five_o year_n and_o god_n take_v he_o away_o methuselah_n live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o &_o seven_o year_n and_o beget_v lamech_v and_o methuselah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v lamech_v seven_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o two_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n be_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o &_o nine_o year_n and_o he_o die_v lamech_v live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o two_o year_n and_o beget_v noah_n and_o lamech_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v noah_n five_o hundred_o nintie_n &_o five_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o lamech_v be_v seven_o hundred_o seventie_o and_o seven_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o noah_n beget_v sem_fw-mi cham_fw-mi &_o japheth_n and_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o the_o flood_n of_o water_n be_v upon_o the_o earth_n so_o noah_n enter_v and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n wyve_n with_o he_o into_o the_o ark_n because_o of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o flood_n the_o 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word_n sixty_o and_o seven_o year_n and_o beget_v lamech_v and_o methuselah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v lamech_v eight_o hundred_o &_o two_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n be_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o nine_o y._n &_o he_o die_v lamech_v live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o eight_o year_n and_o beget_v noah_n and_o lamech_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v noah_n five_o hundred_o sixty_o &_o five_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o lamech_v be_v seven_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o three_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o noah_n beget_v sem_fw-mi cham_fw-mi &_o japheth_n and_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o the_o flood_n of_o water_n be_v upon_o the_o earth_n so_o noah_n enter_v and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n wyve_n with_o he_o into_o the_o ark_n because_o of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o flood_n as_o they_o deal_v with_o the_o father_n of_o the_o fyft_a chapter_n so_o deal_v they_o with_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o eleven_o and_o some_o what_o more_o strange_o as_o touch_v addition_n of_o one_o man_n and_o of_o this_o sentence_n and_o he_o die_v to_o nine_o of_o they_o moses_n for_o special_a cause_n have_v omit_v it_o mark_v that_o point_n likewise_o the_o hebrew_n gen._n 11._o sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o yeeere_a old_a and_o beget_v 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_a five_o hundred_o year_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v five_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v selah_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v selah_n four_o hundred_o and_o three_o year_n and_o selah_n live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v eber._n so_o selab_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v eber_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n likewise_o eber_n live_v four_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v peleg_n so_o eber_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v peleg_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o peleg_n live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v regu_n and_o peleg_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v regu_n two_o hundred_o and_o nine_o year_n also_o regu_n live_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v serug_v so_o regu_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v serug_v two_o hundred_o and_o seven_o year_n moreover_o serug_v live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v nahor_n and_o serug_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v nahor_n two_o