the_o room_n of_o joab_n 1_o king_n ii_o 34_o 35._o of_o he_o see_v more_o 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 20_o 21_o 22._o this_o benajah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiada_n of_o kabzeel_n be_v call_v also_o a_o chief_a priest_n or_o principal_a officer_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 5._o another_o benajah_n a_o pirathonite_n be_v one_o of_o david_n thirty_o worthy_n 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 30._o and_o other_o benajah_n there_o be_v beside_o that_o be_v priest_n and_o levite_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o captain_n for_o the_o twelve_o month_n be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o david_n worthy_n and_o among_o the_o thirty_o be_v a_o son_n of_o achitophel_n uriah_n the_o hittite_n and_o the_o armourbearer_n of_o joab_n likewise_o although_o my_o house_n rather_o thus_o interrogative_o verse_n 5_o and_o be_v not_o my_o house_n so_o with_o god_n seven_o year_n seven_n year_n of_o famine_n here_o propound_v to_o david_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 13_o and_o three_o year_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 12._o that_o be_v three_o more_o to_o the_o three_o year_n of_o famine_n for_o the_o gibeonite_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 1._o to_o which_o three_o so_o late_o pass_v and_o david_n sin_n of_o number_v the_o people_n be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n which_o be_v a_o sabbatical_a year_n a_o new_a addition_n of_o other_o three_o make_v up_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n yet_o the_o lxx_o read_v three_o in_o 2_o sam._n xxiv_o 13._o of_o famine_n see_v more_o on_o lam._n i._n 11._o and_o ii_o 11_o 12_o 19_o 20._o and_o iu_o 4_o 5_o 8_o 9_o 10._o and_o v._o 10._o ezek._n iu._n 9_o 16._o and_o v._o 16._o i._o king_n the_o book_n of_o king_n do_v most_o pursue_v the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n during_o the_o continuance_n of_o that_o kingdom_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v write_v after_o their_o day_n 1_o king_n ix_o 13_o 21_o and_o x._o 12._o and_o xii_o 19_o 2_o king_n ii_o 22._o and_o viii_o 22._o and_o x._o 27._o and_o fourteen_o 7._o and_o xvi_o 6._o and_o xvii_o 23_o 34_o 41._o 1_o chron._n iu._n 41_o and_o v._o 26._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 22_o 23._o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n or_o iii_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o year_n viz._n of_o solomon_n and_o after_o he_o of_o rehoboam_n abia_n asa_n jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n jeroboam_n nadab_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n tibni_n omri_n and_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n act_n of_o solomon_n rehoboam_n and_o abijah_n be_v write_v in_o book_n of_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n of_o shemaiah_n the_o prophet_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ahijah_n the_o shilomite_n of_o the_o vision_n and_o story_n of_o iddo_n the_o seer_n and_o prophet_n 2_o chron._n ix_o 29._o and_o xii_o 15._o and_o xiii_o 22._o which_o be_v lose_v and_o never_o be_v canonical_a scripture_n yet_o those_o of_o solomon_n seem_v to_o some_o to_o be_v write_v by_o nathan_n ahijah_n and_o iddo_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n 2_o chron._n i_o 29._o adonijah_n the_o elder_a son_n than_o live_v chapter_n i_o verse_n 5_o 2_o sam._n iii_o 3_o 4_o chileab_n or_o daniel_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 1._o be_v dead_a as_o absalon_n be_v elder_a when_o he_o former_o seek_v the_o crown_n begin_v with_o a_o courtly_a train_n and_o lifeguard_n as_o absalon_n do_v but_o get_v joab_n and_o abiathar_n to_o join_v with_o he_o in_o seek_v to_o be_v king_n and_o that_o by_o a_o fair_a way_n than_o absalon_n do_v 2_o sam._n xv._o 1_o king_n i._n enrogel_a or_o the_o well_o of_o rogel_n verse_n 9_o this_o be_v nigh_o jerusalem_n east_n and_o by_o south_n see_v josh._n xv._o 7._o 2_o sam._n xvii_o 17._o gihen_n gihen_n be_v a_o mount_n verse_n 33_o and_o a_o rivulet_n close_o on_o the_o westside_n of_o jerusalem_n see_v 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 30._o and_o xxxiii_o 14._o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o so_o chap._n ii_o 28._o verse_n 50_o the_o altar_n whereunto_o adonijah_n and_o joab_n flee_v seem_v to_o be_v not_o any_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o that_o with_o the_o tabernacle_n at_o gibeon_n 2_o chron._n i_o 3_o 6._o forty_o year_n and_o so_o the_o year_n of_o his_o life_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 11_o seventy_o when_o he_o die_v of_o age_n for_o he_o be_v thirty_o when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o sam._n v._o 4._o and_o yet_o jesse_n be_v above_o one_o hundred_o when_o he_o beget_v he_o see_v on_o rahab_n josh._n ii_o and_o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o king_n of_o judah_n or_o israel_n after_o david_n that_o attain_v to_o his_o age_n only_a vzziah_n and_o manasseh_n come_v very_o near_o it_o i_o will_v not_o say_v thou_o nay_o many_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o man_n verse_n 20_o have_v their_o prouiso_n and_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v conditional_o as_o 1_o sam._n ii_o 30._o ezek._n xxxiii_o 13._o 1_o chron._n xvii_o 9_o and_o chap._n xxviii_o 9_o 2_o chron._n vi_o 16._o psal._n cxxxii_o 12._o 2_o chron._n vii_o 17_o 22._o as_o god_n manifold_a promise_n of_o long_a life_n and_o temporal_a blessing_n and_o deliverance_n and_o many_o the_o like_a and_o so_o for_o threaten_n and_o doom_n judg._n x._o 13._o jonah_n iii_o 4._o see_v my_o observation_n on_o that_o text_n of_o jonah_n abiathar_n abiathar_n the_o four_o from_o eli_n verse_n 35_o of_o the_o race_n of_o ithamar_n the_o young_a brother_n be_v high_a priest_n till_o solomon_n put_v zadok_v in_o his_o room_n be_v indeed_o the_o right_a heir_n of_o the_o right_a line_n of_o eleazar_n and_o phineas_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 3_o etc._n etc._n num._n xxv_o 13._o high_a place_n high_n place_n call_v so_o chapter_n iii_o verse_n 2_o because_o mostwhat_o on_o mountain_n esay_n lvii_o 7._o whence_o name_v bamah_n ezek._n xx._n 28_o 29._o there_o they_o build_v house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n temple_n chapel_n altar_n etc._n etc._n and_o put_v their_o idol_n and_o image_n there_o and_o deck_v all_o with_o tapestry_n and_o garment_n of_o divers_a colour_n they_o make_v priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o there_o they_o sacrifice_v yea_o sometime_o their_o child_n and_o burn_v incense_n 1_o king_n xii_o 31_o 32._o 2_o king_n xvii_o 29_o 32._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 24_o 25_o 31._o jer._n xix_o 5._o the_o high_a place_n of_o heathen_a idolater_n be_v always_o abominable_a these_o high_a place_n god_n command_v the_o israelite_n to_o destroy_v and_o quite_o pluck_v down_o num._n xxxiii_o 52._o while_o the_o ark_n and_o tabernacle_n be_v part_v one_o from_o the_o other_o and_o both_o from_o shiloh_n and_o remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n till_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o fix_v and_o settle_v we_o read_v of_o high_a place_n lawful_o resort_v to_o and_o use_v by_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n ix_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 19_o 25._o and_o by_o other_o chap._n x._o 5_o 12_o 13._o and_o not_o much_o unlawful_o by_o these_o here_o 1_o king_n iii_o 2_o 3._o and_o gibeon_n itself_o when_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n be_v there_o be_v call_v the_o great_a high_a place_n 1_o king_n iii_o 4._o but_o when_o the_o temple_n be_v since_o build_v than_o all_o other_o high_a place_n for_o god_n solemneworship_n and_o ceremonial_a service_n be_v count_v abominable_a and_o in_o this_o sin_n the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o jeroboam_fw-la continua_o abound_v they_o make_v house_n and_o priest_n of_o high_a place_n in_o mountain_n and_o in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o samaria_n and_o their_o altar_n be_v as_o heap_n in_o the_o furrow_n of_o the_o field_n 1_o king_n xiii_o 32._o hos._n xii_o 11._o yea_o and_o solomon_n himself_o afore_o that_o in_o his_o late_a day_n fearful_o offend_v in_o this_o kind_n 1_o king_n xi_o 7._o 8._o and_o judah_n itself_o fall_v into_o this_o sin_n even_o in_o rehoboam_n reign_v 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o build_v high_a place_n to_o baal_n and_o to_o the_o idol_n of_o neighbour_a nation_n 2_o chr._n xxv_o 14._o in_o tophet_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnom_n on_o mount_n olivet_n in_o jerusalem_n in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o every_o street_n of_o the_o city_n micah_n i._n 5._o 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o jer._n vii_o 31._o and_o xix_o 5._o and_o xxxii_o 35._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 31._o and_o this_o special_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o ahaz_n joram_n and_o manasseh_n and_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o divers_a good_a king_n of_o judah_n as_o joash_n amatziah_n vzziah_n jotham_n it_o be_v record_v as_o a_o blemish_n in_o they_o that_o they_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o high_a place_n but_o the_o people_n sacrifice_v and_o burn_v incense_n in_o they_o of_o good_a asa_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o do_v and_o he_o do_v not_o take_v they_o away_o 1_o king_n xv._o 14_o 2_o chron._n xv._o 17._o and_o so_o of_o
judg._n 1._o 1_o 2._o 20._o 18._o 3._o 9_o in_o othniel_n david_n solomon_n and_o perfect_o in_o christ_n 2_o sam._n 22._o 41._o psal._n 78._o 68_o 89._o 20._o thy_o father_n child_n by_o all_o his_o wife_n chap._n 27._o 29._o thy_o mother_n son_n because_o isaac_n have_v but_o one_o wife_n shall_v bow_v down_o before_o thou_o thy_n regal_a power_n every_o knee_n to_o christ._n phil._n 2._o 10._o the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n apoc._n 5._o 5._o v._o 9_o lion_n whelp_n true_n in_o judah_n king_n most_o true_a in_o christ._n lion_n be_v kingly_a beast_n stout_a bold_a strong_a terrible_a lion_n in_o king_n arm_n lion_n be_v stay_v for_o the_o step_n of_o king_n solomon_n throne_n he_o couch_v vary_v the_o person_n as_o the_o prophetic_a spirit_n move_v he_o after_o victory_n he_o shall_v lie_v down_o and_o rest_v secure_o so_o in_o solomon_n day_n after_o david_n victory_n 1_o king_n 4._o 25._o numb_a 23._o 24._o v._o 10._o the_o sceptre_n or_o tribe_n so_o the_o word_n signify_v v._o 16_o 28._o after_o once_o the_o regal_a dignity_n shall_v be_v settle_v in_o this_o tribe_n 1_o chron._n 5._o 2._o as_o in_o david_n the_o government_n shall_v never_o be_v take_v from_o he_o at_o least_o so_o far_o but_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n nor_o his_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n be_v utter_o ruin_v and_o the_o distinction_n of_o his_o tribe_n take_v away_o and_o confound_v till_o the_o come_n of_o shiloh_n there_o be_v no_o more_o king_n of_o that_o tribe_n after_o jechoniah_n and_o zedekiah_n jer._n 22._o 30._o ezech_n 21._o 27._o after_o their_o return_n from_o that_o captivity_n the_o principality_n be_v in_o zerubbabel_n and_o likely_a in_o other_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o when_o some_o while_n after_o the_o maccabee_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n get_v the_o rule_n yet_o than_o the_o sanhedrin_n or_o great_a counsel_n of_o lxx_o elder_n consist_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o maccabee_n have_v thâ—ir_n supreme_a power_n by_o the_o choice_n and_o appointment_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n and_o continue_v therein_o till_o a_o little_a before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n when_o herod_n a_o mere_a stranger_n be_v king_n and_o root_v they_o quite_o out_o in_o the_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o if_o that_o sanhedrin_n be_v not_o all_o choose_a out_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n though_o most_o of_o they_o doubtless_o be_v yet_o the_o maccabee_n themselves_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n be_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n or_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o levi_n be_v among_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o adhere_v to_o they_o yet_o be_v but_o as_o incorporate_v into_o the_o tribe_n and_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n which_o be_v therefore_o say_v 1_o king_n 11._o 1â—_n 32_o 36._o three_o time_n to_o consist_v but_o of_o one_o tribe_n viz_o judah_n only_o so_o also_o 1_o king_n 12._o 20._o and_o when_o they_o return_v out_o of_o captivity_n the_o great_a part_n by_o far_o that_o return_v be_v of_o that_o tribe_n yea_o and_o after_o their_o return_n out_o of_o captivity_n they_o be_v all_o chief_o plant_v in_o the_o lot_n and_o territory_n that_o appertain_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o people_n kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n be_v still_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o judah_n and_o therefore_o still_o the_o government_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o judah_n where_o as_o those_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n once_o carry_v into_o assyria_n never_o return_v to_o become_v a_o kingdom_n or_o commonwealth_n as_o before_o and_o have_v also_o their_o tribe_n confuse_a and_o confound_v shebet_fw-ge signify_v a_o rod_n a_o rod_n of_o iron_n a_o rod_n of_o authority_n a_o mace_n or_o sceptre_n of_o king_n a_o kingdom_n esay_n 14._o 5_o a_o tribe_n judge_n 18._o 19_o shall_v not_o depart_v when_o once_o come_v to_o it_o it_o be_v long_o ere_o it_o come_v to_o it_o moses_n be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n joshuah_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n of_o the_o fifteen_o judge_n only_o two_o othniel_n and_o ibzan_n be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n saul_n be_v of_o benjamin_n david_n the_o first_o king_n of_o this_o tribe_n therefore_o jacob_n say_v not_o when_o judah_n shall_v begin_v to_o sway_v the_o sceptre_n but_o have_v begin_v how_o long_o it_o shall_v hold_v on_o from_o judah_n not_o his_o person_n five_o 1._o in_o the_o last_o day_n but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n or_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n with_o relation_n to_o that_o tribe_n nor_o a_o lawgiver_n ps_n 60._o 7._o or_o scribe_n write_v law_n for_o rule_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n deut._n 28._o 57_o until_o and_o then_o it_o shall_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o synedrion_fw-mi in_o their_o synagogue_n in_o our_o saviour_n christâ—_n time_n be_v but_o precaâ—io_n under_o the_o roman_n and_o restrain_v in_o capital_a crime_n mat_n 23_o 34._o act_n 5._o 17._o 9_o 1_o 2._o 23._o 5._o john_n 18._o 3â—_n 19_o 7._o act_n 7_o 59_o ananias_n be_v depose_v from_o the_o high_a priesthood_n for_o ston_a james_n the_o brother_n of_o jesus_n joseph_n antiq_fw-la l._n 20._o c._n 8._o the_o jewish_a sceptre_n be_v much_o weaken_v by_o pompey_n much_o shake_v by_o herod_n intrusion_n final_o break_v and_o abolish_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n after_o which_o they_o have_v no_o form_n nor_o face_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n therefore_o it_o be_v evident_a against_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o messiah_n be_v come_v until_o shiloh_n come_v the_o prosperer_n safemaker_n or_o his_o son_n viz_o of_o a_o virgin_n i._n e._n christ_n heb._n 7._o 14._o secundae_fw-la ejus_fw-la the_o tunicle_n or_o skin_n wherein_o the_o child_n be_v wrap_v in_o its_o mother_n belly_n and_o so_o take_v for_o the_o child_n itself_o the_o continent_n for_o the_o thing_n contain_v in_o it_o then_o it_o shall_v depart_v god_n appoint_v the_o period_n of_o kingdom_n and_o state_n and_o so_o the_o pâ—uses_n and_o stop_v by_o rebellion_n and_o insurrection_n wherein_o god_n providence_n be_v not_o asleep_a but_o his_o justice_n awake_a shall_v the_o gather_n jew_n and_o gentile_n shallobey_v he_o is._n 11._o 10._o 42._o 4._o mat._n 12._o 21._o rom._n 15._o 12._o he_o be_v the_o desire_n of_o all_o nation_n hag._n 2._o 7._o esay_n 2._o 1_o 2._o v._o 11._o bind_v his_o foal_n unto_o the_o vine_n wondrous_a fruitful_a for_o wine_n especial_o shall_v judah_n lot_n in_o canaan_n fall_v out_o to_o be_v full_a of_o vine_n and_o abound_v in_o pasture_n lie_v all_o in_o the_o south-part_n of_o canaan_n v._o 12._o red_a with_o wine_n prov._n 23._o 29_o 30._o no_o allowance_n to_o drunkenness_n no_o more_o then_o to_o theft_n in_o that_o say_n apoc_fw-la 3._o 3_o white_a with_o milk_n through_o plenty_n of_o pasturage_n and_o kine_n v._o 13_o zebulun_n before_o issachar_n so_o his_o lot_n before_o he_o in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n josh._n 19_o 10_o 17._o though_o issachar_n the_o elder_a so_o deut._n 33._o 18._o at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o ocean_n westward_o near_a mount_n carmel_n and_o the_o sea_n of_o gal_n lee_n eastward_o josh._n 19_o 10._o esay_n 9_o 1._o thus_o the_o lot_n for_o zebulun_n fall_v out_o not_o by_o chance_n but_o by_o god_n providence_n according_a to_o jacob_n prediction_n so_o many_o age_n before_o nazareth_n be_v in_o this_o tribe_n and_o mount_v tabor_n and_o here_o christ_n begin_v to_o preach_v mat._n 4._o 15._o unto_o zidon_n josh._n 19_o 10._o to_o the_o 16._o the_o coaâ—â—s_n of_o it_o be_v over_o against_o zidon_n and_o fit_a for_o easy_a commerce_n with_o zidon_n v._o 14._o issachar_n be_v a_o strong_a ass_n of_o strong_a force_n but_o small_a courage_n deut._n 33._o 18._o judge_n 5._o 16._o between_o two_o burden_n or_o bound_n border_n in_o a_o fertile_a and_o fat_a soil_n love_v husbandry_n and_o a_o quiet_a life_n and_o not_o traffic_v abroad_o as_o zebulun_n v._o 15._o and_o bow_v his_o shoulder_n rather_o servile_o subject_v themselves_o to_o toil_n and_o tribute_n then_o forego_v their_o quiet_a peaceable_a kind_n of_o life_n yet_o some_o of_o issachar_n be_v of_o more_o noble_a and_o heroic_a spirit_n judg._n 5._o 15._o 1_o chron._n 12._o 13_o 32._o 16._o dan_fw-mi shall_v judge_v ch._n 30._o 6._o allude_v to_o his_o name_n of_o judge_v as_o v._o 8._o and_o ch_n 9_o 27._o he_o shall_v enjoy_v the_o privilege_n of_o a_o tribe_n as_o well_o as_o his_o freeborn_a son_n and_o as_o other_o tribe_n have_v their_o head_n and_o elder_n to_o judge_n and_o decide_v cause_n among_o they_o so_o shall_v they_o numb_a 1._o 4_o 16._o and_o samson_n of_o dan_n be_v a_o extraordinary_a judge_n and_o the_o
3._o and_o 2_o chr._n viii_o 14._o and_o chap._n xxiii_o 4_o 5_o 19_o 20._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o 8._o and_o xxvii_o 3._o and_o xxxi_o 14._o and_o xxxv_o 5._o the_o horse-gate_n of_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n verse_n 15_o or_o of_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o nehemy_n iii_o 1._o gather_v of_o all_o israel_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 5_o so_o much_o of_o israel_n as_o joash_n have_v from_o year_n to_o year_n one_o year_n will_v not_o suffice_v to_o make_v up_o this_o reparation_n hasten_v not_o for_o in_o the_o twenty_o three_o year_n of_o joash_n it_o be_v not_o do_v 2_o king_n xii_o 6._o the_o collection_n of_o moses_n so_o for_o verse_n 6_o 9_o such_o as_o moses_n use_v exod._n xxx_o 12_o 16._o or_o exod._n xxv_o but_o this_o differ_v from_o they_o both_o agree_v only_o in_o this_o as_o moses_n then_o provide_v for_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o service_n of_o it_o by_o those_o collection_n extraordinary_o as_o need_v then_o require_v so_o be_v they_o now_o by_o somewhat_o a_o like_a collection_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o repair_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o temple_n yet_o be_v this_o because_o somewhat_o like_a call_v the_o collection_n of_o moses_n as_o like_o sin_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 3._o of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n exod._n xxxiv_o 7._o of_o the_o error_n of_o balaam_n and_o gainsaying_n of_o core_n judge_n 11._o and_o the_o sign_n of_o jonas_n matth._n xii_o 39_o be_v use_v in_o a_o like_a sense_n son_n of_o athaliah_n in_o their_o father_n jehorams_fw-mi life-time_n verse_n 7_o before_o they_o be_v take_v and_o slay_v by_o the_o enemy_n if_o son_n here_o be_v take_v proper_o high-priest_n officer_z 2_o king_n xii_o verse_n 11_o 10._o the_o highpriest_n himself_o do_v this_o but_o that_o jehoiada_n be_v this_o highpriest_n be_v not_o express_v day_n by_o day_n i._n e._n time_n after_o time_n so_o oft_o as_o the_o chest_n be_v full_a in_o israel_n the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n verse_n 16_o god_n people_n 2_o chr._n xxix_o 24._o prince_n hypocritical_a flatter_a prince_n see_v ver_fw-la verse_n 17_o 23._o zechariah_n zechariah_n slay_v and_o mention_v matth._n xxiii_o verse_n 20_o 35._o seem_v not_o to_o be_v this_o zechariah_n but_o rather_o the_o prophet_n zechariah_n the_o son_n of_o barachiah_n zech._n i._n 1._o slay_v his_o son_n cruel_a ingratitude_n verse_n 22_o host_n of_o syria_n this_o might_n be_v a_o second_n of_o that_o invasion_n verse_n 23_o 2_o king_n xii_o 17_o 18._o a_o small_a company_n god_n visible_a hand_n in_o it_o verse_n 24_o for_o the_o execute_n of_o his_o judgement_n against_o joash_n ver_fw-la 25._o son_n likely_a more_o slay_v than_o zechariah_n verse_n 25_o or_o take_v indefinite_o for_o one_o as_o gen._n xlvi_o 7._o book_n of_o the_o king_n most_o likely_a some_o civil_a record_n verse_n 27_o amaziah_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o amaziah_n chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 1_o and_o of_o uzziah_n as_o also_o of_o jotham_n and_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xv._o 32._o and_o xvi_o 1._o and_o of_o their_o concordance_n with_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o the_o king_n of_o isreel_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o hosea_n i._n 1._o but_o he_o slay_v not_o their_o child_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o this_o text_n verse_n 4_o do_v it_o a_o ironical_a concession_n verse_n 8_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o amos_n iu_o 4_o 5._o top_n of_o the_o rock_n selah_n verse_n 21_o or_o petra_n signify_v a_o rock_n whence_o the_o chief_a city_n in_o arabia_n petraea_n be_v call_v petra_n 2_o king_n fourteen_o 7._o god_n of_o the_o child_n of_o seir_n worse_o then_o that_o of_o ahaz_n chap._n verse_n 14_o xxviii_o 23._o punish_v chap._n xxv_o 20_o 27._o altar_n of_o incense_n this_o the_o highpriest_n may_v do_v chapter_n xxvi_o verse_n 16_o exod._n xxx_o 7._o and_o other_o priest_n also_o luke_n i._n 9_o but_o not_o the_o king_n or_o any_o else_o but_o priest_n the_o chief_a priest_n not_o style_v the_o highpriest_n verse_n 20_o be_v a_o leper_n yet_o bare_a the_o title_n of_o king_n to_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n verse_n 21_o ophel_n ophel_n in_o jerusalem_n chapter_n xxvii_o verse_n 3_o over-against_o the_o water-gate_n towards_o the_o east_n where_o the_o nethinim_n dwell_v 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 14._o neh._n iii_o 26._o and_o xi_o 21._o his_o war_n 2_o king_n xv._o verse_n 7_o 37._o his_o god_n though_o himself_o such_o a_o idolater_n chapter_n xxviii_o verse_n 5_o ver_fw-la 22._o so_o ch_z xxxvi_o 5._o king_n of_o syria_n rezin_n 2_o king_n xvi_o 5._o slay_v slay_v a_o great_a number_n verse_n 6_o captive_a a_o great_a number_n verse_n 8_o fierce_a wrath_n pekah_n soon_o slay_v verse_n 11_o and_o in_o hosheah_n time_n all_o captivate_v and_o the_o kingdom_n extinguish_v esay_n vii_o 16._o the_o first_o day_n for_o chapter_n xxix_o verse_n 17_o 3._o hezekiah_n begin_v reformation_n on_o the_o very_a first_o day_n of_o his_o reign_n or_o rather_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o year_n which_o fall_v out_o towards_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o first_o year_n of_o ezekiah_n reign_n sixteenth_o day_n so_o that_o passeover_n be_v pass_v and_o not_o keep_v seven_o bullock_n here_o be_v seven_o verse_n 21_o to_o represent_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o here_o be_v use_v all_o manner_n of_o beast_n fit_a for_o sacrifice_n the_o priest_n kill_v they_o and_o so_o levit._n iu._n 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 8_o verse_n 24_o 15_o 18._o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 24_o 34._o the_o levite_n do_v flay_v they_o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 11._o and_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n slay_v they_o also_o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 34._o and_o receive_v the_o blood_n 2_o chron._n xxx_o 16_o 17._o the_o priest_n only_o not_o the_o levite_n come_v to_o the_o altar_n to_o lay_v the_o wood_n sprinkle_v the_o blood_n and_o burn_v they_o levit._n l._n 7._o etc._n etc._n and_o chap._n iii_o 2_o 5._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 14._o the_o song_n psal_n cxxxvi_o verse_n 27_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o ezra_n iii_o 11._o to_o ephraim_n chapter_n xxx_o verse_n 1_o and_o manasseh_n see_v for_o 5_o 11_o 18._o yet_o this_o be_v before_o their_o final_a captivity_n by_o shalmaneser_n 2_o king_n xvii_o in_o the_o second_o month_n for_o verse_n 2_o 1_o 3._o as_o in_o like_a case_n num._n ix_o 11._o king_n of_o assyria_n pull_v verse_n 6_o and_o tiglath_n pilneaser_n 2_o king_n xv._o 19_o 29._o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 20._o mock_v they_o but_o a_o final_a judgement_n son_n follow_v verse_n 10_o have_v not_o cleanse_v themselves_o yet_o and_n verse_n 18_o it_o seem_v in_o josiah_n time_n all_o do_v not_o eat_v at_o the_o very_a hour_n appoint_v at_o even_o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 14._o yet_o where_o the_o heart_n be_v upright_o god_n merciful_o heal_v such_o offender_n to_o keep_v other_o seven_o day_n the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n see_v herein_o verse_n 23_o and_o by_o god_n approve_v since_o the_o time_n of_o solomon_n and_o the_o division_n of_o the_o two_o kingdom_n verse_n 26_o so_o many_o out_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n come_v not_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o eat_v &_o celebrate_v the_o passeover_n yet_o see_v a_o large_a commendation_n of_o josiah_n passeover_n which_o follow_v after_o this_o chap._n xxxv_o 18_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 22_o 23._o finish_v present_o after_o the_o foresay_a passeover_n chapter_n xxxi_o verse_n 1_o they_o pull_v down_o idolatry_n yea_o in_o ephraim_n also_o and_o manasseh_n which_o belong_v to_o hoshea_n king_n of_o israel_n three_o month_n or_o feast_v of_o week_n verse_n 7_o of_o pentecost_n which_o be_v call_v the_o feast_n of_o harvest_n and_o the_o seven_o month_n be_v call_v the_o feast_n of_o ingather_v exod._n xxiii_o 16._o host_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n though_o that_o king_n sennacherib_n chapter_n xxxiii_o verse_n 11_o and_o his_o host_n be_v so_o slay_v in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o father_n hezekiah_n chap._n xxxii_o 21._o a_o wall_n begin_v by_o his_o father_n chap._n xxxii_o 5._o yet_o unto_o the_o lord_n not_o to_o false_a god_n verse_n 14_o as_o be_v in_o the_o grosser_n kind_n of_o idolatrous_a sacrificer_n verse_n 17_o amon_n amon_n worse_o than_o his_o father_n manasseh_n eight_o year_n be_v then_o sixteen_o year_n old_a chapter_n xxxiv_o verse_n 20_o and_o before_o that_o the_o father_n of_o eliakim_n or_o jehojakim_n verse_n 3_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 36._o and_o chap._n xxii_o 1._o compare_v together_o twelve_o year_n himself_o be_v then_o twenty_o city_n of_o manasseh_n remanants_n then_o of_o the_o israelite_n verse_n 6_o for_o the_o body_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v former_o carry_v away_o captive_n and_o the_o kingdom_n exterminate_v eighteen_o year_n
