near_o the_o christian_n in_o this_o matter_n than_o the_o jew_n and_o may_v easy_o have_v impose_v upon_o the_o unwary_a his_o word_n be_v these_o in_o lib._n de_fw-fr abrahamo_n p._n 287._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o father_n be_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o all_o who_o in_o holy_a scripture_n be_v by_o a_o peculiar_a name_n style_v the_o be_v and_o on_o each_o side_n be_v two_o most_o ancient_a power_n next_o to_o the_o be_v whereof_o one_o be_v call_v the_o effective_a power_n and_o the_o other_o royal_a and_o the_o effective_a god_n for_o by_o this_o the_o father_n make_v and_o adorn_v the_o universe_n and_o the_o royal_a lord_n for_o it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v rule_v and_o govern_v what_o he_o have_v make_v and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n he_o assert_v also_o that_o god_n be_v three_o and_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v therefore_o attend_v on_o both_o side_n with_o his_o power_n to_o a_o discern_a understanding_n he_o appear_v one_o while_o to_o be_v one_o and_o another_o while_n to_o be_v three_o one_o when_o the_o mind_n be_v in_o the_o high_a degree_n purify_v and_o pass_v over_o not_o only_o a_o multitude_n of_o number_n but_o also_o that_o which_o be_v next_o to_o a_o unit_fw-la the_o number_n of_o two_o endeavour_n after_o a_o simple_a and_o uncompounded_a idea_n perfect_a of_o itself_o and_o three_o when_o not_o as_o yet_o sufficient_o exercise_v in_o great_a mystery_n it_o busy_v itself_o about_o lesser_a and_o be_v not_o able_a to_o conceive_v the_o be_v without_o any_o other_o of_o itself_o but_o by_o his_o work_n and_o either_o as_o create_v or_o govern_v this_o it_o be_v certain_a be_v think_v by_o learned_a man_n among_o the_o arian_n to_o be_v the_o very_a tenet_n of_o the_o christian_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o what_o eusebius_n in_o praep._n evangelica_n say_v out_o of_o philo._n 2._o but_o especial_o he_o affirm_v those_o thing_n concern_v the_o divine_a reason_n which_o as_o to_o the_o word_n and_o sometime_o also_o as_o to_o the_o sense_n be_v very_o like_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v produce_v some_o example_n he_o call_v reason_n more_o than_o once_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o st._n paul_n col._n i_o 15_o in_o lib._n de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la p._n 152._o where_o after_o he_o have_v mention_v the_o part_n of_o the_o universe_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v set_v over_o it_o his_o right_a reason_n his_o first_o bear_v son_n who_o undertake_v the_o care_n of_o this_o sacred_a flock_n as_o some_o great_a king_n deputy_n 3._o he_o describe_v it_o as_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o a_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v quis_fw-la rerum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la haeres_fw-la p._n 396._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o prince_n of_o angel_n and_o most_o ancient_a reason_n the_o father_n who_o create_v all_o thing_n confer_v this_o excellent_a gift_n to_o stand_v as_o a_o mediator_n and_o divide_v that_o which_o come_v to_o pass_v from_o that_o which_o he_o have_v make_v and_o he_o perpetual_o intercede_v for_o perish_v mortal_n with_o the_o incorruptible_a nature_n and_o be_v the_o prince_n ambassador_n to_o his_o subject_n he_o be_v neither_o unbegotten_a as_o god_n be_v nor_o make_v as_o we_o be_v but_o of_o a_o middle_a nature_n between_o both_o extreme_n act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o surety_n or_o pledge_n with_o both_o with_o the_o creator_n by_o engage_v that_o mankind_n shall_v never_o all_o grow_v corrupt_a or_o rebel_n prefer_v confusion_n to_o order_n and_o with_o the_o creature_n by_o give_v they_o good_a hope_n that_o the_o merciful_a god_n will_v never_o overlook_v or_o neglect_v his_o own_o workmanship_n 4._o upon_o this_o account_n he_o call_v he_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o highpriest_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr somniis_fw-la p._n 463._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n seem_v to_o have_v two_o temple_n whereof_o one_o be_v this_o world_n who_o highpriest_n be_v the_o divine_a reason_n his_o first_o beget_v son_n and_o the_o other_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n the_o priest_n whereof_o be_v he_o that_o be_v true_o a_o man._n in_o like_a manner_n st._n paul_n say_v that_o we_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n 1_o cor._n vi_o 19_o and_o elsewhere_o 5._o in_o the_o same_o book_n pag._n 461._o philo_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n a_o divine_a and_o a_o human_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereof_o one_o i._n e._n the_o divine_a purify_v and_o cleanse_v the_o soul_n from_o sin_n 6._o the_o same_o author_n in_o several_a place_n affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o image_n of_o god_n so_o in_o lib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o invisible_a and_o intelligible_a divine_a reason_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o god_n he_o call_v the_o image_n of_o god_n viz._n moses_n so_o in_o lib._n de_fw-fr somniis_fw-la towards_o the_o end_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o those_o who_o can_v understand_v god_n himself_o yet_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v understand_v the_o image_n of_o god_n his_o angel_n reason_n as_o himself_o and_o elsewhere_o he_o give_v the_o same_o description_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o st._n paul_n also_o call_v the_o image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n the_o first-born_a of_o every_o creature_n see_v lib._n de_fw-fr profugis_fw-la p._n 363._o 7._o in_o his_o book_n inscribe_v quod_fw-la pejus_fw-la est_fw-la meliori_fw-la insidiatur_fw-la he_o say_v that_o the_o lawgiver_n viz._n moses_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o manna_n the_o most_o ancient_a of_o all_o being_n the_o divine_a reason_n see_v also_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la allegoriis_fw-la legis_fw-la p._n 70._o &_o seqq_fw-la so_o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v quis_fw-la rerum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la haeres_fw-la pag._n 784._o he_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o divine_a reason_n the_o celestial_a and_o incorruptible_a food_n of_o a_o contemplative_a soul_n which_o compare_n with_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n in_o john_n vi_fw-la 31_o &_o seqq_n there_o be_v many_o other_o thing_n in_o philo_n resemble_v the_o christian_a doctrine_n which_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o transcribe_v for_o what_o i_o have_v allege_v out_o of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v over_o and_o above_o sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o possibility_n of_o his_o lead_v the_o christian_n into_o a_o error_n by_o his_o eloquence_n if_o it_o be_v not_o prevent_v by_o the_o apostle_n authority_n i_o shall_v now_o endeavour_v to_o interpret_v st._n john_n word_n and_o show_v that_o in_o many_o thing_n he_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o philo._n verse_n 1._o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o those_o which_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o school_n relative_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v think_v that_o it_o refer_v to_o the_o argument_n or_o subject_n of_o this_o book_n which_o be_v the_o gospel_n according_a to_o all_o the_o rule_n of_o grammar_n we_o ought_v rather_o to_o regard_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n which_o immediate_o follow_v and_o their_o connexion_n and_o here_o the_o follow_a word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o it_o and_o the_o evangelist_n say_v the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o it_o which_o show_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o begin_n of_o all_o thing_n or_o of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n none_o of_o those_o that_o make_v use_v of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o sense_n viz._n for_o a_o nature_n which_o be_v with_o god_n and_o be_v god_n can_v understand_v these_o word_n otherwise_o because_o they_o attribute_v as_o i_o shall_v afterward_o show_v the_o creation_n 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signification_n of_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o follow_v be_v understand_v in_o the_o sense_n that_o dr._n pearson_n will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v prove_v it_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o god_n from_o or_o ever_o since_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v understand_v by_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v make_v be_v see_v for_o if_o it_o have_v be_v st._n paul_n design_n to_o say_v what_o the_o learned_a bishop_n will_v have_v he_o he_o shall_v have_v express_v it_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o creation_n and_o his_fw-la work_v and_o not_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o creation_n by_o his_v work_v the_o example_n he_o bring_v to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n because_o the_o phrase_n be_v different_a he_o shall_v have_v give_v we_o a_o example_n in_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o know_v any_o one_o from_o any_o thing_n be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o they_o say_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v matth._n seven_o 16_o 20._o though_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v more_o common_o use_v in_o this_o phrase_n i_o can_v confirm_v this_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o many_o interpreter_n who_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o socinianism_n but_o this_o way_n dr._n pearson_n himself_o do_v not_o take_v further_o though_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v a_o action_n but_o the_o work_n itself_o or_o thing_n do_v yet_o because_o there_o be_v no_o work_n without_o a_o action_n nor_o any_o action_n of_o god_n without_o a_o work_n dr._n hammond_n may_v well_o enough_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n make_v use_n of_o a_o word_n which_o signify_v a_o action_n be_v it_o include_v also_o in_o it_o the_o work_n itself_o in_o fine_a dr._n hammond_n think_v that_o what_o be_v here_o say_v respect_v chief_o the_o gnostic_n in_o which_o i_o think_v he_o be_v mistake_v but_o be_v of_o this_o opinion_n he_o be_v oblige_v to_o understand_v by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o so_o much_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n as_o of_o providence_n both_o ordinary_a and_o principal_o such_o as_o be_v extraordinary_a and_o make_v a_o mighty_a impression_n upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n in_o christ_n time_n as_o for_o socinus_n interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n power_n and_o divinity_n as_o it_o be_v manifest_o force_v so_o it_o be_v reject_v by_o his_o brethren_n of_o the_o polish_v society_n crellius_n and_o slichtingius_n in_o their_o commentary_n on_o this_o epistle_n verse_n 23._o note_n f._n there_o be_v some_o thing_n with_o relation_n to_o what_o our_o author_n here_o say_v about_o the_o gnostic_n that_o deserve_v to_o be_v consider_v and_o i_o shall_v brief_o set_v they_o down_o in_o this_o place_n not_o design_v afterward_o to_o repeat_v they_o i._o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o there_o be_v even_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n pernicious_a heretic_n to_o who_o there_o be_v often_o a_o respect_n have_v in_o these_o epistle_n as_o our_o author_n have_v show_v of_o which_o number_n be_v the_o follower_n of_o simon_n if_o what_o the_o ancient_n say_v concern_v they_o be_v true_a and_o it_o be_v possible_a likewise_o that_o these_o man_n may_v even_o at_o that_o time_n boast_v of_o their_o extraordinary_a knowledge_n and_o call_v themselves_o gnostic_n though_o that_o name_n come_v to_o be_v more_o famous_a afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o christian_n of_o that_o age_n do_v not_o signify_v only_o knowledge_n or_o learning_n in_o general_n but_o also_o some_o peculiar_a knowledge_n of_o the_o abstruse_a point_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o mystical_a sense_n of_o scripture_n in_o which_o sense_n we_o more_o than_o once_o meet_v with_o it_o in_o a_o epistle_n of_o st._n barnabas_n see_v in_o the_o greek_a chap._n 6._o not_o 35._o and_o chap._n 10._o not_o 60._o and_o in_o the_o latin_a c._n 1._o not_o 15._o of_o the_o amsterdam_n edition_n and_o the_o learned_a dr._n pearson_n vindic._n ignat._n part_n 2._o c._n 6._o but_o yet_o that_o the_o participle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 21_o sy_n verse_n have_v a_o reference_n to_o these_o heretic_n i_o do_v not_o think_v nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a ii_o the_o doctor_n be_v rash_a in_o follow_v justin_n martyr_n who_o erroneous_o think_v that_o simon_n magus_n be_v deify_v by_o the_o roman_n because_o there_o be_v a_o statue_n at_o rome_n consecrate_v to_o semon_n sancus_n which_o be_v a_o ancient_a roman_a deity_n caesar_n baronius_n indeed_o have_v go_v before_o dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o but_o he_o have_v be_v correct_v by_o des_n heraldus_n in_o comment_n ad_fw-la cap._n 13._o apolog._n tertul._n and_o his_o opinion_n be_v afterward_o confirm_v by_o henr._n valesius_fw-la on_o euseb_n h._n e._n lib._n 2._o c._n 13._o and_o ant._n pagus_n in_o epicr_n baroniana_n ad_fw-la an._n 142._o i_o do_v not_o think_v there_o be_v any_o more_o truth_n in_o what_o be_v relate_v concern_v the_o contest_v between_o st._n peter_n and_o he_o but_o if_o it_o be_v true_a the_o roman_n have_v undoubted_o pull_v down_o his_o statue_n for_o how_o can_v they_o have_v think_v he_o to_o be_v a_o god_n who_o be_v overcome_v by_o a_o man_n but_o heraldus_n just_o call_v this_o a_o fable_n in_o his_o note_n on_o the_o second_o book_n of_o arnobius_n iii_o i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o the_o gnostic_n or_o follower_n of_o simon_n imitate_v the_o heathen_n but_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n with_o most_o other_o interpreter_n that_o the_o apostle_n have_v a_o respect_n here_o to_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o and_o particular_o to_o their_o philosopher_n not_o those_o who_o imitate_v they_o see_v grotius_n all_o that_o the_o apostle_n here_o say_v very_o fit_o agree_v to_o the_o heathen_n but_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n which_o can_v commodious_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o gnostic_n iv._o i_o wonder_v our_o learned_a author_n shall_v think_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o to_o refer_v to_o exod._n xxiv_o and_o signify_v that_o splendour_n which_o appear_v on_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n sinai_n when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o afterward_o say_v that_o the_o phrase_n to_o change_v the_o glory_n be_v borrow_v from_o psalm_n cvi_fw-la 20_o for_o it_o have_v be_v sufficient_a to_o mention_v that_o passage_n in_o the_o psalmist_n to_o which_o this_o here_o manifest_o refer_v and_o not_o to_o that_o splendour_n or_o glorious_a appearance_n the_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v god_n himself_o or_o his_o eternal_o glorious_a nature_n if_o by_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n in_o this_o place_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o glorious_a appearance_n before_o speak_v of_o the_o crime_n charge_v upon_o the_o gentile_n will_v be_v not_o that_o they_o have_v represent_v god_n by_o a_o visible_a shape_n but_o that_o they_o have_v make_v use_n of_o another_o than_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v express_v that_o splendour_n by_o fire_n as_o the_o persian_n use_v to_o do_v not_o by_o figure_n of_o live_a creature_n as_o the_o greek_n and_o roman_n in_o the_o psalm_n it_o be_v say_v they_o change_v their_o glory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chbodam_n but_o st._n paul_n can_v not_o call_v god_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o heathen_n who_o know_v very_o little_a of_o he_o and_o perhaps_o in_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n of_o the_o psalm_n which_o be_v use_v at_o that_o time_n by_o the_o synagogue_n the_o word_n be_v read_v as_o they_o be_v now_o in_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o glory_n
