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useless_a i_o will_v not_o say_v to_o those_o that_o understand_v the_o greek_a language_n but_o those_o also_o who_o can_v consult_v lexicon_n in_o which_o they_o may_v find_v these_o word_n more_o large_o and_o better_a explain_v than_o they_o be_v here_o i_o shall_v note_v only_o a_o few_o thing_n concern_v they_o i._o because_o while_n cattle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v feed_v they_o wander_v out_o of_o one_o place_n into_o another_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o signify_v to_o wander_v as_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o latin_a word_n errare_fw-la signify_v to_o feed_v as_o in_o that_o verse_n of_o virgil_n mille_fw-la meae_fw-la siculis_fw-la errant_a in_fw-la montibus_fw-la agnae_fw-la the_o same_o i_o may_v say_v of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o find_v in_o numb_a fourteen_o 3_o where_o the_o vulg._n interp._n render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rohim_n by_o vagos_fw-la wanderer_n the_o nomads_n in_o 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time_n when_o he_o shall_v beg_v with_o a_o great_a many_o word_n in_o vain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o profusion_n of_o word_n will_v be_v useless_a ii_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o recur_v to_o the_o septuagint_n iii_o to_o show_v that_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sometime_o to_o shun_v that_o be_v the_o use_n of_o it_o in_o the_o best_a greek_a writer_n as_o lexicographer_n will_v show_v and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o shun_v because_o if_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o thing_n in_o our_o way_n which_o we_o will_v not_o run_v upon_o and_o we_o can_v remove_v we_o go_v round_o about_o it_o or_o if_o we_o will_v come_v near_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v be_v to_o stand_v about_o that_o be_v to_o stand_v still_o when_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o stumble_a block_n for_o fear_v of_o fall_v upon_o it_o suidas_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fly_v from_o or_o avoid_v and_o then_o he_o produce_v the_o place_n concern_v moses_n allege_v by_o our_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o always_o avoid_v a_o multitude_n and_o tumult_n especial_o chap._n iii_o what_o our_o author_n say_v here_o about_o simon_n be_v contest_v and_o fly_v he_o take_v out_o of_o caesar_n baronius_n as_o also_o other_o thing_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n see_v baron_n annal._n ad_fw-la a._n c._n lxviii_o of_o nero_n the_o 12_o the_o but_o these_o thing_n i_o have_v already_o elsewhere_o confute_v see_v especial_o what_o i_o have_v say_v on_o 2_o thess_n two_o 3_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v that_o the_o place_n which_o our_o author_n refer_v to_o in_o suetonius_n do_v not_o at_o all_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n it_o be_v in_o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o life_n of_o nero_n and_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o our_o learned_a author_n who_o stile_n be_v full_a of_o intricacy_n and_o wind_n shall_v make_v a_o difficulty_n where_o there_o be_v none_o verse_n 6._o note_n c._n our_o author_n here_o follow_v grotius_n but_o the_o syriack_n interpreter_n seem_v rather_o to_o have_v render_v the_o place_n corrupt_v as_o he_o think_v it_o shall_v be_v understand_v than_o as_o he_o read_v it_o because_o all_o the_o copy_n contradict_v he_o beside_o he_o render_v it_o otherwise_o than_o the_o doctor_n say_v for_o he_o have_v and_o the_o tongue_n be_v a_o fire_n and_o a_o world_n of_o iniquity_n be_v like_o a_o wood._n grotius_n have_v not_o careful_o enough_o look_v into_o that_o interpreter_n and_o dr._n hammond_n rash_o follow_v he_o when_o i_o read_v this_o place_n i_o can_v hardly_o forbear_v think_v that_o a_o gloss_n out_o of_o the_o margin_n creep_v into_o the_o context_n and_o if_o it_o be_v cast_v out_o both_o a_o useless_a repetition_n will_v be_v avoid_v and_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n very_o proper_a thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v how_o great_a a_o matter_n a_o little_a fire_n kindle_v and_o so_o the_o tongue_n be_v among_o our_o member_n which_o defile_v the_o whole_a body_n set_v on_o fire_n the_o wheel_n of_o our_o generation_n geniturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la as_o there_o be_v nothing_o want_v in_o this_o sentence_n so_o there_o be_v nothing_o superfluous_a first_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d show_v that_o thence_o we_o must_v begin_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o comparison_n as_o in_o the_o forego_n similitude_n in_o which_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v begin_v with_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o conjunction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v here_o second_o the_o word_n which_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o have_v no_o coherence_n with_o one_o another_o be_v unnecessary_o interpose_v between_o the_o part_n of_o the_o similitude_n be_v cast_v out_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o same_o with_o the_o whole_a similitude_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plain_o spoil_v the_o connexion_n of_o the_o discourse_n but_o how_o shall_v these_o word_n come_v to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o margin_n to_o wit_n in_o this_o manner_n some_o body_n have_v express_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o whole_a similitude_n in_o these_o two_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o add_v they_o to_o the_o margin_n of_o his_o copy_n as_o many_o do_v who_o to_o find_v out_o any_o thing_n the_o more_o easy_o set_v down_o by_o way_n of_o abridgement_n the_o subject_n speak_v of_o in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o place_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o their_o book_n then_o as_o a_o interpretation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o world_n namely_o be_v mean_v and_o have_v subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o explain_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d understand_v the_o wheel_n of_o generation_n to_o signify_v the_o wheel_n of_o iniquity_n that_o be_v a_o wicked_a and_o unregenerate_a life_n or_o such_o as_o the_o life_n of_o man_n bear_v but_o not_o bear_v again_o and_o these_o thing_n have_v not_o without_o some_o reason_n be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o margin_n be_v rash_o insert_v into_o the_o context_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o word_n i_o render_v be_v according_a to_o its_o usual_a signification_n in_o good_a author_n what_o a_o spark_n of_o fire_n be_v put_v among_o combustible_a matter_n that_o the_o tongue_n be_v among_o our_o member_n ibid._n note_v d._n i_o have_v observe_v on_o mat._n i._n 1_o that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v every_o event_n and_o i_o must_v not_o repeat_v here_o what_o i_o have_v there_o say_v i_o have_v rather_o understand_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wheel_n or_o chariot_n of_o life_n so_o call_v because_o at_o our_o nativity_n we_o enter_v into_o that_o chariot_n and_o with_o restless_a wheel_n run_v hasty_o till_o we_o come_v to_o the_o grave_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o like_o the_o wheel_n of_o a_o chariot_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d life_n run_v roll_v they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o anacreon_n od._n iii._o on_o himself_o verse_n 17._o note_n f._n i._n i_o have_v show_v on_o chap._n two_o 4_o that_o our_o learned_a author_n be_v mistake_v in_o the_o signification_n he_o attribute_n to_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o though_o what_o he_o there_o say_v be_v true_a it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aught_o to_o have_v a_o signification_n deduce_v from_o the_o middle_a voice_n because_o it_o come_v from_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n passive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o every_o one_o know_v ii_o but_o because_o the_o passive_a conjugation_n of_o this_o verb_n be_v take_v both_o in_o a_o passive_a and_o active_a sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v take_v also_o in_o either_o of_o these_o sense_n according_a as_o the_o thing_n speak_v of_o require_v thus_o hesychius_n first_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v no_o difference_n or_o make_v no_o difference_n in_o a_o active_a notion_n iu._n and_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v common_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d undistinguished_a in_o a_o passive_a signification_n as_o it_o be_v expound_v also_o in_o the_o old_a gloss_n so_o suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v take_v also_o for_o those_o who_o do_v not_o know_v what_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v or_o that_o talk_n tristing_o and_o foolish_o here_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o active_a sense_n but_o in_o a_o good_a one_o for_o he_o that_o do_v good_a to_o all_o without_o distinction_n for_o that_o other_o signification_n put_v upon_o it_o by_o dr._n hammond_n be_v without_o example_n and_o have_v no_o foundation_n in_o any_o ancient_a grammarian_n verse_n 18._o note_n g._n i_o do_v not_o think_v there_o be_v here_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o it_o be_v a_o greek_a phrase_n which_o may_v be_v express_v in_o latin_a thus_o qui_fw-la faciunt_fw-la pacem_fw-la illi_fw-la serunt_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la fructus_fw-la justitiae_fw-la those_o that_o make_v peace_n sow_v in_o peace_n the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n that_o be_v they_o who_o promote_v peace_n or_o christian_a concord_n whilst_o they_o follow_v after_o peace_n sow_v as_o it_o be_v that_o righteousness_n the_o fruit_n of_o which_o they_o shall_v hereafter_o reap_v for_o to_o sow_v the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o do_v righteous_a work_n which_o shall_v be_v reward_v in_o their_o proper_a time_n but_o st._n james_n express_v himself_o somewhat_o harsh_o when_o he_o say_v to_o sow_v fruit_n for_o that_o which_o be_v ordinary_o call_v sow_v seed_n whence_o a_o plant_n or_o tree_n be_v produce_v which_o afterward_o bring_v forth_o fruit._n but_o he_o can_v not_o say_v to_o sow_v fruit_n that_o be_v a_o reward_n without_o speak_v very_o improper_o chap._n iu._n verse_n 5._o note_v a._n how_o force_v what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v after_o other_o interpreter_n be_v every_o one_o see_v i_o have_v rather_o say_v here_o what_o be_v sufficient_o evident_a from_o several_a place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o of_o two_o very_a ancient_a writer_n barnabas_n and_o clemens_n that_o in_o those_o time_n the_o jew_n use_v to_o produce_v as_o out_o of_o scripture_n not_o only_o the_o sense_n of_o place_n without_o regard_v the_o word_n but_o also_o a_o jewish_a tradition_n or_o interpretation_n of_o place_n of_o scripture_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v no_o more_o look_v for_o what_o be_v here_o say_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n than_o what_o be_v allege_v in_o heb._n twelve_o 21_o as_o speak_v by_o moses_n of_o himself_o i_o exceed_o fear_v and_o quake_v or_o what_o be_v say_v in_o barnabas_n of_o the_o escape_v goat_n cap._n vi_fw-la or_o in_o clemens_n cap._n xvii_o verse_n 6._o note_n b._n it_o be_v a_o long_a while_n since_o dr._n hammond_n have_v read_v virgil_n when_o he_o allege_v his_o word_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n he_o describe_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o not_o the_o part_n of_o king_n aeneid_n lib._n vi_fw-la l._n 851._o &_o seqq_fw-la v._n tu_fw-la regere_fw-la imperio_fw-la populos_fw-la roman_a memento_n hae_fw-la tibi_fw-la erunt_fw-la art_n pacisque_fw-la imponere_fw-la morem_fw-la parcere_fw-la subjectis_fw-la &_o debellare_fw-la superbos_fw-la chap._n v._n verse_n 3._o note_v a._n if_o this_o epistle_n have_v be_v
