Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 64:4

4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen , O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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Marginal references: Psal. 31. 19. 1 Cor. 2▪ 9.; Or, [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1+ letters] God b[illegible: 1+ letters]des thee▪ which doth so for him, &c.