tirzah_n but_o omri_n be_v make_v king_n in_o the_o camp_n at_o gibbethon_n in_o that_o very_a place_n have_v baasha_n get_v the_o kingdom_n by_o the_o slaughter_n of_o nadah_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n ago_o 1_o king_n 15._o 27._o a_o siege_n be_v there_o then_o as_o it_o be_v now_o omri_n besiege_v zimri_n in_o tirzah_n and_o zimri_n destroy_v himself_o and_o the_o king_n palace_n together_o then_o there_o be_v another_o competition_n and_o war_n betwixt_o omri_n and_o tibni_n which_o continue_v till_o the_o thirty_o first_o year_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n 16._o 23._o and_o then_o tibni_n be_v overthrow_v and_o omri_n become_v sole_a and_o entire_a king_n howbeit_o in_o the_o account_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v of_o omri_n reign_n say_v that_o he_o reign_v twelve_o year_n the_o beginning_n of_o these_o year_n be_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o death_n of_o zimri_n which_o be_v in_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o of_o asa_n 1_o king_n 16._o 15._o therefore_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o vers_fw-la 23._o that_o in_o the_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v omri_n to_o reign_v over_o israel_n twelve_o year_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o his_o whole_a reign_n from_o the_o death_n of_o zimri_n be_v twelve_o year_n which_o expire_v in_o the_o eight_o and_o thirty_o of_o asa_n ver_fw-la 29._o but_o that_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o sole_a and_o single_a government_n be_v asa_n thirty_o first_o 2_o chron._n xvi_o ver_fw-la 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o world_n 3076_o asa_n 28_o omri_n 2_o division_n 47_o asa_n see_v now_o a_o three_o change_n asa_n 29_o omri_n 3_o division_n 48_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n asa_n 30_o omri_n 4_o division_n 49_o first_o the_o family_n of_o jeroboam_n than_o asa_n 31_o omri_n 5_o division_n 50_o of_o baasha_n now_o of_o omri_n thus_o asa_n 32_o omri_n 6_o division_n 51_o speedy_o do_v idolatry_n root_v family_n asa_n 33_o omri_n 7_o division_n 52_o out_o and_o thus_o little_a stability_n asa_n 34_o omri_n 8_o division_n 53_o be_v there_o with_o those_o that_o forsake_v asa_n 35_o omri_n 9_o division_n 54_o god_n athaliah_n a_o spawn_n of_o asa_n 36_o omri_n 10_o division_n 55_o this_o last_o family_n set_v hard_a in_o asa_n 37_o omri_n 11_o division_n 56_o time_n to_o bring_v in_o the_o like_a ruin_n and_o confusion_n into_o the_o royal_a stock_n omri_n 12_o of_o judah_n that_o be_v now_o in_o israel_n when_o she_o go_v about_o to_o destroy_v the_o king_n seed_n ahab_n 1_o asa_n fall_v disease_v of_o ahab_n 2_o the_o gout_n and_o seek_v too_o much_o to_o asa_n 38_o the_o physician_n 2_o chron._n 16._o 12._o world_n 3086_o asa_n 39_o division_n 57_o his_o name_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d signify_v a_o physician_n 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commander_n stifle_v division_n 332_o manasseh_n 51_o and_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o king_n 8._o 15._o and_o do_v israel_n much_o mischief_n division_n 333_o manasseh_n 52_o 2_o king_n 10._o 32._o benhadad_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o 2_o king_n 13._o 24._o and_o division_n 334_o manasseh_n 53_o after_o he_o reign_v rezin_n the_o last_o king_n of_o syria_n captive_v by_o the_o assyrian_a division_n 335_o manasseh_n 54_o and_o damaseus_fw-la with_o he_o and_o so_o be_v there_o a_o end_n of_o the_o syrian_a power_n world_n 3365_o division_n 336_o manasseh_n 55_o manasseh_n die_v ammon_n reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v at_o last_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o servant_n but_o his_o death_n avenge_v on_o those_o servant_n by_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n while_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n be_v in_o its_o power_n the_o assyrian_a kingdom_n world_n 3366_o division_n 337_o ammon_n 1_o be_v obscure_a and_o therefore_o very_o improper_o make_v by_o some_o the_o first_o of_o the_o world_n 3367_o division_n 338_o ammon_n 2_o four_o monarchy_n no_o king_n of_o it_o mention_v in_o scripture_n till_o pull_v in_o the_o time_n of_o menahem_n king_n of_o israel_n famous_a in_o heathen_a story_n be_v sardanapalus_n the_o last_o king_n of_o that_o kingdom_n while_o it_o be_v obscure_a and_o with_o who_o it_o fall_v before_o his_o time_n it_o be_v that_o jonah_n go_v to_o niniveh_n and_o prophesy_v against_o it_o some_o thirty_o or_o forty_o year_n before_o its_o fall_n in_o new_a hand_n that_o city_n and_o kingdom_n begin_v to_o be_v great_a and_o victorious_a the_o first_o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o new_a race_n be_v pull_v so_o potent_a that_o he_o pull_v a_o thousand_o talent_n by_o way_n of_o tribute_n from_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n 15._o 19_o after_o he_o come_v tiglath-pilese_a into_o the_o assyrian_a throne_n and_o conquer_a syria_n and_o add_v it_o to_o assyria_n 2_o king_n 16._o 9_o 10._o next_o after_o he_o reign_v shalmanezer_n who_o captivate_v the_o 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four_o son_n because_o he_o be_v last_o bear_v world_n 3379_o division_n 350_o josiah_n 12_o josiah_n purge_v judah_n and_o jerusalem_n from_o idol_n etc._n etc._n jeremy_n world_n 3380_o division_n 351_o josiah_n 13_o jeremy_n begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o thirteen_o of_o josiah_n and_o by_o prophesy_v to_o help_v forward_o the_o reformation_n begin_v which_o go_v on_o exceed_v slow_o not_o through_o any_o negligence_n of_o josiah_n himself_o who_o heart_n be_v very_o upright_o with_o the_o lord_n but_o through_o the_o slackness_n and_o remissness_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n and_o through_o the_o rootedness_n of_o idolatry_n in_o they_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o jeremy_n prophesi_v so_o terrible_a thing_n and_o so_o certain_a destruction_n in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o reformation_n josiah_n in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n have_v begin_v to_o destroy_v idolatry_n and_o yet_o how_o much_o filth_n of_o it_o be_v remain_v in_o his_o eighteen_o year_n be_v almost_o incredible_a 2_o king_n 23._o jeremy_n a_o young_a priest_n and_o prophet_n for_o the_o young_a king_n be_v moses_n like_v a_o prophet_n to_o israel_n forty_o year_n viz._n 18_o of_o josiah_n 11_o of_o jehoiakim_n and_o 11_o of_o zedekiah_n and_o as_o moses_n be_v so_o long_o with_o the_o people_n a_o teacher_n in_o the_o wilderness_n till_o they_o enter_v into_o their_o own_o land_n so_o be_v jeremy_n so_o long_o in_o their_o own_o land_n a_o teacher_n before_o they_o go_v into_o the_o wilderness_n of_o the_o heathen_a the_o holy_a ghost_n set_v a_o special_a mark_n upon_o these_o forty_o year_n of_o his_o prophesy_v ezek._n 4._o 6._o where_n when_o the_o lord_n sum_v up_o the_o year_n that_o be_v betwixt_o the_o fall_n away_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o temple_n three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o in_o all_o and_o count_v they_o by_o the_o prophet_n lie_v so_o many_o day_n upon_o his_o left_a side_n he_o bid_v he_o to_o lie_v forty_o day_n upon_o his_o right_a side_n and_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n forty_o day_n a_o day_n for_o a_o year_n not_o to_o signify_v that_o it_o be_v forty_o year_n above_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o betwixt_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o captivity_n of_o judah_n for_o it_o be_v but_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o exact_o in_o all_o but_o because_o he_o will_v set_v and_o mark_v out_o judah_n singular_a iniquity_n by_o a_o singular_a mark_n for_o that_o they_o have_v forty_o year_n so_o pregnant_a instruction_n and_o admonition_n by_o so_o eminent_a a_o prophet_n yet_o be_v impenitent_a to_o their_o own_o destruction_n the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n be_v either_o utter_o undate_v and_o so_o not_o easy_o if_o at_o all_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o their_o proper_a time_n or_o those_o that_o be_v date_v be_v almost_o general_o dislocate_v and_o not_o easy_a to_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o dislocation_n the_o first_o chapter_n at_o vers_fw-la 2._o and_o the_o three_o chapter_n at_o vers_fw-la 6._o do_v only_o bear_v the_o date_n of_o josiahs_n reign_n and_o no_o more_o mention_n of_o any_o other_o prophesy_v deliver_v in_o his_o time_n express_o make_v and_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n that_o very_o much_o of_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o prophecy_n be_v in_o his_o time_n jeremy_n i._n this_o chapter_n date_v itself_o by_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o josiah_n and_o that_o be_v the_o time_n and_o this_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o prophet_n first_o ministry_n for_o here_o be_v lay_v down_o the_o general_a head_n upon_o which_o his_o whole_a prophecy_n do_v chief_o run_v a_o rod_n and_o evil_a to_o come_v upon_o jerusalem_n from_o the_o north._n god_n show_v he_o a_o plain_a dry_a wither_a rod_n to_o signify_v the_o rod_n and_o stroke_n that_o god_n be_v about_o to_o bring_v upon_o the_o people_n and_o when_o he_o ask_v jeremy_n what_o he_o see_v he_o not_o only_o say_v he_o see_v a_o rod_n but_o he_o can_v ready_o name_v the_o wood_n of_o which_o it_o be_v make_v though_o it_o be_v wither_v and_o dry_a and_o no_o ready_a token_n on_o it_o to_o discern_v of_o what_o will_v it_o be_v i_o see_v say_v he_o makal_n shake_v a_o rod_n of_o almond_n thou_o have_v well_o see_v say_v god_n for_o any_o shokedh_fw-mi i_o hasten_v my_o word_n to_o perform_v it_o the_o lord_n descant_v upon_o the_o word_n shakedh_fw-mi in_o the_o prophet_n answer_n and_o since_o jeremy_n have_v speak_v so_o full_o as_o to_o tell_v that_o he_o not_o only_o see_v a_o rod_n but_o a_o rod_n of_o shakedh_n or_o of_o almond_n the_o lord_n answer_v as_o full_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o about_o to_o bring_v a_o rod_n upon_o the_o land_n but_o also_o shakedh_n he_o do_v hasten_v to_o
upon_o this_o occasion_n from_o vers_fw-la 24._o of_o chap._n 22._o to_o the_o end_n all_o the_o prophecy_n that_o refer_v to_o his_o time_n and_o concern_v his_o person_n be_v also_o bring_v up_o together_o viz._n chap._n 23._o and_o 24._o that_o the_o matter_n concern_v he_o may_v be_v lay_v together_o in_o one_o place_n the_o 25_o chapter_n be_v date_v by_o jehoiakim_v four_o year_n yet_o lay_v before_o chap._n 26._o &_o 27._o that_o bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n because_o it_o point_v out_o the_o term_n and_o space_n of_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o main_a subject_n of_o jeremy_n prophecy_n and_o therefore_o when_o in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n he_o have_v foretold_v the_o captivity_n both_o to_o and_o of_o jehoiakim_n and_o jehoiachin_n and_o in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o he_o set_v himself_o to_o foretell_v and_o measure_v out_o the_o space_n of_o the_o captivity_n therefore_o these_o chapter_n that_o handle_v that_o main_a and_o general_a head_n of_o his_o prophecy_n be_v lay_v thus_o forward_o and_o together_o and_o then_o particular_a matter_n be_v lay_v after_o so_o that_o these_o 26_o &_o 27_o chap._n to_o ver_fw-la 12._o do_v join_v in_o proper_a current_n of_o time_n and_o chronicle_n to_o vers_n 23._o of_o chap._n 22._o and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o interposition_n of_o the_o other_o chapter_n may_v be_v conceive_v of_o as_o have_v be_v say_v in_o chap._n 26._o jeremy_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n by_o the_o priest_n and_o false_a prophet_n but_o acquit_v by_o the_o elder_n they_o allege_v two_o contrary_a example_n one_o of_o hezekiah_n who_o pious_o submit_v to_o micahs_n prophecy_n and_o trouble_v he_o not_o for_o it_o and_o the_o other_o of_o jehoiakim_n who_o curse_o slaw_v urijah_n for_o prophesy_v the_o truth_n the_o former_a they_o propose_v as_o a_o copy_n to_o be_v follow_v and_o the_o other_o as_o a_o caution_n not_o to_o shed_v more_o prophet_n blood_n in_o murder_a jeremy_n for_o too_o much_o be_v late_o shed_v already_o in_o the_o murder_n of_o urijah_n