hundred_o year_n and_o nahor_v live_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o beget_v terah_n so_o nahor_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v terah_n a_o hundred_o and_o nineteen_o year_n so_o terah_n live_v seventie_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n so_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o terah_n die_v in_o charan_n the_o greek_a sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a &_o beget_v 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_a five_o hundred_o year_n and_o he_o die_v unfallible_a and_o arphaxad_v live_v a_o hundred_o five_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v cainan_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v cainan_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o cainan_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v selah_n and_o cainan_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v selah_n three_o hundred_o &_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v sem._n and_o selah_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v eber._n so_o selah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v eber_n three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v likewise_o eber_n live_v a_o age_n hundred_o thirty_o and_o four_o year_n and_o beget_v peleg_n so_o eber_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v peleg_n much_o two_o hundred_o &_o seventie_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o peleg_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v regu_n and_o peleg_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v regu_n two_o hundred_o &_o ninty_a y._n and_o he_o die_v also_o regu_n live_v a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o two_o year_n &_o beget_v serug_v so_o regu_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v serug_v two_o hundred_o &_o seven_o year_n and_o he_o die_v moreover_o serug_v live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v nahor_n and_o serug_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v nahor_n two_o hundred_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o nahor_v appear_v live_v a_o hundred_o seventie_o and_o nine_o year_n and_o beget_v terah_n so_o nahor_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v terah_n a_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v so_o terah_n live_v seventie_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n so_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o terah_n die_v in_o charan_n and_o thus_o much_o touch_v the_o alteration_n make_v by_o the_o septuagint_n to_o which_o i_o must_v add_v one_o narration_n touch_v terahs_n age_n of_o 130._o year_n when_o he_o beget_v abram_n which_o inequality_n with_o the_o former_a may_v be_v a_o special_a cause_n why_o the_o septuagint_n do_v add_v hundred_o to_o many_o lest_o the_o strangeness_n of_o terahs_n case_n shall_v make_v heathen_a amaze_v thus_o moses_n join_v to_o terahs_n death_n abraham_n calling_n promise_n and_o age_n say_v and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abram_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o birth_n land_n and_o from_o thy_o house_n kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o dead_a father_n house_n unto_o the_o thou_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o speech_n bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o thou_o all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v and_o abram_n nachor_n go_v as_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o and_o be_v seventie_o five_o year_n old_a and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o as_o partaker_n of_o the_o
