the_o very_a name_n of_o these_o patriarch_n and_o father_n a_o historical_a christ._n narration_n may_v be_v make_v unto_o the_o messiah_n himself_o who_o be_v jesus_n the_o saviour_n &_o the_o emanuel_n god_n with_o us._n then_o let_v we_o not_o think_v that_o these_o name_n of_o christ_n his_o parent_n or_o other_o upon_o occasion_n give_v or_o change_v fall_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o these_o patriarch_n as_o lot_n fall_v from_o the_o lap_n but_o rather_o do_v those_o prophet_n foreseeing_a christ_n to_o come_v christ._n meet_v he_o with_o their_o thankful_a remembrance_n and_o see_v his_o day_n a_o far_o off_o and_o rejoice_v these_o etymology_n than_o lead_v we_o unto_o the_o messiah_n as_o the_o star_n do_v the_o wiseman_n unto_o christ_n wherein_o if_o our_o dull_a apprehension_n fall_v too_o short_a as_o who_o can_v comprehend_v the_o full_a mystery_n that_o god_n will_v become_v man_n in_o the_o flesh_n where_o we_o understand_v let_v we_o rejoice_v and_o be_v thankful_a and_o where_o we_o understand_v not_o let_v we_o pray_v for_o his_o spirit_n that_o 6._o our_o darkness_n may_v be_v make_v light_n in_o christ._n chap._n iii_o that_o the_o scripture_n genealogy_n be_v the_o scripture_n stay_v for_o chronology_n as_o then_o the_o name_n of_o these_o father_n afford_v great_a light_n to_o the_o sacred_a story_n and_o heavenly_a moisture_n to_o the_o thirst_a searcher_n so_o be_v their_o day_n the_o bound_n of_o the_o year_n and_o their_o life_n the_o measure_n of_o time_n and_o of_o the_o sun_n course_n for_o neither_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o planet_n nor_o circle_n of_o the_o father_n moon_n the_o sun_n be_v observe_v to_o pass_v the_o twelve_o sign_n in_o the_o zodiac_n for_o two_o thousand_o eighty_o three_o year_n continuance_n but_o only_o and_o altogether_o by_o the_o life_n of_o those_o first_o patriarch_n for_o many_o generation_n successive_o this_o glory_n god_n give_v to_o parent_n of_o his_o son_n that_o so_o long_o as_o they_o 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build_n of_o the_o 1._o temple_n from_o thence_o to_o the_o kingdom_n division_n 42._o and_o their_o continuance_n by_o ezekiels_n 5._o siege_n and_o sleep_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n thence_o to_o the_o end_n of_o 11._o babel_n captivity_n and_o last_o thence_o to_o the_o eternal_a liberty_n buy_v with_o the_o blood_n and_o death_n of_o our_o 24._o messiah_n christ._n but_o god_n in_o justice_n ever_o remember_v mercy_n have_v not_o so_o eclipse_v these_o holy_a father_n renown_n as_o to_o stand_v naked_a for_o use_v in_o the_o computation_n follow_v but_o have_v rather_o set_v they_o for_o stone_n in_o time_n building_n to_o give_v the_o lustre_n of_o truth_n in_o the_o theological_a chronicle_n of_o his_o sacred_a decree_n and_o have_v make_v they_o judge_n how_o the_o time_n set_v by_o himself_o fall_v in_o number_n weight_n and_o measure_n for_o in_o the_o sweet_a promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o 13._o his_o seed_n shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n this_o pill_n of_o bitter_a digestion_n come_v in_o that_o they_o 13._o shall_v be_v afflict_v in_o a_o strange_a land_n the_o space_n of_o four_o hundred_o year_n and_o those_o expire_v in_o the_o four_o generation_n they_o shall_v be_v deliver_v now_o the_o most_o note_a affliction_n be_v the_o thraldom_n of_o egypt_n under_o the_o burden_n of_o brick_n and_o clay_n and_o the_o delivery_n from_o that_o generation_n iron_n furnace_n be_v as_o faithful_o accomplish_v and_o as_o mighty_o perform_v in_o the_o four_o generation_n of_o israel_n son_n for_o of_o judahs_n tribe_n hezron_n be_v one_o that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o nahshon_n the_o four_o in_o descent_n be_v a_o