perfect_o of_o dr._n hammond_n opinion_n as_o to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o shall_v confirm_v by_o these_o verse_n of_o virgil_n wherein_o he_o elegant_o describe_v the_o mind_n distract_v with_o variety_n of_o care_n and_o use_v the_o word_n dividere_fw-la aeneid_n 8._o at_o the_o beginning_n magno_fw-la curarum_fw-la fluctuat_fw-la aestu_fw-la atque_fw-la animum_fw-la nunc_fw-la huc_fw-la celerem_fw-la nunc_fw-la dividit_fw-la illuc_fw-la in_o partesque_fw-la rapit_fw-la varias_fw-la perque_fw-la omne_fw-la versat_fw-la nay_o and_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o be_v vex_v with_o care_n be_v define_v by_o the_o greek_a grammarian_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v divide_v between_o different_a resolution_n because_o it_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o change_v the_o letter_n e_o into_z h._n see_v eustathius_n on_o homer_n pag._n 80._o and_o 1427._o edit_fw-la rom._n but_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n in_o this_o annotation_n of_o the_o doctor_n liable_a to_o censure_v the_o first_o be_v his_o citation_n out_o of_o the_o jerusalem_n paraphrase_n which_o make_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o those_o word_n signify_v distrust_n or_o unbelief_n not_o care_n or_o distraction_n and_o the_o second_o be_v his_o say_n that_o a_o verb_n in_o the_o singular_a number_n can_v be_v apply_v to_o two_o noun_n whereas_o nothing_o be_v more_o common_a in_o all_o the_o best_a author_n in_o both_o language_n than_o that_o construction_n and_o which_o i_o wonder_v he_o do_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o must_v be_v admit_v according_a to_o the_o read_n of_o the_o alexandrian_a copy_n which_o he_o prefer_v before_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chap._n viii_o verse_n 4._o note_v a._n i_o do_v think_v st._n paul_n have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o perhaps_o be_v unknown_a to_o the_o corinthian_n but_o to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itself_o which_o he_o here_o use_v and_o which_o proper_o signify_v a_o image_n conceive_v in_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v no_o where_o but_o in_o our_o understanding_n and_o afterward_o be_v apply_v to_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o vain_a spectres_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o jew_n who_o speak_v greek_n give_v the_o name_n of_o idol_n first_o to_o the_o god_n of_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o and_o then_o to_o their_o statue_n all_o which_o i_o shall_v deduce_v a_o little_a more_o particular_o because_o it_o will_v conduce_v very_o much_o to_o the_o clear_a understanding_n of_o this_o passage_n and_o first_o of_o all_o it_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o be_v like_a unto_o in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v often_o use_v in_o homer_n as_o for_o instance_n in_o iliad_n b._n verse_n 280._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o near_o to_o he_o stand_v greyey_v minerva_n like_v to_o a_o crier_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o scholiast_n whence_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o signify_v a_o image_n or_o representation_n of_o thing_n such_o as_o be_v form_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o h._n stephanus_n have_v show_v out_o of_o plutarch_n signify_v sometime_o the_o same_o and_o therefore_o plato_n in_o his_o phaedrus_n p._n 346._o ed._n gen._n ficin_n call_v a_o incorporeal_a thing_n suppose_v it_o appear_v in_o a_o visible_a shape_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o remarkable_a sentence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n will_v be_v extreme_o in_o love_n with_o wisdom_n if_o it_o do_v but_o present_a some_o lively_a image_n of_o itself_o to_o their_o view_n and_o because_o they_o think_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o dead_a person_n be_v clothe_v with_o a_o certain_a airy_a form_n resemble_v outward_o that_o body_n which_o they_o inhabit_v when_o those_o person_n be_v alive_a that_o form_n they_o usual_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o frequent_o meet_v in_o homer_n with_o this_o half_a verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o image_n of_o decease_a men._n virgil_n render_v it_o simulachra_fw-la &_o figuras_fw-la which_o he_o thus_o describe_v in_o aeneid_n 6._o verse_n 292._o speak_v of_o aeneas_n who_o be_v go_v to_o encounter_v the_o ghost_n if_o sibylla_n have_v not_o divert_v he_o et_fw-fr ni_fw-fr docta_fw-la comes_fw-la tenues_fw-la sine_fw-la corpore_fw-la vitas_fw-la admoneat_fw-la volitare_fw-la cava_fw-la sub_fw-la imagine_v formae_fw-la irruat_fw-la &_o frustra_fw-la ferro_fw-la diverberet_fw-la umbras_fw-la this_o be_v the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o greek_n when_o the_o jew_n first_o come_v acquaint_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o when_o they_o have_v learned_a to_o speak_v greek_a they_o fit_o call_v the_o god_n of_o the_o nation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d partly_o because_o they_o be_v but_o mere_a human_a invention_n have_v no_o real_a existence_n and_o partly_o because_o they_o general_o worship_v dead_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o virgil_n horum_fw-la umbras_fw-la tenues_fw-la simulachraque_fw-la luce_fw-fr carentum_fw-la which_o show_v likewise_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o a_o idol_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n for_o the_o fiction_n of_o man_n have_v no_o real_a existence_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o such_o image_n or_o apparition_n of_o dead_a person_n as_o the_o poet_n speak_v of_o no_o more_o than_o there_o be_v any_o horrendum_fw-la stridens_fw-la flammisque_fw-la armata_fw-la chimaera_n philo_z judaeus_n lib._n de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la affirm_v that_o riches_n also_o be_v call_v in_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o be_v but_o the_o fade_a image_n of_o true_a good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o the_o scripture_n call_v idol_n like_o shadow_n and_o phantom_n which_o depend_v upon_o nothing_o firm_a or_o certain_a verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o sense_n of_o this_o verse_n be_v not_o true_o express_v by_o our_o author_n out_o of_o theophylact._n it_o must_v be_v render_v for_o though_o there_o be_v they_o which_o be_v call_v god_n whether_o in_o heaven_n or_o in_o earth_n as_o real_o there_o be_v god_n many_o and_o lord_n many_o yet_o to_o we_o there_o be_v one_o god_n the_o father_n etc._n etc._n by_o god_n in_o heaven_n be_v mean_v god_n and_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o earth_n magistrate_n who_o be_v also_o call_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n but_o christian_n call_v only_o the_o father_n by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v create_v god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n by_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n lord_n in_o the_o most_o excellent_a sense_n the_o apostle_n have_v no_o reference_n to_o the_o false_a god_n or_o idol_n of_o the_o heathen_n nor_o to_o the_o common_a way_n of_o speak_v among_o the_o jew_n themselves_o for_o he_o grant_v that_o those_o be_v true_o call_v god_n and_o lord_n he_o seem_v when_o he_o write_v this_o to_o have_v have_v in_o his_o mind_n that_o passage_n of_o moses_n in_o deut._n x._o 17_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n be_v god_n of_o god_n and_o lord_n of_o lord_n a_o great_a god_n mighty_a and_o terrible_a who_o the_o jew_n ought_v alone_o to_o serve_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n st._n paul_n here_o teach_v that_o though_o there_o be_v many_o that_o be_v call_v god_n and_o lord_n yet_o there_o be_v but_o one_o of_o those_o god_n and_o one_o of_o those_o lord_n that_o be_v to_o be_v make_v the_o object_n of_o divine_a worship_n verse_n 7._o note_n b._n no_o body_n will_v deny_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o body_n signify_v to_o be_v sick_a and_o be_v take_v also_o for_o a_o disease_n of_o the_o mind_n if_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o mind_n but_o i_o do_v think_v st._n paul_n here_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o a_o distemper_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o of_o sin_n but_o rather_o speak_v of_o a_o infirm_a purpose_n in_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o the_o observation_n of_o its_o precept_n such_o as_o be_v usual_a in_o ignorant_a people_n who_o be_v hardly_o bring_v to_o a_o entire_a renunciation_n of_o their_o former_a error_n this_o be_v the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o the_o apostle_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n fourteen_o 1_o 2._o which_o do_v not_o signify_v sick_a or_o disease_v in_o the_o faith_n but_o person_n who_o faith_n be_v not_o so_o firm_a and_o strong_a
with_o the_o love_n of_o pleasure_n though_o he_o join_v together_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o effect_n often_o conjoin_v the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o other_o author_n who_o have_v any_o like_a passage_n for_o what_o be_v more_o common_a than_o to_o speak_v of_o several_a vice_n together_o 9_o though_o the_o sodomite_n be_v upbraid_v for_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o these_o word_n proper_o signify_v villainous_a lust_n they_o be_v general_a term_n by_o which_o their_o wickedness_n may_v be_v describe_v whatsoever_o it_o consist_v in_o as_o the_o constant_a signification_n of_o those_o word_n show_v 10._o of_o the_o passage_n cite_v by_o the_o doctor_n out_o of_o st._n paul_n i_o shall_v speak_v when_o i_o come_v to_o they_o as_o also_o of_o the_o other_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n 11._o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o gen._n vi_fw-la 5_o ii_o be_v a_o general_a name_n likewise_o signify_v any_o sort_n of_o vice_n or_o wickedness_n and_o not_o particular_o lust_n our_o author_n make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o inquire_v not_o what_o be_v the_o constant_a and_o usual_a signification_n of_o a_o word_n but_o what_o he_o will_v have_v it_o to_o signify_v that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o apply_v some_o passage_n in_o st._n paul_n to_o his_o gnostic_n chap._n ii_o verse_n 1._o note_v a._n the_o apostle_n as_o far_o as_o the_o eight_o verse_n go_v on_o to_o condemn_v the_o heathen_a philosopher_n who_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o condemn_v in_o other_o and_o know_v to_o be_v evil_a upon_o which_o account_n they_o be_v reproach_v even_o among_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o see_v lactantius_n instit_n divin_n lib._n 3._o c._n 15._o who_o produce_v out_o of_o cicero_n corn._n nepos_n and_o seneca_n very_o remarkable_a testimony_n against_o those_o who_o be_v philosopher_n more_o in_o word_n than_o in_o manner_n dr._n hammond_n to_o make_v these_o thing_n agree_v to_o his_o gnostic_n put_v several_a thing_n into_o his_o paraphrase_n whereof_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o footstep_n in_o st._n paul_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o find_v out_o what_o sense_n we_o please_v in_o any_o author_n who_o we_o interpret_v if_o we_o may_v take_v the_o liberty_n to_o patch_v up_o his_o thought_n in_o that_o manner_n with_o our_o own_o i_o wonder_v also_o at_o grotius_n for_o think_v the_o apostle_n here_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o roman_a magistrate_n because_o of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o say_v proper_o signify_v a_o judge_n when_o that_o word_n may_v as_o well_o be_v take_v for_o any_o one_o that_o judge_v as_o a_o philosopher_n who_o judge_v concern_v vice_n and_o virtue_n as_o a_o magistrate_n yea_o plato_n in_o lib._n 9_o reip._n p._n 506._o edit_fw-la ficini_n apply_v that_o word_n to_o a_o philosopher_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o judge_v concern_v what_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o covetous_a or_o ambitious_a man_n be_v not_o qualify_v to_o judge_n but_o only_o a_o philosopher_n and_o a_o great_a many_o more_o such_o example_n if_o i_o have_v time_n and_o it_o be_v necessary_a may_v be_v find_v out_o to_o show_v that_o a_o philosopher_n may_v be_v proper_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o philosopher_n who_o when_o they_o ought_v according_a to_o their_o own_o doctrine_n to_o have_v obey_v the_o gospel_n abuse_v that_o skill_n in_o disputation_n which_o they_o have_v acquire_v by_o the_o study_n of_o philosophy_n in_o resist_v it_o and_o such_o be_v afterward_o lucian_n celsus_n porphyrius_n hierocles_n and_o other_o who_o out_o of_o a_o love_n to_o contention_n oppose_v the_o christian_a religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v apt_o to_o this_o purpose_n define_v by_o phavorinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contradict_v or_o evil_a speak_n or_o contend_v by_o word_n for_o which_o most_o of_o the_o philosopher_n be_v infamous_a verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n here_o the_o apostle_n return_v to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v in_o the_o 15_o verse_n of_o the_o forego_n chapter_n viz._n that_o the_o gospel_n belong_v to_o the_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o the_o jew_n and_o bring_v salvation_n equal_o to_o they_o both_o as_o in_o this_o place_n he_o tell_v they_o that_o if_o they_o continue_v in_o their_o sin_n and_o unbelief_n and_o neglect_v the_o only_a way_n of_o salvation_n they_o will_v both_o bring_v destruction_n upon_o themselves_o these_o he_o compare_v first_o with_o one_o another_o and_o then_o inveigh_v against_o the_o jew_n who_o persist_v in_o their_o sin_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n that_o proper_o concern_v the_o gnostic_n as_o any_o one_o will_v see_v that_o do_v but_o read_v the_o apostle_n verse_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o passage_n perhaps_o porphyry_n have_v in_o his_o mind_n who_o often_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o oppose_v they_o when_o he_o write_v in_o his_o book_n the_o abstinent_a c._n 57_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o attain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n to_o happiness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unless_o he_o be_v nail_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v to_o god_n and_o divide_v from_o the_o body_n and_o the_o pleasure_n which_o by_o that_o affect_v the_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o we_o be_v save_v by_o work_n not_o by_o a_o bare_a hear_v of_o word_n verse_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v they_o be_v not_o instruct_v out_o of_o the_o write_a law_n but_o their_o own_o reason_n inform_v they_o what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o be_v evil_a for_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o heart_n or_o mind_n which_o we_o understand_v by_o reason_v without_o any_o write_a institution_n this_o be_v not_o oppose_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gnostic_n but_o of_o the_o jew_n ibid._n note_v c._n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o elegant_a passage_n in_o plautus_n in_o rudente_a act._n 4._o sc._n 7._o spectavi_fw-la ego_fw-la pridem_fw-la comicos_fw-la ad_fw-la istum_fw-la modum_fw-la sapienter_fw-la dicta_fw-la dicere_fw-la atque_fw-la iis_fw-la plaudy_a cum_fw-la illos_fw-la sapientes_fw-la mores_fw-la monstrabant_fw-la poplo_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la inde_fw-la svam_fw-la cuique_fw-la ibant_fw-la diversi_fw-la domum_fw-la nullus_fw-la erat_fw-la illo_fw-la pacto_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la jusserant_fw-la verse_n 17._o note_n e._n this_o be_v all_o force_a read_v the_o apostle_n himself_o and_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o jew_n proper_o so_o call_v and_o one_o that_o be_v circumcise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o be_v not_o proper_o to_o be_v call_v or_o denominate_v but_o to_o be_v celebrate_v or_o famous_a so_o that_o st._n paul_n meaning_n be_v this_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n universal_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v a_o jew_n or_o a_o disciple_n of_o moses_n this_o be_v what_o thou_o pretend_v thyself_o to_o be_v and_o glory_v in_o the_o apostle_n have_v no_o respect_n in_o this_o to_o the_o gnostic_n who_o can_v not_o neither_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o rest_v in_o the_o law_n which_o they_o take_v not_o the_o least_o care_n to_o observe_v as_o our_o author_n confess_v but_o when_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o jew_n urge_v they_o to_o it_o verse_n 18._o note_n f._n dr._n hammond_n interpretation_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o old_a glossary_a in_o which_o that_o verb_n be_v render_v not_o only_o by_o perpendere_fw-la examinare_fw-la to_o weigh_v to_o examine_v but_o also_o approbare_fw-la comprobare_fw-la to_o approve_v and_o in_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o praesto_fw-la praecello_fw-la to_o excel_v but_o yet_o because_o the_o discourse_n be_v concern_v one_o that_o be_v able_a to_o teach_v other_o what_o be_v good_a and_o profitable_a and_o what_o be_v not_o or_o of_o a_o master_n i_o choose_v rather_o to_o understand_v it_o of_o try_v those_o thing_n that_o differ_v or_o try_v the_o difference_n of_o thing_n that_o be_v distinguish_v between_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a and_o so_o in_o that_o passage_n of_o the_o epist_n to_o the_o philippian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v signify_v to_o distinguish_v careful_o good_a from_o evil_n or_o not_o ignorant_o to_o confound_v thing_n which_o be_v different_a whence_o the_o apostle_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o you_o may_v be_v sincere_a that_o be_v without_o mixture_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n not_o sufficient_o distinguish_v by_o you_o and_o consequent_o as_o it_o
