the_o last_o meaning_n the_o psalm_n proverb_n ecclesiaste_n canticle_n job_n ruth_n esther_n etc._n etc._n then_o do_v they_o tell_v that_o the_o book_n be_v particular_o thus_o rank_v the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n joshua_n judge_n samuel_n king_n and_o then_o the_o prophet_n among_o who_o jeremy_n be_v set_v first_o and_o then_o ezekiel_n and_o after_o he_o esay_n and_o then_o the_o twelve_o but_o they_o object_n be_v not_o esay_n long_o before_o jeremy_n and_o ezekiel_n in_o time_n why_o shall_v he_o then_o be_v set_v after_o they_o in_o order_n and_o they_o give_v this_o answer_n the_o last_o book_n of_o king_n end_n with_o destruction_n and_o jeremy_n be_v all_o destruction_n ezekiel_n begin_v with_o destruction_n and_o end_n with_o comfort_n and_o esay_n be_v all_o comfort_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o they_o join_v destruction_n and_o destruction_n together_o and_o comfort_n and_o comfort_v together_o and_o thus_o in_o their_o bibles_n of_o old_a jeremy_n come_v next_o after_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o stand_v first_o in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n so_o that_o matthews_n allege_v of_o a_o text_n of_o zachary_n under_o the_o name_n of_o jeremy_n do_v but_o allege_v a_o text_n out_o of_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n under_o his_o name_n that_o stand_v first_o in_o that_o volume_n and_o such_o a_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v that_o of_o christ_n luke_n 24._o 44._o all_o thing_n must_v be_v fulfil_v which_o be_v write_v of_o i_o in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o psalm_n in_o which_o he_o follow_v the_o general_a division_n that_o we_o have_v mention_v only_o he_o call_v the_o whole_a three_o part_n or_o hagiographa_n by_o the_o title_n the_o psalm_n because_o the_o book_n of_o psalm_n stand_v first_o of_o all_o the_o book_n of_o that_o part_n in_o that_o say_n matth._n 16._o 14._o other_o say_v jeremy_n or_o one_o of_o the_o prophet_n there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n why_o jeremy_n alone_o be_v name_v by_o name_n viz._n because_o his_o name_n stand_v first_o in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o so_o come_v first_o in_o their_o way_n when_o they_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o prophet_n christ_n arraignment_n before_o pilate_n the_o chy_a priest_n and_o elder_n bring_v jesus_n to_o pilate_n but_o will_v not_o go_v into_o his_o house_n the_o house_n of_o a_o heathen_a lest_o they_o shall_v be_v defile_v but_o that_o they_o may_v eat_v the_o passover_n john_n 18._o 28._o why_o they_o have_v eat_v the_o passover_n over_o night_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o jesus_n eat_v his_o and_o well_o they_o have_v spend_v the_o night_n after_o it_o but_o this_o day_n that_o be_v now_o come_v in_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o day_n of_o present_v themselves_o in_o the_o temple_n and_o offer_v their_o sacrifice_n and_o peace_n offering_n of_o which_o they_o be_v to_o keep_v a_o solemn_a feast_n and_o this_o john_n call_v the_o passover_n in_o which_o sense_n passover_n bullock_n be_v speak_v of_o deut._n 16._o 2._o 2_o chron._n 30._o 24._o and_o 35._o 8_o 9_o the_o school_n of_o shammai_n say_v their_o appear_v be_v with_o two_o piece_n of_o silver_n and_o their_o chagigah_n with_o a_o meah_a of_o silver_n but_o the_o school_n of_o hillel_n say_v their_o appear_v be_v with_o a_o meah_a of_o silver_n and_o their_o chagigah_n with_o two_o piece_n of_o silver_n their_o burn_a offering_n at_o this_o solemnity_n be_v take_v from_o among_o common_a cattle_n but_o their_o peace_n offering_n from_o their_o tithe_n he_o that_o keep_v not_o the_o chagigah_n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n must_v keep_v it_o all_o the_o feast_n etc._n etc._n chagigah_n per._n 1._o pilate_n conceive_v he_o bring_v to_o he_o as_o a_o common_a malefactor_n and_o therefore_o he_o bid_v they_o take_v he_o back_o and_o judge_v he_o by_o their_o own_o bench_n and_o law_n and_o in_o these_o word_n he_o mean_v real_o and_o according_a as_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o judge_v and_o execute_v he_o and_o need_v not_o to_o trouble_v he_o with_o he_o and_o when_o they_o answer_v we_o may_v not_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n joh._n 18._o 31._o they_o speak_v true_o also_o and_o as_o the_o thing_n be_v indeed_o but_o the_o word_n of_o pilate_n and_o they_o be_v not_o ad_fw-la idem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o tradition_n that_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v capital_a judgement_n be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o jerus_n in_o sanhedr_n fol._n 18._o col_fw-fr 1._o but_o how_o not_o by_o the_o roman_n for_o they_o permit_v they_o the_o use_n of_o their_o religion_n law_n magistracy_n capital_a and_o penal_a execution_n and_o judgement_n in_o almost_o all_o case_n as_o free_o as_o ever_o they_o have_v and_o that_o both_o in_o their_o sanhedrin_n within_o the_o land_n and_o in_o their_o synagogue_n without_o as_o far_o as_o the_o power_n of_o the_o synagogue_n can_v reach_v at_o any_o time_n as_o may_v be_v prove_v abundant_o if_o it_o be_v to_o be_v insist_v on_o here_o the_o word_n then_o of_o these_o man_n to_o pilate_n be_v true_a indeed_o that_o they_o can_v put_v no_o man_n to_o death_n but_o this_o be_v not_o as_o if_o the_o roman_n have_v deprive_v the_o sanhedrin_n of_o its_o power_n but_o because_o thief_n murderer_n and_o malefactor_n of_o their_o own_o nation_n be_v grow_v so_o numerous_a strong_a and_o heady_a that_o they_o have_v overpowr_v the_o sanhedrins_n power_n that_o it_o can_v not_o it_o dare_v not_o execute_v capital_a penalty_n upon_o offender_n as_o it_o shall_v have_v do_v and_o this_o their_o own_o write_n witness_v juchasin_n fol._n 21._o the_o sanhedrin_n flit_v forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n namely_o from_o that_o time_n that_o the_o temple_n door_n open_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n rebuke_v they_o and_o say_v o_o temple_n temple_n zechary_n of_o old_a prophesy_v of_o thou_o say_v open_v thy_o door_n o_o lebanon_n that_o the_o fire_n may_v enter_v etc._n etc._n and_o also_o because_o that_o murderer_n increase_v and_o they_o be_v unwilling_a to_o judge_v capital_a matter_n they_o flit_v from_o place_n to_o place_n even_o to_o jabneh_n etc._n etc._n which_o also_o be_v assert_v in_o schabb._n fol._n 51._o avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 8._o when_o they_o perceive_v that_o pilate_n no_o more_o receive_v the_o impression_n of_o their_o accusation_n of_o he_o as_o a_o malefactor_n like_o other_o they_o then_o accuse_v he_o of_o treason_n as_o forbid_v to_o pay_v tribute_n to_o cesar_n and_o as_o say_v that_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o king_n and_o this_o they_o think_v will_v do_v the_o business_n pilate_n hereupon_o take_v he_o into_o his_o judgement_n hall_n for_o hitherto_o the_o jew_n conference_n and_o he_o have_v be_v at_o his_o gate_n and_o question_n he_o upon_o this_o point_n and_o jesus_n plain_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v a_o king_n but_o his_o kingdom_n not_o of_o this_o world_n be_v therefore_o he_o need_v not_o from_o he_o to_o fear_v any_o prejudice_n from_o the_o roman_a power_n and_o so_o well_o satisfy_v pilate_n that_o he_o bring_v he_o out_o to_o the_o gate_n again_o where_o the_o jew_n stand_v and_o profess_v that_o he_o find_v no_o fault_n in_o he_o at_o all_o then_o the_o jew_n lay_v in_o fresh_a accusation_n against_o he_o to_o which_o he_o answer_v not_o a_o word_n bring_v before_o herod_n pilate_n by_o a_o word_n that_o drop_v from_o they_o understand_v that_o he_o be_v of_o galilee_n herod_n jurisdiction_n send_v he_o to_o herod_n who_o be_v now_o at_o jerusalem_n partly_o because_o he_o will_v be_v content_a to_o have_v shut_v his_o hand_n of_o he_o and_o partly_o because_o he_o will_v court_v herod_n towards_o the_o reconcile_n of_o old_a heartburning_n between_o they_o and_o now_o jesus_n see_v the_o monster_n that_o have_v murder_v his_o forerunner_n herod_n be_v glad_a to_o see_v he_o and_o have_v desire_v it_o a_o long_a time_n and_o now_o hope_v to_o have_v get_v some_o miracle_n from_o he_o but_o he_o get_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o word_n though_o he_o question_v he_o much_o and_o the_o jew_n who_o follow_v he_o thither_o do_v vehement_o accuse_v he_o the_o old_a fox_n have_v seek_v and_o threaten_v his_o death_n before_o luke_n 13._o 31_o 32._o and_o yet_o now_o have_v he_o in_o his_o hand_n and_o let_v he_o go_v only_a abuse_v and_o mock_v and_o gorgeous_o array_v and_o so_o send_v he_o back_o to_o pilate_n that_o so_o he_o may_v court_v he_o again_o more_o than_o for_o any_o content_n he_o have_v that_o he_o shall_v escape_v his_o hand_n see_v act_n 4._o 27._o before_o pilate_n again_o pilate_n at_o his_o gate_n again_o talk_v
among_o the_o vulgar_a crowd_n fear_v they_o if_o the_o council_n themselves_o shall_v have_v decree_v his_o execution_n they_o seek_v this_o evasion_n therefore_o which_o do_v not_o altogether_o want_v some_o colour_n and_o pretext_n of_o truth_n and_o it_o succeed_v according_a to_o what_o they_o do_v desire_v divine_a providence_n so_o order_v it_o as_o the_o evangelist_n intimate_v vers_fw-la 32._o that_o the_o say_n of_o jesus_n may_v be_v fulfil_v which_o he_o slake_v signify_v what_o death_n he_o shall_v die_v that_o be_v be_v crucify_a according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n while_o i_o be_o upon_o this_o thought_n i_o can_v but_o reflect_v upon_o that_o passage_n than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o worthy_a observation_n in_o the_o whole_a description_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n in_o the_o revelation_n chap._n xiii_o 4._o the_o dragon_n which_o give_v power_n to_o the_o beast_n we_o can_v say_v this_o of_o the_o assyrian_a babylonish_n or_o any_o other_o monarchy_n for_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v not_o say_v it_o but_o reason_n dictate_v and_o the_o event_n itself_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v something_o act_v by_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o dragon_n which_o be_v not_o compatible_a with_o any_o other_o that_o be_v the_o put_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o death_n which_o thing_n we_o must_v remember_v as_o often_o as_o we_o recite_v that_o article_n of_o our_o creed_n he_o suffer_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n that_o be_v be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o roman_a empire_n verse_n xxxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v truth_n christ_n have_v say_v for_o this_o end_n come_v i_o into_o the_o world_n that_o i_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n q._n d._n i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o i_o be_o a_o king_n as_o thou_o have_v say_v for_o for_o this_o end_n i_o come_v that_o i_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n whatever_o hazard_n i_o shall_v run_v upon_o that_o account_n upon_o this_o pilot_n ask_v he_o what_o be_v truth_n that_o be_v what_o be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o this_o affair_n that_o thou_o who_o be_v so_o poor_a a_o wretch_n shall_v call_v thyself_o a_o king_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o thou_o call_v thyself_o a_o king_n yet_o say_v thy_o kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n where_o lie_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o this_o riddle_n but_o suppose_v when_o christ_n say_v he_o come_v that_o he_o may_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n he_o mean_v in_o general_a the_o gospel_n then_o pilate_n ask_v he_o what_o be_v that_o truth_n however_o the_o evangelist_n mention_n nothing_o either_o whether_o our_o saviour_n give_v he_o any_o answer_n to_o that_o question_n or_o whether_o indeed_o pilate_n stay_v in_o expectation_n of_o any_o answer_n from_o he_o chap._n xix_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n plait_a a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n etc._n etc._n amost_a unquestionable_a token_n this_o that_o christ_n kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n when_o he_o be_v crown_v only_o with_o thorn_n and_o briar_n which_o be_v the_o curse_n of_o this_o earth_n gen._n iii_o 18._o herod_n have_v put_v upon_o he_o a_o purple_a robe_n luke_n xxiii_o 11._o and_o the_o soldier_n add_v this_o crown_n it_o be_v likewise_o say_v that_o they_o also_o clothe_v he_o with_o this_o robe_n that_o be_v after_o he_o have_v be_v strip_v in_o order_n to_o be_v scourge_v verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o place_n that_o be_v call_v the_o pavement_n what_o be_v it_o can_v be_v object_v against_o it_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o the_o evangelist_n by_o this_o title_n of_o the_o pavement_n shall_v mean_v the_o room_n gazith_v where_o the_o sanhedrin_n sit_v and_o that_o when_o the_o jew_n will_v not_o go_v into_o pilat_n judgment-hall_n he_o will_v himself_o go_v into_o they_o aristeas_n tell_v we_o concern_v the_o temple_n that_o it_o look_v towards_o the_o east_n the_o back_n part_n of_o it_o towards_o the_o west_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o floor_n be_v all_o pave_v with_o stone_n to_o this_o the_o talmudist_n all_o witness_n and_o to_o the_o pavement_n especial_o josephus_n by_o a_o memorable_a story_n 6._o story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n story_n de_fw-fr excid_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o one_o julian_n a_o centurion_n in_o titus_n his_o army_n pursuing_z and_o kill_v the_o jew_n with_o infinite_a hardness_n and_o strength_n in_o the_o very_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n have_v many_o and_o very_o sharp_a nail_n fasten_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o shoe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o every_o other_o soldier_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o run_v along_o upon_o the_o pavement_n his_o heel_n trip_v up_o and_o he_o fall_v backward_o etc._n etc._n but_o have_v not_o the_o room_n gazith_v a_o pavement_n lay_v in_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a manner_n whence_o else_o have_v it_o its_o name_n it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o room_n gazith_n say_v aruch_n because_o it_o be_v pave_v with_o smooth_a square_a stone_n be_v not_o all_o the_o other_o place_n so_o too_o 1._o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o too_o bava_n meziah_n fol._n 117._o 2._o &_o bathra_fw-la fol._n 2._o 1._o they_o distinguish_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v brick_n and_o half_a brick_n square_v hew_v stone_n and_o rough_a or_o unhewn_a now_o therefore_o when_o there_o be_v so_o many_o apartment_n about_o the_o court_n be_v those_o all_o pave_v with_o rough_a stone_n or_o brick_n and_o this_o only_a of_o square_n and_o hew_a stone_n without_o doubt_n the_o whole_a building_n be_v much_o more_o uniform_a and_o then_o we_o shall_v hardly_o find_v out_o any_o more_o probable_a reason_n why_o this_o place_n be_v particular_o and_o above_o all_o other_o room_n call_v gazith_n but_o that_o it_o be_v lay_v with_o a_o more_o noble_a and_o rich_a pavement_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o what_o shall_v forbid_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pavement_n in_o this_o place_n shall_v not_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o room_n gazith_n object_n but_o gazith_n be_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n and_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o pilate_n be_v a_o gentile_a to_o enter_v there_o sol._n i._o if_o he_o will_v do_v it_o per_fw-la fas_fw-la &_o nefas_fw-la who_o can_v hinder_v he_o ii_o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o he_o can_v not_o sit_v in_o that_o room_n and_o yet_o be_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n into_o which_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o gentile_a to_o enter_v half_n of_o that_o room_n indeed_o be_v within_o the_o court_n of_o israel_n but_o there_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n themselves_o do_v not_o sit_v because_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o none_o to_o sit_v in_o that_o court_n but_o the_o king_n only_o the_o other_o half_a part_n in_o which_o they_o sit_v be_v in_o chel_n and_o extend_v itself_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n for_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o ten_o cubit_n breadth_n within_o the_o wall_n 3._o wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n wall_n middoth_n cap._n 2._o hall_n 3._o it_o will_v be_v much_o too_o narrow_a a_o room_n for_o seventy_o man_n to_o sit_v in_o if_o the_o gazith_n do_v not_o extend_v itself_o a_o little_a within_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o the_o hebrew_n gabbatha_n the_o syriack_n render_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mound_n or_o fence_v which_o may_v fall_v in_o with_o what_o we_o have_v say_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chel_n in_o which_o be_v part_n of_o this_o room_n be_v the_o fence_n to_o all_o the_o court_n except_v the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n but_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v hebrew_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o no._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gab_n among_o other_o thing_n signify_v a_o surface_n do_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o much_o proof_n and_o so_o the_o pavement_n and_o surface_n of_o the_o floor_n be_v convertible_a and_o as_o that_o room_n may_v be_v peculiar_o call_v gazith_n in_o the_o ancient_a jewish_a language_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o its_o pavement_n so_o may_v it_o in_o their_o more_o modern_a language_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o same_o reason_n what_o if_o that_o in_o jerusalem_n sanhedrin_n 3._o sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n sanhedrin_n fol._n 18._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v the_o elder_n
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nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 39_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 40_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 41_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 42_o nabuchadnezzar_a mad_a captivity_n 43_o captivity_n 44_o nabuchadnezzar_a restore_v to_o his_o wit_n and_o kingdom_n again_o captivity_n 45_o 2_o king_n xxv_o vers_fw-la 27_o 28_o 29_o 30._o jeremy_n lii_o vers_fw-la 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o world_n 3446_o nebuchadnezzar_a die_v and_o evil-merodach_a reign_v this_o be_v the_o thirty_o captivity_n 46_o seven_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o jechoniah_n on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o captivity_n 47_o day_n of_o the_o twelve_o month_n evil-merodach_a bring_v he_o out_o of_o captivity_n 48_o prison_n and_o on_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o day_n he_o promote_v he_o above_o all_o the_o captivity_n 49_o king_n of_o babel_n and_o feed_v he_o all_o his_o life_n it_o may_v be_v nebuchadnezar's_a seven_o captivity_n 50_o year_n madness_n and_o misery_n have_v wrought_v some_o humility_n and_o gentleness_n upon_o captivity_n 51_o this_o his_o son_n jechoniah_n be_v now_o fifty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o have_v endure_v seven_o captivity_n 52_o and_o thirty_o year_n imprisonment_n and_o now_o the_o lord_n release_v he_o and_o he_o name_v captivity_n 53_o salathiel_n as_o his_o next_o heir_n to_o david_n throne_n and_o principality_n for_o jechoniah_n captivity_n 54_o have_v no_o heir_n of_o his_o own_o the_o time_n of_o the_o three_o babylonian_a king_n that_o captivity_n 55_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a space_n of_o that_o monarchy_n be_v easy_o to_o be_v collect_v by_o the_o captivity_n 56_o scripture_n namely_o nabuchadnezzar_a to_o have_v reign_v five_o and_o forty_o year_n current_n captivity_n 57_o evil-merodach_a three_o and_o twenty_o current_n and_o belshazzar_n three_o the_o captivity_n 58_o first_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o of_o jechoniah_n be_v call_v evilmerodach_n captivity_n 59_o first_o the_o last_o will_v be_v make_v 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the_o prophet_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v rather_o take_v ishmael_n 132_o isaac_n 118_o jacob_n 58_o their_o example_n for_o election_n and_o reprobation_n in_o jacob_n and_o ishmael_n 133_o isaac_n 119_o jacob_n 59_o esau_n then_o in_o cain_n and_o abel_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o old_a ishmael_n 134_o isaac_n 120_o jacob_n 60_o world_n or_o in_o sem_fw-mi and_o ham_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o new_a ishmael_n 135_o isaac_n 121_o jacob_n 61_o partly_o because_o the_o free_a act_n and_o dispose_n of_o god_n be_v the_o ishmael_n 136_o isaac_n 122_o jacob_n 62_o better_a show_v in_o the_o contrary_a disposal_n of_o these_o two_o that_o be_v know_v to_o be_v bear_v at_o one_o birth_n and_o partly_o because_o in_o jacob_n there_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o distinguish_v people_n from_o all_o the_o world_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o a_o distinct_a visible_a church_n lay_v and_o partly_o since_o both_o be_v bear_v of_o parent_n under_o the_o promise_n that_o the_o spiritual_a and_o 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his_o isaac_n 129_o jacob_n 69_o posterity_n grow_v impious_a and_o be_v constant_a enemy_n to_o israel_n they_o isaac_n 130_o jacob_n 70_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n by_o keturah_n live_v together_o in_o isaac_n 131_o jacob_n 71_o arabiah_n and_o be_v brethren_n in_o evil_a the_o turk_n be_v hold_v by_o some_o to_o isaac_n 132_o jacob_n 72_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o ishmael_n and_o their_o use_v circumcision_n be_v use_v as_o a_o isaac_n 133_o jacob_n 73_o argument_n to_o confirm_v it_o but_o that_o may_v speak_v they_o as_o well_o if_o not_o rather_o isaac_n 134_o jacob_n 74_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o jew_n captivate_v into_o the_o northern_a part_n isaac_n 135_o jacob_n 75_o of_o the_o world_n by_o assyria_n and_o babylon_n and_o now_o increase_v into_o these_o isaac_n 136_o jacob_n 76_o vast_a multitude_n and_o pour_v out_o towards_o the_o western_a part_n chap._n xxvii_o xxviii_o xxix_o xxx_o world_n 2245_o isaac_n 137_o jacob_n 77_o isaac_n be_v now_o come_v to_o that_o age_n at_o which_o his_o brother_n ishmael_n die_v 14_o year_n ago_o namely_o 137_o and_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o death_n at_o that_o age_n put_v isaac_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o own_o end_n and_o he_o according_o dispose_v towards_o it_o by_o convey_v of_o the_o blessing_n and_o settle_v it_o upon_o one_o of_o his_o son_n his_o send_v esau_n to_o hunt_v for_o venision_n that_o he_o may_v eat_v of_o his_o savoury_a meat_n and_o his_o soul_n may_v bless_v he_o be_v not_o because_o meat_n or_o drink_n will_v conduce_v for_o that_o spiritual_a purpose_n but_o he_o put_v he_o to_o this_o that_o he_o may_v know_v whether_o he_o shall_v bless_v he_o or_o no_o for_o his_o miss_n of_o venison_n
promise_n 408_o moses_n 58_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 409_o moses_n 59_o their_o own_o deal_n when_o their_o deliverance_n be_v defer_v this_o defer_v be_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 410_o moses_n 60_o for_o forty_o year_n and_o so_o when_o be_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o canaan_n they_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 411_o moses_n 61_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 412_o moses_n 62_o refuse_v that_o good_a land_n their_o entrance_n into_o it_o be_v defer_v forty_o year_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 413_o moses_n 63_o also_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 414_o moses_n 64_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 415_o moses_n 65_o moses_n pass_v through_o shepherdy_o and_o tribulation_n to_o the_o government_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 416_o moses_n 66_o and_o so_o do_v david_n after_o he_o a_o figure_n of_o the_o great_a shepherd_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 417_o moses_n 67_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 418_o moses_n 68_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n jether_o or_o in_o arabic_a pronunciation_n jethro_n a_o son_n of_o abraham_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 419_o moses_n 69_o but_o a_o alien_n to_o abraham_n god_n be_v happy_a in_o his_o son-in-law_n a_o son_n of_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 420_o moses_n 70_o abraham_n and_o of_o abraham_n faith_n by_o he_o he_o be_v instruct_v and_o teach_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 421_o moses_n 71_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 422_o moses_n 72_o in_o the_o way_n and_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n in_o arabia_n where_o sojourn_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 423_o moses_n 73_o this_o first_o prophet_n and_o lawgiver_n moses_n there_o arise_v the_o false_a prophet_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 424_o moses_n 74_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 425_o moses_n 75_o and_o deceiver_n mahomet_n moses_n be_v now_o exceed_o change_v in_o midian_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 426_o moses_n 76_o from_o his_o state_n and_o study_n which_o he_o have_v whilst_o he_o be_v in_o egypt_n there_o he_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 427_o moses_n 77_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 428_o moses_n 78_o be_v a_o high_a courtier_n here_o a_o poor_a shepherd_n there_o a_o student_n in_o philosophy_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 429_o moses_n 79_o and_o egyptian_z wisdom_n here_o a_o student_n of_o divinity_n and_o of_o god_n himself_o in_o this_o country_n and_o desert_n where_o he_o now_o live_v and_o retire_v in_o so_o private_a a_o condition_n he_o must_v ere_o long_o do_v glorious_a thing_n and_o before_o he_o die_v destroy_v midian_a that_o country_n have_v be_v first_o plant_v by_o cush_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n therefore_o aaron_n and_o miriam_n call_v moses_n wife_n a_o cushite_v numb_a 12_o 1._o and_o zerah_n the_o arabian_a be_v so_o call_v 2_o chron._n 14._o but_o abraham_n by_o the_o conquest_n of_o chedorlaomer_n and_o the_o other_o king_n with_o he_o have_v obtain_v that_o land_n for_o his_o own_o and_o thither_o he_o send_v the_o concubine_n son_n chap._n iii_o iu._n world_n 2513_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 430_o moses_n 80_o moses_n feed_v his_o sheep_n and_o study_v upon_o god_n have_v a_o vision_n of_o christ_n in_o a_o bush_n appear_v in_o fire_n as_o he_o have_v do_v when_o he_o make_v the_o promise_n gen._n 15._o 17_o 18._o he_o give_v moses_n commission_n for_o israel_n deliverance_n and_o the_o power_n of_o miracle_n for_o their_o sake_n that_o believe_v not_o moses_n himself_o fall_v under_o this_o predicament_n of_o unbelief_n and_o shift_v all_o he_o can_v to_o avoid_v the_o employment_n as_o doubt_v and_o distrust_v the_o issue_n and_o when_o he_o must_n needs_o go_v upon_o it_o he_o dare_v not_o leave_v his_o wife_n and_o child_n behind_o he_o for_o fear_v he_o shall_v never_o return_v to_o they_o again_o but_o take_v his_o wife_n with_o he_o though_o she_o be_v but_o new_o deliver_v of_o a_o child_n and_o her_o infant_n with_o she_o though_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o eight_o day_n old_a for_o this_o his_o distrust_n the_o lord_n meet_v he_o by_o the_o way_n and_o seek_v to_o kill_v he_o which_o danger_n zipporah_n his_o wife_n misconceive_a to_o have_v be_v because_o her_o infant_n be_v not_o circumcise_v it_o have_v by_o this_o time_n pass_v the_o eight_o day_n she_o circumcise_v it_o but_o moses_n conscious_a of_o the_o proper_a cause_n recover_v his_o faith_n and_o in_o evidence_n of_o his_o faith_n call_v the_o child_n eliazer_n in_o assurance_n of_o god_n help_n to_o he_o and_o so_o the_o danger_n depart_v moses_n and_o aaron_n meet_v in_o the_o wilderness_n go_v together_o into_o egypt_n assemble_v the_o elder_n of_o israel_n relate_v their_o commission_n and_o be_v believe_v chap._n v._n moses_n begin_v to_o execute_v his_o commission_n observe_v that_o he_o be_v with_o israel_n in_o the_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n complete_a that_o he_o be_v eighty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o deal_v with_o pharaoh_n exod._n 7._o 7._o that_o he_o be_v a_o good_a while_n before_o he_o get_v israel_n release_v and_o it_o teach_v how_o to_o date_n and_o lay_v the_o occurrence_n of_o he_o eighti_v year_n chap._n vi_o god_n proclaim_v himself_o jehovah_n the_o faithful_a one_o of_o his_o promise_n he_o have_v reveal_v himself_o to_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n by_o the_o name_n of_o el-shaddai_a the_o god_n almighty_a and_o they_o rely_v upon_o his_o all-sufficiency_n be_v full_o persuade_v that_o what_o he_o have_v promise_v he_o be_v able_a to_o perform_v as_o rom._n 4._o 21._o and_o now_o he_o come_v to_o glorify_v another_o attribute_n of_o he_o namely_o his_o truth_n and_o faithfulness_n in_o make_v good_a what_o he_o have_v promise_v moses_n go_v about_o as_o if_o he_o will_v reckon_v the_o head_n of_o all_o israel_n but_o he_o only_o name_v three_o tribe_n and_o that_o not_o only_o because_o in_o the_o three_o namely_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n his_o story_n fix_v upon_o moses_n and_o aaron_n the_o man_n that_o he_o look_v after_o but_o also_o because_o he_o will_v only_o name_v the_o most_o scandalous_a of_o all_o the_o twelve_o reuben_n the_o incestuous_a with_o his_o father_n wife_n and_o simeon_n and_o levi_n the_o murderer_n of_o shechem_n that_o he_o may_v show_v their_o entire_a conversion_n and_o magnify_v god_n mercy_n in_o their_o pardon_n and_o lay_v this_o in_o the_o very_a entry_n of_o the_o now_o build_v church_n for_o a_o comfortable_a copy_n for_o penitent_n to_o look_v after_o as_o the_o four_o woman_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o mat._n 1._o for_o such_o another_o purpose_n chap._n vii_o viii_o ix_o x._o to_o ver._n 21._o moses_n begin_v to_o work_v miracle_n and_o to_o bring_v plague_n upon_o egypt_n his_o rod_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o crocodile_n the_o water_n in_o which_o the_o child_n blood_n have_v be_v shed_v be_v turn_v into_o blood_n their_o great_a deity_n nilus_n be_v plague_v first_o the_o plague_n of_o frog_n they_o go_v up_o even_o over_o all_o the_o land_n and_o raven_n upon_o the_o very_a body_n of_o man_n as_o moses_n 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one_o that_o seek_v the_o reformation_n of_o his_o people_n but_o he_o can_v neither_o work_v that_o to_o keep_v they_o from_o idolatry_n nor_o work_v their_o total_a deliverance_n to_o keep_v their_o enemy_n under_o but_o in_o his_o five_o year_n idolatry_n break_v out_o in_o israel_n and_o continue_v to_o a_o horrid_a increase_n so_o in_o that_o very_a year_n that_o this_o idolatry_n break_v out_o their_o oppressor_n break_v in_o upon_o they_o and_o keep_v they_o under_o for_o eighteen_o year_n and_o jair_n can_v not_o help_v it_o but_o it_o continue_v so_o till_o his_o death_n so_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o vers._n 6._o be_v thus_o to_o be_v render_v in_o chronical_a construction_n now_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v do_v evil_a again_o etc._n etc._n this_o long_a oppression_n at_o last_o force_v israel_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o forsake_v their_o idolatry_n and_o the_o lord_n find_v out_o jephtah_n for_o a_o deliverer_n chap._n xi_o &_o xii_o to_o ver._n 8._o 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hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o workman_n 1_o king_n 5._o 16._o and_o three_o hundred_o overseer_n of_o they_o and_o all_o the_o prince_n of_o solomon_n at_o home_n and_o his_o chief_a officer_n for_o his_o household_n provision_n reckon_v 1_o king_n 4._o azariah_n the_o son_n of_o zadok_n ver_fw-la 2._o that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o ahimaaz_n the_o son_n of_o zadok_n 1_o chron._n 6._o 8_o 9_o be_v chief_a of_o the_o sanhedrin_n zadok_v and_o abiathar_n be_v priest_n ver_fw-la 4._o though_o abiathar_n be_v expel_v by_o solomon_n from_o the_o high_a priesthood_n chap._n 2._o 26._o yet_o may_v he_o exercise_v the_o function_n of_o a_o priest_n at_o gibeon_n till_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v there_o be_v twelve_o officer_n for_o the_o twelve_o
