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the_o less_o skilful_a reader_n may_v omit_v what_o be_v contain_v between_o page_n 25._o and_o page_n 69._o the_o rest_n be_v deliver_v in_o sermon_n and_o be_v both_o more_o practical_a and_o facile_a 1._o tim_n 1.15_o this_o be_v a_o faithful_a say_n in_o another_o translation_n a_o true_a say_n and_o worthy_a of_o all_o acceptation_n that_o christ_n jesus_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n of_o who_o i_o be_o chief_a we_o may_v observe_v in_o this_o scripture_n three_o general_a part_n first_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o preface_n or_o introduction_n to_o a_o doctrine_n preach_v by_o s._n paul_n this_o be_v a_o faithful_a say_n and_o worthy_a of_o all_o acceptation_n second_o the_o doctrine_n itself_o christ_n jesus_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n i_o may_v fit_o apply_v to_o my_o text_n what_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o church_n cant._n 7.2_o thy_o belly_n be_v a_o heap_n of_o wheat_n hedge_v in_o with_o lily_n three_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o epilogue_n whereof_o i_o be_o chief_a the_o preface_n contain_v his_o commendation_n of_o the_o doctrine_n and_o the_o epilogue_n the_o application_n of_o it_o to_o himself_o here_o be_v meat_n and_o sauce_n and_o a_o stomach_n we_o have_v in_o the_o doctrine_n gentes_fw-la doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o clem._n alex._n admonit_n ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la spiritual_a food_n the_o bread_n of_o life_n the_o manna_n which_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n christ_n merit_n sinner_n redemption_n here_o be_v meat_n which_o shall_v need_v no_o sauce_n be_v not_o our_o stomach_n vitiate_v and_o squeamish_a of_o what_o most_o nutritive_a s._n paul_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o verse_n intimate_v his_o hunger_a and_o thirst_v after_o christ_n merit_n for_o those_o word_n of_o who_o i_o be_o chief_a although_o they_o have_v other_o respect_n and_o moment_n not_o to_o be_v omit_v be_v the_o yawn_a or_o gasp_v of_o a_o 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horse_n revel_v 6.2_o have_v a_o bow_n and_o a_o crowâ—_n be_v give_v to_o he_o and_o he_o go_v forth_o conquer_a and_o to_o conquer_v we_o be_v assure_v that_o christ_n be_v rise_v from_o the_o dead_a howsoever_o the_o jew_n oppugn_v that_o truth_n because_o all_o who_o at_o any_o time_n rise_v up_o against_o he_o fall_n three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n be_v sweet_a as_o mercury_n priest_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v when_o they_o eat_v their_o fig_n falshood_n lie_v error_n heresy_n be_v of_o a_o contrary_a quality_n we_o take_v sweet_a counsel_n together_o and_o walk_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o god_n in_o company_n psal_n 55.14_o my_o meditation_n of_o he_o shall_v be_v sweet_a i_o will_v be_v glad_a in_o the_o lord_n psal_n 104.34_o how_o sweet_a be_v thy_o word_n unto_o my_o taste_n yea_o sweet_a thâ—n_n honey_n to_o my_o mouth_n through_o thy_o precept_n i_o get_v understanding_n therefore_o i_o hate_v every_o false_a way_n psal_n 119.103_o 104._o they_o shall_v hear_v my_o word_n for_o they_o be_v sweet_a psal_n 141.6_o what_o be_v true_a may_v be_v bitter_a and_o unpleasant_a but_o this_o be_v by_o accident_n beside_o the_o nature_n of_o truth_n the_o unpleasantnesse_n be_v not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o truth_n but_o to_o the_o subject_n the_o matter_n about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a who_o wish_v that_o this_o or_o that_o report_n may_v prove_v false_a express_v no_o dislike_n of_o truth_n they_o can_v wish_v at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o contrary_n be_v true_a those_o palate_n be_v vitiate_a disease_a non-sensicall_a which_o disrellish_a truth_n lactantius_n say_v witty_o and_o true_o divin_n instit_fw-la epitome_n c._n 6._o veritas_fw-la licèt_fw-la ad_fw-la praesens_fw-la sit_fw-la insuavie_a tamen_fw-la cùm_fw-la fructus_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la utilitas_fw-la apparuerit_fw-la non_fw-la edium_fw-la pariet_fw-la ut_fw-la ait_fw-la