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no_o more_o and_o be_v assume_v also_o the_o other_o dedication_n of_o the_o whole_a house_n remain_v yet_o whereof_o christ_n be_v the_o foundation_n and_o this_o be_v defer_v until_o the_o end_n and_o final_a resurrection_n of_o all_o flesh_n to_o die_v no_o more_o we_o may_v call_v it_o the_o house_n of_o god_n the_o church_n of_o god_n or_o the_o city_n of_o god_n the_o phrase_n will_v be_v bear_v virgil_n call_v rome_n b_o assaracus_n his_o house_n because_o the_o roman_n descend_v from_o troy_n and_o the_o trojan_n from_o assaracus_n and_o he_o call_v it_o aeneas_n his_o house_n because_o he_o lead_v the_o trojan_n in_o to_o italy_n and_o they_o build_v rome_n thus_o the_o poet_n imitate_v the_o scripture_n that_o call_v the_o populous_a nation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n the_o house_n of_o jacob_n l._n vives_n call_v a_o henoch_n there_o be_v two_o henoch_n cain_n beget_v one_o jare_v another_o of_o the_o stâ—…k_n henoche_n of_o seth_n of_o this_o he_o mean_v here_o b_o assaracus_n he_o be_v son_n to_o capys_n and_o father_n to_o anchises_n from_o who_o aeneas_n and_o the_o roman_n be_v derive_v c_o he_o lead_v sallust_n coâ—…r_n caâ—…_n concern_v caines_n succession_n be_v but_o eight_o from_o adam_n whereas_o noah_n be_v the_o ten_o chap._n 20._o ay_o but_o say_v some_o if_o the_o scripture_n mean_v only_o to_o descend_v down_o from_o adam_n to_o noah_n in_o the_o deluge_n and_o from_o he_o to_o abraham_n where_o matthew_n the_o evangelist_n begin_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o heavenly_a city_n christ_n what_o mean_v it_o to_o meddle_v with_o cain_n succession_n i_o answer_v it_o mean_v to_o descend_v down_o to_o the_o deluge_n by_o cain_n progeny_n and_o then_o be_v the_o earthly_a city_n utter_o consume_v though_o it_o be_v afterward_o repair_v by_o noah_n son_n for_o the_o society_n of_o these_o worldling_n shall_v never_o be_v a_o want_v until_o the_o world_n end_n of_o who_o the_o scripture_n say_v the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n marry_v and_o be_v marry_v but_o it_o be_v râ—…eneration_n 34_o that_o take_v the_o city_n of_o god_n from_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o this_o world_n and_o plâ—…ceth_v it_o in_o the_o other_o where_o the_o son_n neither_o may_v nor_o be_v marry_v thus_o then_o generation_n be_v common_a to_o both_o the_o city_n here_o on_o earth_n though_o the_o city_n of_o gâ—…_n have_v many_o thousand_o that_o abstain_v from_o generation_n &_o the_o other_o have_v some_o câ—…zens_n that_o do_v imitate_v these_o &_o yet_o go_v astray_o for_o unto_o this_o city_n do_v the_o author_n oâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d heresy_n belong_v as_o liver_n according_a to_o the_o world_n not_o after_o god_n prescription_n the_o a_o gymnosophist_n of_o india_n live_v naked_a in_o the_o deseâ—…ts_n be_v of_o this_o society_n also_o and_o yet_o abstain_v from_o generation_n for_o this_o abstinence_n be_v not_o good_a unless_o it_o be_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o god_n that_o great_a good_a yet_o we_o do_v not_o find_v any_o that_o profess_v 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israelite_n who_o terrestrial_a city_n jerusalem_n be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n or_o down_o unto_o christ_n birth_n in_o the_o flesh_n who_o be_v that_o eternal_a god_n and_o bless_a founder_n and_o ruler_n when_o as_o all_o cain_n posterity_n be_v abolish_v whereby_o we_o may_v see_v that_o the_o first_o bear_v be_v reckon_v in_o this_o recital_n of_o the_o progeny_n why_o be_v they_o so_o few_o then_o so_o few_o there_o can_v not_o be_v unless_o the_o length_n of_o their_o father_n age_n stay_v they_o from_o maturity_n a_o hundred_o year_n at_o the_o least_o for_o to_o admit_v that_o they_o begin_v all_o alike_o to_o beget_v child_n at_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n
it_o be_v no_o sin_n either_o in_o the_o king_n or_o people_n of_o israel_n but_o the_o lord_n will_v that_o be_v herein_o fulfil_v which_o be_v know_v both_o part_n take_v up_o themselves_o and_o rest_v for_o they_o be_v only_o divide_v in_o rule_n not_o in_o religion_n how_o hieroboam_n infect_v his_o subject_n with_o idolatry_n yet_o do_v god_n never_o fail_v they_o in_o prophet_n nor_o in_o keep_v many_o from_o that_o infection_n chap._n 22._o but_o hieroboam_n the_o king_n of_o israel_n fall_v perverse_o from_o god_n who_o have_v true_o enthrone_v he_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o fear_v that_o the_o huge_a resort_n of_o all_o israel_n to_o jerusalem_n for_o they_o come_v to_o worship_n &_o sacrifice_v in_o the_o temple_n according_a to_o the_o law_n may_v be_v a_o mean_a to_o withdraw_v the_o from_o he_o unto_o the_o line_n of_o david_n their_o old_a king_n begin_v to_o set_v up_o idol_n in_o his_o own_o realm_n and_o to_o seduce_v god_n people_n by_o this_o damnable_a and_o impious_a suttlety_n yet_o god_n never_o cease_v to_o reprove_v he_o for_o it_o by_o his_o prophet_n and_o the_o people_n also_o that_o obey_v he_o and_o his_o successor_n in_o it_o for_o that_o time_n be_v the_o two_o great_a man_n of_o god_n helias_n and_o his_o disciple_n heliseus_fw-la and_o when_o helias_n say_v unto_o god_n lord_n they_o have_v stain_v thy_o prophet_n and_o dig_v down_o thy_o altar_n and_o i_o only_o be_o leave_v and_o now_o they_o seek_v my_o life_n he_o be_v answer_v that_o god_n have_v yet_o seven_o thousand_o in_o israel_n that_o have_v not_o bow_v down_o the_o knee_n to_o bâ—…l_v 19_o the_o state_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n unto_o both_o their_o captivity_n which_o befall_v at_o different_a time_n diverse_o alter_v judah_n unite_v to_o israel_n and_o lasty_a both_o unto_o rome_n chap._n 23._o nor_o want_v there_o prophet_n in_o judah_n that_o lie_v under_o jerusalem_n in_o all_o these_o succession_n god_n pleasure_n be_v still_o to_o have_v they_o ready_a to_o send_v out_o either_o for_o prediction_n of_o event_n or_o reformation_n of_o manner_n for_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n do_v offend_v god_n also_o though_o in_o far_o less_o measure_n than_o israel_n and_o deserve_a punishment_n both_o they_o and_o their_o people_n all_o their_o good_a king_n have_v their_o due_a commendation_n but_o israel_n have_v not_o one_o good_a king_n from_o thence_o but_o all_o be_v wicked_a more_o or_o less_o so_o that_o both_o these_o kingdom_n as_o it_o please_v god_n have_v their_o revolution_n of_o fortune_n now_o prosperous_a now_o adverse_a through_o foreign_a and_o civil_a war_n as_o god_n wrath_n or_o mercy_n be_v move_v until_o at_o length_n their_o sin_n provoke_v he_o he_o give_v they_o all_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n who_o lead_v most_o part_n of_o they_o captive_n into_o assyria_n first_o the_o ten_o tribe_n of_o israel_n and_o then_o judah_n also_o destroy_v jerusalem_n and_o that_o goodly_a temple_n and_o that_o bondage_n last_v 70._o year_n and_o then_o be_v free_v they_o repair_v the_o ruin_a temple_n and_o then_o although_o many_o of_o they_o live_v in_o other_o nation_n yet_o be_v the_o land_n no_o more_o divide_v but_o one_o prince_n only_o reign_v in_o jerusalem_n and_o thither_o come_v all_o the_o whole_a land_n to_o offer_v and_o to_o celebrate_v their_o feast_n at_o the_o time_n appoint_v but_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o secure_a from_o all_o the_o nation_n for_o then_o a_o come_v the_o roman_n and_o under_o their_o subjection_n must_v christ_n come_v and_o find_v his_o israel_n l._n vives_n then_o ah_o come_v pompey_n the_o great_a quell_v they_o first_o and_o make_v they_o tributary_n to_o rome_n cicero_n and_o antony_n be_v consul_n and_o from_o that_o time_n they_o be_v rule_v by_o the_o roman_a precedent_n of_o syria_n and_o provost_n of_o judaea_n that_o they_o pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o roman_n both_o profane_a history_n and_o that_o question_n in_o the_o gospel_n be_v it_o lawful_a to_o give_v tribute_n unto_o caesar_n do_v witness_n of_o the_o last_o prophet_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n be_v bear_v chap._n 24._o after_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n at_o which_o time_n they_o have_v the_o prophet_n aggee_n zacharie_n and_o malachi_n and_o esdras_n they_o have_v no_o more_o prophet_n until_o our_o saviour_n birth_n but_o one_o other_o zacharie_n and_o elizabeth_n his_o wife_n and_o hard_o before_o his_o birth_n old_a symeon_n &_o anna_n a_o widow_n and_o john_n the_o last_o of_o all_o who_o be_v about_o christ_n year_n and_o do_v not_o prophesy_v his_o come_n but_o protest_v his_o presence_n a_o be_v before_o unknown_a therefore_o say_v christ_n the_o prophet_n and_o the_o law_n prophesy_v unto_o john_n the_o prophecy_n of_o these_o five_o last_o we_o find_v in_o the_o gospel_n where_o the_o virgin_n our_o lord_n mother_n prophesy_v also_o before_o john_n but_o these_o prophecy_n the_o wicked_a jew_n reject_v yet_o a_o innumerable_a company_n of_o they_o do_v believe_v and_o receive_v they_o for_o than_o be_v israel_n true_o divide_v as_o be_v prophesy_v of_o old_a by_o samuel_n unto_o saul_n and_o avouch_v never_o to_o be_v alter_v but_o the_o reprobate_a jew_n also_o have_v malachi_n aggee_n zacharie_n and_o esdras_n in_o their_o canon_n and_o they_o be_v the_o last_o book_n thereof_o for_o their_o book_n be_v as_o the_o other_o full_a of_o great_a prophecy_n otherwise_o they_o be_v but_o few_o that_o write_v worthy_a of_o cannonicall_a authority_n of_o these_o aforesaid_a i_o see_v i_o must_v make_v some_o abstract_n to_o insert_v into_o this_o work_n as_o far_o as_o shall_v concern_v christ_n and_o his_o church_n but_o that_o i_o may_v do_v better_o in_o the_o next_o book_n l._n vives_n be_v a_o before_o unknown_a he_o know_v he_o be_v come_v but_o he_o know_v not_o his_o person_n yet_o until_o the_o holy_a ghost_n descend_v like_o a_o dove_n and_o god_n the_o father_n speak_v from_o heaven_n than_o he_o â—…w_v he_o and_o profess_v his_o knowledge_n the_o content_n of_o the_o eighteen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o a_o recapitulation_n of_o the_o 17._o book_n past_o â—…rning_v the_o two_o city_n continue_v unto_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n birth_n the_o saviour_n of_o the_o â—…ld_n 2._o of_o the_o king_n and_o time_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n correspondent_a unto_o those_o of_o abraham_n 3._o what_o king_n reign_v in_o assiria_n and_o sicyâ—…_n in_o the_o hundred_o year_n of_o abraham_n age_n 〈◊〉_d isaac_n be_v bear_v according_a to_o the_o promise_n 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n and_o esau._n 4._o of_o the_o time_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n joseph_n 5._o of_o apis_n the_o argive_a king_n call_v seraâ—…_n in_o egypt_n and_o there_o adore_v as_o a_o deity_n 6._o the_o king_n of_o argos_n and_o assiria_n at_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o jacob_n death_n 7._o in_o what_o king_n time_n joseph_n die_v in_o eâ—…_n 8._o what_o king_n live_v when_o moses_n be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o 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power_n in_o transform_v man_n shape_n what_o a_o christian_n may_v believe_v herein_o 19_o that_o aeneas_n come_v into_o italy_n when_o labdon_n be_v judge_n of_o israel_n 20._o of_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o israel_n after_o the_o judge_n 21._o of_o the_o latian_a king_n aeneas_n the_o first_o and_o auentinus_n the_o twelfâ—…h_n be_v make_v go_n 22._o rome_n found_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n fall_v ezechias_n be_v king_n of_o judaea_n 23._o of_o the_o evident_a prophecy_n of_o sibylla_n erythraea_n concern_v christ._n 24._o the_o seven_o sage_n in_o romulus_n his_o time_n israel_n lead_v into_o captivity_n romulus_n die_v and_o be_v deify_v 25._o philosopher_n live_v in_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n his_o time_n and_o zedechias_n his_o when_o jerusalem_n be_v
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of_o justice_n may_v be_v exclude_v and_o therefore_o i_o dare_v say_v it_o be_v good_a that_o the_o proud_a shall_v fall_v into_o some_o broad_a and_o disgraceful_a sin_n thereby_o to_o take_v a_o dislike_n of_o themselves_o who_o fall_v by_o to_o much_o like_n themselves_o for_o peter_n sorrowful_a dislike_n of_o himself_o when_o he_o weep_v be_v more_o healthful_a to_o his_o soul_n then_o his_o unsound_a pleasure_n that_o he_o take_v in_o himself_o when_o he_o presume_v therefore_o say_v the_o psalm_n fill_v their_o face_n with_o shame_n that_o they_o may_v seek_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n that_o be_v that_o they_o may_v delight_v in_o thou_o and_o seek_v thy_o name_n who_o before_o delight_v 83._o in_o themselves_o and_o seek_v their_o own_o l._n vives_n so_o ah_o blind_a lose_v their_o light_n b_o cold_a lose_v their_o heat_n c_o she_o shall_v here_o she_o lack_v her_o light_n be_v blind_a and_o see_v not_o d_o he_o shall_v here_o he_o want_v his_o heat_n and_o be_v cold_a in_o neglect_v god_n command_v for_o his_o wife_n pleasure_n but_o indeed_o they_o both_o want_n both_o the_o woman_n have_v no_o zeal_n prefer_v a_o apple_n before_o god_n the_o man_n have_v no_o light_n in_o cast_v himself_o and_o we_o headlong_o he_o know_v not_o whither_o e_z uenial_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v to_o dispute_v here_o whether_o adam_n sin_n be_v venial_a or_o no_o as_o bonaventure_n and_o scotus_n do_v i_o know_v his_o sin_n be_v capital_a and_o i_o be_o thereby_o wretched_a f_z pleasure_n of_o pet._n 2._o 2._o 10._o the_o greek_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o peter_n i_o only_o name_v it_o from_o the_o latin_a wis._n 6._o this_o vice_n therefore_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o self-love_n socrates_n call_v it_o the_o root_n of_o all_o enormity_n it_o be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o pride_n and_o the_o base_a of_o all_o ignorance_n g_o christ_n who_o be_v make_v obedient_a to_o his_o father_n even_o unto_o death_n to_o which_o he_o be_v lead_v like_o a_o sheep_n to_o the_o slaughter_n and_o like_o a_o lamb_n when_o it_o be_v clip_v he_o be_v silent_a neither_o threaten_v those_o that_o smite_v he_o nor_o reproach_v those_o that_o reproach_v he_o all_o hail_n thou_o example_n of_o obedience_n gentleness_n mansuetude_n and_o modesty_n impose_v by_o thy_o father_n unto_o our_o barbarous_a brutish_a ingrateful_a impious_a mankind_n h_z you_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v thy_o mind_n proud_a woman_n advance_v thyself_o to_o the_o height_n what_o be_v the_o uttermost_a scope_n of_o all_o ambitious_a desire_n to_o be_v a_o god_n why_o eat_v and_o thou_o shall_v be_v one_o o_o thou_o fondeâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o thy_o sex_n hope_v thou_o to_o be_v deify_v by_o a_o apple_n ay_o all_o excuse_n no_o pretence_n no_o show_n no_o imaginary_a reason_n of_o justice_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n for_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n justice_n can_v be_v blind_v but_o the_o more_o colour_n that_o one_o lay_n upon_o guilt_n before_o he_o the_o foul_a he_o make_v his_o own_o soul_n and_o the_o more_o inexcusable_a of_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o transgression_n which_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o transgression_n itself_o chap._n 14._o but_o pride_n that_o make_v man_n seek_v to_o colour_n his_o guilt_n be_v far_o more_o damnable_a than_o the_o guilt_n itself_o be_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o first_o of_o mankind_n she_o can_v say_v the_o serpâ—…_n beguile_v i_o and_o i_o do_v eat_v he_o can_v say_v the_o woman_n thou_o give_v i_o she_o gâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o tree_n and_o i_o do_v eat_v here_o be_v no_o sound_n of_o ask_v mercy_n no_o breath_n of_o deâ—…ng_a help_n for_o though_o they_o do_v not_o deny_v their_o guilt_n as_o cain_n do_v yet_o their_o pâ—…e_n seek_v to_o lay_v their_o own_o evil_n upon_o another_o the_o man_n upon_o the_o woman_n and_o she_o upon_o the_o serpent_n but_o this_o indeed_o do_v rather_o accuse_v they_o of_o worse_a than_o acquit_v they_o of_o this_o so_o plain_a and_o palpable_a a_o transgression_n of_o god_n command_n for_o the_o woman_n persuade_v of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o serpent_n seduce_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o do_v no_o way_n acquit_v they_o of_o the_o guilt_n as_o if_o there_o a_o be_v 〈◊〉_d thing_n to_o be_v believe_v or_o obey_v before_o god_n or_o rather_o than_o the_o high_a l._n vives_n as_o if_o there_o a_o be_v there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v believe_v rather_o than_o god_n or_o to_o be_v esteâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d god_n but_o the_o woman_n believe_v the_o serpent_n rather_o than_o god_n and_o the_o man_n prefer_v his_o 〈◊〉_d god_n of_o the_o just_a reward_n that_o our_o first_o parent_n receive_v for_o their_o sin_n chap._n 15._o â—…refore_o because_o god_n that_o have_v make_v man_n according_a to_o his_o image_n place_v 〈◊〉_d in_o paradise_n above_o all_o creature_n give_v he_o plenty_n of_o allthing_n and_o lay_v 〈◊〉_d nor_o long_a law_n upon_o he_o but_o only_o that_o one_o brief_a command_n of_o obeâ—…_n to_o show_v that_o himself_o be_v lord_n of_o that_o creature_n who_o free_a a_o service_n 〈◊〉_d â—…itted_v be_v thus_o contemn_v thereupon_o follow_v that_o just_a condemnation_n 〈◊〉_d â—…h_n that_o man_n who_o may_v have_v keep_v the_o command_n and_o be_v spiritual_a 〈◊〉_d become_v now_o carnal_a in_o mind_n and_o because_o he_o have_v before_o delight_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_a pride_n now_o he_o taste_v of_o god_n justice_n b_o become_v not_o as_o he_o deâ—…â—…lly_o in_o his_o own_o power_n but_o fall_v even_o from_o himself_o become_v his_o slave_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ght_v he_o sin_n change_v his_o sweet_a liberty_n into_o wretched_a bondage_n beâ—…â—…gly_o dead_a in_o spirit_n and_o unwilling_a to_o die_v in_o the_o flesh_n forsake_v eternal_a 〈◊〉_d condemn_v to_o eternal_a death_n but_o that_o god_n good_a grace_n deliver_v he_o 〈◊〉_d hold_v this_o sentence_n too_o severe_a can_v proportionate_a the_o guilt_n incur_v 〈◊〉_d c_o the_o easiness_n of_o avoid_v it_o for_o as_o abraham_n obedience_n be_v high_o extolâ—…â—…cause_v the_o kill_n of_o his_o son_n a_o hard_a matter_n be_v command_v he_o so_o obedience_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ir_n disobedience_n in_o paradise_n so_o much_o the_o more_o extreme_a as_o the_o precept_n 〈◊〉_d to_o perform_v and_o as_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o second_o be_v the_o more_o rare_o 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o he_o keep_v it_o unto_o the_o death_n so_o be_v that_o disobedience_n of_o the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d more_o true_o detestable_a because_o he_o break_v his_o obedience_n to_o incur_v death_n disobedience_n 〈◊〉_d the_o punishment_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o obedience_n be_v so_o great_a and_o the_o preâ—…â—…ly_o keep_v who_o can_v at_o full_a relate_v the_o guilt_n of_o that_o sin_n that_o break_v it_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ither_o in_o awe_n of_o the_o commander_n majesty_n nor_o in_o
