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Their inward thought is; though they are ashamed to express it, yet it is their secret opinion, and hope, and wish.
Their houses; either,
1. Their posterity, oft called men’s houses 2Sa_7:11, &c.; Psa_113:9 115:12. Or,
2. Their mansion houses, as it is explained in the next clause, which also serve for this purpose, to preserve a man name for ever.
Shall continue for ever; not to them in their own persons, but to them and theirs in succeeding generations, as it follows.
They call their lands after their own names; fondly dreaming by this means to immortalize their names and memories.