poeta_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiam_fw-la all_o truth_n be_v amiable_a but_o especial_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n evangelicall_n truth_n be_v solomon_n imrei-nongham_a eloquia_fw-la jucunditatis_fw-la prov._n 16.24_o they_o be_v as_o the_o honeycomb_n sweet_a to_o the_o soul_n and_o heal_v to_o the_o bone_n true_o the_o light_n be_v sweet_a and_o a_o pleasant_a thing_n it_o be_v for_o the_o eye_n to_o behold_v the_o sun_n eccles_n 11.7_o the_o commeedian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d life_n be_v sweet_a be_v a_o good_a comment_n upon_o this_o text._n but_o neither_o be_v that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n to_o be_v pretermit_v in_o its_o explication_n god_n word_n be_v a_o light_n to_o our_o foot_n and_o a_o lantern_n to_o our_o step_n four_o truth_n be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o the_o conversion_n of_o soul_n five_o truth_n be_v spiritual_o nutritive_a of_o the_o soul_n paint_a fire_n will_v not_o burn_v meat_n receive_v only_o in_o a_o dream_n will_v not_o nourish_v imaginary_a truth_n chimera_n will_v not_o refresh_v and_o feed_v the_o soul_n error_n in_o the_o judgement_n be_v wont_v to_o side_n with_o perverseness_n in_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n wickedness_n in_o life_n and_o conversation_n such_o be_v the_o destiny_n and_o lot_n of_o falsehood_n if_o any_o doctrine_n not_o faithful_a shall_v be_v able_a to_o advance_v sanctity_n papist_n tenant_n concern_v a_o possibility_n of_o fulfil_v the_o law_n and_o concern_v merit_n shall_v be_v they_o but_o we_o see_v it_o be_v quite_o otherwise_o no_o sect_n in_o the_o world_n be_v more_o defective_a in_o purity_n of_o life_n god_n although_o wont_v often_o to_o work_v good_a out_o of_o evil_a never_o cooperate_v with_o evil_a mean_n which_o spoil_v he_o of_o his_o glory_n the_o gospel_n be_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n pabulum_fw-la animarum_fw-la as_o it_o be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o the_o conversion_n of_o sinner_n so_o likewise_o to_o the_o increase_n of_o grace_n six_o truth_n be_v of_o a_o heal_a nature_n 2._o in_o the_o next_o place_n god_n minister_n preach_v what_o
himself_o and_o make_v what_o be_v remote_a actual_o intelligible_a moreover_o vision_n and_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o prophet_n be_v representative_a of_o thing_n compound_v or_o divide_v themistius_n tell_v we_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la be_v most_o like_a unto_o god_n alexander_n in_o his_o second_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la chap._n 20._o and_o 21._o hold_n that_o intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la be_v god_n that_o it_o be_v that_o understanding_n which_o be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n plato_n seem_v to_o be_v almost_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n by_o his_o sixth_o book_n de_fw-fr republica_fw-la themistius_n upon_o the_o three_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la conceive_v as_o much_o what_o aristotle_n as_o appear_v from_o his_o word_n before_o cite_v attribute_n to_o a_o light_n within_o we_o plato_n de_fw-la repub_fw-la lib._n 6._o refer_v to_o a_o sun_n without_o we_o to_o he_o who_o be_v the_o true_a light_n that_o enlighten_v every_o one_o that_o come_v into_o the_o world_n i_o mean_v to_o the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n knowledge_n say_v plato_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o intelligible_a object_n he_o judge_v a_o sun_n necessary_a to_o the_o procreation_n of_o sight_n of_o truth_n of_o knowledge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o sun_n to_o wit_n who_o beam_n be_v knowledge_n and_o truth_n i_o call_v the_o offspring_n or_o son_n of_o the_o chief_n good_a who_o the_o chief_a good_a have_v beget_v like_a and_o equal_a to_o himself_o what_o this_o in_o a_o intelligible_a place_n to_o the_o mind_n and_o thing_n understand_v that_o the_o other_o corporeal_a sun_n in_o a_o visible_a place_n to_o the_o sight_n and_o thing_n see_v almost_o each_o word_n be_v big_a with_o a_o deity_n the_o son_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a and_o who_o the_o chief_a good_a