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thy_o servant_n also_o from_o presumptuous_a sin_n let_v they_o not_o have_v dominion_n over_o i_o to_o justify_v ourselves_o rather_o then_o god_n know_o be_v a_o presumptuous_a sin_n to_o lay_v any_o blame_n upon_o god_n direct_o be_v blasphemy_n david_n pray_v not_o only_o to_o be_v keep_v from_o such_o gross_a sin_n but_o to_o be_v cleanse_v from_o secret_a sin_n that_o be_v from_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o do_v not_o know_v that_o he_o have_v commit_v they_o and_o which_o he_o never_o have_v any_o intent_n to_o commit_v we_o may_v so_o mis-place_n word_n and_o misguide_a action_n when_o we_o think_v not_o of_o it_o that_o we_o may_v quick_o sin_v against_o god_n yea_o and_o justify_v ourselves_o rather_o then_o god_n that_o which_o we_o do_v or_o speak_v be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o a_o rule_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n not_o mere_o by_o our_o intention_n though_o good_a nor_o by_o our_o not_o intend_v of_o evil_a we_o may_v be_v judge_v to_o have_v do_v or_o say_v 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proceed_v first_o from_o a_o defect_n of_o pain_n and_o industry_n in_o seek_v it_o a_o answer_n must_v be_v seek_v and_o dig_v for_o it_o must_v be_v study_v and_o pray_v for_o else_o it_o will_v not_o be_v find_v second_o the_o not_o find_v of_o a_o answer_n may_v arise_v from_o the_o defect_n of_o ability_n not_o of_o industry_n many_o labour_n hard_a but_o can_v make_v nothing_o of_o it_o it_o be_v probable_a job_n three_o friend_n labour_v much_o yet_o find_v no_o answer_n and_o than_o it_o be_v no_o defect_n of_o industry_n but_o of_o ability_n they_o find_v no_o answer_n because_o they_o can_v not_o they_o as_o we_o common_o speak_v do_v even_o beat_v their_o brain_n and_o bite_v their_o nail_n
the_o abuse_a patience_n of_o man_n will_v turn_v to_o great_a anger_n and_o he_o grow_v the_o more_o passionate_a by_o how_o much_o he_o have_v be_v the_o more_o and_o the_o often_o deceive_v thus_o elihu_n be_v still_o describe_v act_v angry_o yet_o in_o the_o very_a next_o verse_n we_o shall_v find_v he_o speak_v sober_o plain_o and_o to_o purpose_n verse_n 6._o and_o elihu_n the_o son_n of_o barachell_n the_o buzite_n answer_v and_o say_v when_o elihu_n see_v these_o three_o man_n gravel_v and_o that_o after_o all_o the_o outcry_n they_o make_v against_o job_n they_o be_v force_v to_o leave_v he_o as_o they_o find_v he_o unconvince_v of_o those_o crime_n of_o that_o hypocrisy_n which_o they_o have_v lay_v to_o his_o charge_n he_o hereupon_o see_v himself_o engage_v to_o undertake_v the_o matter_n and_o offer_v his_o opinion_n concern_v elihu_n his_o name_n his_o father_n name_n barachel_n his_o tribe_n or_o stock_n a_o buzite_n i_o have_v speak_v at_o the_o 2_o verse_n and_o shall_v not_o add_v any_o thing_n of_o it_o here_o only_o take_v notice_n that_o here_o elihu_n begin_v his_o own_o preface_n the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o chapter_n contain_v the_o report_n of_o the_o divine_a historian_n concern_v elihu_n but_o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o elihu_n himself_o here_o he_o begin_v like_o a_o orator_n to_o gain_v favour_n with_o and_o attention_n of_o his_o hearer_n or_o to_o prepare_v the_o mind_n of_o his_o hearer_n to_o receive_v what_o he_o have_v to_o say_v and_o upon_o this_o subject_n or_o piece_n of_o rhetoric_n make_v preface_n he_o spend_v the_o whole_a that_o remain_v of_o this_o chapter_n and_o elihu_n etc._n etc._n answer_v and_o say_v i_o be_o young_a and_o you_o be_v very_o old_a that_o be_v it_o which_o he_o say_v therefore_o i_o be_v afraid_a and_o dare_v not_o show_v my_o opinion_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v i_o be_o conscious_a to_o myself_o of_o the_o