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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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» This Prayer is uttered by David, either, «10 the Perſon of Chriſt: to whom it may agree,Or,2: In his own Perſon, Having been tranſ- ported and carried forth by the Spirit of God to the Contemplation and Commemoration of the great Myſtery of the Meſfias, of whom he wasan illuſtrious Type, now he ſeems to be led ba…

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fle fim FH 4th Bel; AG Geo ay copom . . ” 35+ dy + 13» . XLI. LT P $ A gt for him, and therefore ſuffer him fo fall Into it, he will raiſe him out of it, e ( 7. e, ) To deftruRtion, which they earneſtly de- fire and endeavour to procure. 2 The LORD will ſtrengthen him upon the bed of languiſhing:thou wil…

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13 Bleſſed bethe LORD GOD of Irael, from e- verlaſting, and to everlaſting. |} Amen and amen +. A [| Or. from Age fo Age, as long as the World lafts, and to all Eterni- y. T Amen fignifies an hearty Affent, and Approbation, and withal an earneſt Defire and Confidence of the thing, to which it is annexed. And as th…

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| P'S 4 1! the places and parts of the Land, to which I ſh21! be driven; : whether from-the parts about, or beyond fordan on the Eaſt ; Or the Bermonim, '( 4..e.) either the People inhabiting Hermon 3 or the Mountain of Hermon, which was in the Northern parts, Numbers 34: 7: Deut. 3: 8: Pals 89: 12, here called He…

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(7. e-) Affually impart and diſcover them ; ſeemeſt to conceal and with-hold them from me. oo 44 "kw "as vour, or the Light of thy Cauntenance, ard the Truth of thy Promi- ſes made to me ; as Gods Mercy and Truth oft g2 together, as 2 Sam. IS. 20, Pſals 61. 9. and 89. 14.&c, Or this may be a Figure called Hendiadis…

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p By withdrawing thy Help a2d our Courage, according to thy Threatnings, Levi. 26. 36,q (i e.) Take away our Eſtates totiherr own uſe, 'and for their only benefit, not in comp'iance with thy Will which was to puniſh us fo: our Sins, nor for thy Service and Glory. They minded nothing hut their own advintage, 11 * T…

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The RGUMENT. He ſubje@ matter of this -jalm is by the Conſcor both of Jewiſh and Chriſtian, Antient and Moderao Iuterpreters agrecd to be the M-fſias, and his Marriage with the Church of Go, Of which it Treats, Either. 1. Remotely, under the Type of Sol»1mon and his Mar riaze with Prarao7s Daughter, of whichit is …

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thee for ever. * © þ- Or, more Beautiful, (i. 'e- } Lovely andamiable- Heſpeaks not kere ſo much of his ourward Beauty, which, thoughit be an Orua- ment both'to a Eridegroom and toa King, yet is not very conſiderable in either, noris much admired, or applauded by Wiſe men, as of the inwardand glorious Endowments o…

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Hand him, but the meaning is, that his Hatid ſhould ſow him, (i e.) Diſcover and work before him : for Verbal words are oft underſtood Really, as Calling is put for Being, Iſa. n. 26. and 94 6. fo teaching or ſhewing. is put tor doing, as Pſal. 16. laſt and 60. 3 5 Thine arrows « are ſharp in the heart of the kings…

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tion of a Perſon, to ſome high Dignity or Employment, as £zeb. 28, 14, andelſewhere: Or, 2, The final Cauſe. or end of Chriſts Union, So the Senceis; To that end, (7. e.) That thou mighteſt loye Righteouſneſs, and hate Wickedneſs and govern thy ſelf, and thy Kingdom accordingly, God hath anointed thee, &e. (i. e,) …

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m (i.e. ) Amongſt them that attend upon thy Spouſe,as the man» ner was in NuptialSolemnities 3 as men attended upon the Bridegroom, whence they were called Friends, John 3, 29. Inreference to Chriſt, as the Spouſe or Queen isthe Church in general, ſo theſe honourable Women are particular Believers, whoare daily add…

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13 The kings daughter c js all glorious within 4 ; her clothing #s of wrougnt gold e. Cc (t, e.) The Spouſe ; io cailcd cithergbecauſe ter of one King, and the Wife of another : Or be Wite 1s ſo netimes called the Hu bands Daughter ſuppoſed to be younger than hc ; pai ſubjeRion which ſhe oweth to him, and thac Fa…

