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perform_v it_o division_n 352_o josiah_n 14_o josiah_n go_v on_o in_o piety_n and_o in_o reform_v yet_o be_v not_o the_o wrath_n of_o division_n 353_o josiah_n 15_o the_o lord_n remove_v partly_o because_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n 2_o king_n division_n 354_o josiah_n 16_o 23._o 26._o and_o partly_o because_o the_o people_n reformation_n be_v but_o feign_v division_n 355_o josiah_n 17_o jer._n 3._o 10._o and_o partly_o because_o in_o most_o of_o they_o there_o be_v no_o reformation_n at_o all_o 2_o king_n xxii_o from_z vers_n 3._o to_o end_n and_o xxiii_o to_z vers_n 29._o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o from_z vers_n 8._o to_o end_n and_o xxxv_o to_z vers_n 20._o world_n 3385_o division_n 356_o josiah_n 18_o the_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n write_v with_o moses_n own_o hand_n be_v find_v this_o year_n in_o the_o temple_n josiah_n consult_v huldah_n a_o prophetess_n about_o it_o jeremy_n be_v not_o now_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o at_o anathoth_v the_o town_n of_o his_o birth_n he_o prophesy_v there_o till_o his_o townsman_n be_v about_o to_o kill_v he_o chap._n 11._o 22._o and_o then_o he_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o lord_n before_o hand_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v expect_v rough_a deal_n at_o jerusalem_n then_o at_o home_n for_o if_o footman_n have_v weary_v he_o how_o can_v he_o run_v with_o horseman_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 12._o 5._o if_o he_o have_v be_v thus_o tire_v with_o his_o own_o equal_n at_o anathoth_n what_o will_v he_o do_v with_o the_o great_a one_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o if_o in_o his_o native_a town_n the_o place_n of_o his_o peace_n he_o have_v find_v so_o much_o trouble_v what_o will_v he_o do_v in_o jerusalem_n tumult_n for_o even_o thy_o brethren_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n have_v deal_v treacherous_o with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n vers_fw-la 6._o the_o prophet_n be_v very_o young_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v and_o spend_v some_o of_o his_o junior_a year_n in_o preach_v to_o his_o own_o countryman_n but_o they_o despise_v his_o youth_n and_o therefore_o as_o christ_n be_v refuse_v by_o his_o own_o townsman_n of_o nazareth_n go_v then_o about_o all_o galilee_n preach_v the_o gospel_n luke_n 4._o so_o jeremy_n reject_v and_o endanger_v by_o his_o townsman_n of_o anathoth_n go_v then_o abroad_o to_o prophesy_v at_o jerusalem_n where_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a he_o be_v not_o when_o josiah_n inquire_v of_o huldah_n a_o woman_n about_o moses_n copy_n zephany_n have_v not_o yet_o appear_v a_o prophet_n at_o all_o as_o shall_v be_v observe_v by_o and_o by_o josiah_n humble_v and_o afraid_a upon_o the_o read_n of_o the_o law_n bring_v the_o people_n into_o a_o covenant_n set_v on_o to_o destroy_v idolatry_n and_o keep_v a_o solemn_a passover_n jeremy_n two_o iii_o iv_o five_o vi_o vii_o viii_o ix_o x_o xi_o xii_o division_n 357_o josiah_n 19_o jeremy_n in_o these_o latter_a year_n of_o josiah_n do_v prophesy_v very_o sad_a division_n 358_o josiah_n 20_o and_o heavy_a thing_n against_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n and_o tell_v plain_o division_n 359_o josiah_n 21_o that_o jerusalem_n shall_v become_v like_o shiloh_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o time_n and_o division_n 360_o josiah_n 22_o order_n of_o these_o chapter_n the_o reader_n may_v take_v notice_n of_o these_o few_o division_n 361_o josiah_n 23_o thing_n division_n 362_o josiah_n 24_o 1._o that_o whereas_o his_o chapter_n from_o the_o twenty_o forward_a be_v of_o very_a division_n 363_o josiah_n 25_o much_a and_o very_a visible_a dislocation_n these_o to_o the_o twenty_o do_v not_o own_o division_n 364_o josiah_n 26_o any_o such_o thing_n in_o so_o visible_a and_o evident_a a_o manner_n as_o those_o do_v nor_o indeed_o division_n 365_o josiah_n 27_o by_o any_o close_a intimation_n to_o conclude_v any_o whit_n certain_o upon_o and_o division_n 366_o josiah_n 28_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a nor_o solid_a to_o transpose_v they_o at_o all_o but_o to_o take_v division_n 367_o josiah_n 29_o they_o up_o as_o they_o lie_v nor_o do_v i_o see_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o contrary_a but_o that_o division_n 368_o josiah_n 30_o they_o lie_v very_o direct_a and_o methodical_o all_o along_o 2._o the_o thirteen_o chapter_n and_o all_o that_o follow_v to_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o i_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n and_o not_o in_o the_o time_n of_o josiah_n and_o that_o upon_o this_o ground_n because_o in_o chap._n 13._o vers_fw-la 18._o the_o prophet_n call_v to_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n humble_v yourselves_o and_o sit_v down_o for_o your_o principality_n shall_v come_v down_o even_o the_o crown_n of_o your_o glory_n which_o be_v most_o full_o accomplish_v upon_o jehoiakim_n and_o his_o wife_n jer._n 22._o 19_o with_o 2_o king_n 24._o 12._o and_o not_o at_o all_o upon_o josiah_n and_o his_o queen_n at_o the_o least_o not_o upon_o his_o queen_n for_o aught_o we_o read_v of_o 3._o there_o be_v one_o particular_a very_o remarkable_a that_o run_v along_o through_o the_o most_o of_o these_o chapter_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o to_o the_o fourteen_o and_o that_o be_v the_o mention_n of_o a_o great_a drought_n or_o want_n of_o rain_n as_o chap._n 3._o 3_o &_o 5._o 24_o 25._o &_o 8._o 13._o 20._o &_o 9_o 10._o 12._o &_o 12._o 4._o &_o 14._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o now_o if_o this_o drought_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o josiah_n as_o it_o be_v mention_v instant_o before_o the_o date_v of_o a_o prophecy_n in_o josiahs_n time_n chap._n 3._o 3._o 6._o and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n as_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o it_o present_o after_o a_o prophecy_n against_o jehoiakim_n chap._n 13._o 18._o &_o 14._o 1_o 2._o than_o it_o appear_v that_o this_o sad_a restraint_n of_o rain_n fall_v out_o in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o josiah_n and_o continue_v some_o of_o jehoiakim_v time_n and_o so_o these_o chapter_n of_o jeremy_n do_v most_o proper_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o latter_a year_n of_o josiahs_n reign_n in_o chap._n 11._o 2._o he_o seem_v to_o speak_v concern_v the_o covenant_n that_o josiah_n have_v cause_v the_o people_n to_o enter_v into_o upon_o the_o find_n and_o read_v of_o moses_n copy_n and_o he_o do_v earnest_o exhort_v the_o people_n to_o keep_v it_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o phrase_n in_o chap._n 2._o 31._o o_o generation_n behold_v or_o see_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n may_v have_v reference_n to_o that_o copy_n of_o moses_n also_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o may_v be_v more_o proper_o interpret_v as_o if_o he_o point_v to_o that_o than_o it_o be_v interpret_v by_o some_o jew_n as_o if_o he_o show_v they_o the_o pot_n of_o manna_n there_o be_v only_o some_o chronical_a doubt_n arise_v upon_o the_o eighteen_o verse_n of_o the_o second_o chapter_n and_o that_o be_v whether_o judah_n have_v any_o league_n and_o reliance_n with_o and_o upon_o egypt_n in_o josiahs_n time_n which_o as_o there_o be_v no_o scripture_n to_o assert_v so_o also_o be_v there_o none_o neither_o to_o contradict_v and_o it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v hold_v affirmative_o and_o more_o probable_a than_o otherways_o all_o circumstance_n well_o consider_v and_o what_o if_o josiahs_n death_n by_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o temporal_a punishment_n for_o his_o reliance_n upon_o egypt_n the_o prophecy_n of_o zephaniah_n all_o in_o these_o latter_a time_n of_o josiah_n do_v zephaniah_n also_o arise_v and_o appear_v a_o prophet_n the_o great_a grandchild_n of_o king_n hezekiah_n if_o some_o guess_v aright_o the_o time_n of_o his_o prophesy_v may_v be_v settle_v the_o better_a by_o this_o that_o as_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o his_o book_n do_v date_n his_o prophecy_n by_o the_o reign_n of_o josiah_n so_o the_o eight_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n do_v prophesy_v against_o the_o king_n child_n jehoahaz_n jehoiakim_n and_o zedekiah_n for_o their_o new-fashion_n and_o new-fangled_a apparel_n now_o the_o elder_a of_o these_o three_o be_v but_o twelve_o year_n old_a at_o josiahs_n eighteen_o and_o the_o second_o but_o ten_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o it_o name_v not_o these_o three_o man_n by_o name_n but_o why_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o literal_a and_o proper_a sense_n and_o mean_v these_o three_o man_n i_o yet_o see_v no_o ground_n to_o the_o contrary_n the_o jew_n indeed_o appear_v to_o be_v of_o another_o mind_n for_o they_o make_v mish_n make_v make_v make_v maimon_n in_o praef._n ad_fw-la mish_n jeremy_n to_o be_v zephany_n scholar_n and_o so_o expositor_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n for_o they_o understand_v the_o king_n child_n large_o for_o the_o nobleman_n son_n or_o courtier_n but_o consider_v the_o wickedness_n of_o these_o son_n of_o josiah_n after_o their_o father_n death_n i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v they_o much_o otherwise_o in_o
their_o father_n life-time_n and_o i_o see_v not_o why_o they_o may_v not_o go_v in_o the_o first_o place_n with_o any_o that_o deserve_a reproof_n and_o on_o who_o it_o light_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n child_n 2_o chron._n xxxv_o from_z vers_n 20._o to_o end_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 29._o 30._o world_n 3398_o division_n 369_o josiah_n 31_o josiah_n slay_v by_o pharaoh_n necho_n yet_o die_v in_o peace_n 2_o king_n 22._o 20._o because_o in_o god_n favour_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v conquer_v carchemish_n a_o great_a while_n ago_o esay_n 10._o 9_o and_o necho_n or_o his_o predecessor_n have_v recover_v it_o and_o he_o go_v now_o to_o strengthen_v the_o garrison_n there_o or_o to_o recover_v it_o and_o pass_v some_o part_n of_o josiahs_n country_n with_o a_o army_n josiah_n take_v a_o quarrel_n at_o he_o tho_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v in_o league_n with_o he_o and_o be_v slay_v at_o megiddo_n this_o zech._n 12._o 10._o allude_v to_o the_o mourning_n of_o hadadrimmon_n and_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o megiddo_n there_o be_v a_o ellypsis_n of_o the_o conjunction_n vaâ—_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 31_o 32_o 33_o 34_o 35._o jehoahaz_n be_v make_v king_n by_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n as_o one_o best_o belove_v by_o they_o for_o he_o be_v two_o year_n young_a than_o jehoiakim_n compare_v 2_o king_n 23._o vers_fw-la 31._o &_o 36._o he_o be_v call_v shallum_n 1_o chron._n 3._o 15._o jer._n 22._o 11._o he_o reign_v but_o three_o month_n and_o be_v depose_v by_o pharaoh_n necho_n his_o three_o month_n reign_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o josiah_n as_o jeremy_n make_v the_o account_n plain_a jer._n 25._o 3._o and_o therefore_o i_o must_v here_o retract_v and_o i_o retract_v it_o with_o wonder_n how_o it_o ever_o be_v so_o mistake_v what_o be_v say_v in_o prolegon_n to_o harmony_n of_o evang_n that_o some_o year_n of_o trouble_n pass_v between_o the_o death_n of_o josiah_n and_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o vers_fw-la 36_o 37._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o vers._n 4_o 5._o world_n 3399_o division_n 370_o jehoiaikim_v 1_o jehoiakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n set_v up_o by_o pharaoh_n necho_n division_n 371_o jehoiaikim_v 2_o and_o name_v jehoiakim_n by_o he_o instead_o of_o eliakim_n in_o which_o change_n of_o name_n pharaoh_n show_v rather_o his_o power_n then_o any_o thing_n else_o unless_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o word_n jehovah_n in_o jehoiakim_v name_n for_o jehoiakim_n and_o eliakim_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o signification_n jehoiakim_n do_v wicked_o like_v as_o his_o wicked_a predecessor_n have_v do_v and_o his_o eye_n and_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o but_o for_o covetousness_n and_o for_o to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n and_o for_o oppression_n and_o for_o violence_n to_o do_v it_o jer._n 22._o 17._o among_o other_o of_o his_o wickedness_n this_o be_v not_o the_o least_o commit_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n that_o he_o slay_v urijah_n the_o prophet_n read_v here_o jer._n 26._o ver_fw-la 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o jeremy_n xiii_o fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o xvii_o xviii_o xix_o xx_o &_o xxii_o to_o ver_fw-la 24._o it_o be_v observe_v before_o that_o chapter_n 11._o be_v most_o proper_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o josiahs_n time_n as_o point_v to_o the_o covenant_n that_o he_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o enter_v into_o and_o that_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n join_v to_o it_o viz._n vers_fw-la 5_o 6._o of_o chap._n 12._o to_o vers_n 21_o 22_o 23._o of_o chap._n 11._o and_o so_o with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n be_v end_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n of_o josiahs_n time_n and_o it_o be_v also_o observe_v before_o that_o ver_fw-la 18._o of_o chap._n 13._o point_v at_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n and_o so_o do_v also_o the_o 18._o vers_fw-la of_o chap._n 22._o and_o therefore_o since_o we_o have_v no_o date_n nor_o direction_n for_o any_o of_o the_o chapter_n between_o to_o fix_v they_o to_o any_o other_o time_n we_o may_v very_o well_o take_v in_o all_o these_o chapter_n of_o jeremy_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o thirteen_o to_o the_o 24_o verse_n of_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n the_o one_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n only_o be_v to_o be_v set_v out_o for_o it_o be_v plain_o date_v by_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n now_o the_o reason_n of_o set_v this_o chapter_n so_o forward_o as_o among_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o jehoiakim_v time_n whereas_o it_o be_v in_o zedekiahs_n which_o be_v many_o year_n after_o may_v be_v conjecture_v to_o be_v because_o of_o the_o correspondency_n of_o something_o in_o the_o twenty_o chapter_n and_o it_o in_o the_o twenty_o a_o pashur_n in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoiakim_n set_v jeremy_n in_o the_o stock_n for_o foretell_v destruction_n to_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o babylonian_a and_o in_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o a_o pashur_n in_o the_o time_n of_o zedekiah_n seek_v to_o jeremy_n for_o remedy_n against_o the_o babylonian_a who_o have_v make_v good_a jeremy_n prophecy_n so_o far_o as_o that_o he_o have_v besiege_v jerusalem_n this_o be_v a_o thing_n remarkable_a that_o one_o pashur_n shall_v thus_o oppose_v jeremy_n prophesy_v and_o another_o pashur_n shall_v thus_o assert_v it_o and_o for_o the_o better_a mark_v of_o this_o the_o two_o chapter_n that_o contain_v the_o two_o story_n be_v lay_v together_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o to_o ver_fw-la 24._o do_v show_v that_o it_o be_v deliver_v in_o jehoiakim_v time_n when_o shallum_n or_o jehoahaz_n be_v not_o long_o before_o captivate_v it_o bid_v weep_v not_o for_o the_o dead_a josiah_n but_o weep_v sore_o for_o shallum_n that_o be_v go_v for_o he_o shall_v return_v no_o more_o vers_n 10._o see_v 2_o king_n 23._o 34._o jeremy_n xxvi_o all_o and_o xxvii_o to_z vers_n 12._o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o two_o chapter_n bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jehoiakim_n which_o in_o this_o prophet_n language_n be_v not_o precise_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o first_o second_o or_o three_o year_n single_o he_o name_v not_o but_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n and_o construction_n as_o there_o be_v a_o evidence_n from_o the_o like_a expression_n use_v concern_v another_o king_n and_o expound_v chap._n 27._o 1._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o four_o year_n here_o zedekiah_n be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v call_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o phrase_n be_v because_o of_o the_o double_a condition_n and_o change_n that_o either_o of_o these_o king_n undergo_v in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o reign_n jehoiakim_n for_o above_o two_o year_n reign_v by_o the_o deputation_n of_o pharaoh_n necho_n but_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o time_n by_o the_o deputation_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_a and_o zedekiah_n for_o four_o year_n at_o the_o 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babel_n for_o which_o he_o be_v miserable_o invade_v and_o judah_n spoil_v and_o this_o misery_n continue_v all_o his_o time_n daniel_n i._o from_o vers_n 18._o to_o end_n world_n 3405_o diwision_n 376_o year_n of_o captivity_n 4_o jehoiakim_n 7_o daniel_n and_o his_o three_o fellow_n be_v present_v to_o the_o king_n and_o hig_o approve_v of_o jeremy_n xxxv_o the_o story_n and_o matter_n of_o jeremies_n set_v wine_n before_o the_o division_n 377_o year_n of_o capt._n 5_o josiah_n 8_o rechabite_v etc._n etc._n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoiakim_n but_o in_o division_n 378_o year_n of_o capt._n 6_o josiah_n 9_o what_o year_n be_v not_o mention_v only_o this_o may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o division_n 379_o year_n of_o capt._n 7_o josiah_n 10_o text_n that_o it_o be_v after_o jehoiakim_v rebel_a against_o nabuchadnezzar_a for_o they_o say_v in_o vers_n 1._o that_o they_o flee_v to_o jerusalem_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o army_n of_o the_o chaldean_n and_o the_o 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isaac_n 46_o there_o these_o son_n of_o his_o grow_v into_o nation_n and_o become_v continual_a abraham_n 147_o ishmael_n 61_o isaac_n 47_o enemy_n to_o the_o seed_n of_o israel_n though_o abraham_n be_v abraham_n 148_o ishmael_n 62_o isaac_n 48_o very_a old_a at_o sarahs_n death_n be_v 137_o year_n old_a then_o yet_o be_v abraham_n 149_o ishmael_n 63_o isaac_n 49_o he_o not_o past_o the_o strength_n of_o generation_n through_o the_o strength_n of_o that_o promise_n i_o will_v multiply_v thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o great_a wonder_n of_o isaac_n birth_n be_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o old_a barren_a woman_n world_n 2158_o sem_fw-mi 600_o eber_n 435_o abraham_n 150_o ishmael_n 64_o isaac_n 50_o sem_fw-mi die_v be_v 600_o year_n old_a read_v gen._n 11._o 11._o the_o abraham_n 151_o ishmael_n 65_o isaac_n 51_o same_o be_v melchisedech_n the_o only_a man_n in_o the_o world_n great_a abraham_n 152_o ishmael_n 66_o isaac_n 52_o then_o abraham_n for_o though_o eber_n and_o arphaxad_n and_o the_o abraham_n 153_o ishmael_n 67_o isaac_n 53_o other_o patriarch_n have_v this_o dignity_n above_o abraham_n that_o they_o abraham_n 154_o ishmael_n 68_o isaac_n 54_o be_v his_o father_n yet_o he_o be_v dignify_v above_o they_o all_o in_o abraham_n 155_o ishmael_n 69_o isaac_n 55_o this_o that_o he_o have_v the_o singular_a and_o glorious_a promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n 156_o ishmael_n 70_o isaac_n 56_o he_o which_o be_v not_o make_v to_o any_o of_o they_o but_o only_a sem_fw-mi abraham_n 157_o ishmael_n 71_o isaac_n 57_o sem_fw-mi see_v the_o two_o great_a misery_n of_o the_o world_n the_o flood_n abraham_n 158_o ishmael_n 72_o isaac_n 58_o and_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n but_o he_o see_v comfort_n in_o abraham_n abraham_n 159_o ishmael_n 73_o isaac_n 59_o and_o isaac_n he_o live_v as_o many_o year_n after_o abraham_n come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o abraham_n be_v old_a when_o he_o come_v thither_o namely_o 75_o year_n chap._n xxv_o ver._n 11._o and_o from_o ver._n 19_o to_o the_o end_n world_n 2168_o eber_n 445_o abraham_n 160_o ishmael_n 74_o isaac_n 60_o jacob_n and_o esau_n bear_v first_o he_o that_o be_v natural_a abraham_n 161_o ishmael_n 75_o isaac_n 61_o jacob_n 1_o and_o then_o he_o that_o be_v spiritual_a these_o child_n abraham_n 162_o ishmael_n 75_o isaac_n 61_o jacob_n 2_o strive_v in_o the_o womb_n and_o rebeccah_n inquire_v after_o the_o abraham_n 163_o ishmael_n 77_o isaac_n 63_o jacob_n 3_o cause_n and_o the_o lord_n by_o a_o oracle_n it_o be_v like_a by_o abraham_n abraham_n 164_o ishmael_n 78_o isaac_n 64_o jacob_n 4_o oracle_n at_o beersheba_n resolve_v she_o of_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o abraham_n 165_o ishmael_n 79_o isaac_n 65_o jacob_n 5_o child_n and_o of_o the_o nation_n that_o shall_v descend_v of_o abraham_n 166_o ishmael_n 80_o isaac_n 66_o jacob_n 6_o they_o esau_n be_v bear_v all_o hairy_a over_o like_o a_o kid_n a_o strange_a abraham_n 167_o ishmael_n 81_o isaac_n 67_o jacob_n 7_o birth_n and_o 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172_o ishmael_n 86_o isaac_n 72_o jacob_n 12_o their_o proper_a time_n it_o be_v most_o usual_a in_o scripture_n thus_o abrah_n 173_o ishmael_n 87_o isaac_n 73_o jacob_n 13_o to_o do_v in_o reckon_v up_o man_n age_n as_o genesis_n 5._o and_o abrah_n 174_o ishmael_n 88_o isaac_n 74_o jacob_n 14_o 11._o etc._n etc._n abraham_n die_v here_o read_v gen._n 25._o vers_fw-la 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o isaac_n be_v of_o the_o very_a same_o age_n when_o abraham_n die_v that_o abraham_n be_v when_o the_o promise_n come_v to_o he_o viz._n seventy_o five_o year_n old_a the_o promise_n now_o be_v come_v upon_o isaac_n eber_n die_v read_v gen._n 11._o 17._o he_o be_v the_o long_a liver_n bear_v since_o the_o flood_n the_o father_n of_o the_o hebrew_n and_o denominator_fw-la of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n religion_n stay_v in_o his_o family_n when_o all_o the_o world_n lose_v it_o beside_o and_o he_o live_v to_o see_v it_o glorious_o settle_v in_o the_o family_n of_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n chap._n xxvi_o the_o time_n that_o esau_n sell_v his_o birthright_n and_o that_o isaac_n go_v ishmael_n 98_o isaac_n 84_o jacob_n 24_o to_o gerar_n be_v both_o undate_v but_o it_o seem_v by_o ishmael_n 99_o isaac_n 85_o jacob_n 25_o the_o text_n that_o they_o be_v near_o together_o and_o that_o the_o famine_n ishmael_n 100_o isaac_n 86_o jacob_n 26_o that_o cause_v esau_n to_o part_v with_o his_o birthright_n cause_v isaac_n ishmael_n 101_o