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wherefore_o cry_v thou_o unto_o i_o exod._n 14.15_o asa_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n 2_o chron._n 14._o the_o ninevite_n be_v command_v to_o cry_v mighty_o to_o god_n john_n 3.8_o and_o christ_n himself_o pray_v with_o strong_a cry_n heb._n 5.7_o as_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n especial_o which_o make_v sin_n cry_v sin_n first_o when_o they_o be_v earnest_o commit_v second_o when_o they_o be_v constant_o commit_v so_o two_o thing_n make_v prayer_n cry_v prayer_n first_o when_o we_o pray_v with_o earnestness_n second_o when_o we_o pray_v with_o continuance_n or_o perseverance_n jun._n ne_o in_o caelum_fw-la efferatur_fw-la suscipiaturce_fw-fr clamour_n meus_fw-la si_fw-la sim_fw-la eâ—â—smodi_fw-la jun._n we_o find_v david_n often_o cry_v to_o god_n in_o prayer_n so_o that_o when_o job_n say_v let_v my_o cry_n have_v no_o place_n his_o meaning_n be_v let_v not_o god_n hear_v my_o most_o earnest_a prayer_n a_o dreadful_a imprecation_n when_o we_o who_o have_v no_o help_n on_o earth_n 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i_o tell_v you_o not_o how_o many_o neither_o can_v they_o be_v tell_v but_o there_o be_v enough_o not_o only_o for_o myself_o and_o peter_n but_o for_o you_o all_o yea_o for_o all_o those_o who_o either_o have_v or_o shall_v believe_v on_o my_o name_n if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o i_o will_v have_v tell_v you_o i_o will_v not_o delude_v you_o with_o vain_a hope_n i_o be_o well_o acquaint_v with_o all_o the_o room_n in_o my_o father_n house_n and_o though_o when_o i_o come_v into_o the_o world_n for_o your_o sake_n there_o be_v no_o room_n in_o the_o inn_n for_o i_o to_o be_v bear_v in_o but_o a_o stable_a among_o beast_n yet_o i_o will_v take_v care_n that_o when_o you_o come_v to_o my_o father_n house_n you_o shall_v not_o be_v straighten_a for_o quarter_n i_o who_o be_o your_o redeemer_n will_v also_o be_v your_o harbinger_n i_o go_v to_o prepare_v a_o place_n for_o you_o and_o i_o be_o certain_a my_o father_n house_n will_v hold_v all_o his_o household_n tophet_n be_v prepare_v of_o old_a it_o be_v deep_a and_o large_a isa_n 30.33_o hell_n be_v large_a enough_o for_o a_o prison_n there_o be_v room_n for_o all_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n to_o lie_v bind_v for_o ever_o but_o heaven_n be_v large_a as_o a_o palace_n or_o as_o a_o paradise_n there_o be_v room_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o heir_n of_o promise_n to_o walk_v at_o liberty_n for_o ever_o job_n chap._n 16._o verse_n 20_o 21_o 22._o my_o friend_n scorn_v i_o but_o my_o eye_n pour_v out_o tear_n unto_o god_n o_o that_o one_o may_v plead_v for_o a_o man_n with_o god_n as_o a_o man_n plead_v for_o his_o neighbour_n when_o a_o few_o year_n be_v come_v than_o i_o shall_v go_v the_o way_n whence_o i_o shall_v not_o return_v job_n have_v strong_o assert_v his_o own_o integrity_n at_o the_o seventeen_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o thereupon_o as_o strong_o imprecate_v the_o heavy_a vengeance_n upon_o his_o own_o head_n tygur_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verbum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hiphil_fw-la significat_fw-la eloqui_fw-la facundum_fw-la esse_fw-la su_fw-es mitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la pro_fw-la illudere_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la sermonis_fw-la venustate_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la merc._n collâ—cutores_fw-la mei_fw-la vatab._n rhetores_fw-la pagn_n cum_fw-la amici_fw-la mei_fw-la rhetorica_fw-la oratione_fw-la contra_fw-la i_o agunt_fw-la manâ—ntibus_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la dei_fw-la opem_fw-la imploro_fw-la tygur_n in_o case_n he_o have_v not_o speak_v truth_n verse_n 18._o have_v also_o make_v his_o appeal_n to_o heaven_n call_v god_n to_o witness_v that_o it_o be_v truth_n which_o he_o have_v speak_v verse_n 19_o here_o at_o the_o twenty_o verse_n he_o give_v we_o a_o reason_n why_o he_o make_v that_o appeal_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v he_o find_v no_o comfort_n in_o the_o creature_n he_o have_v no_o hope_n of_o help_n on_o earth_n and_o therefore_o he_o resort_v to_o heaven_n verse_n 20._o my_o friend_n scorn_v i_o but_o my_o eye_n pour_v out_o tear_n to_o god_n there_o be_v some_o variety_n in_o the_o translation_n but_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o meet_v in_o one_o my_o friend_n scorn_v i_o or_o scorner_n be_v my_o friend_n the_o word_n signify_v to_o deride_v or_o scorn_v not_o in_o a_o rude_a homely_a way_n but_o to_o do_v it_o with_o quaintness_n of_o speech_n or_o in_o refine_a language_n to_o do_v it_o witty_o and_o cunning_o close_o and_o home_o hence_o the_o word_n signify_v a_o rhetorician_n or_o a_o orator_n and_o be_v so_o translate_v here_o by_o diverse_a of_o the_o learned_a my_o friend_n play_v