have_v beget_v and_o beget_v like_o to_o himself_o and_o who_o be_v that_o to_o the_o mind_n and_o thing_n intelligible_a which_o the_o sun_n to_o the_o sight_n and_o visible_a object_n and_o that_o sun_n in_o a_o intelligible_a world_n as_o this_o in_o the_o visible_a he_o can_v not_o speak_v more_o clear_o that_o there_o be_v a_o son_n of_o god_n or_o that_o this_o son_n of_o god_n be_v god_n or_o that_o by_o he_o mankind_n be_v illustrate_v platonist_n have_v as_o good_a reason_n to_o conceive_v that_o s._n john_n be_v one_o of_o their_o tribe_n from_o the_o nine_o as_o from_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o his_o etc._n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o amelius_n in_o euseb_n praeparat_fw-la evangel_n lib._n 11._o c._n 19_o vigerus_n thus_o translate_v he_o into_o latin_a atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la planè_fw-la verbum_fw-la erat_fw-la inquit_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la cùm_fw-la esset_fw-la existebant_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la siebant_fw-la quemadmod_a m_o heraclitus_n loqueretur_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la videlicet_fw-la barbarus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ille_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o principii_fw-la gradu_fw-la ac_fw-la dignitate_fw-la constitutum_fw-la imò_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la simul_fw-la esse_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la facta_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la omne_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o vivens_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la &_o aliquod_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la quodque_fw-la naturae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n gospel_n mankind_n be_v illuminate_v by_o christ_n the_o eternal_a word_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n this_o illumination_n by_o plato_n have_v place_n in_o metaphysical_a contemplation_n corruptible_fw-fr thing_n be_v say_v he_o confuse_v mingle_v with_o darkness_n and_o as_o colour_n not_o illustrate_v by_o the_o sun_n have_v a_o perpetual_a cloud_n upon_o they_o the_o mind_n convert_v itself_o to_o these_o be_v perplex_v and_o intricate_v in_o uncertainty_n and_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n truth_n and_o knowledge_n be_v beget_v by_o a_o union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o idea_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n according_a to_o plato_n god_n we_o see_v be_v intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la to_o wit_n perform_v when_o metaphysical_a truth_n be_v understand_v what_o office_n be_v common_o ascribe_v to_o that_o faculty_n that_o god_n perform_v by_o himself_o what_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o say_a faculty_n when_o truth_n be_v convey_v into_o the_o mind_n after_o a_o metaphysical_a way_n viz._n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n can_v be_v deny_v that_o the_o low_a order_n of_o angel_n by_o the_o rabbin_n suppose_v to_o confer_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n language_n prophecy_n see_v maimon_n de_fw-fr sundam_fw-la legit_fw-la c._n 7._o sect_n 2._o vorstius_n upon_o that_o tractate_n c._n 1._o p._n 19_o c._n 7._o p._n 90._o selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la &_o gentium_fw-la juxta_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la hebraeorum_n lib._n 1_o c_o 9_o p._n 110_o 111_o 112_o 113_o 114_o 115._o that_o learned_a author_n in_o these_o page_n confirm_v that_o some_o pagan_n jew_n mahumedan_n and_o christian_n have_v conceive_v that_o somewhat_o distinct_a from_o the_o soul_n to_o wit_n the_o supreme_a god_n or_o some_o of_o his_o minister_a spirit_n or_o each_o answerable_o to_o difference_n of_o person_n and_o occasion_n be_v intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la i_o have_v not_o hâ—re_o produce_v any_o testimony_n about_o intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la but_o what_o occasion_v by_o discourse_v of_o prophecy_n i_o cite_v in_o public_a before_o that_o noble_a work_n be_v print_v authentic_a writing_n intimate_v as_o i_o shall_v shâ—w_v