may provide some considerable thing
yranent." Records of the kirk session of Govan, 1st July, 1652.
"Upon the desire of the Guinea Merchants (20th Sept., 1651,) 1,500
of the Scots prisoners were granted to them, and sent on shipboard
to be transported to Guinea to work in the mines there."--Whitelock's
Mem. p. 485. "Letters (25th October, 1651,) that many of the Scots
prisoners and others at Shrewsbury were dead of a contagious
fever."--Id. p. 488.--_Ed._]

170 [That is, in this world.--_Ed._]

171 [That is, he will get, or meet with, a fall or fall lower as he, who
aims at being wise above what is written, is in danger of falling
into error.--_Ed._]

172 [That is, treat with indignity.--_Ed._]

173 [That is, check (from _compesco_, Lat.).--_Ed._]

174 [Or, hesitation.--_Ed._]

175 [That is, more honoured.--_Ed._]

176 [That is, than.--_Ed._]

177 [That is, concourse.--_Ed._]

178 [Or pre-eminence above others.--_Ed._]

179 [That is, directions, or different points of the compass.--_Ed._]

180 [That is careless or slight.--_Ed._]

181 [This was long a current tradition. But Maundrell avers that he saw
"several birds flying about and over the lake of Sodom," or Dead Sea
as it is called "without any visible harm"--Journey from Aleppo to
Jerusalem A.D. 1696 p. 137. Edin. 1812.--_Ed._]

182 [That is, destitute of reason.--_Ed._]

183 [Or property.--_Ed._]

184 [That is not so likely to happen.--_Ed._]

185 [That is, the obscurity or mystery of the gospel.--_Ed._]

186 [Coldly or carelessly.--_Ed._]

187 [That is, "If thou lovest the earth, thou art earth".--_Ed._]

188 [Increase.--_Ed._]

189 [Antiperistasis ({~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} from {~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~} and {~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK