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the_o patient_a heart_n that_o be_v a_o soft_a heart_n in_o scripture_n a_o heart_n which_o be_v willing_a to_o submit_v to_o and_o bear_v the_o burden_n that_o god_n lay_v upon_o it_o in_o this_o sense_n god_n make_v the_o heart_n soft_a when_o as_o he_o accustome_n his_o to_z suffering_n so_o he_o fit_v they_o to_o suffer_v man_n natural_o be_v like_a ephraim_n jer._n 31.18_o as_o a_o bullock_n unaccustomed_a to_o the_o yoke_n both_o of_o active_a and_o passive_a obedience_n only_o god_n make_v man_n submit_v his_o stiff_a neck_n and_o hard_a heart_n to_o a_o suffer_a condition_n and_o to_o answer_v the_o call_n of_o his_o suffering_n pharaoh_n be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o hard_a heart_n because_o he_o do_v not_o yield_v to_o what_o god_n call_v he_o to_o by_o judgement_n he_o have_v not_o a_o patient_a but_o a_o unquiet_a spirit_n under_o the_o plague_n send_v upon_o he_o nor_o do_v he_o obey_v what_o he_o be_v summon_v to_o by_o the_o lord_n voice_n in_o those_o terrible_a plague_n now_o though_o i_o grant_v that_o a_o heart_n make_v soft_a in_o patience_n be_v a_o excellent_a frame_n of_o heart_n yet_o we_o can_v understand_v it_o so_o here_o for_o job_n have_v a_o patient_a heart_n yea_o he_o have_v abundance_n of_o patience_n before_o as_o he_o full_o discover_v at_o the_o very_a beginning_n and_o break_v out_o of_o his_o trouble_n he_o do_v not_o flinch_v at_o the_o cross_n but_o do_v embrace_v it_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v all_o christian_n to_o remember_v the_o patience_n of_o job_n and_o we_o must_v apply_v that_o scripture_n to_o job_n before_o he_o come_v to_o this_o point_n therefore_o the_o softness_n of_o heart_n intend_v in_o this_o text_n be_v somewhat_o beside_o this_o three_o much_o less_o be_v we_o to_o understand_v by_o a_o soft_a heart_n a_o fearful_a or_o a_o cowardly_a heart_n that_o be_v a_o soft_a heart_n indeed_o but_o in_o a_o bad_a sense_n we_o have_v it_o so_o express_v deut._n 20.3_o hear_v o_o israel_n you_o approach_v this_o day_n unto_o battle_n against_o your_o enemy_n let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v faint_a etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n be_v let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v soft_a or_o tender_a a_o soft_a heart_n be_v not_o for_o a_o sword_n nor_o for_o a_o battle_n how_o shall_v they_o stand_v in_o danger_n who_o be_v fall_v below_o they_o a_o penitent_a heart_n and_o a_o patient_a heart_n be_v proper_a in_o dangerous_a undertake_n but_o a_o cowardly_a heart_n be_v the_o great_a disadvantage_n in_o the_o world_n therefore_o the_o lord_n command_v this_o to_o be_v proclaim_v to_o his_o people_n let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v tender_a when_o you_o go_v forth_o against_o your_o enemy_n or_o as_o it_o be_v express_v afterward_o fear_v not_o neither_o tremble_v neither_o be_v you_o terrify_v because_o of_o they_o job_n have_v not_o such_o a_o soft_a heart_n he_o be_v no_o coward_n when_o he_o complain_v before_o that_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o almighty_a do_v encamp_v against_o he_o as_o a_o dreadful_a army_n nor_o while_o he_o say_v here_o god_n have_v make_v my_o heart_n soft_a four_o a_o soft_a heart_n be_v a_o effeminate_a delicate_a wanton_a heart_n there_o be_v too_o many_o who_o have_v such_o soft_a heart_n man_n that_o be_v fit_a for_o nothing_o but_o what_o be_v worse_o than_o nothing_o to_o wallow_v in_o the_o sinful_a delicacy_n and_o delight_n of_o this_o present_a world_n the_o apostle_n use_v a_o word_n 1_o cor._n 6.9_o which_o express_v this_o full_o we_o