isaac_n 87_o jacob_n 27_o to_o depart_v out_o of_o his_o own_o residence_n to_o go_v elsewhere_o to_o seek_v ishmael_n 102_o isaac_n 88_o jacob_n 28_o for_o sustenance_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v great_a scarcity_n of_o ishmael_n 103_o isaac_n 89_o jacob_n 29_o victual_n when_o jacob_n be_v bring_v to_o his_o lentil_a pottage_n and_o ishmael_n 104_o isaac_n 90_o jacob_n 30_o when_o esau_n if_o he_o get_v not_o some_o of_o these_o pottage_n be_v like_a to_o ishmael_n 105_o isaac_n 91_o jacob_n 31_o famish_v many_o precious_a thing_n be_v wrap_v up_o in_o the_o 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jacob_n 49_o and_o solomon_n etc._n etc._n be_v of_o a_o more_o tolerable_a nature_n and_o ishmael_n 124_o isaac_n 110_o jacob_n 50_o of_o more_o dispensableness_n because_o they_o seek_v to_o multiply_v ishmael_n 125_o isaac_n 111_o jacob_n 51_o the_o holy_a seed_n which_o esau_n be_v out_o of_o capacity_n to_o do_v ishmael_n 126_o isaac_n 112_o jacob_n 52_o be_v not_o esau_n jacob_n brother_n say_v the_o lord_n yet_o i_o love_v ishmael_n 127_o isaac_n 113_o jacob_n 53_o jacob_n and_o hate_v esau_n mal._n 1._o ver_fw-la 2_o 3._o what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o ishmael_n 128_o isaac_n 114_o jacob_n 54_o be_v there_o unrighteousness_n with_o god_n god_n forbid_v for_o he_o say_v ishmael_n 129_o isaac_n 115_o jacob_n 55_o to_o moses_n i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o i_o ishmael_n 130_o isaac_n 116_o jacob_n 56_o will_n have_v compassion_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v compassion_n rom._n 9_o ishmael_n 131_o isaac_n 117_o jacob_n 57_o 14_o 15._o both_o 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temporal_a virtue_n of_o the_o promise_n may_v be_v difference_v ishmael_n die_v 137_o year_n old_a here_o read_v gen._n 25._o from_o verse_n 12._o to_o verse_n 19_o and_o 1_o chron._n 1._o verse_n 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o there_o may_v be_v some_o argument_n that_o he_o be_v save_v though_o once_o he_o persecute_v world_n 2231_o ishmael_n 137_o isaac_n 123_o jacob_n 63_o and_o mock_v and_o be_v expel_v abraham_n house_n as_o abraham_n isaac_n 124_o jacob_n 64_o prayer_n for_o he_o and_o god_n promise_v towards_o he_o gen._n 17._o 18_o 20._o isaac_n 125_o jacob_n 65_o the_o reckon_n of_o his_o age_n and_o use_v the_o very_a same_o expression_n of_o his_o isaac_n 126_o jacob_n 66_o death_n as_o be_v use_v of_o abraham_n esau_n go_v to_o marry_v in_o his_o stock_n isaac_n 127_o jacob_n 67_o when_o his_o canaanitish_a match_n displease_v his_o parent_n etc._n etc._n but_o howsoever_o isaac_n 128_o jacob_n 68_o it_o be_v with_o ishmael_n himself_o in_o matter_n of_o piety_n it_o be_v certain_a his_o isaac_n 129_o jacob_n 69_o posterity_n grow_v impious_a and_o be_v constant_a enemy_n to_o israel_n they_o isaac_n 130_o jacob_n 70_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n by_o keturah_n live_v together_o in_o isaac_n 131_o jacob_n 71_o arabiah_n and_o be_v brethren_n in_o evil_a the_o turk_n be_v hold_v by_o some_o to_o isaac_n 132_o jacob_n 72_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o ishmael_n and_o their_o use_v circumcision_n be_v use_v as_o a_o isaac_n 133_o jacob_n 73_o argument_n to_o confirm_v it_o but_o that_o may_v speak_v they_o as_o well_o if_o not_o rather_o isaac_n 134_o jacob_n 74_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o jew_n captivate_v into_o the_o northern_a part_n isaac_n 135_o jacob_n 75_o of_o the_o world_n by_o assyria_n and_o babylon_n and_o now_o increase_v into_o these_o isaac_n 136_o jacob_n 76_o vast_a multitude_n and_o pour_v out_o towards_o the_o western_a part_n chap._n xxvii_o xxviii_o xxix_o xxx_o world_n 2245_o isaac_n 137_o jacob_n 77_o isaac_n be_v now_o come_v to_o that_o age_n at_o which_o his_o brother_n ishmael_n die_v 14_o year_n ago_o namely_o 137_o and_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o death_n at_o that_o age_n put_v isaac_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o own_o end_n and_o he_o according_o dispose_v towards_o it_o by_o convey_v of_o the_o blessing_n and_o settle_v it_o upon_o one_o of_o his_o son_n his_o send_v esau_n to_o hunt_v for_o venision_n that_o he_o may_v eat_v of_o his_o savoury_a meat_n and_o his_o soul_n may_v bless_v he_o be_v not_o because_o meat_n or_o drink_n will_v conduce_v for_o that_o spiritual_a purpose_n but_o he_o put_v he_o to_o this_o that_o he_o may_v know_v whether_o he_o shall_v bless_v he_o or_o no_o for_o his_o miss_n of_o venison_n
before_o have_v occasion_v the_o loss_n of_o his_o birthright_n and_o if_o he_o miss_v of_o it_o now_o it_o will_v be_v a_o sign_n to_o isaac_n that_o god_n will_v have_v he_o also_o to_o lose_v the_o blessing_n and_o this_o rebeccah_n easy_o know_v to_o be_v isaac_n mind_n in_o send_v esau_n upon_o that_o employment_n and_o she_o according_o make_v use_v of_o it_o for_o the_o advantage_n of_o her_o belove_a son_n jacob_n and_o isaac_n likewise_o pass_v some_o blessing_n upon_o esau_n when_o he_o see_v he_o to_o have_v speed_v of_o a_o prey_n because_o he_o see_v that_o god_n will_v have_v he_o to_o have_v some_o blessing_n according_a to_o the_o sign_n that_o isaac_n have_v propose_v to_o himself_o jacob_n in_o his_o elder_a brother_n garment_n obtain_v the_o blessing_n the_o garment_n of_o the_o priesthood_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o first_o bear_v and_o so_o be_v now_o keep_v by_o rebecoah_n in_o jacob_n right_a jacob_n upon_o fear_n of_o esau_n displeasure_n flee_v to_o haran_n 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himself_o strong_a than_o three_o man_n and_o roll_v away_o a_o stone_n from_o the_o well_n mouth_n which_o three_o shepherd_n can_v not_o he_o meet_v with_o rachel_n and_o laban_n and_o indent_v for_o seven_o year_n service_n a_o man_n of_o threescore_o and_o seventeen_o year_n old_a be_v bind_v apprentice_n for_o a_o wife_n that_o this_o be_v the_o year_n of_o these_o occurrence_n namely_o the_o seventy_o seven_o of_o jacob_n age_n be_v to_o be_v collect_v backward_o from_o the_o story_n follow_v thus_o joseph_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n be_v thirty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n gen._n 41._o 46._o then_o come_v seven_o year_n plenty_n ver_fw-la 47_o 53._o which_o make_v joseph_n thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n old_a then_o pass_v two_o year_n famine_n ere_o jacob_n come_v into_o egypt_n chap._n 45._o 6._o and_o now_o be_v joseph_n thirty_o and_o nine_o year_n of_o age_n when_o jacob_n come_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o two_o year_n famine_n he_o himself_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a chap._n 47._o 9_o now_o take_v the_o thirty_o and_o nine_o year_n of_o joseph_n out_o of_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o the_o age_n of_o jacob_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o jacob_n beget_v joseph_n at_o the_o ninety_o first_o year_n of_o his_o age_n now_o joseph_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o second_o seven_o or_o in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o jacob_n service_n with_o laban_n in_o the_o very_a conclusion_n of_o that_o year_n chap._n 30._o 25_o 26._o take_v therefore_o fourteen_o year_n out_o of_o jacob_n ninety_o one_o when_o joseph_n be_v bear_v and_o the_o remainder_n seventy_o seven_o be_v the_o age_n of_o jacob_n when_o he_o enter_v upon_o those_o fourteen_o year_n service_n world_n 2246_o isaac_n 138_o jacob_n 78_o jacob_n begin_v his_o seven_o year_n apprenticeship_n leah_n and_o rachel_n be_v isaac_n 139_o jacob_n 79_o figure_n of_o the_o two_o church_n the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o the_o law_n isaac_n 140_o jacob_n 80_o and_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n under_o the_o gospel_n the_o young_a the_o more_o isaac_n 141_o jacob_n 81_o beautiful_a and_o more_o in_o the_o thought_n of_o christ_n when_o he_o come_v in_o the_o isaac_n 142_o jacob_n 82_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n but_o the_o other_o like_o leah_n first_o embrace_v and_o take_v isaac_n 143_o jacob_n 83_o to_o wife_n world_n 2252_o isaac_n 144_o jacob_n 84_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o year_n jacob_n apprenticeship_n for_o rachel_n be_v out_o but_o laban_n deceive_v he_o with_o leah_n and_o so_o be_v jacob_n pay_v in_o kind_n for_o deceive_v his_o father_n he_o have_v deceive_v his_o father_n with_o a_o suborn_a person_n take_v on_o he_o to_o be_v esau_n when_o he_o be_v jacob_n and_o he_o be_v deceive_v by_o his_o father-in-law_n with_o a_o suborn_a person_n and_o so_o embrace_v leah_n think_v he_o have_v embrace_v rachel_n his_o thought_n be_v upon_o a_o child_n by_o rachel_n whilst_o he_o have_v leah_n in_o his_o arm_n and_o so_o the_o birthright_n by_o his_o thought_n and_o intention_n shall_v be_v rachel_n first-born_a and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o time_n he_o be_v thus_o deceive_v indent_v yet_o seven_o year_n service_n long_o for_o rachel_n and_o serve_v a_o week_n in_o earnest_n that_o he_o will_v serve_v yet_o other_o seven_o year_n and_o at_o the_o week_n end_n he_o marry_v rachel_n world_n 2253_o isaac_n 145_o jacob_n 85_o reuben_n bear_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o jacob_n son_n probable_o in_o this_o order_n isaac_n 146_o jacob_n 86_o simeon_n bear_v isaac_n 147_o jacob_n 87_o levi_n and_o dan_n bear_v isaac_n 148_o jacob_n 88_o judah_n and_o naphthali_n bear_v isaac_n 149_o jacob_n 89_o gad_n bear_v isaac_n 150_o jacob_n 90_o asher_n and_o issacar_n bear_v world_n 2259_o isaac_n 151_o jacob_n 91_o joseph_n bear_v and_o zebulon_n bear_v not_o long_o before_o he_o isaac_n 152_o jacob_n 92_o joseph_n 1_o rachel_n prophesi_v dinah_n not_o bear_v in_o these_o seven_o year_n unless_o she_o isaac_n 153_o jacob_n 93_o joseph_n 2_o be_v a_o twin_n with_o zebulon_n isaac_n 154_o jacob_n 94_o joseph_n 3_o upon_o a_o new_a bargain_n with_o laban_n jacob_n by_o god_n blessing_n and_o direction_n isaac_n 155_o jacob_n 95_o joseph_n 4_o grow_v exceed_v rich_a to_o the_o envy_n of_o laban_n and_o his_o son_n isaac_n 156_o jacob_n 96_o joseph_n 5_o laban_n deal_v deceitful_o with_o he_o about_o his_o cattle_n as_o he_o have_v do_v about_o his_o daughter_n but_o the_o lord_n suffer_v he_o not_o to_o hurt_v he_o chap._n xxxi_o world_n 2265_o isaac_n 157_o jacob_n 97_o joseph_n 6_o jacob_n depart_v secret_o from_o laban_n but_o at_o last_o be_v pursue_v by_o he_o rachel_n steal_v laban_n teraphim_n which_o be_v the_o picture_n or_o statute_n of_o some_o of_o her_o ancestor_n and_o take_v by_o she_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o memory_n with_o she_o now_o she_o be_v never_o to_o see_v her_o country_n and_o father_n house_n again_o laban_n have_v abuse_v they_o to_o idolatry_n he_o and_o jacob_n make_v a_o covenant_n chap._n xxxii_o and_o xxxiii_o to_o ver_fw-la 17._o isaac_n 158_o jacob_n 98_o joseph_n 7_o jacob_n afraid_a of_o esau_n be_v shake_v in_o his_o faith_n at_o his_o approach_n though_o he_o have_v the_o visible_a attendance_n of_o angel_n for_o which_o distrust_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n christ_n meet_v he_o by_o the_o way_n wrestle_v with_o he_o and_o seek_v to_o kill_v he_o but_o he_o weep_v and_o make_v supplication_n and_o be_v only_o maim_v but_o escape_v with_o life_n he_o be_v call_v israel_n to_o assure_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v prevail_v with_o esau_n who_o have_v thus_o prevail_v with_o god_n and_o now_o with_o the_o first_o name_v of_o israel_n be_v a_o ceremony_n take_v up_o to_o distinguish_v israel_n from_o other_o people_n namely_o the_o forego_n to_o eat_v the_o sinew_n that_o shrink_v esau_n and_o jacob_n meet_v friendly_a and_o so_o they_o part_v when_o a_o man_n way_n please_v the_o lord_n he_o make_v even_o his_o enemy_n to_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o he_o chap._n xxxiii_o ver_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o isaac_n 159_o jacob_n 99_o joseph_n 8_o jacob_n make_v some_o abode_n at_o succoth_n beyond_o jordan_n eastward_o and_o there_o build_v booth_n for_o his_o cattle_n till_o they_o have_v bring_v forth_o their_o young_a see_v ver_fw-la 13._o and_o a_o house_n or_o a_o tent_n for_o himself_o isaac_n 160_o jacob_n 100_o joseph_n 9_o jacob_n be_v at_o shechem_n thither_o he_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o peaceable_o for_o till_o he_o come_v there_o there_o be_v no_o miscarriage_n in_o his_o house_n he_o purchase_v a_o piece_n of_o ground_n and_o build_v his_o first_o altar_n chap._n xxxviii_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o judah_n
joseph_n be_v sell_v and_o some_o after_o the_o story_n of_o the_o thirty_o nine_o chapter_n that_o judah_n requital_n for_o his_o sale_n for_o he_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o it_o might_n be_v show_v assoon_o as_o his_o sell_v of_o he_o be_v relate_v judah_n be_v marry_v before_o joseph_n be_v sell_v and_o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n be_v also_o bear_v before_o as_o be_v observe_v erewhile_o therefore_o the_o first_o word_n of_o the_o chapter_n at_o that_o time_n be_v not_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o next_o word_n go_v before_o in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n concern_v joseph_n sale_n to_o potiphar_n but_o be_v of_o a_o more_o large_a extent_n as_o that_o phrase_n and_o the_o phrase_n in_o those_o day_n be_v oft_o in_o scripture_n it_o link_v joseph_n sell_v and_o judah_n miscarriage_n very_o well_o together_o that_o it_o may_v be_v show_v how_o he_o be_v punish_v in_o his_o child_n that_o have_v be_v so_o unnatural_a to_o a_o brother_n and_o joseph_n not_o sin_v with_o his_o mistress_n and_o judah_n sin_v with_o his_o daughter-in-law_n do_v help_n to_o set_v off_o one_o another_o towards_o such_o a_o observation_n the_o four_o elder_a son_n of_o jacob_n fall_v under_o foul_a guilt_n and_o so_o repentance_n and_o mercy_n be_v teach_v and_o show_v in_o their_o conversion_n chap._n xl._n world_n 2287_o isaac_n 179_o jacob_n joseph_n 28_o joseph_n expound_v his_o two_o fellow_n prisoner_n dream_n and_o like_o the_o two_o thief_n with_o christ_n the_o one_o be_v save_v and_o the_o other_o condemn_v one_o of_o these_o when_o joseph_n say_v to_o he_o remember_v i_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v well_o with_o thou_o forget_v he_o but_o one_o of_o those_o when_o he_o say_v to_o christ_n remember_v i_o when_o thou_o come_v into_o thy_o kingdom_n be_v not_o forget_v thus_o as_o the_o tell_n of_o two_o dream_n have_v bring_v joseph_n into_o misery_n so_o this_o expound_v of_o two_o dream_n will_v prove_v in_o time_n a_o forward_a of_o his_o delivery_n as_o yet_o the_o butler_n fill_v and_o drink_v wine_n in_o bowl_n but_o be_v not_o grieve_v for_o the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n as_o am._n 6._o 6._o world_n 2288_o isaac_n 180_o jacob_n 120_o joseph_n 29_o isaac_n die_v and_o jacob_n and_o esau_n be_v friend_n and_o bury_v he_o read_v chap._n 35._o ver_fw-la 28_o 29._o and_o ruminate_v upon_o how_o esau_n be_v change_v from_o what_o he_o say_v chap._n 27._o 41._o chap._n xli_o jacob_n 121_o joseph_n 30_o joseph_n expound_v pharaoh_n dream_n compare_v dan._n 2._o seven_o jacob_n 122_o joseph_n 31_o jacob_n 123_o joseph_n 32_o year_n famine_n begin_v joseph_n treasure_v up_o corn_n have_v manasseh_n jacob_n 124_o joseph_n 33_o and_o ephraim_n bear_v to_o he_o within_o these_o year_n of_o a_o egyptian_a lady_n jacob_n 125_o joseph_n 34_o jacob_n 126_o joseph_n 35_o how_o look_v his_o wretched_a mistress_n upon_o he_o now_o if_o she_o be_v alive_a towards_o jacob_n 127_o joseph_n 36_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o seven_o year_n famine_n or_o thereabouts_o pharez_n jacob_n 128_o joseph_n 37_o have_v hezron_n bear_v to_o he_o chap._n xlii_o world_n 2289_o jacob_n 129_o joseph_n 38_o the_o first_o year_n of_o famine_n joseph_n brethren_n bow_v to_o he_o for_o corn_n as_o their_o sheaf_n of_o corn_n have_v do_v to_o he_o in_o his_o dream_n chap._n xliii_o xliv_o xlv_o xlvi_o &_o xlvii_o to_o vers._n 13._o world_n 2290_o jacob_n 130_o joseph_n 39_o the_o second_o year_n of_o famine_n benjamin_n be_v bring_v by_o his_o brethren_n world_n 2291_o into_o egypt_n he_o be_v now_o the_o father_n of_o ten_o child_n the_o feast_n of_o joseph_n brethren_n be_v the_o better_a to_o pretend_v the_o steal_n of_o a_o silver_n bowl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 44._o 5._o for_o which_o joseph_n will_v make_v a_o very_a narrow_a search_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o such_o a_o man_n as_o he_o that_o be_v in_o so_o high_a a_o place_n can_v make_v a_o very_a strict_a inquiry_n ver_fw-la 15._o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o seventy_o soul_n himself_o and_o joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n be_v count_v in_o the_o number_n the_o septuagint_n have_v add_v five_o more_o viz._n machir_n gilead_n shutelah_n tahan_n eden_n from_o 1_o chron._n 7._o 14_o 20._o etc._n etc._n follow_v by_o saint_n luke_n act_v 7._o 14._o jacob_n and_o joseph_n after_o thirteen_o year_n distance_n meet_v jacob_n present_v before_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o king_n ask_v no_o other_o question_n then_o about_o his_o age_n it_o be_v news_n in_o egypt_n to_o see_v so_o old_a a_o man_n jacob_n be_v now_o 130_o year_n old_a and_o now_o just_a the_o half_a of_o the_o 430_o between_o the_o promise_n and_o delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v pass_v see_v exod._n 12._o 40._o gal._n 3._o 17._o they_o have_v be_v take_v up_o in_o these_o parcel_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o abraham_n come_v into_o the_o land_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n sixty_o year_n of_o isaac_n age_n until_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n and_o now_o jacob_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o 215._o and_o now_o to_o the_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n we_o must_v count_v 215_o more_o and_o that_o count_v must_v lead_v we_o on_o thither_o chap._n xlvii_o from_o ver_fw-la 13._o to_o the_o end_n and_o chap._n xlviii_o world_n 2299_o jacob_n 131_o joseph_n 40_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 216_o the_o three_o year_n of_o famine_n jacob_n 132_o joseph_n 41_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 217_o the_o four_o year_n of_o famine_n jacob_n 133_o joseph_n 42_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 218_o the_o five_o year_n of_o famine_n jacob_n 134_o joseph_n 43_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 219_o the_o six_o year_n of_o famine_n jacob_n 135_o joseph_n 44_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 220_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n joseph_n buy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o pharaoh_n he_o feed_v joseph_o 67_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 243_o his_o father_n and_o family_n seventeen_o year_n before_o jacob_n 136_o joseph_n 45_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 221_o his_o father_n death_n jacob_n 137_o joseph_n 46_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 222_o as_o his_o father_n have_v nourish_v he_o seventeen_o year_n before_o his_o sale_n the_o jacob_n 138_o joseph_n 47_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 223_o child_n of_o israel_n grow_v numerous_a and_o into_o multitude_n even_o before_o jacob_n 139_o joseph_n 48_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 224_o jacob_n death_n he_o adopt_a joseph_n two_o son_n for_o tribe_n he_o bestow_v jacob_n 140_o joseph_n 49_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 225_o the_o portion_n of_o land_n upon_o joseph_n that_o he_o have_v first_o buy_v of_o the_o shechemite_n jacob_n 141_o joseph_n 50_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 226_o chap._n 33._o and_o be_v after_o put_v to_o recover_v it_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n jacob_n 142_o joseph_n 51_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 227_o of_o the_o amorite_n with_o his_o sword_n and_o bow_n who_o have_v usurp_v it_o and_o jacob_n 143_o joseph_n 52_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 228_o seize_v upon_o it_o in_o his_o absence_n after_o his_o departure_n thence_o to_o bethel_n and_o jacob_n 144_o joseph_n 53_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 229_o hebron_n he_o swear_v joseph_n to_o bury_v he_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n jacob_n 145_o joseph_n 54_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 230_o with_o his_o father_n abraham_n and_o isaac_n thus_o be_v the_o birthright_n clear_o jacob_n 146_o joseph_n 55_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 231_o pass_v upon_o joseph_n when_o his_o two_o son_n be_v take_v by_o jacob_n as_o simeon_n and_o levi_n and_o when_o the_o land_n be_v bestow_v on_o he_o for_o inheritance_n chap._n xlix_o l._n world_n 2315_o jacob_n 147_o joseph_n 56_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 232_o jacob_n die_v have_v first_o bless_v all_o his_o son_n even_o every_o one_o joseph_n 57_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 233_o of_o they_o a_o blessing_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o his_o passage_n to_o reuben_n joseph_n 58_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 234_o simeon_n and_o levi_n of_o who_o he_o speak_v the_o bitter_a thing_n his_o joseph_n 59_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 235_o word_n throughout_o concern_v the_o future_a event_n and_o occurrence_n of_o the_o joseph_n 60_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 236_o tribe_n most_o especial_o for_o he_o profess_v to_o tell_v they_o what_o shall_v befall_v joseph_n 61_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 237_o they_o in_o the_o last_o day_n joseph_n 62_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 238_o that_o reuben_n shall_v have_v jether_o see_v vejether_o gnaz_v a_o remnant_n of_o joseph_n 63_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 239_o dignity_n and_o a_o remnant_n of_o strength_n for_o he_o be_v to_o lead_v the_o field_n in_o the_o war_n of_o joseph_n 64_o year_n of_o the_o