hereafter_o that_o god_n speak_v to_o the_o prophet_n sometime_o immediate_o sometime_o by_o his_o ambassador_n the_o angel_n late_a jew_n as_o sectatour_n of_o plato_n be_v more_o for_o mediator_n than_o be_v their_o predecessor_n yet_o some_o of_o they_o as_o they_o hold_v that_o their_o nation_n be_v govern_v immediate_o by_o divine_a providence_n without_o the_o intercession_n of_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o angel_n so_o likewise_o that_o god_n immediate_o illuminate_v hebrew_n which_o become_v prophet_n i_o may_v not_o here_o omit_v that_o ralbag_n upon_o pro._n 1.8_o depart_v from_o most_o writer_n of_o his_o tribe_n i_o mean_v jewish_a doctor_n as_o make_v intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la the_o mind_n or_o a_o faculty_n of_o it_o and_o that_o against_o all_o reason_n passive_a upon_o the_o comma_n quote_v my_o son_n hear_v the_o instruction_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o forsake_v not_o the_o law_n of_o thy_o mother_n by_o father_n he_o understand_v god_n and_o by_o mother_n intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la its_o convenient_a here_o to_o prefer_v his_o sense_n before_o a_o grammatical_a construction_n conceive_v prophetical_a influence_n instill_a into_o it_o by_o god_n for_o this_o cause_n as_o he_o go_v on_o our_o doctor_n of_o bless_a memory_n have_v call_v it_o metatron_n which_o signify_v a_o mother_n in_o the_o roman_a language_n be_v by_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la evident_o show_v that_o they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n the_o apostle_n fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n begin_v to_o speak_v with_o other_o tongue_n as_o the_o spirit_n give_v they_o utterance_n act_v 2.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la sententiosa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o mirifica_fw-la loqui_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la erant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d item_n non_fw-la tam_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la quà m_fw-la ex_fw-la numinis_fw-la afflatu_fw-la &_o impulsu_fw-la loqui_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la prophetis_fw-la scribitur_fw-la 2._o pet._n 1.21_o thus_o beza_n upon_o that_o text_n they_o speak_v with_o other_o tongue_n as_o the_o spirit_n imprint_v in_o their_o mind_n representation_n or_o character_n such_o as_o be_v the_o prophetical_a word_n it_o be_v easy_a likewise_o by_o what_o have_v be_v speak_v to_o interpret_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n mat._n 10.19_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v you_o in_o that_o same_o hour_n what_o you_o shall_v speak_v divine_a truth_n contain_v in_o sacred_a scripture_n by_o which_o soever_o of_o the_o way_n mention_v at_o first_o reveal_v to_o prophet_n when_o to_o be_v commit_v to_o writing_n be_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o new_a edition_n imprint_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o penman_n if_o not_o know_v before_o to_o such_o a_o person_n or_o if_o forget_a perhaps_o sometime_o as_o to_o be_v further_o confirm_v to_o he_o prophetia_fw-la he_o maimonie_n see_v this_o truth_n but_o perplex_v &_o as_o through_o a_o cloud_n see_v more_n nevoch_n part_n 2._o cap._n 45._o de_fw-la secundo_fw-la gradu_fw-la prophetia_fw-la at_o least_o wise_a god_n by_o the_o secret_a insinuation_n of_o his_o spirit_n unless_o he_o use_v the_o ministry_n of_o a_o angel_n or_o some_o other_o outward_a expression_n equivalent_a command_v that_o he_o shall_v write_v what_o he_o perceive_v and_o what_o thou_o see_v write_v in_o a_o book_n rev._n 1.11_o write_v the_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v see_v etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 19_o we_o have_v other_o
