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of_o blood_n our_o fat_a mutton_n and_o our_o perfume_n who_o can_v think_v that_o those_o shall_v be_v the_o feast_n which_o he_o will_v prepare_v to_o cheer_n we_o withal_o the_o xxviij_o chapter_n that_o the_o mediator_n or_o messiah_n be_v promise_v in_o the_o scripture_n to_o be_v both_o god_n and_o man_n that_o be_v to_o wit_n the_o everlasting_a son_n of_o god_n take_v man_n flesh_n unto_o he_o â—ow_o then_o let_v it_o stand_v for_o a_o point_n conclude_v that_o the_o christ_n our_o messiah_n promise_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v a_o redeemer_n from_o spiritual_a bondage_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o fetch_v we_o out_o of_o prison_n without_o ransom_v nor_o can_v pay_v the_o ransom_v be_v infinite_a unless_o he_o be_v god_n and_o man_n man_n to_o suffer_v and_o god_n to_o overcome_v it_o follow_v that_o i_o must_v show_v that_o god_n word_n have_v promise_v we_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v such_o a_o one_o and_o that_o shall_v 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the_o scripture_n man_n intend_v to_o succour_v our_o infirmity_n the_o elder_a the_o world_n wax_v speak_v ever_o the_o more_o manifest_o thereof_o unto_o we_o and_o sure_o after_o such_o a_o sort_n that_o the_o skilful_a among_o the_o jew_n of_o late_a time_n become_v most_o unskilful_a when_o they_o go_v about_o to_o darken_v it_o first_o of_o all_o at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o promise_n in_o genesis_n it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o seed_n that_o be_v to_o say_v this_o christ_n shall_v crush_v the_o serpent_n head_n and_o this_o serpent_n as_o i_o have_v say_v afore_o be_v the_o devil_n and_o his_o venom_n be_v sin_n 3_o and_o by_o mean_n of_o sin_n we_o be_v all_o become_v thrall_n to_o the_o devil_n against_o who_o power_n we_o know_v that_o no_o force_n of_o man_n can_v do_v any_o thing_n it_o follow_v then_o that_o this_o christ_n must_v have_v another_o nature_n than_o man_n yea_o or_o than_o angel_n for_o the_o angel_n and_o the_o devil_n differ_v not_o in_o power_n that_o be_v 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which_o be_v the_o unspeakable_a or_o unutterable_a name_n of_o the_o creator_n and_o in_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v not_o to_o be_v impart_v to_o any_o creature_n mammonoth_n whereupon_o it_o ensew_v that_o the_o messiah_n to_o who_o it_o be_v impart_v shall_v be_v the_o very_a everlasting_a god_n and_o that_o the_o ancient_a writer_n who_o attribute_v those_o say_n to_o he_o look_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v such_o a_o one_o in_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o and_o in_o the_o three_o and_o thirty_o of_o jeremie_n we_o read_v thus_o behold_v the_o day_n shall_v come_v that_o unto_o david_n i_o will_v raise_v up_o a_o rightuous_a branch_n and_o he_o shall_v reign_v as_o king_n these_o word_n belong_v to_o
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christian_n believe_v he_o be_v come_v already_o &_o put_v their_o trust_n in_o he_o and_o both_o of_o they_o ground_n themselves_o upon_o the_o same_o precedent_n yea_o and_o oftentimes_o upon_o the_o same_o clause_n helec_n let_v the_o scripture_n therefore_o be_v judge_n of_o this_o case_n and_o let_v we_o see_v what_o time_n they_o behight_v for_o his_o come_n and_o what_o token_n they_o give_v we_o of_o his_o come_n first_o of_o all_o the_o sceptre_n say_v jacob_n shall_v not_o be_v take_v from_o juda_n nor_o the_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n until_o silo_n come_v this_o text_n be_v expound_v of_o the_o messiah_n by_o the_o zohar_n rootes_n of_o the_o cabalist_n and_o by_o the_o talmudiste_n in_o diverse_a place_n by_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n and_o by_o rabbi_n david_n kimhi_n himself_o and_o the_o sense_n be_v clear_a namely_o that_o the_o sovereintie_a and_o chéef_n authority_n of_o government_n shall_v continue_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n until_o the_o 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token_n that_o the_o messiah_n be_v at_o their_o door_n now_o therefore_o let_v we_o see_v if_o this_o alteration_n be_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o the_o very_a peculiar_a time_n when_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v saul_n say_v some_o of_o their_o new_a rabbin_n be_v choose_v king_n in_o silo_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v speak_v of_o he_o nay_o for_o it_o be_v say_v the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o juda_n and_o see_v that_o the_o sceptre_n have_v not_o as_o then_o be_v in_o juda_n nor_o be_v to_o come_v into_o that_o tribe_n until_o david_n be_v afterward_o anoint_v king_n the_o scripture_n shall_v rather_o have_v say_v the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o be_v in_o juda_n until_o it_o have_v be_v take_v from_o silo._n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o say_a text_n can_v be_v mean_v of_o saul_n 12._o other_o say_v that_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o son_n of_o nabath_n remove_v the_o state_n of_o ephraim_n from_o the_o subjection_n 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against_o christ_n incarnation_n why_o jesus_n come_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o he_o do_v the_o sincerity_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o star_n that_o lead_v the_o wise_a man_n pliny_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 25._o origen_n against_o celsus_n marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o star_n that_o lead_v the_o wise_a man_n macrobius_n in_o his_o saturnal_n bear_a of_o a_o virgin_n clement_n in_o his_o recognition_n petrus_n comestor_n josephus_n lib._n 18._o cap._n 7._o the_o eclipse_n mark_n 27._o vers_fw-la 45._o mark_n 15._o verse_n 33._o phlegon_n trallian_n in_o the_o 13._o book_n of_o his_o chronicle_n origen_n against_o celsus_n suidas_n tertullian_n in_o his_o apology_n the_o earthquake_n the_o rise_v again_o of_o jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a the_o come_n down_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n acts._n 9_o &_o 22._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 8._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 2._o the_o conversion_n of_o s._n paul_n the_o death_n of_o herodes_n agrippa_n acts._n 12._o josephus_n in_o his_o antiquity_n lib._n 19_o cap_n â—_o a_o objection_n against_o the_o rise_n again_o of_o the_o dead_a talmud_n cap._n helec_n treatise_n sanhedrin_n aenaeas_n gaza_n concern_v immortality_n seneca_n in_o his_o 75._o epistle_n and_o in_o his_o book_n of_o question_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 26._o 27._o 28._o etc._n etc._n ovid_n in_o his_o metamorphosis_n lib._n 1._o lucan_n the_o nevew_n of_o seneca_n lib._n 1._o lucretius_n li._n 5._o lactantius_n out_o of_o chrysippus_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 22._o austin_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n lib._n 22._o cap._n 27._o haly_n upon_o the_o first_o apotetesme_n of_o prolomie_n nicolaus_n oresmus_fw-la concern_v proportion_n the_o acrostiks_n of_o sibill._n lactantius_n lib._n 7._o midrasch_n psalm_n 118._o esay_n 45._o psalm_n 149._o etc._n etc._n the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n chapt._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4_o 7._o 8._o 9_o 10._o 11._o 12._o 13._o chapt._n 14._o and_o 15._o chapt._n 18._o 19_o chapt._n 20._o chapt._n 16_o 17._o 20._o chapt._n 20._o chapt._n 〈◊〉_d 23._o chapt._n 24._o 25._o 26._o chapt._n 27._o 28._o chapt._n 29._o 30._o 31._o 32._o 33._o chapâ—_n chapt._n 34._o