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shall_v receive_v a_o prophet_n 41._o reward_n as_o here_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o the_o spark_n of_o his_o guest_n spirit_n catch_v hold_v on_o obadiah_n their_o host_n so_o far_o inflame_v his_o breast_n with_o inspiration_n that_o the_o short_a prophecy_n bear_v his_o name_n be_v by_o learned_a man_n refer_v to_o he_o as_o the_o author_n thereof_o saint_n â—â—arcellum_fw-la hierome_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o lady_n paula_n as_o weak_a as_o she_o be_v climb_v up_o this_o mountain_n to_o behold_v those_o monimental_a cave_n therein_o §_o 20._o in_o this_o land_n we_o also_o meet_v with_o the_o woody_a hill_n of_o the_o perizzites_n chariot_n and_o of_o the_o rephaim_v or_o giant_n mingle_v among_o they_o much_o affright_v the_o manassites_n with_o their_o iron_n chariot_n not_o as_o if_o all_o make_v of_o massy_a iron_n such_o will_v have_v be_v slug_n in_o fight_n and_o so_o heavy_a that_o they_o need_v horse_n of_o steel_n for_o strength_n to_o draw_v they_o but_o that_o they_o be_v plate_v and_o arm_v with_o iron_n hook_n mischievous_a instrument_n of_o execution_n especial_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o a_o break_a army_n man_n be_v as_o grass_n whereof_o whole_a swath_n be_v mow_v down_o with_o these_o crooked_a scythe_n in_o chase_v a_o rout_v enemy_n enough_o almost_o to_o make_v one_o suspect_v our_o ancient_a britones_n akin_a to_o these_o canaanite_n see_v such_o chariot_n be_v so_o fashionable_a in_o their_o 〈◊〉_d fight_n be_v it_o not_o that_o we_o find_v the_o like_a all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d frequent_o use_v in_o all_o eastern_a country_n however_o joshua_n give_v the_o manassites_n both_o a_o promise_n and_o prophecy_n that_o notwithstanding_o those_o ironmoving_a fort_n of_o the_o canaanite_n they_o shall_v in_o process_n of_o time_n certain_o overcome_v they_o §_o 21._o we_o must_v not_o forget_v bethsâ—n_o bâ—iâ—d_v belong_v to_o mâ—nasseh_n but_o 11._o seat_v and_o environ_v with_o issachâ—r_n whence_o for_o a_o long_a time_n they_o can_v not_o expel_v the_o canaanite_n therefore_o call_v it_o bethsan_n that_o be_v the_o house_n of_o a_o enemy_n here_o the_o body_n of_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n be_v hang_v up_o by_o the_o 12._o philistine_n bethsan_n be_v afterward_o call_v nysa_n by_o 18._o humane_a writer_n and_o at_o last_o scythopolis_n from_o nysa_n bacchus_n his_o nurse_n who_o he_o be_v say_v there_o solemn_o to_o have_v bury_v a_o jolly_a dame_n no_o doubt_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o well_o battle_v of_o the_o plump_a boy_n her_o nursery_n but_o see_v wine_n be_v bacchus_n his_o milk_n when_o a_o child_n meat_z when_o a_o man_n food_z when_o well_o physic_n when_o sick_a we_o may_v just_o conceive_v the_o history_n mythological_o true_a the_o bury_n of_o bacchus_n his_o nurse_n in_o this_o place_n plain_o import_v plenty_n of_o the_o best_a wine_n in_o the_o country_n hereabout_o §_o 22._o as_o for_o bezek_n bezek_n i_o name_v it_o last_o of_o all_o because_o ambiguous_o place_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o manasseh_n and_o ephraim_n different_a from_o a_o city_n of_o the_o same_o name_n near_a moriah_n jerusalem_n where_o the_o tyrant_n adonibezek_n live_v in_o this_o bezek_n 8._o soul_fw-mi number_v the_o israelite_n be_v three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o thousand_o and_o thence_o march_v to_o the_o relieve_n of_o lâ—besh-gilead_n from_o the_o ammonite_n the_o arm_n of_o manasseh_n have_v be_v former_o blazon_v and_o expound_v in_o our_o description_n of_o the_o half_a tribe_n beyond_o jordan_n and_o in_o the_o solomon_n purveyourship_v this_o land_n with_o some_o of_o zebulun_n fall_v under_o the_o care_n of_o baanah_n the_o son_n of_o ahilud_o here_o the_o