understand_v the_o word_n of_o the_o counterfeit_a epistle_n of_o heraclitus_n to_o hermodorus_n as_o appear_v only_o by_o the_o passive_a voice_n use_v by_o the_o false_a heraclitus_n for_o such_o a_o abuse_n can_v not_o be_v put_v upon_o heraclitus_n who_o be_v then_o well_o step_v in_o year_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v depart_v from_o the_o general_a signification_n of_o corruption_n so_o that_o it_o will_v have_v be_v better_a if_o dr._n hammond_n have_v here_o follow_v grotius_n verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o author_n after_o grotius_n and_o other_o seem_v to_o have_v right_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o note_n on_o vers_fw-la 3._o but_o he_o do_v not_o careful_o enough_o read_v the_o place_n of_o euripides_n in_o stobaeus_n his_o florileg_n tit._n seven_o for_o the_o first_o verse_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o his_o bellerophon_n the_o last_o out_o of_o euripides_n his_o aegeus_n and_o shall_v be_v divide_v into_o two_o dimeter_n as_o it_o be_v in_o grotius_n his_o edition_n ibid._n note_v c._n because_o our_o learned_a author_n often_o speak_v of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o gnostic_n to_o who_o i_o have_v show_v that_o he_o refer_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n without_o necessity_n and_o in_o this_o place_n set_v himself_o more_o particular_o to_o explain_v the_o original_n of_o their_o name_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o if_o i_o also_o treat_v here_o of_o that_o matter_n in_o a_o few_o word_n i._o i_o can_v deny_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o general_a name_n for_o any_o sort_n of_o knowledge_n or_o learning_n be_v sometime_o take_v proper_o for_o christian_a knowledge_n and_o where_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o mystical_a sense_n of_o scripture_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o mystery_n it_o be_v use_v several_a time_n in_o this_o sense_n in_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o gnostick_n of_o who_o i_o speak_v comprehend_v those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o other_o to_o be_v incomprehensible_a believe_v there_o be_v nothing_o incomprehensible_a to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o nothing_o which_o can_v be_v teach_v if_o any_o desire_v the_o knowledge_n of_o many_o thing_n he_o know_v what_o past_a of_o old_a and_o conjecture_n what_o will_v be_v hereafter_o a_o disciple_n of_o wisdom_n can_v discover_v the_o deceitfulness_n of_o word_n and_o unfold_v riddle_n he_o foreknow_v also_o sign_n and_o wonder_n and_o the_o event_n of_o time_n and_o season_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o a_o more_o exquisite_a degree_n of_o knowledge_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o person_n profound_o know_v hence_o st._n peter_n exhort_v christian_n to_o join_v to_o their_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o knowledge_n possible_a iii_o it_o appear_v indeed_o 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in_o respect_n of_o piety_n may_v be_v just_o say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d slothful_a person_n perform_v no_o good_a work_n but_o be_v wicked_a themselves_o and_o by_o their_o bad_a conversation_n keep_v other_o from_o become_v sober_a or_o serviceable_a their_o discourse_n be_v the_o discourse_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lazy_a man_n in_o point_n of_o virtue_n and_o such_o as_o induce_v the_o hearer_n to_o be_v alike_o slothful_a this_o christ_n more_o than_o once_o upbraid_v they_o with_o see_v afterward_o chap._n xxiii_o 13_o and_o in_o this_o place_n we_o have_v a_o instance_n of_o it_o in_o they_o in_o their_o not_o only_o refuse_v to_o believe_v christ_n themselves_o but_o use_v argument_n to_o persuade_v other_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v whilst_o they_o wicked_o ascribe_v the_o miracle_n that_o be_v do_v by_o he_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v understand_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o in_o a_o passive_a but_o also_o in_o a_o active_a sense_n i._n e._n that_o christ_n speak_v of_o such_o discourse_n as_o be_v not_o only_o without_o the_o least_o spark_n of_o goodness_n in_o they_o but_o have_v a_o bad_a influence_n likewise_o upon_o other_o thus_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n be_v by_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o philosopher_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o active_a sense_n as_o appear_v from_o a_o passage_n in_o cicero_n lib._n de_fw-la fato_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la impediet_fw-la say_v he_o illa_fw-la ignava_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ratio_fw-la appellatur_fw-la quidem_fw-la à _fw-la philosophis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cui_fw-la si_fw-la pareamus_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la quod_fw-la agamus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o a_o contraction_n be_v use_v also_o active_o hesych_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idle_a or_o mischievous_a verse_n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v my_o note_n upon_o abd._n ver_fw-la 20._o chap._n xiii_o verse_n 8._o note_v a._n see_v my_o citation_n out_o of_o pliny_n about_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o egypt_n africa_n and_o sicily_n upon_o gen._n xli_o 47_o verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n he_o that_o make_v a_o ill_a use_n of_o god_n benefit_n so_o as_o that_o they_o prove_v almost_o insignificant_a to_o he_o and_o make_v little_a or_o no_o advance_n in_o piety_n shall_v be_v so_o forsake_v of_o god_n as_o to_o fall_v even_o from_o those_o first_o beginning_n he_o have_v make_v in_o virtue_n just_o such_o another_o expression_n but_o in_o a_o different_a case_n there_o be_v in_o juvenal_n sat._n iii._o vers_fw-la 208._o nil_fw-la habuit_fw-la codrus_n quis_fw-la enim_fw-la negat_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la perdidit_fw-la infelix_fw-la totum_fw-la nihil_fw-la verse_n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o metaphor_n be_v use_v by_o quintilian_n de_fw-fr praecocibus_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la inst_n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o non_fw-la subest_fw-la say_v he_o vera_fw-la vis_fw-la nec_fw-la penitus_fw-la immissis_fw-la radicibus_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la summo_fw-la solo_fw-la sparsa_fw-la sunt_fw-la semina_fw-la celerius_fw-la sese_fw-la effundunt_fw-la &_o imitatae_fw-la spicas_fw-la herbulae_fw-la manibus_fw-la aristis_fw-la ante_fw-la messem_fw-la flavescunt_fw-la their_o forwardness_n be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o any_o settle_a strength_n of_o judgement_n but_o they_o be_v like_o seed_n scatter_v upon_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o ground_n which_o present_o shoot_v up_o before_o they_o have_v take_v any_o root_n or_o like_o deep_a weed_n grow_v among_o the_o corn_n which_o ripen_v before_o the_o harvest_n ibid._n the_o exposition_n of_o this_o parable_n be_v full_a of_o impropriety_n of_o speech_n such_o as_o in_o their_o ordinary_a and_o daily_a discourse_n it_o be_v usual_a for_o man_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o but_o this_o do_v not_o make_v the_o sense_n obscure_a because_o the_o thing_n be_v of_o itself_o so_o very_o manifest_a we_o must_v not_o therefore_o criticise_a too_o much_o upon_o the_o word_n but_o mind_n the_o thing_n itself_o when_o any_o one_o say_v christ_n hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o understand_v it_o not_o the_o wicked_a one_o come_v and_o catch_v away_o that_o which_o be_v sow_v in_o his_o heart_n this_o be_v he_o which_o be_v sow_v by_o the_o way_n side_n it_o be_v just_a as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v and_o his_o meaning_n be_v no_o other_o than_o this_o that_o whosoever_o hear_v the_o gospel_n and_o do_v not_o with_o all_o his_o heart_n entertain_v it_o be_v not_o long_o obedient_a to_o it_o for_o the_o example_n and_o speech_n of_o wicked_a man_n soon_o engage_v he_o to_o return_v to_o his_o former_a evil_a course_n this_o man_n
general_o keep_v whatever_o he_o find_v because_o he_o can_v not_o be_v force_v by_o the_o law_n to_o restore_v it_o and_o therefore_o such_o a_o man_n as_o lay_n hold_v of_o every_o opportunity_n which_o offer_v itself_o for_o his_o own_o interest_n without_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o equity_n be_v call_v by_o st._n matthew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o st._n luke_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o hard_a close-fisted_n tenacious_a rough_a man_n as_o pricaeus_n upon_o mat._n twenty-five_o 44_o have_v well_o observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o ambiguous_a word_n and_o signify_v both_o a_o grave_n and_o severe_a man_n and_o one_o that_o be_v rustic_a and_o savage_a suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o call_v all_o wise_a and_o grave_a man_n austere_a because_o they_o neither_o converse_v themselves_o for_o pleasure_n nor_o admit_v any_o pleasant_a discourse_n from_o other_o and_o there_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o man_n call_v austere_a just_a as_o wine_n be_v say_v to_o be_v austere_a which_o be_v use_v in_o medicinal_a potion_n but_o never_o drink_v because_o in_o comedy_n a_o rustic_a man_n be_v call_v austere_a in_o the_o signification_n of_o fierceness_n or_o savageness_n it_o be_v use_v by_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 3._o p._n 168._o where_o speak_v of_o a_o sort_n of_o beast_n that_o have_v a_o head_n like_o a_o dog_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v exceed_o fierce_a creature_n and_o impossible_a to_o be_v tame_v by_o any_o mean_n whatsoever_o they_o have_v a_o fierce_a aspect_n under_o the_o kickshaw_n than_o ordinary_a i_o need_v not_o tell_v the_o reader_n that_o