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he_o be_v unwilling_a to_o run_v the_o hazard_n of_o a_o battle_n but_o send_v to_o parley_v with_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o make_v peace_n with_o they_o upon_o mutual_a engagement_n of_o fidelity_n each_o to_o other_o and_o article_n be_v agree_v upon_o between_o they_o the_o two_o captain_n meet_v and_o the_o conference_n prove_v very_o successful_a and_o close_v in_o a_o league_n without_o the_o king_n privity_n nicanor_n after_o this_o abide_v a_o while_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o dismiss_v the_o company_n he_o have_v collect_v and_o be_v so_o take_v with_o judas_n that_o he_o continue_v with_o he_o some_o time_n and_o love_v he_o in_o his_o heart_n and_o live_v so_o friendly_a and_o familiar_o with_o he_o that_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o marry_v a_o wife_n but_o when_o that_o wretched_a fellow_n alcimus_n observe_v this_o correspondence_n between_o they_o he_o address_v
jacob_n rejoice_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o wagon_n sect._n 43._o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n his_o joy_n to_o see_v his_o son_n joseph_n sect._n 44._o joseph_n bring_v five_o of_o his_o brethren_n to_o pharaoh_n obtain_v goshen_n for_o his_o brethren_n introduce_v his_o father_n sect._n 45._o joseph_n prudent_a administration_n in_o the_o severe_a famine_n he_o be_v send_v for_o by_o his_o father_n sect._n 46._o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n blessed_v jacob_n gift_n to_o joseph_n sect._n 47._o jacob_n bless_v his_o son_n in_o order_n his_o death_n sect._n 48._o the_o mourning_n for_o and_o burial_n of_o jacob._n joseph_n death_n sect._n 49._o the_o history_n of_o job_n sect._n 50._o levi_n and_o amram_n die_v sect._n 51._o israel_n increase_v taskmaster_n appoint_v sect._n 52._o aaron_n birth_n sect._n 53._o the_o midwife_n command_v to_o destroy_v the_o male-children_n sect._n 54._o moses_n bear_v he_o be_v take_v up_o and_o educate_v by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n sect._n 55._o moses_n after_o forty_o year_n leave_v the_o court_n and_o fly_v into_o midian_a sect._n 56._o moses_n marriage_n his_o two_o son_n sect._n 57_o caleb_n birth_n sect._n 58._o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o moses_n commission_n he_o to_o deliver_v israel_n enable_v he_o to_o work_v miracle_n sect._n 59_o moses_n confirm_v and_o encourage_v command_v to_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n sect._n 60._o moses_n stop_v in_o his_o journey_n his_o son_n circumcise_v sect._n 61._o aaron_n meet_v moses_n they_o declare_v their_o commission_n to_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n sect._n 62._o they_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n the_o oppression_n of_o the_o israelite_n increase_v sect._n 63._o moses_n and_o aaron_n go_v again_o to_o pharaoh_n the_o magician_n call_v in_o sect._n 64._o the_o ten_o plague_n chap._n iu._n from_o the_o israelite_n departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o solomon_n temple_n sect._n 1_o the_o israelite_n depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n sect._n 2._o the_o paschal_n lamb_n and_o passover_n appoint_v sect._n 3_o the_o lord_n conduct_n the_o israelite_n by_o a_o pillar_n of_o cloud_n and_o fire_n joseph_n bone_n carry_v with_o they_o sect._n 4._o they_o encamp_v at_o pihahiroth_n pass_v through_o the_o red-sea_n the_o egyptian_n drown_v sect._n 5._o moses_n song_n miriam_n a_o prophetess_n sect._n 6._o the_o people_n march_v through_o shur_n murmur_n for_o want_n of_o water_n sect._n 7._o the_o twelve_o well_n and_o seventy_o palm-tree_n sect._n 8._o they_o turn_v from_o elim_n to_o the_o red-sea_n sect._n 9_o the_o people_n murmur_n quail_n give_v for_o one_o meal_n manna_n fall_v sect._n 10._o water_n gush_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n sect._n 11._o moses_n pray_v joshua_n fight_v amalek_n the_o altar_n call_v jehova-nissi_a sect._n 12._o jethro_n story_n defer_v to_o sect._n 51._o sect._n 13._o moses_n call_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n sinai_n the_o terrible_a sight_n sect._n 14._o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n sect._n 15._o the_o people_n in_o fear_n moses_n encourage_v they_o sect._n 16._o similitude_n of_o god_n forbid_v the_o material_n for_o altar_n sect._n 17._o the_o judicial_a or_o political_a law_n sect._n 18._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n promise_v to_o guide_v they_o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n sect._n 19_o moses_n erect_v a_o altar_n and_o twelve_o pillar_n sect._n 20._o moses_n continue_v in_o the_o mount_n forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n sect._n 21._o direction_n concern_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o all_o its_o utensil_n and_o appurtenance_n sect._n 22._o the_o golden_a calf_n sect._n 23._o moses_n come_v down_o break_v the_o table_n god_n anger_n moses_n intercede_v for_o the_o people_n and_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n sect._n 24._o two_o new_a table_n of_o stone_n sect._n 25._o god_n renew_v the_o covenant_n upon_o moses_n prayer_n moses_n face_n shine_v sect._n 26._o the_o sabbath_n anew_o enjoin_v contribution_n to_o the_o tabernacle_n sect._n 27._o bezaleel_n and_o aholihab_n appoint_v chief_a workman_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n sect._n 28._o the_o tabernacle_n finish_v be_v set_v up_o be_v fill_v with_o god_n glory_n sect._n 29._o law_n give_v concern_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o sacrifice_n sect._n 30._o aaron_z and_o his_o son_n consecrate_v sect._n 31._o aaron_n enter_v upon_o his_o office_n fire_n from_o the_o lord_n sect._n 32._o nadab_n and_o abihu_n slay_v by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n sect._n 33._o of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a creature_n sect._n 34._o woman_n separation_n sect._n 35._o law_n concern_v leprosy_n sect._n 36._o ceremonial_a uncleanness_n in_o man_n sect._n 37._o the_o passover_n celebrate_v sect._n 38._o several_a sort_n of_o law_n give_v sect._n 39_o blasphemy_n punish_v in_o the_o son_n of_o shelomith_n the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n sect._n 40._o divers_a other_o law_n give_v sect._n 41._o promise_n and_o threaten_n more_o law_n give_v concern_v divers_a matter_n sect._n 42._o the_o book_n of_o number_n sect._n 43._o the_o encamp_a of_o the_o tribe_n sect._n 44._o the_o levite_n charge_n sect._n 45._o the_o levite_n consecrate_v sect._n 46._o the_o offering_n of_o the_o prince_n sect._n 47._o law_n concern_v jealousy_n sect._n 48._o concern_v nazarites_n sect._n 49._o the_o solemn_a blessing_n sect._n 50._o the_o silver_n trumpet_n sect._n 51._o jethro_n story_n and_o advice_n sect._n 52._o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n march_v jethro_n leave_v they_o sect._n 53._o upon_o the_o move_n of_o the_o ark_n moses_n pronounce_v the_o blessing_n sect._n 54._o the_o people_n murmur_v at_o taberah_n sect._n 55._o quail_n give_v for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o month_n a_o plague_n follow_v sect._n 56._o miriams_n leprosy_n sect._n 57_o spy_n search_v the_o land_n sect._n 58._o their_o different_a report_n sect._n 59_o the_o ten_o spy_n smite_v sect._n 60._o israel_n defeat_v by_o the_o amalekite_n and_o canaanite_n sect._n 61._o the_o nineti_v psalm_n compose_v sect._n 62._o some_o law_n explain_v sect._n 63._o the_o rebellion_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n sect._n 64._o aaron_n red_a blossom_a sect._n 65._o the_o work_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n sect._n 66._o water_n of_o purification_n sect._n 67._o miriams_n death_n sect._n 68_o they_o murmur_v at_o kadesh_n for_o want_v of_o water_n moses_n strike_v the_o rock_n in_o anger_n be_v doom_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o canaan_n sect._n 69._o the_o king_n of_o edom_n refuse_v they_o passage_n sect._n 70._o aaron_z dies_z and_o be_v bury_v upon_o mount_n hor._n sect._n 71._o arad_n the_o canaanite_n vanquish_v sect._n 72._o the_o brazen_a serpent_n sect._n 73._o several_a station_n of_o the_o israelite_n sect._n 74._o the_o miraculous_a well_o sect._n 75._o sihon_n slay_v sect._n 76._o og_n total_o subdue_v sect._n 77._o the_o encamp_a at_o abel-shittim_a sect._n 78._o balaam_n send_v for_o to_o curse_v the_o israelite_n his_o ass_n speak_v sect._n 79._o balaam_n attempt_v to_o curse_n israel_n sect._n 80._o the_o idolatry_n and_o whoredom_n of_o the_o israelite_n at_o mount_n peor_n sect._n 81._o midian_a conquer_a sect._n 82._o moses_n and_o eleazar_n number_v the_o people_n sect._n 83._o zelophehad_n daughter_n sect._n 84._o joshua_n appoint_a successor_n sect._n 85._o a_o repetition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o sacrifice_v sect._n 86._o law_n concern_v vow_n sect._n 87._o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadites_n desire_v a_o possession_n on_o that_o side_n jordan_n sect._n 88_o the_o journal_n of_o israel_n travel_n sect._n 89._o the_o limit_n of_o canaan_n sect._n 90._o the_o levite_n city_n sect._n 91._o order_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o zelophehad_n daughter_n sect._n 92._o the_o book_n of_o deuteronomy_n contain_v moses_n die_v speech_n to_o israel_n sect._n 93._o moses_n death_n israel_n mourning_n for_o he_o sect._n 94._o joshua_n begin_v his_o government_n sect._n 95._o they_o come_v near_o unto_o and_o pass_v the_o river_n jordan_n sect._n 96._o circumcision_n enjoin_v they_o sect._n 97._o the_o first_o passover_n in_o canaan_n manna_n cease_v sect._n 98._o jericho_n take_v burn_a and_o curse_a sect._n 99_o the_o israelite_n defeat_v at_o ai._n sect._n 100_o joshua_n march_v against_o ai._n sect._n 101._o a_o monument_n of_o stone_n and_o a_o altar_n erect_v and_o blessing_n and_o curse_n pronounce_v at_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o mount_v ebal_n sect._n 102._o the_o league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n sect._n 103._o adonizedek_n and_o his_o ally_n besiege_v gibeon_n their_o discomfiture_n prodigious_a hailstone_n the_o sun_n and_o moon_n stand_v still_o at_o the_o prayer_n of_o joshua_n sect._n 104._o several_a king_n vanquish_v and_o their_o city_n take_v sect._n 105._o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n sect._n 106._o joshua_n war_n with_o the_o northern_a king_n his_o victory_n over_o they_o sect._n 107._o joshua_n rest_n from_o war_n sect._n 108._o joshua_n divide_v the_o land_n sect._n 109._o joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n proceed_v to_o divide_v the_o land_n ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n complain_v sect._n 110._o
araunah_n floor_n sect._n 206._o david_n receive_v the_o pattern_n of_o the_o temple_n make_v great_a preparation_n for_o the_o build_n of_o it_o sect._n 207._o officer_n appoint_v for_o the_o temple_n sect._n 208._o rehoboam_n bear_v to_o solomon_n sect._n 209._o abishag_fw-mi bring_v to_o david_n sect._n 210._o adonijah_n aspire_v to_o the_o crown_n solomon_n anoint_v adonijah_n submission_n sect._n 211._o david_n charge_n to_o solomon_n sect._n 212._o david_n farewell_o exhortation_n to_o the_o people_n his_o prayer_n solomon_n prosperity_n sect._n 213._o david_n last_o word_n to_o solomon_n his_o death_n sect._n 214._o the_o book_n of_o the_o psalm_n sect._n 215._o solomon_n upon_o the_o throne_n adonijah_n slay_v joab_n slay_v shimei_n oath_n not_o to_o pass_v over_o kidron_n sect._n 216._o hadad_n the_o edomite_n return_v sect._n 217._o solomon_n marriage_n with_o pharaoh_n daughter_n sect._n 218._o solomon_n settle_v in_o the_o kingdom_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n and_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v give_v he_o and_o solomon_n choose_v wisdom_n sect._n 219._o solomon_n judgement_n on_o the_o two_o harlot_n sect._n 220._o hiram_n embassy_n to_o solomon_n a_o league_n between_o they_o sect._n 221._o solomon_n levy_n for_o the_o temple_n sect._n 222._o shimei_n put_v to_o death_n chap._n v._o the_o five_o age_n from_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o it_o and_o captivity_n of_o judah_n sect._n 1_o the_o temple_n describe_v with_o all_o its_o part_n the_o temple-officer_n sect._n 2._o the_o temple_n finish_v solomon_n solemn_a dedication_n of_o it_o sect._n 3_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o solomon_n again_o in_o a_o dream_n sect._n 4._o solomon_n palace_n his_o stately_a throne_n the_o house_n of_o lebanon_n his_o golden_a target_n and_o shield_n sect._n 5._o gezer_n take_v by_o pharaoh_n and_o give_v to_o his_o daughter_n solomon_n wife_n sect._n 6._o hiram_n dislike_v the_o city_n which_o solomon_n offer_v he_o sect._n 7._o solomon_n remove_v his_o queen_n to_o the_o house_n build_v for_o she_o the_o song_n of_o solomon_n sect._n 8._o solomon_n navy_n sect._n 9_o solomon_n other_o building_n sect._n 10._o hamath_n take_v by_o solomon_n force_n sect._n 11._o solomon_n care_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n sect._n 12._o solomon_n greatness_n splendour_n and_o glory_n sect._n 13._o solomon_n wisdom_n his_o proverb_n sect._n 14._o the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n come_v to_o hear_v his_o wisdom_n sect._n 15._o solomon_n many_o wife_n and_o defection_n from_o god_n ahijah_n the_o prophet_n send_v to_o he_o with_o a_o sad_a message_n sect._n 16._o solomon_n write_v his_o ecclesiaste_n sect._n 17._o solomon_n adversary_n ahijah_n send_v to_o jeroboam_n to_o acquaint_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n sect._n 18._o solomon_n die_v sect._n 19_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n king_n of_o judah_n 1._o rehoboam_n be_v petition_v for_o ease_n of_o tax_n ten_o tribe_n revolt_n his_o building_n and_o wife_n shishak_n king_n of_o egypt_n plunder_v the_o temple_n 2._o abijah_n reign_v p._n 505._o his_o army_n and_o speech_n to_o jeroboam_n israel_n rout_v 3._o asa_n reign_v pag._n 509._o his_o grandmother_n grove_n zerah_n invade_v he_o and_o be_v subdue_v asa_n league_n with_o benhadad_n and_o death_n 4._o jehoshaphat_n reign_v p._n 515._o remove_v all_o high_a place_n use_v for_o false_a go_n his_o reformation_n his_o greatness_n and_o riches_n his_o affinity_n with_o ahab_n he_o go_v to_o samaria_n jehu_n the_o prophet_n reprove_v he_o his_o care_n of_o the_o kingdom_n his_o fleet_n break_v his_o victory_n and_o death_n 5._o jehoram_n succeed_v p._n 525._o his_o idolatry_n slay_v his_o six_o brethren_n elijah_n letter_n to_o he_o edom_n revolt_v libnah_n revolt_v philistine_n invade_v he_o his_o sad_a end_n 6._o ahaziah_n p._n 529._o his_o wickedness_n be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 7._o athaliah_n p._n 532._o her_o idolatry_n and_o cruelty_n 8._o joash_n p._n 533_o he_o be_v set_v up_o by_o jehoiada_n athaliah_n slay_v baal_n house_n pull_v down_o jehoiada_n good_a instruction_n of_o he_o collection_n for_o the_o temple_n jehoiada_fw-la dies_fw-la joash_n idolatry_n zachariah_n stone_v the_o syrian_n vanquish_v he_o his_o death_n 9_o amaziah_n p._n 541._o he_o begin_v well_o his_o war_n with_o edom_n and_o victory_n his_o idolatry_n joash_n king_n of_o