render_v it_o effaeminate_a molles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d molles_n but_o both_o the_o greek_a and_o the_o latin_a be_v soft_a that_o be_v person_n wanton_o and_o vain_o give_v and_o moses_n apply_v the_o very_a word_n of_o job_n text_n to_o this_o kind_n of_o softness_n deut._n 28.56_o the_o tender_a or_o soft_a and_o delicate_a woman_n that_o will_v not_o adventure_v to_o set_v the_o sole_a of_o her_o foot_n upon_o the_o ground_n for_o delicatenes_n and_o tenderness_n or_o softness_n her_o eye_n shall_v be_v evil_a towards_o etc._n etc._n this_o be_v not_o only_o a_o sinful_a softness_n of_o heart_n magnitudinis_fw-la liquefecit_fw-la afflictionibus_fw-la &_o consumpsit_fw-la merc_n haec_fw-la mollitudo_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la timorem_fw-la vehementem_fw-la quo_fw-la quis_fw-la cord_n &_o ment_fw-la cedit_fw-la divinae_fw-la majestati_fw-la &_o potestati_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la facile_fw-la recipit_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la et_fw-la metum_fw-la supernae_fw-la magnitudinis_fw-la but_o the_o worst_a of_o sinful_a softness_n job_n heart_n be_v far_o from_o this_o softness_n as_o he_o be_v at_o that_o time_n a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n so_o he_o have_v not_o be_v at_o any_o time_n a_o man_n of_o pleasure_n but_o if_o job_n soft_a heart_n be_v none_o of_o these_o what_o be_v it_o then_o i_o conceive_v the_o soft_a heart_n proper_a to_o this_o place_n be_v a_o heart_n weaken_a and_o lay_v low_o through_o the_o burden_n of_o affliction_n a_o heart_n so_o wear_v out_o and_o spend_v that_o it_o can_v hardly_o bear_v any_o more_o god_n have_v soften_v and_o even_o consume_v his_o heart_n with_o sorrow_n and_o affliction_n as_o he_o abhor_v a_o hardness_n of_o heart_n to_o resist_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n so_o now_o he_o fear_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o hard_a enough_o to_o bear_v it_o with_o that_o chearefulnes_n and_o constancy_n of_o courage_n which_o he_o desire_v hard_a thing_n be_v firm_a compact_a and_o knit_v together_o those_o that_o be_v soft_a be_v weak_a and_o unable_a to_o bear_v any_o weight_n so_o that_o job_n softness_n of_o heart_n be_v his_o weakness_n to_o bear_v jun_n teneritatem_fw-la &_o imbecillitatem_fw-la affert_fw-la animo_fw-la meo_fw-la attendenti_fw-la ad_fw-la omnipotentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la jun_n and_o he_o give_v this_o as_o a_o account_n why_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o power_n of_o god_n
in_o any_o new_a suffering_n o_o say_v he_o god_n have_v make_v my_o heart_n soft_a that_o be_v i_o begin_v to_o faint_v i_o find_v myself_o droop_v i_o have_v not_o that_o strength_n of_o spirit_n and_o though_o i_o be_o not_o a_o coward_n yet_o i_o have_v not_o that_o courage_n that_o hardness_n or_o hardiness_n of_o spirit_n which_o i_o have_v have_v heretofore_o he_o query_v indeed_o ch._n 6.12_o be_v my_o strength_n the_o strength_n of_o stone_n or_o be_v my_o flesh_n brass_n he_o have_v much_o strength_n but_o not_o the_o strength_n of_o stone_n nor_o be_v he_o hard_a as_o brass_n now_o he_o say_v plain_o my_o heart_n be_v make_v soft_a it_o melt_v like_o wax_n at_o the_o fire_n i_o be_o so_o little_a like_o brass_n or_o stone_n in_o strength_n or_o hardness_n that_o i_o be_o altogether_o like_o wax_n or_o water_n i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o strive_v with_o or_o rise_v up_o against_o god_n that_o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o stand_v before_o he_o if_o he_o 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