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as_o both_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o our_o land_n require_v and_o slender_a it_o be_v which_o be_v object_v to_o say_v now_o there_o be_v none_o when_o this_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o never_o will_v the_o apostle_n have_v threat_v any_o if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v such_o sin_n and_o such_o offender_n to_o have_v thus_o fight_v with_o a_o shadow_n to_o persuade_v man_n to_o avoid_v this_o sin_n use_v 2_o and_o not_o to_o fall_v into_o it_o to_o become_v soothsayer_n wizard_n wiseman_n etc._n etc._n upon_o hope_n of_o gain_n for_o desire_v of_o revenge_n affect_v vainglory_n to_o know_v and_o reveal_v thing_n to_o come_v or_o for_o any_o such_o cause_n know_v that_o though_o they_o can_v escape_v the_o law_n and_o punishment_n of_o man_n either_o hurt_v not_o or_o cover_v their_o sorcery_n and_o witchcraft_n by_o medicine_n and_o herb_n or_o deny_v they_o consult_v with_o any_o spirit_n yet_o shall_v they_o not_o the_o judgement_n of_o christ_n 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they_o we_o be_v now_o less_o fortunate_a than_o in_o former_a time_n because_o we_o suffer_v the_o christian_n and_o because_o we_o do_v not_o with_o that_o religion_n and_o devotion_n worship_n jupiter_n and_o other_o of_o the_o god_n as_o we_o do_v before_o therefore_o be_v the_o god_n angry_a with_o we_o so_o the_o papist_n from_o a_o temporal_a felicity_n measure_n piety_n and_o gather_v that_o god_n do_v favour_v they_o because_o he_o give_v they_o these_o outward_a thing_n by_o it_o will_v condemn_v we_o and_o all_o other_o church_n but_o if_o the_o heathen_a reason_v absurd_o they_o conclude_v not_o well_o but_o very_o impudent_o but_o if_o the_o conclusion_n will_v follow_v it_o will_v be_v on_o our_o side_n rather_o than_o they_o who_o have_v for_o these_o 48._o year_n not_o be_v inferior_a to_o any_o kingdom_n in_o the_o world_n for_o peace_n plenty_n and_o prosperity_n and_o special_o when_o we_o have_v be_v most_o severe_a not_o in_o persecute_v but_o correct_v of_o 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and_o happy_a and_o of_o our_o enemy_n mighty_o malign_v and_o envy_v that_o we_o use_v that_o of_o august_n de_fw-fr civit._n d._n l._n 1._o c_o 7._o quisquis_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la caecus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la nec_fw-la laudat_fw-la ingratus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la laudanti_fw-la reluctatis_fw-la in_o sanus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o yet_o see_v it_o be_v no_o perpetual_a blessing_n but_o such_o as_o the_o church_n be_v often_o deprive_v of_o and_o have_v be_v let_v we_o see_v we_o walk_v worthy_a of_o it_o lest_o he_o pull_v we_o down_o as_o low_a as_o he_o lift_v we_o up_o high_a and_o make_v we_o as_o vile_a as_o he_o have_v make_v we_o honourable_a as_o he_o do_v divers_a time_n with_o his_o people_n deuter._n 29.22.24.25_o which_o be_v then_o and_o shall_v be_v when_o they_o be_v worse_o and_o walk_v unworthy_a of_o this_o and_o we_o be_v as_o salvian_n ad_fw-la catholicum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lib._n 1._o etc._n 1._o ac_fw-la sic_fw-la nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o 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providence_n and_o government_n in_o dispose_v the_o state_n and_o affair_n of_o man_n this_o be_v the_o sin_n these_o be_v challenge_v withal_o such_o be_v that_o which_o we_o have_v psal_n 73.11_o and_o they_o say_v how_o do_v bod_fw-mi know_v it_o or_o be_v there_o knowledge_n in_o the_o most_o high_a if_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o ten_o verse_n it_o be_v the_o infirmity_n of_o god_n people_n if_o to_o the_o nine_o it_o be_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o either_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o that_o psal_n 94.4.5.6.7_o they_o prate_v and_o speak_v