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Spare me; or, cease from me, i.e. from afflicting me; do not destroy me. My life at best is but short and miserable, as I have said, and thou knowest; sufficient for it is the evil thereof: do not add affliction to the afflicted.
That I may recover strength, both in my outward and inward man, both which are much weakened and oppressed. Or, that I may be refreshed, or comforted, eased of the burden of my sins, and thy terrors consequent upon them, and better prepared for a comfortable and happy dissolution.
Before I go hence, Heb. before I go, to wit, unto the grave, as this phrase is used, Gen_15:2 25:32; or the way of all the earth, as the phrase is completed, Jos_23:14; or whence I shall not return, as it is Job_10:21; or, which is all one, into that place and state in which I shall not be, to wit, amongst the living, or in this world, as this phrase is frequently used, both in Scripture, as Gen_5:24 37:30 42:36, and in heathen authors; of which see my Latin Synopsis.