Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	daughter_n	young_a	zion_n	29	3	8.4861	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48431	The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.; Works. 1684	Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.; G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.; Strype, John, 1643-1737.	1684 (1684)	Wing L2051; ESTC R16617	4,059,437	2,607

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o to_o the_o parcel_n of_o ground_n that_o jacob_n give_v to_o his_o son_n joseph_n gen._n xlviii_o 22._o jacob_n have_v buy_v a_o piece_n of_o land_n of_o the_o child_n of_o hamor_n for_o a_o hundred_o lamb_n gen._n xxxiii_o 19_o but_o after_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o sechemite_n he_o with_o his_o family_n be_v force_v to_o retire_v to_o place_n more_o remote_a viz._n to_o bethel_n bethlehem_n and_o hebron_n the_o amorites_n thrust_v themselves_o into_o possession_n and_o he_o ●ain_v to_o regain_v it_o with_o his_o sword_n and_o bow_n verse_n vi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o iacob_n well_o be_v there_o of_o this_o well_o do_v jacob_n seem_v to_o speak_v in_o those_o last_o word_n of_o he_o about_o joseph_n gen._n xlix_o 22._o joseph_n be_v a_o fruitful_a bough_n even_o a_o fruitful_a bough_n by_o a_o well_o for_o joseph_n offspring_n inceased_a to_o a_o kingdom_n in_o jeroboam_n and_o that_o in_o sichem_n hard_a by_o jacob_n well_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o if_o you_o will_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o enemy_n as_o it_o be_v psal._n xcii_o 11._o and_o perhaps_o psal._n xviii_o 29._o for_o it_o be_v from_o the_o chaldee_n only_o that_o it_o signify_v a_o wall_n as_o buxtorf_n tell_v we_o then_o the_o word_n may_v be_v interpret_v as_o a_o prophecy_n concern_v those_o daughter_n of_o joseph_n at_o shiloh_n who_o pass_v over_o to_o the_o enemy_n restore_v the_o hostile_a tribe_n of_o benjamin_n that_o otherwise_o be_v likely_a to_o have_v perish_v for_o want_n of_o issue_n judg._n xxi_o 19_o etc._n etc._n i_o will_v render_v the_o word_n the_o daughter_n go_v over_o to_o the_o enemy_n and_o so_o in_o the_o verse_n be_v foretell_v two_o very_a signal_n event_n that_o shall_v make_v the_o offspring_n of_o joseph_n more_o peculiarly_a illustrious_a partly_o that_o hard_a by_o that_o well_o it_o shall_v increase_v into_o a_o kingdom_n and_o that_o the_o daughter_n of_o that_o tribe_n shall_v restore_v and_o rebuild_v a_o tribe_n that_o have_v almost_o perish_v in_o its_o hostility_n against_o they_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n and_o samaritan_n both_o text_n and_o version_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o young_a son_n whether_o on_o purpose_n or_o through_o carelessness_n i_o know_v not_o so_o the_o greek_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v as_o it_o shall_v seem_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d turn_v thou_o unto_o i_o verse_n vi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o sit_v thus_o he_o sit_v thus_o as_o one_o weary_v the_o evangelist_n will_v let_v unknown_a that_o christ_n do_v not_o seem_o or_o for_o fashion_n sake_n beg_v water_n of_o the_o samaritan_n woman_n but_o in_o good_a earnest_n be_v urge_v to_o it_o by_o thirst_n and_o weariness_n so_o 1_o king_n ii_o 7._o show_v kindness_n to_o the_o son_n of_o barzillai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o that_o be_v in_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o kindness_n they_o come_v to_o i_o act._n vii_o 8._o he_o give_v he_o the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o be_v circumcise_v he_o beget_v isaac_n verse_n viii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o buy_v meat_n if_o the_o disciple_n be_v go_v into_o the_o city_n to_o buy_v food_n how_o agree_v this_o with_o v._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o jew_n have_v no_o deal_n with_o the_o samaritan_n and_o with_o that_o rule_n of_o the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v no_o israelite_n eat_v one_o mouthful_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v a_o samaritan_n for_o if_o he_o eat_v but_o a_o little_a mouthful_n he_o be_v as_o if_o he_o eat_v swine_n flesh_n a_o mouthful_n that_o be_v of_o nothing_o over_o which_o a_o blessing_n must_v be_v pronounce_v 4._o pronounce_v pronounce_v pronounce_v pronounce_v pronounce_v pronounce_v tanchum_fw-la fol._n 17._o 4._o ezra_n zorobabel_n and_o joshua_n gather_v together_o the_o whole_a congregation_n into_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o with_o three_o hundred_o priest_n three_o hundred_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o three_o hundred_o child_n anathematise_v shammatize_v excommunicate_v the_o samaritan_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n by_o a_o writing_n indent_v upon_o table_n and_o a_o anathema_n both_o of_o the_o upper_a and_o the_o low_a house_n let_v no_o israelite_n eat_v one_o morsel_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v a_o samaritan_n let_v no_o samaritan_n become_v a_o proselyte_n to_o israel_n nor_o let_v they_o have_v a_o part_n in_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o they_o send_v this_o curse_n to_o all_o israel_n that_o be_v in_o babylon_n who_o also_o themselves_o add_v their_o anathema_n to_o this_o etc._n etc._n but_o hierosol_n avodah_n zara_n tell_v we_o 4._o we_o we_o we_o we_o we_o we_o fol._n 44._o 4._o r._n jacob_n bar_n acha_n in_o the_o name_n of_o r._n lazar_n say_v that_o the_o victual_n of_o the_o cuthite_n be_v allow_v if_o nothing_o of_o their_o wine_n or_o vinegar_n be_v mingle_v among_o they_o nay_o further_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o passage_n in_o bab._n kiddustin_n 1._o kiddustin_n kiddustin_n kiddustin_n kiddustin_n kiddustin_n kiddustin_n fol._n 76._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o unleavened_a bread_n of_o the_o cuthites_n be_v allow_v and_o by_o that_o a_o man_n may_v right_o enough_o keep_v the_o passover_n if_o the_o unleavened_a bread_n for_o the_o passover_n may_v be_v have_v of_o the_o samaritan_n much_o more_o common_a bread_n and_o grant_v that_o the_o samaritan_n be_v to_o the_o jew_n as_o heathen_n yet_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o jew_n to_o partake_v of_o the_o edible_n of_o the_o gentile_n if_o there_o be_v no_o suspicion_n that_o they_o have_v be_v any_o way_n pollute_v nor_o be_v offer_v to_o idol_n as_o may_v be_v large_o make_v out_o from_o maimon_n in_o his_o treatise_n about_o forbid_a meat_n which_o suspicion_n be_v altogether_o needless_a as_o to_o the_o samaritan_n because_o they_o and_o the_o jew_n in_o a_o manner_n agree_v upon_o the_o same_o thing_n as_o clean_a or_o unclean_a and_o they_o be_v very_o near_o as_o free_v from_o idolatry_n verse_n ix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o jew_n have_v no_o deal_n with_o the_o samaritan_n i._o that_o translation_n the_o jew_n have_v no_o deal_n with_o the_o samaritan_n which_o the_o french_a and_o english_a follow_v seem_v to_o stretch_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n beyond_o what_o it_o will_v well_o bear_v for_o 1._o grant_v the_o samaritan_n be_v mere_a heathen_n which_o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n have_v affirm_v yet_o do_v not_o this_o forbid_v the_o jew_n have_v any_o kind_n of_o deal_n with_o they_o for_o they_o do_v not_o refuse_v merchandise_v with_o any_o of_o the_o gentile_a nation_n whatever_o see_v nehem._n xiii_o 16_o etc._n etc._n 2._o but_o if_o the_o samaritan_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d true_a proselyte_n as_o r._n akibah_n assert_n or_o as_o the_o israelite_n in_o all_o thing_n as_o rabban_n simeon_n ben_fw-mi gamaliel_n say_v of_o they_o 2._o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o hieros_n shekalim_fw-la fol._n 64._o 2._o then_o much_o more_o may_v the_o jew_n have_v deal_v with_o they_o ii_o that_o version_n non_fw-la utuntur_fw-la judaei_n samaritis_fw-la as_o beza_n or_o non_fw-la contuntur_fw-la as_o the_o vulgar_a hardly_o reach_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n or_o come_v full_o up_o to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n 1._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n gloss._n in_o kiddush_n fol._n ●6_n 1._o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o eat_v the_o unleavened_a bread_n of_o the_o samaritan_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o suspicion_n as_o to_o their_o leaven_a bread_n neither_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v if_o the_o samaritan_n shall_v knead_v it_o in_o the_o house_n of_o a_o israelite_n

enough_o verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n i_o will_v not_o confound_v this_o passage_n with_o that_o in_o gen._n xii_o 1._o for_o stephen_n and_o indeed_o the_o thing_n itself_o assure_v we_o that_o this_o be_v speak_v to_o abraham_n in_o chaldea_n but_o that_o in_o charran_n here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o his_o go_v from_o his_o father_n house_n as_o there_o be_v there_o nor_o do_v he_o indeed_o depart_v from_o his_o father_n house_n when_o he_o remove_v from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldean_n for_o he_o take_v his_o father_n and_o whole_a family_n along_o with_o he_o but_o he_o depart_v when_o he_o remove_v from_o charran_n leave_v his_o father_n bury_v behind_o he_o and_o nahor_v his_o brother_n with_o his_o family_n verse_n iv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a etc._n etc._n here_o arise_v a_o difficulty_n and_o upon_o that_o a_o controversy_n which_o we_o may_v take_v in_o in_o the_o word_n of_o r._n solomon_n upon_o gen._n xi_o and_o terah_n die_v in_o charran_n that_o be_v more_o than_o threescore_o year_n after_o abraham_n have_v leave_v charran_n and_o have_v settle_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o it_o be_v write_v abraham_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n of_o age_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charran_n and_o terah_n be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o abraham_n be_v bear_v behold_v terah_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o five_o year_n of_o age_n when_o abraham_n leave_v charran_n and_o he_o have_v a_o great_a many_o year_n yet_o behind_o there_o remain_v indeed_o according_a to_o this_o calculation_n sixty_o year_n i._o in_o that_o whole_a chapter_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o death_n of_o any_o person_n there_o name_v before_o or_o beside_o that_o of_o terah_n where_o by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o boldness_n of_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n who_o to_o every_o one_o of_o those_o person_n have_v annex_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o die_v direct_o against_o the_o purpose_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o apostle_n heb._n vii_o 3._o now_o therefore_o why_o when_o moses_n have_v pass_v over_o the_o death_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o have_v be_v reckon_v up_o before_o in_o that_o catalogue_n shall_v it_o be_v put_v in_o concern_v terah_n only_o that_o he_o die_v in_o charran_n be_v it_o not_o to_o show_v that_o abraham_n do_v not_o remove_v from_o thence_o till_o after_o his_o father_n decease_n there_o this_o r._n solomon_n even_o while_o he_o be_v defend_v the_o contrary_a seem_v something_o apprehensive_a of_o for_o thus_o he_o express_v himself_o why_o do_v the_o scripture_n tell_v of_o the_o death_n of_o terah_n before_o it_o mention_n abraham_n removal_n viz._n lest_o the_o matter_n shall_v be_v make_v public_a and_o man_n shall_v say_v abraham_n do_v not_o give_v that_o honour_n to_o his_o father_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v relinquish_a he_o now_o in_o his_o old_a age_n and_o go_v away_o from_o he_o the_o scripture_n therefore_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o now_o dead_a because_o the_o wicked_a even_o while_o they_o be_v alive_a be_v account_v for_o dead_a how_o be_v this_o rabbin_z mistake_v for_o terah_n now_o be_v no_o wicked_a man_n nor_o a_o idolater_n but_o convert_v and_o therefore_o moses_n make_v he_o chief_a in_o that_o removal_n out_o of_o chaldea_n that_o his_o conversion_n may_v be_v know_v although_o the_o command_n concern_v the_o departure_n from_o that_o country_n come_v first_o to_o abraham_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o abraham_n to_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n be_v yet_o a_o idolater_n much_o less_o be_v it_o so_o when_o he_o be_v now_o become_v a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n ii_o it_o be_v indeed_o say_v that_o terah_n live_v seventy_o year_n and_o beget_v abraham_n nahor_n and_o haran_n but_o as_o it_o be_v against_o reason_n to_o suppose_v they_o be_v all_o beget_v in_o one_o year_n so_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n to_o think_v they_o be_v beget_v in_o the_o order_n they_o be_v place_v in_o in_o the_o story_n here_o that_o common_a maxim_n of_o the_o rabbin_n take_v place_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v no_o first_o and_o last_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n i._n e._n the_o order_n of_o the_o story_n do_v not_o necessary_o determine_v the_o time_n of_o it_o and_o the_o gemarist_n themselves_o however_o they_o suppose_v that_o abraham_n may_v be_v old_a than_o nahor_n one_o year_n and_o nahor_n than_o haran_n one_o year_n yet_o do_v they_o at_o length_n conclude_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perhaps_o abraham_n be_v the_o young_a of_o his_o brethren_n 2._o brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n brethren_n sanh●dr_n fol._n 69._o 2._o which_o they_o also_o confirm_v out_o of_o the_o order_n observe_v in_o number_v the_o son_n of_o noah_n where_o sem_fw-mi be_v first_fw-mi in_o the_o catalogue_n though_o he_o be_v young_a than_o japhet_n it_o be_v common_o receive_v among_o the_o jew_n that_o sarah_n abraham_n wife_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o his_o brother_n haran_n and_o that_o not_o without_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jecah_n say_v they_o be_v the_o same_o with_o sarah_n and_o josephus_n speak_v it_o out_o as_o a_o thing_n of_o ancient_a tradition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haran_n leave_v one_o son_n lot_z and_o sarah_n and_o milcha_n two_o daughter_n dye_v in_o chaldea_n ●_o chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n chaldea_n a●…_n lib._n 1._o cap._n ●_o if_o therefore_o sarah_n who_o be_v but_o ten_o year_n young_a than_o abraham_n be_v harans_n daughter_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o some_o measure_n confirm_v gen._n xx._n 12._o we_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n suppose_v abraham_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o bear_v among_o the_o son_n of_o terah_n but_o haran_n rather_o unless_o we_o will_v trifle_v with_o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n and_o say_v that_o haran_n beget_v milcha_fw-mi when_o he_o be_v but_o six_o or_o eight_o year_n old_a but_o they_o conclude_v at_o length_n a_o little_a more_o rational_o if_o i_o understand_v what_o they_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o reckon_v they_o up_o according_a to_o their_o wisdom_n conceive_v abraham_n therefore_o bear_v not_o in_o the_o seventi_v but_o in_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirthi_v year_n of_o terah_n and_o that_o these_o word_n here_o recite_v by_o stephen_n be_v speak_v to_o he_o in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldean_n but_o those_o mention_v gen._n xii_o 1._o speak_v in_o charran_n and_o thus_o join_v the_o story_n terah_n die_v in_o charran_n then_o say_v god_n unto_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n verse_n fourteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n the_o hebrew_n copy_n have_v it_o every_o where_o but_o threescore_o and_o ten_o so_o also_o josephus_n 4._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n antiqu._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o come_v to_o egypt_n with_o his_o son_n and_o all_o their_o son_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v in_o all_o threescore_o and_o ten_o again_o elsewhere_o 5._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o ibid._n cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n wherewith_o threescore_o and_o ten_o all_o that_o be_v with_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n so_o ezekiel_n tragad_n in_o euseb._n de_fw-la praepar_fw-la evangel_n 28._o evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n evangel_n lib._n 9_o ca._n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o time_n that_o jacob_n have_v leave_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n have_v seven_o time_n ten_o soul_n with_o he_o so_o the_o very_a greek_a version_n itself_o in_o deut._n x._o 22._o '_o ev_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thy_o father_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o threescore_o and_o ten_o person_n which_o be_v strange_a when_o they_o have_v it_o in_o another_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d threescore_o and_o fifteen_o 9_o †_o vid._n gen._n 46._o 27._o &_o exod._n 1._o 9_o we_o may_v easy_o discern_v that_o saint_n luke_n here_o follow_v that_o version_n that_o add_v five_o grandchild_n to_o joseph_n gen._n xlvi_o 20._o machir_n and_o gilead_n because_o of_o those_o word_n gen._n l._n 22._o the_o son_n of_o machir_n the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n bring_v up_o upon_o joseph_n knee_n and_o sutelah_n and_o tahan_n and_o eden_n because_o it_o be_v say_v joseph_n see_v ephraim_n child_n unto_o the_o three_o genera●●on_n where_o by_o the_o way_n i_o can_v but_o think_v it_o strange_a why_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n shall_v select_v these_o their_o additional_a person_n out_o of_o the_o son_n of_o joseph_n rather_o than_o any_o

affirmative_a precept_n vain_a but_o if_o he_o be_v studious_a in_o the_o law_n and_o conversant_a in_o it_o and_o if_o he_o fear_v marriage_n lest_o the_o care_n of_o provide_v for_o his_o wife_n hinder_v his_o study_n in_o the_o law_n he_o may_v still_o tarry_v because_o he_o that_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o precept_n be_v free_a from_o that_o precept_n much_o more_o he_o that_o converse_v in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n he_o who_o mind_n be_v always_o take_v up_o in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n as_o ben_n azzai_n and_o he_o that_o be_v intent_n upon_o it_o all_o his_o day_n if_o he_o marry_v not_o a_o wife_n in_o his_o hand_n be_v no_o iniquity_n but_o if_o affection_n prevail_v upon_o he_o let_v he_o marry_v a_o wife_n although_o he_o have_v now_o child_n lest_o he_o fall_v into_o evil_a thought_n 6._o thought_n thought_n thought_n thought_n thought_n thought_n jevamoth_n cap._n 6._o hall_n 6._o let_v not_o a_o man_n refrain_v himself_o from_o generation_n and_o multiply_a unless_o he_o have_v child_n already_o the_o gemara_n upon_o this_o place_n thus_o if_o he_o have_v child_n let_v he_o refrain_v himself_o from_o generation_n and_o multiply_a but_o from_o marry_v a_o wife_n let_v he_o not_o refrain_v himself_o it_o be_v forbid_v he_o to_o be_v without_o a_o wife_n because_o it_o be_v say_v it_o be_v not_o good_a for_o man_n to_o be_v alone_o and_o whosoever_o 2_o whosoever_o whosoever_o whosoever_o whosoever_o whosoever_o whosoever_o ibid._n fol._n 63._o 2_o give_v not_o himself_o to_o generation_n and_o multiply_a be_v all_o one_o with_o a_o murderer_n he_o be_v as_o though_o he_o diminish_v from_o the_o image_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n the_o apostle_n therefore_o determine_v against_o the_o jewish_a school_n that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v by_o the_o law_n to_o marriage_n but_o that_o he_o be_v in_o his_o own_o power_n in_o this_o affair_n to_o contract_v himself_o or_o not_o as_o he_o find_v himself_o continent_n or_o not_o they_o say_v it_o be_v a_o command_n that_o every_o one_o marry_v a_o wife_n but_o he_o say_v i_o have_v not_o a_o command_n verse_n ix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v than_o to_o burn_v that_o you_o may_v apprehend_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o burn_v hear_v a_o story_n 1._o story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n kiddushin_n fol._n 81._o 1._o some_o captive_a woman_n be_v bring_v to_o nehardea_n and_o dispose_v in_o the_o house_n and_o in_o the_o upper_a room_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o rabh_n amram_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o take_v away_o the_o ladder_n or_o the_o stair_n that_o the_o woman_n may_v not_o go_v down_o for_o they_o be_v shut_v up_o there_o until_o they_o shall_v be_v ransom_v as_o one_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o window_n the_o light_n of_o her_o great_a beauty_n shine_v into_o the_o house_n amram_fw-la take_v with_o the_o woman_n beauty_n set_v up_o the_o stair_n again_o which_o ten_o man_n scarce_o can_v do_v that_o he_o may_v go_v up_o to_o the_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o be_v now_o get_v to_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o stair_n he_o delay_v his_o foot_n and_o stop_v struggle_v with_o that_o evil_a affection_n to_o overcome_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o with_o a_o loud_a voice_n cry_v out_o fire_n fire_n in_o the_o house_n of_o amram_n the_o gloss_n say_v this_o he_o do_v that_o the_o neighbour_n flock_v thither_o he_o may_v desist_v from_o his_o purpose_n and_o from_o that_o affection_n out_o of_o shame_n the_o rabbin_n run_v to_o he_o and_o see_v nothing_o of_o fire_n or_o flame_n say_v thou_o have_v disgrace_v we_o to_o who_o he_o reply_v it_o be_v better_a that_o you_o be_v disgrace_v in_o the_o house_n of_o amram_n in_o this_o world_n than_o that_o you_o be_v disgrace_v by_o i_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v he_o adjure_v that_o evil_a affection_n to_o go_v out_o of_o he_o and_o from_o thence_o it_o go_v out_o as_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n to_o which_o he_o say_v thou_o be_v fire_n and_o i_o be_o flesh_n yet_o for_o all_o that_o i_o have_v prevail_v against_o thou_o verse_n x._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o i_o but_o the_o lord_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a vers._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o speak_v not_o the_o lord_n i._o weigh_v first_o that_o distinction_n very_o usual_a in_o the_o school_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o text_n of_o scripture_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o opinion_n 2._o opinion_n opinion_n opinion_n opinion_n opinion_n opinion_n bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 8._o 2._o death_n by_o the_o sword_n be_v worse_a than_o death_n by_o the_o plague_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v a_o text_n of_o scripture_n to_o prove_v this_o if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v reason_n or_o my_o opinion_n if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v a_o opinion_n that_o render_v one_o abominable_a but_o not_o this_o if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v scripture_n precious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o death_n the_o plague_n of_o his_o saint_n famine_n be_v worse_a than_o the_o sword_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v a_o opinion_n famine_n afflict_v a_o long_a while_n the_o sword_z not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v scripture_n it_o be_v better_a for_o they_o that_o die_v by_o the_o sword_n than_o that_o die_v by_o famine_n and_o a_o burn_a offering_n that_o be_v kill_v not_o under_o its_o proper_a notion_n the_o blood_n of_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v sprinkle_v under_o a_o notion_n that_o be_v not_o proper_a if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o opinion_n or_o reason_n if_o you_o will_v i_o will_v produce_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o text_n of_o scripture_n and_o very_o many_o instance_n of_o that_o nature_n ii_o and_o now_o compare_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n these_o thing_n i_o say_v not_o but_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v this_o be_v not_o my_o bare_a opinion_n but_o so_o say_v the_o scripture_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a these_o thing_n i_o say_v not_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v this_o be_v my_o opinion_n although_o there_o be_v not_o some_o text_n of_o scripture_n which_o say_v so_o in_o plain_a word_n thus_o he_o explain_v himself_o chap._n ix_o 8._o say_v i_o these_o thing_n and_o not_o the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v not_o the_o wife_n depart_v from_o her_o husband_n nor_o without_o weighty_a reason_n do_v he_o admonish_v concern_v this_o thing_n also_o since_o both_o among_o jew_n and_o gentile_n the_o opinion_n be_v too_o loose_a concern_v the_o firmness_n of_o the_o marriage_n bond_n and_o more_o loose_a among_o the_o jew_n than_o among_o the_o gentile_n i._o think_v first_o of_o the_o toleration_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o they_o which_o take_v in_o their_o word_n 11._o word_n word_n word_n word_n word_n word_n maimon_n gerush_v cap._n 11._o if_o any_o marry_v a_o young_a maid_n and_o she_o afterward_o will_v not_o have_v he_o for_o her_o husband_n she_o may_v put_v he_o away_o and_o depart_v from_o he_o and_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_v hence_o this_o be_v the_o form_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o bill_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o put_v away_o when_o the_o wife_n put_v away_o her_o husband_n if_o it_o be_v demand_v in_o the_o day_n n._n of_o the_o week_n n._n of_o the_o month_n n._n of_o the_o year_n n._n 〈◊〉_d the_o daughter_n of_o n._n put_v away_o before_o we_o and_o say_v my_o mother_n or_o my_o brethren_n deceive_v i_o and_o wed_v i_o or_o betroth_v i_o when_o i_o be_v a_o young_a maid_n to_o n._n the_o son_n of_o n._n but_o i_o now_o reveal_v my_o mind_n before_o you_o that_o i_o will_v not_o have_v he_o etc._n etc._n ii_o among_o they_o also_o there_o be_v depart_v from_o each_o other_o by_o mutual_a consent_n 17._o consent_n consent_n consent_n consent_n consent_n consent_n berish._n rabb_n §._o 17._o a_o good_a man_n have_v a_o good_a wife_n but_o because_o they_o have_v not_o child_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o mutual_o put_v away_o one_o another_o that_o good_a man_n marry_v a_o bad_a wife_n and_o she_o make_v he_o bad_a that_o good_a woman_n marry_v a_o bad_a husband_n and_o she_o make_v he_o good_a they_o allow_v also_o the_o same_o licence_n to_o the_o heathen_a 18._o heathen_a heathen_a heathen_a heathen_a heathen_a heathen_a id._n §._o 18._o r._n jochanan_n say_v the_o son_n of_o noah_n have_v not_o divorce_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o put_v away_o one_o

