talis_fw-la grex_n like_o prince_n like_a people_n regis_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la etc._n etc._n people_z dress_v themselves_o by_o the_o looking-glass_n of_o their_o prince_n judah_n build_v they_o high_a place_n though_o they_o have_v the_o temple_n and_o holy_a levite_n to_o instruct_v they_o which_o israel_n want_v therefore_o be_v it_o worse_o in_o they_o and_o their_o idolatry_n usher_v in_o sodomy_n do_v in_o honour_n to_o their_o idol_n therefore_o in_o the_o great_a scorn_n those_o sodomite_n in_o hebrew_n be_v call_v kedesh_n holy_a one_o as_o consecrate_v to_o venus_n or_o priapus_n act_v unnatural_o in_o a_o pretence_n of_o worship_n n._n b._n god_n have_v no_o visible_a church_n upon_o earth_n but_o here_o and_z oh_o what_o a_o miserable_a prospect_n have_v she_o now_o when_o israel_n worship_v jeroboam_n calf_n and_o judah_n be_v corrupt_v with_o idolatry_n and_o sodomy_n oh_o how_o low_o be_v she_o sometime_o bring_v and_o as_o the_o moon_n wane_v away_o yet_o recover_v and_o rise_v again_o etc._n etc._n mark_v 4._o judah_n sin_n and_o god_n punish_v ver_fw-la 25_o 26_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o five_o year_n god_n send_v shishak_n king_n of_o egypt_n to_o punish_v judah_n one_a not_o israel_n for_o spare_v justice_n and_o impunity_n harden_v and_o ripen_v they_o to_o a_o total_a destruction_n but_o judah_n chastize_v mercy_n bring_v they_o to_o be_v humble_v and_o so_o preserve_v 2_o chron._n 12.6_o 7._o god_n grant_v they_o some_o deliverance_n rehoboam_n hire_v shisak_n off_o with_o his_o treasure_n and_o golden_a shield_n as_o hezekiah_n do_v senacherib_n 2_o king_n 18.14_o 15._o and_o he_o do_v not_o plunder_v jerusalem_n as_o josephus_n say_v two_o this_o be_v not_o do_v till_o the_o five_o year_n of_o rehoboam_n p._n martyr_n say_v in_o his_o three_o first_o year_n religion_n flourish_v in_o his_o four_o it_o be_v corrupt_v and_o in_o his_o five_o year_n he_o be_v punish_v because_o they_o have_v transgress_v against_o the_o lord_n 2_o chron._n 12._o 2_o 8_o etc._n etc._n 3_o jeroboam_n have_v live_v in_o the_o court_n of_o shishak_n and_o marry_v a_o wife_n there_o as_o some_o say_v of_o the_o blood_n royal_a who_o after_o be_v force_v to_o disguise_v herself_o etc._n etc._n as_o before_o her_o husband_n stir_v up_o this_o king_n of_o egypt_n to_o invade_v rehoboam_n country_n which_o he_o can_v not_o do_v until_o judah_n have_v sin_v and_o even_o then_o in_o wrath_n god_n remember_v mercy_n hab._n 3.2_o mark_v 5._o these_o branch_n also_o one_a jerusalem_n be_v so_o strong_a that_o neither_o nabuchadnezzar_n nor_o titus_n vespasian_n can_v take_v it_o but_o by_o a_o long_a siege_n yet_o now_o god_n smite_v they_o with_o such_o a_o fear_n for_o their_o sin_n that_o they_o soon_o give_v it_o up_o to_o shishak_n upon_o composition_n two_o rebohoam_v get_v some_o good_a by_o his_o affliction_n for_o he_o frequent_v the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 28._o here_o not_o the_o high_a place_n yet_o even_o there_o he_o fear_v treachery_n therefore_o have_v he_o man_n with_o brazen_a shield_n to_o guard_v he_o three_o though_o no_o invasive_a war_n with_o army_n be_v betwixt_o judah_n and_o israel_n all_o rehoboam_n reign_n after_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o god_n chap._n 12.24_o and_o not_o revive_v till_o abijam_n reign_n 2_o chron._n 13._o yet_o be_v there_o frequent_a skirmish_n in_o defensive_a act_n of_o hostility_n betwixt_o the_o party_n of_o rehoboam_n and_o jeroboam_n upon_o the_o border_n of_o each_o their_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 30._o god_n have_v not_o forbid_v say_v p._n martyr_n their_o own_o defence_n 1_o king_n chap._n xv._o this_o chapter_n be_v the_o history_n of_o four_o king_n two_o of_o judah_n and_o two_o of_o israel_n the_o two_o of_o judah_n be_v abijam_n and_o asa_n remark_n upon_o the_o first_o be_v first_o the_o son_n of_o rehoboam_n be_v call_v abijah_n 2_o chron._n 12.16_o which_o signify_v the_o lord_n be_v my_o father_n but_o here_o be_v call_v abijam_n which_o signify_v my_o father_n be_v a_o sea_n his_o father_n give_v he_o the_o former_a name_n while_o he_o hold_v his_o integrity_n and_o probable_o with_o respect_n unto_o that_o promise_v make_v to_o david_n i_o will_v be_v his_o father_n etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n 7.15_o but_o because_o this_o abijah_n walk_v not_o in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n therefore_o he_o be_v call_v here_o abijam_n because_o his_o father_n rehoboam_n keep_v not_o constant_a in_o goodness_n but_o waver_v like_o a_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n toss_v away_o by_o the_o wind_n james_z 1.6_o the_o reason_n why_o rehoboam_n make_v this_o man_n king_n rather_o than_o any_o of_o his_o many_o son_n be_v render_v because_o he_o love_v maachah_n this_o son_n mother_n above_o all_o his_o other_o wife_n 2_o chron._n 11.21_o 22._o remark_n the_o second_o though_o this_o abijah_n make_v a_o fair_a profession_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v good_a at_o the_o first_o 2_o chron._n 13.12_o yet_o have_v he_o a_o soon_o corrupt_a heart_n and_o show_v himself_o in_o his_o foul_a colour_n afterward_o for_o he_o walk_v in_o the_o wicked_a way_n of_o his_o father_n rehoboam_n latter_a reign_n ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o inherit_v his_o father_n sin_n no_o less_o than_o his_o crown_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n therefore_o that_o after_o his_o spend_v three_o year_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v nothing_o of_o kin_n to_o his_o good_a grandfather_n david_n his_o reign_n be_v so_o short_a see_v it_o be_v so_o wicked_a he_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o jeroboam_n to_o who_o he_o be_v a_o great_a scourge_n by_o god_n own_v he_o for_o david_n sake_n ver_fw-la 4._o not_o only_o make_v he_o a_o lamp_n in_o jerusalem_n but_o also_o a_o firebrand_n to_o consume_v five_o hundred_o thousand_o idolatrous_a israelite_n as_o before_o and_o recover_v bethel_n from_o jeroboam_n where_o one_o of_o his_o golden_a calf_n be_v set_v up_o 2_o chron._n 13.16_o 19_o but_o he_o destroy_v not_o that_o idol-worship_n there_o for_o which_o probable_o god_n shorten_v his_o reign_n and_o life_n ver_fw-la 8._o the_o second_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o this_o chapter_n be_v asa_n a_o good_a king_n ver_fw-la 9_o remark_n the_o first_o asa_n begin_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n current_n of_o jeroboam_n n._n b._n who_o live_v to_o see_v three_o succession_n in_o judah_n throne_n rehoboam_n abijam_n and_o asa_n though_o he_o be_v a_o sinner_n with_o a_o accent_n and_o of_o the_o great_a size_n make_v israel_n to_o sin_v so_o oft_o repeat_v yet_o do_v this_o wretch_n live_v until_o the_o second_o year_n of_o this_o good_a sad_a disease_n as_o before_o so_o that_o he_o die_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o asa_n say_v dr._n lightfoot_n a_o little_a before_o the_o sword_n of_o baasha_n destroy_v his_o family_n 2_o chron._n 13.20_o whereas_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n this_o good_a king_n asa_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n after_o the_o schism_n and_o continue_v until_o the_o eight_o king_n of_o that_o kingdom_n of_o which_o there_o be_v five_o distinct_a family_n all_o destroy_v one_o the_o other_o the_o five_o stock_n or_o family_n be_v these_o 1._o jeroboam_n chap._n 12.20_o 2._o baasha_n v._o 29._o here_o 3._o zimrie_n ch._n 16.10_o 4._o tibna_n chap._n 16.21_o and_o 5._o omri_n chap._n 16.12_o it_o be_v say_v here_o asa_n reign_v forty_o and_o one_o year_n v._n 10._o he_o live_v to_o see_v all_o those_o great_a change_n in_o that_o idolatrous_a kingdom_n of_o israel_n thus_o speedy_o do_v idolatry_n root_v out_o so_o many_o family_n when_o good_a asa_n have_v a_o long_a reign_n grant_v he_o though_o his_o bad_a father_n be_v soon_o cut_v off_o remark_n the_o second_o that_o this_o asa_n become_v a_o good_a king_n reign_v upright_o before_o the_o lord_n as_o do_v david_n his_o great_a grandfather_n v._o 11._o be_v matter_n of_o admiration_n see_v he_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o abijam_n and_o of_o the_o soil_n of_o maachah_n both_o of_o they_o wicked_a and_o both_o idolatrous_a n._n b._n hereby_o god_n will_v have_v we_o see_v say_v dr._n hall_n that_o grace_n be_v from_o heaven_n nor_o needs_o he_o the_o help_n of_o these_o earthly_a conveyance_n shall_v not_o the_o child_n of_o good_a parent_n sometime_o prove_v evil_a and_o the_o child_n of_o bad_a parent_n good_a grace_n will_v seem_v natural_a and_o the_o giver_n of_o grace_n will_v not_o have_v thanks_o give_v he_o for_o his_o free_a grace_n thus_o we_o have_v see_v a_o fair_a flower_n spring_v out_o of_o filthy_a dung_n and_o a_o sweet-fruited_n tree_n arise_v out_o of_o a_o sour_a stock_n peter_n martyr_n add_v here_o that_o this_o be_v say_v to_o the_o just_a praise_n of_o asa_n who_o be_v train_v up_o under_o impious_a and_o idolatrous_a maachah_n yet_o
hire_v to_o perfidiousness_n therein_o the_o prophet_n tell_v he_o he_o have_v do_v foolish_o asa_n four_o frailty_n be_v his_o be_v wroth_a with_o the_o lord_n prophet_n for_o his_o plain-dealing_a and_o faithfulness_n 2_o chron._n 16.10_o which_o may_v better_o have_v become_v a_o ahah_n a_o joash_n or_o a_o herod_n all_o bad_a man_n than_o such_o a_o good_a king_n as_o be_v asa_n what_o be_v hanani_n but_o god_n herald_n from_o heaven_n to_o denounce_v war_n against_o he_o for_o these_o his_o sin_n upon_o earth_n here_o repentance_n be_v his_o duty_n but_o rage_n and_o choler_n be_v his_o sin_n n._n b._n and_o as_o dr._n hall_n say_v well_o it_o have_v be_v more_o meet_a that_o the_o water_n of_o godly_a sorrow_n have_v be_v find_v in_o his_o eye_n gush_v out_o with_o tear_n than_o such_o sparkle_n of_o fire_n and_o fury_n flame_v forth_o at_o they_o upon_o this_o innocent_a seer_n his_o holy_a grandfather_n david_n do_v not_o so_o with_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n in_o the_o like_a case_n of_o heavy_a tiding_n 2_o sam._n 12.4_o 5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n yet_o asa_n imprison_v the_o prophet_n for_o deliver_v god_n message_n only_o his_o five_o blemish_n be_v asa_n in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o long_a reign_n be_v strike_v with_o the_o gout_n 2._o chron._n 16.12_o as_o he_o have_v lay_v up_o the_o good_a prophet_n by_o the_o heel_n in_o prison_n even_o so_o do_v god_n lay_v he_o up_o by_o the_o heel_n in_o his_o bed_n he_o shall_v therefore_o have_v seek_v to_o the_o lord_n principal_o who_o have_v imprison_v he_o and_o with_o who_o he_o have_v solemn_o covenant_v to_o own_o for_o his_o yet_o it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o he_o seek_v to_o the_o physician_n and_o not_o to_o the_o lord_n though_o his_o name_n asa_n hebr._n signify_v a_o physician_n to_o mind_v he_o of_o jehovah_n rophekah_n the_o almighty_a healer_n exod._n 15.26_o no_o wonder_n then_o that_o his_o gouty_a sit_fw-mi serve_v to_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o grave_n no_o doubt_n but_o before_o he_o die_v he_o repent_v of_o this_o and_o his_o other_o sin_n see_v 2_o chron._n 15.17_o and_o 20.32_o where_o it_o be_v say_v for_o his_o heart_n be_v perfect_a with_o god_n all_o his_o day_n etc._n etc._n the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o fifteen_o chapter_n give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o two_o king_n of_o israel_n contemporary_a with_o those_o of_o judah_n first_o nadah_n reign_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o asa_n even_o while_o his_o father_n jeroboam_n be_v alive_a say_v dr._n lightfoot_n for_o god_n smite_v jeroboam_n with_o some_o sad_a disease_n that_o he_o can_v not_o rule_v the_o kingdom_n 2_o chron._n 13.20_o this_o make_v he_o resign_v his_o crown_n to_o his_o son_n before_o his_o death_n as_o some_o suppose_v etc._n etc._n remark_n the_o second_o before_o he_o have_v reign_v two_o full_a year_n baasha_n slay_v he_o as_o appear_v from_o ver_fw-la 28_o and_o 33._o the_o lord_n see_v the_o son_n as_o wicked_a as_o the_o father_n see_v it_o high_a time_n to_o cut_v he_o off_o according_a to_o the_o threaten_v chap._n 14.10_o etc._n etc._n for_o his_o own_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o for_o his_o father_n remark_n the_o three_o baasha_n traitorous_o slay_v he_o in_o his_o army_n as_o he_o be_v besiege_v gibbethon_n which_o the_o philistine_n have_v take_v from_o israel_n but_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o king_n prevent_v the_o recovery_n of_o this_o right_n josh_n 19.44_o and_o 21.23_o therefore_o the_o siege_n be_v renew_v to_o recover_v it_o chap._n 16.15_o remark_n the_o four_o it_o may_v well_o be_v suppose_v that_o this_o murderer_n of_o nadab_n baasha_n do_v cast_v his_o dead_a body_n to_o be_v devour_v by_o the_o dog_n or_o fowl_n as_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n have_v fore-threatned_n chap._n 14.7_o 10_o 11._o say_v menochius_fw-la the_o next_o king_n of_o israel_n be_v baasha_n who_o place_v himself_o in_o the_o throne_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v murder_a nadab_n ver_fw-la 29_o 30_o to_o 34._o concern_v this_o king_n remark_n the_o first_o baasha_n destroy_v all_o jeroboam_n house_n and_o jeroboam_n himself_o be_v alive_a this_o year_n say_v dr._n lightfoot_n and_o if_o he_o escape_v the_o sword_n of_o baasha_n yet_o die_v he_o not_o long_o before_o baasha_n destroy_v his_o family_n remark_n the_o second_o though_o baasha_n in_o all_o these_o murder_n do_v but_o aim_n to_o gratify_v his_o own_o ambition_n and_o cruel_a disposition_n to_o establish_v himself_o upon_o the_o throne_n more_o firm_o and_o without_o emulation_n yet_o god_n wise_o order_v baasha_n wicked_a both_o intention_n and_o action_n to_o bring_v to_o pass_v his_o own_o righteous_a and_o glorious_a ends._n god_n overrule_v his_o pride_n and_o malice_n to_o accomplish_v his_o own_o counsel_n and_o prediction_n n.b._n thus_o the_o devil_n and_o all_o his_o imp_n and_o instrument_n be_v make_v to_o do_v god_n will_n not_o only_o while_o they_o be_v do_v their_o own_o but_o oft_o sore_o against_o their_o own_o wi_n thus_o wise_a physician_n use_v leech_n which_o aim_v only_o at_o suck_v of_o blood_n for_o cure_n of_o their_o patient_n etc._n etc._n remark_n the_o three_o though_o this_o baasha_n be_v god_n instrument_n to_o punish_v the_o wickedness_n of_o a_o wicked_a father_n jeroboam_n and_o of_o his_o wicked_a son_n nadab_n yet_o neither_o do_v he_o aim_v at_o any_o obedience_n to_o god_n in_o those_o execution_n of_o god_n justice_n nor_o be_v he_o reclaim_v at_o all_o thereby_o from_o the_o same_o wicked_a way_n ver_fw-la 34._o remark_n the_o four_o those_o very_a mean_n and_o method_n of_o wickedness_n whereby_o jeroboam_n think_v to_o have_v establish_v the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o house_n namely_o by_o set_v up_o idolatry_n become_v indeed_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o their_o utter_a ruin_n baasha_n be_v employ_v in_o execute_v this_o divine_a vengeance_n yet_o the_o same_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o true_a procure_a cause_n of_o all_o this_o mischief_n and_o misery_n to_o jeroboam_n house_n he_o still_o retain_v in_o himself_o remark_n the_o five_o baasha_n now_o settle_a in_o his_o kingdom_n begin_v to_o bustle_v and_o disturb_v good_a asa_n with_o inroad_n into_o judah_n though_o he_o see_v such_o a_o mighty_a presence_n of_o god_n with_o he_o in_o his_o victory_n over_o a_o million_o of_o the_o ethiopian_a army_n yet_o will_v he_o still_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o he_o god_n punish_v asa_n by_o baasha_n for_o his_o harshness_n to_o judah_n as_o well_o as_o to_o hanani_n tyrannize_a over_o the_o people_n as_o well_o as_o over_o the_o prophet_n in_o his_o decline_a day_n 2_o chron._n 16.10_o 1_o king_n chap._n xvi_o this_o chapter_n contain_v the_o history_n of_o five_o king_n of_o israel_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n omri_n and_o ahab_n the_o general_n remark_n be_v first_o good_a asa_n notwithstanding_o his_o many_o miscarriage_n which_o be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o his_o uprightness_n imperfection_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o most_o refine_a soul_n do_v outlive_v not_o only_a jeroboam_n and_o his_o son_n nadab_n but_o also_o this_o his_o worst_a rival_n and_o troubler_n baasha_n though_o he_o reign_v over_o israel_n twenty_o and_o four_o year_n chap._n 15.33_o for_o asa_n forty_o and_o one_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n expire_v not_o until_o the_o four_o year_n of_o ahab_n wherein_o jehosaphat_n succeed_v his_o father_n asa_n after_o his_o death_n 1_o king_n 22.41_o 42._o so_o that_o while_n asa_n hold_v the_o throne_n of_o judah_n he_o see_v many_o change_n in_o the_o throne_n of_o israel_n the_o second_o general_n remark_n be_v the_o holy_a penman_n of_o this_o sacred_a history_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n give_v a_o large_a narrative_n of_o asa_n life_n etc._n etc._n altogether_o chap._n 15._o from_o ver_fw-la 9_o to_o 24._o because_o many_o king_n do_v reign_v over_o israel_n during_o asa_n long_a reign_n asa_n begin_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n divide_v from_o judah_n and_o he_o continue_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o eight_o king_n of_o israel_n asa_n great_a work_n of_o reformation_n require_v it_o and_o god_n give_v he_o a_o great_a continuance_n in_o his_o kingdom_n wherein_o to_o accomplish_v it_o the_o three_o general_n remark_n asa_n want_v not_o god_n fatherly_a chastisement_n for_o his_o decline_v from_o his_o former_a goodness_n for_o beside_o his_o gout_n in_o his_o foot_n because_o he_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d walk_v upright_o in_o god_n way_n gal._n 2.14_o he_o have_v continual_a war_n and_o trouble_n after_o his_o alteration_n into_o act_n of_o unbelief_n passion_n against_o the_o prophet_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o people_n etc._n etc._n which_o trouble_v we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o chap._n 15._o both_o the_o rise_v of_o they_o ver_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o and_o the_o removal_n