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fthis Pſalm is thought te be that ha ſacceſs and | 13+ 2D : . ; ie AIK a x " Rs pocce hh _— granted to is People of If- Type of Chriſt, ſo this hath been a further reference, even to Chriſts - > mY « tao ghee” by his means, 2 Sam, 8 aſcenſioninto Heaven, and asconſequent thereunto rae 7 . o_ f his Kingdom in all th…

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cles i of themoſt High. ſpecially of thoſe Gentiles who were ſubducd to Chriſt by the preach- =: # He either ſpeaks of, - atleaſt alludes to, the River of Kidron, 2 __ on mag f w/e ts were 1n ſome ſort broughe 5 Sam. 15. 23. John 18. 1. andits two ſtreams or Rivolets flowing | V24cT ine Jews, gy ney were ſubjected to…

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what abundant cauſe you have to praiſe and admire him, Which 15 an Plal. 45+ jntimation that the matter of this Plalm is moreſubltine and important ' than ordivary, : 8 God reigneth over the heathen r:; God ſitteth u- pon the throne s of his holinels, : 7 i, e, Over all heathen Nations, as being the King of all th…

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d Jeruſalem may be ſo called here, as it is alſo Lament, 2; x6. not aQtually, as if all people did rejoyce init, or forit 5 but Fundament» ally or Caufally, becauſe here was verie great cauſe or ground of re- Joycing for the Gentile World, if they had underſtood themſelves, cr their true Intereſt ; becauſe here God…

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raiſe t unto the ends of the earth : thy right is full of righteouſneſs «. | — this 20d 4. like glorious Aions, thou art praiſed and acknowledged, and evidently proved to be fuch an one as thou haſt affirmed thy ſelf to be in thy Word, God Almighty or All-ſufcient, the Lord of Roſfts, the King of thy Church and Pe…

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grievous and vexatious to every good man. times of great Diſtreſs and Calamity, Rn _ flouriſh, ( of which the Pſalm ) and good men are oppreſſed and perſecuted./j he underſtands either, 1, Hisaffi:Rions : which he might = Frve- the puniſhment of his ſioful a&ions : for iniquity is commonly put for the puniſhment …

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campliſh:d, to wit, by any meer man, for himlelt or for his Bro- ther- Ss 11.89.43, 9 That he ſbould ſtill live for ever,ond * not ſee cor- ; raption r. : ; Or zhePit, orthe Grave, i. e. Not dye, as that Phraſe is oft u- ſed, as hath been noted before. ; : ; | ed, 22 10 For he ſeeth 5 that * wiſe men die, likewiſ…

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they ſhul not ſee Dzath, John 9; gt, q i. &. It is never to be ac- | 2 Pal. 15 But God will redeem r my ſoul s + from the Heb. fred the hand of the Grave || Or, Hell power of the [|grave t ; for he ſhal receive me # Selah. '7 Though no man can find out a Ranſome to redeem himſelf or tus Brother, yet God can and…

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tempeſtuous round abour him 5. | Theſe words are uſcd here, as they are alſo Heb, 12, 29: empha- tically. The Prophet ſpeaks this in the perſon of the Iſraelites and Worſhippers of God, whereof he was one, and thereby takes off their fond pretence, as if b:cauſe God was#heir God,in covenant with them, and nearly r…

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goats ont of thy folds y. Ads 17, y But be not ſo yain and fooliſh, as to imagine that thou doſt lay 159 any obligations upon me by thysSacrifices ;or that I required them, be- cauſe 1 had need of them, or took any pleaſure in them for themſelves, or for my own fſatisfation by them, io For every beaſt of the forre…

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10,12, Amos5, 10. And therefore this is ficly aledged as an evi- | David prayeth to God for the rem'ſſim of his Original and Afual Sins, x; . 6 dence of their wickedneſs. » As men do things which they ab-] 2. whereof he maketh a deep Confeſſion, 3 —— ſob 331 ls *Rom! 2. 21. 33 | f 1 ſt + Heb- Fly tion w* Fi…

