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point_n let_v he_o read_v it_o as_o plain_a as_o word_n can_v make_v it_o eccl._n 12._o 7._o then_o namely_o when_o man_n die_v shall_v the_o dust_n return_n to_o the_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v and_o the_o spirit_n shall_v return_v unto_o god_n who_o give_v it_o so_o then_o to_o the_o next_o before_o we_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o a_o wind_n but_o the_o atem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sententiâ—_fw-la regressum_fw-la animarum_fw-la in_o corpora_fw-la minin_n è_fw-la negant_fw-la sed_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la moriendi_fw-la confirmant_fw-la &_o celeri_fw-la atem_fw-la life_n and_o all_o those_o scripture_n where_o life_n be_v compare_v to_o wind_n and_o die_v to_o the_o pass_v of_o it_o without_o return_v deny_v the_o regress_n or_o return_v of_o the_o soul_n to_o a_o natural_a not_o to_o a_o eternal_a life_n and_o imply_v the_o short_a stay_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n and_o certain_a departure_n from_o it_o not_o a_o not_o be_v when_o it_o part_n these_o two_o must_v part_v and_o so_o part_n as_o never_o to_o return_v to_o that_o estate_n again_o thus_o job_n expound_v himself_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v my_o eye_n shall_v no_o more_o see_v good_a or_o as_o the_o hebrew_n i_o shall_v not_o return_v to_o see_v good_a answerable_a to_o the_o metaphor_n of_o a_o wind_n it_o pass_v away_o and_o return_n no_o more_o to_o see_v in_o this_o place_n as_o often_o elsewhere_o be_v to_o enjoy_v i_o shall_v not_o est_fw-la videre_fw-la bonum_fw-la pro_fw-la frui_fw-la nota_fw-la locutio_fw-la est_fw-la enjoy_v good_a psal_n 4._o 6._o who_o will_v show_v or_o who_o will_v cause_v we_o to_o see_v any_o good_a it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a sight_n of_o good_a which_o they_o desire_v but_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o it_o so_o jer._n 17._o 6._o the_o man_n who_o heart_n depart_v from_o god_n be_v threaten_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v when_o good_a come_v that_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o enjoy_v good_a when_o it_o come_v for_o though_o to_o see_v good_a be_v a_o mercy_n yet_o to_o see_v it_o and_o not_o to_o taste_v it_o be_v a_o curse_n therefore_o at_o the_o last_o day_n they_o who_o think_v themselves_o high_a in_o god_n favour_n but_o be_v indeed_o under_o his_o wrath_n be_v tell_v that_o they_o shall_v 26._o lam._n 13._o 26._o see_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o themselves_o shut_v out_o they_o shall_v see_v what_o they_o can_v enjoy_v and_o that_o sight_n shall_v add_v to_o their_o sorrow_n the_o prophet_n cry_v out_o lament_v 3._o 1._o i_o be_o the_o man_n that_o have_v see_v affliction_n that_o be_v i_o be_o the_o man_n that_o have_v feel_v and_o have_v experience_n of_o affliction_n and_o psalm_n 16._o 10._o the_o great_a promise_n to_o christ_n be_v that_o though_o he_o take_v a_o corruptible_a body_n upon_o he_o yet_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v corruption_n that_o be_v partake_v of_o corruption_n corruption_n shall_v have_v no_o communion_n with_o much_o less_o power_n over_o he_o and_o we_o have_v the_o same_o use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o this_o book_n chap._n 20._o ver_fw-la 17._o where_o zophar_n tell_v the_o hypocrite_n that_o god_n will_v deprive_v and_o strip_v he_o of_o every_o good_a thing_n he_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o river_n the_o flood_n the_o brook_n of_o honey_n and_o butter_n it_o be_v a_o rhetorical_a expresson_n compare_v the_o affluence_n of_o outward_a thing_n to_o flood_n and_o river_n and_o brook_n which_o send_v forth_o their_o stream_n plentiful_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v though_o there_o be_v great_a store_n of_o honey_n and_o butter_n those_o two_o be_v specify_v for_o the_o rest_n though_o there_o be_v river_n brook_n and_o stream_n of_o these_o commodity_n yet_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v see_v none_o