so_o to_o curse_v as_o appear_v by_o god_n concurrence_n with_o he_o for_o two_o she-bear_n rush_v out_o of_o the_o wood_n and_o tear_v forty_o and_o two_o of_o they_o n._n b._n possible_o they_o may_v be_v such_o bear_n as_o be_v robe_v of_o their_o whelp_n and_o therefore_o the_o fierce_a prov._n 17.12_o hos_fw-la 13.8_o but_o certain_o they_o be_v act_v by_o a_o more_o extraordinary_a fury_n which_o god_n have_v raise_v up_o in_o they_o to_o do_v this_o special_a execution_n of_o divine_a justice_n mark_v 5._o nor_o may_v it_o be_v say_v this_o punishment_n be_v too_o severe_a for_o so_o childish_a a_o offence_n for_o there_o be_v prodigious_a malignity_n of_o mind_n in_o their_o scoffing_n as_o 1._o they_o do_v not_o only_o load_v that_o grave_a gray_a bald-head_n through_o old_a age_n with_o their_o derision_n who_o god_n have_v then_o load_v with_o great_a honour_n as_o to_o make_v he_o elijah_n successor_n who_o very_a age_n as_o well_o as_o office_n command_v reverence_n but_o 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tirinus_n to_o gratify_v jehosaphat_n who_o help_n he_o now_o need_v to_o subdue_v moab_n and_o will_v not_o assist_v he_o without_o some_o reformation_n which_o jezebel_n her_o self_n may_v probable_o connive_v at_o as_o a_o necessary_a trick_n of_o state_n at_o this_o time_n the_o second_o part_n be_v his_o deed_n in_o war._n remarks_n upon_o this_o be_v first_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o war._n moab_n revolt_v ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o they_o have_v be_v ancient_a tributary_n to_o israel_n from_o the_o day_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n 8.2_o now_o when_o valiant_a ahab_n be_v dead_a and_o mopish_a ahaziah_n disease_v by_o his_o fall_n so_o dare_v not_o attempt_v any_o war_n and_o who_o soon_o die_v also_o for_o his_o notorious_a wickedness_n in_o worship_v not_o only_a ahab_n baal_n in_o israel_n but_o also_o the_o philistine_n baalzebub_a in_o ekron_n this_o give_v the_o opportunity_n for_o moab_n rebellion_n and_o to_o refuse_v both_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o fleece_n of_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o ram_n and_o lamb_n pay_v as_o their_o tribute_n remark_n the_o second_o the_o back_n of_o israel_n can_v well_o want_v the_o wcoll_n of_o moab_n therefore_o active_a joram_n whet_v his_o sword_n to_o recover_v it_o ver_fw-la 6._o and_o court_v jehosaphat_n to_o join_v with_o he_o ver_fw-la 7._o jehosaphat_n the_o uncle_n ready_o comply_v with_o joram_n his_o nephew_n which_o may_v the_o more_o be_v wonder_v at_o n.b._n see_v 1._o he_o have_v so_o late_o be_v sharp_o reprove_v and_o sore_o fright_v too_o for_o his_o join_n with_o ahab_n 2_o chrom_n 19.2_o with_o 18.31_o and_o 2._o he_o have_v be_v lately_a punish_v for_o join_v with_o ahaziah_n this_o joram_n brother_n 2_o chron._n 20.35_o 36_o 37._o yet_o now_o good_a jehosaphat_n undoubted_o look_v upon_o 1._o joram_n to_o be_v better_a than_o either_o ahab_n or_o ahaziah_n because_o he_o have_v put_v away_o baal_n ver_fw-la 2._o so_o the_o case_n be_v more_o favourable_a and_o less_o dangerous_a 2._o rebellious_a moab_n have_v late_o join_v with_o ammon_n etc._n etc._n to_o war_n against_o jehosaphat_n 2_o chron._n 20.1_o 35._o so_o moab_n be_v a_o common_a enemy_n to_o both_o israel_n and_o judah_n and_o therefore_o be_v it_o jehosaphat_n interest_n to_o hearken_v unto_o joram_n motion_n for_o his_o own_o just_a revenge_n as_o well_o as_o israel_n want_n of_o their_o tribute_n 3._o jehosaphat_n may_v hope_v that_o by_o this_o confederacy_n he_o may_v have_v more_o opportunity_n to_o push_n joram_n forward_o in_o his_o begin_a reformation_n and_o to_o get_v the_o calf_n of_o jeroboam_n put_v down_o as_o well_o as_o the_o image_n of_o baal_n and_o so_o to_o proceed_v in_o perfect_v that_o work_n remark_n the_o three_o when_o those_o two_o king_n have_v joint_o resolve_v upon_o the_o end_n they_o wise_o consult_v about_o the_o way_n to_o the_o end_n ver_fw-la 8._o and_o have_v engage_v edom_n into_o the_o confederacy_n ver_fw-la 9_o n.b._n the_o king_n of_o edom_n be_v viceroy_n only_o under_o jehosaphat_n that_o kingdom_n be_v annex_v to_o judah_n 1_o king_n 22.47_o therefore_o well_o may_v jehosaphat_n make_v bold_a with_o his_o own_o and_o advise_v joram_n to_o march_v through_o his_o tributary_n country_n of_o edom._n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o they_o choose_v to_o go_v through_o edom_n to_o secure_v that_o country_n for_o continue_v firm_a to_o their_o cause_n fear_v that_o edom_n may_v join_v with_o moab_n against_o they_o for_o both_o of_o they_o have_v one_o cause_n be_v both_o tributary_n nation_n the_o one_o to_o israel_n and_o the_o other_o to_o judah_n their_o march_n the_o near_a have_v be_v over_o jordan_n but_o this_o way_n through_o edom_n be_v the_o far_a about_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o way_n yet_o the_o best_a way_n to_o assault_n moab_n on_o that_o side_n where_o they_o expect_v no_o assault_n from_o any_o adversary_n remark_n the_o four_o be_v the_o place_n where_o those_o three_o king_n encamp_v with_o their_o army_n no_o soon_o be_v they_o get_v into_o the_o waterless_a wildes_n of_o edom_n but_o they_o be_v all_o ready_a to_o die_v for_o want_n of_o water_n this_o be_v a_o check_n to_o jehosaphat_n rashness_n who_o shall_v have_v consult_v with_o god_n by_o his_o prophet_n before_o he_o have_v give_v this_o rash_a advice_n hereupon_o joram_n fret_v against_o the_o lord_n prov._n 19.3_o lay_v all_o the_o blame_n upon_o god_n ver_fw-la 10._o as_o if_o he_o seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o three_o kingdom_n not_o at_o all_o reflect_v upon_o his_o own_o impiety_n the_o true_a cause_n of_o this_o present_a misery_n it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o joram_n not_o to_o consult_v god_n at_o all_o and_o jehosaphat_n to_o do_v it_o too_o late_a say_v be_v there_o not_o here_o a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 11._o have_v he_o consult_v before_o
the_o end_n and_o 2_o king_n 12.17_o to_o the_o end_n joash_n for_o this_o monstrous_a ingratitude_n to_o jehoiada_n to_o who_o he_o owe_v his_o own_o life_n and_o kingdom_n thus_o to_o requite_v he_o in_o murder_v his_o son_n mere_o for_o give_v he_o faithful_a counsel_n never_o enjoy_v good_a day_n after_o for_o 1._o the_o syrian_n execute_v god_n vengeance_n upon_o he_o and_o his_o people_n though_o joash_n hire_v off_o hazael_n by_o a_o great_a bribe_n in_o his_o first_o invasion_n 2_o king_n 12.17_o 18._o yet_o the_o next_o year_n he_o return_v again_o spoil_v jerusalem_n kill_v the_o curse_a clawback_n that_o have_v spoil_v a_o good_a king_n and_o so_o base_o whip_n and_o torture_n joash_n himself_o say_v grotius_n piscator_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o he_o fall_v grievous_o sick_a upon_o it_o 2_o chron._n 24.23_o 24_o 25._o and_o 2._o his_o own_o servant_n which_o josephus_n say_v be_v zachary_n friend_n execute_v god_n vengeance_n upon_o he_o for_o murder_v zachary_n only_o for_o his_o plain_a deal_v the_o syrian_n leave_v he_o disease_v only_o that_o he_o may_v have_v time_n to_o repent_v but_o because_o he_o repent_v not_o his_o servant_n leave_v he_o dead_a god_n be_v just_a though_o they_o be_v unjust_a n._n b._n christ_n declare_v how_o this_o innocent_a blood_n lie_v upon_o the_o jew_n from_o age_n to_o age_n matth._n 23.35_o where_o jehoiada_n be_v call_v barachias_n the_o bless_a one_o hebr._n as_o solomon_n be_v jedidiah_n one_o belove_v of_o god_n for_o honour_n sake_n etc._n etc._n 2_o king_n chap._n xiii_o this_o chapter_n contain_v the_o life_n of_o two_o king_n of_o israel_n first_o the_o history_n of_o king_n jehoahaz_n the_o son_n of_o jehu_n from_o ver_fw-la 1_o to_o ver_fw-la 9_o and_o second_o of_o jehoash_n his_o son_n ver_fw-la 10._o to_o the_o end_n remark_n upon_o the_o first_o part_n the_o history_n of_o jehoaaz_n be_v first_o jehu_n have_v reign_v over_o israel_n call_v the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n about_o twenty-eight_a year_n and_o then_o die_v in_o the_o twenty-third_a year_n of_o joash_n king_n of_o judah_n who_o reign_v forty_o year_n chap._n 12.1_o so_o that_o this_o jehoaaz_v the_o son_n of_o jehu_n be_v contemporary_a with_o that_o joash_n of_o judah_n all_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o here_o ver_fw-la 1._o and_o the_o death_n of_o this_o jehoaaz_v fall_v out_o about_o that_o time_n wherein_o joash_n be_v murder_v in_o his_o bed_n as_o he_o lay_v disease_v thereon_o by_o his_o two_o servant_n descend_v from_o moab_n and_o ammon_n chap._n 12.21_o and_o 2_o chron._n 24.26_o remark_n the_o second_o as_o joash_n do_v wicked_o in_o judah_n after_o the_o death_n of_o jehoiaâ—a_n so_o this_o jehoaaz_v do_v wicked_o in_o israel_n ver_fw-la 2._o whereby_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v kindle_v as_o fire_n be_v so_o as_o to_o deliver_v up_o israel_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o hazael_n king_n of_o syria_n as_o he_o have_v do_v judah_n before_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o joash_n ver_fw-la 3._o this_o hazael_n have_v invade_v and_o destroy_v israel_n beyond_o jordan_n before_o exercise_v those_o barbarous_a cruelty_n which_o elisha_n have_v foretell_v of_o he_o thresh_v gilead_n with_o thresh_a instrument_n of_o iron_n as_o amos_n 1.3_o and_o now_o he_o come_v on_o this_o side_n jordan_n and_o fall_v upon_o israel_n oft_o smite_v they_o chap._n 8.12_o 13_o 15._o and_o 10.32_o and_o he_o take_v gath_n from_o they_o which_o david_n have_v recover_v from_o the_o philistine_n and_o annex_v it_o to_o the_o crown_n of_o israel_n 1_o chron._n 18.1_o and_o 2_o chron._n 11.8_o but_o now_o it_o be_v lose_v chap._n 12.17_o 2_o chron._n 24.23_o and_o now_o come_v he_o here_o to_o play_v his_o old_a prank_n again_o remark_n the_o three_o this_o extreme_a oppression_n of_o israel_n by_o hazael_n press_v idolatrous_a jehoaaz_n to_o pray_v unto_o jehovah_n when_o his_o idol_n help_v he_o not_o ver_fw-la 4._o n._n b._n a_o wicked_a ahab_n will_v humble_v himself_o in_o extreme_a necessity_n 1_o king_n 21.27_o bad_a coal_n must_v be_v quicken_v and_o kindle_v with_o violent_a blow_n affliction_n be_v the_o bellows_o to_o blow_v up_o devotion_n jehoaaz_n be_v now_o bring_v very_o low_a by_o hazael_n thresh_v israel_n to_o dust_n ver_fw-la 7._o otherwise_o god_n have_v not_o be_v think_v on_o or_o seek_v to_o remark_n the_o four_o so_o gracious_a be_v god_n that_o he_o who_o have_v accept_v of_o wicked_a ahab_n humiliation_n 1_o king_n 21.29_o accept_v also_o of_o this_o sorry_a repentance_n of_o jehoaaz_n not_o so_o much_o for_o his_o sake_n as_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o his_o sore_a oppress_a israel_n towards_o who_o he_o can_v not_o but_o show_v compassion_n exod._n 3.7_o and_o he_o see_v likewise_o the_o blasphemous_a insolence_n of_o their_o enemy_n deut._n 32.27_o psalm_n 12.4_o and_o 140.8_o therefore_o the_o lord_n give_v israel_n a_o saviour_n ver_fw-la 5._o a_o angel_n say_v some_o the_o prophet_n elisha_n say_v other_o or_o rather_o king_n jehoash_n jehu_n grandson_n ver_fw-la 25._o who_o be_v encourage_v by_o elisha_n to_o obtain_v a_o threefold_a victory_n over_o the_o syrian_n and_o to_o he_o may_v be_v add_v jeroboam_n his_o valiant_a successor_n chap._n 14.28_o of_o king_n remark_n the_o five_o though_o those_o two_o king_n degenerate_a joash_n of_o judah_n and_o valorous_a jehoaaz_n of_o israel_n be_v both_o severe_o scourge_v by_o hazael_n the_o rod_n of_o god_n anger_n yet_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v whip_v home_o to_o a_o angry_a god_n by_o true_a repentance_n and_o due_a reformation_n for_o 1._o joash_n of_o judah_n though_o he_o be_v shameful_o overthrow_v by_o a_o small_a company_n of_o the_o syrian_a rover_n which_o hazael_n observe_v how_o timorous_a joash_n have_v be_v at_o his_o first_o invasion_n in_o hire_v he_o off_o with_o so_o vast_a a_o present_a 2_o king_n 12.18_o send_v therefore_o but_o a_o small_a army_n against_o joash_n multitude_n yet_o because_o he_o will_v not_o be_v reclaim_v from_o his_o baal-worship_n by_o his_o deliverance_n from_o hazael_n first_o invasion_n the_o lord_n deliver_v his_o great_a host_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o handful_n of_o syrian_n 2_o chron._n 24.24_o n._n b._n but_o such_o be_v the_o patience_n of_o god_n to_o this_o wretched_a king_n that_o he_o cause_v the_o enemy_n to_o depart_v from_o he_o ver_fw-la 25._o and_o only_o to_o disease_v he_o by_o wound_n but_o not_o to_o destroy_v he_o outright_o that_o he_o may_v have_v still_o a_o breathe_a time_n and_o a_o opportunity_n to_o repent_v but_o when_o he_o still_o persist_v in_o his_o obstinate_a impenitency_n than_o god_n suffer_v his_o own_o servant_n to_o conspire_v his_o death_n as_o joash_n have_v suffer_v his_o own_o servant_n to_o conspire_v and_o stone_n good_a jehoiada_n son_n and_o 2._o jehoaaz_v of_o israel_n who_o notwithstanding_o god_n favour_n in_o ease_v he_o of_o hazael_n when_o he_o beseech_v the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o here_o yet_o can_v not_o be_v reclaim_v from_o jeroboam_n calf_n and_o from_o the_o grove_n of_o baal_n ver_fw-la 6._o though_o hazael_n have_v so_o weaken_v and_o diminish_v his_o force_n leave_v he_o only_o fifty_o horseman_n and_o ten_o chariot_n and_o ten_o thousand_o footman_n a_o contemptible_a company_n for_o a_o king_n and_o kingdom_n ver_fw-la 7._o and_o though_o himself_o be_v a_o man_n of_o valour_n ver_fw-la 8._o yet_o god_n in_o justice_n make_v the_o valour_n of_o so_o wicked_a a_o man_n to_o be_v in_o vain_a he_o do_v what_o he_o can_v against_o the_o syrian_n but_o it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n because_o god_n be_v against_o he_o as_o against_o goliath_n who_o might_n can_v not_o save_v he_o 1_o sam._n 17.50_o the_o second_o part_n concern_v jehoash_n who_o succeed_v this_o jehoaaz_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n as_o amaziah_n do_v joash_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n remark_n the_o first_o this_o jehoash_fw-mi king_n of_o israel_n be_v the_o second_o of_o jehu_n four_o generation_n promise_v to_o he_o by_o a_o prophet_n chap._n 10.30_o and_o he_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n two_o or_o three_o of_o which_o be_v in_o the_o last_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o joash_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o day_n of_o amaziah_n joash_n son_n and_o successor_n chap._n 14.1_o and_o 2_o chron._n 25.1_o etc._n etc._n this_o jehoash_n follow_v in_o the_o same_o evil_a road_n with_o his_o father_n jehoaaz_v in_o jeroboam_n sin_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o this_o jehoash_fw-mi be_v brief_o pass_v over_o here_o because_o his_o most_o memorable_a act_n be_v act_v by_o virtue_n of_o elisha_n prophecy_n ver_fw-la 15_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o history_n of_o amaziah_n therefore_o be_v they_o refer_v thither_o chap._n 14._o and_o 2_o chron._n 25._o remark_n the_o second_o in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o