in_o chap._n 27._o to_o vers_n 12._o jeremy_n be_v enjoin_v to_o make_v yoke_n and_o bond_n to_o denote_v servitude_n and_o subjection_n to_o babel_n but_o in_o the_o entry_n of_o the_o chapter_n there_o be_v a_o visible_a difficulty_n for_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o jehoiakim_v reign_v jeremy_n be_v command_v to_o make_v bond_n and_o yoke_n and_o to_o send_v they_o to_o certain_a king_n by_o the_o messenger_n that_o come_v to_o zedekiah_n king_n of_o judah_n now_o how_o can_v zedekiah_n be_v call_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n since_o jehoiakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n and_o jehoiachin_n three_o month_n before_o zedekiah_n come_v to_o reign_v answ._n these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v speak_v prophetical_o concern_v zedekiah_n as_o well_o as_o concern_v nebuchadnezar's_a son_n for_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_a shall_v reign_v and_o his_o son_n and_o grandchild_n after_o he_o and_o therefore_o must_v the_o prophet_n present_o make_v yoke_n and_o bond_n and_o put_v they_o of_o his_o own_o neck_n in_o token_n of_o judah_n subjection_n which_o indeed_o begin_v in_o the_o very_a next_o year_n and_o he_o foretell_v withal_o that_o zedekiah_n shall_v reign_v and_o that_o divers_a king_n shall_v send_v messenger_n to_o he_o and_o by_o they_o shall_v jeremy_n send_v those_o yoke_n to_o those_o king_n etc._n etc._n world_n 3401_o division_n 372_o jehoiakim_n 3_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o three_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o year_n for_o his_o first_o year_n take_v up_o part_n of_o jehoiakim_v three_o and_o part_n of_o his_o four_o this_o be_v apparent_a by_o compare_v dan._n 1._o 1._o with_o jerem._n 25._o 1._o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n be_v indeed_o most_o common_o reckon_v as_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o but_o we_o shall_v observe_v hereafter_o that_o there_o be_v intimation_n sometime_o in_o scripture_n to_o teach_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o reckon_n according_a to_o this_o account_n daniel_n 1._o to_o vers_n 8._o and_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o vers_fw-la 1._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 6_o 7._o world_n 3402_o division_n 373_o year_n of_o captivity_n 1_o jehoiakim_n 4_o in_o this_o three_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n nabuchadnezzar_a besiege_v and_o take_v jerusalem_n and_o jehoiakim_n he_o put_v he_o in_o fetter_n to_o carry_v he_o to_o babel_n but_o restore_v he_o again_o to_o the_o throne_n as_o a_o tributary_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o babel_n and_o so_o jehoiakim_n become_v his_o servant_n three_o year_n here_o begin_v the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n and_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o babel_n jer._n 25._o 11_o 12._o &_o 29._o 10._o in_o this_o captivity_n be_v carry_v away_o daniel_n hananiah_n mishael_n and_o azariah_n and_o now_o be_v that_o sad_a prediction_n to_o hezekiah_n fulfil_v 2_o king_n 20._o 18._o and_o that_o of_o zephany_n zeph._n 1._o 8._o dan_n 1._o from_o vers_n 8._o to_o 18._o daniel_n and_o his_o three_o fellow_n noble_n now_o in_o babel_n refuse_v the_o court_n diet_n and_o betake_v themselves_o to_o a_o austerity_n of_o diet_n but_o once_o more_o to_o be_v parallel_v in_o all_o the_o scripture_n and_o that_o be_v in_o john_n the_o babtist_n yet_o they_o come_v on_o and_o grow_v fresh_a and_o fat_a to_o show_v that_o man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n only_o etc._n etc._n jeremy_n xxv_o in_o this_o four_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n which_o be_v the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a vers_fw-la 1._o jeremy_n prepare_v a_o cup_n of_o indignation_n for_o jerusalem_n and_o for_o all_o the_o nation_n round_o about_o it_o and_o at_o last_o for_o sheshach_n or_o babylon_n itself_o jeremy_n xlvi_o &_o xlviii_o &_o xlix_o to_z vers_n 34._o jeremy_n prophesi_v against_o pharaoh_n necho_n and_o egypt_n foretell_v the_o overthrow_n of_o his_o army_n at_o carchemish_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v this_o year_n and_o then_o the_o lord_n avenge_v the_o death_n of_o good_a josiah_n as_o vers_n 10._o this_o chapter_n though_o it_o fall_v under_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n yet_o be_v it_o lay_v so_o far_o in_o the_o book_n as_o after_o the_o story_n of_o judah_n go_v into_o captivity_n and_o into_o egypt_n for_o a_o reason_n which_o shall_v be_v touch_v present_o and_o so_o shall_v the_o method_n of_o chap._n 48._o &_o 49._o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n jeremy_n xxxvi_o to_z vers_n 9_o baruch_n write_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n in_o a_o book_n and_o read_v it_o in_o the_o lord_n house_n on_o the_o solemn_a fast_a day_n the_o ten_o of_o tizri_n probable_o in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n vers_fw-la 1._o this_o chapter_n lie_v after_o many_o prophecy_n of_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n because_o he_o will_v lay_v the_o relation_n of_o historical_a thing_n and_o particular_o of_o jeremy_n suffering_n together_o in_o chap._n 36._o be_v tell_v that_o he_o be_v imprison_v in_o jehoiakim_v time_n vers_fw-la 5._o and_o his_o book_n burn_v by_o that_o wicked_a king_n in_o chap._n 37._o be_v tell_v that_o he_o be_v imprison_v in_o zedekiahs_n time_n vers_fw-la 15._o and_o in_o chap._n 38._o how_o he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o dungeon_n jeremy_n xlv_o a_o message_n come_v to_o baruch_n from_o god_n upon_o his_o writing_n out_o of_o jeremy_n prophecy_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n the_o look_a back_n upon_o chap._n 43._o &_o 44._o and_o consider_v the_o tenor_n of_o they_o will_v give_v light_a and_o a_o reason_n for_o the_o place_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o the_o next_o follow_v so_o far_o in_o the_o book_n though_o they_o be_v of_o so_o early_a a_o date_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n upon_o johanans_n carry_v the_o people_n into_o egypt_n contrary_a to_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n jeremy_n denounce_v sad_a thing_n to_o the_o jew_n now_o in_o egypt_n and_o sure_a destruction_n to_o egypt_n itself_o this_o in_o chap._n 43._o from_o vers_n 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o chap._n 44._o through_o out_o then_o be_v lay_v the_o relation_n of_o the_o comfort_n and_o encouragement_n that_o jeremy_n give_v baruch_n many_o year_n before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o other_o prophecy_n then_o baruch_n safety_n in_o egypt_n and_o in_o her_o misery_n may_v be_v thence_o intimate_v and_o observe_v for_o thither_o have_v johanan_n bring_v baruch_n chap._n 43._o 6._o and_o the_o like_a juncture_n of_o story_n be_v observe_v at_o exod._n 18._o where_o jethroe_n come_v to_o israel_n camp_n be_v story_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o curse_n pass_v upon_o amalek_n to_o show_v that_o he_o fall_v not_o under_o that_o curse_n though_o he_o live_v in_o that_o nation_n after_o the_o intertexture_n of_o this_o 42_o chapter_n
captive_a say_v in_o his_o seven_o year_n they_o be_v three_o thousand_o and_o twenty_o three_o jew_n and_o in_o his_o eighteen_o three_o thousand_o and_o thirty_o two_o from_o jerusalem_n in_o which_o if_o the_o reader_n ruminate_v well_o upon_o the_o matter_n he_o will_v find_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o difficulty_n for_o 1._o he_o never_o mention_v in_o this_o reckon_n either_o the_o captivity_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n which_o be_v the_o first_o captivity_n not_o the_o captivity_n of_o jechoniah_n in_o which_o the_o most_o people_n be_v carry_v away_o and._n 2._o there_o be_v no_o mention_n elsewhere_o of_o nebuchadnezar's_a carry_v away_o into_o captivity_n from_o jerusalem_n either_o in_o his_o seven_o year_n or_o in_o his_o eighteen_o but_o of_o his_o do_v so_o in_o his_o eight_o there_o be_v mention_n 2_o king_n 24._o 12._o and_o in_o his_o nineteenth_o jer._n 25._o 12._o now_o for_o answer_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o here_o speak_v simple_o of_o the_o person_n that_o be_v captive_v but_o of_o person_n that_o be_v captive_v and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o that_o be_v the_o very_a tenor_n of_o his_o speech_n in_o the_o verse_n immediate_o before_o and_o for_o the_o confirm_v of_o this_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o in_o these_o two_o verse_n he_o mention_v only_o the_o captive_n that_o be_v cause_v by_o a_o open_a rebellion_n jehoiakim_v and_o zedekiah_n and_o upon_o those_o follow_v slaughter_n upon_o cold_a blood_n but_o in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n when_o daniel_n and_o his_o fellow_n be_v captive_v and_o when_o jechoniah_n be_v captive_v with_o 18000_o more_o there_o be_v no_o such_o slaughter_n because_o there_o be_v no_o such_o rebellion_n and_o by_o this_o very_a consideration_n we_o may_v learn_v what_o be_v the_o end_n of_o jehoiakim_n against_o who_o jeremy_n threaten_v the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass_n although_o the_o scripture_n have_v not_o clear_o express_v it_o elsewhere_o to_o the_o second_o we_o have_v give_v some_o piece_n of_o a_o answer_n before_o more_o full_o now_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o year_n be_v proper_o in_o jehoiakim_v three_o for_o than_o be_v the_o first_o news_n you_o hear_v of_o he_o dan._n 1._o 1._o but_o withal_o his_o first_o year_n be_v count_v with_o jehoiakim_v four_o in_o which_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v for_o than_o he_o have_v captive_v jerusalem_n and_o according_a to_o these_o two_o reckon_n the_o scripture_n reckon_v sometime_o by_o the_o first_o as_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o year_n proper_o sometime_n by_o the_o second_o as_o be_v his_o first_o year_n over_o israel_n and_o of_o the_o seventy_o of_o captivity_n after_o which_o matter_n the_o scripture_n look_v with_o special_a notice_n now_o jehoiakim_v captivity_n be_v in_o nebuchadnezar's_a eight_o according_o to_o the_o first_o date_n but_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o his_o seven_o according_a to_o the_o second_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o jechoniah_n be_v captive_v the_o same_o year_n and_o so_o the_o one_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o other_o and_o so_o zedeliahs_n captivity_n be_v in_o nebuchadnezar_n nineteenth_o according_a to_o the_o first_o date_n and_o propriety_n but_o say_v here_o to_o be_v in_o the_o eighteen_o according_a to_o the_o second_o and_o the_o rather_o to_o include_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o captive_a and_o slay_v those_o who_o nabuchadnezzar_a catch_v of_o the_o jew_n when_o he_o march_v away_o from_o the_o siege_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o year_n before_o when_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n raise_v it_o for_o than_o it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a but_o he_o catch_v some_o and_o how_o he_o will_v deal_v with_o they_o they_o be_v in_o open_a rebellion_n we_o may_v well_o suppose_v jeremy_n xl._n from_o vers_fw-la 7._o to_o the_o end_n and_o xli_o all_o 2_o king_n xxv_o vers_fw-la 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o the_o disperse_a captain_n and_o company_n that_o have_v flee_v for_o their_o safety_n up_o and_o down_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o chaldean_a army_n do_v ralley_n and_o come_v together_o to_o gedaliah_n the_o governor_n for_o protection_n jeremy_n among_o these_o reckon_v jonathan_n and_o the_o son_n of_o ephai_n the_o netophathite_n which_o the_o book_n of_o king_n omit_v either_o for_o that_o these_o be_v slay_v with_o gedaliah_n by_o ishmael_n as_o jer._n 41._o 3._o and_o never_o come_v to_o egypt_n whither_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o jeremy_n bring_v those_o rally_v captive_n and_o people_n after_o gedaliahs_n death_n or_o that_o jonathan_n come_v as_o a_o inferior_a to_o johanan_n his_o brother_n and_o that_o these_o son_n of_o ephai_n the_o netophathite_n come_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o seraiah_n the_o netophathite_n