apparent_a that_o abram_n be_v bear_v to_o terah_n when_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o must_v that_o passage_n verse_n 26._o and_o terah_n live_v seventy_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n be_v understand_v that_o he_o beget_v one_o of_o these_o as_o the_o like_a expression_n be_v chap._n 5._o 32._o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o noah_n beget_v sem_fw-mi ham_n and_o japhet_n haran_n be_v terahs_n elder_a son_n though_o name_v last_o as_o japhet_n be_v noah_n abram_n be_v name_v first_o because_o of_o his_o dignity_n and_o because_o the_o story_n be_v to_o fall_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o be_v it_o with_o sem_fw-mi in_o that_o place_n chap._n xii_o xiii_o fourteen_o xv._o world_n 2083_o sem_fw-mi 525_o arphaxad_n 425_o salah_n 390_o eber_n 360_o abram_n 75_o the_o promise_v give_v to_o abram_n in_o haran_n after_o abram_n 76_o his_o father_n death_n on_o the_o 15_o day_n of_o the_o month_n abram_n 77_o abib_fw-la or_o nisan_fw-la exod._n 12._o 41._o he_o journy_v that_o spring_n into_o abram_n 78_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o at_o or_o near_o abram_n 79_o mount_v gerizim_n and_o mount_n ebal_n he_o build_v two_o altar_n and_o take_v possession_n abram_n 80_o of_o the_o land_n by_o faith_n famine_n drive_v he_o into_o egypt_n abram_n 81_o where_o the_o blackmoor_n egyptian_n be_v soon_o aware_a of_o the_o abram_n 82_o beauty_n of_o sarai_n a_o white_a woman_n and_o she_o be_v take_v into_o abram_n 83_o pharaoh_n house_n but_o redeem_v by_o the_o lord_n himself_o plague_v the_o egyptian_n a_o type_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v upon_o her_o posterity_n and_o upon_o the_o egyptian_n for_o their_o sake_n abram_z returning_z sem_fw-mi 534_o arphaxad_n 434_o salah_n 399_o eber_n 369_o abram_n 84_o out_o of_o egypt_n into_o canaan_n again_o riches_n suffer_v not_o lot_n and_o he_o to_o dwell_v together_o in_o unity_n they_o part_v asunder_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n and_o lot_n separate_v from_o abraham_n family_n and_o choose_v residence_n among_o the_o sodomite_n to_o his_o own_o danger_n and_o detriment_n when_o he_o be_v part_v abram_n have_v a_o full_a promise_n of_o the_o land_n and_o thereupon_o flit_v his_o habitation_n to_o hebron_n a_o place_n of_o singular_a eminency_n in_o time_n to_o come_v then_o abram_n that_o hitherto_o have_v the_o land_n by_o promise_n have_v it_o now_o by_o victory_n for_o kedorlaomer_n of_o elam_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o so_o heir_n apparent_a to_o canaan_n in_o noah_n prophecy_n be_v now_o in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n over_o the_o country_n and_o be_v provoke_v by_o the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o five_o city_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n he_o bring_v three_o king_n more_o with_o he_o and_o conquer_v all_o the_o canaanite_n both_o without_o and_o within_o jordan_n as_o first_o the_o rephaim_v under_o lebanon_n the_o zuzim_n in_o amon_n the_o emims_n in_o moab_n the_o horim_n or_o hivites_n in_o the_o cave_n of_o edom_n and_o all_o the_o canaanite_n in_o hazezon_n tamar_n at_o the_o point_n of_o the_o dead_a sea_n then_o turn_v they_o into_o the_o land_n within_o jordan_n and_o as_o they_o have_v subdue_v all_o the_o country_n from_o north_n to_o south_n without_o so_o now_o they_o do_v the_o like_a from_o south_n to_o north_n within_o but_o when_o they_o be_v come_v with_o all_o their_o spoil_n to_o the_o out-going_a of_o the_o land_n upon_o the_o north_n border_n abram_n over-takes_a they_o and_o so_o their_o victory_n be_v become_v he_o sem_fw-mi or_o melchisedech_n observe_v this_o dispensation_n of_o god_n and_o his_o devolve_v the_o land_n by_o so_o special_a a_o providence_n upon_o abram_n and_o therefore_o he_o meet_v he_o in_o his_o return_n with_o bread_n and_o wine_n as_o a_o king_n and_o with_o a_o blessing_n as_o a_o priest_n and_o pass_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n and_o of_o the_o blessing_n upon_o he_o afterward_o abram_n have_v the_o promise_n of_o a_o heir_n out_o of_o his_o own_o loin_n god_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o he_o by_o sacrifice_n pass_v in_o the_o appearance_n of_o fire_n between_o the_o part_n of_o the_o slay_a beast_n and_o consume_v they_o four_o hundred_o year_n affliction_n and_o sojourn_v of_o his_o seed_n be_v foretell_v chap._n xvi_o world_n 2093_o sem_fw-mi 535_o arphaxad_n 435_o salah_n 400_o eber_n 370_o abram_n 85_o abram_z marry_v hagar_n that_o he_o may_v compass_v the_o promise_n of_o have_v a_o son_n of_o his_o own_o body_n he_o be_v not_o yet_o inform_v whither_o by_o sarai_n or_o no_o hagar_n through_o sarai'_v harsh_a deal_n be_v force_v to_o return_v towards_o she_o own_o country_n but_o by_o the_o way_n see_v the_o god_n of_o vision_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o he_o be_v instruct_v concern_v the_o condition_n and_o name_n of_o the_o son_n in_o her_o womb_n and_o be_v send_v back_o to_o sarai_n again_o world_n 2094_o sem_fw-mi 536_o arphaxad_n 436_o salah_n 401_o eber_n 371_o abram_n 86_o ishmael_n bear_v the_o son_n of_o the_o bondwoman_n abram_n 87_o ishmael_n 1_o bear_v in_o the_o very_a latter_a end_n of_o abraham_n eighty_o six_o year_n world_n 2096_o sem_fw-mi 538_o arphaxad_n 438_o salah_n 403_o eber_n 373_o abram_n 88_o ishmael_n 2_o arphaxad_n die_v 438._o year_n old_a read_v gen._n abram_n 89_o ishmael_n 3_o 11._o 11_o 13._o it_o be_v now_o 440._o year_n since_o the_o flood_n for_o abram_n 90_o ishmael_n 4_o arphaxad_n be_v bear_v but_o two_o year_n after_o it_o the_o septuagint_n abram_n 91_o ishmael_n 5_o make_v he_o the_o father_n of_o cainan_n which_o never_o be_v in_o be_v and_o yet_o be_v that_o follow_v by_o saint_n luke_n chap._n 3._o 36._o for_o special_a reason_n there_o be_v that_o suppose_v the_o chasdim_n abram_n 92_o ishmael_n 6_o or_o chaldean_n take_v their_o denomination_n from_o the_o last_o letter_n abram_n 93_o ishmael_n 7_o abram_n 94_o ishmael_n 8_o of_o arphaxad_n name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o have_v the_o more_o probability_n abram_n 95_o ishmael_n 9_o because_o they_o be_v so_o call_v chasdim_n gen._n 15._o 7._o before_o abram_n 96_o ishmael_n 10_o chesed_a which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v seem_v to_o have_v give_v abram_n 97_o ishmael_n 11_o abram_n 98_o ishmael_n 12_o they_o their_o denomination_n be_v bear_v gen._n 22._o 22._o chap._n xvii_o xviii_o xix_o xx._n world_n 2107_o sem_fw-mi 549_o salah_n 414_o eber_n 384_o abram_n 99_o ishmael_n 13_o in_o this_o year_n these_o several_a occurrence_n come_v to_o pass_v circumcision_n be_v institute_v in_o the_o month_n abib_fw-la or_o nisan_fw-la and_o institute_v in_o hebron_n in_o which_o very_a place_n and_o at_o which_o time_n of_o the_o year_n john_n baptist_n be_v bear_v who_o bring_v in_o baptism_n in_o stead_n of_o circumcision_n abram_n and_o sarai_n have_v their_o name_n change_v at_o the_o institution_n of_o circumcision_n and_o isaac_n be_v name_v before_o he_o be_v conceive_v some_o three_o month_n after_o this_o the_o three_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n dine_v with_o abraham_n and_o foretell_v the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n again_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n go_v down_o to_o sodom_n but_o the_o first_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n stay_v with_o abraham_n and_o condescend_v to_o his_o prayer_n as_o long_o as_o he_o ask_v sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n admah_n and_o zeboim_n destroy_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n lot_n escape_v but_o lose_v two_o of_o his_o daughter_n in_o the_o flame_n and_o his_o wife_n by_o lightning_n his_o other_o two_o daughter_n help_v to_o undo_v he_o abraham_n deny_v sarah_n again_o the_o son_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v now_o in_o her_o womb_n but_o she_o not_o yet_o to_o be_v discover_v to_o be_v with_o child_n chap._n xxi_o world_n 2108_o sem_fw-mi 550_o salah_n 415_o eber_n 385_o abram_n 100_o ishmael_n 14_o isaac_n bear_v the_o son_n of_o the_o promise_n abraham_n in_o abram_n 101_o ishmael_n 15_o isaac_n 1_o the_o supernatural_a birth_n of_o isaac_n foresee_v the_o supernatural_a abram_n 102_o ishmael_n 16_o isaac_n 2_o birth_n of_o christ_n and_o rejoice_v isaac_n be_v not_o so_o abram_n 103_o ishmael_n 17_o isaac_n 3_o name_v laughter_n only_o because_o of_o abraham_n joy_n for_o he_o abram_z 104_o ishmael_n 18_o isaac_n 4_o but_o also_o for_o his_o joy_n in_o christ_n john_n 8._o 56._o your_o father_n abraham_n rejoice_v to_o see_v my_o day_n and_o he_o see_v it_o and_o be_v glad_a world_n 2113_o sem_fw-mi 555_o salah_n 420_o eber_n 390_o abram_n 105_o ishmael_n 19_o isaac_n 5_o ishmael_n mock_v hagar_n and_o he_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o abram_n 106_o ishmael_n 20_o isaac_n 6_o abraham_n family_n from_o hence_o begin_v the_o 400_o year_n abram_n 107_o ishmael_n 21_o isaac_n 7_o mention_a chap._n 15._o 13._o abimelech_n and_o abraham_n make_v a_o abram_n 108_o

go_v from_o his_o brethren_n at_o shechem_n and_o marry_v isaac_n 161_o jacob_n 101_o joseph_n 10_o er_fw-mi bear_v to_o judah_n isaac_n 162_o jacob_n 102_o joseph_n 11_o onan_n bear_v to_o judah_n isaac_n 163_o jacob_n 103_o joseph_n 12_o shelah_n bear_v to_o judah_n judah_n be_v now_o resident_a at_o chezib_n near_o the_o border_n of_o the_o philistines_n observe_v these_o particular_n concern_v judah_n 1._o that_o he_o be_v but_o three_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a at_o their_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n 2._o that_o his_o son_n pharez_n have_v then_o two_o son_n gen._n 46._o 12._o 3._o observe_v the_o story_n of_o er_fw-mi onan_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o pharez_n and_o then_o guess_v how_o very_a young_a judah_n be_v when_o he_o have_v his_o first_o child_n these_o story_n of_o his_o marriage_n and_o birth_n of_o his_o child_n be_v lay_v after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n though_o they_o be_v before_o because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v handle_v all_o judah_n story_n together_o now_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n in_o that_o chapter_n that_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o joseph_n sale_n and_o be_v lay_v there_o in_o their_o proper_a order_n and_o so_o these_o be_v lay_v with_o they_o that_o all_o that_o story_n may_v be_v take_v up_o at_o once_o chap._n xxxiv_o isaac_n 164_o jacob_n 104_o joseph_n 13_o dinah_n ravish_v give_v cause_n of_o tear_n to_o the_o tender_a eye_n of_o her_o mother_n leah_n this_o be_v the_o first_o miscarriage_n in_o jacob_n house_n and_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o lord_n overtake_v he_o with_o some_o scourge_n when_o he_o be_v so_o slack_a to_o purge_v his_o family_n and_o to_o pay_v his_o vow_n it_o be_v now_o seven_o or_o eight_o year_n since_o the_o lord_n bring_v he_o back_o from_o haran_n and_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o think_v of_o the_o vow_n that_o he_o make_v when_o he_o go_v thither_o circumcision_n grow_v deadly_a to_o the_o sichemite_n chap._n xxxv_o from_o ver_fw-la 1._o to_o ver_fw-la 28._o isaac_n 165_o jacob_n 105_o joseph_n 14_o now_o it_o be_v time_n for_o jacob_n to_o pay_v his_o vow_n and_o to_o purge_v his_o isaac_n 166_o jacob_n 106_o joseph_n 15_o house_n from_o idol_n when_o he_o have_v neglect_v it_o so_o long_o and_o when_o isaac_n 167_o jacob_n 107_o joseph_n 16_o so_o sad_a a_o dysaster_n be_v befall_v he_o in_o his_o family_n the_o lord_n therefore_o command_v he_o to_o bethel_n where_o his_o vow_n have_v be_v make_v and_o there_o he_o buri_v all_o his_o family_n idol_n under_o a_o oak_n and_o admit_v the_o proselyte_n of_o shechem_n and_o syria_n into_o his_o religion_n by_o baptism_n for_o circumcision_n be_v become_v deadly_a before_o their_o eye_n he_o buri_v deborah_n at_o shechem_n have_v a_o vision_n and_o set_v up_o a_o pillar_n he_o make_v thence_o for_o hebron_n have_v benjamin_n bear_v by_o the_o way_n and_o buri_v rachel_n beside_o bethlehem_n and_o have_v bilhah_n defile_v by_o reuben_n and_o at_o length_n he_o come_v up_o to_o hebron_n to_o his_o father_n isaac_n when_o he_o have_v now_o be_v thirty_o year_n absent_a from_o he_o chap._n xxxvi_o &_o 1_o chron._n 1._o ver_fw-la 34._o to_o the_o end_n the_o thirty_o and_o six_o chapter_n do_v very_o proper_o come_v next_o after_o these_o story_n for_o when_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v relate_v the_o story_n of_o jacob_n hitherto_o and_o be_v now_o to_o fall_v upon_o the_o story_n of_o joseph_n he_o do_v first_o dispatch_v the_o story_n of_o esau_n he_o have_v reckon_v the_o son_n of_o jacob_n immediate_o before_o and_o now_o he_o come_v to_o reckon_v up_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n that_o the_o blessing_n of_o isaac_n upon_o esau_n may_v be_v observe_v how_o it_o take_v place_n observe_v in_o this_o genealogy_n of_o esau_n and_o seir_n beside_o the_o change_n of_o the_o name_n of_o esau_n wife_n 1._o that_o esau_n marry_v aholibamah_n the_o great_a grandchild_n of_o seir_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n the_o son_n of_o zibeon_n the_o son_n of_o seir_n ver_fw-la 20_o 24_o 25._o whereas_o eliphaz_n the_o son_n of_o esau_n marry_v timnah_n seir_n immediate_a daughter_n ver_fw-la 20_o 22._o and_o so_o the_o father_n wife_n be_v of_o the_o three_o generation_n after_o the_o son_n 2._o that_o timna_n the_o concubine_n of_o eliphaz_n be_v reckon_v as_o his_o son_n 1_o chron._n 1._o 36._o 3._o that_o there_o be_v a_o duke_n korah_n of_o the_o stock_n of_o eliphaz_n in_o aftertime_n whereas_o eliphaz_n have_v no_o immediate_a son_n of_o that_o name_n compare_v ver_fw-la 11._o with_o ver_fw-la 16._o 4._o that_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o esau_n take_v his_o wife_n and_o his_o child_n and_o his_o cattle_n and_o go_v into_o the_o country_n from_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n jacob_n ver_fw-la 6._o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o he_o do_v this_o to_o make_v room_n for_o jacob_n against_o he_o shall_v come_v from_o haran_n for_o when_o he_o go_v thither_o he_o leave_v esau_n in_o canaan_n and_o when_o he_o come_v thence_o he_o find_v he_o in_o seir._n chap._n xxxvii_o world_n 2276_o isaac_n 168_o jacob_n 108_o joseph_n 17_o joseph_n sell_v he_o be_v seventeen_o year_n old_a ver_fw-la 2._o the_o 36_o chapter_n handle_v the_o story_n of_o esau_n the_o hater_n of_o his_o brother_n and_o that_o lose_v his_o birthright_n by_o his_o own_o fault_n now_o this_o 37_o chapter_n come_v and_o handle_v the_o story_n of_o joseph_n the_o hate_a of_o his_o brethren_n and_o he_o that_o obtain_v the_o birthright_n by_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o reuben_n have_v forfeit_v his_o birthright_n about_o a_o year_n or_o two_o ago_o by_o lie_v with_o his_o father_n wife_n and_o now_o jacob_n devolve_v the_o birthright_n upon_o joseph_n and_o make_v he_o a_o part-coloured_n coat_n as_o the_o badge_n of_o it_o for_o this_o love_n of_o jacob_n to_o he_o and_o for_o this_o privilege_n confer_v upon_o he_o his_o brethren_n hate_v he_o and_o for_o his_o dream_n their_o hate_n increase_v that_o they_o sell_v he_o his_o father_n first_o set_v he_o to_o feed_v the_o flock_n with_o his_o brethren_n but_o the_o son_n of_o the_o very_a handmaid_n make_v 2._o make_v make_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers._n 2._o a_o servant_n of_o he_o then_o his_o father_n send_v he_o to_o visit_v his_o brethren_n at_o their_o flock_n at_o shechem_n but_o there_o the_o amorite_n have_v take_v possession_n upon_o jacob_n departure_n and_o they_o after_o shechems_n slaughter_n so_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o go_v for_o pasture_n at_o dothan_n there_o joseph_n find_v they_o and_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o judah_n as_o christ_n by_o the_o villainy_n of_o judas_n he_o be_v sell_v to_o medanites_n midianites_n and_o ismaelite_n for_o by_o all_o these_o name_n be_v the_o merchant_n that_o bring_v he_o name_v for_o these_o people_n live_v so_o promiscuous_o together_o that_o any_o of_o they_o do_v indifferent_o bear_v any_o of_o these_o name_n jacob_n be_v now_o deceive_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o kid_n in_o stead_n of_o joseph_n as_o he_o have_v deceive_v his_o father_n with_o the_o flesh_n and_o skin_n of_o a_o kid_n in_o stead_n of_o venison_n and_o his_o own_o skin_n joseph_n be_v sell_v to_o potiphar_n chap._n thirty-nine_o isaac_n 169_o jacob_n 109_o joseph_n 18_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n be_v prosperous_a in_o his_o master_n house_n and_o the_o lord_n be_v isaac_n 170_o jacob_n 110_o joseph_n 19_o with_o he_o his_o master_n intru_v he_o with_o all_o that_o he_o have_v his_o isaac_n 171_o jacob_n 111_o joseph_n 20_o black-moor_n mistress_n lust_a after_o his_o beauty_n cause_v his_o misery_n she_o isaac_n 172_o jacob_n 112_o joseph_n 21_o cloak_n her_o villainy_n under_o his_o coat_n the_o show_v of_o his_o coat_n have_v before_o cause_v his_o father_n sorrow_n and_o now_o it_o do_v his_o own_o here_o the_o chastity_n of_o joseph_n now_o the_o first-born_a shame_v the_o unchastity_n of_o reuben_n the_o first-born_a before_o the_o one_o deny_v his_o mistress_n the_o other_o solicit_v his_o father_n wife_n chap._n xxxviii_o from_o ver_fw-la 6._o to_o the_o end_n isaac_n 173_o jacob_n 113_o joseph_n 22_o er_o and_o onan_n about_o this_o time_n miscarry_v and_o judah_n himself_o not_o isaac_n 174_o jacob_n 114_o joseph_n 23_o very_o long_o after_o incestuate_v his_o own_o daughter-in-law_n of_o which_o isaac_n 175_o jacob_n 115_o joseph_n 24_o incest_n pharez_n be_v beget_v yet_o a_o father_n of_o christ_n according_a to_o the_o isaac_n 176_o jacob_n 116_o joseph_n 25_o flesh_n the_o story_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o judah_n be_v lay_v present_o after_o isaac_n 177_o jacob_n 117_o joseph_n 26_o the_o story_n of_o the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n though_o some_o thing_n contain_v in_o it_o isaac_n 178_o jacob_n 118_o joseph_n 27_o come_n to_o pass_v a_o long_a time_n before_o

as_o they_o will_v make_v he_o chap._n 31._o then_o elihu_n the_o penman_n undertake_v to_o moderate_v but_o incline_v to_o the_o same_o misprision_n with_o the_o other_o the_o lord_n himself_o convince_v they_o all_o of_o the_o uprightness_n of_o job_n which_o no_o argument_n of_o job_n can_v do_v and_o this_o not_o only_o by_o a_o oracle_n from_o heaven_n but_o also_o by_o job_n revive_v prosperity_n wherein_o every_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v lose_v be_v restore_v double_a to_o he_o but_o only_o his_o child_n which_o though_o they_o die_v yet_o be_v not_o lose_v his_o year_n be_v double_v for_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o his_o trouble_n and_o so_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o his_o trouble_n come_v and_o die_v two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n old_a the_o long_a liver_n bear_v since_o terah_n chap._n ii_o to_o ver._n 11._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 341_o israel_n affliction_n increase_v upon_o they_o the_o cruel_a king_n of_o egypt_n command_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 342_o all_o the_o male_a child_n to_o be_v slay_v miriam_n be_v bear_v not_o far_o from_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 343_o this_o time_n she_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v and_o watch_n moses_n when_o he_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 344_o river_n her_o name_n signify_v bitterness_n and_o rebellion_n both_o and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 345_o doubt_v but_o holy_a amram_n when_o he_o give_v her_o name_n have_v regard_n to_o that_o sad_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 346_o cause_n and_o effect_n of_o which_o they_o have_v so_o great_a cause_n to_o be_v sensible_a miriam_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 347_o be_v a_o prophetess_n exod._n 15._o 20._o micah_n 6._o 4._o world_n 2431_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 348_o aaron_z bear_v a_o saint_n of_o the_o lord_n psal._n 106._o 16._o his_o name_n sound_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 349_o both_o of_o sorrow_n and_o joy_n as_o the_o tenor_n of_o psal._n 88_o 89._o make_v in_o these_o affliction_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 350_o do_v world_n 2433_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 351_o moses_n 1_o moses_n bear_v supernatural_o his_o mother_n be_v exceed_v old_a at_o his_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 352_o moses_n 2_o birth_n she_o be_v his_o father_n own_o aunt_n the_o daughter_n of_o levi_n so_o be_v moses_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 353_o moses_n 3_o a_o levite_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n he_o be_v preserve_v in_o a_o ark_n like_o a_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 354_o moses_n 4_o second_o noah_n his_o mother_n be_v pay_v for_o nurse_v she_o own_o child_n he_o be_v adopt_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 355_o moses_n 5_o by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n for_o her_o own_o son_n and_o so_o the_o king_n be_v his_o nurse_n father_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 356_o moses_n 6_o and_o the_o queen_n his_o nurse_n mother_n and_o in_o this_o do_v moses_n typify_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 357_o moses_n 7_o christ_n that_o his_o true_a father_n be_v 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and_o study_n job_n be_v yet_o alive_a and_o probable_o out-liveth_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 367_o moses_n 17_o moses_n in_o the_o read_n of_o his_o book_n it_o may_v be_v advantageous_a to_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 368_o moses_n 18_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 369_o moses_n 19_o reader_n to_o observe_v how_o in_o very_o many_o place_n it_o touch_v upon_o the_o history_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 370_o moses_n 20_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 371_o moses_n 21_o that_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n though_o that_o book_n be_v not_o then_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 372_o moses_n 22_o write_v the_o creation_n be_v handle_v chap._n 38._o the_o first_o adam_n mention_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 373_o moses_n 23_o chap._n 15._o 7._o the_o fall_n of_o angel_n and_o man_n chap._n 4._o 20._o &_o 5._o 2._o the_o miserable_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 374_o moses_n 24_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 375_o moses_n 25_o case_n of_o cain_n that_o be_v hedge_v in_o that_o he_o can_v not_o die_v chap._n 3._o 21._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 376_o moses_n 26_o the_o old_a world_n and_o the_o flood_n chap._n 22._o 6._o the_o bvilder_n of_o babel_n chap._n 3._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 377_o moses_n 27_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 378_o moses_n 28_o 15._o &_o 5._o 13._o the_o fire_n of_o sedom_n chap._n 20._o 23_o 26._o and_o divers_a such_o reference_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 379_o moses_n 29_o may_v be_v observe_v which_o be_v close_o touch_v in_o the_o book_n which_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 380_o moses_n 30_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 381_o moses_n 31_o they_o come_v to_o know_v partly_o by_o tradition_n partly_o by_o live_v so_o near_o the_o hebrew_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 382_o moses_n 32_o and_o the_o place_n where_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v and_o partly_o by_o revelation_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 383_o moses_n 33_o as_o chap._n 4._o 12._o &_o 38._o 1_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 384_o moses_n 34_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 385_o moses_n 35_o the_o penman_n of_o the_o book_n before_o and_o after_o the_o speech_n of_o job_n and_o his_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 386_o moses_n 36_o friend_n often_o use_v the_o name_n jehovah_n but_o in_o all_o the_o speech_n never_o but_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 387_o moses_n 37_o once_o and_o that_o be_v in_o chap._n 12._o 10._o speak_v there_o of_o god_n give_v the_o creature_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 388_o moses_n 38_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 389_o moses_n 39_o his_o being_n chap._n ii_o from_o ver._n 11._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 2473_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 390_o moses_n 40_o moses_n by_o faith_n at_o forty_o year_n old_a act_v 7._o 23._o refuse_v the_o court_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 391_o moses_n 41_o visit_v his_o brethren_n slay_v a_o egyptian_a flee_v into_o midian_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 392_o moses_n 42_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 393_o moses_n 43_o heb._n 11._o 24_o 25_o 26._o by_o faith_n moses_n refuse_v to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 394_o moses_n 44_o daughter_n choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 395_o moses_n 45_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 396_o moses_n 46_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n esteem_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 397_o moses_n 47_o great_a riches_n than_o the_o treasure_n of_o egypt_n for_o he_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o recompense_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 398_o moses_n 48_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 399_o moses_n 49_o of_o the_o reward_n in_o midian_a he_o marry_v zipporah_n and_o have_v a_o son_n by_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 400_o moses_n 50_o her_o who_o he_o call_v gershom_n which_o signify_v a_o desolate_a stranger_n because_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 401_o moses_n 51_o of_o his_o remote_a residence_n from_o his_o own_o people_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 402_o moses_n 52_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 403_o moses_n 53_o israel_n be_v not_o yet_o thorough_o humble_v under_o their_o affliction_n and_o therefore_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 404_o moses_n 54_o it_o be_v but_o just_a they_o shall_v continue_v under_o it_o they_o refuse_v the_o deliverer_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 405_o moses_n 55_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 406_o moses_n 56_o when_o he_o offer_v himself_o unto_o they_o with_o who_o make_v thou_o a_o prince_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 407_o moses_n 57_o and_o a_o ruler_n over_o we_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v but_o answer_v according_a to_o year_n of_o the_o

