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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1

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r i. e; Tomy Judge or Adverlary. s te. The whole courſe of my Life and A&ions, which I would exa&tly number to him, ſtep by ſtep, ſo far as can remember. I would not anſwer his \Ilegations a- g-nſt me but furniſh him with further matter of the ſame kind. and then anſwer all together. # i; e With undaunted courage a…

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« W thin my ſelf, and nowlI ſay it with my mouth. + Thou Job . ſpecially, who art more nearly concerned ( to whom theres fore he ſpeaketh in the Singular Number _) and thy Friends with thee, ; 11 Behold, I waited y for your words : I gave ear to your reaſons z, whilſt ye ſearched out F what toſay #. + Heb. y With…

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21 Let menot, Ipray you, accept any mans per- ſon « , neitherlet me give flatering titles unto man xz: # Do not expe that I ſhould out of tear or reſpe@t to any of you ſpeak partially, but bear with my free and plain dealing with you all. 'z AsT ſhall not cenſure and reproach Job as an Hypocrite or profane perſon,…

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13 Why z doſt thou ſtrive againſt him «? for Þ he þ yeb: be giveth not account of any of his matters x, anſwereth. t Upon what Grounds and for what ends? What advantage 9doſt nvf. thou expe from it? uw To wit, in a judicial way. Sce Chap. 13: 6, x He neitheruſeth nor is by any Law oblidged to give an ace Ways, 9 —…

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k i, e. God, who was expreſſed, v. 14. and deſigned by this Pro- noun he both in the foregoing and following verſes. / i» e. From the excution of his purpoſe. Heb. from his work, 7. e, from his evil work, as the Chaldee and Seventy underſtand it , from ſin, which is truly and fitly called Man's work, becauſe it hat…

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to which it belongs, but uſual in the Hebrew Language, as Exo. 2. 6. Prov. 5” 22. & 14. 33. andelſewhere. 4 One whole Office and : Workit is to declare the Mind of God unto the 1ickMan,and where- ' fore God contends with him, and what God would have him to do. e A perſon rightly qualified for this great and hard wo…

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f Either 1, Tam perfeQaly righteous. ' But this Jeb did not ſay, bur the contrary, Job 9g. 2, 3.& 14. 4. Or,2. I am afincere Perſon, no Hypocrite, as my Friends make me. But this El/hu doth nor deny. Or 3- I am 1o far righteous, and have been ſo holy and blameleſs in my life, that I have not deſerved, nor had any r…

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#{ Alchough I dare not ſay, as his three Friends do, that he is a | rg Man, yet in this matter he ſpeaks and atts like one of Thcm., 9 For he hath ſaid », * It profiteth a man nothing, ' that he ſhould delight hinaſelf with God ». mM Not abſolutely and in expreſs terms, but by unforced conſe« quence, and as conce…

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I ſay. ; bis Shall even he that haterh right c, T7 govern d? 2nd wilt thou condemn him that is moſt juſt'e ? c i- & That is unrighteous: Bur this he expreſſeth in a moſt em- pharicall manner, the reaſon: and we! ghr whereof ſeems to me to be this: If God beunjuſt, he is not ſo from fear of any Superiour (as infer…

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z 1.e. Hence it appears that he knows all their evil works, be- cauſe he judgeth them for them, God or Men are ofc-times ſaid in Scripture, to know or do a thing, when they only manifeſt their knowing and doing of it. Or, Becauſe, &ce as this prrticle is uſed, 1a. 26+ 14+ and 61. 7. So this 1s ſubjoined as the grou…

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Omnipotent Providence be deprived of his Kingdom) 1:/t the people : be enſnuared, i-& leſt the People ſhould be longer, and more and more kept and held in the Snares or Fetters of Tyranny and Op- preſſion; ie. God doth this to free poor oppreſſed People from the ſm#es which ungodly and unrighteous Princes lay for t…

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g Either 1- That he may be further tried by God, or exerciſed Father, lg wuh Afflictions, rill he be throughly convinced or humbled. Bur J*b be it ſeems harth that he ſhould pray tor the continuance or increaſe tried, of Job's Afflictions, Or rather, 2- That his words and cauſe which I am now debating may be examine…