its_o height_n he_o be_v victorious_a against_o the_o ammonite_n god_n prosper_v he_o because_o he_o prove_v as_o good_a at_o last_o as_o at_o first_o his_o good_a way_n blessed_v his_o war_n with_o success_n and_o then_o he_o die_v the_o three_o part_n of_o 2_o king_n chapter_n the_o 15_o give_v a_o account_n of_o five_o king_n that_o reign_v over_o israel_n from_o ver_fw-la 8_o to_o ver_fw-la 31._o remark_n the_o first_o zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o second_o succeed_v ver_fw-la 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o who_o reign_v but_o six_o month_n so_o soon_o do_v god_n dispatch_v he_o out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o with_o he_o all_o jehu_n generation_n because_o this_o four_o be_v as_o wicked_a as_o the_o first_o all_o of_o they_o be_v worshipper_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n long_a continuance_n in_o the_o same_o sin_n of_o father_n grandfather_n great-grandfather_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o great_a aggravation_n of_o this_o man_n sin_n and_o do_v high_o incense_v god_n anger_n against_o he_o so_o now_o when_o god_n have_v make_v his_o promise_n chap._n 10.30_o good_a to_o jehu_n he_o suffer_v shallum_n some_o great_a commander_n in_o the_o army_n to_o conspire_v against_o he_o and_o to_o cut_v he_o off_o as_o the_o last_o of_o jehu_n n.b._n i_o find_v lavater_n and_o many_o learned_a man_n say_v that_o a_o inter-reign_a can_v be_v deny_v in_o those_o time_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n to_o make_v the_o scripture-computation_n currant_n see_v dr._n lightfoot'_v chronology_n remark_n the_o second_o shallum_n of_o another_o family_n cut_v of_o jehu_n family_n out_o of_o his_o ambitious_a aspire_a after_o the_o crown_n of_o israel_n ver_fw-la 13_o 14_o 15._o as_o this_o zachary_n of_o jehu_n race_n have_v soon_o fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o iniquity_n matth._n 23.32_o even_o in_o six_o month_n time_n so_o this_o shallum_n of_o another_o race_n fill_v up_o his_o ephah_n zech._n 5.6_o much_o soon_o even_o in_o one_o month_n time_n who_o 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gate_n to_o he_o as_o he_o pass_v along_o to_o tirzah_n ver_fw-la 16._o though_o this_o barbarous_a cruelty_n be_v act_v by_o he_o to_o terrify_v his_o opposer_n who_o he_o doubtless_o fear_v because_o he_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o treason_n murder_n and_o usurpation_n yet_o this_o bloody_a act_n do_v endanger_v he_o the_o more_o so_o that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o call_v in_o a_o foreign_a force_n to_o confirm_v the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o ver_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o raise_v a_o vast_a sum_n out_o of_o his_o rich_a subject_n get_v no_o less_o of_o curse_n then_o of_o coin_n he_o hire_v pull_v the_o king_n of_o assyria_n to_o be_v on_o his_o side_n whereby_o he_o reign_v ten_o year_n and_o then_o die_v remark_n the_o four_o his_o son_n pekahiah_n thus_o bring_v by_o his_o father_n into_o a_o alliance_n with_o and_o a_o reliance_n on_o assyria_n make_v a_o shift_n to_o reign_v two_o year_n more_o ver_fw-la 23_o 24_o 25_o 26._o but_o pekah_n one_o of_o his_o captain_n slay_v he_o with_o the_o assistance_n of_o argob_n and_o arieh_n etc._n etc._n his_o fellow_n conspirator_n say_v vatablus_n though_o josephus_n affirm_v they_o be_v on_o pekah_n side_n and_o be_v slay_v with_o he_o however_o the_o king_n be_v cut_v short_a by_o a_o syllable_n as_o call_v pekah_n only_o and_o no_o more_o pekahiah_n remark_n the_o five_o now_o be_v pekah_n king_n instead_o of_o pekahiah_n who_o reign_v twenty_o year_n but_o his_o reign_n be_v troublesome_a for_o the_o assyrian_n now_o infest_a israel_n as_o the_o syrian_n have_v do_v before_o ver_fw-la 27_o 28_o 29._o and_o at_o last_o as_o he_o have_v slay_v his_o sovereign_n so_o hoshea_n one_o of_o his_o subject_n slay_v he_o ver_fw-la 30._o of_o who_o more_o in_o chap._n 17._o mark_v 1_o in_o one_o year_n time_n there_o be_v four_o king_n in_o israel_n one_o after_o another_o and_o those_o dreadful_a calamity_n foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n amos_n chap._n 7.9_o begin_v to_o be_v fulfil_v mark_v 2._o ephraim_n be_v bring_v by_o menahem_n to_o rest_v upon_o assyria_n this_o they_o do_v to_o their_o utter_a undo_n as_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n foretell_v they_o again_o and_o again_o hos_fw-la 5.13_o and_o 7.11_o and_o 8.9_o and_o 9.3_o and_o 11.5_o tiglathpileser_n hebr._n signify_v a_o remover_n of_o captive_n as_o he_o be_v chap._n 17.6_o unto_o israel_n etc._n etc._n 2_o king_n chap._n xvi_o and_o 2_o chron._n chap._n xxviii_o the_o holy_a penman_n of_o both_o those_o book_n now_o return_v to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n or_o samaria_n come_v now_o to_o and_o go_v upon_o its_o last_o leg_n namely_o hoshea_n mention_v bare_o before_o 2_o king_n 15.30_o but_o large_o describe_v in_o chap._n 17._o where_o that_o kingdom_n be_v extinguish_v and_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v carry_v into_o a_o final_a captivity_n these_o two_o chapter_n 2_o king_n 16._o 2_o chron._n 28._o be_v a_o narrative_a joint_o of_o one_o of_o the_o most_o impious_a king_n that_o judah_n have_v to_o wit_n a_o history_n of_o the_o life_n of_o king_n ahaz_n the_o eleven_o from_o the_o division_n remark_n the_o first_o this_o ahaz_n be_v a_o bad_a son_n of_o a_o good_a father_n jotham_n n.b._n and_o though_o ahaz_n be_v a_o bad_a father_n yet_o have_v he_o a_o good_a son_n hezekiah_n which_o show_v that_o grace_n be_v not_o entail_v the_o wickedness_n of_o this_o king_n be_v describe_v in_o general_n first_o negative_o he_o walk_v not_o in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n and_o then_o positive_o but_o in_o all_o that_o be_v not_o right_a which_o be_v describe_v in_o particular_a 2_o king_n 16.1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o and_o 2_o chron._n 28_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o mark_v 1_o he_o be_v a_o worshipper_n of_o baal_n account_v that_o dumb_a and_o deaf_a idol_n at_o elijah_n sacrifice_n 1_o king_n 18.26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o to_o be_v his_o lord_n as_o baal_n hebr._n signify_v utter_o reject_v a_o prayer-hearing_a god_n mark_v 2._o he_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o moloch_n in_o topheth_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n n.b._n it_o be_v call_v topheth_n from_o toph_n hebr._n a_o drum_n because_o the_o pagan_n use_v to_o beat_v a_o drum_n while_o they_o be_v sacrifice_v their_o child_n that_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o burn_a child_n may_v not_o be_v hear_v from_o this_o valley_n gehinnon_n say_v sir_n walter_n raleigh_n come_v the_o word_n gehenna_n for_o hell_n matth._n 5.22_o 29._o and_o tophet_n also_o be_v use_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o signification_n isa_n 30.33_o mark_v 3_o he_o sacrifice_v and_o burn_v incense_n in_o high_a place_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o express_o against_o the_o command_n of_o god_n thus_o do_v he_o evil_a with_o both_o hand_n earnest_o mic._n 7.3_o as_o if_o afraid_a to_o be_v outdo_v by_o other_o take_v long_a stride_n towards_o hell_n mark_v 4._o this_o black_a brand_a ahaz_n 2_o chron._n 28.22_o stand_v here_o in_o the_o history_n say_v learned_a paraeus_n upon_o his_o life_n like_o a_o filthy_a thorn_n betwixt_o two_o fair_a lily_n or_o like_o a_o black_a besmear_v collier_n betwixt_o two_o neat_a and_o fine_a fuller_n namely_o his_o godly_a father_n jotham_n and_o his_o godly_a son_n hezekiah_n himself_o be_v so_o much_o the_o worse_o and_o more_o wicked_a by_o how_o much_o better_o the_o father_n and_o son_n be_v and_o more_o virtuous_a and_o true_o godly_a remark_n the_o second_o god_n suffer_v not_o this_o none-such_a sinner_n to_o pass_v unpunished_a it_o be_v say_v express_o wherefore_o the_o lord_n which_o will_v have_v be_v his_o god_n have_v he_o be_v docible_a do_v deliver_v he_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n and_o he_o smite_v he_o etc._n etc._n and_o carry_v away_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o captive_n to_o damascus_n
wretch_n ahaz_n make_v unto_o god_n for_o vouchsafe_v he_o all_o those_o mercy_n mark_v 1_o no_o soon_o have_v tiglath-pilese_a take_v damascus_n but_o away_o hasten_v ahaz_n thither_o to_o congratulate_v his_o victory_n and_o to_o ingratiate_v himself_o far_a with_o his_o great_a deliverer_n 2_o king_n 16.10_o but_o god_n cross_v he_o of_o his_o expectation_n of_o a_o far_a continuance_n of_o assyrian_a favour_n for_o that_o king_n distress_v he_o but_o strengthen_v he_o not_o 2_o chron._n 28.20_o n.b._n this_o assyrian_a beast_n observe_v the_o hedge_n to_o be_v now_o low_a go_v over_o it_o and_o though_o he_o have_v help_v ahaz_n against_o the_o syrian_n yet_o hereby_o he_o smooth_v his_o own_o way_n into_o canaan_n for_o syria_n lay_v between_o they_o have_v hitherto_o be_v a_o bulwark_n against_o the_o assyrian_n so_o that_o though_o the_o syrian_n have_v be_v troublesome_a the_o assyrian_n become_v much_o more_o invade_v the_o land_n in_o the_o very_a next_o reign_n mark_v 2._o ahaz_n see_v a_o altar_n of_o a_o excellent_a structure_n in_o damascus_n send_v the_o pattern_n of_o it_o to_o vrijah_n the_o temporize_a high_a priest_n who_o comply_v with_o the_o king_n command_n contrary_a to_o god_n command_n and_o the_o light_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n if_o he_o be_v the_o same_o mention_v isa_n 8.1_o 2._o this_o new_a altar_n he_o make_v ready_a for_o ahaz'_v return_v from_o compliment_v tiglath_n pileser_fw-ge a_o king_n 16.11_o 12._o mark_v 3_o ahaz_n himself_o offer_v upon_o this_o new_a altar_n the_o apostate_n vrijah_n suffer_v he_o to_o do_v so_o whereas_o zealous_a azariah_n will_v not_o suffer_v ahaz'_v his_o grandfather_n vzziah_n a_o far_o better_a man_n to_o do_v it_o and_o though_o vzziah_n be_v smite_v with_o leprosy_n for_o so_o do_v yet_o ahaz_n be_v smite_v with_o a_o far_o worse_a plague_n to_o wit_n with_o a_o incurable_a obduration_n 2_o chron._n 28.22_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o five_o mark_n and_o here_o he_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o syrian_a god_n ver_fw-la 13._o that_o can_v not_o save_v themselves_o mark_v 4._o instead_o of_o a_o reformer_n he_o turn_v deformer_n of_o god_n temple_n thrust_v god_n altar_n out_o of_o its_o place_n and_o use_v to_o make_v room_n for_o his_o syrian_a and_o fine_a one_o ver_fw-la 14_o 15._o and_o of_o the_o brazen_a altar_n lyra_n say_v he_o make_v his_o famous_a dyal_n mention_v chap._n 20.11_o he_o also_o remove_v musach_n sabbati_fw-la the_o covert_a wherein_o the_o priest_n repose_v themselves_o and_o the_o gallery_n betwixt_o his_o palace_n and_o the_o temple_n and_o all_o this_o he_o do_v to_o ingratiate_v himself_o with_o tiglath-pileze_a by_o all_o this_o public_a contempt_n cast_v on_o god_n worship_n vrijah_n have_v once_o debauch_v his_o conscience_n conform_v to_o all_o ver_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o mark_v 5._o though_o god_n plague_v he_o with_o many_o adversary_n as_o edomite_n philistine_n and_o assyrian_n 2_o chron._n 28.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o yet_o so_o stubborn_a and_o stiffnecked_a be_v ahaz_n that_o his_o distress_n make_v he_o worse_o ver_fw-la 22._o resolve_v rather_o to_o break_v than_o bend_v so_o that_o this_o monster_n of_o mankind_n become_v a_o brand_a belialist_n this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n stigmatise_v to_o make_v up_o a_o triumvirate_n 1._o cain_n gen._n 4_o 15._o 2._o dathan_n numb_a 26.9_o and_o 3._o ahaz_n here_o who_o shut_v up_o the_o house_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 23_o 24_o 25._o yet_o die_v a_o natural_a death_n though_o a_o detestable_a wretch_n all_o change_a their_o temporal_a into_o eternal_a woe_n etc._n etc._n god_n put_v off_o punish_v some_o wicked_a man_n here_o for_o hereafter_o 2_o king_n chap._n xvii_o this_o chapter_n contain_v the_o expiration_n and_o extirpation_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n or_o that_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n wherein_o antecedent_n concomitant_n and_o consequent_n be_v very_o considerable_a remarks_n first_o upon_o the_o antecedent_n be_v first_o a_o description_n of_o this_o last_o king_n of_o israel_n hoshea_n who_o name_n signify_v salvation_n yet_o his_o traitorous_a and_o king-killing_a nature_n quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o name_n bring_v and_o wrought_v destruction_n both_o to_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o samaritan_n kingdom_n though_o this_o king_n be_v bad_a enough_o in_o slay_v his_o sovereign_n chap._n 15.30_o and_o set_v himself_o in_o his_o stead_n reign_v four_o year_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahaz_n and_o five_o year_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n ver_fw-la 14._o yet_o be_v he_o not_o so_o bad_a as_o those_o king_n that_o go_v before_o he_o ver_fw-la 2._o for_o he_o suffer_v his_o subject_n to_o go_v up_o to_o the_o passover_n say_v lavater_n celebrate_v by_o hezekiah_n when_o he_o invite_v they_o 2_o chron._n 30.11_o remark_n the_o second_o notwithstanding_o this_o hoshea_n be_v not_o so_o notorious_o bad_a as_o jeroboam_n have_v be_v who_o forbid_v the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o worship_n god_n at_o jerusalem_n 1_o king_n 12.28_o yet_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o israelite_n sinâ—_n be_v now_o full_a vengeance_n come_v upon_o they_o without_o remedy_n chap._n 23.26_o of_o 2_o king_n for_o now_o the_o lord_n let_v loose_a shalmaneser_n the_o son_n of_o tiglath_n pilezer_n and_o father_n to_o sennacherib_n he_o come_v up_o against_o he_o and_o bring_v he_o into_o vassalage_n ver_fw-la 3._o and_o execute_v many_o other_o outrageous_a cruelty_n intimate_v in_o hos_n 10.14_o n.b._n this_o show_v that_o god_n execute_v his_o judgement_n not_o only_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o present_a time_n but_o also_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o former_a time_n hoshea_n small_a sin_n add_v to_o the_o great_a sin_n of_o his_o predecessor_n they_o be_v now_o great_a aggravation_n and_o do_v still_o more_o high_o provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o great_a indignation_n remark_n the_o three_o though_o this_o hoshea_n be_v content_a to_o pay_v tribute_n according_a to_o his_o covenant_n swear_v to_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n