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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 1081
| x Do notnow interrupt me in my Diſcourſe; which peradyenture F he obſerved by their geſiures, ſome of them were now attempting. y That I may freely utter my whole mind. x For the event of my Diſcourſe with God, wherewith you threaten me, I am willing to ſubmit my ſelf to Him, to do with me as He pleaſeth : For I …
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s Then chuſe thy own Method. Either do thou charge me with Hypocrifie, or more than cc mmon Guilt, and 1 will deferd ny (et ; Or I will argue with thee concerning thy extracrdinary Severity to- wards me; and do thou ſhew me the Reaſons of it. This Propoſal ſa- youred ot too great Self confidence, and of Irreverence…
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Z; Either, 1. To take thought or care about him, Or rather, 2. To obſerve ail his ways, that thou maiſt find cauſe of puniſhment, He 1s not a fit match for thee. It is below thee to contend with him, and to uſe thy infinite Wiſdom and Power to cruſh him. This ſeems beſt to ſuit with the ſcope and context. þ 1. e Pl…
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F Either, x, In ſome dark Vault under Ground, ſuch as .good me hide themſclves inin time of Perſecution, Heb. rr. 38. Lord hide'me in tome hiding placejrom thy Wrath, arid all the incollerable « ets of it, which areupon-me + for Icannot be hid from thee, but by thee. Or,. 2. In the Grave properly ſo called. Though …
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, IP. XV. . 7 8] B, Chap, Xy7 Fm ems ſometimes to have riſen in Job's mind, as may be gathered 5 For thy mouth + uttereth thine iniquity 4 A en, ou « this Book : Which therefore Zophar decrics, and thou ch ooſeſt hs rongue a hs ems fry 4. quity &, and TR, Heb, fs 78 And ſurely as the mountain falling F cometh to | 5…
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in bis ſoul. Seing therefore the ſtate of man upon earth is ſo vain Archers, who wink when they take their ajm at a mark. Or, wh and unhappy every way, Lord give me ſome comfort to ſweeten ao thine eyes wink; 1. e. Why doeſt thou look with ſuch an angry, fo my life, or take away my life from me. percilious, and di{da…
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19 Unto whom alone the earth was given/, and no ſtranger » paſſed among them ». { Either, 1+ By the ſpecial and gracious gift of God ; Whereas wicked men invaded their parts of the Earth, and took them away by force: Or, 2. By the choice and conſent of the People, who for their greatand known wiſdom and virtue con…
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b i- e: When trouble comes, in ſtead of truſting and hopin comforting himſelf in God, as good Men Go in ea an 39. 6+ he1s full of torment and dread of the. iſſue of it, and con- cludes it will end in his utter ruine, as he hath great reaſon to do, c Or, prepared or furniſhed ; or diſpoſed with his army round about …
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21 Let nor him that is deceived, truſt in vanity z: for vanity « ſhall be his recompence 5. | z i.e. In the vain and deceitful things of this world, ſuch as Pow- er. Riches, Honour,&c.of which,and of the loſs of them, he had been Jargely diſcourſing ; and now he ſubjoyns a general Caution toall en with the fore-m…
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the moving of my lips ſbould aſſwage your grief ;. h ie Dire&, and ſupport, and comfort you: 7 i. e My Diſcourſe ſhould comfort you- The words, your grief, are here underſtood either out of the fore-going Clauſe, where they are implied, or our of the next Verſe, where they are expreſſed; Poſlibly the words may be …
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x. ; / F \o , * 1, 1.0 - : _—_ , 5p me, and that with dehght, which Archers have in bunk yr ek nl Blatne of it before all Men; and if T be inno- , . : 5 at 1 ma I to It 7 - - x 13 * His archers compaſs me round about ; he | Religion, (which ſuffers co this pa man to yr | cleaveth my reins aſunder », and doth not ſ…
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\. "Chap. XVI. F:Q B. Chap. X * 5. XVII with applanſes, and as it were with Inſtruments of Muſick. Or, 7 am 4s a Tabret ; i, e. matter of ſport and merriment to them. 7 Mineeye alſo is dim by reaſon of ſorrow /, and all , ® || my members are as a ſhadow #. ; mo 5 Through exceſſive weeping and decay of Spirits,…
