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the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o our_o saviour_n shall_v come_v ride_v both_o upon_o the_o ass_n and_o the_o colt_n when_o as_o 14._o three_o evangelist_n mention_v only_o the_o colt_n and_o albeit_o s._n matthew_n mention_n both_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v reply_v that_o he_o historical_o in_o that_o passage_n avouch_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o observation_n but_o only_o relate_v the_o prophet_n word_n which_o he_o see_v now_o fulfil_v although_o our_o saviour_n have_v rid_v only_o upon_o the_o ass_n or_o upon_o the_o colt_n 3._o but_o however_o the_o prophet_n word_n in_o themselves_o consider_v or_o compare_v only_o with_o the_o historical_a narration_n of_o their_o fulfil_n as_o they_o be_v extant_a by_o s._n mark_n s._n luke_n and_o s._n john_n may_v admit_v the_o presume_a synecdoche_n or_o plural_a expression_n in_o steed_n of_o the_o singular_a yeâ—_n to_o my_o understanding_n or_o observation_n none_o of_o these_o three_o evangelist_n affirmative_a for_o christ_n ride_v upon_o 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it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o our_o saviour_n relinquish_v the_o ass_n after_o he_o have_v assay_v she_o and_o take_v her_o colt_n and_o ride_v on_o he_o into_o jerusalem_n though_o no_o man_n have_v sit_v upon_o he_o before_o 4._o however_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o late_a part_n of_o this_o prophecy_n whether_o it_o be_v fulfil_v by_o synecdoche_n or_o in_o the_o plain_a literal_a and_o legal_a construction_n of_o the_o prophet_n word_n be_v most_o clear_a and_o evident_a unto_o the_o apostle_n and_o disciple_n sense_n but_o whether_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o title_n of_o this_o king_n be_v so_o clear_o fulfil_v admit_v some_o question_n which_o can_v be_v determine_v without_o further_a discussion_n of_o the_o grammatical_a sense_n or_o prophetical_a importance_n of_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o best_a and_o choice_a translation_n vary_v much_o partly_o about_o the_o signification_n partly_o about_o the_o point_n of_o 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refer_v the_o pronoune_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o iustùs_fw-la &_o salvator_fw-la he_o be_v just_a and_o have_a salvation_n whereas_o junius_n altogether_o omit_v the_o expression_n of_o it_o and_o the_o vulgar_a refer_v it_o to_o that_o which_o follow_v he_o be_v poor_a he_o be_v lowly_a or_o meek_a the_o translator_n of_o the_o king_n bible_n refer_v it_o unto_o iustùs_fw-la justus_n ille_fw-la &_o salvator_fw-la that_o just_a and_o saviour_n arius_n montanus_n in_o his_o interlineary_a refer_v the_o same_o pronoune_n unto_o the_o first_o clause_n justus_n etc._n etc._n but_o whereas_o other_o read_v salvator_n ille_fw-la he_o have_v it_o salvatus_fw-la ipse_fw-la so_o do_v our_o former_a english_a he_o be_v just_a and_o save_v himself_o but_o cramerus_n the_o lutheran_n ut_fw-la hunnii_n discipulum_fw-la agnoscas_fw-la charge_v that_o translation_n which_o our_o former_a english_a follow_v as_o his_o master_n hunnius_n have_v calvin_n in_o many_o other_o with_o judaize_v 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that_o grand_a mystery_n which_o this_o strange_a temporal_a heal_n do_v prefigure_v and_o that_o be_v the_o future_a cure_n of_o our_o soul_n our_o deliverance_n from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n by_o the_o son_n of_o god_n become_v the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o vouchsafe_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o from_o the_o earth_n upon_o the_o cross_n for_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o upon_o they_o exercise_v tyranny_n shall_v come_v penury_n which_o they_o can_v not_o avoid_v but_o to_o these_o it_o shall_v only_o be_v show_v how_o their_o enemy_n be_v torment_v for_o when_o the_o horrible_a fierceness_n of_o beast_n come_v upon_o these_o and_o they_o perish_v with_o the_o sting_n of_o crooked_a serpent_n thy_o wrath_n endure_v not_o for_o ever_o but_o they_o be_v trouble_v for_o a_o small_a season_n that_o they_o may_v be_v admonish_v have_v a_o sign_n of_o salvation_n to_o put_v they_o in_o remembrance_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o thy_o law_n for_o he_o that_o turn_v himself_o towards_o it_o be_v not_o heal_v by_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o see_v but_o by_o thou_o which_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o all_o wisd_v 16.4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 3._o shall_v we_o say_v then_o that_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n