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that_o go_v before_o he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o name_n with_o jair_n 8_o the_o first-born_a of_o issachar_n gen._n 46._o 13._o and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v by_o moses_n that_o jair_a 9_o jair_v the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n go_v and_o take_v the_o small_a town_n of_o gilead_n and_o call_v they_o jair_a 10_o jair_n 11_o havoth_a jair_n numb_a 32._o 41._o deut._n 3_o and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v here_o that_o jair_n jair_v 12_o thirty_o son_n have_v thirty_o city_n which_o be_v call_v havoth_o jair_a it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v jair_a 13_o that_o thirty_o of_o those_o threescore_o village_n that_o old_a jair_n have_v conquer_v and_o possess_v jair_a 14_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o the_o land_n these_o son_n of_o this_o jair_a be_v jair_a 15_o of_o this_o line_n have_v repair_v and_o bring_v jair_a 16_o ely_z bear_v in_o the_o sixteenth_o of_o jair_a into_o the_o form_n of_o city_n and_o dwell_v in_o jair_n 17_o jair_n 18_o they_o and_o yet_o they_o 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question_n be_v when_o these_o eighteen_o year_n begin_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v to_o be_v take_v for_o a_o sum_n of_o year_n apart_o from_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n or_o to_o be_v reckon_v with_o they_o and_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o expression_n and_o that_o year_n they_o vex_v israel_n answer_v these_o eighteen_o year_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v together_o with_o the_o last_o eighteen_o year_n of_o jair_a and_o they_o begin_v with_o his_o five_o year_n for_o though_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v judge_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v so_o understand_v as_o if_o no_o enemy_n peep_v up_o in_o all_o that_o time_n for_o we_o shall_v see_v the_o contrary_n clear_v by_o the_o judgeship_n of_o samson_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o first_o stir_v he_o up_o for_o a_o deliverer_n and_o wrought_v some_o great_a deliverance_n by_o he_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o time_n and_o afterward_o he_o continue_v a_o judge_n and_o one_o that_o seek_v the_o reformation_n of_o his_o people_n but_o he_o can_v neither_o work_v that_o to_o keep_v they_o from_o idolatry_n nor_o work_v their_o total_a deliverance_n to_o keep_v their_o enemy_n under_o but_o in_o his_o five_o year_n idolatry_n break_v out_o in_o israel_n and_o continue_v to_o a_o horrid_a increase_n so_o in_o that_o very_a year_n that_o this_o idolatry_n break_v out_o their_o oppressor_n break_v in_o upon_o they_o and_o keep_v they_o under_o for_o eighteen_o year_n and_o jair_n can_v not_o help_v it_o but_o it_o continue_v so_o till_o his_o death_n so_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o vers._n 6._o be_v thus_o to_o be_v render_v in_o chronical_a construction_n now_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v do_v evil_a again_o etc._n etc._n this_o long_a oppression_n at_o last_o force_v israel_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o forsake_v their_o idolatry_n and_o the_o lord_n find_v out_o jephtah_n for_o a_o deliverer_n chap._n xi_o &_o xii_o to_o ver._n 8._o world_n 2819_o jephtach_v 1_o jephtah_n judge_v six_o year_n subdue_v the_o ammonite_n sacrifice_v his_o own_o jephtach_v 2_o daughter_n and_o destroy_v 42000_o ephraimite_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o gilead_n jephtach_n 3_o by_o a_o concubine_n this_o be_v not_o that_o gilead_n that_o be_v machir_n immediate_a son_n but_o jephtach_v 4_o one_o that_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o that_o old_a gilead_n and_o so_o we_o observe_v of_o tola_n and_o jephtach_n 5_o jair_v before_o jair_a be_v the_o chief_a man_n in_o one_o half_a of_o gilead_n and_o gilead_n in_o another_o jephtach_v 6_o jephtah_n be_v expel_v out_o of_o his_o father_n family_n for_o bastardy_n betake_v he_o to_o arm_n in_o the_o land_n of_o tob_z in_o syria_n and_o prosper_v and_o thereupon_o his_o prowess_n be_v hear_v of_o he_o be_v call_v home_o again_o and_o make_v commander_n in_o chief_a in_o gilead_n in_o his_o transaction_n with_o the_o king_n of_o ammon_n he_o mention_v three_o hundred_o year_n of_o israel_n dwelling_n in_o heshbon_n and_o aroer_n etc._n etc._n in_o which_o sum_n five_o and_o thirty_o of_o the_o forty_o year_n in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v include_v in_o which_o they_o be_v hover_v upon_o those_o part_n although_o they_o dwell_v not_o in_o they_o it_o be_v now_o three_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n since_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n his_o vow_n concern_v his_o daughter_n may_v be_v scan_v in_o these_o particular_n 1._o that_o his_o vow_n in_o general_n be_v of_o person_n for_o 1._o he_o vow_v that_o whatsoever_o shall_v come_v forth_o of_o the_o door_n of_o his_o house_n 2._o whatsoever_o shall_v come_v to_o meet_v he_o now_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a nor_o proper_a to_o understand_v this_o of_o sheep_n and_o bullock_n for_o who_o can_v think_v of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o his_o house_n much_o less_o of_o their_o come_n to_o meet_v he_o 3._o how_o poor_a a_o business_n be_v it_o to_o vow_n to_o sacrifice_v a_o bullock_n or_o sheep_n for_o such_o a_o victory_n therefore_o his_o vow_n relate_v to_o person_n and_o so_o may_v it_o be_v translate_v whosoever_o come_v forth_o 2._o what_o will_v he_o do_v with_o his_o vow_a person_n make_v he_o a_o nazarite_n he_o may_v vow_v the_o thing_n but_o the_o performance_n lie_v upon_o the_o person_n own_o hand_n dedicate_v he_o to_o the_o sanctuary_n why_o he_o may_v not_o serve_v there_o as_o not_o be_v a_o levite_n sequester_n he_o from_o the_o world_n he_o may_v indeed_o imprison_v he_o but_o otherwise_o the_o sequester_v from_o the_o world_n lie_v upon_o the_o person_n own_o hand_n still_o suppose_v one_o of_o his_o marry_a maid_n servant_n or_o man-servant_n or_o his_o own_o wife_n have_v meet_v he_o first_o what_o will_v he_o have_v do_v with_o any_o of_o they_o therefore_o i_o be_o enforce_v by_o the_o weigh_v of_o these_o and_o other_o circumstance_n in_o the_o text_n to_o hold_v with_o they_o that_o hold_v he_o sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n indeed_o though_o i_o have_v be_v once_o of_o another_o mind_n and_o 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hundred_o of_o false_a prophet_n bring_v fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o rain_n ere_o long_o after_o it_o fa_v forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n see_v the_o lord_n where_o moses_n have_v see_v he_o accuse_v israel_n to_o he_o be_v appoint_v to_o anoint_v hazael_n king_n of_o syria_n who_o shall_v plague_v israel_n for_o their_o idolatry_n and_o to_o anoint_v jehu_n king_n of_o israel_n who_o shall_v destroy_v the_o house_n of_o incorrigible_a ahab_n and_o to_o anoint_v elisha_n a_o prophet_n in_o his_o stead_n to_o go_v on_o with_o the_o reformation_n that_o he_o have_v begin_v john_n baptist_n be_v a_o second_o elias_n a_o man_n in_o a_o hairy_a garment_n and_o leather_n girdle_n 2_o king_n 1._o 8._o matth._n 3._o 4._o of_o a_o powerful_a and_o operative_a ministry_n and_o a_o great_a reformer_n in_o corrupt_a time_n 1_o king_n xx_o xxi_o &_o xxii_o vers_fw-la 51_o 52_o 53._o ahab_n 12_o ahab_n 15_o division_n 71_o ahab_n two_o year_n together_o ahab_n 13_o ahab_n 16_o division_n 72_o have_v two_o great_a victory_n ahab_n 14_o ahab_n 17_o division_n 73_o over_o the_o syrian_n but_o let_v ahab_n 15_o ahab_n 18_o division_n 74_o benhadad_n go_v he_o undo_v himself_o ahab_n 16_o ahab_n 19_o division_n 75_o compare_v the_o case_n of_o saul_n about_o agag_n king_n of_o amalek_n 1_o sam._n 15._o ahab_n murder_v naboth_n for_o his_o vineyard_n world_n 3105_o ahab_n 17_o ahab_n 20_o ahaziah_n 1_o division_n 76_o ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n reign_v 1_o king_n xxii_o to_o verse_n 50._o and_o 2_o chron._n xviii_o all_o world_n 3106_o ahab_n 18_o ahab_n 21_o ahaziah_n 2_o jehoram_fw-la 1_o division_n 77_o jehoshaphat_n and_o ahab_n be_v now_o together_o in_o

the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o this_o thing_n for_o so_o shall_v the_o word_n be_v render_v as_o crave_v pardon_n for_o idolatry_n past_a and_o not_o beg_v leave_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v gehazy_n covetousness_n bring_v upon_o he_o naaman_n leprosy_n the_o text_n have_v divine_o omit_v a_o letter_n in_o one_o word_n that_o it_o may_v the_o more_o brand_v he_o with_o a_o blot_n for_o this_o his_o villainy_n i_o will_v run_v after_o naaman_n say_v he_o and_o will_v take_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o blot_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d somewhat_o ver_fw-la 20._o the_o three_o year_n elisha_n make_v iron_n to_o swim_v prevent_v the_o syrian_n ambushment_n and_o strike_v those_o with_o blindness_n that_o be_v send_v to_o catch_v he_o and_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o midst_n of_o samaria_n and_o there_o fea_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 6._o 23._o so_o the_o band_n of_o syria_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o into_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n for_o so_o the_o very_a next_o verse_n teach_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v translate_v for_o it_o relate_v that_o after_o this_o benhadad_n gather_v all_o his_o host_n and_o besiege_a samaria_n so_o be_v the_o like_a passage_n to_o be_v render_v 2_o king_n 24._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o or_o at_o that_o time_n out_o of_o his_o land_n for_o in_o jer._n 37._o 5._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o foot_n with_o his_o army_n and_o abroad_o again_o the_o four_o year_n jehoshaphat_n die_v edom_n rebell_v and_o shake_v off_o judah_n yoke_n which_o david_n have_v lay_v upon_o they_o till_o jorams_fw-mi time_n there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o edom_n of_o absolute_a power_n and_o rule_v but_o a_o deputy_n under_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n be_v king_n 1_o king_n 22._o 47._o but_o now_o edom_n revolt_v from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o judah_n and_o make_v a_o king_n over_o themselves_o 2_o king_n 8._o 20._o then_o libnah_n revolt_v also_o joram_n go_v against_o they_o and_o by_o night_n smite_v their_o squadron_n which_o be_v pitch_v about_o he_o to_o give_v he_o battle_n the_o next_o morning_n the_o five_o year_n samaria_n be_v besiege_v by_o benhadad_n and_o the_o famine_n become_v so_o great_a in_o the_o city_n that_o woman_n eat_v their_o own_o child_n as_o deut._n 28._o 53._o 56._o and_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n eat_v dove_n dung_n all_o the_o fault_n be_v lay_v upon_o elisha_n and_o he_o must_v be_v behead_v but_o he_o foretell_v a_o sudden_a and_o wonderful_a delivery_n and_o a_o strange_a and_o miraculous_a plenty_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v a_o unbelieving_a prince_n be_v tread_v to_o death_n the_o six_o year_n philistines_n and_o arabian_n oppress_v joram_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o captive_a his_o wife_n and_o child_n leave_v he_o only_o one_o son_n behind_o here_o he_o be_v meet_v with_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o own_o brethren_n the_o seven_o year_n joram_n be_v fall_v into_o the_o sad_a disease_n of_o his_o bowel_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 19_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o the_o end_n of_o two_o year_n his_o bowel_n fall_v out_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o sickness_n for_o he_o show_v no_o bowel_n to_o his_o brethren_n this_o year_n the_o famine_n end_v at_o harvest_n and_o at_o that_o harvest_n the_o shunamite_n child_n die_v and_o be_v recover_v by_o elisha_n his_o death_n and_o revive_n be_v relate_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n of_o his_o birth_n though_o when_o he_o die_v he_o be_v able_a to_o follow_v the_o reaper_n because_o his_o story_n may_v be_v relate_v together_o and_o not_o long_o after_o his_o mother_n go_v to_o the_o king_n to_o beg_v and_o petition_v to_o be_v settle_v in_o her_o estate_n again_o and_o there_o she_o find_v leprous_a gehazi_n with_o he_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o chapter_n 8._o shall_v chronical_o be_v translate_v as_o of_o the_o time_n past_a now_o elisha_n have_v speak_v to_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 2._o and_o the_o woman_n have_v rise_v and_o do_v after_o the_o say_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n this_o year_n elisha_n be_v at_o damaseus_fw-la benhadad_o sick_a hazael_n stifle_v he_o with_o a_o wet_a cloth_n and_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o to_o ver_fw-la 10._o 2_o king_n viii_o 25._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o joram_n reign_v and_o die_v this_o year_n by_o the_o sword_n of_o jehu_n 2_o king_n 8._o 26._o in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n do_v ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoram_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v to_o reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o he_o reign_v one_o year_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o mother_n name_n be_v athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o 2_o king_n 9_o 29._o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n begin_v ahaziah_n to_o reign_v over_o judah_n 2_o chron._n 22._o 2._o forty_o and_o two_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v etc._n etc._n here_o the_o reader_n see_v two_o plain_a and_o visible_a difference_n the_o one_o about_o the_o age_n of_o ahaziah_n and_o the_o other_o about_o the_o time_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v the_o same_o book_n of_o king_n say_v he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n and_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n now_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v easy_a when_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n reign_v one_o whole_a year_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o his_o father_n and_o eleven_o year_n afterward_o and_o so_o one_o text_n call_v his_o last_o year_n his_o twelve_o that_o be_v of_o his_o whole_a reign_n and_o another_o text_n call_v it_o his_o eleven_o that_o be_v of_o his_o sole_a reign_n after_o his_o father_n death_n but_o the_o other_o difference_n be_v both_o the_o more_o visible_a and_o the_o more_o difficult_a for_o the_o book_n of_o king_n say_v ahaziah_n be_v but_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n say_v he_o be_v two_o and_o forty_o and_o so_o this_o latter_a reckon_n make_v he_o two_o year_n old_a than_o his_o father_n for_o his_o father_n begin_v to_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o and_o reign_v eight_o year_n and_o so_o die_v be_v forty_o 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o now_o for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o scruple_n the_o original_a help_v we_o which_o in_o our_o translation_n be_v not_o visible_a the_o original_a mean_v thus_o ahaziah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n namely_o of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n of_o who_o seed_n he_o be_v by_o the_o mother_n side_n and_o he_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o that_o house_n and_o come_v to_o ruin_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o it_o this_o the_o text_n direct_v we_o to_o look_v after_o when_o it_o call_v his_o mother_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n now_o these_o forty_o two_o year_n be_v easy_o reckon_v by_o any_o that_o will_v count_v back_o in_o the_o chronicle_n to_o the_o second_o of_o omri_n such_o another_o reckon_n there_o be_v about_o jechoniah_n or_o jehojachin_n 2_o king_n 24._o 8._o jehojachin_n be_v eighteen_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v but_o 2_o chron._n 36._o 9_o jehojachin_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o eight_o year_n that_o be_v his_o beginning_n of_o reign_n fall_v in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o of_o judah_n first_o captivity_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v there_o world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o joram_n king_n of_o israel_n fight_v at_o ramoth_n gilead_n be_v wound_v come_v to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o wound_n at_o jezreel_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o jehu_n ahaziah_n have_v be_v with_o joram_n at_o ramoth_n and_o be_v slay_v with_o joram_n at_o jezreel_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o vers_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o 2_o king_n xi_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o world_n 3118_o athaliah_n 1_o jehu_n 1_o division_n 89_o athaliah_n destroy_v athaliah_n 2_o jehu_n 2_o division_n 90_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seed_n royal_a athaliah_n 3_o jehu_n 3_o division_n 91_o that_o be_v leave_v beside_o the_o forty_o athaliah_n 4_o jehu_n 4_o division_n 92_o two_o slay_v by_o jehu_n she_o she_o athaliah_n 5_o

about_o to_o judge_v in_o such_o a_o matter_n the_o woman_n be_v espouse_v and_o not_o yet_o marry_v as_o see_v deut._n 22._o 24._o for_o their_o judicial_n punish_v he_o that_o lay_v with_o a_o espouse_a maid_n with_o ston_a sanhedr_n per._n 7._o halac_fw-la 4._o but_o he_o that_o lay_v with_o a_o marry_a wife_n with_o strangle_v ibid._n per_fw-la 11._o halac_fw-la 1._o christ_n word_n at_o ver_fw-la 25._o i_o be_o even_o the_o same_o that_o i_o say_v to_o you_o from_o the_o beginning_n refer_v to_o his_o open_a and_o manifest_a assert_v himself_o for_o the_o messiah_n a_o year_n and_o a_o half_a ago_o before_o the_o sanhedrin_n joh._n 5._o their_o word_n to_o he_o ver_fw-la 57_o thou_o be_v not_o yet_o fifty_o year_n old_a mean_a thou_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o old_a age_n no_o not_o to_o the_o first_o skirt_n of_o it_o for_o fifty_o year_n be_v the_o beginning_n of_o superannuation_n to_o the_o levite_n at_o the_o temple_n numb_a 4._o and_o the_o jew_n have_v a_o common_a opinion_n that_o whosoever_o die_v before_o fifty_o or_o at_o least_o fifty_o two_o die_v untimely_a and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o cut_v off_o section_n lx._n luke_n chap._n x._o from_o ver._n 17._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n and_o chap._n xi_o and_o xii_o and_o xiii_o to_o ver._n 23._o the_o observe_v of_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_n of_o this_o section_n will_v clear_v the_o subsequence_n of_o this_o to_o the_o precede_a and_o the_o order_n of_o all_o the_o story_n comprehend_v in_o it_o it_o begin_v with_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n return_v from_o the_o employment_n upon_o which_o their_o master_n have_v send_v they_o now_o that_o they_o return_v to_o he_o at_o jerusalem_n whither_o he_o be_v go_v to_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n appear_v by_o this_o that_o after_o they_o be_v come_v up_o to_o he_o he_o be_v in_o bethany_n in_o the_o house_n of_o mary_n and_o martha_n luke_n 10._o 38_o 39_o the_o section_n end_v with_o this_o relation_n and_o he_o go_v through_o the_o city_n and_o village_n teach_v and_o journey_v towards_o jerusalem_n luke_n 13._o 22._o so_o that_o in_o chap._n 10._o 17._o he_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n have_v come_v thither_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o in_o chap._n 13._o 22._o he_o have_v be_v abroad_o and_o be_v now_o travel_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n again_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n therefore_o this_o whole_a section_n be_v the_o story_n of_o his_o action_n from_o the_o one_o feast_n to_o the_o other_o chap._n x._o upon_o the_o disciple_n relate_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v subject_a to_o they_o in_o his_o name_n he_o answer_v i_o see_v satan_n fall_v from_o heaven_n like_o lightning_n which_o refer_v partly_o to_o his_o death_n short_o to_o be_v by_o which_o satan_n be_v overthrow_v and_o partly_o if_o heaven_n mean_v the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o state_n of_o religion_n there_o as_o it_o mean_v not_o seldom_o to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o gospel_n this_o very_a year_n and_o forward_a among_o they_o cast_v he_o out_o with_o these_o word_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o time_n they_o refer_v to_o we_o may_v fit_o compare_v several_a place_n which_o give_v and_o receive_v light_a mutual_o with_o it_o as_o matth._n 12._o 45._o where_o satan_n cast_v out_o of_o this_o nation_n return_v again_o 1_o cor._n 6._o 3._o rev._n 12._o 9_o &_o rev._n 20._o 1_o 2._o etc._n etc._n unto_o a_o lawyer_n christ_n define_v who_o be_v a_o neighbour_n by_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o wound_a man_n and_o the_o good_a samaritan_n vast_o differ_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pharisee_n in_o that_o case_n take_v these_o two_o or_o three_o assertion_n of_o their_o own_o school_n for_o some_o illustration_n of_o this_o parable_n 1._o they_o account_v none_o under_o the_o term_n brother_n but_o a_o israelite_n by_o blood_n and_o none_o under_o the_o term_n neighbour_n but_o those_o that_o be_v come_v into_o their_o religion_n aruch_n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o use_v the_o word_n neighbour_n be_v exclude_v all_o the_o heathen_a maym._n in_o retseah_n per._n 2._o a_o israelite_n that_o slay_v a_o stranger_n sojourn_v among_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o sanhedrin_n for_o it_o because_o it_o be_v say_v if_o a_o man_n come_v presumptuous_o upon_o his_o neighbour_n by_o which_o it_o be_v apparent_a they_o account_v not_o such_o a_o one_o a_o neighbour_n 2._o they_o have_v this_o bloody_a and_o desperate_a tenet_n heretic_n that_o be_v israelites_n that_o follow_v idolatry_n or_o such_o as_o commit_v provoke_v transgression_n as_o to_o eat_v a_o carcase_n or_o to_o wear_v linseye_a woolsey_n for_o provocation_n this_o be_v a_o heretic_n and_o epicurian_n which_o be_v such_o israelite_n as_o deny_v the_o law_n and_o prophet_n it_o be_v command_v that_o a_o man_n kill_v they_o if_o he_o have_v power_n i●_n his_o hand_n to_o kill_v they_o and_o he_o may_v bold_o kill_v they_o with_o the_o sword_n but_o if_o he_o can_v he_o shall_v subtle_o come_v about_o they_o till_o he_o can_v compass_v their_o death_n as_o if_o he_o see_v one_o of_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o well_o and_o there_o be_v a_o ladder_n in_o the_o well_o before_o let_v he_o take_v it_o up_o and_o say_v i_o must_v needs_o use_v it_o to_o fetch_v my_o son_n from_o the_o top_n of_o the_o house_n and_o then_o i_o will_v bring_v it_o thou_o again_o but_o heathen_n betwixt_o who_o and_o we_o there_o be_v no_o war_n as_o also_o the_o feeder_n of_o small_a cattle_n in_o israel_n and_o such_o like_a we_o may_v not_o compass_v their_o death_n but_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o deliver_v they_o if_o they_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n observe_v this_o as_o if_o one_o see_v one_o of_o they_o fall_v into_o the_o sea_n he_o shall_v not_o fetch_v he_o up_o for_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o stand_v up_o against_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o neighbour_n but_o such_o a_o one_o be_v not_o thy_o neighbour_n 3._o of_o all_o other_o people_n in_o the_o world_n they_o abhor_v samaritan_n as_o appear_v by_o john_n 4._o 9_o &_o 8._o 43._o and_o by_o exceed_v many_o expression_n to_o that_o purpose_n in_o their_o own_o writing_n and_o therefore_o our_o savious_n urge_v for_o clear_a and_o free_a charity_n in_o this_o parable_n exemplifi_v in_o a_o samaritan_n the_o unlikely_a man_n in_o the_o world_n to_o do_v any_o charitable_a office_n for_o a_o jew_n and_o he_o a_o neighbour_n though_o so_o remote_a in_o blood_n religion_n and_o converse_n christ_n be_v at_o bethany_n ver_fw-la 30._o in_o the_o house_n of_o mary_n and_o martha_n martha_n be_v a_o usual_a woman_n name_n in_o the_o nation_n joshua_n the_o son_n of_o gamla_n marry_v martha_n the_o daughter_n of_o baithus_n juchas_fw-es fol._n 57_o abba_n the_o son_n of_o martha_n id._n fol._n 72._o and_o aruch_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isaac_n bar_n shemuel_n bar_n martha_n jerus_n in_o shab_n fol._n 3_o col_fw-fr 4._o etc._n etc._n and_o now_o let_v the_o reader_n cast_v his_o eye_n back_o from_o hence_o and_o calculate_v when_o or_o how_o it_o be_v that_o christ_n come_v so_o acquaint_v with_o this_o family_n and_o he_o will_v find_v no_o time_n or_o occasion_n so_o likely_a as_o when_o the_o woman-sinner_n wash_v his_o foot_n luke_n 7._o which_o we_o prove_v there_o be_v mary_n the_o sister_n of_o lazarus_n who_o be_v also_o call_v magdalen_n chap._n xi_o ver_fw-la 2._o the_o lord_n prayer_n rehearse_v christ_n have_v teach_v it_o almost_o a_o year_n and_o a_o half_a ago_o in_o his_o sermon_n in_o the_o mount_n and_o now_o be_v desire_v to_o teach_v they_o to_o pray_v he_o give_v the_o same_o again_o they_o that_o deny_v this_o for_o a_o form_n of_o prayer_n to_o be_v use_v either_o know_v not_o or_o consider_v not_o what_o kind_n of_o prayer_n the_o eminent_a man_n among_o the_o jew_n teach_v they_o john_n have_v teach_v he_o to_o pray_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o use_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o christ_n be_v desire_v to_o teach_v the_o disciple_n as_o john_n have_v teach_v he_o rehearse_v this_o form_n which_o he_o have_v give_v before_o they_o that_o again_o deny_v this_o prayer_n be_v to_o be_v use_v by_o any_o but_o real_a saint_n because_o as_o they_o say_v none_o but_o such_o can_v call_v god_n our_o father_n either_o know_v not_o or_o consider_v not_o how_o usual_a this_o compellation_n be_v among_o the_o nation_n in_o their_o devotion_n and_o christ_n speak_v constant_o according_a to_o the_o common_a and_o most_o usual_a language_n of_o the_o country_n at_o ver_fw-la 14._o and_o forward_o there_o be_v a_o story_n of_o cast_v out_o a_o devil_n so_o like_o that_o in_o sect._n 35._o the_o jew_n

his_o son_n two_o year_n chap._n 15._o 25._o yet_o that_o nadab_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o asa_n which_o be_v in_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o so_o nadabs_n two_o year_n fall_n within_o the_o sum_n of_o his_o father_n two_o and_o twenty_o now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o account_v be_v this_o it_o be_v say_v in_o 2_o chron._n 13._o 20._o that_o the_o lord_n stroke_n jeroboam_n and_o he_o die_v that_o be_v with_o some_o ill_a and_o languish_a disease_n that_o he_o can_v not_o administer_v nor_o rule_v the_o kingdom_n therefore_o be_v he_o force_v to_o substitute_v his_o son_n nadab_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o year_n both_o father_n and_o son_n die_v second_o it_o be_v say_v that_o baasha_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n 13._o 28._o and_o reign_v four_o and_o twenty_o year_n ver_fw-la 33._o then_o it_o follow_v that_o he_o die_v in_o the_o six_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o asa_n as_o the_o text_n reckon_v the_o year_n current_n 1_o king_n 16._o 8._o and_o yet_o in_o the_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asa_n baasha_n come_v up_o and_o make_v war_n against_o judah_n 2_o chron._n 16._o 1._o so_o that_o this_o war_n will_v seem_v to_o be_v make_v by_o he_o nine_o or_o ten_o year_n after_o he_o be_v dead_a but_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o from_o the_o original_n be_v easy_a for_o that_o text_n in_o the_o chronicle_n mean_v not_o that_o baasha_n make_v war_n against_o judah_n in_o the_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asaes_n reign_n but_o in_o the_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asaes_n kingdom_n that_o be_v six_o and_o thirty_o year_n from_o the_o division_n of_o the_o tribe_n under_o rehoboam_n for_o rehoboam_n reign_v seventeen_o year_n abijam_n his_o son_n three_o year_n and_o in_o the_o sixteenth_o year_n of_o asa_n be_v this_o war_n make_v thirty_o six_o year_n in_o all_o from_o the_o first_o division_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o shall_v there_o be_v render_v the_o kingdom_n and_o not_o the_o reign_n and_o the_o thing_n be_v clear_a now_o the_o text_n date_v this_o war_n not_o from_o the_o time_n of_o asaes_n reign_n but_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o tribe_n because_o that_o though_o they_o be_v divide_v hitherto_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o king_n yet_o not_o total_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o converse_n and_o affection_n for_o some_o of_o the_o revolt_a one_o affect_v still_o the_o house_n of_o david_n but_o baasha_n to_o make_v the_o division_n sure_a build_v ramah_n that_o none_o may_v go_v in_o or_o out_o to_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o this_o be_v as_o a_o second_o division_n and_o therefore_o the_o text_n reckon_v from_o the_o first_o three_o it_o be_v say_v 1_o king_n 16._o 23._o that_o in_o the_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v omri_n to_o reign_v over_o israel_n twelve_o year_n six_o year_n reign_v he_o in_o tirzah_n and_o yet_o in_o vers_n 29._o it_o be_v say_v that_o in_o the_o eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o asa_n begin_v ahab_n the_o son_n of_o omri_n to_o reign_v now_o how_o can_v there_o possible_o be_v twelve_o year_n reign_n betwixt_o asae_n thirty_o first_o and_o thirty_o eight_o answer_v omri_n begin_v to_o reign_v as_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o have_v slay_v zimri_n which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o of_o asa_n but_o he_o be_v not_o sole_a and_o entire_a king_n till_o his_o thirty_o first_o for_o tibni_n his_o competitor_n and_o corrival_n for_o the_o crown_n hold_v he_o in_o agitation_n and_o war_n till_o asae_n thirty_o first_o and_o then_o be_v he_o overcome_v and_o omri_n acknowledge_v absolute_a king_n by_o tibnies_n soldier_n and_o so_o from_o thence_o forward_o he_o reign_v sole_a king_n in_o tirzah_n but_o yet_o the_o doubt_n remain_v how_o omri_n begin_v his_o monarchy_n in_o the_o thirty_o first_o of_o asa_n and_o end_v it_o in_o his_o thirty_o eight_o can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v but_o six_o year_n whereas_o it_o be_v eight_o current_n answer_v the_o six_o complete_a year_n only_o be_v reckon_v for_o the_o thirty_o first_o of_o asa_n be_v even_o end_v when_o tibni_n be_v conquer_v and_o the_o thirty_o eight_o but_o new_o begin_v when_o omri_n die_v such_o another_o kind_n of_o reckon_n may_v be_v observe_v in_o cast_v up_o the_o age_n of_o abraham_n and_o ishmael_n at_o their_o circumcision_n compare_v with_o the_o age_n of_o abraham_n at_o ismaels_n death_n four_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n have_v three_o date_n the_o first_o in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o jehoshaphat_n his_o father_n compare_v 2_o king_n 22._o 51._o and_o 2_o king_n 1._o 17._o and_o 2_o king_n 3._o 1._o the_o second_o in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n 2_o king_n 8._o 16._o this_o be_v in_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_n and_o the_o three_o at_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_v death_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 1._o now_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o ambiguity_n be_v thus_o the_o first_o time_n he_o be_v make_v viceroy_n when_o his_o father_n go_v out_o of_o the_o land_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o ramoth_n gilead_n and_o because_o ahab_n the_o king_n of_o israel_n go_v with_o he_o ahaziah_n his_o son_n be_v make_v viceroy_n in_o that_o kingdom_n also_o the_o second_o time_n he_o be_v viceroy_n again_o in_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_v absence_n upon_o his_o voyage_n into_o moab_n with_o jehoram_n 2_o king_n 3._o and_o from_o this_o time_n do_v the_o text_n date_n the_o fix_a beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o be_v plain_a 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o 2_o chron._n 21._o 20._o for_o jehoshaphat_n after_o this_o time_n be_v little_a at_o home_n but_o abroad_o either_o in_o his_o own_o land_n perambulate_v it_o to_o reduce_v the_o people_n to_o true_a religion_n or_o in_o moab_n to_o reduce_v that_o to_o subjection_n 2_o chron._n 19_o 20._o five_o but_o a_o great_a doubt_n meet_v you_o by_o far_o when_o you_o come_v to_o cast_v up_o the_o time_n of_o his_o son_n ahaziah_n for_o whereas_o joram_n be_v thirty_o and_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o reign_v eight_o year_n in_o jerusalem_n 2_o king_n 6._o 17._o 2_o chron._n 21._o 20._o and_o so_o die_v when_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a and_o instant_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n set_v ahaziah_n upon_o his_o throne_n who_o be_v his_o young_a son_n yet_o be_v this_o ahaziah_n forty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o chron._n 22._o 1._o and_o so_o will_v prove_v to_o be_v two_o year_n old_a than_o his_o father_n answer_v the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n in_o this_o place_n mean_v not_o that_o ahaziah_n be_v so_o old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v for_o the_o book_n of_o king_n tell_v plain_o that_o he_o be_v but_o two_o and_o twenty_o 2_o king_n 8._o 26._o but_o these_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n have_v relation_n to_o another_o thing_n namely_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n and_o not_o to_o the_o age_n of_o ahaziah_n for_o count_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o omri_n and_o you_o find_v ahaziah_n to_o enter_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n from_o thence_o as_o he_o will_v ready_o see_v that_o shall_v make_v such_o a_o chronical_a table_n as_o be_v mention_v the_o original_a word_n therefore_o ben_n arbaguim_v ushethajim_a shanah_n be_v not_o to_o be_v translate_v as_o they_o be_v ahaziah_n be_v two_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a but_o ahaziah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n as_o seder_n olam_n have_v acute_o observe_v long_o ago_o now_o the_o reason_n why_o his_o reign_n be_v thus_o date_v different_o from_o all_o other_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n be_v because_o he_o in_o a_o kind_n be_v a_o imp_n of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n for_o athaliah_n his_o mother_n be_v ahabs_n daughter_n 2_o king_n 8._o 18._o and_o she_o both_o pervert_v her_o husband_n joram_n and_o bring_v up_o this_o her_o son_n ahaziah_n in_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n therefore_o be_v not_o ahaziah_n fit_v to_o be_v reckon_v by_o the_o line_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n but_o by_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n and_o ahab_n see_v the_o evangelist_n matthew_n set_v a_o special_a mark_n upon_o the_o house_n of_o joram_n at_o the_o note_n on_o matth._n 1._o 8._o six_o there_o be_v yet_o one_o scruple_n more_o arise_v concern_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o this_o ahaziah_n for_o the_o same_o book_n of_o king_n say_v that_o he_o begin_v to_o

