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etc._n statesman_n caleb_n ahitophel_n and_o prophet_n natâ—an_n amos_n micah_n that_o in_o dignity_n as_o in_o strength_n and_o number_n it_o surmount_v all_o the_o rest_n yea_o napthali_n fearful_a hind_n dare_v not_o bellow_v nor_o issachars_n patient_a ass_n bray_n nor_o ephraim_n strong_a ox_n low_a nor_o benjamins_n cruel_a wolf_n howl_v nor_o dans_fw-fr cunning_a serpent_n hiss_v if_o iudah_n princely_a lion_n be_v please_v to_o roar_v as_o commander_n of_o all_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n and_o forest_n §_o 3._o however_o judah_n i_o dare_v not_o with_o some_o interpret_v jacob_n solemn_a prophecy_n the_o sceptre_n 10._o shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o the_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n until_o shiloh_n come_v of_o a_o constant_a sovereignty_n immovable_o fix_v in_o this_o tribe_n till_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o saviour_n a_o tenet_n unteinable_a with_o truth_n see_v of_o the_o many_o judge_n in_o israel_n but_o two_o of_o this_o tribe_n saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o benjamin_n and_o the_o maccabee_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n who_o after_o the_o captivity_n attain_v to_o kingly_a honour_n among_o the_o jew_n rather_o we_o understand_v jacob_n word_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n who_o he_o in_o the_o spirit_n foresee_v shall_v in_o process_n of_o time_n be_v call_v jew_n as_o the_o land_n judea_n from_o judah_n and_o expound_v they_o to_o be_v a_o prediction_n that_o the_o jew_n shall_v never_o total_o and_o final_o lose_v the_o visible_a be_v of_o a_o kingdom_n or_o commonwealth_n with_o a_o form_n of_o government_n among_o themselves_o though_o often_o change_v and_o alter_v in_o the_o manner_n obscure_v and_o eclipse_v in_o the_o lustre_n confine_v and_o empary_v in_o the_o power_n thereof_o until_o messiah_n shall_v be_v manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v according_o when_o the_o jew_n at_o our_o saviour_n birth_n and_o more_o complete_o at_o and_o after_o his_o death_n have_v lose_v all_o 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chedorlaomer_n they_o gain_v by_o their_o dwell_n so_o near_o he_o for_o who_o sake_n they_o be_v rescue_v by_o his_o uncle_n abraham_n yea_o afterward_o abraham_n endeavour_v to_o save_v the_o whole_a city_n of_o sodom_n beat_v down_o the_o price_n of_o god_n justice_n as_o low_o as_o possible_o it_o may_v consist_v with_o his_o honour_n to_o 32._o ten_o righteous_a man_n and_o yet_o that_o too_o high_a a_o rate_n for_o the_o piety_n of_o sodom_n to_o reach_v so_o general_a be_v the_o wickedness_n therein_o hereupon_o sodom_n with_o three_o neighbour_a city_n 23._o gomorrah_n admah_n and_o zeboim_n be_v destroy_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n and_o thereby_o the_o whole_a country_n turn_v into_o a_o stand_a stink_a lake_n §_o 6._o some_o will_v say_v it_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o fire_n shall_v beget_v water_n a_o combustion_n produce_v a_o inundation_n more_o proper_a it_o have_v be_v that_o such_o a_o inflammation_n shall_v have_v leave_v and_o aetna_n hecla_n or_o vesuvius_n behind_o it_o fume_v if_o not_o burn_v always_o the_o rather_o because_o next_o morning_n this_o place_n present_v itself_o to_o the_o eye_n of_o abraham_n as_o the_o smoke_n of_o a_o 28._o furnace_n but_o such_o must_v know_v that_o when_o the_o fire_n be_v once_o out_o 1_o the_o country_n by_o nature_n be_v low_a and_o level_n be_v a_o depress_a plain_n and_o so_o more_o subject_a to_o drown_v 2_o jordan_n run_v through_o this_o vale_n and_o there_o sink_v into_o the_o ground_n have_v a_o quality_n in_o the_o first_o month_n to_o 30_o overflow_v his_o bank_n and_o so_o prone_a to_o occasion_v a_o deluge_n 3_o probably_n the_o river_n be_v former_o bridle_v with_o artificial_a bank_n which_o either_o be_v then_o break_v down_o with_o that_o tempest_n or_o afterward_o decay_v by_o degree_n when_o the_o people_n be_v destroy_v 4_o jordan_n in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n have_v get_v violent_a possession_n fence_v and_o fortify_v himself_o in_o the_o 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term_v