as_o they_o will_v make_v he_o chap._n 31._o then_o elihu_n the_o penman_n undertake_v to_o moderate_v but_o incline_v to_o the_o same_o misprision_n with_o the_o other_o the_o lord_n himself_o convince_v they_o all_o of_o the_o uprightness_n of_o job_n which_o no_o argument_n of_o job_n can_v do_v and_o this_o not_o only_o by_o a_o oracle_n from_o heaven_n but_o also_o by_o job_n revive_v prosperity_n wherein_o every_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v lose_v be_v restore_v double_a to_o he_o but_o only_o his_o child_n which_o though_o they_o die_v yet_o be_v not_o lose_v his_o year_n be_v double_v for_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o his_o trouble_n and_o so_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a when_o his_o trouble_n come_v and_o die_v two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n old_a the_o long_a liver_n bear_v since_o terah_n chap._n ii_o to_o ver._n 11._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 341_o israel_n affliction_n increase_v upon_o they_o the_o cruel_a king_n of_o egypt_n command_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 342_o all_o the_o male_a child_n to_o be_v slay_v miriam_n be_v bear_v not_o far_o from_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 343_o this_o time_n she_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v and_o watch_n moses_n when_o he_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 344_o river_n her_o name_n signify_v bitterness_n and_o rebellion_n both_o and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 345_o doubt_v but_o holy_a amram_n when_o he_o give_v her_o name_n have_v regard_n to_o that_o sad_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 346_o cause_n and_o effect_n of_o which_o they_o have_v so_o great_a cause_n to_o be_v sensible_a miriam_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 347_o be_v a_o prophetess_n exod._n 15._o 20._o micah_n 6._o 4._o world_n 2431_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 348_o aaron_z bear_v a_o saint_n of_o the_o lord_n psal._n 106._o 16._o his_o name_n sound_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 349_o both_o of_o sorrow_n and_o joy_n as_o the_o tenor_n of_o psal._n 88_o 89._o make_v in_o these_o affliction_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 350_o do_v world_n 2433_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 351_o moses_n 1_o moses_n bear_v supernatural_o his_o mother_n be_v exceed_v old_a at_o his_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 352_o moses_n 2_o birth_n she_o be_v his_o father_n own_o aunt_n the_o daughter_n of_o levi_n so_o be_v moses_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 353_o moses_n 3_o a_o levite_n both_o by_o father_n and_o mother_n he_o be_v preserve_v in_o a_o ark_n like_o a_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 354_o moses_n 4_o second_o noah_n his_o mother_n be_v pay_v for_o nurse_v she_o own_o child_n he_o be_v adopt_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 355_o moses_n 5_o by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n for_o her_o own_o son_n and_o so_o the_o king_n be_v his_o nurse_n father_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 356_o moses_n 6_o and_o the_o queen_n his_o nurse_n mother_n and_o in_o this_o do_v moses_n typify_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 357_o moses_n 7_o christ_n that_o his_o true_a father_n be_v unknown_a to_o the_o egyptian_n and_o he_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 358_o moses_n 8_o repute_a the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n as_o the_o true_a father_n of_o christ_n unknown_a to_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 359_o moses_n 9_o the_o jew_n and_o he_o repute_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 360_o moses_n 10_o moses_n be_v educate_v and_o learn_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 361_o moses_n 11_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 362_o moses_n 12_o act_n 7._o 22._o stephen_n speak_v this_o from_o necessary_a consequence_n not_o have_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 363_o moses_n 13_o express_a text_n for_o it_o for_o it_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v conceive_v of_o the_o adopt_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 364_o moses_n 14_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 365_o moses_n 15_o son_n of_o a_o king_n and_o of_o a_o king_n of_o egypt_n which_o nation_n be_v exceed_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 366_o moses_n 16_o give_v to_o learning_n and_o study_n job_n be_v yet_o alive_a and_o probable_o out-liveth_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 367_o moses_n 17_o moses_n in_o the_o read_n of_o his_o book_n it_o may_v be_v advantageous_a to_o the_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 368_o moses_n 18_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 369_o moses_n 19_o reader_n to_o observe_v how_o in_o very_o many_o place_n it_o touch_v upon_o the_o history_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 370_o moses_n 20_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 371_o moses_n 21_o that_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n though_o that_o book_n be_v not_o then_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 372_o moses_n 22_o write_v the_o creation_n be_v handle_v chap._n 38._o the_o first_o adam_n mention_v year_n of_o the_o promise_n 373_o moses_n 23_o chap._n 15._o 7._o the_o fall_n of_o angel_n and_o man_n chap._n 4._o 20._o &_o 5._o 2._o the_o miserable_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 374_o moses_n 24_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 375_o moses_n 25_o case_n of_o cain_n that_o be_v hedge_v in_o that_o he_o can_v not_o die_v chap._n 3._o 21._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 376_o moses_n 26_o the_o old_a world_n and_o the_o flood_n chap._n 22._o 6._o the_o bvilder_n of_o babel_n chap._n 3._o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 377_o moses_n 27_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 378_o moses_n 28_o 15._o &_o 5._o 13._o the_o fire_n of_o sedom_n chap._n 20._o 23_o 26._o and_o divers_a such_o reference_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 379_o moses_n 29_o may_v be_v observe_v which_o be_v close_o touch_v in_o the_o book_n which_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 380_o moses_n 30_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 381_o moses_n 31_o they_o come_v to_o know_v partly_o by_o tradition_n partly_o by_o live_v so_o near_o the_o hebrew_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 382_o moses_n 32_o and_o the_o place_n where_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v and_o partly_o by_o revelation_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 383_o moses_n 33_o as_o chap._n 4._o 12._o &_o 38._o 1_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 384_o moses_n 34_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 385_o moses_n 35_o the_o penman_n of_o the_o book_n before_o and_o after_o the_o speech_n of_o job_n and_o his_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 386_o moses_n 36_o friend_n often_o use_v the_o name_n jehovah_n but_o in_o all_o the_o speech_n never_o but_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 387_o moses_n 37_o once_o and_o that_o be_v in_o chap._n 12._o 10._o speak_v there_o of_o god_n give_v the_o creature_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 388_o moses_n 38_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 389_o moses_n 39_o his_o being_n chap._n ii_o from_o ver._n 11._o to_o the_o end_n world_n 2473_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 390_o moses_n 40_o moses_n by_o faith_n at_o forty_o year_n old_a act_v 7._o 23._o refuse_v the_o court_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 391_o moses_n 41_o visit_v his_o brethren_n slay_v a_o egyptian_a flee_v into_o midian_a year_n of_o the_o promise_n 392_o moses_n 42_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 393_o moses_n 43_o heb._n 11._o 24_o 25_o 26._o by_o faith_n moses_n refuse_v to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaoh_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 394_o moses_n 44_o daughter_n choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 395_o moses_n 45_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 396_o moses_n 46_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n esteem_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 397_o moses_n 47_o great_a riches_n than_o the_o treasure_n of_o egypt_n for_o he_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o recompense_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 398_o moses_n 48_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 399_o moses_n 49_o of_o the_o reward_n in_o midian_a he_o marry_v zipporah_n and_o have_v a_o son_n by_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 400_o moses_n 50_o her_o who_o he_o call_v gershom_n which_o signify_v a_o desolate_a stranger_n because_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 401_o moses_n 51_o of_o his_o remote_a residence_n from_o his_o own_o people_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 402_o moses_n 52_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 403_o moses_n 53_o israel_n be_v not_o yet_o thorough_o humble_v under_o their_o affliction_n and_o therefore_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 404_o moses_n 54_o it_o be_v but_o just_a they_o shall_v continue_v under_o it_o they_o refuse_v the_o deliverer_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 405_o moses_n 55_o year_n of_o the_o promise_n 406_o moses_n 56_o when_o he_o offer_v himself_o unto_o they_o with_o who_o make_v thou_o a_o prince_n year_n of_o the_o promise_n 407_o moses_n 57_o and_o a_o ruler_n over_o we_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v but_o answer_v according_a to_o year_n of_o the_o
with_o it_o see_v the_o note_n at_o numb_a 12._o 5._o the_o priest_n can_v not_o make_v any_o man_n clean_o but_o only_o pronounce_v he_o clean_o 6._o he_o that_o be_v leprous_a all_o over_o and_o no_o place_n free_a be_v to_o be_v pronounce_v clean_o for_o it_o appear_v that_o all_o the_o poison_n be_v come_v forth_o and_o the_o danger_n of_o infect_v other_o be_v past_a but_o he_o that_o have_v any_o part_n that_o be_v not_o scabby_a over_o he_o be_v unclean_a he_o that_o appear_v before_o god_n in_o any_o of_o his_o own_o righteousness_n like_o the_o proud_a pharisee_fw-mi he_o have_v his_o answer_n in_o that_o parable_n but_o that_o humble_a confession_n of_o a_o poor_a sinner_n that_o show_v he_o leprous_a all_o over_o like_o that_o of_o the_o publican_n obtain_v the_o best_a answer_n 7._o the_o leper_n that_o be_v cleanse_v have_v not_o his_o disease_n heal_v but_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o infection_n be_v over_o he_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o society_n of_o man_n again_o so_o that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o clean_o unto_o himself_o as_o unto_o the_o congregation_n chap._n xvi_o the_o solemn_a and_o mysterious_a feast_n of_o reconciliation_n institute_v to_o be_v on_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o month_n tisri_n the_o day_n that_o moses_n have_v come_v down_o from_o the_o mount_n with_o tiding_n of_o reconciliation_n betwixt_o god_n and_o the_o people_n as_o be_v say_v be-before_a and_o as_o the_o solemnity_n and_o carriage_n of_o the_o work_n of_o this_o day_n be_v a_o figure_n of_o good_a thing_n to_o come_v in_o christ_n so_o the_o very_a time_n itself_o have_v some_o respect_n that_o way_n for_o if_o christ_n be_v not_o bear_v and_o come_v into_o the_o world_n a_o reconciler_n on_o that_o very_a day_n yet_o be_v he_o bear_v and_o baptize_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o in_o that_o very_a month_n chap._n xvii_o xviii_o xix_o xx._n xxi_o xxii_o xxiii_o xxiv_o xxv_o divers_a law_n be_v give_v concern_v offering_n marriage_n festival_n the_o priest_n and_o other_o thing_n and_o the_o main_a end_n of_o they_o all_o piety_n sanctity_n charity_n and_o in_o they_o a_o distinction_n of_o israel_n from_o other_o people_n chap._n xxvi_o xxvii_o sad_a denunciation_n of_o judgement_n upon_o disobedience_n and_o the_o valuation_n of_o person_n in_o reference_n to_o redemption_n of_o vow_n hosea_n speak_v in_o allusion_n to_o the_o rate_n and_o value_v mention_v here_o when_o he_o say_v i_o buy_v she_o to_o i_o for_o fifteen_o shekel_n of_o silver_n and_o for_o a_o homer_n of_o barley_n and_o half_a a_o homer_n of_o barley_n hos._n 3._o 2._o the_o fifteen_o shekel_n be_v the_o value_n of_o a_o man_n above_o sixty_o year_n old_a leu._n 27._o 7._o the_o homer_n of_o barley_n which_o value_v fifty_o shekel_n ver_fw-la 16._o be_v the_o value_n of_o a_o man_n from_o twenty_o year_n old_a to_o sixty_o ver_fw-la 3._o and_o half_o a_o homer_n which_o value_v five_o and_o twenty_o shekel_n be_v for_o one_o from_o five_o year_n old_a to_o twenty_o twenty_o shekel_n ver_fw-la 5._o and_o from_o a_o month_n old_a to_o five_o year_n five_o shekel_n ver_fw-la 6._o world_n 2515_o moses_n 82_o redemption_n from_o egypt_n 2_o the_o book_n of_o number_n chap._n i._n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n the_o lord_n provide_v for_o the_o pitch_v of_o their_o camp_n as_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n they_o have_v begin_v to_o erect_v the_o tabernacle_n first_o the_o people_n be_v number_v from_o twenty_o year_n old_a and_o upward_o and_o their_o sum_n amount_v to_o 603550._o man_n of_o all_o which_o number_n only_o two_o man_n enter_v the_o land_n the_o levite_n be_v not_o reckon_v in_o this_o sum_n nor_o with_o this_o reckon_n and_o according_o they_o fall_v not_o under_o the_o same_o curse_n with_o the_o other_o of_o not_o enter_v into_o his_o rest_n not_o a_o man_n impotent_a through_o old_a age_n in_o israel_n chap._n ii_o their_o camp_n be_v pitch_v and_o the_o sanctuary_n set_v just_a in_o the_o middle_n of_o it_o for_o religion_n be_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o state_n the_o levite_n pitch_n next_o unto_o it_o in_o a_o quadrangular_a body_n round_o about_o it_o at_o a_o certain_a distance_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o army_n pitch_v at_o a_o other_o distance_n about_o they_o in_o the_o same_o form_n and_o 2000_o cubit_n distance_n from_o the_o tabernacle_n every_o side_n of_o the_o square_n carry_v its_o several_a colour_n judah_n a_o lion_n ephraim_n a_o bullock_n reuben_n a_o man_n dan_o a_o eagle_n compare_v the_o description_n of_o christ_n dwell_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n rev._n 4._o 4._o the_o ark_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o lord_n pitch_v before_o ephraim_n and_o benjamin_n and_o manasseh_n psal._n 80._o 2._o chap._n iii_o iu._n the_o levite_n take_v for_o the_o first-born_a of_o israel_n and_o so_o interest_v in_o every_o family_n among_o they_o the_o first-born_a have_v be_v priest_n till_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o levite_n now_o that_o function_n must_v be_v confine_v to_o that_o tribe_n the_o levite_n engage_v to_o their_o service_n from_o nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a complete_a or_o thirty_o currant_n till_o fifty_o our_o saviour_n age_n at_o his_o entrance_n into_o his_o ministry_n luke_n 3._o 23._o answer_v to_o this_o type_n chap._n v._o vi._n a_o law_n concern_v uncleanness_n and_o offence_n that_o the_o camp_n may_v continue_v in_o purity_n and_o unity_n chastity_n and_o unchastity_n try_v miraculous_o the_o law_n concern_v nazarites_n the_o only_a votary_n of_o the_o people_n the_o congregation_n to_o be_v bless_v by_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o trinity_n chap._n vii_o viii_o the_o prince_n offer_v to_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o more_o ordinance_n be_v give_v about_o it_o that_o they_o offer_v not_o till_o they_o be_v order_v into_o their_o standard_n be_v plain_a by_o the_o order_n and_o method_n of_o their_o offering_n the_o levite_n to_o be_v five_o year_n probationer_n at_o the_o sanctuary_n before_o they_o take_v their_o office_n chap._n 8._o 24._o compare_v with_o chap._n 4._o 23._o chap._n ix_o from_o ver._n 15._o to_o the_o end_n and_o chap._n x._o to_o ver._n 11._o before_o the_o read_n of_o the_o fifteen_o verse_n the_o reader_n be_v to_o suppose_v a_o passover_n to_o be_v keep_v the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o this_o second_o month_n although_o the_o keep_n of_o it_o be_v not_o express_o mention_v but_o only_o hint_v for_o on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a day_n for_o the_o passover_n some_o man_n because_o they_o be_v unclean_a can_v not_o observe_v it_o and_o upon_o their_o acquaint_v moses_n with_o their_o case_n he_o present_o give_v they_o a_o warrant_v to_o keep_v it_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o next_o month_n which_o they_o do_v no_o doubt_n according_o although_o it_o be_v not_o in_o plain_a term_n relate_v for_o the_o occurrence_n mention_v in_o the_o book_n hitherto_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o first_o thirteen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n save_v only_a the_o offering_n of_o the_o prince_n which_o indeed_o begin_v before_o the_o fourteen_o day_n but_o continue_a world_n 2515_o moses_n 82_o redemption_n from_o egypt_n 2_o beyond_o it_o notwithstanding_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v conclude_v the_o story_n of_o their_o offering_n all_o together_o and_o on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n those_o that_o have_v be_v unclean_a at_o the_o proper_a time_n of_o the_o passover_n keep_v the_o passover_n by_o a_o new_a ordinance_n so_o that_o the_o order_n of_o the_o story_n of_o this_o new_a passover_n be_v most_o genuine_a and_o proper_a here_o but_o moses_n can_v not_o relate_v the_o thing_n but_o he_o must_v relate_v the_o occasion_n namely_o because_o some_o can_v not_o keep_v it_o at_o the_o right_a time_n therefore_o he_o give_v the_o story_n of_o the_o right_a time_n here_o which_o as_o we_o show_v before_o lie_v proper_o between_o the_o ten_o and_o eleven_o chapter_n of_o leviticus_n from_o the_o fifteen_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n to_o the_o eleven_o verse_n of_o the_o ten_o chapter_n there_o be_v mention_n of_o two_o special_a thing_n namely_o the_o dwell_n of_o the_o cloud_n upon_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o make_n of_o the_o silver_n trumpet_n which_o however_o they_o be_v indeed_o somewhat_o afore_o this_o time_n for_o the_o cloud_n descend_v and_o the_o trumpet_n be_v make_v before_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o this_o month_n yet_o be_v they_o bring_v in_o here_o as_o relate_v to_o the_o removal_n of_o the_o army_n which_o be_v mention_v in_o chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 11._o for_o then_o the_o cloud_n be_v take_v up_o and_o the_o trumpet_n be_v sound_v exodus_fw-la xviii_o between_o the_o ten_o and_o eleven_o verse_n of_o the_o ten_o of_o number_n as_o
forty_o or_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o eglon_n afflict_v be_v the_o last_o eighteen_o ehud_n 27_o year_n of_o ehud_n eighty_o for_o by_o this_o mean_v othniel_n and_o ehud_n be_v make_v ehud_n 28_o to_o start_v up_o in_o the_o very_a end_n of_o these_o sum_n of_o year_n and_o get_v a_o victory_n and_o no_o ehud_n 29_o ehud_n 30_o more_o news_n of_o they_o whereas_o it_o be_v apparent_a not_o only_o by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o ehud_n 31_o man_n late_o cite_v and_o by_o chap._n 2._o 19_o but_o also_o by_o other_o passage_n that_o the_o ehud_n 32_o ehud_n 33_o judge_n be_v not_o only_o their_o deliverer_n in_o one_o fight_v battle_n or_o the_o like_a but_o ehud_n 34_o that_o he_o be_v their_o instructor_n and_o help_v and_o strive_v to_o keep_v they_o to_o the_o fear_n ehud_n 35_o ehud_n 36_o of_o the_o lord_n chap._n 2._o 17._o and_o when_o any_o of_o the_o judge_n do_v not_o so_o they_o be_v ehud_n 37_o note_v for_o it_o as_o gideon_n about_o his_o ephod_n abimeleck_n about_o his_o brethren_n ehud_n 38_o ehud_n 39_o and_o samson_n about_o his_o woman_n so_o that_o in_o what_o time_n of_o these_o fourscore_o year_n ehud_n 40_o of_o ehud_n to_o place_v the_o eighteen_o of_o eglon_n afflict_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a nor_o be_v it_o ehud_n 41_o very_a much_o material_a see_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o they_o fall_v out_o sometime_o within_o ehud_n 42_o ehud_n 43_o those_o fourscore_o year_n a_o good_a space_n of_o time_n may_v we_o allot_v for_o israel_n fall_v ehud_n 44_o to_o idolatry_n after_o othniels_n death_n and_o for_o god_n give_v they_o up_o to_o their_o enemy_n ehud_n 45_o ehud_n 46_o power_n upon_o their_o idolatry_n but_o whensoever_o that_o affliction_n come_v it_o ehud_n 47_o come_n so_o home_o that_o a_o king_n of_o moab_n be_v king_n of_o israel_n and_o have_v his_o very_a ehud_n 48_o ehud_n 49_o court_n and_o palace_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o the_o city_n of_o jericho_n that_o city_n ehud_n 50_o be_v inhabit_v by_o israelites_n before_o eglon_n and_o his_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o ehud_n 51_o ehud_n 52_o amalekite_n drive_v they_o out_o and_o yet_o have_v not_o joshua_n curse_n seize_v on_o they_o ehud_n 53_o for_o that_o have_v reference_n only_o to_o rahabs_n kindred_n and_o family_n to_o prohibit_v ehud_n 54_o ehud_n 55_o they_o for_o ever_o go_v about_o to_o fortify_v and_o build_v it_o for_o a_o canaanitish_a town_n ehud_n 56_o again_o and_o hiel_n that_o go_v about_o that_o work_n in_o ahabs_n time_n be_v of_o that_o ehud_n 57_o ehud_n 58_o stock_n and_o that_o light_n upon_o he_o according_o as_o will_v be_v touch_v there_o the_o ehud_n 59_o oppressor_n of_o israel_n at_o this_o time_n be_v the_o very_a same_o nation_n that_o come_v ehud_n 60_o against_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n 20._o namely_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o meunims_n ehud_n 61_o ehud_n 62_o or_o amalekite_n and_o edomite_n that_o dwell_v promiscuous_o among_o ammon_n as_o see_v ehud_n 63_o the_o note_n when_o we_o come_v there_o and_o those_o that_o be_v here_o speak_v of_o be_v general_o ehud_n 64_o ehud_n 65_o fat_a man_n ver_fw-la 29._o as_o be_v eglon_n himself_o extraordinary_o ehud_n be_v a_o ehud_n 66_o man_n of_o benjamin_n and_o probable_o of_o gibeah_n for_o he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o family_n in_o ehud_n 67_o benjamin_n that_o king_n saul_n be_v of_o afterward_o and_o thus_o the_o honour_n of_o benjamin_n ehud_n 68_o ehud_n 69_o be_v somewhat_o restore_v in_o he_o and_o as_o judah_n in_o othniel_n have_v the_o first_o ehud_n 70_o honour_n of_o judge-ship_n so_o benjamin_n in_o ehud_n have_v the_o second_o eglon_n be_v destroy_v ehud_n 71_o ehud_n 72_o with_o a_o two_o edge_a sword_n compare_v rev._n 1._o 16._o about_o the_o latter_a end_n ehud_n 73_o of_o ehud_n life_n we_o may_v indeed_o suppose_v some_o of_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ehud_n 74_o ruth_n to_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v for_o that_o book_n contain_v the_o story_n of_o a_o very_a ehud_n 75_o ehud_n 76_o long_a time_n but_o the_o exact_a place_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n