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against_o the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n whereby_o all_o the_o saint_n be_v thence_o scatter_v abroad_o throughout_o the_o region_n of_o judea_n and_o samaria_n though_o the_o chief_a priest_n be_v the_o chief_a author_n yet_o paul_n be_v the_o chief_a actor_n for_o he_o enter_v not_o only_o into_o every_o synagogue_n but_o into_o every_o house_n and_o hale_v out_o man_n and_o woman_n commit_v they_o to_o prison_n see_v act_n 8.3_o and_o act_v 26.11_o he_o solicit_v the_o high_a priest_n for_o authority_n and_o obtain_v a_o commission_n from_o he_o to_o commit_v the_o like_a outrage_n in_o the_o synagogue_n at_o damascus_n as_o he_o have_v execute_v before_o in_o those_o at_o jerusalem_n see_v act_n 9.1.2_o and_o act_v 22.5_o and_o act_v 26.12_o and_o waste_v it_o the_o degree_n of_o his_o persecution_n be_v that_o it_o proceed_v unto_o waste_v of_o the_o church_n for_o that_o word_n express_v the_o extremity_n of_o his_o persecution_n that_o it_o advance_v and_o increase_v not_o only_o beyond_o measure_n but_o beyond_o all_o excess_n the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v elsewhere_o in_o our_o last_o english_a translation_n destroy_v see_v act._n 9.21_o and_o afterward_o in_o this_o cap._n ver_fw-la 23._o which_o expression_n be_v too_o general_a and_o flat_a come_v short_a of_o the_o full_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n but_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v full_o and_o proper_o translate_v waste_v for_o waste_v be_v a_o special_a kind_n of_o destruction_n execute_v with_o fury_n and_o excess_n not_o only_o upon_o man_n person_n but_o upon_o their_o land_n and_o good_n and_o proper_o signify_v a_o vast_a destruction_n for_o waste_v be_v a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o war_n by_o the_o fury_n whereof_o a_o country_n be_v depopulate_v the_o people_n slay_v with_o the_o sword_n the_o town_n burn_v down_o by_o fire_n the_o cattle_n drive_v away_o and_o all_o the_o good_n make_v a_o prey_n such_o a_o be_v be_v do_v upon_o jericho_n jos_n 6.21.24_o or_o 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shall_v i_o then_o take_v my_o bread_n and_o my_o water_n and_o my_o flesh_n that_o i_o have_v kill_v for_o my_o shearer_n and_o give_v it_o unto_o man_n who_o i_o know_v not_o whence_o they_o be_v this_o say_n be_v a_o sin_n for_o vers_n 14._o one_o of_o nabal_n own_o servant_n censure_v it_o for_o rail_v and_o afterward_o vers_fw-la 17._o he_o censure_v his_o master_n in_o these_o word_n he_o be_v such_o a_o man_n of_o belial_n that_o a_o man_n can_v speak_v to_o he_o yet_o this_o sin_n of_o nabal_n be_v no_o legal_a sin_n against_o any_o law_n of_o moses_n but_o a_o moral_a sin_n of_o improbity_n against_o equity_n and_o good_a manner_n that_o a_o man_n of_o a_o great_a estate_n
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