for_o a_o feast_n mat._n twenty-five_o 21_o judas_n his_o indignation_n against_o the_o woman_n that_o anoint_a christ_n what_o pretence_n for_o it_o beside_o his_o covetousness_n mat._n xxvi_o 7_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n mat._n xxvii_o 5_o p._n 92._o judge_n among_o the_o jew_n whence_o they_o take_v their_o name_n mat._n iii._o 2_o to_o justify_v what_o in_o st._n paul_n dispute_n with_o the_o jew_n rom._n iii._o 4_o justin_n martyr_n his_o authority_n not_o much_o to_o be_v regard_v 2_o thess_n two_o 4_o k._n kabbalistical_a interpretation_n of_o scripture_n of_o what_o kind_n 2_o pet._n i_o 5_o key_n of_o david_n what_o mat._n xuj_o 9_o kingdom_n whether_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n can_v be_v call_v such_o after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n rev._n i_o 6_o kingdom_n which_o a_o nobleman_n go_v into_o a_o far_a country_n to_o receive_v how_o to_o be_v understand_v luke_n nineteeen_o 12_o king_n manuscript_n whether_o proper_o a_o 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though_o make_v to_o other_o mat._n v._n 33_o offer_v may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v sanctify_v two_o way_n rom._n xv_o 16_o to_o open_v the_o eye_n or_o understanding_n what_o luke_n xxiv_o 16_o 45._o oracle_n whence_o so_o call_v rom._n iii._o 2_o live_v what_o ibid._n counterfeit_a oracle_n cite_v by_o dr._n hammond_n heb._n vi_fw-la 9_o outward_a darkness_n what_o mat._n viij_o 12_o and_o twenty-five_o 30_o p._n palestine_n whether_o subject_n to_o syria_n in_o herod_n the_o great_a be_v time_n luke_n two_o 1_o parable_n of_o christ_n whether_o before_o vulgar_o use_v by_o the_o jew_n mat._n xx_o 15_o do_v not_o always_o allude_v to_o a_o custom_n chap._n xxii_o 2_o nor_o observe_v a_o perfect_a decorum_n chap._n twenty-five_o 24_o every_o thing_n in_o they_o not_o allegorical_a luke_n xv_o 22_o parent_n whether_o magistrate_n be_v include_v in_o that_o word_n eph._n vi_fw-la 1_o 4._o passion_n evil_a hinder_v man_n from_o acknowledge_v truth_n john_n iii._o 19_o passive_n verb_n 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the_o version_n of_o the_o septuagint_n i_o know_v very_o well_o that_o interpreter_n common_o make_v use_n of_o these_o word_n to_o prove_v the_o perpetuity_n if_o not_o also_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impeccability_n of_o the_o church_n but_o they_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o evince_v any_o such_o thing_n from_o this_o place_n by_o grammatical_a reason_n the_o thing_n itself_o show_v that_o the_o church_n be_v liable_a to_o error_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o mention_n make_v in_o this_o place_n of_o error_n that_o the_o church_n have_v and_o always_o will_v continue_v i_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o doubt_n because_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o force_n of_o the_o evangelical_n covenant_n but_o this_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o these_o word_n in_o which_o it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o st._n peter_n be_v speak_v of_o both_o what_o go_v before_o and_o what_o come_v after_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o the_o church_n however_o i_o submit_v the_o whole_a matter_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a verse_n 19_o note_n h._n i._n it_o be_v certain_a i_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o that_o person_n be_v power_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n in_o isaiah_n and_o his_o who_o be_v represent_v in_o the_o revelation_n as_o carry_v the_o key_n of_o david_n but_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o prove_v this_o from_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o phrase_n if_o it_o be_v not_o otherwise_o plain_a and_o manifest_a for_o the_o key_n of_o david_n be_v the_o key_n by_o which_o the_o house_n of_o david_n be_v open_v and_o shut_v and_o therefore_o the_o same_o with_o the_o key_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n though_o a_o key_n be_v a_o ensign_n of_o power_n the_o key_n of_o david_n do_v not_o signify_v the_o power_n of_o david_n himself_o but_o a_o power_n over_o the_o kingdom_n of_o david_n our_o learned_a author_n be_v not_o always_o happy_a in_o his_o subtlety_n about_o little_a thing_n however_o mr._n selden_n have_v several_a observation_n with_o relation_n to_o this_o matter_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la synedriis_fw-la cap._n ix_o which_o those_o that_o will_n may_v read_v in_o himself_o ii_o indeed_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o the_o apostle_n commit_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n to_o single_a bishop_n and_o according_o that_o these_o aught_o to_o be_v reckon_v their_o successor_n but_o as_o their_o gift_n be_v not_o alike_o so_o neither_o be_v their_o authority_n equal_a and_o therefore_o whatever_o christ_n say_v to_o the_o apostle_n ought_v not_o present_o to_o be_v accommodate_v to_o bishop_n at_o least_o by_o the_o same_o rule_n and_o in_o the_o same_o latitude_n especial_o in_o this_o place_n where_o christ_n promise_v to_o st._n peter_n and_o the_o apostle_n something_a extraordinary_a
inscription_n of_o the_o ancient_a apostolical_a epistle_n of_o clemens_n romanus_n to_o the_o corinthian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o dwell_v at_o rome_n meaning_n i_o conceive_v by_o the_o title_n the_o church_n himself_o who_o write_v the_o epistle_n and_o be_v chief_a there_o or_o bishop_n at_o that_o time_n and_o the_o other_o clergy_n with_o he_o for_o so_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o inscription_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n at_o corinth_n be_v after_o explain_v by_o he_o in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n but_o if_o this_o will_v not_o be_v acknowledge_v then_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v give_v you_o leave_v to_o understand_v any_o meeting_n or_o congregation_n of_o pious_a man_n either_o a_o consessus_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n which_o be_v ordinary_o assistant_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o ancient_a church_n or_o possible_o the_o whole_a or_o any_o part_n of_o the_o people_n convene_v who_o authority_n or_o consent_n may_v work_v somewhat_o upon_o the_o offender_n as_o s._n paul_n conceive_v it_o be_v apt_a to_o do_v when_o he_o command_v timothy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o rebuke_v the_o offender_n before_o all_o man_n i._n e._n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o community_n of_o the_o people_n 1_o tim._n v_o 20_o and_o perhaps_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n two_o 6_o the_o rebuke_n that_o be_v by_o or_o under_o the_o many_o though_o it_o be_v not_o certain_a whether_o that_o signify_v the_o chastisement_n as_o our_o english_a read_v punishment_n and_o censure_n inflict_v by_o the_o presbytery_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o they_o those_z assisting_z or_o join_v in_o the_o censure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n of_o canonical_a severity_n which_o in_o case_n of_o sorrow_n and_o relent_a of_o the_o offender_n upon_o rebuke_n or_o admonition_n before_o ejection_n out_o of_o the_o church_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v think_v sufficient_a without_o excommunication_n and_o after_o excommunication_n as_o in_o this_o place_n to_o the_o corinthian_n if_o they_o be_v submit_v to_o be_v sufficient_a though_o not_o present_o to_o restore_v he_o to_o the_o communion_n yet_o to_o make_v he_o capable_a of_o be_v pray_v for_o by_o the_o church_n 1_o john_n v._n 16_o and_o to_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o stripe_n of_o satan_n the_o disease_n that_o the_o deliver_n to_o satan_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n bring_v upon_o they_o or_o whither_o xviii_o as_o the_o word_n may_v be_v render_v it_o import_v the_o rebuke_n or_o reproof_n viz._n the_o three_o admonition_n or_o the_o second_o give_v by_o the_o bishop_n which_o be_v equivalent_a to_o that_o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_z or_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o many_o viz._n of_o the_o people_n or_o congregation_n the_o former_a of_o these_o sense_n seem_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o place_n to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o latter_a rather_o to_o belong_v to_o that_o in_o 1_o tim._n and_o so_o that_o which_o even_o now_o in_o musar_n be_v coram_fw-la multis_fw-la before_o many_o and_o in_o st._n paul_n if_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o many_o yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o man_n christ_n may_v here_o express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n this_o interpretation_n be_v admit_v or_o not_o reject_v it_o than_o follow_v commodious_o and_o reasonable_o in_o the_o text_n of_o the_o evangelist_n that_o after_o the_o matter_n be_v bring_v to_o they_o i._n e._n to_o those_o many_o or_o after_o this_o act_n of_o reproof_n or_o rebuke_v before_o they_o and_o upon_o continue_a refractoriness_n to_o these_o last_o admonition_n than_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o sure_o be_v the_o apostle_n or_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n the_o pastor_n which_o can_v be_v in_o any_o reason_n exclude_v from_o under_o the_o former_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n whatsoever_o it_o signify_v and_o those_o already_o promise_v this_o power_n chap._n xuj_o may_v or_o shall_v bind_v or_o excommunicate_v they_o and_o that_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o 18_o the_o verse_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o 17_o the_o and_o then_o vers_n 19_o etc._n etc._n thus_o dr._n hammond_n who_o add_v some_o thing_n like_o what_o we_o have_v have_v already_o upon_o chap._n seven_o 6_o if_o any_o be_v desirous_a of_o more_o they_o may_v turn_v to_o the_o treatise_n itself_o viz._n power_n of_o the_o key_n chap._n two_o sect._n 6._o &_o seqq_fw-la we_o shall_v compare_v these_o thing_n with_o what_o grotius_n say_v upon_o this_o place_n of_o s._n matthew_n which_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o plain_a and_o natural_a the_o doctor_n take_v for_o grant_v what_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v prove_v that_o christ_n speak_v to_o his_o apostle_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n verse_n 23._o note_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o eastern_a people_n use_v but_o one_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hebed_n to_o signify_v both_o ministros_fw-la liberae_fw-la sortis_fw-la servant_n who_o be_v at_o their_o own_o disposal_n and_o mancipia_fw-la slave_n as_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o my_o note_n upon_o gen._n xx_o 8_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n and_o writer_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v also_o the_o same_o ambiguity_n in_o it_o but_o when_o we_o speak_v latin_a there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v not_o use_v various_a word_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o subject_n speak_v of_o thus_o those_o who_o s._n matthew_n here_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aught_o to_o be_v render_v by_o ministri_fw-la servant_n because_o slave_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v never_o sell_v by_o their_o master_n that_o he_o may_v have_v what_o be_v owe_v he_o pay_v verse_n 28._o note_n d._n the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v here_o in_o its_o proper_a signification_n for_o when_o we_o take_v any_o man_n by_o the_o collar_n and_o hale_v he_o along_o against_o his_o will_n xix_o we_o almost_o choke_v he_o the_o latin_a phrase_n for_o it_o be_v obtorto_fw-la collo_fw-la trahere_fw-la which_o erasmus_n here_o make_v use_v of_o so_o plautus_n in_o paenulo_n act._n iii._o sc._n 5._o ver_fw-la 45._o priusquà m_fw-la hinc_fw-la obtorto_fw-la collo_fw-la ad_fw-la praetorem_fw-la trahor_fw-la which_o be_v well_o interpret_v by_o learned_a man_n to_o take_v hold_n of_o a_o man_n collar_n and_o squeeze_v his_o jaw_n together_o and_o then_o drag_v he_o along_o so_o a_o philosopher_n be_v represent_v by_o lucian_n in_o hermotimo_fw-la demand_v his_o pay_n of_o one_o of_o his_o scholar_n and_o hale_v he_o before_o the_o justice_n or_o praetor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v throw_v his_o cloak_n about_o his_o neck_n and_o in_o the_o same_o author_n in_o lapithis_n this_o stoic_a philosopher_n be_v reproach_v with_o this_o very_a thing_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o do_v i_o take_v my_o scholar_n by_o the_o throat_n and_o drag_v they_o before_o the_o justice_n if_o they_o do_v not_o pay_v i_o my_o stipend_n when_o it_o be_v due_a see_v also_o the_o dial._n between_o aeacus_n protesilaus_n menelaus_n and_o paris_n verse_n 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o body_n must_v perceive_v that_o these_o word_n can_v be_v urge_v to_o signify_v that_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n will_v in_o its_o retribution_n take_v notice_n of_o every_o single_a circumstance_n in_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n we_o must_v consider_v only_o the_o main_a scope_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o that_o those_o who_o do_v not_o forgive_v their_o brethren_n their_o offence_n shall_v not_o obtain_v forgiveness_n from_o god_n for_o they_o this_o be_v all_o therefore_o that_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o this_o place_n not_o as_o the_o doctor_n and_o grotius_n before_o he_o say_z that_o sin_n which_o be_v once_o pardon_v in_o this_o life_n may_v be_v again_o charge_v upon_o a_o man_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o thing_n in_o itself_o it_o be_v then_o only_o that_o god_n pass_v judgement_n upon_o man_n when_o after_o the_o course_n of_o their_o life_n be_v end_v they_o be_v send_v into_o the_o place_n of_o reward_n or_o punishment_n so_o that_o that_o be_v the_o time_n when_o person_n be_v pardon_v or_o condemn_v and_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o any_o previous_a sentence_n chap._n xix_o verse_n 8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o you_o will_v say_v then_o that_o to_o one_o think_v god_n shall_v have_v change_v it_o true_a if_o it_o be_v the_o ordinary_a way_n of_o god_n to_o change_v the_o disposition_n of_o
