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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2

Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 · 2,402,827 words · 2087 reading sections

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a The Lord confirms the prediQion, by drclaring how it thould be done. b E'rc lonz, and in few years after this was done, tho! we cannot preciſely determine how ſoon it was. c As that whici: is bro- ken intopieces. d Senacherib's, or rather the tyranny and oppreffin of the. Aſſrian Kinzdom. e O Iſrael and Feruſalem…

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lency z of Jacob #, the * empticrs #7 have emptied them out z, and mar- red 0 their vine-branches p. Z This confirms the Prophet's Threat, either declaring that now, ſince God had iufficiently puniſhed Facob and Iſrael, he would next puniſh the proud Afyrian, as Ifa. 10. 12. or elſe 'tis a Confirmation by Argumen…

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- And | Huzzab z ſhall be ||led away captive , ſhe r, toak Fay Avy h A! d he Thads v {hl 1 14 _ h 4 4iþ was ſhall be brought up, and her IMalgs y NULL ISAA Z CY Lrbited; o< with the voice of doves a, tabring upon their r, t2re breaſts h. as a flan: 4 This is varioufly taken, bur the moit probable pueſs is, that it…

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þ This calls for cur Attention. q The God of j;r.ze whom thou hait deſpiſed and Laſphemed. r Afſirian Kingdom and Nineveh, s Whoie Cummand a!l muſt obey. # Ninevth. a In wrath or ſud- devly; or what if when the City firſt plundred, then burnt, theſe Chariots were burnt in that ſmoke? x» of the conquering Enemy. Y …

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f See chap. 2. ver. 13. let. , q, 7,5 g Nineveh as an Harlot lad been proud, and appeared beautiful and gay in the Gifts of her Lo- vcrs3 but now God will deal with her according to her ways, ( and as Men provoked uſe to do with Harlots) ſtrip her naked, and eX- poſe her to the greateſt Infamity; or deal with thee …

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x ONineveh, y Not only taſte, but drink deep, yea be drunk with the bitter Cup of God's diſpleaſure and thine Enemies rage, I/a. 29., Obad. 16. x Either hide thy ſelf, or be ſo weakned and diminiſh'd that thou ſhalt no more appear, or elſc be as contemprible, laid by in ſome obſcure Place, Fear and Shame ſhall coye…

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over the Kingdom. x Are remiſs, or miſtake, or are heartleſs or dead; they cannot;or will not mind the publick Concerns. y H1s Name ] mcet not with, Aſaradinus,or as the Scripture calls him Eſarhaddon, may poſſibly be the Name and Manintended, 2 The brave, valiant and famous Men. @ Either be duricd as dead, or lie …

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ir of Jadea into Babylon for Daniel's Dinner: az wo 4 ; / The 5 Ut as 1t would at that Day have been if really done. 2 0 LORDe, how longs f ſhall Terr -. 2nd thou wilt not hear þ? ever cry 7 out unto thee > cf vio- lence /, and thou wilt not ſave 2 2 © Unto God alone he makes his Application. as only able to re-…

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they aſſault, and Cruelty with which they uſe their Captives. b The Law they obſerve is their own Will, and what they pleaſe you muſt ſubmit unto, nor complain of Wrong done, foraſmuch as they do 3t. c Their Authority and Superiority, for which you muſt reve- rence them, the Lordlineſs of their Deportment roward yo…

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forth, thou waſt God : thou haſt permitted, born with, reſtrain'd, overthrown and puniſh'd ſuch proud, bloody and ſacrilegious Wret- ches. In thy Works of old,before this proud Chaldean Monarch was thought of, thou wert as now Wonderful, Juſt and Good, and thy Saints found ſupport in the Remembrance thereof, Pſal. …

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14 And makeſt & men / as the fiſhes »: of the ſea 7; as the || creeping things o zhar have no ruler p over them ? | þ Not infuſing cruel, ravenous and unſatiable Appetires, but per- mitting them to a& according to ſuch Appetite which was already intkem. / Who ſhould be juſt to all, and wrong none z who were once …