again_o and_o from_o that_o time_n most_o proper_o begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n when_o that_o earthly_a kingdom_n and_o that_o old_a city_n be_v utter_o ruin_v §._o be_v as_o be_v suppose_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o heli._n at_o every_o descent_n in_o this_o genealogy_n the_o word_n jesus_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v otherwise_o the_o first_o and_o last_o descent_n be_v improper_a and_o different_a in_o stile_n from_o all_o the_o rest_n for_o joseph_n be_v not_o the_o son_n of_o heli_n but_o only_o his_o son_n in_o law_n and_o adam_n be_v no_o more_o the_o son_n of_o god_n than_o any_o of_o the_o other_o holy_a man_n that_o be_v name_v before_o the_o supply_n therefore_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v make_v to_o make_v all_o proper_a jesus_n be_v as_o be_v suppose_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o heli_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o matthat_n etc._n etc._n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o seth_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o adam_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o the_o like_a stile_n of_o genealogy_n moses_n use_v gen._n 36._o 2._o aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n where_o anah_n be_v not_o call_v the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n for_o he_o be_v a_o man_n and_o not_o a_o woman_n no_o more_o be_v joseph_n the_o son_n of_o heli_n for_o he_o be_v only_o his_o son_n in_o law_n but_o the_o word_n aholibamah_n be_v to_o be_v supply_v thus_o aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n heli_n or_o eli_n for_o the_o name_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o he_o in_o 1_o sam._n 1._o 3._o etc._n etc._n be_v not_o the_o natural_a father_n of_o joseph_n for_o matthew_n tell_v we_o plain_o before_o that_o it_o be_v jacob_n that_o beget_v joseph_n but_o heli_n be_v the_o father_n of_o mary_n and_o father-in-law_n of_o joseph_n only_o now_o because_o it_o be_v not_o use_v in_o scripture_n to_o mention_v any_o woman_n in_o a_o pedigree_n or_o to_o run_v the_o line_n from_o the_o mother_n but_o from_o the_o father_n to_o the_o son_n therefore_o mary_n be_v not_o here_o name_v at_o all_o but_o intimate_v or_o include_v when_o the_o line_n begin_v from_o her_o father_n and_o call_v her_o husband_n his_o son_n which_o he_o be_v only_o because_o of_o she_o so_o that_o luke_n intend_v to_o show_v christ_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n must_v of_o necessity_n reckon_v by_o mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o heli_n as_o matthew_n intend_v to_o show_v he_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o david_n do_v reckon_v by_o joseph_n the_o heir_n male_a apparent_a in_o compare_v and_o lay_v together_o these_o man_n that_o matthew_n and_o luke_n have_v name_v in_o the_o ancestry_n of_o joseph_n and_o mary_n betwixt_o the_o return_v out_o of_o the_o captivity_n and_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n we_o find_v that_o every_o one_o man_n in_o the_o stock_n of_o joseph_n do_v almost_o outlive_v two_o of_o those_o in_o the_o 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his_o house_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 7._o ver._n 31._o which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o nathan_n 2_o sam._n 5._o 14._o 1_o chron._n 3._o 5._o it_o be_v like_o that_o he_o be_v name_v after_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n who_o bring_v david_n word_n of_o the_o promise_n 2_o sam._n 7._o and_o of_o the_o cotinuance_n of_o his_o house_n which_o fail_v in_o the_o race_n of_o solomon_n but_o continue_v in_o the_o race_n of_o this_o nathan_n till_o the_o king_n come_v that_o be_v to_o sit_v on_o david_n throne_n for_o ever_o here_o again_o the_o number_n of_o person_n in_o the_o genealogy_n of_o mary_n betwixt_o david_n and_o the_o captivity_n exceed_v the_o number_n in_o the_o genealogy_n of_o joseph_n in_o matth._n 1._o vers._n 36._o which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o cainan_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o arphaxad_n in_o moses_n it_o be_v say_v arphaxad_n beget_v shelah_n and_o shelah_n beget_v eber_n gen._n 10._o 24._o &_o 11._o 12._o and_o so_o be_v it_o brief_o reckon_v 1_o chron._n 1._o 24._o shem_o arphaxad_n shelah_n without_o any_o mention_n of_o cainan_n at_o all_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o memorial_n of_o such_o a_o son_n of_o arphaxad_n throughout_o all_o the_o old_a testament_n nor_o indeed_o be_v there_o ever_o any_o such_o a_o man_n in_o the_o world_n at_o all_o here_o therefore_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a scruple_n and_o a_o question_n of_o no_o small_a difficulty_n meet_v we_o where_o luke_n find_v the_o name_n of_o this_o man_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v elsewhere_o in_o all_o the_o bible_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o a_o error_n in_o the_o text_n and_o be_v not_o a_o miscarriage_n in_o the_o evangelist_n to_o reckon_v a_o man_n for_o a_o ancestor_n of_o christ_n that_o the_o world_n never_o see_v or_o that_o never_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n answer_v it_o be_v easy_a indeed_o to_o resolve_v where_o luke_n find_v this_o name_n of_o cainan_n and_o from_o whence_o he_o take_v it_o namely_o from_o the_o greek_a bible_n or_o the_o septuagint_n which_o have_v insert_v it_o in_o those_o place_n of_o moses_n that_o be_v allege_v but_o when_o this_o be_v resolve_v the_o great_a scruple_n be_v yet_o behind_o of_o his_o warrantableness_n so_o to_o do_v and_o of_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o text_n where_o it_o be_v so_o do_v the_o seventy_o translatour_n indeed_o read_v gen._n 10._o 24._o thus_o arphaxad_o beget_v cainan_n and_o cainan_n beget_v sala_n and_o sala_n beget_v eber._n and_o in_o chap._n 11._o they_o say_v arphaxad_v live_v one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o five_o year_n and_o beget_v cainan_n and_o cainan_n live_v one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v sala_n and_o cainan_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v sala_n three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o from_o hence_o have_v saint_n luke_n without_o controversy_n take_v in_o cainan_n into_o this_o genealogy_n a_o man_n that_o never_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o the_o warrantableness_n of_o this_o insertion_n will_v require_v divers_a consideration_n to_o find_v it_o out_o as_o let_v the_o reader_n be_v please_v serious_o to_o ruminate_v upon_o these_o first_o that_o the_o seventy_o translatour_n do_v that_o work_n unwilling_o and_o for_o fear_n for_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o treasure_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o make_v they_o more_o glorious_a than_o any_o nation_n under_o heaven_n therefore_o to_o communicate_v this_o their_o riches_n to_o the_o heathen_a who_o they_o abominate_v and_o detest_a be_v as_o much_o against_o their_o heart_n as_o what_o be_v most_o so_o that_o have_v not_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o power_n of_o ptolemy_n bring_v they_o to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o translation_n more_o than_o their_o own_o good_a will_n there_o have_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n do_v ptolemy_n lagus_n the_o father_n of_o ptolemy_n philadelphus_n for_o who_o they_o translate_v have_v carry_v away_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o jew_n captive_a into_o egypt_n as_o say_v aristeas_n so_o that_o the_o fear_n and_o dread_n of_o that_o house_n lie_v upon_o they_o that_o they_o dare_v deny_v it_o nothing_o which_o otherwise_o they_o will_v most_o vehement_o have_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o to_o have_v communicate_v their_o scripture_n to_o the_o heathen_a in_o a_o vulgar_a tongue_n second_o the_o translation_n then_o be_v undertake_v for_o fear_n and_o with_o so_o ill_a a_o will_v that_o as_o aristeas_n who_o be_v present_a at_o the_o work_n say_v the_o translatour_n be_v very_o unwilling_a to_o go_v for_o egypt_n though_o he_o interpret_v it_o because_o loath_a to_o go_v from_o eliazar_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o that_o the_o jew_n keep_v a_o mournful_a fast_o every_o year_n sorrow_v for_o that_o work_n of_o the_o translation_n it_o can_v be_v expect_v that_o the_o translation_n will_v be_v do_v with_o any_o more_o

〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o continuance_n of_o john_n testimony_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o openness_n clearness_n vigour_n and_o powerfulness_n of_o it_o so_o chemnitius_n grotius_n beza_n etc._n etc._n change_v of_o tense_n indeed_o be_v no_o strange_a thing_n in_o scripture_n language_n as_o john_n 4._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d she_o depart_v and_o say_v etc._n etc._n yet_o this_o alteration_n seem_v to_o carry_v something_o more_o with_o it_o than_o mere_o change_v of_o tense_n without_o difference_n of_o construction_n especial_o if_o the_o sense_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o whole_a verse_n be_v consider_v and_o take_v up_o together_o which_o shall_v be_v do_v hereafter_o in_o the_o explanation_n of_o it_o bare_a witness_n of_o he_o and_o cry_v say_v this_o afterward_o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o this_o beza_n conceive_v here_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v for_o be_v for_o he_o say_v he_o can_v see_v no_o reason_n why_o the_o praeterimperfect_a tense_n be_v use_v in_o this_o place_n but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n i_o see_v as_o little_a reason_n why_o john_n if_o he_o mean_v to_o say_v here_o this_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o as_o well_o as_o he_o do_v in_o vers_fw-la 27._o &_o vers_fw-la 30._o and_o i_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v very_o hard_a to_o give_v a_o reason_n why_o in_o the_o one_o place_n he_o shall_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o he_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o this_o also_o shall_v be_v take_v into_o explanation_n afterward_o be_v he_o of_o who_o i_o speak_v he_o that_o 8._o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o or_o that_o be_v to_o come_v after_o i_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v rev._n 1._o 8._o come_v after_o i_o be_v prefer_v before_o i_o for_o he_o be_v before_o i_o 16._o and_o of_o his_o fullness_n have_v all_o we_o receive_v and_o grace_n for_o grace_n 17._o for_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n but_o grace_n and_o truth_n come_v by_o jesus_n christ._n 18._o no_o man_n have_v see_v god_n at_o any_o time_n the_o only_o beget_v son_n which_o be_v 6_o be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v often_o carry_v the_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o matth._n 2._o 23._o luk._n 1._o 20._o act._n 7._o 4._o &_o 8._o 23._o and_o so_o may_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 8._o 21._o be_v best_o interpret_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o the_o creature_n itself_o also_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n in_o the_o glorious_a liberty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o denote_v the_o time_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o be_v break_v bread_n luke_n 24._o 35._o the_o phrase_n in_o the_o bosom_n see_v numb_a 11._o 12._o deut._n 13._o 6_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n he_o have_v declare_v he_o 19_o and_o this_o be_v the_o record_n of_o john_n when_o the_o jew_n send_v priest_n and_o levite_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o ask_v he_o there_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o they_o that_o ask_v he_o this_o question_n do_v know_v who_o john_n be_v both_o by_o birth_n and_o name_n and_o therefore_o their_o quaere_fw-la who_o be_v thou_o be_v propose_v to_o he_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o function_n rather_o than_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o person_n and_o mean_v rather_o what_o kind_n of_o minister_n be_v thou_o than_o what_o man_n be_v thou_o so_o ruth_n 3._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quaenam_fw-la tu_fw-la filia_fw-la mea_fw-la who_o be_v thou_o my_o daughter_n that_o be_v quo_fw-la statu_fw-la tu_fw-la or_o how_o be_v it_o with_o thou_o so_o 1_o sam._n 17._o 55._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o son_n be_v this_o not_o filius_fw-la cujus_fw-la but_o filius_fw-la qualis_fw-la viri_fw-la hic_fw-la what_o kind_n of_o man_n son_n be_v this_o as_o be_v note_v there_o who_o be_v thou_o 20._o and_o he_o confess_v and_o expression_n and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o it_o be_v a_o common_a elegancy_n of_o the_o scripture_n to_o use_v a_o affirmative_a and_o a_o negative_a together_o to_o make_v out_o the_o same_o sense_n sometime_o the_o negative_a first_o as_o psal._n 118._o 17._o i_o shall_v not_o die_v but_o live_v etc._n etc._n sometime_o the_o affirmative_a first_o as_o esay_n 38._o 1._o thou_o shall_v die_v and_o not_o live_v but_o a_o negative_a between_o two_o affirmative_n as_o here_o be_v for_o the_o great_a emphasis_n and_o expression_n deny_v not_o but_o confess_v i_o be_o not_o the_o christ._n 21._o and_o they_o ask_v he_o what_o then_o be_v thou_o elias_n and_o he_o say_v elias_n say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v i_o be_o not_o his_o answer_n be_v to_o their_o question_n in_o their_o sense_n for_o although_o john_n be_v that_o elias_n that_o be_v prophesy_v of_o to_o come_v mal._n 4._o 5._o as_o our_o saviour_n do_v clear_o expound_v it_o matth._n 11._o 14._o and_o the_o angel_n do_v tell_v how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v luke_n 1._o 17._o yet_o be_v he_o far_o from_o be_v that_o elias_n that_o the_o jew_n look_v for_o and_o in_o their_o sense_n as_o see_v hereafter_o the_o scripture_n do_v sometime_o title_n thing_n not_o as_o they_o be_v real_o in_o themselves_o but_o as_o they_o be_v in_o man_n apprehension_n or_o to_o man_n purpose_n as_o when_o the_o apostle_n call_v preach_v foolishness_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 21._o and_o when_o the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v ahitophels_n counsel_n good_a 2_o sam._n 17._o 14._o etc._n etc._n and_o so_o john_n give_v his_o answer_n here_o according_a to_o the_o apprehension_n of_o those_o that_o ask_v he_o the_o question_n concern_v elias_n i_o be_o not_o be_v thou_o that_o prophet_n and_o he_o answer_v no._n 22._o then_o say_v they_o unto_o he_o who_o be_v thou_o that_o we_o may_v give_v a_o answer_n to_o they_o that_o send_v we_o what_o say_v thou_o of_o thyself_o 23._o he_o say_v i_o be_o the_o voice_n of_o one_o cry_v in_o the_o wilderness_n make_v straight_o the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o say_v the_o prophet_n esaias_n 24._o and_o they_o which_o be_v send_v be_v of_o the_o pharisee_n 25._o and_o they_o ask_v he_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o why_o baptize_v thou_o then_o if_o thou_o be_v not_o that_o christ_n nor_o elias_n neither_o that_o prophet_n 26._o john_n answer_v they_o say_v i_o baptize_v with_o water_n but_o there_o you_o there_o there_o there_o there_o there_o there_o the_o syriack_n read_v it_o in_o the_o present_a tense_n as_o do_v our_o english_a and_o so_o do_v beza_n and_o divers_a other_o and_o so_o indeed_o may_v the_o greek_a word_n very_o well_o bear_v it_o but_o since_o it_o be_v say_v john_n see_v jesus_n come_v the_o next_o day_n it_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o he_o be_v not_o present_v there_o now_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o proper_o to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o time_n past_a there_o have_v stand_v one_o among_o you_o stand_v one_o among_o you_o who_o you_o know_v not_o 27._o he_o it_o be_v who_o come_v after_o i_o be_v prefer_v before_o i_o who_o shoe_n latchet_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a to_o unloose_v 28._o these_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o elsewhere_o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o the_o syr._n arab._n vulg._n cyrill_n and_o divers_a other_o read_v it_o not_o bethabara_n but_o bethania_n conceive_v belike_o this_o place_n to_o be_v aenon_n in_o chapter_n 3._o ver_fw-la 24._o with_o the_o word_n beth_n put_v before_o it_o which_o be_v most_o common_a in_o the_o hebr._n tongue_n with_o name_n of_o place_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o so_o near_a affinity_n in_o the_o root_n and_o of_o not_o so_o far_o difference_n in_o the_o sound_n that_o it_o be_v possible_a they_o may_v be_v confound_v one_o with_o another_o and_o it_o be_v 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christ_n be_v the_o general_a and_o chief_a subject_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o here_o be_v we_o get_v into_o a_o very_a large_a field_n if_o we_o will_v but_o traverse_v it_o to_o show_v how_o law_n and_o prophet_n in_o type_n and_o prophecy_n do_v speak_v before_o of_o christ_n but_o this_o consideration_n and_o particular_n of_o it_o will_v be_v continual_o occur_v and_o emerge_v as_o we_o go_v along_o 3._o that_o when_o nathaneel_n say_v that_o we_o have_v find_v he_o of_o who_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n do_v write_v jesus_n of_o nazaret_n he_o mean_v not_o that_o either_o moses_n or_o the_o prophet_n have_v so_o articulate_o name_v he_o but_o that_o jesus_n of_o nazaret_n prove_v to_o be_v he_o of_o who_o they_o have_v write_v and_o speak_v so_o much_o vers._n 46._o can_v there_o any_o good_a thing_n come_v out_o of_o nazaret_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v by_o nathaneel_n not_o only_o as_o refer_v to_o the_o poorness_n and_o obscurity_n of_o the_o city_n 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disciple_n when_o he_o name_v simon_n peter_n it_o be_v for_o some_o singular_a and_o peculiar_a respect_n and_o so_o when_o he_o name_v james_n and_o john_n boanarge_n and_o doubtless_o when_o he_o pass_v such_o a_o character_n as_o this_o upon_o nathaneel_n it_o be_v for_o some_o regard_n and_o respect_n in_o which_o he_o be_v difference_v from_o other_o man_n the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n therefore_o of_o this_o description_n of_o he_o by_o our_o saviour_n i_o conceive_v rather_o to_o be_v nathaneel_n uprightness_n and_o deceitlesness_n towards_o man_n than_o towards_o god_n though_o his_o uprightness_n and_o sincerity_n towards_o god_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v deny_v and_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o be_v a_o common_a name_n and_o title_n which_o nathaneel_n have_v get_v among_o his_o neighbour_n and_o those_o that_o know_v he_o for_o his_o very_a honest_a upright_a and_o exemplary_a deal_n converse_n and_o integrity_n among_o they_o that_o he_o be_v common_o call_v the_o guiltless_a israelite_n as_o that_o roman_a be_v call_v verissimus_fw-la for_o his_o exceed_a great_a truthfulness_n and_o true_o to_o i_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o great_a variety_n of_o name_n that_o we_o find_v divers_a man_n in_o scripture_n to_o have_v have_v as_o some_o to_o have_v two_o name_n some_o three_o some_o more_o proceed_v in_o very_a many_o of_o they_o from_o this_o very_a cause_n and_o occasion_n namely_o their_o neighbour_n and_o acquaintance_n observe_v some_o singular_a quality_n in_o they_o and_o action_n do_v by_o they_o give_v they_o some_o denomination_n or_o other_o agreeable_a to_o that_o action_n or_o quality_n so_o gedeon_n come_v by_o his_o name_n jerubbaal_n judg._n 6._o 32._o and_o jerubesh_v 2_o sam._n 11._o 21._o so_o shemaiah_n the_o false_a prophet_n come_v to_o be_v call_v the_o nehelamite_n or_o the_o dreamer_n jer._n 29._o 31._o and_o divers_a other_o mention_v in_o scripture_n and_o in_o josephus_n some_o of_o which_o will_v be_v take_v up_o in_o their_o due_a place_n now_o it_o be_v a_o common_a title_n that_o nathaneel_n have_v get_v among_o all_o that_o know_v he_o to_o be_v call_v the_o israelite_n without_o guile_n our_o saviour_n when_o he_o see_v he_o come_v towards_o he_o call_v he_o by_o the_o same_o name_n and_o thereupon_o nathaneel_n question_n he_o how_o he_o come_v to_o know_v he_o that_o he_o can_v so_o direct_o hit_v upon_o his_o common_a denomination_n vers._n 48._o when_o thou_o be_v under_o the_o figtree_n i_o see_v thou_o this_o seem_v to_o refer_v not_o only_o to_o his_o be_v under_o the_o figtree_n but_o to_o some_o private_a and_o secret_a action_n that_o he_o do_v there_o and_o for_o which_o he_o go_v thither_o and_o as_o our_o saviour_n convince_v the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n by_o tell_v she_o of_o her_o evil_a action_n that_o she_o do_v in_o the_o dark_a and_o secret_a so_o do_v he_o nathaneel_n by_o hint_v some_o good_a thing_n that_o he_o do_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n under_o a_o figtree_n before_o philip_n light_n on_o he_o there_o as_o pray_v vow_v or_o some_o other_o action_n which_o none_o know_v of_o but_o himself_o and_o this_o appear_v rather_o to_o be_v the_o matter_n that_o christ_n aim_v at_o and_o that_o work_v in_o nathaneel_n for_o his_o conviction_n because_o that_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o christ_n may_v have_v be_v near_o the_o figtree_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o philip_n and_o he_o may_v see_v nathaneel_n and_o nathaneel_n not_o see_v he_o and_o so_o may_v nathaneel_n have_v suppose_v but_o when_o he_o tell_v of_o some_o secret_a action_n that_o pass_v from_o he_o under_o the_o figtree_n which_o his_o conscience_n tell_v he_o that_o no_o mortal_a eye_n can_v be_v conscious_a to_o but_o himself_o than_o he_o cry_v out_o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 49._o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n thou_o be_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n this_o he_o speak_v from_o 2_o sam._n 7._o 14._o psal._n 2._o 6_o 7._o &_o psal._n 89._o 26_o 27._o where_o god_n set_v his_o own_o and_o only_o beget_v son_n upon_o his_o hill_n of_o zion_n and_o throne_n of_o david_n and_o to_o rule_v over_o the_o house_n of_o jacob_n for_o ever_o luke_n 1._o 33._o vers._n 51._o very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o in_o the_o greek_a it_o be_v amen_o amen_n now_o because_o this_o manner_n of_o expression_n be_v exceed_o usual_a in_o the_o speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n through_o the_o gospel_n sometime_o single_a amen_o as_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o evangelist_n and_o constant_o double_v in_o john_n amen_o amen_n and_o because_o this_o be_v the_o first_o place_n according_a to_o our_o harmony-order_n and_o method_n that_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n at_o

it_o through_o the_o want_n of_o they_o which_o will_v be_v very_o improper_a or_o will_v cause_v a_o repetition_n of_o they_o there_o which_o will_v not_o be_v very_o proper_a harmony_n and_o explanation_n vers._n 18._o and_o many_o other_o thing_n he_o preach_v etc._n etc._n whosoever_o shall_v read_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o former_a section_n and_o this_o verse_n together_o as_o a_o continue_a narration_n he_o will_v see_v how_o fit_o and_o close_o they_o join_v together_o and_o he_o be_v to_o take_v this_o as_o a_o epiphonema_n to_o the_o whole_a story_n of_o john_n ministry_n that_o beside_o those_o particular_a speech_n of_o he_o mention_v by_o the_o evangelist_n he_o preach_v many_o other_o thing_n and_o use_v divers_a exhortation_n to_o the_o people_n while_o he_o be_v abroad_o and_o at_o liberty_n which_o he_o be_v not_o very_o long_o after_o that_o occurrence_n mention_v in_o the_o former_a section_n vers._n 19_o but_o herod_n the_o tetrarch_n be_v reprove_v for_o 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arabian_a these_o four_o son_n phasaelus_n herod_n joseph_n pheroras_n and_o one_o daughter_n name_v salome_n joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 14._o cap._n 12._o herod_n the_o second_o son_n of_o antipater_n common_o call_v herod_n the_o great_a the_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n luke_n 1._o 5._o the_o murderer_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n at_o jerusalem_n joseph_n antiq._n l._n 14._o cap._n 17._o juchasin_n fol._n 19_o and_o murderer_n of_o the_o child_n at_o bethlehem_n matth._n 2._o and_o of_o his_o own_o child_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v anon_o have_v nine_o wife_n and_o by_o seven_o of_o they_o he_o have_v child_n joseph_n de_fw-fr bell_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o 1._o he_o marry_v doris_n a_o woman_n of_o jerusalem_n before_o he_o be_v king_n and_o by_o she_o he_o have_v a_o son_n call_v antipater_n but_o this_o wife_n he_o put_v away_o after_o he_o come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n that_o he_o may_v marry_v another_o ibid._n cap._n 17._o and_o this_o his_o first_o bear_v son_n antipater_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v slay_v but_o five_o day_n before_o his_o own_o death_n id._n antiq._n lib._n 17._o cap._n 10._o 2._o his_o second_o wife_n be_v mariam_n or_o mary_n the_o beautiful_a the_o daughter_n of_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n and_o of_o alexandra_n the_o daughter_n of_o hyrcanus_n antiq._n 15._o cap._n 2._o by_o she_o he_o have_v three_o son_n alexander_n and_o aristobulus_n antiq._n 16._o cap._n 8._o and_o herod_n de_fw-fr bell_n 1._o 18._o which_o herod_n die_v young_a at_o rome_n whither_o he_o be_v set_v forth_o for_o his_o education_n and_o he_o have_v also_o by_o she_o two_o daughter_n salampsio_n and_o cyprus_n antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 7._o his_o wife_n mariam_n he_o slay_v upon_o the_o accusation_n of_o his_o sister_n salome_n and_o some_o suspicion_n and_o discontent_n antiq._n 15._o cap._n 11._o her_o two_o son_n that_o live_v he_o marry_v thus_o aristobulus_n to_o bernice_n the_o daughter_n of_o salome_n his_o own_o sister_n by_o who_o he_o have_v three_o son_n herod_n agrippa_n he_o that_o be_v call_v herod_n act._n 12._o and_o aristobulus_n and_o two_o daughter_n herodias_n and_o mariam_n this_o herodias_n be_v she_o that_o we_o have_v here_o in_o hand_n alexander_n he_o marry_v to_o glaphyra_n the_o daughter_n of_o archelaus_n a_o foreign_a king_n and_o by_o she_o he_o have_v two_o son_n tigranes_n and_o alexander_n de_fw-fr bell_n 1._o cap._n 18._o these_o two_o son_n of_o mariam_n aristobulus_n and_o alexander_n their_o father_n cause_v to_o be_v slay_v as_o well_o as_o he_o have_v slay_v their_o mother_n antiq._n 16._o cap._n 17._o but_o his_o two_o daughter_n he_o marry_v to_o their_o near_a kinsman_n salampsio_n to_o phasaelus_n her_o nephew_n and_o cyprus_n to_o antipater_n her_o cousin_n german_a the_o son_n of_o salome_n herod_n sister_n antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 7._o 3._o a_o three_o wife_n he_o have_v which_o be_v call_v malthace_v a_o samaritan_n and_o by_o she_o he_o have_v two_o son_n antipas_n and_o archelaus_n and_o one_o daughter_n call_v olympias_n de_fw-fr bell._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o archelaus_n be_v he_o of_o who_o there_o be_v mention_n matth._n 2._o antipas_n be_v that_o herod_n that_o we_o have_v in_o hand_n archelaus_n marry_v glaphyra_n his_o brother_n alexander_n widow_n ant._n lib._n 17._o c._n 15._o olympias_n be_v marry_v to_o her_o father_n own_o nephew_n joseph_n de_fw-fr bell_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o 4._o his_o four_o wife_n cleopatra_n of_o jerusalem_n bear_v he_o herod_n and_o philip._n ibid._n &_o antiq._n 17._o cap._n 1._o this_o philip_n be_v herodias_n her_o husband_n till_o herod_n his_o brother_n take_v she_o from_o he_o not_o this_o herod_n bear_v of_o the_o same_o mother_n but_o antipas_n the_o son_n of_o malthace_n who_o be_v also_o call_v herod_n as_o be_v say_v before_o 5._o he_o have_v another_o wife_n call_v pallas_n by_o who_o he_o have_v a_o son_n call_v phasaelus_n ibid._n and_o this_o phasaelus_n have_v a_o son_n of_o his_o own_o name_n to_o who_o salampsio_n be_v marry_v mention_v before_o 6._o a_o six_o wife_n phaedra_n bear_v he_o a_o daughter_n call_v roxana_n ibid._n 7._o and_o a_o seven_o call_v helpis_n bear_v he_o a_o daughter_n name_v salome_n ibid._n and_o two_o wife_n beside_o these_o he_o have_v which_o bear_v he_o no_o child_n who_o name_n josephus_n have_v not_o mention_v but_o have_v leave_v this_o mark_n upon_o the_o match_n that_o the_o one_o of_o those_o wife_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o his_o niece_n or_o his_o very_a near_a kindred_n ibid._n and_o to_o look_v a_o little_a further_o into_o the_o stock_n salampsio_n his_o daughter_n have_v by_o phasaelus_n his_o grandchild_n three_o son_n and_o two_o daughter_n antipater_n herod_n alexander_n alexandra_n and_o cyprus_n alexandra_n marry_v to_o a_o cypriot_n but_o die_v childless_a cyprus_n be_v marry_v to_o agrippa_n the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n the_o son_n of_o mariam_n this_o be_v that_o herod_n in_o act._n 12._o by_o who_o she_o have_v two_o son_n agrippa_z and_o drusus_n and_o three_o daughter_n bernice_n mariam_n and_o drusilla_n act._n 18._o cap._n 7._o such_o marriage_n as_o these_o be_v in_o old_a herod_n family_n the_o father_n of_o this_o herod_n that_o we_o have_v in_o discourse_n and_o now_o let_v we_o look_v upon_o the_o marriage_n that_o we_o have_v before_o we_o between_o herod_n and_o herodias_n 1._o herodias_n be_v niece_n both_o to_o philip_n and_o herod_n both_o to_o her_o former_a husband_n and_o her_o latter_a for_o she_o be_v daughter_n to_o their_o brother_n aristobulus_n who_o their_o father_n have_v slay_v as_o be_v say_v before_o josephus_n must_v here_o be_v correct_v by_o the_o evangelist_n for_o he_o say_v herodias_n be_v the_o wife_n of_o herod_n herod_n the_o tetrarch_n brother_n but_o not_o by_o the_o same_o mother_n antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 7._o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o herod_n which_o be_v philip_n brother_n of_o the_o same_o mother_n cleopatra_n but_o this_o herod_n the_o tetrarch_n call_v also_o antipas_n be_v the_o son_n of_o malthace_n 2._o he_o may_v not_o have_v marry_v his_o brother_n wife_n though_o he_o have_v be_v dead_a he_o have_v have_v seed_n by_o she_o for_o so_o be_v it_o very_o general_o hold_v that_o herodias_n daughter_n that_o dance_v off_o john_n baptist_n head_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o philip._n if_o brethren_n dwell_v together_o as_o heir_n to_o one_o possession_n and_o one_o of_o they_o die_v and_o have_v no_o child_n than_o her_o husband_n brother_n shall_v go_v in_o unto_o she_o etc._n etc._n deut._n 25._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o her_o husband_n leave_v either_o son_n or_o daughter_n or_o son_n son_n or_o son_n daughter_n or_o daughter_n daughter_n behind_o he_o as_o r._n sol._n explain_v it_o then_o may_v not_o he_o marry_v

