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universal_a mistake_n to_o judge_v the_o meek_a and_o most_o innocent_a to_o be_v self-exalters_a and_o vain-boaster_n only_o because_o they_o be_v faithful_a to_o bear_v witness_n to_o the_o truth_n this_o be_v the_o grand_a mistake_n of_o that_o learned_a and_o devout_a council_n by_o who_o our_o lord_n be_v crucify_v he_o as_o he_o must_v inevitable_o do_v speak_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o truth_n can_v but_o dignify_v the_o doer_n and_o sayer_n of_o it_o with_o the_o title_n and_o due_a praise_n of_o be_v the_o oracle_n of_o god_n but_o that_o blind_a but_o know_v pu_v up_o senate_n of_o pharisee_n and_o hypocrite_n misconceive_v that_o the_o truth_n which_o he_o speak_v be_v boast_v vainglory_n and_o blasphemy_n and_o therefore_o they_o all_o unanimous_o and_o with_o one_o consent_n cry_v out_o crucify_v he_o crucify_v he_o the_o witness_n be_v to_o be_v kill_v and_o the_o holy_a city_n the_o church_n of_o god_n persecute_v and_o tread_v under_o foot_n in_o the_o antitype-place_n where_o our_o lord_n be_v crucify_v to_o wit_n by_o such_o censorious_a blind_a professor_n as_o the_o pharisee_n be_v rev._n 11.2_o 8._o and_o this_o slanderous_a imputation_n and_o mis-supposition_n that_o they_o be_v boaster_n blasphemer_n and_o man_n that_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o they_o be_v the_o chief_a or_o almost_o only_a and_o universal_a cause_n or_o instrument_n of_o their_o be_v so_o kill_v persecute_v and_o tread_v under_o foot_n nor_o be_v true_a saint_n as_o we_o show_v before_o free_a from_o this_o frenzy_n of_o heady_a and_o censorious_a rashness_n elisha_n discover_v the_o king_n of_o syria_n counsel_n and_o design_n several_a time_n to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n whereby_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n save_v himself_o not_o once_o nor_o twice_o king_n 6.10_o such_o discovery_n be_v signal_n advantage_n and_o deliverance_n to_o the_o king_n and_o people_n of_o israel_n nor_o can_v i_o but_o in_o love_n to_o my_o country_n and_o in_o fidelity_n to_o the_o church_n make_v this_o discovery_n of_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o kill_n of_o her_o witness_n that_o so_o minister_n and_o magistrate_n as_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n try_v those_o that_o say_v they_o be_v apostle_n and_o be_v not_o may_v try_v those_o truth-misapplving_a blasphemer_n that_o charge_v her_o witness_n false_o with_o boast_v and_o find_v they_o to_o be_v the_o seditious_a synagogue_n of_o satan_n may_v rebuke_v they_o sharp_o so_o may_v they_o save_v themselves_o and_o the_o church_n not_o once_o or_o twice_o from_o such_o distress_n as_o fall_v upon_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o very_a same_o sin_n to_o wit_n because_o their_o ruler_n do_v not_o due_o reprove_v and_o rebuke_v those_o christ-crucifying_a blasphemer_n that_o charge_v he_o with_o blasphemy_n so_o may_v the_o rain_n of_o righteousness_n after_o 1260_o year_n restraint_n fall_v in_o plenteous_a shower_n upon_o all_o nation_n so_o peace_n and_o prosperity_n may_v spring_v up_o to_o all_o prince_n and_o people_n so_o may_v minister_n and_o magistrate_n they_o be_v faithful_a in_o the_o discharge_n of_o this_o duty_n save_o the_o witness_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o perhaps_o themselves_o from_o the_o bloody_a eruption_n of_o merciless_a cruelty_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o depraver_n and_o hypocrite_n that_o false_o accuse_v they_o as_o the_o first_o dragon_n do_v primitive_a saint_n day_n and_o night_n as_o boaster_n as_o blasphemer_n or_o as_o person_n unworthy_a and_o the_o worst_a of_o evil_a doer_n whereby_o the_o defence_n of_o state_n and_o church_n and_o the_o healer_n of_o their_o breach_n be_v break_v down_o by_o the_o base_a of_o man_n these_o derogate_a hypocrite_n and_o those_o harper_n that_o have_v the_o harp_n of_o god_n be_v most_o contrary_a by_o who_o