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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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further commendation of her, 10 —— 15. - She frayeth for the effeFual *TDEho!d a; chou art fair b6, my love, behold, thou g*. E, art fair c, - thou haſt doves eyes d- within thy +ch.6:5,6. locks ez thy hair fs as a * flock of goats g, | that ap-|| = - ;peareth from 4 mount Gilead z. eat 0], i"-4 Thefs and the foll…

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k Numerous an1 placedin due order. 1 Which is here fitly ſup- plied our of Cart, 6- 6, where it 1s expreſſed, m Smooth and even, as alſo clean & white, whereas unſhorn ſheep retain much filth in their wool,even after their waſhing. » Which ſeems to note the two rows of Teeth,like Twins,one dire&ly anſwering co the …

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a ſweet ſmelling ſavour to God and Men,and which there, and rhere on'y,are poured forth. Thus Chriſt direCts his Bride, to wir, parti- cular Believers,where they may find and enjoy him, namely in his Church and Ordinagces. thee c. b Itis needleſs to mention the ſeveral beauties of all thy parts,for in one word th…

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fre Graces ofthe Spirit are oft compared to Garments,as Rom.13.14+ Eph. 4. 24. 1%. 5.5 * Which is alſo mentioned and commend- ed. Bf. 14.6: which muſt needs be very ſweet and grateful in re» gard ofthe great numbers of ſweet- ſmelling Spicesand Trees which grew in that Mountain. | | | 12 A garden « + incloſed 6 is…

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2 I ſleep d, but my heart wakethe: it is the voice of my beloved fthat knocketh g, ſaying,open co me b; my ſiſter, my love, my dove my undefiled ;s for my head 1s filled with dew &, and my locks with the drops of the night £ 4 Heb. I was aſleep, i. e, T was dull, and ſluggiſh, and inſenſible of his kind Expreifio…

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of his Favour, Uſeall your intereſt and importunity with him on my behalf, | FP 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved 3. * <.1.3. & © thou faireſt among women &? Whar is thy beloved more than ezother beloved,that thou doſtſocharge us ? ; Wherein doth he excel them ? Which Profeſſors of Religion might as…

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þ The inſtruments of local motion, & the ſupporters of the bo« dy, i White, and ſtraighr,and well ſhaped, and ſcrong. Which may note the firmneſs and ſtability of Chritts Kingdom in ſpight of all oppoſition, &k Which add borh beauty and ſtrength to them. Theſe may note his Feet compared to Gold,either for rheir gre…

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p A certain number for an uncertain. The ſenſe ſeems to this. There are many beautiful Queens and Concubines in the World, in the Courts of Princes, & particularly in Solomons Courr, but none of them is to be compared with my Spouſe,and my heart is fet upon none of them,burt only upon my Spoule,as the following ver…

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Or 2. Confederate together,and ſo this may ſignifie either 1. The re- collettion and Union of Jews and Gentiles which fſhal one day te under Chriſt as their common head,Fph: 2: 15. Or 2. The ſafety and ſtrength of the Church, which is compared to an army with banners, above wv: 4, 1o. and here to a numerous Hoſt di…

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proporiions,and beantiful aſpe&,which doubtleſs were in this aswell as in the reſt of Solomons Buildings: © Which words ſeem to be added to diſtinguiſh this from another Tower or Building, in, or near to Jeruſalem, which was called he houſe of the forreſt of Lebanon, 1Kings 7: 2. : "Or. crim. , F Thins head w upon…

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x TheChurch having offended and loſt her beloved by herformer lazineſs,now doubles her diligence,and diſcovers kew earneſtly ſhe was ſet upon the following work. y To particular congregations- See Cant, 6: 1. Iſa. 5.1. zLetus inquire into the ſucceſs of our Latours, what Souls are brought in and buil: up,how they p…

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Pame of the — ee 4, which hath a | moſt vehement flame. __ » Theſe are undoubredly the words of the Bride. The ſenſe js, Ler thy Mind and thy Heart be conſtantly ſet upon me, let me be engraven upon the Tables of rhine Hearr. He ſeems to allude to the engraven Tablers which are frequently worn upon the Breaſt, and …