prince_n in_o the_o wilderness_n so_o likewise_o of_o levi_n kohath_n be_v one_o of_o the_o seventy_o soul_n and_o his_o four_o eleazar_n divide_v the_o land_n again_o the_o 12_o dwell_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n as_o moses_n to_o some_o seem_v to_o aver_v be_v four_o expound_v hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n but_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n who_o write_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n to_o prove_v grace_n before_o work_n make_v the_o number_n no_o more_o betwixt_o 17_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o law_n now_o we_o know_v that_o the_o law_n be_v give_v immediate_o upon_o the_o law_n departure_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sinai_n as_o also_o that_o the_o half_a of_o those_o year_n be_v full_o expire_v before_o that_o israel_n come_v to_o dwell_v in_o egypt_n for_o abraham_n at_o 4._o seventy_o five_o receive_v the_o promise_n and_o at_o a_o hundred_o of_o his_o life_n which_o be_v twenty_o five_o year_n after_o isaac_n 5._o be_v bear_v isaac_n at_o sixty_o 26._o beget_v jacob_n and_o jacob_n be_v a_o 9_o â—…o_o when_o he_o come_v before_o pharaoh_n all_o which_o add_v together_o make_v but_o half_a the_o number_n even_o 12._o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o thus_o then_o by_o the_o sacred_a genealogy_n the_o sure_a foundation_n of_o 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his_o own_o ancestor_n 〈◊〉_d his_o text_n then_o that_o their_o text_n â—…ould_v therein_o be_v faulty_a but_o never_o any_o hebrew_a greek_a or_o â—…atine_n ever_o set_v moses_n further_a from_o abraham_n than_o the_o seven_o nor_o be_v â—…is_fw-fr objection_n of_o great_a force_n of_o the_o impossibility_n that_o from_o seventy_o person_n only_o six_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n beside_o woman_n and_o child_n shall_v be_v proceated_a within_o the_o compass_n of_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n for_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o wonderful_a increase_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n who_o abundant_o multiply_v and_o wax_v exceed_v many_o so_o that_o the_o land_n say_v the_o text_n be_v fill_v with_o they_o and_o that_o from_o seventy_o person_n all_o of_o they_o able_a and_o apt_a for_o generation_n we_o shall_v find_v it_o nothing_o so_o strange_a but_o stranger_n have_v it_o
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in_o who_o all_o the_o leviticall_a rite_n end_v â—…e_o be_v our_o high_a priest_n far_o above_o aaron_n order_n now_o among_o many_o other_o maleâ—…ictions_n threaten_v for_o the_o breach_n of_o â—…he_a law_n this_o be_v one_o 34._o that_o the_o land_n shall_v lie_v waste_n to_o pay_v her_o sabbath_n of_o rest_n which_o time_n of_o waste_n â—…he_a prophet_n jeremy_n affirm_v to_o have_v be_v seventy_o year_n and_o do_v begin_v their_o account_n in_o 11._o the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babel_n from_o whence_o 7._o all_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o his_o son_n and_o son_n son_n the_o space_n of_o seventy_o year_n which_o expire_v in_o the_o three_o of_o belshazzar_n and_o first_o year_n of_o king_n cyrus_n when_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n begin_v as_o it_o be_v in_o 2._o chron._n 36._o 20._o 22._o upon_o which_o text_n of_o jeremie_n daniel_n take_v his_o occasion_n of_o prayer_n for_o prophecy_n their_o deliverance_n and_o the_o lord_n 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mother_n unto_o vri_n his_o son_n which_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a their_o year_n agreeable_a &_o fit_a for_o marriage_n for_o hur_z be_v in_o the_o same_o degree_n hur._n from_o hezron_n of_o judah_n who_o