take_v my_o brethren_n the_o prophet_n who_o have_v speak_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o a_o example_n of_o suffer_a affliction_n and_o of_o patience_n behold_v we_o count_v they_o happy_a which_o endure_v you_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o patience_n of_o job_n etc_n james_n 5.10.11_o the_o holy_a life_n of_o god_n prophet_n by_o j._n h._n london_n print_v for_o will_n hope_v at_o the_o blue_a anchor_n on_o the_o north_n side_n of_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1654._o to_o his_o worthy_o much_o honour_a kinsman_n george_n smith_n esq_n most_o worthy_a sir_n such_o and_o so_o extraordinary_a be_v your_o favour_n and_o so_o free_o confer_v upon_o i_o that_o i_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v i_o be_o in_o a_o strict_a manner_n oblige_v to_o all_o opportunity_n of_o humble_a gratitude_n whereupon_o not_o without_o some_o praemeditation_n i_o have_v thought_n sit_v to_o take_v this_o and_o have_v adventure_v to_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n the_o life_n of_o these_o holy_a man_n under_o your_o patronage_n who_o indeed_o for_o a_o kind_n of_o sympathy_n between_o you_o and_o they_o do_v the_o rather_o own_v you_o for_o their_o patron_n for_o if_o you_o please_v but_o serious_o to_o peruse_v they_o you_o may_v in_o many_o thing_n read_v yourself_o and_o find_v wherein_o you_o have_v make_v they_o the_o pious_a precedent_n of_o your_o own_o good_a work_n of_o those_o as_o you_o well_o know_v myself_o have_v have_v no_o little_a experience_n a_o theme_n too_o on_o which_o i_o may_v well_o enlarge_v myself_o but_o indeed_o such_o be_v my_o unhappiness_n i_o want_v those_o ability_n either_o by_o more_o excellent_a art_n of_o language_n to_o express_v they_o or_o any_o other_o way_n of_o service_n or_o respect_n to_o testify_v sufficient_a thankfulness_n what_o need_v i_o then_o add_v more_o see_v this_o little_a already_o say_v though_o but_o mean_v and_o according_a to_o my_o duty_n be_v i_o be_o confident_a above_o your_o expectation_n so_o little_o do_v you_o delight_v in_o the_o resitall_n of_o your_o kindness_n or_o desire_v they_o shall_v be_v thus_o bring_v to_o your_o remembrance_n your_o expectation_n as_o in_o a_o suitableness_n to_o your_o christian_a virtue_n await_v high_a reward_n with_o those_o pious_a man_n before_o mention_v that_o as_o you_o have_v endeavour_v to_o imitate_v their_o life_n so_o you_o may_v also_o partake_v with_o they_o in_o their_o eternal_a happiness_n for_o the_o fruition_n whereof_o he_o shall_v daily_o pray_v who_o in_o all_o duty_n subscribe_v himself_o sir_n you_o must_v humble_o observant_a j._n h._n of_o the_o life_n and_o noble_a act_n of_o god_n prophet_n the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n job_n chapter_n i._n section_n 1._o the_o prophet_n job_n who_o be_v also_o call_v jobad_n as_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n relate_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n of_o job_n or_o that_o book_n which_o be_v write_v concern_v job_n be_v head_n of_o the_o five_o family_n from_o abraham_n as_o the_o same_o interpreter_n deliver_v in_o the_o same_o place_n for_o abraham_n beget_v isaac_n isaac_n esau_n esau_n zara_n of_o his_o wife_n basemath_n the_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n zara_n jobad_n who_o also_o be_v job_n sect._n 2._o this_o man_n although_o he_o live_v among_o wicked_a and_o lewd_a people_n and_o dwell_v in_o that_o country_n call_v aâ—…sotis_n or_o hus_n in_o the_o border_n of_o idumaea_n yet_o be_v he_o not_o infect_v with_o any_o vice_n or_o lewdness_n from_o they_o but_o even_o from_o his_o childhood_n he_o eschew_v vice_n and_o follow_v virtue_n with_o that_o resolution_n of_o spirit_n that_o he_o will_v never_o do_v otherwise_o than_o he_o ought_v even_o when_o he_o have_v lose_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o money_n esteem_v most_o dear_a his_o fotrane_n and_o child_n and_o his_o whole_a body_n be_v so_o pester_v with_o sore_n that_o his_o very_a friend_n can_v not_o endure_v to_o look_v upon_o he_o which_o thing_n because_o they_o be_v so_o