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then_o who_o shall_v those_o thing_n be_v which_o thou_o have_v provide_v luk._n 12.20_o reason_n 1._o because_o their_o reputation_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o man_n have_v as_o leeve_v lose_v their_o life_n as_o their_o credit_n if_o they_o be_v generous_a folly_n will_v give_v occasion_n of_o disgrace_n 2._o their_o good_n and_o essate_fw-it will_v be_v in_o danger_n which_o be_v a_o great_a loss_n how_o many_o lose_v they_o by_o folly_n break_v out_o into_o unseemly_a word_n and_o deed_n 3._o their_o body_n and_o life_n be_v in_o danger_n which_o be_v dear_a than_o credit_n and_o good_n skin_n for_o skin_n yea_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v will_v be_v give_v for_o his_o life_n job_n 2.4_o be_v not_o the_o life_n more_o than_o meat_n and_o the_o body_n than_o raiment_n mat._n 6.25_o 4._o the_o soul_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o lie_v open_a to_o eternal_a misery_n therefore_o sin_n which_o damn_v the_o soul_n be_v call_v folly_n he_o have_v wrought_v folly_n in_o israel_n in_o lie_v 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along_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n he_o that_o be_v seduce_v by_o the_o strumpet_n be_v say_v to_o be_v among_o the_o youth_n ch_n 7.7_o such_o be_v most_o subject_a to_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o eye_n eccl._n 11.9_o reason_n 1._o brcause_v they_o be_v more_o subject_a to_o be_v set_v upon_o by_o strumpet_n riotous_a thief_n as_o have_v least_o gravity_n to_o keep_v such_o off_o my_o son_n a_o young_a man_n if_o sinner_n entice_v thou_o ch_z 1.10_o old_a man_n they_o will_v not_o set_v upon_o so_o soon_o nay_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o old_a grave_a man_n present_a may_v keep_v man_n from_o secret_a sin_n as_o the_o heathen_a man_n say_v think_v socrates_n or_o plato_n see_v thou_o and_o thou_o will_v not_o commit_v folly_n 2._o young_a man_n have_v least_o wit_n and_o experience_n to_o resist_v such_o temptation_n and_o therefore_o solomon_n write_v his_o proverb_n to_o teach_v the_o young_a man_n knowledge_n and_o 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2.22_o be_v not_o proud_a and_o careless_a but_o humble_a and_o watchful_a 3._o doct._n when_o man_n get_v discretion_n and_o knowledge_n they_o will_v be_v free_a from_o many_o enormity_n into_o which_o other_o fall_v so_o the_o prodigal_a son_n who_o feed_v on_o husk_n before_o when_o he_o come_v to_o himself_o find_v bread_n enough_o in_o his_o father_n house_n luk._n 15.17_o so_o the_o angel_n of_o laodicea_n may_v be_v free_v from_o blindness_n poverty_n and_o nakedness_n if_o he_o will_v follow_v christ_n counsel_n rev._n 3.17_o 18._o truth_n have_v a_o free_a power_n you_o shall_v know_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o truth_n shall_v make_v you_o free_a joh._n 8.32_o 1._o because_o satan_n be_v daunt_v by_o repulse_n as_o he_o be_v by_o christ_n then_o the_o devil_n leave_v he_o mat._n 4.11_o 2._o wicked_a man_n give_v over_o solicit_v when_o they_o see_v it_o can_v prevail_v as_o joseph_n mistress_n do_v who_o though_o she_o bring_v he_o to_o prison_n can_v not_o bring_v he_o to_o 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he_o hate_v you_o that_o love_v the_o lord_n hate_v evil_a psal_n 97.10_o 6._o doct._n if_o man_n will_v not_o for_o their_o own_o sake_n forsake_v sin_n they_o shall_v do_v it_o for_o their_o child_n sake_n god_n promise_v good_a to_o child_n if_o their_o parent_n be_v obedient_a o_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o heart_n in_o they_o that_o they_o will_v fear_v i_o and_o keep_v my_o commandment_n always_o that_o it_o may_v be_v well_o with_o they_o and_o with_o their_o child_n for_o ever_o deut._n 5.29_o therefore_o they_o must_v take_v heed_n they_o bring_v not_o evil_a on_o their_o child_n by_o disobedience_n manasseh_n bring_v destruction_n on_o jerusalem_n after_o his_o death_n though_o he_o repent_v in_o his_o life_n sure_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v this_o upon_o judah_n to_o remove_v they_o