proper_a name_n as_o pharaoh_n neco_n 2._o king_n 23._o 29_o pharaoh_n hophra_n jer._n 44._o 30._o in_o the_o grecian_a monarchy_n they_o be_v call_v ptolemy_n pharaoh_n house_n likely_a stay_v there_o a_o while_n v._o 17._o plague_v psal._n 105._o 14._o 1_o chron._n 16._o 21_o 22._o v._o 20._o and_o pharaoh_n command_v the_o king_n be_v angry_a expect_v no_o answer_n send_v he_o away_o haply_o with_o honour_n as_o exod._n 18._o 27._o and_o safe_a conduct_n chap._n xiii_o verse_n 1._o south_n canaan_n be_v south_n from_o egypt_n v._o 2._o very_o rich_a ch._n 12._o 2._o 24._o 35._o prov._n 10._o 22._o v._o 5._o and_o tent_n which_o imply_v also_o many_o servant_n that_o dwell_v in_o those_o tent_n v._o 6._o to_o bear_v they_o but_o they_o want_v pasture_n and_o water_n for_o so_o many_o flock_n and_o herd_n whence_o the_o strife_n rise_v v._o 7._o v._o 7._o and_o the_o canaanite_n haddit_n take_v up_o the_o better_a part_n of_o pasturage_n neither_o be_v they_o to_o have_v a_o scandal_n give_v they_o by_o any_o dissension_n and_o discord_n between_o abram_n and_o lot_n v._o 8._o and_o abram_n say_v to_o lot_n the_o uncle_n and_o superior_a condescend_v herein_o and_o choose_v rather_o to_o take_v wrong_a then_o to_o contend_v 1_o cor._n 6._o 7._o v_o 9_o if_o thou_o will_v take_v by_o consent_n of_o the_o canaanite_n abram_n have_v no_o inheritance_n in_o it_o no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o set_v his_o foot_n on_o act._n 7_o 5_o nor_o do_v he_o or_o can_v he_o give_v to_o lot_n any_o title_n to_o the_o land_n but_o such_o a_o use_n of_o it_o as_o upon_o fair_a and_o reasonable_a term_n he_o may_v obtain_v and_o enjoy_v abram_z after_o buy_v a_o burial_n place_n ch_z 23_o 11_o 12_o 13._o v._o 10._o zoar_v afterward_o so_o call_v but_o then_o call_v belah_n ch_n 14._o 2_o 8._o 19_o 22._o the_o meaning_n be_v all_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n even_o to_o zoar_v be_v such_o v._o 13._o sinner_n ch_n 19_o 5._o ezech._n 16._o 49_o 50._o lot_z think_v to_o get_v paradise_n find_v hell_n v._o 15._o which_o thou_o see_v part_n whereof_o each_o way_n thou_o see_v so_o moses_n view_v the_o land_n but_o possess_v it_o not_o deut._n 34._o 1._o 4._o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n for_o thy_o sake_n the_o heavenly_a canaan_n to_o thy_o spiritual_a seed_n christ_n mystical_a body_n for_o christ_n sake_n gal._n 3._o 16._o rom._n 9_o 6_o 7_o 8._o gal._n 4._o 22_o 23._o for_o ever_o if_o they_o obey_v and_o keep_v my_o covenant_n esay_n 65._o 9_o psal._n 69._o 35_o 36._o degenerate_v not_o john_n 8._o 39_o but_o else_o not_o deut._n 4._o 25_o 26._o leu._n 26._o 33._o 18._o 28._o ezech._n 33_o 24_o 25_o 26._o but_o i_o will_v give_v the_o heavenly_a canaan_n typify_v by_o this_o heb._n 11._o 10_o 16._o to_o thy_o spiritual_a seed_n to_o all_o eternity_n gal._n 3_o â—6_n 26_o 28_o 29._o v._o 16._o as_o the_o dust_n ch._n 28._o 14._o 32._o 12._o so_o balaam_n say_v numb_a 23._o 10._o v._o 18._o plain_o of_o mamre_o ch._n 14._o 13_o 24._o the_o plain_a of_o morch_n differ_v from_o this_o and_o join_v to_o shechem_n chap._n 12._o 6._o which_o be_v in_o hebron_n it_o have_v this_o name_n afterward_o before_o it_o be_v call_v kiriath-arba_n ch_n 23._o 2._o 35_o 27._o josh_n 14._o 15._o 15._o 13._o it_o be_v after_o a_o famous_a burial_n place_n ch_z 49._o 31._o sometime_o possess_v by_o gaint_n numb_a 13._o 22._o and_o drive_v out_o by_o caleb_n josh_n 15._o 13_o 14_o and_o give_v to_o he_o josh._n 14._o 14._o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n 15._o 54._o 20._o 7._o david_n first_o reign_v in_o it_o and_o thither_o most_o likely_a go_v the_o bless_a virgin_n to_o visit_v her_o cousin_n elizabeth_n luke_n 1._o 39_o a_o altar_n to_o sacrifice_v thankful_o to_o god_n and_o to_o sanctify_v his_o view_v heritage_n chap._n fourteen_o verse_n 1._o in_o the_o day_n this_o fall_v out_o a_o little_a before_o abram_n take_v hagar_n as_o the_o sequence_n of_o the_o story_n show_v and_o he_o take_v hagar_n in_o the_o ten_o year_n after_o he_o leave_v haran_n and_o come_v into_o canaan_n ch_n 16._o 3._o he_o be_v then_o seventy_o five_o year_n old_a ch_n 12._o 4._o must_v be_v now_o eighty_o four_o at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o battle_n shiaar_n chaldea_n ch_n 10._o 10._o chedorlaom_a the_o chief_a in_o this_o expedition_n though_o two_o other_o king_n name_v before_o he_o v._o 4_o 5._o elam_n or_o persia_n ch_n 10._o 22._o and_o so_o chedorlaomer_n of_o shems_n progeny_n have_v cham_n and_o canaan_n posterity_n for_o subject_n and_o servant_n ch_z 9_o 26._o who_o these_o king_n be_v and_o what_o their_o kingdom_n can_v certain_o be_v determine_v v._o 2._o with_o bera_n king_n of_o sodom_n these_o follow_v be_v but_o petty_a king_n king_n of_o city_n which_o be_v burn_v ch_n 19_o deut._n 29._o 23._o except_o zoar_v fifteen_o year_n after_o when_o sarah_n be_v with_o child_n of_o isaac_n as_o appear_v chap._n 18._o 10_o 20_o etc._n etc._n v._o 3._o the_o salt_n sea_n josh._n 3_o 16._o call_v so_o afterward_o the_o dead_a sea_n or_o â—ake_v asphaltites_n of_o which_o many_o strange_a thing_n be_v report_v by_o author_n v._o 5._o rephaim_v ch._n 15._o 20._o in_o ashteroth_n a_o city_n in_o bashan_n where_o og_n after_o reign_v emims_n where_o the_o moabite_n after_o dwell_v deut._n 2._o 9_o 10_o 11._o v._o 6._o horites_n in_o mount_n seir_n till_o the_o edomiteâ—_n drive_v they_o out_o deut._n 2._o 22._o elparan_n gen._n 21._o 21._o v._o 7._o kadesh_n so_o call_v in_o moses_n time_n it_o be_v in_o the_o desert_n of_o zin_n numb_a 20._o 1_o 14_o 16._o 13._o 26._o 33._o 36._o deut._n 1._o 2_o 46._o amalekite_n the_o people_n of_o that_o country_n where_o afterward_o the_o amalekite_n do_v dwell_v for_o amalek_n the_o grandchild_n of_o esau_n be_v yet_o unborn_a gen._n 36._o 12._o hazezon-tamar_a which_o be_v engedi_n 2_o chron._n 20._o 2._o which_o fall_v afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n 15._o 62._o v._o 10._o fall_v there_o their_a army_n rather_o than_o their_o person_n for_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n escape_v meet_v abram_n v._o 17._o v._o 13._o confederate_n so_o abimelech_n and_o phicol_n with_o abraham_n ch_n 21._o v._n 22_o 23._o and_o after_o with_o isaac_n ch_n 26._o 26_o etc._n etc._n such_o confederacy_n with_o infidel_n not_o simple_o in_o themselves_o unlawful_a though_o special_o forbid_v with_o the_o canaanite_n exod._n 34._o 15._o deut_n 7._o 2._o and_o jehoshaphat_n just_o reprove_v for_o his_o needless_a familiarity_n and_o association_n with_o wicked_a ahab_n 2_o chron._n 19_o 2._o v._o 14._o brother_n be_v his_o brother_n son_n v._o 12._o train_a servant_n in_o militaty_n and_o religious_a discipline_n three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o a_o mighty_a prince_n chap._n 23._o 6._o pursue_v just_o for_o lot_n sake_n though_o haply_o chadorlaomers_n cause_n and_o quarrel_n may_v be_v just_a v._o 4._o unto_o dan_n one_o of_o the_o two_o spring_n of_o jordan_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o lebanon_n in_o the_o north_n of_o canaan_n where_o be_v a_o town_n of_o that_o name_n call_v leshem_n or_o laish_n josh._n 19_o 47._o judg._n 14._o 29._o v._o 15._o unto_o hoba_n thus_o god_n give_v the_o nation_n before_o he_o and_o make_v he_o rule_v over_o king_n he_o give_v they_o as_o the_o dust_n to_o his_o sword_n and_o as_o drive_v stubble_n to_o his_o bow_n he_o pursue_v they_o and_o pass_v safe_o even_o by_o the_o way_n which_o he_o have_v not_o go_v with_o his_o foot_n esay_n 41._o 2_o 3._o v._o 17._o the_o king_n dale_n so_o call_v in_o aftertime_n where_o likely_a absalon_n set_v up_o his_o pillar_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 18._o v._o 18._o melchisedech_n that_o this_o melchisedech_n have_v father_n and_o mother_n descent_n or_o pedigree_n begin_v of_o day_n and_o end_n of_o life_n be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o the_o scripture_n present_v he_o to_o we_o as_o such_o no_o where_o tell_v we_o of_o his_o parent_n descent_n birth_n or_o death_n and_o so_o in_o this_o and_o in_o his_o name_n melchisedech_n and_o in_o his_o title_n of_o office_n king_n of_o salem_n and_o in_o his_o office_n themselves_o be_v both_o king_n and_o priest_n the_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n and_o that_o without_o be_v successor_n to_o any_o or_o have_v any_o successor_n to_o he_o and_o so_o as_o one_o that_o typical_o abide_v for_o ever_o and_o as_o one_o that_o be_v far_o superior_a to_o abraham_n who_o bless_v abraham_n and_o to_o who_o abraham_n the_o patriarch_n give_v tithe_n therefore_o in_o regard_n of_o all_o these_o the_o apostle_n make_v he_o a_o notable_a type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n of_o his_o person_n and_o office_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o priesthood_n especial_o as_o
8._o psal._n 113._o 7_o 8._o v._o 42._o take_v off_o his_o ring_n a_o ensign_n of_o honour_n and_o authority_n esther_n 3._o 10._o and_o 8_o 2._o luke_n 15._o 22._o hereby_o to_o publish_v under_o the_o king_n seal_v such_o order_n and_o command_n as_o joseph_n will_v of_o fine_a linen_n egypt_n be_v famous_a for_o fine_a linen_n prov._n 7._o 16._o ezech._n 27._o 7._o it_o signify_v also_o bysse_n or_o silk_n ex._n 25._o 4._o apoc._n 19_o 8_o 14._o the_o wear_n of_o great_a personage_n prov._n 31._o 22._o ezech._n 16._o 10._o luke_n 16._o 19_o a_o gold_n chain_n prov._n 1._o 9_o ezech._n 16._o 11._o thus_o dan._n 5._o 7_o 16_o 29._o v._o 43._o second_o chariot_n 2_o chron._n 35._o 24._o as_o mordecai_n ride_v on_o the_o king_n horse_n esther_n 6._o 8._o thus_o joseph_n the_o second_o man_n in_o the_o kingdom_n daniel_n make_v the_o three_o dan_o 5._o 29._o bow_v the_o knee_n abrech_n kneel_v down_o as_o to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o king_n ch_z 45._o 8._o v._o 44._o i_o be_o pharaoh_n i_o be_o king_n and_o will_v be_v and_o assure_v as_o i_o be_o pharaoh_n so_o sure_a without_o thou_o thy_o advice_n and_o authority_n not_o the_o least_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v in_o matter_n of_o government_n no_o man_n shall_v do_v anything_o or_o go_v any_o whither_o v._o 45._o zaphnath-paaneah_a a_o revealer_n of_o secret_n dan._n 1._o 7._o gen._n 17._o 5._o of_o potipherah_a priest_n of_o ou_fw-fr to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o that_o potiphar_n ch_n 37._o 36._o 39_o 1._o who_o dwell_v in_o memphis_n the_o royal_a city_n priest_n or_o prince_n exod._n 2._o 16._o 18._o 1._o both_o office_n concur_v in_o one_o person_n as_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o those_o time_n and_o place_n see_v annotat._n on_o chap._n 14._o 18._o this_o name_n give_v to_o the_o son_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n 8._o 18._o and_o expound_v 1_o chron_n 18._o 17._o of_o ou_fw-fr call_v also_o aven_n ezech._n 30_o 17._o in_o greek_a heliopolis_n the_o city_n of_o the_o sun_n perhaps_o now_o damiata_n joseph_n marriage_n here_o can_v be_v a_o example_n or_o rule_n to_o we_o except_o where_o all_o reason_n and_o circumstance_n and_o warrant_n be_v alike_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o prohibition_n and_o peril_n set_v down_o in_o scripture_n the_o israelite_n forbid_v to_o marry_v with_o the_o canaanite_n exod._n â—4_n 16._o deut._n 7._o 3_o 4._o 1_o ring_n 11._o 1._o nehem._n 13._o 26._o forbid_v to_o christian_n 2_o cor._n 6._o 14_o etc._n etc._n but_o for_o joseph_n there_o be_v no_o other_o in_o the_o land_n and_o he_o may_v not_o desert_v his_o charge_n and_o dignity_n whereto_o god_n have_v call_v he_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o church_n to_o go_v seek_v a_o wife_n elsewhere_o neither_o know_v we_o what_o instinct_n or_o dispensation_n he_o may_v have_v from_o god_n as_o the_o like_a may_v be_v in_o esther_n marry_v with_o ahashuerus_n v._o 46._o thirty_o year_n old_a at_o this_o age_n jesus_n christ_n enter_v into_o his_o public_a ministry_n so_o john_n baptist_n so_o the_o levite_n numb_a 4._o 3._o and_o david_n begin_v his_o reign_n but_o not_o ezekiel_n his_o prophecy_n this_o notation_n of_o joseph_n age_n here_o give_v much_o light_n to_o many_o passage_n in_o this_o history_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n there_o be_v thirteen_o year_n since_o he_o be_v sell_v ch_n 37._o 2._o v_o 51._o and_o all_o my_o father_n house_n my_o injury_n and_o molestation_n there_o not_o his_o filial_a affection_n whereby_o he_o may_v haply_o privy_o inquire_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n afore_o and_o afterward_o also_o of_o his_o father_n welfare_n ere_o his_o brethren_n come_v down_o and_o yet_o wait_v for_o the_o most_o fit_a opportunity_n of_o fulfil_v the_o dream_n v._o 54._o in_o all_o land_n round_n about_o as_o canaan_n arabia_n etc._n etc._n so_o luke_n 2._o 1._o v._o 55._o cry_v to_o pharaoh_n as_o the_o woman_n 2_o king_n 6_o 26._o joseph_n will_v do_v but_o as_o pharaoh_n direct_v v._o 56._o sell_v prov._n 11_o 26._o v._o 57_o and_o all_o country_n neighbour_a to_o joseph_n ch._n 45._o 5._o 50._o 20._o psal_n 105._o 16_o 17._o chap._n xlii_o verse_n 1._o see_v heard_n v._o 2._o so_o the_o people_n see_v the_o voice_n exod._n 20._o 18._o jacob_n be_v as_o much_o assure_v of_o it_o as_o if_o he_o have_v see_v it_o and_o one_o eyewitness_n be_v of_o more_o credit_n than_o many_o eare-witness_n and_o likely_a he_o see_v it_o too_o by_o many_o canaanite_n that_o buy_v and_o bring_v coâ—ne_v out_o of_o egypt_n act_v 7._o 12._o corac_fw-mi the_o word_n for_o corn_n signify_v also_o break_v why_o so_o negligent_a or_o as_o man_n amaze_v helpless_a act_v 7._o 11._o gaze_n as_o man_n destitute_a of_o counsel_n famine_n be_v a_o terrible_a thing_n 2_o king_n 6._o 25._o deut._n 28._o 57_o lam._n 4._o 10._o esay_n 9_o 20._o a_o famine_n in_o canaan_n in_o the_o day_n of_o abram_n ch_z 12._o 10._o of_o isaac_n ch_n 26._o 1._o and_o now_o in_o jacob_n time_n and_o act_v 11._o 28._o god_n servant_n subject_a to_o common_a calamity_n yet_o god_n provide_v for_o they_o psal._n 37._o 19_o v._o 2._o get_v you_o down_o egypt_n lie_v low_a than_o canaan_n ch_n 45._o 13_o 9_o v._o 4._o but_o benjamin_n â—h_a 37._o 3._o 35._o 18._o 42._o 38._o v._o 6._o governor_n ps._n 105._o 22._o of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n shallet_n and_o shilâ—on_n be_v make_v in_o arabic_a sultan_n a_o title_n whereby_o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o egypt_n and_o babylon_n be_v still_o call_v and_o he_o it_o be_v that_o sell_v likely_a his_o officer_n to_o the_o native_n but_o himself_o to_o foreigner_n that_o by_o sift_v they_o he_o may_v inform_v himself_o of_o any_o danger_n to_o the_o land_n to_o prevent_v it_o of_o any_o mean_n of_o good_a to_o the_o land_n to_o advance_v it_o bow_a down_o so_o fulfil_a his_o prophetic_a dream_n ch_z 37._o 7_o 8_o 9_o so_o ch_n 43._o 26_o 28._o 44._o 14._o 50._o 18._o v._o 7._o he_o know_v they_o but_o for_o many_o good_a reason_n he_o yet_o dissemble_v that_o he_o know_v they_o and_o yet_o discover_v not_o himself_o unto_o they_o to_o prevent_v sundry_a inconvenience_n and_o to_o further_a good_a intent_n and_o purpose_n towards_o they_o speak_v rough_o they_o deserve_v no_o better_a of_o he_o though_o joseph_n do_v it_o in_o a_o good_a intent_n to_o a_o good_a purpose_n v._o 9_o remember_v the_o dream_n so_o he_o do_v before_o but_o now_o more_o useful_o he_o see_v the_o time_n for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o they_o spy_n to_o see_v the_o nakedness_n exod._n 32._o 25._o not_o by_o way_n of_o lie_v he_o speak_v thus_o but_o by_o way_n of_o question_v and_o examine_v to_o bolt_n out_o other_o matter_n to_o other_o good_a purpose_n so_o v._o 12._o as_o a_o severe_a inquisiter_n v._o 11._o all_o one_o man_n son_n and_o therefore_o not_o likely_a to_o be_v spy_n the_o spy_n be_v send_v one_o of_o a_o tribe_n numb_a 13._o 2._o and_o they_o disperse_v themselves_o in_o all_o likelihood_n and_o reason_n v._o 13._o one_o be_v not_o be_v dead_a ch_z 44._o 20._o 37._o 30._o not_o in_o this_o world_n ch_n 5._o 24._o heb_fw-mi 11._o 5._o v._o 14._o this_o be_v it_o that_o i_o speak_v this_n discover_v it_o pretend_v another_o brother_n or_o why_o shall_v he_o alone_o be_v leave_v behind_o this_n not_o likely_a and_o be_v false_a in_o this_o you_o be_v but_o spy_v sure_a v._o 15._o by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n pharaoh_n live_v a_o kind_n of_o oath_n or_o swear_v as_o the_o like_a phrase_n import_v jer._n 5._o 2_o but_o more_o proper_o a_o kind_n of_o vehement_a asseveration_n as_o ezech_v 33._o 11._o 1._o sam_n 1._o 26._o 17._o 55._o 20._o 3._o 25._o 26._o and_o 2_o sam_n 15._o 21._o 2_o king_n 2._o 2_o 4._o or_o it_o may_v be_v a_o wish_n let_v or_o so_o let_v pharaoh_n live_v as_o etc._n etc._n no_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o charge_n upon_o joseph_n a_o sinful_a oath_n by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n yea_o a_o grievous_a sin_n deut._n 6._o 13._o compare_v with_o mat._n 4._o 10._o jer._n 5._o 7._o you_o you_o all_o v._o 16._o you_o shall_v not_o if_o you_o go_v the_o word_n be_v suspensive_a imply_v a_o curse_n so_o ch_n 14._o 23._o v._o 17._o into_o ward_n god_n call_v they_o by_o tribulation_n to_o repentance_n for_o their_o sin_n heb_fw-mi 12._o 10._o v._o 18._o i_o fear_v god_n chap._n 20._o 11._o nehem._n 5._o 15._o prov._n 16._o 6._o v._o 20._o your_o young_a brother_n unto_o i_o cares_n most_o for_o he_o and_o hope_n his_o father_n will_v conceive_v no_o hurt_n towards_o he_o by_o his_o bountiful_a deal_n with_o they_o v._o 21._o and_o they_o say_v one_o to_o another_o in_o the_o absence_n or_o out_o of_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o interpreter_n guilty_a affliction_n as_o a_o rack_n
for_o so_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o other_o deacon_n act_n 6._o 3._o of_o peter_n act._n 4._o 8._o of_o paul_n act_v 9_o 17._o yet_o peter_n err_v act_v 10._o 14._o gal._n 2._o 11_o etc._n etc._n and_o all_o the_o apostle_n err_v in_o the_o point_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n and_o of_o his_o kingdom_n act_v 1._o 6._o and_o of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o st._n luke_n may_v do_v right_a in_o record_v it_o as_o it_o come_v from_o stephen_n as_o the_o like_a be_v in_o ch_z 27._o 19_o 24._o and_o 1_o king_n 13._o 18._o joseph_n bone_n be_v bury_v in_o shechem_n the_o place_n his_o father_n bequeath_v to_o he_o and_o he_o on_o his_o deathbed_n and_o likely_a the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n in_o conformity_n to_o his_o example_n will_v be_v bury_v there_o have_v their_o bone_n likewise_o carry_v thither_o and_o this_o though_o not_o mention_v in_o scripture_n may_v by_o other_o record_n or_o revelation_n be_v make_v know_v to_o stephen_n as_o the_o name_n of_o â—annes_n and_o jambre_n to_o paul_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 8._o the_o prophecy_n of_o enoch_n to_o judas_n v._o 14._o the_o genealogy_n to_o luke_n ch_n 3._o v._n 23_o to_o 31._o jacob_n himself_o be_v certain_o bury_v in_o machpelah_n as_o be_v here_o record_v and_o though_o he_o be_v join_v together_o with_o his_o son_n in_o a_o state_n of_o mortality_n act_v 7._o 15._o yet_o the_o sixteenth_o verse_n of_o their_o burial_n may_v well_o be_v confine_v to_o his_o son_n as_o the_o next_o antecedent_n without_o take_v he_o into_o the_o number_n and_o that_o jacob_n buy_v the_o field_n of_o the_o son_n of_o emor_n or_o hamor_n shechems_n father_n be_v likewise_o certain_a by_o abraham_n then_o act_v 7._o 16._o we_o must_v understand_v abraham_n grandchild_n jacob_n and_o so_o expound_v it_o which_o be_v a_o very_a harsh_a exposition_n the_o whole_a text_n consider_v and_o can_v not_o be_v so_o apprehend_v by_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o hearer_n or_o rather_o we_o may_v say_v that_o stephen_n mistake_v the_o story_n and_o name_v abraham_n in_o stead_n of_o jacob_n which_o may_v be_v do_v without_o any_o great_a offence_n as_o have_v be_v show_v and_o so_o luke_n relate_v what_o right_o he_o shall_v for_o to_o lay_v a_o error_n upon_o the_o sacred_a text_n by_o say_v jacob_n shall_v be_v put_v in_o the_o text_n in_o stead_n of_o abraham_n and_o that_o abraham_n come_v into_o it_o by_o the_o error_n of_o the_o transcriber_n mistake_v the_o one_o name_n for_o the_o other_o or_o whereas_o neither_o be_v in_o the_o original_a and_o abraham_n error_n be_v put_v in_o the_o margin_n that_o from_o the_o margin_n they_o put_v it_o into_o the_o text_n all_o this_o be_v not_o so_o likely_a nor_o any_o way_n so_o safe_a that_o emor_n or_o hamor_n be_v father_n to_o sichem_n not_o son_n to_o sichem_n appear_v josh._n 24._o 32._o gen._n 33._o 19_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v so_o to_o be_v supply_v in_o act_n 7._o 16._o so_o be_v the_o word_n mother_n supply_v luke_n 24._o 10._o out_o of_o mar_n 15._o 40._o that_o zohar_n gen._n 23._o 8._o be_v not_o otherwise_o call_v hamor_n not_o have_v a_o son_n call_v sechem_n but_o call_v ephron_n the_o scripture-story_n declare_v and_o sechem_n of_o hamor_n son_n be_v only_o mention_v because_o he_o be_v more_o honourable_a than_o all_o the_o house_n of_o his_o father_n and_o so_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o in_o the_o sale_n of_o the_o ground_n to_o jacob_n he_o have_v most_o to_o do_v and_o the_o rest_n consent_v to_o his_o transaction_n they_o that_o will_v make_v a_o reconciliation_n by_o say_v that_o the_o two_o place_n and_o sepulcher_n that_o abraham_n buy_v and_o that_o which_o jacob_n buy_v be_v near_o one_o another_o presuppose_v what_o be_v not_o sound_a for_o hebron_n and_o machpelah_n be_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o sechem_n or_o sychar_n a_o city_n of_o samaria_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n above_o twenty_o mile_n distant_a and_o if_o grant_v yet_o help_v nothing_o to_o answer_v the_o other_o difficulty_n of_o the_o text_n of_o the_o field_n place_n for_o burial_n have_v be_v very_o various_a field_n as_o here_o moses_n in_o a_o valley_n deut._n 34._o 6._o uzziah_n in_o the_o field_n of_o the_o burial_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o same_o field_n but_o apart_o from_o the_o corpse_n of_o the_o king_n 2_o chron._n 26._o 23._o the_o potter_n field_n be_v buy_v to_o bury_v stranger_n in_o mat._n 27._o 7._o manasseh_n be_v bury_v in_o the_o garden_n of_o his_o own_o house_n 2_o king_n 21._o 18._o our_o bless_a saviour_n in_o a_o garden_n joh._n 19_o 41._o among_o christian_n after_o they_o have_v peace_n from_o persecution_n and_o church_n for_o divine_a service_n they_o soon_o bury_v in_o the_o church_n yard_n and_o afterward_o come_v to_o bury_v in_o the_o church_n themselves_o which_o grow_v in_o time_n into_o a_o superstition_n among_o many_o and_o to_o be_v a_o annoyance_n to_o the_o live_n through_o the_o commonness_n of_o it_o v._o 15._o and_o will_v certain_o require_v we_o the_o unquietness_n of_o guilty_a conscience_n now_o after_o forty_o year_n lev_n 26._o 36._o v._o 16._o send_v a_o messenger_n and_n after_o go_v themselves_o v._o 18._o thy_o father_n do_v most_o likely_a that_o they_o feign_v this_o v._o 17._o so_o shall_v you_o say_v unto_o joseph_n they_o use_v argument_n from_o his_o father_n command_n their_o relation_n as_o brethren_n their_o penitency_n his_o piety_n weep_v as_o pity_v their_o perplexity_n and_o grieve_v at_o their_o doubt_n of_o his_o good_a will_n v._o 18._o fall_v down_o before_o his_o face_n witting_o confirm_v the_o prediction_n ch_n 37._o 7._o and_o yield_v themselves_o his_o servant_n who_o they_o have_v sell_v for_o a_o slave_n v._o 19_o be_o i_o in_o the_o place_n of_o god_n ch._n 30._o 2._o be_o i_o in_o god_n stead_n to_o revenge_v myself_o or_o to_o cross_v god_n purpose_n turn_v it_o to_o your_o hurt_n which_o he_o turn_v to_o your_o preservation_n or_o fear_v you_o i_o more_o than_o god_n be_o not_o i_o under_o god_n v._o 20._o but_o god_n joseph_n ascribe_v nothing_o to_o himself_o but_o all_o to_o god_n who_o goodness_n over-master_n man_v malignity_n and_o badness_n chap._n 45._o 5._o act_n 3._o 12_o 13._o psal._n 119._o 71._o much_o people_n they_o egyptian_n and_o other_o v._o 21._o i_o will_v nourish_v you_o do_v good_a for_o evil_n mat._n 5._o 44._o rom._n 12._o 21._o v._o 23._o three_o generation_n so_o soon_o be_v jacob_n blessing_n begin_v to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o joseph_n life-time_n ch_n 48._o 19_o 49._o 22._o of_o machir_n numb_a 32._o 39_o 1_o chron_n 7._o 16._o v._o 24._o sure_o visit_n ch._n 15._o 14._o 46._o 4._o heb._n 11._o 22._o v._o 25._o take_v a_o oath_n v._n 5._o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n his_o brethren_n haply_o be_v now_o dead_a many_o of_o they_o yet_o be_v levi_n alive_a who_o live_v one_o hundred_o thirty_o seven_o year_n exod._n 6._o 6._o and_o so_o outlive_v joseph_n some_o sixteen_o year_n therefore_o the_o oath_n be_v take_v of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o it_o may_v be_v renew_v by_o the_o succeed_a generation_n that_o they_o in_o who_o time_n the_o deliverance_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o pass_v shall_v perform_v this_o oath_n from_o hence_o mean_a while_n his_o body_n be_v inter_v in_o egypt_n to_o the_o contentment_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o to_o the_o comfort_n of_o his_o family_n and_o kindred_n to_o have_v his_o body_n and_o bone_n among_o they_o and_o so_o to_o have_v they_o there_o the_o more_o preserve_v for_o their_o good_a and_o joseph_n bone_n be_v carry_v thence_o and_o not_o keep_v as_o relic_n to_o be_v worship_v but_o be_v bury_v at_o shechem_n josh._n 24._o 32._o jacob_n purchase_n and_o joseph_n son_n heritage_n and_o this_o to_o testify_v his_o own_o and_o confirm_v his_o brethren_n faith_n in_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o canaan_n and_o that_o as_o a_o type_n or_o pledge_n of_o the_o heavenly_a cannon_n there_o be_v the_o other_o patriarch_n jacob_n son_n and_o joseph_n brethren_n also_o bury_v act_v 7._o 16._o their_o bone_n likely_a be_v carry_v with_o his_o bone_n v._o 26._o a_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n old_a eighty_o year_n after_o his_o advancement_n at_o that_o age_n also_o die_v joshua_n who_o be_v of_o his_o race_n josh._n 24._o 29._o joseph_n die_v in_o the_o two_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o sixty_o nine_o year_n of_o the_o world_n sixty_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n and_o one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o israelite_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o gen._n 15._o 13._o and_o exod._n 12._o 41._o see_v annot._n on_o ch_z 15._o 13._o finis_fw-la
other_o adam_n chapter_n five_o verse_n 3_o adam_n live_v to_o the_o 243_o year_n of_o methuselah_n seth_n seth_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o 130_o the_o year_n of_o adam_n age_n and_o so_o likely_a soon_o after_o the_o murder_n of_o abel_n by_o cain_n in_o which_o space_n of_o near_o 130_o year_n so_o many_o may_v be_v bear_v as_o may_v just_o occasion_v that_o speech_n of_o guilty_a cain_n every_o one_o that_o find_v i_o shall_v slay_v i_o enoch_n enoch_n live_v so_o many_o year_n before_o his_o translation_n verse_n 23_o as_o we_o have_v day_n in_o our_o year_n viz._n 365._o and_o his_o prophecy_n mention_v judas_n v._n 14_o 15._o be_v not_o intimate_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n methuselah_n methuselah_n live_v to_o the_o 98_o year_n of_o shem._n verse_n 27_o methuselah_n methuselah_n the_o long_a liver_n verse_n 27_o die_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o flood_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o chronology_n of_o the_o time_n and_o year_n of_o those_o ten_o patriarch_n ch._n v._n and_o vii_o 6._o noah_n of_o noah_n son_n verse_n 32_o japhet_n be_v the_o elder_a shem_o the_o second_o and_o i_o be_o the_o young_a gen._n vii_o 1._o and_o ix_o 24._o and_o x._o 21._o and_o xi_o 10._o shem_fw-mi shem_fw-mi be_v two_o year_n young_a than_o japhet_n verse_n 32_o ch._n v._o 32._o and_o vii_o i._o and_o ch._n xi_o 10._o and_o live_v to_o the_o fifty_o year_n of_o isaac_n and_o so_o shem_n be_v the_o only_a person_n in_o scripture_n that_o live_v to_o see_v his_o posterity_n of_o the_o ten_o generation_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v melchizedech_n gen._n fourteen_o 18._o heb._n vii_o i._o etc._n etc._n these_o 120_o year_n verse_n 3_o c._n vi_o 3._o begin_v 20_o year_n before_o noah_n have_v any_o child_n cubit_n of_o cubit_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 15_o which_o measure_n the_o ark_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n xl._n 5._o flood_n these_o 150_o day_n c._n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 24_o vii_o 24._o from_o the_o begnning_a of_o the_o flood_n on_o the_o second_o month_n 17_o day_n c._n vii_o 11._o to_o the_o rest_a of_o the_o ark_n on_o the_o seven_o month_n 17_o day_n xiii_o 4._o do_v show_v those_o month_n to_o consist_v of_o 30_o day_n apiece_o and_o the_o number_n of_o the_o month_n can_v be_v doubt_v of_o here_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o the_o 1_o 2_o 7_o 10._o which_o show_v the_o year_n to_o differ_v little_a from_o we_o now_o noah_n noah_n live_v 950_o year_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 29_o c._n ix_o 29._o be_v bear_v in_o the_o 1056_o year_n of_o the_o world_n and_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 2006._o two_o year_n before_o abraham_n be_v bear_v he_o so_o live_v to_o see_v his_o child_n or_o posterity_n of_o the_o nine_o generation_n isle_n iles_n be_v take_v chapter_n x_o verse_n 6_o not_o only_o for_o land_n proper_o compass_v about_o with_o sea_n or_o water_n but_o for_o country_n also_o lie_v on_o the_o seacoast_n as_o jer._n xxv_o 22._o ezek._n xxxvii_o 3_o 15._o esay_n xx._n 6._o and_o sometime_o for_o land_n likewise_o be_v remote_a and_o transmarine_a part_n as_o esay_n xlii_o 1_o 5._o and_o xlii_o 4_o 10._o and_o xlix_o 1._o and_o li._n 5._o and_o lx._n 9_o babel_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o dan._n verse_n 10_o iu._n 30._o sidon_n sidon_n in_o hebrew_n tsidon_n verse_n 19_o call_v the_o great_a city_n josh._n xi_o 8._o and_o ch._n xix_o 28._o ancient_a by_o much_o than_o tyre_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o zech._n ix_o 2._o arphaxad_v man_n life_n half_v chapter_n xi_o verse_n 13_o or_o thereabouts_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o flood_n xi_o 11._o etc._n etc._n compare_v with_o ch._n v._o and_o again_o shorten_v about_o another_o half_n at_o the_o build_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o babel_n x._o 25._o and_o xi_o 19_o and_o well-nigh_o the_o three_o time_n between_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n and_o moses_n xxv_o 7._o psal._n xc_o 10._o abram_n abram_n bear_v verse_n 26_o not_o in_o the_o 70_o but_o in_o the_o 130._o year_n of_o terah_n gen._n xi_o 32._o and_o xii_o 4._o act_n vii_o 4._o ur_fw-la ch._n xi_o 31_o 32._o verse_n 31_o and_o act_n vii_o 2_o 3_o 4._o show_n ur_fw-la to_o be_v in_o mesopotamia_n and_o abram_n to_o be_v call_v there_o and_o after_o terahs_n death_n at_o haran_n than_o he_o have_v a_o new_a call_v gen._n xii_o 1._o and_o else_o the_o hebrew_n perasha_n upon_o terahs_n death_n ch._n xi_o 32._o have_v be_v unfit_a egypt_n egypt_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 10_o in_o hebrew_n mitzrajim_n or_o misraim_n so_o call_v from_o the_o son_n of_o ham_n of_o that_o name_n gen._n x._o 6._o whence_o also_o it_o be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o ham_n psal._n cv_o 27._o and_o cvi_o 22._o it_o be_v call_v also_o rahab_n esay_n li._n 9_o from_o her_o pride_n and_o power_n esay_n xxx_o 7._o ezek._n xxx_o 6._o it_o be_v the_o ancient_a kingdom_n that_o we_o read_v of_o except_o it_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o assyria_n by_o cush_n the_o other_o son_n of_o ham_n gen._n x._o 8._o 12._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n mention_v in_o scripture_n be_v pharaoh_n which_o after_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o common_a name_n to_o their_o king_n as_o ptolemy_n whence_o bartholomew_n that_o be_v bar-ptolomie_n the_o son_n of_o ptolemy_n be_v to_o they_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o macedonian_a or_o greekish_a divide_v empire_n or_o many_o pharaoh_n as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n gen._n xii_o 15._o of_o jacob_n and_o joseph_n gen._n xxxvii_o 36._o and_o ch._n xli_o 1._o and_o xlvi_o 5._o &_o l._n 4._o of_o moses_n exod._n i._n 11._o and_o ch._n xviii_o 10._o heb._n xi_o 24._o of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n iii_o 1._o shishak_n be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n in_o solomon_n time_n and_o in_o rehoboam_n time_n 1_o king_n xi_o 40._o and_o ch._n fourteen_o 25._o 2._o chron._n xii_o 2_o 9_o so_o a_o king_n name_n of_o egypt_n in_o hoshea_n time_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 4._o pharaoh_n in_o ezekiah_n time_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 21._o pharaoh_n necho_n deem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o psammetichus_n in_o josias_n his_o time_n and_o in_o jehojakim_v time_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 29._o and_o ch._n xxiv_o 7._o jer._n xlvi_o 2._o pharaoh_n and_o pharaoh-hophra_a in_o zedekiah_n and_o in_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n time_n jer._n xxxvii_o 5_o 7_o 11._o and_o xliv_o 30_o ezek._n xxix_o 2_o 3._o and_o ch._n xxx_o 21._o and_o ch._n xxxi_o 2._o and_o ch._n xxxii_o 2_o 31._o sarai_n sarai_n fair_a verse_n 11_o and_o the_o more_o account_v so_o go_v among_o the_o egyptian_n xii_o 11_o 12._o and_o she_o the_o only_a woman_n who_o whole_a age_n be_v record_v in_o scripture_n xxiii_o 1._o that_o prophetical_a promise_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 13_o gen._n xv._o 13._o make_v not_o the_o israelite_n to_o be_v 400_o year_n in_o egypt_n but_o rather_o be_v thus_o right_o understand_v that_o abraham_n seed_n that_o be_v isaac_n and_o jacob_n shall_v be_v stranger_n in_o a_o land_n that_o be_v not_o they_o that_o be_v in_o canaan_n 190_o year_n from_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n to_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n xxv_o 26._o and_o xlvii_o 9_o and_o jacob_n posterity_n be_v stranger_n in_o egypt_n from_o his_o go_v down_o thither_o till_o their_o bring_v forth_o by_o moses_n 210_o year_n not_o 400_o year_n there_o moses_n himself_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jochebed_n the_o daughter_n of_o levi_n num._n xxvi_o 59_o and_o grandchild_n of_o kohath_n and_o levi_n and_o koath_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n with_o jacob_n xlvi_o 11._o and_o machir_n the_o son_n of_o manasseh_n and_o jair_v the_o grandchild_n of_o hezrom_n live_v in_o moses_n his_o time_n num._n xxxii_o 40_o 41._o and_o achan_n the_o three_o from_o zarah_n live_v in_o joshuahs_n time_n josh._n vii_o 1._o 18._o 1_o chron._n ii_o 6_o 7._o and_o thus_o 190_o and_o 210_o make_v up_o those_o 400_o year_n in_o this_o prophetical_a promise_n mention_v and_o the_o samaritan_n bible_n or_o text_n here_o and_o the_o lxx_o in_o exod._n xii_o 40._o do_v thus_o declare_v this_o point_n though_o their_o insertion_n and_o addition_n there_o be_v of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o meaning_n and_o no_o part_n of_o the_o sacred_a text._n name_v name_v change_v chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 5_o as_o abram_n and_o sarai'_v here_o so_o jacob_n joseph_n naomy_n pashurs_n and_o other_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o esay_n lxii_o 4._o and_o on_o jer._n xxiii_o 6._o and_o xxxiii_o 16._o abram_n abram_n signify_v a_o high_a or_o lofty_a father_n abraham_n a_o father_n of_o a_o great_a multitude_n he_o be_v call_v the_o friend_n of_o god_n 2_o chron._n xx._n 7._o esay_n xli_o 8._o jam._n ii_o 23._o sarai_n sarai_n signify_v my_o lady_n verse_n 15_o or_o my_o princess_n sarah_n a_o lady_n or_o princess_n without_o restriction_n the_o title_n be_v