map_n of_o the_o land_n of_o ephraim_n be_v to_o be_v insert_v the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n chap._n 9_o §_o 1._o ephraim_n the_o young_a son_n of_o josâ—ph_n be_v blessed_v by_o his_o grandfather_n jacob_n elder_a lay_v 14._o his_o right_a hand_n on_o his_o head_n the_o print_n of_o who_o finger_n remain_v visible_a in_o the_o happiness_n of_o ephraim_n posterity_n that_o behind_o manasseh_n in_o age_n he_o shall_v prove_v before_o he_o in_o honour_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v according_o such_o be_v his_o increase_n in_o egypt_n that_o they_o amount_v to_o forty_o 33._o thousand_o five_o hundred_o man_n all_o who_o carcase_n fall_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o a_o new_a generation_n of_o thirty_o two_o 37._o thousand_o five_o hundred_o enter_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n §_o 2._o a_o princely_a and_o puissant_a tribe_n ephraim_n say_v david_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o 7._o my_o head_n tribe_n and_o be_v often_o put_v by_o a_o honourable_a synecdoche_n for_o all_o the_o ten_o tribe_n or_o whole_a 2._o kingdom_n of_o israel_n the_o people_n thereof_o be_v active_a valiant_a ambitious_a of_o honour_n but_o withal_o hasty_a humorous_a hard_a to_o be_v please_v forward_o enough_o to_o fight_v with_o their_o foe_n and_o too_o forward_o
be_v bring_v hither_o for_o the_o instant_a occasion_n and_o afterward_o return_v back_o unto_o shiloh_n §_o 51._o dothan_n lay_v east_n of_o shechem_n blindness_n wherein_o the_o prophet_n elisha_n for_o some_o time_n make_v his_o abode_n here_o he_o be_v complain_v of_o to_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n for_o be_v the_o picklock_n of_o his_o cabinet-councel_n and_o therefore_o a_o army_n be_v order_v to_o apprehend_v he_o but_o why_o so_o many_o to_o attach_v a_o single_a person_n and_o his_o servant_n indeed_o no_o more_o than_o need_v for_o elisha_n alone_o be_v a_o army_n in_o himself_o 14._o be_v the_o horseman_n of_o israel_n and_o chariot_n thereof_o his_o servant_n see_v themselves_o surround_v cry_n out_o till_o have_v his_o eye_n open_v he_o discover_v themselves_o guard_v with_o a_o fiery_a army_n on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n thus_o angel_n be_v good_a man_n janissary_n to_o protect_v they_o and_o those_o native_n of_o heaven_n grudge_v not_o to_o guard_v those_o who_o be_v only_o free_a denizen_n thereof_o the_o syrian_n be_v 18._o smite_v with_o blindness_n and_o they_o that_o come_v for_o the_o destruction_n be_v glad_a to_o follow_v the_o direction_n of_o elisha_n indeed_o to_o who_o shall_v blind_a man_n go_v but_o to_o the_o prophet_n the_o seer_n to_o guide_v they_o he_o lead_v they_o for_o the_o present_a the_o wrong_a way_n to_o their_o intent_n and_o desire_n but_o in_o fine_a the_o right_a way_n to_o god_n glory_n and_o their_o safety_n in_o stead_n of_o dothan_n bring_v they_o to_o samaria_n how_o easy_o be_v those_o mislead_v who_o lack_n the_o use_n of_o eye_n and_o alas_o whither_o will_v implicire_fw-la faith_n and_o blind_a obedience_n steer_v the_o follower_n thereof_o yet_o here_o all_o come_v off_o in_o a_o peaceable_a close_o so_o that_o their_o life_n be_v save_v sight_n restore_v body_n feast_v and_o mind_n better_a inform_v they_o return_v to_o damascus_n if_o i_o must_v be_v a_o captive_a may_v i_o be_v a_o prisoner_n to_o a_o pious_a prophet_n so_o shall_v i_o be_v best_a use_v and_o my_o ransom_n easy_a procure_v §_o 52._o this_o dothan_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o very_a place_n brethren_n where_o joseph_n find_v his_o brethren_n and_o there_o be_v put_v into_o the_o pit_n and_o sell_v to_o the_o merchant_n for_o be_v send_v by_o his_o father_n to_o 12._o shechem_n he_o be_v by_o a_o man_n direct_v to_o dothan_n whither_o his_o brethren_n have_v remove_v their_o flock_n and_o