be_v a_o true_a picture_n or_o type_n of_o christ_n so_o many_o have_v from_o the_o forecited_a place_n of_o s._n john_n conclude_v and_o of_o these_o many_o not_o a_o few_o have_v seek_v out_o divers_a property_n of_o brass_n and_o of_o serpent_n more_o than_o accurate_a naturalist_n before_o have_v know_v to_o salve_v up_o the_o apparent_a incongruity_n betwixt_o the_o picture_n and_o the_o body_n which_o they_o will_v have_v it_o to_o represent_v but_o when_o they_o have_v say_v all_o they_o can_v or_o other_o more_o than_o they_o can_v for_o they_o the_o congruity_n will_v be_v no_o better_o than_o si_fw-mi gryph_n jungantur_fw-la equis_fw-la for_o what_o correspondency_n or_o conveniency_n can_v there_o be_v between_o the_o serpent_n and_o the_o woman_n seed_n 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who_o the_o woman_n seed_n be_v to_o vanquish_v than_o ahitophel_n be_v of_o judas_n and_o the_o erection_n of_o this_o serpent_n upon_o a_o pole_n or_o tree_n be_v a_o prophecy_n or_o speak_a picture_n that_o the_o victory_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n or_o son_n of_o god_n over_o satan_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v upon_o the_o cross_n this_o interpretation_n i_o learn_v from_o our_o saviour_n himself_o john_n 12.31_o now_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o this_o world_n now_o shall_v the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n be_v cast_v out_o now_o that_o be_v when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v lift_v up_o the_o cross_n then_o be_v the_o scene_n or_o stage_n wherein_o the_o long_a duel_n be_v to_o be_v determine_v and_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o old_a fiery_a serpent_n upon_o the_o stage_n be_v excellent_o foreshadowed_a by_o the_o lift_n up_o of_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n in_o the_o wilderness_n which_o questionless_a do_v better_a represent_v a_o dead_a wounded_z or_o bruise_a 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between_o man_n and_o bodily_a serpent_n and_o this_o enmity_n special_o on_o the_o serpent_n part_n be_v never_o more_o remarkable_a then_o in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o the_o murmur_a israelite_n do_v tempt_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o the_o first_o woman_n have_v do_v that_o be_v by_o lust_a after_o meat_n for_o that_o time_n and_o place_n forbid_v by_o loathe_v manna_n and_o heavenly_a food_n which_o god_n have_v plentiful_o provide_v for_o they_o and_o they_o depart_v from_o the_o mount_n hor_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o compass_v the_o land_n of_o edom_n and_o the_o people_n be_v sore_o greeve_v because_o of_o the_o way_n and_o the_o people_n speak_v against_o god_n and_o against_o moses_n say_v wherefore_o have_v you_o bring_v we_o out_o of_o egypt_n to_o die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n for_o here_o be_v neither_o bread_n nor_o water_n and_o our_o soul_n loathe_v this_o light_a bread_n wherefore_o the_o lord_n send_v fiery_a 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it_o stand_v uncrusht_a be_v not_o only_o a_o abuse_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o the_o most_o preposterous_a idolatry_n which_o this_o rebellious_a stiffnecked_a people_n do_v at_o any_o time_n practice_n for_o in_o worship_v it_o they_o do_v worship_v he_o who_o quality_n and_o person_n it_o do_v represent_v and_o for_o this_o reason_n hezekiah_n be_v move_v with_o great_a indignation_n against_o it_o then_o against_o any_o other_o idol_n statue_n or_o relic_n of_o idolatry_n which_o come_v in_o his_o way_n he_o take_v away_o the_o high_a place_n and_o break_v the_o image_n and_o cut_v down_o the_o grove_n and_o break_v in_o piece_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n that_o moses_n have_v make_v for_o unto_o those_o day_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v burn_v incense_n unto_o it_o and_o he_o call_v it_o nehushtan_n 2._o king_n 18.4_o 5._o a_o name_n questionless_a imply_v much_o more_o than_o the_o mere_a grammatical_a expression_n which_o most_o interpreter_n use_v import_v nor_o have_v this_o good_a king_n word_n or_o fact_n be_v worth_a the_o register_n if_o he_o have_v only_o call_v a_o brazen_a serpent_n break_v to_o piece_n a_o piece_n of_o brass_n but_o the_o full_a importance_n of_o this_o word_n as_o of_o many_o other_o in_o the_o original_n whether_o in_o the_o greek_a or_o hebrew_n will_v not_o be_v easy_o find_v in_o ordinary_a lexicon_n or_o nomenclator_n every_o good_a interpreter_n shall_v have_v a_o lexicon_n either_o of_o his_o own_o or_o other_o gather_v peculiar_a unto_o divinity_n special_o