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wherein_o they_o be_v as_o skilful_a as_o a_o sort_n of_o cumane_a ass_n of_o the_o parity_n of_o year_n measure_v by_o the_o same_o space_n of_o old_a and_o of_o late_a chap._n 14._o now_o let_v we_o see_v how_o plain_o we_o can_v show_v that_o ten_o of_o their_o year_n be_v not_o one_o of_o we_o but_o one_o of_o their_o year_n as_o long_o as_o one_o of_o we_o both_o finish_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o all_o their_o ancestor_n long_o live_v lay_v out_o by_o that_o recâ—…ng_n it_o be_v write_v that_o the_o flood_n happen_v the_o three_o score_n year_n of_o noah_n 〈◊〉_d but_o why_o do_v the_o scripture_n say_v in_o the_o six_o hundred_o year_n of_o noah_n life_n in_o the_o sâ—…d_a month_n and_o the_o twenty_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o month_n if_o the_o year_n be_v 11._o but_o thirty_o six_o day_n for_o so_o little_a a_o year_n must_v either_o have_v no_o month_n or_o it_o 〈◊〉_d have_v but_o three_o day_n in_o a_o month_n to_o make_v twelve_o month_n in_o a_o year_n how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v say_v the_o six_o hundred_o year_n the_o second_o month_n &_o the_o twenty_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o month_n unless_o their_o year_n and_o month_n be_v as_o we_o be_v how_o can_v it_o be_v otherwise_o say_v that_o the_o deluge_n happen_v the_o twenty_o seven_o of_o the_o â—…th_n again_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o deluge_n it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o seven_o month_n and_o the_o twenty_o seven_o of_o the_o month_n the_o ark_n rest_v upon_o the_o mountain_n ar_n be_v â—…t_a 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o water_n decrease_v until_o the_o eleaventh_o month_n &_o in_o the_o eleaventh_o month_n the_o first_o day_n be_v the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n see_v so_o than_o if_o they_o have_v such_o month_n their_o year_n be_v like_o we_o for_o a_o three_o daied_a month_n can_v have_v 27._o day_n or_o if_o they_o diininish_v all_o proportionable_o and_o make_v the_o thirteen_o part_n of_o three_o day_n stand_v for_o one_o day_n why_o then_o that_o great_a deluge_n that_o continue_v increase_v forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n last_v not_o full_a 4._o of_o our_o day_n who_o can_v endure_v this_o absurdity_n cast_v by_o this_o error_n then_o that_o seek_v to_o procure_v the_o scripture_n credit_v in_o one_o thing_n by_o falsify_v it_o in_o many_o the_o day_n without_o all_o question_n be_v as_o great_a then_o as_o it_o be_v now_o begin_v and_o end_v in_o the_o compass_n of_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n the_o month_n as_o it_o be_v now_o conclude_v in_o one_o performance_n of_o the_o moon_n course_n and_o the_o year_n as_o it_o be_v now_o consummate_v in_o twelve_o lunary_n revolution_n eastward_o a_o five_o day_n and_o a_o quarter_n more_o be_v add_v for_o the_o proportionate_v of_o it_o to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n six_o hundred_o of_o such_o year_n have_v noah_n live_v two_o such_o month_n and_o seauâ—…n_n and_o twenty_o such_o day_n when_o the_o flood_n begin_v wherein_o the_o rain_n fall_v forty_o day_n continual_o not_o day_n of_o two_o hour_n and_o a_o piece_n but_o of_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n with_o the_o night_n and_o therefore_o those_o father_n live_v some_o of_o they_o nine_o hundred_o such_o year_n as_o abraham_n live_v but_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o of_o and_o his_o son_n isaac_n near_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o and_o such_o as_o moses_n pass_v over_o to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o and_o such_o as_o our_o ordinary_a man_n now_o a_o day_n do_v live_v seventy_o or_o eighty_o of_o or_o some_o few_o more_o of_o which_o it_o be_v say_v their_o overplus_n be_v but_o labour_n and_o sorrow_n for_o the_o discrepance_n of_o account_n between_o we_o and_o the_o hebrew_n 20_o concern_v not_o the_o length_n of_o the_o patriarch_n life_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o they_o both_o that_o truth_n can_v reconcile_v we_o must_v trust_v to_o the_o tongue_n whence_o we_o have_v our_o translation_n which_o every_o man_n have_v power_n to_o do_v yet_o b_o it_o be_v not_o for_o naught_o no_o man_n dare_v not_o adventure_v to_o correct_v that_o which_o the_o seventy_o have_v make_v different_a in_o their_o translation_n from_o the_o hebreâ—…_n for_o this_o diversity_n be_v no_o error_n let_v no_o man_n think_v so_o i_o do_v not_o but_o if_o there_o be_v no_o fault_n of_o the_o transcriber_n it_o be_v to_o be_v think_v that_o the_o holy_a spirit_n mean_v to_o alter_v something_n concern_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o that_o by_o they_o