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er for the good oj the whole Church, 18, 19' [2 ok mercy upon me c, O God, according to thy loving kindneſs 7 2 according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies e, blot out f my tranſgreflions. C Pity and Help and Anſwer me, in the Defires I am now ſpread* ing before thee, d I pretendto no merit, but humbly imp…

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| mulation in 1ndeayouring to conceal them from Men. Or rather, 2 Integrity or uprightneſs of Heart 3 which ſeems to be here oppoſed to that Iniquity mentioned in the laſt Verſe, in which he was, and all Men are, tramed and Born. And this may ſeem to be added 3 partly, as a Proof or Aggravation, of the ſinfulneſs o…

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he had diſcovered in his wicked and unworthie praQtices; and De a better Spirit of God, which may free him from the Bonda and inable and incline him freelie and cheerfullic, and confi run the way of Gods precepts, See Exod: 35. 21. 8, Is, 16. 2 C0. 3, I7. fires &e of fin, antlie to P/al. 110. 3. Rom. 13 Then w…

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ftrafion, 5. The Righteous rejoyce at it, 6, He ſheweth the firength | flouriſh. z Either, r. In God's Church, or among his People. and hope of this wicked Man, 7@ But placeth his own Confidence and | Or, 2. In God's Tabernacle, from which Doeg ſhall be plucked a Trufl in God, and praiſcth him, 8, 9. H Y boatteſt …

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4 Thou loveſt all devouring words &, || O hou de- | of men, to ſee if there were any that did underſtand, ceitful tongue. that did ſeek God. k Such as might ſwallow up and deſtroy a whole Family at 3 Every one of them is gone back, they are altogether [2 "> Bad ſhall likewiſe 1 + deſtroy thee for ever; be become f…

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6 I will freely ſacrifice unto thee ; I will praiſe thy name, O LORD, for ic & is good /. | _ #3 Not by Conltraiat, as many do, becauſe they are obliged to It, and cannot negle& it withour Shame and Inconven.ence to themſelves, but with a willing and chearful Mind ; Which thou loveſt in and above all Sacrifice. & …

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b Not in Power and Dignity, which could not be, but in repu- # 0m tation for his deep Wiſdom and excellent Condu&, and the great in- !9%. fluence which he had upon me, and upon all my People. c Whoſe *Pl. 41.9 Counſel I highly prized, and conſtantly ſought and followed. All which agrees very well to Achitophel. See…

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21 * The words of his mouth were ſmoother than butter, but war was in his heart. b: his words were ſofter than oyl, yet were they drawn {wordsc. b He covered his treaſonable and bloody Deſign, with fair and flattering Speeches. «c Pernicious in their Deſign and Conſe- > *Caſt thy || burden 4 upon the LORD, and be …

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ipiſe thee? Shall they have ſucceſs inſtead of the puniſhments which thou haſt threatned, and they have deſerved ? God forbid. But the words may be read without an Interrogation, By their ini- quity they hope to eſcape; or, they de eſcape, at preſent : But Lord do not ſuff-r rhem thus to eſcape. 5 This is oppoſed t…

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| | Or, here- proacheth | *PC.35:17: and 58 6: {®Pſ55-25. as is fully expreſſed James 3- 6- who are meer Fire-brands and In- cendiaries, that are continually breathing out their wrath and threatnings, and incenſing Sau! againit me« o Whereby he ex- Plains what he meant by Lyons, and tells us, they were Beaſts…

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ther, 1, Hyperbollically ; even from their tender years Or 2. Stri&- ly and pr y. So the ſenſe is: No wonder they att ſo unrigh- reouſly, for their very Natures and Principles are corrupt, even from their Birth: They are the wicked offipring cf ſinful Parents« And this hereditary and native corruption, though too c…

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ft And theſe Adminiſtrations of Gods Providence ſhall be ſo evi- dent and convincing, that not only good Men ſhall be ſenſ1vle there- of, but any man that ſees them, yea, even ſuch as were apr to dif. pute or doubt of Gods Providence, ſhall upon this eminent occaſi- on, break forth into ſuch Exclamations as this, N…

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* To wit, ſuddenly, or atonce! . y My Countrey-men; or thoſe over whom thou haſt appointed me to be Governour in due time; z Their former Danger,and thy Glorious Mercy in delivering them, and their own Duty to thee for it. Hereby it moſt plainly appears, that David in thoſe and thelike Imprecations againſt his Enem…