and_o the_o apostle_n by_o christ_n can_v be_v matter_n of_o doubt_n with_o any_o christian_n but_o i_o question_v whether_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v such_o as_o that_o the_o authority_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o apostolical_a office_n can_v by_o grammatical_a reason_n be_v thence_o deduce_v mission_n do_v not_o to_o speak_v proper_o signify_v authority_n but_o only_o the_o purpose_n or_o action_n of_o send_v by_o which_o there_o be_v a_o great_a or_o lesser_a power_n confer_v upon_o the_o person_n send_v according_a as_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o person_n that_o send_v he_o nor_o can_v the_o person_n that_o be_v so_o send_v assume_v to_o himself_o the_o authority_n of_o he_o that_o send_v he_o mere_o because_o he_o send_v he_o but_o only_o because_o when_o he_o be_v send_v he_o receive_v such_o or_o such_o a_o commission_n which_o he_o be_v oblige_v also_o not_o to_o exceed_v this_o our_o author_n seem_v indeed_o to_o have_v perceive_v though_o but_o obscure_o whilst_o he_o affirm_v and_o deny_v in_o the_o same_o annotation_n that_o the_o word_n apostle_n be_v a_o title_n of_o dignity_n ii_o the_o talmudist_n term_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d messenger_n of_o the_o congregation_n that_o be_v send_v by_o the_o synagogue_n on_o any_o business_n whatsoever_o and_o who_o among_o other_o office_n which_o they_o perform_v offer_v up_o prayer_n for_o those_o who_o can_v not_o pray_v for_o themselves_o in_o the_o synagogue_n especial_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o new_a year_n and_o on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n see_v joan._n buxtorf_n in_o lexic_n talmud_n and_o camp_n vitringa_n de_fw-fr synagog_n lib._n 3._o part_n 2._o c._n 11._o but_o there_o be_v never_o any_o tithe_n either_o due_a or_o pay_v to_o the_o synagogue_n but_o only_o to_o the_o temple_n as_o long_o as_o it_o stand_v to_o which_o also_o it_o be_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o in_o philo_n vii_o brought_z money_z and_o not_o to_o the_o synagogue_n thus_o philo_n p._n 785._o ed._n gen._n say_v of_o augustus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o know_v that_o they_o gather_v the_o consecrate_a money_n under_o the_o name_n of_o first-fruit_n and_o send_v they_o to_o jerusalem_n by_o those_o who_o be_v go_v to_o offer_v up_o sacrifice_n there_o the_o like_a he_o repeat_v in_o p._n 801._o where_o he_o call_v those_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 22._o note_n e._n though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v for_o a_o man_n yet_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v to_o cast_v out_o a_o man_n as_o wicked_a but_o to_o defame_v as_o grotius_n have_v evident_o prove_v who_o the_o reader_n may_v consult_v verse_n 30._o note_n f._n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o person_n here_o intend_v be_v a_o poor_a man_n who_o make_v use_v of_o what_o be_v another_o but_o that_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o require_v usury_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o itself_o to_o receive_v upon_o use_n i_o be_o not_o apt_a to_o believe_v if_o those_o word_n be_v consider_v conjunct_o for_o it_o be_v not_o all_o one_o as_o to_o the_o find_v out_o the_o signification_n of_o word_n what_o connexion_n or_o relation_n they_o have_v with_o one_o another_o i_o rather_o choose_v therefore_o to_o understand_v this_o precept_n of_o christ_n thus_o that_o those_o who_o can_v be_v without_o what_o another_o person_n who_o absolute_o need_v it_o possess_v of_o they_o though_o it_o be_v unjust_o detain_v from_o they_o ought_v rather_o to_o recede_v from_o their_o right_n than_o by_o take_v what_o be_v their_o own_o again_o reduce_v a_o poor_a distress_a man_n to_o his_o last_o shift_n indeed_o if_o a_o rich_a man_n shall_v unjust_o keep_v back_o what_o be_v another_o which_o he_o stand_v in_o no_o need_n of_o it_o will_v not_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o liberal_a man_n but_o a_o fool_n to_o neglect_v his_o right_n but_o there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o generous_a or_o liberal_a action_n than_o to_o connive_v at_o such_o a_o fault_n in_o a_o poor_a man_n and_o this_o be_v a_o very_a good_a sense_n of_o this_o precept_n and_o agreeable_a to_o the_o usual_a signification_n of_o every_o word_n in_o it_o i_o do_v not_o see_v why_o we_o shall_v recur_v to_o any_o other_o chap._n vii_o verse_n 3._o note_v a._n our_o author_n may_v have_v add_v that_o it_o be_v ordinary_a in_o scripture_n to_o bring_v in_o messenger_n speak_v in_o the_o same_o word_n that_o those_o will_v have_v do_v who_o send_v they_o if_o they_o have_v be_v present_a see_v my_o index_n to_o the_o pentateuch_n upon_o the_o word_n nuntius_fw-la verse_n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n they_o acknowledge_v god_n to_o be_v just_a and_o themselves_o to_o be_v guilty_a and_o that_o they_o deserve_v the_o destruction_n which_o john_n have_v denounce_v against_o they_o of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v our_o note_n upon_o rom._n iii._o 4_o verse_n 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n they_o reject_v god_n purpose_n of_o reform_v they_o by_o john_n ministry_n see_v act_n xx_o 27_o verse_n 44._o note_n c._n see_v my_o note_n on_o gen._n xviii_o 4_o chap._n viii_o viii_o verse_n 3._o note_v a._n i._o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o meat_n at_o feast_n be_v divide_v and_o distribute_v to_o the_o guest_n by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minister_a servant_n but_o he_o be_v mistake_v whoever_o think_v with_o dr._n hammond_n that_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v this_o particular_a action_n rather_o than_o any_o other_o service_n nor_o do_v the_o place_n allege_v by_o he_o prove_v it_o servant_n have_v various_a employment_n which_o be_v all_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o among_o the_o latin_n ministeria_fw-la he_o that_o divide_v the_o meat_n be_v not_o call_v by_o the_o general_a name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a and_o in_o latin_a scissor_n or_o carptor_n see_v laur._n pignorius_n and_o aus_n popma_fw-la in_o comment_n de_fw-fr servis_n the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o luke_n twelve_o 37_o do_v not_o signify_v only_o to_o divide_v to_o every_o one_o his_o portion_n of_o meat_n but_o any_o errand_n or_o employment_n that_o use_v to_o be_v give_v to_o servant_n whilst_o their_o master_n be_v feast_v the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o matth._n xx_o 28_o and_o mark_v x._o 45_o which_o the_o doctor_n put_v a_o force_a sense_n upon_o when_o they_o may_v be_v most_o fit_o explain_v according_a to_o the_o constant_a signification_n almost_o of_o that_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ii_o our_o learned_a author_n have_v not_o sufficient_o examine_v the_o passage_n he_o speak_v of_o in_o st._n matthew_n for_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o signify_v to_o exercise_v dominion_n or_o kingly_a authority_n over_o subject_n and_o not_o that_o of_o a_o master_n over_o servant_n the_o discourse_v not_o be_v about_o master_n and_o servant_n but_o about_o king_n and_o subject_n you_o know_v that_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o nation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exercise_n dominion_n over_o they_o it_o follow_v and_o those_o that_o be_v great_a exercise_n authority_n upon_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o a_o authority_n as_o belong_v to_o a_o viceroy_n or_o the_o king_n lieutenant_n christ_n here_o forbid_v the_o governor_n of_o his_o church_n to_o assume_v a_o regal_a power_n over_o christian_n which_o they_o do_v whensoever_o they_o put_v they_o to_o death_n or_o persecute_v such_o as_o can_v say_v just_a as_o they_o say_v or_o to_o take_v any_o such_o authority_n upon_o they_o which_o on_o pretence_n of_o act_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a governor_n jesus_n christ_n they_o may_v easy_o abuse_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o christian_n in_o fine_a he_o will_v have_v nothing_o do_v in_o a_o imperious_a domineer_a way_n but_o all_o by_o persuasion_n and_o entreaty_n iii_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o john_n two_o be_v those_o that_o serve_v the_o guest_n in_o all_o thing_n which_o they_o want_v as_o well_o as_o in_o distribute_v to_o they_o meat_n and_o drink_n it_o be_v not_o from_o this_o latter_a that_o the_o deacon_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o call_v as_o by_o a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o a_o feast_n but_o rather_o from_o a_o borrow_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v take_v sometime_o for_o
in_o her_o bowel_n the_o father_n of_o two_o great_a people_n of_o which_o people_n that_o which_o do_v first_o become_v the_o most_o numerous_a and_o acquire_v the_o great_a riches_n and_o power_n shall_v afterward_o serve_v the_o other_o though_o in_o the_o beginning_n not_o so_o powerful_a 13._o to_o which_o purpose_n also_o be_v that_o say_n of_o god_n in_o malachi_n that_o he_o have_v prefer_v jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n to_o esau_n and_o his_o progeny_n and_o upon_o the_o former_a confer_v much_o great_a benefit_n 14._o perhaps_o some_o may_v object_v that_o god_n according_a to_o this_o doctrine_n seem_v to_o be_v unjust_a who_o as_o i_o affirm_v so_o much_o prefer_v one_o people_n before_o another_o that_o be_v no_o better_a than_o they_o but_o that_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o follow_v from_o this_o doctrine_n 15._o for_o moses_n who_o none_o will_v affirm_v to_o charge_n god_n with_o any_o injustice_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o he_o have_v pray_v god_n to_o continue_v to_o go_v before_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o israelite_n though_o they_o have_v deserve_v his_o anger_n and_o prevail_v he_o receive_v this_o answer_n from_o he_o that_o the_o israelite_n though_o they_o have_v heinous_o offend_v he_o since_o he_o have_v begin_v to_o show_v they_o favour_n shall_v find_v he_o also_o for_o the_o future_a gracious_a to_o they_o and_o still_o be_v account_v by_o he_o his_o people_n 16._o so_o that_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o call_v any_o nation_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o himself_o and_o make_v they_o his_o peculiar_a people_n do_v not_o use_v to_o depend_v on_o the_o merit_n of_o that_o nation_n but_o on_o his_o own_o free_a will_n and_o arbitrary_a purpose_n this_o be_v if_o i_o be_o not_o mistake_v the_o series_n of_o the_o apostle_n discourse_n which_o be_v so_o explain_v direct_o answer_v his_o design_n in_o this_o place_n and_o admirable_o agree_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n he_o refer_v to_o in_o moses_n as_o it_o be_v in_o moses_n himself_o about_o the_o 12_o the_o verse_n we_o must_v consult_v grotius_n verse_n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o seem_v to_o refer_v to_o the_o sense_n latent_fw-la in_o the_o forego_n word_n in_o which_o tho_o st._n paul_n speak_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o election_n yet_o by_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o he_o declare_v god_n to_o choose_v a_o nation_n who_o he_o may_v show_v a_o peculiar_a kindness_n to_o he_o intimate_v that_o he_o leave_v other_o non-elect_a nation_n in_o their_o sin_n for_o as_o i_o before_o suggest_v there_o can_v be_v no_o election_n where_o something_o be_v not_o cast_v off_o because_o that_o which_o be_v not_o choose_v must_v necessary_o be_v reject_v and_o to_o this_o the_o apostle_n word_n in_o this_o and_o the_o verse_n follow_v refer_v wherein_o he_o discourse_v separately_z concern_v rejection_n as_o in_o the_o forego_n he_o have_v most_o treat_v about_o election_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v paraphrase_n this_o 17_o verse_n thus_o moses_n also_o teach_v we_o that_o as_o to_o the_o rejection_n or_o preterition_n of_o sinful_a nation_n whereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o people_n so_o abandon_v