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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1
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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1021
a Not now preſently after the Dedication of the Wall and Gates and Ciry, but upon a certain day, as that Phraſe is very common- ly uſed 1a Scripture without any relation to the time or things men- tioned next before it; to wit, when Nehemiah was returned again from the Perſian Court to Jeruſalem, from which he had …
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n» Which might be either, 1. From this corrupt High-Prieſt Eliaſhib. who took their portions, as he did the Sacred Chambers, ro his own uſe, or employed them for the entertainment of Tob:ah, and his other great Allies. Or, 2- From the People, who either out of Covetouſnelſs reſerved them to themſelves, contrary to …
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2 i, e. Cauſed them to be Excommunicated and caſt out of the Society and Priviledges of God's people. This and the following Puniſhments were juſtly inflited upon them, becauſe this tranſ- greſfion was contrary both to a very plain and expreſs Law of God, and alſo to their own late ſolemn Covenants and promiſes, of…
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a 24. Who was this King » Anſw. It is confeſſed and manifeſt that this was one of the Kings of Perſia : But which of them it was is not yet agreed, nor is it of any necefliry for us now to knows Bur it 1s ſuthciently evident that this was either, 1. Darizs Hyſtajpis, as divers both Jewiſh and Chriſtian Writers affi…
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: . . by the han fa, which wasto keep Mens Wives,and eſpecially Queens,as much of his e as might be, from the view of other men. nk w 13 Then the king ſaid to the wiſe-men, which knew * the times o, (for fo was the kings manner towatds all that knew law and judgement p. o Either, 1. The Hiſtories of former times,…
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11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the womans houſe, + to know how Eſther did, and t Heb.|f what ſhould become of her. « 12 Now when every maids turn was come to go in toKing Ahaſuerus; after that ſhe had been cwelve months, according to the manner of the women &, for fo were the days of their p…
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e This may be referred either, 1. To K'ſb, Mordecai's Grand-fa- ther laſt mentioned : or. 2. To Mordecar, who was then carried a- way, cither x. In the Loins of his Parents ; in which fenſe Lev? is faid to be zithed in 4iraham, Hcb. 7 and as thoſe Perions named , Ezra 2 are faid t have been carried away by N:buchad…
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_ © The reaſon of which obſtinare refuſal, was either 1. The Qua- lity of the perſon ; that he was not only au infamouſly wicked Man, and an Heathen, but of that Nation, which God had ovliged the Iſraelites to abhor and oppoſe from Generation to Generation 3 and therefore he durft not thew outward reſpe& to a Man w…
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# That he might keep it as a Badge of his Supreme Authority under the King, and that he might ule it for the ſealing of this De- cree which now he deſired or of any other,, as hereafter he ſhould ice fir. Compare ch $., 2,8. and Gen. 41. 24, u So he was both by Inclination, as he was an Amalekite, and eſpecially by…
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State, that few or none might have acceſs to the King but them- ſclves and their Yrieads And many fuch ſevere Laws there were in the Perfian Courts which profane Hiſtorians relate, as that if any Perſon looked upon one of the Kings Concubines, or wore any of his own Clothes,or drunk of that water which he had appro…
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the banquer that I ſhall prepare for them, and 1 1 ll dott® to morrow as the king hath 1aid 7. 4 CV 3 g-] ww T H- found, 17 do Mordecai f werit his way, and did according t Heb. ſter put on her * royal apparel b, and ſtood in the* Ch. 8 inner court of the kings houſe, over againſt the kings & 8. 15] Chap 8. &…
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a away. : . 4 ?* chronicles þ: and they were read before the king c. | + How vain areall the contrivances and indeavours of this fooliſh impotent Man againſt the Wiſe and omnipotent God. who hath the hearts and hands of Kings and all Men perfeRly at his diſpoſe, and can by ſuch trivial accidents ( as they are acco…
