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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	proper_a	sense_n	signification_n	2,806	5	9.7840	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15400	An harmonie vpon the first booke of Samuel wherein according to the methode obserued in Hexapla vpon Genesis, and Exodus, but more compendiously abridged, these speciall things are obserued vpon euery chapter: the diuers readings compared, doubtfull questions explaned, places of Scripture reconciled, controuersies briefly touched, and morall collections applied. Wherein aboue foure hundred theologicall questions are handled, with great breuitie and much varietie, by the former author of Hexapla on Genesis.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1607 (1607)	STC 25678; ESTC S120031	271,285	362

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reward_n which_o yet_o a_o private_a man_n may_v safe_o respect_v but_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o the_o love_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n move_v he_o and_o therefore_o where_o he_o say_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o the_o man_n that_o kill_v this_o philistim_n he_o say_v thus_o in_o effect_n what_o need_v any_o such_o reward_n to_o be_v promise_v the_o indignity_n which_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o the_o reproach_n which_o they_o bear_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o this_o philistim_n be_v sufficient_a to_o provoke_v any_o man_n jun._n 2._o and_o david_n yield_v two_o reason_n of_o this_o his_o resolution_n one_o take_v from_o the_o person_n of_o the_o philistim_n who_o be_v a_o uncircumcised_a person_n and_o a_o stranger_n from_o israel_n the_o

read_v make_v it_o a_o proper_a name_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n in_o gibeah_n sic_fw-la a._n p._n c._n with_o other_o but_o the_o word_n signify_v a_o hill_n as_o the_o septuag_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o also_o jun._n and_o both_o our_o english_a translation_n 2._o therefore_o the_o better_a read_n be_v in_o the_o hill_n for_o gibeah_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n in_o benjamin_n c._n 13.2_o but_o kiriathiearim_n be_v a_o city_n in_o judah_n call_v also_o kiriathbaal_n 2._o sam._n 6.2_o therefore_o pelican_n be_v deceive_v that_o place_v kiriathiearim_n in_o benjamin_n 3._o this_o hill_n be_v the_o high_a place_n of_o the_o city_n as_o sequester_v and_o set_v apart_o by_o itself_o and_o so_o fit_a for_o this_o holy_a use_n vatab._n where_o abinadab_n dwell_v a_o levite_n and_o a_o good_a man_n to_o who_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o ark_n be_v commit_v joseph_n 4._o thus_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n his_o house_n the_o ark_n be_v translate_v from_o shilo_n where_o it_o have_v continue_v ever_o since_o joshuashs_n time_n and_o by_o god_n providence_n be_v remove_v into_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n where_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v to_o erect_v the_o kingdom_n of_o david_n pelican_n 2._o quest._n v_o 1._o of_o the_o sanctify_a of_o eleazar_n abinadabs_n son_n to_o keep_v the_o ark_n 1._o this_o eleazar_n be_v not_o the_o high_a priest_n for_o he_o be_v not_o recite_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n 1._o chron._n 6._o and_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o levite_n as_o josephus_n think_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o draw_v near_o to_o the_o ark_n but_o it_o be_v keep_v draw_v over_o with_o curtain_n and_o cover_v according_a to_o the_o law_n osiand_n 2._o he_o only_o give_v attendance_n upon_o it_o to_o keep_v other_o from_o come_v near_o to_o pollute_v or_o defile_v it_o pellic._n 3_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v nor_o yet_o afterward_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o moses_n set_v up_o because_o the_o lord_n intend_v in_o stead_n thereof_o to_o have_v a_o temple_n build_v in_o zion_n borr._n 3._o quest._n v_o 2._o of_o the_o true_a account_n of_o the_o twenty_o year_n while_n the_o ark_n abode_n in_o kiriathiearim_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a term_n of_o the_o remain_v of_o the_o ark_n in_o kiriathiearim_n till_o it_o be_v bring_v from_o thence_o by_o david_n ●_o sam._n 6._o of_o this_o opinion_n be_v some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n