the_o asphaltite-lake_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o bitumen_n grow_v plentiful_o thereabouts_o this_o bitumen_n we_o be_v fain_o to_o retain_v the_o latin_a word_n our_o land_n neither_o afford_v the_o thing_n nor_o our_o language_n the_o name_n to_o signify_v it_o be_v a_o clammy_a glutinous_a substance_n useful_a in_o physic_n to_o astringe_n in_o surgery_n to_o consolidate_v use_v by_o the_o rich_a as_o mortar_n to_o build_v as_o in_o the_o tower_n of_o 3._o babel_n by_o the_o poor_a as_o oil_n to_o burn_v therefore_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hebrew_n quick_o kindle_v hardly_o quench_v flame_v far_o and_o long_o as_o partake_v much_o of_o pitch_n and_o more_o of_o brimstone_n in_o the_o nature_n thereof_o and_o such_o as_o can_v not_o go_v to_o the_o cost_n of_o rich_a spice_n use_v it_o for_o embalm_v their_o dead_a be_v a_o great_a dry_a and_o so_o preserver_n from_o corruption_n §_o 8._o this_o salt-sea_n be_v sullen_a and_o churlish_a salt-sea_n differ_v from_o all_o other_o in_o the_o condition_n thereof_o david_n speak_v of_o other_o sea_n say_v there_o go_v the_o ship_n 26._o and_o there_o be_v that_o leviathan_n which_o thou_o have_v make_v to_o play_v therein_o so_o instance_v in_o the_o double_a use_n of_o the_o sea_n for_o ship_n to_o sail_v and_o fish_n to_o swim_v in_o but_o this_o be_v serviceable_a for_o neither_o of_o these_o intent_n no_o vessel_n sail_v thereon_o the_o clammy_a water_n be_v a_o real_a remora_n to_o obstruct_v their_o passage_n and_o the_o most_o sportful_a fish_n dare_v not_o jest_v with_o the_o edged-tool_n of_o this_o dead-sea_n which_o if_o unwilling_o hurry_v thereinto_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o stream_n of_o jordan_n they_o present_o expire_v yea_o it_o will_v kill_v that_o apocrypha-dragon_n which_o daniel_n be_v say_v to_o have_v choke_v with_o lump_n of_o 27_o pitch_n fat_a and_o hair_n if_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o
the_o build_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n people_n bounty_n be_v refrain_v with_o a_o flat_a 6._o prohibition_n to_o bring_v in_o no_o more_o why_o no_o such_o restraint_n appear_v at_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n where_o far_o great_a mass_n of_o metal_n be_v present_v for_o the_o erection_n thereof_o but_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o moderate_a or_o competent_a state_n best_o become_v the_o tabernacle_n resemble_v the_o kingdom_n of_o grace_n while_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o excess_n in_o magnificence_n represent_v the_o kingdom_n of_o glory_n no_o hand_n can_v contribute_v too_o much_o to_o the_o type_n where_o no_o heart_n can_v conceive_v enough_o of_o the_o truth_n the_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v prepare_v 9_o for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o not_o enter_v into_o humane_a imagination_n §_o 9_o beside_o these_o material_n divino_fw-la david_n prescribe_v the_o model_n which_o he_o give_v to_o solomon_n his_o son_n the_o pattern_n of_o the_o porch_n and_o of_o the_o house_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o treasure_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o upper_a chamber_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o inner_a parlour_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o mercy-seat_n and_o the_o pattern_n of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v by_o the_o 19_o spirit_n and_o it_o follow_v not_o far_o after_o all_o this_o say_v david_n the_o lord_n make_v i_o to_o understand_v in_o writing_n by_o his_o hand_n upon_o i_o even_o all_o the_o work_n of_o this_o pattern_n here_o david_n for_o the_o more_o certainty_n have_v a_o double_a direction_n one_o by_o the_o spirit_n the_o other_o by_o writing_n to_o stand_v on_o record_n in_o perpetuam_fw-la rei_fw-la memoriam_fw-la these_o two_o do_v not_o contradict_v but_o confirm_v each_o other_o because_o he_o who_o have_v learn_v his_o lesson_n most_o perfect_o by_o heart_n may_v notwithstanding_o sometime_o have_v need_n to_o have_v recourse_n unto_o and_o make_v use_n of_o his_o note_n §_o 10._o however_o herein_o the_o note_n of_o 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