in_o the_o ark_n and_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o solomon_n sacrifice_n and_o his_o solemn_a prayer_n upon_o his_o brazen_a scaffold_n may_v then_o and_o thereby_o become_v the_o great_a and_o more_o illustrious_a 1_o king_n viii_o 1_o 66._o 2_o chron._n v._o and_o vi_o and_o vii_o chapter_n it_o begin_v the_o seven_o or_o eight_o day_n of_o that_o month_n for_o on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n begin_v the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o in_o relation_n to_o these_o two_o feast_n be_v those_o fourteen_o day_n mention_v 1_o king_n viii_o 65._o 2_o chron._n vii_o ver_fw-la 8_o 9_o and_o on_o the_o twenty_o three_o day_n of_o that_o month_n the_o people_n be_v dismiss_v 2_o chron._n vii_o 10._o the_o eight_o day_n of_o the_o late_a feast_n 1_o king_n viii_o 66._o house_n of_o the_o forest_n of_o lebanon_n this_o be_v build_v in_o jerusalem_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 2_o see_v ver_fw-la 6_o 7_o 8._o his_o dwell_a house_n and_o throne_n not_o far_o from_o it_o and_o golden_a shield_n in_o it_o 1_o king_n x._o 16_o 17._o and_o there_o seize_v on_o by_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n 2_o chron._n xii_o 9_o 10._o it_o seem_v so_o call_v as_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o abridgement_n of_o that_o famous_a forest_n afar_o off_o from_o jerusalem_n and_o contain_v in_o it_o and_o in_o the_o grove_n and_o garden_n about_o it_o all_o the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n of_o that_o forest_n in_o solitary_a walk_n sweet_a smell_n music_n of_o bird_n and_o sight_n of_o wilde-beast_n etc._n etc._n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o zech._n xi_o 1._o where_o conceive_v this_o house_n to_o be_v build_v in_o that_o forest_n not_o in_o jerusalem_n upon_o further_a consideration_n i_o think_v good_a to_o retract_v that_o opinion_n here_o two_o thousand_o bath_n bath_n the_o measure_n of_o liquid_a thing_n verse_n 26_o as_o epha_n of_o dry_n both_o of_o the_o same_o capacity_n this_o sea_n have_v ordinary_o put_v into_o it_o two_o thousand_o bath_n or_o five_o hundred_o barrel_n reckon_v eight_o gallon_n to_o the_o bath_n and_o four_o bath_n to_o the_o barrel_n but_o this_o sea_n be_v fill_v up_o to_o the_o brim_n it_o may_v contain_v three_o thousand_o bath_n 2_o chron._n iu_o 5._o or_o seven_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o barrel_n with_o water_n draw_v out_o of_o it_o by_o cock_n or_o otherways_o the_o priest_n wash_v etc._n etc._n ten_o laver_n but_o one_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n verse_n 38_o exod._n xxx_o 18._o here_o be_v ten_o laver_n beside_o the_o sea_n and_o so_o of_o the_o candlestick_n and_o table_n there_o be_v ten_o in_o the_o temple_n to_o one_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n 1_o king_n vii_o 49._o 2_o chron._n iu._n 8._o each_o laver_n contain_v forty_o bath_n bowl_n of_o pure_a gold_n of_o gold_n belong_v to_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n verse_n 50_o 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 17._o some_o of_o silver_n 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 16._o and_o as_o those_o give_v by_o the_o twelve_o prince_n num._n vii_o 13_o 85._o some_o of_o brass_n for_o the_o brazen_a altar_n exod._n xxxviii_o 3_o num._n iu_o 14._o 1_o king_n vii_o 45._o and_o for_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n see_v on_o jer._n lii_o 17_o 23._o please_a he_o not_o king_n hiram_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 12_o though_o displease_v with_o the_o twenty_o city_n give_v he_o by_o solomon_n in_o the_o land_n of_o galilee_n yet_o please_v to_o restore_v they_o to_o he_o in_o love_n 2_o chron._n viii_o 2._o a_o tribute_n of_o bond-service_n these_o hear_v mention_v verse_n 21_o and_o their_o posterity_n seem_v to_o be_v call_v solomon_n servant_n ezra_n ii_o 55_o 58._o neh._n vii_o 57_o 60._o and_o xi_o 3._o gold_n from_o ophir_n so_o gold_n from_o uphaz_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 11_o jer._n x._o 9_o and_o gold_n of_o ophir_n psal._n xlv_o 9_o and_o gold_n of_o uphaz_n dan._n x._o 5._o and_o gold_n of_o sheba_n ps._n lxxii_o 15._o and_o gold_n of_o parvaim_n 2_o chron._n iii_o 6._o and_o these_o be_v take_v for_o the_o fine_a gold_n 1_o king_n x._o 18._o compare_v with_o 2_o chron._n ix_o 17._o job_n xxii_o 24._o but_o whether_o these_o place_n be_v peru_n in_o america_n or_o fez_n in_o africa_n or_o sumatra_n or_o taprobane_n or_o in_o arabia_n or_o elsewhere_o according_a to_o our_o modern_a name_n be_v in_o these_o day_n altogether_o doubtful_a tarshish_n the_o name_n of_o one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o javan_n verse_n 22_o gen._n x._o 4._o who_o posterity_n as_o some_o imagine_v plant_v in_o that_o part_n of_o spain_n where_o a_o city_n and_o region_n adjacent_a thence_o take_v the_o denomination_n of_o tartesus_fw-la and_o tartesia_n afterward_o or_o rather_o as_o other_o conceive_v they_o seat_v themselves_o in_o cilicia_n and_o give_v this_o name_n of_o tarshish_n as_o to_o the_o whole_a region_n so_o special_o to_o the_o chief_a city_n and_o port-town_n there_o afterward_o call_v tarsus_n the_o place_n of_o paul_n birth_n act_v xxi_o 39_o and_o xxii_o 3._o and_o that_o thence_o the_o midland_n sea_n which_o border_v upon_o that_o port_n and_o territory_n be_v call_v tarshish_n and_o the_o ship_n either_o belong_v to_o that_o port_n or_o trade_v to_o and_o fro_o in_o that_o sea_n be_v thence_o call_v ship_n of_o tarshish_n esay_n ii_o 16._o yea_o sometime_o tarshish_n seem_v to_o denote_v the_o arabian_a and_o persian_a gulf_n the_o ocean_n either_o western_a or_o eastern_a ezek._n xxvii_o 12._o or_o any_o great_a sea_n as_o likewise_o pontus_n do_v in_o latin_a and_o ship_n of_o tarshish_n to_o be_v vessel_n of_o great_a bulk_n and_o burden_n fit_a to_o traverse_v and_o traffic_v in_o any_o such_o sea_n 1_o king_n x._o 22._o silver_n to_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n as_o stone_n the_o israelite_n ripe_a for_o rebellion_n verse_n 27_o complain_v so_o much_o of_o their_o oppression_n in_o solomon_n peaceable_a rich_a &_o glorious_a reign_n 1_o king_n x._o 27._o and_o xii_o 4._o 2_o chron._n i._n 15._o and_o viii_o 8_o 9_o love_a many_o strange_a woman_n wise_n solomon_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 1_o or_o jedidiah_n fall_n be_v wonderful_a yet_o his_o repentance_n not_o to_o be_v doubt_v of_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiastes_n in_o 2_o sam._n vii_o 14_o 15._o 1_o chron._n xxii_o 10._o and_o xxviii_o 6._o and_o xvii_o 13_o 14._o 2_o chron._n xi_o 17._o 2._o pet._n i._n 21._o one_o tribe_n not_o one_o whole_a tribe_n verse_n 32_o but_o that_o of_o judah_n only_o do_v stick_v to_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o house_n of_o david_n after_o solomon_n reign_n 1_o king_n xi_o 32_o 36._o and_o xii_o 20._o 2._o king_n xvii_o v._o 18._o yet_o see_v 2_o chr._n xi_o 13_o 17._o and_o hence_o begin_v those_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninty_a day_n in_o ezek._n iu._n 5._o see_v the_o annotation_n there_o rehoboam_n rehoboam_n be_v the_o only_a son_n we_o read_v of_o that_o solomon_n have_v verse_n 43_o for_o all_o his_o shameful_a number_n of_o wife_n and_o concubine_n and_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v only_o of_o two_o of_o his_o daughter_n 1_o king_n iu_o 11_o 15._o set_v down_o in_o that_o chapter_n by_o anticipation_n this_o rehoboam_n be_v say_v to_o be_v young_a and_o tender-hearted_a 2_o chron._n xiii_o 7._o young_a in_o experience_a wisdom_n when_o yet_o at_o that_o time_n he_o be_v forty_o one_o year_n of_o age_n 2_o chron._n xii_o 13._o be_v bear_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o young_a wise_a father_n solomon_n reign_n he_o foolish_o forsake_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o old_a man_n 1_o king_n xii_o 8_o 13_o 14._o to_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o his_o kingdom_n yet_o afterward_o he_o be_v say_v to_o deal_v wise_o 2_o chron._n xi_o 23._o in_o bethel_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 29_o and_o the_o other_o put_v he_o in_o dan_n in_o the_o south_n and_o north_n border_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o yet_o bethel_n be_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n bethel_n be_v take_v from_o he_o in_o his_o own_o day_n by_o abijah_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 19_o and_o dan_n be_v smite_v by_o benhadad_n in_o the_o day_n of_o asa_n and_o baasha_n soon_o after_o 1_o king_n xv._o 20._o bethel_n though_o bethel_n be_v sometime_o call_v bethaven_n in_o the_o prophet_n verse_n 32_o as_o hos._n iu._n 15._o and_o v._o 8._o and_o x._o 5_o 15._o and_o aven_n chap._n x._o 8._o as_o mount_n olivet_n of_o mount_n mischa_n be_v call_v mount_n maschith_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 13._o yet_o be_v there_o bethel_n and_o bethaven_n two_o distinct_a neighbour_a town_n or_o city_n josh._n vii_o 2._o and_o xviii_o 12._o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 5._o and_o chap._n fourteen_o 23._o a_o child_n fulfil_v 2_o king_n xxiii_o 15_o 16_o 17._o samaria_n samaria_n so_o call_v by_o anticipation_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 2_o as_o bethel_n gen._n xii_o 8._o and_o sundry_a other_o place_n in_o scripture_n verse_n 32_o not_o that_o they_o have_v
those_o name_n in_o those_o time_n first_o mention_v but_o in_o aftertime_n when_o the_o writer_n of_o those_o history_n live_v 1_o king_n xvi_o 24._o it_o seem_v of_o old_a to_o be_v call_v and_o belong_v to_o shimron-meron_n josh._n xi_o 1_o 5._o and_o xii_o 20._o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 19_o after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n do_v often_o cite_v the_o book_n of_o the_o chron_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o judah_n as_o 1_o king_n fourteen_o 19_o 20._o xv._o 7._o 23_o 31._o 2_o king_n i._n 18._o and_o viii_o 23._o and_o x._o 34._o not_o mean_v thereby_o our_o canonical_a book_n of_o chron._n for_o they_o be_v not_o then_o write_v before_o but_o after_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o therefore_o they_o can_v not_o be_v cite_v before_o they_o have_v a_o be_v but_o mean_v thereby_o civil_a chronicle_n or_o roll_n now_o not_o extant_a like_o those_o ezra_n vi_o 1_o 2._o esther_n vi_o 1._o maachah_n abijah_n mother_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 2_o and_o her_o father_n have_v both_o of_o they_o two_o differ_v and_o various_a name_n 1_o king_n xv._o 2_o 10._o 2_o chron._n xi_o 20._o and_o xiii_o 2._o his_o marriage_n and_o child_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 21._o be_v all_o or_o almost_o all_o in_o his_o father_n reign_n save_o only_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o vriah_n in_o this_o sin_n david_n do_v lie_v long_o without_o repentance_n verse_n 5_o 2_o sam._n xii_o 14._o and_o to_o cover_v this_o sin_n he_o make_v uriah_n drink_v and_o after_o murder_v he_o yet_o afterward_o upon_o his_o repentance_n he_o publish_v it_o and_o his_o shame_n and_o sorrow_n for_o it_o in_o the_o li._n psalm_n and_o commit_v it_o to_o the_o chief_a musician_n to_o be_v sing_v public_o in_o the_o congregation_n but_o beside_o this_o there_o be_v many_o other_o sin_n record_v of_o david_n as_o his_o speech_n and_o lie_v to_o jonathan_n 1_o sam._n xx._n 6._o to_o ahimelech_n 1_o sam._n xxi_o 2._o to_o achish_n 1_o sam._n xxvii_o 10._o the_o slowness_n of_o his_o kindness_n to_o mephibosheth_n compare_v together_o 2_o sam._n iu_o 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 11_o 12._o and_o after_o his_o ill-managing_a of_o it_o 2_o sam._n xvi_o 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 29._o his_o many_o wife_n and_o concubine_n the_o spare_v of_o his_o son_n ammon_n and_o absolom_n his_o number_v of_o the_o people_n yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o upright_a intention_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o his_o singular_a rare_a grace_n gift_n and_o qualification_n be_v the_o rest_n not_o reckon_v and_o this_o praise_n here_o give_v he_o by_o the_o indulgency_n of_o god_n forty_o and_o one_o year_n asa_n reign_v in_o judah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o eight_o king_n in_o israel_n verse_n 10_o viz._n jeroboham_n nadab_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n tibni_n omri_n ahab_n 1_o king_n xv._o 9_o and_o xvi_o 29._o and_o xxii_o 41._o in_o which_o time_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v change_v into_o three_o several_a stock_n and_o family_n maachah_n maachah_n be_v wife_n to_o rehoboam_n verse_n 13_o mother_n to_o abijah_n and_o grandmother_n to_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 2._o yet_o call_v the_o mother_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 13._o 2_o chron._n xv_o ver_fw-la 16._o and_o as_o mother_n use_v for_o grandmother_n so_o daughter_n for_o grandchild_n 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o brethren_n for_o kinsman_n 2_o king_n x._o 13._o matth._n xiii_o 55_o 56._o and_o many_o like_a phrase_n be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n see_v gen._n xiii_o 8._o exod._n ii_o 18._o 20_o 21._o dan._n v._o 10_o 11_o 13_o 22._o these_o year_n not_o this_o place_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 1_o nor_o chap._n xviii_o 1._o nor_o any_o place_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n do_v show_v that_o the_o drought_n be_v bring_v at_o elias_n his_o prayer_n or_o continue_v three_o year_n and_o six_o month_n but_o saint_n james_n first_o record_v it_o jam._n i._n 17._o four_o barrel_n with_o water_n elijah_n get_v this_o water_n in_o the_o time_n of_o that_o wonderful_a drought_n for_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 33_o out_o of_o the_o sea_n mount_v carmel_n join_v to_o the_o sea_n jer_n xlvi_o 18._o the_o brook_n kishon_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o carmel_n be_v dry_v up_o as_o well_o as_o the_o brook_n cherith_n thy_o altar_n former_o erect_v to_o he_o chapter_n xix_o verse_n 10_o think_v not_o so_o warrantable_o see_v ver_fw-la 14._o thy_o prophet_n as_o chap._n xviii_o 4_o 13._o i_o only_o be_o leave_v in_o his_o own_o apprehension_n yet_o be_v there_o then_o a_o flourish_a church_n in_o judah_n anoint_v by_o another_o verse_n 15_o viz._n elisha_n 2_o king_n viii_o 7._o and_o likewise_o jehu_n be_v anoint_v by_o a_o young_a prophet_n at_o the_o command_n of_o elisha_n 2_o king_n ix_o 1._o thirty_o two_o king_n petty_n king_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 1_o as_o those_o gen._n fourteen_o josh._n xii_o judg._n i._n 7._o aphek_n a_o city_n who_o king_n be_v slay_v by_o joshuah_n verse_n 26_o josh._n xii_o 18._o fall_v by_o lot_n afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o asher_n josh._n xix_o 30_o 31._o where_o the_o philistine_n pitch_v in_o battle_n against_o israel_n get_v the_o victory_n and_o take_v the_o ark_n of_o god_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 1._o and_o again_o gather_v their_o army_n in_o aphek_n go_v up_o to_o jezreel_n near_o the_o mount_n of_o gilboa_n and_o overthrow_v saul_n and_o his_o host_n 1_o sam._n xxix_o 1_o 11._o and_o chap._n xxx_o and_o here_o the_o syrian_n under_o benhadad_n fight_v against_o ahab_n and_o be_v slay_v even_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o footman_n in_o one_o day_n and_o the_o rest_n flee_v to_o aphek_n into_o the_o city_n and_o there_o a_o wall_n fall_v upon_o twenty_o seven_o thousand_o of_o the_o man_n that_o be_v leave_v 1_o king_n xx._n 26_o 29_o 30._o and_o here_o again_o the_o syrian_n be_v smite_v and_o consume_v by_o joash_n king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xiii_o 17._o proclaim_v a_o fast_a chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 9_o it_o seem_v on_o fast-daye_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o try_v and_o execute_v heinous_a offender_n and_o stone_v he_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o son_n be_v mention_v verse_n 13_o 2_o king_n ix_o 26._o which_o be_v in_o samaria_n verse_n 18_o behold_v he_o be_v in_o the_o vineyard_n of_o naboth_n or_o will_v be_v in_o jezreel_n in_o the_o vineyard_n of_o naboth_n in_o samaria_n when_o the_o message_n be_v give_v in_o charge_n to_o elias_n in_o the_o vineyard_n at_o jezreel_n when_o elias_n meet_v he_o even_o thou_o verify_v for_o the_o substance_n in_o himself_o verse_n 19_o in_o his_o wife_n jezebel_n and_o in_o his_o son_n jehoram_n 2_o king_n ix_o 25_o 26._o not_o bring_v the_o evil_n in_o his_o day_n that_o evil_a verse_n 29_o ver_fw-la 21_o 24._o that_o total_o in_o the_o pool_n of_o samaria_n which_o may_v extend_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 38_o or_o run_v into_o jezreel_n or_o another_o pool_n of_o that_o name_n be_v there_o or_o the_o armour_n wash_v there_o where_o his_o chief_a armoury_n be_v make_v peace_n make_v peace_n with_o ahab_n verse_n 44_o and_o his_o two_o son_n ahaziah_n and_o jehoram_n 2_o king_n iii_o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n xix_o 2._o and_o chap._n xx._n 35_o 36._o and_o be_v reprehend_v just_o therefore_o will_v not_o will_v not_o at_o first_o verse_n 49_o but_o yield_v afterward_o 2_o chron._n xx._n 35_o 36_o 37._o ii_o king_n the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n or_o four_o rather_o contain_v the_o history_n of_o 321_o year_n to_o the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o head_n of_o jehoiachim_n in_o the_o reign_v of_o 16_o king_n of_o judah_n count_v in_o athaliah_n 12_o king_n of_o israel_n so_o that_o the_o number_n of_o king_n from_o the_o first_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o extirpation_n of_o they_o both_o be_v twenty_o in_o each_o though_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n do_v expire_v in_o hoshea_n by_o shalmanasar_n before_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n do_v expire_v in_o zedekiah_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o space_n of_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o three_o year_n not_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o five_o the_o twenty_o of_o judah_n be_v all_o of_o david_n line_n except_v athaliah_n the_o queen_n the_o twenty_o of_o israel_n be_v of_o ten_o several_a stock_n ahaziah_n joash_n amatziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o athaliah_n the_o queen_n all_o succeed_a one_o another_o be_v all_o slay_v amon_n likewise_o and_o his_o son_n josiah_n both_o slay_v and_o ten_o king_n of_o israel_n the_o half_a of_o all_o their_o number_n be_v likewise_o slay_v for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o ahab_n ahaziah_n jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o jehoshaphat_n jehoram_n ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n take_v this_o as_o follow_v ahab_n reign_v twenty_o two_o year_n 1_o king_n xvi_o
31._o ahazia_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o reign_v two_o year_n jehoram_fw-la the_o other_o son_n of_o ahab_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o king_n i_o 17._o and_o in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o jehoshaphat_n and_o reign_v twelve_o year_n 2_o king_n iii_o 1._o jehoshaphat_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o ahab_n 1_o king_n xxii_o 41._o and_o reign_v twenty_o five_o year_n 2_o chron._n xx._n 31._o jehoram_fw-la the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o his_o father_n life-time_n and_o in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o jehoram_n of_o ahab_n and_o reign_v eight_o year_n 2_o king_n viii_o 16_o 17._o ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o son_n of_o jehoram_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o jehoram_n of_o ahab_n 2_o king_n viii_o 25._o in_o his_o eleven_o year_n chap._n ix_o 29._o ahaziah_n himself_o be_v then_o twenty_o two_o year_n old_a 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o or_o forty_o two_o year_n old_a 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o and_o he_o reign_v one_o year_n 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o all_o the_o doubt_n arise_v from_o the_o premise_n be_v fair_o clear_v as_o follow_v viz._n jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n be_v both_o slay_v by_o jehu_n in_o one_o year_n therefore_o between_o their_o death_n and_o the_o first_o of_o jehoshaphat_n or_o four_o of_o ahab_n there_o must_v be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o distance_n and_o period_n of_o time_n which_o agree_v well_o thus_o in_o the_o line_n of_o israel_n eighteen_o year_n remain_v of_o ahab_n twenty_o two_o 1_o king_n xvi_o 29._o two_o of_o ahaziah_n but_o one_o of_o they_o in_o his_o father_n life-time_n and_o twelve_o of_o jehoram_n in_o all_o 31._o and_o so_o in_o the_o line_n of_o judah_n twenty_o five_o of_o jehoshaphat_n and_o eight_o of_o jehoram_n whereof_o two_o at_o least_o in_o his_o father_n life-time_n and_o ahaziah_n but_o a_o piece_n of_o a_o year_n in_o all_o thirty_o one_o now_o ahaziah_n of_o israel_n beginning_n to_o reign_v in_o the_o seventeen_o of_o jehoshaphat_n show_v that_o ahab_n have_v make_v he_o viceroy_n the_o year_n before_o his_o death_n for_o ahab_n die_v in_o the_o eighteen_o of_o jehoshaphat_n and_o so_o this_o ahaziah_n reign_v but_o one_o year_n himself_n alone_o and_o jehoram_n the_o other_o son_n of_o ahab_n beginning_n to_o reign_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n show_n that_o jehoshaphat_n have_v make_v his_o son_n jehoram_n his_o viceroy_n the_o same_o year_n that_o ahab_n have_v do_v the_o like_a viz._n the_o year_n before_o their_o go_v to_o battle_n to_o ramoth-gilead_n which_o battle_n be_v in_o the_o last_o of_o ahab_n and_o eighteen_o of_o jehoshaphat_n and_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n beginning_n to_o reign_v in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o jehoram_n of_o ahab_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o jehoshaphat_v own_o reign_v and_o jehoram_n reign_v from_o that_o time_n eight_o year_n show_n that_o jehoshaphat_n make_v his_o son_n of_o voiceroy_n king_n joint_n with_o himself_o in_o the_o twenty_o three_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n two_o year_n before_o his_o death_n and_o so_o this_o jehoram_n reign_v as_o king_n two_o year_n in_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_v life-time_n and_o six_o year_n after_o his_o death_n not_o four_o year_n in_o his_o life-time_n and_o four_o year_n after_o his_o death_n as_o be_v usua_o aver_v and_o ahaziah_n of_o judah_n upon_o the_o premise_n begin_v to_o reign_v upon_o the_o twelve_o year_n beginning_n or_o eleven_o year_n end_v of_o jehoram_n of_o israel_n and_o jehoram_n the_o father_n of_o this_o ahaziah_n beginning_n to_o reign_v in_o the_o thirty_o two_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o reign_v eight_o year_n and_o die_v at_o forty_o 2_o king_n viii_o 17_o 24_o this_o ahaziah_n can_v possible_o be_v forty_o two_o but_o twenty_o two_o when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v his_o father_n be_v marry_v to_o athaliah_n his_o mother_n in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o jehoshaphat_v reign_n and_o those_o forty_o two_o year_n must_v needs_o relate_v to_o another_o time_n than_o ahaziah_n age_n and_o do_v just_o agree_v with_o the_o number_n of_o year_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o omri_n his_o race_n in_o the_o royal_a throne_n from_o who_o this_o ahaziah_n descend_v by_o his_o mother_n athaliah_n and_o in_o who_o and_o omry_v grandchild_n jehoram_fw-la it_o end_v thus_o omri_n alone_o after_o the_o death_n of_o tibni_n six_o or_o seven_o year_n 1_o king_n xvi_o 23_o 29._o ahab_n twenty_o two_o ahaziah_n alone_o one_o jehoram_fw-la twelve_o in_o all_o forty_o two_o and_o the_o hebrew_n expression_n in_o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o be_v this_o a_o son_n of_o forty_o two_o year_n be_v ahaziah_n inhi_v reign_v which_o may_v have_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o continuance_n in_o a_o stock_n and_o a_o passage_n and_o computation_n not_o unlike_a to_o this_o be_v that_o 2_o chron._n xv._o 19_o and_o chap._n xvi_o 1._o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o two_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n this_o ahaziah_n of_o judah_n be_v otherwise_o call_v azariah_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o 6._o and_o jehoahaz_n chap._n xxi_o 17._o and_o joahaz_n 2_o chron._n xxv_o 23._o for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o uzziah_n jotham_n ahaz_n and_o hezekiah_n king_n of_o judah_fw-mi and_o of_o zuchariah_n shallum_n menachem_n pekiah_n pekah_n hosheah_n king_n of_o israel_n take_v this_o as_o follow_v vzziah_n be_v smite_v with_o leprosy_n in_o his_o old_a age_n for_o attempt_v to_o offer_v incense_n on_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n his_o son_n jotham_n be_v over_o the_o king_n house_n judge_v the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n 2_o chron._n xxvi_o 21._o this_o seem_v to_o be_v four_o year_n before_o his_o father_n uzziah_n death_n and_o so_o may_v seem_v to_o extend_v after_o a_o sort_n the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o jothams_n reign_n to_o twenty_o 2_o king_n xv._o 30._o whereas_o jotham_n reign_v only_o sixteen_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n uzziah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 33._o jotham_n begin_v his_o sixteen_o in_o the_o second_o of_o pekah_n twenty_o 2_o king_n xv._o 32._o in_o jothams_n day_n pekah_n and_o rezin_n begin_v to_o trouble_v judah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 37._o ahaz_n begin_v his_o sixâ—een_o in_o the_o seventeen_o of_o pekah_n twenty_o 2_o king_n xvi_o 1._o then_o do_v the_o danger_n by_o pekah_n and_o rezin_n increase_v he_o be_v spoil_v by_o they_o and_o by_o the_o edomite_n and_o the_o philistine_n 2_o chron._n xxviii_o and_o by_o the_o assyrian_a partly_o help_v and_o partly_o distress_v hezekiah_n begin_v his_o twenty_o nine_o in_o the_o three_o of_o hoshea_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 1_o 2._o that_o be_v the_o three_o after_o his_o first_o nine_o 2_o king_n xvii_o 1._o which_o nine_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelftth_v of_o ahaz_n and_o that_o three_o after_o it_o falls_z in_o with_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o sixteenth_o and_o last_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xv._o 8_o 13._o zachariah_n begin_v in_o the_o thirty_o eight_o of_o uzziah_n shallum_n begin_v in_o the_o thirty_o nine_o of_o uzziah_n menachem_n begin_v his_o ten_o in_o the_o thirty_o nine_o of_o uzziah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 17._o then_o pull_v king_n of_o assyria_n make_v a_o attempt_n upon_o menachem_n ver_fw-la 18_o 19_o 20._o pekahiah_n begin_v his_o two_o in_o the_o fifty_o of_o vzziah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 23._o pekah_n begin_v his_o twenty_o in_o the_o fifty_o two_o of_o vzziah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 27._o and_o so_o pekah_n first_o and_o uzziah_n last_o be_v in_o one_o year_n in_o pekah_n day_n tiglath-peleze_a captive_a galilee_n and_o naphtali_n into_o assyria_n 2_o king_n xv._o 29._o hoshea_n rule_v and_o reign_v eighteen_o year_n for_o thirty_o eight_o year_n be_v from_o the_o first_o of_o jotham_n to_o the_o six_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o so_o many_o must_v be_v from_o the_o first_o of_o pekah_n to_o the_o end_n and_o last_v of_o hoshea_n and_o pekah_n reign_v twenty_o the_o remain_n for_o hoshea_n must_v needs_o be_v eighteen_o hoshea_n begin_v in_o the_o twenty_o of_o jotham_n 2_o king_n xv._o 30._o that_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o sixteenth_o for_o jothams_n four_o in_o his_o father_n uzziah_n time_n do_v precede_v his_o sixteen_o and_o his_o sixteen_o end_v in_o the_o seventeen_o of_o pekah_n when_o jothams_n son_n ahaz_n begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n xvi_o 1._o so_o that_o