of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o son_n of_o promise_n chap._n 2._o the_o shadow_n and_o prophetical_a image_n of_o this_o city_n not_o present_v it_o but_o signify_v it_o serve_v here_o upon_o earth_n at_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v discover_v and_o be_v call_v the_o holy_a city_n of_o the_o significant_a image_n but_o not_o of_o the_o express_a truth_n wherein_o it_o be_v afterward_o to_o be_v state_v of_o this_o image_n serve_v and_o of_o the_o free_a city_n herein_o prefigure_v the_o apostle_n speak_v thus_o unto_o the_o galatian_n tell_v 25._o i_o you_o that_o will_v be_v under_o the_o law_n have_v you_o not_o a_o hear_v the_o law_n for_o it_o be_v write_v that_o abraham_n have_v two_o son_n one_o by_o a_o bondwoman_n and_o the_o other_o by_o a_o free_a but_o the_o son_n of_o the_o bondwoman_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o son_n of_o the_o freewoman_n by_o promise_n this_o be_v b_o allegorical_a for_o these_o be_v the_o two_o testament_n the_o one_o give_v c_o from_o mount_n syna_n beget_v man_n in_o servitude_n which_o be_v agar_n for_o d_o syna_n be_v a_o mountain_n in_o arabia_n join_v to_o the_o jerusalem_n on_o earth_n for_o it_o serve_v with_o her_o child_n but_o our_o mother_n the_o celestial_a jerusalem_n be_v free_a for_o it_o be_v write_v rejoice_v thou_o barren_a that_o bear_v not_o break_v forth_o into_o joy_n and_o cry_v out_o thou_o that_o travele_a not_o without_o child_n for_o the_o desolate_a have_v more_o child_n than_o the_o marry_a wife_n 1_o but_o we_o brethren_n be_v the_o son_n of_o promise_n according_a to_o isaac_n but_o as_o then_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n e_o persecute_v he_o that_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o spirit_n even_o so_o it_o be_v now_o but_o what_o say_v the_o scripture_n cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n for_o the_o f_o bond-womans_n son_n shall_v not_o be_v heir_n with_o the_o free_a woman_n then_o brother_n be_v not_o we_o the_o child_n of_o the_o bondwoman_n but_o of_o the_o free_a thus_o the_o apostle_n authorize_v we_o to_o conceive_v of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n for_o a_o part_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n be_v make_v a_o image_n of_o the_o heavenly_a not_o signify_v itself_o but_o another_o and_o therefore_o serve_v for_o it_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o signify_v itself_o but_o another_o and_o itself_o be_v signify_v by_o another_o precedent_a signification_n for_o agar_n saras_n servant_n and_o her_o sonnewere_n a_o type_n hereof_o and_o because_o when_o the_o light_n come_v the_o shadow_n must_v avoid_v sara_n the_o freewoman_n signify_v the_o free_a city_n which_o that_o shadow_n signify_v in_o another_o manner_n say_v cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n for_o the_o bond-womans_n son_n shall_v not_o be_v heir_n with_o my_o son_n isaac_n who_o the_o apostle_n call_v the_o free_a woman_n son_n thus_o than_o we_o form_n find_v this_o earthly_a city_n in_o two_o form_n the_o one_o present_v itself_o and_o the_o other_o prefigure_v the_o city_n celestial_a and_o serve_v it_o our_o nature_n corrupt_v by_o sin_n produce_v citizen_n of_o earth_n and_o grace_n free_v we_o from_o the_o sin_n of_o nature_n make_v we_o celestial_a inhabitant_n the_o first_o be_v call_v the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n the_o last_o of_o mercy_n and_o this_o be_v signify_v in_o the_o two_o son_n of_o abraham_n thâ—…_n one_o of_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o bondwoman_n be_v call_v ishmael_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o flesh_n the_o other_o the_o free-woman_n isaac_n the_o son_n of_o promise_n both_o be_v abraham_n son_n but_o natural_a custom_n beget_v the_o first_o and_o gracious_a promise_n the_o late_a in_o the_o first_o be_v a_o demonstration_n of_o man_n use_n in_o the_o second_o be_v acommendation_n of_o god_n goodness_n l._n vives_n not_o a_o hear_v not_o read_v say_v the_o greek_a better_a and_o so_o do_v hierome_n translate_v it_o b_o allegorical_a a_o allegory_n say_v quintilian_n show_v one_o thing_n in_o word_n and_o another_o in_o allegory_n sâ—…ce_n sometime_o the_o direct_a contrary_n hierome_n say_v that_o that_o which_o paul_n call_v allegorical_a â—…ere_o he_o call_v spiritual_a elsewhere_o c_o from_o mount_n so_o do_v ambrose_n and_o hierome_n read_v it_o thâ—…moun_fw-fr d_o syna_n be_v i_o think_v it_o be_v that_o which_o mela_n call_v cassius_n in_o arabia_n for_o pliny_n talk_v of_o a_o mount_n câ—…s_v in_o syria_n that_o of_o arabia_n be_v famous_a for_o that_o jupiter_n have_v a_o temple_n there_o but_o more_o for_o pomâ—…_n tomb_n some_o think_v that_o sina_n be_v call_v agar_n in_o the_o arabian_a tongue_n e_z persecute_v in_o gâ—…sis_n be_v only_a mention_n of_o the_o child_n play_v together_o but_o of_o no_o persecution_n as_o hieromeâ—…eth_v â—…eth_z for_o the_o two_o brother_n ishmael_n and_o isaac_n play_v together_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o isaac_n weaâ—…g_n sara_n can_v not_o endure_v it_o but_o entreat_v her_o husband_n to_o cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n &_o her_o â—…e_n it_o be_v think_v she_o will_v not_o have_v do_v this_o but_o that_o ishmael_n be_v the_o elder_a offer_v the_o yâ—…ger_a wrong_n hierome_n say_v that_o for_o our_o word_n play_v the_o hebrew_n say_v make_v of_o idol_n or_o â—…ing_v the_o first_o place_n in_o jest_n the_o scripture_n use_v it_o for_o fight_v as_o kin._n 2._o come_v let_v the_o child_n 〈◊〉_d and_o play_n before_o we_o whether_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o imaginary_a fight_n or_o military_a exercise_n or_o of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d fight_v in_o deed_n f_z bond-womans_n son_n genesis_n read_v with_o my_o son_n isaac_n and_o so_o do_v 〈◊〉_d â—…o_o but_o augustine_n cit_v it_o from_o paul_n galat._n 4._o 25._o of_o sara_n barrenness_n which_o god_n turn_v into_o fruitfulness_n chap._n 3._o for_o sara_n be_v barren_a and_o despair_v of_o have_v any_o child_n and_o desire_v to_o have_v 〈◊〉_d child_n though_o it_o be_v from_o her_o slave_n give_v she_o to_o abraham_n to_o bring_v he_o â—…en_o see_v she_o can_v bring_v he_o none_o herself_o thus_o exact_v she_o she_o ah_o due_a 〈◊〉_d husband_n although_o it_o be_v by_o the_o womb_n of_o another_o so_o be_v ishmael_n bear_v 〈◊〉_d beget_v by_o the_o usual_a commixtion_n of_o both_o sex_n in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o â—…-upon_a say_v to_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o flesh_n not_o that_o such_o birth_n be_v not_o god_n beâ—…_n or_o work_n for_o his_o work_a wisdom_n as_o the_o scripture_n say_v reach_v from_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d to_o end_v mighty_o and_o dispose_v all_o thing_n in_o comely_a order_n but_o in_o that_o that_o 〈◊〉_d the_o signification_n of_o that_o free_a grace_n that_o god_n mean_v to_o give_v unto_o man_n such_o a_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v bear_v as_o the_o law_n and_o order_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o require_v for_o naâ—…_n deny_v child_n unto_o all_o such_o copulation_n as_o abraham_n and_o saras_n be_v b_o 〈◊〉_d and_o barrenness_n both_o sway_v in_o she_o then_o whereas_o she_o can_v have_v no_o child_n 〈◊〉_d young_a day_n when_o her_o age_n seem_v not_o to_o want_v fruitfulness_n though_o fruitâ—…esse_n want_v in_o that_o youthful_a age_n therefore_o in_o that_o her_o nature_n be_v thus_o afâ—…d_v can_v not_o exact_v the_o birth_n of_o a_o son_n be_v signify_v this_o that_o man_n nature_n beâ—…_n corrupt_v and_o consequent_o condemn_v for_o sin_n have_v no_o claim_n afterward_o 〈◊〉_d any_o part_n of_o felicity_n but_o isaac_n be_v bear_v by_o promise_n be_v a_o true_a type_n of_o the_o â—…s_n of_o grace_n of_o those_o free_a citizen_n of_o those_o dweller_n in_o eternal_a peace_n where_o 〈◊〉_d private_a or_o self-love_n shall_v be_v predominant_a but_o all_o shall_v joy_v in_o that_o universal_a 〈◊〉_d and_o c_o many_o heart_n shall_v meet_v in_o one_o compose_v a_o perfect_a model_n of_o â—…y_n and_o obedience_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o due_a by_o law_n of_o marriage_n b_o age_n and_o for_o she_o be_v both_o age_a and_o natural_o barâ—…_n so_o some_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n as_o aristotle_n say_v be_v bear_v so_o c_o many_o heart_n that_o concord_n â—…e_a concord_n of_o the_o apostle_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v the_o multitude_n of_o the_o believer_n be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d acts._n 4._o 32._o of_o the_o conflict_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n chap._n 4._o but_o the_o temporal_a earthly_a city_n temporal_a for_o when_o it_o be_v condemn_v to_o perpetual_a pain_n it_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o a_o city_n have_v all_o the_o good_a here_o upon_o earth_n and_o therein_o take_v that_o joy_n that_o such_o a_o object_n can_v afford_v but_o because_o it_o be_v not_o a_o good_a that_o acquit_v the_o possessor_n of_o all_o trouble_n therefore_o this_o city_n be_v divide_v in_o itself_o into_o war_n altercation_n and_o appetite_n of_o bloody_a and_o deadly_a
his_o wife_n and_o she_o 〈◊〉_d and_o bare_a a_o son_n and_o call_v his_o name_n seth._n plain_a it_o be_v then_o that_o the_o scripâ—…â—…th_v this_o phrase_n in_o all_o copulation_n and_o not_o only_o in_o those_o wherein_o the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d be_v bear_v nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a that_o henoch_n shall_v be_v cain_n first_o son_n 〈◊〉_d the_o city_n bear_v his_o name_n there_o may_v be_v some_o other_o reason_n why_o his_o faâ—…â—…ed_v he_o above_o the_o rest_n e_z for_o judas_n of_o who_o the_o name_n of_o judâ—…_n and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…me_n be_v not_o israel_n first_o bear_v but_o admit_v henoch_n be_v this_o bvilder_n 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v no_o consequent_a that_o his_o father_n name_v the_o city_n after_o he_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v bear_v for_o than_o can_v not_o he_o have_v found_v a_o city_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n combine_v in_o one_o band_n of_o society_n therefore_o when_o be_v this_o man_n child_n &_o family_n grow_v populous_a than_o he_o 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it_o credible_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v live_v eighty_o or_o ninty_a nâ—…more_o than_o a_o 100_o year_n without_o a_o woman_n and_o without_o purpose_n of_o continency_n and_o then_o fall_v a_o beget_n child_n as_o the_o hebrew_n record_v of_o they_o or_o if_o they_o lift_v can_v they_o not_o get_v child_n before_o this_o question_n have_v two_o answer_n for_o either_o they_o live_v long_o a_o immature_n than_o we_o do_v according_a to_o the_o length_n of_o time_n exceed_v we_o or_o else_o which_o be_v more_o likely_a their_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o reckon_v but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o draw_v of_o a_o pedigree_n down_o from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n from_o who_o we_o see_v a_o derivation_n to_o abraham_n and_o so_o until_o a_o certain_a period_n as_o far_o as_o those_o pedigree_n be_v hold_v fit_a to_o prefigure_v the_o course_n of_o god_n glorious_a pilgrim-citty_n until_o it_o ascend_v to_o eternity_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o cain_n be_v the_o first_o 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the_o two_o city_n the_o one_o celestial_a and_o labour_v upon_o earth_n the_o other_o earthly_a and_o follow_v our_o terrestrial_a affect_n there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o all_o cain_n progeny_n from_o adam_n to_o the_o eight_o generation_n who_o age_n be_v set_v down_o when_o he_o beget_v his_o next_o son_n yet_o be_v his_o whole_a generation_n rehearse_v for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n will_v not_o record_v the_o time_n of_o the_o wicked_a before_o the_o deluge_n but_o of_o the_o righteous_a only_o as_o only_o â—…orthy_a but_o when_o seth_n be_v bear_v his_o father_n year_n be_v not_o forget_v though_o he_o have_v beget_v other_o
before_o as_o cain_n and_o abel_n and_o who_o dare_v say_v whether_o he_o have_v more_o beside_o they_o for_o it_o be_v no_o consequent_a that_o they_o be_v all_o the_o son_n he_o have_v because_o they_o be_v only_o name_v for_o the_o fit_a distinction_n of_o the_o two_o generation_n for_o we_o read_v that_o he_o have_v son_n and_o daughter_n all_o which_o be_v unnamed_a who_o dare_v affirm_v how_o many_o they_o be_v without_o incursion_n of_o rashness_n adam_n may_v by_o god_n instinct_n say_v at_o seths_n birth_n god_n have_v raise_v i_o up_o another_o seed_n for_o abel_n in_o that_o seth_n be_v to_o fulfil_v abells_n sanctity_n not_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v after_o he_o by_o course_n of_o time_n and_o where_o as_o it_o be_v write_v seth_n live_v 105._o or_o 205._o year_n &_o beget_v eâ—…s_n who_o but_o one_o brainless_a will_v gather_v from_o hence_o that_o enos_n be_v seths_n first_o sâ—…n_n to_o give_v we_o cause_n of_o admiration_n that_o seth_n can_v live_v so_o long_a continent_n without_o purpose_n of_o continency_n or_o without_o use_n of_o the_o marriage_n bed_n unto_o generation_n for_o it_o be_v write_v of_o he_o he_o beget_v son_n and_o daughter_n and_o the_o day_n of_o seth_n be_v 912._o year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d die_v and_o thus_o the_o rest_n also_o that_o be_v name_v be_v all_o record_v to_o have_v have_v son_n 8._o &_o daughter_n but_o here_o be_v no_o proof_n that_o he_o that_o be_v name_v to_o be_v son_n to_o any_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v their_o first_o son_n nor_o be_v it_o credible_a that_o their_o father_n live_v all_o this_o while_n either_o immature_n or_o unmarried_a or_o unchilded_a nor_o that_o they_o be_v their_o father_n first_o â—…ome_n but_o the_o scripture_n intend_v to_o descend_v by_o a_o genealogicall_a scale_n from_o adâ—…_n unto_o noah_n to_o the_o deluge_n recount_v not_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o every_o father_n but_o only_o such_o as_o fall_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o these_o two_o generation_n take_v this_o example_n to_o clear_v all_o further_o or_o future_a doubt_n saint_n matthew_n the_o evangelist_n intend_v to_o record_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o man_n christ_n begin_v at_o abrahâ—…_n and_o descend_v down_o to_o david_n abraham_n say_v he_o beget_v isaac_n why_o not_o 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v his_o first_o son_n isaac_n beget_v jacob_n why_o not_o esau_n he_o be_v his_o first_o 〈◊〉_d too_o the_o reason_n be_v he_o can_v not_o descend_v by_o they_o unto_o david_n it_o follow_v jacob_n beget_v judas_n and_o his_o brethren_n why_o be_v judas_n his_o first_o bear_v judas_n beget_v phâ—…es_n and_o zara._n why_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v judas_n his_o first_o son_n he_o have_v three_o before_o either_o of_o they_o so_o the_o evangelist_n keep_v only_o the_o genealogy_n that_o tract_v direct_o down_o to_o david_n and_o so_o to_o his_o purpose_n hence_o may_v we_o therefore_o see_v plain_a that_o the_o man_n first_o bear_v before_o the_o deluge_n be_v not_o respect_v in_o this_o account_n but_o those_o only_a through_o who_o loin_n the_o propagation_n pass_v from_o adam_n to_o noah_n the_o patriarche_n and_o thus_o the_o fruitless_a and_o obscure_a question_n of_o their_o late_a maturity_n be_v open_v as_o far_o as_o need_v we_o will_v not_o tire_v ourselves_o therein_o l._n vives_n long_a a_o immature_n maturity_n in_o man_n be_v the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v fit_a to_o beget_v child_n when_o as_o hair_n grow_v upon_o the_o immodest_a part_n of_o nature_n in_o man_n or_o woman_n b_o get_a or_o possess_v maturity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o seventy_o cain_n say_v hieroâ—…_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d possession_n of_o the_o law_n of_o marriage_n which_o the_o first_o woman_n may_v have_v different_a from_o the_o succeed_a chap._n 16._o therefore_o whereas_o mankind_n after_o the_o form_n of_o the_o first_o man_n out_o of_o clay_n and_o the_o first_o woman_n out_o of_o his_o side_n need_v conjunction_n of_o male_a and_o female_a for_o propagation_n sake_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o man_n to_o be_v increase_v but_o by_o such_o mean_n the_o brethren_n marry_v the_o sister_n this_o be_v lawful_a then_o through_o the_o compulsion_n of_o necessity_n but_o now_o it_o be_v as_o damnable_a through_o the_o prohibition_n of_o it_o in_o religion_n for_o there_o be_v ah_o a_o just_a care_n have_v of_o charity_n that_o they_o to_o who_o concord_n be_v most_o useful_a may_v be_v combine_v together_o in_o diverse_a bond_n of_o kindred_n and_o affinity_n that_o one_o shall_v have_v many_o in_o one_o but_o that_o every_o peculiar_a shall_v be_v bestow_v abroad_o and_o so_o many_o bias_n many_o shall_v be_v conglutinate_v in_o honest_a charity_n conjugal_a society_n as_o father_n and_o father_n in_o law_n be_v two_o name_n of_o kindred_n so_o if_o one_o have_v both_o of_o they_o there_o be_v a_o large_a extent_n of_o charity_n adam_n be_v compel_v to_o be_v both_o unto_o his_o son_n and_o his_o daughter_n who_o be_v match_v together_o be_v brother_n and_o sister_n so_o be_v euah_n both_o mother_n and_o stepmother_n to_o they_o both_o but_o if_o there_o have_v be_v two_o woman_n for_o these_o two_o name_n the_o love_n of_o charity_n have_v extend_v further_o the_o sister_n also_o here_o that_o be_v make_v a_o wife_n comprise_v two_o alliance_n in_o herself_o which_o have_v they_o be_v divide_v and_o she_o sister_n to_o one_o and_o wife_n to_o another_o the_o combination_n have_v take_v in_o more_o person_n then_o as_o now_o it_o can_v be_v no_o mankind_n upon_o earth_n but_o brother_n and_o sister_n the_o progeny_n of_o the_o first_o create_v but_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v do_v as_o soon_o as_o it_o can_v and_o that_o then_o wife_n and_o sister_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o one_o it_o be_v no_o need_n but_o great_a abomination_n to_o practice_v it_o any_o more_o for_o if_o the_o first_o man_n nephew_n that_o marry_v their_o cousin-germaines_a have_v marry_v their_o sister_n there_o have_v be_v three_o alliance_n not_o two_o includâ—…_n in_o one_o which_o three_o ought_v for_o the_o extension_n of_o love_n and_o charity_n to_o have_v be_v communicate_v unto_o three_o several_a person_n for_o one_o man_n shall_v be_v father_n stepfather_n and_o uncle_n unto_o his_o own_o child_n brother_n and_o sister_n shall_v they_o two_o marry_v together_o and_o his_o wife_n shall_v be_v mother_n stepmother_n and_o aunt_n unto_o they_o and_o they_o themselves_o shall_v be_v not_o only_a brother_n and_o sister_n but_o b_o brother_n and_o sister_n child_n also_o now_o those_o alliance_n that_o combine_v three_o man_n unto_o one_o shall_v conjoin_v nine_o person_n together_o in_o kindred_n &_o amity_n if_o they_o be_v severeâ—…_n one_o may_v have_v one_o his_o sister_n another_o his_o wife_n another_o his_o cousin_n another_o his_o father_n another_o his_o uncle_n another_o his_o step_n father_n another_o his_o mother_n another_o his_o aâ—…te_n and_o another_o his_o stepmother_n thus_o be_v the_o social_a amity_n dilate_v and_o not_o contract_v all_o into_o two_o or_o three_o and_o this_o upon_o the_o world_n increase_n we_o may_v observe_v even_o in_o paynim_n and_o infidel_n that_o although_o c_o some_o of_o their_o bestial_a law_n allow_v the_o brother_n to_o marry_v their_o sister_n yet_o better_a custom_n abhor_v this_o bad_a liberty_n and_o for_o all_o that_o in_o the_o world_n beginning_n it_o be_v lawful_a yet_o they_o avoid_v it_o so_o now_o as_o if_o it_o have_v never_o be_v lawful_a for_o custom_n be_v a_o gâ—…at_a matter_n to_o make_v a_o man_n hate_n or_o affect_v any_o thing_n and_o custom_n herein_o suppress_v the_o immoderate_a immodesty_n of_o concupiscence_n have_v just_o set_v a_o brand_n of_o ignominy_n upon_o it_o as_o a_o irreligious_a and_o unhumaine_a act_n for_o if_o it_o be_v a_o vice_n to_o plough_v beyond_o your_o bounder_n for_o greediness_n of_o more_o ground_n how_o far_o do_v this_o exceed_v it_o for_o lust_n of_o carnality_n to_o transgress_v all_o bound_n nay_o subvert_v all_o ground_n of_o good_a manner_n and_o we_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o marriage_n of_o cousin-germaines_a because_o of_o the_o degree_n it_o hold_v next_o unto_o brother_n and_o sister_n to_o have_v be_v wonderful_a seldom_o in_o these_o late_a time_n of_o we_o and_o this_o now_o because_o of_o good_a custom_n otherwise_o though_o the_o law_n allow_v it_o for_o the_o law_n of_o god_n have_v not_o forbid_v it_o d_o nor_o as_o yet_o have_v the_o law_n of_o man_n but_o this_o although_o it_o be_v lawful_a be_v avoid_v because_o it_o be_v so_o near_o to_o that_o which_o be_v unlawful_a and_o that_o which_o one_o do_v with_o his_o cousin_n he_o almost_o think_v that_o he_o do_v with_o his_o sister_n for_o these_o because_o of_o their_o near_a consanguinity_n e_o be_v call_v brother_n and_o sister_n and_o
be_v â—…eed_o very_a near_o it_o but_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v a_o religious_a care_n to_o keep_v the_o â—…red_v with_o such_o limmite_n lest_o it_o shall_v spread_v unto_o nothing_o bind_v of_o it_o back_o again_o into_o itself_o when_o it_o be_v a_o little_a diffuse_v and_o call_v it_o still_o to_o a_o new_a combination_n in_o itself_o and_o hereupon_o when_o the_o earth_n be_v well_o replenish_v with_o 〈◊〉_d they_o desire_v no_o more_o to_o marry_v brother_n unto_o sister_n yet_o notwithstanding_o 〈◊〉_d one_o desire_a a_o wife_n in_o his_o own_o kindred_n but_o without_o all_o question_n the_o proâ—…_n of_o cousin_n germans_n marriage_n be_v very_o honest_a partly_o for_o the_o aforesaid_a 〈◊〉_d because_o one_o person_n therein_o shall_v have_v two_o alliance_n which_o two_o ought_v raâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d have_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o affinity_n and_o partly_o because_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d natural_a instinct_n in_o a_o man_n shamefastness_n to_o obstâ—…ine_v from_o use_v that_o 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o tend_v unto_o propagation_n upon_o such_o as_o propinquity_n have_v bind_v 〈◊〉_d â—…stly_o to_o respect_n see_v that_o inculpable_a wedlock_n be_v ashamed_a of_o this_o very_a 〈◊〉_d in_o respect_n of_o mankind_n therefore_o the_o couple_v of_o man_n and_o wâ—…man_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o city_n and_o the_o earthly_a city_n need_v only_o this_o marry_v the_o heavenly_a 〈◊〉_d need_v a_o further_a matter_n call_v regeneration_n to_o avoid_v the_o corruption_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generation_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o sign_n or_o at_o least_o any_o corporal_a 〈◊〉_d sign_n of_o regeneration_n before_o the_o deluge_n or_o until_o circumcision_n be_v â—…ded_v unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n do_v not_o manifest_a that_o these_o first_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ificed_v unto_o god_n holy_a writ_n declare_v as_o in_o the_o two_o first_o brethren_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o deluge_n when_o he_o come_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n he_o be_v say_v to_o offer_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d but_o of_o this_o we_o have_v speak_v already_o to_o show_v that_o the_o devil_n desire_v to_o be_v â—…ted_v god_n and_o offer_v unto_o only_o for_o this_o end_n because_o they_o know_v that_o true_a 〈◊〉_d be_v due_a to_o none_o but_o the_o true_a god._n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o be_v that_o alliance_n may_v be_v augment_v by_o match_n abroad_o and_o not_o keep_v contiâ—…_n within_o the_o wall_n of_o one_o parentage_n but_o intermix_v with_o blood_n and_o lineage_n thuâ—…_n be_v union_n dilate_v and_o love_v sow_v through_o mankind_n cic._n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o two_o brethren_n be_v call_v patrueles_fw-la of_o a_o brother_n and_o a_o sister_n amâ—…_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…sobrini_fw-la germans_n general_o cousin_n germans_n they_o be_v all_o marcellus_n de_fw-fr propriet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o the_o god_n use_v it_o saturn_n marry_v his_o sister_n ops_n and_o jupiter_n juno_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o athenian_n allow_v it_o but_o the_o roman_n never_o d_o nor_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o law_n 〈◊〉_d marry_v of_o kindred_n say_v plutarch_n until_o at_o length_n it_o be_v permit_v that_o father_n or_o 〈◊〉_d marry_o his_o brother_n or_o sister_n daughter_n which_o arise_v hereupon_o a_o good_a poor_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d people_n love_v very_o well_o marry_v his_o brother_n daughter_n and_o be_v accuse_v and_o bring_v before_o the_o judge_n he_o plead_v for_o himself_o so_o well_o that_o he_o be_v absolve_v and_o this_o laâ—…â—…reed_n by_o 〈◊〉_d universal_a consent_n e_z be_v call_v so_o abraham_n call_v sarah_n and_o tully_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o uncle_n son_n brother_n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o yet_o augustine_n say_v not_o they_o be_v brother_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d very_o near_o it_o of_o the_o two_o head_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o two_o city_n bear_v both_o of_o one_o father_n chap._n 17._o adam_n therefore_o be_v the_o father_n of_o both_o the_o progeny_n belong_v to_o the_o earthly_a and_o heavenly_a city_n and_o abel_n be_v slay_v and_o in_o his_o death_n a_o wonderful_a ah_o mystery_n commend_v unto_o we_o cain_n and_o seth_n become_v the_o head_n of_o the_o two_o party_n in_o who_o son_n