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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2
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Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1921
s Gr. grving, and ſo it may be diſtin&t from Gift in the next Clauſe ; to ſhew, that whereas Men ſometimes give good Gifts in an evil Way, and with an evil Mind, God's giving, as well as Gift, is al- ways good; and therefore when we receive any thing of him, we ſhould look not only to the thing it ſelf, but to his …
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who writes it in the heart, Fer. 31.33. And thus it may be taken particularly for the Word of the Goſpel, in oppoſition to the Lai which came to Mens ears from without, and admoniſhed them of their Duty, but was not writ in their hearts, or engratted there, to form them unto obedience to it. Or, that it may be engr…
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Þ True, fincere, genuine, Matth. 5. 8. 7:kn 15.3. gq This ſeem: to retle& upon the Hypocritical ZFews, whoſe Relicion contificd {7 much in external obſervances, and keepins themſ-lves from Ceremn- mial Defilements, when yet they were ſullicd with fo many mor. ones, Matth. 23. 14, 23. John 18. 28. devoured Widows Ho…
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{ Gr. lob upon, viz. with reſpe& and veneration, or 4 care and concern to pleaſe "him. þ% An honourable place, either contrary to the uſual orders of the Churches, according to which (as ſome ay ) the Elders ſat in Chairs, the next to them on: Benches ; and the Novices on the Pavement at their Feet; the Apoſtle tax…
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10 For whoſoever ſhall / keep the whole law z», * / This1is not an Afertion,that any Man doth keep the whole Law ſo as-to offend but in one point, but a Suppoſition that if, or ad- mitting ſuch a one were. m All the reſt of the Law, that one point only of the whole being excepted. - n Slip, or trip, or ſtum- ble a…
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a Viz. As to his eternal Salvation ; wherein are the ends of Reli- gion - promoted by it? The Apoſtle had jutt before declared, that thev who are unmerciful to Men, ſhall find God ſevere to them- ſelves, and have Judgment without Mercy : but Siypocritical Proteſ- ſors boaſted of their Faith as ſufficient to ſecure …
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20 Bur wilt thou know d O vain man e, that faith without works f is dead ? 4 Either this Queſtion is in order to teachinz, as Joh, 13. 12. Rom. 13. 3. and then the Senſe is, If thou haft a Mind to know, I ſhall inſtrutF thee : Or, it is a Teaching by way of Queſtion, as more emphatical and preſſing ; and then it i…
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n This illuſtrious inſtance of 4braham's Obedience did fo clearly e- vicence the Sincerity of his Faith, that it did moſt plainly appear, that what the Scripture ſaid of him, it ſpoke moſt truly, vzz. that he did indeed believe Gad, and it was counted to him for Righteouſ- neſs. Things are ſaid to be fulfilled when…
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Mercy to Gods People, as her receiving the Spies in Peace was Thi therefore helps not a little to reconcile the difference between th fe two Apoſtles. Paul deals with thoſe that magnified Works too maker , it they were juſtified by them,and ſlighted Faith and Grace:and thiere- tore tho he frequently ſhews the necei…
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been here ſaid. 25 Like- Chap. III. 25 Likewiſe alſo was not Rahab z the harlot x juſtified by works y, when ſhe had received the mel- {engers, and had ſent them out another way = ? u This Inſtance of Rahab is joyned to that of Abraham, either to ſhew, that none of any Condition, Degree, or Nation, was ever num…
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ed about with a very ſinall helm whicherſvever the governour liſteth h. h The other Similitude in which a Man is compared to a Ship, the Tongne to the Rudder, the governing the whole Body to the - turning about the Ship, As the Rudder is but a ſmall thin, in Com- pariſon of the much greater Bulk of a Ship, and yet…