where_o and_o the_o exact_a ehud_n 77_o time_n in_o chronicle_n when_o to_o lay_v any_o particular_a of_o those_o occurrence_n be_v not_o ehud_n 78_o ehud_n 79_o to_o be_v find_v nor_o determine_v world_n 2690_o ehud_n 80_o ehud_n die_v the_o book_n of_o ruth_n towards_o the_o aim_v and_o conclude_v upon_o the_o time_n of_o the_o story_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n these_o thing_n may_v not_o unprofitable_o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n 1._o that_o salmon_n who_o come_v with_o joshua_n into_o the_o land_n marry_v rahab_n and_o of_o she_o beget_v boaz_n who_o marry_v ruth_n matth._n 1._o 5._o 2._o that_o from_o salmon_n come_v into_o the_o land_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o david_n be_v 366_o year_n namely_o 17_o of_o joshua_n 299_o of_o judge_n 40_o of_o eli_n and_o 10_o of_o samuel_n and_o yet_o be_v this_o long_a space_n of_o time_n take_v up_o by_o four_o man_n viz._n salmon_n before_o he_o beget_v boaz_n of_o rahab_n and_o boaz_n before_o he_o beget_v obed_n of_o ruth_n and_o obed_n before_o he_o beget_v jesse_n and_o jesse_n before_o he_o beget_v david_n so_o that_o you_o must_v allow_v to_o every_o one_o of_o they_o near_o upon_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o beget_v his_o son_n 3._o that_o from_o their_o come_n into_o canaan_n to_o ehud_n death_n be_v 137_o year_n 4._o now_o grant_v that_o rahab_n live_v sixty_o year_n in_o israel_n before_o she_o have_v boaz_n by_o salmon_n and_o that_o boaz_n live_v a_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o be_v marry_v to_o ruth_n both_o which_o be_v fair_a allowance_n yet_o will_v this_o his_o marriage_n with_o ruth_n fall_v but_o three_o year_n after_o ehud_n death_n so_o that_o this_o book_n of_o ruth_n may_v be_v take_v in_o between_o the_o three_o and_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n the_o book_n of_o ruth_n set_v out_o the_o great_a providence_n of_o god_n in_o bring_v light_n out_o of_o darkness_n ruth_n a_o mother_n of_o christ_n out_o of_o the_o incest_n of_o lot_n a_o special_a mark_n over_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o story_n of_o lot_n elder_a daughter_n lie_v with_o her_o father_n gen._n 19_o 34._o and_o a_o special_a mark_n in_o a_o great_a letter_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o story_n of_o ruth_n go_v to_o boaz_n his_o bed_n ruth_n 4._o 13._o seem_v to_o relate_v one_o to_o the_o other_o and_o both_o together_o to_o point_v at_o this_o providence_n boaz_n bear_v of_o a_o heathen_a woman_n and_o marry_v to_o a_o heathen_a woman_n but_o both_o these_o become_v israelite_n and_o holy_a after_o the_o read_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n the_o reader_n and_o story_n return_v to_o the_o four_o of_o judge_n judge_n chap._n iu._n v._n world_n 2691_o deborah_n 1_o deborah_n 2_o deborah_n and_o barak_n forty_o year_n begin_v israel_n after_o the_o death_n deborah_n 3_o of_o ehud_n fall_n to_o their_o old_a idolatry_n again_o and_o for_o that_o ere_o long_o fall_v under_o deborah_n 4_o deborah_n 5_o oppression_n shamgar_o get_v one_o wonderful_a victory_n for_o they_o but_o wrought_v deborah_n 6_o not_o a_o perfect_a deliverance_n deborab_n a_o woman_n of_o ephraim_n arise_v after_o he_o and_o deborah_n 7_o deborah_n 8_o judge_v the_o people_n she_o be_v a_o prophetess_n and_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n stir_v deborah_n 9_o up_o barak_n of_o nephtali_n to_o fight_v with_o sisera_n who_o he_o overcome_v by_o a_o army_n deborah_n 10_o of_o galilean_n but_o sisera_n himself_o fall_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o proselytess_n woman_n deborah_n 11_o deborah_n 12_o then_o deborah_n and_o barak_n sing_v here_o the_o man_n of_o nephtali_n give_v goodly_a deborah_n 13_o word_n they_o tell_v the_o sad_a case_n of_o israel_n in_o shamgar_n and_o jaels_n time_n before_o the_o deborah_n 14_o deborah_n 15_o victory_n be_v get_v over_o sisera_n that_o man_n dare_v not_o go_v in_o the_o common_a way_n nor_o deborah_n 16_o dwell_v in_o village_n and_o unwall_v town_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n the_o rich_a and_o deborah_n 17_o deborah_n 18_o gallant_a man_n that_o use_v to_o ride_v on_o white_a ass_n dare_v not_o ride_v in_o those_o time_n and_o deborah_n 19_o the_o ruler_n dare_v not_o sit_v in_o judgement_n for_o fear_n of_o be_v surprise_v and_o people_n deborah_n 20_o deborah_n 21_o dare_v not_o go_v to_o the_o town_n well_n to_o draw_v water_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n archer_n deborah_n 22_o but_o now_o all_o these_o may_v speak_v of_o the_o act_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o forsake_a village_n deborah_n 23_o deborah_n 24_o and_o towards_o the_o forlorn_a place_n of_o judicature_n in_o the_o gate_n for_o they_o
and_o only_o salve_v it_o with_o make_v a_o statute_n for_o her_o yearly_a lamentation_n in_o some_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n the_o high-priesthood_n be_v translate_v from_o the_o line_n of_o eleazar_n to_o the_o line_n of_o ithamar_n as_o appear_v in_o eli_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n of_o samuel_n now_o in_o all_o the_o story_n of_o the_o judge_n we_o find_v not_o any_o one_o thing_n so_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o root_a out_o of_o that_o house_n from_o the_o priesthood_n as_o about_o this_o matter_n of_o jephtah_n they_o not_o instruct_v he_o better_a but_o suffer_v such_o a_o butchery_n for_o a_o sacrifice_n jephtah_n have_v a_o new_a quarrel_n with_o the_o ephraimite_n and_o slay_v 42000_o of_o they_o discover_v they_o by_o the_o mis-pronouncing_a of_o a_o letter_n he_o may_v have_v offer_v many_o word_n that_o have_v shall_z double_v in_o they_o as_o shemesh_n the_o sun_n shelosha_n three_o shalsheleh_n a_o chain_n but_o the_o word_n propose_v be_v shiboleh_n because_o of_o the_o present_a occasion_n it_o signify_v a_o stream_n and_o the_o ephraimite_n be_v put_v to_o call_v the_o stream_n that_o they_o desire_v to_o pass_v over_o by_o the_o right_a name_n and_o they_o can_v not_o name_v it_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 8_o 9_o 10._o world_n 2825_o jephtach_v 1_o jephtach_v 2_o ibsan_n judge_v seven_o year_n he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o bethlehem_n and_o thereupon_o jephtach_v 3_o imagine_v by_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v boaz_n without_o any_o ground_n or_o reason_n for_o since_o jephtach_v 4_o jephtach_v 5_o rahab_n the_o mother_n of_o boaz_n be_v take_v into_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n be_v 270_o jephtach_v 6_o year_n and_o then_o guess_v whether_o boaz_n be_v likely_a to_o be_v active_a now_o ibsan_n be_v renown_v jephtach_v 7_o for_o the_o number_n and_o equality_n of_o the_o number_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n chap._n xiii_o and_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 11_o 12._o world_n 2832_o elon_n 1_o elon_n judge_v ten_o year_n he_o be_v a_o galilean_a of_o zebulon_n in_o the_o ten_o elon_n 2_o year_n of_o ibsan_n the_o philistines_n forty_o year_n of_o oppress_v begin_v mention_v elon_n 3_o chap._n 13._o verse_n 1._o samson_n be_v bear_v about_o this_o year_n if_o not_o in_o it_o for_o when_o the_o elon_n 4_o angel_n tell_v of_o his_o conception_n the_o philistines_n be_v lord_n over_o israel_n see_v elon_n 5_o verse_n 5._o the_o story_n of_o his_o birth_n be_v join_v to_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n that_o there_o elon_n 6_o might_n be_v no_o interruption_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o judge_n before_o he_o and_o that_o the_o elon_n 7_o whole_a history_n of_o his_o life_n and_o birth_n may_v lie_v together_o but_o in_o chronical_a series_n elon_n 8_o it_o lie_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o elon_n elon_n 9_o elon_n 10_o jesse_n the_o father_n of_o david_n bear_v by_o this_o time_n if_o not_o before_o chap._n xii_o vers._n 13_o 14_o 15._o world_n 2842_o elon_n 1_o abdon_n judge_v eight_o year_n he_o be_v exceed_o renown_v for_o his_o elon_n 2_o child_n have_v as_o many_o young_a noble_n and_o gallant_n to_o his_o son_n and_o elon_n 3_o granchildren_n as_o will_v make_v a_o whole_a sanhedrin_n namely_o seventy_o and_o himself_o elon_n 4_o the_o head_n he_o be_v a_o ephraimite_n of_o pirathon_n and_o so_o joseph_n glory_n elon_n 5_o shine_v again_o in_o ephraim_n as_o it_o have_v do_v in_o joshua_n before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o elon_n 6_o judge_n and_o have_v do_v in_o manasseh_n in_o the_o judge_n time_n in_o gedeon_n jair_a elon_n 7_o and_o jephtah_n ephraim_n low_a estate_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o abimelech_n and_o shechem_n be_v elon_n 8_o now_o somewhat_o recover_v in_o abdon_n chap._n fourteen_o xv._o xvi_o world_n 2850_o elon_n 1_o samson_n judge_v twenty_o year_n a_o man_n of_o dan_o be_v so_o as_o ephraim_n elon_n 2_o and_o dan_n have_v breed_v the_o first_o idolatry_n they_o yield_v the_o last_o judge_n he_o elon_n 3_o be_v bear_v supernatural_o of_o a_o barren_a woman_n and_o become_v the_o first_o nazarite_n elon_n 4_o we_o have_v upon_o record_n he_o kill_v a_o lion_n without_o any_o weapon_n findeth_z honey_n elon_n 5_o in_o the_o carcase_n propose_v a_o parable_n to_o thirty_o philistim_a gallant_n which_o elon_n 6_o in_o three_o day_n they_o can_v unriddle_v and_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n say_v the_o text_n elon_n 7_o they_o say_v unto_o his_o wife_n persuade_v thy_o husband_n chap._n 14._o vers_fw-la 15._o that_o be_v elon_n 8_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n their_o irreligiousness_n not_o mind_v that_o day_n and_o now_o elon_n 9_o find_v the_o fit_a opportunity_n of_o talk_v with_o his_o wife_n alone_o samson_n be_v elon_n 10_o employ_v about_o the_o sabbath_n duty_n he_o pay_v they_o with_o their_o own_o countrymens_n elon_n 11_o spoil_n fire_v the_o philistines_n corn_n with_o three_o hundred_o fox_n be_v destroy_a elon_n 12_o they_o all_o his_o life_n but_o destroy_v more_o at_o his_o death_n a_o type_n of_o christ._n elon_n 13_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o philistines_n be_v say_v to_o bear_v rule_n and_o oppress_v israel_n elon_n 14_o all_o samson_n day_n chap._n 13._o 1._o the_o lord_n deliver_v israel_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o elon_n 15_o philistines_n forty_o year_n and_o chap._n 15._o 20._o and_o samson_n judge_v israel_n in_o the_o day_n elon_n 16_o of_o the_o philistines_n twenty_o year_n this_o help_v clear_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o elon_n 17_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n be_v include_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o so_o elon_n 18_o end_v the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n in_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n though_o elon_n 19_o the_o posture_n of_o the_o book_n itself_o do_v end_n in_o another_o story_n no_o judge_n of_o all_o elon_n 20_o the_o twelve_o have_v fall_v into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n and_o under_o their_o abuse_n but_o only_a samson_n but_o he_o slay_v more_o at_o his_o death_n then_o while_o he_o be_v live_v the_o first_o book_n of_o samuel_n this_o book_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o 80_o year_n viz._n from_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n who_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n glorious_o to_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n who_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n wretched_o this_o time_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o equal_a portion_n namely_o 40_o year_n to_o eli_n 1_o sam._n 4._o 18._o and_o 40_o year_n to_o samuel_n and_o saul_n act_v 13._o 21._o chap._n i._n ii_o iii_o world_n 2870_o eli_n 1_o eli_n judge_v 40_o year_n he_o be_v of_o ithamar_n for_o eleazers_n line_n have_v lose_v the_o eli_n 2_o high_a priesthood_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n it_o have_v be_v in_o that_o family_n eli_n 3_o seven_o generation_n viz._n eleazar_n phineas_n abishua_n bukki_n uzzi_n zerahiah_n meraioth_n eli_n 4_o eli_n 5_o 1_o chron._n 6._o 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o there_o it_o fail_v till_o the_o seven_o generation_n after_o eli_n 6_o namely_o through_o the_o time_n of_o amaziah_n ahitub_n zadok_v ahimaaz_n azaria_n johanan_n eli_n 7_o and_o then_o come_v azariah_n and_o he_o execute_v this_o office_n in_o the_o temple_n eli_n 8_o that_o solomon_n build_v 1_o chron._n 6._o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o observe_v these_o six_o that_o fail_v of_o the_o eli_n 9_o high_a priesthood_n leave_v out_o of_o the_o genealogy_n ezra_n 7._o 3_o 4._o eli_n be_v the_o first_o of_o eli_n 10_o the_o other_o line_n that_o obtain_v it_o and_o it_o run_v through_o these_o descent_n eli_n phineas_n eli_n 11_o ahitub_n ahimelech_n abiathar_n 1_o sam._n 14._o 3._o &_o 22._o 20._o &_o 1_o king_n 2._o 26._o samuel_n eli_n 12_o eli_n 13_o the_o son_n of_o his_o mother_n prayer_n tear_n and_o vow_n be_v bear_v in_o country_n in_o in_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o sam._n 1._o 1._o that_o be_v of_o one_o of_o the_o two_o ramah_n to_o wit_n that_o of_o the_o zophites_n of_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o ephraim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v construe_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 1_o sam._n 18._o 2._o one_o of_o two_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v construe_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d josh._n 21._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 1._o 39_o 5._o not_o the_o hill_n of_o ephraim_n but_o the_o hill_n country_n aramathea_n the_o eli_n 14_o twenty_o from_o levi_n of_o the_o offspring_n of_o korah_n who_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o eli_n 15_o the_o ground_n 1_o chron._n 6._o and_o numb_a 26._o 11._o he_o have_v murmur_v at_o the_o priesthood_n eli_n 16_o and_o magistracy_n and_o now_o one_o of_o his_o line_n be_v raise_v up_o to_o repair_v both_o when_o eli_n 17_o they_o be_v decay_v samuel_n be_v a_o vow_a nazarite_n and_o dedicate_v at_o the_o
month_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 19_o which_o the_o rabbin_n interpret_v and_o one_o officer_n which_o be_v in_o the_o land_n for_o the_o leap-year_n or_o for_o the_o thirteen_o month_n which_o befall_v every_o three_o year_n solomon_n have_v four_o thousand_o stable_n of_o horse_n and_o chariot_n 2_o chron._n 9_o 25._o that_o be_v forty_o thousand_o stall_n of_o horse_n for_o his_o chariot_n 1_o king_n 4._o 2._o one_o horse_n in_o every_o stall_n and_o ten_o horse_n to_o a_o chariot_n and_o in_o a_o stable_a so_o seven_o hundred_o chariot_n 2_o sam._n 10._o 18._o be_v render_v seven_o thousand_o 1_o chron._n 19_o 18._o that_o be_v seven_o thousand_o man_n with_o seven_o hundred_o chariot_n ten_o to_o a_o chariot_n solomon_n be_v say_v to_o be_v wise_a than_o heman_n and_o ethan_n and_o chalcol_n and_o darda_fw-it that_o be_v in_o humane_a learning_n for_o these_o man_n live_v in_o egypt_n in_o the_o time_n of_o israel_n affliction_n there_o and_o it_o seem_v be_v singular_o skill_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o solomon_n go_v beyond_o they_o in_o philosophy_n chap._n ii_o from_o vers_n 39_o to_o the_o end_n and_o chap._n iii_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o solomon_n three_o year_n or_o beginning_n of_o his_o four_o shimei_n compass_v his_o own_o death_n by_o break_v the_o bond_n and_o bound_n of_o his_o consinement_n and_o as_o the_o jew_n hold_v solomon_n after_o that_o marry_v pharaoh_n daughter_n the_o time_n be_v uncertain_a and_o the_o determination_n of_o it_o not_o much_o material_a solomon_n prefer_v she_o before_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o wife_n for_o they_o be_v of_o nation_n that_o be_v his_o subject_n but_o she_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o entire_a king_n and_o by_o this_o match_n he_o alli_v that_o potent_a king_n to_o he_o and_o secure_v himself_o the_o better_a abroad_o especial_o from_o hadad_n his_o enemy_n who_o have_v marry_v a_o lady_n from_o the_o same_o court_n 1_o king_n 11._o 19_o chap._n vi_o all_o and_o vii_o from_z vers_n 13._o to_o the_o end_n 2_o chron._n iii_o iv_o world_n 2993_o solomon_n 4_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n lay_v on_o mount_n moriah_n where_o isaac_n have_v solomon_n 5_o be_v offer_v it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v solomon_n 6_o lay_v in_o solomon_n four_o year_n in_o the_o month_n zif_fw-mi or_o the_o second_o month_n and_o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n in_o the_o month_n bullaker_n which_o be_v the_o eight_o month_n it_o be_v finish_v and_o solomon_n 7_o solomon_n 8_o so_o be_v he_o seven_o year_n in_o build_v it_o it_o be_v exact_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n solomon_n 9_o in_o building_n but_o the_o odd_a six_o month_n be_v omit_v for_o roundness_n of_o the_o sum_n as_o solomon_n 10_o the_o six_o odd_a month_n be_v of_o david_n reign_v in_o hebron_n compare_v 1_o king_n 2._o 11_o with_o 2_o sam._n 5._o 5._o now_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o 1_o king_n relate_v the_o story_n of_o solomon_n building_n his_o own_o house_n before_o it_o come_v to_o mention_v the_o furniture_n of_o the_o temple_n because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v mention_v all_o solomon_n fabric_n together_o or_o the_o pile_n of_o his_o building_n before_o it_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o furniture_n of_o any_o chap._n viii_o all_o 2_o chron._n v._o &_o vi_o &_o vii_o to_o ver_fw-la 11._o world_n 3000_o solomon_n 11_o the_o temple_n finish_v in_o the_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o dedicate_v by_o solomon_n with_o sacrifice_n and_o prayer_n and_o by_o the_o lord_n with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o the_o cloud_n of_o glory_n this_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v in_o the_o month_n tisri_n or_o ethanim_fw-la the_o seven_o month_n answer_v to_o part_n of_o our_o september_n at_o which_o time_n of_o the_o year_n our_o saviour_n who_o this_o temple_n typify_v joh._n 2._o 19_o be_v bear_v and_o 29_o year_n after_o baptise_a and_o thus_o have_v we_o a_o account_n of_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n begin_v with_o the_o creation_n and_o end_v with_o the_o finish_n of_o solomon_n temple_n chap._n vii_o from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o vers_n 13._o world_n 3001_o solomon_n 12_o solomon_n after_o the_o build_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n build_v his_o solomon_n 13_o own_o house_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o build_v a_o summer_n house_n in_o lebanon_n and_o a_o solomon_n 14_o house_n for_o pharaoh_n daughter_n and_o his_o own_o throne_n so_o sumptuous_a as_o there_o be_v solomon_n 15_o not_o the_o like_a and_o thus_o do_v he_o take_v up_o twenty_o year_n in_o this_o kind_n of_o work_n in_o solomon_n 16_o building_n the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o own_o house_n his_o wisdom_n power_n solomon_n 17_o solomon_n 18_o peace_n and_o magnificence_n exceed_v all_o king_n upon_o earth_n do_v make_v he_o not_o only_a solomon_n 19_o renown_a among_o all_o people_n but_o also_o in_o these_o he_o become_v a_o type_n of_o christ._n solomon_n 20_o thus_o high_a in_o all_o eminency_n and_o perfection_n that_o earth_n can_v afford_v do_v the_o solomon_n 21_o lord_n exalt_v he_o and_o yet_o afterward_o suffer_v he_o so_o foul_o to_o fall_v that_o he_o like_v solomon_n 22_o adam_n in_o happiness_n may_v exemplify_v that_o no_o earthly_a felicity_n can_v be_v durable_a and_o solomon_n 23_o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v trust_v to_o but_o all_o thing_n vanity_n but_o the_o kingdom_n solomon_n 24_o that_o be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n chap._n ix_o from_o beginning_n to_o vers._n 10._o 2_o chron._n vii_o from_o vers._n 11._o to_o the_o end_n solomon_n have_v a_o answer_n to_o his_o prayer_n make_v in_o the_o temple_n thirteen_o year_n ago_o then_o the_o lord_n make_v a_o return_n to_o it_o by_o fire_n and_o a_o cloud_n and_o here_o he_o do_v the_o like_a again_o by_o a_o apparition_n this_o be_v the_o second_o time_n that_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o the_o first_o be_v when_o he_o be_v even_o enter_v and_o begin_n upon_o his_o kingdom_n and_o this_o be_v now_o he_o be_v come_v to_o the_o height_n of_o settlement_n and_o prosperity_n in_o it_o chap._n ix_o from_o vers._n 10._o to_o the_o end_n 2_o chron._n viii_o all_o solomon_n 25_o solomon_n build_v city_n up_o and_o down_o the_o country_n conquer_v solomon_n 26_o hamath_n zobah_n settle_v pharaoh_n daughter_n in_o the_o house_n he_o have_v build_v for_o she_o solomon_n 27_o set_v out_o a_o fleet_n at_o ezion-geber_n for_o ophir_n be_v grow_v still_o more_o and_o solomon_n 28_o more_o potent_a rich_a and_o magnificent_a be_v constant_a still_o and_o forward_o in_o religion_n solomon_n 29_o and_o offer_v a_o constant_a rate_n of_o sacrifice_n every_o day_n and_o extraordinary_a one_o at_o solomon_n 30_o the_o solemn_a festivity_n the_o book_n of_o the_o proverb_n among_o the_o story_n of_o solomon_n renown_n in_o other_o thing_n may_v be_v insert_v also_o and_o conceive_v his_o utter_v of_o his_o proverb_n 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may_v do_v his_o work_n all_o the_o day_n and_o not_o receive_v his_o wage_n at_o even_o but_o if_o our_o father_n have_v know_v that_o there_o be_v a_o world_n to_o come_v and_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a they_o will_v never_o have_v say_v thus_o they_o stand_v up_o and_o separate_v from_o the_o law_n and_o from_o they_o break_v out_o the_o two_o sect_n the_o sadducee_n and_o baithusaean_n the_o sadducee_n after_o the_o name_n of_o sadoc_n and_o the_o baithusaean_n after_o the_o name_n of_o baithus_n so_o he_o now_o this_o antigonus_n who_o good_a doctrine_n have_v this_o bad_a construction_n be_v scholar_n to_o simeon_n the_o just_a who_o we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o look_v after_o by_o and_o by_o but_o the_o time_n and_o
