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can_v believe_v see_v the_o note_n chap._n 51.9_o and_o 52.10_o the_o expression_n here_o use_v to_o who_o be_v the_o arm_n of_o the_o lord_n reveal_v seem_v to_o be_v take_v from_o workman_n that_o be_v wont_a to_o strip_v up_o their_o sleeve_n and_o make_v bare_a their_o arm_n when_o they_o set_v themselves_o to_o work_v ver._n 2._o for_o he_o shall_v grow_v up_o etc._n etc._n here_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v why_o so_o few_o of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n shall_v believe_v the_o glad_a tiding_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n concern_v christ_n and_o according_o why_o so_o few_o shall_v entertain_v he_o as_o the_o promise_a messiah_n namely_o because_o of_o the_o mean_a and_o contemptible_a condition_n both_o of_o his_o person_n and_o kingdom_n outward_o they_o expect_v a_o messiah_n that_o shall_v come_v in_o princely_a state_n as_o some_o mighty_a monarch_n that_o shall_v deliver_v they_o from_o their_o bondage_n under_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o therefore_o see_v no_o 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at_o lest_o nothing_o that_o shall_v induce_v man_n to_o desire_v he_o as_o the_o promise_a messiah_n he_o live_v for_o thirty_o year_n together_o unknown_a and_o in_o a_o poor_a and_o mean_a condition_n and_o his_o church_n be_v at_o first_o poor_a and_o of_o no_o esteem_n and_o because_o of_o this_o he_o that_o be_v the_o desire_n of_o all_o nation_n hag._n 2.7_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o one_o that_o have_v nothing_o desirable_a in_o he_o ver._n 3._o he_o be_v despise_v and_o reject_v of_o man_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o not_o desire_v as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o forego_n verse_n but_o also_o despise_v and_o reject_v as_o a_o vile_a abominable_a person_n which_o be_v that_o st._n peter_n charge_v the_o jew_n with_o act._n 3.14_o but_o you_o deny_v the_o holy_a one_o and_o the_o just_a etc._n etc._n a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n that_o be_v full_a of_o all_o sort_n of_o sorrow_n all_o his_o life_n long_o but_o especial_o at_o his_o passion_n so_o that_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v even_o 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