instance_n in_o the_o apocalypse_v chap._n 14.13_o and_o 19.6_o and_o 21.5_o when_o any_o one_o by_o divine_a authority_n write_v what_o he_o know_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n or_o what_o thing_n he_o have_v see_v do_v his_o commission_n have_v the_o like_a signature_n that_o divine_a influence_n which_o be_v call_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v oft_o as_o i_o may_v fit_o call_v it_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o or_o somewhat_o equivalent_a be_v always_o the_o seal_n of_o truth_n whereof_o god_n peculiarly_a and_o by_o way_n of_o appropriation_n vouchsafe_v to_o be_v account_v the_o author_n i_o have_v reckon_v up_o several_a way_n and_o i_o believe_v the_o head_n of_o all_o according_a to_o which_o god_n reveal_v himself_o to_o his_o prophet_n those_o who_o understand_v what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o notion_n instill_a into_o their_o mind_n have_v vast_a advantage_n if_o compare_v with_o such_o as_o be_v inform_v by_o external_a resemblance_n ibid._n resemblance_n see_v maimon_n de_fw-fr fundam_fw-la leg_n c._n 7._o &_o vorstiâ—â—_n ibid._n and_o be_v the_o only_a man_n by_o rabbin_n think_v worthy_a to_o be_v entitle_v prophet_n some_o hebrew_n doctor_n affirm_v that_o bathcol_n filia_fw-la vocis_fw-la of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v already_o be_v in_o israel_n after_o prophecy_n cease_v and_o that_o urim_n and_o thummim_n be_v one_o of_o the_o ghost_n the_o according_a to_o some_o hebrew_n doctor_n some_o degree_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n fall_v short_a of_o prophecy_n urim_n and_o thummim_n be_v dispose_v by_o maimon_n in_o the_o second_o degree_n of_o or_o rather_o to_o prophecy_n see_v more_n nevoch_n part_n 2._o cap._n 45._o abarbinel_n with_o other_o be_v divide_v from_o maimon_n etc._n etc._n he_o affirm_v in_o his_o comment_n upon_o esay_n 11._o that_o there_o be_v no_o prophecy_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o second_o house_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bath_n kol_n according_a to_o this_o doctor_n can_v be_v no_o degree_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n degree_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n between_o that_o voice_n and_o prophecy_n but_o i_o can_v persuade_v myself_o to_o rely_v upon_o rabbinicall_a scripture_n unless_o for_o history_n concern_v thing_n appertain_v to_o their_o own_o nation_n &_o their_o ancestor_n neither_o in_o that_o perpetual_o prophecy_n seem_v to_o be_v distinguish_v from_o dream_n send_v into_o the_o mind_n by_o god_n and_o from_o urim_n 1._o sam._n 28.6_o when_o saul_n inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n answer_v he_o not_o neither_o by_o dream_n nor_o by_o urim_n nor_o by_o prophet_n general_n word_n for_o several_a reason_n be_v confine_v to_o part_n of_o their_o signification_n moreover_o those_o be_v prophet_n eminent_o who_o have_v resemblance_n of_o thing_n future_a impress_v upon_o their_o mind_n as_o occasion_n require_v throughout_o the_o remainder_n or_o it_o or_o necessariò_fw-la enim_fw-la auseâ—tur_fw-la prophetia_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la reliquis_fw-la prophetis_fw-la excepto_fw-la mose_n ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la istorum_fw-la Ãdque_fw-la vel_fw-la brevi_fw-la vel_fw-la diu_fw-la sicuti_fw-la patet_fw-la exemplo_fw-la jeremiae_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ad_fw-la finiendum_fw-la vel_fw-la quo_fw-la finiebatur_fw-la verbum_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la jeremiae_n &_o davidis_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la legimus_fw-la &_o ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la verba_fw-la davidis_fw-la postrema_fw-la idem_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la more_n nevoch_n part_n 2._o c._n 45._o although_o i_o approve_v not_o maimonides_n his_o opinion_n i_o conceive_v it_o not_o necessary_a to_o contradict_v it_o great_a part_n of_o their_o life_n after_o god_n once_o begin_v to_o reveal_v himself_o in_o such_o manner_n to_o they_o god_n sometime_o upon_o special_a occasion_n reveal_v himself_o to_o some_o extraordinary_o in_o dream_n who_o he_o never_o if_o we_o may_v judge_v 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necessity_n nor_o yet_o inform_v he_o by_o his_o prophet_n in_o ordinary_a god_n ordinary_a quando_fw-la verò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la n._n in_o somnio_fw-la noctis_fw-la id_fw-la prophetia_fw-la minimè_fw-la nuncupari_fw-la potest_fw-la neque_fw-la vir_fw-la talâ—â—_n propheta_fw-la sensus_fw-la