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there_o be_v no_o help_n in_o they_o psalm_n 146._o 3._o and_o that_o of_o the_o prophet_n jeremie_n curse_v be_v the_o man_n that_o trust_v in_o man_n and_o make_v flesh_n his_o arm_n jer._n 17._o 5._o second_o though_o there_o happen_v many_o change_n and_o great_a confusion_n chance_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o let_v we_o here_o take_v notice_n that_o they_o come_v not_o by_o chance_n and_o always_o acknowledge_v that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o will_n and_o power_n of_o god_n and_o be_v order_v and_o dispose_v by_o his_o overrule_a wisdom_n if_o to_o the_o wicked_a enemy_n and_o persecutor_n of_o god_n church_n change_v come_v for_o worse_a to_o their_o confusion_n and_o overturning_a of_o their_o power_n let_v we_o see_v god_n hand_n therein_o and_o let_v we_o give_v he_o the_o praise_n for_o work_v our_o deliverance_n and_o avenge_a our_o cause_n on_o our_o enemy_n if_o change_v come_v to_o ourselves_o and_o our_o peace_n be_v turn_v into_o trouble_n and_o danger_n let_v we_o humble_v 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dead_a and_o rot_a in_o sin_n and_o sinful_a corruption_n be_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n breathe_v through_o christ_n renew_a after_o his_o image_n and_o fit_v by_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n for_o the_o eternal_a life_n of_o glory_n ezech._n 37._o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o our_o saviour_n testify_v be_v like_o the_o wind_n which_o blow_v where_o it_o list_v it_o be_v he_o which_o do_v frame_v we_o after_o god_n image_n in_o our_o new_a birth_n joh._n 3._o 5_o 8._o and_o fit_v we_o for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o glory_n we_o be_v as_o far_o from_o god_n and_o from_o christ_n and_o as_o void_a of_o his_o image_n and_o of_o all_o spiritual_a life_n as_o the_o rude_a mass_n be_v of_o all_o form_n in_o the_o first_o creation_n until_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v give_v to_o we_o in_o christ_n to_o dwell_v in_o we_o and_o renew_v we_o as_o the_o apostle_n show_v rom._n 8._o 9_o 13._o ephes._n 2._o 18._o 22._o and_o tit._n 3._o 5._o 6._o wherefore_o as_o we_o desire_v to_o be_v 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atheism_n and_o blasphemous_a impiety_n by_o reject_v and_o deny_v the_o spirit_n dwell_v in_o all_o god_n regenerate_v child_n work_v in_o they_o all_o save_a grace_n and_o move_v they_o to_o walk_v in_o the_o holy_a way_n of_o god_n which_o lead_v unto_o supernatural_a perfection_n and_o eternal_a blessedness_n for_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o as_o the_o first_o rude_a matter_n of_o the_o visible_a world_n be_v sustain_v and_o cherish_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o it_o and_o be_v not_o otherwise_o able_a to_o subsist_v or_o to_o be_v form_v into_o divers_a creature_n every_o one_o make_v perfect_a in_o their_o kind_n with_o natural_a perfection_n so_o the_o perfect_a stability_n of_o man_n in_o a_o happy_a unchangeable_a estate_n yea_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o visible_a world_n make_v for_o man_n use_n be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n unite_n man_n to_o to_o god_n in_o christ_n and_o gather_v and_o reconcile_n all_o thing_n unto_o god_n in_o he_o who_o be_v the_o head_n over_o all_o although_o man_n and_o all_o creature_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v create_v every_o one_o good_a and_o perfect_a in_o his_o kind_n with_o natural_a perfection_n yet_o man_n the_o chief_a and_o the_o lord_n of_o they_o all_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shed_v on_o he_o through_o christ_n as_o all_o the_o regenerate_a and_o faithful_a have_v be_v mutable_a and_o in_o that_o honourable_a estate_n of_o innocency_n he_o do_v not_o stand_v and_o abide_v but_o do_v full_a from_o it_o very_o quick_o after_o that_o the_o woman_n be_v create_v and_o give_v to_o he_o as_o we_o read_v chap._n 3._o yea_o he_o do_v not_o lodge_v one_o night_n therein_o psalm_n 49._o 12._o and_o by_o man_n sinful_a fall_n and_o corruption_n the_o whole_a frame_n of_o the_o visible_a world_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o vanity_n and_o groan_v under_o it_o as_o under_o a_o intolerable_a burden_n and_o 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immediate_o go_v before_o it_o second_o the_o creation_n itself_o three_o the_o consequent_n which_o follow_v upon_o it_o in_o the_o preparation_n we_o may_v observe_v three_o distinct_a thing_n first_o god_n counsel_n and_o resolution_n for_o man_n well_o be_v verse_n 18_o second_o god_n set_v of_o the_o man_n a_o work_n to_o view_v the_o creature_n and_o to_o exercise_v his_o reason_n and_o natural_a wisdom_n in_o name_v they_o verse_n 19_o three_o the_o inequality_n which_o adam_n find_v in_o the_o creature_n and_o the_o unfitnesse_n of_o they_o for_o his_o conversation_n verse_n 20._o first_o moses_n bring_v in_o the_o lord_n god_n consult_v with_o himself_o and_o according_a to_o his_o eternal_a counsel_n conclude_v that_o it_o be_v not_o good_a for_o man_n to_o be_v alone_o and_o resolve_v that_o he_o will_v make_v a_o help_n meet_v for_o he_o for_o these_o word_n and_o god_n say_v be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o any_o sound_n of_o word_n utter_v by_o god_n but_o of_o 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