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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1
Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 · 2,318,168 words · 1997 reading sections
Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 541
_—_ _ BY a w__ V F _— ; IV, rahs Song, Judges 57 24, &c: And ſome who moke it their buſi- | neſs to pick quarrels with the Holy Scripture, from hence tzke oc- caſion to queition and rejett their Divine Authority, for this very paſſ+ge, becauſe it commends an a& ſo contrary to all Humanity, and fo great a breach of…
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thine Enemies: as may appear by comparing this with other pa- _ ralle] T'-xts *Pſ.97.59 F * The mountains + melted I from before the tHeb> LORD, eves * that Sinai m, from before the LORD Famed. GOD of Iſrael. "B68 8. I Or, flowed, with Floods of W them, and from them flowing d Jower grounds, and carrying down of…
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G E S. __ Chap y* Pits or Springs of Water, which were Tearee ghd pretions in thoſe | het Countreys, to which the peoples Neceſſities forced them oft - reſort, and nighunto which the Archers did uſually lurk in Woods, or Thickets, or Hedges, that from thence they might ſheor ar them, and kill and ſpoil them. f Whe…
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Ch: WP pete; OI j Or | Or Or Ch. + He poſed proge tH fail with , 7 Fch:p. V, i Or, + the bleatings of the Flocks c? || for the diviſions of Reuben there were great ſearchings of heart. | © Why waft then ſo unworthy and cowardly,fo void of all Zeal tor God, and Compaſſion towards thy Brethren, and Care f…
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23 Curle ye Meroz x, (ſaid the angel of the LORD y ) curſe ye bitterly the inhabirants thereof ; becauſe they came not to the help of the LORD 2, co the help of the LORD againſt the mighty. x A placethen, no doubt, eminent and conſiderable, though now there be no remembrance of it lefr, which poſſibly might be the…
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,? | on VI. Baal: His name Jerub-baal,"22 "32+ The Midianites gather t0- fron to frahe And Gideon prepares agatnſt them : God flrengthens and | NF cnfirms him by a miracle, 32 ———-40 We | [| Nd the children of Iſrael did evil in the ſight of the | LORD : and the LORD deliver2d them 1nto PHab.3:5: the hand * of Mi…
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z Towit, out of the choiceſt part of a whole Ephah ; as alſo he broughr ro him the beſt part of a Kid dreſſed ; for a whole Ephah, and a whole Kid had been very ſuperfluous, and improper to pro- vide for, and ſer b:fore one Man. 20 And the angel of God ſaid unto him, Take the fleſh, andthe unleavened cakes, and la…
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27 Then Gideon took ten men of his ſervants o, and, IT L bo g's —— {por of ground which adjoyneth to, and en« did as the LORD had ſaid unto him : and /o it was, 18 g ww rh —_ ones ed ent tes becauſe he feared p his fathers houſho!d, and the men of | 7, 0 1 Heece © para po egy rd the city, that he could nor do zr by …
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as he did worſhip Baal to comply with his Neighbours, ſo now he d, and there remained cen thouſand. : oe deſerts him; to rs{cue his So. # He char thal further plead for fuch | © Not that f:mous _ rater: beyond Jordan ; for it 2 god as this, deſerves to die for h:s foily and impicty. Ir is no: | 'S apparent that both …
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to drink water. : : : þ Taking up alittle water in the Palm of their Hands to put in- to their mouths: 2 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, By the three Hundred men that lapped, will I fave you, and delgye: the Midianites into thine hand : and ler all the ocher people go every man unto his place z. 7 i.e. To his own…
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c As if they had only been Torch-bearers to the ſevera! Compa- AICS. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and * the LORD let every mans ſword againft his fellow 4, x 1; . cven throughout ail the hoſt : and the hoſt fled to Beth- | hroughout ail ſt t was thittah [| iu Zererath, and to the + border of Abel-m…
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17 4 And he beat down the tower of * Penuel, and ſlew the men of the city- | | 18 Then ſaid he unto Zeba and Zalmunna, What manner of men « were they whom ye ſlew at Tabor x? if And they anſwered, As thou art, fo were they ; each _ | one 7} reſembled the children of a king y. | + Heb: ac= || # 1. e. Foroutward ſh…
