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there_o and_o carry_v he_o away_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o prisoner_n the_o tiding_n of_o this_o come_n to_o abram_n the_o hebrew_n he_o be_v the_o first_o in_o the_o scripture_n so_o call_v he_o instant_o doubtless_o by_o the_o special_a instinct_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n arm_v his_o own_o servant_n viz._n such_o as_o have_v be_v train_v up_o in_o his_o own_o family_n in_o the_o use_n of_o their_o arm_n to_o the_o number_n of_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o and_o take_v along_o with_o he_o his_o three_o confederate_n etc._n confederate_n god_n move_v they_o to_o join_v with_o abram_n the_o prosperity_n of_o god_n people_n make_v those_o that_o observe_v it_o desirous_a to_o be_v in_o league_n with_o they_o upon_o that_o ground_n do_v abimelech_n and_o phicol_n desire_v to_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n gen._n 21.22_o 23._o and_o the_o like_a motion_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v make_v to_o isaac_n his_o son_n gen._n 26.27_o 28_o 29_o etc._n etc._n haner_n escol_n and_o mamre_o with_o the_o force_n they_o can_v make_v and_o march_v speedy_o after_o chedorlaomer_n he_o overtake_v he_o and_o his_o army_n lade_v with_o the_o prey_n and_o spoil_n at_o dan_n mas_o dan_n moses_n seem_v by_o a_o prophetical_a inspiration_n and_o by_o way_n of_o prolepsis_n or_o anticipation_n to_o call_v these_o place_n by_o the_o name_n whereby_o they_o be_v afterward_o know_v and_o call_v hinc_fw-la conjectant_a quidam_fw-la nec_fw-la levis_fw-la est_fw-la suspicio_fw-la pentateuchum_fw-la ut_fw-la modo_fw-la extat_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o mose_n conscriptum_fw-la putantque_fw-la esdram_n aut_fw-la alium_fw-la divinum_fw-la scriptorem_fw-la interjectis_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la clausulis_fw-la opus_fw-la illustrasse_fw-la &_o explicatius_fw-la reddidisse_fw-la mas_o in_o the_o north_n border_n of_o canaan_n and_o have_v first_o with_o a_o military_a prudence_n and_o policy_n divide_v his_o man_n to_o make_v a_o show_n as_o if_o he_o 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congratulation_n of_o abram_n victory_n bring_v forth_o bread_n and_o wine_n to_o refresh_v he_o and_o his_o soldier_n and_o be_v a_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n edomite_n god_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o though_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o posterity_n of_o abram_n yet_o there_o be_v little_a question_n to_o be_v make_v but_o that_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o few_o of_o other_o family_n that_o be_v the_o true_a servant_n of_o god_n as_o job_n afterward_o and_o his_o friend_n be_v among_o the_o edomite_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o office_n and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n he_o bless_a abram_n as_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o law_n do_v the_o people_n numb_a 6.23_o 24_o 25._o and_o he_o bless_v the_o most_o high_a god_n in_o his_o behalf_n who_o have_v give_v he_o this_o victory_n so_o that_o he_o offer_v a_o gratulatory_a sacrifice_n of_o praise_n but_o no_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n for_o that_o require_a blood_n numb_a 9.22_o abram_n on_o the_o other_o side_n present_v melchisedec_n with_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o spoil_n he_o have_v take_v from_o the_o vanquish_a army_n which_o tithe_n do_v tithe_n so_o that_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v ancient_a than_o the_o levitical_a law_n see_v gen._n 28.22_o and_o be_v pay_v to_o melchisedec_n a_o type_n of_o christ_n they_o may_v be_v continue_v as_o a_o maintenance_n to_o gospel-minister_n who_o exhibit_v sacramental_a bread_n and_o wine_n and_o bless_v the_o people_n as_o melchisedec_n do_v probable_o he_o he_o give_v by_o way_n of_o homage_n and_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o what_o be_v give_v to_o melchisedec_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o office_n as_o a_o priest_n be_v give_v to_o god_n but_o as_o a_o king_n melchisedec_n have_v no_o need_n of_o they_o abram_n be_v also_o meet_v by_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o shaveh_n in_o aftertime_n call_v the_o king_n dale_n where_o absalon_n set_v up_o his_o pillar_n 2_o sam._n 15.28_o who_o congratulate_v his_o victory_n offer_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v keep_v to_o himself_o if_o he_o please_v all_o the_o prey_n and_o spoil_n recover_v by_o he_o that_o be_v late_o take_v from_o and_o belong_v to_o his_o city_n only_o he_o desire_v to_o have_v those_o of_o the_o prisoner_n again_o that_o be_v his_o subject_n but_o abram_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v swear_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o vow_v when_o he_o go_v forth_o in_o this_o war_n and_o implore_v god_n aid_n and_o assistance_n therein_o that_o none_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o say_v that_o a_o covetous_a desire_n of_o the_o prey_n draw_v he_o into_o this_o engagement_n and_o therefore_o he_o will_v not_o accept_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o from_o a_o thread_n to_o a_o shoo-latchet_a lest_o he_o shall_v say_v he_o have_v make_v abram_n rich_a thus_o abram_n prefer_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o honour_v of_o his_o religion_n before_o the_o prey_n which_o by_o the_o right_n of_o war_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o have_v be_v bountiful_o enrich_v by_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o say_v he_o be_v enrich_v by_o such_o wicked_a people_n as_o the_o sodomite_n be_v yet_o he_o except_v from_o this_o his_o general_a refusal_n wherein_o he_o say_v he_o will_v have_v nothing_o of_o his_o that_o which_o the_o young_a man_n his_o soldier_n have_v spend_v of_o the_o enemy_n prey_n or_o take_v to_o themselves_o and_o desire_v also_o that_o his_o three_o confederate_n may_v have_v a_o share_n and_o portion_n in_o the_o spoil_n gen._n 14._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n v._o abram_n have_v thus_o vanquish_v the_o force_n of_o these_o forementioned_a king_n lest_o he_o shall_v fear_v they_o will_v at_o some_o time_n or_o other_o be_v revenge_v of_o he_o as_o possible_o they_o may_v threaten_v god_n appear_v to_o he_o in_o a_o vision_n or_o open_a apparition_n which_o he_o be_v awake_a behold_v with_o his_o bodily_a eye_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v a_o shield_n to_o he_o to_o defend_v he_o against_o his_o enemy_n and_o see_v he_o have_v with_o so_o much_o piety_n refuse_v the_o reward_n offer_v he_o by_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n he_o assure_v he_o that_o he_o himself_o will_v be_v his_o exceed_a great_a reward_n bless_v he_o with_o the_o blessing_n of_o this_o life_n and_o reward_v he_o with_o the_o transcendent_a glory_n of_o his_o own_o kingdom_n hereafter_o but_o notwithstanding_o this_o abram_n in_o a_o bemoan_v manner_n express_v the_o great_a perplexity_n of_o his_o mind_n that_o grow_v now_o in_o year_n he_o do_v not_o yet_o see_v the_o fulfil_n of_o that_o promise_n of_o give_v he_o a_o son_n from_o who_o the_o messiah_n be_v to_o spring_v and_o therefore_o he_o cry_v out_o lord_z what_o will_v thou_o give_v i_o see_v i_o go_v childless_a intimate_v his_o great_a and_o ardent_a desire_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v please_v at_o length_n to_o remember_v his_o promise_n make_v unto_o he_o concern_v that_o particular_a and_o beside_o he_o see_v that_o want_v issue_n he_o want_v the_o comfort_n that_o other_o parent_n have_v he_o see_v he_o have_v not_o a_o son_n to_o be_v under_o himself_o the_o guide_n and_o stay_v of_o his_o family_n but_o be_v force_v at_o present_a to_o put_v his_o concern_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o eliezer_n his_o steward_n damascus_n steward_n who_o ancestor_n be_v of_o damascus_n and_o for_o aught_o he_o see_v his_o estate_n will_v be_v enjoy_v by_o he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a for_o want_v of_o a_o heir_n god_n tell_v he_o his_o servant_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o heir_n but_o one_o that_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o bowel_n and_o further_o assure_v he_o that_o his_o seed_n how_o improbable_a soever_o it_o seem_v to_o he_o at_o present_a shall_v be_v as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n for_o multitude_n especial_o his_o spiritual_a seed_n the_o child_n of_o his_o
afterward_o give_v he_o zipporah_n converterunt_fw-la zipporah_n patriarcha_fw-la ex_fw-la cognatione_fw-la suâ_fw-la filiis_fw-la vxores_fw-la capiebant_fw-la ne_fw-la illae_fw-la filios_fw-la a_o religione_fw-la averterent_fw-la sed_fw-la joseph_n &_o moses_n illo_fw-la metu_fw-la liberi_fw-la ex_fw-la gentilibus_fw-la vxores_fw-la duxerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la aversi_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o religione_fw-la sed_fw-la eas_fw-la converterunt_fw-la his_o daughter_n to_o wife_n who_o bear_v he_o a_o son_n who_o he_o call_v gershom_n whereby_o he_o intimate_v that_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o that_o land_n and_o yet_o god_n have_v comfortable_o provide_v for_o he_o another_o son_n he_o have_v also_o afterward_o by_o she_o who_o he_o call_v eliezer_n ch._n 18._o 4._o by_o which_o name_n he_o signify_v that_o god_n be_v his_o helper_n in_o process_n of_o time_n that_o cruel_a tyrant_n pharaoh_n of_o who_o moses_n be_v so_o much_o afraid_a die_v but_o though_o the_o tyrant_n be_v go_v yet_o the_o tyranny_n remain_v for_o another_o pharaoh_n arise_v who_o make_v the_o burden_n and_o affliction_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n as_o heavy_a or_o heavy_a than_o they_o be_v before_o they_o sigh_v and_o cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o oppression_n and_o god_n hear_v their_o groan_a and_o remember_v his_o covenant_n which_o he_o have_v make_v with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n to_o own_v they_o for_o his_o people_n and_o according_o resolve_v to_o deliver_v they_o in_o such_o way_n as_o be_v most_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o great_a name_n and_o for_o their_o profit_n and_o advantage_n exod._n 2._o from_o vers_n 16._o to_o the_o end_n sect_n lvii_o about_o this_o time_n caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunneh_n be_v bear_v viz._n forty_o year_n before_o he_o be_v send_v by_o moses_n to_o spy_v out_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n see_v josh_n 14.7_o 10._o sect_n lviii_o moses_n since_o he_o come_v into_o jethro_n family_n have_v as_o it_o seem_v betake_v himself_o to_o the_o pastoral_n employment_n as_o a_o exercise_n that_o allow_v great_a liberty_n and_o opportunity_n for_o contemplation_n and_o keep_v his_o father-in-law_n sheep_n in_o the_o desert_n that_o he_o may_v provide_v fresh_a pasture_n for_o they_o he_o drive_v they_o to_o the_o further_a side_n of_o the_o desert_n nigh_o to_o mount_n horeb._n people_n horeb._n this_o mountain_n seem_v like_o parnassus_n to_o have_v have_v two_o top_n one_o call_v sinai_n the_o other_o horeb._n call_v in_o this_o place_n by_o anticipation_n the_o mountain_n of_o god_n because_o here_o god_n afterward_o in_o so_o wonderful_a a_o manner_n appear_v to_o moses_n and_o give_v he_o the_o law_n and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o the_o people_n here_o christ_n the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n the_o messenger_n or_o angel_n nunâ—iavit_fw-la angel_n magni_fw-la concilii_fw-la angelus_n dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la nobis_fw-la nunâ—iavit_fw-la of_o the_o covenant_n mal._n 3.1_o appear_v to_o he_o out_o of_o a_o burn_a bush_n which_o though_o it_o burn_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o consume_v moses_n be_v strike_v with_o admiration_n at_o the_o sight_n and_o not_o know_v at_o first_o what_o to_o think_v of_o it_o he_o determine_v to_o approach_v near_o to_o it_o hope_v thereby_o better_a to_o inform_v himself_o the_o lord_n call_v to_o he_o out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o bush_n moses_n moses_n moses_n hear_v himself_o call_v by_o his_o name_n answer_v here_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n then_o charge_v he_o not_o to_o draw_v too_o nigh_o to_o the_o bush_n but_o to_o put_v off_o his_o shoe_n that_o be_v that_o he_o shall_v in_o all_o humility_n present_v himself_o before_o he_o as_o a_o poor_a caytiff_n not_o worthy_a to_o stand_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o so_o great_a a_o majesty_n he_o further_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o place_n whereon_o he_o stand_v be_v holy_a ground_n that_o be_v make_v holy_a at_o this_o time_n through_o the_o presence_n and_o apparition_n of_o god_n without_o which_o it_o be_v but_o like_o other_o ground_n and_o therefore_o by_o that_o outward_a expression_n he_o shall_v testify_v the_o inward_a reverence_n of_o his_o mind_n moreover_o the_o lord_n say_v i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n the_o god_n of_o abraham_n 32._o abraham_n the_o lord_n express_v this_o as_o in_o the_o present_a tense_n i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n speak_v of_o man_n long_o since_o dead_a it_o be_v doubtless_o not_o only_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o their_o soul_n but_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o certain_a resurrection_n of_o their_o body_n too_o and_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n allege_v this_o place_n to_o prove_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n against_o the_o sadducee_n mat._n 22.31_o 32._o isaac_n and_o jacob_n to_o who_o i_o promise_v to_o be_v their_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o their_o seed_n after_o they_o moses_n hear_v this_o hide_v his_o face_n 6.3_o face_n so_o elijah_n wrap_v his_o face_n in_o a_o mantle_n 1_o king_n 19.13_o see_v esay_n 6.3_o out_o of_o a_o awful_a reverence_n of_o so_o great_a a_o majesty_n be_v afraid_a through_o a_o sense_n of_o his_o own_o vileness_n to_o look_v up_o towards_o god_n the_o lord_n further_o say_v unto_o moses_n i_o have_v see_v the_o affliction_n of_o my_o people_n in_o egypt_n and_o hear_v their_o cry_n then_o speak_v of_o himself_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n he_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v come_v down_o 35.13_o down_o see_v gen._n 11.7_o &_o 18.21_o &_o 35.13_o to_o deliver_v they_o out_o of_o their_o bondage_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o into_o a_o good_a and_o large_a land_n 15._o land_n though_o judea_n contain_v in_o length_n from_o dan_n to_o bâ—ersheba_n but_o a_o 160_o and_o in_o breadth_n from_o joppa_n to_o jordan_n but_o 60_o mile_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v call_v large_a in_o respect_n of_o goshen_n where_o the_o israelite_n for_o the_o most_o part_n dwell_v see_v gen._n 13.14_o 15._o a_o land_n flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n and_o he_o intend_v to_o send_v he_o to_o speak_v to_o pharaoh_n to_o let_v his_o people_n go_v so_o that_o the_o secret_a inspiration_n which_o moses_n have_v before_o from_o god_n exod._n 2.11_o be_v here_o now_o advance_v to_o a_o open_a call_n and_o full_a commission_n at_o his_o first_o call_n he_o be_v very_o forward_o and_o kill_v the_o egyptian_a but_o since_o his_o flight_n out_o of_o egypt_n he_o be_v become_v more_o cautious_a therefore_o he_o say_v unto_o the_o lord_n who_o be_o i_o a_o mean_a man_n that_o i_o shall_v go_v to_o pharaoh_n a_o great_a proud_a and_o tyrannical_a prince_n and_o shall_v think_v to_o deliver_v a_o distress_a people_n out_o of_o his_o power_n the_o lord_n answer_v i_o will_v certain_o be_v with_o thou_o so_o that_o thou_o need_v not_o fear_v either_o thy_o own_o weakness_n or_o the_o power_n of_o they_o to_o who_o i_o send_v thou_o and_o this_o present_a apparition_n of_o i_o out_o of_o the_o burn_a but_o not_o burn_v bush_n shall_v be_v a_o token_n and_o evidence_n to_o thou_o that_o at_o this_o time_n i_o have_v send_v thou_o and_o hereafter_o when_o thou_o have_v bring_v the_o people_n out_o of_o egypt_n this_o may_v further_o serve_v to_o strengthen_v thy_o faith_n in_o my_o power_n and_o providence_n over_o they_o i_o do_v now_o foretell_v thou_o you_o shall_v serve_v i_o upon_o this_o mountain_n moses_n conceive_v himself_o now_o after_o so_o many_o year_n absence_n in_o a_o manner_n unknown_a to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n he_o begin_v to_o think_v that_o they_o may_v question_v whither_o indeed_o he_o be_v send_v of_o god_n or_o no_o and_o may_v demand_v of_o he_o under_o what_o name_n or_o title_n god_n have_v make_v know_v himself_o to_o he_o if_o that_o shall_v so_o happen_v he_o humble_o desire_v to_o know_v by_o what_o name_n or_o title_n the_o lord_n will_v please_v to_o be_v mention_v to_o they_o see_v many_o of_o his_o name_n be_v abuse_v by_o application_n of_o they_o to_o idol_n the_o lord_n answer_v if_o thou_o enquire_v concern_v my_o name_n i_o be_o that_o i_o be_o therefore_o go_v and_o tell_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n that_o i_o be_o have_v send_v thou_o unto_o they_o and_o further_o tell_v they_o that_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n the_o god_n of_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n have_v send_v thou_o unto_o they_o and_o tell_v they_o this_o be_v my_o name_n for_o ever_o and_o this_o be_v my_o memorial_n unto_o all_o generation_n that_o be_v by_o this_o name_n shall_v all_o generation_n remember_v me._n go_v then_o therefore_o and_o call_v the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n together_o and_o deliver_v this_o message_n to_o they_o that_o they_o may_v acquaint_v their_o brethren_n of_o the_o several_a tribe_n here-with_a and_o tell_v they_o that_o i_o have_v by_o the_o watchful_a eye_n
