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interpret_v man_n a_o company_n or_o society_n of_o man_n and_o these_o in_o a_o double_a sense_n for_o the_o word_n note_v sometime_o a_o company_n of_o man_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n and_o sometime_o a_o company_n of_o man_n in_o a_o ill_a sense_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o a_o instance_n of_o both_o for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o text_n it_o signify_v man_n or_o a_o company_n of_o man_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n psal_n 68_o 10._o where_n speak_v of_o that_o rain_n of_o liberality_n that_o be_v blessing_n of_o all_o sort_n which_o god_n send_v upon_o his_o inheritance_n to_o confirm_v and_o refresh_v it_o he_o say_v thy_o congregation_n have_v dwell_v therein_o thy_o camp_n or_o leaguer_n thy_o host_n or_o troop_n dwell_v there_o so_o 2_o sam._n 23._o 13._o which_o the_o vulgar_a translate_v thy_o beast_n and_o the_o greek_a thy_o live_a 〈◊〉_d animalia_fw-la tua_fw-la habitabunt_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la vulg._n sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d creature_n dwell_v therein_o the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v and_o some_o apprehend_v in_o allusion_n to_o this_o psalm_n rev._n 4._o 6._o chap._n 5._o 8_o 9_o in_o those_o mystical_a description_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n in_o this_o sense_n it_o suit_n not_o at_o all_o with_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o text_n these_o beast_n be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v but_o honour_v and_o love_v man_n great_a spiritual_a comfort_n on_o earth_n be_v find_v in_o the_o society_n of_o these_o beast_n but_o common_o this_o word_n refer_v unto_o man_n signify_v a_o association_n of_o wicked_a man_n man_n of_o the_o earth_n worse_o many_o of_o they_o than_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o earth_n these_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o the_o same_o psalm_n ver_fw-la 30._o rebuke_v the_o company_n of_o spear_n man_n or_o archer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rout_n or_o crew_n of_o the_o cane_n that_o be_v man_n that_o bear_v reed_n or_o cane_n whereof_o spear_n and_o arrow_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v therefore_o the_o
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be_v vanity_n all_o go_v to_o one_o place_n all_o be_v of_o the_o dust_n and_o all_o turn_n to_o the_o dust_n again_o and_o whereas_o the_o atheist_n hear_v some_o speak_v of_o the_o ascent_n of_o man_n spirit_n after_o this_o life_n he_o put_v it_o off_o as_o but_o talk_n and_o guess_v ver_fw-la 21._o who_o know_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n that_o go_v upward_o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o beast_n that_o go_v downward_o to_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v who_o can_v tell_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n and_o of_o a_o beast_n who_o ever_o see_v the_o one_o ascend_v or_o the_o other_o descend_v or_o from_o what_o anatomy_n be_v this_o learned_a thus_o the_o atheist_n deride_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o will_v therefore_o laugh_v and_o be_v merry_a with_o his_o body_n while_o it_o last_v that_o be_v his_o portion_n for_o who_o shall_v bring_v he_o to_o sâ—e_v what_o shall_v be_v after_o he_o ver_fw-la 22._o be_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o any_o who_o be_v call_v sober_a christian_n shall_v plant_v their_o opinion_n in_o this_o soil_n of_o atheism_n and_o make_v that_o a_o proof_n of_o their_o faith_n which_o solomon_n bring_v only_o as_o a_o proof_n of_o some_o man_n infidelity_n the_o preacher_n in_o this_o book_n personate_v those_o who_o he_o abhor_v and_o sometime_o speak_v the_o practice_n of_o other_o man_n not_o his_o own_o opinion_n there_o be_v no_o more_o reason_n to_o ground_n this_o tenet_n of_o the_o soul_n mortality_n upon_o those_o text_n than_o there_o be_v