yet_o soon_o be_v he_o weary_a of_o that_o vassalage_n and_o thereupon_o send_v to_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n betwixt_o who_o and_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n there_o be_v continual_a emulation_n for_o his_o aid_n and_o assistance_n ver_fw-la 4._o which_o being_n promise_v hoshea_n by_o so_o he_o pay_v no_o more_o the_o annual_a tribute_n to_o assyria_n according_a to_o custom_n and_o covenant_n this_o enrage_a shalmaneser_n whereupon_o he_o come_v up_o and_o besiege_v samaria_n the_o septuagint_n read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o hedge_v up_o the_o city_n and_o so_o strong_a and_o well_o fortify_v be_v samaria_n that_o it_o hold_v out_o three_o year_n siege_n ver_fw-la 5._o at_o the_o end_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n take_v it_o put_v hoshea_n in_o prison_n to_o make_v sure_a of_o he_o when_o he_o have_v complete_v his_o conquest_n over_o the_o country_n as_o well_o as_o city_n and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v that_o work_n he_o than_o carry_v away_o both_o the_o king_n till_o then_o fetter_v in_o prison_n and_o his_o subject_n also_o all_o captive_n into_o assyria_n and_o into_o media_n then_o in_o subjection_n to_o the_o assyrian_n ver_fw-la 6._o not_o only_o to_o replenish_v those_o country_n but_o also_o to_o cut_v off_o all_o hope_n of_o their_o return_v into_o their_o own_o country_n see_v those_o captive_n be_v remove_v so_o far_o distant_a from_o canaan_n remark_n the_o four_o the_o procure_a cause_n of_o this_o utter_a rejection_n of_o israel_n or_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v describe_v from_o ver_fw-la 7._o to_o ver_fw-la 18._o mark_v 1_o god_n accuse_v they_o for_o worship_v strange_a god_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_a ver_fw-la 7.8_o which_o grotius_n call_v gravis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gravium_fw-la malorum_fw-la a_o grievous_a catalogue_n of_o the_o people_n grievous_a sin_n and_o their_o long_a continuance_n in_o they_o even_o from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n which_o deliverance_n do_v much_o aggravate_v their_o so_o soon_o learning_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a after_o it_o ezek._n 20.8_o etc._n etc._n but_o much_o more_o their_o continue_v so_o long_o to_o be_v such_o though_o god_n long_o before_o this_o have_v threaten_v that_o their_o land_n shall_v spew_v they_o out_o for_o such_o abomination_n leu._n 18.26_o 28._o mark_v 2._o they_o be_v blame_v both_o for_o affront_a the_o right_a object_n and_o for_o debauch_v the_o right_a office_n and_o action_n of_o divine_a worship_n ver_fw-la 9.10_o 11_o 12._o the_o first_o they_o do_v in_o contemn_v god_n temple_n prefer_v their_o high_a place_n before_o god_n house_n and_o adore_v their_o own_o image_n before_o himself_o the_o most_o high_a and_o they_o do_v the_o second_o in_o work_v wicked_a thing_n on_o purpose_n to_o prooke_v god_n instead_o of_o worship_v he_o according_a to_o god_n word_n with_o any_o purpose_n to_o
and_o truth_n mark_v 3_o some_o rabbin_n over_o rash_o reprove_v hezekiah_n for_o speak_v here_o ver_fw-la 19_o 2_o king_n 20._o as_o one_o careless_a and_o unconcern_v both_o for_o his_o church_n and_o for_o his_o own_o child_n after_o his_o day_n but_o wolphius_n who_o succeed_v peter_n martyr_n in_o carry_v on_o his_o commentary_n answer_v excellent_o that_o as_o such_o a_o careless_a frame_n can_v not_o consist_v with_o the_o common_a affection_n of_o nature_n in_o all_o man_n so_o much_o less_o with_o that_o singular_a piety_n and_o charity_n so_o eminent_o manifest_a in_o so_o good_a a_o king_n who_o have_v be_v so_o solicitous_a for_o the_o good_a both_o of_o god_n church_n and_o of_o his_o own_o child_n and_o subject_n all_o his_o life_n he_o only_o bless_v god_n that_o this_o suffer_v do_v not_o immediate_o follow_v his_o sin_v which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o divine_a displeasure_n but_o that_o it_o be_v suspend_v for_o a_o long_a time_n the_o last_o part_n be_v his_o death_n and_o successor_n ver_fw-la 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 32.33_o have_v a_o most_o honourable_a burial_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o chief_a sepulchre_n because_o say_v osiander_n he_o be_v the_o chief_a in_o piety_n of_o david_n house_n for_o which_o he_o be_v high_o honour_v both_o in_o life_n and_o death_n but_o this_o pious_a father_n be_v succeed_v by_o a_o impious_a son_n to_o wit_n manasseh_n etc._n etc._n 2_o king_n chap._n xxi_o and_o 2_o chron._n chap._n xxxiii_o in_o both_o these_o chapter_n of_o king_n and_o chronicle_n the_o history_n of_o two_o king_n be_v set_v forth_o first_o of_o manasseh_n and_o second_o of_o amon_n in_o 2_o king_n 21._o we_o have_v a_o account_n only_o of_o manasseh_n unparalleled_a impiety_n but_o in_o 2_o chron._n 33._o be_v a_o narrative_a of_o his_o repentance_n also_o remarks_n first_o upon_o manasseh_n the_o first_o part_n of_o both_o chapter_n as_o first_o he_o be_v describe_v when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o how_o long_o ver_fw-la 1._o he_o be_v but_o twelve_o year_n old_a at_o his_o father_n death_n so_o be_v bear_v three_o year_n after_o his_o father_n recovery_n chap._n 20.6_o and_o about_o twenty_o four_o year_n after_o the_o ruin_n of_o israel_n kingdom_n chap._n 18.2_o 10._o and_o be_v the_o thirteen_o king_n of_o judah_n from_o the_o division_n of_o the_o tribe_n and_o he_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n which_o be_v the_o long_a reign_n of_o any_o of_o the_o judge_n or_o king_n of_o either_o judah_n or_o israel_n as_o his_o great_a grandfather_n vzziah_n indeed_o reign_v fifty_o two_o year_n but_o in_o many_o of_o those_o year_n he_o live_v as_o a_o leper_n shut_v up_o in_o a_o apartment_n 2_o chron._n 26.3_o 21._o so_o of_o those_o fifty_o five_o year_n manasseh_n spend_v many_o of_o they_o in_o his_o most_o sinful_a youth_n other_o in_o great_a misery_n and_o captivity_n for_o within_o that_o space_n say_v junius_n be_v comprehend_v his_o captivity_n in_o babylon_n 2_o chron._n 33.11_o and_o other_o year_n in_o a_o time_n of_o repentance_n all_o these_o year_n be_v subtract_v from_o the_o five_o and_o fifty_o there_o will_v not_o remain_v so_o many_o for_o manasseh_n wickedness_n as_o some_o imagine_v yet_o be_v they_o so_o many_o as_o to_o teach_v we_o that_o a_o wicked_a man_n with_o a_o crown_n upon_o his_o head_n may_v live_v long_o but_o it_o be_v no_o evidence_n of_o god_n favour_n remark_n the_o second_o it_o be_v say_v he_o do_v wicked_o ver_fw-la 2._o describe_v in_o general_n 1._o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n 2._o contrary_n to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n 3._o but_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o gentile_n yea_o and_z 4._o point-blank_a opposite_a to_o his_o pieus_n father_n and_o to_o his_o mother_n likewise_o who_o be_v name_v hephzibah_n the_o very_a title_n whereby_o god_n testify_v his_o delight_n in_o his_o church_n as_o the_o name_n signify_v isa_n 62.4_o from_o this_o name_n of_o manasseb_n mother_n some_o do_v gather_v that_o her_o parent_n who_o give_v it_o and_o she_o herself_o be_v all_o pious_a person_n whereby_o the_o impiety_n of_o her_o son_n manasseh_n be_v much_o aggravate_v because_o he_o degenerate_v so_o much_o and_o so_o far_o as_o he_o do_v both_o from_o such_o a_o father_n and_o such_o a_o mother_n as_o he_o have_v the_o rabbin_n tell_v we_o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o isaiah_n the_o prophet_n but_o that_o be_v as_o uncertain_a as_o their_o say_n that_o rail_a rabshakeb_n be_v his_o degenerate_a son_n as_o before_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o improbable_a that_o she_o be_v a_o good_a woman_n because_o so_o good_a a_o king_n make_v she_o his_o queen_n remark_n the_o three_o manasseh_n wickedness_n be_v describe_v in_o particular_a 2_o king_n 21.3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 16._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33.3_o 4_o 5_o to_o ver_fw-la 10_o the_o wickedness_n he_o wrought_v be_v reducible_a to_o these_o three_o head_n 1._o idolatry_n ver_fw-la 3_o 4_o 5._o 2._o sorcery_n ver_fw-la 6._o and_o 3._o cruelty_n to_o his_o own_o and_o other_o ver_fw-la 6_o 16._o in_o a_o word_n this_o none_o such_o sinner_n manasseh_n be_v a_o monster_n in_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n for_o 1._o he_o be_v a_o defier_n of_o god_n 2._o he_o be_v a_o murderer_n of_o men._n and_o 3._o he_o be_v a_o worshipper_n of_o devil_n n.b._n never_o do_v the_o curse_a leprosy_n of_o sin_n spread_v far_o in_o any_o mortal_a man_n that_o yet_o be_v a_o vessel_n of_o mercy_n remark_n the_o four_o be_v manasseh_n repentance_n this_o be_v whole_o omit_v in_o his_o history_n record_v 2_o king_n 21._o but_o large_o insist_v upon_o 2_o chron._n 33._o from_o ver_fw-la 11_o to_z 14_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o vulgar_a saying_n they_o run_v far_o that_o never_o return_v and_o ambrose_n say_v to_o monica_n the_o mother_n of_o angustin_n while_o her_o son_n be_v a_o wretched_a manichee_n that_o a_o child_n of_o so_o many_o fervent_a prayer_n can_v not_o final_o miscarry_v so_o manasseh_n be_v a_o son_n of_o pious_a and_o pray_a parent_n and_o one_o choose_v of_o god_n to_o be_v one_o of_o our_o saviour_n progenitor_n matth._n 1.10_o therefore_o though_o he_o run_v far_o and_o wide_o in_o the_o way_n of_o wickedness_n yet_o must_v he_o not_o total_o and_o final_o fall_v manasseh_n hebr._fw-la signify_v for_o getful_a who_o according_a to_o the_o signification_n of_o his_o name_n forget_v all_o the_o godly_a instruction_n of_o his_o pious_a parent_n to_o he_o and_o all_o their_o fervent_a prayer_n they_o put_v up_o to_o god_n for_o he_o and_o more_o particular_o be_v forget_v what_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n which_o he_o worship_v 2_o king_n 21.3_o 5._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33.3_o 5._o have_v do_v when_o the_o sun_n and_o all_o that_o host_n go_v ten_o degree_n backward_o for_o his_o father_n sake_n likewise_o be_v forget_v all_o the_o pious_a pattern_n of_o reformation_n in_o hezekiah_n but_o build_v again_o all_o the_o deformation_n which_o his_o father_n have_v demolish_v moreover_o manasseh_n that_o tiger_n lay_v hold_v with_o his_o tooth_n on_o all_o the_o excellent_a spirit_n of_o his_o time_n and_o worry_v they_o until_o he_o have_v fill_v jerusalem_n with_o innocent_a blood_n from_o one_o end_n to_o another_o beside_o all_o the_o other_o prodigte_n of_o sin_n aforemention_v hardly_o to_o be_v match_v in_o any_o mortal_a man_n unless_o in_o that_o bloody_a monster_n nero_n who_o be_v a_o incarnate_a devil_n little_a do_v good_a hezekiah_n when_o he_o be_v so_o loath_a to_o die_v because_o he_o have_v no_o son_n to_o succeed_v he_o imagine_v what_o manner_n of_o son_n he_o shall_v leave_v behind_o he_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o monstrous_a sinner_n manasseh_n must_v be_v a_o convert_n n.b._n 1_o the_o rabbin_n relate_v that_o isaiah_n come_v on_o a_o time_n to_o visit_v hezekiah_n tell_v he_o by_o his_o prophetic_a spirit_n that_o his_o son_n manasseh_n there_o present_a will_v prove_v a_o great_a persecutor_n of_o god_n prophet_n and_o of_o himself_o in_o particular_a whereupon_o hezekiah_n attempt_v to_o slay_v manasseh_n but_o that_o the_o prophet_n hinder_v he_o n.b._n 2._o josephus_n say_v this_o manasseh_n murder_v some_o or_o other_o of_o god_n prophet_n and_o martyr_v such_o every_o day_n josephus_n lib._n 10_o chap._n 3._o with_o he_o epiphanius_n concur_v add_v that_o isaiah_n be_v saw_v asunder_o by_o his_o order_n and_o as_o some_o say_v with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n chap._n 11.37_o may_v seem_v to_o relate_v unto_o isaiah_n manner_n of_o martyrdom_n say_v dr._n lightfoot_n n.b._n 3_o the_o rabbin_n render_v these_o reason_n why_o manasseh_n martyr_a isaiah_n 1._o because_o he_o say_v that_o he_o have_v see_v the_o lord_n upon_o his_o throne_n etc._n etc._n isa_n 6.1_o but_o more_o especial_o 2._o because_o he_o
this_o he_o date_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o his_o own_o captivity_n which_o at_o least_o be_v the_o twenty_o of_o the_o first_o captivity_n ezek._n 1.2_o the_o city_n and_o temple_n have_v be_v burn_v one_o year_n and_o five_o month_n before_o this_o messenger_n come_v to_o ezekiel_n mark_v 3_o ezekiel_n say_v that_o in_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o jechoniah_n and_o his_o own_o captivity_n which_o be_v the_o thirty_o three_o year_n of_o the_o first_o captivity_n and_o of_o nebuchadnezzar_n reign_n the_o lord_n show_v he_o a_o new_a and_o more_o glorious_a temple_n than_o that_o which_o be_v burn_v be_v big_a than_o all_o the_o old_a jerusalem_n and_o a_o new_a jerusalem_n big_a than_o all_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ezek._n 40.1_o etc._n etc._n who_o after_o the_o defeat_n of_o gog_n and_o magog_n in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n describe_v bring_v a_o new_a prophecy_n in_o his_o last_o nine_o chapter_n concern_v the_o christian_a church_n and_o the_o spiritual_a 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bless_v be_v they_o that_o hear_v their_o joyful_a sound_n psal_n 89.15_o elisha_n have_v a_o sword_n as_o well_o as_o jehu_n and_o hazael_n 1_o king_n 19.17_o god_n how_o be_v down_o those_o strong_a hold_n by_o his_o prophet_n hos_fw-la 6.5_o as_o the_o spittle_n which_o come_v out_o of_o man_n mouth_n slay_v serpent_n so_o that_o which_o come_v forth_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n faithful_a minister_n cast_v out_o devil_n four_o though_o the_o wall_n of_o our_o corruption_n stand_v all_o the_o six_o day_n of_o our_o life_n the_o leprosy_n of_o sin_n be_v incorporate_v therein_o levit._n 14.40_o 42.45_o and_o though_o we_o do_v our_o endeavour_n which_o god_n require_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n that_o make_v a_o stone_n drop_v down_o now_o and_o then_o which_o assure_v the_o victory_n esth._n 6.13_o yet_o the_o foundation_n be_v not_o race_v till_o the_o time_n of_o death_n that_o usher_v in_o our_o eternal_a sabbath_n then_o and_o not_o before_o will_v be_v the_o full_a accomplishment_n of_o our_o thorough_a mortification_n etc._n etc._n five_o the_o grand_a jericho_n rome_n antichristian_a we_o may_v be_v assure_v shall_v sure_o fall_v before_o our_o jesus_n so_o sure_o as_o this_o ancient_a jericho_n do_v before_o this_o joshua_n compare_v the_o literal_a and_o mystical_a babylon_n together_o as_o before_o jerem._n 51.8_o 63_o 64._o with_o revel_n 14.8_o and_o 18.2.21_o and_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o new_a babylon_n shall_v be_v far_o great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o old_a for_o in_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o old_a 1._o it_o be_v but_o a_o weak_a man_n that_o be_v employ_v but_o in_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o new_a a_o mighty_a angel_n 2._o there_o it_o be_v but_o a_o ordinary_a stone_n but_o here_o it_o be_v a_o great_a millstone_n 3._o there_o it_o be_v only_o say_v to_o sink_v but_o here_o it_o be_v throw_v down_o with_o great_a violence_n 4._o there_o it_o be_v only_o into_o the_o river_n euphrates_n but_o here_o it_o be_v into_o the_o deep_a and_o wide_a sea_n 5._o there_o it_o be_v say_v only_o babylon_n shall_v not_o rise_v from_o the_o evil_a but_o here_o none_o of_o her_o emolument_n no_o nor_o herself_o shall_v be_v find_v any_o more_o at_o all_o revel_v 18.14.21_o 22_o 23._o a_o millstone_n sink_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o main_a ocean_n can_v never_o be_v buoy_v up_o again_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o that_o papal_a or_o papagan_a city_n be_v fall_v already_o revel_v 11.13_o a_o great_a part_n of_o europe_n fall_v from_o the_o pope_n since_o our_o first_o reformer_n luther_n calvin_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o