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man_n such_o a_o open_a and_o bountiful_a house_n do_v the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n keep_v that_o rather_o than_o any_o shall_v want_v he_o will_v in_o a_o sense_n let_v the_o water_n run_v waste_v god_n will_v not_o have_v so_o much_o as_o a_o herb_n or_o a_o plant_n to_o want_v though_o there_o be_v no_o man_n to_o come_v there_o yet_o the_o grass_n and_o shrub_n shall_v have_v drink_n and_o taste_v of_o his_o bounty_n and_o so_o legible_a be_v that_o goodness_n of_o god_n which_o be_v write_v with_o drop_n of_o rain_n so_o wonderful_a his_o power_n and_o bounty_n in_o give_v rain_n that_o the_o prophet_n wonder_n at_o the_o stupidity_n of_o those_o man_n who_o be_v not_o convince_v of_o and_o teach_v obedience_n by_o it_o they_o have_v not_o say_v let_v we_o fear_v the_o lord_n that_o give_v the_o first_o and_o the_o latter_a rain_n in_o his_o season_n jer._n 5._o 24._o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v what_o a_o strange_a thing_n be_v it_o that_o sweet_a shower_n of_o rain_n have_v not_o soften_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n into_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o make_v they_o blossom_n with_o and_o bring_v forth_o abundant_o the_o fruit_n of_o holiness_n hereupon_o it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a how_o moses_n make_v this_o a_o motive_n to_o persuade_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n to_o obedience_n in_o canaan_n because_o that_o country_n stand_v in_o much_o need_n of_o rain_n which_o egypt_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v do_v not_o deut._n 11._o therefore_o shall_v you_o keep_v all_o the_o commandment_n which_o i_o command_v you_o this_o day_n ver_fw-la 8._o for_o the_o land_n whither_o thou_o go_v in_o to_o possess_v it_o be_v not_o like_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n from_o whence_o you_o come_v out_o where_o thou_o sowe_v thy_o seed_n and_o watere_v it_o with_o thy_o foot_n like_o a_o garden_n of_o herb_n that_o be_v egypt_n be_v a_o flat_a plain_a country_n all_o upon_o a_o level_n when_o the_o land_n want_v moisture_n thou_o do_v not_o stay_v for_o or_o 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grace_n yet_o he_o do_v give_v they_o light_n and_o restraint_n too_o in_o nature_n nevertheless_o he_o leave_v not_o himself_o without_o witness_n in_o that_o he_o do_v good_a and_o give_v we_o rain_n from_o heaven_n 17._o act_n 14._o 17._o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v though_o you_o have_v not_o have_v the_o rain_n of_o the_o word_n yet_o the_o rain_n of_o the_o cloud_n if_o such_o a_o preacher_n of_o god_n power_n and_o goodness_n as_o will_v leave_v you_o for_o ever_o without_o excuse_n the_o lord_n himself_o seem_v to_o glory_n in_o this_o as_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o his_o work_n job_n 38._o 37._o who_o can_v number_v the_o cloud_n in_o wisdom_n or_o who_o can_v stay_v the_o bottle_n of_o heaven_n i_o challenge_v all_o creature_n to_o a_o competition_n with_o i_o in_o this_o and_o again_o in_o this_o book_n ch._n 36._o 26._o elihu_n lift_v up_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n in_o this_o act_n of_o his_o providence_n behold_v god_n be_v great_a and_o we_o know_v he_o not_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obscurus_fw-la obscuritus_fw-la luce_fw-fr privatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la nigruit_fw-la per_fw-la metaphoram_fw-la câ—nâ—ristatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la tristitia_fw-la enim_fw-la fugit_fw-la splendour_n faciei_fw-la sic_fw-la latinè_fw-la atriti_n dicuntùr_fw-la lugentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maesti_fw-la vultus_fw-la black_a dark_a or_o obscure_v and_o the_o reason_n why_o that_o word_n be_v borrow_v to_o note_v mourning_n or_o sorrow_n be_v because_o sorrow_n cause_v blackness_n or_o darkness_n of_o habit_n or_o countenance_n mourn_v and_o blackness_n usual_o go_v together_o jer._n 4._o 28._o for_o this_o cause_n shall_v the_o earth_n mourn_v and_o the_o heaven_n above_o shall_v be_v black_a and_o usual_o mourner_n go_v in_o black_a it_o be_v the_o die_n and_o dress_v of_o mourner_n as_o white_a be_v the_o colour_n of_o joy_n let_v thy_o garment_n be_v always_o white_a say_v the_o preacher_n to_o he_o that_o be_v to_o eat_v his_o bread_n with_o joy_n eccles_n 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terror_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d note_v the_o most_o terrible_a terror_n or_o affrightment_n terror_n be_v the_o extreme_a of_o fear_n or_o fear_v confuse_v into_o amazement_n and_o astonishment_n death_n be_v therefore_o call_v the_o king_n of_o terror_n because_o there_o be_v so_o many_o powerful_a terror_n in_o death_n psal_n 55._o 4._o that_o vexation_n which_o saul_n feel_v when_o god_n send_v out_o a_o evil_a spirit_n with_o commishion_n to_o vex_v he_o be_v express_v by_o this_o word_n 1_o sam._n 16._o 14._o a_o evil_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n trouble_v or_o terrify_v he_o such_o terror_n for_o the_o matter_n such_o for_o the_o manner_n and_o present_a working_n of_o they_o seize_v upon_o upright-hearted_n job_n and_o false-hearted_a saul_n a_o believer_n a_o child_n of_o god_n a_o heir_n of_o heaven_n may_v feel_v himself_o haunt_v and_o pierce_v with_o hellish_a terror_n these_o be_v call_v the_o terror_n of_o god_n either_o first_o by_o a_o common_a 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absque_fw-la apponente_fw-la pereunt_fw-la eoquòd_fw-la nemo_fw-la opponat_fw-la eye_n medicinam_fw-la 57_o the_o righteous_a perish_v and_o no_o man_n lay_v it_o to_o heart_n the_o chaldee_n give_v a_o strange_a gloss_n they_o perish_v or_o die_v because_o no_o man_n give_v they_o medicine_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v there_o be_v no_o physician_n can_v give_v a_o antidote_n against_o death_n or_o by_o any_o medicine_n prolong_v man_n life_n it_o be_v a_o truth_n that_o the_o decay_n and_o ruin_n of_o nature_n will_v at_o last_o exceed_v the_o repair_n of_o art_n but_o this_o gloss_n have_v little_a regard_n to_o the_o text_n which_o we_o translate_v well_o they_o perish_v without_o any_o regard_n it_o that_o be_v none_n or_o very_o few_o regard_v it_o the_o negative_a be_v not_o absolute_o universal_a exclude_v all_o as_o if_o there_o be_v none_o in_o the_o world_n who_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o shortness_n and_o frailty_n of_o man_n life_n or_o of_o his_o for_o ever_o perish_v 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