of_o my_o providence_n merciful_o visit_v they_o and_o have_v observe_v what_o have_v be_v do_v unto_o they_o in_o egypt_n and_o that_o i_o do_v intend_v assure_o to_o deliver_v they_o out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o bondage_n and_o will_v bring_v they_o into_o canaan_n a_o land_n abound_v with_o all_o thing_n serve_v both_o for_o necessity_n and_o delight_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v hearken_v unto_o thou_o and_o shall_v go_v along_o with_o thou_o to_o pharaoh_n he_o pharaoh_n the_o denial_n of_o this_o will_v make_v pharaoh_n the_o more_o inexcusable_a and_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n more_o manifest_a upon_o he_o and_o you_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o hebrew_n have_v appear_v to_o we_o and_o command_v we_o to_o offer_v to_o he_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o to_o celebrate_v to_o he_o a_o feast_n thereon_o and_o have_v command_v we_o to_o come_v to_o thou_o and_o to_o request_v of_o thou_o so_o much_o liberty_n that_o we_o may_v go_v three_o day_n journey_n 19.1_o journey_n viz._n to_o horeb_n v._o 12._o which_o be_v but_o a_o three_o day_n journey_n from_o egypt_n have_v they_o go_v the_o direct_a way_n but_o because_o of_o trouble_n and_o fear_v they_o be_v lead_v about_o exod._n 13.17_o 18._o so_o that_o they_o come_v not_o thither_o till_o the_o three_o month_n exod._n 19.1_o into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o perform_v this_o sacrifice_n 8.26_o sacrifice_n in_o egypt_n they_o can_v not_o do_v it_o without_o danger_n from_o the_o egyptian_n to_o who_o their_o sacrifice_n be_v such_o a_o abomination_n that_o to_o offer_v they_o before_o their_o eye_n may_v provoke_v they_o to_o stone_n they_o exod._n 8.26_o to_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n the_o lord_n further_o add_v i_o know_v pharaoh_n will_v be_v so_o obstinate_a that_o he_o will_v not_o let_v you_o go_v no_o not_o by_o a_o mighty_a hand_n that_o be_v no_o not_o though_o divers_a great_a and_o heavy_a plague_n be_v inflict_v on_o he_o for_o i_o will_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n upon_o egypt_n and_o will_v smite_v they_o with_o all_o those_o great_a and_o smart_a plague_n which_o i_o intend_v to_o bring_v upon_o they_o and_o i_o know_v that_o not_o till_o after_o the_o last_o and_o ten_o plague_n viz._n the_o slay_v of_o their_o first-born_a will_v he_o let_v you_o go_v and_o i_o will_v before_o i_o bring_v you_o out_o of_o egypt_n give_v you_o favour_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v willing_a to_o lend_v 16.1_o lend_v anon_o dolo_fw-la malo_fw-la usi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la haec_fw-la petebant_fw-la cum_fw-la aliud_fw-la in_fw-la animo_fw-la haberent_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr mendacium_fw-la sed_fw-la silentium_fw-la integrae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la non_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la se_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la facturos_fw-la partem_fw-la consilii_fw-la aperit_fw-la deus_fw-la tyranno_fw-la partem_fw-la celat_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la liberrimus_fw-la deut._n 2.30_o 1_o sam._n 16.1_o you_o any_o thing_n you_o shall_v desire_v of_o they_o viz._n jewel_n of_o silver_n and_o of_o gold_n and_o fine_a raiment_n and_o you_o shall_v put_v they_o upon_o your_o son_n and_o upon_o your_o daughter_n and_o so_o you_o shall_v come_v forth_o with_o great_a substance_n as_o i_o have_v promise_v gen._n 15.14_o tabernacle_n 15.14_o this_o be_v no_o theft_n or_o sin_n god_n have_v command_v it_o who_o be_v lord_n paramount_n of_o all_o and_o likewise_o intend_v hereby_o to_o recompense_v his_o people_n for_o the_o injury_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o egyptian_n and_o that_o by_o these_o spoil_n they_o may_v be_v furnish_v with_o precious_a material_n for_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o shall_v spoil_v the_o egyptian_n moses_n reply_v that_o he_o fear_v his_o countryman_n the_o hebrew_n will_v be_v very_o difficult_a at_o first_o to_o believe_v he_o or_o that_o god_n have_v indeed_o appear_v to_o he_o and_o humble_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o he_o shall_v do_v in_o that_o case_n the_o lord_n to_o encourage_v he_o against_o his_o fear_n furnish_v he_o with_o power_n to_o work_v miracle_n which_o may_v be_v a_o evidence_n of_o the_o divine_a presence_n with_o he_o and_o a_o seal_n to_o the_o israelite_n that_o he_o come_v with_o commission_n from_o god_n and_o that_o god_n have_v send_v he_o according_o first_o he_o bid_v he_o throw_v down_o his_o rod_n or_o staff_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n upon_o the_o ground_n and_o sudden_o it_o become_v a_o serpent_n power_n serpent_n to_o change_v one_o creature_n into_o another_o not_o in_o appearance_n only_o but_o real_o require_v a_o divine_a power_n so_o that_o moses_n be_v ready_a to_o fly_v from_o it_o out_o of_o fear_n but_o god_n command_v he_o to_o take_v it_o by_o the_o tail_n which_o he_o according_o do_v and_o it_o become_v immediate_o a_o rod_n again_o then_o god_n command_v he_o to_o put_v his_o hand_n into_o his_o bosom_n which_o when_o he_o pluck_v it_o out_o again_o it_o be_v become_v as_o white_a and_o leprous_a as_o 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that_o he_o be_v mighty_a in_o word_n that_o be_v he_o be_v a_o excellent_a speaker_n as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o what_o he_o speak_v yet_o some_o defect_n he_o have_v as_o to_o his_o utterance_n some_o think_v he_o have_v a_o stammer_a tongue_n which_o make_v he_o say_v ch._n 6.12_o how_o shall_v pharaoh_n hear_v i_o who_o be_o of_o uncircumcised_a lip_n i_o be_o not_o a_o man_n of_o a_o free_a and_o ready_a speech_n as_o those_o shall_v be_v who_o be_v employ_v to_o speak_v to_o prince_n i_o be_o slow_a of_o speech_n i_o be_v so_o former_o neither_o do_v i_o find_v the_o matter_n much_o mend_v with_o i_o since_o thou_o do_v vouchsafe_v to_o speak_v to_o i_o and_o call_v i_o to_o this_o great_a service_n the_o lord_n answer_v who_o have_v give_v to_o man_n the_o faculty_n of_o speech_n or_o who_o deprive_v he_o of_o that_o faculty_n and_o so_o of_o hear_v or_o see_v do_v not_o i_o the_o lord_n give_v these_o ability_n and_o take_v they_o away_o at_o my_o pleasure_n now_o therefore_o go_v i_o will_v be_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o will_v teach_v thou_o what_o thou_o shall_v say_v but_o moses_n be_v still_o under_o great_a fear_n and_o deep_o apprehensive_a of_o his_o own_o unfitness_n for_o so_o difficult_a a_o service_n he_o cry_v out_o ah_o lord_n i_o pray_v thou_o send_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o such_o a_o one_o who_o thou_o will_v find_v fit_a for_o this_o great_a service_n than_o i_o be_o whoever_o he_o be_v and_o send_v not_o by_o i_o who_o be_o so_o unfit_a and_o so_o unable_a then_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v kindle_v against_o moses_n for_o this_o his_o distrustful_a despondency_n reluctantem_fw-la despondency_n modeste_n renuentem_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la mosen_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la obstinatius_fw-la reluctantem_fw-la and_o he_o say_v be_v not_o aaron_n the_o levite_n thy_o brother_n i_o know_v that_o he_o be_v a_o good_a spokesman_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v join_v in_o commission_n with_o thou_o and_o i_o will_v by_o a_o inward_a motion_n of_o my_o spirit_n cause_v he_o to_o come_v forth_o to_o meet_v thou_o and_o he_o will_v be_v hearty_o glad_a to_o see_v thy_o face_n again_o and_o thou_o shall_v instruct_v he_o concern_v this_o your_o common_a commission_n and_o i_o will_v teach_v you_o both_o what_o you_o shall_v do_v he_o shall_v speak_v to_o the_o people_n as_o from_o thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v give_v direction_n and_o counsel_n to_o he_o as_o from_o i_o reveal_v my_o mind_n and_o will_n unto_o he_o and_o acquaint_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v say_v to_o pharaoh_n ch._n 7._o 1._o and_o thou_o shall_v take_v this_o rod_n of_o thou_o in_o thy_o hand_n and_o with_o it_o thou_o shall_v do_v sign_n and_o wonder_n before_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o egyptian_n ch._n 3._o whole_a chapter_n ch._n 4._o from_o vers_n 1._o to_o vers_n
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o find_v any_o where_n in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v partly_o historical_a set_v forth_o a_o triumphant_a narration_n of_o god_n admirable_a mercy_n in_o destroy_v his_o and_o their_o enemy_n partly_o prophetical_a contain_v prophecy_n of_o future_a bessing_n assure_v to_o israel_n set_v down_o not_o only_o in_o the_o future_a but_o often_o in_o the_o preter-tense_n for_o the_o great_a certainty_n first_o it_o be_v historical_a it_o begin_v i_o will_v sing_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o have_v triumph_v glorious_o the_o horse_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o their_o rider_n have_v he_o throw_v into_o the_o sea_n the_o lord_n be_v my_o strength_n and_o my_o song_n that_o be_v we_o be_v weak_a in_o ourselves_o he_o fight_v for_o we_o and_o subdue_v our_o enemy_n it_o be_v the_o lord_n therefore_o of_o who_o we_o will_v sing_v and_o who_o praise_n we_o will_v set_v forth_o in_o our_o song_n it_o be_v by_o he_o that_o we_o be_v save_v and_o deliver_v 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shall_v be_v satisfy_v upon_o they_o i_o will_v draw_v my_o sword_n my_o hand_n shall_v destroy_v they_o but_o thou_o o_o lord_n do_v soon_o confound_v their_o vain_a imagination_n for_o thou_o do_v blow_v with_o a_o mighty_a wind_n and_o immediate_o the_o water_n come_v together_o again_o and_o the_o sea_n cover_v they_o they_o sink_v as_o lead_v in_o the_o deep_a water_n who_o be_v like_a unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n among_o the_o god_n who_o among_o all_o the_o false_a god_n of_o the_o heathen_a or_o the_o mighty_a man_n on_o the_o earth_n be_v in_o any_o degree_n worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v to_o thou_o who_o be_v glorious_a in_o holiness_n fearful_a in_o praise_n that_o be_v to_o be_v praise_v with_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o filial_a fear_n and_o awfulness_n do_v wonder_n thou_o stretchedst_a out_o thy_o hand_n and_o the_o earth_n swallow_v they_o that_o be_v those_o of_o they_o who_o body_n be_v cast_v up_o by_o the_o wave_n upon_o the_o shore_n be_v throw_v into_o pit_n by_o we_o 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palestina_n the_o duke_n of_o edom_n and_o the_o mighty_a man_n of_o moab_n 5.1_o moab_n see_v this_o prophecy_n fulfil_v numb_a 22.3_o josh_n 2.9_o &_o 5.1_o and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o canaan_n that_o their_o very_a heart_n shall_v faint_v and_o melt_v with_o fear_n as_o wax_n do_v before_o the_o fire_n insomuch_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o still_o as_o a_o stone_n and_o israel_n shall_v pass_v over_o jordan_n into_o canaan_n without_o opposition_n thou_o will_v bring_v they_o in_o and_o plant_v they_o in_o the_o mountain_n of_o thy_o inheritance_n that_o be_v in_o canaan_n a_o mountainous_a country_n deut._n 11.11_o and_o particular_o thou_o will_v bring_v they_o to_o mount_n moriah_n which_o thou_o have_v choose_v as_o thy_o inheritance_n and_o where_o by_o thy_o own_o hand_n and_o power_n thou_o intend_v to_o establish_v thy_o sanctuary_n and_o where_o thou_o have_v promise_v to_o dwell_v and_o to_o afford_v thy_o gracious_a presence_n the_o lord_n will_v reign_v for_o 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homines_fw-la sibi_fw-la confisos_fw-la liberat_fw-la psal_n 103._o v._n 3._o glasius_fw-la and_o can_v heal_v not_o only_o their_o body_n but_o their_o soul_n also_o by_o forgive_a their_o sin_n and_o sanctify_v their_o nature_n exod._n 15._o from_o 22._o to_o 27._o sect_n vii_o from_o marah_n they_o remove_v to_o elim_n their_o six_o station_n famous_a for_o twelve_o well_n of_o water_n and_o 70_o palm-tree_n and_o here_o it_o seem_v they_o stay_v many_o day_n because_o the_o place_n be_v so_o pleasant_a and_o convenient_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o water_n and_o the_o shade_n exod._n 15._o vers_fw-la 27._o sect_n viii_o from_o elim_n they_o turn_v back_o again_o to_o the_o red-sea_n which_o be_v their_o seven_o station_n as_o appear_v from_o numb_a 33.10_o the_o lord_n so_o order_v it_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o
providence_n see_v mat._n 6.11_o however_o some_o of_o they_o be_v so_o disobedient_a that_o they_o reserve_v some_o of_o it_o till_o next_o morning_n and_o it_o breed_v worm_n and_o stanke_z which_o disobedience_n of_o they_o much_o provoke_v moses_n to_o be_v angry_a with_o they_o 2._o they_o be_v to_o gather_v it_o in_o the_o morning_n betimes_o for_o when_o the_o sun_n wax_v hot_a it_o melt_v 3._o on_o the_o six_o day_n they_o be_v to_o gather_v twice_o as_o much_o as_o on_o other_o day_n namely_o two_o omers_n for_o one_o person_n which_o order_n when_o the_o people_n observe_v the_o elder_n and_o ruler_n come_v and_o tell_v moses_n thereof_o doubt_v whether_o they_o do_v well_o therein_o see_v a_o omer_n and_o no_o more_o be_v their_o fix_a allowance_n for_o one_o day_n hereupon_o moses_n tell_v they_o that_o the_o next_o day_n be_v a_o holy_a sabbath_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o on_o that_o day_n sinai_n day_n from_o whence_o some_o infer_v the_o antiquity_n and_o morality_n of_o the_o sabbath_n this_o happen_v before_o the_o give_v the_o law_n on_o mount_n sinai_n no_o mannah_n shall_v fall_v and_o therefore_o on_o the_o six_o day_n they_o have_v a_o double_a allowance_n and_o on_o that_o day_n they_o be_v to_o bake_v or_o seethe_v of_o their_o mannah_n what_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o eat_v thereof_o that_o day_n and_o to_o reserve_v the_o remainder_n for_o the_o sabbath-day_n and_o though_o reserve_v to_o that_o day_n it_o shall_v not_o stink_v or_o breed_v worm_n as_o one_o other_o day_n if_o keep_v it_o will_v do_v yet_o some_o of_o the_o people_n be_v so_o unbelieving_a and_o disobedient_a that_o they_o go_v out_o on_o the_o sabbath-day_n to_o seek_v mannah_n but_o find_v none_o for_o which_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o they_o and_o charge_v they_o not_o to_o go_v out_o on_o the_o sabbath-day_n any_o more_o to_o seek_v it_o but_o to_o observe_v that_o day_n unto_o he_o which_o the_o people_n according_o do_v on_o this_o kind_n of_o bread_n they_o live_v afterward_o by_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n janson_n year_n comederant_fw-la man_n 40_o annis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la cibum_fw-la ordinarium_fw-la cvi_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la vetitum_fw-la carnes_z vel_fw-la cibos_fw-la alios_fw-la adjungere_fw-la si_fw-la quos_fw-la vel_fw-la venatu_fw-la vel_fw-la emptione_n a_o vicinis_fw-la gentibus_fw-la consequebantur_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la deut._n 2.6_o janson_n even_o till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o a_o pot_n contain_v the_o quantity_n of_o a_o omer_n be_v afterward_o by_o god_n command_v fill_v therewith_o and_o reserve_v by_o the_o ark_n of_o testimony_n 380._o testimony_n or_o ark_n of_o the_o testimony_n because_o in_o it_o be_v the_o table_n of_o god_n law_n which_o testify_v his_o will_n to_o his_o people_n see_v heb._n 9.4_o see_v apostolical_a history_n pag._n 380._o viz._n which_o testify_v god_n presence_n among_o they_o to_o be_v keep_v as_o a_o memorial_n of_o god_n goodness_n in_o thus_o miraculous_o feed_v of_o they_o exod._n 16._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n x._o their_o nine_o remove_n be_v to_o dophka_n their_o ten_o to_o alush_v numb_a 33.12_o 13_o 14._o and_o their_o eleven_o to_o rephidim_n a_o place_n in_o the_o wilderness_n near_o mount_n horeb._n here_o they_o want_v water_n again_o and_o this_o want_n drive_v a_o great_a many_o of_o they_o into_o a_o high_a discontent_n and_o murmur_a insomuch_o as_o they_o say_v be_v the_o lord_n among_o we_o or_o not_o vers_fw-la 7._o thus_o they_o tempt_v the_o lord_n as_o the_o psalmist_n say_v psal_n 78.41_o and_o limit_v the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n then_o they_o fall_v a_o chide_n with_o moses_n say_v give_v we_o water_n that_o we_o may_v drink_v wherefore_o have_v thou_o bring_v we_o out_o of_o egypt_n to_o kill_v we_o and_o our_o child_n and_o our_o cattle_n with_o thirst_n moses_n ask_v they_o why_o they_o chide_v with_o he_o be_v it_o in_o his_o power_n to_o help_v they_o why_o do_v they_o tempt_v the_o lord_n by_o their_o distrust_n and_o murmur_a and_o from_o this_o distrustful_a murmur_a of_o the_o people_n the_o place_n be_v afterward_o call_v massa_n and_o meriba_n signify_v temptation_n and_o chide_v then_o moses_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n say_v what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o this_o people_n they_o be_v almost_o ready_a to_o stone_n i_o god_n command_v he_o to_o take_v some_o of_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n with_o he_o and_o to_o take_v his_o rod_n in_o his_o hand_n with_o which_o he_o command_v aaron_n to_o strike_v the_o river_n nile_n ch._n 7.20_o and_o to_o go_v to_o mount_n horeb_n where_o he_o will_v appear_v to_o he_o in_o the_o cloudy_a pillar_n and_o there_o to_o smite_v the_o rock_n with_o his_o rod_n and_o it_o shall_v give_v forth_o water_n moses_n and_o the_o elder_n according_o go_n to_o horeb_n he_o there_o in_o their_o sight_n strike_v the_o rock_n and_o immediate_o the_o water_n gush_v forth_o christ_n forth_o the_o apostle_n say_v 1_o cor._n 10.4_o the_o rock_n follow_v they_o and_o that_o rock_n be_v christ_n see_v psal_n 78.15_o 16_o 20._o and_o the_o stream_n issue_v thence_o trail_v after_o they_o through_o the_o wilderness_n see_v psal_n 105.41_o deut._n 9.21_o the_o cloudy_a pillar_n it_o seem_v conduct_v they_o in_o such_o byway_n in_o such_o level_n and_o valley_n in_o that_o mountainous_a country_n that_o the_o water_n may_v convenient_o be_v derive_v after_o they_o exod._n 17._o from_o 1._o to_o 8._o sect_n xi_o the_o amalekite_n descend_v from_o timnah_n concubine_n to_o eliphaz_n esau_n elder_a son_n gen_n 36.12_o who_o country_n lie_v hereabout_o have_v a_o inveterate_a malice_n against_o jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n fall_v now_o upon_o the_o rear_n of_o the_o israelite_n they_o be_v much_o spend_v and_o tire_v with_o their_o long_a march_n and_o slay_v some_o of_o the_o feeble_a 105.37_o feeble_a that_o be_v of_o such_o as_o be_v feeble_a through_o travel_n not_o sickness_n see_v psal_n 105.37_o and_o hindermost_a of_o they_o deut._n 25.17_o 18_o 19_o moses_n hereupon_o send_v joshua_n with_o a_o choose_a party_n to_o fight_v with_o they_o in_o the_o valley_n and_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n horeb_n where_o with_o the_o rod_n of_o god_n in_o his_o hand_n as_o a_o signal_n to_o strengthen_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o people_n in_o god_n power_n and_o help_n he_o lifts_z up_o his_o hand_n towards_o heaven_n earnest_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o implore_v his_o aid_n and_o assistance_n against_o their_o enemy_n and_o whilst_o moses_n hand_n be_v help_v up_o israel_n prevail_v but_o when_o they_o flag_v and_o fall_v down_o amalek_n prevail_v he_o therefore_o be_v weary_a with_o stand_v so_o long_o as_o well_o as_o with_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n they_o put_v a_o stone_n under_o he_o to_o sit_v on_o and_z aaron_z and_z hur_z fulciant_fw-la hur_z see_v james_n 5.17_o quare_fw-la precum_fw-la comites_fw-la adhibendi_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la labantes_fw-la fulciant_fw-la support_v his_o hand_n whereby_o they_o be_v steady_a to_o the_o go_v down_o of_o the_o sun_n and_o so_o they_o obtain_v a_o great_a victory_n over_o the_o amalekite_n and_o god_n command_v moses_n to_o write_v 34.27_o write_v see_v exod._n 34.27_o this_o for_o a_o memorial_n in_o a_o book_n that_o be_v in_o the_o chronicle_n and_o annal_n of_o time_n that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o amalek_n in_o assault_v the_o people_n of_o god_n may_v be_v remember_v and_o to_o inculcate_v it_o in_o the_o ear_n of_o joshua_n who_o be_v to_o succeed_v he_o that_o he_o and_o all_o his_o successor_n who_o shall_v be_v general_n to_o the_o israelite_n at_o any_o time_n hereafter_o may_v put_v this_o his_o command_n in_o execution_n when_o he_o shall_v give_v they_o occasion_n to_o do_v it_o for_o say_v god_n i_o have_v determine_v utter_o to_o put_v out_o the_o remembrance_n of_o amalek_n from_o under_o heaven_n etc._n heaven_n deut._n 25.19_o see_v this_o command_n execute_v by_o saul_n 1_o sam._n 15.3_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v i_o have_v determine_v that_o their_o honour_n and_o greatness_n shall_v be_v so_o break_v and_o bring_v down_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v remember_v or_o make_v mention_n of_o as_o a_o flourish_a state_n or_o kingdom_n any_o more_o and_o moses_n in_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o this_o great_a victory_n build_v a_o altar_n in_o that_o place_n and_o call_v it_o jehovah-nissi_a as_o a_o memorial_n to_o posterity_n that_o there_o jehovah_n have_v as_o with_o a_o banner_n display_v go_v forth_o and_o fight_v against_o the_o enemy_n of_o his_o people_n and_o because_o amalek_n have_v lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o the_o throne_n of_o the_o lord_n versum_fw-la lord_n v._o 16._o quia_fw-la manus_fw-la amalec_fw-la fuit_fw-la contra_fw-la solium_fw-la domini_fw-la sic_fw-la jun._n tremel_n &_o piscator_fw-la reddunt_fw-la hunc_fw-la