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Chap: XVIII ; and innermoſt parts of the Pit ; My hopes are dying, and will b« by. ried in my grave. y So the Senſe is, when thoſe SpeQtators, toge« ther with my ſelf, ſhall be in our graves. Heb. Seing that (as this Hebrew particle, im, oft ſignifies: Or, certainly, as it is uſed, Numb, 17-13. Job+ 6. 13. and elſ…
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7 0 z Both from men, and from God, and from his .own unquiet mind and guilty conſcience. - Shall force him to flee hither and thither, and he knows not whither, being ſecure and ſafe no where, but purſued by Terrors from place to place. _ 12 His ſtrength þ ſhall be hunger-bitten e, and de- 6:15:23 ftrudtion ſhall…
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b i- & Many times. A certain number for an uncertain. So this "4inſt phraſe is oft uſed, as Gen- 31- 7. Nunb, 14 22, && c Thar you | carry your ſelves like Strangers'to me, and are not concerned not affefted with my Calamities, and condemn me as if you had never known my former Pity and Integrity. 4 And be it inde…
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with me, .whether Strangers, Widows, and Fatherleſs, whom by the Law of Charity and Hoſpitality he entertained: Or hired Servants, who had for a good while their Habitation and Subſiſtence in his Fa- mily. þ Whoby reaſon of their Sex, commonly have and ſhould have mote tender and compaſſionate Hearts than Men, And …
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£ Of which alſo there is mention, Fer. 17. x- h Or, or lead; or with lead, the Particle and beivg oft fo uſed ; as Gen. 4. 2c. Exod, 1, 6, Jer. 22, 7. For this Lead may be either i. the Writing-peti which might be cither of Iron or of Leads For though Lead beof it ſelf too ſoft, yet there was an Art of tempering Le…
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[0r, ter TY Wake thy - Mis body 48d therefore many words are to be underſtood in ſome places, to be detroy- corr pleat the ſenſe : The meaning of the place is this z Thovgh my ed 2+ ys Skin 15 now in a great meaſure covſumed by Sores, and the reſt of it, f my fp together with this Body, ſhall be devoured by the W…
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reins are conſumed within me- So this may be a ſudden and pafſionate Ejaculation or Exclamation ( ſuch as we find Gen: 48: 18: and oft in the Book of P/alms ) ariſing trom the Contemy ation and confident Ex- peRation of this his unſpeakable happineſs, wherein he exprefſeth his. vehement deſire and longing for that …
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Speeches being uſual in the Scripture ; as, Gen. 50: 26, Luke 12: 20 and x6: 9. where the aRions are *xpreſſed but the Perſons or Things ating arc underſtood, And by the Deſtroyers, he moſt probably deſigns the Worms which do this work -n the Grave) deſtroy or cut off, or deveur this ; 5: ez all this which you ſee …
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d From thy mouth. Or, ſba# I hear ? to wit, with patience and with6ut a reply * Whocan endure it? e #. e. Thy ſbametuland op- { obrious reproofs of us,as if weand all thyFriends were void of all Cater and natural affeftion towards thee, and were haters and cruel Perſecuters and even devourers of thee, Chap. 19.19,2…
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7 That which he hath greedily and induſtriouſly ſucked in as plea- fant and wholſom Nouriſhment, ſhall in the iſſue be as ungratcful and deſtruftive to himas the poyſon or head ( for the H=brew word ſignifies both, and the poyſon lyes in the head ) of 4ſps would be to one that ſucketh it. » Together with its Teeth,…
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s 2. e. All ſorts of Miſeries both of Soul and Pcdy, and Eftate. t Or, is hid or la:d wp ; to wit, by God for him. This Phraſe may note, That though it be not a&ually upon him,yet it is reſerved and overtake him. « Either 1. in his kid treaſures, as this very word !1gnifies, P/. 17 14. He treatures up wealth, and w…
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c If Ido not defend my Cauſe with ſolid and convincing Argu= ments, go on 1n your ſcoffs if you p'eaſe. 4 As for me; is my complaint to man 4? and if is were ſo e, why ſhould not my ſpirit be + troubled and of : And this queſſion implies a Denial, or that his Complaintis not to,or of man; tro wit,on'y, but to, or …
