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which_o be_v apt_a to_o make_v people_n fancy_n god_n as_o be_v corporeal_a beside_o if_o what_o he_o say_v be_v true_a they_o will_v have_v use_v the_o same_o caution_n where_o ever_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o be_v corporeal_a may_v be_v attribute_v to_o god_n but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o many_o place_n as_o apt_a to_o give_v that_o notion_n of_o god_n they_o do_v not_o use_v the_o word_n memra_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o certain_a that_o in_o many_o other_o they_o use_v it_o where_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n of_o fancy_v god_n as_o have_v a_o body_n as_o gen._n xx_o 21._o exod._n two_o 25._o exod._n vi_fw-la 8._o exod._n nineteeen_o 17._o leu._n xxvi_o 46._o numb_a xi_o 20._o numb_a xxiii_o 21._o and_o in_o many_o more_o quote_v by_o rittangel_n on_o jetzira_n pag._n 96._o and_o in_o his_o book_n libra_n
veritatis_fw-la beside_o it_o be_v so_o palpable_a that_o the_o ancient_a jew_n particular_o philo_n have_v give_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v a_o divine_a person_n that_o maimonides_n his_o answer_n can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o evasion_n nay_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o word_n davar_fw-mi which_o in_o hebrew_n signify_v word_n be_v sometime_o explain_v by_o that_o which_o be_v a_o true_a person_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a jewish_a author_n who_o live_v since_o christ_n even_o in_o those_o who_o authority_n maimonides_n do_v acknowledge_v one_o of_o their_o ancient_a book_n namely_o r._n akiba_n letter_n have_v these_o word_n on_o the_o letter_n gimel_n god_n say_v thy_o word_n be_v settle_v for_o ever_o in_o heaven_n and_o this_o word_n signify_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o heal_a angel_n as_o it_o be_v write_v psal_n cvii_o 20._o he_o send_v his_o word_n and_o he_o heal_v they_o he_o must_v needs_o mean_v a_o person_n namely_o a_o angel_n though_o perhaps_o he_o may_v mistake_v he_o for_o a_o create_v angel_n last_o the_o notion_n which_o maimonides_n do_v suggest_v can_v never_o be_v apply_v to_o psal_n cx_o 1._o which_o be_v thus_o render_v by_o the_o paraphra_v the_o lord_n say_v to_o his_o word_n where_o the_o word_n do_v manifest_o denote_v the_o messiah_n as_o the_o ancient_a jew_n do_v fair_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o the_o common_a edition_n that_o place_n of_o the_o targum_fw-la be_v render_v thus_o the_o lord_n say_v in_o his_o word_n or_o by_o his_o word_n but_o it_o be_v a_o poor_a shift_n for_o in_o his_o word_n do_v certain_o signify_v to_o his_o word_n or_o of_o his_o word_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o chaldean_n have_v natural_o that_o double_a signification_n as_o appear_v from_o many_o place_n thus_o it_o signify_v concern_v or_o of_o deut._n vi_fw-la 7._o jer._n xxxi_o 20._o cant._n viij_o 8._o job_n nineteeen_o 18._o psal_n l._n 20._o it_o signify_v to_o in_o hos_n i._o 2._o hab._n two_o 1._o zech._n i._n 4_o 9_o 13_o 14._o numb_a twelve_o 2_o 6._o 1_o sam._n twenty-five_o 39_o you_o may_v to_o this_o observation_n about_o psal_n cx_o 1._o add_v that_o of_o the_o text_n of_o jonathan_n targum_fw-la on_o isa_n xxviii_o 5._o where_o the_o messiah_n be_v name_v in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n the_o second_o evasion_n use_v by_o moses_n maimonides_n be_v more_o nevoch_n pag._n 1._o c._n 23._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o what_o sense_n isaiah_n say_v that_o god_n come_v out_o of_o his_o place_n namely_o that_o god_n do_v manifest_v his_o word_n which_o before_o be_v hide_v from_o we_o for_o say_v he_o all_o that_o be_v create_v by_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v create_v by_o his_o word_n as_o psal_n xxxiii_o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o heaven_n make_v and_o all_o the_o host_n of_o they_o by_o the_o breath_n of_o his_o mouth_n by_o a_o comparison_n take_v from_o king_n who_o do_v what_o 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cat._n twelve_o the_o council_n sirm._n c._n 13._o gregor_n baet_fw-la tr_fw-la de_fw-fr fide_fw-la theodor._n q._n 5._o in_o exod._n leo._n i_o ep._n 13._o ad_fw-la pulch._n and_o many_o other_o in_o like_a manner_n they_o refer_v to_o the_o word_n those_o appearance_n of_o god_n which_o be_v vouchsafe_v to_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n himself_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o just_a mart._n apol._n for_o those_o to_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n and_o for_o those_o to_o jacob_n in_o clem._n alex._n paed._n i_o 7._o novat_fw-la i._o de_fw-la trin._n c._n 26_o 27._o proc._n gaz._n in_o h._n l._n the_o ancient_a christian_n do_v in_o this_o no_o more_o than_o the_o ancient_a jew_n do_v before_o they_o who_o by_o elohim_n in_o this_o place_n do_v not_o understand_v a_o create_a angel_n but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o the_o targumist_n and_o the_o strict_a follower_n of_o their_o father_n tradition_n be_v wont_a to_o express_v by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_n make_v all_o the_o appearance_n which_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o word_n and_o the_o latter_a cabalist_n since_o christ_n time_n not_o only_o do_v the_o same_o but_o deny_v that_o the_o father_n ever_o appear_v say_v it_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o that_o manifest_v himself_o to_o their_o father_n who_o proper_a name_n be_v elohim_n for_o this_o consult_v r._n menachem_n de_fw-fr rekanati_n from_o beres_n rabath_n on_o the_o parasch_n breschit_n f._n 14._o c._n 3._o ed._n ven._n and_o on_o par._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d f._n 30._o c._n 1._o i_o have_v often_o wonder_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o most_o of_o the_o divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n who_o will_v seem_v to_o have_v the_o great_a veneration_n for_o antiquity_n shall_v so_o much_o despise_v it_o in_o this_o question_n wherein_o the_o ancient_a jewish_a and_o christian_a church_n do_v agree_v sanctius_n in_o his_o note_n on_o the_o act_n ch_n 7._o say_v it_o be_v a_o difficult_a question_n among_o divine_n whether_o god_n appearance_n in_o scripture_n be_v perform_v immediate_o by_o god_n himself_o or_o by_o his_o angel_n and_o then_o have_v cite_v several_a ancient_a father_n who_o think_v it_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o appear_v he_o add_v sed_fw-la theologis_fw-la jam_fw-la illa_fw-la sententia_fw-la placet_fw-la quae_fw-la statuit_fw-la angelorum_fw-la ministerio_fw-la antiquis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la oblatam_fw-la esse_fw-la divinam_fw-la speciem_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la sententia_fw-la diony_n de_fw-fr cael_a hier._n c._n 4_o etc._n etc._n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n lorinus_n another_o jesuit_n speak_v in_o act._n seven_o 31._o but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o worst_a of_o it_o that_o they_o forsake_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o ancient_n they_o do_v herein_o make_v bold_a to_o contradict_v the_o plain_a word_n of_o christ_n himself_o joh._n i._n 18._o 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