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shall_v be_v very_o long_o live_v and_o no_o body_n else_o though_o descend_v from_o the_o same_o parent_n ver._n 6._o and_o seth_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o beget_v enos_n we_o must_v not_o think_v he_o live_v so_o long_o before_o he_o beget_v any_o child_n no_o more_o than_o that_o adam_n have_v none_o till_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o beget_v seth_n verse_n 3_o for_o we_o know_v he_o have_v cain_n and_o abel_n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n many_o other_o before_o therefore_o to_o explain_v this_o and_o other_o thing_n that_o follow_v verse_n 18._o and_o 28._o which_o seem_v more_o strange_a for_o jared_n be_v say_v to_o have_v live_v a_o hundred_o sixty_o two_o year_n before_o he_o beget_v enoch_n and_o lamech_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o two_o year_n before_o he_o beget_v noah_n we_o must_v consider_v as_o be_v note_v verse_n 4._o that_o moses_n set_v down_o only_o those_o person_n by_o who_o the_o line_n of_o noah_n be_v draw_v 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elmacinus_n yet_o there_o be_v but_o little_a difference_n between_o his_o name_n and_o that_o of_o cain_n no_o more_o than_o between_o irad_n and_o jared_n and_o some_o other_o of_o sem_n posterity_n and_o cain_n which_o may_v teach_v we_o say_v jac._n capellus_n in_o his_o histor_n sacra_fw-la &_o exotica_fw-la ne_fw-la fatale_fw-la nescio_fw-la quod_fw-la omen_fw-la nominibus_fw-la propriis_fw-la effingamus_fw-la that_o we_o shall_v not_o fancy_n there_o be_v we_o do_v not_o know_v what_o fatal_a omen_n in_o proper_a name_n the_o wickedness_n of_o judas_n iscariot_n do_v not_o make_v the_o other_o judas_n call_v by_o that_o name_n to_o think_v the_o worse_a of_o it_o and_o therefore_o jared_n fear_v not_o to_o call_v his_o son_n enoch_n by_o the_o very_a name_n of_o cain_n elder_a son_n iu_o 17._o and_o methuselah_n also_o give_v
of_o their_o heroic_a virtue_n which_o make_v they_o ancient_o great_a benefactor_n to_o mankind_n thence_o arise_v the_o custom_n of_o swear_v by_o they_o which_o aben_n ezra_n say_v continue_v in_o his_o time_n about_o 1170._o when_o egypt_n be_v govern_v by_o caliphs_n if_o any_o man_n swear_v by_o the_o king_n head_n and_o be_v find_v to_o have_v swear_v false_o he_o be_v punish_v capital_o and_o when_o schach_n ishmael_n the_o first_o sophi_n get_v the_o persian_a empire_n no_o oath_n be_v hold_v so_o sacred_a as_o leunclavius_n report_v as_o to_o swear_v by_o his_o head_n i._n e._n in_o effect_n by_o his_o life_n but_o st._n basil_n will_v not_o have_v this_o to_o be_v a_o oath_n but_o a_o solemn_a asseveration_n to_o persuade_v belief_n for_o say_v he_o tom._n i._n hom._n in_o psal_n xv._o p._n 155._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v certain_a speech_n which_o have_v the_o fashion_n of_o oath_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o oath_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serve_v only_o to_o persuade_v the_o auditor_n such_o he_o take_v this_o to_o be_v and_o that_o of_o st._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o our_o rejoice_v 1_o corinth_n xv._o 31._o where_o he_o say_v the_o apostle_n be_v not_o unmindful_a of_o the_o evangelical_n commandment_n not_o to_o swear_v but_o by_o a_o speech_n in_o form_n of_o a_o oath_n he_o will_v have_v they_o believe_v that_o his_o glory_v in_o they_o or_o rather_o in_o christ_n be_v dear_a to_o he_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o and_o the_o truth_n be_v judah_n seem_v to_o have_v take_v these_o word_n of_o joseph_n only_o for_o a_o solemn_a protestation_n xliii_o 3._o wherein_o he_o expose_v the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n