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much_o as_o this_o lord_z such_o sorrow_n and_o trouble_n be_v upon_o i_o that_o i_o fear_v thou_o will_v not_o declare_v or_o pronounce_v or_o give_v testimony_n concern_v i_o to_o the_o world_n that_o i_o be_o a_o innocent_a person_n because_o the_o sore_n and_o trouble_n upon_o he_o be_v as_o a_o evidence_n against_o he_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o friend_n that_o he_o be_v a_o wicked_a person_n therefore_o say_v he_o lord_n i_o be_o afraid_a thou_o will_v not_o hold_v i_o that_o be_v thou_o will_v not_o declare_v i_o to_o be_v innocent_a by_o take_v away_o these_o evil_n declarabis_fw-la non_fw-la mundabis_fw-la i._n e._n purum_fw-la justum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la innocentem_fw-la non_fw-la declarabis_fw-la that_o so_o this_o opinion_n of_o my_o friend_n concern_v i_o may_v be_v remove_v or_o confute_v from_o this_o sense_n note_n first_o that_o even_o a_o godly_a man_n in_o deep_a affliction_n may_v have_v misgive_a thought_n of_o god_n the_o soul_n misgive_v sometime_o 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legal_o convict_v he_o of_o his_o crime_n thus_o it_o be_v with_o man_n in_o their_o judicial_a proceed_n he_o that_o contend_v must_v know_v some_o crime_n and_o the_o judge_n pass_v sentence_n as_o he_o see_v the_o crime_n prove_v and_o make_v good_a against_o he_o but_o god_n be_v not_o as_o man_n he_o may_v proceed_v to_o judgement_n without_o a_o accusation_n and_o he_o may_v give_v judgement_n before_o the_o crime_n be_v prove_v job_n be_v smite_v without_o cause_n true_o allege_v much_o less_o attest_v god_n afflict_v that_o grace_n may_v be_v prove_v not_o because_o sin_n be_v prove_v he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n as_o i_o be_o that_o i_o shall_v answer_v he_o answer_v he_o forensâ—_n respondere_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la verbum_fw-la forensâ—_n it_o be_v a_o judiciary_n word_n or_o answer_v in_o judgement_n to_o justify_v be_v a_o law_n term_n and_o so_o be_v to_o answer_v one_o put_v in_o his_o bill_n and_o another_o his_o answer_n some_o court_n proceed_v 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remember_v i_o beseech_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v make_v i_o as_o the_o clay_n 3._o his_o form_n be_v draw_v out_o in_o particular_n wherein_o we_o have_v first_o his_o conception_n at_o the_o ten_o verse_n have_v not_o thou_o pour_v i_o out_o as_o milk_n and_o curdle_a i_o as_o cheese_n 2._o the_o conjunction_n or_o set_v together_o of_o his_o patt_n at_o the_o 11._o verse_n thou_o have_v clothe_v i_o with_o skin_n and_o flesh_n and_o have_v fence_v i_o with_o bone_n and_o sinew_n 3._o the_o quicken_a of_o his_o part_n thus_o join_v and_o set_v together_o at_o the_o 12._o verse_n thou_o have_v grant_v i_o life_n 4._o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o same_o verse_n thou_o have_v give_v i_o life_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o favour_n and_o thy_o visitation_n do_v preserve_v my_o spirit_n 5._o last_o we_o have_v job_n strength_n of_o assurance_n or_o his_o assertion_n concern_v all_o this_o at_o the_o 13._o verse_n these_o thing_n thou_o have_v hide_v in_o thy_o 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manibus_fw-la utitur_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la producendas_fw-la res_fw-la sublunare_n aquin._n all_o hand_n work_v for_o god_n they_o work_v for_o he_o while_o they_o be_v set_v a_o work_n against_o he_o and_o so_o may_v be_v call_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n man_n make_v since_o the_o creation_n be_v not_o a_o immediate_a work_n the_o creation_n of_o the_o first_o man_n be_v yet_o it_o be_v so_o much_o the_o work_n of_o god_n still_o that_o every_o man_n be_v the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n as_o well_o as_o the_o first_o man_n all_o inferior_a cause_n concur_v to_o the_o make_n of_o man_n be_v the_o hand_n by_o which_o god_n make_v man_n four_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n be_v general_o take_v for_o the_o power_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n the_o hand_n of_o power_n act_n what_o the_o hand_n of_o wisdom_n do_v contrive_v as_o the_o hand_n be_v often_o put_v for_o power_n so_o to_o put_v any_o thing_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o be_v to_o put_v it_o into_o his_o power_n that_o grant_v which_o be_v make_v to_o satan_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n run_v in_o this_o strain_n behold_v be_v meaning_n job_n be_v in_o thy_o hand_n that_o be_v thou_o may_v do_v with_o he_o what_o thou_o will_v only_o save_v his_o life_n chap._n 2.6_o the_o schoolman_n determine_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n to_o be_v the_o understanding_n and_o will_n of_o god_n which_o they_o call_v the_o executive_a power_n of_o god_n by_o these_o he_o determine_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v and_o do_v what_o he_o predetermine_v the_o very_a decree_n and_o purpose_n of_o god_n be_v call_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n act._n 4.28_o of_o a_o truth_n against_o thy_o holy_a child_n jesus_n who_o thou_o have_v anoint_v both_o herod_n and_o pontius_n pilate_n with_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v gather_v together_o for_o to_o do_v whatsoever_o thy_o hand_n and_o thy_o counsel_n determine_v before_o to_o be_v do_v god_n hand_n be_v