contrariety_n predict_v those_o first_o fruit_n of_o true_a obedience_n to_o god_n and_o good_a work_n to_o man_n will_v more_o easy_o appear_v these_o harper_n say_v the_o text_n sing_v as_o it_o be_v a_o new_a song_n which_o no_o man_n can_v learn_v but_o those_o 144000_o first-fruit_n vers_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4._o ch._n 15.2_o therefore_o these_o harper_n must_v be_v as_o those_o text_n plain_o import_v the_o same_o 144000_o that_o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n or_o at_o least_o the_o teacher_n of_o they_o but_o we_o must_v here_o distinguish_v betwixt_o these_o 144000_o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n and_o those_o 144000_o in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n that_o be_v seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n in_o their_o forehead_n and_o betwixt_o both_o and_o those_o that_o have_v not_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n in_o their_o forehead_n chap._n 9.4_o and_o first_o we_o shall_v distinguish_v betwixt_o these_o 144000_o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n and_o those_o 144000_o in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n that_o be_v seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n in_o their_o forehead_n these_o seal_v 144000_o be_v seal_v under_o the_o six_o seal_n chap._n 6.12_o chap._n 7.4_o but_o these_o 144000_o chap._n 14._o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n be_v to_o stand_v with_o the_o lamb_n upon_o mount_n zion_n under_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n chap._n 10.7_o chap._n 11.19_o chap._n 13.18_o chap._n 14.1_o therefore_o these_o 144000_o conscript_a in_o the_o fourteen_o chapter_n be_v not_o the_o same_o gospel-church_n in_o the_o same_o respect_n to_o time_n and_o thing_n though_o otherw_o see_v the_o same_o with-those_a 144000_o seal_a servant_n of_o god_n in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n for_o the_o seven_o seal_n as_o most_o writer_n and_o i_o with_o they_o agree_v have_v respect_n to_o the_o transaction_n of_o literal_a and_o imperial_a rome_n and_o show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n under_o that_o power_n but_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n and_o vial_n have_v respect_n to_o papal_a rome_n and_o run_v parallel_n in_o the_o same_o synchronism_n show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n under_o that_o power_n the_o open_n of_o the_o six_o seal_n show_v the_o fall_n of_o the_o six_o head_n of_o the_o tenfold_o body_n of_o heathen_a rome_n and_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o pagan_a power_n under_o that_o head_n which_o be_v more_o full_o express_v in_o chap._n 12_o to_o the_o 14._o vers_fw-la the_o final_a excision_n of_o imperial_a and_o apostate_n rome_n be_v hold_v forth_o under_o the_o seven_o seal_n chap._n 8.5_o and_o this_o prophecy_n be_v more_o ample_o unfold_v in_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n but_o the_o fall_n of_o papal_n rome_n or_o of_o the_o grand_a apostasy_n be_v predict_v to_o be_v under_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n and_o seven_o vial_n chapter_n 10.7_o ch._n 11.11_o 15._o ch._n 16.17_o then_o the_o couscript-church_n it_o seem_v shall_v be_v manifest_a as_o the_o text_n show_v also_o the_o text_n in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n from_o the_o nine_o verse_n to_o the_o end_n and_o the_o manifold_a prophetick-promises_a in_o those_o text_n refer_v to_o the_o conscript-church_n chap._n 14._o chap._n 21._o chap._n 22._o rather_o than_o to_o the_o sealed-church_n or_o not_o to_o she_o until_o after_o many_o century_n of_o year_n her_o offspring_n shall_v have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n thus_o their_o disparity_n further_o appear_v those_o 144000_o in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n and_o these_o 144000_o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n be_v both_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o