etenim_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admâ—nitio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quaedam_fw-la viro_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la á_z deo_fw-la facta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la deinde_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o somnio_fw-la illa_fw-la contigerit_fw-la nam_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la deus_fw-la caussatur_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la moveatur_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la vel_fw-la defendendum_fw-la &_o liberandum_fw-la vel_fw-la perdendum_fw-la &_o cccidendum_fw-la sic_fw-la quoque_fw-la caussa_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ortus_fw-la illarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la quas_fw-la in_o somniis_fw-la nocturnis_fw-la exoriri_fw-la vult_fw-la notum_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la ullum_fw-la dubium_fw-la quin_fw-la laban_n syrus_n perfectissimè_fw-la impius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o idololatra_fw-la &_o abimelech_n licèt_fw-la vir_fw-la bone_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la populo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o regno_fw-la ejus_fw-la dicit_fw-la abraham_n non_fw-la est_fw-la timor_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la loco_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la de_fw-la utroque_fw-la labane_n inquam_fw-la &_o abimelecho_n legimus_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la abimelech_n in_o somnio_fw-la noctis_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la labanem_fw-la syrum_fw-la in_o somnio_fw-la noctis_fw-la quocirca_fw-la observa_fw-la istam_fw-la differentiam_fw-la inter_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la dominus_fw-la item_n &_o dixit_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o inter_v in_o somnio_fw-la noctis_fw-la &_o in_o visionibus_fw-la noctis_fw-la de_fw-fr jacobo_n dicitur_fw-la et_fw-la dixit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la israelem_fw-la in_o 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oppositum_fw-la in_fw-la apposito_fw-la a_o implicit_a contradiction_n if_o we_o say_v that_o sick_a person_n by_o their_o perfect_a health_n merit_v a_o visit_n from_o a_o physician_n but_o neither_o can_v the_o perfect_a observance_n of_o the_o law_n merit_v any_o thing_n from_o god_n as_o no_o creature_n can_v impose_v upon_o god_n the_o son_n a_o moral_a so_o neither_o a_o physical_a necessity_n of_o come_v into_o the_o world_n astrologer_n most_o blasphemous_o attribute_v christ_n birth_n to_o the_o star_n albumazar_n affirm_v quoties_fw-la saturnus_n denas_fw-la svi_fw-la orbis_fw-la conversiones_fw-la perfecerit_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la expletis_fw-la annis_fw-la trecentis_fw-la semper_fw-la quasdam_fw-la magnas_fw-la res_fw-la &_o admodum_fw-la ensign_fw-la evenire_fw-la post_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la enim_fw-la say_v he_o annis_fw-la trecentis_fw-la apparuit_fw-la arelasor_n filius_fw-la bel_n qui_fw-la persas_fw-la contrivit_fw-la &_o proximé_fw-fr post_fw-la transactis_fw-la aliis_fw-la trecentis_fw-la annis_fw-la apparuit_fw-la jesus_n magister_n &_o dux_n christianorum_fw-la here_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sufficient_o betray_v he_o can_v not_o as_o appear_v divine_a at_o what_o time_n arelasor_n foil_v the_o persian_n or_o when_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v he_o add_v 280._o year_n to_o his_o true_a distance_n from_o alexander_n magna_fw-la saturni_n &_o jovis_n conjunctio_fw-la say_v some_o astrologer_n nascentem_fw-la orbem_fw-la initiavit_fw-la alia_fw-la praeparavit_fw-la diluvium_fw-la alia_fw-la abraham_n vel_fw-la moseâ—_n genuit_fw-la alia_fw-la jesus_n adventum_fw-la praenuntiavit_fw-la alia_fw-la mahumeti_fw-la antecessit_fw-la cardan_n upon_o ptolemey_n tetrabible_a impute_v christ_n birth_n faith_n with_o other_o grace_n wrought_v in_o man_n heart_n christian_a religion_n begin_v continue_a sometime_o advance_v and_o propagate_v other_o time_n depress_v and_o contract_v to_o the_o star_n dum_fw-la fiunt_fw-la magnae_fw-la