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thou_o o_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o i_o and_o raise_v i_o up_o that_o i_o may_v requite_v they_o by_o this_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o favour_v i_o because_o my_o enemy_n do_v not_o triumph_n over_o i_o and_o as_o for_o i_o thou_o upholde_v i_o in_o my_o integrity_n and_o set_v i_o before_o thy_o face_n for_o ever_o all_o that_o the_o psalmist_n here_o pen_n be_v more_o exquisite_o act_v by_o our_o saviour_n if_o we_o subduct_v the_o imprecation_n upon_o his_o enemy_n which_o the_o psalmist_n mingle_v with_o his_o prayer_n for_o himself_o 11._o the_o author_n of_o the_o 69_o psalm_n be_v he_o david_n the_o son_n of_o jesse_n or_o some_o other_o so_o enstile_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o which_o john_n baptist_n be_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o call_v elias_n do_v not_o utter_v that_o complaint_n without_o some_o urgent_a cause_n or_o press_a occasion_n ver._n 20_o 21._o reproach_n have_v break_v my_o heart_n and_o i_o be_o full_a of_o heaviness_n and_o i_o look_v for_o 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brook_v the_o stile_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ever_o do_v in_o his_o heathenish_a oracle_n but_o this_o reply_n with_o what_o eloquence_n soever_o it_o may_v be_v press_v upon_o the_o lutheran_n may_v by_o they_o be_v as_o easy_o and_o yet_o as_o forcible_o retort_v upon_o such_o as_o make_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v a_o fault_n to_o grant_v that_o these_o sacred_a oracle_n may_v admit_v amphibology_n or_o a_o scandal_n to_o give_v such_o interpretation_n as_o may_v occasion_v other_o thus_o to_o conceive_v of_o they_o the_o fault_n and_o scandal_n for_o aught_o i_o conceive_v must_v be_v equal_o divide_v between_o the_o lutheran_n interpreter_n and_o their_o opposite_n for_o if_o either_o will_v yield_v to_o other_o in_o their_o interpretation_n of_o this_o text_n either_o for_o the_o right_a place_n or_o construction_n of_o the_o word_n or_o for_o the_o various_a signification_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o word_n there_o can_v be_v no_o scandal_n give_v or_o take_v he_o 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no_o presumption_n of_o delusion_n on_o which_o side_n soever_o success_n have_v take_v or_o if_o the_o like_a ambiguous_a oracle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v deliver_v unsought_a after_o as_o long_o before_o the_o birth_n of_o croesus_n as_o that_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n cap._n 45._o 1._o etc._n etc._n be_v before_o cyrus_n be_v conceive_v before_o he_o can_v think_v of_o god_n or_o be_v think_v of_o by_o man_n whatsoever_o in_o the_o issue_n have_v become_v of_o croesus_n the_o foretell_v of_o his_o name_n and_o manner_n of_o expedition_n against_o cyrus_n will_v have_v argue_v a_o spirit_n true_o prophetical_a though_o not_o so_o distinct_o prophetical_a or_o sublime_a as_o that_o spirit_n be_v by_o which_o isaiah_n conceive_v the_o forementioned_a prophecy_n concern_v cyrus_n but_o see_v the_o oracle_n be_v dumb_a until_o cyrus_n be_v in_o arm_n against_o the_o babylonians_n and_o their_o confederate_n until_o victory_n do_v hover_v betwixt_o two_o mighty_a 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and_o the_o same_o oracle_n in_o process_n of_o time_n be_v verify_v or_o fulfil_v according_a to_o two_o or_o more_o possible_a construction_n or_o in_o sense_n which_o may_v seem_v contrary_a or_o much_o different_a after_o this_o manner_n be_v that_o forementioned_a prophecy_n jerem._n 23._o 6._o 8._o fulfil_v first_o in_o the_o ordinary_a and_o usual_a sense_n in_o the_o people_n return_n from_o caldaea_n and_o those_o northern_a country_n through_o which_o they_o have_v be_v disperse_v and_o about_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o or_o from_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n death_n the_o same_o prophecy_n be_v accomplish_v again_o in_o the_o most_o exquisite_a literal_a sense_n and_o according_a to_o the_o primevall_fw-fr signification_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o these_o darkness_n two_o sense_n in_o which_o this_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v though_o different_a be_v not_o contrary_a but_o subordinate_a 9_o that_o place_n of_o the_o 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in_o these_o commentary_n 12_o so_o will_v not_o that_o speech_n of_o his_o mat._n 24._o 28._o wheresoever_o the_o carkerse_n be_v there_o will_v the_o eagle_n be_v gather_v together_o yet_o see_v the_o exposition_n of_o this_o place_n have_v be_v omit_v in_o the_o explication_n of_o some_o prophecy_n with_o which_o it_o have_v most_o affinity_n as_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o his_o come_n to_o judgement_n math._n 24._o and_o mark_v the_o 13._o i_o have_v think_v good_a to_o say_v somewhat_o of_o it_o in_o this_o place_n most_o interpreter_n grant_v the_o speech_n to_o be_v proverbial_a and_o yet_o as_o utter_v by_o our_o saviour_n to_o be_v a_o prophecy_n the_o mystery_n foretell_v most_o of_o the_o ancient_n will_v have_v to_o be_v the_o gather_v together_o of_o saint_n unto_o christ_n body_n at_o the_o final_a judgement_n or_o at_o least_o the_o gather_v together_o of_o those_o body_n which_o be_v alive_a shall_v be_v reach_v up_o into_o the_o air_n to_o meet_v he_o at_o his_o come_n 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these_o two_o point_n the_o parallel_n between_o the_o prophet_n and_o evangelist_n will_v of_o its_o own_o accord_n without_o any_o anxious_a inquiry_n or_o further_a discussion_n result_n 10_o the_o history_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n by_o which_o isaiahs_n literal_a meaning_n may_v be_v best_a interpret_v be_v in_o the_o 2_o of_o king_n 17_o 18._o 2_o chron._n 28._o 16_o 17_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v a_o constat_fw-la from_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n himself_o chap._n 7._o 1_o 2._o that_o this_o prophecy_n concern_v emmanuel_n be_v utter_v by_o he_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ahaz_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o of_o pekah_n the_o son_n of_o remaliah_n but_o in_o what_o certain_a year_n of_o either_o of_o these_o two_o king_n reign_v this_o revelation_n be_v make_v to_o isaiah_n and_o the_o matter_n of_o it_o instant_o impart_v unto_o king_n ahaz_n be_v not_o so_o certain_a most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o isaiah_n deliver_v this_o message_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o ahaz_n before_o the_o 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