out_o of_o his_o sight_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n according_a to_o all_o that_o he_o do_v 2_o king_n 24.3_o and_o ahab_n bring_v god_n judgement_n on_o his_o 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he_o call_v it_o his_o law_n which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o god_n law_n his_o child_n be_v tie_v to_o observe_v so_o god_n law_n be_v call_v moses_n law_n mal._n 4.4_o this_o book_n be_v a_o law_n how_o to_o guide_v our_o life_n contain_v many_o excellent_a practical_a instruction_n but._n see_v on_o chap._n 1.25.2.22_o a_o opposition_n between_o keep_v and_o forget_v let_v thy_o heart_n see_v on_o chap._n 2.2_o the_o heart_n here_o may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o memory_n which_o be_v the_o chest_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o rather_o for_o the_o will_n which_o be_v king_n in_o the_o soul_n and_o to_o which_o the_o understanding_n be_v councillor_n and_o the_o affection_n be_v servant_n keep_v see_v on_o chap._n 2.11_o keep_v they_o both_o in_o memory_n and_o life_n he_o speak_v not_o of_o a_o bare_a remember_v but_o of_o a_o practical_a keep_n also_o show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o profitable_a for_o we_o to_o have_v they_o in_o our_o heart_n unless_o we_o also_o exercise_v they_o in_o our_o conversation_n the_o sum_n be_v that_o we_o must_v remember_v these_o precept_n to_o keep_v and_o do_v they_o deut._n 7.12_o for_o remember_v the_o law_n in_o the_o heart_n without_o practise_v it_o in_o the_o life_n will_v not_o bring_v the_o blessing_n annex_v ver._n 2._o length_n of_o day_n etc._n etc._n thou_o must_v remember_v they_o so_o that_o thou_o hearcy_o practise_v they_o and_o that_o thy_o heart_n not_o only_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o ready_a upon_o all_o occasion_n but_o also_o be_v ever_o study_v for_o occasion_n and_o how_o to_o do_v they_o my_o commandment_n see_v on_o chap_n 2.1_o thou_o must_v not_o only_o look_v to_o this_o book_n in_o general_n but_o have_v respect_n to_o every_o particular_a direction_n in_o it_o that_o concern_v thou_o then_o shall_v thou_o be_v like_o zechariah_n and_o elizabeth_n walk_v in_o all_o the_o commandment_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o lord_n blameless_a luke_n 1.6_o and_o may_v conclude_v with_o the_o psalmist_n then_o 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that_o thou_o remember_v to_o practice_v my_o command_n on_o all_o occasion_n 2._o the_o agent_n let_v thy_o heart_n 3._o the_o act._n keep_v 4._o the_o object_n my_o commandment_n 1._o doct._n great_a affection_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o a_o teacher_n he_o must_v look_v upon_o his_o hearer_n as_o upon_o his_o child_n this_o be_v paulâ—_n tone_n my_o little_a child_n of_o who_o i_o travail_v in_o birth_n again_o gal._n 4.19_o wherefore_o because_o i_o love_v you_o not_o god_n know_v 2_o cor._n 11.11_o i_o will_v gladâ—y_o spend_v and_o be_v spend_v for_o you_o though_o the_o more_o abundant_o i_o love_v you_o the_o less_o i_o be_v love_v 2_o cor._n 12.15_o speak_v as_o by_o a_o indulgent_a father_n this_o be_v johns_n
he_o have_v find_v she_o for_o the_o word_n happy_a or_o o_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o man_n etc._n etc._n he_o begin_v his_o commendation_n of_o wisdom_n with_o a_o exclamation_n &_o admiration_n of_o the_o good_a it_o bring_v to_o man_n which_o god_n people_n wonder_v at_o though_o other_o be_v blind_a &_o jee_n it_o not_o he_o have_v speak_v great_a thing_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o wisdom_n before_o ver_fw-la 2._o as_o bring_v along_o comfortable_a and_o peaceable_a life_n but_o here_o he_o speak_v in_o high_a language_n it_o will_v bring_v happiness_n which_o be_v a_o affluence_n or_o rather_o confluence_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n and_o that_o for_o eternity_n a_o man_n that_o have_v some_o good_a thing_n may_v want_v other_o to_o content_v he_o if_o a_o man_n have_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a for_o he_o but_o for_o a_o time_n fear_v of_o loss_n will_v afflict_v