weakness_n which_o accompany_v youth_n i_o very_o well_o know_v my_o own_o 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be_v few_o of_o day_n which_o be_v here_o the_o description_n of_o a_o young_a man_n i_o be_o young_a say_v elihu_n or_o few_o of_o day_n but_o compare_v one_o man_n with_o another_o so_o some_o have_v few_o day_n and_o other_o many_o day_n young_a man_n have_v few_o day_n and_o old_a man_n have_v many_o day_n compare_v with_o one_o another_o i_o be_o young_a and_o you_o be_v very_o old_a decrepitus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decrepitus_fw-la the_o word_n note_v decrepit_a old_a age_n the_o very_a dregs_o of_o age_n the_o utmost_a line_n of_o life_n old_a age_n like_o a_o heavy_a burden_n bow_v the_o back_n and_o cripple_n the_o limb_n of_o the_o strong_a and_o stout_a son_n of_o adam_n see_v more_o of_o this_o word_n chap._n 15.10_o vivit_fw-la hominis_fw-la aetates_fw-la in_o septem_fw-la partitur_fw-la hypocrates_n 1_o parvulus_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 7_o mum_n 2_o pver_fw-la ad_fw-la a_o 14._o 3_o adolescens_fw-la ad_fw-la a_o 21._o 4_o juvenis_fw-la ad_fw-la a_o 28._o 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〈◊〉_d pinguis_fw-la grossus_fw-la ex_fw-la vaporibus_fw-la crassis_fw-la provenit_fw-la somnus_o quem_fw-la somnia_fw-la consequunâ—ur_fw-la the_o root_n of_o the_o word_n render_v a_o dream_n signify_v that_o which_o be_v thick_a gross_a or_o fat_a and_o by_o a_o metaphor_n a_o dream_n because_o dream_n be_v natural_o cause_v by_o gross_a and_o thick_a vapour_n arise_v from_o the_o stomach_n &_o fume_v up_o into_o the_o head_n sleep_n be_v cause_v immediate_o by_o vapour_n and_o dream_n be_v our_o work_n in_o sleep_n a_o dream_n be_v a_o imagination_n which_o the_o mind_n frame_v and_o form_n or_o which_o be_v form_v and_o frame_v in_o the_o mind_n while_o we_o sleep_v or_o a_o dream_n be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o soul_n while_o the_o body_n be_v asleep_a sleep_n be_v the_o bind_v up_o of_o the_o outward_a sense_n hear_v see_v feel_a etc._n etc._n yet_o then_o the_o inward_a sense_n fantasy_n and_o memory_n be_v at_o liberty_n and_o free_a to_o work_v the_o fantasy_n be_v very_o 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of_o his_o own_o will_n without_o respect_n to_o any_o thing_n in_o man_n as_o also_o without_o respect_v what_o man_n be_v or_o do_v according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n and_o thus_o we_o be_v chief_o to_o understand_v it_o here_o then_o he_o be_v gracious_a god_n be_v gracious_a in_o his_o nature_n always_o and_o always_o alike_o gracious_a but_o he_o be_v not_o always_o alike_o gracious_a in_o his_o dispensation_n or_o in_o give_v forth_o act_n of_o grace_n he_o be_v gracious_a to_o man_n according_a to_o his_o secret_a will_n as_o he_o please_v but_o he_o be_v gracious_a according_a to_o his_o reveal_v will_v as_o man_n please_v he_o hence_o observe_v first_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o spring_n of_o all_o our_o mercy_n be_v the_o graciousnesse_n of_o god_n or_o all_o our_o mercy_n flow_v out_o from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o fountain_n yea_o that_o be_v the_o ocean_n which_o seed_n and_o fill_v all_o the_o channel_n of_o mercy_n which_o stream_n to_o we_o as_o our_o happiness_n in_o this_o world_n and_o for_o our_o everlasting_a happiness_n in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v to_o come_v all_o be_v of_o grace_n fundamental_o or_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v and_o will_v be_v for_o ever_o gracious_a thus_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o moses_n exod._n 33.19_o i_o will_v be_v gracious_a to_o who_o i_o will_v be_v gracious_a my_o mercy_n shall_v flow_v our_o when_o and_o to_o who_o and_o where_o i_o