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proselyte_n and_o as_o to_o what_o relate_v to_o the_o ancient_a form_n of_o proselytism_n enough_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o mr._n selden_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2_o 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la &_o gentium_fw-la juxta_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la hebraeorum_n if_o any_o proselyte_n happen_v among_o they_o we_o may_v presume_v they_o conform_v to_o the_o rite_n herein_o use_v by_o the_o jew_n of_o other_o nation_n of_o which_o we_o have_v this_o summary_n account_v in_o leo._n modena_n a_o venetian_a rabbi_n historia_n de_fw-fr gli_fw-la riti_fw-la hebraici_n part_v 5._o lib._n 2._o si_fw-mi alcune_fw-fr volesse_fw-mi farsi_fw-la hebraeo_fw-la primo_fw-la sono_fw-la tenuti_fw-la three_fw-mi rabbini_n o_o person_n di_fw-it autoritá_fw-la interrogarto_fw-la settilment_fw-it che_fw-it cosa_fw-mi lo_o move_v a_o far_a questa_fw-la rissotione_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o turn_v jew_n there_o be_v three_o master_n 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girl_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o estius_n note_n upon_o levit._n 12._o whither_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o jew_n polygamy_n divorce_n a_o copy_n of_o their_o bill_n of_o dismission_n etc._n etc._n polygamy_n respect_v both_o sex_n and_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v a_o have_v of_o many_o wife_n or_o husband_n at_o once_o the_o other_o a_o have_v many_o successive_o concern_v which_o the_o jew_n at_o no_o time_n have_v raise_v any_o considerable_a controversy_n save_v that_o they_o have_v always_o refuse_v the_o woman_n to_o have_v a_o plurality_n of_o husband_n at_o once_o though_o they_o deny_v she_o not_o a_o liberty_n of_o a_o second_o marriage_n when_o by_o death_n or_o divorce_n they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o first_o among_o christian_a author_n this_o point_n have_v be_v deep_o controvert_v and_o tertullian_n be_v equal_o against_o both_o these_o sort_n of_o polygamy_n put_v but_o little_a difference_n between_o have_v many_o
wife_n at_o once_o or_o by_o succession_n lib._n de_fw-la monogam_fw-la but_o other_o grant_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o successive_a marriage_n have_v yet_o whole_o explode_v the_o licence_n of_o many_o wife_n at_o one_o time_n unless_o where_o divine_a revelation_n give_v toleration_n mr._n grotius_n say_v there_o be_v no_o restraint_n herein_o until_o the_o come_v of_o christ_n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o §_o 8_o 9_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la but_o as_o to_o what_o herein_o relate_v to_o the_o jew_n polygamy_n have_v ever_o be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o ill_a name_n among_o they_o that_o it_o have_v be_v reckon_v for_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a privilege_n confer_v upon_o they_o by_o divine_a prescription_n so_o that_o if_o we_o be_v herefrom_o abstemious_a it_o be_v not_o out_o of_o conscience_n but_o worldly_a interest_n the_o gemara_n babylonia_n as_o mr._n selden_n write_v make_v it_o lawful_a for_o any_o jew_n to_o take_v as_o many_o wife_n as_o he_o can_v maintain_v that_o 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a_o present_a remedy_n in_o divorce_n or_o concubinage_n of_o which_o we_o must_v now_o speak_v a_o little_a now_o as_o touch_v divorce_n there_o be_v several_a thing_n thereunto_o require_v which_o be_v all_o contain_v in_o the_o sepher_n kerithuth_n need_v not_o any_o particular_a enumeration_n and_o in_o this_o sepher_n kerithuth_n or_o book_n of_o cut_v off_o so_o call_v because_o the_o wife_n thereby_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o her_o husband_n family_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o three_o several_a copy_n hereof_o one_o take_v out_o of_o moses_n kotsensis_n where_o say_v the_o citation_n there_o be_v another_o a_o second_o copy_n hereof_o be_v collect_v out_o of_o maimonides_n and_o extant_a in_o the_o end_n of_o burtorf_n caldee_n and_o syrian_a grammar_n and_o a_o three_o use_v in_o barbary_n among_o which_o there_o be_v little_a difference_n but_o in_o circumstance_n a_o copy_n of_o the_o bill_n of_o divorce_n upon_o the_o ______o day_n