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b This ſeems to be an anſwer to the foregoing Queſtion and a Con- futation of that ungodly opinion and praiſe, v. 14, 15. wicked men ( faith he ) have no reaſon to negle& and reje& God, becauſe of their Proſperity, for their good ; 3. e. all their Wealth and Felicity,is not in their hand ; 3. e. it neither was obta…
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s The Hebrew word is not elſewhere uſed, and therefore it is di- verſly tranſlated ; either 1, Breaſts. Bur that ſeems ver improper here, becauſe mens Breaſts do not uſe to be filled with Milk. Or, 2.Milk-Pails. But their fulneſs is common, and no ſign of eminent Pleary,which is here deſigned. Belides, the followin…
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debtor for it. b Or, becauſe ; or, but ; or, pos or Be bo. AA, Clauſe is to be read without an Interrogation, and the former with it. © A wiſe or good man ( for theſe in Scripture uſe are one and the ſame ) doth much goodto himielf; he promotes his own Peace and Honour, and Happineſs by his Goodneſs ; and having ſo…
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he that is wiſe may be profitable to himſelf c ? 2 i. e. Add any thing to his Perfe&ion or Felicity, to wit, by his Righteouſneſs, as the next Verſe ſhews. Why then doſt thou unifult | 77, wk x [ ' £ otherwiſe by robbing them of their Rights, all other Injuries being Synecdochically comprehended under this. Qu…
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thereby intimating rhat he pleaded the common cauſe of a1l ſuch. whilſt Job pleaded the cauſe of the wicked,as is elſewhere obſerved: or becauſc he would hereby thankfully acknowledge ſome eminent and particular preſervation given to him amongſt other righteous Men; or becauſe heand his Brethren were of the fame ſu…
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ſhip, and do not provoke Him further by thy falſe and wicked Specches of Him, or by thy froward carriage to Him; And whereas thou arr tull of unquictneſsandrage againſt God,learn to poſſeſs thy Soul in Patience, give over murmuring againſt him, and get a compoſed, and quiet, and ſubmiſſive Mind and Heart;which is c…
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p $9 this Verſe contains a Reaton why he might confidently expect all thote former outward Bleſſings, becauſe he ſhould have God's Favour, which is the Spring and Foundation of them, Or, Snvely : Or. Tea, moreover ; for this Particle Chi, is ſometimes uſed by way of azgravation. or amplification, as Gen: 45: 25: 4 …
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Hen Job anſwered and ſaid, | 2 Evento day 4 5 my complaint bitter b «+ my | ſtroke c is heavier than my groaning d. 7 —_ " 41 e: Even at this time, notwithſtanding aii your promiſes and pre- AY | tended Conſolations, I find no caſe or ſatisfatiun in all your | Diſcourſes : And therefore in this and the following C…
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wherein he walhed nith, or after God ; as the Phraſe is, Gen. 5, 24. 2 Kings 23. 3. following his Example, Or, 2, Paflively. the ſteps or paths which God hath appointed mep to walk in, asChap. 21, 14 g The ſame thing with that in the former part of the \ cre, in «iffe- rent expreſſions. : 12 Neither have I gone ba…
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vw Hy ſeing * times are not hidden from the Al- * agg, mighty, do they that know him, not ſee his 7 Cays &? a The ſenſe of the words according to this Tranſlation is this phy C how comes it to paſs _) ſeing times, ( i e. the ſeveral times of every Man's Lite, how long he ſhall live, or the fitteſt Scaſons and Oppa…
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WP pow or Food, which "they ſnatch out of the Goods or 2 NE: the ——_— of Ir)uries and gri-vaus Opprefſions. Þ Nat Labours of the iiusbandman 3 in all which they are fit Emblems of | O'ly in Deſerts or leſs inhabited places where theſe ſyrants have the theſe men. Or, theſe wild.men. For fo this word ſ1gnifies, Gen. 16…
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x 1,e. Thoſe whom they have.mad: naked, whom they ſtripped 14 _ murdererxifing wich thelight y, killeth the Mick 6f their Garmeais and Coverings ; io far were they from exercifing | POOT and needy z, and in che night is as a,ghief «. Taſtice or Charity towards them. y To ſl:ep in the night, which 1s »Y As ſoon as the…