leave_v we_o in_o this_o mortal_a life_n but_o that_o the_o primitive_a christian_n may_v not_o doubt_v whether_o god_n have_v real_o buy_v they_o they_o be_v distinguish_v as_o it_o be_v by_o god_n seal_n from_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n and_o receive_v as_o a_o earnest_a from_o he_o the_o spirit_n of_o miracle_n see_v ephes_n i._o 13_o and_o four_o 30_o yet_o the_o thing_n from_o whence_o the_o metaphor_n be_v take_v do_v not_o in_o every_o respect_n agree_v with_o that_o which_o be_v thus_o metaphorical_o describe_v nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a it_o shall_v for_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o there_o be_v but_o some_o similitude_n between_o they_o chap._n ii_o note_n b._n tho_o proper_o speak_v the_o apostle_n be_v the_o author_n both_o of_o the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a and_o of_o his_o cure_n upon_o repentance_n yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v render_v under_o many_o or_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o many_o contrary_a to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o greek_a language_n st._n paul_n here_o join_v other_o with_o himself_o because_o they_o have_v consent_v to_o the_o punishment_n which_o thereupon_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v inflict_v by_o they_o especial_o consider_v it_o be_v denounce_v by_o their_o mediation_n verse_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o may_v possible_o not_o without_o some_o colour_n of_o truth_n be_v conjecture_v that_o by_o satan_n in_o this_o place_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v a_o man_n who_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o corinthian_a church_n rather_o than_o the_o devil_n which_o endeavour_v to_o draw_v away_o he_o who_o have_v be_v deliver_v to_o satan_n and_o other_o from_o its_o communion_n and_o therefore_o it_o follow_v for_o we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o his_o device_n which_o word_n if_o they_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o devil_n seem_v to_o be_v flat_a and_o superfluous_a for_o who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o the_o devil_n do_v all_o he_o can_v to_o pluck_v man_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n thus_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d satan_n be_v use_v in_o 2_o sam._n nineteeen_o 22_o and_o mat._n xuj_o 23_o which_o word_n the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o have_v paraphrase_a in_o his_o epistle_n to_o titus_n ch._n two_o 8_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o can_v tell_v whether_o dr._n hammond_n have_v not_o also_o some_o such_o thought_n about_o this_o place_n because_o he_o paraphrase_n it_o as_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v iii_o for_o we_o be_v ignorant_a of_o his_o device_n verse_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n namely_o by_o their_o fault_n who_o folly_n and_o wickedness_n make_v they_o reject_v the_o divine_a mercy_n and_o not_o without_o commendableness_n in_o those_o who_o receive_v so_o great_a a_o favour_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v such_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o cebes_n when_o he_o be_v compose_v that_o excellent_a little_a piece_n call_v his_o table_n wherein_o he_o represent_v the_o old_a man_n that_o undertake_v to_o explain_v the_o design_n of_o it_o speak_v in_o this_o manner_n to_o the_o spectator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o mind_n and_o understand_v what_o be_v say_v you_o will_v become_v wise_a and_o happy_a but_o if_o not_o you_o will_v be_v foolish_a and_o miserable_a and_o wicked_a in_o your_o life_n for_o the_o explication_n of_o this_o table_n be_v like_o the_o riddle_n of_o sphinx_n which_o she_o propose_v to_o man_n if_o any_o one_o understand_v it_o he_o be_v save_v but_o if_o not_o he_o be_v destroy_v by_o the_o sphinx_n this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o those_o who_o fate_n it_o be_v virtutem_fw-la ut_fw-la videant_fw-la intabescantque_fw-la relicta_fw-la chap._n iii_o verse_n 1._o note_v a._n the_o epistle_n commendatory_a usual_a among_o christian_n do_v not_o owe_v their_o original_a to_o the_o tesserae_fw-la hospitales_fw-la of_o the_o heathen_n but_o to_o a_o universal_a custom_n among_o all_o nation_n of_o write_a letter_n of_o recommendation_n in_o behalf_n of_o their_o friend_n and_o those_o public_a letter_n which_o be_v send_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o one_o church_n to_o another_o be_v institute_v especial_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o heathen_n and_o heretic_n for_o fear_v idolater_n or_o person_n of_o erroneous_a opinion_n in_o the_o faith_n shall_v creep_v into_o the_o church_n and_o make_v a_o ill_a use_n of_o their_o liberality_n see_v beveridge_n on_o can._n apost_n 12._o and_o 33._o verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o our_o faculty_n encouragement_n and_o help_n to_o faith_n and_o piety_n both_o general_n and_o special_a natural_a and_o evangelical_n be_v entire_o owe_v to_o god_n and_o therefore_o all_o thanks_o and_o praise_n must_v be_v give_v for_o they_o to_o he_o alone_o but_o these_o thing_n st._n paul_n do_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o but_o of_o those_o thought_n and_o gift_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o enable_v man_n whether_o jew_n or_o gentile_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o neither_o jew_n nor_o gentile_n can_v any_o of_o they_o of_o their_o own_o head_n have_v preach_v any_o thing_n like_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n but_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o those_o first_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v receive_v the_o evangelical_n doctrine_n by_o revelation_n from_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o be_v endue_v with_o necessary_a extraordinary_a gift_n to_o communicate_v the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o to_o other_o such_o as_o the_o power_n of_o work_a miracle_n a_o singular_a constancy_n and_o unweariedness_n of_o mind_n and_o incredible_a patience_n to_o undergo_v all_o manner_n of_o affliction_n and_o the_o like_a both_o the_o forego_n and_o follow_v context_n clear_o show_n that_o the_o apostle_n here_o speak_v about_o a_o sufficiency_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o nothing_o else_o and_o therefore_o our_o author_n shall_v have_v keep_v to_o that_o alone_a in_o his_o paraphrase_n verse_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v already_o more_o than_o once_o observe_v that_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v mean_v the_o law_n as_o it_o be_v understand_v by_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n in_o a_o literal_a or_o grammatical_a sense_n and_o so_o propose_v by_o they_o to_o the_o observation_n of_o their_o disciple_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mind_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o give_v the_o law_n that_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o which_o the_o law_n contain_v only_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d element_n and_o this_o st._n paul_n here_o seem_v to_o have_v a_o reference_n to_o and_o tacit_o to_o oppose_v his_o apostolical_a ministry_n to_o the_o industry_n of_o those_o jew_n who_o travel_v over_o sea_n and_o land_n to_o make_v proselyte_n to_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n there_o be_v a_o manifest_a opposition_n put_v between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o verse_n see_v my_o note_n on_o mat._n v._n 17_o and_o rom._n two_o 29_o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mere_a observation_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n will_v not_o save_v any_o man_n or_o make_v he_o acceptable_a to_o god_n unless_o he_o have_v also_o a_o regard_n to_o the_o spirit_n or_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n that_o be_v good_a work_n such_o as_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o gospel_n but_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v the_o gospel_n save_v alone_o without_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n this_o be_v the_o meaning_n here_o of_o st._n paul_n and_o not_o what_o our_o author_n say_v in_o his_o paraphrase_n which_o have_v no_o manifest_a ground_n in_o scripture_n but_o rely_v pure_o upon_o theological_a conjecture_n verse_n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o his_o gospel_n be_v the_o spiritual_a end_n of_o the_o law_n or_o the_o ultimate_a scope_n to_o which_o the_o lawgiver_n have_v a_o respect_n and_o where_o that_o spiritual_a intention_n of_o god_n or_o the_o gospel_n be_v know_v there_o be_v liberty_n that_o be_v man_n be_v no_o long_o deal_v with_o as_o servant_n who_o obey_v more_o out_o of_o fear_n than_o love_v see_v my_o note_n on_o rom._n viij_o 15_o there_o be_v nothing_o here_o that_o have_v any_o reference_n to_o a_o veil_n which_o be_v a_o token_n of_o subjection_n as_o dr._n hammond_n think_v the_o veil_n which_o st._n paul_n mention_n belong_v no_o more_o to_o that_o than_o the_o veil_n of_o moses_n iu._n which_o be_v not_o put_v upon_o those_o that_o obey_v but_o on_o he_o that_o command_v chap._n iu._n verse_n 7._o note_n b._n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o signify_v testa_fw-la that_o be_v bake_a
example_n of_o abraham_n be_v account_v just_a and_o righteous_a before_o god_n upon_o the_o sole_a observation_n of_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o these_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n because_o they_o obtain_v justification_n while_o uncircumcised_a and_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n at_o that_o time_n uncircumcised_a be_v fulfil_v in_o they_o in_o a_o more_o eminent_a sense_n than_o in_o the_o believe_a jew_n as_o st._n paul_n himself_o show_v in_o rom._n four_o verse_n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o can_v sufficient_o wonder_v at_o dr._n hammond_n paraphrase_n of_o this_o verse_n and_o if_o he_o have_v paraphrase_a the_o rest_n of_o this_o chapter_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n i_o shall_v have_v quite_o lose_v my_o labour_n in_o translate_n he_o for_o who_o will_v ever_o have_v imagine_v that_o the_o apostle_n mean_v any_o thing_n like_o what_o he_o say_v upon_o read_v only_o st._n paul_n word_n at_o this_o rate_n of_o paraphrase_v a_o man_n may_v make_v any_o thing_n what_o he_o please_v of_o any_o verse_n of_o scripture_n this_o verse_n therefore_o must_v be_v better_o explain_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n for_o the_o 21_o sy_n verse_n be_v manifest_o to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o 19_o the_o and_o so_o to_o be_v consider_v as_o a_o digression_n in_o which_o the_o apostle_n upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admonish_v the_o galatian_n as_o he_o go_v along_o that_o as_o the_o covenant_n make_v by_o god_n with_o man_n be_v more_o than_o one_o so_o each_o have_v their_o distinct_a mediator_n though_o god_n himself_o be_v one_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v be_v not_o one_o as_o appear_v from_o the_o opposite_a member_n of_o the_o sentence_n but_o god_n be_v one_o though_o they_o proper_o signify_v be_v not_o of_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o some_o such_o word_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o st._n paul_n have_v say_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o there_o be_v a_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o the_o ancient_a hebrew_n because_o though_o god_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o appoint_v one_o single_a mediator_n of_o one_o gospel_n but_o the_o law_n likewise_o have_v its_o mediator_n viz._n moses_n which_o come_v to_o no_o more_o than_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v there_o be_v not_o one_o mediator_n for_o to_o say_v that_o the_o law_n have_v a_o mediator_n appoint_v it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o gospel_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o one_o only_a that_o may_v be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n if_o it_o be_v ask_v why_o st._n paul_n admonish_v the_o galatian_n of_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v a_o exegesis_n by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o kind_n of_o parenthesis_n be_v very_o frequent_a in_o st._n paul_n write_n see_v ephes_n two_o 5_o and_o four_o 9_o 10._o this_o i_o think_v to_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o obscure_a place_n which_o if_o not_o true_a do_v however_o very_o little_o depart_v from_o the_o apostle_n word_n whereas_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o distant_a from_o they_o than_o dr._n hammond_n interpretation_n verse_n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n here_o argue_v upon_o the_o jew_n hypothesis_n as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v who_o affirm_v that_o god_n require_v perfect_a holiness_n in_o the_o law_n upon_o which_o supposition_n no_o man_n can_v be_v justify_v by_o it_o nor_o consequent_o attain_v to_o life_n otherwise_o moses_n every_o where_o suppose_n and_o take_v it_o for_o certain_a that_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o observe_v the_o law_n but_o he_o have_v not_o that_o notion_n of_o the_o law_n which_o the_o late_a jew_n have_v who_o interpret_v every_o thing_n mystical_o and_o according_a to_o these_o man_n sentiment_n st._n paul_n here_o dispute_v and_o not_o that_o of_o moses_n which_o unless_o we_o observe_v it_o will_v be_v impossible_a to_o reconcile_v the_o prophet_n with_o the_o apostle_n verse_n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o particular_a st._n paul_n do_v not_o reason_n from_o the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o declare_v his_o own_o mind_n though_o it_o be_v a_o consectary_n necessary_o follow_v from_o what_o go_v before_o suppose_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o jew_n opinion_n concern_v the_o perfection_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o same_o also_o may_v be_v infer_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o moysaicall_a law_n itself_o as_o that_o which_o contain_v only_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d element_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o those_o who_o be_v teach_v only_o the_o element_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v still_o under_o a_o schoolmaster_n this_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o other_o argument_n if_o it_o be_v necessary_a so_o that_o what_o in_o itself_o be_v true_a and_o rely_v upon_o firm_a ground_n that_o st._n paul_n prove_v also_o from_o the_o jewish_a opinion_n by_o this_o mean_v the_o more_o effectual_o to_o put_v the_o jew_n to_o silence_n a_o thing_n which_o he_o often_o do_v such_o be_v the_o perverseness_n of_o mankind_n especial_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n that_o they_o be_v not_o move_v so_o much_o by_o cogent_a reason_n as_o by_o prejudices_fw-la and_o opinion_n take_v up_o in_o their_o childhood_n such_o be_v the_o pride_n of_o man_n heart_n that_o they_o can_v bear_v to_o have_v their_o error_n confute_v or_o inveigh_v against_o especial_o when_o their_o mistake_n be_v of_o a_o long_o stand_v and_o grow_v inveterate_a or_o when_o those_o who_o be_v charge_v with_o error_n have_v be_v always_o judge_v by_o their_o own_o party_n to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n and_o look_v upon_o as_o learned_a and_o judicious_a men._n and_o for_o these_o reason_n christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n reprove_v as_o few_o of_o the_o jew_n mistake_v as_o they_o can_v viz._n those_o only_o which_o will_v not_o consist_v with_o christianity_n but_o their_o other_o prejudices_fw-la that_o have_v no_o very_a bad_a consequence_n attend_v they_o and_o which_o their_o obstinacy_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o eradication_n of_o to_o be_v attempt_v without_o manifest_a danger_n they_o choose_v rather_o to_o bear_v with_o and_o to_o reason_n against_o they_o upon_o their_o own_o principle_n because_o they_o perceive_v that_o that_o way_n of_o argue_v have_v the_o great_a influence_n upon_o they_o but_o see_v we_o now_o live_v in_o a_o time_n in_o which_o we_o be_v to_o search_v out_o the_o truth_n more_o for_o our_o own_o use_n than_o for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v our_o part_n after_o the_o discovery_n of_o it_o to_o set_v it_o down_o just_a as_o it_o be_v because_o if_o we_o do_v not_o we_o shall_v never_o understand_v the_o apostle_n write_n nor_o be_v able_a to_o defend_v they_o against_o the_o objection_n of_o infidel_n iu._n yea_o perhaps_o which_o god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n prevent_v instead_o of_o a_o solid_a piety_n establish_v upon_o its_o own_o light_n and_o evidence_n all_o our_o religion_n may_v degenerate_v into_o but_o dark_a and_o fearful_a superstition_n chap._n iu._n verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v we_o jew_n for_o the_o gentile_n be_v never_o under_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o jewish_a law_n which_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o and_o from_o which_o they_o be_v exclude_v by_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o law_n for_o it_o be_v a_o law_n give_v to_o one_o nation_n live_v in_o one_o country_n the_o land_n of_o canaan_n this_o deserve_v here_o to_o be_v note_v because_o if_o it_o be_v not_o observe_v the_o whole_a discourse_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o this_o place_n will_v be_v very_o obscure_a ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o st._n paul_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vers_fw-la 9_o and_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o he_o mean_v the_o moysaicall_a law_n whence_o it_o may_v be_v again_o infer_v that_o st._n paul_n do_v not_o think_v with_o the_o jew_n that_o that_o law_n be_v a_o perfect_a rule_n of_o sanctity_n for_o if_o he_o have_v be_v of_o that_o mind_n how_o can_v he_o have_v call_v it_o the_o element_n of_o the_o world_n and_o weak_a and_o beggarly_a element_n the_o element_n be_v the_o rude_a beginning_n of_o any_o art_n or_o science_n and_o far_o from_o contain_v the_o whole_a art_n in_o its_o great_a extent_n and_o utmost_a perfection_n which_o be_v so_o undoubted_o he_o think_v those_o element_n may_v be_v observe_v by_o man_n if_o they_o be_v consider_v in_o themselves_o as_o they_o be_v in_o moses_n though_o perfect_a holiness_n such_o as_o the_o jew_n affirm_v the_o law_n to_o be_v a_o complete_a pattern_n of_o be_v