such_o as_o be_v name_v the_o two_o city_n begin_v to_o show_v themselves_o upon_o earth_n in_o mankind_n for_o cain_n beget_v enoch_n and_o build_v a_o earthly_a city_n after_o his_o name_n no_o such_o city_n as_o shall_v be_v a_o pilgrim_n in_o this_o earthly_a world_n but_o a_o enjoyer_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a peace_n cain_n be_v interpret_v possession_n whereupon_o either_o his_o father_n or_o his_o mother_n at_o his_o birth_n say_v i_o have_v get_v a_o man_n by_o god_n henoch_n man_n be_v interpret_v dedication_n for_o the_o earthly_a city_n be_v dedicate_v here_o below_o where_o it_o be_v build_v for_o here_o be_v the_o scope_n and_o end_n that_o it_o affect_v and_o aim_n at_o now_o b_o seth_n be_v call_v resurrection_n and_o enos_n his_o son_n be_v call_v man_n not_o as_o adam_n be_v for_o adam_n be_v man_n but_o in_o the_o hebrew_n it_o be_v common_a to_o male_a and_o female_a for_o it_o be_v write_v male_a and_o female_a make_v he_o they_o and_o call_v their_o name_n adam_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d doubtless_o be_v not_o so_o proper_o call_v euah_n but_o that_o adam_n be_v a_o name_n indifferent_a to_o they_o both_o but_o c_o enos_n be_v so_o proper_o a_o man_n that_o it_o exclude_v all_o womankind_n as_o the_o hebrew_n linguist_n affirm_v as_o import_v the_o son_n of_o the_o resurrection_n where_o they_o shall_v not_o marry_v nor_o take_v no_o wife_n for_o regeneration_n 〈◊〉_d exclude_v generation_n from_o thence_o therefore_o i_o hold_v this_o no_o idle_a nâ—…te_n that_o in_o the_o â—…2_n whole_a generation_n draw_v from_o seth_n there_o be_v not_o one_o woman_n name_v as_o beget_v in_o this_o generation_n for_o thus_o we_o read_v it_o mathusaell_n beget_v lamech_v and_o lamecâ—…_n take_v unto_o he_o two_o wife_n adah_n and_o zillah_n and_o adah_n bare_a jabell_n the_o father_n of_o such_o as_o live_v in_o tent_n and_o be_v keeper_n of_o cattle_n and_o his_o brother_n name_n be_v â—…aball_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o musician_n and_o zillah_n also_o bear_v d_o tobel_n who_o wrought_v in_o brass_n and_o iron_n and_o the_o sister_n of_o tobel_n be_v naamah_n thus_o far_o be_v 〈◊〉_d generation_n recite_v be_v eight_o from_o adam_n with_o adam_z seven_o to_o lamech_v thaâ—…_n have_v these_o two_o wife_n and_o the_o eight_o in_o his_o son_n who_o sister_n be_v also_o reckon_v this_o be_v a_o elegant_a note_n that_o the_o earthly_a city_n shall_v have_v carnal_a generatioâ—…s_n until_o it_o end_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o proceed_v from_o copulation_n of_o male_a and_o female_a and_o therefore_o the_o wife_n of_o he_o that_o be_v the_o last_o father_n here_o be_v nameâ—…_n by_o their_o proper_a name_n and_o so_o be_v none_o beside_o they_o before_o the_o deluge_n bâ—…_n euah_n but_o even_o as_o cain_n be_v interpret_v possession_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n fouâ—…der_n and_o henoch_n his_o son_n interpret_v dedication_n who_o give_v the_o city_n his_o name_n dâ—…_n show_v that_o it_o be_v to_o have_v both_o a_o earthly_a beginning_n &_o end_v in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n but_o of_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n so_o likewise_o seth_n be_v interpret_v the_o resurrection_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o other_o generation_n we_o must_v see_v what_o holy_a writ_n deliver_v concern_v his_o son_n l._n vives_n a_o wonderful_a ah_o mystery_n first_o of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o then_o of_o the_o martyr_n who_o the_o worldly_a brother_n persecute_v b_o seth_n be_v hierome_n put_v it_o position_n posuit_fw-la the_o table_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o bible_n contain_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n name_n say_v that_o seth_n be_v put_v or_o set_v c_o enos_n as_o adam_n be_v say_v hierome_n so_o be_v enos_n a_o man_n d_o tobel_n augustine_n follow_v the_o seventy_o who_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereas_o the_o hebrew_n read_v it_o tubalcain_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o zillah_n as_o josephus_n record_v also_o that_o the_o signification_n of_o abel_n seth_n and_o enos_n be_v all_o pertinent_a unto_o christ_n and_o his_o body_n the_o church_n chap._n 18._o and_o seth_n say_v the_o scripture_n have_v a_o son_n and_o he_o call_v his_o name_n enos_n this_o man_n hope_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o son_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 26._o live_v in_o hope_n say_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v true_a all_o the_o while_n that_o he_o continue_v in_o his_o pilgrimage_n here_o below_o together_o with_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n for_o by_o these_o two_o man_n abel_n interpret_v sorrow_n and_o seth_n resurrection_n be_v
say_v they_o do_v eâ—…e_a flesh_n n_o we_o see_v many_o creature_n dog_n crow_n and_o fox_n when_o they_o want_v flesh_n will_v eat_v fruit_n fig_n and_o chest-nut_n especial_o and_o live_v as_o well_o with_o they_o as_o with_o all_o the_o flesh_n in_o the_o world_n finis_fw-la lib._n 15._o the_o content_n of_o the_o sixteen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o whether_o there_o be_v any_o family_n of_o god_n citiâ—…ns_v name_v between_o noah_n and_o abraham_n 2._o what_o prophetic_a mystery_n be_v in_o the_o sâ—…es_n of_o noah_n 3._o of_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o three_o son_n of_o noah_n 4._o of_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n and_o the_o build_n of_o babylon_n 5._o of_o god_n come_v down_o to_o confound_v the_o language_n of_o those_o tower-builder_n 6._o the_o manner_n how_o god_n speak_v to_o his_o angel_n 7._o whether_o the_o remote_a isle_n be_v supply_v with_o the_o beast_n of_o all_o sort_n that_o be_v save_v in_o the_o ark_n 8._o whether_o adam_n or_o noath_n son_n beget_v any_o monstrous_a kind_n of_o man_n 9_o whether_o their_o be_v any_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d call_v the_o antipode_n 10._o of_o the_o generation_n of_o sem_fw-mi in_o which_o the_o city_n of_o god_n lie_v down_o unto_o abraham_n 11._o that_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n so_o call_v afterâ—…_n of_o heber_n be_v the_o first_o language_n upon_o 〈◊〉_d and_o remain_v in_o his_o family_n when_o that_o great_a confusion_n be_v 12._o of_o that_o point_n of_o time_n wherein_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d god_n begin_v a_o new_a order_n of_o succession_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o nachor_n thaâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o departure_n from_o caldea_n into_o meâ—…ia_n 14._o of_o the_o age_n of_o thara_n who_o live_v in_o charra_n until_o his_o die_v day_n 15._o of_o the_o time_n wherein_o abraham_n receive_v the_o promise_n from_o god_n &_o depart_v from_o charra_n 16._o the_o order_n and_o quality_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n 17._o of_o the_o three_o most_o eminent_a kingdom_n of_o 〈◊〉_d world_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o in_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d â—…as_v most_o excellent_a of_o all_o 18._o of_o god_n second_o promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o 〈◊〉_d &_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 19_o how_o god_n preserve_v saras_n chastity_n in_o egypt_n when_o abraham_n will_v not_o be_v know_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n but_o his_o sister_n 20._o of_o the_o separation_n of_o lot_n and_o abraham_n without_o breach_n of_o charity_n or_o love_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 21._o of_o god_n three_o promse_n of_o the_o land_n of_o caâ—…_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o 22._o how_o abraham_n overthrow_v the_o enemy_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…mits_n free_v lot_n from_o captivity_n and_o be_v â—…ed_v by_o melchisedech_n the_o priest_n 23._o of_o god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o he_o will_v make_v his_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o that_o he_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n before_o his_o circumsision_n 24._o of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o abraham_n be_v command_v to_o offer_v when_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o thâ—…gs_v he_o believe_v 25._o of_o agar_n saras_n bondwoman_n who_o she_o give_v as_o concâ—…e_v unto_o abraham_n 26._o of_o god_n promise_n unto_o abraham_n that_o sara_n though_o she_o be_v olâ—…_n shall_v have_v a_o son_n that_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o â—…tion_n and_o how_o this_o promise_n be_v seal_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o circumsision_n 27._o of_o the_o manchild_n that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o circumsise_v the_o eighâ—…_n day_n it_o perish_v for_o break_v of_o god_n covenant_n 28._o of_o the_o change_n of_o abraham_n and_o saras_n name_n who_o be_v the_o one_o to_o barrâ—…_n and_o both_o too_o old_a to_o have_v child_n yet_o by_o god_n bounty_n be_v both_o make_v fruitful_a 29._o of_o the_o three_o man_n or_o angel_n wkerin_o god_n appear_v to_o abraham_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o mambrâ—…_n 30._o lot_n deliverance_n sodoms_n destruction_n abimaleche_n lust_n and_o sarahs_n chastity_n 31._o of_o isaac_n bear_v the_o time_n prefix_v and_o name_v so_o because_o of_o his_o parent_n laughter_n 32._o abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n prove_v in_o his_o intent_n to_o offer_v his_o son_n sarahs_n death_n 33._o of_o rebecca_n nachers_n niece_n who_o isaac_n marry_v 34._o abraham_n marry_v keturah_n after_o sarahs_n death_n and_o the_o meaning_n thereof_o 35._o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n concern_v the_o two_o twin_n in_o rebeca_n womb_n 36._o of_o a_o promise_n and_o blessing_n receive_v by_o isaac_n in_o the_o manner_n that_o abraham_n have_v receive_v he_o 37._o of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n and_o the_o mystery_n include_v in_o they_o both_o 38._o of_o jacob_n journey_n into_o mesopotamia_n for_o a_o wife_n his_o vision_n in_o the_o night_n as_o he_o go_v his_o return_n with_o four_o woman_n whereas_o he_o go_v but_o for_o one_o 39_o jacob_n enstile_v israel_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o change_n 40._o jacob_n departure_n into_o egypt_n with_o seventy_o five_o soul_n how_o to_o be_v take_v see_v some_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v afterward_o 41._o jacob_n blessing_n unto_o his_o son_n judah_n 42._o of_o jacob_n change_v of_o his_o hand_n from_o the_o head_n of_o josephs_n son_n when_o he_o bless_v they_o 43_o of_o moses_n his_o time_n â—…osua_fw-la the_o judge_n the_o king_n sâ—…ule_n the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d david_n the_o chief_a both_o in_o merit_n and_o in_o mystical_a reference_n finis_fw-la the_o sixteen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o family_n of_o god_n citizen_n name_v between_o noah_n and_o abraham_n chap._n 1._o to_o find_v in_o the_o evidence_n of_o holy_a writ_n whether_o the_o glorious_a city_n of_o god_n continue_v on_o in_o a_o good_a course_n after_o the_o deluge_v or_o through_o the_o second_o inundation_n of_o impiety_n be_v so_o interrupt_v as_o god_n religion_n lie_v whole_o unrespected_a be_v a_o very_a difficult_a matter_n because_o that_o in_o all_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n after_o that_o noah_n and_o his_o three_o son_n with_o he_o and_o their_o wife_n be_v save_v by_o the_o ark_n from_o their_o deluge_n we_o can_v find_v any_o one_o person_n until_o abraham_n time_n evident_o commend_v for_o his_o piety_n only_o noah_n prophetical_a blessing_n of_o his_o two_o son_n sem_fw-mi and_o japhet_n we_o do_v see_v and_o know_v that_o he_o know_v what_o be_v to_o follow_v along_o time_n after_o whereupon_o he_o curse_v his_o middlemost_a son_n who_o have_v offend_v he_o not_o in_o himself_o he_o lay_v not_o i_o say_v the_o curse_n upon_o himself_o but_o upon_o his_o grandchild_n say_v curse_a be_v canaan_n a_o servant_n of_o servant_n shall_v he_o be_v unto_o his_o brethren_n this_o canaan_n be_v cham_n son_n his_o that_o do_v not_o cover_v but_o rather_o discover_v â—…5_n his_o father_n nakedness_n a_o and_o then_o do_v he_o second_v this_o with_o a_o blessing_n upon_o his_o elder_a son_n say_v bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o let_v canaan_n be_v his_o servant_n the_o lord_n make_v japhet_n rejoice_v b_o that_o he_o may_v dwell_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o sem_fw-mi all_o which_o together_o 26._o with_o noah_n plant_v a_o vineyard_n be_v drunken_a with_o the_o wine_n and_o uncover_v in_o his_o sleep_n all_o those_o circumstance_n have_v their_o prophetical_a interpretation_n and_o mystical_a reference_n l._n vives_n and_o ah_o then_o a_o diversity_n of_o read_v the_o best_a lie_n before_o you_o b_o that_o he_o may_v dwell_v hierome_n say_v it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o christian_n who_o expel_v the_o jew_n do_v dwell_v and_o enjoy_v the_o light_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n what_o prophetic_a mystery_n be_v in_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n chap._n 2._o but_o their_o true_a event_n have_v now_o clear_v their_o former_a obscurity_n for_o what_o diligent_a observer_n see_v they_o not_o all_o in_o christ_n sem_fw-mi of_o who_o seed_n christ_n humâ—…nity_n come_v be_v interpret_v name_v and_o who_o be_v more_o name_v than_o christ_n who_o name_n be_v now_o so_o fragrant_a that_o the_o prophetical_a canticle_n compare_v it_o to_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 2_o pour_v out_o in_o who_o house_n that_o be_v in_o who_o church_n the_o diffuse_a nation_n shall_v inhabit_v for_o japhet_n be_v diffuse_v but_o cham_n who_o be_v interpret_v hot_a noaâ—…s_v middle_a son_n be_v as_o distinct_a from_o both_o and_o remain_v between_o both_o be_v neither_o of_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o israel_n nor_o of_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o nation_n what_o be_v he_o but_o a_o type_n of_o our_o hot_a heretic_n not_o hot_a in_o the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n but_o of_o a_o turncoat_n suttletie_n that_o burn_v in_o their_o heart_n to_o the_o
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land_n come_v assur_n and_o d_o build_v ninivy_n and_o 〈◊〉_d e_o robooth_n and_o chalesh_n and_o dasem_n between_o chalech_n and_o ninivy_n 〈◊〉_d great_a city_n now_o this_o chus_n the_o giant_n nembrods_n father_n be_v the_o first_o of_o cham_n 〈◊〉_d on_o that_o be_v name_v five_o of_o who_o son_n and_o two_o of_o his_o grandchild_n be_v 〈◊〉_d before_o but_o he_o either_o beget_v this_o giant_n after_o all_o they_o or_o else_o and_o that_o i_o raâ—…d_v the_o scripture_n name_v he_o for_o his_o eminence_n sake_n because_o his_o kingdom_n iâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d also_o whereof_o babylon_n be_v the_o head_n city_n and_o so_o be_v the_o other_o city_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ons_n that_o he_o possess_v but_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o assur_n come_v out_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o semar_n which_o belong_v unto_o nimrod_n and_o build_v niniveh_n and_o the_o oâ—…ee_a city_n this_o be_v long_o after_o but_o name_v here_o because_o of_o the_o greatness_n 〈◊〉_d â—…yrian_a kingdom_n which_o f_o ninus_n belus_n his_o son_n enlarge_v wonderfulâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o great_a city_n niniveh_n which_o be_v call_v after_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nivie_v of_o ninus_n but_o assur_n the_o father_n of_o the_o assyrian_n be_v none_o of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nes_n but_o of_o the_o progeny_n of_o sem_fw-mi noah_n elder_a son_n so_o that_o it_o be_v eurâ—…_n some_o of_o sem_n son_n afterward_o attain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o this_o great_a 〈◊〉_d go_v further_a than_o it_o and_o build_v other_o city_n the_o first_o of_o which_o 〈◊〉_d niniveh_n of_o ninus_n from_o this_o the_o scripture_n return_v to_o another_o son_n 〈◊〉_d mizraim_n and_o his_o generation_n be_v reckon_v up_o not_o by_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d by_o seven_o nation_n out_o of_o the_o six_o whereof_o as_o from_o a_o six_o son_n 〈◊〉_d philystiym_n which_o make_v up_o eight_o thence_o it_o return_v back_o aâ—…_n chanaan_n in_o who_o cham_n be_v curse_v and_o his_o generation_n be_v comprise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o their_o extent_n relate_v together_o with_o some_o city_n thus_o casâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d into_o one_o sum_n of_o cham_n progeny_n be_v one_o and_o thirty_o descend_v nâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d remain_v to_o recount_v the_o stock_n of_o sem_fw-mi noah_n elder_a son_n for_o the_o â—…ns_n begin_v to_o be_v count_v from_o the_o young_a and_o so_o upward_o graâ—…_n he_o but_o it_o be_v somewhat_o hard_a to_o find_v where_o his_o race_n begin_v to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ted_v yet_o must_v we_o explain_v it_o some_o way_n for_o it_o be_v chief_o pertain_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v it_o g_o unto_o sem_fw-mi also_o the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o heber_n and_o elâ—…_n of_o japhet_n be_v child_n bear_v the_o order_n of_o the_o word_n be_v this_o and_o 〈◊〉_d bear_v unto_o sem_fw-mi and_o all_o his_o child_n even_o unto_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v japhets_n elâ—…_n thus_o it_o make_v sem_fw-mi the_o patriarch_n unto_o all_o that_o be_v bear_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ocke_n whether_o they_o be_v his_o son_n or_o his_o grandsonne_n or_o their_o 〈◊〉_d or_o their_o grand_a son_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o sem_fw-mi beget_v not_o heâ—…_n be_v the_o first_o from_o he_o in_o lineal_a descent_n for_o sem_fw-mi beside_o other_o beâ—…_n â—…t_n he_o canaan_n canaan_n sala_n and_o sala_n be_v heber_n father_n it_o be_v not_o â—…g_v then_o that_o heber_n be_v name_v the_o first_o of_o sems_fw-mi progeny_n and_o before_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nes_n be_v but_o grandchild_n to_o his_o grandchild_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n have_v their_o name_n from_o he_o quasi_fw-la heberewe_n as_o it_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v call_v hebrew_n quasi_fw-la abrahewe_v of_o abraham_n but_o true_a it_o be_v they_o be_v call_v hebrew_n of_o heber_n and_o israel_n only_o attain_v that_o language_n and_o be_v the_o people_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v both_o prefigute_v and_o make_v a_o pilgrim_n so_o then_o sem_fw-mi first_fw-mi have_v his_o six_o son_n reckon_v and_o four_o other_o son_n by_o one_o of_o they_o and_o then_o another_o of_o sem_n son_n beget_v a_o son_n and_o this_o son_n of_o this_o last_o son_n be_v father_n unto_o heber_n and_o heber_n have_v two_o son_n one_o call_v phalec_n that_o be_v division_n the_o scripture_n add_v this_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n for_o in_o his_o tiâ—…_n the_o earth_n be_v divide_v which_o shall_v be_v manifest_v hereafter_o heber_n other_o son_n have_v twelve_o son_n and_o so_o the_o lineage_n of_o seth_n be_v in_o all_o seven_o and_o twenty_o thus_o than_o the_o grand_a sum_n of_o all_o the_o generation_n of_o noah_n three_o son_n be_v three_o score_n and_o thirteen_o fifteen_o from_o japhet_n thirty_o and_o one_o from_o cham_n and_o seven_o and_o twenty_o from_o shem._n then_o the_o scripture_n proceed_v say_v these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi according_o to_o their_o family_n and_o their_o tongue_n in_o their_o country_n and_o nation_n and_o then_o of_o they_o all_o these_o be_v the_o family_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n after_o their_o generation_n among_o their_o people_n and_o out_o of_o these_o be_v the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n divide_v after_o the_o flood_n whence_o we_o gather_v that_o they_o be_v three_o score_n and_o thirteen_o or_o rather_o as_o we_o will_v show_v hereafter_o three_o score_n and_o twelve_o nation_n not_o seaventy-two_a single_a person_n for_o when_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n be_v reckon_v it_o conclude_v thus_o i_o of_o these_o be_v the_o island_n of_o the_o gentile_n divide_v in_o their_o hand_n each_o one_o according_a to_o his_o tongue_n and_o family_n in_o their_o nation_n and_o the_o son_n of_o cham_n be_v plain_o make_v the_o founder_n and_o storer_n of_o nation_n as_o i_o show_v before_o mizraim_n beget_v all_o those_o that_o be_v call_v the_o ludieim_n and_o so_o of_o the_o other_o six_o and_o have_v reckon_v cham_n son_n it_o conclude_v in_o like_a manner_n these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o cham_n according_a to_o their_o tongue_n and_o family_n in_o their_o country_n and_o their_o nation_n wherefore_o the_o scripture_n can_v not_o 〈◊〉_d many_o of_o their_o son_n because_o they_o grow_v up_o and_o go_v to_o dwell_v in_o other_o country_n and_o yet_o can_v not_o people_n whole_a land_n themselves_o for_o why_o be_v bâ—…_n two_o japhet_n eight_o son_n progeny_n name_v three_o of_o cham_n four_o and_o two_o of_o sems_n 〈◊〉_d have_v the_o other_o no_o child_n on_o we_o may_v not_o imagine_v that_o but_o thâ—…_n do_v not_o grow_v 〈◊〉_d into_o nation_n worthy_a record_v but_o as_o they_o be_v ioyâ—…ed_v themselves_o with_o other_o people_n l._n vives_n and_o ah_o the_o what_o those_o place_n be_v in_o greekâ—…_n eusebius_n pamphilus_n and_o josephus_n 〈◊〉_d who_o 〈◊〉_d also_o agree_v with_o what_o we_o need_v we_o will_v take_v thence_o the_o reader_n may_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o â—…est_a in_o themselves_o for_o they_o be_v common_a book_n the_o field_n of_o semar_n be_v in_o chaldea_n in_o it_o be_v build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n b_o oreg_n the_o hebrew_a be_v arach_n but_o thus_o the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d archad_fw-mi the_o hebrew_a be_v accad_n which_o they_o say_v be_v nisibis_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d_o 〈◊〉_d thaâ—…_n of_o 〈◊〉_d for_o there_o be_v another_o 〈◊〉_d one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nâ—…ue_a â—…wards_n that_o of_o assyria_n pliny_n call_v nâ—…s_n be_v niâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d standiâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d tygrâ—…_n and_o lie_v towards_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…o_o say_v 〈◊〉_d also_o diodorus_n call_v it_o nina_n and_o say_v that_o ninus_n belus_n his_o son_n build_v it_o and_o that_o there_o be_v nâ—…er_a city_n since_o so_o â—…arge_a within_o the_o wall_n their_o height_n be_v one_o hundred_o foot_n they_o brâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v go_v side_n by_o side_n upon_o easy_o their_o compass_n be_v four_o hundred_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ghty_a 〈◊〉_d and_o