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other tings agreeable and appertaining to it ; which elewhere are comprehended under the name of the Epbod, as Judges 17. 5. and 18. 14, 18. Hoeſ: 3: 44 & Notas a Monument of the Victory, for ſuch Monuments were neither.proper nor uſual ; bur for Reli- ſeems to be this, G/deen having by Ged's command eretted an Al-…
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and all the houſe of Millo , and went and made Abi- melech king », || by the plain of the pillar o that ws in ; Or, 51 Shechem. oak of the | m Of a Place or Perſon ſo called ; ſome eminent and potent Fa. f'llar, 5 mily living in Shechem, or near to ir, either the Family of Abimelech's Jolh, 24, Mother, or ſome oth…
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f Or, thifile, * Excd. 9323s f Heb: caft bis ſoul, change my {weet Tranquillity, for unceſant Cares and Travels for th: good of others, as a King ought te do. 12 Ani the trees ſaid unto the fhg-tree þ,Come thou, and reign Over Us. 2 E b This, as alſo the Vine, wv. 12» ſignifies the fame thing with the Olive-…
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6 Which, till his coming they durſt not do, for fear of Abimelech; but now took confidence to do ſo, in contempt of him. c Partly, from the Cuſtom of rejoycing, and ſinging Songs in Vintage-time, Levit 198 24+ 1a: 16: 10. Jer: 25330, and partly, for the hopes of their Redemprion from Abimelech's Tyiany. d Baal-beri…
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al fue. 1 CAnd Abimelech roſe up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait againſt hem in four companies. m 5d) Gaal the ſon of Ebed went out, and ſtood in the entring of the gate of the city « ; and Abime- lech roſe up, and the people that vere with him, from lving in wait. | my Po pu…
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k A ſtrong place belonging to the City of Shechem, and made for its Dcf-nce or Security, bur wirchout the City. Ir js rhought, this was that Milo which was confederate with Shechem in their deſign againſt Abimelech, v, 6. which alſo Jotham Curſed with Shechem, v. 20» and that Curſe is noted to have its Effe&, wv. 5…
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1:ax 4; 1. earoth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, aud 6, 1. and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of ad 13* 1 Ammon, and the gods of the Philiſtines, and fofook the —_ 2 LORD, and ſerved not him g. 3" He ſhews how they grew worſe and worſe, and fo rip=-ned them- ſc]ves for the Ruine whi…
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+ was grieved y for the miſery of Ifrael. Ifa; 63:9. x This was an evidence of the ſincerity of their ſorrow, that they tf H=b: was jd no: only confeſs and bewail their Sins,but alſo forſake them,and/” meds ioath theintelves for them. y Not propcrly, or as to inward affe. tion; for God being infinitely happy, is no…
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%« 1.e This Land of Gilead, which was mine, bur unjuſtly taken from me, by Sihon and Og, the Kings of the Ammorites; and the ins jury perpetuared by 1/rae!'s detaining it from m2. This Land, be« tore the Conqueſts of $40n and Og, belonged partly to the Ammonites, as 1S affirmed, Joſh 13. 25. and partly, and princip…
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11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, This he adds, as a further and convincing reaſon; becauſe other 23 SO now the LORD God of Iſrael hath diſpoſleſ- {ed the Amorites d from before hi | ſhouldeſt thou poſſeſs it ? is people Iſrael, and _ 4 God, the Soveraign Lord of all Lands, hath given us this Land: …
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y Which ſhe choſe as a ſolitary place, and therefore fi-teſt both #09% | for Lamentations, and for her preparatien ſor her approaching Cz. || lamity. z That I ſhall die Childiefs, which was etteemed beth 2 Curſe and a Diſgrace for the 1ſ-aelites, Gen. 30: 23: 1 Sam. 1: 6 7. Ia. 4+ 1. Becauſe ſuch were excludea from…
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manner how it was to be the Lords ; as it were very improper to fay, This is either a man, or it is my ſervant Jehn ; becauſe the Latrer branch is contained in the former: and theretore 1n all the alledged inſtances where and is put for or, they are two diſtintt per- ſons or things, and not one comprehended within …
