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for_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n at_o god_n public_a worship_n especial_o while_o the_o ark_n be_v in_o david_n time_n fix_v in_o zion_n chap._n xviii_o objection_n against_o the_o court_n of_o solomon_n temple_n answer_v account_n philol._n in_o your_o description_n of_o the_o court_n of_o solomon_n temple_n i_o find_v only_o four_o gate_n to_o the_o cardinal_a wind_n but_o neither_o parbar_n nor_o asuppim_fw-la gate_n though_o both_o of_o they_o eminent_o mention_v 17._o in_o the_o bible_n ale_v i_o must_v confess_v myself_o utter_o unsatisfied_a in_o the_o position_n of_o these_o place_n whether_o or_o no_o they_o be_v in_o the_o first_o two_o court_n as_o build_v by_o solomon_n or_o add_v in_o after_o age_n when_o the_o new_a 5._o or_o three_o court_n be_v add_v to_o solomon_n foundation_n which_o latter_a i_o be_o most_o incline_v to_o believe_v for_o peruse_v the_o date_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o chronicle_n i_o find_v it_o write_v long_o after_o the_o jew_n return_v from_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n as_o appear_v by_o reckon_v up_o the_o grandchild_n of_o 21._o zorobabel_n and_o therefore_o i_o suspend_v the_o describe_v of_o they_o till_o further_a information_n philol._n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n you_o 3._o make_v horse_n but_o omit_v the_o chariot_n of_o the_o sun_n both_o equal_o mention_v in_o 11._o scripture_n and_o destroy_v by_o josiah_n beside_o you_o make_v they_o artificial_a statue_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v natural_a horse_n send_v out_o with_o rider_n every_o morning_n in_o a_o superstitious_a frolic_a to_o give_v a_o welcome_a or_o visit_v to_o the_o dawning-day_n and_o to_o salute_v the_o sun_n in_o the_o first_o arise_v thereof_o ale_v chariot_n must_v be_v suppose_v there_o though_o not_o express_v for_o lack_v of_o room_n sure_o they_o be_v no_o real_a horse_n which_o the_o idolatrous_a king_n of_o israel_n have_v give_v to_o the_o ibidem_fw-la sun_n for_o except_o thereby_o be_v mean_v a_o successive_a breed_n or_o race_n such_o horse_n must_v be_v extreme_o old_a at_o this_o reformation_n after_o the_o 3._o eighteen_o year_n of_o josiaâ—_n probable_o set_v up_o by_o ahaz_n sixty_o year_n since_o beside_o it_o be_v improbable_a that_o live_a horse_n be_v keep_v so_o close_o to_o the_o temple_n and_o that_o noisome_a stable_n shall_v be_v so_o near_o god_n house_n general_o set_v at_o some_o distance_n from_o man_n dwelling_n however_o i_o have_v rather_o subscribe_v then_o engage_v in_o a_o controversy_n not_o worth_a the_o contend_v for_o philol._n you_o 2._o mention_v only_o one_o table_n of_o shewbread_n whereas_o david_n make_v preparation_n for_o the_o 16._o table_n thereof_o and_o lest_o so_o plain_a a_o place_n of_o scripture_n shall_v be_v avoid_v by_o the_o frequent_a figure_n of_o enallage_n solomon_n be_v express_o say_v to_o have_v make_v 8._o ten_o table_n and_o place_v they_o in_o the_o temple_n and_o it_o be_v add_v not_o long_o after_o 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speed_n forthright_o than_o the_o swift_a retrograde_a cancer_n §_o 15._o from_o the_o red-sea_n they_o advance_v to_o the_o wilderness_n 1._o of_o sin_n for_o although_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n pass_v for_o the_o genericall_a name_n of_o this_o whole_a desert_n sin_n yet_o it_o be_v subdivide_v into_o many_o petite_fw-fr wilderness_n