hoshea_n true_o begin_v in_o the_o four_o of_o ahaz_n which_o be_v the_o twenty_o from_o the_o time_n that_o jotham_n begin_v to_o reign_v not_o that_o jotham_n reign_v twenty_o year_n till_o hoshea_n begin_v and_o hoshea_n have_v reign_v nine_o year_n in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n and_o these_o first_o nine_o year_n the_o sacred_a story_n pass_v over_o in_o silence_n he_o have_v do_v nothing_o remarkable_a or_o memorable_a in_o they_o his_o late_a nine_a year_n be_v story_v on_o it_o thus_o that_o the_o first_o of_o they_o begin_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 1._o that_o in_o the_o three_o of_o they_o which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o ahaz_n hezekiah_n begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n xviii_o 1._o that_o in_o the_o seven_o of_o they_o and_o four_o of_o hezekiah_n shalmanezar_n come_v and_o besiege_v samaria_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 9_o that_o in_o the_o nine_o and_o last_o of_o they_o and_o six_o of_o hezekiah_n shalmanesar_n take_v samaria_n and_o carry_v all_o captive_n into_o assyria_n and_o fina_o extinguish_v that_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 10_o 11._o the_o name_n then_o and_o the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o of_o israel_n in_o this_o ii_o book_n of_o king_n be_v as_o follow_v viz._n of_o judah_n year_n jehoram_fw-la as_o viceroy_n 4_o in_o all_o 12._o imperfect_a joint_a king_n with_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_n 2_o sole_a king_n after_o his_o father_n death_n 6_o ahaziah_n 1_o imperfect_a athaliah_n 6_o joash_n 40_o amatziah_n 17_o vzziah_n 52_o jotham_n 15_o ahaz_n 14_o hezekiah_n 29_o manasseh_n 55_o amon_n 2_o josiah_n 31_o jehoachaz_n  _fw-fr jehojakim_n 11_o jehoachin_n  _fw-fr zedekiah_n 11_o thence_o to_o jehoiachins_n advancement_n 26_o king_n of_o israel_n year_n ahaziah_n 1_o jehoram_n 11_o jehu_n 28_o jehoahaz_n 15_o joash_n or_o jehoash_n 16_o jeroboam_fw-la 41_o zechariah_n  _fw-fr shallum_n  _fw-fr menachem_n 10_o pekahiah_n 2_o pekah_n 20_o hoshea_n 18_o see_v my_o annotation_n on_o hos._n i._n 1._o if_o thou_o see_v i_o chapter_n two_o verse_n 10_o this_o sign_n be_v of_o god_n appointment_n and_o the_o thing_n do_v on_o the_o east-side_n of_o jordan_n a_o minstrel_n to_o quiet_a chapter_n iii_o verse_n 15_o quicken_v and_o compose_v his_o spirit_n his_o elder_a son_n the_o king_n of_o edom_n elder_a son_n verse_n 27_o take_v by_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n in_o this_o eruption_n see_v amos_n ii_o 1._o and_o the_o annotation_n there_o shunem_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 8_o josh._n xix_o 18._o and_o have_v in_o the_o same_o tribe_n stand_v from_o it_o jezreel_n towards_o the_o south_n mount_v gilboa_n towards_o the_o southeast_n the_o river_n kishon_n on_o the_o east_n and_o mount_v tabor_n towards_o the_o north-north-east_n in_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n in_o shunem_n the_o philistine_n pitch_v against_o saul_n in_o gilboa_n 1_o sam._n xxviii_o 4._o here_o be_v bear_v abishag_fw-mi that_o fair_a virgin_n that_o lie_v in_o david_n bosom_n to_o cherish_v he_o as_o a_o wife-nurse_n in_o his_o decrepit_a age_n and_o be_v afterward_o seek_v for_o in_o marriage_n by_o adonijah_n but_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o state-wisdome_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n i._o and_o ii_o chapter_n and_o here_o dwell_v this_o great_a and_o good_a woman_n that_o make_v these_o accommodation_n for_o the_o prophet_n elishah_n and_o upon_o his_o prophetical_a promise_n obtain_v a_o son_n and_o have_v he_o miraculous_o raise_v from_o death_n of_o life_n again_o by_o elishah_n come_v from_o mount_n carmel_n hither_o as_o be_v in_o this_o iv_o chapter_n and_o further_o upon_o this_o account_n after_o her_o seven_o year_n absence_n on_o the_o prophet_n direction_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n to_o ensue_v during_o that_o time_n she_o return_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n have_v her_o house_n land_n and_o profit_n of_o her_o estate_n restore_v to_o she_o by_o jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n viii_o gilgal_n of_o this_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o verse_n 38_o twenty_o loaf_n of_o barley_n this_o be_v more_o than_o the_o bread_n of_o his_o first_o fruit_n come_v to_o verse_n 42_o king_n of_o syria_n this_o be_v benhadad_o the_o son_n of_o benhadad_n chapter_n v_n both_o king_n of_o syria_n verse_n 5_o 1_o king_n xv._o 18_o 19_o 20._o and_o xx._n 1._o 34._o 2_o king_n vi_o 24._o and_o viii_o 7._o 2._o chron._n xvi_o 2._o the_o father_n be_v the_o son_n of_o tabrimon_n the_o son_n of_o hezion_n king_n of_o syria_n 1_o king_n xv._o 18._o this_o the_o son_n slay_v ahab_n at_o ramoth-gilead_n 1_o king_n xxii_o 35_o 37._o who_o contrary_a to_o god_n command_n have_v save_v he_o 1_o king_n xx._n 42._o and_o besiege_v samaria_n he_o bring_v it_o to_o that_o extreme_a famine_n 2_o king_n vi_o 24_o 25._o and_o after_o at_o ramoth-gilead_n he_o wound_a jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n 2_o king_n viii_o 28_o 29._o whence_o return_v to_o jezreel_n to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o wound_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 2_o king_n ix_o 24._o and_o this_o son_n die_v 2_o king_n viii_o 15._o a_o three_o benhadad_n king_n of_o syria_n be_v the_o son_n of_o hazael_n 2_o king_n xiii_o 3_o 24._o benhadad_o signify_v the_o son_n of_o hadad_n and_o hadad_n be_v a_o name_n very_o common_a among_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n or_o idumea_n gen._n xxxvi_o 35._o 1_o chron._n i._n 50._o 1_o king_n xi_o 14_o but_o afterward_o grow_v more_o common_a with_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n insomuch_o as_o benhadad_o may_v seem_v a_o name_n common_a to_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n see_v jer._n xlix_o 27._o amos_n i._n 4._o and_o take_v here_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n as_o we_o find_v they_o in_o scripture_n thus_o omit_v chushan-rishathaim_a who_o be_v king_n of_o aram-naharaim_a or_o syria_n between_o the_o two_o river_n that_o be_v tigris_n and_o euphrates_n or_o of_o mesopotamia_n judg._n iii_o 10._o we_o find_v these_o king_n of_o syria_n proper_o so_o call_v whereof_o damascus_n be_v the_o chief_a city_n viz._n hadadezer_n or_o hadarezer_n in_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 5_o 6_o 13._o and_o x._o 6_o 8_o 16._o rezon_n in_o the_o day_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n xi_o 23_o 24_o 25._o benhadad_n the_o son_n of_o tabrimon_n the_o son_n of_o hezion_n in_o the_o day_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 18_o 19_o 20._o benhadad_o the_o son_n of_o benhadad_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n and_o of_o elias_n and_o eliseus_n and_o nahaman_n be_v the_o captain_n of_o his_o host_n 1_o king_n xx._n 1_o 20_o 26_o 32_o 34._o and_o xxii_o 3._o and_o 2_o king_n v._o 1_o 2_o 6_o 7._o and_o chap._n vi_o 8_o 12_o 23_o 24._o and_o chap_n vii_o 4._o 16._o hazael_n in_o the_o day_n of_o joram_n jehu_n jehoahaz_n 1_o king_n xix_o 15._o 2_o king_n viii_o 7_o 8_o 13._o and_o x._o 32._o and_o xii_o 17._o and_o xiii_o 3_o 22._o benhadad_n the_o son_n of_o hazael_n in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoash_n â—_o king_n xiii_o 24_o 25._o rezin_n in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n and_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xvi_o 5._o esay_n vii_o 1._o 16._o and_o viii_o 4._o talent_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxviii_o 24._o go_v in_o peace_n a_o farewell_n phrase_n verse_n 19_o a_o friendly_a dismission_n with_o little_a or_o no_o relation_n to_o what_o nahaman_n have_v say_v as_o little_o mind_v it_o and_o of_o small_a concernment_n to_o the_o great_a engagement_n that_o then_o lay_v upon_o he_o which_o kind_n of_o answer_n be_v not_o unusual_a the_o leprosy_n yet_o king_n jehoram_n hold_v conference_n with_o gehazi_n afterward_o verse_n 27_o 2_o king_n viii_o 4._o as_o upon_o sundry_a ground_n and_o occasion_n incident_a in_o a_o right_a manner_n well_o he_o may_v be_v come_v down_o chapter_n vi_o verse_n 9_o here_o the_o holy_a penman_n use_v a_o word_n of_o the_o syrian_a language_n dothan_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n verse_n 13_o about_o midway_n between_o samaria_n and_o shechem_n here_o joseph_n find_v his_o brethren_n feed_v their_o flock_n gen._n xxxvii_o 13_o 17._o this_o be_v not_o the_o way_n no_o verse_n 19_o nor_o the_o place_n or_o city_n whereby_o and_o wherein_o to_o effect_v your_o purpose_n come_v no_o more_o not_o these_o band_n verse_n 23_o nor_o in_o this_o manner_n make_v inroad_n or_o lay_v ambush_n nor_o any_o at_o all_o of_o a_o long_a time_n after_o till_o benhadad_n come_v with_o all_o his_o host_n ver_fw-la 24._o a_o cab_n is_n a_o hebrew_n measure_n verse_n 25_o of_o this_o see_v my_o observation_n on_o gen._n xviii_o 6._o of_o dove_n dung_n or_o of_o the_o corn_n find_v in_o the_o crop_n she_o fly_v into_o the_o city_n out_o of_o
the_o country_n five_o piece_n of_o silver_n or_o five_o silvering_n see_v these_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxviii_o 24._o say_v say_v to_o the_o elder_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o to_o the_o messinger_n and_o to_o the_o king_n jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n ver_fw-la 17._o 18._o a_o measure_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o gen_n xviii_o 6._o twilight_n in_o the_o evening_n verse_n 5_o ver_fw-la 9_o 12._o edom_n edom_n revolt_v from_o judah_n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 20_o 1_o king_n xxii_o 47._o as_o moab_n have_v do_v from_o israel_n 2_o king_n iii_o 5._o libna_fw-it a_o city_n verse_n 22_o which_o with_o the_o king_n thereof_o be_v destroy_v by_o joshuah_n josh._n x._o 29._o and_o xii_o 15._o after_o fall_v by_o lot_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n xxi_o 13._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 57_o it_o rebel_v wonder_v it_o shall_v against_o judah_n in_o the_o day_n of_o wicked_a jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o good_a jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n xxi_o 10._o senacherib_n do_v war_n against_o it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n xix_o 8._o esay_n xxxvii_o 8._o and_o there_o likely_a have_v his_o army_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o slay_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v another_o place_n call_v libna_n the_o seventeen_o station_n of_o the_o israelite_n mention_v num._n xxxiii_o 20_o 21._o son-in-law_n his_o father_n be_v so_o verse_n 27_o and_o himself_o may_v be_v to_o that_o house_n ramoth-gilead_n a_o city_n of_o refuge_n verse_n 28_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad_n give_v to_o the_o merarite_n deut._n iu._n 43._o josh._n xiii_o 26._o and_o chap._n xxi_o 38._o this_o be_v take_v by_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n and_o ahab_n with_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o jehoshaphat_n seek_v to_o recover_v it_o yet_o fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o benhadad_n who_o life_n he_o have_v unjust_o spare_v 1_o king_n xx._n 30_o 42._o and_o xxii_o 3_o 35._o and_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n with_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n actua_o recover_v it_o from_o hazael_n king_n of_o syria_n but_o be_v wound_v there_o and_o jehu_n be_v leave_v there_o as_o a_o captain_n under_o jehoram_n to_o keep_v it_o be_v anoint_v there_o by_o command_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o prophet_n elisha_n to_o be_v king_n of_o israel_n who_o thereupon_o soon_o slay_v both_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n 2_o king_n viii_o 28_o 29._o and_o chap._n ix_o his_o son_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 26_o naboth_n son_n slay_v with_o he_o a_o draught-house_n hear_v the_o masoret_n put_v a_o more_o cleanly_a word_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 27_o in_o their_o keri_n in_o the_o margin_n to_o be_v read_v then_o be_v the_o cetib_n write_v in_o the_o text_n as_o if_o they_o will_v prompt_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n a_o more_o mannerly_a speech_n and_o so_o deut._n xxviii_o 30._o jer._n iii_o 2._o less_o marvel_n than_o if_o they_o deal_v so_o with_o the_o word_n of_o rabshakeh_n esay_n xxxvi_o 12._o and_o in_o zechary_n speak_v of_o jerusalem_n destruction_n and_o woman_n usage_n by_o soldier_n gross_a to_o speak_v the_o text_n tell_v the_o term_n to_o be_v see_v the_o margin_n what_o they_o will_v have_v read_v and_o in_o jer._n xxxi_o 38._o they_o leave_v a_o blank_a in_o the_o text_n with_o the_o vowel_n point_v underneath_o and_o place_v the_o head_n letter_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o a_o word_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o be_v want_v some_o various_a readins_n seem_v to_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n text._n see_v the_o learned_a annotation_n on_o jer._n ix_o 8._o and_o on_o chap._n xvii_o 13._o and_o some_o learned_a seem_v to_o grant_v some_o superfluous_a insertion_n as_o jer._n li._n 3_o in_o the_o word_n bend_v and_o jer._n lii_o 19_o in_o the_o word_n cauldron_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o those_o place_n yet_o some_o other_o learned_a man_n assert_v the_o sacred_a text_n to_o be_v absolute_o entire_a and_o perfect_a without_o the_o least_o default_n or_o defect_n without_o alter_v a_o syllable_n letter_n or_o situation_n of_o a_o letter_n hold_v the_o margin-reading_a to_o be_v give_v with_o equal_a authority_n as_o the_o other_o which_o be_v in_o the_o text_n and_o serve_v to_o expound_v it_o and_o the_o vowel_n and_o accent_n to_o have_v be_v ab_fw-la origine_fw-la in_o the_o text_n and_o so_o of_o equal_a authority_n with_o it_o insist_v upon_o the_o jew_n care_v for_o preservation_n of_o the_o text_n in_o number_v the_o letter_n in_o every_o book_n and_o name_v the_o middle_a letter_n in_o it_o and_o the_o middle_a letter_n in_o the_o law_n or_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o this_o do_v not_o only_o by_o the_o masoret_n that_o live_v five_o hundred_o year_n or_o more_o after_o christ_n but_o also_o by_o those_o ancient_a masoret_n that_o be_v call_v the_o man_n of_o the_o great_a synagogue_n and_o succeed_v next_o to_o the_o last_o prophet_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n of_o who_o the_o jew_n make_v ezra_n to_o be_v one_o and_o that_o in_o his_o time_n the_o whole_a number_n of_o the_o letter_n be_v reckon_v in_o all_o the_o law_n to_o be_v 600045._o in_o the_o prophet_n 815280._o see_v more_o in_o my_o observation_n on_o eccles._n ix_o 4._o and_o on_o jer._n xxxii_o 12._o jehoiadah_fw-mi this_o jehoiadah_n be_v a_o priest_n and_o prime_a man_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 4_o 2_o chron._n xxiii_o 1_o 11_o 16_o 18_o 19_o 20._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o 6._o seem_v not_o to_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n for_o he_o be_v no_o where_o so_o call_v in_o scripture_n except_o he_o be_v understand_v in_o that_o place_n 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 11._o where_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o be_v there_o any_o of_o his_o name_n in_o that_o catalogue_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 6_o 15._o and_o yet_o this_o priest_n jehoiada_n marry_v king_n jehorams_fw-mi daughter_n and_o king_n ahaziah_n sister_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o 11._o and_o give_v wife_n to_o king_n joash_n 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 3._o and_o be_v bury_v among_o the_o king_n ver_fw-la 16._o elisha_n or_o elizeus_fw-la prophesy_v in_o the_o reign_v of_o six_o king_n of_o israel_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 14_o viz._n ahab_n ahaziah_n jehoram_n jehu_n jehoahaz_n and_o joash_n 1_o king_n xix_o 16_o 19_o 2_o king_n xiii_o ver_fw-la 14._o with_o lachish_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o micah_n i._o chapter_n fourteen_o xv._o verse_n 1_o 13._o azariah_n called_n also_o uzziah_n verse_n 19_o and_o ozias_n matth._n ay_o 8_o 9_o reign_v in_o the_o time_n of_o six_o king_n of_o israel_n viz._n jeroboam_fw-la the_o second_o zachariah_n shallum_n menahem_n pekahiah_n pekah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 1._o 27_o in_o which_o time_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v change_v into_o four_o several_a stock_n or_o family_n pull_v pull_v or_o phul_n verse_n 19_o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o this_o catalogue_n of_o the_o assyrian_a monarch_n we_o find_v in_o scripture_n viz._n pass_v by_o nimrod_n and_o ashur_n in_o the_o ancient_a time_n gen._n x._o we_o meet_v with_o this_o pull_v in_o the_o day_n of_o menahem_n king_n of_o israel_n tiglath-pelese_a or_o tilgath-pilnese_a in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o ahaz_n king_n of_o judah_n who_o carry_v away_o captive_n the_o reubenites_n and_o the_o gadite_n and_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n into_o assyria_n 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o and_o both_o help_v and_o afflict_a ahaz_n 2_o king_n 16._o with_o shalmanesar_n or_o shalman_n hos._n x._o 14._o or_o enemessar_n tobit_n i._n 2._o 15._o in_o the_o day_n of_o hoshea_n king_n of_o israel_n who_o subdue_v hoshea_n besiege_v and_o take_v samaria_n carry_v israel_n captive_a into_o assyria_n and_o extirpate_v that_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o xviii_o 9_o 10._o with_o sargon_n mention_v esay_n xx._n 1._o if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o sennacherib_n with_o sennacherib_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 13._o who_o host_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o himself_o by_o his_o own_o son_n 2_o king_n 19_o with_o esarhaddon_n or_o esar-haddon_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v call_v asnapper_n ezra_n iu._n 10._o and_o sarchedonus_fw-la tobit_n 1._o 21._o with_o another_o king_n of_o assyria_n not_o name_v but_o live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o josiah_n in_o who_o behalf_n josiah_n fight_v against_o pharaoh_n necho_n king_n of_o egypt_n at_o megiddo_n be_v slay_v there_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o see_v this_o same_o with_o some_o little_a variation_n in_o my_o observation_n on_o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o kir_fw-fr this_n be_v cyrene_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 9_o mention_v act_v ii_o 10._o of_o this_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n 5._o and_o ix_o 7._o if_o rather_o
be_v not_o mean_v hereby_o that_o part_n of_o media_n which_o from_o this_o deportation_n seem_v to_o be_v call_v syromedia_n for_o media_n belong_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o assyria_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 6._o but_o cyrene_n never_o be_v very_o far_o distant_a from_o it_o of_o the_o altar_n of_o urijah_n new_a altar_n make_v by_o the_o command_n of_o king_n ahaz_n verse_n 14_o by_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o altar_n of_o damascus_n urijah_n the_o priest_n this_o might_n be_v that_o uriah_n verse_n 15_o esay_n viii_o 2_o unfaithful_a to_o god_n a_o fawn_a parasite_n to_o the_o wicked_a king_n but_o no_o way_n appear_v to_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n covert_a for_o the_o sabbath_n a_o covert_a for_o the_o priest_n and_o porter_n likely_a on_o the_o sabbath_n verse_n 18_o or_o a_o retire_a place_n cover_v over_o to_o keep_v from_o wind_n and_o rain_n 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 24._o in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n but_o not_o in_o the_o sepulcher_n of_o the_o king_n verse_n 20_o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 27._o but_o not_o as_o hosheah_n be_v the_o best_a of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 2_o and_o yet_o with_o he_o and_o in_o he_o that_o kingdom_n be_v extirpate_v carry_v israel_n away_o into_o assyria_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o chap._n verse_n 6_o xv._o 19_o they_o fear_v the_o lord_n the_o same_o idolater_n be_v say_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n verse_n 32_o &_o 34_o and_o not_o to_o fear_v the_o lord_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 32_o 33_o 34._o their_o folly_n be_v deride_v jer._n x._o 3_o 4_o 5_o 8_o 9_o 14_o 15._o hezekiah_n godly_a hezekiah_n the_o son_n of_o most_o wicked_a ahaz_n chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 1_o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 22._o and_o father_n of_o a_o like_a wicked_a manasseh_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 3._o 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o and_o godly_a josiah_n not_o much_o unlike_a he_o be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n esay_n xxxii_o 1._o twenty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o father_n ahaz_n verse_n 2_o because_o ahaz_n be_v twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n 2_o king_n xvi_o 2._o in_o all_o thirty_o six_o when_o he_o die_v out_o of_o which_o take_v the_o foresay_a twenty_o five_o and_o so_o hezekiah_n must_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o eleven_o aforesaid_a a_o thing_n not_o impossible_a but_o to_o make_v ahaz_n to_o be_v twenty_o not_o when_o himself_o but_o his_o father_n jotham_n begin_v to_o reign_v as_o it_o wre_v the_o text_n so_o it_o imply_v a_o utter_a impossibility_n because_o jotham_n be_v but_o twenty_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o himself_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n xv._o 33._o which_o thing_n be_v not_o well_o consider_v by_o the_o excellent_a tremellius_n when_o he_o assert_v that_o opinion_n nor_o be_v it_o much_o favour_v though_o note_v by_o our_o annotator_n on_o 2_o king_n xvi_o 2._o in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n sennacherib_n come_v up_o against_o hezekiah_n verse_n 13_o and_o partly_o prevail_v against_o he_o see_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o his_o war_n in_o the_o learned_a annotation_n on_o esay_n xxxvi_o 1._o and_o in_o the_o late_a end_n of_o that_o year_n hezekiah_n fall_v sick_a for_o he_o have_v 15._o year_n add_v to_o his_o life_n 2_o king_n xx._n 6._o which_o make_v up_o the_o twenty_o nine_o of_o his_o reign_n and_o in_o this_o time_n of_o his_o sickness_n he_o have_v no_o some_o because_o manasseh_n his_o elder_a son_n be_v bear_v three_o year_n after_o this_o sickness_n be_v but_o twelve_o year_n old_a when_o his_o father_n hezekiah_n die_v 2_o king_n xxi_o 1._o a_o sign_n the_o present_a plenty_n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 29_o notwithstanding_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n and_o the_o enemy_n abode_n and_o waste_v make_v in_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v a_o sign_n to_o they_o for_o confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n promise_n for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o sennacherib_n and_o their_o deliverance_n of_o sign_n see_v these_o observation_n on_o exod._n iii_o 12._o and_o on_o 2_o king_n xx._n 9_o camp_n of_o the_o assyrian_n either_o before_n libnah_n verse_n 35_o or_o jerusalem_n or_o both_o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 9_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o esay_n xxxvii_o 36._o his_o son_n these_o word_n have_v a_o empty_a place_n leave_v for_o they_o in_o the_o hebrew_n tex_n verse_n 37_o and_o be_v print_v only_o in_o the_o margin_n but_o they_o be_v in_o the_o text_n xxxvii_o 38._o ten_o degree_n this_o choice_n be_v give_v to_o hezekiah_n about_o midday_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 9_o when_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o sun_n may_v go_v forward_o or_o backward_o ten_o degree_n on_o the_o dial_n of_o ahaz_n a_o famous_a dial_n haply_o mural_a and_o haply_o visible_a to_o hezekiah_n out_o of_o his_o bedchamber_n and_o so_o likewise_o in_o all_o other_o dial_n distinguish_v into_o half_a hour_n as_o that_o of_o ahaz_n be_v and_o so_o ten_o degree_n make_v five_o hour_n and_o the_o miracle_n be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o shadow_n go_v backward_o but_o in_o the_o sun_n also_o go_v backward_o ten_o degree_n though_o whether_o in_o a_o instant_n or_o in_o the_o set_a course_n of_o time_n or_o its_o ordinary_a continual_a motion_n be_v not_o certain_a esay_n xxxviii_o 8._o which_o make_v the_o ambassador_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o babylon_n to_o be_v send_v unto_o he_o to_o inquire_v of_o the_o wonder_n that_o be_v do_v in_o the_o land_n 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 31._o see_v on_o esay_n xxxviii_o 8._o altar_n idolatrous_a altar_n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 3_o and_o image_n set_v up_o in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 4_o 5_o 7._o eighteen_o year_n from_o this_o famous_a year_n chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 3_o both_o those_o thirty_o year_n ezek._n i._n 1._o and_o those_o forty_o day_n or_o year_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o judah_n chap._n iu._n 6._o seem_v to_o take_v their_o rise_n and_o reckon_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o verse_n 8_o and_o the_o law_n in_o it_o seem_v a_o rare_a and_o strange_a thing_n as_o at_o other_o time_n so_o in_o the_o day_n of_o good_a josiah_n 2_o king_n xxii_o 10_o 11._o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o 19_o 21._o notwithstanding_o that_o law_n deut._n xxxi_o 10_o 11._o in_o peace_n josiah_n die_v in_o peace_n verse_n 20_o according_a to_o the_o promise_n not_o see_v the_o evil_n to_o come_v though_o he_o be_v slay_v in_o battle_n 2_o king_n xxii_o 20._o and_o xxiii_o 29._o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o 28._o toph_v called_n tophte_v chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 10_o esay_n xxx_o 33._o the_o name_n be_v from_o toph_n signify_v a_o drum_n tabret_n or_o timbrel_n such_o as_o idolatrous_a priest_n use_v to_o beat_v upon_o in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o detestable_a sacrifice_v of_o child_n to_o moloch_n to_o drown_v their_o skrike_n and_o cry_n levit._fw-la xx._n 2._o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 3._o and_o xxxiii_o 6._o 2_o king_n xvi_o 3._o and_o xxi_o 6._o psal._n cvi_o 38._o this_o the_o jew_n learn_v from_o the_o heathen_a deut._n xii_o 31._o this_o tophet_n stand_v in_o a_o pleasant_a valley_n on_o the_o southside_n of_o jerusalem_n josh._n xv._o 8._o and_o chap._n xviii_o 16._o belong_v to_o one_o hinnom_n and_o his_o son_n and_o call_v therefore_o the_o valley_n of_o hinnom_n gehinnom_n or_o ge-bene-hinnom_n the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnom_n whence_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a take_v the_o word_n gehenna_n and_o use_v it_o for_o hell_n fit_o resemble_v by_o such_o a_o type_n for_o the_o horrid_a act_n and_o suffering_n use_v therein_o matth._n xviii_o 8_o 9_o mar._n ix_o 43_o 48._o james_n iii_o 6._o and_o allusion_n be_v make_v hereunto_o matth._n v._o 22._o this_o place_n be_v defile_v and_o destroy_v by_o josiah_n in_o this_o text._n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o esay_n xxx_o 33._o and_o on_o jer._n vii_o 31._o jehoahaz_n called_n also_o joachaz_n verse_n 31_o and_o johanan_n and_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o most_o and_o best_a shallum_n likewise_o the_o prophecy_n concern_v shallum_n jer._n xxii_o 10_o 11_o 12._o best_o agree_a to_o he_o and_o suppose_v that_o shallum_n the_o four_o son_n of_o josiah_n mention_v 1_o chron._n iii_o 15._o to_o be_v dead_a before_o his_o father_n yet_o under_o the_o name_n of_o johanan_n he_o be_v call_v the_o firstborn_a of_o joâ—â—h_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 15._o in_o respect_n likely_a that_o he_o first_o succeed_v he_o in_o his_o throne_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 1._o of_o he_o see_v ezek._n xix_o 3_o 4._o jehojakim_n jehojakim_n call_v also_o joachim_n verse_n 36_o and_o eliakim_n as_o solomon_n be_v also_o call_v jedidiah_n and_o lemuel_n be_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o josiah_n of_o he_o and_o his_o burial_n we_o read_v jer._n xxii_o 19_o and_o xxxvi_o 30._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 5_o 6._o ezek._n xix_o 5_o
