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provide_v that_o the_o debâ—er_n if_o not_o solveable_a shall_v be_v exod._n sell_v for_o satisfaction_n alas_o his_o need_n be_v all_o that_o can_v be_v allege_v in_o his_o excuse_n sure_o i_o be_o david_n sinem_fw-la promise_v when_o in_o power_n to_o make_v his_o own_o choice_n that_o his_o household_n or_o court_n shall_v consist_v of_o person_n better_o qualify_v however_o these_o man_n free_o resort_v to_o he_o be_v better_a than_o those_o hire_v by_o abimelech_n 4._o vain_a and_o light_a person_n and_o as_o far_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o they_o as_o want_n be_v more_o excusable_a than_o wickedness_n yea_o we_o may_v charitable_o believe_v david_n consort_n impoverish_v not_o by_o their_o own_o carelessness_n but_o their_o creditor_n cruelty_n §_o 33._o as_o for_o gedar_n it_o have_v former_o be_v describe_v in_o simeon_n hannibal_n only_o we_o will_v add_v that_o 28._o baal-hanan_a the_o gederite_n be_v of_o this_o place_n david_n overseer_n over_o the_o olive_n tree_n and_o 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nabal_n tell_v he_o of_o the_o great_a danger_n he_o so_o narrow_o have_v escape_v hereupon_o 37._o his_o heart_n die_v within_o he_o thus_o some_o drunkard_n have_v be_v say_v to_o have_v swoon_v when_o sober_a at_o the_o serious_a review_n of_o such_o peril_n they_o so_o near_o escape_v in_o the_o fit_v of_o their_o distemper_n probably_n fear_v increase_v his_o sadness_n suspect_v to_o fall_v into_o a_o relapse_n of_o david_n disfavour_n and_o that_o his_o anger_n may_v revert_v to_o give_v he_o another_o visit_n hereafter_o thus_o the_o wrath_n 12._o of_o a_o king_n though_o but_o in_o reversion_n be_v as_o the_o roar_n of_o a_o lion_n yea_o nabal_n become_v as_o a_o stone_n and_o no_o wonder_n be_v little_o better_o than_o a_o stock_n before_o such_o his_o senseless_a stupidity_n but_o though_o he_o be_v a_o churl_n in_o his_o miserable_a live_n he_o be_v bountiful_a in_o his_o seasonable_a die_a free_v abigail_n from_o
bring_v you_o into_o the_o same_o condition_n this_o sad_a occasion_n do_v spring_v the_o partridge_n hence_o §_o 43._o to_o hachilah_n hill_n in_o a_o wood_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o ziph_n hill_n south_n of_o jesimon_n 16._o here_o jonathan_n come_v and_o renew_v his_o amity_n with_o david_n behold_v how_o they_o two_o be_v embrace_v one_o another_o reader_n my_o phrase_n trespass_v on_o the_o rule_n of_o grammar_n noâ—_n of_o friendship_n and_o make_v a_o covenant_n before_o the_o lord_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o small_a comfort_n to_o david_n though_o saul_n and_o doeg_n and_o keilites_fw-la and_o ziphites_n be_v against_o he_o that_o beside_o his_o own_o innocence_n he_o have_v the_o prince_n the_o priest_n and_o the_o prophet_n jonathan_n abiathar_n and_o gad_n good_a man_n prayer_n and_o god_n providence_n on_o his_o side_n here_o the_o ziphites_n saul_n setter_n have_v wind_v david_n saul_n to_o catch_v he_o come_v with_o his_o net_n but_o either_o make_v too_o much_o noise_n 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language_n here_o we_o omit_v those_o many_o appellation_n give_v jerusalem_n in_o scripture_n the_o 21._o faithful_a city_n the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a 35._o king_n the_o 53._o holy_a city_n because_o these_o be_v not_o proper_a name_n but_o glorious_a epithet_n thereof_o §_o 2._o concern_v the_o general_a situation_n of_o jerusalem_n three_o thing_n herein_o be_v remarkable_a first_o it_o be_v place_v as_o 4._o josephus_n report_v in_o the_o very_a middle_n of_o judea_n but_o herein_o critical_a exactness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v observe_v the_o heart_n itself_o be_v not_o so_o unpartial_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o body_n but_o that_o if_o not_o in_o position_n yet_o in_o motion_n it_o propend_v to_o the_o left_a side_n for_o jerusalem_n incline_v more_o to_o the_o south_n of_o the_o country_n as_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o navel_n of_o judea_n so_o the_o father_n make_v judea_n the_o midst_n of_o the_o world_n whereunto_o they_o bring_v not_o to_o say_v bow_n those_o place_n of_o scripture_n thou_o have_v wrought_v salvation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n indeed_o see_v the_o whole_a world_n be_v a_o round_a table_n and_o the_o gospel_n the_o food_n for_o man_n soul_n it_o be_v fit_v that_o this_o great_a dish_n shall_v be_v set_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o board_n that_o all_o the_o guest_n round_o about_o may_v equal_o reach_v unto_o it_o and_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o centre_n whence_o the_o line_n of_o salvation_n go_v out_o into_o all_o land_n yea_o ptolemy_n divide_v the_o then-known_a world_n into_o seven_o climate_n place_v jerusalem_n as_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o four_o climate_n proportionable_o to_o what_o be_v say_v in_o the_o 5._o prophet_n i_o have_v set_v it_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o the_o country_n that_o be_v round_o about_o she_o §_o 3._o second_o it_o have_v high_a mountain_n mountain_n under_o it_o and_o low_a about_o it_o which_o as_o dutiful_a servant_n at_o distance_n seem_v to_o attend_v it_o jerusalem_n 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the_o model_n of_o his_o