this_o word_n be_v take_v here_o in_o the_o worst_a sense_n chap._n xx._n verse_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o answer_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n though_o their_o name_n for_o brevity_n sake_n be_v here_o omit_v as_o appear_v from_o mat._n xxi_o 41_o see_v on_o vers_fw-la 24._o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o must_v be_v render_v thus_o and_o when_o they_o have_v understand_v viz._n that_o these_o thing_n be_v speak_v against_o they_o they_o say_v within_o themselves_o god_n forbid_v for_o they_o do_v not_o apply_v the_o parable_n to_o themselves_o aloud_o see_v mat._n xxi_o 45_o and_o afterward_o ver_fw-la 19_o of_o this_o chapter_n thus_o the_o omission_n of_o a_o circumstance_n often_o seem_v to_o alter_v a_o history_n so_o that_o those_o who_o tell_v it_o large_a seem_v to_o contradict_v those_o who_o relate_v it_o more_o brief_o when_o yet_o real_o they_o agree_v with_o one_o another_o verse_n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o learned_a man_n that_o this_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o wait_v for_o a_o opportunity_n of_o do_v mischief_n see_v chap._n fourteen_o 1_o of_o this_o gospel_n and_o my_o note_n upon_o gen._n iii._o 15_o verse_n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n luke_n omit_v here_o what_o st._n matthew_n express_v and_o must_v necessary_o be_v understand_v viz._n and_o they_o bring_v unto_o he_o a_o penny_n and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o mat._n xxii_o 19_o such_o another_o omission_n i_o have_v already_o take_v notice_n of_o on_z vers_n 16._o verse_n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o learned_a author_n interpret_v this_o word_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n a_o future_a state_n after_o this_o life_n and_o indeed_o the_o sadducee_n do_v deny_v not_o only_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n but_o also_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d never_o signify_v simple_o a_o future_a state_n and_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o sadducee_n oppose_v nothing_o but_o the_o resurrection_n i_o have_v elsewhere_o confute_v the_o doctor_n be_v opinion_n about_o this_o word_n see_v note_n on_o mat._n xxii_o 31_o verse_n 46._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v very_o well_o know_v that_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v as_o well_o for_o a_o man_n be_v as_o a_o woman_n garment_n though_o the_o latin_a stola_fw-la signify_v only_a a_o woman_n this_o be_v more_o than_o once_o prove_v by_o oct._n ferrarius_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr re_fw-mi vestiaria_fw-la and_o yet_o epiphanius_n seem_v to_o have_v understand_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o of_o a_o woman_n garment_n who_o haeres_fw-la 16._o say_v that_o the_o pharisee_n be_v like_o the_o scribe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o their_o apparel_n and_o womanish_a garment_n but_o perhaps_o he_o speak_v in_o that_o manner_n because_o among_o the_o greek_n the_o man_n wear_v short_a garment_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d coat_n and_o the_o woman_n long_a gown_n such_o as_o be_v usual_a among_o several_a of_o the_o eastern_a nation_n in_o ancient_a time_n also_o stola_fw-la talaris_fw-la a_o gown_n reach_v down_o to_o the_o ankle_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o garment_n wear_v by_o woman_n among_o the_o assyrian_n see_v oct._n ferrarius_fw-la in_o analectis_fw-la cap._n 23._o but_o it_o be_v a_o good_a observation_n that_o pope_n celestine_n the_o first_o make_v concern_v clergyman_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o vienne_n and_o narbonne_n discernendi_fw-la inquit_fw-la à _fw-la plebe_fw-la vel_fw-la caeteris_fw-la sumus_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la non_fw-la veste_fw-la conversatione_fw-la non_fw-la habitu_fw-la mentis_fw-la puritate_fw-la non_fw-la cultu_fw-la we_o ought_v say_v he_o to_o distinguish_v ourselves_o from_o the_o common_a people_n or_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n by_o our_o doctrine_n not_o by_o our_o apparel_n by_o our_o conversation_n not_o by_o our_o habit_n by_o the_o purity_n of_o our_o mind_n not_o by_o our_o dress_n chap._n xxi_o xxi_o verse_n 4._o note_v a._n tho_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o the_o sense_n yet_o it_o be_v false_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o same_o for_o the_o latter_a phrase_n proper_o signify_v to_o cast_v in_o among_o the_o gift_n or_o offering_n and_o the_o former_a only_o into_o a_o chest_n of_o which_o there_o be_v several_a in_o the_o temple_n wherein_o the_o money_n be_v deposit_v that_o be_v voluntary_o consecrate_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o temple_n see_v lightfoot'_v descript_n of_o the_o temple_n chap._n 19_o verse_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v some_o that_o add_v here_o a_o note_n of_o interrogation_n as_o if_o christ_n have_v say_v be_v these_o the_o thing_n which_o you_o look_v upon_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o cambridg_n copy_n wherein_o the_o gospel_n be_v rather_o paraphrase_a than_o the_o word_n only_o various_o read_v and_o therefore_o grotius_n just_o reject_v this_o note_n of_o interrogation_n the_o evangelist_n express_v himself_o here_o just_a as_o the_o best_a writer_n sometime_o do_v the_o end_n of_o the_o sentence_n do_v not_o answer_v the_o beginning_n but_o the_o whole_a be_v make_v up_o of_o two_o different_a form_n of_o speech_n mix_v together_o for_o either_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n these_o thing_n which_o you_o behold_v shall_v be_v quite_o destroy_v for_o the_o day_n will_v come_v etc._n etc._n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n of_o these_o thing_n which_o you_o behold_v the_o day_n will_v come_v in_o which_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v leave_v one_o stone_n upon_o another_o but_o the_o evangelist_n begin_v just_a as_o if_o he_o be_v about_o to_o express_v himself_o the_o former_a of_o these_o way_n and_o end_n with_o the_o latter_a grotius_n have_v give_v we_o two_o example_n of_o the_o like_a syntax_n and_o i_o add_v this_o one_o more_o out_o of_o terence_n phorm_n act._n 3._o sc._n 2._o o_o fortunatissime_fw-la antipho_n qui_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la domi_fw-la est_fw-la he_o shall_v have_v say_v qui_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la domi_fw-la habes_fw-la or_o cui_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la domi_fw-la est_fw-la who_o have_v what_o thou_o love_v at_o home_n such_o phrase_n as_o these_o have_v something_o of_o that_o impropriety_n in_o they_o which_o be_v frequent_a in_o ordinary_a speech_n verse_n 24._o note_n b._n 1._o our_o author_n tell_v we_o as_o out_o of_o eusebius_n that_o there_o die_v during_o the_o siege_n of_o jerusalem_n eleven_o million_o of_o people_n i._n e._n ten_o time_n more_o than_o there_o do_v according_a both_o to_o eusebius_n and_o josephus_n account_n who_o reckon_v up_o but_o eleven_o hundred_o thousand_o 2._o the_o word_n in_o eusebius_n which_o the_o doctor_n translate_v to_o be_v slave_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o henr._n valesius_fw-la render_v ut_fw-la metalla_fw-la exercerent_fw-la to_o work_v in_o the_o mine_n and_o so_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v interpret_v 3._o eusebius_n be_v mistake_v in_o
be_v return_v from_o his_o banishment_n tn_z the_o isle_n of_o patmos_n he_o compose_v his_o gospel_n when_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a it_o be_v no_o matter_n to_o we_o which_o of_o these_o opinion_n be_v true_a as_o long_o as_o we_o be_v certain_a that_o st._n john_n write_v his_o gospel_n about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o century_n epiphanius_n confess_v that_o st._n john_n write_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o nineti_v year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o after_o his_o return_n out_o of_o patmos_n erroneous_o make_v that_o to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o claudius_n as_o learned_a man_n have_v observe_v see_v his_o word_n in_o heres_fw-la alogorum_fw-la which_o be_v the_o 51._o sect._n 12._o iii_o by_o these_o testimony_n it_o appear_v that_o st._n john_n either_o write_v or_o publish_v his_o gospel_n at_o ephesus_n which_o irenaeus_n also_o express_o affirm_v lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n john_n one_o of_o our_o lord_n disciple_n who_o also_o lean_v upon_o his_o breast_n and_o himself_o publish_v a_o gospel_n dwell_v at_o ephesus_n in_o asia_n if_o it_o be_v inquire_v on_o what_o occasion_n and_o to_o what_o end_n st._n john_n begin_v his_o gospel_n so_o as_o we_o see_v he_o do_v irenaeus_n answer_v in_o these_o word_n lib._n 3._o c._n 11._o after_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o other_o evangelist_n st._n john_n the_o disciple_n of_o our_o lord_n design_v to_o extirpate_v that_o error_n which_o have_v be_v sow_v in_o man_n mind_n by_o cerinthus_n and_o a_o great_a while_n before_o by_o those_o that_o be_v call_v nicolaitan_n who_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o that_o heresy_n which_o be_v false_o call_v knowledge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o they_o have_v the_o name_n of_o gnostic_n that_o he_o may_v confound_v they_o and_o persuade_v they_o that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n who_o make_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o word_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o st._n john_n if_o we_o believe_v irenaeus_n begin_v his_o gospel_n so_o as_o he_o do_v on_o purpose_n to_o refute_v the_o doctrine_n of_o cerinthus_n and_o the_o gnostic_n as_o he_o declare_v afterward_o more_o at_o large_a eusebius_n in_o hist_n eccles_n lib._n 3._o c._n 24._o affirm_v that_o the_o intention_n of_o st._n john_n be_v to_o fill_v up_o what_o be_v want_v in_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o other_o evangelist_n in_o his_o room_n i_o shall_v substitute_v st._n jerom_n who_o in_o catal._n script_n eccles_n have_v these_o word_n novissimus_fw-la omnium_fw-la scripsit_fw-la evangelium_fw-la rogatus_fw-la ab_fw-la asiae_n episcopis_fw-la adversus_fw-la cerinthum_n aliósque_fw-la haereticos_fw-la &_o maxim_n tunc_fw-la ebionitarum_fw-la dogma_fw-la consurgens_fw-la qui_fw-la asserunt_fw-la christum_fw-la ante_fw-la mariam_n non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o compulsus_fw-la est_fw-la divinam_fw-la ejus_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la edisserere_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o aliam_fw-la causam_fw-la 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life_n in_o the_o other_o ignatius_n st._n john_n disciple_n in_o his_o genuine_a epistle_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o smirna_n after_o he_o have_v say_v that_o it_o be_v difficult_a for_o bad_a man_n to_o repent_v subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v our_o true_a life_n and_o in_o his_o epist_n to_o the_o trallian_n p._n 51._o ed._n voss_n speak_v of_o christ_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o who_o we_o have_v no_o true_a life_n there_o be_v some_o who_o think_v that_o st._n john_n have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gnostic_n who_o affirm_v that_o reason_n and_o life_n be_v two_o several_a divine_a emanation_n but_o whether_o this_o which_o be_v afterward_o the_o opinion_n of_o valentinus_n be_v before_o know_v be_v very_o uncertain_a see_v note_n on_o verse_n 16._o beside_o the_o sense_n i_o have_v give_v be_v plain_a and_o agreeable_a to_o what_o follow_v the_o apostle_n seem_v rather_o to_o allude_v here_o to_o a_o passage_n in_o philo_n who_o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v quis_fw-la rerum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la haeres_fw-la p._n 381._o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o threefold_a kind_n of_o life_n one_o which_o be_v with_o god_n another_o which_o be_v with_o the_o creature_n and_o a_o three_o which_o be_v of_o a_o middle_a nature_n mix_v of_o both_o that_o which_o be_v with_o god_n have_v not_o descend_v to_o we_o or_o come_v for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o body_n etc._n etc._n but_o st._n john_n teach_v we_o that_o that_o kind_a of_o life_n be_v bring_v down_o upon_o earth_n by_o christ_n ibid._n and_o this_o life_n be_v the_o light_n of_o men._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o light_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v a_o thing_n very_o often_o mention_v by_o philo_n but_o because_o