same_o blessing_n zoar_v upon_o gen._n and_o that_o appear_v in_o ruthes_n commendation_n ruth_n 2._o 3._o where_o booz_n say_v thou_o have_v forsake_v thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n and_o thy_o country_n and_o thou_o be_v come_v to_o a_o people_n which_o thou_o do_v not_o know_v before_o the_o lord_n will_v recompense_v thou_o and_o thy_o reward_n be_v perfect_a from_o the_o lord_n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o this_o text_n that_o after_o his_o father_n death_n god_n remoove_v his_o dwell_n from_o charan_n as_o s._n stephen_n expound_v it_o and_o philo_n the_o greek_a writer_n in_o abraham_n peregrination_n express_o note_v that_o to_o be_v the_o common_a judgement_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o this_o tyme._n this_o he_o write_v it_o be_v like_o that_o none_o be_v ignorant_a that_o have_v read_v the_o law_n how_o abraham_n first_o remove_v his_o dwell_n from_o chaldea_n dwell_v in_o charan_n and_o after_o that_o his_o father_n die_v there_o he_o remoove_v also_o from_o it_o and_o in_o the_o same_o work_n also_o he_o say_v that_o abraham_n leave_v charan_n be_v seventie_o and_o five_o year_n old_a i_o be_o persuade_v that_o of_o old_a time_n the_o greek_n be_v of_o philoes_n judgement_n yet_o of_o late_a time_n two_o opinion_n have_v be_v much_o hold_v which_o i_o can_v allow_v off_o the_o one_o that_o abraham_n shall_v be_v bear_v when_o terah_n be_v seventie_o year_n old_a as_o he_o be_v first_o in_o order_n the_o other_o that_o the_o promise_n upon_o the_o former_a word_n be_v give_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o chaldea_n the_o late_a jew_n hold_v both_o and_o also_o a_o testimony_n speech_n of_o s._n stephens_n cause_v many_o to_o hold_v the_o late_a bucholcherus_fw-la sufficient_o answer_v that_o yet_o against_o s_n stephen_n the_o former_a the_o jew_n hold_v for_o some_o rancour_n because_o he_o say_v that_o after_o terahs_n death_n god_n remoove_v abraham_n to_o charan_n nothing_o but_o rancour_n can_v thrust_v they_o into_o that_o opinion_n against_o express_a word_n and_o their_o own_o knowledge_n they_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o the_o order_n of_o their_o name_n no_o more_o make_v abraham_n elder_n than_o it_o can_v make_v sem_fw-mi elder_a who_o the_o septuagint_n and_o most_o rabbin_n hold_v to_o be_v young_a than_o japheth_n moreover_o they_o hold_v sarah_n who_o be_v but_o ten_o year_n young_a than_o abraham_n to_o be_v harans_n daughter_n genebardus_n like_v well_o of_o this_o that_o haran_n at_o eight_o year_n of_o age_n shall_v beget_v she_o but_o the_o jew_n rather_o will_v think_v that_o he_o understand_v not_o their_o dalliance_n then_o hold_v that_o an_o other_o reason_n against_o the_o jew_n be_v this_o that_o they_o observe_v how_o moses_n speak_v of_o terah_n only_o in_o that_o chapter_n that_o he_o die_v 11._o lest_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o abraham_n will_v leave_v his_o father_n alive_a behind_o he_o but_o he_o must_v be_v leave_v sixty_o year_n behind_o he_o if_o abraham_n be_v bear_v when_o terah_n be_v seventie_o therefore_o moses_n by_o their_o grant_n will_v not_o have_v man_n to_o think_v so_o an_o other_o reason_n against_o they_o be_v this_o of_o the_o present_a case_n if_o sem_fw-mi delyver_v the_o blessing_n to_o abraham_n abraham_n do_v out_o live_v he_o for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o prophetical_a work_n to_o deliver_v the_o inheritance_n to_o one_o that_o shall_v not_o suruive_v and_o he_o shall_v out_o live_v abraham_n many_o year_n if_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o terahs_n seventith_n year_n but_o they_o grant_v that_o sem_fw-mi deliver_v the_o blessing_n to_o abraham_n for_o they_o hold_v he_o to_o be_v melchisedek_n as_o witness_v aruch_n in_o the_o word_n jerusalem_n and_o whole_a troop_n who_o i_o elsewhere_o cite_v therefore_o abraham_n out_o lyve_v sem_fw-mi must_v be_v bear_v as_o philo_n cast_v his_o age_n whereupon_o doubtless_o the_o translatour_n be_v most_o move_v to_o alter_v the_o text_n for_o year_n now_o i_o will_v return_v to_o my_o disputation_n for_o the_o other_o two_o opinion_n touch_v melchisedek_n the_o greek_n hold_v that_o melchisedek_n be_v a_o man_n of_o canaan_n race_n opinion_n epiphanius_n and_o oecumerius_n be_v plain_a in_o that_o 55._o chrysostome_n upon_o ebr._n 7._o speak_v more_o circumspect_o