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v._o 21._o which_o may_v be_v take_v as_o a_o new_a and_o additional_a prophecy_n which_o be_v necessary_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o other_o nation_n but_o this_o i_o speak_v with_o submission_n and_o due_a respect_n to_o those_o learned_a and_o judicious_a interpreter_n who_o take_v this_o to_o be_v a_o prophecy_n against_o judaea_n and_o all_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n empty_a and_o make_v it_o waste_v chaldean_n waste_v he_o will_v short_o make_v it_o waste_v first_o by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o then_o by_o the_o chaldean_n and_o thereof_o and_o heb._n pervert_v the_o face_n thereof_o turn_v it_o upside_o down_o confusion_n down_o bring_v it_o into_o great_a disorder_n and_o confusion_n and_o scatter_v abroad_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o 2_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o with_o the_o people_n so_o with_o the_o prince_n the_o or_o prince_n 9_o prince_n hos._n â—…_n 9_o priest_n plague_n priest_n the_o approach_a
fire_n which_o destroy_v the_o four_o city_n have_v by_o this_o time_n extend_v itself_o to_o zoar_v and_o all_o other_o place_n know_v that_o the_o whole_a world_n do_v lie_v in_o wickedness_n and_o have_v possible_o hear_v from_o their_o father_n that_o the_o world_n as_o it_o be_v once_o destroy_v by_o water_n so_o it_o shall_v afterward_o be_v consume_v by_o fire_n which_o they_o may_v think_v be_v now_o execute_v and_o that_o god_n have_v secure_v abraham_n from_o it_o by_o take_v he_o to_o himself_o or_o 2._o in_o that_o land_n as_o the_o word_n may_v be_v render_v and_o her_o meaning_n may_v not_o be_v this_o that_o there_o be_v no_o man_n at_o all_o but_o not_o a_o man_n with_o who_o they_o may_v or_o dare_v marry_o for_o though_o they_o know_v they_o leave_v many_o man_n in_o zoar_n yet_o the_o sad_a experience_n of_o the_o dreadful_a ruin_n wherein_o their_o brethren_n in_o law_n be_v involve_v make_v they_o abhor_v the_o thought_n of_o any_o conjunction_n with_o they_o to_o 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the_o use_n of_o his_o reason_n and_o grace_n which_o be_v likely_a to_o frustrate_v their_o project_n this_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n not_o only_o in_o they_o but_o also_o in_o lot_n himself_o not_o to_o be_v excuse_v by_o ignorance_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o wine_n which_o be_v know_v to_o both_o the_o daughter_n certain_o their_o father_n can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o thus_o he_o who_o keep_v his_o integrity_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o the_o temptation_n of_o sodom_n fall_v into_o a_o grievous_a sin_n in_o a_o place_n where_o he_o may_v seem_v most_o remote_a from_o all_o temptation_n god_n permit_v this_o to_o teach_v all_o follow_a age_n how_o weak_a even_o the_o best_a man_n be_v when_o they_o be_v leave_v to_o themselves_o and_o what_o absolute_a need_n they_o have_v of_o divine_a assistance_n that_o night_n and_o the_o first-born_a go_v in_o and_o lay_v with_o her_o father_n and_o he_o perceive_v not_o when_o she_o lay_v down_o nor_o when_o she_o arise_v wife_n arise_v wherein_o there_o be_v nothing_o strange_a it_o be_v usual_a with_o drunken_a man_n to_o do_v many_o thing_n in_o that_o condition_n which_o when_o they_o come_v to_o themselves_o they_o perfect_o forget_v and_o so_o may_v lot_n when_o under_o the_o power_n of_o wine_n forget_v that_o his_o wife_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n and_o may_v mistake_v his_o daughter_n for_o his_o wife_n 34_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v on_o the_o morrow_n that_o the_o first-born_a say_v unto_o the_o young_a behold_v i_o lay_v yesternight_o with_o my_o father_n let_v we_o make_v he_o drink_v wine_n this_o night_n also_o and_o go_v thou_o in_o and_o lie_v with_o he_o that_o we_o may_v preserve_v seed_n of_o our_o father_n 35_o and_o they_o make_v their_o father_n drink_v wine_n that_o night_n also_o and_o the_o young_a arise_v and_o lay_v with_o he_o and_o he_o perceive_v not_o when_o she_o lay_v down_o nor_o when_o she_o arise_v 36_o thus_o be_v both_o the_o daughter_n of_o lot_n with_o child_n shame_n child_n which_o they_o may_v possible_o imagine_v to_o be_v a_o evidence_n of_o divine_a approbation_n of_o their_o fact_n whereas_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o design_n of_o god_n to_o make_v a_o last_a monument_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o shame_n by_o their_o father_n 37_o and_o the_o first-born_a bear_v a_o son_n and_o call_v his_o name_n moab_n 9_o moab_n i._n e._n of_o my_o father_n beget_v upon_o i_o by_o my_o father_n so_o she_o have_v learn_v from_o her_o neighbour_n to_o declare_v her_o siâ—…_n as_o sodom_n isa_n 3._o 9_o the_o same_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o moabite_n displeasure_n moabite_n a_o mischievous_a and_o infamous_a people_n brand_v as_o their_o brethren_n also_o the_o ammonite_n be_v with_o character_n of_o god_n displeasure_n unto_o this_o day_n 38_o and_o the_o young_a she_o also_o bare_a a_o son_n and_o call_v his_o name_n ben-ammi_a repent_v ben-ammi_a i._n e._n the_o son_n of_o my_o people_n or_o kindred_n not_o