and_o so_o the_o book_n of_o king_n reckon_v only_o the_o colonel_n or_o chief_a commander_n in_o the_o seven_o month_n ishmael_n some_o young_a brother_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n and_o ten_o noble_n of_o the_o court_n envy_v gedaliahs_n promotion_n do_v traitorous_o murder_v he_o this_o be_v a_o very_a solemn_a month_n in_o itself_o for_o the_o feast_n of_o trumpet_n expiation_n and_o tabernacle_n that_o shall_v have_v be_v in_o it_o and_o in_o this_o month_n of_o old_a have_v solomon_n keep_v the_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o send_v the_o people_n home_o with_o joyful_a heart_n afterward_o but_o how_o be_v the_o matter_n alter_v now_o ishmael_n also_o kill_v seventy_o samaritan_n proselyte_n such_o as_o be_v come_v to_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o cast_v they_o into_o a_o trench_n that_o asa_n have_v make_v to_o be_v a_o stop_n betwixt_o the_o samaritan_n and_o himself_o then_o make_v to_o keep_v off_o samaritan_n enemy_n to_o their_o religion_n now_o fill_v with_o samaritan_n friend_n to_o it_o the_o little_a deal_n that_o the_o jew_n have_v with_o the_o samaritan_n and_o the_o fly_v about_o of_o the_o chaldean_a trooper_n have_v make_v such_o interception_n of_o intelligence_n that_o these_o poor_a man_n know_v not_o of_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o temple_n though_o it_o be_v in_o the_o five_o month_n till_o they_o be_v upon_o the_o way_n towards_o it_o and_o then_o understand_v of_o it_o they_o rend_v their_o clothes_n etc._n etc._n jeremy_n xlii_o &_o xliii_o and_o 2_o king_n xxv_o vers_fw-la 26._o the_o captain_n and_o people_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o gedaliah_n go_v into_o egypt_n though_o they_o have_v promise_v to_o be_v rule_v by_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o though_o the_o lord_n have_v flat_o forbid_v they_o to_o go_v thither_o and_o so_o have_v do_v of_o old_a that_o they_o shall_v never_o return_v to_o egypt_n poor_a jeremy_n be_v carry_v along_o with_o they_o and_o when_o he_o come_v there_o he_o prophesi_v both_o against_o egypt_n and_o they_o world_n 3421_o captivity_n 20_o the_o jew_n be_v now_o settle_v in_o egypt_n and_o in_o time_n they_o fall_v to_o a_o common_a and_o open_a idolatry_n for_o which_o jeremy_n reprove_v they_o and_o threaten_v they_o very_o sore_o in_o vers_fw-la 9_o he_o seem_v to_o give_v a_o close_a touch_n upon_o the_o idolatry_n of_o salomon_n wife_n the_o first_o original_n of_o idolatry_n to_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o wickedness_n of_o his_o wife_n which_o indeed_o may_v be_v well_o construe_v of_o every_o one_o of_o their_o wife_n but_o the_o quaintness_n of_o the_o phrase_n seem_v to_o hint_n some_o such_o a_o particular_a thing_n and_o it_o may_v the_o rather_o be_v so_o understand_v because_o he_o be_v here_o tax_v the_o present_a idolatry_n of_o the_o jew_n wife_n in_o egypt_n and_o rip_v up_o the_o sore_a to_o the_o very_a head_n which_o indeed_o be_v first_o those_o wife_n of_o solomon_n observe_v in_o vers_fw-la 25._o how_o the_o hebrew_n syntax_n seem_v to_o twit_v these_o man_n base_a uxoriousness_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d &_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v the_o verb_n in_o the_o feminine_a gender_n though_o he_o speak_v to_o the_o man_n now_o in_o the_o 45_o chap._n of_o this_o book_n of_o jeremy_n vers_fw-la 1._o it_o be_v say_v that_o baruch_n have_v write_v these_o word_n in_o a_o book_n at_o the_o mouth_n of_o jeremy_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n what_o these_o very_a last_o word_n mention_v before_o but_o this_o be_v very_o unlikely_a for_o these_o last_o speech_n appear_v to_o be_v utter_v upon_o emergency_n the_o meaning_n of_o it_o therefore_o be_v that_o jeremy_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n have_v utter_v prophecy_n to_o this_o purpose_n that_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o the_o land_n leave_v desolate_a and_o the_o people_n captive_v and_o mischief_n and_o misery_n follow_v they_o which_o be_v clear_v to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o the_o story_n of_o these_o chapter_n and_o therefore_o this_o 45_o chapter_n be_v lay_v here_o though_o the_o story_n
nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 39_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 40_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 41_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 42_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 43_o captivity_n 44_o nabuchadnezzar_a restore_v to_o his_o wit_n and_o kingdom_n again_o captivity_n 45_o 2_o king_n xxv_o vers_fw-la 27_o 28_o 29_o 30._o jeremy_n lii_o vers_fw-la 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o world_n 3446_o nebuchadnezzar_a die_v and_o evil-merodach_a reign_v this_o be_v the_o thirty_o captivity_n 46_o seven_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o jechoniah_n on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o captivity_n 47_o day_n of_o the_o twelve_o month_n evil-merodach_a bring_v he_o out_o of_o captivity_n 48_o prison_n and_o on_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o day_n he_o promote_v he_o above_o all_o the_o captivity_n 49_o king_n of_o babel_n and_o feed_v he_o all_o his_o life_n it_o may_v be_v nebuchadnezar's_a seven_o captivity_n 50_o year_n madness_n and_o misery_n have_v wrought_v some_o humility_n and_o gentleness_n upon_o captivity_n 51_o this_o his_o son_n jechoniah_n be_v now_o fifty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o have_v endure_v seven_o captivity_n 52_o and_o thirty_o year_n imprisonment_n and_o now_o the_o lord_n release_v he_o and_o he_o name_v captivity_n 53_o salathiel_n as_o his_o next_o heir_n to_o david_n throne_n and_o principality_n for_o jechoniah_n captivity_n 54_o have_v no_o heir_n of_o his_o own_o the_o time_n of_o the_o three_o babylonian_a king_n that_o captivity_n 55_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a space_n of_o that_o monarchy_n be_v easy_o to_o be_v collect_v by_o the_o captivity_n 56_o scripture_n namely_o nabuchadnezzar_a to_o have_v reign_v five_o and_o forty_o year_n current_n captivity_n 57_o evil-merodach_a three_o and_o twenty_o current_n and_o belshazzar_n three_o the_o captivity_n 58_o first_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o of_o jechoniah_n be_v call_v evilmerodach_n captivity_n 59_o first_o the_o last_o will_v be_v make_v 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therefore_o of_o the_o apostle_n hand_n mention_v here_o and_o elsewhere_o and_o those_o passage_n these_o sign_n shall_v follow_v those_o that_o believe_v they_o shall_v cast_v out_o devil_n they_o shall_v speak_v with_o tongue_n etc._n etc._n mark_v 16._o 17._o repent_v and_o be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o and_o you_o shall_v receive_v the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n act._n 2._o 38_o etc._n etc._n be_v not_o upon_o all_o that_o believe_v the_o gospel_n and_o be_v baptize_v but_o upon_o some_o certain_a number_n who_o they_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o as_o those_o man_n that_o god_n have_v appoint_v and_o determine_v for_o preacher_n and_o minister_n to_o the_o people_n and_o who_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o apostle_n hand_n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v by_o those_o gift_n enable_v to_o understand_v the_o language_n and_o sense_n of_o scripture_n and_o to_o be_v instructer_n of_o the_o people_n and_o to_o build_v they_o up_o candaces_n eunuch_n have_v be_v at_o jerusalem_n to_o worship_n and_o return_v back_o be_v convert_v by_o philip._n of_o candace_n queen_n of_o meroe_n in_o aethiopia_n see_v strabo_n lib._n 17._o he_o meet_v with_o he_o in_o the_o way_n that_o lead_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o gaza_n the_o desert_n of_o this_o place_n strabo_n again_o lib._n 16._o speak_v thus_o then_o be_v the_o haven_n of_o the_o gazaean_n above_o which_o some_o seven_o furlong_n be_v the_o city_n once_o glorious_a but_o ruin_v by_o alexander_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o it_o remain_v desert_n diodorus_n siculus_n call_v it_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o old_a gaza_n lib._n 19_o for_o another_o be_v build_v at_o the_o haven_n by_o the_o sea_n side_n call_v sometime_o maiuma_n sozom._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 3._o and_o afterward_o constantia_n name_v so_o by_o constantine_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o sister_n as_o say_v euseb._n de_fw-fr vit._n constant_n lib._n 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part_n philip_n be_v rapt_v by_o the_o spirit_n from_o gaza_n to_o azotus_n which_o be_v 270_o furlong_n or_o 34_o mile_n asunder_o as_o diodor._n sicul._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la measure_n act_n chap._n ix_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o vers._n 23._o the_o conversion_n of_o paul_n a_o monument_n of_o mercy_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 14_o 16._o a_o pharisee_n a_o persecutor_n a_o murderer_n yet_o become_v a_o christian_n a_o preacher_n a_o apostle_n he_o consent_v to_o stevens_n death_n and_o after_o that_o he_o get_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o make_v desperate_a havoc_n in_o jerusalem_n act._n 8._o 2._o &_o 22._o 4._o &_o 26._o 10._o we_o find_v all_o along_o this_o book_n that_o the_o chief_a priest_n be_v not_o only_o the_o busy_a man_n in_o persecute_v of_o the_o gospel_n but_o in_o
land_n be_v rather_o declaration_n then_o command_v for_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o awe_n of_o the_o sanhedrins_n power_n reach_v to_o those_o remote_a place_n that_o keep_v the_o whole_a nation_n to_o obedience_n of_o their_o decree_n as_o it_o be_v their_o innate_a and_o enure_v ambition_n to_o be_v hold_v and_o keep_v a_o peculiar_a and_o distinct_a and_o conform_a people_n and_o their_o devotedness_n to_o their_o law_n and_o worship_n the_o great_a oracle_n of_o which_o they_o hold_v the_o sanhedrin_n to_o be_v in_o all_o age_n such_o letter_n may_v we_o conceive_v be_v these_o to_o the_o synagogue_n at_o damascus_n not_o imperious_a but_o declarative_a and_o persuasive_a which_o before_o saul_n have_v deliver_v who_o be_v now_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d apostolus_fw-la synhedrii_fw-la magni_fw-la he_o be_v convert_v and_o design_v for_o a_o apostle_n of_o jesus_n christ._n he_o see_v christ_n ver_fw-la 17._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 1._o though_o he_o see_v he_o not_o for_o as_o israel_n at_o sinai_n see_v the_o lord_n not_o in_o any_o representation_n but_o only_o his_o glory_n so_o do_v he_o christ_n in_o his_o glory_n and_o a_o voice_n and_o so_o they_o that_o travel_v with_o he_o hear_v the_o voice_n ver_fw-la 7._o in_o its_o terrible_a sound_n but_o they_o hear_v it_o not_o act_n 22._o 9_o in_o its_o articulate_a utterance_n so_o as_o to_o understand_v it_o the_o like_v to_o that_o in_o joh._n 12._o 29._o at_o three_o day_n end_v he_o receive_v his_o sight_n and_o baptism_n and_o be_v fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ver_fw-la 17_o 18._o but_o how_o he_o receive_v the_o last_o be_v somewhat_o obscure_a whether_o before_o his_o baptism_n or_o upon_o it_o by_o immediate_a infusion_n as_o they_o do_v chap._n 10._o 45._o or_o by_o imposition_n of_o ananias_n his_o hand_n which_o if_o he_o do_v as_o it_o be_v extraordinary_a for_o any_o beside_o a_o apostle_n to_o confer_v the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o can_v not_o ananias_n do_v or_o think_v of_o do_v this_o 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be_v let_v over_o the_o wall_n in_o a_o basket_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 32_o 33._o he_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o see_v peter_n gal._n 1._o 18._o but_o at_o his_o first_o come_v thither_o the_o disciple_n be_v afraid_a of_o he_o till_o barnabas_n make_v way_n for_o his_o entertainment_n act._n 9_o 27._o his_o go_v to_o see_v peter_n be_v to_o confer_v with_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o circumcision_n himself_o be_v appoint_v minister_n to_o the_o uncircumcised_a and_o how_o barnabas_n who_o be_v to_o be_v his_o fellow_n shall_v come_v