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' better uſage from him. And this innnite diſtance between God and thee ſhould cauſe thee to think and ſpeak more modeſtly and reve rently of that glorious Majeſty. : = 6 If thou ſinneſt, what doſt thou againſt him 3? or if thy tranſgretlions be multiplied, what doſt thou un- to him ? ; : i Tay fins do himjno hur…

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ſolid Piety in them, but are wholly addifted to vain and worldly things, rejoycing immoderately when they have them, and crying out for want of them, as here they do. Or 2. vain cries, which proceed not from Faith or Piety, but only from Self-love and a Na- tural Senſe of their Miſery 3 which is common to them with…

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e I will not ſpeak any thing againſt my own Conſcience, nor a- gainſt Truth, cither to flatter God, or to vex thee, as thou ſuppoſeſt thy other Friends have done, Chap 13. 7. and elſewhere. f This is meant either x. of God. Thou haſt to do with a God of perfect Knowledge, by whom all thy words aud aftions are weigh…

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n If thou hadſt opened thine Ear to God's Counſe!s, and humbled * Pl. 23:5 thy ſelf under his correQting hand, and ſued to God for Mercy. 8 As this Verb 1s uſed, 2 Chron: 18. 31. Or, allured, or inti ed, or pe'ſwas ded thee, as the word properly ſignifies : which poſſibly may here be emphatical and may imply as tha…

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©, Eirher I. pre 2 we in it thou mayeſt find ſome eafe or reſt,as ſome men uſually do. But this Job did not much defireyfor he complains that his Nights were as reſtleſs as his Days. Or rather 2 Metzphorically, the Night of Death, which is called the Night both in Scriptures as John 9: 4+. and in other Writers; and…

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countable to him,an'l queſtionable for what he did ; but he is Su- prezm, Abſolute and Uncontroulable, whe nath no Law to regulate him, but his own ho'y Nature and bleſſed w:!]., And therefore how raſh and impudenr, and abſurd a thing is it for any Man to cenſure his proceedings 2? Thou haſt ſwerved from the Law an…

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s Of which I have already ſpoken, and am now to ſpeak fur- ther,to wit,the Thunder which hath oft times made even Atheiſts, and other wicked Men to tremble with a fear of horroun, and good T7ob:hear Men to tremble with a fear of reverence, and a due dread of Gods . ſat Judgments. b Leaps and beats exceſſively, as i…

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their places. 5 In great Rains or deep Snows. u For ſhelter and comfort. 9 f Out of the ſouth x cometh the whirlwind y: and gold z out of the F north. x Heb. out of the inner chamber; as the Southern part of the World tHeb:[cat-1s called, becauſe in a great part of it was, and is hid and unknown | "pering to thoſ…

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a i.e. Unto God, either by way of Apology for thee: or rather by way of debate anddiſpuration with him abour his Counſels and Ways ; about which we know not what to ſay, and therefore are willing to be taught by thee who prerendeſt to ſuch exquiſite know Jedce of theſe macters. So is is a reproof of his preſumption…

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9 To wit, to perfeQion,as it is expreſſed Job 11- 7. We cannot comprehend him : his Beeing, Power, VViſdom, J uſtice, and his Counſels proceeding from them are paſt our finding out”: andrthere-: fore it is moſt abſurd and intollerable that thou, O Job, preſameſt ro cenfure what thou doſt not underſtand. r And there…

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ned 0? orwho laid the corner-ſtone thereof p ? Sockers. o This ſtrong and durable Building hath'' go -Fomndations,but in + Heb: Gods Powerand V Vord which hath marvelleoſly: li it up- 1642 #9 on it ſelf. p By which the ſeveral VValls and parrs oftte Building ſcale . {| Or then. q Either 1+ The Stars properly ſo ca…

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but upon the fourth day. Stars ſhould here is but one Star known Or rather 2. the ſons of God,as it here follows,rthe latter Clauſe of the Verſe being explicatory of the former,as 13 moſt f Scripture,to wit, the An- as even Men of eminent note, al, as living Creatures, Herbs and Tees &c. Or artificial,as Houſes …

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becauſe the number of thy days ;s great ? k An ironical Queſtion : If thou pretendeſt that thou knoweft theſe things, and canſt readily anſwer theſe Queſtions, how comeſt thou by this knowledge ? Was it from hence becauſe thou waſt born | when I made the World, and that firſt conſtitution of the Light and Darkneſs…