go_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n as_o miriam_n be_v from_o kohath_n of_o levi_n one_o of_o the_o seventy_o that_o descend_v also_o for_o kohath_n beget_v amram_n and_o amram_n miriam_n so_o hezron_n beget_v caleb_n and_o caleb_n hur._n four_o that_o hur_z and_o vri_n shall_v be_v either_o of_o they_o father_n at_o ten_o year_n of_o age_n be_v unexemplify_v in_o scripture_n though_o genebrard_n allow_v that_o haran_n may_v be_v father_n unto_o sara_n at_o eight_o and_o last_o that_o bezaleel_n shall_v have_v the_o advantage_n of_o christ_n by_o two_o year_n to_o be_v as_o skilful_a at_o ten_o in_o the_o work_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o 46._o christ_n be_v at_o twelve_o to_o build_v the_o true_a temple_n when_o with_o admiration_n he_o oppose_v the_o doctor_n and_o expound_v the_o law_n these_o impossibility_n therefore_o our_o ancient_a lyra_n well_o perceive_v but_o in_o seek_v to_o redress_v they_o he_o fall_v into_o as_o great_a a_o error_n himself_o in_o say_v that_o these_o man_n hur_z vri_n and_o bezaleel_n mention_v in_o the_o first_o of_o chronicle_n chap._n 2._o 20._o be_v not_o the_o same_o that_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o exod._n chap._n 31._o but_o follow_v be_v other_o man_n of_o the_o same_o name_n &_o of_o the_o same_o tribe_n but_o so_o to_o expound_v the_o text_n be_v dangerous_a lest_o a_o like_n liberty_n loose_v thereby_o the_o joint_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n frame_v and_o to_o give_v the_o water_n that_o passage_n the_o breach_n will_v be_v great_a 15._o vatablus_n in_o his_o annotation_n and_o cumanus_n flinspach_n in_o his_o arca_n dei_fw-la do_v take_v hezron_n to_o be_v jephunneh_n &_o so_o consequent_o the_o first_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o hezron_n to_o be_v the_o same_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n and_o the_o great_a grandfather_n unto_o bezaleel_n but_o therein_o then_o must_v be_v follow_v all_o rabbi_n solomoh_n his_o error_n for_o calebs_n forty_o year_n age_n will_v enforce_v it_o so_o but_o that_o hezron_n can_v be_v either_o jephunneh_n or_o the_o father_n of_o caleb_n the_o lands-surueyour_a be_v by_o the_o text_n manifest_o contradict_v for_o hezron_n be_v bear_v unto_o phares_n before_o that_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o in_o egypt_n hezron_n beget_v his_o son_n the_o first_o caleb_n when_o he_o be_v threescore_o year_n of_o age_n as_o 1._o chron._n 2._o 21._o by_o which_o account_n searcher_n that_o caleb_n must_v needs_o have_v be_v a_o hundred_o fifty_o five_o year_n old_a in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o wilderness_n for_o in_o egypt_n the_o abode_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o as_o before_o we_o have_v show_v but_o 18._o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n the_o lands-searcher_n be_v then_o but_o 7_o forty_o year_n old_a whereby_o it_o be_v evident_a these_o caleb_n can_v not_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o but_o two_o several_a man_n now_o as_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o first_o caleb_n the_o great_a grandfather_n unto_o bezaleel_n to_o be_v the_o lands-searcher_n so_o the_o last_o caleb_n be_v the_o seven_o in_o descent_n from_o he_o and_o the_o five_o in_o degree_n after_o bezaleel_n minister_v matter_n of_o much_o seem_a difficulty_n for_o that_o both_o of_o they_o at_o one_o time_n be_v employ_v in_o most_o serious_a affair_n as_o touch_v calebs_n successor_n i_o know_v there_o be_v many_o doubt_n make_v tostatus_n some_o make_n but_o two_o caleb_n some_o three_o and_o some_o four_o and_o the_o first_o and_o last_o have_v either_o of_o they_o a_o daughter_n call_v aâ—…hsah_n do_v no_o whit_n lessen_v the_o doubt_n again_o whether_o ezer_n mention_v in_o