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a6 I called you d, ye delivered me not out of their and. d Hence it appears, that he craved their a hi denied; though that be not elſewhere bead ON OI 3 And when I ſaw that ye delivered »e not, I put my life in my hand e, and paſſed over againit the chil- dren of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. …
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- 4 . : x... Wirr: __ _ < > 0901 J (0) D (E; E $, Cuap. X11: ge 1 bY . EIS ' ey TRY; * bn, = " th Cities: And 1 Sam. 18. 21 the twain 1s pat for one of the twain . | -m A prophet. or facred perſon, ſent with a Mcfſage from God, and Jude. 18» 14+ kouſes for houſe : and Jonah 1+ 5+ the ſides, for one | # Or, venerabl…
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Phatical reperirion of the fame thing in divers words, which is an Þ _.. * Gen. ulual Elegancy both :s. Scriptvre and oiher Authors. wi wg pr ten f —_.. Ts | 32..29- .- | Fleb. 2 Andy the angel of the LORD f appeared untc | * = Ce ER nT or onderful, ſuch as thou canſt i Or, worts RY, hend : my Natvre and Eſſe :hich …
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3 Then his father and his mother ſaid unto him, 1s there never a woman among the daughters of thy bre- thren, or among all my people, that thou goeſt to take a wife of the uncircumciſed Philiſtines c ? and Samſon ſaid unto his father, Get her for me d; for Heb. :e | the pleaſeth mie well e. 7 f c With whom the 1/…
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b Though I have had much more Experience and 'Taciturnity, than of thine, 17 Andſhewept before him || the ſeven days, while the ſ Or, h feaſt laſted & : and it came to paſs on the ſeventh day, ri that he told her, becauſe ſhe lay ſore upon him: and", ſhe told the riddle tothe children of her people. __ e (7. e- )…
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of as many perſons as he pleaſed, and all his people would readily aſſiſt him; nor can it at all perplex any M ns Reaſon or Faitk, if it be allowed, that the God who made the World, and by his ſingular provid-nce watched over 1/rael, and intended them deliverance at this time, could eaſily diſpoſe things ſo that th…
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z This, chough it might ſeem difficules yet is not at all impoſſi. #99 #49972 ble or incredible ; eſpecially ſeing the Learned afficm of the Affes | of Syria, that they were larger and ſtronger than ours, arid ſo cons ſequently were their Bones: And withal, it muſt beacknowledged, tht rhere was ſomething extraordina…
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harlot b, and went in unto her. 7 a A chief City, to make ſome new attempt upon the Philiſtines, whom he feared not either in their Cities or in their. Camps, having had ſuch large experience of his own Strength, and of Gods Afſi- | Nance ; poſſibly he came in thicher by Night, unknown and un- obſerved till afterw…
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n» Samſen is guilty both of the Sin of Lying, though hedreſs up ,,, P. the Lye in ſuch Circumſtances as might make ir moſt probable ; + Heb, and of great Folly in encouraging her Enquiries, which he ſhoulg one of men. at firſt have check'd: bur as he had forſaken God, ſo God had row $9 Gr forſaken him, and deprived…
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him with fetters of braſs, and he did grind in the Pri- ſon-houſle &. gs Who now durſt apprehend him, becauſe they reſted in the Al. ſurance which Delilah had given them, that now «!l was diſcovered anddone. þ Which was doneby them our of Revenge and policy, to diſcnable him from doing them much harm, in calc he ſ…
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him ; and that people ſhonld have ſo high a Venera- —_ ry in which they knew ſo notorious a falſhoed cage theſe things, I fay, are far more abſurd to believe, than the _ O this Relation. Bur to this I ſhall add two Anſwers. Firſt, = iS _- ſufficient Argument te prove, that this was nottrue, becauſe we do not at th…
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b (7.e.) Didt Curſe the Perfon who had taken them away, and thatin my hearing, as it follows« c The fear of thy Curſe makes me acknowledge mine Offence, and beg thy Pardon. & Þ willing. ly conſent" to, and beg from God the removal of the Curſe, and 2 Bleſſing inſtead of it. Be thou free from my Curſe, becauſe tho …