do_v hereby_o more_o clear_o open_v that_o mystery_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n than_o if_o he_o have_v speak_v only_o of_o believe_v himself_o or_o only_o of_o believe_v the_o father_n 2._o there_o be_v some_o that_o conceive_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o believe_v he_o that_o send_v he_o rather_o than_o of_o believe_v he_o himself_o that_o by_o this_o humble_a reference_n of_o all_o to_o god_n he_o may_v make_v his_o speech_n more_o accceptable_a to_o the_o hearer_n 3._o compare_v this_o passage_n with_o exod._n 20._o 19_o and_o deut._n 18._o 16_o 17_o 18._o his_o expression_n of_o pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n seem_v to_o refer_v either_o to_o the_o doom_n upon_o adam_n not_o harken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n or_o to_o the_o codition_n under_o which_o every_o man_n be_v leave_v by_o the_o law_n namely_o under_o a_o curse_n from_o which_o harken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v deliverance_n or_o it_o may_v be_v it_o be_v speak_v in_o some_o parallel_n to_o the_o case_n of_o the_o man_n heal_v for_o he_o by_o harken_v to_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n receive_v health_n of_o body_n so_o whosoever_o hear_v his_o word_n obtain_v life_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o thus_o do_v christ_n still_o make_v good_a the_o word_n that_o he_o have_v speak_v to_o the_o man_n for_o a_o dispensation_n with_o the_o sabbath_n and_o argue_v that_o he_o may_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n because_o he_o be_v to_o give_v the_o law_n and_o word_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o the_o father_n have_v do_v of_o the_o old_a and_o show_v that_o though_o violation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n deserve_v and_o have_v be_v punish_v with_o death_n yet_o obedience_n to_o his_o word_n and_o command_n be_v discharge_v and_o a_o pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n vers._n 25._o the_o hour_n be_v come_v and_o now_o be_v when_o the_o dead_a shall_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n 1._o these_o word_n be_v most_o general_o understand_v as_o aim_v at_o those_o dead_a that_o christ_n raise_v by_o his_o voice_n or_o word_n to_o life_n again_o as_o say_v to_o jairus_n daughter_n talitha_n kumi_n to_o the_o widow_n son_n of_o naim_n young_a man_n arise_v and_o to_o lazarus_n lazarus_n come_v forth_o and_o be_v take_v in_o such_o a_o relation_n the_o connexion_n of_o they_o to_o the_o word_n go_v immediate_o before_o lie_v thus_o christ_n have_v speak_v there_o of_o his_o spiritual_a revive_n whosoever_o shall_v believe_v his_o word_n and_o here_o he_o either_o produce_v a_o proof_n and_o evidence_n of_o what_o he_o have_v there_o speak_v or_o else_o allege_v it_o as_o another_o wonder_n and_o virtue_n of_o his_o power_n that_o by_o his_o voice_n he_o will_v raise_v those_o that_o be_v bodily_a decease_v and_o he_o ascribe_v this_o revive_n to_o the_o hear_n of_o his_o voice_n partly_o because_o he_o have_v ascribe_v the_o spiritual_a revive_n to_o the_o hear_n of_o his_o word_n and_o partly_o to_o distinguish_v his_o rasing_n of_o those_o dead_a from_o the_o raise_n of_o those_o that_o be_v revive_v under_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o they_o be_v not_o raise_v by_o a_o word_n but_o by_o other_o application_n 1_o king_n 17._o 21._o &_o 2_o king_n 4._o 34._o &_o 13._o 21._o 2._o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o resurrection_n in_o the_o day_n of_o messiah_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v gloss_v hos._n 6._o 2._o thus_o he_o will_v revive_v we_o in_o the_o day_n of_o consolation_n luke_n 2._o 25._o which_o be_v to_o come_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o hos._n 14._o 8._o thus_o they_o shall_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o their_o captivity_n they_o shall_v sit_v under_o the_o shadow_n of_o their_o messiah_n and_o the_o dead_a shall_v revive_v and_o good_a shall_v be_v multiply_v on_o the_o earth_n and_o esay_n 49._o 9_o i_o give_v thou_o for_o a_o covenant_n to_o the_o people_n to_o raise_v the_o righteous_a that_o lie_n in_o the_o dust_n and_o kimchi_n on_o esay_n 26._o 19_o the_o holy_a bless_a god_n will_v raise_v the_o dead_a at_o the_o time_n of_o deliverance_n and_o in_o jer._n 23._o 20._o in_o that_o he_o say_v you_o shall_v consider_v it_o and_o not_o they_o shall_v consider_v it_o it_o intimate_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o on_o ezek._n 37._o it_o may_v be_v god_n show_v ezekiel_n the_o vision_n of_o the_o dead_a bone_n revive_v to_o signify_v to_o he_o that_o he_o will_v raise_v the_o dead_a of_o israel_n at_o the_o time_n of_o deliverance_n that_o they_o also_o may_v see_v the_o deliverance_n ab._n ezr._n in_o dan._n 12._o 2._o the_o righteous_a that_o die_v in_o the_o captivity_n shall_v revive_v when_o the_o redeemer_n come_v etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v so_o far_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o they_o understand_v the_o term_n the_o world_n to_o come_v of_o the_o state_n of_o glory_n and_o yet_o of_o the_o day_n of_o messiah_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v when_o we_o meet_v with_o that_o phrase_n now_o there_o be_v a_o resurrection_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n according_o not_o only_o of_o those_o three_o that_o have_v be_v name_v but_o also_o of_o divers_a saint_n who_o grave_n be_v open_v and_o body_n arise_v mat._n 27._o 52._o and_o if_o the_o word_n that_o we_o have_v in_o hand_n be_v apply_v to_o the_o raise_n of_o dead_a in_o a_o bodily_a sense_n they_o may_v most_o proper_o be_v point_v to_o that_o resurrection_n which_o be_v so_o parellel_v to_o the_o expectation_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o christ_n asscribe_v such_o a_o matter_n to_o himself_o do_v prove_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o messiah_n even_o they_o and_o their_o own_o opinion_n be_v judge_n 3._o but_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v take_v in_o scripture_n also_o in_o a_o borrow_a sense_n namely_o for_o the_o revive_n and_o quicken_n of_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n etc._n etc._n as_o ephes._n 2._o 1._o and_o that_o sense_n do_v seem_v more_o agreeable_a to_o this_o place_n because_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o verse_n before_o do_v apparent_o speak_v of_o such_o spiritual_a revive_n the_o call_n in_o of_o the_o gentile_n to_o the_o gospel_n be_v call_v a_o resurrection_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o esa._n 26._o 19_o thy_o dead_a man_n shall_v live_v together_o with_o my_o body_n they_o shall_v rise_v awake_v and_o sing_v you_o that_o dwell_v in_o the_o dust_n for_o thy_o dew_n be_v as_o the_o dew_n of_o herb_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v cast_v out_o her_o dead_a what_o dead_a these_o be_v that_o be_v to_o rise_v with_o christ_n body_n from_o the_o dead_a be_v not_o so_o much_o intimate_v in_o that_o passage_n of_o the_o evangelist_n the_o body_n of_o divers_a saint_n arise_v matth._n 27._o 52._o as_o in_o that_o say_n of_o our_o saviour_n there_o shall_v no_o sign_n be_v give_v they_o but_o the_o sign_n of_o jonah_n the_o prophet_n by_o which_o he_o do_v not_o only_o signify_v his_o own_o death_n and_o resurrection_n but_o he_o do_v also_o gall_v the_o jew_n with_o a_o intimation_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n upon_o his_o resurrection_n as_o the_o ninivites_n be_v call_v upon_o jonahs_n resurrection_n out_o of_o the_o grave_n of_o the_o whale_n belly_n and_o that_o dew_n of_o his_o that_o shall_v inlve_v man_n as_o the_o dew_n do_v herb_n be_v the_o dew_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o deut._n 32._o 2._o and_o so_o likewise_o hos._n 6._o 2._o speak_v to_o the_o very_a same_o tenor_n of_o christ_n raise_v the_o dead_a in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n upon_o his_o own_o resurrection_n which_o be_v on_o the_o three_o day_n and_o so_o be_v the_o resurrection_n in_o ezek._n 37._o plain_o expound_v in_o that_o very_a chapter_n to_o be_v in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n and_o so_o the_o apostle_n construe_v it_o rom._n 11._o 15._o and_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v style_v the_o first_o resurrection_n rev._n 20._o 5._o etc._n etc._n that_o christ_n mean_v the_o dead_a and_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o dead_a in_o this_o sense_n in_o this_o place_n may_v be_v argue_v upon_o these_o observation_n 1._o because_o throughout_o his_o speech_n hitherto_o and_o some_o step_n further_o the_o scope_n of_o his_o discourse_n be_v namely_o to_o prove_v his_o all_o powerful_a rule_n and_o disposal_n of_o the_o affair_n under_o the_o gospel_n equal_a to_o what_o the_o father_n have_v under_o the_o law_n of_o which_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a and_o remarkable_a 2._o because_o as_o be_v say_v before_o his_o very_a last_o word_n precede_v be_v of_o pass_v

take_v on_o he_o to_o be_v esau_n when_o he_o be_v jacob_n he_o serve_v in_o hardship_n in_o his_o marriage_n week_n and_o bring_v festivity_n to_o other_o but_o labour_n to_o himself_o joseph_n zebulun_n and_o asher_n be_v in_o their_o mother_n womb_n at_o the_o same_o time_n but_o joseph_n bear_v last_v dinah_n be_v not_o bear_v in_o these_o seven_o year_n unless_o she_o be_v a_o twin_n with_o zebulun_n reuben_n about_o ●ive_a year_n old_a follow_v the_o reaper_n find_v mandrake_n and_o bring_v the_o apple_n thereof_o to_o his_o mother_n for_o which_o poor_a rate_n jacob_n be_v in_o manner_n sell_v for_o a_o time_n by_o rahel_n chap._n xxxi_o rahel_n steal_v laban_n teraphim_n for_o a_o civil_a use_n to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o some_o of_o her_o ancestor_n whereof_o they_o be_v the_o picture_n and_o which_o laban_n have_v impious_o idolise_v chap._n xxxii_o jacob_n for_o distrust_n in_o the_o promise_n so_o far_o upon_o esau_n approach_n that_o he_o send_v he_o above_o a_o thousand_o cattle_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o which_o he_o have_v vow_v the_o tithe_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o before_o he_o pay_v they_o be_v meet_v by_o the_o way_n by_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o danger_n to_o be_v kill_v by_o he_o but_o by_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n he_o prevail_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o escape_v only_o with_o a_o lame_a leg_n this_o lameness_n of_o jacob_n be_v not_o repute_v to_o he_o for_o a_o maim_n but_o like_o the_o honourable_a scar_n of_o a_o valiant_a captain_n for_o a_o special_a dignity_n for_o at_o bethel_n he_o exercise_v the_o part_n and_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n which_o if_o his_o halt_n have_v be_v repute_v for_o a_o mai●_n he_o have_v be_v disable_v to_o do_v and_o his_o posterity_n in_o all_o succeed_a age_n reserve_v the_o honourable_a memory_n of_o this_o his_o lameness_n in_o not_o eat_v the_o sinew_n that_o shrink_v that_o be_v the_o first_o ceremony_n that_o distinguish_v israel_n for_o a_o peculiar_a people_n because_o with_o this_o his_o lameness_n jacob_n be_v first_o dignify_v with_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n circumcision_n difference_v they_o not_o from_o the_o other_o seed_n of_o abraham_n by_o hagar_n and_o keturah_n but_o this_o curiosity_n in_o meat_n first_o begin_v judaisme_n they_o refrain_v not_o to_o eat_v the_o joint_n where_o the_o sinew_n be_v as_o a_o leg_n of_o mutton_n or_o of_o beef_n for_o the_o leg_n of_o the_o passover_n be_v to_o be_v eat_v exod._a 1●_n 10._o but_o they_o spare_v the_o sinew_n and_o that_o not_o in_o abomination_n or_o abhor_v of_o it_o but_o in_o honour_n and_o special_a respect_n because_o it_o bear_v the_o memorial_n of_o their_o first_o name_v israel_n the_o portion_n of_o meat_n that_o elkanah_n give_v to_o his_o belove_a hannah_n manah_n ahhath_n appaiina_fw-la the_o portion_n of_o representation_n may_v not_o unfit_o be_v understand_v of_o this_o joint_n and_o the_o same_o piece_n of_o the_o meat_n do_v samuel_n reserve_v for_o saul_n in_o honour_n the_o cook_n take_v up_o the_o leg_n 1_o sam._n 9_o 24._o chap._n 33_o 34._o shechem_n a_o hivite_n by_o original_n chap._n 34._o 2._o be_v a_o amorite_n by_o habitation_n chap._n 48._o 22._o so_o anah_n the_o hivite_n by_o descent_n chap._n 36._o 2._o beeri_fw-la the_o hittite_n by_o habitation_n in_o one_o place_n chap._n 26._o 36._o and_o a_o horite_n by_o habitation_n in_o another_o chap._n 36._o 30_o 24._o judah_n be_v not_o at_o the_o murder_n at_o shechem_n but_o at_o chezib_n upon_o the_o border_n of_o the_o philistines_n marry_v and_o resident_a there_o many_o mile_n distant_a chap._n xxxv_o the_o proselyte_n of_o shechem_n admit_v to_o jacob_n family_n by_o baptism_n for_o circumcision_n to_o the_o shechemite_n be_v become_v deadly_a benjamin_n bear_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o promise_n vers_fw-la 11._o for_o jacob_n be_v now_o past_a the_o natural_a vigour_n of_o generate_a and_o therefore_o he_o just_o call_v his_o name_n benjamin_n the_o son_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n chap._n 36._o strange_a alteration_n of_o name_n in_o this_o chapter_n from_o what_o they_o be_v in_o other_o judith_n chap._n 26._o 34._o call_v aholibamah_n because_o of_o her_o idolatry_n anah_n her_o father_n chap._n 36._o 2._o a_o hivite_n by_o original_n be_v beeri_n a_o hittite_n chap._n 26._o 34._o because_o he_o dwell_v among_o they_o about_o beer-la-hai-roi_a bashemath_n chap._n 26._o 34._o be_v adah_n here_o to_o show_v god_n dislike_n against_o esau_n match_n mahalath_n be_v pashemath_n to_o show_v the_o canaanitish_a quality_n of_o a_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n compare_v this_o genealogy_n in_o this_o chapter_n with_o the_o same_o in_o 1_o chron._n 1._o and_o timna_n which_o be_v here_o a_o woman_n and_o a_o man_n concubine_n be_v there_o make_v that_o man_n son_n for_o the_o scripture_n use_v to_o speak_v short_a in_o know_a story_n chap._n 37._o when_o the_o text_n have_v dispatch_v with_o esau_n the_o hater_n of_o his_o brother_n that_o lose_v his_o birthright_n by_o his_o own_o fault_n it_o fall_v upon_o joseph_n the_o hate_a of_o his_o brethren_n that_o obtain_v the_o birthright_n by_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o he_o feed_v the_o flock_n with_o his_o brethren_n join_v in_o company_n with_o the_o son_n of_o the_o handmaid_n for_o leahs_n child_n care_v little_a either_o for_o they_o or_o he_o among_o they_o where_o he_o think_v to_o have_v respect_n he_o find_v hardship_n for_o they_o make_v he_o as_o their_o slave_n or_o servant_n vehu_n nagnar_a and_o he_o be_v a_o servant_n with_o the_o son_n of_o bilhah_n and_o zilphah_n vers_fw-la 2._o this_o evil_a report_n of_o his_o brethren_n usage_n of_o he_o he_o tell_v his_o father_n whereupon_o he_o make_v he_o a_o coat_n of_o divers_a colour_n as_o a_o badge_n of_o the_o birthright_n which_o his_o father_n intend_v to_o confer_v upon_o he_o that_o his_o brethren_n for_o this_o shall_v respect_v he_o the_o more_o but_o this_o procure_v their_o great_a hatred_n reuben_n only_o except_v who_o seek_v his_o good_a though_o he_o have_v get_v his_o birthright_n which_o show_v that_o the_o incestuous_a man_n be_v now_o become_v a_o penitent_a and_o holy_a chap._n 38._o judah_n punish_v in_o his_o child_n and_o his_o own_o shame_n for_o the_o sale_n of_o his_o righteous_a brother_n he_o be_v marry_v about_o eight_o year_n before_o joseph_n be_v sell_v be_v than_o not_o above_o twelve_o year_n of_o age_n if_o he_o be_v so_o much_o therefore_o the_o word_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o chapter_n at_o that_o time_n have_v not_o so_o much_o any_o reference_n to_o the_o exact_a time_n of_o judah_n marriage_n as_o to_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n which_o befall_v not_o long_o after_o joseph_n be_v sell_v and_o so_o teach_v of_o his_o requital_n in_o his_o child_n for_o the_o sale_n of_o his_o righteous_a brother_n chap._n thirty-nine_o xl_o xli_o joseph_n make_v a_o slave_n his_o blackmoor_n mistress_n lu_v after_o his_o beauty_n and_o whiteness_n by_o the_o interpretation_n of_o other_o man_n dream_n he_o be_v promote_v as_o by_o the_o relate_n of_o his_o own_o he_o be_v sell_v into_o misery_n pharaoh_n give_v he_o a_o new_a name_n after_o their_o oracular_a god_n baal_n zephon_n zophnath_n paanea_n chap._n xlii_o joseph_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 15_o 16._o not_o a_o oath_n by_o the_o creature_n but_o a_o apprecation_n and_o prayer_n for_o pharaoh_n life_n so_o let_v pharaoh_n live_v as_o you_o be_v spy_n as_o leu._n 25._o 36._o help_v to_o explain_v the_o verb._n chap._n xlvii_o pharaoh_n have_v never_o see_v so_o old_a a_o man_n as_o jacob_n nor_o so_o grave_a a_o head_n nor_o so_o gray_a a_o beard_n in_o all_o his_o life_n in_o admiration_n ask_v he_o no_o other_o question_n but_o concern_v his_o age_n chap._n xlviii_o the_o birthright_n which_o jacob_n intend_v for_o joseph_n before_o his_o sale_n be_v confer_v and_o confirm_v upon_o he_o when_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n be_v take_v by_o he_o for_o his_o son_n as_o reuben_n and_o simeon_n and_o hence_o come_v ephraim_n to_o be_v first_o bear_v among_o the_o tribe_n and_o therefore_o moses_n choose_v joshua_n one_o of_o that_o tribe_n for_o their_o conductor_n into_o canaan_n chap._n xlix_o jacob_n bless_v every_o one_o of_o the_o tribe_n vers_fw-la 28._o therefore_o in_o his_o word_n to_o reuben_n simeon_n and_o levi_n which_o be_v the_o most_o bitter_a we_o must_v find_v a_o blessing_n or_o we_o lose_v his_o sense_n his_o word_n also_o concern_v the_o future_a event_n of_o the_o tribe_n as_o much_o or_o more_o than_o the_o twelve_o patriarch_n that_o stand_v before_o he_o vers_n 1._o these_o groundwork_n be_v then_o thus_o lay_v for_o the_o understanding_n of_o these_o his_o last_o word_n as_o necessary_o they_o must_v let_v it_o be_v tolerate_v to_o touch_v upon_o some_o of_o

they_o of_o the_o most_o difficulty_n as_o far_o as_o grammatical_a construction_n and_o truth_n of_o history_n will_v warrant_v and_o justify_v reuben_n thou_o be_v my_o first_o bear_v my_o might_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o my_o strength_n there_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o dignity_n for_o thou_o and_o a_o remnant_n of_o strength_n for_o so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v many_o time_n in_o the_o bible_n and_o so_o be_v reuben_n dignify_v in_o lead_v the_o van_n in_o the_o war_n of_o canaan_n josh._n 4._o 12._o and_o so_o have_v he_o a_o residue_n of_o strength_n in_o be_v frontier_n against_o the_o hagarens_n 1_o chron._n 5._o 10._o vers._n 4._o unstable_a as_o water_v in_o affect_v the_o priesthood_n numb_a 16._o 1_o 2._o and_o in_o refuse_v relinquas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ne_fw-fr relinquas_fw-la of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n numb_a 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leave_v no_o remnant_n of_o thy_o instability_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 5._o simeon_n and_o levi_n brethren_n their_o trafficking_n be_v instrument_n of_o cruelty_n for_o their_o ipsorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d venditionis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la pretence_n of_o trade_n with_o shechem_n they_o make_v a_o instrument_n to_o execute_v their_o bloodiness_n vers._n 6._o for_o in_o their_o anger_n they_o slay_v a_o man_n as_o for_o their_o will_v they_o will_v hough_v a_o ox_n for_o they_o use_v circumcision_n as_o a_o mean_n to_o master_n and_o murder_v i_o as_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v cut_v the_o sinew_n of_o a_o ox_n to_o bring_v he_o under_o to_o their_o will_n vers._n 13._o zebulon_n shall_v dwell_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n or_o the_o lake_n of_o genezaret_n east_n and_o the_o sea_n of_o phoenicia_n or_o the_o mediterranean_a north-west_n vers._n 14._o issachar_n be_v a_o ass_n of_o bone_n couch_v down_o between_o two_o burden_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o phoenicia_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n on_o the_o other_o vers._n 22._o joseph_n be_v a_o son_n of_o fruitfulness_n his_o fruitfulness_n in_o son_n shall_v be_v by_o the_o well_o in_o daughter_n it_o go_v even_o to_o the_o enemy_n this_o interpretation_n of_o that_o part_n of_o joseph_n blessing_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o conjecture_v at_o rather_o than_o bold_o aver_v and_o that_o upon_o these_o consideration_n first_o that_o there_o be_v a_o plain_a antithesis_fw-la betwixt_o ben_n and_o bavoth_o and_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v construe_v according_o of_o son_n and_o daughter_n second_o that_o the_o word_n ben_n be_v by_o his_o place_n in_o regimine_fw-la but_o by_o his_o vowel_n not_o so_o be_v porah_n by_o his_o last_o letter_n in_o regimine_fw-la but_o not_o by_o this_o place_n and_o therefore_o both_o of_o they_o to_o be_v render_v something_o answerable_a to_o this_o their_o double_a condition_n ben-porath_a joseph_n be_v a_o son_n of_o fruitfulness_n here_o they_o have_v the_o due_a of_o their_o place_n and_o porath_n ben_n fruitfulness_n of_o son_n here_o they_o have_v the_o due_a of_o their_o vowel_n and_o letter_n three_o that_o porath_n also_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o latter_a clause_n porath_n bavoth_v fruitfulness_n in_o daughter_n four_o that_o shur_n signify_v native_o in_o hebrew_a a_o enemy_n psal._n 92._o 12._o and_o it_o be_v but_o from_o the_o chaldee_n idiom_n that_o it_o betoken_v a_o wall_n joseph_n fruitfulness_n in_o son_n than_o do_v chief_o show_v itself_o by_o the_o well_o of_o shechem_n where_o joshua_n of_o joseph_n aslemble_v all_o the_o tribe_n as_o prince_n over_o they_o and_o there_o also_o jeroboam_n of_o joseph_n raise_v up_o that_o house_n to_o a_o kingdom_n from_o these_o word_n of_o jacob_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o sychar_n have_v their_o warrant_n to_o maintain_v that_o their_o well_o be_v jocobs_n well_o and_o that_o his_o son_n and_o cattle_n drink_v of_o it_o for_o it_o may_v not_o have_v be_v dig_v of_o a_o thousand_o year_n after_o jacob_n be_v dead_a and_o go_v for_o aught_o any_o samaritane_n alive_a can_v tell_v if_o he_o fetch_v not_o his_o authority_n from_o these_o word_n of_o jacob_n who_o have_v give_v that_o portion_n of_o ground_n to_o joseph_n gen._n 48._o 22._o do_v here_o intimate_v that_o there_o be_v a_o well_o in_o it_o and_o beside_o that_o well_o in_o his_o house_n shall_v rise_v to_o honour_n his_o fruitfulness_n by_o daughter_n you_o may_v see_v in_o judg._n 21._o where_o the_o daughter_n of_o jabesh_n gilead_n and_o of_o shiloh_n both_o of_o joseph_n make_v up_o the_o breach_n of_o a_o hostile_a tribe_n the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n or_o else_o it_o have_v decay_v a_o handful_n of_o glean_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la section_n i._n israel_n afflict_v in_o egypt_n about_o 120_o year_n from_z the_o giving_z of_o the_o promise_n to_o abraham_n gen._n 12._o to_o the_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n be_v 430_o year_n exod._n 12._o 40._o gal._n 1._o 17._o this_o sum_n of_o year_n divide_v itself_o into_o two_o equal_a part_n for_o half_a of_o it_o be_v spend_v before_o their_o go_v into_o egypt_n and_o half_a of_o it_o in_o there_o be_v there_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n be_v take_v up_o before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n thus_o from_o the_o promise_n give_v to_o abraham_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n compare_v gen._n 12._o 4._o with_o gen._n 21._o 5._o from_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n threescore_o gen._n 25._o 26._o from_o thence_o to_o their_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o gen._n 27._o 9_o the_o other_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n they_o spend_v in_o egypt_n namely_o ninety_o four_o before_o the_o death_n of_o levi_n the_o long_a liver_n of_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o one_o betwixt_o his_o death_n and_o their_o deliverance_n for_o levi_n and_o joseph_n be_v both_o bear_v in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o jacob_n second_o apprenticeship_n gen._n 29._o &_o 30._o levi_n in_o the_o four_o and_o joseph_n in_o the_o seven_o so_o that_o there_o be_v three_o year_n between_o they_o now_o joseph_n when_o his_o father_n and_o brethren_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n be_v nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a compare_v gen._n 41._o 46._o 51._o &_o 45._o 6._o and_o then_o be_v levi_n forty_o three_o and_o levi_n live_v a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n exod._n 6._o 16._o out_o of_o which_o those_o forty_o three_o be_v deduct_v which_o he_o have_v spend_v before_o their_o come_n down_o into_o egypt_n it_o appear_v they_o be_v in_o egypt_n ninety_o four_o year_n before_o his_o death_n and_o those_o ninety_o four_o be_v deduct_v out_o of_o the_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o which_o they_o spend_v in_o that_o land_n it_o appear_v also_o that_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o one_o year_n pass_v betwixt_o his_o death_n and_o their_o delivery_n and_o till_o his_o death_n they_o feel_v no_o affliction_n exod._n 1._o 6_o 7_o 8._o section_n ii_o the_o 88_o &_o 89_o psalm_n pen_v in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o affliction_n these_o two_o psalm_n be_v the_o old_a piece_n of_o writing_n that_o the_o world_n have_v to_o show_v for_o they_o be_v pen_v many_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n by_o two_o man_n that_o feel_v and_o groan_v under_o this_o bondage_n and_o affliction_n of_o egypt_n heman_n and_o ethan_n two_o son_n of_o zerah_n 1_o chron._n 2._o 6._o in_o psalm_n 88_o heman_n deplore_v the_o distress_n and_o misery_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n in_o most_o passionate_a measure_n and_o therefore_o title_n his_o elegy_n gnal_n mahalath_n leannoth_n concern_v sickness_n by_o affliction_n and_o according_o he_o and_o his_o brethren_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o mahol_n 1_o king_n 4._o 31._o in_o psal._n 89._o ethan_n from_o the_o promise_n gen._n 15._o sing_v joyful_o their_o deliverance_n that_o the_o rage_a of_o the_o red_a sea_n shall_v be_v rule_v vers_fw-la 9_o and_o rahab_n or_o egypt_n shall_v be_v break_v in_o piece_n vers_n 10._o and_o that_o the_o people_n shall_v hear_v the_o joyful_a sound_n of_o the_o law_n vers_fw-la 15._o object_n but_o david_n be_v name_v frequent_o in_o the_o psalm_n who_o be_v not_o bear_v of_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o ethan_n be_v dead_a answ._n 1._o this_o may_v be_v do_v prophetical_o as_o samuel_n be_v think_v to_o be_v name_v by_o moses_n psal._n 99_o 6._o for_o that_o psalm_n according_a to_o a_o rule_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v hold_v to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o he_o 2._o it_o will_v be_v find_v in_o scripture_n that_o when_o some_o holy_a man_n endue_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v leave_v piece_n