which_o probable_o be_v not_o far_o off_o but_o some_o few_o mile_n from_o the_o former_a place_n wherefore_o when_o former_o in_o the_o description_n of_o zebulun_n we_o place_v dothan_n in_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o that_o tribe_n threescore_o mile_n from_o shechem_n therein_o we_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o the_o common_a current_n of_o other_o man_n judgement_n and_o now_o have_v watch_v our_o advantage_n to_o swim_v back_o again_o and_o show_v our_o private_a opinion_n in_o the_o position_n thereof_o and_o beside_o the_o aforesaid_a text_n settle_v dothan_n near_o shechem_n in_o this_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n it_o be_v proportionable_a to_o divine_a providence_n that_o the_o place_n whereon_o joseph_n be_v betray_v and_o pit_n wherein_o he_o be_v put_v shall_v in_o after_o age_n fall_v to_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o son_n of_o ephraim_n descend_v from_o he_o §_o 53._o but_o here_o a_o material_a question_n will_v be_v start_v hebrew_n how_o joseph_n can_v proper_o say_v that_o he_o be_v steal_v away_o out_o of_o the_o 15._o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n when_o the_o hebrew_n at_o that_o time_n have_v none_o inheritance_n in_o it_o no_o not_o so_o 5._o much_o as_o to_o set_v their_o foot_n on_o say_v not_o that_o joseph_n be_v a_o child_n when_o take_v away_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o speak_v incongruous_o for_o we_o behold_v his_o word_n as_o utter_v by_o he_o when_o a_o man_n and_o sure_o he_o who_o then_o can_v expound_v dream_n can_v express_v himself_o in_o proper_a language_n some_o conceive_v it_o be_v term_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 1_o from_o those_o few_o hebrew_n the_o family_n of_o jacob_n live_v there_o though_o not_o as_o inhabitant_n but_o only_o as_o sojourner_n therein_o 2_o it_o be_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n by_o promise_n and_o in_o due_a time_n shall_v be_v they_o by_o possession_n 3_o the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n though_o not_o in_o lineage_n in_o language_n the_o canaanite_n speak_v the_o same_o tongue_n with_o jacob_n family_n 4_o some_o conceive_v this_o land_n ancient_o belong_v to_o heber_n as_o all_o asia_n to_o the_o son_n of_o shem_n and_o that_o the_o canaanite_n have_v before_o abraham_n time_n encroach_v on_o that_o country_n to_o strengthen_v this_o last_o conjecture_n we_o must_v remember_v that_o melchisedech_n king_n of_o salem_n who_o general_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v shem_fw-mi the_o ancestor_n of_o the_o hebrew_n still_o retain_v his_o 18._o kingdom_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o the_o other_o hebrew_n be_v eject_v by_o the_o canaanite_n if_o so_o the_o israelite_n afterward_o get_v the_o land_n under_o joshua_n by_o a_o double_a right_n of_o conquest_n and_o recovery_n §_o 54._o in_o this_o tribe_n no_o doubt_n be_v the_o city_n ephraim_n ephraim_n in_o a_o 54._o country_n near_o to_o the_o wilderness_n where_o our_o saviour_n that_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n cloud_v himself_o for_o a_o time_n when_o the_o jew_n take_v counsel_n to_o kill_v he_o wonder_v not_o that_o we_o can_v find_v the_o exact_a situation_n of_o this_o place_n for_o christ_n choose_v it_o on_o purpose_n for_o the_o privacy_n and_o obscurity_n thereof_o thus_o though_o willing_a 15._o to_o lay_v down_o he_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o cast_v away_o his_o life_n unfit_a to_o be_v a_o saviour_n of_o mankind_n if_o a_o destroyer_n of_o himself_o and_o though_o he_o know_v well_o that_o all_o the_o weight_n of_o man_n craft_n and_o cruelty_n can_v not_o make_v the_o clock_n of_o his_o time_n strike_v one_o minute_n before_o his_o 23._o hour_n be_v come_v yet_o he_o count_v it_o his_o duty_n by_o prudentiall_a