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m In theſe words he deſcribes either, ſition and deportment, that ſuch perſons are light and frothy in their ſpirits; or ſwife, or hafy to do evil, or unſtable in their ways as #he waters, or upon the face of the waters ; t. e. like the foam or froath, or any other light thing which ſwims upon the top of the waters…
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he refteth ; yer || his eyes «re upon their ways k, k Heb. He giveth to him to be in ſafety, or all things neceſſary for his fafety, &c. This Verſe is underſtood cither, 1. Ofthe Oppreſſor, If the Oppreſfor give a man his hand or promiſe, that he ſhail live in Cc, 7. The wicked mans difpo- | foundation for any ju…
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3 Is there any number of his armies e ? and upon whom doth not his light ariſe f? . Of the Angels, and Stars, and other Creatures, all which are his Hofls, whelly ſubmitting themſelves to his Will, to, be and do what God would have them : and therefore how inſolent and unrea- ſonable a thing is it forthee to quarr…
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e Forwhoſe Inftruttion haſt thou utrered theſe things ? For mine? Poft thou think me to be ſo ignorant that I do not know,that which the imeaneſt perſonsare not unacquainted with ; ro.wit, that God 1s incomparably greater aad better rhan hisCreatures? f So the ſenſe 3s, whom haſt thou revived or comforted by this D…
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as under the waters ; this being obſerved as a remarkable Work of God's Providence, that the waters of the Sea, which are higher than the Earth, do not overwhelm ie. and from under (which may be re- peated out of the former Clauſe of the Verſe, after the manner o the Hebrews) the Inhabitants thereof; 1- & either of…
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ſpreadeth his clouds upon it. gi-e. To wit,from our view, that its luſture and glory ſhould not reach us, and ſo dazle our fight; he covereth it with a Cloud, ſas the next words explain it. Or, He holdeth faſt, or binds together, or ſirength- ens it, that it may be able to bear that burden. 7 Either s. This lower …
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and his miſery, 9--=-=10, The portion and heritage of the wicked. ; Oreover, Job | continued @ his parable b, and Heh: as. ſaid , ded to takt a When he had waited a while to hear what his Friends woulg ©: reply, and perceived them to be ſilent. b His grave and weighty, bur withal dark and difficult diſcourſe, ſuch…
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and with his Love and Favour, when he hath no other matter of d light? This Inow do, and this an hypocrite cannot do,becauſe his heart 1s chiefly ſet upon the World, and when that fails him, his heart ſinks, and the thoughts of God are unſavoury and trouble- ſome to him, « He may by his AffiGtions be driven to Praye…
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0 B. - Chap. XXVRE of an eye. « He is as if he had never been, dead Family and Name extin& with him. - ber 20 © Terrours take hold on him x as watters y : a*ct..q.: © [18-12 tempeſt ftealeth him away in the night z. ” 7 —o—_— z From the ſenſe of his approaching Death or Judgment. y Ei- ther 1.in abundance, one t…
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an. XXVIIL E 'l, - :ioht; þ i. e. Metals and Minerals, which are nothing rg ted, and hardened, and brought to maturity and perfeQtion- Or, unto all perfettion, 1. e- he perfectly and exaQtly ſearcheth rhem our, although the Hebrew Lamed may be here on]) a Note of the Accuſative Caſe, as ovr Tranſlation takes it. 2…
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DB: I Heb. That Wiſdom, for here 1s an Article which ſeems to be em. phatical. The ſenſe is, I confeſs that Man hath one kind of Wi. dom 1n a great Meaſure, to wit, to diſcover the works of Nature, and to perform the operations of Art ; But as for that ſublime and eminent Witdom, which conſiſts in the exa&t knowle…
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&:: (up. KXVIIL J | ing, and of vaſt Experience, as having lived nigh a thouſand years, and made it their great buſineſs in that time to ſearch out the depths of this Divine Wiidom in the Adminiſtration of the World. g We know ir only by flight and uncertain rumours, but not fully and perfettly. 22 God h underſt…