month_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 19_o which_o the_o rabbin_n interpret_v and_o one_o officer_n which_o be_v in_o the_o land_n for_o the_o leap-year_n or_o for_o the_o thirteen_o month_n which_o befall_v every_o three_o year_n solomon_n have_v four_o thousand_o stable_n of_o horse_n and_o chariot_n 2_o chron._n 9_o 25._o that_o be_v forty_o thousand_o stall_n of_o horse_n for_o his_o chariot_n 1_o king_n 4._o 2._o one_o horse_n in_o every_o stall_n and_o ten_o horse_n to_o a_o chariot_n and_o in_o a_o stable_a so_o seven_o hundred_o chariot_n 2_o sam._n 10._o 18._o be_v render_v seven_o thousand_o 1_o chron._n 19_o 18._o that_o be_v seven_o thousand_o man_n with_o seven_o hundred_o chariot_n ten_o to_o a_o chariot_n solomon_n be_v say_v to_o be_v wise_a than_o heman_n and_o ethan_n and_o chalcol_n and_o darda_fw-it that_o be_v in_o humane_a learning_n for_o these_o man_n live_v in_o egypt_n in_o the_o time_n of_o israel_n affliction_n there_o and_o it_o seem_v be_v singular_o skill_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o solomon_n go_v beyond_o they_o in_o philosophy_n chap._n ii_o from_o vers_n 39_o to_o the_o end_n and_o chap._n iii_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o solomon_n three_o year_n or_o beginning_n of_o his_o four_o shimei_n compass_v his_o own_o death_n by_o break_v the_o bond_n and_o bound_n of_o his_o consinement_n and_o as_o the_o jew_n hold_v solomon_n after_o that_o marry_v pharaoh_n daughter_n the_o time_n be_v uncertain_a and_o the_o determination_n of_o it_o not_o much_o material_a solomon_n prefer_v she_o before_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o wife_n for_o they_o be_v of_o nation_n that_o be_v his_o subject_n but_o she_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o entire_a king_n and_o by_o this_o match_n he_o alli_v that_o potent_a king_n to_o he_o and_o secure_v himself_o the_o better_a abroad_o especial_o from_o hadad_n his_o enemy_n who_o have_v marry_v a_o lady_n from_o the_o same_o court_n 1_o king_n 11._o 19_o chap._n vi_o all_o and_o vii_o from_z vers_n 13._o to_o the_o end_n 2_o chron._n iii_o iv_o world_n 2993_o solomon_n 4_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n lay_v on_o mount_n moriah_n where_o isaac_n have_v solomon_n 5_o be_v offer_v it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v solomon_n 6_o lay_v in_o solomon_n four_o year_n in_o the_o month_n zif_fw-mi or_o the_o second_o month_n and_o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n in_o the_o month_n bullaker_n which_o be_v the_o eight_o month_n it_o be_v finish_v and_o solomon_n 7_o solomon_n 8_o so_o be_v he_o seven_o year_n in_o build_v it_o it_o be_v exact_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n solomon_n 9_o in_o building_n but_o the_o odd_a six_o month_n be_v omit_v for_o roundness_n of_o the_o sum_n as_o solomon_n 10_o the_o six_o odd_a month_n be_v of_o david_n reign_v in_o hebron_n compare_v 1_o king_n 2._o 11_o with_o 2_o sam._n 5._o 5._o now_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o 1_o king_n relate_v the_o story_n of_o solomon_n building_n his_o own_o house_n before_o it_o come_v to_o mention_v the_o furniture_n of_o the_o temple_n because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v mention_v all_o solomon_n fabric_n together_o or_o the_o pile_n of_o his_o building_n before_o it_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o furniture_n of_o any_o chap._n viii_o all_o 2_o chron._n v._o &_o vi_o &_o vii_o to_o ver_fw-la 11._o world_n 3000_o solomon_n 11_o the_o temple_n finish_v in_o the_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o dedicate_v by_o solomon_n with_o sacrifice_n and_o prayer_n and_o by_o the_o lord_n with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o the_o cloud_n of_o glory_n this_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v in_o the_o month_n tisri_n or_o ethanim_fw-la the_o seven_o month_n answer_v to_o part_n of_o our_o september_n at_o which_o time_n of_o the_o year_n our_o saviour_n who_o this_o temple_n typify_v joh._n 2._o 19_o be_v bear_v and_o 29_o year_n after_o baptise_a and_o thus_o have_v we_o a_o account_n of_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n begin_v with_o the_o creation_n and_o end_v with_o the_o finish_n of_o solomon_n temple_n chap._n vii_o from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o vers_n 13._o world_n 3001_o solomon_n 12_o solomon_n after_o the_o build_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n build_v his_o solomon_n 13_o own_o house_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o build_v a_o summer_n house_n in_o lebanon_n and_o a_o solomon_n 14_o house_n for_o pharaoh_n daughter_n and_o his_o own_o throne_n so_o sumptuous_a as_o there_o be_v solomon_n 15_o not_o the_o like_a and_o thus_o do_v he_o take_v up_o twenty_o year_n in_o this_o kind_n of_o work_n in_o solomon_n 16_o building_n the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o own_o house_n his_o wisdom_n power_n solomon_n 17_o solomon_n 18_o peace_n and_o magnificence_n exceed_v all_o king_n upon_o earth_n do_v make_v he_o not_o only_a solomon_n 19_o renown_a among_o all_o people_n but_o also_o in_o these_o he_o become_v a_o type_n of_o christ._n solomon_n 20_o thus_o high_a in_o all_o eminency_n and_o perfection_n that_o earth_n can_v afford_v do_v the_o solomon_n 21_o lord_n exalt_v he_o and_o yet_o afterward_o suffer_v he_o so_o foul_o to_o fall_v that_o he_o like_v solomon_n 22_o adam_n in_o happiness_n may_v exemplify_v that_o no_o earthly_a felicity_n can_v be_v durable_a and_o solomon_n 23_o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v trust_v to_o but_o all_o thing_n vanity_n but_o the_o kingdom_n solomon_n 24_o that_o be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n chap._n ix_o from_o beginning_n to_o vers._n 10._o 2_o chron._n vii_o from_o vers._n 11._o to_o the_o end_n solomon_n have_v a_o answer_n to_o his_o prayer_n make_v in_o the_o temple_n thirteen_o year_n ago_o then_o the_o lord_n make_v a_o return_n to_o it_o by_o fire_n and_o a_o cloud_n and_o here_o he_o do_v the_o like_a again_o by_o a_o apparition_n this_o be_v the_o second_o time_n that_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o the_o first_o be_v when_o he_o be_v even_o enter_v and_o begin_n upon_o his_o kingdom_n and_o this_o be_v now_o he_o be_v come_v to_o the_o height_n of_o settlement_n and_o prosperity_n in_o it_o chap._n ix_o from_o vers._n 10._o to_o the_o end_n 2_o chron._n viii_o all_o solomon_n 25_o solomon_n build_v city_n up_o and_o down_o the_o country_n conquer_v solomon_n 26_o hamath_n zobah_n settle_v pharaoh_n daughter_n in_o the_o house_n he_o have_v build_v for_o she_o solomon_n 27_o set_v out_o a_o fleet_n at_o ezion-geber_n for_o ophir_n be_v grow_v still_o more_o and_o solomon_n 28_o more_o potent_a rich_a and_o magnificent_a be_v constant_a still_o and_o forward_o in_o religion_n solomon_n 29_o and_o offer_v a_o constant_a rate_n of_o sacrifice_n every_o day_n and_o extraordinary_a one_o at_o solomon_n 30_o the_o solemn_a festivity_n the_o book_n of_o the_o proverb_n among_o the_o story_n of_o solomon_n renown_n in_o other_o thing_n may_v be_v insert_v also_o and_o conceive_v his_o utter_v of_o his_o proverb_n three_o thousand_o in_o number_n as_o be_v relate_v 1_o king_n 4._o 32._o and_o the_o make_n of_o his_o song_n one_o thousand_o and_o five_o as_o be_v story_v in_o the_o same_o place_n now_o it_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o the_o most_o of_o these_o be_v lose_v as_o also_o be_v his_o book_n of_o philosophy_n but_o these_o that_o be_v now_o extant_a in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o proverb_n and_o the_o song_n of_o song_n we_o may_v very_o proper_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v pen_v by_o he_o in_o some_o of_o those_o time_n that_o have_v be_v mention_v the_o very_a exact_a time_n be_v uncertain_a and_o therefore_o not_o curious_o to_o be_v inquire_v after_o but_o the_o time_n at_o large_a betwixt_o his_o son_n grow_v to_o capacity_n who_o he_o instruct_v and_o his_o own_o fall_n by_o the_o enticement_n of_o his_o idolatrous_a wife_n the_o book_n of_o the_o proverb_n fall_v under_o several_a division_n as_o 1._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nine_o which_o whole_a piece_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v compile_v by_o he_o more_o especial_o for_o the_o instruction_n of_o his_o son_n 2._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o ten_o chapter_n to_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o wherein_o be_v lesson_n frame_v for_o the_o instruction_n of_o other_o 3._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twenty_o nine_o be_v proverb_n of_o solomon_n find_v in_o some_o copy_n of_o he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o ezechiah_n as_o moses_n his_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n be_v find_v in_o the_o day_n of_o josiah_n 4._o the_o thirty_o chapter_n be_v a_o script_n of_o agur_n the_o son_n of_o jakeh_n
jeroboam_fw-la 3_o division_n 3_o and_o garrison_v they_o he_o entertain_v the_o priest_n and_o levite_n that_o outrun_v idolatry_n for_o jeroboam_n have_v expel_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o have_v their_o liberty_n to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o course_n and_o from_o exercise_v their_o function_n in_o the_o several_a city_n of_o their_o abode_n ver_fw-la 14._o three_o year_n do_v rehoboam_n and_o his_o people_n of_o judah_n well_o and_o upright_o and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n vers_fw-la 17._o observe_v the_o way_n of_o solomon_n to_o be_v parallel_v with_o the_o way_n of_o david_n and_o the_o way_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n commend_v as_o pattern_n of_o holy_a walk_n and_o this_o very_a place_n and_o passage_n may_v resolve_v that_o solomon_n be_v no_o more_o final_o cast_v away_o for_o his_o idolatry_n than_o david_n be_v final_o cast_v away_o for_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n rehoboam'_v marriage_n be_v reckon_v here_o where_o the_o text_n be_v speak_v of_o his_o establishment_n and_o prosperity_n and_o so_o it_o will_v conclude_v all_o the_o particular_n of_o that_o before_o it_o fall_v to_o the_o story_n of_o his_o decline_a but_o the_o most_o of_o his_o marriage_n be_v make_v before_o he_o come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n even_o in_o the_o life-time_n of_o his_o father_n solomon_n and_o he_o follow_v the_o humour_n of_o his_o father_n very_o much_o in_o desire_v many_o wife_n his_o son_n abijam_n reign_v but_o three_o year_n after_o his_o seventeen_o and_o yet_o be_v he_o the_o father_n of_o eight_o and_o thirty_o child_n which_o make_v it_o more_o than_o probable_a that_o he_o be_v bear_v before_o his_o father_n be_v king_n 2_o chron._n 13._o 21._o one_o of_o rehoboam_n wife_n be_v say_v to_o be_v maholah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jeremoth_n the_o son_n of_o david_n write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d possible_o tamar_n the_o daughter_n of_o absalon_n she_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o she_o be_v leave_v his_o only_a child_n his_o three_o son_n be_v dead_a 2_o sam._n 14._o 27._o &_o 18._o 18._o and_o he_o call_v jeremoth_n partly_o to_o intimate_v his_o lift_n up_o in_o pride_n when_o he_o rebel_v against_o his_o father_n and_o his_o lift_n up_o in_o the_o oak_n where_o he_o take_v his_o end_n and_o partly_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o another_o absalon_n who_o daughter_n also_o rehoboam_n marry_v which_o be_v call_v maachah_n 1_o king_n xii_o from_o vers_fw-la 25._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n rehoboam_n 2_o jeroboam_fw-la 2_o division_n 2_o jeroboam_n in_o a_o hellish_a policy_n set_v up_o idol_n in_o bethel_n rehoboam_n 3_o jeroboam_fw-la 3_o division_n 3_o and_z dan_o to_o keep_v israel_n from_o jerusalem_n lest_o they_o shall_v revolt_v to_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o he_o ordain_v a_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o eight_o month_n like_o that_o at_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o seven_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o people_n go_v after_o one_o of_o his_o calf_n to_o dan_n v._o 30._o for_o ere_o long_a abijah_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n have_v recover_v bethel_n 2_o chron._n 13._o 19_o 2_o chron._n xii_o all_o the_o chapter_n rehoboam_n and_o judah_n world_n 3033_o rehoboam_n 4_o jeroboam_fw-la 4_o division_n 4_o become_v wicked_a shishak_n world_n 3034_o rehoboam_n 5_o jeroboam_fw-la 5_o division_n 5_o plunder_v jerusalem_n it_o may_v be_v rehoboam_n 6_o jeroboam_fw-la 6_o division_n 6_o his_o quarrel_n be_v in_o reference_n to_o rehoboam_n 7_o jeroboam_fw-la 7_o division_n 7_o pharaoh_n daughter_n solomon_n rehoboam_n 8_o jeroboam_fw-la 8_o division_n 8_o wife_n she_o belike_o be_v either_o his_o rehoboam_n 9_o jeroboam_fw-la 9_o division_n 9_o daughter_n or_o sister_n and_o if_o she_o rehoboam_n 10_o jeroboam_fw-la 10_o division_n 10_o have_v a_o son_n it_o be_v wonder_v he_o reign_v rehoboam_n 11_o jeroboam_fw-la 11_o division_n 11_o not_z rehoboam'_v 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to_o ver_fw-la 25._o jehoshaphat_n 23_o jehoram_n 2_o jehoram_fw-la 6_o division_n 82_o elisha_n the_o prophet_n be_v jehoram_fw-la 7_o now_o famous_a and_o do_v many_o wonderful_a and_o jehoshaphat_n 24_o jehoram_n 3_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o division_n 83_o division_n 84_o miraculous_a thing_n multipli_v oil_n world_n 3113_o jehoshaphat_n 25_o jehoram_n 4_o jehoram_fw-la 9_o division_n 85_o heal_v deadly_a pottage_n feed_v jehoram_n 5_o jehoram_fw-la 10_o division_n 86_o a_o multitude_n miraculous_o cure_v leprous_a naaman_n raise_v jehoram_n 6_o jehoram_fw-la 11_o division_n 87_o world_n 3116_o jehoram_fw-la 7_o the_o shunamite_n dead_a child_n etc._n etc._n betwixt_o the_o first_o and_o last_o year_n of_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n there_o be_v very_o many_o occurrence_n mention_v which_o be_v not_o refer_v nor_o fix_v to_o their_o proper_a year_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v be_v calculate_v in_o a_o gross_a sum_n namely_o consider_v as_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o some_o time_n of_o these_o year_n they_o be_v the_o story_n contain_v in_o the_o four_o five_o six_o and_o seven_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n and_o in_o 2_o chron._n 21._o from_o ver._n 6._o to_o ver._n 19_o their_o proper_a order_n and_o time_n we_o may_v conjecture_v thus_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o joram_n elisha_n return_v out_o of_o moab_n into_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n multiply_v the_o widow_n oil_n as_o he_o have_v produce_v the_o army_n water_n he_o be_v lodge_v in_o shunem_n and_o assure_v the_o mistress_n of_o the_o house_n of_o a_o child_n the_o seven_o year_n famine_n be_v then_o begin_v and_o he_o give_v the_o shunamite_n warning_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o the_o second_o year_n she_o bear_v her_o child_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistines_n 2_o king_n 8._o 2._o and_o elisha_n reside_v among_o the_o child_n of_o the_o prophet_n at_o gilgal_n and_o heal_v the_o deadly_a pottage_n and_o feed_v a_o hundred_o man_n with_o twenty_o cake_n and_o some_o few_o ear_n of_o corn_n this_o be_v in_o barley_n harvest-time_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n that_o summer_n he_o cure_v naaman_n of_o his_o leprosy_n the_o only_o cure_v of_o leprosy_n do_v till_o the_o great_a prophet_n come_v and_n prosylit_v he_o so_o that_o he_o beg_v two_o mule_n load_v of_o israelitish_n earth_n to_o make_v he_o a_o altar_n of_o when_o he_o shall_v come_v home_o and_o crave_v pardon_n for_o his_o former_a idolatry_n chap._n 5._o ver_fw-la 18._o for_o this_o thing_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o that_o when_o my_o master_n have_v go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n to_o worship_n there_o and_o he_o have_v lean_v upon_o my_o hand_n that_o i_o also_o have_v bow_v myself_o in_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n for_o my_o worship_v in_o
the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n the_o lord_n pardon_v thy_o servant_n for_o this_o thing_n for_o so_o shall_v the_o word_n be_v render_v as_o crave_v pardon_n for_o idolatry_n past_a and_o not_o beg_v leave_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v gehazy_n covetousness_n bring_v upon_o he_o naaman_n leprosy_n the_o text_n have_v divine_o omit_v a_o letter_n in_o one_o word_n that_o it_o may_v the_o more_o brand_v he_o with_o a_o blot_n for_o this_o his_o villainy_n i_o will_v run_v after_o naaman_n say_v he_o and_o will_v take_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o blot_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d somewhat_o ver_fw-la 20._o the_o three_o year_n elisha_n make_v iron_n to_o swim_v prevent_v the_o syrian_n ambushment_n and_o strike_v those_o with_o blindness_n that_o be_v send_v to_o catch_v he_o and_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o midst_n of_o samaria_n and_o there_o fea_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 6._o 23._o so_o the_o band_n of_o syria_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o into_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n for_o so_o the_o very_a next_o verse_n teach_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v translate_v for_o it_o relate_v that_o after_o this_o benhadad_n gather_v all_o his_o host_n and_o besiege_a samaria_n so_o be_v the_o like_a passage_n to_o be_v render_v 2_o king_n 24._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n come_v no_o more_o as_o yet_o or_o at_o that_o time_n out_o of_o his_o land_n for_o in_o jer._n 37._o 5._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o foot_n with_o his_o army_n and_o abroad_o again_o the_o four_o year_n jehoshaphat_n die_v edom_n rebell_v and_o shake_v off_o judah_n yoke_n which_o david_n have_v lay_v upon_o they_o till_o jorams_fw-mi time_n there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o edom_n of_o absolute_a power_n and_o rule_v but_o a_o deputy_n under_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n be_v king_n 1_o king_n 22._o 47._o but_o now_o edom_n revolt_v from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o judah_n and_o make_v a_o king_n over_o themselves_o 2_o king_n 8._o 20._o then_o libnah_n revolt_v also_o joram_n go_v against_o they_o and_o by_o night_n smite_v their_o squadron_n which_o be_v pitch_v about_o he_o to_o give_v he_o battle_n the_o next_o morning_n the_o five_o year_n samaria_n be_v besiege_v by_o benhadad_n and_o the_o famine_n become_v so_o great_a in_o the_o city_n that_o woman_n eat_v their_o own_o child_n as_o deut._n 28._o 53._o 56._o and_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n eat_v dove_n dung_n all_o the_o fault_n be_v lay_v upon_o elisha_n and_o he_o must_v be_v behead_v but_o he_o foretell_v a_o sudden_a and_o wonderful_a delivery_n and_o a_o strange_a and_o miraculous_a plenty_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v a_o unbelieving_a prince_n be_v tread_v to_o death_n the_o six_o year_n philistines_n and_o arabian_n oppress_v joram_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o captive_a his_o wife_n and_o child_n leave_v he_o only_o one_o son_n behind_o here_o he_o be_v meet_v with_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o own_o brethren_n the_o seven_o year_n joram_n be_v fall_v into_o the_o sad_a disease_n of_o his_o bowel_n 2_o chron._n 21._o 19_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o the_o end_n of_o two_o year_n his_o bowel_n fall_v out_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o sickness_n for_o he_o show_v no_o bowel_n to_o his_o brethren_n this_o year_n the_o famine_n end_v at_o harvest_n and_o at_o that_o harvest_n the_o shunamite_n child_n die_v and_o be_v recover_v by_o elisha_n his_o death_n and_o revive_n be_v relate_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n of_o his_o birth_n though_o when_o he_o die_v he_o be_v able_a to_o follow_v the_o reaper_n because_o his_o story_n may_v be_v relate_v together_o and_o not_o long_o after_o his_o mother_n go_v to_o the_o king_n to_o beg_v and_o petition_v to_o be_v settle_v in_o her_o estate_n again_o and_o there_o she_o find_v leprous_a gehazi_n with_o he_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o chapter_n 8._o shall_v chronical_o be_v translate_v as_o of_o the_o time_n past_a now_o elisha_n have_v speak_v to_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 2._o and_o the_o woman_n have_v rise_v and_o do_v after_o the_o say_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n this_o year_n elisha_n be_v at_o damaseus_fw-la benhadad_o sick_a hazael_n stifle_v he_o with_o a_o wet_a cloth_n and_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o to_o ver_fw-la 10._o 2_o king_n viii_o 25._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o joram_n reign_v and_o die_v this_o year_n by_o the_o sword_n of_o jehu_n 2_o king_n 8._o 26._o in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n do_v ahaziah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoram_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v to_o reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o he_o reign_v one_o year_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o mother_n name_n be_v athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o 2_o king_n 9_o 29._o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n begin_v ahaziah_n to_o reign_v over_o judah_n 2_o chron._n 22._o 2._o forty_o and_o two_o year_n old_a be_v ahaziah_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v etc._n etc._n here_o the_o reader_n see_v two_o plain_a and_o visible_a difference_n the_o one_o about_o the_o age_n of_o ahaziah_n and_o the_o other_o about_o the_o time_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v the_o same_o book_n of_o king_n say_v he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n and_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n now_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v easy_a when_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o joram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n reign_v one_o whole_a year_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o his_o father_n and_o eleven_o year_n afterward_o and_o so_o one_o text_n call_v his_o last_o year_n his_o twelve_o that_o be_v of_o his_o whole_a reign_n and_o another_o text_n call_v it_o his_o eleven_o that_o be_v of_o his_o sole_a reign_n after_o his_o father_n death_n but_o the_o other_o difference_n be_v both_o the_o more_o visible_a and_o the_o more_o difficult_a for_o the_o book_n of_o king_n say_v ahaziah_n be_v but_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n say_v he_o be_v two_o and_o forty_o and_o so_o this_o latter_a reckon_n make_v he_o two_o year_n old_a than_o his_o father_n for_o his_o father_n begin_v to_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o and_o reign_v eight_o year_n and_o so_o die_v be_v forty_o 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o now_o for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o this_o scruple_n the_o original_a help_v we_o which_o in_o our_o translation_n be_v not_o visible_a the_o original_a mean_v thus_o ahaziah_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n namely_o of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n of_o who_o seed_n he_o be_v by_o the_o mother_n side_n and_o he_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o that_o house_n and_o come_v to_o ruin_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o it_o this_o the_o text_n direct_v we_o to_o look_v after_o when_o it_o call_v his_o mother_n the_o daughter_n of_o omri_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n now_o these_o forty_o two_o year_n be_v easy_o reckon_v by_o any_o that_o will_v count_v back_o in_o the_o chronicle_n to_o the_o second_o of_o omri_n such_o another_o reckon_n there_o be_v about_o jechoniah_n or_o jehojachin_n 2_o king_n 24._o 8._o jehojachin_n be_v eighteen_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v but_o 2_o chron._n 36._o 9_o jehojachin_n be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o eight_o year_n that_o be_v his_o beginning_n of_o reign_n fall_v in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o of_o judah_n first_o captivity_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v there_o world_n 3117_o jehoram_fw-la 8_o jehoram_fw-la 12_o division_n 88_o joram_n king_n of_o israel_n fight_v at_o ramoth_n gilead_n be_v wound_v come_v to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o wound_n at_o jezreel_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o jehu_n ahaziah_n have_v be_v with_o joram_n at_o ramoth_n and_o be_v slay_v with_o joram_n at_o jezreel_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o vers_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o 2_o king_n xi_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o world_n 3118_o athaliah_n 1_o jehu_n 1_o division_n 89_o athaliah_n destroy_v athaliah_n 2_o jehu_n 2_o division_n 90_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seed_n royal_a athaliah_n 3_o jehu_n 3_o division_n 91_o that_o be_v leave_v beside_o the_o forty_o athaliah_n 4_o jehu_n 4_o division_n 92_o two_o slay_v by_o jehu_n she_o she_o athaliah_n 5_o
jehu_n 5_o division_n 93_o self_n reign_v six_o year_n she_o have_v athaliah_n 6_o jehu_n 6_o division_n 94_o son_n of_o her_o own_o by_o some_o other_o man_n who_o she_o desire_v to_o promote_v 2_o chron._n 24._o 7._o 2_o king_n ix_o to_z vers_n 30._o world_n 3118_o athaliah_n 1_o jehu_n 1_o division_n 89_o jehu_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n athaliah_n 2_o jehu_n 2_o division_n 90_o anoint_a for_o the_o destruction_n athaliah_n 3_o jehu_n 3_o division_n 91_o of_o ahabs_n house_n reign_v twenty_o athaliah_n 4_o jehu_n 4_o division_n 92_o eight_o year_n he_o be_v anoint_v athaliah_n 5_o jehu_n 5_o division_n 93_o by_o elisha_n servant_n at_o elisha_n appointment_n athaliah_n 6_o jehu_n 6_o division_n 94_o read_v chap._n 9_o ver_fw-la 4._o that_o so_o the_o young_a man_n even_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o prophet_n go_v etc._n etc._n he_o be_v anoint_v at_o ramoth_n gilead_n where_o ahab_n have_v receive_v his_o death_n and_o jehoram_n his_o son_n late_o some_o wound_n he_o slay_v jehoram_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o cause_v the_o death_n of_o ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n also_o this_o man_n be_v sometime_o call_v jeho-achaz_a with_o part_n of_o the_o name_n jehovah_n set_v before_o his_o name_n as_o 2_o chron._n 21._o 17._o &_o 25._o 17._o sometime_o achaz-jahu_a with_o part_n of_o that_o name_n jehovah_n set_v after_o as_o 2_o chron._n 22._o 2._o and_o sometime_o azariah_n 2_o chron._n 22._o 6._o the_o relation_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o chronicle_n be_v exceed_v different_a and_z according_o the_o understanding_n of_o it_o exceed_v difficult_a 2_o king_n 9_o 27._o it_o be_v say_v that_o when_o ahaziah_n see_v the_o death_n of_o jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n he_o flee_v by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o garden_n and_o jehu_n follow_v after_o he_o and_o say_v smite_v he_o also_o in_o the_o chariot_n in_o the_o go_n up_o to_o gur_z which_o be_v beside_o ibleam_n and_o he_o flee_v to_o megiddo_n and_o die_v there_o but_o in_o 2_o chron._n 22._o 8_o 9_o it_o be_v say_v that_o when_o jehu_n be_v execute_v judgement_n upon_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n and_o find_v the_o prince_n of_o judah_n even_o the_o son_n of_o the_o brethren_n of_o ahaziah_n that_o minister_v to_o ahaziah_n he_o slay_v they_o and_o he_o seek_v ahaziah_n and_o they_o catch_v he_o for_o he_o be_v hide_v in_o samaria_n and_o bring_v he_o to_o jehu_n and_o slay_v he_o now_o the_o current_n of_o the_o story_n at_o large_a be_v thus_o jehu_n slay_v joram_n in_o the_o field_n of_o jezreel_n as_o ahaziah_n and_o joram_n be_v together_o ahaziah_n see_v this_o flee_v and_o get_v into_o samariah_n and_o hide_v himself_o there_o jehu_n march_v to_o jezreel_n and_o make_v jezabel_n dog_n meat_n from_o thence_o he_o send_v to_o samaria_n for_o the_o head_n of_o ahabs_n child_n and_o posterity_n which_o be_v bring_v he_o by_o night_n and_o show_v by_o he_o to_o the_o people_n in_o the_o morning_n then_o he_o march_v to_o samaria_n and_o by_o the_o way_n slay_v ahaziahs_n kinsman_n forty_o two_o man_n find_v jehonadab_n the_o father_n of_o the_o rechabite_v come_v into_o samaria_n he_o make_v search_v for_o ahaziah_n they_o find_v he_o hide_v bring_v he_o to_o jehu_n he_o command_v to_o carry_v he_o up_o towards_o gur_z by_o ibleam_n and_o there_o to_o slay_v he_o it_o may_v be_v his_o father_n joram_n have_v slay_v his_o brethren_n there_o as_o ahab_n have_v do_v naboth_n in_o jezreel_n they_o do_v so_o smite_v he_o there_o in_o his_o chariot_n and_o his_o charioteer_n drive_v away_o to_o megiddo_n before_o he_o die_v the_o story_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n be_v take_v up_o short_a and_o lay_v with_o the_o story_n of_o the_o death_n of_o jehoram_n that_o the_o end_n of_o both_o the_o king_n may_v be_v take_v up_o together_o but_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n show_v the_o order_n 2_o king_n xi_o from_z vers_n 4._o to_o end_n and_o 12._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 2_o chron._n xxiii_o xxiv_o to_o ver_fw-la 4._o world_n 3124_o joash_n 1_o jehu_n 7_o division_n 95_o joash_n anoint_v by_o his_o joash_n 2_o jehu_n 8_o division_n 96_o uncle_n jehojada_n and_o reign_v joash_n 3_o jehu_n 9_o division_n 97_o forty_o year_n good_a jehojada_n joash_n 4_o jehu_n 10_o division_n 98_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o crown_n joash_n 5_o jehu_n 11_o division_n 99_o and_o the_o people_n into_o covenant_n joash_n 6_o jehu_n 12_o division_n 100_o etc._n etc._n the_o priest_n and_o levites_n joash_n 7_o jehu_n 13_o division_n 101_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o the_o coronation_n joash_n 8_o jehu_n 14_o division_n 102_o they_o be_v thus_o distinguish_v joash_n 9_o jehu_n 15_o division_n 103_o 2_o king_n 11._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joash_n 10_o jehu_n 16_o division_n 104_o for_o so_o it_o be_v write_v meajoth_n joash_n 11_o jehu_n 17_o division_n 105_o captain_n of_o hundred_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joash_n 12_o jehu_n 18_o division_n 106_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d priest_n and_o levite_n 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understand_v it_o matth._n 21._o 34_o 45._o 2_o king_n xv._o ver_fw-la 5._o to_o ver_fw-la 23._o world_n 3238_o uzziah_n 38_o zechariah_n the_o son_n division_n 209_o zechariah_n 1_o of_o jeroboam_n reign_v six_o month_n and_o be_v slay_v and_o here_o end_v jehues_n house_n and_o here_o hosea_n prophecy_n take_v place_n hosea_n 1._o 4_o 5._o shallum_n 1_o shallum_n reign_v a_o month_n have_v slay_v zechariah_n uzz._n 39_o world_n 3239_o uzz._n 40_o menahem_n slay_v he_o menahem_fw-mi 1_o division_n 210_o uzz._n 41_o menahem_n 2_o and_o reign_v ten_o year_n he_o rip_v division_n 211_o uzz._n 42_o menahem_n 3_o up_o the_o woman_n with_o child_n division_n 212_o uzz._n 43_o menahem_n 4_o of_o tiphsah_n ammon_n like_v amos_n division_n 213_o uzz._n 44_o menahem_n 5_o 1._o 13._o menahem_fw-mi do_v evil_a in_o division_n 214_o uzz._n 45_o menahem_n 6_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n follow_v division_n 215_o uzz._n 46_o menahem_n 7_o jeroboam_n idolatry_n he_o be_v division_n 216_o uzz._n 47_o menahem_n
17_o division_n 239_o ahaz_n reign_v very_a ahaz_n 2_o pekah_n 18_o division_n 240_o wicked_o serve_v baalim_fw-la ahaz_n 3_o pekah_n 19_o division_n 241_o and_o burn_v his_o son_n 2_o chron._n 28._o 3._o that_o be_v one_o of_o his_o son_n 2_o king_n 16._o 3._o in_o the_o fire_n to_o molech_n hezekiah_n be_v preserve_v by_o a_o special_a providence_n for_o a_o better_a purpose_n world_n 3268_o jotham_n 16_o ahaz_n 1_o pekah_n 17_o division_n 239_o pekah_n be_v a_o desperate_a ahaz_n 2_o pekah_n 18_o division_n 240_o enemy_n to_o judah_n and_o ahaz_n 3_o pekah_n 19_o division_n 241_o join_v with_o syria_n against_o jerusalem_n to_o make_v rezin_n a_o son_n of_o tabeel_n or_o one_o of_o the_o the_o posterity_n of_o tabrimmon_n king_n there_o esay_n 7._o 6._o 2_o king_n xvi_o vers._n 5._o esay_n vii_o ahaz_n his_o wickedness_n bring_v rezin_n and_o pekah_n against_o jerusalem_n but_o they_o can_v prevail_v against_o 13._o against_o against_o against_o observe_v this_o phrase_n in_o ver_fw-la 2._o &_o 13._o the_o house_n of_o david_n for_o the_o promise_n sake_n esay_n assure_v ahaz_n of_o deliverance_n from_o those_o two_o fire_n brand_n both_o king_n and_o kingdom_n which_o be_v now_o grow_v to_o be_v but_o tail_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o smoke_v their_o last_o he_o offer_v ahaz_n a_o sign_n which_o he_o scornful_o refuse_v and_o despise_v to_o try_v jehovah_n his_o son_n hezekiah_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n 2_o king_n 20._o 8._o therefore_o the_o lord_n himself_o give_v this_o sign_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o quite_o cast_v off_o the_o house_n of_o david_n till_o a_o virgin_n have_v bear_v a_o son_n and_o that_o son_n be_v god_n in_o our_o nature_n both_o which_o be_v great_a wonder_n indeed_o yet_o he_o threaten_v sad_a day_n to_o come_v upon_o jerusalem_n before_o esay_n viii_o esay_n write_v a_o book_n full_a of_o no_o other_o word_n but_o this_o prey_n this_o this_o this_o haste_v to_o the_o spoil_n he_o haste_v to_o the_o prey_n mahershalalhashbaz_a and_o take_v two_o man_n that_o be_v of_o esteem_n with_o ahaz_n zechariah_n his_o father_n in_o law_n and_o uriah_n the_o priest_n to_o see_v and_o witness_v what_o he_o have_v do_v that_o so_o it_o may_v come_v to_o ahaz_n his_o knowledge_n he_o also_o name_v a_o child_n that_o his_o wife_n bear_v he_o by_o this_o very_a name_n and_o all_o to_o confirm_v that_o damascus_n and_o samaria_n the_o two_o enemy_n of_o judah_n now_o in_o arm_n against_o it_o shall_v speedy_o be_v destroy_v he_o use_v two_o several_a phrase_n of_o the_o same_o signification_n as_o apply_v they_o to_o the_o two_o place_n samaria_n and_o damascus_n yet_o do_v he_o withal_o threaten_v those_o of_o judah_n that_o despise_v the_o house_n and_o kingdom_n of_o david_n because_o it_o be_v but_o like_o the_o water_n of_o shiloam_n of_o a_o very_a small_a stream_n in_o comparison_n of_o those_o great_a kingdom_n that_o be_v so_o potent_a and_o therefore_o that_o desire_v to_o be_v under_o one_o of_o those_o great_a kingdom_n and_o to_o make_v confederacy_n with_o it_o such_o man_n he_o threaten_v that_o he_o will_v bring_v upon_o they_o a_o kingdom_n great_a enough_o which_o shall_v come_v as_o a_o mighty_a river_n since_o they_o despise_v the_o small_a stream_n and_o shall_v overflow_n emmanuels_n land_n all_o over_o he_o prophesi_v glorious_a thing_n of_o emmanuel_n himself_o as_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o sanctuary_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v child_n or_o disciple_n that_o he_o shall_v give_v they_o a_o law_n and_o testimony_n which_o shall_v be_v oracle_n to_o inquire_v at_o and_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v gospel_n shall_v shall_v shall_v vers._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o â—e_n transgress_v against_o it_o i._n e._n against_o the_o testimony_n ver_fw-la 2._o or_o the_o gospel_n transgress_v that_o law_n and_o testimony_n shall_v be_v hard_o bestead_v famish_a perplex_a and_o at_o last_o drive_v to_o utter_v darkness_n esay_n ix_o that_o this_o darkness_n shall_v be_v a_o worse_a darkness_n and_o affliction_n then_o that_o be_v in_o galilee_n in_o their_o captivity_n either_o by_o hazael_n or_o the_o assyrian_a for_o those_o place_n see_v light_a afterward_o for_o the_o gospel_n begin_v there_o but_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v bring_v misery_n irreparable_a he_o speak_v again_o glorious_a thing_n concern_v christ_n the_o child_n promise_v before_o david_n house_n fail_v the_o prince_n of_o peace_n and_o 6._o and_o and_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 6._o father_n of_o eternity_n a_o letter_n of_o note_n and_o remarkableness_n be_v in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lemarbeh_fw-it in_fw-it ver_fw-la 7._o man_n clausum_fw-la to_o show_v the_o hiddenness_n and_o mysteriousness_n of_o christ_n kingdom_n different_a from_o visible_a pomp_n and_o to_o hint_n the_o forty_o year_n before_o jerusalem_n destruction_n when_o this_o dominion_n increase_v through_o the_o world_n the_o juncture_n of_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n with_o the_o last_o of_o the_o precede_a and_o this_o subject_n of_o vers_fw-la 9_o &_o 11._o show_n plain_o that_o this_o chapter_n be_v of_o the_o same_o time_n with_o those_o two_o before_o esay_n xvii_o here_o also_o be_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v in_o this_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o esay_n make_v upon_o the_o very_a same_o subject_n that_o these_o three_o last_o mention_v the_o seven_o the_o eight_o and_o the_o nine_o be_v namely_o concern_v the_o final_a ruin_n of_o damascus_n and_o ephraim_n and_o whereas_o damascus_n be_v destroy_v and_o captive_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o time_n of_o ahaz_n and_o as_o it_o be_v easy_o argue_v thereupon_o that_o this_o prophecy_n that_o foretell_v the_o destruction_n of_o it_o shall_v be_v set_v before_o the_o story_n that_o relate_v its_o destruction_n so_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o this_o prophecy_n may_v be_v very_o proper_o take_v in_o here_o upon_o these_o consideration_n 1._o till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o ahaz_n the_o prophet_n meddle_v not_o with_o damascus_n and_o ephraim_n join_v together_o namely_o not_o till_o they_o join_v together_o to_o invade_v judah_n 2._o step_v but_o one_o step_n further_o in_o the_o chronicle_n than_o this_o very_a place_n where_o we_o will_v have_v this_o chapter_n take_v in_o and_o damascus_n be_v ruin_v and_o therefore_o this_o chapter_n have_v to_o deal_v with_o damascus_n and_o ephraim_n join_v together_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v no_o soon_o then_o here_o and_o since_o it_o be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o damascus_n before_o it_o come_v it_o can_v be_v lay_v no_o further_o forward_o now_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o lie_v in_o that_o place_n of_o the_o book_n where_o it_o do_v be_v because_o there_o be_v many_o prophecy_n against_o many_o several_a place_n lay_v there_o together_o and_o when_o the_o lord_n be_v deal_v threaten_n among_o all_o the_o country_n and_o place_n thereabouts_o damascus_n and_o ephraim_n can_v not_o go_v without_o and_o therefore_o as_o these_o three_o last_o name_v chapter_n be_v lay_v where_o they_o be_v as_o single_a and_o singular_a denuntiation_n against_o these_o two_o place_n so_o be_v this_o chapter_n lay_v where_o it_o be_v because_o it_o shall_v there_o go_v in_o company_n with_o other_o threaten_n esay_n xxviii_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n which_o foretell_v also_o the_o destruction_n of_o ephraim_n lay_v beyond_o its_o proper_a time_n among_o chapter_n on_o either_o side_n it_o that_o be_v of_o a_o date_n after_o ephraim_n be_v destroy_v but_o it_o be_v lay_v there_o that_o threaten_n against_o that_o place_n may_v also_o come_v in_o among_o the_o threaten_n against_o other_o place_n and_o since_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a notice_n of_o what_o date_n that_o chapter_n be_v it_o may_v not_o unfit_o be_v take_v in_o here_o and_o so_o all_o esay_n prophecy_n against_o ephraim_n come_v together_o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o vers_fw-la 4_o to_z vers_n 16._o rezin_n and_o pekah_n return_v to_o their_o several_a home_n from_o jerusalem_n which_o they_o can_v not_o overcome_v spoil_n judah_n miserable_o as_o they_o go_v pekah_n slay_v 120000_o man_n and_o take_v 200000_o woman_n and_o child_n captive_n but_o they_o be_v merciful_o use_v and_o enlarge_v at_o the_o admonition_n of_o a_o prophet_n the_o only_a good_a deed_n that_o we_o read_v of_o do_v in_o samaria_n of_o a_o long_a time_n rezin_n also_o carry_v a_o great_a captivity_n away_o to_o damascus_n 2_o king_n xvi_o ver_fw-la 6._o and_o not_o content_a with_o that_o he_o take_v his_o opportunity_n after_o he_o come_v home_o now_o judah_n be_v so_o low_a to_o take_v in_o eloth_n the_o sea-town_n in_o edom_n which_o uzziah_n have_v recover_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n
