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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1

Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 · 2,318,168 words · 1997 reading sections

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{peak thou. "wy 7 And Huſhai ſaid unto Abſalom, The counſel that Ahicthophel hath + given, 7s not good at this time e. + Heb. e Thongh at other times he generally gives moſt wiſe and ad» counſellei1l mirable Countel ; yer, as he is a Man, he ſeems now to be under i a miſtake, and nor ſufficiently to conlider all t…

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#3 Who knew them to be favourens of David,and obſerved them to wait there upon deſign, and to gain intelligence, and poſſibly ſaw the Wench ſpeaking privately to them. 6 Suſpe&ting by this Lads obſervation and Carriage, that they were diſcovered. c E1- ther to ſome hole in the ſide of the Pit : or, to the bottom of…

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faid unto the people, I will ſurely go forth with you my ſelfalſo c, b Towit,for his eſpecial condu& and management in the Battel: otherwiſe Joab was the General of all the Forces ; nor had David yet taken away that Power from him, nor was thisa time ro do it. Bur ſuch diſtriburions of Forces are uſual in Batrels.…

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pþ Who according to David's Command, ſpared him, and gave him an opportunity to eſcape. 9 In which probably he was en- tangled by the hair of the head, which being very long and thick, might eaſily catch hold of a Bough,eſpecially when the great God dire&ed it. Eicher he wore no Helmet, or his Helmet was ſuch as l…

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20 And Joab ſaid unto him, Thou ſhalt not + bear 2%," | ridings this day, but thou ſhalt bear ridings another day : handef,&c. | but this day thou ſhalt bearno tidings, becauſe the Kings t Heb: #e a man 0 ridings, I7. it + Heb: k And thou ſhalt not be a Meſſenger of evil tidings,which will be unwelcome to him; …

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2 Either the Gate-bouſe : Or, his now dwelling-heuſe in the City: To which he was retired, that he might more freely indulge himſelf in the expreſſions of his Grief. e By diſappointing their juſt hopes of Praiſes and Rewards, and by requiting them:with Contempt and tacit rebukes, f All which 4/glom: ſtruck ar, and …

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: Who being the fiiſt and chief Abettors of Ab[alom's Rebellion, deſpaired of ever obtaining the King's Graceand Pardon,andthere- fore were backward to promote the King's Reſtauration. « To his Royal Palace at Jeruſalem. x i. e, Even to Mahanaim, where now the King's Houſe and Family is. Thus ſometimes one word is …

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z I do not excuſe my Sin, but with griefand ſhame confeſs it ; in which cafe the Lord thy God is ready to pardon Offenders, and ' fol truſt wilt thou be. o The ſenſe of my former fin now hath, and whilſt I live, will make me the firſt and moſt forward in a!] Ads of Duty and Service to thy Majeſty. p Obje#. He was a…

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unto him, Wherefore wenteſt not thcu with me &, Mephiboſheth ? SES d So it is ſuppoſed, That Mephiboſheth, though he went to mett the King, wanted either Courage, or fir Gpportunity to 1peak to the King till he came to Jerujalem, becauie of the great Multi- rudes that Addreſſed themſelves ro the King by the way. T…

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* rKings 21 4 And* Barzillai the Gileadite came down from 2: 7. Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the King, to con- du& him over Jordan 0o. o And thento croſs Jordan again, and ſo return to his Native Land. | 22 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, ever four- ſcore years old, and * he.had provided the King of ſu- …

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f Heb, Cath * Cha 1: 1 THeb liver | ſelf iro dur ey! * Ch: 8.18 T Ht gal, bel: {worg b, ſo ligh, k Chap: KX. { *; King- 12, 16. * Chap. 15. 16. and 16.2 2+ t Reb. s houſe of ward. t Heb. lumd. + Heb. in warwhood ef life. f Heb, Cal * Chap. 11: 1 THeb.de liver him= ſelf from dur eyes…

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intended only to pur it into its Scabbard, and therefore took no care to defend himſelf againſt the ſtroke. »y See on chap. 2: 23. '2z He diſpatched him at one ftroke ; or,gave him his Deaths Wound at the firſt blow, and needed not ro ſmite him again. # Who now | boldly reſumed his former Place, and marched in the …