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o OS CY 9 And let this Apparel and horſe be delivered tothe hand of one of the kings moſt noble princes, that they may array the man zhal, whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horſeback, through the , 1.4 principal ſtreets of the city, and proclaim before him, cauſe tm Thus jhall ic be done unto t…
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i The Expreffions are ſhort and doubled, as proceeding from a diſcompoſed and enraged mind. & z. e. To circumvent me, and by ſubrilty to procure an irrevocable Decree,whereby not only my Eitate ſhould be ſo much impaired, and fo many of my innocent Subje&s be deſtroyed without Mercy,but my Queen alſo ſhould be inv…
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I You ſec how ready I have bzen to grant your requeſts; anl T do not repent of my Favour to you, and am ready to grant your further Deſires, as far as the Law will permit we tg do. 8 Write ye alſo for the Jews m» as ir liketh you in in the Kings name. and ſeal it with the Kings ring » : for the wricing which is wr…
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6 Which is 1s off put for gladneſs, as 2 Sam. 22. 29. Job 18; 5,6: Pſal. 27. 1. becauſe light 1s pleaſant and diſpoſeth a man to joy whereas Dzrkneſs inelines a man to ſorrow. c This explains the former Metaphor by two words expreſſing the ſame thing, to note the greatneſs ofthe Joy. d Inſtead of that contempt unde…
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g hangs k7i. e To kill their implacable Enemies. For it is not impro- bable that the greateſt and worſt ofthem had politickly withdrawn or hidden theinſelves for that day 3 after which, the Commiſſion granted to tne Jews being expired. they confidently returned ro their .omes 3 where they were taken and ſlain by vi…
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30 And he ſent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and feven provinces of the kingdom of Ahaſuerus, 25th words of peace and truth z; z Or, even words of peace and truch, Which may reſpe& either 15 The form of the Writing, wherein after the cuſtom he {aluted * them with hearty wiſhes of their true …
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or in ſome part of Arabia, not far from the Chaldeans and Sabears, as this Chapter witaefſcth ; ſo called probably from Uz, one of Efau's poſterity, Gen. 36. 28. Jer. 25. 20. b Not legally or exaQly, ashe confefſeth Ch. 9. 20. but comparatively to ſuch as weie partial in their Obedience to God's Commands, and as to…
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his Children made him jealous ; for which he had cauſe enoug from the corruption of May's Nature, the frailty and Folly of Youth, the many Temprathhs which atrend upon Feaſting and Jollity, and the eaſineſs of fliding from lawful ro forbidden De. lights. q Not in the i 5 rene and higheſt degree, which it is not pr…
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; them ms: good pleaſure ; and thar he hath reſerved and Prepared ſuch a feli- | m i.e. Belide the Oxen, therefore both were taken away toge- city for me, whom no Caldeans or Sabeans, no Men nor Devils can p | ther. take away from me ; Of which ſee Chap. 19: 25. | Hie,hen I 5 And © the Sabeans » fell upon them,and t…
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open places. See Fer. 4. 11. and 13. 24. y In which the chief | his integrity E, alchough thou movedfſt me d againſt him t ſtrength of the houſe did conſiſt. Ir ſmote theſe either all together, | + or father ſucceſſively, one immediatly after anorher, being poſlibly a Whirl-wind,which comes violently and ſuddenly, w…
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although this word ſometimes ſignifies curſmg, as Job 1, 11. and 1 Kings 2'.- 10; yet moſt properly and generally it ſignifies be/mg, and ſo it may very well be underſtood here as a Sarcaſtical or Ironje cal Expreſſiony ſuch as there are many in Scripture, as Eccle/ u. g. Lam. 4. 21. andinall Authors. And fo the Se…
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p 7. e. Like a raſh, and inconſiderat,and weak perſon,” that doſt not underſtand, nor mind what thou ſayeſt, Or, like a wicked and moſt prophane perſon ; for ſach are frequently called Fools in Scrip= ture, as Pſal.14. 1. and 74+ 18. and every where in the Proverts. 9 Shal we poor Worms give Laws to our Supreme Lor…
