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tegitur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la babet_fw-la urnam_fw-la lucan_n l._n 16._o 2_o obs._n god_n people_n must_v be_v patient_o silent_a in_o calamitous_a time_n they_o must_v not_o be_v stupid_o silent_a for_o grace_n do_v not_o raze_v but_o raise_v and_o rectify_v the_o affection_n we_o may_v spread_v our_o distress_n before_o god_n and_o in_o a_o humble_a manner_n expostulate_v with_o he_o as_o job_n jeremy_n and_o other_o saint_n have_v do_v it_o be_v a_o holy_a silence_n and_o not_o a_o sinful_a silence_n which_o be_v here_o enjoin_v we_o when_o god_n hand_n lie_v heavy_a upon_o we_o not_o only_o our_o tongue_n must_v be_v silent_a levit._n 10.2_o 3._o 1_o sam._n 3.18_o isa._n 36.6_o 7_o 8._o amos_n 5.13_o zeph._n 1.7_o but_o our_o soul_n must_v keep_v silence_n to_o jehovah_n est_fw-la psal._n 62.1_o my_o soul_n wait_v upon_o god_n so_o we_o read_v it_o but_o other_o according_a to_o the_o original_a thus_o my_o soul_n be_v silent_a quiet_a submiss_a and_o subject_a to_o god_n my_o 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serpent_n fly_v in_o the_o face_n of_o he_o that_o touch_v they_o rev._n 16._o ult_n and_o like_o heathen_n who_o in_o their_o calamity_n curse_v their_o god_n and_o beat_v they_o as_o the_o author_n of_o all_o their_o misery_n and_o at_o last_o they_o shall_v cry_v to_o the_o rock_n and_o mountain_n to_o fall_v upon_o they_o and_o hide_v they_o luke_n 23.30_o rev._n 6.16_o these_o cry_n 78_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n jer._n 18.12_o and_o therefore_o they_o banish_v the_o thought_n of_o god_n out_o of_o their_o heart_n psal._n 10.4_o and_o will_v not_o once_o make_v mention_n of_o he_o in_o their_o trouble_n these_o be_v beat_v but_o not_o better_v correct_v but_o not_o amend_v and_o in_o some_o respect_n worse_o than_o heathen_n sen._n of_o who_o seneca_n observe_v that_o they_o be_v most_o busy_a in_o worship_v their_o god_n when_o they_o be_v most_o displease_v but_o we_o have_v those_o that_o fly_v from_o god_n when_o he_o draw_v nigh_o to_o they_o thought_n of_o god_n be_v never_o more_o please_v to_o a_o gracious_a soul_n nor_o never_o more_o displease_v to_o wicked_a man_n than_o when_o they_o be_v in_o trouble_n verse_n 11._o for_o behold_v the_o lord_n command_v and_o he_o will_v smite_v the_o great_a house_n with_o breach_n and_o the_o little_a house_n with_o cleft_n in_o this_o verse_n we_o have_v a_o amplification_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o precedent_a commination_n vers_fw-la 8._o the_o prophet_n tell_v they_o that_o the_o destruction_n shall_v be_v general_a high_a and_o low_a rich_a and_o poor_a great_a and_o small_a none_o shall_v escape_v but_o as_o all_o have_v sin_v so_o all_o shall_v suffer_v a_o foreign_a enemy_n like_o a_o violent_a flood_n shall_v overrun_v the_o land_n so_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o escape_n these_o sinner_n be_v secure_a and_o carnally-confident_a trust_v in_o their_o two_o victorious_a and_o successful_a king_n jeroboam_fw-la the_o second_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o uzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n they_o slight_v the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n resolve_v to_o preach_v to_o they_o in_o another_o manner_n viz._n by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o assyrian_a and_o chaldean_a who_o shall_v make_v they_o feel_v what_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v in_o the_o word_n we_o have_v 1_o the_o causal_a particle_n for_o which_o have_v relation_n to_o the_o eight_o and_o nine_o verse_n where_o the_o lord_n threaten_v to_o destroy_v the_o city_n with_o its_o fullness_n exequetur_fw-la and_o to_o add_v the_o pestilence_n to_o the_o sword_n and_o give_v you_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o in_o this_o verse_n mandavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la the_o lord_n have_v command_v and_o decree_v it_o and_o none_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o reverse_v it_o 2_o here_o be_v a_o ecce_fw
shall_v not_o the_o land_n tremble_v for_o this_o viz._n for_o this_o cruelty_n cozen_v idolatty_n and_o apostasy_n q._n d._n i_o appeal_v to_o your_o conscience_n how_o can_v it_o be_v oath_n â—ise_v it_o be_v impossible_a that_o such_o man_n as_o have_v thus_o pervert_v all_o equity_n and_o order_n have_v bring_v in_o confusion_n and_o exercise_v all_o manner_n of_o tyranny_n and_o cruelty_n upon_o the_o poor_a shall_v ever_o escape_v unpunished_a est_fw-la when_o the_o very_a earth_n tremble_v and_o groan_v under_o such_o lewd_a and_o rebellious_a inhabitant_n 1_o some_o make_v it_o a_o prosopopeical_a speech_n thus_o so_o great_a be_v the_o sin_n and_o so_o great_a shall_v be_v the_o sorrow_n of_o israel_n that_o the_o very_a insensible_a earth_n can_v but_o tremble_v and_o be_v move_v at_o it_o for_o all_o creature_n by_o a_o natural_a instinct_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o voice_n and_o beck_n of_o their_o creator_n how_o much_o more_o of_o his_o anger_n 2_o here_o be_v a_o 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