the_o rhetorician_n they_o speak_v eloquent_o they_o compose_v fine_a oration_n and_o set_v speech_n against_o i_o but_o alas_o i_o only_o speak_v tear_n yet_o further_o it_o signify_v to_o interpret_v gen._n 42.23_o joseph_n speak_v unto_o his_o brethren_n by_o a_o interpreter_n it_o be_v this_o word_n that_o be_v the_o interlineall_a read_n of_o this_o text_n mont._n interpretes_n socii_fw-la mei_fw-la mont._n my_o friend_n be_v interpreter_n or_o rather_o for_o that_o must_v be_v the_o meaning_n misinterpreter_n they_o put_v wrong_a exposition_n upon_o all_o my_o speech_n and_o corrupt_v my_o text_n with_o their_o unfreindly_a gloss_n we_o read_v in_o the_o ordinary_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n my_o friend_n scorn_v i_o or_o my_o friend_n be_v scorner_n as_o if_o job_n have_v say_v these_o my_o friend_n who_o profession_n and_o relation_n call_v they_o to_o administer_v serious_a and_o wholesome_a counsel_n to_o my_o trouble_a mind_n even_o they_o break_v forth_o into_o scorn_n they_o pour_v the_o vinegar_n of_o their_o sharp_a censure_n into_o my_o already_o wrankled_a wound_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o supply_a skin_a oil_n of_o comfort_n and_o consolation_n lachrymis_fw-la quis_fw-la talia_fw-la fando_fw-la temperet_fw-la a_o lachrymis_fw-la and_o therefore_o my_o eye_n be_v press_v to_o pour_v out_o tear_n to_o god_n who_o can_v forbear_v weep_v while_o he_o be_v but_o report_v my_o 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not_o find_v favour_n with_o god_n a_o heart_n hide_v from_o understanding_n be_v hide_v from_o the_o truth_n god_n love_v his_o truth_n so_o well_o that_o he_o will_v not_o exalt_v those_o who_o depress_v his_o truth_n job_n friend_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o dark_a as_o to_o that_o point_n in_o question_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v right_a chap._n 42.7_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o eliphaz_n my_o wrath_n be_v kindle_v against_o thou_o and_o against_o thy_o two_o friend_n though_o a_o error_n be_v hold_v unknown_a and_o in_o zeal_n for_o god_n as_o they_o do_v yet_o the_o jealousy_n of_o god_n wax_v hot_a against_o such_o these_o repent_v be_v and_o such_o as_o they_o repent_v may_v be_v pardon_v but_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v exalt_v and_o if_o they_o who_o for_o want_n of_o light_n of_o knowledge_n and_o in_o much_o heat_n of_o honest_a zeal_n defend_v a_o lesser_a error_n such_o be_v they_o shall_v not_o be_v exalt_v how_o will_v the_o 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from_o force_n yet_o nothing_o put_v or_o hold_v man_n under_o a_o great_a force_n than_o flattery_n he_o that_o speak_v flattery_n to_o his_o friend_n flattery_n be_v a_o special_a language_n though_o it_o be_v speak_v in_o all_o language_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n learn_v to_o speak_v flattery_n even_o as_o we_o learn_v to_o speak_v latin_a french_a italian_a spanish_a or_o any_o other_o language_n flattery_n be_v a_o art_n it_o have_v rule_n of_o its_o own_o and_o term_n of_o its_o own_o he_o that_o speak_v flattery_n master_n broughton_n in_o this_o place_n call_v it_o vaine-goodly-speech_n and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n call_v it_o good_a word_n and_o fair_a speech_n rom._n 16.18_o the_o expression_n which_o the_o apostle_n use_v be_v most_o proper_a to_o the_o description_n of_o flattery_n they_o be_v both_o compound_n as_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o flatterer_n also_o be_v he_o hate_v simplicity_n or_o singleness_n of_o heart_n make_v a_o show_n of_o much_o goodness_n in_o word_n but_o be_v void_a of_o deed_n and_o substance_n he_o promise_v fair_a and_o when_o he_o speak_v you_o will_v think_v he_o mind_v nothing_o or_o be_v solicitous_a about_o nothing_o but_o the_o honour_n and_o advantage_n of_o he_o to_o who_o he_o speak_v when_o indeed_o he_o mind_v nothing_o but_o himself_o and_o selfe-concernements_a as_o the_o apostle_n in_o that_o place_n descipher_v he_o he_o serve_v not_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n vict._n haec_fw-la est_fw-la blandity_n quae_fw-la a_o graecis_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o aristoteles_n vulgo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appellari_fw-la docet_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la comiter_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conversantur_fw-la sed_fw-la veram_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la cum_fw-la nemine_fw-la colunt_fw-la arist_n l._n 8._o ad_fw-la nicom_fw-la pertinax_n imperator_fw-la dictus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la blandus_fw-la esset_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la benignus_fw-la 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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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