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shall_v not_o or_o not_o in_o mercy_n be_v ease_v of_o their_o misery_n as_o long_o as_o they_o be_v so_o bad_a in_o their_o disposition_n towards_o god_n they_o must_v look_v for_o no_o better_a a_o condition_n from_o god_n first_o for_o the_o cause_n in_o the_o 18._o verse_n the_o indictment_n against_o they_o be_v frame_v under_o other_o title_n thy_o way_n and_o thy_o do_n have_v procure_v these_o thing_n unto_o thou_o this_o thy_o wickedness_n because_o it_o be_v bitter_a because_o it_o reach_v unto_o thy_o heart_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremy_n jerusalem_n say_v the_o prophet_n have_v grievous_o sin_v therefore_o she_o be_v remove_v chap._n 1._o ver_fw-la 8._o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o peculiar_a case_n of_o jerusalem_n he_o show_v in_o more_o general_a term_n wherefore_o do_v live_v man_n complain_v and_o man_n for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n lam._n 3.39_o or_o as_o the_o geneva_n have_v it_o wherefore_o be_v the_o live_a man_n 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in_o the_o midst_n of_o jerusalem_n chapt._n 4._o for_o 13._o and_o in_o the_o 30._o chapter_n god_n emphatical_o avow_v his_o own_o justice_n against_o their_o wickedness_n in_o these_o word_n i_o have_v wound_v thou_o with_o the_o wound_n of_o a_o enemy_n with_o the_o chastisement_n of_o a_o cruel_a one_o for_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o iniquity_n because_o thy_o sin_n be_v increase_v why_o cry_v thou_o for_o thy_o affliction_n thy_o sorrow_n be_v incurable_a for_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o iniquity_n because_o thy_o sin_n be_v inerease_v i_o have_v do_v these_o thing_n unto_o thou_o ver_fw-la 14_o 15._o so_o that_o we_o must_v not_o take_v this_o text_n though_o it_o impute_v ignorance_n unto_o these_o jew_n to_o import_v any_o extenuation_n of_o their_o transgression_n which_o may_v serve_v to_o excuse_v they_o either_o a_o toto_fw-la or_o a_o tanto_fw-la as_o sometime_o ignorance_n be_v plead_v by_o way_n of_o argument_n or_o inducement_n to_o compassion_n and_o pardon_v as_o it_o be_v by_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jonah_n shall_v i_o not_o spare_v nineveh_n that_o great_a city_n wherein_o be_v more_o than_o sixscore_o thousand_o person_n that_o can_v discern_v between_o their_o right_a and_o their_o left_a hand_n and_o also_o much_o cattle_n and_o by_o our_o saviour_n father_n forgive_v they_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v luk._n 23.34_o and_o as_o s._n paul_n give_v instance_n in_o his_o own_o case_n i_o be_v before_o a_o blasphemer_n and_o a_o persecutor_n and_o injurious_a but_o i_o obtain_v mercy_n because_o i_o do_v it_o ignorant_o in_o unbelief_n 1_o tim._n 1.13_o for_o such_o ignorance_n be_v partly_o inevitable_a partly_o involuntary_a but_o this_o be_v neither_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v urge_v rather_o by_o way_n of_o aggravation_n to_o augment_v their_o guilt_n as_o in_o the_o first_o of_o esay_n hear_v o_o you_o heaven_n and_o give_v
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i_o not_o to_o leave_v thou_o nor_o to_o return_v from_o follow_v after_o thou_o for_o whither_o thou_o go_v i_o will_v go_v and_o where_o thou_o lodge_v i_o will_v lodge_v thy_o people_n shall_v be_v my_o people_n and_o thy_o god_n my_o god_n where_o thou_o die_v will_n i_o die_v and_o there_o will_v i_o be_v bury_v the_o lord_n do_v so_o unto_o i_o and_o more_o also_o if_o ought_v but_o death_n part_v thou_o and_o i_o ruth_n 1.16_o 17._o but_o my_o text_n say_v they_o be_v foolish_a and_o sottish_a child_n they_o have_v none_o understanding_n so_o their_o folly_n be_v now_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n to_o be_v consider_v and_o from_o the_o malignant_a operation_n of_o sin_n procure_v plague_n upon_o a_o people_n we_o may_v now_o come_v to_o the_o disgraceful_a denomination_n of_o sinner_n where_o we_o shall_v principal_o observe_v the_o connexion_n of_o sin_n and_o folly_n for_o their_o sin_n be_v render_v as_o a_o cause_n