not_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o interpreter_n but_o the_o liberty_n of_o prophet_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n be_v find_v not_o only_o to_o follow_v the_o hebrew_n but_o they_o also_o in_o cite_v of_o holy_a testimony_n but_o hereof_o if_o god_n will_n hereafter_o now_o to_o our_o purpose_n we_o may_v not_o therefore_o doubt_v that_o the_o first_o child_n of_o adam_n live_v so_o long_o may_v have_v issue_n enough_o to_o people_n a_o city_n a_o earthly_a one_o i_o mean_v not_o that_o of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a ground_n whereupon_o this_o whole_a work_n intreat_v l._n vives_n five_o ah_o day_n and_o the_o moon_n month_n may_v be_v take_v two_o way_n either_o for_o the_o moon_n departure_n and_o return_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o point_n which_o be_v do_v in_o seven_o and_o twenty_o moon_n day_n or_o for_o her_o follow_v of_o the_o sun_n until_o she_o join_v with_o he_o in_o the_o zodiac_n which_o be_v do_v in_o nine_o and_o twenty_o day_n twelve_o hour_n and_o four_o and_o forty_o minute_n for_o she_o never_o find_v the_o sun_n where_o she_o leave_v he_o for_o he_o be_v go_v on_o of_o his_o journey_n and_o therefore_o she_o have_v two_o day_n and_o a_o half_a to_o overtake_v he_o the_o jew_n allow_v she_o thirty_o day_n and_o call_v this_o 〈◊〉_d full_a month_n b_o it_o be_v not_o without_o a_o cause_n whether_o the_o man_n of_o old_a abstain_v from_o woman_n until_o that_o the_o scripture_n say_v they_o â—…egot_v child_n chap._n 15._o but_o will_v some_o say_v be_v it_o credible_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v live_v eighty_o or_o ninty_a nâ—…more_o than_o a_o 100_o year_n without_o a_o woman_n and_o without_o purpose_n of_o continency_n and_o then_o fall_v a_o beget_n child_n as_o the_o hebrew_n record_v of_o they_o or_o if_o they_o lift_v can_v they_o not_o get_v child_n before_o this_o question_n have_v two_o answer_n for_o either_o they_o live_v long_o a_o immature_n than_o we_o do_v according_a to_o the_o length_n of_o time_n exceed_v we_o or_o else_o which_o be_v more_o likely_a their_o first_o bear_v be_v not_o reckon_v but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o draw_v of_o a_o pedigree_n down_o from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n from_o who_o we_o see_v a_o derivation_n to_o abraham_n and_o so_o until_o a_o certain_a period_n as_o far_o as_o those_o pedigree_n be_v hold_v fit_a to_o prefigure_v the_o course_n of_o god_n glorious_a pilgrim-citty_n until_o it_o ascend_v to_o eternity_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o cain_n be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o be_v bear_v of_o man_n and_o woman_n for_o adam_n will_v 1_o not_o have_v say_v i_o have_v l_o get_v a_o man_n by_o the_o lord_n at_o his_o birth_n but_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o man_n bear_v before_o the_o other_o two_o he_o abel_n be_v next_o who_o the_o first_o or_o elder_n kill_v and_o herein_o be_v prefigure_v what_o persecution_n god_n glorious_a city_n shall_v endure_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o wicked_a member_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a society_n those_o son_n of_o earth_n i_o may_v call_v they_o but_o how_o old_a adam_n be_v at_o the_o beget_n of_o these_o two_o it_o be_v not_o evident_a from_o thence_o be_v a_o passage_n make_v to_o the_o generation_n of_o cain_n and_o to_o his_o who_o god_n give_v adam_n in_o murder_a abel_n seed_n call_v seth_n of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v god_n have_v appoint_v i_o another_o seed_n for_o abel_n who_o cain_n slay_v see_v therefore_o that_o these_o two_o generation_n caines_n and_o seth_n do_v perfect_o insinuate_v the_o two_o city_n the_o one_o celestial_a and_o labour_v upon_o earth_n the_o other_o earthly_a and_o follow_v our_o terrestrial_a affect_n there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o all_o cain_n progeny_n from_o adam_n to_o the_o eight_o generation_n who_o age_n be_v set_v down_o when_o he_o beget_v his_o next_o son_n yet_o be_v his_o whole_a generation_n rehearse_v for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n will_v not_o record_v the_o time_n of_o the_o wicked_a before_o the_o deluge_n but_o of_o the_o righteous_a only_o as_o only_o â—…orthy_a but_o when_o seth_n be_v bear_v his_o father_n year_n be_v not_o forget_v though_o he_o have_v beget_v other_o