at_o ephesus_n 56_o 1_o nero._n paul_n at_o ephesus_n 57_o 2_o paul_n write_v the_o second_o epistle_n to_o corinth_n and_o now_o may_v we_o in_o some_o scantling_n fix_v those_o story_n to_o their_o time_n which_o hang_v loose_o before_o namely_o the_o choose_n of_o the_o deacon_n the_o death_n of_o stephen_n conversion_n of_o samaria_n and_o the_o eunuch_n and_o conclude_v that_o they_o be_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o year_n after_o christ_n ascension_n part_n ii_o the_o roman_a story_n §_o 1._o velleius_n paterculus_n tiberius_n keep_v himself_o still_o in_o the_o country_n but_o not_o still_o at_o capri_n coss_n capri_n capri_n capri_n dion_n sub_fw-la his_o coss_n for_o this_o year_n he_o draw_v near_o unto_o rome_n and_o haunt_v in_o some_o place_n about_o four_o mile_n off_o but_o come_v not_o at_o all_o unto_o the_o city_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v his_o first_o journey_n towards_o it_o that_o suetonius_n speak_v of_o 17._o of_o of_o of_o in_o libre_fw-la cap._n 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4_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exod._n 15._o 12._o lord_n who_o be_v like_o thou_o among_o the_o mighty_a undertake_v the_o quarrel_n of_o his_o people_n and_o of_o the_o law_n religion_n and_o covenant_n and_o do_v very_o victorious_o but_o at_o last_o be_v slay_v in_o these_o time_n when_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o a_o combustion_n and_o confusion_n in_o the_o land_n and_o in_o 11._o joseph_n ubi_fw-la sup_n c._n 15_o 16_o 17._o 1_o mac._n 7._o 12._o 13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n &_o 9_o 1._o 5_o 55._o 1_o mac._n 9_o &_o 10._o &_o 11._o &_o 2d_o josep._n ant._n ●_o 13._o ad_fw-la c._n 11._o religion_n one_o alcimus_n bear_v the_o name_n of_o highpriest_n be_v indeed_o of_o that_o line_n but_o a_o man_n for_o mischief_n and_o impiety_n more_o like_o a_o heathen_a than_o a_o highpriest_n of_o israel_n do_v much_o evil_n whilst_o he_o live_v and_o come_v at_o last_o to_o a_o most_o fearful_a end_n 18._o jonathan_n succee_v his_o brother_n judas_n as_o chief_a commander_n he_o be_v make_v highpriest_n by_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o antiochus_n and_o confirm_v therein_o by_o antiochus_n the_o son_n of_o alexander_n do_v many_o valiant_a act_n and_o at_o last_o be_v slay_v by_o trypho_n 19_o simon_n his_o brother_n succee_v he_o valiant_a also_o and_o advantageous_a to_o his_o people_n 13._o 1_o mac._n 14._o &_o 15._o &_o 16._o joseph_n ubi_fw-la sup_n c._n 11_o 12_o 13._o like_o his_o brethren_n but_o slay_v at_o last_o treacherous_o by_o his_o own_o son_n in_o law_n 20._o john_n call_v also_o hyrcanus_n or_o hyrcanus_n jannai_n he_o sack_v samaria_n destroy_v 14_o joseph_n ubi_fw-la sup_n cap._n 18._o juchasin_n ●ol_n 14_o the_o temple_n at_o gerizim_n slay_v many_o of_o the_o wise_a man_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v highpriest_n eighty_o year_n and_o turn_v sadducee_n 21._o aristobulus_n his_o son_n he_o first_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v king_n 9_o joseph_n ib._n c._n 9_o 22._o alexander_n he_o bear_v also_o the_o name_n of_o king_n make_v many_o war_n and_o at_o 23._o ibid._n c._n 22_o 23._o last_o die_v of_o a_o quartan_a ague_n which_o have_v hold_v he_o three_o year_n 23._o hyrcanus_n his_o son_n be_v make_v highpriest_n but_o his_o mother_n alexandra_n by_o the_o 24._o ibid._n c._n 24._o support_n of_o the_o pharisee_n sway_v the_o kingdom_n 24._o aristobulus_n young_a brother_n to_o hyrcanus_n after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o 6._o lib._n 14._o c._n 4_o 5_o 6._o mother_n alexandra_n make_v war_n upon_o his_o brother_n drive_v he_o from_o his_o kingdom_n to_o a_o private_a life_n and_o take_v both_o kingdom_n and_o high-priesthood_n upon_o himself_o they_o both_o desire_n help_v and_o assistance_n from_o the_o roman_n scaurus_n and_o pompey_n aristobulus_n provoke_v pompey_n by_o some_o dalliance_n cause_v the_o sack_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o the_o roman_a yoke_n from_o under_o which_o they_o be_v never_o deliver_v pompey_n restore_v the_o high-priesthood_n to_o hyrcanus_n and_o carry_v aristobulus_n and_o his_o son_n antigonus_n prisoner_n to_o rome_n and_o his_o two_o daughter_n 25._o alexander_z the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n escape_v the_o hand_n of_o pompey_n when_o he_o 10._o ibid._n c._n 10._o captive_v his_o father_n and_o his_o brother_n to_o rome_n and_o he_o in_o judea_n raise_v divers_a stir_n and_o tumult_n and_o affect_v the_o kingdom_n be_v twice_o suppress_v by_o the_o roman_a gabinius_n 26._o antigonus_z aristobulus_n his_o other_o son_n escape_v from_o rome_n into_o judea_n first_o 25._o ib._n c._n 21._o &_o 25._o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o king_n of_o tyrus_n and_o after_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o parthian_n busle_v for_o the_o high-priesthood_n and_o power_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o hyrcanus_n get_v hyrcanus_n prisoner_n cause_v his_o ear_n to_o be_v cut_v off_o and_o by_o that_o blemish_n or_o maim_n he_o make_v he_o uncapable_a of_o the_o priesthood_n but_o as_o hyrcanus_n lose_v his_o ear_n so_o at_o last_o antigonus_n lose_v his_o head_n by_o the_o axe_n of_o 49._o lib._n 15._o c._n 1._o dion_n cas._n l._n 49._o antony_n at_o antioch_n have_v be_v first_o crucify_v and_o whip_v 27._o ananelus_n a_o inferior_a priest_n send_v for_o out_o of_o babylon_n be_v make_v highpriest_n 2._o josd_v 15._o c._n 2._o by_o herod_n here_o alexandra_n the_o daughter_n of_o hyrcanus_n and_o wife_n of_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n take_v indignity_n and_o so_o do_v mariam_n herod_n wife_n who_o be_v alexandra_n daughter_n that_o a_o inferior_a person_n shall_v be_v prefer_v to_o the_o high-priesthood_n and_o aristobulus_n mariam_n brother_n and_o alexandra_n son_n be_v pass_v by_o these_o woman_n shift_n and_o importunity_n 2._o ibid._n c._n 2._o obtain_v the_o high-priesthood_n for_o aristobulus_n and_o the_o deposition_n of_o ananelus_n 28._o aristobulus_n a_o young_a man_n of_o a_o rare_a beauty_n be_v make_v highpriest_n be_v 3._o ibid._n c._n 3._o not_o much_o above_o fifteen_o year_n old_a after_o a_o year_n enjoyment_n of_o it_o or_o little_o more_o he_o be_v drown_v by_o herod_n policy_n as_o he_o be_v swim_v and_o then_o ananelus_n become_v highpriest_n again_o 29._o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o favens_fw-la he_o herod_n remove_v again_o 12._o ibid_fw-la c._n 12._o 30._o simon_n the_o son_n of_o boethus_n he_o be_v but_o a_o priest_n before_o but_o herod_n marry_v ibid._n ibid._n his_o daughter_n a_o woman_n of_o a_o rare_a beauty_n he_o make_v he_o highpriest_n 31._o mathias_n the_o son_n of_o theophilus_n herod_n depose_v his_o father_n in_o law_n simon_n 6._o lib._n 17._o c._n 6._o from_o the_o high-priesthood_n because_o he_o think_v both_o he_o and_o his_o daughter_n herod_n wife_n be_v privy_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o son_n antipater_n 32._o jozarus_n the_o son_n of_o simon_n herod_n brother_n in_o law_n mathias_n be_v depose_v 8._o ibid._n c._n 8._o by_o herod_n 33._o eleazar_n make_v highpriest_n by_o king_n archelaus_n jozarus_n be_v depose_v 15._o ibid._n c._n 15._o 34._o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sie_z shoulders_z eleazar_n out_o ibid._n ibid._n 35._o jozarus_n again_o he_o be_v now_o in_o the_o place_n when_o judea_n be_v tax_v under_o cyrenius_n 1._o lib._n 18._o ●_o 1._o luke_n 2._o at_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n and_o when_o the_o people_n be_v ready_a to_o rebel_v rather_o than_o be_v tax_v he_o overcome_v they_o with_o persuasion_n 36._o ananus_fw-la upon_o the_o removal_n of_o jozarus_n make_v highpriest_n by_o cyrenius_n 3._o ibid._n c._n 3._o 37._o ishmael_n promote_v by_o valerius_n gratus_n upon_o ananus_fw-la his_o removal_n 38._o eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la promote_v by_o the_o same_o gratus_fw-la upon_o ismaels_n removal_n ibid._n ibid._n he_o enjoy_v the_o high-priesthood_n but_o one_o year_n 39_o simon_n the_o son_n of_o kamith_n advance_v by_o the_o same_o gratus_fw-la the_o jerusalem_n talmud_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o relate_v this_o story_n of_o he_o that_o on_o the_o eve_n of_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n he_o go_v out_o to_o speak_v with_o the_o king_n and_o some_o spittle_n fall_v upon_o his_o garment_n and_o defile_v he_o therefore_o judah_n his_o brother_n go_v in_o on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n and_o serve_v in_o his_o stead_n and_o so_o their_o mother_n kamith_n see_v two_o of_o her_o son_n high-priest_n in_o one_o day_n she_o have_v seven_o son_n and_o they_o all_o serve_v in_o the_o high-priesthood_n hence_o come_v up_o this_o proverb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o meal_n be_v meal_n but_o kamiths_n meal_n be_v fine_a flower_n in_o joma_n per._n 1._o 40._o caiaphas_n who_o be_v also_o call_v joseph_n he_o be_v gratus_n his_o creature_n too_o ibid._n ibid._n and_o all_o these_o change_n be_v make_v by_o gratus_n in_o eleven_o year_n and_o now_o be_v

we_o come_v up_o to_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n death_n and_o to_o a_o wretch_n that_o have_v not_o a_o small_a hand_n in_o it_o annas_n or_o ananus_fw-la who_o have_v be_v highpriest_n four_o change_n before_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v highpriest_n with_o he_o luke_n 2._o 41._o jonathan_n the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la make_v highpriest_n by_o vitellius_n in_o the_o room_n of_o 6._o ibid._n c._n 6._o cajaphas_n who_o he_o remove_v 42._o theophilus_n the_o brother_n of_o jonathan_n upon_o the_o removal_n of_o jonathan_n by_o 7._o ibid._n c._n 7._o the_o same_o vitellius_n be_v make_v highpriest_n 43._o simon_n call_v also_o kantheras_n make_v highpriest_n by_o herod_n agrippa_n theophilus_n 5._o lib._n 19_o c._n 5._o be_v remove_v this_o be_v he_o who_o daughter_n herod_n marry_v and_o who_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o high-priesthood_n so_o many_o change_n ago_o 44._o jonathan_n the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la restore_v by_o agrippa_n again_o but_o he_o desire_v 6._o ibid._n c._n 6._o that_o his_o brother_n mathias_n may_v be_v put_v in_o the_o place_n as_o a_o fit_a man_n than_o himself_o which_o be_v a_o wonder_n in_o the_o great_a ambition_n for_o the_o high-priesthood_n which_o common_o be_v afoot_a 45._o mathias_n put_v in_o the_o room_n of_o jonathan_n 46._o alioneus_n or_o elioenai_n place_v by_o agrippa_n in_o the_o room_n of_o remove_a mathias_n 7._o ib._n cap._n 7._o 47._o josephus_n the_o son_n of_o kanei_n promote_v by_o herod_n king_n of_o chalcis_n 1_o lib._n 20._o cap._n 1_o 48._o jonathan_n slay_v by_o a_o assassin_n by_o the_o contrival_v of_o the_o governor_n felix_n 6._o ibid._n c._n 6._o 49._o ishmael_n the_o son_n of_o fabi._n ibid._n ibid._n 50._o joseph_z the_o son_n of_o simon_n ibid._n ibid._n 51._o ananus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la mention_v before_o this_o man_n be_v a_o sadducee_n 8._o ibid._n c._n 8._o he_o put_v to_o death_n james_n the_o brother_n of_o our_o lord_n he_o be_v call_v ananias_n a_o white_v wall_n one_o who_o paul_n will_v not_o own_o for_o highpriest_n act._n 23._o 3_o 5._o 52._o jesus_n put_v in_o by_o agrippa_n king_n of_o chalcis_n in_o the_o room_n of_o ananus_fw-la this_o jesus_n be_v ibid._n ibid._n the_o son_n of_o one_o gamaliel_n 53._o mathias_n the_o son_n of_o theophilus_n and_o here_o begin_v the_o war_n of_o the_o jew_n ibid._n ibid._n which_o at_o last_o be_v their_o destruction_n in_o which_o time_n the_o confusion_n of_o the_o time_n do_v breed_v such_o confusion_n and_o jumble_v about_o the_o high-priesthood_n in_o choose_v and_o counterchoosing_a and_o put_v in_o and_o out_o according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o this_o or_o that_o faction_n that_o prevail_v that_o it_o will_v be_v but_o confuse_a work_n to_o go_v about_o to_o give_v a_o catalogue_n or_o account_n of_o they_o therefore_o have_v lead_v the_o row_n of_o the_o high-priest_n thus_o far_o as_o till_o all_o order_n both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n be_v perish_v and_o the_o dignity_n and_o respect_n of_o that_o order_n be_v utter_o lose_v we_o will_v supersede_n with_o this_o number_n that_o have_v be_v relate_v and_o pass_v on_o to_o the_o other_o rank_n of_o priest_n that_o be_v before_o we_o chap._n v._o the_o sagan_n katholikin_n immarcalin_n and_o gizbarin_n sect_n i._o sagan_n the_o word_n sagan_n be_v rare_a in_o the_o scripture_n but_o both_o the_o name_n and_o the_o dignity_n be_v very_o common_o know_v and_o use_v in_o the_o hebrew_n writer_n it_o be_v undoubted_a that_o he_o be_v next_o to_o the_o highpriest_n or_o vicegerent_n to_o he_o but_o under_o what_o notion_n he_o come_v into_o this_o deputation_n be_v disputable_a and_o 57_o and_o and_o and_o juchasin_n fol._n 57_o abraham_n zaccuth_n do_v purposely_o dispute_v it_o one_o conjecture_n about_o this_o matter_n be_v from_o that_o tradition_n mention_v in_o joma_n that_o against_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n when_o the_o highpriest_n be_v to_o go_v into_o the_o most_o holy_a place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d initi●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joma_n per._n 1._o ab_fw-la initi●_n they_o appoint_v another_o priest_n in_o his_o stead_n who_o may_v supply_v the_o solemn_a work_n of_o that_o day_n if_o any_o uncleanness_n do_v befall_v the_o highpriest_n himself_o and_o r._n judah_n also_o say_v they_o appoint_v he_o another_o wife_n lest_o his_o own_o wife_n shall_v have_v die_v because_o he_o be_v enjoin_v to_o atone_v for_o himself_o and_o for_o his_o house_n that_o be_v for_o his_o wife_n now_o it_o be_v conceive_v by_o some_o that_o this_o priest_n that_o be_v appoint_v as_o a_o reserve_n if_o any_o thing_n have_v befall_v the_o highpriest_n to_o make_v he_o unfit_a for_o that_o work_n be_v call_v the_o sagan_n 8._o sagan_n sagan_n sagan_n joseph_n ant._n lib._n 17._o cap._n 8._o josephus_n give_v one_o example_n when_o the_o work_n of_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o such_o a_o substitute_n but_o this_o opinion_n make_v the_o sagan_n useful_a but_o for_o one_o week_n in_o the_o year_n whereas_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o jewish_a record_n that_o he_o be_v in_o a_o continual_a office_n all_o the_o year_n through_o some_o therefore_o again_o conjecture_v that_o the_o sagan_n be_v to_o be_v he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v the_o next_o highpriest_n and_o in_o his_o saganship_n be_v as_o a_o candidate_n for_o that_o office_n 19_o office_n office_n office_n r._n sol._n in_o num._n 19_o so_o r._n solomon_n call_v eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o aaron_n the_o sagan_n and_o sup_n and_o and_o and_o aruch_n in_o sagan_n &_o juchas_fw-es ubi_fw-la sup_n the_o jerusalem_n talmud_n observe_v that_o none_o be_v highpriest_n unless_o he_o have_v be_v sagan_n first_o but_o there_o be_v two_o argument_n that_o oppose_v this_o opinion_n the_o first_o be_v because_o the_o high-priest_n after_o the_o time_n of_o herod_n especial_o be_v so_o make_v at_o the_o arbitrary_a disposal_n of_o the_o governor_n that_o it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a that_o they_o ever_o regard_v whether_o he_o have_v be_v sagan_n before_o or_o no._n and_o another_o be_v because_o in_o all_o the_o old_a testament_n where_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o high-priesthood_n be_v fair_a and_o legal_a and_o it_o be_v still_o know_v who_o shall_v be_v highpriest_n next_o yet_o there_o be_v never_o mention_v of_o the_o word_n or_o of_o the_o thing_n sagan_n but_o only_o in_o 2_o king_n 25._o 18._o and_o jer._n 52._o 24._o where_n be_v mention_v of_o zephaniah_n the_o second_o priest_n and_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v call_v he_o sagan_n now_o unless_o he_o be_v son_n to_o serajah_n which_o i_o know_v not_o who_o ever_o hold_v he_o be_v in_o no_o possibility_n of_o the_o high-priesthood_n have_v the_o temple_n escape_v the_o babylonian_a fire_n and_o desolation_n for_o the_o discover_v therefore_o what_o the_o sagan_n be_v and_o under_o what_o notion_n he_o come_v into_o his_o office_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o he_o be_v most_o common_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sagan_n of_o the_o priest_n so_o the_o chaldee_n in_o the_o two_o place_n cite_v title_v zephaniah_n so_o the_o talmud_n in_o two_o place_n in_o the_o treatise_n shekalim_fw-la speak_v of_o 6._o of_o of_o of_o shekalim_fw-la per._n 3._o &_o per._n 6._o ananias_n the_o sagan_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o in_o divers_a place_n both_o in_o the_o talmud_n and_o in_o other_o hebrew_n writer_n the_o phrase_n be_v use_v in_o this_o conjuncture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sagan_n of_o the_o priest_n by_o the_o which_o it_o seem_v his_o office_n have_v relation_n as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o to_o priest_n below_o he_o as_o to_o the_o highpriest_n above_o he_o and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o fit_a conception_n to_o have_v of_o he_o than_o this_o that_o he_o be_v as_o the_o high-priest_n substitute_n in_o his_o absence_n to_o oversee_v or_o in_o his_o presence_n to_o assist_v in_o the_o oversight_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o service_n of_o the_o priest_n for_o although_o it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o some_o particular_n his_o attendance_n do_v especial_o respect_v the_o high-priest_n person_n as_o in_o three_o reckon_v by_o 3._o by_o by_o by_o talm._n jerus_n joma_n per._n 3._o the_o talmud_n of_o jerusalem_n yet_o do_v his_o office_n also_o relate_v to_o the_o priest_n below_o he_o and_o so_o say_v maymonides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maym._n in_o kele_n mik_fw-mi per._n 4._o that_o all_o the_o priest_n be_v under_o the_o disposal_n or_o command_n of_o the_o sagan_n for_o the_o highpriest_n have_v the_o chief_a charge_n and_o care_n of_o the_o holy_a thing_n and_o that_o burden_n and_o incumbency_n be_v of_o so_o great_a a_o weight_n he_o be_v force_v to_o get_v a_o assistance_n to_o help_v he_o to_o bear_v the_o burden_n nay_o sometime_o the_o silliness_n and_o

