Wherefore to take the words as our English hath truly and properly translated them, thus, Thou hast loosed my bonds, cThe word translated, loosed, doth properly signify, to open; and thus it is diversly applied, as to the parts of ones body, dmouth, eeyes, fears, &c. To the earth (and that when gordinarily it openeth it self to receive rain, or seed, or extraordinarily, has when it opened it self to devour Dathan and his associates.) To the iengraving of stones, kmetals, or any like thing. To ldoors, mgates, ntreasures, and such like. To othe drawing out of a sword: and to the undoing, opening, and loosing of such things as are bound. Thus this word is used to express pthe undoing of a girdle ⟨p. 225⟩wherewith a man is girt: the qopening of a sack that is tied: and the rloosing of cords and chains wherewith one is bound. Where Nebuzaraden saith to Jeremiah, sI loose thee from the chains, &c. this word is used. In this sense is it here used. Afflictions and calamities are as bonds, cords, and chains, which fast tie and bind men, which girt and gall, pinch and pain them, yea and oft strangle and kill them: and in these respects called bonds, as in this and tmany other places, where the very word, that is here, is used in the same sense. Yea because death holdeth men down, as fast bound, so as they cannot stir, it is said to have cords (as was before noted on vers. 3. §. 15.) and when one is delivered from death▪ the grave is said, in the word of this text, to be xloosed, or opened.
Wherefore to take the words as our English hath truly and properly translated them, thus, Thou hast loosed my bonds, cThe word translated, loosed, doth properly signifio, to open; and thus it is diversly applied, as to the parts of ones body, dmouth, eeyes, feares, &c. To the earth (and that when gordinarily it openeth it self to receive rain, or seed, or extraordinarily, haswhen it opened it selfe to devoure Dathan and his associates.) To the iengraving of stones, kmetals, or any like thing. To ldoores, mgates, ntreasures, and such like. To othe drawing out of a sword: and to the undoing, opening, and loosing of such things as are bound. Thus this word is used to expresse pthe undoing of a girdle ⟨p. 225⟩wherewith a man is girt: the qopening of a sacke that is tied: and the rloosing of cords and chaines wherewith one is bound. Where Nebuzaraden saith to Ieremiah, s
- c[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- dEzek 33. 22.
- e1 King. 8. 29.
- fIsa. 50. 5.
- g—45. 8.
- hPsal 105. 17.
- iExo. 28 9.
- k1 King. 7. 36.
- lIsa. 2•. 2.
- m2 King. 15. 16
- nDeut. 28. 12. Gen. 41. •6.
- oPsal. •7 14.
- pIsa. 5. 27.
- qGen. 44. 11.
