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or_o pentecost_n see_v levit._n 23.10_o 15._o which_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v from_o the_o second_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened-bread_n see_v note_v asleep_o and_o from_o thence_o they_o be_v to_o reckon_v seven_o complete_a sabbath_n or_o week_n which_o make_v 49_o day_n then_o on_o the_o morrow_n after_o the_o seven_o sabbath_n or_o week_n which_o be_v the_o fifty_o day_n reckon_v the_o day_n on_o which_o they_o begin_v their_o account_n inclusive_o they_o be_v to_o keep_v the_o feast_n of_o week_n or_o pentecost_n this_o feast_n they_o be_v to_o keep_v unto_o the_o lord_n with_o the_o tribute_n of_o a_o free-will-offering_a of_o their_o fruit_n according_a as_o the_o lord_n have_v bless_v they_o over_o and_o above_o the_o sacrifice_n appoint_v for_o the_o day_n levit._fw-la 23.17_o 20._o and_o with_o those_o they_o be_v to_o rejoice_v together_o before_o the_o lord_n in_o cheerful_a feast_n they_o and_o their_o family_n and_o the_o levite_n stranger_n widow_n and_o fatherless_a in_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v choose_v remember_v how_o their_o father_n be_v bondman_n in_o egypt_n and_o how_o wonderful_o god_n have_v deliver_v they_o from_o thence_o from_o vers_fw-la 9_o to_o 13._o next_o he_o come_v to_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n or_o booth_n make_v with_o the_o bough_n of_o tree_n levit._n 23.34_o 40._o which_o they_o be_v to_o observe_v seven_o day_n after_o they_o have_v gather_v in_o their_o corn_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o vine_n and_o this_o feast_n they_o be_v to_o celebrate_v not_o only_o with_o inward_a joy_n but_o with_o the_o outward_a expression_n thereof_o viz._n by_o sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_n unto_o the_o lord_n with_o sober_a and_o religious_a feast_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o levite_n the_o stranger_n and_o the_o widow_n rejoice_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o contemplation_n that_o he_o have_v so_o eminent_o bless_v their_o increase_n three_o time_n a_o year_n viz._n at_o these_o three_o solemn_a feast_n he_o tell_v they_o all_z the_o male_n shall_v appear_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o place_n which_o he_o shall_v choose_v and_o they_o must_v not_o appear_v before_o he_o empty_a but_o every_o one_o must_v come_v with_o such_o a_o gift_n and_o oblation_n as_o he_o be_v able_a and_o willing_a to_o give_v from_o vers_fw-la 13._o to_o 18._o he_o come_v now_o to_o show_v they_o that_o they_o must_v appoint_v judge_n to_o sit_v in_o the_o gate_n the_o usual_a place_n of_o judicature_n in_o all_o their_o town_n and_o city_n who_o must_v judge_v the_o people_n with_o just_a judgement_n and_o not_o wrest_v or_o pervert_v judgement_n nor_o partial_o respect_v person_n in_o judgement_n nor_o take_v bribe_n for_o a_o gift_n blind_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o wise_a that_o be_v of_o those_o that_o seem_v so_o to_o be_v make_v they_o judge_v otherwise_o than_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v be_v bias_v by_o the_o love_n of_o lucre_n and_o make_v those_o that_o shall_v be_v righteous_a in_o judgement_n to_o pass_v a_o perverse_a sentence_n but_o it_o must_v not_o be_v so_o with_o their_o judge_n but_o they_o must_v follow_v that_o which_o be_v altogether_o just_a that_o they_o may_v live_v and_o inherit_v the_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v give_v they_o further_o he_o tell_v they_o they_o must_v not_o plant_v grove_n sin_n grove_n notwithstanding_o the_o israelite_n corrupt_v themselves_o herein_o several_a time_n as_o judg._n 3.7_o &_o 6.25_o &_o 1_o king_n 14.15_o 23._o and_o there_o be_v prophet_n of_o the_o grove_n 1_o king_n 18.19_o they_o plant_v grove_n place_v idol_n in_o they_o serve_v they_o as_o the_o canaanite_n and_o other_o heathen_n do_v deut._n 12.2_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n ch._n 3.7_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n throughout_o 2_o king_n 17.16_o this_o be_v in_o they_o gross_a idolatry_n yet_o the_o patriarch_n do_v former_o worship_n god_n in_o grove_n and_o that_o without_o sin_n near_o to_o the_o altar_n or_o temple_n which_o may_v seem_v in_o sanctity_n to_o vie_v with_o they_o and_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o idolatry_n and_o will_v be_v a_o imitation_n of_o the_o heathen_n who_o use_v to_o have_v their_o idol_n in_o grove_n jans_n grove_n v._o 21._o non_fw-la plantabis_fw-la lucum_fw-la ne_n in_o ritibus_fw-la colendi_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la idolatras_n imitari_fw-la videamini_fw-la illis_fw-la enim_fw-la familiar_a erat_fw-la in_o lâ—cis_fw-la sacra_fw-la sva_fw-la mixime_n obscaena_fw-la peragere_fw-la eadem_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la vetat_fw-la ne_fw-la constituant_fw-la sibi_fw-la statuam_fw-la qum_fw-la instar_fw-la idoli_fw-la more_fw-it gentilitio_fw-la colant_fw-la jans_n and_o further_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o set_v up_o any_o image_n or_o statue_n to_o worship_n as_o the_o heathen_a do_v which_o thing_n the_o lord_n hate_v from_o vers_fw-la 18._o to_o the_o end_n he_o now_o come_v to_o show_v they_o that_o the_o thing_n sacrifice_v to_o the_o lord_n must_v be_v without_o chap._n xvii_o blemish_n thou_o shall_v not_o say_v he_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n any_o bullock_n or_o sheep_n wherein_o be_v any_o blemish_n or_o any_o ill-favouredness_a for_o that_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n see_v levit._n 22.20_o 21._o &_o deut._n 15.21_o he_o show_v that_o if_o any_o among_o they_o be_v find_v guilty_a of_o idolatry_n in_o that_o they_o have_v worship_v the_o sun_n or_o moon_n or_o any_o of_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n and_o consequent_o any_o other_o creature_n they_o must_v be_v stone_v to_o death_n whether_o it_o be_v man_n or_o woman_n because_o they_o have_v wrought_v wickedness_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o transgress_v his_o covenant_n whereby_o they_o have_v bind_v themselves_o in_o obedience_n unto_o god_n and_o do_v open_o as_o it_o be_v renounce_v god_n and_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o choose_v unto_o themselves_o other_o god_n if_o he_o be_v convict_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o two_o or_o more_o credible_a witness_n one_o not_o be_v sufficient_a the_o witness_n shall_v throw_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o he_o which_o be_v to_o make_v they_o more_o afraid_a to_o bear_v false_a witness_n and_o to_o bring_v the_o guilt_n of_o innocent_a blood_n on_o their_o own_o head_n and_o then_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o people_n assemble_v be_v to_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o he_o hereby_o to_o inure_v they_o to_o be_v fervent_a and_o zealous_a in_o god_n cause_n against_o all_o those_o that_o shall_v despise_v and_o disregard_n his_o law_n and_o so_o they_o shall_v put_v away_o evil_a from_o among_o they_o he_o further_o show_v they_o that_o when_o in_o their_o town_n or_o city_n any_o difficult_a matter_n do_v arise_v as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o bloodshed_n it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o it_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v murder_n or_o only_o chance-medley_o or_o concern_v any_o plea_n about_o their_o estate_n or_o any_o stroke_n give_v or_o any_o thing_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n in_o that_o case_n they_o be_v to_o go_v to_o the_o place_n which_o god_n shall_v choose_v which_o in_o the_o aftertime_n be_v jerusalem_n and_o there_o resort_v to_o the_o priest_n as_o expounder_n of_o the_o law_n and_o to_o the_o judge_n or_o judge_n as_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n who_o be_v to_o show_v they_o the_o sentence_n of_o judgement_n that_o be_v what_o be_v just_a and_o right_o in_o this_o matter_n that_o so_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n may_v be_v decide_v see_v 2_o chron._n 19.8_o 9_o 10._o and_o they_o be_v to_o do_v according_a to_o the_o sentence_n which_o the_o priest_n and_o judge_n shall_v give_v because_o in_o case_n of_o great_a difficulty_n the_o priest_n be_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o they_o may_v not_o give_v wrong_a judgement_n and_o death_n be_v to_o be_v inflict_v on_o he_o that_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o priest_n so_o expound_v the_o law_n or_o the_o judge_n pass_v sentence_n according_a to_o it_o especial_o 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thing_n be_v when_o will_v our_o posterity_n by_o their_o rebellion_n thus_o provoke_v god_n and_o bring_v such_o heavy_a judgement_n on_o themselves_o and_o the_o land_n i_o answer_v that_o be_v only_o know_v to_o god_n himself_o secret_a thing_n belong_v to_o he_o but_o thing_n reveal_v belong_v to_o we_o and_o our_o child_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o if_o they_o do_v thus_o provoke_v god_n than_o all_o this_o misery_n and_o calamity_n will_v certain_o befall_v they_o except_o by_o true_a and_o timely_a repentance_n and_o turn_n unto_o god_n they_o prevent_v this_o ruin_n this_o say_v he_o god_n have_v reveal_v and_o what_o he_o have_v reveal_v it_o become_v we_o and_o our_o child_n always_o to_o consider_v and_o lay_v to_o heart_n that_o we_o may_v not_o provoke_v he_o by_o transgress_v any_o of_o his_o commandment_n ch._n xxxi_o moses_n now_o call_v the_o people_n together_o he_o tell_v they_o he_o be_v at_o this_o time_n a_o 120_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n it_o can_v not_o be_v expect_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a much_o long_a to_o go_v in_o and_o out_o before_o they_o and_o to_o lead_v and_o govern_v they_o as_o before_o he_o have_v do_v and_o beside_o the_o lord_n have_v tell_v he_o he_o shall_v not_o go_v over_o jordan_n however_o he_o bid_v they_o be_v of_o good_a courage_n for_o the_o lord_n himself_o will_v go_v before_o they_o and_o by_o the_o conduct_n of_o his_o servant_n joshua_n will_v subdue_v their_o enemy_n for_o they_o as_o he_o have_v already_o do_v sihon_n and_o og_n king_n of_o the_o amorites_n and_o they_o shall_v destroy_v they_o as_o he_o have_v command_v and_o therefore_o he_o bid_v they_o not_o to_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o for_o the_o lord_n will_v go_v along_o with_o they_o and_o will_v not_o fail_v they_o nor_o forsake_v they_o then_o he_o address_v his_o speech_n to_o joshua_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o they_o all_o bid_v he_o be_v strong_a and_o of_o a_o 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due_o observe_v both_o by_o themselves_o and_o the_o people_n and_o moses_n command_v the_o priest_n to_o read_v this_o book_n this_o original_a copy_n of_o the_o law_n every_o seven_o year_n which_o be_v the_o year_n of_o release_n among_o the_o people_n at_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n it_o be_v like_o some_o part_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n be_v read_v among_o they_o by_o the_o levite_n every_o sabbath-day_n see_v act_n 15.21_o and_o it_o be_v like_o the_o people_n have_v copy_n of_o the_o law_n for_o their_o own_o private_a use_n in_o the_o read_n whereof_o they_o do_v daily_o exercise_v themselves_o they_o themselves_o if_o this_o be_v require_v of_o their_o king_n ch._n 17_o 18_o 19_o much_o more_o may_v we_o think_v it_o be_v require_v of_o they_o but_o yet_o once_o in_o seven_o year_n god_n will_v have_v this_o book_n to_o be_v read_v by_o the_o priest_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n among_o the_o people_n both_o that_o it_o may_v make_v the_o deep_a 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though_o the_o male_n only_o be_v bind_v to_o appear_v at_o the_o three_o solemn_a feast_n exod._n 23.17_o yet_o at_o this_o feast_n it_o seem_v they_o carry_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o the_o stranger_n within_o their_o gate_n along_o with_o they_o as_o appear_v vers_fw-la 12._o &_o neh._n 8.3_o and_o hereby_o their_o child_n who_o have_v not_o see_v the_o wonder_n and_o miracle_n that_o god_n have_v wrought_v for_o they_o as_o their_o father_n have_v do_v may_v by_o hear_v this_o original_a book_n of_o the_o law_n read_v open_o among_o they_o learn_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o to_o serve_v he_o faithful_o as_o long_o as_o they_o live_v then_o the_o lord_n tell_v moses_n that_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n do_v now_o approach_n and_o therefore_o he_o shall_v call_v joshua_n and_o they_o two_o shall_v present_v themselves_o before_o he_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n that_o there_o he_o may_v give_v joshua_n his_o charge_n they_o 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in_o the_o next_o chapter_n contain_v a_o prophecy_n of_o their_o fall_n off_o from_o god_n and_o his_o just_a judgement_n upon_o they_o for_o it_o and_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o give_v it_o to_o they_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o song_n that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o better_o remember_v by_o they_o and_o may_v work_v more_o upon_o their_o affection_n and_o the_o israelite_n be_v to_o learn_v it_o and_o sing_v it_o that_o in_o time_n to_o come_v when_o they_o shall_v so_o provoke_v god_n by_o their_o sin_n as_o be_v there_o set_v forth_o and_o god_n shall_v thereupon_o punish_v they_o with_o those_o very_a evil_n that_o be_v there_o foretell_v this_o song_n as_o out_o of_o their_o own_o mouth_n may_v be_v a_o witness_n for_o god_n against_o they_o viz._n that_o he_o have_v give_v they_o sufficient_a warning_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o by_o their_o wilful_a and_o heinous_a provocation_n they_o have_v bring_v these_o misery_n on_o themselves_o for_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o know_v their_o secret_a imagination_n and_o the_o base_a apostatise_v thought_n and_o purpose_n which_o some_o of_o they_o already_o have_v in_o their_o heart_n even_o now_o before_o i_o have_v bring_v they_o into_o the_o land_n which_o i_o swear_v unto_o their_o father_n to_o give_v they_o see_v amos_n 5.25_o and_o act_v 7.43_o and_o i_o do_v foresee_v what_o they_o will_v do_v hereafter_o moses_n according_o write_v this_o song_n the_o same_o day_n and_o teach_v it_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n god_n then_o give_v joshua_n his_o charge_n say_v to_o he_o be_v strong_a and_o of_o a_o good_a courage_n for_o thou_o shall_v bring_v this_o people_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n conciliet_fw-la v._o 23._o hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la primum_fw-la alloquitur_fw-la dominus_fw-la joshuam_fw-la ut_fw-la
