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betake_v himself_o to_o sanctuary_n he_o procure_v he_o to_o be_v take_v out_o from_o thence_o and_o put_v to_o death_n go_v on_o in_o such_o mischief_n he_o be_v accuse_v to_o the_o king_n but_o bribe_v ptolemy_n the_o son_n of_o dorimenes_n who_o have_v revolt_v to_o antiochus_n and_o be_v in_o great_a favour_n with_o he_o he_o procure_v the_o death_n of_o his_o accuser_n about_o this_o time_n antiochus_n go_v down_o a_o second_o time_n into_o egypt_n with_o a_o great_a power_n which_o he_o recover_v again_o the_o king_n thereof_o fly_v before_o he_o and_o get_v the_o fortify_v town_n into_o his_o hand_n there_o stay_v till_o the_o jew_n procure_v his_o return_n to_o their_o own_o destruction_n a_o false_a rumour_n of_o antiochus_n death_n be_v spread_v abroad_o in_o judea_n jason_n have_v get_v a_o thousand_o man_n
raise_v up_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dead_a upon_o his_o inheritance_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o among_o his_o brethren_n and_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o his_o place_n that_o be_v from_o among_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o bethlehem_n who_o daily_o go_v in_o and_o out_o at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n and_o upon_o all_o civil_a occasion_n resort_v thither_o as_o to_o their_o place_n of_o judicature_n hereupon_o the_o elder_n and_o all_o the_o people_n there_o present_a declare_v that_o they_o be_v all_o witness_n to_o these_o transaction_n and_o so_o they_o wish_v boaz_n all_o happiness_n with_o ruth_n who_o he_o intend_v to_o take_v for_o his_o wife_n pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n that_o she_o may_v be_v to_o he_o what_o rachel_n he_o rachel_n here_o rachel_n be_v name_v before_o leah_n because_o she_o be_v jacob_n true_a and_o lawful_a wife_n leah_n be_v fraudulent_o put_v upon_o he_o and_o leah_n which_o then_o do_v build_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n be_v to_o jacob_n viz._n that_o she_o may_v be_v very_o love_v and_o comfortable_a to_o he_o and_o may_v bear_v he_o many_o child_n as_o they_o do_v that_o thereby_o the_o israel_n or_o church_n of_o god_n may_v be_v increase_v then_o speak_v to_o he_o they_o say_v as_o for_o thyself_o we_o hearty_o wish_v thou_o may_v do_v worthy_o in_o ephratah_n and_o be_v famous_a in_o bethlehem_n we_o hearty_o wish_v thy_o house_n may_v be_v like_o the_o house_n of_o pharez_n 3._o pharez_n see_v sect._n 35._o of_o chap._n 3._o that_o be_v as_o pharez_n of_o who_o stock_n thou_o be_v be_v bless_v in_o his_o posterity_n though_o his_o mother_n be_v a_o stranger_n and_o not_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o israel_n so_o that_o his_o child_n and_o child_n child_n have_v be_v most_o honourable_a in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n so_o we_o wish_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v bless_v in_o thy_o child_n beget_v of_o this_o poor_a stranger_n and_o that_o they_o may_v still_o uphold_v the_o honour_n of_o that_o house_n so_o 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per_fw-la dativum_fw-la separatum_fw-la capel_n a_o son_n which_o must_v needs_o be_v matter_n of_o great_a joy_n to_o he_o then_o naomi_n take_v the_o child_n and_o lay_v he_o in_o her_o bosom_n and_o become_v a_o dry-nurse_n to_o he_o and_o the_o woman_n her_o neighbour_n say_v there_o be_v a_o son_n bear_v to_o naomi_n because_o this_o son_n of_o ruth_n be_v to_o raise_v up_o the_o name_n of_o her_o decease_a husband_n mahlon_n the_o son_n of_o naomi_n and_o to_o be_v account_v his_o son_n rather_o than_o the_o son_n of_o boaz._n however_o they_o give_v their_o advice_n that_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v call_v obed_n import_v that_o they_o hope_v he_o will_v be_v very_o serviceable_a to_o his_o mother_n and_o grandmother_n indeed_o every_o where_o in_o the_o genealogy_n obed_n be_v reckon_v the_o son_n of_o boaz_n but_o that_o be_v because_o there_o it_o be_v fit_a the_o line_n shall_v be_v draw_v according_a to_o the_o natural_a descent_n that_o we_o may_v true_o know_v the_o 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again_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n under_o none_o of_o the_o judge_n do_v they_o enjoy_v so_o long_a a_o peace_n as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ehud_n as_o we_o may_v see_v ch._n 3.30_o viz._n 80_o year_n and_o now_o we_o shall_v show_v how_o ill_o they_o requite_v the_o lord_n for_o so_o great_a a_o mercy_n as_o stand_v water_n be_v wont_a to_o putrify_v so_o they_o be_v corrupt_v by_o their_o long_a peace_n and_o by_o degree_n fall_v off_o from_o god_n unto_o idolatry_n as_o they_o former_o have_v do_v upon_o this_o god_n give_v they_o up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o jabin_n king_n of_o canaan_n that_o be_v of_o those_o canaanite_n that_o dwell_v in_o the_o northern_a part_n successor_n to_o that_o jabin_n slay_v by_o joshua_n who_o chief_a city_n hazor_n he_o burn_v josh_n 11.1_o 10_o 11_o 12._o yet_o this_o son_n or_o successor_n of_o his_o it_o seem_v reinforce_a himself_n recover_v from_o the_o israelite_n that_o part_n of_o land_n and_o territory_n that_o lie_v about_o 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