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7 For the Showers of rain which come down out of the Clouds, orderly,moderately,and gratually,as ifthey were conveyed in Pipes or Ch:nnels; which, without the care of God's Providence, would fall contuſedly, and altogether ; and, inſtead of refreſhing, would over-whelm the Earth. s 7. For that Lighroing nikbreating…

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ful influences upon this lower World. Didſt thou give theſe Laws ? Or doſt thou perfe&ly know them ? o Canſt thou manage and over- rule their influences that they ſhall bring ſuch Seaſons and ſuch Weas ther as thou wouldſt have ? 34 Canſt thou lift up thy voice to the clouds p, that abundance of waters may cover t…

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» Who hath given him this diſpoſition that he leves freedom,and avoids and hates that ſubje&ion which other Creatures quietly and contentedly endure? » Which is not to be underſtood privatively,as if God took off the bands which Men had put upon him,bur Nega- tively,that he keeps him fromreceiving the bands, and ſu…

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wherein it triumpheth or prideth it ſelf, } Or, feathers. Heb. wing or feather. 'T he Peacocks beauty lies in its tail ; which may weil enough be comprehended underthis Name, as 1t 15 confeſſed, that the Latin word A/a which properly ſignifies a wing, is uſed by Martial and Cleudian to expreis the Peacock's tail m …

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c Either ſtrength of Body : or rather courage and generous con- fidence, for which the Horlie is highly commended. 4d i. e. With ſnorting and neighing; in the making of which ſound the Necks in regard of the Throat which is within it, anda part of ity is a prin- cipal Inſtrument : which neiſe may not unfitly be cal…

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x In ſo fiagular a manner, ſo ſtrongly and ſteddily,ſo conſtantly and unweariedly, fo ſwiftly and ſpeedily,fo regularly and cunning- ly to catci: her Prey. » Didſt thou inſpire her with that wiſe dom ? z Which ſhe doth, either 1. when ſhe caſts her old Feathers; and gets new oneswhich is furthered either by the war…

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der with a voice like him p ? o*Thou art infinitely ſhort of God in Power, and therefore in Ju- Nice : for all his Perfe&ions are equal and infinite. Injuſtice is much more likely to be in thee, an impotent Creature, than in the A]- mighty God ; of which ſee the Notes on v: 2. p Therefore do not ume to contend wit…

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which is oft called by that, or the like name, which the following Clauſe of the verſe may ſeem to favour. Or,. 2. Ofthe Elephants crunk, which being ſo eminent and remarkable a part, would not q Seing thou makeſt thy ſelf equal, yea, ſuperiour to me in Ju-'| Probably be omitred inthis Deſcription, to which theſe wo…

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mouth #. : : . x Or, He ſuatcheth, or drawethg or drinketh up as it were with forceand violence, as the word ſignifies. 5 z. e. A great quantity of water,hyperbolically called a River. as 1t is alſo Pſal: 78: 16: & 105; 41+ This may be fitly applied to the Elephant, which becauſe of its great bulk and vehement thi…

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e Doth he dread thine anger or power ? or will he humbly and eartieſtly beg thy favour,that thou wouldſt ſpare him, and not pur- ſue him,or releaſe him out of Priſon ? Iris a Metaphor from Men in diſtreſs and miſery, who uſe theſe means tothem to whoſe power they are ſubje&. 4 Will he make a covenant with thee f? …

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f To wit, his Mouth. If it be open,none dareenter within it,as he now ſaid ; and here he adds, that if it be ſhut,none dare open it. £ This is true of ſome kinds of Whales, though others are ſaid to bave either none, or no terrible teeth : but it is more eminently and unqueſtionably true of the Crocodile, of which …

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34; © Even the ſtout-hearted Mariners or Pafſ-ngers, who uſe to be abovefear! d Either 1- Of the Sea, cauſed by his motion, which daſheth the Waves in pieces one _ another. Or rather,2: Of their Mind and State : by reaſon of their great danger and diſtreſs; which is expreſſed by this very word,Pfal 60. 2: Jonah 2: …

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He doth not turn his back upon,or hide his face from the high- eff and proud-ſt Creaturesbur looks upon them with a bold and un- datzinted counrenance,as being witkour any fear of them,as was now ſaid. - & He carries himſelf with Princely Majeſty and Courage to- wards the ftouteſt and loftieſt Creatures; which, tho…