israel_n defeat_v he_o amaziah_n slay_v 10._o vzziah_n p._n 546._o his_o coronation_n he_o recover_v elath_n conquer_v the_o philistine_n his_o herd_n and_o husbandry_n isaiah_n prophecy_n also_o joel_n vzziah_n pride_n leprosy_n and_o death_n 11._o jotham_n p._n 554._o he_o subdue_v the_o ammonite_n micah_n prophecy_n jotham_n die_v 12._o ahaz_n p._n 555._o his_o wickedness_n syria_n and_o israel_n invade_v he_o isaiah_n send_v to_o he_o jerusalem_n siege_n raise_v ahaz_n forsake_v the_o lord_n his_o calamity_n his_o league_n with_o assyria_n and_o death_n 13._o hezekiah_n p._n 563._o his_o goodness_n and_o reformation_n he_o shake_v off_o the_o assyrian_a yoke_n jerusalem_n besiege_v rabshakeh_n blasphemy_n hezekiah_n prayer_n isaiah_n message_n to_o he_o hezekiah_n sickness_n his_o thanksgiving_n the_o assyrian_n destroy_v ambassador_n from_o babylon_n come_v to_o he_o manasses_n bear_v nahum_n prophecy_n hezekiah_n die_v 14._o manasses_n p._n 595._o his_o great_a idolatry_n he_o be_v take_v captive_a short_o after_o be_v restore_v his_o reformation_n habakkuk_n prophecy_n manasseh_n die_v 15._o amon_n p._n 600._o his_o idolatry_n and_o death_n 16._o josiah_n p._n 601._o his_o piety_n jeremiah_n prophecy_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n find_v huldah_fw-mi the_o prophetess_n josiah_n throw_v down_o idolatry_n he_o go_v to_o bethel_n and_o other_o place_n his_o solemn_a passover_n his_o death_n great_o lament_v zephany_n prophecy_n 17._o shallum_n or_o jehoahaz_n pag._n 611._o his_o idolatry_n jeremy_n admonition_n to_o he_o pharaoh_n necho_n carry_v he_o away_o 18._o jehoiakim_n p._n 612._o his_o idolatry_n and_o oppression_n jeremy_n exhort_v he_o to_o repentance_n vriah_n prophecy_n jeremy_n bond_n and_o yoke_n baruch_n roll_n nabuchadnezzar_n conquer_v the_o egyptian_n jehoiakim_n take_v prisoner_n daniel_n and_o other_o carry_v to_o babylon_n jehoiakim_n burn_v the_o roll_n nabuchadnezzar_n return_v home_o his_o dream_n of_o the_o great_a image_n make_v of_o four_o metal_n jehoiakim_n revolt_v the_o golden_a image_n set_v up_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n to_o be_v worship_v jehoiakim_n die_v 19_o jehoiakin_o p._n 617._o his_o captivity_n cyrus_n bear_v 20._o zedekiah_n reign_v p._n 618._o his_o wickedness_n jeremy_n prophecy_n several_a ambassador_n come_v to_o zedekiah_n hananiah_n a_o false_a prophet_n jeremy_n letter_n to_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n shemaiah_n a_o false_a prophet_n inveigh_v against_o he_o jeremy_n prophecy_v his_o death_n ezekel_n first_o vision_n jerusalem_n besiege_v his_o other_o vision_n his_o type_n zedekiah_n revolt_v judea_n be_v invade_v ezekiel_n wife_n die_v for_o who_o he_o be_v command_v not_o to_o mourn_v jeremy_n imprison_v jerusalem_n siege_n raise_v the_o egyptian_n be_v overthrow_v and_o the_o siege_n renew_v jeremy_n put_v into_o the_o dungeon_n ezekiel_n prophecy_v again_o jerusalem_n take_v the_o temple_n burn_v the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n come_v to_o a_o end_n king_n of_o israel_n 1._o jeroboam_n choose_v by_o the_o ten_o tribe_n he_o fortify_v shechem_n set_v up_o the_o golden_a calf_n a_o prophet_n send_v to_o he_o who_o declare_v against_o his_o altar_n his_o hand_n wither_v the_o prophet_n be_v seduce_v a_o lion_n slay_v he_o jeroboam_n son_n fall_v sick_a and_o die_v his_o own_o death_n 2._o nadab_n a_o evil_a king_n slay_v by_o baasha_n p._n 508._o 3._o baasha_n reign_v p._n 509._o he_o do_v evil_a he_o build_v ramah_n jehu_n message_n to_o he_o baasha_n die_v 4._o elah_n reign_v two_o year_n p._n 511._o zimri_n slay_v he_o 5._o zimri_n burn_v p._n 511._o 6._o omri_n make_v king_n his_o idolatry_n and_o burial_n p._n 512._o 7._o ahab_n p._n 512._o he_o marry_v jezabel_n jericho_n rebuilt_a obadiah_n hide_v the_o prophet_n elijah_n miracle_n elisha_n call_v benhadad_o conquer_v a_o prophet_n reprove_v ahab_n naboth_n vineyard_n elijah_n meet_v ahab_n ahab_n slay_v at_o ramoth-gilead_n moab_n revolt_v 8._o ahaziah_n p._n 543._o his_o fall_n his_o message_n to_o baalzebub_n elijah_n bring_v down_o fire_n upon_o two_o company_n of_o fifty_o he_o die_v 9_o jehoram_fw-la p._n 545._o he_o maintain_v the_o golden_a calf_n elijah_n translation_n elisha_n take_v up_o his_o mantle_n elisha_n miracle_n the_o moabite_n destroy_v one_o another_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n sacrifice_n his_o son_n elisha_n work_v more_o miracle_n a_o sore_a famine_n in_o samaria_n it_o be_v miraculous_a relief_n the_o shunamite_n return_v benhadad_o send_v to_o elisha_n hazael_n stifle_v benhadad_o jehoram_n recover_v ramoth-gilead_n jehu_n anoint_v joram_n slay_v ahaziah_n slay_v jezabel_n death_n 10._o jehu_n make_v king_n p._n 585._o the_o slaughter_n of_o ahab_n offspring_n
by_o his_o horn_n in_o a_o thicket_n which_o he_o take_v as_o send_v by_o god_n to_o supply_v the_o room_n and_o place_n of_o isaac_n and_o according_o offer_v he_o up_o for_o a_o burnt-offering_a instead_o of_o his_o son_n son_n son_n the_o main_a thing_n hereby_o signify_v be_v this_o that_o god_n the_o father_n will_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n give_v his_o only_o beget_v son_n to_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o men._n and_o till_o that_o time_n come_v he_o will_v accept_v of_o ram_n and_o lamb_n and_o such_o like_a sacrifice_n which_o shall_v prefigure_v and_o typify_v this_o death_n of_o his_o son_n and_o abraham_n call_v the_o name_n of_o that_o place_n jehovah-jireh_a that_o be_v the_o lord_n will_v see_v or_o provide_v and_o thence_o come_v afterward_o that_o speech_n to_o be_v use_v proverbial_o in_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o shall_v be_v see_v that_o be_v in_o due_a time_n god_n will_v provide_v help_n for_o his_o child_n though_o they_o 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nation_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o bless_v then_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n and_o the_o servant_n return_v to_o beersheba_n where_o abraham_n dwell_v a_o good_a while_n after_o gen._n 22._o from_o 1._o to_o 20._o sect_n xiii_o after_o this_o sarah_n 2.3_o sarah_n as_o abraham_n be_v register_v for_o the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a rom._n 4.11_o so_o be_v sarah_n for_o the_o mother_n of_o they_o 1_o pet._n 2.3_o upon_o some_o occasion_n as_o it_o seem_v go_v to_o kirjath-arba_a afterward_o call_v hebron_n live_v hebron_n a_o city_n afterward_o allot_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n not_o far_o from_o the_o okefield_n of_o mamre_n where_o abraham_n have_v former_o live_v be_v 127_o year_n of_o age_n and_o there_o she_o fall_v sick_a and_o die_v she_o be_v the_o only_a woman_n who_o full_a and_o entire_a age_n be_v record_v in_o scripture_n abraham_n hear_v of_o it_o come_v thither_o to_o weep_v and_o mourn_v for_o she_o and_o have_v sit_v sometime_o as_o it_o be_v like_a on_o the_o earth_n in_o token_n of_o the_o great_a sorrow_n and_o affliction_n he_o be_v under_o by_o reason_n of_o her_o death_n he_o at_o length_n rise_v up_o and_o take_v order_n to_o have_v she_o honourable_o inter_v according_o he_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o governor_n and_o elder_n of_o the_o hittite_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o hebron_n of_o the_o progeny_n of_o cham_n gen._n 10.6_o 15._o and_o tell_v they_o that_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n among_o they_o do_v humble_o desire_v this_o favour_n of_o they_o that_o he_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o buy_v of_o they_o a_o small_a piece_n of_o ground_n namely_o so_o much_o as_o will_v make_v a_o burying-place_n that_o he_o may_v bury_v his_o dead_a out_o of_o his_o sight_n for_o though_o he_o have_v now_o live_v 62_o year_n in_o canaan_n yet_o he_o never_o go_v about_o to_o purchase_v a_o foot_n of_o land_n in_o it_o before_o the_o child_n of_o heth_n answer_n that_o he_o be_v a_o mighty_a prince_n among_o they_o and_o he_o may_v free_o make_v use_n of_o any_o of_o their_o sepulcher_n even_o the_o choice_a loc_n choice_a faviliis_fw-la erant_fw-la sva_fw-la singulis_fw-la distincta_fw-la seorsim_fw-la sepulchreta_fw-la ita_fw-la mortem_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la meditati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ethnici_fw-la simile_n quid_fw-la est_fw-la math._n 27.60_o anonym_n in_o loc_n of_o they_o upon_o this_o occasion_n necessity_n occasion_n abraham_n will_v not_o by_o any_o bounty_n of_o they_o enjoy_v one_o foot_n of_o that_o land_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o entire_a for_o his_o possession_n but_o the_o time_n of_o possession_n according_a to_o the_o grant_n and_o promise_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v without_o any_o distrust_n of_o god_n promise_n or_o renunciation_n of_o his_o own_o right_n he_o buy_v a_o parcel_n of_o the_o land_n for_o his_o own_o present_a necessity_n but_o abraham_n be_v willing_a rather_o to_o pay_v for_o a_o piece_n of_o ground_n that_o may_v be_v his_o own_o propriety_n than_o to_o hold_v any_o in_o common_a with_o the_o heathen_n though_o it_o be_v but_o by_o bury_v his_o dead_a among_o they_o he_o humble_o bow_v himself_o to_o they_o as_o acknowledge_v their_o kindness_n and_o request_v they_o that_o they_o will_v intercede_v with_o ephron_n a_o chief_a person_n among_o they_o who_o sit_v at_o that_o time_n in_o their_o assembly_n though_o abraham_n know_v it_o not_o that_o he_o may_v purchase_v of_o he_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n for_o a_o burying-place_n and_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o give_v he_o as_o much_o money_n for_o it_o as_o it_o be_v worth_a ephron_n be_v there_o present_a heth._n present_a v._o 10._o sic_fw-la read_v and_o ephron_n sit_v among_o the_o child_n of_o heth._n tell_v abraham_n in_o the_o audience_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n that_o he_o do_v free_o give_v he_o that_o cave_n and_o the_o field_n belong_v to_o it_o abraham_n bow_v himself_o again_o in_o token_n of_o thankfulness_n tell_v he_o etc._n he_o the_o like_a strive_v in_o kindness_n be_v between_o david_n and_o araunah_n 2_o sam._n 24_o 21_o etc._n etc._n that_o if_o he_o be_v that_o ephron_n of_o who_o he_o have_v before_o speak_v he_o will_v willing_o pay_v he_o for_o it_o and_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o have_v it_o on_o any_o other_o term_n ephron_n tell_v he_o the_o land_n be_v worth_a about_o 400_o shekel_n money_n shekel_n the_o common_a shekel_n be_v about_o 1_o s._n 3_o d._n of_o our_o money_n amount_v to_o about_o 25_o l._n of_o our_o money_n and_o that_o be_v but_o a_o trifle_n between_o they_o two_o abraham_n however_o resolve_v to_o pay_v he_o a_o just_a value_n for_o it_o and_o according_o pay_v he_o by_o weight_n not_o by_o tale_n as_o be_v now_o usual_a the_o 400_o shekel_n and_o so_o the_o field_n with_o the_o tree_n grow_v thereon_o and_o the_o cave_n be_v make_v sure_a to_o abraham_n by_o payment_n of_o the_o money_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n be_v witness_n without_o deed_n or_o write_n which_o be_v not_o then_o as_o afterward_o in_o use_n see_v jer._n 32.9_o 10._o abraham_n have_v thus_o buy_v this_o field_n and_o cave_n he_o therein_o bury_v thither_o bury_v afterward_o he_o himself_o be_v bury_v there_o and_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_n jacob_n and_o leah_n gen._n 25.9_o &_o ch._n 49.31_o &_o 50.13_o they_o testify_v thereby_o their_o faith_n in_o god_n promise_n for_o the_o inheritance_n of_o this_o land_n and_o of_o the_o heavenly_a canaan_n figure_v thereby_o this_o make_v joseph_n also_o give_v charge_n to_o have_v his_o bone_n carry_v thither_o the_o body_n of_o his_o belove_a sarah_n gen._n 23._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n fourteen_o abraham_n be_v now_o 140_o year_n old_a and_o the_o lord_n have_v bless_v he_o in_o all_o thing_n he_o begin_v to_o think_v of_o provide_v a_o fit_a wife_n for_o isaac_n his_o son_n who_o be_v at_o this_o time_n 40_o year_n of_o age_n and_o understand_v that_o his_o second_o brother_n nahor_n who_o he_o have_v leave_v at_o haran_n in_o mesopotamia_n when_o he_o first_o come_v into_o canaan_n 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with_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n his_o two_o elder_a son_n and_o the_o 70_o elder_n multitude_n elder_n they_o have_v when_o they_o be_v in_o egypt_n certain_a elder_n in_o every_o tribe_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a man_n among_o they_o and_o it_o seem_v god_n appoint_v that_o these_o 70_o shall_v come_v up_o with_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n into_o the_o mount_n and_o these_o be_v choose_v now_o as_o witness_n that_o they_o may_v by_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n presence_n be_v confirm_v in_o the_o covenant_n late_o make_v with_o they_o and_o may_v confirm_v the_o rest_n therein_o and_o afterward_o at_o kibroth_n hattavab_n 70_o be_v choose_v for_o helper_n to_o moses_n in_o his_o government_n and_o it_o be_v think_v god_n appoint_v 70_o rather_o than_o any_o other_o number_n as_o a_o memorial_n of_o the_o 70_o soul_n that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o consequent_o of_o god_n great_a blessing_n in_o bring_v they_o within_o a_o few_o year_n to_o so_o great_a a_o multitude_n along_o 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aaron_z and_z hur_z in_o his_o absence_n shall_v determine_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o people_n moses_n wait_v six_o day_n jans_n day_n ut_fw-la animum_fw-la sex_n diebus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la cogitation_n &_o sorde_fw-la terrenâ_fw-la serenaret_fw-la &_o praepararet_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la dei_fw-la jans_n more_o on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n which_o the_o cloud_n now_o cover_v and_o the_o sign_n of_o god_n glorious_a presence_n appear_v upon_o it_o that_o his_o mind_n in_o that_o time_n may_v be_v prepare_v for_o converse_v with_o the_o great_a god_n and_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n god_n call_v he_o up_o into_o the_o cloud_n and_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mount_n be_v like_o devour_a fire_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o there_o god_n speak_v with_o he_o and_o he_o continue_v there_o forty_o day_n alii_fw-la day_n the_o like_a number_n of_o day_n elias_n fast_v 1_o king_n 19.8_o and_o 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9_o 9_o concern_v the_o daily_a sacrifice_n to_o be_v offer_v on_o this_o altar_n constant_o beside_o all_o other_o occasional_a sacrifice_n which_o be_v to_o be_v two_o lamb_n of_o the_o first_o year_n one_o to_o be_v offer_v in_o the_o morning_n evening_n morning_n a_o pattern_n for_o our_o devotion_n morning_n and_o evening_n the_o other_o in_o the_o evening_n sacrificia_fw-la evening_n or_o between_o the_o two_o evening_n see_v ch._n 12.6_o that_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o decline_a of_o the_o sun_n viz._n three_o in_o the_o afternoon_n to_o sunsetting_a hoc_fw-la juge_fw-fr sacrificium_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la nullo_n intermisso_fw-la sive_fw-la sacro_fw-la sive_fw-la prosano_fw-la osserebatur_fw-la scil_n agnus_fw-la unus_fw-la mane_n ante_fw-la omne_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la alter_fw-la vespere_fw-la post_fw-la alia_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la for_o a_o burnt-offering_a to_o the_o lord_n with_o a_o omer_n or_o pottle_n 16.36_o pottle_n see_v note_n on_o exod._n 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propound_v and_o in_o doubtful_a