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m My Church,which is oft compared to a Vineyard, and is here oppoſed to Solomon's Vineyard.Ir is much doubred and diſputed whe. ther this verſe be ſpoken by Chriſt or by rhe Spouſe; the firſt clauſe leems to agree beſt to the former, and the following clauſe to the latter.Poſſibly the difficulty may be reconciled b…

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and ſhame that they were ſuch. » Heb. Of heavineſs of In:qu:ty, 5.e. of heavy or great ſins, for heavy is commonly put for grea? or grievous, as J/a: 2i: 15* and 30: 27. Jaden nortwith the ſenſe of ſin,as Mat: 11: 28: but with the guiit and bondage of fin The Chil- dren of wicked Parents, whoſe guilt they inherir, …

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& They are vain and uſeleſs, being neither accepted by me, nor Jer -6. 20: beneficial to you. 1 Who am a Spirit, and therefore cannor be ſa- Am. 5-21; tisfed with ſuch carna{ Oblations, but expe& ro be worſhipped in 22. ſpirit and truth, and to have your Hearts and Lives,as weil as your Mic.6 7». Bodies and S2crifi…

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but now murderers 6b. | © u A Nireeof Admiration at ſo ſtrange, and ſad, and fudden a Change, x Jeruſalem which in the Reign of former Kings was faith» ful to God. y Is filled with Idolatry, which is common'y cal- led Whoredom, = Judgment was duly and truely executed in all its Courts. 2 It was famous for being th…

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f Either 1. your Idols, which you think to be ſtrong, and able to defend you, as appears by your Confidenee in them ; or 2. the ſtrongeſtPerſons ameng you,who think to ſecure themſelves againſt the threatned danger by their Wealth, or Power, or Wiſdom ; and much more they that are wezk and helpleſs. g Shall be as t…

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Jews and Gentiles ſhall be united togerher into one Foid, unde; Chriſt their great Shepherd ; all which is propheſied and promiſe. John 19: 16: Rom: 91: andelſewhere. For it is not neceſſary chat all the Propheſies concerning the Kingdom of the Meſſias ſhould be ac- complithed in an inſtant or at the beginning of i…

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1 To which you reſorted and truſted for ycur defence. / 16 And upon all the ſhips of # pleaſant Pictures, ES ry The Ships of the Sea, as. that Word is uſed, Pſalm 48: 7* where ſire, by you ferch-d Riches and Precious things from the remote Parts of the Wor'd. LY | | 17 And the loftinefs of man ſhall be bowed down…

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5 And the People ſhall be oppreſled p, every one by by another, and every one by his neighbour : The child ſhall behave himſelf proudly againſt the ancient, and the baſe againſt the honourable q. ” ; .þ By the command or connivance of ſuch Childiſkh Rulers. 9 Foo- I:fh and unworthy Men ſhall by wicked Arts gain th…

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clefiaſtical, whoſe Duty it is to ſhew thee the right way. Or, as tHeb:ſwals others, They that bleſs thee, 1,es thy falſe Prophets, which flatter 10W up. T Heb: bits 9 T The || ſhew of their countenance doth witneſs | 9, hard. 21: Oo 19; g T0 ES > OR _ Chap. lt, [Cha 7 In that day ſhall he + ſwear x, faying, I w…

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3 And icſhall come to pals, that he hat is left in Zion, an _n that _—_— in Jeruſalem, ſhall be called holy | "> even every one that is written || amo ne Jivi Al in Jeruſalem # : | OO — ; "17. e. Shall be really holy, as is ſaid Chap: 60: 21: To be called i EY herb be, as Gen: Appt [ſa: 1: 26: an 44:5. 7 So this =…

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t That add new 'urchaſes of Houſes and Lands to their former Poſſ:fions. Nor thar this was in it ſelfunlawful, but becauſe they did this from an inordinate and inſatiable defire of Riches, and with the Injury of their Brethren, as is manifeſt from the foregoing »nd following Words. «That they alone may be the Lords…