the_o name_n they_o go_v by_o be_v true_o attribute_v the_o receive_a custom_n determine_v that_o from_o those_o to_o which_o it_o can_v be_v give_v but_o false_o thus_o true_a amomum_fw-la for_o instance_n will_v be_v that_o plant_n to_o which_o this_o name_n be_v proper_o attribute_v vii_o and_o false_a amomum_fw-la another_o on_o which_o it_o be_v abusive_o impose_v and_o because_o any_o sort_n of_o plant_n which_o be_v true_o call_v by_o the_o name_n it_o bear_v have_v a_o much_o great_a virtue_n in_o it_o than_o a_o plant_n false_o denominate_v therefore_o true_a amomum_fw-la be_v prefer_v before_o false_a and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n when_o any_o two_o thing_n be_v compare_v together_o which_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o like_a quality_n though_o in_o a_o different_a degree_n that_o which_o have_v the_o strong_a and_o best_a and_o which_o be_v of_o most_o use_n be_v say_v to_o be_v true_a and_o the_o other_o compare_v with_o it_o false_a so_o the_o platonic_n use_v to_o call_v the_o divine_a pattern_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o they_o express_v themselves_o true_a when_o they_o compare_v they_o with_o the_o thing_n upon_o earth_n which_o be_v only_o their_o picture_n according_a to_o they_o and_o whatever_o virtue_n there_o be_v in_o thing_n visible_a it_o can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o compare_v they_o think_v with_o the_o celestial_a than_o as_o counterfeit_v thing_n with_o those_o that_o be_v sincere_a and_o genuine_a and_o therefore_o they_o call_v these_o false_a and_o the_o other_o true_a and_o just_o thus_o christ_n in_o this_o place_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o true_a bread_n and_o the_o true_a meat_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o true_a light_n viz._n because_o whatever_o propriety_n there_o be_v in_o bread_n or_o meat_n to_o nourish_v the_o body_n or_o in_o light_a to_o illuminate_v the_o eye_n that_o and_o a_o much_o great_a there_o be_v in_o christ_n doctrine_n to_o nourish_v and_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n bread_n nourish_v the_o body_n but_o do_v not_o exempt_v it_o from_o death_n which_o corrupt_v and_o dissolve_v at_o length_n its_o frame_n but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n whilst_o it_o nourish_v the_o soul_n with_o hope_n and_o excite_v and_o cherish_v in_o it_o the_o love_n of_o virtue_n do_v not_o only_o fill_v it_o with_o solid_a and_o substantial_a joy_n at_o present_a but_o also_o rescue_v it_o from_o die_v for_o ever_o light_n illuminate_v the_o eye_n and_o show_v it_o visible_a object_n when_o it_o be_v right_o dispose_v in_o their_o proper_a form_n but_o it_o neither_o cure_v the_o distemper_n of_o the_o eye_n nor_o can_v hinder_v they_o from_o be_v close_v at_o last_o by_o death_n but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n make_v blind_a soul_n to_o see_v clear_o and_o enlighten_v they_o for_o ever_o so_o that_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v most_o true_o call_v both_o the_o true_a meat_n and_o the_o true_a light_n chap._n vii_o verse_n 35._o note_n d._n 1._o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a number_n of_o jew_n at_o alexandria_n who_o use_v the_o translation_n of_o the_o septuagint_n as_o appear_v by_o many_o passage_n in_o philo_n alexandr_n see_v lib._n against_o flaccus_n but_o that_o the_o european_a jew_n have_v their_o chief_a assembly_n at_o alexandria_n i_o can_v tell_v how_o our_o author_n can_v have_v prove_v unless_o he_o think_v alexandria_n to_o be_v in_o europe_n which_o will_v have_v be_v a_o strange_a mistake_n it_o be_v true_a some_o of_o the_o old_a geographer_n place_v it_o in_o asia_n and_o other_o in_o africa_n viii_o but_o none_o of_o they_o ever_o say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o europe_n which_o be_v too_o absurd_a ii_o he_o ought_v also_o to_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o onkelos_n be_v at_o that_o time_n read_v in_o the_o synagogue_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o babylon_n for_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o rely_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o rabbin_n who_o be_v always_o for_o put_v as_o great_a a_o face_n of_o antiquity_n upon_o their_o write_n as_o they_o be_v able_a verse_n 53._o note_n i._n it_o be_v strange_a that_o dr._n hammond_n after_o give_v sufficient_a proof_n of_o this_o story_n of_o the_o adulteress_n be_v supposititious_a and_o say_v nothing_o almost_o on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o confirm_v its_o be_v think_v genuine_a shall_v yet_o assent_v to_o grotius_n who_o have_v not_o in_o the_o least_o solve_v the_o matter_n if_o the_o church_n in_o the_o time_n of_o papias_n or_o in_o the_o next_o age_n after_o he_o judge_v this_o tradition_n of_o he_o to_o be_v true_a how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o so_o many_o father_n and_o so_o many_o copy_n a_o great_a while_n after_o those_o time_n omit_v this_o story_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o it_o be_v add_v at_o first_o only_o to_o a_o few_o copy_n by_o some_o transcriber_n or_o critic_n who_o take_v it_o from_o the_o tradition_n or_o copy_n of_o the_o nazarene_o and_o in_o time_n come_v to_o be_v insert_v by_o that_o mean_n into_o more_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o footstep_n any_o where_o to_o be_v find_v of_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n concern_v this_o story_n so_o that_o i_o think_v we_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v of_o beza_n opinion_n who_o suspect_v this_o story_n at_o lest_o what_o he_o say_v as_o to_o this_o matter_n be_v worth_a consider_v chap._n viii_o verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o at_o this_o time_n the_o power_n of_o inflict_v capital_a punishment_n be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o roman_n but_o the_o jew_n have_v no_o occasion_n to_o inquire_v about_o this_o matter_n of_o christ_n who_o may_v easy_o have_v answer_v they_o that_o the_o woman_n deserve_v indeed_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o that_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o punishment_n depend_v upon_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o roman_a precedent_n there_o be_v no_o room_n here_o for_o any_o scruple_n and_o i_o do_v not_o conceive_v how_o the_o scribe_n or_o pharisee_n can_v have_v take_v any_o occasion_n to_o accuse_v christ_n if_o he_o have_v give_v they_o this_o ready_a answer_n though_o he_o decline_v it_o by_o give_v they_o that_o which_o follow_v verse_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n those_o who_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o story_n be_v supposititious_a may_v probable_o enough_o suspect_v that_o papias_n or_o some_o other_o borrow_v this_o circumstance_n here_o mention_v from_o that_o which_o be_v relate_v of_o menedemus_n as_o it_o be_v thus_o set_v down_o by_o diogenes_n laertius_n lib._n 2._o §_o 127._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o be_v a_o man_n that_o take_v a_o great_a liberty_n in_o talk_v and_o use_v to_o jeer_v people_n and_o once_o when_o a_o young_a man_n speak_v something_o rough_o and_o sharp_o to_o he_o he_o make_v he_o indeed_o no_o answer_n but_o take_v up_o a_o little_a stick_n he_o draw_v upon_o the_o ground_n the_o figure_n of_o a_o man_n muliebria_fw-la patientis_fw-la till_o the_o young_a man_n perceive_v the_o affront_n put_v upon_o he_o before_o all_o there_o present_a go_v away_o verse_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o no_o law_n make_v it_o requisite_a that_o those_o who_o bring_v a_o criminal_a take_v in_o the_o very_a act_n to_o judgement_n shall_v be_v perfect_o innocent_a themselves_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o they_o do_v but_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v real_o guilty_a of_o the_o crime_n they_o charge_v he_o with_o by_o competent_a witness_n and_o beside_o by_o give_v such_o a_o answer_n as_o this_o christ_n may_v have_v expose_v himself_o to_o the_o invidious_a censure_n both_o of_o the_o jew_n and_o roman_n for_o the_o jew_n may_v have_v say_v that_o he_o make_v the_o law_n of_o no_o force_n because_o he_o stick_v at_o pronounce_v a_o harlot_n to_o be_v worthy_a of_o death_n and_o do_v in_o effect_n affirm_v that_o offender_n can_v not_o just_o be_v punish_v but_o by_o those_o who_o be_v conscious_a of_o no_o guilt_n themselves_o and_o the_o roman_n may_v have_v complain_v that_o he_o will_v have_v have_v the_o power_n of_o inflict_v capital_a punishment_n restore_v to_o the_o jew_n because_o he_o authorize_v those_o of_o that_o nation_n that_o be_v innocent_a to_o stone_n a_o woman_n to_o death_n i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o see_v what_o danger_n christ_n can_v think_v to_o avoid_v by_o such_o a_o answer_n verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v it_o credible_a that_o all_o that_o be_v there_o present_a have_v be_v guilty_a of_o adultery_n or_o some_o other_o crime_n as_o heinous_a as_o that_o not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o except_v that_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v extreme_o corrupt_v at_o that_o time_n i_o
