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of_o judah_n the_o mount_n zion_n which_o he_o love_v 68_o but_o first_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o kiriathaim_n 1_o sam._n vi_o 21._o a_o city_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n xv._o josh_n 6._o where_o he_o resolve_v hereafter_o to_o have_v his_o special_a residence_n and_o so_o from_o thence_o after_o a_o short_a stay_n at_o the_o house_n of_o obed-edom_n unto_o mount_n zion_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o 6._o xvi_o 1_o 3_o 29._o which_o he_o prefer_v before_o the_o hill_n of_o kiriathaim_n 1_o sam._n vii_o 1._o or_o any_o other_o place_n in_o all_o the_o country_n 69._o and_o he_o build_v his_o sanctuary_n like_o high_a palace_n like_o the_o earth_n which_o he_o have_v establish_v for_o ever_o 69._o there_o solomon_n build_v he_o a_o stately_a temple_n which_o as_o it_o be_v a_o high_a and_o lofty_a fabric_n so_o be_v not_o movable_a like_o his_o former_a habitation_n but_o remain_v perpetual_o fix_v like_o the_o earth_n on_o which_o it_o stand_v 70._o he_o choose_v david_n also_o his_o 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miscarry_v 72._o so_o he_o feed_v they_o according_a to_o the_o integrity_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o guide_v they_o by_o the_o skilfulness_n of_o his_o hand_n 72._o and_o he_o do_v not_o deceive_v his_o expectation_n but_o govern_v they_o with_o equal_a integrity_n and_o prudence_n never_o design_v any_o thing_n but_o their_o good_a and_o dextrous_o accomplish_v whatsoever_o he_o design_v psalm_n lxxix_o a_o psalm_n of_o asaph_n argument_n this_o psalm_n be_v pen_v in_o all_o probability_n upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n with_o the_o lxxix_o viz._n the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n see_v what_o i_o have_v say_v there_o in_o the_o argument_n of_o that_o psalm_n and_o it_o will_v appear_v altogether_o unlikely_a that_o this_o shall_v have_v respect_n to_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n as_o many_o imagine_v and_o among_o the_o rest_n theodoret_n which_o be_v the_o more_o strange_a because_o the_o same_o reason_n he_o give_v there_o why_o the_o lxxiv_o 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praise_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o goodness_n and_o for_o his_o wonderful_a work_n to_o the_o child_n of_o man_n 15._o o_o that_o such_o man_n will_v never_o forget_v to_o make_v their_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n to_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o singular_a kindness_n but_o every_o where_o proclaim_v his_o wonderful_a work_n 16._o for_o he_o have_v break_v the_o gate_n of_o brass_n and_o cut_v the_o bar_n of_o iron_n in_o sunder_o 16._o who_o when_o their_o case_n be_v desperate_a remove_v the_o great_a obstacle_n and_o make_v even_o brazen_a gate_n and_o iron_n bar_v give_v way_n to_o their_o escape_n 17._o fool_n because_o of_o their_o transgression_n and_o because_o of_o their_o iniquity_n be_v afflict_v 17._o in_o like_a manner_n we_o see_v other_o who_o forget_v god_n and_o sottish_o give_v themselves_o up_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o debauchery_n in_o a_o irregular_a way_n of_o live_v fall_v into_o grievous_a disease_n 18._o their_o soul_n abhor_v all_o manner_n of_o meat_n and_o 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