fierce_o all_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n vaunt_v themselves_o they_o smite_v down_o thy_o people_n o_o lord_n and_o trouble_v thy_o heritage_n they_o slay_v the_o widow_n and_o the_o stranger_n and_o murder_v the_o fatherless_a yet_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n shall_v not_o see_v neither_o will_v the_o god_n of_o i_o cob_n regard_v it_o such_o be_v they_o zeph._n 1.12_o and_o at_o that_o time_n will_v i_o search_v jerusalem_n with_o light_n and_o visit_v the_o man_n that_o be_v freeze_v in_o their_o dregs_n and_o say_v in_o their_o heart_n the_o lord_n will_v neither_o do_v good_a nor_o do_v evil_a job_n 22.13.14_o but_o thou_o say_v how_o shall_v god_n know_v can_v he_o judge_v through_o the_o dark_a cloud_n the_o cloud_n hide_v he_o that_o he_o can_v see_v and_o he_o walk_v in_o the_o circle_n of_o heaven_n ezek._n 9.9_o then_o say_v he_o unto_o i_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n be_v exceed_o great_a so_o that_o the_o land_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n and_o the_o city_n full_a of_o corrupt_a judgement_n for_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n have_v forsake_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o lord_n see_v we_o not_o because_o god_n do_v challenge_v these_o thing_n unto_o himself_o
ad_fw-la to_o and_o so_o both_o our_o english_a translation_n have_v it_o according_a to_o most_o other_o translatur_n to_o israel_n and_o never_o 〈◊〉_d never_o see_v schindler_n pentagl_o in_o verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o i_o can_v find_v contra_fw-la against_o have_v express_v unto_o we_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o prophet_n phrase_n in_o render_v it_o the_o burden_n against_o israel_n and_o our_o old_a english_a authorize_v before_o this_o last_o for_o the_o church_n have_v a_o marginal_a note_n which_o short_a note_n be_v make_v before_o those_o of_o geneva_n which_o give_v we_o the_o same_o meaning_n the_o burden_n that_o be_v the_o grievous_a and_o threaten_a prophecy_n lay_v upon_o they_o as_o a_o burden_n so_o in_o 2_o kin._n 9.25_o where_o the_o word_n be_v nasa_n eth_z hammassa_n which_o schindler_n render_v he_o lift_v up_o that_o prophecy_n against_o he_o and_o so_o also_o drusius_n lect_v in_o nahum_n 1.1_o that_o we_o have_v in_o our_o last_o 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the_o hand_n of_o moses_n 1_o by_o his_o mouth_n num._n 4.37.45_o according_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v call_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n 2_o king_n 3.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o the_o targum_fw-la render_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n from_o the_o lord_n come_v upon_o he_o esa_n 8.11_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o i_o with_o a_o strong_a hand_n or_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o hand_n and_o instruct_v i_o by_o malachy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tremell_v read_v it_o maleaci_n piscator_fw-la well_o find_v fault_n with_o that_o because_o caph_n have_v not_o a_o point_n in_o the_o belly_n of_o it_o sounds_z as_o ch_z and_o read_v maleachi_n and_o so_o montan_n the_o vulgar_a malachias_n both_o our_o engl._n malachy_n for_o the_o signification_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thence_o maleach_n be_v the_o same_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d angel_n be_v in_o the_o 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some_o that_o he_o be_v zachary_n some_o as_o deodate_v note_n because_o of_o that_o hag._n 1.13_o that_o he_o be_v hag_n but_o the_o most_o of_o they_o that_o he_o be_v ezra_n according_a to_o buxtorfius_n in_o comment_n masoretico_n cap._n 3._o who_o have_v set_v down_o elias_n levita_n his_o preface_n in_o hebr._n rythine_v beginning_n aala_n ezrahu_n malachi_n malachy_n malachi_n ezra_n go_v up_o the_o same_o be_v malachy_n upon_o occasion_n of_o that_o quote_v r._n david_n in_o