ram_n horn_n that_o then_o sound_v both_o loud_o and_o lusty_o the_o wall_n thereof_o be_v those_o principality_n and_o power_n which_o stand_v round_o about_o rome_n to_o defend_v she_o and_o to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o lamb_n for_o she_o rev._n 17.13_o 14._o but_o the_o lamb_n there_o overcome_v they_o and_o her_o flesh_n shall_v be_v burn_v for_o a_o whore_n when_o her_o wall_n fall_v down_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o jesus_n and_o yield_v up_o their_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n to_o he_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n that_o great_a luminary_n of_o the_o world_n who_o proud_o and_o presumptuous_o assume_v authority_n to_o himself_o to_o authorize_v scripture_n doctrine_n worship_n government_n council_n etc._n etc._n begin_v to_o darken_v and_o die_v it_o be_v deny_v in_o many_o nation_n of_o europe_n he_o must_v die_v abroad_o before_o he_o die_v at_o home_n and_o a_o total_a eclipse_n come_v upon_o he_o he_o that_o be_v a_o embryo_n only_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n rise_v by_o degree_n and_o the_o seven_o vial_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n waste_v he_o by_o degree_n he_o must_v die_v of_o a_o consumption_n 2_o thess_n 2.8_o and_o that_o be_v a_o linger_a death_n the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n do_v not_o fall_v flat_o down_o by_o any_o of_o the_o six_o day_n sound_v etc._n etc._n but_o the_o seven_o day_n complete_v the_o fall_n so_o the_o six_o vial_n pour_v forth_o upon_o this_o mystical_a jericho_n make_v her_o wall_n to_o shake_v and_o cause_v many_o stone_n to_o drop_v down_o out_o of_o the_o wall_n the_o five_o vial_n bring_v a_o darkness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o scotch_a mist_n upon_o his_o kingdom_n rev._n 16.10_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o seven_o vial_n which_o can_v be_v far_o off_o that_o must_v accomplish_v its_o final_a fall_n we_o live_v upon_o the_o six_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n a_o thousand_o year_n be_v but_o as_o one_o day_n with_o god_n 2_o pet._n 3.8_o then_o follow_v the_o seven_o or_o sabbatical_a year_n the_o great_a jubilee_n that_o bring_v joy_n to_o the_o saint_n in_o save_a zion_n and_o in_o utter_a destroy_a babylon_n it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o at_o evening_n time_n it_o shall_v be_v light_n zach._n 14.7_o either_o at_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o world_n or_o at_o the_o evening_n of_o antichrist_n for_o his_o evening_n will_v be_v christ_n morning_n as_o antipode_n &c_n &c_n let_v saint_n be_v daily_o walk_v about_o babylon_n in_o god_n way_n and_o diligent_o wait_v yea_o unanimous_o patient_o constant_o and_o confident_o yet_o silent_o too_o as_o those_o here_o josh_n 6.10_o and_o pray_v also_o fervent_o for_o babylon_n downfall_n and_o for_o more_o faithful_a minister_n to_o blow_v the_o ram_n horn_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o they_o may_v sound_v out_o a_o sound_n of_o joy_n as_o the_o italian_a read_v here_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o sound_n of_o war_n which_o god_n will_v not_o have_v in_o jericho_n assault_n but_o it_o must_v be_v the_o triumph_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v the_o victory_n of_o the_o church_n a_o cold_a sweat_n be_v upon_o the_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n already_o god_n have_v confound_v the_o language_n of_o those_o babel_n builder_n so_o that_o they_o be_v divide_v among_o themselves_o and_o one_o warring_n against_o another_o locust_n last_v but_o five_o month_n rev._n 9.15_o oh_o for_o a_o hearty_a shout_n of_o saint_n altogether_o in_o christ_n this_o make_v jericho_n wall_n tumble_v down_o numb_a 14.9_o rev._n 19.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o six_o and_o last_o as_o joshua_n by_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n denounce_v a_o most_o direful_a curse_n upon_o the_o man_n that_o dare_v undertake_v to_o rebuild_v this_o curse_a jericho_n after_o so_o signal_n a_o destruction_n josh_n 6._o yet_o be_v there_o find_v a_o man_n who_o dare_v rebuild_v it_o 1_o king_n 16.34_o as_o if_o he_o will_v despiteful_o spit_v in_o the_o very_a face_n of_o god_n and_o even_o wrestle_v a_o fall_n with_o the_o almighty_a caligula_n that_o profane_a emperor_n dare_v his_o jove_n to_o a_o duel_n but_o this_o man_n out_o do_v he_o in_o challenge_v the_o great_a jehova_n this_o hiel_n will_v do_v it_o all_o despito_n di_fw-it dio_fw-mi as_o that_o blasphemous_a pope_n say_v about_o have_v his_o peacock_n in_o despite_n of_o god_n but_o do_v this_o man_n prove_v too_o hard_o for_o god_n no._n job_n 9.4_o 1_o cor._n 10.22_o this_o bold_a wretch_n pay_v dear_a for_o his_o dare_a presumption_n he_o be_v punish_v with_o the_o death_n of_o his_o two_o son_n the_o elder_a at_o lay_v the_o foundation_n and_o his_o young_a at_o his_o set_n up_o the_o gate_n which_o be_v the_o last_o work_n hiel_n may_v rebuild_v this_o city_n to_o curry_v favour_n with_o king_n ahab_n his_o fellow-contemner_n of_o god_n and_o his_o prophet_n however_o he_o seek_v for_o a_o name_n of_o a_o great_a builder_n and_o benefactor_n in_o israel_n yet_o leave_v his_o name_n for_o a_o curse_n as_o isa_n 65.15_o and_o destroy_v his_o live_a house_n while_o he_o be_v build_v dead_a house_n so_o our_o joshua_n or_o jesus_n have_v a_o fly_a roll_n that_o cause_v the_o curse_n to_o take_v hold_n of_o sinner_n against_o both_o the_o table_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n zach._n 5.3_o 4._o our_o own_o chronicler_n speed_n tell_v we_o how_o god_n hand_n be_v very_o heavy_a upon_o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o his_o issue_n as_o here_o which_o be_v as_o he_o say_v not_o for_o rebuilding_n any_o curse_a jericho_n but_o for_o his_o depopulation_n in_o new_a forest_n but_o if_o we_o descend_v low_a to_o the_o two_o last_o reign_n it_o be_v easy_o observable_a and_o they_o that_o run_v may_v read_v the_o like_a heavy_a hand_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o royal_a issue_n more_o especial_o in_o the_o latter_a and_o not_o unlike_a to_o this_o of_o hiel_n in_o the_o death_n of_o his_o two_o son_n which_o occasion_v that_o witty_a distich_n kendal_n be_v go_v and_o cambridge_n be_v ride_v post_n victim_n to_o denham_n now_o revengeful_a ghost_n the_o death_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o kendal_n the_o elder_a and_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o cambridge_n make_v it_o run_v in_o parellel_a line_n with_o the_o effect_n
thousand_o to_o bear_v burden_n eighty_o thousand_o to_o be_v hewer_n in_o the_o mountain_n and_o three_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o overseer_n 1_o chron._n 22.18_o that_o be_v thirty_o and_o three_o thousand_o overseer_n over_o the_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o workman_n 1_o king_n 5.16_o and_o three_o hundred_o overseer_n both_o of_o they_o and_o over_o all_o and_o so_o many_o hand_n be_v at_o work_n thus_o only_o for_o preparation_n etc._n etc._n the_o four_o demonstration_n of_o this_o none-such_a temple_n be_v also_o the_o length_n of_o time_n it_o take_v up_o in_o building_n namely_o seven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a notwithstanding_o the_o many_o myriad_n of_o hand_n hasten_v forward_o its_o erection_n with_o utmost_a expedition_n n._n b._n for_o we_o may_v not_o suppose_v that_o it_o be_v either_o build_v with_o such_o few_o hand_n or_o with_o so_o many_o pause_n and_o intermission_n as_o be_v our_o temple_n of_o paul_n heretofore_o call_v the_o temple_n of_o bellona_n which_o work_n slacken_v as_o the_o treasure_n slacken_v etc._n etc._n nor_o as_o solomon_n do_v when_o he_o be_v about_o thirteen_o year_n in_o build_v his_o own_o house_n chap._n 7.1_o wherein_o he_o take_v more_o leisure_n and_o have_v less_o help_n both_o for_o material_n ready_a prepare_v and_o for_o the_o people_n readiness_n to_o push_v it_o forward_o but_o as_o to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n solomon_n be_v zeal_n to_o build_v it_o have_v eat_v he_o up_o psal_n 69.9_o joh._n 2.17_o and_o the_o express_a command_n of_o god_n do_v quicken_v he_o up_o to_o a_o speedy_a dispatch_n yea_o and_o a_o necessity_n of_o set_v up_o god_n worship_n therein_o which_o be_v the_o grand_a ground_n of_o his_o hope_a for_o happiness_n both_o of_o king_n and_o kingdom_n do_v urge_v he_o effectual_o to_o be_v expeditious_a to_o his_o utmost_a etc._n etc._n n._n b._n notwithstanding_o all_o this_o haste_n with_o so_o many_o hand_n and_o though_o all_o the_o material_n of_o wood_n and_o stone_n be_v make_v ready_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o first_o three_o year_n so_o that_o the_o noise_n of_o axe_n and_o hammer_n be_v over_o ver_fw-la 7._o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v but_o to_o join_v the_o prepare_v material_n together_o yet_o the_o fabric_n finish_v from_o the_o foundation_n lay_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n take_v up_o the_o time_n until_o his_o ten_o year_n and_o a_o half_a be_v expire_v the_o five_o demonstration_n be_v never_o any_o fabric_n in_o the_o world_n have_v rare_a room_n as_o the_o three_o court_n etc._n etc._n which_o bring_v in_o the_o objection_n diana_n temple_n at_o ephesus_n have_v large_a diameter_n dimension_n for_o this_o temple_n of_o solomon_n be_v but_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o foot_n long_o and_o forty_o foot_n broad_o take_v after_o the_o large_a size_n chap_n 6.2_o but_o that_o temple_n of_o diana_z at_z ephesus_z be_v four_o hundred_o foot_n long_o and_o two_o hundred_o twenty_o foot_n broad_a as_o before_o answer_v this_o be_v but_o humane_a testimony_n concern_v the_o dimension_n of_o diana_n temple_n so_o it_o be_v less_o authentic_a than_o this_o of_o divine_a testimony_n and_o if_o those_o sixty_o cubit_n ver_fw-la 2._o be_v as_o most_o probable_a the_o cubit_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n which_o be_v the_o great_a cubit_n ezek._n 41.8_o much_o great_a than_o the_o common_a cubit_n this_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v a_o large_a edifice_n than_o be_v common_o compute_v but_o suppose_v it_o true_a that_o diana_n temple_n be_v of_o a_o large_a capacity_n yet_o this_o temple_n have_v rare_a room_n adorn_v with_o more_o choice_n and_o costly_a material_n of_o more_o exact_a and_o curious_a workmanship_n of_o more_o mystical_a signification_n and_o for_o spiritual_a employment_n so_o a_o none-such_a in_o the_o world_n but_o more_o of_o this_o afterward_o etc._n etc._n have_v so_o large_o discourse_v upon_o the_o first_o general_n remark_n i_o need_v insist_v upon_o the_o particular_a remark_n of_o this_o chapter_n the_o less_o because_o a_o little_a light_n and_o lustre_n be_v already_o give_v to_o they_o in_o the_o aforesaid_a reserve_v more_o general_a remark_n for_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n the_o part_n whereof_o be_v reducible_a to_o these_o several_a head_n as_o first_o the_o name_n of_o this_o glorious_a fabric_n the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n second_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v build_v both_o these_o in_o ver_fw-la 1_o 37_o 38._o three_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o both_o principal_a and_o instrumental_a ver_fw-la 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o four_o the_o form_n and_o figure_n of_o it_o in_o three_o dimension_n long_o broad_n and_o high_a v._o 2._o five_o it_o be_v several_a part_n and_o apartment_n outward_a and_o inward_a ver_fw-la 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n six_o the_o three_o distinct_a court_n ver_fw-la 16_o 17_o 19_o 20_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25_o 26_o 28_o to_o 36._o first_o remark_n in_o particular_a be_v 1._o upon_o the_o name_n it_o be_v call_v here_o and_o every_o where_o the_o house_n of_o god_n not_o because_o it_o be_v to_o contain_v god_n in_o it_o though_o it_o be_v great_a and_o wonderful_a great_a yet_o can_v it_o not_o comprehend_v the_o incomprehensible_a god_n who_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n can_v contain_v chap._n 8.27_o 2_o chron._n 2.4_o 5_o 6_o 9_o and_o 6.18_o act._n 7.49_o solomon_n seem_v to_o say_v when_o i_o speak_v of_o building_n a_o great_a house_n and_o a_o wonderful_o great_a house_n for_o the_o great_a god_n let_v none_o be_v so_o foolish_a as_o to_o think_v that_o i_o intend_v to_o contain_v he_o within_o it_o for_o he_o be_v infinite_a and_o incomprehensible_a but_o my_o meaning_n be_v that_o this_o great_a god_n may_v be_v worship_v therein_o n._n b._n god_n be_v good_a without_o quality_n great_a without_o quantity_n everlasting_a without_o time_n present_v every_o where_n without_o place_n contain_v all_o thing_n yet_o contain_v of_o nothing_o he_o be_v both_o 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yea_o and_o it_o be_v the_o more_o to_o be_v embrace_v not_o only_o as_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o dr._n lightfoot_n but_o also_o of_o that_o famous_o learned_a antiquary_n dr._n usher_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o remark_n as_o to_o the_o year_n it_o be_v the_o four_o year_n of_o solomon_n reign_n which_o be_v the_o 2993._o year_n of_o the_o world_n solomon_n have_v spend_v the_o former_a year_n in_o settle_v his_o kingdom_n and_o prepare_v all_o manner_n of_o material_n wherewith_o to_o build_v the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o as_o to_o the_o month_n it_o be_v in_o zif_n which_o signify_v brightness_n for_o in_o that_o second_o month_n or_o april_n moon_n then_o be_v plant_n in_o their_o great_a splendour_n for_o abib_fw-la signify_v the_o spring_n be_v the_o first_o month_n of_o the_o sacred_a year_n exod._n 12.2_o and_o 13.4_o and_o as_o to_o the_o day_n solomon_n begin_v to_o build_v this_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o second_o day_n of_o this_o second_o month_n 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upon_o the_o efficient_a cause_n the_o first_o be_v as_o solomon_n be_v the_o principal_a builder_n so_o have_v he_o instrument_n not_o only_o humane_a help_n many_o myriad_n of_o man_n hand_n both_o mason_n carpenter_n carver_n painter_n etc._n etc._n but_o which_o be_v above_o all_o he_o have_v a_o divine_a message_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o building_n the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 11._o either_o by_o ahijah_n or_o by_o some_o other_o prophet_n both_o for_o his_o instruction_n and_o encouragement_n in_o his_o building_n work_n the_o second_o remark_n be_v the_o purport_n of_o this_o divine_a message_n be_v not_o only_o to_o strengthen_v solomon_n heart_n in_o his_o work_n as_o jonathan_n have_v strengthen_v his_o father_n hand_n in_o the_o wood_n 1_o sam._n 23.16_o but_o also_o to_o caution_n he_o say_v peter_n martyr_n that_o he_o may_v not_o place_v his_o confidence_n in_o the_o merit_n of_o this_o external_a edifice_n for_o the_o perpetuate_a the_o grandeur_n of_o king_n and_o kingdom_n but_o if_o ever_o he_o expect_v to_o inherit_v the_o promise_n which_o god_n have_v make_v to_o he_o of_o his_o be_v a_o none-such_a etc._n etc._n it_o must_v be_v with_o this_o proviso_n si_fw-la ambulaveris_fw-la if_o thou_o will_v walk_v before_o i_o etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 12_o 13._o intimate_v that_o god_n have_v more_o respect_n to_o solomon_n faithful_a obedience_n to_o his_o word_n than_o unto_o any_o magnificency_n of_o that_o glorious_a work_n this_o god_n speak_v to_o he_o while_o he_o be_v in_o his_o building_n work_n though_o some_o say_v it_o be_v after_o he_o have_v finish_v it_o and_o be_v here_o place_v by_o anticipation_n see_v it_o be_v say_v both_o ver_fw-la 14._o and_o 9_o so_o solomon_n build_v the_o house_n both_o which_o come_v in_o as_o a_o epilogue_n to_o that_o which_o go_v before_o n._n b._n signify_v to_o he_o that_o the_o lord_n dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n act._n 7.48_o but_o the_o man_n that_o be_v of_o a_o sanctify_a heart_n and_o life_n be_v god_n true_a temple_n such_o a_o one_o say_v christ_n my_o father_n will_v love_v and_o we_o will_v come_v unto_o he_o and_o make_v our_o abode_n with_o he_o joh._n 14.23_o so_o strigilius_n whereby_o solomon_n may_v be_v withdraw_v from_o all_o superstitious_a confidence_n in_o the_o external_a work_n four_o the_o form_n and_o figure_n of_o the_o temple_n ver_fw-la 2._o remark_n upon_o it_o first_o in_o general_n the_o three_o dimension_n in_o philosophy_n be_v here_o with_o all_o exactness_n observe_v namely_o longitude_n latitude_n and_o profundity_n and_o the_o form_n or_o figure_n of_o the_o temple_n say_v peter_n martyr_n do_v not_o much_o differ_v from_o that_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n yet_o be_v it_o twice_o as_o large_a in_o all_o its_o dimension_n as_o plain_o appear_v by_o compare_v they_o and_o the_o sweet_a symmetry_n and_o harmony_n of_o those_o three_o dimension_n in_o measure_n be_v very_o remarkable_a for_o 1._o 60._o to_o 20._o the_o length_n to_o the_o breadth_n be_v trible_a or_o as_o 3._o to_o 1._o 2._o 60._o to_o 30._o the_o length_n to_o the_o height_n be_v double_a or_o as_o 2._o to_o 1._o and_o 3._o 30._o to_o 20._o the_o height_n to_o the_o breadth_n be_v sesquialter_fw-la or_o one_o and_o a_o half_a as_o 3._o to_o 2._o which_o be_v the_o proportion_n congruous_a to_o the_o three_o great_a concord_n in_o music_n common_o call_v a_o twelve_o a_o eight_o and_o a_o five_o which_o therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o very_a grateful_a proportion_n to_o the_o eye_n as_o that_o harmony_n in_o music_n be_v so_o exceed_o ravish_v to_o the_o ear._n the_o second_o remark_n as_o to_o particular_n 1._o the_o length_n of_o the_o temple_n from_o wall_n to_o wall_n be_v sixty_o cubit_n of_o the_o
