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A Censure vpon the Iew Rambam.
He speakeah truly that Balaam prophecieth of Christ: but he litle marketh vvhat Balaam taught: by that: Mes∣sias shall vnvvall all the sonnes of Seth. Yffor destroying all their tovvnes vvall this vvere spoken, that vvere no benefite. Nether vvil Salomon suffer to hope for one age to haue any thing, the like vvherof vvas not afore: either for peace or vvarres. Paul expoundeth the vnvvalling of Seth sonnes. 2. Cor. 10. Our armour is not carnall but mighty for God: to pull dovvne strong holdes: This Balaā meant By more cities of refuge, Rambam seeketh corners. thus he reasoneth:
Yfvve had not yet all cities of refuge promised, ther is a returning vnto our land of Chanaan to haue them. But yet vve had not all promised:
Therfore there remayneth a returne to Chanaan.
The assumption is double vveake. The Lavv gaue leaue to make more, yf they conquered more: as Ruben Gad & Manasses conquered more. & Permissiōs be in Lavves no lesse then cōmaundements. Besides vve may not say that Ruben Gad & Manasses made no cities more of re∣fuge: because it is not recorded. The vvitty Aben Ezra noteth vpon Gad, Gen. 4. 9. that much is vnrecorded, vvhich Iacob speaketh of him. Thus Rambams hope is the vveb of a spider. And concerning building of Ierusa∣lem, vvhat can that profit more then it profited in Salo∣mons time: vvhen sone all came to nothing: And novv the vvorld is 5531. yeres old: and their rule is: that six thousand shall end it: vvhich vvilbe at 469. & vvhat can that time vvorke to change the vvhole vvorld. Touch∣ing Elias: He tottereth: But vve knovv the case: and he might learne Christ & the heauenly Ierusalem of our. N. Test. & the Chaldy vpon Eccles. 1. v. 2. telleth that their Messias is but vanity.