please_v and_o the_o proclamation_n which_o he_o make_v of_o himself_o in_o all_o his_o royal_a title_n run_v in_o the_o same_o strain_n exod._n 34.6_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n god_n merciful_a and_o gracious_a long-suffering_a and_o abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n keep_v mercy_n for_o thousand_o forgive_a iniquity_n if_o we_o consider_v god_n first_o in_o do_v we_o good_a second_o in_o forgive_a we_o the_o evil_n which_o we_o do_v three_o in_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o evil_n which_o we_o now_o suffer_v four_o in_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o fear_n of_o future_a suffering_n all_o be_v from_o grace_n and_o from_o free_a grace_n he_o do_v we_o good_a though_o we_o be_v undeserving_a any_o good_a that_o be_v grace_n yea_o he_o do_v we_o good_a though_o we_o be_v ill_o deserve_v and_o that_o be_v more_o grace_n he_o do_v all_o for_o we_o through_o grace_n first_o in_o spirituall_n and_o second_o in_o temporall_n not_o only_o do_v the_o good_a thing_n of_o eternal_a life_n but_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o present_a life_n flow_v from_o grace_n unto_o his_o own_o people_n not_o only_o the_o health_n of_o their_o soul_n but_o the_o health_n of_o their_o body_n not_o only_a deliverance_n from_o hell_n but_o deliverance_n from_o sickness_n also_o flow_v from_o his_o free_a grace_n in_o jesus_n christ_n therefore_o of_o all_o their_o mercy_n and_o salvation_n both_o as_o to_o the_o foundation_n and_o top-stone_n of_o they_o the_o people_n of_o god_n must_v cry_v as_o the_o prophet_n zachery_n chap._n 4.7_o foretell_v the_o people_n of_o god_n shall_v say_v of_o that_o long_v for_o deliverance_n when_o that_o great_a mountain_n shall_v become_v a_o plain_a before_o zerubbabell_a grace_n grace_n unto_o they_o that_o be_v grace_n have_v begin_v they_o and_o grace_n alone_o will_v maintain_v continue_v and_o perfect_a what_o it_o have_v begin_v as_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o we_o except_o our_o misery_n which_o move_v the_o lord_n to_o begin_v so_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o we_o but_o our_o inability_n which_o move_v the_o lord_n to_o perfect_v what_o he_o have_v begin_v he_o see_v we_o can_v and_o therefore_o he_o will_v perfect_v what_o he_o have_v begin_v and_o all_o this_o he_o do_v that_o he_o may_v exalt_v his_o own_o name_n and_o perfect_a the_o praise_n of_o his_o free_a grace_n towards_o we_o more_o distinct_o that_o all_o come_v from_o grace_n or_o from_o the_o graciousness_n of_o god_n may_v note_v these_o five_o thing_n to_o we_o first_o not_o only_o that_o god_n do_v all_o for_o his_o people_n free_o 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a_o strict_a inquisition_n for_o my_o sin_n my_o iniquity_n be_v not_o charge_v upon_o i_o to_o the_o utmost_a i_o have_v sin_v grievous_o but_o god_n have_v deal_v gracious_o with_o i_o and_o have_v not_o measure_v out_o to_o the_o full_a of_o my_o iniquity_n it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o true_a repentance_n to_o justify_v god_n in_o afflict_v we_o this_o be_v a_o pious_a and_o a_o profitable_a render_n of_o the_o text_n whence_o observe_v first_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n be_v not_o equal_a to_o sin_n as_o all_o the_o suffering_n of_o this_o life_n be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o next_o life_n rom_n 1.18_o so_o neither_o be_v they_o comparable_a with_o the_o sin_n of_o this_o life_n when_o a_o man_n be_v under_o very_o sore_a affliction_n chastened_a with_o pain_n upon_o his_o bed_n and_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o bone_n with_o strong_a pain_n so_o that_o his_o life_n abhor_v bread_n and_o his_o soul_n dainty_a meat_n 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