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Iſrael z : thou feekeſt to deſtroy a city, and a mother « in Iſrael : why wilt thou ſwallow up the inheritance of the LORD x? z Or, I ( to wit, the City of Abel.in whoſe Name and Perſt on ſhe ſpeaks this ) am one of the peaceable and faithful Cities of Jſrael. Whatſoever $h;ha may deſign, whom we have innocently r…

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Four battels again the Philiſlines wherein fuur valiants of David /lay four giants, 15 22, - þ Hen @ there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year ; and David + enqui- + 13 red of the LORD b. And the LORD anſwered, 7: fog ,, is for Saul, and for his bloody houſe, becauſe he flew /**f,8. the…

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— - Chap. x | E: [Or ll 0 LOR *: Sar 18. 3 20. 8 and 2 |Or. thal"s fer, v f He bare t Aoviel «9 4 FCha7 | Or. it 15 ot vcr an gol that we ſave to a with Sat or buhouſe; neither X* XI. \\:at ſhall T do for you g? and wherewith ſhall I make « itonement, that ye may bleſs the inheritance of th…

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was inflifted. See the Note on r Sam. 24. 22. y Or, in an hill, in or near Gibeah; in a conſpicuous place for their greater infamy,and for the caution and terror of others who ſhould make any attempr upon the Gibeonites for the furure. z As a Sacrifice offered up to God to appeaſe his Wrath : or, unto the Lord, as …

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r After the Bartel laſt mentioned. ſ Or, i Gezer,as it 1s 1 Chron. 20: 4. Whereby it ſeems Gob and Gezer were neighbouring Places, and. the Battel fought in the. Confines 6f both, £ One of David s worthies, 1 Chron. 11. 29- ; ; : 19. And there was again a bartel in Gob, with the Philiſtines, where Elhanan #, the ſ…

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28 And the afflicted pe. ple thou wilt || ſave : but nn chine eyes are upon the haughty,that thou mayeſt bring bs them down. | 29 For thou art my || lamp, O LORD : and the || Or, LORD will lighten my darkneſs. candle. 30 For by thee I hare || run through a troop : by ann my God have leaped over a wall. ele 31 As…

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f He who 1s the ſtrength,and defence,and proteQor of his People ; which he here manifeſts by ebliging and direQting Kings and Rulers ſo ro manage their Power and Authority as may molt conduce to their comfort and benefir. g By way of command. Or, of me, by way of Prediction and Promite concerning me and my Houſe an…

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k Although God knows that neither I, nor my Children have Li- ved and Ruled as we ſhould have cone, ſo juſtly, and in the fear of the Lord ; and therefore have not enjoyed that uninterrupted Pro- ſperity which we might have enjoyed : but our Morning-light, or, the beginning of thar Kingdom promiſed to me and mine f…

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x So the meaning is, He mu{t fill his Hand, or Arm himfelfw:h ſome Iron Weapon, whereby he may cut them down ; or, w/t/; 792 ftaff of a fpear, or ſome ſuch like thing, whereby he may thruſt them away from himſelf, that they do him no hurt. Or thus, he w:ll be filled, or will fill himſelf; i. e. his Hand, wherewith …

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o Or Barlcy, as it is 1Chron 11: 13 For bcth might very well grow in the lame Field, in divers parts of it And this faCt is aſcribed ro Eleazar, 1 Chron. 11.12. but ſo as itisimplied, that he had ſome *artner or Partners in 1t ; for it is there faid; v. 14. They ſet themſelves, &c. So Eleaxer might and and fight in…

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o In 1 Chron: 11: 27: Shammoth the Harorite Concerning which and ſuch like alterations, and other changes of the Names, which will be obſerved, by comparing this Catalogue with that, it will be ſufficient to ſuggeſt, 1. That the ſame Names of Perfons, or Places, are differently pronounced according to the different…

