PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
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 661
liver me .and my wen into the hand of Saul ? and the ſpur up EORD ſaid, They will deliver thee up r. t Towir. ifthcuabideſt there. For Gcd iaw their hearts their purpcfſes, and paſſions, and their averſion from David, and their af. fetions to Saul, and knew better than themſelves what they would 12 C Then David an…
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27 ©{ Butthere came a meſſenger unto Saul, ſaying, Haſte thee, and come : for the Philiſtines have Þ| in- vaded the land q- q God ſtirring them up by his all-diſpoſing Providence to do it &t this time for Davids reſcue. Compare 2 Kings 19. 9. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from purſuing after Da- {ible places» 2 And…
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4 And the men of David ſaid unto him e, Behold, the day of which the LORD ſaid unto thee, Behold, E will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou | mayeſt do to him, as it ſhall ſeem good unto thee f. Then David aroſe and cut off the skirt of + Sauls robe privily g. e Buef. How came it to paſs that Saul did…
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» So he calls him; partly, becauſe he was his Father-in-law ; partly, in teſtimony of kis reſpe& and ſubjeQtion to him as to a Fa- ther ; and partly, that by ſo amiable a compellation he m»ght both inſinyate himſe}finto his favour, and mind him ofthat Duty which 2s a Father he owed to David. I neither deſign Miſchi…
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RL l. | a Acc>rdiog to the manner of thoſe Times. See Gen. 23 9. and go. 5. Matth. 27,60, b In the Southern Borders of the Land of Ju dab, rhac ſo when occalivn lerved, he might. retire out of Saul's Donminions. : ; 2 And there was a man in Maon c, whoſ: || poiſeflions were in Carmel 4, and the man was very great…
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18 T Then Abigail made haſt2, and took two hun- dred loaves z, and two bottles of wine, and five beep ready dreſſed, and five meaſures of parched corn, and an hundred Þ cluſters of raiſins, and two hundred cakes of tigs, and laid hems on aſſes. Fe z Which ſhe did without his leave, and againſt his mind, be= cauſe…
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p Seing God hath fo ordered this buſineſs by his wiſe and won- derful Providence, that I ſhould accidentally, and unexpe&edly come to the knowledge of my Husband's vile and ſordid Carriage ; and that I ſhould come to meet theezand find thee ſo gracious, as tO gLve a favourable Audience ; and all this, that hereby h…
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32 4 And David faid unto Abigail, Bleſſed be the LORD God of [frac}, which ſent thee 5 this day to meer me: # Which by his gracious and ſingular Providence ſo diſpeſed Mat. ters, that thou ſhouldeſt come to me : He rightly begins at the Fountain of this Deliverance, which was God; avd then procceds to the Inſtrum…
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* Doth not David hide himſelf in the hill of Ha- chilah, which is before Jeſhimon 6b? a Having once betrayed him before, they thought their Caſe de- ſperate with Dav'd; and therefore did more ſtrenuouſly affiſt Saul in diſcovering him, in order to his Ruine. 6 He is returned to his former hmnt : of which ſee Chap.…
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19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear che words of his ſervant. If the LORD have ftir- red thee up againſt me x, let him + accept an offering ; y: burif 5hey be the children of men z, curſed be they _—__ before the LORD: for they have driven me out this day from Þ abiding in the inheritance of t…
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S 248 Ee en And David {mote the land, and left neit] id ſaid in his heart, I ſhal now Þ periſh one 9 : l, t neither man A Pr hand of Saul a 2 there 5s nothing ber- [227 Woman alive », and rook away the ſheep, and the ter ſor me, than that I ſhould ſpeedily eſcape into the oxen, and the alles, and the camels, and the…
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a Encouraged thereunto by Samuel's death, and Sauls degene- ration, and David's preſence with A4hiſh. b This he faith, partly, to try his Sincerity ; and partly,in confidence of Davis s Fulclity. 2 Ard David {aid to Achith, Surely thou ſhalt know what thy ſervant can do c. And Achith faid ro David, Therefore 4 wil…