and_o this_o be_v the_o last_o victory_n of_o syria_n before_o assyria_n swallow_v it_o up_o 2_o king_n xvi_o ver_fw-la 7._o to_o 17._o world_n 3271_o ahaz_n 4_o pekah_n 20_o division_n 242_o ahaz_n hire_v tiglath-pilefe_a this_o razor_n that_o be_v hire_v namely_o assyria_n esa._n 7._o 20._o do_v now_o shave_v galilee_n gilead_n and_o damascus_n and_o ere_o long_o it_o light_v on_o he_o that_o hire_v it_o tiglath_n captive_v damascus_n to_o kir_n and_o slay_v rezin_n as_o amos_n 1._o 5._o ahaz_n go_v to_o damascus_n to_o see_v he_o and_o bring_v away_o with_o he_o the_o pattern_n of_o a_o idolatrous_a altar_n ahaz_n 5_o pekah_n 1_o division_n 243_o ahaz_n as_o he_o fall_v into_o great_a ahaz_n 6_o pekah_n 2_o division_n 244_o sin_n so_o fall_v he_o into_o great_a ahaz_n 7_o pekah_n 3_o division_n 245_o misery_n be_v oppress_v by_o ahaz_n 8_o pekah_n 4_o division_n 246_o enemy_n on_o every_o hand_n yet_o ahaz_n 9_o pekah_n 5_o division_n 247_o still_o grow_v he_o worse_o and_o ahaz_n 10_o pekah_n 6_o division_n 248_o worse_a and_o be_v no_o whit_n humble_v ahaz_n 11_o pekah_n 7_o division_n 249_o by_o his_o calamity_n therefore_o the_o text_n set_v a_o special_a mark_n and_o brand_n upon_o he_o for_o such_o impenitency_n this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n 2_o chron._n 28._o 22._o he_o set_v up_o a_o dial_n which_o yield_v a_o miraculous_a sign_n to_o his_o son_n hezekiah_n though_o he_o himself_o have_v scorn_v to_o ask_v for_o a_o sign_n 2_o king_n xv._o vers_fw-la 30_o 31._o world_n 3271_o ahaz_n 4_o pekah_n 20_o division_n 242_o pekah_n before_o he_o die_v lose_v all_o gilead_n and_o galilee_n and_o at_o last_o be_v slay_v himself_o by_o hoshea_n the_o son_n of_o elah_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o jotham_n the_o son_n of_o uzziah_n now_o be_v revenge_n take_v on_o pekah_n for_o all_o his_o cruelty_n against_o judah_n but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o ahaz_n his_o sake_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o date_v by_o his_o time_n but_o by_o jothams_n in_o the_o grave_n ahaz_n 5_o pekah_n 1_o division_n 243_o after_o the_o death_n of_o pekah_n ahaz_n 6_o pekah_n 2_o division_n 244_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o king_n ahaz_n 7_o pekah_n 3_o division_n 245_o in_o the_o throne_n of_o israel_n for_o ahaz_n 8_o pekah_n 4_o division_n 246_o complete_a seven_o year_n together_o ahaz_n 9_o pekah_n 5_o division_n 247_o for_o though_o hoshea_n slay_v elah_n in_o ahaz_n 10_o pekah_n 6_o division_n 248_o the_o four_o of_o ahaz_n which_o be_v ahaz_n 11_o pekah_n 7_o division_n 249_o call_v jothams_n twenty_o yet_o be_v not_o he_o say_v to_o reign_v till_o ahaz_n his_o twelve_o year_n 2_o king_n 17._o 1._o the_o reason_n of_o this_o will_v be_v worth_a the_o labour_n a_o little_a to_o inquire_v after_o for_o the_o resolve_v of_o this_o matter_n do_v not_o only_o clear_v this_o place_n but_o also_o give_v light_n to_o one_o or_o two_o place_n more_o which_o be_v of_o obscurity_n hosea_n v._n vi_o in_o the_o time_n of_o ahaz_n after_o his_o seek_v to_o assyria_n for_o help_v do_v these_o chapter_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v utter_v for_o chapter_n 5._o 13._o reprove_v that_o in_o ephraim_n and_o judah_n both_o and_o threaten_v they_o both_o with_o judgement_n and_o chapter_n 6._o invit_v and_o exhort_v to_o repentance_n and_o promise_v good_a ephraim_n be_v the_o more_o special_o name_v in_o the_o reproof_n for_o rely_v upon_o ashur_n though_o judah_n be_v now_o under_o the_o same_o sin_n and_o fall_v under_o the_o same_o reproof_n because_o ephraim_n be_v first_o in_o that_o fault_n 2_o king_n 15._o 19_o and_o be_v first_o ruin_v by_o ashur_n 2_o king_n xvi_o ver_fw-la 17_o 18._o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o ver_fw-la 16._o to_o 26._o world_n 3279_o ahaz_n 12_o hoshea_n 1_o division_n 250_o ahaz_n be_v entrap_v in_o his_o ahaz_n 13_o hoshea_n 2_o division_n 251_o own_o snare_n his_o hire_a assyrian_n now_o overflow_v himself_o such_o day_n come_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o people_n as_o have_v not_o be_v since_o ephraim_n depart_v away_o from_o judah_n now_o that_o be_v fulfil_v esay_n 7._o 17._o 2_o king_n xvii_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2._o world_n 3279_o ahaz_n 12_o hoshea_n 1_o division_n 250_o hoshea_n reign_v in_o the_o ahaz_n 13_o hoshea_n 2_o division_n 251_o twelve_o year_n of_o ahaz_n and_o reign_v nine_o year_n from_o that_o time_n forward_o now_o since_o the_o time_n that_o hoshea_n have_v slay_v pekah_n shalmanezer_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v come_v up_o against_o he_o and_o bring_v he_o into_o vassalage_n and_o now_o in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o ahaz_n set_v the_o crown_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o he_o and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n become_v subject_n and_o tributary_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o assyria_n for_o observe_v in_o the_o text_n that_o hoshea_n become_v shalmanezers_n servant_n and_o give_v he_o tribute_n this_o be_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n and_o from_o thence_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v date_v but_o afterward_o he_o be_v find_v faulty_a and_o catch_v and_o imprison_v and_o then_o samaria_n in_o three_o year_n siege_n be_v take_v so_o that_o those_o seven_o year_n that_o be_v between_o the_o death_n of_o pekah_n and_o ahaz_n his_o twelve_o be_v without_o the_o mention_n of_o any_o king_n in_o samaria_n because_o hoshea_n be_v not_o yet_o establish_v in_o the_o throne_n but_o keep_v under_o by_o the_o assyrian_a till_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n and_o then_o he_o set_v he_o up_o king_n there_o this_o observation_n of_o the_o vassalage_n of_o samaria_n before_o the_o final_a take_n of_o it_o in_o the_o nine_o of_o hoshea_n help_v first_o to_o understand_v that_o place_n in_o hosh._n 10._o 14._o namely_o that_o shalman_n or_o shalmanezer_n for_o eser_n be_v but_o a_o additional_a title_n to_o the_o assyrian_a monarch_n as_o pilese_a eser-haddon_a etc._n etc._n spoil_v beth-arbel_a in_o this_o his_o first_o voyage_n against_o samaria_n and_o so_o will_v he_o spoil_v bethel_n at_o his_o second_o esay_n x_o xi_o xii_o xiii_o &_o fourteen_o to_o ver_fw-la 28._o and_o the_o same_o observation_n also_o help_v to_o methodize_v these_o chapter_n in_o esay_n and_o to_o remove_v that_o doubt_n that_o arise_v by_o compare_v esay_n 10._o for_o 9_o 11._o with_o chap._n 14._o 28._o together_o for_o the_o former_a place_n speak_v of_o the_o subdue_a of_o samaria_n by_o the_o assyrian_a which_o be_v not_o till_o some_o year_n after_o ahaz_n his_o death_n and_o yet_o the_o latter_a speak_v but_o of_o the_o the_o year_n in_o which_o ahaz_n die_v yet_o be_v there_o no_o dislocation_n at_o all_o in_o this_o but_o that_o take_v of_o samaria_n that_o chap._n 10._o 9_o speak_v of_o be_v in_o this_o first_o expedition_n of_o shalmaneser_n against_o hoshea_n before_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n when_o he_o subdue_v samaria_n and_o her_o idol_n and_o bring_v that_o kingdom_n under_o tribute_n in_o esay_n 10._o he_o threaten_v to_o do_v the_o like_a to_o jerusalem_n and_o indeed_o he_o do_v it_o he_o come_v up_o to_o ajath_n pass_v to_o migron_n lay_v up_o his_o carriage_n at_o micmash_n lodge_v at_o geba_n city_n within_o ahaz_n his_o dominion_n and_o come_v over_o the_o passage_n that_o have_v be_v strait_o keep_v as_o a_o frontier_n between_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n etc._n etc._n and_o indeed_o come_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o subdue_v ahaz_n these_o be_v those_o strong_a water_n that_o over_o flow_v judah_n and_o emanuels_n land_n in_o ahaz_n his_o time_n esay_n 8._o 8._o and_o the_o bitter_a day_n that_o he_o see_v the_o like_v not_o see_v since_o the_o ten_o tribe_n revolt_v esay_n 7._o 17._o of_o these_o day_n it_o be_v that_o hezekiah_n speak_v in_o the_o very_a next_o year_n or_o fourteen_o of_o ahaz_n our_o father_n have_v fall_v â—y_a the_o sword_n and_o our_o son_n and_o daughter_n and_o wife_n be_v in_o captivity_n 2_o chron._n 29._o 9_o and_o be_v not_o you_o like_o your_o father_n and_o like_o your_o brethren_n which_o trespass_v against_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o up_o to_o desolation_n as_o you_o see_v 2_o chron._n 30._o 7._o this_o come_n up_o of_o the_o assyrian_a king_n against_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o ahaz_n his_o spoil_v the_o thing_n of_o the_o temple_n his_o cut_n off_o the_o border_n and_o base_n and_o remove_v the_o laver_n and_o sea_n and_o the_o covert_n for_o the_o people_n to_o stand_v under_o on_o the_o sabbath_n and_o his_o turn_n away_o his_o own_o entry_n aside_o from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n 2_o king_n 16._o vers_fw-la 17_o 18._o because_o of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n as_o say_v the_o text_n either_o to_o bestow_v those_o thing_n that_o he_o thus_o cut_v off_o upon_o the_o king_n or_o for_o fear_v the_o king_n
be_v now_o within_o four_o year_n to_o come_v 2._o that_o this_o be_v speak_v after_o hoshea_n have_v entertain_v amity_n with_o egypt_n of_o which_o there_o be_v mention_n 2_o king_n 17._o 4._o for_o see_v how_o chap._n 7._o 11._o &_o 12._o 1._o do_v speak_v of_o and_o intimate_v such_o a_o thing_n and_o 3._o that_o this_o be_v speak_v after_o the_o expedition_n of_o shalman_n mention_v before_o in_o which_o expedition_n he_o destroy_v beth-arbel_a chap._n 10._o 14._o and_o before_o his_o second_o expedition_n when_o he_o shall_v destroy_v bethel_n 2_o king_n xviii_o vers_fw-la 4._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o world_n 3284_o hezekiah_n 3_o hoshea_n 6_o division_n 255_o hezekiah_n still_o go_v hezekiah_n 4_o hoshea_n 7_o division_n 256_o on_o in_o his_o uprightness_n hezekiah_n 5_o hoshea_n 8_o division_n 257_o and_o in_o reform_v he_o destroy_v the_o brazen_a serpent_n world_n 3287_o hezekiah_n 6_o hoshea_n 9_o division_n 258_o which_o the_o people_n have_v idolise_v hezekiah_n 7_o division_n 259_o it_o be_v now_o about_o seven_o hundred_o hezekiah_n 8_o division_n 260_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a he_o hezekiah_n 9_o division_n 261_o conquer_v the_o philistines_n as_o hezekiah_n 10_o division_n 262_o esay_n have_v prophesy_v of_o he_o hezekiah_n 11_o division_n 263_o esay_n 14._o 28._o and_o smite_v they_o hezekiah_n 12_o division_n 264_o even_o unto_o gaza_n and_o the_o border_n hezekiah_n 13_o division_n 265_o thereof_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n both_o garrison_v tower_n or_o castle_n and_o fence_v city_n he_o also_o rebel_v against_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n who_o have_v set_v he_o upon_o the_o throne_n and_o will_v no_o more_o homage_n he_o rely_v upon_o the_o lord_n for_o assistance_n to_o keep_v the_o throne_n of_o david_n free_a from_o such_o slavery_n 2_o king_n xvii_o vers_fw-la 4._o to_o vers_n 24._o &_o xviii_o ver_fw-la 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o world_n 3284_o hezekiah_n 3_o hoshea_n 6_o division_n 255_o hoshea_n imprison_v hezekiah_n 4_o hoshea_n 7_o division_n 256_o for_o disloyalty_n hezekiah_n 5_o hoshea_n 8_o division_n 257_o samaria_n besiege_v samaria_n still_o besiege_v world_n 3287_o hezekiah_n 6_o hoshea_n 9_o division_n 258_o samaria_n take_v and_o the_o ten_o hezekiah_n 7_o division_n 259_o tribe_n captive_v israel_n be_v now_o hezekiah_n 8_o division_n 260_o lo-ruchamah_a no_o more_o pity_v hezekiah_n 9_o division_n 261_o hos._n 1._o 6._o the_o story_n of_o the_o hezekiah_n 10_o division_n 262_o king_n of_o assyria_n plant_v samaria_n hezekiah_n 11_o division_n 263_o with_o a_o mix_a people_n be_v hezekiah_n 12_o division_n 264_o relate_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n hezekiah_n 13_o division_n 265_o of_o she_o captive_v though_o they_o be_v a_o great_a while_n distant_a that_o the_o story_n of_o samaria_n may_v be_v relate_v and_o conclude_v all_o at_o once_o and_o observe_v how_o the_o story_n of_o its_o captive_a be_v relate_v twice_o viz._n chap._n 17._o as_o refer_v to_o the_o time_n of_o hoshea_n and_o chap._n 18._o as_o reserve_v to_o the_o time_n of_o hezekiah_n esay_n xv_o xvi_o in_o these_o fifteen_o and_o sixteenth_o chapter_n there_o be_v a_o sad_a prophecy_n against_o moab_n which_o be_v to_o have_v its_o accomplishment_n within_o three_o year_n after_o it_o be_v prophesy_v chap._n 16._o 14._o within_o three_o year_n as_o the_o year_n of_o a_o hireling_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o moab_n shall_v be_v contemn_v seder_n olam_n apply_v these_o three_o year_n to_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o siege_n of_o samaria_n where_o he_o conceive_v the_o moabite_n like_o base_a hireling_n do_v assist_v the_o king_n of_o assyria_n against_o israel_n and_o for_o these_o three_o year_n base_a service_n the_o lord_n will_v requite_v she_o with_o confusion_n and_o contempt_n but_o the_o like_o threaten_v be_v use_v against_o kedar_n and_o terminate_v within_o one_o year_n chap._n 21._o 16._o do_v show_v that_o this_o be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o proper_a sense_n of_o come_v to_o pass_v within_o three_o year_n now_o when_o this_o ruin_n and_o misery_n of_o moab_n befall_v it_o be_v not_o specify_v nor_o whence_o these_o three_o year_n be_v to_o be_v date_v can_v it_o be_v determine_v but_o only_o thus_o much_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v continual_o abroad_o and_o conquer_a up_o and_o down_o both_o in_o the_o time_n of_o shalmanezer_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o sennacherib_n and_o whether_o shalmanesers_n army_n before_o the_o take_n of_o samaria_n or_o after_o or_o sennacherib_n army_n before_o his_o come_n up_o to_o jerusalem_n do_v destroy_v and_o subdue_v moab_n it_o be_v uncertain_a but_o that_o one_o of_o these_o do_v it_o at_o some_o one_o of_o these_o time_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a for_o the_o prophet_n can_v hardly_o possible_o be_v interpret_v to_o any_o other_o date_n and_o to_o which_o of_o these_o time_n soever_o it_o be_v refer_v the_o order_n of_o these_o chapter_n will_v yet_o appear_v very_o proper_a as_o we_o have_v lay_v they_o in_o the_o first_o thirteen_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n esay_n xviii_o xix_o a_o prophecy_n against_o assyria_n and_o egypt_n the_o one_o the_o scourge_n and_o the_o other_o the_o carnal_a confidence_n of_o israel_n he_o call_v assyria_n the_o land_n shadow_v with_o wing_n descant_v upon_o his_o own_o phrase_n which_o he_o have_v use_v in_o chap._n 8._o 8._o the_o stretch_v out_o of_o his_o wing_n shall_v fill_v thy_o land_n o_o immanuel_n and_o foretell_v of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o host_n of_o assyria_n by_o the_o stroke_n of_o the_o angel_n he_o also_o prophesi_v the_o destruction_n of_o egypt_n and_o judah_n go_v down_o to_o dwell_v there_o even_o to_o the_o fill_n of_o five_o city_n with_o the_o language_n of_o canaan_n but_o those_o shall_v prove_v also_o city_n of_o destruction_n yet_o in_o time_n egypt_n and_o assyria_n and_o israel_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o gospel_n esay_n xx._n in_o the_o year_n that_o tarton_n take_v ashdod_n esay_n have_v another_o prophecy_n against_o egypt_n and_o one_o against_o ethiopia_n tartan_n be_v a_o assyrian_a chief_a commander_n under_o sennacherib_n 2_o king_n 18._o 17._o and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o he_o die_v among_o the_o 185000_o man_n that_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o angel_n 2_o king_n 19_o ver_fw-la 35._o 2_o chron._n 32._o 21._o and_o so_o his_o take_n of_o ashdod_n must_v fall_v out_o before_o that_o time_n and_o this_o consideration_n do_v help_v very_o well_o to_o know_v the_o time_n and_o method_n of_o this_o chapter_n esay_n be_v now_o in_o sackcloth_n mourn_v belike_o for_o the_o ten_o tribe_n captive_v and_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v now_o abroad_o take_v in_o city_n and_o place_n as_o fast_o as_o it_o can_v and_o the_o lord_n in_o this_o chapter_n threaten_v the_o two_o most_o potent_a kingdom_n then_o extant_a egypt_n and_o cush_n that_o they_o shall_v both_o be_v captive_v and_o shameful_o use_v by_o assyriah_n tarhakah_n king_n of_o cush_n face_v seâ—nacherib_n 2_o king_n 19_o 9_o and_o be_v foil_v by_o he_o as_o appeareth_z chap_n 43._o 3._o esay_n xxi_o about_o the_o same_o time_n have_v the_o prophet_n a_o sad_a vision_n against_o babylon_n now_o rise_v and_o against_o dumah_n and_o kedar_n country_n of_o arabia_n see_v gen._n 25._o 13_o 14._o and_o foretell_v of_o kedars_n ruin_n within_o one_o year_n which_o direct_v we_o to_o the_o order_n and_o time_n of_o this_o prophecy_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v in_o these_o conquer_a time_n of_o the_o assyrian_a before_o he_o receive_v his_o sad_a blow_n by_o the_o angel_n he_o foretell_v of_o babylon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver_fw-la 2._o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o cozener_n of_o babylon_n the_o cozener_n and_o a_o spoiler_n of_o that_o spoiler_n and_o that_o all_o sigh_v through_o babylonian_a pressure_n shall_v cease_v that_o belshazzer_n night_n of_o pleasure_n and_o banquet_a shall_v be_v turn_v into_o fear_n vers_fw-la 4._o that_o while_o they_o be_v furnish_v table_n and_o set_v sentinel_n to_o watch_v while_o they_o eat_v and_o drink_v the_o alarm_n shall_v be_v give_v and_o they_o shall_v cry_v arise_v you_o prince_n and_o anoint_v the_o shield_n ver_fw-la 5._o by_o a_o couple_n of_o horseman_n and_o two_o chariot_n of_o different_a draught_n he_o character_v cyrus_n and_o darius_n and_o the_o median_a and_o persian_a nation_n vers_fw-la 7._o and_o proclaim_v the_o ruin_n of_o babylon_n by_o they_o of_o dumah_n he_o tell_v that_o in_o seir_n or_o idumea_n it_o will_v be_v question_v what_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o that_o night_n when_o babylon_n be_v destroy_v watchman_n what_o of_o that_o night_n and_o the_o issue_n and_o the_o answer_n shall_v be_v that_o first_o a_o morning_n or_o some_o dawn_n from_o babylon_n bondage_n be_v spring_v but_o afterward_o a_o sad_a night_n of_o sorrow_n shall_v come_v
on_o dumah_n also_o as_o it_o have_v do_v on_o babylon_n that_o arabia_n tent_n shall_v be_v so_o spoil_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o lodge_v in_o the_o open_a forest_n etc._n etc._n esay_n xxii_o this_o chapter_n contain_v a_o sad_a prophecy_n against_o judea_n which_o he_o call_v the_o valley_n of_o vision_n because_o of_o god_n reveal_v himself_o there_o to_o his_o prophet_n he_o foretell_v in_o it_o the_o heavy_a time_n that_o be_v come_v upon_o that_o people_n of_o judea_n by_o the_o assyrian_a army_n before_o it_o be_v miraculous_o destroy_v that_o the_o slay_v thereof_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n nor_o dead_a only_a by_o battle_n but_o dead_a with_o famine_n vers_fw-la 2._o for_o the_o invasion_n of_o that_o army_n shall_v cause_v husbandry_n to_o be_v neglect_v so_o that_o briar_n and_o thorn_n shall_v come_v upon_o the_o land_n through_o this_o neglect_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v this_o trouble_n for_o many_o day_n and_o year_n together_o and_o lament_v for_o the_o pleasant_a field_n and_o the_o fruitful_a vine_n as_o chap._n 32._o 10._o 12_o 13._o elam_n and_o kir_n persia_n and_o assyria_n shall_v be_v combine_v in_o this_o invasion_n and_o shall_v fill_v the_o country_n with_o charet_n and_o horseman_n that_o by_o this_o misery_n the_o lord_n shall_v discover_v the_o cover_n or_o uncloak_v the_o hypocrisy_n and_o pretence_n of_o judah_n for_o now_o they_o will_v show_v their_o carnal_a confidence_n ver_fw-la 9_o 10_o 11._o and_o their_o carnal_a security_n vers_fw-la 12._o 13._o he_o prophesi_v of_o the_o displace_n of_o shebna_n from_o be_v over_o the_o household_n and_o place_v of_o eliakim_n in_o his_o room_n which_o be_v accomplish_v and_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v when_o rabshakeh_n lie_v before_o jerusalem_n esay_n 36._o 22._o esay_n xxiv_o xxv_o xxvi_o xxvii_o xxix_o as_o in_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n the_o prophet_n have_v foretell_v the_o misery_n and_o perplexity_n of_o judea_n by_o sennacherib_n army_n before_o the_o angel_n destroy_v it_o so_o in_o the_o first_o and_o last_o of_o these_o chapter_n he_o declare_v the_o final_a desolation_n of_o it_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o he_o do_v the_o desolation_n of_o tyrus_n by_o he_o chap._n 23._o and_o the_o final_a desolalation_n of_o ephraim_n by_o salmaneser_n chap._n 28._o he_o mingle_v many_o sweet_a and_o gracious_a promise_n and_o comfort_n among_o his_o threaten_n etc._n etc._n he_o call_v the_o altar_n ariel_n and_o jerusalem_n ariel_n or_o the_o lion_n of_o god_n the_o one_o for_o devour_a sacrifice_n the_o other_o for_o devour_a man_n by_o slaughter_n and_o he_o threaten_v that_o god_n will_v distress_v ariel_n the_o city_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o ariel_z the_o altar_n with_o abundance_n of_o slay_v about_o it_o chap._n 29._o 2._o esay_n xxx_o xxxi_o the_o oppression_n and_o terror_n of_o the_o assyrian_a army_n make_v perplex_v judea_n look_v after_o a_o arm_n of_o flesh_n the_o reed_n of_o egypt_n as_o chap._n 36._o 9_o this_o carnal_a confidence_n the_o prophet_n tax_v smart_o in_o these_o two_o chapter_n yet_o for_o his_o promise_n sake_n assure_v of_o deliverance_n and_o foretell_v the_o divine_a vengeance_n upon_o the_o assyrian_a the_o misery_n and_o oppression_n by_o this_o army_n what_o under_o shalmaneser_n and_o what_o under_o sennacherib_n have_v be_v long_o and_o have_v be_v grievous_a so_o that_o they_o have_v eat_v the_o bread_n of_o adversity_n and_o drunken_a the_o water_n of_o affliction_n and_o their_o teacher_n have_v be_v remove_v into_o corner_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 30._o 20._o but_o as_o the_o stream_n of_o the_o assyrian_a power_n have_v overflow_v and_o wrought_v up_o even_o to_o the_o neck_n as_o chap._n 8._o 8._o so_o shall_v the_o lord_n anger_n do_v now_o to_o he_o chap._n 30._o 28._o and_o they_o of_o jerusalem_n shall_v have_v joy_n in_o the_o night_n ver_fw-la 29._o compare_v chap._n 37._o 36._o for_o the_o assyrian_a shall_v be_v beat_v down_o with_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 31._o in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n or_o tophet_n ver_fw-la 33._o and_o shall_v fall_v not_o by_o the_o sword_n either_o of_o great_a or_o mean_a man_n but_o of_o the_o mighty_a god_n chap._n 31._o 8._o these_o and_o other_o particular_n do_v plain_o clear_v the_o method_n of_o these_o chapter_n and_o show_v they_o lie_v here_o in_o their_o proper_a time_n esay_n xxxii_o xxxiii_o xxxiv_o xxxv_o unto_o the_o same_o time_n be_v we_o to_o refer_v these_o chapter_n also_o speak_v among_o other_o thing_n of_o the_o sad_a time_n that_o judah_n suffer_v while_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v range_v and_o destroy_v up_o and_o down_o before_o the_o lord_n destroy_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v spoil_v the_o vintage_n and_o husbandry_n chap._n 32._o 10._o 12._o and_o that_o he_o make_v the_o highway_n waste_v and_o care_v not_o to_o keep_v any_o covenant_n that_o he_o make_v chap._n 33_o 8._o but_o he_o shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o so_o shall_v the_o other_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n particular_o edom_n who_o be_v a_o constant_a adversary_n chap._n 34._o and_o good_a and_o comfortable_a thing_n shall_v accrue_v to_o zion_n chap._n 35._o micah_n iii_n iv_o five_o vi_o vii_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o three_o of_o micah_n be_v own_v by_o the_o man_n of_o jeremiahs_n time_n to_o have_v be_v utter_v in_o the_o time_n of_o hezekiah_n jer._n 26._o 18._o and_o here_o may_v both_o that_o whole_a chapter_n and_o all_o the_o chapter_n that_o follow_v it_o be_v very_o well_o place_v as_o prophesy_v in_o some_o time_n of_o hezekiahs_n first_o thirteen_o year_n before_o sennacherib_n besiege_v jerusalem_n for_o in_o chap._n 5._o 1._o he_o seem_v to_o speak_v of_o that_o siege_n and_o of_o sennacherib_n blasphemy_n both_o against_o god_n and_o hezekiah_n smite_v the_o judge_n of_o israel_n as_o with_o a_o rod_n upon_o the_o cheek_n and_o he_o foretelleth_a that_o christ_n shall_v be_v the_o people_n peace_n in_o the_o assyrian_n invasion_n and_o that_o though_o the_o proud_a enemy_n think_v to_o triumph_n and_o tread_v down_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n jerusalem_n yet_o shall_v that_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v insult_v over_o by_o he_o that_o bethlehem_n a_o poor_a town_n shall_v yield_v and_o produce_v one_o that_o shall_v tread_v both_o the_o assyrian_a and_o all_o other_o the_o church_n enemy_n under_o foot_n and_o so_o as_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n of_o a_o virgin_n be_v a_o sign_n to_o ahaz_n so_o be_v his_o birth_n in_o bethlehem_n a_o sign_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o prophecy_n of_o nahum_n all_o in_o these_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n also_o live_v nahum_n the_o prophet_n and_o be_v one_o of_o the_o comforter_n of_o jerusalem_n esay_n 40._o 1._o against_o the_o burden_n and_o terror_n of_o assyria_n he_o be_v general_o hold_v to_o have_v prophesy_v in_o the_o day_n of_o manasseh_n with_o habakkuk_n which_o he_o may_v very_o well_o do_v begin_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o continue_v in_o manasseh_n he_o mention_v the_o evil_a counsel_n of_o sennacherib_n against_o the_o lord_n and_o foretelleth_a his_o death_n in_o his_o idol_n temple_n chap._n 1._o 11._o 14._o and_o denounce_v destruction_n to_o niniveh_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o assyria_n etc._n etc._n 2_o king_n xviii_o from_o ver_fw-la 13._o to_o the_o end_n and_o xix_o all_o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o from_z beginning_z to_z vers_n 24._o esay_n xxxvi_o &_o xxxvii_o world_n 3295_o diwision_n 266_o hezekiah_n 14_o sennacherib_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v invade_v judah_n hezekiah_n send_v a_o submission_n to_o he_o at_o lachish_n who_o cheat_o get_v three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o talent_n from_o he_o and_o then_o depart_v not_o away_o from_o he_o for_o all_o that_o year_n the_o assyrian_a first_o send_v some_o of_o his_o servant_n with_o a_o message_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o have_v persuade_v the_o people_n out_o of_o their_o own_o defence_n but_o when_o that_o will_v not_o prevail_v he_o send_v a_o great_a force_n against_o the_o city_n where_o rabshakah_n in_o the_o head_n of_o they_o revile_v hezekiah_n and_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n but_o hezekiah_n pray_v and_o send_v to_o isaiah_n have_v a_o comfortable_a answer_n and_o a_o comfortable_a sign_n a_o comfortable_a answer_n that_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n shall_v be_v bridle_v and_o muzzle_v and_o this_o very_a thing_n shall_v be_v a_o comfortable_a sign_n for_o the_o future_a that_o god_n will_v prevent_v the_o famine_n which_o they_o have_v great_a cause_n to_o fear_v and_o that_o god_n will_v establish_v they_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v the_o assyrian_a army_n have_v spoil_v all_o their_o tillage_n through_o the_o country_n for_o a_o long_a time_n as_o chap._n 32._o 9_o 10_o 12_o 13._o etc._n etc._n and_o what_o shall_v they_o do_v now_o for_o meat_n and_o sustenance_n