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6 Then they came to Gilead m, and to the || land of Tahtim-hodſhin ; and they came to Dan-Jaan os, and about to Zidon m To Mouat G'lead, which lay Northward from Anon. n A place ſo called. Or, the lew-land lately gained; i. e nor given by Joſhuz, but taken lately from the Hagarens by Saul; which was near Gilead, …

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y To wit, his immediate Stroke, which is chiefly in the Peſti- lence : for though the Sword and Famine be alſo God's Hand, yer. there is alſo the hand of Man, or other Creatures in them- The reaſon of this choice. was partly his Experience of, and confidence in God's great goodneſs : partly, becauſe rhe ogher Judgm…

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o The Particle, &s, being underſtood, as it oft is in the Hebrew ; 7. e. with a Royal Bounty. Or, Araunah the king ; as he might be called, either, becauſe he was King of the Jebuſites before David [took their Ciry : or,becauſe he was the Son and Heir of that King. p He not only offered, but aQtually gave them, z. …

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N OW king David was old, and + ſtricken in years 4, | and they covered him with clothes, but he gat n 0 heat b. a Being in the end of his ſeventieth Year. 5 Which is not ſt range in a Perſon not only of ſo great an Age, but alſo who had b een exerciſcd with fo many hardthips- in War,and with ſuch tor- Tt 1enting …

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mighty men 6, and Solomon his brother he called nor. X b Becauſe he knew they favoured Solomon his Competitor. - x 11: 4 Wherefore Nathan ſpake c unto Bathiheba the 44 mother of Solomon 4, ſaying, Haſt thou not heard by that Adonijah the ſon of * Haggith doth reign, and , : 6," David our lord knoweth 3: not e? . …

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z Who, upon Nathans approach to the King had modeſtly with. drawn her ſelf, either in another Room, or into another part of this Room, more remote from the Bed upon which David lay. 29 And the king ſware, and ſaid, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my ſoul out of all diſtreſs, 30 Even as I {ware unto thee by …

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dite the execution of it, that it might not be ſpoiled by delays, as. frequently happens. . 42 And while he yet ſpake, behold, Jonathan the ſon of Abiathar t the prieſt came, and Adonijah ſaid unto him, Come in, for thou art a valiant man «, and bringeſt good tidings- £ Who it ſeems was left at Jeruſalem for a Sp…

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.| he ſpake concerning me, ſaying, * If thy children take « Proc: : 3 12- with all their heart, and with all their ſoul /, * there * 2 Sam. ſhall not Þ fail thee ( ſaid he ) a man on the throne of 7: EE Iſrael REES. g 5. e. Fulfil his promiſe, the condition upon which it was ſu- | ently obſcrve ail their Acti- 5 …

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9 5. e In thy power, as that Phraſe is oft uſed. z Or, reproach- ed me with bitter reproaches, 2 Sams 16. 7, 8: which David could not but deeply reſent from him, chough,as it was an affliction ſent from God, he patiently ſubmitted to it- - Queſt, How then could David lawfully c11gage So/omon to puniſh him for it; A…

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20 Then ſhe faid, I defire one ſmall petition s of thee, 1 pray thee ſay me not nay : and the king ſaid un- to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not ſay thee nay t. | | * So ſhe eſteemed it, becauſe ſhe did not perceive his Deſign in it ; and as for that Law, Levit: 18: 7. ſhe might apprehend, that becauſe David…

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x Either, r. Kill him in that place : and for ſo doing, Solomon might ſeem to have warrant from God, Exod. 21. 14. and might further deſign by this juſt ſeverity, to deterr future Offenders, by Gewing, thar no place nor perſon ſhould prote& them from the ſtroke of Juſtice. Or rather, 2. Ler him Die as he is reſolve…

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e He now put him in the execution of that Office, to which he may ſeem to have been Anointed before, 1 Chron. 29. 22, But of that, ſee my Notes here on v. 27. 36 q dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither f. f This Solomen ordered, partly, for his own ſecurity ; that being removed from that place where hi…

