An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

As if the Lord had said, When my enemies come forth against me, these are the Weapons, this the Ammunition, which I at any time can, and often do make use of in the day of battle and war. ¹The word rendered battle, signifies to approach because in a day of battle, enemies or opposites approach one to another,² and charge each other. The word rendered war, springs from a root signifying to eat, because the sword of war is a great eater, and devours the bodies of men. Now when God breaks forth in anger against obstinate sinners, his enemies, and brings any sore and destroying judgement upon them, he is said to have war with them, or to make war against them: Who would set the briars and thorns in battle against me, saith the Lord (Isa. 27.4.)

As if the Lord had said, When my enemies come forth against me, these are the Weapons, this the Ammunition, which I at any time can, and often do make use of in the day of battel and war. ¹The word rendred battel, signifies to a•proach because in a day of battel, enemies or opposites approach one to another,² and charge each other. The word rendred war, springs from a root signifying to eat, because the sword of war is a great eater, and devours the bodies of men. Now when God breaks forth in anger against obstinate sinners, his enemies, and brings any sore and destroying judgement upon them, he is said to have war with them, or to make war against them: Who would set the briars and thorns in battel against me, saith the Lord (Isa. 27.4.)

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Praeliuci.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Praeliuci.
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