fall_n into_o the_o great_a evil_n and_o calamity_n that_o may_v without_o blasphemy_n be_v impute_v to_o god_n because_o he_o say_v he_o be_v command_v to_o speak_v to_o pharaoh_n in_o god_n name_n to_o this_o sense_n that_o he_o if_o he_o so_o please_v can_v easy_o destroy_v both_o the_o king_n himself_o and_o the_o whole_a egyptian_a nation_n and_o so_o make_v his_o people_n a_o free_a passage_n which_o they_o have_v so_o often_o refuse_v they_o out_o of_o their_o country_n but_o he_o will_v suffer_v pharaoh_n still_o to_o live_v that_o he_o may_v give_v further_a demonstration_n of_o his_o power_n and_o make_v his_o name_n great_a and_o famous_a throughout_o the_o world_n see_v what_o i_o have_v write_v on_o moses_n word_n in_o exod._n ix_o 15_o 16._o for_o what_o our_o author_n say_v in_o the_o follow_a annotation_n do_v not_o agree_v with_o they_o ibid._n note_v h._n though_o the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v in_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n yet_o i_o have_v render_v it_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o future_a because_o of_o the_o verse_n forego_v which_o seem_v to_o require_v its_o be_v so_o render_v see_v my_o note_n on_o that_o place_n by_o which_o this_o must_v be_v understand_v verse_n 18._o note_v i_o by_o god_n harden_v the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n i_o think_v be_v neither_o intend_v any_o action_n of_o god_n upon_o pharaoh_n mind_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o any_o withdraw_n of_o his_o grace_n from_o he_o see_v there_o be_v neither_o any_o mention_n make_v of_o such_o withdraw_n in_o moses_n nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a to_o suppose_v it_o nor_o do_v i_o think_v that_o moses_n purposely_o abstain_v from_o use_v the_o phrase_n the_o lord_n harden_v his_o heart_n till_o the_o six_o plague_n that_o he_o inflict_v upon_o that_o egyptian_a king_n be_v past_a as_o if_o then_o and_o not_o before_o he_o particular_o forsake_v he_o for_o before_o ever_o moses_n go_v to_o pharaoh_n god_n foretell_v that_o he_o will_v harden_v he_o exod._n four_o 21_o which_o refer_v to_o all_o his_o obstinacy_n from_o first_o to_o last_o see_v therefore_o my_o note_n on_o that_o place_n verse_n 28._o note_n k._n what_o our_o author_n say_v in_o this_o annotation_n he_o take_v from_o grotius_n with_o who_o nevertheless_o i_o can_v agree_v in_o correct_v this_o place_n out_o of_o one_o alexandrian_a copy_n contrary_a to_o the_o authority_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o ancient_a interpreter_n it_o be_v harsh_a i_o confess_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v put_v after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o construction_n be_v intricate_a but_o neither_o be_v it_o much_o clear_a in_o the_o septuagint_n beside_o in_o allege_v testimony_n of_o scripture_n there_o be_v but_o little_a regard_n have_v to_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n provide_v the_o writer_n word_n be_v but_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o right_o quote_v the_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v thus_o vers_fw-la 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o septuagint_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finish_v and_o make_v up_o his_o account_n in_o righteousness_n whence_o it_o be_v probable_a they_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hhoret_n the_o participle_n benoni_n for_o pahul_n then_o follow_v in_o v_o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o they_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o a_o account_n cast_v up_o will_v the_o lord_n make_v in_o all_o the_o earth_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o think_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chiljon_n &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chalah_o to_o signify_v a_o account_n and_o if_o that_o be_v true_a we_o may_v render_v the_o word_n something_o more_o commodious_o though_o to_o the_o same_o sense_n thus_o he_o will_v hasten_v a_o account_n exact_o cast_v up_o in_o righteousness_n for_o a_o account_n and_o that_o exact_o cast_v up_o will_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n make_v in_o the_o whole_a earth_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v diligent_o and_o particular_o cast_v up_o and_o this_o very_a thing_n in_o part_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o seem_v to_o signify_v so_o as_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o cast_v up_o or_o draw_v together_o several_a sum_n into_o one_o and_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o chaldee_n i_o render_v by_o to_o hasten_v in_o french_a the_o word_n may_v be_v translate_v thus_o il_fw-fr dépêchera_fw-la de_fw-fr fair_a exactament_n son_fw-fr compte_fw-fr avec_fw-fr justice_n car_fw-fr le_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr créateur_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr des_fw-fr armées_fw-fr fera_fw-fr un_fw-fr compte_fw-fr &_o un_fw-fr compte_fw-fr exact_a dans_fw-fr tout_fw-fr le_fw-fr païs_fw-fr he_o will_v hasten_v to_o make_v exact_o his_o account_n with_o justice_n for_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n will_v make_v a_o account_n and_o a_o exact_a account_n in_o all_o the_o land_n the_o prophet_n meaning_n be_v that_o as_o one_o who_o careful_o cast_v up_o a_o account_n of_o his_o expense_n and_o receipt_n see_v if_o there_o remain_v any_o thing_n over_o and_o though_o it_o be_v but_o a_o small_a sum_n lay_v it_o safe_a up_o so_o god_n will_v destroy_v all_o the_o wicked_a and_o save_v only_o the_o good_a x._o though_o they_o be_v but_o very_a few_o which_o admirable_o well_o suit_n with_o the_o design_n of_o the_o apostle_n i_o shall_v add_v nothing_o more_o in_o this_o place_n because_o i_o intend_v hereafter_o if_o god_n permit_v to_o
paul_n here_o speak_v as_o grotius_n before_o our_o author_n have_v observe_v of_o that_o rod_n with_o which_o he_o have_v chastise_v elymas_n the_o incestuous_a person_n hymenaeus_n and_o philetus_n and_o with_o which_o st._n peter_n have_v chastise_v ananias_n and_o sapphira_n but_o i_o confess_v i_o can_v digest_v what_o dr._n hammond_n here_o and_o elsewhere_o do_v viz._n the_o confound_a of_o that_o miraculous_a power_n of_o the_o apostle_n with_o the_o ordinary_a excommunication_n of_o bishop_n he_o ought_v to_o have_v prove_v first_o that_o that_o deliver_n to_o satan_n or_o any_o other_o such_o punishment_n inflict_v by_o the_o apostle_n be_v the_o arm_n not_o only_o of_o the_o apostle_n but_o of_o all_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n which_o he_o neither_o ever_o do_v before_o his_o death_n nor_o i_o believe_v will_v ever_o do_v if_o he_o be_v to_o live_v again_o this_o be_v a_o seal_n which_o god_n set_v to_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n to_o fix_v the_o christian_a church_n upon_o a_o last_a and_o immovable_a foundation_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v design_v to_o the_o same_o end_n but_o that_o be_v once_o settle_v no_o man_n have_v such_o a_o power_n grant_v he_o nor_o can_v any_o one_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v have_v the_o like_a authority_n ii_o however_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o the_o doctor_n that_o carnal_a here_o be_v all_o one_o with_o weak_a which_o i_o shall_v confirm_v both_o by_o reason_n and_o example_n the_o flesh_n be_v very_o often_o oppose_v to_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v the_o body_n to_o the_o soul_n in_o which_o comparison_n the_o flesh_n be_v the_o most_o infirm_a and_o feeble_a and_o hence_o the_o word_n carnal_a come_v to_o signify_v weak_a as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o isa_n xxxi_o 3_o where_o the_o prophet_n thus_o bespeak_v the_o jew_n who_o put_v too_o much_o confidence_n in_o the_o egyptian_n the_o egyptian_n be_v man_n and_o not_o god_n and_o their_o horse_n flesh_n and_o not_o spirit_n the_o lord_n shall_v turn_v his_o hand_n and_o he_o that_o help_v shall_v fall_v and_o he_o that_o be_v holpen_v shall_v fall_v down_o and_o they_o shall_v all_o be_v consume_v together_o to_o this_o purpose_n also_o be_v that_o say_n of_o christ_n in_o mat._n xxvi_o 41_o the_o spirit_n indeed_o be_v willing_a but_o the_o flesh_n be_v weak_a iii_o though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sometime_o excommunication_n in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o father_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v very_o apt_o be_v apply_v to_o a_o mind_n full_a of_o pride_n and_o obstinacy_n and_o by_o those_o vice_n fortify_v against_o the_o truth_n yet_o it_o in_o no_o wise_a follow_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o excommunication_n of_o a_o obdurate_a sinner_n what_o word_n do_v or_o may_v separately_z signify_v they_o do_v not_o always_o signify_v conjunct_o as_o every_o one_o know_v who_o be_v any_o thing_n of_o a_o critic_n in_o this_o sort_n of_o learning_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o one_o phrase_n can_v have_v but_o one_o metaphorical_a sense_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v proper_o a_o strong_a hold_n or_o fence_n and_o here_o translate_v to_o signify_v whatever_o flesh_n and_o blood_n put_v in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o hinder_v the_o success_n and_o efficacy_n of_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o fence_n and_o to_o destroy_v the_o fence_n by_o a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o military_a affair_n so_o in_o vers_fw-la 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o to_o excommunicate_v those_o that_o reason_n but_o to_o overthrow_v reason_v nor_o let_v any_o one_o say_v that_o fence_n be_v destroy_v and_o reason_v overthrow_v by_o excommunication_n for_o grant_v that_o yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o noun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o these_o phrase_n signify_v to_o excommunicate_v and_o excommunication_n iv._o it_o be_v a_o pleasant_a mistake_n also_o in_o our_o author_n which_o his_o too_o great_a desirousness_n to_o find_v excommunication_n every_o where_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n lead_v he_o into_o when_o he_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vers_fw-la 8._o signify_v excommunication_n where_o st._n paul_n say_v that_o he_o may_v boast_v of_o the_o power_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o for_o edification_n and_o not_o for_o destruction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o who_o do_v not_o see_v that_o the_o opposite_a here_o to_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n be_v not_o excommunication_n but_o destruction_n one_o may_v as_o well_o say_v a_o edifice_n be_v excommunicate_v mean_v that_o it_o be_v destroy_v as_o that_o a_o excommunicate_v person_n be_v edify_v to_o signify_v that_o his_o sin_n be_v forgive_v he_o the_o same_o must_v be_v say_v of_o chap._n xiii_o 10_o where_o the_o same_o phrase_n occur_v v._o even_o in_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o proper_o signify_v excommunication_n but_o only_a abdication_n or_o degrade_n from_o office_n and_o be_v apply_v to_o clergyman_n nor_o be_v it_o always_o join_v with_o excommunication_n see_v intt._n on_o the_o eleven_o apostolical_a canon_n verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o author_n intrude_v again_o into_o this_o place_n the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n without_o any_o distinction_n whereas_o those_o apostolical_a arm_n of_o which_o i_o before_o speak_v be_v here_o intend_v and_o indeed_o with_o whatever_o argument_n any_o philosopher_n come_v arm_v or_o what_o sublimity_n soever_o his_o reason_n seem_v to_o have_v in_o they_o if_o he_o attempt_v to_o disturb_v the_o church_n by_o heretical_a doctrine_n and_o go_v to_o resist_v the_o apostle_n as_o if_o he_o have_v find_v they_o in_o a_o error_n the_o apostle_n can_v present_o show_v how_o much_o he_o be_v mistake_v by_o send_v a_o disease_n upon_o he_o such_o as_o blindness_n which_o st._n paul_n inflict_v on_o elymas_n or_o deliver_v to_o satan_n to_o which_o other_o be_v subject_v for_o these_o be_v plain_a sign_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o god_n approve_v of_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n but_o in_o ordinary_a excommunication_n the_o case_n be_v otherwise_o for_o all_o that_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o that_o be_v that_o when_o any_o one_o upon_o the_o spring_a up_o of_o some_o new_a controversy_n be_v excommunicate_v for_o disagree_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o he_o belong_v the_o bishop_n and_o the_o rest_n perhaps_o of_o the_o clergy_n be_v of_o another_o opinion_n which_o may_v as_o easy_o be_v the_o worse_a of_o the_o two_o as_o the_o better_a xi_o for_o excommunication_n be_v a_o certain_a evidence_n of_o man_n differ_v among_o themselves_o but_o not_o that_o the_o excommunicate_a person_n be_v in_o a_o error_n because_o one_o that_o have_v the_o truth_n on_o his_o side_n may_v be_v excommunicate_v by_o ignorant_a and_o prejudice_v person_n but_o if_o any_o be_v chastise_v in_o the_o manner_n aforesaid_a by_o the_o apostle_n viz._n by_o have_v a_o disease_n inflict_v on_o their_o body_n this_o be_v a_o infallible_a proof_n of_o their_o be_v heretic_n because_o god_n will_v not_o have_v suffer_v any_o pious_a orthodox_n person_n to_o undergo_v a_o punishment_n which_o he_o have_v not_o at_o all_o deserve_v beside_o that_o a_o miracle_n wrought_v in_o confirmation_n of_o any_o doctrine_n such_o as_o this_o be_v the_o present_a inflict_v of_o a_o distemper_n upon_o man_n body_n be_v of_o itself_o sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o falseness_n of_o any_o thing_n advance_v in_o contradiction_n to_o it_o though_o with_o some_o appearance_n of_o probability_n but_o certain_o the_o excommunication_n of_o any_o bishop_n who_o may_v as_o easy_o abuse_v his_o authority_n as_o other_o fall_v into_o error_n be_v no_o sure_a evidence_n of_o any_o man_n be_v be_v a_o heretic_n these_o two_o thing_n therefore_o must_v not_o be_v confound_v nor_o the_o ordinary_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n equal_v to_o the_o apostle_n in_o their_o censure_n any_o more_o than_o in_o other_o gift_n and_o endowment_n as_o our_o author_n occult_o do_v whether_o design_o and_o know_o i_o can_v tell_v but_o i_o be_o sure_a without_o reason_n chap._n xi_o verse_n 2._o note_v a._n i._o the_o first_o signification_n which_o our_o author_n produce_v out_o of_o pollux_n suit_n best_o with_o this_o place_n for_o st._n paul_n do_v not_o say_v simple_o that_o he_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o can_v