of_o encouragement_n to_o intemperancy_n in_o that_o chap._n 11._o 9_o rejoice_v o_o young_a man_n in_o thy_o youth_n and_o let_v thy_o heart_n cheer_v thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o own_o heart_n or_o in_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 15._o 32._o let_v we_o eat_v and_o drink_v for_o tomorrow_o we_o die_v if_o any_o will_v learn_v solomon_n own_o sense_n about_o this_o point_n let_v he_o read_v it_o as_o plain_a as_o word_n can_v make_v it_o eccl._n 12._o 7._o then_o namely_o when_o man_n die_v shall_v the_o dust_n return_n to_o the_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v and_o the_o spirit_n shall_v return_v unto_o god_n who_o give_v it_o so_o then_o to_o the_o next_o before_o we_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o a_o wind_n but_o the_o atem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sententiâ—_fw-la regressum_fw-la animarum_fw-la in_o corpora_fw-la minin_n è_fw-la negant_fw-la sed_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la moriendi_fw-la confirmant_fw-la &_o celeri_fw-la atem_fw-la life_n and_o all_o those_o scripture_n where_o life_n be_v compare_v to_o wind_n and_o die_v to_o the_o pass_v of_o it_o without_o return_v deny_v the_o regress_n or_o return_v of_o the_o soul_n to_o a_o natural_a not_o to_o a_o eternal_a life_n and_o imply_v the_o short_a stay_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n and_o certain_a departure_n from_o it_o not_o a_o not_o be_v when_o it_o part_n these_o two_o must_v part_v and_o so_o part_n as_o never_o to_o return_v to_o that_o estate_n again_o thus_o job_n expound_v himself_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v my_o eye_n shall_v no_o more_o see_v good_a or_o as_o the_o hebrew_n i_o shall_v not_o return_v to_o see_v good_a answerable_a to_o the_o metaphor_n of_o a_o wind_n it_o pass_v away_o and_o return_n no_o more_o to_o see_v in_o this_o place_n as_o often_o elsewhere_o be_v to_o enjoy_v i_o shall_v not_o est_fw-la videre_fw-la bonum_fw-la pro_fw-la frui_fw-la nota_fw-la locutio_fw-la est_fw-la enjoy_v good_a psal_n 4._o 6._o who_o will_v show_v or_o who_o will_v cause_v we_o to_o see_v any_o good_a it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a sight_n of_o good_a which_o they_o desire_v but_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o it_o so_o jer._n 17._o 6._o the_o man_n who_o heart_n depart_v from_o god_n be_v threaten_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v when_o good_a come_v that_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o enjoy_v good_a when_o it_o come_v for_o though_o to_o see_v good_a be_v a_o mercy_n yet_o to_o see_v it_o and_o not_o to_o taste_v it_o be_v a_o curse_n therefore_o at_o the_o last_o day_n they_o who_o think_v themselves_o high_a in_o god_n favour_n but_o be_v indeed_o under_o his_o wrath_n be_v tell_v that_o they_o shall_v 26._o lam._n 13._o 26._o see_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o themselves_o shut_v out_o they_o shall_v see_v what_o they_o can_v enjoy_v and_o that_o sight_n shall_v add_v to_o their_o sorrow_n the_o prophet_n cry_v out_o lament_v 3._o 1._o i_o be_o the_o man_n that_o have_v see_v affliction_n that_o be_v i_o be_o the_o man_n that_o have_v feel_v and_o have_v experience_n of_o affliction_n and_o psalm_n 16._o 10._o the_o great_a promise_n to_o christ_n be_v that_o though_o he_o take_v a_o corruptible_a body_n upon_o he_o yet_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v corruption_n that_o be_v partake_v of_o corruption_n corruption_n shall_v have_v no_o communion_n with_o much_o less_o power_n over_o he_o and_o we_o have_v the_o same_o use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o this_o book_n chap._n 20._o ver_fw-la 17._o where_o zophar_n tell_v the_o hypocrite_n that_o god_n will_v deprive_v and_o strip_v he_o of_o every_o good_a thing_n he_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o river_n the_o flood_n the_o brook_n of_o honey_n and_o butter_n it_o be_v a_o rhetorical_a expresson_n compare_v