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Show I Ofl[rttel' 1 C4mpr. , nanl was upon equal terms, without any condition either of tribute or fervice, as is gatherable from the Coventtn~ made by J(}JhNil with the Gibeoniter, where there is no mention of any condition at all, Jofh.9· '. This cfiff~rence fcemeth to me warrantable, and ferveth tb reconcile many places of Scripture, as where God faith,offir peact to AlJ, arrd mafte a covena"t with nont. secondiJ, lt fheweth the fraud of the Giheonites to be greater than is commonly conceived, for they fought not peace pmply~bnt a covenant. Jlda/ze a league with 1u, JoJh.9.6. Thirdly, It falveth that com .. ·mon ObjeCtion r1:111.d~ in defence of unadvifed Oaths., to prove them obligatoty" though Nnlawf1Jl. The Argument is framed thus; t.'~e COVe#td-111 which J ofhua mAde .,it h_the Gibeo11ites Un4'dv.i[edly,wtH un/awfu/:/,t~t that wtH ohferved by him, ttnd t·he breach thereof, when Saul flew the Gibeonites ,punifoed by God, 2 Sam.'2 i. I. Therifore, &c. I fay it fal veth that 0bjecrion: becaufe if we diligently obferve ]#~t"'s praet:ife, we fhall find unadvifed Ottths to be fo far:, and on/1 jo far bind-ing, as they agree with God's words. Goa's werd re'~~ quired the Gibeo11ites. fuould have their lives fecured, becaufc: they accepted peace ; Thus far therefore the coflenant WAs fliJl offtJrce. God's word required> that the Cant~ttnites, afttr the acceptation of peace, fhbul<;l become tributary; here the co'IJenant wm not of force, and therefore ](tjhuah made them. hewers of wood, an.d dra'll'ers of water, which is a kind of tribute in the language ot the Scripture , a tribute of the body., ' though not ofth~ purje: in whichfenfe the /E)Jptian Task'!Ma.fterJ ar.c in the Original called 1riblde.ma,• lier,.J} Exod • . • 11~. · CHAP. Their Meafore1• CHAP. IX. Their Me":forer. ·- 'I M Ea[11re.r in ufe arnong th R 6 · . . . ali other u 41 · e e rtD'r,and fo among n. 10111 are oft~ , r:. fc furtS applicatio~h, mea[H;eJ 0 .0J 0 ~1J: orne Mtfl_• cu.! >it., a yarrfdi , and the like. Sfa ppldrcJalt(JII, as, a fpan, a econ y Me .. r.. czt~ttts' met~ ttres of catJac .I . • ' '#JNr~ capa-fheis n?...,. '"'e--r. r lfj,as plnts,quarts,pecks bu .. '0" .. , ~v~• "JTtrer ofappl' t. . . ' . ture, are thefe that folJo:"( ;o~~,~_entton~d ~~Scrip-no ·deceit; the ground f ~ 7c tch there mtght be breadth of{o man 0 ° t e e meafures was the fized, laid by one ~~o:hfo many barley corns middle . · ~ jiwger, ,., ;,u!J. (a )f t con ;:;~:r ~~~:t 6"nt, D~g,it tn, a ley corns joyned to ether h readth of~x bar· a Arid, M4nt. though in round ·reck~ . .w ere they are _thtckefr: Thu~al cai •• in accurate fpeaki * ntng It goeth for· an Inch, yet Of ~his there itePlf· fo'!!;f?ngers 1IJa4_e three inches. ¥-J?.ut~or di1.i~ . l . n Ion, . Jcr. 52. l I tJ conftrtUHflt Pamrn,ThJs as twofold· Pa!t • . trupollictJ. 1111n 1najor. T e Jelier ~ 'JJIJs mJnor, and Pal·!'""· ' unilu ji11gtr.l, (i.) thrhiN h contaJneth the brea~tb of[our'" E~tlt4o,s" phach, the Greekr 'lrd.::~',pttt~e HetrewJ te~m It, MQ~ To. zereth-by the G I. · th~ greater Js termed I11J ' ree~l a'-KJJ-ap.~. tn L · . L Dodrtt11J. lL containeth the ' attne sp~to4111a, & the thumb and the little fi m~~fure that ts between • lJ'!J!l PagnatJ~ Pes a fo~;g~r ret~ht out, afP411. . inc her. ' ' · t cont~uneth (h) t~el11eb fl.!!Atuor F'a~t; i!7"~ A · r moJ;{til. mi,a- h '.. ~»mtt, C•t~itm, ll Ctthit We 1h 11 fi d . ' rtr. Ptt. Mar ... t ors mention of fot~r l<illd :~ h. a . 0 Jl)' Au ryr.1. ReJ..c,6• C0111111tt1ti, tfiis was r·he m .I ()J Ctl til • . ,I. £NhiltB \ . . r-~ . the fingerse 'd 1 . eafure f~om tp~ ~lbow to ' ' r • · ~ ·• n • t cont{t~;d a foot and halt; or half a. .. . . ' JllTqJ I t |