conjunctiones_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la trigono_n quae_fw-la durant_fw-mi annis_fw-la 199._o &_o singulis_fw-la 20._o fiunt_fw-la annis_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la inferiori_fw-la imperia_fw-la monarchiae_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la pax_fw-la ex_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o jovis_n dominio_fw-la item_n sapientes_fw-la ensign_fw-la sterilitates_fw-la magnae_fw-la ob_fw-la triangulum_fw-la igneum_fw-la sic_fw-la incipit_fw-la romanorum_fw-la monarchia_fw-la sub_fw-la julio_n caesar_fw-la in_o δ_n primo_fw-la &_o jesus_n dei_fw-la lex_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la prophetia_fw-la &_o praedicatio_fw-la &_o vitiorum_fw-la purgatio_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la destructio_fw-la &_o justitiae_fw-la pietatÃsque_fw-la exaltatio_fw-la &_o monarchia_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la &_o per_fw-mi 200._o annos_fw-la donec_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la δ_n factae_fw-la sunt_fw-la praevaluit_fw-la monarchia_fw-la &_o lex_fw-la sancta_fw-la pro_fw-la qua_fw-la innumeri_fw-la mortui_fw-la sunt_fw-la significante_fw-la marte_fw-la domino_fw-la arietis_fw-la thus_o haly_n and_o cardan_n as_o digest_v by_o 1._o by_o astrolog_n lib._n 2._o c._n 3._o art_n 1._o campenella_n petrus_n de_fw-fr aliaco_n be_v in_o point_n mention_v as_o blasphemous_a as_o these_o cite_v in_o his_o concordia_fw-la histor_n &_o astrologiae_fw-la that_o axiom_n of_o pindar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o i_o must_v be_v
that_o the_o israelite_n some_o time_n before_o christ_n birth_n by_o reason_n of_o disturbance_n from_o their_o enemy_n be_v disenable_v to_o distinguish_v exact_o their_o tribe_n he_o add_v sive_fw-la igitur_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la prospicere_fw-la voluerint_fw-la sive_fw-la accepto_fw-la jam_fw-la malo_fw-la succurrere_fw-la puto_fw-la simul_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la tribus_fw-la se_fw-la contulisse_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la religionis_fw-la puritas_fw-la diutius_fw-la sto_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la redemptor_n expectabatur_fw-la proditurus_fw-la siquidem_fw-la hoc_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ultimis_fw-la suffugium_fw-la messiae_n expectatione_n se_fw-la consolari_fw-la josephus_n in_o the_o eleven_o of_o his_o antiquity_n conceive_v that_o the_o israelite_n be_v call_v jew_n from_o judas_n macchabeus_n but_o in_o his_o second_o book_n against_o apion_n the_o israelite_n who_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n be_v call_v jew_n his_o 20._o book_n which_o 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at_o least_o as_o the_o deluge_n perhaps_o they_o think_v they_o be_v for_o some_o time_n intermit_v the_o 150._o day_n mention_v gen._n 7.24_o and_o chap._n 8.3_o they_o conceive_v to_o have_v for_o their_o epocha_n the_o 17._o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v jiar_a on_o which_o noah_n enter_v into_o the_o ark_n and_o to_o expire_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seventeen_o day_n of_o the_o seven_o month_n on_o which_o the_o ark_n rest_v on_o the_o mountain_n of_o ararat_n if_o jiar_n and_o the_o four_o month_n next_o follow_v have_v all_o be_v solid_a the_o sum_n shall_v have_v be_v 151._o day_n hence_o they_o conclude_v that_o about_o four_o solid_a month_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v continuous_a beside_o that_o 4._o that_o the_o author_n of_o bereshith_n rabath_n jarchi_n and_o other_o after_o eliezer_n in_o parasch_n noah_n seder_n olam_n rabath_n c._n 4._o some_o jewish_a writer_n conceive_v that_o 150._o day_n which_o the_o water_n be_v 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original_a in_o scriptura_fw-la praeceptam_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la sanctificandis_fw-la neomeniis_fw-la peculiare_a fuisse_fw-la terrae_fw-la israeliticae_fw-la sed_fw-la verò_fw-la manavit_fw-la â_fw-la seculis_fw-la vetussimis_fw-la adeóque_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la noachi_n &_o abrahae_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la quibus_fw-la paex_fw-la