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time_n be_v moses_n seasonable_o bear_v and_o preserve_v by_o god_n providence_n miraculous_o and_o when_o he_o be_v 40_o year_n old_a it_o come_v into_o his_o heart_n to_o visit_v his_o brethren_n in_o egypt_n but_o he_o be_v soon_o force_v to_o fly_v thence_o and_o sojourn_v in_o madian_a act._n 7.23_o 29._o and_o about_o forty_o year_n after_o v_o 30._o he_o be_v call_v by_o god_n and_o send_v as_o his_o empowered_a commissioner_n to_o pharaoh_n his_o brother_n aaron_n be_v join_v with_o he_o to_o negotiate_v the_o delivery_n and_o departure_n of_o this_o whole_a people_n out_o of_o the_o bondage_n of_o egypt_n 27._o they_o show_v sign_n his_o sign_n among_o they_o and_o wonder_n in_o the_o land_n of_o ham._n paraphrase_n 27._o to_o that_o end_n god_n give_v they_o power_n of_o work_a miracle_n to_o gain_v belief_n both_o from_o the_o israelite_n themselves_o that_o they_o be_v send_v from_o god_n to_o deliver_v they_o and_o from_o pharaoh_n also_o and_o particular_o direct_v they_o 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v_o 27._o he_o will_v not_o let_v they_o go_v the_o importance_n therefore_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o resist_v not_o seem_v no_o more_o than_o what_o be_v affirm_v in_o the_o story_n v._n 21_o 22._o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o moses_n stretch_v out_o thy_o hand_n and_o moses_n stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n i._n e._n ready_o obey_v and_o do_v what_o god_n direct_v and_o that_o at_o a_o time_n when_o pharaoh_n be_v likely_a to_o be_v incense_v and_o vehement_o offend_v with_o they_o for_o which_o consideration_n the_o story_n there_o give_v we_o this_o far_a ground_n for_o as_o v_o 10._o he_o have_v before_o express_v some_o anger_n and_o threat_n look_v to_o it_o for_o evil_a be_v before_o you_o and_o they_o be_v drive_v from_o his_o presence_n v._n 11._o so_o now_o upon_o the_o harden_v his_o heart_n which_o follow_v this_o plague_n of_o darkness_n he_o say_v to_o moses_n get_v thou_o from_o i_o take_v heed_n to_o thyself_o see_v my_o face_n no_o more_o for_o in_o that_o day_n thou_o see_v my_o face_n thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n v_o 28._o this_o rage_n of_o pharaoh_n moses_n in_o reason_n may_v well_o foresee_v but_o he_o dread_v it_o not_o but_o bold_o do_v as_o god_n direct_v and_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o resist_v not_o god_n word_n the_o lxxii_o now_o read_v it_o without_o the_o negation_n some_o copy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o exasperate_v other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o exasperate_v his_o word_n and_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a and_o aethiopick_n follow_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o murmur_v so_o that_o word_n seem_v to_o be_v translate_v into_o other_o language_n or_o resist_v his_o word_n and_o thus_o it_o may_v have_v truth_n in_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o egyptian_n who_o can_v not_o yet_o be_v bring_v to_o be_v content_a to_o let_v the_o israelite_n go_v free_a and_o carry_v their_o good_n with_o 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〈◊〉_d from_o hence_o be_v use_v for_o all_o sort_n of_o creature_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o water_n that_o go_v not_o on_o leg_n locust_n ant_n worm_n hornet_n fish_n etc._n etc._n because_o they_o procreate_v so_o exceed_o it_o can_v therefore_o more_o fit_o be_v render_v both_o according_a to_o the_o force_n of_o the_o verb_n and_o noun_n than_o by_o swarm_v and_o that_o in_o such_o a_o degree_n over_o all_o the_o land_n that_o the_o palace_n which_o may_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v most_o careful_o keep_v be_v not_o free_a from_o they_o the_o chaldee_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v among_o they_o scaturivit_n any_o copious_a production_n also_o but_o the_o lxxii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n for_o creep_v what_o be_v here_o say_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o land_n 〈◊〉_d that_o that_o produce_v these_o swarm_n of_o frog_n be_v exod._n 8.3_o say_v of_o the_o river_n and_o so_o 5._o and_o 6._o 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