from_o above_o but_o from_o the_o temple_n as_o isa._n 66._o 6._o and_o this_o can_v hardly_o be_v deny_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o their_o bath_n kol_n voice_n and_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v the_o jewish_a author_n in_o every_o place_n where_o they_o give_v example_n of_o this_o their_o bath_n kol_n it_o will_v appear_v rather_o to_o be_v such_o a_o voice_n as_o come_v to_o samuel_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o perpendicular_a descend_a voice_n that_o he_o can_v not_o distinguish_v whether_o it_o be_v the_o call_n of_o elimine_n second_o because_o whereas_o the_o jew_n repute_v their_o bath_n kol_n both_o the_o last_o and_o the_o low_a kind_n of_o divine_a revelation_n among_o they_o this_o kind_n of_o a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n be_v both_o most_o ancient_a as_o gen._n 21._o 17._o &_o 22._o 11._o and_o also_o most_o honourable_a exod._n 20._o 22._o deut._n 4._o 33_o 36._o §._o from_o heaven_n the_o opinion_n that_o these_o word_n be_v speak_v by_o a_o angel_n depute_v by_o god_n for_o that_o purpose_n which_o some_o do_v hold_v be_v not_o only_o improper_a but_o also_o dangerous_a improper_a because_o it_o cross_v a_o plain_a and_o facile_a text_n and_o dangerous_a because_o it_o bring_v a_o create_a angel_n into_o a_o kind_n of_o equality_n and_o copartnership_n with_o the_o sacred_a trinity_n for_o first_o why_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o surmise_n of_o such_o a_o angel_n utter_v these_o word_n unless_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o god_n can_v not_o utter_v they_o himself_o second_o as_o paul_n say_v to_o which_o of_o the_o angel_n say_v god_n at_o any_o time_n thou_o be_v my_o son_n so_o may_v it_o be_v say_v much_o more_o which_o of_o the_o angel_n ever_o dare_v or_o may_v call_v christ_n his_o son_n three_o peter_n speak_v of_o the_o parallel_n or_o like_o voice_n to_o this_o which_o be_v utter_v at_o our_o saviour_n transfiguration_n he_o say_v it_o come_v from_o the_o excellent_a glory_n which_o doubtless_o show_v more_o than_o from_o a_o angel_n 2_o pet._n 1._o 17._o matth._n 3._o ver._n 17._o this_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n in_o who_o i_o be_o well_o please_v in_o mark_n and_o luke_n it_o be_v thou_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o matthew_n express_v it_o this_o be_v which_o though_o it_o show_v some_o difference_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o material_a nor_o do_v the_o difference_n breed_v so_o much_o difficulty_n as_o it_o do_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o reader_n and_o fullness_n to_o the_o story_n for_o the_o two_o evangelist_n first_o name_v relate_v it_o as_o speak_v to_o christ_n for_o the_o seal_n of_o his_o person_n and_o in_o answer_n to_o his_o prayer_n but_o the_o other_o express_v it_o only_o as_o speak_v of_o christ_n and_o not_o to_o he_o but_o point_v he_o out_o to_o the_o notice_n of_o john_n now_o this_o whole_a speech_n be_v take_v from_o 2_o sam._n 7._o 14._o psal._n 89._o 26_o 27._o and_o isa._n 42._o 1._o and_o when_o it_o be_v utter_v again_o from_o heaven_n at_o our_o saviour_n transfiguration_n this_o addition_n hear_v he_o be_v put_v to_o it_o matth._n 17._o 5._o luke_n 9_o 35._o seal_v he_o then_o for_o the_o great_a prophet_n of_o his_o church_n who_o all_o must_v hear_v deut._n 18._o 15._o as_o it_o seal_v he_o now_o for_o the_o high_a priest_n of_o his_o church_n be_v now_o to_o enter_v into_o his_o ministry_n luke_n 3._o ver_fw-la 23._o and_o jesus_n himself_o begin_v to_o be_v about_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n agreeable_a to_o this_o age_n of_o christ_n when_o he_o begin_v his_o ministry_n be_v the_o age_n of_o the_o priest_n when_o they_o enter_v their_o office_n numb_a 4._o 3._o the_o age_n of_o joseph_n when_o he_o come_v to_o promotion_n gen._n 41._o 46._o and_o the_o age_n of_o david_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o sam._n 5._o 4._o now_o how_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v be_v some_o controversy_n some_o there_o be_v that_o take_v it_o thus_o that_o jesus_n be_v now_o full_o and_o perfect_o thirty_o other_o thus_o that_o he_o now_o begin_v or_o draw_v on_o to_o be_v full_a thirty_o and_o so_o preach_v three_o year_n and_o six_o month_n that_o he_o die_v at_o thirty_o three_o year_n old_a and_o a_o half_a but_o this_o interpretation_n the_o phrase_n use_v by_o the_o evangelist_n and_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a manner_n of_o the_o scripture_n reckon_v of_o the_o age_n of_o man_n and_o of_o other_o thing_n do_v sufficient_o contradict_v for_o first_o in_o that_o luke_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v baptize_v begin_v to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v thirty_o the_o word_n beginning_n to_o be_v deni_v his_o be_v thirty_o complete_a and_o the_o word_n as_o it_o be_v deni_v his_o draw_v upon_o thirty_o complete_a likewise_o for_o if_o he_o be_v full_a thirty_o than_o he_o begin_v not_o to_o be_v so_o and_o if_o he_o be_v draw_v on_o to_o full_a thirty_o than_o be_v he_o not_o draw_v to_o as_o it_o be_v thirty_o but_o to_o thirty_o indeed_o by_o the_o phrase_n therefore_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o he_o be_v now_o nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n complete_a and_o just_a now_o enter_v upon_o his_o thirty_o and_o this_o the_o evangelist_n hint_v so_o clear_o that_o it_o need_v not_o much_o confirmation_n for_o that_o he_o be_v in_o his_o thirty_o current_n and_o not_o complete_v be_v plain_a by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v thirty_o that_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a after_o a_o certain_a reckon_n and_o that_o he_o be_v but_o now_o enter_v upon_o this_o his_o thirty_o current_n be_v as_o plain_a by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o begin_v but_o to_o be_v so_o to_o which_o also_o second_o may_v be_v add_v the_o common_a and_o current_a use_n of_o scripture_n in_o reckon_n of_o age_n either_o of_o man_n or_o beast_n to_o account_v the_o year_n which_o they_o be_v now_o pass_v for_o a_o year_n of_o their_o age_n be_v it_o never_o so_o new_o or_o late_o begin_v example_n of_o this_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o give_v the_o thing_n be_v so_o usual_a and_o obvious_a to_o every_o eye_n so_o that_o now_o to_o take_v up_o the_o time_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o our_o saviour_n according_a to_o this_o computation_n they_o result_v to_o this_o first_o that_o since_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3928._o stilo_fw-it veteri_fw-la but_o new_o begin_v he_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3957._o but_o new_o begin_v by_o the_o same_o stile_n likewise_o second_o that_o since_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o tisri_n he_o be_v also_o baptize_v in_o tisri_n three_o that_o since_o his_o last_o residence_n in_o bethlehem_n to_o his_o first_o appear_v public_o in_o the_o work_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v full_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n all_o which_o time_n he_o have_v live_v either_o in_o nazareth_n the_o town_n of_o his_o mother_n or_o in_o capernaum_n the_o town_n of_o his_o suppose_a father_n and_o so_o his_o birth_n in_o bethlehem_n be_v utter_o grow_v out_o of_o the_o thought_n and_o observation_n of_o the_o people_n four_o that_o he_o have_v now_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a to_o labour_v in_o the_o gospel_n from_o his_o baptism_n to_o his_o crucify_a rabbi_n janna_n say_v three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a the_o glory_n of_o god_n stand_v upon_o mount_n olivet_n and_o preach_v say_v seek_v the_o lord_n while_o he_o may_v be_v find_v call_v upon_o he_o while_o he_o be_v near_o midr._fw-la tillin_n five_o that_o he_o live_v but_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o that_o his_o thirty_o year_n be_v the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o preach_n and_o not_o the_o last_o year_n of_o his_o private_a life_n compare_v the_o date_n of_o david_n reign_n in_o jerusalem_n 1_o chron._n 29._o 27._o the_o time_n that_o david_n reign_v over_o israel_n be_v forty_o year_n seven_o year_n reign_v he_o in_o hebron_n and_o thirty_o three_o year_n reign_v he_o in_o heirusalem_n exact_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n reign_v he_o in_o hebron_n 2_o sam._n 5._o 5._o and_o then_o thirty_o and_o two_o year_n and_o six_o month_n reign_v he_o in_o jerusalem_n six_o that_o if_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v exact_o forty_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n death_n as_o it_o be_v apparent_a it_o be_v both_o in_o christian_a and_o heathen_a story_n than_o that_o destruction_n of_o it_o befall_v just_a in_o the_o four_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o as_o the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n have_v be_v finish_v anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la exact_o 3000_o so_o in_o anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la exact_o 4000_o both_o the_o city_n and_o the_o temple_n that_o then_o be_v be_v destroy_v never_o to_o be_v repair_v or_o rebuilt_a
better_o than_o to_o use_v a_o expression_n from_o the_o morning_n and_o evening_n lamb_n that_o be_v offer_v at_o jerusalem_n for_o beside_o that_o 1._o john_n have_v have_v new_o to_o deal_v with_o priest_n and_o levites_n who_o chief_a employment_n be_v about_o that_o lamb._n and_o 2._o beside_o that_o it_o be_v about_o sacrifice_n time_n on_o the_o second_o day_n when_o john_n use_v these_o word_n between_o three_o and_o four_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n ver_fw-la 39_o and_o beside_o that_o 3._o the_o lamb_n represent_v the_o innocency_n and_o purity_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o be_v without_o spot_n and_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n in_o be_v offer_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n mart._n epist._n ad_fw-la tarsenses_n it_o be_v 4._o most_o proper_a and_o pertinent_a to_o the_o doctrine_n and_o preach_v of_o john_n which_o he_o have_v use_v before_o to_o use_v now_o such_o a_o epithet_n for_o christ_n when_o he_o come_v in_o sight_n for_o he_o have_v still_o speak_v of_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n still_o to_o all_o that_o have_v come_v to_o be_v baptize_v mar._n 1._o 4._o a_o doctrine_n not_o usual_a among_o they_o that_o stand_v upon_o their_o own_o righteousness_n and_o performance_n of_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o when_o christ_n first_o appear_v he_o from_o a_o allusion_n to_o the_o daily_a lamb_n upon_o who_o head_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n be_v confess_v and_o lay_v show_v how_o remission_n of_o sin_n come_v indeed_o namely_o by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o this_o lamb_n of_o god_n christ_n who_o shall_v bear_v and_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n as_o that_o lamb_n do_v in_o figure_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o jew_n vers._n 31._o and_o i_o know_v he_o not_o the_o clause_n be_v speak_v to_o and_o explain_v in_o the_o note_n on_o matth._n 3._o 14._o §._o but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v make_v manifest_a to_o israel_n therefore_o be_o i_o come_v baptise_v the_o baptism_n of_o john_n do_v tend_v to_o the_o manifest_v of_o christ_n especial_o two_o way_n 1._o because_o by_o the_o strangeness_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o the_o wonder_n of_o such_o a_o baptism_n as_o he_o be_v the_o eye_n of_o all_o the_o people_n be_v draw_v to_o look_v after_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o it_o for_o though_o his_o baptism_n for_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o baptism_n so_o well_o know_v among_o the_o jew_n as_o be_v observe_v before_o yet_o be_v the_o doctrine_n and_o end_n of_o it_o so_o strange_a to_o they_o that_o it_o put_v the_o whole_a nation_n to_o a_o enquiry_n what_o be_v in_o it_o and_o 2._o then_o do_v john_n preach_v christ_n as_o ready_a to_o come_v to_o every_o one_o that_o come_v to_o be_v baptize_v vers._n 39_o they_o come_v and_o see_v where_o he_o dwell_v it_o be_v questionable_a whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o do_v intimate_v his_o inn_n or_o his_o habitation_n but_o i_o rather_o understand_v the_o latter_a and_o that_o the_o place_n be_v capernaum_n where_o christ_n have_v a_o habitation_n and_o be_v a_o member_n or_o citizen_n of_o that_o city_n for_o though_o he_o be_v a_o nazarite_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o mother_n house_n and_o residence_n yet_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o be_v a_o carpernaite_n by_o his_o father_n joseph_n for_o 1._o observe_v that_o capernaum_n be_v call_v his_o own_o city_n matth._n 9_o 1._o compare_v with_o mar._n 2._o 1._o 2._o there_o he_o pay_v tribute_n as_o the_o proper_a place_n where_o he_o shall_v pay_v it_o matth._n 17._o 24._o 3._o when_o he_o be_v refuse_v at_o nazaret_n his_o mother_n town_n he_o go_v down_o to_o capernaum_n his_o father_n luke_n 4._o 31._o 4._o his_o resort_n to_o capernaum_n be_v very_o frequent_a and_o his_o abode_n there_o very_a much_o john_n 2._o 11._o luke_n 4._o 31._o john_n 6._o 17._o luke_n 10._o 15._o 5._o that_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v very_o well_o know_v there_o john_n 6._o 42._o 6._o that_o in_o regard_n of_o this_o frequency_n of_o christ_n be_v in_o this_o town_n and_o its_o interest_n in_o he_o as_o a_o inhabitant_n and_o member_n of_o it_o capernaum_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n now_o capernaum_n stand_v upon_o the_o bank_n of_o jordan_n and_o on_o the_o very_a point_n of_o the_o lake_n of_o genazaret_n as_o jordan_n begin_v to_o spread_v itself_o into_o that_o lake_n he_o and_o these_o disciple_n that_o go_v with_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o water_n before_o they_o come_v thither_o for_o now_o they_o be_v on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n where_o john_n baptize_v vers._n 40._o one_o of_o the_o two_o be_v andrew_n simon_n peter_n brother_n who_o the_o other_o be_v it_o be_v uncertain_a and_o undeterminable_a possible_o it_o may_v be_v the_o evangelist_n john_n himself_o but_o there_o be_v no_o fix_v on_o he_o or_o any_o other_o particular_a man_n but_o this_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o peter_n be_v not_o the_o first_o that_o come_v in_o for_o a_o disciple_n to_o christ_n but_o his_o brother_n andrew_n and_o another_o and_o it_o be_v well_o he_o be_v not_o the_o first_o that_o so_o much_o of_o the_o romanist_n boasting_n may_v be_v stop_v §._o we_o have_v find_v the_o messiah_n andrew_n speak_v 1._o in_o reference_n to_o the_o expectation_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o look_v so_o much_o and_o so_o earnest_o for_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o for_o his_o come_n at_o this_o time_n 2._o in_o reference_n to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o nation_n that_o hold_v that_o when_o christ_n come_v none_o shall_v know_v whence_o he_o be_v joh._n 7._o 27._o and_o 3._o in_o reference_n to_o the_o common_a and_o constant_a testimony_n of_o john_n that_o speak_v so_o much_o of_o christ_n to_o come_v after_o he_o the_o word_n messiah_n do_v sole_o and_o singular_o betoken_v christ_n as_o it_o be_v interpret_v most_o pertinent_o by_o the_o evangelist_n here_o and_o chap._n 4._o 25._o for_o though_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hebrew_n in_o the_o scripture_n signify_v any_o anoint_a one_o whatsoever_o yet_o in_o this_o greek_a form_n messiah_n it_o never_o signify_v but_o only_a christ._n nor_o be_v the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v in_o hebrew_a author_n but_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o so_o it_o be_v use_v infinite_o among_o they_o sometime_o set_v single_a without_o any_o other_o addition_n and_o very_o often_o with_o this_o addition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n messiah_n as_o he_o that_o be_v never_o so_o little_o verse_v in_o jewish_a author_n will_v find_v in_o great_a variety_n in_o this_o propriety_n the_o word_n be_v use_v dan._n 9_o 25_o 26._o and_o so_o be_v it_o confess_v by_o the_o ancient_a jew_n though_o the_o modern_a will_v elude_v it_o the_o jew_n of_o the_o talmud_n age_n say_v that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v speak_v of_o in_o the_o book_n of_o cetubhim_n aim_v at_o this_o place_n but_o how_o the_o latter_a generation_n turn_v off_o such_o a_o sensee_fw-mi see_v in_o r._n saadias_n and_o rab._n sol._n in_o loc_n etc._n etc._n vers._n 42._o thou_o be_v simon_n christ_n name_v he_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n and_o hereby_o show_v that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n in_o that_o he_o can_v thus_o name_n simon_n and_o his_o father_n with_o who_o he_o have_v have_v no_o converse_n before_o simon_n or_o simeon_n as_o the_o syriack_n render_v it_o for_o they_o be_v all_o one_o as_o act_n 15._o 14._o be_v a_o name_n that_o be_v exceed_v much_o in_o use_n among_o the_o jew_n at_o this_o time_n as_o matth._n 27._o 32._o mark_v 3._o 18._o luke_n 2._o 15._o act_n 8._o 9_o &_o 13._o 1._o etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v very_o frequent_a in_o use_n in_o their_o school_n in_o put_v of_o case_n as_o reuben_n borrow_v such_o a_o thing_n of_o simeon_n etc._n etc._n the_o jew_n themselves_o seem_v to_o have_v bring_v the_o hebrew_n word_n simeon_n into_o this_o greek_a manner_n of_o pronounce_v simon_n for_o their_o own_o author_n speak_v of_o one_o rabbi_n simon_n §._o the_o son_n of_o jona_n bar_v jona_n in_o the_o syriack_n matth._n 16._o 17._o and_o simon_n jona_n in_o the_o greek_a joh._n 21._o 15_o 16_o 17._o there_o be_v that_o conceive_v a_o corruption_n to_o be_v in_o the_o write_n of_o this_o word_n for_o out_o they_o it_o shall_v be_v joanna_n and_o of_o that_o mind_n be_v jerome_n the_o vulgar_a latin_a erasmus_n at_o joh._n 21._o 15._o and_o of_o that_o writing_n be_v erasmus_n his_o greek_a copy_n there_o and_o some_o other_o here_o but_o upon_o what_o ground_n this_o facile_a and_o most_o general_a read_n of_o jona_n for_o so_o the_o syrian_a arabic_a most_o and_o best_a greek_a copy_n and_o most_o translation_n utter_v
cain_n and_o his_o desert_n of_o punishment_n proportionable_a for_o cain_n have_v slay_v but_o one_o man_n and_o but_o the_o body_n but_o he_o by_o his_o evil_a example_n have_v kill_v old_a and_o young_a and_o their_o very_a soul_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v his_o complaint_n to_o his_o two_o wife_n that_o have_v bring_v he_o to_o it_o chap._n v._n a_o chronicle_n of_o 1556_o year_n and_o all_o the_o year_n be_v reckon_v complete_a but_o only_a noah_n five_o hundred_o year_n in_o vers_fw-la 32._o vers._n 3._o seth_n bear_v in_o original_a sin_n the_o father_n of_o all_o man_n in_o the_o new_a world_n after_o the_o flood_n numb_a 24._o 17._o vers._n 23._o enoch_n live_v as_o many_o year_n as_o be_v day_n in_o a_o year_n those_o that_o live_v near_o the_o flood_n live_v the_o long_a unmarried_a because_o they_o will_v not_o generate_v many_o child_n for_o the_o water_n vers._n 29._o noah_n a_o comforter_n because_o in_o he_o liberty_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o world_n to_o eat_v flesh_n chap._n vi_o in_o the_o general_a corruption_n of_o the_o world_n noah_n the_o eight_o person_n in_o descent_n from_o enoch_n in_o who_o time_n profaneness_n begin_v as_o 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o escape_v the_o abomination_n and_o desolation_n of_o the_o time_n chap._n vii_o viii_o ix_o the_o flood_n the_o beast_n in_o the_o ark_n live_v without_o enmity_n which_o show_v how_o the_o word_n gen._n 3._o 15._o about_o enmity_n with_o the_o serpent_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v the_o serpent_n and_o noah_n be_v now_o friend_n each_o to_o other_o this_o be_v allude_v to_o esay_n 11._o 6_o 7._o noah_n be_v in_o the_o ark_n just_a a_o complete_a and_o exact_a year_n of_o the_o sun_n but_o reckon_v in_o the_o text_n by_o the_o lunary_n month_n universal_a darkness_n all_o the_o forty_o day_n rain_n the_o door_n of_o the_o ark_n under_o water_n the_o ark_n draw_v water_n eleven_o cubit_n the_o water_n when_o they_o come_v to_o abate_v while_o they_o lie_v above_o the_o mountain_n fall_v but_o one_o cubit_n in_o four_o day_n but_o far_o fast_a afterward_o after_o their_o come_n out_o of_o the_o ark_n for_o a_o whole_a half_a year_n together_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n and_o all_o the_o creature_n live_v upon_o provision_n that_o be_v still_o in_o the_o ark_n for_o they_o come_v out_o just_a upon_o the_o begin_n of_o winter_n when_o there_o be_v neither_o grass_n corn_n nor_o fruit_n till_o another_o spring_n the_o forbid_v to_o eat_v flesh_n with_o the_o blood_n condemn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n chap._n x_o xi_o seventy_o nation_n disperse_v from_o babel_n but_o not_o seventy_o language_n the_o fifteen_o name_v in_o act._n 2._o be_v enough_o to_o confound_v the_o work_n and_o they_o may_v very_o well_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v the_o whole_a number_n sem_fw-mi as_o he_o stand_v in_o the_o front_n of_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o new_a world_n have_v neither_o father_n nor_o mother_n name_v nor_o beginning_n of_o day_n nor_o end_n of_o life_n nahors_n life_n be_v shorten_v for_o idolatry_n chap._n xii_o abraham_n at_o 75_o year_n old_a receive_v the_o promise_n and_o come_v into_o canaan_n and_o just_a so_o many_o year_n do_v sem_fw-mi live_v after_o abraham_n come_v thither_o and_o so_o may_v well_o be_v melchizedeck_v in_o chap._n 14._o vers._n 6_o 7._o abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n near_o if_o not_o upon_o mount_n gerizim_n the_o hill_n of_o blessing_n and_o vers_fw-la 8._o another_o altar_n he_o build_v near_o unto_o if_o not_o upon_o mount_n ebal_n the_o hill_n of_o curse_v deut._n 27._o and_o so_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o land_n by_o faith_n in_o the_o very_a same_o place_n where_o his_o son_n the_o israelite_n do_v take_v possession_n of_o it_o indeed_o josh._n 8._o 12._o etc._n etc._n 30._o vers._n 11._o when_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o enter_v into_o egypt_n whither_o famine_n drive_v he_o as_o it_o do_v his_o posterity_n afterward_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o his_o life_n in_o regard_n of_o sarah_n who_o be_v a_o white_a woman_n will_v soon_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v blackmoor_n this_o be_v one_o main_a enticement_n to_o joseph_n mistress_n to_o cast_v a_o eye_n of_o lustfulness_n upon_o he_o because_o he_o be_v a_o white_a man_n and_o she_o a_o moor._n of_o the_o same_o complexion_n be_v pharaoh_n daughter_n who_o solomon_n take_v to_o wife_n of_o who_o that_o in_o the_o first_o and_o literal_a acceptation_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v which_o spiritual_o be_v to_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o church_n cant._n 1._o 5_o 6._o i_o be_o black_a but_o comely_a and_o i_o be_o black_a because_o the_o sun_n have_v look_v on_o i_o and_o that_o psal._n 45._o 13._o the_o king_n daughter_n be_v all_o glorious_a within_o for_o she_o be_v a_o blackmoor_n without_o vers._n 