to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o he_o before_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n we_o can_v hardly_o find_v out_o any_o other_o way_n to_o resolve_v then_o by_o conceive_v he_o have_v some_o intimation_n from_o god_n of_o his_o own_o apostleship_n among_o the_o gentile_n and_o paul_n with_o he_o he_o stay_v at_o jerusalem_n but_o fifteen_o day_n and_o see_v none_o of_o the_o apostle_n but_o peter_n and_o james_n the_o less_o gal._n 1._o 18_o 19_o he_o preach_v bold_o 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of_o scripture_n have_v fix_v the_o determinate_a time_n of_o their_o occur_v so_o be_v not_o the_o limit_v of_o they_o to_o their_o year_n or_o time_n so_o very_o needful_a if_o only_o it_o be_v secure_v that_o they_o follow_v in_o time_n to_o those_o precede_v that_o we_o have_v speak_v to_o and_o that_o we_o may_v be_v assure_v of_o their_o order_n though_o we_o can_v be_v of_o their_o precise_a time_n and_o this_o be_v easy_a to_o resolve_v upon_o without_o much_o debate_n the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o former_a section_n inform_v we_o of_o a_o peace_n and_o rest_n come_v to_o all_o the_o church_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o this_o bring_v in_o peter_n as_o in_o this_o calm_a pass_o through_o all_o quarter_n preach_v and_o confirm_v they_o and_o that_o this_o can_v not_o be_v but_o after_o the_o time_n of_o the_o story_n mention_v hitherto_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o though_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o peter_n be_v abroad_o in_o samaria_n upon_o the_o conversion_n of_o it_o yet_o he_o be_v return_v again_o to_o jerusalem_n chap._n 8._o 25._o and_o be_v there_o three_o year_n after_o when_o paul_n come_v up_o thither_o this_o therefore_o be_v a_o new_a voyage_n in_o which_o he_o do_v three_o great_a thing_n heal_v aeneas_n of_o a_o palsy_n at_o lydda_n raise_v dorcas_n from_o the_o dead_a at_o joppa_n and_o open_v the_o door_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o gentile_n in_o caesarea_n aeneas_n be_v a_o name_n that_o we_o find_v in_o the_o jewish_a writer_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d r._n samuel_n the_o son_n of_o r._n aeneas_n be_v mention_v in_o jerus_n jebamoth_n fol._n 6._o 2._o and_o lod_n or_o lydda_n they_o speak_v exceed_v frequent_o of_o and_o produce_v remarkable_a story_n and_o memorial_n of_o it_o and_o indeed_o the_o quarter_n of_o peter_n present_a walk_n compare_v with_o the_o hebrew_n record_n concern_v these_o place_n may_v well_o claim_v some_o observation_n for_o when_o he_o be_v at_o joppa_n he_o be_v in_o the_o middle_n as_o it_o be_v of_o those_o place_n which_o in_o a_o little_a time_n after_o this_o nay_o it_o may_v be_v at_o this_o very_a time_n be_v two_o of_o their_o great_a and_o eminent_a school_n at_o jabneh_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n of_o joppa_n do_v the_o great_a sanhedrin_n sit_v long_o both_o before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o after_o for_o when_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v unsettle_a and_o to_o flit_v up_o and_o down_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n its_o first_o removal_n from_o jerusalem_n be_v hither_o and_o here_o sit_v gamaliel_n paul_n master_n with_o his_o sanhedrin_n a_o good_a space_n of_o time_n and_o for_o aught_o can_v be_v say_v to_o the_o contrary_a it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v there_o at_o this_o time_n when_o peter_n be_v at_o joppa_n now_o as_o the_o jew_n call_v that_o place_n jabneh_n so_o the_o gentile_n call_v it_o jamnia_n and_o how_o near_o it_o be_v to_o joppa_n you_o may_v guess_v from_o these_o word_n of_o strabo_n lib._n 16._o this_o place_n speak_v of_o joppa_n be_v so_o populous_a that_o out_o of_o the_o neighbour_n town_n jamnia_n and_o other_o place_n thereabouts_o it_o be_v able_a to_o raise_v 40000_o man_n at_o lydda_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n of_o joppa_n be_v most_o famous_a school_n and_o eminent_a man_n as_o well_o as_o at_o jabneh_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d it_o be_v a_o town_n that_o want_v little_a of_o the_o bigness_n of_o the_o city_n joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 20._o cap._n 5._o it_o lay_v west_n of_o jerusalem_n a_o day_n journey_n off_o as_o the_o talmud_n seat_v it_o and_o measure_n in_o maasar_n sheni_fw-la per._n 5._o hall_n 2._o it_o be_v in_o judea_n and_o thereupon_o four_o and_o twenty_o of_o the_o
render_v here_o per_fw-la suffragia_fw-la creantes_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la for_o so_o they_o can_v not_o do_v there_o not_o be_v a_o man_n in_o all_o these_o church_n fit_a to_o be_v choose_v a_o minister_n or_o qualify_v with_o ability_n for_o that_o function_n unless_o the_o apostle_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n bestow_v the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o they_o which_o may_v enable_v they_o for_o the_o church_n be_v but_o new_o plant_v and_o the_o people_n but_o late_o convert_v it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o find_v any_o among_o they_o so_o thorough_o complete_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o to_o be_v a_o minister_n but_o by_o the_o apostle_n hand_n they_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o so_o be_v enable_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o the_o greek_a word_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n denote_v suffrage_n but_o that_o be_v not_o the_o only_a sense_n and_o so_o do_v the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o the_o proper_a sense_n signify_v lay_v on_o of_o hand_n yet_o 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his_o brother_n pallas_n his_o sake_n beyond_o nero_n four_o year_n for_o consider_v poppaea_n prevalency_n with_o the_o emperor_n when_o once_o she_o become_v his_o paramour_n and_o consider_v her_o detestation_n of_o agrippina_n and_o her_o faction_n of_o which_o pallas_n be_v the_o chief_a we_o can_v cast_v felix_n his_o discharge_n for_o pallas_n his_o sake_n beyond_o nero_n four_o 2._o paul_n lay_v two_o year_n prisoner_n at_o caesarea_n under_o felix_n act_v 24._o 27._o after_o two_o year_n portius_n festus_n come_v into_o felix_n room_n many_o be_v the_o conjecture_n about_o these_o two_o year_n baronius_n say_v it_o be_v expleto_fw-la biennio_fw-la neronis_n magister_fw-la historiae_fw-la scholasticae_fw-la say_v it_o be_v biennium_fw-la ab_fw-la accusatione_fw-la felicis_fw-la a_o judaeis_n a_o lapide_fw-la care_v not_o to_o think_v that_o biennium_fw-la hoc_fw-la inchoandum_fw-la a_o praefectura_fw-la felicis_fw-la in_o judaea_n nam_fw-la ante_fw-la illud_fw-la praefuerat_fw-la trachonitidi_fw-la batanaeae_fw-la &_o gaulonitidi_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o hold_v that_o these_o two_o year_n mean_v the_o time_n of_o paul_n be_v a_o prisoner_n under_o felix_n from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o apprehension_n under_o lysias_n the_o chief_a captain_n till_o felix_n his_o go_v out_o of_o his_o government_n and_o so_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o beda_n beza_n salmeron_n onuphrius_n and_o other_o and_o this_o be_v so_o proper_a and_o suitable_a to_o the_o intent_n and_o discourse_n of_o luke_n that_o it_o need_v no_o illustration_n or_o proof_n of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o scripture_n manner_n of_o account_v in_o all_o other_o place_n these_o two_o thing_n then_o be_v thus_o conclude_v on_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o paul_n apprehension_n be_v in_o nero_n second_o and_o felix_n go_v out_o of_o office_n in_o nero_n four_o before_o poppaea_n be_v yet_o get_v into_o her_o potency_n and_o the_o account_v of_o paul_n two_o year_n imprisonment_n under_o felix_n to_o be_v thus_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n second_v he_o be_v apprehend_v and_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n third_n he_o have_v be_v a_o year_n prisoner_n and_o at_o pentecost_n in_o nero_n four_o his_n two_o year_n be_v up_o and_o that_o spring_v it_o be_v that_o felix_n go_v out_o of_o office_n and_o go_v to_o rome_n to_o make_v his_o answer_n and_o pallas_n his_o brother_n not_o yet_o utter_o out_o of_o favour_n make_v his_o peace_n and_o now_o let_v we_o draw_v up_o the_o chronology_n of_o nero_n time_n to_o the_o full_a according_a to_o these_o evidence_n and_o as_o refer_v to_o our_o occasion_n christ_n 55_o nero._n 1_o paul_n at_o ephesus_n go_v to_o macedonia_n crete_n greece_n to_o macedonia_n again_o and_o winter_v in_o nicopolis_n christ_n 56_o nero._n 2_o paul_n at_o macedonia_n till_o easter_n then_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v apprehend_v at_o pentecost_n and_o from_o that_o time_n till_o the_o year_n 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once_o you_o have_v he_o swear_v by_o the_o temple_n cherithuth_n per._n 1._o halac_fw-la 7._o section_n vii_o the_o sanhedrin_n at_o bethshaarain_a tsipporis_n and_o tiberias_n r._n judah_n precedent_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n his_o son_n rabbi_n judah_n succeed_v he_o a_o man_n of_o note_n equal_a with_o if_o not_o above_o any_o name_v before_o he_o he_o bear_v not_o the_o title_n of_o rabban_n as_o his_o ancestor_n have_v do_v for_o five_o generation_n before_o he_o yet_o have_v he_o those_o appellation_n that_o dignify_v he_o equal_a with_o it_o he_o be_v call_v sometime_o eminent_o rabbi_n and_o no_o more_o sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o holy_a sometime_o our_o holy_a rabbi_n sometime_o r._n judah_n the_o prince_n and_o oft_o in_o the_o jerus_n talmud_n r._n judan_n vid._n jerus_n sanhedr_n fol._n 30._o col_fw-fr 1._o where_o it_o speak_v of_o all_o his_o title_n there_o be_v innumerable_a story_n of_o he_o we_o shall_v only_o pick_v up_o those_o that_o be_v 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memorable_a story_n of_o this_o place_n that_o a_o butcher_n cozen_v the_o jew_n here_o with_o carcase_n and_o beast_n tear_v and_o make_v they_o eat_v they_o nay_o he_o make_v they_o eat_v dog_n flesh_n jerus_n trumoth_n fol._n 45._o col_fw-fr 3._o and_o divers_a of_o tsipporis_n be_v glad_a to_o wear_v patch_n on_o their_o face_n to_o dissigure_v they_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v know_v when_o inquisition_n be_v make_v after_o they_o id._n jevamoth_n fol._n 15._o col_fw-fr 3._o and_o sotah_n fol._n 23._o col_fw-fr 3._o the_o numerous_a passage_n about_o the_o doctor_n and_o dispute_n and_o scholastic_a action_n in_o this_o place_n will_v be_v too_o tedious_a to_o mention_v though_o with_o the_o brief_a touch_n we_o can_v from_o tsipporis_n the_o sanhedrin_n remove_v to_o tiberias_n upon_o the_o brink_n of_o the_o lake_n of_o genesaret_n this_o be_v about_o eight_o or_o nine_o mile_n from_o tsipporis_n id._n sanly_v fol._n 21._o col_fw-fr 1._o the_o jew_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o rakkath_v in_o josh._n 19_o 35._o megil_n fol._n 70._o col_fw-fr 1._o and_o that_o chammath_n there_o mention_v also_o be_v a_o place_n that_o join_v to_o it_o erubhin_a fol._n 23._o col_fw-fr 4._o so_o call_v from_o the_o hot_a bath_n there_o bab._n megil_n fol._n 6._o 1._o how_o long_a rabbi_n sit_v here_o be_v uncertain_a their_o record_n do_v make_v he_o exceed_o in_o favour_n with_o antoninus_n the_o emperor_n but_o whether_o pius_n or_o philosophus_fw-la they_o name_v not_o it_o be_v general_o hold_v to_o be_v pius_n whethersoever_o it_o be_v there_o be_v abundance_n of_o discourse_n betwixt_o r._n judah_n and_o he_o disperse_v in_o their_o write_n and_o they_o stick_v not_o to_o tell_v you_o that_o he_o become_v a_o proselyte_n and_o when_o the_o proselyte_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v come_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v antoninus_n shall_v come_v in_o the_o head_n of_o they_o jerus_n megil_n fol._n 74._o col_fw-fr 1._o antoninus_n philosophus_fw-la or_o marcus_n aurelius_n be_v the_o likely_a to_o converse_v with_o scholar_n r._n judah_n outlive_v they_o both_o and_o commodus_n also_o two_o famous_a thing_n as_o that_o nation_n repute_v it_o do_v this_o man_n in_o his_o time_n first_o he_o gather_v up_o and_o compile_v into_o one_o volume_n all_o the_o traditional_a law_n that_o have_v run_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n to_o his_o time_n the_o mishuah_n that_o we_o have_v now_o in_o our_o hand_n which_o be_v the_o jew_n great_a pandect_a according_a to_o which_o they_o live_v he_o see_v their_o state_n wane_n daily_o more_o and_o more_o and_o though_o they_o have_v now_o many_o learned_a school_n yet_o their_o cabbala_n or_o great_a stock_n of_o tradition_n he_o think_v may_v fail_v and_o be_v lose_v now_o the_o sanhedrin_n fail_v therefore_o he_o think_v to_o make_v sure_a work_n and_o commit_v it_o to_o writing_n that_o it_o may_v be_v preserve_v to_o the_o nation_n and_o so_o he_o help_v to_o rule_v they_o and_o a_o second_o thing_n that_o he_o do_v be_v that_o he_o take_v care_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d scribe_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o tradition_n in_o all_o the_o city_n in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n jerus_n chagigah_n fol._n 76._o col_fw-fr 3._o in_o the_o same_o tract_n fol._n 77._o col_fw-fr it_o be_v report_v of_o he_o that_o at_o six_o portion_n of_o the_o scripture_n when_o he_o come_v to_o read_v they_o he_o weep_v he_o compile_v the_o mishnah_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 190_o in_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o commodus_n or_o as_o some_o compute_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 220_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n section_n viii_o the_o school_n and_o learned_a after_o the_o death_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n beside_o the_o place_n where_o the_o sanhedrin_n have_v sit_v which_o yet_o