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poverty_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o aristophanes_n in_o pluto_n in_o a_o elegant_a disputation_n wherein_o he_o endeavour_v to_o show_v that_o poverty_n be_v advantageous_a to_o man_n after_o chremylus_n have_v describe_v the_o inconvenices_fw-la of_o beggary_n be_v bring_v in_o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o have_v not_o be_v speak_v of_o my_o life_n but_o declare_v that_o of_o beggar_n on_o which_o word_n the_o scholiast_n make_v this_o observation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o middle_a sort_n of_o indigence_n when_o a_o man_n acquire_v necessary_n by_o labour_n and_o come_v from_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o labour_v and_o by_o that_o to_o acquire_v necessary_n but_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v so_o call_v from_o his_o beg_n of_o every_o body_n see_v also_o the_o follow_a word_n of_o chremylus_n and_o poverty_n but_o i_o dare_v not_o insist_v too_o much_o upon_o the_o significancy_n of_o this_o word_n in_o st._n paul_n who_o do_v not_o use_v to_o be_v very_o critical_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o his_o word_n further_o the_o galatian_n who_o when_o they_o know_v not_o god_n do_v service_n unto_o they_o which_o by_o nature_n be_v not_o god_n be_v say_v here_o by_o st._n paul_n upon_o their_o defection_n to_o judaisme_n to_o have_v turn_v to_o the_o weak_a and_o beggarly_a element_n whereunto_o they_o desire_v again_o to_o be_v in_o bondage_n because_o as_o i_o have_v already_o suggest_v they_o have_v go_v over_o from_o heathenism_n to_o judaisme_n before_o they_o become_v christian_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o many_o of_o those_o who_o first_o believe_v the_o gospel_n among_o the_o gentile_n be_v before_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o proselyte_n of_o the_o gate_n as_o the_o rabbin_n speak_v or_o also_o of_o righteousness_n of_o the_o former_a sort_n be_v cornelius_n the_o centurion_n speak_v of_o in_o act_n x._o and_o lydia_n in_o act_n xuj_o and_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v but_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o galatian_a christian_n be_v such_o man_n who_o certain_o may_v much_o more_o easy_o relapse_n to_o judaisme_n than_o embrace_v it_o if_o they_o have_v not_o before_o know_v it_o after_o their_o conversion_n to_o the_o christian_a religion_n i_o remark_n this_o because_o grotius_n who_o on_o vers_n 5._o have_v observe_v that_o st._n paul_n speak_v of_o proselyte_n unmindful_a of_o what_o he_o have_v there_o affirm_v tell_v we_o that_o the_o galatian_n be_v say_v here_o to_o return_v to_o the_o element_n of_o piety_n non_fw-la quod_fw-la judaizassent_v antea_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la multa_fw-la usurpassent_v cum_fw-la judaeis_n communia_fw-la ut_fw-la ciborum_fw-la delectum_fw-la dierum_fw-la discrimina_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o because_o they_o have_v judaize_v before_o but_o because_o whilst_o they_o be_v heathen_n they_o have_v a_o great_a many_o custom_n common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o jew_n as_o the_o distinction_n of_o meat_n and_o day_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o he_o be_v mistake_v be_v evident_a because_o it_o be_v the_o jewish_a law_n that_o be_v before_o call_v the_o element_n of_o the_o world_n on_o which_o word_n he_o have_v a_o excellent_a annotation_n and_o because_o the_o follow_a verse_n here_o clear_o show_v that_o they_o be_v say_v to_o return_v to_o the_o jewish_a ceremony_n not_o to_o say_v how_o manifest_a that_o be_v from_o the_o whole_a series_n of_o st._n paul_n disputation_n in_o this_o place_n beside_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o heathen_n can_v be_v say_v to_o contain_v the_o element_n of_o piety_n which_o teach_v the_o most_o consummate_a wickedness_n so_o that_o st._n paul_n will_v rather_o have_v say_v that_o they_o return_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o what_o grotius_n here_o say_v be_v true_a and_o therefore_o we_o must_v understand_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o moysaicall_a rite_n which_o the_o galatian_n who_o be_v once_o jewish_a proselyte_n before_o they_o have_v embrace_v christianity_n have_v in_o part_n at_o least_o observe_v verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o do_v know_v which_o to_o choose_v dr._n hammond_n interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n or_o grotius_n his_o who_o make_v they_o to_o be_v a_o description_n of_o st._n paul_n extraordinary_a affection_n to_o the_o galatian_n the_o place_n in_o cicero_n which_o grotius_n refer_v to_o be_v in_o ep._n ad_fw-la famil_n lib._n 7._o ep._n 5._o to_o which_o add_v this_o distich_n out_o of_o the_o epigram_n of_o zeno_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o stoic_n which_o apuleius_n set_v down_o in_o his_o apology_n hoc_fw-la modò_fw-la sim_fw-la vobis_fw-la unus_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la vos_fw-la eritis_fw-la quod_fw-la duo_fw-la sunt_fw-la oculi_fw-la verse_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i_o can_v see_v what_o reason_n move_v our_o author_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n of_o this_o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n to_o make_v mention_n of_o persecution_n whereof_o there_o be_v no_o footstep_n in_o st._n paul_n word_n he_o be_v as_o much_o out_o of_o the_o way_n too_o in_o seek_v here_o for_o his_o gnostic_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o jew_n out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n verse_n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v do_v not_o you_o understand_v the_o law_n or_o do_v you_o not_o hearken_v to_o it_o attentive_o when_o it_o be_v read_v to_o you_o it_o deserve_v here_o to_o be_v note_v that_o st._n paul_n argue_v from_o some_o receive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d midrasch_fw-mi vulgar_o know_v for_o if_o that_o allegory_n whereof_o he_o here_o speak_v have_v not_o be_v before_o hear_v of_o he_o will_v have_v have_v no_o reason_n to_o wonder_v that_o the_o galatian_n have_v never_o collect_v any_o such_o thing_n from_o the_o story_n which_o he_o refer_v to_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o necessary_a that_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n shall_v have_v any_o such_o allegorical_a signification_n as_o that_o be_v suppose_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o therefore_o undoubted_o it_o be_v a_o know_a allegory_n though_o perhaps_o somewhat_o otherwise_o express_v by_o the_o jew_n further_n see_v this_o interpretation_n can_v not_o be_v urge_v against_o those_o who_o may_v deny_v that_o the_o scripture_n ought_v to_o be_v so_o understand_v and_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o make_v use_n of_o his_o authority_n to_o confirm_v it_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o argue_v here_o from_o what_o be_v general_o allow_v which_o kind_n of_o thing_n it_o be_v not_o material_a shall_v be_v true_a or_o well_o ground_v as_o long_o as_o they_o contain_v nothing_o in_o they_o prejudical_a to_o piety_n and_o be_v believe_v by_o those_o against_o who_o we_o dispute_v so_o that_o from_o st._n paul_n use_v such_o a_o allegory_n against_o the_o judaize_v galatian_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o we_o in_o this_o age_n be_v bind_v to_o admit_v it_o as_o a_o secret_a reveal_v from_o heaven_n to_o the_o apostle_n for_o if_o we_o thorough_o consider_v it_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o most_o which_o have_v ever_o be_v say_v by_o learned_a man_n against_o this_o way_n of_o interpret_n scripture_n in_o general_n may_v be_v object_v against_o this_o particular_a allegory_n verse_n 24._o note_n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o a_o participle_n in_o the_o middle_a voice_n as_o every_o one_o know_v and_o as_o dr._n hammond_n himself_o very_o well_o know_v though_o he_o say_v otherwise_o before_o he_o be_v aware_a it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o passive_a sense_n and_o render_v thus_o which_o thing_n be_v allegorical_o explain_v or_o use_v to_o be_v so_o explain_v that_o be_v by_o a_o mystical_a interpretation_n apply_v to_o signify_v other_o thing_n beside_o those_o which_o that_o history_n literal_o contain_v this_o kind_n of_o allegory_n must_v be_v careful_o distinguish_v from_o the_o allegory_n of_o homer_n and_o other_o poet_n for_o the_o greek_a grammarian_n and_o especial_o their_o philosopher_n affirm_v that_o a_o great_a many_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v by_o their_o poet_n about_o the_o god_n be_v false_a in_o a_o proper_a sense_n and_o never_o real_o happen_v but_o in_o another_o obstruse_a and_o secret_a sense_n be_v true_a whereas_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o their_o history_n be_v true_a but_o from_o real_a event_n deduce_v consectary_n belong_v to_o other_o matter_n as_o if_o those_o event_n have_v be_v as_o so_o many_o representation_n of_o other_o thing_n heraclides_fw-la ponticus_n in_o his_o little_a treatise_n de_fw-la allegoriis_fw-la homericis_fw-la give_v we_o this_o true_a definition_n of_o a_o poetical_a allegory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o trope_n wherein_o one_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
after_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v those_o that_o be_v beyond_o measure_n fierce_a and_o angry_a at_o every_o thing_n and_o for_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o be_v so_o call_v after_o which_o he_o proceed_v to_o the_o three_o sort_n and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v those_o that_o be_v hardly_o reconcile_v and_o be_v angry_a a_o great_a while_n for_o they_o keep_v in_o their_o anger_n and_o it_o cease_v when_o they_o have_v revenge_v themselves_o for_o revenge_n extinguish_v anger_n by_o cause_v pleasure_n where_o before_o be_v grief_n but_o when_o this_o be_v not_o do_v they_o be_v press_v with_o a_o inward_a weight_n for_o because_o they_o do_v not_o manifest_v their_o anger_n no_o one_o endeavour_n to_o appease_v they_o and_o for_o a_o man_n to_o digest_v his_o anger_n within_o himself_o require_v time_n now_o such_o man_n as_o these_o as_o they_o be_v a_o great_a torment_n to_o themselves_o so_o they_o be_v most_o of_o all_o to_o their_o friend_n last_o those_o who_o be_v vicious_a in_o the_o high_a degree_n in_o this_o kind_n he_o describe_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o call_v those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v angry_a both_o for_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o ought_v not_o and_o more_o and_o long_o than_o they_o ought_v and_o be_v never_o appease_v without_o revenge_n or_o punishment_n by_o these_o description_n it_o sufficient_o appear_v that_o st._n paul_n do_v not_o take_v the_o several_a word_n whereby_o he_o describe_v anger_n in_o this_o place_n from_o the_o use_n of_o philosopher_n or_o dispose_v they_o in_o the_o same_o order_n nor_o be_v that_o his_o custom_n but_o to_o take_v most_o what_o he_o say_v from_o vulgar_a use_n and_o dispose_v it_o without_o any_o philosophical_a or_o rhetorical_a artifice_n chap._n v._n verse_n 2._o note_v a._n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v i_o confess_v be_v distinguish_v as_o dr._n hammond_n will_v have_v they_o but_o they_o be_v very_o often_o confound_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d particular_o frequent_o signify_v all_o kind_n of_o oblation_n in_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d korhan_n or_o whatever_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n as_o kircher_n concordance_n will_v inform_v those_o who_o be_v ignorant_a in_o this_o place_n they_o seem_v to_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n because_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o oblige_v we_o to_o distinguish_v they_o ii_o our_o author_n be_v reason_v to_o this_o purpose_n from_o heb._n x._o 5_o 6._o have_v no_o validity_n in_o it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o these_o two_o word_n occur_v in_o vers_fw-la 6._o shall_v be_v perfect_o synonimous_a or_o answerable_a to_o those_o two_o other_o in_o ver_fw-la 5._o wherefore_o say_v that_o divine_a writer_n when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o world_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacrifice_n and_o offer_v thou_o will_v not_o but_o a_o body_n have_v thou_o sit_v i_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whole_a burnt-offering_n and_o for_o sin_n thou_o have_v have_v no_o pleasure_n if_o according_a to_o dr._n hammond'_v â—s_z reason_v a_o whole_a burnt-offering_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v exact_o the_o same_o an_z offering_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v be_v literal_o the_o same_o also_o which_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v but_o the_o word_n of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n must_v not_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o rhetorician_n verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o author_n in_o his_o note_n on_o rom._n i._n 29_o endeavour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o prove_v that_o this_o word_n signify_v a_o desire_n not_o of_o riches_n but_o of_o pleasure_n though_o with_o what_o success_n i_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o judge_n by_o what_o i_o have_v write_v on_o that_o annotation_n this_o be_v the_o chief_a place_n that_o give_v any_o countenance_n to_o his_o conjecture_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v two_o specious_a reason_n which_o as_o to_o this_o passage_n of_o st._n paul_n may_v be_v allege_v on_o his_o behalf_n i._o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d uncleanness_n or_o covetousness_n and_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o seem_v to_o join_v together_o word_n of_o the_o same_o signification_n in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o acknowledge_v that_o that_o be_v very_o frequent_o the_o use_n of_o the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o but_o it_o be_v very_o often_o also_o a_o disjunctive_a and_o connect_v together_o word_n of_o a_o different_a sense_n and_o when_o a_o negation_n follow_v or_o go_v before_o it_o be_v equivalent_a to_z nor_o as_o in_o this_o place_n for_o it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o st._n paul_n have_v say_v let_v neither_o fornication_n nor_o any_o uncleanness_n nor_o