Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.

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Title: Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.
Author: Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679.
Publication: London :: Printed by John Richardson, for Thomas Parkhurst, Dorman Newman, Jonathan Robinson, Bradbazon Ailmer, Thomas Cockeril, and Benjamin Alsop,; M.DC.LXXXIII [1683]
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105 Thy word is a ‖ lamp unto my feet d, and a light unto my path.

106 I have sworn e, and I will perform i•…•… f, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will of∣ferings of my mouth g, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is continually in my hand h: yet do I not forget thy law.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an he∣ritage for ever i: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart k † to perform thy statutes alway, even ‖ unto the end.

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〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ •…•…andle.

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d

To direct me in all my doubts and difficulties, to pre∣serve from sin and from sin and misery, both which oft come under the name of darkness, and to comfort me in all my fears and distresses.

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e

Obliged my self by serious purpose and solemn vow, or by a formal oath, which was not unusual amongst Gods peo∣ple, as 2 Chron. 15. 15. Nehem. 10. 29.

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f

I do not repent of it, but by Gods grace I will fulfil it.

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Ver. 144.

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g

Either, 1. those which I have promised with my mouth, though I am not now in a capacity of performing my promi∣ses, as being banished from thy house. Or rather, 2. the sacrifices of prayer and praises, which I do freely and fre∣quently offer unto thee; which are called Sacrifices, as Psal. 50. 15. and calves of our lips, Hos. 14. 2.

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h

Exposed to perpetual and extreme danger, as any pre∣cious and frail thing is which a man carrieth openly in his hand, whence it may easily fall or be snatched away by a violent hand. See the same or like phrase Iudg. 12. 3. 1 Sam. 19. 5. Iob 13. 14.

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Deut. 33. 4.

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i

I have chosen them for my chief portion, from which I will never part.

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k

As I prayed to thee to incline mine heart to them, a∣bove v. 36. so I did not neglect my duty, but chearfully complied with the motions of thy Spirit, and yielded up my mind and heart to the study and practice of them.

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†

Heb. to do.

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‖

Gr. for the re∣compence of re∣ward.

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