india_n the_o eastern_a sea_n taproban_n and_o the_o isle_n thereabouts_o all_o find_v out_o by_o the_o power_n of_o alexander_n navy_n and_o those_o you_o shall_v find_v antipode_n to_o we_o if_o you_o mark_v the_o posture_n of_o the_o globe_n diligent_o for_o they_o have_v the_o same_o elevation_n of_o their_o south_n pole_n and_o be_v in_o the_o same_o distance_n from_o the_o occidental_a point_n that_o some_o of_o the_o country_n in_o our_o climate_n have_v of_o our_o north_n point_n b_o their_o foot_n as_o tully_n say_v in_o scipio_n dream_n c_o conjecture_n for_o the_o temperature_n of_o the_o southern_a zone_n be_v just_a like_a to_o we_o d_o each_o part_n the_o world_n be_v round_o and_o heaven_n be_v every_o where_o a_o like_a above_o it_o of_o the_o generation_n of_o sem_fw-mi in_o which_o the_o city_n of_o god_n lie_v down_o unto_o abraham_n chap._n 10._o seem_v generation_n it_o be_v then_o that_o we_o must_v follow_v to_o find_v the_o city_n of_o god_n after_o the_o deulge_v as_o seth_n derive_v it_o along_o before_o therefore_o the_o scripture_n have_v show_v the_o earthly_a city_n to_o be_v in_o babylon_n that_o be_v in_o confusion_n return_n to_o the_o patriarch_n sem_fw-mi and_o carry_v his_o generation_n down_o until_o abraham_n count_v every_o man_n year_n when_o he_o have_v his_o son_n and_o how_o long_o he_o live_v where_o by_o the_o way_n i_o think_v of_o my_o promise_n of_o explayn_v why_o one_o of_o heber_n son_n be_v call_v phalech_n because_o in_o his_o day_n the_o earth_n be_v divide_v how_o be_v it_o divide_v by_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n so_o then_o the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi that_o concern_v not_o this_o purpose_n be_v let_v pass_v the_o scripture_n recite_v those_o that_o convey_v his_o seed_n down_o unto_o abraham_n as_o it_o do_v with_o those_o that_o convey_v seths_n seed_n before_o the_o deluge_n down_o unto_o noah_n it_o begin_v therefore_o thus_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o sem_fw-mi sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o beget_v ah_o arphaxad_v two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o sem_fw-mi live_v after_o he_o beget_v arphaxad_v five_o hundred_o year_n and_o beget_v son_n and_o daughter_n and_o die_v and_o thus_o of_o the_o rest_n show_v when_o every_o one_o beget_v his_o son_n that_o belong_v to_o this_o generation_n that_o descend_v to_o abraham_n and_o how_o long_o every_o one_o live_v after_o he_o have_v beget_v his_o son_n and_o beget_v more_o son_n and_o daughter_n to_o show_v we_o 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a multitude_n may_v come_v of_o one_o lest_o we_o shall_v make_v any_o childish_a 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o few_o that_o it_o name_v seem_v seed_n be_v sufficient_a to_o replenish_v so_o 〈◊〉_d kingdom_n chief_o for_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n where_o ninus_n the_o subduer_v 〈◊〉_d the_o east_n reign_v in_o majesty_n and_o leave_v a_o mighty_a empire_n to_o be_v possess_v 〈◊〉_d year_n after_o by_o his_o posterity_n but_o let_v we_o not_o stand_v upon_o trifle_n long_o than_o 〈◊〉_d must_v we_o will_v not_o reckon_v the_o number_n of_o every_o man_n year_n till_o he_o die_v â—…ely_o until_o he_o beget_v the_o son_n who_o be_v enrank_v in_o this_o genealogicall_a roll_n 〈◊〉_d gather_v these_o from_o the_o deluge_n to_o abraham_n we_o will_v brief_o touch_v at_o other_o â—…ents_n as_o occasion_n shall_v necessary_o import_v in_o the_o second_o year_n therefore_o 〈◊〉_d the_o deluge_n sem_fw-mi being_n two_o hundred_o year_n old_a beget_v arphaxat_fw-la arphaxat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d a_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o year_n old_a beget_v canaan_n he_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o 〈◊〉_d year_n old_a beget_v sala_n and_o so_o old_a be_v sala_n when_o he_o beget_v heber_n heber_n 〈◊〉_d hundred_o thirty_o and_o four_o year_n old_a when_o he_o beget_v phalec_n phalec_n a_o hundâ—…_n and_o thirty_o and_o beget_v ragau_n he_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o two_o and_o beget_v seâ—…ruch_n one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o and_o beget_v nachor_n nachor_n seventy_o and_o nine_o 〈◊〉_d get_v thara_n b_o thara_n seventy_o and_o beget_v abram_n who_o god_n afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n so_o then_o from_o the_o deluge_n to_o abraham_n be_v one_o thousand_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d year_n according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n that_o be_v the_o septuagint_n but_o 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n the_o year_n be_v far_o few_o whereof_o we_o can_v hear_v little_a or_o no_o 〈◊〉_d show_v 〈◊〉_d therefore_o in_o this_o quest_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n we_o can_v say_v in_o this_o time_n 〈◊〉_d those_o man_n be_v not_o all_o of_o one_o language_n those_o seventy_o and_o two_o naâ—…_n mean_v wherein_o we_o seek_v it_o that_o all_o mankind_n be_v fall_v from_o god_n 〈◊〉_d â—…uice_n but_o that_o it_o remain_v only_o in_o sem_n generation_n descend_v to_o 〈◊〉_d by_o arphaxad_n but_o the_o earthly_a city_n be_v visible_a enough_o in_o that_o preâ—…ion_n of_o build_v the_o tower_n up_o to_o heaven_n the_o true_a type_n of_o devilish_a exalâ—…_n therein_o be_v it_o apparent_a and_o ever_o after_o that_o but_o whether_o this_o other_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ot_v before_o or_o lay_v hide_v or_o rather_o both_o remain_v in_o noah_n son_n the_o godly_a 〈◊〉_d two_o bless_a one_o and_o the_o wicked_a in_o that_o one_o accurse_a from_o who_o that_o 〈◊〉_d giant-hunter_n against_o the_o lord_n descend_v it_o be_v hard_o to_o discern_v for_o it_o may_v 〈◊〉_d that_o most_o likely_a that_o before_o the_o build_n of_o babylon_n god_n may_v have_v 〈◊〉_d of_o some_o of_o cham_n child_n and_o the_o deulil_n of_o some_o of_o sem_n and_o japhet_n 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o earth_n want_v of_o either_o sort_n for_o that_o say_v 〈◊〉_d all_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n they_o be_v all_o corrupt_a there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o do_v good_a no_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d even_o in_o both_o the_o psalm_n that_o have_v this_o say_n this_o follow_v do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d work_v iniquity_n know_v that_o they_o eat_v up_o my_o people_n as_o it_o be_v bread_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d his_o people_n then_o and_o therefore_o that_o same_o no_o not_o one_o be_v mean_v restricâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o he_o say_v before_o 〈◊〉_d look_v down_o from_o heaven_n upon_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ld_v understand_v and_o seek_v god_n and_o then_o the_o addition_n that_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v those_o that_o live_v after_o the_o law_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o not_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ome_v he_o speak_v of_o l._n vives_n arphaxad_v a_o from_o he_o say_v hierome_n the_o chaldaean_n descend_v b_o thara_n the_o 70._o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hebrew_n terah_n tha_z the_o hebrew_a tongue_n so_o call_v afterward_o of_o heber_n be_v the_o first_o language_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o remain_v in_o his_o family_n when_o that_o great_a confusion_n be_v chap._n 11._o wherefore_o even_o as_o sin_n want_v not_o son_n when_o they_o have_v all_o but_o one_o language_n for_o so_o it_o be_v before_o the_o deluge_n and_o yet_o all_o deserve_a to_o perish_v therein_o but_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n so_o when_o man_n presumption_n be_v punish_v with_o his_o language_n confusion_n whence_o the_o city_n babylon_n their_o proud_a work_n have_v the_o name_n heber_n a_o house_n fail_v not_o but_o keep_v the_o old_a language_n still_o where-upon_o as_o i_o say_v heber_n be_v reckon_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi who_o beget_v each_o of_o they_o a_o whole_a nation_n yet_o be_v he_o the_o five_o from_o seth_n in_o descent_n so_o then_o because_o this_o language_n remain_v in_o his_o house_n that_o be_v confound_v in_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v credible_o hold_v the_o only_a language_n upon_o earth_n before_o this_o hence_o it_o have_v tongue_n the_o name_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n for_o than_o it_o be_v to_o be_v nominal_o distinct_a from_o the_o other_o tongue_n as_o other_o tongue_n have_v their_o proper_a name_n but_o when_o it_o be_v the_o tongue_n of_o all_o it_o have_v no_o name_n but_o the_o tongue_n or_o language_n of_o mankind_n wherein_o all_o man_n speak_v some_o may_v say_v if_o that_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o language_n in_o phalech_n time_n heber_n son_n it_o shall_v rather_o have_v be_v call_v his_o name_n then_o heber_n o_o but_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o b_o heber_n do_v therefore_o give_v his_o son_n phalec_n such_o a_o name_n that_o be_v division_n because_o he_o be_v bear_v unto_o he_o just_a at_o the_o time_n when_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v so_o mean_v the_o scripture_n when_o it_o say_v in_o his_o day_n the_o earth_n be_v divide_v for_o if_o heber_n be_v not_o live_v when_o the_o confusion_n befall_v the_o tongue_n that_o be_v to_o remain_v in_o his_o family_n shall_v not_o have_v
have_v the_o name_n from_o he_o and_o there_o we_o must_v think_v that_o it_o be_v first_o universal_a because_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n be_v a_o punishment_n which_o god_n people_n be_v not_o to_o cast_v off_o nor_o be_v it_o for_o nothing_o that_o abraham_n can_v not_o communicate_v this_o his_o language_n unto_o all_o his_o generation_n but_o only_o to_o those_o that_o be_v propagate_v by_o jacob_n and_o arise_v into_o a_o evident_a people_n of_o god_n be_v to_o receive_v his_o testament_n and_o the_o saviour_n in_o the_o flesh_n nor_o do_v heber_n whole_a progeny_n bear_v away_o this_o language_n but_o only_o that_o from_o whence_o abraham_n descend_v wherefore_o though_o there_o be_v no_o godly_a man_n evident_o name_v that_o live_v at_o the_o time_n when_o the_o wicked_a build_v babylon_n yet_o this_o concealment_n ought_v not_o to_o dull_a but_o rather_o to_o incite_v one_o to_o inquire_v further_o for_o whereas_o we_o read_v that_o at_o first_o man_n have_v all_o one_o language_n and_o that_o heber_n be_v first_o reckon_v of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi be_v but_o the_o five_o of_o his_o house_n downward_o and_o that_o language_n which_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n use_v in_o all_o their_o word_n and_o write_n be_v the_o hebrew_n very_o when_o woe_n seek_v where_o that_o tongue_n be_v preserve_v in_o the_o confusion_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v among_o they_o to_o who_o the_o confusion_n can_v be_v no_o punishment_n what_o can_v we_o say_v but_o that_o it_o be_v preserve_v unto_o this_o man_n family_n of_o who_o it_o have_v the_o name_n and_o that_o this_o be_v a_o great_a sign_n of_o righteousness_n in_o he_o that_o where_o as_o the_o rest_n be_v afflict_v with_o the_o confusion_n of_o their_o tongue_n he_o only_o and_o his_o family_n be_v acquit_v of_o that_o affliction_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v another_o doubt_n how_o can_v heber_n and_o his_o son_n phalec_n become_v two_o several_a nation_n have_v both_o but_o one_o language_n and_o true_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n descend_v to_o abraham_n from_o heber_n and_o so_o down_o from_o he_o until_o israel_n become_v a_o great_a people_n how_o then_o can_v every_o son_n of_o noah_n son_n progeny_n become_v a_o particular_a nation_n when_o as_o heber_n and_o phalec_n have_v both_o but_o one_o langâ—…_n the_o great_a probability_n be_v that_o c_o nembroth_n become_v a_o nation_n also_o and_o yet_o be_v reckon_v for_o the_o eminence_n of_o his_o dignity_n and_o corporal_a strength_n to_o keep_v the_o number_n of_o seventy_o two_o nation_n inviolate_a but_o phalec_n be_v not_o name_v for_o grow_v into_o a_o nation_n but_o that_o that_o strange_a accident_n of_o the_o earth_n division_n fall_v out_o in_o 〈◊〉_d day_n for_o of_o the_o nation_n and_o language_n of_o heber_n be_v phalec_n also_o we_o need_v not_o 〈◊〉_d at_o this_o how_o nembroth_n may_v live_v just_a with_o that_o time_n when_o babylon_n be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n befall_v for_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n because_o heber_n be_v the_o six_o from_o noah_n and_o he_o but_o the_o four_o but_o that_o they_o may_v both_o live_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d time_n &_o in_o one_o time_n for_o this_o fall_v out_o so_o before_o where_o they_o that_o have_v the_o least_o 〈◊〉_d live_v the_o long_a that_o they_o that_o have_v the_o more_o die_v soon_o or_o they_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ad_v few_o son_n have_v they_o late_a than_o those_o that_o have_v many_o for_o we_o must_v conâ—…_n this_o that_o when_o the_o earth_n be_v build_v noah_n son_n have_v not_o only_o all_o 〈◊〉_d issue_n who_o be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o those_o nation_n but_o that_o these_o also_o 〈◊〉_d and_o numerous_a family_n worthy_a the_o name_n of_o nation_n nor_o may_v we_o 〈◊〉_d then_o that_o they_o be_v bear_v as_o they_o be_v reckon_v otherwise_o how_o can_v 〈◊〉_d twelve_o son_n another_o son_n of_o heber_n become_v of_o those_o nation_n if_o he_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_v after_o phalec_n as_o he_o be_v reckon_v for_o in_o phalecs_n day_n be_v the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v take_v it_o thus_o then_o phalec_n be_v first_o name_v but_o be_v bear_v long_a 〈◊〉_d brother_n joktan_n who_o twelve_o son_n have_v all_o their_o family_n so_o great_a that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ht_v be_v sufficient_a to_o share_v one_o tongue_n in_o the_o confusion_n for_o so_o may_v he_o that_o 〈◊〉_d bear_v be_v first_o reckon_v as_o noah_n young_a son_n be_v first_o name_v nameâ—…_n cham_n the_o second_o the_o next_o and_o shem_n the_o elder_a the_o last_o now_o some_o of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…s_v name_n continue_v so_o that_o we_o may_v know_v to_o this_o day_n whence_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…s_n the_o assyrian_n of_o assur_n the_o hebrew_n of_o heber_n d_o and_o some_o conâ—…_n of_o time_n have_v abolish_v in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o most_o learned_a man_n can_v 〈◊〉_d find_v any_o memory_n of_o they_o in_o antiquity_n for_o some_o say_v that_o the_o egyptiâ—…_n they_o that_o come_v of_o mizraim_n e_o cham_n son_n here_o be_v no_o similitude_n 〈◊〉_d at_o all_o nor_o in_o the_o aethiopian_n which_o they_o say_v come_v of_o chus_n another_o 〈◊〉_d cham_n and_o if_o we_o consider_v all_o we_o shall_v find_v far_o more_o name_n lose_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ayning_v l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o house_n some_o think_v they_o consent_v not_o unto_o the_o build_n of_o the_o tower_n and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…efore_o have_v the_o first_o language_n leave_v only_o to_o they_o herodotus_n write_v that_o psametiâ—…â—…yptian_a â—…yptian_z king_n cause_v two_o child_n to_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o â—…e_a wood_n without_o hear_v 〈◊〉_d man_n mouth_n think_v that_o that_o language_n which_o they_o will_v speak_v of_o themselves_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ould_v be_v that_o which_o man_n speak_v at_o first_o after_o three_o year_n they_o be_v bring_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ey_n say_v nothing_o but_o bec_n diverse_a time_n now_o bec_n be_v bread_n in_o phrygian_a whereupon_o 〈◊〉_d the_o phrygian_a tongue_n to_o be_v the_o first_o but_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o they_o cry_v 〈◊〉_d continual_o bring_v up_o among_o the_o goat_n that_o can_v cry_v nothing_o else_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prophesy_v of_o what_o be_v to_o 〈◊〉_d say_v hierom._n c_o nembroth_n become_v 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v uncertain_a where_o he_o reign_v be_v plain_a gen._n 2._o in_o babylon_n and_o arach_n that_o 〈◊〉_d hierom_n edessa_n and_o accad_n that_o be_v now_o call_v nisibis_n and_o in_o chalah_n that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v call_v seleucia_n of_o seleucus_n or_o else_o that_o which_o be_v now_o call_v ctesiphon_n perhaps_o he_o be_v the_o father_n but_o doubtless_o the_o great_a increaser_n of_o those_o nation_n d_o and_o some_o so_o say_v hierome_n of_o all_o joctans_n son_n and_o no_o marvel_n since_o that_o all_o the_o mountain_n hill_n and_o river_n of_o italy_n france_n and_o spain_n change_v their_o name_n quite_o into_o barbarous_a one_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n e_z ghams_n son_n nay_o egypt_n say_v hierome_n egypt_n bear_v cham_n own_o name_n for_o the_o seventy_o put_v the_o letter_n x._o for_o the_o hebrew_n he_o continual_o to_o ham._n teach_v we_o the_o aspiration_n dew_n to_o the_o word_n and_o here_o they_o translate_v cham_n for_o that_o which_o in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v ham_n by_o which_o name_n egypt_n in_o the_o country_n proper_a language_n be_v call_v unto_o this_o day_n thus_o far_o hierome_n but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o egypt_n be_v call_v mizraim_n of_o he_o that_o first_o people_v it_o as_o hierome_n say_v the_o hebrew_n call_v it_o continual_o egypt_n be_v also_o call_v afterward_o aeria_n because_o as_o stephanus_n say_v the_o air_n be_v thick_a therein_o it_o be_v call_v further-more_a neptapolis_n of_o the_o seven_o city_n therein_o and_o last_o egypt_n of_o egyptus_n belus_n his_o son_n homer_n call_v the_o river_n nilus_n egypt_n f_z ethiopian_n the_o hebrew_n call_v ethiopia_n chus_n hieron_n it_o be_v call_v atlantia_n of_o atlas_n and_o ethiopia_n afterward_o of_o ethiope_n vulcan_n son_n as_o some_o aethiopia_n say_v but_o i_o think_v rather_o of_o the_o burn_a hue_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a be_v black_a homer_n that_o old_a poet_n say_v there_o be_v two_o ethiopa_n odyss_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o lie_v upon_o the_o east_n that_o on_o the_o west_n there_o be_v also_o a_o part_n of_o the_o i_o will_v eubaea_n call_v aethiopon_n of_o that_o point_n of_o time_n wherein_o the_o city_n of_o god_n begin_v a_o new_a order_n of_o succession_n in_o abraham_n chap._n 12._o now_o let_v we_o see_v how_o the_o city_n of_o god_n proceed_v from_o that_o minute_n wherein_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v more_o eminent_a and_o evident_a in_o promise_n unto_o abraham_n which_o now_o we_o see_v fulfil_v in_o christ._n thus_o the_o holy_a scripture_n teach_v we_o then_o that_o
abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n which_o belong_v ah_o unto_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o now_o have_v superstition_n get_v great_a head_n in_o chaldaea_n as_o it_o have_v all_o over_o else_o so_o there_o be_v but_o only_o the_o house_n of_o thara_n abraham_n father_n that_o serve_v god_n true_o and_o by_o all_o likelihood_n keep_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n pure_a though_o that_o as_o josuah_n tell_v the_o hebrew_n as_o they_o be_v god_n evident_a people_n in_o egypt_n so_o in_o mesopotamia_n they_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n all_o heber_n other_o son_n become_v other_o nation_n or_o be_v commix_v with_o other_o therefore_o even_o as_o in_o the_o deluge_n of_o water_n noah_n house_n remain_v alone_o to_o repair_v mankind_n so_o in_o this_o deluge_n of_o sin_n and_o superstition_n thare_v house_n only_o remain_v as_o the_o place_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v plant_v and_o keep_v and_o even_o as_o before_o the_o deluge_n the_o generation_n of_o all_o from_o adam_n the_o number_n of_o year_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v all_o reckon_v up_o before_o god_n begin_v to_o speak_v of_o build_v the_o ark_n the_o scripture_n say_v of_o noah_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o noah_n even_o so_o here_o have_v reckon_v all_o from_o sem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n down_o unto_o abraham_n he_o put_v this_o to_o the_o conclusion_n as_o a_o point_n of_o much_o moment_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o thara_n thara_n beget_v abraham_n nachor_n and_o aram_n and_o aram_n die_v before_o b_o his_o father_n thara_n in_o the_o land_n wherein_o he_o be_v bear_v be_v a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n and_o abraham_n and_o nachor_n take_v they_o wife_n the_o name_n of_o abraham_n wife_n be_v sarah_n and_o the_o name_n of_o nachor_n wife_n be_v melca_n the_o daughter_n of_o aram_n who_o be_v father_n both_o to_o melca_n and_o jesea_n who_o some_o hold_v also_o to_o be_v sara_n abraham_n wife_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o belong_v for_o mela_n pliny_n strabo_n and_o other_o place_n chaldaea_n in_o assyria_n and_o 〈◊〉_d only_o a_o part_n of_o that_o assyria_n which_o the_o ancient_a writer_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o syâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d country_n but_o of_o that_o assyria_n also_o which_o strabo_n call_v the_o babylonian_a assyria_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d make_v a_o difference_n between_o syria_n and_o assyria_n cyropaed_n 1._o b_o before_o in_o his_o faâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d so_o all_o interpreter_n take_v it_o augustine_n may_v perhaps_o understand_v it_o before_o his_o 〈◊〉_d to_o charra_n which_o be_v part_n of_o chaldaea_n charrah_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n where_o charra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v crassus_n the_o roman_a general_n â—…hy_a there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o nachor_n tharas_n son_n in_o his_o departure_n from_o chaldaea_n to_o mesopotamia_n chap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n proceed_v and_o declare_v how_o thara_n and_o his_o family_n leave_v â—…ldaea_n and_o come_v a_o into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…chor_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o go_v with_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o thara_n take_v abraham_n his_o son_n and_o let_v his_o grandchild_n abraâ—…_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n his_o son_n abraham_n wife_n and_o he_o lead_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d country_n of_o chaldaea_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o 〈◊〉_d there_o here_o be_v no_o word_n of_o nachor_n nor_o his_o wife_n melcha_n but_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n to_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o find_v it_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o so_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o of_o his_o master_n camel_n and_o of_o his_o master_n â—…4_n 〈◊〉_d â—…th_v he_o and_o depart_v and_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n into_o the_o city_n of_o nachor_n â—…ce_n and_o other_o beside_o do_v prove_v that_o nachor_n go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n alâ—…â—…led_v himself_o in_o mesopotamia_n where_o abraham_n and_o his_o father_n have_v dwell_v 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o scripture_n than_o remember_v he_o when_o thara_n go_v thence_o to_o 〈◊〉_d where_o when_o it_o make_v mention_n both_o of_o abraham_n and_o lot_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…and-childe_n and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n in_o this_o transmigration_n what_o 〈◊〉_d think_v but_o that_o he_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n and_o brother_n religion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n superstition_n and_o afterward_o either_o repent_v for_o his_o fact_n 〈◊〉_d â—…secuted_v by_o the_o country_n suspect_v he_o to_o be_v hollow-harted_n deparâ—…_n himself_o also_o for_o holophernes_n israel_n enemy_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judith_n 〈◊〉_d what_o nation_n they_o be_v and_o whether_o he_o ought_v to_o fight_v against_o they_o 〈◊〉_d answer_v by_o achior_n captain_n of_o the_o ammonite_n let_v my_o lord_n hear_v the_o 〈◊〉_d mouth_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o the_o truth_n concern_v this_o people_n 〈◊〉_d these_o mountain_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o lie_n come_v out_o of_o thy_o servant_n mouth_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o they_o dwell_v before_o in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ia_fw-la because_o they_o will_v not_o follow_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…us_a in_o the_o land_n of_o chaldaea_n but_o they_o leave_v the_o way_n of_o their_o ancestor_n &_o 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n of_o heaven_n who_o they_o know_v so_o that_o they_o cast_v they_o out_o from_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n and_o they_o flee_v into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v there_o many_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n command_v they_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o chanaan_n where_o they_o dwell_v and_o so_o forth_o as_o 〈◊〉_d ammonite_n relate_v hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o thara_n his_o family_n be_v perâ—…_n the_o chaldaean_n for_o their_o religion_n because_o they_o worship_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d god_n l._n vives_n mesopotamia_n mesopotamia_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o two_o sea_n for_o it_o lay_v all_o beâ—…_n mesopotamia_n 〈◊〉_d and_o euphrates_n of_o the_o age_n of_o thara_n who_o live_v in_o charra_n until_o his_o die_a day_n chap._n 14._o thara_n die_v in_o mesopotamia_n where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o after_o his_o death_n the_o promise_n that_o god_n make_v to_o abraham_n begin_v to_o be_v manifest_v of_o thara_n it_o be_v thus_o record_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n he_o live_v not_o there_o all_o this_o time_n you_o must_v think_v but_o because_o he_o end_v his_o time_n which_o amount_v unto_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v say_v so_o otherwise_o we_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o year_n he_o live_v because_o we_o have_v not_o the_o time_n record_v when_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o it_o be_v fondness_n to_o imagine_v that_o in_o that_o catalogue_n where_o all_o their_o age_n be_v record_v his_o only_a shall_v be_v leave_v out_o for_o whereas_o the_o scripture_n name_v some_o and_o yet_o name_v not_o their_o year_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o they_o belong_v not_o to_o that_o generation_n that_o be_v so_o lineal_o draw_v down_o from_o man_n to_o man_n for_o the_o stem_n that_o be_v derive_v from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n and_o from_o he_o unto_o abraham_n name_v no_o man_n without_o record_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n also_o of_o the_o time_n wherein_o abraham_n receive_v the_o promise_n from_o god_n and_o depart_v from_o charra_n chap._n 15._o but_o whereas_o we_o read_v that_o after_o thara_n death_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o time_n though_o it_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o scripture_n for_o so_o we_o shall_v fall_v into_o a_o b_o inextricable_a doubt_n for_o after_o these_o word_n unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n follow_v thus_o so_o abraham_n depart_v as_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o and_o abraham_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charra_n how_o can_v this_o be_v true_a now_o if_o abraham_n go_v not_o out_o of_o charra_n until_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n for_o thara_n beget_v he_o as_o we_o say_v before_o at_o the_o seaventith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n unto_o which_o add_v seventy_o five_o year_n the_o age_n of_o abraham_n at_o this_o his_o departure_n from_o charra_n and_o it_o make_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n so_o old_a therefore_o be_v thara_n when_o abraham_n depart_v from_o charra_n that_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n for_o
abraham_n be_v then_o but_o seventy_o two_o year_n of_o age_n and_o his_o father_n beget_v he_o when_o he_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a must_v needs_o be_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o no_o more_o at_o his_o departure_n therefore_o he_o go_v not_o after_o his_o father_n death_n who_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n but_o before_o at_o the_o seventy_o two_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n and_o consequent_o the_o hundred_o forty_o five_o of_o his_o father_n and_o thus_o the_o scripture_n in_o a_o usual_a course_n return_v to_o the_o time_n which_o the_o former_a relation_n have_v go_v beyond_o as_o it_o do_v before_o say_v that_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n son_n be_v divide_v into_o nation_n and_o language_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o afterward_o adjoin_v 1._o then_o the_o whole_a earth_n be_v of_o one_o language_n etc._n etc._n as_o though_o this_o have_v real_o follow_v how_o then_o have_v every_o man_n his_o nation_n and_o his_o tongue_n but_o that_o the_o scripture_n return_v back_o again_o unto_o the_o time_n over-passed_n even_o so_o here_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o &_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n &_o then_o the_o scripture_n return_v to_o that_o which_o over-passed_n to_o finish_v the_o discourse_n of_o thara_n first_o then_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o be_v add_v so_o abraham_n depart_v as_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o and_o abraham_n be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v from_o charra_n this_o therefore_o be_v when_o his_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o hundred_o forty_o and_o five_o year_n of_o age_n for_o than_o be_v abraham_n seventy_o five_o this_o doubt_n be_v also_o otherwise_o dissolve_v by_o count_v abraham_n seventy_o 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o go_v to_o charra_n from_o the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v free_v from_o the_o fire_n of_o 〈◊〉_d chaldaaens_n and_o not_o from_o his_o birth_n as_o if_o he_o have_v rather_o be_v bear_v then_o 〈◊〉_d saint_n stephen_n in_o the_o act_n discourse_v hereof_o say_v thus_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n apâ—…_n 3._o to_o our_o father_n abraham_n in_o mesopotamia_n before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charra_n and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d he_o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n which_o 〈◊〉_d give_v thou_o according_a to_o these_o word_n of_o stephen_n it_o be_v not_o after_o tharas_n death_n 〈◊〉_d â—…od_n speak_v to_o abraham_n for_o thara_n die_v in_o charra_n but_o it_o be_v before_o he_o dwell_v 〈◊〉_d â—…rra_n yet_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n but_o he_o be_v go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n first_o and_o â—…eas_n stephen_n say_v then_o come_v he_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o dwell_v in_o 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v relation_n of_o a_o thing_n do_v after_o those_o word_n of_o god_n for_o he_o go_v 〈◊〉_d chaldaea_n after_o god_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o for_o he_o say_v god_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o mesopotamia_n but_o that_o word_n then_o comprise_v all_o the_o time_n from_o abraham_n departure_n until_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o he_o and_o that_o which_o follow_v after_o that_o his_o father_n 〈◊〉_d dead_a god_n place_v he_o in_o this_o land_n wherein_o he_o now_o dwell_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o place_n be_v and_o god_n bring_v he_o from_o thence_o where_o his_o father_n die_v afterward_o and_o place_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ere_o so_o then_o we_o just_o understand_v that_o god_n speak_v unto_o abraham_n be_v in_o mesoâ—…tamia_n yet_o not_o as_o yet_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o that_o he_o come_v in_o to_o charra_n with_o â—…er_n hold_v god_n commandment_n fast_o and_o in_o the_o seventy_o five_o year_n of_o 〈◊〉_d depart_v thence_o which_o be_v in_o his_o father_n a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n now_o 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o be_v place_v in_o chanaan_n not_o he_o come_v out_o of_o charra_n after_o his_o 〈◊〉_d death_n for_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a he_o begin_v to_o buy_v land_n there_o and_o become_v 〈◊〉_d possession_n but_o whereas_o god_n speak_v thus_o to_o he_o after_o he_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n 〈◊〉_d thy_o father_n house_n this_o concern_v not_o his_o bodily_a removal_n for_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d before_o but_o the_o separation_n of_o his_o soul_n from_o they_o for_o his_o mind_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…arted_v from_o they_o if_o he_o ever_o have_v any_o hope_n to_o return_v or_o desire_v it_o this_o â—…d_a desire_n by_o god_n command_n be_v to_o be_v cut_v of_o it_o be_v not_o incredible_a 〈◊〉_d â—…erwards_o when_o as_o nachor_n follow_v his_o father_n abraham_n then_o fulfil_v the_o â—…nd_n of_o god_n and_o take_v sara_n his_o wife_n and_o lot_n his_o brother_n son_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o charra_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o inextricable_a doubt_n so_o hierome_n call_v it_o and_o dissolve_v it_o somewhat_o â—…sly_o from_o augustine_n although_o he_o use_v three_o conjecture_n dissolâ—…â—…us_a â—…us_z hierome_n dissolve_v it_o out_o of_o a_o hebrew_n history_n for_o that_o which_o we_o read_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o chaldaea_n the_o hebrew_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ur_fw-la shadim_n that_o be_v the_o fire_n of_o the_o caldaeâ—…â—…pon_n the_o hebrew_n have_v the_o story_n abraham_n be_v take_v by_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o worship_v their_o idol_n namely_o their_o fire_n he_o be_v put_v into_o it_o from_o whence_o fire_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v he_o by_o miracle_n and_o the_o like_a story_n they_o have_v of_o thara_n also_o his_o father_n that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v not_o adore_v their_o image_n be_v so_o serve_v and_o so_o escape_v also_o as_o whereas_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d aram_n die_v before_o his_o father_n in_o the_o land_n where_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o country_n of_o 〈◊〉_d they_o say_v it_o be_v in_o his_o father_n presence_n in_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n wherein_o beâ—…â—…ould_v not_o worship_v it_o he_o be_v burn_v to_o death_n and_o likewise_o in_o other_o place_n of_o yâ—_z text_n 〈◊〉_d â—…hen_o he_o come_v to_o this_o point_n say_v the_o hebrew_a tradition_n be_v true_a that_o say_v that_o thara_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o chaldaee_n &_o that_o abraham_n be_v hedge_v round_o about_o in_o 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o fire_n which_o he_o will_v not_o worship_v be_v by_o god_n power_n deliver_v &_o from_o thence_o be_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n account_v because_o than_o he_o first_o confess_v the_o lord_n god_n and_o contemn_v the_o chaldee_n idol_n thus_o far_o hierome_n without_o who_o relation_n this_o place_n of_o augustine_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v josephus_n write_v that_o thara_n hate_v chaldaea_n depart_v thence_o for_o the_o grief_n of_o his_o son_n aram_v death_n and_o come_v to_o dwell_v in_o charra_n and_o that_o aram_v tomb_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n the_o order_n and_o quality_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n chap._n 16._o now_o must_v we_o examine_v the_o promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n for_o in_o they_o begin_v the_o oracle_n presage_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a god_n to_o appear_v who_o be_v to_o come_v of_o that_o godly_a people_n that_o the_o prophecy_v promise_v the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v this_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n 12._o and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n unto_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n and_o will_v bless_v thou_o &_o make_v thy_o name_n great_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v bless_v i_o will_v also_o bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o they_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v here_o we_o must_v observe_v a_o double_a promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n the_o first_o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o these_o word_n go_v unto_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o great_a nation_n the_o second_o of_o far_o more_o worth_a and_o moment_n concern_v his_o spiritual_a seed_n whereby_o he_o be_v not_o only_o the_o father_n of_o israel_n but_o of_o all_o the_o nation_n that_o follow_v his_o faith_n and_o that_o be_v in_o these_o word_n and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v this_o promise_n be_v make_v in_o abraham_n seventy_o five_o year_n as_o eusebius_n a_o think_v as_o if_o that_o abraham_n do_v present_o there_o upon_o depart_v out_o of_o charra_n because_o the_o scripture_n may_v not_o be_v control_v that_o give_v
he_o this_o many_o year_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o departure_n but_o if_o it_o be_v make_v then_o then_o be_v abraham_n with_o his_o father_n in_o charra_n for_o he_o can_v not_o depart_v from_o thence_o unless_o he_o have_v first_o inhabit_v there_o do_v not_o this_o then_o contradict_v steven_n say_v that_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o in_o mesopotamia_n before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o we_o must_v conceive_v 2._o that_o this_o be_v in_o one_o year_n god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n first_o abraham_n dwell_v in_o charra_n next_o and_o last_o his_o departure_n not_o only_o because_o eusebius_n his_o computation_n be_v thus_o account_v four_o hundred_o thirty_o year_n from_o this_o year_n unto_o the_o israelite_n freedom_n out_o of_o egypt_n but_o also_o because_o the_o apostle_n b_o paul_n mention_v it_o 17_o likewise_o l._n vives_n eusebius_n a_o think_v these_o be_v his_o word_n arius_n the_o four_o reign_v in_o assyria_n and_o tâ—…alassion_n in_o sycionia_n abraham_n be_v seventie_o five_o year_n old_a be_v speak_v unto_o by_o god_n and_o receive_v the_o promise_n b_o paul_n galat._n 3._o 17._o the_o law_n which_o be_v give_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n of_o the_o three_o most_o eminent_a kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o in_o abraham_n time_n be_v most_o excellent_a of_o all_o chap._n 17._o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v diverse_a famous_a kingdom_n upon_o earth_n that_o be_v society_n of_o man_n live_v carnal_o &_o in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o apostatical_a power_n three_o of_o which_o be_v most_o illustrious_a the_o a_o sycionians_n the_o b_o egyptian_n &_o the_o assyrian_n which_o be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o for_o ninus_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n conquer_v all_o asia_n except_v india_n only_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v by_o asia_n c_o which_o be_v now_o but_o one_o province_n of_o the_o great_a asia_n but_o that_o which_o contain_v it_o all_o which_o some_o make_v the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n divide_v the_o whole_a earth_n into_o asia_n europe_n &_o africa_n &_o some_o d_o make_v it_o the_o asia_n 〈◊〉_d divide_v the_o whole_a into_o two_o only_a other_o divide_v all_o into_o three_o e_z equal_a 〈◊〉_d asia_n in_o the_o east_n from_o the_o north_n to_o the_o south_n europe_n f_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o west_n and_o g_o africa_n from_o the_o west_n unto_o the_o south_n so_o that_o europe_n and_o africa_n be_v but_o the_o half_a of_o the_o world_n and_o asia_n the_o other_o half_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d first_o be_v make_v two_o part_n because_o h_z all_o the_o water_n that_o come_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d run_v in_o betwixt_o they_o two_o make_v i_z our_o great_a sea_n so_o that_o divide_v but_o the_o world_n into_o two_o and_o asia_n shall_v be_v one_o half_a and_o europe_n and_o africa_n the_o other_o therefore_o sicyonia_n one_o of_o the_o three_o eminent_a kingdom_n be_v not_o under_o the_o assyâ—…_n monarchy_n for_o it_o lay_v in_o europe_n but_o k_o egypt_n must_v needs_o be_v inferior_a unto_o 〈◊〉_d see_v that_o the_o assyrian_n be_v lord_n of_o all_o asia_n except_v india_n so_o 〈◊〉_d city_n of_o the_o wicked_a keep_v the_o chief_a court_n in_o assyria_n who_o chief_a city_n 〈◊〉_d â—…bylon_n most_o fit_o call_v so_o that_o be_v confusion_n and_o there_o ninus_n succeed_v 〈◊〉_d â—…her_n belus_n who_o have_v hold_v that_o sovereignty_n three_o score_n and_o five_o year_n and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_n ninus_n live_v fifty_o two_o year_n and_o have_v reign_v forty_o and_o five_o year_n 〈◊〉_d abraham_n be_v bear_v which_o be_v about_o a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o year_n beâ—…â—…ome_v be_v build_v that_o other_o babylon_n of_o the_o west_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o sicyonians_n sicyon_n be_v a_o ancient_a city_n on_o the_o left_a hand_n as_o you_o come_v into_o peloponeâ—…_n â—…gialeus_fw-la as_o pausanias_n and_o eusebius_n say_v be_v the_o first_o king_n thereof_o sicyonia_n be_v a_o little_a 〈◊〉_d in_o achaia_n but_o the_o king_n of_o it_o rule_v achaia_n and_o sytion_n be_v their_o place_n of_o abode_n it_o sicyon_n 〈◊〉_d achaia_n and_o aegialia_n of_o the_o king_n thereof_o in_o old_a time_n pliny_n and_o all_o peloponesus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d thereafter_o euseb._n afterward_o it_o be_v call_v apia_n of_o king_n apis_n the_o four_o and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…oponesus_fw-la of_o pelops_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pelops_n i_o will_v for_o it_o be_v a_o half_a island_n pausanias_n pelopomâ—…sus_n 〈◊〉_d peloponesus_fw-la be_v not_o call_v aegialia_n but_o only_o that_o part_n towards_o the_o sea_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—…all_n or_o sea-coasting_a and_o afterward_o sicyonia_n of_o king_n sicyon_n of_o he_o hereafter_o 〈◊〉_d the_o thebaean_o rule_v here_o in_o those_o day_n a_o country_n in_o delta_n name_v so_o by_o the_o rich_a 〈◊〉_d city_n of_o thebes_n c_o that_o which_o of_o asia_n minor_a hereafter_o d_o some_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d sallust_n divide_v the_o world_n but_o into_o two_o part_n asia_n and_o europe_n make_v africa_n a_o 〈◊〉_d â—…pe_n in_o bello_fw-la jugurth_n there-upon_a sylius_n say_v of_o lybia_n that_o it_o be_v either_o a_o great_a 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n those_o that_o divide_v not_o africa_n from_o europe_n do_v 〈◊〉_d the_o temperature_n of_o the_o wind_n and_o upon_o the_o heaven_n as_o lucan_n say_v lib_n 〈◊〉_d tertia_fw-la pars_fw-la rerum_fw-la lybie_n si_fw-la credere_fw-la famae_fw-la cuncta_fw-la velis_fw-la at_o si_fw-la ventos_fw-la calumque_fw-la sequaris_fw-la pars_fw-la erit_fw-la europae_n nec_fw-la enim_fw-la plus_fw-la littora_fw-la nili_n quam_fw-la scythicus_fw-la tanais_n primus_fw-la à _fw-la gadibus_fw-la absunt_fw-la lybia_n the_o world_n three_o part_n or_o author_n lie_v but_o if_o you_o ground_n upon_o the_o wind_n and_o sky_n it_o be_v part_n of_o europe_n tanais_n shore_n and_o niles_n lie_v a_o like_a distant_a from_o the_o gades_n iles._n 〈◊〉_d â—…ward_n upon_o this_o question_n e_z equal_a some_o read_v unequal_a better_a for_o africa_n be_v 〈◊〉_d europe_n and_o asia_n great_a than_o both_o which_o lie_v in_o a_o large_a quantity_n to_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d africa_n and_o the_o sea_n between_o they_o both_o contain_v as_o mela_n say_v but_o he_o folâ—…â—…olde_v tradition_n for_o we_o have_v now_o discover_v a_o great_a part_n of_o africa_n towards_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…owne_v before_o f_z europe_n from_o the_o north_n on_o the_o north_n side_n europe_n be_v bound_v 〈◊〉_d sea_n and_o the_o british_a ocean_n on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantike_a ocean_n on_o the_o europe_n 〈◊〉_d â—…he_v mediterrane_n sea_n and_o on_o the_o east_n with_o hellespont_n the_o two_o bosphori_n the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o river_n of_o tanais_n g_o africa_n africa_n be_v bound_v on_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantic_a sea_n on_o the_o north_n with_o our_o sea_n and_o on_o the_o south_n 〈◊〉_d â—…opian_a ocean_n but_o thus_o the_o old_a writer_n unperfect_o limit_v it_o the_o portugal_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v it_o far_o more_o full_o h_z all_o the_o water_n the_o bruges_n copy_n read_v because_o our_o sea_n come_v from_o the_o ocean_n between_o they_o both_o the_o sea_n that_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n call_v the_o mediterrane_n sea_n be_v we_o for_o no_o other_o sea_n come_v near_o they_o it_o stretch_v according_a to_o mela_n from_o hercules_n his_o pillar_n to_o the_o bay_n of_o issus_n on_o the_o east_n to_o meotis_n and_o tanais_n on_o the_o north_n lie_v between_o europe_n and_o africa_n in_o one-place_n and_o between_o europe_n and_o asia_n in_o another_o ay_o our_o great_a sea_n that_o which_o flow_v from_o the_o ocean_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o europe_n and_o africa_n and_o be_v broad_a between_o the_o bay_n of_o liguria_n and_o hippon_n where_o augustine_n dwell_v who_o therefore_o call_v it_o great_a k_o egypt_n must_v egypt_n be_v not_o all_o asia_n but_o a_o part_n of_o it_o lie_v from_o nilus_n to_o the_o east_n yet_o do_v it_o not_o obey_v the_o 〈◊〉_d assyrian_n but_o be_v a_o mighty_a kingdom_n of_o itself_o and_o make_v great_a war_n upon_o assyria_n and_o overran_a much_o of_o it_o if_o we_o may_v give_v credence_n to_o their_o book_n of_o god_n second_o promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n chap._n 18._o so_o abraham_n at_o the_o seventie_o five_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n and_o the_o hundred_o forty_o five_o of_o his_o father_n leave_v charra_n and_o take_v lot_n his_o brother_n son_n with_o he_o and_o sara_n his_o wife_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n even_o unto_o a_o sichem_n where_o he_o receive_v this_o second_o promise_n the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o abraham_n and_o say_v 1â—…_n unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n this_o promise_n concern_v not_o that_o seed_n of_o he_o whereby_o he_o be_v to_o become_v