20._o pharaoh_n plague_v for_o sarah_n and_o abraham_n sake_n who_o be_v a_o hebrew_n shepherd_n giveth_z charge_n to_o the_o egyptian_n make_v it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n for_o time_n to_o come_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o converse_v with_o hebrew_n nor_o with_o foreign_a shepherd_n in_o any_o so_o near_a familiarity_n as_o to_o eat_v or_o drink_v with_o they_o which_o the_o egyptian_n observe_v strict_o ever_o after_o gen._n 42._o 32._o &_o 46._o 34._o chap._n xiii_o abraham_n and_o lot_n quarrel_n and_o part_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n and_o this_o be_v at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n of_o the_o year_n that_o israel_n come_v into_o the_o land_n viz._n in_o the_o first_o month_n of_o the_o year_n or_o abib_fw-la chap._n fourteen_o noah_n in_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o son_n sem_fw-mi make_v he_o in_o a_o special_a manner_n lord_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n gen._n 9_o hither_o therefore_o come_v sem_fw-mi and_o build_v a_o city_n and_o call_v it_o after_o his_o own_o peaceable_a condition_n salem_n here_o he_o reign_v as_o a_o king_n but_o so_o quiet_o and_o retire_o as_o that_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n also_o in_o this_o sequestration_n of_o the_o father_n from_o worldly_a care_n and_o affair_n elam_n his_o elder_a son_n and_o heir_n apparent_a though_o he_o be_v seat_v far_o distant_a in_o the_o east_n yet_o it_o concern_v he_o to_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o canaan_n and_o how_o matter_n go_v there_o for_o the_o land_n by_o bequest_n of_o his_o grandfather_n noah_n descend_v to_o he_o as_o by_o the_o common_a law_n this_o title_n bring_v chedorlaomer_n a_o heir_n of_o elam_n from_o persia_n into_o canaan_n when_o the_o five_o city_n of_o the_o plain_a rebel_n into_o this_o war_n he_o take_v three_o partner_n young_a brother_n of_o the_o house_n of_o sem_fw-mi amraphel_n of_o arphaxad_n king_n of_o chaldea_n arioch_n of_o lâ—d_n king_n of_o ellasar_n border_v upon_o babylonia_n and_o tidal_a of_o assur_n king_n of_o nation_n and_o late_o build_v niniveh_n these_o four_o thus_o band_v together_o and_o all_o child_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o all_o in_o claim_n of_o his_o land_n against_o the_o usurp_a canaanites_n be_v resolve_v to_o march_v over_o and_o so_o they_o do_v all_o that_o country_n both_o within_o jordan_n and_o without_o their_o first_o inroad_n be_v upon_o the_o rephaim_v that_o lay_v most_o north_n and_o lay_v first_o in_o their_o way_n and_o so_o over_o run_v the_o zuzim_n in_o ammon_n emims_n in_o moab_n horites_n or_o hivites_n that_o be_v troglodyte_n or_o dwell_v in_o the_o rocky_a cave_n of_o mount_n seir_n in_o edom_n as_o jer._n 49._o 10._o obad._n ver_fw-la 3._o and_o all_o the_o canaanite_n southeast_n and_o full_a south_n to_o hazezon_n tamar_n a_o point_n below_o the_o dead_a sea_n there_o they_o turn_v in_o to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n proper_o so_o call_v and_o as_o they_o have_v subdue_v all_o the_o country_n from_o north_n to_o south_n without_o jordan_n so_o now_o they_o intend_v to_o do_v from_o south_n to_o north_n within_o and_o so_o they_o do_v but_o when_o they_o be_v come_v to_o dan_n the_o north_n out-going_a of_o the_o land_n abram_n overtake_v they_o and_o conquer_v the_o conqueror_n and_o now_o he_o be_v double_o title_v to_o the_o land_n namely_o by_o promise_n and_o by_o victory_n this_o sem_fw-mi or_o melchizedeck_v observe_v upon_o his_o return_n with_o triumph_n and_o perceive_v that_o it_o be_v he_o and_o his_o posterity_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v design_v that_o land_n in_o the_o prophetic_a spirit_n of_o noah_n and_o have_v refuse_v the_o heir_n that_o be_v more_o apparent_a in_o common_a law_n and_o reason_n and_o therefore_o he_o bring_v forth_o bread_n and_o wine_n the_o best_a fruit_n of_o the_o land_n and_o tender_v they_o as_o livery_n and_o sâ—isin_n of_o it_o to_o he_o who_o he_o perceive_v that_o god_n have_v choose_v and_o point_v out_o for_o the_o right_a heir_n chap._n xv._o all_o fear_n of_o claim_n
agrippa_n have_v lay_v hold_v upon_o he_o defer_v his_o execution_n till_o after_o the_o passover_n 12._o passover_n passover_n passover_n sanctius_n in_o act._n 12._o either_o because_o he_o will_v not_o defile_v that_o holy_a feast_n with_o effusion_n of_o humane_a blood_n or_o because_o he_o will_v afflict_v peter_n the_o more_o and_o give_v the_o jew_n the_o great_a content_n by_o his_o long_a restraint_n and_o strait_a imprisonment_n or_o rather_o because_o he_o fear_v a_o tumult_n if_o he_o shall_v have_v slay_v he_o in_o that_o concourse_n of_o people_n as_o be_v there_o at_o passover_n time_n thus_o lay_v he_o guard_v with_o four_o quaternion_n or_o as_o the_o syriack_n have_v it_o with_o sixteen_o soldier_n which_o as_o it_o seem_v watch_v he_o by_o course_n for_o the_o four_o watch_n of_o the_o night_n two_o close_a by_o he_o and_o two_o at_o the_o gate_n beside_o these_o two_o and_o two_o successive_a jailor_n he_o be_v bind_v with_o two_o chain_n and_o if_o chrysost_fw-la if_o if_o if_o sanct._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la ex_fw-la chrysost_fw-la some_o say_v true_a his_o two_o keeper_n be_v tie_v for_o the_o more_o sureness_n in_o the_o same_o chain_n with_o he_o happy_a man_n be_v they_o sure_a that_o have_v so_o great_a interest_n in_o these_o happy_a chain_n which_o if_o you_o dare_v believe_v 20._o believe_v believe_v believe_v augusti_fw-la 8._o c._n 18_o 19_o 20._o surius_n have_v the_o virtue_n to_o work_v miracle_n to_o diffuse_v grace_n to_o procure_v holiness_n to_o heal_v disease_n to_o affright_v the_o devil_n and_o to_o defend_v christian_n they_o be_v preserve_v say_v he_o by_o some_o of_o herod_n servant_n that_o believe_v and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n lay_v up_o for_o a_o sacred_a relic_n at_o constantinople_n and_o there_o either_o he_o or_o they_o lie_v that_o very_a night_n that_o precede_v peter_n intend_v execution_n he_o be_v fast_o asleep_a between_o his_o keeper_n be_v wake_v lose_a and_o deliver_v by_o a_o angel_n ann_n angel_n 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cross_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o title_n be_v three_o tongue_n hebrew_n greek_a and_o latin_a greek_n the_o foundation_n of_o the_o other_o two_o some_o few_o addition_n in_o the_o greek_a master_n broughton_n have_v give_v learned_a rule_n and_o example_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o it_o viz._n septuagint_n talmudick_n attic_a and_o apostolic_a the_o hebrew_n or_o syrian_a for_o so_o that_o word_n hebrew_n in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o cross_n must_v be_v understand_v be_v easy_o find_v out_o even_o in_o translation_n latin_a there_o be_v some_o in_o the_o gospel_n but_o not_o much_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d census_n for_o tribute_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ward_n or_o watch_v matth._n 28._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spiculator_n mark_v 6._o 27._o which_o word_n be_v use_v by_o targum_fw-la jeruselamy_n in_o gen._n 37._o of_o potiphar_n that_o he_o be_v rabh_n sapulachtaria_n princeps_fw-la spiculatorum_fw-la and_o some_o other_o word_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n which_o language_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n the_o conquest_n of_o the_o roman_n have_v scatter_v in_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o the_o part_n adjoin_v and_o so_o may_v one_o find_v some_o latin_a in_o the_o syrian_a testament_n and_o abundance_n of_o greek_a chap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o chaldee_n and_o syrian_a tongue_n the_o chaldee_n and_o syrian_a tongue_n be_v once_o all_o one_o as_o appear_v in_o gen._n 31._o 47._o ezra_n 4._o 7._o dan._n 2._o 4._o in_o character_n indeed_o they_o differ_v they_o of_o babylon_n use_v one_o kind_n of_o letter_n they_o of_o syria_n another_o this_o be_v that_o that_o nonplus_v the_o babylonian_a wizard_n about_o the_o write_n of_o the_o wall_n so_o that_o they_o can_v not_o read_v it_o though_o it_o be_v in_o their_o own_o language_n because_o it_o be_v not_o in_o their_o own_o letter_n in_o after-times_a the_o very_a language_n themselves_o begin_v to_o vary_v as_o the_o chaldee_n in_o daniel_n and_o onkelos_n and_o jeruselamy_n and_o jonathan_n and_o the_o syrian_a in_o the_o testament_n do_v witness_n the_o paraphrast_n do_v much_o differ_v between_o themselves_o for_o purity_n of_o speech_n and_o all_o far_o short_a of_o the_o bible_n chaldee_n they_o be_v very_o full_a of_o greek_a word_n and_o so_o the_o syrian_a a_o relic_n of_o alexander_n conquest_n some_o think_v they_o find_v some_o greek_a in_o daniel_n montanus_n himself_o render_v osphaiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o along_o four_o kind_n of_o character_n be_v the_o chaldee_n to_o be_v have_v in_o or_o if_o you_o will_v the_o chaldee_n in_o two_o and_o the_o syrian_a in_o two_o our_o bible_n and_o paraphrast_n and_o rabbin_n chaldee_n be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n letter_n and_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o letter_n be_v the_o samaritan_n the_o syrian_a have_v either_o a_o set_a letter_n such_o as_o we_o have_v the_o new_a testament_n imprint_v in_o or_o their_o run_a hand_n such_o as_o the_o maronites_n use_v in_o their_o writing_n for_o speed_n there_o be_v no_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o they_o as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o their_o alphabet_n chap._n xxxv_o of_o the_o arabian_a language_n this_o be_v the_o most_o copious_a of_o the_o hebrew_n dialect_v and_o a_o tongue_n that_o may_v brag_v with_o the_o most_o of_o tongue_n from_o fluency_n and_o continuance_n of_o familiarity_n this_o tongue_n be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n especial_o in_o job_n a_o man_n of_o that_o country_n how_o other_o part_n of_o the_o bible_n use_v it_o i_o think_v may_v be_v judge_v by_o the_o nearness_n of_o judea_n and_o arabia_n and_o of_o the_o two_o language_n in_o this_o one_o thing_n it_o differ_v from_o its_o fellow-dialects_a and_o its_o mother_n tongue_n that_o it_o vari_v termination_n in_o decline_v of_o noun_n as_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a do_v and_o that_o it_o receive_v dual_a number_n in_o form_v verb_n as_o do_v the_o greek_a of_o the_o largeness_n of_o the_o alphabet_n and_o difference_n from_o other_o alphabet_n and_o 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spanish_a and_o italian_a but_o some_o spark_n of_o their_o hammer_v be_v fly_v into_o other_o language_n of_o the_o west_n so_o that_o most_o country_n hereabout_o may_v own_o rome_n for_o a_o second_o babel_n for_o their_o speech_n confuse_v chap._n xxxvii_o the_o language_n of_o britain_n near_o a_o thousand_o year_n ago_o exit_fw-la beda_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr hist._n angl._n cap._n 1._o britania_n in_o praesenti_fw-la juxta_fw-la numerum_fw-la librorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n britain_n in_o my_o time_n say_v bede_n do_v search_v and_o confess_v one_o and_o the_o same_o knowledge_n of_o the_o high_a truth_n and_o true_a sublimity_n in_o five_o tongue_n according_a to_o the_o five_o book_n wherein_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v write_v namely_o in_o the_o english_a britain_n scotish_n pict_n and_o latin_a tongue_n and_o in_o the_o nineteenth_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o say_v that_o when_o austen_n the_o monk_n come_v from_o gregory_n the_o great_a to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o england_n he_o bring_v with_o he_o interpreter_n out_o of_o france_n to_o speak_v to_o the_o english_a that_o language_n it_o seem_v be_v then_o usual_a in_o england_n but_o whether_o the_o french_a that_o france_n speak_v now_o be_v a_o question_n william_n the_o conqueror_n take_v great_a care_n and_o pain_n to_o have_v bring_v in_o his_o tongue_n with_o his_o conquest_n but_o can_v not_o prevail_v chap._n xxxviii_o jonathan_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v his_o conceit_n of_o levy_n choose_v to_o the_o priesthood_n translate_v out_o of_o his_o paraph._n on_o gen._n 32._o 24._o and_o jacob_n be_v leave_v alone_o beyond_o the_o ford_n and_o a_o angel_n in_o the_o likeness_n of_o a_o man_n strive_v with_o he_o and_o say_v do_v thou_o not_o promise_v to_o give_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o thou_o have_v and_o behold_v thou_o have_v bear_v have_v have_v have_v he_o have_v but_o eleven_o son_n as_o yet_o but_o the_o hebrew_n comment_n upon_o the_o chaldee_n text_n help_v out_o 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a_o mighty_a king_n shall_v stand_v up_o etc._n etc._n and_o when_o he_o shall_v stand_v up_o his_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v break_v and_o shall_v be_v divide_v towards_o the_o four_o wind_n of_o heaven_n and_o not_o to_o his_o posterity_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v observable_a concern_v this_o prophecy_n and_o account_v about_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n 1._o that_o this_o be_v tell_v daniel_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o cyrus_n chap._n x._o 1._o and_o so_o when_o he_o say_v there_o shall_v stand_v up_o yet_o three_o king_n and_o the_o four_o etc._n etc._n he_o mean_v four_o beside_o cyrus_n the_o first_o beginner_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n do_v make_v but_o a_o cross_a reckon_n upon_o this_o place_n who_o will_v have_v cyrus_n which_o be_v the_o first_o to_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o that_o be_v call_v the_o four_o 2._o the_o prophecy_n speak_v of_o the_o length_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n till_o it_o bring_v it_o up_o to_o alexander_n the_o great_a the_o destroyer_n of_o that_o monarchy_n of_o who_o it_o speak_v plain_o vers_fw-la 3_o 4._o and_o of_o his_o successor_n afterward_o vers_fw-la 5_o etc._n etc._n 3._o there_o be_v therefore_o by_o the_o account_n of_o the_o angel_n here_o but_o five_o king_n of_o persia_n namely_o cyrus_n and_o four_o more_o 4._o these_o four_o be_v thus_o name_v in_o the_o scripture_n 1._o ahashuerosh_n ezra_n iu._n 6._o 2._o darius_n ezra_n iu._n 24._o &_o vi_o 1._o etc._n etc._n 3._o artaxerxes_n ezra_n vi_o 14._o 4._o darius_n neh._n xii_o 22._o to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o account_n 5._o that_o nehemiah_n live_v quite_o through_o the_o whole_a length_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n be_v at_o man_n estate_n the_o first_o year_n of_o it_o ezra_n ii_o 2._o
denomination_n from_o the_o last_o letter_n of_o arphaxad_n name_n 13_o chaldean_a and_o curious_a art_n what_o 820_o chamber_n the_o chamber_n in_o solomon_n temple_n their_o height_n breadth_n and_o evenness_n of_o they_o without_o notwithstanding_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o same_o dimension_n within_o p._n 1065._o *_o overlay_v with_o gold_n 2_o chron._n 3._o 9_o over_o the_o holy_a place_n what_o or_o whether_o any_o such_o thing_n p._n 1085_o 1086._o *_o the_o treasury_n chamber_n what_o 1097._o *_o changer_n of_o money_n or_o money_n changer_n what_o 213_o 550_o chapiters_n belong_v to_o the_o pillar_n what_o 1074._o *_o charger_n what_o and_o of_o what_o use_n in_o the_o temple_n 2048._o *_o charm_a be_v much_o use_v among_o the_o jew_n 371_o chazan_n that_o be_v episcopus_fw-la or_o overseer_n 375_o chel_n what_o and_o how_o put_v for_o the_o temple_n 1089_o cherubin_n what_o number_n of_o what_o resemblance_n and_o where_o place_v 1086_o *_o chest_n in_o the_o treasury_n 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277._o what_o child_n be_v to_o be_v teach_v by_o their_o father_n p._n 295._o they_o be_v sometime_o name_v by_o the_o mother_n as_o soon_o as_o bear_v sometime_o by_o the_o stander-by_n but_o the_o father_n at_o the_o circumcision_n have_v the_o cast_a voice_n whether_o the_o name_n shall_v be_v so_o or_o no._n 421_o child_n for_o scholar_n or_o disciple_n 759_o child_n beget_v by_o or_o on_o angel_n or_o devil_n a_o nonsensical_a story_n 995_o chochebas_n and_o barchochebas_n the_o same_o with_o ben_n coziba_n coin_a money_n with_o his_o own_o stump_n torture_v the_o christian_n to_o make_v they_o deny_v christ_n be_v at_o the_o head_n of_o a_o most_o desperate_a rebellion_n p._n 366_o 367._o he_o reign_v two_o year_n and_o a_o half_a 366_o 367_o christ_n how_o abraham_n see_v his_o day_n p._n 13._o how_o isaac_n typify_v he_o p._n 13_o 14._o he_o give_v the_o ten_o commandment_n p._n 28._o he_o appear_v weapon_v and_o be_v lord_n general_n in_o the_o war_n of_o canaan_n p._n 40._o when_o he_o cease_v to_o be_v israel_n captain_n and_o conductor_n p._n 45._o glorious_a thing_n be_v speak_v of_o he_o p._n 102._o his_o divinity_n show_v and_o his_o fitness_n to_o be_v incarnate_a p._n 201_o 202._o he_o be_v bear_v in_o tizri_n about_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n that_o be_v about_o the_o close_a of_o september_n at_o which_o time_n 30_o year_n after_o he_o be_v baptize_v p._n 204_o 210_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v no_o history_n of_o he_o for_o nine_o or_o ten_o year_n p._n 206._o when_o he_o be_v twelve_o year_n of_o age_n and_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o ministry_n he_o dispute_v with_o and_o prove_v his_o doctrine_n against_o the_o most_o learned_a sanhedrim_n p._n 207._o he_o come_v in_o a_o double_a seasonableness_n when_o learning_n be_v at_o the_o high_a and_o tradition_n have_v make_v the_o word_n of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_n p._n 207_o 440._o his_o life_n from_o twelve_o to_o twenty_o nine_o be_v pass_v over_o by_o all_o the_o evangelist_n in_o silence_n they_o have_v a_o special_a eye_n at_o his_o ministry_n only_o so_o have_v the_o angel_n gabriel_n dan._n 9_o 24_o 25_o etc._n etc._n p._n 208._o those_o year_n in_o which_o we_o hear_v nothing_o of_o he_o he_o spend_v at_o nazareth_n in_o his_o father_n trade_n of_o carpentry_n which_o make_v the_o jew_n stumble_v at_o he_o look_v for_o a_o pompous_a messiah_n p._n 208._o he_o appear_v not_o till_o full_o look_v for_o what_o be_v the_o thing_n do_v intimate_v his_o come_n p._n 209._o the_o time_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o when_o he_o die_v be_v both_o eminent_a p._n 210_o 211._o he_o be_v circumcise_v into_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o baptize_v into_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 211._o he_o be_v unknown_a to_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o those_o who_o john_n have_v baptize_v into_o faith_n in_o christ_n until_o christ_n himself_o come_v to_o be_v baptize_v of_o john_n p._n 212._o he_o be_v admit_v at_o nazareth_n as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o synagogue_n to_o be_v a_o maphteir_n or_o public_a reader_n of_o the_o second_o lesson_n in_o the_o prophet_n for_o that_o day_n p._n 215._o his_o read_n and_o interpret_n the_o original_a hebrew_n show_v he_o to_o have_v a_o prophetical_a spirit_n he_o not_o be_v educate_v in_o that_o language_n 215._o at_o his_o second_o passover_n he_o declare_v his_o authority_n and_o power_n before_o the_o sanhedrim_n that_o be_v a_o time_n of_o wonder_n p._n 221._o he_o be_v a_o great_a priest_n and_o a_o great_a prophet_n when_o and_o how_o p._n 239._o he_o do_v not_o so_o full_o and_o open_o reveal_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o messiah_n till_o he_o send_v forth_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n p._n 242._o he_o can_v not_o be_v apprehend_v without_o his_o own_o leave_n p._n 263._o the_o jew_n transgress_v two_o of_o their_o own_o canon_n in_o arraign_v and_o judge_v christ_n on_o a_o holiday_n and_o by_o night_n p._n 263._o he_o be_v have_v before_o the_o sanhedrim_n in_o caiphas_n his_o house_n p._n 263._o the_o wine_n offer_v he_o at_o his_o crucifixion_n be_v to_o intoxicate_a he_o p._n 268._o how_o bewail_v when_o he_o go_v to_o execution_n p._n 268._o the_o manner_n even_o of_o his_o friend_n bury_v he_o show_v the_o small_a expectation_n they_o have_v of_o his_o resurrection_n p._n 269._o his_o disciple_n and_o mary_n magdalen_n notwithstanding_o their_o save_a faith_n in_o he_o neither_o of_o they_o believe_v his_o death_n nor_o his_o resurrection_n p._n 270._o his_o come_n in_o cloud_n in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o in_o power_n and_o great_a glory_n all_o signify_v his_o plague_a the_o nation_n that_o crucify_v he_o p._n 342_o 343._o his_o birth_n be_v call_v the_o fullness_n of_o time_n p._n 383._o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3928._o about_o the_o close_a of_o september_n p._n 390._o he_o be_v not_o bear_v at_o the_o late_a end_n of_o december_n but_o september_n a_o month_n famous_a indeed_o p._n 427._o why_o he_o will_v be_v baptize_v that_o need_v no_o cleanse_n be_v purity_n itself_o eight_o reason_n p._n 472._o why_o john_n refuse_v to_o admit_v he_o to_o baptism_n p._n 472._o his_o ministry_n be_v just_a three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a p._n 476._o why_o he_o be_v tempt_v p._n 499._o what_o be_v his_o temptation_n and_o where_o and_o how_o tempt_v p._n 503_o to_o 511._o in_o his_o temptation_n his_o be_v hurry_v about_o by_o the_o devil_n do_v afford_v some_o material_a and_o profitable_a consideration_n p._n 506._o he_o be_v show_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n p._n 504._o that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n he_o easy_o convince_v the_o mind_n by_o tell_v of_o secret_a thing_n p._n 535._o he_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n illustrate_v from_o luke_n genealogy_n and_o christ_n calling_n himself_o the_o son_n of_o man._n p._n 471_o 491_o 537._o his_o union_n of_o two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n be_v plain_o show_v with_o what_o refer_v thereunto_o p._n 577_o 578._o how_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o heaven_n whilst_o speak_v with_o nichodemus_n on_o earth_n p._n 578._o the_o several_a property_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n be_v sometime_o indifferent_o apply_v to_o the_o whole_a person_n p._n 578._o believe_v in_o christ_n for_o salvation_n excellent_o illustrate_v by_o be_v heal_v by_o look_v on_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n p._n 579._o he_o be_v say_v to_o do_v what_o his_o servant_n do_v p._n 581._o his_o anoint_v be_v his_o set_n apart_o for_o mediator_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n etc._n etc._n also_o his_o apparent_a installment_n into_o that_o office_n by_o the_o spirit_n p._n 616_o 617._o his_o ministry_n have_v six_o part_n in_o it_o p._n 617_o to_o 619._o why_o it_o be_v