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f 1 wiſh the Sun had never riſen upon charDay to make it Day, or,which is all one ,that it had never been;and whenſoever tharDay returns, 7 wiſh it may be black, and gloomy, and uncomfortable, and therefore execrable and odiousto all Men. g 7. e. From Hea- ven.either, 1. By cauſing the Light of the Sun which is in …
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render it amiable and delightful to Men, be covered with thick dark- Chap.s 1; neſs, and that both in the Evening Twilight, as is here expreſſed, when 18. the Stars begin to ariſe and ſhine forth ; and alſo in the further pro= grefs of the Night, even till the Morning begins to dawn, as the following words imply. *…
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5 Heb. Wherefore ( for what cauſe,or uſe,or good ) doth he, (7. «, God, though he forbear to name him, our of thar holy Fear and Reverence which till he retained towards him ) give Light, cither the Light of the Sun, which the Living only behold, Eccle/. 6. 5. and 7. 11. Or. the Light of Life, as may ſeem borh by t…
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: | TP Eliphaz the Temanite « anſwered, aid a Who ſpake firſt, becauſe poſſibly he was the eldeſt, or of great- eſt Authority or Zeal. 2 If we aſlay * to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved þ ? but F who can with-hold himſelf from, ſpeaking c? THeb.who | G6Or,( without a Note of Interrogation ) thou wilt be …
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{ Give me one example hereof out of all thy experience or Reading. i.e. Was fo utterly undone, as thou art, ſo miſerably aflifted by ſuch unparallel'd and various Judgments from God and Men, all coafpiring againſt thee. » Who had net by his wicked- neſs provoked ſo merciful a God to dothat which is ſo unuſual, & i…
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of God's Word, not of chat particular Word which God had now delivered to Eliphaz, which doubtleſs God would fo ſpeak,thar he k rs whom he directed his Speech, mighr hear ir all, and Eliphaz cer- 20 tainly would be as careful] notto lote a SylJable of ir; but a parcel | of God's Word in general,which this indeed wa…
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; This deſervesthy ſerious confideratiori. Theſe and the follow- ing words ſeem to be the words of Eliphaz, explaning the former Vikon, and applying it to Job's Caſe, and enforcing it by further Arguments: «7.e. In his Angels,as appears both by the next words of this Verſe, where they ate called by way of Explicati…
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s F. Spirher, 7. Speedily, between Morning and-Eveniog, like the Graſs; they flouriſh in the Morning,and in the Evening are cut off, Pal. 90: 5, 6- Orrather 2. Al the day long, asthe Phraſe is, 2 Cor 11: 25 There is not a moment wherein Man 15 nor ſinking and drawing on towards Death and Corruption. f As to haman …
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3 * I have ſeen krhe foolifh / taking roet m7; but ſud- *PC3735 Jdenly » I curſed o his habitation p. k I have oft obſerved, itin my experience. Having ſeverly re- buked Job for his tranſports of Paſhon, and intemperate Speeches :gainſt God, he now returns to his former Argument, apd proves | that ſuch dreadful] a…
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e i.e. He is ſo comonly expoſed to many and various troubles, 25 if he were born to no other end : Arflition 1s become in ſome ſort natural and proper to man, and it 15, together with ſin, tranſ- mitted from Parents to Children, as their moſt cerrain and conſtant Inheritance;God having allotted this Portion to Mank…
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the Almighty k&. g For what I am ſaying, without ſerious confideration. þ Heb. bleſſeaneſſis (i. e various and great happineſs, as the plural Number implies) beleng to that Mar whom God rebukes, to wit, with ſtrokes, Ch. 33: 16, 19, Thoſe «Mi. Qions are ſo far frommaking thee miſerable,as thou complaineſt, that t…
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his plowing.and make nis Lands unfruirful. Nay,the Stones {Lall nor only ceaſc to be aurcful, bur rhey thall be uſefu], and beneficial to thee : they ſh21l,as1t were,preſent themſclvesto thee when thou haſt occaſion enh-r £6 {ling them at thine Enemies, as then was uſual, Fudg. 20: 16: 2 Chrmm: 26: 14; Or to make F…
