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A55363 Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole. Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679. 1683 (1683) Wing P2820; ESTC R39678 6,571,344 1,258

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13._o thou_o nor_o thy_o son_n nor_o thy_o daughter_n thy_o manservant_n nor_o thy_o maid_n servant_n consider_v servant_n this_o clause_n be_v add_v not_o as_o if_o child_n or_o servant_n be_v not_o immediate_o oblige_v by_o this_o command_n or_o be_v excuse_v by_o god_n for_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o ●…aw_n at_o their_o master_n command_n which_o be_v to_o obey_v god_n rather_o than_o man_n contrary_a to_o st._n peter_n command_n and_o practice_n act._n 5._o 29._o and_o which_o be_v to_o limit_v the_o forego_n word_n thou_o and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n only_o to_o those_o that_o have_v child_n and_o servant_n which_o be_v a_o idle_a senseless_a and_o absurd_a as_o well_o as_o profane_v opinion_n but_o to_o restrain_v hard-hearted_a and_o covetous_a or_o ungodly_a person_n that_o they_o shall_v neither_o command_v nor_o suffer_v their_o child_n or_o servant_n to_o profane_v the_o fabbath_n so_o far_o as_o they_o can_v hinder_v it_o which_o how_o far_o it_o concern_v 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