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the Teſtimos.y, or Oracle : But why it was ſo called, is a matter of meer conjeure, and of ſmall importance to us to kaow. 6 To wit, in an eminent manner : Or for the ſpecial inſtruftion of Gods Church an : People in ſome points of great moment;as,con- cerning the grievous Ca!lamities, to which Gods Churchand Peo- …

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r Having prayed that God would fave and hear him, he now in- timates that God had Cone it already, and had prevenred his pray= &1S, and had ſpikin to him and of him, about the ſtabliſhing ofhis Throne s£ Or, #n th: Sanftuary, or Holy place, to which David uſed ro refort to ask Counſe!, and from whence God uſuaily g…

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e My fervent Prayers, attended with many Vows znd Promiſes, as was uſual, eſpecially in caſes of great danger or difficu'ty, Gen- 28. 20. Jud 11. 30, 31. f Thou haſt alloted me my portion, with and amongſt them that fear and worſhip thee, who are the excellent ones, :n whom is all my delight : And upon that account…

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k Or ſi, to wit, in the Thron-, Jer. 13. 13 { Living and ru- ling as in Gods preſence, and ſerving God with his Royal Power, and Worſhiping him in his Tabernacle. m Or, order or appoint, as this word ſignifies, Jonah 1 17 and 4. 6. n Eitier, 8 The Graces of Mercy or Compaſſion, and Tryth or Faithfulneſs ; which are…

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g (5. e. ) To enjoy, as ſeeing is oft taken. þ Either, xy. The Ark, which is called God's S:reng:h and Glory, 1 Sam. 4. 21. 1 Chr. 16. 11. Pjal. 758. 6i. Or ratier,2,The powerful and glorious Effe&s, and Evidences of thy gracious preſence there. # Whereof I have formerly had great and comfortable Experience ; which…

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# i.e. From Danger: The A& or Paſſion of Fear, being oft put _ its Object, Danger, as P/al, 14. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 14. and oft elic- where. 2 Hide me from the ſecret counſel b of the wicked ; from the inſurreQion of the workers of iniquity. 6 :. e. From the ill EffeQs of their Plots againſt me. 3 * Who whet their tongu…

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f They are a burdentoo heavy for me, as he Complains, Pſ 38.4. They are ſo many and great, thar for them thou mighteſt juſtly re- je& my Prayers, and deſtroy my Perſon. g But this is another glo- rious Priviledge granted to thy people, and that,in Anſwer to their prayers, thou doſt graciouſly pardon and purge away …

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{o provided for it &. ad To wit, in mercy or with thy Favour, as this Word is of: uſed. e The whole Earth, which is full of thy Bounty. So he con- _— to declare the general Providence of God, to all men and eople, al Article. And ſo he comes from God's general Providence over all places and Nations, to his partic…

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and Wiſdom,and fideliry,and goodneſs of God in our Deliverance; it becomes you to acknowledge it with Admiration and Rejoycing. Or, all the Land, or this Land. But the former Sence is more pro- bable from ve 4. where this Word is ſo uſed. And it is very pro- per in this place, and uſual in other p'aces of Scripture…

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e Heb, If I haveor had ſeen, or looked upon, to wit, with approba- tion and affeQion, as Job 31. 26. Hab. 1, 83, Men look upon what they like, and turn away their Face from what they loath or hate. f Any ſin whatſoever, andeſpecially 1dolatry, whick is oft expreſſed by this Word, to which the J/raelites were very p…

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2 Pet- 1. 21, by whom they were Variouſly tranſported, as he ſaw fir, and ſometimes carried away to ſpeak of the higheſt Myſteries of the Golipel, even ſuch things as they themſelves cid not fully un« derſtand, as appears from 1 Pes. 1-10, IIs | To the chiet muſician, a Pſalm or Song of David. . At the removing of…

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| him e char rideth upon the heavens f by his name LAH Gladneſs. |.£, and rejoyce before him þ. -*_ = | & For God's gracious appearance on their behalf, and for his ſets **** F m | Ted preſence with them e By praiſing him, of which this Verb is 7 '* uſcd, Prov. 4. 8 Or rather, raiſe up or prepare the way for him ; …