the_o liberality_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o without_o reason_n for_o who_o will_v grant_v he_o that_o that_o interpretation_n be_v right_o deduce_v from_o the_o follow_a word_n as_o if_o bowel_n and_o mercy_n signify_v liberality_n but_o see_v the_o note_n on_o that_o place_n i._n annotation_n on_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o the_o galatian_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o premon_n i._n we_o have_v no_o certain_a ground_n to_o believe_v that_o those_o who_o st._n paul_n confute_v in_o this_o epistle_n be_v uncircumcised_a but_o it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a they_o have_v receive_v circumcision_n whether_o they_o be_v jew_n or_o gentile_n ii_o that_o the_o christian_n have_v so_o much_o reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o jew_n in_o galatia_n that_o the_o gnostic_n shall_v be_v force_v to_o feign_v themselves_o jew_n when_o they_o be_v not_o be_v not_o at_o all_o likely_a for_o the_o roman_a magistrate_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o instance_n of_o gallio_n do_v not_o give_v much_o ear_n to_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o jew_n or_o lend_v their_o axe_n or_o rod_n to_o the_o circumcise_a and_o that_o without_o the_o magistrate_n the_o jew_n can_v do_v any_o great_a matter_n will_v not_o be_v think_v by_o any_o who_o know_v what_o be_v the_o form_n of_o the_o roman_a government_n so_o that_o it_o have_v be_v much_o better_a to_o say_v that_o st._n paul_n here_o oppose_v the_o jew_n who_o indeed_o have_v embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n but_o yet_o be_v tenacious_a of_o their_o ancient_a custom_n and_o ceremony_n chap._n i._n verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v supply_v here_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o perfect_a opposition_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o from_o man_n neither_o by_o man_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o from_o god_n the_o father_n beside_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n the_o father_n do_v not_o call_v st._n paul_n immediate_o but_o by_o christ_n who_o appear_v to_o he_o as_o he_o be_v on_o his_o journey_n to_o damascus_n verse_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n hammond_n bring_v into_o his_o paraphrase_n on_o this_o place_n not_o only_o his_o gnostic_n but_o man_n that_o by_o birth_n be_v heathen_n and_o uncircumcised_a as_o if_o in_o galatia_n they_o have_v be_v under_o the_o same_o necessity_n of_o endeavour_v to_o gain_v the_o favour_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o in_o judaea_n but_o there_o shall_v have_v be_v something_o in_o st._n paul_n to_o support_v this_o interpretation_n otherwise_o it_o may_v very_o reasonable_o be_v reject_v as_o i_o have_v already_o say_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o premonition_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o these_o disturber_n of_o the_o church_n of_o galatia_n be_v jew_n and_o consequent_o circumcise_v and_o have_v embrace_v the_o gospel_n the_o design_n and_o virtue_n of_o which_o they_o do_v not_o however_o understand_v i_o confess_v grotius_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o annotation_n have_v go_v before_o our_o author_n in_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n but_o how_o great_a soever_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o learned_a man_n be_v with_o i_o when_o it_o be_v not_o accompany_v with_o solid_a reason_n it_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o move_v my_o assent_n he_o think_v that_o st._n paul_n be_v more_o vehement_a in_o this_o than_o in_o his_o other_o epistle_n because_o those_o who_o will_v have_v deprive_v the_o call_v among_o the_o gentile_n of_o their_o liberty_n as_o to_o the_o jewish_a ceremony_n be_v not_o jew_n who_o zeal_n for_o their_o religion_n may_v in_o some_o measure_n be_v excuse_v but_o stranger_n who_o live_v in_o judaea_n of_o who_o the_o chief_a be_v cerinthus_n but_o it_o be_v true_a it_o be_v a_o pardonable_a thing_n in_o the_o jew_n themselves_o to_o observe_v the_o ancient_a rite_n impose_v upon_o their_o nation_n and_o to_o be_v willing_a that_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o countryman_n shall_v observe_v they_o provide_v they_o be_v otherwise_o obedient_a to_o christ_n but_o to_o impose_v they_o upon_o the_o gentile_n and_o endeavour_v to_o make_v all_o the_o world_n submit_v to_o the_o same_o yoke_n this_o sure_o can_v no_o more_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o jew_n than_o in_o other_o beside_o there_o be_v nothing_o here_o that_o give_v the_o least_o ground_n to_o think_v that_o those_o who_o be_v so_o zealous_a for_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n be_v by_o birth_n heathen_n but_o grotius_n go_v on_o and_o say_v and_o such_o be_v those_o who_o at_o philippi_n teach_v the_o same_o doctrine_n as_o st._n paul_n himself_o tell_v we_o phil._n iii._o 3_o to_o which_o i_o say_v it_o appear_v indeed_o by_o st._n paul_n word_n that_o there_o be_v some_o at_o philippi_n who_o glory_v in_o the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o they_o be_v jew_n and_o not_o gentile_n for_o we_o say_v st._n paul_n be_v the_o circumcision_n who_o worship_n god_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o glory_n in_o christ_n jesus_n and_o have_v no_o confidence_n in_o the_o flesh_n in_o which_o word_n he_o have_v undoubted_o a_o respect_n to_o the_o jew_n who_o glory_v in_o fleshly_a circumcision_n as_o the_o context_n evident_o show_v so_o that_o i_o wonder_v that_o both_o grotius_n and_o our_o author_n shall_v allege_v this_o place_n the_o same_o man_n say_v the_o learned_a grotius_n assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o conform_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n not_o out_o of_o any_o principle_n of_o true_a piety_n but_o that_o they_o may_v grow_v rich_a and_o great_a by_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o see_v what_o honour_n or_o profit_n man_n that_o be_v heathen_n and_o uncircumcised_a can_v expect_v from_o the_o jew_n a_o people_n despise_v and_o hate_v by_o the_o roman_n and_o that_o in_o a_o roman_a province_n as_o galatia_n ever_o since_o the_o time_n of_o augustus_n have_v be_v as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o strabo_n lib._n 12._o i_o wish_v either_o of_o these_o learned_a man_n have_v assay_v to_o prove_v more_o at_o large_a what_o they_o say_v for_o they_o will_v present_o have_v perceive_v the_o vanity_n of_o such_o a_o undertake_n but_o perhaps_o they_o thereby_o avoid_v those_o pressure_n which_o lay_v upon_o the_o christian_n for_o in_o those_o time_n the_o jew_n by_o the_o roman_a law_n and_o edict_n have_v the_o free_a exercise_n of_o their_o religion_n which_o the_o christian_n have_v not_o but_o begin_v then_o to_o be_v persecute_v as_o appear_v from_o the_o act_n and_o other_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v if_o such_o as_o be_v not_o hearty_o and_o real_o jew_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o escape_v persecution_n they_o ought_v rather_o to_o have_v feign_v themselves_o heathen_n than_a jew_n in_o galatia_n beside_o though_o the_o jew_n be_v allow_v the_o profession_n of_o their_o religion_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n they_o have_v not_o therefore_o any_o power_n grant_v they_o over_o other_o so_o as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v any_o hurt_n to_o the_o christian_n they_o may_v indeed_o by_o calumny_n and_o such_o kind_n of_o unjust_a method_n endeavour_v to_o mischief_n they_o but_o that_o be_v all_o they_o can_v do_v as_o sufficient_o appear_v from_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o they_o annoy_v the_o christian_n that_o way_n who_o be_v resolve_v to_o obey_v all_o christ_n command_n and_o firm_o adhere_v to_o their_o purpose_n who_o upon_o that_o account_n they_o accuse_v and_o charge_v with_o sedition_n but_o they_o can_v not_o molest_v man_n who_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a feign_v themselves_o to_o be_v heathen_n of_o which_o sort_n be_v the_o gnostic_n verse_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o author_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n right_o think_v that_o this_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o second_o degree_n of_o excommunication_n but_o i_o do_v well_o understand_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o last_o word_n that_o none_o be_v to_o have_v any_o commerce_n with_o in_o sacred_a matter_n for_o if_o we_o may_v judge_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o excommunication_n by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o rabbin_n excommunicate_v person_n be_v neither_o exclude_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n nor_o the_o synagogue_n as_o mr._n selden_n have_v show_v de_fw-fr synedr_n judaeorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n seven_o it_o be_v only_o unlawful_a to_o converse_v with_o they_o familiar_o and_o within_o the_o space_n of_o four_o cubit_n as_o the_o same_o author_n have_v prove_v at_o large_a and_o if_o the_o christian_n at_o that_o time_n behave_v themselves_o otherwise_o towards_o the_o excommunicate_v our_o author_n will_v not_o have_v spend_v his_o time_n ill_o to_o have_v show_v it_o we_o for_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o judge_n of_o what_o be_v do_v in_o those_o primitive_a time_n by_o the_o
who_o he_o have_v banish_v dyrrachium_fw-la and_o philippi_n and_o other_o town_n to_o inhabit_v by_o this_o it_o appear_v how_o a_o little_a before_o st._n paul_n time_n philippi_n come_v to_o be_v enlarge_v because_o that_o city_n have_v twice_o receive_v a_o colony_n of_o roman_n we_o may_v consult_v foy-vaillant_n on_o numismata_fw-la aerea_fw-la coloniarum_fw-la the_o same_o author_n testify_v that_o philippi_n in_o piece_n of_o coin_n be_v style_v metropolis_n but_o that_o there_o be_v any_o regard_n have_v in_o that_o to_o ecclesiastical_a order_n or_o dignity_n of_o bishop_n even_o from_o the_o very_a time_n of_o st._n paul_n dr._n hammond_n have_v not_o prove_v nor_o will_v any_o other_o i_o believe_v prove_v though_o the_o thing_n be_v undoubted_o more_o ancient_a than_o many_o think_v the_o passage_n allege_v out_o of_o the_o digest_v be_v in_o lib._n 50._o tit_n 15._o de_fw-la censibus_fw-la leg_n 8._o §_o 8._o and_o be_v paulus_n not_o vlpian_n as_o be_v say_v by_o our_o author_n who_o it_o seem_v cite_v he_o upon_o trust_n he_o may_v have_v add_v that_o of_o celsus_n in_o leg_n 6._o colonia_n philippensis_fw-la juris_fw-la italici_n est_fw-la ii_o our_o author_n affirm_v that_o after_o vespasian_n have_v bring_v a_o colony_n into_o caesarea_n that_o city_n become_v immediate_o even_o in_o respect_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n a_o metropolis_n under_o which_o jerusalem_n itself_o be_v but_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v no_o jerusalem_n because_o it_o have_v be_v raze_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o be_v not_o rebuilt_a till_o under_o adrian_n who_o put_v into_o it_o a_o roman_a colony_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o xiphilinus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o adrian_n and_o as_o appear_v by_o a_o great_a many_o medal_n in_o which_o it_o be_v call_v col_n ael_n cap._n colonia_n aelia_n capitolina_n and_o who_o tell_v our_o author_n there_o be_v a_o bishop_n at_o caesarea_n in_o the_o time_n of_o vespasian_n from_o what_o mark_n of_o antiquity_n do_v he_o gather_v that_o the_o caesarean_a bishop_n be_v reckon_v superior_a in_o dignity_n and_o order_n to_o those_o of_o jerusalem_n from_o the_o age_n of_o vespasian_n if_o what_o he_o say_v be_v true_a that_o a_o city_n which_o have_v a_o roman_a colony_n bring_v into_o it_o be_v make_v a_o metropolis_n jerusalem_n enjoy_v that_o privilege_n as_o well_o as_o caesarea_n though_o not_o quite_o so_o soon_o