and_o all_o for_o his_o own_o safety_n 1_o king_n xii_o 27._o and_o to_o gain_v their_o possession_n make_v priest_n of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n which_o be_v not_o of_o the_o son_n of_o levi_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 9_o a_o practice_n well_o beseem_v rebel_n devil_n idol_n hear_v so_o call_v verse_n 15_o in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n verse_n 17_o and_o solomon_n this_o charitable_o imply_v the_o repentance_n of_o solomon_n as_o well_o as_o his_o ecclesiaste_n do_v in_o his_o last_o day_n though_o haply_o he_o can_v not_o reform_v all_o idolatry_n as_o neither_o manasseh_n can_v after_o his_o repentance_n 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 7._o and_o disperse_v asdruball_n gen._n verse_n 23_o xxv_o 5_o 6._o 2_o chron._n xxi_o 3._o israel_n putskie_n and_o mean_v for_o judah_n chapter_n xii_o chap._n xv._o 17._o see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o chron._n xxi_o 2._o against_o jerusalem_n after_o this_o jerusalem_n be_v take_v about_o ten_o time_n verse_n 9_o one_o and_o forty_o therefore_o bear_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o father_n king_n solomon_n verse_n 13_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o huge_a be_v the_o army_n of_o the_o jew_n chapter_n xiii_o 1200000_o jew_n in_o those_o army_n of_o abijah_n and_o jerrboam_n wherein_o slay_v on_o jeroboam_n side_n five_o hundred_o thousand_o verse_n 3_o much_o more_o than_o every_o one_o his_o man_n the_o great_a number_n that_o ever_o we_o read_v slay_v in_o any_o battle_n v._o 17._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o asa_n he_o have_v out_o of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n a_o army_n of_o 500080._o and_o he_o fight_v against_o a_o army_n of_o zerah_n the_o ethiopian_a of_o a_o thousand_o thousand_o and_o three_o hundred_o charet_n likely_a meaning_n three_o hundred_o thousand_n charet_n 2_o chron._n fourteen_o 8_o 9_o the_o great_a army_n that_o we_o read_v of_o and_o in_o jehoshapha_n time_n he_o have_v man_n of_o war_n wait_v on_o he_o 1160000._o beside_o those_o who_o he_o put_v in_o the_o fence_a city_n throughout_o all_o judah_n 2_o chron._n xvii_o 14_o 19_o child_n of_o belial_n i._n e._n without_o yoke_n verse_n 7_o or_o without_o profit_n as_o the_o word_n signify_v deut._n xiii_o 13._o such_o as_o judg._n xix_o 22._o 1_o sam._n ii_o 12._o and_o x._o 27._o and_o xxv_o 17._o 1_o king_n xxi_o 13._o this_o title_n do_v shimei_n give_v false_o to_o david_n 2_o sam._n xvi_o 7._o but_o be_v true_o give_v to_o the_o devil_n 2_o cor._n vi_o 15._o be_v young_a not_o in_o age_n but_o in_o experience_n and_o policy_n be_v then_o as_o be_v say_v forty_o one_o year_n old_a fourteen_o wife_n fourteen_o wife_n in_o his_o life-time_n verse_n 21_o for_o his_o reign_n be_v but_o short_a even_o three_o year_n ver_fw-la 2._o ten_o year_n yet_o likely_a some_o small_a skirmish_n there_o be_v chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o 1_o king_n xv._o 16_o 32._o mareshah_n a_o city_n in_o the_o north-west_n part_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n verse_n 10_o xv._o 44._o there_o michah_n the_o prophet_n be_v bear_v michah_n i._n 1._o and_o here_o as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o zephathah_n at_o mareshah_n asa_n overthrow_v the_o huge_a host_n that_o ever_o we_o read_v of_o xerxes_n army_n not_o except_v of_o zerah_n the_o ethiopian_a gerar_n gerar_n ancient_o a_o city_n and_o kingdom_n of_o the_o philistine_n verse_n 13_o who_o king_n seem_v all_o to_o be_v call_v abimelech_n where_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n a_o while_n live_v both_o offend_v in_o deny_v their_o wife_n gen._n xx._n and_o xxvi_o isaac_n leave_v the_o city_n dwell_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o gerar._n gen._n xxvi_o 17._o a_o most_o fruitful_a valley_n ver_fw-la 12._o as_o it_o be_v the_o granary_n of_o canaan_n when_o famine_n be_v elsewhere_o in_o the_o land_n ver_fw-la 1._o here_o isaac_n dig_v again_o the_o well_n of_o water_n dig_v by_o abraham_n and_o stop_v by_o the_o philistine_n and_o he_o dig_v other_o new_a after_o gerar_n fall_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o simeon_n and_o hither_o as_o we_o see_v asa_n pursue_v the_o ethiopian_n and_o smite_v all_o the_o city_n round_o about_o gerar._n long_o season_n thirty_o or_o thirty_o one_o year_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 3_o conceive_v this_o to_o be_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o asa_n at_o the_o end_n of_o those_o ten_o year_n chap._n fourteen_o 1._o israel_n the_o ten_o tribe_n under_o jeroboam_n nadab_n and_o baasha_n do_v turn_v we_o read_v not_o of_o their_o turn_n in_o those_o thirty_o year_n verse_n 4_o this_o then_o may_v be_v take_v by_o way_n of_o supposition_n if_o they_o have_v turn_v god_n will_v have_v be_v find_v of_o they_o or_o else_o israel_n in_o the_o former_a verse_n may_v relate_v to_o all_o god_n people_n and_o comprehend_v in_o it_o also_o former_a time_n even_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n themselves_o be_v you_o strong_a you_o of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n verse_n 7_o ver_fw-la 2._o oded_a see_v the_o annotation_n on_o this_o verse_n verse_n 8_o both_o son_n ver_fw-la 1._o and_o father_n here_o may_v prophesy_v renew_a the_o altar_n and_n likely_a that_o whole_a court_n whereunto_o that_o chap._n xx._n 5_o seem_v to_o have_v reference_n stranger_n those_o israelite_n out_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n verse_n 9_o that_o fall_v to_o judah_n be_v here_o call_v stranger_n three_o month_n likely_a at_o the_o feast_n of_o week_n or_o pentecost_n verse_n 10_o fifteen_o year_n this_o may_v seem_v a_o second_o and_o more_o through_o reformation_n four_o or_o five_o year_n after_o his_o victory_n against_o zerah_n or_o else_o that_o victory_n must_v be_v reduce_v to_o this_o fifteen_o year_n of_o asa._n and_o till_o that_o time_n they_o have_v have_v rest_n and_o no_o war_n which_o fifteen_o of_o asa_n be_v the_o thirty_o five_o in_o his_o reign_n i._n e._n since_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n be_v divide_v from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n ver_fw-la 19_o viz._n 17._o of_o rehoboam_n three_o of_o abijah_n and_o these_o fifteen_o of_o asa._n six_o and_o thirty_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o this_o well_o may_v chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 1_o and_o needs_o must_v be_v understand_v likewise_o of_o that_o kingdom_n wherein_o asa_n be_v now_o king_n for_o baasha_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 28._o and_o reign_v twenty_o four_o year_n ver_fw-la 33._o he_o must_v needs_o die_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o of_o asa_n or_o twenty_o six_o complete_a and_o so_o we_o find_v it_o 1_o king_n xvi_o 8_o and_o therefore_o this_o thirty_o six_o wherein_n baasha_n wage_v war_n with_o asa_n must_v needs_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n that_o be_v since_o the_o first_o division_n of_o the_o two_o kingdom_n and_o so_o reckon_v the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o rehoboam_n reign_v and_o three_o of_o abijah_n we_o find_v this_o thirty_o six_o to_o be_v the_o sixteenth_o of_o asa_n the_o next_o year_n after_o that_o full_a reformation_n mention_v 2_o chron._n xv._o 10._o and_o to_o be_v the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o baasha_n see_v a_o like_a passage_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o ramah_n ramah_n of_o benjamin_n border_v upon_o judah_n josh._n xviii_o 25._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n v._n 8._o hanani_n the_o father_n of_o the_o prophet_n jehu_n verse_n 7_o chap._n xix_o 2._o 1_o king_n xvi_o 1._o of_o syria_n escape_v which_o god_n may_v and_o will_v otherwise_o have_v deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n as_o he_o do_v the_o ethiopian_n if_o asa_n have_v not_o prevent_v the_o occasion_n and_o opportunity_n thereof_o by_o his_o foolish_a send_n to_o and_o for_o benhadad_o to_o aid_v he_o and_o break_v his_o league_n with_o baasha_n and_o so_o show_v thereby_o that_o he_o rely_v not_o upon_o the_o lord_n but_o upon_o benhadad_n for_o which_o he_o be_v just_o reprove_v and_o punish_v a_o very_a great_a burn_a greek_n and_o roman_n of_o old_a use_v to_o burn_v their_o dead_a body_n verse_n 14_o special_o of_o their_o great_a one_o with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o cost_n burn_v huge_a pile_n and_o curious_a fabric_n of_o timber_n together_o with_o abundance_n of_o odoriferous_a spice_n at_o their_o funeral_n gather_v their_o ash_n into_o a_o urn_n and_o so_o lay_v up_o in_o their_o monument_n and_o among_o the_o jew_n we_o read_v something_o like_a viz._n of_o burn_v at_o the_o exequy_n of_o their_o king_n so_o here_o and_o jer._n xxxiv_o 5._o of_o such_o of_o they_o at_o least_o as_o live_v belove_v and_o die_v desire_v which_o be_v to_o other_o deny_v 2_o chron._n xxi_o 19_o jer._n xxii_o 19_o and_o xxxvi_o 30._o but_o we_o read_v not_o that_o this_o burn_a be_v of_o their_o body_n but_o of_o sweet_a odour_n only_o at_o and_o in_o their_o sepulcher_n teach_v in_o judah_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n do_v so_o chapter_n xvii_o
verse_n 9_o the_o prince_n by_o their_o authority_n and_o in_o the_o king_n name_n make_v way_n for_o they_o so_o to_o do_v with_o the_o better_a courage_n countenance_n and_o success_n philistine_n these_o verse_n 11_o and_o the_o arabian_n subdue_v by_o asa_n chap._n fourteen_o 14_o 15._o number_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o chap._n verse_n 14_o xiii_o 3._o wait_v waited_n in_o their_o course_n verse_n 19_o some_o at_o one_o time_n some_o at_o another_o jehoshaphat_n jehoshaphat_n marry_v his_o son_n jehoram_n to_o athaliah_n chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 1_o ahab_n daughter_n and_o this_o in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o jehoshaphats_n reign_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o age_n of_o ahaziah_n succeed_v his_o father_n jehoram_n in_o the_o kingdom_n when_o he_o be_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a 2_o king_n viii_o 18_o 26_o 27._o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 2._o with_o chap._n xxi_o 5._o go_v down_o to_o ahab_n in_o the_o twenty_o two_o and_o last_o year_n of_o ahabs_n reign_n verse_n 2_o and_o life_n and_o in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o jehoshaphat_n ramoth_n gilead_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o king_n viii_o 28._o at_o a_o venture_n god_n providence_n verse_n 33_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o ester_n v._n 8._o and_o on_o ezek._n i_o 18._o wrath_n wrath_n deserve_v by_o he_o chapter_n xix_o verse_n 2_o and_o appear_v on_o he_o chapter_n xviii_o 31_o and_o xx._n 1._o from_o beershebah_n to_o mount_n ephraim_n the_o south_n and_o north_n border_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n verse_n 4_o set_v as_o jehoshaphats_n commission_n for_o teach_v throughout_o the_o kingdom_n be_v chap._n verse_n 8._o 11._o xvii_o 9_o so_o here_o be_v his_o high-commission-court_n at_o jerusalem_n 2_o chron._n xix_o 8_o 11._o follow_v therein_o the_o ordinance_n of_o moses_n deut._n xvii_o and_o xix_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o deut._n xvii_o 8_o 13._o hazazon-tamar_a gen._n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 2_o fourteen_o 7._o call_v also_o engedi_n a_o city_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 62._o thy_o friend_n so_n esay_n xli_o verse_n 7_o 8._o james_n ii_o 23._o cliff_n of_o ziz_n and_o so_o the_o wilderness_n of_o jervel_n verse_n 16_o both_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n near_o tekoah_n and_o berakah_n ver_fw-la xx._n 26._o korhites_n korhites_n that_o descend_v of_o that_o korah_n the_o son_n of_o izhar_n the_o son_n of_o kohath_n swallow_v up_o of_o the_o earth_n num._n xvi_o 1._o 32._o these_o be_v singer_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o some_o of_o they_o porter_n praise_v the_o lord_n psal._n verse_n 21_o cxxxvi_o so_o chap._n xxix_o 27._o begin_v to_o sing_v in_o assurance_n of_o victory_n verse_n 22_o three_o day_n a_o rich_a spoil_n verse_n 25_o of_o jehu_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o chap._n verse_n 34_o xix_o 2._o in_o the_o book_n 1_o king_n xvi_o 1._o join_v himself_o jehoshaphat_n first_o verse_n 36_o it_o seem_v refuse_v to_o have_v ahaziah_n to_o join_v with_o he_o to_o make_v ship_n to_o go_v to_o tarshish_n 1_o king_n xxii_o 49._o do_v at_o last_o yield_v and_o be_v reprove_v by_o eliezer_n and_o the_o ship_n be_v break_v not_o that_o he_o join_v first_o and_o refuse_v after_o upon_o the_o prophet_n reproof_n for_o then_o the_o ship_n may_v well_o have_v be_v unbroken_a but_o however_o here_o the_o good_a king_n fall_v once_o and_o again_o into_o the_o same_o fault_n of_o join_v himself_o with_o wicked_a ahaziah_n as_o former_o he_o have_v do_v with_o wicked_a ahab_n chap._n xviii_o 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o chap._n xix_o 2._o as_o we_o see_v the_o like_a in_o abraham_n gen._n xii_o 13._o with_o chap._n xx._n 2._o jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o israel_n jehoshaphat_n here_o be_v call_v king_n of_o israel_n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 2_o that_o be_v then_o a_o distinct_a kingdom_n from_o he_o so_o again_o be_v the_o prince_n call_v ver_fw-la 4._o and_o ahaz_n likewise_o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 19_o 27._o and_o darius_n be_v call_v king_n of_o assyria_n ezra_n vi_o 22._o and_o artaxerxes_n king_n of_o babylon_n neh._n xiii_o 6._o as_o indeed_o the_o persian_a monarch_n be_v the_o rightful_a king_n of_o persia_n assyria_n and_o babylon_n or_o chaldea_n of_o name_n see_v more_o in_o the_o annotation_n on_o 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 20._o of_o his_o father_n after_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_v death_n verse_n 4_o in_o his_o father_n life-time_n jehoram_n carry_v himself_o better_a both_z as_o viceroy_n and_o king_n slay_v all_o his_o brethren_n and_o see_v god_n judgement_n upon_o his_o son_n ver_fw-la 17._o and_o his_o grandchild_n chap._n xxii_o 10_o 11._o only_a jehoahaz_n or_o ahaziah_n or_o azariah_n leave_v of_o the_o one_o and_o joash_n of_o the_o other_o compel_v by_o force_n and_o persecution_n verse_n 11_o a_o most_o wicked_a son_n of_o a_o godly_a father_n a_o writing_n to_o he_o from_o elijah_n written_n in_o the_o life-time_n of_o elijah_n verse_n 12_o 15._o who_o die_v before_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o king_n iii_o 11._o leave_v and_o direct_v to_o jehoram_n or_o for_o he_o who_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o reproof_n of_o a_o live_a prophet_n therein_o prophesy_v and_o foretell_v jehorams_fw-mi sin_n and_o punishment_n among_o other_o his_o wickedness_n he_o show_v all_o his_o brethren_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n 2._o chron._n xxi_o 4._o and_o his_o son_n be_v all_o slay_v by_o the_o philistine_n and_o arabian_n but_o ahaziah_n the_o young_a call_v also_o jehoachaz_n 2_o chron._n xxi_o 17._o and_o azariah_n chap._n xxii_o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n xxi_o 17._o and_o xxii_o 1._o and_o ahaziah_n be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o 9_o when_o he_o be_v twenty_o three_o year_n old_a 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o and_o the_o son_n of_o ahaziah_n be_v slay_v by_o their_o grandmother_n athaliah_n save_v joash_n that_o be_v hide_v from_o she_o and_o after_o crown_a king_n and_o at_o last_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o servant_n 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 24_o 25._o we_o read_v that_o josiah_n and_o cyrus_n by_o their_o name_n be_v prophesy_v of_o many_o age_n before_o they_o be_v bear_v but_o their_o good_a deed_n be_v foretell_v not_o any_o evil_n of_o they_o as_o of_o idolatrous_a bloody_a jehoram_n here_o elisha_n foretell_v hazael_n face_n to_o face_n of_o his_o bloodinesse_n and_o evil_a that_o he_o will_v do_v to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n viii_o 12._o arabian_n near_v the_o ethiopian_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o gen._n verse_n 16_o ii_o 13._o he_o reign_v jehoram_n of_o judah_n his_o life_n verse_n 20_o death_n burial_n forty_o and_o two_o clear_v it_o be_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 2_o that_o jehoram_n the_o father_n of_o ahaziah_n be_v but_o forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o die_v chap._n xxi_o 5._o and_o that_o ahaziah_n himself_o be_v but_o twenty_o two_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o but_o it_o be_v in_o the_o two_o and_o fourti_v year_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o crown_n in_o omri_n and_o his_o race_n from_o who_o ahaziah_n descend_v by_o his_o mother_n athaliah_n 2_o king_n viii_o 18_o 26._o and_o the_o hebrew_n expression_n by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o son_n together_o with_o a_o trajection_n of_o some_o clause_n in_o this_o verse_n do_v render_v this_o interpretation_n the_o more_o passable_a and_o a_o like_a passage_n we_o find_v as_o have_v be_v show_v in_o chap._n xvi_o 1._o and_o such_o trajection_n be_v use_v 1_o sam._n xx._n 16._o ezra_n x._o 17._o neh._n xii_o 22._o athaliah_n athaliah_n the_o mother_n of_o ahaziah_n and_o wife_n of_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n and_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n and_o jezebel_n and_o grandchild_n of_o omri_n in_o samaria_n not_o in_o the_o city_n verse_n 9_o but_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n 2_o king_n ix_o 27._o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n grandchild_n so_o daughter_n for_o grandchild_n verse_n 2._o a_o phrase_n usual_a in_o scripture_n seed_n royal_a son_n of_o ahaziah_n verse_n 10_o ver_fw-la 11._o likely_a by_o other_o woman_n of_o the_o king_n jehoram_n verse_n 11_o and_o sister_n of_o ahaziah_n as_o be_v express_v in_o this_o verse_n of_o the_o priest_n chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 4_o and_o of_o the_o levites_n they_o the_o prime_a man_n in_o the_o depose_n of_o athaliah_n and_o crown_v of_o joash_n guard_v the_o gate_n and_o compass_v the_o king_n round_o about_o with_o weapon_n in_o hand_n their_o course_n be_v not_o dismiss_v and_o other_o of_o they_o gather_v out_o of_o all_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n gate_n of_o the_o foundation_n called_n shur_n verse_n 5_o 2_o king_n xi_o 6._o the_o high_a or_o high_a gate_n 2_o king_n xv._o 35._o 2_o chron._n xxvii_o 3._o of_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o court_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n viii_o 3._o see_v also_o ezek._n viii_o 5._o 14._o and_o chap._n ix_o 2._o and_o chap._n xl._n
as_o most_o take_v it_o and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o it_o he_o depose_v vashti_n by_o the_o learned_a thought_n to_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o cyrus_n chap._n 1._o in_o his_o four_o year_n haggai_n and_o zechariah_n do_v prophesy_v in_o his_o six_o year_n the_o temple_n be_v build_v in_o his_o seven_o year_n chap._n ii_o 16_o 17._o he_o marry_v esther_n after_o promote_v haman_n and_o in_o his_o twelve_o year_n hang_v he_o chap._n iii_o 7._o and_o vii_o 10._o and_o about_o his_o twenty_o six_o year_n he_o impose_v that_o tribute_n chap._n x._o as_o historian_n do_v account_v shushan_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n be_v nineve_n verse_n 2_o of_o the_o babylonian_a babylon_n of_o the_o persian_a shushan_n and_o ecbatana_n of_o the_o grecian_a divers_a as_o the_o division_n of_o it_o be_v of_o the_o roman_a rome_n of_o shushan_n see_v more_o on_o neh._n i._n 1._o according_a to_o the_o law_n verse_n 8_o none_n do_v compel_v compel_v or_o restrain_v rather_o for_o so_o a_o learned_a divine_a render_v the_o word_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n that_o the_o drink_n be_v according_o to_o the_o king_n law_n not_o of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o of_o all_o the_o officer_n of_o his_o house_n or_o that_o the_o officer_n shall_v give_v they_o royal_a wine_n such_o as_o the_o king_n himself_o use_v and_o that_o in_o abundance_n according_a to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o king_n when_o now_o in_o this_o feast_n the_o king_n purpose_n be_v to_o show_v the_o riches_n of_o his_o glorious_a kingdom_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o excellent_a majesty_n that_o none_o therefore_o of_o his_o officer_n shall_v restrain_v inhibit_v or_o hinder_v it_o but_o give_v to_o every_o one_o of_o the_o guest_n free_o and_o bountiful_o what_o wine_n and_o as_o much_o and_o as_o often_o as_o he_o desire_v that_o as_o no_o restraint_n so_o no_o complaint_n shall_v be_v to_o the_o contrary_n a_o feast_n the_o greatness_n of_o his_o empire_n be_v verse_n 3_o 9_o ver_fw-la 1._o and_o be_v also_o ch._n viii_o 9_o see_v that_o dan._n vi_o 1._o here_o be_v the_o greatness_n of_o his_o feast_n and_o chap._n ii_o 18._o and_o great_a be_v his_o riotous_a luxury_n in_o the_o purification_n of_o the_o virgin_n chap._n ii_o 12._o bed_n bed_n whereon_o they_o feast_v verse_n 6_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o ancient_a time_n see_v chap._n vii_o 8._o bed_n i._n e._n bedstead_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o amos_n vi_o 4._o bed_n of_o ivory_n those_o for_o cost_n and_o beauty_n that_o of_o og_n deut._n iii_o 1â—_n for_o largeness_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o that_o feast_n verse_n 10_o ver_fw-la 5._o refuse_v she_o may_v have_v make_v some_o fair_a excuse_n verse_n 12_o and_o not_o seem_v in_o this_o sort_n to_o despise_v her_o husband_n ver_fw-la 17._o his_o anger_n burn_v see_v the_o annotation_n on_o dan._n iii_o 19_o wise_a man_n wise_n man_n in_o state_n affair_n verse_n 13_o in_o policy_n and_o experience_n in_o prudence_n and_o knowledge_n and_o so_o of_o great_a place_n and_o account_n ver_fw-la 14._o such_o be_v king_n counsellor_n such_o as_o those_o ezra_n vii_o 14._o and_o 1_o chron._n xii_o 32._o man_n gather_v wisdom_n by_o observation_n of_o time_n and_o season_n for_o passage_n of_o state_n in_o age_n past_a and_o present_a and_o so_o the_o able_a to_o give_v counsel_n and_o judgement_n the_o fit_a for_o wise_a plot_n and_o project_n such_o be_v still_o of_o great_a use_n in_o all_o nation_n we_o find_v mention_n of_o wise_a man_n chap._n vi_o 13._o esay_n xix_o 11_o 12._o and_o xxix_o 14._o jer._n x._o 7._o and_o chap._n l._n 35._o matth._n ii_o 1._o and_o such_o a_o great_a politician_n a_o man_n expert_a in_o state-skill_n be_v achitophel_n in_o his_o time_n 2_o sam._n xvi_o 23._o and_o jonathan_n 1_o chr._n xxvii_o 32._o and_o other_o ver_fw-la 34._o of_o such_o we_o read_v prov._n xv._o 22._o esay_n i._n 26._o and_o chap._n iii_o 3._o micah_n iu._n 9_o according_a to_o law_n thus_o he_o keep_v close_o to_o the_o law_n verse_n 15_o and_o that_o laudable_a manner_n ver_fw-la 13._o notwithstanding_o his_o burn_a anger_n deed_n of_o the_o queen_n example_n have_v in_o they_o a_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 17_o and_o magnate_v man_n or_o woman_n be_v in_o a_o sort_n magnete_n loadstone_n by_o their_o example_n to_o dray_v on_o other_o among_o the_o law_n irrevocable_a chapter_n two_o verse_n 19_o chap._n viii_o verse_n 2_o 8._o dan._n vi_o 8_o 12_o 15._o let_v there_o be_v to_o divert_v his_o mind_n from_o vasthi_n and_o to_o prevent_v displeasure_n from_o he_o and_o she_o against_o those_o who_o any_o wise_a do_v counsel_n and_o animate_v he_o against_o she_o if_o he_o shall_v repent_v and_o she_o be_v restore_v to_o favour_n see_v dan._n vi_o 24._o to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o woman_n ver._n 14._o verse_n 3_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o second_o house_n for_o the_o concubine_n hege_n or_o hegai_n ver_fw-la 8._o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o first_o shaahgaz_n the_o keeper_n of_o the_o second_o ver_fw-la 14._o purification_n for_o 12._o mordecai_n this_o might_n well_o be_v that_o mordecai_n verse_n 5_o which_o come_v up_o with_o zerubbabel_n ezra_n ii_o 2._o and_o evince_v this_o ahasuerus_n to_o be_v darius_n hystaspide_n and_o not_o xerxes_n or_o artaxerxes_n because_o he_o and_o not_o kish_n be_v the_o man_n that_o be_v carry_v captive_a with_o jechoniah_n ver_fw-la 6._o and_o so_o he_o live_v above_o sixty_o year_n in_o the_o captivity_n two_o year_n under_o darius_n medus_n seven_o under_o cyrus_n seven_o under_o cambyses_n one_o under_o smerdis_n twelve_o under_o darius_n hystaspis_n when_o haman_n conspire_v against_o the_o jew_n chap._n iii_o 7._o and_o so_o he_o be_v eighty_o nine_o year_n old_a at_o that_o time_n beside_o the_o age_n that_o he_o be_v of_o when_o he_o be_v carry_v away_o captive_a and_o the_o time_n that_o he_o live_v after_o that_o conspiracy_n all_o which_o may_v well_o stand_v together_o but_o if_o by_o ahasuerus_n be_v mean_v xerxes_n then_o instead_o of_o those_o eighty_o nine_o we_o must_v reckon_v one_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o that_o be_v add_v to_o they_o twenty_o four_o more_o of_o darius_n hystaspis_n and_o twelve_o of_o xerxes_n which_o together_o with_o his_o age_n before_o his_o captivity_n and_o after_o the_o say_a conspiracy_n intimate_v chap._n x._o will_v make_v he_o outlive_v the_o age_n of_o man_n in_o that_o age_n of_o the_o world_n hadassah_n not_o the_o same_o with_o atossa_n or_o vashti_n who_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o cyrus_n verse_n 7_o though_o the_o greek_a historian_n seem_v to_o take_v atossa_n for_o esther_n but_o this_o hadassa_n be_v esther_n call_v so_o as_o may_v seem_v from_o the_o myrtle-tree_n dedicate_v by_o the_o paynim_n to_o venus_n or_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o star_n of_o venus_n his_o uncle_n daughter_n so_n mordecai_n and_o esther_n be_v cousin-germans_a brothers-children_n best_a of_o the_o house_n best_n place_n 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5_o 9_o not_o by_o adoption_n or_o grace_n but_o by_o nature_n this_o day_n relate_v to_o his_o nativity_n as_o man_n not_o to_o his_o divinity_n as_o god_n and_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n luke_n i._n 35._o heb._n i._n 5._o and_o that_o raise_v up_o of_o jesus_n act_v xiii_o 33._o relate_v to_o this_o exhibition_n of_o he_o in_o the_o flesh_n mention_v also_o ver_fw-la 23._o that_o other_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a speak_v plain_o of_o his_o resurrection_n from_o the_o grave_n act_v xiii_o ver_fw-la 34_o 37._o rom._n i._n 4._o have_v i_o beget_v thou_o not_o relate_v here_o to_o his_o eternal_a generation_n as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o second_o person_n and_o hypostasis_fw-la in_o the_o trinity_n but_o to_o his_o gigniture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o reveal_v he_o to_o the_o world_n ask_v of_o i_o god_n decree_n verse_n 8_o as_o the_o end_n so_o the_o mean_n as_o assuerus_n to_o ester_n chap._n v._o 3._o and_o herod_n to_o the_o daughter_n of_o herodias_n mark_v vi_o 23._o and_o god_n himself_o to_o solomon_n 1_o king_n iii_o 5._o so_o and_o much_o more_o here_o god_n the_o father_n to_o christ_n his_o son_n the_o mediator_n thus_o christ_n ask_v and_o pray_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n and_o be_v ever_o hear_v in_o whatsoever_o he_o ask_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o ask_n john_n xi_o 22_o 42._o heb._n v._n 7._o john_n xvii_o 9_o and_o the_o uttermost_a psal._n xxii_o 29_o 30._o heb._n i._n 2._o dan._n ii_o 44._o they_o thou_o enemy_n verse_n 9_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o rod_n of_o iron_n esay_n xxx_o 14._o jer._n xix_o 11._o see_v the_o actual_a execution_n apoc._n ii_o 26._o and_o chap._n xii_o 5._o and_o xix_o 15._o esay_n xi_o 4._o be_v wise_n take_v better_a counsel_n than_o that_o verse_n 10_o ver_fw-la 2_o use_v better_a wisdom_n now_o heb._n v._n 7._o prov._n v._n 7._o and_o vii_o 24._o and_o viii_o 32._o esay_n xliv_o 1._o delay_n be_v dangerous_a king_n you_o 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perish_v from_o the_o way_n the_o way_n of_o happiness_n you_o and_o your_o way_n perish_v psal._n i._n 6._o or_o your_o way_n of_o combination_n against_o christ_n ver_fw-la 1_o 2._o or_o in_o the_o way_n of_o your_o conceit_a peace_n and_o secure_a prosperity_n bless_a apoc._n xix_o 9_o rom._n ix_o 33._o john_n iii_o 36._o ten_o thousand_o of_o people_n and_n likely_a more_o now_o gather_v against_o he_o chapter_n iii_o verse_n 6_o by_o mean_n of_o absolom_n most_o of_o david_n psalm_n in_o order_n of_o time_n go_v before_o this_o psalm_n my_o glory_n the_o glory_n of_o my_o kingdom_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v i_o verse_n 2_o and_o whereunto_o he_o have_v anoint_v i_o godly_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chapter_n iv_o verse_n 3_o in_o a_o active_a signification_n whence_o the_o asidean_o 1_o macc._n 7._o 13._o 2_o macc._n fourteen_o 6._o may_v seem_v to_o have_v their_o name_n and_o whence_o the_o pelican_n have_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o 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1_o king_n x._o 11._o he_o arken_v matth._n xvii_o 5._o rom._n x._o 17._o verse_n 10_o o_o daughter_n john_n 1_n 13._o apoc._n xxi_o 9_o 10._o forget_v also_o luke_n ix_o 23._o and_o fourteen_o 26._o matth._n x._o 37._o as_o abraham_n do_v gen._n xii_o 1._o and_o ruth_n chap._n i._n 16_o 17._o so_o shall_v upon_o these_o term_n verse_n 11_o more_o and_o more_o great_o desire_v this_o true_a in_o solomon_n but_o christ_n love_v his_o spouse_n first_o 1_o john_n iu._n 10._o love_v she_o in_o her_o blood_n ezek._n xvi_o 6._o thy_o lord_n 1_o pet._n