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| x © | therewith curſe we men h, * which are made after the , &> x- ſimilitude of God #. {Praiſe ©* - = "A we aa... EI - . = I _ _ : : = EIT «at ocs 106 17, Ednne OD 2s _ S —*s- = _—— Or, bs! 4272 Has P3.2, * ROM. 13. I yo ©, and ſpeak well of God. g Of Chriſt, and in him of all 211-vers. þ Rail on, r…
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Defilement of Sin and Error, it being the property of true 7i!do;y to make Men adhere both to Truth and Holineſs. / Diſpoſeth Mey, to Peace, both as to the making and keeping it, in oppoiition to Strife and Contention, which 1s a Fruit of the earthly Witdum. Peaceableneſs, which relates to Man, is ſet after Purity,…
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that war c in your members d £ lo ver. - r « Either! ; Or, bras (78 , Or, pit” er 4. O ve. 5 ' Or, ENVY. . with the context, * Job 27. 9.and 35. 2, Pl. 18. 41. "WW. Jer. 11.11. Zech.7.13s fP1.65.18, 1 John 3. 22, * tJoh.15. 19. and 17. I4. Gal.I.10, * See Gen. $.5, and S.- 230. | Or, envi- l…
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2 Either, it m1y be utidertood properly of Inſurrettions, and Tuinults, in which, potfibly, fome carnal Profeiiors might be enga- | _—_ 7. e. MARcs us Juſt 252inſt it, carries out our Fiearts to Hate, and 1 tit it, And ci! agrees with what folloivs ; the Spirit, & lutts againft Envy, but he gives more Grace, viz. …
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y It is the real Acknowledgment of God's Providence, and the Dependance of ail our Afffairs upon him, which 1s here required ; and this is to be done, cither exprefly with the Mouth in ſuch like Forms of Speech as this is, ſo tar as 1s needful for our glorifying God, and diſtinguiſhing our ſelves from thoſe that are…
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n The moſt precious and laſting Metals, yet even they with lonz diſuſe, canker, and go to decay. Under theſe, other Metals eſteem among them, may be underſtood. o By a Proſopoperia, that which properly belongs to living Perſons, is aſcribed to dead thing: as Hab. 2. 11. Luke 19. qo. it is as much as if he had ſaid,…
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ſudyment the Scripture calls all t under Oppretſioa and Perſecution, 2 Theff. 1.5, 7, XC. 1 Whic! ſuſtentation of his Life. + The Rain ſoon after the Sowing, which cauled the Corn to ſpring up ; and that before the Harveſt whic! plamped it, and made 1t nt tor Reaping, -Dext, IT. 14. Ter. 5. ſy Hil. 5.3. Joe $ Bu …
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by other Creatures, tha \\ they make lawtully Swear, as Itkewiſe Name *of God were not interpotcd; not confiderins is not expreſſed yet it is implied, 3atth. 23. 20, 21. 7 Vir. þ Either, 1. Let vour Speccit be Tra, . 7c.t. and Naz, N.iy, 1.e. by plain athr! nations and nezations, without the addition ot any Oath…
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rain zz, and It rained not on the earth by the fc of three years and fix months 0. k Both of Body and Mind, Natural and Moral ; and fo ti, !: were righteous, yet he was not perte&, though an emincnt Prophe: yet buta Man. / With that eflectual, fervent Prayer before-menti. oned. It 15 an Aebrew phraſe, and notes ve…
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# Not only Metaphorically Strang! Fs as all Believers are in the World, Chap. 2. 11. but properly a as being out of their ova Land, and fo really ſtrangers 1n the places here mentioned. þ $9 7umes t.I, c A Country of the lcilcr . Go bordering upon the Euxzne Sea, and reaciting as far as Colchis, d Which borders upo…
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cle, and ſo werendcr it, > Cor, 1.3. God even the Fatiier, (7c. or 1t we take it for a Copy _— as Epbeſ. 1. 3. | Ged is called 5.1 God of Jeſus Chriſt, accortin, to Chrift's Humane Nature, 48d bib Father accordins to h13 Divir 7 This ſhews the Fountain from WHRence Repencration, and - 4}! other ſpiritua! Eleffings …
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the Grace of God in them; defending to his Exhortation after- wards, ver. 12. m Viz. while this lite afts, time, 2 C1. 4.17, n If God fee it fit, needtul tor your good, and conducing to his Glory ; intimating, that God doth not always af- flict Belicvers, but when ke ſees juſt cauſe, and never doth it with- out ca…
