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be_o therewith_o to_o be_v content_a what_o be_v pleasure_n if_o content_n be_v not_o we_o may_v have_v outward_a pleasure_n yet_o no_o content_n but_o he_o that_o have_v content_a within_o can_v miss_v of_o pleasure_n a_o man_n may_v have_v riches_n but_o no_o contentment_n but_o he_o that_o have_v contentment_n be_v very_o rich_a 1_o tim._n 6.6_o godliness_n with_o contentment_n be_v great_a gain_n and_o great_a gain_n be_v prosperity_n this_o great_a gain_n this_o heart-pleasure_n or_o soul-rest_n contentment_n be_v the_o assure_a portion_n of_o those_o who_o obey_v and_o serve_v the_o lord_n whatever_o their_o outward_a portion_n be_v in_o this_o world_n and_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o spend_v his_o day_n in_o good_a and_o his_o year_n in_o pleasure_n who_o have_v these_o pure_a gain_n of_o gracious_a contentment_n rest_v the_o soul_n in_o god_n in_o all_o condition_n the_o life_n of_o man_n that_o be_v the_o comfort_n of_o his_o life_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o the_o abundance_n of_o that_o which_o he_o possess_v luke_o 12.15_o or_o in_o sense-pleasure_n but_o in_o that_o sweet_a composure_n and_o sedateness_n of_o his_o soul_n rest_v by_o faith_n in_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n or_o rather_o in_o the_o god_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o so_o suck_a sweetness_n from_o they_o last_o as_o though_o a_o servant_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v exercise_v with_o sorrow_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n yet_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o spend_v his_o day_n in_o sorrow_n because_o he_o meet_v with_o many_o refresh_a intervall_n and_o shine_v of_o favour_n from_o the_o face_n of_o god_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o those_o cloud_n so_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o spend_v his_o day_n in_o pleasure_n because_o at_o least_o when_o his_o day_n here_o be_v spend_v he_o consummate_v his_o day_n which_o be_v one_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n by_o a_o entrance_n into_o everlasting_a pleasure_n so_o much_o for_o the_o answer_n of_o these_o question_n concern_v this_o promise_n they_o shall_v spend_v their_o day_n in_o prosperity_n and_o their_o year_n in_o pleasure_n from_o the_o promise_n itself_o note_v fiâst_v obedience_n to_o god_n be_v profitable_a to_o man_n god_n have_v no_o profit_n by_o our_o obedience_n but_o we_o have_v god_n do_v not_o call_v we_o to_o serve_v he_o in_o his_o work_n as_o we_o call_v servant_n to_o do_v our_o work_n to_o get_v his_o live_n by_o we_o or_o better_v himself_o no_o the_o lord_n call_v we_o to_o serve_v he_o and_o obey_v he_o for_o our_o own_o good_a they_o consult_v their_o own_o good_a best_o who_o do_v most_o good_a i_o may_v say_v these_o three_o thing_n of_o those_o who_o do_v good_a and_o what_o be_v serve_v god_n but_o do_v of_o good_a or_o what_o be_v do_v good_a but_o serve_v god_n first_o they_o shall_v receive_v true_a good_a second_o they_o shall_v for_o ever_o hold_v the_o best_a good_a the_o chief_a good_a they_o shall_v not_o only_o spend_v their_o day_n and_o year_n in_o good_a but_o when_o their_o day_n and_o year_n be_v spend_v they_o shall_v have_v good_a and_o a_o great_a good_a than_o any_o they_o have_v in_o spend_v the_o day_n and_o year_n of_o this_o life_n they_o shall_v have_v good_a in_o death_n they_o shall_v come_v to_o a_o full_a enjoyment_n of_o god_n the_o chief_a good_a when_o they_o have_v leave_v and_o let_v fall_v the_o possession_n of_o all_o earthly_a good_n three_o they_o that_o do_v good_a shall_v find_v all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o their_o good_a if_o they_o have_v a_o loss_n they_o shall_v receive_v good_a by_o it_o if_o they_o bear_v a_o cross_n that_o shall_v bear_v good_a outward_a trouble_n can_v disturb_v much_o less_o pollute_v our_o spiritual_a good_a for_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n who_o be_v the_o call_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n rom._n 8.28_o sure_o then_o the_o service_n of_o god_n be_v a_o gainful_a service_n a_o profitable_a service_n though_o the_o work_n may_v be_v hard_a 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that_o thou_o magnify_v his_o work_n i_o shall_v not_o stay_v upon_o that_o other_o read_v remember_v that_o thou_o be_v ignorant_a of_o his_o work_n the_o same_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v drus_n memento_n quod_fw-la ignores_fw-la opus_fw-la ejus_fw-la vulg._n hieronimus_fw-la