if_o they_o deplore_v their_o sin_n and_o implore_v thy_o mercy_n then_o pardon_v they_o and_o turn_v again_o their_o captivity_n which_o can_v be_v no_o comfort_n to_o they_o without_o pardon_v mercy_n v._o 33_o 34._o three_o in_o case_n of_o dearth_n when_o the_o god_n of_o rain_n stop_v up_o the_o bottle_n of_o heaven_n if_o israel_n hear_v the_o voice_n of_o this_o rod_n mic._n 6.9_o learn_v thy_o law_n by_o it_o psal_n 94.12_o if_o they_o repent_v then_o do_v thou_o forgive_v etc._n etc._n v._n 35_o 36._o this_o order_n solomon_n observe_v all_o along_o in_o his_o prayer_n repentance_n be_v the_o remedy_n to_o every_o malady_n four_o in_o case_n of_o blast_v mildew_n etc._n etc._n which_o pagan_n own_v as_o plague_n from_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o have_v their_o holy_a feast_n to_o prevent_v they_o or_o of_o sieges_n or_o any_o other_o outward_a plague_n come_v if_o sanctify_v to_o they_o so_o far_o as_o to_o make_v they_o sensible_a of_o their_o inward_a plague_n of_o the_o heart_n then_o etc._n etc._n v._n 37_o 38_o 39_o 40._o five_o in_o case_n of_o proselyte_n as_o the_o eunuch_n act_v 8.27_o cornelius_n act_v 10.1_o when_o they_o come_v to_o worship_n here_o hear_v thou_o their_o prayer_n that_o all_o flesh_n may_v come_v with_o comfort_n to_o thou_o v._o 41_o 42_o 43._o where_o peter_n martyr_n observe_v his_o prayer_n be_v more_o large_a for_o gentile_n in_o this_o than_o for_o jew_n as_o point_v forth_o their_o conversion_n six_o in_o case_n of_o war_n give_v israel_n victory_n in_o a_o just_a call_n a_o just_a cause_n and_o a_o just_a conscience_n every_o good_a soldier_n shall_v be_v furnish_v with_o all_o these_o three_o they_o shall_v fight_v and_o pray_v and_o pray_v and_o fight_v v._o 44_o 45._o seven_o in_o case_n of_o captivity_n for_o sin_n v._o 46_o 47_o 48_o 49_o to_o 53._o saying_n soldier_n will_v sin_v for_o none_o there_o be_v that_o sin_n not_o and_o thou_o can_v not_o behold_v it_o but_o punish_v it_o hab._n 1.13_o yet_o if_o they_o come_v to_o themselves_o luke_n 15.17_o and_o avouch_v thou_o for_o their_o god_n then_o avouch_v they_o for_o thy_o people_n deut._n 26_o 17_o 18._o god_n hear_v it_o in_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n the_o three_o part_n be_v the_o consequent_n first_o the_o great_a sacrifice_n we_o read_v of_o at_o the_o temple_n dedication_n v._o 62_o 63_o 64._o second_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o feast_n v._o 65._o the_o first_o seven_o day_n be_v for_o the_o feast_n of_o dedication_n and_o the_o next_o seven_o be_v for_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o three_o the_o dismission_n of_o the_o assembly_n the_o king_n blessing_n they_o and_o they_o the_o king_n congratulate_v this_o happy_a day_n which_o end_v the_o three_o thousand_o year_n from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o finish_n of_o solomon_n temple_n dedicate_v by_o prayer_n and_o sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n chap._n ix_o this_o chapter_n give_v a_o account_n of_o solomon_n building_n city_n and_o navy_n after_o he_o have_v complete_v the_o temple_n etc._n etc._n n._n b._n 1._o have_v now_o through_o the_o good_a hand_n of_o my_o god_n upon_o i_o as_o nehemia_n and_o ezra_n phrase_n be_v travel_v through_o the_o most_o remarkable_a scripture_n history_n from_o the_o creation_n of_o adam_n unto_o the_o finish_n of_o god_n temple_n by_o solomon_n wherein_o be_v complete_v by_o our_o most_o authentic_a and_o best_a chronologer_n bishop_n usher_n dr._n lightfoot_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o three_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n i_o now_o address_v myself_o with_o divine_a assistance_n to_o run_v over_o the_o follow_v most_o remarkable_a history_n until_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o next_o thousand_o year_n even_o unto_o the_o end_n thereof_o which_o usher_v in_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o be_v typify_v by_o this_o temple_n of_o solomon_n john_n 2.19_o and_o who_o be_v bear_v as_o some_o suppose_v at_o the_o same_o time_n of_o the_o year_n when_o solomon_n dedicate_v his_o temple_n to_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v in_o the_o month_n tisri_n or_o ethanim_fw-la the_o seven_o month_n answer_v to_o part_v of_o our_o september_n sub_fw-la judice_fw-la lie_fw-la est_fw-la second_o from_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n the_o old_a rabbin_n reckon_v the_o world_n shall_v continue_v two_o thousand_o year_n long_o after_o christ_n to_o make_v the_o whole_a continuation_n of_o the_o world_n the_o term_n or_o time_n of_o six_o thousand_o year_n after_o the_o expiration_n whereof_o succee_v the_o sabbatical_a or_o seven_o thousand_o year_n which_o according_a to_o this_o old_a tradition_n will_v be_v a_o bless_a jubilee_n and_o sabbath_n of_o sweet_a rest_n and_o peace_n etc._n etc._n this_o odd_a notion_n they_o ground_n not_o only_o upon_o the_o six_o day_n of_o god_n create_v the_o world_n and_o then_o succeed_v the_o sabbath_n but_o also_o upon_o the_o six_o day_n of_o the_o ark_n compass_v the_o city_n jericho_n and_o then_o follow_v the_o downfall_n of_o its_o wall_n upon_o the_o seven_o day_n according_a to_o this_o rabbinical_a opinion_n the_o world_n can_v continue_v but_o three_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n long_o which_o be_v add_v to_o our_o present_a one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o nineti_v year_n after_o christ_n make_v up_o complete_o the_o last_o two_o thousand_o year_n of_o the_o world_n continuance_n after_o christ_n before_o the_o seven_o millenary_a do_v enter_v mention_v in_o revel_n 20._o but_o our_o lord_n himself_o tell_v we_o this_o day_n be_v only_o know_v to_o the_o lord_n zech._n 14.7_o and_o that_o day_n and_o hour_n know_v no_o man_n mat._n 24.36_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v come_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o certain_a but_o what_o time_n this_o will_v be_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o uncertain_a sundry_a ghâ—sses_n have_v be_v give_v to_o it_o both_o by_o ancient_n and_o modern_a author_n most_o of_o which_o that_o be_v now_o past_a time_n have_v already_o confute_v the_o 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chap._n 6.11_o be_v most_o probable_o by_o some_o prophet_n who_o god_n send_v to_o he_o and_o that_o in_o chap_n 8.10_o 11._o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o glorious_a cloud_n but_o there_o be_v no_o audible_a voice_n we_o read_v of_o come_v out_o of_o that_o cloud_n it_o be_v only_o a_o visible_a approbation_n the_o second_o remark_n here_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o this_o audible_a apparition_n which_o be_v manifold_a as_o first_o god_n declare_v here_o that_o he_o have_v gracious_o hear_v solomon_n prayer_n at_o the_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n v._o 3._o n._n b._n a_o great_a encouragement_n from_o this_o prayer-hearing_a god_n psal_n 65.2_o who_o sometime_o hear_v prayer_n before_o his_o people_n ask_v isa_n 65.24_o psal_n 32.5_o and_o sometime_o as_o they_o be_v ask_v dan._n 9.20.23_o and_o 10.12_o but_o always_o after_o they_o have_v pray_v either_o
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beginning_n of_o all_o the_o mischief_n that_o follow_v after_o n._n b._n note_v well_o with_o p._n martyr_n here_o this_o teach_v that_o no_o age_n be_v free_a from_o temptation_n there_o be_v such_o weakness_n and_o wickedness_n even_o in_o the_o best_a and_o wise_a of_o man_n that_o if_o leave_v to_o themselves_o they_o may_v foul_o fall_v while_o solomon_n be_v young_a he_o be_v whole_o take_v up_o with_o his_o frame_n famous_a fabric_n with_o execute_v justice_n among_o his_o subject_n and_o with_o write_v sundry_a excellent_a book_n but_o now_o begin_v to_o grow_v old_a he_o indulge_v himself_o in_o amorous_a embracement_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o shall_v we_o watch_v in_o all_o age_n old_a and_o young_a the_o 3d._n remark_n be_v solomon_n sin_n it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o idolatry_n that_o land-desolating_a sin_n into_o which_o david_n never_o fall_v though_o he_o great_o sin_v otherwise_o ver_fw-la 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o where_o his_o sin_n be_v mark_v to_o be_v manifold_a as_o 1._o in_o dote_v upon_o so_o many_o wife_n etc._n etc._n his_o father_n content_v himself_o with_o six_o wife_n 2_o sam._n 3.3_o 4.5_o but_o his_o son_n will_v have_v seven_o hundred_o wife_n and_o three_o hundred_o concubine_n ver_fw-la 3._o here_o 2._o his_o marry_v so_o many_o idolatrous_a stranger_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 3_o in_o suffer_v they_o to_o set_v up_o their_o idolatrous_a worship_n in_o god_n land_n and_o to_o practice_v it_o 4._o in_o appoint_v place_n for_o their_o idol_n 5._o in_o raise_v heavy_a tax_n upon_o his_o subject_n whereof_o complaint_n be_v make_v by_o they_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n to_o maintain_v the_o idolatrous_a priest_n and_o worship_n of_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n 6._o in_o conform_v himself_o to_o their_o desire_n in_o worship_v their_o idol_n venus_n bacchus_n and_o other_o pagan_a idol_n with_o they_o in_o his_o own_o person_n say_v lavater_n and_o serrarius_n yea_o and_o compel_v his_o hebrew_n to_o worship_n they_o also_o and_o it_o be_v say_v here_o ver_fw-la 4._o that_o his_o wife_n turn_v away_o his_o heart_n after_o other_o god_n for_o after_o he_o have_v once_o gratify_v his_o mistress_n of_o moab_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o idolatrous_a woman_n wish_v he_o to_o do_v the_o like_a favour_n for_o they_o and_o he_o out_o of_o a_o complaisant_a humour_n be_v leave_v of_o god_n to_o himself_o do_v unlike_o himself_o comply_v with_o they_o unwise_o for_o wise_a solomon_n to_o do_v as_o p._n martyr_n observe_v the_o four_o remark_n be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o lord_n be_v angry_a v._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o the_o effect_n of_o his_o complicate_v sin_n and_o so_o oft_o twist_a transgression_n though_o solomon_n be_v jedidiah_n god_n beloved_a darling_n wherein_o mark_n 1._o god_n chastizement_n of_o his_o own_o child_n as_o the_o ground_n be_v grieve_v love_n so_o the_o end_n be_v full_a and_o free_a embracement_n the_o antinomian_a notion_n be_v here_o condemn_v that_o say_v god_n be_v never_o angry_a with_o his_o people_n fall_v they_o never_o so_o foul_o no_o not_o with_o a_o fatherly_a anger_n this_o be_v contradict_v here_o and_o isa_n 57.17_o and_o 1_o cor._n 11.30_o mark_v 2._o when_o the_o heart_n be_v win_v the_o whole_a man_n be_v win_v in_o that_o hide_a man_n of_o the_o heart_n 1_o pet._n 3.4_o when_o solomon_n heart_n be_v turn_v aside_o from_o god_n then_o take_v he_o this_o liberty_n to_o sin_n thus_o grievous_o it_o be_v a_o wicked_a heart_n of_o unbelief_n that_o be_v the_o grand_a ground_n of_o his_o great_a sin_n and_o set_v he_o upon_o depart_v from_o the_o live_a god_n to_o dead_a idol_n heb._n 3.12_o mark_v 3._o god_n great_a favour_n in_o appear_v twice_o to_o solomon_n after_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n be_v a_o great_a aggravation_n
of_o they_o ver_fw-la 19_o 20_o to_o 24._o mark_v 1_o their_o rise_n be_v from_o this_o baasha_n who_o go_v up_o in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o his_o own_o reign_n and_o in_o the_o fourteen_o of_o asa_n 2_o chron._n 16.1_o be_v afraid_a of_o he_o who_o have_v now_o conquer_v the_o ethiopian_n and_o of_o his_o grow_a greatness_n therefore_o he_o attempt_v to_o build_v rama_fw-mi as_o be_v hint_v before_o upon_o the_o very_a frontier_n of_o ephraim_n judge_n 4.5_o to_o block_n up_o that_o passage_n that_o none_o of_o israel_n may_v flee_v to_o asa_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o god_n sincere_a service_n as_o they_o have_v do_v in_o abundance_n 2_o chron._n 15.9_o mark_v 2._o asa_n removal_n of_o this_o trouble_n from_o baasha_n hereupon_o asa_n hire_v the_o army_n of_o syrian_n as_o before_o to_o fall_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o israel_n near_o to_o syria_n this_o give_v baasha_n a_o diversion_n from_o annoy_v judah_n such_o as_o saul_n have_v from_o annoy_v david_n when_o tiding_n come_v to_o he_o that_o the_o philistine_n have_v invade_v the_o land_n 1_o sam._n 23.27_o 28._o baasha_n desi_v from_o building_n the_o bulwork_n and_o asa_n after_o baasha_n departure_n to_o defend_v his_o own_o coast_n take_v away_o the_o stone_n baasha_n have_v bring_v to_o ramah_n and_o build_v two_o city_n of_o benjamin_n with_o they_o his_o enemy_n provide_v material_n for_o it_o 2_o chron._n 16.6_o the_o four_o general_n remark_n be_v when_o this_o holy_a penman_n have_v large_o relate_v the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n chap._n 15._o he_o return_v again_o to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n begin_v with_o nadab_n ver_fw-la 25._o and_o with_o baasha_n ver_fw-la 27._o and_o so_o on_o in_o this_o chap._n 16._o yea_o and_o continue_v sole_o that_o history_n of_o israel_n king_n only_o until_o he_o come_v at_o chap._n 22.41_o where_o he_o return_v to_o asa_n son_n and_o successor_n as_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o though_o jehosaphat_n asa_n son_n be_v mention_v ver_fw-la 2._o chap._n 22._o yet_o that_o story_n belong_v to_o the_o reign_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o not_o to_o his_o reign_n the_o last_o general_a remark_n be_v that_o of_o great_a grotius_n say_v that_o in_o the_o ten_o tribe_n many_o come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n by_o force_n and_o violence_n and_o not_o by_o succession_n whereas_o none_o come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n but_o by_o descent_n in_o the_o royal_a blood_n of_o the_o right-line_n according_a to_o god_n promise_n make_v to_o david_n 2_o sam._n 7.16_o 1_o king_n 15.4_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o we_o need_v the_o less_o wonder_n why_o asa_n live_v up_o to_o the_o eight_o king_n of_o israel_n when_o five_o