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a For fear of her life, Saul himſelf being Witneſs of her Crime. o This ſhe knew, either by ſome geſture of Reverence,which this ſuppoſed Samael might thew to Saul as to the King : or, by infor- marion from this Ghoſt, or from the Spirit by whoſe help ſhe had raiſed him. 13 And the king ſaid unto her, Be not afrai…
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LORD, nor executedſt his fierce wrath upon Ama- lek 1, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. 1 He mentions this as an eminent inſtance of his diſobedience. 19 Moreover, the LORD will aiſo deliver * tral with thee, into the hand of the Philiſtines : and to morrow. ſhalt thou ard thy ſons be w…
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e Were uniatisfied and offended with Ach:ſb for this Intention and Declaration. f Herein the wiſe and gracious Providence of God appeared, both in helping him out of thoſe Snares and Difficulties, our of which no humane wit cauld have extricated him,bur he muſt either have been,or have been thought to be a T raitor…
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hold, it wes burnt with fire, and their wives, andtheir ſons, and their daughters were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him, lift - Up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep f. f Till either the Humour was wholly ſpent,or the Conſideration of their Calamity had made t…
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Drinking, and Dancing, was ,more cuſtomary and proper work 'or the Evening, than for the Morning ; and partly, becauſe the Evening was m. re convenient for David, that the fewneſs of his Forces might not be ditcover<cd by the Day-light. Obje#. It is not I''--ly that David would fall upon the Amalekites before his M…
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OW * the Philiſtines fought againſt Iſrael 2: and. "0 the men of Iſrael fledfrom beforethe Philiſtines, ,! Chron and fell down || ſlain in mount Gijboa. || Or. a Whilſt David was engaged againſt the Amalekites, So he returns wounded to the Hiſtory, which had been interrupted, to give an account of ; David's concer…
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"il; (or, becauſe my life 5s yet whole within me þ. mp embroi= F (j.e.) Lean upon me with thy weight and force, that the Spear red coat ) may come through me: Or, ſtay by me; (i. e.) Stop thy flight, and hindereth tarry ſo long with me till thou haſt killed me. g (1.e.) Iamin me, thi® great pain of Body, and anguiſ…
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21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Jet there be no dew. nei- cher Jet there be rain upon you 4, nor fields of + off-r- ,,.... ings e: for there the ſhield of the mighty f F is vileiy g ofermgs. caft away h ; the ſhield of Saul, as r1hongh be had not been t Heb wi | anointed with oil 4. louched : d This is no proper Imprec…
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he ſaid, Unto Hebron. | | a By Urim, as 1 Sam. 23. 6, 9. and 30. 7, 8. Thus David be- gins at the right end, and lays his Foundation in God's Counſel and Aſſiſtance, which now he ſeeks. b He asketh nor whether he ſhould Take the Kingdom ; for that was appointed and known before ; and he would not offend God, nor d…
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x To Battel. Queff. How could or durſt this one Tribe oppoſe all the reſt. ſw. Firſt, This Tribe was very numerous and vali- ant of themſelves, and they had a King of extraordinary Courage, and Condu&, and Succeſs. Secondly, There were great numbers of the otheg, Tribes which favoured them , as appears from 1 Chro…
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32 4 And they took up Aſahel, and buried him in the {-pulchre of his fathzr, which was in Bethlehem : and Joab and his men went all night, and they came co Hebron at break of day. | CHAP. 4 Tie war between the houſe of David and the houſe of Saul. Six ſons born to David in Hebron, 1, --- 5+ Abner diſpleaſed with …
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o Who in his name and ſtead might treat with Pavid concerning his Reconciliation with hin. "Thus God over-rules the Lu:tts and Paſſions of wicked Men, ro accomplith his own wite and ho!y Purs. poſes. And who then dare courens with rhar God who mixes even. his Enemics to do his work, aad deltroy themtelves ? p.To wh…