eucharisticum_n ut_fw-la luc._n 1.46.68_o unto_o he_o to_o continue_v his_o life_n and_o to_o bless_v he_o she_o begin_v her_o song_n 1.46_o song_n there_o be_v in_o many_o passage_n a_o great_a harmony_n between_o this_o song_n and_o that_o of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n luk._n 1.46_o thus_o my_o heart_n rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n i_o bear_v be_v exalt_v in_o the_o lord_n whereby_o she_o intimate_v that_o through_o the_o lord_n goodness_n to_o she_o in_o give_v she_o a_o son_n she_o be_v become_v strong_a and_o more_o renown_v than_o before_o for_o child_n be_v the_o strength_n and_o glory_n of_o their_o parent_n and_o that_o she_o have_v cause_n now_o to_o triumph_v over_o her_o enemy_n who_o have_v before_o upbraid_v she_o for_o her_o barrenness_n my_o heart_n be_v enlarge_v over_o my_o enemy_n whereby_o she_o intimate_v that_o she_o have_v enough_o now_o to_o say_v wherewith_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o her_o insult_a adversary_n there_o be_v none_o holy_a as_o the_o lord_n for_o there_o be_v none_o beside_o thou_o that_o be_v there_o be_v none_o essential_o and_o perfect_o holy_a beside_o the_o lord_n who_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o the_o holiness_n that_o be_v in_o other_o for_o there_o be_v no_o god_n beside_o thou_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o rock_n like_o our_o god_n he_o be_v our_o only_a refuge_n in_o all_o our_o trouble_n and_o he_o only_o can_v deliver_v we_o out_o of_o they_o all_o he_o be_v the_o rock_n say_v she_o on_o which_o i_o rest_v and_o rely_v when_o i_o be_v ready_a to_o sink_v in_o the_o time_n of_o my_o trouble_n let_v not_o my_o adversary_n therefore_o peninnah_n or_o any_o other_o talk_v any_o more_o so_o exceed_v proud_o against_o i_o let_v not_o arrogancy_n come_v out_o of_o their_o lip_n for_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o god_n of_o knowledge_n that_o be_v he_o know_v all_o that_o in_o your_o pride_n and_o arrogancy_n you_o think_v or_o speak_v or_o attempt_v against_o his_o poor_a servant_n and_o by_o he_o action_n be_v weigh_v that_o be_v he_o exact_o ponder_v all_o the_o action_n of_o man_n and_o will_v therefore_o as_o a_o just_a judge_n recompense_v they_o as_o he_o find_v they_o good_a or_o evil_n yea_o according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o goodness_n or_o badness_n that_o he_o find_v in_o they_o then_o she_o go_v on_o to_o show_v what_o strange_a and_o unexpected_a alteration_n god_n make_v among_o man_n by_o he_o say_v she_o the_o bow_n of_o the_o mighty_a be_v break_v that_o be_v god_n do_v many_o time_n break_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o mighty_a and_o blast_v their_o attempt_n and_o make_v they_o successless_a just_a as_o when_o the_o bow_n of_o a_o mighty_a man_n break_v all_o his_o endeavour_n to_o shoot_v come_v to_o nothing_o and_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n they_o that_o stumble_v be_v gird_v with_o strength_n that_o be_v he_o many_o time_n so_o strengthen_v the_o feeble_a that_o of_o themselves_o be_v ready_a to_o stumble_v or_o at_o least_o so_o prosper_v their_o weak_a endeavour_n that_o unexpect_o they_o bring_v mighty_a thing_n to_o pass_v and_o so_o those_o that_o be_v weak_a and_o feeble_a in_o themselves_o be_v strengthen_v by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n overcome_v great_a difficulty_n even_o such_o as_o by_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o overcome_v as_o i_o myself_o can_v abundant_o testify_v they_o that_o be_v full_o have_v hire_v out_o themselves_o for_o bread_n that_o be_v they_o that_o be_v rich_a he_o sometime_o bring_v to_o poverty_n so_o that_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o work_v like_o hire_a servant_n to_o relieve_v their_o want_n and_o they_o that_o be_v hungry_a cease_v to_o be_v so_o and_o be_v plentiful_o provide_v for_o she_o that_o be_v barren_a have_v bear_v many_o 28.7_o seven_o in_o scripture_n be_v usual_o put_v for_o many_o as_o deut._n 28.7_o child_n and_o they_o that_o have_v have_v many_o child_n be_v either_o grow_v weak_a and_o so_o through_o feebleness_n have_v leave_v off_o bear_v or_o else_o have_v bury_v the_o child_n they_o have_v have_v and_o so_o have_v lose_v their_o strength_n as_o child_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v to_o their_o parent_n possible_o hannah_n have_v assurance_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n that_o god_n will_v give_v she_o many_o child_n more_o as_o indeed_o we_o find_v v._o 21._o of_o this_o chapter_n that_o she_o have_v after_o this_o three_o son_n and_o two_o daughter_n the_o lord_n kill_v and_o make_v alive_a he_o bring_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n and_o bring_v up_o that_o be_v the_o lord_n bring_v some_o into_o desperate_a danger_n into_o grievous_a and_o heavy_a affliction_n and_o yet_o deliver_v they_o out_o of_o they_o see_v ch._n 20.3_o hos_fw-la 6.2_o isa_n 26.17_o and_o god_n power_n be_v most_o manifest_v when_o man_n be_v recover_v from_o such_o desperate_a distress_n god_n do_v sometime_o seem_v to_o kill_v man_n and_o then_o revive_v they_o again_o he_o make_v poor_a and_o make_v rich_a he_o bring_v low_a and_o raise_v up_o he_o raise_v up_o the_o poor_a out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o lift_v the_o beggar_n from_o the_o dunghill_n to_o set_v they_o among_o prince_n and_o to_o make_v they_o inherit_v the_o throne_n of_o glory_n that_o be_v he_o raise_v some_o from_o beggary_n to_o sovereignty_n and_o from_o the_o dunghill_n to_o the_o throne_n for_o the_o pillar_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o lord_n and_o he_o have_v set_v the_o world_n upon_o they_o that_o be_v though_o the_o earth_n hang_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o air_n have_v nothing_o to_o support_v it_o but_o the_o almighty_a power_n of_o god_n yet_o it_o stand_v firm_a gr._n firm_a habet_fw-la terra_fw-la suos_fw-la polos_fw-la quibus_fw-la aut_fw-la sustinet_fw-la se_fw-la in_o quiet_a aut_fw-la ut_fw-la alii_fw-la volunt_fw-la in_fw-la motu_fw-la se_fw-la librat_fw-la gr._n and_o fast_o upon_o its_o centre_n as_o if_o it_o be_v support_v with_o pillar_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n god_n shall_v sometime_o turn_v thing_n upside_o down_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n since_o he_o that_o make_v the_o world_n at_o first_o must_v needs_o be_v of_o power_n sufficient_a to_o do_v what_o he_o will_v for_o with_o his_o own_o why_o shall_v he_o not_o do_v what_o himself_o please_v he_o will_v keep_v the_o foot_n of_o his_o saint_n that_o be_v he_o will_v guide_v and_o protect_v his_o people_n and_o keep_v they_o from_o fall_v and_o the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v silent_a in_o darkness_n that_o be_v overwhelm_v with_o confusion_n and_o astonishment_n in_o the_o great_a calamity_n that_o shall_v befall_v they_o eccles_n 5.17_o zeph._n 1.15_o jer._n 8.14_o or_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n for_o such_o be_v say_v to_o dwell_v in_o silence_n psal_n 94.17_o for_o by_o strength_n shall_v no_o man_n prevail_v that_o be_v by_o his_o own_o strength_n for_o if_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o preserve_v his_o saint_n by_o their_o own_o strength_n they_o can_v not_o keep_v themselves_o neither_o can_v the_o wicked_a by_o their_o own_o strength_n secure_v themselves_o against_o god_n hand_n and_o if_o any_o man_n prevail_v in_o any_o of_o his_o enterprise_n let_v he_o not_o assume_v the_o glory_n of_o it_o to_o himself_o but_o ascribe_v it_o entire_o unto_o god_n the_o adversary_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v break_v in_o piece_n out_o of_o heaven_n shall_v he_o thunder_v upon_o they_o this_o clause_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o prophecy_n and_o may_v have_v reference_n to_o that_o particular_a judgement_n upon_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n people_n in_o the_o time_n of_o samuel_n government_n 1_o sam._n 7.10_o when_o the_o lord_n thunder_v with_o a_o great_a thunder_n on_o the_o philistine_n and_o discomfit_v they_o and_o they_o be_v smite_v before_o israel_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v mean_v general_o of_o the_o lord_n pour_v down_o vengeance_n on_o his_o adversary_n see_v 2_o sam._n 22.14_o 15._o and_o because_o god_n destroy_v his_o enemy_n often_o by_o thunder_n it_o grow_v it_o seem_v into_o a_o proverb_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v thunder_v upon_o they_o when_o he_o mean_v terrible_o to_o destroy_v they_o the_o lord_n shall_v judge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o he_o shall_v give_v strength_n unto_o his_o king_n and_o exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_v this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o exaltation_n and_o kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o it_o be_v the_o first_o place_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n where_o he_o be_v mention_v under_o that_o name_n the_o lord_n will_v rule_v the_o world_n and_o judge_v all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n and_o particular_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o messiah_n his_o anoint_v king_n who_o though_o he_o shall_v at_o first_o live_v in_o a_o low_a and_o
17._o faciet_fw-la enim_fw-la tibi_fw-la dominus_fw-la strigelius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d malui_fw-la legere_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o margin_n quomodo_fw-la hieron_n &_o septuaginta_fw-la verterunt_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tertia_fw-la persona_fw-la sumitur_fw-la pro_fw-la secunda_fw-la sic_fw-la mos_fw-la hebraeis_n permutandi_fw-la personas_fw-la saul_n then_o perceive_v he_o in_o that_o form_n though_o it_o be_v not_o the_o true_a samuel_n but_o the_o devil_n in_o his_o likeness_n and_o stoop_v with_o his_o face_n to_o the_o earth_n and_o bow_v himself_o to_o he_o this_o counterfeit_a samuel_n now_o ask_v he_o why_o he_o have_v disquiet_v he_o to_o bring_v he_o up_o thither_o saul_n answer_v i_o be_o sore_o distress_v the_o philistine_n make_v war_n upon_o i_o and_o god_n be_v depart_v from_o i_o and_o answer_v i_o no_o more_o either_o by_o prophet_n or_o dream_n therefore_o have_v i_o call_v for_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v make_v know_v to_o i_o what_o i_o shall_v do_v the_o evil_a spirit_n now_o counterfeit_v not_o only_a samuel_n person_n but_o his_o word_n and_o action_n reply_v why_o do_v thou_o ask_v counsel_n of_o i_o see_v the_o lord_n be_v depart_v from_o thou_o and_o become_v thy_o enemy_n alas_o i_o can_v help_v thou_o for_o the_o lord_n will_v do_v to_o thou_o as_o he_o have_v speak_v by_o i_o he_o will_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n out_o of_o thy_o hand_n and_o give_v it_o to_o thy_o neighbour_n even_o to_o david_n because_o thou_o obeye_v not_o his_o voice_n nor_o execute_a his_o fierce_a wrath_n upon_o amalek_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o this_o judgement_n will_v fall_v upon_o thou_o and_o moreover_o the_o lord_n will_v deliver_v israel_n with_o thou_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o philistine_n and_o to_o morrow_n after_o morrow_n to_o morrow_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v precise_o of_o the_o next_o day_n follow_v but_o indefinite_o of_o some_o time_n near_o approach_v so_o to_o morrow_n be_v take_v 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22.22_o and_o then_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o he_o to_o reveal_v those_o thing_n he_o have_v in_o commission_n to_o execute_v permittit_fw-la deus_fw-la daemon_n aliquando_fw-la responsa_fw-la dare_v idololatris_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la malitia_fw-la sva_fw-la demerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o erroribus_fw-la exerceantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ancilla_fw-la illa_fw-la act._n 16._o quae_fw-la nisi_fw-la vera_fw-la prae_fw-la dixisset_fw-la magnum_fw-la dominis_n suis_fw-la quaestum_fw-la non_fw-la prae_fw-la buisset_fw-la multa_fw-la de_fw-la oraculo_fw-la delphico_n referant_fw-la omnes_fw-la historiae_fw-la craeso_fw-la sciscitanti_fw-la num_fw-la futurum_fw-la esset_fw-la ut_fw-la filius_fw-la mutus_fw-la loqueretur_fw-la respondit_fw-la infausto_fw-la die_fw-la locuturum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o accidit_fw-la that_o be_v shall_v be_v dead_a as_o the_o true_a samuel_n be_v who_o be_v personate_v by_o this_o evil_a spirit_n saul_n hear_v these_o dismal_a tiding_n and_o be_v very_o faint_a through_o fast_v all_o the_o day_n before_o even_o to_o that_o time_n of_o the_o night_n he_o fall_v on_o the_o ground_n in_o a_o swoon_n and_o there_o be_v no_o strength_n in_o he_o the_o witch_n hereupon_o come_v to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o she_o have_v so_o far_o obey_v he_o as_o to_o put_v her_o life_n into_o his_o hand_n therefore_o she_o desire_v he_o so_o far_o to_o gratify_v she_o as_o to_o receive_v a_o little_a refreshment_n from_o she_o that_o he_o may_v have_v strength_n to_o return_v to_o the_o army_n but_o he_o utter_o refuse_v it_o till_o his_o servant_n together_o with_o the_o woman_n by_o their_o earnest_a importunity_n prevail_v with_o he_o so_o he_o arise_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o sit_v upon_o the_o bed_n and_o the_o woman_n have_v a_o fat_a calf_n in_o the_o stall_n she_o cause_v it_o present_o to_o be_v kill_v and_o dress_v and_o prepare_v some_o of_o it_o and_o take_v flour_n and_o knead_v it_o and_o bake_v unleavened_a fermentaretur_fw-la unleavened_a pane_n azymos_fw-la quos_fw-la statim_fw-la curavit_fw-la coquendos_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la expectavit_fw-la donec_fw-la farinae_fw-la illa_fw-la subacta_fw-la fermentaretur_fw-la bread_n thereof_o and_o so_o bring_v her_o provision_n and_o set_v they_o before_o saul_n and_o his_o servant_n and_o they_o do_v eat_v of_o they_o and_o then_o arise_v and_o go_v their_o way_n 1_o sam._n ch._n 28._o from_o v._o 1_o to_o the_o end_n 14._o the_o philistine_n now_o gather_v all_o their_o force_n together_o to_o aphek_n a_o town_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o asher_n and_o the_o israelite_n pitch_v by_o a_o fountain_n near_o jezreel_n the_o four_o lord_n of_o the_o philistine_n lead_v up_o their_o force_n and_o march_v with_o their_o hundred_o and_o thousand_o but_o david_n and_o his_o man_n march_v in_o the_o rear_n with_o achish_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v chief_a among_o they_o if_o not_o their_o general_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o philistine_n observe_v this_o ask_v in_o some_o passion_n what_o those_o hebrew_n do_v among_o they_o achish_n reply_v the_o chief_a commander_n of_o they_o be_v david_n a_o servant_n of_o saul_n a_o man_n of_o great_a wisdom_n and_o fortitude_n who_o have_v be_v with_o he_o some_o day_n or_o rather_o some_o year_n he_o have_v dwell_v with_o he_o one_o full_a year_n and_o four_o month_n see_v ch._n 27.7_o and_o in_o all_o that_o time_n since_o he_o fall_v to_o he_o he_o have_v find_v no_o fault_n in_o he_o but_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o philistine_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o that_o but_o imagine_v that_o achish_n be_v mere_o delude_v by_o he_o and_o that_o he_o will_v endanger_v their_o army_n therefore_o they_o urge_v achish_a to_o send_v he_o back_o and_o to_o cause_v he_o to_o