iii_o 6._o judg._n xix_o 26._o and_o that_o no_o common_a or_o vulgar_a person_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n be_v christ_n so_o to_o his_o spouse_n the_o church_n even_o her_o lord_n and_o god_n worship_n thou_o he_o pharaoh_n daughter_n be_v with_o civil_a worship_n to_o do_v it_o to_o solomon_n with_o civil_a reverend_a incurvation_n and_o adoration_n the_o church_n to_o christ_n with_o religious_a worship_n of_o tyre_n of_o this_o city_n verse_n 12_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n 9_o this_o rich_a merchant-citie_n the_o prime_a mart_n for_o traffic_v shall_v bring_v to_o solomon_n spouse_n gift_n and_o nuptial_a present_n and_o much_o more_o tyre_n and_o all_o heathen_a nation_n shall_v bring_v themselves_o and_o their_o gift_n with_o all_o office_n of_o submission_n and_o subjection_n to_o the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n esay_n xlix_o 23._o and_o lxvi_o 12._o psal._n lxxxvii_o 4._o the_o rich_a esay_n lx._n 3_o 10_o 11_o 16._o glorious_a within_n 1_o pet._n ii_o 4_o 5._o verse_n 13_o not_o helen_n without_o and_o hecuba_n within_o this_o true_a in_o solomon_n spouse_n partly_o but_o in_o christ_n spouse_n true_a altogether_o by_o her_o bridegroom_n donation_n and_o operation_n ephes._n v._n 27._o bring_v with_o pomp_n verse_n 14_o joy_n and_o jubilation_n of_o needlework_n as_o former_o costly_a for_o matter_n so_o here_o curious_a for_o art_n and_o work_n as_o the_o like_a exod._n xxviii_o 6_o 8_o 15_o 39_o 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and_o dispraise_v present_a help_n deliverer_n chapter_n xlvi_o verse_n 1_o or_o assistant_n will_v not_o we_o fear_n though_o a_o natural_a fear_n as_o prov._n fourteen_o 16._o and_o xxii_o 3._o verse_n 2_o matth._n viii_o 26._o yet_o not_o a_o godless_a and_o faithless_a fear_n here_o faith_n triumph_v over_o such_o a_o fear_n though_o the_o earth_n hyperbolical_a expression_n usua_o intimate_v the_o fearful_a alteration_n of_o state_n and_o polity_n or_o the_o most_o dreadful_a danger_n a_o river_n allude_v to_o that_o of_o kidron_n gihen_n verse_n 4_o and_o shiloah_n intend_v chief_o that_o ezek._n xlvii_o 1._o joel_n iii_o 18._o apoc._n xxii_o 1._o or_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o seem_v best_a expound_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n and_o in_o the_o two_o verse_n follow_v he_o make_v esay_n xlv_o 7._o amos_n iii_o 6._o psal._n lxxvi_o 3._o verse_n 9_o exalt_v esay_n xxxiii_o 9_o 10._o and_o xxx_o 15._o verse_n 10_o o_o clap_n a_o sign_n of_o joyful_a acclamation_n use_v at_o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n 2_o king_n xi_o chapter_n xlvii_o verse_n 1_o 12._o and_o upon_o other_o joyous_a occasion_n ezek._n xxv_o 6._o see_v psal._n xcviii_o 8._o esay_n lv._o 12._o psal._n lxvi_o 1._o the_o psalmist_n exhort_v all_o people_n to_o sing_v praise_n unto_o god_n ver_fw-la 1._o 7._o a_o thing_n usual_a in_o the_o psalm_n for_o the_o lord_n reason_n from_o god_n nature_n and_o property_n verse_n 2_o appliable_a also_o to_o christ_n terrible_a to_o the_o wicked_a his_o enemy_n and_o a_o great_a king_n above_o all_o earthly_a king_n mal._n i._n 14._o matt._n xxviii_o 18._o he_o shall_v subdue_v the_o jew_n enemy_n verse_n 3_o and_o he_o have_v do_v so_o the_o canaanite_n and_o other_o and_o he_o will_v do_v so_o the_o church_n enemy_n christ_n will_v call_v the_o nation_n and_o bring_v they_o into_o subjection_n under_o he_o and_o his_o church_n ezek._n xx._n 37._o he_o shall_v choose_v he_o do_v choose_v canaan_n for_o his_o people_n israel_n psal._n lxxviii_o 55._o verse_n 4_o and_o will_v choose_v and_o prepare_v that_o heavenly_a canaan_n that_o inheritance_n incorruptible_a 1_o pet._n i._n 4._o for_o all_o that_o believe_v and_o hope_v in_o he_o for_o we_o the_o jew_n seem_v here_o to_o include_v the_o gentile_n as_o call_v by_o christ_n into_o the_o same_o communion_n of_o the_o covenant_n for_o grace_n and_o glory_n john_n x._o 16._o eph._n ii_o 14._o the_o excellency_n of_o jacob_n high_n and_o glorious_a excellency_n whereby_o jacob_n posterity_n excel_v ezek._n xxiv_o 21._o amos_n vi_o 8._o and_o viii_o 7._o nahum_n ii_o 2._o viz._n the_o temple_n priesthood_n etc._n etc._n all_o those_o most_o excellent_a and_o precious_a promise_n and_o blessing_n make_v in_o christ_n unto_o jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n god_n be_v go_v up_o when_o the_o ark_n be_v carry_v from_o kiriathjearim_n to_o the_o house_n of_o obed_n edom_n verse_n 5_o thence_o to_o the_o city_n of_o david_n thence_o by_o solomon_n into_o the_o oracle_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o 8._o and_o xv._o 28._o and_o 2_o chron._n v._n 13._o spiritualy_n and_o mystica_o when_o christ_n ascend_v with_o triumph_n into_o heaven_n see_v eph._n iu._n 8._o col._n ii_o 15._o the_o king_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n the_o universal_a kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christ._n verse_n 7_o so_o again_o verse_n 8._o differ_v from_o earthly_a king_n with_o understanding_n 1_o cor._n fourteen_o 15._o the_o word_n maschil_n be_v here_o use_v for_o psalm_n which_o be_v the_o title_n of_o sundry_a psalm_n signify_v a_o instruct_v psalm_n thereby_o to_o instruct_v yourselves_o and_o other_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o of_o your_o duty_n of_o throne_n of_o his_o holiness_n psal._n ix_o 4._o apoc._n iu._n 2._o the_o prince_n the_o voluntary_a verse_n 8_o bounteous_a prince_n and_o people_n subject_n themselves_o to_o this_o king_n of_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n his_o spiritual_a seed_n luke_n iii_o 8._o verse_n 9_o john_n viii_o 33._o etc._n etc._n rom._n iu._n 16_o 17._o shield_n he_n be_v the_o great_a shield_n gen._n xv._o 1._o psal._n v._n 12._o and_o xviii_o 35._o the_o great_a conqueror_n and_o protector_n of_o all_o and_o magistrate_n shield_n under_o he_o hos._n iu._n 18._o psal._n lxxxix_o 18._o great_o exalt_a psal._n xcvii_o 9_o a_o song_n and_o psalm_n chapter_n xlviii_o wherein_o both_o voice_n and_o instrument_n be_v use_v the_o voice_n begin_v and_o the_o instrument_n after_o and_o where_o the_o inscription_n be_v a_o psalm_n and_o song_n there_o likely_a the_o instrument_n begin_v and_o the_o voice_n follow_v of_o the_o former_a sort_n be_v as_o this_o psalm_n to_o psal._n lxvi_o lxxxiii_o cviii_o of_o the_o late_a be_v psal._n lxvii_o lxviii_o lxxv_o lxxxvii_o and_o xcii_o whole_a earth_n or_o land_n of_o judea_n verse_n 2_o as_o exod._n x._o 15._o and_o most_o likely_a matth._n xxvii_o 45._o the_o side_n of_o the_o north_n the_o temple_n on_o mount_n moriah_n and_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n join_v north_n to_o mount_n zion_n moriah_n be_v the_o north_n part_n of_o zion_n so_o esay_n fourteen_o 13._o the_o king_n be_v assemble_v the_o philistian_a prince_n 2_o sam._n v._o or_o those_o verse_n 4_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n xx._n or_o of_o ezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o upon_o some_o of_o which_o occasion_n this_o psalm_n seem_v to_o be_v compose_v and_o inspire_v psal._n xlvi_o 6._o marvail_v and_o be_v trouble_v at_o sions_n beauty_n verse_n 5_o and_o at_o her_o strength_n and_o their_o own_o overthrow_n thou_o break_v as_o in_o a_o shipwreck_n verse_n 6_o so_o thou_o do_v break_v they_o as_o 2_o sam._n v._o 20._o tarshish_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n x._o 22._o east_n wind_n see_v ezek._n xvii_o 10._o and_o xix_o 12._o hos._n xii_o 1._o and_o ch._n xiii_o 15._o jonah_n
own_o affliction_n see_v jer._n xii_o 1._o and_o hab._n i._n 12_o 13._o cover_v they_o as_o a_o garment_n they_o wear_v it_o verse_n 6_o and_o show_v it_o open_o as_o their_o garment_n see_v the_o like_a phrase_n of_o curse_v psal._n cix_o 18_o 19_o but_o the_o meek_a and_o godly_a cover_n and_o array_n themselves_o otherwise_o ephes._n iu._n 24._o col._n iii_o 10_o 12_o 14._o phil._n iu._n 5._o gal._n iii_o 27._o rom._n xiii_o 14._o ephes._n iii_o 17._o cum_fw-la gal._n iu._n 19_o their_o eye_n stand_v out_o stand_v out_o in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n verse_n 7_o whereupon_o the_o plural_a number_n be_v here_o to_o be_v understand_v distributive_o for_o either_o or_o each_o of_o their_o eye_n the_o like_a be_v gen._n xlix_o 22._o exod._n xvii_o 12._o and_o xxxi_o 14._o josh._n ii_o 14._o job_n xii_o 7._o prov._n iii_o 18._o and_o fourteen_o 1._o and_o xxvii_o 9_o joel_n i._n 20._o therefore_o his_o people_n return_v hither_o god_n own_o people_n turn_v to_o these_o thought_n and_o tentation_n follow_v verse_n 10_o when_o they_o see_v withal_o their_o own_o mournful_a misery_n very_o i_o thus_o subject_a to_o these_o dangerous_a tentation_n verse_n 13_o as_o a_o dream_n when_o one_o awake_v job_n xx._n 8._o verse_n 20_o like_a to_o that_o john_n xvi_o 21._o and_o to_o that_o act_v xii_o 9_o and_o to_o that_o psal._n cxxvi_o 1._o when_o thou_o awake_v to_o judgement_n psal._n lxxviii_o 65._o and_o vii_o 6._o and_o xxxv_o 20._o thou_o shall_v despise_v their_o image_n their_o pageant_n of_o worldly_a pomp_n and_o pride_n make_v it_o to_o be_v despise_v yea_o in_o their_o own_o eye_n if_o god_n awake_v their_o conscience_n maschil_n a_o instruct_v psalm_n chapter_n lxxiv_o of_o asaph_n see_v on_o psal._n l_o in_o the_o title_n this_o psalm_n most_o likely_a be_v commit_v to_o some_o of_o asaph_n posterity_n long_o after_o david_n time_n to_o tune_v sing_v and_o play_v it_o the_o time_n of_o desolation_n which_o this_o psalm_n mention_n and_o bemoane_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n who_o profane_v and_o pollute_v much_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o do_v not_o cast_v it_o down_o and_o burn_v it_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o he_o himself_o be_v long_o after_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v conclude_v but_o that_o rather_o in_o the_o day_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o nebuzaradan_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 8._o the_o rod_n or_o tribe_n verse_n 2_o which_o thou_o have_v measure_v out_o for_o thy_o own_o inheritance_n as_o with_o a_o line_n or_o rod_n jer._n x._o 16._o deut._n xxxii_o 9_o thy_o congregation_n mean_v the_o temple_n where_o the_o holy_a congregation_n assemble_v verse_n 4_o and_o verse_n 7._o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n thy_o sanctuary_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n mean_v the_o temple_n the_o plural_a number_n be_v use_v discretive_o to_o note_v out_o and_o design_n one_o of_o many_o and_o so_o be_v that_o gen._n xxiii_o 6._o judg._n vii_o 10._o and_o xii_o 7._o 2_o king_n v._n 13._o 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 25._o john_n vi_o 45._o act_n xiii_o 40._o zech._n ix_o 9_o mat._n iu._n 3_o compare_v with_o luke_n iu_o 3._o and_o so_o we_o may_v understand_v that_o matth._n xxvii_o 44._o compare_v with_o luke_n xxiii_o 40_o and_o that_o 2_o chr._n chap._n xxviii_o 3._o compare_v with_o 2_o king_n xxviii_o 3._o and_o that_o matth._n xxvi_o 8._o compare_v with_o john_n xii_o 4._o no_o more_o any_o prophet_n ezekiel_n verse_n 9_o and_o jeremy_n be_v now_o dead_a other_o haply_o not_o so_o well_o know_v or_o regard_v lam._n ii_o 9_o dragon_n the_o prince_n of_o pharaoh_n leviathan_n pharaoh_n verse_n 13_o give_v he_o to_o be_v meat_n him_n verse_n 14_o and_o he_o drown_v and_o cast_v upon_o the_o shore_n to_o be_v meat_n to_o the_o wild_a beast_n and_o fowl_n of_o prey_n call_v a_o people_n as_o prov._n xxx_o 25_o 26._o or_o their_o spoil_n as_o meat_n to_o the_o israelite_n or_o give_v meat_n that_o be_v manna_n to_o he_o that_o be_v thy_o people_n in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o i_o shall_v receive_v this_o psalm_n seem_v to_o be_v pen_v by_o david_n chapter_n lxxv_o verse_n 2_o for_o asaph_n to_o use_v and_o likely_a at_o the_o time_n and_o upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o state_n of_o affair_n at_o and_o upon_o the_o murder_n of_o abner_n by_o joab_n 2_o sam._n iii_o which_o being_n then_o much_o shake_v and_o shatter_a he_o promise_v to_o uphold_v and_o rectify_v and_o rebuke_v the_o foolish_a proud_a and_o presumptuous_a opposer_n of_o his_o promotion_n he_o renu_v his_o resolution_n to_o proceed_v in_o judgement_n towards_o the_o wicked_a and_o the_o righteous_a upright_o the_o pillar_n of_o it_o he_o do_v so_o verse_n 3_o by_o erect_v and_o sustain_v and_o maintain_v good_a magistrate_n and_o chief_o religion_n and_o righteousness_n the_o main_a pillar_n of_o a_o kingdom_n see_v gal._n ii_o 9_o cup_n see_v esay_n li._n 17._o verse_n 8_o ezek._n xxiii_o 32._o jer._n xxv_o 15._o apoc._n fourteen_o 10._o in_o salem_n of_o salem_n chapter_n lxxvi_o verse_n 2_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n x._o 1._o there_o break_v he_o this_o likely_a be_v do_v in_o the_o assyrian_a cam_n god_n angel_n verse_n 3_o in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 21._o â—â—p_n by_o then_o the_o mountain_n of_o prey_n a_o proverbial_a expression_n of_o great_a glory_n verse_n 4_o see_v esay_n ix_o 3._o and_o liii_o 12._o or_o from_o the_o mountain_n of_o prey_n where_o the_o assyrian_a army_n be_v prey_v upon_o thy_o people_n and_o now_o slay_v by_o thy_o glorious_a power_n and_o give_v by_o thou_o as_o a_o prey_n to_o thy_o people_n their_o sleep_n of_o death_n verse_n 5_o shall_v praise_v thou_o turn_v to_o thy_o praise_n verse_n 10_o the_o remainder_n keep_v within_o compass_n the_o further_a attempt_n of_o our_o enrage_a enemy_n to_o jeduthun_n psal._n chapter_n lxxvii_o thirty-nine_o and_o lxii_o 1_o chron._n xxv_o 2_o 3._o my_o soar_n run_v or_o my_o hand_n be_v stretch_v out_o verse_n 2_o that_o be_v in_o prayer_n and_o be_v trouble_v or_o verse_n 3_o make_v a_o trouble_a noise_n thy_o way_n verse_n 13_o o_o god_n be_v in_o the_o sanctuary_n or_o in_o sanctity_n most_o holy_a and_o thy_o manner_n of_o administration_n and_o proceed_n be_v to_o be_v learn_v in_o thy_o word_n which_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o sanctuary_n psal._n lxxiii_o 17._o the_o water_n see_v thou_o psal._n cxiv_o 3_o 5._o verse_n 16_o the_o water_n of_o the_o red-sea_n the_o cloud_n exod._n fourteen_o 24._o verse_n 17_o psal._n lxviii_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 33._o and_o xviii_o 13_o 14._o thy_o way_n be_v in_o the_o sea_n the_o red-sea_n verse_n 19_o exod._n fourteen_o 21._o footstep_n be_v not_o know_v before_o or_o after_o the_o water_n return_v and_o hide_v that_o way_n exod._n fourteen_o 27._o or_o more_o generaly_a god_n way_n be_v unsearchable_a job_n xxvi_o 14._o psal._n cvii_o 23_o 24._o rom._n xi_o 33_o 34._o in_o a_o parable_n matth._n chapter_n lxxviii_o verse_n 2_o xiii_o 35._o cite_v there_o by_o the_o evangelist_n in_o a_o allusion_n only_o to_o the_o word_n parable_n and_o therefore_o with_o some_o alteration_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o psalmist_n and_o that_o form_n of_o allegation_n be_v usual_a with_o the_o evangelist_n as_o well_o in_o allusive_a and_o indirect_a as_o in_o more_o direct_a and_o proper_a application_n of_o parable_n see_v more_o in_o the_o observation_n on_o psalm_n xlix_o 4._o the_o child_n of_o ephraim_n some_o make_v this_o relate_v to_o that_o verse_n 9_o 1_o chron._n vii_o 21_o 22._o while_n their_o father_n live_v in_o egypt_n other_o to_o the_o ephramite_n flight_n before_o jephthah_n judg._n xii_o 46._o other_o understand_v all_o the_o israelite_n under_o that_o name_n refer_v this_o to_o their_o flight_n before_o the_o philistine_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 10._o or_o before_o abijah_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 17._o and_o other_o understanding_n by_o ephraim_n the_o ten_o tribe_n whereof_o ephraim_n be_v the_o head_n make_v it_o to_o relate_v to_o the_o final_a extirpation_n of_o that_o kingdom_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 7._o etc._n etc._n whereof_o hosea_n prophesy_v chap._n x._o 11_o 14._o so_o various_a exposition_n may_v these_o general_a word_n admit_v by_o send_v evil_a angel_n as_o job_n i._n 12_o 16._o verse_n 49_o as_o executioner_n of_o his_o fierce_a anger_n or_o angel_n i._n e._n messenger_n of_o evil_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v either_o of_o good_a angel_n or_o of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n hinder_v part_n 1_o sam._n v._o 1_o 6_o 9_o 12._o verse_n 66_o and_o vi_o 4._o he_o refuse_v shiloh_n verse_n 67_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n the_o son_n of_o joseph_n the_o ark_n never_o come_v thither_o again_o his_o sanctuary_n temple_n verse_n 69_o by_o solomon_n by_o this_o
and_o humble_v himself_o and_o suffer_v even_o to_o death_n and_o so_o be_v make_v a_o little_a low_o than_o the_o angel_n but_o now_o hereby_o he_o be_v crown_v with_o glory_n and_o honour_n yet_o this_o dignity_n here_o be_v not_o ascribe_v to_o his_o humanity_n single_o in_o itself_o consider_v but_o in_o supposito_fw-la as_o it_o hypostatica_o subsist_v in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o this_o dignity_n be_v not_o a_o elevation_n and_o exaltation_n of_o the_o humanity_n of_o our_o saviour_n into_o the_o majesty_n and_o essential_a property_n and_o prerogative_n of_o the_o divine-nature_n and_o so_o to_o have_v a_o parity_n of_o dignity_n with_o it_o a_o equality_n in_o all_o point_n rea_o communicate_v to_o the_o humanity_n in_o itself_o as_o the_o ubiquitary_n contend_v and_o plead_v for_o and_o which_o they_o refer_v not_o to_o the_o person_n only_o but_o to_o the_o very_a humane_a nature_n also_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o this_o dignity_n of_o christ_n humanity_n be_v that_o which_o be_v next_o in_o degree_n under_o god_n and_o the_o father_n above_o that_o of_o the_o angel_n and_o all_o creature_n heb._n i._n 3_o 4._o ephes._n i._n 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o give_v to_o he_o in_o time_n after_o his_o ascension_n as_o a_o consequent_a and_o reward_n of_o his_o exinanition_n and_o passion_n phil._n ii_o ult_n heb._n ii_o 9_o luke_n xxiv_o 26._o this_o dignity_n saint_n paul_n declare_v 1_o cor._n xv._o 25._o and_o saint_n peter_n act_v v._o 31._o and_o x._o 42._o john_n v._n 27._o in_o sum_n then_o as_o christ_n empty_v himself_o and_o subject_v himself_o to_o the_o father_n not_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o divine_a nature_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o person_n god-man_n and_o that_o only_a out_o of_o his_o voluntary_a dispensation_n so_o out_o of_o the_o same_o his_o voluntary_a dispensation_n it_o be_v that_o he_o exercise_v this_o office_n of_o mediation_n in_o both_o nature_n and_o here_o after_o his_o ascension_n not_o before_o in_o the_o personal_a union_n of_o both_o nature_n he_o receive_v this_o dignity_n of_o sit_v on_o the_o father_n right_a hand_n his_o person_n reign_v so_o in_o both_o nature_n it_o be_v not_o then_o the_o humanity_n in_o itself_o single_o take_v that_o sit_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o the_o humanity_n of_o that_o person_n that_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n as_o in_o the_o incarnation_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v not_o that_o the_o humanity_n become_v god_n but_o that_o the_o humanity_n become_v then_o the_o humanity_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n now_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n do_v reign_v every_o where_n even_o as_o man_n also_o though_o his_o humanity_n be_v not_o every_o where_n as_o a_o king_n do_v in_o his_o kingdom_n though_o his_o body_n be_v not_o every_o where_n as_o the_o head_n in_o the_o body_n though_o the_o head_n be_v not_o every_o where_n as_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o firmament_n enlighten_v heat_n cherish_v quicken_v thing_n below_o though_o the_o sun_n remain_v in_o its_o own_o place_n above_o until_o 1_o cor._n xv._o 14_o 25_o 28._o not_o yet_o that_o the_o son_n shall_v then_o leave_v off_o all_o rule_n and_o reign_v and_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o father_n simple_o but_o that_o then_o he_o shall_v leave_v off_o his_o office_n of_o mediation_n have_v then_o overcome_v his_o enemy_n and_o full_o gather_v his_o church_n he_o shall_v not_o thenceforth_o use_v those_o mean_n and_o act_n which_o former_o he_o do_v the_o whole_a work_n be_v then_o finish_v then_o shall_v he_o leave_v off_o the_o administration_n of_o that_o delegation_n which_o he_o have_v former_o free_o undertake_v there_o be_v then_o no_o more_o need_n of_o it_o but_o thenceforth_o shall_v he_o reign_v together_o with_o the_o father_n to_o all_o eternity_n dan._n vii_o 14._o luke_n i._n 23._o in_o a_o sense_n not_o unlike_a be_v this_o particle_n until_o use_v psal._n cxxiii_o 2._o matth._n ult_n ult_n gen._n xxviii_o 15._o what_o be_v affirm_v of_o the_o time_n past_a be_v not_o deny_v for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v i_o make_v i_o god_n the_o father_n not_o exclude_v god_n the_o son_n for_o the_o same_o action_n be_v attribute_v to_o he_o 1_o cor._n xv._o 25._o john_n xvi_o 33_o opera_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sunt_fw-la indivisa_fw-la thy_o enemy_n the_o devil_n john_n fourteen_o 30._o 1_o cor._n xv._o 24._o the_o world_n john_n xvi_o 33._o and_o xv._o 18._o antichrist_n and_o all_o wicked_a man_n luke_n xix_o 27._o not_o but_o that_o these_o be_v the_o enemy_n of_o god_n and_o the_o father_n also_o john_n v._n 23._o and_o so_o both_o be_v join_v together_o psal._n ii_o 2._o yet_o more_o immediate_o and_o direct_o enemy_n to_o christ_n the_o son_n who_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o destroy_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n 1_o john_n ii_o 8._o enemy_n to_o his_o kingdom_n and_o his_o inheritance_n matth._n xxi_o 38._o thy_o footstool_n all_o utter_o subdue_v and_o put_v under_o thy_o foot_n 1_o cor._n xv._o 14._o as_o judg._n i._n 7._o psal._n xlvii_o 3._o and_o psal._n xviii_o 39_o 40._o 1_o king_n v._n 3._o josh._n x._o 24._o 25._o thus_o do_v sapor_n the_o persian_a king_n tamerlane_n the_o scythian_a and_o pope_n alexander_n the_o four_o to_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n the_o first_o this_o conquest_n be_v make_v by_o christ_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n col._n ii_o 15._o ephes._n iu._n 8._o john_n xii_o 3._o and_o chap._n xvi_o 11._o 33._o they_o touch_v not_o christ_n person_n now_o as_o they_o do_v when_o he_o be_v upon_o earth_n they_o have_v not_o power_n over_o his_o mystical_a body_n and_o true_a member_n to_o domineer_v over_o they_o subdue_v they_o or_o deadly_o destroy_v they_o yet_o they_o have_v power_n to_o bite_v and_o bruise_v their_o heel_n and_o so_o to_o persecute_v christ_n in_o his_o member_n act_n ix_o 4._o and_o ch_n xxii_o 7._o zech._n ii_o 8._o and_o so_o the_o victory_n be_v not_o yet_o full_o complete_a rom._n xvi_o 20._o and_o this_o make_v for_o christ_n great_a glory_n and_o his_o child_n good_a but_o at_o the_o last_o day_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n all_o the_o enemy_n shall_v be_v altogether_o utter_o subdue_v and_o destroy_v and_o punish_v everlasting_o 1_o cor._n xv._o 25_o 28._o matth._n xxv_o 41_o etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n shall_v send_v the_o prophet_n david_n here_o turn_v his_o speech_n to_o his_o lord_n and_o son_n and_o speak_v here_o of_o jehovah_n what_o he_o shall_v do_v to_o and_o for_o he_o the_o rod_n of_o thy_o strength_n thy_n royal_a sceptre_n or_o shepherd_n staff_n thy_o kingdom_n and_o the_o dominion_n thereof_o jer._n xlviii_o 17._o ezek._n xix_o 4_o 11._o thy_o royal_a power_n which_o shall_v be_v strong_a to_o overpower_v all_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o world_n oppose_v it_o rom._n i._n 16._o and_o this_o be_v his_o word_n and_o gospel_n not_o any_o temporal_a arm_n or_o power_n out_o of_o zion_n there_o begin_v the_o promulgation_n and_o thence_o spring_v the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o of_o christ_n kingdom_n which_o wondrous_o subdue_v all_o the_o world_n ps._n ii_o 6_o 8._o esay_n ii_o 2_o 3._o mich._n iu._n 2._o rule_v thou_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o enemy_n here_o be_v the_o success_n of_o christ_n kingdom_n even_o among_o his_o enemy_n he_o and_o his_o church_n militant_a in_o this_o world_n shall_v still_o have_v enemy_n matth._n x._o 6._o yet_o he_o shall_v rule_v and_o reign_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o in_o despite_n of_o they_o and_o that_o with_o all_o confidence_n and_o boldness_n thy_o people_n as_o by_o right_a of_o creation_n so_o chief_o here_o verse_n 3_o by_o right_a of_o redemption_n here_o be_v the_o success_n of_o christ_n kingdom_n among_o his_o subject_n shall_v be_v willing_a their_o first_o property_n to_o be_v prompt_a ready_a devout_a cheerful_o obedient_a 1_o pet._n ii_o 9_o free_o lead_v thereto_o by_o god_n free_a spirit_n psal._n li._n 12._o rom._n viii_o 14._o psal._n liv._o 6._o 2_o cor._n ix_o 7._o as_o judg._n v._n 9_o nehem._n xi_o 2._o act_n ii_o 41._o make_v such_o by_o christ_n of_o unwilling_a to_o be_v so_o willing_a john_n vi._n 44._o psal._n cxix_o 10_o 11._o 108._o and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n of_o that_o psalm_n esay_n elix_fw-la 18._o and_o lv._o 5._o and_o lx._n 4._o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o power_n when_o by_o the_o powerful_a preach_n of_o thy_o gospel_n thou_o shall_v rule_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o enemy_n and_o powerful_o convert_v thy_o people_n to_o so_o willing_a a_o obedience_n unto_o thou_o the_o word_n here_o translate_v power_n signify_v also_o a_o army_n and_o may_v relate_v to_o christ_n muster_v of_o his_o people_n as_o army_n in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o