mean_n to_o endeavour_v self-preservation_n §_o 55._o two_o eminent_a place_n remain_v phinehas_n which_o we_o have_v reserve_v for_o the_o last_o because_o of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o their_o particular_a situation_n though_o both_o of_o they_o certain_o in_o this_o tribe_n one_o the_o hill_n of_o phinehas_n which_o be_v give_v he_o in_o mount_n 33._o ephraim_n let_v no_o sacrilegious_a hand_n hasten_v hither_o with_o their_o spade_n and_o mattock_n to_o pare_v and_o abate_v this_o hill_n as_o too_o large_a a_o possession_n for_o the_o high_a priest_n see_v a_o great_a have_v be_v too_o small_a for_o his_o desert_n who_o 30._o stand_v up_o and_o execute_v judgement_n and_o so_o the_o plague_n cease_v this_o hill_n of_o phinehas_n certain_o be_v with_o in_o the_o circumference_n of_o some_o leviticall_a city_n in_o this_o tribe_n and_o we_o conjectural_o have_v place_v it_o within_o the_o circuit_n of_o bethhoron_a the_o upper_a here_o religious_a eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o aaron_n be_v 33._o bury_v in_o this_o hill_n belong_v to_o his_o son_n phinehas_n §_o 56._o the_o other_o the_o mount_n of_o amaleck_n 25._o in_o the_o land_n of_o ephraim_n amalek_n but_o how_o come_v the_o amalekite_n to_o have_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o ephraim_n who_o own_o country_n lay_v two_o hundred_o mile_n more_o southward_o near_o the_o red-sea_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n to_o find_v thief_n and_o robber_n such_o be_v the_o 20_o amalekite_n in_o any_o place_n who_o like_o the_o devil_n their_o father_n 7._o go_v to_o and_o fro_o in_o the_o earth_n walk_v up_o and_o down_o therein_o but_o we_o be_v confident_a this_o mountain_n be_v so_o call_v from_o some_o eminent_a thing_n here_o do_v or_o suffer_v by_o the_o amalekite_n for_o we_o find_v they_o join_v with_o the_o midianite_n in_o the_o day_n of_o 3._o gedeon_n to_o destroy_v israel_n and_o find_v afterward_o this_o tribe_n of_o 25._o ephraim_n very_o successful_a in_o do_v execution_n on_o the_o remain_v of_o the_o midianitish_a army_n when_o defeat_v why_o then_o may_v not_o this_o mountain_n of_o amalek_n be_v so_o name_v from_o some_o amalekite_v then_o slay_v in_o this_o place_n as_o danes-end_n in_o the_o westside_n of_o hartford-shire_n take_v its_o name_n from_o a_o hartfordshire_n battle_n thereby_o wherein_o the_o dane_n be_v overthrow_v in_o pirathon_n a_o town_n on_o mount_n amalek_n abdon_n one_o of_o the_o peaceable_a judge_n in_o israel_n be_v inter_v §_o 57_o i_o conceive_v all_o memorable_a place_n describe_v in_o this_o tribe_n cruelty_n but_o on_o review_n do_v discover_v a_o guilty_a town_n lurk_v beside_o 23._o ephraim_n as_o if_o conscious_a of_o the_o treachery_n commit_v therein_o it_o endeavour_v to_o
out_o bad_a humour_n be_v nimble_a to_o supply_v the_o place_n seize_v on_o this_o city_n to_o recover_v the_o same_o nadab_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la besiege_v it_o but_o be_v so_o far_o from_o take_v the_o city_n that_o before_o it_o he_o lose_v his_o own_o life_n by_o the_o treachery_n of_o baasha_n conspire_v against_o he_o this_o siege_n continue_v more_o than_o twenty_o year_n no_o doubt_n with_o intervall_n of_o cessation_n for_o 18._o here_o omâ—i_n a_o great_a commander_n be_v in_o service_n when_o by_o the_o soldiery_n vote_v king_n of_o israel_n after_o which_o election_n he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o mind_n to_o take_v the_o city_n as_o a_o crown_n vigorous_o to_o prosecute_v his_o new_a title_n and_o to_o suppress_v tibâ—â—_n his_o corrival_n so_o much_o of_o the_o siege_n but_o nothing_o of_o the_o take_n of_o gibbethon_n so_o that_o it_o be_v still_o violent_o possess_v by_o the_o philistine_n §_o 17._o the_o southeast_n part_n of_o this_o tribe_n be_v still_o 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