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the_o plow_a of_o iniquity_n without_o disturbance_n second_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o art_n in_o wickedness_n it_o be_v plough_v or_o as_o the_o word_n import_v a_o artificial_a work_n some_o be_v curious_a and_o exact_a in_o shape_a polish_n and_o set_v off_o their_o sin_n so_o the_o holy_a ghost_n intimate_v rev._n 21._o 27._o whosoever_o work_v abomination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o make_v a_o lie_n there_o be_v but_o one_o verb_n in_o the_o greek_a and_o so_o we_o may_v read_v it_o full_o enough_o in_o our_o language_n whosoever_o work_v abomination_n and_o a_o lie_n to_o work_v a_o abomination_n or_o a_o lie_n be_v more_o than_o to_o do_v a_o abomination_n or_o tell_v a_o lie_n as_o when_o we_o say_v such_o a_o man_n be_v a_o clockmaker_n it_o note_v art_n as_o well_o as_o action_n so_o to_o say_v such_o a_o man_n be_v a_o abomination-worker_n or_o a_o lye-maker_n note_v he_o not_o only_o industrious_a but_o crafty_a or_o as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitavit_fw-la excogitavit_fw-la denotat_fw-la opus_fw-la ingeniosum_fw-la inventum_fw-la artificium_fw-la quia_fw-la artificium_fw-la fit_a pâ—r_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la not_o bare_o cogitation_n or_o think_v but_o excogitation_n or_o study_v think_v not_o only_o a_o natural_a thought_n but_o a_o artificial_a thought_n or_o thought_n make_v up_o and_o form_v after_o long_a debate_n of_o a_o business_n in_o our_o own_o breast_n this_o be_v proper_o express_v by_o devise_v those_o pool_n of_o water_n in_o the_o 7_o â—h_a cant._n ver_fw-la 4._o be_v call_v from_o this_o word_n the_o pool_n in_o heshbon_n some_o take_v heshbon_n for_o a_o city_n numb_a 21._o 26._o and_o so_o it_o note_v the_o place_n where_o those_o pool_n be_v other_o translate_v it_o thus_o cant._n thus_o aisworth_n on_o the_o cant._n pool_n artificial_o make_v and_o we_o may_v observe_v much_o skill_n and_o curiosity_n use_v in_o make_v pool_n or_o water-work_n so_o exod._n 28._o 8._o the_o 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the_o cry_n of_o dives_n the_o rich_a man_n in_o hell_n luk._n 16._o forget_v not_o the_o congregation_n of_o thy_o poor_a psal_n 74._o 19_o thy_o poor_a by_o way_n of_o discrimination_n there_o may_v be_v a_o great_a distance_n between_o poor_a and_o poor_a then_o there_o be_v between_o poor_a and_o rich_a there_o be_v many_o ragged_a regiment_n congregation_n of_o poor_a who_o the_o lord_n will_v forget_v for_o ever_o but_o his_o poor_a shall_v be_v save_v and_o these_o poor_a be_v of_o two_o sort_n either_o poor_a in_o regard_n of_o wealth_n and_o outward_a substance_n or_o poor_a in_o regard_n of_o friend_n or_o outward_a assistance_n a_o rich_a man_n especial_o a_o godly_a rich_a man_n may_v be_v in_o a_o poor_a case_n destitute_a and_o forsake_a want_v patronage_n and_o protection_n god_n save_v his_o poor_a in_o both_o notion_n both_o those_o that_o have_v no_o friend_n and_o those_o that_o have_v no_o estate_n the_o hebrew_n word_n for_o poor_a spring_v from_o a_o root_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d towards_o it_o what_o we_o earnest_o expect_v our_o eye_n move_v after_o it_o david_n in_o his_o wait_n upon_o god_n say_v my_o eye_n be_v towards_o thou_o i_o lift_v up_o my_o eye_n and_o my_o heart_n to_o god_n the_o same_o word_n be_v here_o use_v the_o hireling_n look_v for_o the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n so_o we_o translate_v it_o the_o hebrew_n be_v he_o look_v for_o his_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o he_o have_v work_v before_o he_o have_v his_o work_n all_o day_n long_o his_o master_n show_v he_o his_o work_n he_o need_v not_o look_v for_o that_o then_o his_o work_n be_v the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n in_o the_o scripture_n the_o word_n work_n signify_v three_o thing_n 1._o the_o very_a act_n of_o labour_n 2._o the_o effect_n of_o labour_n the_o thing_n wrought_v or_o that_o which_o be_v the_o product_n of_o labour_n when_o a_o man_n have_v labour_v what_o he_o labour_v about_o be_v visible_a and_o that_o we_o call_v 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therefore_o i_o will_v not_o refrain_v my_o mouth_n etc._n