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17 Then #ſhall the lambs. « feed after their manner x, and the waſte places y of the fat ones z ſhall ſtran- gers acat, |, | t When God ſhall have finiſhed that Work of [Judgment Ungodly, he will extend Mercy to = Aonar tl This IS _ _y ual in this Prophet, in the midſt of his Threatnings, to inſert ſome- thing fo…

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oo .., of the ſtreets. *For all this his anger is not turned a- _ "9% way, buthis hand is ſtretched our ſtill -. : _ 4: r A Metaphorical and Hyperbolical Deſcription of a grievous Ca- lamitry, familiar in the Prophets, as 1/a: 64: 1, 2: Fer: 4* 24; and in other Authors. 5 Ready to give you another and a forer Blow,…

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ewain he covered his feet &,and with twain he did flie g As Miniſters attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and ex:cute his Commands. e Certain holy and blefſed Angels,thus called from fire and burni:g, which this word properly fignifics : to. repreſent either, 1. their Nature, which is bright and glori…

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Heb. be- here amT, ſend mee. 8 71.6, 4 To deliver the following Meſſage. The change of the Num- ber, Iand ws, is very remarkable ; and both being meant of one and the fame Lord, doſufficiently intimate a plurality of Perſons in the Godhead. e Gods laſt and great Favour to him did both en- courage and oblidge him t…

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and caſt, as it is in Winter, have a Subſtance, or Subſiſtence, or ſupport wirhinthemſelves,to wit, a Vital Principal, which preſerves Life jn the Root and Body of the Tree, and in due time ſends IT forth intoall the Branches. Bur others take the Hebrew Word Shallecheth, for the proper name of a place. ro wit, a Ca…

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the Kingdom of $yria; and therefore Jeraſalem ſhal not be taken,nor become apart of Rezjnu's Dominion; but he ſhal be kept within his . ywn Bounds, and be King of Damaſcus only, and not as he hopes, pf Feruſalem. q To be compured either, 1, from the Prophecy ,of Amos, who propheſied in the days of Uzziah, two years…

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Nebuchadnezzar's Seventh year, continued in his Eighteenth year, and perfe&ed in his Three and Twentierh year, Jer, 52. 28, 29,30. And thus it might be, and probably was, in this Tranſportation. It might be begun preſently after the taking of Samaria, & afterwards continued, unril at laſt the whole Body cf the Peop…

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; em their Faith by a ſtrange and prodigious Sign, which ——_ not be, that ds os ould conceive 2 Child, but that a Virgin ſhould conceive &-c. i Or rather, bring forth, as it is rendred Mat. 1. 23: and as this Hebrew Word is uſed Gen. 16.11, and 17. 19- Judges 13: 5- k The Virgin, laſt mentioned, ſbal ca : Which is…

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chievous Effe&s & In the Empire of 4ſjria, or Babylow , for theſe rwo were united into one Empire, and therefore in Scripture are promiſcuouſly called ſometimes by one Title, and ſometimes by the other, 19 And they } (hal come, and ſhal reſt all of them 22 in the deſolate valleys »,and in ths holes of the rocks 0…

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Chap. VIIT. F £5 & © 0 Chap.VIIIe | ſpal be for Briars and Thorns, No man wall either buy or lure it v_ whom at this time they ſought to deſtroy ; or, rather 2. the Peos any terms. ple of I!rael, of whom he laſt ſpske, v. 4. and who are the chief ſub- 24 With arrows and with bows d ſhal men come} j-& pk - rod in thi…

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.- concerning} Maher-ſbalal-haz-baz es, 2 ng! 28: 9, 13. x Soas they ſhal bein grear danger of ; n . e pe . ths in © Or, A great Volume, becauſe the Prophecy to be written 1n it | ver ſwelling fo high as ch bo ws Mock ji _ ph L- . '. was large, and God would have it written in very large and legible | overwhelm him.…

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weary of their preſenr ood 19a and —_ diftruſt of Goo, : NROS Lang _ =_ omy Joie 0 | Do not approve of proteQion, deſigned to revolt from God,and from the Houſe of Da- a CORE he m—_— ed Deſign of making a Confederacy withthe Did, and ro put themlelves under the power and prote&ion of the King 0 NN : hat thing which t…