of_o they_o that_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o enjoy_v or_o taste_v a_o drop_n of_o 18_o sicut_fw-la graeci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o latini_n bonum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la pro_fw-la pulchro_fw-la commodo_fw-la &_o utili_fw-la usurpant_fw-la isa_n subinde_fw-la hebraei_n vocabudum_fw-la tob_z fagius_n in_o gen._n 2._o 18_o they_o that_o unbelieved_a lord_n be_v tell_v by_o elisha_n that_o he_o shall_v see_v plenty_n in_o samaria_n the_o next_o day_n but_o shall_v not_o eat_v thereof_o 2_o king_n 7._o 2._o not_o to_o see_v be_v not_o to_o eat_v and_o he_o that_o see_v but_o eat_v not_o be_v not_o relieve_v but_o trouble_v at_o the_o sight_n my_o eye_n shall_v not_o see_v good_a what_o good_a when_o a_o man_n die_v shall_v he_o see_v no_o more_o good_a we_o see_v but_o little_a good_a while_o we_o live_v and_o the_o great_a good_a be_v to_o be_v see_v when_o we_o die_v or_o rather_o while_o we_o live_v what_o do_v we_o see_v but_o evil_a and_o when_o the_o saint_n die_v what_o have_v they_o to_o see_v but_o good_a how_o be_v it_o then_o that_o job_n say_v when_o i_o die_v my_o eye_n shall_v not_o see_v good_a what_o miserable_a creature_n be_v we_o if_o there_o be_v no_o good_a to_o be_v see_v beyond_o the_o line_n of_o this_o life_n our_o rich_a stock_n of_o comfort_n lie_v in_o the_o good_a we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o which_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o blessed-making_a vision_n and_o job_n know_v well_o enough_o that_o his_o eye_n shall_v see_v good_a after_o death_n for_o he_o say_v chap._n 19_o 27._o with_o these_o eye_n shall_v i_o see_v god_n he_o know_v also_o his_o soul_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o see_v good_a and_o a_o better_a good_a than_o ever_o he_o see_v in_o the_o world_n while_o his_o body_n lie_v in_o the_o grave_n then_o his_o meaning_n of_o my_o eye_n shall_v no_o more_o see_v good_a be_v no_o more_o worldly_a good_a none_o of_o †_o these_o good_a thing_n which_o i_o have_v see_v i_o shall_v be_v above_o the_o smart_n of_o earthly_a sorrow_n and_o above_o the_o sense_n of_o earthly_a joy_n good_a be_v either_o natural_a or_o civil_a or_o spiritual_a when_o god_n create_v the_o world_n he_o look_v upon_o all_o that_o he_o bid_v make_v and_o he_o see_v that_o all_o be_v very_o good_a civil_a good_a be_v the_o order_n peace_n and_o prosperity_n of_o the_o world_n death_n stop_v the_o sight_n of_o all_o this_o good_a as_o for_o eternal_a or_o spiritual_a good_a death_n can_v close_v or_o dim_v the_o eye_n against_o those_o object_n then_o here_o be_v no_o plea_n for_o atheist_n against_o the_o resurrection_n nor_o any_o against_o the_o soul_n be_v or_o be_v awake_a till_o the_o resurrection_n job_n speak_v only_o about_o the_o spear_n and_o course_n of_o nature_n when_o man_n die_v natural_o and_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a he_o enjoy_v nothing_o he_o act_v nothing_o according_a to_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o live_n occurrunt_fw-la live_n in_o his_o
though_o sin_n can_v be_v more_o pardon_v in_o respect_n of_o god_n at_o one_o time_n than_o at_o another_o yet_o in_o regard_n of_o man_n it_o may_v he_o apprehend_v the_o pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n more_o now_o than_o before_o and_o may_v hereafter_o apprehend_v it_o more_o than_o now_o and_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o while_n to_o bestow_v pain_n in_o prayer_n for_o pardon_n to_o have_v the_o pardon_v a_o little_a more_o enlighten_v the_o degree_n of_o any_o grace_n or_o favour_n as_o well_o as_o the_o matter_n and_o substance_n of_o they_o be_v worthy_a all_o our_o seeking_n and_o most_o serious_a inquiry_n at_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n four_o he_o that_o have_v assurance_n of_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n be_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o continue_v still_o to_o sin_n and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o truth_n that_o sin_n uncommit_v be_v pardon_v in_o the_o