covetousness_n be_v name_v among_o you_o ii_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o the_o word_n not_o be_v name_v among_o you_o contain_v a_o prohibition_n which_o agree_v better_o to_o lust_n whereof_o the_o very_a name_n be_v obscene_a than_o to_o covetousness_n or_o the_o sin_n which_o proceed_v from_o that_o vice_n which_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v nay_o i_o think_v st._n paul_n speak_v thus_o mere_o because_o he_o have_v before_o make_v mention_n of_o fornication_n and_o uncleanness_n to_o which_o that_o prohibition_n seem_v proper_o to_o belong_v but_o it_o can_v hence_o be_v infer_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o vice_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n with_o those_o beforemention_v contrary_a to_o the_o etymology_n and_o perpetual_a use_n of_o the_o word_n for_o it_o be_v very_o common_a for_o one_o verb_n to_o be_v subjoin_v or_o prefix_v to_o many_o noun_n with_o all_o which_o it_o do_v not_o equal_o well_o agree_v see_v my_o index_n to_o the_o pentateuch_n on_o the_o word_n verbum_fw-la verse_n 4._o note_n b._n all_o that_o our_o author_n here_o say_v be_v very_o much_o to_o the_o purpose_n to_o which_o add_v that_o man_n of_o debauch_a life_n use_v to_o call_v their_o vice_n by_o soft_a and_o gentle_a name_n far_a which_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v proper_o signify_v in_o common_a use_n not_o only_o light_v and_o rash_a but_o even_o obscene_a and_o filthy_a discourse_n such_o as_o the_o jest_n which_o we_o every_o where_o meet_v with_o especial_o in_o ancient_a comedy_n this_o plutarch_n have_v observe_v with_o relation_n to_o the_o athenian_n in_o the_o life_n of_o solon_n p._n 86._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o what_o be_v say_v of_o late_a that_o the_o athenian_n cover_v odious_a thing_n with_o mild_a and_o please_a title_n to_o avoid_v give_v offence_n call_v strumpet_n companion_n tax_v register_n garrison_n safeguard_n of_o city_n and_o a_o prison_n a_o house_n that_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v first_o the_o device_n of_o solon_n who_o call_v the_o forgive_n of_o debt_n a_o acquittance_n other_o example_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n may_v be_v have_v out_o of_o helladius_n besantinous_n in_o chrestomathiis_n we_o may_v easy_o conceive_v how_o such_o sort_n of_o man_n may_v call_v their_o obscene_a and_o filthy_a discourse_n by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n note_v c._n this_o latter_a interpretation_n will_v very_o well_o agree_v to_o this_o place_n if_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ever_o take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v elegancy_n of_o speech_n as_o well_o as_o of_o other_o thing_n the_o passage_n cite_v out_o of_o prov._n xi_o do_v not_o at_o all_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n the_o discourse_n there_o be_v about_o a_o beautiful_a not_o a_o pious_a woman_n verse_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n the_o apostle_n here_o refer_v to_o the_o place_n in_o isaiah_n allege_v by_o our_o author_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n though_o rather_o express_v its_o sense_n than_o cite_v the_o prophet_n own_o word_n barnabas_n in_o epist_n catholica_fw-la particular_o in_o cap._n v._n often_o use_v the_o same_o term_n in_o cite_v the_o scripture_n word_n scriptum_n est_fw-la enim_fw-la say_v he_o de_fw-fr illo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la quaedam_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la dicit_fw-la autem_fw-la sic_fw-la vulneratus_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la nostras_fw-la etc._n etc._n supergratulari_fw-la enim_fw-la debemus_fw-la domino_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o
promise_n as_o well_o as_o they_o for_o if_o god_n promise_v to_o the_o ancient_a jew_n a_o quiet_a habitation_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n he_o have_v promise_v we_o eternal_a rest_n in_o heaven_n so_o that_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v in_o its_o proper_a that_o be_v in_o a_o general_a sense_n for_o receive_v of_o any_o good_a tiding_n as_o it_o be_v often_o use_v in_o the_o version_n of_o the_o septuagint_n where_o the_o verb_n in_o the_o original_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bisser_fw-fr nothing_o can_v be_v more_o flat_a than_o what_o the_o generality_n of_o interpreter_n think_v the_o sacred_a writer_n here_o say_v concern_v christian_n we_o have_v receive_v the_o gospel_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ancient_a jew_n because_o there_o can_v be_v no_o comparison_n make_v between_o the_o knowledge_n which_o the_o primitive_a jew_n have_v of_o the_o gospel_n and_o we_o what_o our_o author_n say_v in_o his_o paraphrase_n agree_v neither_o with_o the_o word_n nor_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n ibid._n note_v a._n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o true_a read_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o hear_v do_v not_o profit_v they_o not_o be_v mix_v by_o faith_n with_o those_o that_o hear_v it_o that_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o promise_n concern_v a_o quiet_a habitation_n do_v not_o profit_v those_o who_o only_o hear_v it_o without_o believe_v it_o for_o they_o who_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v nourish_v by_o it_o so_o as_o if_o it_o be_v incorporate_v with_o they_o and_o convert_v into_o their_o substance_n that_o be_v they_o be_v no_o less_o act_v and_o move_v by_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o receive_v by_o revelation_n from_o god_n than_o those_o which_o they_o have_v find_v to_o be_v true_a by_o reason_v and_o experience_n and_o that_o which_o make_v this_o mixture_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n with_o the_o hearer_n of_o it_o be_v faith_n for_o which_o reason_n the_o sacred_a writer_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o word_n be_v mix_v by_o faith_n with_o those_o that_o hear_v it_o verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o word_n of_o the_o xcv_o the_o psalm_n be_v here_o allege_v i_o do_v not_o believe_v the_o sacred_a writer_n use_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o psalmist_n to_o prove_v what_o he_o design_n but_o only_o express_v a_o ancient_a story_n in_o his_o word_n which_o be_v relate_v in_o num._n fourteen_o and_o deut._n i._n and_o he_o interpret_v rest_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n express_v by_o moses_n and_o by_o david_n in_o a_o sublime_a sense_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o his_o age_n in_o which_o all_o the_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v explain_v in_o a_o more_o sublime_a sense_n than_o what_o the_o word_n literal_o contain_v and_o as_o those_o who_o believe_v in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n enter_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o then_o may_v be_v call_v god_n rest_n so_o the_o soul_n of_o pious_a christian_n enter_v into_o the_o mansion_n of_o eternal_a happiness_n to_o which_o that_o name_n more_o eminent_o belong_v therefore_o it_o be_v say_v by_o the_o sacred_a writer_n we_o that_o believe_v do_v enter_v into_o rest_n verse_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v into_o canaan_n which_o be_v as_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o heavenly_a rest_n i_o say_v again_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n in_o the_o psalmist_n of_o any_o future_a rest_n but_o only_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o epistle_n deter_v the_o man_n of_o his_o age_n from_o sin_v by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n verse_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v and_o join_v to_o the_o 2_o d_o verse_n in_o this_o sense_n see_v therefore_o we_o also_o be_v to_o enter_v into_o rest_n understand_v in_o a_o high_a sense_n as_o i_o have_v already_o say_v when_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o to_o who_o rest_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v promise_v fall_v short_a of_o it_o that_o this_o verse_n be_v to_o be_v join_v with_o vers_n 2._o may_v appear_v by_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o those_o other_o in_o the_o 2d_o verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n subintellig_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n which_o word_n be_v often_o understand_v in_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n the_o sense_n of_o this_o place_n be_v that_o not_o only_o the_o primitive_a jew_n shall_v have_v take_v heed_n of_o unbelief_n but_o all_o their_o posterity_n and_o consequent_o christian_n see_v the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o whenever_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n be_v hear_v it_o be_v to_o be_v obey_v and_o rest_n be_v no_o less_o promise_v to_o the_o obedient_a than_o former_o verse_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v if_o no_o other_o rest_n be_v to_o be_v expect_v beside_o that_o which_o the_o believe_a jew_n of_o old_a obtain_v under_o the_o conduct_n of_o joshua_n the_o psalmist_n will_v have_v have_v no_o reason_n to_o admonish_v the_o man_n of_o his_o age_n and_o the_o follow_a age_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o imitate_v the_o primitive_a israelite_n who_o unbelief_n exclude_v out_o of_o the_o promise_a rest_n lest_o god_n shall_v punish_v they_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n in_o interpret_n these_o word_n two_o thing_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v do_v first_o we_o must_v consider_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o speaker_n and_o by_o that_o his_o word_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v rather_o than_o by_o the_o proper_a meaning_n of_o every_o particular_a phrase_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v literal_o as_o they_o be_v render_v in_o the_o vulgar_a nam_fw-la si_fw-la eye_v jesus_n quietem_fw-la praestitisset_fw-la for_o if_o jesus_n have_v give_v they_o rest_n but_o if_o they_o be_v so_o interpret_v the_o apostle_n reason_v will_v be_v of_o no_o force_n if_o joshua_n have_v conduct_v those_o ancient_a jew_n into_o a_o quiet_a habitation_n the_o scripture_n will_v not_o speak_v of_o another_o day_n in_o which_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o be_v hear_v why_o not_o ought_v not_o the_o man_n of_o the_o follow_a age_n to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o command_v of_o god_n yes_o but_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n in_o the_o word_n allege_v be_v this_o which_o i_o have_v express_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o note_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_o something_o be_v to_o be_v supply_v in_o the_o follow_a word_n for_o otherwise_o what_o opposition_n can_v there_o be_v between_o rest_n and_o another_o day_n if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o rest_n beside_o that_o which_o joshua_n give_v the_o ancient_a israelite_n it_o will_v not_o thence_o follow_v there_o can_v not_o be_v another_o day_n or_o another_o time_n in_o which_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n can_v not_o be_v despise_v without_o danger_n but_o we_o must_v supply_v here_o what_o i_o have_v also_o before_o intimate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o we_o shall_v be_v exclude_v out_o of_o god_n rest_n if_o we_o do_v not_o obey_v his_o voice_n yet_o two_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v careful_o observe_v in_o such_o interpretation_n and_o addition_n first_o no_o interpretation_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v which_o the_o design_n of_o the_o speaker_n clear_o understand_v do_v not_o require_v and_o to_o which_o design_n the_o writer_n reason_v make_v nothing_o unless_o it_o be_v otherwise_o understand_v than_o the_o word_n proper_o signify_v our_o author_n dr._n hammond_n have_v but_o little_a regard_n to_o the_o scope_n of_o this_o place_n into_o which_o he_o bring_v his_o gnostic_n by_o head_n and_o shoulder_n when_o the_o scope_n require_v no_o such_o thing_n i_o have_v endeavour_v to_o make_v direct_o towards_o it_o and_o think_v i_o have_v not_o much_o err_v from_o it_o second_o that_o which_o be_v supply_v must_v be_v take_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v out_o of_o the_o very_a bowel_n of_o the_o discourse_n so_o that_o what_o be_v express_v do_v natural_o and_o pure_o arise_v from_o proposition_n that_o must_v necessary_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v understand_v and_o what_o i_o have_v supply_v seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v such_o but_o what_o dr._n hammond_n add_v seem_v altogether_o foreign_a to_o this_o place_n of_o which_o let_v the_o reader_n be_v judge_n hence_o we_o may_v infer_v that_o the_o stile_n of_o this_o writer_n be_v far_o from_o be_v form_v by_o the_o law_n of_o rhetoric_n according_a to_o which_o our_o first_o care_n shall_v be_v to_o speak_v proper_o and_o clear_o what_o we_o will_v have_v clear_o
which_o be_v easy_o corrupt_v viz._n to_o the_o comeliness_n of_o the_o body_n whereof_o a_o part_n be_v the_o hair_n which_o the_o apostle_n have_v mention_v in_o the_o forego_n verse_n and_o to_o apparel_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n much_o more_o liable_a to_o corruption_n than_o gold_n and_o which_o he_o likewise_o make_v mention_n of_o it_o be_v plain_a this_o verse_n be_v oppose_v to_o all_o the_o forego_n verse_n 7._o note_n c._n i._n if_o the_o allege_a place_n of_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o signify_v any_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o some_o secret_a sense_n which_o the_o jewish_a allegorist_n seek_v for_o in_o the_o scripture_n but_o it_o be_v say_v that_o husband_n ought_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o dwell_v with_o they_o according_a to_o knowledge_n give_v honour_n unto_o the_o wife_n as_o the_o weak_a vessel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o manage_v the_o disposition_n of_o woman_n skilful_o and_o prudent_o ii_o the_o example_n which_o our_o author_n produce_v be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o they_o do_v not_o contain_v any_o mystical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o place_n in_o genesis_n but_o consectâ—ries_v deduce_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o matrimony_n itself_o and_o the_o plain_a word_n of_o moses_n the_o place_n in_o ephes_n v_o 31.32_o i_o have_v interpret_v contrary_a to_o dr._n hammond_n and_o i_o shall_v not_o repeat_v what_o i_o have_v there_o say_v iii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o signify_v to_o dwell_v together_o or_o to_o live_v in_o the_o same_o house_n whence_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o all_o the_o duty_n belong_v to_o marry_a person_n whether_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o procreation_n or_o any_o other_o conjugal_a office_n so_o that_o the_o place_n in_o moses_n concern_v multiply_a be_v no_o more_o to_o the_o purpose_n than_o plato_n fable_n about_o the_o ancient_a hermaphrodite_n other_o thing_n here_o may_v be_v correct_v which_o i_o pass_v by_o but_o shall_v afterward_o touch_v upon_o ibid._n note_v d._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o husband_n towards_o his_o wife_n never_o signify_v to_o afford_v her_o maintenance_n and_o though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o comprehend_v reward_v it_o do_v not_o signify_v that_o alone_o it_o may_v much_o more_o natural_o and_o true_o be_v interpret_v to_o honour_v she_o as_o who_o be_v the_o weak_a vessel_n be_v extreme_o offend_v even_o with_o the_o bare_a appearance_n of_o neglect_n ibid._n note_v e._n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o benefit_n but_o some_o of_o the_o place_n allege_v by_o our_o author_n may_v a_o little_a otherwise_o be_v explain_v as_o of_o john_n i_o 14_o i_o have_v show_v in_o a_o particular_a dissertation_n insert_v in_o this_o volume_n in_o this_o place_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v vivify_a grace_n or_o the_o gospel_n of_o which_o the_o wife_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v make_v partaker_n no_o less_o than_o the_o man_n as_o grotius_n have_v observe_v but_o i_o have_v rather_o read_v with_o the_o vulgar_a interpreter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o here_o the_o apostle_n extol_v not_o the_o man_n but_o the_o woman_n which_o in_o this_o respect_n be_v make_v equal_a to_o the_o man._n this_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n seem_v to_o require_v verse_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v know_v that_o god_n be_v holy_a or_o a_o lover_n of_o sanctity_n for_o this_o be_v often_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n conjugation_n hiphil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hikdisch_fw-ge which_o be_v ordinary_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v