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6 Shall not 9 all theſe b take up a parable c againſt him d, and a taunting e-proverb againſt him, and fay, {{ Or, Hehe. || Wo f ro him: that increaferh g that which 1s nor b his: how "long i 2 and to hiny that ladeth & himſelf with thick clay /. hs © 425-577 BY jw a The PrediQtion is moulded thus ina Queſtion to …

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thoughtſt to advance thy Glory, and to illuſtrate thy Name ; but 'ris q in very deed the ſhame of thy Reign that it bath been bloody. q Or d Family, thy Royal Family. r Deſtroying and impoveriſhing multi- wy tudes of Men and Cities. s It was thy fin whatever thou didſt think N of it. # Or Life of thy Perſon and Poſ…

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p Here the Prophet removes the Confidences of Babylon, ſhe would boaſt of her Gods, and depend cn them, but this will be vain and un- profitable 3 it is not imaginable that theſe Idols ſhould help rheſe per- ſons. q Carved in Wood or Stone; for of ſuch Materials did theſe Idol-makers ſometimes make their Gods, r It…

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a In the former Yerſe the Prophet declared the Uſeleſsneſs, and Unprofitableneſs of the Idols of Babylon, now he. threatens the Ido- laters. They fſinn'd greatly by placing their Confidence in them, and they ſhould ſuffer the more for it, b Whatever ſhape Art may pive it, or whatever Veneration blind Idolaters may …

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q lent Storm fall on them and deſpoil them. c For thoſe that dwelt within them; theſe People dwelt in Tents, and theſe made up on the ſides with Curtains. d People of the Land. e A People ſprung from one of Abraham's Sons, by Keturah, who gave his Name Midtan to the Land, as well as to the People. f Were ſore afrai…

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e Though he rejoyce as a Giant to run his Race, and had conſtantly ;1, by come out of his Chamber to run it about 2500 Years paſt, yet now &o " ſtops his Courſe, and with his ſtay puts ſtop to the Motion of Moon and Stars at the Command of God's Miniſter, and 1ſrael's Captain, Foſh. 10. 12, 13. f So the Pſalmiſt, P…

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kro00Ps C. q har dreadful Deſolations God threatned againſt Iſrael, chap. 1. wer. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. for thoſe he now ſpeaketh of, and me- ditateth on, having finiſh'd his elegant Deſcription of God's whn- derful works of mercy toward Tſrael of old, and left them as a foun- dation of Comfort and Hope. r Or Hea…

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Gd forezelleth the deſolation of Feruſalem and Judah by the Batylonians r. their idolatry and many other ſins : exhorteth them to repentance : ſheweth the nearneſs of their captivity : nothing ſhall be able 19 deli- ver 'em from deſtruftion, 1 — 18. HE word a of the LORD 6 which came c to Zephaniah d the fon of Cu…

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are irri.cd Arheits, or that in Matters of Religion have taken up not wat 1s purcſt and trucſt, but what is neareſt and molt in faſhion, 7 Slugziſhiy neglctted to examine pretended Religions, according to the Law, which they mizhtand ought to have done, and who have embraced a taile Religion initead of the true. m …

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men 7Þat are + ſetled on their lees y; that fay in thei! + e curaed,) thick! heart =, The LOR D will not do good, neither will be do evil 2. | ft That Day, ver. 9. which ſee let. 4. u God ſpeaks after the manner of Man, who ſearcheth dark places with Candles in hand God's Omniſcience ſeeth all things, and needs …

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all have notice given to meer on this work, and being gather'd roge- ther; ſearch your ſelves, hearts and ways, and repen'. 6 Repeated to affe&t them the more, and to haften them to ir, and make them ſerious in it. c Of the Fews, yet a People, yet my Pcople, though next door almoſt to being no People, d Neither def…

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f Now all the Philiflines are threatned, whereas hefore he named only thoſe four Cities. g The Coaſts of the great or weſtern Sea, now the Mediterranean, on which the Philiſtines of o:d did dwell; h Or Deſtroyers. Men that were ſtout butfierce, and perhaps terrible to Neighbours and Foreigners that had the hard hap…

