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thou_o shall_v all_o flesh_n come_v say_v david_n psal_n 65.2_o god_n be_v not_o only_o a_o hearer_n of_o prayer_n but_o he_o be_v the_o hearer_n of_o prayer_n to_o hear_v prayer_n be_v his_o peculiar_a prerogative_n and_o privilege_n as_o well_o as_o his_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n none_o in_o heaven_n or_o earth_n have_v a_o will_v to_o hear_v prayer_n as_o god_n do_v nor_o have_v any_o a_o power_n to_o do_v it_o no_o creature_n ear_n be_v long_o enough_o to_o reach_v the_o complaint_n nor_o his_o stock_n large_a enough_o to_o supply_v the_o want_n of_o all_o his_o fellow_n creature_n the_o crown_n of_o this_o honour_n fit_v none_o but_o god_n himself_o he_o shall_v hear_v thou_o second_o note_v it_o be_v a_o great_a mercy_n a_o mercy_n comprehend_v all_o mercy_n to_o be_v hear_v in_o prayer_n he_o shall_v hear_v thou_o man_n can_v desire_v a_o rich_a favour_n then_o to_o be_v hear_v of_o god_n to_o have_v audience_n in_o the_o court_n of_o prince_n and_o among_o the_o great_a man_n 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when_o the_o lord_n refuse_v to_o hear_v or_o say_v he_o will_v not_o hear_v those_o that_o pray_v than_o wrath_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o to_o the_o uttermost_a thus_o the_o lord_n threaten_v the_o jew_n isa_n 1.15_o when_o you_o spread_v forth_o your_o hand_n i_o will_v hide_v my_o eye_n from_o you_o yea_o when_o you_o make_v many_o prayer_n i_o will_v not_o hear_v your_o hand_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n as_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o the_o great_a sinfullnesse_n of_o man_n against_o god_n not_o to_o pray_v pour_v out_o thy_o fury_n upon_o the_o heathen_a that_o know_v thou_o not_o and_o upon_o the_o family_n that_o call_v not_o on_o thy_o name_n jere._n 10.25_o so_o it_o it_o a_o argument_n of_o the_o great_a wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o man_n not_o to_o be_v hear_v in_o prayer_n he_o that_o be_v not_o hear_v receive_v nothing_o and_o he_o that_o be_v hear_v receive_v all_o and_o this_o be_v the_o saint_n privilege_n by_o jesus_n christ_n their_o prayer_n be_v hear_v they_o have_v 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his_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o give_v out_o of_o his_o spirit_n there_o be_v forgiveness_n with_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v fear_v say_v the_o psalmist_n 130.4_o and_o hos_fw-la 3.5_o they_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n and_o his_o goodness_n in_o the_o latter_a day_n that_o be_v they_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n because_o of_o his_o goodness_n his_o special_a goodness_n to_o his_o church_n and_o people_n in_o advance_v they_o to_o all_o their_o spiritual_a liberty_n &_o privilege_n in_o the_o latter_a day_n and_o thus_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o be_v not_o only_o glorious_a in_o holiness_n but_o fearful_a in_o praise_n because_o we_o shall_v fear_v he_o when_o we_o be_v praise_v he_o both_o because_o he_o have_v wrought_v so_o much_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n for_o those_o who_o be_v unworthy_a as_o also_o lest_o while_o we_o receive_v so_o much_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n we_o shall_v walk_v unworthy_o 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wicked_a thou_o shall_v be_v a_o spectator_n not_o a_o partaker_n in_o that_o calamity_n wicked_a man_n sometime_o glut_v their_o eye_n with_o behold_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o they_o account_v it_o a_o happy_a day_n when_o they_o can_v have_v such_o a_o sight_n they_o sign_n that_o day_n with_o a_o white_a stone_n when_o the_o black_a stone_n of_o the_o most_o unjust_a and_o cruel_a condemnation_n prove_v the_o present_a lot_n of_o the_o righteous_a david_n discover_v such_o a_o spirit_n in_o his_o enemy_n psal_n 35.21_o they_o open_v their_o mouth_n wide_a against_o