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which_o be_v the_o cloud_n the_o almighty_n lodging_n therefore_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n be_v place_v in_o the_o cloud_n thereabouts_o also_o be_v his_o field_n for_o exercise_n and_o war_n deut._n 33._o 26._o there_o be_v none_o like_o to_o the_o god_n of_o jeshurun_n who_o ride_v upon_o the_o heaven_n for_o thy_o help_n in_o his_o excellency_n on_o the_o sky_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o upper_a cloud_n as_o buxtorf_n interpret_v it_o and_o indeed_o what_o can_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o signify_v above_o but_o cloud_n for_o below_o it_o signify_v pulvis_fw-la tenuissimus_fw-la small_a dust_n and_o the_o cloud_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o dust_n of_o heaven_n vatablus_n also_o interpret_v that_o place_n of_o god_n ride_v on_o the_o cloud_n and_o this_o agree_v well_o with_o that_o of_o nahum_n chap._n 1._o v._n 3._o the_o lord_n have_v his_o way_n in_o the_o whirlwind_n and_o the_o cloud_n be_v the_o dust_n of_o his_o foot_n here_o he_o be_v run_v as_o swift_a as_o a_o whirlwind_n and_o raise_v a_o dust_n of_o cloud_n about_o he_o you_o shall_v find_v he_o ride_v again_o psalm_n 68_o 4._o and_o that_o in_o triumph_n but_o yet_o but_o on_o the_o cloud_n suitable_o to_o that_o in_o deut._n sing_v unto_o god_n sing_v praise_n unto_o his_o name_n extol_v he_o that_o ride_v upon_o the_o heaven_n by_o his_o name_n jah_n and_o rejoice_v before_o he_o that_o ride_v upon_o the_o heaven_n the_o hebrew_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o will_v be_v bold_a with_o aben_n ezraes_n leave_n to_o translate_v that_o ride_v upon_o the_o cloud_n for_o cloud_n cause_v darkness_n and_o the_o root_n from_o whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v obtenebrari_fw-la obscurari_fw-la but_o for_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o rabbi_n interpretation_n to_o wit_n upon_o the_o heaven_n it_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o 33._o verse_n of_o the_o 68_o psalm_n to_o he_o that_o ride_v upon_o the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n 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lord_n be_v in_o the_o heaven_n and_o thy_o faithfulness_n reach_v unto_o the_o cloudâ—_n and_o psalm_n 57.10_o for_o thy_o mercy_n be_v great_a unto_o the_o heaven_n and_o thy_o truth_n unto_o the_o cloud_n and_o psalm_n 108._o 4._o for_o thy_o mercy_n be_v great_a above_o the_o heaven_n and_o thy_o truth_n reach_v above_o the_o cloud_n where_o heaven_n and_o cloud_n set_v off_o one_o and_o the_o same_o height_n that_o which_o be_v exceed_o high_a the_o mercy_n and_o truth_n of_o god_n my_o last_o argument_n be_v from_o the_o psalmist_n place_v the_o sun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o cloud_n or_o in_o the_o cloudy_a heaven_n for_o the_o word_n must_v so_o signify_v as_o i_o do_v above_o prove_v both_o from_o testimony_n and_o may_v also_o from_o the_o etymon_n of_o the_o word_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v comminuere_fw-la contundere_fw-la to_o beat_v to_o dust_n and_o what_o be_v cloud_n but_o the_o dust_n of_o heaven_n as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v 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to_o rule_v the_o day_n and_o the_o less_o to_o rule_v the_o night_n he_o make_v the_o star_n also_o but_o they_o come_v as_o cast_v into_o the_o bargain_n as_o not_o so_o considerable_a when_o as_o indeed_o a_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n be_v according_a to_o the_o calculation_n of_o the_o astronomer_n twenty_o thousand_o time_n big_a than_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o earth_n five_o and_o forty_o time_n big_a than_o the_o moon_n so_o that_o one_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n will_v prove_v about_o nine_o hundred_o thousand_o time_n big_a than_o the_o moon_n which_o notwithstanding_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n be_v one_o of_o the_o two_o great_a light_n the_o sole_a empress_n of_o the_o night_n but_o here_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n be_v very_o consistent_a with_o itself_o for_o since_o that_o the_o extent_n of_o heaven_n be_v not_o acknowledge_v any_o high_a than_o the_o cloud_n or_o thereabouts_o wherein_o as_o i_o show_v you_o the_o sun_n be_v 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