give_v i_o by_o the_o nazarean_o who_o use_v this_o book_n in_o berea_n a_o city_n of_o syria_n to_o write_v it_o out_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v doubt_v that_o this_o gospel_n be_v find_v in_o hebrew_n but_o that_o which_o deceive_v the_o good_a man_n be_v not_o the_o very_a hand_n write_v of_o matthew_n nor_o indeed_o do_v matthew_n write_v the_o gospel_n in_o that_o language_n but_o it_o be_v turn_v by_o some_o body_n out_o of_o the_o original_a greek_a into_o hebrew_n that_o so_o if_o possible_a the_o learned_a jew_n may_v read_v it_o for_o since_o they_o have_v little_a kindness_n for_o foreign_a book_n that_o be_v heathen_a book_n or_o such_o as_o be_v write_v in_o a_o language_n different_a from_o their_o own_o which_o may_v be_v illustrate_v from_o various_a canon_n concern_v this_o matter_n some_o person_n convert_v to_o the_o gospel_n excite_v with_o a_o good_a zeal_n seem_v to_o have_v translate_v this_o gospel_n of_o s._n matthew_n out_o of_o the_o greek_a 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the_o temple_n be_v cccclxxx_n year_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o the_o temple_n be_v build_v vii_o year_n 1_o king_n vi_o 38._o cast_v up_o therefore_o all_o these_o together_o viz._n  _fw-fr mdclvi_o  _fw-fr ccccxxvii_n  _fw-fr ccccxxx_n  _fw-fr cccclxxx_n  _fw-fr vii_o the_o sum_n of_o year_n amount_n to_o mmm_o and_o it_o be_v clear_v the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v finish_v and_o complete_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n mmm_o the_o temple_n be_v finish_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n vi_o 38._o and_o thence_o to_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o rehoboam_n be_v xxx_o year_n therefore_o that_o revolt_n be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n mmmxxx_o from_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n under_o zedekiah_n be_v cccxc_o year_n which_o appear_v sufficient_o from_o the_o chronical_a computation_n of_o the_o parallel_a time_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o 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ten_o year_n be_v compel_v indeed_o to_o it_o he_o continue_v his_o government_n and_o enter_v upon_o a_o four_o ten_o of_o year_n be_v now_o more_o easy_a and_o slothful_a by_o reason_n of_o age_n in_o this_o very_a year_n be_v the_o taxation_n under_o cyrenius_n of_o which_o luke_n speak_v chap._n ii_o so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v when_o the_o five_o monarchy_n of_o the_o roman_n arise_v after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o those_o four_o mention_v by_o daniel_n a_o easy_a answer_n may_v be_v fetch_v from_o s._n luke_n who_o relate_v that_o in_o that_o very_a year_n wherein_o christ_n be_v bear_v augustus_n lay_v a_o tax_n upon_o the_o whole_a world_n iii_o christ_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o thirty_o five_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o herod_n which_o we_o gather_v from_o the_o observation_n of_o these_o thing_n 1._o 10._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 17._o cap._n 10._o herod_n reign_v from_o that_o time_n he_o be_v first_o declare_v king_n by_o the_o roman_n seven_o and_o thirty_o year_n 2._o between_o the_o death_n of_o herod_n and_o the_o death_n of_o augustus_n there_o be_v this_o space_n of_o time_n 1._o 15._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o 1._o jos._n antiq._n lib._n 1â—_n cap_n 15._o the_o ten_o year_n current_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o archelaus_n 2._o lib._n 2._o 2._o 2._o 2._o 2._o 2._o id._n ibid._n &_o lib._n coponius_n succeed_v he_o banish_v into_o vienna_n in_o the_o presidentship_n of_o judea_n 3._o marcus_n ambibuchus_n succeed_v coponius_n 4._o 3_o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o id._n iold_z cap._n 3_o annius_n rufus_n succeed_v ambibuchus_n during_o who_o presidentship_n augustus_n die_v 1._o 18._o cap._n 1._o since_o therefore_o only_o fourteen_o year_n pass_v from_o the_o nativity_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o death_n of_o augustus_n out_o of_o which_o sum_n when_o you_o shall_v have_v reckon_v the_o ten_o year_n current_n of_o archelaus_n and_o the_o time_n of_o the_o three_o precedent_n we_o must_v reckon_v that_o christ_n be_v not_o bear_v but_o in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o herod_n thus_o we_o conjecture_v in_o his_o thirty_o five_o christ_n be_v bear_v in_o his_o thirty_o seven_o now_o new_o begin_v the_o wise_a man_n come_v present_o after_o this_o be_v the_o slay_v of_o the_o infant_n and_o after_o a_o few_o month_n the_o death_n of_o herod_n iv_o christ_n be_v bear_v about_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o the_o presidentship_n of_o hillel_n in_o the_o sanhedrin_n the_o rise_n of_o the_o family_n of_o hillel_n take_v its_o beginning_n at_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o asmonean_a family_n herod_n indeed_o succeed_v in_o the_o kingly_a government_n a_o family_n spring_v from_o babylon_n and_o as_o be_v believe_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o david_n for_o 1._o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o for_o hieros_n taanith_n fol._n 68_o 1._o a_o book_n of_o genealogy_n be_v find_v at_o jerusalem_n which_o we_o mention_v before_o in_o which_o it_o be_v write_v that_o hillel_n be_v spring_v from_o the_o stock_n of_o david_n by_o his_o wife_n abital_n now_o hillel_n go_v up_o out_o of_o babylon_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o inquire_v of_o the_o wise_a man_n concern_v some_o thing_n when_o now_o after_o the_o death_n of_o shemaia_n and_o abtalion_n the_o two_o son_n of_o betira_fw-la hold_v the_o chief_a seat_n and_o when_o he_o who_o have_v resort_v thither_o to_o learn_v something_o have_v teach_v they_o some_o thing_n of_o the_o passover_n rite_n which_o they_o have_v forget_v they_o put_v he_o into_o the_o chair_n you_o have_v the_o full_a story_n of_o it_o in_o the_o 1._o the_o the_o the_o the_o the_o the_o pisachâ—n_o fol._n 33._o 1._o jerusalem_n talmud_n we_o mention_v it_o chap._n xxvi_o 1._o now_o hillel_n go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o take_v the_o chair_n a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bab._n schabb._n fol_z 15._o 1._o hillel_n and_o his_o son_n simeon_n and_o his_o son_n gamaliel_n and_o his_o son_n simeon_n bear_v the_o government_n for_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o lay_v waste_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o those_o hundred_o year_n if_o you_o take_v away_o two_o and_o thirty_o and_o a_o half_a of_o the_o life_n of_o christ_n and_o forty_o year_n as_o it_o be_v common_o compute_v come_v between_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n there_o remain_v the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o hillel_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o saviour_n hillel_n hold_v the_o government_n forty_o year_n so_o that_o his_o death_n happen_v about_o the_o twelve_o or_o thirteen_o year_n of_o christ_n his_o son_n also_o hold_v it_o after_o he_o and_o his_o grandson_n in_o a_o long_a succession_n even_o to_o r._n judah_n the_o holy_a the_o splendour_n and_o pomp_n of_o this_o family_n of_o hillel_n have_v so_o obscure_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o family_n of_o david_n stock_n that_o perhaps_o they_o believe_v or_o expect_v the_o less_o that_o the_o messiah_n shall_v spring_v from_o any_o of_o they_o yea_o one_o in_o the_o babylonian_a gemara_n be_v almost_o persuade_v that_o rabbi_n judah_n the_o holy_a of_o the_o hillelian_a family_n be_v the_o messiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanhedr_n fol._n 98._o 2._o rabh_n say_v if_o messiah_n be_v among_o the_o live_n our_o holy_a rabbi_n be_v such_o if_o among_o the_o dead_a daniel_n be_v he_o v._o christ_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o month_n tisri_n somewhat_o answer_v to_o our_o september_n this_o we_o conclude_v omit_v other_o thing_n by_o compute_v backward_o from_o his_o death_n for_o if_o he_o die_v in_o his_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o a_o half_a at_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n in_o the_o month_n nisan_fw-la you_o must_v necessary_o lay_v the_o time_n of_o
only_o ask_v how_o shall_v this_o be_v &_o c_o doubtless_o she_o take_v the_o prophecy_n in_o its_o proper_a sense_n as_o speak_v of_o a_o virgin_n untouched_a she_o know_v nothing_o then_o nor_o probable_o any_o part_n of_o the_o nation_n at_o that_o time_n so_o much_o as_o once_o think_v of_o that_o sense_n by_o which_o the_o jew_n have_v now_o for_o a_o great_a while_n disguise_v that_o place_n and_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ii_o give_v i_o leave_v for_o their_o sake_n in_o who_o hand_n the_o book_n be_v not_o to_o transcribe_v some_o few_o thing_n out_o of_o that_o noble_a author_n morney_n 28._o morney_n morney_n morney_n morney_n morney_n morney_n de_fw-fr verit._n christ._n relig._n cap._n 28._o which_o he_o quote_v concern_v this_o grand_a mystery_n from_o the_o jew_n themselves_o lxxxv_o themselves_o themselves_o themselves_o themselves_o themselves_o themselves_o moses_n haddarson_n in_o psa_n lxxxv_o truth_n shall_v spring_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n r._n jotten_v say_v he_o note_n upon_o this_o place_n that_o it_o be_v not_o say_v truth_n shall_v be_v bear_v but_o shall_v spring_v out_o because_o the_o generation_n and_o nativity_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v not_o to_o be_v as_o other_o creature_n in_o the_o world_n but_o shall_v be_v beget_v without_o carnal_a copulation_n and_o therefore_o no_o one_o have_v mention_v his_o father_n as_o who_o must_v be_v hide_v from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o man_n till_o himself_o shall_v come_v and_o reveal_v he_o and_o upon_o genes_n you_o have_v say_v say_v the_o lord_n we_o be_v orphan_n bereave_v of_o our_o father_n such_o a_o one_o shall_v your_o redeemer_n be_v who_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o so_o upon_o zachary_n behold_v my_o servant_n who_o name_n be_v of_o the_o branch_n and_o out_o of_o psal._n cx_o thou_o be_v a_o priest_n after_o the_o order_n of_o melchizedech_n he_o say_v r._n berachiah_n deliver_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o r._n simeon_n ben_n jochai_n upon_o genes_n more_o plain_o viz._n that_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o impulse_n of_o a_o mighty_a power_n shall_v come_v forth_o of_o the_o womb_n though_o shut_v up_o that_o will_v become_v a_o mighty_a prince_n the_o king_n messiah_n so_o he_o verse_n xxxvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v also_o conceive_v a_o son_n in_o her_o old_a age_n the_o angel_n teach_v to_o what_o purpose_n it_o be_v that_o woman_n either_o barren_a before_o or_o considerable_o strike_v in_o year_n shall_v be_v enable_v to_o conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o viz._n to_o make_v way_n for_o the_o easy_a belief_n of_o the_o conception_n of_o a_o virgin_n if_o they_o either_o beside_o or_o beyond_o nature_n conceive_v a_o child_n this_o may_v be_v some_o ground_n of_o belief_n that_o a_o virgin_n contrary_a to_o nature_n may_v do_v so_o too_o so_o abraham_n by_o faith_n see_v christ_n day_n as_o bear_v of_o a_o pure_a virgin_n in_o the_o birth_n of_o his_o own_o son_n isaac_n of_o his_o old_a and_o barren_a wife_n sarah_n verse_n thirty-nine_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n she_o go_v into_o the_o hill_n country_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o hebron_n jos._n xxi_o 11._o for_o though_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o the_o priest_n after_o the_o return_n from_o babylon_n be_v not_o all_o dispose_v and_o place_v in_o all_o those_o very_o same_o dwelling_n they_o have_v possess_v before_o the_o captivity_n yet_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o zachary_n who_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o aaron_n be_v here_o say_v to_o dwell_v in_o the_o hill_n country_n of_o judah_n may_v have_v his_o house_n in_o hebron_n which_o be_v more_o peculiar_o say_v to_o be_v the_o city_n of_o aaron_n offspring_n verse_n xli_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o babe_n leap_v in_o her_o womb._n so_o the_o seventy_o gen._n xxv_o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o child_n leap_v in_o her_o womb_n psal._n cxiv_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mountain_n skip_v that_o which_o be_v add_v by_o elizabeth_n vers._n 44._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o babe_n leap_v in_o the_o womb_n for_o joy_n signify_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o thing_n not_o the_o cause_n q._n d._n it_o leap_v with_o vehement_a exultation_n for_o john_n while_o he_o be_v a_o embryo_n in_o the_o womb_n know_v no_o more_o what_o be_v then_o do_v than_o jacob_n and_o esau_n when_o they_o be_v in_o rebecca_n womb_n know_v what_o be_v determine_v concern_v they_o 3._o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o they_o hieros_n sotah_n fol._n 2._o 3._o at_o the_o red_a sea_n even_o the_o infant_n sing_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o their_o mother_n as_o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal._n lxviii_o where_o the_o targum_fw-la to_o the_o same_o sense_n exalt_v the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o infant_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o your_o mother_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o israel_n let_v they_o enjoy_v their_o hyperbole_n questionless_a elizabeth_n have_v learn_v from_o her_o husband_n that_o the_o child_n she_o go_v with_o be_v design_v as_o the_o forerunner_n of_o the_o messiah_n but_o she_o do_v not_o yet_o know_v of_o what_o sort_n of_o woman_n the_o messiah_n must_v be_v bear_v till_o this_o leap_v of_o the_o infant_n in_o her_o womb_n become_v some_o token_n to_o she_o verse_n lvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d abide_v with_o she_o three_o month_n a_o space_n of_o time_n very_o well_o know_v among_o the_o doctor_n define_v by_o they_o to_o know_v whether_o a_o woman_n be_v with_o child_n or_o no._n which_o i_o have_v already_o observe_v upon_o matth._n i._n etc._n i._n i._n i._n i._n i._n i._n iâ—â—â—moth_n fol._n 33_o 2._o &_o 34._o â—_o &_o 35._o 1_o etc._n etc._n verse_n lix_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o call_v it_o etc._n etc._n i._o the_o circumciser_n say_v 2._o say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v say_v schabb._n fol._n 137._o 2._o bless_a be_v the_o lord_n our_o god_n who_o have_v sanctify_v we_o by_o his_o precept_n and_o have_v give_v we_o the_o law_n of_o circumcision_n the_o father_n of_o the_o infant_n say_v who_o have_v sanctify_v we_o by_o his_o precept_n and_o have_v command_v we_o to_o enter_v the_o child_n into_o the_o covenant_n of_o abraham_n our_o father_n but_o where_o be_v zachary_n tongue_n for_o this_o service_n ii_o god_n at_o the_o same_o time_n institute_v circumcision_n and_o change_v the_o name_n of_o abraham_n and_o sarah_n hence_o the_o custom_n of_o give_v name_n to_o their_o child_n at_o the_o time_n of_o their_o circumcision_n iii_o among_o the_o several_a account_n why_o this_o or_o that_o name_n be_v give_v to_o the_o son_n this_o be_v one_o that_o chief_o obtain_v viz._n for_o the_o honour_n of_o some_o person_n who_o they_o esteem_v they_o give_v the_o child_n his_o name_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v guide_v they_o in_o this_o case_n here_o when_o zachary_n himself_o be_v dumb_a can_v not_o make_v his_o mind_n know_v to_o they_o mahli_n the_o son_n of_o mushi_n have_v the_o name_n of_o mahli_n give_v he_o who_o be_v his_o uncle_n the_o brother_n of_o mushi_n his_o father_n 1_o chron._n xxiii_o 21_o 23._o 2._o 23._o 23._o 23._o 23._o 23._o 23._o cholin_n fol._n 47._o 2._o r._n nathan_n say_v i_o once_o go_v to_o the_o island_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o there_o come_v to_o i_o a_o woman_n who_o first_o bear_v have_v die_v by_o circumcision_n so_o also_o she_o second_v son_n she_o bring_v the_o three_o to_o i_o i_o bid_v she_o wait_v a_o little_a till_o the_o blood_n may_v assuage_v she_o wait_v a_o little_a and_o then_o circumcise_a he_o and_o he_o live_v they_o call_v he_o therefore_o by_o my_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nathan_n of_o babylon_n see_v also_o jerusalem_n jevamoth_n 4._o jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n fol._n 7._o 4._o 1._o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o 4._o â—ab_n jevam._n fol._n 105._o 1._o there_o be_v a_o certain_a family_n at_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v wont_a to_o die_v about_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o their_o age_n they_o make_v the_o matter_n know_v to_o r._n johanan_n ben_fw-mi zacchai_n who_o say_v perhaps_o you_o be_v of_o elie_n lineage_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v the_o increase_n of_o thy_o house_n shall_v die_v in_o the_o flower_n of_o their_o age_n go_v you_o and_o be_v diligent_a in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o law_n and_o you_o shall_v live_v they_o go_v and_o give_v diligent_a heed_n to_o the_o law_n and_o live_v they_o call_v themselves_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o family_n of_o johanan_n after_o his_o name_n it_o be_v dispute_v in_o the_o same_o tract_n 1._o tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n tract_n fol._n 24._o 1._o whether_o the_o son_n beget_v by_o a_o brother_n raise_v up_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n shall_v not_o be_v call_v after_o the_o
ii_o 1._o their_o conception_n in_o this_o thing_n we_o have_v explain_v to_o we_o in_o midras_n schir_n 4._o schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n schir_n fol._n 16._o 4._o my_o belove_a be_v like_o a_o roe_n or_o a_o young_a hart_n cant._n ii_o 9_o a_o roe_n appear_v and_o be_v hide_v appear_v and_o be_v hide_v again_o so_o our_o first_o redeemer_n moses_n appear_v and_o be_v hide_v and_o at_o length_n appear_v again_o so_o our_o latter_a redeemer_n messiah_n shall_v be_v reveal_v to_o they_o and_o shall_v be_v hide_v again_o from_o they_o and_o how_o long_o shall_v he_o be_v hide_v from_o they_o etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o in_o the_o end_n of_o forty_o five_o day_n he_o shall_v be_v reveal_v again_o and_o cause_n manna_n to_o descend_v among_o they_o they_o conceive_v a_o twofold_a manifestation_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o first_o in_o bethlehem_n but_o will_v straightway_o disappear_v and_o lie_v hide_v at_o length_n he_o will_v show_v himself_o but_o from_o what_o place_n and_o at_o what_o time_n that_o will_v be_v no_o one_o know_v in_o his_o first_o appearance_n in_o bethlehem_n he_o shall_v do_v nothing_o that_o be_v memorable_a in_o his_o second_o be_v the_o hope_n and_o expectation_n of_o the_o nation_n these_o jew_n therefore_o who_o tell_v our_o saviour_n here_o that_o when_o christ_n come_v no_o man_n know_v whence_o he_o be_v whether_o they_o know_v he_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v at_o bethlehem_n or_o no_o yet_o by_o his_o wonderful_a work_n they_o conceive_v this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o second_o manifestation_n of_o himself_o and_o therefore_o only_o doubt_v whether_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o messiah_n or_o no_o because_o they_o know_v the_o place_n nazareth_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v have_v be_v teach_v by_o tradition_n that_o messiah_n shall_v come_v the_o second_o time_n from_o a_o place_n perfect_o unknown_a to_o all_o man_n verse_n xxviii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o send_v i_o be_v true_a who_o you_o know_v not_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o must_v be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v so_o often_o use_v among_o the_o lawyer_n to_o signify_v he_o who_o word_n and_o testimony_n in_o any_o thing_n may_v be_v take_v 2._o take_v take_v take_v take_v take_v take_v chagigah_n fol._n 24._o 2._o the_o man_n of_o judea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v credit_v as_o to_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o wine_n and_o the_o oil_n gloss._n even_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n the_o very_a vulgar_a sort_n may_v be_v credit_v for_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o wine_n and_o the_o oil_n which_o be_v dedicate_v by_o they_o to_o the_o altar_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o vintage_n or_o press_v man_n not_o know_v by_o name_n or_o face_n to_o the_o priest_n yet_o if_o they_o offer_v wine_n or_o oil_n be_v credit_v as_o to_o the_o purity_n and_o fitness_n of_o either_o from_o their_o place_n of_o habitation_n there_o be_v numberless_a instance_n of_o man_n though_o perfect_o unknown_a yet_o that_o may_v be_v credit_v either_o as_o to_o tithe_n or_o separate_v the_o trumah_n or_o give_v their_o testimony_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o same_o sense_n our_o saviour_n chap._n v._o 31._o if_o i_o bear_v witness_n of_o myself_o my_o witness_n be_v not_o true_a i_o e._n in_o your_o judicatories_n it_o be_v not_o of_o any_o value_n with_o you_o where_o no_o one_o be_v allow_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n for_o himself_o and_o in_o this_o place_n he_o that_o have_v send_v i_o although_o you_o know_v he_o not_o yet_o be_v he_o true_a or_o worthy_a belief_n however_o i_o myself_o may_v not_o be_v so_o among_o you_o verse_n xxxv_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n to_o the_o disperse_a among_o the_o gentile_n etc._n etc._n i_o confess_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o apostle_n writing_n do_v very_o frequent_o denote_v the_o gentile_n to_o which_o that_o of_o the_o rabbin_n agree_v well_o enough_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o greek_n i._n e._n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o gentile_n but_o here_o i_o will_v take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o its_o proper_a signification_n for_o the_o greek_n it_o be_v doubtful_a indeed_o whether_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aught_o to_o be_v understand_v the_o disperse_a greek_n or_o the_o jew_n disperse_v among_o the_o greek_n there_o be_v no_o nation_n under_o heaven_n so_o disperse_v and_o diffuse_v throughout_o the_o world_n as_o these_o both_o greek_n and_o jew_n be_v 6._o be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v be_v senec._n in_o consolat_a ad_fw-la helvean_n cap._n 6._o in_o mediis_fw-la barbarorum_fw-la regionibus_fw-la graecae_fw-la urbes_fw-la inter_fw-la indos_n persasque_fw-la macedonicus_n sermo_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o