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head_n among_o the_o people_n and_o the_o utter_v and_o speak_v hard_a thing_n be_v â—â—iled_v break_v his_o people_n in_o piece_n psal_n 94.4.5_o but_o if_o there_o be_v not_o cruelty_n enough_o in_o mock_n there_o be_v smart_n and_o sname_v too_o ignome_v sufficient_a in_o scourge_n a_o punishment_n proper_a only_o to_o the_o base_a and_o more_o contemptible_a sort_n of_o offender_n other_o again_o have_v trial_n of_o bend_v and_o imprisonment_n that_o be_v cruel_a imprisonment_n not_o bare_o confinement_n or_o restraint_n not_o only_o close_a imprisonment_n but_o like_o joseph_n their_o fect_n be_v hure_a with_o fetter_n they_o be_v lay_v in_o iron_n psal_n 105.18_o they_o be_v stone_v they_o be_v saw_v asunder_o you_o shall_v find_v the_o barbarous_a execution_n of_o these_o 2_o maceabe_n 7._o throughout_o they_o be_v tempt_v this_o find_v some_o variation_n for_o tempt_v sometime_o import_v the_o most_o cut_v pierce_v grief_n and_o anguish_n such_o as_o not_o only_o carry_v with_o they_o great_a pain_n but_o a_o quick_a and_o subtle_a apprehension_n also_o of_o that_o pain_n and_o sorrow_n therefore_o great_a sorrow_n or_o rather_o the_o sharp_a sense_n and_o feel_n of_o they_o be_v abstract_o call_v temptation_n heb._n 2.13_o he_o suffer_v be_v tempt_v that_o be_v he_o sad_o and_o passionate_o resent_v so_o heb._n 4.15_o he_o be_v tempt_v that_o it_o as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o precedent_a term_n of_o opposition_n note_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v touch_v touch_v to_o the_o quick_a deep_o with_o the_o feel_n of_o our_o infirmity_n and_o then_o according_a to_o this_o notation_n of_o the_o word_n the_o sense_n be_v they_o have_v such_o a_o sharp_v sense_n of_o their_o sad_a condition_n that_o as_o christ_n so_o their_o soul_n be_v sorrowful_a exceed_v sorrowful_a even_o unto_o death_n sometime_o it_o signify_v gain_v and_o