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i In the King's Name, and upon pretence of ſome further Com- munication with him. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab * rook him afide in the gate &, to ſpeak with him [| * 1 King quietly 7 : and ſmote him there under the fifth 746 w;, 10 chat he died, for the blood of * Aſahel his brother ». þ In the …
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4 To refreſh and chear up his depreſſed Spirits ; as they uſed to do at Funerals. See Jer. 16. 5- Exzek. 24.17. ez, e. Till Evening, for then Faſting Days ended of courſe. 26 And all the people took notice of it f, and it + pleaſed them g : as whatſoever the king did 4 pleaſed all the people. . f Obſerved what th…
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6 And they came thither into the midſt of the houſe &, as though they would have fetched wheat 1 ; and they {more him under the fifth rib ; and Rechab and Baanah his brother eſcaped ». k Or,into the horſe : for the midſt is not always taken exaQtly,and Mathemarically,burt for any part within,as Gen: 48; 16. Exod: …
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f Whereby David obliged himſelf to rule them according to God's Laws ; and the People promiſed Fideiity and Obcdience to him g Either. 1. Before the Ark, which might be here,though thar be nor mentioned in this place Or,2.Before the Prieſt ciothcd with the Ephod ; whcreby he was in a manner pur into God's Prelence.…
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9 S0 David dwelt in the fort, and called it, The city of Dav:d : and David built round about from Mil'o «, and inward. u Which ſeems ro have been ſome large and well fortified Buil- ding, Juag 9: 6: 2 Chron: 3:5. adjoyning, or near to the wall of the City of Zion. 10 4 And David f went on, and grew great x, and …
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Philiſlines ſhould atrempr to diſturb them in this work 2 And * David aroſe, and went with all the people that were with him 6b, from Baale of Judah c, to bring up from thence the Ark of God 4, || whoſe name is cal- led by the name of the LORD of hoſts e, that dwelleth berween the cherubims. þ With the whoie body…
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1- Thar it is fit and reaſonable, that God ſhould make ſome Perſons Examples of his juſt and high Diſpleaſure againſt Sins, ſeemingly ſmall ; partly, for the demonſtration of his own exaQ and impartial Holineis ; partly, for the eſtabliſhment of Diſcipline, (for which very reaſon, even earthly Princes have oft-time…
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e For Moſes his Tabernacle was ſtill at Gibeon, 1 Chron: 16. 39. and 21+ 29+ and 2 Chron: 1: 3. which David left there, becauſe hc deſigned to build a Temple at Jeruſalem with all ſpecd, though hc was countermanded therein by God himſelf. 18 And afloon as David had made an end of offering *:Chron. burnt-offerings,…
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; Did Tever give any Command about it, without which neither they did; nor thou ſhouldſt artempt it? &.In 1 Chren. 17: 6. it is of the Judges, and to them, not to the tribes, the following words agree, whcm I commanded to feed my People Iſrael. Either therefore the Tribes are here put Synecdochically for the Rulers…
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u When the time of thy life ſhall expire. This Phraſe implies, that his days ſhall be compleated and prolonged to the uſual courte and ſtint of Nature, and nor cut off in the midſt, by any violent or untimely death. x I will ſer up in thy ſtead and Throne, thy Poſteriry, firſt So/cmom, and then others tucceſhively,…
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I To wit, which thou haſt already done for me, as he now ſaid, That thou haſt brought me hitherto, 1. e. to that pitch of Honour, and Peace, and Proftperity, in which through thy favour I now ſtand. -m Though it was more than I deſerved, or could expe&, yet thou didſt not think it enough for thee to give to me. » F…
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3 Chron. 18. 1. which are called Metheg-Ammah, or the Bridle of Ammah, becauſe Gath was ſituate in the Mountain of Ammah ; and becaule this being the chief Ciry of the Phil: fines, and having a King, which none of the reſt had, was the Bridle which had hither- ro ws the Iſraelites in ſubje&ion, but now was taken ou…