which_o lay_v so_o together_o may_v lie_v also_o together_o and_o threaten_n and_o denunciation_n of_o judgement_n may_v come_v as_o it_o be_v all_o in_o one_o body_n for_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o very_o much_o of_o this_o book_n that_o lie_v before_o the_o story_n of_o sennacherib_n be_v threaten_v and_o terror_n and_o the_o most_o of_o the_o book_n that_o lie_v after_o be_v comfort_n and_o promise_n only_o upon_o mention_n and_o promise_v of_o cyrus_n chap._n 44._o &_o 45._o there_o be_v a_o grievous_a threaten_n of_o babylon_n which_o ere_o long_o grow_v great_a chap._n 46._o &_o 47._o for_o cyrus_n be_v to_o destroy_v it_o 2_o king_n xxi_o to_z vers_n 17._o 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o to_z vers_n 11._o world_n 3311_o division_n 282_o manasseh_n 1_o manasseh_n reign_v 55_o year_n a_o very_a bad_a son_n of_o a_o very_a good_a division_n 283_o manasseh_n 2_o father_n he_o equal_v or_o rather_o exceed_v the_o very_a canaanites_n in_o division_n 284_o manasseh_n 3_o abominable_a wickedness_n he_o be_v a_o most_o extreme_a idolater_n murderer_n and_o division_n 285_o manasseh_n 4_o conjurer_n division_n 286_o manasseh_n 5_o 2_o king_n xvii_o from_z vers_n 24._o to_o end_n division_n 287_o manasseh_n 6_o in_o his_o time_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n plant_v samaria_n with_o a_o mongrel_n people_n division_n 288_o manasseh_n 7_o from_o divers_a country_n esarhaddon_a be_v the_o man_n ezr._n 4._o 2._o who_o seem_v division_n 289_o manasseh_n 8_o also_o to_o be_v call_v asnapper_n vers_fw-la 10._o unless_o the_o commander_n in_o chief_a in_o division_n 290_o manasseh_n 9_o that_o expedition_n bear_v that_o name_n these_o samaritan_n new_o settle_v be_v devour_v division_n 291_o manasseh_n 10_o with_o lion_n as_o the_o prophet_n that_o come_v from_o samaria_n be_v 1_o king_n division_n 292_o manasseh_n 11_o 13._o for_o do_v contrary_a to_o the_o lord_n in_o after_o time_n they_o grow_v constant_a division_n 293_o manasseh_n 12_o enemy_n and_o bitter_a against_o the_o jew_n yet_o come_v josiah_n in_o the_o next_o generation_n division_n 294_o manasseh_n 13_o and_o destroy_v the_o relic_n of_o idolatry_n in_o the_o very_a midst_n of_o they_o division_n 295_o manasseh_n 14_o to_o this_o plantation_n of_o the_o country_n and_o city_n of_o samaria_n with_o such_o foreigner_n division_n 296_o manasseh_n 15_o may_n that_o prophecy_n refer_v in_o esay_n 7._o vers_fw-la 8._o if_o we_o will_v count_v the_o division_n 297_o manasseh_n 16_o time_n from_o the_o very_a delivery_n of_o the_o prophecy_n within_o threescore_o and_o five_o division_n 298_o manasseh_n 17_o year_n shall_v ephraim_n be_v break_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o people_n which_o prophecy_n be_v division_n 299_o manasseh_n 18_o deliver_v about_o the_o three_o or_o four_o year_n of_o ahaz_n if_o we_o count_v those_o division_n 300_o manasseh_n 19_o sixty_o five_o year_n forward_o the_o end_n of_o they_o will_v fall_v about_o the_o four_o or_o five_o division_n 301_o manasseh_n 20_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o manasseh_n and_o the_o matter_n so_o take_v may_v be_v understand_v division_n 302_o manasseh_n 21_o in_o this_o sense_n that_o the_o prophet_n there_o denounce_v such_o a_o ruin_n division_n 303_o manasseh_n 22_o to_o ephraim_n and_o damaseus_fw-la be_v also_o include_v in_o the_o same_o prophecy_n and_o division_n 304_o manasseh_n 23_o be_v conclude_v also_o under_o the_o same_o plantation_n that_o it_o shall_v no_o more_o division_n 305_o manasseh_n 24_o be_v a_o people_n or_o country_n of_o that_o name_n but_o the_o very_a name_n now_o change_v division_n 306_o manasseh_n 25_o go_v and_o root_v out_o we_o give_v another_o gloss_n and_o date_n upon_o these_o word_n and_o year_n before_o namely_o count_v they_o backward_o from_o the_o captive_a of_o samaria_n as_o here_o we_o count_v they_o forward_o from_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o prophecy_n the_o reader_n may_v judge_v and_o take_v his_o choice_n the_o prophecy_n of_o habakkuk_n all_o in_o these_o wicked_a time_n of_o manasseh_n live_v habakkuk_n and_o prophesy_v against_o his_o wickedness_n and_o of_o he_o and_o nahum_n may_v very_o well_o be_v understand_v that_o passage_n in_o 2_o king_n 21._o 10._o the_o lord_n speak_v by_o his_o servant_n the_o prophet_n say_v because_o manasseh_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n have_v do_v these_o abomination_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o i_o be_o bring_v evil_a upon_o jerusalem_n and_o judah_n that_o whosoever_o hear_v of_o it_o both_o his_o ear_n shall_v tingle_v which_o in_o a_o manner_n be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o that_o in_o hab._n 1._o 5._o behold_v you_o and_o regard_n and_o wonder_v marvellous_o for_o i_o will_v work_v a_o work_n in_o your_o day_n which_o you_o will_v not_o believe_v though_o it_o be_v tell_v you_o for_o lo_o i_o raise_v up_o the_o chaldean_n etc._n etc._n this_o judgement_n upon_o judea_n by_o the_o chaldaean_n be_v yet_o to_o come_v after_o some_o space_n of_o time_n as_o chap._n 2._o 3._o and_o this_o prophet_n fore-armeth_a against_o it_o by_o that_o golden_a doctrine_n the_o just_a shall_v live_v by_o faith_n and_o by_o foretell_v the_o judgement_n upon_o babel_n itself_o he_o pray_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o prophecy_n in_o the_o captivity_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n and_o call_v the_o captivity_n the_o midst_n of_o year_n viz._n betwixt_o samuel_n and_o christ_n he_o take_v out_o his_o own_o lesson_n that_o he_o read_v to_o other_o of_o live_n by_o faith_n and_o profess_v in_o the_o great_a extremity_n and_o improbability_n of_o good_a yet_o to_o rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o joy_n in_o the_o god_n of_o his_o salvation_n 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o from_z vers_n 11._o to_o the_o end_n 2_o king_n xxi_o from_z vers_n 17._o to_o the_o end_n division_n 307_o manasseh_n 26_o the_o wickedness_n of_o manasseh_n do_v in_o time_n bring_v he_o into_o chain_n in_o division_n 308_o manasseh_n 27_o babel_n they_o bring_v he_o to_o be_v humble_v for_o his_o wickedness_n and_o that_o division_n 309_o manasseh_n 28_o bring_v he_o into_o his_o throne_n again_o both_o his_o mind_n and_o his_o estate_n receive_v a_o division_n 310_o manasseh_n 29_o great_a change_n and_o alteration_n in_o what_o time_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o be_v carry_v to_o division_n 311_o manasseh_n 30_o babel_n and_o how_o long_o he_o continue_v there_o be_v undeterminable_a but_o upon_o his_o division_n 312_o manasseh_n 31_o return_n to_o jerusalem_n again_o he_o make_v a_o great_a reformation_n and_o build_v divers_a division_n 313_o manasseh_n 32_o great_a building_n and_o garrison_v the_o strong_a city_n of_o judah_n division_n 314_o manasseh_n 33_o and_o now_o since_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n be_v ready_a to_o fall_v in_o the_o next_o generation_n division_n 315_o manasseh_n 34_o let_v we_o look_v back_o a_o little_a upon_o the_o growth_n and_o rise_v of_o it_o hitherto_o division_n 316_o manasseh_n 35_o and_o upon_o the_o syrian_a kingdom_n which_o it_o have_v a_o good_a while_n ago_o swallow_v division_n 317_o manasseh_n 36_o up_o damaseus_fw-la the_o head_n of_o syria_n esay_n 7._o 8._o be_v extantin_n the_o day_n of_o abraham_n division_n 318_o manasseh_n 37_o gen._n 15._o 2._o but_o not_o mention_v of_o any_o great_a victoriousness_n till_o the_o day_n of_o division_n 319_o manasseh_n 38_o david_n nor_o then_o the_o head_n of_o syria_n neither_o for_o than_o be_v syria_n divide_v into_o division_n 320_o manasseh_n 39_o several_a kingdom_n as_o aram_n zobah_n aram_n beth-rehob_n aram_n naharaim_n division_n 321_o manasseh_n 40_o and_o aram_n damaseus_fw-la 2_o sam._n 8._o 3._o &_o 10._o 8._o the_o chief_a king_n among_o they_o in_o division_n 322_o manasseh_n 41_o those_o time_n be_v hadadezer_n the_o son_n of_o rehob_n king_n of_o zobah_n and_o who_o division_n 323_o manasseh_n 42_o have_v now_o join_v rehob_n and_o zobah_n into_o one_o kingdom_n and_o have_v also_o division_n 324_o manasseh_n 43_o bring_v aram_n naharaim_n or_o some_o good_a part_n of_o it_o into_o the_o same_o monarchy_n division_n 325_o manasseh_n 44_o compare_v psal._n 60._o the_o title_n with_o 2_o sam._n 8._o 3._o etc._n etc._n rezin_n a_o servant_n division_n 326_o manasseh_n 45_o of_o he_o run_v away_o from_o he_o and_o go_v to_o be_v king_n of_o damaseus_fw-la 1_o king_n division_n 327_o manasseh_n 46_o 11._o 23._o then_o that_o city_n begin_v to_o peep_v up_o and_o ere_o long_o to_o be_v head_n of_o all_o division_n 328_o manasseh_n 47_o syria_n and_o these_o king_n reign_v there_o benhadad_o the_o son_n of_o tabrimmon_n division_n 329_o manasseh_n 48_o the_o son_n of_o hezion_n in_o the_o day_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n 15._o 18._o then_o benhadad_n division_n 330_o manasseh_n 49_o the_o son_n of_o this_o benhadad_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n 1_o king_n 20._o 134._o and_o of_o division_n 331_o manasseh_n 50_o his_o son_n joram_n 2_o king_n 6._o 24._o he_o hazael_n one_o of_o his_o
commander_n stifle_v division_n 332_o manasseh_n 51_o and_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o king_n 8._o 15._o and_o do_v israel_n much_o mischief_n division_n 333_o manasseh_n 52_o 2_o king_n 10._o 32._o benhadad_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o 2_o king_n 13._o 24._o and_o division_n 334_o manasseh_n 53_o after_o he_o reign_v rezin_n the_o last_o king_n of_o syria_n captive_v by_o the_o assyrian_a division_n 335_o manasseh_n 54_o and_o damaseus_fw-la with_o he_o and_o so_o be_v there_o a_o end_n of_o the_o syrian_a power_n world_n 3365_o division_n 336_o manasseh_n 55_o manasseh_n die_v ammon_n reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v at_o last_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o servant_n but_o his_o death_n avenge_v on_o those_o servant_n by_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n while_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n be_v in_o its_o power_n the_o assyrian_a kingdom_n world_n 3366_o division_n 337_o ammon_n 1_o be_v obscure_a and_o therefore_o very_o improper_o make_v by_o some_o the_o first_o of_o the_o world_n 3367_o division_n 338_o ammon_n 2_o four_o monarchy_n no_o king_n of_o it_o mention_v in_o scripture_n till_o pull_v in_o the_o time_n of_o menahem_n king_n of_o israel_n famous_a in_o heathen_a story_n be_v sardanapalus_n the_o last_o king_n of_o that_o kingdom_n while_o it_o be_v obscure_a and_o with_o who_o it_o fall_v before_o his_o time_n it_o be_v that_o jonah_n go_v to_o niniveh_n and_o prophesy_v against_o it_o some_o thirty_o or_o forty_o year_n before_o its_o fall_n in_o new_a hand_n that_o city_n and_o kingdom_n begin_v to_o be_v great_a and_o victorious_a the_o first_o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o new_a race_n be_v pull_v so_o potent_a that_o he_o pull_v a_o thousand_o talent_n by_o way_n of_o tribute_n from_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n 15._o 19_o after_o he_o come_v tiglath-pilese_a into_o the_o assyrian_a throne_n and_o conquer_a syria_n and_o add_v it_o to_o assyria_n 2_o king_n 16._o 9_o 10._o next_o after_o he_o reign_v shalmanezer_n who_o captivate_v the_o ten_o tribe_n 2_o king_n 17._o 3_o etc._n etc._n and_o after_o he_o sennacherib_n the_o blasphemous_a call_v also_o sargon_n as_o it_o be_v probable_a esay_n 20._o 1._o esarhaddon_a succeed_v sennacherib_n and_o he_o be_v the_o last_o assyrian_a king_n mention_v if_o asnapper_n be_v not_o one_o on_o that_o throne_n different_a from_o he_o then_o do_v babylon_n swallow_v up_o niniveh_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_a subdue_v it_o and_o bring_v it_o under_o the_o subjection_n of_o babylon_n whereas_o babel_n have_v be_v late_o under_o the_o subjection_n of_o it_o 2_o king_n xxii_o vers_fw-la 1._o and_o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o vers_n 8._o world_n 3368_o division_n 339_o josiah_n 1_o josiah_n reign_v 31_o year_n be_v but_o eight_o year_n old_a when_o he_o division_n 340_o josiah_n 2_o begin_n to_o reign_v the_o young_a king_n that_o ever_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n division_n 341_o josiah_n 3_o of_o judah_n as_o young_a again_o as_o uzziah_n 2_o king_n 15._o 2._o and_o yet_o 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his_o right_a side_n and_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n forty_o day_n a_o day_n for_o a_o year_n not_o to_o signify_v that_o it_o be_v forty_o year_n above_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o betwixt_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o captivity_n of_o judah_n for_o it_o be_v but_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o exact_o in_o all_o but_o because_o he_o will_v set_v and_o mark_v out_o judah_n singular_a iniquity_n by_o a_o singular_a mark_n for_o that_o they_o have_v forty_o year_n so_o pregnant_a instruction_n and_o admonition_n by_o so_o eminent_a a_o prophet_n yet_o be_v impenitent_a to_o their_o own_o destruction_n the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n be_v either_o utter_o undate_v and_o so_o not_o easy_o if_o at_o all_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o their_o proper_a time_n or_o those_o that_o be_v date_v be_v almost_o general_o dislocate_v and_o not_o easy_a to_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o dislocation_n the_o first_o chapter_n at_o vers_fw-la 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name_v the_o wood_n of_o which_o it_o be_v make_v though_o it_o be_v wither_v and_o dry_a and_o no_o ready_a token_n on_o it_o to_o discern_v of_o what_o will_v it_o be_v i_o see_v say_v he_o makal_n shake_v a_o rod_n of_o almond_n thou_o have_v well_o see_v say_v god_n for_o any_o shokedh_fw-mi i_o hasten_v my_o word_n to_o perform_v it_o the_o lord_n descant_v upon_o the_o word_n shakedh_fw-mi in_o the_o prophet_n answer_n and_o since_o jeremy_n have_v speak_v so_o full_o as_o to_o tell_v that_o he_o not_o only_o see_v a_o rod_n but_o a_o rod_n of_o shakedh_n or_o of_o almond_n the_o lord_n answer_v as_o full_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o about_o to_o bring_v a_o rod_n upon_o the_o land_n but_o also_o shakedh_n he_o do_v hasten_v to_o
perform_v it_o division_n 352_o josiah_n 14_o josiah_n go_v on_o in_o piety_n and_o in_o reform_v yet_o be_v not_o the_o wrath_n of_o division_n 353_o josiah_n 15_o the_o lord_n remove_v partly_o because_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n 2_o king_n division_n 354_o josiah_n 16_o 23._o 26._o and_o partly_o because_o the_o people_n reformation_n be_v but_o feign_v division_n 355_o josiah_n 17_o jer._n 3._o 10._o and_o partly_o because_o in_o most_o of_o they_o there_o be_v no_o reformation_n at_o all_o 2_o king_n xxii_o from_z vers_n 3._o to_o end_n and_o xxiii_o to_z vers_n 29._o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o from_z vers_n 8._o to_o end_n and_o xxxv_o to_z vers_n 20._o world_n 3385_o division_n 356_o josiah_n 18_o the_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n write_v with_o moses_n own_o hand_n be_v find_v this_o year_n in_o the_o temple_n josiah_n consult_v huldah_n a_o prophetess_n about_o it_o jeremy_n be_v not_o now_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o at_o anathoth_v the_o town_n of_o his_o birth_n he_o prophesy_v there_o till_o his_o townsman_n be_v about_o to_o kill_v he_o chap._n 11._o 22._o and_o then_o he_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o lord_n before_o hand_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v expect_v rough_a deal_n at_o jerusalem_n then_o at_o home_n for_o if_o footman_n have_v weary_v he_o how_o can_v he_o run_v with_o horseman_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 12._o 5._o if_o he_o have_v be_v thus_o tire_v with_o his_o own_o equal_n at_o anathoth_n what_o will_v he_o do_v with_o the_o great_a one_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o if_o in_o his_o native_a town_n the_o place_n of_o his_o peace_n he_o have_v find_v so_o much_o trouble_v what_o will_v he_o do_v in_o jerusalem_n tumult_n for_o even_o thy_o brethren_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n have_v deal_v treacherous_o with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 6._o the_o prophet_n be_v very_o young_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v and_o spend_v some_o of_o his_o junior_a year_n in_o preach_v to_o his_o own_o countryman_n but_o they_o despise_v his_o 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jerusalem_n and_o tell_v plain_o division_n 359_o josiah_n 21_o that_o jerusalem_n shall_v become_v like_o shiloh_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o time_n and_o division_n 360_o josiah_n 22_o order_n of_o these_o chapter_n the_o reader_n may_v take_v notice_n of_o these_o few_o division_n 361_o josiah_n 23_o thing_n division_n 362_o josiah_n 24_o 1._o that_o whereas_o his_o chapter_n from_o the_o twenty_o forward_a be_v of_o very_a division_n 363_o josiah_n 25_o much_a and_o very_a visible_a dislocation_n these_o to_o the_o twenty_o do_v not_o own_o division_n 364_o josiah_n 26_o any_o such_o thing_n in_o so_o visible_a and_o evident_a a_o manner_n as_o those_o do_v nor_o indeed_o division_n 365_o josiah_n 27_o by_o any_o close_a intimation_n to_o conclude_v any_o whit_n certain_o upon_o and_o division_n 366_o josiah_n 28_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a nor_o solid_a to_o transpose_v they_o at_o all_o but_o to_o take_v division_n 367_o josiah_n 29_o they_o up_o as_o they_o lie_v nor_o do_v i_o see_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o contrary_a but_o that_o division_n 368_o josiah_n 30_o they_o lie_v very_o direct_a and_o methodical_o all_o along_o 2._o the_o thirteen_o chapter_n and_o all_o that_o follow_v to_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o i_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n and_o not_o in_o the_o time_n of_o josiah_n and_o that_o upon_o this_o ground_n because_o in_o chap._n 13._o vers_fw-la 18._o the_o prophet_n call_v to_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n humble_v yourselves_o and_o sit_v down_o for_o your_o principality_n shall_v come_v down_o even_o the_o crown_n of_o your_o glory_n which_o be_v most_o full_o accomplish_v upon_o jehoiakim_n and_o his_o wife_n jer._n 22._o 19_o with_o 2_o king_n 24._o 12._o and_o not_o at_o all_o upon_o josiah_n and_o his_o queen_n at_o the_o least_o not_o upon_o his_o queen_n for_o aught_o we_o read_v of_o 3._o there_o be_v one_o particular_a very_o remarkable_a that_o run_v along_o through_o the_o 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speak_v concern_v the_o covenant_n that_o josiah_n have_v cause_v the_o people_n to_o enter_v into_o upon_o the_o find_n and_o read_v of_o moses_n copy_n and_o he_o do_v earnest_o exhort_v the_o people_n to_o keep_v it_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o phrase_n in_o chap._n 2._o 31._o o_o generation_n behold_v or_o see_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n may_v have_v reference_n to_o that_o copy_n of_o moses_n also_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o may_v be_v more_o proper_o interpret_v as_o if_o he_o point_v to_o that_o than_o it_o be_v interpret_v by_o some_o jew_n as_o if_o he_o show_v they_o the_o pot_n of_o manna_n there_o be_v only_o some_o chronical_a doubt_n arise_v upon_o the_o eighteen_o verse_n of_o the_o second_o chapter_n and_o that_o be_v whether_o judah_n have_v any_o league_n and_o reliance_n with_o and_o upon_o egypt_n in_o josiahs_n time_n which_o as_o there_o be_v no_o scripture_n to_o assert_v so_o also_o be_v there_o none_o neither_o to_o contradict_v and_o it_o may_v very_o well_o 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it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o it_o name_v not_o these_o three_o man_n by_o name_n but_o why_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o literal_a and_o proper_a sense_n and_o mean_v these_o three_o man_n i_o yet_o see_v no_o ground_n to_o the_o contrary_n the_o jew_n indeed_o appear_v to_o be_v of_o another_o mind_n for_o they_o make_v mish_n make_v make_v make_v maimon_n in_o praef._n ad_fw-la mish_n jeremy_n to_o be_v zephany_n scholar_n and_o so_o expositor_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n for_o they_o understand_v the_o king_n child_n large_o for_o the_o nobleman_n son_n or_o courtier_n but_o consider_v the_o wickedness_n of_o these_o son_n of_o josiah_n after_o their_o father_n death_n i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v they_o much_o otherwise_o in_o
their_o father_n life-time_n and_o i_o see_v not_o why_o they_o may_v not_o go_v in_o the_o first_o place_n with_o any_o that_o deserve_a reproof_n and_o on_o who_o it_o light_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n child_n 2_o chron._n xxxv_o from_z vers_n 20._o to_o end_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 29._o 30._o world_n 3398_o division_n 369_o josiah_n 31_o josiah_n slay_v by_o pharaoh_n necho_n yet_o die_v in_o peace_n 2_o king_n 22._o 20._o because_o in_o god_n favour_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v conquer_v carchemish_n a_o great_a while_n ago_o esay_n 10._o 9_o and_o necho_n or_o his_o predecessor_n have_v recover_v it_o and_o he_o go_v now_o to_o strengthen_v the_o garrison_n there_o or_o to_o recover_v it_o and_o pass_v some_o part_n of_o josiahs_n country_n with_o a_o army_n josiah_n take_v a_o quarrel_n at_o he_o tho_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v in_o league_n with_o he_o and_o be_v slay_v at_o megiddo_n this_o zech._n 12._o 10._o allude_v to_o the_o mourning_n of_o hadadrimmon_n and_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o megiddo_n there_o be_v a_o ellypsis_n of_o the_o conjunction_n vaâ—_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 31_o 32_o 33_o 34_o 35._o jehoahaz_n be_v make_v king_n by_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n as_o one_o best_o belove_v by_o they_o for_o he_o be_v two_o year_n young_a than_o jehoiakim_n compare_v 2_o king_n 23._o vers_fw-la 31._o &_o 36._o he_o be_v call_v shallum_n 1_o chron._n 3._o 15._o jer._n 22._o 11._o he_o reign_v but_o three_o month_n and_o be_v depose_v by_o pharaoh_n necho_n his_o three_o month_n reign_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o josiah_n as_o jeremy_n make_v the_o account_n plain_a jer._n 25._o 3._o and_o therefore_o i_o must_v here_o retract_v and_o i_o retract_v it_o with_o wonder_n how_o it_o ever_o be_v so_o mistake_v what_o be_v say_v in_o prolegon_n to_o harmony_n of_o evang_n that_o some_o year_n of_o trouble_n pass_v between_o the_o death_n of_o josiah_n and_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 36_o 37._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers._n 4_o 5._o world_n 3399_o division_n 370_o jehoiaikim_v 1_o jehoiakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n set_v up_o by_o pharaoh_n necho_n division_n 371_o jehoiaikim_v 2_o and_o name_v jehoiakim_n by_o he_o instead_o of_o eliakim_n in_o which_o change_n of_o name_n pharaoh_n show_v rather_o his_o power_n then_o any_o thing_n else_o unless_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o word_n jehovah_n in_o jehoiakim_v name_n for_o jehoiakim_n and_o eliakim_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o signification_n jehoiakim_n do_v wicked_o like_v as_o his_o wicked_a predecessor_n have_v do_v and_o his_o eye_n and_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o but_o for_o covetousness_n and_o for_o to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n and_o for_o oppression_n and_o for_o violence_n to_o do_v it_o jer._n 22._o 17._o among_o other_o of_o his_o wickedness_n this_o be_v not_o the_o least_o commit_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n that_o he_o slay_v urijah_n the_o prophet_n read_v here_o jer._n 26._o ver_fw-la 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o jeremy_n xiii_o fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o xvii_o xviii_o xix_o xx_o &_o xxii_o to_o ver_fw-la 24._o it_o be_v observe_v before_o that_o chapter_n 11._o be_v most_o proper_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o josiahs_n time_n as_o point_v to_o the_o covenant_n that_o he_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o enter_v into_o and_o that_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n join_v to_o it_o viz._n vers_fw-la 5_o 6._o of_o chap._n 12._o to_o vers_n 21_o 22_o 23._o of_o chap._n 11._o and_o so_o with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n be_v end_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n of_o josiahs_n time_n and_o it_o be_v also_o observe_v before_o that_o ver_fw-la 18._o of_o chap._n 13._o point_v at_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n and_o so_o do_v also_o the_o 18._o vers_fw-la of_o chap._n 22._o and_o therefore_o since_o we_o have_v no_o date_n nor_o direction_n for_o any_o of_o the_o chapter_n between_o to_o fix_v they_o to_o any_o other_o time_n we_o may_v very_o well_o take_v in_o all_o these_o chapter_n of_o jeremy_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o thirteen_o to_o the_o 24_o verse_n of_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n the_o one_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n only_o be_v to_o be_v set_v out_o for_o it_o be_v plain_o date_v by_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n now_o the_o reason_n of_o set_v this_o chapter_n so_o forward_o as_o among_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o jehoiakim_v time_n whereas_o it_o be_v in_o zedekiahs_n which_o be_v many_o year_n after_o may_v be_v conjecture_v to_o be_v because_o of_o the_o correspondency_n of_o something_o in_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n and_o it_o in_o the_o twenty_o a_o pashur_n in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n set_v jeremy_n in_o the_o stock_n for_o foretell_v destruction_n to_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o babylonian_a and_o in_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o a_o pashur_n in_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n seek_v to_o jeremy_n for_o remedy_n against_o the_o babylonian_a who_o have_v make_v good_a jeremy_n prophecy_n so_o far_o as_o that_o he_o have_v besiege_v jerusalem_n this_o be_v a_o thing_n remarkable_a that_o one_o pashur_n shall_v thus_o oppose_v jeremy_n prophesy_v and_o another_o pashur_n shall_v thus_o assert_v it_o and_o for_o the_o better_a mark_v of_o this_o the_o two_o chapter_n that_o contain_v the_o two_o story_n be_v lay_v together_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o to_o ver_fw-la 24._o do_v show_v that_o it_o be_v deliver_v in_o jehoiakim_v time_n when_o shallum_n or_o jehoahaz_n be_v not_o long_o before_o captivate_v it_o bid_v weep_v not_o for_o the_o dead_a josiah_n but_o weep_v sore_o for_o shallum_n that_o be_v go_v for_o he_o shall_v return_v no_o more_o vers_n 10._o see_v 2_o king_n 23._o 34._o jeremy_n xxvi_o all_o and_o xxvii_o to_z vers_n 12._o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o two_o chapter_n bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n which_o in_o this_o prophet_n language_n be_v not_o precise_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o first_o second_o or_o three_o year_n single_o he_o name_v not_o but_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n and_o construction_n as_o there_o be_v a_o evidence_n from_o the_o like_a expression_n use_v concern_v another_o king_n and_o expound_v chap._n 27._o 1._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o four_o year_n here_o zedekiah_n be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v call_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o phrase_n be_v because_o of_o the_o double_a condition_n and_o change_n that_o either_o of_o these_o king_n undergo_v in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o reign_n jehoiakim_n for_o above_o two_o year_n reign_v by_o the_o deputation_n of_o pharaoh_n necho_n but_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o time_n by_o the_o deputation_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a and_o zedekiah_n for_o four_o year_n at_o the_o least_o reign_v under_o the_o subjection_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n jer._n 51._o 59_o but_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o time_n he_o reign_v as_o rebel_a and_o cast_v off_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o babylonian_a 2_o king_n 24._o 20._o therefore_o the_o time_n of_o either_o of_o these_o king_n before_o this_o change_n and_o alteration_n befall_v they_o be_v call_v the_o beginning_n of_o their_o reign_n now_o as_o for_o the_o order_n and_o method_n of_o these_o two_o chapter_n under_o hand_n let_v we_o a_o little_a look_n back_o to_o the_o portion_n where_o we_o leave_v before_o and_o that_o be_v at_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o verse_n of_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n for_o from_o thence_o to_o this_o 26_o chapter_n all_o that_o come_v between_o be_v dislocate_v and_o lay_v there_o by_o anticipation_n the_o four_o and_o twenty_o verse_n of_o chapter_n twenty_o two_o bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiachin_n or_o coniah_n which_o be_v not_o till_o jehoiakim_n have_v reign_v eleven_o year_n whereas_o divers_a prophecy_n which_o be_v utter_v in_o those_o eleven_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n be_v set_v after_o as_o chap._n 25._o &_o 26._o &_o 27._o and_o very_o many_o more_o now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o method_n be_v this_o that_o the_o threaten_n against_o the_o father_n jehoiakim_n and_o the_o son_n jehoiachin_n may_v be_v lay_v together_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o the_o time_n of_o jehoachins_n reign_n be_v but_o very_o short_a namely_o three_o month_n and_o therefore_o the_o prediction_n of_o his_o captivity_n be_v fit_o join_v to_o the_o prediction_n of_o his_o father_n since_o his_o reign_n be_v repute_v as_o nothing_o chap._n 36._o 30._o and_o when_o the_o text_n be_v fall_v upon_o
upon_o this_o occasion_n from_o vers_fw-la 24._o of_o chap._n 22._o to_o the_o end_n all_o the_o prophecy_n that_o refer_v to_o his_o time_n and_o concern_v his_o person_n be_v also_o bring_v up_o together_o viz._n chap._n 23._o and_o 24._o that_o the_o matter_n concern_v he_o may_v be_v lay_v together_o in_o one_o place_n the_o 25_o chapter_n be_v date_v by_o jehoiakim_v four_o year_n yet_o lay_v before_o chap._n 26._o &_o 27._o that_o bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n because_o it_o point_v out_o the_o term_n and_o space_n of_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o main_a subject_n of_o jeremy_n prophecy_n and_o therefore_o when_o in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n he_o have_v foretold_v the_o captivity_n both_o to_o and_o of_o jehoiakim_n and_o jehoiachin_n and_o in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o he_o set_v himself_o to_o foretell_v and_o measure_v out_o the_o space_n of_o the_o captivity_n therefore_o these_o chapter_n that_o handle_v that_o main_a and_o general_a head_n of_o his_o prophecy_n be_v lay_v thus_o forward_o and_o together_o and_o then_o particular_a matter_n be_v lay_v after_o so_o that_o these_o 26_o &_o 27_o chap._n to_o ver_fw-la 12._o do_v join_v in_o proper_a current_n of_o time_n and_o chronicle_n to_o vers_n 23._o of_o chap._n 22._o and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o interposition_n of_o the_o other_o chapter_n may_v be_v conceive_v of_o as_o have_v be_v say_v in_o chap._n 26._o jeremy_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o his_o life_n by_o the_o priest_n and_o false_a prophet_n but_o acquit_v by_o the_o elder_n they_o allege_v two_o contrary_a example_n one_o of_o hezekiah_n who_o pious_o submit_v to_o micahs_n prophecy_n and_o trouble_v he_o not_o for_o it_o and_o the_o other_o of_o jehoiakim_n who_o curse_o slaw_v urijah_n for_o prophesy_v the_o truth_n the_o former_a they_o propose_v as_o a_o copy_n to_o be_v follow_v and_o the_o other_o as_o a_o caution_n not_o to_o shed_v more_o prophet_n blood_n in_o murder_a jeremy_n for_o too_o much_o be_v late_o shed_v already_o in_o the_o murder_n of_o urijah_n in_o chap._n 27._o to_o vers_n 12._o jeremy_n be_v enjoin_v to_o make_v yoke_n and_o bond_n to_o denote_v servitude_n and_o subjection_n to_o babel_n but_o in_o the_o entry_n of_o the_o chapter_n there_o be_v a_o visible_a difficulty_n for_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o jehoiakim_v reign_v jeremy_n be_v command_v to_o make_v bond_n and_o yoke_n and_o to_o send_v they_o to_o certain_a king_n by_o the_o messenger_n that_o come_v to_o zedekiah_n king_n of_o judah_n now_o how_o can_v zedekiah_n be_v call_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n since_o jehoiakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n and_o jehoiachin_n three_o month_n before_o zedekiah_n come_v to_o reign_v answ._n these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v speak_v prophetical_o concern_v zedekiah_n as_o well_o as_o concern_v nebuchadnezar's_a son_n for_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_a shall_v reign_v and_o his_o son_n and_o grandchild_n after_o he_o and_o therefore_o must_v the_o prophet_n present_o make_v yoke_n and_o bond_n and_o put_v they_o of_o his_o own_o neck_n in_o token_n of_o judah_n subjection_n which_o indeed_o begin_v in_o the_o very_a next_o year_n and_o he_o foretell_v withal_o that_o zedekiah_n shall_v reign_v and_o that_o divers_a king_n shall_v send_v messenger_n to_o he_o and_o by_o they_o shall_v jeremy_n send_v those_o yoke_n to_o those_o king_n etc._n etc._n world_n 3401_o division_n 372_o jehoiakim_n 3_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o three_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o year_n for_o his_o first_o year_n take_v up_o part_n of_o jehoiakim_v three_o and_o part_n of_o his_o four_o this_o be_v apparent_a by_o compare_v dan._n 1._o 1._o with_o jerem._n 25._o 1._o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n be_v indeed_o most_o common_o reckon_v as_o nebuchadnezar's_a first_o but_o we_o shall_v observe_v hereafter_o that_o there_o be_v intimation_n sometime_o in_o scripture_n to_o teach_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o reckon_n according_a to_o this_o account_n daniel_n 1._o to_o vers_n 8._o and_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o vers_fw-la 1._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 6_o 7._o world_n 3402_o division_n 373_o year_n of_o captivity_n 1_o jehoiakim_n 4_o in_o this_o three_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n nabuchadnezzar_a besiege_v and_o take_v jerusalem_n and_o jehoiakim_n he_o put_v he_o in_o fetter_n to_o carry_v he_o to_o babel_n but_o restore_v he_o again_o to_o the_o throne_n as_o a_o tributary_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o babel_n and_o so_o jehoiakim_n become_v his_o servant_n three_o year_n here_o begin_v the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n and_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o babel_n jer._n 25._o 11_o 12._o &_o 29._o 10._o in_o this_o captivity_n be_v carry_v away_o daniel_n hananiah_n mishael_n and_o azariah_n and_o now_o be_v that_o sad_a prediction_n to_o hezekiah_n fulfil_v 2_o king_n 20._o 18._o and_o that_o of_o zephany_n zeph._n 1._o 8._o dan_n 1._o from_o vers_n 8._o to_o 18._o daniel_n and_o his_o three_o fellow_n noble_n now_o in_o babel_n refuse_v the_o court_n diet_n and_o betake_v themselves_o to_o a_o austerity_n of_o diet_n but_o once_o more_o to_o be_v parallel_v in_o all_o the_o scripture_n and_o that_o be_v in_o john_n the_o babtist_n yet_o they_o come_v on_o and_o grow_v fresh_a and_o fat_a to_o show_v that_o man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n only_o etc._n etc._n jeremy_n xxv_o in_o this_o four_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n which_o be_v the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a vers_fw-la 1._o jeremy_n prepare_v a_o cup_n of_o indignation_n for_o jerusalem_n and_o for_o all_o the_o nation_n round_o about_o it_o and_o at_o last_o for_o sheshach_n or_o babylon_n itself_o jeremy_n xlvi_o &_o xlviii_o &_o xlix_o to_z vers_n 34._o jeremy_n prophesi_v against_o pharaoh_n necho_n and_o egypt_n foretell_v the_o overthrow_n of_o his_o army_n at_o carchemish_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v this_o year_n and_o then_o the_o lord_n avenge_v the_o death_n of_o good_a josiah_n as_o vers_n 10._o this_o chapter_n though_o it_o fall_v under_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n yet_o be_v it_o lay_v so_o far_o in_o the_o book_n as_o after_o the_o story_n of_o judah_n go_v into_o captivity_n and_o into_o egypt_n for_o a_o reason_n which_o shall_v be_v touch_v present_o and_o so_o shall_v the_o method_n of_o chap._n 48._o &_o 49._o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n jeremy_n xxxvi_o to_z vers_n 9_o baruch_n write_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n in_o a_o book_n and_o read_v it_o in_o the_o lord_n house_n on_o the_o solemn_a fast_a day_n the_o ten_o of_o tizri_n probable_o in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n vers_fw-la 1._o this_o chapter_n lie_v after_o many_o prophecy_n of_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n because_o he_o will_v lay_v the_o relation_n of_o historical_a thing_n and_o particular_o of_o jeremy_n suffering_n together_o in_o chap._n 36._o be_v tell_v that_o he_o be_v imprison_v in_o jehoiakim_v time_n vers_fw-la 5._o and_o his_o book_n burn_v by_o that_o wicked_a king_n in_o chap._n 37._o be_v tell_v that_o he_o be_v imprison_v in_o zedekiahs_n time_n vers_fw-la 15._o and_o in_o chap._n 38._o how_o he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o dungeon_n jeremy_n xlv_o a_o message_n come_v to_o baruch_n from_o god_n upon_o his_o writing_n out_o of_o jeremy_n prophecy_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n the_o look_a back_n upon_o chap._n 43._o &_o 44._o and_o consider_v the_o tenor_n of_o they_o will_v give_v light_a and_o a_o reason_n for_o the_o place_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o the_o next_o follow_v so_o far_o in_o the_o book_n though_o they_o be_v of_o so_o early_a a_o date_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n upon_o johanans_n carry_v the_o people_n into_o egypt_n contrary_a to_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n jeremy_n denounce_v sad_a thing_n to_o the_o jew_n now_o in_o egypt_n and_o sure_a destruction_n to_o egypt_n itself_o this_o in_o chap._n 43._o from_o vers_n 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o chap._n 44._o through_o out_o then_o be_v lay_v the_o relation_n of_o the_o comfort_n and_o encouragement_n that_o jeremy_n give_v baruch_n many_o year_n before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o other_o prophecy_n then_o baruch_n safety_n in_o egypt_n and_o in_o her_o misery_n may_v be_v thence_o intimate_v and_o observe_v for_o thither_o have_v johanan_n bring_v baruch_n chap._n 43._o 6._o and_o the_o like_a juncture_n of_o story_n be_v observe_v at_o exod._n 18._o where_o jethroe_n come_v to_o israel_n camp_n be_v story_v instant_o after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o curse_n pass_v upon_o amalek_n to_o show_v that_o he_o fall_v not_o under_o that_o curse_n though_o he_o live_v in_o that_o nation_n after_o the_o intertexture_n of_o this_o 42_o chapter_n