in_o constant_a use_n for_o sacrifice_n and_o offering_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o rabbi_n nathan_n relate_v that_o 〈◊〉_d that_o that_o that_o aruch_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v clerk_n of_o that_o market_n appoint_v to_o look_v to_o the_o weight_n and_o measure_n of_o these_o shop_n and_o to_o see_v the_o shopkeeper_n do_v not_o sell_v too_o dear_a but_o the_o most_o famous_a thing_n concern_v these_o tabernae_n that_o the_o jew_n speak_v of_o be_v that_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n sit_v here_o have_v remove_v hither_o from_o the_o room_n gazith_v the_o place_n of_o their_o common_a sit_v the_o story_n hereof_o be_v dispersedly_z mention_v in_o the_o talmud_n in_o several_a place_n particular_o it_o be_v thus_o at_o large_a in_o the_o gemara_fw-la of_o the_o treatise_n rosh_n hashana_fw-la per._n 4._o 31._o 4._o 4._o 4._o tal._n in_o rosh_n bashan_fw-mi fol._n 31._o rabbi_n johanan_n say_v the_o divine_a glory_n have_v ten_o flitting_n 1._o from_o the_o mercy_n seat_n to_o one_o of_o the_o cherub_n 2._o from_o that_o cherub_n to_o the_o other_o 3._o from_o the_o cherub_n to_o the_o threshold_n 4._o from_o the_o threshold_n to_o the_o court._n 5._o from_o the_o court_n to_o the_o altar_n side_n 6._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o altar_n top_n 7._o from_o thence_o to_o the_o outmost_a wall_n 8._o from_o that_o wall_n to_o the_o city_n 9_o from_o the_o city_n to_o mount_n olivet_n 10._o from_o mount_n olivet_n to_o the_o wilderness_n and_o from_o the_o widerness_n it_o go_v up_o so_o also_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n have_v ten_o flitting_n from_o the_o chamber_n gazith_v to_o hhanoth_n the_o tabernae_n or_o place_n of_o the_o shop_n from_o hhanoth_n to_o jerusalem_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o jabneh_n from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o osha_n to_o shepharaam_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o shepharaam_n to_o beth_n shaaraim_n from_o beth_n shaaraim_n to_o tsipperis_n in_o galilee_n from_o tsipperis_fw-la to_o tiberias_n now_o whereas_o there_o be_v but_o eight_o remove_n here_o mention_v yet_o they_o speak_v of_o ten_o it_o to_o be_v be_v understand_v as_o the_o gloss_n give_v we_o notice_n that_o from_o two_o of_o these_o place_n they_o remove_v forward_o and_o backward_o and_o forward_o again_o as_o from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n from_o osha_n back_o to_o jabneh_n and_o from_o jabneh_n to_o osha_n a_o second_o time_n simeon_n time_n time_n time_n gloss._n ibid._n rab._n simeon_n their_o first_o come_v to_o jabueh_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n johanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n from_o jabueh_n to_o osha_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o last_o and_o to_o jabueh_n back_o again_o in_o the_o day_n of_o rabban_n simeon_n to_o shaaraim_n and_o to_o tsipperis_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabbi_n judah_n and_o to_o tiberias_n in_o the_o day_n of_o antonius_n these_o their_o flitting_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n begin_v forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 51._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●habbath_n fol_z 51._o forty_o year_n say_v they_o before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o sanhedrin_n flit_v and_o betake_v itself_o to_o sit_v in_o hanoth_n or_o the_o tabernae_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v 〈◊〉_d give_v give_v give_v ●b_fw-la &_o aruch_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o there_o be_v then_o many_o thieu_n and_o murderer_n and_o they_o judge_v not_o of_o capital_a matter_n which_o mean_v to_o this_o purpose_n they_o hold_v that_o while_n they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o judge_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o matter_n that_o come_v before_o they_o and_o that_o all_o their_o determination_n be_v oblige_v but_o now_o when_o beside_o the_o curb_n of_o the_o roman_a power_n that_o be_v upon_o they_o by_o which_o their_o power_n be_v abridge_v villainy_n and_o insolency_n be_v also_o grow_v too_o strong_a for_o they_o they_o think_v as_o the_o gemara_n in_o avodah_n zarah_n speak_v their_o mind_n 8._o mind_n mind_n mind_n avodah_fw-mi zarah_n fol._n 8._o it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o to_o rise_v and_o flit_v from_o this_o place_n of_o which_o it_o be_v write_v and_o thou_o shall_v do_v according_a as_o the_o man_n of_o that_o place_n shall_v show_v thou_o now_o in_o what_o part_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n hhanoth_n or_o the_o tabernae_n be_v place_v may_v be_v best_a conceive_v by_o observe_v the_o place_n of_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n sit_v before_o they_o come_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n and_o for_o this_o purpose_n a_o text_n of_o jeremy_n do_v give_v we_o light_n which_o be_v in_o chap._n xxxv_o 4._o where_o it_o be_v say_v thus_o i_o bring_v the_o rechabite_v into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n into_o the_o chamber_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hanan_n the_o son_n of_o igdaliah_n a_o man_n of_o god_n which_o be_v by_o the_o chamber_n of_o the_o prince_n which_o be_v above_o the_o chamber_n of_o maaseiah_n the_o son_n of_o shallum_n the_o keeper_n of_o the_o door_n now_o by_o the_o prince_n we_o can_v understand_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n for_o what_o have_v jehojakim_v son_n to_o do_v here_o their_o residence_n be_v in_o the_o palace_n of_o zion_n and_o their_o way_n into_o the_o temple_n be_v at_o the_o gate_n on_o the_o west_n quarter_n which_o be_v call_v shallech_v and_o coponius_n whereas_o this_o gate_n whereof_o the_o son_n of_o shallum_n be_v keeper_n or_o porter_n be_v the_o east_n gate_n as_o be_v apparent_a from_o 1_o chron._n ix_o 17_o 18._o by_o the_o prince_n therefore_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n iu_o 8._o who_o sit_v in_o council_n and_o judicature_n in_o a_o chamber_n near_o the_o east_n gate_n or_o the_o gate_n sushan_n namely_o over_o the_o porter_n lodge_n here_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o temple_n but_o under_o the_o second_o temple_n namely_o from_o the_o time_n of_o simeon_n ben_n shetah_n they_o remove_v further_o inward_a and_o sit_v even_o by_o the_o side_n of_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o room_n call_v gazith_n which_o we_o shall_v survey_v in_o its_o due_a place_n now_o when_o they_o be_v put_v to_o remove_v and_o flit_v out_o of_o gazith_o and_o to_o sit_v there_o no_o more_o whither_o shall_v they_o betake_v themselves_o but_o to_o some_o room_n near_o to_o the_o east_n gate_n again_o where_o the_o place_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v have_v be_v of_o old_a it_o be_v observable_a in_o jeremy_n that_o in_o his_o time_n they_o sit_v in_o two_o east_n gate_n of_o the_o temple_n sometime_o in_o the_o one_o and_o sometime_o in_o the_o other_o namely_o in_o this_o east_n gate_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o text_n produce_v and_o in_o the_o east_n gate_n of_o the_o court_n which_o be_v also_o call_v the_o new_a gate_n jer._n xxxvi_o 10._o of_o which_o hereafter_o now_o in_o after_o time_n when_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o room_n gazith_n there_o be_v a_o sanhedrin_n of_o three_o and_o twenty_o judge_n sit_v in_o either_o of_o these_o gate_n as_o be_v copious_o testify_v by_o the_o jewish_a record_n and_o antiquity_n by_o the_o east_n gate_n therefore_o of_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n may_v we_o best_o conclude_v the_o hhanoth_n or_o tabernae_n to_o have_v be_v seat_v namely_o that_o they_o be_v as_o shop_n in_o the_o low_a room_n of_o the_o building_n that_o stand_v on_o either_o side_n of_o the_o gate_n sushan_n and_o the_o room_n over_o head_n be_v employ_v for_o some_o other_o use_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n one_o for_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n when_o they_o be_v remove_v from_o gazith_n and_o when_o they_o sit_v in_o gazith_o for_o a_o sanhedrin_n of_o twenty_o three_o and_o whereas_o maimony_n speak_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maym._n in_o sanhedr_n peer_n 3._o a_o divinity_n school_n in_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n where_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v upon_o holy_a day_n we_o know_v not_o where_o better_a to_o place_v it_o than_o hereabout_o where_o their_o sit_v be_v in_o the_o first_o and_o last_o time_n of_o the_o temple_n all_o the_o gate_n that_o we_o have_v view_v be_v beautify_v with_o gallant_a building_n on_o either_o side_n they_o but_o the_o east_n most_o eminent_a because_o the_o great_a and_o common_a entrance_n into_o the_o temple_n and_o whereas_o there_o be_v mention_n in_o scripture_n of_o woman_n lodging_n in_o the_o temple_n as_o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 11_o 12._o jehoshebeath_n and_o joash_n and_o his_o nurse_n lodge_v many_o year_n there_o and_o luke_n ii_o 37._o hanah_n be_v say_v not_o to_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o temple_n for_o many_o

beside_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o bethshemesh_n it_o be_v now_o upon_o the_o time_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n when_o the_o ark_n come_v up_o to_o they_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o may_v cause_v the_o more_o conflux_n to_o the_o ark_n when_o it_o be_v come_v and_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o boldness_n of_o priest_n and_o people_n that_o will_v be_v look_v into_o the_o ark_n break_v out_o upon_o they_o with_o the_o plague_n and_o destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o of_o they_o the_o priest_n of_o bethshemesh_n that_o have_v escape_v send_v to_o the_o man_n of_o kiriathjearim_n to_o fetch_v up_o the_o ark_n to_o they_o and_o so_o they_o do_v it_o be_v equal_o questionable_a why_o they_o that_o be_v priest_n shall_v send_v about_o such_o a_o matter_n as_o this_o to_o the_o man_n of_o kiriathjearim_n which_o be_v not_o and_o that_o the_o man_n of_o kiriathjearim_n shall_v venture_v to_o fetch_v up_o the_o ark_n when_o they_o have_v see_v the_o speed_n of_o bethshemesh_n by_o it_o but_o the_o lord_n have_v now_o forsake_v the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n in_o which_o tribe_n shiloh_n stand_v and_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n psal._n lxxviii_o 67_o 68_o of_o which_o kiriathjearim_n be_v a_o chief_a city_n and_o whether_o he_o use_v the_o counsel_n of_o samuel_n to_o the_o people_n for_o a_o mean_n to_o accomplish_v his_o determination_n or_o what_o other_o way_n be_v not_o determinable_a but_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v and_o the_o ark_n now_o seat_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n out_o of_o which_o it_o never_o unsettle_a again_o while_o it_o be_v in_o be_v a_o long_a time_n while_o it_o stay_v in_o kiriathjearim_n it_o be_v under_o the_o curb_n of_o a_o philistine_n garrison_n which_o be_v in_o that_o city_n 1_o sam._n x._o 5._o which_o may_v much_o damp_n the_o people_n seek_v and_o resort_v to_o it_o especial_o in_o this_o looseness_n and_o lukewarmness_n or_o rather_o utter_v coldness_n of_o religion_n that_o be_v among_o they_o 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as_o to_o that_o blood_n as_o of_o their_o guilt_n for_o the_o kill_n of_o christ_n in_o who_o death_n the_o guilt_n of_o the_o murder_n of_o all_o those_o his_o type_n and_o member_n be_v in_o some_o measure_n include_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o horrible_a destruction_n of_o that_o generation_n than_o which_o no_o former_a age_n have_v ever_o see_v any_o more_o woeful_a or_o amaze_a nor_o shall_v any_o future_a before_o the_o funeral_n of_o the_o world_n itself_o as_o if_o all_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o righteous_a man_n that_o have_v be_v shed_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n have_v flow_v together_o upon_o that_o generation_n ii_o to_o the_o second_o which_o have_v more_o difficulty_n namely_o that_o zacharias_n be_v here_o call_v the_o son_n of_o barachias_n when_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jehoiada_n we_o will_v observe_v by_o the_o way_n these_o two_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o jew_n before_o we_o come_v to_o 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1._o 2._o it_o be_v write_v i_o take_v unto_o i_o faithful_a witness_n to_o record_v uriah_n the_o priest_n and_o zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o barachiah_o o_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d write_v without_o jod_a prefix_a esa._n viii_o 1._o but_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o uriah_n be_v join_v with_o zachariah_n for_o uriah_n be_v under_o the_o first_o temple_n zachariah_n under_o the_o second_o but_o the_o scripture_n join_v the_o pprophecy_n of_o zachariah_n to_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o uriah_n by_o urias_n it_o be_v write_v for_o your_o sake_n zion_n shall_v be_v plough_v as_o a_o field_n by_o zachariah_n it_o be_v write_v as_o yet_o old_a man_n and_o ancient_a woman_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n when_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o uriah_n be_v fulfil_v the_o pprophecy_n of_o zachariah_n shall_v also_o be_v fulfil_v to_o the_o same_o sense_n also_o speak_v the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v upon_o the_o place_n and_o i_o take_v unto_o i_o faithful_a witness_n the_o curse_n which_o i_o foretell_v i_o will_v bring_v in_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o uriah_n the_o priest_n behold_v they_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v likewise_o all_o the_o blessing_n which_o i_o foretell_v i_o will_v bring_v in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jebarechiah_n i_o will_v bring_v to_o pass_v see_v also_o there_o r._n r._n jarchi_n &_o kimchi_n from_o both_o these_o we_o observe_v two_o thing_n 1._o if_o iddo_n do_v not_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o jehoiada_n to_o the_o jewish_a nation_n why_o may_v not_o our_o saviour_n have_v the_o same_o liberty_n to_o call_v barachia_n the_o father_n of_o zacharia_n as_o the_o chaldee_n paraprha_v have_v to_o call_v he_o iddo_n 2._o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o jew_n look_v

ark_n of_o noah_n swim_v upon_o the_o water_n as_o upon_o two_o rafter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o space_n as_o be_v from_o tiberias_n to_o susitha_n above_o susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n susitha_n joseph_n in_o the_o place_n above_o gadara_n be_v distant_a sixty_o furlong_n from_o tiberias_n 13._o tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n id._n the_o bell_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o bethsaida_n be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d low_a gaulanitis_n beyond_o jordan_n in_o batanea_n it_o be_v show_v to_o pilgrim_n on_o the_o shore_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o genesaret_n in_o galilee_n and_o thence_o the_o error_n of_o the_o map_n be_v take_v hear_v our_o countryman_n biddulph_n who_o see_v those_o place_n about_o the_o year_n mdc_o march_v the_o twenty_o four_o we_o ride_v by_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n which_o have_v two_o name_n joh._n vi_o 1._o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n and_o tiberias_n of_o galilee_n because_o it_o be_v in_o galilee_n and_o of_o tiberias_n because_o the_o city_n of_o tiberias_n be_v build_v near_o it_o also_o bethsaide_a another_o ancient_a city_n we_o see_v some_o ruin_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o both_o but_o it_o be_v say_v in_o that_o chapter_n joh._n vi_o 1._o that_o jesus_n sail_v over_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n and_o elsewhere_o that_o he_o go_v over_o the_o lake_n and_o luke_n ix_o 10._o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o depart_v into_o a_o desert_n place_n near_o the_o city_n bethsaida_n which_o text_n of_o john_n i_o learn_v better_a to_o understand_v by_o see_v than_o ever_o i_o can_v by_o read_v for_o when_o tiberias_n and_o bethsaida_n be_v both_o on_o the_o same_o shore_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o christ_n go_v from_o tiberias_n to_o or_o near_o bethsaida_n hence_o i_o gather_v that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n sail_v not_o over_o the_o length_n or_o breadth_n of_o the_o sea_n but_o that_o he_o pass_v some_o bay_n as_o much_o as_o tiberias_n be_v distant_a from_o bethsaida_n which_o be_v prove_v thence_o in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v elsewhere_o that_o a_o great_a multitude_n follow_v he_o thither_o on_o foot_n which_o they_o can_v not_o do_v if_o he_o have_v sail_v over_o the_o whole_a sea_n to_o that_o shore_n among_o the_o gergasen_n which_o be_v without_o the_o holy_a land_n these_o be_v his_o word_n but_o take_v heed_n sir_n that_o your_o guide_v who_o show_v those_o place_n under_o those_o name_n do_v not_o impose_v upon_o you_o if_o you_o will_v take_v josephus_n for_o a_o guide_n he_o will_v teach_v that_o 3._o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o antiq._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 3._o philip_n repair_v the_o town_n bethsaida_n and_o he_o call_v it_o julias_n from_o julias_n the_o daughter_n of_o cesar._n and_o that_o above_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o that_o id._n in_o the_o place_n above_o that_o julias_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o low_a gaulanitis_n nor_o be_v the_o argument_n good_a otherwise_o they_o can_v not_o follow_v he_o a_o foot_n for_o from_o capernaum_n and_o tiberias_n there_o be_v a_o very_a beat_v and_o common_a way_n by_o the_o bridge_n of_o chammath_n into_o the_o country_n of_o the_o gadarens_n and_o so_o to_o bethsaida_n cana_n be_v a_o great_a way_n distant_a from_o tiberias_n 631._o tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n tiberias_n in_o his_o own_o life_n p._n 631._o josephus_n spend_v a_o whole_a night_n travail_v from_o this_o town_n to_o that_o with_o his_o army_n it_o be_v situate_a against_o julias_n of_o betharamptha_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o same_o author_n in_o the_o place_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n 653._o margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n margin_n ibid._n p._n 653._o now_o that_o julias_n be_v situate_a at_o the_o very_a influx_n of_o jordan_n into_o the_o sea_n of_o genesaret_n these_o thing_n may_v be_v more_o large_o explain_v and_o illustrate_v but_o we_o be_v afraid_a of_o be_v too_o long_o and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o because_o we_o have_v treat_v copious_o of_o they_o elsewhere_o this_o will_v be_v enough_o to_o a_o unbiased_a reader_n to_o who_o judgement_n we_o leave_v it_o and_o now_o go_v on_o to_o dalmanutha_n sect_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zalmon_n thence_o dalmanutha_n if_o we_o may_v play_v a_o little_a with_o the_o name_n dalmanutha_n hear_v a_o talmudical_a tradition_n 2._o tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n tradition_n bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 98._o 2._o he_o that_o sell_v a_o farm_n to_o his_o neighbour_n or_o that_o receive_v a_o place_n from_o his_o neighbour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v he_o a_o house_n of_o betrthe_v for_o his_o son_n or_o a_o house_n of_o widowhood_n for_o his_o daughter_n let_v he_o build_v it_o four_o cubit_n this_o way_n and_o six_o that_o where_o the_o gloss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o house_n of_o widowhood_n for_o his_o daughter_n who_o husband_n be_v dead_a and_o she_o now_o return_v to_o the_o house_n of_o her_o father_n the_o meaning_n of_o this_o tradition_n be_v when_o the_o son_n of_o any_o one_o have_v marry_v a_o wife_n he_o do_v not_o use_v to_o dwell_v with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n but_o it_o be_v more_o customary_a for_o his_o father_n to_o build_v he_o a_o little_a house_n near_o his_o own_o house_n so_o also_o when_o the_o husband_n be_v dead_a and_o the_o daughter_n now_o be_v a_o widow_n return_v to_o her_o father_n it_o be_v also_o customary_a for_o the_o father_n to_o build_v she_o a_o little_a house_n in_o which_o she_o dwell_v indeed_o alone_o but_o very_o near_o her_o father_n but_o now_o from_o some_o such_o house_n of_o more_o note_n than_o ordinary_a build_v for_o some_o eminent_a widow_n or_o from_o many_o such_o house_n stand_v thick_a together_o this_o place_n perhaps_o may_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dalmanutha_n that_o be_v the_o place_n of_o widowhood_n and_o if_o some_o more_o probable_a derivation_n of_o the_o name_n occur_v not_o it_o may_v not_o without_o reason_n have_v have_v respect_n to_o this_o but_o we_o suppose_v the_o name_n be_v derive_v elsewhere_o namely_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zalmon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tsaddi_n be_v change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dale_v which_o be_v no_o strange_a thing_n to_o the_o syrian_n and_o arabian_n of_o zalmon_n we_o meet_v with_o mention_n judg._n ix_o 48._o namely_o a_o mountain_n or_o some_o tract_n in_o a_o mountain_n near_o sychem_n but_o that_o place_n be_v a_o very_a great_a way_n off_o of_o that_o concern_v which_o we_o be_v now_o treat_v but_o the_o talmudist_n mention_v a_o place_n call_v zalmon_n which_o agree_v excellent_o well_o with_o dalmanutha_n 1._o dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n dalmanutha_n ●vamoth_a fol._n 122._o 1._o there_o be_v a_o story_n say_v they_o of_o a_o certain_a man_n in_o zalmon_n who_o say_v i_o n._n the_o son_n of_o n._n be_o bite_v by_o a_o serpent_n and_o behold_v i_o die_v they_o go_v away_o and_o find_v he_o not_o they_o go_v away_o therefore_o and_o marry_v his_o wife_n the_o gloss_n be_v they_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o he_o cry_v and_o say_v behold_v i_o die_v but_o they_o find_v not_o such_o a_o man_n in_o zalmon_n and_o again_o 2._o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o again_o kilaim_v cap._n 4_o hall_n 9_o bava_n bathra_fw-la fol._n 82._o 2._o there_o be_v a_o story_n in_o zalmon_n of_o a_o certain_a man_n who_o plant_v his_o vineyard_n sixteen_o and_o sixteen_o cubit_n and_o a_o gate_n of_o two_o rank_n of_o vine_n now_o he_o turn_v on_o this_o side_n and_o the_o year_n follow_v on_o the_o other_o and_o plough_v on_o both_o side_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o they_o approve_v of_o it_o none_o will_v suspect_v this_o zalmon_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o near_a sichem_n when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o bring_v the_o cause_n before_o the_o wise_a man_n for_o what_o have_v the_o samaritan_n to_o do_v with_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o jew_n one_o may_v rather_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v some_o place_n near_o to_o tiberias_n where_o be_v a_o university_n of_o wise_a man_n well_o know_v and_o common_o speak_v of_o and_o mention_v in_o the_o tradition_n cite_v as_o a_o place_n so_o know_v so_o divers_a place_n about_o tiberias_n be_v mention_v by_o the_o talmudist_n as_o well_o know_v which_o you_o will_v scarce_o find_v any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o talmudist_n such_o be_v chammath_n magdala_n beth_n meon_n paltathan_n caphar_n chittaia_n etc._n etc._n concern_v which_o we_o have_v speak_v in_o another_o place_n there_o be_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mizgah_n 34._o mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n mizgah_n bereshith_n rabb_n §_o 34._o the_o seat_n of_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi

mary_n who_o he_o have_v espouse_v have_v own_a jesus_n for_o his_o son_n from_o his_o first_o birth_n he_o have_v redeem_v he_o as_o his_o first-born_a he_o have_v cherish_v he_o in_o his_o childhood_n educate_v he_o in_o his_o youth_n and_o therefore_o no_o wonder_n if_o joseph_n be_v call_v his_o father_n and_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v his_o son_n ii_o let_v we_o consider_v what_o may_v have_v be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n in_o this_o case_n only_o from_o this_o story_n 1._o story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n kiddushin_n fol._n 80._o 1._o there_o come_v a_o certain_a woman_n to_o jerusalem_n with_o a_o child_n bring_v thither_o upon_o shoulder_n she_o bring_v this_o child_n up_o and_o he_o afterward_o have_v the_o carnal_a knowledge_n of_o she_o they_o be_v bring_v before_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o the_o sanhedrin_n judge_v they_o to_o be_v stone_v to_o death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o because_o he_o be_v undoubted_o her_o son_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o because_o he_o have_v whole_o adhere_v to_o she_o now_o suppose_v we_o that_o the_o bless_a jesus_n have_v come_v to_o the_o sanhedrin_n upon_o the_o decease_n of_o joseph_n require_v his_o stock_n and_o good_n as_o his_o heir_n have_v he_o not_o in_o all_o equity_n obtain_v they_o as_o his_o son_n not_o that_o he_o be_v beyond_o all_o doubt_n and_o question_v his_o son_n but_o that_o he_o have_v adhere_v to_o he_o whole_o from_o his_o cradle_n be_v bring_v up_o by_o he_o as_o his_o son_n and_o always_o so_o acknowledge_v iii_o the_o doctor_n speak_v of_o one_o joseph_n a_o carpenter_n treatise_n carpenter_n carpenter_n carpenter_n carpenter_n carpenter_n carpenter_n sect._n 13._o of_o the_o same_o treatise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shemoth_n rabba_fw-mi fol._n 128._o 4._o abnimus_fw-la gardieus_fw-la ask_v the_o rabbin_n of_o bless_a memory_n whence_o the_o earth_n be_v first_o create_v they_o answer_v he_o there_o be_v no_o one_o skill_v in_o these_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o go_v thou_o to_o joseph_n the_o architect_n he_o go_v and_o find_v he_o stand_v upon_o the_o rafter_n it_o be_v equal_o obscure_v who_o this_o joseph_n the_o carpenter_n and_o who_o this_o abnimus_n be_v although_o as_o to_o this_o last_o he_o be_v very_o frequent_o mention_v in_o those_o author_n they_o say_v 4._o say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v beresh_a rabba_fw-mi fol._n 73._o 4._o that_o abnimus_n and_o balaam_n be_v two_o the_o great_a philosopher_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n only_o this_o we_o read_v of_o he_o 2._o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o midr._fw-la ruth_n fol._n 43._o 2._o that_o there_o be_v a_o very_a great_a familiarity_n betwixt_o he_o and_o r._n meir_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o heli._n i._o there_o be_v neither_o need_n nor_o reason_n nor_o indeed_o any_o foundation_n at_o all_o for_o we_o to_o frame_v i_o know_v not_o what_o marriage_n and_o the_o take_n of_o brother_n wife_n to_o remove_v a_o scruple_n in_o this_o place_n wherein_o there_o be_v real_o no_o scruple_n in_o the_o least_o 1._o joseph_n be_v not_o here_o call_v the_o son_n of_o heli_n but_o jesus_n be_v so_o for_o the_o word_n jesus_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v understand_v and_o must_v be_v always_o add_v in_o the_o reader_n be_v mind_n to_o every_o race_n in_o this_o genealogy_n after_o this_o manner_n jesus_n as_o be_v suppose_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n and_o so_o the_o son_n of_o heli_n and_o of_o matthat_n yea_o and_o at_o length_n the_o son_n of_o adam_n and_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v very_o little_a the_o business_n of_o the_o evangelist_n either_o to_o draw_v joseph_n pedigree_n from_o adam_n or_o indeed_o to_o show_v that_o adam_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o not_o only_o sound_v something_o harsh_o but_o in_o this_o place_n very_o enormous_o i_o may_v almost_o add_v blasphemous_o too_o for_o when_o st_n luke_n vers._n 22._o have_v make_v a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n declare_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v we_o think_v the_o same_o evangelist_n will_v in_o the_o same_o breath_n pronounce_v adam_n the_o son_n of_o god_n too_o so_o that_o this_o very_a thing_n teach_v we_o what_o the_o evangelist_n propound_v to_o himself_o in_o the_o frame_n of_o this_o genealogy_n which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o this_o jesus_n who_o have_v new_o receive_v that_o great_a testimony_n from_o heaven_n this_o be_v my_o son_n be_v the_o very_a same_o that_o have_v be_v promise_v to_o adam_n by_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n have_v he_o draw_v his_o pedigree_n on_o the_o mother_n side_n who_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o heli_n and_o this_o too_o as_o high_a as_o adam_n to_o who_o this_o jesus_n be_v promise_v in_o the_o close_a of_o the_o genealogy_n he_o teach_v in_o what_o sense_n the_o former_a part_n of_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v viz._n that_o jesus_n not_o joseph_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o heli_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o same_o jesus_n not_o adam_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n indeed_o in_o every_o link_n of_o this_o chain_n this_o still_o shall_v be_v understand_v jesus_n the_o son_n of_o matthat_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o levi_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o melchi_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n and_o thus_o the_o genealogical_a stile_n agree_v with_o that_o of_o moses_n genes_n xxxvi_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n if_o you_o shall_v render_v aholibamah_n the_o daughter_n of_o anah_n the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n you_o emasculate_v anah_n and_o make_v a_o woman_n of_o he_o who_o be_v a_o man_n and_o the_o father_n of_o aholibamah_n vers._n 24_o 25._o 2._o suppose_v it_o can_v be_v grant_v that_o joseph_n may_v be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o heli_n which_o yet_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v yet_o will_v not_o this_o be_v any_o great_a solecism_n that_o his_o son-in-law_n shall_v become_v the_o husband_n of_o mary_n his_o own_o daughter_n he_o be_v but_o his_o son_n by_o law_n by_o the_o marriage_n of_o joseph_n mother_n not_o by_o nature_n and_o generation_n 4._o generation_n generation_n generation_n generation_n generation_n generation_n hieros_n chagigah_n fol_z 77._o 4._o there_o be_v a_o discourse_n of_o a_o certain_a person_n who_o in_o his_o sleep_n see_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o damn_a among_o the_o rest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o will_v render_v thus_o but_o shall_v willing_o stand_v correct_v if_o under_o a_o mistake_n he_o see_v mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o heli_n among_o the_o shade_n r._n lazar_n ben_fw-mi josah_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o she_o hang_v by_o the_o gl●ndles_n of_o her_o breast_n r._n josah_n bar_n haninah_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o great_a bar_n of_o hell_n gate_n hang_v at_o her_o ear_n if_o this_o be_v the_o true_a render_n of_o the_o word_n which_o i_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v it_o be_v than_o thus_o far_o at_o least_o it_o agree_v with_o our_o evangelist_n that_o mary_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o heli_n and_o questionless_a all_o the_o rest_n be_v add_v in_o reproach_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n the_o mother_n of_o our_o lord_n who_o they_o often_o vilify_v elsewhere_o under_o the_o name_n of_o sardah_n verse_n xxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o rhesa_n the_o son_n of_o zorobabel_n the_o son_n of_o salathiel_n the_o son_n of_o neri_n i._o that_o pedaiah_n the_o father_n of_o zorobabel_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 19_o be_v omit_v here_o be_v agreeable_a with_o ezra_n v._n 2._o hagg._n i._n 1_o etc._n etc._n but_o why_o it_o shall_v be_v omit_v either_o here_o or_o there_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a to_o guess_v ii_o as_o to_o the_o variation_n of_o the_o name_n both_o here_o and_o 1_o chron._n iii_o this_o be_v not_o unworthy_a our_o observation_n that_o zorobabel_n and_o his_o son_n be_v carry_v out_o of_o babylon_n into_o judea_n and_o possible_o they_o may_v change_v their_o name_n when_o they_o change_v the_o place_n of_o their_o dwell_n it_o be_v not_o very_o safe_a for_o he_o to_o be_v know_v common_o by_o the_o name_n of_o zorobabel_n in_o babylon_n when_o the_o import_n of_o that_o name_n be_v the_o winnow_v of_o babel_n so_o that_o he_o be_v there_o more_o general_o call_v sheshbazzar_n but_o he_o may_v secure_o resume_v the_o name_n in_o judea_n when_o cyrus_n and_o darius_n have_v now_o fan_v and_o sift_v babylon_n so_o his_o two_o son_n meshullam_n and_o hananiah_n can_v not_o proper_o be_v call_v one_o of_o they_o abiud_v the_o glory_n of_o my_o father_n and_o the_o other_o rhesa_n a_o prince_n while_o they_o be_v