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c It is worthy of your obſervation and admiration. Theſe Words are literally ſpoken by Faiah concerning himſelf, but withal myſti- cally concerniag Chriſt, of whom he ſpeaks more frequently and Fully than any other Propher, and of whomy he was an evident Type ; "and therefore they are fitly applyed ro Chriſt, Heb. …

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c Finding no help from Heaven,they turn their Eyes downward looking hither and thither for Comforr. d Many Words expreſſing the ſame thing are put together, to ſignific the variety and extre« mity and continuance of their Miſeries. CH A Þ, IN Toy in the midft of afflition, 1 5. The Birth : Perſon : Office, and Ki…

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Shalmaneſer, who took Samaris,& carried 1/rael into Captivity, 2 Kings 17: 5, 6. Of which Calamity, though yer ro come, the Prophet ſpeaks as if it were paſt, as the manner of the Prophet is. g In that part of the Land which bordereth upon the Sea, to wit, the Lake of Geneſarech, which is very commonly called a S-#…

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p Thou haſt made good thy Promiſe to Abraham concerning the Multiplication of his Seed, Gen: 15. 5. and 22: 17. by adding his Spiritul Seed unto the Carnal, by gathering in the Gentiles to the Jews, and making them both one People in Chriſt, John 10.16. Eph; 2: 14, &c. For in Scripture-account the Believing Gentile…

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8s A Prophertical and threatning Meſſage by me : For now the Prophet, having inſerted ſome Contolatory Paſſages for the ſups port of Gods faithful People, returns ts his formerCommination a« gainſt the rebellious I/raelizes, b Heb, it fell, i.e. it ſhal fall, in the Propherical Stile, It ſhal certaialy be accompliſ…

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16: 11, 14, and 24. 19y 20. and fmuch Jeſs upon others. » Not preciſely; for there were ſeven thouſand Ele& Perſons among them, when they ſeemed to Elijah to be univerſally corrupt, 1 Kings 197 18 bur the Body or generality of the People. o For though rhey profeſſ-d re worſhip and ſerve the true God, yet indeed the…

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7 * Howbeit, he + meaneth not ſo z, neither doth 2 his heart think ſo, but 3 is inhis beart to deſtroy, and *Mic: NE cut off nations not a few a. fHeb: wel 2 He doth not atall defign the Execution of my Will, and the no: mean Glory of my Juſtice, in puniſhing mine Enemies; but only to en- nor wil his} large his ow…

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wer, | ; | 14 And my hand hath foundas a Neſt ? the riches of the people : and as one gachereth eggs that are lefe « have I gathered all che earth. x, and there was none that moved the wing,or opencd the mouth or peeped y. + As one finderh young Birds XI 6 the N./# being put _ 5 Qz che | O fn gF wood, meljes…

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to whom by an Apoſtrophe he direQeth his them, or wth being here underſtcod, added. to ſhew, ry ſevere, aS It 15 every Where. Remnant of then, And ſo this Word is added as a Reafon why a Remnanr, and but aRemnant,ſhould return his Juſtice, and manifeſt his Mercy. And in this mixed ſenſe the Apoltle ſeems to e…

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» Here the Propher cerurns to his former Diſcourſe concerning the 4ſhrian Tavalion inco Judah ; which he decribes, after the man ner of the Prophets, as a thing preſent, and ſers down the ſeveral Stages by which he marched towards Jeruſalem, The Places here named are moſt ofthem Towns of B-»jamin and ſome of Judah,…

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ath theſe Perfeftions in it ſelf,and confers them wpon him. Ir is 1cither eafie, nor at all neceſſary, exatly to diſtinguiſh theſe two Gifts ; it is. ſufficient that they are neceſſary Qaalificatjons for 2 Governour, and for a Teacher, both which Offices were to meet in the Meſſiah; and as is evident that they ſign…

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4. 6 * The Wolfalſoſhal dwell with the Lamb, and the _ ; ith che kid f: and the Calf 55: 25, Leopard ſhall lie down with the K1 f: an e ( izek. 34. and the young Lion, and the fatling together,andalittle *þ child ſhal lead them £- ; ; Hoſ: 2:48. f The Creatures ſhal be reſtored to that State of Innecency in which…