whereby_o god_n be_v call_v upon_o as_o a_o witness_n shall_v be_v between_o the_o party_n and_o if_o the_o keeper_n do_v swear_v that_o he_o have_v not_o put_v his_o hand_n to_o his_o neighbour_n good_n neither_o know_v what_o be_v become_v of_o they_o then_o the_o owner_n must_v rest_v satisfy_v with_o that_o oath_n and_o he_o to_o who_o the_o cattle_n be_v entrust_v shall_v not_o make_v they_o good_a but_o if_o they_o be_v steal_v from_o he_o through_o his_o own_o negligence_n he_o shall_v make_v they_o good_a to_o the_o owner_n and_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n he_o may_v bring_v some_o part_n of_o they_o to_o witness_v it_o be_v so_o and_o then_o he_o shall_v not_o make_v they_o good_a v._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o 20._o if_o a_o man_n borrow_v aught_o of_o his_o neighbour_n and_o it_o be_v hurt_v or_o die_v the_o owner_n thereof_o be_v not_o with_o it_o he_o shall_v sure_o make_v it_o good_a and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o law_n seem_v to_o be_v to_o make_v they_o the_o more_o circumspect_o careful_a of_o thing_n borrow_v but_o if_o the_o owner_n thereof_o be_v with_o it_o as_o sometime_o the_o beast_n and_o its_o owner_n may_v be_v hire_v together_o and_o the_o owner_n be_v by_o may_v see_v that_o the_o mischief_n which_o happen_v can_v not_o be_v prevent_v he_o shall_v not_o make_v it_o good_a if_o it_o be_v hire_v it_o come_v for_o its_o hire_n that_o be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o borrow_v gratis_o but_o hire_v he_o that_o hire_v it_o shall_v be_v free_a pay_v the_o condition_a hire_n vers_fw-la 14_o 15._o 21._o if_o a_o man_n entice_v a_o maid_n who_o be_v not_o betroth_v and_o lie_v with_o she_o he_o shall_v sure_o endow_v she_o that_o be_v he_o shall_v give_v she_o such_o a_o dower_n or_o sum_n of_o money_n as_o be_v use_v to_o be_v give_v with_o maid_n of_o her_o condition_n and_o so_o shall_v marry_v she_o but_o if_o her_o father_n utter_o refuse_v to_o give_v she_o unto_o he_o in_o marriage_n he_o shall_v pay_v she_o so_o much_o as_o may_v serve_v to_o marry_v she_o to_o another_o of_o a_o suitable_a condition_n to_o she_o vers_fw-la 16_o 17._o further_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o these_o subsequent_a law_n 22._o thou_o shall_v not_o suffer_v a_o witch_n or_o sorceress_n 18.10_o sorceress_n the_o devil_n craft_n most_o prevail_v with_o woman_n weakness_n in_o that_o kind_n though_o he_o prevail_v with_o some_o man_n also_o deut._n 18.10_o to_o live_v the_o same_o be_v decree_v concern_v man_n that_o have_v familiar_a spirit_n leu._n 20.27_o viz._n that_o they_o shall_v be_v stone_v vers_fw-la 18._o 23._o whosoever_o lie_v with_o a_o beast_n shall_v be_v sure_o put_v to_o death_n and_o the_o beast_n also_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n leu._n 20.15_o vers_fw-la 19_o 24._o he_o that_o sacrifice_v to_o any_o god_n save_v to_o the_o lord_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n the_o only_a true_a god_n shall_v be_v destroy_v as_o a_o person_n execrable_a and_o accurse_a vers_fw-la 20._o 25._o you_o shall_v neither_o vex_v a_o stranger_n nor_o oppress_v he_o for_o you_o yourselves_o be_v stranger_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n leu._n 19.33_o vers_fw-la 21._o 26._o you_o shall_v not_o afflict_v any_o widow_n or_o fatherless_a child_n if_o thou_o afflict_v they_o in_o any_o wise_a and_o they_o cry_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v sure_o hear_v their_o cry_n and_o my_o wrath_n shall_v wax_v hot_a and_o i_o will_v kill_v you_o with_o the_o sword_n and_o your_o wife_n shall_v be_v widow_n and_o your_o child_n fatherless_a vers_fw-la 22_o 23_o 24._o 27._o if_o thou_o lend_v money_n to_o any_o of_o my_o people_n 23.10_o people_n unto_o stranger_n they_o may_v lend_v upon_o usury_n deut._n 23.10_o that_o be_v poor_a by_o thou_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v to_o he_o as_o a_o usurer_n nor_o a_o exact_v creditor_n neither_o shall_v thou_o lay_v upon_o he_o usury_n usury_n usury_n the_o word_n be_v nesheck_v which_o signify_v a_o bite_a usury_n that_o be_v a_o bite_a consume_a usury_n to_o such_o as_o these_o our_o saviour_n command_v we_o to_o lend_v free_o not_o expect_v so_o much_o as_o the_o principal_a if_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pay_v much_o less_o the_o use_n see_v luke_n 6.34_o 35._o vers_fw-la 25._o 28._o if_o thou_o take_v such_o of_o thy_o neighbour_n garment_n and_o coverlid_n to_o pledge_v which_o he_o use_v to_o lie_v in_o by_o night_n and_o which_o he_o need_v to_o cover_v he_o thou_o shall_v restore_v they_o to_o he_o before_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o for_o if_o he_o cry_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o be_o gracious_a i_o will_v hear_v he_o so_o that_o this_o prohibition_n seem_v to_o forbid_v in_o effect_n the_o take_v any_o such_o thing_n to_o pawn_v 24.12_o pawn_v see_v deut._n 24.12_o for_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o take_v such_o a_o thing_n for_o a_o pawn_n in_o the_o morning_n which_o without_o pay_v the_o money_n must_v be_v restore_v ere_o night_n vers_fw-la 26_o 27._o 29._o thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n 23.5_o god_n psal_n 28.16_o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n but_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n see_v act_n 23.5_o that_o be_v those_o that_o fit_a in_o the_o place_n of_o judgement_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n vers_fw-la 28._o 30._o thou_o shall_v not_o delay_v to_o offer_v the_o first_o of_o thy_o ripe_a fruit_n and_o of_o thy_o liquor_n that_o be_v thy_o oil_n and_o wine_n unto_o the_o lord_n for_o it_o be_v fit_a that_o he_o that_o give_v all_o shall_v be_v acknowledge_v as_o lord_n of_o all_o by_o have_v this_o tribute_n pay_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v present_v first_o to_o procure_v his_o blessing_n upon_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o first-born_a of_o thy_o son_n thou_o shall_v give_v to_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n or_o redeem_v he_o with_o five_o shekel_n of_o silver_n which_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o priest_n my_o servant_n numb_a 18.16_o the_o like_a shall_v thou_o do_v with_o the_o first-born_a of_o thy_o bullock_n and_o thy_o sheep_n seven_o day_n shall_v they_o be_v 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pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n in_o the_o red-sea_n but_o man_n in_o passion_n usual_o lose_v all_o consideration_n moses_n and_o aaron_n see_v they_o in_o such_o a_o rage_n and_o mutiny_n fall_v down_o on_o their_o face_n before_o they_o entreat_v they_o to_o desist_v from_o such_o a_o desperate_a purpose_n moses_n earnest_o persuade_v they_o not_o to_o dread_v the_o canaanite_n for_o god_n will_v go_v before_o they_o and_o fight_v for_o they_o deut._n 1.29_o 30_o 31._o and_o caleb_n and_o joshua_n rend_v their_o clothes_n testify_v that_o their_o heart_n be_v rend_v with_o grief_n and_o indignation_n at_o those_o blasphemous_a speech_n the_o people_n have_v utter_v against_o god_n they_o tell_v they_o the_o land_n they_o go_v to_o search_v be_v a_o exceed_a good_a land_n and_o if_o the_o lord_n delight_v in_o they_o he_o will_v bring_v they_o into_o it_o therefore_o they_o shall_v take_v heed_n lest_o by_o their_o rebellion_n they_o provoke_v he_o to_o deprive_v they_o of_o it_o as_o 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servant_n and_o witness_n be_v in_o sudden_o cause_v the_o cloud_n the_o usual_a sign_n when_o he_o mean_v to_o speak_v to_o moses_n concern_v the_o people_n to_o descend_v upon_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o possible_o in_o a_o more_o glorious_a manner_n then_o ordinary_a thereby_o to_o astonish_v the_o people_n and_o to_o stop_v they_o in_o their_o furious_a attempt_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o moses_n how_o long_o will_v this_o people_n provoke_v i_o and_o how_o long_o will_v it_o be_v ere_o they_o believe_v i_o notwithstanding_o all_o the_o sign_n and_o wonder_n i_o have_v show_v among_o they_o i_o be_o even_o ready_a to_o smite_v they_o with_o the_o pestilence_n and_o quite_o disinherit_v they_o and_o deprive_v they_o of_o this_o good_a land_n i_o promise_v to_o their_o father_n and_o in_o their_o stead_n to_o make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n than_o they_o moses_n humble_o intercede_v for_o they_o and_o make_v use_v of_o several_a argument_n to_o prevail_v with_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o first_o he_o say_v lord_z if_o thou_o shall_v destroy_v all_o this_o people_n as_o if_o they_o be_v but_o one_o man_n the_o egyptian_n will_v hear_v of_o it_o and_o will_v take_v occasion_n thereupon_o to_o reproach_v thy_o name_n they_o will_v say_v because_o thou_o can_v not_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o land_n which_o thou_o swear_v to_o give_v they_o therefore_o thou_o have_v slay_v they_o in_o the_o wilderness_n though_o they_o know_v thou_o bring_v they_o by_o thy_o almighty_a power_n out_o from_o among_o they_o however_o they_o will_v talk_v insult_o thereof_o to_o the_o nation_n who_o have_v hear_v the_o fame_n of_o thou_o and_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v among_o this_o people_n and_o have_v manifest_v thy_o presence_n frequent_o and_o apparent_o among_o they_o and_o that_o thy_o cloud_n stand_v over_o they_o and_o that_o thou_o go_v before_o they_o in_o the_o daytime_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o a_o cloud_n and_o in_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n by_o night_n 2_o he_o humble_o desire_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o power_n and_o mercy_n may_v be_v manifest_v in_o pardon_v this_o people_n who_o by_o so_o many_o and_o great_a sin_n have_v so_o high_o provoke_v he_o according_a to_o what_o he_o himself_o have_v speak_v exod._n 34.6_o say_n the_o lord_n be_v long-suffering_a and_o of_o great_a mercy_n forgive_a iniquity_n and_o transgression_n and_o by_o no_o mean_n clear_v the_o guilty_a visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n by_o which_o word_n whilst_o moses_n sue_v for_o mercy_n to_o many_o of_o they_o he_o seem_v to_o intimate_v a_o assent_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n if_o he_o please_v to_o execute_v it_o upon_o some_o principal_a offender_n among_o they_o which_o if_o cut_v off_o there_o will_v be_v more_o safety_n for_o the_o rest_n only_o he_o desire_v he_o will_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o judgement_n remember_v mercy_n and_o will_v manifest_v as_o great_a a_o willingness_n and_o readiness_n to_o pardon_v they_o now_o as_o he_o have_v do_v from_o egypt_n until_o that_o time_n the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o give_v a_o gracious_a answer_n to_o moses_n prayer_n and_o according_o say_v to_o he_o i_o have_v pardon_v they_o according_a to_o thy_o word_n i_o will_v not_o destroy_v they_o all_o as_o one_o man_n at_o this_o present_a i_o will_v not_o cut_v off_o the_o whole_a nation_n as_o at_o first_o i_o threaten_v he_o further_o tell_v moses_n that_o he_o intend_v to_o get_v unto_o his_o name_n great_a glory_n by_o the_o miraculous_a thing_n that_o he_o will_v do_v for_o his_o people_n in_o carry_v they_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o yet_o withal_o he_o will_v magnify_v his_o justice_n and_o severity_n in_o cut_v off_o those_o who_o have_v see_v the_o miracle_n he_o do_v for_o they_o in_o egypt_n and_o in_o the_o wilderness_n have_v yet_o tempt_v he_o ten_o time_n spy_n time_n 1._o at_o the_o red-sea_n exod._n 14.11_o 2._o at_o marah_n exod._n 15.23_o 3._o in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n exod._n 16.2_o 4._o when_o they_o keep_v manna_n till_o it_o stanke_z exod._n 16.20_o 5._o when_o they_o go_v out_o to_o gather_v manna_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n exod._n 16.27_o 6._o at_o rephidim_n for_o want_v of_o water_n exod._n 17.2_o 7._o when_o they_o make_v the_o golden_a calf_n exod._n 32.1_o 8._o at_o taborah_n numb_a 11.1_o 9_o at_o kebroth-hattaavah_a longing_n for_o quail_n numb_a 11.4_o 10._o at_o this_o time_n after_o the_o return_n of_o the_o spy_n and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o land_n but_o all_o of_o they_o that_o be_v twenty_o year_n old_a and_o upward_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n except_v only_a joshua_n and_o caleb_n who_o be_v act_v by_o a_o better_a spirit_n and_o have_v follow_v he_o full_o and_o do_v what_o he_o require_v of_o they_o see_v numb_a 32.12_o these_o two_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o land_n and_o their_o seed_n shall_v possess_v it_o but_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o murmurer_n and_o mutineer_n their_o carcase_n shall_v fall_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o their_o child_n that_o they_o say_v will_v be_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o amorites_n these_o he_o will_v bring_v in_o and_o they_o shall_v know_v and_o enjoy_v the_o good_a land_n which_o their_o father_n have_v so_o reproachful_o reject_v yet_o he_o tell_v they_o their_o child_n shall_v wander_v in_o that_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n that_o be_v till_o they_o have_v make_v up_o the_o year_n of_o their_o wander_a in_o the_o wilderness_n from_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n full_a forty_o year_n and_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o during_o this_o time_n these_o child_n shall_v bear_v their_o father_n whoredom_n that_o be_v their_o father_n unfaithfulness_n disloyalty_n and_o disobedience_n
to_o god_n shall_v bring_v this_o punishment_n of_o forty_o year_n continuance_n in_o the_o wilderness_n upon_o their_o child_n and_o he_o say_v they_o shall_v know_v to_o their_o cost_n what_o a_o dangerous_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o withdraw_v themselves_o or_o break_v off_o pisc_n off_o v._o 34._o scietis_fw-la abruptionem_fw-la meam_fw-la i._n e._n abruptionem_fw-la à _fw-la i_o pisc_n their_o obedience_n to_o he_o they_o shall_v find_v that_o it_o be_v their_o own_o infidelity_n and_o disobedience_n to_o he_o and_o not_o his_o breach_n of_o promise_n with_o they_o that_o keep_v they_o out_o of_o that_o good_a land_n to_o the_o border_n of_o which_o he_o have_v now_o bring_v they_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v consider_v that_o his_o promise_n be_v conditional_a and_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v expect_v only_o by_o those_o that_o perform_v the_o condition_n of_o it_o and_o towards_o they_o it_o shall_v never_o fail_v numb_a 13._o from_o 23._o to_o the_o end_n numb_a 14._o from_o 1._o to_o 36._o joshua_n 5.6_o numb_a 32._o from_o 8._o to_o 14._o deut._n 1._o from_o 26._o to_o 40._o deut._n 9.23_o 24._o psal_n 95._o from_o 8._o to_o the_o end_n psal_n 106._o from_o 23._o to_o 27._o sect_n lix_n the_o ten_o spy_n who_o have_v cause_v this_o meeting_n among_o the_o people_n be_v smite_v by_o god_n with_o a_o extraordinary_a plague_n and_o die_v present_o see_v 1_o cor._n 10.10_o with_o this_o judgement_n the_o people_n be_v grievous_o terrify_v and_o mourn_v exceed_o and_o in_o remembrance_n thereof_o the_o jew_n keep_v a_o feast_n upon_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o six_o month_n call_v ebul_n numb_a 14._o from_o 36._o to_o 40._o sect_n lx._n the_o people_n be_v much_o terrify_v with_o this_o judgement_n and_o more_o especial_o with_o god_n decree_n against_o they_o which_o moses_n have_v acquaint_v they_o with_o and_o be_v very_o sensible_a that_o they_o have_v great_o provoke_v the_o lord_n they_o will_v needs_o now_o in_o all_o have_v gird_v 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for_o you_o and_o for_o the_o strange_a that_o sojourn_v with_o you_o from_z vers_n 13._o to_o 17._o 3ly_n he_o enjoin_v they_o to_o offer_v a_o cake_n of_o the_o first_o of_o their_o dough_n for_o a_o heave-offering_a that_o be_v about_o the_o same_o quantity_n that_o they_o offer_v of_o their_o first_o corn_n they_o shall_v offer_v of_o their_o dough_n and_o both_o to_o be_v offer_v with_o the_o same_o ceremony_n these_o they_o be_v to_o offer_v to_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v to_o the_o priest_n the_o lord_n receiver_n for_o the_o first-fruit_n be_v their_o portion_n ezek._n 44.30_o the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o fruit_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o every_o oblation_n of_o all_o of_o every_o sort_n of_o your_o oblation_n shall_v be_v the_o priest_n from_z vers_n 17._o to_o 22._o 4ly_n law_n be_v give_v concern_v sacrifice_n to_o be_v offer_v when_o either_o the_o whole_a congregation_n or_o a_o single_a person_n have_v sin_v through_o ignorance_n levit._n 4.13_o there_o be_v a_o law_n 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one_o of_o the_o congregation_n go_v out_o presumptuous_o to_o gather_v stick_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n this_o be_v a_o direct_a violation_n of_o the_o law_n give_v concern_v the_o sabbath_n they_o put_v the_o man_n inward_a till_o they_o have_v inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n what_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o he_o 24.12_o he_o see_v levit._n 24.12_o that_o a_o sabbath_n breaker_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n they_o know_v see_v exod._n 31.14_o &_o 35.2_o but_o what_o kind_n of_o death_n he_o shall_v die_v or_o whither_o this_o gather_n of_o stick_n make_v he_o obnoxious_a to_o that_o sentence_n they_o be_v not_o full_o resolve_v though_o it_o be_v evident_a enough_o to_o they_o he_o have_v do_v it_o presumptuous_o moses_n not_o willing_a to_o take_v away_o his_o life_n without_o certain_a direction_n inquire_v