for_o word_n use_v in_o a_o technicall_a emblematical_a or_o proverbial_a sense_n however_o nechosheth_n signify_v no_o more_o ordinary_o than_o brass_n yet_o nehushtan_n in_o this_o emblematical_a speech_n or_o fact_n of_o hezekiah_n as_o i_o shall_v guess_v import_v no_o less_o than_o our_o english_a foul_a fiend_n the_o old_a dragon_n or_o satanas_n as_o these_o idolater_n in_o hezekiahs_n time_n do_v adore_v the_o picture_n or_o type_n of_o the_o old_a 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there_o be_v not_o in_o that_o image_n any_o divine_a efficacy_n but_o this_o be_v the_o time_n of_o infancy_n of_o god_n worship_n moses_n the_o schoolmaster_n of_o the_o hebrew_n by_o this_o image_n do_v prefigure_v christ_n triumph_n over_o the_o conquer_a serpent_n when_o by_o the_o name_n of_o serpent_n libelli_fw-la as_o be_v say_v at_o the_o beginning_n he_o intimate_v the_o subtle_a enemy_n of_o mankind_n quodque_fw-la in_o ipsius_fw-la historia_fw-la singulari_fw-la memoriâ_fw-la dignum_fw-la est_fw-la serpentem_fw-la aeneum_fw-la quem_fw-la dei_fw-la monitu_fw-la moses_n in_fw-la solitudine_fw-la statuerat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la serpentum_fw-la morsu_fw-la ulcerati_fw-la essent_fw-la eo_fw-la conspecto_fw-la sanarentur_fw-la excîdit_fw-la atque_fw-la disjecit_fw-la cum_fw-la animadvertisset_fw-la populum_fw-la superstitione_n imbutum_fw-la divinos_fw-la statuae_fw-la honores_fw-la tribuere_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ei_fw-la simulachro_fw-la vis_fw-la ulla_fw-la divinitus_fw-la inerat_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la divinae_fw-la religionis_fw-la esset_fw-la pueritia_fw-la moses_n hebraeae_fw-la gentis_fw-la paedagogus_fw-la eo_fw-la simulachro_fw-la futurum_fw-la christi_fw-la de_fw-la serpent_n devicto_fw-la trophaeum_fw-la designabat_fw-la cum_fw-la serpentis_fw-la nomine_fw-la callidun_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la hostem_fw-la significaret_fw-la hotman_n in_o consolation_n è_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la petitâ_fw-la de_fw-la factis_fw-la ezechiae_fw-la pag._n 128._o chap._n xxxii_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n shall_v suffer_v without_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n prefigure_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o atonement_n 1_o but_o before_o god_n people_n can_v be_v capable_a of_o this_o cure_n of_o their_o soul_n by_o look_v upon_o he_o who_o do_v vanquish_v the_o old_a serpent_n or_o before_o he_o come_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o so_o great_a salvation_n he_o be_v to_o make_v full_a satisfaction_n for_o their_o sin_n who_o weight_n have_v otherways_o press_v all_o mankind_n down_o to_o hell_n this_o full_a reconciliation_n or_o atonement_n betwixt_o the_o just_a unpartial_a judge_n and_o sinful_a man_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o cross_n but_o some_o will_v demand_v in_o what_o part_n of_o moses_n write_n this_o be_v foretell_v or_o prefigure_v it_o be_v most_o exquisite_o foretell_v and_o prefigure_v partly_o in_o the_o alienation_n of_o the_o primacy_n from_o the_o month_n tisri_n unto_o the_o month_n abib_n until_o the_o law_n be_v give_v tisri_n have_v absolute_a precedency_n be_v the_o month_n wherein_o according_a to_o all_o probability_n the_o world_n be_v create_v but_o upon_o the_o deliverance_n of_o abraham_n seed_n from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o egypt_n the_o month_n abib_n by_o god_n special_a command_n have_v both_o precedency_n and_o preeminency_n yet_o not_o absolute_a precedency_n but_o precedency_n in_o respect_n of_o that_o which_o be_v more_o preeminent_a to_o wit_n for_o the_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a account_n as_o for_o their_o account_n temporal_a september_n or_o tisri_n do_v still_o retain_v precedency_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n i_o take_v it_o our_o saviour_n be_v first_o proclaim_v the_o messiah_n by_o john_n baptist_n in_o the_o month_n tisri_n but_o afterward_o declare_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o his_o resurrection_n from_o the_o dead_a in_o the_o month_n abib_n at_o his_o baptism_n he_o have_v fulfil_v one_o part_n of_o the_o mystery_n prefigure_v in_o the_o legal_a feast_n of_o atonement_n which_o be_v celebrate_v upon_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o month_n tisri_n in_o his_o suffering_n upon_o mount_n calvary_n he_o do_v full_o accomplish_v that_o which_o be_v prefigure_v by_o the_o legal_a sacrifice_n in_o the_o day_n of_o atonement_n and_o that_o which_o be_v inchoat_v by_o himself_o at_o the_o day_n of_o his_o baptism_n at_o his_o john_n baptism_n he_o