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x Shewing their repentance by their ſubmiſſion to God, and to face of Job, Fob for Gods ſake, and by taking ſhame to themſelves. » Both for 10 And the LORD turned the Captivity of Job <s Chap. XL11t c He ſpeakseithery 1. of 75's thoughts. Thou knowelt me and all my ſinful and unworthy thoughts of thy Providenrial …

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the whole Bookis owned as Canonical by eur bleſſed Saviour, Luke 24. 44+/ PS ALI. The ARGUMENT. | His Pſalm was put firſt asa Prefaceto all the reſt. as a power- ful perſwaſive to the diligent reading, and ſerious ſcudy of the whole Book and of the reſt of the Holy Scripture, raken ow _ bleſſedneſs which attends …

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cepts, Promiſes, and Threatnings, &c, as israken Pſalm 37.31. and 98.1- Iſar 51s 7. John 10:34. or more particularly of the preceptive part of it, which 1s commonly ſocalled : and fo this is noted as the p=-culiar charaQzr of a good man, tiat he del/ghreth himſcif nor oniy in the Ronife.wtch a bad'man may do, Mat: …

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below, as is noted Pſal; 11 4. and of his ſoveraign ard irreſiſtible Power, as is aence gathered, Pſal: 115: 3: See the Preface to rhe Lords Prayer | their crafty devices, whic1 he ſhall manifeſt to che World ro be "6 pans and contemptibile folliess Compare 2 Kings 19: 21. PJat 37543. EY & 9; S Thenr ſhall he ſpe…

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4 Claim or demand it of me, as thy right by my promiſe, and thy birth and purchaſe. e To be poſſeſſed and enjoyed by thee in a manner of 2n Inheritance, to wit, conftantly, ſurely, and perpe- rua'ly. f Either 1- the whole land of Canaan from one eid of it to the other, as this Phraſe is uſed, P/el, 61. 2. & 72. 8. …

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2 Many there be which ſay of my ſoul 4, There 3s no ; help for him in God e, Selah f. | 4 i,e, Of me : the ſoul being commonly put for the perſon, as ſa: 46. 2. Amos 6.8, compare with Gen; 22. 16. e God hath utterly for. j faken him for his many crimes,and will never help him more.f This ' word is no where uſed bu…

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ment of Gods former Mcrcies, and a petition for Mercy, And {o this and other words in Hebrew and Greek which properly fig- nifie righteouſneſs, are oft uſed for mercy or kindneſs, as 1/a: 58: 8 P/al. 31-1. and 36.10» 2 Cor. 9. 9. and in many other places 47: e. Freed me from my former ſtraits and troubles. So he ur…

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erſe, is ſpoken not to Dawids Friends and Favourers, as ſome think, but to his Enemies, even to thoſe ſons of men, wv. 2. to whom he dire&eth his ſpeech wv. 3. * But know, and wv. 4. Stand in awe, and here Offer. "4 i;e. ) Righteous Sacrifices ; which requires that the perſons offering them be righteous and.do righ…

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5 Or, but, or ſurely. k Or, in wicked men» Thou doſt not approve of, nor delight in them, or in their Prayers, but doſt hare and wiltſt deſtroy them, asit here follows, compare Prov. 17, t5, And this he taith partly for the conviction and diicouragement of his E- nemies, who were ſuch:and partly for his own vindica…

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þ Heb. Hold them guilty, ( i; e- ) Condemn and puniſh them. Or, »nake them to offend, to wit, in their Counſels,as it follows: ſo as they may either be given up to bad and fooliſh Counſels: or fail in the : execution of their wiſe or crafty Counſels Or, make them deſolate, as the word is uſed, Ezek. 6 Ge Joel 1. 18…

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18, would be true, not only becauſe he ſhould not have occaſion to THeb, el, praiſe God for this deliverance, but alſo becauſe he wasin grievous'® ©" 1g0ntes cf Conſcience,& under tcrrors ofGods wrath and his eternal damnation; which being oft incident ro the ſaints cf God under the New Teſtament, it is not ſtrang…

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e (ie. ) Mine enemy, as it is expreſſed v. 4, even Saul, or any of his followers» f Out of my Body. Or deſtroy me and my Life 25 Pal: 6: 5. g To Which he compares him both for Power and Cruelty, and withal intimates his own inability ro oppoſe or eſcape his Rage without Gods Almighry help. + Whileſt I have no con- …

