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shall_v be_v offer_v unto_o my_o name_n and_o a_o pure_a offering_n this_o pure_a offering_n job_n intend_v when_o he_o say_v my_o prayer_n be_v pure_a under_o these_o two_o there_o be_v no_o injustice_n in_o my_o hand_n and_o my_o prayer_n be_v pure_a job_n contain_v the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n both_o to_o god_n and_o to_o man_n here_o be_v justice_n comprehend_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o second_o table_n merc._n his_o duobus_fw-la membris_fw-la utramque_fw-la tabulam_fw-la complectitur_fw-la merc._n and_o prayer_n comprehend_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o first_o table_n thus_o job_n be_v complete_a in_o all_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o have_v respect_n to_o all_o his_o commandment_n and_o thus_o he_o verify_v god_n testimony_n of_o he_o chap._n 1.1_o and_o approve_a himself_o to_o be_v a_o man_n perfect_a and_o upright_o fear_v god_n and_o eschew_v evil_a which_o be_v the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n from_o the_o word_n in_o general_a observe_v first_o man_n have_v great_a support_n 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much_o trouble_v in_o any_o of_o our_o trouble_n second_o observe_v it_o be_v possible_a to_o live_v without_o any_o know_a sin_n job_n know_v of_o no_o injustice_n in_o his_o hand_n nor_o be_v he_o conscious_a of_o any_o impurity_n in_o his_o prayer_n the_o apostle_n john_n write_v to_o saint_n of_o all_o age_n and_o stature_n under_o the_o title_n of_o his_o little_a child_n not_o to_o sin_v 1_o john_n 2.1_o and_o in_o that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o admonish_v they_o of_o what_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o do_v but_o of_o what_o they_o may_v attain_v not_o to_o do_v for_o though_o he_o that_o say_v he_o have_v no_o sin_n deceive_v himself_o and_o sin_n in_o say_v so_o 1_o joh._n 1.9_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o some_o without_o sin_n and_o they_o in_o job_n case_n may_v say_v it_o of_o themselves_o without_o sin_n that_o they_o sin_v not_o the_o best_a saint_n have_v and_o know_v they_o have_v sin_n in_o their_o nature_n and_o sin_n in_o their_o life_n yea_o and_o sometime_o 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to_o come_v while_o he_o say_v my_o day_n be_v past_a my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o aug._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitavit_fw-la plerumque_fw-la in_o malum_fw-la all_o quando_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cujus_fw-la singularis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la legebant_fw-la zemma_fw-la far_o scelus_fw-la denotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d autem_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la themate_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la est_fw-la medium_n drus_n rupti_fw-la sunt_fw-la articuli_fw-la cordis_fw-la mei_fw-la sept._n convulsae_fw-la sunt_fw-la compages_fw-la corporis_fw-la mei_fw-la aug._n the_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v purpose_n signify_v most_o usual_o a_o evil_a purpose_n or_o wicked_a designment_n yet_o it_o be_v use_v also_o as_o among_o the_o rabbin_n so_o by_o the_o penman_n of_o scripture_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n for_o a_o warrantable_a yea_o for_o a_o holy_a purpose_n in_o the_o book_n of_o proverb_n chap._n 1.4_o chap._n 2.11_o it_o be_v translate_v discretion_n or_o advisement_n proceed_v from_o the_o teach_n of_o wisdom_n which_o stir_v up_o gracious_a purpose_n in_o the_o soul_n towards_o god_n and_o every_o good_a my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o the_o septuagint_n render_v my_o heart_n string_n be_v break_v the_o heartstring_n by_o a_o metaphor_n may_v be_v take_v for_o purpose_n because_o purpose_n be_v as_o band_n or_o string_n upon_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o when_o purpose_n be_v break_v we_o may_v say_v the_o band_n or_o string_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v break_v another_o read_v the_o binding_n or_o fastning_n of_o my_o body_n be_v loosen_a or_o tear_v asunder_o which_o translation_n as_o also_o the_o former_a take_v literal_o note_v only_o his_o nearness_n to_o death_n for_o when_o a_o man_n die_v we_o say_v his_o heartstring_n break_v and_o his_o whole_a body_n be_v in_o a_o fit_a of_o convulsion_n my_o purpose_n be_v break_v the_o word_n signify_v a_o violent_a 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holiness_n of_o man_n receive_v no_o blemish_n by_o it_o the_o purpose_n of_o job_n be_v good_a doubtless_o either_o spiritual_o good_a or_o civil_o good_a and_o they_o may_v be_v take_v either_o for_o those_o purpose_n of_o do_v good_a which_o he_o have_v before_o he_o fall_v into_o trouble_n or_o for_o those_o which_o he_o have_v lay_v up_o in_o his_o breast_n to_o do_v when_o he_o shall_v be_v again_o restore_v and_o deliver_v out_o of_o trouble_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v i_o once_o have_v a_o expectation_n of_o life_n