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commandment_n wrath_n in_o the_o former_a verse_n be_v threaten_v against_o the_o prince_n of_o judah_n who_o remove_v the_o bind_v and_o here_o the_o lord_n return_v again_o to_o ephraim_n in_o this_o 11._o verse_n and_o the_o 12._o verse_n to_o judah_n and_o ephraim_n both_o together_o they_o be_v both_o a_o provocation_n to_o god_n be_v plague_v both_o together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n oppress_v in_o the_o original_n be_v nashuk_n translate_v by_o hierom_n calumnia_fw-la ephraim_n suffer_v and_o be_v oppress_v by_o false_a accusation_n and_o slander_n for_o there_o be_v a_o opposition_n in_o man_n name_n and_o estate_n which_o the_o seventy_o usual_o translate_v by_o sycophantia_n 〈◊〉_d the_o 70._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o we_o may_v render_v iâ—_n thuâ—_n ephraim_n by_o sychophant_n do_v suffer_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o wrong_n when_o there_o be_v false_a report_n raise_v against_o man_n they_o suffer_v wrong_v by_o it_o false_a report_n be_v as_o a_o false_a medium_fw-la which_o represent_v thing_n in_o another_o manner_n than_o they_o be_v as_o put_v a_o staff_n into_o the_o water_n simile_n simile_n and_o it_o show_v to_o be_v crooked_a but_o take_v it_o out_o and_o it_o be_v not_o so_o so_o the_o action_n of_o man_n in_o the_o report_n of_o other_o may_v seem_v crooked_a when_o in_o themselves_o be_v strait_a and_o good_a and_o thus_o be_v ephraim_n break_v in_o judgement_n though_o his_o cause_n be_v good_a yet_o it_o be_v make_v bad_a if_o he_o be_v wrong_v he_o can_v have_v no_o relief_n for_o himself_o so_o that_o good_a cause_n by_o bad_a man_n be_v many_o time_n pervert_v but_o the_o sainâ—s_n may_v support_v themselves_o with_o paul_n comfort_n who_o pass_v not_o much_o for_o man_n judgement_n in_o this_o signification_n the_o seventy_o translator_n do_v often_o take_v the_o word_n but_o in_o this_o place_n they_o express_v it_o by_o another_o word_n thus_o translation_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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carriage_n samuel_n clear_v himself_o 1_v sam._n 12.3_o 〈◊〉_d crimea_n concussionis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v i_o defraud_v or_o who_o have_v i_o *_o oppress_a the_o word_n be_v the_o same_o here_o that_o be_v use_v my_o power_n to_o threaten_v man_n to_o yield_v up_o their_o liberty_n their_o right_n their_o enjoyment_n by_o any_o power_n which_o be_v in_o my_o hand_n this_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o great_a prince_n here_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n break_a in_o judgement_n that_o be_v expos_fw-la expos_fw-la not_o in_o god_n judgement_n upon_o they_o but_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o their_o own_o cause_n they_o be_v crush_v in_o their_o estate_n liberty_n and_o law_n and_o that_o not_o only_o by_o their_o own_o magistrate_n
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thy_o glory_n in_o the_o world_n thou_o have_v service_n and_o honour_n do_v unto_o thou_o by_o the_o creature_n thy_o sainss_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o thou_o though_o sometime_o god_n seem_v to_o answer_v i_o care_v not_o for_o this_o i_o can_v and_o will_v have_v honour_n to_o myself_o in_o some_o other_o way_n further_o we_o may_v observe_v when_o wicked_a man_n be_v in_o perplexity_n obs_n 4_o then_o god_n enjoy_v himself_o in_o his_o perfection_n ezek._n 18.4_o when_o they_o be_v in_o wrath_n and_o sorrow_n and_o god_n have_v not_o that_o service_n from_o they_o in_o external_a worship_n which_o he_o have_v have_v but_o i_o care_v not_o i_o will_v return_v unto_o my_o place_n and_o enjoy_v myself_o in_o my_o glory_n and_o in_o this_o be_v the_o misery_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n damned_a damned_a we_o be_v herein_o eternal_a torment_n and_o horror_n but_o what_o do_v god_n lose_v by_o this_o he_o be_v in_o his_o glory_n and_o enjoy_v himself_o in_o perfect_a rest_n but_o 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