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being eighteen thouſar.d men ps # i.e. Much increaſed his Reputations x Or, Edomites, as they 4 uhh are ſaid to be, 1 Chron. 18. 12 It js likely thele two People were © © Confederates, and that divers of the Syrians whom David had de- feared in Syria, fled to Edom, and there joyned with them againſt their common E…
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David, fir fonathan's ſake. fendeth for his Son Mephiboſheth, t, 6. Entertaintth him at his Table : Ana-reſtoreth him all that was Saul's ; Appointeth Ziba to be his Servant, 7, —>—— 13, N D David ſaid a, Ls there yet any that is left : of the houſe of Saul b, that I may ſhew him kindneſs for Jonathans ſake 2 a D…
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Ammon are mentioned, Chap. 8. 12. by way of anticipation, and with reſpeC& to the ſtory here following. c Which he might do, either, by offering him his help, if he neededir ; or, by ſupplying him with Military or other Proviſtoas upon occalion, or many other ways. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon ſaid …
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15 © And when the Syrians ſaw that they were {mitten before Iſrael, they gathered themſelves to- gether L. : : z Partly, to wipe out the ſtain of Cowardize which they had now contra&ed : partly, to prevent that Vengeance which they ſuppoſed David would execute upon them for their laſt atrempr : and partly, to ſha…
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*7al. 51 The came in unto him -, and he * lay with her ( Þ for zl, the was purified from her uncleanneſs ) » and ſhe re- tHeb- 974 turned unto her houſe. ſn was - { From her own Houſe into his Palace, not by force, but by per- rijing mi ſwaſion, as deſiring to ſpeak with her, Into his Palace and if from 2@r Chambe…
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14 And ic came to pals in the morning, that Da- vid wrote a letter to Joab, and ſent it by the hand of Uriah, POE Is And he wrote in the letter, ſaying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the f hotteſt battel, and retice ye t from him, that he may be ſmitten and die &. d So far is David from Repenting upon theſe ju…
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a The Prophet, chap. 7. 2. 1 King. 1. 8. When the ordinary means did not awaken David to Repentance, God uſeth an extra- ordinary Courſe. Thus the Merciful God pities and prevents him who had ſo horribly forſaken and forgotten God. 6 He prudently uſhereth in his Reproof with a Parable, after the manner of the Eaſt…
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r To wit, the evil of Puniſhment. 5 From thy own Children and Ly. t 7. e. Openly, ſo as thou ſhalt know it as certainly as if thou didit fee it, and yet not be able to hinder ir. « 5. e. I ſhall by my Providence, give him Power over them, which I know he wilt abuſe ; and I ſhall not reſtrain him from ſo doing, eith…
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29 And David gathered all the people together 6 : and went to Rabbah : and fought againſt it, and took it. b Either becauſe Joab needed more help for the ſtorming of the City : or, at leaſt, for the Proſecution of the Victory, and Execu* tion of Juſtice upon the whole Land : or becauſe he would have them all to p…
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' ful Deaths were inflicted not only upon thoſe great Counſellors, who were the only Authors of that vile Uſage of the Ambaſſadors ; bur upon a great number of the People who were innocent from that Crime. And therefore it is probably conceived, that David ex- erciſed this Cruelty whilſt his Heart was hardned, and …
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gq How can Icither endure or avoid the ſhame and reproach o: " it ? 77, e. Loathſom and contemptible to all the People, wherea now thou artin great Reputation, and Heir apparent ot the Crown JS This the ſpake, either beeauſe ſhe did not underſtand, or not re- member that the Law of God prohibited ſuch Marriages bet…
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.*. This circumſtance of time is noted. partly as an aggravation »F Abſalom's malice, which was ſo inveterate and imp!acable + and artly as an a& of 4ſaloms Policy, that both Ammon and David 11.ht more ſecurely comply with his detires, as being now free om all ſuſpicion of revenge. h According to the manner of thoſ…
