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assumeret_fw-la nihil_fw-la supra_fw-la naturae_fw-la humanae_fw-la vires_fw-la sibi_fw-la assumeret_fw-la he_o shall_v still_o remember_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o it_o be_v god_n not_o he_o that_o do_v it_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a thing_n to_o keep_v the_o heart_n in_o a_o humble_a frame_n and_o fitness_n to_o give_v unto_o god_n the_o glory_n of_o what_o he_o do_v by_o we_o god_n help_v our_o prophet_n by_o this_o title_n which_o run_v through_o the_o whole_a prophecy_n and_o take_v such_o interest_n in_o his_o heart_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v see_v hear_v say_v or_o do_v by_o he_o the_o son_n of_o man_n the_o glory_n of_o all_o be_v give_v to_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o
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dispensation_n encourage_v too_o and_o in_o his_o work_n he_o shall_v have_v a_o sight_n of_o glory_n and_o a_o glorious_a vision_n present_v to_o he_o the_o second_o time_n by_o god_n own_o hand_n we_o think_v repetition_n of_o thing_n in_o vain_a a_o sermon_n twice_o over_o be_v stale_a unwelcome_a oft_o neither_o minister_n nor_o people_n find_v any_o savour_n in_o it_o and_o so_o of_o other_o thing_n but_o god_n repeat_v the_o vision_n without_o prejudice_n to_o himself_o or_o damage_n to_o the_o prophet_n 4._o sin_n make_v we_o uncapacious_a of_o happiness_n it_o be_v man_n happiness_n to_o see_v the_o glorious_a god_n and_o have_v communion_n with_o he_o while_o adam_n stand_v
verse_n read_v we_o shall_v make_v inquiry_n into_o sundry_a thing_n 1._o whether_o our_o prophet_n do_v in_o the_o literal_a sense_n lie_v so_o many_o day_n upon_o his_o side_n or_o be_v it_o only_o in_o vision_n some_o make_v it_o real_a and_o say_v ezekiel_n do_v lie_v upon_o his_o side_n all_o the_o day_n be_v mention_v although_o he_o sleep_v not_o all_o the_o time_n yet_o he_o lay_v in_o that_o posture_n and_o that_o it_o be_v by_o special_a help_n of_o god_n if_o nature_n can_v not_o of_o itself_o reach_v unto_o it_o yet_o it_o be_v relate_v of_o a_o noble_a man_n of_o lonaim_n who_o lie_v sixteen_o year_n in_o one_o posture_n viz._n with_o his_o face_n upward_o and_o pradus_n say_v he_o see_v a_o mad_a man_n which_o have_v lie_v upon_o one_o side_n fifteen_o year_n theodoret_n think_v he_o lay_v bind_v all_o this_o time_n and_o feel_v most_o grievous_a pain_n that_o so_o he_o may_v represent_v the_o great_a misery_n of_o jerusalem_n siege_n which_o suffer_v great_a famine_n this_o opinion_n have_v many_o and_o great_a author_n yet_o i_o must_v join_v with_o those_o who_o be_v for_o the_o prophet_n visionall_a lie_v on_o his_o side_n for_o beside_o that_o nature_n can_v not_o bear_v it_o how_o shall_v we_o clear_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n that_o shall_v for_o the_o idolatry_n and_o sin_n of_o other_o which_o former_a prophet_n have_v reprove_v so_o great_o afflict_v and_o punish_v one_o innocent_a again_o he_o be_v to_o prepare_v himself_o bread_n verse_n 15_o of_o this_o chap._n he_o be_v to_o set_v his_o face_n against_o the_o mountain_n of_o israel_n chap._n 6._o v._n 2._o and_o if_o he_o lie_v still_o all_o these_o day_n on_o his_o side_n how_o can_v either_o of_o these_o be_v do_v it_o be_v also_o say_v in_o the_o 8_o chapt._n v._n 1._o in_o the_o sixth_o year_n in_o the_o sixth_o month_n in_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o month_n as_o i_o sit_v in_o my_o house_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o judah_n before_o i_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n fall_v there_o upon_o i_o if_o ezekiel_n do_v in_o the_o letter_n lie_v so_o many_o day_n the_o time_n be_v not_o expire_v for_o the_o prophet_n have_v his_o first_o vision_n in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n the_o four_o month_n and_o the_o five_o day_n chapt._n 1._o v._o 12._o and_o seven_o day_n after_o this_o vision_n he_o have_v another_o chapt._n 3._o v._o 15._o which_o make_v it_o the_o twelve_o day_n of_o that_o month_n and_o on_o that_o day_n he_o be_v command_v to_o lie_v on_o his_o side_n and_o if_o you_o reckon_v from_o thence_o you_o will_v find_v not_o above_o 413._o as_o pradus_n reckon_v it_o or_o 418._o and_o then_o if_o you_o join_v the_o day_n the_o prophet_n lie_v on_o his_o side_n they_o amount_v to_o 430._o so_o it_o will_v then_o appear_v the_o prophet_n have_v twelve_o or_o seventeen_o day_n to_o lie_v on_o his_o side_n when_o the_o text_n say_v he_o sit_v before_o the_o elder_n this_o lie_v therefore_o be_v to_o be_v take_v visional_o not_o real_o 2._o what_o the_o lie_a on_o the_o left_a side_n point_v out_o unto_o we_o and_o why_o the_o iniquity_n of_o israel_n be_v lay_v upon_o that_o side_n there_o be_v some_o mystery_n in_o it_o and_o the_o opinion_n of_o man_n be_v different_a some_o make_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o to_o be_v the_o situation_n of_o samaria_n which_o be_v the_o head_n city_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n isa_n 7.9_o and_o this_o city_n be_v on_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o jerusalem_n ezek._n 16.46_o and_o thereupon_o the_o prophet_n lie_v on_o his_o left_a side_n to_o represent_v they_o and_o their_o sin_n and_o on_o his_o right_n to_o represent_v the_o house_n of_o judah_n and_o their_o sin_n but_o beyond_o this_o there_o be_v something_o to_o be_v take_v hold_v of_o and_o it_o be_v this_o the_o