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fear_v that_o god_n will_v not_o withdraw_v his_o indignation_n from_o they_o until_o he_o have_v destroy_v and_o consume_v they_o all_o ch._n 17._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n lxv_o the_o people_n be_v under_o such_o a_o fear_n and_o consternation_n the_o lord_n hereupon_o take_v order_n for_o the_o guard_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o enjoin_v that_o every_o one_o shall_v remain_v within_o the_o verge_n and_o limit_n of_o his_o duty_n and_o so_o they_o shall_v be_v safe_a and_o he_o tell_v aaron_n that_o he_o and_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n shall_v bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n that_o be_v if_o any_o pollution_n people_n pollution_n thus_o the_o lord_n show_v himself_o reconcile_v and_o make_v the_o priest_n watch_v a_o ground_n of_o appease_v both_o the_o fear_n and_o envy_v of_o the_o people_n come_v to_o it_o by_o the_o people_n they_o shall_v answer_v for_o it_o and_o bear_v the_o punishment_n thereof_o if_o they_o do_v not_o take_v care_n to_o prevent_v it_o 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any_o more_o upon_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n only_o they_o shall_v not_o meddle_v with_o the_o service_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o altar_n lest_o they_o die_v and_o if_o the_o priest_n do_v not_o endeavour_v to_o prevent_v any_o such_o error_n or_o miscarriage_n in_o their_o brethren_n the_o levite_n they_o shall_v also_o incur_v the_o like_a danger_n thus_o he_o appoint_v the_o levite_n to_o minister_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o order_n that_o he_o that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o serve_v and_o minister_v unto_o they_o for_o god_n have_v take_v the_o levite_n instead_o of_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n to_o himself_o he_o have_v give_v they_o unto_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n for_o his_o own_o service_n and_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n therefore_o he_o and_o his_o son_n shall_v exercise_v their_o priest_n office_n in_o all_o thing_n that_o concern_v the_o altar_n of_o burnt-offering_n and_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v within_o the_o outward_a veil_n whereby_o the_o holy_a place_n be_v divide_v from_o the_o court_n the_o high_a priest_n in_o the_o most_o holy_a place_n and_o inferior_a priest_n within_o the_o sanctuary_n or_o holy_a place_n and_o god_n tell_v aaron_n and_o his_o son_n that_o it_o be_v his_o free_a gift_n and_o favour_n to_o they_o that_o he_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o they_o before_o other_o for_o the_o priestly_a office_n and_o that_o he_o have_v ordain_v that_o whoever_o be_v not_o of_o aaron_n line_n and_o go_v about_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o priestly_a office_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 8._o the_o lord_n have_v thus_o set_v down_o the_o office_n and_o work_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n he_o
and_o so_o the_o israelite_n possess_v themselves_o of_o all_o their_o city_n utter_o destroy_v all_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o and_o his_o country_n unto_o the_o border_n of_o the_o amorites_n which_o be_v strong_a and_o therefore_o sihon_n have_v not_o encroach_v upon_o their_o country_n as_o he_o have_v upon_o the_o moabite_n at_o least_o not_o beyond_o the_o river_n jabbock_n among_o other_o city_n which_o they_o take_v heshbon_n be_v one_o which_o sihon_n take_v from_o the_o former_a king_n of_o the_o moabite_n who_o be_v king_n before_o their_o present_a king_n balak_n and_o so_o both_o heshbon_n and_o the_o country_n adjoin_v be_v the_o possession_n of_o sihon_n when_o the_o israelite_n take_v it_o to_o prove_v this_o moses_n allege_v the_o proverbial_a or_o enigmatical_a song_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v first_o make_v and_o use_v by_o the_o amorites_n by_o way_n of_o triumph_n over_o the_o vanquish_a moabite_n come_v into_o heshbon_n let_v the_o city_n of_o sihon_n be_v build_v and_o prepare_v imply_v that_o though_o heshbon_n perish_v 30._o perish_v verse_n 30._o be_v in_o moabs_n hand_n yet_o now_o it_o shall_v be_v more_o fair_o build_v and_o fortify_v be_v in_o sihons_n hand_n for_o there_o be_v a_o fire_n go_v out_o of_o heshbon_n a_o flame_n from_o the_o city_n of_o sihon_n it_o have_v consume_v be_v of_o moab_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o high_a place_n of_o arnon_n that_o be_v the_o fury_n of_o war_n which_o be_v kindle_v and_o begin_v in_o the_o subversion_n and_o lay_v waste_n of_o heshbon_n break_v out_o from_o thence_o and_o consume_v the_o country_n of_o the_o moabite_n as_o far_a as_o be_v a_o chief_a city_n of_o they_o and_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o high_a place_n of_o arnon_n that_o be_v their_o great_a man_n and_o priest_n that_o sacrifice_v in_o their_o high_a place_n woe_n unto_o thou_o o_o moab_n thou_o be_v undo_v o_o people_n of_o chemosh_fw-mi in_o this_o clause_n of_o their_o song_n the_o amorites_n scoff_n at_o chemosh_fw-mi the_o god_n of_o the_o moabite_n 11.5_o moabite_n see_v jer._n 48.7_o 13._o the_o ammonite_n god_n be_v milcom_a 1_o king_n 11.5_o 1_o king_n 11.7_o because_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o help_v they_o but_o have_v permit_v those_o of_o they_o that_o escape_v the_o sword_n to_o be_v take_v captive_n by_o sihon_n they_o further_a triumphant_o add_v we_o have_v shoot_v at_o they_o that_o be_v all_o their_o country_n between_o heshbon_n and_o dibon_n one_o of_o their_o high_a place_n in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n we_o have_v take_v from_o they_o and_o we_o have_v waste_v their_o country_n even_o unto_o nophah_n which_o reach_v unto_o medeba_n 22._o medeba_n see_v isa_n 15.2_o &_o jer._n 48.18_o 22._o another_o city_n in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n numb_a 21._o from_o 18._o to_o 31._o sect_n lxxvi_o after_o this_o moses_n send_v his_o spy_n to_o jaazer_n a_o city_n also_o that_o have_v be_v moab_n jer._n 48.31_o 32._o but_o now_o be_v the_o amorites_n which_o they_o take_v with_o the_o town_n thereunto_o belong_v and_o cast_v out_o thence_o the_o amorites_n from_o the_o river_n arnon_n which_o be_v the_o bind_v of_o moab_n to_o the_o brook_n of_o jabbock_n which_o part_v it_o from_o arnon_n yet_o meddle_v not_o with_o the_o country_n lie_v upon_o the_o river_n jabbock_n neither_o with_o any_o of_o the_o land_n belong_v at_o that_o time_n to_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n or_o moab_n as_o god_n command_v they_o after_o this_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n march_v to_o bashan_n a_o rich_a country_n famous_a for_o its_o huge_a oak_n ezek._n 27.6_o and_o rich_a pasture_n which_o nourish_v strong_a and_o great_a cattle_n deut._n 32.14_o amos_n 4.1_o og_n king_n of_o this_o country_n be_v a_o remnant_n of_o the_o giant_n who_o bedstead_n be_v of_o iron_n nine_o cubit_n in_o length_n and_o four_o in_o breadth_n deut._n 3.11_o come_v out_o against_o they_o and_o fight_v with_o they_o at_o edrei_n and_o be_v there_o with_o all_o his_o people_n utter_o vanquish_v and_o destroy_v by_o moses_n and_o the_o israelite_n who_o god_n encourage_v to_o go_v out_o against_o he_o and_o they_o possess_v themselves_o of_o all_o his_o country_n to_o wit_n sixty_o city_n and_o all_o that_o coast_n as_o far_o as_o argob_n deut._n 3._o from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 18._o numb_a 21._o from_o vers_n 31._o to_o the_o end_n sect_n lxxvii_o after_o these_o victory_n the_o israelite_n encamp_v in_o the_o plain_n conquest_n plain_n so_o call_v becase_n they_o have_v be_v sometime_o moab_n though_o since_o the_o amorites_n and_o now_o the_o israelite_n by_o conquest_n of_o moab_n on_o this_o side_n of_o the_o ford_n of_o jordan_n right_o over_o against_o jericho_n at_o abel-shittim_n which_o be_v their_o 42_o encamp_v here_o they_o continue_v till_o after_o moses_n death_n and_o till_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o joshua_n they_o pass_v over_o jordan_n unto_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o which_o time_n many_o notable_a thing_n fall_v out_o even_o all_o record_v from_o this_o place_n to_o the_o end_n of_o deuteronomy_n numb_a 22._o vers_fw-la 1._o sect_n lxxviii_o the_o moabite_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o israelite_n because_o god_n have_v command_v they_o not_o to_o meddle_v with_o they_o and_o according_o they_o have_v peaceable_o pass_v by_o their_o country_n yet_o their_o mind_n be_v strike_v with_o such_o a_o terror_n from_o god_n that_o all_o this_o can_v not_o quiet_v they_o they_o see_v the_o israelite_n be_v a_o numerous_a and_o mighty_a people_n they_o have_v already_o vanquish_v two_o king_n they_o be_v still_o upon_o their_o border_n thus_o god_n make_v good_a his_o promise_n to_o his_o people_n exod._n 15.15_o as_o for_o the_o mighty_a man_n of_o moab_n tremble_v shall_v take_v hold_n upon_o they_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o canaan_n shall_v melt_v away_o and_o deut._n 2.25_o this_o day_n will_v i_o begin_v to_o put_v the_o dread_n of_o thou_o and_o the_o fear_n of_o thou_o upon_o the_o nation_n that_o be_v under_o the_o 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yoke_n under_o who_o as_o it_o appear_v they_o be_v before_o in_o bondage_n however_o after_o consultation_n it_o seem_v they_o join_v together_o in_o this_o business_n and_o balak_n and_o they_o send_v for_o balaam_n a_o soothsayer_n who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n famous_a for_o his_o enchantment_n and_o divination_n and_o dwell_v at_o pethor_n a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n his_o native_a country_n 2.6_o country_n in_o mesopotamia_n or_o aram_n abraham_n first_o dwell_v act_n 7.2_o gen._n 24.4_o 10._o and_o there_o he_o serve_v strange_a god_n josh_n 24.2_o in_o this_o country_n all_o the_o patriarch_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n except_o benjamin_n be_v bear_v and_o bring_v up_o gen._n 35.26_o till_o jacob_n their_o father_n flee_v the_o land_n gen._n 31.21_o jacob_n posterity_n hereupon_o profess_v their_o father_n to_o be_v a_o aramite_n deut._n 26.5_o and_o from_o aram_n be_v now_o balaam_n send_v for_o to_o curse_v they_o the_o eastern-country_n be_v infamous_a for_o divination_n and_o such_o like_a art_n isa_n 2.6_o situate_a upon_o the_o river_n euphrates_n to_o come_v and_o curse_v the_o israelite_n purpose_v afterward_o to_o make_v war_n upon_o they_o the_o messenger_n carry_v with_o they_o large_a present_n to_o satisfy_v he_o for_o his_o divination_n call_v by_o the_o apostle_n the_o wage_n of_o unrighteousness_n 2_o pet._n 2.15_o come_v to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v a_o mighty_a great_a people_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n which_o cover_v the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o they_o be_v now_o encamp_v over_o against_o moab_n they_o tell_v he_o they_o come_v to_o he_o from_o balak_n king_n of_o moab_n and_o from_o the_o midianite_n to_o desire_v he_o to_o come_v over_o and_o curse_v this_o people_n for_o they_o be_v confident_a he_o be_v able_a by_o his_o curse_n and_o
but_o voluntary_o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o people_n god_n not_o regard_v his_o sacrifice_n which_o he_o seem_v so_o much_o to_o depend_v upon_o tell_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v say_v and_o force_v he_o to_o bless_v the_o israelite_n instead_o of_o curse_v they_o and_o balaam_n lift_v up_o his_o parable_n 20.49_o parable_n parabolum_n h._n e._n sermonem_fw-la propheticum_fw-la quod_fw-la frequentes_fw-la sint_fw-la parabolae_fw-la in_o prophetis_fw-la by_o a_o parable_n be_v usual_o mean_v a_o grave_a speech_n contain_v excellent_a matter_n of_o instruction_n especial_o when_o deliver_v in_o a_o high_a strain_n of_o language_n figurative_a expression_n and_o a_o certain_a splendour_n of_o word_n more_o than_o usual_a which_o carry_v a_o kind_n of_o majesty_n in_o they_o yet_o withal_o they_o be_v usual_o dark_a and_o obscure_a see_v ezek._n 20.49_o that_o be_v declare_v his_o prophetic_a vision_n and_o the_o answer_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o lord_n pronounce_v it_o with_o a_o high_a and_o audible_a voice_n say_v balak_n send_v for_o i_o from_o mesopotamia_n to_o come_v hither_o to_o curse_v this_o people_n but_o how_o can_v i_o curse_v those_o who_o god_n will_v not_o have_v curse_v i_o have_v see_v this_o people_n from_o the_o top_n of_o the_o rock_n and_o indeed_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o they_o be_v full_a of_o majesty_n and_o terror_n this_o i_o must_v prophesy_v of_o they_o that_o god_n will_v cast_v out_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o canaan_n and_o place_v they_o in_o their_o stead_n and_o so_o they_o shall_v dwell_v alone_o in_o a_o land_n of_o their_o own_o under_o the_o government_n of_o their_o own_o law_n and_o prince_n and_o no_o nation_n shall_v be_v worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o they_o and_o that_o chief_o because_o they_o shall_v be_v god_n peculiar_a people_n see_v ezod_n 19.5_o and_o separate_v from_o other_o people_n of_o the_o world_n by_o their_o religion_n law_n and_o manner_n and_o who_o can_v look_v upon_o the_o vast_a and_o miraculous_a increase_n of_o this_o people_n without_o admiration_n a_o express_a sign_n of_o god_n great_a blessing_n upon_o they_o they_o be_v even_o like_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o multitude_n see_v gen._n 13.10_o who_o can_v number_v one_o squadron_n or_o four_o part_n of_o they_o as_o they_o be_v now_o encamp_v i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o endeavour_v to_o bring_v any_o unfortunate_a death_n or_o ruin_n upon_o this_o people_n who_o be_v god_n choose_v one_o and_o direct_v by_o his_o law_n to_o walk_v in_o way_n of_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n that_o i_o for_o my_o part_n desire_v to_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a among_o they_o and_o that_o my_o last_o end_n may_v be_v like_a unto_o they_o wicked_a they_o here_o balaam_n testify_v his_o belief_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o the_o different_a future_a state_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a otherwise_o what_o be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a better_o than_o that_o of_o the_o wicked_a balak_n hear_v this_o angry_o reply_n i_o send_v for_o thou_o to_o curse_v my_o enemy_n and_o behold_v thou_o have_v bless_v they_o altogether_o balaam_n