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zeboim_n which_o lie_v near_o the_o two_o abovementioned_a city_n as_o appear_v from_o chapter_n 14.2_o nay_o moses_n himself_o affirm_v as_o much_o deut._n 29.23_o where_o take_v occasion_n to_o describe_v the_o punishment_n with_o which_o god_n will_v visit_v the_o wicked_a israelite_n he_o tell_v they_o that_o stranger_n as_o they_o travel_v that_o way_n shall_v gaze_v upon_o their_o land_n burn_v up_o with_o brimstone_n and_o salt_n in_o which_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o sow_v nor_o shall_v any_o thing_n grow_v nor_o any_o herb_n appear_v as_o in_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n gomorrah_n adma_n and_o zeboim_n which_o the_o lord_n overthrow_v in_o his_o anger_n and_o wrath._n see_v likewise_o hosea_n 11.8_o now_o the_o reason_n why_o these_o two_o last_o city_n be_v omit_v seem_v to_o be_v because_o perhaps_o the_o king_n of_o these_o place_n be_v tributary_n to_o those_o of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n strabo_n indeed_o in_o his_o sixteenth_o book_n do_v not_o mention_v that_o only_o four_o city_n be_v subvert_v by_o this_o subterranean_a fire_n but_o thirteen_o but_o perhaps_o he_o may_v be_v deceive_v in_o this_o matter_n as_o well_o as_o he_o be_v in_o believe_v that_o the_o lacus_n serbonis_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o asphaltites_n .._o perhaps_o to_o nine_o other_o small_a town_n which_o depend_v upon_o these_o four_o be_v destroy_v at_o the_o same_o time_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o ezekiel_n do_v not_o only_o make_v mention_n of_o sodom_n but_o its_o daughter_n chap._n 16._o that_o be_v the_o city_n that_o be_v situate_a in_o the_o same_o province_n as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n to_o jerusalem_n thy_o sister_n sodom_n and_o the_o daughter_n thereof_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o city_n which_o it_o have_v build_v around_o it_o or_o else_o send_v colony_n into_o have_v not_o do_v as_o thou_o and_o thy_o daughter_n have_v do_v it_o may_v not_o improbable_o be_v suppose_v that_o strabo_n a_o man_n of_o great_a diligence_n and_o infinite_a read_n may_v have_v a_o account_n of_o the_o number_n of_o these_o city_n from_o some_o writer_n of_o the_o phoenician_n history_n second_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v rain_v down_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v a_o periphrasis_n for_o lightning_n as_o in_o psalm_n 9_o ver_fw-la 6._o he_o will_v rain_v whirlwind_n upon_o the_o wicked_a fire_n and_o brimstone_n and_o ezekiel_n 38.22_o i_o will_v punish_v he_o with_o pestilence_n and_o blood_n a_o mighty_a shower_n stone_n of_o hail_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n will_v i_o rain_v down_o upon_o he_o now_o thunder_n be_v therefore_o call_v fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v brimstone_n set_v on_o fire_n and_o light_v so_o in_o the_o three_o of_o genesis_n v._o 16._o we_o find_v pain_n and_o conception_n that_o be_v pain_n which_o follow_v conception_n he_o that_o be_v desirous_a to_o see_v more_o example_n
be_v communicate_v to_o he_o by_o god_n nor_o though_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v possible_a yet_o since_o moses_n be_v silent_a in_o the_o matter_n dare_v any_o one_o pretend_v to_o affirm_v it_o as_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n but_o only_o the_o rabbin_n who_o be_v never_o ashamed_a of_o lie_v and_o who_o assertion_n consequent_o be_v not_o much_o to_o be_v regard_v now_o it_o scarce_o seem_v probable_a that_o so_o many_o name_n and_o the_o particular_n of_o so_o many_o year_n can_v be_v hand_v down_o by_o tradition_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n leave_v they_o in_o write_v and_o so_o transmit_v they_o to_o their_o posterity_n which_o monument_n come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n he_o diligent_o copy_v and_o connect_v they_o with_o the_o history_n of_o his_o own_o age_n for_o what_o design_n and_o purpose_n we_o shall_v afterward_o inquire_v now_o what_o sort_n of_o write_n they_o be_v and_o how_o numerous_a only_o those_o person_n can_v inform_v we_o who_o live_v in_o those_o time_n if_o they_o be_v restore_v to_o life_n again_o we_o