it_o must_v it_o do_v make_v this_o difficulty_n which_o have_v cost_v so_o much_o canvas_v so_o easy_a as_o a_o thing_n need_v not_o to_o be_v more_o section_n iii_o from_o the_o promise_n give_v to_o abram_n upon_o his_o father_n terahs_n death_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o to_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n be_v 430_o year_n exod._n 12._o 40._o gal._n 3._o 17._o this_o sum_n be_v join_v to_o that_o before_o of_o 2083._o it_o make_v the_o world_n to_o be_v in_o the_o two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o and_o thirteen_o year_n of_o her_o age_n when_o israel_n be_v deliver_v 2513._o the_o delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2513._o and_o the_o law_n give_v this_o space_n of_o time_n of_o 430_o year_n betwixt_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o law_n the_o divine_a wisdom_n and_o providence_n cast_v into_o two_o equal_a portion_n of_o 215_o year_n before_o the_o people_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o 215_o year_n of_o their_o be_v there_o the_o former_a moiety_n be_v take_v up_o in_o these_o parcel_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n betwixt_o the_o give_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n compare_v gen._n 12._o 4._o with_o gen._n 21._o 5._o sixty_o year_n betwixt_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n gen._n 25._o 26._o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n betwixt_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n and_o israel_n go_v into_o egypt_n gen._n 27._o 9_o the_o latter_a in_o these_o ninety_o five_o year_n from_o their_o go_v into_o egypt_n to_o the_o death_n of_o levi._n forty_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o levi_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n eighty_o year_n from_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n to_o their_o delivery_n section_n iu._n from_o the_o come_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o solomon_n temple_n be_v 480_o year_n 1_o king_n 6._o 1._o and_o seven_o year_n be_v it_o in_o building_n ver_fw-la 38._o so_o that_o join_v 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12._o 14._o samson_n 20_o year_n judg._n 15._o 20._o &_o 16._o 31._o eli_n 40_o year_n 1_o sam._n 4._o 18._o samuel_n and_o saul_n 40_o year_n act_n 13._o 21._o david_n 40_o year_n 1_o king_n 2._o 11._o solomon_n 4_o year_n 1_o king_n 6._o 1._o total_a 480._o now_o among_o all_o these_o parcel_n there_o be_v no_o number_n that_o have_v not_o a_o text_n to_o warrant_v it_o but_o only_o the_o date_n of_o the_o government_n of_o joshua_n which_o yet_o can_v be_v doubt_v of_o to_o have_v be_v seventeen_o year_n see_v that_o so_o many_o year_n only_o be_v not_o specify_v by_o express_a text_n of_o all_o the_o 480_o mention_v 1_o king_n 6._o 1._o and_o here_o also_o may_v the_o reader_n observe_v that_o the_o year_n that_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n for_o year_n of_o israel_n oppression_n as_o judg._n 3._o 8_o 14._o etc._n etc._n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v for_o a_o space_n of_o time_n distinct_a from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n but_o include_v in_o the_o sum_n of_o 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verum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la truth_n and_o goodness_n so_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o scripture_n do_v run_v upon_o these_o two_o and_o they_o be_v indeed_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o as_o psal._n 25._o 10._o and_o 40._o 12._o and_o 36._o 5._o and_o 138._o 2._o hos._n 2._o 19_o etc._n etc._n now_o christ_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o promise_n which_o have_v the_o original_n from_o grace_n and_o their_o performance_n in_o truth_n they_o be_v in_o he_o yea_o and_o in_o he_o amen_o the_o evangelist_n say_v that_o he_o dwell_v among_o we_o full_a of_o grace_n and_o truth_n hold_v out_o that_o he_o be_v the_o performance_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o all_o the_o promise_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o all_o the_o type_n and_o prophecy_n before_o the_o law_n and_o under_o it_o that_o tend_v to_o such_o a_o purpose_n and_o in_o he_o be_v the_o fullness_n of_o that_o mercy_n and_o truth_n that_o the_o patriarch_n prophet_n and_o holy_a man_n look_v after_o and_o he_o the_o whole_a tenor_n scope_n and_o subject_n of_o the_o scripture_n section_n iii_o s._n luke_n chap._n i._n the_o conception_n and_o birth_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o of_o christ_n foretell_v by_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 5._o there_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o he._n of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o herod_n write_v with_o cleth_n in_o the_o beginning_n signify_v fear_n or_o tremble_a as_o the_o tremble_a cowardice_n of_o gedeon_n soldier_n name_v the_o well_o harod_v judg._n 7._o 1._o etc._n etc._n but_o the_o syr._n &_o arab_n write_v this_o with_o he._n herod_n the_o king_n of_o judea_n a_o certain_a priest_n name_v zacharias_n of_o the_o course_n of_o abiah_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v of_o mother_n of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o john_n baptist_n of_o the_o priestly_a line_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n the_o daughter_n of_o aaron_n and_o her_o name_n be_v 23._o be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v the_o seventy_o call_v wife_n of_o aaron_n the_o first_o priest_n by_o the_o 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he_o exod._n 23._o 17._o leu._n 1._o 3._o 11._o and_o the_o ark_n be_v the_o representation_n of_o christ_n be_v call_v bis_fw-la face_n psal._n 105._o 4._o yea_o even_o god_n himself_o psal._n 132._o 5._o before_o god_n in_o the_o order_n of_o his_o course_n 9_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o priest_n office_n his_o lot_n be_v to_o burn_v incense_n when_o he_o go_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n 10._o and_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o the_o people_n be_v pray_v without_o at_o the_o tine_n of_o incense_n 11._o and_o there_o appear_v unto_o he_o a_o 21._o a_o a_o a_o a_o a_o a_o compare_v the_o appear_v of_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n to_o daniel_n about_o the_o time_n of_o incense_n dan._n 9_o 21._o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n stand_v on_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n 12._o and_o when_o zacharias_n see_v he_o 14._o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v by_o the_o lxx_o to_o express_v pharaoh_n trouble_v upon_o his_o dream_n gen._n 41._o 8._o and_o his_o servant_n upon_o they_o gen._n 40._o 6._o compare_v judg._n 6._o 22._o &_o 13._o 22._o dan._n 8._o 17._o joâ_n 4._o 14._o he_o be_v trouble_v 12._o trouble_v trouble_v trouble_v trouble_v trouble_v trouble_v as_o gen._n 15._o 12._o and_o fear_n fall_v upon_o he_o 13._o but_o the_o angel_n say_v unto_o he_o fear_v not_o zacharias_n for_o thy_o prayer_n be_v hear_v and_o thy_o wife_n elizabeth_n shall_v bear_v thou_o a_o son_n and_o thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n 8._o name_n name_n name_n name_n name_n name_n john_n the_o same_o with_o jochanan_n so_o frequent_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o 1_o chr._n 3._o 19_o &_o 6._o 9_o &_o 12._o 12._o &_o 26._o 3._o and_o 2_o chron._n 17._o 15._o &_o 23._o 1._o and_o 28._o 12._o jer._n 40._o 8._o john_n 14._o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v joy_n have_v have_v have_v have_v have_v have_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d job_n 3._o 22._o the_o arab_n add_v thou_o shall_v have_v great_a joy_n joy_n and_o gladness_n and_o bear_n and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o as_o gen._n 21._o 6._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d of_o the_o hebr._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v by_o the_o lxx_o for_o it_o leu._n 10_o 5._o numb_a 6._o 3._o esay_n 5._o 11._o and_o 28._o 7._o etc._n etc._n which_o sometime_o signify_v wine_n as_o num._n 28._o 7._o but_o most_o common_o any_o thing_n that_o will_v cause_v drunkenness_n wine_n of_o forty_o day_n old_a be_v call_v shekar_n say_v r._n menohem_n on_o leu._n 10._o and_o so_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_v it_o numb_a 6._o 3._o and_o 28._o 7._o judg._n 13._o 4._o but_o any_o thing_n that_o will_v make_v one_o dunk_v be_v call_v shekar_n whether_o it_o be_v make_v of_o corn_n honey_n or_o fruit_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d on_o leu._n 10._o d._n krinch_v in_o miclol_n brucioli_n his_o italian_a and_o the_o french_a express_v it_o by_o cervisia_fw-la ale_n or_o bear_n many_o shall_v rejoice_v at_o his_o birth_n 15._o for_o he_o shall_v be_v great_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o shall_v drink_v neither_o wine_n nor_o l_o strong_a drink_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 5._o ghost_n ghost_n ghost_n ghost_n ghost_n ghost_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d as_o moses_n act._n 7._o 20._o jer._n 1._o 5._o even_o from_o his_o mother_n womb_n 16._o and_o many_o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v he_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n 17._o and_o he_o shall_v go_v before_o in_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n of_o elias_n of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o of_o heb._n elijah_n 1_o king_n 17._o etc._n etc._n and_o there_o turn_v by_o the_o lxxâ_n elion_n but_o in_o mal._n 4._o 5._o the_o hebr._n have_v it_o eliah_n and_o the_o lxx_o elias_n elias_n to_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o child_n and_o the_o disobedient_a wisdom_n disobedient_a disobedient_a disobedient_a disobedient_a disobedient_a disobedient_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o or_o by_o the_o 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shall_v be_v perform_v because_o thou_o believe_v not_o my_o word_n which_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v 23._o fulfil_v fulfil_v fulfil_v fulfil_v fulfil_v fulfil_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d mat._n 2._o 23._o at_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d act_v 8._o 23._o in_o their_o season_n 21._o and_o the_o people_n wait_v for_o zacharias_n and_o marvel_v that_o he_o tarry_v so_o long_o in_o the_o temple_n 22._o and_o when_o he_o come_v out_o it_o out_o out_o out_o out_o out_o out_o at_o the_o first_o burn_v of_o incense_n the_o priest_n miscarry_v leu._n 10._o and_o thus_o that_o right_n which_o the_o jew_n value_v for_o the_o high_a of_o all_o legal_a offering_n begin_v