return_v to_o the_o place_n he_o have_v appoint_v for_o he_o viz._n to_o ziklag_n lest_o in_o the_o battle_n he_o shall_v fall_v off_o from_o they_o and_o help_v their_o enemy_n for_o how_o can_v he_o better_o contrive_v say_v they_o to_o reconcile_v himself_o to_o his_o master_n than_o by_o betray_v the_o life_n of_o this_o whole_a army_n into_o his_o hand_n they_o further_o add_v that_o he_o be_v a_o most_o dangerous_a person_n of_o who_o ability_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v very_o apprehensive_a be_v high_o renown_v for_o his_o military_a prudence_n and_o valour_n among_o his_o own_o nation_n insomuch_o that_o the_o woman_n sing_v of_o he_o in_o their_o dance_n saul_n have_v slay_v his_o thousand_o but_o david_n his_o ten_o thousand_o see_v ch._n 18.7_o &_o 21.11_o hereupon_o achish_n call_v david_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o as_o sure_a as_o the_o lord_n live_v he_o have_v find_v he_o faithful_a to_o he_o and_o he_o can_v not_o but_o high_o approve_v all_o his_o carriage_n since_o he_o come_v into_o the_o army_n nay_o he_o have_v find_v no_o evil_n in_o he_o since_o the_o first_o day_n he_o come_v up_o to_o he_o nevertheless_o he_o must_v acquaint_v he_o that_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o philistine_n favour_v he_o not_o therefore_o he_o advise_v he_o to_o return_v with_o his_o force_n to_o ziklag_n that_o he_o may_v not_o give_v they_o any_o further_a cause_n of_o jealousy_n david_n reply_n what_o evil_a have_v thou_o find_v in_o thy_o servant_n since_o i_o have_v be_v with_o thou_o even_o unto_o this_o day_n that_o i_o may_v not_o go_v and_o fight_v against_o the_o enemy_n of_o my_o lord_n the_o king_n menoch_n king_n necessaria_fw-la querela_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la taceret_fw-la suspitionibus_fw-la philistaeonum_n suffragari_fw-la videretur_fw-la menoch_n achish_a answer_n i_o protest_v thou_o seem_v unto_o i_o to_o be_v a_o person_n of_o such_o excellency_n of_o such_o probity_n and_o goodness_n as_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o angel_n habent_fw-la angel_n hunc_fw-la loquendi_fw-la modum_fw-la philistaei_n a_o vicinis_fw-la hauserunt_fw-la hebraeis_n conterminae_fw-la enim_fw-la regiones_fw-la ut_fw-la experientia_fw-la docet_fw-la multas_fw-la voces_fw-la &_o phrase_n commune_v habent_fw-la send_v from_o heaven_n unto_o i_o i_o
surprise_v i_o before_o i_o be_v aware_a so_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o escape_v so_o achitophel_n contrive_v but_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o stay_n and_o upon_o he_o i_o do_v rely_v and_o trust_v the_o lord_n also_o free_v i_o from_o the_o great_a strait_n i_o be_v in_o and_o set_v i_o at_o liberty_n and_o that_o not_o for_o any_o merit_n in_o i_o but_o of_o his_o own_o free_a grace_n and_o mercy_n and_o that_o he_o may_v gracious_o reward_v i_o according_a to_o my_o innocency_n and_o integrity_n so_o that_o i_o may_v with_o great_a thankfulness_n say_v the_o lord_n have_v reward_v i_o according_a to_o my_o righteousness_n according_o righteousness_n he_o do_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o his_o righteousness_n in_o reference_n to_o god_n for_o in_o this_o sense_n he_o pray_v psal_n 143.2_o enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n but_o of_o his_o righteousness_n as_o to_o his_o enemy_n though_o the_o obedience_n of_o god_n servant_n be_v a_o due_a debt_n which_o they_o owe_v to_o god_n and_o it_o be_v god_n that_o enable_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v yet_o god_n of_o his_o free_a grace_n reward_v they_o for_o their_o work_n when_o they_o be_v perform_v with_o sincerity_n though_o they_o be_v far_o short_a of_o what_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o lord_n reward_v man_n according_a to_o their_o work_n that_o be_v acd_v to_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o their_o work_n though_o not_o for_o any_o merit_n in_o their_o work_n if_o their_o work_n be_v good_a they_o shall_v have_v a_o good_a reward_n if_o their_o work_n be_v evil_a their_o reward_n will_v be_v according_o according_a to_o the_o cleanness_n of_o my_o hand_n have_v he_o recompense_v i_o that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o my_o cause_n and_o the_o innocence_n of_o my_o intention_n and_o action_n as_o to_o my_o enemy_n i_o be_v clear_a of_o those_o fault_n and_o crime_n they_o slanderous_o charge_v i_o with_o i_o have_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v i_o have_v desire_v to_o walk_v in_o his_o precept_n and_o the_o way_n by_o he_o prescribe_v and_o though_o i_o have_v have_v many_o slip_n and_o fail_n yet_o i_o have_v not_o wicked_o and_o presumptuous_o resolve_v to_o go_v on_o in_o they_o and_o so_o to_o make_v a_o desperate_a defection_n from_o god_n for_o all_o his_o judgement_n and_o statute_n be_v before_o i_o that_o be_v i_o have_v set_v the_o whole_a law_n of_o god_n before_o i_o as_o the_o rule_n of_o my_o life_n and_o action_n and_o do_v endeavour_v to_o observe_v they_o one_o as_o well_o as_o another_o and_o though_o i_o have_v have_v many_o fail_n yet_o what_o i_o have_v do_v in_o god_n service_n have_v not_o be_v in_o hypocrisy_n or_o dissimulation_n i_o be_v upright_o before_o he_o and_o keep_v myself_o from_o my_o iniquity_n i_o restrain_v myself_o from_o that_o sin_n admississen_v sin_n cavi_fw-la ne_fw-la scelus_fw-la admitterem_fw-la quod_fw-la antea_fw-la admississen_v unto_o which_o i_o be_v otherwise_o by_o nature_n prone_a to_o fall_v into_o therefore_o the_o lord_n have_v recompense_v i_o according_a to_o my_o righteousness_n according_a to_o my_o innocency_n which_o he_o see_v in_o i_o he_o now_o by_o a_o elegant_a apostrophe_n turn_v his_o speech_n to_o god_n extol_v his_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n towards_o the_o godly_a and_o his_o equal_a and_o just_a deal_n with_o the_o wicked_a with_o the_o merciful_a thou_o will_v show_v thyself_o merciful_a with_o the_o upright_o thou_o will_v show_v thyself_o to_o act_v upright_o with_o the_o pure_a thou_o will_v show_v thyself_o to_o act_v pure_o and_o holy_o but_o with_o the_o froward_a and_o perverse_a thou_o will_v show_v thyself_o wayward_a ejus_fw-la wayward_a v._o 27._o perverse_a age_n i._n e._n retribues_fw-la illi_fw-la secundum_fw-la perversitatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la and_o unpleasing_a inflict_v sharp_a judgement_n upon_o they_o as_o they_o walk_v contrary_a to_o thou_o so_o thou_o will_v walk_v contrary_a to_o they_o cross_v they_o in_o all_o that_o they_o go_v about_o according_a to_o levit._n 26.27_o 28._o the_o afflict_a people_n thou_o will_v save_v and_o preserve_v but_o as_o for_o the_o haughty_a thy_o eye_n be_v upon_o they_o to_o bring_v they_o down_o he_o now_o come_v to_o show_v how_o the_o lord_n be_v his_o lamp_n that_o enlighten_v his_o darkness_n that_o be_v that_o shine_v upon_o he_o and_o comfort_v he_o in_o the_o darkness_n of_o his_o affliction_n and_o direct_v he_o what_o course_n to_o take_v he_o declare_v also_o that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o enable_v he_o to_o run_v through_o the_o thick_a troop_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o by_o his_o assistance_n he_o have_v scale_v their_o wall_n and_o take_v their_o city_n and_o from_o his_o own_o experience_n he_o infer_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v perfect_a in_o all_o his_o way_n not_o fail_v in_o any_o of_o his_o promise_n and_o that_o his_o word_n be_v try_v and_o have_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v true_a by_o unquestionable_a proof_n and_o experience_n that_o he_o be_v a_o buckler_n and_o shield_n to_o defend_v all_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o then_o in_o a_o way_n of_o thankful_a admiration_n he_o cry_v out_o who_o be_v a_o god_n save_o the_o lord_n and_o who_o be_v a_o rock_n save_o our_o god_n as_o for_o i_o i_o do_v declare_v that_o i_o have_v have_v all_o my_o strength_n and_o power_n from_o he_o he_o have_v make_v my_o way_n perfect_a or_o plain_a remove_v impediment_n and_o prosper_v my_o attempt_n and_o undertake_n so_o that_o i_o have_v not_o fail_v to_o perfect_v what_o i_o go_v about_o he_o make_v my_o foot_n like_o hind_n foot_n that_o be_v swift_a to_o escape_v danger_n and_o to_o stand_v safe_a upon_o my_o high_a place_n as_o hind_n speedy_o run_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o inaccessible_a rock_n and_o there_o be_v safe_a he_o teach_v my_o hand_n to_o war_n he_o have_v give_v i_o skill_n in_o military_a affair_n and_o to_o skill_n he_o have_v give_v i_o strength_n of_o body_n fit_a for_o war_n so_o that_o i_o be_o able_a not_o only_o to_o draw_v a_o strong_a and_o stiff_a bow_n of_o steel_n but_o if_o i_o please_v i_o can_v break_v it_o in_o piece_n yet_o i_o ascribe_v nothing_o to_o myself_o for_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v give_v i_o the_o shield_n of_o thy_o salvation_n that_o be_v thou_o have_v be_v as_o a_o shield_n to_o i_o to_o defend_v i_o against_o my_o enemy_n and_o thy_o gentleness_n pisc_n gentleness_n v._o 36._o et_fw-la ex_fw-la exauditione_fw-la tua_fw-la magnum_fw-la reddebas_fw-la i_o heb._n per_fw-la respondere_fw-la tuum_fw-la pisc_n have_v make_v i_o great_a that_o be_v by_o thy_o right_a hand_n thou_o have_v uphold_v and_o strengthen_v i_o in_o the_o day_n of_o battle_n and_o by_o thy_o hear_n of_o my_o prayer_n thou_o have_v make_v i_o great_a and_o victorious_a thou_o have_v enlarge_v my_o step_n under_o i_o or_o widen_v my_o passage_n give_v i_o room_n to_o walk_v steady_o and_o safe_o in_o so_o that_o i_o be_v prosperous_a and_o successful_a in_o my_o march_n so_o that_o i_o have_v pursue_v my_o enemy_n and_o destroy_v they_o and_o they_o be_v fall_v under_o my_o foot_n thou_o have_v gird_v i_o with_o strength_n in_o battle_n those_o that_o rise_v up_o against_o i_o thou_o have_v subdue_v under_o i_o thou_o have_v give_v i_o the_o neck_n of_o my_o enemy_n and_o i_o have_v prevail_v against_o they_o when_o they_o be_v in_o extremity_n they_o look_v for_o help_v from_o man_n but_o there_o be_v none_o to_o save_v they_o and_o then_o they_o cry_v unto_o god_n but_o he_o do_v not_o answer_v they_o thus_o be_v helpless_a i_o have_v beat_v they_o to_o piece_n as_o the_o small_a dust_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o stamp_v they_o as_o the_o mire_n of_o the_o street_n and_o disperse_v they_o as_o man_n spread_v dung_n on_o the_o ground_n by_o which_o hyperbolical_a expression_n he_o intimate_v that_o he_o have_v not_o only_o subdue_v his_o enemy_n but_o in_o a_o disgraceful_a manner_n tread_v and_o trample_v upon_o they_o then_o he_o acknowledge_v how_o god_n have_v deliver_v he_o from_o the_o strive_n of_o the_o people_n viz._n in_o the_o insurrection_n of_o absalon_n and_o sheba_n and_o have_v bring_v many_o nation_n of_o the_o heathen_a to_o be_v in_o subjection_n to_o he_o and_o to_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o their_o lord_n and_o head_n stranger_n israel_n stranger_n this_o be_v true_a both_o of_o david_n and_o of_o christ_n of_o who_o david_n be_v a_o type_n viz._n in_o respect_n of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o be_v alien_n and_o stranger_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n say_v he_o will_v now_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o i_o and_o neighbour_a nation_n will_v become_v tributary_n to_o i_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o hear_v of_o my_o come_n against_o they_o they_o will_v yield_v
and_o upon_o this_o thy_o people_n and_o let_v thy_o ear_n be_v attentive_a unto_o the_o supplication_n we_o shall_v make_v unto_o thou_o and_o hearken_v to_o we_o in_o all_o that_o we_o shall_v pray_v unto_o thou_o for_o according_a to_o thy_o will_n for_o thou_o do_v separate_v we_o unto_o thyself_o from_o among_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o be_v thy_o peculiar_a people_n and_o inheritance_n as_o thou_o speak_v by_o thy_o servant_n moses_n solomon_n have_v end_v this_o his_o devout_a prayer_n rise_v up_o from_o his_o knee_n and_o stand_v with_o his_o face_n towards_o the_o temple_n he_o repeat_v part_n of_o the_o 132_o psalm_n say_v arise_v o_o lord_n and_o take_v possession_n of_o this_o house_n which_o i_o have_v build_v for_o thou_o as_o a_o rest_a place_n and_o fix_a habitation_n and_o not_o a_o ambulatory_a and_o move_a one_o as_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v and_o let_v thy_o ark_n whereon_o thou_o do_v manifest_v thy_o glory_n hand_n glory_n psal_n 78.61_o he_o deliver_v his_o strength_n into_o captivity_n and_o his_o glory_n into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n strength_n and_o power_n for_o the_o good_a of_o thy_o people_n be_v here_o settle_v and_o constant_o abide_v let_v thy_o priest_n o_o lord_n god_n be_v clothe_v and_o adorn_v with_o such_o grace_n as_o may_v bring_v salvation_n to_o themselves_o righteousness_n themselves_o psal_n 132.9_o this_o clause_n be_v thus_o express_v let_v thy_o priest_n be_v clothe_v with_o righteousness_n and_o may_v enable_v they_o to_o be_v instrumental_a in_o the_o save_n of_o other_o and_o let_v thy_o saint_n rejoice_v in_o thy_o goodness_n and_o favour_n manifest_v unto_o they_o o_o lord_n god_n hear_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o and_o turn_v not_o away_o the_o face_n of_o thy_o anoint_a with_o shame_n and_o confusion_n by_o deny_v i_o my_o request_n but_o remember_v the_o promise_n thy_o mercy_n move_v thou_o to_o make_v to_o david_n my_o father_n and_o to_o his_o posterity_n solomon_n have_v end_v his_o prayer_n the_o sacrifice_n be_v bring_v in_o and_o lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o immediate_o fire_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o consume_v they_o and_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n probable_o cover_v with_o a_o cloud_n fill_v the_o house_n and_o such_o a_o orient_a splendour_n shine_v through_o it_o that_o the_o priest_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n enter_v into_o the_o temple_n the_o people_n see_v the_o fire_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n upon_o the_o house_n they_o bow_v themselves_o with_o their_o face_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o worship_v and_o praise_v god_n and_o sing_v as_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o 136_o psalm_n as_o the_o singer_n have_v do_v before_o the_o burden_n or_o foot_n whereof_o be_v for_o he_o be_v good_a for_o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o ever_o then_o solomon_n turn_v his_o face_n and_o bless_v all_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n again_o as_o he_o have_v do_v at_o the_o beginning_n and_o say_v bless_a be_v the_o lord_n 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deprive_v of_o all_o hope_n of_o marriage_n and_o live_v there_o in_o that_o manner_n without_o the_o society_n of_o any_o but_o themselves_o it_o seem_v all_o one_o to_o they_o as_o if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n upon_o the_o earth_n beside_o their_o father_n hereupon_o be_v blind_v with_o fear_n and_o passion_n and_o desirous_a to_o have_v child_n of_o their_o own_o kin_n and_o not_o of_o the_o faithless_a and_o curse_a nation_n