my_o note_n on_o gen._n two_o 3_o this_o sanctify_a god_n in_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o sanctification_n before_o man_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o follow_a verse_n whereby_o we_o open_o show_v how_o holy_a we_o esteem_v god_n see_v levit._n x._o 3_o and_o num._n xx_o 12_o and_o my_o note_n on_o those_o place_n verse_n 19_o note_n f._n i._n on_o this_o place_n our_o learned_a author_n have_v collect_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n all_o which_o i_o have_v neither_o leisure_n to_o examine_v nor_o be_v it_o worth_a my_o while_n especial_o have_v interpret_v the_o place_n here_o explain_v in_o my_o commentary_n on_o genesis_n and_o therefore_o in_o a_o few_o word_n i_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o seem_v here_o to_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o place_n in_o genesis_n cite_v by_o our_o author_n it_o be_v true_o indeed_o render_v my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o abide_v in_o man_n and_o the_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n as_o i_o have_v show_v on_o genesis_n but_o the_o soul_n of_o those_o that_o live_v before_o the_o flood_n can_v therefore_o be_v call_v spirit_n in_o prison_n nor_o can_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jadon_v or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jadin_fw-mi in_o hiphil_n be_v by_o any_o mean_v deduce_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neden_fw-ge which_o signify_v a_o sheath_n it_o shall_v be_v read_v jindon_v to_o be_v deduce_v from_o the_o root_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o dr._n hammond_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v observe_v ii_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o christ_n be_v raise_v be_v true_o understand_v of_o the_o divinity_n which_o be_v afterward_o in_o he_o and_o be_v with_o god_n before_o abraham_n be_v and_o so_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o st._n john_n teach_v we_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o gospel_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v spirit_n keep_v guard_n that_o be_v angel_n who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d keep_v man_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v in_o psal_n xci_o 11_o the_o same_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hirim_n watcher_n in_o dan._n four_o 13_o which_o may_v proper_o be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o watcher_n and_o keeper_n be_v all_o one_o so_o that_o the_o divinity_n be_v say_v to_o have_v call_v the_o man_n that_o live_v before_o the_o flood_n to_o repentance_n together_o with_o the_o angel_n who_o admonish_v noah_n to_o exhort_v they_o to_o a_o better_a life_n i_o shall_v render_v this_o place_n thus_o and_o be_v quicken_v by_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o he_o go_v with_o the_o spirit_n that_o watch_v and_o preach_v to_o the_o unbelieving_a etc._n etc._n when_o god_n be_v about_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n among_o man_n he_o be_v represent_v as_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n attend_v with_o a_o guard_n of_o angel_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v on_o gen._n i._n 27_o and_o xi_o 7_o and_o exod._n xx_o 1_o for_o this_o reason_n come_v down_o with_o the_o angel_n to_o admonish_v noah_n and_o command_v he_o to_o call_v man_n to_o repentance_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v with_o the_o spirit_n that_o watch_v and_o beside_o to_o have_v do_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o gnostick_n of_o who_o i_o speak_v comprehend_v those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o other_o to_o be_v incomprehensible_a believe_v there_o be_v nothing_o incomprehensible_a to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o nothing_o which_o can_v be_v teach_v if_o any_o desire_v the_o knowledge_n of_o many_o thing_n he_o know_v what_o past_a of_o old_a and_o conjecture_n what_o will_v be_v hereafter_o a_o disciple_n of_o wisdom_n can_v discover_v the_o deceitfulness_n of_o word_n and_o unfold_v riddle_n he_o foreknow_v also_o sign_n and_o wonder_n and_o the_o event_n of_o time_n and_o season_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o a_o more_o exquisite_a degree_n of_o knowledge_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o person_n profound_o know_v hence_o st._n peter_n exhort_v christian_n to_o join_v to_o their_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o knowledge_n possible_a iii_o it_o appear_v indeed_o 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epistle_n of_o barnabas_n many_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v explain_v allegorical_o and_o several_a mystery_n unfold_v which_o otherwise_o no_o one_o will_v have_v discern_v in_o they_o but_o they_o be_v interpretation_n much_o more_o like_o the_o jewish_a cabbala_n and_o the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o undoubted_o vain_a if_o not_o also_o false_a but_o yet_o fit_a for_o the_o jew_n of_o that_o age_n according_a to_o who_o opinion_n rather_o than_o to_o truth_n barnabas_n reason_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o account_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o he_o the_o same_o with_o that_o christian_a knowledge_n which_o be_v so_o high_o extol_v by_o clemens_n i_o will_v allege_v some_o example_n out_o of_o he_o but_o that_o the_o epistle_n of_o barnabas_n be_v this_o last_o year_n m.dc.xcvii_o publish_v at_o amsterdam_n with_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rob._n and_o henr._n stephani_n will_v supply_v we_o with_o example_n to_o this_o purpose_n in_o their_o thesauri_fw-la so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o st._n peter_n will_v be_v this_o that_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o open_v their_o mouth_n ora_fw-la resolvere_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o own_o accord_n but_o by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n ii_o chap._n ii_o verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o the_o gnostic_n have_v be_v already_o every_o where_o spread_v as_o our_o author_n both_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n and_o his_o annotation_n often_o inculcate_n st._n peter_n will_v never_o have_v use_v the_o future_a tense_n there_o shall_v be_v shall_v bring_v in_o etc._n etc._n i_o wonder_v dr._n hammond_n do_v not_o observe_v this_o verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o follow_a verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v make_v merchandise_n of_o you_o clear_o show_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o signify_v covetousness_n though_o our_o author_n carry_v away_o by_o prejudice_n interpret_v it_o filthiness_n but_o i_o have_v already_o confute_v he_o on_o rom._n i._n 29_o verse_n 5._o note_v a._n this_o observation_n our_o author_n owe_v to_o sam._n bochart_n who_o treat_v of_o the_o same_o thing_n more_o full_o in_o his_o phaleg_n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o verse_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o verse_n be_v think_v by_o dr._n hammond_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o gnostic_n who_o he_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v by_o birth_n heathen_n but_o it_o as_o fit_o agree_v to_o those_o wicked_a jew_n who_o take_v the_o ready_a way_n to_o destroy_v themselves_o and_o their_o nation_n by_o their_o sedition_n who_o josephus_n exact_o describe_v in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o history_n of_o the_o jewish_a war._n from_o this_o writer_n who_o be_v a_o eyewitness_n of_o what_o he_o relate_v it_o certain_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v such_o man_n as_o those_o but_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v from_o any_o credible_a author_n that_o there_o be_v in_o judaea_n at_o that_o time_n dr._n hammond_n gnostic_n verse_n 12._o note_n b._n our_o author_n be_v mistake_v when_o he_o interpret_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d active_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o very_a last_o word_n of_o the_o verse_n but_o these_o as_o live_a creature_n void_a of_o reason_n make_v by_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v take_v and_o destroy_v speak_v evil_a of_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o understand_v not_o shall_v perish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o their_o destruction_n for_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v of_o they_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v be_v corrupt_v not_o that_o they_o shall_v corrupt_v because_o they_o be_v like_o live_a creature_n design_v by_o nature_n to_o be_v take_v by_o man_n and_o kill_v see_v grotius_n on_o this_o place_n verse_n 13._o note_n c._n see_v our_o author_n have_v begin_v to_o borrow_v from_o grotius_n what_o he_o here_o say_v he_o ought_v with_o he_o to_o have_v add_v that_o it_o be_v read_v so_o by_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpreter_n verse_n 14._o note_n d._n our_o author_n shall_v not_o have_v cite_v plutarch_n de_fw-fr verecundia_n for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n of_o plutarch_n which_o have_v that_o title_n but_o de_fw-fr vitioso_fw-la pudore_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o rhetorician_n or_o orator_n be_v call_v amphicrates_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o longinus_n de_fw-fr sublim_n cap._n four_o on_o which_o see_v interpreter_n verse_n 15._o note_n e._n i._n our_o author_n do_v not_o speak_v accurate_o iii_o when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o chaldean_n pronounce_v ain_z ע_n like_o saint_n for_o that_o be_v not_o true_a and_o whenever_o they_o write_v that_o letter_n they_o pronounce_v it_o like_o the_o jew_n but_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o צ_n tsade_n be_v change_v into_o the_o guttural_a ע_n ain_z and_o therefore_o it_o be_v possible_a the_o former_a may_v be_v sometime_o write_v for_o the_o latter_a whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v express_v in_o greek_a by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v write_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behor_fw-la ii_o if_o st._n peter_n here_o have_v a_o reference_n to_o the_o gnostic_n as_o our_o author_n think_v and_o the_o gnostic_n have_v already_o creep_v into_o most_o christian_a church_n as_o the_o doctor_n contend_v i_o do_v understand_v why_o st._n peter_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o chapter_n shall_v use_v the_o future_a tense_n but_o if_o we_o understand_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o wicked_a jew_n who_o have_v not_o yet_o join_v themselves_o to_o the_o christian_a assembly_n but_o yet_o will_v join_v themselves_o to_o they_o after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n there_o will_v be_v no_o such_o difficulty_n verse_n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n here_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o the_o first_o original_n of_o bondage_n which_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o victory_n and_o be_v thus_o express_v by_o justinian_n in_o instit._n lib._n 1._o tit._n 3._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la personarum_fw-la servi_n ex_fw-la eo_fw-la appellati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la imperatores_fw-la captivos_fw-la vendere_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la seruare_fw-la nec_fw-la occidere_fw-la solent_fw-la qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la mancipia_fw-la dicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la ab_fw-la hostibus_fw-la manu_fw-la capiuntur_fw-la servi_n fiunt_fw-la aut_fw-la jure_fw-la gentium_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la captivitate_fw-la aut_fw-la jure_fw-la civili_fw-la cum_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la major_a viginti_fw-la annis_fw-la ad_fw-la pretium_fw-la participandum_fw-la seize_v venum_fw-la dari_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la servant_n be_v so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o commander_n to_o sell_v their_o captive_n and_o to_o that_o end_n seruare_fw-la to_o keep_v they_o and_o not_o kill_v they_o which_o be_v call_v also_o mancipia_fw-la slave_n because_o manu_fw-la capiuntur_fw-la they_o be_v take_v captive_a by_o the_o enemy_n man_n become_v servant_n either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n that_o be_v by_o captivity_n or_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n when_o a_o freeman_n above_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n to_o enjoy_v part_n of_o the_o price_n suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v sell_v verse_n 22._o note_n g._n this_o etymology_n be_v give_v by_o sam._n bochart_n in_o hieroz_n part_v 1_o lib._n two_o c._n 57_o but_o he_o add_v other_o altogether_o as_o likely_a chap._n iii_o verse_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grotius_n lest_o these_o word_n shall_v be_v think_v to_o show_v that_o st._n peter_n write_v two_o epistle_n of_o which_o this_o be_v the_o second_o contend_v that_o this_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o a_o new_a epistle_n of_o the_o same_o simeon_n and_o that_o the_o former_a be_v comprehend_v in_o two_o chapter_n but_o it_o be_v never_o the_o custom_n to_o send_v epistle_n without_o any_o inscription_n though_o they_o be_v write_v to_o those_o to_o who_o other_o have_v be_v send_v before_o this_o appear_v from_o the_o second_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n to_o the_o thessalonian_n to_o timothy_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n why_o we_o shall_v think_v this_o to_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o a_o new_a epistle_n verse_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n which_o our_o author_n without_o reason_n interpret_v only_o of_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o on_o this_o chapter_n have_v outdo_v himself_o in_o strain_v the_o scripture_n to_o prevent_v our_o think_n that_o the_o apostle_n here_o speak_v of_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o a_o faithful_a interpreter_n ought_v not_o to_o apply_v general_a word_n to_o a_o peculiar_a sense_n unless_o the_o thing_n itself_o or_o the_o series_n of_o the_o discourse_n require_v it_o which_o can_v in_o this_o place_n be_v pretend_v verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v as_o grotius_n well_o observe_v hereafter_o which_o i_o have_v already_o elsewhere_o suggest_v see_v my_o note_n on_o gen._n xlix_o 1_o but_o our_o author_n interpret_v it_o of_o the_o last_o age_n of_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n which_o be_v present_a at_o that_o time_n wherein_o he_o suppose_v this_o epistle_n to_o have_v be_v write_v so_o that_o according_a to_o dr._n hammond_n hypothesis_n st._n peter_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v for_o those_o wicked_a man_n which_o the_o doctor_n think_v be_v here_o mean_v must_v have_v be_v already_o come_v or_o they_o never_o will_v come_v beside_o who_o can_v bear_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scoffer_n shall_v be_v say_v to_o signify_v a_o mighty_a defection_n from_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o what_o