loc._n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n yet_o see_v in_o his_o 10._o chap._n abarbanel_n and_o maimony_n allege_v who_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o another_o mind_n reckon_v malachy_n and_o ezra_n as_o distinct_a man_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o great_a synagogue_n but_o the_o most_o be_v that_o he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o ezra_n a_o man_n indeed_o very_o eminent_a who_o though_o he_o be_v not_o high_a priest_n be_v next_o in_o dignity_n and_o of_o great_a authority_n 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it_o a_o objection_n it_o be_v proceed_v from_o their_o blindness_n or_o petulancy_n not_o willing_a to_o be_v convince_v but_o the_o answer_n be_v ready_a because_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v that_o you_o have_v go_v against_o his_o ordinance_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o next_o word_n ii_o verse_n 15_o the_o matter_n which_o he_o urge_v against_o they_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v witness_n between_o thou_o and_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o youth_n against_o who_o thou_o have_v deal_v treacherous_o yet_o she_o be_v thy_o companion_n and_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o covenant_n and_o do_v not_o he_o make_v one_o yet_o have_v he_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o wherefore_o one_o that_o he_o may_v seek_v a_o godly_a seed_n this_o be_v their_o sin_n that_o they_o deal_v treacherous_o against_o their_o wife_n in_o take_v other_o whereas_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v and_o they_o have_v make_v promise_n to_o one_o another_o in_o marriage_n and_o only_o to_o one_o another_o as_o 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spelm._n in_o conc._n â—ambrit_fw-mi p._n 261._o the_o reason_n such_o as_o it_o be_v we_o have_v in_o pet._n damian_n a_o devout_a author_n in_o a_o most_o corrupt_a time_n lib._n cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la cap._n 12._o apud_fw-la joh._n cochlaei_n speculum_fw-la p._n 156._o who_o yet_o speak_v of_o it_o with_o a_o quis_fw-la non_fw-la miretur_fw-la that_o bigamy_n successive_a bigamy_n he_o speak_v of_o allow_v by_o the_o ancient_a ecclesiastical_a canon_n shall_v be_v a_o great_a irregularity_n and_o sin_n than_o fornication_n express_o condemn_v in_o holy_a writ_n but_o of_o this_o also_o enough_o be_v only_a obiter_fw-la and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o reproof_n of_o the_o sin_n we_o have_v next_o 2._o a_o dehortation_n from_o this_o sin_n in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o 15._o verse_n and_o vers_fw-la 16._o which_o be_v 1._o propound_v 2._o repeat_v first_o the_o dehortation_n be_v propound_v verse_n 15._o therefore_o take_v heed_n unto_o your_o 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watch_n upon_o your_o spirit_n and_o affection_n to_o content_v yourselves_o with_o your_o lawful_a wife_n and_o let_v none_o deal_v treacher_n ous_o or_o unfaithful_o that_o be_v in_o take_v other_o wife_n and_o when_o you_o be_v convince_v of_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o keep_v two_o wife_n deal_v not_o treacherous_o to_o put_v away_o your_o old_a pretend_v law_n for_o divorce_n and_o that_o you_o may_v safe_o do_v it_o for_o the_o lord_n hate_v this_o treachery_n in_o make_v needless_a divorce_n and_o thereby_o cloak_v your_o sin_n and_o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o and_o the_o next_o word_n for_o the_o lord_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n say_v that_o he_o hate_v put_v away_o for_o one_o cover_v violence_n with_o his_o garment_n say_v the_o lord_n deale_n not_o treacherous_o with_o your_o wife_n after_o your_o vex_v they_o by_o take_v other_o wife_n unto_o they_o then_o to_o put_v they_o away_o and_o pretend_v that_o the_o law_n allow_v you_o to_o give_v they_o 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