etc._n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v the_o consideration_n of_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o from_o put_v i_o to_o silence_n that_o it_o do_v rather_o enlarge_v my_o heart_n and_o open_v my_o mouth_n to_o speak_v and_o complain_v once_o more_o see_v death_n be_v by_o god_n appointment_n the_o certain_a end_n of_o all_o outward_a trouble_n and_o perceive_v myself_o upon_o the_o very_a border_n or_o brink_n of_o death_n my_o body_n past_o cure_n my_o estate_n irrecoverable_a and_o remediless_a therefore_o i_o will_v complain_v yet_o again_o i_o will_v yet_o far_o lay_v open_a my_o misery_n before_o the_o lord_n and_o press_v he_o to_o hasten_v i_o through_o the_o confine_n of_o this_o land_n of_o sorrow_n that_o i_o may_v accomplish_v my_o day_n and_o see_v a_o end_n of_o these_o trouble_n for_o my_o soul_n be_v in_o great_a bitterness_n i_o will_v not_o refrain_v my_o mouth_n the_o word_n signify_v to_o stop_v inhibit_v effundere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proprie_fw-la est_fw-la continere_fw-la probibere_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ad_fw-la liuguam_fw-la &_o orationem_fw-la refertur_fw-la â—ffert_fw-la suppressionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la &_o cohibitionem_fw-la eluctantis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &_o sermonis_fw-la conantis_fw-la se_fw-la aperto_fw-la ore_fw-la effundere_fw-la or_o prohibit_v those_o writ_n which_o stay_v the_o process_n of_o inferior_a court_n be_v call_v prohibition_n and_o then_o no_o man_n may_v open_v his_o mouth_n more_o in_o that_o business_n until_o the_o prohibition_n be_v dissolve_v or_o take_v off_o i_o say_v job_n will_v not_o give_v myself_o a_o prohibition_n i_o will_v not_o silence_n or_o suppress_v my_o sorrow_n i_o will_v give_v my_o heart_n full_a liberty_n to_o meditate_v and_o my_o tongue_n to_o speak_v out_o my_o suffering_n be_v empty_v of_o all_o my_o comfort_n i_o will_v sure_o take_v my_o fill_n of_o complain_n it_o will_v be_v some_o ease_n to_o i_o to_o make_v know_v how_o i_o be_o pain_v i_o will_v not_o refrain_v my_o mouth_n that_o word_n be_v use_v isa_n 58._o 1._o cry_v aloud_o spare_v not_o when_o the_o prophet_n be_v command_v to_o tell_v the_o people_n of_o their_o sin_n the_o lord_n set_v his_o tongue_n at_o liberty_n spare_v not_o thou_o be_v not_o silence_v or_o limit_v therefore_o cry_v aloud_o they_o be_v cry_v sin_n and_o cry_v sin_n must_v have_v cry_v reproof_n loud_a sinner_n must_v not_o be_v whisper_v to_o therefore_o cry_v aloud_o spare_v not_o i_o will_v not_o spare_v my_o mouth_n say_v job_n or_o refrain_v as_o we_o translate_v but_o i_o will_v speak_v in_o the_o anguish_n of_o my_o spirit_n or_o in_o the_o straightness_n merc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ie_fw-fr in_o angustiis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la mei_fw-la coarctat_fw-la i_o spiritus_fw-la pectore_fw-la inclusus_fw-la patefaciam_fw-la liberum_fw-la illi_fw-la aditum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la radice_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proprie_fw-la meditari_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la meditatione_n interius_fw-la animo_fw-la concepta_fw-la aliquid_fw-la exterius_fw-la agere_fw-la loqui_fw-la orari_fw-la conqueri_fw-la vocem_fw-la edam_fw-la querulam_fw-la musfitando_fw-la &_o meditandi_fw-la merc._n of_o my_o spirit_n i_o be_o in_o a_o straight_o i_o be_o pen_v in_o my_o spirit_n and_o unless_o i_o let_v my_o spirit_n out_o my_o heart_n will_v break_v i_o must_v give_v it_o vent_v and_o air_n i_o will_v speak_v in_o the_o anguish_n of_o my_o spirit_n i_o will_v complain_v in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o my_o soul_n the_o word_n render_v complain_v signify_v to_o meditate_v and_o so_o to_o speak_v upon_o meditation_n or_o to_o speak_v deliberate_o it_o imply_v first_o a_o form_n and_o fashion_v of_o what_o we_o will_v say_v in_o our_o thought_n thought_n be_v the_o mould_n of_o our_o word_n job_n intend_v not_o rash_a speak_n what_o he_o intend_v to_o speak_v shall_v be_v mould_v shape_v and_o wrought_v in_o his_o heart_n 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kind_n of_o resolvednesse_n in_o his_o sorrow_n it_o be_v as_o