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it_o have_v more_o entangle_v themselves_o and_o other_o in_o it_o calvins_n answer_n be_v somewhat_o too_o peremptory_a that_o there_o be_v a_o error_n in_o all_o our_o copy_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v correct_v and_o though_o beza_n go_v about_o to_o excuse_v the_o matter_n by_o a_o semblance_n of_o some_o like_a misnomer_n in_o the_o gospel_n yet_o this_o his_o observation_n unless_o he_o can_v produce_v some_o ancient_a copy_n wherein_o such_o mistake_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v open_v a_o dangerous_a gap_n to_o infidel_n and_o heretic_n who_o hereby_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o take_v occasion_n to_o question_v the_o infallible_a truth_n of_o the_o holy_a writ_n canus_n in_o go_v about_o to_o take_v out_o the_o blot_n make_v it_o big_a say_v that_o saint_n luke_n err_v not_o in_o relate_v saint_n stephen_n speech_n but_o that_o saint_n stephen_n memory_n fail_v he_o and_o that_o through_o error_n or_o inadvertency_n he_o confound_v jacob_n purchase_v with_o abraham_n this_o answer_n come_v near_o to_o blasphemy_n for_o no_o man_n doubt_v but_o that_o saint_n stephen_n in_o his_o speech_n speak_v as_o he_o be_v inspire_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n therefore_o lyranus_fw-la lorinus_n and_o many_o other_o think_v to_o salve_v all_o by_o put_v two_o name_n upon_o the_o same_o man_n who_o they_o will_v have_v sometime_o to_o be_v call_v ephron_n sometime_o hamor_n but_o they_o bring_v no_o good_a proof_n out_o of_o scripture_n for_o it_o and_o though_o they_o can_v make_v ephron_n and_o hamor_n the_o same_o man_n yet_o they_o can_v never_o make_v the_o cave_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hittite_n and_o that_o in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o sechemite_n to_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o parcel_n of_o ground_n with_o submission_n to_o more_o learned_a judgement_n quia_fw-la hic_fw-la delio_n opus_fw-la est_fw-la natatore_fw-la i_o take_v it_o that_o either_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v by_o &_o join_v to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o comma_n at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o the_o sense_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n be_v translate_v into_o sechem_n by_o the_o sechemite_n and_o lay_v in_o abraham_n sepulchre_n which_o he_o buy_v for_o money_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v understand_v and_o then_o the_o meaning_n will_v be_v this_o that_o some_o of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v lay_v in_o abraham_n sepulchre_n some_o in_o the_o field_n that_o jacob_n buy_v thus_o then_o according_a to_o the_o original_n we_o may_v render_v this_o verse_n and_o they_o be_v carry_v over_o into_o sechem_n and_o lay_v in_o the_o sepulchre_n that_o abraham_n buy_v beside_o that_o which_o jacob_n buy_v of_o hamor_n that_o be_v jacob_n die_v and_o our_o father_n and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v bestow_v in_o sechem_n in_o the_o cave_n which_o jacob_n buy_v and_o some_o of_o they_o in_o that_o which_o abraham_n buy_v 3._o the_o three_o doubt_n be_v easy_o resolve_v for_o hamor_n be_v the_o father_n of_o sechem_n as_o we_o read_v genes_n 33.19_o neither_o do_v s._n stephen_n gainsay_v it_o for_o his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o sechem_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v translate_v the_o father_n of_o sechem_n as_o herodotus_n in_o clio_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o thalia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15.40_o mar._n 15.40_o and_o saint_n mark_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adrastus_n of_o midas_n to_o wit_n the_o father_n of_o midas_n cyrus_n of_o cambyses_n that_o be_v the_o father_n of_o cambyses_n mary_n of_o james_n that_o be_v marry_o the_o mother_n of_o james_n the_o mist_n be_v thus_o dispel_v we_o may_v clear_o see_v our_o way_n and_o ready_o follow_v the_o patriarch_n in_o the_o funeral_n procession_n from_o egypt_n first_o to_o sechem_n and_o afterward_o to_o ephron_n and_o they_o be_v carry_v over_o etc._n etc._n this_o transportation_n offer_v to_o our_o religious_a thought_n two_o act_n 1._o of_o piety_n 2._o of_o charity_n both_o significative_a and_o mystical_a for_o the_o carry_v the_o patriarch_n bone_n from_o egypt_n to_o canaan_n shadow_v our_o removal_n after_o death_n from_o egyptian_a darkness_n to_o the_o inheritance_n of_o saint_n in_o light_n and_o the_o lay_v they_o by_o the_o bone_n of_o abraham_n may_v represent_v unto_o we_o how_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a immediate_o after_o they_o be_v sever_v from_o their_o body_n be_v carry_v by_o angel_n into_o the_o bosom_n of_o abraham_n the_o first_o i_o call_v a_o act_n of_o piety_n or_o religion_n because_o the_o patriarch_n before_o their_o death_n by_o faith_n give_v charge_n of_o their_o bone_n and_o their_o posterity_n execute_v their_o last_o will_n in_o this_o point_n to_o profess_v their_o faith_n in_o god_n promise_n which_o be_v to_o give_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o their_o seed_n for_o a_o inheritance_n and_o according_o by_o their_o dead_a body_n they_o take_v a_o kind_n of_o real_a possession_n thereof_o and_o they_o as_o by_o a_o synecdoche_n the_o soul_n be_v put_v for_o the_o man_n anima_fw-la cujusque_fw-la be_v est_fw-la cuique_fw-la so_o by_o the_o same_o figure_n the_o corpse_n of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v call_v the_o patriarch_n poole_n elegant_o call_v his_o dead_a body_n his_o depositum_fw-la scaliger_n his_o relic_n saint_n paul_n the_o tentmaker_n agreeable_a to_o his_o profession_n call_v it_o a_o earthly_a tabernacle_n and_o although_o indeed_o it_o be_v but_o the_o casket_n which_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o precious_a ring_n our_o immortal_a spirit_n yet_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o union_n of_o it_o to_o the_o soul_n and_o because_o it_o concur_v with_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o physical_a constitution_n of_o a_o man_n it_o may_v by_o a_o figure_n be_v call_v a_o man_n yea_o but_o have_v the_o patriarch_n no_o privilege_n but_o must_v they_o go_v the_o way_n of_o all_o flesh_n they_o must_v for_o earth_n be_v in_o their_o composition_n and_o into_o the_o earth_n must_v be_v their_o resolution_n as_o the_o world_n be_v a_o circle_n so_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n in_o this_o be_v like_o a_o circle_n that_o they_o end_v where_o or_o as_o they_o begin_v the_o vapour_n that_o be_v draw_v up_o from_o the_o earth_n fall_v down_o again_o upon_o the_o earth_n in_o rain_n the_o fire_n that_o descend_v at_o the_o first_o from_o the_o region_n of_o fire_n in_o the_o phys_n the_o pickolom_n phys_n hollow_a of_o the_o moon_n ascend_v up_o thither_o again_o the_o water_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o sea_n return_v back_o to_o the_o sea_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v infuse_v by_o god_n return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o but_o the_o body_n which_o be_v make_v of_o red_a earth_n return_v to_o dust_n as_o it_o be_v we_o need_v not_o inquire_v of_o scripture_n where_o reason_n speak_v so_o plain_a nor_o interrogate_v reason_n where_o sense_n give_v daily_a testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n every_o pass_a bell_n ring_v this_o 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