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Carrying Shimei along with him to the place of Execution, which was not fit to be 4in the Kings Preſence. x His ſecret and worſt Enemies being taken out of the way+ CIS AP. IL Solamon marrieth Pharaohs Daughter : High Places being in uſe, he goeth to Gibeon to Sacrifice, 1, - 4. There the Lord appeareth to him: G…

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z Queſt. How could Solomon pray in his Dream, or that prayer be aCceptable ro God, as this was, v. 19 ? Anj. The Dreams of Men are not ſuch inſignificant things as many imagine. That good Dreams are oftentimes praiſe-worthy, and evil Dreams blame-wor= thy, is not only the opinion of the Jews and Chr:ians, but of di…

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as the effets of a good Underſitan:iling ; and he thar, lives in the negle& of his Duties, or the prattice of Wickedneſs, is called a F.ol, and one void of Underſtanding. 2 Or, govern, as that word is uſed, Judges 3: 10; and 4:4: Pſal: 7:8: and 67. 4: Iſa: 2: 4:and16.5. a To wit, in Cauſes and Controverſies among m…

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4, unto the king r, and ſtood there before him q Or, Vifuallers : for the Hebrew word ſignifies both. See on Jeſþ. 2. i. And poſlibly they might be both, this by their open profeſſion, and the other by their ſecret praftice: not that they were common Harlots ; for neither would Solomon have tolerated ſuch ; nor du…

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{| Or, the riah the ſon c of Zadok 4, || the prieſt e. chief officer. þ.j. e.: The chief Rulers or Officers belonging to him. « Or, the Grand-ſon, by comparing this with 1 Chren. 6.8, 9. 4d Either Za- dok the Prieſt, x Chron. 6. 8, 9. or ſome other of that name. e So he was the ſecond Prieſt, or the Prieſt that att…

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% Ramoth in the Land of Gilead, Deut. 4. 43. Joſh. 20. 8. 1 Kings 22. 3.10 called todifferenceir from Ramoeth in Iſachar, 1 Chron. 6.73. x In Manaſſeh beyond Jordans See Numb. 32. 41, Deut. 3. 14- y This is added by way of diſtintion from thoſe Towns of Jair. For being without Jordan they were lyable to the attempt…

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pointed partly for the defence and preſervation of his People 1n } peace ; and partly, for attendance upon his. Perſon, and tor the Splendor of his Government. Compare chap. 10. 26 Burt the words may be otherwiſe rendred, and 12000 horſes, for Paraſhmani- teſtly ſignifies borh an horſe and horſemen: And theſe might…

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Second! - 2 rue he Lord hi of other et 4 7 Which as that Phr " , Aa Fa 1 . + of tar work 4 him. Rich noted is Carer and Thoughes | 4g =p mple upo . ei.e. Mad od's deni and Tho :58. | barley 5: 27 n them a ade them denial of ughts | of { , and 2 th ſub the honour of ſev 0000 b at But now the L is pleaſure. 7 en …

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The b wildi neſs . ng of h C it . wind ft P te H , Storage mpl, A 16 mm_—_— , cham Ce 2: an P, I +, Chron: aoors -- 2 13. _ _ the tim VL, XX 5 8 | ay 2. Th he cieti materi e th 7 Jl, N as e <> eung teri / eve N E D 35; The plans and gen weve the ff G : O 1t mer : and r1177 "10. 09M : + Heba *f © fourſcre yea…

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-2 3Ga 7 = the 6 cieli ngs ; 3 th E ar ched 7 Be S Ai and Bo FE ard s wh ere . the OL - wit; is far VI. | the Houſe was covered, which was made of other Wood, which was more pliable than Cedar, and would: better endure bowing and bending ) with Cedars. 10 And then he built chambers againſt all th…

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| Chap. *Exod. 25- 8. ET 41NG LS Chap. yy Or, on. the inner-ſide ( whereby he might imply, that the outſide of the Partition-Wall which looked towards the holy Place, was or ſo covered. ) Of ( for the Hebrew Lamed is very oft a note of the Genitive Caſe ) the Oracle, even of the moſt holy place: which laſt wor…

