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that_o which_o in_o latin_a we_o say_v sanctè_fw-la ac_fw-la piè_fw-la vivere_fw-la however_o the_o metaphor_n can_v not_o be_v change_v without_o assume_v too_o great_a a_o liberty_n for_o who_o can_v endure_v castellio_n translate_n it_o ad_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la vitam_fw-la agere_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la seize_v gerere_fw-la chap._n 6.9_o noah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v vir_fw-la iustùs_fw-la ac_fw-la integer_fw-la in_o generationibus_fw-la suis_fw-la a_o just_a man_n and_o perfect_a in_o his_o generation_n and_o chap._n 7.1_o it_o be_v in_o eâ_fw-la generatione_n in_o that_o generation_n viz._n that_o which_o be_v destroy_v in_o the_o deluge_n every_o body_n see_v it_o be_v all_o the_o same_o thing_n as_o if_o moses_n have_v say_v that_o noah_n be_v the_o only_a righteous_a person_n among_o the_o man_n of_o that_o age_n castellio_n have_v translate_v it_o saeculum_fw-la and_o aetas_n the_o latter_a of_o which_o be_v tolerable_a but_o the_o former_a can_v be_v 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out_o of_o their_o former_a immoderate_a and_o now_o their_o preposterous_a desire_n of_o his_o come_n they_o have_v expound_v concern_v he_o must_v not_o therefore_o be_v affirm_v to_o relate_v to_o he_o mere_o because_o the_o jew_n think_v so_o that_o the_o rabbin_n have_v force_v several_a passage_n in_o the_o bible_n to_o favour_v the_o messiah_n without_o any_o reason_n on_o their_o side_n be_v sufficient_o know_v to_o those_o that_o have_v either_o read_v they_o or_o what_o the_o christian_n have_v collect_v out_o of_o their_o write_n therefore_o as_o it_o be_v a_o true_a tradition_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n that_o there_o shall_v come_v at_o last_o a_o deliverer_n to_o israel_n so_o any_o unprejudiced_a person_n will_v own_v that_o they_o may_v sometime_o commit_v mistake_v in_o expound_v some_o text_n of_o the_o o._n testament_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o relate_v to_o he_o v._o this_o we_o do_v say_v with_o that_o prospect_n as_o if_o we_o have_v the_o vanity_n to_o 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or_o because_o the_o right_n of_o primogeniture_n be_v transfer_v to_o he_o though_o the_o sacred_a history_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o it_o he_o be_v both_o here_o and_o sometime_o below_o nominate_v first_o as_o several_z learned_a man_n have_v imagine_v and_o thus_o abraham_n name_n be_v mention_v before_o his_o brother_n chap._n 11.26_o jacob_n before_o esau_n chap._n 28.5_o and_o ephraim_n before_o manasseh_n chap._n 48.20_o i_o wish_v they_o have_v inform_v we_o why_o ham_n the_o young_a be_v reckon_v the_o second_o in_o order_n and_o japhet_n last_o though_o he_o be_v the_o first_o beget_v both_o here_o and_o chap._n 7.13_o chap._n 9.18_o chap._n 10.1_o and_o elsewhere_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o his_o father_n blessing_n chap._n 9.27_o japhet_n be_v unquestionable_o prefer_v to_o ham._n but_o perhaps_o in_o all_o these_o matter_n we_o be_v more_o curious_a than_o we_o need_v and_o indeed_o in_o the_o reckon_n up_o of_o the_o generation_n chap._n 10._o japhet_n be_v 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quadruped_n and_o two_o of_o bird_n be_v allow_v in_o sacrifice_n leu._n 1_o 2.14_o whereas_o several_a more_o be_v permit_v to_o be_v eat_v see_v levit._n 11._o but_o it_o be_v doubt_v whether_o this_o distinction_n be_v know_v in_o noah_n time_n because_o it_o be_v high_o probable_a that_o no_o sort_n of_o flesh_n be_v eat_v before_o the_o flood_n those_o that_o maintain_v the_o affirmative_a ground_n themselves_o upon_o this_o text._n however_o though_o god_n almighty_n be_v here_o introduce_v speak_v in_o a_o direct_a oration_n according_a to_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o oriental_a language_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o manifest_a that_o he_o use_v these_o very_a term_n perhaps_o he_o command_v noah_n to_o take_v seven_o of_o such_o creature_n as_o be_v wholesome_a for_o food_n which_o be_v here_o call_v clean_o and_o only_a pair_n of_o those_o that_o be_v unwholesome_a and_o perhaps_o after_o all_o the_o sacred_a writer_n who_o have_v all_o along_o a_o great_a regard_n to_o the_o sense_n than_o the_o bare_a word_n accommodate_v himself_o to_o the_o language_n of_o his_o own_o time_n and_o noah_n go_v in_o and_o his_o son_n chap._n 7.7_o as_o noah_n either_o have_v no_o more_o child_n than_o these_o before_o the_o deluge_n or_o if_o he_o have_v they_o be_v not_o alive_a so_o likewise_o his_o son_n either_o have_v beget_v no_o child_n before_o it_o happen_v or_o else_o have_v bury_v they_o whatever_o side_n the_o reader_n choses_fw-fr it_o be_v evident_a from_o hence_o that_o mankind_n before_o the_o flood_n have_v not_o people_v many_o country_n for_o if_o noah_n family_n when_o he_o be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a only_o consist_v of_o three_o son_n who_o have_v no_o issue_n we_o may_v probable_o suppose_v that_o several_a more_o have_v not_o a_o more_o numerous_a offspring_n every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n to_o you_o ch_n 9.3_o before_o the_o deluge_n man_n have_v so_o far_o