fulfil_v the_o mystery_n of_o the_o escape_n goat_n bear_v these_o people_n sin_n into_o the_o wilderness_n and_o there_o vanquish_v the_o great_a tempter_n who_o have_v first_o vanquish_v they_o and_o their_o forefather_n at_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passeover_n in_o the_o month_n abib_n he_o accomplish_v the_o mystery_n prefigure_v by_o the_o other_o goat_n who_o blood_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o high_a priest_n into_o the_o sanctuary_n thus_o much_o we_o learn_v from_o our_o apostle_n hebr._n 13.10_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v a_o altar_n whereof_o they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o eat_v which_o serve_v the_o tabernacle_n for_o the_o body_n of_o those_o beast_n who_o blood_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n by_o the_o high_a priest_n for_o sin_n be_v burn_v without_o the_o camp_n wherefore_o jesus_n 2also_fw-la that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v the_o people_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n suffer_v without_o the_o gate_n let_v we_o go_v forth_o therefore_o unto_o he_o without_o the_o camp_n bear_v his_o reproach_n the_o true_a meaning_n or_o purport_n of_o this_o passage_n and_o the_o connexion_n of_o it_o with_o the_o former_a the_o reader_n shall_v find_v more_o at_o large_a in_o a_o
importance_n of_o the_o word_n ecce_fw-la in_o this_o place_n as_o in_o many_o other_o be_v the_o present_a exhibition_n of_o that_o which_o be_v promise_v or_o portend_v the_o mystery_n foreshadowed_a or_o portend_v by_o the_o anniversary_n sacrifice_n of_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n by_o the_o daily_a morning_n and_o evening_n sacrifice_n by_o those_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o atonement_n who_o blood_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o high_a priest_n unto_o the_o sanctuary_n be_v in_o brief_a this_o that_o all_o these_o rite_n or_o solemnity_n shall_v expire_v upon_o the_o death_n or_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o true_a lamb_n of_o god_n and_o thus_o much_o and_o more_o be_v seal_v unto_o we_o by_o that_o speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n consummatum_fw-la est_fw-la all_o be_v finish_v john_n 19.30_o now_o the_o rend_n of_o the_o veil_n immediate_o after_o our_o saviour_n have_v commend_v his_o spirit_n into_o his_o father_n hand_n do_v betoken_v that_o now_o and_o not_o 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christian_n but_o that_o he_o be_v that_o evening_n in_o paradise_n for_o so_o have_v he_o promise_v unto_o the_o penitent_a malefactor_n who_o be_v crucify_v with_o he_o with_o a_o asseveration_n equivalent_a to_o a_o oath_n amen_o dico_fw-la tibi_fw-la hodie_fw-la mecum_fw-la eris_fw-la in_o paradiso_fw-la very_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o this_o day_n thou_o shall_v be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n as_o for_o those_o sophistical_a novelist_n to_o say_v no_o worse_o who_o thus_o mispoint_v the_o word_n of_o his_o promise_n amen_o dico_fw-la tibi_fw-la hodie_fw-la mecum_fw-la eris_fw-la in_o paradiso_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o this_o day_n thou_o shall_v be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n to_o wit_n sometime_o hereafter_o as_o at_o the_o general_a resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a though_o not_o this_o very_a day_n they_o declare_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o this_o particular_a as_o in_o most_o other_o more_o unfit_a to_o interpret_v sacred_a oracle_n than_o ape_n to_o be_v principal_a actor_n in_o stately_a doleful_a tragedy_n for_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n do_v most_o gracious_o grant_v this_o poor_a soul_n more_o than_o he_o dare_v petition_n for_o and_o with_o better_a expedition_n than_o he_o can_v hope_v for_o to_o wit_n a_o present_a estate_n of_o blessedness_n whereas_o he_o request_v only_o to_o be_v remember_v with_o some_o mercy_n or_o favour_n without_o indent_v any_o point_n of_o time_n after_o our_o saviour_n have_v enter_v into_o his_o kingdom_n and_o his_o entrance_n into_o that_o kingdom_n be_v not_o upon_o the_o same_o day_n wherein_o he_o suffer_v nor_o within_o forty_o day_n after_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v not_o set_v open_a to_o any_o believer_n not_o to_o abraham_n himself_o upon_o our_o saviour_n passion_n or_o resurrection_n whether_o that_o kingdom_n import_v the_o same_o place_n wherein_o abraham_n before_o that_o time_n be_v or_o some_o other_o for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o righteous_a 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