i_o and_o say_v ah_o ah_o our_o eye_n have_v see_v it_o what_o have_v they_o see_v the_o former_a verse_n tell_v we_o they_o speak_v not_o peace_n but_o they_o devise_v deceitful_a matter_n against_o they_o that_o be_v quiet_a in_o the_o land_n when_o these_o devise_n take_v and_o have_v success_n than_o they_o be_v please_v than_o they_o have_v what_o they_o will_v and_o see_v what_o they_o desire_v and_o thus_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n be_v describe_v miâ—_n 4.11_o now_o also_o many_o nation_n be_v gather_v against_o thou_o and_o say_v let_v she_o be_v defile_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a defile_n a_o defile_n with_o sin_n and_o a_o defile_n with_o blood_n and_o misery_n the_o latter_a be_v mean_v by_o the_o prophet_n let_v she_o be_v defile_v and_o let_v our_o eye_n look_v upon_o zion_n they_o count_v it_o a_o bless_a sight_n to_o see_v zion_n bleed_v the_o wicked_a will_v have_v such_o sight_n often_o though_o usual_o their_o eye_n fail_v with_o wait_v and_o their_o hope_n be_v as_o the_o give_v up_o of_o the_o ghost_n but_o righteous_a man_n shall_v see_v the_o righteous_a god_n have_v say_v it_o vengeance_n pour_v upon_o the_o wicked_a again_o we_o may_v expound_v this_o act_n of_o see_v with_o reference_n to_o the_o object_n see_v and_o so_o it_o import_v 2_o thing_n first_o the_o certain_o of_o their_o fall_n wicked_a man_n shall_v undoubted_o be_v destroy_v and_o there_o shall_v be_v eye-witness_n honest_a and_o faithful_a witness_n testify_v their_o destruction_n the_o righteous_a shall_v see_v it_o and_o report_v it_o to_o after_o generation_n second_o as_o see_v note_n the_o certainty_n of_o their_o fall_n or_o the_o evidence_n and_o clearness_n of_o it_o so_o the_o publiquenesse_n of_o it_o that_o which_o be_v do_v to_o the_o eye_n be_v do_v open_o what_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n do_v against_o the_o wicked_a shall_v not_o be_v do_v in_o a_o corner_n but_o as_o upon_o the_o housetop_n the_o read_n of_o the_o septuagint_n be_v full_a to_o this_o sense_n they_o shall_v be_v make_v public_a example_n propositam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denotat_fw-la rem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conspicuam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la publicum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la propositam_fw-la it_o be_v the_o care_n of_o just_a and_o wise_a magistrate_n not_o only_o to_o punish_v malefactor_n but_o to_o punish_v they_o open_o that_o so_o all_o may_v see_v and_o fear_v and_o do_v no_o more_o presumptuous_o there_o be_v three_o special_a reason_n why_o offence_n be_v punish_v and_o the_o greek_n express_v each_o punishment_n by_o such_o a_o word_n as_o carry_v a_o distinct_a signification_n of_o those_o reason_n first_o some_o be_v punish_v that_o themselves_o may_v amend_v and_o better_v their_o manner_n this_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_o other_o be_v punish_v to_o repair_v the_o honour_n or_o maintain_v the_o dignity_n of_o those_o against_o who_o they_o have_v offend_v lest_o if_o such_o shall_v escape_v without_o condign_a punishment_n authority_n shall_v be_v contemn_v grow_v cheap_a or_o be_v light_o value_v this_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o three_o sort_n be_v punish_v for_o example_n 1._o 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acerbitas_fw-la ulciscendi_fw-la maleficij_fw-la bene_fw-la atque_fw-la cante_fw-la vivendi_fw-la disciplina_fw-la est_fw-la caecilius_n apud_fw-la gel._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o that_o other_o may_v be_v deter_v from_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n lest_o they_o also_o incur_v the_o same_o suffering_n this_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o holding_z of_o a_o man_n forth_o in_o his_o suffering_n to_o the_o open_a view_n that_o he_o may_v be_v see_v of_o all_o man_n and_o that_o all_o may_v be_v warn_v to_o avoid_v his_o error_n and_o thus_o the_o lord_n who_o be_v the_o righteous_a judge_n of_o all_o the_o world_n punish_v wicked_a man_n the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v by_o the_o evangelist_n matthew_n chap._n 1.19_o joseph_n be_v trouble_v that_o mary_n be_v with_o child_n for_o he_o know_v not_o the_o mystery_n of_o her_o over
