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of_o contempt_n by_o one_o of_o these_o consideration_n 1_o hâ—_n mistake_v ioshua_n curse_n rather_o for_o a_o pathetical_a expression_n then_o prophetical_a prediction_n 2_o he_o conceive_v the_o virtue_n thereof_o wear_v out_o and_o antiquate_v after_o five_o hundred_o year_n continuance_n 3_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o bottom_n his_o memory_n on_o so_o famous_a a_o structure_n then_o to_o build_v it_o on_o his_o posterity_n as_o soon_o likely_a to_o decay_v however_o hiel_n get_v a_o curse_n and_o jericho_n wall_n thereby_o which_o afterward_o grow_v to_o be_v a_o potent_a and_o populous_a city_n §_o 32._o when_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o kingdom_n judah_n jericho_n probable_o pertain_v to_o israel_n as_o may_v appear_v 1_o by_o the_o frequent_a converse_v of_o eliah_n and_o elisha_n in_o this_o city_n sufficient_o know_v to_o have_v be_v subject_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o israel_n 2_o because_o hiel_n the_o bethelite_n beth-el_a belong_v to_o israel_n 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pollution_n do_v debar_v our_o access_n to_o god_n gracious_a presence_n §_o 13._o we_o must_v not_o forget_v temple_n that_o a_o little_a before_o his_o passion_n christ_n the_o second_o time_n purge_v the_o temple_n three_o 15._o year_n since_o he_o cast_v all_o merchant_n and_o their_o appurtenance_n out_o of_o god_n house_n which_o now_o notwithstanding_o that_o ejection_n have_v again_o get_v unlawful_a possession_n therein_o devil_n he_o cast_v out_o of_o man_n so_o final_o that_o they_o enter_v no_o more_o into_o they_o but_o wicked_a man_n once_o throw_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n recover_v their_o station_n therein_o again_o abuse_n in_o the_o church_n depart_v not_o till_o they_o be_v drive_v and_o then_o go_v away_o unwilling_o animo_fw-la revertendi_fw-la with_o full_a intent_n to_o embrace_v the_o next_o opportunity_n to_o return_v what_o need_n have_v reformation_n itself_o to_o be_v frequent_o reform_v see_v corruption_n will_v so_o quick_o creep_v thereinto_o christ_n 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memorable_a sermon_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v both_o himself_o and_o company_n from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o drunkenness_n avouch_v the_o truth_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n &_o charge_v the_o jew_n so_o home_o for_o shed_v his_o innocent_a blood_n that_o by_o the_o sharpness_n of_o his_o reproof_n 11._o the_o word_n of_o the_o wise_a be_v as_o goad_n and_o as_o nail_n fasten_v by_o the_o master_n of_o the_o assembly_n such_o as_o hear_v he_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o 37._o heart_n cry_v out_o to_o peter_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v §_o 2._o here_o joint-commissioner_n by_o the_o people_n equal_a application_n and_o address_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v all_o fellow_n helper_n and_o joint_a commissioner_n with_o saint_n peter_n all_o in_o the_o jury_n beside_o the_o foreman_n be_v not_o cypher_n though_o he_o for_o order_n sake_n and_o regularity_n to_o avoid_v confusion_n 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dig_v and_o do_v nothing_o unworthy_a of_o that_o honourable_a parentage_n whence_o you_o be_v derive_v far_o be_v it_o from_o your_o honour_n to_o be_v list_v among_o those_o noble_a man_n of_o who_o it_o may_v be_v say_v in_o a_o sad_a sense_n that_o they_o be_v very_o high_o descend_v as_o be_v come_v down_o many_o degree_n from_o the_o worth_n and_o virtue_n of_o their_o noble_a progenitor_n to_o conclude_v then_o with_o theophilus_n with_o who_o i_o begin_v it_o be_v observable_a of_o he_o that_o though_o style_v most_o excellent_a by_o saint_n luke_n in_o his_o gospel_n yet_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o act_n which_o be_v write_v many_o year_n after_o he_o call_v he_o only_a 1._o theophilus_n without_o any_o honourable_a addition_n what_o have_v saint_n luke_n in_o process_n of_o time_n less_o civility_n or_o theophilus_n with_o more_o age_n less_o nobility_n sure_o neither_o but_o saint_n luke_n may_v be_v presume_v purposely_o to_o wave_v his_o