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Grace revealed under the Goſpel, the Prophets forctold, but in a | more dark way , the Sun of Righteouſneſs not being yer riſen, ti. Shadows were not gone, and the Light was but obſcure. Wall 11 Searching what zz, or what manner of time 7 the * ſpirit of Chriſt o which was in ther did 4; nitzz, when ir p teſtihed …
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girding up the Loins of the Mind, may reter to the Underſtanding and Thougits; and Sobricty, to the Will and Affetiions and may ftisnifie that Moderation whici bulot,;s to thei, 1n oppot:tion to ticir Inordinateneſs, witich is a fort of Drunkeanels, Or, 1t may be rendred, be watchful, as it is trantlated, 2 Tm. 4. 5…
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Son of God, A4d&s 22, { i.e. Who was 4 Lamb, m The Lao of God that takes away the fins of the orld, Yohn rn. 25 | like a Lamb tor his Innocence and Gentlenct3; I. $2. 7. but the Antitype of the Lambs, which under the Law were offered in the daily Sacritces, and more clpecially of the Paſchal Lam : whatever was ſha…
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fo an immortal Lite. 1 The fame which he called incorruptidle \ Secd, Winch is the Inftrument in Regencration, as 1s implied in the Prepultion, ly, going butore it, þ This, and the following: Verb may be joiacd, cither, 1. To God, the Word of God, who liveth, G73. or rather, 2, To the Wd, fo our Tranilition reads i…
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4 To whom 9 coming 7 as wnto a living / ftone 7 * diſallowed indeed of men , bur choſen » of G: xl, "5.7 and precious y. $0 q To which Chriſt. r By Faith, 9.4. in whom believins, 7/1 6. 35, 44,45. The word 1s in the Preſent Tenſe, the Apottle Qe- {cribing. here not their firſt Converſion to Chriſt, but their preic…
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but of the whole Church; all the parts of which, Gentile, as well as Jew, are jointly built on him, and upheld by him, Ephe/. 2. 20. 77 See v. 5. nShall not be diſappointed of his expected Salvation, and fo ſhall have no cauſe to be aſhamed of his Hope. This 1s ac- cording to the LXX, the Hebrew hath it, ſhall nxt …
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Kather nad but 4 taite, and which the rett of the Jews hid loft by thei: Undelitef. xz A People choſen of God, not onlv out of t*% World, but from among tie reſt of your own Nation, and nc 9 ly toan External Adoption, and outward Privileges, {as the who's Body of the Nation was) but to eternal Salvation, a Or, Kin…
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d He ſeems immediately to intend the Governours of Provinces under the Roman Emperors, ſuch as Pilate, Felix, Feſtus, were 1n Fudca ;, Sergins Paulus in Cyprus, Ads 13. 7. and others Places : See inke 3. tr. but ſo as to imply, under the Name of Governours, all inferior Magiſtrates, as under the Nan 2 of King, he d…
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7 7. e. There was no Guile in his Mouth, it js an Hebraifm. ty be found 1s the ſame as to be, and not to be ſ1und, the ſame as wt th be, Gen, 2. 20, Tia. 39. 2. See Rem. 7. 10. h This fignific; Chriſt's abſolute PerteGtion, in that he did not offend ſo much xx with his Mouth, 7am. 3. 2. The Senſe is, Chriſt was fre…
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it was to be only to their o#n Hushands, not to others; and 1c while he pc:{wades them to Subjection, he cautions them againſt Lnchaſtity. þ The Word of the Goſpel. He exhorts not only them that had believing Husbands, but ubelieving Ones, to be in ſubjc&ion to them. c Not that they could be carverted to Chriſt wi…
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7 Perform all Matrimonial Duties to them ; by a Synechdoche all the Duties of that Relation arc contained under this once of cohabi- tition. a Either, accordinz to that Rnowled-e of the Divine Will which by the Goſpel ye have obtained ; or, prudently and wiſely, and as becomes thoſe that underſtand their Dury, þ No…
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c God watchcth over them, looks favourably on them and hears their Prayers, fee P{. 34. 15, This he lays down as a motive fo Pa- tience under Injuries, and to keep us from tumultuating Paſſions, and Defires of Kevenge ; that God ſees all we ſuffer, hath a care of us, and is ready to hear, and in due time to help us…
