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and_o for_o this_o reason_n they_o use_v to_o restrain_v man_n from_o read_v it_o till_o they_o come_v to_o maturity_n both_o of_o year_n and_o judgement_n as_o st._n jerom_n testify_v in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o commentary_n on_o ezekiâ—l_n permittitâ—r_n unless_o one_o have_v attain_v to_o the_o age_n of_o priest_n when_o they_o enter_v on_o their_o ministry_n that_o be_v to_o thirty_o year_n he_o be_v not_o suffer_v with_o they_o to_o read_v the_o beginning_n of_o genesis_n etc._n etc._n but_o then_o if_o the_o jew_n together_o with_o their_o mysterious_a always_o hold_v a_o literal_a sense_n in_o scripture_n where_o it_o can_v take_v place_n and_o also_o keep_v this_o mysterious_a sense_n of_o they_o from_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o literal_a and_o do_v violence_n to_o it_o according_a to_o their_o own_o recite_v rule_n from_o hence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o world_n may_v be_v create_v in_o just_a six_o day_n for_o all_o their_o cabbala_n or_o the_o number_n in_o it_o 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or_o observation_n of_o any_o thing_n by_o eye_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v mere_o in_o way_n of_o condescension_n to_o we_o and_o to_o render_v what_o it_o speak_v of_o more_o easy_a and_o familiar_a to_o our_o apprehension_n here_o therefore_o that_o axiom_n of_o the_o talmudist_n remember_v by_o great_a maimonides_n take_v place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nevoch_n the_o law_n speak_v according_a to_o the_o language_n of_o the_o child_n of_o men._n and_o for_o this_o reason_n i_o think_v the_o book_n of_o canticle_n be_v so_o parabolical_a and_o allusive_a not_o to_o veil_n and_o darken_v the_o sense_n but_o the_o better_a to_o illustrate_v its_o divine_a argument_n and_o the_o more_o full_o and_o fair_o to_o set_v forth_o that_o passionate_a affection_n and_o dearness_n which_o be_v betwixt_o the_o most_o glorious_a jesus_n that_o great_a lover_n of_o soul_n and_o all_o zealous_o religious_a and_o devout_a person_n chap._n iii_o 1._o a_o second_o exception_n against_o the_o formation_n of_o the_o earth_n viz._n the_o fluctuation_n of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o chaos_n whereon_o it_o be_v to_o be_v raise_v 2._o that_o fluctuation_n cause_v by_o the_o moon_n 3._o the_o theorist_n doubt_n whether_o she_o be_v then_o in_o our_o neighbourhood_n consider_v 4._o the_o precariousness_n of_o his_o hypothesis_n in_o several_a thing_n relate_v to_o the_o chaos_n which_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v better_o clear_v and_o confirm_v according_a to_o his_o own_o declare_a judgement_n 5._o the_o descent_n of_o the_o earthly_a particle_n out_o of_o the_o air_n not_o only_o precarious_a but_o vnphilosophical_a 6._o and_o also_o anti-scriptural_a 1._o as_o every_o building_n must_v have_v a_o suitable_a foundation_n so_o fit_v it_o be_v that_o the_o earth_n shall_v have_v such_o a_o one_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o stately_a fabric_n in_o itself_o but_o moreover_o design_v at_o the_o formation_n of_o it_o to_o be_v the_o mansion_n or_o dwelling_n of_o a_o world_n of_o 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