signify_v machination_n or_o consultation_n the_o way_n will_v not_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o noun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o which_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d immediate_o come_v and_o which_o among_o other_o thing_n signify_v to_o consult_v iii_o our_o author_n be_v reason_v from_o the_o sin_n here_o enumerate_v be_v dispose_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o decalogue_n beside_o that_o it_o be_v overthrow_v by_o compare_v this_o with_o the_o parallel_n place_n in_o st._n mark_n do_v by_o no_o mean_n agree_v with_o st._n matthew_n way_n of_o writing_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o such_o accuracy_n to_o be_v observe_v no_o more_o than_o in_o the_o other_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n iv._o as_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o part_n of_o the_o wickedness_n speak_v of_o in_o gen._n vi_fw-la 5_o be_v the_o murder_n commit_v by_o those_o who_o live_v before_o the_o flood_n so_o i_o be_o far_o from_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a signification_n of_o those_o word_n the_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o can_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v so_o in_o a_o word_n the_o doctor_n in_o this_o whole_a annotation_n take_v more_o pain_n and_o use_v great_a subtlety_n than_o he_o need_v to_o have_v do_v it_o will_v have_v be_v sufficient_a for_o he_o to_o have_v show_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o only_o signify_v the_o thought_n of_o particular_a person_n but_o also_o the_o consultation_n of_o several_a person_n together_o and_o that_o christ_n have_v a_o respect_n to_o both_o and_o by_o that_o word_n be_v mean_v all_o kind_n of_o evil_a thought_n and_o wicked_a consultation_n verse_n 22._o note_n f._n i._o i_o have_v not_o that_o edition_n of_o pliny_n which_o our_o learned_a author_n make_v use_v of_o nor_o budaeus_fw-la but_o i_o read_v the_o place_n in_o pliny_n in_o the_o late_a paris_n edition_n of_o m._n j._n harduin_n thus_o qui_fw-la subtilius_fw-la dividunt_fw-la circumfundi_fw-la syriâ_fw-la phaenicem_fw-la volunt_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la oram_fw-la maritimam_fw-la syriae_n cujus_fw-la pars_fw-la sit_fw-la idumaea_n &_o judaea_n deinde_fw-la phaenice_n deinde_fw-la syria_n those_o that_o divide_v more_o subtle_o tell_v we_o that_o phaenice_n be_v comprehend_v in_o syria_n and_o be_v the_o sea-coast_n of_o syria_n of_o which_o idumaea_n and_o judaea_n make_v a_o part_n than_o phaenice_n than_o syria_n where_o the_o word_n circumfundi_fw-la signify_v to_o be_v contain_v or_o comprehend_v not_o encompass_v as_o the_o doctor_n and_o pliny_n interpreter_n think_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n by_o which_o phaenice_n be_v make_v a_o part_n of_o syria_n and_o not_o mere_o a_o country_n which_o syria_n surround_v and_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o phaenician_o be_v common_o call_v syrophaenicians_n be_v not_o because_o they_o border_v 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demonstrate_v if_o this_o be_v a_o proper_a place_n for_o it_o chap._n xvi_o verse_n 6._o note_v a._n though_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o sadducee_n favour_v herod_n and_o so_o be_v herodian_o as_o grotius_n have_v observe_v upon_o this_o place_n yet_o i_o be_o incline_v to_o think_v that_o herod_n be_v mention_v by_o name_n instead_o of_o the_o sadducee_n here_o in_o st._n mark_n by_o reason_n he_o be_v a_o sadducee_n or_o one_o that_o deny_v a_o future_a state_n and_o so_o it_o be_v all_o one_o for_o the_o evangelist_n to_o say_v herod_n or_o the_o sadducee_n and_o this_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v the_o more_o probable_a because_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v from_o the_o account_n we_o have_v of_o herod_n that_o he_o have_v any_o opinion_n peculiar_a to_o himself_o whereas_o that_o the_o sadducee_n have_v so_o be_v manifest_a which_o therefore_o herod_n rather_o seem_v to_o have_v embrace_v than_o the_o sadducee_n any_o doctrine_n of_o he_o he_o have_v none_o that_o be_v proper_o his_o own_o verse_n 10._o note_n b._n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o difference_n they_o both_o signify_v a_o vessel_n make_v of_o twig_n work_v together_o and_o may_v be_v both_o of_o several_a shape_n and_o size_n and_o therefore_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v in_o one_o of_o the_o gospel_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o another_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v by_o mere_a accident_n not_o from_o any_o choice_n or_o design_n of_o the_o evangelist_n in_o the_o old_a glossary_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o corbis_n corbulo_n qualus_n cista_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o sporta_n fiscella_n fiscina_n all_o which_o word_n tho_o different_a in_o sound_n have_v the_o same_o signification_n verse_n 13._o note_n c._n i_o shall_v not_o think_v it_o at_o all_o strange_a if_o a_o roman_a or_o grecian_a writer_n shall_v say_v that_o caesarea_n be_v in_o syria_n because_o palestine_n be_v reckon_v by_o the_o greek_n and_o roman_n a_o part_n of_o syria_n but_o a_o christian_n that_o use_v to_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o always_o make_v a_o distinction_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syria_n and_o canaan_n will_v have_v speak_v more_o accurate_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o caesarea_n be_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasse_n on_o the_o west_n side_n of_o jordan_n in_o palestine_n or_o judea_n but_o the_o contention_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o syrian_n which_o he_o afterward_o mention_n be_v the_o reason_n doubtless_o why_o our_o author_n thus_o speak_v verse_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v observe_v in_o my_o note_n upon_o gen._n xlix_o 8_o which_o see_v have_v interpreter_n take_v notice_n only_o of_o this_o they_o will_v never_o have_v deny_v petrum_fw-la and_o petram_fw-la here_o to_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o man_n viz._n simon_n that_o eminent_a member_n of_o the_o apostolical_a society_n consult_v camero_n in_o his_o praelect_a upon_o this_o place_n or_o in_o his_o myrothec_n where_o he_o have_v put_v this_o matter_n beyond_o all_o doubt_n ibid._n note_v g._n there_o be_v two_o thing_n here_o to_o be_v consider_v in_o christ_n word_n 1._o it_o must_v be_v inquire_v what_o the_o demonstrative_a pronoun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o conclude_v this_o verse_n be_v the_o relative_n to_o 2._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gate_n of_o hell_n as_o to_o the_o former_a though_o expositor_n general_o agree_v in_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o refer_v to_o the_o church_n which_o be_v its_o immediate_a antecedent_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v refer_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rock_n upon_o which_o the_o church_n be_v build_v or_o to_o peter_n the_o apostle_n and_o this_o notwithstanding_o the_o pronoun_n be_v usual_o the_o relative_n to_o the_o noun_n which_o most_o near_o precede_v it_o for_o it_o be_v frequent_o also_o to_o be_v join_v with_o that_o which_o be_v far_a off_o as_o commentator_n have_v observe_v see_v act._n seven_o 19_o 20._o and_o x._o 6_o 2_o joh._n ver_fw-la 7._o and_o that_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ought_v rather_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o peter_n than_o the_o church_n appear_v by_o the_o scope_n of_o christ_n word_n for_o his_o design_n in_o this_o place_n as_o the_o thing_n itself_o declare_v and_o camero_n have_v show_v be_v to_o promise_v something_o singular_a to_o peter_n who_o be_v no_o more_o concern_v in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o future_a church_n than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n 2._o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v otherwise_o be_v interpret_v than_o
according_a to_o the_o use_n of_o that_o phrase_n in_o scripture_n in_o which_o it_o occur_v more_o than_o once_o and_o we_o be_v not_o here_o to_o consider_v what_o the_o word_n gates_n signify_v when_o it_o be_v alone_o or_o join_v with_o any_o other_o word_n but_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o signification_n of_o that_o word_n may_v be_v various_a according_a as_o the_o place_n be_v in_o which_o it_o be_v find_v now_o no_o body_n will_v deny_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o porte_fw-fr mortis_fw-la the_o gate_n of_o death_n be_v the_o same_o and_o this_o phrase_n the_o gate_n of_o death_n signify_v nothing_o but_o death_n itself_o so_o job_n xxxviii_o 17_o have_v the_o gate_n of_o death_n be_v open_v unto_o thou_o or_o have_v thou_o see_v the_o door_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n so_o psal_n ix_o 13_o thou_o that_o lifte_v i_o up_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n i._n e._n deliver_v i_o from_o death_n so_o isai_n xxxviii_o 10_o hezekiah_n be_v in_o fear_n of_o a_o untimely_a death_n say_v in_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o my_o day_n i_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o gate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n as_o it_o be_v render_v by_o the_o septuagint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n so_o that_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v death_n itself_o but_o what_o do_v christ_n then_o mean_v when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o peter_n or_o not_o overcome_v he_o namely_o this_o that_o the_o danger_n of_o a_o certain_a and_o speedy_a death_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o preach_v the_o gospel_n shall_v not_o deter_v he_o from_o discharge_v the_o office_n impose_v on_o he_o and_o so_o not_o death_n itself_o so_o that_o jesus_n in_o these_o word_n promise_v peter_n after_o he_o have_v profess_v his_o belief_n that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o foundation_n of_o his_o church_n and_o constant_a in_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o truth_n he_o have_v declare_v which_o he_o fulfil_v according_o for_o peter_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o clemens_n ep._n c._n v_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o only_o undergo_v one_o or_o two_o but_o many_o sorrow_n and_o so_o become_v a_o martyr_n go_v to_o his_o proper_a place_n in_o glory_n we_o may_v apply_v to_o he_o that_o passage_n of_o seneca_n as_o we_o find_v it_o in_o lactantius_n lib._n vi_fw-la c._n 17._o hic_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la homo_fw-la honestus_fw-la non_fw-la apice_fw-la purpuráve_v non_fw-la lictorum_fw-la insignis_fw-la ministerio_fw-la sed_fw-la nulla_fw-la re_fw-la minor_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la mortem_fw-la in_o vicinia_n videt_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la perturbatur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la rem_fw-la novam_fw-la viderit_fw-la qui_fw-la sive_fw-la toto_fw-la corpore_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi patienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la sive_fw-la flamma_fw-la ore_fw-la recipienda_fw-la est_fw-la sive_fw-la extendendae_fw-la per_fw-la patibulum_fw-la manus_fw-la non_fw-la quaerit_fw-la quid_fw-la patiatur_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la bene_fw-la this_o be_v that_o brave_a and_o honourable_a person_n who_o be_v not_o remarkable_a for_o his_o fine_a hat_n of_o feather_n his_o purple_a robe_n or_o his_o guard_n of_o lictor_n which_o be_v the_o least_o part_n of_o his_o glory_n but_o who_o when_o he_o see_v death_n just_a before_o he_o be_v not_o surprise_v with_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o sight_n and_o whether_o he_o be_v to_o undergo_v the_o torment_n of_o the_o rack_n or_o to_o receive_v fire_n into_o his_o mouth_n or_o have_v his_o arm_n stretch_v out_o upon_o a_o cross_n do_v not_o regard_v what_o but_o how_o well_o he_o suffer_v there_o be_v one_o thing_n that_o may_v perhaps_o here_o be_v object_v viz._n that_o according_a to_o this_o interpretation_n christ_n do_v not_o keep_v to_o the_o metaphor_n for_o after_o he_o have_v call_v peter_n a_o stone_n he_o add_v that_o death_n shall_v not_o overcome_v he_o it_o be_v true_a but_o it_o be_v neither_o necessary_a that_o christ_n shall_v go_v on_o in_o the_o same_o metaphor_n nor_o yet_o suppose_v that_o what_o we_o refer_v to_o peter_n do_v as_o it_o be_v common_o think_v belong_v to_o the_o church_n will_v he_o be_v find_v to_o continue_v the_o same_o metaphor_n for_o he_o compare_v the_o church_n to_o a_o building_n which_o can_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o be_v overcome_v by_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n but_o only_o to_o be_v pull_v down_o or_o destroy_v nothing_o be_v more_o ordinary_a in_o all_o sort_n of_o writer_n than_o to_o begin_v with_o one_o metaphor_n and_o end_n with_o another_o as_o for_o instance_n clemens_n say_v a_o little_a before_o the_o word_n already_o allege_v concern_v st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o faithful_a and_o most_o righteous_a pillar_n of_o the_o church_n be_v persecute_v even_o to_o death_n pillar_n can_v neither_o be_v persecute_v nor_o die_v however_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o st._n matthew_n or_o his_o interpreter_n very_o fit_o use_v here_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o proper_o signify_v to_o overcome_v by_o force_n for_o this_o be_v what_o christ_n mean_v that_o the_o terror_n of_o have_v a_o violent_a death_n set_v before_o he_o shall_v not_o overcome_v st._n peter_n constancy_n though_o he_o see_v the_o gate_n of_o death_n open_v for_o he_o yet_o he_o shall_v notwithstanding_o hold_v fast_o his_o pious_a resolution_n if_o any_o doubt_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v they_o turn_v to_o the_o greek_a index_n to_o the_o first_o 5_o book_n of_o diodorus_n siculus_n and_o the_o roman_a antiq._n of_o dion_n halicarnassaeus_n collect_v by_o rhodomannus_fw-la and_o sylburgius_n where_o they_o will_v meet_v with_o more_o example_n than_o in_o any_o lexicon_n but_o it_o occur_v likewise_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n often_o in_o the_o version_n of_o the_o septuagint_n i_o know_v very_o well_o that_o interpreter_n common_o make_v use_n of_o these_o word_n to_o prove_v the_o perpetuity_n if_o not_o also_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impeccability_n of_o the_o church_n but_o they_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o evince_v any_o such_o thing_n from_o this_o place_n by_o grammatical_a reason_n the_o thing_n itself_o show_v that_o the_o church_n be_v liable_a to_o error_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o mention_n make_v in_o this_o place_n of_o error_n that_o the_o church_n have_v and_o always_o will_v continue_v i_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o doubt_n because_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o force_n of_o the_o evangelical_n covenant_n but_o this_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o these_o word_n in_o which_o it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o st._n peter_n be_v speak_v of_o both_o what_o go_v before_o and_o what_o come_v after_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o the_o church_n however_o i_o submit_v the_o whole_a matter_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a verse_n 19_o note_n h._n i._n it_o be_v certain_a i_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o that_o person_n be_v power_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n in_o isaiah_n and_o his_o who_o be_v represent_v in_o the_o revelation_n as_o carry_v the_o key_n of_o david_n but_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o prove_v this_o from_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o phrase_n if_o it_o be_v not_o otherwise_o plain_a and_o manifest_a for_o the_o key_n of_o david_n be_v the_o key_n by_o which_o the_o house_n of_o david_n be_v open_v and_o shut_v and_o therefore_o the_o same_o with_o the_o key_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n though_o a_o key_n be_v a_o ensign_n of_o power_n the_o key_n of_o david_n do_v not_o signify_v the_o power_n of_o david_n himself_o but_o a_o power_n over_o the_o kingdom_n of_o david_n our_o learned_a author_n be_v not_o always_o happy_a in_o his_o subtlety_n about_o little_a thing_n however_o mr._n selden_n have_v several_a observation_n with_o relation_n to_o this_o matter_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la synedriis_fw-la cap._n ix_o which_o those_o that_o will_n may_v read_v in_o himself_o ii_o indeed_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o the_o apostle_n commit_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n to_o single_a bishop_n and_o according_o that_o these_o aught_o to_o be_v reckon_v their_o successor_n but_o as_o their_o gift_n be_v not_o alike_o so_o neither_o be_v their_o authority_n equal_a and_o therefore_o whatever_o christ_n say_v to_o the_o apostle_n ought_v not_o present_o to_o be_v accommodate_v to_o bishop_n at_o least_o by_o the_o same_o rule_n and_o in_o the_o same_o latitude_n especial_o in_o this_o place_n where_o christ_n promise_v to_o st._n peter_n and_o the_o apostle_n something_a extraordinary_a