of_o i_o of_o my_o word_n of_o truth_n without_o mixture_n of_o hay_n or_o stubble_n 1_o cor._n iii_o 12._o make_v haste_n see_v chap._n ii_o verse_n 14_o 9_o 17._o they_o then_o wait_v for_o the_o consolation_n of_o israel_n here_o be_v the_o church_n last_o speech_n and_o prayer_n like_o that_o apoc_n xxii_o 17_o 20._o she_o love_v and_o belong_v and_o look_n for_o his_o second_o advent_n 2_o pet._n iii_o 12._o as_o the_o espouse_a virgin_n do_v after_o the_o day_n of_o marriage_n like_o to_o a_o roe_n in_o nimbleness_n and_o swiftness_n come_v with_o all_o speed_n quick_o cut_v off_o of_o delay_n yet_o his_o come_n seem_v long_o to_o we_o because_o we_o be_v short_a we_o set_v the_o sun_n by_o our_o dyal_n upon_o the_o mountain_n of_o spice_n where_o christ_n be_v and_o whence_o the_o church_n expect_v he_o and_o whither_o she_o belong_v to_o be_v bring_v by_o he_o those_o high_a and_o heavenly_a those_o sweet_a and_o precious_a pleasure_n ps._n xvi_o 11._o be_v the_o issue_n and_o upshot_n of_o all_o and_o the_o end_n of_o this_o spiritual_a heavenly_a song_n the_o great_a and_o small_a prophet_n according_a to_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o live_v and_o prophesy_v may_v seem_v to_o stand_v in_o this_o rank_a and_o order_n viz._n jonah_n esay_n hosea_n joel_n amos_n micah_n nahum_n habakkuk_n zephanie_n jeremy_n daniel_n ezekiel_n obadiah_n haggai_n zechariah_n malachi_n in_o the_o lxx_o the_o lesser_a prophet_n be_v place_v before_o the_o great_a esay_n esay_n prophecy_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n and_o samaria_n short_o to_o be_v accomplish_v by_o the_o assyrian_a and_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n afterward_o by_o the_o babylonian_a and_o of_o the_o neighbour_a kingdom_n round_o about_o by_o they_o both_o and_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n by_o the_o babylonian_a and_o of_o the_o babylonian_a by_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_a intermix_a sharp_a accusation_n of_o sin_n severe_a threaten_n of_o judgement_n and_o comfortable_a promise_n chief_o to_o the_o jew_n and_o israelite_n and_o extend_v his_o evangelical_n prophecy_n and_o promise_v to_o christ_n and_o his_o glorious_a spiritual_a kingdom_n and_o the_o vocation_n of_o the_o gentile_n to_o the_o communion_n of_o it_o and_o all_o in_o a_o stately_a stile_n and_o lofty_a language_n the_o time_n of_o his_o prophesy_v must_v needs_o be_v 46._o year_n from_o the_o first_o of_o jotham_n to_o the_o 14_o of_o hezekiah_n beside_o the_o time_n that_o the_o prophesy_v in_o the_o day_n of_o vzziah_n and_o after_o the_o 14_o of_o hezekiah_n which_o for_o the_o number_n of_o year_n be_v uncertain_a yet_o it_o be_v record_v that_o he_o write_v the_o act_n of_o uzziah_n first_o and_o last_o 2_o chron._n xxvi_o 22._o though_o that_o book_n seem_v not_o extant_a now_o as_o not_o so_o necessary_a for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n as_o neither_o that_o of_o jasher_n 2_o sam._n i_o 18._o nor_o that_o of_o jeremy_n 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 25._o the_o time_n in_o esay_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v thus_o distinguish_v viz._n in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n uzziah_n chapter_n i._o 5._o who_o be_v reign_n be_v mention_v chap._n i._n 1._o and_o his_o death_n chap._n vi_o 1._o wherein_o some_o thing_n most_o prophetical_o be_v speak_v and_o understand_v both_o of_o sin_n and_o punishment_n which_o otherwise_o be_v fit_v rather_o to_o the_o time_n of_o ahaz_n in_o the_o day_n of_o jotham_n chap._n vi_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ahaz_n chap._n vii_o fourteen_o ver_fw-la 28._o who_o reign_n be_v mention_v chap._n vii_o 1._o and_o his_o death_n chap._n fourteen_o 28._o and_o the_o rest_n may_v seem_v most_o if_o not_o all_o to_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o special_a notation_n of_o time_n in_o chap._n xx._n mention_v the_o year_n that_o tartan_a 2_o king_n xviii_o 17._o come_v to_o ashâ—od_a or_o azotus_n and_o take_v it_o when_o sargon_n next_o predecessor_n to_o sennacharib_n or_o sennacharib_v himself_o king_n of_o assria_n send_v he_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v about_o the_o eight_o or_o nine_o year_n of_o hezek_n and_o in_o the_o xxxvi_o &_o xxxvii_o chap._n mention_v the_o 14_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o the_o history_n contain_v in_o it_o and_o in_o chap._n xxxviii_o thirty-nine_o contain_v history_n that_o fall_v out_o in_o the_o late_a end_n of_o that_o fourteen_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n without_o any_o other_o or_o further_a notation_n of_o time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o all_o the_o book_n in_o this_o prophecy_n be_v chief_o contain_v manifold_a evangelical_n promise_v and_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n of_o his_o person_n and_o office_n his_o gospel_n and_o kingdom_n more_o particular_o of_o his_o incarnation_n and_o birth_n his_o breed_n call_v teach_n suffering_n life_n death_n rise_v again_o glory_n ensue_v kingdom_n length_n and_o extent_n that_o esay_n be_v well_o call_v a_o evangelical_n prophet_n or_o prophetical_a evangelist_n conclude_v with_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o deliverance_n of_o god_n people_n thence_o the_o glorious_a restauration_n of_o the_o church_n and_o numerous_a vocation_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o premise_n it_o be_v that_o this_o book_n be_v so_o often_o cite_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o in_o the_o table_n ensue_a may_v appear_v esay_n allege_v or_o allude_v to_o in_o 1._o 9_o rom._n 9_o 29_o 6._o 9_o 10_o mat._n 13._o five_o 14_o 15_o  _fw-fr joh._n 12._o 39_o 40_o 41_o  _fw-fr act._n 28._o 25_o 26_o 27_o 7._o 14_o mat._n 1._o 22_o 23_o 8._o 14_o rom._n 9_o 33_o 15_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 8_o  _fw-fr mat._n 21._o 44_o 17_o luke_n 20._o 18_o 18_o heb._n 2._o 13_o 14_o 9_o 2_o mat._n 4._o 14_o 15_o 16_o 7_o luke_n 1._o 32_o 33_o 10._o 22_o 23_o rom._n 9_o 27_o 28_o 11_o 1_o mat._n 2._o 23_o 10_o rom._n 15._o 12_o 13._o 10_o mat._n 24._o 29._o 21._o 9_o apoc._n 14._o 8_o 22._o 13_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 32._o 22_o apoc._n 3._o 7_o 25._o 8_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 54._o 28._o 11_o apoc._n 11._o 7_o 17_o  _fw-fr 1_o cor._n 14._o 21_o 16_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8_o  _fw-fr rom._n 9_o 33_o 29._o 10_o rom._n 11._o 8_o 13_o mat._n 15._o 7_o 8_o 9_o  _fw-fr mar._n 7._o 6_o 14_o 1_o cor._n 1._o 19_o 33._o 18_o 1._o cor._n 1._o 19_o 20_o 34._o 4_o apoc._n 6._o 13_o 14_o 35._o 5_o 6_o in_o many_o place_n 40._o 3_o matth._n 3._o 3_o  _fw-fr mark_n 1._o 3_o  _fw-fr john_n 1._o 23_o 3_o 4_o 5_o luke_n 3._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 24_o 25_o 13_o rom._n 11._o 34_o  _fw-fr 1_o cor._n 2._o 16_o 41._o 4_o ap._n 1._o 17_o &_o 22._o 13_o 8_o james_n 2._o 23_o 42._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o mat._n 12._o 17_o 18_o  _fw-fr 19_o 20_o 6_o act_n 13._o 47_o 43._o 19_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 17_o 44._o 3_o john_n 7._o 38_o 39_o 45._o 9_o rom._n 9_o 20_o 23_o rom._n 4._o 11_o  _fw-fr phil._n 2._o 10_o 11_o 47._o 8_o apoc._n 18._o 7_o 49._o 6_o luke_n 2._o 32_o  _fw-fr act_n 13._o 47_o 8_o 2_o cor._n 6._o 2._o 10_o apoc._n 7._o 16_o 50._o 6_o luk._n 22._o 64_o  _fw-fr john_n 18._o 22_o 8_o rom._n 8._o 30_o 34_o 52._o 5_o rom._n 2._o 24_o 7_o rom._n 10._o 15_o 10_o luke_n 3._o 6_o 11_o 2_o cor._n 6._o 17_o 15_o rom._n 15._o 21._o 53._o 1_o john_n 12._o 38_o  _fw-fr rom._n 10._o 16_o 3_o mark_n 9_o 12_o 4_o matth_n 8._o 17_o 5_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 3_o 53._o 5_o 6_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 24_o 25_o 7_o 8_o mark_v 15._o 3_o etc._n etc._n  _fw-fr act_n 8._o 32_o 9_o 1_o pet_n 2._o 22_o 12_o mark_n 15._o 28_o  _fw-fr lu._n 22_o 37_o &_o 23_o 34_o 54._o 1_o gal._n 4._o 27_o 13_o john_n 6._o 45_o 55._o 1_o john_n 7._o 37_o 3_o act_n 13._o 34_o  _fw-fr psal._n 89._o 35_o 56._o 7_o matth._n 21._o 13_o  _fw-fr mark_n 11._o 17_o  _fw-fr luk_n 19_o 46_o 59_o 7_o rom._n 3_o 15_o 17_o eph._n 6._o 17_o  _fw-fr 1_o thes._n 5._o 8_o 20_o rom._n 11._o 26_o 60_o 3_o apoc._n 21._o 24._o 11_o apoc._n 21._o 25_o 19_o ap._n 21._o 23._o &_o 22._o 5_o 61_o 1_o 2_o lnk_v 4._o 17_o 21_o 62._o 11_o matth._n 21._o 5_o 63_o 2_o 3_o apoc._n 19_o 13_o 15_o 64_o 4_o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o 11_o 65._o 1_o 2_o rom_n 10._o 20_o 21_o 17_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 13._o 66_o 1_o act_n 7._o 48_o 49_o 21_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 5_o 9_o  _fw-fr apoc_fw-fr 1._o 6._o 24_o mark_v 9_o 44_o chap._n vii_o ver_fw-la 16._o have_v reference_n to_o shear-jashub_a chap._n viii_o ver_fw-la 18._o have_v reference_n to_o shear-jashub_a and_o mahershalah-hash-baz_a chap._n xxxviii_o ver_fw-la 5._o ezekiah_n tear_n among_o other_o cause_n may_v chief_o be_v because_o at_o that_o time_n he_o have_v no_o son_n manasseh_n be_v bear_v
to_o the_o nation_n for_o they_o bring_v or_o send_v in_o the_o israely_n that_o be_v in_o captivity_n with_o they_o or_o sojourn_v among_o they_o this_o typical_o and_o chief_o relate_v to_o the_o call_n home_o of_o the_o elect_a of_o they_o to_o christ_n wheresover_v disperse_v some_o at_o one_o time_n some_o at_o another_o and_o also_o the_o main_a body_n of_o the_o residue_n in_o his_o own_o appoint_a season_n act_v ii_o 41._o and_o iu_o 4._o and_o xxi_o 20._o rom._n xi_o 5_o 25_o 26._o 2_o cor._n iii_o 16._o the_o envy_n also_o of_o ephraim_n that_o have_v be_v between_o they_o verse_n 13_o and_o judah_n since_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o jeroboam_n the_o ephraimite_n 1_o king_n xii_o be_v to_o cease_v when_o unite_a either_o to_o other_o in_o christ_n ezek_n xxxvii_o 16._o jer._n iii_o 18._o and_o the_o adversary_n of_o judah_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o obstinate_a enemy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n shall_v by_o christ_n be_v destroy_v see_v chap._n lx._n 12._o but_o they_o shall_v fly_v verse_n 14_o etc._n etc._n they_o shall_v subdue_v these_o inveterate_a enemy_n the_o enemy_n of_o the_o spiritual_a kingdom_n of_o christ_n hereby_o typify_v the_o tongue_n of_o the_o egyptian_a sea_n verse_n 15_o the_o prophet_n here_o promise_v from_o god_n a_o removal_n of_o all_o impediment_n that_o may_v hinder_v the_o jew_n in_o this_o their_o return_n into_o their_o land_n this_o their_o return_n shadow_v out_o the_o reduce_n of_o people_n to_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o spiritual_a kingdom_n by_o this_o tongue_n there_o be_v mean_v the_o red-sea_n which_o be_v like_o a_o tongue_n the_o river_n nilus_n in_o the_o seven_o stream_n by_o which_o as_o by_o so_o many_o mouth_n it_o empti_v itself_o into_o the_o sea_n to_o make_v way_n for_o the_o jew_n return_v from_o she_o into_o their_o own_o land_n the_o meaning_n be_v that_o no_o impediment_n or_o obstacle_n shall_v be_v so_o great_a that_o may_v hinder_v those_o who_o be_v to_o be_v bring_v home_o to_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n out_o of_o all_o quarter_n but_o it_o shall_v be_v remove_v a_o high_a way_n the_o same_o meaning_n for_o assyria_n verse_n 16_o as_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n for_o egypt_n in_o that_o day_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 1_o of_o thy_o return_n home_o thou_o shall_v say_v and_o sing_v these_o or_o the_o like_a hymn_n of_o praise_n compose_v by_o the_o prophet_n as_o set_v form_n or_o as_o directory_n to_o they_o or_o both_o so_o 1_o chron._n xvi_o 7_o 35_o 36._o in_o that_o day_n a_o preface_n or_o passage_n into_o a_o new_a form_n verse_n 4_o another_o ditty_n and_o this_o in_o way_n of_o exhortation_n to_o other_o to_o do_v the_o like_a babylon_n here_o begin_v prophecy_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 1_o purposely_o against_o foreign_a state_n and_o first_o against_o babylon_n that_o shall_v be_v their_o principal_a enemy_n the_o inscription_n of_o this_o sermon_n be_v here_o in_o the_o first_o word_n of_o burden_n see_v jer._n xxiii_o 33_o 36._o of_o babylon_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o dan._n iu._n 30._o of_o her_o fall_n see_v jer._n l._n and_o li._n and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o seven_o sermon_n lift_v you_o up_o a_o banner_n to_o summon_v those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v employ_v against_o babylon_n verse_n 2_o noble_n the_o great_a peer_n of_o babylon_n my_o sanctify_a one_o set_v apart_o to_o this_o service_n verse_n 3_o ver_fw-la 17._o jer._n li._n 27_o 28._o a_o far_a country_n media_n and_o persia._n verse_n 5_o whole_a land_n of_o chaldea_n howle_v you_o babylonian_n their_o face_n shall_v be_v as_o flame_n lam._n iu_o verse_n 6_o 8._o and_o v._o 10._o ezek._n xx._n verse_n 8_o 47._o yet_o this_o here_o seem_v to_o be_v for_o fear_n of_o evil_a yet_o to_o come_v see_v therefore_o that_o jer._n xxx_o 5_o 6._o joel_n ii_o 6._o nahum_n ii_o 10._o yet_o the_o original_a word_n seem_v to_o incline_v to_o the_o face_n of_o lybian_o or_o tawny-moore_n the_o star_n all_o shall_v be_v so_o full_a of_o horror_n and_o terror_n verse_n 10_o that_o the_o heavenly_a body_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v lose_v their_o light_n no_o glimpse_n of_o comfort_n shall_v appear_v ophir_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n verse_n 12_o x._o 11._o shake_v the_o heaven_n i_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o be_v in_o such_o confusion_n and_o distraction_n verse_n 13_o as_o if_o heaven_n itself_o be_v fall_v upon_o their_o head_n and_o the_o earth_n move_v or_o remove_v from_o under_o their_o foot_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v babylon_n turn_v to_o his_o own_o people_n babylon_n shall_v be_v forsake_v by_o her_o hire_a force_n and_o confederate_n verse_n 14_o find_v mede_n and_o persian_n mede_n verse_n 15_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o cyrus_n and_o darius_n verse_n 17_o overthrow_v sodom_n verse_n 19_o this_o utter_a devastation_n of_o babylon_n be_v not_o at_o once_o but_o begin_v at_o the_o conquest_n of_o it_o by_o cyrus_n and_o in_o the_o succeed_a age_n be_v consummate_v it_o shall_v never_o be_v inhabit_v jer._n li._n 26_o verse_n 20._o 22._o 29_o 43._o and_o her_o time_n be_v near_o to_o come_v esay_n in_o vision_n see_v the_o judgement_n as_o if_o present_o approach_v or_o this_o may_v be_v take_v as_o speak_v to_o and_o for_o they_o that_o then_o shall_v be_v live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o lxx_o year_n for_o the_o lord_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o hasten_v of_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o which_o be_v god_n mercy_n and_o compassion_n towards_o his_o people_n the_o deliverance_n of_o who_o depend_v upon_o babylon_n destruction_n stranger_n shall_v be_v join_v see_v the_o like_a ch_z 5._o xliv_o and_o lvi_o 3._o and_o lx._n 3._o esther_n viii_o 17._o psal._n xlvii_o 8_o 9_o this_o partly_o accomplish_v at_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n but_o more_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n possess_v they_o these_o proselyte_n and_o convert_v verse_n 2_o take_v they_o captive_a etc._n etc._n partly_o verify_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o maccabee_n literaly_n but_o most_o of_o all_o spiritualy_a by_o the_o mean_n and_o ministry_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o preacher_n subdue_a they_o to_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n sceptre_n this_o proverb_n or_o byword_n verse_n 4_o or_o taunt_a speech_n here_o the_o prophet_n continue_v the_o denunciation_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n the_o king_n i._n e._n the_o kingdom_n o_o lucifer_n mean_v the_o babylonian_a verse_n 12_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o congregation_n mount_v zion_n verse_n 13_o or_o mount_n moriah_n be_v in_o the_o north-side_n of_o jerusalem_n 2_o chron._n iii_o 1._o psal._n xlviii_o 2._o that_o open_v not_o the_o house_n of_o his_o prisoner_n butler_n keep_v they_o lxx_o verse_n 17_o year_n in_o captivity_n prepare_v slaughter_n esay_n speak_v to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n verse_n 21._o 23._o 25._o for_o the_o bitterne_n see_v chap._n xiii_o 21_o 22._o that_o i_o will_v break_v the_o assyrian_a in_o my_o land_n rather_o as_o in_o break_v the_o assyrian_a in_o my_o land_n sennacherib_n overthrow_n it_o seem_v be_v before_o this_o and_o it_o be_v bring_v in_o as_o a_o argument_n and_o example_n to_o prove_v that_o as_o god_n have_v do_v that_o one_o so_o he_o will_v as_o certain_o do_v the_o other_o that_o be_v overthrow_n babylon_n in_o its_o time_n in_o the_o year_n that_o king_n ahaz_n die_v here_n begin_v another_o sermon_n verse_n 28_o or_o prophecy_n and_o may_v well_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o another_o chapter_n chap._n vi_o do_v bear_v the_o date_n of_o the_o death_n of_o uzziah_n this_o of_o the_o death_n of_o ahaz_n palestina_n mean_v here_o the_o western_a part_n of_o jury_n that_o be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o philistine_n verse_n 29_o of_o the_o philistine_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o zech._n ix_o 6._o the_o babylonian_n be_v the_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o jew_n far_a off_o the_o philistine_n be_v their_o great_a enemy_n near_o at_o hand_n because_o the_o rod_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v mean_v of_o king_n uzziah_n who_o prevail_v much_o in_o his_o war_n against_o they_o 2_o chron._n xxvi_o 6_o 7._o but_o in_o ahaz_n his_o reign_n the_o state_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v much_o weaken_v whereat_o the_o philistine_n do_v much_o rejoice_v but_o esay_n bid_v they_o not_o to_o be_v overjoy_v for_o it_o shall_v not_o last_v long_o a_o cockatrice_n ezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 8._o and_o his_o fruit_n shall_v be_v a_o fiery_a fly_a serpent_n the_o serpent_n fruit_n shoul_n be_v a_o cockatrice_n yea_o more_o then_o so_o a_o fiery_a fly_a serpent_n and_o the_o firstborn_a of_o the_o poor_a the_o extreme_o poor_a verse_n 30_o as_o
the_o jew_n at_o that_o time_n be_v shall_v feed_v free_o full_o and_o quiet_o without_o fear_n of_o the_o philistine_n when_o they_o shall_v want_v and_o famish_v and_o he_o shall_v slay_v thy_o remnant_n a_o remnant_n still_o reserve_v of_o god_n people_n in_o his_o fearful_a judgement_n but_o not_o a_o remnant_n leâ—t_v here_o by_o ezekiah_n to_o the_o philistine_n or_o at_o least_o a_o slaughter_n be_v among_o that_o remnant_n for_o jeremy_n ezekiel_n and_o zephanie_n all_o after_o ezekiahs_n day_n do_v again_o denounce_v judgement_n against_o they_o thou_o whole_a palestina_n as_o thou_o whole_a palestina_n do_v rejoice_v before_o verse_n 31_o verse_n 29._o so_o thy_o dread_n and_o desolation_n shall_v be_v now_o as_o general_a and_o universal_a from_o the_o north_n judea_n and_o jerusalem_n that_o stand_v north-east_n from_o the_o philistine_n a_o smoke_n ezekiahs_n force_n and_o none_o shall_v be_v alone_o in_o his_o appoint_a time_n or_o assembly_n ezekiah_n force_n shall_v come_v against_o they_o in_o flock_n at_o his_o set_a time_n and_o place_n for_o their_o randezvous_n or_o none_o of_o the_o philistine_n shall_v care_v or_o endure_v to_o stay_v in_o their_o meeting_n place_n and_o strong_a hold_n when_o ezekiahs_n force_n shall_v as_o smoke_v break_v in_o upon_o they_o what_o shall_v one_o then_o answer_n to_o any_o messenger_n in_o general_a verse_n 32_o that_o upon_o any_o occasion_n shall_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n of_o moab_n of_o moab_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 1_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n ii_o 1._o see_v jer._n xlviii_o wherein_o be_v many_o passage_n find_v borrow_v from_o hence_o because_o relate_v the_o destruction_n and_o devastation_n of_o some_o of_o their_o chief_a city_n and_o principal_a part_n of_o their_o country_n together_o with_o the_o moabite_n distraction_n and_o vain_a devotion_n thereupon_o flock_v unto_o their_o idol_n who_o can_v do_v they_o no_o good_a be_v lay_v waste_v the_o usual_a manner_n of_o prophetical_a language_n and_o this_o be_v do_v at_o several_a time_n by_o shalmanezer_n sennacherib_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n of_o which_o see_v more_o on_o chap._n xvi_o 14._o a_o heifer_n of_o three_o year_n old_a jer._n xlviii_o 34._o as_o a_o heifer_n of_o three_o year_n old_a i._n e._n such_o shall_v the_o crier_n or_o the_o cry_n be_v shall_v they_o carry_v away_o the_o enemy_n shall_v verse_n 5_o to_o the_o brook_n of_o the_o willow_n some_o place_n in_o moab_n verse_n 7_o there_o to_o share_v it_o and_o thence_o to_o carry_v it_o into_o assyria_n send_v you_o the_o lamb_n the_o tribute_n due_a to_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o land_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 1_o ezekiah_n of_o david_n race_n see_v 2_o sam._n viii_o 2._o moab_n subdue_v by_o david_n after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n it_o fall_v to_o israel_n after_o the_o death_n of_o ahab_n it_o rebel_v 2_o king_n i_o 1._o and_o ch_n iii_o ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o and_o so_o deny_v the_o tribute_n whereupon_o iâ—horam_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o king_n jehoshaphat_n and_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n make_v that_o war_n against_o moab_n 1_o king_n iii_o 7_o 9_o here_o the_o prophet_n seem_v to_o admonish_v moab_n what_o course_n she_o shall_v take_v and_o may_v have_v take_v for_o the_o prevention_n of_o the_o judgement_n here_o denounce_v against_o she_o to_o wit_n by_o pay_v their_o due_a tribute_n to_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o by_o perform_v kind_a office_n unto_o god_n people_n in_o the_o time_n special_o of_o their_o distress_n verse_n 3_o 4._o wherein_o fail_v they_o be_v again_o menace_v with_o the_o judgement_n before_o mention_v verse_n 7_o 13._o and_o a_o certain_a time_n set_v for_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o same_o verse_n 14._o from_o sela_n in_o the_o wilderness_n or_o as_o some_o to_o the_o wilderness_n unto_o the_o account_n where_o the_o king_n have_v his_o palace_n at_o the_o ford_n of_o arnon_n which_o bound_v their_o country_n on_o the_o one_o side_n verse_n 2_o num._n xxi_o 13._o consume_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o judah_n verse_n 4_o as_o indeed_o sennacherib_n be_v and_o therefore_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o kind_a office_n ojh_o the_o moabite_n to_o the_o jew_n shall_v not_o last_v long_o or_o be_v over-burdensome_a the_o throne_n of_o judah_n verse_n 5_o and_o he_o shall_v sit_v ezekiah_n the_o type_n christ_n the_o truth_n and_o hasten_v justice_n without_o needless_a delay_n his_o lie_n shall_v not_o be_v so_o all_o his_o haughty_a and_o wrathful_a thought_n verse_n 6_o shall_v not_o take_v such_o effect_n as_o in_o the_o pride_n of_o his_o heart_n he_o imagine_v his_o sanctuary_n the_o temple_n of_o his_o chief_a idol_n chemosh_fw-mi verse_n 12_o 1_o king_n xi_o 7._o jer._n xlviii_o 46._o since_o that_o time_n that_o this_o judgement_n pass_v upon_o moab_n verse_n 13_o be_v first_o reveal_v to_o the_o prophet_n that_o which_o follow_v ver_fw-la 14._o be_v add_v afterward_o thereunto_o within_o three_o year_n most_o likely_a thus_o verse_n 14_o conceive_v this_o prophecy_n and_o denunciation_n to_o have_v be_v deliver_v about_o the_o fourteen_o or_o fifteen_o year_n of_o ezekiah_n than_o it_o take_v effect_n about_o the_o eighteen_o or_o nineteenth_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n by_o ezarhaddon_n the_o assyrian_a king_n though_o the_o utter_a and_o final_a destruction_n of_o moab_n here_o before_o denounce_v and_o by_o jeremy_n long_v after_o second_v be_v to_o be_v execute_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o which_o be_v speedy_o effect_v help_v to_o confirm_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o former_a denunciation_n though_o that_o be_v to_o take_v effect_n long_o after_o yet_o some_o conceive_v this_o to_o be_v do_v by_o ezarhaddon_n in_o the_o ten_o of_o hezekiah_n other_o by_o shalmanezer_n in_o his_o way_n as_o he_o come_v to_o besiege_v samaria_n damascus_n of_o damascus_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 1_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n 3_o 4._o the_o like_a burden_n against_o damascus_n see_v chap._n xlix_o 23._o amos_n i._n 2._o zech._n ix_o 1._o be_v take_v away_o this_o be_v partly_o effect_v by_o tiglath-pilezar_a 2_o king_n xvi_o 9_o and_o after_o by_o shalmaneser_n and_o after_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o glory_n of_o jacob_n shall_v be_v make_v thin_a of_o israel_n the_o ten_o tribe_n verse_n 4_o at_o that_o day_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 7_o the_o residue_n of_o god_n people_n refine_a and_o reform_v by_o these_o forementioned_a calamity_n shall_v then_o abandon_v their_o idol_n and_o seek_v unto_o god_n which_o they_o leave_v for_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n the_o enemy_n leave_v verse_n 9_o god_n so_o dispose_v thing_n out_o of_o his_o gracious_a affection_n to_o his_o people_n plant_v curious_o verse_n 10_o but_o the_o harvest_n for_o all_o thy_o curious_a plant_n and_o sow_v the_o harvest_n shall_v be_v a_o heap_n ruin_v spoil_v destroy_v woe_n to_o the_o multitude_n of_o many_o people_n those_o force_n that_o sennacherib_n lead_v against_o god_n people_n verse_n 12_o see_v chap._n xxx_o 28._o and_o xxxvi_o and_o xxxvii_o that_o serve_v under_o he_o and_o they_o shall_v flee_v far_o off_o so_o do_v sennacherib_n chap._n verse_n 13_o xxxi_o 9_o at_o evenintide_n trouble_v in_o jerusalem_n verse_n 14_o before_o morning_n he_o be_v not_o most_o slay_v by_o the_o angel_n and_o the_o rest_n flee_v this_o be_v the_o portion_n a_o sweet_a close_n a_o new_a sermon_n or_o prophecy_n chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 1_o but_o very_o obscure_a and_o full_a of_o various_a interpretation_n woe_n some_o sense_n this_o as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o compellation_n ho._n shadow_v with_o wing_n mean_v egypt_n say_v some_o ethiopia_n say_v other_o beyond_o the_o river_n of_o ethiopia_n the_o river_n and_o stream_n of_o nilus_n above_o in_o ethiopia_n south_n of_o egypt_n where_o meroe_n a_o chief_a island_n say_v some_o other_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o river_n of_o ethiopia_n not_o above_o but_o under_o egypt_n and_o they_o there_o do_v place_n meroe_n where_o they_o conceive_v the_o queen_n candace_n reign_v that_o send_v ambassador_n some_o say_v verse_n 2_o the_o ethiopian_n send_v they_o and_o namely_o tirhakah_n other_o the_o egyptian_n send_v they_o by_o the_o sea_n the_o red-sea_n go_v you_o swift_a the_o word_n of_o tirhakah_n say_v some_o of_o the_o egyptian_n say_v other_o a_o nation_n scatter_v the_o assyrian_n say_v some_o tirhakah_n so_o provoke_v they_o to_o war_n and_o battle_n the_o ethiopian_n say_v other_o the_o egyptian_n thus_o warn_v they_o of_o their_o ruin_n approach_v by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o a_o three_o sort_n will_v understand_v by_o this_o scatter_a peel_a terrible_a nation_n the_o israelite_n a_o nation_n mete_v out_o and_o tread_v down_o the_o ethiopian_n be_v such_o and_o so_o here_o to_o be_v entreat_v and_o use_v but_o they_o that_o understand_v hereby_o the_o assyrian_n or_o the_o israelite_n either_o render_v
woman_n exod._n i._n 19_o but_o principaly_a this_o relate_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o christian_a church_n under_o christ_n to_o which_o the_o other_o be_v subordinate_a a_o manchild_n collectively_o multitude_n be_v mean_v verse_n 8._o ezra_n ii_o 64_o 65._o act_n ii_o 41._o and_o iu_o 4._o shall_v i_o set_v upon_o a_o work_n verse_n 9_o and_o not_o go_v through_o with_o it_o suck_v chap._n verse_n 11_o lx._n 16._o and_o your_o bow_n shall_v get_v vigour_n verse_n 14_o and_o verdure_n again_o as_o those_o bone_n ezek._n xxxvii_o 1_o 10._o come_v with_o fine_a towards_o and_o against_o his_o enemy_n verse_n 15_o full_o to_o be_v accomplish_v at_o the_o last_o day_n of_o judgement_n they_o that_o sanctify_v themselves_o use_v superstitious_a rite_n of_o expiation_n verse_n 17_o in_o the_o garden_n set_v apart_o for_o idolatrous_a service_n behind_o one_o in_o the_o midst_n or_o one_o person_n or_o company_n after_o another_o possible_o purify_n themselves_o in_o the_o fountain_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o garden_n it_o shall_v come_v since_o this_o people_n do_v take_v such_o course_n verse_n 18_o ver_fw-la 3_o 4._o i_o will_v execute_v judgement_n upon_o they_o and_o cast_v they_o off_o take_v in_o the_o gentile_n rom._n xi_o 11_o 12_o 15_o 17._o set_a a_o sign_n a_o sign_n or_o ensign_n to_o gather_v they_o verse_n 19_o or_o a_o save_a sign_n and_o mark_n upon_o they_o as_o ezek._n ix_o 4_o 6._o apoc._n vii_o 3._o and_o ix_o 4._o those_o that_o escape_n of_o they_o the_n reserve_v and_o holy_a remnant_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n the_o apostle_n and_o other_o faithful_a to_o all_o nation_n to_o call_v they_o in_o by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n your_o brethren_n in_o christ_n verse_n 20_o the_o convert_v of_o the_o gentile_n chap._n lx._n 4_o 9_o for_o priest_n verse_n 21_o and_o for_o levites_n make_v of_o they_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o as_o the_o new_a heaven_n chap._n verse_n 22_o lxv_o 17._o heb._n xii_o 28._o remain_v stand_v continue_v for_o ever_o matth._n xvi_o 18._o to_o worship_v before_o i_o by_o allusion_n in_o term_n to_o the_o old_a jewish_a manner_n of_o worship_n verse_n 23_o zech_n fourteen_o 16._o and_o look_v upon_o the_o carcase_n be_n spectator_n and_o witness_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o god_n vengeance_n upon_o those_o wicked_a one_o verse_n 24_o verse_n 15_o 16._o psal._n lviii_o 10._o for_o their_o worm_n hell_n here_o be_v principa_o intend_v see_v chap._n xxx_o 33._o matth._n iii_o 12._o and_o x._o 28._o and_o xviii_o 8_o 9_o and_o xxv_o 41._o james_n v._n 3._o apoc._n fourteen_o 10_o 11._o and_o xix_o 20._o and_o xx._n 14_o 15._o jeremiah_n jeremy_n a_o priest_n of_o anathoth_n in_o benjamin_n prophesy_v forty_o one_o year_n and_o upward_o thus_o from_o the_o thirteen_o of_o king_n josiah_n reign_n to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o be_v nineteen_o year_n eleven_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o eleven_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o zedekiah_n chap._n i._n 1_o 2._o and_o chap._n xxv_o 3._o and_o thirty-nine_o 11._o and_o he_o prophesy_v some_o year_n after_o that_o in_o judea_n first_o and_o egypt_n last_o ch_z xlii_o 2._o and_o xliii_o 10._o and_o xliv_o 8_o 24._o but_o how_o long_o be_v uncertain_a he_o be_v much_o oppose_v by_o false_a prophet_n and_o sustain_v much_o hard_a measure_n from_o the_o priest_n prince_n and_o people_n and_o after_o the_o take_n and_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n city_n and_o temple_n we_o read_v of_o his_o usage_n chap._n thirty-nine_o 11_o 14._o and_o chap._n xl._n 1_o 6._o and_o xlii_o 2._o and_o xliii_o 2_o 6._o jeremiah_n in_o this_o book_n main_o preach_v against_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o for_o they_o foretell_v the_o ruin_n of_o their_o state_n by_o the_o babylonian_n which_o he_o live_v to_o see_v and_o to_o lament_v in_o his_o book_n of_o lamentation_n he_o foretell_v the_o lxx_o year_n captivity_n there_o their_o return_n thence_o and_o happy_a enlargement_n under_o that_o bless_a branch_n the_o messiah_n and_o he_o propesi_v also_o in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o his_o book_n against_o other_o nation_n the_o enemy_n and_o oppressor_n of_o god_n people_n against_o egypt_n the_o philistine_n moab_n the_o ammonity_n edom_n damascus_n kedar_n hazor_n elam_n and_o foretell_v chief_o the_o utter_a ruin_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o empire_n by_o cyrus_n the_o mede_n and_o persian_n his_o chapter_n as_o they_o now_o stand_v number_v and_o place_v in_o the_o hebrew_n text_n and_o in_o our_o english_a translation_n if_o they_o be_v rank_v according_a to_o the_o course_n and_o history_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o thing_n do_v in_o they_o after_o the_o first_o twenty_o chapter_n will_v follow_v in_o this_o ensue_a order_n keep_v the_o number_n of_o the_o chapter_n that_o we_o now_o have_v 20._o 22._o 23._o 47._o 26._o 25._o 36._o 1_o 8._o 45._o 46._o 36._o 9_o 32._o 35._o 27._o 24._o 49._o v._o 34_o 39_o 29._o 30._o 31._o 28._o 51._o v._o 59_o 64._o 21._o 32._o 33._o 34._o 37._o 38._o 39_o 40._o 41._o 42._o 43._o 44._o 48._o 49._o 50._o 51._o v._o 1_o 59_o 52._o thus_o much_o vary_v from_o the_o order_n wherein_o we_o have_v they_o the_o lxx_o also_o marshal_v they_o in_o another_o rank_n and_o order_n much_o differ_v from_o the_o hebrew_n text._n and_o as_o chapter_n here_o be_v thus_o displace_v so_o also_o in_o daniel_n partly_o and_o the_o hebrew_n text_n seem_v sometime_o not_o so_o right_o to_o divide_v the_o chapter_n as_o esay_n lxiv_o and_o in_o our_o english_a bibles_n chapter_n sometime_o be_v not_o so_o fit_o and_o exact_o divide_v as_o esay_n 4._o 1._o and_o 26._o 20._o and_o 52._o 13._o 14._o 15._o and_o in_o other_o book_n no_o nor_o verse_n neither_o as_o esay_n 53._o 9_o 10._o and_o 58._o 9_o and_o 59_o 15._o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n chap._n 52._o 31_o 34._o be_v write_v by_o some_o prophet_n after_o jeremy_n death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o he_o die_v be_v not_o record_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n then_o jeremy_n be_v call_v from_o be_v ordinary_a priest_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 2_o to_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a prophet_n captive_n there_o be_v captive_n under_o jehojakim_n verse_n 3_o and_o under_o jeconiah_n but_o this_o be_v the_o last_o and_o great_a of_o jerusalem_n itself_o when_o both_o city_n and_o temple_n be_v sack_v and_o burn_v and_o the_o kingdom_n destroy_v in_o the_o day_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o five_o month_n this_o might_n end_n the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n reign_n chap._n lii_o 12_o then_o when_o god_n first_o call_v he_o verse_n 4_o as_o thus_o the_o time_n so_o now_o follow_v in_o this_o chapter_n the_o manner_n of_o his_o call_v and_o such_o general_a instruction_n as_o god_n be_v please_v then_o to_o give_v he_o concern_v his_o carriage_n in_o it_o and_o discharge_v of_o it_o i_o sanctify_v thou_o design_v thou_o to_o be_v a_o prophet_n verse_n 5_o to_o which_o office_n i_o do_v now_o call_v thou_o so_o gal._n i._n 15._o see_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o word_n esay_n xiii_o 3._o this_o stretch_v not_o to_o inward_a sanctification_n as_o that_o of_o john_n baptist_n do_v luke_n i._n 15._o nation_n both_o jew_n and_o other_o nation_n also_o verse_n 10._o chap._n xxv_o 15_o etc._n etc._n and_o chap._n xliii_o and_o xlvi_o and_o xlvii_o and_o xlviii_o and_o xlix_o and_o l._n and_o li._n i_o can_v speak_v not_o dumb_a verse_n 6_o as_o zacharie_n luke_n i._n 20_o 22._o or_o slow_a and_o stammer_n as_o moses_n exod._n iu_o 10_o 14._o but_o that_o he_o can_v not_o deliver_v such_o a_o message_n in_o that_o manner_n as_o be_v fit_v consider_v his_o childhood_n and_o weakness_n want_v that_o gravity_n etc._n etc._n put_v forth_o his_o hand_n in_o a_o vision_n verse_n 9_o to_o root_n out_o by_o publish_v my_o word_n verse_n 10_o in_o threaten_n and_o in_o promise_n which_o shall_v as_o certain_o be_v perform_v as_o if_o the_o prophet_n himself_o have_v act_v they_o chap._n xviii_o 7_o 8_o 9_o a_o foolish_a application_n be_v make_v of_o these_o word_n to_o the_o pope_n pretend_a power_n over_o kingdom_n come_v unto_o i_o seem_o at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o former_a verse_n 11_o what_o see_v thou_o see_v the_o like_a amos_n vii_o 8._o and_o viii_o 2._o zech._n iu._n 2._o and_o v._o 1._o i_o see_v in_o a_o vision_n almond_n tree_n that_o do_v bud_n and_o blossom_n the_o early_a of_o any_o hasten_v my_o word_n to_o perform_v it_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o verse_n 12_o 33_o 35._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o 2._o a_o seethe_a pot_n resemble_v jerusalem_n verse_n 13_o kingdom_n of_o the_o north_n babylonian_n verse_n 15_o and_o their_o assistant_n gird_v up_o thy_o loin_n address_v thyself_o manful_o to_o thy_o employment_n verse_n