the_o shore_n he_o present_o leap_v into_o the_o water_n impatient_a of_o delay_n that_o he_o may_v as_o soon_o as_o possible_a come_v to_o the_o lord_n whilst_o the_o rest_n tarry_v in_o the_o ship_n till_o they_o can_v step_v out_o of_o it_o upon_o land_n this_o occasion_n st._n peter_n give_v christ_n to_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o love_v he_o more_o than_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o disciple_n because_o he_o come_v soon_o to_o he_o than_o they_o verse_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grotius_n here_o have_v this_o gloss_n when_o thou_o have_v add_v almost_o forty_o year_n to_o those_o which_o thou_o have_v live_v already_o but_o out_o of_o what_o chronology_n do_v he_o learn_v that_o from_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n death_n to_o the_o last_o of_o nero_n beyond_o which_o the_o death_n of_o st._n peter_n can_v be_v defer_v there_o be_v the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n from_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 33_o in_o which_o he_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n to_o the_o 68_o the_o in_o which_o nero_n die_v there_o be_v only_o 35_o year_n and_o suppose_v st._n peter_n to_o have_v die_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 65_o as_o the_o most_o exact_a chronologer_n think_v there_o will_v be_v few_o i_o wonder_v that_o dr._n hammond_n too_o shall_v follow_v grotius_n here_o without_o any_o examination_n verse_n 22._o note_n c._n this_o come_n of_o christ_n be_v very_o well_o interpret_v by_o dr._n hammond_n who_o deserve_v to_o have_v almost_o all_o the_o glory_n of_o it_o for_o few_o other_o interpreter_n beside_o he_o ever_o discern_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o it_o and_o no_o body_n have_v ever_o so_o clear_o explain_v it_o or_o so_o copious_o demonstrate_v it_o this_o opinion_n of_o he_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n which_o in_o vers_n 24._o declare_v the_o truth_n of_o st._n john_n testimony_n both_o as_o to_o this_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n if_o the_o christian_n of_o that_o age_n have_v believe_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v till_o i_o come_v to_o judge_v the_o live_n and_o the_o dead_a as_o the_o apostle_n have_v think_v they_o must_v have_v judge_v the_o testimony_n of_o st._n john_n not_o be_v true_a because_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o yet_o that_o last_o day_n be_v not_o come_v since_o therefore_o they_o think_v st._n john_n a_o faithful_a witness_n both_o of_o christ_n doctrine_n and_o resurrection_n and_o know_v that_o he_o be_v dead_a they_o must_v have_v understand_v this_o come_n of_o christ_n in_o another_o sense_n and_o nothing_o happen_v in_o all_o that_o interval_n of_o time_n which_o can_v be_v call_v christ_n come_n but_o that_o remarkable_a vengeance_n which_o he_o take_v upon_o the_o jew_n verse_n 24._o note_n d._n how_o can_v the_o ephesian_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o know_v that_o his_o testimony_n be_v true_a namely_o not_o only_o by_o those_o evidence_n of_o veracity_n and_o prudence_n which_o they_o observe_v in_o st._n john_n himself_o but_o chief_o by_o his_o doctrine_n and_o miracle_n the_o former_a be_v a_o holy_a doctrine_n and_o the_o latter_a god_n seal_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o annotation_n on_o the_o act_n of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o premon_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o st._n peter_n die_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o nero_n and_o that_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 65._o as_o a._n pagus_n have_v show_v in_o baron_n epicr_n ad_fw-la ann._n 67._o i._n chap._n i._n verse_n 13._o note_n d._n i_o have_v several_a remark_n to_o make_v on_o this_o interpretation_n of_o dr._n hammond_n i._o that_o he_o recur_v to_o this_o singular_a interpretation_n because_o he_o think_v that_o these_o two_o passage_n of_o st._n luke_n can_v hardly_o otherwise_o be_v reconcile_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o his_o gospel_n he_o have_v not_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v always_o in_o the_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o here_o he_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o upper_a room_n where_o they_o abide_v and_o pray_v to_o god_n but_o the_o doctor_n himself_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o in_o the_o temple_n the_o whole_a day_n but_o only_o at_o the_o state_v time_n of_o public_a prayer_n at_o other_o time_n therefore_o they_o be_v at_o their_o own_o house_n in_o which_o i_o do_v not_o see_v why_o there_o can_v not_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o which_o they_o may_v retire_v in_o order_n to_o pray_v or_o to_o spend_v their_o time_n with_o their_o master_n or_o in_o pious_a discourse_n about_o he_o and_o therefore_o this_o place_n may_v be_v very_o well_o understand_v thus_o where_o they_o abide_v when_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o temple_n or_o hinder_v by_o other_o affair_n where_o they_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n when_o they_o keep_v at_o home_n ii_o it_o be_v indeed_o very_o true_a that_o there_o be_v several_a chamber_n or_o room_n in_o the_o temple_n which_o may_v be_v call_v so_o many_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o doctor_n may_v have_v take_v less_o pain_n in_o prove_v it_o but_o he_o shall_v have_v give_v we_o some_o example_n to_o assure_v we_o that_o the_o common_a people_n and_o especial_o stranger_n do_v not_o only_o pray_v in_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n but_o go_v up_o also_o into_o the_o chamber_n that_o lay_v over_o the_o porch_n in_o order_n to_o pray_v with_o the_o more_o secrecy_n for_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o probable_a that_o the_o apostle_n who_o be_v poor_a man_n and_o galilean_n and_o odious_a for_o their_o master_n sake_n to_o the_o jew_n dare_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n which_o other_o can_v not_o in_o the_o temple_n in_o which_o they_o may_v have_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n our_o author_n therefore_o aught_o to_o have_v show_v that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o pious_a man_n to_o retire_v sometime_o into_o the_o more_o secret_a chamber_n of_o the_o temple_n for_o their_o private_a devotion_n which_o i_o can_v tell_v whether_o any_o body_n can_v prove_v at_o least_o i_o never_o meet_v with_o any_o footstep_n of_o that_o custom_n iii_o he_o perfect_o force_v the_o word_n in_o chap._n two_o 46_o as_o i_o shall_v afterward_o show_v iv._o epiphanius_n do_v not_o affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o speak_v of_o be_v where_o the_o temple_n have_v be_v but_o in_o mount_n zion_n upon_o which_o as_o all_o know_v be_v build_v the_o palace_n or_o city_n of_o david_n and_o not_o the_o temple_n which_o lay_v more_o towards_o the_o east_n and_o south_n and_o stand_v upon_o another_o hill_n suppose_v to_o be_v mount_n moriah_n and_o common_o call_v the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n he_o that_o do_v not_o know_v this_o let_v he_o consult_v dr._n lightfoot_n in_o cent._n chorograph_n premise_a before_o st._n matthew_n cap._n xxii_o xxiii_o and_o xxvii_o where_o by_o passage_n take_v out_o of_o josephus_n and_o the_o rabbin_n he_o put_v this_o matter_n out_o of_o all_o doubt_n it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v however_o that_o epiphanius_n by_o the_o inaccurate_a order_n of_o his_o word_n give_v the_o doctor_n a_o occasion_n to_o mistake_v for_o he_o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o find_v the_o whole_a city_n demolish_v and_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n trample_v upon_o except_z a_o few_o house_n the_o three_o last_o word_n the_o doctor_n make_v to_o refer_v to_o the_o temple_n when_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o city_n it_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o be_v little_a in_o the_o place_n to_o which_o the_o disciple_n return_v when_o our_o saviour_n be_v catch_v up_o from_o mount_n olivet_n go_v up_o into_o the_o upper_a room_n for_o there_o it_o be_v build_v this_o church_n be_v not_o on_o the_o ground_n where_o the_o temple_n stand_v but_o in_o mount_n zion_n as_o epiphanius_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o next_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v in_o a_o part_n of_o zion_n which_o be_v leave_v undestroy_v and_o some_o part_n of_o the_o house_n that_o be_v about_o the_o same_o zion_n and_o seven_o synagogue_n which_o stand_v alone_o in_o zion_n verse_n 15._o note_n e._n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n be_v often_o put_v for_o god_n himself_o and_o that_o the_o rabbin_n call_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n with_o a_o emphasis_n but_o we_o never_o find_v it_o set_v to_o signify_v man_n or_o person_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o latinism_n than_o a_o hebraism_n for_o in_o latin_a author_n nothing_o be_v more_o common_a than_o for_o the_o word_n name_n to_o be_v
verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v certain_a that_o these_o word_n be_v allege_v by_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o they_o be_v use_v in_o gen._n twenty-five_o 23_o they_o must_v here_o be_v understand_v not_o of_o the_o person_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n themselves_o but_o of_o their_o posterity_n for_o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o oracle_n two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb_n and_o two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v separate_v from_o thy_o bowel_n and_o the_o one_o shall_v be_v strong_a than_o the_o other_o and_o the_o great_a shall_v serve_v the_o less_o of_o which_o prediction_n see_v my_o note_n on_o that_o place_n in_o genesis_n therefore_o in_o this_o passage_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v render_v in_o the_o english_a translation_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a but_o the_o great_a shall_v serve_v the_o less_o and_o so_o the_o apostle_n scope_n also_o require_v who_o manifest_o speak_v of_o the_o election_n not_o of_o particular_a person_n but_o of_o whole_a nation_n verse_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o prophet_n that_o this_o have_v a_o reference_n to_o the_o nation_n that_o descend_v from_o jacob_n and_o esau_n and_o not_o to_o they_o themselves_o so_o that_o i_o wonder_v our_o author_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n on_o occasion_n of_o these_o word_n shall_v observe_v that_o that_o prophecy_n the_o great_a shall_v serve_v the_o less_o be_v fulfil_v personal_o in_o they_o especial_o see_v the_o contrary_n appear_v from_o the_o history_n of_o moses_n as_o in_o my_o note_n on_o the_o forementioned_a chapter_n of_o genesis_n i_o have_v observe_v verse_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o place_n i_o have_v interpret_v on_o exod._n xxxiii_o 19_o and_o show_v the_o meaning_n of_o god_n to_o be_v that_o because_o he_o have_v begin_v to_o show_v favor_n and_o mercy_n to_o the_o israelite_n he_o will_v continue_v to_o do_v so_o and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o be_v here_o intend_a by_o these_o word_n the_o apostle_n have_v say_v that_o the_o posterity_n of_o jacob_n be_v prefer_v by_o