conjecture_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v write_v carminibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o termination_n wherein_o we_o shall_v at_o some_o better_a convenience_n show_v the_o poetry_n of_o the_o hebrew_n to_o consist_v habuere_fw-la consist_v lamech_n speech_n gen._n 4.23_o m._n le_fw-fr clerk_n have_v observe_v to_o consist_v of_o word_n of_o the_o same_o termination_n in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o it_o be_v his_o opinion_n that_o moses_n borrow_a abundance_n of_o passage_n from_o ancient_a verse_n in_o which_o antiquity_n use_v to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o all_o remarkable_a transaction_n before_o the_o discovery_n of_o letter_n the_o same_o remark_n he_o make_v upon_o chap._n 7.11_o add_v that_o there_o be_v something_o of_o a_o poetical_a spirit_n in_o the_o latter_a but_o i_o look_v upon_o this_o criticism_n to_o be_v ill_o ground_v for_o why_o may_v not_o such_o a_o passage_n fall_v from_o moses_n unaware_o as_o well_o as_o this_o hexameter_n verse_n from_o tully_n in_o one_o of_o his_o oration_n in_o quâ_fw-la i_o non_fw-la inficior_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la esse_fw-la beside_o who_o will_v conclude_v that_o tacitus_n compile_v his_o history_n out_o of_o poetical_a monument_n because_o he_o begin_v with_o urbem_fw-la roman_n à _fw-la principio_fw-la reges_fw-la habuere_fw-la see_v our_o note_n upon_o chap._n 4.23_o 24._o and_o chap._n 7.11_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o almost_o all_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n preserve_v the_o fragment_n of_o their_o ancient_a history_n in_o verse_n as_o several_a learned_a man_n have_v prove_v and_o it_o appear_v that_o even_o among_o the_o hebrew_n in_o moses_n time_n the_o memory_n of_o great_a action_n be_v celebrate_v in_o verse_n which_o the_o people_n learn_v by_o heart_n as_o the_o song_n of_o moses_n himself_o that_o be_v extant_a both_o in_o exodus_fw-la 15._o and_o deuteronomy_n 32._o demonstrate_v nay_o god_n himself_o command_v the_o latter_a to_o be_v learn_v by_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n as_o we_o find_v in_o deut._n 31.29_o nor_o ought_v any_o one_o to_o wonder_v that_o we_o carry_v the_o beginning_n of_o poetry_n so_o high_a since_o music_n by_o the_o invention_n of_o some_o instrument_n flourish_v even_o before_o the_o deluge_n as_o moses_n express_o tell_v we_o gen._n 4.21_o nay_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o man_n employ_v themselves_o in_o vocal_a music_n before_o they_o think_v of_o the_o instrumental_a but_o though_o some_o few_o memorable_a transaction_n may_v be_v preserve_v in_o verse_n which_o the_o long-lived_a patriarch_n perhaps_o may_v have_v by_o heart_n yet_o a_o chronology_n include_v the_o calculation_n of_o so_o many_o year_n seem_v too_o unruly_a a_o argument_n to_o have_v be_v include_v in_o they_o and_o moses_n make_v mention_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o battle_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o which_o we_o shall_v treat_v 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write_v in_o this_o book_n which_o perhaps_o he_o then_o hold_v in_o his_o hand_n see_v likewise_o v._n 61._o and_o chap._n 29.20_o 27._o where_o the_o curse_n be_v say_v to_o be_v write_v in_o it_o this_o do_v moses_n deliver_v to_o the_o levite_n chap._n 31.9_o and_o command_v it_o v._o 26._o to_o be_v put_v in_o the_o side_n of_o the_o ark_n that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o witness_n against_o israel_n mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o book_n as_o if_o it_o comprehend_v all_o the_o divine_a law_n after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n joshua_n 1.8_o where_o joshua_n be_v command_v by_o god_n not_o to_o suffer_v that_o book_n to_o depart_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n that_o be_v perpetual_o to_o read_v it_o and_o administer_v justice_n to_o the_o people_n out_o of_o the_o law_n deliver_v in_o it_o see_v likewise_o chap._n 8.31_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o word_n thorah_n law_n be_v use_v to_o understand_v the_o whole_a pentateuch_n nevertheless_o it_o be_v 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