of_o their_o suffering_n the_o calamity_n of_o war_n but_o 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belial_n 1_o cor._n 6.15_o and_o for_o his_o other_o which_o be_v his_o proper_a name_n nabal_n it_o signify_v first_o a_o sapless_a and_o unprofitable_a thing_n as_o a_o dry_a leaf_n fall_v from_o a_o tree_n which_o have_v no_o moisture_n in_o it_o and_o then_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o unprofitable_a person_n and_o for_o a_o fool_n and_o a_o wicked_a man_n and_o both_o in_o one_o in_o some_o fetch_v the_o affinity_n of_o folly_n and_o sin_n from_o cain_n dwell_v place_n the_o land_n of_o nod._n gen._n 4.16_o call_v a_o wicked_a man_n nodite_n a_o cainite_a that_o be_v one_o of_o cain_n condition_n or_o one_o that_o as_o jude_n speak_v go_v in_o the_o way_n of_o cain_n therefore_o a_o fool_n noddy_n or_o nodite_n a_o fit_a man_n to_o be_v a_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o country_n where_o he_o dwell_v but_o we_o need_v not_o look_v so_o far_o back_o for_o affinity_n betwixt_o folly_n and_o sin_n for_o the_o word_n render_v foolish_a in_o my_o text_n and_o so_o use_v and_o transtate_v 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the_o more_o firm_o to_o assure_v and_o prove_v it_o and_o that_o by_o a_o double_a light_n the_o one_o of_o scripture_n the_o other_o of_o nature_n so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n have_v either_o of_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o soul_n open_a the_o eye_n of_o faith_n as_o a_o christian_a or_o the_o eye_n of_o reason_n as_o a_o man_n he_o shall_v easy_o discern_v it_o first_o for_o scripture_n they_o that_o read_v it_o and_o mark_v it_o can_v but_o observe_v in_o the_o holy_a dialect_n thereof_o that_o where_o folly_n be_v speak_v of_o or_o any_o of_o the_o denominative_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o be_v find_v above_o a_o hundred_o time_n there_o for_o the_o most_o part_n a_o
wicked_a man_n or_o wickedness_n be_v mean_v to_o present_v you_o with_o some_o passage_n for_o instance_n as_o with_o a_o little_a poesy_n of_o flower_n cull_v out_o of_o a_o large_a and_o fruitful_a garden_n in_o the_o book_n of_o deut_n moses_n complain_v first_o of_o the_o people_n then_o to_o they_o exchange_v both_o the_o person_n and_o the_o phrase_n thus_o they_o have_v corrupt_v themselves_o their_o spot_n be_v not_o the_o spot_n of_o my_o child_n they_o be_v a_o perverse_a and_o crooked_a generation_n deut._n 32.5_o and_o the_o next_o word_n be_v do_v you_o thus_o requite_v the_o lord_n o_o foolish_a people_n and_o unwise_a ver_fw-la 6._o a_o corrupt_a spot_a perverse_a and_o crooked_a people_n which_o be_v fit_a title_n for_o a_o wicked_a people_n be_v a_o foolish_a and_o unwise_a people_n so_o david_n vary_v his_o title_n but_o keep_v to_o the_o same_o subject_n psal_n 73._o say_v i_o be_v envious_a at_o the_o foolish_a when_o i_o see_v the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o 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here_o be_v counsel_n but_o none_o understanding_n wise_a counsel_n the_o while_n he_o turn_v away_o the_o people_n from_o serve_v the_o lord_n the_o counsel_n that_o be_v turn_v to_o such_o a_o evil_a purpose_n must_v needs_o be_v as_o wicked_a as_o unwise_a so_o the_o people_n wickedness_n be_v his_o wickedness_n because_o he_o seduce_v they_o to_o it_o and_o he_o not_o their_o fool_n but_o their_o foolishness_n in_o abstracto_fw-la because_o his_o wickedness_n be_v very_o wicked_a and_o that_o there_o be_v sound_a sense_n and_o good_a reason_n for_o the_o equivalence_n of_o these_o term_n sinner_n and_o fool_n sin_n and_o folly_n the_o most_o prudent_a doctor_n of_o that_o sect_n which_o of_o all_o that_o be_v not_o christian_a come_v near_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o christianity_n show_v where_o he_o say_v that_o a_o 26._o a_o stultus_fw-la omne_fw-la vitia_fw-la babet_fw-la senec_n de_fw-fr benefic_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 26._o fool_n have_v all_o manner_n of_o fault_n in_o he_o which_o 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