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'O God, haſt prepared z of thy goodneſs « for the poor 6. + Thy people of Iae!, who are all united in one Body,under thee their Head and Governour- For though this Word commonly ſignifies Living Creatures, yet ſometimes it ſignifies a Company of Men, as here below, v: 31. and 2 Sam. 23. 13- Compared with 1 « - Chr…

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15 Thehill of God » 5s as the hill of Baſh high hill «s the hill of Baſhan. GENT” ST n (7, e. of Zion, the ſeat of Gods Ark. o Equal I I in height, as the next Clauſe explains it, which oh Sp Boy Ry he underitocd of an external and viſible height, for Zim was a low and little Hill, and Baſhan a very high Hi!! ; bu…

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and of his People, whom Chriſt led in triumph, having ſpoiled them, and making a ſhew of them openly, as it is expreſſed Col. 2+ 15. y Though as thou art God thou art uncapable of receiving any thing more .than thou haſt, yet according ro thy Manhood thou haſt received from God all the Treaſures of Wiſdom and Know-…

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| the princes of Judah || an their council b, the princes yg, with 4\ | f 25 * The ſingers went before, the players on inſtru- * : chr. ii ments followed after s, amongſt them were the damſels py 6." playing with timbrels *. - | a. s Ot which ſee 2 Szm- 6- 15. 1Chron 13: 8; t According tothe 'i —— times. See Ex…

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of Zebulun, and the princes of Napheali c. their chm x Preſent in this ſolemn pomp of carrying the Ark to Zion un- pariy: | der the condu& of David their King. y har Tribe is called /ittle partly becauſe it was the youngett, as being deſcended from Jacobs youngeſt Son Benjamin ; and principally becauſe it was excee…

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L LXV1I. and ſubmit themſelves, as it here follews. 7 So this word ſignifies here above, verſe 11: and 2 Sam- 23- 11. Pſahm 74. 19+ Or, the bea#i, or wild beaſt, as this word is elſe-where uſed, 1: c: The Beaſts ; the tingular being put for 'the plural ; So the ſenſe 1s the ſame. -m Heb. Of the reed, i- e» That uſ…

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way of humble ſuppiic:tion and ſub- miſſion. begging Mercy of him - Or to offer up the preſents ex- prefled v. 29. Bur this Prophecy, as allo the next Verſe. evident- ly belongs to the times of the Mcfſiah: when ti:e Gentiles were to be broucht in to the knowledge and worſhip of the true Ged : with the thoughts an…

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» Becauſe for thy ſake ; I have born reproach: ſhame hath covered my face &. 7 For my truſt in thy Promiſe, and obedience to thy Commands, and zeal for thy Glory, and againſt all wickedneſs: All which they turn into matter of derifion and reproach. & In which Man's Majeſty and Glory is moſt evident, which I am in …

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b Thou ſeeſt how much of it ſuffer, and that for thy ſake ; as Heb. 12. he ſaid verſe 7. # Thou knoweſt them thoroughly, and all their injurious and wicked devices, and implacable malice againſt mey and all their impiery and contempt of thee ; For which they des ſerve to be utterly and ſpeedily deſtroyed. 20 Repro…

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\25.* Let # their -habitation.» be deſolate, and + let x" 1: Done y dwel in their tents. | be pp; * Heb. cheir Palace, as this word ſignifies, Gen. 25. 16." Numb. re 31-10. Cant.'8-'g- Either their Temple in which they place their Glory and Safety. Or rather, 2. And more generally, rheir ſtrong- eſt and -rhoſt mag…

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£ This ſincere and hearty Sacrifice of Praiſe, is and ſhall be more grateful to God, than the moſt Glorious Lega! Sicrifices; For ſo tuch Moral Services ever were, 16Sam 15. 22. Hoſea 6 6. and ſuch Sacrifices ſhall be accepted when thoſe legal cnes 1} all be aboliſhed. h This is added as a deſcription and commendat…

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SECTION 1320

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1320

e Or Prodigy 3 either. r. Of Mercy, for the wonderfull prote- &ionsand drliverances which God hath given me. Or rather, 2. Of Judgment, for my many and ſore Calamities, as appears from the next words. They wondred both at the Calamities themſelves which befel me ; which were great and various, and ſtrange ; and th…

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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.