namely_o those_o of_o shur_n eham_n sin_n kadesh_n etc._n etc._n §_o 16._o in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n manna_n the_o israelite_n fall_v a_o murmur_a for_o food_n here_o over_o night_n god_n give_v they_o 13._o quail_n light_a supper-meat_n and_o easy_a of_o digestion_n be_v only_a exceed_n or_o a_o feast_n for_o a_o meal_n and_o next_o morning_n their_o ordinary_a or_o constant_a fare_n be_v deliver_v out_o unto_o they_o manna_n rain_v from_o heaven_n some_o conceive_v it_o so_o call_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o chaldee_n what_o or_o rather_o 557._o who_o from_o the_o question_n make_v by_o they_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n thereof_o but_o how_o come_v the_o israelite_n new_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n to_o speak_v the_o chaldee_n language_n egypt_n and_o babylon_n the_o one_o the_o house_n of_o bondage_n the_o other_o the_o land_n of_o captivity_n though_o meeting_n in_o mischief_n against_o the_o child_n of_o god_n be_v in_o time_n and_o place_n far_o asunder_o rather_o in_o hebrew_n it_o signify_v a_o portion_n be_v their_o daily_a allowance_n or_o else_o ibidem_fw-la food_n make_v ready_a prepare_v for_o they_o without_o their_o labour_n or_o industry_n it_o be_v no_o fragment_n of_o frankincense_n call_v manna_n by_o dioscorides_n and_o galen_n no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o honey-dew_n nor_o any_o such_o mimicall_a drug_n be_v not_o food_n but_o physic_n call_v manna_n at_o this_o day_n by_o the_o apothecary_n but_o a_o substance_n so_o solid_a that_o it_o will_v endure_v grind_v and_o pound_v in_o mill_n and_o mortar_n yet_o so_o friable_a that_o it_o melt_v at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o 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a_o conveniency_n to_o be_v derive_v after_o they_o how_o many_o mile_n do_v the_o artificial_a new_a river_n make_v betwixt_o ware_n and_o london_n find_v out_o flat_n to_o expedite_v the_o passage_n thereof_o indeed_o god_n can_v as_o easy_o have_v make_v this_o rock-water_n climb_v and_o clamber_v mountain_n as_o lackey_n at_o the_o heel_n of_o the_o israelite_n though_o the_o one_o be_v but_o beside_o the_o other_o quite_o against_o nature_n but_o he_o will_v not_o causeless_o multiply_v miracle_n on_o miracle_n how_o the_o water_n of_o this_o rock_n be_v afterward_o suspend_v and_o another_o at_o cadesh_n make_v successor_n in_o the_o room_n thereof_o shall_v in_o due_a time_n god_n willing_a be_v observe_v rephidim_n by_o this_o ill_a accident_n of_o the_o people_n murmur_v get_v no_o good_a but_o two_o new_a name_n massah_n and_o meribah_n temptation_n and_o chide_n §_o 19_o here_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v in_o war_n encounter_v by_o the_o amalekite_n israel_n who_o country_n lie_v hereabout_o a_o base_a barren_a land_n yet_o too_o good_a for_o the_o owner_n thereof_o live_v not_o so_o much_o on_o their_o own_o as_o on_o incursion_n into_o their_o neighbour_a country_n descend_v from_o 12._o timnah_n concubine_n to_o eliphaz_n esau_n elder_a son_n the_o dregs_o of_o who_o malice_n against_o jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v settle_v in_o this_o nation_n while_o joshua_n in_o the_o valley_n undertake_v they_o in_o a_o pitch_a field_n moses_n in_o the_o mount_n of_o horeb_n assault_v and_o batter_v the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n with_o his_o importunate_a prayer_n with_o the_o rise_n or_o fall_v of_o