excellent_a and_o make_v for_o his_o great_a commendation_n than_o if_o he_o have_v moderate_o behave_v himself_o only_o in_o prosperity_n i_o resolve_v to_o declare_v all_o several_o that_o all_o man_n in_o adversity_n and_o misery_n may_v have_v a_o notable_a example_n set_v before_o they_o of_o this_o man_n sect._n 3_o and_o because_o it_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n of_o praise_n nor_o any_o such_o rare_a virtue_n for_o a_o man_n to_o lose_v but_o a_o indifferent_a estate_n and_o to_o bear_v out_o that_o misfortune_n gallant_o we_o must_v understand_v this_o that_o job_n be_v no_o mean_a person_n nor_o one_o that_o have_v but_o a_o poor_a or_o slender_a fortune_n for_o he_o be_v the_o second_o king_n of_o the_o land_n of_o edom_n inasmuch_o as_o he_o succeed_v in_o the_o room_n of_o bela_n or_o balach_n the_o first_o king_n and_o he_o be_v very_o rich_a for_o those_o time_n wherein_o man_n wealth_n consist_v much_o in_o flock_n and_o herd_n it_o be_v therefore_o record_v in_o the_o scripture_n which_o mention_n that_o he_o be_v a_o wealthy_a person_n how_o that_o he_o have_v seven_o thousand_o sheep_n three_o thousand_o camel_n five_o hundred_o yoke_n of_o ox_n and_o five_o hundred_o she_o ass_n and_o a_o very_a great_a family_n now_o before_o i_o tell_v by_o what_o mean_v all_o these_o thing_n be_v take_v from_o he_o and_o with_o what_o mind_n he_o bear_v the_o loss_n of_o they_o i_o will_v relate_v how_o he_o demean_v himself_o in_o his_o prosperity_n sect._n 4._o though_o he_o be_v a_o king_n and_o a_o prince_n as_o i_o have_v say_v and_o one_o that_o have_v such_o a_o great_a estate_n yet_o do_v he_o never_o misuse_v his_o sovereignty_n or_o authority_n to_o the_o injury_n of_o his_o friend_n or_o stranger_n like_o a_o proud_a man_n nor_o his_o good_n to_o the_o satisfy_n of_o his_o lust_n for_o in_o judgement_n he_o decide_v matter_n with_o such_o equity_n that_o when_o he_o go_v to_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n and_o have_v his_o seat_n prepare_v he_o in_o the_o court_n city_n the_o court_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n all_o that_o hear_v and_o see_v he_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o age_a stand_v up_o to_o he_o and_o the_o prince_n and_o noble_n forbear_v out_o of_o reverence_n to_o speak_v in_o his_o presence_n think_v he_o happy_a and_o give_v witness_n to_o he_o that_o he_o deliver_v the_o poor_a which_o cry_v and_o the_o fatherless_a which_o have_v none_o to_o help_v they_o the_o cause_n which_o he_o understand_v not_o he_o search_v out_o diligent_o lest_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v pass_v sentence_n whilst_o the_o cause_n be_v unknown_a he_o may_v both_o have_v do_v wrong_a to_o another_o man_n and_o dishonour_n to_o himself_o sect._n 5._o and_o how_o he_o behave_v himself_o towards_o his_o equal_n or_o better_n either_o in_o suit_n and_o controversy_n which_o he_o have_v with_o they_o or_o in_o other_o deal_n we_o may_v hence_o conceive_v in_o that_o he_o never_o refuse_v a_o trial_n with_o his_o man_n or_o maid_n servant_n if_o at_o any_o time_n they_o will_v go_v to_o law_n with_o he_o beside_o in_o his_o whole_a life_n he_o be_v so_o full_a of_o liberality_n and_o pity_n which_o have_v grow_v up_o with_o he_o from_o his_o infancy_n that_o he_o never_o eat_v a_o piece_n of_o bread_n alone_o without_o the_o fatherless_a he_o never_o deny_v poor_a people_n what_o they_o request_v he_o never_o weary_v out_o the_o people_n with_o delay_n he_o never_o see_v man_n perish_v for_o lack_v of_o clothing_n or_o any_o poor_a man_n to_o be_v without_o a_o cover_n last_o he_o never_o suffer_v a_o stranger_n to_o tarry_v without_o door_n but_o be_v willing_a to_o have_v his_o house_n lie_v always_o open_a to_o the_o traveller_n so_o that_o he_o be_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o blind_a a_o foot_n to_o to_o the_o lame_a &_o a_o father_n to_o the_o poor_a which_o though_o they_o be_v great_a matter_n yet_o shall_v we_o cease_v to_o wonder_v at_o they_o if_o we_o do_v but_o consider_v that_o contempt_n of_o riches_n which_o be_v in_o he_o for_o he_o neither_o place_v