the_o affluence_n of_o outward_a thing_n to_o flood_n and_o river_n and_o brook_n which_o send_v forth_o their_o stream_n plentiful_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v though_o there_o be_v great_a store_n of_o honey_n and_o butter_n those_o two_o be_v specify_v for_o the_o rest_n though_o there_o be_v river_n brook_n and_o stream_n of_o these_o commodity_n yet_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v see_v none_o of_o they_o that_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o enjoy_v or_o taste_v a_o drop_n of_o 18_o sicut_fw-la graeci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o latini_n bonum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la pro_fw-la pulchro_fw-la commodo_fw-la &_o utili_fw-la usurpant_fw-la isa_n subinde_fw-la hebraei_n vocabudum_fw-la tob_z fagius_n in_o gen._n 2._o 18_o they_o that_o unbelieved_a lord_n be_v tell_v by_o elisha_n that_o he_o shall_v see_v plenty_n in_o samaria_n the_o next_o day_n but_o shall_v not_o eat_v thereof_o 2_o king_n 7._o 2._o not_o to_o see_v be_v not_o to_o eat_v and_o he_o that_o see_v but_o eat_v not_o be_v not_o relieve_v but_o trouble_v at_o the_o sight_n my_o eye_n shall_v not_o see_v good_a what_o good_a when_o a_o man_n die_v shall_v he_o see_v no_o more_o good_a we_o see_v but_o little_a good_a while_o we_o live_v and_o the_o great_a good_a be_v to_o be_v see_v when_o we_o die_v or_o rather_o while_o we_o live_v what_o do_v we_o see_v but_o evil_a and_o when_o the_o saint_n die_v what_o have_v they_o to_o see_v but_o good_a how_o be_v it_o then_o that_o job_n say_v when_o i_o die_v my_o eye_n shall_v not_o see_v good_a what_o miserable_a creature_n be_v we_o if_o there_o be_v no_o good_a to_o be_v see_v beyond_o the_o 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gale_n of_o love_n breathe_v through_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o as_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v compare_v by_o job_n to_o a_o cloud_n so_o to_o that_o which_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o cloud_n by_o the_o apostle_n james_n chap._n 4._o verse_n 14._o where_o he_o put_v the_o question_n what_o be_v the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v it_o not_o say_v he_o even_o a_o vapour_n that_o appear_v for_o a_o little_a time_n and_o then_o vanish_v away_o a_o vapour_n be_v exhale_v from_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o be_v the_o matter_n out_o of_o which_o the_o cloud_n be_v make_v man_n life_n be_v not_o only_o like_o a_o cloud_n which_o be_v more_o condense_a and_o strong_a but_o like_o those_o thin_a vapour_n sometime_o observe_v arise_v from_o moorish_a ground_n which_o be_v the_o original_n of_o cloud_n and_o more_o vanish_v then_o cloud_n even_o these_o be_v but_o vanish_v enough_o to_o shadow_v the_o vanish_v decay_a quick_o dis-appearing_a life_n of_o 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adam_n and_o adamah_n the_o earth_n unto_o which_o god_n condemn_v fall_v man_n to_o return_v gen._n 3._o 19_o we_o find_v this_o word_n sheol_n take_v five_o way_n in_o scripture_n 1._o strict_o and_o proper_o for_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a prov._n 15._o ii_o hell_n and_o destruction_n be_v before_o the_o lord_n how_o much_o more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o all_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o child_n of_o man_n god_n look_v through_o the_o darkness_n of_o hell_n which_o be_v utter_a darkness_n drus_n tam_fw-la infernus_fw-la quam_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sept._n status_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la vel_fw-la sepalchrum_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr sepulchro_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la ps_n 16._o drus_n 2._o it_o be_v put_v metaphorical_o for_o great_a and_o extreme_a danger_n or_o misery_n which_o seem_v irrecoverable_a and_o remediless_a these_o be_v figurative_o call_v hell_n 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