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16 * Having a good conſcience - that whereas they Tu ſpeak evil of you, as of cvil-doers, they mav beathamed 1» * / that falſely accuſe your good converſation it; Chritl 1 7 This may be read either, 1. Indicative/y, and joined (as b, ſome it is) to the former Verſe; and then the ſence is, it ve v1 always ready to …
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z Which Spirits in Priſon. Que. When were theſe Spirits, to whom Chriſt preached by Noah, in Priſon ? Anſw. Then when Peter writ this Epiſtle. The Greek Participle of the Preſent Tenſe 1s here to be tupplied, and the words thus read, preached to the 5 pirits, which are in Pri/»n, viz. now at this time; and fo the t…
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Fleſh) which only tinccrely anfwers to vil God pagures iN ht, tiilm. 4 7.e, In the pretence of God, with whe: Comorot fant to do 1n Baptiſm, and who alone i© the fudoc ot Content, and knows whether it be good and fincer, Or not Cr, fiir fs God 1 to God ; and then it relates to ano, and wintics thy ant er | Engagem…
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> For the time paſt of our lives may ſuſtice p us 9 wrought the will of the Gentiles 7, when we walked /inlatdvioutnels z, lufts, excels of wine. revel- lines z. 7querings x, and ahominadble I[dolatries y. þ The Apoſtle doth notmmcan by this Exprefſion meerly that they ſhould forbear their former Luſts, out of a S…
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Cha by Men in the Fleſh, or as to their outward Man, yet as to their Souls {meant here by Spirits) they might live a holy ſpiritual Lite : Life to God 1n this World, endingin a Life with him in the as. s I, . 7 But * the end of all things # isat hand 7: + Bc» ye therefore lober », and watch 7 unto prayer 0, k Th…
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14 * If ye be reproached tor the name of Chriſt, I. happy arc ye 0: for rhe ſpirit of glory and of God Chap: 3 þ reſteth q upon you : On their part he 71 evil ſpo- bs "7 ken of /, but on your part he is glorified 7. _ 2 V:z. Becauſe of the Spirit's dwelling 1n you, which 1s both the means and evidence of your Happ…
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it appear to the 1att, that they do not tuffer. as evii-door:, p O; . who 4. Creater, 15 abl: to RCEp wWi't they commet fo hin. andthe ing taithtul in his Pronutes certainty will do:. == ' S {£ \ J CHEF Y: ' . f. p » 1 o Fo ” - Flacys muſt auly fred the fock of G f, to fwch a Cromn of Glary is pre- mijed, Im}. T…
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and then he pzTeth from the more ſpecial to the general. ſujecion he comprehends all tkoſe Ofices which the Younger owe fo the Eider; as, to reverence them, take their advice, be guided by them, 7/7c. Or, it 7» meer be taken in the former ſenſe, this Precept falls in with that of the Apoſtle, Heb. 13. 17.” þ Either…
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ſettle or tound (by a firm union and conjunRion unto Chriſt) that which 1s already built, Eph. 3. 17, 18. Col. 1.23. Or, 2. Theſe four words may be but different expreffions whereby the Apoſlle ſets forth the ſame thing, viz. God's confirming and eſtabliſhing thoſe Saints unto their final perſeverance ; and his uſi…
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ration ; from whence we may well argue, that none Þaving ever aſcribed it to John, and James being dead beter; (:bough if be had been alive, it cannot be imagined that he ſhould put Peter's Name 10 any Epiſtle 0! ts 00001 ts, ting) and there being none but they two preſent with our Lord at that time, beſide Peter, Ma…
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hþ This may reter either, 1. To what goes before, Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you, &c. according as his divine Power hath given unto us, &c. and then in thefe words the Apoltle ſhews what Rea- ſon there was to hope, that Grace and Peace ſhould be multiplicd to them, and perfected in them, viz. becauſe God ha…