his_o strength_n or_o confidence_n and_o hope_n in_o gold_n nor_o do_v he_o rejoice_v in_o much_o wealth_n when_o he_o have_v get_v it_o sect._n 6._o let_v i_o now_o set_v forth_o his_o other_o virtue_n he_o do_v not_o love_v his_o friend_n only_o but_o his_o foe_n also_o and_o enemy_n so_o as_o that_o he_o never_o rejoice_v at_o their_o adversity_n he_o never_o speak_v against_o they_o he_o be_v so_o modest_a and_o chaste_a that_o if_o ever_o woman_n have_v deceive_v his_o heart_n or_o if_o ever_o he_o have_v lay_v wait_n at_o his_o neighhour_n door_n he_o do_v not_o refuse_v that_o his_o wife_n shall_v be_v false_a to_o his_o bed_n ch_n 31._o and_o of_o such_o integrity_n of_o heart_n such_o innocency_n of_o life_n and_o
down_o by_o cord_n into_o the_o dungeon_n of_o malchiah_n the_o son_n of_o hamelech_n which_o be_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n full_a of_o mire_n there_o he_o continue_v not_o long_o through_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n who_o move_v a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o pity_v he_o there_o be_v in_o the_o court_n a_o eunuch_n one_o ebedmelech_n a_o ethiopian_a who_o because_o he_o conceive_v the_o thing_n be_v true_a which_o jeremiah_n have_v foretell_v as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v that_o which_o have_v befall_v he_o through_o the_o malice_n of_o his_o enemy_n he_o tell_v the_o king_n that_o that_o be_v wrongful_o do_v of_o they_o to_o put_v he_o where_o it_o be_v twenty_o to_o one_o but_o he_o die_v the_o king_n whether_o move_v by_o his_o entreaty_n or_o persuasion_n give_v he_o charge_n to_o get_v jeremiah_n out_o and_o put_v he_o in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n thereupon_o not_o long_o after_o the_o king_n send_v for_o jeremiah_n to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o tell_v he_o plain_o in_o good_a earnest_n what_o shall_v be_v the_o event_n of_o thing_n he_o first_o say_v he_o be_v afraid_a lest_o if_o he_o shall_v tell_v he_o truth_n he_o will_v kill_v he_o and_o not_o follow_v his_o advice_n and_o afterward_o have_v leave_n give_v he_o to_o speak_v free_o without_o fear_n of_o death_n the_o king_n have_v pass_v a_o oath_n for_o his_o security_n he_o tell_v the_o king_n that_o if_o he_o will_v go_v out_o to_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n captalnes_n he_o shall_v be_v safe_a and_o all_o his_o whole_a family_n and_o the_o city_n shall_v not_o be_v burn_v but_o if_o he_o will_v not_o go_v out_o that_o then_o he_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o power_n of_o his_o enemy_n so_o as_o that_o he_o shall_v never_o escape_v and_o not_o himself_o only_o but_o also_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v burn_v therefore_o if_o he_o will_v do_v the_o best_a for_o himself_o and_o his_o friend_n he_o shall_v give_v credit_n to_o those_o word_n which_o be_v not_o his_o own_o but_o god_n when_o the_o king_n say_v he_o be_v afraid_a if_o he_o shall_v yield_v himself_o he_o shall_v be_v deliver_v over_o to_o the_o jew_n who_o already_o run_v away_o to_o the_o caldaean_o who_o will_v mock_v he_o although_o hieremiah_n avouch_v in_o the_o word_n of_o a_o prophet_n that_o if_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o but_o as_o he_o have_v tell_v he_o yet_o the_o king_n believe_v he_o nor_o but_o only_o request_v of_o he_o or_o rather_o charge_v he_o that_o no_o body_n shall_v know_v conference_n know_v this_o their_o conference_n those_o thing_n but_o if_o the_o commander_n or_o great_a man_n shall_v ask_v what_o he_o have_v speak_v with_o they_o about_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o he_o request_v that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v send_v back_o again_o into_o jonathans_n prison_n to_o die_v there_o the_o king_n send_v he_o back_o into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n the_o prince_n ask_v he_o as_o he_o go_v out_o what_o discourse_n and_o what_o about_o the_o king_n have_v with_o he_o but_o when_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o what_o the_o king_n have_v bid_v he_o they_o be_v satisfy_v nevertheless_o he_o