who_o hand_n rose_z or_o fall_v the_o courage_n and_o success_n of_o the_o 11._o israelite_n till_o at_o last_o support_v by_o aaron_n and_o hur_z they_o procure_v a_o final_a conquest_n this_o amalek_n 20._o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o nation_n that_o oppose_v israel_n and_o therefore_o just_a it_o be_v that_o on_o he_o first_o open_v the_o matrix_fw-la of_o malice_n as_o on_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o satan_n a_o curse_n shall_v be_v entail_v and_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o god_n enjoin_v his_o people_n a_o truceless_a war_n to_o the_o utter_a 16._o extirpation_n of_o the_o amalekite_n §_o 20._o hence_o forward_o we_o never_o meet_v a_o amalekite_n in_o scripture_n other_o but_o ever_o do_v mischief_n either_o steal_v as_o when_o they_o plunder_v 1._o ziglag_n carry_v away_o the_o woman_n and_o child_n thereof_o captive_a or_o lie_v as_o the_o 10._o messenger_n that_o tell_v the_o tiding_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o saul_n death_n or_o crafty_o plot_v murder_n as_o 1._o haman_n design_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n or_o cruel_o perform_v it_o as_o 33._o agag_n the_o barbarous_a and_o bloody_a king_n of_o the_o amalekite_n now_o these_o amalekite_n after_o this_o their_o first_o defeat_n by_o joshua_n be_v never_o after_o able_a alone_o to_o wage_v war_n with_o israel_n but_o list_v themselves_o as_o auxiliary_n with_o other_o thus_o under_o king_n 13._o eglon_n they_o join_v with_o moab_n and_o ammon_n unite_a themselves_o to_o 14._o sisera_n against_o barak_n confederate_v with_o 3._o midian_a against_o gideon_n and_o after_o the_o death_n of_o tola_n combine_v with_o the_o sidonian_n against_o israel_n these_o adjective_n only_o appear_v in_o conjunction_n and_o composition_n with_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n people_n yea_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o israelite_n never_o engage_v against_o amalek_n in_o set-fight_a but_o constant_o come_v off_o conqueror_n as_o if_o the_o vigour_n and_o virtue_n of_o moses_n his_o uphold_v hand_n and_o the_o rod_n therein_o have_v continue_v to_o all_o posterity_n thus_o beside_o the_o victory_n get_v by_o ehud_n barak_n and_o gideon_n saul_n smite_v amalek_n when_o contrary_a to_o god_n command_n he_o 9_o spare_v the_o king_n and_o choice_a spoil_n thereof_o david_n 18._o surprise_v they_o and_o regain_v his_o captive_n and_o the_o tribe_n of_o simeon_n 13._o make_v a_o successful_a expedition_n against_o they_o to_o mount_v seir_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n §_o 21._o we_o must_v not_o forget_v â—hat_n mount_n horeb_n goâ—â—mountain_n whereon_o moses_n do_v pray_v be_v the_o place_n nigh_o which_o former_o he_o feed_v the_o flock_n of_o jethro_n his_o father-in-law_n it_o be_v call_v in_o scripture_n the_o 8._o mountain_n of_o god_n either_o because_o exceed_v high_a and_o by_o a_o hebraisme_n all_o thing_n eminent_a in_o their_o kind_n be_v give_v to_o god_n as_o the_o cedar_n of_o god_n that_o be_v very_o tall_a and_o lofty_a cedar_n or_o because_o god_n there_o miraculous_o manifest_v himself_o in_o the_o 2._o bush_n that_o burn_v and_o consume_v not_o some_o hundred_o year_n after_o elijah_n live_v in_o a_o cave_n of_o this_o mountain_n hear_v the_o lord_n pass_v by_o neither_o in_o fire_n earthquake_n or_o wind_n but_o in_o a_o 12._o