the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n but_o the_o progeny_n of_o his_o body_n only_o by_o isaac_n and_o israel_n for_o their_o seed_n possess_v this_o land_n l._n vives_n unto_o a_o sichem_n this_o lie_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n part_n and_o abimelech_n afterward_o destroy_v iâ—…_n judg._n 9_o 45._o it_o be_v call_v sicima_fw-la in_o greek_a and_o latin_a and_o there_o remain_v some_o memoâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iâ—…_n iâ—…_n hieromes_n time_n in_o the_o suburb_n of_o neapolis_n near_o unto_o josephs_n sepulchre_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d sichem_n also_o upon_o mount_n ephraim_n a_o city_n of_o the_o fugitive_n hier._n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr hebraec_fw-la how_o god_n preserve_v saras_n chastity_n in_o egypt_n when_o abraham_n will_v not_o be_v know_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n but_o his_o sister_n chap._n 19_o there_o abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n and_o then_o depart_v and_o dwell_v in_o a_o wilderness_n and_o from_o thence_o be_v drive_v by_o famine_n to_o go_v into_o egypt_n where_o he_o call_v his_o wife_n his_o sister_n and_o yet_o ah_o lie_v not_o for_o she_o be_v his_o cousin_n germane_a and_o lot_n be_v his_o brother_n son_n be_v call_v his_o brother_n so_o that_o he_o do_v only_o conceal_v and_o not_o deny_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n commend_v the_o custody_n of_o her_o chastity_n unto_o god_n and_o avoid_v man_n deceit_n as_o man_n for_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v endeavour_v â—…o_o eschew_v danger_n as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v he_o shall_v rather_o have_v become_v a_o b_o 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n than_o a_o truster_n in_o he_o whereof_o we_o have_v dispute_v against_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manichee_n his_o callumnye_n and_o as_o abraham_n trust_v upon_o god_n so_o come_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o pharaoh_n the_o king_n of_o egypt_n seek_v to_o have_v she_o to_o wife_n be_v sore_a afâ—…_n â—…d_v force_v to_o restore_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n where_o c_o god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d she_o defile_v by_o he_o any_o way_n his_o great_a plague_n that_o he_o suffer_v will_v no_o way_n permit_v he_o to_o commit_v any_o such_o outrage_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o lie_v not_o for_n cousin-germaines_a be_v call_v brethren_n and_o sister_n as_o we_o show_v out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d b_o a_o temple_n god_n will_v be_v trust_v unto_o firm_o but_o no_o way_n tempt_v thou_o shall_v not_o tempt_v 〈◊〉_d lord_n thy_o god_n say_v moses_n in_o deuteronomy_n which_o say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n make_v 〈◊〉_d of_o mat._n 4._o c_o god_n forbid_v hierome_n show_v by_o the_o example_n hester_n that_o the_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d a_o full_a year_n to_o be_v prepare_v fit_a for_o the_o king_n bed_n ere_o he_o touch_v they_o so_o that_o phaâ—…â—…ght_v â—…ght_z be_v plague_v and_o force_v to_o return_n sara_n to_o her_o husband_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n of_o the_o separation_n of_o lot_n and_o abraham_n without_o breach_n of_o charity_n or_o love_n between_o they_o chap._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o place_n whence_o he_o come_v lot_z withâ—…_n any_o breach_n of_o love_n between_o they_o depart_v to_o dwell_v in_o sodom_n for_o beâ—…â—…th_v very_o rich_a their_o shepherd_n and_o herdsman_n can_v not_o agree_v and_o so_o to_o aâ—…_n that_o inconvenience_n they_o part_v for_o among_o such_o as_o all_o man_n be_v unperâ—…â—…ere_o may_v no_o doubt_n be_v some_o contention_n now_o and_o then_o arise_v which_o eâ—…_n avoid_v abraham_n say_v thus_o unto_o lot_n let_v there_o be_v no_o strife_n i_o pray_v thou_o between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o nor_o between_o my_o herdsman_n and_o thou_o for_o we_o be_v brethren_n be_v a_o not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nd_v before_o thou_o i_o pray_v thou_o depart_v from_o i_o if_o thou_o will_v take_v the_o left_a hand_n i_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o right_n or_o if_o thou_o will_v go_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n than_o i_o will_v take_v the_o left_a â—…ce_o b_o it_o may_v be_v the_o world_n get_v up_o a_o honest_a quiet_a custom_n that_o the_o elâ—…â—…ould_v evermore_o divide_v the_o land_n and_o the_o young_a shall_v choose_v l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d abraham_n put_v he_o to_o his_o choice_n to_o take_v where_o he_o will_v and_o he_o will_v take_v 〈◊〉_d b_o hence_o it_o may_v be_v this_o be_v a_o custom_n of_o old_a as_o the_o declamer_n law_n conâ—…â—…of_o this_o be_v one_o sen._n lib._n declam_fw-la 6._o of_o god_n three_o promise_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o chap._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d â—…hen_n abraham_n and_o lot_n be_v part_v &_o dwell_v several_a for_o necessity_n sake_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ot_n for_o discord_n abraham_n in_o canaan_n lot_n in_o sodom_n god_n speak_v the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o abraham_n say_v lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n now_o and_o look_v from_o the_o place_n where_o 13._o 〈◊〉_d northward_o and_o southward_o and_o eastward_o and_o to_o a_o the_o sea_n for_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d see_v will_v i_o give_v to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n for_o ever_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n may_v number_v the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n then_o shall_v thy_o 〈◊〉_d â—…bred_v also_o arise_v walk_n through_o the_o land_n in_o the_o length_n and_o breadth_n thereof_o for_o 〈◊〉_d it_o unto_o thou_o whether_o these_o promise_n concern_v his_o be_v the_o faâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d nation_n it_o be_v not_o evident_o apparent_a these_o word_n i_o will_v make_v 〈◊〉_d the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n may_v have_v some_o reference_n to_o that_o be_v a_o tropiâ—…_n of_o speech_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v b_o hyperbole_n but_o how_o c_o the_o 〈◊〉_d use_v this_o and_o the_o rest_n not_o that_o have_v read_v they_o but_o understand_v this_o trope_n now_o be_v when_o the_o word_n do_v far_o exceed_v the_o meaning_n for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o sand_n be_v more_o than_o all_o adam_n seed_n can_v make_v from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n how_o much_o more_o than_o abraham_n though_o it_o include_v both_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o believe_v of_o all_o other_o nation_n compare_v this_o late_a with_o the_o number_n of_o the_o wicked_a d_o and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o handful_n though_o e_o this_o handful_n be_v such_o a_o multitude_n as_o holy_a write_v think_v to_o signify_v hyperbolical_o by_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o indeed_o the_o seed_n promise_v abraham_n be_v innumerable_a unto_o man_n but_o not_o unto_o god_n f_z nor_o the_o sand_n neither_o and_o therefore_o because_o not_o only_o the_o israelite_n but_o all_o abraham_n seed_n beside_o which_o he_o shall_v propagate_v in_o the_o spirit_n be_v fit_o compare_v with_o the_o sand_n therefore_o this_o promise_n include_v both_o but_o this_o we_o say_v be_v not_o apparent_a because_o his_o bodily_a progeny_n alone_o in_o time_n amount_v to_o such_o a_o number_n that_o it_o fill_v almost_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o may_v by_o a_o hyperbole_n be_v comparable_a to_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n because_o this_o multitude_n be_v only_o innumerable_a unto_o man_n but_o that_o the_o land_n he_o 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our_o meaning_n quintil._n lib._n 9_o c_o the_o scripture_n as_o in_o hieremy_n the_o twenty_o a_o hyperbole_n of_o many_o verse_n say_v hierome_n also_o dan._n 4._o and_o ecclesiaste_n 10._o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o heaven_n shall_v carry_v thy_o voice_n origen_n say_v that_o that_o place_n rom._n 1._o 8._o your_o faith_n be_v publish_v through_o all_o the_o world_n be_v a_o hyperbole_n this_o figure_n be_v ordinary_a in_o the_o gospel_n also_o and_o use_v most_o to_o move_v the_o hearer_n aug._n contra_fw-la julian._n lib._n 5._o i_o wonder_v of_o some_o that_o have_v rather_o have_v the_o scripture_n speak_v rustical_o then_o learned_o d_o it_o be_v but_o narrow_a be_v the_o way_n that_o lead_v
their_o nose_n actisanes_n the_o king_n of_o ethiopia_n say_v diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 2._o have_v conquer_v all_o egypt_n partly_o by_o force_n and_o part_n by_o condition_n set_v up_o a_o new_a law_n for_o thief_n neither_o acquit_v they_o nor_o punish_v they_o with_o death_n but_o get_v they_o altogether_o he_o punish_v they_o thus_o first_o he_o cut_v off_o their_o nose_n and_o then_o force_v they_o to_o go_v into_o the_o far_a part_n of_o the_o desert_n and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o city_n for_o they_o call_v rhinocorura_n of_o there_o want_v of_o nose_n and_o this_o stand_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o egypt_n and_o arabia_n void_a of_o all_o thing_n fit_a for_o the_o life_n of_o man_n for_o all_o the_o water_n of_o the_o country_n be_v salt_n and_o there_o be_v but_o one_o fountain_n wtihin_a the_o wall_n and_o that_o be_v most_o bitter_a and_o unprofitable_a thus_o far_o diodorus_n of_o agar_n sara_n her_o bondwoman_n who_o she_o give_v as_o concubine_n unto_o abraham_n chap._n 25._o now_o follow_v the_o time_n of_o abraham_n son_n one_o of_o agar_n the_o bondwoman_n the_o 16._o other_o of_o sara_n the_o freewoman_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v also_o in_o the_o last_o book_n bâ—…_n now_o for_o this_o act_n abraham_n offend_v not_o in_o use_v of_o this_o woman_n agar_n as_o a_o concubine_n for_o he_o do_v it_o for_o progeny_n sake_n and_o not_o for_o lust_n nor_o as_o insult_v but_o obey_v his_o wife_n who_o hold_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o comfort_n unto_o her_o barrenness_n if_o she_o get_v child_n from_o her_o bondwoman_n by_o will_n see_v she_o can_v get_v none_o of_o herself_o by_o nature_n use_v that_o law_n that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o the_o husband_n have_v not_o power_n of_o his_o own_o body_n but_o the_o wife_n the_o woman_n may_v procure_v herself_o 4._o child_n from_o the_o womb_n of_o another_o if_o she_o can_v bear_v none_o herself_o there_o be_v neither_o luxury_n nor_o uncleanness_n in_o such_o a_o act_n the_o maid_n be_v 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man_n that_o can_v use_v his_o wife_n with_o temperance_n and_o his_o servant_n with_o obedience_n and_o both_o without_o all_o touch_n of_o uncleanness_n of_o god_n promise_n unto_o abraham_n that_o sara_n though_o she_o be_v old_a shall_v have_v a_o son_n that_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o how_o this_o promise_n be_v seal_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o circumcision_n chap._n 26._o after_o this_o ishmael_n be_v bear_v of_o agar_n in_o who_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n be_v fulfil_v who_o when_o he_o talk_v of_o make_v his_o steward_n his_o heir_n god_n say_v nay_o but_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o heir_n of_o thy_o 1â—…_n 〈◊〉_d body_n but_o lest_o he_o shall_v build_v upon_o this_o in_o the_o four_o score_n and_o nineteen_o year_n of_o his_o age_n god_n appear_v unto_o he_o say_v i_o be_o the_o all-fufficient_a god_n 〈◊〉_d before_o i_o and_o be_v thou_o upright_o and_o i_o will_v make_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o 〈◊〉_d thou_o and_o will_v multiply_v thou_o exceed_o then_o abraham_n fall_v on_o his_o face_n and_o god_n talk_v with_o he_o say_v behold_v i_o make_v my_o covenant_n with_o thou_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n nor_o shall_v thy_o name_n be_v call_v abram_n any_o more_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n for_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n have_v i_o make_v thou_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o â—…ding_v fruitful_a and_o many_o nation_n yea_o even_a king_n shall_v proceed_v of_o thou_o and_o i_o â—…ill_v establish_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o in_o their_o gâ—…tions_n for_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n to_o be_v god_n to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d will_v give_v thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o a_o land_n wherein_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n even_o 〈◊〉_d the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n and_o i_o wâ—…lbee_n their_o god_n and_o god_n say_v further_o unto_o abraham_n thou_o shall_v keep_v my_o covenant_n thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o in_o their_o generation_n this_o be_v my_o covenant_n which_o thou_o shall_v keep_v between_o thou_o and_o i_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o let_v every_o manchild_n â—…f_n you_o be_v circumcise_v that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d shall_v circumcise_v the_o foreskin_n of_o your_o flesh_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o coâ—…_n between_o i_o and_o you_o every_o man_n child_n of_o eight_o day_n old_a among_o you_o shall_v be_v â—…ised_v in_o your_o generation_n aswell_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o thy_o house_n or_o he_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o stranger_n which_o be_v not_o of_o thy_o seed_n both_o must_v be_v circumcise_v so_o my_o coveâ—…_n shall_v be_v eternal_o in_o you_o but_o the_o uncircumcised_a manchild_n and_o he_o in_o who_o flesh_n the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ne_n be_v not_o circumcise_v shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n because_o he_o have_v break_v my_o covenant_n and_o god_n say_v more_o unto_o abraham_n sarai_n thy_o wife_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o call_v sarai_n but_o sarah_n and_o i_o will_v bless_v she_o and_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o son_n of_o she_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v she_o and_o she_o shall_v be_v the_o mother_n of_o nation_n yea_o even_o of_o king_n then_o abraham_n fall_v upon_o his_o face_n and_o laugh_v in_o his_o heart_n say_v shall_v he_o that_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a have_v a_o child_n and_o shall_v sarah_n that_o be_v ninety_o year_n old_a bear_v and_o abraham_n say_v unto_o god_n oh_o let_v ishmael_n live_v in_o thy_o sight_n and_o god_n say_v unto_o abraham_n sarah_n thy_o wife_n shall_v be_v be_v a_o son_n indeed_o and_o thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n isaac_n i_o will_v establish_v my_o covenant_n with_o he_o as_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o i_o a_o will_v be_v his_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o his_o seed_n after_o he_o as_o concern_v ishmael_n i_o have_v hear_v thou_o for_o i_o have_v bless_v he_o and_o will_v multiply_v and_o increase_v he_o exceed_o twelve_o prince_n shall_v he_o beget_v and_o i_o will_v make_v he_o a_o great_a nation_n but_o my_o covenant_n will_v i_o establish_v with_o isaac_n who_o sarah_n shall_v bear_v unto_o the_o next_o year_n by_o this_o time_n here_o now_o be_v the_o call_n of_o the_o nation_n plain_o promise_v in_o isaac_n that_o be_v in_o the_o son_n of_o promise_n signify_v grace_n and_o not_o nature_n for_o a_o son_n be_v promise_v unto_o a_o old_a man_n by_o a_o barren_a old_a woman_n and_o although_o god_n work_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n yet_o where_o that_o nature_n be_v wither_v and_o waste_v there_o such_o a_o effect_n as_o this_o be_v god_n evident_a work_n denounce_v grace_n the_o more_o apparent_o and_o because_o this_o be_v not_o to_o come_v by_o generation_n but_o regeneration_n afterward_o therefore_o be_v circumcision_n command_v now_o when_o this_o son_n be_v promise_v unto_o sarah_n and_o whereas_o all_o child_n servant_n regeneration_n unborn_a &_o stranger_n be_v command_v to_o be_v circumcise_v this_o show_v that_o grace_n belong_v unto_o all_o the_o world_n for_o what_o do_v circumcision_n signify_v but_o the_o put_n off_o corruption_n and_o the_o renovation_n of_o nature_n and_o what_o do_v the_o eight_o day_n signify_v but_o christ_n that_o rise_v again_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o week_n the_o sabbath_n be_v fulfil_v b_o the_o very_a name_n of_o these_o parent_n be_v change_v all_o signify_v that_o newness_n which_o be_v shadow_v in_o the_o type_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o which_o the_o new_a one_o lie_v prefigure_v for_o why_o be_v it_o call_v the_o old_a testament_n but_o for_o that_o it_o shadow_v the_o new_a and_o what_o