jun_n cum_fw-la nondum_fw-la abscinditur_fw-la substantia_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o residuum_fw-la illorum_fw-la absumit_fw-la ignis_fw-la assuesce_fw-la quaeso_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la jun_n but_o here_o he_o be_v suppose_v enter_v upon_o a_o very_a serious_a exhortation_n to_o repentance_n after_o this_o manner_n or_o to_o this_o effect_n o_o job_n now_o while_o our_o substance_n be_v not_o quite_o out_o down_o and_o the_o fire_n consume_v the_o residue_n or_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o wicked_a acquaint_v thyself_o with_o god_n or_o apply_v thyself_o to_o god_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v before_o thou_o be_v clean_o cut_v down_o before_o thou_o be_v utter_o ruin_v as_o many_o wicked_a man_n have_v be_v heretofore_o and_o now_o be_v humble_v thyself_o and_o seek_v to_o god_n that_o thy_o sin_n may_v be_v forgive_v and_o thy_o wound_n heal_v some_o parallel_n this_o in_o sense_n with_o that_o of_o the_o preacher_n eccle._n 12.1_o remember_v now_o thy_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n while_o the_o evil_a day_n come_v not_o nor_o the_o year_n draw_v nigh_o wherein_o thou_o shall_v say_v i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o they_o thus_o eliphaz_n be_v conceive_v exhort_v job_n while_o our_o substance_n be_v not_o cut_v down_o while_o we_o be_v not_o total_o undo_v drus_n quum_fw-la subsistentia_fw-la nostra_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la excisa_fw-la reliquias_fw-la autem_fw-la istorum_fw-la ignis_fw-la assumpserit_fw-la tygur_n ita_fw-la bene_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la melius_fw-la bold_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extantâ—a_fw-la vel_fw-la potius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quo_fw-la subsistimus_fw-la duramus_fw-la vel_fw-la subsistantia_fw-la nostra_fw-la i._n e._n vita_fw-la qua_fw-la subsistimus_fw-la nam_fw-la stare_n valet_fw-la interdum_fw-la superstitem_fw-la esse_fw-la drus_n while_o the_o fire_n of_o god_n wrath_n be_v consume_v the_o remainder_n of_o wicked_a man_n do_v thou_o acquaint_v thyself_o with_o god_n and_o repent_v and_o though_o our_o translation_n make_v not_o this_o connection_n yet_o it_o join_v full_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o original_a whereas_o our_o substance_n be_v not_o cut_v down_o so_o this_o verse_n be_v a_o elegant_a conclusion_n of_o the_o whole_a matter_n hitherto_o insist_v upon_o by_o eliphaz_n and_o he_o shut_v it_o up_o in_o two_o part_n first_o show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o innocent_a who_o be_v bring_v in_o speak_v thus_o our_o substance_n be_v not_o cut_v down_o strict_o that_o by_o which_o we_o stand_v or_o subsist_v our_o substance_n or_o subsistence_n which_o some_o expound_v not_o by_o good_n but_o by_o life_n we_o may_v take_v it_o both_o way_n our_o life_n and_o that_o by_o which_o our_o life_n be_v maintain_v or_o by_o which_o we_o and_o our_o family_n subsist_v be_v not_o cut_v down_o there_o be_v yet_o a_o difficulty_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o grammatical_a sense_n of_o these_o word_n for_o eliphaz_n have_v speak_v before_o in_o the_o three_o person_n plural_a the_o righteous_a be_v glad_a and_o the_o innocent_a laugh_v they_o to_o scorn_n shall_v as_o it_o may_v be_v think_v rather_o have_v continue_v his_o speech_n in_o the_o same_o form_n and_o have_v say_v whereas_o their_o substance_n be_v not_o down_o but_o he_o put_v it_o in_o the_o first_o person_n plural_a whereas_o our_o substance_n be_v not_o cut_v down_o etc._n etc._n we_o may_v answer_v two_o way_n first_o