still_o small_a voice_n §_o 22._o while_o the_o israelite_n abode_n about_o rephidim_n jethro_n moses_n his_o father-in-law_n visit_n prince_n of_o midian_a a_o country_n lie_v southward_o from_o hence_o towards_o the_o red-sea_n repair_v hither_o to_o give_v his_o son_n a_o visit_n and_o congratulate_v his_o good_a success_n during_o his_o abode_n there_o he_o observe_v how_o moses_n weary_v himself_o with_o work_v and_o the_o people_n with_o wait_v while_o all_o cause_n arise_v betwixt_o 37._o six_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n beside_o woman_n too_o frequent_o fruitful_a in_o contention_n be_v bring_v before_o he_o to_o be_v decide_v he_o that_o measure_v these_o people_n litigiousness_n among_o themselves_o by_o their_o frowardness_n to_o god_n will_v less_o admire_v that_o samson_n back_n be_v then_o that_o moses_n his_o brain_n be_v not_o break_v with_o so_o great_a a_o burden_n sure_o his_o prudence_n be_v not_o so_o much_o try_v with_o the_o difficulty_n as_o his_o patience_n with_o the_o easiness_n of_o many_o trivial_a matter_n bring_v before_o he_o jethro_n fair_o chide_v he_o for_o over-burdening_a himself_o send_v we_o such_o cordial_a wound_n of_o a_o faithful_a friend_n and_o keep_v we_o from_o the_o wound_a cordial_n of_o flatter_a foe_n §_o 23._o his_o chide_n be_v second_v with_o counsel_v he_o he_o thunder_n do_v more_o harm_n then_o good_a if_o not_o bring_v some_o soft_a rain_n along_o with_o it_o he_o advise_v moses_n to_o substitute_v under-governers_a reserve_v a_o appeal_n in_o grand_a cause_n to_o himself_o character_v with_o these_o cardinal_a virtue_n 21._o man_n of_o courage_n such_o as_o fear_v god_n man_n of_o truth_n hate_v covetousness_n moses_n follow_v his_o advice_n new_o model_v the_o people_n appoint_v officer_n over_o thousand_o and_o hundred_o and_o fifty_n and_o ten_o parallel_v to_o the_o last_o be_v the_o original_a institution_n of_o our_o english_a constable_n tything-man_n a_o word_n still_o in_o use_n in_o the_o west-country_n be_v a_o superior_a appoint_v to_o oversee_v ten_o man_n with_o their_o family_n belong_v unto_o they_o §_o 24._o from_o rephidim_n alias_o massah_n sinai_n or_o meribah_n israel_n advance_v to_o mount_v sinai_n where_o after_o much_o preparatory_a state_n on_o purpose_n to_o make_v terrible_a impression_n on_o the_o people_n of_o thunder_n smoke_n and_o lightning_n the_o law_n at_o last_o be_v deliver_v small_a hope_n that_o this_o law_n will_v give_v life_n which_o at_o the_o give_v thereof_o almost_o prove_v mortal_a to_o the_o beholder_n if_o the_o judge_n be_v thus_o terrible_a when_o he_o but_o begin_v his_o charge_n what_o will_v he_o be_v when_o proceed_v to_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n on_o malefactor_n the_o mountain_n be_v rail_v about_o with_o a_o noli_fw-la i_o tangere_fw-la the_o people_n be_v command_v to_o observe_v a_o reverential_a distance_n §_o 25._o hard_o it_o be_v to_o understand_v who_o of_o the_o people_n when_o and_o how_o far_o be_v permit_v or_o prohibit_v their_o approach_n to_o this_o mountain_n i_o conceive_v the_o follow_a model_n clear_o in_o itself_o sinai_n and_o most_o consonant_a to_o the_o text_n 1_o moses_n by_o divine_a command_n 12._o set_v bound_n round_o about_o the_o border_n of_o mount_n sinai_n either_o draw_v a_o line_n or_o cast_v up_o a_o bank_n of_o sand_n or_o cancel_v and_o rail_v it_o with_o post_n though_o the_o last_o least_o probable_a tree_n be_v so_o scarce_o nothing_o but_o hunger_n and_o horror_n grow_v hereabout_o 2_o when_o god_n come_v down_o on_o mount_n sinai_n it_o be_v death_n for_o man_n or_o