so_o she_o be_v indeed_o both_o these_o and_o withal_o of_o such_o beauty_n that_o she_o be_v amiable_a even_o at_o those_o year_n l._n vives_n a_o shower_n a_o of_o fire_n of_o this_o combustion_n many_o profane_a author_n make_v mention_n strabo_n say_v that_o city_n be_v consume_v by_o that_o fire_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n thereabouts_o report_v the_o pool_n that_o remain_v where_o sodom_n stand_v the_o chief_a city_n be_v sixty_o furlong_n about_o many_o of_o they_o also_o mention_v the_o lake_n asphalt_n where_o the_o bitumen_n grow_v b_o apiller_n josephus_n say_v he_o do_v see_v it_o of_o isaac_n bear_v at_o the_o time_n prefix_v and_o name_v so_o because_o of_o his_o parent_n laughter_n chap._n 31._o after_o this_o abraham_n according_a to_o god_n promise_n have_v a_o son_n by_o sarah_n and_o call_v he_o isaac_n that_o be_v laughter_n for_o his_o father_n laugh_v for_o joy_n and_o admiration_n when_o he_o be_v first_o promise_v and_o his_o mother_n when_o the_o three_o man_n confirm_v this_o promise_n again_o laugh_v also_o between_o joy_n and_o doubt_v the_o angel_n show_v she_o that_o her_o laughter_n be_v not_o faithful_a though_o it_o be_v joyful_a hence_o have_v the_o child_n his_o name_n for_o this_o laughter_n belong_v not_o to_o the_o record_v of_o reproach_n but_o to_o the_o celebration_n of_o gladness_n as_o sarah_n show_v when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v and_o call_v by_o this_o name_n for_o she_o say_v god_n have_v make_v i_o to_o laugh_v and_o all_o that_o hear_v i_o will_v rejoice_v with_o i_o and_o soon_o after_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o house_n in_o 6_o signification_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o sarah_n be_v of_o the_o new_a as_o the_o apostle_n say_v and_o of_o that_o glorious_a city_n of_o god_n the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n abraham_n faith_n and_o obedience_n prooâ—…_n in_o his_o intent_n to_o offer_v his_o son_n sarahs_n death_n chap._n 32._o to_o omit_v many_o accident_n for_o brenity_n sake_n abraham_n for_o a_o trial_n be_v command_v to_o go_v and_o sacrifice_v his_o dear_a son_n isaac_n that_o his_o true_a obedience_n may_v show_v itself_o to_o all_o the_o world_n in_o that_o shape_n which_o god_n know_v already_o that_o it_o bate_v this_o now_o be_v a_o inculpable_a temptation_n and_o some_o such_o there_o be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v take_v thankful_o as_o one_o of_o god_n trial_n of_o man_n and_o general_o man_v mind_n can_v never_o know_v itself_o well_o but_o put_v forth_o itself_o upon_o trial_n and_o experimental_a hazard_n and_o by_o their_o event_n it_o learn_v the_o own_o state_n wherein_o if_o it_o acknowledge_v god_n enable_v it_o it_o be_v godly_a and_o confirm_v in_o solidity_n of_o grace_n against_o all_o the_o bladder-like_a humour_n of_o vainglory_n abraham_n will_v never_o believe_v that_o god_n can_v take_v delight_n in_o sacrifice_n of_o man_n flesh_n though_o god_n thunder_a command_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v not_o question_v upon_o yet_o be_v abraham_n commend_v for_o have_v a_o firm_a faith_n and_o belief_n that_o his_o son_n isaac_n shall_v rise_v again_o after_o he_o be_v sacrifice_v for_o when_o he_o will_v not_o obey_v his_o wife_n in_o cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o her_o son_n god_n say_v unto_o he_o in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n 9_o be_v call_v and_o add_v of_o the_o bond-womans_n son_n will_v i_o make_v a_o great_a nation_n also_o because_o he_o be_v thy_o seed_n how_o then_o be_v isaac_n only_o call_v abraham_n seed_n when_o god_n call_v ishmael_n so_o likewise_o the_o apostle_n expound_v it_o in_o these_o word_n that_o be_v they_o which_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v account_v for_o the_o seed_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o son_n of_o promise_n call_v to_o be_v abraham_n seed_n in_o isaac_n that_o be_v gather_v into_o the_o church_n by_o christ_n his_o free_a grace_n and_o mercy_n this_o promise_n the_o father_n hold_v fast_o see_v that_o it_o must_v be_v fulfil_v in_o he_o who_o god_n command_v to_o kill_v doubt_v not_o but_o that_o that_o god_n can_v restore_v he_o after_o sacrifice_v who_o have_v give_v he_o at_o first_o beyond_o all_o hope_n so_o the_o scripture_n take_v his_o belief_n to_o have_v be_v and_o deliver_v it_o by_o faith_n a_o 11._o abraham_n offer_v up_o isaac_n when_o he_o be_v try_v and_o he_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o promise_n offer_v his_o only_a son_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v for_o he_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o then_o follow_v for_o when_o he_o receive_v he_o also_o in_o a_o sort_n in_o what_o sort_n but_o as_o he_o receive_v his_o son_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v who_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o die_v for_o we_o all_o and_o so_o do_v isaac_n carry_v the_o wood_n of_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o place_n even_o as_o christ_n 8._o carry_v the_o cross_n last_o see_v isaac_n be_v not_o to_o be_v slay_v indeed_o and_o his_o father_n command_v to_o hold_v his_o hand_n who_o be_v that_o ram_n that_o be_v offer_v as_o a_o full_a and_o typical_a sacrifice_n namely_o that_o which_o abraham_n first_o of_o all_o espy_v entangle_v b_o in_o the_o bush_n by_o the_o horn_n what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o type_n of_o jesus_n christ_n crown_v with_o thorn_n ere_o he_o be_v crucify_v but_o mark_v the_o angel_n word_n abraham_n say_v the_o scripture_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n and_o take_v the_o knife_n to_o kill_v his_o son_n but_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v unto_o he_o from_o heaven_n say_v abraham_n and_o he_o answer_v here_o lord_n then_o he_o say_v lay_v not_o thy_o hand_n upon_o thy_o son_n nor_o do_v any_o thing_n unto_o he_o for_o now_o i_o know_v thou_o fear_v god_n see_v that_o for_o my_o sake_n thou_o have_v not_o spare_v thy_o only_a son_n now_o i_o know_v that_o be_v now_o i_o have_v make_v know_v for_o god_n know_v it_o ere_o now_o and_o then_o abraham_n have_v offer_v the_o ram_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n call_v the_o place_n c_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v as_o it_o be_v say_v unto_o this_o day_n in_o the_o mount_n have_v the_o lord_n appear_v &_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v unto_o abraham_n again_o out_o of_o heaven_n say_v by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v say_v the_o lord_n because_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o thing_n &_o lust_n not_o spare_v thy_o only_a son_n for_o i_o sure_o i_o will_v bless_v thou_o &_o multiply_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o thy_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o gate_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v because_o thou_o have_v a_o obey_v my_o voice_n this_o be_v that_o promise_v swear_v unto_o by_o god_n concern_v the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n after_o the_o offering_n of_o the_o ram_n the_o type_n of_o christ._n god_n have_v often_o promise_v before_o but_o never_o swear_v and_o what_o be_v god_n oath_n but_o a_o confirmation_n of_o his_o promise_n and_o a_o reprehension_n of_o the_o faithless_a after_o this_o die_v sara_n be_v ahundr_v twenty_o seven_o year_n old_a in_o the_o hundred_o thirty_o seven_o year_n of_o her_o husband_n age_n for_o he_o be_v ten_o year_n elder_a than_o she_o as_o he_o show_v when_o isaac_n be_v first_o promise_v say_v shall_v i_o that_o be_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a have_v a_o child_n and_o shall_v sarah_n that_o be_v four_o score_n and_o ten_o year_n old_a bear_v and_o then_o do_v abraham_n buy_v a_o piece_n of_o ground_n and_o bury_v his_o wife_n in_o it_o and_o then_o as_o stephen_n say_v be_v he_o seat_v in_o that_o land_n for_o than_o begin_v he_o to_o be_v a_o possessor_n namely_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n who_o be_v dead_a some_o two_o year_n before_o l._n vives_n by_o a_o faith_n a_o diversity_n of_o read_v in_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n therefore_o have_v we_o follow_v the_o vulgar_a b_o in_o the_o bush_n this_o be_v after_o the_o seventy_o and_o theodotion_n who_o translation_n hierome_n approve_v before_o that_o of_o aquila_n and_o symachus_n c_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v the_o hebrew_n say_v hierome_n be_v shall_v see_v and_o it_o be_v a_o proverb_n use_v by_o the_o hebrew_n in_o all_o their_o proverb_n extremity_n wish_v god_n help_v to_o say_v in_o the_o mount_n the_o lord_n shall_v see_v that_o be_v as_o he_o pity_v abraham_n so_o will_v he_o pity_v us._n and_o in_o sign_n of_o that_o ram_n that_o god_n send_v he_o they_o use_v unto_o this_o day_n to_o blow_v
a_o horn_n thus_o much_o hierome_n in_o spain_n this_o proverb_n remain_v still_o but_o not_o as_o augustine_n take_v it_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v altogether_o see_v but_o in_o a_o manner_n that_o be_v his_o help_n shall_v be_v see_v d_o obey_v ob-audisti_a and_o so_o the_o old_a writersuse_v to_o say_v in_o steed_n of_o obedisti_fw-la of_o rebecca_n nachor'_v niece_n who_o isaac_n marry_v chap_n 33._o then_o isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a marry_v rebecca_n niece_n to_o his_o uncle_n nachor_n three_o year_n after_o his_o mother_n death_n his_o father_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a and_o when_o abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n into_o mesopotamia_n to_o fetch_v she_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n and_o i_o will_v swear_v thou_o by_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o earth_n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v my_o son_n isaac_n a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o but_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o proceed_v of_o those_o loin_n be_v these_o mean_a prophecy_n and_o presage_n of_o that_o which_o we_o see_v now_o fulfil_v in_o christ._n of_o abraham_n marry_v kethurah_n after_o sarahs_n death_n and_o the_o meaning_n therefore_o chap._n 34._o but_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o abraham_n marry_v kethurah_n after_o sarahs_n death_n god_n defend_v we_o from_o suspect_n of_o incontinency_n in_o he_o be_v so_o old_a and_o so_o holy_a and_o faithful_a desire_v he_o more_o son_n god_n have_v promise_v to_o make_v the_o seed_n of_o isaac_n 〈◊〉_d the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o if_o agar_n and_o hismaell_n do_v signify_v the_o mortal_n to_o the_o old-testament_n as_o the_o apostle_n teach_v why_o may_v not_o kethurah_n and_o her_o son_n signify_v the_o mortal_n belong_v to_o the_o new-testament_n they_o both_o be_v call_v abraham_n wife_n &_o his_o concubine_n but_o sarah_n be_v never_o call_v his_o concubine_n but_o his_o wife_n only_o for_o it_o be_v thus_o write_v of_o sarahs_n give_v agar_n unto_o abraham_n then_o sarah_n abraham_n wife_n take_v agar_n the_o egyptian_a she_o maid_n after_o abraham_n have_v dwell_v ten_o year_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o give_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n abraham_n for_o his_o wife_n and_o of_o kethurah_n we_o read_v thus_o of_o his_o take_v she_o after_o sarahs_n death_n now_o abraham_n have_v take_v he_o another_o wife_n call_v kethurah_n here_o now_o you_o hear_v they_o both_o call_v his_o wife_n but_o the_o scripture_n call_v they_o both_o his_o concubine_n also_o say_v afterward_o abraham_n gaeve_fw-la all_o his_o good_n unto_o isaac_n but_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n he_o give_v gift_n and_o send_v they_o away_o from_o isaac_n his_o son_n while_o 〈◊〉_d he_o yet_o live_v eastward_o into_o the_o east_n country_n thus_o the_o concubine_n son_n have_v some_o gift_n but_o none_o of_o they_o attain_v the_o promise_a kingdom_n neither_o the_o carnal_a jew_n nor_o the_o heretic_n for_o none_o be_v heir_n but_o isaac_n nor_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o flesh_n the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o those_o of_o the_o promise_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v be_v call_v thy_o seed_n for_o i_o can_v see_v how_o kethurah_n who_o he_o marry_v after_o sarahs_n death_n shall_v be_v call_v his_o concubine_n but_o in_o this_o respect_n but_o he_o that_o will_v not_o understand_v these_o thing_n thus_o let_v he_o not_o slander_n abraham_n for_o what_o if_o this_o be_v appoint_v by_o god_n to_o show_v a_o those_o future_a heretic_n that_o deny_v second_o marriage_n in_o this_o great_a father_n of_o so_o many_o nation_n that_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n to_o many_o after_o the_o first_o wife_n be_v dead_a now_o abraham_n die_v be_v a_o hundred_o seaventy_fw-la five_o year_n old_a and_o isaac_n who_o he_o beget_v when_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o be_v seventy_o five_o year_n of_o age_n at_o his_o death_n l._n vives_n defective_a those_o ah_o future_a the_o cataphrygian_o that_o hold_v second_o marriage_n to_o be_v fornication_n aug_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la hierome_n against_o jovinian_a do_v not_o only_o abhor_v second_o marriage_n but_o even_o dislike_v of_o the_o first_o for_o he_o be_v a_o single_a man_n and_o bare_a marriage_n no_o good_a will_n the_o appointment_n of_o god_n concern_v the_o two_o twin_n in_o rebeccas_fw-la womb_n chap._n 33._o now_o let_v we_o see_v the_o proceed_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n after_o abraham_n death_n so_o then_o from_o isaac_n birth_n to_o the_o sixtith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n wherein_o he_o have_v child_n there_o be_v this_o one_o thing_n to_o be_v note_v that_o when_o as_o he_o have_v pray_v for_o her_o frutefulnes_n who_o be_v barren_a and_o that_o god_n have_v hear_v he_o and_o open_v her_o womb_n and_o she_o conceive_v the_o two_o twin_n a_o play_v in_o her_o womb_n wherewith_o she_o be_v trou_fw-fr bleed_v ask_v the_o lord_n pleasure_n and_o be_v answer_v thus_o 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 divide_v out_o of_o thy_o bowel_n and_o the_o one_o 25._o shall_v be_v mighty_a than_o the_o other_o and_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a wherein_o peter_n the_o apostle_n understand_v the_o great_a mystery_n of_o grace_n in_o that_o ere_o they_o be_v bear_v and_o either_o do_v evil_a or_o good_a the_o one_o be_v elect_v and_o the_o other_o reject_v and_o doubtless_o as_o concern_v original_a sin_n both_o be_v alike_o and_o guilty_a and_o as_o concern_v actual_a both_o a_o like_a and_o clear_a but_o my_o intent_n in_o this_o work_n curb_v i_o from_o further_a discourse_n of_o this_o point_n we_o have_v handle_v it_o in_o other_o volume_n but_o that_o say_n the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a all_o man_n interpret_v of_o the_o jew_n serve_v the_o christian_n and_o though_o it_o seem_v fulfil_v in_o b_o idumaea_n which_o come_v of_o the_o elder_a esau_n or_o edom_n for_o he_o have_v two_o name_n because_o it_o be_v afterward_o subdue_v by_o the_o israelite_n that_o come_v of_o the_o young_a yet_o notwithstanding_a that_o prophecy_n must_v needs_o have_v a_o great_a intent_n than_o so_o and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o christian_n l._n vives_n the_o two_o twin_n a_o play_v so_o say_v the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o kick_v hierome_n say_v move_v movebantur_fw-la aquila_n say_v be_v crush_v confringebantur_fw-la and_o symmachus_n compare_v their_o motion_n to_o a_o empty_a ship_n at_o sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b_o idumaea_n stephanus_n derive_v their_o nation_n from_o idumaas_n semiramis_n her_o son_n as_o judaea_n from_o judas_n another_o of_o her_o son_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v idumaea_n of_o a_o promise_n and_o blessing_n receive_v by_o isaac_n in_o the_o manner_n that_o abraham_n have_v receive_v he_o chap._n 36._o now_o isaac_n receive_v such_o a_o instruction_n from_o god_n as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v diverse_a time_n before_o it_o be_v record_v thus_o there_o be_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n beside_o the_o first_o famine_n that_o be_v in_o abraham_n time_n and_o isaac_n go_v to_o abymelech_n king_n of_o 1._o the_o philistine_n in_o gerara_n and_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o and_o say_v go_v not_o down_o into_o egypt_n but_o abide_v in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o dwell_v in_o this_o land_n and_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o for_o to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n and_o i_o will_v establish_v my_o oath_n which_o i_o swear_v to_o abraham_n thy_o father_n and_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o give_v all_o this_o land_n unto_o thy_o seed_n and_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v because_o thy_o father_n abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n and_o keep_v my_o ordinance_n my_o commandment_n my_o statute_n and_o my_o law_n now_o this_o patriarch_n have_v no_o wife_n nor_o concubine_n more_o than_o his_o first_o but_o rest_v content_a with_o the_o two_o son_n that_o god_n send_v he_o at_o one_o birth_n and_o he_o also_o fear_v his_o wife_n beauty_n among_o those_o stranger_n and_o do_v as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o with-h_a call_v her_o sister_n only_o and_o not_o wife_n she_o be_v indeed_o his_o kinswoman_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o when_o the_o stranger_n know_v that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n they_o let_v she_o quiet_o alone_a with_o he_o we_o not_o prefer_v he_o before_o his_o father_n tho_o in_o that_o he_o compare_v have_v but_o one_o
wife_n without_o all_o doubt_n his_o father_n obedience_n be_v of_o the_o great_a merit_n so_o that_o for_o his_o sake_n god_n say_v that_o he_o will_v do_v isaac_n that_o good_a that_o he_o do_v he_o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v bless_v say_v he_o because_o thy_o father_n abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n etc._n etc._n again_o say_v he_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n abraham_n fear_v not_o for_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o and_o have_v bless_v thou_o and_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n for_o abraham_n thy_o father_n sake_n to_o show_v all_o those_o carnal_o mind_a man_n that_o think_v singleness_n it_o be_v lust_n that_o make_v abraham_n do_v as_o it_o be_v record_v that_o he_o do_v it_o with_o no_o lust_n at_o all_o but_o a_o chaste_a intent_n teach_v we_o beside_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o compare_v man_n worth_n by_o singularity_n but_o to_o take_v they_o with_o all_o their_o quality_n together_o for_o a_o man_n may_v excel_v another_o in_o this_o or_o that_o virtue_n who_o excel_v he_o as_o far_o in_o another_o as_o good_a and_o albeit_a it_o be_v true_a that_o continence_n be_v better_a than_o marriage_n yet_o the_o faithful_a marry_a man_n be_v better_a than_o the_o continent_n infidel_n for_o such_o 〈◊〉_d one_o a_o be_v not_o only_o not_o to_o be_v praise_v for_o his_o continency_n since_o he_o believe_v not_o but_o rather_o high_o to_o be_v dispraise_v for_o not_o believe_v see_v he_o be_v continent_n but_o to_o grant_v they_o both_o good_a a_o marry_a man_n of_o great_a faith_n and_o obedience_n in_o jesus_n christ_n be_v better_a than_o a_o continent_n man_n with_o less_o but_o if_o they_o be_v equal_a who_o make_v any_o question_n that_o the_o continent_n man_n be_v the_o more_o excellent_a l._n vives_n such_o a_o a_o one_o be_v not_o herein_o be_v apparent_a how_o fruitless_a external_a work_n be_v without_o the_o dew_n of_o grace_n do_v ripen_v they_o in_o the_o heart_n the_o bruges_n copy_n read_v not_o this_o place_n so_o well_o in_o my_o judgement_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n and_o the_o mystery_n include_v in_o they_o both_o chap._n 27._o so_o isaac_n two_o son_n esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bring_v up_o together_o now_o the_o young_a get_v the_o birthright_n of_o the_o elder_a by_o a_o bargain_n make_v for_o a_o lentiles_n and_o pottage_n which_o jacob_n have_v prepare_v &_o esau_n long_v for_fw-mi exceed_o &_o so_o sell_v he_o his_o birthright_n for_o some_o of_o they_o and_o confirm_v the_o bargain_n with_o a_o oath_n here_o now_o may_v we_o learn_v that_o it_o be_v b_o not_o the_o kind_n of_o meat_n but_o the_o gluttonous_a affect_v that_o hurt_v to_o proceed_v isaac_n grow_v old_a and_o his_o sight_n fail_v he_o he_o will_v willing_o bless_v his_o elder_a son_n and_o not_o know_v he_o bless_v the_o young_a who_o have_v counterfeit_v his_o brother_n roughness_n of_o body_n by_o put_v goat_n skin_n upon_o his_o neck_n and_o hand_n and_o so_o let_v his_o father_n feel_v he_o now_o lest_o some_o shall_v think_v that_o this_o be_v c_o â—…lent_a deceit_n in_o jacob_n the_o scripture_n say_v before_o esau_n be_v a_o cunning_a hunter_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ed_v in_o the_o fiele_n but_o jacob_n be_v a_o simple_a plain_a man_n and_o keep_v at_o home_n d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…lesse_a one_o without_o counterfeit_n what_o be_v the_o deceit_n then_o of_o this_o plaâ—…_n deal_v man_n in_o get_v of_o this_o blessing_n what_o can_v the_o guile_n of_o a_o guiltless_a true_a heart_a soul_n be_v in_o this_o case_n but_o a_o deep_a mystery_n of_o the_o truth_n what_o be_v the_o blessing_n behold_v say_v he_o the_o smell_n of_o my_o son_n be_v as_o the_o smell_n of_o a_o field_n which_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d bless_a god_n give_v thou_o therefore_o of_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o fatness_n of_o earth_n â—…d_v plenty_n of_o wheat_n and_o wine_n let_v the_o nation_n be_v thy_o servant_n and_o prince_n bow_v down_o iâ—…cob_n unto_o thou_o be_v lord_n over_o thy_o brother_n and_o let_v thy_o mother_n child_n honour_v thou_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o bless_v be_v he_o that_o bless_v thou_o thus_o this_o blessing_n of_o jacob_n be_v the_o preach_n of_o christ_n unto_o all_o the_o nation_n this_o be_v the_o whole_a scope_n in_o isaac_n be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v christ_n bless_v unknowen_a to_o they_o because_o he_o know_v not_o they_o the_o odour_n of_o his_o name_n fill_v the_o world_n like_o a_o field_n the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n be_v his_o divine_a doctrine_n the_o fertile_a â—…th_n be_v the_o faithful_a church_n the_o plenty_n of_o wheat_n and_o wine_n be_v the_o multitude_n â—…ed_v in_o christ_n by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n he_o do_v nation_n serve_v and_o prince_n adore_v heâ—…_n be_v lord_n over_o his_o brother_n for_o his_o people_n rule_v oâ—…r_o the_o jew_n the_o son_n of_o his_o father_n that_o be_v abraham_n son_n in_o the_o faith_n do_v honour_n he_o for_o he_o be_v abraham_n son_n in_o the_o flesh_n curse_a be_v he_o that_o curse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bless_a be_v he_o that_o bless_v he_o christ_n i_o mean_v our_o saviour_n bless_v that_o be_v â—…ly_o â—…ught_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o wound_a jew_n and_o be_v still_o bless_a by_o oâ—…_n of_o they_o that_o as_o yet_o erroneous_o expect_v his_o come_n and_o now_o come_v 〈◊〉_d â—…er_n for_o the_o blessing_n promise_v then_o be_v isaac_n afraid_a and_o know_v he_o have_v bless_v the_o one_o for_o the_o other_o he_o wonder_v and_o ask_v who_o he_o be_v yet_o complain_v he_o not_o of_o the_o deceit_n but_o have_v the_o mystery_n thereof_o open_v in_o his_o heart_n he_o forbear_v fretn_a and_o confirm_v the_o blessing_n who_o be_v he_o then_o say_v he_o that_o hunt_v and_o take_v venison_n for_o i_o and_o i_o have_v eat_v of_o it_o all_o before_o thou_o come_v and_o i_o have_v bless_v he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v bless_v who_o will_v not_o have_v here_o expect_v a_o curse_n rather_o but_o that_o his_o mind_n be_v alter_v by_o a_o divine_a inspiration_n o_o true_a do_v deed_n but_o yet_o all_o prophetical_a on_o earth_n but_o all_o by_o heaven_n by_o man_n but_o all_o for_o god_n whole_a volume_n will_v not_o hold_v all_o the_o mystery_n that_o they_o conceive_v but_o we_o must_v restrain_v ourselves_o the_o process_n of_o the_o work_n call_v we_o on_o unto_o other_o matter_n l._n vives_n for_o a_o lentiles_n there_o be_v lenticula_fw-la a_o vessel_n of_o oil_n and_o lenticula_fw-la of_o lens_fw-la a_o little_a fitchie_a kind_n of_o pease_n the_o other_o come_v of_o lentitas_fw-la because_o the_o oil_n can_v run_v but_o gentle_o lent_fw-la be_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n it_o be_v so_o straight_o but_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o they_o be_v only_o read_v poâ—…ge_n that_o esau_n sell_v his_o birthright_n for_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v edom_n red_a b_o not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o this_n be_v a_o true_a precept_n of_o the_o evangelicall_a law_n here_o i_o may_v inscribe_v much_o not_o allow_v the_o commons_o any_o licentiousness_n but_o to_o teach_v the_o ruler_n diverse_a thing_n which_o i_o must_v let_v alone_o for_o once_o c_o fraudulent_a deceit_n for_o deceit_n may_v be_v either_o good_a or_o bad_a of_o jacob_n journey_n into_o mesopotamia_n for_o a_o wife_n his_o vision_n in_o the_o night_n as_o he_o go_v his_o return_n with_o four_o woman_n whereas_o he_o go_v but_o for_o one_o chap._n 38._o iacobs_n parent_n send_v he_o into_o mesopotamia_n there_o to_o get_v a_o wife_n his_o father_n dismiss_v he_o with_o these_o word_n thou_o shall_v take_v thou_o no_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o canaan_n arise_v get_v thou_o to_o mesopotamia_n to_o the_o house_n of_o bathuel_n thy_o mother_n father_n 〈◊〉_d thence_o take_v thou_o a_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o laban_n thy_o mother_n brother_n my_o god_n bless_v thou_o and_o increase_v thou_o and_o multiply_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v a_o multitude_n of_o people_n and_o give_v the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o that_o 〈◊〉_d may_v inherit_v the_o land_n wherein_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n which_o god_n give_v abraham_n here_o we_o see_v jacob_n the_o one_o half_a of_o isaac_n seed_n sever_v from_o esau_n the_o other_o half_o for_o when_o it_o be_v say_v in_o isaac_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v that_o be_v the_o seed_n pertain_v to_o god_n holy_a city_n than_o be_v abraham_n other_o seed_n the_o bond-womans_n son_n sever_v from_o this_o other_o as_o kethurahs_n be_v also_o to_o be_v do_v with_o afterward_o but_o now_o there_o be_v this_o doubt_n rise_v about_o isaac_n two_o son_n whether_o
