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be_v bitter_a when_o persecution_n and_o temptation_n come_v those_o hearer_n be_v offend_v and_o fall_v away_o matth._n 13.20_o 21._o the_o word_n of_o joy_n prove_v a_o word_n of_o bitterness_n unto_o they_o and_o it_o be_v so_o to_o most_o man_n at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o they_o find_v it_o a_o sad_a and_o difficult_a thing_n to_o act_v those_o truth_n be_v sweet_a to_o the_o understanding_n rev._n 10.9_o 10._o john_n eat_v the_o little_a book_n it_o be_v sweet_a in_o his_o mouth_n bitter_a in_o his_o belly_n that_o be_v in_o the_o operation_n of_o it_o john_n see_v that_o those_o truth_n write_v in_o it_o will_v beget_v hatred_n persecution_n imprisonment_n banishment_n martyrdom_n etc._n etc._n when_o we_o come_v to_o find_v the_o operation_n of_o truth_n that_o they_o will_v cost_v we_o dear_a dear_a friend_n dear_a liberty_n dear_a lust_n dear_a limb_n dear_a life_n we_o find_v a_o bitterness_n in_o truth_n though_o former_o they_o have_v be_v like_o ezekiel_n roll_n and_o 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ride_v in_o triumph_n after_o great_a victory_n than_o they_o scatter_v gold_n and_o silver_n plentiful_o and_o give_v the_o great_a honour_n and_o gift_n unto_o man_n so_o christ_n reserve_v the_o pour_v out_o of_o his_o spirit_n in_o such_o plenty_n and_o invisible_a sign_n till_o his_o glorify_v therefore_o austin_n say_v the_o prophet_n have_v not_o another_o spirit_n who_o foretell_v christ_n to_o come_v but_o this_o be_v mean_v of_o that_o manner_n of_o give_v which_o appear_v not_o at_o all_o before_o they_o under_o the_o law_n have_v not_o the_o spirit_n give_v in_o that_o way_n and_o so_o large_o but_o they_o have_v the_o same_o spirit_n 2_o pet._n 1.21_o and_o luke_n 1.41.67_o 3._o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n which_o the_o godly_a receive_v be_v not_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n but_o of_o comfort_n of_o grace_n and_o freedom_n this_o spirit_n do_v not_o straiten_v the_o prophet_n but_o enlarge_v he_o he_o be_v imprison_v with_o his_o own_o fear_n beat_v down_o under_o 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spirit_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o wrought_v in_o he_o and_o the_o people_n may_v be_v apt_a enough_o to_o judge_v he_o a_o mad_a man_n 2_o king_n 9.11_o when_o a_o prophet_n come_v to_o anoint_v jehu_n say_v his_o companion_n wherefore_o come_v this_o mad_a fellow_n prophet_n be_v repute_v mad_a fellow_n and_o that_o not_o only_o by_o the_o jew_n but_o by_o gentile_n also_o plato_n in_o phaedro_n say_v quidam_fw-la divino_fw-la beneficio_fw-la sunt_fw-la infani_fw-la sensibus_fw-la martyr_n in_o 2_o king_n 9.11_o kâ—mchi_n think_v that_o the_o prophet_n be_v so_o call_v quod_fw-la dum_fw-la vaticinarentur_fw-la speciem_fw-la praeferrent_fw-la hominis_fw-la alienati_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la ment_fw-la tum_fw-la à _fw-la sensibus_fw-la ut_fw-la prophetae_fw-la &_o sibyllae_fw-la and_o tully_n in_o his_o
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