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IT || God judgeth 5 the righteous,and God is angry with the wicked k every day I. ; (ice,) ) Defendeth,or avengeth, or delivereth, as this word is ; oft uſed, as Deut: 32: 36. Pſal, g. 4+ and 10.18. and 26, 1, &c, To juage, 15 properly to give Sentence : which becauſe it may be done either by abſolving & acquittin…

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put upon him in his Creation; oronly of the Man Chriſt Jeſus. | 4 at pzs man qthnatt an Sag min ul of him r of oy 7.17, Poſſivly both may be reconciled and put roZzetner, and the Con» ; and the ſon of man s that thou viliteſt him # ? 1a). 14444 -troverſy, if rightly ſtare*, miy be enved. For rhe ſcope and bu= Þ (7.e.…

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4. Mat, 18, ;. Eph. 4. 14, &c. For ſuch are very unfir to grapple with an Ene- my : and therefore when ſuch perſons conquer the moſt powerful and malicious Enemies; ic muſt needs exceedingly confound and ſilence rhem, and mightily advance the glory of God: as indeed it did, when ſuch mean and obſcure Perſons as th…

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praiſe to thy name, O chou moſt High. d (7. e, ) In thy favour ani heip vouchſafed to me, 3 When mine enemiesare turied back e,they ſhal fal) and pzrith f at thy prelence g. e (5. e ) Diſcomfited an! put toiiight,f They ſhal nor ſavethem» ſelves by Flight, and reterve themf-ives to c0 further M.ichict,bur ſhal fu…

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h To wit, Compaſſionately and effeQually,ſo as to bring me out of it :From the Brink or Mouth of the Grave into which I was dropping, being as near Death as a Man is to the City;thar is come to the very Gates of it. And ſo the Phraſe is uſed P/at, 107, 18. 1/2. 38. 10; and in other Authors, [ of whom ſee my Latin S…

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_— = A icken, 6 The We, 6, 7. and malicious practice of the wicked, 8-10. and their denying Goas onmiſcience. 11. David | prayeth for remedy againſt, and pun:ſhment upon the wicked, 12.1 5.and acknowledgeth Gods mercy in hearing the oppreſſed, 16 ———18. | \ X F Hy ſtandeſt thou afar of a, O LORD ? why hideſtthou t…

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bearing» or the bringing forth Chi!dren, Pſa. 29. 9. Iſa. 54. rs Jer. 4- 31. And the accompliſhment or diſappointment of deſigns is frequently expreſſed by this Mctaphor ; of which ſee 2 Kings 19, 23- Pſal. 7x 14. 1Ja. 59. 4, &c. And thisſenſe ſeems beſt to ſuir with the Context. 9 Either 1 Thy Laws, which are oft …

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11 He as the pins and trouble, ſo allo the ſucceſs{and comfort, of child — c_ - Plal, X 9 He lieth in wait t ſecretly as a lion in his den f: + Heb; - tHe vhi "Pol5 P17; 1 "Pot; 2 19: & Ws: 13, 146. 1c fr.10.1 ( M:5:.c Dn 4.34 F #5, lim. 3, W./ Intie pal, X- 664 5: Or, W [xr He hath ſaid in hi…

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SECTION 1199

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1199

,.,, Vil men:* ſeek out his wickedneſs & 7:1! cou find nonee. Mal.7:9: þ Or Thou wiltf| break. For it may be either a prayer or a pro- JJ 17. phezy. e 7, e. His ſtrength, the inſtrument of violence and mil- chief. & Search for it ſo ſtritly and puniſh theſe wicked Atheiſts ſo ſeverely, e 7. e. No ſuch wickedneſs, t…

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SECTION 1200

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1200

foundations / deftroyed, . what *+ can * PlalGot | as they are called, Pſs : 75 2, 3. and 82. 5, By which they are TH<b:harb >S , 34 4 , cency notwithſtanding all the Reproaches and Czlumnies of mine Enemies ; and withal he ſees all their ſecret and ſubtil and mali- cious Deſigns againſt me through alltheir cunn…

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Public domain 1700 edition. Historical OCR from the original scan; OCR may contain typographical recognition errors.

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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.