imaginary_a commonwealth_n shall_v be_v set_v up_o to_o be_v seat_v some_o mile_n from_o the_o sea_n lest_o foreign_a merchandise_n shall_v by_o degree_n bring_v in_o foreign_a manner_n into_o it_o chap._n ii_o the_o particular_a situation_n circuit_n populousness_n beauty_n and_o strength_n thereof_o §_o 1_o it_o will_v be_v pain-worthy_a to_o inquire_v into_o the_o exact_a situation_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o what_o tribe_n it_o be_v place_v the_o rather_o because_o several_a testimony_n of_o scripture_n entitle_v both_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n unto_o the_o possession_n thereof_o for_o judah_n josh._n 15._o 63._o and_o for_o the_o jebusite_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o child_n of_o judah_n can_v not_o drive_v they_o out_o but_o the_o jebusite_n dwell_v with_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n at_o jerusalem_n unto_o this_o day_n judg._n 1._o 8._o now_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n have_v fight_v against_o
jerusalem_n and_o have_v take_v it_o and_o smite_v it_o with_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o set_v the_o city_n on_o fire_n for_o benjamin_n josh._n 18._o 28._o and_o zelah_n eleph_n and_o jebus_n which_o be_v jerusalem_n gibeah_n and_o kiriath_n this_o be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o child_n of_o benjamin_n according_a to_o their_o family_n judg._n 1._o 12._o and_o the_o child_n of_o benjamin_n do_v not_o drive_v out_o the_o jebusite_n that_o inhabit_v jerusalem_n but_o the_o jebusite_n dwell_v with_o the_o child_n of_o benjamin_n in_o jerusalem_n unto_o this_o day_n for_o both_o nehem._n 11._o 4._o and_o at_o jerusalem_n dwell_v certain_a of_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n and_o of_o the_o child_n of_o benjamin_n this_o five_o and_o last_o place_n be_v a_o good_a comment_n on_o the_o four_o former_a namely_o that_o this_o city_n though_o the_o jebusite_n long_v disturb_v their_o quiet_a possession_n joint_o belong_v to_o both_o tribe_n neither_o claim_v it_o total_o as_o 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part_n of_o god_n goodness_n when_o he_o bring_v his_o vine_n out_o of_o egypt_n then_o also_o to_o prepare_v 9_o room_n for_o it_o which_o he_o perform_v here_o according_o even_o to_o admiration_n §_o 4._o now_o among_o the_o natives_n of_o jerusalem_n many_o no_o doubt_n be_v the_o eminent_a person_n bear_v therein_o especial_o if_o the_o rabbinicall_a tradition_n be_v true_a that_o wheresoever_o the_o particular_a place_n of_o any_o prophet_n birth_n be_v not_o set_v down_o there_o it_o be_v to_o be_v presume_v that_o he_o be_v of_o jerusalem_n by_o this_o observation_n nathan_n gad_n isaiah_n daniel_n hosea_n joel_n habakkuk_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v town-born_a child_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o we_o leave_v it_o uncertain_a whether_o this_o place_n give_v the_o cradle_n to_o these_o be_v too_o sure_o that_o it_o give_v the_o coffin_n to_o too_o many_o worthy_a messenger_n of_o god_n o_o jerusalem_n 37._o jerusalem_n thou_o that_o kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o stone_v they_o that_o 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mile_n near_o unto_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n rather_o nigh_o then_o on_o the_o sea_n in_o the_o road_n betwixt_o jerusalem_n and_o caesarea_n some_o thirty_o mile_n from_o the_o former_a whither_o i_o shall_v remove_v the_o same_o when_o my_o opinion_n herein_o shall_v be_v countenance_v with_o the_o approbation_n of_o other_o my_o reason_n that_o antipatris_n can_v not_o be_v so_o far_o northward_a full_o sixty_o mile_n as_o they_o make_v it_o from_o jerusalem_n be_v because_o the_o 32._o â—ootmen_n send_v to_o attend_v saint_n paul_n march_v thither_o from_o jerusalem_n in_o one_o night_n now_o although_o their_o suspicion_n of_o the_o jew_n pursue_v they_o to_o rescue_v saint_n paul_n may_v quicken_v their_o pace_n yet_o 32._o foot-soldier_n can_v not_o be_v foot-post_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o spearman_n to_o go_v so_o far_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n betwixt_o the_o three_o hour_n nine_o a_o clock_n at_o night_n and_o the_o next_o morning_n chap._n x._o 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within_o the_o suburb_n of_o anathoth_n see_v nob_n be_v neither_o name_v among_o the_o four_o city_n bestow_v on_o the_o levite_n in_o this_o tribe_n josh._n 21._o 17._o nor_o be_v it_o any_o of_o the_o eight_o and_o forty_o belong_v unto_o they_o throughout_o the_o whole_a country_n of_o canaan_n ale_v that_o nob_n be_v in_o this_o tribe_n appear_v by_o that_o catalogue_n of_o city_n present_v we_o in_o 31._o nehemiah_n which_o the_o benjamite_n repossess_v after_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n that_o it_o be_v a_o levite_n yea_o a_o priest_n city_n appear_v too_o plain_o by_o the_o 19_o massacre_n therein_o on_o they_o commit_v we_o confess_v it_o none_o of_o the_o eight_o and_o forty_o original_o assign_v to_o the_o levite_n yet_o how_o they_o in_o after-age_n be_v capable_a of_o supernumerary_a city_n more_o than_o in_o their_o first_o charter_n and_o how_o the_o mortâ—main_n of_o the_o levite_n as_o i_o may_v term_v it_o be_v enlarge_v with_o new_a foundation_n we_o have_v 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