answer_v he_o must_v speak_v what_o god_n have_v put_v into_o his_o mouth_n balak_n then_o desire_v he_o to_o remove_v to_o another_o place_n hope_v possible_o that_o that_o may_v prove_v a_o more_o lucky_a and_o successful_a place_n than_o the_o first_o have_v be_v for_o idolater_n use_v in_o their_o conceit_n to_o attribute_n much_o to_o the_o luckiness_n of_o time_n and_o place_n balak_n have_v carry_v he_o before_o where_o he_o see_v the_o whole_a army_n of_o the_o israelite_n and_o possible_o he_o think_v that_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o vast_a multitude_n do_v something_o dismay_v and_o damp_n his_o spirit_n that_o he_o dare_v not_o curse_v they_o he_o resolve_v therefore_o to_o carry_v he_o where_o he_o shall_v only_o see_v the_o outermost_a part_n of_o they_o and_o shall_v not_o see_v they_o all_o and_o according_o carry_v he_o to_o the_o field_n of_o the_o spy_n or_o scout-watche_n so_o call_v as_o it_o seem_v because_o there_o they_o keep_v the_o watch_n of_o the_o country_n here_o also_o they_o build_v seven_o altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o balak_n stand_v by_o the_o burnt-offering_n and_o balaam_n betake_v himself_o to_o a_o solitary_a place_n again_o to_o practise_v his_o enchantment_n as_o before_o god_n meet_v balaam_n and_o appoint_v he_o what_o return_n he_o shall_v make_v and_o come_v to_o balak_n he_o utter_v again_o his_o parable_n or_o prophetic_a vision_n say_v harken_v o_o balak_n to_o the_o message_n that_o i_o have_v bring_v thou_o from_o the_o lord_n the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v not_o like_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n they_o oftentimes_o promise_v but_o do_v not_o or_o can_v perform_v but_o all_o such_o falsehood_n and_o variableness_n be_v far_o from_o god_n the_o strength_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o lie_v nor_o repent_v 15.29_o repent_v see_v 1_o sam._n 15.29_o he_o have_v command_v i_o to_o bless_v this_o people_n and_o i_o shall_v not_o turn_v away_o the_o blessing_n from_o they_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n that_o god_n will_v ever_o be_v induce_v to_o give_v way_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v curse_v for_o he_o have_v not_o israelem_fw-la not_o v._o 21._o deus_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la h._n e._n non_fw-la probat_fw-la non_fw-la fert_fw-la non_fw-la tolerat_fw-la etc._n etc._n aliqui_fw-la verba_fw-la sic_fw-la reddunt_fw-la non_fw-la aspexit_fw-la injuriam_fw-la adversùs_fw-la jacobum_fw-la nec_fw-la vidit_fw-la vexationem_fw-la adversùs_fw-la israelem_fw-la h._n e._n non_fw-la vidit_fw-la ixjurias_fw-la illis_fw-la allatas_fw-la quin_fw-la vindicavit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o pharaone_n etc._n etc._n vel_fw-la per_fw-la futurum_fw-la non_fw-la videbit_fw-la quin_fw-la aut_fw-la suos_fw-la proteget_fw-la aut_fw-la inimicos_fw-la puniet_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la praesenti_fw-la sed_fw-la modo_fw-la potentiali_fw-la non_fw-la far_o potest_fw-la videre_fw-la vexationem_fw-la israeli_n illatam_fw-la etc._n etc._n vel_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la simul_fw-la conjungi_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la vidit_fw-la non_fw-la videbit_fw-la none_o far_o potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la solum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sed_fw-la afflictionem_fw-la injuriam_fw-la &_o vexationem_fw-la significant_a et_fw-fr â—_o non_fw-it subjectiuè_fw-la sed_fw-la objectiuë_fw-la sumitur_fw-la scil_n adversùs_fw-la jacobum_fw-la adversùs_fw-la israelem_fw-la nor_o will_v he_o at_o any_o time_n see_v wicked_a injuriousness_n practise_v against_o jacob_n or_o perverse_a counsel_n and_o vexation_n against_o israel_n so_o as_o to_o approve_v of_o it_o but_o will_v show_v himself_o in_o their_o defence_n by_o oppose_v those_o that_o do_v oppose_v and_o oppress_v they_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n be_v present_a with_o they_o and_o reign_v as_o king_n among_o they_o and_o the_o joyful_a shout_n of_o a_o king_n and_o his_o people_n encourage_v one_o another_o to_o battle_n be_v find_v among_o they_o god_n that_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n be_v a_o almighty_a god_n he_o have_v the_o strength_n of_o a_o unicorn_n his_o power_n be_v irresistible_a see_v job_n 39.10_o 11._o and_o numb_a 24.8_o sure_o there_o be_v no_o enchantment_n that_o will_v prevail_v against_o jacob_n nor_o no_o divination_n against_o israel_n that_o will_v hurt_v he_o and_o as_o at_o this_o time_n posterum_fw-la time_n v._o 23._o sicut_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o in_fw-la posterum_fw-la so_o hereafter_o it_o shall_v be_v publish_v and_o declare_v what_o great_a thing_n god_n have_v do_v for_o this_o people_n and_o what_o thing_n he_o shall_v hereafter_o do_v for_o these_o israelite_n will_v be_v wonderful_o victorious_a behold_v this_o people_n shall_v rise_v up_o as_o a_o great_a lion_n and_o lift_v up_o himself_o as_o a_o young_a lion_n he_o shall_v not_o lie_v down_o until_o he_o eat_v of_o the_o prey_n and_o drink_v of_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o slay_v that_o be_v till_o he_o have_v get_v a_o full_a victory_n over_o his_o enemy_n balak_n be_v extreme_a angry_a to_o hear_v these_o word_n and_o tell_v he_o if_o he_o will_v not_o curse_v this_o people_n for_o which_o end_n he_o send_v for_o he_o he_o shall_v not_o however_o have_v bless_v they_o balaam_n reply_v he_o must_v do_v as_o god_n command_v he_o balak_n hear_v this_o resolve_v however_o to_o try_v a_o three_o time_n what_o can_v be_v do_v against_o israel_n and_o therefore_o now_o carry_v balaam_n to_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n peor_n where_o the_o moabite_n use_v to_o sacrifice_v to_o their_o idol_n call_v baal-peor_n ch._n 25.3_o have_v there_o a_o house_n or_o temple_n build_v for_o he_o call_v beth-peor_n deut._n 3.29_o here_o they_o build_v altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n as_o before_o former_o when_o balaam_n leave_v balak_n stand_v by_o his_o altar_n and_o go_v himself_o aside_o to_o see_v
their_o god_n also_o he_o have_v execute_v judgement_n cause_v possible_o some_o such_o notable_a accident_n to_o befall_v the_o egyptian_a idol_n as_o do_v the_o philistine_n dagon_n which_o fall_v down_o before_o the_o ark_n see_v exod._n 12.12_o their_o second_o station_n be_v succoth_n their_o three_o etham_n where_o the_o lord_n begin_v first_o to_o go_v before_o they_o by_o day_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o cloud_n and_o by_o night_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n from_o etham_n they_o turn_v unto_o pihahiroth_n a_o narrow_a passage_n between_o two_o ledge_n of_o mountain_n into_o which_o be_v enter_v pharaoh_n overtake_v they_o with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o think_v they_o can_v not_o have_v escape_v he_o but_o god_n divide_v the_o red-sea_n which_o the_o israelite_n pass_v through_o the_o egyptian_n assay_v to_o follow_v they_o and_o there_o be_v miserable_o drown_v the_o israelite_n have_v pass_v through_o the_o sea_n go_v three_o day_n journey_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o etham_n without_o any_o water_n and_o pitch_v in_o marah_n here_o they_o find_v the_o water_n very_o bitter_a insomuch_o that_o they_o begin_v to_o murmur_v against_o moses_n but_o god_n sweeten_v the_o water_n by_o the_o cast_n in_o of_o a_o tree_n exod._n 15.23_o from_o marah_n they_o come_v to_o elim_n where_o be_v twelve_o fountain_n of_o water_n from_o elim_n they_o encamp_v by_o the_o red-sea_n book_n red-sea_n see_v sect._n 8._o of_o this_o book_n and_o from_o thence_o remove_v to_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n so_o call_v from_o sin_n a_o city_n in_o egypt_n over_o against_o which_o this_o wilderness_n lay_v hither_o they_o come_v just_o a_o month_n after_o their_o departure_n from_o ramese_n here_o they_o murmur_v grievous_o for_o want_n of_o food_n and_o god_n give_v they_o quail_n for_o one_o meal_n and_o manna_n from_o heaven_n which_o be_v continue_v till_o they_o come_v into_o canaan_n from_o sin_n they_o come_v to_o dophkah_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o alush_v and_o from_o thence_o to_o rhepidim_n book_n rhepidim_n see_v sect._n 10._o of_o this_o book_n where_o want_v water_n again_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o stone_n moses_n but_o water_n be_v fetch_v for_o they_o miraculous_o out_o of_o a_o rock_n in_o horeb._n here_o they_o have_v a_o victory_n over_o the_o amalekite_n who_o set_v upon_o they_o from_o rephidim_n they_o come_v to_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sinai_n hither_o they_o come_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o month_n exod._n 19.1_o and_o stay_v till_o the_o second_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n of_o the_o second_o year_n numb_a 10.11_o 12._o here_o the_o law_n be_v give_v and_o the_o tabernacle_n frame_v and_o the_o people_n punish_v for_o make_v and_o worship_v a_o golden_a calf_n and_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n smite_v dead_a for_o offer_v strange_a fire_n here_o the_o people_n be_v first_o number_v and_o then_o order_v as_o to_o their_o encamp_n about_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o in_o their_o journey_n towards_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n from_o sinai_n they_o march_v by_o taberah_n signify_v a_o burn_a because_o there_o the_o fire_n of_o god_n till_o quench_v by_o moses_n prayer_n consume_v the_o hindermost_a in_o the_o camp_n for_o their_o murmur_a and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o kibroth-hattavah_a here_o the_o people_n fall_v a_o lust_a for_o flesh_n again_o and_o god_n now_o give_v they_o quail_n for_o a_o whole_a month_n together_o in_o great_a abundance_n whereon_o they_o surfeit_v and_o die_v miserable_o with_o the_o flesh_n between_o their_o tooth_n then_o they_o come_v to_o hazeroth_n here_o aaron_n and_o miriam_n murmur_v against_o moses_n and_o she_o be_v smite_v with_o leprosy_n numb_a 12._o then_o they_o come_v to_o rithmath_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n near_o kadesh-barnea_a whence_o spy_n be_v send_v to_o search_v the_o land_n upon_o the_o evil_a report_n of_o ten_o of_o they_o the_o people_n horrible_o murmur_v god_n be_v very_o wroth_a with_o they_o for_o it_o and_o appoint_v moses_n to_o return_v again_o to_o the_o red-sea_n and_o declare_v that_o not_o one_o of_o that_o generation_n save_o caleb_n and_o joshua_n shall_v enter_v into_o canaan_n then_o they_o come_v to_o rimmon-parez_a and_o from_o thence_o to_o libnah_n call_v laban_n deut._n 1.1_o and_o then_o to_o rissah_n then_o to_o kehelatha_n thence_o to_o mount_v shapher_n thence_o to_o haradah_n and_o pitch_v in_o makheloth_n signify_v assembly_n so_o call_v as_o some_o think_v because_o of_o the_o mutinous_a assembly_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n in_o that_o place_n thence_o to_o tahath_n and_o pitch_v at_o tarah_n thence_o to_o mithcah_n and_o pitch_v at_o hashmonah_n and_o encamp_v at_o maseroth_n and_o then_o come_v to_o bene-jaakan_a and_o encamp_v at_o hor-gidgad_a from_o thence_o to_o jothathah_n a_o land_n of_o river_n of_o water_n deut._n 10.7_o here_o the_o rock_n rephidim-water_n as_o it_o seem_v stop_v its_o course_n pisgah-sight_n course_n see_v dr._n fuller_n pisgah-sight_n god_n suspend_v miracle_n when_o he_o afford_v mean_n and_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o israelite_n drink_v of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o country_n till_o they_o come_v to_o kadesh_n then_o they_o encamp_v at_o ebronah_n from_o thence_o they_o march_v to_o eziongaber_n a_o place_n by_o the_o red-sea_n where_o be_v a_o harbour_n for_o ship_n in_o edom_n land_n 1_o king_n 9.26_o from_o thence_o to_o kadesh_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n here_o miriam_n die_v the_o people_n in_o this_o place_n want_v water_n murmur_v again_o and_o have_v water_n again_o give_v they_o out_o of_o a_o rock_n here_o god_n be_v very_o angry_a with_o moses_n and_o aaron_n for_o their_o unbelief_n and_o here_o they_o have_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n pass_v on_o they_o though_o reprieve_v for_o a_o time_n and_o render_v uncapable_a of_o enter_v into_o canaan_n they_o come_v hither_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 40th_o year_n and_o hence_o they_o send_v to_o crave_v a_o passage_n through_o edom_n land_n but_o it_o be_v deny_v they_o god_n command_v they_o not_o to_o force_v it_o but_o to_o find_v another_o way_n from_o kadesh_n they_o remove_v to_o mount_n hor_n in_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o land_n of_o edom_n where_o aaron_n die_v then_o they_o come_v to_o zalmonah_n so_o call_v possible_o of_o zolom_n a_o image_n for_o this_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o place_n where_o the_o israelite_n for_o murmur_v again_o for_o want_n of_o water_n and_o loathe_v manna_n be_v sting_v with_o fiery_a serpent_n and_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n be_v by_o god_n direction_n erect_v for_o their_o cure_n and_o help_v as_o for_o their_o five_o follow_a stage_n viz._n punon_o oboth_n jie-abarim_a and_o dibon-gad_n so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v repair_v and_o possess_v by_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad_n ch._n 32.34_o and_o almon-diblathaim_a we_o find_v no_o memorable_a accident_n happen_v at_o they_o thence_o they_o come_v to_o the_o mountain_n of_o abarim_n and_o then_o to_o the_o plain_n of_o moab_n and_o here_o god_n command_v moses_n to_o charge_v the_o israelite_n to_o drive_v out_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n viz._n by_o destroy_v they_o deut._n 7.22_o 23._o and_o to_o destroy_v their_o picture_n and_o melt_a image_n and_o high_a place_n and_o to_o divide_v their_o land_n by_o lot_n among_o themselves_o but_o if_o they_o do_v not_o take_v care_n to_o drive_v they_o out_o than_o he_o declare_v the_o canaanite_n shall_v be_v prick_n in_o their_o eye_n and_o thorn_n in_o their_o side_n and_o a_o continual_a vexation_n to_o they_o and_o he_o will_v bring_v that_o destruction_n on_o they_o for_o their_o disobedience_n which_o he_o think_v to_o bring_v on_o the_o canaanite_n viz._n root_n they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n numb_a 33._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n lxxxix_o the_o lord_n now_o by_o moses_n declare_v unto_o israel_n the_o bound_n hermon_n bound_n v._o 3._o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n lie_v at_o the_o very_a east-end_n of_o the_o south-border_n in_o the_o corner_n whereof_o it_o join_v with_o the_o east-border_n right_a against_o the_o south-end_n of_o the_o salt-sea_n that_o be_v the_o lake_n of_o sodom_n call_v also_o the_o dead-sea_n see_v gen._n 14.3_o v._o 7._o this_o be_v not_o that_o mount_n hor_n where_o aaron_n die_v which_o be_v southward_a in_o the_o edge_n of_o edom_n land_n ch._n 33.37_o 38._o but_o another_o mountain_n on_o the_o north-side_n of_o canaan_n by_o some_o suppose_a to_o be_v libanus_n and_o by_o other_o mount_n hermon_n and_o limit_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n lie_v within_o jordan_n which_o he_o intend_v to_o give_v they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v assure_v they_o shall_v possess_v it_o and_o may_v know_v how_o far_o they_o be_v to_o proceed_v in_o their_o conquest_n and_o where_o to_o stay_v and_o according_a to_o these_o bound_n and_o limit_n may_v make_v a_o division_n of_o the_o land_n among_o the_o nine_o