they_o resolve_v upon_o a_o very_a wicked_a and_o detestable_a course_n viz._n to_o make_v their_o father_n drink_v wine_n more_o than_o be_v fit_a of_o that_o they_o have_v bring_v with_o they_o from_o zoar_n which_o possible_o they_o persuade_v he_o the_o rather_o unto_o to_o drive_v away_o his_o sad_a thought_n that_o so_o be_v drink_v he_o may_v lie_v with_o they_o which_o else_o they_o know_v he_o will_v never_o do_v and_o here_o observe_v the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n lot_n have_v at_o sodom_n rash_o offer_v to_o prostitute_v his_o two_o daughter_n chastity_n to_o the_o rabble_n there_o to_o prevent_v the_o violation_n of_o his_o guest_n and_o now_o here_o in_o the_o cave_n his_o own_o chastity_n be_v violate_v by_o the_o contrivance_n of_o his_o two_o daughter_n this_o be_v just_a as_o from_o god_n but_o it_o be_v very_o wicked_o do_v of_o these_o two_o young_a woman_n thus_o to_o draw_v their_o father_n to_o commit_v incest_n with_o they_o however_o from_o this_o incestuous_a copulation_n come_v moab_n and_o ammon_n father_n of_o the_o moabite_n spring_v moabite_n the_o moabite_n be_v afterward_o idolater_n and_o enemy_n to_o the_o israelite_n yet_o from_o ruth_n a_o moabitess_n our_o saviour_n spring_v and_o ammonite_n two_o great_a and_o populous_a nation_n gen._n 19_o whole_a chapter_n sect_n x._o abraham_n now_o his_o wife_n sarah_n have_v as_o it_o seem_v new_o conceive_v remove_v from_o the_o plain_n of_o mamre_n towards_o the_o south_n and_o sojourn_v in_o gerar_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o philistine_n that_o dwell_v in_o that_o country_n here_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v afraid_a of_o himself_o again_o because_o of_o sarah_n his_o wife_n who_o though_o now_o near_o 90_o year_n old_a yet_o be_v still_o very_o beautiful_a he_o therefore_o now_o as_o before_o in_o egypt_n see_v ch._n 12._o 13._o apprehend_v that_o these_o people_n will_v kill_v he_o if_o he_o be_v know_v to_o be_v her_o husband_n that_o so_o he_o be_v take_v away_o she_o may_v be_v free_a to_o be_v marry_v to_o one_o of_o they_o hereupon_o sarah_n by_o his_o appointment_n go_v again_o under_o the_o name_n of_o his_o sister_n abimelech_n king_n of_o that_o place_n hear_v of_o she_o take_v a_o like_n to_o she_o and_o take_v she_o from_o her_o husband_n intend_v short_o after_o to_o make_v she_o his_o wife_n though_o he_o have_v a_o wife_n before_o see_z vers_n 17._o think_v as_o it_o seem_v polygamy_n to_o be_v no_o sin_n upon_o this_o god_n immediate_o smite_v he_o with_o a_o dangerous_a sickness_n and_o plague_v his_o court_n with_o a_o strange_a disease_n and_o in_o his_o sickness_n god_n inform_v he_o by_o a_o dream_n 28.15_o dream_n dream_n be_v sometime_o supernatural_a and_o send_v of_o god_n and_o bring_v their_o own_o evidence_n and_o assurance_n with_o they_o god_n thereby_o signify_v what_o he_o will_v do_v or_o have_v man_n to_o do_v and_o thus_o god_n send_v dream_n upon_o extraordinary_a occasion_n to_o wicked_a man_n as_o here_o to_o abimelech_n and_o afterward_o to_o laban_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o bulter_n and_o baker_n and_o to_o the_o midianite_n judg._n 7.13_o to_o nabuchadnezzar_n to_o pilat_n wife_n and_o all_o these_o for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o own_o servant_n and_o people_n but_o principal_o god_n send_v they_o to_o his_o choice_a servant_n as_o to_o jacob_n to_o solomon_n to_o daniel_n to_o joseph_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n and_o to_o joseph_n the_o husband_n of_o mary_n and_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o ordinary_a way_n wherein_o god_n reveal_v his_o will_n to_o his_o prophet_n numb_a 12.6_o joel_n 2.28_o under_o which_o colour_n saul_n complain_v of_o the_o want_n of_o they_o 1_o sam._n 28.15_o of_o the_o cause_n why_o he_o have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v a_o dead_a man_n if_o he_o restore_v not_o unto_o abraham_n his_o wife_n and_o further_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o abraham_n be_v a_o prophet_n one_o in_o especial_a favour_n with_o himself_o to_o who_o he_o do_v often_o reveal_v his_o will_n and_o by_o who_o he_o do_v teach_v and_o instruct_v other_o see_v psal_n 105.15_o and_o he_o shall_v pray_v for_o he_o if_o he_o do_v restore_v his_o wife_n to_o he_o again_o abimelech_n be_v thus_o restrain_v and_o prevent_v by_o god_n immediate_a hand_n from_o touch_v of_o sarah_n he_o plead_v his_o own_o innocence_n before_o the_o lord_n that_o in_o this_o matter_n his_o heart_n be_v clear_a from_o any_o adulterous_a purpose_n and_o his_o body_n from_o any_o unchaste_a action_n and_o see_v this_o sickness_n on_o his_o family_n and_o fear_v possible_o it_o to_o be_v on_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o subject_n who_o sometime_o smart_n for_o their_o prince_n sin_n see_v gen._n 34.26_o etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n 24.17_o and_o here_o vers_fw-la 18._o he_o entreat_v the_o lord_n not_o to_o proceed_v to_o punish_v his_o people_n that_o be_v innocent_a and_o guiltless_a as_o to_o this_o matter_n then_o abimelech_n expostulate_v with_o abraham_n that_o he_o shall_v by_o dissemble_v his_o wife_n expose_v he_o to_o so_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o adultery_n be_v and_o consequent_o bring_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o people_n the_o dreadful_a punishment_n due_a thereunto_o loc_n thereunto_o see_v dutch_n annotat._n in_o loc_n so_o that_o we_o see_v this_o heathen_a king_n by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n even_o in_o those_o day_n before_o the_o law_n be_v give_v do_v hold_v adultery_n in_o a_o king_n such_o a_o abominable_a sin_n as_o may_v just_o bring_v a_o plague_n or_o great_a judgement_n on_o a_o whole_a nation_n abraham_n excuse_v himself_o as_o well_o as_o he_o can_v he_o confess_v he_o be_v afraid_a of_o himself_o there_o because_o he_o think_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v not_o among_o they_o and_o so_o they_o will_v not_o care_v what_o they_o do_v and_o beside_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o false_a what_o he_o have_v say_v for_o sarah_n be_v his_o sister_n in_o one_o sense_n be_v the_o daughter_n that_o be_v the_o grandchild_n of_o his_o father_n though_o not_o the_o daughter_n or_o grandchild_n of_o his_o mother_n terah_n have_v haran_n her_o father_n by_o another_o wife_n than_o he_o have_v he_o and_o he_o confess_v ever_o since_o god_n call_v he_o to_o leave_v his_o father_n house_n and_o wander_v in_o several_a country_n think_v he_o shall_v find_v little_a of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v to_o travel_v and_o apprehend_v danger_n to_o himself_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o great_a beauty_n of_o sarah_n he_o have_v desire_v her_o that_o in_o all_o place_n where_o they_o come_v and_o apprehend_v any_o such_o danger_n she_o shall_v always_o say_v she_o be_v his_o sister_n abimelech_n than_o not_o only_o return_v sarah_n to_o he_o again_o untouched_a but_o present_v he_o with_o large_a and_o great_a gift_n and_o offer_v he_o to_o live_v in_o any_o part_n of_o his_o country_n where_o he_o please_v to_o so_o much_o civility_n and_o kindness_n do_v the_o lord_n dispose_v the_o heart_n of_o this_o heathen_a king_n moreover_o abimelech_n tell_v sarah_n that_o he_o have_v give_v her_o brother_n as_o she_o call_v he_o a_o 1000_o piece_n of_o silver_n amount_v to_o about_o 56_o l._n 5_o s._n of_o our_o money_n but_o intimate_v to_o she_o that_o she_o ought_v always_o to_o own_o her_o husband_n in_o all_o company_n and_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v as_o a_o veil_n to_o she_o to_o cover_v she_o from_o the_o eye_n and_o desire_n of_o all_o other_o and_o a_o guardian_n of_o her_o chastity_n whereas_o by_o deny_v he_o she_o as_o it_o be_v unveil_v herself_o and_o lay_v herself_o open_a to_o the_o unlawful_a desire_n of_o other_o thus_o be_v sarah_n reprove_v by_o a_o heathen_a king_n and_o teach_v and_o instruct_v to_o carry_v herself_o better_a for_o the_o future_a then_o abraham_n pray_v for_o abimelech_n and_o the_o lord_n be_v gracious_o please_v to_o take_v off_o his_o hand_n from_o he_o and_o his_o family_n and_o so_o that_o disability_n rivet_n disability_n some_o think_v this_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a barrenness_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o can_v not_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n either_o be_v perceive_v as_o a_o judgement_n or_o discern_v as_o a_o cure_n upon_o abraham_n prayer_n therefore_o they_o think_v it_o be_v some_o unusual_a close_n of_o the_o womb_n for_o that_o time_n existimo_fw-la plagam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la talem_fw-la ut_fw-la
to_o imagine_v but_o if_o we_o allow_v jacob_n to_o be_v marry_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o seven_o year_n and_o so_o to_o have_v several_a of_o his_o child_n within_o that_o space_n of_o time_n than_o the_o current_n of_o the_o history_n will_v run_v clear_a a_o second_o argument_n against_o that_o former_a opinion_n may_v be_v take_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o judah_n age_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o hezron_n and_o hamul_n his_o grandchild_n unto_o which_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n ch._n 46.12_o to_o open_v this_o we_o must_v first_o know_v that_o jacob_n be_v 76_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v first_o to_o laban_n which_o appear_v thus_o he_o be_v 130_o year_n old_a when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n ch._n 47.9_o and_o then_o joseph_n be_v 40_o year_n old_a viz._n 30_o when_o he_o be_v advance_v by_o pharaoh_n ch._n 41.46_o after_o which_o pass_v seven_o year_n of_o plenty_n and_o three_o of_o famine_n when_o jacob_n come_v down_o into_o egypt_n it_o appear_v also_o that_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o 14_o year_n after_o jacob_n come_v to_o laban_n ch._n 30.25_o take_v then_o those_o 14_o year_n before_o joseph_n be_v bear_v and_o the_o 40_o year_n of_o his_o age_n when_o his_o father_n stand_v before_o pharaoh_n out_o of_o his_o father_n age_n at_o that_o time_n which_o be_v 130_o and_o it_o will_v be_v clear_a that_o jacob_n be_v 76._o year_n old_a when_o he_o first_o come_v to_o laban_n now_o this_o be_v so_o judah_n the_o four_o son_n of_o jacob_n by_o leah_n must_v needs_o be_v according_a to_o they_o who_o be_v for_o the_o first_o opinion_n but_o three_o or_o four_o year_n old_a than_o joseph_n jacob_n not_o marry_v leah_n as_o they_o suppose_v till_o after_o his_o first_o seven_o year_n of_o service_n be_v end_v and_o so_o judah_n must_v be_v but_o 43_o or_o 44_o year_n old_a at_o most_o when_o he_o and_o his_o grandchild_n hezron_n and_o hamul_fw-la come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n to_o compass_v this_o they_o must_v cast_v their_o reckon_n thus_o viz._n that_o judah_n marry_v at_o 12_o year_n old_a and_o have_v er_fw-mi at_o 13_o that_o ere_o marry_v at_o 12_o year_n old_a and_o onan_n his_o young_a brother_n marry_v at_o 12_o year_n old_a ch._n 38.4_o that_o tamar_n remain_v a_o widow_n and_o wait_v till_o shelah_n be_v grow_v and_o during_o that_o time_n judah_n wife_n die_v and_o tamar_n bear_v to_o judah_n pharez_n and_o all_o this_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o three_o year_n that_o pharez_n marry_v at_o 12_o year_n old_a and_o beget_v hezron_n and_o hamul_n and_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v twin_n that_o at_o a_o year_n old_a they_o be_v carry_v into_o egypt_n for_o thus_o the_o reckon_n will_v rise_v to_o the_o 43_o or_o 44th_o year_n of_o judah_n age_n but_o these_o suppose_a reckon_n seem_v very_o harsh_a whereas_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o former_a seven_o year_n give_v fair_a way_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o all_o the_o 12_o child_n and_o give_v further_a scope_n for_o the_o birth_n of_o hezron_n and_o hamul_n in_o the_o 50th_o year_n of_o judah_n age_n and_o that_o opinion_n which_o make_v judah_n to_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o first_o seven_o of_o jacob_n service_n and_o so_o to_o be_v ten_o year_n old_a than_o joseph_n do_v give_v fair_a way_n to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o history_n than_o the_o other_o do_v and_o so_o the_o reckon_n may_v be_v cast_v thus_o viz._n judah_n at_o 16_o year_n old_a come_v into_o canaan_n and_o speedy_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n in_o the_o next_o year_n have_v er._n er_o marry_v tamar_n at_o 14._o after_o which_o suppose_v four_o year_n spend_v in_o the_o matter_n relate_v to_o onan_n er_o and_o shelah_n and_o till_o the_o birth_n of_o pharez_n beget_v by_o judah_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o tamar_n and_o pharez_n at_o 13_o year_n old_a to_o marry_v and_o in_o two_o year_n to_o have_v hezron_n and_o hamul_n and_o then_o all_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o all_o these_o thing_n to_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o that_o time_n that_o judah_n be_v 50_o year_n of_o age_n see_v dr._n richardson_n note_n on_o ch._n 38._o vers_fw-la 1._o if_o any_o acquiesce_v not_o in_o these_o reason_n for_o the_o latter_a opinion_n i_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o fraud_n of_o their_o own_o judgement_n allege_v that_o his_o day_n be_v fulfil_v vers_fw-la 21._o that_o be_v the_o day_n of_o his_o probation_n and_o trial_n or_o his_o day_n be_v full_a that_o be_v he_o be_v of_o full_a day_n be_v 75_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v high_a time_n he_o shall_v marry_v as_o tremellius_n interpret_v it_o laban_n hereupon_o invite_v his_o friend_n and_o kindred_n and_o the_o principal_a man_n of_o the_o city_n and_o make_v a_o great_a feast_n and_o at_o night_n he_o take_v leah_n be_v velando_fw-la be_v nuptiae_fw-la a_o nubendo_fw-la i._n e._n velando_fw-la veil_v as_o it_o seem_v the_o manner_n be_v in_o brine_a bride_n to_o the_o bridegroom_n bed_n and_o so_o give_v 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clean_a and_o unclean_a and_o in_o teach_v the_o law_n to_o the_o people_n and_o that_o this_o severe_a stroke_n freidlibius_n stroke_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la probari_fw-la potest_fw-la eos_fw-la aeternum_fw-la damnatos_fw-la peccatum_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la ex_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la videtur_fw-la commissum_fw-la non_fw-la prae_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la ut_fw-la vult_fw-la r._n solomoh_n quicquid_fw-la igitur_fw-la peccati_fw-la huic_fw-la inadverientiae_fw-la inerat_fw-la id_fw-la omne_fw-la temporali_fw-la poena_fw-la plectitur_fw-la ut_fw-la post_fw-la nihil_fw-la poena_fw-la id_fw-la propter_fw-la iis_fw-la luendum_fw-la restare_fw-la videatur_fw-la freidlibius_n upon_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n may_v not_o so_o cast_v down_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n as_o to_o make_v they_o neglect_v their_o meat_n or_o intermit_v their_o service_n or_o be_v less_o lightsome_a in_o it_o then_o before_o moses_n encourage_v they_o to_o their_o