can_v rescue_v he_o out_o of_o all_o those_o danger_n if_o he_o please_v he_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o psalm_n xvii_o 7_o where_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v thus_o make_v thy_o love_a kindness_n marvellous_a o_o thou_o saviour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v be_v render_v of_o they_o that_o believe_v for_o to_o hope_v and_o believe_v when_o the_o discourse_n be_v about_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v matter_n of_o joy_n and_o that_o yet_o future_a signify_v almost_o the_o same_o thing_n so_o as_o other_o have_v observe_v god_n be_v say_v to_o save_v man_n and_o beast_n in_o psalm_n xxxvi_o 6_o so_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n chap._n xuj_o 7_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o look_v up_o to_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n and_o be_v heal_v say_v he_o that_o turn_v himself_o be_v not_o save_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o that_o which_o be_v see_v but_o by_o thou_o the_o saviour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o men._n verse_n 15._o i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v in_o a_o agonistical_a sense_n but_o there_o be_v nothing_o say_v here_o of_o those_o exercise_n i_o rather_o think_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v render_v mind_n or_o take_v care_n of_o these_o thing_n so_o as_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o neglect_v which_o go_v before_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hesiod_n signify_v care_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 380._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o say_v proclus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o he_o call_v care_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o same_o poet_n be_v use_v for_o to_o take_v care_n as_o in_o vers_n 316._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v in_o prose_n the_o word_n rare_o occur_v in_o this_o signification_n but_o as_o long_o as_o it_o very_o well_o agree_v to_o this_o place_n nothing_o shall_v hinder_v we_o to_o admit_v iâ—_n out_o of_o this_o which_o be_v the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o appear_v by_o its_o come_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d result_v that_o other_o mention_v by_o dr._n hammond_n for_o they_o that_o exercise_n themselves_o in_o any_o business_n be_v careful_a and_o diligent_a about_o it_o chap._n v._n verse_n 17._o note_n d._n i._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v unquestionable_o sometime_o wage_n or_o reward_n according_a to_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o to_o pay_v or_o requite_v and_o i_o doubt_v not_o too_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o must_v be_v interpret_v double_a wage_n but_o the_o other_o place_n allege_v by_o our_o author_n to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o reward_v or_o something_o of_o that_o kind_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o prove_v it_o for_o though_o there_o be_v reward_n join_v with_o the_o honour_n there_o speak_v of_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v expressive_a of_o those_o reward_n which_o undoubted_o be_v not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honour_n itself_o but_o a_o outward_a signification_n of_o honour_n and_o be_v join_v with_o honour_n as_o its_o consectary_n ii_o it_o be_v true_a also_o what_o our_o author_n say_v about_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o here_o it_o seem_v to_o signify_v not_o only_o to_o receive_v but_o also_o to_o be_v judge_v worthy_a to_o receive_v which_o be_v the_o most_o usual_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o faith_n print_v with_o the_o work_n of_o justin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o simple_o they_o have_v or_o have_v have_v but_o they_o have_v be_v endue_v with_o that_o dignity_n or_o excellency_n of_o nature_n as_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o same_o divinity_n that_o be_v the_o perpetual_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n which_o be_v hardly_o ever_o use_v but_o in_o a_o good_a sense_n and_o to_o signify_v that_o he_o of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v enjoy_v that_o of_o which_o he_o be_v worthy_a verse_n 22._o note_n g._n dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o annotation_n have_v ingenious_o clear_v the_o order_n of_o the_o discourse_n but_o have_v omit_v one_o thing_n which_o he_o ought_v first_o of_o all_o to_o have_v prove_v viz._n that_o the_o gnostic_n forbid_v not_o only_a matrimony_n but_o the_o use_n of_o wine_n for_o though_o the_o former_a be_v universal_o charge_v upon_o they_o yet_o i_o can_v tell_v whether_o any_o do_v ever_o accuse_v they_o of_o prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o wine_n it_o be_v certain_a neither_o irenaeus_n nor_o epiphanius_n object_n any_o such_o thing_n against_o they_o and_o late_a writer_n we_o need_v not_o trouble_v ourselves_o about_o who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n copy_n after_o they_o though_o those_o father_n omit_v nothing_o whereby_o they_o may_v render_v the_o gnostic_n infamous_a and_o odious_a so_o that_o we_o can_v scarce_o believe_v all_o they_o say_v nay_o there_o be_v a_o passage_n in_o epiphanius_n which_o if_o true_a show_v the_o gnostic_n do_v not_o abstain_v from_o wine_n in_o haeres_fw-la xxvi_o which_o be_v that_o of_o the_o gnostic_n sect._n 5._o where_o he_o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d night_n and_o day_n sorry_a fellow_n and_o wench_n employ_v themselves_o in_o take_v care_n of_o their_o body_n anoint_v wash_a feast_v whore_v and_o make_v themselves_o drink_v and_o they_o curse_v all_o that_o fast_o say_v that_o people_n ought_v not_o to_o fast_v because_o fast_v belong_v to_o the_o maker_n and_o prince_n of_o this_o age_n and_o they_o must_v feed_v that_o their_o body_n may_v be_v strong_a and_o able_a to_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o its_o proper_a season_n there_o be_v indeed_o afterward_o other_o heretic_n who_o teach_v it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o drink_v wine_n as_o the_o eneratites_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o epiphanius_n in_o haeres_fw-la xlvii_o but_o all_o the_o doctrine_n of_o all_o heretic_n can_v be_v attribute_v to_o the_o single_a sect_n of_o the_o gnostic_n unless_o perhaps_o the_o gnostic_n be_v of_o several_a sort_n chap._n vi_o vi._n verse_n 2._o note_v a._n it_o be_v strange_a that_o those_o who_o have_v write_v about_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o gnostic_n do_v not_o upbraid_v they_o with_o this_o that_o they_o attempt_v to_o deprive_v master_n of_o their_o servant_n and_o i_o do_v not_o well_o understand_v why_o dr._n hammond_n if_o any_o vice_n be_v reprove_v present_o impute_v it_o to_o the_o gnostic_n without_o any_o authority_n from_o the_o ancient_n by_o this_o way_n of_o interpret_n a_o wide_a door_n be_v open_v for_o innumerable_a fiction_n verse_n 19_o note_n h._n st._n paul_n seem_v to_o have_v attribute_v to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o signification_n as_o to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o lie_v viz._n in_o a_o storehouse_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o be_v read_v in_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o very_a usual_a word_n whereas_o the_o former_a no_n where_o occur_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o treasure_n or_o a_o precious_a thing_n it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v no_o great_a difference_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_n use_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 20._o note_v i_o see_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v knowledge_n and_o such_o knowledge_n as_o the_o jew_n boast_v they_o have_v receive_v not_o from_o the_o scripture_n but_o by_o tradition_n from_o their_o ancestor_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o man_n endue_v with_o that_o sort_n of_o knowledge_n may_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnostic_n but_o it_o may_v not_o without_o reason_n be_v doubt_v whether_o even_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n that_o name_n be_v peculiar_o attribute_v to_o one_o particular_a sect_n of_o heathen_n who_o feign_v themselves_o to_o have_v embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n and_o that_o owe_v its_o beginning_n to_o simon_n magus_n as_o it_o be_v afterward_o our_o author_n have_v not_o say_v any_o thing_n to_o prove_v this_o latter_a and_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o observe_v many_o thing_n which_o overthrow_n his_o conjecture_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v the_o gnostic_n of_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v jew_n either_o by_o birth_n or_o profession_n who_o because_o they_o converse_v among_o the_o greek_n mix_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n out_o
of_o their_o philosophy_n with_o the_o jewish_a divinity_n and_o by_o that_o mongrel_n doctrine_n interpret_v scripture_n and_o religion_n afterward_o the_o name_n of_o gnostic_n be_v appropriate_v to_o a_o certain_a sect_n of_o heathen_n mention_v by_o irenaeus_n and_o epiphanius_n in_o barnabas_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v more_o than_o once_o use_v in_o a_o good_a sense_n for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o mystical_a sense_n of_o scripture_n in_o chap._n vi_fw-la after_o he_o have_v allege_v word_n out_o of_o moses_n in_o exod._n xxxiii_o 1_o and_o leu._n xx_o 24_o in_o which_o the_o jew_n be_v command_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n he_o present_o subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o understand_v what_o say_v knowledge_n hope_v in_o jesus_n who_o be_v to_o be_v manifest_v to_o you_o in_o the_o flesh_n afterward_o he_o interpret_v the_o word_n of_o moses_n allegorical_o and_o say_v that_o by_o the_o land_n be_v mean_v jesus_n see_v also_o chap._n x._o towards_o the_o end_n where_o that_o word_n occur_v twice_o in_o this_o signification_n some_o person_n seem_v as_o they_o easy_o may_v to_o have_v abuse_v that_o way_n of_o interpret_n who_o knowledge_n st._n paul_n here_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o who_o he_o often_o allude_v in_o this_o epistle_n but_o we_o must_v beware_v of_o seek_v such_o allusion_n where_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a as_o our_o author_n do_v in_o many_o place_n who_o yet_o sometime_o seem_v to_o have_v hit_v the_o nail_n on_o the_o head_n as_o in_o chap._n four_o 4_o &_o seqq_n annotation_n on_o the_o second_o epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n to_o timothy_n i._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o premon_n notwithstanding_o all_o that_o be_v here_o say_v by_o our_o author_n it_o be_v much_o more_o probable_a that_o st._n paul_n write_v this_o epistle_n after_o his_o last_o bondage_n in_o the_o year_n of_o nero_n xiii_o and_o of_o christ_n lxvii_o a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n as_o it_o be_v think_v by_o dr._n pearson_n who_o have_v easy_o solve_v all_o the_o difficulty_n which_o our_o author_n here_o object_n against_o that_o opinion_n i_o shall_v say_v something_o to_o they_o on_o chap._n four_o chap._n i._n verse_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sense_n of_o these_o word_n seem_v to_o be_v this_o i_o thank_v god_n that_o he_o give_v i_o cause_n to_o make_v perpetual_a mention_n of_o you_o in_o my_o prayer_n that_o be_v because_o thou_o adhere_v to_o the_o gospel_n for_o the_o apostle_n do_v express_o make_v mention_n of_o those_o in_o his_o prayer_n for_o who_o he_o have_v a_o particular_a affection_n and_o who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v faithful_a to_o christ_n this_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o most_o of_o his_o epistle_n see_v especial_o that_o to_o philemon_n vers_n 4_o and_o 5._o verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o of_o a_o long_a time_n god_n have_v purpose_v to_o give_v we_o by_o jesus_n christ._n he_o mean_v the_o gospel_n which_o god_n have_v purpose_v shall_v be_v preach_v both_o to_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o appear_v from_o vers_fw-la 10._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o a_o long_a time_n be_v evident_a from_o tit._n i._n 2_o where_o see_v our_o author_n and_o grotius_n upon_o this_o place_n and_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v give_v which_o be_v by_o a_o certain_a and_o immutable_a counsel_n decree_v to_o be_v give_v so_o virgil_n aeneid_n 1._o vers_fw-la 282._o represent_v jupiter_n speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o roman_n his_o ego_fw-la nec_fw-la metas_fw-la rerum_fw-la nec_fw-la tempora_fw-la pono_fw-la imperium_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la dedi_fw-la see_v note_n on_o ephes_n i._o 4_o ii_o chap._n ii_o verse_n 16._o note_n b._n the_o place_n in_o tertullian_n be_v in_o chap._n xxxiii_o de_fw-fr praeser_n haeret._n where_o he_o speak_v thus_o paulus_n in_o prima_fw-la ad_fw-la corinthios_n notat_fw-la negatores_fw-la &_o dubitatores_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la haec_fw-la opinio_fw-la propria_fw-la sadducaeorum_n partem_fw-la ejus_fw-la usurpat_fw-la martion_n &_o apelles_n &_o valentinus_n st._n paul_n in_o his_o first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n mark_n those_o who_o deny_v or_o doubt_v of_o the_o resurrection_n this_o opinion_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o sadducee_n part_v of_o it_o be_v espouse_v by_o martion_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o aeque_fw-la tangit_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la dicerent_fw-la factam_fw-la jam_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la valentiniani_n asseverant_fw-la he_o likewise_o take_v up_o those_o that_o say_v the_o resurrection_n be_v already_o past_a which_o the_o valentinian_o affirm_v of_o themselves_o the_o rest_n which_o our_o author_n say_v in_o this_o annotation_n about_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o its_o derivative_n and_o about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o mere_a medley_n and_o perfect_o useless_a i_o will_v not_o say_v to_o those_o that_o understand_v the_o greek_a language_n but_o those_o also_o who_o can_v consult_v lexicon_n in_o which_o they_o may_v find_v these_o word_n more_o large_o and_o better_a explain_v than_o they_o be_v here_o i_o shall_v note_v only_o a_o few_o thing_n concern_v they_o i._o because_o while_n cattle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v feed_v they_o wander_v out_o of_o one_o place_n into_o another_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o signify_v to_o wander_v as_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o latin_a word_n errare_fw-la signify_v to_o feed_v as_o in_o that_o verse_n of_o virgil_n mille_fw-la meae_fw-la siculis_fw-la errant_a in_fw-la montibus_fw-la agnae_fw-la the_o same_o i_o may_v say_v of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o find_v in_o numb_a fourteen_o 3_o where_o the_o vulg._n interp._n render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rohim_n by_o vagos_fw-la wanderer_n the_o nomads_n in_o scythia_n and_o the_o numidian_n in_o africa_n be_v real_o both_o shepherd_n and_o wanderer_n so_o that_o they_o may_v be_v denominate_v from_o both_o which_o every_o one_o know_v but_o what_o be_v that_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o gangrene_n our_o author_n ought_v to_o have_v produce_v example_n which_o show_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o the_o eat_n of_o a_o spread_a ulcer_n of_o which_o there_o be_v several_a give_v by_o h._n stephanus_n the_o doctor_n allege_v a_o verse_n as_o out_o of_o hesiod_n which_o be_v homer_n in_o iliad_n υ._fw-la v_o 249._o where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o profusion_n of_o word_n with_o which_o any_o one_o feed_v himself_o as_o eustathius_n on_o that_o place_n observe_v yet_o that_o word_n occur_v in_o hesiod_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 403._o where_o the_o poet_n admonish_v persa_n that_o if_o he_o do_v not_o labour_n there_o will_v come_v a_o time_n when_o he_o shall_v beg_v with_o a_o great_a many_o word_n in_o vain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o profusion_n of_o word_n will_v be_v useless_a ii_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o recur_v to_o the_o septuagint_n iii_o to_o show_v that_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sometime_o to_o shun_v that_o be_v the_o use_n of_o it_o in_o the_o best_a greek_a writer_n as_o lexicographer_n will_v show_v and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o shun_v because_o if_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o thing_n in_o our_o way_n which_o we_o will_v not_o run_v upon_o and_o we_o can_v remove_v we_o go_v round_o about_o it_o or_o if_o we_o will_v come_v near_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v be_v to_o stand_v about_o that_o be_v to_o stand_v still_o when_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o stumble_a block_n for_o fear_v of_o fall_v upon_o it_o suidas_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fly_v from_o or_o avoid_v and_o then_o he_o produce_v the_o place_n concern_v moses_n allege_v by_o our_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o always_o avoid_v a_o multitude_n and_o tumult_n especial_o chap._n iii_o what_o our_o author_n say_v here_o about_o simon_n be_v contest_v and_o fly_v he_o take_v out_o of_o caesar_n baronius_n as_o also_o other_o thing_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n see_v baron_n annal._n ad_fw-la a._n c._n lxviii_o of_o nero_n the_o 12_o the_o but_o these_o thing_n i_o have_v already_o elsewhere_o confute_v see_v especial_o what_o i_o have_v say_v on_o 2_o thess_n two_o 3_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v that_o the_o place_n which_o our_o author_n refer_v to_o in_o suetonius_n do_v not_o at_o all_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n it_o be_v in_o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o life_n of_o nero_n and_o