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his_o answer_n my_o hour_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v and_o joh._n reu._n vers_fw-la 3._o you_o shall_v have_v tribulation_n ten_o day_n chap._n 12._o 6._o the_o church_n must_v be_v feed_v in_o the_o wilderness_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o day_n 3_o look_v not_o to_o sleep_v quiet_o after_o the_o first_o conquest_n or_o victory_n have_v against_o satan_n he_o must_v be_v let_v loose_a often_o against_o thou_o and_o the_o next_o time_n he_o come_v with_o great_a strength_n for_o this_o cause_n thou_o must_v not_o give_v thyself_o to_o any_o slothfulness_n after_o temptation_n but_o to_o great_a watchfulness_n prayer_n meditation_n etc._n etc._n that_o thou_o may_v be_v more_o fresh_a &_o better_o provide_v against_o new_a assault_n move_v assault_n such_o as_o make_v they_o nest_n in_o this_o life_n look_v for_o no_o cross_n and_o when_o they_o come_v can_v beat_v they_o i_o say_v in_o my_o prosperity_n i_o shall_v never_o be_v move_v but_o be_v strong_a &_o 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howsoever_o thing_n seem_v to_o we_o to_o fall_v out_o accidental_o yet_o the_o lord_n still_o abide_v in_o the_o stern_a &_o evil_a &_o the_o lord_n god_n lead_v we_o into_o temptation_n as_o he_o do_v his_o own_o son_n jesus_n christ_n mate_n 4.1_o lu._n 4._o and_o it_o be_v he_o which_o deliver_v we_o from_o evil_a govern_v all_o thing_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n let_v the_o instrument_n be_v what_o may_v be_v and_o intend_v what_o they_o listen_v yet_o god_n in_o the_o end_n will_v turn_v all_o to_o the_o good_a of_o his_o elect_a 5._o the_o lord_n tell_v the_o devil_n to_o confound_v he_o all_o that_o ever_o he_o have_v do_v be_v in_o vain_a he_o have_v sweat_n much_o to_o obtain_v the_o commission_n next_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o etc._n etc._n but_o all_o his_o labour_n be_v lose_v he_o can_v bring_v job_n to_o join_v in_o league_n with_o he_o to_o renounce_v his_o god_n blaspheme_v etc._n etc._n all_o his_o labour_n be_v lose_v verse_n 4._o and_o satan_n answer_v the_o lord_n and_o say_v skin_n for_o skin_n and_o all_o that_o ever_o a_o man_n have_v will_v a_o man_n give_v for_o his_o life_n verse_n 5._o but_o stretch_v out_o now_o thy_o hand_n and_o touch_v his_o bone_n and_o his_o flesh_n curse_n flesh_n let_v i_o undergo_v any_o curse_n to_o see_v if_o he_o will_v not_o blaspheme_v thou_o to_o thy_o face_n these_o two_o verse_n contain_v satan_n answer_n unto_o the_o lord_n wherein_o he_o labour_v with_o more_o new_a reason_n for_o a_o new_a commission_n 1._o arg._n a_o hypocrite_n will_v free_o give_v all_o that_o he_o have_v to_o save_v his_o light_n to_o save_v his_o skin_n as_o the_o proverb_n be_v that_o he_o may_v lie_v in_o a_o whole_a skin_n job_n be_v a_o hypocrite_n ergo_fw-la job_n will_v be_v content_a to_o lose_v all_o to_o save_v etc._n etc._n as_o the_o proverb_n be_v 2._o arg._n be_v from_o a_o kind_n of_o abjuration_n curse_v etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o touch_v his_o bone_n etc._n etc._n if_o then_o he_o blaspheme_v not_o 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be_v a_o city_n in_o edom_n jerem._n 49.7_o baruc._n 3.12_o which_o do_v bear_v name_n of_o that_o man_n and_o this_o eliphaz_n may_v be_v lord_n of_o it_o so_o he_o may_v bear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o town_n and_o his_o father_n also_o bildad_n the_o shuhite_a of_o shua_n the_o son_n of_o abraham_n by_o ketura_n his_o second_o wife_n gen._n 25.2_o zophar_n the_o naamathite_n some_o say_v of_o zopho_n son_n to_o that_o eliphaz_n esau_n elder_a son_n gen._n 36.11_o some_o say_v his_o name_n be_v set_v down_o figurative_o metathesis_n metathesis_n of_o timna_n one_o of_o the_o duke_n which_o come_v of_o esau_n vers_fw-la 40._o and_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v this_o man_n come_v of_o a_o town_n call_v naamah_n which_o afterward_o fall_v by_o lot_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n josh_n 15.41_o they_o be_v agree_v together_o to_o come_v that_o be_v they_o come_v not_o by_o chance_n they_o come_v purposely_o with_o one_o consent_n they_o think_v to_o join_v their_o counsel_n head_n hand_n &_o heart_n together_o to_o do_v he_o good_a to_o mourn_v with_o he_o and_o to_o comfort_v he_o they_o come_v in_o love_n they_o will_v ease_v his_o sorrow_n if_o they_o can_v any_o way_n bear_v any_o part_n of_o it_o and_o they_o desire_v to_o comfort_v he_o by_o prayer_n and_o conference_n 1._o first_o behold_v in_o these_o three_o man_n a_o singular_a precedent_n for_o love_n and_o wisdom_n for_o love_v they_o be_v dear_a friend_n they_o mourn_v and_o be_v touch_v in_o their_o heart_n for_o the_o calamity_n of_o their_o friend_n they_o desire_v to_o comfort_v he_o and_o mourn_v with_o he_o 18.18.19_o their_o discourse_n follow_v show_n they_o be_v man_n of_o rare_a gift_n for_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n these_o man_n follow_v christ_n counsel_n faithful_o math._n 18.18.19_o for_o godly_a wisdom_n they_o agree_v together_o with_o all_o the_o best_a mean_n and_o counsel_n they_o can_v to_o communicate_v unto_o he_o all_o the_o sign_n of_o their_o love_n so_o esay_n come_v to_o hezekiah_n 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have_v a_o good_a purpose_n &_o meaning_n but_o they_o so_o fail_v afterward_o in_o the_o manner_n and_o form_n of_o consolation_n and_o conference_n that_o job_n find_v no_o great_a torment_n by_o any_o calamity_n then_o by_o their_o speech_n 16.2_o job._n 16.2_o howsoever_o wise_a and_o godly_a yet_o undiscreet_o and_o unaduised_o apply_v unto_o he_o insomuch_o that_o he_o complain_v against_o they_o all_o 16.4_o job._n 16.4_o you_o pretend_v a_o good_a purpose_n that_o you_o come_v to_o comfort_v i_o but_o miserable_a comforter_n be_v you_o all_o they_o come_v not_o we_o see_v to_o mock_v he_o but_o to_o comfort_v he_o and_o yet_o in_o their_o contention_n and_o heat_n of_o disputation_n against_o he_o they_o give_v he_o some_o hard_a and_o ironical_a speech_n for_o he_o say_v i_o can_v shake_v my_o head_n at_o you_o meaning_n i_o can_v scorn_v you_o as_o you_o do_v i_o for_o my_o misery_n but_o i_o will_v not_o requite_v one_o evil_a with_o another_o use_v 1._o when_o god_n give_v 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