tribe_n and_o half_a the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n gad_n and_o the_o other_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n have_v their_o lot_n on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n the_o person_n that_o be_v to_o make_v the_o division_n be_v eleazar_n the_o high_a priest_n joshua_n and_o one_o prince_n of_o every_o tribe_n who_o be_v particular_o name_v the_o tribe_n be_v here_o name_v in_o their_o particular_a order_n in_o which_o they_o shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n their_o inheritance_n abut_a one_o upon_o another_o as_o their_o name_n be_v here_o join_v together_o to_o make_v it_o the_o more_o evident_a to_o they_o that_o they_o be_v allot_v their_o portion_n by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o providence_n of_o god_n numb_a ch._n 34._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n xc_o the_o lord_n further_o command_v the_o israelite_n to_o give_v 48_o city_n to_o the_o levite_n for_o their_o possession_n he_o appoint_v the_o suburb_n of_o they_o to_o reach_v a_o thousand_o cubit_n from_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n on_o each_o side_n so_o that_o measure_v the_o length_n from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o line_n to_o the_o other_o end_n opposite_a against_o it_o as_o from_o east_n to_o west_n or_o from_o north_n to_o south_n there_o be_v two_o thousand_o cubit_n that_o make_v the_o perfect_a square_n god_n also_o appoint_v six_o of_o these_o city_n for_o city_n of_o refuge_n three_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o three_o 9_o three_o there_o be_v no_o inequality_n in_o this_o because_o the_o portion_n of_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a without_o jordan_n reach_v as_o far_o in_o length_n as_o they_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n though_o it_o be_v nothing_o so_o broad_a beside_o if_o the_o lord_n enlarge_v their_o coast_n and_o give_v they_o all_o the_o land_n they_o be_v to_o add_v three_o city_n more_o deut._n 19.8_o 9_o on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n and_o those_o city_n be_v as_o we_o may_v see_v afterward_o deut._n 4._o and_o joshua_n 20._o 1._o bezer_n a_o city_n of_o the_o reubenites_n 2._o ramoth_n of_o gilead_n of_o the_o gadite_n 3._o golan_n in_o bashan_n of_o the_o manassites_n these_o three_o moses_n separate_v deut._n 4.41_o 43._o 4._o kadesh_n in_o galilee_n in_o mount_n napthali_n 5._o shechem_n in_o mount_n ephraim_n 6._o kirjath-arba_a which_o be_v hebron_n in_o the_o mount_n of_o judah_n and_o these_o joshua_n separate_v joshua_n 20.7_o before_o these_o city_n of_o refuge_n be_v appoint_v it_o seem_v the_o altar_n only_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o sanctuary_n to_o those_o that_o flee_v to_o it_o see_v exod._n 21.14_o but_o afterward_o these_o city_n be_v the_o chief_a sanctuary_n to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o sojourner_n and_o stranger_n among_o they_o and_o yet_o they_o be_v such_o only_a to_o those_o who_o have_v kill_v a_o man_n unwitting_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o to_o receive_v any_o man_n till_o he_o have_v profess_v his_o innocency_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a see_v josh_n 20.4_o and_o such_o city_n be_v purposely_o appoint_v as_o lay_v at_o a_o equal_a distance_n in_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o land_n that_o no_o man_n drive_v to_o make_v use_n of_o they_o may_v have_v too_o far_o to_o go_v and_o so_o may_v be_v overtake_v by_o the_o avenger_n of_o blood_n who_o be_v the_o next_o kinsman_n to_o the_o man_n slay_v and_o may_v lawful_o slay_v he_o who_o have_v slay_v his_o kinsman_n if_o he_o take_v he_o out_o of_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n and_o before_o he_o can_v recover_v the_o sanctuary_n and_o the_o way_n to_o these_o city_n be_v always_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o make_v even_o and_o plain_a that_o the_o manslayer_n may_v flee_v thither_o without_o hindrance_n see_v deut._n 19.3_o when_o the_o manslayer_n come_v thither_o he_o be_v at_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o gate_n to_o show_v his_o cause_n to_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o city_n who_o be_v to_o take_v he_o in_o till_o he_o be_v send_v for_o and_o fetch_v to_o the_o city_n where_o he_o have_v do_v the_o fact_n and_o there_o he_o be_v to_o stand_v before_o the_o congregation_n joshua_n 24.4_o 6._o who_o if_o they_o find_v he_o worthy_a of_o death_n be_v to_o deliver_v he_o to_o the_o avenger_n to_o kill_v he_o if_o not_o they_o be_v to_o return_v he_o to_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n again_o where_o he_o be_v to_o live_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o exile_n and_o imprisonment_n until_o the_o death_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o may_v not_o come_v out_o before_o he_o before_o if_o he_o go_v out_o before_o he_o forfeit_v his_o privilege_n and_o protection_n and_o the_o avenger_n may_v lawful_o slay_v he_o and_o then_o he_o be_v to_o have_v liberty_n to_o return_v to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o former_a dwell_a place_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o messiah_n our_o high_a priest_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n who_o by_o his_o death_n have_v blot_v out_o the_o hand-writing_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o reconcile_v we_o to_o god_n but_o these_o city_n of_o refuge_n be_v not_o intend_v to_o be_v any_o protection_n or_o asyle_n to_o wilful_a murderer_n and_o such_o as_o of_o malice-prepence_a slay_v a_o man_n and_o strike_v he_o with_o a_o instrument_n of_o iron_n or_o with_o a_o stone_n or_o hand-weapon_n wherewith_o in_o probability_n a_o man_n that_o be_v smite_v must_v needs_o be_v kill_v moreover_o no_o man_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n on_o the_o single_a testimony_n of_o one_o man_n alone_o and_o no_o redemption-money_n no_o bribe_n or_o present_v be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o spare_v a_o murderer_n life_n for_o blood_n defile_v the_o land_n and_o the_o land_n can_v be_v cleanse_v of_o the_o blood_n that_o be_v shed_v therein_o but_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o he_o that_o shed_v it_o and_o last_o no_o redemption-money_n be_v to_o be_v take_v for_o grant_v he_o that_o be_v flee_v to_o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n a_o dispensation_n or_o liberty_n to_o return_v to_o the_o place_n of_o his_o former_a abode_n or_o habitation_n before_o the_o death_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n numb_a 35._o whole_a chapter_n and_o deut._n 4._o vers_fw-la 41_o 42_o 43._o sect_n xci_o the_o lord_n have_v former_o order_v that_o zelophehad_n daughter_n shall_v have_v that_o portion_n of_o land_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n which_o their_o father_n shall_v have_v have_v for_o his_o share_n have_v he_o live_v the_o child_n of_o gilead_n who_o be_v of_o that_o tribe_n consider_v that_o if_o these_o daughter_n marry_v into_o any_o other_o tribe_n this_o portion_n of_o their_o land_n will_v be_v quite_o alienate_v from_o their_o tribe_n therefore_o they_o make_v it_o their_o suit_n that_o some_o order_n may_v be_v take_v to_o prevent_v this_o mischief_n for_o by_o like_a accident_n the_o portion_n of_o every_o tribe_n may_v in_o time_n be_v change_v and_o so_o at_o length_n all_o may_v come_v to_o confusion_n and_o the_o very_a end_n of_o god_n appoint_v every_o tribe_n to_o have_v their_o portion_n apart_o by_o themselves_o may_v be_v quite_o make_v void_a and_o further_o whereas_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n it_o be_v appoint_v that_o at_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n which_o be_v every_o fifty_o year_n what_o ever_o land_n be_v alienate_v from_o any_o tribe_n shall_v return_v to_o that_o tribe_n again_o by_o such_o marriage_n as_o these_o inheritance_n will_v pass_v over_o from_o one_o tribe_n to_o another_o without_o possibility_n of_o restitution_n at_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n and_o so_o this_o law_n will_v become_v void_a which_o seem_v purposely_o intend_v to_o prevent_v the_o confusion_n of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o tribe_n moses_n have_v ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n answer_v they_o as_o god_n have_v command_v viz._n that_o the_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n shall_v marry_v only_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o their_o father_n which_o they_o according_o afterward_o do_v and_o further_o order_n that_o every_o daughter_n that_o possess_v a_o inheritance_n in_o any_o tribe_n shall_v marry_v only_o unto_o one_o of_o that_o tribe_n but_o if_o she_o be_v not_o a_o inheritrix_n she_o may_v marry_v into_o any_o other_o tribe_n and_o thus_o inheritance_n will_v not_o be_v remove_v from_o one_o tribe_n to_o another_o numb_a ch._n 36._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n xcii_o we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o book_n of_o deuteronomy_n which_o contain_v moses_n die_v speech_n and_o pathetical_a exhortation_n to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n he_o have_v bring_v they_o to_o the_o plain_n of_o moab_n and_o to_o the_o very_a border_n of_o canaan_n he_o know_v by_o divine_a revelation_n he_o must_v not_o go_v over_o thither_o but_o must_v die_v on_o this_o side_n jordan_n have_v therefore_o now_o but_o a_o little_a time_n to_o live_v viz._n about_o five_o week_n like_o a_o man_n in_o
israel_n many_o year_n he_o have_v many_o wife_n by_o who_o he_o have_v sixty_o nine_o son_n and_o one_o concubine_n who_o dwell_v at_o shechem_n who_o he_o take_v as_o a_o secundary_a wife_n and_o in_o a_o inferior_a degree_n have_v be_v before_o his_o maid-servant_n ch._n 9_o 18._o by_o who_o he_o have_v abimelech_n at_o length_n gideon_n die_v in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o his_o father_n at_o ophra_n ch._n 8._o from_o vers_n 22._o to_o the_o 33._o sect_n cxli_o present_o after_o gideon_n be_v dead_a the_o israelite_n fall_v to_o idolatry_n again_o and_o go_v a_o whore_v after_o baalim_fw-la and_o worship_v baal-berith_a for_o their_o god_n the_o idol_n of_o the_o shechemite_n signify_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o covenant_n so_o call_v possible_o because_o when_o they_o make_v choice_n of_o he_o to_o be_v their_o idol-god_n they_o bind_v themselves_o by_o covenant_n to_o serve_v he_o which_o possible_o the_o devil_n put_v they_o upon_o in_o imitation_n of_o god_n and_o so_o by_o adhere_v to_o he_o they_o break_v their_o covenant_n with_o god_n and_o they_o be_v now_o so_o besot_v with_o idolatry_n that_o they_o forget_v the_o only_a true_a god_n their_o great_a deliverer_n and_o whole_o neglect_v his_o worship_n and_o service_n and_o worship_v only_a idol_n neither_o show_v they_o themselves_o grateful_a to_o gideon_n who_o have_v deserve_v so_o well_o of_o they_o neither_o do_v they_o show_v kindness_n or_o seek_v the_o good_a and_o welfare_n of_o his_o family_n the_o people_n be_v thus_o general_o corrupt_v as_o the_o lord_n have_v former_o punish_v their_o idolatry_n and_o apostasy_n by_o suffer_v some_o of_o the_o neighbour-nation_n to_o invade_v they_o and_o sore_o afflict_v they_o so_o now_o he_o resolve_v to_o punish_v they_o by_o the_o tyranny_n of_o one_o from_o among_o themselves_o even_o by_o abimelech_n the_o son_n of_o gideon_n their_o late_a judge_n who_o upon_o his_o father_n death_n attempt_v to_o get_v to_o himself_o the_o regal_a power_n which_o his_o father_n have_v so_o late_o refuse_v to_o make_v way_n hereunto_o he_o go_v present_o to_o shechem_n and_o there_o begin_v to_o tamper_v with_o his_o uncle_n his_o mother_n brother_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o her_o kindred_n and_o employ_v they_o as_o his_o instrument_n be_v possible_o of_o some_o rank_n and_o esteem_n in_o shechem_n to_o see_v if_o they_o can_v draw_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o city_n to_o aid_n and_o assist_v he_o in_o his_o project_n not_o doubt_v but_o if_o he_o can_v effect_v this_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a well_o enough_o to_o accomplish_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o design_n and_o thus_o by_o the_o misery_n which_o this_o son_n of_o a_o concubine_n bring_v upon_o his_o father_n house_n and_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n we_o may_v see_v that_o god_n do_v even_o in_o those_o time_n testify_v his_o displeasure_n against_o their_o have_v several_a wife_n and_o concubine_n though_o for_o the_o present_a he_o do_v permit_v 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own_o blood_n they_o may_v expect_v all_o kindness_n and_o favour_n from_o he_o and_o further_o it_o will_v be_v a_o great_a honour_n and_o advantage_n to_o they_o to_o have_v a_o king_n so_o near_o ally_v to_o they_o abimelech_n kindred_n seem_v much_o please_v with_o what_o he_o have_v say_v to_o they_o and_o according_o move_v the_o business_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o man_n of_o shechem_n who_o heart_n ready_o incline_v to_o favour_n abimelech_n design_n because_o he_o be_v their_o kinsman_n and_o in_o order_n to_o the_o carry_v on_o thereof_o they_o give_v he_o seventy_o piece_n of_o silver_n out_o of_o the_o treasure_n of_o their_o idol-god_n baal-berith_a wherewith_o he_o hire_v vain_a and_o light_a person_n to_o follow_v he_o and_o these_o he_o arm_v that_o he_o may_v by_o their_o aid_n and_o assistance_n accomplish_v what_o he_o have_v design_v and_o thus_o the_o money_n that_o have_v be_v give_v to_o their_o idol-god_n become_v the_o first_o fuel_n for_o the_o kindle_v of_o that_o fire_n in_o the_o land_n wherewith_o the_o lord_n intend_v to_o punish_v the_o idolatry_n and_o other_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n with_o these_o force_n and_o the_o assistance_n of_o some_o of_o the_o shechemite_n 15.5_o v._o 5._o be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o person_n it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o put_v a_o perfect_a and_o round_a number_n for_o a_o imperfect_a see_v gen._n 42.13_o numb_a 14.32_o 33._o 1_o cor._n 15.5_o abimelech_n go_v to_o ophra_n and_o there_o seize_v all_o his_o father_n son_n except_v jotham_n the_o young_a and_o pretend_v something_o against_o they_o under_o a_o pretence_n of_o justice_n as_o if_o they_o have_v have_v some_o plot_n upon_o the_o state_n tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o he_o put_v they_o all_o to_o death_n and_o execute_v they_o all_o in_o one_o place_n upon_o one_o stone_n this_o be_v do_v the_o man_n