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that_o be_v there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o decay_n in_o his_o body_n only_a god_n be_v please_v sudden_o to_o take_v he_o away_o by_o death_n or_o his_o milk-pail_n be_v full_a of_o milk_n for_o so_o this_o clause_n may_v be_v read_v as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n and_o his_o bone_n be_v moisten_v with_o marrow_n that_o be_v he_o have_v a_o full_a estate_n and_o a_o healthful_a body_n for_o if_o we_o read_v it_o thus_o by_o his_o milk-pail_n full_a of_o milk_n must_v be_v mean_v his_o plenty_n of_o all_o outward_a riches_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o other_o man_n he_o say_v vers_fw-la 25._o and_o another_o die_v in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o his_o
many_o time_n by_o some_o extraordinary_a unusual_a and_o unheard_a of_o judgement_n according_a to_o that_o esa_fw-mi 28.21_o the_o lord_n shall_v rise_v up_o as_o in_o mount_n perizim_n he_o shall_v be_v wroth_a as_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o gibeon_n that_o he_o may_v do_v his_o work_n his_o strange_a work_n and_o bring_v to_o pass_v his_o act_n his_o strange_a act_n verse_n 4._o do_v not_o he_o see_v my_o way_n and_o count_v all_o my_o step_n that_o be_v not_o one_o of_o they_o can_v slip_v by_o he_o undiscerned_a he_o know_v they_o as_o exact_o as_o if_o he_o number_v they_o one_o by_o one_o and_o this_o concern_v god_n see_v all_o that_o he_o do_v he_o insert_v in_o this_o place_n either_o first_o to_o imply_v that_o this_o make_v he_o wonder_v why_o god_n that_o know_v he_o so_o thorough_o shall_v punish_v he_o so_o severe_o or_o second_o to_o show_v that_o in_o this_o profession_n which_o he_o make_v of_o his_o purity_n from_o all_o uncleanness_n he_o dare_v not_o affirm_v any_o untruth_n since_o if_o he_o shall_v it_o can_v not_o be_v conceal_v from_o god_n or_o rather_o three_o as_o a_o reason_n why_o he_o dare_v not_o give_v way_n to_o any_o lustful_a look_n or_o thought_n to_o wit_n because_o though_o man_n can_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o they_o yet_o they_o can_v not_o be_v conceal_v from_o god_n verse_n 5._o if_o i_o have_v walk_v with_o vanity_n or_o if_o my_o foot_n have_v haste_v to_o deceit_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v walk_v in_o any_o sinful_a course_n and_o have_v greedy_o defraud_v those_o that_o i_o have_v have_v any_o deal_n with_o or_o if_o i_o have_v deal_v false_o dissemble_o and_o deceitful_o with_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o by_o vanity_n may_v be_v mean_v any_o sinful_a practice_n and_o that_o because_o the_o expectation_n of_o man_n in_o such_o course_n will_v prove_v vain_a and_o deceitful_a and_o so_o it_o be_v take_v prov._n 13.11_o wealth_n get_v by_o vanity_n shall_v be_v diminish_v but_o most_o common_o in_o the_o scripture_n by_o vanity_n be_v mean_v lie_v and_o dissemble_v when_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o that_o which_o man_n say_v or_o do_v but_o all_o be_v vain_a and_o deceitful_a and_o therefore_o be_v vanity_n and_o lie_v so_o often_o join_v together_o in_o the_o scripture_n as_o psal_n 4.2_o how_o long_o will_v you_o love_v vanity_n and_o seek_v after_o lease_v so_o also_o prov._n 30.8_o and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n verse_n 6._o let_v i_o be_v weigh_v in_o a_o even_a balance_n that_o god_n may_v know_v my_o integrity_n by_o be_v weigh_v in_o a_o even_a balance_n he_o mean_v his_o be_v try_v just_o to_o wit_n whether_o his_o deal_n with_o man_n have_v not_o be_v just_a according_a to_o the_o word_n and_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o balance_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n the_o only_a sure_a rule_n to_o discover_v what_o be_v just_a and_o what_o be_v unjust_a or_o whether_o his_o punishment_n be_v not_o great_a than_o his_o offence_n have_v be_v so_o that_o his_o drift_n be_v to_o profess_v that_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v thorough_o try_v so_o it_o may_v be_v do_v just_o to_o wit_n by_o god_n and_o