that_o they_o know_v not_o who_o he_o shall_v be_v tyme._n but_o deem_v not_o that_o he_o may_v be_v a_o chanaanite_n epiphanius_n will_v seem_v to_o like_a somewhat_o of_o this_o opinion_n that_o melchisedek'_v father_n be_v call_v heraclas_n a_o man_n of_o that_o country_n dwell_v at_o salem_n and_o his_o mother_n astaroth_n these_o tale_n some_o belike_o feign_a somewhat_o to_o stay_v the_o melchisedekians_n folly_n but_o they_o drive_v s._n augustine_n to_o a_o other_o gross_a error_n while_o they_o dispute_v against_o samaritan_n only_o as_o though_o some_o jew_n have_v think_v otherwise_o in_o deed_n epiphanius_n deal_v be_v strange_a he_o be_v a_o christian_a from_o palastina_n and_o a_o jew_n as_o john_n bishop_n of_o nicaea_n record_v 1100._o dare_v not_o open_o deny_v the_o septuagint_n both_o for_o the_o jew_n vow_n that_o bind_v their_o nation_n under_o pain_n of_o curse_n not_o to_o alter_v it_o and_o for_o heathen_a christian_n who_o have_v conceyve_v a_o better_a opinion_n of_o it_o then_o of_o the_o hebrew_n yet_o he_o disgrace_v the_o 70._o much_o as_o touch_v variety_n of_o copy_n and_o so_o dispute_v as_o willing_a to_o yield_v that_o sem_fw-mi must_v needs_o he_o melchisedek_n though_o he_o be_v loath_a to_o seem_v a_o destroyer_n of_o the_o 70._o authority_n which_o jew_n fable_v advance_v &_o greek_n unskilfulnes_n too_o much_o embrace_v thus_o he_o will_v seem_v to_o confute_v seem_v defender_n say_v and_o these_o be_v find_v to_o be_v ridiculous_a for_o the_o scripture_n make_v all_o sure_a have_v fortify_v the_o truth_n in_o all_o point_n have_v order_v the_o time_n and_o year_n not_o in_o vain_a for_o when_o abraham_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a or_o ninety_o more_o or_o less_o then_o melchisedek_n meet_v he_o now_o terah_n the_o father_n of_o abraham_n beget_v abraham_n be_v age_n seventie_o year_n old_a so_o year_n arise_v a_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o more_o or_o less_o and_o nachor_n beget_v terah_n at_o seventie_o and_o nine_o year_n old_a so_o arise_v two_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o nine_o year_n sarug_n beget_v nachor_n at_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n so_o arise_v year_n three_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o nine_o regu_n beget_v sarug_n be_v a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o two_o year_n old_a so_o arise_v year_n five_o hundred_o and_o one_o peleg_n beget_v regu_n at_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n so_o arise_v year_n six_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o one_o eber_n beget_v peleg_n a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o four_o year_n of_o his_o life_n so_o arise_v seven_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o year_n selah_n beget_v eber_n be_v in_o the_o year_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o of_o his_o age_n so_o arise_v eight_o hundred_o nintie_n and_o 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〈…〉_o have_v a_o write_a story_n before_o they_o they_o in_o work_n they_o condemn_v he_o in_o that_o they_o follow_v the_o hebrew_n august_n in_o qq_n ex_fw-la utroque_fw-la mixtimque_fw-la c._n 109._o cha._n 49._o 49._o according_o talmud_n in_o suchâ—_n pag._n 52._o b_o bring_v the_o sacrificer_n of_o justice_n gen._n 14_o in_o catalogue_n with_o adam_n seth_n christ_n elias_n etc._n etc._n and_o there_o massore_v hashem_n handle_v it_o namely_o of_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v carpender_n of_o the_o ark_n with_o noah_n whereby_o we_o may_v gather_v that_o the_o old_a opinion_n continue_v still_o still_o so_o s._n paul_n call_v abraham_n heir_n of_o the_o world_n rom._n 4._o shall_v take_v his_o speech_n from_o his_o country_n doctor_n as_o be_v other_a speech_n touch_v melchisedek_n melchisedek_n though_o all_o our_o rabbin_n be_v late_a than_o the_o apostle_n yet_o see_v they_o only_o of_o foren_a writer_n have_v some_o hundrth_n of_o speech_n use_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o 