beast_n to_o approach_v those_o bound_n as_o make_v on_o the_o skirt_n of_o the_o mount_n which_o they_o may_v not_o touch_v until_o solemn_a leave_n be_v give_v unto_o they_o 3_o when_o the_o 13._o trumpet_n sound_v long_o as_o a_o signal_n or_o watchword_n for_o that_o purpose_n the_o people_n may_v come_v up_o to_o the_o mount_n namely_o up_o the_o skirt_n and_o low_a verge_n thereof_o so_o far_o as_o the_o foresay_a bound_n give_v they_o leave_v and_o 17._o hither_o they_o advance_v under_o the_o conduct_n of_o moses_n 4_o here_o the_o people_n keep_v their_o station_n during_o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n attentive_a ear_n be_v permit_v but_o pry_v eye_n forbid_v they_o yea_o on_o pain_n of_o death_n they_o be_v to_o proceed_v 21._o no_o far_o 5_o aaron_n by_o a_o call_v of_o grace_n as_o high_a priest_n in_o reversion_n come_v up_o high_a haply_o to_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o mountain_n 6_o while_o thus_o the_o people_n stand_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o mount_n in_o the_o chamber_n of_o presence_n aaron_n in_o the_o midst_n thereof_o as_o in_o the_o privy_a chamber_n moses_n on_o the_o mount-top_n as_o in_o the_o bed_n chamber_n wherein_o god_n glory_v rest_v converse_v with_o the_o divine_a majesty_n forget_v we_o not_o how_o joshua_n be_v dispose_v in_o some_o unknown_a distance_n in_o this_o mount_n where_o he_o remain_v with_o moses_n 17._o forty_o day_n as_o former_o baron_n elder_a son_n be_v admit_v into_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n not_o to_o vote_n but_o view_v the_o passage_n therein_o so_o joshua_n moses_n his_o heir_n apparent_a and_o successor_n design_v in_o divine_a intention_n have_v a_o peculiar_a favour_n more_o near_o to_o behold_v the_o transaction_n on_o mount_n sinai_n §_o 26._o no_o doubt_v the_o israelite_n idolatty_a at_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n make_v large_a promise_n to_o observe_v it_o but_o very_o ill_o perform_v by_o they_o for_o during_o moses_n his_o absence_n forty_o day_n in_o the_o mount_n they_o solicit_v aaron_n to_o make_v they_o go_n he_o to_o decline_v the_o employment_n require_v the_o 2._o earrings_a not_o out_o of_o the_o cabinet_n but_o from_o the_o ear_n of_o their_o wife_n son_n and_o daughter_n hope_v this_o his_o motion_n will_v make_v such_o a_o general_a mutiny_n in_o all_o their_o family_n it_o will_v final_o dash_v the_o design_n especial_o see_v golden_a ornament_n be_v account_v essential_a in_o those_o eastern_a part_n and_o their_o head_n and_o hand_n be_v without_o earrings_a and_o bracelet_n be_v esteem_v more_o naked_a then_o we_o without_o hat_n and_o glove_n but_o aaron_n herein_o miss_v his_o mark_n find_v the_o jew_n superstition_n above_o their_o pride_n or_o covetousness_n who_o violent_o break_v 3._o off_o their_o earrings_a even_o such_o as_o be_v rivet_v in_o their_o skin_n with_o long_a wear_n so_o that_o rather_o they_o will_v fetch_v away_o some_o flesh_n then_o leave_v any_o gold_n behind_o they_o of_o these_o jewel_n deliver_v unto_o he_o aaron_n make_v a_o melt_a 4._o calf_n for_o they_o to_o worship_n §_o 27._o and_o why_o a_o calf_n calf_n can_v they_o find_v no_o fit_a resemblance_n of_o god_n among_o all_o the_o creature_n why_o not_o rather_o the_o lordly_a lion_n to_o show_v the_o sovereignty_n vast_a elephant_n the_o immensity_n subtle_a serpent_n the_o wisdom_n long-lived_a hart_n the_o eternity_n swift_a 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