of_o shechem_n gather_v themselves_o together_o and_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o city_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o meet_v in_o a_o town-house_n or_o common-hall_n call_v the_o house_n of_o millo_n and_o make_v abimelech_n king_n god_n abimelech_n the_o five_o judge_n if_o at_o least_o he_o may_v be_v so_o esteem_v see_v he_o be_v not_o set_v up_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n and_o so_o proclaim_v he_o in_o the_o field_n near_o shechem_n where_o joshua_n in_o former_a time_n have_v erect_v a_o great_a stone_n under_o a_o oak_n josh_n 24.26_o indeed_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o one_o city_n shall_v dare_v to_o do_v this_o alone_a of_o themselves_o it_o be_v express_o also_o against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n deut._n 17.14_o 15._o thou_o shall_v in_o any_o wise_a set_v he_o king_n over_o thou_o who_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v choose_v but_o though_o the_o shechemite_v possible_o at_o first_o make_v he_o king_n only_o over_o their_o own_o city_n yet_o afterward_o it_o seem_v many_o other_o israelite_n of_o other_o town_n and_o tribe_n do_v come_v in_o move_v by_o their_o example_n and_o persuasion_n and_o join_v with_o they_o and_o accept_v he_o for_o their_o king_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o they_o general_o begin_v to_o be_v weary_a of_o the_o government_n god_n have_v establish_v among_o they_o and_o long_v to_o be_v like_o other_o nation_n in_o have_v a_o king_n to_o reign_v over_o they_o abimelech_n therefore_o daily_o gather_v more_o and_o more_o strength_n at_o last_o he_o usurp_v the_o title_n of_o king_n over_o the_o whole_a nation_n whence_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v three_o year_n over_o israel_n vers_fw-la 22._o the_o lord_n now_o intend_v to_o punish_v abimelech_n and_o the_o shechemite_n for_o change_v the_o government_n which_o he_o have_v establish_v among_o they_o and_o especial_o for_o the_o barbarous_a murder_n commit_v upon_o the_o son_n of_o gideon_n by_o a_o special_a instinct_n of_o his_o spirit_n he_o move_v jotham_n who_o of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o gideon_n have_v escape_v the_o hand_n of_o abimelech_n to_o go_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o shechem_n and_o to_o give_v they_o warn_v beforehand_o of_o the_o calamity_n and_o judgement_n that_o be_v like_a to_o befall_v they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o repent_v of_o this_o their_o great_a wickedness_n according_o go_v to_o mount_n gerizim_n which_o be_v near_o shechem_n and_o at_o a_o time_n as_o it_o seem_v when_o the_o shechemite_n upon_o some_o public_a festivity_n or_o such_o solemn_a occasion_n be_v there_o they_o there_o from_o the_o mountain_n of_o blessing_n they_o now_o hear_v a_o curse_n denounce_v against_o they_o meet_v together_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o voice_n and_o speak_v to_o they_o say_v harken_v to_o i_o you_o man_n of_o shechem_n that_o god_n may_v hearken_v unto_o you_o intimate_v to_o they_o that_o god_n have_v send_v he_o to_o they_o with_o that_o
people_n that_o be_v therein_o and_o kill_v they_o and_o samson_n himself_o with_o they_o so_o the_o dead_a which_o he_o slay_v at_o his_o death_n be_v more_o than_o those_o he_o slay_v in_o his_o life_n his_o brother_n and_o all_o the_o house_n of_o his_o father_n hear_v of_o his_o death_n come_v down_o and_o take_v his_o dead_a body_n and_o bring_v it_o up_o and_o bury_v it_o in_o his_o father_n bury_v place_n between_o zorak_fw-mi and_o eshtaol_n the_o philistine_n by_o the_o overrule_a providence_n of_o god_n not_o oppose_v it_o who_o pride_n and_o power_n by_o this_o fatal_a blow_n give_v to_o their_o prince_n and_o so_o many_o of_o their_o people_n be_v much_o abate_v and_o pull_v down_o so_o that_o they_o think_v this_o be_v no_o fit_a time_n to_o provoke_v the_o israelite_n by_o deny_v they_o such_o a_o thing_n judg._n ch._n 16._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n cli_n samuel_n first_o book_n of_o samuel_n we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o first_o book_n of_o samuel_n which_o contain_v 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how_o the_o high-priesthood_n come_v to_o be_v transfer_v from_o the_o posterity_n of_o eleazar_n to_o eli_n who_o be_v of_o the_o house_n of_o ithamar_n can_v be_v clear_v by_o any_o place_n of_o scripture_n we_o may_v conjecture_v that_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o because_o the_o high-priest_n of_o eleazar_n family_n have_v some_o way_n or_o other_o high_o provoke_v god_n by_o their_o evil_a course_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o former_a judge_n this_o be_v the_o series_n of_o the_o high-priest_n as_o appear_v 1_o chron._n 6.4_o aaron_z eleazar_n phineas_n abishua_n bukki_n uzzi_n from_o uzzi_n the_o high-priesthood_n be_v translate_v to_o eli_n to_o who_o succeed_v achitob_n to_o he_o achias_n to_o he_o ahimelech_n to_o he_o abiathar_n who_o be_v depose_v from_o the_o priesthood_n by_o solomon_n 1_o king_n 2.27_o that_o he_o may_v perform_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o speak_v concern_v the_o house_n of_o eli_n in_o shiloh_n 1_o sam._n 2.31.35_o and_o judge_n a_o good_a and_o famous_a man_n though_o faulty_a in_o be_v too_o indulgent_a to_o his_o child_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v afterward_o in_o his_o time_n and_o under_o his_o government_n samuel_n be_v bear_v who_o history_n we_o come_v now_o to_o describe_v his_o father_n be_v elkanah_n a_o levite_n of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o kohathite_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o of_o korah_n 1_o chron._n 6.22_o 23._o who_o dwell_v in_o ramathaim-zophim_a in_o mount_n ephraim_n he_o have_v two_o wife_n probable_o hannah_n be_v his_o first_o wife_n and_o she_o be_v barren_a he_o afterward_o take_v peninnah_n who_o be_v fruitful_a though_o the_o lord_n allow_v not_o polygamy_n yet_o he_o be_v please_v to_o tolerate_v it_o for_o a_o time_n and_o possible_o the_o jew_n do_v conceive_v that_o god_n promise_v to_o abraham_n of_o multiply_v his_o seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o the_o heaven_n do_v imply_v a_o dispensation_n for_o they_o to_o have_v more_o wife_n than_o one_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v now_o at_o shiloh_n and_o there_o have_v continue_v since_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o joshua_n ch._n 18.1_o thither_o go_v elkanah_n yearly_a that_o be_v at_o those_o three_o solemn_a feast_n wherein_o all_o the_o male_n be_v bind_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o lord_n deut._n 16.16_o he_o may_v possible_o go_v at_o other_o time_n as_o a_o levite_n to_o do_v service_n in_o his_o course_n but_o he_o fail_v not_o to_o go_v up_o at_o those_o great_a solemnity_n and_o it_o seem_v several_a of_o his_o family_n use_v to_o go_v up_o with_o he_o yea_o the_o woman_n also_o such_o be_v their_o devotion_n though_o not_o bind_v thereunto_o by_o the_o law_n at_o those_o great_a feast_n he_o give_v to_o peninnah_n and_o all_o her_o son_n and_o daughter_n portion_n of_o the_o peace-offering_n which_o he_o offer_v to_o the_o lord_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o feast_n of_o which_o see_v gen._n 43.34_o but_o unto_o hannah_n who_o be_v his_o best_a belove_a he_o give_v a_o large_a and_o better_a portion_n and_o possible_o of_o the_o choice_a and_o best_a of_o the_o sacrifice_n peninnah_n be_v angry_a at_o this_o and_o thereupon_o quarrel_v with_o and_o provoke_v hannah_n and_o upbraid_v she_o for_o her_o barrenness_n as_o a_o effect_n of_o the_o lord_n displeasure_n against_o she_o and_o as_o elkanah_n do_v thus_o continual_o express_v his_o great_a love_n to_o hannah_n when_o he_o go_v yearly_o with_o his_o family_n to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n so_o peninnah_n persist_v from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o vex_v she_o with_o her_o provocation_n and_o possible_o upbraid_v she_o with_o her_o fruitless_a seek_v to_o god_n so_o earnest_o at_o those_o time_n for_o a_o child_n this_o great_o trouble_a hannah_n in_o so_o much_o that_o she_o mourn_v and_o weep_v and_o do_v not_o care_n to_o eat_v as_o other_o do_v especial_o not_o with_o any_o joy_n and_o cheerfulness_n as_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v at_o those_o solemn_a feast_n elkanah_n perceive_v it_o ask_v she_o why_o she_o so_o grieve_a and_o weep_v and_o so_o mourn_v in_o a_o time_n when_o she_o ought_v to_o have_v rejoice_v it_o be_v true_a say_v he_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o afford_v thou_o child_n but_o be_o not_o i_o who_o love_v thou_o so_o dear_o better_a to_o thou_o than_o ten_o son_n gr._n son_n in_o concord_n matrimonio_fw-la plus_fw-la boni_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la faecunditate_fw-la gr._n but_o when_o elkanah_n and_o his_o family_n have_v eat_v and_o drink_v together_o with_o who_o hannah_n sit_v she_o be_v in_o bitterness_n of_o soul_n go_v out_o and_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o weep_v sore_o and_o she_o say_v o_o lord_n of_o host_n if_o thou_o will_v please_v to_o look_v on_o the_o affliction_n of_o thy_o handmaid_n and_o will_v give_v unto_o i_o a_o manchild_n i_o will_v give_v he_o unto_o thou_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n mother_n life_n as_o to_o the_o power_n of_o her_o vow_n we_o must_v understand_v that_o she_o only_o vow_v to_o do_v what_o in_o she_o lay_v that_o it_o may_v be_v thus_o if_o the_o child_n have_v no_o defect_n either_o in_o body_n or_o mind_n and_o be_v willing_a when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o year_n of_o discretion_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o vow_n and_o provide_v that_o her_o husband_n consent_v thereunto_o without_o which_o the_o woman_n vow_n be_v of_o no_o force_n numb_a 30.8_o indeed_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o sequel_n of_o samuel_n story_n that_o he_o do_v not_o always_o continue_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n see_v ch._n 7.16_o but_o go_v from_o year_n to_o year_n in_o circuit_n and_o judge_v israel_n and_o hence_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o after_o he_o become_v judge_n in_o israel_n he_o be_v by_o special_a dispensation_n from_o god_n free_v from_o this_o vow_n of_o
it_o be_v but_o in_o some_o of_o the_o mean_a service_n of_o the_o temple_n only_o that_o they_o may_v eat_v bread_n see_v ezek._n 44.13_o 14._o 1_o sam._n 2._o from_o 12._o to_o 18._o and_o from_o 22._o to_o the_o end_n sect_n cliu_o the_o impiety_n and_o wickedness_n of_o the_o time_n be_v now_o so_o great_a that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v precious_a there_o be_v no_o open_a vision_n that_o be_v there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n open_o know_v to_o who_o the_o lord_n appear_v in_o vision_n or_o who_o he_o send_v forth_o among_o the_o people_n with_o a_o word_n of_o prophecy_n in_o his_o mouth_n so_o that_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o now_o reveal_v his_o mind_n to_o they_o by_o his_o prophet_n as_o he_o use_v to_o do_v at_o other_o time_n see_v psal_n 74.9_o and_o this_o be_v mention_v probable_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o samuel_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o appear_v at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o this_o and_o to_o re-establish_a in_o he_o the_o prophetic_a office_n see_v 2_o chron._n 35.18_o and_o act._n 3.24_o and_o the_o particular_a time_n when_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o be_v also_o set_v down_o which_o be_v when_o eli_n be_v very_o old_a and_o his_o eye_n dim_a be_v lay_v down_o in_o his_o place_n that_o be_v to_o take_v his_o rest_n in_o that_o place_n and_o in_o that_o lodging_n which_o belong_v to_o he_o as_o highpriest_n near_o unto_o the_o court_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o it_o be_v towards_o the_o morning_n before_o the_o lamp_n that_o be_v in_o the_o golden_a candlestick_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v go_v out_o or_o the_o oil_n spend_v see_v exod._n 30.7_o samuel_n be_v lay_v down_o to_o sleep_v in_o a_o chamber_n near_o unto_o he_o the_o lord_n call_v he_o who_o awake_v and_o suppose_v his_o master_n eli_n have_v call_v he_o run_v to_o he_o but_o eli_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o do_v not_o call_v he_o and_o therefore_o bid_v he_o lie_v down_o again_o the_o lord_n call_v samuel_n a_o second_o time_n and_o he_o run_v again_o to_o eli_n who_o tell_v he_o he_o do_v not_o call_v he_o and_o bid_v he_o go_v to_o his_o bed_n again_o samuel_n be_v not_o yet_o acquaint_v with_o that_o way_n whereby_o the_o lord_n do_v use_v to_o make_v know_v himself_o to_o his_o prophet_n viz._n by_o vision_n neither_o have_v there_o be_v as_o yet_o any_o such_o revelation_n make_v unto_o he_o the_o lord_n call_v he_o a_o three_o time_n and_o he_o run_v again_o to_o eli_n suppose_v that_o he_o have_v call_v he_o eli_n then_o perceive_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v appear_v unto_o he_o he_o bid_v he_o therefore_o go_v and_o lie_v down_o again_o and_o if_o he_o hear_v the_o voice_n call_v he_o any_o more_o he_o shall_v say_v speak_v lord_n for_o thy_o servant_n hear_v samuel_n lie_v down_o again_o the_o lord_n come_v and_o stand_v and_o call_v samuel_n samuel_n appear_v possible_o in_o a_o visible_a shape_n he_o answer_v as_o eli_n have_v bid_v he_o speak_v lord_n for_o thy_o servant_n hear_v then_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o he_o behold_v i_o will_v do_v a_o thing_n in_o israel_n at_o which_o both_o the_o ear_n of_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v it_o shall_v tingle_v see_v 2_o king_n 12.12_o mean_v the_o discomfiture_n of_o the_o israelite_n the_o take_n of_o the_o ark_n the_o death_n of_o eli_n son_n and_o eli_n fall_v down_o backward_o and_o break_v his_o neck_n his_o daughter-in-law_n phinehas_n wife_n fall_v present_o into_o the_o pain_n of_o travel_n and_o die_v judgement_n so_o dreadful_a and_o hideous_a that_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v of_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v fill_v with_o horror_n and_o astonishment_n and_o then_o will_v i_o perform_v against_o eli_n all_o thing_n that_o i_o have_v speak_v concern_v his_o house_n and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v some_o time_n ere_o i_o begin_v thus_o to_o visit_v he_o yet_o when_o i_o have_v once_o begin_v i_o will_v not_o cease_v till_o i_o have_v make_v a_o end_n for_o i_o have_v tell_v he_o that_o i_o will_v judge_v his_o house_n for_o ever_o that_o be_v punish_v it_o till_o it_o be_v utter_o ruin_v for_o the_o iniquity_n which_o he_o know_v his_o son_n commit_v and_o yet_o he_o restrain_v they_o not_o neither_o chide_v they_o severe_o as_o he_o be_v a_o father_n nor_o depose_v they_o from_o their_o office_n as_o he_o be_v the_o highpriest_n nor_o punish_v they_o corporal_o as_o he_o be_v a_o judg._n therefore_o i_o have_v swear_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o eli_n that_o