a_o right_n over_o the_o live_a creature_n that_o he_o may_v make_v use_n of_o their_o milk_n their_o wool_n and_o their_o skin_n in_o case_n they_o happen_v to_o die_v and_o while_o they_o be_v alive_a may_v employ_v they_o to_o draw_v or_o carry_v his_o burden_n but_o be_v not_o allow_v to_o seed_n upon_o they_o otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o have_v give_v noah_n a_o permission_n here_o to_o do_v what_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o before_o and_o beside_o moses_n express_o tell_v we_o chap._n 29._o that_o herb_n and_o fruit_n be_v give_v to_o the_o antidiluvians_n for_o meat_n i_o shall_v not_o stay_v to_o confute_v some_o theological_a or_o philosophical_a conjecture_n which_o oppose_v this_o exposition_n since_o they_o can_v be_v admit_v without_o commit_v violence_n upon_o the_o moysaicall_a history_n and_o tell_v abraham_n the_o hebrew_n c._n 14.13_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o be_v a_o patronymec_n appellation_n derive_v from_o heber_n who_o be_v reckon_v among_o abraham_n ancestor_n ch_n 11.14_o but_o the_o scripture_n no_o where_o tell_v we_o why_o the_o hebrew_n shall_v rather_o take_v their_o name_n from_o he_o than_o from_o any_o one_o else_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o abraham_n may_v with_o as_o much_o nay_o with_o more_o pretence_n have_v be_v call_v the_o therachite_a or_o nachorite_n and_o we_o have_v already_o show_v in_o our_o first_o dissertation_n that_o what_o the_o rabbin_n impudent_o tell_v we_o of_o heber_n great_a piety_n and_o his_o preserve_v the_o ancient_a religion_n and_o language_n in_o his_o family_n be_v a_o groundless_a fiction_n therefore_o other_o suppose_v it_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o preposition_n heber_n which_o signify_v on_o the_o other_o side_n because_o abraham_n be_v bear_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o euphrates_n and_o pass_v that_o river_n to_o come_v into_o canaan_n of_o this_o opinion_n be_v the_o lxx_o who_o have_v translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o origen_n upon_o matthew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o likewise_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o st._n jerome_n who_o word_n upon_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o ezekiel_n be_v as_o follow_v abraham_n hebraeus_n i._n e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o peregrinus_fw-la transitorque_fw-la memoratur_fw-la now_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o appellation_n be_v not_o give_v to_o the_o edomite_n or_o the_o other_o descendant_n of_o lot_n and_o abraham_n but_o only_o to_o abraham_n posterity_n by_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n be_v because_o the_o first_o be_v real_o bear_v beyond_o the_o euphrates_n and_o the_o second_o fetch_v he_o a_o wife_n from_o thence_o as_o refuse_v to_o enter_v into_o such_o a_o alliance_n with_o the_o canaanite_n who_o in_o this_o particular_a jacob_n follow_v who_o likewise_o live_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o life_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o that_o river_n thou_o shall_v go_v to_o thy_o father_n in_o peace_n ch_n 15.15_o this_o be_v a_o common_a periphrasis_n of_o death_n like_o these_o in_o latin_a ire_n ad_fw-la plures_fw-la ire_n in_o communem_fw-la locum_fw-la r._n solomon_n conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o therah_n who_o be_v a_o idolater_n repent_v before_o he_o die_v and_o that_o his_o soul_n go_v to_o the_o mantion_n of_o the_o bless_a because_o it_o be_v here_o say_v that_o abraham_n who_o be_v a_o pious_a man_n and_o acceptable_a to_o god_n shall_v go_v to_o he_o but_o sr._n jerome_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o this_o expression_n be_v not_o to_o be_v depend_v upon_o since_o the_o good_a and_o bad_a when_o they_o die_v be_v equal_o say_v to_o go_v to_o their_o father_n the_o hebrew_n likewise_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o this_o phrase_n to_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n which_o be_v use_v concern_v abraham_n ch_n 25.8_o but_o can_v be_v urge_v no_o more_o than_o the_o former_a since_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o neither_o be_v abraham_n bury_v with_o his_o countryman_n the_o chaldean_n but_o purchase_v himself_o a_o monument_n in_o canaan_n neither_o can_v his_o soul_n be_v say_v when_o it_o quit_v his_o body_n to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o that_o of_o the_o chaldean_a idolater_n however_o these_o phrase_n whatever_o the_o signification_n of_o they_o may_v afterward_o be_v seem_v to_o take_v their_o original_a from_o such_o like_a opinion_n as_o this_o viz._n that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a go_v to_o some_o certain_a recepcacle_n where_o every_o nation_n and_o family_n live_v apart_o by_o themselves_o ezekiel_n ch_n 32._o v._n 22._o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o this_o opinion_n ashur_n be_v there_o and_o all_o her_o company_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n and_o look_v and_o lo_o three_o man_n stand_v by_o he_o ch_z 18.2_o some_o pretend_v that_o these_o be_v three_o angel_n in_o humane_a shape_n one_o of_o who_o as_o be_v chief_a of_o the_o embassy_n come_v to_o abraham_n and_o