which_o be_v a_o comfortable_a word_n for_o baruch_n in_o egypt_n in_o the_o threaten_n of_o egypt_n the_o 46_o chapter_n which_o be_v also_o deliver_v in_o this_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n be_v lay_v next_o that_o all_o the_o threaten_n against_o egypt_n though_o at_o several_a time_n deliver_v yet_o may_v come_v together_o and_o that_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o this_o prophecy_n deliver_v in_o jehoiakim_v time_n and_o fulfil_v upon_o pharaoh_n nechos_n army_n may_v be_v a_o confirmation_n that_o israel_n in_o egypt_n must_v expect_v the_o like_a truth_n of_o the_o prophecy_n against_o it_o deliver_v to_o they_o there_o of_o misery_n to_o come_v upon_o it_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n of_o the_o same_o date_n with_o the_o 46_o chapter_n we_o may_v well_o suppose_v the_o 48_o &_o 49_o chapter_n to_o be_v also_o because_o the_o second_o verse_n of_o chapter_n 46._o do_v use_v a_o comprehensive_a expression_n the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n against_o the_o gentile_n as_o conclude_v all_o these_o sermon_n and_o prophecy_n against_o these_o several_a nation_n under_o one_o date_n and_o head_n only_a chap._n 47._o and_o vers_n 34._o of_o chap._n 49._o be_v of_o several_a specify_v date_n of_o which_o when_o we_o come_v to_o they_o jeremy_n xxxvi_o from_z vers_n 9_o to_o end_n world_n 3403_o diwision_n 374_o year_n of_o captivity_n 2_o jehoiakim_n 5_o in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n in_o the_o nine_o month_n jehoiakim_n cut_v in_o piece_n and_o burn_v jeremy_n prophecy_n a_o wickedness_n not_o to_o be_v parallel_v let_v the_o reader_n weigh_v whether_o baruch_n read_v the_o book_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n on_o the_o fast_a day_n vers_fw-la 6._o and_o his_o read_n it_o now_o in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o jehoiakim_n at_o a_o extraordinary_a fast_o in_o the_o nine_o month_n be_v above_o the_o space_n of_o two_o month_n asunder_o it_o be_v very_o well_o worth_a the_o ponder_a i_o can_v but_o conclude_v affirmative_o and_o i_o believe_v upon_o very_o 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babel_n for_o which_o he_o be_v miserable_o invade_v and_o judah_n spoil_v and_o this_o misery_n continue_v all_o his_o time_n daniel_n i._o from_o vers_n 18._o to_o end_n world_n 3405_o diwision_n 376_o year_n of_o captivity_n 4_o jehoiakim_n 7_o daniel_n and_o his_o three_o fellow_n be_v present_v to_o the_o king_n and_o hig_o approve_v of_o jeremy_n xxxv_o the_o story_n and_o matter_n of_o jeremies_n set_v wine_n before_o the_o division_n 377_o year_n of_o capt._n 5_o josiah_n 8_o rechabite_v etc._n etc._n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoiakim_n but_o in_o division_n 378_o year_n of_o capt._n 6_o josiah_n 9_o what_o year_n be_v not_o mention_v only_o this_o may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o division_n 379_o year_n of_o capt._n 7_o josiah_n 10_o text_n that_o it_o be_v after_o jehoiakim_v rebel_a against_o nabuchadnezzar_a for_o they_o say_v in_o vers_n 1._o that_o they_o flee_v to_o jerusalem_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o army_n of_o the_o chaldean_n and_o the_o army_n of_o the_o syrian_n which_o be_v the_o army_n mention_v to_o have_v come_v against_o he_o upon_o his_o rebel_n 2_o king_n 24._o 2._o this_o story_n therefore_o fall_v out_o in_o these_o latter_a year_n of_o jehoiakim_n now_o it_o be_v lay_v so_o far_o in_o the_o book_n as_o after_o divers_a prophecy_n date_v by_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n partly_o because_o it_o be_v historical_a and_o so_o be_v set_v after_o prophetical_a thing_n and_o partly_o because_o this_o story_n of_o the_o rechabite_v do_v set_v off_o the_o impiety_n of_o the_o jew_n mention_v in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n the_o more_o for_o there_o he_o show_v how_o false_a the_o people_n be_v to_o their_o covenant_n with_o god_n in_o recall_v their_o free_a servant_n and_o here_o how_o faithful_a the_o rechabite_v be_v to_o a_o engagement_n of_o their_o father_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o vers_fw-la 5_o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 6_o 7_o 8._o world_n 3409_o division_n 380_o year_n of_o capt._n 8_o josiah_n 11_o jehoiakim_n captive_v slay_v and_o bury_v with_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass._n jer_n lii_o vers_fw-la 28._o nebuchadnezzar_a captive_v three_o thousand_o and_o twenty_o three_o jew_n this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o captivity_n of_o jehoiakim_n it_o be_v call_v the_o seven_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n because_o his_o siege_n against_o jerusalem_n begin_v in_o his_o seven_o and_o he_o take_v the_o city_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o eight_o and_o partly_o to_o distinguish_v this_o from_o the_o captivity_n of_o jehoiakin_n which_o be_v in_o his_o eight_o when_o he_o carry_v away_o many_o thousand_o 2_o king_n 24._o 12_o 14_o 16._o 2_o king_n xxiv_o vers_fw-la 8._o 9_o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 9_o jehoiachin_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiakim_n reign_v three_o month_n he_o be_v call_v also_o jeconiah_n and_o coniah_n the_o name_n jeho_n or_o jahu_n a_o contraction_n of_o jehovah_n be_v sometime_o set_v before_o his_o name_n and_o sometime_o after_o and_o the_o first_o syllable_n of_o his_o name_n sometime_o cut_v off_o and_o he_o call_v coniah_n that_o his_o three_o month_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o in_o jehoiakim_v last_o year_n there_o be_v evidence_n sufficient_a in_o 2_o king_n 25._o 2_o 8._o where_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o the_o nineteenth_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_a be_v coincident_a or_o fall_v in_o together_o and_o in_o 2_o chron._n 36._o 10._o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o when_o the_o year_n be_v expire_v the_o king_n of_o babel_n captive_v he_o thither_o there_o be_v one_o main_a doubt_n and_o scruple_n arise_v in_o compare_v his_o story_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o chronicle_n together_o for_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n say_v he_o be_v eight_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o the_o book_n of_o king_n say_v he_o be_v eighteen_o now_o in_o expression_n that_o be_v so_o different_a propriety_n be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v in_o both_o but_o the_o one_o to_o be_v take_v proper_o and_o that_o be_v that_o he_o be_v eighteen_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o the_o other_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o eight_o year_n or_o fall_v in_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o eight_o year_n after_o any_o captivity_n of_o judah_n have_v begin_v for_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a 2_o king_n 24._o 12._o and_o in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o the_o seventy_o of_o captivity_n and_o so_o the_o holy_a ghost_n deal_v here_o as_o he_o do_v about_o ahaziah_n 2_o king_n 8._o 26._o and_o 2_o chron._n 22._o 2._o compare_v together_o as_o be_v observe_v there_o jeremy_n xxii_o from_z vers_n 24._o to_o the_o end_n jehoiachin_n or_o jeconiah_n be_v no_o soon_o upon_o the_o throne_n but_o jeremy_n denounce_v his_o captivity_n and_o the_o fail_n of_o solomon_n house_n in_o he_o and_o this_o do_v but_o as_o it_o be_v take_v at_o that_o prophesiy_n which_o he_o utter_v before_o against_o jehoiakim_n his_o father_n chap._n 36._o 30._o he_o shall_v have_v none_o to_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o david_n when_o the_o end_n of_o solomon_n house_n be_v to_o be_v denounce_v he_o call_v the_o earth_n earth_n earth_n to_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o the_o earthly_a kingdom_n be_v now_o to_o decay_v and_o therefore_o a_o kingdom_n of_o another_o nature_n be_v to_o be_v look_v after_o jeremy_n xxiii_o all_o this_o king_n and_o kingdom_n be_v describe_v in_o this_o chapter_n and_o when_o he_o have_v denounce_v the_o fail_n of_o solomon_n house_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o earthly_a kingdom_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n in_o the_o chapter_n before_o he_o now_o tell_v of_o the_o everlasting_a king_n and_o kingdom_n of_o david_n vers_fw-la 5._o 6._o and_o denounce_v woe_n against_o those_o curse_a
shepherd_n and_o pastor_n that_o have_v help_v solomon_n house_n forward_o unto_o ruin_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o from_z vers_n 10._o to_o vers_n 17._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 10._o jehoiachin_n or_o jeconiah_n or_o coniah_n captive_v and_o jerusalem_n with_o he_o 18000_o man_n of_o might_n 10000_o from_o jerusalem_n and_o 8000_o out_o of_o the_o country_n and_o all_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o temand_n king_n house_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o mighty_a of_o the_o land_n but_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fool_n mordecay_n be_v carry_v away_o in_o this_o captivity_n esther_n 2._o 6._o and_o so_o be_v ezekiel_n also_o and_o therefore_o he_o date_v his_o time_n from_o this_o date_n ezek._n 1._o 2._o and_o call_v it_o our_o captivity_n chap._n 40._o 1._o 2_o king_n xxiv_o vers_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o and_o jeremy_n lii_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 11._o world_n 3410_o division_n 381_o year_n of_o captivity_n 9_o zedekiah_n 1_o zedekiah_n make_v king_n by_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n he_o be_v jehoiachins_n uncle_n 1_o king_n 24._o 17._o but_o call_v his_o brother_n that_o be_v his_o kinsman_n 2_o chron._n 36._o 10._o and_o his_o son_n because_o he_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o throne_n 1_o chron._n 3._o 16._o jeremy_n xxiv_o all_o division_n 382_o year_n of_o captivity_n 10_o zedekiah_n 2_o jeremy_n see_v comfortable_a thing_n concern_v those_o that_o be_v division_n 383_o year_n of_o captivity_n 11_o zedekiah_n 3_o captive_v into_o babylon_n with_o jeconiah_n that_o they_o be_v as_o good_a fig_n that_o may_v be_v eat_v and_o that_o in_o time_n they_o shall_v return_v jeremy_n xxvii_o from_z vers_n 12._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 3413_o division_n 384_o year_n of_o captivity_n 12_o zedekiah_n 4_o jeremy_n have_v be_v command_v thirteen_o year_n ago_o to_o make_v yoke_n and_o band_n and_o to_o put_v they_o upon_o his_o own_o neck_n in_o token_n of_o judah_n subjection_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_a which_o in_o the_o very_a next_o year_n after_o namely_o in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o jehoiachin_n come_v to_o pass_v and_o he_o be_v also_o then_o command_v by_o way_n of_o prediction_n that_o when_o such_o and_o such_o king_n ambassador_n shall_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o zedekiah_n he_o shall_v send_v the_o yoke_n away_o by_o those_o messenger_n to_o their_o king_n that_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o this_o four_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n as_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o chapter_n 28._o do_v plain_o date_n it_o jeremy_n xxviii_o all_o hananiah_n at_o jerusalem_n foretell_v false_o the_o restore_n of_o the_o captivity_n within_o two_o year_n be_v himself_o strike_v with_o death_n within_o two_o month_n for_o teach_v rebellion_n against_o the_o lord_n jeremy_n xxix_o xxx_o xxxi_o xlix_o from_z vers_n 34._o to_o end_n and_o li._n all_o this_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n zedekiah_n either_o go_v himself_o or_o send_v messenger_n to_o babel_n or_o both_o for_o so_o be_v that_o vers_n 59_o of_o chap._n 51._o diverse_o read_v when_o seraiah_n go_v with_o zedekiah_n or_o when_o he_o go_v for_o or_o in_o behalf_n of_o zedekiah_n into_o babylon_n now_o by_o the_o man_n that_o go_v thither_o either_o with_o he_o or_o for_o he_o jeremy_n send_v letter_n to_o the_o child_n of_o the_o captivity_n one_o to_o persuade_v they_o to_o frame_v their_o heart_n and_o to_o compose_v themselves_o for_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n this_o two_o prophet_n in_o babel_n such_o other_o as_o hananiah_n at_o jerusalem_n gainsay_v and_o will_v persuade_v the_o people_n to_o the_o contrary_n and_o a_o three_o write_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o have_v jeremy_n punish_v therefore_o he_o threaten_v bitter_a judgement_n against_o all_o three_o this_o in_o chap._n 29._o and_o be_v upon_o a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o captivity_n return_v in_o that_o chapter_n vers_fw-la 10_o 11_o etc._n etc._n he_o fall_v in_o chap._n 30._o &_o 31._o large_o to_o foretell_v the_o call_n home_o of_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o christ._n now_o though_o it_o be_v doubtful_a whither_o he_o send_v the_o prophecy_n of_o these_o two_o chapter_n to_o babel_n yet_o be_v it_o doubtless_o that_o their_o order_n be_v very_o proper_a in_o this_o place_n where_o he_o be_v foretell_v of_o the_o people_n return_n he_o also_o send_v another_o letter_n to_o babylon_n concern_v the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n itself_o in_o chap._n 50._o &_o 51._o which_z chapter_n be_v lay_v as_o the_o period_n of_o his_o prophecy_n that_o then_o conclusion_n of_o they_o all_o may_v be_v the_o foretell_v of_o the_o ruin_n of_o babel_n and_o under_o the_o same_o date_n may_v we_o also_o take_v the_o last_o part_n of_o chap._n 49._o from_o vers_n 34._o to_o end_n a_o prophecy_n against_o elam_n that_o join_v with_o babel_n against_o judea_n isa._n 22._o 6._o and_o be_v join_v here_o with_o babel_n in_o threaten_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o verse_n 34._o may_v be_v take_v as_o it_o be_v chap._n 28._o 1._o for_o his_o four_o year_n ezekiel_n i_o two_o iii_o iv_o five_o vi_o vii_o world_n 3414_o division_n 385_o year_n of_o captivity_n 13_o zedekiah_n 5_o in_o the_o five_o year_n from_o jehoiachins_n captivity_n the_o lord_n raise_v up_o ezekiel_n for_o a_o prophet_n to_o the_o people_n in_o babylon_n as_o jeremy_n be_v in_o jerusalem_n he_o date_v his_o prophecy_n from_o the_o 30_o year_n of_o the_o find_n of_o moses_n his_o copy_n in_o the_o 18_o of_o josias_n as_o be_v common_o conceive_v but_o as_o it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v suppose_v from_o the_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n he_o be_v a_o priest_n and_o that_o be_v the_o time_n at_o which_o the_o priest_n enter_v their_o function_n num._n 4._o 3._o at_o that_o time_n the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n come_v upon_o he_o and_o by_o a_o river_n in_o babylon_n he_o see_v the_o heaven_n open_v as_o christ_n at_o the_o same_o age_n have_v the_o heaven_n open_v to_o he_o by_o a_o river_n in_o judea_n luke_n 3._o 21_o 22_o 23._o now_o that_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v plant_v in_o another_o country_n for_o a_o long_a time_n the_o lord_n show_v a_o glory_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o as_o he_o have_v do_v at_o their_o first_o constitute_v into_o a_o church_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o out_o of_o a_o cloud_n and_o fire_n as_o he_o have_v do_v there_o he_o show_v himself_o and_o from_o between_o live_a creature_n as_o from_o between_o the_o cherubim_n he_o give_v his_o oracle_n to_o the_o prophet_n he_o cause_v he_o to_o eat_v a_o roll_n to_o lay_v a_o visionary_a siege_n to_o a_o picture_a jerusalem_n to_o lie_v on_o his_o side_n three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o day_n suitable_a to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o people_n rebellion_n from_o jeroboam_n revolt_v to_o the_o city_n destruction_n and_o forty_o day_n more_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o forty_o year_n transgression_n of_o judah_n under_o the_o ministry_n of_o jeremy_n as_o be_v say_v before_o to_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n and_o pollution_n to_o show_v the_o want_n of_o victual_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o people_n eat_v of_o pollute_a thing_n in_o babel_n to_o shave_v off_o his_o hair_n and_o to_o part_v it_o into_o several_a fatal_a signification_n etc._n etc._n and_o now_o that_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n be_v near_o at_o hand_n but_o five_o or_o six_o year_n off_o he_o foretell_v it_o in_o sad_a expression_n and_o bemoan_v it_o with_o doleful_a lamentation_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o 15_o 16._o because_o the_o four_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n be_v call_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n jer._n 28._o 1._o which_o show_v his_o condition_n yet_o unchanged_a as_o we_o observe_v before_o and_o because_o ezekiel_n in_o the_o next_o year_n speak_v of_o his_o revolt_n from_o his_o oath_n make_v to_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n ezek._n 17._o 15._o therefore_o may_v we_o conclude_v that_o he_o rebel_v against_o babel_n in_o this_o five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n ezekiel_n viii_o ix_o x_o xi_o xii_o xiii_o fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o xvii_o xviii_o xix_o world_n 3415_o division_n 386_o year_n of_o captivity_n 14_o zedekiah_n 6_o alice_n these_o chapter_n fall_v in_o in_o the_o six_o year_n after_o jeconiahs_n captivity_n or_o in_o the_o six_o of_o zedekiah_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o date_n of_o the_o eight_o chapter_n vers_fw-la 1._o and_o by_o the_o date_n of_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n vers_fw-la 1._o compare_v together_o in_o chapter_n eight_o the_o lord_n show_v a_o just_a cause_n why_o he_o be_v about_o to_o remove_v his_o glory_n from_o the_o temple_n viz._n because_o it_o be_v defile_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o idolatry_n 1._o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o
image_n of_o provocation_n or_o a_o provoke_a image_n vers_fw-la 3._o 5._o in_o the_o entry_n into_o the_o temple_n 2._o the_o very_a whole_a sanhedrin_n and_o jaazaniah_n their_o chief_n commit_v all_o manner_n of_o idolatry_n vers_fw-la 10._o 11._o 3._o the_o woman_n weep_v for_o adonis_n vers_fw-la 14._o and_o 4._o the_o twenty_o four_o head_n of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o priesthood_n and_o the_o high_a priest_n that_o shall_v have_v be_v serve_v god_n at_o the_o altar_n turn_v their_o back_n upon_o it_o and_o adore_v the_o sun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 16._o a_o very_a strange_a frame_v word_n to_o express_v their_o strange_a abominableness_n in_o chap._n 9_o god_n mark_v his_o own_o before_o destruction_n come_v compare_v rev._n 7._o jeremy_n baruch_n ebedmelech_n and_o whosoever_o else_o fear_v the_o lord_n be_v here_o mark_v out_o for_o deliverance_n chap._n 10._o ezekiel_n see_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n in_o the_o temple_n which_o he_o have_v see_v at_o chebar_v but_o now_o it_o be_v fleet_a off_o and_o remove_v as_o far_o as_o the_o east_n gate_n and_o in_o chap._n 11._o it_o be_v flit_v clean_o off_o the_o city_n to_o mount_v olivet_n chap._n 12._o when_o god_n have_v thus_o flit_v away_o his_o own_o glory_n he_o set_v the_o prophet_n to_o flit_v away_o his_o stuff_n and_o this_o do_v he_o that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o thorough_o set_v on_o the_o impression_n of_o captivity_n and_o from_o thence_o forward_a the_o prophet_n fall_v upon_o the_o people_n the_o false_a prophet_n and_o prophetess_n with_o sharp_a reproof_n etc._n etc._n in_o chap._n 17._o there_o be_v a_o terrible_a denunciation_n of_o judgement_n against_o zedekiah_n for_o violate_v his_o oath_n and_o fealty_n to_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n and_o seek_v to_o egypt_n for_o help_v and_o strength_n that_o he_o may_v rebel_v against_o he_o this_o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n brand_v he_o for_o that_o he_o rebel_v against_o king_n nabuchadnezzar_a who_o have_v make_v he_o swear_v by_o god_n 2_o chron._n 36._o 13._o it_o appear_v that_o at_o this_o time_n he_o have_v revolt_v and_o begin_v to_o rebel_v and_o so_o be_v now_o brew_v his_o own_o and_o judah_n destruction_n and_o therefore_o the_o prophet_n throughout_o all_o these_o chapter_n do_v lay_v on_o the_o more_o load_n of_o threaten_v and_o terror_n ezekiel_n xx_o xxi_o xxii_o xxiii_o world_n 3416_o division_n 387_o year_n of_o captivity_n 15_o zedekiah_n 7_o destruction_n be_v now_o draw_v on_o apace_o god_n will_v not_o give_v the_o elder_n of_o israel_n any_o answer_n no_o more_o than_o he_o will_v to_o saul_n a_o sword_n be_v sharpen_v and_o prepare_v for_o jerusalem_n and_o rabbah_n nabuchadnezzar_a provide_v to_o be_v avenge_v on_o both_o it_o seem_v the_o king_n of_o ammon_n prove_v traitor_n to_o babel_n as_o well_o as_o zedekiah_n have_v do_v this_o profane_a wicked_a prince_n of_o israel_n his_o day_n be_v come_v the_o crown_n must_v be_v over-turned_n over-turned_n over-turned_n till_o christ_n come_v who_o right_a it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o israel_n be_v reckon_v up_o now_o she_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v call_v to_o account_v division_n 388_o 70_o year_n captiv_n 16_o zedekiah_n 8_o of_o any_o passage_n or_o occurrence_n of_o this_o year_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n 2_o king_n xxv_o vers_fw-la 1._o 2._o jeremy_n thirty-nine_o vers_fw-la 50._o &_o 52._o vers_fw-la 4._o 5._o world_n 3418_o division_n 389_o 70_o year_n captiv_n 17_o zedekiah_n 9_o in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o ten_o month_n or_o the_o month_n tebeth_n the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o month_n in_o the_o very_a deep_a of_o winter_n nabuchadnezzar_a lay_v siege_n to_o jerusalem_n ezekiel_n xxiv_o that_o very_a day_n ezekiel_n be_v tell_v of_o the_o thing_n by_o the_o lord_n in_o chaldea_n and_o by_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o death_n of_o a_o belove_a wife_n he_o be_v tell_v and_o tell_v the_o people_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n and_o temple_n their_o delight_n ezekiel_n xxv_o yet_o will_v the_o lord_n take_v vengeance_n of_o those_o neighbour_n nation_n that_o take_v content_a and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o misery_n of_o jerusalem_n jeremy_n xxi_o zedekiah_n upon_o the_o chaldean_n encamp_v against_o the_o city_n inquire_v of_o jeremy_n what_o shall_v become_v of_o they_o and_o receive_v a_o sad_a answer_n of_o destruction_n and_o captivity_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o order_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v observe_v before_o jeremy_n xlvii_o jeremy_n foretelleth_a the_o subdue_a of_o the_o philistines_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_a even_o before_o gaza_n one_o of_o their_o chief_a city_n be_v subdue_v by_o pharaoh_n this_o be_v when_o pharaoh_n army_n be_v abroad_o and_o raise_v the_o siege_n at_o jerusalem_n jerem._n 37._o this_o chapter_n lie_v where_o it_o do_v that_o the_o prophecy_n against_o egypt_n may_v be_v join_v together_o jeremy_n xxxvii_o world_n 3419_o division_n 390_o 70_o year_n captiv_n 18_o zedekiah_n 10_o the_o egyptian_n to_o who_o zedekiah_n have_v revolt_v from_o nabuchadnezzar_a raise_v his_o siege_n at_o jerusalem_n yet_o jeremy_n tell_v that_o the_o chaldean_n shall_v return_v and_o take_v the_o city_n he_o be_v take_v and_o put_v in_o prison_n jeremy_n xxxii_o xxxiii_o xxxiv_o jeremy_n in_o the_o prison_n buy_v and_o purchase_v land_n in_o token_n of_o the_o people_n return_n thither_o again_o he_o prophesi_v comfortable_a thing_n thereupon_o but_o sad_a thing_n to_o the_o present_a generation_n in_o jerusalem_n who_o have_v covenant_v to_o let_v their_o servant_n go_v free_a but_o afterward_o reduce_v they_o to_o servitude_n again_o ezekiel_n xxix_o to_z vers_n 17._o in_o this_o ten_o year_n the_o ten_o month_n and_o twelve_o day_n of_o the_o month_n the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o ezekiel_n against_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o be_v a_o visible_a dislocation_n for_o chap._n 26._o be_v date_v by_o the_o eleven_o year_n and_o chap._n 30._o vers_fw-la 20._o and_o chap._n 31._o be_v date_v by_o the_o eleven_o year_n yet_o this_o chapter_n that_o come_v between_o be_v date_v by_o the_o ten_o now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o misplace_n be_v easy_a to_o be_v apprehend_v and_o that_o be_v this_o 1._o the_o prophecy_n against_o egypt_n be_v in_o the_o ten_o year_n as_o most_o proper_o meet_v with_o egypt_n in_o the_o very_a height_n of_o its_o pride_n and_o of_o jerusalem_n carnal_a confidence_n in_o it_o for_o now_o it_o be_v a_o foot_n with_o all_o its_o force_n to_o raise_v the_o siege_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o jerusalem_n with_o all_o its_o hope_n do_v rely_v upon_o it_o and_o therefore_o in_o that_o very_a time_n the_o lord_n denounce_v destruction_n to_o it_o and_o frustration_n to_o the_o jew_n hope_n in_o it_o now_o 2._o the_o reason_n of_o set_v this_o prophecy_n that_o foretelleth_a so_o much_o after_o the_o prophecy_n against_o tyrus_n which_o be_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n be_v because_o tyrus_n be_v first_o to_o be_v destroy_v and_o egypt_n be_v to_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a for_o destroy_v tyrus_n chap._n 29._o 18_o 19_o and_o therefore_o that_o this_o may_v be_v observe_v the_o better_a the_o threaten_a of_o the_o destruction_n of_o tyrus_n which_o be_v give_v after_o yet_o be_v set_v before_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v give_v before_o ezekiel_n xxvi_o xxvii_o xxviii_o world_n 3420_o 70_o year_n captivity_n 19_o zedekiah_n 11_o this_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o nineteenth_o of_o nebuâ—â—ad-nezzar_a be_v the_o fatal_a year_n of_o jerusalem_n destruction_n and_o now_o be_v ezekiel_n three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n up_o ezek._n 4._o 5._o we_o count_v the_o very_a year_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o tribe_n the_o first_o of_o they_o or_o else_o the_o very_a last_o of_o they_o will_v have_v fall_v here_o on_o the_o very_a first_o day_n of_o this_o year_n have_v ezekiel_n the_o sad_a prediction_n concern_v the_o ruin_n of_o tyrus_n and_o sidon_n ezekiel_n xxx_o from_z vers_n 20._o to_o the_o end_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o this_o first_o month_n ezekiel_n prophesi_v of_o the_o weaken_n and_o fall_n of_o egypt_n who_o nabuchadnezzar_a have_v now_o beat_v off_o and_o be_v return_v to_o jerusalem_n siege_n again_o ezekiel_n xxxi_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o three_o month_n of_o this_o year_n ezekiel_n have_v another_o prophecy_n against_o egypt_n jeremy_n xxxviii_o in_o these_o gasp_a time_n of_o the_o city_n when_o all_o the_o provision_n in_o it_o be_v even_o spend_v vers_fw-la 9_o jeremy_n by_o curse_a suggestion_n to_o the_o king_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o dungeon_n but_o deliver_v thence_o by_o the_o good_a care_n of_o ebedmelech_a a_o cushite_v etc._n etc._n jeremy_n thirty-nine_o vers_fw-la 15_o 16_o 17_o 18._o jeremy_n thus_o deliver_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o ebedmelech_a from_o the_o dungeon_n prophesi_v
fourteen_o as_o we_o suppose_v of_o ahashuerosh_n and_o two_o of_o darius_n for_o let_v the_o reader_n but_o impartial_o and_o unbiased_a expound_v those_o two_o place_n in_o zechary_n allege_v and_o how_o can_v he_o possible_o interpret_v the_o seventy_o year_n there_o mention_v of_o the_o seventy_o year_n mention_v jeremy_n 25._o 11_o 12._o &_o 29._o 10._o which_o be_v expire_v seventeen_o year_n ago_o by_o plain_a account_n of_o scripture_n especial_o let_v he_o but_o weigh_v well_o the_o scope_n and_o purpose_n of_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o zechary_n and_o it_o will_v make_v the_o date_n and_o account_n that_o we_o give_v of_o those_o seventy_o year_n to_o be_v proper_a and_o approvable_a in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o darius_n the_o temple_n after_o a_o long_a hindrance_n of_o the_o build_n of_o it_o be_v begin_v upon_o to_o be_v build_v again_o and_o it_o go_v happy_o forward_a thereupon_o the_o church_n at_o babel_n send_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o inquire_v of_o the_o priest_n now_o that_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v again_o shall_v i_o fast_o and_o keep_v solemn_a day_n of_o humiliation_n as_o i_o have_v do_v these_o seventy_o year_n since_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v if_o they_o have_v fast_v but_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n than_o have_v they_o lay_v down_o their_o fast_n at_o the_o least_o seventeen_o year_n to_o the_o second_o of_o darius_n nineteen_o to_o the_o four_o as_o zech._n 7._o 1._o and_o if_o they_o have_v lay_v they_o down_o so_o long_o while_o the_o work_n and_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n lie_v forlorn_a why_o shall_v they_o think_v of_o take_v they_o up_o again_o now_o it_o go_v well_o with_o that_o work_n and_o building_n and_o if_o they_o have_v continue_v they_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o captivity_n and_o all_o the_o time_n since_o why_o be_v it_o call_v but_o seventy_o year_n whereas_o it_o be_v at_o the_o least_o eighty_o seven_o therefore_o to_o i_o it_o be_v pass_v all_o peradventure_o that_o the_o 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curse_n wickedness_n in_o a_o ephah_n the_o great_a measure_n in_o use_n settle_v in_o babylon_n etc._n etc._n ezra_n v._o from_o vers_fw-la 3._o to_o end_n and_o vi_o to_o vers_fw-la 14._o artaxerxes_n darius_n 3_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o a_o pretend_a officiousness_n to_o the_o king_n but_o upon_o a_o intent_n malice_n against_o the_o temple_n by_o letter_n to_o darius_n seek_v to_o hinder_v it_o but_o by_o a_o special_a providence_n it_o prove_v occasion_n of_o the_o more_o advance_v of_o it_o hitherto_o have_v the_o jew_n build_v only_o upon_o the_o encouragement_n of_o the_o prophet_n haggai_n and_o zechary_n now_o they_o have_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o king_n zechary_n vii_o viii_o world_n 3491_o artaxerxes_n darius_n 4_o in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o darius_n in_o the_o nine_o month_n which_o be_v chisleu_n on_o the_o four_o day_n of_o the_o month_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o congregation_n in_o babel_n send_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o inquire_v 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16_o 17._o mark_n chap._n i._o ver._n 14_o 15._o christ_n at_o capernaum_n in_o the_o coast_n of_o zebulon_n and_o nepthali_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o matthew_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o section_n tell_v that_o christ_n leave_v nazareth_n luke_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o precede_a show_v the_o reason_n why_o namely_o because_o he_o be_v in_o hazard_n of_o his_o life_n there_o and_o so_o the_o connexion_n be_v make_v plain_a in_o the_o coast_n of_o zebulon_n and_o napthali_n captivity_n have_v first_o begin_v 2_o king_n 15._o 29._o and_o there_o christ_n first_o begin_v more_o public_o and_o evident_o to_o preach_v the_o near_a approach_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o redemption_n in_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o the_o land_n after_o the_o captivity_n galilee_n escape_v from_o be_v samaritan_n and_o be_v reserve_v for_o this_o happy_a privilege_n of_o be_v the_o first_o scene_n of_o christ_n preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o as_o that_o country_n be_v inhabit_v by_o a_o 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return_v out_o of_o captivity_n upon_o that_o proclamation_n and_o there_o be_v the_o number_n of_o several_a family_n reckon_v as_o make_v up_o that_o sum_n whereas_o if_o the_o total_a of_o these_o particular_n be_v sum_v up_o it_o reach_v not_o by_o sixteen_o thousand_o or_o thereabouts_o to_o that_o number_n of_o forty_o two_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o where_o then_o must_v we_o find_v those_o sixteen_o thousand_o since_o they_o arise_v not_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o family_n there_o name_v the_o family_n there_o name_v be_v of_o juda_n and_o benjamin_n and_o then_o certain_o those_o sixteen_o thousand_o can_v hardly_o be_v imagine_v any_o other_o then_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o 3._o whereas_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o return_v of_o judea_n and_o benjamin_n plant_v judea_n who_o can_v we_o imagine_v but_o some_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o have_v plant_v galilee_n and_o hence_o their_o difference_n in_o language_n from_o the_o jew_n of_o judea_n and_o in_o several_a custom_n and_o hence_o the_o reduce_n of_o some_o after_o the_o captivity_n to_o the_o line_n of_o some_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n as_o hannah_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o asher_n luk._n 2._o 36._o ben_n cobisin_n of_o the_o line_n of_o ahab_n talm._n jerus_n in_o taanith_n fol._n 68_o col_fw-fr 1._o and_o here_o be_v the_o first_o return_v of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o be_v suppose_v and_o it_o carry_v fair_a probability_n that_o the_o most_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n and_o many_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o disciple_n that_o be_v of_o christ_n most_o constant_a retinue_n be_v of_o the_o progeny_n of_o some_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n return_v section_n xix_o luke_n chap._n five_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 12._o matth_n chap._n iu._n ver._n 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o mark_n chap._n i._o ver._n 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o