the_o iniquity_n of_o eli_n be_v house_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v with_o sacrifice_n nor_o offer_v for_o ever_o that_o be_v that_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n denounce_v against_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v keep_v off_o or_o avert_v by_o any_o sacrifice_n or_o oblation_n whatsoever_o though_o by_o their_o unfeigned_a repentance_n they_o may_v prevent_v their_o eternal_a misery_n samuel_n have_v hear_v these_o sad_a word_n rise_v in_o the_o morning_n and_o open_v the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o seem_v at_o this_o time_n to_o be_v house_v as_o we_o show_v before_o but_o he_o be_v afraid_a to_o acquaint_v eli_n with_o the_o thing_n reveal_v to_o he_o in_o this_o vision_n because_o he_o know_v that_o such_o tiding_n will_v wound_v his_o heart_n and_o he_o fear_v to_o offend_v he_o by_o bring_v such_o a_o displease_a message_n unto_o he_o eli_n therefore_o call_v he_o and_o charge_v he_o to_o declare_v all_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o he_o for_o be_v conscious_a of_o his_o son_n lewdness_n and_o his_o own_o too_o great_a indulgence_n towards_o they_o he_o apprehend_v that_o some_o heavy_a sentence_n be_v denounce_v from_o the_o lord_n against_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v so_o eager_a to_o know_v it_o that_o he_o say_v god_n do_v so_o to_o thou_o and_o more_o 1.17_o more_o see_v note_n on_o ruth_n 1.17_o also_o if_o thou_o hide_v any_o thing_n from_o i_o hereupon_o samuel_n tell_v he_o all_o eli_n in_o a_o humble_a submissive_a manner_n reply_n it_o be_v the_o lord_n let_v he_o do_v what_o seem_v he_o good_a after_o this_o samuel_n grow_v and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o and_o suffer_v none_o of_o his_o word_n to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n but_o exact_o perform_v what_o he_o have_v foretell_v by_o he_o and_o all_o israel_n even_o from_o dan_n to_o beersheba_n know_v that_o samuel_n be_v establish_v to_o be_v a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o effectual_o call_v and_o send_v to_o execute_v this_o office_n among_o they_o and_o that_o god_n have_v firm_o settle_v he_o in_o it_o by_o make_v good_a his_o own_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n so_o that_o after_o the_o long_a intermission_n and_o cessation_n of_o prophetical_a vision_n whereby_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v become_v rare_a and_o precious_a as_o we_o have_v show_v before_o the_o lord_n renew_v this_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n by_o appear_v in_o shiloh_n unto_o samuel_n and_o reveal_v his_o mind_n and_o will_n unto_o he_o by_o prophetical_a vision_n and_o inspiration_n samuel_n inspiration_n v._o 21._o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n some_o understand_v that_o god_n do_v by_o his_o eternal_a and_o essential_a word_n viz._n christ_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n reveal_v his_o mind_n to_o samuel_n that_o he_o may_v reveal_v it_o unto_o the_o people_n 1_o sam._n ch._n 3._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n clv_o as_o samuel_n have_v before_o make_v know_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o eli_n so_o he_o do_v now_o to_o all_o israel_n reprove_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n and_o tell_v they_o before_o hand_n what_o judgement_n will_v fall_v upon_o they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o speedy_o repent_v but_o they_o not_o reform_v the_o philistine_n who_o it_o seem_v during_o the_o forty_o year_n of_o eli_n government_n have_v be_v pretty_a quiet_a possible_o because_o of_o the_o great_a slaughter_n samson_n have_v make_v of_o their_o lord_n and_o chief_a man_n at_o his_o death_n see_v judg._n 16.30_o now_o begin_v again_o to_o invade_v their_o land_n and_o be_v enter_v with_o a_o army_n the_o israelite_n gather_v themselves_o together_o to_o fight_v with_o they_o and_o pitch_v their_o camp_n at_o a_o place_n which_o be_v afterward_o call_v eben-eze_a the_o occasion_n whereof_o we_o may_v see_v afterward_o ch._n 7.11_o and_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o philistine_n be_v in_o aphek_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n the_o army_n join_v battle_n the_o israelite_n be_v smite_v before_o the_o philistine_n and_o lose_v 4000_o man_n the_o israelite_n have_v rally_v their_o scatter_a force_n the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n begin_v to_o inquire_v with_o some_o astonishment_n why_o the_o lord_n have_v thus_o leave_v they_o and_o suffer_v the_o philistine_n to_o prevail_v over_o they_o though_o
possible_o that_o these_o kine_n have_v be_v give_v up_o by_o the_o philistine_n to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o bring_v home_o the_o ark_n and_o have_v be_v employ_v in_o so_o sacred_a a_o service_n it_o be_v not_o fit_a they_o shall_v be_v employ_v to_o any_o other_o use_n and_o therefore_o they_o resolve_v by_o this_o way_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a burnt-offering_a to_o give_v they_o up_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o beside_o this_o burnt-offering_a of_o the_o kine_n the_o man_n of_o bethshemesh_n bring_v their_o own_o oblation_n to_o the_o priest_n who_o offer_v burnt-offering_n and_o peace-offering_n to_o the_o lord_n that_o day_n for_o they_o as_o a_o expression_n of_o their_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o the_o return_n of_o the_o ark._n but_o it_o seem_v some_o of_o the_o man_n of_o bethshemesh_n be_v so_o presumptuous_a as_o to_o open_v the_o ark_n and_o to_o look_v into_o it_o whereas_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o but_o the_o priest_n no_o not_o for_o the_o levite_n themselves_o who_o carry_v it_o to_o look_v upon_o it_o bare_a and_o uncover_v see_v numb_a 4.20_o yet_o it_o seem_v these_o bold_a bethshemite_v not_o only_o take_v liberty_n without_o any_o fear_n or_o reverence_n to_o gaze_v and_o stare_v upon_o it_o but_o proceed_v further_o even_o to_o look_v into_o it_o possible_o to_o see_v whether_o the_o philistine_n have_v take_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o it_o or_o put_v any_o thing_n into_o it_o which_o they_o shall_v not_o have_v do_v but_o only_o the_o priest_n hereupon_o god_n smite_v seventy_o 18.3_o seventy_o v._o 19_o textus_fw-la sic_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la percussit_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la 70_o viros_fw-la 50_o millia_fw-la virorum_fw-la i._n e._n percussit_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la erant_fw-la viri_fw-la 50_o mille_fw-la viros_fw-la 70._o syr._n &_o ar._n legunt_fw-la 5_o millia_fw-la &_o 70_o viros_fw-la sic_fw-la pro_fw-la chamishim_n legunt_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la chamish_a q._n d._n percussit_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la bethshemitico_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la erant_fw-la 5_o mille_fw-la viros_fw-la 70._o ut_fw-la sensus_fw-la sit_fw-la deum_fw-la pro_fw-la indulgentia_fw-la sva_fw-la noluisse_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la reos_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o partem_fw-la tantum_fw-la eorum_fw-la ergo_fw-la supplenda_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o reddenda_fw-la si_fw-la sequamur_fw-la syr._n &_o ar._n quinque_fw-la mille_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la credaâ—_n ex_fw-la oppido_fw-la non_fw-la admodum_fw-la copioso_fw-la 50_o millia_fw-la mortuos_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o plurimos_fw-la relictos_fw-la qui_fw-la eorum_fw-la funera_fw-la lugerent_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquoâ—_fw-la sensus_fw-la loci_fw-la est_fw-la illos_fw-la 70_o viros_fw-la tale_n fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o quipararentur_fw-la 50_o millibus_fw-la de_fw-la plebeiis_fw-la vide_fw-la 2_o sam._n 18.3_o of_o they_o who_o it_o seem_v be_v most_o presumptuous_a though_o there_o be_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o that_o have_v adventure_v to_o look_v upon_o it_o uncovered_v he_o smite_v of_o the_o people_n the_o text_n say_v that_o be_v fifty_o thousand_o or_o as_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a read_v it_o five_o thousand_o return_v thousand_o these_o be_v not_o all_o probable_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o bethshemesh_n but_o many_o of_o they_o such_o as_o â—â—ooked_v from_o the_o neighbour_a country_n to_o see_v the_o ark_n when_o return_v seventy_o person_n and_o the_o bethshemite_v bewail_v this_o sad_a slaughter_n god_n have_v make_v among_o they_o in_o a_o complain_v manner_n they_o say_v who_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v before_o this_o holy_a lord_n god_n who_o manife_v himself_o from_o between_o the_o cherubim_n and_o to_o who_o shall_v the_o ark_n which_o be_v the_o sign_n and_o pledge_v of_o his_o presence_n go_v up_o from_o we_o intimate_v that_o people_n will_v be_v afraid_a to_o entertain_v it_o see_v such_o direful_a thing_n follow_v of_o it_o so_o they_o go_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o kirjath-jearim_a a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n not_o far_o from_o they_o to_o desire_v they_o to_o fetch_v the_o ark_n thither_o pretend_v possible_o it_o be_v a_o place_n of_o much_o more_o safety_n for_o it_o to_o be_v in_o than_o their_o city_n be_v the_o man_n of_o kirjath-jearim_a be_v so_o far_o from_o oppose_v the_o bring_n of_o the_o ark_n to_o their_o city_n notwithstanding_o the_o sad_a calamity_n that_o have_v befall_v so_o many_o of_o the_o bethshemite_n that_o they_o themselves_o fetch_v it_o thither_o and_o undoubted_o with_o much_o joy_n the_o priest_n of_o bethshemesh_n carry_v it_o as_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o ark_n among_o the_o man_n of_o bethshemesh_n but_o their_o irreverent_a carriage_n in_o gaze_v upon_o it_o or_o look_v into_o it_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o misery_n when_o they_o have_v bring_v it_o to_o their_o city_n they_o place_v it_o in_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n a_o levite_n and_o a_o man_n as_o it_o be_v like_a of_o singular_a holiness_n who_o house_n be_v on_o a_o hill_n and_o possible_o fence_v in_o and_o call_v gibeah_n 2_o sam._n 6.3_o a_o place_n of_o strength_n and_o safety_n for_o the_o ark_n to_o be_v keep_v in_o have_v carry_v it_o into_o his_o house_n they_o sanctify_a eleazar_n his_o son_n to_o keep_v it_o that_o be_v they_o choose_v he_o to_o be_v set_v apart_o to_o this_o holy_a employment_n to_o give_v continual_a attendance_n upon_o the_o ark_n that_o he_o may_v keep_v other_o from_o come_v near_o to_o pollute_v or_o defile_v it_o and_o they_o cause_v he_o to_o prepare_v himself_o for_o this_o sacred_a charge_n by_o wash_v his_o garment_n and_o other_o such_o like_a ceremony_n of_o legal_a purify_n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o they_o do_v not_o carry_v the_o ark_n back_o to_o the_o tabernacle_n in_o shiloh_n but_o it_o seem_v the_o lord_n will_v show_v his_o indignation_n against_o the_o former_a wickedness_n of_o that_o place_n by_o not_o suffer_v the_o ark_n to_o be_v carry_v thither_o again_o so_o he_o forsake_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o shiloh_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 78.60_o and_o the_o ark_n be_v thus_o separate_v from_o the_o tabernacle_n they_o continue_v divide_v for_o ever_o after_o for_o it_o be_v say_v that_o david_n prepare_v a_o new_a tent_n for_o it_o 1_o chron._n 15.1_o and_o it_o remain_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a twenty_o year_n 14.18_o year_n this_o can_v be_v mean_v of_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o the_o ark_n remain_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a for_o 'tween_o the_o death_n of_o eli_n short_o after_o which_o the_o ark_n be_v bring_v to_o this_o place_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o david_n reign_n when_o it_o be_v remove_v thence_o 2_o sam._n 6.2_o 3._o there_o must_v needs_o be_v forty_o year_n allow_v for_o the_o government_n of_o saul_n and_o samuel_n act._n 13.21_o all_o which_o time_n the_o ark_n continue_v in_o kirjath-jearim_a unless_o when_o it_o be_v for_o a_o while_o carry_v forth_o into_o the_o camp_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o philistine_n ch._n 14.18_o before_o the_o people_n can_v be_v win_v to_o that_o solemn_a repentance_n and_o conversion_n recite_v in_o the_o follow_a verse_n but_o though_o the_o ark_n be_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a yet_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n be_v at_o shiloh_n 1_o sam._n ch._n 5._o wh_o ch._n ch._n 6._o wh_o ch._n ch._n 7._o ver_fw-la 1_o 2._o sect_n clvii_o for_o twenty_o year_n together_o after_o the_o ark_n be_v remove_v to_o kirjath-jearim_a the_o isralite_n be_v grievous_o oppress_v by_o the_o philistine_n but_o at_o length_n by_o the_o exhortation_n of_o samuel_n and_o the_o trouble_v they_o have_v feel_v they_o be_v bring_v to_o repentance_n and_o lament_v after_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v humble_v themselves_o cry_v and_o call_v unto_o he_o for_o help_v and_o deliverance_n the_o elder_n therefore_o of_o israel_n resort_v to_o samuel_n he_o exhort_v they_o to_o put_v away_o their_o strange_a god_n and_o goddess_n see_v judg._n 2.13_o 14._o and_o to_o prepare_v and_o compose_v their_o heart_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n entire_o in_o a_o settle_a course_n of_o new_a obedience_n and_o then_o he_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o will_v deliver_v they_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o philistine_n according_o they_o do_v abandon_v and_o cast_v away_o their_o idol_n and_o serve_v the_o lord_n only_o as_o his_o law_n require_v samuel_n hereupon_o summon_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o people_n to_o mizpeh_n 18.26_o mizpeh_n situate_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n and_o therefore_o reckon_v among_o the_o city_n of_o both_o tribe_n see_v josh_n 15.38_o &_o 18.26_o that_o there_o they_o may_v together_o renew_v their_o covenant_n with_o god_n which_o they_o have_v so_o shameful_o break_v and_o join_v together_o in_o serious_a and_o solemn_a humiliation_n they_o may_v by_o fast_v and_o prayer_n implore_v mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n from_o god_n 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residue_n of_o the_o prophecy_n a_o three_o eminent_a prophet_n who_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v amos_n amos_n the_o prophecy_n of_o amos_n send_v principal_o to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n he_o be_v a_o herdsman_n and_o take_v from_o follow_v his_o herd_n in_o judea_n and_o send_v to_o prophesy_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n amos_n 1.1_o the_o word_n of_o amos_n who_o be_v among_o the_o herdsman_n of_o tekoa_n and_o chap._n 7.14_o then_o answer_v amos_n and_o say_v to_o amaziah_n i_o be_v no_o prophet_n nor_o prophet_n son_n but_o i_o be_v a_o herdsman_n and_o a_o gatherer_n of_o sycamore_n