ulpian_n in_o the_o forementioned_a tit._n lib._n 1._o §_o 6._o say_v palaestina_n dvae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la coloniae_fw-la &_o caesariensis_n &_o aelia_n capitolina_n sed_fw-la neutra_fw-la jus_o italicum_fw-la habet_fw-la but_o i_o look_v upon_o this_o also_o as_o improbable_a iii_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o think_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o ancient_n place_v philippi_n sometime_o in_o thrace_n and_o sometime_o in_o macedonia_n be_v not_o because_o those_o province_n be_v various_o divide_v which_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o because_o when_o city_n stand_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o any_o two_o country_n it_o be_v doubtful_a to_o which_o of_o they_o they_o belong_v the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o nicopolis_n what_o our_o author_n say_v beside_o about_o many_o church_n and_o those_o episcopal_a depend_v upon_o the_o metropolis_n of_o philippi_n be_v nothing_o but_o conjecture_n which_o i_o be_o not_o whole_o for_o reject_v but_o which_o i_o do_v not_o easy_o believe_v learned_a man_n often_o partly_o prove_v thing_n out_o of_o the_o ancient_n and_o partly_o make_v up_o by_o guest_n and_o conjecture_n what_o they_o will_v have_v to_o be_v true_a then_o they_o equal_v their_o conjecture_n to_o that_o which_o they_o have_v prove_v and_o from_o all_o put_v together_o they_o very_o easy_o infer_v what_o they_o please_v because_o st._n paul_n preach_v the_o gospel_n first_o at_o philippi_n do_v it_o present_o follow_v that_o that_o city_n be_v also_o account_v the_o metropolis_n in_o respect_n of_o ecclesiastical_a order_n the_o rest_n also_o be_v very_o deceitful_a and_o uncertain_a ibid._n note_v b._n i._n the_o opinion_n of_o grotius_n and_o other_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o plain_a who_o think_v that_o as_o the_o word_n presbyter_n and_o bishop_n be_v promiscuous_o use_v though_o there_o be_v one_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o call_v so_o also_o the_o word_n bishop_n signify_v both_o order_n first_o and_o second_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o word_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n where_o the_o discourse_n be_v but_o of_o one_o church_n there_o be_v a_o communion_n of_o name_n between_o minister_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o rank_n so_o that_o those_o of_o the_o first_o rank_n be_v sometime_o style_v presbyter_n and_o those_o of_o the_o second_o bishop_n not_o because_o their_o authority_n be_v the_o same_o and_o their_o office_n in_o every_o respect_n alike_o but_o because_o there_o be_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n between_o they_o as_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n but_o the_o particular_a power_n of_o ordination_n may_v belong_v to_o one_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o call_v ii_o that_o which_o our_o author_n say_v about_o metropolitan_o and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o which_o alone_o he_o defend_v himself_o against_o his_o adversary_n as_o to_o those_o apostolical_a time_n be_v very_o uncertain_a nor_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o follow_a age_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o primitive_a time_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o own_o and_o not_o from_o any_o certain_a knowledge_n not_o to_o say_v at_o present_a that_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n aspire_v to_o that_o dignity_n can_v always_o safe_o be_v hear_v in_o their_o own_o cause_n it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o there_o be_v any_o episcopal_a church_n in_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n beside_o ephesus_n at_o the_o time_n speak_v of_o in_o act_n xx_o or_o in_o macedonia_n beside_o philippi_n and_o thessalonica_n but_o a_o little_a while_n after_o when_o the_o number_n of_o christian_n be_v increase_v there_o be_v other_o episcopal_a seat_n constitute_v in_o they_o ibid._n note_v c._n i._n i_o also_o have_v speak_v pretty_a large_o of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o luke_n viij_o 2_o and_o i_o shall_v not_o repeat_v what_o i_o have_v there_o say_v our_o author_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o note_n use_v the_o word_n dimensum_fw-la for_o demensum_fw-la though_o that_o itself_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o be_v use_v in_o this_o place_n because_o demensum_fw-la signify_v the_o portion_n or_o allowance_n of_o servant_n not_o of_o guest_n see_v frid._n taubmannus_n on_o plautus_n his_o stitch_n act_v i_o sc._n two_o vers_fw-la 3._o ii_o i_o think_v indeed_o with_o dr._n hammond_n that_o the_o original_a or_o deacon_n must_v be_v fetch_v from_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o deacon_n be_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n what_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hhazanim_fw-la be_v in_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n but_o i_o do_v not_o think_v we_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v here_o with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schoterim_n which_o be_v the_o name_n only_o of_o the_o officer_n that_o attend_v upon_o magistrate_n or_o certain_a public_a crier_n see_v my_o note_n on_o exod._n ver_fw-la 8._o iii_o nor_n do_v i_o think_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d juniors_n aught_o to_o be_v confound_v with_o the_o charanitae_n especial_o in_o act_n v_o 6_o where_o any_o of_o the_o young_a sort_n who_o be_v accidental_o then_o present_a seem_v to_o be_v mean_v though_o the_o disciple_n of_o doctor_n be_v call_v junior_n in_o maimonides_n it_o do_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o that_o word_n must_v be_v so_o take_v wherever_o we_o meet_v with_o it_o iv._o the_o say_v of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o decay_n of_o learning_n among_o they_o which_o our_o author_n speak_v of_o be_v in_o sotae_n fol._n 49.1_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d since_o the_o second_o house_n be_v destroy_v the_o wise_a man_n begin_v to_o be_v as_o the_o scribe_n and_o the_o scribe_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o last_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o synagogue_n as_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o dr._n hammond_n mistranslate_v and_o invert_v the_o word_n themselves_o they_o may_v be_v find_v by_o those_o that_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o turn_v to_o they_o in_o the_o edition_n of_o joan._n chr._n wagenseilius_fw-la in_o sotae_n cap._n ix_o s._n 15._o it_o appear_v that_o our_o author_n do_v not_o look_v into_o this_o say_v himself_o but_o go_v upon_o trust_n for_o it_o and_o that_o make_v he_o render_v it_o so_o ill_a and_o not_o so_o much_o as_o refer_v to_o the_o book_n in_o which_o it_o be_v set_v down_o verse_n 13._o note_n e._n some_o year_n ago_o there_o arise_v a_o great_a controversy_n about_o this_o place_n
admonish_v by_o the_o whole_a congregation_n but_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o colosse_n but_o a_o evangelist_n who_o do_v not_o execute_v his_o office_n so_o diligent_o as_o he_o ought_v and_o lie_v idle_a among_o the_o colossian_n or_o somewhere_o in_o the_o neighbourhood_n be_v to_o be_v admonish_v by_o they_o which_o seem_v the_o more_o probable_a because_o this_o archippus_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o philemon_n ver_fw-la 2._o be_v call_v the_o fellow_n soldier_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o st._n paul_n on_o which_o place_n see_v grotius_n verse_n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grotius_n who_o be_v follow_v therein_o by_o our_o author_n think_v there_o be_v a_o hebraism_n in_o these_o word_n for_o see_v that_o thou_o fulfil_v in_o the_o lord_n the_o ministry_n which_o thou_o have_v receive_v so_o that_o the_o phrase_n in_o the_o lord_n shall_v signify_v according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o though_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o this_o may_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o st._n paul_n word_n they_o be_v capable_a of_o two_o other_o sense_n first_o consider_v thorough_o the_o office_n which_o thou_o have_v receive_v in_o the_o lord_n in_o order_n to_o a_o complete_a discharge_n of_o it_o or_o else_o second_o consider_v in_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v as_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n so_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v as_o in_o 2_o john_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n see_v yourselves_o that_o we_o lose_v not_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v wrought_v but_o that_o we_o receive_v a_o full_a reward_n that_o be_v thorough_o consider_v or_o examine_v yourselves_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o and_o according_a to_o the_o various_a signification_n of_o the_o preposition_n ב_n which_o be_v ordinary_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o use_v in_o a_o manifold_a sense_n signify_v diverse_a thing_n i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o know_v which_o of_o these_o sense_n be_v the_o best_a verse_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bare_a remember_v of_o st._n paul_n bond_n be_v in_o itself_o no_o part_n of_o piety_n it_o be_v consequent_a the_o design_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o these_o word_n must_v be_v to_o admonish_v the_o colossian_n to_o behave_v themselves_o both_o towards_o god_n and_o towards_o he_o as_o become_v those_o that_o be_v mindful_a of_o his_o bond_n that_o be_v who_o very_o well_o know_v that_o he_o be_v cast_v into_o those_o bond_n only_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o to_o be_v constant_a in_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n as_o he_o be_v and_o love_v he_o and_o pray_v to_o god_n in_o his_o behalf_n that_o he_o may_v be_v set_v at_o liberty_n annotation_n on_o the_o first_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o the_o 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say_v nothing_o at_o all_o about_o st._n peter_n conflict_n or_o victory_n over_o he_o which_o he_o will_v never_o have_v omit_v if_o that_o have_v be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o those_o time_n because_o it_o may_v be_v make_v very_o great_a use_n of_o against_o the_o heathen_n who_o he_o upbraid_v with_o deify_v simon_n i._n irenaeus_n also_o mention_n the_o statue_n in_o lib._n 1._o c._n 20._o but_o say_v nothing_o about_o the_o contest_v that_o be_v but_o a_o invention_n of_o the_o false_a clement_n which_o other_o rash_o receive_v for_o truth_n there_o be_v very_o few_o if_o any_o historical_a record_n in_o the_o first_o age_n except_v the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n that_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o do_v misemployed_a their_o wit_n in_o devise_v fable_n which_o the_o injudiciousness_n of_o posterity_n have_v almost_o make_v it_o a_o crime_n to_o question_v the_o truth_n of_o but_o i_o be_o sorry_a to_o find_v dr._n hammond_n shall_v so_o easy_o give_v credit_n to_o these_o trifle_n chap._n i._n verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v a_o few_o thing_n which_o it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o remark_n upon_o this_o chapter_n though_o dr._n hammond_n have_v pass_v it_o over_o without_o any_o annotation_n content_v himself_o to_o express_v what_o he_o think_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n grotius_n explain_v these_o word_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o apostle_n non_fw-fr nominat_fw-la hic_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la quia_fw-la recens_fw-la erat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nec_fw-la dum_fw-la formam_fw-la plenam_fw-la acceperat_fw-la do_v not_o name_n here_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n because_o the_o church_n of_o thessalonica_n have_v be_v but_o late_o gather_v and_o not_o yet_o form_v into_o a_o regular_a church_n but_o if_o this_o reason_n be_v good_a none_o of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o st._n paul_n write_v except_o that_o of_o philippi_n be_v regular_o form_v church_n because_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o church-governor_n bishop_n and_o deacon_n in_o the_o inscription_n of_o any_o of_o the_o epistle_n but_o to_o the_o philippian_n but_o who_o will_v believe_v that_o the_o ephesian_a and_o corinthian_a church_n in_o which_o st._n paul_n have_v for_o a_o great_a while_n reside_v be_v not_o yet_o so_o constitute_v as_o to_o have_v rector_n in_o they_o and_o yet_o that_o the_o church_n of_o philippi_n in_o which_o he_o make_v a_o short_a stay_n have_v of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n the_o contrary_a appear_v from_o act_n xx_o 17_o 28._o and_o of_o the_o corinthian_a by_o the_o epistle_n themselves_o write_v to_o that_o church_n so_o that_o there_o must_v be_v another_o reason_n give_v for_o st._n paul_n not_o make_v mention_n of_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n in_o the_o inscription_n of_o all_o his_o epistle_n and_o that_o which_o seem_v to_o i_o the_o most_o probable_a be_v that_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v