mos_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctificandi_fw-la lunam_fw-la quocunque_fw-la locorum_fw-la some_o perhaps_o will_v object_v against_o eliah_n ben_n moseh_n what_o josephus_n say_v of_o apion_n lib._n 2._o against_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la animadvertit_fw-la à _fw-la seipso_fw-la adductum_fw-la quo_fw-la coargueretur_fw-la karite_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o confine_v themselves_o rigorous_o to_o write_v truth_n be_v zealous_a beyond_o pharisees_n for_o a_o oral_a tradition_n by_o which_o they_o may_v parcel_n out_o time_n into_o month_n and_o year_n they_o be_v easy_o reconcile_v to_o themselves_o it_o be_v no_o unusual_a thing_n that_o some_o one_o objection_n shall_v hinder_v a_o rule_n from_o be_v general_a if_o either_o sect_n of_o jew_n report_v truth_n it_o be_v sometime_o impossible_a to_o make_v beforehand_o a_o calendar_n for_o the_o year_n follow_v neither_o be_v we_o enable_v by_o any_o history_n to_o reduce_v day_n of_o such_o uncertain_a year_n as_o have_v be_v mention_v to_o their_o due_a positure_n in_o any_o equable_v account_n joseph_n scaliger_n as_o also_o many_o other_o writer_n before_o and_o since_o affirm_v two_o thing_n from_o either_o of_o which_o grant_v it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o month_n and_o year_n such_o as_o i_o have_v describe_v according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o talmudist_n and_o karites_n be_v not_o use_v in_o our_o saviour_n age_n 1._o 11._o 1._o de_fw-fr emendat_fw-la temp_n l._n 2._o pag._n 105._o lansbergius_n compendious_o show_v how_o the_o jewish_a and_o grecian_a year_n in_o his_o opinion_n differ_v chron._n saâ—r_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o he_o contend_v that_o jew_n from_o what_o time_n the_o syro-macedonians_a become_v lord_n over_o they_o till_o after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n use_v a_o cyclicall_a account_n viz._n calippus_n his_o period_n which_o consist_v of_o 76._o year_n 27759._o day_n 940._o lunation_n contain_v four_o metonicall_a cycle_n one_o day_n subduct_v i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o explain_v how_o the_o jew_n according_a to_o scaliger_n vary_v from_o calippus_n in_o the_o disposition_n of_o full_a and_o hollow_a month_n since_o it_o suffice_v to_o my_o purpose_n to_o show_v that_o scaliger_n think_v they_o use_v a_o cyclicall_a account_n and_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o his_o opinion_n 2._o that_o translatio_fw-la feriarum_fw-la be_v in_o use_n throughout_o the_o same_o segment_n of_o time_n the_o first_o assertion_n he_o endeavour_v to_o confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o josephus_n and_o r._n adda_n this_o doctor_n assign_v to_o the_o jewish_a year_n 365._o day_n 5._o hour_n scrupl_n 997_o 1080._o moment_n 48_o 76._o quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la vult_fw-la say_v scaliger_n quà m_fw-la periodum_fw-la judaicam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la annorum_fw-la 76._o r._n adda_n period_n of_o
maimon_n in_o his_o interpretation_n of_o the_o first_o perech_n of_o rosch_n hasschana_n in_o part_n except_v elul_a and_o tisri_fw-la from_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o uncertain_a account_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o the_o mischna_n of_o rosch_n hasschana_n messenger_n be_v send_v out_o from_o jerusalem_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o great_a senate_n to_o give_v notice_n of_o the_o neomenia_fw-la of_o elul_a to_o those_o who_o be_v distant_a that_o they_o may_v observe_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n at_o due_a time_n maimonides_n comment_v upon_o this_o part_n of_o the_o text_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la propter_fw-la elul_fw-la ratione_fw-la principii_fw-la anni_fw-la quia_fw-la elul_fw-la secundum_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la viginti_fw-la &_o novem_fw-la dierum_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la initium_fw-la mensis_fw-la elul_fw-la inde_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la initium_fw-la anni_fw-la in_o numero_fw-la seu_fw-la 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