distinct_a family_n in_o israel_n kingdom_n have_v destroy_v one_o another_o in_o asa_n reign_n now_o come_v we_o to_o make_v particular_a remark_n first_o upon_o baasha_n as_o first_o god_n threaten_v baasha_n with_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o family_n for_o his_o idolatry_n ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o wherein_n mark_v 1_o as_o hanani_n the_o seer_n reprove_v asa_n for_o his_o reliance_n upon_o syria_n so_o jehu_n the_o son_n of_o hanani_n reprove_v baasha_n for_o his_o idolatry_n a_o good_a father_n god_n blessed_v with_o a_o good_a son_n to_o succeed_v he_o in_o his_o office_n etc._n etc._n mark_v 2._o this_o prophet_n tell_v baasha_n how_o god_n have_v exalt_v he_o his_o treachery_n and_o cruelty_n say_v p._n martyr_n be_v from_o himself_o but_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n providence_n to_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o throne_n mark_v 3_o behold_v how_o loath_a the_o lord_n be_v to_o lose_v israel_n who_o he_o still_o style_v my_o people_n notwithstanding_o their_o notorious_a apostasy_n from_o he_o yet_o do_v he_o most_o gracious_o send_v they_o many_o prophet_n time_n after_o time_n in_o their_o state_n of_o defection_n mark_v 4._o it_o be_v a_o certain_a presage_v and_o a_o just_a merit_n of_o ruin_n not_o to_o be_v warn_v by_o the_o woe_n 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with_o his_o army_n besiege_v gibbethon_n ver_fw-la 15._o here_o perhaps_o they_o may_v have_v protect_v he_o from_o destruction_n mark_v 4._o vatablus_n say_v elah_n be_v drink_v himself_o drink_v in_o the_o house_n of_o a_o idol_n which_o he_o worship_v however_o he_o be_v drown_v before_o he_o be_v stab_v and_o he_o die_v in_o his_o sin_n far_o worse_o than_o to_o die_v in_o a_o ditch_n or_o dungeon_n etc._n etc._n the_o three_o remark_n be_v upon_o zimri_n from_o ver_fw-la 11_o to_o ver_fw-la 17._o wherein_o mark_v 1._o he_o be_v a_o murderer_n of_o his_o master_n yea_o of_o a_o kind_a master_n who_o have_v prefer_v he_o to_o a_o very_a great_a command_n in_o make_v he_o high_a captain_n over_o all_o his_o chariot_n for_o war_n ver_fw-la 9_o and_o to_o attend_v upon_o himself_o mark_v 2._o so_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v set_v himself_o upon_o the_o throne_n in_o the_o room_n of_o his_o master_n who_o he_o have_v treacherous_o murder_v when_o helpless_a by_o excessive_a drink_v he_o 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omri_n captain_n of_o the_o camp_n at_o gibbethon_n his_o army_n there_o proclaim_v omri_n king_n who_o immediate_o come_v to_o tirzah_n with_o his_o force_n and_o force_v zimri_n to_o burn_v himself_o with_o the_o palace_n saul-like_a rather_o than_o fall_v into_o omri_n hand_n ver_fw-la 18._o n.b._n thus_o tyrant_n cruel_a to_o other_o at_o last_o be_v leave_v to_o be_v cruel_a to_o themselves_o the_o four_o remark_n be_v upon_o omri_n from_o ver_fw-la 21_o to_o ver_fw-la 28._o wherein_o mark_v 1._o the_o people_n have_v not_o yet_o ratify_v the_o army_n election_n of_o omri_n after_o his_o recover_a tirzah_n choose_v tibni_n but_o the_o soldiery_n prevail_v over_o the_o unarmed_a faction_n probable_o as_o some_o say_v slay_v tibni_n
those_o gelilim_n heb._n dirty_a or_o dungy_a deity_n jehu_n doom_v to_o the_o jakes_n as_o fit_a for_o they_o remark_n the_o four_o be_v upon_o jehu_n illaudable_a and_o unlawful_a action_n wherein_o mark_v 1_o he_o thus_o far_o do_v well_o but_o have_v ill_a aim_n and_o end_v in_o his_o well_o do_v n._n b._n while_o god_n way_n and_o jehu_n lay_n together_o he_o keep_v constant_a in_o fulfil_v god_n will_n so_o far_o as_o matter_n tend_v to_o settle_v he_o in_o his_o throne_n and_o kingdom_n but_o when_o those_o two_o way_n part_v than_o jehu_n depart_v from_o god_n ver_fw-la 29._o there_o be_v malun_v opus_fw-la in_o bona_fw-la materia_fw-la work_v material_o good_a may_v not_o ever_o prove_v so_o formal_o and_o eventual_o he_o make_v a_o end_n of_o baal_n but_o not_o of_o the_o golden_a calf_n which_o make_v a_o end_n of_o he_o he_o do_v much_o but_o not_o all_o the_o rusty_a hand_n of_o a_o dial_n seem_v right_a at_o some_o time_n of_o day_n mark_v 2._o the_o lord_n send_v some_o prophet_n to_o promise_v he_o prosperity_n to_o his_o posterity_n for_o four_o generationss_n because_o he_o have_v do_v well_o for_o 30._o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n not_o vouchsafe_v to_o any_o king_n of_o israel_n after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n n._n b._n this_o show_v god_n will_v not_o be_v indebt_v to_o any_o man_n none_o shall_v say_v obey_v god_n be_v a_o hard_a bargain_n noâ—_n may_v we_o judge_v by_o outward_a success_n say_v p._n martyr_n for_o jehu_n be_v a_o idolater_n mark_v 3_o jehu_n have_v a_o dispensatory_a conscience_n follow_v god_n well_o in_o such_o duty_n as_o suit_v with_o his_o design_n but_o no_o far_o ver_fw-la 31._o he_o do_v well_o in_o its_o kind_a but_o partial_o say_v grotius_n the_o matter_n be_v not_o amiss_o but_o for_o the_o motive_n manner_n and_o end_v no_o whit_n well_o because_o say_v p._n martyr_n it_o come_v not_o from_o his_o heart_n a_o man_n may_v recover_v of_o a_o fever_n and_o die_v of_o a_o dropsy_n jehu_n cast_v off_o baal_n but_o keep_v jerohoam_n calf_n lest_o it_o shall_v cost_v he_o his_o kingdom_n a_o region_n and_o regiment_n be_v more_o in_o his_o eye_n than_o religion_n be_v mark_v 4._o now_o begin_v hazael_n to_o exercise_v those_o bloody_a butchery_n upon_o israel_n for_o 22._o which_o elisha_n have_v foretell_v chap._n 8.12_o for_o jehu_n calf-worship_n he_o conquer_v not_o only_a ramoth-gilead_n late_o recover_v by_o joram_n but_o all_o that_o rich_a country_n of_o gilead_n ver_fw-la 33._o it_o be_v first_o get_v by_o moses_n and_o now_o first_o lose_v say_v p._n martyr_n by_o jehu_n who_o reign_v 28_o year_n and_o then_o die_v ver_fw-la 34_o 35_o 36._o a_o long_a time_n than_o any_o of_o this_o predecesson_n his_o four_o son_n successive_o succeed_v he_o 1._o jehoaaz_n 2._o joash_n 3._o jerobram_n and_o 4._o zachariah_n 2_o king_n chap._n xi_o this_o chapter_n return_v to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n end_v at_o the_o death_n of_o ahaziah_n slay_v by_o jehu_n chap._n 9.27_o 2_o chron._n 22.9_o now_o it_o be_v reassume_v here_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o 2_o chron._n 22.10_o 11_o 12._o which_o relate_v first_o the_o usurpation_n of_o athaliah_n and_o then_o the_o succession_n of_o joash_n remarks_n first_o upon_o athaliah_n be_v first_o this_o athaliah_n be_v ahab_n daughter_n marry_v to_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehosaphat_n by_o who_o she_o have_v ahaziah_n who_o go_v with_o joram_n to_o ramoth_n chap._n 8.28_o leave_v his_o mother_n to_o govern_v the_o kingdom_n during_o his_o absence_n this_o give_v she_o the_o great_a advantage_n to_o usurp_v all_o after_o her_o son_n death_n advance_v herself_o to_o the_o throne_n by_o destroy_v all_o the_o blood_n royal_a descend_v from_o david_n that_o she_o may_v have_v no_o competitor_n to_o the_o crown_n remark_n the_o second_o idolatry_n be_v so_o deep_o root_v and_o rivet_v in_o that_o degenerate_a family_n of_o none-such_a ahab_n that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v rout_v out_o but_o by_o root_a that_o whole_a corrupt_a stock_n many_o of_o that_o royal_a offspring_n have_v be_v slay_v by_o jehoram_n 2_o chron._n 21.4_o other_o be_v carry_v away_o captive_a by_o the_o arabian_n etc._n etc._n 2_o chron._n 21.16_o 17._o other_o be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 2_o king_n 10.14_o the_o remainder_n this_o wicked_a woman_n athaliah_n destroy_v here_o so_o as_o she_o think_v there_o be_v none_o leave_v to_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o crown_n remark_n the_o third_z this_o athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n be_v so_o wicked_o inhuman_a that_o she_o destroy_v not_o only_o that_o seed-royal_a which_o be_v bear_v of_o other_o venture_n but_o also_o even_o those_o that_o spring_v out_o of_o her_o own_o womb_n doubtless_o some_o of_o these_o she_o slay_v be_v so_o descend_v thus_o her_o idolatry_n and_o ambition_n have_v quite_o cancel_v out_o all_o natural_a affection_n n.b._n nor_o be_v this_o all_o but_o the_o devil_n do_v design_n by_o her_o bloody_a hand_n to_o root_n out_o the_o race_n whereof_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v josephus_n say_v that_o out_o of_o envy_n that_o diabolical_a vice_n as_o austin_n call_v it_o she_o seek_v to_o destroy_v the_o house_n of_o david_n as_o jehu_n have_v destroy_v her_o father_n ahab_n house_n this_o she_o do_v say_v peter_n martyr_n out_o of_o her_o zeal_n to_o uphold_v baalism_n in_o judah_n which_o she_o see_v to_o her_o grief_n root_v out_o by_o johu_n in_o israel_n and_o he_o excellent_o add_v n.b._n that_o jehosaphat_n posterity_n be_v destroy_v also_o hereby_o to_o teach_v we_o that_o god_n will_v not_o spare_v the_o seed_n of_o his_o servant_n who_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n and_o to_o testify_v his_o utter_a abhorrency_n that_o any_o of_o they_o shall_v contract_v affinity_n with_o idolater_n etc._n etc._n remark_n the_o four_o god_n overshoots_a the_o devil_n in_o his_o own_o bow_n though_o the_o devil_n design_v to_o destroy_v all_o the_o seed-royal_a of_o david_n by_o this_o wicked_a woman_n and_o she_o endeavour_v it_o to_o her_o utmost_a but_o god_n remember_v his_o promise_n to_o david_n that_o he_o will_v leave_v he_o a_o lamp_n in_o jerusalem_n 1_o king_n 15.4_o to_o this_o promise_n joash_n owe_v both_o his_o life_n and_o his_o kingdom_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o he_o be_v miraculous_o preserve_v n.b._n grotius_n observe_v that_o the_o house_n of_o david_n be_v preserve_v in_o this_o one_o child_n as_o once_o gideon_n house_n be_v in_o one_o only_a son_n judg._n 9.5_o and_o p._n martyr_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o nurse_n lay_v this_o young_a child_n among_o the_o carcase_n of_o those_o that_o be_v slay_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v slay_v also_o and_o she_o tell_v it_o to_o that_o compassionate_a princess_n jehosheba_n who_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o assistance_n of_o her_o husband_n good_a jehoiada_n convey_v the_o child_n away_o from_o the_o king_n child_n into_o a_o privy_a chamber_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o hide_v he_o and_o his_o nurse_n to_o attend_v he_o she_o do_v herein_o as_o god_n himself_o afteward_n do_v with_o jeremy_n and_o baruch_n jer._n 36.26_o and_o with_o the_o holy_a child_n jesus_n matth._n 2.14_o and_o as_o moses_n have_v be_v hide_v from_o slaughter_n exod._n 2.2_o etc._n etc._n remark_n the_o five_o this_o jehosheba_n the_o aunt_n and_o hider_n of_o joash_n be_v a_o king_n daughter_n yet_o a_o good_a priest_n wife_n the_o holy_a priest_n be_v then_o in_o such_o high_a and_o honourable_a veneration_n that_o even_o king_n marry_v their_o daughter_n to_o they_o she_o be_v daughter_n to_o king_n jehoram_n but_o not_o by_o that_o wicked_a woman_n athaliah_n say_v piscator_fw-la and_o peter_n martyr_n but_o by_o another_o wife_n because_o so_o holy_a a_o priest_n as_o jehoiada_n be_v will_v not_o have_v dare_v to_o marry_v she_o of_o a_o idolatrous_a family_n and_o have_v joash_n be_v athaliah_n own_o child_n she_o may_v better_o have_v take_v he_o to_o herself_o and_o under_o that_o colourable_a pretence_n have_v exercise_v her_o tyranny_n but_o more_o probable_o she_o fear_v that_o the_o crown_n will_v be_v carry_v from_o she_o to_o another_o family_n remark_n the_o six_o athaliah_n revel_v it_o out_o in_o her_o tyranny_n for_o seven_o year_n suppose_v all_o safe_a she_o promote_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o house_n of_o omri_n she_o either_o believe_v that_o joash_n be_v slay_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n or_o if_o she_o suspect_v that_o this_o child_n be_v save_v yet_o she_o may_v think_v a_o infant_n can_v do_v she_o no_o great_a harm_n for_o she_o fear_v not_o to_o confirm_v her_o usurp_a kingdom_n in_o a_o few_o year_n to_o herself_o so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v shake_v by_o a_o weak_a child_n or_o she_o hold_v it_o no_o policy_n to_o hold_v up_o such_o a_o surmise_n and_o
these_o two_o chapter_n 2_o king_n 14._o and_o 2_o chron._n 25._o give_v we_o the_o history_n of_o amaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n from_o ver_fw-la 1_o to_o ver_fw-la 23._o of_o 2_o king_n 14._o and_o the_o whole_a chapter_n of_o 2_o chron._n 25._o throughout_o remark_n upon_o amaziah_n the_o first_o be_v his_o age_n and_o the_o name_n of_o his_o mother_n 1._o he_o be_v twenty_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o reign_v twenty_o nine_o year_n over_o judah_n ver_fw-la 1_o 2._o and_o 2_o chron._n 25.1_o namely_o fourteen_o year_n with_o jehoash_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o fifteen_o year_n after_o his_o death_n with_o jeroboam_n the_o second_o ver_fw-la 17._o and_o 2_o chron._n 25.25_o above_o half_a of_o his_o twenty_o nine_o year_n he_o live_v in_o base_a contempt_n among_o his_o people_n as_o will_v appear_v afterward_o his_o mother_n name_n 2._o be_v record_v because_o say_v lavater_n he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n whereof_o mention_n be_v 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and_o jer._n 50._o and_o 51._o in_o another_o letter_n afterward_o to_o comfort_v they_o that_o they_o must_v exercise_n patience_n and_o not_o antedate_v promise_n as_o their_o false_a prophet_n prompt_v they_o to_o do_v against_o who_o jeremy_n denounce_v their_o most_o dreadful_a doom_n jer._n 29.21_o 22._o yet_o will_v they_o but_o wait_v god_n in_o due_a time_n will_v deliver_v they_o and_o destroy_v babylon_n and_o elam_n that_o help_v she_o calvin_n say_v that_o zedekiah_n suffer_v jeremy_n letter_n to_o be_v send_v by_o his_o messenger_n non_fw-la ex_fw-la pietatis_fw-la study_v not_o from_o any_o respect_n either_o to_o god_n or_o to_o his_o prophet_n but_o out_o of_o self-love_n for_o he_o have_v hear_v by_o hananiah_n that_o itconiah_n his_o corrival_n and_o the_o captive_n will_v in_o two_o year_n time_n come_v back_o to_o jerusalem_n if_o so_o he_o must_v resign_v up_o his_o throne_n wherein_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n have_v seat_v he_o therefore_o send_v he_o 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to_o 15._o and_o 52.5_o to_o 28._o n.b._n have_v make_v this_o most_o necessary_a digression_n in_o inquire_v what_o happen_v betwixt_o the_o nine_o and_o nineteenth_o of_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n the_o enquiry_n follow_v be_v what_o follow_v this_o fatal_a nineteenth_o year_n answer_v the_o prophet_n jeremy_n and_o ezekiel_n do_v supply_v what_o be_v not_o record_v either_o in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n or_o in_o that_o of_o chronicle_n mark_v 1_o jeremy_n give_v a_o account_n of_o what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o twenty_o three_o year_n etc._n etc._n jer._n 52.30_o nebuzaradan_n come_v then_o and_o carry_v away_o seven_o hundred_o and_o forty_o five_o more_o captive_n probable_o to_o revenge_n gedaliah_n be_v murder_n mark_v 2._o ezekiel_n tell_v of_o a_o messenger_n that_o come_v with_o sad_a tiding_n of_o all_o that_o have_v be_v do_v at_o jerusalem_n unto_o he_o now_o captive_a in_o babylon_n ezek._n 33.21_o and_o