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Servants, he. chief in doi vel! _—_ chief in doing ir. m No .þ 24741 A R more Citics nor Citizens to | 4 F, the {ea- '\N The P for ſhep! coalt ſhall be dwell F rophet doth 2pherds 72, « on. a wellin Zypt, but of | not ſpeak of ; S This confirms qg Gr flocks. gs and cottages Country was _ mg Ethiopians bao ws Ethi…

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42CKk-3G$. 2 * Hei * Fzek- 92. 27 Chap. > * fer princes 7 within her are roaring lions & her judges / re evening wolves m7, they gnaw not the bones Mich.3- 9» Till the MOITOW 77 JO, II, by Jer. 230 11, 32» Hol. 9. 7+ | *Ezck- A 92, 26, *Deut. + Heb, * ſer. 8, 12, 11.18, ; Perſons of principal Place …

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2 Or then, afrerwards; i.e. when my Jedements have been exc- cuted, and have cut off the wicked. þ 1 will give them 4 pure wiy of worſhipping me in Prayer, Praiſes, and the Iffue of a pur:net Heart, Ezeh. 11.17, 18, 19, 20:.and 35. ver. 26. i Perform ail re- ligious Service,all Religion being expreit thus by callin…

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This Verſe isa Repetition of the Promiſe for the greater affurance of it, and ſeems to add but little to what was before promiſed, un- leſs it be the ſpeedineſs of what God doth for them, and the Com- prehenfiveneſs of it, he will turn back their Captivities, Zeb: plur, whether under Manaſſeh, or Fehojakim, or Feco…

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rure, or by Generation, Son of Pedajah; or elle there were two Ze- vubbabel's,Sons of two Brothers, Pedajahand Shealtiel. b Appointed to this by the Perſian King, under whoſe Power the Fews were now fallen, and at whoſe Pleaſure Governours were placed or diſplaced. ; Over the Remnaitrerurned out of Babylon, and onc…

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9 Ye e looked f tor much, and log zt came to little 5; and when ye brought 77 home, I did || blow 7 upon it : why ? ſaith the LORD of hoſts : Becauſe of mine houſe that zs waſte &, and ye run / every man to his own houſe m. | e O Fews, you toiled, and were at great coſt, as ver. 6. f Ex- peRted, hoped, promiſed y…

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14 And the LORD's ſtirred vp the ſpirit z of Ze- rubbabel the ſon of Shealtiel # governour x of Judah, and the ſpirit of Joſhua the ſon of Joſedech »y the high prieſt, and the ſpirit of all the remnant 3 of the peo- ple, and they came @ and did work 6 in the houſe c of the LORD of hoſts 4 their God e : | s This i…

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Both Accounts make the Captivity to end in the ſeventieth Year according to the Scripture, But now the former Account makes it one hundred and nine Years between Cyrus his Decree, and Darius his Decree ; all which time the Temple by this Account lay deſolate, without a Prophet to ſtir them up to their Duty of build…

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/ Which was literally fulfilled in the Overthrow of the Perſian Mo- narchy by the Grecians, in the Civil Wars, and ſucceeding Troubles among Alexander his Succeſſors, the Growth of the Roman Power by their ſubduing their Neighbours, and their Difſenfionsand homebred wars, all huſh'd by Auguſtus a lirtle before Chri…

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y Now is the Caſe applied. x As common things touch'd by holy 'things are not ſanRified, and as polluted Perſons, t-uching whac is clean, pollute it; as holy things did not by touch and bodily Appli- cation make him legally holy, who was common but a polluted Per- ſon made all he touch'd and handled unclean: fo unſ…

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:* 2/1 e great, ard bleſs d; or on ia but in the Name of the | tion, that not you, but they ſhall find DeftruRtion asthe end thereof; ens feb Zee, _ © it ſhall be a plentiful Harveſt to | which was verified in the ſucceſſive ruine of the Perſian, Grecian, and ..i4 toretel and promiſe you, nat 1 ——_ ch no Sign yet ap …

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Echariah 7s the ſecond Prophet who cometh from God 10 7 _ w_ _ _ s L_- p pn : hs on ge - , eveal more fully, than be doth, all ihe futu 6 2 both to ſecond Haggai's Exbortations, and 10 revea , d the Rejedion of the Fews | Lats d the ſecond Temple by the Romans, and the Rejection 0 We Events to the final Deſolation …