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For, 4 Fathers that is, a Prieſt, a Spiritual Father, a Teacher or Inſtrufter, for ſuch are called Fathers; fee 2 Kings 6: 21. and 8: giand 13: 14. Iſa: 22: 21. He pretends Reverence and Submiſ- ſion to him; and what is wanting in his Wages, he pays him in empty Titles. : ry; And the Letive was content s to dwell …
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I Called alſo Leſhem, Jejh: 19: 47- Place, and abounding in Wealth, and undeiſtanding that they were not a part of that Land which GOD gavetoh's People; and percei« ving that the Jſraelites never attempted any thing againſt them, were grown ſecure and careleſs » Or, that might rebuke or pumjh any thing ; 1. e. any…
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ed, ; "mi So they turned and departed,and pur the little ones, and the catrel, and the carriage before them . 2 For theis greater ſecurity, if M:caþ ſhould purſue them. 22 4 And when they were a good way from the houſe of Micah the men that were in the houſes near to M1- cahs houſe, were gathered together, and ov…
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2 And his concubine played the whore againſt him 4, and went away from him e unto her fathers houſe to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there || + four whole mo- neths f. d 1.e. Againſt her Faith given to him, or to his wrong ; or, with him, 1.e. in his Houſe ; or whileſt ſhe lived with him, which IS OP- poſed to her goi…
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p Though they were ſoft and effeminate in other reſpeCts, yet they were hard=hearted towards Srrangers or indigent perſons E1- th2r thzre were no pub/ick Houſes to receive and entertain Travel- lers, as may be gathered from Gen: 28: and 42: and 45> and Joſh: 9, ©c. or, if there were ſuch an one here, they might per…
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h Or, according to her bonesy according to the joynts of her Body; for there 2e made tie diviſion. This might ſeem tobe a barbarous and inhuman Act in it ſelf; but may ſeem excuſable, if it be conſi- dercd, thar rhe ſadneſs of che SpeCtacle did highly contribure to ſtir up rhe Zeal of all the 1ſrael:tes ro avenge h…
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IS But now this ſhall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah, we will go xp by lot againſt it: to And we will take ten men of an hundred through- out all the tribes of Iſrael,and an hundred ot a chouſand, and a thouſand out of ten thouſand, to fetch vidual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gi- …
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of ſucceſs 3 and partly, by putting themſclves ia better order for defending themſelves, and annoying their Enemies. i Hereby ſhew- ing their freedom from that Heathniſh Superſtition, whereby they might have been apt to have rejefted that as an unlucky place- Com- are 1 Kings 20: 23z 28. - : 23 ( And the children …
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£ Sele&ed our of the main Body, which was at Baal. Tamar; and theſe were to march dire&ly to Gibeah one the one ſide, whilſt the liers in wait ſtormed it on the other fide, and whilit the great Bedy of the Army laboured to intereept theſe Benjamites, who ha- ving purſued the 1ſrzel;res that prerended to flee, now e…
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211 tte cities that * they came to. _ od deſtroyed choſe that came to Gibeah, and into the field, now they follow them nome tv their ſeveral habirations. « Com- pichenſively t.ken, ſo as to inciude Women and Children. It this ieem harſh anc bloody, either it may be aſcribed ro Military Fury; or rather, it may be j…
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' their Opintens, as well as their Affe&ions, to the more favour:ble ſide. And ir may be, the LORD, whem they were here conſuiting with upon all their occaſions, gave them a Diſpenſation thus to do, though that be nor expreſſed ; which is the caſe of many o her things which were done, though nor Recorded; as this \…
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wherein they ſhould have taken care to reſerve a ſufficient Number, wh ch they might have done, by ſpareing, either ſo many of the Marr.ed Women as were neceſſary, who, their former Husbands Ca gry” 23 And the children of Benjamin did ſo, and took them wives according to their number 4, of them that danced,whom t…