kingdom_n of_o persia_n remark_n the_o second_o hence_o daniel_n name_v only_a darius_n his_o settle_v the_o kingdom_n consist_v of_o 120_o province_n over_o which_o he_o set_v 120_o prince_n whereof_o daniel_n be_v chief_a etc._n etc._n dan._n 6.1_o 2_o 3._o and_o this_o he_o do_v with_o all_o expedition_n even_o immediate_o after_o the_o conquest_n of_o babylon_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o that_o year_n say_v dr._n lightfoot_n for_o which_o haste_v junius_n render_v this_o reason_n because_o he_o be_v now_o come_v to_o his_o old_a age_n which_o be_v call_v a_o evil_a age_n eccles_n 12.1_o and_o desire_v to_o see_v some_o settlement_n before_o he_o die_v josephus_n say_v that_o darius_n carry_v daniel_n from_o conquer_a babylon_n along_o with_o he_o into_o media_n out_o of_o his_o great_a veneration_n to_o he_o because_o 1._o he_o have_v foretell_v the_o fall_n of_o belshazzar_n etc._n etc._n for_o which_o cause_n nabuchadnezzar_n have_v favour_v jeremy_n jer._n 39.11_o etc._n etc._n 2._o he_o see_v in_o daniel_n a_o right_a noble_a spirit_n even_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o holy_a god_n and_o 3._o because_o himself_o be_v now_o old_a and_o unfit_a for_o government_n and_o therefore_o darius_n take_v daniel_n along_o with_o he_o for_o his_o assistance_n jos_n antiq._n 10.12_o n.b._n 1_o we_o read_v how_o daniel_n prophesy_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o belshazzar_n dan._n 7.1_o etc._n etc._n of_o the_o four_o monarchy_n which_o he_o call_v beast_n because_o they_o be_v all_o beastlike_a unruly_a troubler_n of_o the_o world_n especial_o of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o world_n the_o jew_n think_v that_o when_o they_o see_v the_o first_o beast_n the_o babylonian_a kingdom_n destroy_v and_o themselves_o in_o hope_n of_o return_v from_o captivity_n they_o may_v enjoy_v sublime_a peace_n and_o god_n plenty_n after_o their_o return_n to_o this_o daniel_n say_v nay_o in_o a_o plain_a denial_n say_v three_o beast_n be_v yet_o to_o follow_v in_o trouble_v they_o and_o 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without_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n in_o the_o sheet_n of_o shame_n v._o 25._o this_o prophecy_n daniel_n write_v in_o the_o hebrew_n dialect_n and_o all_o the_o follow_a chapter_n to_o the_o end_n of_o this_o book_n because_o these_o all_o concern_v the_o jew_n to_o know_v as_o before_o he_o have_v write_v in_o the_o chaldean_a tongue_n from_o the_o 2d_o chap._n ver_fw-la 4._o to_o this_o chap._n the_o 8_o because_o it_o concern_v the_o chaldean_n etc._n etc._n this_o sad_a vision_n make_v daniel_n sick_a out_o of_o sympathy_n with_o zion_n yet_o prudent_o he_o restrain_v his_o sorrow_n and_o rise_v up_o to_o do_v the_o king_n business_n ver_fw-la 27._o which_o word_n make_v it_o manifest_a say_v polanus_fw-la out_o of_o calvin_n that_o daniel_n be_v not_o now_o in_o persia_n but_o in_o babylon_n execute_v the_o office_n of_o that_o triumvirate_n or_o chief_a of_o the_o three_o prince_n who_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o 120_o governor_n who_o darius_n have_v place_v over_o his_o 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hang_v upon_o the_o gallow_n he_o have_v prepare_v for_o mordecai_n as_o those_o lord_n perish_v in_o the_o pit_n they_o have_v dig_v for_o daniel_n and_o haman_n son_n be_v hang_v also_o esth_n 7.10_o and_o 9.14_o and_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o nation_n punish_v wife_n and_o child_n of_o traitor_n with_o a_o confiscation_n of_o all_o their_o land_n and_o good_n whereby_o they_o both_o be_v dispossess_v beside_o they_o may_v be_v partaker_n of_o their_o parent_n and_o husband_n crime_n either_o encourage_v they_o to_o proceed_v or_o approve_v or_o at_o least_o consent_v to_o the_o plot._n mark_v 6._o the_o lion_n master_v those_o malicious_a lord_n and_o all_o they_o break_v their_o bone_n ere_o they_o come_v to_o the_o bottom_n ver_fw-la 24._o this_o give_v far_a light_n and_o lustre_n to_o daniel_n miraculous_a deliverance_n that_o it_o be_v not_o want_v of_o hunger_n or_o of_o natural_a ferocity_n by_o famine_n say_v calvin_n which_o make_v the_o lion_n spare_v daniel_n 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14.21_o 48._o if_o so_o how_o come_v daniel_n to_o have_v they_o and_o no_o soon_o have_v he_o read_v they_o and_o understand_v the_o captivity_n be_v at_o a_o end_n but_o he_o immediate_o apply_v himself_o to_o god_n in_o prayer_n n.b._n well_o know_v that_o there_o be_v no_o ready_a way_n to_o speed_v at_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n than_o to_o put_v god_n promise_n into_o suit_n by_o prayer_n if_o we_o speak_v the_o same_o to_o god_n in_o our_o prayer_n which_o god_n have_v speak_v to_o we_o in_o his_o promise_n then_o be_v there_o the_o sweet_a harmony_n and_o god_n will_v answer_v all_o in_o his_o providence_n the_o term_n of_o the_o captivity_n be_v end_v according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n say_v 2_o chron._n 36.22_o and_o here_o daniel_n say_v it_o be_v the_o first_o year_n of_o darius_n so_o that_o they_o two_o concur_v remark_n the_o three_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o prophet_n after_o the_o time_n and_o occasion_n his_o prayer_n consist_v of_o three_o part_n 1._o a_o prologue_n or_o proem_n wherein_o he_o give_v god_n a_o threefold_a praise_n 1._o of_o his_o majesty_n 2._o of_o his_o veracity_n and_o 3._o of_o his_o benignity_n ver_fw-la 4._o whereby_o he_o show_v say_v calvin_n in_o this_o preface_n that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o cavil_v or_o murmur_n but_o to_o wrestle_v with_o god_n for_o reconciliation_n n.b._n it_o be_v good_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o prayer_n to_o propound_v god_n to_o ourselves_o under_o such_o suitable_a attribute_n as_o wherein_o we_o may_v see_v beforehand_o the_o very_a thing_n we_o pray_v for_o this_o be_v the_o best_a art_n of_o pray_v and_o beg_v etc._n etc._n the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o prayer_n be_v confession_n of_o sin_n ver_fw-la 5_o to_o 15._o mark_v 1._o one_a
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by_o a_o sermon_n of_o that_o holy_a martyr_n bishop_n ridley_n to_o grant_v two_o of_o his_o royal_a house_n bridewell_n and_o the_o savoy_n for_o such_o pious_a end_n oh_o that_o more_o heart_n both_o royal_a and_o loyal_a be_v so_o touch_v as_o he_o and_o other_o have_v be_v etc._n etc._n and_o bless_a be_v god_n we_o want_v not_o convenient_a place_n wherein_o to_o worship_n god_n wait_v therein_o for_o the_o heal_n of_o our_o soul_n by_o christ_n move_v in_o the_o well_n of_o salvation_n isa_n 12.3_o the_o second_o remark_n be_v here_o be_v that_o beneficial_a pool_n supply_v with_o water_n from_o the_o fountain_n of_o siloam_n which_o represent_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n isa_n 8.6_o which_o god_n have_v gracious_o grant_v a_o heal_a virtue_n unto_o once_o in_o the_o year_n for_o disease_a people_n that_o first_o step_v into_o it_o when_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n go_v down_o to_o move_v the_o water_n john_n 5.2.3.4_o these_o water_n have_v a_o cleanse_a property_n for_o 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esse_fw-la videntur_fw-la seem_v vain_a fiction_n rather_o than_o real_a fact_n say_v pareus_n and_o be_v but_o monkish_a evaporation_n say_v prideaux_n no_o better_o what_o be_v tell_v concern_v andrew_n philip_n thomas_n bartholomew_n simon_n the_o canaanite_n matthew_n save_v that_o he_o write_v his_o gospel_n and_o mathias_n choose_v by_o lot_n in_o judas_n stead_n be_v if_o not_o fabulous_a at_o least_o uncertain_a n._n b._n where_o the_o scripture_n have_v not_o a_o mouth_n to_o speak_v we_o may_v not_o have_v a_o tongue_n to_o ask_v now_o unto_o the_o king_n eternal_a immortal_a invisible_a the_o only_a wise_a god_n be_v honour_n and_o glory_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n 1_o tim._n 1.17_o now_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n that_o bring_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n that_o great_a shepherd_n of_o the_o sheep_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o everlasting_a covenant_n make_v you_o perfect_a in_o every_o good_a work_n to_o do_v his_o will_n work_v 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to_o overturn_v it_o but_o will_v govern_v it_o so_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o servant_n that_o in_o despite_n of_o satan_n he_o will_v ratify_v in_o heaven_n their_o service_n on_o earth_n the_o four_o remark_n be_v then_o charge_v he_o his_o disciple_n to_o keep_v this_o mystery_n of_o his_o incarnation_n which_o they_o have_v now_o profess_v to_o themselves_o till_o a_o due_a time_n order_v by_o himself_o for_o have_v his_o enemy_n know_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o promise_a messiah_n or_o christ_n they_o will_v not_o have_v crucify_v the_o lord_n of_o glory_n 1_o cor._n 2.8_o the_o disciple_n may_v preach_v that_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o david_n be_v come_v to_o save_v the_o world_n for_o therefore_o be_v they_o send_v forth_o by_o two_o and_o two_o mat._n 10_o etc._n etc._n but_o they_o must_v not_o particular_o point_v he_o out_o as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n which_o when_o pilate_n himself_o hear_v he_o be_v afraid_a and_o seek_v to_o deliver_v he_o john_n 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gentile_n etc._n etc._n though_o his_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v be_v give_v in_o common_a with_o he_o to_o all_o the_o disciple_n mat._n 18.18_o etc._n etc._n yet_o when_o this_o man_n hear_v of_o christ_n die_v who_o he_o expect_v to_o see_v short_o reign_v his_o carnal_a wisdom_n prompt_v he_o rash_o to_o prohibit_v his_o lord_n journey_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o prevent_v all_o those_o mischief_n he_o have_v mention_v whereupon_o he_o take_v hold_v of_o christ_n garment_n behind_o as_o he_o be_v go_v before_o pull_v he_o back_o and_o forbid_v he_o to_o go_v on_o to_o expose_v himself_o unto_o such_o danger_n or_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v peter_n take_v his_o master_n by_o the_o hand_n and_o lead_v he_o aside_o as_o we_o do_v those_o we_o be_v most_o intimate_a with_o in_o great_a courtesy_n and_o secrecy_n to_o remind_v he_o of_o his_o forget_v himself_n in_o no_o more_o consult_v his_o own_o safety_n and_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o servant_n etc._n etc._n n._n b._n notewell_n thus_o honest_a peter_n out_o of_o a_o good_a intention_n doubtless_o endeavour_n to_o hinder_v both_o the_o world_n be_v and_o his_o own_o redemption_n and_o the_o unchangeable_a decree_n of_o god_n which_o show_v we_o 1._o that_o good_a intention_n not_o consonant_n with_o god_n word_n may_v be_v hurtful_a 2._o that_o carnal_a reason_n can_v hear_v of_o the_o cross_n 3._o when_o the_o best_a saint_n consult_v with_o reason_n about_o suffering_n they_o will_v be_v offend_v as_o good_a peter_n be_v who_o gross_a mistake_n do_v here_o exceed_o darken_v that_o eminent_a honour_n late_o put_v upon_o he_o the_o seven_o remark_n be_v christ_n sharp_o reprove_v this_o his_o saucy_a rebuker_n say_v get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n etc._n etc._n almost_o the_o same_o word_n to_o the_o devil_n himself_o mat._n 4.10_o who_o can_v creep_v into_o the_o godly_a as_o well_o as_o the_o wicked_a to_o serve_v his_o own_o turn_n here_o this_o good_a man_n act_v the_o devil_n part_n 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specimen_fw-la of_o his_o glory_n while_o in_o his_o pray_v work_n the_o 3d_o remark_n concern_v the_o first_o remarkable_a circumstance_n the_o aâ—â—ecedents_n of_o his_o transfiguration_n be_v the_o spectator_n and_o witness_n thereof_o and_o those_o be_v three_o god_n never_o starve_v his_o truth_n for_o want_v of_o witness_n especial_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o transfiguration_n the_o law_n of_o moses_n require_v that_o at_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o witness_n at_o the_o least_o or_o at_o the_o mouth_n of_o three_o every_o matter_n shall_v be_v establish_v deut._n 19.15_o &_o 17.6_o mat._n 18.16_o 2_o cor._n 13.1_o 1_o tim._n 5.19_o heb._n 10.28_o but_o that_o there_o may_v be_v testimony_n enough_o and_o by_o way_n of_o redundancy_n here_o be_v a_o double_a three_o of_o witness_n of_o this_o glory_n not_o unsuitable_a to_o that_o in_o 1_o john_n 5.7_o 8._o there_o be_v three_o that_o bear_v record_n in_o heaven_n and_o other_o three_o that_o bear_v record_n on_o 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peter_n or_o cephas_n which_o signify_v a_o stone_n or_o rock_n mark_v 3.16_o john_n 1.42_o and_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o with_o these_o his_o two_o partner_n bring_v in_o more_o disciple_n to_o christ_n than_o the_o other_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n therefore_o be_v he_o make_v a_o witness_n in_o the_o mount_n 2_o pet._n 1.16_o 17_o 18._o of_o christ_n glorious_a transfiguration_n 2._o so_o be_v james_n the_o son_n of_o zebedee_n john_n brother_n who_o matthew_n and_o mark_n place_v before_o john_n though_o luke_n name_v john_n before_o james_n and_o he_o be_v style_v john_n brother_n to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o that_o james_n call_v the_o less_o the_o son_n of_o alpheus_n mat._n 10.2_o 3._o mark_v 15.40_o because_o he_o be_v less_o in_o stature_n or_o young_a and_o the_o repute_a brother_n of_o our_o lord_n gal._n 1.19_o as_o he_o be_v his_o kinsman_n bear_v of_o mary_n the_o wife_n of_o cleopus_n or_o alpheus_n john_n 19.25_o sister_n to_o our_o lord_n mother_n which_o kinsman_n the_o jew_n common_o call_v christ_n brethren_n mat._n 12.46_o etc._n etc._n this_o james_n the_o great_a or_o elder_a be_v admit_v here_o as_o a_o witness_n of_o christ_n glory_n because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o apostle_n that_o be_v to_o seal_v the_o testimony_n of_o christ_n deity_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n act_v 12.2_o this_o man_n be_v most_o eminent_a among_o the_o apostle_n therefore_o do_v herod_n envy_v he_o the_o more_o so_o drink_v he_o first_o of_o the_o cup_n speak_v of_o mat._n 20.20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o for_o christ_n will_v prepare_v he_o for_o his_o martyrdom_n by_o show_v he_o here_o his_o glory_n and_o so_o 3._o his_o brother_n john_n must_v be_v a_o spectator_n of_o it_o also_o for_o christ_n have_v put_v the_o name_n of_o boanerges_n upon_o those_o two_o brother_n as_o he_o have_v change_v simo_n which_o he_o do_v not_o to_o any_o of_o the_o other_o apostle_n call_v they_o son_n of_o thunder_n this_o john_n be_v now_o but_o a_o young_a man_n john_n 18.15_o conversant_a with_o peter_n john_n 20.2_o &_o 21.21_o this_o john_n be_v now_o but_o a_o young_a man_n john_n 18.15_o conversant_a with_o peter_n john_n 20.2_o &_o 21.21_o with_o 19.27_o 35._o and_o he_o who_o flee_v away_o naked_a mark_v 14.50_o some_o ancient_n say_v but_o amiss_o be_v this_o john_n be_v yet_o young_a who_o have_v the_o long_a life_n after_o and_o survive_v all_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o be_v to_o transmit_v this_o testimony_n of_o christ_n glory_n viuá_fw-fr voce_fw-mi to_o the_o follow_v age._n in_o a_o word_n these_o three_o disciple_n peter_n james_n and_o john_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v call_v at_o christ_n first_o entrance_n into_o his_o public_a ministry_n mat._n 4.19_o 21._o act_n 1.21_o 22._o not_o to_o say_v for_o they_o have_v believe_v in_o christ_n before_o by_o the_o baptist_n preach_v john_n 1.37_o though_o they_o do_v not_o cleave_v close_o to_o he_o till_o then_o but_o call_v out_o to_o office_n to_o be_v first_o his_o disciple_n and_o after_o send_v out_o as_o his_o apostle_n and_o to_o those_o three_o only_o do_v christ_n give_v three_o new_a name_n as_o before_o mark_v 3.16_o 17._o to_o show_v that_o these_o three_o be_v design_v for_o great_a matter_n and_o mystery_n and_o therefore_o be_v they_o most_o familiar_a with_o their_o master_n who_o he_o oft_o take_v apart_o from_o the_o rest_n as_o 1._o he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o follow_v he_o save_o peter_n james_n and_o john_n to_o be_v witness_n of_o christ_n cure_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n daughter_n mark_v 5.37_o 38_o 39_o etc._n etc._n 2._o those_o three_o be_v the_o only_a witness_n of_o christ_n agony_n in_o the_o garden_n mat._n 26.37_o and_o therefore_o 3_o be_v they_o admit_v to_o behold_v his_o