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39 And * the ſcul of king David ||longed to go forth unto Abſalom #: for he was comforted concerning Am- a To wit,to viſit him, or to ſend for him. And thus this word, the Soul,is here underſtood partly, from the Hebrew Verb, which be- ing of the Feminine Gender; agiecs not with David, but with David's Soul ; and …
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W hereby ſhe both infinuates her great eſteem of,and atteQtion for the - King,thereby winning upon him to compaſs her deſign ; and withal implies,that ſuch an omiſſion of the King's will bring guilt upon him; and yet moſt prudently and decently orders her phraſe fo as not to ſeem to blame or threaten the King. Comp…
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is in many other places,and as being eaſily ſupplied out of the con- text. So the ſenſe is, God hath hitherto ſpared him, and did not oft doth with Perſons who are out of the Magiſtrates reach ; but hath hitherto preſerved him evenina Heatheniſh Land. All which are intimations that God would have him ſpared. c Or, …
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: , F any turnings or windings to the right or left hand, bur he quickly away (the Future Tenſe oft noting a continued a&t, as Hebricians ob- |ſearcheth our thetruth in every thing : ſo (it is a folly to diſſemble, offended with thee, 18 Then the King anſwered and ſaid unto the We- man, Hide not from me, I pray the…
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Heb. bowed himſelf, and + thanked the King : And Joab |; Kid. aid, To day thy ſervant knoweth that I ;have found Iam ſonear to him,is both more grievous and more ſhameful to me. grace in thy ſight, My Lord, O King, in that the king | Burt the truth of the buſineſs was this, Ab/alem ſaw that his Father 1Or, thy: hath…
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years ipace, comes not to half ſomuch. But ſome Mens hair grows much faſter, and is much heavier than others. Bur others under- ſtrand this not of the weight, but of the price of his hair, which was {old by him that Polled it at that rate. 27 And unto Abſalom there were born three ſons c and one daughter whoſe nam…
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and yet through his tedious Marches, and the tormenting Cares, Fears, and Griefs ofhis Soul fer 4:jalow might be ſo ſtrangely and ſuddenly impaired, as in the end of the ſame Year to be very fee- ble and bed-rid, it beinga very common accideot,eſpecially in old Men,and upon extraordinary occaſions, to languith and …
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q i. e. Worſhip him by the offering of Sacrifices of Thankſgiving to God, for reſtoring me to the place of his preſence and ſervice, & to my Father's favour. But why ſhould not this ſervice have been performed at Sion. or at Gibeon? Here was ſome ground of ſuſpicion; but God blinded Davia'sEyes. that he might bring…
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he might juſtly think unhr to carry it from place to place he knew not whither, and toexpole it to all the hazards and inconveniences to which he himſelfwas likely to be expoſed : partly,out of reſpe& to the Prieſts, whom, by this means, he thought !:e ſhould expoſe to the Rage of 4bſalom, as he had before expoſed …
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ment. & Either, 1. From the Ark which now was in the low ground, being near the Brook Cedron, to the top of the Mount of Olives, whence he had the prcoſpett of the City and Temp'e ; as ap- pears from Mark 13. 3. where he could Ciſcern when the People ceaſed to'come out of the City after David, which when they did, …
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k Or rather, goout,as the Word properly ſignifies. Be gone out of thy Kingdom, as thou deſerveſt. 8The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the houſe of Saul 7, in whoſe ſtead thou haſt reigned, and the LORD hath delivered the kindom into the +oenagh hand of Abſalom thy fon: and +} behold, thou «rt in th…
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— ——— ——— , Chap. % VI. | father, 4 41s I in the procferce of his for 52 as T have ſerved in thy fa- thers preſence, fo will I bein thy preſence. Thou art his Son, and Heir, and Succeſſor, and now in his place and ſtead : whereby my Friendſh:p which was due to him, 1s devolved upon thee by Right of Inh:rican…
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