remain_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n till_o the_o day_n that_o the_o city_n be_v take_v which_o however_o when_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o rest_n of_o hieremiah_n word_n and_o do_n may_v be_v better_o understand_v we_o must_v now_o relate_v sect._n 8._o jerusalem_n begin_v to_o be_v besiege_v by_o nebuchadnezzer_n king_n of_o babylon_n and_o his_o army_n jer._n 39_o in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o zedechiah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o ten_o month_n and_o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n and_o four_o month_n and_o the_o nine_o day_n of_o the_o month_n it_o be_v take_v and_o those_o thing_n befall_v zedechiah_n which_o hieremiah_n the_o prophet_n of_o god_n have_v foretell_v for_o when_o he_o understand_v that_o the_o city_n be_v take_v he_o get_v out_o privy_o by_o night_n with_o some_o arm_a man_n through_o his_o garden_n by_o a_o gate_n which_o be_v betwixt_o the_o two_o wall_n but_o the_o army_n of_o the_o cadaeans_n pursue_v he_o and_o take_v he_o in_o the_o field_n of_o hiericho_n and_o bring_v he_o to_o nabuchadnezzar_n to_o riblash_v in_o the_o land_n of_o hamath_n there_o when_o he_o have_v talk_v with_o he_o at_o large_a he_o put_v out_o his_o eye_n and_o put_v he_o in_o bond_n have_v slay_v his_o child_n before_o his_o face_n but_o god_n have_v pity_n upon_o two_o especial_o hieremias_n and_o ebedmolach_n the_o ethiopian_a who_o have_v beseech_v zedechiah_n that_o he_o will_v deliver_v hieremiah_n out_o of_o the_o dungeon_n pit_n as_o i_o have_v say_v i_o will_v first_o speak_v concern_v edebmelech_n sect._n 9_o before_o the_o city_n be_v take_v god_n bad_a hieremiah_n in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n go_v and_o tell_v ebedmelech_n the_o ethiopian_a that_o every_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v prophesy_v against_o the_o city_n shall_v come_v certain_o to_o pass_v and_o yet_o he_o shall_v not_o come_v under_o the_o power_n of_o they_o who_o he_o fear_v but_o shall_v be_v deliver_v because_o he_o have_v hope_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o god_n take_v so_o great_a ear_n for_o the_o welfare_n of_o hieremiah_n that_o by_o his_o goodness_n nabuchadnezzar_n the_o king_n of_o babylon_n give_v charge_n to_o nebuzaradan_n the_o general_n of_o his_o army_n when_o jerusalem_n be_v take_v that_o he_o shall_v suffer_v hieremiah_n to_o have_v his_o liberty_n and_o not_o trouble_v he_o at_o all_o but_o deal_v with_o he_o and_o use_v he_o as_o he_o desire_v therefore_o he_o fetch_v he_o out_o of_o prison_n and_o deliver_v he_o to_o godolias_n the_o son_n of_o ahikaiv_n that_o he_o may_v go_v abroad_o at_o his_o liberty_n afterward_o when_o nebuzaradan_n be_v to_o return_v to_o babylon_n he_o mention_v the_o benefit_n of_o his_o freedom_n give_v he_o choice_n either_o to_o go_v with_o he_o to_o babylon_n or_o tarry_v where_o he_o will_v in_o judah_n and_o when_o he_o have_v say_v he_o have_v rather_o do_v the_o latter_a have_v afford_v he_o necessary_n for_o his_o maintenance_n and_o bestow_v gift_n upon_o he_o he_o send_v he_o away_o and_o he_o go_v to_o gedaliah_n who_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v make_v governor_n over_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n dwell_v with_o he_o in_o mispah_n till_o he_o be_v slay_v by_o ishmael_n the_o ammonite_n and_o when_o ishmael_n have_v slay_v gedaliah_n and_o many_o other_o and_o ishmael_n himself_o be_v beat_v by_o johanan_n the_o son_n of_o careah_n jer._n 41.13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o they_o that_o be_v leave_v entreat_v hieremy_n to_o inquire_v of_o god_n whether_o they_o shall_v go_v into_o egypt_n or_o tarry_v there_o for_o they_o will_v do_v whatsoever_o god_n see_v good_a on_o the_o ten_o day_n after_o have_v call_v all_o the_o man_n of_o arm_n together_o and_o among_o they_o johanan_n the_o son_n of_o careah_n he_o tell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v god_n will_v they_o shall_v dwell_v there_o where_o he_o will_v deliver_v they_o 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