and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v not_o hold_v communion_n with_o idolater_n nor_o conform_v themselves_o to_o they_o in_o their_o rite_n and_o usage_n you_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n say_v he_o he_o have_v choose_v you_o to_o himself_o for_o his_o peculiar_a people_n above_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n therefore_o you_o shall_v not_o as_o the_o heathen_n do_v cut_v themselves_o or_o make_v any_o incision_n in_o your_o flesh_n at_o the_o death_n of_o any_o of_o your_o dear_a friend_n levit._n 19.28_o nor_o make_v any_o baldness_n between_o your_o eye_n nor_o mourn_v so_o inordinate_o as_o they_o do_v who_o have_v no_o hope_n of_o a_o bless_a resurrection_n or_o eternal_a life_n these_o custom_n god_n forbid_v they_o to_o take_v up_o not_o only_o because_o they_o be_v the_o desperate_a effect_n of_o immoderate_a mourning_n but_o also_o because_o they_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o idolater_n and_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o people_n to_o conform_v themselves_o to_o they_o in_o these_o thing_n lest_o they_o shall_v from_o thence_o grow_v to_o a_o conformity_n to_o they_o in_o their_o idolatrous_a worship_v of_o false_a god_n in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o show_v they_o that_o they_o may_v not_o eat_v any_o abominable_a thing_n namely_o such_o as_o god_n have_v forbid_v they_o and_o therefore_o here_o he_o set_v down_o what_o may_v and_o what_o may_v not_o be_v eat_v of_o beast_n of_o fowl_n of_o fish_n of_o all_o which_o see_v sect._n 33._o and_o levit._n 11._o if_o any_o clean_a creature_n die_v of_o itself_o it_o may_v be_v sell_v to_o or_o eat_v by_o a_o stranger_n but_o not_o by_o themselves_o which_o restraint_n be_v to_o mind_v they_o of_o the_o difference_n god_n put_v between_o they_o and_o other_o nation_n and_o the_o especial_a purity_n he_o require_v of_o they_o above_o other_o people_n further_o he_o tell_v they_o they_o shall_v not_o seethe_v a_o 22.6_o a_o id_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la matre_fw-la lactante_fw-la q._n d._n satis_fw-la tibi_fw-la sit_fw-la comedere_fw-la haedum_fw-la abstine_fw-la a_o matre_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la fâ—rt_fw-la crudelitatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la sic_fw-la praecepit_fw-la pullas_fw-la avium_fw-la comprehendere_fw-la in_o nido_fw-la matre_fw-la dimissa_fw-la deut._n 22.6_o kid_n in_o its_o mother_n milk_n that_o be_v they_o shall_v not_o be_v cruel_a as_o to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n in_o that_o milk_n of_o its_o dam_n which_o be_v give_v it_o for_o its_o nourishment_n see_v sect._n 17._o of_o ch._n 4._o further_o he_o enjoin_v they_o to_o tithe_v all_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o seed_n that_o the_o field_n bring_v forth_o year_n by_o year_n and_o that_o not_o only_o the_o first_o tithe_n which_o they_o be_v to_o pay_v yearly_a to_o the_o levite_n in_o the_o several_a place_n of_o their_o habitation_n numb_a 18.24_o but_o the_o second_o tithe_n take_v after_o that_o which_o they_o shall_v spend_v in_o holy_a feast_n before_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o place_n which_o he_o shall_v choose_v together_o with_o the_o firstling_n of_o their_o herd_n and_o flock_n that_o be_v either_o the_o female-firstling_n or_o the_o first-born_a after_o the_o male-firstling_n be_v pay_v to_o the_o priest_n see_v ch._n 12.17_o and_o the_o reason_n he_o give_v why_o they_o shall_v go_v up_o to_o the_o place_n the_o lord_n have_v choose_v and_o there_o feast_v together_o with_o these_o their_o holy_a thing_n be_v that_o they_o may_v learn_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n always_o because_o the_o present_v themselves_o thus_o yearly_o before_o the_o lord_n with_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o offering_n must_v needs_o be_v of_o itself_o a_o good_a mean_n to_o keep_v their_o heart_n in_o a_o continual_a awe_n and_o reverence_n of_o god_n and_o at_o that_o holy_a place_n and_o in_o those_o holy_a convocation_n the_o priest_n be_v to_o instruct_v they_o in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o promise_v concern_v the_o messiah_n and_o in_o their_o sacrifice_n they_o may_v behold_v a_o shadow_n of_o their_o redemption_n by_o he_o all_o which_o must_v needs_o conduce_v to_o teach_v they_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o in_o case_n they_o dwell_v very_o far_o from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o their_o tithe_n and_o firstling_n be_v so_o many_o that_o they_o can_v not_o well_o carry_v they_o so_o far_o than_o they_o may_v sell_v those_o thing_n and_o carry_v the_o money_n with_o they_o and_o buy_v 2.14_o buy_v praetextu_fw-la legis_fw-la huius_fw-la irrepsit_fw-la improba_fw-la consâ—etudo_fw-la joh._n 2.14_o therewith_o what_o they_o be_v to_o use_v there_o namely_o ox_n or_o sheep_n or_o wine_n or_o strong_a drink_n or_o what_o else_o they_o desire_v to_o make_v a_o cheerful_a feast_n that_o they_o may_v rejoice_v together_o before_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v he_o remember_v that_o thou_o forsake_v not_o nor_o neglect_v the_o levite_n that_o be_v not_o only_o pay_v he_o the_o first_o tithe_n but_o communicate_v to_o he_o also_o of_o these_o second_o tithe_n that_o he_o may_v be_v sufficient_o provide_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o rejoice_v before_o the_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o thyself_o see_v he_o be_v to_o have_v no_o land_n of_o inheritance_n among_o you_o to_o supply_v this_o unto_o he_o and_o every_o three_o year_n after_o the_o sabbatical_a when_o the_o land_n be_v to_o rest_v and_o so_o in_o the_o six_o year_n after_o that_o thou_o shall_v bring_v forth_o all_o judaeorum_fw-la all_o dam_fw-la decimas_fw-la ut_fw-la ditescas_fw-la proverbium_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la the_o tithe_n of_o thy_o increase_n that_o year_n that_o be_v separate_z a_o three_o tithe_n poor_a tithe_n so_o that_o every_o three_o year_n they_o separate_v three_o several_a tithe_n the_o first_o be_v the_o levite_n yearly_a livelihood_n the_o second_o they_o carry_v up_o with_o they_o to_o jerusalem_n therewith_o to_o feast_v before_o the_o lord_n the_o three_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o the_o poor_a which_o shall_v 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 that_o not_o only_o for_o the_o levite_n but_o also_o for_o the_o stranger_n the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n deut._n 26.12_o that_o they_o may_v eat_v and_o be_v satisfy_v and_o in_o so_o do_v they_o may_v expect_v the_o lord_n will_v please_v to_o bless_v they_o and_o prosper_v the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n chap._n xv_o he_o amplify_v and_o enlarge_v upon_o the_o four_o commandment_n dilate_v upon_o the_o rite_n and_o observance_n require_v in_o the_o seven_o or_o sabbatical_a year_n at_o the_o end_n of_o every_o seven_o year_n reckon_v inchoative_a from_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n say_v he_o thou_o shall_v make_v a_o release_n that_o be_v every_o creditor_n that_o dare_v aught_o unto_o his_o neighbour_n shall_v release_v it_o he_o shall_v not_o exact_v it_o of_o his_o neighbour_n or_o his_o brother_n that_o be_v of_o any_o israelite_n whatsoever_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v ordain_v it_o to_o be_v a_o year_n of_o release_n but_o of_o a_o foreigner_n or_o heathen_a not_o proselyte_v thou_o may_v require_v what_o be_v thou_o with_o he_o and_o the_o end_n why_o you_o shall_v so_o release_v be_v this_o that_o there_o may_v not_o be_v through_o your_o exact_v debt_n of_o your_o brethren_n any_o of_o they_o bring_v to_o extreme_a poverty_n and_o if_o in_o this_o and_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v obedient_a to_o god_n law_n he_o tell_v they_o god_n will_v so_o abundant_o bless_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v well_o able_a to_o forbear_v the_o exact_v of_o their_o debt_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v no_o prejudice_n at_o all_o to_o they_o he_o will_v so_o bless_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v enough_o to_o lend_v 28.12_o lend_v see_v deut._n 28.12_o to_o many_o nation_n and_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o borrow_v of_o they_o and_o as_o otherways_o so_o particular_o in_o lend_v to_o they_o say_v he_o thou_o shall_v reign_v over_o they_o for_o the_o borrower_n be_v servant_n to_o the_o lender_n prov._n 22.7_o but_o they_o shall_v not_o reign_v over_o thou_o if_o there_o be_v a_o poor_a man_n of_o thy_o brethren_n within_o any_o of_o thy_o gate_n thou_o shall_v not_o harden_v thy_o heart_n nor_o shut_v thy_o hand_n from_o he_o but_o shall_v open_v it_o wide_o unto_o he_o and_o shall_v lend_v he_o sufficient_a for_o his_o need_n beware_v therefore_o lest_o there_o be_v such_o a_o wicked_a thought_n in_o thy_o heart_n say_v the_o seven_o year_n the_o year_n of_o release_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o thy_o eye_n be_v evil_a against_o thy_o poor_a brother_n so_o that_o thou_o look_v dogged_o upon_o he_o and_o give_v he_o naught_o and_o he_o cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n against_o thou_o and_o it_o be_v sin_n unto_o thou_o that_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n for_o which_o thou_o shall_v be_v punish_v no_o on_o the_o contrary_n thou_o shall_v sure_o give_v he_o 11._o he_o see_v esay_n
they_o to_o observe_v and_o do_v lest_o god_n shall_v smite_v they_o with_o leprosy_n as_o he_o do_v miriam_n who_o be_v by_o god_n special_a command_n shut_v out_o of_o the_o camp_n seven_o day_n until_o she_o have_v be_v purify_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o if_o she_o can_v not_o be_v exempt_v none_o of_o they_o must_v hope_v for_o exemption_n in_o that_o case_n from_o what_o the_o law_n require_v vers_fw-la 8_o 9_o 6_o when_o a_o man_n do_v lend_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o brother_n upon_o a_o pledge_n he_o be_v not_o to_o go_v into_o his_o house_n and_o pick_v and_o choose_v what_o pledge_v he_o please_v but_o shall_v be_v content_a with_o that_o which_o the_o borrower_n bring_v out_o to_o he_o poor_a man_n be_v unwilling_a that_o stranger_n shall_v see_v their_o penury_n and_o want_n and_o if_o the_o man_n be_v very_o poor_a so_o that_o he_o give_v his_o cover_v or_o garment_n wherein_o he_o lodge_v to_o pledge_n see_v exod._n 22.26_o the_o lender_n be_v to_o return_v it_o to_o he_o again_o before_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o that_o he_o may_v sleep_v in_o his_o own_o raiment_n and_o so_o may_v bless_v the_o lender_n and_o pray_v for_o he_o for_o his_o mercifulness_n to_o he_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v esteem_v as_o a_o righteous_a 106.31_o righteous_a see_v psal_n 106.31_o thing_n and_o a_o good_a work_n in_o he_o before_o the_o lord_n who_o will_v reward_v he_o for_o it_o from_z vers_n 10._o to_o 14._o 7_o they_o be_v not_o to_o oppress_v a_o hire_a servant_n whither_o of_o their_o own_o brethren_n or_o a_o stranger_n that_o be_v poor_a and_o needy_a but_o to_o pay_v he_o his_o wage_n 19.13_o wage_n see_v levit._n 19.13_o at_o the_o day_n appoint_v and_o not_o put_v he_o off_o further_o for_o be_v poor_a he_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o hire_n as_o that_o by_o which_o he_o must_v maintain_v himself_o if_o they_o do_v otherwise_o the_o poor_a man_n may_v cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n against_o they_o and_o god_n may_v thereupon_o be_v provoke_v to_o punish_v they_o for_o their_o unmercifulness_n vers_fw-la 14_o 15._o 8_o neither_o the_o father_n 21._o father_n ad_fw-la judices_fw-la haec_fw-la dici_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la regula_n haec_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la est_fw-la interim_n in_o casibus_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la extraordinariis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la mandatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la filios_fw-la cum_fw-la parentibus_fw-la occidere_fw-la vide_fw-la deut._n 13._o jos_n 7._o judic_n 20.21_o 2_o sam._n 21._o shall_v be_v put_v to_o put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o child_n nor_o the_o child_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n but_o every_o man_n shall_v suffer_v for_o his_o own_o sin_n vers_fw-la 16._o 9_o they_o be_v not_o to_o pervert_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o fatherless_a or_o stranger_n or_o take_v a_o widow_n garment_n to_o pledge_n but_o shall_v remember_v how_o they_o themselves_o be_v bondman_n in_o egypt_n and_o how_o god_n deliver_v they_o thence_o and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v be_v 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 fit_a to_o be_v use_v with_o no_o more_o regard_n than_o if_o he_o be_v a_o beast_n the_o jew_n be_v so_o superstitious_o careful_a not_o to_o transgress_v this_o law_n that_o their_o custom_n be_v to_o stay_v at_o 39_o stripe_n even_o when_o they_o mean_v to_o go_v as_o high_a as_o they_o may_v and_o that_o for_o fear_n they_o shall_v exceed_v from_o vers_fw-la 1._o to_o 4._o 12_o they_o be_v not_o to_o muzzle_v the_o ox_n when_o he_o tread_v out_o the_o corn._n the_o israelite_n use_v not_o to_o thresh_v their_o corn_n with_o flail_n as_o we_o do_v but_o tread_v it_o out_o with_o the_o foot_n of_o beast_n hosea_n 10.11_o yea_o sometime_o with_o cart-wheel_n see_v isa_n 28.27_o 28._o by_o this_o law_n the_o lord_n teach_v they_o to_o be_v merciful_a to_o the_o bruit_n beast_n they_o have_v occasion_n to_o make_v use_n of_o and_o by_o necessary_a consequence_n to_o beware_v of_o deprive_v their_o brethren_n of_o that_o which_o be_v due_a to_o they_o for_o the_o service_n they_o do_v they_o but_o to_o let_v they_o eat_v and_o enjoy_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o labour_n see_v 1_o cor._n 9.9_o 13_o if_o a_o man_n die_v leave_v no_o child_n his_o wife_n may_v not_o marry_v out_o of_o her_o husband_n family_n but_o her_o husband_n next_o brother_n or_o next_o kinsman_n shall_v marry_v she_o and_o the_o first-born_a which_o she_o bear_v he_o shall_v be_v count_v the_o legal_a son_n of_o his_o brother_n history_n brother_n hence_o obed_n who_o boaz_n beget_v of_o ruth_n be_v say_v to_o be_v naomi_n son_n ruth_n 4.17_o because_o he_o be_v count_v the_o legal_a son_n of_o elimelech_n her_o decease_a son_n ruth_n former_a husband_n though_o he_o be_v withal_o count_v the_o natural_a son_n of_o boaz_n luke_n 3.32_o see_v sect._n 35._o of_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o this_o history_n that_o die_v without_o issue_n that_o so_o his_o name_n may_v be_v continue_v in_o israel_n but_o if_o the_o next_o brother_n refuse_v to_o marry_v she_o she_o shall_v complain_v to_o the_o elder_n and_o if_o he_o still_o persist_v in_o it_o before_o they_o that_o he_o will_v not_o take_v she_o to_o wife_n she_o shall_v loose_v his_o shoe_n estate_n shoe_n in_o all_o resignation_n of_o house_n or_o land_n from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o this_o ceremony_n be_v use_v so_o that_o he_o that_o do_v resign_v the_o house_n or_o land_n pull_v off_o his_o shoe_n and_o give_v it_o to_o his_o neighbour_n to_o who_o he_o pass_v it_o over_o ruth_n 4.7_o thereby_o signify_v that_o he_o pass_v it_o over_o ruth_n 4.7_o thereby_o signify_v that_o he_o will_v from_o thence_o forward_o be_v disable_v from_o go_v any_o more_o upon_o such_o land_n or_o into_o such_o a_o house_n or_o any_o part_n of_o the_o estate_n from_o off_o his_o foot_n as_o intimate_v thereby_o that_o he_o be_v unworthy_a to_o enter_v upon_o and_o possess_v his_o brother_n estate_n and_o shall_v spit_v in_o his_o face_n ruth_n face_n this_o be_v only_o do_v when_o the_o woman_n do_v claim_v and_o press_v she_o right_o 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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 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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 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two_o city_n of_o this_o name_n one_o fall_v to_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o ephraimity_n and_o the_o other_o to_o the_o benjamite_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v there_o be_v a_o upper_a and_o nether_a beth-horon_a which_o be_v afterward_o rebuilt_a beautify_v and_o fortify_v by_o sherah_n a_o famous_a woman_n of_o the_o stock_n of_o ephraim_n 1_o chron._n 7.24_o and_o smite_v they_o unto_o azehah_n and_o makkedah_n and_o as_o they_o flee_v some_o towards_o the_o upper_a and_o some_o towards_o the_o nether_a beth-horon_a the_o lord_n cast_v down_o great_a and_o prodigious_a hailstone_n upon_o they_o which_o destroy_v more_o of_o they_o than_o the_o israelite_n have_v kill_v with_o the_o sword_n this_o storm_n of_o hail_n be_v miraculous_a not_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o exceed_a greatness_n of_o the_o stone_n but_o in_o that_o they_o fall_v only_o on_o the_o canaanite_n and_o not_o on_o the_o israelite_n who_o pursue_v after_o they_o joshua_n be_v now_o with_o his_o army_n in_o the_o 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joshua_n prayer_n to_o god_n first_o desire_v it_o and_o then_o command_v in_o his_o name_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v see_v hab._n 3.11_o joshua_n have_v the_o day_n thus_o miraculous_o lengthen_v out_o for_o he_o and_o follow_v the_o chase_n those_o five_o king_n flee_v to_o a_o cave_n in_o the_o country_n belong_v to_o makkedah_n and_o there_o hide_v themselves_o joshua_n be_v inform_v thereof_o command_v that_o the_o entrance_n into_o the_o cave_n shall_v be_v ram_v up_o with_o great_a stone_n and_o a_o guard_n set_v upon_o it_o but_o that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o army_n shall_v pursue_v after_o their_o enemy_n and_o smite_v the_o hindmost_a of_o they_o and_o not_o suffer_v they_o to_o get_v into_o their_o fence_a city_n lest_o they_o shall_v put_v they_o to_o a_o new_a trouble_n for_o say_v he_o god_n fight_v for_o we_o and_o have_v deliver_v these_o our_o enemy_n into_o our_o hand_n therefore_o let_v we_o not_o by_o sloth_n and_o negligence_n lose_v this_o opportunity_n of_o 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against_o they_o to_o allude_v to_o that_o proverbial_a speech_n exod._n 11.7_o then_o joshua_n cause_v the_o five_o king_n to_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o the_o cave_n to_o he_o and_o he_o call_v for_o his_o captain_n and_o chief_a commander_n and_o bid_v they_o put_v their_o foot_n upon_o their_o neck_n not_o in_o a_o proud_a insult_a manner_n but_o to_o teach_v they_o that_o they_o be_v to_o show_v no_o mercy_n to_o this_o people_n and_o to_o intimate_v to_o they_o that_o thus_o they_o shall_v tread_v all_o their_o enemy_n under_o their_o foot_n then_o joshua_n command_v that_o these_o five_o king_n shall_v be_v slay_v and_o hang_v masius_n hang_v quia_fw-la regum_fw-la stagitia_fw-la plurimis_fw-la exemplo_fw-la nocent_a ideo_fw-la acerbiore_fw-la supplicio_fw-la merito_fw-la debebant_fw-la expiari_fw-la masius_n on_o five_o tree_n where_o they_o hang_v till_o evening_n and_o then_o they_o take_v they_o down_o and_o cast_v they_o into_o the_o cave_n where_o they_o have_v be_v hide_v and_o lay_v great_a stone_n in_o the_o caves_n mouth_n which_o remain_v when_o this_o history_n be_v write_v see_v josh_n 8.29_o and_o psal_n 91.13_o and_o psal_n 149.8_o &_o 110.1_o joshua_n 10._o from_o 1._o to_o 27._o sect_n civ_o joshua_n like_o a_o prudent_a general_n pursue_v his_o victory_n while_o the_o canaanite_n be_v under_o so_o great_a a_o terror_n and_o consternation_n upon_o the_o defeat_n of_o the_o five_o king_n and_o their_o army_n and_o therefore_o now_o he_o resolve_v to_o set_v upon_o their_o city_n and_o first_o he_o take_v makkedah_n 15.41_o makkedah_n a_o city_n in_o the_o uttermost_a confine_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n towards_o the_o west_n see_v ch._n 15.41_o and_o destroy_v all_o the_o people_n therein_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n reserve_v the_o cattle_n to_o themselves_o for_o a_o prey_n see_v ch._n 11.14_o and_o he_o do_v unto_o the_o king_n thereof_o as_o he_o have_v do_v unto_o the_o king_n of_o jericho_n that_o be_v he_o hang_v bonfrerius_n hang_v hoc_fw-la non_fw-la indicat_fw-la scriptura_fw-la ex_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la tamen_fw-la regum_fw-la exemplo_fw-la colligunt_fw-la eum_fw-la suspensum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la bonfrerius_n he_o from_o makkedah_n he_o march_v the_o whole_a army_n that_o be_v with_o he_o to_o libnah_n 21.13_o libnah_n a_o city_n situate_a in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n ch._n 15.42_o and_o give_v to_o the_o priest_n ch._n 21.13_o and_o the_o lord_n deliver_v that_o city_n also_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o he_o put_v all_o to_o the_o sword_n he_o find_v therein_o and_o do_v unto_o their_o king_n as_o he_o do_v unto_o the_o king_n of_o makkedah_n from_o libnah_n he_o march_v to_o lachish_n gibeon_n lachish_n a_o strong_a city_n in_o the_o confine_n of_o judah_n restore_v ch._n 15.39_o who_o king_n be_v one_o of_o those_o that_o make_v war_n against_o gibeon_n and_o besiege_v it_o
