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2._o pag._n 287._o each_o several_a day_n of_o its_o first_o week_n the_o week_n of_o its_o creation_n may_v in_o all_o likelihood_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o prophetical_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n day_n wherein_o it_o be_v afterward_o deliver_v by_o the_o infallible_a penman_n of_o holy_a writ_n mr._n petrie_n answer_n the_o certainty_n of_o all_o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n we_o acknowledge_v and_o the_o infallibility_n of_o his_o penman_n but_o where_o be_v it_o reveal_v that_o god_n have_v appoint_v a_o thousand_o year_n continuance_n to_o the_o world_n for_o each_o several_a day_n of_o the_o first_o week_n on_o the_o margin_n he_o cire_v rab._n ketina_n comment_n apoca._n par_fw-fr 2._o p._n 287._o where_o be_v some_o testimony_n in_o the_o rabbin_n to_o this_o purpose_n let_v jew_n follow_v jewish_a fable_n to_o we_o christian_n have_v god_n speak_v in_o the_o last_o day_n by_o his_o son_n heb._n 1.2_o who_o he_o have_v bid_v we_o hear_v certain_o with_o a_o 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day_n too_o in_o god_n threaten_v to_o adam_n gen._n 2.17_o because_o that_o threaten_a must_v needs_o be_v mean_v of_o a_o punishment_n that_o shall_v come_v on_o adam_n for_o his_o disobedience_n and_o consequent_o of_o a_o bodily_a death_n which_o yet_o he_o suffer_v not_o till_o near_o nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o and_o thus_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o we_o take_v this_o word_n in_o no_o other_o sense_n then_o the_o prophet_n do_v to_o who_o god_n speak_v by_o his_o spirit_n in_o time_n past_a or_o then_o the_o apostle_n do_v to_o who_o god_n speak_v by_o his_o son_n first_o and_o by_o his_o spirit_n afterward_o or_o then_o god_n do_v as_o many_o learned_a divine_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o foresay_a passage_n to_o adam_n and_o therefore_o we_o borrow_v it_o not_o from_o the_o jewish_a sable_n although_o we_o will_v not_o reject_v any_o truth_n that_o the_o jew_n hold_v for_o fear_v of_o be_v upbraid_v with_o their_o sable_n or_o with_o the_o name_n of_o jew_n 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