the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o god_n overrule_a those_o 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which_o we_o translate_v make_v signify_v more_o than_o to_o make_v afficere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o sva_fw-la prima_fw-la significatione_n denotat_fw-la dolore_fw-la afficere_fw-la it_o signify_v to_o make_v exact_o and_o curious_o it_o be_v a_o word_n proper_a to_o artificer_n who_o work_n or_o shall_v work_v with_o a_o equal_a mixture_n of_o diligence_n and_o knowledge_n of_o pain_n and_o skill_n artificer_n mingle_v their_o head_n and_o their_o hand_n in_o every_o thing_n they_o undertake_v and_o bestow_v more_o study_n than_o toil_n upon_o their_o work_n this_o word_n be_v translate_v also_o to_o grieve_v vex_v or_o to_o put_v one_o to_o trouble_v the_o perverse_a carriage_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n towards_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v express_v by_o it_o isa_n 63.10_o partus_fw-la panis_n anxietate_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o labour_v partus_fw-la they_o rebellid_a and_o vex_v his_o holy_a spirit_n and_o that_o bread_n of_o sorrow_n that_o be_v bread_n get_v by_o sorrowful_a or_o hard_a labour_n be_v deliver_v in_o this_o term_n ps_n 127.2_o see_v a_o further_a explication_n of_o the_o word_n chap._n 9_o vers_fw-la 27._o pag._n 352._o god_n be_v not_o put_v to_o any_o pain_n at_o all_o in_o make_v man_n jun._n deus_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la fatigavit_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la condendo_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la scriptura_fw-la hominis_fw-la more_fw-it loquor_fw-la quasi_fw-la summa_fw-la cura_fw-la &_o anxietate_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la formandum_fw-la usus_fw-la esset_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la deesset_fw-la merc._n manus_fw-la tuus_fw-la dolore_fw-la afficiunt_fw-la i_o quae_fw-la secerunt_fw-la i_o jun._n he_o do_v all_o his_o work_n with_o infinite_a delight_n and_o ease_n nothing_o be_v hard_a to_o he_o who_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n omnipotency_n never_o meet_v with_o any_o difficulty_n but_o god_n be_v express_v in_o make_v man_n by_o a_o word_n signify_v solicitousnesse_n and_o painful_a care_n imply_v that_o man_n be_v make_v as_o those_o thing_n be_v upon_o which_o man_n bestow_v great_a pain_n and_o care_n man_n do_v not_o look_v like_o a_o piece_n of_o work_n slubber_v over_o slight_o or_o clap_v up_o in_o haste_n the_o most_o wise_a god_n who_o show_v his_o manifold_a wisdom_n in_o the_o work_n of_o redemption_n show_v much_o of_o his_o wisdom_n in_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n he_o make_v man_n as_o we_o speak_v in_o print_n a_o learned_a translator_n render_v thy_o hand_n put_v i_o to_o pain_n which_o have_v make_v i_o as_o if_o job_n have_v complain_v here_o of_o the_o pain_n which_o god_n put_v he_o to_o after_o he_o have_v make_v he_o rather_o than_o exalt_a god_n for_o the_o pain_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v take_v when_o he_o make_v he_o but_o we_o may_v better_o keep_v to_o our_o render_n thy_o hand_n have_v make_v i_o and_o fashion_v i_o the_o make_n of_o man_n import_v his_o be_v the_o fashion_v of_o he_o the_o outward_a formality_n of_o his_o be_v man_n receive_v not_o only_o his_o nature_n but_o his_o figure_n from_o god_n the_o word_n signify_v to_o trim_v or_o polish_v efficere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la sed_fw-la ornate_a &_o polite_a rem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la perfectam_fw-la efficere_fw-la to_o do_v a_o thing_n curious_o and_o complete_o gen._n 1.31_o god_n see_v all_o that_o he_o have_v make_v and_o behold_v it_o be_v very_o good_a he_o see_v all_o with_o delight_n and_o high_a content_n for_o he_o have_v put_v all_o into_o a_o composure_n of_o most_o exquisite_a comeliness_n and_o perfect_a beauty_n a_o due_a and_o proper_a fashion_n to_o the_o essence_n of_o comeliness_n thy_o hand_n have_v not_o only_o make_v but_o fashion_v i_o and_o that_o not_o in_o part_n only_o but_o as_o it_o follow_v sanct_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alludere_fw-la videtur_fw-la ad_fw-la figuli_fw-la rotam_fw-la pine_v artifices_fw-la opus_fw-la pene_fw-la absolutum_fw-la curiose_fw-la circumspiciunt_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la oculis_fw-la ingratum_fw-la deprehendant_fw-la corrigant_fw-la sanct_n together_o round_o about_o this_o be_v no_o pleonasme_n or_o superfluity_n of_o speech_n for_o though_o when_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v and_o fashion_v it_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v make_v round_o about_o yet_o here_o to_o show_v the_o exactness_n of_o god_n in_o make_v man_n job_n speak_v as_o if_o god_n have_v resolve_v to_o have_v all_o of_o his_o own_o do_v and_o will_v not_o trust_v the_o least_o part_n of_o this_o work_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o any_o other_o thy_o hand_n have_v make_v i_o and_o fashion_v i_o together_o round_o about_o which_o word_n be_v say_v some_o first_o a_o allusion_n to_o the_o art_n of_o a_o potter_n who_o form_v and_o fashion_v earthen_a vessel_n turn_v they_o often_o about_o and_o about_o upon_o his_o wheel_n or_o it_o may_v be_v a_o allusion_n to_o a_o statuary_n or_o to_o a_o painter_n who_o have_v a_o curious_a 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