due_a time_n to_o perform_v what_o god_n command_v they_o in_o drive_v out_o the_o canaanite_n out_o of_o the_o land_n now_o the_o canaanite_n that_o be_v leave_v in_o the_o land_n and_o not_o cast_v out_o be_v these_o viz._n five_o lord_n of_o the_o philistine_n viz._n the_o lord_n of_o ashdod_n gaza_n askelon_n gath_n and_o ekron_n and_o the_o canaanite_n sidonian_n and_o hivites_n that_o dwell_v about_o libanus_n and_o from_o mount_n baal-hermon_a on_o the_o east_n of_o libanus_n to_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o hamath_n a_o city_n in_o the_o north_n of_o canaan_n afterward_o call_v antiochia_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n dwell_v thus_o among_o the_o canaanite_n grow_v extreme_o corrupt_v so_o that_o they_o serve_v their_o god_n and_o the_o idol_n which_o they_o set_v up_o and_o worship_v in_o grove_n and_o make_v interchangeable_a marriage_n with_o they_o upon_o which_o great_a provocation_n the_o lord_n give_v they_o up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o chushan-rishathaim_a king_n of_o mesopotamia_n it_o be_v like_a he_o first_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o tribe_n that_o lay_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o jordan_n and_o then_o encroach_v upon_o those_o within_o jordan_n by_o degree_n and_o this_o be_v their_o first_o servitude_n judge_n servitude_n first_o servitude_n under_o cushan_n eight_o year_n othniel_n first_o judge_n which_o continue_v eight_o year_n then_o return_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o cry_v unto_o he_o for_o mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n he_o be_v please_v to_o raise_v up_o for_o they_o a_o saviour_n and_o deliverer_n namely_o othniel_n the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n caleb_n nephew_n and_o son_n in_o law_n see_v ch._n 1.13_o so_o that_o to_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n the_o first_o judge_n after_o joshua_n be_v of_o their_o tribe_n thus_o that_o prophecy_n be_v make_v good_a gen._n 49.8_o judah_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o thy_o enemy_n thy_o father_n child_n shall_v bow_v down_o before_o thou_o othniel_n be_v thus_o raise_v up_o by_o god_n to_o this_o high_a office_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v upon_o he_o that_o be_v he_o be_v furnish_v with_o those_o gift_n and_o grace_n that_o be_v requisite_a to_o make_v he_o a_o wise_a and_o valiant_a general_n in_o war_n and_o a_o prudent_a governor_n in_o peace_n and_o the_o lord_n give_v cushan_n into_o his_o hand_n so_o that_o he_o prevail_v against_o he_o and_o deliver_v the_o israelite_n out_o of_o their_o bondage_n under_o he_o and_o so_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n not_o as_o if_o there_o be_v forty_o year_n of_o peace_n in_o the_o land_n uninterrupted_a from_o this_o time_n but_o the_o land_n have_v rest_n till_o forty_o year_n be_v expire_v from_o the_o first_o rest_v wherein_o it_o be_v settle_v by_o joshua_n before_o his_o death_n and_o then_o othniel_n die_v judg._n 2._o from_o 11._o to_o the_o end_n ch._n 3._o from_o 1._o to_o 12._o sect_n cxxxiv_o after_o the_o death_n of_o othniel_n the_o israelite_n again_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o stir_v up_o eglon_n king_n of_o moab_n and_o give_v he_o courage_n and_o resolution_n to_o go_v against_o israel_n and_o he_o join_v with_o the_o ammonite_n and_o amalekite_n overthrow_v they_o and_o take_v jericho_n that_o be_v possess_v himself_o of_o the_o land_n and_o territory_n thereabouts_o where_o the_o city_n of_o jericho_n once_o stand_v and_o possible_o build_v some_o great_a fortress_n there_o that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o command_n of_o the_o ford_n of_o jordan_n that_o be_v the_o passage_n over_o to_o his_o own_o country_n judge_n second_o oppression_n under_o eglon_n eighteen_o year_n ehud_n second_o judge_n and_o this_o second_o oppression_n continue_v eighteen_o year_n the_o israelite_n then_o cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o help_v he_o raise_v up_o for_o they_o ehud_n son_n of_o gera_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n which_o be_v but_o a_o 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de_fw-la populo_fw-la bethshemitico_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la erant_fw-la 5_o mille_fw-la viros_fw-la 70._o ut_fw-la sensus_fw-la sit_fw-la deum_fw-la pro_fw-la indulgentia_fw-la sva_fw-la noluisse_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la reos_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o partem_fw-la tantum_fw-la eorum_fw-la ergo_fw-la supplenda_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o reddenda_fw-la si_fw-la sequamur_fw-la syr._n &_o ar._n quinque_fw-la mille_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la credaâ—_n ex_fw-la oppido_fw-la non_fw-la admodum_fw-la copioso_fw-la 50_o millia_fw-la mortuos_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o plurimos_fw-la relictos_fw-la qui_fw-la eorum_fw-la funera_fw-la lugerent_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquoâ—_fw-la sensus_fw-la loci_fw-la est_fw-la illos_fw-la 70_o viros_fw-la tale_n fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o quipararentur_fw-la 50_o millibus_fw-la de_fw-la plebeiis_fw-la vide_fw-la 2_o sam._n 18.3_o of_o they_o who_o it_o seem_v be_v most_o presumptuous_a though_o there_o be_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o that_o have_v adventure_v to_o look_v upon_o it_o uncovered_v he_o smite_v of_o the_o people_n the_o text_n say_v that_o be_v fifty_o thousand_o or_o as_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a read_v it_o five_o thousand_o return_v thousand_o these_o be_v not_o all_o probable_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o bethshemesh_n but_o many_o of_o they_o such_o as_o â—â—ooked_v from_o the_o neighbour_a country_n to_o see_v the_o ark_n when_o return_v seventy_o person_n and_o the_o bethshemite_v bewail_v this_o sad_a slaughter_n god_n have_v make_v among_o they_o in_o a_o complain_v manner_n they_o say_v who_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v before_o this_o holy_a lord_n god_n who_o manife_v himself_o from_o between_o the_o cherubim_n and_o to_o who_o shall_v the_o ark_n which_o be_v the_o sign_n and_o pledge_v of_o his_o presence_n go_v up_o from_o we_o intimate_v that_o people_n will_v be_v afraid_a to_o entertain_v it_o see_v such_o direful_a thing_n follow_v of_o it_o so_o they_o go_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o kirjath-jearim_a a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n not_o far_o from_o they_o to_o desire_v they_o to_o fetch_v the_o ark_n thither_o pretend_v possible_o it_o be_v a_o place_n of_o much_o more_o safety_n for_o it_o to_o be_v in_o than_o their_o city_n be_v the_o man_n of_o kirjath-jearim_a be_v so_o far_o from_o oppose_v the_o bring_n of_o the_o ark_n to_o their_o city_n notwithstanding_o the_o sad_a calamity_n that_o have_v befall_v so_o many_o of_o the_o bethshemite_n that_o they_o themselves_o fetch_v it_o thither_o and_o undoubted_o with_o much_o joy_n the_o priest_n of_o bethshemesh_n carry_v it_o as_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o ark_n among_o the_o man_n of_o bethshemesh_n but_o their_o irreverent_a carriage_n in_o gaze_v upon_o it_o or_o look_v into_o it_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o misery_n when_o they_o have_v bring_v it_o to_o their_o city_n they_o place_v it_o in_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n a_o levite_n and_o a_o man_n as_o it_o be_v like_a of_o singular_a holiness_n who_o house_n be_v on_o a_o hill_n and_o possible_o fence_v in_o and_o call_v gibeah_n 2_o sam._n 6.3_o a_o place_n of_o strength_n and_o safety_n for_o the_o ark_n to_o be_v keep_v in_o have_v carry_v it_o into_o his_o house_n they_o sanctify_a eleazar_n his_o son_n to_o keep_v it_o that_o be_v they_o choose_v he_o to_o be_v set_v apart_o to_o this_o holy_a employment_n to_o give_v continual_a attendance_n upon_o the_o ark_n that_o he_o may_v keep_v other_o from_o come_v near_o to_o pollute_v or_o defile_v it_o and_o they_o cause_v he_o to_o prepare_v himself_o for_o this_o sacred_a charge_n by_o wash_v his_o garment_n and_o other_o such_o like_a ceremony_n of_o legal_a purify_n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o they_o do_v not_o carry_v the_o ark_n back_o to_o the_o tabernacle_n in_o shiloh_n but_o it_o seem_v the_o lord_n will_v show_v his_o indignation_n against_o the_o former_a wickedness_n of_o that_o place_n by_o not_o suffer_v the_o ark_n to_o be_v carry_v thither_o again_o so_o he_o forsake_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o shiloh_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 78.60_o and_o the_o ark_n be_v thus_o separate_v from_o the_o tabernacle_n they_o continue_v divide_v for_o ever_o after_o for_o it_o be_v say_v that_o david_n prepare_v a_o new_a tent_n for_o it_o 1_o chron._n 15.1_o and_o it_o remain_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a twenty_o year_n 14.18_o year_n this_o can_v be_v mean_v of_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o the_o ark_n remain_v at_o kirjath-jearim_a for_o 'tween_o the_o death_n of_o eli_n short_o after_o which_o the_o ark_n be_v bring_v to_o this_o place_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o david_n reign_n when_o it_o be_v remove_v thence_o 2_o sam._n 6.2_o 3._o there_o must_v needs_o be_v forty_o year_n allow_v for_o the_o government_n of_o saul_n and_o samuel_n act._n 13.21_o all_o which_o time_n the_o ark_n continue_v in_o kirjath-jearim_a unless_o when_o it_o be_v for_o a_o 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their_o strange_a god_n and_o goddess_n see_v judg._n 2.13_o 14._o and_o to_o prepare_v and_o compose_v their_o heart_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n entire_o in_o a_o settle_a course_n of_o new_a obedience_n and_o then_o he_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o will_v deliver_v they_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o philistine_n according_o they_o do_v abandon_v and_o cast_v away_o their_o idol_n and_o serve_v the_o lord_n only_o as_o his_o law_n require_v samuel_n hereupon_o summon_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o people_n to_o mizpeh_n 18.26_o mizpeh_n situate_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n and_o therefore_o reckon_v among_o the_o city_n of_o both_o tribe_n see_v josh_n 15.38_o &_o 18.26_o that_o there_o they_o may_v together_o renew_v their_o covenant_n with_o god_n which_o they_o have_v so_o shameful_o break_v and_o join_v together_o in_o serious_a and_o solemn_a humiliation_n they_o may_v by_o fast_v and_o prayer_n implore_v mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n from_o god_n with_o a_o return_n of_o his_o
former_a favour_n to_o they_o and_o may_v also_o consider_v and_o consult_v together_o of_o the_o best_a mean_n that_o be_v to_o be_v use_v to_o deliver_v themselves_o from_o the_o philistine_n tyranny_n and_o according_o be_v meet_v together_o at_o mizpeh_n they_o there_o keep_v a_o solemn_a fast_o and_o humble_v themselves_o exceed_o before_o the_o lord_n insomuch_o that_o they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v draw_v water_n that_o be_v plenty_n of_o tear_n from_o their_o contrite_a heart_n and_o to_o have_v pour_v they_o out_o before_o the_o lord_n 6.6_o lord_n see_v jer._n 9.1_o job_n 16.20_o psal_n 6.6_o use_v withal_o perhaps_o some_o external_a effusion_n or_o pour_v forth_o of_o water_n to_o represent_v and_o signify_v their_o inward_a repentance_n and_o mourn_v for_o their_o sin_n and_o after_o they_o have_v reconcile_v themselves_o to_o god_n samuel_n as_o a_o judge_n compose_v and_o arbitrate_v the_o controversy_n and_o private_a difference_n that_o be_v among_o the_o people_n the_o philistine_n hear_v that_o the_o israelite_n be_v meet_v together_o at_o mizpeh_n they_o present_o suspect_v that_o they_o be_v plot_v some_o rise_n and_o contrive_v some_o mean_n to_o deliver_v themselves_o from_o under_o their_o yoke_n and_o to_o prevent_v this_o they_o present_o raise_v their_o force_n and_o march_v to_o suppress_v they_o calv._n they_o habrei_fw-la cum_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la egerunt_fw-la gravius_fw-la a_o philistinis_fw-la oppugnantur_fw-la sic_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la meliorem_fw-la frugem_fw-la redire_fw-la volunt_fw-la acrius_fw-la a_o diabolo_fw-it tentantur_fw-la &_o majores_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la persecutiones_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la samuel_n dum_fw-la studet_fw-la populum_fw-la liberare_fw-la videtur_fw-la accersisse_fw-la ei_fw-la gravissimum_fw-la periculum_fw-la illu_z igitur_fw-la imprudendentiae_fw-la &_o temeritatis_fw-la accusare_fw-la possent_fw-la quare_fw-la cum_fw-la inimus_fw-la consilia_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la approbat_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la sinistri_fw-la contigerit_fw-la ne_fw-la paeniteat_fw-la nos_fw-la facti_fw-la neque_fw-la a_o recta_fw-la via_fw-la deflectamus_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntati_fw-la dei_fw-la acquiescamus_fw-la calv._n the_o child_n of_o israel_n hear_v of_o their_o come_n be_v very_o much_o afraid_a know_v the_o strength_n of_o their_o enemy_n and_o their_o own_o present_a weakness_n and_o unpreparedness_n be_v meet_v together_o to_o pray_v and_o not_o to_o fight_v in_o this_o extremity_n they_o desire_v samuel_n to_o be_v instant_a in_o prayer_n to_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o for_o they_o have_v no_o hope_n but_o in_o his_o help_n and_o assistance_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o giver_n of_o victory_n samuel_n hereupon_o take_v a_o suck_a lamb_n and_o either_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v offer_v by_o a_o priest_n not_o be_v of_o that_o order_n himself_o or_o do_v it_o as_o a_o prophet_n immediate_o inspire_v by_o god_n and_o warrant_v to_o do_v it_o by_o some_o special_a dispensation_n as_o elijah_n also_o do_v 1_o king_n 18.31_o 32_o etc._n etc._n see_v also_o judg._n 6.26_o upon_o the_o same_o warrant_v likewise_o he_o offer_v his_o burnt-offering_a here_o at_o mizpeh_n on_o a_o altar_n of_o his_o own_o erect_n and_o not_o on_o the_o altar_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o samuel_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o israel_n and_o the_o lord_n hear_v he_o as_o appear_v by_o what_o follow_v for_o the_o army_n of_o the_o philistine_n draw_v near_o the_o israelite_n as_o it_o seem_v put_v themselves_o into_o the_o best_a posture_n they_o can_v to_o resist_v they_o and_o the_o lord_n thunder_v with_o a_o terrible_a thunder_n upon_o the_o philistine_n see_v ch._n 2.10_o strike_v they_o as_o it_o be_v like_a with_o dreadful_a hailstone_n 11._o hailstone_n see_v josh_n 10_o 11._o and_o thunderbolt_n so_o that_o they_o be_v discomfit_v that_o day_n before_o israel_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o stay_v at_o mizpeh_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o their_o defeat_n come_v out_o and_o join_v in_o the_o pursuit_n and_o slaughter_n of_o they_o and_o they_o pursue_v they_o till_o they_o come_v under_o bethear_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v a_o rock_n where_o the_o philistine_n have_v a_o garrison_n the_o israelite_n be_v hinder_v from_o prosecute_a their_o victory_n any_o further_o the_o army_n of_o the_o philistine_n be_v thus_o discomfit_v samuel_n as_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o victory_n and_o in_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o his_o gracious_a assistance_n by_o which_o alone_o they_o have_v obtain_v it_o take_v a_o great_a stone_n 9_o stone_n idem_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la jacob._n gen._n 28.18_o &_o 35.14_o &_o josh_n 4.8_o 9_o and_o set_v it_o up_o between_o mizpeh_n and_o shen_n which_o be_v a_o rock_n over_o against_o it_o call_v it_o eben-eze_a that_o be_v the_o stone_n of_o help_n say_v hitherto_o god_n have_v help_v we_o and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o in_o the_o very_a same_o place_n where_o before_o the_o israelite_n be_v 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abner_n he_o be_v extreme_o surprise_v at_o it_o and_o cry_v out_o i_o and_o my_o kingdom_n be_v guiltless_a before_o the_o lord_n for_o ever_o from_o the_o blood_n of_o abner_n let_v it_o rest_v on_o the_o head_n of_o joab_n and_o all_o his_o father_n house_n and_o let_v there_o not_o fail_v from_o the_o house_n of_o joab_n as_o long_o as_o his_o family_n continue_v one_o that_o have_v a_o run_a issue_n for_o which_o person_n be_v debar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o congregation_n and_o partake_v of_o the_o public_a ordinance_n levit._n 15.21_o or_o a_o leper_n or_o one_o that_o lean_v on_o a_o staff_n by_o reason_n of_o feebleness_n and_o lameness_n or_o that_o fall_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o so_o die_v a_o untimely_a death_n or_o that_o lack_v bread_n and_o so_o be_v bring_v to_o beggary_n let_v there_o be_v ever_o in_o joabs_n family_n some_o person_n that_o be_v under_o one_o or_o more_o of_o these_o plague_n then_o david_n command_v joab_n and_o all_o the_o people_n that_o be_v with_o he_o to_o rend_v their_o clothes_n and_o gird_v themselves_o with_o sackcloth_n to_o intimate_v that_o their_o heart_n be_v rend_v with_o grief_n for_o this_o horrid_a fact_n then_o he_o make_v a_o solemn_a and_o public_a funeral_n for_o abner_n and_o he_o himself_o follow_v the_o bier_n with_o great_a expression_n of_o grief_n so_o they_o bury_v abner_n in_o hebron_n and_o the_o king_n lift_v up_o his_o voice_n at_o his_o grave_n and_o weep_v and_o the_o people_n weep_v also_o and_o the_o king_n lament_v over_o abner_n and_o say_v die_v abner_n like_o as_o a_o fool_n die_v that_o be_v as_o a_o weak_a and_o cowardly_a man_n that_o yield_v himself_o to_o be_v slaughter_v by_o his_o enemy_n make_v little_a or_o no_o resistance_n no_o sure_o thou_o do_v not_o die_v like_o a_o base_a weak_a captive_a take_v in_o war_n nor_o as_o a_o malefactor_n bind_v in_o chain_n and_o fetter_n and_o so_o lead_v out_o to_o execution_n no_o but_o thou_o be_v base_o and_o treacherous_o slay_v as_o a_o man_n fall_v before_o wicked_a man_n so_o fell_a thou_n as_o it_o may_v happen_v to_o the_o most_o wise_a and_o valiant_a man_n in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v to_o do_v with_o false_a cowardly_a and_o treacherous_a man_n so_o it_o have_v happen_v unto_o thou_o and_o this_o david_n speak_v before_o joab_n face_n and_o brand_v he_o with_o dishonour_n and_o reproach_n before_o all_o the_o people_n as_o a_o part_n of_o his_o punishment_n for_o his_o wicked_a fact_n it_o seem_v it_o be_v the_o manner_n at_o solemn_a funeral_n to_o have_v a_o feast_n provide_v to_o refresh_v and_o cheer_v the_o guest_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o mourning_n see_v jer._n 16.7_o 8._o ezek._n 24.17_o and_o such_o a_o feast_n be_v now_o provide_v but_o david_n to_o express_v his_o great_a and_o extraordinary_a grief_n for_o abner_n refuse_v to_o eat_v at_o it_o whereupon_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o army_n and_o head_n of_o the_o people_n come_v to_o he_o and_o entreat_v he_o not_o to_o