title_n out_o of_o compliance_n 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libanus_n and_o the_o adjacent_a country_n the_o four_o book_n chap._n i._n §_o 1._o so_o much_o for_o the_o jewel_n palestine_n itself_o now_o for_o the_o case_n thereof_o namely_o the_o neighbour_a country_n which_o surround_v it_o only_o herein_o the_o simile_n hold_v not_o because_o case_n serve_v as_o to_o compass_v so_o to_o preserve_v and_o defend_v the_o jewel_n whereas_o these_o border_a nation_n be_v swear_v enemy_n to_o oppose_v and_o destroy_v the_o land_n and_o people_n of_o palestine_n the_o most_o quiet_a neighbour_n judea_n have_v be_v the_o midland_n sea_n on_o the_o west_n side_n thereof_o which_o though_o sometime_o as_o the_o psalmist_n observe_v it_o will_v rage_v horrible_o yet_o general_o it_o be_v more_o peaceable_a and_o serviceable_a than_o the_o pagan_n which_o bound_v they_o on_o all_o other_o quarter_n as_o namely_o 1_o in_o syria_n on_o the_o north_n giblites_n arvadites_n aramites_n etc._n etc._n 2_o in_o arabia_n on_o the_o east_n and_o southeast_n 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nutrition_n not_o education_n on_o their_o child_n §_o 33._o moses_n well_o become_v his_o breed_n relation_n and_o be_v 22._o learn_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o we_o find_v not_o that_o the_o court_n make_v that_o impression_n on_o he_o as_o on_o joseph_n never_o swear_v by_o the_o 16._o life_n of_o pharaoh_n however_o when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o year_n he_o 24._o refuse_v to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n probably_n in_o his_o minority_n he_o own_v that_o royal_a relation_n 11_o when_o he_o be_v a_o child_n he_o do_v as_o a_o child_n now_o come_v to_o the_o full_a use_n of_o his_o reason_n he_o renounce_v all_o such_o false_a extraction_n he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o writing_n or_o style_v himself_o so_o that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o we_o not_o to_o tell_v lie_n but_o we_o must_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v tell_v if_o it_o lie_v in_o our_o power_n to_o 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the_o word_n the_o tent_n of_o the_o daughter_n conceive_v thereby_o mean_v some_o temple-like_a tent_n by_o they_o make_v and_o erect_v in_o the_o honour_n of_o mylitta_n or_o venus_n urania_n 16._o know_v for_o a_o eminent_a deity_n in_o babylon_n unto_o which_o tent_n their_o daughter_n be_v send_v there_o to_o do_v their_o devotion_n how_o honest_a they_o go_v in_o we_o know_v not_o it_o be_v suspicious_a they_o come_v out_o none_o of_o the_o chaste_a the_o bargain_n of_o their_o uncleanness_n be_v drive_v though_o not_o perform_v in_o that_o place_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d binos_fw-la venos_fw-mi venus_n be_v deduce_v from_o benoth_n in_o succoth-benoth_a be_v learned_o observe_v for_o probable_a by_o 313._o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o excellent_a book_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syris_n from_o who_o i_o have_v with_o the_o 5._o child_n of_o the_o prophet_n not_o only_o borrow_v a_o axe_n but_o most_o of_o the_o tool_n and_o timber_n wherewith_o the_o structure_n of_o this_o our_o jewish_a pantheon_n be_v erect_v teraphim_n §_o 42._o a_o word_n plural_a in_o the_o sound_n and_o termination_n like_a penates_n in_o the_o latin_a yet_o single_a in_o the_o sense_n thereof_o three_o sort_n of_o teraphim_n appear_v in_o scripture_n in_o the_o original_n 1_o common_a only_o a_o ordinary_a carve_a image_n such_o as_o 13._o micâ—ol_n be_v say_v to_o have_v lay_v in_o her_o bed_n make_v a_o mock-david_n or_o counterfeit_v her_o sick_a husband_n therewith_o 2_o religious_a in_o which_o sense_n the_o prophet_n threaten_v that_o israel_n shall_v 4._o remain_v many_o day_n without_o king_n prince_z sacrifice_n image_n ephod_n and_o teraphâ—â—_n that_o be_v a_o prophet_n to_o instruct_v they_o in_o future_a occurrence_n 3_o superstitious_a such_o as_o 17._o micah_n make_v which_o foretell_v the_o danâ—tes_n of_o their_o future_a good_a success_n this_o we_o conceive_v some_o image_n act_v and_o inform_v by_o the_o devil_n according_a to_o his_o serpentine_a 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