which_o be_v most_o dear_a to_o he_o unto_o execration_n if_o he_o be_v not_o as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n so_o g._n calixtus_n understand_v it_o ver._n 16._o send_v one_o of_o you_o and_o let_v he_o fetch_v your_o brother_n at_o first_o he_o propose_v that_o only_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v return_v home_o to_o bring_v their_o brother_n to_o he_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n remain_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n prisoner_n in_o egypt_n ver._n 17._o and_o he_o put_v they_o all_o together_o into_o ward_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o may_v consult_v one_o with_o another_o which_o of_o they_o shall_v go_v to_o fetch_v benjamin_n about_o which_o it_o seem_v they_o can_v not_o agree_v every_o one_o fear_v to_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o such_o sad_a tiding_n to_o their_o father_n who_o may_v suspect_v they_o be_v all_o lose_v ver._n 18._o joseph_n say_v unto_o they_o the_o three_o day_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o destroy_v you_o for_o i_o know_v there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o will_v punish_v all_o injustice_n and_o cruelty_n therefore_o i_o make_v this_o new_a proposition_n to_o you_o ver._n 19_o let_v one_o of_o your_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n this_o shall_v be_v the_o proof_n of_o your_o honesty_n instead_o of_o send_v one_o of_o you_o to_o your_o father_n you_o shall_v all_o go_v but_o one_o who_o shall_v remain_v bind_v in_o prison_n till_o you_o bring_v your_o young_a brother_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n carry_v provision_n for_o your_o family_n ver._n 20._o but_o bring_v your_o young_a brother_n etc._n etc._n fail_v not_o to_o let_v i_o see_v your_o young_a brother_n and_o so_o shall_v you_o justify_v yourselves_o to_o be_v no_o spy_n and_o suffer_v nothing_o and_o they_o do_v so_o they_o consent_v to_o this_o proposal_n ver._n 21._o and_o they_o say_v one_o to_o another_o they_o that_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o the_o conspiracy_n against_o joseph_n begin_v upon_o this_o occasion_n to_o make_v the_o follow_a reflection_n on_o it_o we_o be_v very_o guilty_a etc._n etc._n see_v the_o power_n of_o conscience_n which_o fly_v in_o their_o face_n and_o reproach_n they_o for_o a_o fact_n commit_v above_o twenty_o year_n ago_o in_o that_o we_o see_v the_o anguish_n of_o his_o soul_n etc._n etc._n we_o will_v have_v no_o pity_n when_o he_o beseech_v we_o with_o tear_n and_o now_o nothing_o that_o we_o can_v say_v will_v move_v this_o man._n they_o observe_v their_o gild_n in_o their_o punishment_n for_o as_o they_o have_v throw_v joseph_n into_o a_o pit_n so_o they_o have_v be_v throw_v into_o a_o prison_n themselves_o and_o as_o nothing_o he_o can_v say_v will_v incline_v they_o to_o spare_v he_o so_o now_o they_o find_v joseph_n inexorable_a to_o they_o this_o anguish_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o his_o entreaty_n be_v not_o mention_v before_o chap._n xxxvii_o but_o can_v not_o but_o be_v suppose_v if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v mention_v here_o ver._n 22._o and_o reuben_n answer_v they_o etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v have_v hearken_v unto_o i_o and_o then_o you_o have_v not_o come_v into_o this_o distress_n behold_v also_o his_o blood_n be_v require_v you_o kill_v he_o and_o now_o you_o must_v pay_v for_o it_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o your_o life_n for_o he_o think_v he_o to_o be_v dead_a ver._n 23._o speak_v to_o they_o by_o a_o interpreter_n this_o show_v the_o egyptian_a tongue_n and_o the_o hebrew_n be_v different_a though_o in_o some_o word_n