lay_v the_o matter_n so_o much_o to_o heart_n as_o to_o forbear_v his_o food_n but_o david_n swear_v to_o they_o say_v god_n do_v so_o to_o i_o and_o more_o also_o if_o i_o taste_v bread_n or_o aught_o else_o till_o the_o sun_n be_v set_v the_o people_n observe_v his_o carriage_n therein_o be_v high_o please_v with_o it_o and_o be_v glad_a to_o see_v he_o so_o much_o to_o resent_v the_o base_a murder_n of_o abner_n and_o with_o so_o much_o earnestness_n to_o seek_v to_o clear_v himself_o thereof_o they_o see_v plain_o that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o david_n counsel_n or_o instigation_n either_o direct_o or_o indirect_o that_o abner_n be_v slay_v but_o it_o proceed_v mere_o from_o joab_n malice_n and_o revenge_n and_o not_o only_a david_n carriage_n in_o this_o matter_n concern_v abner_n please_v the_o people_n but_o general_o all_o thing_n else_o that_o he_o do_v through_o his_o prudence_n and_o wise_a conduct_n be_v very_o please_v to_o they_o indeed_o whither_o they_o like_v his_o not_o execute_v justice_n upon_o joab_n at_o this_o time_n be_v uncertain_a but_o however_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o apologise_v for_o himself_o and_o he_o say_v to_o his_o servant_n about_o he_o you_o see_v there_o be_v prince_n and_o a_o great_a man_n this_o day_n fall_v in_o israel_n who_o blood_n i_o will_v revenge_v on_o he_o that_o shed_v it_o but_o that_o he_o and_o his_o brother_n abishai_n these_o son_n of_o zerviah_n 17._o zerviah_n zerviah_n one_o of_o david_n sister_n be_v mother_n of_o joab_n abishai_n and_o asahel_n and_o abigail_n his_o other_o sister_n be_v mother_n of_o amasa_n 2_o sam._n 17.25_o 1_o chr._n 2.15_o 16_o 17._o be_v at_o this_o time_n too_o potent_a for_o i_o they_o be_v in_o so_o great_a favour_n with_o the_o people_n and_o command_v the_o army_n and_o i_o myself_o though_o anoint_a king_n yet_o be_o at_o present_a but_o unsettle_a in_o my_o kingdom_n however_o the_o lord_n will_v reward_v the_o evil_a doer_n at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o according_a to_o his_o wickedness_n but_o this_o excuse_n be_v below_o pious_a and_o valiant_a david_n and_o savour_v too_o much_o of_o carnal_a fear_n worldly_a policy_n for_o he_o have_v god_n promise_v to_o establish_v he_o in_o the_o throne_n he_o need_v not_o to_o fear_v the_o execute_n of_o justice_n upon_o so_o heinous_a a_o malefactor_n as_o joab_n be_v notwithstanding_o all_o his_o power_n and_o the_o power_n of_o his_o ally_n and_o if_o justice_n have_v be_v now_o execute_v on_o he_o amasa_n death_n have_v be_v prevent_v who_o joab_n afterward_o slay_v in_o a_o like_o treacherous_a manner_n see_v 2_o sam._n 20.10_o but_o some_o will_v ask_v why_o do_v not_o david_n execute_v justice_n upon_o joab_n afterward_o when_o he_o be_v establish_v in_o his_o throne_n doubtless_o it_o be_v a_o great_a fault_n in_o he_o and_o before_o his_o death_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v repent_v of_o it_o which_o the_o charge_n give_v to_o his_o son_n solomon_n seem_v to_o imply_v 1_o king_n 2.5_o 6._o ziz_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o let_v joab_n hoary_a head_n go_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n in_o peace_n 2_o sam._n ch._n 3._o from_o v._n 6_o to_o the_o end_n sect_n clxxxii_o ishbosheth_n and_o the_o israelite_n that_o adhere_v to_o he_o be_v wonderful_o perplex_v and_o dismay_v when_o they_o hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o abner_n he_o be_v their_o general_n on_o who_o counsel_n and_o conduct_v they_o have_v hitherto_o so_o much_o depend_v thing_n go_v thus_o bad_o with_o they_o two_o of_o ishbosheth_n captain_n conspire_v against_o he_o who_o name_n be_v baanah_n and_o rechab_n the_o son_n of_o rimmon_n bear_v in_o beeroth_n a_o city_n of_o benjamin_n but_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o city_n after_o saul_n discomfiture_n flee_v out_o of_o it_o to_o gittaim_v another_o town_n of_o benjamin_n and_o the_o philistine_n possess_v it_o and_o so_o they_o be_v still_o call_v beerothite_n after_o the_o place_n of_o their_o former_a habitation_n and_o live_v but_o as_o sojourner_n in_o gittaim_n among_o their_o brethren_n the_o child_n of_o benjamin_n and_o that_o which_o encourage_v these_o captain_n as_o it_o seem_v to_o conspire_v the_o death_n of_o ishbosheth_n be_v because_o he_o be_v take_v away_o there_o will_v be_v no_o legitimate_a issue_n of_o saul_n race_n but_o only_o mephibosheth_n who_o be_v but_o a_o child_n of_o twelve_o year_n of_o age_n and_o withal_o lame_a in_o his_o foot_n be_v altogether_o unfit_a to_o succeed_v in_o the_o kingdom_n whence_o they_o imagine_v how_o advantageous_a their_o intend_a fact_n will_v be_v to_o david_n and_o how_o likely_a they_o be_v to_o be_v reward_v by_o he_o for_o it_o and_o last_o how_o safe_o they_o may_v do_v it_o because_o there_o will_v be_v none_o leave_v of_o saul_n race_n
punishment_n on_o they_o put_v some_o of_o they_o under_o saw_n some_o under_o harrow_n of_o iron_n some_o he_o order_v to_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n with_o axe_n and_o some_o he_o cause_v to_o pass_v through_o the_o fiery_a brick_n kiln_n to_o express_v his_o detestation_n of_o their_o inhuman_a idolatry_n who_o cause_v their_o own_o child_n to_o pass_v through_o the_o fire_n to_o their_o idol_n moloch_n 1_o king_n 11.7_o and_o thus_o he_o do_v to_o the_o elder_n of_o every_o city_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a offender_n and_o that_o not_o only_o because_o they_o have_v so_o abominable_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n abuse_v his_o ambassador_n but_o have_v also_o hire_v the_o nation_n round_o about_o they_o to_o make_v war_n upon_o he_o intend_v if_o they_o can_v utter_o to_o destroy_v the_o israelite_n these_o thing_n be_v do_v david_n and_o his_o people_n return_v to_o jerusalem_n 2_o sam._n ch._n 12._o from_o v._o 26_o to_o the_o end_n 1_o chron._n 20._o from_o 1_o to_o 4._o sect_n cxciv_o in_o section_n 192_o we_o have_v the_o sad_a history_n of_o david_n fall_n to_o be_v dread_v by_o all_o good_a man_n now_o we_o come_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o repentance_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o it_o and_o first_o we_o may_v take_v notice_n that_o david_n do_v not_o seek_v to_o god_n and_o turn_n to_o he_o by_o a_o act_n of_o his_o freewill_n before_o god_n touch_v his_o heart_n by_o his_o grace_n david_n have_v now_o for_o the_o space_n of_o near_o ten_o month_n continue_v in_o his_o sin_n without_o repentance_n viz._n from_o the_o conception_n to_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o child_n and_o possible_o something_o long_o during_o all_o which_o time_n he_o have_v as_o it_o be_v probable_a in_o a_o formal_a manner_n frequent_v god_n ordinance_n take_v care_n only_o to_o hide_v his_o sin_n and_o not_o to_o be_v cleanse_v from_o the_o guilt_n of_o it_o and_o to_o cover_v his_o shame_n which_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o do_v for_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o sudden_a marry_v of_o bathsheba_n and_o she_o so_o soon_o be_v bring_v to_o bed_n it_o begin_v now_o by_o some_o to_o be_v suspect_v and_o talk_v of_o that_o all_o be_v not_o right_a between_o they_o and_o so_o by_o this_o deed_n he_o give_v great_a occasion_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n to_o blaspheme_v god_n therefore_o now_o send_v the_o prophet_n nathan_n to_o he_o to_o rouse_v he_o out_o of_o the_o dead_a sleep_n he_o be_v in_o and_o to_o bring_v he_o to_o a_o sense_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o repentance_n for_o it_o nathan_n have_v receive_v a_o command_n from_o god_n to_o go_v to_o david_n on_o this_o errand_n he_o begin_v to_o think_v with_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v to_o deal_v with_o a_o great_a king_n who_o he_o be_v direct_o to_o accuse_v sharp_o to_o reprehend_v and_o severe_o to_o threaten_v from_o the_o lord_n he_o resolve_v therefore_o to_o make_v his_o address_n to_o he_o in_o such_o a_o way_n which_o he_o think_v most_o likely_a to_o work_v upon_o such_o a_o great_a person_n according_o come_v to_o he_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a rich_a man_n in_o that_o country_n who_o have_v exceed_v many_o flock_n and_o herd_n and_o there_o live_v by_o he_o a_o certain_a poor_a man_n who_o have_v only_o one_o ew-lamb_n which_o he_o have_v buy_v and_o tender_o bring_v up_o and_o nourish_v and_o it_o lay_v in_o his_o bosom_n and_o be_v to_o he_o as_o a_o young_a and_o tender_a child_n off_o child_n in_o these_o parable_n we_o be_v to_o look_v at_o the_o main_a scope_n and_o drift_n of_o they_o and_o not_o to_o every_o circumstance_n many_o of_o they_o be_v add_v only_o as_o ornament_n to_o set_v they_o off_o and_o there_o come_v a_o traveller_n to_o the_o rich_a man_n house_n and_o he_o spare_v to_o take_v of_o his_o own_o flock_n to_o dress_v for_o this_o stranger_n but_o take_v the_o poor_a man_n lamb_n and_o dress_v it_o for_o he_o david_n hear_v this_o and_o apprehend_v it_o to_o be_v a_o true_a relation_n of_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n do_v in_o his_o country_n his_o anger_n be_v great_o kindle_v and_o he_o say_v as_o the_o lord_n live_v the_o man_n that_o have_v do_v this_o shall_v sure_o restore_v the_o lamb_n fourfold_o take_v fourfold_o in_o solomon_n time_n it_o seem_v there_o be_v require_v sevenfold_a restitution_n prov._n 16.31_o unless_o it_o be_v mean_v there_o that_o the_o thief_n shall_v make_v such_o a_o perfect_a restitution_n in_o which_o sense_n the_o number_n seven_o be_v often_o take_v according_a to_o the_o law_n exod._n 22.1_o and_o i_o declare_v that_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o die_v because_o he_o have_v no_o pity_n thus_o david_n unwitting_o pass_v a_o heavy_a sentence_n upon_o himself_o nathan_n reply_v thou_o be_v the_o man_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o have_v commit_v this_o heinous_a wickedness_n for_o thou_o be_v the_o rich_a man_n who_o many_o flock_n and_o herd_n be_v thy_o many_o wife_n and_o concubine_n vriah_n be_v the_o poor_a man_n and_o his_o ew-lamb_n be_v bathsheba_n his_o wife_n the_o traveller_n that_o come_v to_o thou_o be_v the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o thy_o heart_n for_o the_o satisfy_n whereof_o thou_o will_v not_o take_v one_o of_o thy_o own_o wife_n or_o concubine_n but_o take_v the_o wife_n of_o vriah_n therefore_o the_o lord_n have_v command_v i_o to_o say_v thus_o to_o thou_o i_o anoint_v thou_o king_n over_o israel_n and_o deliver_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n i_o give_v thou_o thy_o master_n house_n viz._n the_o kingdom_n of_o saul_n who_o be_v thy_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o have_v exalt_v thou_o to_o such_o royal_a dignity_n and_o greatness_n that_o all_o general_o that_o belong_v to_o saul_n be_v come_v into_o thy_o power_n yea_o his_o very_a wife_n and_o concubine_n who_o i_o have_v so_o far_o bring_v into_o thy_o power_n that_o none_o can_v hinder_v thou_o from_o take_v they_o into_o thy_o bosom_n licebat_fw-la bosom_n v._o 8._o in_o sinii_n i_o e._n potentiae_fw-la subjeci_fw-la tuus_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la soceri_fw-la conjuges_fw-la huic_fw-la ducere_fw-la licebat_fw-la do_v not_o my_o law_n forbid_v it_o levit._n 18.8_o and_o if_o all_o this_o have_v be_v too_o little_a i_o be_v ready_a to_o have_v give_v thou_o more_o wherefore_o then_o have_v thou_o despise_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o do_v this_o heinous_a evil_n in_o his_o sight_n thou_o have_v kill_v vriah_n one_o of_o thy_o worthy_a and_o valiant_a commander_n who_o do_v thou_o faithful_a service_n and_o have_v make_v way_n for_o thy_o marry_v his_o wife_n by_o murder_v of_o he_o yea_o thou_o have_v slay_v he_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n treacherous_o betray_v he_o with_o divers_a other_o of_o thy_o faithful_a subject_n into_o their_o hand_n and_o thereby_o have_v encourage_v and_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o my_o people_n to_o insult_v now_o therefore_o know_v to_o thy_o sorrow_n that_o the_o sword_n shall_v never_o diverse_a never_o v._o 10._o in_o 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saul_n and_o his_o son_n be_v slay_v and_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v to_o other_o so_o now_o by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n other_o do_v to_o thou_o thou_o do_v rise_v up_o against_o saul_n and_o now_o by_o a_o just_a retaliation_n absalon_n be_v rise_v up_o against_o thou_o thou_o be_v now_o take_v in_o thy_o own_o mischief_n thou_o do_v rebel_v against_o thy_o father-in-law_n and_o usurp_v his_o kingdom_n and_o now_o thy_o own_o son_n have_v rebel_v against_o thou_o and_o usurp_v thou_o abishai_n be_v so_o enrage_v at_o this_o that_o he_o say_v to_o the_o king_n why_o shall_v this_o dead_a dog_n this_o base_a contemptible_a wretch_n be_v suffer_v in_o this_o shameful_a manner_n to_o curse_v and_o revile_v my_o lord_n the_o king_n let_v i_o go_v over_o to_o he_o i_o will_v cut_v off_o his_o head_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o thou_o joab_n also_o it_o seem_v offer_v his_o service_n in_o the_o like_a kind_n david_n meek_o reply_v i_o will_v take_v none_o of_o your_o counsel_n nor_o 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tanquam_fw-la lictori_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la maledicat_fw-la davidi_fw-la i._n e._n sva_fw-la davidi_fw-la scelera_fw-la exprobret_fw-la &_o publicae_fw-la coarguat_fw-la licet_fw-la simei_n limit_n excederet_fw-la mandati_fw-la divini_fw-la &_o veris_fw-la criminibus_fw-la inter_fw-la exprobrandum_fw-la multa_fw-la falsa_fw-la admisceret_fw-la non_fw-la cogitur_fw-la david_n de_fw-la causa_fw-la proxima_fw-la nota_fw-la scil_n voluntate_fw-la simei_n sed_fw-la recurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la providentiam_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la josephus_n gen._n 45._o of_o god_n for_o my_o humiliation_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o my_o patience_n and_o what_o reason_n have_v i_o to_o be_v trouble_v at_o what_o this_o man_n say_v against_o i_o you_o see_v my_o own_o son_n that_o come_v out_o of_o my_o bowel_n seek_v my_o life_n how_o much_o more_o may_v i_o then_o with_o patience_n endure_v the_o reproach_n of_o this_o benjamite_n who_o be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o saul_n be_v my_o declare_a and_o 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of_o a_o friend_n to_o leave_v his_o friend_n in_o his_o extremity_n why_o do_v thou_o not_o go_v along_o with_o he_o hushai_n reply_v nay_o but_o who_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n choose_v for_o their_o king_n his_o subject_n will_v i_o be_v with_o he_o will_v i_o abide_v and_o who_o shall_v i_o serve_v but_o thou_o as_o i_o have_v serve_v thy_o father_n while_o he_o be_v king_n so_o now_o i_o will_v serve_v his_o son_n be_v advance_v to_o the_o throne_n thus_o hushai_n insinuate_v himself_o into_o absalon_n that_o be_v near_o he_o he_o may_v come_v to_o know_v his_o counsel_n and_o so_o defeat_v they_o 2_o sam._n ch._n 16._o from_o v._o 15_o to_o the_o 20._o 10_o absalon_n now_o call_v his_o council_n together_o to_o advise_v he_o what_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v do_v that_o they_o may_v carry_v on_o their_o
supply_n as_o we_o have_v occasion_n the_o king_n tell_v they_o that_o see_v they_o will_v have_v it_o so_o he_o will_v do_v as_o they_o desire_v so_o stand_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n to_o see_v his_o army_n march_v he_o speak_v to_o the_o three_o general_n in_o the_o audience_n of_o the_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v deal_v gentle_o for_o his_o sake_n with_o the_o young_a man_n absalon_n for_o beside_o his_o tender_a natural_a affection_n to_o he_o it_o be_v like_a he_o fear_v lest_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o his_o sin_n and_o under_o the_o heinous_a and_o heavy_a guilt_n of_o murder_n incest_n and_o rebellion_n the_o army_n now_o approach_v each_o other_o and_o the_o battle_n be_v fight_v in_o that_o part_n of_o gilead_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad_n near_o unto_o the_o wood_n ephraim_n so_o call_v either_o because_o it_o be_v close_o by_o jordan_n right_a against_o the_o portion_n of_o ephraim_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o river_n or_o else_o 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will_v not_o put_v forth_o my_o hand_n against_o the_o king_n son_n for_o the_o king_n in_o our_o hear_n charge_v all_o you_o his_o general_n that_o none_o shall_v touch_v the_o young_a man_n absalon_n and_o if_o i_o shall_v have_v do_v otherwise_o than_o i_o have_v do_v i_o shall_v have_v wrought_v falsehood_n and_o treachery_n it_o treachery_n fecissem_fw-la inique_fw-la contra_fw-la animam_fw-la meam_fw-la q.d._n whatever_o encouragement_n have_v embolden_v i_o to_o do_v it_o they_o will_v have_v prove_v false_a and_o deceitful_a i_o shall_v have_v wrought_v falsehood_n against_o my_o own_o life_n for_o he_o that_o witting_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o his_o life_n may_v be_v say_v to_o work_v falsehood_n against_o it_o against_o my_o own_o life_n for_o have_v i_o kill_v absalon_n the_o king_n will_v have_v find_v out_o who_o do_v it_o and_o then_o thou_o thyself_o will_v have_v set_v thyself_o against_o i_o as_o much_o as_o any_o other_o joab_n angry_o reply_v 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he_o ride_v thereon_o and_o follow_v after_o he_o find_v he_o sit_v under_o a_o oak_n and_o then_o invite_v he_o to_o come_v home_o with_o he_o to_o eat_v bread_n he_o tell_v he_o can_v not_o do_v it_o for_o he_o be_v express_o forbid_v it_o by_o the_o lord_n the_o old_a prophet_n say_v i_o be_o a_o prophet_n as_o well_o as_o thou_o be_v and_o a_o angel_n speak_v unto_o i_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o i_o shall_v bring_v thou_o back_o to_o my_o house_n to_o eat_v bread_n and_o drink_v water_n but_o he_o lie_v unto_o he_o however_o the_o poor_a delude_a prophet_n upon_o this_o do_v go_v back_o with_o he_o and_o do_v eat_v bread_n and_o drink_v water_n and_o as_o they_o sit_v at_o the_o table_n the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o the_o prophet_n that_o fetch_v he_o back_o by_o some_o internal_a inspiration_n or_o prophetic_a ecstasy_n whereby_o he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v constrain_v to_o denounce_v against_o his_o delude_a guest_n the_o judgement_n that_o will_v fall_v upon_o he_o for_o come_v back_o and_o eat_v and_o drink_v with_o he_o and_o so_o consequent_o to_o condemn_v himself_o for_o the_o gross_a lie_n he_o have_v tell_v he_o tell_v he_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n see_v thou_o have_v not_o keep_v my_o commandment_n but_o come_v back_o and_o have_v eat_v and_o drink_v in_o this_o place_n that_o i_o forbid_v thou_o behold_v thy_o carcase_n shall_v not_o come_v into_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o die_v among_o thy_o own_o kindred_n nor_o be_v bury_v with_o thy_o progenitor_n which_o intimate_v to_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o his_o return_n before_o he_o get_v home_o to_o his_o own_o land_n and_o this_o be_v a_o gracious_a warning_n to_o he_o that_o he_o may_v repent_v of_o his_o sin_n before_o his_o death_n so_o when_o they_o have_v eat_v and_o drunken_a the_o old_a prophet_n cause_v his_o own_o ass_n to_o be_v saddle_v for_o the_o prophet_n he_o have_v bring_v back_o and_o so_o dismiss_v he_o he_o be_v not_o go_v far_o from_o the_o old_a prophet_n house_n before_o a_o lion_n meet_v he_o and_o slay_v he_o and_o his_o body_n be_v fall_v in_o the_o way_n the_o ass_n stand_v by_o it_o as_o also_o the_o lion_n that_o the_o ass_n shall_v not_o fly_v from_o the_o lion_n nor_o the_o lion_n prey_n upon_o the_o live_a ass_n nor_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o the_o prophet_n but_o that_o both_o of_o they_o shall_v stand_v rather_o as_o a_o guard_n to_o preserve_v it_o from_o other_o creature_n and_o that_o the_o ass_n shall_v stay_v there_o as_o it_o be_v on_o purpose_n to_o carry_v back_o the_o dead_a prophet_n body_n to_o bethel_n to_o be_v bury_v there_o these_o be_v strange_a passage_n of_o providence_n and_o do_v show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o hunger_n that_o provoke_v the_o lion_n to_o kill_v the_o prophet_n but_o the_o overrule_a hand_n of_o god_n and_o that_o god_n have_v regard_n to_o the_o prophet_n body_n and_o will_v preserve_v it_o for_o burial_n though_o he_o testify_v his_o displeasure_n against_o his_o sin_n for_o the_o warn_n of_o other_o and_o behold_v man_n pass_v by_o and_o see_v the_o carcase_n cast_v in_o the_o way_n and_o the_o lion_n stand_v by_o the_o carcase_n and_o they_o come_v and_o tell_v it_o in_o the_o city_n where_o the_o old_a prophet_n dwell_v who_o thereupon_o say_v undoubted_o it_o be_v the_o man_n of_o god_n that_o be_v disobedient_a unto_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n therefore_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v he_o unto_o the_o lion_n which_o have_v slay_v he_o as_o the_o lord_n threaten_v so_o he_o go_v immediate_o and_o find_v his_o carcase_n cast_v in_o the_o way_n
