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according_a unto_o which_o the_o jury_n must_v proceed_v and_o the_o lord_n himself_o will_v give_v sentence_n reu._n 20.12_o the_o dead_a be_v judge_v of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n according_a to_o their_o work_n reas_n 3._o that_o all_o may_v be_v without_o excuse_n for_o what_o shall_v man_n say_v unto_o his_o creator_n when_o the_o lord_n have_v tell_v he_o these_o thing_n have_v thou_o do_v sure_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o mouth_n and_o confess_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v just_a in_o all_o his_o work_n use_v 1._o reprehension_n first_o of_o such_o as_o complain_v with_o israel_n in_o ezek._n 18._o thy_o father_n have_v sin_v and_o we_o have_v bear_v their_o punishment_n it_o be_v not_o so_o o_o house_n of_o israel_n for_o gal._n 6.5_o every_o man_n shall_v bear_v his_o own_o burden_n 1._o cor._n 3.8_o every_o man_n shall_v receive_v his_o wage_n according_a to_o his_o labour_n therefore_o to_o thou_o o_o lord_n mercy_n for_o thou_o rewarde_a every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n psal_n 62.12_o second_o a_o correction_n of_o the_o godly_a that_o murmur_n at_o the_o silence_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o wicked_a and_o be_v grieve_v for_o his_o hand_n upon_o themselves_o conceive_v it_o a_o injury_n do_v unto_o themselves_o because_o they_o judge_v themselves_o better_a than_o the_o wicked_a but_o let_v they_o also_o know_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o afflictious_a be_v their_o own_o do_n jam._n 1.13_o let_v no_o man_n say_v when_o he_o be_v tempt_v i_o be_o tempt_v of_o god_n for_o god_n can_v be_v tempt_v with_o evil_a neither_o tempt_v he_o any_o man_n but_o every_o man_n be_v tempt_v when_o he_o be_v draw_v away_o by_o his_o own_o concupiscence_n and_o be_v entice_v then_o when_o lust_n have_v conceive_v it_o bring_v forth_o sin_n and_o sin_n when_o it_o be_v finish_v bring_v forth_o death_n use_v 2._o instruction_n first_o a_o direction_n to_o the_o wicked_a that_o they_o be_v more_o careful_a of_o their_o action_n second_o a_o direction_n to_o the_o godly_a 2.12_o 〈◊〉_d 2.12_o that_o they_o learn_v to_o deny_v all_o ungodliness_n and_o worldly_a lust_n and_o live_v sober_o and_o righteous_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o present_a world_n use_v 3._o consolation_n first_o in_o trouble_n 2._o theff_n 1.6.7_o for_o it_o be_v a_o righteous_a thing_n with_o god_n to_o recompense_v tribulation_n to_o they_o that_o trouble_v you_o but_o to_o you_o which_o be_v trouble_v rest_n with_o us._n second_o in_o welldoing_a thou_o may_v have_v this_o consolation_n psa_n 37.3_o trust_v thou_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o do_v good_a dwell_v in_o the_o land_n and_o thoushalt_v be_v feed_v assure_o delight_v thyself_o in_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v give_v thou_o thy_o heart_n desire_v for_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o most_o equal_a god_n and_o will_v not_o suffer_v either_o the_o do_n or_o the_o suffering_n of_o his_o child_n to_o go_v unrewarded_a chap._n v._o of_o god_n silence_n in_o general_n the_o second_o part_n 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nothing_o but_o deceit_n nature_n be_v so_o far_o spend_v within_o that_o he_o speak_v against_o his_o brother_n and_o the_o bowel_n of_o pity_n and_o compassion_n be_v so_o eat_v up_o that_o he_o slaunder_v his_o own_o mother_n son_n therefore_o it_o can_v be_v but_o that_o the_o critical_a day_n shall_v be_v most_o dangerous_a that_o i_o lie_v not_o cure_n 1_o judgement_n 2_o day_n 3_o symptom_n 4_o cure_n see_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o lord_n most_o plain_o unfolding_n it_o v._o 21._o in_o the_o judgement_n in_o the_o day_n in_o the_o symptom_n in_o the_o cure_n the_o judgement_n these_o thing_n have_v thou_o do_v the_o day_n i_o hold_v my_o tongue_n the_o symptom_n thou_o think_v i_o be_v like_o thou_o the_o cure_n i_o will_v reproove_v thou_o and_o set_v they_o in_o order_n before_o thou_o the_o crisis_n or_o judgement_n be_v most_o exact_a first_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o disease_n these_o thing_n profanation_n adultery_n thievery_n evil_o speak_v slander_n deceit_n 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therefore_o will_v they_o suffer_v no_o silence_n therefore_o must_v it_o be_v in_o the_o punishment_n threaten_v or_o execute_v in_o threaten_v the_o lord_n be_v never_o silent_a therefore_o must_v it_o be_v in_o the_o execution_n itself_o silence_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o of_o sin_n itself_o which_o be_v either_o present_a or_o in_o come_v present_a original_n and_o actual_a sin_n wherein_o there_o have_v appear_v no_o silence_n of_o god_n for_o present_o upon_o the_o fall_n man_n become_v exorbitant_a and_o his_o freewill_n run_v only_o unto_o evil_n therefore_o must_v it_o be_v in_o the_o punishment_n come_v which_o be_v the_o sensible_a misery_n of_o man_n to_o wit_n the_o first_o and_o second_o death_n wherein_o plain_o we_o
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last_o for_o good_n whereby_o his_o life_n be_v maintain_v some_o relief_n from_o the_o earth_n though_o with_o his_o labour_n and_o the_o sweat_n of_o his_o brow_n from_o among_o thorn_n and_o brier_n some_o from_o the_o creature_n first_o clothing_n second_o possession_n though_o in_o the_o first_o be_v his_o shame_n and_o in_o the_o second_o calamity_n and_o loss_n thus_o be_v the_o lord_n silent_a with_o man_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o first_o death_n only_o concern_v the_o incoation_n of_o it_o but_o when_o the_o perfection_n come_v than_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n break_v out_o as_o he_o do_v to_o the_o rich_a man_n this_o night_n shall_v thy_o soul_n out_o of_o thy_o body_n thy_o body_n to_o the_o dust_n and_o thy_o good_n to_o their_o owner_n second_o for_o his_o silence_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o second_o death_n first_o in_o the_o incoation_n of_o it_o and_o that_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o conscience_n or_o some_o extraordinary_a judgement_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o 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other_o object_n to_o wit_n their_o sin_n and_o hypocrite_n to_o their_o good_a action_n isa_n 59.3_o we_o have_v fast_v and_o thou_o see_v it_o not_o we_o have_v punish_v ourselves_o and_o thou_o regard_v it_o not_o last_o the_o saint_n to_o their_o trouble_n and_o affliction_n wherein_o they_o think_v the_o lord_n be_v too_o silent_a and_o too_o slow_a in_o hear_v of_o their_o cry_n but_o all_o these_o three_o have_v bring_v in_o a_o object_n about_o which_o the_o lord_n silence_n can_v not_o be_v conversant_a for_o wicked_a man_n have_v the_o lord_n always_o call_v by_o his_o word_n to_o forewarn_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n and_o hypocrite_n blaspheme_v against_o god_n in_o say_v he_o regard_v not_o goodness_n and_o the_o child_n of_o god_n have_v forget_v the_o consolation_n which_o speak_v unto_o they_o as_o unto_o child_n heb._n 12.5_o my_o son_n despise_v not_o the_o chasten_n of_o the_o lord_n neither_o faint_a when_o thou_o be_v rebuke_v of_o he_o and_o thus_o have_v we_o 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