esay_n xxx_o 4._o a_o prime_a city_n in_o egypt_n take_v likely_a its_o name_n from_o tahpenes_n queen_n of_o egypt_n 1_o king_n xi_o 19_o 20._o seat_v not_o far_o from_o pelusium_n whence_o term_v by_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n daphnae_n pelusiacae_n see_v jer._n ii_o 16._o here_o jâ—remy_n be_v chap._n xliii_o 8._o ezek._n xlviii_o 8_o 22._o in_o this_o visionary_a description_n the_o portion_n or_o holy_a oblation_n of_o land_n for_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o sanctuary_n for_o the_o levite_n for_o the_o city_n and_o suburb_n for_o the_o prince_n be_v all_o at_o most_o not_o great_a or_o biger_n than_o the_o several_a portion_n for_o each_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o draught_n of_o i_o set_v forth_o by_o my_o learned_a and_o industrious_a friend_n master_n thomas_n fuller_n in_o his_o pisgah-sight_n of_o palestine_n v._o book_n page_n 189._o i_o desire_v to_o be_v right_o so_o understand_v and_o no_o otherwise_o the_o say_a draught_n be_v represent_v there_o in_o a_o far_o large_a proportion_n but_o the_o only_a reason_n be_v that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v room_n enough_o for_o the_o set_n down_o of_o the_o several_a situation_n and_o limit_n among_o themselves_o of_o the_o priest_n portion_n and_o of_o the_o sanctuary_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o levite_n portion_n by_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o city_n jerusalem_n and_o suburb_n of_o it_o by_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o prince_n portion_n lie_v and_z guarding_z as_o it_o be_v all_o the_o former_a at_o both_o end_n east_n and_o west_n the_o true_a quantity_n of_o all_o this_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v no_o other_o than_o i_o have_v former_o express_v daniel_n daniel_n be_v carry_v captive_a in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o three_o or_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n dan._n i._n 1_o 6._o and_o at_o this_o time_n begin_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n and_o the_o jew_n subjection_n or_o captivity_n which_o last_v seventy_o year_n daniel_n live_v and_o young_a be_v so_o famous_a for_o prayer_n and_o piety_n that_o in_o the_o thirteen_o or_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o captivity_n he_o be_v match_v with_o noah_n and_o job_n ezek._n fourteen_o 14._o and_o in_o the_o eighteen_o or_o nineteenth_o year_n he_o be_v hold_v such_o a_o unparalleled_a pattern_n for_o wisdom_n that_o the_o king_n of_o tyre_n who_o think_v himself_o so_o wise_a above_o other_o be_v taunt_v in_o these_o word_n behold_v thou_o be_v wise_a than_o daniel_n ezek._n xxviii_o 2._o his_o book_n begin_v with_o his_o own_o captivity_n reach_v to_o our_o saviour_n time_n dan._n ix_o 25._o and_o end_v a_o while_n after_o with_o the_o final_a destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o roman_n dan._n ix_o 27._o daniel_n prophecy_n stretch_v not_o beyond_o daniel_n own_o people_n the_o jew_n some_o reckon_v the_o time_n thus_o seventy_o year_n in_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n or_o subjection_n to_o babylon_n seventy_o year_n seven_o time_n or_o seven_o week_n of_o year_n that_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n thence_o to_o our_o saviour_n death_n and_o forty_o thence_o to_o jerusalem_n destruction_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o jew_n commonwealth_n in_o all_o six_o hundred_o year_n but_o other_o rather_o upon_o more_o likely_a ground_n extend_v the_o number_n of_o year_n to_o a_o great_a sum_n his_o book_n be_v historical_a in_o the_o first_o six_o chapter_n prophetical_a in_o the_o rest_n the_o language_n of_o it_o be_v chaldee_n from_o chap._n ii_o v._n 4_o to_o chap._n viii_o a_o little_a arabic_a be_v intermix_v in_o the_o six_o chapter_n because_o as_o some_o conceive_v the_o matter_n contain_v in_o those_o chapter_n mostwhat_o concern_v the_o chaldean_n and_o be_v thing_n know_v to_o they_o or_o at_o least_o such_o as_o no_o danger_n by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o accrue_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o all_o the_o rest_n before_z and_o after_o it_o be_v hebrew_n the_o church_n dialect_n and_o treasure_n and_o yet_o here_o be_v sometime_o some_o kind_n of_o concealment_n from_o the_o hebrew_n themselves_o in_o the_o dark_a vision_n chap._n viii_o 26._o and_o chap._n xii_o 4._o the_o chapter_n in_o daniel_n fall_v within_o the_o reign_v of_o several_a king_n thus_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o his_o i._o year_n chapter_n i._n v._o year_n chap._n ii_o vi_o year_n most_o likely_a chap._n iii_o xxxv_o year_n chap._n iu._n belshazzar_n in_o his_o i._o year_n chap_n vii_o iii_o year_n chap._n viii_o last_o year_n chap._n v._n darius_n in_o his_o first_o year_n chapter_n vi_o and_o ix_o cyrus_n in_o his_o three_o year_n first_o month_n chapter_n x._o and_o xi_o and_o xii_o so_o that_o in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o chapter_n there_o be_v this_o transposition_n that_o the_o seven_o and_o eight_o chapter_n as_o now_o they_o stand_v number_v and_o place_v in_o order_n of_o time_n go_v before_o the_o five_o and_o six_o chapter_n and_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o some_o chapter_n those_o prophetical_a dream_n and_o vision_n chap._n ii_o and_o iu_o and_o vii_o and_o viii_o and_o xi_o seem_v mostwhat_o to_o expound_v one_o another_o fall_v so_o oft_o upon_o the_o same_o matter_n less_o or_o more_o and_o go_v over_o they_o or_o some_o of_o they_o still_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o babylonian_a be_v the_o golden_a head_n chap._n ii_o the_o tree_n chap._n iu._n the_o lion_n chap._n vii_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_a be_v the_o breast_n and_o arm_n of_o silver_n chap._n ii_o the_o bear_n chap._n vii_o the_o ram_n chap._n viii_o and_o chap._n x._o 1_o 13_o 20._o and_o chap._n xi_o 1_o 2._o the_o grecian_a alexander_n be_v the_o belly_n and_o thigh_n of_o brass_n chap._n ii_o the_o leopard_n chap._n vii_o the_o he-goat_n chap._n viii_o and_o chap._n x._o 20._o and_o chap._n xi_o 3_o 4._o the_o grecian_a divide_v chief_o into_o the_o seleucide_n and_o lagide_a be_v the_o leg_n of_o iron_n and_o foot_n part_n of_o iron_n and_o part_n of_o clay_n chap._n ii_o the_o four_o beast_n chap._n vii_o and_o the_o king_n of_o the_o north_n and_o of_o the_o south_n chap._n xi_o daniel_n have_v his_o suit_n deny_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o eunuch_n make_v his_o address_n to_o his_o steward_n and_o prevail_v chap._n i._n 10_o 11._o that_o second_o year_n dan._n ii_o 1._o be_v not_o of_o cyrus_n the_o last_o word_n of_o the_o former_a chapter_n but_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n nor_o of_o his_o reign_n or_o monarchy_n either_o but_o in_o his_o reign_n as_o the_o hebrew_n distinction_n in_o the_o context_n seem_v to_o import_v namely_o the_o second_o year_n after_o the_o three_o year_n of_o daniel_n education_n be_v pass_v and_o he_o bring_v in_o to_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o five_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v and_o daniel_n captivity_n and_o with_o the_o eight_o or_o nine_o of_o jehojakim_n in_o the_o second_o year_n in_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v nabuchadnezzar_n have_v this_o dream_n and_o daniel_n be_v then_o seek_v for_o to_o be_v slay_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o wiseman_n and_o magician_n that_o huge_a image_n of_o gold_n though_o hollow_a within_o as_o the_o two_o brazen_a pillar_n be_v jer._n lii_o 21._o which_o be_v set_v up_o to_o be_v worship_v dan._n iii_o seem_v to_o be_v soon_o after_o the_o former_a dream_n and_o before_o jehojacin_n captivity_n be_v daniel_n three_o companion_n only_o new_o advance_v be_v accuse_v and_o no_o other_o jew_n for_o not_o worship_v it_o and_o commit_v such_o gross_a and_o open_a idolatry_n that_o dream_n and_o vsion_n of_o the_o great_a tree_n chap._n iu._n be_v when_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v at_o rest_n after_o all_o his_o victory_n chap._n iu._n 4._o and_o flourish_v in_o his_o palace_n after_o his_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o jehojacin_n captivity_n ezek._n xxix_o 17_o 20._o seem_v to_o be_v some_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o former_a dream_n chap._n ii_o and_o in_o the_o thirty_o five_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n own_o reign_n and_o daniel_n captivity_n a_o year_n after_o this_o dream_n he_o fall_v mad_a chap._n iu._n 29._o and_o continue_v so_o seven_o year_n verse_n 16_o 25_o 3._o even_o so_o long_o as_o solomon_n temple_n be_v in_o building_n which_o he_o destroy_v and_o about_o two_o year_n after_o his_o restore_n to_o his_o wit_n and_o kingdom_n v._o 26_o 34_o 36._o in_o the_o forty_o four_o or_o forty_o five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o thirty_o seven_o of_o jehojacin_n captivity_n he_o die_v jer._n lii_o 31._o evilmerodach_n the_o son_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n advance_v jehojacin_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 27_o 30._o jer._n lii_o 31_o 34._o belshazzar_n the_o grandchild_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v the_o
they_o serve_v under_o the_o assyrian_a monarch_n salmanesar_n and_o sennacharib_n and_o under_o the_o babylonian_a nabuchadnezzar_n against_o the_o people_n of_o god_n esay_n xxii_o 6._o and_o therefore_o be_v judgement_n denounce_v against_o they_o by_o the_o prophet_n jer._n xxv_o 25._o and_o chap._n xlix_o 34_o 38._o and_o they_o become_v afterward_o god_n instrument_n to_o execute_v his_o vengeance_n upon_o the_o babylonian_n and_o to_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o their_o bondage_n and_o captivity_n esay_n xxii_o 6._o and_o xli_o 2_o 25._o and_o xliv_o 28._o and_o xlv_o 1_o etc._n etc._n and_o xlvi_o 11._o and_o xlviii_o 14._o see_v more_o in_o the_o annotation_n on_o esay_n xiii_o 17._o uphaz_n where_o the_o fine_a gold_n seem_v in_o those_o time_n to_o have_v be_v chapter_n x_o verse_n 5_o jer._n x._o 9_o this_o some_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o paz_n or_o phaz_n job_n xxviii_o 17._o psal._n xxi_o 3._o esay_n xiii_o 12._o and_o mupaz_n 1_o king_n x._o 18._o 2_o chron._n ix_o 17._o some_o take_v it_o to_o be_v phez_n in_o africa_n hosea_n hosea_n prophesy_v in_o the_o day_n of_o four_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o seven_o king_n of_o israel_n from_o vzziah_n of_o judah_n to_o hezekiah_n and_o from_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o second_o of_o israel_n to_o hosheah_n when_o after_o that_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a have_v be_v carry_v captive_a by_o tiglath-pilesar_a king_n of_o assyria_n in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n 2_o king_n xv._o 29._o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o all_o the_o rest_n of_o israel_n be_v captivate_v and_o that_o kingdom_n extirpate_v by_o shalmanesar_n in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n hosheah_n hos._n x._o 7_o 15._o 2_o king_n xvii_o 6._o and_o chap._n xviii_o 10._o but_o of_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o small_a prophet_n see_v more_o at_o large_a in_o my_o annotation_n upon_o they_o in_o the_o large_a annotation_n upon_o the_o whole_a bible_n print_v anno_fw-la 1651._o he_o be_v send_v chief_o to_o israel_n and_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v destruction_n to_o they_o even_o when_o they_o be_v in_o the_o height_n of_o their_o prosperity_n under_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o second_o among_o other_o reason_n of_o god_n vengeance_n upon_o the_o house_n of_o jehu_n for_o the_o blood_n of_o jezreel_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 4_o this_o may_v be_v one_o that_o his_o commission_n against_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n stretch_v not_o to_o slay_v king_n ahaziah_n of_o judah_n and_o his_o brethren_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o common_o take_v illative_o for_o therefore_o chapter_n two_o verse_n 14_o yet_o sometime_o in_o a_o discretive_a notion_n for_o notwithstanding_o nevertheless_o yet_o as_o here_o and_o esay_n vii_o 14._o and_o xxx_o 18._o and_o li._n 21._o jer._n xvi_o 14._o and_o xxx_o 16._o ezek._n thirty-nine_o 25._o nor_o swear_v chapter_n iv_o verse_n 15_o the_o lord_n live_v swear_v and_o this_o form_n of_o swear_v be_v lawful_a it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o our_o duty_n and_o god_n worship_n to_o swear_v when_o we_o be_v lawful_o thereunto_o call_v and_o warrant_v esay_n xix_o 18._o psael._n lxiii_o 11._o but_o not_o in_o our_o ordinary_a communication_n matth._n v._o 34_o 37._o jaâ—es_n v._o 12._o not_o upon_o vain_a and_o light_a cause_n as_o herod_n oath_n be_v to_o the_o dance_a damsel_n mark_v vi_o 23._o much_o less_o to_o be_v a_o bond_n to_o wickedness_n as_o those_o act_v xxiii_o 12._o to_o kill_v paul_n but_o in_o necessary_a and_o weighty_a cause_n as_o for_o ratification_n of_o covenant_n and_o promise_n of_o importance_n so_o do_v abraham_n and_o abimelech_n gen._n xxi_o 31._o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n gen._n xxvi_o 31._o jacob_n and_o laban_n gen._n xxxi_o 53._o david_n and_o jonathan_n 1_o sam._n xx._n 17._o and_o so_o god_n command_v it_o for_o removal_n of_o suspicion_n of_o jealousy_n num._n v._o 21._o of_o theft_n exod._n xxii_o 11._o 1_o king_n viii_o 31._o 2_o chron._n vi_o 22._o and_o so_o many_o man_n in_o scripture_n upon_o weighty_a cause_n do_v lawful_o require_v a_o oath_n so_o do_v abraham_n of_o his_o servant_n gen._n xxiv_o 2._o jacob_n of_o esau_n gen._n xxv_o 33._o and_o of_o his_o son_n joseph_n gen._n xlvii_o 31._o rahab_n of_o the_o spy_n josh._n ii_o 12._o samson_n of_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n judg._n xv._o 12._o saul_n and_o the_o egyptian_a of_o david_n 1_o sam._n xxiv_o 21._o and_o xxx_o 15._o nabuchadnezzar_n of_o zedekiah_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 13._o and_o many_o in_o like_a case_n do_v free_o and_o voluntary_o give_v their_o oath_n so_o moses_n to_o caleb_n josh._n fourteen_o 9_o david_n to_o bathshebah_n 1_o king_n i._n 13._o gedaliah_n to_o the_o remnant_n of_o judah_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 24._o king_n zedekiuh_o to_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n jer._n xxxviii_o 16._o and_o so_o godly_a man_n to_o bind_v themselves_o the_o more_o to_o god_n and_o his_o service_n and_o good_a duty_n have_v swear_v to_o the_o lord_n so_o david_n to_o find_v out_o a_o house_n and_o place_n for_o god_n habitation_n psal._n cxxxii_o 2._o so_o the_o priest_n levite_n and_o all_o israel_n to_o reform_v the_o strange_a marriage_n ezra_n x._o 5._o so_o king_n asa_n and_o all_o the_o people_n enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n and_o they_o swear_v unto_o the_o lord_n with_o a_o loud_a voice_n and_o with_o shout_v and_o with_o trumpet_n and_o with_o cornet_n 2_o chron._n xv._o 12_o 13_o 14._o yea_o god_n himself_o be_v merciful_o please_v so_o far_o to_o condescend_v as_o to_o swear_v unto_o man_n for_o the_o better_a assurance_n and_o confirmation_n of_o their_o faith_n in_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o promise_n heb._n vi_o 13_o 18_o so_o he_o swear_v to_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n gen._n xxiv_o 7._o and_o xxvi_o 3._o exod._n vi_o 8._o luke_n i._n 73._o so_o to_o david_n psal._n lxxxix_o 49_o and_o sometime_o in_o wrath_n to_o ratify_v his_o threaten_n against_o sinner_n so_o psal._n xcv_o 11._o heb._n iii_o 11._o in_o sacred_a account_n than_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o a_o oath_n though_o it_o be_v take_v to_o man_n yet_o it_o be_v call_v the_o oath_n of_o god_n eccles._n viii_o 2._o ezek._n xvii_o 19_o and_o why_o because_o therein_o man_n call_v god_n to_o be_v both_o a_o witness_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o a_o avenger_n of_o the_o lie_n and_o breach_n of_o promise_n and_o so_o a_o oath_n bind_v the_o soul_n with_o a_o bond_n num._n xxx_o 2._o it_o must_v therefore_o careful_o be_v take_v in_o truth_n in_o righteousness_n without_o rashness_n and_o in_o judgement_n upon_o just_a ground_n in_o just_a cause_n jer._n iu._n 2._o in_o truth_n without_o equivocation_n or_o mental_a reservation_n and_o careful_o keep_v yea_o though_o make_v to_o heathen_n or_o heretic_n without_o popish_a dispensation_n or_o relaxation_n we_o must_v fear_v a_o oath_n eccles._n ix_o 2._o fear_n to_o break_v it_o and_o therefore_o the_o godly_a man_n though_o he_o swear_v to_o his_o own_o hurt_n yet_o change_v not_o psal._n xv._o 4._o though_o the_o gibeonite_n beguile_v joshuah_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o israel_n yet_o say_v they_o we_o must_v let_v they_o live_v lest_o wrath_n be_v upon_o we_o because_o of_o the_o oath_n which_o we_o swear_v unto_o they_o josh._n ix_o 15_o 19_o 20._o and_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o oath_n by_o saul_n so_o long_o after_o we_o read_v punish_v sore_o upon_o he_o in_o his_o son_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 1_o 6._o and_o of_o god_n fierce_a wrath_n against_o false_a oath_n and_o oath-breaker_n we_o read_v more_o exod._n xx._n 7._o levit._fw-la xix_o 12._o jer._n vii_o 9_o and_o xxiii_o 10._o ezek._n xvii_o 15_o 21._o hos._n iu._n 2_o 3._o and_o x._o 4._o zech._n v._n 3_o 4._o and_o chap._n viii_o 17._o mal._n iii_o 5._o it_o bear_v a_o part_n in_o peter_n sin_n for_o which_o he_o weep_v so_o bitter_o matth._n xxvi_o 74_o 75._o now_o the_o form_n of_o this_o swear_v here_o hos._n iu._n 15._o be_v lawful_a it_o be_v take_v in_o the_o lord_n name_v god_n name_n be_v to_o be_v use_v in_o oath_n deut._n vi_o 13._o and_o x._o 20._o psal._n lxiii_o 11._o esay_n xlv_o 23._o and_o lxv_o 16._o jer._n xii_o 16._o so_o jacob_n swear_v to_o laban_n by_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n gen._n xxxi_o 42_o 53._o we_o must_v not_o swear_v by_o false_a god_n josh._n xxiii_o 7._o â—er_n v._o 7._o and_o ch_n xii_o 16._o not_o by_o baal_n by_o the_o sin_n and_o idol_n of_o samaria_n the_o manner_n of_o beersheba_n by_o malcham_n against_o such_o swearer_n god_n threaten_v his_o judgement_n jer._n v._o 7._o amos_n viii_o 14._o zeph._n i._n 5._o nor_o must_v we_o swear_v by_o the_o creature_n as_o if_o they_o be_v god_n or_o we_o have_v power_n over_o they_o as_o our_o own_o to_o pawn_v they_o on_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o we_o say_v matth._n v._o
this_o reformation_n and_o covenant_n make_v verse_n 8_o and_o passeover_n keep_v chap._n xxxv_o 19_o and_o yet_o from_o this_o or_o rather_o from_o the_o twelve_o year_n above_o mention_v begin_v that_o reckon_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o judah_n ezek._n iu._n 6._o for_o under_o so_o good_a a_o king_n yet_o the_o people_n continue_v obstinate_o wicked_a as_o appear_v in_o jeremie_n who_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o iosiah_n reign_n jer._n i._n 2._o and_o xxv_o 3._o and_o ch_n iii_o 6._o and_o josiah_n only_o cause_v and_o make_v they_o outward_o to_o obey_v 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o 32_o 33._o the_o house_n the_o house_n of_o the_o priest_n which_o adjoin_v to_o the_o temple_n and_o of_o the_o levite_n which_o adjoin_v to_o the_o court_n levite_n scribe_n 1_n chron._n verse_n 13_o xxiv_o 6._o ezra_n vii_o 6._o 21._o neh._n viii_o 9_o and_o chap._n xii_o 26._o and_o xiii_o 13._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o king_n iu_o 3._o more_o full_o thus_o we_o read_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n of_o several_a person_n that_o be_v scribe_n some_o scribes_z of_o king_n or_o their_o secretary_n so_o david_n have_v one_o and_o solomon_n two_o joash_n one_o 2_o king_n xii_o 10._o josiah_n one_o 2_o king_n xxii_o 3._o of_o jonathan_n david_n uncle_n that_o he_o be_v a_o counsellor_n a_o wise_a man_n and_o a_o scribe_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 32._o and_o of_o baruch_n that_o he_o be_v jeremies_n scribe_n and_o of_o family_n of_o scribe_n that_o dwell_v at_o jabez_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o jethro_n 1_o chron._n ii_o 55._o but_o why_o so_o call_v or_o what_o their_o office_n be_v whether_o as_o public_a notary_n scrivener_n or_o transcriber_n of_o the_o law_n or_o what_o else_o it_o appear_v not_o here_o in_o iosiah_n time_n we_o find_v that_o in_o his_o business_n of_o repair_v the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v appoint_v of_o the_o levite_n scribe_n and_o in_o nehemiah_n time_n he_o make_v treasurer_n over_o the_o treasury_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n shelemiah_n the_o priest_n and_o zadok_v the_o scribe_n and_o in_o his_o time_n also_o be_v that_o famous_a ezra_n a_o priest_n son_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n serajah_n slay_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o same_o a_o ready_a scribe_n in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n a_o scribe_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o of_o his_o statute_n to_o israel_n and_o the_o same_o a_o public_a reader_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o find_v they_o much_o more_o mention_v and_o to_o be_v of_o more_o esteem_n and_o themselves_o affect_v pre-eminence_n and_o precedency_n mark_n xii_o 38_o 39_o here_o they_o be_v often_o join_v with_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n and_o often_o with_o the_o pharisee_n they_o pretend_v to_o extraordinary_a holiness_n as_o the_o pharisee_n do_v whence_o be_v that_o matth._n v._o 20._o and_o act_v xxiii_o 9_o they_o be_v of_o the_o pharisee_n part_n against_o the_o sadducee_n yea_o he_o that_o be_v call_v a_o scribe_n mark_v xii_o 28._o the_o same_o be_v call_v a_o pharisee_n and_o a_o lawyer_n matth._n xxii_o 34_o 35._o we_o read_v not_o that_o they_o be_v of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o sadducee_n or_o essenes_n but_o we_o find_v they_o to_o join_v with_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o question_v to_o pose_v and_o oppose_v our_o saviour_n to_o entangle_v and_o ensnare_v he_o by_o question_n to_o charge_v his_o miracle_n to_o be_v do_v by_o belzebub_n himself_o with_o blasphemy_n to_o apprehend_v and_o bind_v he_o to_o condemn_v he_o in_o the_o council_n to_o deliver_v he_o to_o pilate_n to_o accuse_v he_o before_o herod_n to_o prosecute_v he_o to_o death_n to_o mock_v he_o upon_o the_o crosse._n and_o we_o find_v that_o these_o scribe_n sit_v in_o moses-chair_n matth._n xxiii_o 2._o and_o be_v preacher_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o people_n mat._n vii_o 29._o and_o xiii_o 52._o and_o likely_a be_v all_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n rend_v his_o clothes_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 2_o king_n xxii_o 8._o verse_n 19_o huldah_n the_o prophetess_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o zeph._n verse_n 22_o iii_o 4._o the_o high_a priest_n hilkiah_n be_v here_o send_v to_o she_o she_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a prophetess_n so_o near_o at_o hand_n put_v the_o holy_a ark_n it_o may_v be_v put_v out_o of_o his_o place_n chapter_n xxxv_o verse_n 3_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o wicked_a father_n if_o not_o of_o his_o grandfather_n passeover-offering_n so_o for_o verse_n 8_o 9_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n for_o the_o seven_o day_n after_o all_o this_o thirteen_o year_n after_o the_o foresay_a passeover_n verse_n 20_o that_o be_v in_o the_o eighteen_o and_o this_o in_o the_o thirty_o one_o and_o last_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n by_o euphrates_n heb._n phrat_n or_o prat_n or_o perath_n the_o four_o river_n in_o eden_n gen._n ii_o 14._o usual_o call_v the_o river_n and_o the_o great_a river_n make_v one_o of_o the_o boundary_n of_o the_o promise_a land_n gen_n xv._o 18._o deut._n 1._o 7_o and_o chap._n xi_o 24._o josh._n i._n 4._o 2._o chron._n ix_o 26._o cut_a by_o cyrus_n into_o several_a channel_n when_o he_o lie_v in_o siege_n before_o babylon_n which_o stand_v upon_o it_o and_o so_o by_o he_o much_o drain_v and_o dry_v jer._n l._n 38._o see_v 1_o chron._n xviii_o 3._o jer._n xiii_o 4._o and_o chap._n li._n 63._o apoc._n ix_o 14._o and_o chap._n xvi_o 12._o see_v on_o dan._n iu._n 30._o megiddo_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o zech._n verse_n 22_o xii_o 11._o to_o carry_v he_o but_o he_o die_v by_o the_o way_n chapter_n xxxvi_o verse_n 6_o jer._n xxii_o 18_o 19_o eight_o year_n old_a when_o he_o he_o be_v eighteen_o when_o himself_o begin_v to_o reign_v verse_n 9_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o 8._o and_o but_o eight_o then_o when_o his_o father_n begin_v to_o reign_v the_o like_a relative_a sense_n may_v that_o speech_n admit_v 2_o king_n xvi_o 2._o no_o remedy_n desperate_n sinner_n procure_v implacable_a wrath_n verse_n 16_o irrevocable_a exterminate_a judgement_n kingdom_n of_o persia_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ezra_n verse_n 20_o threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n for_o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o verse_n 21_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o dan._n ix_o 2._o rather_o than_o those_o on_o zech._n vii_o 3._o yet_o many_o learned_a be_v of_o the_o late_a opinion_n ezra_n the_o book_n of_o ezra_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o seventy_o year_n viz._n from_o the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n or_o his_o proclamation_n chap._n i._n 1._o to_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la upon_o this_o account_n viz._n cyrus_n seven_o cambyses_n seven_o smerdis_n one_o darius_n hystaspis_n thirty_o six_o xerxes_n twelve_o of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la seven_o where_o ezra_n end_n or_o premise_v two_o of_o darius_n medus_n before_o cyrus_n it_o come_v to_o seventy_o two_o the_o four_o last_o chapter_n contain_v the_o history_n but_o of_o that_o one_o year_n concern_v ezra_n which_o be_v in_o that_o seven_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n see_v chap._n vii_o 7_o 9_o and_o chap._n viii_o 15_o 21_o 31_o 32_o 33._o and_o chap._n x._o 8_o 9_o 16_o 17._o but_o the_o six_o first_o chapter_n be_v extend_v by_o some_o otherwise_o learned_a man_n yet_o upon_o less_o probable_a ground_n to_o a_o far_o large_a scope_n of_o time_n even_o to_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o eight_o or_o one_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n and_o they_o end_v the_o book_n with_o the_o nineteenth_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n which_o seem_v clean_o contrary_a to_o the_o text_n chap._n vii_o 7_o 8._o for_o the_o clear_a knowledge_n of_o divers_a thing_n in_o this_o book_n as_o likewise_o in_o nehemy_n and_o esther_n a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o persian_a monarch_n and_o of_o the_o year_n of_o their_o reign_n be_v very_o useful_a which_o out_o of_o the_o best_a author_n with_o very_o little_a variation_n may_v be_v as_o follow_v  _fw-fr year_n darius_n medus_n 2_o cyrus_n 7_o cambyses_n 7_o smerdis_n 1_o darius_n hystaspis_n 36_o xerxes_n 12_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la 48_o xerxes_n 1_o sogdianus_n 1_o darius_n ochus_n seu_fw-la nothus_fw-la 19_o artazerxes_n mnemon_n 43_o darius_n ochus_n 23_o arsen_n 3_o darius_n codomannus_n 5_o and_o so_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n continue_v two_o hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n or_o there_o about_o in_o this_o book_n of_o ezra_n there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o six_o persian_a monarch_n first_o of_o cyrus_n chap._n i._n 1._o second_o of_o darius_n ch_n iv_o 5._o three_o of_o ahasuerus_n chap._n iu._n 6._o fourthly_a of_o artaxerxes_n chap._n iu._n 7._o five_o of_o another_o darius_n chap._n iu._n 24._o and_o