f._n 71._o 1._o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a do_v hadrian_n beseige_fw-fr bittar_n 2._o bittar_n bittar_n bittar_n bittar_n bittar_n bittar_n ibid._n f._n 66._o 2._o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v twelve_o month_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o egyptian_n twelve_o month_n the_o judgement_n of_o job_n be_v twelve_o month_n the_o judgement_n of_o gog_n and_o magog_n be_v twelve_o month_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o hell_n twelve_o month_n but_o the_o judgement_n of_o nebuchadnezzer_n be_v three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o the_o judgement_n of_o vespasian_n three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a 2._o half_a half_a half_a half_a half_a half_a ibid._n f._n 79._o 2._o nabuchadnezzar_n stay_v in_o daphne_n of_o antioch_n and_o send_v nebuzaradan_n to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n he_o continue_v there_o for_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a there_o be_v many_o other_o passage_n of_o that_o kind_n wherein_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o design_n to_o point_n out_o a_o determinate_a space_n of_o time_n as_o to_o allude_v to_o that_o miserable_a state_n of_o affair_n they_o be_v in_o under_z antiochus_z and_o perhaps_o it_o have_v be_v much_o more_o for_o the_o reputation_n of_o the_o christian_a commentator_n upon_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n if_o they_o have_v look_v upon_o that_o number_n and_o the_o forty_o and_o two_o month_n and_o the_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n as_o speak_v allusive_o and_o not_o apply_v it_o to_o any_o precise_a or_o determinate_a time_n but_o the_o way_n while_o we_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o persecution_n under_o the_o greek_n we_o can_v but_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o story_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccab._n vii_o of_o the_o mother_n and_o her_o seven_o son_n that_o undergo_v so_o cruel_a a_o martyrdom_n because_o we_o meet_v with_o one_o very_a like_o it_o if_o not_o the_o same_o only_o the_o name_n change_v 2._o change_v change_v change_v change_v change_v change_v gittim_n fol._n 57_o 2._o we_o be_v kill_v all_o the_o day_n long_o we_o be_v account_v as_o sheep_n for_o the_o slaughter_n psal._n xliv_o rab._n judah_n say_v this_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o woman_n and_o her_o seven_o son_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o bring_v forth_o the_o first_o before_o cesar_n and_o they_o say_v unto_o he_o worship_n idol_n he_o answer_v and_o say_v to_o they_o it_o be_v write_v in_o our_o law_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n then_o they_o carry_v he_o out_o and_o slay_v he_o they_o bring_v the_o second_o before_o caesar_n etc._n etc._n which_o thing_n be_v more_o large_o relate_v in_o echah_n rabbathi_o 1._o rabbathi_o rabbathi_o rabbathi_o rabbathi_o rabbathi_o rabbathi_o fol._n 67._o 4._o &_o 68_o 1._o where_o the_o very_a name_n of_o the_o woman_n be_v express_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o nachton_n who_o be_v take_v captive_a with_o her_o seven_o son_n cesar_n take_v they_o and_o shut_v they_o up_o within_o seven_o grate_n he_o bring_v forth_o the_o first_o and_o command_v say_v worship_n idol_n etc._n etc._n the_o story_n seem_v whole_o the_o same_o only_o the_o name_n of_o antiochus_n and_o cesar_n change_v of_o which_o the_o reader_n have_v consult_v both_o may_v give_v his_o own_o judgement_n and_o because_o we_o be_v now_o fall_v into_o a_o compare_v of_o the_o story_n in_o the_o maccabee_n with_o the_o talmudist_n let_v we_o compare_v one_o more_o in_o josephus_n with_o one_o in_o the_o same_o author_n josephus_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o foretell_v it_o to_o vespasian_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v emperor_n 27._o emperor_n emperor_n emperor_n emperor_n emperor_n emperor_n de_fw-fr bell._n jud._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 27._o vespasian_n command_v that_o josephus_n shall_v be_v keep_v with_o all_o the_o diligence_n imaginable_a that_o he_o may_v be_v convey_v safe_o to_o nero_n which_o when_o josephus_n understand_v he_o request_v that_o he_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o impart_v something_o of_o moment_n to_o vespasian_n himself_o alone_o vespasian_n have_v command_v all_o out_o of_o the_o room_n except_o titus_n and_o two_o other_o of_o his_o friend_n josephus_n accost_v he_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v you_o send_v i_o to_o nero_n thou_o thyself_o o_o vespasian_n shall_v be_v cesar_n and_o emperor_n thou_o and_o this_o thy_o son_n etc._n etc._n the_o talmudist_n attribute_v such_o a_o prediction_n to_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n in_o the_o tract_n before_o quote_v viz._n 2._o viz._n viz._n viz._n viz._n viz._n viz._n gittin_n fol._n 56._o 1._o &_o echah_n rabbathi_o fol._n 64._o 2._o rabban_n johanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n be_v carry_v out_o in_o a_o coffin_n as_o one_o that_o be_v dead_a out_o of_o jerusalem_n he_o go_v to_o vespasian_n army_n and_o say_v where_o be_v your_o king_n they_o go_v and_o tell_v vespasian_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a jew_n desire_v admission_n to_o you_o let_v he_o come_v in_o say_v he_o when_o he_o come_v in_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d live_v o_o king_n live_v o_o king_n so_o in_o gittin_n but_o in_o midras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d live_v my_o lord_n the_o emperor_n say_v vespasian_n you_o salute_v i_o as_o if_o i_o be_v king_n but_o i_o be_o not_o so_o and_o the_o king_n will_v hear_v this_o and_o judge_v such_o a_o one_o to_o death_n to_o who_o he_o although_o you_o be_v not_o king_n yet_o you_o shall_v be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o this_o temple_n must_v not_o be_v destroy_v but_o by_o a_o king_n hand_n as_o it_o be_v write_v lebanon_n shall_v fall_v by_o a_o mighty_a one_o isai._n x._o 34._o to_o which_o of_o these_o two_o or_o whether_o indeed_o to_o both_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o prediction_n ought_v to_o be_v attribute_v i_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o reader_n to_o judge_v return_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o greek_n the_o army_n and_o force_n of_o the_o enemy_n be_v defeat_v under_o the_o conduct_n of_o judah_n the_o maccabite_n the_o people_n begin_v to_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o care_n and_o the_o restauration_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o holy_a thing_n the_o story_n of_o which_o we_o meet_v with_o 1_o maccab._n iu_o 43_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o josephus_n 11._o josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n josephus_n antiqu._n lib._n 12._o cap._n 11._o who_o word_n be_v worth_a our_o transcribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o find_v the_o temple_n desolate_v the_o gate_n burn_v and_o the_o grass_n through_o the_o mere_a solitude_n of_o the_o place_n spring_v up_o there_o of_o its_o own_o accord_n therefore_o he_o and_o his_o follower_n weep_v be_v astonish_v at_o the_o sight_n they_o therefore_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o purge_n of_o the_o temple_n make_v up_o the_o breach_n and_o as_o middoth_n in_o the_o place_n above_o speak_v those_o thirteen_o breach_n which_o the_o grecian_n have_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o repair_v they_o and_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o those_o breach_n they_o institute_v thirteen_o adoration_n the_o altar_n because_o it_o have_v be_v profane_v by_o gentile_a sacrifice_n they_o pull_v it_o whole_o down_o and_o lay_v up_o the_o stone_n in_o a_o certain_a chamber_n near_o the_o court._n 6._o court._n court._n court._n court._n court._n court._n middoth_n cap_n 1._o hall_n 6._o towards_o the_o north-east_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a chamber_n where_o the_o son_n of_o the_o asmonean_n lay_v up_o the_o stone_n of_o that_o altar_n which_o the_o grecian_a king_n have_v profane_v and_o that_o as_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o there_o may_v come_v a_o prophet_n that_o shall_v direct_v they_o what_o to_o do_v with_o they_o nor_o do_v it_o seem_v without_o reason_n for_o whereas_o those_o stone_n have_v once_o be_v consecrate_v they_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n put_v they_o to_o any_o common_a use_n and_o since_o they_o have_v be_v profane_v they_o dare_v not_o put_v they_o to_o any_o holy_a use_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o temple_n they_o restore_v purge_v repair_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o place_n above_o quote_v and_o on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o of_o the_o month_n cisleu_n they_o celebrate_v the_o feast_n of_o the_o dedication_n and_o establish_v it_o for_o a_o anniversary_n solemnity_n to_o be_v keep_v eight_o day_n together_o of_o the_o rite_n of_o that_o feast_n i_o shall_v say_v more_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n and_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o it_o i_o have_v be_v the_o large_a in_o these_o thing_n chap._n vii_o various_a thing_n §_o i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephraim_n joh._n xi_o 54._o ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maron_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o maronite_n iii_o chalamish_n naveh_n and_o other_o obscure_a place_n iv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d

thus_o thou_o will_v be_v call_v the_o rock_n and_o let_v we_o apprehend_v our_o bless_a lord_n speak_v prophetical_o and_o foretell_v that_o grand_a error_n that_o shall_v spring_v up_o in_o the_o church_n viz._n that_o peter_n be_v a_o rock_n than_o which_o the_o christian_a world_n have_v not_o know_v any_o thing_n more_o sad_a and_o destructive_a verse_n xlvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v and_o see_v nothing_o more_o common_a in_o the_o talmudick_n author_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v and_o behold_v come_v and_o see_v sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n xlvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o israelite_n indeed_o compare_v it_o with_o isai._n lxiii_o 8._o i_o see_v thou_o say_v christ_n when_o thou_o be_v under_o the_o figtree_n what_o do_v there_o doubtless_o not_o sleep_v or_o idle_v away_o his_o time_n much_o less_o do_v any_o ill_a thing_n this_o will_v not_o have_v deserve_v so_o remarkable_a a_o encomium_n as_o christ_n give_v he_o we_o may_v therefore_o suppose_v he_o in_o that_o recess_n under_o the_o figtree_n as_o have_v sequester_v himself_o from_o the_o view_n of_o man_n either_o for_o prayer_n meditation_n read_v or_o some_o such_o religious_a performance_n and_o so_o indeed_o from_o the_o view_n of_o man_n that_o he_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v jesus_n for_o the_o messiah_n for_o that_o very_a reason_n that_o when_o no_o mortal_a eye_n can_v see_v he_o see_v and_o know_v that_o he_o be_v there_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o call_v he_o a_o israelite_n indeed_o in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o guile_n because_o he_o seek_v out_o that_o retirement_n to_o pray_v so_o different_a from_o the_o usual_a craft_n and_o hypocrisy_n of_o that_o nation_n that_o be_v wont_a to_o pray_v public_o and_o in_o the_o street_n that_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o man_n and_o here_o christ_n gather_v to_o himself_o five_o disciple_n viz._n andrew_n peter_n philip_n nathanael_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o bartholomew_n and_o another_o who_o name_n be_v not_o mention_v ver_fw-la 35._o 40._o who_o by_o compare_v joh._n xxi_o 2._o we_o may_v conjecture_v to_o have_v be_v thomas_n verse_n li._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d very_o very_o if_o christ_n double_v his_o affirmation_n as_o we_o here_o find_v it_o why_o be_v it_o not_o so_o double_v in_o the_o other_o evangelist_n if_o he_o do_v not_o double_v it_o why_o be_v it_o so_o here_o i._o perhaps_o the_o asseveration_n he_o use_v in_o this_o place_n may_v not_o be_v to_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n to_o which_o he_o use_v the_o single_a amen_o in_o other_o evangelist_n ii_o perhaps_o also_o st._n john_n be_v to_o write_v for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o hellenist_n may_v write_v the_o word_n in_o the_o same_o hebrew_n letter_n wherein_o christ_n use_v it_o and_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n also_o wherein_o the_o greek_n use_v it_o retain_v still_o the_o same_o hebrew_n idiom_n iii_o but_o however_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o whereas_o by_o all_o other_o the_o word_n amen_o be_v general_o use_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o a_o speech_n or_o sentence_n our_o lord_n only_o use_v it_o in_o the_o begin_n as_o be_v himself_o the_o amen_o revel_v iii_o 14._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isai._n lxi_o 16._o the_o god_n of_o truth_n so_o that_o that_o single_a amen_o which_o he_o use_v in_o the_o other_o evangelist_n contain_v in_o it_o the_o gemination_n amen_o amen_n i_o the_o amen_o the_o true_a and_o faithful_a witness_n amen_o i._n e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o truth_n do_v say_v unto_o you_o etc._n etc._n nor_o do_v it_o become_v any_o mortal_a man_n to_o speak_v amen_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o sentence_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o our_o saviour_n do_v indeed_o the_o very_a master_n of_o tradition_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o oracle_n of_o that_o nation_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o speak_v in_o truth_n but_o not_o amen_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o iu._n amen_o contain_v in_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yea_o and_o amen_o two_o cor._n i_o 20._o revel_v i._o 7._o i._n e._n truth_n and_o stability_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isai._n xxv_o 1._o interlin_n veritas_fw-la firmitas_fw-la faithfulness_n and_o truth_n the_o other_o evanglist_n express_v the_o word_n which_o our_o saviour_n use_v st._n john_n double_v it_o to_o intimate_v the_o full_a sense_n of_o it_o i_o have_v be_v at_o some_o question_n with_o myself_o whether_o i_o shall_v insert_v in_o this_o place_n the_o blasphemous_a thing_n which_o the_o talmudick_n author_n belch_v out_o against_o the_o holy_a jesus_n in_o allusion_n shall_v i_o say_v or_o derision_n of_o this_o word_n amen_o to_o which_o name_n he_o entitle_v himself_o and_o by_o which_o asseveration_n he_o confirm_v his_o doctrine_n but_o that_o thou_o may_v reader_n both_o know_v and_o with_o equal_a indignation_n abhor_v the_o starling_n and_o virulency_n of_o these_o man_n take_v it_o in_o their_o own_o word_n although_o i_o can_v without_o infinite_a reluctancy_n allege_v what_o they_o with_o all_o audaciousness_n have_v utter_v 2._o utter_v utter_v utter_v utter_v utter_v utter_v schabb._n fol._n 116._o 2._o they_o have_v a_o tradition_n that_o imma_n shalom_n the_o wife_n of_o r._n eliezer_n and_o her_o brother_n rabban_n gamaliel_n go_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a philosopher_n the_o gloss_n have_v it_o a_o certain_a heretic_n of_o very_o great_a note_n for_o his_o integrity_n in_o give_v judgement_n in_o matter_n and_o take_v no_o bribe_n the_o woman_n bring_v he_o a_o golden_a candlestick_n and_o pray_v he_o that_o the_o inheritance_n may_v be_v divide_v in_o part_n to_o she_o rabban_n gamaliel_n object_n it_o be_v write_v among_o we_o that_o the_o daughter_n shall_v not_o inherit_v instead_o of_o the_o son_n but_o the_o philosopher_n answer_v since_o the_o time_n that_o you_o be_v remove_v from_o your_o land_n the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v make_v void_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o aven_n be_v give_v he_o mean_v the_o gospel_n but_o mark_v it_o with_o a_o scurrilous_a title_n and_o in_o that_o it_o be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n and_o the_o daughter_n shall_v inherit_v together_o the_o next_o day_n rabban_n gamaliel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bring_v he_o a_o lybian_a ass_n then_o say_v he_o unto_o they_o i_o have_v find_v at_o the_o end_n of_o aven_n i_o e._n the_o gospel_n that_o it_o be_v write_v there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o aven_n come_v not_o to_o diminish_v but_o to_o add_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n where_o he_o abuse_v both_o the_o name_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o his_o word_n too_o mat._n v._o 17._o and_o now_o after_o our_o just_a detestation_n of_o this_o execrable_a blasphemy_n let_v we_o think_v what_o kind_a judge_n this_o must_v be_v to_o who_o judgement_n rabban_n gamaliel_n the_o precedent_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o his_o sister_n wife_n to_o the_o great_a eleazar_n shall_v betake_v themselves_o a_o christian_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v by_o the_o whole_a contexture_n of_o the_o story_n but_o alas_o what_o kind_n of_o christian_a that_o shall_v make_v so_o light_a of_o christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n however_o be_v he_o a_o christian_a of_o what_o kind_n soever_o yet_o if_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n in_o this_o passage_n it_o be_v not_o unworthy_a our_o take_a notice_n of_o it_o both_z as_o to_o the_o history_n of_o those_o time_n as_o also_o as_o to_o that_o question_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o christian_a judge_n at_o that_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v see_v heaven_n open_a and_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n there_o be_v those_o that_o in_o this_o place_n observe_v a_o allusion_n to_o jacob_n ladder_n the_o meaning_n of_o this_o passage_n seem_v to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o this_o because_o i_o say_v i_o see_v thou_o under_o the_o figtree_n believe_v thou_o do_v this_o seem_v to_o thou_o a_o matter_n of_o such_o wonder_n thou_o shall_v see_v great_a thing_n than_o these_o for_o you_o shall_v in_o i_o observe_v such_o plenty_n both_o of_o revelation_n and_o miracle_n that_o it_o shall_v seem_v to_o you_o as_o if_o the_o heaven_n be_v open_v and_o the_o angel_n be_v ascend_v and_o descend_v to_o bring_v with_o they_o all_o manner_n of_o revelation_n authority_n and_o power_n from_o god_n to_o be_v impart_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n where_o this_o also_o be_v include_v viz._n that_o angel_n must_v in_o a_o more_o peculiar_a manner_n administer_v unto_o he_o as_o in_o the_o vision_n of_o jacob_n the_o whole_a host_n of_o angel_n have_v be_v show_v and_o promise_v to_o he_o in_o

doubt_v it_o be_v not_o ill_o render_v how_o long_o do_v thou_o suspend_v our_o mind_n although_o not_o a_o exact_a translation_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n but_o what_o kind_n of_o doubt_n and_o suspension_n of_o mind_n be_v this_o be_v it_o that_o they_o hope_v this_o jesus_n be_v the_o messiah_n or_o that_o they_o rather_o fear_v he_o be_v so_o it_o seem_v they_o rather_o fear_v than_o hope_v it_o for_o whereas_o they_o look_v for_o a_o messiah_n that_o shall_v prove_v a_o mighty_a conqueror_n shall_v deliver_v the_o people_n from_o the_o heathen_a yoke_n and_o shall_v crown_v himself_o with_o all_o earthly_a glory_n and_o see_v jesus_n infinite_a degree_n below_o such_o pomp_n yet_o by_o his_o miracle_n give_v such_o fair_a speciman_n of_o the_o messiah_n they_o can_v not_o but_o hang_v in_o great_a suspense_n whether_o such_o a_o messiah_n be_v to_o be_v wish_v for_o or_o no._n verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o the_o jew_n take_v up_o stone_n again_o the_o blasphemer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o judicial_a process_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v to_o be_v stone_v which_o process_n they_o will_v imitate_v here_o without_o judgement_n 1._o judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n judgement_n sanhedr_n cap._n 7._o hall_n 1._o these_o be_v the_o criminal_o that_o must_v be_v stone_v he_o that_o lie_v with_o his_o own_o mother_n or_o with_o the_o wife_n of_o his_o father_n he_o that_o blaspheme_v or_o commit_v idolatry_n now_o however_o the_o rabbin_n differ_v in_o the_o definition_n of_o blasphemy_n or_o a_o blasphemer_n yet_o this_o all_o of_o they_o agree_v in_o as_o unquestionable_a blasphemy_n that_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deny_v the_o foundation_n this_o they_o firm_o believe_v jesus_n do_v and_o none_o can_v persuade_v they_o to_o the_o contrary_a when_o he_o affirm_v i_o and_o my_o father_n be_v one_o a_o miserable_a besotted_a nation_n who_o above_o all_o person_n or_o thing_n wish_v and_o look_v for_o the_o messiah_n and_o yet_o be_v perfect_o ignorant_a what_o kind_n of_o a_o messiah_n he_o shall_v be_v verse_n xxxv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n if_o he_o call_v they_o god_n etc._n etc._n the_o jew_n interpret_v those_o word_n of_o the_o psalmist_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n to_o a_o most_o ridiculous_a sense_n 1._o sense_n sense_n sense_n sense_n sense_n sense_n avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 5._o 1._o unless_o our_o father_n have_v sin_v we_o have_v never_o come_v into_o the_o world_n as_o it_o be_v write_v i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o most_o high_a but_o you_o have_v corrupt_v your_o do_n therefore_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n and_o a_o little_a after_o israel_n have_v not_o receive_v the_o law_n only_o that_o the_o angel_n of_o death_n may_v not_o rule_v over_o they_o as_o it_o be_v say_v i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n but_o you_o have_v corrupt_v your_o do_n therefore_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n the_o sense_n be_v if_o those_o who_o stand_v before_o mount_n sinai_n have_v not_o sin_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n they_o have_v not_o beget_v child_n nor_o have_v be_v subject_a to_o death_n but_o have_v be_v like_o the_o angel_n so_o the_o gloss._n if_o our_o father_n have_v not_o sin_v by_o the_o golden_a calf_n we_o have_v never_o come_v into_o the_o world_n for_o they_o will_v have_v be_v like_o the_o angel_n and_o have_v never_o beget_v child_n the_o psalmist_n indeed_o speak_v of_o the_o magistracy_n to_o who_o the_o word_n of_o god_n have_v arrive_v by_o a_o express_a dispensation_n and_o diploma_n ordain_v and_o depute_v they_o to_o the_o government_n as_o the_o whole_a web_n and_o contexture_n of_o the_o psalm_n do_v abundant_o show_v but_o if_o we_o apply_v the_o word_n as_o if_o they_o be_v speak_v by_o our_o saviour_n according_a to_o the_o common_a interpretation_n receive_v among_o they_o they_o fit_o argue_v thus_o if_o he_o say_v they_o be_v angel_n or_o god_n to_o who_o the_o law_n and_o word_n of_o god_n come_v on_o mount_n sinai_n as_o you_o conceive_v be_v it_o any_o blasphemy_n in_o i_o then_o who_o god_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n have_v sanctify_v and_o send_v into_o the_o world_n that_o i_o may_v declare_v his_o word_n and_o will_n if_o i_o say_v that_o i_o be_o the_o son_n of_o god_n verse_n xl._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o john_n at_o first_o baptise_a that_o be_v bethabarah_n for_o the_o evangelist_n speak_v according_a to_o his_o own_o history_n which_o to_o the_o judicious_a reader_n need_v no_o proof_n chap._n xi_o verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lazarus_n so_o in_o the_o jerusalem_n talmud_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n lazar_n for_o r._n eleazar_n for_o in_o the_o jerusalem_n dialect_n it_o be_v not_o unusual_a in_o some_o word_n that_o begin_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aleph_fw-la to_o cut_v off_o that_o letter_n as._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o say_v the_o master_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bar_n basilius_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bar_n abba_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v r._n bon_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v r._n abon_n so_o very_o frequent_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lazar_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eleazar_n 2._o eleazar_n eleazar_n eleazar_n eleazar_n eleazar_n eleazar_n taanith_n fol._n 68_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n lazar_n ben_n r._n jose_n 2._o jose_n jose_n jose_n jose_n jose_n jose_n chagigah_n fol._n 78_o 4._o &_o 80._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n lazar_n ben_n jacob._n 2._o jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n kiddushin_n fol._n 60._o 2._o r._n lazar_n the_o disciple_n of_o r._n chajia_n rubba_n who_o also_o be_v sometime_o call_v by_o their_o name_n not_o abbreviate_v 23._o abbreviate_v abbreviate_v abbreviate_v abbreviate_v abbreviate_v abbreviate_v sotah_n f._n 23._o r._n eleazar_n ben_fw-mi jacob._n 2._o jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n ibid._n f._n 20._o 2._o r._n eleazar_n ben_fw-mi jose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martha_n this_o name_n of_o martha_n be_v very_o frequent_a in_o the_o talmudick_n author_n 4._o author_n author_n author_n author_n author_n author_n hieros_n schab_n fol._n 3._o 4._o isaac_n bar_n samuel_n bar_n martha_n 1._o martha_n martha_n martha_n martha_n martha_n martha_n bab._n javamoth_n f._n 120._o 1._o abba_n bar_n martha_n the_o same_o with_o abba_n bar_v minjomi_n 4._o minjomi_n minjomi_n minjomi_n minjomi_n minjomi_n minjomi_n ibid._n cap._n 6._o hall_n 4._o joshua_n ben_fw-mi gamla_n marry_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martha_n the_o daughter_n of_o baithus_n she_o be_v a_o very_a rich_a widow_n 2._o widow_n widow_n widow_n widow_n widow_n widow_n juchas_fw-es fol._n 57_o 2._o she_o be_v call_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o baithus_n with_o this_o story_n of_o she_o 2._o she_o she_o she_o she_o she_o she_o e●hah_n rabb●bathi_o fol._n 67._o 2._o marry_o the_o daughter_n of_o baithus_n who_o joshua_n be_v gamla_n marry_v he_o be_v prefer_v by_o the_o king_n to_o the_o high_a priesthood_n she_o have_v a_o mind_n upon_o a_o certain_a day_n of_o expiation_n to_o see_v how_o her_o husband_n perform_v his_o office_n so_o they_o lay_v tapestry_n all_o along_o from_o the_o door_n of_o her_o own_o house_n to_o the_o temple_n that_o her_o foot_n may_v not_o touch_v the_o ground_n r._n eleazar_n ben_fw-mi r._n zadok_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o let_v i_o see_v the_o consolation_n of_o israel_n as_o i_o see_v she_o bind_v to_o the_o tail_n of_o arabian_a horse_n by_o the_o hair_n of_o her_o head_n and_o force_v to_o run_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o lydda_n i_o can_v not_o but_o repeat_v that_o versicle_n the_o tender_a and_o delicate_a woman_n in_o thou_o etc._n etc._n deuter._n xxviii_o 56._o 2._o 56._o 56._o 56._o 56._o 56._o 56._o succah_n fol._n 52._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martha_n the_o daughter_n of_o baisuth_n whether_o baisuth_v and_o baithus_n be_v convertible_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n of_o the_o transcriber_n let_v he_o that_o think_v fit_a make_v the_o enquiry_n who_o son_n be_v a_o mighty_a strong_a man_n among_o the_o priest_n verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v mary_n which_o anoint_v etc._n etc._n that_o be_v which_o have_v anoint_v the_o lord_n former_o for_o i._o it_o be_v fit_a the_o aorist_n shall_v have_v its_o full_a force_n whoever_o will_v not_o grant_v this_o let_v he_o give_v a_o reason_n why_o bethany_n which_o be_v lazarus_n his_o town_n shall_v not_o be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n but_o say_v the_o town_n of_o mary_n and_o her_o sister_n martha_n be_v it_o not_o because_o those_o name_n have_v be_v

earth_n with_o the_o everlastingness_n of_o god_n make_v they_o as_o of_o no_o lastingness_n at_o all_o psal._n cii_o 26_o 27._o they_o shall_v perish_v but_o thou_o shall_v endure_v yea_o all_o of_o they_o shall_v wax_v old_a like_o a_o garment_n as_o a_o vesture_n shall_v thou_o change_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v change_v but_o thou_o be_v the_o same_o and_o thy_o year_n shall_v have_v no_o end_n 2._o the_o long_a life_n compare_v with_o the_o saint_n in_o glory_n be_v as_o nothing_o 2_o cor._n v._o 1._o this_o tabernacle_n always_o dissolve_v what_o be_v it_o to_o a_o eternal_a build_n in_o the_o heaven_n here_o we_o have_v none_o abide_v city_n say_v the_o apostle_n but_o he_o say_v again_o 1_o thess._n iu_o 17._o that_o we_o shall_v be_v ever_o with_o the_o lord_n here_o our_o life_n be_v but_o a_o vapour_n jam._n iu._n as_o a_o sleep_n psal._n xc_o as_o nothing_o but_o there_o we_o shall_v live_v as_o long_o as_o the_o lord_n himself_o shall_v live_v 3._o the_o long_a life_n compare_v with_o the_o long_a life_n that_o some_o have_v live_v to_o wit_n the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o flood_n be_v but_o of_o very_a few_o day_n and_o but_o as_o a_o inch_n to_o a_o ell_n and_o so_o jacob_n compare_v his_o life_n gen._n xlvii_o 9_o few_o and_o evil_n have_v the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o my_o life_n be_v that_o be_v few_o and_o full_a of_o misery_n have_v they_o be_v jacob_n be_v of_o a_o very_a fair_a age_n a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o so_o old_a a_o man_n as_o it_o be_v likely_a pharaoh_n have_v never_o see_v so_o age_a and_o venerable_a a_o head_n and_o therefore_o you_o find_v he_o ask_v he_o but_o that_o one_o question_n how_o old_a be_v thou_o and_o yet_o in_o jacob_n computation_n his_o age_n be_v but_o short_a in_o comparison_n of_o his_o father_n that_o have_v go_v before_o he_o his_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o compare_v with_o adam_n nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o or_o methuselah_n nine_o hundred_o sixty_o nine_o so_o 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