decree_n and_o purpose_n of_o god_n yet_o we_o must_v not_o walk_v by_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n but_o by_o his_o commandment_n and_o rule_n his_o decree_n pardon_v sin_n from_o all_o eternity_n but_o his_o rule_n be_v that_o we_o shall_v pray_v for_o pardon_v every_o day_n as_o we_o pray_v for_o the_o bread_n we_o eat_v every_o day_n matth._n 6._o 11_o 12._o we_o must_v not_o say_v god_n have_v pardon_v all_o sin_n at_o once_o therefore_o no_o matter_n to_o ask_v it_o again_o or_o i_o have_v once_o have_v the_o sight_n of_o pardon_n and_o therefore_o the_o sight_n of_o sin_n shall_v never_o trouble_v i_o see_v we_o be_v direct_v to_o search_v our_o heart_n for_o sin_n and_o to_o seek_v to_o god_n for_o pardon_v continual_o so_o long_o as_o we_o sin_v it_o become_v we_o to_o be_v suitor_n for_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n he_o that_o have_v cease_v to_o sin_n may_v cease_v to_o ask_v the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n till_o then_o i_o know_v neither_o rule_n nor_o promise_n that_o give_v a_o dispensation_n for_o this_o duty_n to_o close_v this_o point_n there_o be_v two_o case_n wherein_o believer_n be_v especial_o to_o renew_v their_o suit_n about_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n first_o which_o though_o it_o be_v lamentable_a yet_o it_o be_v possible_a in_o the_o case_n of_o fall_v into_o scandalous_a and_o gross_a sin_n these_o not_o only_o weaken_v assurance_n and_o benight_v the_o soul_n but_o exceed_o dishonour_v god_n and_o grieve_v the_o holy_a ghost_n this_o cause_v david_n to_o pray_v and_o cry_v for_o the_o pardon_n and_o purge_n of_o his_o sin_n as_o fresh_o and_o as_o strong_o as_o if_o he_o have_v never_o receive_v a_o pardon_n or_o any_o evidence_n of_o god_n love_n of_o which_o yet_o he_o have_v great_a store_n before_o that_o day_n ps_n 51._o second_o in_o time_n of_o great_a trouble_n and_o trial_n whether_o personal_a or_o national_a the_o saint_n reinforce_v prayer_n about_o pardon_n this_o be_v job_n case_n his_o personal_a affliction_n occasion_v he_o to_o beg_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o only_a remission_n for_o sin_n then_o commit_v but_o for_o all_o the_o sin_n he_o have_v commit_v either_o before_o or_o after_o conversion_n even_o our_o former_o pardon_v sin_n need_v pardon_n when_o we_o lose_v the_o sight_n of_o pardon_n and_o when_o the_o soul_n have_v no_o vision_n but_o vision_n of_o terror_n it_o must_v seek_v vision_n of_o peace_n in_o the_o freegrace_n of_o god_n renew_v and_o seal_v pardon_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n job_n have_v thus_o breathe_v his_o spirit_n in_o arguing_n complaint_n and_o prayer_n move_v the_o lord_n for_o a_o speedy_a end_n and_o gracious_a answer_n otherwise_o he_o see_v no_o way_n but_o he_o must_v breathe_v back_o his_o spirit_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o give_v it_o and_o lay_v his_o body_n in_o the_o dust_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v take_v for_o now_o shall_v i_o sleep_v in_o the_o dust_n and_o thou_o shall_v seek_v i_o in_o the_o morning_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v now_o shall_v i_o sleep_v in_o the_o dust_n what_o he_o mean_v by_o this_o sleep_n have_v be_v handle_v chap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d propriè_fw-la est_fw-la cubare_fw-la hinc_fw-la mortui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocantur_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o where_o it_o be_v show_v that_o death_n be_v call_v a_o sleep_n why_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n death_n be_v a_o sleep_n the_o word_n here_o translate_v to_o sleep_v signify_v proper_o to_o lie_v down_o but_o the_o sense_n be_v the_o same_o because_o man_n lie_v down_o when_o they_o compose_v and_o fit_v themselves_o to_o sleep_v and_o the_o dead_a be_v call_v down-lyer_n as_o well_o as_o sleeper_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o septuagint_n read_v it_o now_o shall_v i_o go_v to_o the_o earth_n david_n speak_v near_o this_o language_n psal_n 22._o 15._o thou_o have_v bring_v