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which ſhe juſtly thought they would be diſeppointed of; and with- all expoſed ro many ftrairs and troubles, and on that occaſion re- volt from the True Religion, which would be far worſe than ne- "ver fo have embraced it. And therefore ſhe doth juſtly and wiſe- | Ty;and pivufly in repreſenting to them the Truth of …
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f She did nor bo!dy intrude her ſelf, but modeſtly ask leave of us. g She 1s not retired through idlenefs, for ſhe hath been dilicenr and conſtant in her Jabours. þ Not in Naomies houſe, as many un- derſtand it, as may be gathered from w: 18: 19. but in the little Houſe or Tent, which was ſet up in the Fields at th…
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a i.e. Waich he formerly ſhewed to thoſe who are now dead, to wit, my Husband and his Sons whilit they were living, and now continues to us, tieir Wives, who are now alive. b Hebs ne of our Redeeme's, or Avengers, t9 whom it b-iongs to Avenge our perlions, and to Redeem our Lands, and ro M-.rry thee, che Widow and …
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; The Confidence ſhe had in Naomi's Wiſdom and Piery, and -ru: Love to her, made her ready to f:'!low her Advice, wherein he was the more excuſable, becauſe ſhe did not underſtand the Laws and Cuitoms of the Ccuntry, as Nami did. 64 And ſhe went down uncothe floor, and did ac- cording to all that her mother in law…
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s The place where Controverſies were decided, and the people aſſembled, and where they uſed to go out, and come into the Town; where he was moſt likely to find his K.nſman. 6 Doubtleſs Boaz beth knew his Name, and called himby it, but it is omitted by the holy Writer ; partly becauſe it was unneceſſary to know ir ;…
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4 Which he might do, though ſhe was a ADabite, becauie the Pro- kibition againſt marrying ſuch, 15 to be reſtrained to thoſe whocon- tinue in the Heatheniſh eſtate; as 15 evident from the reaton of it : Whereas Ruth was a ſincere Profelite and Convert to the God and Faith of Ifra:] (ze ) Had Conjugal Converſe with …
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CH AP i Elkariah goeth yearly up to the feaft at Shiloh with his two wives: Hannah « barren ; Peninnah upbraideth her, 1, ==6. Hannah prayeth fervently fo the Lord for a ſen : promiſing to ſeparate him a Nazarite unto God, T,— 12+ Ely thinking her drunk rebuketh her ; upon her anſwer, ble- ſeth her, 13, —-18 She r…
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17 Then Eli anſwered and ſaid, Goin peace q : and the God of Iſrael grant r thee thy petition that thou haſt asked of him. 7 Hannah Then ſaid Eikanah her husband to her, : oo mr a thou ? and why eateft thou not? _ * Ruth why is thy heart grieved ? am not I * better to thee = 105 an ten ſons r ? | = Oughteſt tho…
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the Birth was paſt, ſhe brought forth her Son. Revolution, or Expiration of ſome Days, Hannah concerved, and in due tine bare aSon. So the meaning is, Thar although her Husband knew her Conjugally at his return, and God was mindful of her, and intended in his time to give her his Bleſſing, yer ſhe did not Conceive…
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I A Form of Speech to engage favourable Attention. m The uſual Form of an Oath, as Gen. 42: 15: 1Sam. 17; 55. and 20. 3- Asſure- ly as thou liveſt. Which Aſſeverations ſeem neceſſary, becaute this was ſome Years after it, and was quite forgorten by him. 27 For this child I prayed, and the LORD hath gi- ven me my p…
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hath done ; he maketh one Barren, and another Fruitful, when, and how itpleaſeth him. In the Hebrew Text it is Lo the Adverb - and ſo the words may be rendred thus, his 4#ions are net, or cannot be direfied orreftified, or correffed by any others; nor can mend hig Work; he doth every ching beſt, and in the beſt ſea…
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an prevail &. : | nn as _ or paths, their Counſels and AQtions ; he wall keep ; (i e. ) bcth uphole, that they way nor fall, at leaſt into _ chief or utter Ruine ; and dire& and preſerve from wandring, an from thoſe fatal Miſtakes and Errors that wicked Men daily run out tos: þ Shall be put to filence : they who u…
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