left_a side_n or_o hand_n note_v disrespect_n the_o right_a side_n or_o hand_n dignity_n or_o favour_n mat._n 25.34.41_o the_o good_a be_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n the_o bad_a on_o the_o left_a by_o this_o posture_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v type_v out_o to_o we_o the_o different_a respect_n of_o god_n to_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v less_o dear_a to_o god_n than_o the_o other_o they_o have_v grievous_a sin_n and_o god_n will_v show_v they_o less_o mercy_n deal_v with_o they_o as_o those_o at_o his_o left_a side_n but_o for_o judah_n who_o sin_n be_v as_o great_a as_o they_o yet_o god_n will_v chastise_v with_o less_o severity_n he_o will_v not_o take_v away_o his_o love_a kindness_n from_o judah_n though_o he_o do_v from_o israel_n judah_n be_v at_o his_o right_a side_n and_o god_n will_v in_o his_o distribution_n of_o sorrow_n and_o wrath_n remember_v mercy_n 3._o who_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v here_o by_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n the_o ten_o tribe_n which_o be_v usual_o so_o call_v in_o the_o scripture_n be_v carry_v into_o captivity_n 130._o year_n before_o by_o shalmaneser_n in_o the_o 6_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 18.9_o 10._o to_o what_o end_n therefore_o shall_v they_o be_v bring_v in_o here_o under_o a_o typical_a siege_n of_o jerusalem_n when_o they_o sin_v not_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o if_o they_o have_v be_v now_o go_v and_o under_o the_o severity_n of_o god_n some_o take_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n to_o be_v mean_v distinct_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o this_o lie_v of_o the_o prophet_n on_o his_o left_a side_n not_o to_o refer_v to_o jerusalems_n siege_n but_o to_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o tribe_n and_o the_o patience_n of_o god_n towards_o they_o other_o include_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n and_o so_o make_v not_o the_o prophet_n literal_a lie_v to_o look_v at_o the_o ten_o tribe_n in_o captivity_n but_o at_o those_o of_o they_o who_o be_v join_v to_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n for_o when_o the_o great_a rent_n be_v by_o jeroboam_fw-la all_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n do_v not_o cleave_v to_o he_o and_o many_o that_o at_o first_o do_v afterward_o see_v the_o evil_a of_o his_o idolatrous_a way_n withdraw_v from_o he_o and_o close_v with_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n 2_o chro._n 11.16_o 17._o when_o they_o see_v what_o jeroboam_n intend_v those_o that_o set_v their_o heart_n to_o seek_v god_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o sacrifice_v and_o strengthen_v the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o asa_n day_n many_o fell_a to_o he_o out_o of_o ephraim_n manasseh_n and_o simeon_n 2_o chron._n 15.9_o yea_o in_o abundance_n asa_n be_v a_o good_a king_n they_o come_v flock_v to_o he_o and_o willing_o sit_v down_o under_o his_o shade_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a also_o that_o when_o shalmaneser_n come_v out_o against_o samaria_n and_o carry_v away_o the_o tribe_n that_o many_o flee_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o part_n thereabout_a for_o it_o be_v say_v in_o 2_o chron._n 30.6_o that_o they_o escape_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o in_o the_o 11_o verse_n that_o divers_a of_o ashur_n manasseh_n and_o zebulon_n humble_v themselves_o 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be_v to_o begin_v various_a and_o intricate_a be_v the_o thought_n of_o man_n about_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_v of_o these_o year_n and_o it_o will_v take_v up_o much_o time_n to_o present_v they_o unto_o you_o and_o perplex_v your_o thought_n much_o i_o will_v give_v you_o in_o this_o point_n not_o what_o myself_o but_o the_o sound_a interpreter_n and_o chronologer_n do_v judge_v the_o truth_n funccius_n and_o bibliander_n two_o famous_a chronologer_n begin_v this_o account_n at_o the_o fall_n off_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n 1_o king_n 12._o and_o so_o do_v interpreter_n of_o much_o worth_n lavater_n polanus_fw-la pradus_fw-la a_fw-la lapide_fw-la and_o sanctius_n begin_v it_o
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they_o be_v call_v arrow_n for_o that_o they_o do_v to_o the_o corn_n cattle_n fruit_n and_o state_n where_o they_o be_v what_o arrow_n do_v to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n or_o beast_n wound_n disquiet_v consume_v hence_o when_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o famine_n in_o habakkuks_n day_n ch._n 3.11_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o march_v through_o the_o land_n in_o indignation_n ver_fw-la 12._o and_o his_o bow_n to_o be_v make_v quite_o naked_a then_o do_v god_n shoot_v among_o they_o the_o arrow_n of_o famine_n the_o arrow_n famine_n bring_v be_v leanness_n faintness_n sickness_n loathsomeness_n fretting_n fear_n of_o death_n long_n for_o death_n gnawing_n of_o the_o stomach_n pinch_v of_o the_o wind_n get_v into_o the_o bowel_n eat_v of_o their_o own_o flesh_n thirst_v and_o burn_a heat_n etc._n etc._n these_o be_v arrow_n that_o famine_n bring_v and_o kill_v like_o arrow_n shoot_v into_o the_o liver_n which_o wound_v deep_o pain_n great_o and_o kill_v quick_o and_o in_o this_o 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