modest_a humble_a man_n who_o 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have_v die_v for_o man_n that_o they_o may_v live_v with_o he_o i._n e._n that_o they_o may_v enjoy_v eternal_a life_n with_o he_o in_o heaven_n and_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o apostle_n word_n the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v what_o be_v mean_v in_o this_o place_n by_o wake_v or_o sleep_v and_o because_o st._n paul_n say_v that_o neither_o of_o these_o thing_n signify_v any_o thing_n to_o salvation_n for_o whether_o we_o wake_v or_o sleep_v we_o shall_v live_v together_o with_o christ_n those_o phrase_n can_v be_v think_v to_o signify_v either_o a_o vice_n or_o a_o virtue_n contrary_a to_o what_o they_o do_v in_o vers_n 6_o 7_o &_o 8._o our_o author_n who_o think_v the_o discourse_n be_v about_o a_o temporal_a deliverance_n interpret_v they_o of_o solicitude_n and_o security_n which_o i_o can_v admit_v because_o i_o affirm_v that_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o eternal_a salvation_n as_o the_o thing_n itself_o also_o declare_v what_o therefore_o do_v they_o 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〈◊〉_d as_o be_v all_o set_v over_o the_o church_n of_o thessalonica_n though_o not_o with_o a_o equal_a authority_n consider_v this_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n it_o may_v much_o more_o easy_o be_v admit_v than_o that_o there_o be_v more_o episcopal_a church_n in_o macedonia_n beside_o that_o of_o philippi_n and_o thessalonica_n which_o be_v contain_v under_o these_o as_o their_o metropolitan_o see_v my_o note_n on_o philip._n i._n 1_o verse_n 22._o note_n e._n our_o author_n right_o interpret_v the_o word_n of_o st._n paul_n in_o this_o place_n of_o all_o kind_n of_o evil_n for_o after_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prove_v all_o thing_n hold_v fast_o that_o which_o be_v good_a it_o very_o fit_o follow_v abstain_v from_o all_o kind_n of_o evil_n which_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v when_o you_o have_v careful_o examine_v all_o that_o any_o prophet_n shall_v say_v to_o you_o be_v sure_a to_o embrace_v and_o retain_v whatever_o you_o find_v to_o be_v good_a but_o reject_v all_o that_o be_v evil_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v that_o which_o have_v a_o appearance_n of_o good_a so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v set_v opposite_a to_o it_o be_v not_o every_o appearance_n of_o evil_a but_o all_o that_o be_v real_o evil._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v often_o take_v for_o kind_n there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o prove_v but_o if_o any_o doubt_n of_o it_o they_o may_v consult_v the_o old_a gloss_n of_o labbaeus_n his_o edition_n on_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 23._o note_n f._n i._n this_o in_o earnest_n be_v a_o medley_n of_o
christ_n but_o god_n the_o father_n can_v in_o no_o sense_n be_v say_v to_o die_v see_v dr._n hammond_n annot._n on_o the_o inscription_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n so_o that_o this_o discourse_n be_v to_o be_v look_v on_o mere_o as_o the_o play_n of_o a_o hellenistical_a writer_n who_o because_o he_o see_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o that_o covenant_n whereof_o christ_n be_v the_o mediator_n and_o signify_v also_o a_o testament_n and_o christ_n be_v dead_a thence_o deduce_v consectary_n which_o be_v true_a indeed_o consider_v in_o themselves_o but_o here_o rely_v upon_o weak_a principle_n rather_o to_o set_v off_o his_o discourse_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o age_n than_o to_o convert_v the_o unbelieve_a jew_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n by_o force_n of_o reason_v they_o who_o think_v every_o thing_n say_v in_o these_o write_n be_v mathematical_o demonstrative_a be_v great_o mistake_v and_o have_v not_o read_v they_o with_o due_a attention_n nor_o do_v this_o lessen_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o epistle_n the_o writer_n of_o which_o no_o where_o say_v that_o he_o will_v bring_v nothing_o but_o demonstration_n all_o the_o head_n of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n which_o he_o prosecute_v be_v very_o true_a and_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v by_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n but_o the_o manner_n in_o which_o he_o illustrate_v they_o x._o be_v plain_o like_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o time_n as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o philo_n in_o who_o there_o be_v often_o such_o accommodation_n as_o divine_n speak_v of_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o consequence_n deduce_v from_o they_o in_o which_o no_o regard_n at_o all_o be_v have_v to_o grammar_n and_o the_o only_a thing_n observe_v be_v that_o the_o thing_n itself_o illustrate_v by_o they_o be_v true_a that_o be_v the_o way_n of_o that_o age_n which_o we_o ought_v no_o more_o to_o wonder_v at_o than_o at_o our_o own_o present_a custom_n verse_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o similitude_n between_o the_o old_a covenant_n and_o a_o testament_n which_o be_v here_o urge_v be_v that_o in_o both_o there_o be_v a_o death_n observable_a in_o a_o testament_n of_o the_o testator_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o that_o by_o that_o death_n both_o be_v confirm_v though_o not_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n this_o be_v but_o a_o slight_a similitude_n from_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v philosophical_o infer_v but_o consider_v the_o custom_n of_o that_o age_n a_o elegant_a way_n of_o reason_v i_o know_v that_o grotius_n will_v have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o more_o general_a notion_n for_o a_o explication_n of_o the_o import_n of_o the_o testator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will._n which_o be_v true_a where_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d birth_n be_v translate_v and_o nothing_o be_v add_v to_o show_v there_o be_v a_o respect_n have_v to_o a_o testament_n proper_o so_o call_v but_o where_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o the_o death_n of_o a_o testator_n the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o last_o signification_n of_o his_o will_n as_o in_o this_o place_n verse_n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v fashion_v according_a to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sanctuary_n of_o heaven_n be_v the_o pattern_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o likeness_n of_o which_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v make_v see_v my_o note_n on_o 1_o cor._n x._o 7_o but_o wherein_o consist_v that_o likeness_n in_o this_o that_o as_o god_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n be_v think_v to_o dwell_v in_o heaven_n so_o he_o dwell_v in_o the_o moysaicall_a sanctuary_n this_o similitude_n be_v certain_a what_o be_v further_o add_v out_o of_o philo_n or_o other_o be_v mere_a conjecture_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n vain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nicety_n chap._n x._o verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v by_o its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o to_o reconcile_v and_o render_v they_o acceptable_a to_o god_n as_o that_o they_o may_v hope_v for_o eternal_a happiness_n from_o he_o see_v my_o note_n on_o chap._n seven_o 11_o verse_n 26._o note_n b._n i._n that_o it_o be_v a_o defection_n or_o fall_v away_o from_o christianity_n which_o be_v here_o mean_v there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v it_o of_o a_o defection_n to_o the_o gnostic_n rather_o than_o to_o the_o heathen_n or_o jew_n our_o author_n have_v not_o prove_v for_o there_o be_v nothing_o say_v in_o this_o place_n which_o do_v not_o exact_o agree_v to_o those_o who_o have_v revolt_v to_o the_o syrian_n or_o jew_n after_o they_o have_v know_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n ii_o what_o our_o author_n here_o add_v about_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n i_o do_v not_o see_v upon_o what_o ground_n it_o rely_v for_o man_n do_v not_o ordinary_o revolt_v from_o the_o christian_a faith_n out_o of_o a_o contempt_n of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n but_o rather_o of_o the_o gospel_n itself_o they_o forsake_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o christian_n not_o to_o show_v they_o despise_v their_o bishop_n but_o to_o secure_v their_o life_n and_o possession_n for_o which_o they_o have_v so_o high_a a_o value_n that_o for_o their_o sake_n they_o tread_v under_o foot_n the_o son_n of_o god_n account_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n as_o a_o profane_a thing_n and_o reproach_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indeed_o be_v the_o office_n of_o bishop_n but_o private_a man_n also_o may_v exhort_v one_o another_o and_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n here_o of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n iii_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n of_o moses_n i_o shall_v afterward_o explain_v but_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o council_n be_v here_o appeal_v to_o and_o such_o example_n bring_v out_o of_o they_o to_o show_v what_o it_o be_v to_o reproach_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n which_o be_v to_o speak_v contumelious_o of_o the_o spirit_n vouchsafe_v under_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o apostle_n verse_n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o simple_o to_o violate_v but_o by_o word_n and_o deed_n to_o declare_v a_o man_n will_v not_o observe_v the_o law_n and_o do_v not_o think_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v or_o scornful_o to_o reject_v it_o and_o for_o that_o wickedness_n among_o the_o jew_n there_o be_v no_o sacrifice_n of_o expiation_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v in_o num._n xv_o 30_o where_o see_v my_o note_n add_v also_o deut._n xxvii_o 26_o &_o xxix_o 19_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o reject_v in_o luke_n seven_o 30_o &_o x._o 16_o john_n twelve_o 48_o judas_n 8._o and_o elsewhere_o so_o the_o old_a gloss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reprobo_fw-la to_o reject_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refellit_fw-la disapprove_v hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n hammond_n observe_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o english_a translation_n that_o the_o alexandrian_a copy_n read_v here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o do_v also_o the_o vulgar_a vinctis_fw-la compassi_fw-la estis_fw-la you_o have_v sympathise_v with_o the_o bound_n which_o read_v be_v countenance_v likewise_o by_o the_o syriack_n interpreter_n so_o also_o it_o be_v read_v in_o two_o copy_n of_o r._n stephanus_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o be_v the_o true_a read_n which_o be_v change_v by_o those_o who_o rash_o suppose_a st._n paul_n be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n chap._n xi_o xi_o verse_n 1._o note_v a._n i._o in_o the_o place_n cite_v out_o of_o ezekiel_n in_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v not_o be_v render_v ausi_fw-la sunt_fw-la they_o take_v confidence_n but_o impudenter_fw-la confirmant_fw-la they_o impudent_o confirm_v viz._n sermonem_fw-la suum_fw-la ratum_fw-la fore_fw-la that_o their_o word_n shall_v be_v make_v good_a or_o come_v to_o pass_v the_o hebrew_n verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v render_v they_o have_v make_v other_o to_o hope_v that_o the_o thing_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v but_o suppose_v this_o our_o author_n conjecture_n be_v nevertheless_o good_a ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o septuagint_v version_n of_o mich._n v._n 7_o must_v not_o be_v translate_v to_o subsist_v but_o to_o hope_v the_o hebrew_n have_v the_o remnant_n of_o jacob_n shall_v be_v among_o the_o nation_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o many_o people_n as_o a_o dew_n from_o the_o lord_n as_o shower_n upon_o the_o grass_n which_o do_v not_o wait_v for_o any_o man_n nor_o stay_v