he_o while_o he_o have_v they_o and_o his_o grief_n will_v be_v the_o great_a when_o they_o be_v lose_v by_o 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a_o thing_n by_o enquiry_n the_o other_o from_o get_v a_o thing_n by_o labour_n both_o show_v that_o travail_n and_o pain_n be_v to_o be_v use_v to_o get_v wisdom_n it_o will_v quit_v cost_n nay_o bring_v great_a advantage_n note_n 1._o the_o adjunct_n happy_a happinesseis_n a_o thing_n that_o all_o man_n desire_v but_o most_o man_n miss_v 2._o the_o subject_a set_v out_o 1._o in_o general_n be_v the_o man_n 2._o in_o particular_a by_o two_o similitude_n 1._o from_o seeker_n and_o therein_o note_v 1._o the_o act._n that_o find_v 2._o the_o object_n wisdom_n 2._o from_o trader_n and_o therein_o see_v 1._o the_o act._n and_o the_o man_n that_o get_v 2._o the_o object_n understanding_n 1._o doct._n wisdom_n may_v be_v get_v out_o of_o god_n correction_n it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o that_o i_o have_v be_v afflict_v that_o i_o may_v learn_v thy_o statute_n psal_n 119.71_o bless_a be_v the_o man_n who_o thou_o chastene_v o_o lord_n and_o teach_v he_o out_o of_o thy_o law_n psal_n 94.12_o reason_n 1._o because_o it_o teach_v we_o many_o thing_n concern_v god_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v call_v by_o patianus_fw-la in_o paraen_n ad_fw-la poenit_fw-la re_fw-mi pertorium_fw-la divinorum_fw-la &_o inventarium_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la dei_fw-la it_o be_v a_o index_n of_o divine_a thing_n and_o a_o inventary_a of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o repertory_n or_o index_n of_o a_o book_n whereby_o the_o good_a thing_n in_o the_o book_n be_v ready_o find_v else_o man_n may_v seek_v long_o enough_o and_o turn_v over_o the_o whole_a book_n and_o yet_o miss_v what_o they_o seek_v so_o affliction_n bring_v to_o we_o many_o thing_n of_o god_n of_o which_o in_o prosperity_n we_o take_v no_o notice_n a_o almanac_n also_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o repertory_n whereby_o man_n on_o the_o earth_n see_v the_o eclipse_n and_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n in_o heaven_n so_o we_o in_o affliction_n see_v many_o thing_n of_o god_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o inventary_a lawyer_n require_v a_o inventary_a of_o man_n good_n wherein_o all_o particular_n must_v be_v write_v that_o they_o may_v the_o better_a judge_n of_o their_o estate_n affliction_n make_v we_o look_v out_o what_o good_a thing_n there_o be_v in_o god_n for_o we_o to_o make_v use_n of_o in_o time_n of_o need_n and_o 1._o they_o show_v we_o god_n wisdom_n and_o omniscience_n that_o can_v find_v out_o our_o secret_a fin_n and_o chastise_v we_o for_o they_o this_o judah_n confess_v god_n have_v find_v out_o the_o iniquity_n of_o thy_o servant_n gen._n 44.16_o 2._o they_o show_v we_o god_n holiness_n that_o can_v endure_v iniquity_n but_o will_v chastise_v his_o dear_a child_n for_o sin_n 3._o affliction_n show_v we_o god_n justice_n that_o will_v punish_v man_n for_o sin_n 4._o his_o power_n that_o can_v punish_v the_o great_a sinner_n 5._o his_o mercy_n that_o bring_v many_o to_o repentance_n by_o affliction_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v so_o the_o prodigal_a son_n be_v bring_v home_o to_o his_o 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as_o in_o regard_n of_o other_o as_o 1._o that_o they_o must_v not_o be_v condemn_v for_o wicked_a man_n because_o they_o be_v afflict_v for_o than_o must_v we_o go_v to_o hell_n for_o company_n 2._o that_o they_o shall_v be_v pity_v and_o relieve_v in_o their_o sorrow_n as_o we_o will_v be_v in_o we_o use_v 1_o it_o teach_v we_o to_o bear_v affliction_n patient_o look_v more_o at_o the_o good_a that_o come_v by_o they_o than_o the_o pain_n that_o come_v from_o they_o no_o chasten_n for_o the_o present_a seem_v joyous_a but_o grievous_a nevertheless_o afterward_o it_o yield_v the_o peaceable_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n unto_o they_o which_o be_v exercise_v thereby_o heb._n 12.11_o so_o sick_a
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