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god_n for_o that_o purpose_n which_o some_o do_v hold_v be_v not_o only_o improper_a but_o also_o dangerous_a improper_a because_o it_o cross_v a_o plain_a and_o facile_a text_n and_o dangerous_a because_o it_o bring_v a_o create_a angel_n into_o a_o kind_n of_o equality_n and_o copartnership_n with_o the_o sacred_a trinity_n for_o first_o why_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o surmise_n of_o such_o a_o angel_n utter_v these_o word_n unless_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o god_n can_v not_o utter_v they_o himself_o second_o as_o paul_n say_v to_o which_o of_o the_o angel_n say_v god_n at_o any_o time_n thou_o be_v my_o son_n so_o may_v it_o be_v say_v much_o more_o which_o of_o the_o angel_n ever_o dare_v or_o may_v call_v christ_n his_o son_n three_o peter_n speak_v of_o the_o parallel_n or_o like_o voice_n to_o this_o which_o be_v utter_v at_o our_o saviour_n transfiguration_n he_o say_v it_o come_v from_o the_o excellent_a glory_n which_o doubtless_o show_v more_o than_o from_o a_o 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transfiguration_n this_o addition_n hear_v he_o be_v put_v to_o it_o matth._n 17._o 5._o luke_n 9_o 35._o seal_v he_o then_o for_o the_o great_a prophet_n of_o his_o church_n who_o all_o must_v hear_v deut._n 18._o 15._o as_o it_o seal_v he_o now_o for_o the_o high_a priest_n of_o his_o church_n be_v now_o to_o enter_v into_o his_o ministry_n luke_n 3._o ver_fw-la 23._o and_o jesus_n himself_o begin_v to_o be_v about_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n agreeable_a to_o this_o age_n of_o christ_n when_o he_o begin_v his_o ministry_n be_v the_o age_n of_o the_o priest_n when_o they_o enter_v their_o office_n numb_a 4._o 3._o the_o age_n of_o joseph_n when_o he_o come_v to_o promotion_n gen._n 41._o 46._o and_o the_o age_n of_o david_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o sam._n 5._o 4._o now_o how_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v be_v some_o controversy_n some_o there_o be_v that_o take_v it_o thus_o that_o jesus_n be_v now_o full_o and_o perfect_o thirty_o other_o thus_o that_o he_o now_o 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seat_n to_o one_o of_o the_o cherub_n 2._o from_o that_o cherub_n to_o the_o other_o 3._o from_o the_o cherub_n to_o the_o threshold_n 4._o from_o the_o threshold_n to_o the_o court._n 5._o from_o the_o court_n to_o the_o altar_n side_n 6._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o altar_n top_n 7._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o outmost_a wall_n 8._o from_o that_o wall_n to_o the_o city_n 9_o from_o the_o city_n to_o mount_n olivet_n 10._o from_o mount_n olivet_n to_o the_o wilderness_n and_o from_o the_o widerness_n it_o go_v up_o so_o also_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n have_v ten_o flitting_n from_o the_o chamber_n gazith_v to_o hhanoth_n the_o tabernae_n or_o place_n of_o the_o shop_n from_o hhanoth_n to_o jerusalem_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o jabneh_n from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d from_o osha_n to_o shepharaam_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d from_o shepharaam_n to_o beth_n shaaraim_n from_o beth_n shaaraim_n to_o tsipperis_n in_o galilee_n from_o tsipperis_fw-la to_o tiberias_n now_o whereas_o there_o be_v but_o eight_o remove_n here_o mention_v yet_o they_o speak_v of_o ten_o it_o to_o be_v be_v understand_v as_o the_o gloss_n give_v we_o notice_n that_o from_o two_o of_o these_o place_n they_o remove_v forward_o and_o backward_o and_o forward_o again_o as_o from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n from_o osha_n back_o to_o jabneh_n and_o from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n a_o second_o time_n simeon_n time_n time_n time_n gloss._n ibid._n rab._n simeon_n their_o first_o come_v to_o jabueh_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n johanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n from_o jabueh_n to_o osha_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o last_o and_o to_o jabueh_n back_o again_o in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n to_o shaaraim_n and_o to_o tsipperis_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n and_o to_o tiberias_n in_o the_o day_n of_o antonius_n these_o their_o flitting_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n begin_v forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 51._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d âhabbath_n fol_z 51._o forty_o year_n say_v they_o before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o sanhedrin_n flit_v and_o betake_v itself_o to_o sit_v in_o hanoth_n or_o the_o tabernae_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v ãâã_d give_v give_v give_v âb_fw-la &_o aruch_n in_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d because_o there_o be_v then_o many_o thieu_n and_o murderer_n and_o they_o judge_v not_o of_o capital_a matter_n which_o mean_v to_o this_o purpose_n they_o hold_v that_o while_n they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o judge_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o matter_n that_o come_v before_o they_o and_o that_o all_o their_o determination_n be_v oblige_v but_o now_o when_o beside_o the_o curb_n of_o the_o roman_a power_n that_o be_v upon_o they_o by_o which_o their_o power_n be_v abridge_v villainy_n and_o insolency_n be_v also_o grow_v too_o strong_a for_o they_o they_o think_v as_o the_o gemara_n in_o 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see_v be_v that_o kind_n of_o glory_n by_o which_o he_o be_v describe_v when_o he_o be_v to_o come_v to_o avenge_v himself_o and_o punish_v the_o jewish_a nation_n as_o when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o come_v in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o in_o his_o glory_n and_o in_o the_o cloud_n etc._n etc._n viz._n in_o his_o vindictive_a glory_n for_o observe_v 1._o the_o prophet_n see_v the_o post_n of_o the_o door_n shake_v and_o remove_v as_o hasten_v to_o ruin_v 2._o the_o temple_n itself_o fill_v with_o smoke_n not_o with_o the_o cloud_n as_o former_o the_o token_n of_o the_o divine_a presence_n but_o with_o smoke_n the_o forerunner_n and_o prognostic_n of_o that_o fire_n that_o shall_v burn_v and_o consume_v it_o 3._o he_o see_v the_o seraphim_n angel_n of_o fire_n because_o of_o the_o predetermine_v burn_v 4._o he_o hear_v the_o decree_n about_o blind_a and_o harden_v the_o people_n till_o the_o city_n be_v waste_v and_o the_o land_n desolate_a chap._n xiii_o verse_n i._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d now_o before_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n the_o vulgar_a beza_n and_o the_o interlinear_n read_v now_o before_o the_o feast-day_n of_o the_o passover_n but_o by_o what_o authority_n they_o add_v day_n it_o concern_v they_o to_o make_v out_o for_o i._o in_o the_o common_a language_n of_o the_o jew_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d do_v never_o signify_v less_o than_o the_o whole_a festivity_n and_o time_n of_o passover_n pentecost_n and_o of_o tabernacle_n no_o part_n of_o that_o time_n be_v except_v nor_o do_v the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d feast_n occur_v any_o where_n throughout_o the_o whole_a bible_n in_o another_o signification_n ii_o it_o be_v something_o harsh_a to_o exclude_v the_o paschal_n supper_n out_o of_o the_o title_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d of_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n because_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a feast_n take_v its_o original_n from_o it_o this_o they_o do_v who_o imagine_v this_o supper_n mention_v in_o this_o place_n to_o have_v be_v the_o paschal_n supper_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d before_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n we_o have_v therefore_o show_v by_o many_o argument_n in_o our_o note_n upon_o matth._n xxvi_o 2_o 6._o that_o the_o supper_n here_o mention_v be_v with_o that_o at_o bethany_n in_o the_o house_n of_o simon_n the_o leper_n two_o day_n before_o the_o passover_n verse_n ii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o supper_n be_v end_v i_o acknowledge_v the_o aorist_n and_o yet_o do_v not_o believe_v the_o supper_n be_v now_o end_v we_o have_v the_o very_a same_o word_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o same_o supper_n matth._n xxvi_o 6._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o jesus_n be_v in_o bethany_n which_o in_o st._n mark_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o be_v in_o bethany_n chap._n fourteen_o 3._o so_o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v no_o more_o than_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v supper_n let_v we_o join_v the_o full_a story_n together_o while_o jesus_n be_v at_o supper_n in_o the_o house_n of_o simon_n the_o leper_n two_o day_n before_o the_o passover_n a_o woman_n come_v and_o pour_v very_o precious_a ointment_n upon_o his_o head_n when_o some_o murmur_v at_o the_o profuseness_n of_o the_o expense_n he_o defend_v the_o woman_n and_o the_o action_n by_o a_o apology_n and_o have_v finish_v his_o apology_n he_o rise_v immediate_o from_o the_o table_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o very_a midst_n of_o supper_n and_o gird_v himself_o to_o wash_v his_o disciple_n foot_n so_o that_o while_o they_o be_v grumble_a at_o the_o anoint_v of_o his_o head_n he_o do_v not_o disdain_v to_o wash_v their_o
enough_o verse_n iii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n i_o will_v not_o confound_v this_o passage_n with_o that_o in_o gen._n xii_o 1._o for_o stephen_n and_o indeed_o the_o thing_n itself_o assure_v we_o that_o this_o be_v speak_v to_o abraham_n in_o chaldea_n but_o that_o in_o charran_n here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o his_o go_v from_o his_o father_n house_n as_o there_o be_v there_o nor_o do_v he_o indeed_o depart_v from_o his_o father_n house_n when_o he_o remove_v from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldean_n for_o he_o take_v his_o father_n and_o whole_a family_n along_o with_o he_o but_o he_o depart_v when_o he_o remove_v from_o charran_n leave_v his_o father_n bury_v behind_o he_o and_o nahor_v his_o brother_n with_o his_o family_n verse_n iv_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a etc._n etc._n here_o arise_v a_o difficulty_n and_o upon_o that_o a_o controversy_n which_o we_o may_v take_v in_o in_o the_o word_n of_o r._n solomon_n upon_o gen._n xi_o and_o terah_n die_v in_o charran_n that_o be_v more_o than_o threescore_o year_n after_o abraham_n have_v leave_v charran_n and_o have_v settle_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o it_o be_v write_v abraham_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n of_o age_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charran_n and_o terah_n be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o abraham_n be_v bear_v behold_v terah_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o five_o year_n of_o age_n when_o abraham_n leave_v charran_n and_o he_o have_v a_o great_a many_o year_n yet_o behind_o there_o remain_v indeed_o according_a to_o this_o calculation_n sixty_o year_n i._o in_o that_o whole_a chapter_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o death_n of_o any_o person_n there_o name_v before_o or_o beside_o that_o of_o terah_n where_o by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o boldness_n of_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n who_o to_o every_o one_o of_o those_o person_n have_v annex_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o he_o die_v direct_o against_o the_o purpose_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o apostle_n heb._n vii_o 3._o now_o therefore_o why_o when_o moses_n have_v pass_v over_o the_o death_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o have_v be_v reckon_v up_o before_o in_o that_o catalogue_n shall_v it_o be_v put_v in_o concern_v terah_n only_o that_o he_o die_v in_o charran_n be_v it_o not_o to_o show_v that_o abraham_n do_v not_o remove_v from_o thence_o till_o after_o his_o father_n decease_n there_o this_o r._n solomon_n even_o while_o he_o be_v defend_v the_o contrary_a seem_v something_o apprehensive_a of_o for_o thus_o he_o express_v himself_o why_o do_v the_o scripture_n tell_v of_o