peter_n and_o andrew_n etc._n etc._n call_v to_o be_v fisher_n of_o man_n the_o method_n and_o series_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o transition_n of_o matthew_n and_o mark_n but_o in_o the_o order_n of_o luke_n there_o be_v some_o difficulty_n 1._o he_o relate_v the_o call_n of_o these_o disciple_n different_o from_o the_o relation_n give_v by_o the_o other_o for_o they_o say_v christ_n call_v peter_n and_o andrew_n as_o he_o walk_v by_o the_o sea_n side_n but_o he_o stori_v their_o call_n when_o christ_n be_v with_o they_o in_o the_o ship_n they_o say_v he_o call_v james_n and_o john_n at_o some_o distance_n beyond_o peter_n and_o andrew_n but_o he_o carry_v it_o as_o if_o he_o call_v they_o all_o together_o but_o this_o be_v not_o contrariety_n but_o for_o the_o more_o illustration_n they_o all_o speak_v the_o same_o truth_n but_o one_o help_v to_o explain_v another_o the_o story_n at_o full_a in_o they_o all_o be_v thus_o as_o jesus_n walk_v by_o the_o sea_n of_o genezareth_n he_o see_v two_o ship_n stand_v there_o the_o one_o whereof_o belong_v to_o peter_n and_o andrew_n and_o the_o other_o to_o james_n and_o john_n all_o these_o man_n be_v partner_n have_v be_v fish_v all_o night_n but_o have_v catch_v nothing_o and_o be_v now_o step_v down_o out_o of_o their_o ship_n to_o wash_v their_o net_n christ_n press_v with_o multitude_n on_o the_o shore_n enter_v into_o peter_n ship_n and_o thence_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o thence_o put_v off_o a_o little_a into_o the_o main_a he_o help_v peter_n to_o a_o miraculous_a draught_n of_o fish_n which_o be_v so_o unwieldy_a that_o he_o be_v glad_a to_o because_v up_o james_n and_o john_n from_o the_o shore_n to_o come_v and_o help_v they_o the_o draught_n of_o fish_n be_v get_v up_o and_o boat_v and_o then_o james_n and_o john_n return_v to_o the_o shore_n again_o and_o fall_v to_o mend_v their_o net_n which_o be_v rend_v at_o the_o help_a at_o so_o great_a a_o draught_n peter_n see_v what_o be_v do_v adore_v christ_n and_o he_o and_o andrew_n be_v yet_o at_o sea_n be_v call_v by_o he_o for_o fisher_n of_o man_n and_o bring_v their_o ship_n to_o 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withal_o by_o christ_n in_o more_o place_n than_o one_o they_o have_v take_v up_o a_o consent_n to_o beat_v down_o the_o dignity_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o miracle_n by_o assert_v that_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v he_o do_v by_o the_o power_n of_o magic_n and_o this_o corrupt_a blood_n run_v up_o in_o their_o vein_n every_o where_o wheresoever_o he_o meet_v they_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o same_o word_n be_v in_o their_o mouth_n here_o and_o there_o when_o the_o same_o rot_a principle_n be_v every_o where_n in_o their_o heart_n observe_v how_o scornful_o they_o require_v a_o sign_n from_o heaven_n when_o they_o have_v but_o new_o see_v a_o most_o heavenly_a sign_n the_o word_n beelzebul_n be_v take_v up_o for_o the_o more_o detestation_n as_o import_v the_o god_n of_o a_o dunghill_n and_o the_o sacrifice_a to_o idol_n they_o call_v dung_v to_o a_o idol_n r._n jose_n be_v r._n ben._n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o see_v they_o dung_v to_o a_o idol_n must_v say_v he_o that_o sacrifice_v to_o other_o god_n must_v be_v destroy_v talm._n jerus_n beracoth_fw-mi fol._n 12._o col_fw-fr 2._o what_o christ_n speak_v about_o the_o unpardonableness_n of_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o direct_a face_n of_o their_o tener_n which_o hold_v that_o blasphemy_n be_v atone_v for_o by_o death_n though_o by_o nothing_o else_o he_o out_o they_o by_o who_o the_o name_n of_o heaven_n be_v blaspheme_v repentance_n have_v no_o power_n to_o save_v he_o from_o punishment_n nor_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n to_o atone_v for_o he_o or_o chastisement_n of_o the_o judge_n to_o acquit_v he_o but_o repentance_n and_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n atone_v for_o a_o three_o part_n and_o chastisement_n a_o three_o part_n and_o death_n a_o three_o part_n and_o of_o such_o it_o be_v say_v if_o this_o iniquity_n be_v purge_v till_o you_o die_v behold_v we_o learn_v that_o death_n acquit_v talm._n jerus_n sanhed_n fol._n 27._o col_fw-fr 3._o the_o jew_n defame_v the_o miracle_n do_v by_o christ_n as_o do_v by_o magic_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o this_o and_o other_o place_n in_o the_o gospel_n but_o even_o in_o talm._n bab._n schabb._n fol._n 104._o col_fw-fr 2._o r_o eliezer_n say_v to_o the_o wise_a man_n do_v not_o ben_n saida_n this_o be_v a_o blasphemous_a name_n they_o give_v to_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n as_o be_v say_v a_o little_a before_o bring_v enchantment_n out_o of_o egypt_n in_o incision_n in_o his_o flesh_n but_o when_o they_o see_v they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o contradict_v and_o decry_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o great_a miracle_n that_o he_o do_v and_o they_o see_v that_o this_o will_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n to_o say_v he_o do_v they_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o devil_n teach_v they_o to_o betake_v themselves_o to_o another_o shift_n clean_o contrary_a and_o that_o be_v to_o say_v and_o maintain_v that_o when_o messiah_n come_v he_o shall_v do_v no_o miracle_n at_o all_o which_o they_o assert_v in_o sanhedr_n per._n helek_n and_o maym._n in_o melachint_a per._n ult_n section_n xxxvi_o matth_n chap._n xii_o from_o ver._n 46_o to_o the_o end_n mark_n chap._n iii_o from_o ver._n 31._o to_o the_o end_n luke_n chap._n viii_o ver._n 19_o 20_o 21._o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n seek_v he_o etc._n etc._n the_o order_n be_v clear_v by_o the_o transition_n of_o matthew_n while_o he_o yet_o talk_v etc._n etc._n luke_n have_v set_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n after_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sower_n whereas_o the_o other_o two_o evangelist_n have_v set_v it_o before_o and_o that_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n thereby_o intimate_v the_o end_n and_o prosecution_n of_o the_o errand_n they_o come_v upon_o which_o be_v to_o take_v he_o up_o from_o preach_v with_o which_o intention_n and_o importunity_n they_o follow_v he_o from_o place_n to_o place_n here_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_fw-mi sinfulness_n as_o well_o as_o other_o woman_n if_o go_v about_o to_o stop_v christ_n ministry_n be_v a_o sin_n as_o certain_o it_o be_v proceed_v that_o intention_n from_o what_o pretence_n soever_o mark_v 3._o 21._o his_o friend_n go_v to_o lay_v hold_n on_o he_o for_o they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v that_o word_n what_o it_o will_v whether_o he_o be_v beside_o himself_o or_o he_o be_v faint_a or_o he_o be_v in_o a_o rapture_n etc._n etc._n their_o errand_n and_o intention_n be_v to_o take_v he_o off_o from_o the_o course_n he_o be_v in_o which_o he_o know_v well_o enough_o and_o therefore_o he_o give_v so_o smart_a a_o answer_n who_o be_v my_o mother_n &_o c_o compare_v deut._n 33._o 9_o section_n xxxvii_o matth_n chap._n xiii_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 54._o mark_n chap._n iu._n from_o the_o begin_n to_o ver._n 35._o luke_n chap._n viii_o from_o ver._n 4_o to_o ver._n 19_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sour_a and_o divers_a other_o parable_n matthews_n transition_n do_v again_o clear_a the_o order_n here_o the_o same_o day_n go_v jesus_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o day_n that_o his_o mother_n and_o brethren_n come_v to_o he_o as_o be_v apparent_a in_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n so_o that_o this_o consideration_n help_v to_o methodize_v the_o order_n of_o luke_n for_o whereas_o the_o other_o two_o have_v set_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n mother_n and_o brethren_n before_o his_o utter_v of_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o sour_a etc._n etc._n he_o have_v set_v it_o after_o and_o that_o without_o contrariety_n though_o with_o diversity_n for_o both_o the_o occurrence_n be_v on_o the_o same_o day_n and_o he_o have_v by_o this_o order_n show_v how_o the_o mother_n and_o friend_n of_o christ_n have_v once_o find_v he_o go_v along_o with_o he_o whether_o to_o prosecute_v the_o intention_n they_o come_v upon_o or_o better_o convince_v to_o attend_v he_o and_o his_o doctrine_n christ_n speak_v of_o parable_n which_o he_o do_v so_o exceed_v much_o through_o the_o gospel_n be_v according_a to_o the_o stile_n and_o manner_n of_o that_o nation_n which_o be_v exceed_o accustom_v to_o this_o manner_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o talmud_n be_v abundant_o full_a of_o this_o kind_n of_o oratory_n and_o so_o be_v general_o all_o their_o ancient_a writer_n and_o they_o common_o enter_v upon_o their_o parable_n with_o this_o preface_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o parable_n to_o what_o be_v the_o thing_n like_o which_o stile_n he_o also_o use_v not_o seldom_o and_o sometime_o they_o enter_v upon_o it_o more_o abrupt_o with_o such_o a_o entrance_n as_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o man_n or_o to_o a_o king_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n etc._n etc._n meaning_n it_o be_v like_a to_o a_o man_n or_o like_v to_o a_o king_n etc._n etc._n i_o believe_v there_o be_v very_o many_o in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v not_o be_v further_o acquaint_v with_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o jew_n then_o what_o they_o have_v see_v quote_v by_o other_o writer_n and_o yet_o be_v ready_a to_o censure_v they_o of_o lie_n and_o falsehood_n which_o indeed_o they_o be_v not_o free_a from_o mere_o upon_o want_n of_o acquaintance_n with_o their_o stile_n of_o parable_n and_o hyperbole_n very_o good_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o talmudick_n treatise_n peah_o demai_n and_o kilaim_v which_o treat_v intentional_o concern_v sow_v and_o seed_n for_o illustration_n of_o these_o parable_n in_o kilaim_n they_o dispute_v of_o sow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o rock_n and_o upon_o stone_n and_o of_o mingle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wheat_n and_o tare_n etc._n etc._n cap._n 1._o in_o peah_n in_o tal._n jerus_n fol._n 20._o they_o speak_v of_o a_o tree_n of_o mustardseed_n that_o one_o may_v climb_v into_o like_o other_o tree_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o divers_a other_o passage_n in_o these_o parable_n some_o light_n may_v be_v fetch_v from_o those_o tract_n see_v christ_n all_o along_o speak_v of_o thing_n usual_a and_o most_o particular_o usual_a among_o that_o nation_n section_n xxxviii_o matth_n chap._n viii_o ver._n 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o mark_n chap._n iu._n ver._n 35._o luke_n chap._n ix_o ver._n 57_o 58_o 59_o 60_o 61_o 62._o a_o scribe_n will_v follow_v christ_n etc._n etc._n the_o story_n of_o christ_n prepare_v to_o go_v over_o the_o water_n be_v evidence_v by_o mark_n to_o come_v in_o here_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n for_o he_o say_v the_o same_o day_n at_o even_o etc._n etc._n matthews_n lay_v it_o where_o he_o have_v do_v may_v seem_v to_o be_v because_o of_o its_o nearness_n to_o matthews_n or_o levy_n feast_v as_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o follow_a current_n of_o the_o story_n which_o feast_n he_o have_v lay_v at_o matthews_n call_v and_o so_o have_v according_o bring_v
former_a chapter_n be_v contain_v the_o intimation_n of_o the_o desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o the_o cease_n of_o prophecy_n under_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o four_o wind_n restrain_v from_o blow_v upon_o the_o earth_n compare_v cant._n 4._o 16._o ezek._n 37._o 9_o only_o a_o remnant_n of_o israel_n be_v seal_v unto_o salvation_n and_o not_o to_o perish_v by_o that_o restraint_n and_o with_o they_o innumerable_a gentile_n ezekiel_n help_v here_o to_o confirm_v the_o explication_n that_o we_o have_v give_v of_o the_o chapter_n before_o for_o he_o have_v the_o very_a like_o passage_n upon_o the_o first_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n ezek._n 9_o &_o 10._o 11._o compare_v the_o mark_v in_o the_o forehead_n here_o with_o exod._n 28._o 38._o dan_fw-mi not_o mention_v among_o the_o tribe_n in_o this_o place_n idolatry_n first_o begin_v in_o that_o tribe_n judg._n 18._o 1_o king_n 12._o revel_v chap._n viii_o the_o open_n of_o the_o seven_o seal_n land_n we_o upon_o a_o new_a scene_n as_o a_o new_a world_n begin_v when_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v and_o the_o jew_n cast_v off_o the_o six_o seal_n in_o the_o two_o former_a chapter_n have_v show_v their_o ruin_n and_o the_o appear_v of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o now_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n under_o the_o seven_o seal_n give_v we_o a_o prospect_n in_o general_n of_o the_o time_n thence_o forward_o to_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n i_o say_v in_o general_a for_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n and_o forward_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nineteenth_o they_o be_v handle_v more_o particular_o silence_n in_o heaven_n for_o a_o while_n and_o seven_o angel_n with_o seven_o trumpet_n may_v call_v our_o thought_n to_o joshua_n 6._o 4_o 10._o and_o intimate_v that_o the_o prophetic_a story_n be_v now_o enter_v upon_o a_o new_a canaan_n or_o a_o new_a stage_n of_o the_o church_n as_o that_o business_n at_o jericho_n be_v at_o israel_n first_o enter_v on_o the_o old_a or_o it_o may_v very_o proper_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o refer_v and_o allude_v to_o the_o carriage_n of_o thing_n at_o the_o temple_n since_o this_o book_n do_v represent_v thing_n so_o much_o according_a to_o the_o scheme_n and_o scene_n of_o the_o temple_n all_o along_o and_o in_o this_o very_a place_n there_o be_v mention_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o incense_n and_o trumpet_n which_o be_v all_o temple_n appurtenance_n it_o be_v therefore_o the_o custom_n at_o the_o temple_n that_o when_o the_o priest_n go_v in_o to_o the_o holy_a place_n the_o people_n draw_v downward_o from_o the_o porch_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o be_v a_o silence_n while_o he_o be_v there_o yea_o though_o the_o people_n be_v then_o pray_v incomparable_o beyond_o what_o there_o be_v at_o other_o time_n of_o the_o service_n for_o the_o priest_n be_v blow_v with_o trumpet_n or_o the_o levite_n sing_v the_o allusion_n then_o here_o be_v plain_a when_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v lay_v on_o the_o altar_n a_o priest_n take_v coal_n from_o the_o altar_n go_v in_o to_o the_o holy_a place_n and_o offer_v incense_n upon_o the_o golden_a altar_n that_o stand_v before_o the_o vail_n that_o be_v before_o the_o ark_n and_o this_o be_v do_v the_o trumpet_n sound_v over_o the_o sacrifice_n here_o then_o be_v first_o intimation_n of_o christ_n be_v offer_v upon_o the_o altar_n then_o his_o go_v into_o the_o holy_a place_n as_o mediator_n for_o his_o people_n and_o then_o the_o trumpet_n sound_v and_o declare_v his_o disposal_n in_o the_o world_n his_o take_a fire_n off_o the_o altar_n and_o cast_v it_o upon_o the_o earth_n ver_fw-la 5._o be_v a_o thing_n not_o use_v at_o the_o temple_n but_o speak_v from_o ezek._n 10._o 2._o which_o betoken_v the_o send_n of_o judgement_n which_o the_o trumpet_n speak_v out_o these_o seven_o trumpet_n and_o the_o seven_o vial_n in_o chap._n 16._o in_o many_o thing_n run_v very_a parallel_n how_o far_o they_o synchronize_v will_v be_v best_a consider_v when_o we_o come_v there_o the_o first_o trumpet_n sound_v bring_v hail_n and_o fire_n and_o blood_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o destroy_v grass_n and_o tree_n a_o three_o part_n of_o they_o fire_n and_o hail_n be_v the_o plague_n of_o egypt_n exod._n 9_o 23._o but_o fire_n and_o blood_n with_o hail_n be_v a_o new_a plague_n by_o these_o seem_v to_o be_v intimate_v what_o plague_n shall_v be_v bring_v upon_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n sword_z dreadful_a tempest_n unnatural_a season_n and_o the_o like_a the_o second_o trumpet_n sound_n and_o a_o great_a burn_a mountain_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o it_o become_v blood_n the_o sea_n in_o the_o prophetic_a language_n do_v signify_v multitude_n of_o people_n as_o jerem._n 51._o 36._o 42._o and_o babylon_n that_o be_v monarch_n be_v a_o burn_a mountain_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 35._o so_o that_o the_o imperial_a power_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o mountain_n here_o which_o make_v bloody_a and_o mischievous_a work_n not_o only_o by_o the_o persecution_n of_o christian_n but_o even_o among_o their_o own_o people_n as_o nero_n at_o present_a vitellius_n instant_o after_o domitian_n commodus_n and_o indeed_o general_o all_o of_o they_o either_o bloody_o destroy_v their_o own_o people_n or_o at_o least_o for_o their_o covetousness_n ambition_n revenge_n or_o humour_n bring_v disquietness_n oppression_n misery_n war_n and_o blood_n upon_o all_o the_o world_n in_o one_o place_n or_o other_o the_o three_o trumpet_n bring_v the_o star_n wormwood_n upon_o the_o river_n and_o fountain_n of_o water_n which_o seem_v to_o denote_v the_o grievous_a heresy_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o church_n which_o shall_v corrupt_v and_o embitter_v the_o pure_a spring_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o fountain_n of_o truth_n a_o star_n in_o the_o language_n of_o this_o book_n be_v a_o churchman_n chap._n 1._o 20._o ben_n cochab_n be_v such_o a_o wormwood_n star_n among_o the_o jew_n call_v most_o proper_o ben_fw-mi cozba_fw-mi the_o liar_n and_o the_o phrase_n a_o star_n fall_v from_o heaven_n allude_v to_o isa._n 14._o 12._o how_o be_v thou_o fall_v from_o heaven_n o_o lucifer_n etc._n etc._n the_o four_o trumpet_n show_v the_o darken_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o star_n for_o a_o three_o part_n by_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o wane_n and_o decay_n both_o in_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n by_o superstition_n and_o of_o the_o empire_n by_o its_o division_n within_o and_o enemy_n from_o without_o and_o this_o before_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o papacy_n which_o appear_v under_o the_o next_o trumpet_n and_o these_o thing_n be_v great_a advantage_n to_o its_o rise_n the_o darken_n of_o the_o heavenly_a luminary_n in_o the_o prophet_n language_n signify_v the_o eclipse_v of_o the_o glory_n and_o prosperity_n of_o a_o kingdom_n or_o people_n isa._n 13._o 9_o 10._o joel_n 2._o 10._o how_o it_o be_v with_o the_o church_n and_o empire_n in_o these_o respect_n before_o that_o time_n that_o the_o papacy_n appear_v he_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o history_n both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a that_o remember_v not_o upon_o this_o very_a hint_n the_o three_o trumpet_n come_v be_v the_o trumpet_n of_o woe_n wo_n wo_n though_o these_o thing_n past_a be_v very_o woeful_a but_o those_o much_o more_o that_o be_v to_o come_v revel_v chap._n ix_o a_o description_n of_o the_o papacy_n under_o the_o five_o trumpet_n another_o star_n fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o that_o a_o notable_a one_o indeed_o the_o he_o that_o have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n commit_v to_o he_o a_o vast_a difference_n from_o the_o key_n give_v peter_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o set_n of_o these_o in_o their_o just_a distance_n and_o opposition_n will_v illustrate_v the_o matter_n before_o we_o when_o the_o world_n be_v to_o come_v out_o of_o darkness_n and_o heathenism_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n christ_n give_v peter_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n to_o open_v the_o door_n and_o let_v light_a come_v in_o among_o they_o for_o he_o first_o preach_v to_o the_o gentile_n act._n 10._o &_o 15._o 7._o the_o world_n under_o the_o papacy_n return_v as_o it_o be_v to_o heathenism_n again_o and_o not_o undeserved_o for_o its_o contempt_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o unproficiency_n under_o it_o which_o be_v very_o fit_o describe_v by_o hell_n open_v by_o the_o key_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n and_o darkness_n come_v and_o cloud_v all_o the_o claviger_n or_o turnkey_n be_v the_o child_n of_o perdition_n abaddon_n and_o apollyon_n a_o destroyer_n and_o one_o that_o be_v sure_o and_o sore_o to_o be_v destroy_v chittim_n italy_n or_o rome_n afflict_a and_o perish_v for_o ever_o num._n 24._o 24._o antichrist_n of_o the_o second_o edition_n
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adam_n and_o paradise_n shut_v up_o against_o he_o to_o keep_v he_o from_o it_o here_o restore_v then_o a_o curse_n here_o there_o shall_v be_v curse_n no_o more_o vers_n 3._o see_v zech._n 14._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anathema_n non_fw-la erit_fw-la amplius_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o conclude_v these_o say_n be_v faithful_a and_o true_a so_o he_o have_v say_v before_o at_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o lamb_n chap._n 19_o 9_o and_o again_o at_o his_o beginning_n of_o the_o story_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n chap._n 21._o 5._o refer_v to_o the_o several_a prophecy_n that_o have_v be_v of_o these_o thing_n and_o now_o all_o those_o say_n and_o prophecy_n be_v come_v home_o in_o truth_n and_o faithfulness_n he_o be_v command_v not_o to_o seal_v his_o book_n as_o daniel_n be_v dan._n 12._o 4._o because_o the_o time_n of_o these_o thing_n be_v instant_o beginning_n and_o christ_n come_v to_o reveal_v his_o glory_n in_o avengement_n upon_o the_o jewish_a nation_n and_o cast_v 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it_o must_v it_o do_v make_v this_o difficulty_n which_o have_v cost_v so_o much_o canvas_v so_o easy_a as_o a_o thing_n need_v not_o to_o be_v more_o section_n iii_o from_o the_o promise_n give_v to_o abram_n upon_o his_o father_n terahs_n death_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o to_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n be_v 430_o year_n exod._n 12._o 40._o gal._n 3._o 17._o this_o sum_n be_v join_v to_o that_o before_o of_o 2083._o it_o make_v the_o world_n to_o be_v in_o the_o two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o and_o thirteen_o year_n of_o her_o age_n when_o israel_n be_v deliver_v 2513._o the_o delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2513._o and_o the_o law_n give_v this_o space_n of_o time_n of_o 430_o year_n betwixt_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o law_n the_o divine_a wisdom_n and_o providence_n cast_v into_o two_o equal_a portion_n of_o 215_o year_n before_o the_o people_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o 215_o year_n of_o 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these_o 487_o that_o pass_v from_o the_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o finish_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o 2513_o year_n of_o which_o age_n the_o world_n be_v when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o 3000._o solomon_n temple_n finish_v anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3000._o egypt_n and_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o solomon_n temple_n be_v finish_v exact_o in_o the_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n this_o sum_n be_v make_v up_o of_o these_o many_o parcel_n israel_n in_o the_o wilderness_n 40_o year_n joshua_n rule_v 17_o year_n othniel_n judge_v 40_o year_n judg._n 3._o 11._o ehud_n judge_v 80_o year_n judg._n 3._o 30._o deborah_n etc._n etc._n 40_o year_n judg._n 5._o 31._o gideon_n 40_o year_n judg._n 8._o 28._o abimelech_n 3_o year_n judg._n 9_o 22._o tolah_n 23_o year_n judg._n 10._o 2._o jair_a 22_o year_n judg._n 10._o 3._o jephtah_n 6_o year_n judg._n 12._o 7._o ibsan_n 7_o year_n judg._n 12._o 9_o elon_n judged_n 10_o year_n judg._n 12._o 11._o abdon_n 8_o year_n judg._n 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the_o jewish_a pitch_n with_o his_o grecian_a wing_n and_o attain_v to_o a_o place_n in_o which_o none_o have_v fly_v in_o before_o unless_o the_o therapeutae_n of_o who_o hereafter_o write_v in_o a_o strain_n that_o none_o have_v use_v before_o and_o which_o too_o many_o or_o at_o least_o many_o too_o much_o use_v after_o of_o his_o many_o strange_a and_o mysterious_a matter_n that_o he_o find_v out_o in_o his_o vein_n of_o allegorise_v let_v the_o reader_n taste_v but_o some_o as_o see_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o invisible_a word_n of_o god_n pag._n 5._o and_o pag._n 24._o &_o 169._o &_o 152._o how_o he_o be_v a_o pythagorean_n for_o number_n pag._n 8._o and_o pag._n 15_o 16_o 31._o where_o he_o be_v even_o bewitch_v with_o the_o number_n seven_o and_o pag._n 32_o 33._o as_o the_o therapeutae_n be_v 695._o from_o who_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v suck_v in_o his_o divinity_n pag._n 9_o he_o account_v the_o star_n to_o presage_v future_a thing_n who_o in_o pag._n 12._o he_o almost_o call_v intelligible_a creature_n pag._n 168._o and_o immortal_a spirit_n pag._n 222._o pag._n 12._o he_o seem_v to_o think_v that_o god_n have_v some_o coadjutor_n in_o man_n creation_n pag._n 15._o god_n honour_v the_o seven_o day_n and_o call_v it_o holy_a for_o it_o be_v festival_n not_o to_o one_o people_n or_o region_n only_o but_o to_o all_o which_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v call_v the_o festivity_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o nativity_n of_o the_o world_n pag._n 43._o he_o distinguish_v betwixt_o adam_n form_v and_o make_v earthly_a and_o heavenly_a pag._n 57_o he_o teach_v strange_a doctrine_n which_o follow_v more_o copious_o p._n 61._o about_o two_o nature_n create_v in_o man_n good_a and_o bad_a pag._n 68_o observe_v his_o temperance_n when_o his_o list_n pag._n 86._o he_o believe_v that_o his_o soul_n have_v sometime_o her_o rapture_n and_o teach_v he_o strange_a profound_a and_o unknown_a speculation_n as_o there_o she_o do_v concern_v the_o trinity_n and_o in_o pag._n 89._o he_o think_v he_o talk_v mystery_n pag._n 94._o i'faith_o the_o most_o acceptable_a sacrifice_n a_o unexpected_a confession_n from_o a_o jew_n pag._n 100_o he_o check_v joseph_n the_o patriarch_n for_o impropriety_n of_o speech_n and_o he_o will_v teach_v he_o how_o to_o speak_v pag._n 102._o speak_v of_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o be_v not_o gather_v or_o add_v faint_a or_o fail_v as_o man_n have_v do_v before_o for_o he_o admit_v not_o either_o of_o addition_n or_o defection_n but_o he_o be_v translate_v or_o pass_v away_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o efficient_a word_n by_o which_o the_o universe_n be_v make_v pag._n 122._o he_o be_v again_o very_o unmannerly_a and_o uncivil_a with_o joseph_n and_o so_o be_v he_o again_o in_o pag._n 152._o he_o have_v rather_o lose_v his_o friend_n than_o his_o jest_n and_o censure_v so_o great_a a_o patriarch_n than_o miss_v his_o allegory_n that_o aaron_n use_v imposition_n of_o hand_n upon_o moses_n pag._n 126._o pag._n 127._o that_o abel_n slay_v yet_o live_v as_o heb._n 11._o pag._n 152._o god_n like_o a_o shepherd_n and_o king_n govern_v all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n by_o right_n and_o equity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v over_o they_o his_o upright_a word_n which_o be_v his_o first_o beget_v son_n who_o take_v the_o care_n of_o this_o sacred_a herd_n like_o the_o deputy_n of_o some_o great_a king_n pag._n 161._o he_o show_v his_o learning_n be_v the_o great_a encyclica_fw-la pag._n 168._o he_o call_v angel_n genii_n and_o hero_n according_a to_o the_o greek_n and_o hold_v that_o they_o be_v create_v in_o the_o air_n but_o in_o the_o superior_a part_n of_o it_o near_o the_o sky_n and_o fly_v up_o and_o down_o there_o pag._n 221_o 222._o pag._n
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that_o command_n or_o those_o that_o forbid_v when_o he_o repent_v and_o return_v from_o his_o sin_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o make_v confession_n whosoever_o bring_v a_o offering_n for_o a_o sin_n commit_v either_o out_o of_o ignorance_n or_o presumption_n his_o sin_n be_v not_o expiate_v by_o the_o offering_n until_o he_o make_v a_o oral_a confession_n or_o whosoever_o be_v guilty_a of_o death_n or_o of_o scourge_v by_o the_o sanhedrin_n his_o sin_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o his_o death_n or_o by_o his_o scourge_v if_o he_o do_v not_o repent_v and_o make_v confession_n and_o because_o the_o escape_n goat_n be_v the_o expiation_n for_o all_o israel_n therefore_o the_o high_a priest_n make_v confession_n over_o he_o for_o all_o israel_n it_o be_v worthy_a observe_n that_o when_o john_n urge_v those_o that_o come_v to_o his_o baptism_n to_o repent_v it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o be_v baptize_v confess_v their_o sin_n which_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o repentance_n high_o requisite_a among_o the_o jew_n and_o necessary_a for_o those_o that_o be_v then_o bring_v in_o to_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o hereby_o they_o may_v open_o profess_v that_o they_o renounce_v the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n it_o be_v worthy_a of_o observe_v also_o that_o john_n say_v not_o repent_v and_o believe_v the_o gospel_n which_o our_o saviour_n do_v matth._n iu._n 17._o and_o yet_o john_n preach_v the_o gospel_n mark_v i._o 1_o 2._o joh._n i._n 7._o for_o his_o office_n chief_o be_v to_o make_v christ_n know_v who_o when_o he_o shall_v come_v be_v to_o be_v the_o great_a preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n therefore_o the_o baptist_n do_v very_o proper_o urge_v repentance_n upon_o those_o that_o look_v for_o the_o messiah_n and_o the_o text_n of_o the_o gospel_n use_v a_o very_a proper_a word_n to_o express_v true_a and_o lively_a repentance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v at_o hand_n i._o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n in_o matthew_n be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o the_o other_o evangelist_n compare_v these_o place_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v at_o hand_n matth._n iu._n 17._o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v at_o hand_n mark_v i._o 15._o the_o poor_a in_o spirit_n they_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n matth._n v._o 3._o bless_a be_v the_o poor_a for_o you_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n luke_n vi_o 20._o the_o least_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n chap._n xi_o 11._o the_o least_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n luke_n vii_o 28._o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n chap._n xiii_o 11._o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n luke_n viii_o 10._o little_a child_n of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n chap._n xix_o 14._o little_a child_n of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n mark_v x._o 14._o and_o so_o we_o have_v it_o elsewhere_o very_a often_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heaven_n be_v very_o usual_o in_o the_o jewish_a dialect_n take_v for_o god_n dan._n iu._n 25._o matth._n xxi_o 25._o luke_n xv._o 21._o joh._n iii_o 27._o and_o in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a speech_n scatter_v in_o the_o talmudist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d death_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n of_o heaven_n be_v profane_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o worship_n of_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o help_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n â—â—â—â—â—_z etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n eâ—ias_n levit._n inâ—â—â—â—â—_n â—â—â—â—â—_z for_o they_o call_v god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o heaven_n because_o his_o habitation_n be_v in_o heaven_n the_o story_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v relate_v groan_v out_o under_o their_o persecution_n these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o heaven_n that_o be_v as_o the_o gloss_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ah_o jehovah_n ii_o this_o manner_n of_o speech_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v take_v from_o daniel_n chap._n vii_o 13_o 14._o where_o after_o the_o description_n of_o the_o four_o earthly_a and_o tyrannical_a monarchy_n that_o be_v the_o babylonian_a mede-persian_a grecian_a and_o syrogrecian_a and_o the_o destruction_n of_o they_o at_o last_o the_o entrance_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o christ_n be_v describe_v as_o it_o be_v universal_a over_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o eternal_a throughout_o all_o age_n under_o who_o the_o rule_n and_o dominion_n and_o authority_n of_o kingdom_n under_o the_o whole_a heaven_n be_v give_v to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a vers_n 27._o that_o be_v whereas_o before_o the_o rule_n have_v be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o heathen_a king_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o christ_n there_o shall_v be_v christian_a king_n unto_o which_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n have_v respect_n 1_o cor._n vi_o 2._o know_v you_o not_o that_o the_o saint_n shall_v judge_v the_o world_n true_o i_o admire_v that_o the_o fulfil_n of_o that_o vision_n and_o prophecy_n in_o daniel_n shall_v be_v lengthen_v out_o still_o into_o i_o know_v not_o what_o long_a and_o late_a expectation_n not_o to_o receive_v its_o completion_n before_o rome_n and_o antichrist_n shall_v fall_v since_o the_o book_n of_o the_o gospel_n afford_v we_o a_o commentary_n clear_a than_o the_o sun_n that_o that_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n take_v its_o beginning_n immediate_o upon_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o both_o the_o baptist_n and_o christ_n publish_v the_o approach_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n from_o their_o very_a first_o preach_v certain_o for_o any_o to_o think_v that_o the_o fulfil_n of_o those_o thing_n in_o daniel_n do_v not_o then_o begin_v for_o my_o part_n i_o think_v it_o be_v to_o grope_v in_o the_o dark_a either_o through_o wilfulness_n or_o ignorance_n iii_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n imply_v 1._o the_o exhibition_n and_o manifestation_n of_o the_o messiah_n matth._n xii_o 28._o but_o if_o i_o by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n cast_v out_o devil_n the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v come_v upon_o you_o that_o be_v hence_o be_v the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o messiah_n see_v joh._n iii_o 3._o &_o xii_o chap._n 13_o etc._n etc._n 2._o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n death_n hell_n satan_n be_v conquer_v whence_o be_v a_o most_o evident_a manifestation_n that_o he_o be_v that_o eternal_a king_n etc._n etc._n see_v matth._n xxvi_o 29._o &_o rom._n i._n 4._o 3._o his_o vengeance_n upon_o the_o jewish_a nation_n his_o most_o implacable_a enemy_n this_o be_v another_o and_o most_o eminent_a manifestation_n of_o he_o see_v matth._n xvi_o 28._o &_o chap._n xix_o 28._o 4._o his_o dominion_n by_o the_o sceptre_n of_o the_o gospel_n among_o the_o gentile_n matth._n xxi_o 43._o in_o this_o place_n which_o be_v before_o we_o it_o point_v out_o the_o exhibition_n and_o revelation_n of_o the_o messiah_n iv_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n very_o frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o jewish_a writer_n we_o will_v produce_v some_o place_n let_v the_o reader_n gather_v the_o sense_n of_o they_o 2._o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o beracoth_fw-mi cap._n 2._o hall_n 2._o r._n joshua_n ben_fw-mi kercha_n say_v in_o recite_v the_o phylactery_n why_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hear_v o_o israel_n deut._n vi._n 4._o etc._n etc._n recite_v before_o that_o passage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o you_o shall_v harken_v deut._n xi_o 13._o &c._n &c._n to_o wit_n that_o a_o man_n first_o take_v upon_o himself_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o then_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o precept_n so_o the_o jerusalem_n mishnah_n have_v it_o but_o the_o babylonian_a thus_o that_o