i_o to_o the_o dust_n of_o death_n observe_v hence_o whether_o we_o be_v travel_v and_o where_o we_o must_v take_v up_o a_o lodging_n for_o our_o body_n ere_o long_o they_o who_o head_n be_v high_a they_o who_o lie_v in_o bed_n of_o ivory_n must_v lie_v down_o in_o a_o bed_n of_o earth_n and_o rest_v their_o head_n upon_o a_o pillow_n of_o dust_n most_o sleep_n in_o the_o dust_n while_o they_o live_v but_o all_o must_v sleep_v in_o the_o dust_n when_o they_o die_v earthly_a man_n have_v earthly_a mind_n and_o they_o can_v rest_v but_o in_o earth_n for_o it_o be_v their_o centre_n only_o he_o who_o have_v lay_v up_o his_o heart_n in_o heaven_n can_v comfortable_o think_v of_o lay_v down_o his_o head_n in_o the_o dust_n further_o it_o be_v remarkable_a in_o how_o please_v a_o notion_n job_n speak_v of_o death_n when_o his_o life_n be_v most_o unpleasant_a to_o he_o he_o complain_v of_o restless_a night_n in_o the_o three_o four_o thirteen_o and_o fourteen_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n yet_o he_o can_v think_v of_o a_o time_n when_o he_o shall_v lie_v quiet_o in_o his_o bed_n and_o not_o have_v so_o much_o as_o a_o wake_a moment_n or_o a_o distract_n dream_n and_o when_o he_o be_v once_o go_v to_o this_o bed_n the_o curtain_n of_o darkness_n be_v close_o draw_v about_o he_o he_o shall_v open_v his_o eye_n no_o more_o till_o the_o eyelid_n of_o that_o eternity-morning_n open_v therefore_o he_o conclude_v thou_o shall_v seek_v i_o in_o the_o morning_n sc_fw-la of_o time_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n thou_o shall_v seek_v i_o in_o the_o morning_n be_v but_o one_o verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d si_fw-mi dilucula_fw-la veris_fw-la i_o ficto_fw-la verbo_fw-la word_n and_o some_o cut_v out_o a_o latin_a word_n fit_a to_o serve_v it_o we_o may_v english_a it_o strict_o to_o the_o letter_n if_o thou_o morning_n i_o that_o be_v if_o thou_o come_v to_o seek_v i_o as_o the_o force_n of_o this_o word_n have_v be_v former_o give_v with_o never_o so_o much_o diligence_n and_o care_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v find_v thou_o will_v not_o have_v job_n alive_a upon_o the_o earth_n to_o bestow_v thy_o mercy_n upon_o for_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o hebrew_n be_v and_o not_o i_o that_o be_v i_o shall_v not_o be_v alive_a i_o shall_v isto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la ego_fw-la subaudi_fw-la sum_fw-la vel_fw-la ero_fw-la cum_fw-la jam_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la not_o be_v to_o be_v have_v he_o mean_v a_o nonexistence_n not_o a_o non-essence_n a_o be_v he_o shall_v have_v but_o he_o shall_v not_o appear_v to_o be_v it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v lord_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o subject_a capable_a of_o outward_a deliverance_n and_o bodily_a comfort_n unless_o they_o come_v speedy_o lord_n if_o thou_o will_v give_v i_o any_o help_n give_v it_o for_o death_n hasten_v upon_o i_o as_o if_o it_o hope_v to_o be_v too_o nimble_a for_o or_o to_o outrun_v thy_o succour_n mr._n broughtons_n translation_n seem_v to_o intend_v another_o sense_n jun._n pulvere_fw-la decumbam_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la tempesti_fw-la iuè_fw-la requisivisti_fw-la i_o ut_fw-la non_fw-la essem_fw-la jun._n which_o other_o of_o the_o learned_a hebrician_n favour_v too_o he_o render_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o verse_n thus_o whereas_o i_o lie_v now_o in_o the_o dust_n refer_v it_o to_o his_o present_a condition_n i_o be_o now_o lie_v in_o the_o dust_n to_o be_v pity_v of_o the_o keeper_n of_o man_n so_o he_o himself_o expound_v lord_n i_o lie_v in_o the_o dust_n a_o pitiful_a object_n then_o why_o do_v thou_o not_o quick_o seek_v i_o out_o that_o i_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v which_o he_o interpret_v i_o will_v by_o a_o quick_a death_n be_v rid_v from_o these_o pain_n as_o if_o in_o these_o word_n job_n have_v again_o renew_v his_o former_a desire_n of_o death_n concern_v which_o many_o
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