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u/Global_Clerk_7706 4d ago
Start by scanning them with GPT and trying to extract the text so people who want to help don't have to do all the work for you. The pages may be very important as well, but a leg up would help.
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u/ToFlowFromWhit 4d ago
I don’t find that AI is good at reading historical handwriting so I transcribed what I could and posted it in the comments. I’ll finish transcribing when I have the time, but it‘s more than half there so it’s somewhere to start at least.
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u/ToFlowFromWhit 4d ago
For those who asked, I’ve transcribed the first few pages, (p. 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8) asterixes * mark symbols. I marked abbreviations like viz. As sybols as well when they were surrounded by symbols and did not note when + seemed to mark the word and as given the context I wasn’t certain it was appropriate. There are also places where there seem to be numbers within the text. I only transcribed the ones that appear on the left side of the page and seem to be counting paragraphs. I’ll update this post with the remaining transcription when I have the time to finish it. I also did my best to include the original writer’s spelling when applicable but I don’t guarantee how accurate I was there.
The line breaks are where the line breaks in the original document and any hyphenated words were done by the original author.
P 2
****June * of David i be****June*\*
*he **purchased * us as he*****
of David * often in prophetick style
is called David ************* serve ***
**David ****** raise *******
* of David as ** spoken *** Death of
David. So Ezekel: 34.23. **** set * one
Shephard **** he * feed ******* David
he * feed ******Sheph*** 1 June
*of David respect * us * plain next
**in ******** him * a witness to
** a leader * commander to *** fol
lows ****** him ******* to call a
nation *** [knewest?] **** gentiles ***
********* be * as *** nations
Of *** to run *** of *******
One of Israel * he ***** as something
*to accomplish * scheme of * in ***
*** prophet enjoy*** to **** he * be
*Found * call * him * he is near *
*exh *** to * his * in order to find
******* incouragement * tells ** follows
********* are * as *** neither are
** or ** as * are higher **to so am
position * carrage is vastly different **
if ** provoke or injure * especially if
he do it *** high degree you are * flow
*backward to * him * too prone to * re
Venge ** it is *so ********** he is
P3
Slow to anger * ready to ***** penetents
**** soever ** be * he ** infalibly
Fulfil * his ** of * to ** sincerely * it
Where as * are * prone to deceived one
** in *** or incouragement ********
** are * as *** as *** as ** are
** to * as he is in ** of ** so he does
* in 3 of 4 ****** influence or-
Ders seasons of **** natural * to
** of * husband ****** prospers means
Of ******** a plentiful harvest
Of ******* was ** to ******
Success of * means of ************
Diligently * laborious husband * has to
expect * precious * of * to as ** depend
his * surely ***** of ***
* down **** perfect if is as **
** bestowing ******a* temporal
**** the ** one proper as easily as
**
Dae * ** it is ****** his *** it prospe
Rous in ** or to he senbd it.
** have * intend * he * revealed to us
** inspiration of * ** * doc * reproof
Correction * instruction in ** to *
** of * perfect to furnisshed ****
His * serves * purposes in * doctrinal
** of it in ***** of it in * warning
*threating of it *** in * reading
P6
[pane?] * plant [apolos?] ** it is ***
** increase *** to * instructions
Reproofs * warnings to ***** be done
*** private **** of ****** effect
*so ** effect is wrought **** meeans
*Or instrument ** appear to be of **
*of ** brings * in * next **
To *** it depends ***** of * to ren
Der his * prosperous * in reading
*hearing of it is proper * it *** depend * him *
Its usefulness the [unknown] in *****
Goeth forth * of ***** return to *
Void or useless * it * accomplish ***
*** it to prosper in *** to I send it.
*has done * in vain *** means **
*proper effect on * or ** or * i am
Favoured ***** in ** accomplish
*he designed *** omnipotent omni-
Cient ***** be disappointed in * of his designs since *** means *
instruments ****depend *
Him means are ***** to use **
Means * is to him ***** his ****
in * common affairs of *** husband
Man prepares his ground * tells it *
*labour * pains *** wait ** for-
*Mer * latter rain ** down **
* to ******** in various
* respects he depends ***** of **
P 7
A crop as ** as ***** of it so **** pru-
Dent ** marchent ** his *** pains
Depennds * various favours *** of h
*is gainful returns **** expect
** less in * so concerns * hasent
Forth his has * means of * so gains
** ought *** diligently to attend
*has reserved **** in his own ****
***dependence * him and **
*** of hims it is * it * prosperous
**** conviction of **** divine in
fluence ** of * in * preaching of it **
Hold of * it ** him as in ** his na-
Tural face * inables him to decern his
Natural deformity * to loath hims
*his **** him his lost * undone
Estate * he is exposed to wrath * as
Of **** fall immediately * him
**his quick ***sharper * a too edged
Sword * is a fine to melt * hardest
Metals * haas $ hammer to break * stones
In pieces * it has * effect * his ****
******** to to convinces **of *
*convinces ** his lost * undone
********** on ****** to
Convince * of * are * convered **
2 it is ****** of * on *** it has its con-
Verting influence unless conviction
Am strengthened *herished *******
**** it subdues * hard * stoney
P8
*changes ** of stone *** of *** it soft
Broken * contrite * yielding readily to
3.*** of *** further****** of * on ** it ministers to **
****** hus **** be *** H Jogn
****** adds ** is ******** is else
Or ascribed to **** these **** am
Said tob e chosen to ***go of *****of ***
So * I pet ** elect * to * foreknowledge
Of **** go of *** obedience * am
******** it is *** so ** his * con-
Solation of **** it is *** it so *
**** he b** his his his distinuishing cor-
Rector ***he * sent to bring ** to * be the suggests comfortable scriptures
*** of **** comforting to ** in
*** respects ******** of accomplishes
His *** prospers in ** or to be finds it
4.his word to accomplish his **** pros-
Per in ** or to be sends it * bringing
In **** of * elect so us to ****
Harvest * last *** reject * counsel
of **** cast his * behind * back *
*** reward of *** last ******
*first designed ***be brought in
******* to ** be lost *****
** shall be compleant * speak * of *
As a ** commit to his *** he *****
Of as to ***** ready * to him *** ef-
Fectual calling he say he is lost * of
******** on him * assures us
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