of_o the_o curse_a race_n 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abraham_n say_v of_o sarah_n his_o wife_n 13._o wife_n chap._n 12._o 13._o she_o be_v my_o sister_n she_o sister_n leave_v they_o shall_v slay_v he_o for_o his_o beautiful_a wife_n sake_n as_o himself_o tell_v we_o ver_fw-la 11._o for_o though_o sarah_n be_v ninety_o year_n old_a yet_o she_o retain_v her_o beauty_n in_o good_a measure_n partly_o because_o she_o have_v not_o be_v break_v by_o bear_v and_o nurse_n of_o child_n partly_o because_o in_o that_o age_n of_o the_o world_n man_n and_o woman_n as_o they_o live_v long_o so_o they_o do_v not_o so_o soon_o begin_v to_o decay_v as_o now_o they_o do_v and_o partly_o because_o of_o god_n especial_a blessing_n upon_o she_o and_o abimelech_n king_n of_o gerar_n send_v and_o take_v sarah_n it_o sarah_n not_o without_o violence_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o either_o abraham_n or_o sarah_n will_v consent_v to_o it_o 3_o but_o god_n 14._o god_n psal._n 105._o 14._o come_v to_o abimelech_n in_o a_o dream_n concern_v dream_n 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this_o expedition_n for_o rehoboam_n punishment_n 26_o and_o he_o take_v away_o the_o treasure_n city_n treasure_n it_o be_v imply_v that_o first_o he_o take_v the_o city_n which_o may_v seem_v strange_a consider_v the_o great_a strength_n of_o that_o city_n and_o how_o much_o time_n it_o take_v nabuchadnezzar_n and_o titus_n to_o take_v it_o but_o first_o it_o may_v cost_v shishak_n also_o some_o time_n and_o a_o long_a siege_n ere_o he_o take_v it_o though_o that_o be_v not_o here_o relate_v second_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o david_n and_o solomon_n in_o their_o build_n and_o alter_v of_o this_o city_n have_v more_o respect_n to_o state_n and_o magnificence_n than_o to_o its_o defence_n as_o have_v no_o great_a cause_n to_o fear_v the_o invasion_n of_o any_o enemy_n and_o be_v too_o secure_a in_o reference_n to_o their_o posterity_n because_o of_o god_n promise_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o be_v continue_v to_o they_o and_o to_o their_o seed_n for_o ever_o and_o it_o be_v probable_a 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god_n which_o he_o have_v forsake_v chap._n 12._o 1._o that_o the_o guard_n bear_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o back_o into_o the_o guard-chamber_n 29_o ¶_o now_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o act_n of_o rehoboam_n and_o all_o that_o he_o do_v be_v they_o not_o write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n 19_o judah_n such_o a_o book_n of_o chronicle_n as_o that_o mention_v above_o ver_fw-la 19_o 30_o and_o there_o be_v war_n between_o rehoboam_n and_o jeroboam_n another_o jeroboam_n not_o a_o invasive_a war_n with_o potent_a army_n which_o be_v forbid_v chap._n 12._o 12._o and_o not_o revive_v till_o abijam_n reign_n 2_o chron._n 13._o but_o a_o defensive_a war_n from_o those_o hostility_n which_o by_o small_a party_n and_o skirmish_n they_o do_v to_o one_o another_o all_o their_o day_n 31_o and_o rehoboam_n sleep_v with_o his_o father_n and_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o father_n in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n and_o his_o mother_n name_n be_v naamah_n a_o 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name_n and_o memory_n which_o otherwise_o have_v go_v into_o obscurity_n the_o same_o phrase_n be_v use_v above_o ch_z 11._o 36._o 2_o king_n 8._o 19_o 2_o chr._n 21._o 7._o in_o jerusalem_n to_o set_v up_o his_o son_n after_o he_o and_o to_o establish_v jerusalem_n it_o jerusalem_n i_o e._n that_o he_o may_v maintain_v that_o city_n and_o temple_n and_o worship_n as_o a_o witness_n for_o god_n in_o the_o world_n against_o the_o israelite_n and_o heathen_a world_n who_o shall_v have_v inquire_v after_o it_o and_o embrace_v the_o true_a religion_n there_o establish_v and_o set_v up_o as_o a_o beacon_n upon_o a_o high_a hill_n that_o all_o man_n may_v take_v notice_n of_o it_o 5_o because_o david_n do_v that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o turn_v not_o aside_o from_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o command_v he_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n 9_o life_n 2_o sam._n 11._o 4_o and_o 12._o 9_o save_v only_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o uriah_n the_o hittite_n profess_v hittite_n quest._n how_o be_v this_o true_a see_v david_n sin_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o nabal_n 1_o sam._n 25._o and_o achish_n chap._n 27._o and_o mephibosheth_n and_o his_o indulgence_n to_o his_o child_n adonijah_n amnon_n and_o absalon_n and_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o people_n ans._n this_o and_o the_o like_a phrase_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o exclusive_a of_o every_o sinful_a action_n but_o only_o of_o a_o sinful_a course_n or_o state_n or_o of_o a_o habitual_a and_o continue_a apostasy_n from_o god_n or_o from_o his_o way_n as_o the_o very_a phrase_n of_o turn_v aside_o from_o god_n or_o from_o his_o command_n do_v constant_o imply_v as_o appear_v from_o exod._n 32._o 8._o deut._n 9_o 12_o 16._o 1_o sam._n 8._o 3._o psal._n 78._o 57_o isa._n 44._o
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