to_o another_o course_n of_o life_n ibid._n note_v c._n for_o jerem._n xxxv_o we_o must_v read_v isai_n xxxv_o which_o place_n have_v be_v cite_v by_o grotius_n and_o other_o verse_n 4._o note_n d._n here_o our_o author_n confound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o vain_a fight_v with_o one_o own_o shadow_n with_o skirmish_v or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v not_o the_o same_o among_o the_o ancient_a greek_n verse_n 16._o note_n f._n that_o which_o be_v here_o produce_v out_o of_o the_o rabbin_n i_o have_v show_v to_o be_v vain_a on_o gen._n twenty-five_o 31_o esau_n be_v certain_o profane_a in_o this_o that_o he_o despise_v the_o last_o benediction_n of_o his_o father_n as_o think_v it_o to_o be_v of_o less_o value_n than_o a_o mess_n of_o pottage_n verse_n 23._o note_n h._n there_o may_v also_o be_v a_o allusion_n here_o to_o exod._n four_o 22_o where_o israel_n be_v say_v to_o be_v god_n first-born_a because_o of_o the_o peculiar_a benefit_n which_o god_n have_v confer_v upon_o he_o for_o the_o christian_a church_n succeed_v in_o the_o place_n of_o israel_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n ibid._n note_v i._o this_o be_v a_o figurative_a expression_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v on_o exod._n xxxii_o 32_o god_n be_v represent_v to_o have_v as_o it_o be_v a_o book_n in_o which_o he_o write_v down_o his_o peculiar_a favourite_n as_o king_n have_v register_n of_o the_o name_n of_o those_o who_o they_o employ_v in_o their_o service_n or_o upon_o who_o they_o confer_v any_o benefit_n ibid._n note_v k._n i_o easy_o believe_v this_o phrase_n be_v take_v from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o our_o author_n who_o look_v here_o beside_o for_o i_o know_v not_o what_o agonistical_a sense_n aught_o to_o have_v produce_v at_o least_o one_o place_n in_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o conqueror_n in_o the_o game_n which_o he_o can_v not_o do_v and_o therefore_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v content_v with_o what_o he_o have_v borrow_v from_o grotius_n about_o the_o use_n of_o the_o jew_n verse_n 24._o note_n l._n i._n our_o learned_a author_n will_v have_v do_v much_o better_a if_o he_o have_v follow_v grotius_n what_o he_o here_o say_v be_v either_o wrest_v or_o affirm_v without_o reason_n to_o begin_v with_o his_o last_o word_n i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o liturgy_n whoever_o they_o be_v be_v of_o little_a moment_n to_o the_o explication_n of_o particular_a place_n of_o scripture_n because_o they_o have_v scarce_o any_o tincture_n of_o critical_a learning_n as_o every_o one_o know_v but_o i_o will_v say_v that_o our_o author_n suppose_v here_o two_o thing_n which_o may_v be_v call_v into_o question_n first_o that_o a_o bloody_a sacrifice_n be_v offer_v up_o by_o abel_n which_o be_v uncertain_a as_o i_o have_v show_v on_o gen._n four_o 4_o second_o that_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v type_n that_o be_v in_o the_o language_n of_o our_o modern_a divine_n prefiguration_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n which_o if_o deny_v can_v be_v prove_v by_o no_o argument_n though_o i_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v some_o likeness_n between_o they_o in_o which_o sense_n they_o may_v be_v call_v type_n and_o shadow_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n because_o of_o their_o similitude_n not_o because_o of_o a_o design_n to_o presignify_v one_o by_o the_o other_o which_o no_o one_o know_v of_o yet_o our_o author_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n attribute_n his_o own_o opinion_n to_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o epistle_n who_o have_v nothing_o at_o all_o here_o about_o that_o matter_n see_v my_o note_n on_o 1_o cor._n x._o 3_o ii_o the_o efficacy_n of_o christ_n sacrifice_n be_v not_o compare_v here_o with_o the_o efficacy_n of_o abel_n sacrifice_n but_o the_o thing_n which_o abel_n call_v for_o whether_o by_o his_o own_o or_o the_o blood_n of_o sacrifice_n with_o the_o thing_n which_o christ_n demand_v and_o therefore_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d better_a thing_n which_o can_v be_v refer_v to_o efficacy_n and_o respect_v nothing_o but_o what_o christ_n obtain_v but_o it_o be_v say_v the_o design_n of_o this_o epistle_n be_v to_o show_v the_o pre-eminence_n of_o the_o gospel_n above_o the_o law_n i_o do_v not_o deny_v it_o but_o every_o particular_a word_n do_v not_o tend_v to_o that_o design_n for_o there_o be_v also_o a_o great_a many_o thing_n intermix_v in_o it_o foreign_a to_o that_o design_n so_o that_o i_o have_v rather_o with_o most_o interpreter_n look_v upon_o these_o word_n as_o a_o allusion_n to_o what_o be_v say_v of_o abel_n in_o chap._n xi_o 4_o which_o opinion_n be_v manifest_o confirm_v by_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v in_o both_o place_n for_o as_o there_o abel_n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xiii_o because_o of_o his_o blood_n which_o in_o gen._n four_o 10_o be_v say_v to_o have_v cry_v unto_o god_n from_o the_o earth_n so_o here_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o abel_n or_o than_o the_o blood_n of_o abel_n verse_n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v undoubted_o a_o periphrasis_n of_o moses_n but_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v to_o have_v speak_v from_o mount_n sinai_n when_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v oracle_n from_o which_o he_o himself_o say_v nothing_o but_o in_o the_o camp_n when_o he_o hear_v the_o response_n of_o god_n from_o the_o sanctuary_n which_o he_o afterward_o declare_v to_o the_o people_n ii_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v christ_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n teach_v the_o gospel_n upon_o earth_n though_o sometime_o also_o but_o rare_o he_o reveal_v himself_o to_o the_o apostle_n from_o heaven_n after_o his_o resurrection_n i_o rather_o think_v it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v with_o grotius_n of_o those_o voice_n which_o come_v from_o heaven_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o christ_n mention_v in_o mat._n iii._o 17_o &_o xvii_o 5_o and_o elsewhere_o chap._n xiii_o verse_n 4._o note_v a._n des_n erasmus_n and_o nicol._n zegerus_n have_v go_v before_o our_o author_n in_o this_o interpretation_n but_o beza_n object_n against_o it_o the_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o if_o that_o interpretation_n be_v allow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v take_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o manner_n let_v marriage_n be_v honourable_a in_o all_o and_o the_o bed_n undefiled_a for_o fornicator_n and_o adulterer_n god_n will_v judge_n i_o be_o of_o opinion_n the_o ancient_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o greek_a and_o latin_a copy_n and_o in_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n which_o have_v enim_fw-la and_o that_o this_o be_v change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o those_o who_o do_v not_o think_v these_o word_n be_v a_o exhortation_n verse_n 9_o note_n d._n when_o our_o author_n make_v this_o collection_n he_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v look_v into_o act_n xv_o 40_o where_o to_o be_v commend_v or_o deliver_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v without_o doubt_n to_o be_v recommend_v by_o prayer_n to_o the_o divine_a goodness_n beside_o the_o word_n which_o he_o produce_v be_v follow_v be_v in_o act_n fourteen_o 26_o but_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v fall_v into_o a_o mistake_n because_o there_o be_v also_o the_o same_o expression_n in_o this_o latter_a place_n of_o the_o act_n immediate_o precede_v they_o and_o thence_o sail_v to_o antioch_n from_o whence_o they_o have_v be_v recommend_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o the_o work_n which_o they_o fulfil_v but_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o to_o be_v send_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n but_o to_o be_v recommend_v by_o prayer_n to_o the_o divine_a grace_n though_o this_o have_v be_v do_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n may_v preach_v the_o gospel_n with_o success_n verse_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o allude_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n offer_v up_o on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n as_o every_o one_o see_v but_o to_o make_v the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n clear_a he_o shall_v have_v express_v what_o be_v here_o to_o be_v understand_v and_o upon_o which_o that_o which_o follow_v depend_v christ_n be_v a_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n which_o we_o must_v eat_v that_o we_o may_v have_v a_o interest_n in_o the_o efficacy_n of_o it_o as_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o christ_n in_o john_n vi_fw-la 50_o and_o seqq_n but_o by_o the_o moysaicall_a rite_n no_o man_n taste_v of_o such_o a_o sacrifice_n so_o that_o they_o who_o desire_v to_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d founder_v and_o interpreter_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n that_o for_o a_o thousand_o year_n after_o constantin_n the_o church_n be_v pure_a than_o it_o be_v before_o or_o that_o there_o be_v few_o false_a doctrine_n by_o public_a authority_n establish_v in_o many_o church_n in_o that_o interval_n of_o time_n there_o be_v not_o only_o many_o heresy_n which_o create_v almost_o perpetual_a difference_n but_o very_o great_a error_n creep_v in_o among_o christian_n which_o be_v open_o approve_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o church_n so_o that_o the_o church-discipline_n which_o our_o author_n so_o much_o boast_v of_o be_v use_v only_o to_o confirm_v those_o error_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o prince_n to_o kill_v or_o at_o least_o abuse_v those_o who_o dare_v to_o oppose_v they_o so_o that_o if_o this_o kingdom_n be_v to_o be_v extend_v to_o the_o thousand_o follow_a year_n it_o must_v not_o be_v think_v consist_v in_o sanctity_n of_o life_n and_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n but_o only_o in_o the_o liberty_n which_o the_o christian_n shall_v enjoy_v in_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n so_o that_o they_o may_v be_v good_a and_o pious_a man_n without_o be_v envy_v or_o persecute_v by_o the_o heathen_n verse_n 7._o note_n e._n i._n i_o wonder_v our_o learned_a author_n here_o take_v so_o much_o pain_n to_o confute_v very_o weak_a objection_n and_o yet_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o heresy_n which_o disturb_v the_o eastern_a and_o western_a church_n at_o the_o time_n when_o he_o suppose_v the_o christian_n reign_v as_o i_o have_v before_o observe_v ii_o he_o take_v it_o for_o certain_a that_o not_o only_a alaricus_n spare_v the_o christian_n and_o destroy_v none_o but_o heathen_n but_o also_o that_o gensericus_fw-la and_o attila_n do_v the_o same_o which_o he_o do_v not_o prove_v this_o shall_v have_v be_v show_v and_o not_o that_o which_o he_o prove_v of_o julian_n in_o so_o many_o word_n when_o no_o one_o can_v deny_v it_o who_o have_v read_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o history_n of_o those_o time_n iii_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v approve_v of_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o millenaries_n but_o i_o wonder_v dr._n hammond_n here_o object_n against_o they_o the_o condemnation_n of_o the_o church_n and_o give_v they_o the_o odious_a name_n of_o heretic_n for_o as_o that_o be_v but_o a_o small_a error_n if_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christianity_n be_v retain_v as_o they_o be_v by_o irenaeus_n so_o the_o church_n have_v not_o receive_v any_o revelation_n about_o that_o matter_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n verse_n 8._o note_n f._n i._n that_o gog_n and_o magog_n signify_v the_o people_n who_o dwell_v about_o the_o mountain_n caucasus_n have_v be_v so_o clear_o show_v by_o sam._n bochart_n geogr._n sacr._n lib._n iii._o c._n 12._o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o doubt_v of_o it_o and_o the_o turk_n have_v invade_v asia_n from_o those_o place_n our_o author_n may_v hence_o have_v confirm_v his_o interpretation_n which_o i_o wonder_v he_o do_v not_o seeing_z he_o allege_v that_o writer_n elsewhere_o for_o what_o be_v say_v here_o by_o grotius_n can_v in_o the_o least_o be_v compare_v with_o what_o we_o may_v learn_v from_o bochart_n as_o to_o this_o matter_n ii_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o gyges_n be_v sometime_o ruler_n of_o lydia_n but_o the_o king_n which_o succeed_v he_o be_v not_o therefore_o as_o i_o remember_v call_v gygae_n though_o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o grotius_n and_o after_o he_o by_o dr._n hammond_n who_o absurd_o deduce_v it_o from_o this_o place_n whereas_o gyges_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v in_o part_n ancient_a than_o ezekiel_n and_o partly_o his_o contemporary_n and_o therefore_o sure_a that_o name_n can_v not_o be_v take_v from_o the_o revelation_n iii_o if_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o turk_n be_v here_o refer_v to_o i_o have_v rather_o interpret_v the_o belove_a city_n and_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o all_o the_o eastern_a church_n than_o constantinople_n alone_o but_o vers_fw-la 9_o seem_v to_o oppose_v it_o in_o which_o a_o sudden_a victory_n over_o gog_n and_o magog_n seem_v rather_o to_o be_v promise_v than_o the_o take_n of_o that_o city_n by_o those_o people_n threaten_v yet_o this_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n of_o that_o kind_n i_o leave_v undetermined_a chap._n xxi_o xxi_o verse_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cicero_n tuscul_fw-la quaest_n lib._n two_o c._n 15._o have_v define_v labour_n and_o dolour_n labour_n and_o sorrow_n add_v haec_fw-la duo_fw-la graeci_fw-la illi_fw-la quoram_fw-la copiosior_fw-la est_fw-la lingua_fw-la quam_fw-la nostra_fw-la uno_fw-la nomine_fw-la appellant_n these_o two_o thing_n the_o grecian_n who_o language_n be_v more_o copious_a than_o we_o call_v by_o one_o name_n he_o mean_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o what_o he_o say_v afterward_o as_o well_o as_o the_o thing_n itself_o show_v so_o in_o epictetus_n enchir._n cap._n fourteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o