but_o this_o can_v be_v for_o the_o ark_n be_v remove_v thither_o immediate_o after_o eli_n his_o death_n now_o after_o eli_n samuel_n and_o saul_n govern_v israel_n forty_o year_n act._n 13.21_o there_o must_v be_v then_o more_o than_o twenty_o year_n between_o the_o end_n of_o eli_n his_o government_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o david_n reign_n 2._o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o these_o twenty_o year_n be_v run_v between_o the_o rejection_n and_o cast_v off_o of_o eli_n his_o house_n and_o the_o government_n of_o samuel_n so_o hierome_n in_o his_o question_n upon_o this_o book_n but_o neither_o be_v this_o like_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v so_o long_a a_o vacancy_n of_o government_n or_o a_o interregnum_fw-la between_o eli_n and_o samuel_n for_o while_n eli_n yet_o live_v all_o israel_n know_v that_o faithful_a samuel_n be_v the_o lord_n prophet_n c._n 3.20_o 3._o wherefore_o the_o most_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o so_o many_o year_n be_v already_o expire_v since_o the_o first_o remove_v of_o the_o ark_n to_o kiriathiearim_n unto_o the_o solemn_a time_n here_o mention_v of_o the_o conversion_n and_o return_v of_o the_o people_n to_o god_n and_o forsake_v of_o their_o filthy_a idol_n pelican_n osiand_n martyr_n 4._o quest._n v_o 2._o of_o these_o word_n the_o people_n lament_v after_o the_o lord_n 1._o some_o read_v requievir_n rest_v or_o be_v quiet_a after_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n lat._n chald._n that_o be_v seek_v to_o be_v in_o rest_n from_o the_o vexation_n of_o their_o enemy_n by_o seek_v unto_o god_n but_o here_o the_o word_n be_v mistake_v as_o though_o it_o shall_v come_v of_o nuach_n to_o rest_v whereas_o it_o be_v ijnahu_fw-mi of_o nahah_n to_o lament_v 2._o the_o people_n then_o be_v vex_v and_o oppress_v many_o way_n by_o the_o philistines_n turn_v themselves_o by_o mourning_n and_o prayer_n unto_o the_o lord._n jun._n 3._o and_o though_o samuel_n have_v before_o time_n call_v upon_o they_o for_o repentance_n yet_o now_o special_o he_o work_v upon_o their_o sorrow_n and_o grief_n for_o their_o affliction_n as_o common_o man_n when_o they_o be_v in_o affliction_n and_o heaviness_n be_v more_o ready_a to_o hear_v good_a admonition_n osiand_n 5._o quest._n v_o 4._o of_o their_o idol_n baalim_n and_o ashtaroth_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o baalim_n be_v the_o name_n of_o their_o god_n and_o ashtaroth_n be_v put_v in_o the_o feminine_a the_o name_n of_o their_o goddess_n vatab._n and_o augustine_n not_o much_o unlike_a say_v that_o baalim_n be_v their_o juppiters_n and_o ashtaroth_n their_o juno_n quest_n in_o judic._n 2._o cicero_n lib._n 3._o the_o nature_n dear_a say_v that_o astarte_n or_o astarate_v be_v one_o of_o the_o name_n of_o venus_n 3._o but_o ashtaroth_n be_v the_o peculiar_a idol_n of_o the_o zidonian_o 1._o king_n 11.5_o and_o of_o the_o philistines_n 1._o sam._n 31.10_o so_o call_v of_o the_o form_n because_o it_o be_v like_a unto_o a_o sheep_n for_o so_o signify_v the_o word_n ashterah_n and_o hereof_o this_o may_v be_v a_o argument_n because_o of_o this_o idol_n there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v ashteroth_n carnaim_n gen._n 14.5_o which_o addition_n of_o karnaim_n signify_v bicornis_fw-la two_o horn_a it_o belong_v to_o manasseh_n josh._n 13.31_o and_o out_o of_o that_o tribe_n it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o levite_n the_o gershonite_n 1._o chron._n 6.71_o jun._n and_o masius_n in_o 12._o c._n josh._n 6._o quest._n v_o 3._o god_n only_o to_o be_v serve_v 1._o samuel_n exhort_v the_o people_n to_o turn_v unto_o god_n with_o their_o whole_a heart_n and_o to_o serve_v he_o only_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o give_v part_n of_o their_o heart_n unto_o the_o true_a god_n and_o part_n unto_o their_o false_a god_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v serve_v he_o with_o all_o their_o heart_n bor._n 2._o and_o beside_o as_o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o but_o the_o true_a god_n serve_v so_o he_o will_v have_v the_o true_a god_n worship_v after_o a_o true_a and_o right_a manner_n not_o with_o any_o superstitious_a or_o false_a religion_n osiand_n 3._o this_o show_v that_o god_n will_v admit_v no_o partner_n in_o his_o worship_n and_o as_o it_o condemn_v the_o associate_a