very_a heart_n of_o all_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n the_o greek_n have_v their_o city_n and_o their_o language_n speak_v among_o the_o indian_n and_o persian_n etc._n etc._n and_o into_o what_o country_n the_o jew_n be_v scatter_v the_o writing_n both_o sacred_a and_o profane_a do_v frequent_o instance_n so_o that_o if_o the_o word_n be_v to_o be_v take_v strict_o of_o the_o greek_n they_o bear_v this_o sense_n with_o they_o be_v he_o go_v here_o and_o there_o among_o the_o greek_n so_o wide_o and_o remote_o disperse_v in_o the_o world_n if_o of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v most_o general_o account_v by_o expositor_n then_o will_v i_o suppose_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v in_o distinction_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o distinction_n between_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o hellenist_n explain_v the_o thing_n the_o jew_n of_o the_o first_o dispersion_n viz._n into_o babylon_n assyria_n and_o the_o country_n adjacent_a be_v call_v hebrew_n because_o they_o use_v the_o hebrew_n or_o transeuphratensian_a language_n how_o they_o come_v to_o be_v disperse_v into_o those_o country_n we_o all_o know_v well_o enough_o viz._n that_o they_o be_v lead_v away_o captive_a by_o the_o babylonian_n and_o persian_n but_o those_o that_o be_v scatter_v among_o the_o greek_n use_v the_o greek_a tongue_n and_o be_v call_v hellenist_n it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o tell_v upon_o what_o account_n or_o by_o what_o accident_n they_o come_v to_o be_v disperse_v among_o the_o greek_n or_o other_o nation_n about_o those_o that_o live_v in_o palestine_n they_o be_v hebrew_n indeed_o as_o to_o their_o language_n but_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o dispersion_n either_o to_o one_o place_n or_o another_o because_o they_o dwell_v in_o their_o own_o proper_a country_n the_o babylonish_n dispersion_n be_v esteem_v by_o the_o jew_n the_o more_o noble_a the_o more_o famous_a and_o the_o more_o holy_a of_o any_o other_o the_o land_n of_o babylon_n be_v in_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o purity_n with_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n 1._o israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n israel_n r._n salom._n in_o gittin_n so_o 26._o 1._o the_o jewish_a offspring_n in_o babylon_n be_v more_o valuable_a than_o that_o among_o the_o greek_n even_o pure_a than_o that_o in_o judea_n itself_o 2._o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o itself_o kiddush_n fol._n 69._o 2._o whence_o for_o a_o palestine-jew_n to_o go_v to_o the_o babylonish_n dispersion_n be_v to_o go_v to_o a_o people_n and_o country_n equal_a if_o not_o superior_a to_o his_o own_o but_o to_o go_v to_o the_o dispersion_n among_o the_o greek_n be_v to_o go_v into_o unclean_a region_n where_o the_o very_a dust_n of_o the_o land_n defile_v they_o it_o be_v to_o go_v to_o a_o inferior_a race_n of_o jew_n stain_v in_o their_o blood_n it_o be_v to_o go_v into_o nation_n most_o heathenize_v verse_n xxxvii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o last_o day_n that_o great_a day_n of_o the_o feast_n the_o evangelist_n speak_v according_a to_o a_o receive_a opinion_n of_o that_o people_n for_o from_o divine_a institution_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o the_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n have_v any_o great_a mark_n set_v upon_o it_o than_o the_o first_o nay_o it_o may_v seem_v of_o low_a consideration_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n for_o on_o the_o first_o day_n be_v offer_v thirteen_o young_a bullock_n upon_o the_o altar_n on_o the_o second_o twelve_o and_o so_o few_o and_o few_o till_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n it_o come_v to_o seven_o and_o on_o this_o eight_o and_o last_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a as_o also_o for_o the_o whole_a seven_o day_n there_o be_v offer_v each_o day_n fourteen_o lamb_n but_o on_o this_o eight_o day_n seven_o only_a numb_a xxix_o so_o that_o if_o the_o number_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n add_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o day_n this_o last_o day_n will_v seem_v the_o most_o inconsiderable_a and_o not_o
targumized_n he_o call_v to_o the_o architect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_n ramm_n he_o in_o under_o the_o foundation_n r._n jose_n say_v they_o whelm_v he_o under_o a_o heap_n of_o clay_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v there_o any_o clay_n in_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o temple_n gloss._n there_o be_v mortar_n which_o they_o use_v in_o building_n it_o may_v be_v note_v by_o the_o by_o that_o they_o be_v build_v in_o the_o temple_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o first_o gamaliel_n who_o sit_v precedent_n in_o the_o sanhedrin_n about_o the_o latter_a day_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o confirm_v what_o i_o already_o have_v note_v in_o chap._n ii_o 20._o and_o further_o let_v we_o see_v how_o they_o may_v have_v stone_n in_o readiness_n for_o they_o be_v now_o building_n and_o they_o may_v have_v piece_n of_o stone_n enough_o there_o chap._n ix_o verse_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o do_v sin_n this_o man_n or_o his_o parent_n i._o it_o be_v a_o receive_a doctrine_n in_o the_o jewish_a school_n that_o child_n according_a to_o some_o wickedness_n of_o their_o parent_n be_v bear_v lame_a or_o crooked_a or_o maim_v and_o defective_a in_o some_o of_o their_o part_n etc._n etc._n by_o which_o they_o keep_v parent_n in_o awe_n lest_o they_o shall_v grow_v remiss_a and_o negligent_a in_o the_o performance_n of_o some_o rite_n which_o have_v respect_n to_o their_o be_v clean_o such_o as_o wash_n and_o purifying_n etc._n etc._n we_o have_v give_v instance_n elsewhere_o ii_o but_o that_o the_o infant_n shall_v be_v bear_v lame_a or_o blind_a or_o defective_a in_o any_o part_n for_o any_o sin_n or_o fault_n of_o his_o own_o seem_v a_o riddle_n indeed_o 1._o nor_o do_v they_o solve_v the_o matter_n who_o fly_v to_o that_o principle_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n which_o will_v have_v the_o jew_n tincture_v with_o at_o least_o if_o we_o will_v admit_v josephus_n as_o a_o just_a interpreter_n and_o judge_v of_o that_o principle_n for_o thus_o he_o 12._o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o he_o lib._n de_fw-fr excid_n ii_o cap._n 12._o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o pharisee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o be_v immortal_a and_o do_v pass_v into_o another_o body_n that_o be_v those_o of_o the_o good_a only_o observe_v this_o but_o those_o of_o the_o wicked_a be_v punish_v with_o eternal_a torment_n so_o that_o unless_o you_o will_v say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o some_o good_a man_n pass_v into_o the_o body_n of_o this_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o be_v bear_v blind_a a_o supposition_n that_o every_o one_o will_v cry_v shame_n of_o you_o say_v nothing_o to_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n if_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n among_o the_o jew_n prevail_v only_o so_o far_o that_o they_o suppose_v the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n only_o pass_v into_o other_o body_n the_o very_a subject_n of_o the_o present_a question_n be_v take_v away_o and_o all_o suspicion_n of_o any_o punishment_n or_o defect_n happen_v to_o the_o infant_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o transmigration_n whole_o vanish_v unless_o you_o will_v say_v it_o can_v happen_v upon_o a_o good_a soul_n pass_v out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o good_a man_n 2._o there_o be_v a_o solution_n attempt_v by_o some_o from_o the_o soul_n pre-existency_a which_o they_o will_v pretend_v the_o jew_n have_v some_o smatch_n of_o from_o what_o they_o say_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o soul_n which_o be_v in_o goph_n or_o guph_n 1._o guph_n guph_n guph_n guph_n guph_n guph_n avodah_n zarah_n â—ol_n 5._o 1._o r._n jose_n say_v the_o son_n of_o david_n will_v not_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v in_o goph_n be_v consummate_v the_o same_o passage_n be_v recite_v also_o in_o niddah_fw-mi 2._o niddah_fw-mi niddah_fw-mi niddah_fw-mi niddah_fw-mi niddah_fw-mi niddah_fw-mi fol._n 13._o 2._o and_o jevamoth_n 1._o jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n jevamoth_n fol._n 62._o 1._o where_o it_o be_v ascribe_v to_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d asi._n there_o be_v a_o repository_n say_v r._n solomon_n the_o name_n of_o which_o be_v goph_n and_o from_o the_o creation_n all_o the_o soul_n that_o ever_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v be_v form_v together_o and_o there_o place_v but_o there_o be_v another_o rabbin_z bring_v in_o by_o another_o commentator_n that_o suppose_v a_o twofold_a goph_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o israelite_n and_o of_o the_o gentile_n be_v not_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o goph_n nay_o further_o he_o conceive_v that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n there_o will_v be_v a_o three_o goph_n and_o a_o new_a race_n of_o soul_n make_v r._n jose_n deduce_v his_o opinion_n from_o isaiah_n lvii_o 16._o miserable_o wrest_v the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n to_o this_o sense_n my_o will_n shall_v hinder_v for_o the_o soul_n which_o i_o have_v make_v for_o so_o aruch_n and_o the_o commentator_n explain_v his_o mind_n grant_v now_o that_o what_o i_o have_v quote_v may_v be_v sufficient_a confirmation_n that_o the_o jew_n do_v entertain_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n pre-existence_n yet_o what_o concern_v the_o pre-existence_n of_o soul_n have_v with_o this_o place_n i_o confess_v i_o have_v not_o so_o quick_a a_o apprehension_n as_o any_o way_n to_o imagine_v unless_o we_o will_v suppose_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o or_o that_o some_o soul_n come_v immediate_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n stain_v and_o defile_v iii_o i_o will_v therefore_o seek_v to_o untie_v this_o knot_n some_o other_o way_n 1._o i_o will_v have_v that_o passage_n observe_v which_o we_o have_v in_o vajicra_fw-la rabb_n 3._o rabb_n rabb_n rabb_n rabb_n rabb_n rabb_n fol._n 184_o 3._o and_o the_o day_n draw_v nigh_o in_o the_o which_o thou_o shall_v say_v i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o they_o eccl._n xii_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n wherein_o there_o shall_v be_v neither_o merit_n nor_o demerit_n that_o be_v if_o i_o mistake_v not_o wherein_o neither_o the_o good_a desert_n of_o the_o parent_n shall_v be_v impute_v to_o the_o child_n for_o their_o advantage_n nor_o their_o desert_n for_o their_o fault_n and_o punishment_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o r._n akibah_n in_o loc_n and_o they_o be_v his_o application_n of_o that_o passage_n in_o eccles._n and_o indeed_o his_o own_o invention_n but_o the_o opinion_n itself_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v neither_o merit_n nor_o demerit_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v what_o be_v common_o receive_v among_o the_o jew_n if_o so_o then_o let_v i_o a_o little_a enlarge_v this_o question_n of_o our_o saviour_n disciple_n by_o way_n of_o paraphrase_n to_o this_o purpose_n master_n we_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v the_o messiah_n and_o that_o these_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n we_o have_v also_o learn_v from_o our_o school_n that_o there_o be_v no_o imputation_n of_o merit_n or_o demerit_n from_o the_o parent_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n whence_o then_o be_v it_o that_o this_o man_n be_v bear_v blind_a that_o in_o these_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n he_o shall_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n with_o he_o some_o mark_n and_o imputation_n of_o fault_n or_o blame_v somewhere_o what_o be_v it_o his_o parent_n fault_n this_o seem_v against_o the_o receive_a opinion_n it_o seem_v therefore_o that_o he_o bear_v some_o token_n of_o his_o own_o fault_n be_v it_o so_o or_o no_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o conceit_n among_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o infant_n when_o form_v and_o quicken_v in_o the_o womb_n may_v behave_v itself_o irregular_o and_o do_v something_o that_o may_v not_o be_v altogether_o without_o fault_n in_o the_o treatise_n last_o mention_v a_o woman_n be_v bring_v in_o complain_v in_o earnest_n of_o her_o child_n before_o the_o judge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o kick_v she_o unreasonable_o in_o the_o womb_n in_o midr._n cohel_n and_o midr._n ruth_n cap._n iii_o 13._o there_o be_v a_o story_n tell_v of_o elisha_n been_v abujah_o who_o depart_v from_o the_o faith_n and_o become_v a_o horrible_a apostate_n and_o among_o other_o reason_n of_o his_o apostasy_n this_o be_v render_v for_o one_o there_o be_v which_o say_v that_o his_o mother_n when_o she_o be_v big_a with_o child_n of_o he_o pass_v through_o a_o temple_n of_o the_o gentile_n smell_v something_o very_o strong_a they_o give_v to_o she_o of_o what_o she_o smell_v and_o she_o do_v eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n grow_v hot_a and_o swell_v into_o blister_n as_o in_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o serpent_n in_o which_o story_n his_o apostasy_n be_v suppose_v
as_o original_o root_v and_o ground_v in_o he_o in_o the_o womb_n upon_o the_o fault_n of_o his_o mother_n eat_v of_o what_o have_v be_v offer_v to_o idol_n it_o be_v also_o equal_o presume_v that_o a_o infant_n may_v unreasonable_o and_o irregular_o kick_v and_o punch_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o its_o mother_n beyond_o the_o rate_n of_o ordinary_a infant_n the_o infant_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o rebecca_n may_v be_v for_o a_o instance_n where_o the_o jew_n indeed_o absolve_v jacob_n from_o fault_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o he_o take_v esau_n by_o the_o heel_n 2._o heel_n heel_n heel_n heel_n heel_n heel_n bemidbar_fw-la rabb_n fol._n 230._o 2._o but_o will_v hardly_o absolve_v esau_n for_o rise_v up_o against_o his_o brother_n jacob._n 1._o jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n jacob._n sanhedr_n fol._n 91._o 2._o &_o beresh_a rabb_n fol._n 38._o 1._o antoninus_n ask_v r._n judah_n at_o what_o time_n evil_a affection_n begin_v to_o prevail_v in_o the_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o in_o the_o first_o form_v of_o the_o foetus_fw-la in_o the_o womb_n or_o at_o the_o time_n of_o its_o come_n forth_o the_o rabbi_n say_v unto_o he_o from_o the_o time_n of_o its_o first_o form_v then_o say_v antoninus_n it_o will_v kick_v in_o the_o mother_n womb_n and_o rush_v out_o this_o i_o learn_v of_o antoninus_n and_o the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o back_v it_o when_o it_o say_v sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n it_o appear_v from_o this_o dispute_n whether_o true_a or_o feign_a that_o the_o ancient_a opinion_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v that_o the_o infant_n from_o its_o first_o quicken_n have_v some_o stain_n of_o sin_n upon_o it_o and_o that_o great_a doctor_n r._n judah_n the_o holy_a be_v original_o of_o that_o opinion_n himself_o but_o have_v light_o change_v his_o mind_n upon_o so_o paltry_a a_o argument_n nay_o they_o go_v a_o little_a further_o not_o only_o that_o the_o infant_n may_v have_v some_o stain_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o womb_n but_o that_o it_o may_v in_o some_o measure_n actual_o sin_n and_o do_v that_o which_o may_v render_v it_o criminal_a to_o which_o purpose_n this_o passage_n of_o the_o disciple_n seem_v to_o have_v some_o relation_n do_v this_o man_n sin_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v blind_a that_o be_v do_v he_o when_o his_o mother_n carry_v he_o in_o her_o womb_n do_v any_o foul_a or_o enormous_a thing_n that_o may_v deserve_v this_o severe_a stroke_n upon_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v bring_v this_o blindness_n with_o he_o into_o the_o world_n verse_n vi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o spit_v on_o the_o ground_n etc._n etc._n i._o how_o far_o spittle_n be_v account_v wholesome_a for_o weak_a eye_n we_o may_v learn_v from_o this_o ridiculous_a tale_n 2._o tale_n tale_n tale_n tale_n tale_n tale_n hieros_n sotah_n fol._n 16._o 4._o &_o vajicra_fw-la rabb_n fol._n 175._o 2._o r._n meir_n sit_v and_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o sabbath-day_n there_o be_v a_o woman_n stand_v by_o hear_v he_o preach_v after_o he_o have_v do_v she_o go_v home_o and_o find_v her_o candle_n go_v out_o her_o husband_n say_v to_o she_o where_o have_v thou_o be_v i_o have_v be_v say_v she_o standing_z and_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o preacher_n her_o husband_n say_v to_o she_o thou_o shall_v not_o enter_v in_o till_o thou_o have_v go_v and_o spot_n in_o the_o face_n of_o he_o that_o teach_v after_o three_o week_n her_o neighbour_a woman_n persuade_v and_o hearten_v she_o to_o it_o she_o go_v to_o the_o chapel_n now_o the_o whole_a matter_n be_v already_o make_v know_v to_o r._n meir_n he_o say_v therefore_o to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v there_o ever_o a_o woman_n among_o you_o skilled_a in_o mutter_v charm_n over_o eye_n for_o he_o feign_v a_o grievous_a ailment_n in_o his_o eye_n the_o woman_n say_v r._n i_o be_o not_o skilled_a however_o say_v he_o do_v thou_o spit_v seven_o time_n upon_o my_o eye_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v heal_v which_o she_o do_v gloss._n whenever_o they_o 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contrary_n to_o nature_n for_o clay_n lay_v upon_o the_o eye_n we_o may_v believe_v shall_v rather_o put_v out_o the_o eye_n of_o one_o that_o see_v than_o restore_v sight_n to_o one_o that_o have_v be_v blind_a yea_o and_o further_o he_o give_v demonstration_n of_o the_o divine_a authority_n he_o himself_o have_v over_o the_o sabbath_n when_o he_o heal_v upon_o that_o day_n by_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n which_o have_v be_v peculiar_o prohibit_v to_o be_v use_v in_o it_o the_o connexion_n of_o this_o chapter_n with_o the_o former_a be_v such_o that_o the_o story_n in_o both_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v act_v on_o one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d go_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o so_o pass_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o he_o pass_v by_o he_o see_v a_o man_n which_o be_v blind_a if_o it_o be_v so_o which_o i_o will_v not_o much_o contend_v about_o then_o do_v they_o bring_v the_o adulterous_a woman_n before_o christ_n yea_o and_o attempt_v to_o stone_n he_o too_o on_o the_o sabbath-day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jesus_n hide_v himself_o or_o perhaps_o the_o sense_n be_v he_o be_v hide_v that_o be_v by_o the_o multitude_n that_o have_v a_o favour_n for_o he_o and_o compass_v he_o about_o lest_o his_o enemy_n shall_v have_v wreak_v their_o malice_n and_o displeasure_n against_o he_o verse_n vii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v by_o interpretation_n send_v we_o have_v already_o show_v that_o the_o spring_n of_o siloam_n discharge_v its_o self_n by_o a_o double_a stream_n into_o a_o twofold_a pool_n the_o upper_a pool_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pool_n of_o siloah_n and_o the_o low_a which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pool_n of_o shelah_n nehem._n iii_o 15._o now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plain_o and_o proper_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o so_o as_o we_o have_v already_o note_v probably_n the_o evangelist_n add_v this_o parenthesis_n on_o purpose_n to_o distinguish_v which_o of_o the_o pool_n the_o blind_a man_n be_v send_v to_o wash_v in_o viz._n not_o in_o the_o pool_n shelah_n which_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fleece_n but_o in_o the_o pool_n of_o shiloah_n which_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d send_v verse_n viii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o sit_v and_o beg_v this_o may_v be_v oppose_v to_o another_o sort_n of_o beggar_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o beg_v from_o door_n to_o door_n the_o word_n use_v by_o the_o beggar_n be_v general_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vouchsafe_v something_o
of_o spirit_n why_o to_o east_n down_o thy_o thirty_o piece_n of_o silver_n which_o thou_o have_v get_v so_o notorious_o and_o buy_v so_o due_o oh_o conviction_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n which_o bear_v i_o down_o and_o lie_v heavy_a on_o my_o soul_n than_o a_o thousand_o thousand_o millstone_n they_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o rock_n fall_v on_o we_o and_o to_o the_o hill_n cover_v we_o and_o those_o weight_n seem_v light_a than_o the_o burden_n of_o conscience_n that_o lie_v upon_o they_o here_o be_v conviction_n of_o conscience_n overpower_v ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la quod_fw-la sic_fw-la as_o far_o as_o possible_a in_o that_o kind_n and_o as_o far_o as_o possible_a in_o this_o world_n a_o man_n so_o thorough_o convince_v of_o his_o lose_a undo_v damnable_a condition_n that_o his_o conviction_n be_v his_o hell_n already_o and_o he_o can_v suffer_v or_o feel_v more_o of_o hell_n till_o he_o come_v there_o but_o second_o there_o be_v a_o conviction_n of_o conscience_n overpower_v to_o the_o utmost_a effect_n of_o conviction_n that_o be_v smooth_a like_o jacob_n and_o not_o such_o a_o rough_a thing_n as_o this_o esau_n a_o child_n of_o the_o freewoman_n and_o of_o the_o promise_n and_o not_o of_o this_o spirit_n of_o horror_n and_o bondage_n and_o that_o be_v when_o a_o man_n be_v so_o convince_v in_o conscience_n concern_v his_o duty_n that_o he_o can_v but_o with_o all_o earnestness_n set_v to_o it_o and_o keep_v to_o it_o as_o in_o jer._n xx._n 9_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o my_o heart_n as_o a_o burn_a fire_n shut_v up_o in_o my_o bone_n that_o i_o be_v weary_a of_o forbear_v and_o can_v not_o stay_v this_o i_o shall_v illustrate_v to_o you_o by_o look_v into_o a_o case_n or_o state_n of_o conscience_n refer_v something_o to_o the_o conviction_n speak_v of_o last_o before_o and_o also_o to_o this_o we_o be_v speak_v of_o now_o many_o a_o dear_a child_n of_o god_n walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o see_v no_o light_n from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o new_a 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