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sepher_n â—uchasim_fw-la i_o find_v his_o time_n to_o be_v that_o antiquity_n be_v elder_a than_o the_o great_a talmud_n page_n 19_o col_fw-fr 75._o and_o again_o upon_o num._n 6._o hebr._n 8._o 8._o kinchi_n and_o s._n jarchi_n upon_o zach._n 12._o 10._o math._n 26._o 63._o heb._n 7._o &_o 10._o for_o want_v of_o skill_n in_o the_o rabbin_n they_o be_v follow_v by_o ourselves_o beside_o truth_n in_o sundry_a point_n he_o may_v mean_v s._n augustine_n this_o opinion_n i_o pass_v over_o for_o that_o with_o the_o other_o it_o shall_v also_o fall_v and_o need_v not_o new_a argument_n when_o satan_n be_v loose_v apo._n 20._o 20._o in_o john_n luridus_fw-la luridus_fw-la arphaxad_a selah_n heber_n lot_n &_o isaak_n the_o common_a judgement_n judgement_n the_o error_n of_o 60._o year_n in_o that_o error_n many_o be_v which_o mistake_v genesis_n 11_o 27._o which_o place_n of_o late_a codomanâ—_n witenb_n man_n &_o many_o more_o have_v right_o expound_v by_o vers_n 32._o and_o chap._n 12_o 5._o 5._o ver._n 1._o aeneid_v aeneid_v so_o terah_n at_o 130._o year_n beget_v abraham_n if_o sem_fw-mi see_v not_o lacob_n lacob_n so_o it_o may_v be_v guess_v by_o that_o to_o lanquet_n he_o p'ut_v addition_n that_o in_o this_o parenthesis_n be_v put_v for_o exposition_n of_o lanquet_n meaning_n epiphanius_n hide_v his_o judgement_n judgement_n zoar_v &_o s._n lerom_n upon_o gen._n 19_o 33._o touch_v a_o prick_n over_o van_n in_o the_o hebrew_n hebrew_n 1._o antiquit._fw-la 4._o year_n 2656._o 2656._o reckon_v from_o adam_n floodde_n promise_v lamb_n to_o the_o building_n of_o the_o temple_n wherein_o for_o the_o judge_n time_n repeat_v twice_o after_o you_o â—_o phrase_n 111._o year_n he_o make_v the_o temple_n to_o be_v found_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3102._o it_o be_v 3000._o seven_o year_n after_o when_o it_o be_v finish_v page_n 5._o 15._o 15._o two_o aben_n â—zra_fw-la and_o rabbaneel_n none_o have_v that_o i_o have_v read_v and_o remember_v remember_v a_o rabbine_n speak_v of_o other_o rabbin_n iliad_v beta_n hermog_n pag._n 425._o 425._o praep._n 8._o pag._n 208._o moses_n narration_n observe_v from_o where_o sem_fw-mi receâ—eth_fw-mi the_o blessing_n how_o it_o be_v continue_v untyll_o the_o just_a king_n deliver_v it_o in_o the_o ten_o generation_n when_o sem_fw-mi be_v yet_o alive_a that_o narration_n show_v who_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o have_v right_a to_o deliver_v the_o blessing_n to_o abraham_n a_o propheâ—y_n shall_v be_v search_v for_o touch_v the_o authority_n of_o hyâ—â—_n which_o can_v bless_v the_o patriarch_n as_o superior_a act._n 15._o esa_n 42._o melchi_n a_o king_n sedek_n justice_n heb._n 7._o all_o the_o note_n of_o a_o king_n deâ—_n 17_o be_v â—ounde_v in_o sem._n gen._n 1._o 1._o semis_fw-la fatherly_a government_n best_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n &_o may_v be_v some_o great_a restraint_n to_o his_o near_a posterity_n a_o great_a time_n from_o work_v in_o babylon_n babylon_n joktanes_n house_n despise_v heber_n forewarning_n be_v punish_v with_o more_o tongue_n than_o any_o family_n and_o disceavered_a far_a from_o salemâ—by_n despise_v seem_v blessing_n blessing_n as_o to_o greek_n the_o poet_n be_v homer_n and_o the_o orator_n demosthenes_n so_o to_o divine_n the_o just_a king_n shall_v be_v sem._n sem._n plato_n in_o definit_a definit_a plato_n in_o politico_n politico_n plaâ—_n 1._o pol._n tull._n the_o senect_n a_o kingdom_n ancient_a than_o tyranny_n tyranny_n by_o sems_n story_n story_n policy_n shall_v for_o open_a decree_n seek_v rather_o warrant_n from_o express_a term_n then_o far_o fetch_v collection_n rom._n 13._o silenus_n in_o eurip._n cyel_n seem_v story_n a_o study_n for_o king_n this_o lyfeâ—s_v call_v a_o way_n of_o god_n iudgementâ—s_n es_fw-ge 26._o 26._o so_o i_o favourable_o translate_v homer_n homer_n so_o â—ome_v among_o we_o otherwise_o learned_a and_o profitable_a man_n have_v in_o