before_o as_o cain_n and_o abel_n and_o who_o dare_v say_v whether_o he_o have_v more_o beside_o they_o for_o it_o be_v no_o consequent_a that_o they_o be_v all_o the_o son_n he_o have_v because_o they_o be_v only_o name_v for_o the_o fit_a distinction_n of_o the_o two_o generation_n for_o we_o read_v that_o he_o have_v son_n and_o daughter_n all_o which_o be_v unnamed_a who_o dare_v affirm_v how_o many_o they_o be_v without_o incursion_n of_o rashness_n adam_n may_v by_o god_n instinct_n say_v at_o seths_n birth_n god_n have_v raise_v i_o up_o another_o seed_n for_o abel_n in_o that_o seth_n be_v to_o fulfil_v abells_n sanctity_n not_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v after_o he_o by_o course_n of_o time_n and_o where_o as_o it_o be_v write_v seth_n live_v 105._o or_o 205._o year_n &_o beget_v eâ—…s_n who_o but_o one_o brainless_a will_v gather_v from_o hence_o that_o enos_n be_v seths_n first_o sâ—…n_n to_o give_v we_o cause_n of_o admiration_n that_o seth_n can_v live_v so_o long_a continent_n without_o purpose_n of_o continency_n or_o without_o use_n of_o the_o marriage_n bed_n unto_o generation_n for_o it_o be_v write_v of_o he_o he_o beget_v son_n and_o daughter_n and_o the_o day_n of_o seth_n be_v 912._o year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d die_v and_o thus_o the_o rest_n also_o that_o be_v name_v be_v all_o record_v to_o have_v have_v son_n 8._o &_o daughter_n but_o here_o be_v no_o proof_n that_o he_o that_o be_v name_v to_o be_v son_n to_o any_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v their_o first_o son_n nor_o be_v it_o credible_a that_o their_o father_n live_v all_o this_o while_n either_o immature_n or_o unmarried_a or_o unchilded_a nor_o that_o they_o be_v their_o father_n first_o â—…ome_n but_o the_o scripture_n intend_v to_o descend_v by_o a_o genealogicall_a scale_n from_o adâ—…_n unto_o noah_n to_o the_o deluge_n recount_v not_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o every_o father_n but_o only_o such_o as_o fall_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o these_o two_o generation_n take_v this_o example_n to_o clear_v all_o further_o or_o future_a doubt_n saint_n matthew_n the_o evangelist_n intend_v to_o record_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o man_n christ_n begin_v at_o abrahâ—…_n and_o descend_v down_o to_o david_n abraham_n say_v he_o beget_v isaac_n why_o not_o 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v his_o first_o son_n isaac_n beget_v jacob_n why_o not_o esau_n he_o be_v his_o first_o 〈◊〉_d too_o the_o reason_n be_v he_o can_v not_o descend_v by_o they_o unto_o david_n it_o follow_v jacob_n beget_v judas_n and_o his_o brethren_n why_o be_v judas_n his_o first_o bear_v judas_n beget_v phâ—…es_n and_o zara._n why_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v judas_n his_o first_o son_n he_o have_v three_o before_o either_o of_o they_o so_o the_o evangelist_n keep_v only_o the_o genealogy_n that_o tract_v direct_o down_o to_o david_n and_o so_o to_o his_o purpose_n hence_o may_v we_o therefore_o see_v plain_a that_o the_o man_n first_o bear_v before_o the_o deluge_n be_v not_o respect_v in_o this_o account_n but_o those_o only_a through_o who_o loin_n the_o propagation_n pass_v from_o adam_n to_o noah_n the_o patriarche_n and_o thus_o the_o fruitless_a and_o obscure_a question_n of_o their_o late_a maturity_n be_v open_v as_o far_o as_o need_v we_o will_v not_o tire_v ourselves_o therein_o l._n vives_n long_a a_o immature_n maturity_n in_o man_n be_v the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v fit_a to_o beget_v child_n when_o as_o hair_n grow_v upon_o the_o immodest_a part_n of_o nature_n in_o man_n or_o woman_n b_o get_a or_o possess_v maturity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o seventy_o cain_n say_v hieroâ—…_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d possession_n of_o the_o law_n of_o marriage_n which_o the_o first_o woman_n may_v have_v different_a from_o the_o succeed_a chap._n 16._o therefore_o whereas_o mankind_n after_o the_o form_n of_o the_o first_o man_n out_o of_o clay_n and_o the_o first_o woman_n out_o of_o his_o side_n need_v conjunction_n of_o male_a and_o female_a for_o propagation_n sake_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o man_n to_o be_v increase_v but_o by_o such_o mean_n the_o brethren_n marry_v the_o sister_n this_o be_v lawful_a then_o through_o the_o compulsion_n of_o necessity_n but_o now_o it_o be_v as_o damnable_a through_o the_o prohibition_n of_o it_o in_o religion_n for_o there_o be_v ah_o a_o just_a care_n have_v of_o charity_n that_o they_o to_o who_o concord_n be_v most_o useful_a may_v be_v combine_v together_o in_o diverse_a bond_n of_o kindred_n and_o affinity_n that_o one_o shall_v have_v many_o in_o one_o but_o that_o every_o peculiar_a shall_v be_v bestow_v abroad_o and_o so_o many_o bias_n many_o shall_v be_v conglutinate_v in_o honest_a charity_n conjugal_a society_n as_o father_n and_o father_n in_o law_n be_v two_o name_n of_o kindred_n so_o if_o one_o have_v both_o of_o they_o there_o be_v a_o large_a extent_n of_o charity_n adam_n be_v compel_v to_o be_v both_o unto_o his_o son_n and_o his_o daughter_n who_o be_v match_v together_o be_v 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