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_— wo CO of the Gentiles, aS is evident fro reas tnat out of Babylon was long before the coming of the Me. fiah, and the calling of the Gentiles. z From all Places Rack far — near, into which either the Ten Tribes or the T'wo Tribes were carried poo war for the Places of both their Captivities are here named, of w…

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| Clap.54- 6 *X Cry out and ſhout, thou F inhabitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One of Iſrael in the midft of thee, Fe4h CHAP. XII. God's Armies, 1 6. The defiruftion of Brbylon by the Perſians and 1 h- S. . . y . whine Medes: Their great diftreſs and Anguiſh and their utter Deſolation, G6 ——27 HE * burden …

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cauſe her lighe to ſhine. | _ * Which conſiſt of many Stars, and therefore give a greater Iigtr. » Either, r. properly and really, by an Eclipſe ; for Pro- 'SICS 1N Heaven do ſometimes go, before or accompany great and publick Calamities upon earth: Or, 2. figuratively, and in appea= rance: All things ſhall look d…

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y Soit was, though not according to mans raſh Judgment, and impatient ExpeRation, yet according to Gods Eſtimation, and to the Eye of Faith, whereby 45raham ſaw Chriſts Day as preſent, many Ages before it came: Joh: 8: 56: and comparatively 3 forit hapned - within Two hundred years : which is but a ſmall proportion…

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are ſometimes called gods in Scripture ſo their P laces and _— be fitly called their SR » Wiich properly is {wth mw eminent Star, which uſhers in the Sun and the Morning ; but " ere metaphorically taken for the high and mighty King of By. 50 And It 1Sa very uſual thing, both in Proptetical ar:d in Hog ane Writers,…

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j=&s. Which ir is more than probable Belſhazzar did, and it 45 CEre tain that his Parents and Predeceſfors kad done, whoſz Sins con- tributed, togerker with his, to bring down Gods jJuagment upon that Empire» s Such as Belſhazzar was, being defcended from that Nebuchadnezzar who had made fuch horrid Slaughters and …

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0 The People ofthe Jews, who are brought to extreme pover- * ty by the Cruelty, and the Malice of oth:r Enemies. The Firſt- born were the,chief of all the Children. Hence. the Title of firſt= born 1s given to Perſons or Things which are moſt eminent in their kinds, asto the People of Iſrael, Exod; 4: 22: to David, …

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# A Prophecy of the DeſtruQtion of the Moabiter, the inveterate and implacable Enemies of the Jews, begun by the 4ſhrian,and fi- niſhed by the 8abylorian Emperours, 6 Or, in 8 night, ſuddenly and unexpeRedly ; for Men ſleep ſecurely in the Night,and there- fore the Evils which then overtake them,are moſt terrible t…

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Chapter » and here turneth his Speech to them, and gives them Countel what to do, to prevent, if poſſible, the threatned Deſolas tion. In theſe firſt Words he adviſeth them to the Praftice either, 1 of Juſtice : Pay that Tribute of Lambs and Goats which you obe lzged your ſelves to pay unto David, and to his Poſter…

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wards their own People,and the 1raelizes which were among them ; and partly as a Reaſon and Evidence of that Stability which he had promiled to the Houſe of Davia- Jer:48.29 7cph.zzx0 6 We have heard of the * pride of Moab y, ( heis very proud ) even of his haughtineſs,and his pride, and his wrath : but his lies …

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10 And * gladnefsis taken away, and joy © "Jer48, the plenciful field,and in the hm thee Gut be - = ſinging, neither {hal there bs ſhouting : the treaders Pp hal tread out no wine in 7heir prefles;T have made their vintage-thouting to ceaſe, ? Inthoſe times they uſed to ſqueeze out the Juyce of theis Grapes by tr…

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e Either Samaria, their chief Fortreſs; or all their Fortrcflcs or ftrong Hotds, the Singular Number being pit for the Pjura]- or all theirStrength and Glory ; which antwers to rhe K/ngaom in the next Clauſe. f Or, anafrom ( which Particle is eafily tndere ſtood from the former Claule ) cheremnant of Syria. So the …

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SECTION 1620

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 1620

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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.