god_n before_o the_o idumaean_n because_o it_o so_o seem_v good_a to_o he_o and_o not_o because_o esau_n posterity_n be_v worse_o than_o that_o of_o jacob_n propose_v to_o himself_o a_o objection_n be_v there_o unrighteousness_n with_o god_n which_o he_o deny_v with_o detestation_n say_v god_n forbid_v for_o say_v he_o he_o say_v to_o moses_n i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o have_v mercy_n and_o i_o will_v have_v compassion_n on_o who_o i_o have_v compassion_n that_o be_v as_o god_n begin_v to_o show_v kindness_n to_o jacob_n himself_o so_o he_o continue_v his_o kindness_n to_o his_o posterity_n without_o the_o least_o injustice_n because_o he_o do_v not_o deny_v any_o benefit_n to_o the_o idumaean_n which_o they_o have_v deserve_v but_o only_o go_v on_o to_o do_v good_a to_o the_o israelite_n though_o unworthy_a for_o it_o be_v no_o injustice_n to_o be_v merciful_a to_o those_o that_o do_v not_o deserve_v it_o though_o it_o will_v be_v so_o to_o punish_v those_o that_o do_v not_o deserve_v it_o mercy_n may_v be_v just_o show_v when_o punishment_n can_v be_v just_o inflict_v as_o this_o interpretation_n be_v favour_v by_o the_o place_n refer_v to_o in_o moses_n as_o i_o have_v show_v in_o my_o comment_n on_o exodus_fw-la so_o it_o agree_v also_o with_o the_o greek_a word_n as_o they_o be_v here_o accent_v for_o we_o read_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o present_a tense_n indicative_a which_o be_v not_o so_o favourable_a to_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n according_a to_o which_o we_o ought_v rather_o to_o read_v in_o the_o subjunctive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v general_o accent_v in_o the_o greek_a copy_n of_o the_o septuagint_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v render_v as_o it_o be_v by_o beza_n miserebor_fw-la cujus_fw-la misertus_fw-la fuero_fw-la &_o commiserabor_fw-la cujus_fw-la commiseratus_fw-la fuero_fw-la i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o shall_v have_v mercy_n and_o i_o will_v have_v compassion_n on_o who_o i_o shall_v have_v compassion_n but_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o be_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v favour_v he_o who_o i_o will_v favour_v i_o have_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n where_o one_o of_o the_o verb_n be_v in_o the_o future_a tense_n and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o preterperfect_a which_o preterperfect_a be_v render_v here_o in_o the_o present_a because_o it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n for_o god_n do_v still_o then_o show_v mercy_n to_o the_o israelite_n and_o have_v never_o cease_v to_o show_v mercy_n to_o they_o when_o he_o so_o speak_v which_o be_v so_o i_o wonder_v that_o beza_n shall_v find_v fault_n with_o the_o vulgar_a and_o erasmus_n for_o make_v use_n here_o of_o the_o present_a tense_n and_o render_v it_o cui_fw-la misereor_fw-la or_o cujuscunque_fw-la misereor_fw-la to_o who_o i_o show_v mercy_n or_o to_o whosoever_o i_o show_v mercy_n and_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o that_o in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o verb_n be_v in_o both_o place_n in_o the_o future_a which_o the_o reader_n have_v just_a now_o see_v to_o be_v false_a he_o add_v that_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d show_v it_o must_v be_v interpret_v by_o the_o future_a as_o past_a and_o i_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o particle_n use_v to_o be_v join_v to_o a_o subjunctive_a but_o it_o be_v join_v to_o a_o preterperfect_a tense_n indicative_a it_o may_v be_v also_o join_v to_o the_o present_a especial_o where_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o greek_a language_n be_v not_o observe_v as_o it_o be_v not_o in_o st._n paul_n it_o must_v be_v observe_v further_o that_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n be_v invert_v for_o whereas_o in_o he_o it_o be_v i_o have_v favour_v he_o who_o i_o will_v favour_v etc._n etc._n the_o septuagint_n understand_v it_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v say_v i_o will_v favour_v he_o who_o i_o do_v favour_n etc._n etc._n because_o though_o those_o phrase_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n yet_o the_o order_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o latter_a suit_n better_a with_o the_o greek_a language_n verse_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o proverbial_a form_n of_o speech_n common_o use_v to_o signify_v that_o all_o human_a endeavour_n be_v insignificant_a unless_o god_n countenance_v they_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v take_v from_o the_o grecian_a game_n to_o which_o st._n paul_n often_o allude_v in_o like_a manner_n a_o unknown_a poet_n in_o grotius_n excerpta_fw-la say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n void_a of_o counsel_n labour_n and_o run_v in_o vain_a the_o meaning_n be_v that_o from_o the_o mere_a arbitrary_a pleasure_n of_o god_n proceed_v that_o favour_n he_o continue_v to_o show_v to_o jacob_n posterity_n rather_o than_o to_o esau_n not_o from_o any_o thing_n that_o the_o israelite_n have_v do_v to_o deserve_v the_o divine_a favour_n more_o than_o the_o idumaean_n from_o which_o doctrine_n it_o follow_v that_o god_n may_v without_o any_o injustice_n call_v the_o heathen_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o reject_v the_o carnal_a jew_n though_o otherwise_o the_o heathen_n have_v do_v no_o more_o to_o merit_v this_o token_n of_o god_n favour_n than_o the_o jew_n have_v thus_o far_o endeavour_v to_o clear_v the_o apostle_n sense_n in_o this_o place_n i_o shall_v subjoin_v a_o paraphrase_n of_o seven_o verse_n from_o the_o ten_o to_o the_o sixteen_o to_o show_v how_o apt_o what_o i_o have_v say_v agree_v with_o st._n paul_n scope_n and_o the_o series_n of_o his_o discourse_n verse_n 10._o and_o not_o only_o the_o example_n of_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n teach_v we_o that_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o any_o nation_n to_o have_v descend_v from_o the_o patriarch_n to_o claim_v to_o themselves_o a_o right_n in_o the_o divine_a promise_n or_o entitle_v they_o god_n people_n this_o appear_v likewise_o by_o the_o instance_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n which_o rebecca_n bear_v to_o one_o isaac_n 11._o for_o before_o ever_o they_o be_v bear_v and_o consequent_o have_v do_v good_a or_o evil_n by_o which_o to_o procure_v the_o favour_n of_o god_n or_o make_v he_o their_o enemy_n that_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n concern_v choose_v a_o certain_a people_n to_o himself_o may_v appear_v to_o proceed_v from_o his_o own_o arbitrary_a pleasure_n and_o not_o to_o have_v be_v excite_v by_o any_o virtue_n or_o merit_n of_o that_o people_n 12._o god_n answer_v rebecca_n when_o she_o consult_v he_o about_o her_o child_n strive_v in_o her_o womb_n that_o she_o carry_v
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that_o dull_a nation_n hardly_o understand_v the_o plain_a and_o expresse_v thing_n though_o frequent_o inculcate_v upon_o they_o and_o much_o less_o such_o as_o be_v obscure_a and_o intricate_a and_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o any_o thing_n be_v institute_v by_o god_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o they_o do_v not_o at_o all_o understand_v but_o that_o those_o type_n be_v give_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o christian_n be_v yet_o far_o more_o unlikely_a because_o if_o they_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v by_o we_o they_o be_v to_o be_v deduce_v from_o the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n who_o authority_n alone_o will_v move_v we_o in_o this_o matter_n when_o otherwise_o we_o shall_v never_o have_v so_o much_o as_o dream_v of_o they_o so_o that_o in_o order_n to_o our_o understanding_n that_o kind_n of_o prediction_n the_o assistance_n of_o other_o divine_a person_n will_v have_v be_v necessary_a who_o for_o other_o reason_n we_o already_o believe_v viz._n for_o the_o excellency_n of_o their_o doctrine_n and_o the_o miracle_n which_o be_v wrought_v in_o confirmation_n of_o it_o but_o this_o be_v suppose_v what_o need_n be_v there_o of_o type_n to_o those_o who_o already_o believe_v christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n upon_o the_o firm_a ground_n they_o illustrate_v it_o may_v be_v you_o will_v say_v the_o apostle_n doctrine_n that_o i_o deny_v and_o say_v that_o they_o will_v rather_o obscure_v it_o if_o they_o occur_v in_o their_o write_n for_o the_o allege_a reason_n see_v my_o note_n on_o mat._n two_o 2_o let_v the_o learned_a judge_n of_o these_o thing_n and_o consider_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o better_o at_o last_o to_o let_v all_o this_o doctrine_n about_o the_o type_n alone_o which_o the_o heathen_n of_o old_a deride_v and_o the_o jew_n ridicule_n at_o this_o day_n and_o only_o make_v use_n of_o the_o most_o convince_a argument_n whereby_o to_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o christianity_n but_o this_o will_v be_v the_o subject_n of_o a_o whole_a volume_n which_o i_o have_v here_o but_o transient_o touch_v intend_v wherever_o there_o be_v a_o fit_a occasion_n to_o show_v the_o weakness_n of_o all_o that_o be_v allege_v in_o defence_n of_o type_n out_o of_o the_o apostle_n write_n verse_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v of_o that_o spiritual_a water_n which_o god_n make_v to_o proceed_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n which_o water_n follow_v the_o camp_n so_o gen._n iii._o and_o elsewhere_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o tree_n be_v to_o eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n which_o must_v be_v careful_o observe_v lest_o any_o one_o think_v that_o the_o rock_n itself_o be_v here_o proper_o call_v spiritual_a that_o epithet_n be_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o water_n which_o flow_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n which_o though_o not_o express_v be_v yet_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o no_o one_o will_v suppose_v that_o the_o rock_n from_o which_o the_o water_n proceed_v follow_v the_o israelite_n or_o be_v carry_v about_o with_o they_o through_o the_o wilderness_n but_o grant_v may_v some_o say_v that_o the_o rock_n be_v here_o put_v by_o a_o metonymy_n for_o the_o water_n that_o come_v out_o of_o it_o yet_o how_o be_v it_o say_v that_o the_o water_n itself_o follow_v the_o jew_n the_o common_a opinion_n be_v that_o a_o little_a river_n or_o current_n of_o water_n proceed_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n follow_v the_o jewish_a camp_n whithersoever_o it_o move_v but_o there_o be_v not_o one_o syllable_n about_o that_o in_o moses_n who_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a will_v have_v omit_v the_o mention_n of_o so_o great_a a_o miracle_n if_o any_o such_o have_v be_v for_o it_o will_v have_v be_v no_o small_a miracle_n for_o god_n to_o have_v make_v a_o channel_n for_o that_o water_n to_o run_v in_o and_o follow_v the_o israelite_n whithersoever_o they_o go_v