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- Cote Aturaloſer and Byl, by Heb. and anſwers to part of our Ofober and November, ewo Months after Haggat began to en- courage the Fews to build the Temple. 5 Son of Hyftaſpis, and the third Perſian Monarch, vid. Hag. I. I. let. 4. and again chap. I. 15. let. f. at large. c Here is his Warrant and Divine Call, the…

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q In a Viſion God communicates his Word, Mind or Will to the — Prophet. r Either literaily, it was by Night that Zechariah had this Viſion,or with this it may note the obſcurity and myfteriouſneſs of the Viſion, for it may be emblematical, as the Myrtles and the Bottom are. s Mark well what 1 ſaw, as now I relate i…

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J5 an Em! —_— A verda e Church | neg 4 - =_ Rn : low, mourni of the ED or bs Wi as ce ark ops | eſa aMiRted S vreſt ; b LOT n ants, arc . a Captai , Or as Spice tate; then | ded, and _—O $yae: t without Ine ——_ In the = 'roiedina 14 S t, Red I are A chdoche, tl yo es 6 ON bir ; the reſt, unto o 7 the ; Sb enoti…

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Vc x'Y, II. | hap Then ; faid I #, What come theſe to do / ? And *” ſake, ſaying, Theſe 7 are the horns which have he #7 Fm Judah, ſo that no man did lift up his head o : Saas ſe p are come to fray them 9, to caſt out the _ - of the Gentiles s, which lift up zherr horn 7 over ” Tudah to ſcatter 1t x. the land w…

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| ons of Providence among the Nations, in the Performance 07 Y7o- miſes to you my People. a Pitch my Tabernacle, nay build my Ha- bitation and Houſe, and reſide in it; give you my Ordioaaces, my perhaps to ſtand by, dire, and encourage the Perſon that was going tomeaſure Fernſalem. 1 A created Angel, or a Miniſteri…

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: inten- j, ©. he Father had keard the Son and anſw ; : 'tis a Synechdoche, Horſes and Horſemen are both inten-} 7 7. When t1 | ered him - bu == eſs es Abects.ver. zo] now the Colour of theſe Horſes is, | £1515 ſpoken to our Ap Rn ſo muſt be underſtood. 0 Of ho 1. Red, denoting probably the bloody Condition of State…

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having enced their Toil, or weather'd the Storm, compoſed their * ſhall yet choote d Jeruſalem. "lin Differences,and ſheathed their Swords z are full of Peace, and fir ſtill | _ 7 The Prophet's Commiſſion 1s either entarged,or more ſull Inſtru- © had fo I to take their Eaſe. 2 Either the ſame thing repeated, to heigh…

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.» firſt point to the four Horns, of which ver. 18, 19. as if he quiry, Hr Po 1. Lock you, there are four Horns which have done ſhould have yo - none had either Strength Miſchief to 7 - lift up the head 3 and thus theſe Horns proudly and or _ ov'd my People. p Theſe Carpenters or Smithsare Em- cruelly deitroy God …

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n Or, And he ſaid : Or as the French, ( lequel lui dit 9 which ſaid un- to bim ; ſo'tis plain, that the Angel which noiv was going forth, ſpake to that Angel which came to meet him, or gave him Orders what todo, o Since you come ſo ſeaſonably, haſten with all Diligence, and from me tell that young Man Zechariah. p …

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2 And the LORD / ſaid unto Satan, * The LORD #2 rebuke o thee, O Satan, even the LORD that hath cho- ſen Jeruſalem, rebuke thee : zs not this p a brand pluckt out of the fire q © | 1 3.e. Chriſt the great Redeemer, Reſtorer, Lord and Mediator of the Church. m The great God, Father of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt; who 2s…

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prophane, unbclieving and ignorant fort of Jews wonder at they and their Hopes at their Labour and Expences in attempting tg build ſuch a Houſe, with fo little Helps to raiſe ſuch a Structure ay of Rubbiſh. e God the Father. f Will bring forth a muck ow wonderful Work. g Chriſt Meffiah, the Branch, 1/a. 4. 2, and x…