of_o the_o week_n and_o ______o of_o the_o 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concubine_n a_o learned_a man_n of_o our_o own_o nation_n in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o the_o new_a testament_n seem_v to_o incline_v to_o another_o opinion_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o matrimonial_a law_n of_o the_o jew_n forbid_v a_o servant_n or_o gentile_a woman_n to_o become_v wife_n to_o a_o jew_n but_o that_o she_o be_v call_v a_o concubine_n whether_o or_o no_o this_o may_v be_v so_o by_o some_o new_a institute_n of_o the_o master_n i_o have_v no_o just_a occasion_n here_o to_o inquire_v but_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o egyptian_a agar_n who_o be_v abraham_n concubine_n be_v call_v his_o wife_n gen._n 16.3_o and_o that_o both_o she_o and_o kethurah_n be_v call_v both_o his_o wife_n and_o concubine_n but_o sarah_n bear_v only_o the_o name_n of_o his_o wife_n august_n civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 17._o cap._n 34._o but_o grant_v that_o the_o concubine_n by_o some_o late_a rabbinick_n matrimonial_a law_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o call_v a_o wife_n yet_o she_o be_v far_o from_o the_o ill_a character_n of_o a_o harlot_n nor_o be_v conjugal_a association_n with_o her_o any_o more_o unlawful_a than_o polygamy_n which_o be_v practise_v among_o the_o patriarch_n and_o be_v still_o allow_v of_o by_o the_o modern_a jew_n and_o yet_o if_o we_o grant_v concubine_n the_o title_n of_o wife_n and_o concubinate_a to_o be_v marriage_n yet_o betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o primary_n wife_n there_o be_v and_o be_v still_o no_o small_a difference_n and_o disparity_n for_o the_o first_o sort_n of_o wife_n be_v take_v by_o matrimonial_a patent_n or_o dotal_a covenant_n with_o solemn_a espousal_n and_o have_v a_o power_n to_o receive_v all_o such_o present_n as_o may_v testify_v both_o the_o husband_n affection_n and_o the_o contract_n but_o concubine_n be_v take_v without_o any_o of_o these_o ceremony_n or_o assurance_n next_o the_o primary_n wife_n be_v the_o governess_n of_o their_o husband_n family_n but_o the_o concubine_n live_v therein_o as_o servant_n and_o equal_a to_o the_o former_a in_o nothing_o but_o in_o the_o right_n of_o the_o bed_n in_o the_o three_o place_n the_o child_n of_o the_o first_o wife_n have_v a_o right_a to_o succeed_v to_o the_o hereditary_a estate_n and_o title_n of_o their_o father_n but_o those_o of_o the_o concubine_n be_v seclude_v all_o succession_n therein_o and_o instead_o thereof_o receive_v portion_n gen._n 25.6_o and_o some_o think_v that_o it_o be_v upon_o this_o account_n that_o jephte_v be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o concubine_n be_v deny_v to_o co-inherit_a with_o his_o brethren_n agreeable_a unto_o this_o custom_n be_v the_o matrimonium_fw-la morgengabicum_n in_o some_o country_n where_o the_o second_o wife_n and_o her_o child_n be_v not_o take_v in_o to_o a_o right_a of_o the_o husband_n estate_n whereby_o the_o woman_n can_v have_v no_o part_n thereof_o for_o a_o jointure_n nor_o the_o child_n for_o their_o inheritance_n but_o only_o certain_a portion_n be_v assign_v they_o by_o compact_a which_o be_v call_v 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dimness_n of_o sight_n catarrh_n deafness_n and_o a_o stink_a breath_n in_o wash_v their_o hand_n they_o hold_v they_o up_o that_o the_o water_n may_v run_v down_o to_o their_o elbow_n which_o elevation_n of_o their_o hand_n ceremony_n of_o wash_n help_v to_o explain_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n mark_v 7.3_o which_o have_v make_v so_o much_o stir_v among_o critic_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o preparative_n wash_v the_o jew_n say_v this_o hymn_n bendito_fw-mi tu_fw-mi adonai_n nuestro_fw-la dio_fw-mi rey_n del_fw-it mundo_fw-la que_fw-la nos_fw-la santificò_fw-la en_fw-fr sus_fw-la en_fw-fr comendancas_fw-la y_fw-fr en_fw-fr comendò_fw-la sober_a limpieza_fw-mi de_fw-mi manos_fw-es bless_a be_v thou_o o_o lord_n our_o god_n king_n of_o the_o world_n who_o have_v sanctify_v we_o with_o thy_o commandment_n and_o enjoin_v we_o cleanness_n of_o hand_n where_o by_o commandment_n must_v not_o be_v understand_v any_o strict_a law_n of_o moses_n in_o this_o particular_a but_o 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