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r Here the Apoſtle begins his Exhortation, that ſince God had done ſo much for them, ver. 3, 4. they would likewiſe do their Du- ty ; and that their care and diligence in improving the Grace they had received, might be added to his Bounty in- giving 1t them. ſ Or, Miniſter unto ; or it may be a Metaphor taken from …
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12 Wherefore I will nor be negligent z to put you always in remembrance of theſe things, though you know them -,and be eſtabliſhed in the preſent truth y. u 7.e, I will be diligent and careful. x He prevents ah Objetti- great moment, and you being beſet with temptations, encompaſſed about with infirmities, and whi…
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have been an Fr-» itne(s, as well as Eye-witneſs of Chriſt's Glory, hereby intimating that there was as much certainty of the Gof- pel, even in an Humane way, as could poſſibly be obtained of any thing that is done in the World, fecing Men can be humanely cer- tain of nothing more, than of what they perceive by the…
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but that no Man, nor Company of Men, no Church nor publick Officers, are to interpret the Scripture of their own Heads, accord- ing to their own minds, ſo as to make their private ſence be the lence of the Scripture, but to ſeek the underſtanding of it from God, who ſhews them the meaning of the Word in the Word it…
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lives, and the ſtaying of their execution, and reſcued them from that preſent Deſtru&tion, which, without Chriſt's interpoſition had ſeiſed on them. as it had likewiſe on the whole viſible Creation, immediately upon the Apoſtacy of Mankind. Or, 2. This 1s ſpo- ken not only of their pretences, that they ſhould profe…
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that ſhould live ungodly, to deter them from the imitation of the . Sins of thoſe that had ſo miſerably periſhed. The word may be rendred a Tjpe, (as it is Heb. 8.5. and 9. 23.) viz, Of Hell Fire, which 1s to be the puniſhment of wicked Men at the -laſt Day; Fude 7. implies as much. As the deliverance of the 17aeli…
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which agrees well with the inſtances of God's Vengeance before- mentioned, which was executed on wicked Men in tins World; and then the ſenſe is, The Lord knows how to deliver the Godly out of Temptations when he ſees fit, even in thisLife, and how to reſerve - thoſe wicked Men, whom he puniſheth with Temporal Judz…
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tixnſelves while they ſo finely deceive you, pretendinf love 1n their | Feaſting with you,when they do it only to gratife their Appetites ; or ſporting themſelves, and making merry with whiat they have cheated you of. 6 Viz. In your Feaſts of Charity, with the ſpecious Pretence of which they covered their Nauzhtine…
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many times promiſing Rain and- Refreſhment, either are ſcattered | by the Wind, or break out into a Tempeſt; ſo theſe when they promile to retreſh their Hearers Souls with the Truth of God, being themſelves deſtitute of it, do them no good, or with their pernicious Errors, or corrupt Manners, do them much harm. By …
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The deſign of this Epiſtle, 1, 2. Scoffers ſhould ariſe in the laſt time denying the coming of Chriſt to judgment and the end of the Weyld, 3, 4+ Theſe the Creation and Prejervation of the World refuies, as alſo the Flood, for as the firſt World periſhed by Water, { ſhall this by Fire, $——7. The coming of Chriſt is…
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1. 2.) and by Water, from which it hath its Compa&neſs and Solt- dity, and without which it would be wholly dry, meer uſeleſs Duſt, unfit tor the Generation, and ProduQion of natural Things. If we underſtand the Words thus, the Argument lies againſt the Scof- fers; for the Earth thus conſiſts of, and by Water, yet …
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T ER. and violently, or with ſuch a Noiſe as is uſually cauſed by ſuch vio- lent and ſpeedy motions. p The Elements, in a natural Senſe, as integral parts of the Univerſe, Air, Water, Earth. q So ver. 12. where another Word is uſed in the Greeb, which properly f1gnifies melting, or being on fire, or burning, ſhall…
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