confundit_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cum_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d quanquam_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d potius_fw-la errare_fw-la quam_fw-la ignorare_fw-la significat_fw-la drus_n to_o magnify_v with_o the_o variation_n of_o a_o point_n signify_v to_o err_v hence_o that_o translation_n there_o be_v a_o profitable_a sense_n in_o it_o for_o indeed_o the_o best_a knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n may_v be_v call_v ignorance_n and_o we_o say_v to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o work_n which_o we_o be_v most_o know_v in_o yet_o because_o this_o be_v strain_v of_o the_o text_n i_o pass_v it_o by_o and_o keep_v to_o our_o own_o render_n remember_v that_o thou_o 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that_o moses_n say_v i_o exceed_o fear_v and_o quake_v read_v also_o the_o same_o importance_n of_o the_o word_n 1_o sam._n 4.13_o chap._n 14.15_o such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o elihu_n he_o be_v deep_o affect_v tremble_a âook_n hold_v of_o he_o the_o spirit_n run_v to_o the_o heart_n in_o a_o time_n of_o feaâ_n or_o upon_o a_o sudden_a fâight_n as_o ciâiz_n n_v to_o the_o castle_n in_o a_o day_n of_o danger_n and_o then_o the_o outward_a member_n be_v desert_v by_o the_o spirit_n grow_v cold_a and_o tremble_v there_o be_v a_o natural_a infirmity_n call_v the_o palpitation_n or_o tremble_v of_o the_o heart_n but_o this_o of_o elihu_n be_v supernatural_a at_o least_o somewhat_o more_o than_o natural_a as_o arise_v either_o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o what_o god_n hâd_v do_v or_o of_o what_o himself_o be_v about_o to_o speak_v and_o not_o only_o do_v his_o heart_n tremble_v but_o met._n cordis_n palpitatio_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la animae_fw-la concursus_fw-la ad_fw-la cor_fw-la in_o pavoribus_fw-la oâidens_fw-la est_fw-la galen_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d effluxit_fw-la sept._n euulsum_fw-la est_fw-la august_n emotum_fw-la est_fw-la hieron_n salit_fw-la seu_fw-la subsilit_fw-la tharg_n hiâ_n verbis_fw-la excessum_fw-la quem_fw-la graeci_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d vocant_fw-la puto_fw-la denotari_fw-la quae_fw-la ãâã_d effectus_fw-la causam_fw-la admirationem_fw-la cum_fw-la pavore_fw-la subsequi_fw-la solet_fw-la bold_n et_fw-la humânas_fw-la motura_fw-la tonitrua_fw-la montes_fw-la ovid._n 1._o met._n be_v move_v out_o of_o its_o place_n which_o be_v add_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o exceed_a greatness_n of_o that_o fear_n which_o seize_v upon_o he_o the_o text_n speak_v as_o if_o his_o heart_n be_v indeed_o remove_v or_o take_v out_o of_o his_o body_n it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o affirm_v that_o as_o do_v which_o be_v like_a to_o be_v do_v the_o ship_n be_v say_v to_o be_v break_v john_n 1.4_o and_o the_o net_n luke_o 5.6_o because_o both_o be_v in_o eminent_a danger_n of_o break_v we_o say_v of_o a_o man_n in_o great_a fear_n his_o heart_n be_v ready_a to_o leap_v out_o of_o or_o out_o at_o his_o mouth_n one_o of_o the_o ancient_n render_v here_o my_o heart_n be_v pluck_v out_o the_o septuagint_n it_o flow_v out_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n take_v up_o the_o foâmer_a expression_n my_o heart_n leap_v or_o jump_v which_o as_o it_o do_v sometime_o for_o joy_n so_o often_o for_o ear_n or_o at_o the_o unexpected_a appearance_n of_o danger_n some_o conceive_v by_o this_o move_n of_o his_o heart_n out_o of_o his_o place_n that_o elihu_n be_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o ecstasy_n that_o he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v carry_v out_o of_o himself_o upon_o the_o hear_n of_o that_o dreadful_a voice_n of_o god_n the_o thunder_n take_v it_o so_o note_v thunder_n be_v a_o terrible_a thing_n it_o have_v make_v and_o may_v make_v the_o stout_a heart_n to_o tremble_v one_o of_o christ_n apostle_n be_v call_v lebbeus_n mat._n 10.3_o as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o hearty_a man_n or_o all-heart_n now_o he_o that_o be_v lebbeus_n a_o man_n of_o the_o great_a courage_n the_o most_o hearty_a man_n may_v be_v put_v to_o a_o tremble_v at_o this_o when_o he_o hear_v it_o thunder_n heathen_n have_v speak_v much_o of_o this_o and_o by_o a_o peculiar_a word_n have_v call_v those_o who_o be_v much_o amaze_v man_n thunder_v strike_v caliguâa_n hos_fw-la laetinus_n attonitos_fw-la vocat_fw-la attonitus_fw-la est_fw-la cvi_fw-la casus_fw-la vicini_fw-la fulminis_fw-la &_o sonitus_fw-la tonitruum_fw-la daunt_v stuporem_fw-la serv_n in_o tertium_fw-la aenid_fw-la tonitrus_fw-la dici_fw-la videtur_fw-la a_o terrendo_fw-la quod_fw-la conterreat_fw-la hominem_fw-la aliqui_fw-la a_o tono_n &_o ruendo_fw-la quia_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la sonitu_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o irruat_fw-la suetonius_n de_fw-fr augusto_n &_o caliguâa_n man_n be_v so_o much_o amaze_v at_o the_o sound_n of_o