the_o death_n of_o terah_n before_o it_o mention_n abraham_n removal_n viz._n lest_o the_o matter_n shall_v be_v make_v public_a and_o man_n shall_v say_v abraham_n do_v not_o give_v that_o honour_n to_o his_o father_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v relinquish_a he_o now_o in_o his_o old_a age_n and_o go_v away_o from_o he_o the_o scripture_n therefore_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o now_o dead_a because_o the_o wicked_a even_o while_o they_o be_v alive_a be_v account_v for_o dead_a how_o be_v this_o rabbin_z mistake_v for_o terah_n now_o be_v no_o wicked_a man_n nor_o a_o idolater_n but_o convert_v and_o therefore_o moses_n make_v he_o chief_a in_o that_o removal_n out_o of_o chaldea_n that_o his_o conversion_n may_v be_v know_v although_o the_o command_n concern_v the_o departure_n from_o that_o country_n come_v first_o to_o abraham_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o abraham_n to_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n be_v yet_o a_o idolater_n much_o less_o be_v it_o so_o when_o he_o be_v now_o become_v a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n ii_o it_o be_v indeed_o say_v that_o terah_n live_v seventy_o year_n and_o beget_v abraham_n nahor_n and_o haran_n but_o as_o it_o be_v against_o reason_n to_o suppose_v they_o be_v all_o beget_v in_o one_o year_n so_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n to_o think_v they_o be_v beget_v in_o the_o order_n they_o be_v place_v in_o in_o the_o story_n here_o that_o common_a maxim_n of_o the_o rabbin_n take_v place_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d there_o be_v no_o first_o and_o last_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n i._n e._n the_o order_n of_o the_o story_n do_v not_o necessary_o determine_v the_o time_n of_o it_o and_o the_o gemarist_n themselves_o however_o they_o suppose_v that_o abraham_n may_v be_v old_a than_o nahor_n one_o year_n and_o nahor_n than_o haran_n one_o year_n yet_o do_v they_o at_o length_n conclude_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d perhaps_o abraham_n be_v the_o young_a of_o his_o brethren_n 2._o brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n sanhâdr_n fol._n 69._o 2._o which_o they_o also_o confirm_v out_o of_o the_o order_n observe_v in_o number_v the_o son_n of_o noah_n where_o sem_fw-mi be_v first_fw-mi in_o the_o catalogue_n though_o he_o be_v young_a than_o japhet_n it_o be_v common_o receive_v among_o the_o jew_n that_o sarah_n abraham_n wife_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o his_o brother_n haran_n and_o that_o not_o without_o reason_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d jecah_n say_v they_o be_v the_o same_o with_o sarah_n and_o josephus_n speak_v it_o out_o as_o a_o thing_n of_o ancient_a tradition_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d haran_n leave_v one_o son_n lot_z and_o sarah_n and_o milcha_n two_o daughter_n dye_v in_o chaldea_n â_o chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n aââ¦_n lib._n 1._o cap._n â_o if_o therefore_o sarah_n who_o be_v but_o ten_o year_n young_a than_o abraham_n be_v harans_n daughter_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o some_o measure_n confirm_v gen._n xx._n 12._o we_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n suppose_v abraham_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o bear_v among_o the_o son_n of_o terah_n but_o haran_n rather_o unless_o we_o will_v trifle_v with_o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n and_o say_v that_o haran_n beget_v milcha_fw-mi when_o he_o be_v but_o six_o or_o eight_o year_n old_a but_o they_o conclude_v at_o length_n a_o little_a more_o rational_o if_o i_o understand_v what_o they_o mean_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d they_o reckon_v they_o up_o according_a to_o their_o wisdom_n conceive_v abraham_n therefore_o bear_v not_o in_o the_o seventi_v but_o in_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirthi_v year_n of_o terah_n and_o that_o these_o word_n here_o recite_v by_o stephen_n be_v speak_v to_o he_o in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldean_n but_o those_o mention_v gen._n xii_o 1._o speak_v in_o charran_n and_o thus_o join_v the_o story_n terah_n die_v in_o charran_n then_o say_v god_n unto_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n verse_n fourteen_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n the_o hebrew_n copy_n have_v it_o every_o where_o but_o threescore_o and_o ten_o so_o also_o josephus_n 4._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n antiqu._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n he_o come_v to_o egypt_n with_o his_o son_n and_o all_o their_o son_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d they_o be_v in_o all_o threescore_o and_o ten_o again_o elsewhere_o 5._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o ibid._n cap._n 5._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n wherewith_o threescore_o and_o ten_o all_o that_o be_v with_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n so_o ezekiel_n tragad_n in_o euseb._n de_fw-la praepar_fw-la evangel_n 28._o evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n lib._n 9_o ca._n 28._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d from_o the_o time_n that_o jacob_n have_v leave_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n have_v seven_o time_n ten_o soul_n with_o he_o so_o the_o very_a greek_a version_n itself_o in_o deut._n x._o 22._o '_o ev_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n thy_o father_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o threescore_o and_o ten_o person_n which_o be_v strange_a when_o they_o have_v it_o in_o another_o place_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d threescore_o and_o fifteen_o 9_o â _o vid._n gen._n 46._o 27._o &_o exod._n 1._o 9_o we_o may_v easy_o discern_v that_o saint_n luke_n here_o follow_v that_o version_n that_o add_v five_o grandchild_n to_o joseph_n gen._n xlvi_o 20._o machir_n and_o gilead_n because_o of_o those_o word_n gen._n l._n 22._o the_o son_n of_o machir_n the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n bring_v up_o upon_o joseph_n knee_n and_o sutelah_n and_o tahan_n and_o eden_n because_o it_o be_v say_v joseph_n see_v ephraim_n child_n unto_o the_o three_o generaââon_n where_o by_o the_o way_n i_o can_v but_o think_v it_o strange_a why_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n shall_v select_v these_o their_o additional_a person_n out_o of_o the_o son_n of_o joseph_n rather_o than_o any_o
in_o in_o in_o joma_n f._n 22._o 1._o former_a time_n whosoever_o will_v clear_v the_o altar_n of_o its_o ash_n do_v it_o in_o the_o morning_n but_o when_o many_o strive_v together_o about_o that_o business_n and_o run_v and_o go_v up_o by_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o ascent_n of_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o two_o strive_v together_o and_o run_v with_o equal_a speed_n and_o go_v up_o by_o the_o ascent_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o one_o thrust_v the_o other_o so_o that_o he_o fall_v and_o his_o leg_n be_v break_v etc._n etc._n verse_n xxi_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d to_o they_o that_o be_v without_o law_n as_o without_o law_n he_o distinguish_v as_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o verse_n before_o between_o the_o jew_n and_o those_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o jew_n in_o general_a and_o of_o the_o pharisee_n in_o particular_a because_o the_o pharisee_n seem_v more_o to_o subject_n themselves_o to_o the_o law_n than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nation_n but_o by_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d such_o be_v without_o law_n whether_o he_o mean_v the_o sadducee_n who_o altogether_o oppose_v the_o law_n of_o pharisee_n or_o whether_o the_o heathen_a inquire_v how_o he_o can_v yield_v himself_o conformable_a to_o the_o heathen_a it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o judge_v to_o the_o jew_n the_o pharisee_n the_o sadducee_n he_o may_v conform_v himself_o in_o some_o thing_n without_o scruple_n that_o he_o may_v gain_v they_o this_o only_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o sadducee_n that_o his_o conformity_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o rite_n not_o in_o the_o heresy_n about_o the_o resurrection_n verse_n xxvii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d lest_o i_o shall_v become_v a_o cast_n away_o a_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d may_v well_o render_v the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o word_n very_o usual_a among_o the_o master_n especial_o as_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d denote_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o be_v approve_v fit_a either_o thing_n or_o person_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d on_o the_o contrary_n denote_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d not_o approve_v not_o fit_a chap._n x._o verse_n ii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o be_v all_o baptize_v unto_o moses_n they_o have_v be_v new_o circumcise_v before_o their_o go_v out_o of_o egypt_n for_o when_o god_n accuse_v they_o by_o the_o prophet_n that_o they_o comply_v with_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o worship_v their_o idol_n xx._n 7_o 8._o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o they_o neglect_v circumcision_n as_o also_o other_o of_o god_n appoinment_n and_o yield_v themselves_o conformable_a to_o the_o egyptian_n in_o all_o their_o irreligious_a rite_n whence_o by_o a_o peculiar_a precept_n god_n provide_v when_o he_o institute_v the_o passover_n that_o before_o the_o eat_n of_o it_o every_o one_o shall_v be_v circumcise_v exod._n xii_o 48._o which_o that_o it_o be_v do_v also_o be_v clear_a out_o of_o jos._n v._n 5._o all_o go_v out_o of_o egypt_n be_v circumcise_v to_o circumcision_n be_v add_v baptism_n in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o latter_a seal_n take_v not_o away_o the_o first_o but_o superinduce_v a_o new_a obligation_n they_o be_v not_o circumcise_v into_o moses_n but_o they_o be_v baptize_v into_o moses_n the_o jew_n themselves_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v baptize_v at_o mount_n sinai_n from_o those_o word_n exod._n xix_o 10._o but_o the_o apostle_n fetch_v the_o thing_n high_o that_o he_o may_v show_v that_o the_o type_n of_o the_o gospel_n sacrament_n be_v both_o divine_a and_o also_o miraculous_a verse_n iii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d of_o that_o spiritual_a rock_n that_o follow_v they_o not_o that_o the_o very_a rock_n in_o horeb_n follow_v they_o but_o that_o stream_n of_o water_n flow_v from_o that_o rock_n follow_v they_o and_o be_v gather_v together_o into_o pool_n wheresoever_o they_o encamp_v hence_o that_o rhetorical_a figure_n very_o usual_a in_o the_o prophet_n i_o will_v give_v in_o the_o wilderness_n pool_n of_o water_n when_o discourse_n be_v of_o the_o water_v of_o the_o gentile_n by_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o spirit_n 2._o spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n r._n sol._n in_o num._n xx._n 2._o during_o all_o the_o forty_o year_n they_o have_v a_o well_o and_o the_o targum_fw-la of_o jonathan_n concern_v another_o well_o 19_o well_o well_o well_o well_o well_o well_o num._n xxi_o 19_o from_o the_o time_n that_o the_o well_o in_o mattanab_n be_v give_v they_o it_o be_v make_v again_o to_o they_o brook_n that_o be_v overflow_a and_o violent_a and_o again_o it_o go_v up_o unto_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o go_v down_o with_o they_o into_o the_o valley_n etc._n etc._n verse_n viii_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o but_o in_o numb_a xxv_o it_o be_v four_z and_o twenty_o thousand_o and_o in_o the_o talmud_n 4._o talmud_n talmud_n talmud_n talmud_n talmud_n talmud_n hieros_n sotah_n fol._n 21._o 4._o those_o four_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o that_o perish_v by_o reason_n of_o baal-peor_n etc._n etc._n and_o 1._o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o hab._n sanhedr_n fol._n 106._o 1._o balaam_n come_v to_o receive_v his_o reward_n for_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o that_o have_v perish_v whence_o