sorrow_n present_v itself_o you_o will_v find_v patience_n in_o this_o place_n also_o sorrow_n seem_v to_o be_v intend_v verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o word_n seem_v also_o to_o signify_v the_o apostle_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v both_o from_o the_o number_n here_o specify_v and_o from_o this_o that_o by_o they_o all_o nation_n enter_v into_o the_o church_n if_o this_o and_o the_o like_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o church_n in_o late_a time_n as_o dr._n hammond_n think_v it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o praise_n here_o give_v to_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v comparative_o so_o as_o for_o that_o church_n to_o be_v oppose_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o heathen_n in_o comparison_n of_o which_o it_o be_v not_o unworthy_a of_o these_o commendation_n but_o we_o must_v not_o measure_v its_o doctrine_n or_o practice_n by_o the_o perfect_a rule_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o which_o dr._n hammond_n himself_o do_v not_o think_v but_o it_o have_v depart_v though_o he_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v it_o verse_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o wit_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o mountain_n on_o which_o the_o city_n stand_v to_o the_o top_n of_o its_o wall_n for_o the_o wall_n themselves_o be_v not_o so_o very_o high_a it_o be_v somewhat_o uncertain_a whether_o all_o the_o side_n of_o this_o square_n be_v twelve_o thousand_o furlong_n in_o length_n so_o as_o that_o the_o whole_a circuit_n be_v forty_o eight_o thousand_o furlong_n as_o also_o the_o height_n of_o the_o mountain_n join_v with_o the_o height_n of_o the_o wall_n or_o whether_o a_o four_o part_n only_o of_o that_o number_n be_v to_o be_v assign_v to_o each_o of_o the_o side_n that_o be_v three_o thousand_o furlong_n the_o former_a be_v most_o likely_a so_o as_o that_o a_o exceed_o great_a city_n shall_v be_v describe_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v great_a and_o spacious_a be_v here_o to_o be_v think_v on_o verse_n 17._o note_n f._n by_o a_o man_n cubit_n here_o i_o rather_o understand_v a_o ordinary_a cubit_n as_o in_o deut._n iii._o 11_o where_o without_o doubt_n moses_n speak_v of_o a_o cubit_n of_o six_o handbreadth_n in_o ezekiel_n also_o the_o discourse_n be_v not_o about_o a_o cubit_n of_o a_o foot_n but_o of_o six_o handbreadth_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o vers_n 5._o chap._n xl_o where_o the_o angel_n be_v say_v to_o have_v have_v in_o his_o hand_n a_o measure_v reed_n of_o six_o cubit_n by_o the_o cubit_n and_o a_o handbreadth_n that_o be_v six_o jewish_a not_o babylonian_n cubit_n see_v dr._n cumberland_n of_o the_o jewish_a measure_n xxii_o chap._n xxii_o verse_n 1._o note_v a._n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o say_v that_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o lamb_n sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n baptism_n be_v institute_v which_o be_v very_o true_a and_o be_v here_o signify_v grant_v that_o the_o water_n in_o baptism_n be_v mean_v by_o the_o water_n proceed_v out_o of_o the_o throne_n the_o rest_n dr._n hammond_n add_v of_o his_o own_o invention_n to_o find_v out_o here_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n as_o he_o do_v in_o other_o place_n where_o no_o one_o else_o will_v think_v they_o refer_v to_o the_o same_o he_o do_v afterward_o but_o be_v in_o haste_n to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o this_o tedious_a work_n i_o shall_v not_o particular_o examine_v what_o he_o say_v nor_o will_v it_o be_v worth_a while_n for_o who_o but_o he_o can_v here_o mistake_v he_o describe_v to_o we_o for_o instance_n the_o happy_a condition_n of_o the_o christian_n from_o constantin_n to_o the_o year_n mccc_o live_v under_o the_o discipline_n of_o church-governor_n and_o a_o most_o pure_a church_n during_o that_o interval_n and_o most_o worthy_a of_o christ_n which_o that_o we_o may_v believe_v either_o the_o new_a testament_n must_v have_v be_v many_o
however_o not_o agree_v in_o their_o opinion_n about_o the_o day_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o the_o year_n in_o which_o christ_n be_v bear_v one_o may_v be_v ready_a perhaps_o to_o question_v the_o authority_n of_o justin_n and_o tertullian_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o table_n on_o which_o this_o enrol_a here_o speak_v of_o be_v make_v be_v extant_a in_o their_o time_n for_o from_o those_o record_v this_o whole_a matter_n may_v easy_o have_v be_v know_v and_o it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o inexcusable_a neglect_n in_o the_o christian_n of_o that_o age_n who_o can_v have_v look_v into_o those_o public_a register_n and_o transmit_v to_o posterity_n what_o they_o have_v there_o read_v and_o yet_o will_v not_o do_v it_o but_o i_o be_o afraid_a that_o tertullian_n and_o other_o speak_v only_a by_o guess_n because_o it_o be_v not_o certain_o know_v that_o those_o record_n be_v lose_v but_o this_o be_v not_o a_o place_n to_o treat_v of_o this_o matter_n verse_n 14._o note_n e._n the_o alexandrian_a and_o cambridg_n copy_n which_o be_v both_o venerable_a for_o their_o antiquity_n and_o the_o latin_a and_o gothick_n interpreter_n have_v that_o read_n which_o the_o doctor_n here_o expound_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o true_a as_o grotius_n say_v that_o all_o the_o copy_n consent_v in_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o great_a part_n read_v it_o so_o verse_n 35._o note_n f._n iii_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o conjecture_v what_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o that_o grief_n that_o like_o a_o sword_n pierce_v through_o the_o heart_n of_o this_o holy_a woman_n for_o how_o can_v she_o see_v without_o extreme_a sorrow_n and_o trouble_n almost_o all_o the_o jew_n persecute_v her_o son_n and_o that_o with_o such_o implacable_a fury_n as_o to_o nail_v he_o at_o last_o to_o a_o cross_n as_o for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v either_o mary_n herself_o according_a to_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o hebrew_n or_o if_o you_o please_v her_o heart_n which_o may_v metaphorical_o be_v say_v to_o be_v strike_v through_o when_o she_o behold_v her_o son_n crucify_v so_o in_o statius_n lib._n x._o thebay_n a_o father_n hear_v his_o son_n life_n demand_v receive_v the_o sentence_n non_fw-la secus_fw-la ac_fw-la torta_fw-la trajectus_fw-la cuspide_fw-la pectus_fw-la exanimis_fw-la there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o interpret_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o to_o be_v the_o sensitive_a soul_n to_o give_v light_n to_o a_o easy_a phrase_n use_v also_o in_o other_o language_n chap._n iii_o verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o doctor_n interpret_v this_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n thus_o governor_n of_o that_o four_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n call_v galilee_n by_o which_o word_n there_o be_v no_o body_n but_o will_v think_v that_o herod_n be_v here_o equal_v with_o pilate_n and_o be_v a_o precedent_n send_v by_o tiberius_n but_o the_o difference_n between_o a_o governor_n or_o precedent_n and_o a_o tetrarch_n he_o explain_v in_o part_n in_o his_o annotation_n he_o shall_v have_v add_v that_o this_o herodes_n antipas_n be_v in_o possession_n of_o this_o tetrarchship_n in_o pursuance_n of_o herod_n the_o great_a be_v will_v and_o do_v not_o send_v the_o revenue_n of_o that_o territory_n to_o rome_n as_o the_o roman_a precedent_n do_v but_o convert_v it_o to_o his_o own_o use_n he_o depend_v indeed_o upon_o caesar_n against_o who_o will_n he_o can_v not_o have_v take_v possession_n of_o his_o inheritance_n and_o who_o can_v take_v it_o away_o from_o he_o when_o ever_o he_o please_v and_o at_o last_o do_v so_o but_o he_o be_v not_o however_o the_o emperor_n tributary_n but_o his_o friend_n and_o want_v nothing_o but_o the_o title_n of_o one_o to_o make_v he_o a_o king_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n josephus_n antiq._n jud._n lib._n 17._o cap._n 10._o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o make_v this_o remark_n because_o our_o author_n seem_v in_o another_o place_n by_o a_o intolerable_a impropriety_n of_o speech_n to_o give_v herod_n the_o title_n of_o a_o roman_a governor_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o rule_v his_o principality_n in_o his_o own_o name_n but_o in_o the_o emperor_n see_v note_n on_o matt._n xxii_o 16_o verse_n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o force_n of_o this_o word_n be_v not_o sufficient_o express_v by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n st._n luke_n word_n be_v to_o be_v render_v thus_o and_o jesus_n himself_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o execute_v his_o office_n or_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n iu._n be_v about_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o as_o be_v suppose_v be_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o last_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o participle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nothing_o but_o a_o form_n of_o pass_v over_o to_o the_o next_o word_n and_o they_o who_o interpret_v it_o otherwise_o make_v a_o difficulty_n where_o there_o be_v none_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v say_v in_o greek_a for_o he_o begin_v which_o yet_o be_v common_o here_o suppose_v though_o without_o produce_v any_o such_o example_n i_o shall_v paraphrase_n therefore_o this_o passage_n thus_o when_o jesus_n first_o begin_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n which_o he_o do_v a_o little_a after_o he_o have_v be_v baptize_v by_o john_n he_o be_v about_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o be_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o david_n his_o mother_n be_v of_o the_o same_o family_n and_o joseph_n her_o husband_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n verse_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o what_o have_v be_v say_v by_o grotius_n to_o confirm_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o read_n it_o may_v be_v far_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v read_v so_o in_o beza_n cambridg_n copy_n and_o three_o other_o which_o he_o mention_n beside_o that_o which_o the_o author_n of_o the_o coptick_n and_o gothick_n version_n make_v use_v of_o verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o article_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v want_v in_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o beza_n ancient_a copy_n it_o be_v not_o express_v in_o the_o 3_o d_o verse_n nor_o in_o matth._n four_o 6_o and_o therefore_o beza_n who_o use_v to_o render_v that_o article_n by_o a_o demonstrative_a pronoun_n have_v here_o omit_v it_o and_o tell_v we_o in_o his_o note_n that_o he_o suspect_v it_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o the_o devil_n may_v have_v know_v it_o to_o have_v be_v affirm_v by_o mary_n and_o joseph_n that_o jesus_n be_v conceive_v without_o the_o assistance_n of_o a_o man_n and_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o that_o for_o that_o reason_n the_o angel_n who_o have_v foretell_v his_o birth_n have_v say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o it_o be_v possible_a also_o that_o he_o may_v question_v whether_o that_o be_v true_a or_o no_o and_o so_o be_v willing_a to_o tempt_v our_o saviour_n himself_o that_o he_o may_v be_v more_o full_o satisfy_v about_o it_o and_o according_o the_o temptation_n may_v be_v thus_o express_v if_o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o a_o man_n as_o thy_o mother_n say_v cast_v thyself_o down_o from_o hence_o for_o since_o thou_o may_v put_v thy_o trust_n in_o god_n thy_o father_n there_o be_v nothing_o that_o thou_o need_v to_o fear_n because_o it_o be_v write_v in_o psal_n xci_o concern_v those_o that_o trust_v in_o god_n that_o he_o have_v command_v his_o angel_n to_o take_v care_n of_o they_o chap._n v._n v._n verse_n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n luke_n here_o follow_v s._n mark_n but_o st._n matthew_n chap._n ix_o 9_o mention_n his_o own_o name_n it_o be_v suppose_v by_o most_o and_o by_o our_o author_n here_o among_o the_o rest_n that_o levi_n be_v but_o another_o name_n for_o s._n matthew_n but_o this_o be_v confute_v by_o grotius_n by_o divers_a considerable_a argument_n in_o his_o note_n on_o matt._n ix_o which_o i_o wonder_v that_o dr._n hammond_n shall_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o but_o follow_v the_o common_a opinion_n st._n matthew_n and_o levi_n be_v perhaps_o companion_n in_o the_o same_o custom_n or_o tollhouse_n and_o dwell_v together_o and_o christ_n seem_v to_o have_v call_v they_o both_o and_o to_o have_v be_v entertain_v at_o a_o feast_n by_o they_o both_o at_o their_o own_o house_n but_o levi_n be_v not_o choose_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n and_o yet_o why_o st._n mark_n and_o luke_n pass_v by_o matthew_n and_o make_v mention_n of_o levi_n i_o confess_v i_o can_v give_v no_o reason_n chap._n vi_o verse_n 13._o note_n c._n i._n vi._n that_o christ_n be_v commission_v and_o authorize_v by_o god_n to_o find_v and_o govern_v the_o church_n