in_o different_a respect_n and_o time_n for_o those_o 144000_o in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n be_v the_o gospel-church_n seal_v and_o number_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n measure_v in_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n feed_v and_o defend_v in_o the_o wilderness_n for_o 1260_o year_n from_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o second_o dragon_n chap._n 12.6_o 14._o contemporal_a with_o her_o antithesis_fw-la those_o saint-persecuting_a truth-pretending_a professor_n that_o have_v not_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n in_o their_o forehead_n chap._n 9.4_o and_o bring_v from_o wallow_v in_o blood_n under_o the_o bloody_a foot_n of_o the_o roman_a red_a dragon_n chap._n 12.10_o chap._n 18.20_o for_o these_o 144000_o in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n be_v seal_v and_o number_v immediate_o after_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o first_o dragon_n chapter_n 7.3_o but_o these_o 144000_o have_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o their_o forehead_n chap._n 14._o be_v to_o stand_v upon_o last_v foundation_n of_o true_a faith_n and_o good_a manner_n mount_v zion_n not_o immediate_o after_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o power_n of_o rome_n imperial_n but_o immediate_o after_o the_o fall_n of_o papal_n rome_n rev._n 11.13_o 15._o chap._n 15.2_o chap._n 10.7_o chap._n 13.18_o chap._n 14.1_o but_o because_o these_o text_n contain_v the_o myrrh_n of_o age_n to_o heal_v all_o nation_n and_o the_o best_a writer_n fall_v short_a in_o unfolding_n of_o they_o i_o shall_v
take_v care_n of_o he_o say_v the_o text_n and_o say_v to_o the_o host_n take_v care_n of_o he_o care_n be_v to_o all_o good_a work_n the_o girdle_n of_o truth_n without_o which_o they_o be_v neither_o true_a nor_o good_a have_v not_o the_o good_a samaritan_n though_o he_o have_v do_v all_o he_o do_v beside_o take_v care_n of_o he_o he_o have_v whole_o omit_v his_o christian_a duty_n for_o as_o faith_n without_o charity_n be_v dead_a so_o charity_n without_o care_n be_v dead_a a_o true_a christian_n care_n to_o do_v good_a be_v the_o edge_n of_o charity_n and_o the_o life_n of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o grand_a misery_n and_o mistake_n of_o man_n and_o saint_n to_o do_v perhaps_o many_o good_a work_n careless_o whereby_o they_o become_v not_o good_a work_n but_o deceit_n such_o work_n though_o common_o practise_v by_o seal_a or_o wilderness-saint_n be_v far_o from_o that_o practice_n which_o they_o shall_v perform_v but_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o the_o member_n of_o of_o 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judge_n or_o magistrate_n it_o matter_n not_o what_o their_o church-society_n sect_n or_o their_o repute_n for_o learning_n strictness_n or_o religion_n be_v be_v corrupt_a and_o unjust_a professor_n and_o at_o least_o in_o appearance_n member_n of_o antichrist_n but_o we_o shall_v illustrate_v the_o premise_n for_o the_o reader_n be_v better_a understanding_n by_o one_o or_o two_o example_n and_o first_o a_o prophet_n poor_a widow_n make_v she_o address_v to_o elisha_n and_o state_v her_o own_o cause_n herself_o thus_o lay_v down_o the_o principle_n of_o right_n in_o itself_o necessary_a and_o due_a to_o be_v satisfy_v unto_o she_o thy_o servant_n my_o husband_n say_v she_o be_v dead_a 2_o king_n 4.1_o there_o be_v the_o cui_fw-la a_o desolate_a widow_n to_o who_o mercy_n and_o equity_n be_v due_a to_o be_v do_v a_o second_o incomplex-right_a in_o itself_o be_v a_o quo_fw-la or_o from_o who_o which_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o same_o word_n of_o the_o poor_a widow_n to_o wit_n prophet_n who_o be_v principal_o concern_v and_o bind_v both_o by_o the_o levitical_a law_n and_o by_o the_o royal_a law_n of_o love_n to_o make_v her_o incomplex-condition_n complex_n or_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o and_o due_o consider_v