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and_o repentance_n as_o in_o ezekias_n case_n isaiah_n 38.1_o 4._o to_o prevent_v sin_n to_o which_o nature_n and_o corruption_n incline_v 5._o the_o humiliation_n of_o pride_n 6._o manifestation_n of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n oft_o cause_v the_o lord_n to_o visit_v even_o his_o own_o son_n with_o sickness_n and_o diverse_a disease_n but_o in_o god_n reveal_v will_n sin_n be_v the_o ordinary_a cause_n as_o appear_v deut._n sin_n 28.21_o leut._n 26._o etc._n etc._n sin_n cause_v the_o egyptian_n botch_n exod._n 9.10_o the_o philistine_n emerods_n 1_o sam._n 5.6_o the_o widow_n of_o sarepta_n son_n sickness_n 1_o king_n 17.18_o and_o therefore_o when_o christ_n cure_v the_o body_n of_o his_o patient_n he_o first_o remit_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o soul_n &_o so_o remove_v the_o cause_n mat._n 9.2_o john_n 5.14_o as_o in_o the_o blind_a man_n and_o the_o sick_a of_o the_o palsy_n sickness_n three_o when_o thou_o have_v feel_v thy_o own_o pulse_n and_o lay_v the_o finger_n on_o the_o 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passion_n record_v luke_n 22.23_o chap._n the_o 29._o psalm_n the_o 42._o psalm_n the_o 51._o psalm_n the_o 143._o psalm_n the_o 14._o chapter_n of_o job_n the_o 11._o the_o 14._o the_o 17._o chapter_n of_o saint_n john_n ecclesiastes_n chap._n 1._o dan._n chap._n 9_o roman_n chap_n 8._o the_o 7._o chap._n of_o the_o apocalypse_n 1_o cor._n 15._o chap._n these_o will_v give_v thou_o some_o holy_a heat_n thus_o thou_o have_v the_o true_a preparative_n in_o thy_o sickness_n in_o respect_n of_o god_n they_o be_v the_o more_o worthy_a remembrance_n because_o so_o few_o follow_v they_o for_o alas_o how_o many_o that_o have_v live_v long_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o far_o from_o renew_v their_o faith_n and_o repentance_n that_o when_o they_o lie_v sick_a and_o be_v draw_v to_o
to_o the_o dead_a or_o for_o the_o dead_a which_o be_v gross_a superstition_n this_o make_v even_o eâ—nius_n the_o heathen_a poet_n forbid_v that_o any_o shall_v weep_v for_o he_o after_o his_o death_n which_o solon_n and_o other_o ambitious_o have_v desire_v other_o motive_n may_v be_v urge_v to_o move_v thou_o to_o moderation_n in_o this_o point_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o so_o reform_v this_o abuse_n in_o the_o excess_n as_o though_o i_o condemn_v the_o mean_a in_o mourning_n this_o be_v to_o run_v from_o one_o extreme_a to_o another_o let_v this_o therefore_o conclusive_o determine_v for_o thy_o judgement_n and_o direct_v thy_o practice_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o deplore_v the_o departure_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o the_o 10._o egyptian_n lament_v jacob_n seventy_o day_n and_o his_o child_n seven_o day_n as_o 23.2_o abraham_n mourn_v for_o sarah_n the_o 34.8_o israelite_n for_o moses_n for_o 29._o aaron_n for_o 35.24_o josias_n for_o 1._o samuel_n 33_o david_n for_o absalon_n for_o 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lose_v some_o good_a by_o they_o second_o nor_o hypocrisy_n in_o seem_v to_o mourn_v three_o nor_o distrust_v as_o though_o there_o be_v no_o resurrection_n 1_o thes_n 4._o four_o nor_o excess_n know_v that_o they_o be_v but_o go_v a_o journey_n and_o we_o shall_v quick_o overtake_v they_o no_o for_o ever_o send_v away_o from_o we_o but_o for_o a_o time_n send_v before_o us._n comfort_n against_o the_o cross_n of_o sickness_n and_o disease_n however_o intolerable_a and_o incurable_a because_o sickness_n and_o disease_n which_o distress_n and_o distemper_v every_o part_n and_o power_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n be_v very_o burdensome_a to_o the_o flesh_n as_o beside_o their_o present_a pain_n be_v the_o herald_n and_o forerunner_n of_o death_n tend_v to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o nature_n let_v these_o consideration_n be_v so_o many_o cordial_n and_o spiritual_a lenitive_n to_o mitigate_v and_o assuage_v the_o extremity_n or_o permanencie_n of_o thy_o dolour_n in_o either_o kind_n for_o 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