thunder_n the_o roman_a historian_n report_v of_o that_o great_a emperor_n who_o command_v all_o the_o world_n and_o make_v the_o nation_n to_o tremble_v that_o yet_o he_o himself_o tremble_v at_o this_o augustus_n caesar_n be_v so_o afraid_a of_o thunder_n that_o whenever_o he_o travel_v abroad_o he_o cause_v the_o skin_n of_o a_o sea_n calf_n to_o be_v carry_v about_o with_o he_o because_o it_o be_v in_o their_o superstition_n believe_v to_o be_v a_o amulet_n or_o preservative_n against_o any_o hurt_n by_o thunder_n and_o the_o same_o author_n tell_v we_o of_o another_o of_o that_o rank_n a_o heathen_a roman_a emperor_n that_o be_v so_o afraid_a of_o thunder_n that_o he_o will_v hide_v his_o head_n when_o he_o hear_v it_o and_o sometime_o run_v under_o a_o bed_n for_o shelter_n i_o shall_v have_v further_a occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o terribleness_n of_o thunder_n at_o the_o four_o and_o 5_o verse_n i_o touch_v it_o here_o because_o according_a to_o our_o interpretation_n this_o be_v it_o at_o which_o the_o heart_n of_o elihu_n tremble_v second_o take_v the_o word_n more_o general_o as_o this_o tremble_a may_v arise_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o any_o other_o of_o the_o wonderful_a woâks_n of_o god_n note_v the_o great_a appearance_n of_o god_n in_o his_o power_n may_v and_o shall_v affect_v we_o even_o with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a the_o heart_n of_o man_n may_v well_o move_v out_o of_o his_o place_n when_o he_o consider_v how_o dreadful_a god_n be_v in_o his_o place_n and_o what_o wonder_v he_o both_o do_v and_o can_v do_v david_n cast_v his_o eye_n up_o to_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o host_n of_o they_o psal_n 8._o conclude_v with_o admiration_n v._n 8._o o_o lord_n our_o god_n how_o excellent_a be_v thy_o name_n in_o all_o the_o world_n they_o who_o have_v but_o little_a knowledge_n of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n can_v be_v much_o affect_v with_o they_o they_o who_o know_v they_o deep_o not_o but_o be_v deep_o affect_v with_o they_o fool_n and_o 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make_v way_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o adoption_n by_o which_o thread_n they_o be_v unite_v &_o fasten_v unto_o god_n through_o faith_n &_o walk_v in_o a_o childlike_a fear_n before_o he_o all_o their_o day_n three_o there_o be_v a_o penal_a or_o judiciary_n fear_v and_o tremble_a god_n in_o judgement_n sometime_o fill_v the_o heart_n of_o sinful_a man_n with_o fear_n as_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n they_o who_o have_v no_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o their_o heart_n to_o keep_v or_o overawe_n they_o gracious_o from_o sin_v and_o live_v in_o a_o course_n of_o sin_n be_v deliver_v up_o to_o a_o spirit_n of_o fear_n which_o continual_o pursue_v they_o with_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o of_o some_o imminent_a and_o impendent_a evil_n ready_a to_o fall_v upon_o they_o for_o their_o sin_n a_o dreadful_a sound_n be_v in_o their_o ear_n as_o eliphas_n tell_v job_n chap._n 15.21_o yea_o as_o he_o speak_v there_o vers_n 24._o trouble_n and_o anguish_n make_v he_o afraid_a they_o prevail_v against_o he_o as_o a_o king_n ready_a to_o battle_n the_o lord_n threaten_v it_o as_o one_o of_o the_o sore_a judgement_n that_o he_o will_v bring_v upon_o his_o people_n the_o jew_n for_o their_o disobedience_n deut._n 28.65_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o tremble_a heart_n yea_o he_o threaten_v isa_n 52.17_o to_o give_v they_o the_o dregs_o of_o the_o cup_n of_o tremble_a ezekiel_n chap._n 12.18_o be_v command_v to_o tremble_v as_o a_o sign_n to_o the_o people_n of_o that_o penal_a fear_n and_o tremble_v which_o god_n will_v send_v upon_o they_o such_o be_v that_o tremble_v speak_v of_o ezek._n 26.16_o then_o all_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o sea_n shall_v come_v down_o from_o their_o throne_n and_o lay_v away_o their_o robe_n and_o put_v off_o their_o broider_a garment_n and_o shall_v clothe_v themselves_o with_o tremble_n doubtless_o they_o have_v little_a mind_n to_o such_o change_n of_o raiment_n they_o have_v rather_o have_v be_v 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