be_v god_n follow_v he_o the_o people_n answer_v nothing_o be_v afraid_a to_o offend_v the_o king_n then_o elijah_n say_v behold_v there_o be_v not_o a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o do_v open_o appear_v for_o the_o true_a god_n and_o his_o worship_n beside_o myself_o but_o here_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o of_o baal_n prophet_n that_o be_v for_o idolatry_n let_v they_o therefore_o give_v we_o two_o bullock_n and_o let_v they_o choose_v which_o they_o will_v for_o themselves_o and_o let_v they_o cut_v it_o in_o piece_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o wood_n and_o put_v no_o fire_n under_o and_o i_o will_v dress_v the_o other_o bullock_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o wood_n and_o put_v no_o fire_n under_o and_o let_v they_o call_v on_o their_o god_n and_o i_o will_v call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o god_n that_o answer_v by_o fire_n and_o consume_v the_o sacrifice_n let_v he_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o the_o true_a god_n the_o people_n cry_v out_o it_o be_v well_o speak_v they_o be_v willing_a to_o put_v it_o upon_o that_o trial_n then_o baal_n priest_n take_v the_o bullock_n that_o be_v give_v they_o and_o dress_v it_o and_o call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o baal_n from_o morning_n even_o until_o noon_n and_o say_v o_o baal_n hear_v we_o but_o there_o be_v no_o voice_n nor_o any_o that_o answer_v then_o they_o dance_v and_o skip_v about_o the_o altar_n they_o have_v make_v in_o a_o frantic_a manner_n as_o be_v usual_a in_o the_o worship_n of_o baal_n and_o at_o noon_n when_o the_o time_n limit_v for_o their_o sacrifice_n be_v almost_o end_v elijah_n mock_v they_o and_o bid_v they_o cry_v aloud_o for_o possible_o their_o god_n baal_n be_v at_o this_o time_n talk_v or_o pursue_v his_o enemy_n or_o in_o a_o journey_n or_o perhaps_o he_o be_v asleep_a and_o must_v be_v rouse_v up_o with_o very_a loud_a calling_n baal_n priest_n it_o be_v like_o be_v vex_v at_o these_o sharp_a taunt_n of_o the_o prophet_n however_o they_o cry_v aloud_o and_o cut_v themselves_o with_o knife_n and_o lance_n till_o the_o blood_n gush_v out_o as_o the_o heathen_n use_v to_o do_v in_o their_o great_a sorrow_n see_v deut._n 14.1_o the_o more_o to_o move_v their_o god_n to_o have_v compassion_n on_o they_o and_o not_o to_o be_v want_v at_o this_o time_n to_o his_o own_o honour_n as_o well_o as_o they_o but_o no_o answer_n can_v they_o get_v notwithstanding_o they_o go_v on_o pray_v and_o call_v upon_o baal_n and_o with_o many_o strange_a gesture_n as_o man_n inspire_v sing_v the_o praise_n of_o their_o idol-god_n labour_v by_o all_o mean_v possible_a to_o prevail_v with_o he_o to_o send_v fire_n to_o consume_v their_o sacrifice_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a there_o be_v none_o that_o answer_v or_o regard_v they_o then_o elijah_n call_v the_o people_n to_o come_v near_o and_o mount_v carmel_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o high_a place_n whereon_o they_o use_v to_o sacrifice_v in_o former_a time_n unto_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v still_o the_o ruin_n of_o a_o old_a altar_n which_o the_o idolatrous_a israelite_n have_v break_v down_o see_v ch._n 19.14_o and_o this_o the_o prophet_n do_v now_o repair_v thereby_o intimate_v to_o they_o that_o his_o design_n be_v to_o restore_v and_o set_v up_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n in_o the_o land_n then_o he_o take_v twelve_o stone_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o with_o they_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o intimate_v to_o they_o that_o they_o ought_v all_o to_o be_v unite_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n or_o else_o it_o will_v be_v in_o vain_a for_o they_o to_o reckon_v themselves_o the_o israel_n of_o god_n and_o he_o make_v a_o trench_n about_o the_o altar_n as_o great_a as_o will_v contain_v two_o measure_n of_o seed_n and_o he_o put_v the_o wood_n in_o order_n and_o cut_v the_o bullock_n in_o piece_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o the_o wood_n and_o bid_v they_o fill_v four_o barrel_n with_o water_n out_o of_o the_o sea_n that_o be_v near_o and_o pour_v it_o on_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o on_o the_o wood_n he_o bid_v they_o do_v it_o three_o time_n which_o they_o according_o do_v and_o the_o water_n run_v about_o the_o altar_n and_o fill_v the_o trench_n so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o be_v no_o fraud_n use_v to_o hide_v any_o fire_n secret_o under_o the_o wood_n then_o at_o the_o time_n of_o offer_v the_o evening-sacrifice_n elijah_n come_v and_o pray_v say_v lord_n god_n of_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n promise_n jacob_n to_o these_o three_o patriarch_n god_n make_v and_o ratify_v his_o promise_n of_o the_o good_a thing_n which_o he_o do_v for_o israel_n and_o god_n take_v this_o stile_n to_o himself_o exod._n 3.6_o to_o move_v the_o israelite_n that_o come_v from_o those_o patriarch_n to_o take_v he_o for_o their_o god_n and_o oft_o to_o call_v to_o mind_v his_o promise_n let_v it_o be_v know_v this_o day_n that_o thou_o be_v god_n in_o israel_n and_o that_o i_o be_o thy_o servant_n and_o that_o i_o have_v do_v all_o these_o thing_n at_o thy_o word_n and_o by_o thy_o command_n and_o direction_n hear_v i_o o_o lord_n i_o pray_v thou_o hear_v i_o that_o this_o people_n may_v know_v that_o thou_o be_v the_o lord_n god_n and_o that_o thou_o have_v appoint_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v to_o the_o end_n that_o their_o heart_n may_v be_v turn_v from_o their_o idol_n unto_o thou_o immediate_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o lord_n fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o consume_v the_o burnt-sacrifice_n and_o the_o wood_n and_o the_o stone_n and_o the_o dust_n and_o lick_v up_o the_o water_n that_o be_v in_o the_o trench_n and_o when_o the_o people_n see_v it_o they_o fall_v on_o their_o face_n and_o cry_v out_o the_o lord_n he_o be_v the_o god_n the_o lord_n he_o be_v the_o god_n elijah_n see_v they_o so_o wonderful_o affect_v with_o this_o miracle_n and_o so_o clear_o convince_v of_o the_o juggle_n and_o deceit_n of_o baal_n priest_n he_o bid_v they_o present_o apprehend_v those_o prophet_n of_o baal_n and_o to_o let_v none_o of_o they_o escape_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o down_o to_o the_o brook_n kishon_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o carmel_n and_o there_o to_o slay_v they_o the_o people_n be_v at_o this_o present_a under_o a_o great_a dread_n of_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n who_o by_o this_o miracle_n have_v testify_v so_o loud_o against_o their_o idolatry_n they_o without_o any_o fear_n of_o the_o king_n be_v ready_a to_o do_v whatever_o elijah_n advise_v they_o unto_o and_o according_o they_o take_v those_o priest_n and_o carry_v they_o down_o to_o the_o brook_n kishon_n that_o the_o place_n where_o elijah_n have_v sacrifice_v unto_o the_o lord_n may_v not_o be_v defile_v with_o their_o blood_n and_o slay_v they_o there_o according_a to_o the_o law_n deut._n 13.5_o &_o 18.20_o the_o king_n as_o it_o seem_v think_v it_o not_o adviseable_a to_o set_v himself_o against_o the_o torrent_n of_o the_o people_n zeal_n at_o this_o time_n or_o possible_o he_o tacit_o consent_v to_o it_o upon_o hope_n that_o rain_n will_v present_o be_v give_v thereupon_o these_o prophet_n of_o baal_n that_o be_v slay_v at_o this_o time_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v those_o that_o be_v disperse_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o village_n and_o town_n and_o not_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o grove_n who_o attend_v at_o court_n and_o perform_v their_o idolatrous_a service_n in_o the_o grove_n plant_v by_o ahab_n near_o baal_n temple_n in_o samaria_n for_o after_o this_o we_o read_v ch._n 22.6_o of_o 400_o prophet_n that_o be_v call_v together_o by_o ahab_n ahab_n have_v fast_v all_o day_n to_o see_v the_o event_n of_o this_o business_n elijah_n bid_v he_o now_o go_v eat_v and_o drink_v and_o refresh_v himself_o for_o he_o hear_v a_o sound_n or_o noise_n in_o the_o heaven_n that_o be_v some_o intimation_n to_o he_o that_o much_o rain_n be_v come_v ahab_n according_o go_v to_o refresh_v himself_o the_o prophet_n go_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o carmel_n and_o there_o kneel_v upon_o the_o ground_n and_o bow_v his_o face_n down_o to_o his_o knee_n in_o this_o humble_a posture_n he_o earnest_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o rain_n for_o though_o he_o know_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v to_o send_v rain_n yet_o he_o know_v also_o that_o it_o must_v be_v obtain_v by_o prayer_n then_o he_o send_v his_o servant_n seven_o time_n it_o time_n he_o send_v he_o seven_o several_a time_n to_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o must_v not_o be_v discourage_v though_o we_o have_v not_o present_o that_o which_o we_o pray_v for_o but_o must_v with_o patience_n be_v content_a to_o wait_v upon_o the_o lord_n for_o it_o
who_o will_v seek_v thou_o out_o to_o slay_v thou_o as_o a_o false_a prophet_n and_o a_o deceiver_n of_o thy_o king_n and_o to_o revenge_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o army_n upon_o thou_o ahab_n hear_v these_o thing_n look_v upon_o they_o as_o mere_a dream_n and_o enthusiastical_a fancy_n and_o so_o regard_v they_o not_o thus_o god_n judicial_o blind_v those_o who_o he_o intend_v to_o destroy_v and_o be_v in_o a_o rage_n he_o order_v they_o to_o carry_v back_o michaiah_n to_o amon_n the_o governor_n and_o to_o joash_n the_o son_n of_o omri_n who_o it_o seem_v have_v some_o place_n of_o authority_n in_o the_o city_n and_o to_o command_v they_o in_o his_o name_n to_o put_v he_o again_o into_o prison_n and_o to_o feed_v he_o with_o the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n and_o the_o water_n of_o affliction_n see_v deut._n 16.3_o until_o he_o come_v again_o in_o peace_n micaiah_n reply_n if_o thou_o return_v at_o all_o in_o peace_n the_o lord_n have_v not_o speak_v by_o i_o and_o all_o you_o that_o be_v here_o present_a take_v notice_n and_o observe_v what_o i_o say_v and_o whither_o i_o be_o a_o true_a prophet_n or_o no._n it_o be_v strange_a that_o jehoshaphat_n shall_v see_v this_o holy_a prophet_n micaiah_n thus_o injurious_o use_v by_o a_o proud_a priest_n of_o baal_n and_o afterward_o send_v away_o to_o prison_n and_o yet_o speak_v never_o a_o word_n in_o his_o behalf_n we_o may_v see_v from_o hence_o how_o dangerous_a a_o snare_n even_o to_o good_a man_n ill_a company_n be_v but_o it_o be_v much_o more_o strange_a that_o after_o the_o prophet_n have_v tell_v they_o so_o plain_o what_o will_v be_v the_o event_n of_o this_o expedition_n that_o he_o shall_v yet_o join_v with_o ahab_n therein_o it_o seem_v have_v join_v himself_o late_o in_o affinity_n with_o he_o and_o engage_v his_o word_n to_o he_o he_o be_v loath_a to_o shrink_v from_o it_o notwithstanding_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o so_o he_o and_o ahab_n go_v 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see_v jehoshaphat_n they_o think_v he_o have_v be_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o according_o leave_v all_o other_o assault_v the_o party_n where_o he_o be_v and_o compass_v they_o about_o hereupon_o jehoshaphat_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o succour_n who_o help_v he_o in_o that_o great_a strait_n and_o move_v the_o syrian_n to_o depart_v from_o he_o for_o it_o seem_v they_o gather_v from_o some_o circumstance_n or_o other_o that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o so_o not_o the_o man_n they_o aim_v at_o thus_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v by_o bring_v jehoshaphat_n into_o so_o great_a danger_n to_o let_v he_o see_v his_o folly_n in_o join_v with_o ahab_n notwithstanding_o the_o prophet_n fair_a warning_n to_o the_o contrary_n but_o the_o battle_n go_v on_o against_o that_o party_n in_o which_o ahab_n be_v a_o syrian_a draw_v a_o bow_n at_o a_o venture_n and_o the_o arrow_n be_v direct_v by_o god_n hit_v ahab_n and_o enter_v between_o the_o joint_n of_o his_o harness_n and_o wound_v he_o sore_o he_o be_v thus_o wound_v speak_v to_o the_o driver_n of_o his_o chariot_n to_o carry_v he_o out_o of_o the_o host_n the_o battle_n grow_v fierce_a and_o fierce_a it_o seem_v they_o have_v not_o time_n to_o dress_v his_o wound_n but_o only_o stay_v he_o up_o in_o his_o chariot_n in_o which_o he_o go_v out_o to_o fight_v against_o the_o syrian_n and_o towards_o the_o evening_n he_o die_v and_o his_o blood_n run_v out_o of_o his_o wound_n into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o chariot_n and_o thus_o at_o last_o the_o vengeance_n of_o god_n fall_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o idolatry_n and_o persecute_v the_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o naboth_n when_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o army_n have_v notice_n of_o the_o king_n death_n they_o have_v no_o heart_n to_o continue_v the_o fight_n any_o long_o and_o so_o make_v proclamation_n about_o sunsetting_a that_o every_o man_n shall_v depart_v to_o his_o own_o country_n and_o to_o his_o own_o city_n and_o so_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v fulfil_v which_o he_o speak_v v._n 17._o i_o see_v all_o israel_n scatter_v upon_o the_o hill_n as_o sheep_n that_o have_v not_o a_o shepherd_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v these_o have_v no_o master_n let_v they_o return_v every_o man_n to_o his_o house_n in_o peace_n thus_o die_v ahab_n and_o be_v bring_v to_o samaria_n and_o be_v there_o bury_v and_o they_o wash_v his_o chariot_n in_o the_o pool_n of_o samaria_n and_o possible_o his_o bloody_a armour_n may_v be_v wash_v in_o jezreel_n where_o his_o chief_a armoury_n be_v and_o where_o naboth_n be_v kill_v and_o the_o dog_n lick_v up_o his_o blood_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o he_o speak_v by_o elijah_n ch._n 21.19_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o act_n of_o ahab_n and_o the_o ivory_n house_n which_o he_o make_v 3.15_o make_v see_v amos_n 3.15_o and_o the_o city_n of_o defence_n which_o he_o build_v be_v write_v in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v in_o those_o large_a record_n and_o chronicle_n which_o be_v write_v for_o the_o use_n of_o those_o time_n but_o be_v no_o part_n of_o canonical_a scripture_n and_o differ_v from_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n which_o we_o now_o have_v so_o ahab_n sleep_v with_o his_o father_n have_v reign_v 22_o year_n in_o israel_n and_o ahaziah_n his_o son_n reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 1_o king_n 22._o from_o 1_o to_o 41._o as_o soon_o as_o ahab_n be_v dead_a all_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n fall_v away_o from_o the_o israelite_n david_n have_v subdue_v they_o and_o make_v they_o tributary_n to_o he_o see_v 2_o sam._n 8.2_o but_o when_o the_o ten_o tribe_n revolt_v from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n the_o moabite_n as_o it_o seem_v revolt_v also_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o rather_o choose_v to_o be_v vassal_n to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n upon_o part_n of_o who_o kingdom_n their_o land_n border_v and_o so_o they_o continue_v to_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n but_o now_o take_v advantage_n from_o the_o late_a discomfiture_n of_o the_o israelite_n by_o the_o syrian_n at_o ramoth-gilead_n and_o the_o death_n of_o ahab_n mesha_n the_o present_a king_n of_o moab_n refuse_v any_o long_a to_o pay_v the_o tribute_n of_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o lamb_n and_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o ram_n with_o their_o wool_n which_o before_o he_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n 1.1_o and_o ch._n 3.4.5_o 2_o chron._n 18._o from_o 3_o to_o the_o end_n we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o king_n king_n the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v a_o continuation_n of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n from_o ahab_n and_o of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n from_o jehoshaphat_n till_o israel_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o judah_n captivate_v by_o the_o babylonian_n the_o time_n and_o order_n of_o their_o reign_n we_o may_v see_v in_o this_o ensue_a table_n king_n of_o judah_n jehoram_fw-la 8._o year_n ahaziah_n 1_o athaliah_n 6._o joash_n 40._o amaziah_n 29._o vzziah_n 52._o jotham_n 16._o ahaz_n 16._o hezekiah_n 29._o manasseh_n 55._o amon_n 2._o josiah_n 31._o jehoahaz_n or_o shallum_n 3_o month_n eliakim_n or_o jehoiakim_n 11._o jehoiakin_n 3_o month._n and_o then_o carry_v captive_a to_o babylon_n mattaniah_n alias_o zedekiah_n reign_n zedekiah_n the_o history_n of_o ahaziah_n be_v partly_o in_o the_o last_o ch._n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n and_o partly_o in_o 2_o king_n 1._o and_o some_o think_v the_o 2d_o book_n of_o king_n shall_v begin_v with_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n 11._o king_n of_o israel_n ahaziah_n israel_n ahaziah_n so_o