and_o that_o country_n be_v peculiar_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o canaan_n distinct_o from_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n hence_o jabin_n the_o king_n of_o hazor_n be_v call_v the_o king_n of_o canaan_n judg._n iu._n 2._o and_o the_o king_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n if_o i_o mistake_v not_o be_v call_v the_o king_n of_o the_o hittite_n 1_o king_n x._o 29._o ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o greek_a woman_n a_o syrophenician_n although_o judea_n and_o almost_o the_o whole_a world_n have_v now_o a_o long_a while_n stoop_v under_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o roman_n yet_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o syrogrecian_a kingdom_n and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v not_o yet_o vanish_v and_o that_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v note_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 10._o 1._o in_o the_o captivity_n they_o compute_v the_o year_n only_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o greek_n they_o say_v before_o 2._o before_o before_o before_o before_o before_o before_o fol._n 8._o 2._o that_o the_o roman_n for_o a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n rule_v over_o the_o jew_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o yet_o they_o do_v not_o compute_v the_o time_n to_o that_o destruction_n by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o roman_n but_o by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o greek_n let_v the_o jew_n themselves_o well_o consider_v this_o and_o the_o christian_n with_o they_o who_o reckon_v the_o roman_a for_o the_o four_o monarchy_n in_o daniel_n therefore_o that_o woman_n that_o be_v here_o speak_v of_o to_o reduce_v all_o into_o a_o short_a conclusion_n be_v a_o syrogrecian_a by_o nation_n a_o phenician_a in_o respect_n of_o her_o habitation_n and_o from_o thence_o call_v a_o woman_n of_o canaan_n verse_n xxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o dog_n by_o this_o title_n the_o jew_n out_o of_o spite_n and_o contempt_n disgrace_v the_o gentile_n who_o first_o care_v it_o be_v to_o hate_v to_o mock_v and_o to_o curse_v all_o beside_o themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d midr._fw-la tillen_n fol._n 6._o 3._o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v the_o heathen_a be_v liken_v to_o dog_n from_o the_o common_a speech_n of_o the_o nation_n rather_o than_o from_o his_o own_o sense_n our_o saviour_n use_v this_o expression_n to_o who_o the_o gentile_n be_v not_o so_o hateful_a and_o who_o custom_n be_v to_o speak_v with_o the_o vulgar_a this_o ignominious_a name_n like_o a_o stone_n cast_v at_o the_o heathen_a at_o length_n fall_v upon_o their_o own_o head_n and_o that_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n direct_v it_o for_o although_o they_o out_o of_o pride_n and_o contempt_n fix_v that_o disgraceful_a name_n upon_o the_o gentile_n according_a to_o their_o very_a jâ—â—t_n desert_n the_o holy_a spirit_n recoil_v it_o upon_o themselves_o see_v psal._n lix_n 6._o phil._n iii_o 2._o rev._n xxii_o 15_o etc._n etc._n verse_n xxxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o give_v thanks_o and_o brake_n see_v vii_o see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v chap._n vii_o here_o the_o tract_n beracoth_n where_o it_o be_v discourse_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o give_v thanks_o when_o many_o eat_v together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d three_o who_o eat_v together_o ought_v to_o give_v thanks_o together_o that_o be_v one_o give_v thanks_o for_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o gloss_n write_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n say_v let_v we_o give_v thanks_o so_o when_o there_o be_v ten_o or_o a_o hundred_o or_o a_o thousand_o or_o more_o one_o give_v thanks_o for_o all_o and_o they_o answer_v after_o he_o amen_o or_o some_o word_n which_o he_o have_v recite_v 3._o recite_v recite_v recite_v recite_v recite_v recite_v see_v halac_n 3._o chap._n xvi_o verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v you_o not_o discern_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o time_n the_o jew_n be_v very_o curious_a in_o observe_v the_o season_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o air._n 2._o air._n air._n air._n air._n air._n air._n bab._n joy_v fol._n 21._o 2._o in_o the_o go_v out_o of_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n all_o observe_v the_o rise_n of_o the_o smoke_n if_o the_o smoke_n bend_v northward_o the_o poor_a rejoice_v but_o the_o rich_a be_v trouble_v because_o there_o will_v be_v much_o rain_n the_o follow_a year_n and_o the_o fruit_n will_v be_v corrupt_v if_o it_o bend_v southward_o the_o poor_a grieve_v and_o the_o rich_a rejoice_v for_o then_o there_o will_v be_v few_o rain_v that_o year_n and_o the_o fruit_n will_v be_v sound_a if_o eastward_o all_o rejoice_v if_o westward_o all_o be_v trouble_v the_o gloss_n be_v they_o observe_v this_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n because_o the_o day_n before_o the_o decree_n of_o their_o judgement_n concern_v the_o rain_n of_o that_o year_n be_v sign_v as_o the_o tradition_n be_v in_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n they_o judge_v concern_v the_o rain_n 2._o rain_n rain_n rain_n rain_n rain_n rain_n hieros_n taâ—nith_n fol._n 65._o 2._o r._n acha_n say_v if_o any_o wise_a man_n have_v be_v in_o zippor_n when_o the_o first_o rain_n fall_v he_o may_v soretell_v the_o moystness_n of_o the_o year_n by_o the_o very_a smell_n of_o the_o dust_n etc._n etc._n but_o they_o be_v dim-sighted_a at_o the_o sign_n of_o time_n that_o be_v at_o those_o eminent_a sign_n which_o plain_o point_v as_o with_o the_o finger_n and_o by_o a_o visible_a mark_n that_o now_o those_o time_n that_o be_v so_o much_o foretell_v and_o expect_v even_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v at_o hand_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v can_v you_o not_o distinguish_v that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v come_v by_o those_o sign_n which_o plain_o declare_v it_o do_v you_o not_o observe_v daniel_n week_n now_o expire_n be_v you_o not_o under_o a_o yoke_n the_o shake_n off_o of_o which_o you_o have_v neither_o any_o hope_n at_o all_o nor_o expectation_n to_o do_v do_v you_o not_o see_v how_o the_o nation_n be_v sink_v into_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n be_v not_o miracle_n do_v by_o i_o such_o as_o be_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v before_o do_v you_o not_o consider_v a_o infinite_a multitude_n flow_v in_o even_o to_o a_o miracle_n to_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o that_o the_o mind_n of_o all_o man_n be_v raise_v into_o a_o present_a expectation_n of_o the_o messiah_n strange_a blindness_n voluntary_a and_o yet_o send_v upon_o you_o from_o heaven_n your_o sin_n and_o your_o punishment_n too_o they_o see_v all_o thing_n which_o may_v demonstrate_v and_o declare_v a_o messiah_n but_o they_o will_v not_o see_v verse_n vi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n beware_v of_o the_o leaven_n of_o the_o pharisee_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v two_o thing_n especial_o which_o seem_v to_o have_v drive_v the_o disciple_n into_o a_o mistake_a interpretation_n â—â—_o these_o word_n so_o that_o they_o understand_v they_o of_o leaven_n proper_o so_o call_v i._o that_o they_o have_v more_o seldom_o hear_v leaven_n use_v for_o doctrine_n the_o metaphorical_a use_n of_o it_o indeed_o be_v frequent_a among_o they_o in_o a_o ill_a sense_n namely_o for_o evil_a affection_n and_o the_o naughtiness_n of_o the_o heart_n but_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v more_o rare_a if_o any_o at_o all_o for_o evil_a doctrine_n thus_o one_o pray_v 1._o pray_v pray_v pray_v pray_v pray_v pray_v bab._n berac_n fol._n 17._o 1._o lord_n of_o age_n it_o be_v reveal_v and_o know_v before_o thy_o face_n that_o we_o will_v do_v thy_o will_n but_o do_v thou_o subdue_v that_o which_o hinder_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d namely_o the_o leaven_n which_o be_v in_o the_o lump_n and_o the_o tyranny_n of_o heathen_a kingdom_n where_o the_o gloss_n be_v thus_o the_o leaven_n which_o be_v in_o the_o lump_n be_v evil_a affection_n which_o leaven_n we_o in_o our_o heart_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n rosh_n hashanah_n f_z 3._o 2._o cyrus_n be_v leaven_v that_o be_v grow_v worse_a sometime_o it_o be_v use_v in_o a_o better_a sense_n the_o 17._o the_o the_o the_o the_o the_o the_o kimchi_n in_o esal_n cap._n i._n 17._o rabbin_n say_v bless_a be_v that_o judge_n who_o leaven_v his_o judgement_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v concern_v doctrine_n but_o concern_v deliberation_n in_o judgement_n ii_o because_o very_o exact_a care_n be_v take_v by_o the_o pharisaical_a canon_n what_o leaven_n be_v to_o be_v use_v and_o what_o not_o disputation_n occur_v here_o and_o there_o whether_o heathen_a leaven_n be_v to_o be_v etc._n s_o see_n hieros_n 3_o chabb_n fol._n 3._o 3_o etc._n etc._n use_v and_o
undoubted_a sign_n of_o love_n towards_o god_n verse_n xxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sell_v what_o thou_o have_v and_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a when_o christ_n call_v it_o perfection_n to_o sell_v all_o and_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a he_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o idiom_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o think_v so_o and_o he_o try_v this_o rich_a man_n boast_v of_o his_o exact_a performance_n of_o the_o law_n whether_o when_o he_o pretend_v to_o aspire_v to_o eternal_a life_n he_o will_v aspire_v to_o that_o perfection_n which_o his_o countryman_n so_o praise_v not_o that_o hence_o he_o either_o devote_a christian_n to_o voluntary_a poverty_n or_o that_o he_o exhort_v this_o man_n to_o rest_v ultimate_o in_o a_o pharisaical_a perfection_n but_o lift_v up_o his_o mind_n to_o the_o renounce_n of_o worldly_a thing_n he_o provoke_v he_o to_o it_o by_o the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o the_o pharisee_n which_o he_o profess_v â—_o profess_v profess_v profess_v profess_v profess_v profess_v peah_o cap._n 1._o hal._n â—_o for_o these_o thing_n the_o measure_n be_v not_o state_v for_o the_o corner_n of_o the_o field_n to_o be_v leave_v for_o the_o poor_a for_o the_o first-fruit_n for_o the_o appearance_n in_o the_o temple_n according_a to_o the_o law_n exod._n xxiii_o 15_o 17._o where_o what_o or_o how_o great_a a_o oblation_n be_v to_o be_v bring_v be_v not_o appoint_v for_o the_o show_a mercy_n and_o for_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n the_o casuist_n discuss_v that_o point_n of_o show_v mercy_n do_v thus_o determine_v concern_v it_o a_o state_v measure_n be_v not_o indeed_o prescribe_v to_o the_o show_v of_o mercy_n as_o to_o the_o afford_v poor_a man_n help_v with_o thy_o body_n that_o be_v with_o thy_o bodily_a labour_n but_o as_o to_o money_n there_o be_v a_o state_v measure_n namely_o the_o five_o part_n of_o thy_o wealth_n nor_o be_v any_o bind_v to_o give_v the_o poor_a above_o the_o five_o part_n of_o his_o estate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unless_o he_o do_v it_o out_o of_o extraordinary_a devotion_n see_v rambam_n upon_o the_o place_n and_o the_o jerusalem_n gemara_n where_o the_o example_n of_o r._n ishbab_n be_v produce_v distribute_v all_o his_o good_n to_o the_o poor_a verse_n xxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n a_o camel_n to_o go_v through_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o needle_n etc._n etc._n aphrase_n use_v in_o the_o school_n intimate_v a_o thing_n very_o unusual_a and_o very_a difficult_a there_o where_o the_o discourse_n be_v concern_v dream_n and_o their_o interpretation_n these_o word_n be_v add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rab._n berac_n fol._n 55._o 2._o they_o do_v not_o show_v a_o man_n a_o palmtree_n of_o gold_n nor_o a_o elephant_n go_v through_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o needle_n the_o gloss_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o he_o be_v not_o wont_a to_o see_v nor_o concern_v which_o he_o ever_o think_v in_o like_a manner_n r._n sheshith_n answer_v r._n amram_n dispute_v with_o he_o and_o assert_v something_o that_o be_v incongruous_a in_o these_o word_n 2._o word_n word_n word_n word_n word_n word_n bava_n mezia_n fol._n 38._o 2._o perhaps_o thou_o be_v one_o of_o those_o of_o pombeditha_n who_o can_v make_v a_o elephant_n pass_v through_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o needle_n that_o be_v as_o the_o aruch_n interpret_v it_o who_o speak_v thing_n that_o be_v impossible_a verse_n xxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o that_o have_v follow_v i_o in_o the_o regeneration_n that_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v renew_v at_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o the_o preach_a of_o the_o gospel_n the_o scripture_n assert_v and_o the_o jew_n believe_v but_o in_o a_o grosser_n sense_n which_o we_o observe_v at_o chap._n xxiv_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d regeneration_n call_v back_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o disciple_n to_o a_o right_a apprehension_n of_o the_o thing_n imply_v that_o renovation_n concern_v which_o the_o scripture_n speak_v be_v not_o of_o the_o body_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o world_n but_o that_o it_o consist_v in_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o manner_n doctrine_n and_o a_o dispensation_n conduce_v thereunto_o man_n be_v to_o be_v renew_v regenerate_v not_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o world_n this_o very_a thing_n he_o teach_v nicodemus_n treat_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n joh._n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o his_o glory_n you_o also_o shall_v sit_v these_o word_n be_v fetch_v out_o of_o daniel_n chap._n vii_o ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n i_o wonder_v shall_v be_v translate_v by_o the_o interpreter_n aben_n ezra_n r._n saadia_n and_o other_o as_o well_o jew_n as_o christian_n throne_n be_v cast_v down_o r._n solomon_n the_o vulgar_a and_o other_o read_v it_o right_a throne_n be_v set_v up_o where_o lyranus_fw-la thus_o he_o say_v throne_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n because_o not_o only_a christ_n shall_v judge_n but_o the_o apostle_n and_o perfect_a man_n shall_v assist_v he_o in_o judgement_n sit_v upon_o throne_n the_o same_o way_n very_o many_o interpreter_n bend_v the_o word_n under_o our_o hand_n namely_o that_o the_o saint_n shall_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n sit_v with_o christ_n and_o approve_v and_o applaud_v his_o judgement_n but_o 1._o beside_o that_o the_o scene_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n paint_v out_o in_o the_o scripture_n do_v always_o represent_v as_o well_o the_o saint_n as_o the_o wicked_a stand_n before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n mat._n xxv_o 32._o 2_o cor._n v._o 10._o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v mention_v here_o only_o of_o twelve_o throne_n and_o 2._o we_o have_v mention_v only_o of_o judge_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n the_o sense_n therefore_o of_o the_o place_n may_v very_o well_o be_v find_v out_o by_o weigh_v these_o thing_n follow_v i._o that_o those_o throne_n set_v up_o in_o daniel_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o last_o judgement_n of_o christ_n but_o of_o his_o judgement_n in_o his_o entrance_n upon_o his_o evangelical_n government_n when_o he_o be_v make_v by_o his_o father_n chief_a ruler_n king_n and_o judge_n of_o all_o thing_n psal._n ii_o 6._o mat._n xxviii_o 18._o joh._n v._o 27._o for_o observe_v the_o scope_n and_o series_n of_o the_o prophet_n that_o after_o the_o four_o monarchy_n namely_o the_o babylonian_a the_o mede-persian_a the_o grecian_a and_o the_o syrogrecian_a which_o monarchy_n have_v vex_v the_o world_n and_o the_o church_n by_o their_o tyranny_n be_v destroy_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n shall_v rise_v etc._n etc._n those_o word_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v at_o hand_n that_o judiciary_n scene_n set_v up_o rev._n iu._n &_o v._o and_o those_o throne_n rev._n xx._n 1._o etc._n etc._n do_v interpret_v daniel_n to_o this_o sense_n ii_o the_o throne_n of_o glory_n concern_v which_o the_o word_n before_o we_o be_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o judgement_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v bring_v upon_o the_o treacherous_a rebellious_a wicked_a jewish_a people_n we_o meet_v with_o very_o frequent_a mention_n of_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o glory_n in_o this_o sense_n which_o we_o discourse_v more_o large_o of_o at_o chap._n xxiv_o iii_o that_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o apostle_n upon_o throne_n with_o christ_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o their_o person_n it_o be_v sufficient_o prove_v because_o judas_n be_v now_o one_o of_o the_o number_n but_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o their_o doctrine_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v when_o i_o shall_v bring_v judgement_n upon_o this_o most_o unjust_a nation_n than_o your_o doctrine_n which_o you_o have_v preach_v in_o my_o name_n shall_v judge_n and_o condemn_v they_o see_v rom._n ii_o 16._o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v to_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n chap._n xx._n verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o go_v out_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n to_o hire_v labourer_n you_o have_v such_o a_o parable_n as_o this_o but_o mad_o apply_v in_o the_o talmud_n we_o will_v produce_v it_o here_o for_o sake_n of_o some_o phrase_n 3._o phrase_n phrase_n phrase_n phrase_n phrase_n phrase_n hierof_o berac_n fol._n 5._o 3._o to_o what_o be_v r._n bon_n bar_n chaija_n like_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o king_n who_o hire_v many_o labourer_n among_o which_o there_o be_v one_o hire_v who_o perform_v his_o work_n extraordinary_a well_o what_o do_v the_o king_n he_o take_v he_o aside_o and_o walk_v with_o he_o to_o and_o fro_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o even_o be_v come_v those_o labourer_n come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
all_o come_v to_o pass_v etc._n etc._n 3._o etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n jerusal_n maasar_n sheâ—â—_n fol_z 5â—_n 2._o 3._o you_o have_v r._n joses_n ben_fw-mi chelpatha_fw-mi r._n ishmael_n ben_fw-mi r._n jose_n r._n lazar_n and_o r._n akiba_n interpret_n divers_a dream_n and_o many_o come_n to_o they_o for_o interpretation_n of_o their_o dream_n nay_o you_o see_v there_o the_o disciple_n of_o r._n lazar_n in_o his_o absence_n practise_v this_o art_n see_v there_o also_o many_o story_n about_o this_o business_n which_o it_o will_v be_v too_o much_o here_o to_o transcribe_v ii_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o people_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o more_o use_v or_o be_v more_o fond_a of_o annulet_n charm_n muttering_n exorcism_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o enchantment_n we_o may_v here_o produce_v innumerable_a example_n a_o handful_n shall_v serve_v we_o out_o of_o the_o harvest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shabb._n chap._n 6._o hall_n 6._o let_v not_o any_o one_o go_v abroad_o with_o his_o amulet_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n unless_o that_o amulet_n be_v prescribe_v by_o a_o approve_a physician_n or_o unless_o it_o be_v a_o approve_a amulet_n see_v the_o gemara_n now_o these_o annulet_n be_v either_o little_a root_n hang_v about_o the_o neck_n of_o sick_a person_n or_o what_o be_v more_o common_a bit_n of_o paper_n with_o word_n write_v on_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o they_o suppose_v that_o disease_n be_v either_o drive_v away_o or_o cure_v which_o they_o be_v all_o the_o week_n but_o be_v forbid_v to_o wear_v on_o the_o sabbath_n unless_o with_o a_o caution_n 2._o caution_n caution_n caution_n caution_n caution_n caution_n jerus_n iâ—id_fw-la fol._n 8._o 2._o they_o do_v not_o say_v a_o charm_n over_o a_o wound_n on_o the_o sabbath_n that_o also_o which_o be_v say_v over_o a_o mandrake_n be_v forbid_v on_o the_o sabbath_n if_o any_o one_o say_v come_v and_o say_v this_o versicle_n over_o my_o son_n or_o lay_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o he_o to_o make_v he_o sleep_v it_o be_v forbid_v that_o be_v on_o the_o sabbath_n but_o on_o other_o day_n be_v usual_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o use_v to_o say_v the_o psalm_n of_o meeting_n that_o be_v against_o unlucky_a meeting_n at_o jerusalem_n r._n judan_n say_v sometime_o after_o such_o a_o meeting_n and_o sometime_o when_o no_o such_o meeting_n have_v happen_v but_o what_o be_v the_o psalm_n of_o meeting_n the_o three_o psalm_n lord_n how_o be_v my_o foe_n increase_v even_o all_o the_o psalm_n and_o the_o ninety_o first_o psalm_n he_o that_o dwell_v in_o the_o secret_a place_n of_o the_o most_o high_a to_o the_o nine_o verse_n 3._o verse_n verse_n verse_n verse_n verse_n verse_n ibid._n col_fw-fr 3._o there_o be_v a_o discourse_n of_o many_o thing_n which_o they_o use_v to_o carry_v about_o with_o they_o as_o remedy_n against_o certain_a ail_v and_o of_o muttering_n over_o wound_n and_o there_o you_o may_v see_v that_o while_o they_o avoid_v the_o enchantment_n of_o the_o amorites_n they_o have_v and_o allow_v their_o own_o 1._o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o own_o bab._n joma_n fol._n 84._o 1._o you_o have_v the_o form_n of_o a_o enchantment_n against_o a_o mad_a dog_n and_o 2._o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o avodah_n zarah_n fol._n 12._o 2._o the_o form_n of_o enchantment_n against_o the_o devil_n of_o blindness_n 4._o blindness_n blindness_n blindness_n blindness_n blindness_n blindness_n hieros_n schab_n fol._n 13._o 4._o &_o avod_n zarah_n fol._n 40._o 4._o you_o have_v muttering_n and_o enchantment_n even_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n see_v also_o the_o bab._n sanhedr_n 1._o sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n sanhedr_n fol._n 101._o 1._o concern_v these_o kind_n of_o muttering_n iii_o so_o skilful_a be_v they_o in_o conjure_n enchantment_n and_o sorcery_n that_o they_o wrought_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d great_a sign_n many_o villainy_n and_o more_o wonder_n we_o pass_v by_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o sacred_a story_n relate_v of_o simon_n magus_n elymas_n the_o son_n of_o sceva_n etc._n etc._n and_o josephus_n of_o other_o we_o will_v only_o produce_v example_n out_o of_o the_o talmud_n a_o few_o out_o of_o many_o you_o will_v wonder_v in_o the_o entrance_n at_o these_o two_o thing_n in_o order_n to_o the_o speak_n of_o their_o magical_a exploit_n and_o thence_o you_o will_v conjecture_v at_o the_o very_a common_a practice_n of_o these_o evil_a art_n among_o that_o people_n 1._o that_o the_o senior_n who_o be_v choose_v into_o the_o council_n aught_o to_o be_v skill_v in_o the_o art_n of_o astrologer_n juggler_n diviner_n sorcerer_n etc._n etc._n that_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o judge_n of_o those_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o same_o 2._o same_o same_o same_o same_o same_o same_o maimon_n sanheâ—r_n chap._n 2._o 2._o the_o master_n tell_v we_o that_o a_o certain_a chamber_n be_v build_v by_o a_o magician_n in_o the_o temple_n itself_o 3._o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o gloss._n on_o middoth_n chap._n 5._o hall_n 3._o the_o chamber_n of_o happarva_n be_v build_v by_o a_o certain_a magician_n who_o name_n be_v parvah_n by_o art_n magic_n 3._o magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n hieros_n sanhedr_n fol._n 18._o 3._o four_o and_o twenty_o of_o the_o school_n rabbi_n intercalate_v the_o year_n at_o lydda_n be_v kill_v by_o a_o evil_a eye_n that_o be_v with_o sorcery_n 4_o sorcery_n sorcery_n sorcery_n sorcery_n sorcery_n sorcery_n ibid._n f._n 25._o 4_o r._n joshua_n outdo_v a_o magician_n in_o magic_n and_o drown_v he_o in_o the_o sea_n in_o bab._n taanith_n 24._o taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n taanith_n fol._n 24._o several_a miracle_n be_v relate_v that_o the_o rabbin_n have_v wrought_v 2._o wrought_v wrought_v wrought_v wrought_v wrought_v wrought_v hieros_n sanhedr_n fol._n 23._o 3_o bab._n sanhedr_n fol._n 44._o 2._o elsewhere_o there_o be_v a_o story_n tell_v of_o eighty_o woman_n sorceress_n at_o ascalon_n who_o be_v hang_v in_o one_o day_n by_o simeon_n ben_fw-mi shetah_n and_o the_o woman_n of_o israel_n say_v the_o gloss_n have_v general_o fall_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o sorcery_n as_o we_o have_v mention_v before_o it_o be_v relate_v of_o abundance_n of_o rabbi_n that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d skilful_a in_o work_v miracle_n thus_o abba_n chelchia_n and_o 1_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o juchas_fw-es f._n 20._o 1_o chanin_n and_o 2._o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o and_o id._n fol._n 56._o 2._o r._n chanina_n ben_fw-mi dusa_n of_o which_o r._n chanina_n ben_fw-mi dusa_n there_o be_v almost_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o story_n concern_v the_o miracle_n he_o wrought_v which_o savour_n enough_o and_o too_o much_o of_o magic_n 34._o magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n magic_n see_v bab._n berac_n f._n 33._o &_o 34._o and_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v tedious_a in_o produce_v example_n what_o can_v we_o say_v of_o the_o fasting-rabby_n cause_v it_o to_o rain_v in_o effect_n when_o they_o please_v of_o which_o there_o be_v abundaance_n of_o story_n in_o taanith_n what_o can_v we_o say_v of_o the_o bath_n kol_fw-mi very_o frequent_o applaud_v the_o rabbin_n out_o of_o heaven_n of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o what_o can_v we_o say_v of_o the_o death_n or_o plague_n foretell_v by_o the_o rabbin_n to_o befall_v this_o or_o that_o man_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v just_a according_a as_o they_o be_v foretell_v i_o rather_o suspect_v some_o magic_a art_n in_o most_o of_o these_o than_o fiction_n in_o all_o iu._n false_a christ_n break_v out_o and_o appear_v in_o public_a with_o their_o witchcraft_n so_o much_o the_o frequenter_a and_o more_o impudent_a as_o the_o city_n and_o people_n draw_v near_o to_o its_o ruin_n because_o the_o people_n believe_v the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v manifest_v before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n and_o each_o of_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v the_o messiah_n by_o these_o sign_n from_o the_o word_n of_o isaiah_n 7._o isaiah_n isaiah_n isaiah_n isaiah_n isaiah_n isaiah_n chap._n lxvi_o 7._o before_o her_o pain_n come_v she_o be_v deliver_v of_o a_o man_n child_n the_o doctor_n conclude_v that_o the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v manifest_v before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n thus_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v upon_o the_o place_n she_o shall_v be_v save_v before_o her_o utmost_a extremity_n and_o her_o king_n shall_v be_v reveal_v before_o her_o pain_n of_o childbirth_n mark_v that_o also_o 1._o also_o also_o also_o also_o also_o also_o bab._n joma_n fol._n 10._o 1._o the_o son_n of_o david_n will_v not_o come_v till_o the_o wicked_a empire_n of_o the_o roman_n shall_v have_v spread_v itself_o over_o all_o the_o world_n nine_o month_n as_o it_o be_v say_v therefore_o will_v he_o give_v they_o up_o until_o the_o time_n that_o she_o which_o
they_o read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o in_o the_o original_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o yet_o be_v not_o wash_v from_o its_o filthiness_n verse_n li._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o time_n be_v come_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v receive_v up_o it_o be_v a_o difficulty_n among_o some_o why_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o mention_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o receive_n up_o when_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o his_o death_n but_o let_v it_o be_v only_o grant_v that_o under_o that_o expression_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v include_v the_o ascension_n of_o christ_n and_o then_o the_o difficulty_n be_v solve_v the_o evangelist_n seem_v from_o thence_o to_o calculate_v moses_n and_o elias_n have_v speak_v of_o his_o departure_n out_o of_o this_o world_n that_o be_v of_o his_o final_a departure_n when_o he_o take_v leave_v of_o it_o at_o his_o ascension_n into_o heaven_n and_o from_o thence_o forward_o till_o the_o time_n shall_v come_v wherein_o he_o shall_v be_v receive_v up_o he_o steadfast_o set_v his_o face_n towards_o jerusalem_n resolve_v with_o himself_o to_o be_v present_a at_o all_o the_o feast_n that_o shall_v precede_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o receive_v up_o he_o go_v therefore_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o what_o he_o do_v there_o we_o have_v it_o tell_v we_o john_n vii_o after_o ten_o week_n or_o thereabouts_o he_o go_v up_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n chap._n xiii_o 22._o and_o joh._n x._o 22._o and_o at_o length_n to_o the_o last_o feast_n of_o all_o his_o own_o passover_n chap._n xvii_o 11._o verse_n lii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o a_o village_n of_o the_o samaritan_n it_o may_v be_v a_o question_n whether_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o journey_v to_o and_o from_o jerusalem_n will_v ordinary_o deign_v to_o lodge_v in_o any_o of_o the_o samaritan_n to_n but_o if_o necessity_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n compel_v they_o to_o betake_v themselves_o into_o any_o of_o their_o inn_n we_o must_v know_v that_o nothing_o but_o their_o mere_a hatred_n to_o the_o nation_n can_v forbid_v they_o for_o 4._o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o hieros_n avod_fw-la zarah_n fol._n 44._o 4._o their_o land_n be_v clean_a their_o water_n be_v clean_o their_o dwelling_n be_v clean_o and_o their_o road_n be_v clean_o so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o offence_n or_o danger_n of_o uncleanness_n in_o their_o dwell_n and_o so_o long_o as_o the_o samaritan_n in_o most_o thing_n come_v the_o near_a the_o jewish_a religion_n of_o all_o other_o there_o be_v less_o danger_n of_o be_v defile_v either_o in_o their_o meat_n or_o bed_n or_o table_n etc._n etc._n verse_n lv._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o know_v not_o what_o manner_n of_o spirit_n you_o be_v of_o what_o elias_n once_o do_v to_o those_o of_o samaria_n the_o son_n of_o zebedee_n have_v a_o ambition_n to_o imitate_v in_o this_o place_n dream_v as_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o there_o be_v those_o thunder_n and_o lightning_n in_o their_o very_a name_n boanarge_n that_o shall_v break_v out_o at_o pleasure_n for_o the_o death_n and_o destruction_n of_o those_o that_o provoke_v they_o but_o can_v you_o not_o see_v o_o you_o son_n of_o zebedee_n how_o careful_a and_o tender_a your_o master_n be_v from_o the_o very_a bottom_n of_o his_o soul_n about_o the_o life_n and_o well-being_n of_o mankind_n how_o he_o heal_v the_o sick_a cure_v those_o that_o be_v possess_v with_o devil_n and_o raise_v the_o dead_a and_o will_v you_o be_v breathe_a slaughter_n and_o fire_n and_o no_o less_o destruction_n to_o the_o town_n than_o what_o have_v happen_v to_o sodom_n alas_o you_o do_v not_o know_v or_o have_v not_o consider_v what_o kind_n of_o spirit_n and_o temper_n become_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o messiah_n verse_n lx._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o dead_a bury_v their_o dead_a the_o jew_n account_v of_o the_o gentile_n as_o no_o other_o than_o dead_a 2._o dead_a dead_a dead_a dead_a dead_a dead_a chetubboth_n fol._n 3._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v the_o gentile_n do_v not_o live_v and_o as_o the_o gentile_n so_o even_o among_o themselves_o these_o four_o sort_n be_v so_o esteem_v 1._o esteem_v esteem_v esteem_v esteem_v esteem_v esteem_v shemoth_n rabb_n fol._n 123._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o four_o be_v account_v as_o dead_a the_o blind_a the_o leprose_n the_o poor_a and_o the_o childless_a chap._n x._o verse_n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seventy_o why_o the_o vulgar_a shall_v have_v seventy_o and_o two_o they_o themselves_o i_o suppose_v be_v able_a to_o give_v no_o very_a good_a reason_n much_o less_o the_o interpreter_n of_o titus_n bostrensis_n when_o in_o the_o greek_a copy_n before_o he_o he_o see_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o he_o shall_v render_v septuaginta_fw-la dvos_fw-la seventy_o two_o who_o can_v tell_v aben_n ezra_n upon_o the_o story_n of_o eldad_n and_o medad_n xi_o medad_n medad_n medad_n medad_n medad_n medad_n numb_a xi_o have_v this_o passage_n the_o wise_a man_n say_v that_o moses_n take_v six_o out_o of_o every_o tribe_n and_o the_o whole_a number_n amount_v to_o seventy_o and_o two_o but_o whereas_o the_o lord_n have_v command_v only_o seventy_o the_o odd_a two_o be_v lay_v aside_o now_o if_o god_n lay_v aside_o two_o of_o those_o who_o have_v be_v enroll_v and_o endow_v with_o the_o holy_a spirit_n that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v the_o just_a number_n of_o seventy_o only_a we_o can_v hardly_o imagine_v why_o our_o saviour_n shall_v add_v two_o to_o make_v it_o lxxii_o and_o not_o lxx_o 1._o lxx_o lxx_o lxx_o lxx_o lxx_o lxx_o vajicra_fw-la rabba_fw-mi fol._n 178_o 1._o it_o be_v say_v to_o moses_n at_o mount_n sinai_n go_v up_o thou_o and_o aaron_n and_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n and_o seventy_o of_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n so_o will_v the_o holy_a bless_a god_n ordain_v to_o himself_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o counsel_n of_o elder_n of_o his_o own_o people_n now_o the_o number_n of_o this_o consistory_n the_o doctor_n determine_v to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o seventy_o a_o council_n of_o seventy_o two_o be_v never_o hear_v of_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o once_o only_o at_o jabneh_n 3._o jabneh_n jabneh_n jabneh_n jabneh_n jabneh_n jabneh_n jadaim_v cap._n 3._o hall_n 3._o r._n simeon_n ben_fw-mi azzai_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lxxii_o elder_n on_o the_o day_n when_o they_o make_v r._n eliezar_n ben_fw-mi azariah_n one_o of_o the_o sanhedrin_n nor_o do_v they_o then_o remove_v rabban_n gamaliel_n although_o he_o have_v displease_v they_o verse_n iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o lamb_n among_o wolf_n it_o be_v add_v in_o another_o evangelist_n x._o evangelist_n evangelist_n evangelist_n evangelist_n evangelist_n evangelist_n mat._n x._o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n etc._n etc._n with_o which_o we_o may_v compare_v that_o in_o midr._n schir_n 3._o schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n fol._n 17._o 3._o the_o holy_a bless_a god_n say_v concern_v israel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o belong_v to_o i_o be_v simple_a as_o dove_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o among_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n they_o be_v subtle_a as_o serpent_n verse_n iv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salute_v no_o man_n by_o the_o way_n i._o we_o have_v a_o passage_n something_o like_o this_o elsewhere_o 29._o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o 2_o king_n iu_o 29._o if_o thou_o meet_v any_o man_n salute_v he_o not_o that_o be_v as_o be_v common_o expound_v do_v not_o hinder_v thy_o journey_n by_o discourse_v with_o any_o in_o the_o way_n but_o the_o same_o reason_n do_v not_o hold_v in_o this_o place_n the_o business_n of_o these_o disciple_n not_o require_v such_o mighty_a expedition_n they_o be_v command_v out_o two_o by_o two_o to_o this_o or_o the_o other_o place_n or_o city_n where_o christ_n himself_o be_v to_o come_v in_o person_n nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a they_o shall_v run_v in_o so_o great_a haste_n that_o they_o shall_v make_v no_o stay_n in_o the_o way_n only_o have_v appoint_v they_o to_o such_o and_o such_o place_n their_o business_n indeed_o lie_v no_o where_o but_o in_o those_o very_a place_n to_o which_o they_o have_v be_v particular_o send_v to_o proclaim_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n there_o and_o not_o to_o be_v tell_v it_o in_o the_o way_n the_o twelve_o apostle_n that_o be_v send_v their_o business_n be_v to_o declare_v the_o come_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n these_o the_o come_n of_o the_o king_n himself_o no_o wonder_n therefore_o if_o the_o apostle_n be_v
