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must_v burn_v though_o prayer_n have_v in_o many_o case_n quench_v wrath_n yet_o sometime_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n can_v be_v quench_v by_o prayer_n nor_o entreat_v down_o there_o be_v no_o speak_v to_o it_o and_o sometime_o that_o it_o may_v burn_v quiet_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v pray_v not_o for_o this_o people_n fire_n shall_v consume_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o bribery_n tabernacle_n of_o bribery_n may_v be_v take_v two_o way_n either_o for_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o those_o who_o have_v take_v bribe_n or_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o those_o who_o have_v give_v bribe_n for_o there_o go_v as_o we_o say_v but_o a_o pair_n of_o shears_o between_o he_o that_o give_v and_o he_o that_o take_v bribe_n both_o be_v of_o a_o piece_n drus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proprie_fw-la munus_fw-la quod_fw-la datur_fw-la ad_fw-la corrumpendum_fw-la judicem_fw-la drus_n and_o both_o be_v alike_o mischievous_a and_o wicked_a some_o take_v bribe_n to_o pervert_v justice_n and_o other_o give_v bribe_n to_o pervert_v
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to_o come_v while_o he_o say_v my_o day_n be_v past_a my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o aug._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitavit_fw-la plerumque_fw-la in_o malum_fw-la all_o quando_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cujus_fw-la singularis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la legebant_fw-la zemma_fw-la far_o scelus_fw-la denotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d autem_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la themate_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la est_fw-la medium_n drus_n rupti_fw-la sunt_fw-la articuli_fw-la cordis_fw-la mei_fw-la sept._n convulsae_fw-la sunt_fw-la compages_fw-la corporis_fw-la mei_fw-la aug._n the_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v purpose_n signify_v most_o usual_o a_o evil_a purpose_n or_o wicked_a designment_n yet_o it_o be_v use_v also_o as_o among_o the_o rabbin_n so_o by_o the_o penman_n of_o scripture_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n for_o a_o warrantable_a yea_o for_o a_o holy_a purpose_n in_o the_o book_n of_o proverb_n chap._n 1.4_o chap._n 2.11_o it_o be_v translate_v discretion_n or_o advisement_n proceed_v from_o the_o teach_n of_o wisdom_n which_o stir_v up_o gracious_a purpose_n in_o the_o soul_n towards_o god_n and_o every_o good_a my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o the_o septuagint_n render_v my_o heart_n string_n be_v break_v the_o heartstring_n by_o a_o metaphor_n may_v be_v take_v for_o purpose_n because_o purpose_n be_v as_o band_n or_o string_n upon_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o when_o purpose_n be_v break_v we_o may_v say_v the_o band_n or_o string_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v break_v another_o read_v the_o binding_n or_o fastning_n of_o my_o body_n be_v loosen_a or_o tear_v asunder_o which_o translation_n as_o also_o the_o former_a take_v literal_o note_v only_o his_o nearness_n to_o death_n for_o when_o a_o man_n die_v we_o say_v his_o heartstring_n break_v and_o his_o whole_a body_n be_v in_o a_o fit_a of_o convulsion_n my_o purpose_n be_v break_v the_o word_n signify_v a_o violent_a 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mind_n be_v wont_a to_o possess_v be_v pull_v or_o snatch_v away_o he_o mean_v it_o not_o of_o all_o his_o thought_n as_o if_o his_o power_n of_o think_v have_v be_v lose_v but_o of_o those_o special_a thought_n which_o he_o have_v or_o hope_n which_o he_o nourish_v about_o his_o restore_n to_o happy_a day_n these_o once_o possess_v his_o heart_n but_o they_o be_v go_v thought_n be_v call_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o heart_n two_o way_n coc._n dicuntur_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la possideri_fw-la a_o cord_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la magis_fw-la proprium_fw-la aut_fw-la innatum_fw-la cordi_fw-la quam_fw-la suae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la drus_n coc._n first_o in_o a_o passive_a sense_n second_o in_o a_o active_a sense_n passive_o because_o they_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o heart_n the_o heart_n do_v enclose_v and_o hold_v our_o thought_n the_o hearâ—_n be_v the_o natural_o proper_a vessel_n or_o receptacle_n of_o thought_n therefore_o they_o be_v call_v the_o possession_n of_o 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