that_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o vary_v the_o number_n while_o the_o same_o person_n or_o person_n be_v or_o be_v speak_v of_o take_v only_o one_o instance_n hos_fw-la 12.4_o he_o that_o be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n find_v he_o in_o bethel_n that_o be_v jacob._n and_o there_o he_o speak_v with_o we_o it_o shall_v according_a to_o grammar_n be_v read_v thus_o and_o there_o he_o speak_v with_o he_o have_v find_v jacob_n in_o bethel_n he_o speak_v with_o he_o in_o bethel_n but_o we_o see_v both_o the_o person_n and_o number_n be_v vary_v the_o former_a word_n 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sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n into_o ash_n condemn_v they_o with_o a_o overthrow_n etc._n etc._n and_o deliver_v just_a lot_n etc._n etc._n from_o both_o which_o example_n he_o conclude_v v._n 9_o the_o lord_n know_v how_o to_o deliver_v the_o godly_a out_o of_o temptation_n and_o to_o reserve_v the_o unjust_a unto_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v punish_v when_o judgement_n begin_v at_o the_o house_n of_o god_n what_o shall_v the_o end_n of_o they_o be_v that_o obey_v not_o the_o gospel_n of_o god_n as_o the_o same_o apostle_n speak_v 1_o pet._n 4.17_o it_o be_v a_o sure_a argument_n to_o the_o wicked_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v judge_v when_o they_o see_v god_n bring_v judgement_n upon_o his_o own_o house_n and_o people_n but_o the_o wicked_a be_v many_o time_n judge_v while_o the_o house_n and_o people_n of_o god_n be_v preserve_v and_o untouched_a and_o when_o both_o good_a and_o bad_a both_o the_o innocent_a and_o the_o wicked_a be_v wrap_v up_o in_o the_o same_o calamity_n 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safety_n securum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la nomen_fw-la batach_n insignen_fw-la importat_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la &_o confidentiam_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la pavore_fw-la that_o ei_fw-la securitatem_fw-la ay_o e._n that_o ei_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la reddere_fw-la potest_fw-la securum_fw-la that_o be_v though_o he_o rise_v up_o and_o put_v down_o all_o that_o oppose_v he_o though_o god_n give_v he_o this_o safety_n yet_o etc._n etc._n the_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v to_o be_v in_o safety_n signify_v the_o most_o secure_a safety_n or_o safety_n accompany_v with_o the_o high_a confidence_n that_o be_v when_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o mixture_n of_o any_o fear_n not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o jealousy_n or_o suspicion_n of_o a_o change_n babylon_n be_v describe_v presume_v upon_o such_o a_o safety_n esay_n 47.8_o i_o sit_v a_o queen_n and_o be_o no_o widow_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n and_o the_o wicked_a be_v speak_v of_o as_o possess_v and_o enjoy_v such_o a_o safety_n job_n 21.9_o their_o house_n be_v free_a from_o fear_n neither_o be_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o they_o be_v free_v not_o only_o from_o the_o rod_n of_o god_n but_o from_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o rod_n though_o the_o wicked_a man_n live_v thus_o confident_o and_o all_o thing_n be_v with_o he_o according_a to_o his_o wish_n though_o god_n seem_v to_o crown_v he_o with_o love_a kindness_n and_o tender_a mercy_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a portion_n of_o the_o saint_n psal_n 103.4_o though_o he_o give_v he_o his_o heart_n desire_n which_o be_v a_o promise_n peculiar_a to_o the_o godly_a man_n psal_n 37.4_o though_o it_o be_v give_v he_o to_o be_v thus_o in_o safety_n wherein_o or_o whereon_o he_o rest_v that_o be_v though_o as_o he_o see_v no_o danger_n so_o he_o suspect_v none_o but_o rest_v in_o his_o state_n and_o say_v all_o be_v sure_a all_o be_v well_o though_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n be_v 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