duty_n by_o invite_v they_o to_o 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due_o maintain_v and_o understand_v what_o eleazar_n and_o ithamar_n have_v do_v he_o chide_v they_o for_o their_o fail_v therein_o but_o aaron_n extenuate_v his_o own_o and_o his_o son_n fault_n as_o occasion_v through_o grief_n and_o the_o pressure_n of_o those_o doleful_a thing_n that_o have_v befall_v they_o intimate_v that_o if_o they_o have_v then_o eat_v of_o the_o sin-offering_a it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v acceptable_a to_o the_o lord_n for_o that_o great_a heaviness_n and_o sorrow_n they_o be_v now_o under_o make_v they_o unfit_a to_o eat_v those_o holy_a thing_n as_o the_o lord_n require_v who_o will_v have_v they_o eat_v with_o joyfulness_n in_o his_o presence_n see_v deut._n 12.7_o and_o moses_n allow_v their_o excuse_n and_o so_o pass_v the_o matter_n by_o levit._fw-la ch._n 10._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n xxxiii_o hitherto_o we_o have_v see_v the_o law_n that_o concern_v the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n 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with_o eat_v or_o touch_v 52.11_o touch_v as_o a_o moral_a admonition_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o refrain_v from_o all_o fellowship_n in_o evil_n see_v isa_n 52.11_o any_o unclean_a thing_n but_o must_v walk_v as_o a_o holy_a people_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a god_n the_o law_n concern_v creature_n which_o be_v to_o be_v account_v clean_a 10.15_o clean_a no_o doubt_n but_o this_o distinction_n of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n be_v by_o revelation_n make_v know_v to_o the_o father_n from_o the_o first_o whence_o that_o direction_n be_v give_v to_o noah_n immediate_o before_o the_o flood_n gen._n 7.2_o but_o this_o seem_v only_o in_o respect_n of_o sacrifice_n for_o as_o to_o eat_v or_o not_o eat_v it_o seem_v they_o have_v no_o distinction_n then_o of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n gen._n 9.3_o every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n for_o you_o even_o as_o the_o green_a herb_n have_v i_o give_v you_o all_o thing_n but_o now_o by_o this_o law_n the_o israelite_n be_v forbid_v the_o eat_n of_o divers_a meat_n both_o flesh_n and_o fowl_n and_o fish_n as_o unclean_a and_o that_o possible_o to_o inure_v this_o stubborn_a people_n to_o a_o absolute_a dependence_n on_o god_n word_n and_o will_n in_o all_o thing_n as_o also_o to_o restrain_v they_o from_o that_o which_o be_v usual_o eat_v among_o the_o gentile_n and_o to_o mind_v they_o of_o the_o difference_n god_n have_v put_v between_o they_o and_o all_o other_o nation_n and_o the_o special_a purity_n he_o require_v of_o they_o above_o all_o other_o people_n see_v levit._n 20.25_o 26._o and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n reckon_v this_o among_o the_o the_o legal_a shadow_n act_n 2.16_o 17._o let_v no_o man_n judge_v you_o in_o meat_n or_o drink_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v a_o shadow_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v but_o the_o body_n be_v of_o christ_n see_v also_o act_v 10.15_o or_o unclean_a as_o to_o food_n may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o three_o head_n first_o concern_v fourfooted-beast_n those_o be_v to_o be_v account_v clean_o
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family_n die_v childless_a in_o canaan_n 5_o the_o family_n of_o issachar_n be_v increase_v nine_o thousand_o and_o nine_o hundred_o 6_o the_o family_n of_o zebulun_n be_v increase_v three_o thousand_o and_o one_o hundred_o so_o the_o tribe_n under_o judah_n standard_n be_v all_o increase_v and_o thus_o judah_n prevail_v above_o all_o his_o brethren_n gen._n 49.8_o his_o camp_n be_v increase_v fourteen_o thousand_o and_o nine_o hundred_o 7_o the_o family_n of_o manasseh_n be_v increase_v twenty_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o man_n of_o war._n none_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n have_v half_a so_o much_o increase_v 8_o the_o family_n of_o the_o son_n of_o ephraim_n be_v diminish_v eight_o thousand_o 9_o the_o family_n of_o the_o son_n of_o benjamin_n be_v increase_v ten_o thousand_o and_o two_o hundred_o thus_o though_o ephraim_n own_o tribe_n be_v diminish_v yet_o the_o other_o two_o tribe_n join_v with_o he_o be_v augment_v twenty_o two_o thousand_o and_o seven_o hundred_o 10_o 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total_a there_o by_o eighteen_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o god_n command_v moses_n that_o unto_o these_o tribe_n the_o land_n shall_v be_v divide_v by_o lot_n which_o will_v prevent_v dissension_n and_o teach_v they_o to_o acknowledge_v god_n for_o their_o chief_a lord_n by_o who_o immediate_a providence_n they_o be_v dispose_v of_o to_o those_o dwelling_n the_o levite_n be_v number_v by_o themselves_o because_o they_o be_v to_o have_v no_o share_n in_o the_o land_n they_o be_v find_v to_o be_v reckon_v they_o from_o one_o month_n old_a and_o upward_o twenty_o three_o thousand_o and_o so_o be_v increase_v a_o thousand_o thus_o as_o god_n have_v threaten_v of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v number_v at_o their_o come_n forth_o out_o of_o egypt_n from_o twenty_o year_n old_a and_o upward_a there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n leave_v at_o this_o time_n when_o they_o be_v number_v again_o but_o only_a caleb_n and_o joshua_n yet_o we_o must_v observe_v the_o levite_n as_o it_o be_v probable_a be_v not_o 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merciful_a to_o other_o vers_n 17_o 18._o 10_o in_o time_n of_o harvest_n if_o they_o have_v forget_v a_o sheaf_n in_o the_o field_n they_o shall_v not_o go_v and_o fetch_v it_o but_o leave_v it_o for_o the_o stranger_n fatherless_a and_o widow_n that_o god_n may_v bless_v they_o in_o all_o the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n levit._fw-la 19.9_o &_o 23.22_o and_o so_o when_o they_o gather_v their_o grape_n and_o olive_n they_o shall_v leave_v the_o glean_n for_o the_o poor_a vers_fw-la 19_o to_o the_o end_n 11_o the_o judge_n be_v appoint_v to_o judge_v righteous_o in_o all_o case_n that_o shall_v come_v chap._n xxv_o before_o they_o to_o justify_v the_o righteous_a and_o condemn_v the_o wicked_a and_o if_o a_o wicked_a man_n or_o malefactor_n deserve_v to_o be_v beat_v they_o shall_v order_v he_o to_o receive_v forty_o stripe_n and_o no_o more_o lest_o if_o they_o shall_v proceed_v to_o what_o extremity_n they_o list_v their_o brother_n shall_v seem_v vile_a in_o their_o eye_n and_o 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before_o the_o elder_n and_o the_o next_o kinsman_n do_v obstinate_o refuse_v she_o for_o when_o by_o free_a agreement_n the_o next_o kinsman_n do_v resign_v his_o right_n to_o another_o the_o widow_n also_o consent_v than_o this_o note_n of_o infamy_n be_v not_o put_v upon_o he_o as_o we_o may_v see_v ruth_n 4.8_o where_o no_o spit_a on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o next_o kinsman_n be_v mention_v but_o only_o by_o pull_v off_o his_o shoe_n he_o resign_v his_o right_n to_o boaz_n and_o so_o he_o marry_v ruth_n by_o way_n of_o disgrace_n and_o contempt_n thereby_o declare_v he_o a_o man_n unworthy_a to_o show_v his_o face_n among_o his_o brethren_n and_o shall_v say_v thus_o shall_v it_o be_v do_v to_o the_o man_n that_o refuse_v to_o build_v up_o his_o brother_n house_n and_o when_o in_o aftertime_n this_o man_n family_n shall_v be_v speak_v of_o they_o shall_v speak_v of_o it_o as_o the_o house_n or_o family_n of_o a_o man_n that_o have_v his_o shoe_n loose_v and_o so_o a_o note_n of_o infamy_n shall_v rest_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o family_n that_o man_n may_v thereby_o be_v make_v the_o more_o careful_a to_o submit_v to_o the_o direction_n of_o god_n law_n from_o vers_fw-la 5._o to_o 11._o 14_o if_o a_o woman_n see_v a_o man_n beat_v her_o husband_n and_o run_v in_o to_o help_v he_o she_o may_v not_o take_v he_o that_o strive_v with_o her_o husband_n by_o the_o secret_n think_v thereby_o to_o make_v he_o give_v over_o smite_v he_o if_o she_o do_v her_o hand_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o by_o the_o magistrate_n without_o pity_n god_n thereby_o intimate_v to_o they_o how_o much_o he_o abhor_v all_o bold_a shameless_a and_o impure_a behaviour_n in_o those_o that_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v his_o people_n
vers_fw-la 11_o 12._o 15_o he_o forbid_v all_o fraud_n in_o buy_v and_o sell_v and_o command_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o have_v divers_a weight_n and_o measure_n to_o wit_n great_a one_o to_o buy_v with_o and_o small_a one_o to_o sell_v with_o or_o great_a one_o to_o show_v to_o the_o officer_n when_o they_o come_v to_o view_v and_o try_v their_o weight_n and_o measure_n and_o less_o to_o sell_v their_o ware_n by_o they_o be_v command_v to_o do_v just_a thing_n that_o so_o their_o day_n may_v be_v lengthen_v in_o the_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o for_o all_o that_o do_v such_o thing_n and_o deal_v unrighteous_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n from_z vers_n 13._o to_o 17._o 16_o he_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o execute_v what_o god_n have_v declare_v against_o amalek_n who_o smite_v the_o hindmost_a and_o feeble_a of_o they_o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n see_v sect._n 11._o of_o ch._n 4._o which_o be_v a_o great_a act_n of_o inhumanity_n and_o cruelty_n to_o seek_v to_o hurt_v they_o that_o have_v be_v late_o so_o horrible_o oppress_v in_o egypt_n and_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n the_o amalekite_n fear_v not_o god_n who_o have_v so_o visible_o own_v that_o people_n and_o so_o in_o fight_v against_o the_o israelite_n they_o fight_v against_o god_n himself_o therefore_o when_o they_o be_v peaceable_o settle_v in_o the_o land_n which_o god_n intend_v to_o give_v they_o they_o shall_v blot_v out_o the_o remembrance_n of_o amalek_n from_o under_o heaven_n this_o judgement_n god_n appoint_v saul_n to_o execute_v 1_o sam._n 15.2_o 3._o but_o he_o fail_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o as_o we_o may_v see_v vers_n 9_o afterward_o god_n stir_v up_o the_o simeonites_n in_o hezekiah_n day_n to_o do_v it_o who_o smite_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o amalekite_n 1_o chron._n 4.42_o 43._o and_o what_o befall_v haman_n and_o his_o son_n be_v large_o relate_v in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o esther_n from_o vers_fw-la 17._o to_o the_o end_n chap._n xxvi_o 17ly_n he_o give_v direction_n that_o when_o they_o be_v come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n every_o man_n shall_v every_o year_n bring_v a_o basket_n of_o his_o first-fruit_n at_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n exod._n 23.16_o to_o the_o priest_n to_o be_v by_o he_o present_v to_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o acknowledgement_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v free_o give_v they_o this_o land_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o their_o father_n and_o that_o of_o he_o they_o still_o hold_v it_o and_o therefore_o to_o he_o as_o lord_n in_o chief_a by_o way_n of_o tribute_n they_o bring_v these_o first-fruit_n testify_v also_o thereby_o that_o to_o he_o they_o owe_v the_o yearly_a fruitfulness_n of_o their_o land_n and_o when_o the_o priest_n have_v set_v down_o the_o basket_n before_o the_o altar_n the_o offerer_n shall_v make_v this_o solemn_a profession_n our_o ancestor_n jacob_n be_v force_v to_o fly_v into_o syria_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o long_a abode_n and_o continuance_n there_o with_o his_o uncle_n laban_n he_o may_v well_o be_v call_v a_o syrian_a though_o bear_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n there_o he_o be_v near_o lose_v and_o ready_a to_o perish_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o wrong_n he_o receive_v from_o his_o hard_a father-in-law_n when_o he_o return_v thence_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n after_o a_o few_o year_n by_o extremity_n of_o famine_n he_o be_v constrain_v to_o remove_v into_o egypt_n and_o there_o sojourn_v with_o a_o few_o who_o afterward_o become_v a_o great_a mighty_a and_o populous_a nation_n then_o the_o egyptian_n evil_a entreat_v we_o and_o lay_v upon_o we_o hard_a bondage_n but_o when_o we_o cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n he_o look_v down_o with_o pity_n upon_o our_o affliction_n and_o labour_n and_o oppression_n and_o bring_v we_o forth_o out_o of_o egypt_n with_o a_o mighty_a hand_n and_o a_o outstretch_v arm_n and_o with_o great_a terribleness_n and_o with_o sign_n and_o wonder_n and_o have_v bring_v we_o into_o this_o good_a land_n flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n and_o behold_v i_o have_v bring_v to_o thou_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o the_o land_n which_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v give_v i_o then_o leave_v his_o basket_n before_o the_o altar_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o priest_n who_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v afterward_o to_o eat_v of_o they_o all_o first-fruit_n by_o god_n appointment_n appertain_v to_o they_o deut._n 18.4_o and_o humble_o worship_v the_o lord_n he_o shall_v depart_v and_o after_o he_o have_v thus_o testify_v his_o thankfulness_n and_o do_v this_o service_n he_o shall_v go_v and_o feast_v with_o the_o levite_n and_o stranger_n upon_o the_o peace-offering_n he_o have_v bring_v thither_o even_o as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v at_o all_o other_o feast_n rejoice_v in_o every_o good_a thing_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v they_o see_v deut._n 16.11_o 15._o from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 12._o 18_o he_o come_v now_o to_o show_v what_o profession_n and_o prayer_n that_o man_n be_v to_o make_v that_o pay_v his_o three_o year_n tithe_n in_o the_o two_o first_o year_n after_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n there_o be_v only_o two_o tithe_n to_o be_v separate_v from_o their_o estate_n the_o first_o for_o the_o levite_n the_o second_o to_o be_v spend_v in_o their_o journey_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o holy_a feast_n there_o before_o the_o lord_n but_o in_o the_o three_o year_n they_o be_v to_o separate_v a_o three_o tithe_n which_o be_v for_o the_o poor_a in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o dwell_v the_o first_o of_o these_o tithe_n be_v whole_o the_o levites_n 38._o levites_n out_o of_o this_o the_o levitâ—s_v pay_v a_o ten_o part_n again_o to_o the_o priest_n numb_a 18.24_o to_o 29._o neh._n 10.37_o 38._o portion_n and_o therefore_o often_o call_v the_o lord_n inheritance_n the_o second_o or_o the_o price_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v carry_v up_o by_o the_o owner_n to_o the_o lord_n dwelling-place_n and_o there_o spend_v in_o holy_a feast_n before_o the_o lord_n but_o this_o three_o tithe_n 14.28_o tithe_n therefore_o this_o three_o year_n be_v peculiar_o call_v the_o year_n of_o tything_n because_o this_o year_n they_o separate_v