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| Chup: VI: K-# [. even the Chambers belonging to it- # 7. e. The Altar of Incenſe, which was ſet in the Holy place cloſe by the Doors of the Oracle. x As before he overlaid it with Cedar : of which, ſee the Notes ON Vere 20, : 23 4 And within the oracle he made two cheru- bims » of || + olive-tree s, each ten …

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ROT Solomon was building his. own houſe #* thirteen years b, and he finiſhed all his houſe. a3 The Royal Palace for himſelf and for his Succefſſors. Or, his horſes, the Singular Number being put for the Plural. 5 Almoſt double time to that in which the Temple was built;becauſe neither were the Materials fo far pro…

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ſures of hewed ftones ) and cedars f. e i.e. In the Roof or upper part ; for this is oppoſed to the foun- dation. f Intermixed here the one, and there the other. : 12 And the great court g round about, was with three rows of hewed ſtones, and a row of cedar-beams, hb, both for the inner court of the kouſe of the L…

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a Where they were placed for meer Ornament and Magnificence, for they ſupported nothing. e Fachin ſignifies he ; i:e: God ſball eftabliſh, to wit, his Temple, and Church, and People : and Boaz ſig- niftes, 71 it, or rather, in him ( to anſwer the he in the former name ) z ſtrength. So theſe Pillars being eminently …

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34 And there were four under-ſetters to the four corners of one baſe : and the under-ſetters were of the very baſe itſelf e. e Not only of the ſame matter, but of the ſame piece, being caſt with it. 25 And inthe top of the baſe 4 there a round compaſs of half a cubit high : and on the top of the baſe, the ledges…

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c The Senators, and Judges, and Rulers. 6 For each Tribe had a. peculiar Head or Governour. «c The chief Perſons of every grear Family in each Tribe. 4 Unto himſelf; the antecedent Noun be- ing put for the relative and reciprocal Pronoun, as is frequent with the Hebrews, e Where the Temple was built, and now finiſh…

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5.9. Numb: 4: 6: but in part. 7 Either, Firſt, Properly to called : which place was indeed before the Oracle, Bur how then could it be ſaid, that they were not ſeen without, to wit, in the Holy place ? For that they ſhould be ſeen withour, to wir, in the Court. was fo ridicu- Jous a conceit, that it had been abſurd…

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16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Iſrael out of Egypr &, I choſe no city / our of all the tribes of Iſrcel to build an houſe, that my Name might be therein »s ; bur I choſe * David » to be over my * » Sy, people lfrael. 7.8 k Until David's time ; for then he did chuſe Jeruſalem, 1 5. e. T did not de…

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Oh i || towards this place : and hear thou in heaven thy dwel- | 0. 4, ing-place h, and when thou heareſt, || forgive 5. favourably, # Which he adds,that the People might nor Idolize the Temple, % Gr nor preſume upon it, as if God were now faſt tied xo them, as " having noother dwelling-place; and to dire& them in …

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b 7. e. Either, r. His Sin, which may be called zhe plague of his heart, in oppoſition to the other Plagues here mentioned, which afflit only the Body, or outward Man ; So the ſence is, Who, by their AfiQions are brought to a true and ſerious ſence of their worſe and inward plagues of their Sins,which are mot fitly…

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q Heb- bring back their hearts ; to wit, their Sin ; Expreſſed ver. 46. and implied in the following word, Repent. r Senfibly, and with an honeſt heart. 48 And ſo return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their foul s, in the land of their enemies, which led them captive, and * pray unto thee toward the…

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Services and for the preſent Solemn Work, for which the Brazen Altar was not ſufficient, as it here follows ; and by the direction of God's Spirit, wherewith Selomon was endowed, as being a Pro- pher, as well as a King. Here therefore he ſuddenly reared up divers Altars, which after this Solemnity were demolithed. …

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father, ſaying, There ſhall not fail thee a man upon 7: 1 _ |} the throne of [frael, COS | ; Upon that condition 3 for my Promiſe to David was Con- LY ditional: | TOY 6 But * if ye ſhall at all turn from following me &,ye + , $a. or your children, and will not keep my command.- 7.. 14- ments and my ſtatutes, whic…

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