they_o may_v agree_v ver._n 24._o and_o he_o turn_v himself_o about_o from_o they_o and_o go_v into_o some_o other_o room_n and_o weep_v natural_a affection_n be_v too_o strong_a for_o the_o person_n he_o put_v on_o and_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o counterfeit_v any_o long_o return_v to_o they_o and_o commune_v with_o they_o when_o he_o have_v vent_v his_o passion_n and_o compose_v himself_o to_o his_o former_a temper_n he_o repeat_v to_o they_o what_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o before_o but_o add_v withal_o that_o if_o they_o bring_v benjamin_n with_o they_o they_o may_v traffic_n in_o the_o land_n verse_n 34._o and_o take_v from_o they_o simeon_n who_o the_o hebrew_n say_v be_v the_o person_n that_o put_v joseph_n into_o the_o pit_n and_o therefore_o be_v now_o serve_v in_o his_o kind_n this_o i_o think_v may_v be_v fair_o conjecture_v that_o reuben_n be_v resolve_v to_o save_v he_o and_o judah_n also_o incline_v to_o favour_v he_o if_o simeon_n have_v join_v with_o they_o their_o authority_n may_v have_v prevail_v to_o deliver_v he_o and_o bind_v he_o before_o their_o eye_n cause_v he_o to_o be_v bind_v in_o their_o presence_n to_o strike_v the_o great_a terror_n into_o they_o ver._n 25._o to_o give_v they_o provision_n for_o the_o way_n that_o they_o may_v carry_v what_o they_o buy_v entire_a for_o the_o use_n of_o their_o family_n and_o thus_o he_o do_v unto_o they_o thus_o the_o person_n to_o who_o joseph_n give_v that_o command_n do_v unto_o they_o ver._n 26._o and_o they_o jade_v their_o ass_n with_o corn_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o say_v how_o many_o ass_n they_o jade_v but_o one_o will_v guess_v by_o what_o follow_v only_o each_o man_n one_o for_o they_o go_v only_o to_o fetch_v a_o present_a supply_n not_o think_v of_o provide_v against_o a_o long_a famine_n ver._n 27._o and_o as_o one_o of_o they_o open_v his_o sack_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o be_v their_o provision_n for_o the_o way_n verse_n 25._o ver._n 28._o he_o say_v unto_o his_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n who_o all_o present_o open_v their_o sack_n and_o find_v their_o money_n there_o for_o so_o the_o story_n be_v tell_v by_o judah_n at_o their_o return_n to_o egypt_n xliii_o 21_o and_o both_o by_o that_o place_n and_o this_o it_o appear_v this_o happen_v to_o they_o when_o they_o come_v unto_o their_o inn_n to_o rest_v themselves_o in_o their_o first_o day_n be_v journey_n and_o their_o heart_n fail_v they_o etc._n etc._n their_o gild_n make_v they_o afraid_a otherwise_o they_o will_v have_v rejoice_v but_o all_o thing_n terrify_v a_o evil_a conscience_n which_o make_v they_o think_v some_o design_n be_v lay_v to_o undo_v they_o all_o what_o be_v this_o that_o god_n have_v do_v unto_o we_o now_o god_n be_v in_o all_o their_o thought_n as_o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o all_o thing_n whosoever_o be_v the_o instrument_n ver._n 30._o the_o man_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o land_n by_o this_o it_o appear_v joseph_n be_v little_o less_o than_o a_o king_n i._n e._n in_o his_o authority_n and_o sway_n which_o he_o bear_v in_o that_o country_n take_v we_o for_o spy_n in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v he_o give_v we_o i_o e._n treat_v we_o as_o spy_n by_o deliver_v we_o to_o be_v put_v in_o prison_n ver._n 34._o and_o you_o shall_v traffic_v in_o the_o land_n buy_v corn_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o the_o country_n afford_v without_o any_o let_v or_o impediment_n ver._n 35._o when_o both_o they_o and_o their_o father_n see_v the_o bundle_n of_o money_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v see_v the_o same_o before_o therefore_o this_o be_v