of_o heathen_a idol_n god_n and_o goddess_n in_o the_o divine_a worship_n so_o it_o make_v against_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o popish_a saint_n for_o god_n only_o must_v be_v serve_v the_o word_n be_v ghabad_v which_o the_o septuag_n interpret_v here_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o take_v away_o that_o fond_a distinction_n of_o the_o romanist_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o though_o religious_a worship_n shall_v only_o be_v give_v unto_o god_n but_o religious_a service_n may_v be_v yield_v unto_o saint_n for_o out_o of_o this_o place_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o religious_a service_n be_v due_a only_a unto_o god_n and_o as_o here_o samuel_n say_v saint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serve_v he_o only_o so_o our_o saviour_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o only_o shall_v thou_o worship_v math._n 4.10_o religious_a worship_n then_o and_o religious_a service_n be_v all_o one_o and_o only_o due_a unto_o god_n 7._o quest._n v_o 5._o of_o mizpeh_n whether_o samuel_n assemble_v israel_n 1._o there_o be_v diverse_a place_n call_v by_o this_o name_n there_o be_v a_o mizpeh_n in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n 1._o sam._n 22.3_o a_o other_o lie_v under_o the_o hill_n hermon_n josh._n 11.3_o near_o unto_o the_o land_n of_o gilead_n which_o be_v that_o place_n where_o jakob_n and_o laban_n make_v a_o covenant_n gen._n 31.49_o there_o be_v a_o three_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n 15.38_o and_o a_o four_o in_o benjamin_n josh._n 18.28_o 2._o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n think_v that_o this_o mizpeh_n be_v shiloh_n but_o that_o be_v not_o like_a for_o shiloh_n be_v now_o destroy_v because_o of_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o people_n and_o make_v desolate_a as_o the_o prophet_n show_v jerem._n 7.12_o 3._o this_o mizpeh_n be_v either_o that_o of_o judah_n which_o be_v not_o far_o from_o kiriathiearim_n where_o the_o ark_n now_o be_v or_o which_o be_v most_o like_a it_o be_v the_o other_o mizpeh_n of_o benjamin_n where_o they_o use_v to_o keep_v their_o assembly_n as_o

for_o the_o house_n of_o god_n jud._n 20.18_o as_o it_o be_v call_v beth_fw-mi jehovah_n the_o house_n of_o jehovah_n c._n 3.15_o so_o also_o c._n 10.3_o three_o man_n be_v say_v to_o go_v up_o to_o god_n to_o bethel_n that_o be_v to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n for_o see_v the_o people_n have_v recourse_n and_o flock_v to_o that_o place_n where_o the_o ark_n be_v it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o samuel_n will_v omit_v to_o visit_v it_o in_o his_o circuit_n this_o read_n for_o these_o reason_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o usual_a interpretation_n which_o take_v bethel_n for_o a_o proper_a name_n here_o 16._o quest._n v_o 17._o of_o samuel_n retire_v to_o ramah_n 1._o some_o read_v for_o ramah_n ramatha_n chald._n lat._n some_o armathaim_n sep._n but_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n be_v ramah_n josh._n 18.25_o ramatha_n be_v the_o hebrew_n inflexion_n of_o the_o word_n in_o construction_n with_o the_o paragogical_a addition_n of_o the_o letter_n he_o in_o the_o end_n 2._o but_o here_o this_o doubt_n arise_v how_o samuel_n can_v absent_v himself_o from_o the_o lord_n house_n &_o keep_v at_o ramah_n see_v he_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o god_n by_o his_o mother_n during_o his_o life_n c._n 1.28_o some_o think_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o samuel_n when_o the_o time_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o service_n be_v over_o to_o go_v unto_o his_o own_o house_n pelican_n but_o annahs_n vow_n be_v more_o strict_a for_o she_o do_v give_v he_o so_o unto_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o shall_v abide_v there_o for_o ever_o c._n 1.22_o and_o if_o he_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o lord_n house_n when_o his_o course_n of_o serve_v have_v be_v past_a he_o have_v be_v no_o more_o tie_v than_o other_o common_a levite_n 3._o therefore_o the_o better_a solution_n be_v that_o so_o long_o as_o the_o house_n of_o god_n be_v know_v to_o be_v at_o shiloh_n samuel_n be_v bind_v unto_o that_o place_n by_o his_o vow_n but_o now_o shiloh_n be_v desolate_a and_o no_o certain_a place_n appoint_v of_o god_n where_o