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T9. I. Before there was ſuch a Cre ture as Man to rake +.otice of it, | becauſe the Obje& was viſible in ir ſelf, and not made ſo by the Eye which afterwards beheld it. Or, did number it, i. > thewed it as it , were by number, nor only in groſs, bur as ir were by retail, inall the ſeveral works which he made. y i e…
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4 As I was in the days of my youth e, when the ſe- cret of God was upon my Tabernacle f: . e 1. e- In my former and' flouriſhing days, which he calls the ' days of youth, becauſe thoſe are commonly the times of mirth and comfurt, as old age is called evil days, Ecclef. 12. 1. f When there was a ſecret Bleſſing cf …
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with it. þ When not only frui - Plac nly fruitful Fields, but Flee (lock thapte of nin was where Jb ved) iced | nero pron ethers ; Ee . u 3 ++» vs elir » iF When I went mens po ag Sec on Deut. 32+ 413+ amen pcs, 1-5 others. It is yoke 1 vrolence wherewith t wy ok when I prepared my "any 5 the & through the | and 5…
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a WW «a 5 LÞ Hen 73 w Ty SS CT Tv XN, &, ed, al. 1.3, 17.8, eb.new, Cn. 49, Heb, mged, l, 42, 3l, "Chap. XXX, + Heb. come to my ears. 2 Yea, whereto might the ſtrength of their hands profit me f in whom oid age was perithed g ? | } Nor was it ſtrange that I did, or would, or might refuſe to take them …
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OB. Chap. 12 Upon my right hand d riſe e the youth f, they | puſh away my teet g, and they raiſe up againſt me the i ways þ of their deſiruction 3, d Tois Circumſtance is noted, either becauſe this was the place | of Adverfaries or Accuſers in Courts of Juſtice, P{al. 109. 6. Zach. { 3- I. Or, to ſhew their boldn…
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P. XXX. are by ſome not untruly, nor unfitly rendred thus, without any ſupplement, With great force my Garment is changed ; for ſo this Verb is uſed, 1 Kings 22. 30. So the Senſe is, I cannot ſhift or put off my Garment, without great ſtrength and difficulty ; the reaſon whereof is rendred in the following Words. …
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x > was not my ſoul grieved for the poor y ? Is. x Whence is it that neither God nor Man ſhew any compaſſion Heb. for to me, bur both conſpireto afflit me, and encreaſe my Torments? im that Doth God now mete out to me the ſame meaſure which I meted out was hard to others ?'Have I now Judgment without Mercy, becauſe…
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a So far have I been from wallowing in the Mire of Uncleanneſs, or any groſs wickedneſs, wherewith you charge me, that I have ab- ſtained even from the leaſt occaſions and appearances of evil having made a ſo!emn reſoluticn within my ſelf, and a ſolemn Covenant and Promiſe to God, That I would not wantonly or luſtf…
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5s Let Strangers enjoy the Fruit of my Labours, according to * Goi's Curſe, Levit. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 30. t As this word is uſed, | Jab 5 25. & 27. 14 Or, rather, my encreaſe, or gronths, or jprouts ; z. e all mv ants, and Fruits, and Improvements. For 1. ſothe Word properly ſignifies, 2. So this latrer Branch of th…
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a As ſoon as I was capable of managing my own Afairs, and of doing good to others. r In my Family, or at leaſt under my care and proreftion. 5 i.e. With all the diligence and tendernets of a Father. 7 7. e. The widow,mentioned v. :6.and commonly joyned with the Fatnerleſs. « i. e« From my tender years; ever ſince |…
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o 7. e. My Domeſticks and familiar Friends, who were much con« verfant with mein my Houſe, and were Witneſſes of my carriage to others, and of their carriages to me, and therefore beſt able to judge in the caſe. c Either 1. of Job's fleſh, which is thought to be an expreflion, either r. Of their fervent Love to him…
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33 If I covered my tranſgreflions g, || as Adam b ; by hiding mine iniquity in my boſom z : £ This he adds to prevent or anſwer an Obje&tion. So the ſenſe is, either 1. And whereas amongſt theſe and other Virtues it may well be preſumed, that I had divers failings, as I do not now deny them, ſoI never covered them…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.