but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o feign_v here_o a_o miracle_n in_o order_n to_o explain_v st._n paul_n word_n which_o may_v be_v very_o well_o understand_v without_o it_o to_o wit_n by_o suppose_v only_o that_o this_o water_n be_v carry_v about_o by_o the_o israelite_n through_o the_o desert_n of_o arabia_n in_o leathern_a bottle_n or_o any_o other_o vessel_n that_o follow_v they_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o carriage_n for_o thus_o this_o phrase_n be_v use_v by_o aelian_a var._n hist_o lib._n 12._o chap._n 40._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o convoy_n that_o follow_v xerxes_n which_o he_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o other_o provision_n full_a of_o magnificence_n and_o ostentation_n which_o follow_v xerxes_n water_n also_o follow_v he_o out_o of_o choaspes_n and_o this_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n if_o we_o believe_v herodotus_n lib._n 1._o c._n 188._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o carry_v water_n with_o they_o out_o of_o the_o river_n choaspes_n that_o run_v by_o susa_n of_o which_o alone_o and_o no_o other_o river_n the_o king_n drink_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v say_v grotius_n prefigure_v christ_n but_o it_o may_v every_o whit_n as_o well_o be_v interpret_v and_o that_o which_o may_v be_v say_v of_o that_o rock_n in_o a_o carnal_a sense_n may_v in_o a_o spiritual_a be_v affirm_v of_o christ_n as_o all_o the_o israelite_n drink_v of_o the_o water_n of_o that_o rock_n and_o yet_o those_o among_o they_o who_o rebel_v be_v destroy_v in_o the_o wilderness_n so_o all_o be_v equal_o enlighten_v by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n but_o whoever_o do_v not_o regulate_v his_o life_n according_a to_o it_o shall_v perish_v this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o need_v no_o typical_a prefiguration_n to_o explain_v it_o his_o discourse_n not_o be_v at_o all_o ground_v thereon_o or_o else_o this_o passage_n may_v be_v right_o paraphrase_a to_o the_o same_o sense_n thus_o and_o the_o case_n be_v the_o same_o of_o the_o water_n that_o flow_v out_o of_o that_o rock_n and_o those_o that_o drink_v of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n and_o christian_n so_o in_o the_o parable_n of_o christ_n the_o part_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v often_o call_v the_o part_n of_o a_o parable_n because_o they_o be_v compare_v with_o one_o another_o and_o the_o case_n be_v the_o same_o in_o both_o as_o mat._n 13.19_o when_o any_o one_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o understand_v it_o not_o then_o come_v the_o wicked_a one_o and_o catch_v away_o that_o which_o be_v sow_v in_o his_o heart_n this_o be_v he_o which_o receive_v seed_n by_o the_o way_n side_n but_o he_o that_o receive_v the_o seed_n into_o strong_a place_n this_o be_v he_o that_o hear_v the_o word_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v know_v that_o the_o jew_n who_o the_o apostle_n follow_v do_v very_o frequent_o borrow_v comparison_n from_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o allude_v to_o the_o story_n of_o it_o so_o as_o often_o to_o apply_v the_o word_n of_o they_o to_o their_o purpose_n not_o that_o they_o think_v those_o place_n contain_v prefiguration_n of_o that_o which_o they_o accommodate_v they_o to_o but_o because_o they_o think_v it_o a_o piece_n of_o elegance_n to_o appear_v to_o take_v every_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n see_v gal._n four_o 24_o 25_o 16._o ibid._n note_v b._n i._n something_o but_o brief_o and_o obscure_o there_o be_v about_o this_o matter_n in_o rabbi_n solomon_n on_o numb_a xx_o 2_o perhaps_o take_v from_o the_o christian_n for_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v believe_v that_o all_o the_o late_a rabbin_n say_v they_o owe_v to_o ancient_a tradition_n it_o be_v certain_a neither_o the_o paraphrase_n of_o jonathan_n nor_o the_o jerusalem_n targum_fw-la have_v any_o thing_n about_o the_o water_n which_o follow_v
10_o undoubted_o to_o perform_v there_o the_o office_n of_o a_o evangelist_n which_o function_n can_v hardly_o consist_v with_o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n watch_v over_o the_o flock_n commit_v to_o he_o with_o that_o care_n and_o diligence_n he_o ought_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_n about_o this_o matter_n who_o judge_v rash_o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n by_o their_o own_o and_o speak_v of_o they_o in_o the_o language_n of_o their_o own_o age_n be_v of_o little_a moment_n and_o so_o do_v no_o more_o prove_v that_o titus_n be_v bishop_n of_o the_o island_n of_o crete_n than_o what_o dr._n hammond_n say_v prove_v he_o to_o have_v be_v dignify_v with_o the_o title_n of_o a_o archbishop_n so_o the_o ancient_n very_o unanimous_o affirm_v that_o st._n peter_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o the_o more_o judicious_a sort_n of_o person_n present_o discover_v they_o to_o be_v in_o a_o error_n chap._n i._n verse_n 2._o note_v a._n it_o deserve_v to_o be_v note_v that_o in_o this_o one_o verse_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v in_o two_o several_a sense_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v eternal_a life_n that_o be_v which_o shall_v never_o have_v any_o end_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a time_n be_v no_o more_o than_o ancient_a time_n this_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n with_o st._n paul_n of_o which_o see_v what_o i_o have_v say_v in_o my_o ars_fw-la critica_fw-la p._n 2._o s._n 1._o c._n 6._o verse_n 12._o note_n c._n i._n ii_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v phavorinus_n read_v these_o word_n otherwise_o than_o we_o but_o rather_o set_v they_o down_o as_o he_o remember_v they_o it_o be_v a_o improper_a etymology_n which_o our_o author_n give_v of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o contrary_a to_o all_o analogy_n μ_n be_v insert_v between_o two_o word_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n give_v we_o a_o much_o better_a interpretation_n of_o it_o in_o paedag._n lib_fw-la two_o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o intemperance_n about_o food_n and_o as_o the_o word_n literal_o signify_v a_o madness_n in_o the_o belly_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v mad._n this_o etymology_n be_v suggest_v also_o by_o phavorinus_n which_o i_o wonder_v our_o author_n do_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o ii_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o in_o epimenides_n and_o in_o st._n paul_n signify_v what_o it_o ordinary_o signify_v that_o be_v idle_a and_o slothful_a as_o glutton_n usual_o be_v it_o be_v true_a slothfulness_n and_o gluttony_n be_v very_o often_o attend_v with_o uncleanness_n but_o idleness_n and_o uncleanness_n be_v not_o therefore_o the_o same_o in_o ezekiel_n idleness_n do_v not_o signify_v uncleanness_n but_o that_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o behold_v say_v he_o this_o be_v the_o iniquity_n of_o thy_o sister_n sodom_n pride_n fullness_n of_o bread_n and_o abundance_n of_o idleness_n be_v in_o she_o etc._n etc._n chap._n ii_o verse_n 2._o note_v a._n by_o a_o comparison_n of_o this_o place_n with_o 1_o tim._n iii._o our_o author_n have_v well_o show_v that_o the_o discourse_n here_o be_v about_o deacon_n but_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n he_o will_v hardly_o persuade_v those_o that_o understand_v greek_a and_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o read_n of_o these_o book_n to_o believe_v one_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o those_o word_n be_v promiscuous_o use_v in_o the_o version_n of_o the_o septuagint_n as_o well_o when_o they_o signify_v dignity_n as_o age_n as_o kircher_n concordance_n will_v show_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o a_o judge_n in_o isa_n iii._o 2_o lament_n two_o 21_o &_o v_o 14._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o same_o in_o levit._n four_o 15_o num._n xuj_o 25_o and_o elsewhere_o often_o and_o so_o in_o many_o place_n both_o these_o word_n be_v use_v for_o a_o old_a man._n the_o degree_n of_o comparison_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v urge_v against_o the_o perpetual_a use_n of_o the_o language_n especial_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v proper_o say_v with_o a_o respect_n to_o young_a or_o young_a as_o these_o two_o last_o word_n signify_v the_o same_o so_o likewise_o the_o two_o former_a and_o the_o two_o last_o as_o logician_n speak_v be_v correlate_n to_o the_o two_o first_o they_o be_v use_v also_o indifferent_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n compare_v philem_n 9_o with_o 2_o john_n 1._o &_o 3_o john_n 1._o the_o other_o be_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vers_fw-la 6._o signify_v believer_n who_o have_v no_o office_n in_o the_o church_n it_o signify_v only_o young_a man_n as_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v before_o woman_n see_v what_o i_o have_v oppose_v to_o dr._n hammond_n on_o luke_n xxii_o 26_o iii_o verse_n 3._o note_n b._n though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o ordain_v or_o constitute_v it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o rank_n of_o those_o who_o be_v constitute_v in_o any_o certain_a office_n for_o nothing_o be_v more_o common_a than_o for_o derivative_n to_o depart_v from_o the_o signification_n of_o their_o primitive_n so_o that_o the_o use_n of_o a_o word_n must_v always_o be_v join_v with_o analogy_n and_o etymology_n unless_o perhaps_o it_o be_v a_o singular_a word_n or_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n show_v it_o must_v necessary_o be_v understand_v in_o a_o particular_a sense_n but_o neither_o do_v the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n in_o this_o place_n favour_v our_o author_n and_o use_v be_v evident_o against_o he_o the_o deaconess_n be_v command_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o go_v in_o such_o a_o dress_n and_o behave_v themselves_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o become_v woman_n consecrate_v to_o god_n this_o very_a well_o agree_v with_o the_o whole_a series_n of_o the_o discourse_n and_o use_v constant_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o dress_n habit_n or_o gesture_n of_o body_n consult_v j._n c._n suicerus_fw-la in_o his_o thesaurus_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la or_o any_o other_o lexicographer_n verse_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o gentleman_n of_o great_a read_n who_o publish_v some_o year_n ago_o note_n and_o observation_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o polycarp_n think_v st._n paul_n here_o so_o allude_v to_o the_o cabiri_n or_o great_a god_n that_o be_v worship_v not_o only_o among_o the_o samothracian_o but_o also_o in_o the_o isle_n of_o crete_n as_o to_o oppose_v christ_n to_o they_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chebir_n in_o arabic_a signify_v great_a and_o thence_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o have_v be_v form_v