three_o tithe_n from_o their_o increase_n one_o more_o than_o in_o other_o year_n the_o first_o be_v the_o levite_n yearly_a livelihood_n the_o second_o be_v to_o be_v expend_v in_o their_o journey_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o feast_v before_o the_o lord_n there_o the_o three_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o the_o poor_a see_v deut._n 14.28_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o some_o public_a place_n in_o the_o town_n and_o city_n where_o they_o dwell_v and_o be_v not_o only_o for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o levite_n but_o also_o of_o the_o stranger_n fatherless_a and_o widow_n as_o be_v say_v vers_fw-la 12._o that_o they_o may_v eat_v also_o within_o their_o gate_n and_o be_v fill_v he_o that_o pay_v this_o three_o year_n tithe_n be_v to_o make_v such_o a_o profession_n as_o this_o o_o lord_n i_o have_v bring_v away_o the_o hallow_a thing_n out_o of_o my_o house_n and_o have_v give_v they_o to_o the_o levite_n the_o stranger_n the_o fatherless_a and_o the_o widow_n according_a to_o thy_o commandment_n i_o have_v not_o transgress_v thy_o commandment_n nor_o forget_v they_o i_o have_v not_o eat_v thereof_o in_o my_o mourning_n that_o be_v in_o my_o great_a want_n and_o necessity_n and_o when_o i_o be_v in_o the_o great_a strait_n i_o have_v not_o venture_v to_o supply_v myself_o from_o they_o neither_o have_v it_o cause_v any_o mourning_n jansen_n mourning_n scil._n pressus_fw-la dolour_n &_o luctu_fw-la quod_fw-la tantum_fw-la deberem_fw-la auferre_fw-la bonis_fw-la meis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la elargiri_fw-la jansen_n or_o repine_v in_o i_o that_o i_o be_v bind_v to_o part_v with_o so_o much_o of_o my_o increase_n to_o the_o poor_a neither_o have_v i_o take_v aught_o thereof_o for_o any_o unclean_a use_n that_o be_v for_o any_o use_n beside_o that_o for_o which_o they_o be_v appoint_v nor_o give_v aught_o thereof_o for_o the_o dead_a that_o be_v for_o the_o bury_n of_o the_o dead_a or_o to_o be_v provision_n for_o a_o funeral_n feast_n 9.4_o feast_n non_fw-la expendi_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la funebrem_fw-la pompum_fw-la vel_fw-la convivium_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la jer._n 16.7_o ezek._n 24.17_o hos_fw-la 9.4_o have_v make_v this_o solemn_a protestation_n that_o he_o have_v not_o fail_v in_o pay_v his_o tithe_n exact_o according_a to_o the_o law_n he_o be_v then_o to_o add_v this_o prayer_n lord_n look_v down_o from_o thy_o holy_a habitation_n from_o heaven_n and_o bless_v thy_o people_n israel_n and_o this_o land_n which_o thou_o have_v give_v we_o as_o thou_o swear_v to_o our_o father_n from_o vers_fw-la 12._o to_o 18._o 19_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o observe_v all_o
the_o statute_n and_o judgement_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v they_o and_o that_o with_o all_o their_o heart_n and_o soul_n which_o if_o they_o real_o consent_v to_o do_v than_o they_o shall_v consider_v that_o that_o day_n they_o do_v in_o effect_n renew_v their_o covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n and_o avouch_v he_o to_o be_v their_o god_n promise_v to_o hearken_v unto_o his_o voice_n and_o to_o obey_v he_o and_o the_o lord_n do_v avouch_v they_o to_o be_v his_o peculiar_a people_n separate_v from_o all_o other_o and_o devote_v to_o walk_v in_o his_o statute_n through_o his_o grace_n work_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o will_v make_v they_o high_a above_o all_o nation_n in_o praise_n in_o name_n and_o in_o honour_n and_o a_o holy_a people_n unto_o himself_o from_o vers_fw-la 16._o to_o the_o end_n 20._o have_v now_o again_o assemble_v the_o elder_n and_o people_n of_o israel_n together_o he_o chap._n xxvii_o command_v they_o that_o after_o their_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n at_o their_o first_o opportunity_n they_o shall_v build_v a_o monument_n of_o great_a stone_n plaistr_v they_o with_o mortar_n on_o mount_n ebal_n and_o to_o write_v the_o law_n of_o god_n thereon_o viz._n the_o ten_o commandment_n very_o plain_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o monument_n ai._n monument_n joshua_n 8.30_o we_o find_v this_o monument_n be_v erect_v after_o their_o take_n of_o ai._n to_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o keep_v god_n law_n together_o with_o this_o monument_n they_o be_v to_o build_v a_o altar_n type_n altar_n to_o teach_v they_o that_o righteousness_n and_o salvation_n be_v not_o to_o be_v attain_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n but_o to_o be_v seek_v by_o christ_n of_o who_o this_o altar_n be_v a_o type_n of_o whole_a stone_n and_o not_o to_o lift_v up_o any_o iron_n tool_n upon_o it_o see_v exod._n 20.24_o 25._o and_o thereon_o to_o offer_v burnt-offering_n and_o peace-offering_n and_o to_o eat_v there_o and_o to_o rejoice_v before_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o because_o they_o have_v at_o this_o time_n renew_v their_o covenant_n with_o god_n moses_n together_o with_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n advise_v they_o to_o take_v heed_n unto_o themselves_o and_o to_o obey_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o to_o observe_v his_o commandment_n and_o statute_n from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 11._o 21._o moses_n now_o enjoin_v the_o people_n that_o when_o they_o have_v set_v up_o this_o monument_n of_o stone_n on_o mount_n ebal_n and_o write_v the_o law_n plain_o upon_o it_o and_o have_v build_v the_o altar_n before_o mention_v and_o have_v offer_v sacrifice_n thereon_o as_o god_n have_v command_v they_o they_o shall_v then_o afterward_o give_v their_o consent_n to_o the_o blessing_n 11.29_o blessing_n see_v deut._n 11.29_o and_o curse_n that_o shall_v be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o priest_n upon_o those_o that_o shall_v keep_v and_o upon_o those_o that_o shall_v break_v god_n law_n and_o the_o manner_n enjoin_v for_o the_o do_v thereof_o be_v this_o viz._n six_o of_o the_o tribe_n be_v to_o stand_v upon_o mount_n gerizim_n to_o wit_n simeon_n and_o levi_n judah_n and_o issachar_n and_o joseph_n and_o benjamin_n where_o by_o the_o tribe_n of_o joseph_n be_v mean_v the_o two_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n who_o be_v here_o join_v together_o as_o one_o because_o levi_n be_v reckon_v as_o one_o of_o the_o twelve_o and_o all_o these_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o leah_n and_o rachel_n and_o then_o the_o other_o six_o tribe_n be_v to_o stand_v on_o mount_n ebal_n to_o wit_n gad_n and_o asher_n dan_n and_o napthali_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o their_o handmaid_n and_o with_o they_o the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n who_o for_o his_o sin_n lose_v his_o birthright_a and_o zebulun_n the_o young_a of_o leahs_n son_n and_o the_o tribe_n be_v thus_o divide_v the_o priest_n 34._o priest_n v._o 14._o pronunciabunt_fw-la levitae_fw-la i._n e._n aliqui_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o erant_fw-la levitae_fw-la caeteri_fw-la enim_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr gerizim_n ad_fw-la benedicendum_fw-la see_v joshua_n ch._n 8._o v._n 32_o 33_o 34._o be_v to_o come_v with_o they_o into_o the_o little_a valley_n that_o be_v between_o these_o two_o mountain_n and_o there_o first_o they_o pronounce_v the_o blessing_n turn_v their_o face_n as_o it_o be_v like_a towards_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o then_o all_o the_o tribe_n that_o stand_v on_o that_o mountain_n answer_v amen_o and_o then_o turn_v their_o face_n towards_o mount_n ebal_n they_o pronounce_v the_o twelve_o curse_n here_o mention_v and_o then_o all_o the_o tribe_n that_o stand_v on_o mount_n ebal_n answer_v amen_o moses_n omit_v the_o blessing_n possible_o because_o they_o may_v be_v easy_o enough_o gather_v from_o the_o contrary_a curse_n which_o be_v here_o express_v first_o curse_a be_v the_o man_n that_o make_v any_o grave_v or_o melt_a image_n though_o he_o keep_v it_o never_o so_o secret_a for_o it_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n 2_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o set_v light_a by_o his_o father_n or_o mother_n see_v exod._n 21.17_o 3_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o remove_v his_o neighbour_n landmark_n 4_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o blind_a to_o wander_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o much_o more_o those_o that_o mislead_v the_o people_n into_o pernicious_a error_n or_o give_v they_o know_o pernicious_a counsel_n 5_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o pervert_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o stranger_n fatherless_a and_o widow_n 6_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o lie_v with_o his_o father_n wife_n piscator_fw-la wife_n v._o 20._o quia_fw-la retexit_fw-la oram_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la i._n e._n oram_fw-la vestimenti_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la per_fw-la vestimentum_fw-la patris_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la vestimentum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la patris_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la illud_fw-la retegere_fw-la piscator_fw-la 7_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o lie_v with_o any_o manner_n of_o beast_n 8_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o lie_v with_o his_o sister_n the_o daughter_n of_o his_o father_n or_o the_o daughter_n of_o his_o mother_n that_o be_v his_o half-sister_n see_v levit_fw-la 1.8_o 9_o 9_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o lie_v with_o his_o mother-in-law_n that_o be_v his_o wife_n mother_n 10_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o smite_v his_o neighbour_n secret_o either_o by_o secret_a practice_n procure_v his_o blood_n to_o be_v shed_v or_o smite_v he_o secret_o with_o his_o tongue_n 11_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o take_v a_o reward_n to_o slay_v a_o innocent_a person_n see_v ezek._n 22.12_o 12_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o confirm_v not_o all_o the_o word_n of_o this_o law_n to_o do_v they_o to_o every_o one_o of_o these_o the_o people_n be_v to_o say_v amen_o and_o so_o subscribe_v to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n law_n as_o it_o be_v wish_v that_o the_o curse_n may_v fall_v on_o they_o if_o they_o shall_v in_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n transgress_v god_n commandment_n from_o vers_fw-la 11._o to_o the_o end_n chap._n xxviii_o upon_o observe_a god_n commandment_n he_o show_v they_o that_o many_o blessing_n will_v follow_v and_o overtake_v they_o from_z vers_n 1._o to_o 13._o particular_o these_o 1._o god_n will_v set_v they_o on_o high_a above_o all_o nation_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a blessing_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o head_n and_o not_o the_o tail_n vers_fw-la 13._o that_o be_v shall_v be_v high_o esteem_v above_o other_o nation_n and_o not_o scorn_v and_o despise_v as_o a_o base_a and_o contemptible_a people_n 2._o they_o shall_v be_v bless_v in_o the_o city_n and_o in_o the_o field_n that_o be_v whither_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n or_o the_o country_n and_o manage_v business_n belong_v either_o to_o a_o citizen_n or_o a_o farmer_n 3._o they_o shall_v be_v bless_v in_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o body_n their_o child_n in_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o ground_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o cattle_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v abound_v in_o all_o these_o vers_n 11.4_o they_o shall_v be_v bless_v in_o their_o basket_n wherein_o they_o put_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o ground_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v empty_a and_o in_o their_o store_n they_o shall_v have_v plenty_n of_o provision_n they_o shall_v be_v bless_v in_o their_o barn_n and_o storehouse_n vers_fw-la 8._o and_o god_n will_v command_v his_o blessing_n on_o all_o that_o they_o set_v their_o hand_n unto_o 5._o they_o shall_v be_v bless_v when_o they_o come_v in_o and_o when_o they_o go_v out_o see_v vers_fw-la 19_o that_o be_v at_o home_o and_o abroad_o and_o in_o all_o their_o employment_n and_o business_n public_a and_o private_a 6._o they_o shall_v be_v bless_v with_o victory_n over_o their_o enemy_n who_o shall_v flee_v before_o they_o many_o way_n 7._o the_o lord_n will_v establish_v they_o for_o a_o holy_a people_n unto_o himself_o that_o be_v will_v
thou_o may_v be_v sure_a that_o something_o be_v amiss_o among_o you_o that_o have_v provoke_v i_o to_o forsake_v you_o know_v therefore_o that_o one_o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v commit_v a_o high_a trespass_n against_o i_o he_o have_v reserve_v a_o part_n of_o the_o spoil_n of_o jericho_n which_o as_o accurse_a thing_n shall_v have_v be_v burn_v he_o have_v take_v of_o that_o which_o i_o reserve_v to_o myself_o viz._n gold_n and_o silver_n and_o have_v do_v this_o close_o and_o cunning_o carry_v the_o matter_n so_o as_o if_o he_o have_v do_v no_o such_o thing_n or_o have_v not_o consider_v or_o regard_v my_o omniscience_n and_o he_o have_v put_v what_o he_o steal_v among_o his_o own_o stuff_n the_o more_o to_o conceal_v it_o and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o child_n 22.20_o child_n the_o people_n be_v consider_v here_o conjunctim_fw-la as_o one_o entire_a body_n that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o one_o of_o the_o member_n be_v here_o ascribe_v to_o the_o whole_a 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i_o pray_v thou_o glory_n to_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n in_o acknowledge_v his_o omniscience_n and_o make_v a_o humble_a and_o penitent_a confession_n to_o he_o of_o thy_o sin_n and_o tell_v i_o true_o what_o thou_o have_v do_v hide_v it_o not_o from_o i_o achan_n say_v i_o have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n when_o i_o see_v among_o the_o spoil_n of_o jericho_n a_o goodly_a babylonish-garment_n and_o two_o hundred_o shekel_n of_o silver_n and_o a_o wedge_n of_o gold_n of_o fifty_o shekel_n than_o i_o covet_v they_o and_o take_v they_o and_o behold_v they_o be_v hide_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o silver_n under_o the_o garment_n joshua_n send_v messenger_n to_o the_o tent_n and_o they_o find_v the_o thing_n which_o achan_n have_v confess_v and_o bring_v they_o to_o joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n and_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o view_n of_o all_o before_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n where_o the_o ark_n be_v the_o emblem_n of_o god_n presence_n 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of_o that_o fire_n in_o the_o land_n wherewith_o the_o lord_n intend_v to_o punish_v the_o idolatry_n and_o other_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n with_o these_o force_n and_o the_o assistance_n of_o some_o of_o the_o shechemite_n 15.5_o v._o 5._o be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o person_n