elsewhere_o be_v expound_v d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o devil_n ashmodeus_fw-la for_o in_o both_o place_n we_o have_v this_o ridiculous_a tale_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a woman_n bring_v forth_o a_o son_n in_o the_o 3._o m_o beresh_a rabb_n fol_z 39_o 3._o night_n time_n and_o say_v to_o her_o son_n a_o child_n new_o bear_v you_o must_v know_v go_v and_o light_v i_o a_o candle_n that_o i_o may_v cut_v thy_o navel_n as_o he_o be_v go_v the_o devil_n asmodeus_n meet_v he_o say_v to_o he_o go_v and_o tell_v thy_o mother_n that_o if_o the_o cock_n have_v not_o crow_v i_o will_v have_v kill_v thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o very_a name_n point_v at_o apostasy_n not_o so_o much_o that_o the_o devil_n be_v a_o apostate_n as_o that_o this_o devil_n provoke_v and_o entice_v people_n to_o apostatise_v beelzebul_n among_o the_o gentile_n and_o asmodeus_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o first_o author_n of_o their_o apostasy_n whether_o both_o the_o name_n and_o daemon_n be_v not_o find_v out_o by_o the_o jew_n to_o affright_v the_o samaritan_n see_v the_o place_n above_o quote_v 4._o quote_v quote_v quote_v quote_v quote_v quote_v bâ—resh_n rabb_n col_fw-fr 4._o whenas_o noah_n go_v to_o plant_v a_o vineyard_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o daemon_n asmodeus_n meet_v he_o and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v i_o partake_v with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o seem_v they_o suppose_v asmodeus_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o noah_n drunkenness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o that_o be_v solomon_n sin_v asmodeus_n drive_v he_o to_o it_o etc._n etc._n they_o call_v the_o angel_n of_o death_n by_o the_o name_n of_o prince_n of_o all_o satan_n because_o he_o destroy_v all_o mankind_n by_o death_n none_o except_v verse_n xxxi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o queen_n of_o the_o south_n etc._n etc._n i._o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v what_o shall_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o passage_n in_o 2._o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o in_o fol._n 15._o 2._o bava_n bathra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whoever_o say_v that_o the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n be_v a_o woman_n do_v no_o other_o than_o mistake_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o then_o be_v the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n the_o kingdom_n of_o sheba_n he_o will_v have_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o the_o sabean_o to_o have_v come_v to_o solomon_n perhaps_o what_o be_v say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o exceed_a great_a army_n for_o so_o be_v that_o clause_n render_v by_o some_o may_v seem_v to_o sound_v something_o of_o this_o nature_n in_o his_o ear_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o kind_n of_o ambiguity_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o indeed_o there_o be_v none_o or_o if_o interpreter_n doubt_v at_o all_o about_o it_o as_o indeed_o none_o have_v do_v the_o great_a oracle_n of_o truth_n have_v here_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o queen_n do_v come_v to_o solomon_n but_o why_o do_v he_o term_v she_o the_o queen_n of_o the_o south_n and_o not_o the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n ii_o there_o be_v plausible_a thing_n upon_o this_o occasion_n speak_v concern_v sheba_n of_o the_o arabian_n which_o we_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o discuss_v at_o present_a i_o be_o apt_a rather_o to_o apprehend_v that_o our_o saviour_n may_v call_v she_o the_o queen_n of_o the_o south_n in_o much_o a_o like_a sense_n as_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v call_v in_o daniel_n the_o king_n of_o the_o south_n the_o country_n in_o that_o quarter_n of_o the_o world_n be_v very_o well_o know_v among_o the_o jew_n by_o that_o title_n but_o i_o question_v whether_o the_o arabian_a saba_n be_v so_o or_o no._n grant_v that_o some_o of_o the_o arabian_a country_n be_v in_o late_a age_n call_v aliemin_n or_o southern_a part_n yet_o i_o doubt_v whether_o so_o call_v by_o antiquity_n or_o in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o saviour_n whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o queen_n of_o the_o south_n come_v to_o hear_v the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n be_v it_o worth_a the_o patience_n of_o the_o reader_n to_o hear_v a_o little_a the_o folly_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o this_o matter_n because_o it_o be_v say_v that_o she_o come_v to_o make_v a_o proof_n of_o his_o wisdom_n by_o dark_a say_n and_o hard_a question_n these_o doctor_n will_v be_v tell_v we_o what_o kind_n of_o riddle_n and_o hard_a question_n she_o put_v to_o he_o beginning_n he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o midr._n mis._n about_o the_o beginning_n she_o say_v unto_o he_o if_o i_o ask_v thou_o any_o thing_n will_v thou_o answer_v i_o he_o say_v it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o give_v wisdom_n she_o say_v what_o be_v this_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v seven_o thing_n go_v out_o and_o nine_o enter_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o mingle_v or_o prepare_v the_o cup_n and_o one_o drink_v of_o it_o he_o say_v there_o be_v seven_o day_n for_o a_o woman_n separation_n that_o go_v out_o and_o nine_o month_n for_o her_o bring_v forth_o that_o come_v in_o two_o breast_n do_v mingle_v or_o prepare_v the_o cup_n and_o one_o suck_v it_o again_o say_v she_o i_o will_v ask_v thou_o one_o thing_n more_o what_o be_v this_o a_o woman_n say_v unto_o her_o son_n thy_o father_n be_v my_o father_n thy_o grandfather_n be_v my_o husband_n thou_o be_v my_o son_n and_o i_o be_o thy_o sister_n to_o who_o he_o answer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sure_o they_o be_v lot_n daughter_n there_o be_v much_o more_o of_o this_o kind_n but_o thus_o much_o may_v suffice_v for_o riddle_n verse_n xxxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n no_o man_n when_o he_o have_v light_v a_o candle_n etc._n etc._n the_o coherence_n of_o this_o passage_n with_o what_o go_v before_o seem_v a_o little_a difficult_a but_o the_o connexion_n probable_o be_v this_o there_o be_v some_o that_o have_v revile_v he_o as_o if_o he_o have_v cast_v out_o devil_n by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n other_o that_o have_v require_v a_o sign_n from_o heaven_n vers._n 15_o 16._o to_o the_o former_a of_o these_o he_o give_v a_o answer_n vers._n 17_o 18._o and_o indeed_o to_o both_o of_o they_o vers._n 19_o and_o so_o on_o this_o passage_n we_o be_v upon_o respect_n both_o but_o the_o latter_a more_o principal_o q._n d._n you_o require_v a_o sign_n of_o i_o will_v you_o have_v i_o light_v a_o candle_n and_o put_v it_o under_o a_o bushel_n will_v you_o have_v i_o work_v miracle_n when_o i_o be_o assure_v beforehand_o you_o will_v not_o believe_v these_o miracle_n which_o however_o of_o themselves_o they_o may_v shine_v like_o a_o candle_n light_v up_o yet_o in_o respect_n to_o you_o that_o believe_v they_o not_o it_o be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o candle_n under_o a_o bushel_n or_o in_o a_o secret_a place_n verse_n xxxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a shall_v be_v full_a of_o light_n this_o clause_n seem_v so_o much_o the_o same_o with_o the_o former_a as_o if_o there_o be_v something_o of_o tautology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n if_o thy_o whole_a body_n therefore_o be_v full_a of_o light_n etc._n etc._n our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o the_o eye_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o school_n where_o the_o evil_a eye_n or_o the_o eye_n not_o single_a signify_v the_o covetous_a envious_a and_o malicious_a mind_n do_v not_o bring_v such_o a_o mind_n along_o with_o thou_o but_o a_o candid_a benign_a gentle_a mind_n than_o thou_o will_v be_v all_o bright_a and_o clear_a thyself_o and_o all_o thing_n will_v be_v bright_a and_o clear_a to_o thou_o if_o you_o have_v but_o such_o a_o mind_n o_o you_o carp_a blasphemous_a jew_n you_o will_v not_o frame_v so_o sordid_a and_o infamous_a a_o judgement_n of_o my_o miracle_n but_o you_o will_v have_v a_o clear_a and_o candid_a opinion_n concern_v they_o verse_n xxxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o have_v not_o first_o wash_v before_o dinner_n have_v the_o pharisee_n himself_o wash_v before_o dinner_n in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o wash_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n it_o be_v hardly_o credible_a when_o there_o be_v neither_o need_n nor_o be_v it_o the_o custom_n to_o wash_v the_o whole_a body_n before_o meat_n but_o the_o hand_n only_o this_o we_o have_v speak_v largly_a upon_o elsewhere_o vii_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o vid._n note_n upon_o mâ—t_n xv._o &_o mark_v vii_o from_o whence_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a for_o we_o to_o repeat_v these_o thing_n that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o wash_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o dip_v of_o the_o
feast-day_n the_o jew_n be_v not_o wont_v so_o much_o as_o to_o taste_v any_o thing_n of_o meat_n or_o drink_n nor_o indeed_o hardly_o of_o other_o day_n 30._o day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n day_n maimo_fw-la sch_n ib._n cap._n 30._o this_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o religion_n of_o old_a first_o to_o say_v over_o his_o morning_n prayer_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n with_o those_o additional_a one_o in_o the_o synagogue_n and_o then_o go_v home_o and_o take_v his_o second_o repast_n for_o he_o have_v take_v his_o first_o repast_n on_o the_o evening_n before_o at_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o sabbath_n nothing_o may_v be_v taste_v before_o the_o prayer_n in_o the_o synagogue_n be_v finish_v which_o sometime_o last_v even_o till_o noonday_n for_o so_o the_o gloss_n upon_o the_o place_n when_o they_o continue_v in_o the_o synagogue_n beyond_o the_o six_o hour_n and_o a_o half_a which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o great_a minchah_n for_o on_o a_o feast-day_n they_o delay_v their_o come_n out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n then_o let_v a_o man_n pray_v his_o prayer_n of_o the_o minchah_n before_o he_o eat_v and_o so_o let_v he_o eat_v and_o in_o those_o day_n it_o be_v that_o that_o common_o obtain_v which_o targ._n in_o coheleth_n note_v 16._o note_v note_v note_v note_v note_v note_v cap._n 10._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o they_o have_v offer_v the_o daily_a sacrifice_n they_o eat_v bread_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o four_o hour_n i_o e._n in_o the_o four_o hour_n in_o bava_n meziah_n 2._o meziah_n meziah_n meziah_n meziah_n meziah_n meziah_n fol._n 83._o 2._o a_o certain_a officer_n of_o the_o king_n teach_v r._n eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o r._n simeon_n how_o he_o shall_v distinguish_v betwixt_o thief_n and_o honest_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d go_v say_v he_o into_o the_o tavern_n on_o the_o four_o hour_n and_o if_o thou_o see_v any_o person_n drink_v wine_n and_o nod_v while_o he_o hold_v his_o cup_n in_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o gloss_n have_v it_o the_o four_o hour_n be_v the_o hour_n of_o eat_v when_o every_o one_o go_v into_o the_o tavern_n and_o there_o eat_v so_o that_o these_o who_o you_o deride_v o_o you_o false_a mocker_n be_v not_o drink_v for_o it_o be_v but_o the_o three_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n that_o be_v it_o be_v not_o yet_o the_o time_n to_o eat_v and_o drink_v in_o verse_n xvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o last_o day_n the_o prohet_n joel_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o these_o thing_n greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o these_o thing_n where_o kimchi_n upon_o the_o place_n have_v this_o note_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v after_o these_o thing_n be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o last_o day_n we_o have_v elsewhere_o observe_v that_o by_o the_o last_o day_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o last_o day_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n viz._n when_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n of_o the_o jewish_a world_n 11._o world_n world_n world_n world_n world_n world_n vide_fw-la matth._n xxiv_o 3._o &_o 1_o cor._n x._o 11._o draw_v near_o and_o there_o will_v be_v the_o less_o doubt_n as_o to_o this_o matter_n if_o we_o will_v frame_v a_o right_a notion_n of_o that_o great_a and_o terrible_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v the_o day_n of_o his_o vengeance_n upon_o that_o place_n and_o nation_n which_o terror_n the_o jew_n according_a to_o their_o custom_n and_o fashion_n put_v far_o off_o from_o themselves_o and_o devolve_v it_o upon_o gog_n and_o magog_n who_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o and_o destroy_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v pour_v out_o of_o my_o spirit_n upon_o all_o flesh_n the_o jew_n cautious_o enough_o here_o though_o not_o so_o honest_o apply_v this_o prophecy_n and_o promise_v to_o israel_n sole_o as_o have_v this_o for_o a_o maxim_n among_o they_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v never_o impart_v to_o any_o gentile_a hence_o those_o of_o the_o circumcision_n that_o believe_v be_v so_o astonish_v when_o they_o see_v that_o on_o the_o gentile_n also_o be_v pour_v out_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n chap._n x._o 45._o but_o with_o the_o jew_n good_a leave_n whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o the_o gentile_n be_v beyond_o all_o question_n include_v within_o such_o like_a promise_n as_o these_o all_o flesh_n shall_v see_v the_o salvation_n of_o god_n isai._n xl._n 5._o and_o all_o flesh_n come_v and_o worship_v before_o the_o lord_n isai._n lxvi_o 23_o etc._n etc._n verse_n xix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o vapour_n of_o smoke_n the_o prophet_n have_v it_o in_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o pillar_n of_o smoke_n st._n luke_n follow_v the_o greek_a who_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v be_v not_o very_o solicitous_a about_o that_o nice_a distinction_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pillare_a smoke_n or_o smoke_n ascend_v like_o a_o staff_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d smoke_n disperse_v itself_o here_o and_o there_o a_o distinction_n we_o meet_v with_o in_o joma_n 1._o joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n fol._n 38._o 1._o where_o we_o have_v a_o ridiculous_a story_n concern_v the_o curiosity_n of_o the_o wiseman_n about_o the_o ascend_a up_o of_o the_o smoke_n of_o incense_n as_o to_o these_o prodigy_n in_o blood_n fire_n and_o smoke_n i_o will_v understand_v it_o of_o the_o slaughter_n and_o conflagration_n that_o shall_v be_v commit_v in_o that_o nation_n to_o a_o wonder_n by_o seditious_a and_o intestine_a broil_n there_o they_o be_v monster_n rather_o than_o instance_n than_o which_o there_o can_v never_o have_v be_v a_o more_o prodigious_a presage_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o that_o nation_n than_o that_o they_o grow_v so_o cruel_a within_o themselves_o breathe_v nothing_o but_o mutual_a slaughter_n and_o desolation_n verse_n xxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o determinate_a council_n and_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n you_o have_v take_v etc._n etc._n we_o may_v best_o fetch_v the_o reason_n why_o st._n peter_n add_v this_o clause_n from_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o jew_n can_v he_o be_v the_o messiah_n think_v they_o that_o have_v suffer_v such_o thing_n what!_o the_o messiah_n crucify_a and_o slay_v alas_o how_o different_a be_v these_o thing_n from_o the_o character_n of_o the_o messiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rambam_fw-la in_o artic._n fid_fw-we jud._n sanhedr_n fol._n 121._o 1._o to_o he_o belong_v honour_n and_o glory_n and_o preeminence_n above_o all_o king_n that_o have_v ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n according_a as_o all_o the_o prophet_n from_o moses_n our_o master_n to_o who_o be_v peace_n to_o malachy_n to_o who_o be_v peace_n have_o prophesy_v concern_v he_o be_v he_o then_o the_o messiah_n that_o be_v spit_v upon_o scouge_v thrust_v through_o with_o a_o spear_n and_o crucify_a yes_o say_v st._n peter_n these_o thing_n he_o suffer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o determinate_a counsel_n and_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n and_o these_o thing_n have_v be_v foretell_v concern_v he_o from_o moses_n to_o malachy_n so_o that_o he_o be_v never_o the_o less_o their_o messiah_n though_o he_o suffer_v these_o thing_n nor_o do_v he_o indeed_o suffer_v these_o thing_n by_o chance_n but_o by_o the_o determinate_a counsel_n of_o god_n what_o the_o learned_a have_v argue_v from_o this_o place_n concern_v god_n decree_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o school_n verse_n xxiv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v loose_v the_o pain_n of_o death_n let_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v either_o the_o pain_n of_o death_n or_o the_o hand_n of_o death_n yet_o be_v it_o doubtful_a whether_o st._n peter_n may_v speak_v only_o of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n or_o of_o death_n in_o general_a so_o that_o the_o sense_n may_v be_v that_o god_n raise_v he_o up_o and_o by_o his_o resurrection_n have_v loose_v the_o band_n of_o death_n with_o respect_n to_o other_o also_o but_o suppose_v the_o expression_n ought_v to_o be_v appropriate_v to_o christ_n only_o who_o indeed_o they_o do_v chief_o respect_v then_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v so_o much_o the_o torment_n and_o pang_n in_o the_o last_o moment_n of_o death_n as_o those_o band_n which_o follow_v viz._n the_o continue_a separation_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n the_o putrefaction_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o body_n in_o the_o grave_a which_o two_o thing_n be_v those_o which_o st._n peter_n acquit_v our_o saviour_n from_o in_o the_o follow_a word_n for_o however_o it_o be_v a_o great_a
and_o scribe_n must_v be_v understand_v the_o great_a council_n but_o to_o distinguish_v these_o particular_o i_o can_v hardly_o say_v whether_o it_o be_v more_o nice_a or_o more_o difficult_a we_o may_v say_v that_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n may_v be_v mean_v gamaliel_n the_o precedent_n and_o simeon_n his_o son_n the_o vicepresident_n by_o the_o elder_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n by_o the_o scribe_n either_o the_o two_o register_n or_o those_o wise_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o judge_v before_o the_o sanhedrin_n or_o both_o but_o i_o wave_v be_v too_o curious_a verse_n vi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n if_o we_o may_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o vulgar_a ex_fw-la genere_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la and_o especial_o with_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o priest_n i_o will_v without_o any_o stickle_a conceive_v this_o john_n here_o mention_v to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n because_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o more_o famous_a throughout_o the_o whole_a nation_n and_o he_o be_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o priest_n 7._o priest_n priest_n priest_n priest_n priest_n priest_n iâ—â—â—asin_n fol._n 6â—_n 7._o rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n the_o priest_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n etc._n etc._n he_o sound_v favour_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o cesar_n from_o who_o he_o obtain_v jasneh_n and_o his_o wise_a man_n and_o physician_n that_o cure_v r._n zadok_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o time_n that_o he_o die_v the_o glory_n of_o wisdom_n cease_v about_o that_o very_a time_n which_o we_o now_o have_v under_o consideration_n we_o have_v this_o passage_n relate_v concern_v he_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n â—_o â—_o joma_n fol._n 39_o â—_o of_o the_o city_n when_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o temple_n fly_v open_a of_o their_o own_o accord_n rabban_n jochanan_n ben_fw-mi zaccai_n say_v o_o temple_n temple_n why_o do_v thou_o disturb_v thyself_o i_o know_v thy_o end_n that_o thou_o shall_v be_v destroy_v for_o so_o the_o prophet_n zechary_n have_v speak_v concern_v thou_o open_v thy_o door_n o_o i_o ebanon_n that_o the_o fire_n may_v devour_v thy_o cedar_n he_o see_v the_o flame_n of_o the_o city_n and_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o have_v obtain_v from_o the_o emperor_n titus_n that_o the_o sanhedrin_n may_v be_v settle_v at_o jabneh_n he_o preside_v there_o two_o or_o five_o year_n for_o the_o certain_a number_n be_v not_o agree_v upon_o all_o that_o can_v be_v object_v against_o this_o johanan_n be_v zaccai_n be_v the_o john_n mention_v in_o this_o place_n seem_v to_o be_v this_o that_o if_o this_o be_v a_o assembly_n of_o priest_n leven_v with_o the_o leven_a of_o the_o sadducee_n as_o may_v be_v conjecture_v out_o of_o chap._n v._o 17._o then_o this_o johanan_n be_v zaccai_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o they_o for_o he_o both_o live_v and_o die_v a_o pharisee_n at_o least_o not_o a_o sadducee_n but_o if_o the_o whole_a sanhedrin_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v here_o wherein_o the_o priest_n as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v capable_a will_v strengthen_v their_o own_o party_n then_o will_v i_o look_v for_o no_o other_o john_n than_o this_o son_n of_o zaccai_n verse_n xi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o stone_n which_o be_v set_v at_o naught_o etc._n etc._n the_o word_n be_v take_v out_o of_o psal._n cxviii_o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o stone_n which_o they_o reject_v etc._n etc._n and_o be_v these_o thing_n say_v of_o the_o messiah_n sure_o the_o jew_n will_v hardly_o believe_v his_o pompous_a messiah_n shall_v be_v reject_v and_o set_v at_o naught_o by_o his_o own_o countryman_n and_o therefore_o do_v st._n peter_n the_o more_o vehement_o inculcate_v it_o this_o be_v the_o stone_n our_o saviour_n have_v say_v before_o matth._n xxi_o do_v you_o never_o read_v in_o the_o scripture_n the_o stone_n which_o the_o bvilder_n reject_v etc._n etc._n yes_o they_o have_v read_v and_o read_v it_o again_o and_o oftentimes_o recite_v in_o their_o great_a hallel_n but_o you_o shall_v never_o persuade_v they_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v speak_v of_o their_o messiah_n but_o rather_o of_o jacob_n as_o some_o tillin_n some_o some_o some_o some_o some_o some_o midr._fw-la tillin_n or_o of_o david_n as_o other_o 1._o other_o other_o other_o other_o other_o other_o pâ—sachin_n fol._n 119._o 1._o or_o of_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n as_o aben_n ezra_n etc._n etc._n but_o by_o no_o mean_n of_o their_o messiah_n for_o they_o dream_v of_o such_o a_o messiah_n that_o shall_v come_v so_o according_a to_o their_o heart_n desire_n that_o it_o be_v incredible_a any_o jew_n shall_v ever_o reject_v or_o despise_v he_o verse_n xiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unlearned_a and_o ignorant_a man_n illiterate_a and_o uulgar_a person_n also_o for_o it_o be_v suppose_v in_o joma_n 3._o joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n joma_n cap._n 1._o hall_n 3._o that_o even_o the_o highpriest_n himself_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unlearned_a when_o yet_o he_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n a_o vulgar_a person_n no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plebeian_n they_o say_v unto_o he_o lord_n high_a priest_n do_v thou_o read_v thyself_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o mouth_n perhaps_o thou_o have_v forget_v or_o perhaps_o thou_o do_v never_o learn_v and_o so_o vice_n versa_fw-la 1._o versa_fw-la versa_fw-la versa_fw-la versa_fw-la versa_fw-la versa_fw-la sanhedr_n fol._n 90._o 1._o there_o be_v some_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v not_o so_o unlearned_a there_o be_v three_o king_n that_o have_v no_o part_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v viz._n jeroboam_n ahab_n and_o manasseh_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o four_o common_a person_n balaam_n doeg_n ahitophel_n and_o gehazi_n but_o these_o apostle_n be_v unlearned_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n of_o no_o degree_n or_o quality_n but_o vulgar_a person_n and_o of_o the_o common_a people_n so_o 1_o sam._n xviii_o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o poor_a and_o vile_a man_n the_o targumist_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o poor_a man_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o vulgar_a person_n and_o chap._n xxiv_o 14._o after_o a_o dead_a dog_n after_o a_o flea_n targumist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o one_o feeble_a wretch_n after_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a person_n verse_n xvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n let_v we_o straight_o threaten_v they_o etc._n etc._n i._o this_o incessant_a and_o implacable_a enmity_n and_o stubbornness_n the_o sanhedrin_n have_v against_o the_o doctrine_n and_o miracle_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n of_o which_o this_o be_v the_o first_o specimen_fw-la do_v betray_v a_o most_o particular_a spite_n and_o ill-will_n they_o have_v towards_o jesus_n above_o all_o other_o man_n let_v we_o only_o compare_v the_o case_n of_o jesus_n with_o that_o of_o john_n baptist._n all_o man_n esteem_v john_n a_o prophet_n matth._n xxi_o 26._o nor_o do_v they_o so_o much_o oppugn_v his_o preach_n and_o why_o shall_v they_o so_o unanimous_o set_v themselves_o against_o the_o preach_n of_o jesus_n which_o be_v signalise_v with_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a miracle_n beyond_o that_o of_o john_n the_o baptist_n ii_o we_o conceive_v in_o our_o note_n upon_o john_n xi_o 48._o that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n have_v either_o a_o down_o right_a knowledge_n or_o at_o least_o a_o suspicion_n that_o jesus_n be_v indeed_o the_o messiah_n and_o hence_o arise_v their_o hatred_n against_o his_o person_n and_o doctrine_n it_o be_v much_o dispute_v and_o question_v concern_v the_o testimony_n which_o josephus_n give_v concern_v jesus_n whether_o it_o be_v josephus_n his_o own_o or_o whether_o it_o have_v not_o be_v foist_v and_o thrust_v in_o by_o some_o christian._n and_o yet_o in_o it_o except_v the_o last_o clause_n you_o will_v hardly_o find_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o the_o very_a ruler_n of_o the_o jew_n either_o own_a or_o at_o least_o suspect_v if_o they_o will_v speak_v out_o 4._o out_o out_o out_o out_o out_o out_o antiqâ—_n â—â—â—_o 18._o cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o this_o time_n there_o be_v one_o jesus_n a_o wise_a man_n if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o call_v he_o a_o man_n for_o he_o wrought_v strange_a work_n i_o suspect_v that_o josephus_n in_o those_o word_n if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o call_v he_o a_o man_n do_v not_o set_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n in_o opposition_n to_o god_n but_o in_o opposition_n to_o prophet_n in_o some_o such_o sense_n as_o this_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o call_v he_o mere_o 〈◊〉_d
give_v unknown_a tongue_n to_o be_v unknown_a to_o all_o beside_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v give_v in_o what_o i_o have_v say_v of_o the_o greek_a version_n and_o of_o the_o not_o read_v it_o among_o the_o hellenist_n i_o know_v i_o have_v very_o learned_a man_n differ_v in_o their_o opinion_n from_o i_o and_o heretofore_o i_o myself_o be_v of_o a_o contrary_a judgement_n whence_o i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o persuade_v that_o i_o do_v not_o speak_v these_o thing_n from_o a_o desire_n of_o contention_n but_o from_o a_o serious_a enquiry_n as_o far_o as_o i_o be_o able_a into_o the_o thing_n from_o often_o repeat_v thought_n and_o a_o most_o hearty_a desire_n of_o search_v after_o truth_n finis_fw-la the_o work_n of_o the_o reverend_n &_o learned_a john_n lightfoot_n d._n d._n late_a master_n of_o katherine_z hall_n in_o cambridge_n the_o second_o volume_n part_n ii_o contain_v sermon_n and_o discourse_n upon_o sundry_a subject_n and_o occasion_n a_o catalogue_n whereof_o with_o their_o several_a text_n you_o will_v find_v in_o the_o follow_a page_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d london_n print_v by_o william_n rawlins_n for_o richard_n chiswell_n at_o the_o rose_n and_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxxiv_o a_o table_n of_o the_o text_n of_o the_o ensue_a sermon_n together_o with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o time_n when_o the_o place_n where_o and_o the_o occasion_n whereupon_o the_o more_o public_a of_o they_o be_v preach_v sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o native_n of_o staffordshire_n at_o s._n michael_n cornhill_n london_n novemb_n 25._o 1658._o joh._n x._o 22_o 23._o and_o it_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n and_o it_o be_v winter_n and_o jesus_n walk_v in_o the_o temple_n in_o solomon_n porch_n at_o s._n mary_n woolchurch_n london_n novemb_n 22._o 1660._o s._n jude_n vers_fw-la 12._o these_o be_v spot_n in_o your_o feast_n of_o charity_n at_o s._n michael_n cornhill_n london_n novemb_n 26._o 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for_o the_o implore_v of_o rain_n and_o yet_o no_o rain_n have_v fall_v than_o they_o diminish_v from_o their_o business_n and_o from_o building_n and_o from_o plant_v and_o from_o espousal_n and_o marriage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o salute_v each_o other_o as_o man_n under_o the_o rebuke_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v they_o abstain_v from_o all_o these_o thing_n 2._o thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n thing_n ibid._n fol._n 14._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o religious_a do_v not_o use_v to_o salute_v one_o another_o but_o if_o any_o of_o the_o common_a people_n do_v at_o any_o time_n salute_v they_o they_o return_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o very_a low_a voice_n with_o all_o gravity_n veil_v themselves_o and_o sit_v in_o the_o posture_n of_o mourner_n or_o excommunicate_a person_n whether_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n salute_v one_o another_o with_o a_o holy_a kiss_n may_v not_o have_v some_o reference_n to_o this_o usage_n may_v be_v 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