as_o s._n bochart_n well_o conjecture_v those_o god_n also_o be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o corybantes_n which_o every_o one_o know_v be_v very_o much_o worship_v in_o crete_n and_o there_o be_v a_o mighty_a talk_n concern_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o of_o other_o god_n as_o the_o learned_a gentleman_n before_o mention_v have_v large_o prove_v but_o i_o think_v there_o be_v more_o wit_n than_o truth_n in_o this_o interpretation_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o st._n paul_n word_n that_o show_v he_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o cretes_n for_o if_o there_o be_v it_o must_v be_v something_o else_o beside_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appearance_n and_o of_o the_o great_a god_n which_o be_v often_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o jew_n without_o any_o allusion_n to_o the_o isle_n of_o crete_n or_o its_o go_n see_v the_o greek_a index_n of_o kircher_n concordance_n chap._n iii_o verse_n 10._o note_n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v he_o that_o follow_v any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect_n whether_o its_o doctrine_n be_v true_a or_o false_a but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostolical_a church_n govern_v by_o the_o apostle_n or_o by_o apostolical_a man_n that_o agree_v with_o their_o teacher_n be_v true_a whoever_o depart_v from_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o word_n be_v understand_v in_o a_o good_a sense_n do_v by_o consequence_n maintain_v false_a doctrine_n and_o hence_o person_n of_o erroneous_a opinion_n whether_o they_o be_v such_o as_o desire_v to_o live_v in_o the_o church_n provide_v they_o may_v be_v tolerate_v or_o whether_o they_o choose_v to_o
understand_v that_o the_o reader_n or_o hearer_n may_v comprehend_v what_o we_o say_v without_o any_o pain_n and_o the_o second_o to_o omit_v nothing_o but_o what_o any_o one_o may_v easy_o supply_v nobis_fw-la say_v the_o master_n of_o that_o faculty_n prima_fw-la sit_fw-la virtus_fw-la perspicuitas_fw-la rectus_fw-la ordo_fw-la non_fw-la in_o longum_fw-la dilata_fw-la conclusio_fw-la nihil_fw-la neque_fw-la desit_fw-la neque_fw-la superstuat_fw-la ita_fw-la sermo_fw-la &_o doctis_fw-la probabilis_fw-la &_o planus_fw-la imperitis_fw-la erit_fw-la they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o quintilian_n instit_n orat._n lib._n viij_o cap._n 2._o but_o the_o stile_n of_o the_o jewish_a midraschim_n be_v nothing_o less_o than_o rhetorical_a and_o they_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o epistle_n follow_v and_o not_o without_o great_a reason_n because_o he_o speak_v to_o a_o nation_n accustom_v to_o such_o a_o stile_n this_o by_o the_o way_n which_o it_o may_v suffice_v to_o have_v say_v once_o though_o we_o must_v carry_v it_o in_o our_o eye_n throughout_o this_o whole_a epistle_n verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o inference_n manifest_o show_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o day_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o forego_n verse_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o a_o day_n wherein_o unless_o we_o obey_v the_o voice_n of_o god_n we_o shall_v fall_v short_a of_o a_o rest_n which_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o therefore_o that_o this_o must_v necessary_o be_v supply_v otherwise_o there_o will_v be_v more_o as_o the_o logician_n speak_v in_o the_o conclusion_n than_o in_o the_o premise_n which_o it_o will_v be_v a_o crime_n to_o suppose_v of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n verse_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n here_o the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n render_v a_o reason_n why_o he_o call_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o name_n take_v from_o the_o sabbath_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d namely_o as_o the_o day_n in_o which_o god_n cease_v to_o create_v or_o as_o moses_n speak_v rest_v from_o his_o work_n be_v call_v the_o sabbath_n so_o the_o time_n wherein_o we_o shall_v rest_v from_o all_o those_o labour_n and_o trouble_n we_o be_v force_v to_o undergo_v in_o this_o life_n may_v be_v call_v a_o sabbatism_n what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v in_o his_o paraphrase_n of_o a_o rest_n from_o persecution_n and_o a_o liberty_n to_o worship_n god_n be_v violent_a verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n what_o be_v say_v here_o by_o interpreter_n about_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v harsh_a to_o which_o what_o the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n affirm_v concern_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v apply_v without_o violence_n can_v any_o man_n think_v this_o to_o be_v a_o tolerable_a way_n of_o speak_v the_o gospel_n be_v live_v and_o powerful_a and_o more_o pierce_a than_o any_o two_o edge_a sword_n reach_v even_o to_o the_o divide_v of_o soul_n and_o spirit_n and_o of_o the_o joint_n and_o marrow_n and_o be_v a_o discerner_n of_o the_o thought_n and_o intent_n of_o the_o heart_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o creature_n that_o be_v not_o manifest_a in_o his_o sight_n yet_o i_o can_v hardly_o persuade_v myself_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o divine_a reason_n which_o be_v so_o much_o speak_v of_o by_o philo._n but_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v this_o phrase_n be_v take_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o that_o age_n who_o for_o god_n and_o any_o of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n use_v to_o say_v the_o word_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o custom_n there_o be_v still_o frequent_a instance_n in_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n wherein_o many_o place_n we_o find_v the_o word_n of_o god_n set_v for_o god_n not_o for_o the_o messiah_n as_o some_o think_v this_o conjecture_n be_v confirm_v by_o vers_n 13._o where_o all_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v naked_a and_o open_v unto_o his_o eye_n which_o can_v be_v say_v of_o the_o gospel_n but_o only_o of_o god_n see_v about_o this_o matter_n a_o dissertation_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la vel_fw-la sermone_fw-la dei_fw-la cujus_fw-la creberrima_fw-la fit_a mentio_fw-la apud_fw-la paraphrastas_fw-la chaldaeos_fw-la print_v at_o irenopolis_n ann._n m.dc.xlvi_o so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n be_v this_o that_o god_n who_o be_v displease_v with_o apostate_n can_v be_v deceive_v for_o god_n be_v live_v etc._n etc._n verse_n 13._o note_n c._n i_o do_v not_o indeed_o doubt_v but_o the_o metaphor_n which_o the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n here_o use_v be_v take_v from_o the_o cut_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n but_o 1_o sy_n it_o be_v a_o mistake_n that_o this_o be_v the_o business_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o among_o the_o jew_n search_v only_o for_o outward_a blemish_n such_o as_o we_o find_v mention_v in_o levit._n xx_o 22_o &_o seqq_n not_o for_o inward_a defect_n which_o be_v unknown_a to_o those_o who_o deliver_v the_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o priest_n 2_o dly_z it_o be_v as_o untrue_a which_o our_o author_n say_v that_o the_o sacrifice_n after_o its_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n to_o be_v search_v into_o for_o the_o altar_n of_o sacrifice_n have_v a_o continual_a fire_n keep_v in_o it_o nor_o be_v any_o thing_n lay_v upon_o it_o but_o only_o the_o piece_n appoint_v by_o the_o law_n chap._n v._n v._n verse_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v with_o dr._n hammond_n that_o the_o apostolical_a writer_n of_o this_o epistle_n speak_v here_o so_o as_o if_o no_o sacrifice_n at_o all_o be_v admit_v but_o for_o sin_n that_o proceed_v from_o mere_a ignorance_n for_o there_o be_v also_o other_o sin_n commit_v against_o light_n and_o knowledge_n that_o be_v expiate_v and_o be_v mention_v by_o moses_n in_o levit._n chap._n vi_fw-la 1_o to_o the_o 7_o the_o where_o see_v my_o note_n but_o the_o sacred_a writer_n speak_v in_o this_o manner_n because_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o sinner_n for_o which_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v up_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 7._o note_n b._n i._n our_o author_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o note_n that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fear_n come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d timuit_fw-la be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o exod._n iii._o 6_o but_o it_o be_v the_o root_n itself_o which_o be_v use_v in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v strange_a our_o learned_a author_n shall_v sometime_o cite_v place_n of_o scripture_n upon_o trust_n ii_o the_o word_n of_o isaiah_n be_v in_o chap._n viij_o 12_o 13._o not_o in_o vers_n 16._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v there_o that_o which_o fear_n to_o wit_n the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o be_v there_o speak_v of_o and_o not_o the_o terrible_a thing_n as_o will_v appear_v to_o any_o that_o look_v into_o the_o place_n i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o in_o the_o place_n of_o deuteronomy_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ill_o translate_v by_o the_o septuagint_n because_o they_o erroneous_o derive_v it_o from_o the_o root_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d raah_o he_o see_v which_o be_v to_o be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jare_n he_o fear_v for_o those_o place_n in_o the_o septuagint_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o fear_n may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o fear_n verse_n 9_o note_n c._n it_o be_v true_a what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v about_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o may_v have_v say_v before_o on_o chap._n two_o 10_o where_o see_v my_o note_n but_o i_o think_v he_o have_v better_o have_v omit_v the_o dream_n of_o menander_n which_o have_v no_o agreement_n with_o the_o thing_n here_o speak_v of_o but_o only_o in_o the_o likeness_n of_o some_o word_n verse_n 14._o note_n d._n solid_a food_n compare_v with_o milk_n and_o fit_a for_o grow_v man_n than_o babe_n in_o that_o figurative_a sense_n which_o it_o be_v here_o take_v in_o may_v be_v understand_v two_o way_n it_o may_v signify_v either_o something_o more_o excellent_a that_o be_v more_o useful_a than_o first_o element_n or_o simple_o doctrine_n hard_o to_o be_v understand_v and_o such_o as_o can_v be_v digest_v but_o by_o skilful_a and_o judicious_a person_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n it_o can_v here_o probable_o be_v take_v for_o though_o all_o that_o be_v here_o say_v be_v useful_a yet_o the_o doctrine_n propose_v as_o principle_n and_o foundation_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o chap._n vi_fw-la be_v much_o more_o useful_a than_o the_o allegory_n we_o find_v in_o chap._n seven_o &_o seqq_n for_o