it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o put_v a_o perfect_a and_o round_a number_n for_o a_o imperfect_a see_v gen._n 42.13_o numb_a 14.32_o 33._o 1_o cor._n 15.5_o abimelech_n go_v to_o ophra_n and_o there_o seize_v all_o his_o father_n son_n except_v jotham_n the_o young_a and_o pretend_v something_o against_o they_o under_o a_o pretence_n of_o justice_n as_o if_o they_o have_v have_v some_o plot_n upon_o the_o state_n tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o he_o put_v they_o all_o to_o death_n and_o execute_v they_o all_o in_o one_o place_n upon_o one_o stone_n this_o be_v do_v the_o man_n of_o shechem_n gather_v themselves_o together_o and_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o city_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o meet_v in_o a_o town-house_n or_o common-hall_n call_v the_o house_n of_o millo_n and_o make_v abimelech_n king_n god_n abimelech_n the_o five_o judge_n if_o at_o least_o he_o may_v be_v so_o esteem_v see_v he_o be_v not_o set_v up_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n and_o so_o proclaim_v he_o in_o the_o field_n near_o shechem_n where_o joshua_n in_o former_a time_n have_v erect_v a_o great_a stone_n under_o a_o oak_n josh_n 24.26_o indeed_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o one_o city_n shall_v dare_v to_o do_v this_o alone_a of_o themselves_o it_o be_v express_o also_o against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n deut._n 17.14_o 15._o thou_o shall_v in_o any_o wise_a set_v he_o king_n over_o thou_o who_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v choose_v but_o though_o the_o shechemite_v possible_o at_o first_o make_v he_o king_n only_o over_o their_o own_o city_n yet_o afterward_o it_o seem_v many_o other_o israelite_n of_o other_o town_n and_o tribe_n do_v come_v in_o move_v by_o their_o example_n and_o persuasion_n and_o join_v with_o they_o and_o accept_v he_o for_o their_o king_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o they_o general_o begin_v to_o be_v weary_a of_o the_o government_n god_n have_v establish_v among_o they_o and_o long_v to_o be_v like_o other_o nation_n in_o have_v a_o king_n to_o reign_v over_o they_o abimelech_n therefore_o daily_o gather_v more_o and_o more_o strength_n at_o last_o he_o usurp_v the_o title_n of_o king_n over_o the_o whole_a nation_n whence_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v three_o year_n over_o israel_n vers_fw-la 22._o the_o lord_n now_o intend_v to_o punish_v abimelech_n and_o the_o shechemite_n for_o change_v the_o government_n which_o he_o have_v establish_v among_o they_o and_o especial_o for_o the_o barbarous_a murder_n commit_v upon_o the_o son_n of_o gideon_n by_o a_o special_a instinct_n of_o his_o spirit_n he_o move_v jotham_n who_o of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o gideon_n have_v escape_v the_o hand_n of_o abimelech_n 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behold_v i_o will_v do_v a_o thing_n in_o israel_n at_o which_o both_o the_o ear_n of_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v it_o shall_v tingle_v see_v 2_o king_n 12.12_o mean_v the_o discomfiture_n of_o the_o israelite_n the_o take_n of_o the_o ark_n the_o death_n of_o eli_n son_n and_o eli_n fall_v down_o backward_o and_o break_v his_o neck_n his_o daughter-in-law_n phinehas_n wife_n fall_v present_o into_o the_o pain_n of_o travel_n and_o die_v judgement_n so_o dreadful_a and_o hideous_a that_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v of_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v fill_v with_o horror_n and_o astonishment_n and_o then_o will_v i_o perform_v against_o eli_n all_o thing_n that_o i_o have_v speak_v concern_v his_o house_n and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v some_o time_n ere_o i_o begin_v thus_o to_o visit_v he_o yet_o when_o i_o have_v once_o begin_v i_o will_v not_o cease_v till_o i_o have_v make_v a_o end_n for_o i_o have_v tell_v he_o that_o i_o will_v judge_v his_o house_n for_o ever_o that_o be_v punish_v it_o till_o it_o be_v utter_o ruin_v for_o the_o iniquity_n which_o he_o know_v his_o son_n commit_v and_o yet_o he_o restrain_v they_o not_o neither_o chide_v they_o severe_o as_o he_o be_v a_o father_n nor_o depose_v they_o from_o their_o office_n as_o he_o be_v the_o highpriest_n nor_o punish_v they_o corporal_o as_o he_o be_v a_o judg._n therefore_o i_o have_v swear_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o eli_n that_o the_o iniquity_n of_o eli_n be_v house_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v with_o sacrifice_n nor_o offer_v for_o ever_o that_o be_v that_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n denounce_v against_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v keep_v off_o or_o avert_v by_o any_o sacrifice_n or_o oblation_n whatsoever_o though_o by_o their_o unfeigned_a repentance_n they_o may_v prevent_v their_o eternal_a misery_n samuel_n have_v hear_v these_o sad_a word_n rise_v in_o the_o morning_n and_o open_v the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o seem_v at_o this_o time_n to_o be_v house_v as_o we_o show_v before_o but_o he_o be_v afraid_a to_o acquaint_v eli_n with_o the_o thing_n reveal_v to_o he_o in_o this_o vision_n because_o he_o know_v that_o such_o tiding_n will_v wound_v his_o heart_n and_o he_o fear_v to_o offend_v he_o by_o bring_v such_o a_o displease_a message_n unto_o he_o eli_n therefore_o call_v he_o and_o charge_v he_o to_o declare_v all_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o he_o for_o be_v conscious_a of_o his_o son_n lewdness_n and_o his_o own_o too_o great_a indulgence_n towards_o they_o he_o apprehend_v that_o some_o heavy_a sentence_n be_v denounce_v from_o the_o lord_n against_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v so_o eager_a to_o know_v it_o that_o he_o say_v god_n do_v so_o to_o thou_o and_o more_o 1.17_o more_o see_v note_n on_o ruth_n 1.17_o also_o if_o thou_o hide_v any_o thing_n from_o i_o hereupon_o samuel_n tell_v he_o all_o eli_n in_o a_o humble_a submissive_a manner_n reply_n it_o be_v the_o lord_n let_v he_o do_v what_o seem_v he_o good_a after_o this_o samuel_n grow_v and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o and_o suffer_v none_o of_o his_o word_n to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n but_o exact_o perform_v what_o he_o have_v foretell_v by_o he_o and_o all_o israel_n even_o from_o dan_n to_o beersheba_n know_v that_o samuel_n be_v establish_v to_o be_v a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o effectual_o call_v and_o send_v to_o execute_v this_o office_n among_o they_o and_o that_o god_n have_v firm_o settle_v he_o in_o it_o by_o make_v good_a his_o own_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n so_o that_o after_o the_o long_a intermission_n and_o cessation_n of_o prophetical_a vision_n whereby_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v become_v rare_a and_o precious_a as_o we_o have_v show_v before_o the_o lord_n renew_v this_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n by_o appear_v in_o shiloh_n unto_o samuel_n and_o reveal_v his_o mind_n and_o will_n unto_o he_o by_o prophetical_a vision_n and_o inspiration_n samuel_n inspiration_n v._o 21._o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n some_o understand_v that_o god_n do_v by_o his_o eternal_a and_o essential_a word_n viz._n christ_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n reveal_v his_o mind_n to_o samuel_n that_o he_o may_v reveal_v it_o unto_o the_o people_n 1_o sam._n ch._n 3._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n clv_o as_o samuel_n have_v before_o make_v know_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o eli_n so_o he_o do_v now_o to_o all_o israel_n reprove_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n and_o tell_v they_o before_o hand_n what_o judgement_n will_v fall_v upon_o they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o speedy_o repent_v but_o they_o not_o reform_v the_o philistine_n who_o it_o seem_v during_o the_o forty_o year_n of_o eli_n government_n have_v be_v pretty_a quiet_a possible_o because_o of_o the_o great_a slaughter_n samson_n have_v make_v of_o their_o lord_n and_o chief_a man_n at_o his_o death_n see_v judg._n 16.30_o now_o begin_v again_o to_o invade_v their_o land_n and_o be_v enter_v with_o a_o army_n the_o israelite_n gather_v 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gazaean_n join_v with_o he_o the_o siege_n be_v raise_v before_o ptolemais_n and_o alexander_n depart_v home_o attempt_v afterward_o by_o policy_n to_o overturn_v the_o design_n of_o ptolemy_n for_o open_o profess_v himself_o his_o friend_n and_o ally_n he_o promise_v he_o 300_o talent_n to_o take_v off_o zoilus_n the_o tyrant_n and_o so_o lay_v his_o territory_n to_o his_o own_o dominion_n which_o lathurus_n consent_v to_o do_v but_o then_o he_o privy_o send_v to_o cleopatra_n his_o mother_n exciting_a she_o against_o he_o which_o lathurus_n understand_v though_o before_o he_o embrace_v his_o friendship_n yet_o now_o he_o utter_o renounce_v the_o league_n he_o have_v make_v with_o he_o and_o lay_v a_o siege_n with_o part_n of_o his_o army_n against_o ptolemais_n which_o city_n it_o seem_v have_v shut_v their_o gate_n against_o he_o he_o march_v away_o himself_o with_o the_o residue_n of_o his_o force_n against_o judea_n alexander_n jannaeus_n march_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o with_o 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cleopatra_n hear_v how_o her_o son_n power_n increase_v hold_v it_o small_a policy_n to_o let_v he_o go_v on_o as_o he_o do_v therefore_o she_o come_v against_o he_o with_o force_n both_o by_o land_n and_o by_o sea_n over_o which_o she_o place_v as_o chief_a commander_n under_o herself_o chelcias_n and_o ananias_n both_o jew_n and_o son_n of_o that_o onias_n who_o build_v the_o temple_n in_o the_o seignory_n of_o alexandria_n her_o son_n lathurus_n imagine_v she_o have_v drain_v the_o garrison_n of_o egypt_n to_o make_v up_o this_o great_a army_n haste_v thither_o hope_v to_o have_v surprise_v that_o kingdom_n in_o her_o absence_n but_o she_o leave_v it_o so_o well_o provide_v that_o his_o attempt_n prove_v ineffectual_a cleopatra_n with_o her_o army_n now_o lay_v siege_n to_o ptolemais_n and_o take_v it_o thither_o come_v to_o her_o alexander_n jannaeus_n with_o present_n in_o his_o hand_n where_o he_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o person_n distress_v by_o her_o adversary_n and_o one_o only_o who_o have_v no_o other_o refuge_n but_o herself_o to_o betake_v himself_o unto_o some_o that_o be_v about_o she_o advise_v she_o to_o seize_v his_o country_n immediate_o into_o her_o own_o hand_n and_o not_o to_o suffer_v so_o many_o good_a jew_n to_o be_v at_o the_o pleasure_n and_o command_v of_o one_o man_n but_o ananias_n advise_v the_o contrary_a account_v it_o a_o great_a wickedness_n to_o dispossess_v a_o man_n receive_v into_o friendship_n of_o his_o estate_n and_o if_o the_o queen_n shall_v do_v so_o she_o will_v by_o offer_v injury_n to_o alexander_n in_o a_o short_a time_n lose_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o queen_n be_v persuade_v by_o ananias_n enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o alexander_n at_o scythopolis_n a_o city_n in_o coelosyria_n alexander_n be_v now_o free_v from_o fear_n both_o of_o mother_n and_o son_n ptolemy_n
sin_n that_o be_v he_o die_v a_o natural_a death_n when_o his_o time_n be_v come_v as_o be_v by_o sin_n liable_a to_o death_n as_o all_o other_o man_n be_v they_o further_o urge_v that_o except_o this_o be_v grant_v they_o the_o name_n of_o their_o father_n will_v be_v quite_o extinct_a moses_n inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n concern_v this_o case_n it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o grant_v these_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n their_o desire_n which_o be_v afterward_o punctual_o perform_v joshua_n as_o we_o may_v read_v josh_n 17.4_o according_a to_o the_o command_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o give_v they_o a_o inheritance_n among_o the_o brethren_n of_o their_o father_n yet_o withal_o there_o be_v afterward_o a_o caution_n add_v to_o wit_n that_o they_o may_v not_o marry_v out_o of_o their_o own_o tribe_n land_n tribe_n hence_o some_o conclude_v that_o when_o a_o man_n die_v without_o issue_n and_o his_o brother_n marry_v his_o widow_n to_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o his_o brother_n who_o estate_n he_o inhetlt_v his_o first_o son_n in_o their_o genealogy_n be_v reckon_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o he_o that_o die_v without_o issue_n so_o it_o be_v in_o this_o case_n the_o first_o son_n of_o those_o that_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n be_v account_v the_o son_n of_o zelophehad_n and_o so_o under_o his_o name_n do_v inherit_v his_o land_n see_v ch._n 36.6_o and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n be_v the_o law_n for_o succession_n in_o inheritance_n make_v and_o ordain_v numb_a 27._o from_o 1._o to_o 12._o sect_n lxxxiv_o god_n now_o signify_v to_o moses_n that_o he_o shall_v die_v and_o according_o command_v he_o to_o go_v up_o to_o that_o tract_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o abarim_n 34.1_o abarim_n see_v ch._n 33.47_o deut._n 32.49_o &_o 34.1_o which_o be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n over_o against_o jericho_n and_o on_o one_o of_o the_o high_a of_o they_o call_v nebo_n who_o top_n be_v call_v pisgah_n he_o shall_v see_v that_o good_a land_n into_o which_o he_o may_v not_o enter_v and_o when_o he_o have_v see_v it_o his_o soul_n shall_v be_v gather_v unto_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o pious_a ancestor_n who_o die_v before_o he_o for_o he_o and_o aaron_n have_v rebel_v against_o his_o commandment_n see_v ch._n 20.12_o which_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v by_o faith_n sanctify_v man_n sanctify_v we_o sanctify_v the_o lord_n when_o we_o conceive_v aright_o of_o his_o nature_n and_o attribute_n and_o when_o we_o speak_v so_o reverent_o of_o he_o as_o to_o cause_v his_o name_n to_o be_v praise_v and_o magnify_v among_o man_n he_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o people_n at_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n but_o they_o sanctify_v he_o not_o moses_n humble_o and_o earnest_o beg_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o go_v over_o and_o see_v that_o good_a land_n deut._n 3.23_o 25._o but_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o please_v to_o grant_v his_o request_n humble_o therefore_o submit_v to_o his_o holy_a will_n he_o now_o earnest_o pray_v to_o god_n who_o be_v the_o god_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o all_o flesh_n and_o not_o only_o the_o creator_n but_o the_o searcher_n and_o trier_n of_o man_n spirit_n and_o know_v what_o be_v in_o man_n and_o can_v frame_v and_o fashion_v man_n spirit_n as_o he_o please_v and_o give_v they_o gift_n and_o grace_n requisite_a for_o the_o place_n he_o call_v they_o unto_o to_o appoint_v a_o successor_n to_o he_o that_o may_v as_o a_o good_a shepherd_n go_v out_o and_o in_o before_o the_o flock_n god_n upon_o his_o prayer_n appoint_v joshua_n