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be_v and_o say_v that_o the_o signification_n be_v ex_fw-la usu_fw-la hellenistarum_fw-la i_o do_v not_o think_v it_o will_v be_v find_v so_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o in_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v express_o distinguish_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o sam._n 11.13_o and_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n 24.17_o and_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o king_n 23.12_o where_o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o josia_n break_v down_o the_o altar_n which_o be_v on_o top_n of_o the_o upper_a chamber_n of_o ahaz_n but_o peter_n be_v say_v to_o go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o will_v not_o be_v proper_a to_o say_v that_o he_o go_v up_o upon_o the_o upper_a room_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o peter_n go_v up_o upon_o the_o house_n top._n the_o saxon_a be_v þaene_n hâ—oâ—_n the_o roof_n of_o the_o house_n so_o the_o syriack_n the_o arabic_a be_v the_o plain_a roof_n as_o the_o top_n of_o their_o house_n be_v make_v peter_n be_v now_o at_o joppa_n where_o he_o lodge_v in_o the_o house_n of_o one_o simon_n a_o tanner_n the_o state_n of_o which_o place_n it_o seem_v will_v not_o hold_v out_o for_o a_o upper_a room_n of_o the_o religious_a kind_n for_o want_v of_o this_o he_o make_v use_v of_o the_o house_n top._n if_o there_o have_v be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o he_o have_v go_v up_o into_o that_o as_o saint_n paul_n do_v at_o troas_n act._n 20.8_o and_o saint_n peter_n also_o at_o the_o same_o city_n of_o joppa_n but_o in_o a_o house_n of_o great_a note_n in_o the_o case_n of_o tabytha_n act._n 9.37.39_o for_o of_o both_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o mean_v to_o make_v good_a that_o they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n which_o be_v here_o note_v upon_o and_o for_o that_o at_o troas_n it_o be_v plain_a for_o there_o be_v many_o light_n in_o the_o upper_a room_n the_o disciple_n be_v there_o gather_v together_o and_o there_o paul_n preach_v it_o be_v more_o to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o young_a man_n sit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o god_n window_n and_o fall_v down_o from_o thence_o as_o ahaziah_n once_o 2_o king_n 1.2_o it_o have_v be_v god_n before_o but_o be_v now_o out_o of_o jewish_a reverence_n and_o observation_n and_o for_o that_o of_o joppa_n i_o take_v this_o course_n tabytha_n be_v sick_a and_o dye_v and_o when_o she_o be_v wash_v they_o lay_v she_o in_o a_o upper_a chamber_n the_o mahometans_n to_o this_o day_n when_o they_o have_v wash_v their_o dead_a they_o dispose_v of_o they_o in_o such_o a_o place_n where_o they_o may_v be_v lay_v out_o so_o as_o that_o the_o face_n
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in_o their_o devotion_n so_o i_o interpret_v that_o place_n leviticus_n c._n 16.14_o 15._o it_o be_v command_v there_o that_o the_o high_a priest_n shall_v do_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o goat_n as_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o bullock_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v take_v of_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o bullock_n and_o sprinkle_v it_o with_o his_o finger_n upon_o the_o mercy_n seat_n eastward_o strange_a it_o be_v to_o see_v what_o shift_n the_o expounder_n have_v make_v to_o make_v good_a this_o place_n they_o be_v much_o trouble_v to_o know_v how_o the_o priest_n can_v be_v say_v to_o sprinkle_v the_o blood_n eastward_o they_o may_v well_o enough_o for_o they_o suppose_v the_o priest_n to_o have_v stand_v with_o his_o face_n towards_o the_o west_n tawos_n the_o persian_a paraphra_v render_v it_o super_fw-la faciem_fw-la propitiatorii_fw-la in_o oriente_fw-it upon_o the_o mercy-seat_n in_o the_o east_n mean_v i_o think_v as_o a_o arabic_a translation_n of_o the_o greek_a on_o 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call_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o both_o he_o use_v these_o and_o the_o same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n please_v himself_o in_o the_o verity_n of_o this_o persuasion_n repeat'_v the_o same_o again_o in_o his_o evangelical_n preparative_a where_o he_o bear_v witness_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basiliensis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ità _fw-la epiphanius_n lib._n 1._o pagina_fw-la 10._o edit_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la the_o reader_n may_v be_v please_v to_o note_v his_o confidence_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o great_a industry_n herein_o in_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n george_n cedren_n and_o epiphanius_n no_o way_n mistrust_v such_o elaborate_a canon_n histor_n