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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d towards_o it_o what_o we_o earnest_o expect_v our_o eye_n move_v after_o it_o david_n in_o his_o wait_n upon_o god_n say_v my_o eye_n be_v towards_o thou_o i_o lift_v up_o my_o eye_n and_o my_o heart_n to_o god_n the_o same_o word_n be_v here_o use_v the_o hireling_n look_v for_o the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n so_o we_o translate_v it_o the_o hebrew_n be_v he_o look_v for_o his_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o he_o have_v work_v before_o he_o have_v his_o work_n all_o day_n long_o his_o master_n show_v he_o his_o work_n he_o need_v not_o look_v for_o that_o then_o his_o work_n be_v the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n in_o the_o scripture_n the_o word_n work_n signify_v three_o thing_n 1._o the_o very_a act_n of_o labour_n 2._o the_o effect_n of_o labour_n the_o thing_n wrought_v or_o that_o which_o be_v the_o product_n of_o labour_n when_o a_o man_n have_v labour_v what_o he_o labour_v about_o be_v visible_a and_o that_o we_o call_v 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to_o possess_v month_n of_o vanity_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v note_v a_o point_n or_o two_o in_o passage_n from_o the_o word_n as_o they_o contain_v a_o general_a truth_n before_o i_o examine_v they_o in_o this_o application_n take_v the_o word_n as_o they_o be_v a_o direct_a proposition_n a_o servant_n desire_v the_o shadow_n and_o a_o hireling_n look_v for_o the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n hence_o observe_v first_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o servant_n be_v a_o very_a laborious_a and_o a_o wearisome_a condition_n he_o belong_v for_o some_o rest_n he_o earnest_o desire_v the_o shadow_n observe_v second_o the_o servant_n must_v have_v a_o reward_n there_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n he_o shall_v observe_v three_o the_o hireling_n have_v earnest_a thought_n upon_o his_o reward_n his_o reward_n be_v in_o his_o eye_n it_o be_v the_o reason_n give_v why_o the_o wage_n of_o the_o hire_a servant_n shall_v not_o be_v withhold_v deut._n 24._o 15._o the_o lord_n the_o 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