to_o succeed_v he_o a_o man_n in_o who_o be_v the_o spirit_n that_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n the_o spirit_n of_o counsel_n and_o may_v the_o spirit_n of_o knowledge_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n command_v he_o therefore_o to_o lay_v his_o hand_n 4.14_o hand_n the_o like_a ceremony_n be_v afterward_o use_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o man_n be_v separate_v and_o set_v apart_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n 1_o tim._n 4.14_o upon_o joshua_n to_o intimate_v to_o he_o by_o this_o ceremony_n that_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v upon_o he_o to_o defend_v and_o prosper_v he_o in_o all_o his_o way_n and_o that_o he_o will_v confer_v upon_o he_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o gift_n of_o his_o spirit_n answerable_a to_o the_o dignity_n whereunto_o he_o have_v advance_v he_o and_o according_o be_v say_v deut._n 34.9_o that_o joshua_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n be_v full_a of_o wisdom_n for_o moses_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o he_o moses_n be_v also_o to_o set_v he_o before_o eleazar_n and_o the_o congregation_n and_o to_o give_v he_o a_o charge_n concern_v what_o he_o be_v to_o do_v and_o what_o to_o forbear_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o his_o office_n and_o moses_n be_v further_o command_v to_o put_v some_o of_o his_o own_o honour_n upon_o he_o that_o be_v admit_v he_o into_o some_o partnership_n of_o authority_n and_o dignity_n with_o himself_o and_o so_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o give_v he_o that_o honour_n that_o be_v due_a unto_o moses_n successor_n and_o the_o judge_n elect_v of_o israel_n and_o moses_n tell_v he_o further_o that_o upon_o occasion_n he_o shall_v present_v himself_o before_o eleazar_n that_o he_o may_v inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o after_o the_o judgement_n of_o urim_n that_o be_v put_v on_o the_o ephod_n to_o which_o the_o pectoral_a 28.30_o pectoral_a see_v pharaphrase_n on_o exod._n 28.30_o be_v fasten_v wherein_o be_v the_o vrim_fw-he and_o thummim_n and_o at_o eleazar_n word_n speak_v from_o the_o lord_n he_o and_z the_o people_n shall_v go_v out_o to_o war_n or_o return_v from_o it_o and_o so_o in_o all_o weighty_a affair_n which_o be_v extraordinary_a by_o his_o direction_n they_o shall_v govern_v themselves_o and_o moses_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n which_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o numb_a 27._o from_o 12._o to_o the_o end_n sect_n lxxxv_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v as_o it_o seem_v omit_v their_o sacrifice_n and_o solemn_a feast_n the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o 38_o year_n last_o pass_v by_o reason_n of_o their_o travel_n wherein_o the_o sanctuary_n the_o alar_n and_o other_o holy_a thing_n be_v make_v up_o fit_a for_o removal_n from_o place_n to_o place_n and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o generation_n from_o twenty_o year_n old_a and_o upward_a that_o have_v be_v muster_v in_o sinai_n be_v now_o dead_a see_v ch._n 26.64_o the_o lord_n hereupon_o cause_v the_o law_n of_o sacrifice_v to_o be_v again_o here_o repeat_v thereby_o intimate_v to_o they_o that_o when_o they_o come_v into_o the_o land_n which_o he_o promise_v they_o they_o must_v not_o any_o long_o neglect_v his_o ordinance_n as_o they_o have_v do_v in_o the_o wilderness_n see_v deut._n 12.8_o and_o therefore_o first_o in_o the_o general_n he_o charge_v they_o that_o they_o be_v sure_a to_o give_v he_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o offering_n which_o he_o have_v at_o several_a time_n appoint_v they_o to_o offer_v and_o then_o 2_o he_o set_v down_o particular_o what_o they_o be_v to_o offer_v first_o for_o their_o daily_a sacrifice_n from_o vers_fw-la 3._o to_o 9_o second_o for_o their_o weekly_a sacrifice_n every_o sabbath_n omit_v sabbath_n the_o sacrifice_n appoint_v for_o every_o sabbath-day_n be_v full_a double_a to_o those_o appoint_v for_o every_o day_n and_o yet_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n the_o continual_a burnt-offering_a be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v omit_v day_n from_o vers_fw-la 9_o to_o 10._o three_o for_o their_o monthly_a sacrifice_n every_o new_a moon_n from_o 11._o to_o 16._o and_o fourthly_a for_o their_o yearly_a sacrifice_n first_o at_o the_o passover_n from_o vers_fw-la 16._o to_o 26._o 2ly_n at_o pentecost_n from_o 26._o to_o the_o end_n 3_o he_o mention_n the_o offer_v appoint_v at_o the_o feast_n of_o trumpet_n ch._n 29._o from_o 1._o to_o 7._o 4ly_n the_o offer_n on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n from_o 7._o to_o 12._o 5ly_n on_o the_o eight_o day_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n from_o vers_fw-la 12._o to_o 39_o numb_a ch._n 28._o whole_a chapter_n numb_a ch._n 29._o from_o 1._o to_o 39_o sect_n lxxxvi_o beside_o those_o set_n and_o solemn_a sacrifice_n which_o god_n himself_o have_v enjoin_v there_o be_v other_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v to_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o lord_n namely_o such_o as_o man_n voluntary_o offer_v or_o upon_o a_o particular_a vow_n ch._n 29._o v._n 39_o and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n it_o seem_v several_a precept_n concern_v vow_n be_v add_v to_o show_v who_o be_v necessary_o oblige_v to_o perform_v their_o vow_n and_o who_o not_o and_o moses_n make_v know_v these_o law_n to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n because_o they_o be_v the_o man_n that_o according_a to_o these_o law_n be_v
there_o whereupon_o the_o dead_a man_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o touch_v the_o bone_n of_o elisha_n revive_v and_o stand_v upon_o his_o foot_n by_o this_o miracle_n god_n give_v testimony_n to_o the_o sanctity_n and_o holiness_n of_o elisha_n that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v induce_v to_o believe_v what_o he_o have_v prophesy_v concern_v their_o smite_v the_o syrian_n and_o hereby_o also_o he_o confirm_v to_o they_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n and_o a_o future_a life_n after_o this_o but_o to_o proceed_v though_o hazael_n oppress_v israel_n all_o the_o day_n that_o jehoahaz_n reign_v alone_o as_o we_o show_v before_o yet_o it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o make_v joash_n very_o successful_a against_o the_o syrian_n so_o that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o benhadad_n son_n of_o hazael_n he_o do_v according_a to_o elisha_n prophecy_n obtain_v three_o notable_a victory_n over_o they_o and_o recover_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n the_o city_n his_o father_n have_v lose_v for_o the_o lord_n be_v gracious_a unto_o the_o israelite_n and_o have_v compassion_n on_o they_o because_o of_o his_o covenant_n 105.8_o covenant_n this_o covenant_n be_v often_o set_v down_o as_o the_o ground_n of_o god_n do_v good_a to_o israel_n psa_n 105.8_o with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o will_v not_o destroy_v they_o as_o yet_o nor_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o his_o favour_n nor_o out_o of_o the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v choose_v for_o his_o habitation_n though_o he_o do_v it_o afterward_o they_o persist_v in_o their_o idolatry_n and_o other_o sin_n joash_n also_o conquer_v amaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o take_v he_o prisoner_n and_o break_v down_o four_o hundred_o cubit_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n even_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n to_o the_o corner-gate_n and_o have_v get_v from_o he_o all_o the_o treasure_n both_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o of_o the_o king_n house_n return_v to_o samaria_n as_o be_v more_o full_o relate_v in_o the_o life_n of_o amaziah_n joash_n now_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o samaria_n and_o jeroboam_n his_o son_n reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 2_o king_n 13._o from_o 10_o to_o the_o end_n 2_o king_n 14._o from_o 8_o to_o the_o 17._o jeroboam_n the_o second_o the_o three_o of_o the_o race_n of_o jehu_n reign_v forty_o one_o year_n to_o wit_n fourteen_o year_n and_o upward_o with_o amaziah_n second_o the_o 13_o king_n of_o israel_n jeroboam_n the_o second_o and_o twenty_o seven_o in_o the_o day_n of_o vzziah_n he_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o follow_v the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o first_o the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la 2_o king_n 14.23_o 24._o in_o his_o day_n those_o three_o eminent_a prophet_n jonah_n hosea_n and_o amos_n prophesy_v god_n send_v to_o israel_n extraordinary_a prophet_n and_o more_o in_o number_n than_o he_o do_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n intend_v by_o they_o to_o supply_v the_o defect_n and_o want_n of_o the_o ordinary_a priest_n and_o levite_n jonah_n jonah_n the_o prophecy_n of_o jonah_n be_v of_o gath-heph_a a_o town_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulun_n in_o galilee_n of_o the_o gentile_n isa_n 9.1_o which_o confute_v that_o of_o the_o pharisee_n to_o nicodemus_n joh._n 7.52_o who_o say_v that_o out_o of_o galilee_n arise_v no_o prophet_n this_o prophet_n when_o the_o syrian_n sore_o oppress_v israel_n foretell_v that_o jeroboam_n joash_n son_n shall_v deliver_v israel_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n and_o avenge_v the_o wrong_n they_o have_v do_v they_o we_o read_v not_o indeed_o before_o of_o any_o such_o prophecy_n but_o hence_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o one_o and_o it_o may_v be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoahaz_n when_o in_o his_o trouble_n he_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n hear_v he_o ch._n 13.3_o 4._o jeroboam_n according_o recover_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o half_a beyond_o jordan_n take_v by_o the_o syrian_n even_o from_o hamath_n a_o city_n near_o damascus_n which_o be_v the_o northern_a entrance_n into_o canaan_n to_o the_o sea_n of_o the_o plain_a or_o dead-sea_n in_o the_o south_n and_o also_o so_o far_o prevail_v against_o they_o that_o he_o recover_v from_o they_o damascus_n and_o hamath_n which_o former_o belong_v to_o judah_n and_o join_v they_o to_o his_o own_o kingdom_n see_v 2_o sam._n 8.6_o 2_o chron._n 8.3_o for_o the_o lord_n see_v the_o affliction_n of_o israel_n which_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoahaz_n not_o long_o before_o this_o be_v very_o bitter_a for_o at_o that_o time_n none_o be_v safe_a whether_o shut_v up_o in_o a_o place_n of_o defence_n or_o leave_v abroad_o neither_o can_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n or_o any_o of_o his_o prince_n help_v they_o against_o their_o enemy_n nor_o can_v they_o get_v any_o foreign_a succour_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o as_o yet_o determine_v to_o blot_v out_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n from_o under_o heaven_n nor_o utter_o to_o destroy_v they_o from_o be_v a_o kingdom_n though_o afterward_o he_o do_v so_o determine_v they_o go_v on_o in_o their_o sin_n and_o therefore_o for_o the_o present_a he_o save_v they_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o jeroboam_n 2_o king_n 14._o from_o 25_o to_o 29._o the_o israelite_n continue_v as_o it_o seem_v impenitent_a under_o the_o preach_n of_o jonah_n the_o lord_n send_v he_o to_o nineveh_n the_o metropolis_n and_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n to_o cry_v against_o it_o for_o its_o great_a wickedness_n but_o be_v afraid_a to_o go_v he_o flee_v to_o joppa_n and_o there_o take_v ship_n intend_v to_o go_v to_o tarshish_n in_o cilicia_n the_o clean_a contrary_a way_n but_o he_o be_v follow_v with_o a_o tempest_n and_o be_v throw_v overboard_o be_v swallow_v up_o by_o a_o whale_n he_o continue_v in_o the_o whale_n belly_n three_o day_n and_o three_o night_n which_o be_v a_o resemblance_n of_o christ_n lie_v in_o the_o grave_n and_o to_o that_o end_n thrice_o allude_v unto_o and_o allege_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o mat._n 12.40_o &_o ch._n 16.4_o luk._n 11.29_o afford_v 11.29_o not_o that_o the_o correspondence_n be_v in_o all_o point_v exact_a and_o absolute_a either_o for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o whole_a day_n or_o three_o whole_a night_n but_o this_o of_o ionas_n be_v the_o fit_a and_o near_a shadow_n of_o christ_n lie_v in_o the_o grave_n that_o the_o scripture_n do_v afford_v be_v miraculous_o keep_v alive_a in_o the_o whale_n belly_n he_o pray_v earnest_o to_o the_o lord_n to_o have_v pity_n upon_o he_o and_o so_o the_o whale_n vomit_v he_o out_o upon_o the_o dry_a land_n be_v send_v a_o second_o time_n to_o nineveh_n he_o obey_v and_o go_v thither_o he_o cry_v forty_o day_n and_o nineveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v this_o threaten_v imply_v a_o condition_n viz._n if_o they_o do_v not_o repent_v in_o that_o time_n resipiscerent_fw-la time_n intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la comminatio_fw-la rebus_fw-la sic_fw-la manentibus_fw-la deum_fw-la autem_fw-la miserturum_fw-la si_fw-la resipiscerent_fw-la and_o they_o repent_v god_n spare_v the_o city_n for_o that_o time_n and_o justify_v his_o spare_v of_o they_o against_o the_o angry_a prophet_n repine_v at_o it_o and_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o history_n of_o jonab_n but_o there_o be_v no_o prophecy_n of_o his_o left_a either_o against_o israel_n or_o judah_n another_o eminent_a prophet_n who_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o at_o that_o time_n be_v hosea_n hosea_n the_o prophecy_n of_o hosea_n he_o prophesy_v very_o many_o year_n some_o think_v about_o seventy_o in_o the_o day_n of_o four_o king_n of_o judah_n viz._n from_o vzziah_n to_o hezekiah_n and_o of_o seven_o king_n of_o israel_n viz._n from_o this_o jeroboam_n the_o second_o to_o hoshea_n he_o threaten_v the_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n of_o this_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n though_o it_o be_v now_o in_o its_o high_a flourish_n under_o jeroboam_n the_o most_o prosperous_a and_o victorious_a king_n that_o ever_o reign_v over_o the_o ten_o tribe_n which_o ruin_n he_o himself_o live_v to_o see_v continue_v in_o his_o prophetic_a function_n to_o the_o reign_n of_o hezekiah_n in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o who_o reign_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n come_v to_o its_o final_a end_n he_o be_v send_v principal_o to_o israel_n yet_o have_v a_o word_n of_o prophecy_n to_o judah_n also_o this_o prophet_n deliver_v his_o prophecy_n 1._o in_o type_n and_o figurative_a representation_n in_o his_o three_o first_o chapter_n 2._o in_o plain_a and_o express_v term_n in_o which_o he_o charge_v they_o with_o their_o heinous_a idolatry_n and_o other_o horrible_a iniquity_n against_o both_o table_n whereof_o all_o condition_n among_o they_o be_v guilty_a he_o threaten_v judgement_n exhort_v they_o to_o repent_v promise_n mercy_n to_o the_o penitent_a all_o these_o be_v intermix_v and_o go_v over_o and_o over_o again_o in_o the_o