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2. rog<ther with any the moſt heavy thing to be put into the other Scale, as with the Sand,&c. as is exprefled in the next verſe - where alſo the Particle it, being of the ſingular number, ſheweth thay there was bur one thing to be weighed with the Sand. 3 For now it 4 would be heavier than the Sand the Seae ; the…
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r Heb. 4s the ſickneſſss or ſorrows of my meat, i.e. as my ſorrowful Meat,which I am conſtrained to eat with grief of heart» The Par- ticle as,eicher 1. notes not the fimilitude,but the truth of the thing, as it is oft uſed, as hath been formerly noted and proved. So the Senſe is, That ſuch M-=at as former'y he ſho…
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s I am not made of ftone or braſs, but of fleſk, and blood,as others *”* are, and thereforeTI am utterly unable ro endure theſe miſeries lon- ger, and can neither hope forznor deſire any continuance of my life, cor reſtauration of my former happineſs,but only wiſh for that death, which is the common refuge of all m…
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ed « ; they camethither, and were aſhamed 5. z7.e. The Troops and Companies. # They Comforted them- ſelves with the ExpeQation of Water there to quench their thirſt. 5 As havingdeceived themſelves and others with vain and falſe hopes. prifernw 21 || For c now ye are | nothing 4 ; ye ſee my caſting e are like down,…
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deem me & from the hand of the mighty ? ; By power and the force of your Arms,as Abraham delivered Lot & by Price, or Ranſom. 24 Teach me / andI will hold my tongue m; and cauſe me to underſtand wherein I have erred ». I Inſtead of ce:i:ſuring and reproaching,inſtru& and convince me by ſolid Arguments. 1 will pa…
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6 ; e. Covered all over as with a Garment. p Which oft breed and hreak forth in divers parts of living bodies, as Hiſtory and Ex- perience wirneſſeth, and which were eaſily bred out of Jeb's cor- rupted Fleſh and Sores. 9 Either the Duſt of the Earth upon which he lay,which his Sores would quickly lick up ; or the …
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this extremity of Miſery, Or, let me not live for ever, lingring in this miſerable manner,as if thou woulceſt not ſuffer me to diezbut hadſt a deſign to perpetuate my Torments. Or, let me not live out mine age or the full time of my Life, which by the courſe of Nature, might do ; for ſo the Hebrew word Olam is oft …
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OT EEIESST 3 neon anno pan Gel pak prope he cconigly Name,and tothe manner of thy dealing with all the reſt of Mankind. |chou haſt got thy eſtate by fraud and oppreſſion. Or, 2. W ich thoy Orh. O thou obſerver of M1 |; thou who doeſt exactly know and ſhaltnow manage with juſtice,and not wrongfully,as chon haſt done, …
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©. wv » > » y is! as! I Th f Heb: #:' have caſt them away © for their trantgrethion e : ' as 7 e. wr ap ie anos Pry ry preſence,or . WW. > r (JF » , 2x= 4 ;> 2 , . . ed 2 Whar though chou vaſt Jn 2 greer meaſure innocent; thy Chil- | hey urviving ; in wie ſente ic feems robe faid thar Iſhmael died *4 —D d fo Colont…
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i Either, 1. The perſe& man here underſtood out ofv.20.where ir is expreſſed : Or, rather, 2. The Hypocnte, of w hom he hath hi- therto treated, to whom this and the tollowing Verſes very well a- gree; Whom he beforecomparcd to a Ruſh, andthen to a Spiders Web, andnow to a Tree, which is of a more ſolid Subſtance, …
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their Troubles : Her:ce it may ſeem that thou,O Job, art not a per- fe& or upright man, bur an evil-doer - But this is certain,if for the future thy heart and way be not perfe&,and thou doeſt not ceaſe to do evils thou wilt be utterly and irrecoverably loſt; as on the con» traty, if thou doeſt repent and reform, he…
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He ſpeaks either, 1. Of that which God'cari do; ar rather /as he doth in the foregoing and following Inſtances. )z. Ofwhat God aftually doth, and thateither, 1. Ordinarily; and ſo he gives Laws to the Sun that ir ſhall not riſe, butar ſuch times; and ro ſuch pa- ces, and in ſuch manner as he hath appointed ; as tha…