the_o ark_n shall_v be_v settle_v samuel_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v free_v of_o his_o vow_n with_o the_o which_o necessity_n in_o this_o case_n dispense_v borr._n the_o like_a we_o read_v of_o the_o son_n of_o rechab_n who_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o father_n vow_n to_o dwell_v in_o tent_n yet_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n when_o the_o host_n of_o the_o chaldean_n have_v invade_v the_o land_n they_o go_v to_o dwell_v in_o jerusalem_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n jerem._n 35.11_o 4._o further_o it_o may_v be_v answer_v that_o vow_v so_o long_o hold_v till_o god_n pleasure_n be_v otherwise_o know_v samuel_n be_v now_o call_v to_o be_v a_o judge_n can_v not_o be_v confine_v to_o a_o certain_a place_n god_n therefore_o dispense_v with_o that_o vow_n mar._n 17._o quest._n v_o 17._o where_o samuel_n build_v the_o altar_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a by_o the_o law_n to_o offer_v any_o sacrifice_n but_o before_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v choose_v deut._n 12.14_o and_o consequent_o to_o build_v no_o altar_n but_o there_o therefore_o junius_n refer_v these_o word_n also_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n there_o unto_o the_o lord_n unto_o the_o antecedent_n further_a of_o namely_o the_o house_n of_o god_n as_o the_o like_a be_v find_v in_o diverse_a place_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o gen._n 10.12_o resen_fw-mi also_o between_o niniveh_n and_o caleh_n this_o be_v a_o great_a city_n that_o be_v niniveh_n and_o 1._o sam._n 27.8_o then_o david_n and_o his_o man_n invade_v the_o geshurite_n and_o the_o girzites_n and_o the_o amalekite_n for_o they_o that_o be_v the_o two_o first_o name_v inhabit_v the_o land_n from_o the_o beginning_n but_o against_o this_o exposition_n these_o reason_n may_v be_v allege_v 1._o because_o in_o none_o of_o these_o place_n give_v in_o instance_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o which_o can_v be_v produce_v the_o further_a antecedent_n be_v so_o far_o remove_v by_o so_o many_o clause_n come_v between_o as_o in_o this_o place_n two_o whole_a verse_n almost_o be_v insert_v between_o bethel_n or_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o these_o word_n 2._o for_o that_o in_o those_o place_n the_o necessity_n of_o the_o sense_n enforce_v such_o relation_n to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o precedent_n part_v further_a off_o but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o necessity_n here_o 3._o the_o restrictive_a or_o limit_v particle_n shun_v there_o be_v twice_o repeat_v before_o in_o this_o verse_n and_o apply_v to_o ramah_n show_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o take_v here_o there_o be_v his_o house_n and_o there_o he_o judge_v israel_n and_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n there_o unto_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 2._o therefore_o the_o best_a answer_n be_v that_o because_o there_o be_v yet_o no_o certain_a place_n appoint_v where_o the_o ark_n shall_v continue_v it_o remain_v at_o this_o time_n in_o a_o private_a man_n house_n pelican_n and_o for_o that_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o the_o door_n whereof_o the_o sacrifice_n by_o the_o law_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v bring_v levit._n 17.3_o and_o the_o ark_n be_v now_o asunder_o and_o in_o diverse_a place_n samuel_n may_v have_v this_o liberty_n to_o build_v a_o altar_n at_o ramah_n especial_o consider_v that_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o do_v it_o by_o a_o prophetical_a instinct_n osiander_n mar._n as_o elias_n the_o prophet_n build_v a_o altar_n 1._o king_n 18._o and_o see_v the_o ark_n be_v remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n as_o appear_z c._n 14.18_o if_o a_o altar_n can_v not_o be_v build_v but_o where_o the_o ark_n be_v for_o the_o time_n present_a it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n may_v be_v sometime_o remove_v to_o ramah_n as_o saul_n have_v the_o ark_n in_o the_o camp_n there_o erect_v a_o altar_n c._n 14.35_o but_o i_o rather_o insist_v upon_o the_o two_o former_a answer_n the_o divulsion_n and_o separation_n of_o the_o ark_n from_o the_o tabernacle_n no_o certain_a place_n be_v yet_o appoint_v for_o 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