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ol which are upon the top 7 thereot : w d Whar doſt thou diſcern of that thou didfſt before half aſlcep,;,x half awake ſee, but didſt not obſerve? e Since awakened and rou-,, zed, I haye very diligently viewed and obſerved, and i ſec. f By x, God's appointment there was a Candleſtick to be made, as an Uten- fil a…

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Traveller goeth over a Way plain'd betore him. U/ Zerubbabel.,as the Servant of Chriſt, m Shall, as is uſual, affiſt ar the laying of the laſt faiſhing Stone, as well as he ſaw and affifted when the firſt Founda- ticn-ſtone was laid, n Of the ſecond Temple. 0 Wirh loud Accla- mations, the Signs of great Joy, and fa…

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Fi. 10 For who 9 hath deſpiſed the day of ſmall thingsb ? 70 | for c they ſhat] reJoyce, and ſhall fee the Tt plummet q 153, 1 the hand of Y.erubbabel wth thoſe ſeven e, * they Vol, M, | | f The Angel, chap. 4. ver. 1, 5. g O Zechariah. h That is ten Yards long by this it appears the Roil was ſpread out, for had …

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y Vid. ver, 1, let.c. x Ibid. let. d. a From the ſame Place whence the Ephah came. 6b The finful Nation was reſembled to a Woman ; and now, to keep a Pecorum in the Viſion, they who are to be God's Exccutioners, to punith that wicked Woman, are called Women ; *tis like enough to be meant of the Romans, a warlike an…

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Empires are ©o:zpzred, Dan. 7. 2.. and for the buſtlings of them may be well compared io; 2nd toraſmuch as they are raiſed by the Lord, and are under his Con:5nd, may properly enough be called Winds of Heaven, which blow a: God orders. Or, Spirits of, z. e. Angels of Heaven, who have, as Miniſters of Divine Provide…

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þ It appears not that this next thing hath any neceſſary Connexi- on to that which the Prophet laſt ſaw. / The DireC&tion or Command for the Prophet to do ſomething*ut of hand. 10 Take m of them of the captivity, ever of Heldai, of Tobijah, and. of Jedaiah, which are come from Ba- bylon, and come thou 7 the fame d…

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u Foſhua, but in hearing of others, and in the Name of the Lord. x Confider throughly the imporc and meaning of this unuſual Cere- mony. y Thou Joſhua art the Type or Figure, bur he that is the Man Iiznified by thee, is that great Perſon God hath promiſed, and you do expett, and who ſhallcome. x Whom you know by th…

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[ Or did ſyeak, 7. e. to your Fathers, and thus he doth ſpeak to you Gow. 22 God required former Judges, and he requireth preſent Judges, without Hatred, Prejudice, Paitiality, or Eribery, to give true Sentence. 7 Be kind and berefice»t to ſuch as need. Wrong none, if you could ; do good to all you can. o With tend…

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the Jews caſt out, or the Chaldeans who caſt them out. xz *Twas nor Tate, fit to make a Road through a Land ſo void of all Neceffaries, ſo full bangs of wild and ravenous Beaſts, ſo unwholſom as to the Air, g9c. y Sin- brou; ful Jews by their Sins, fierce Chaldeans by their Sword ; and God, by the ] his juſt Diſple…

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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 659

with reſpe, partly ro the Hebrew, partly to the twelfth Verſe, 4 Diſtreſs, or Straitneſs and Want, through ſuch great Barreaneſs as attended all their Labour. e God juſt and holy. f Let our, or took oft the Reſtraincs which kept Men in ſome order ; & when they were thus let out, they did diſcompoſe all, fell into S…

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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 660

Fruit. n Summarily, the Ground you plant ſhall abundantly bring forth her Fruit to your ſatisfation. o Which before were as Bras, and made your Earth as Iron, hard, barren, ſhall now drop down cheir Rain, and make the Earth fruitful. Much hke that P/27. 72. 2, Hof. 2.18, þ By my ſpecial, ſingular Providence, and Bl…

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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.