not_o by_o man_n of_o who_o unjust_a censure_n he_o have_v too_o much_o experience_n verse_n 7._o if_o my_o step_n have_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o way_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o upon_o trial_n it_o be_v find_v that_o i_o have_v live_v wicked_o and_o deal_v unjust_o with_o man_n and_o my_o heart_n walk_v after_o my_o eye_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v covet_v that_o which_o i_o see_v of_o another_o man_n which_o be_v call_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n 1_o john_n 2.16_o and_o if_o any_o blot_n have_v cleaved_a to_o my_o hand_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v run_v on_o in_o any_o sinful_a practice_n or_o if_o i_o have_v greedy_o get_v and_o unjust_o keep_v any_o thing_n by_o any_o base_a unwarrantable_a way_n and_o observable_a it_o be_v that_o in_o that_o last_o clause_n he_o speak_v of_o such_o filthy_a lucre_n as_o of_o pitch_n or_o some_o such_o thing_n that_o will_v soon_o cleave_v to_o and_o defile_v the_o hand_n of_o he_o that_o touch_v it_o some_o expositor_n i_o know_v limit_v this_o which_o be_v here_o say_v to_o his_o carriage_n of_o himself_o in_o the_o place_n of_o a_o magistrate_n if_o my_o step_n have_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o way_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v pervert_v justice_n and_o my_o heart_n have_v walk_v after_o my_o eye_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v have_v any_o respect_n to_o person_n and_o if_o any_o blot_n have_v cleaved_a to_o my_o hand_n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v take_v any_o bribe_n but_o the_o more_o general_a exposition_n i_o judge_v the_o best_a and_o yet_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o job_n intend_v hereby_o to_o clear_v himself_o of_o all_o sin_n as_o if_o he_o have_v never_o step_v awry_o for_o the_o resolve_v whereof_o see_v the_o note_n chap._n 16.17_o verse_n 8._o then_o let_v i_o sow_v and_o let_v another_o reap_v yea_o let_v my_o offspring_n be_v root_v out_o this_o last_o clause_n seem_v to_o be_v add_v because_o it_o be_v usual_o to_o make_v their_o posterity_n rich_a and_o great_a that_o man_n seek_v gain_v to_o themselves_o in_o unjust_a waâ—es_n which_o if_o i_o have_v do_v say_v job_n it_o be_v just_a that_o i_o shall_v have_v none_o to_o inherit_v what_o i_o have_v get_v but_o may_v some_o say_v job_n have_v now_o no_o child_n i_o answer_v this_o may_v be_v mean_v of_o his_o child_n child_n or_o of_o root_n out_o his_o child_n hereafter_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v any_o or_o the_o meaning_n may_v be_v only_o this_o that_o if_o he_o have_v never_o so_o great_a a_o posterity_n it_o be_v just_a with_o god_n to_o root_v they_o all_o out_o verse_n 9_o if_o my_o heart_n have_v be_v deceive_v by_o a_o woman_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o i_o have_v be_v win_v by_o any_o woman_n to_o commit_v uncleanness_n with_o she_o even_o when_o she_o may_v have_v use_v all_o the_o be_v she_o have_v to_o entice_v and_o entangle_v i_o as_o by_o her_o beauty_n by_o her_o wanton_a flatter_a word_n which_o drop_v as_o a_o honeycomb_n prov._n 5.3_o by_o her_o lascivious_a behaviour_n or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o wicked_a art_n for_o which_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o whorish_a woman_n be_v say_v to_o be_v as_o snare_n and_o net_n eccles_n 7.26_o verse_n 10._o then_o let_v my_o wise_n grind_v unto_o another_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v let_v she_o become_v a_o bondslave_n to_o some_o other_o man_n and_o be_v put_v by_o he_o to_o grind_v in_o a_o mill_n concern_v which_o see_v the_o note_n exod._n 11.5_o or_o rather_o let_v i_o be_v pay_v in_o the_o same_o kind_n let_v my_o wife_n commit_v adultery_n with_o another_o man_n yea_o let_v she_o be_v a_o common_a whore_n to_o many_o which_o also_o the_o follow_a clause_n express_v more_o clear_o and_o let_v other_o bow_v down_o upon_o she_o as_o a_o mill_n that_o for_o hire_n receive_v and_o grind_v the_o corn_n of_o all_o comer_n