unsafe_a for_o man_n in_o this_o sense_n to_o will_v what_o meri_n nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la be_v fuit_fw-la job_n qui_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la licere_fw-la non_fw-la putaret_fw-la proteruè_fw-la ac_fw-la procaciter_fw-la vellet_fw-la aggredi_fw-la meri_n he_o do_v as_o to_o do_v what_o he_o will_v we_o ought_v to_o will_v the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o we_o must_v submit_v our_o own_o we_o shall_v not_o mourn_v over_o our_o affliction_n nor_o rejoice_v over_o our_o comfort_n but_o as_o god_n will_v yet_o in_o this_o the_o will_n of_o job_n be_v rather_o strong_a then_o pertinacious_a he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n of_o that_o rough_a make_v to_o oppose_v his_o will_n against_o the_o will_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n though_o that_o be_v a_o pain_n to_o he_o have_v thus_o resolve_v to_o complain_v he_o complain_v in_o this_o very_a high_a language_n verse_n 12._o be_o i_o a_o sea_n or_o a_o whale_n that_o thou_o set_v a_o 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the_o question_n relish_v of_o contempt_n rather_o than_o of_o ignorace_n and_o carry_v with_o it_o a_o low_a estimation_n of_o man_n let_v he_o be_v what_o he_o will_v not_o a_o want_n of_o information_n what_o man_n be_v what_o be_v man_n as_o we_o use_v to_o say_v to_o or_o of_o those_o we_o slight_n who_o be_v you_o or_o what_o be_v he_o it_o import_v the_o vanity_n and_o deficiency_n of_o the_o creature_n or_o the_o word_n be_v a_o diminutive_a admiration_n he_o admire_v the_o smallnesse_n the_o littleness_n the_o meanness_n the_o nothingnesse_n of_o man_n question_n in_o scripture_n often_o abate_v the_o sense_n zech._n 4._o 7._o who_o be_v thou_o o_o great_a mountain_n thou_o look_v very_o big_a and_o very_a great_a but_o who_o be_v thou_o tell_v i_o who_o thou_o be_v or_o i_o will_v tell_v thou_o thou_o be_v now_o but_o a_o molehill_n thou_o shall_v be_v a_o nothing_o short_o before_o zerubbabel_n thou_o shall_v become_v a_o plain_a it_o be_v a_o contemptuous_a undervalue_a 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then_o do_v he_o inquire_v in_o these_o word_n what_o be_v man_n it_o be_v not_o to_o learn_v what_o man_n be_v but_o to_o teach_v we_o the_o wonder_n that_o man_n be_v such_o shall_v be_v thus_o regard_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v forasmuch_o as_o man_n be_v vanity_n what_o be_v vanity_n that_o thou_o shall_v magnify_v it_o will_v any_o one_o esteem_v vanity_n and_o prize_v a_o thing_n of_o nought_o man_n be_v vanity_n that_o be_v the_o answer_n to_o the_o question_n the_o scripture_n give_v many_o answer_n to_o this_o question_n ask_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n what_o be_v man_n and_o he_o answer_v chap._n 40._o 6._o man_n be_v grass_n all_o flesh_n be_v grass_n and_o the_o goodliness_n thereof_o as_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o field_n ask_v david_n what_o be_v man_n he_o answer_v psal_n 62._o 9_o man_n be_v a_o lie_n not_o a_o liar_n only_o or_o a_o deceiver_n but_o a_o lie_n and_o a_o deceit_n all_o the_o answer_v the_o holy_a ghost_n give_v concern_v man_n be_v to_o humble_a man_n man_n be_v ready_a to_o flatter_v himself_o and_o one_o man_n to_o flatter_v another_o but_o god_n tell_v we_o plain_o what_o we_o be_v that_o thou_o shall_v magnify_v he_o or_o make_v he_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v a_o threefold_a sense_n of_o that_o word_n magnify_v use_v in_o scripture_n shine_v magnus_fw-la quantitate_fw-la vel_fw-la qualitate_fw-la annis_fw-la bonore_fw-la existimatione_fw-la authoritate_fw-la shine_v 1._o it_o imply_v only_o a_o manifestation_n or_o declaration_n of_o another_o greatness_n or_o a_o open_n of_o his_o intrinsicall_a worth_n and_o dignity_n in_o which_o sense_n man_n be_v often_o say_v to_o magnify_v god_n he_o declare_v and_o publish_v the_o infinite_a internal_a worth_n and_o dignity_n of_o god_n luke_n 1._o 46._o the_o virgin_n begin_v her_o song_n thus_o my_o soul_n do_v magnify_v the_o lord_n it_o be_v impossible_a we_o shall_v give_v the_o least_o addition_n to_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n then_o magnify_v of_o 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