fruit_n and_o the_o lord_n take_v i_o as_o i_o follow_v the_o flock_n and_o say_v unto_o i_o go_v pprophecy_n unto_o my_o people_n israel_n amaziah_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n will_v have_v stir_v up_o jeroboam_n against_o he_o for_o prophesy_v against_o his_o house_n amos_n 7.10_o then_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n send_v to_o jeroboam_n king_n of_o israel_n say_v amos_n have_v conspire_v against_o thou_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n the_o land_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v all_o his_o word_n for_o he_o say_v jeroboam_n shall_v die_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o israel_n shall_v sure_o be_v lead_v away_o captive_a out_o of_o their_o own_o land_n also_o amaziah_n say_v unto_o amos_n o_o thou_o seer_n go_v flee_v away_o into_o the_o land_n of_o judah_n and_o there_o eat_v bread_n and_o prophesy_v there_o amos_n be_v thus_o ill_o use_v by_o he_o pronounce_v a_o heavy_a judgement_n from_o the_o lord_n upon_o he_o ver_fw-la 17._o thy_o wife_n shall_v play_v the_o whore_n and_o thy_o son_n and_o daughter_n shall_v fall_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o thou_o shall_v die_v in_o a_o pollute_a land_n viz._n that_o of_o assyria_n when_o israel_n shall_v be_v carry_v away_o captive_a out_o of_o her_o own_o land_n amos_n begin_v to_o prophesy_v two_o year_n before_o the_o earthquake_n and_o foretell_v it_o before_o it_o come_v which_o happen_v as_o it_o be_v think_v about_o two_o year_n before_o jeroboam_n death_n he_o prophesy_v against_o six_o nation_n beside_o israel_n and_o judah_n first_o he_o declare_v god_n judgement_n against_o the_o neighbour_n nation_n that_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o jew_n viz._n 1._o damascus_n 2._o gaza_n and_o other_o adjacent_a place_n of_o the_o philistine_n 3._o tyre_n 4._o edom._n 5._o ammon_n 6._o moab_n then_o he_o threaten_v the_o jew_n for_o their_o sin_n speak_v sometime_o to_o judah_n but_o principal_o to_o israel_n against_o who_o he_o prophecy_n first_o in_o plain_a term_n second_o in_o type_n and_o vision_n first_o in_o plain_a term_n he_o threaten_v they_o for_o their_o ingratitude_n and_o idolatry_n ch._n 3._o their_o violence_n and_o incorrigibleness_n ch._n 4._o their_o injustice_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a their_o slight_a god_n threaten_n and_o their_o hypocritical_a worship_n chap._n 5._o their_o put_v off_o the_o evil_a day_n and_o their_o wanton_a voluptuousness_n ch._n 6._o then_o his_o threaten_n be_v deliver_v in_o vision_n and_o type_n 1._o of_o grasshopper_n and_o locust_n signify_v famine_n 2_o of_o fire_n devour_v the_o great_a deep_a signify_v war_n 3ly_a of_o a_o plum-line_n signify_v the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o of_o the_o king_n house_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v deal_v with_o they_o according_a to_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o justice_n and_o not_o in_o mercy_n as_o he_o have_v former_o do_v and_o he_o further_o denounce_v particular_a judgement_n against_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n and_o his_o family_n who_o accuse_v he_o of_o conspiracy_n of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o ch._n 7._o 4ly_n of_o a_o basket_n of_o summer-fruit_n represent_v the_o ripeness_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o of_o god_n judgement_n auferendum_fw-la judgement_n poenae_fw-la tempue_v maturum_fw-la significat_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la i._n e._n ultimam_fw-la vindictam_fw-la instare_fw-la significat_fw-la populum_fw-la qui_fw-la velut_fw-la fructus_fw-la terrae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la terra_fw-la velut_fw-la ab_fw-la arbore_fw-la auferendum_fw-la 5_o of_o smite_v the_o lintel_n of_o the_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n till_o the_o post_n uphold_v it_o do_v shake_v signify_v not_o only_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o great_a and_o small_a of_o the_o people_n last_o he_o sweeten_v and_o moderate_v these_o severe_a and_o hard_a prophecy_n with_o a_o twofold_a promise_n 1._o that_o god_n will_v spare_v a_o remnant_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o these_o calamity_n though_o he_o destroy_v the_o profane_a body_n of_o the_o nation_n 2._o that_o in_o due_a time_n he_o will_v recollect_v and_o restore_v the_o church_n of_o israel_n and_o will_v raise_v up_o a_o gospel-church_n from_o among_o they_o under_o christ_n which_o he_o will_v enlarge_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o believe_a gentile_n to_o it_o jeroboam_n now_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o predecessor_n 2_o king_n 14.28_o 29._o after_o jeroboam_n death_n under_o who_o that_o kingdom_n come_v to_o its_o full_a height_n of_o glory_n all_o thing_n decline_v and_o those_o tumult_n arise_v which_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o the_o destruction_n not_o only_o of_o jeroboam_n own_o house_n but_o also_o of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n as_o be_v foretell_v in_o chap._n 7_o 8._o of_o amos._n in_o which_o trouble_a and_o tempestuous_a state_n of_o thing_n they_o fall_v into_o a_o plain_a anarchy_n which_o last_v about_o eleven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a for_o if_o we_o compare_v the_o time_n of_o these_o two_o kingdom_n together_o we_o must_v be_v force_v to_o grant_v such_o a_o interregnum_fw-la or_o vacancy_n of_o a_o king_n in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n that_o the_o six_o month_n of_o zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_n uzziah_n jeroboam_n for_o jeroboam_n reign_v 29_o year_n in_o the_o day_n of_o uzziah_n then_o add_v eleven_o year_n of_o vacancy_n till_o zachariah_n begin_v to_o reign_v and_o it_o will_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o 38_o of_o uzziah_n may_v fall_v even_o with_o the_o thirty_o eight_o year_n and_o the_o one_o month_n of_o shallum_n menahem_n shallum_n in_o the_o space_n of_o one_o year_n viz._n from_o 38_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 39_o of_o uzziah_n there_o be_v four_o king_n in_o israel_n jerâ—boam_n zachariah_n shallum_n menahem_n who_o slay_v he_o with_o the_o thirty_o nine_o year_n of_o vzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n according_a to_o what_o we_o find_v record_v 2_o king_n 15.8_o in_o the_o thirty_o eight_o year_n of_o azariah_n king_n of_o judah_n do_v zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la reign_n over_o israel_n in_o samaria_n six_o month_n and_o v._o 13._o shallum_n the_o son_n of_o jabesh_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o vzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o he_o reign_v a_o full_a month_n in_o samaria_n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o interregnum_fw-la or_o vacancy_n we_o vacancy_n to_o this_o time_n hosea_n seem_v to_o point_n hos_fw-la 10.3_o for_o now_o they_o shall_v say_v we_o have_v no_o king_n because_o we_o fear_v not_o the_o lord_n what_o then_o shall_v a_o king_n do_v to_o we_o may_v possible_o be_v the_o great_a dissension_n and_o division_n in_o israel_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la or_o some_o mislike_n of_o zachariah_n his_o son_n that_o be_v to_o succeed_v he_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v weary_v out_o as_o it_o seem_v with_o their_o dissension_n at_o last_o settle_v zachariah_n zachariah_n the_o 14_o king_n of_o israel_n zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o four_o and_o last_o of_o the_o race_n of_o jehu_n in_o his_o father_n throne_n as_o god_n have_v promise_v 2_o king_n 10.30_o after_o eleven_o year_n vacancy_n as_o have_v be_v show_v before_o he_o do_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o reign_v only_o six_o month_n at_o the_o end_n of_o those_o six_o month_n shallum_n who_o be_v as_o it_o seem_v some_o great_a commander_n in_o the_o army_n such_o a_o one_o as_o omri_n 1_o king_n 16.16_o first_o secret_o conspire_v against_o he_o but_o then_o have_v get_v many_o to_o side_n with_o he_o he_o slay_v he_o open_o and_o public_o in_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o the_o people_n they_o not_o at_o all_o oppose_a it_o or_o endeavour_v to_o hinder_v it_o after_o who_o death_n follow_v those_o direful_a calamity_n which_o be_v foretell_v by_o amos_n ch._n 7.9_o and_o the_o high_a place_n of_o isaac_n shall_v be_v desolate_a and_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o israel_n shall_v be_v lay_v waste_n and_o i_o will_v rise_v against_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n with_o the_o sword_n and_o thus_o jehu_n race_n end_v in_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o so_o long_o we_o may_v
22.6_o be_v the_o six_o that_o reign_v in_o judah_n he_o be_v the_o young_a son_n of_o jehoram_n for_o all_o his_o elder_a brother_n be_v either_o slay_v or_o carry_v away_o by_o the_o philistine_n and_o arabian_n as_o we_o show_v before_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v make_v king_n by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n viz._n the_o sanhedrin_n or_o great_a council_n there_o the_o rest_n give_v their_o consent_n he_o reign_v only_o one_o year_n and_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n for_o his_o mother_n be_v his_o counsellor_n to_o do_v wicked_o and_o as_o some_o think_v he_o marry_v a_o wife_n also_o of_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n and_o therefore_o be_v say_v 8.27_o say_v 2_o king_n 8.27_o to_o be_v a_o son-in-law_n of_o it_o and_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n be_v his_o counsellor_n after_o his_o father_n death_n to_o his_o destruction_n it_o be_v say_v 2_o chron._n 22.2_o that_o he_o be_v forty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v but_o 2_o king_n 8.25_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v twenty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o 2_o king_n 9.29_o it_o be_v say_v he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o joram_n king_n of_o israel_n but_o 2_o king_n 8.25_o it_o be_v say_v he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n here_o seem_v to_o be_v two_o contradiction_n for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o which_o we_o must_v know_v that_o probable_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n do_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o eleven_o and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o joram_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o chronicle_n that_o he_o be_v forty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v though_o his_o father_n jehoram_n be_v but_o forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o die_v as_o we_o may_v see_v 2_o chron._n 21.5_o and_o in_o the_o king_n that_o he_o be_v twenty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v we_o must_v thus_o understand_v it_o that_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o two_o and_o fâ—â—rtieth_v year_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o crown_n in_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n and_o his_o race_n from_o which_o he_o be_v descend_v by_o his_o mother_n athaliah_n but_o in_o the_o 22th_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n for_o omri_n reign_v as_o sole_a king_n six_o year_n 1_o king_n 16.23_o ahab_n twenty_o two_o year_n 1_o king_n 16.29_o ahaziah_n his_o son_n two_o year_n 1_o king_n 22.51_o jehoram_fw-la twelve_o year_n 2_o king_n 3.1_o thus_o omri_n stock_n continue_v forty_o two_o year_n in_o this_o sense_n ahaziah_n be_v a_o son_n of_o forty_o two_o year_n reign_v year_n some_o think_v here_o be_v a_o sphaimagraphicum_n and_o 42_o be_v put_v for_o 22_o and_o so_o the_o lxx_o seem_v to_o intimate_v who_o there_o only_o say_v that_o ahaziah_n be_v 22_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v if_o we_o reckon_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o omri_n reign_n he_o go_v up_o with_o his_o uncle_n jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n to_o war_n against_o hazael_n king_n of_o syria_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o ramoth-gilead_n which_o be_v withhold_v from_o the_o crown_n of_o israel_n by_o the_o syrian_n ahab_n have_v with_o his_o own_o and_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o jehoshaphat_n endeavour_v to_o recover_v it_o but_o fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o benhadad_n who_o life_n he_o have_v imprudent_o spare_v 1_o king_n 20.34_o but_o jehoram_n his_o son_n with_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o judah_n actual_o recover_v it_o from_o hazael_n but_o be_v there_o himself_o wound_v have_v therefore_o win_v the_o town_n 2_o king_n 9.14_o and_o leave_v the_o chief_a of_o his_o army_n there_o with_o his_o commander_n of_o who_o jehu_n be_v chief_a to_o keep_v it_o lest_o hazael_n shall_v come_v with_o new_a force_n to_o recover_v it_o he_o withdraw_v himself_o to_o jezreel_n to_o be_v cure_v of_o his_o wound_n jehu_n be_v leave_v at_o ramoth-gilead_n be_v there_o anoint_v by_o the_o direction_n and_o command_n of_o elisha_n to_o be_v king_n of_o israel_n who_o thereupon_o soon_o slay_v both_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n for_o ahaziah_n go_v to_o jezreel_n to_o visit_v jehoram_n and_o they_o understanding_n that_o jehu_n march_v furious_o towards_o they_o they_o both_o go_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o but_o jehu_n kill_v jehoram_n ahaziah_n flee_v towards_o jezreel_n yet_o dare_v not_o enter_v the_o city_n but_o in_o the_o suburb_n where_o their_o garden-house_n be_v he_o turn_v aside_o into_o some_o by-way_n hope_v by_o that_o mean_n to_o escape_v but_o jehu_n and_o his_o captain_n at_o last_o overtake_v he_o and_o smite_v he_o at_o a_o place_n by_o ibleam_n and_o he_o fly_v further_o after_o he_o be_v wound_v to_o megiddo_n a_o city_n not_o far_o off_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n jehu_n and_o his_o man_n follow_v he_o close_o at_o last_o by_o make_v diligent_a search_n in_o the_o 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so_o spiteful_o use_v they_o he_o promise_v restauration_n and_o prosperity_n unto_o they_o in_o their_o own_o land_n he_o show_v that_o god_n be_v necessitate_v to_o punish_v and_o chastise_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o name_n but_o he_o will_v again_o out_o of_o his_o free_a grace_n and_o mercy_n abundant_o bless_v they_o both_o with_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a blessing_n ezek._n 36._o whole_a chapter_n he_o prophecy_n also_o of_o their_o return_n out_o of_o babylon_n though_o their_o condition_n therein_o be_v as_o hopeless_a as_o of_o dead_a man_n in_o their_o grave_n who_o be_v become_v dry_a bone_n and_o by_o the_o type_n of_o two_o stick_n become_v one_o in_o the_o prophet_n hand_n he_o show_v the_o union_n and_o incorporation_n of_o israel_n into_o judah_n and_o possible_o the_o unite_n jew_n and_o gentile_n together_o under_o one_o king_n viz._n christ_n the_o true_a messiah_n ezek._n 37._o whole_a chapter_n further_o he_o prophecy_v of_o a_o 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