therefore_o be_v it_o in_o paul_n three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o only_a to_o omit_v that_o which_o be_v not_o unusual_a in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n when_o the_o same_o story_n be_v recite_v in_o two_o place_n to_o bring_v in_o somewhat_o different_a in_o the_o reckon_n either_o of_o the_o thing_n or_o the_o man_n or_o the_o year_n and_o that_o not_o without_o the_o high_a reason_n as_o compare_v 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o with_o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o and_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o 8._o with_o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 9_o and_o very_o many_o of_o that_o nature_n let_v we_o see_v what_o the_o talmudist_n say_v of_o this_o story_n they_o discourse_n of_o it_o in_o divers_a place_n of_o the_o tract_n sanhedrin_n e_o to_o this_o sense_n upon_o those_o word_n of_o god_n to_o moses_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d take_v all_o the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n and_o elsewhere_o â_o fol._n 33._o 1._o &_o 64._o 1._o &_o 82._o 2._o &_o 106._o 1._o and_o elsewhere_o hang_v they_o up_o before_o the_o sun_n they_o thus_o comment_v take_v all_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o people_n and_o make_v they_o judge_n that_o they_o may_v stay_v all_o those_o that_o transgress_v with_o baal_n peor_n if_o the_o people_n sin_v what_o do_v the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n sin_n say_v rabh_n judah_n rabh_n say_v god_n say_v to_o moses_n divide_v to_o they_o judgement_n seat_n wherefore_o because_o they_o judge_v not_o two_o in_o one_o day_n now_o jew_n find_v fault_n with_o paul_n if_o you_o listen_v and_o he_o have_v wherewithal_o to_o answer_v you_o even_o from_o your_o own_o writer_n i._o he_o say_v not_o that_o three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o be_v all_o that_o fall_v in_o the_o case_n of_o baal-peor_n but_o he_o say_v that_o three_o and_o thenty_n thousand_o fall_v in_o one_o day_n ii_o it_o be_v manifest_a enough_o that_o god_n make_v use_v of_o a_o double_a vengeance_n against_o the_o sinner_n namely_o by_o judge_n and_o by_o a_o pestilence_n iii_o but_o now_o their_o own_o countryman_n say_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o one_o bench_n to_o judge_v two_o in_o one_o day_n or_o be_v it_o grant_v which_o be_v grant_v also_o by_o their_o countryman_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o judge_v and_o slay_v two_o so_o it_o be_v by_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o death_n how_o many_o bench_n i_o pray_v be_v set_v up_o or_o how_o many_o day_n be_v spend_v in_o put_v to_o death_n a_o thousand_o man_n under_o that_o provision_n let_v one_o bench_n put_v to_o death_n only_o one_o man_n or_o at_o most_o two_o in_o one_o day_n our_o apostle_n therefore_o speak_v with_o the_o vulgar_a and_o say_v not_o definite_o three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o perish_v just_a to_o a_o man_n but_o three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o at_o least_o when_o according_a to_o that_o vulgar_a canon_n it_o be_v scarce_o credible_a that_o a_o thousand_o man_n be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o those_o bench_n when_o one_o bench_n put_v to_o death_n only_o one_o or_o two_o at_o most_o in_o the_o space_n of_o one_o day_n the_o levite_n be_v number_v present_o after_o the_o plague_n of_o baal-peor_n be_v just_a so_o many_o as_o the_o apostle_n here_o number_n numb_a xxvi_o 62._o so_o a_o number_n equal_a to_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o levi_n perish_v in_o one_o day_n verse_n x._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d
construe_v it_o according_a to_o their_o own_o ignorance_n and_o to_o frame_v story_n upon_o it_o according_a to_o their_o construction_n i_o shall_v give_v but_o one_o example_n and_o that_o big_a enough_o for_o many_o viz._n that_o huge_a story_n of_o john_n the_o evangelist_n his_o be_v boil_a in_o scald_a oil_n and_o yet_o not_o kill_v and_o when_o bury_v at_o ephesus_n yet_o his_o grave_a beat_n as_o if_o he_o live_v within_o it_o if_o you_o trace_v to_o the_o proper_a spring_n head_n you_o will_v find_v it_o found_v upon_o ignorance_n of_o the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n in_o xxi_o john_n 22._o if_o i_o will_v that_o he_o tarry_v till_o i_o come_v what_o be_v that_o to_o thou_o which_o be_v mistake_v when_o first_o speak_v as_o if_o that_o apostle_n shall_v not_o die_v i_o may_v speak_v how_o ignorance_n in_o other_o story_n and_o science_n have_v bring_v in_o multitude_n of_o falsity_n as_o domitian_n kill_n david_n line_n etc._n etc._n a_o second_o original_n be_v 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10._o the_o king_n of_o tarshish_n and_o of_o the_o isle_n shall_v bring_v present_n the_o king_n of_o sheba_n and_o seba_n shall_v offer_v gift_n whether_o this_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o ignorance_n or_o officiousness_n or_o both_o its_o father_n be_v a_o amorite_n and_o its_o mother_n a_o hittite_n three_o a_o three_o original_n of_o this_o be_v studium_fw-la partium_fw-la favour_n to_o a_o party_n this_o be_v officiousness_n swear_v and_o engage_v to_o a_o side_n what_o this_o have_v do_v in_o all_o story_n he_o know_v but_o little_a of_o story_n that_o have_v not_o observe_v officiousness_n to_o religion_n in_o general_n and_o to_o good_a man_n in_o general_a who_o be_v unknown_a and_o unrelated_a to_o have_v do_v much_o this_o more_o when_o writer_n in_o their_o relation_n be_v mind_v to_o honour_v singular_a place_n person_n action_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v they_o keep_v within_o bound_n he_o be_v a_o historian_n indeed_o that_o can_v keep_v ab_fw-la odio_fw-la procul_fw-la &_o favore_fw-la free_a from_o envy_n and_o affection_n especial_o when_o he_o write_v near_o that_o time_n of_o those_o person_n and_o action_n which_o he_o write_v of_o when_o i_o read_v eusebius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n and_o sozomen_n and_o julian_n in_o coesaribus_fw-la de_fw-fr constantino_n i_o can_v but_o be_v suspicious_a on_o both_o hand_n that_o studium_fw-la partium_fw-la odium_fw-la &_o favour_n have_v make_v the_o contrary_a party_n lay_v on_o so_o much_o black_a and_o white_a that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o discern_v the_o true_a visage_n thousand_o of_o such_o relation_n thus_o taint_v may_v be_v produce_v hence_o be_v more_o martyr_n in_o the_o calendar_n than_o ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o more_o miracle_n than_o ever_o man_n of_o reason_n especial_o that_o know_v scripture_n do_v or_o well_o or_o can_v believe_v but_o to_o pitch_v near_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n how_o have_v it_o ever_o be_v a_o partiality_n and_o studium_fw-la svi_fw-la in_o country_n and_o city_n to_o father_n their_o original_n upon_o some_o transcendent_a person_n or_o other_o the_o heathen_n on_o some_o deity_n so_o livy_n datur_fw-la haec_fw-la venia_fw-la antiquitati_fw-la ut_fw-la miscendo_fw-la humana_fw-la divinis_fw-la primordia_fw-la urbium_fw-la augustiora_fw-la fiant_fw-la christian_n city_n or_o country_n have_v the_o like_a ambition_n to_o refer_v the_o original_n of_o their_o religion_n to_o some_o chief_a apostle_n saint_n or_o martyr_n four_o a_o four_o origine_fw-la of_o falsehood_n in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n be_v animus_fw-la decipiendi_fw-la a_o mind_n and_o purpose_n to_o deceive_v and_o this_o have_v be_v sometime_o do_v pia_fw-la fraud_n out_o of_o a_o holy_a craft_n because_o history_n do_v affect_v and_o man_n be_v lead_v by_o example_n and_o therefore_o if_o piety_n and_o religion_n be_v promote_v no_o matter_n whether_o it_o be_v do_v by_o truth_n or_o falsehood_n but_o sometime_o this_o have_v be_v do_v impiissima_fw-la impudentia_fw-la out_o of_o a_o most_o wicked_a shamelesness_n some_o there_o have_v be_v who_o have_v make_v it_o a_o trade_n to_o impose_v upon_o the_o belief_n of_o mankind_n either_o to_o amuse_v man_n mind_n or_o to_o abuse_v they_o or_o to_o interrupt_v their_o study_n and_o believe_v of_o better_a thing_n ii_o now_o which_o of_o these_o four_o original_n shall_v we_o refer_v this_o opinion_n unto_o it_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o animus_n decipiendi_fw-la in_o this_o last_o and_o worst_a sense_n have_v maintain_v that_o st._n peter_n be_v at_o rome_n but_o that_o be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o that_o position_n therefore_o let_v we_o try_v the_o original_a of_o it_o by_o the_o three_o foremention_v first_o may_v it_o not_o be_v occasion_v by_o ignorance_n and_o misconstruction_n of_o scripture_n to_o make_v this_o appear_v the_o more_o probable_o to_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o it_o let_v i_o preface_n these_o few_o thing_n 1._o that_o from_o the_o death_n of_o peter_n to_o the_o 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to_o peter_n and_o a_o study_n to_o advance_v rome_n for_o observe_v first_o in_o story_n we_o find_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v always_o much_o speak_v of_o and_o of_o great_a authority_n and_o second_o observe_v therefore_o how_o history_n that_o it_o may_v dignify_v that_o church_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o original_a have_v bring_v paul_n and_o peter_n to_o be_v martyr_v at_o rome_n and_o john_n near_o it_o and_o he_o undoubted_o have_v be_v bring_v thither_o and_o martyr_a have_v not_o the_o misconstruction_n of_o joh._n xxi_o 22._o hinder_v suppose_v from_o that_o text_n that_o he_o never_o die_v i_o presume_v james_n will_v have_v be_v bring_v thither_o too_o but_o that_o josephus_n have_v prevent_v it_o by_o his_o story_n relate_v he_o be_v slay_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o ignatius_n be_v bring_v thither_o from_o antioch_n three_o it_o be_v think_v a_o honour_n to_o have_v such_o patron_n and_o rome_n be_v chief_a
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spring_n of_o jordan_n which_o josephus_n thus_o describe_v near_o panjum_fw-la be_v a_o most_o delightsom_a cave_n in_o a_o mountain_n etc._n etc._n and_o under_o the_o cave_n rise_v the_o spring_n of_o the_o river_n jordan_n sometime_o the_o fountain_n itself_o be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n and_o sometime_o caesarea_n philippi_n be_v call_v also_o paneas_n to_o this_o perhaps_o act_v 7._o 43._o may_v have_v a_o respect_n and_o remphan_n may_v be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o calf_n of_o phan_n or_o panias_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o dan._n vol._n ii_o pag._n 63_o 673._o vid._n caesarea_n philippi_n papath_n a_o place_n three_o mile_n from_o sipporis_n v._o ii_o p._n 74_o paphos_n act_v 13._o 6_o 13._o be_v a_o city_n in_o the_o south-west_n angle_n of_o the_o island_n cyprus_n there_o be_v the_o old_a city_n and_o new_a and_o both_o maritime_a place_n here_o be_v a_o temple_n of_o venus_n v._o i._n p._n 289_o 290._o v._o ii_o p._n 688_o paran_n numb_a 10._o 12._o and_o 12._o 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shall_v arise_v from_o the_o dust_n another_o etc._n etc._n â91_n ecclesiastes_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 12._o 11._o as_o nail_n fasten_v by_o those_o that_o gather_v the_o flock_n into_o the_o fold_n 575_o isaiah_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 10._o 32._o how_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v kimchi_n and_o jarchi_n read_v it_o 42_o 11._o 2._o he_o shall_v make_v he_o quick_a of_o scent_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n 655_o 15._o 5._o a_o heifer_n of_o three_o year_n a_o heifer_n in_o his_o three_o year_n a_o great_a heifer_n of_o three_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n 502_o mark_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 1._o 2._o in_o esaias_n the_o prophet_n 331_o 332_o john_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 2._o 20._o forty_o and_o six_o year_n have_v this_o temple_n be_v in_o building_n 529_o 530_o 3._o 19_o that_o the_o time_n of_o refresh_a may_v come_v 650_o 651_o 5._o 39_o you_o search_v the_o scripture_n 550_o act_n ch._n vers_fw-la  _fw-fr page_n 23._o 5._o i_o know_v not_o 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