and_o i_o purpose_v with_o myself_o what_o to_o do_v with_o or_o in_o my_o new_a life_n but_o now_o those_o purpose_n be_v all_o break_a off_o for_o i_o see_v my_o life_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v break_v off_o the_o next_o clause_n seem_v to_o explain_v this_o and_o in_o that_o we_o shall_v see_v more_o full_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o these_o purpose_n even_o the_o thought_n of_o my_o heart_n every_o thought_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o a_o purpose_n yet_o every_o purpose_n be_v a_o thought_n of_o the_o heart_n our_o thought_n be_v make_v up_o into_o purpose_n either_o what_o to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v hence_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o say_v i_o think_v to_o have_v do_v such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v i_o purpose_v to_o do_v it_o therefore_o job_n may_v well_o say_v my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o even_o the_o thought_n of_o my_o heart_n because_o purpose_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o frame_n or_o pack_v of_o thought_n there_o be_v a_o elegancy_n in_o that_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v thought_n jun._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d possessiones_fw-la cordis_fw-la a_o radice_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitationes_fw-la meae_fw-la avulsae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quas_fw-la possidere_fw-la solebat_fw-la animus_n meus_fw-la jun._n the_o hebrew_n be_v the_o possession_n of_o my_o heart_n so_o we_o put_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n a_o learned_a translator_n render_v it_o thus_o the_o thought_n which_o my_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denotatur_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la verbo_fw-la activa_fw-la provocatio_fw-la indignatio_fw-la irritatio_fw-la caligavit_fw-la ab_fw-la indignatione_fw-la oculus_fw-la meus_fw-la vulg._n or_o tropical_o for_o the_o understanding_n some_o interpret_v job_n of_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o have_v compliance_n with_o the_o translation_n which_o be_v also_o give_v of_o the_o latter_a clause_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v when_o i_o come_v thither_o but_o i_o rather_o take_v it_o literal_o for_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o body_n my_o eye_n that_o be_v that_o organ_n of_o sight_n which_o be_v as_o the_o glass_n or_o light_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n even_o that_o be_v dim_a by_o reason_n of_o sorrow_n the_o word_n signify_v more_o than_o ordinary_a sorrow_n it_o signify_v sorrow_n with_o indignation_n or_o from_o provocation_n job_n sorrow_n have_v a_o touch_n of_o indignation_n and_o it_o stir_v he_o up_o to_o some_o undue_a provocation_n sorrow_n be_v take_v two_o way_n active_o passive_o active_o for_o the_o sorrow_n sorrow_v passive_o for_o the_o sorrow_n sorrow_v lachrymis_fw-la magna_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la obcaecat_fw-la adducto_fw-la intus_fw-la visu_fw-la in_o morbo_fw-la comitiali_fw-la aperti_fw-la nihil_fw-la cernunt_fw-la animo_fw-la caligante_fw-la plin._n lib._n 11._o c._n 37._o de_fw-la oculis_fw-la &_o lachrymis_fw-la sorrow_n be_v the_o affliction_n itself_o or_o sorrow_n be_v that_o passion_n which_o move_v in_o we_o when_o we_o be_v afflict_v by_o reason_n of_o sorrow_n my_o eye_n be_v dim_a sorrow_n be_v a_o waist_n both_o to_o the_o vital_a and_o visive_a power_n psal_n 6.7_o my_o eye_n be_v consume_v because_o of_o grief_n again_o psal_n 31.9_o 10._o have_v mercy_n on_o i_o o_o lord_n for_o i_o be_o in_o trouble_n my_o eye_n be_v consume_v with_o grief_n yea_o my_o soul_n and_o my_o belly_n this_o effect_n of_o grief_n have_v be_v touch_v before_o chap._n 16.16_o my_o eye_n be_v dim_a by_o reason_n of_o sorrow_n and_o all_o my_o member_n be_v as_o a_o shadow_n formavit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d formavit_fw-la member_n that_o be_v first_o all_o the_o member_n of_o my_o body_n second_o the_o hebrew_n bear_v it_o all_o the_o creature_n and_o imagination_n of_o my_o mind_n be_v as_o a_o shadow_n the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v gen._n 6.5_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o imagination_n of_o man_n heart_n that_o be_v the_o figment_n vatabl._n creata_fw-la inâ—_n ea_fw-la quasivinb_fw-la a_o omne_fw-la merc._n per_fw-la creata_fw-la alij_fw-la membra_fw-la alii_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la volunt_fw-la rab._n leu._n vocabulum_fw-la illud_fw-la quadrat_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la externa_fw-la figura_fw-la aut_fw-la interna_fw-la cogitation_n effigiantur_fw-la hinc_fw-la multi_fw-la legunt_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la phantasias_fw-la pagn_n reg._n vatabl._n or_o feature_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v form_v up_o there_o be_v evil_a and_o only_o evil_a continual_o we_o put_v all_z my_o thought_n in_o the_o 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