habitation_n there_o and_o that_o be_v a_o private_a place_n possible_o elisha_n choose_v now_o to_o go_v thither_o that_o he_o may_v be_v the_o more_o retire_v and_o may_v the_o more_o give_v himself_o to_o prayer_n from_o thence_o after_o some_o time_n he_o go_v to_o samaria_n in_o which_o be_v a_o populous_a city_n he_o have_v more_o work_n to_o do_v and_o more_o opportunity_n to_o instruct_v the_o people_n and_o from_o thence_o he_o go_v along_o with_o the_o army_n that_o short_o after_o go_v against_o the_o moabite_n which_o undoubted_o he_o do_v by_o the_o special_a instinct_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 2_o king_n ch._n 2._o whole_a chapter_n mesha_fw-mi king_n of_o moab_n upon_o ahab_n death_n refuse_v to_o pay_v the_o tribute_n which_o the_o moabite_n former_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n see_v v._n 5._o and_o ahaziah_n be_v king_n but_o a_o little_a while_n and_o most_o part_n of_o that_o time_n possible_o bedrid_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o hurt_n 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be_v ready_a to_o go_v and_o do_v for_o he_o according_a as_o he_o shall_v order_v and_o as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o his_o own_o see_v 1_o king_n 22.4_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a jehoshaphat_n shall_v so_o ready_o join_v with_o jehoram_n have_v be_v so_o sharp_o reprove_v before_o from_o the_o lord_n for_o join_v with_o ahab_n his_o father_n see_v 2_o chron._n 19.2_o and_o afterward_o punish_v by_o the_o lord_n for_o join_v with_o ahaziah_n his_o son_n to_o make_v ship_n to_o go_v to_o tarshish_n 2_o chron._n 20.3_o but_o possible_o he_o think_v this_o jehoram_n a_o better_a man_n than_o either_o his_o father_n or_o brother_n see_v he_o have_v put_v down_o the_o image_n and_o worship_n of_o baal_n and_o so_o have_v give_v some_o hope_n he_o will_v proceed_v to_o a_o further_a reformation_n when_o their_o army_n be_v meet_v together_o jehoram_n ask_v he_o which_o way_n they_o shall_v go_v up_o to_o fight_v against_o moab_n jehoshaphat_n advise_v that_o they_o shall_v go_v through_o the_o wilderness_n of_o edom_n that_o they_o may_v take_v the_o king_n or_o viceroy_n of_o edom_n and_o his_o force_n along_o with_o they_o who_o at_o this_o time_n be_v tributary_n to_o judah_n and_o so_o may_v come_v upon_o the_o moabite_n by_o a_o way_n they_o little_o expect_v they_o agree_v to_o take_v this_o course_n and_o so_o they_o fetch_v a_o compass_n of_o seven_o day_n march_v about_o the_o wilderness_n of_o edom_n at_o last_o when_o they_o come_v near_o the_o moabite_n they_o be_v sore_o distress_v for_o water_n insomuch_o that_o all_o these_o three_o army_n and_o their_o horse_n be_v in_o great_a danger_n of_o perish_v for_o want_n of_o it_o jehoram_fw-la see_v their_o present_a distress_n cry_v out_o alas_o that_o the_o lord_n shall_v bring_v three_o king_n together_o to_o deliver_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o moabite_n we_o be_v so_o enfeeble_v through_o want_n of_o water_n that_o we_o can_v neither_o go_v forward_o nor_o can_v return_v back_o and_o so_o 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and_o shall_v fell_v every_o good_a tree_n this_o by_o the_o general_a rule_n of_o the_o law_n deut._n 20.19_o they_o may_v not_o do_v viz._n in_o those_o country_n they_o shall_v subdue_v for_o their_o own_o use_n and_o habitation_n but_o here_o the_o prophet_n by_o special_a direction_n from_o god_n enjoin_v they_o to_o do_v it_o for_o the_o punish_n of_o the_o moabite_n be_v a_o people_n devote_v by_o he_o to_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n further_o he_o tell_v they_o they_o shall_v stop_v up_o their_o well_n and_o mar_v and_o spoil_v the_o best_a piece_n of_o their_o land_n by_o cast_v stone_n into_o they_o according_o the_o next_o morning_n about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o ordinary_a morning_n sacrifice_n martyr_n sacrifice_n virtus_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la cooperata_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la miraculum_fw-la signum_fw-la est_fw-la elisaum_n tunc_fw-la preces_fw-la svas_fw-la conjunxisse_fw-la cum_fw-la precibus_fw-la populi_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la orantis_fw-la videntur_fw-la 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25.39_o elisha_n answer_v what_o shall_v i_o do_v for_o thou_o what_o have_v thou_o in_o the_o house_n which_o may_v go_v towards_o the_o payment_n of_o thy_o debt_n she_o say_v i_o have_v nothing_o of_o any_o value_n in_o the_o house_n beside_o the_o bed_n we_o lie_v on_o and_o some_o few_o other_o necessary_n save_v only_o one_o pot_n of_o oil_n he_o bid_v she_o go_v and_o borrow_v of_o all_o her_o neighbour_n empty_a vessel_n and_o to_o borrow_v a_o good_a many_o he_o intend_v she_o shall_v have_v enough_o to_o discharge_v the_o debt_n to_o the_o full_a and_o say_v he_o when_o thou_o be_v come_v in_o thou_o shall_v shut_v the_o door_n upon_o thou_o and_o upon_o thy_o two_o son_n that_o the_o work_v the_o lord_n intend_v to_o do_v for_o thou_o may_v not_o be_v interrupt_v nor_o any_o other_o come_v in_o and_o seek_v to_o share_v with_o thou_o in_o the_o oil_n the_o lord_n intend_v to_o
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captive_n that_o be_v almost_o naked_a and_o clothe_v they_o out_o of_o the_o spoil_n that_o be_v take_v and_o give_v apparel_n and_o shoe_n to_o they_o that_o want_v and_o give_v they_o to_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o refresh_v they_o and_o anoint_v country_n anoint_v or_o possible_o anoint_v some_o of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o they_o to_o revive_v and_o refresh_v they_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o eastern_a country_n such_o of_o they_o as_o be_v wound_v and_o then_o set_v all_o the_o feeble_a of_o they_o upon_o ass_n carry_v they_o back_o to_o jericho_n and_o there_o deliver_v they_o to_o their_o brethren_n in_o judea_n thus_o the_o lord_n incline_v the_o heart_n heart_n of_o the_o israelite_n to_o deal_v merciful_o with_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n short_o after_o as_o it_o seem_v the_o edomite_n invade_v judah_n and_o carry_v from_o thence_o many_o captive_n the_o philistine_n also_o who_o vzziah_n whilst_o he_o trust_v in_o god_n have_v subdue_v 2_o chron._n 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the_o four_o year_n of_o ahaz_n see_v more_o in_o the_o life_n of_o pekah_n and_o chap._n 8._o before_o the_o child_n shall_v have_v knowledge_n to_o cry_v my_o father_n and_o my_o mother_n the_o riches_n of_o damascus_n and_o the_o spoil_n of_o samaria_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o before_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n that_o be_v it_o shall_v be_v plunder_v and_o waste_v in_o his_o sight_n and_o by_o his_o command_n and_o ch._n 9.11_o therefore_o the_o lord_n shall_v set_v up_o the_o adversary_n of_o rezin_n against_o he_o and_o join_v his_o enemy_n together_o amos_n also_o prohesy_v of_o these_o thing_n ch._n 1.3_o 4_o 5._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n for_o three_o transgression_n of_o damascus_n and_o for_o four_o i_o will_v not_o turn_v away_o the_o punishment_n thereof_o but_o i_o will_v break_v the_o bar_n of_o damascus_n and_o cut_v off_o the_o inhabitant_n from_o the_o plain_a or_o aven_n and_o he_o that_o hold_v the_o sceptre_n from_o the_o house_n of_o eden_n and_o the_o 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place_n of_o it_o tell_v he_o that_o solomon_n altar_n shall_v be_v for_o he_o to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n by_o when_o he_o think_v fit_a then_o on_o this_o new_a great_a altar_n he_o offer_v a_o burnt-offering_a and_o a_o meat-offering_a and_o pour_v out_o a_o drink-offering_a to_o dedicate_v it_o he_o command_v also_o vrijah_n to_o offer_v the_o morning_n and_o evening-sacrifice_n on_o this_o altar_n and_o all_o other_o sacrifice_n that_o either_o king_n or_o people_n shall_v offer_v 5.32_o offer_v râ—cte_fw-la tertullianus_n oportet_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la obsequio_fw-la esse_fw-la subditos_fw-la principibus_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la sed_fw-la intra_fw-la limit_n disciplinae_fw-la peccavit_fw-la uriah_n malens_fw-la placere_fw-la regi_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la deo_fw-la secus_fw-la fecit_fw-la ambros_n epist_n 5.32_o vrijah_n like_o a_o wicked_a false_a heart_a wretch_n and_o a_o fellow_n that_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n even_o forsake_v god_n and_o his_o 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resort_v so_o that_o in_o his_o reformation_n he_o spare_v neither_o the_o high_a place_n of_o great_a or_o small_a and_o the_o priest_n of_o these_o high_a place_n he_o permit_v not_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n at_o the_o altar_n in_o the_o temple_n yet_o he_o permit_v they_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o unleavened_a bread_n that_o be_v of_o the_o shewbread_n and_o such_o provision_n tirinus_n provision_n species_n hic_fw-mi synecdochice_v ponitur_fw-la pro_fw-la genere_fw-la q.d._n participes_fw-la erant_fw-la omnium_fw-la illorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la alii_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vesci_fw-la poterant_fw-la tirinus_n as_o be_v allot_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o priest_n also_o he_o defile_v tophet_n a_o high_a place_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnon_n near_o jerusalem_n josh_n 15.8_o by_o cast_v dead_a man_n bone_n into_o it_o that_o none_o may_v hereafter_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o molech_n in_o that_o place_n as_o they_o have_v use_v to_o do_v moreover_o he_o 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piece_n and_o beat_v they_o to_o powder_n and_o cast_v the_o dust_n of_o they_o into_o the_o brook_n kidron_n and_o the_o high_a place_n which_o be_v near_o jerusalem_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o mount_n of_o corruption_n viz._n mount_v olivet_n so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v so_o full_a of_o idol_n in_o the_o day_n of_o solomon_n 11.7_o solomon_n see_v 1_o king_n 11.7_o wherewith_o the_o people_n corrupt_v themselves_o deut._n 32.5_o he_o defile_v as_o he_o have_v do_v other_o high_a place_n before_o it_o be_v like_o those_o high_a place_n be_v deface_v by_o asa_n or_o jehoshaphat_n or_o hezekiah_n but_o amon_n may_v put_v they_o to_o those_o idolatrous_a use_n for_o which_o they_o be_v before_o erect_v and_o thereupon_o josiah_n take_v occasion_n utter_o to_o demolish_v they_o that_o they_o may_v never_o again_o be_v use_v for_o any_o such_o purpose_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o zealous_o this_o good_a king_n endeavour_v a_o thorough_a reformation_n by_o break_v in_o piece_n 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king_n 13.2_o who_o cry_v against_o that_o altar_n in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v o_o altar_n altar_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n behold_v a_o child_n shall_v be_v bear_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o david_n josiah_n by_o name_n and_o upon_o thou_o shall_v he_o offer_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n that_o burn_v incense_n upon_o thou_o and_o man_n bone_n shall_v be_v burn_v upon_o thou_o then_o look_v about_o he_o see_v a_o inscription_n upon_o a_o monument_n and_o inquire_v what_o it_o signify_v the_o man_n of_o the_o city_n tell_v he_o it_o be_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n who_o come_v from_o judah_n and_o foretell_v that_o josiah_n shall_v do_v these_o thing_n and_o the_o old_a prophet_n that_o seduce_v he_o bury_v he_o in_o that_o sepulchre_n and_o give_v order_n that_o he_o himself_o shall_v be_v there_o bury_v also_o and_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o inscription_n make_v declare_v that_o there_o the_o man_n of_o god_n be_v bury_v that_o when_o the_o time_n come_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v prophesy_v shall_v be_v fulfil_v his_o sepulchre_n may_v hereby_o be_v know_v from_o the_o rest_n and_o so_o neither_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n nor_o his_o own_o bone_n may_v be_v disturb_v josiah_n be_v satisfy_v by_o the_o inscription_n who_o sepulchre_n it_o be_v he_o give_v order_n that_o the_o bone_n of_o those_o two_o prophet_n shall_v not_o be_v disturb_v and_o so_o the_o old_a prophet_n desire_n be_v fulfil_v see_v 1_o king_n 13.31_o 32._o then_o he_o break_v down_o the_o high_a place_n and_o the_o altar_n and_o stamp_v it_o small_a to_o powder_n and_o burn_v the_o grove_n where_o the_o high_a place_n be_v then_o he_o proceed_v to_o the_o city_n of_o manasseh_n ephraim_n and_o simeon_n even_o unto_o naphtali_n and_o cause_v the_o altar_n and_o grave_a image_n to_o be_v break_v down_o with_o mattock_n and_o do_v unto_o they_o as_o he_o have_v do_v at_o bethel_n and_o such_o idolatrous_a priest_n as_o he_o meet_v with_o who_o sacrifice_v to_o false_a god_n and_o oppose_v he_o in_o this_o reformation_n he_o slay_v upon_o their_o altar_n and_o therein_o fulfil_v what_o be_v long_o since_o prophesy_v 1_o king_n 13.1_o 2._o and_o josiah_n take_v away_o all_o the_o abomination_n out_o of_o the_o country_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n over_o which_o he_o have_v power_n and_o cause_v all_o of_o they_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v to_o serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o all_o his_o day_n they_o depart_v not_o from_o follow_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n 2_o chron._n 34.33_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o though_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v carry_v away_o captive_a into_o assyria_n yet_o there_o be_v some_o both_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o people_n that_o either_o be_v leave_v behind_o or_o return_v coluerunt_fw-la return_v abeuntibus_fw-la assyriis_fw-la multi_fw-la profugi_fw-la &_o exules_fw-la qui_fw-la antea_fw-la fuga_fw-la alio_fw-la &_o alio_fw-la dilapsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la svas_fw-la sedes_fw-la redierunt_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ibi_fw-la que_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la idola_fw-la sva_fw-la coluerunt_fw-la again_o into_o the_o land_n of_o samaria_n it_o appear_v also_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n be_v at_o this_o time_n under_o the_o power_n of_o josiah_n which_o possible_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n who_o set_v manasseh_n at_o liberty_n may_v give_v he_o with_o his_o liberty_n on_o condition_n that_o he_o shall_v defend_v his_o territory_n against_o the_o egyptian_n who_o begin_v in_o those_o time_n with_o great_a power_n and_o success_n to_o oppose_v the_o babylonian_n 2_o king_n 23._o from_o 15_o to_o 21._o 2_o chron._n 34._o from_o 4_o to_o 8._o in_o the_o same_o 18_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n on_o the_o 14_o day_n of_o the_o
may_v remain_v to_o support_v the_o faith_n and_o keep_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o a_o long_a captivity_n first_o he_o promise_v the_o reduction_n of_o the_o jew_n into_o their_o own_o country_n but_o before_o that_o they_o be_v to_o endure_v many_o calamity_n from_o the_o babylonian_n during_o that_o day_n of_o jacob_n trouble_n but_o they_o shall_v at_o last_o be_v save_v out_o of_o it_o god_n promise_v to_o break_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n yoke_n from_o off_o jacob_n neck_n and_o that_o these_o chaldean_n shall_v no_o long_o serve_v themselves_o of_o he_o but_o that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o such_o of_o david_n lineage_n as_o he_o shall_v from_o time_n to_o time_n set_v over_o they_o but_o more_o especial_o the_o messiah_n who_o shall_v come_v of_o david_n stock_n he_o promise_v to_o correct_v they_o in_o measure_n and_o yet_o not_o to_o leave_v they_o altogether_o unpunished_a he_o promise_v many_o great_a blessing_n that_o he_o will_v bestow_v on_o his_o church_n notwithstanding_o their_o great_a misery_n trouble_n breach_n wound_n but_o that_o god_n wrath_n shall_v remain_v on_o the_o wicked_a in_o the_o next_o chapter_n be_v contain_v the_o restauration_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o publication_n thereof_o after_o rachel_n lamentation_n for_o her_o son_n as_o lose_v follow_v god_n consolation_n of_o she_o put_v she_o in_o hope_n of_o their_o return_n ephraim_n repent_v be_v to_o be_v bring_v home_o again_o christ_n be_v promise_v the_o lord_n will_v create_v a_o new_a thing_n in_o the_o earth_n a_o woman_n shall_v compass_v a_o man_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o covenant_n he_o will_v make_v with_o his_o people_n after_o those_o day_n he_o will_v write_v his_o law_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o this_o covenant_n shall_v be_v stable_n and_o his_o church_n shall_v be_v enlarge_v jer._n 29._o from_o 24_o to_o the_o end_n jer._n 30._o whole_a chapter_n jer._n 31._o whole_a chapter_n god_n also_o by_o his_o prophet_n jeremy_n foretell_v that_o babylon_n and_o the_o land_n of_o caldea_n shall_v be_v overrun_v and_o waste_v by_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n and_o comfort_v his_o own_o people_n with_o the_o sweet_a promise_n of_o their_o deliverance_n jer._n 50._o whole_a chapter_n jer._n 51._o from_o 1_o to_o 59_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n either_o go_v himself_o or_o which_o be_v more_o probable_a send_v zedekiah_n send_v jer._n 51.59_o when_o he_o go_v with_o zedekiah_n or_o on_o behalf_n of_o zedekiah_n seraiah_n a_o person_n of_o great_a quality_n about_o he_o to_o babylon_n to_o who_o jeremy_n deliver_v the_o foresay_a prophecy_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n write_v in_o a_o book_n to_o be_v first_o read_v and_o then_o to_o be_v throw_v into_o the_o river_n euphrates_n to_o signify_v that_o babylon_n shall_v so_o sink_v and_o not_o rise_v again_o jer._n 51._o from_o 59_o to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o thirty_o year_n from_o that_o solemn_a renew_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o restauration_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o josiah_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o five_o of_o jehoiakins_n captivity_n on_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o four_o month_n god_n vouchsafe_v the_o first_o vision_n to_o ezekiel_n one_o of_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n by_o the_o river_n chebar_v and_o from_o thence_o he_o be_v send_v to_o execute_v the_o office_n and_o function_n of_o a_o prophet_n among_o the_o jew_n of_o the_o captivity_n he_o begin_v thirty_o four_o year_n after_o jeremy_n and_o continue_v his_o prophetic_a office_n about_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n namely_o to_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o jehoiakins_n captivity_n ezek._n 29.17_o it_o seem_v many_o at_o this_o time_n both_o among_o the_o jew_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o among_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n murmur_v and_o complain_v against_o jeremy_n as_o a_o false_a prophet_n 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it_o and_o because_o they_o can_v not_o all_o convenient_o hear_v ezra_n they_o divide_v themselves_o into_o several_a company_n and_o in_o each_o of_o they_o there_o be_v pulpit_n or_o scaffold_n erect_v as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o ch._n 9.4_o from_o whence_o they_o expound_v the_o law_n unto_o they_o there_o be_v several_a teacher_n in_o each_o place_n that_o successive_o discharge_v that_o work_n and_o in_o these_o holy_a exercise_n and_o duty_n they_o continue_v from_o morning_n till_o noon_n viz._n about_o five_o or_o six_o hour_n the_o people_n be_v exceed_o affect_v at_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o law_n expound_v to_o they_o be_v thereby_o convince_v of_o their_o sin_n and_o their_o liableness_n to_o the_o dreadful_a judgement_n of_o god_n for_o they_o and_o fall_v a_o weep_a and_o weep_v very_o sore_o but_o nehemiah_n the_o tirshatha_n or_o governor_n and_o ezra_n the_o priest_n and_o those_o levite_n that_o instruct_v the_o people_n comfort_v and_o encourage_v they_o tell_v 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