pulpit_n condemn_v such_o as_o follow_v herein_o the_o ancient_a opinion_n &_o most_o common_a common_a psalm_n 32._o rom._n 4._o rom._n 3._o s._n paul_n will_v not_o hold_v one_o of_o a_o faithless_a family_n to_o become_v melchisedek_n rom._n 11._o 1._o cor._n 4._o 1._o cor._n 10._o 2._o cor._n 1._o act._n 26._o 26._o the_o apostle_n bring_v not_o new_a revelation_n for_o old_a story_n but_o divine_o expound_v the_o story_n agree_v upon_o chanaanite_n be_v far_o from_o melchisedek's_n justice_n prophecy_n &_o story_n shall_v be_v try_v together_o gen._n 23_o 10._o 10._o moses_n a_o king_n gen._n 36._o 30._o deut._n 33._o 5._o what_o king_n in_o judah_n be_v anoint_v lam._n 4._o in_o resh_n 2._o chr._n 35._o 22._o 2._o sam._n 23._o 5._o chanaanite_n king_n by_o the_o terror_n upon_o abraham_n victory_n fall_v further_o to_o idolatry_n esa_n 41._o there_o again_o s._n jerom_n make_v sem_fw-mi melchisedek_n by_o hebrew_n neither_o adonisedek_n nor_o his_o neighbour_n any_o whit_n but_o in_o part_n of_o his_o name_n remember_v melchisedek_n as_o stranger_n to_o his_o line_n jos_n 10._o melchisedek'_v kindred_n be_v also_o abraham_n and_o they_o only_o keep_v in_o diverse_a place_n true_a religion_n or_o some_o memory_n of_o it_o job._n ch._n 1._o 21._o thrice_o buz_n come_v of_o nachor_n also_o one_o aram_n gen._n 22_o 21._o elihu_n may_v take_v part_n of_o the_o first_o aram_n the_o son_n of_o sem._n gen._n 10._o seth_n name_v among_o madianites_fw-la of_o the_o place_n salem_n phil._n 4_o 7._o esa_n 57_o 20._o dan._n 7._o apo._n 13._o rome_n damn_a damn_a more_o than_o 2000_o year_n of_o 5520._o 5520._o john_n lucidus_fw-la chanaan_n be_v to_o serve_v sem_fw-mi for_o which_o service_n the_o open_a story_n must_v be_v look_v unto_o unto_o as_o for_o selahs_n and_o heber_n family_n epiph._n in_o ancyroto_fw-la pag._n 516._o 516._o in_o nevath_n salome_n pag._n 39_o citing_n their_o father_n upon_o diony_n alex._n pag._n 130._o the_o jew_n follow_v and_o name_v supplementum_fw-la chronichorum_fw-la 1._o geor._n 1._o metam_fw-la 1._o od._n 1._o erg._n erg._n in_o cor_n etc._n etc._n fable_n glance_n at_o a_o truth_n plut._n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la soc._n esay_n 2._o mich._n 5._o the_o roman_n be_v term_v abominable_a dan._n 9_o 25._o mat._n 24._o conferde_v with_o john_n 11._o and_o as_o bad_a for_o their_o last_o time_n apo._n 17._o the_o last_o verse_n verse_n theodorite_n book_n 3_o 20._o greg._n naz_n against_o jul._n 2._o pag._n 301._o apo._n 8._o apo._n 9_o apo._n 13._o 13._o ramban_n in_o halachoth_a lesode_n thora_n cha._n 9_o and_o in_o their_o daily_a creed_n call_v any_o maamin_n that_o be_v i_o believe_v believe_v in_o n._n salome_n pag._n 3._o out_o of_o ramban_n there_o mezuzothdoth_n mean_v write_v upon_o post_n this_o jehovah_n our_o god_n jehovah_n be_v one_o one_o book_n 6._o halachoth_o beth-habbechira_a cha_n 2._o sem_fw-mi be_v the_o sacrificer_n sacrificer_n the_o word_n shem_n or_o sem_fw-mi with_o addition_n be_v god_n name_n in_o hebâ—_n leu._n 24_o 11._o deut._n 28_o 28._o john_n 1._o sem_fw-mi elder_n then_o heathen_a god_n plat._n in_o epitaphio_fw-la dâ—onys_n alex._n and_o eust_fw-fr eust_fw-fr in_o euterpe_n euterpe_n euilat_n be_v in_o ll._n vv._n the_o common_a copy_n note_v in_o sixtus_n quintus_fw-la edition_n 1._o chr._n 1_o though_o in_o his_o text_n and_o some_o other_o it_o be_v alter_v belike_o by_o some_o that_o marueyl_v at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o matter_n but_o as_o joinan_n be_v for_o javen_n to_o shâ—we_v that_o the_o jones_n come_v of_o they_o so_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o euilat_n be_v for_o euila_n for_o the_o like_a consideration_n consideration_n john_n lucidus_fw-la lucidus_fw-la pro._n 10_o 7._o 7._o esa_n 50_o 11._o 11._o if_o moses_n write_v have_v not_o first_o make_v it_o common_a among_o the_o faithful_a homer_n il._n 3._o vers_fw-la 222._o heb._n 1_o 3._o zach._n 3_o 8._o in_o the._n 70._o &_o luk._n 1_o 78._o rom._n 5_o 14._o heb._n 12_o 24._o gen._n 5_o 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