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§. 5. Secondly let us consider, That as of all the Iewish off-spring, not the Females, but the Males were to be offer'd unto the Lord; (as it were intimating unto us, that They alone may expect to be admitted into God's Presence, who Captivate the Lusts of the effeminate Flesh, by the masculine power of a controuling spirit;) so of all the Males too, none but the best, or the first-born were set a part for God's Portion. For when I say the first-born, I mean the Might of the Parents, and the beginning of their strength, the excellency of Dignity, |
§. 5. Secondly let us Consider, That as of all the Jewish offspring, not the Females, but the Males were to be offered unto the Lord; (as it were intimating unto us, that They alone may expect to be admitted into God's Presence, who Captivate the Lustiest of the effeminate Flesh, by the masculine power of a controlling Spirit;) so of all the Males too, none but the best, or the firstborn were Set a part for God's Portion. For when I say the firstborn, I mean the Might of the Parents, and the beginning of their strength, the excellency of Dignity, |
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