be_v to_o reign_v there_o â—…ingly_o the_o lord_n will_v seek_v he_o a_o man_n say_v he_o mean_v either_o david_n or_o the_o mediator_n prefigure_v in_o the_o unction_n of_o david_n and_o his_o posterity_n he_o do_v not_o say_v he_o will_v seek_v as_o if_o he_o know_v not_o where_o to_o find_v but_o he_o speak_v as_o one_o that_o seek_v our_o understanding_n for_o we_o be_v all_o know_v both_o to_o god_n the_o father_n and_o his_o son_n the_o seeker_n of_o the_o lose_a sheep_n and_o elect_v in_o he_o also_o before_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n c_o he_o will_v seek_v that_o be_v he_o will_v show_v the_o world_n that_o which_o he_o himself_o know_v already_o and_o so_o have_v we_o acquiro_fw-la in_o the_o latin_a with_o a_o preposition_n to_o attain_v and_o may_v use_v quaero_fw-la in_o that_o sense_n also_o as_o questus_fw-la the_o substantive_a for_o gain_v l._n vives_n tâ—…_n a_o skirt_n or_o hem_n or_o edge_n any_o thing_n that_o he_o can_v come_v near_a to_o cut_v the_o jew_n use_v edge_v garment_n much_o according_a to_o that_o command_n in_o the_o book_n of_o number_n the_o greek_a word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wing_n of_o his_o doublet_n ruffinus_n translate_v it_o summitatem_fw-la b_o his_o 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v three_o hundred_o say_v josephus_n lib._n 6._o c_o he_o will_v seek_v a_o diversity_n of_o reaâ—…_n i_o think_v the_o word_n from_o and_o so_o have_v we_o acquiro_fw-la to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n be_v some_o 〈◊〉_d of_o other_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n rent_n prefigure_v the_o perpetual_a division_n between_o the_o spiritual_a and_o carnal_a israel_n chap._n 7._o soul_n fall_v again_o by_o a_o disobedience_n and_o samuel_n tell_v he_o again_o from_o god_n thou_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v cast_v off_o thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v king_n of_o israel_n now_o saul_n confess_v this_o sin_n and_o pray_v for_o pardon_n and_o that_o 15._o samuel_n will_v go_v with_o he_o to_o entreat_v the_o lord_n not_o i_o say_v samuel_n thou_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n and_o samuel_n turn_v himself_o to_o depart_v and_o saul_n hold_v he_o by_o the_o lap_n of_o his_o coat_n and_o it_o rend_v then_o quoth_v samuel_n the_o lord_n have_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n from_o thou_o this_o day_n and_o have_v give_v it_o unto_o thy_o neighbour_n which_o be_v better_o than_o thou_o and_o israel_n shall_v be_v part_v into_o two_o and_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v unite_v nor_o he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v etc._n etc._n now_o he_o unto_o who_o these_o word_n be_v say_v rule_v israel_n forty_o year_n even_o as_o long_o as_o david_n and_o yet_o be_v tell_v this_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o kingdom_n to_o show_v we_o that_o none_o of_o his_o race_n shall_v reign_v after_o he_o and_o to_o turn_v our_o eye_n upon_o the_o line_n of_o david_n whence_o christ_n our_o mediator_n take_v his_o humanity_n now_o the_o original_n read_v not_o this_o place_n as_o the_o latin_n do_v the_o lord_n shall_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n from_o thou_o this_o day_n but_o the_o lord_n have_v rend_v etc._n etc._n from_o thou_o that_o be_v from_o israel_n so_o that_o this_o man_n be_v a_o type_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v to_o loose_v the_o kingdom_n as_o soon_o as_o christ_n come_v with_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o rule_v spiritual_o not_o carnal_o of_o who_o these_o word_n and_o have_v give_v it_o unto_o thy_o neighbour_n show_v the_o consanguinity_n with_o israel_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o so_o with_o saul_n and_o that_o follow_v who_o be_v better_o than_o thou_o imply_v not_o any_o good_a in_o saul_n or_o israel_n but_o that_o which_o the_o psalm_n say_v until_o i_o make_v thy_o enemy_n thy_o footstool_n whereof_o israel_n the_o persecutor_n whence_o christ_n rend_v the_o kingdom_n be_v 2._o one_o although_o there_o be_v israel_n the_o wheat_n among_o israel_n the_o chaff_n also_o for_o the_o apostle_n be_v thence_o and_o stephen_n with_o a_o many_o martyr_n beside_o and_o from_o their_o seed_n grow_v up_o so_o many_o church_n as_o saint_n paul_n reckon_v all_o glory_n fi_a god_n in_o his_o conversion_n and_o that_o which_o follow_v israel_n shall_v be_v part_v into_o two_o concern_v this_o point_n assure_o namely_o into_o israel_n christ_n friend_n and_o israel_n christ_n foe_n into_o israel_n the_o free_a woman_n and_o israel_n the_o slave_n for_o these_o two_o be_v first_o unite_v abraham_n accompany_v with_o his_o maid_n until_o his_o wife_n barrenness_n be_v fruitful_a she_o cry_v out_o cast_v out_o the_o bondwoman_n &_o her_o son_n indeed_o because_o of_o salomon_n sin_n we_o know_v that_o in_o his_o son_n roboam_v time_n israel_n divide_v itself_o into_o two_o part_n and_o either_o have_v a_o king_n until_o the_o chaldean_n come_v &_o subdue_v and_o ren-versed_n all_o but_o what_o be_v this_o unto_o saul_n such_o a_o even_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v threaten_v unto_o david_n salomon_n father_n and_o now_o in_o these_o time_n the_o hebrew_n be_v not_o divide_v but_o disperse_v all_o over_o the_o world_n continue_v on_o still_o in_o their_o error_n but_o that_o division_n that_o god_n threaten_v unto_o saul_n who_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o this_o people_n be_v a_o premonstration_n of_o the_o eternal_a irrevocable_a separation_n because_o present_o it_o follow_v and_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v unite_v nor_o repent_v of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v no_o man_n that_o it_o shall_v repent_v man_n threaten_n be_v transitory_a but_o what_o god_n once_o resolve_v be_v irremoveable_a for_o where_o we_o read_v that_o god_n repent_v it_o portend_v a_o alteration_n of_o thing_n out_o of_o his_o eternal_a prescience_n and_o likewise_o where_o he_o do_v not_o it_o portend_v a_o fix_v of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v so_o here_o we_o see_v the_o division_n of_o israel_n perpetual_a and_o irrevocable_a 〈◊〉_d ground_v upon_o this_o prophecy_n for_o they_o that_o come_v from_o thence_o to_o christ_n or_o contrary_a be_v to_o do_v so_o by_o god_n providence_n though_o human_a concâ—…_n can_v apprehend_v it_o and_o their_o separation_n be_v in_o the_o spirit_n also_o not_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o those_o israelite_n that_o shall_v stand_v in_o christ_n unto_o the_o end_n shall_v never_o perâ—…_n with_o those_o that_o stay_v with_o his_o enemy_n unto_o the_o end_n but_o be_v as_o it_o be_v here_o say_v 〈◊〉_d separate_v for_o the_o old_a testament_n of_o sina_n beget_v in_o bondage_n shall_v do_v 3._o they_o no_o good_a nor_o any_o other_o further_o than_o confirm_v the_o new_a otherwise_o as_o long_o as_o moses_n be_v read_v d_o the_o veil_n be_v draw_v over_o their_o heart_n and_o when_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o christ_n then_o be_v remove_v for_o the_o thought_n of_o those_o that_o pass_v from_o 〈◊〉_d to_o he_o be_v change_v and_o better_v in_o their_o pass_n and_o thence_o their_o felicity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v spiritual_a no_o more_o carnal_a wherefore_o the_o great_a prophet_n samuel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v anoint_v saul_n when_o he_o cry_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o israel_n and_o he_o â—…d_v he_o and_o when_o he_o offer_v the_o burn_a offering_n the_o philistine_n come_v against_o israel_n and_o the_o lord_n thunder_v upon_o they_o and_o scatter_v they_o so_o that_o they_o fall_v before_o israel_n take_v e_o a_o stone_n and_o place_v it_o between_o the_o f_o two_o 7._o maspha_n the_o old_a and_o the_o new_a and_o name_v the_o place_n eben_n ezer_n that_o be_v the_o stone_n of_o 〈◊〉_d say_v hitherto_o the_o lâ—…_n have_v help_v we_o that_o stone_n be_v the_o mediation_n of_o our_o 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o we_o come_v from_o the_o old_a maspha_n to_o the_o new_a from_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o carnal_a kingdom_n in_o all_o felicity_n unto_o the_o expectation_n of_o a_o crown_n of_o spiriâ—…_n glory_n as_o the_o new_a testamenâ—…_n teach_v we_o and_o see_v that_o that_o be_v the_o sum_n â—…ope_v of_o all_o even_o â—…itherto_o have_v god_n help_v us._n l._n vives_n bâ—…_n disobedience_n for_o be_v command_v by_o samuel_n from_o god_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o amalechites_n 〈◊〉_d and_o beast_n he_o take_v agag_n the_o king_n alive_a and_o drive_v away_o a_o multitude_n of_o cattle_n 〈◊〉_d lap_n of_o his_o coat_n diplois_n be_v any_o double_a garment_n c_o the_o lord_n have_v rend_v shall_v rend_v diplois_n â—…us_o but_o have_v rend_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v in_o the_o lxx_o d_o the_o veil_n the_o veil_n that_o moiâ—…â—…ed_v â—…ed_z his_o face_n be_v a_o type_n of_o that_o wherewith_o the_o jew_n cover_v their_o heart_n until_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 1._o corinth_n 3_o e_o astone_n josephus_n say_v that_o he_o place_v it_o at_o charron_n and_o call_v 〈◊〉_d lib._n 6._o f_o
absolute_a security_n from_o all_o incursion_n of_o hostility_n the_o place_n therefore_o 〈◊〉_d this_o promise_a peace_n be_v to_o have_v residence_n be_v eternal_a it_o be_v that_o heavenly_a â—…alem_fw-la that_o freewoman_n where_o the_o true_a israel_n shall_v have_v their_o bless_a aâ—…_n the_o name_n import_v jerusalem_n a_o that_o be_v behold_v god_n the_o desire_n 〈◊〉_d reward_n must_v bear_v we_o out_o in_o godliness_n through_o all_o this_o sorrowful_a â—…ge_n l._n vives_n hierusalem_n a_o that_o be_v hierome_n say_v it_o be_v first_o call_v jebus_n then_o salem_n three_o jerusalem_n and_o 〈◊〉_d aelia_n salem_n be_v peace_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v unto_o the_o hebrew_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n the_o vision_n of_o peace_n this_o be_v that_o salem_n wherein_o melchisedech_n reign_v joseph_n and_o hegesip_n it_o be_v call_v aelia_n of_o aelius_n adrian_n the_o emperor_n that_o repair_v it_o after_o the_o destruction_n by_o titus_n in_o emulation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n glory_n 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nymph_n dâ—…to_n by_o a_o unknown_a man_n her_o mother_n drown_v herself_o in_o the_o lake_n ascalon_n because_o she_o 〈◊〉_d lose_v her_o maidenhead_n and_o left_a semiramis_n her_o child_n among_o the_o rock_n where_o the_o wild_a 〈◊〉_d feed_v she_o with_o their_o milk_n and_o that_o her_o mother_n be_v count_v a_o goddess_n with_o a_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o fish_n body_n nor_o will_v the_o syrian_n touch_v the_o fish_n of_o that_o lake_n but_o hold_v they_o sacred_a 〈◊〉_d goddess_n derceto_o now_o symnas_n the_o king_n sheppard_v find_v semiramis_n and_o bring_v her_o 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v be_v very_o beautiful_a memnon_n a_o noble_a man_n marry_v she_o and_o then_o she_o come_v acquaint_v 〈◊〉_d king_n ninus_n and_o teach_v he_o how_o to_o subdue_v the_o bactrian_n and_o how_o to_o take_v the_o city_n bacâ—…_n which_o then_o he_o besege_v so_o ninus_n admire_v her_o wit_n and_o beauty_n marry_v she_o and_o die_v leave_v 〈◊〉_d
the_o seventy_o but_o the_o put_n of_o it_o in_o alter_v not_o 〈◊〉_d sense_n e_z who_o be_v go_n out_o this_o exclude_v all_o mortal_a man_n from_o be_v mean_v of_o in_o this_o â—…ecy_n inculd_v only_o that_o eternal_a saviour_n who_o essence_n have_v be_v from_o all_o eternity_n 〈◊〉_d will_v he_o give_v they_o the_o gentile_n shall_v rule_v until_o the_o body_n of_o their_o state_n do_v bring_v forth_o â—…en_v unto_o the_o lord_n g_o the_o remnant_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o people_n israel_n and_o the_o spiriâ—…_n seed_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n they_o shall_v believe_v on_o that_o christ_n that_o be_v promise_v to_o the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d h_z he_o shall_v stand_v here_o shall_v be_v rest_n and_o security_n the_o lord_n look_v unto_o all_o his_o sheep_n 〈◊〉_d â—…eeding_v they_o with_o his_o powerful_a grace_n ay_o jonas_n be_v cast_v overboard_n by_o the_o sailor_n jonaâ—…_n â—…orme_n he_o be_v catch_v up_o by_o a_o whale_n and_o at_o the_o three_o day_n end_n be_v cast_v a_o shore_n by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d be_v he_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n himself_a unto_o the_o tempt_a jew_n mat._n 12._o 39_o 40._o k_o by_o 〈◊〉_d apostle_n act._n 2._o 17._o 18._o prophecy_n of_o abdi_n naum_n and_o abacuc_n concern_v the_o world_n salvation_n in_o christ._n chap._n 31._o â—…herefore_o the_o small_a prophet_n a_o abdi_n b_o naum_n and_o c_o abacuc_n 〈◊〉_d never_o mention_v the_o time_n nor_o do_v eusebius_n or_o hierome_n supply_v that_o â—…ct_n they_o place_n d_o abdi_n and_o michaeas_n both_o together_o but_o not_o â—…re_o where_o they_o record_v the_o time_n of_o michaeas_n his_o prophesy_a e_o which_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o transcriber_n i_o think_v be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o two_o other_o we_o can_v once_o find_v name_v in_o our_o copy_n yet_o since_o they_o be_v cannonicall_a we_o may_v not_o omit_v they_o abdi_n in_o his_o writing_n be_v the_o brief_a of_o they_o all_o he_o speak_v against_o idumaea_n the_o reprobate_a progeny_n of_o esau_n the_o 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church_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o they_o that_o be_v save_v come_v out_o of_o zion_n to_o defend_v that_o the_o kingdom_n may_v be_v the_o lord_n this_o be_v unknown_a ere_o it_o be_v do_v but_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v who_o do_v not_o discern_v it_o now_o the_o prophet_n naum_n nay_o god_n in_o he_o say_v i_o will_v abolish_v the_o grave_v and_o melt_a image_n and_o make_v they_o thy_o 1_o k_o grave_n behold_v upon_o the_o foot_n of_o he_o that_o declare_v and_o publish_v peace_n o_o judah_n keep_v thy_o solemn_a feast_n perform_v thy_o vow_n for_o the_o wicked_a shall_v no_o more_o pass_v through_o thou_o he_o be_v utter_o cut_v off_o he_o that_o breathe_v in_o thy_o face_n and_o free_v thou_o from_o tribulation_n ascend_v who_o be_v this_o that_o do_v thus_o remember_v the_o holy_a ghost_n remember_v the_o gospel_n for_o this_o belong_v to_o the_o new_a testament_n who_o feast_n be_v renew_v never_o more_o to_o cease_v the_o gospel_n we_o see_v have_v abolish_v all_o those_o 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the_o prophet_n and_o john_n baptist_n in_o sebasta_n otherwise_o call_v samaria_n this_o man_n get_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n because_o he_o feed_v those_o prophet_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o of_o a_o warrior_n become_v a_o teacher_n hier._n in_o abdi_n he_o be_v in_o josaphats_n time_n before_o any_o of_o the_o other_o tiber_n be_v king_n of_o the_o latin_n b_o naum_n he_o live_v in_o joathans_n time_n the_o king_n of_o juda_n joseph_n lib._n 9_o c_o abacuc_n of_o he_o be_v mention_v make_v in_o daniel_n c._n 14._o that_o he_o bring_v daniel_n his_o dinner_n from_o juda_n defective_a to_o babylon_n but_o augustine_n use_v not_o this_o place_n to_o prove_v his_o time_n because_o that_o history_n of_o â—…el_n and_o all_o this_o fourteen_o chapter_n together_o with_o the_o history_n of_o susanna_n be_v apocryphal_a neither_o write_v in_o hebrew_n nor_o translate_v by_o the_o seventy_o abacuc_n prophesy_v say_v hierome_n when_o nabucodrosar_n lead_v judah_n and_o benjamin_n into_o captivity_n and_o his_o prophecy_n be_v all_o against_o babylon_n d_o abdi_n and_o eusebius_n place_v addi_fw-la and_o michaeas_n both_o under_o josaphat_n it_o be_v true_a that_o abdi_n live_v then_o but_o for_o michaeas_n his_o own_o word_n cite_v before_o by_o augustine_n do_v disproove_v it_o for_o his_o vision_n befall_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o joathan_n achaz_n and_o ezechias_n long_o after_o josaphat_n e_z which_o she_o negligence_n i_o assure_v you_o there_o be_v error_n in_o eusebius_n very_o dangerous_a both_o to_o the_o ignorant_a and_o the_o learned_a f_z idumaea_n it_o adjoin_v to_o palestina_n and_o be_v the_o next_o country_n beyond_o idumaea_n arrabia_n pliny_n joseph_n hierom._n the_o greek_a and_o latin_a author_n call_v they_o nabathei_n inhabit_v the_o city_n petra_n the_o land_n have_v the_o name_n of_o esau_n who_o be_v otherwise_o call_v edom_n for_o diverse_a cause_n g_o for_o all_o the_o nation_n idumaea_n be_v no_o part_n of_o israel_n but_o yet_o they_o descend_v both_o from_o isaac_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o foe_n unto_o juda_n and_o the_o jew_n call_v the_o roman_n idumaean_n iduâ—…_n signify_v flesh_n which_o fight_v against_o the_o spirit_n b_o shall_v be_v save_v the_o hebrew_n be_v shall_v 〈◊〉_d ay_o mount_v esau_n the_o mountain_n in_o idumaea_n be_v call_v seir._n joseph_n josuah_n chap._n 24_o idumaea_n because_o they_o be_v rugged_a and_o rough_a as_o esau_n be_v k_o thy_o grave_n the_o hebrew_n add_v for_o thou_o at_o vile_a saint_n paul_n have_v not_o his_o quotation_n rom._n 10._o 15._o from_o hence_o but_o from_o the_o fifteen_v of_o isaiah_n the_o prophecy_n contain_v in_o the_o song_n and_o prayer_n of_o abacuc_n chap._n 32._o and_o in_o his_o prayer_n and_o song_n who_o do_v he_o speak_v unto_o but_o christ_n say_v o_o lord_n i_o hear_v thy_o voice_n and_o be_v afraid_a lord_n i_o consider_v thy_o work_n and_o be_v terrify_v what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o ineffable_a admiration_n of_o that_o sudden_a and_o unknown_a salvation_n of_o man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o two_o shall_v thou_o be_v know_v what_o be_v those_o two_o the_o two_o testament_n the_o two_o thief_n or_o the_o two_o prophet_n moses_n and_o elias_n in_o the_o approach_n of_o year_n shall_v thou_o be_v know_v this_o be_v plain_a it_o need_v no_o exposition_n but_o that_o which_o follow_v my_o soul_n be_v trouble_v therewith_o in_o thy_o wrath_n remember_v mercy_n be_v mean_v of_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o nation_n he_o be_v who_o be_v mad_a in_o their_o wrath_n and_o crucify_a christ_n he_o remember_v his_o mercy_n say_v father_n forgive_v they_o they_o 〈◊〉_d not_o what_o they_o do_v god_n shall_v come_v from_o theman_n and_o the_o holy_a one_o from_o the_o thick_a and_o dark_a mountain_n from_o a_o theman_n say_v
greece_n but_o that_o the_o barbarian_n as_o egypt_n for_o example_n have_v their_o peculiar_a doctrine_n before_o moses_n time_n which_o they_o call_v their_o wisdom_n otherwise_o our_o scripture_n will_v not_o have_v say_v that_o moses_n be_v learn_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n for_o there_o be_v he_o bear_v adopt_v and_o bring_v up_o worthy_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o daughter_n of_o pharaoh_n but_o their_o wisdom_n can_v not_o be_v before_o our_o prophet_n for_o abraham_n himself_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o what_o wisdom_n can_v there_o be_v in_o egypt_n before_o isis_n their_o suppose_a goddess_n teach_v they_o letter_n this_o isis_n be_v daughter_n to_o inachus_n king_n of_o argos_n who_o reign_v in_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n grandchild_n l._n vives_n in_o our_o ah_o prophet_n here_n augustine_n prove_v the_o old_a testament_n ancient_a than_o all_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o greek_n this_o question_n josephus_n handle_v worthy_o against_o apâ—…on_n so_o do_v euseb._n prep_v evang_v and_o justin._n martyr_n ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la the_o case_n be_v plain_a enough_o by_o our_o allegation_n upon_o other_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n b_o pythagoras_n tully_n say_v he_o live_v in_o his_o progenitor_n servius_n tullus_n his_o time_n and_o so_o say_v livy_n lib._n 1._o true_a in_o his_o late_a year_n and_o in_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o cyrus_n pythagoras_n the_o persian_a for_o he_o flourish_v olympiade_n sixty_o wherein_o tarquin_n the_o proud_a begin_v his_o 〈◊〉_d he_o die_v according_a to_o eusebius_n olymp._n 70._o after_o the_o jew_n be_v free_v from_o captivity_n and_o live_v quiet_o at_o jerusalem_n c_o socrates_n he_o live_v olymp._n 77._o say_v apollodorus_n almost_o forty_o â—…res_n after_o darius_n send_v the_o jew_n to_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o temple_n d_o son_n after_o be_v in_o the_o eighty_o eight_o olympiad_n apollod_v e_z by_o the_o daughter_n maenis_fw-la the_o daughter_n of_o chenephres_n king_n 〈◊〉_d egypt_n have_v no_o child_n adopt_v a_o jewish_a child_n call_v in_o hebrew_n moses_n in_o greek_a muâ—…_n moses_n this_o eusebius_n lib._n 9_o praep_n cit_v out_o of_o artapanus_n of_o some_o scripture_n too_o ancient_a for_o the_o church_n to_o allow_v because_o that_o may_v procure_v suspect_v that_o they_o be_v rather_o counterfeit_v then_o true_a chap._n 38._o now_o if_o i_o shall_v go_v any_o high_a there_o be_v the_o patriarch_n noah_n before_o the_o great_a deluge_n we_o may_v very_o well_o call_v he_o a_o prophet_n for_o his_o very_a ark_n and_o his_o escape_n in_o that_o flood_n be_v prophetical_a reference_n unto_o these_o our_o time_n what_o be_v enoch_n the_o seven_o from_o adam_n do_v not_o the_o canonical_a epistle_n of_o jude_n sâ—…y_v that_o he_o prophesy_v the_o reason_n that_o we_o have_v not_o their_o write_n nor_o the_o jew_n neither_o be_v their_o to_o great_a antiquity_n which_o may_v procure_v a_o suspect_n that_o they_o be_v rather_o feign_v to_o be_v they_o than_o they_o indeed_o 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