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f 7:e: If God reſolve not to withdraw his Rod and Stroak, the Effe& of his Anger. Or, without if, which is not in the Hebrew, God willnit withdraw his anger, i: enot forbear to puniſh, neither be- cauſe any man can over-power and reſtrain him; nor for fear leſt he ſhould rebuke him for proceeding to puniſh, as is i…
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h In the other things which you have ſpoken of Gods Greatneſs, Juſtice,ec. Ido not contend with you, but this one thing I do, and mult affirm againſt you. 7 I did not utter it raſhly, but upon deep Coenſideration.k God ſends Afffiictions promiſcuouſly upon good and bad men. Compare Pſal:73; 2, &c. Eccleſ; 9; 2: Jer:…
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: 7.e. T would ſpeak freely for my ſelf,being freed from the dread of his M:jeſty,which takes away my ſpirit and courage,and ſtoppeth ſelf. my mouth. «z.e. I am not free from his terrour, and therefor: can- not and dare not plead my Cauſe boldly with him; and to have no- thing elſe to do but to eaſe my ſelf by rene…
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Vain hopes of dcliverince,a> thou adviſeſt me,C-8.6.or fzek ro God, . . . f Heb.the as 1 hath. 45 apr Chap. 5. $ for that eaſe which 1 ſec hz is reſolved that chou (houldeſt deſpiſe b F the work of thine hands z labour of not to give me? Way ſhould | trouble my ſelf with clearing mine and ſhine upon the counſel of th…
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s Thou didſt not only give me a curious Body, but alſoa living and a reaſonable Soul : Thou didſr at firſt give me life. and then maintain it in me; both when I was in the Womb ( which is a mar- vellous Work of God ) and afterward when I was unable to do any thing ro preſerve my own life. b Or, benignity, or bounty…
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+ Eirher in things, without any Succeſſion of Day and Night, © W :nter and Summer:Or ameng Perſons where great & ſmall are inJ” p the ſame conditicn,Chap. 3-19. * Where there 1s no difference be- hs tween Light and darkneſs ; where the Day is as dark as the Night pure” where there is norhing bur perpetual and unint…
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in thy ſelf,or in thy Family ; whoſe ſings Job was oblidged as faras he' could to prevent or reform ; as he had done Chap. i. 5, He faith Ta- bernacles, becauſe anciently-the Habitations of great Men conſiſted of ſeveral Tents or Tabernacles, as we ſec Gen, 24. 67. & 31. 33. 15 For then ſhalt chou lift up thy face …
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r Thou ſhalt be free from fear, becauſe thy great and ſettled Pro- ſperity ſhal baniſh our of thy Mind all thoſe fad end irkſibm thoughts of thy former Calamities,which naturally ingender fears of the con- tinuance or return of them, Perſons blefſed with eminent Delive. rar:ces, and an happy Settlement, are frequen…
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Te. ſuch thingsas theſe e ? _ (*- qty which is oft putfor the underfanding, as Job 34. 34- £00y «7 Xs $. 22, i. e. God hath given me alfo the Knowledge and | [ Fer.5.2 I. A, ” > . er than 47 ilityto judge of theſe matters.sIn theſe things, which he ſpeaketh, u, not in a way of vain-glorious Boaſting, bur for the j…
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? To wit, objeQtively ; 7. e. If thou obſerveſt the Beaſts,and their Properties and AQtions, and Events, from them thou mayeſt learn this Leſſon : What Leſſon ? I anſwer, Either 1. that which was laſt mentioned,v,s.God's Providence doth order thingsin the like man- ner among the very Beaſts,and Fowls,and Fiſhes ; o…
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; He doth the things here mentioned in the foregoing and ſuc- cccding Verſes, and that both powerfully, ſo as no Creature can reliſt and hinder him, and wiſely ſo as none can prevent and over- reach him. The ſame thing he had ſaid before,v.1 z.but he repeats it here to prepare the way for the following Events, whic…
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Wiſdom and Condutt. c z. e. Fills them with confuſion, and un- certainty, and perplexity of mind, ſo that they know not how to govern themſelves or their People. X 25 They grope din the dark without light e, and he maketh them w + ſtagger like a drunken man f. d Like men that cannot fee their way. e Two Phrales ex…
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