for_o indeed_o this_o phrase_n of_o grind_v be_v a_o modest_a expression_n of_o that_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n and_o so_o we_o find_v it_o use_v in_o other_o writer_n as_o in_o that_o of_o horace_n alienas_fw-la permolere_fw-la vxores_fw-la verse_n 12._o for_o it_o be_v a_o fire_n that_o consume_v to_o destruction_n etc._n etc._n some_o expositor_n understand_v this_o thus_o that_o the_o adultery_n of_o the_o wife_n do_v kindle_v in_o her_o husband_n such_o fury_n and_o wrath_n that_o as_o a_o fire_n it_o break_v forth_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o she_o and_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o she_o of_o which_o see_v what_o solomon_n say_v prov_n 6.34_o 35._o but_o the_o word_n plain_o show_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o adultery_n to_o wit_n that_o as_o it_o be_v as_o a_o fire_n in_o regard_n of_o its_o burn_a concupiscence_n so_o also_o as_o a_o fire_n it_o consume_v all_o a_o man_n have_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n which_o usual_o pursue_v they_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o though_o man_n wink_v at_o it_o it_o consume_v a_o man_n health_n wealth_n body_n and_o soul_n and_o make_v he_o burn_v at_o last_o in_o hell_n fire_n unto_o eternity_n and_o then_o because_o god_n usual_o punish_v this_o sin_n more_o particular_o by_o cut_v off_o the_o adulterer_n posterity_n therefore_o he_o add_v the_o last_o word_n and_o will_v root_v out_o all_o my_o increase_n verse_n 13._o if_o i_o do_v despise_v the_o cause_n of_o my_o manservant_n or_o of_o my_o maid-servant_n when_o they_o contend_v with_o i_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o though_o he_o may_v have_v stop_v their_o mouth_n with_o stripe_n yet_o he_o give_v they_o free_a liberty_n to_o
deliver_v a_o dark_a say_n not_o because_o of_o the_o obscurity_n of_o the_o expression_n wherein_o he_o mean_v to_o deliver_v it_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o that_o expression_n he_o use_v i_o will_v open_v my_o dark_a say_n but_o to_o imply_v that_o the_o thing_n he_o mean_v to_o speak_v of_o be_v deep_a and_o profound_a mystery_n and_o such_o as_o to_o natural_a man_n will_v be_v dark_a riddle_n such_o as_o be_v that_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n that_o a_o good_a man_n have_v no_o cause_n to_o be_v afraid_a in_o the_o day_n of_o distress_n and_o trouble_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o the_o drift_n of_o the_o whole_a verse_n be_v to_o show_v how_o deep_a and_o weighty_a the_o thing_n be_v of_o which_o he_o intend_v to_o speak_v verse_n 5._o wherefore_o shall_v i_o fear_v in_o the_o day_n of_o evil_a when_o the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o heel_n shall_v compass_v i_o about_o this_o be_v that_o parable_n and_o dark_a say_n which_o in_o the_o forego_n verse_n he_o promise_v to_o 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the_o lord_n who_o though_o he_o may_v suffer_v wicked_a man_n to_o persecute_v his_o righteous_a servant_n for_o a_o time_n and_o that_o perhaps_o by_o way_n of_o correct_v they_o for_o their_o iniquity_n yet_o in_o due_a time_n he_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o deliver_v they_o and_o to_o break_v the_o pride_n of_o their_o great_a enemy_n this_o i_o conceive_v be_v the_o best_a exposition_n of_o the_o word_n only_o i_o may_v add_v that_o some_o conceive_v it_o be_v death_n which_o he_o term_n here_o the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o heel_n and_o that_o because_o to_o christ_n and_o his_o member_n death_n be_v indeed_o no_o more_o but_o the_o bruise_n of_o their_o heel_n gen._n 3.15_o 1_o cor._n 15.55_o 57_o verse_n 6._o they_o that_o trust_v in_o their_o wealth_n and_o boast_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v add_v as_o a_o reason_n of_o that_o which_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o forego_n verse_n why_o the_o child_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o enrich_v themselves_o that_o shall_v 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