it_o levit._n 25.35_o to_o the_o end_n deut._n 15.8_o 11._o a_o three_o incomplex-right_a be_v express_v in_o these_o word_n thou_o know_v that_o thy_o servant_n that_o widow_n late_a husband_n do_v fear_v the_o lord_n that_o be_v a_o further_a tie_n though_o he_o must_v do_v right_a and_o show_v mercy_n to_o all_o man_n to_o the_o prophet_n to_o make_v her_o condition_n complex_n or_o to_o have_v full_a knowledge_n of_o it_o a_o four_o principium_fw-la praecognoscendum_fw-la or_o truth_n in_o itself_o which_o the_o prophet_n be_v bind_v to_o know_v be_v express_v in_o these_o word_n and_o the_o creditor_n be_v come_v to_o take_v unto_o he_o my_o two_o son_n to_o be_v bondman_n these_o principia_fw-la praecognoscenda_fw-la or_o truth_n in_o themselves_o thus_o lay_v down_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o poor_a widow_n state_v before_o the_o prophet_n and_o they_o that_o be_v not_o true_o careful_a and_o diligent_a to_o know_v and_o right_o apprehend_v the_o cause_n of_o plaintiff_n or_o defendant_n state_v by_o word_n or_o writing_n be_v unjust_a judge_n corrupt_a magistrate_n careless_a christian_n &_o make_v themselves_o at_o least_o appear_v to_o be_v the_o member_n of_o antichrist_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o poor_a of_o the_o widow_n of_o the_o fatherless_a and_o of_o stranger_n in_o distress_n come_v not_o before_o those_o careless_a christian_n nor_o can_v they_o discharge_v any_o duty_n of_o mercy_n or_o equity_n to_o man_n but_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o tell_v the_o poor_a widow_n she_o be_v a_o trouble_n to_o he_o or_o that_o he_o be_v busy_a about_o matter_n of_o much_o high_a concernment_n nor_o do_v he_o bid_v she_o come_v two_o month_n hence_o and_o talk_v with_o he_o nor_o tell_v she_o to_o encourage_v she_o he_o will_v move_v it_o to_o friend_n at_o his_o best_a leisure_n as_o many_o professor_n common_o do_v and_o at_o last_o perhaps_o revolt_n from_o all_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o little_a purpose_n and_o she_o expect_v but_o he_o immediate_o bid_v she_o borrow_v many_o vessel_n and_o pour_v oil_n out_o of_o a_o vial_n she_o have_v into_o those_o vessel_n and_o fill_v they_o with_o oil_n sell_v so_o much_o as_o will_v pay_v her_o creditor_n and_o live_v herself_o upon_o the_o rest_n thus_o the_o prophet_n take_v effectual_a care_n to_o make_v the_o poor_a widow_n incomplex_n cause_n complex_fw-la or_o to_o take_v full_a cognizance_n of_o it_o second_o he_o take_v care_n to_o make_v she_o complex_fw-la or_o by_o he_o know_v cause_n triplex_fw-la by_o conform_v his_o will_n that_o he_o may_v relieve_v she_o to_o his_o right_n inform_v intellect_n three_o he_o take_v care_n to_o conform_v his_o work_n to_o his_o right-informed_n will_v and_o intellect_n wherein_o he_o have_v due_a respect_n to_o 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he_o say_v thrice_o i_o fina_fw-la in_o he_o no_o failt_n john_n 18.38_o ch._n 19.4_o luke_n 23.4_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o release_v he_o but_o not_o effectual_o careful_a to_o do_v it_o for_o overpower_v by_o his_o adversary_n importunity_n he_o give_v sentence_n to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n so_o all_o laodicean_n half_a hot_a half_o cold_a half_a careless_a half_o careful_a spurious_a professor_n though_o never_o so_o strict_a devout_a or_o zealous_a will_v but_o talk_v trisle_v cavil_v delay_n promise_v not_o perform_v practise_v by_o half_n falsify_v forget_v or_o before_o they_o begin_v be_v weary_a of_o well_o do_v and_o thereby_o wear_v out_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a and_o destroy_v his_o faithful_a witness_n as_o pilate_n by_o like_a practice_n cause_v christ_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o all_o professor_n judge_n and_o magistrate_n half-careful_a only_o to_o collect_v and_o consider_v the_o system_n of_o incomplex-cause_n can_v expect_v to_o exceed_v 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