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to_o this_o purpose_n say_v ambrose_n quid_fw-la tam_fw-la obscurum_fw-la 26._o quam_fw-la de_fw-la astronomia_fw-la tractare_fw-la &_o profundi_fw-la aeris_fw-la spatia_fw-la metiri_fw-la relinquere_fw-la causam_fw-la salutis_fw-la error_n be_v quaerere_fw-la where_o if_o say_v he_o it_o be_v object_v be_v not_o moses_n learn_v in_o all_o the_o learning_n learning_n of_o the_o egyptian_n let_v it_o be_v answer_v so_o he_o be_v but_o he_o think_v all_o this_o wisdom_n loss_n and_o foolishness_n in_o comparison_n and_o turn_v to_o seek_v god_n with_o inward_a affection_n ideoque_fw-la vidit_fw-la interrogavit_fw-la audivit_fw-la loquentem_fw-la deum_fw-la he_o see_v therefore_o he_o ask_v and_o hear_v god_n speak_v unto_o he_o ver_fw-la 74._o so_o they_o that_o fear_v thou_o see_v i_o shall_v rejoice_v because_o i_o trust_v in_o thou_o the_o godly_a in_o order_v their_o life_n have_v a_o respect_n first_o unto_o god_n that_o he_o may_v have_v glory_n next_o to_o themselves_o that_o in_o 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like_a unto_o he_o but_o to_o such_o as_o have_v profit_v more_o in_o godliness_n it_o be_v always_o a_o matter_n of_o joy_n quam_fw-la pulchrum_fw-la ergo_fw-la si_fw-la videaris_fw-la &_o prosis_fw-la how_o excellent_a a_o thing_n than_o be_v this_o that_o as_o oft_o as_o thou_o be_v see_v so_o oft_o thou_o do_v good_a and_o again_o there_o be_v such_o a_o fellowship_n and_o christian_n communion_n among_o all_o the_o lively_a member_n of_o christ_n his_o mystical_a body_n that_o they_o mourn_v together_o they_o rejoice_v together_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n communicate_v to_o one_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o joy_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n bonis_fw-la enim_fw-la insitum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la virtutes_fw-la su_fw-es as_o in_o alijs_fw-la ament_fw-la it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o the_o godly_a to_o love_v those_o virtue_n in_o other_o which_o either_o they_o have_v or_o will_v in_o themselves_o to_o envy_v the_o good_a of_o another_o and_o be_v grieve_v thereat_o be_v a_o devilish_a 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the_o creature_n may_v as_o i_o have_v say_v already_o by_o thy_o testimony_n the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v call_v word_n his_o testimony_n both_o because_o it_o testify_v his_o will_n which_o he_o will_v have_v we_o to_o do_v as_o also_o because_o it_o testify_v unto_o man_n true_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o they_o whether_o good_a or_o evil_n man_n by_o nature_n be_v curious_a to_o know_v their_o end_n rather_o than_o care_v full_a to_o mend_v their_o life_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n seek_v answer_n where_o they_o never_o get_v good_a but_o if_o they_o will_v know_v let_v they_o go_v to_o the_o word_n and_o testimony_n they_o need_v not_o to_o seek_v any_o other_o oracle_n if_o the_o word_n of_o god_n testify_v good_a thing_n unto_o they_o they_o have_v cause_n to_o rejoice_v if_o otherwise_o it_o witness_v evil_a unto_o they_o let_v they_o haste_n to_o prevent_v it_o or_o else_o it_o shall_v assure_o overtake_v they_o ver_fw-la 139._o my_o zeal_n have_v even_o consume_v i_o because_o my_o enemy_n have_v forget_v thy_o word_n throughout_o this_o psalm_n we_o see_v that_o david_n lâ—…fe_n can_v satisfy_v himself_o in_o declare_v the_o love_n he_o have_v to_o god_n word_n for_o that_o comfort_n which_o he_o have_v feel_v in_o it_o as_o likewise_o his_o insatiable_a affection_n crave_v more_o comfort_n by_o it_o what_o he_o speak_v of_o himself_o he_o speak_v it_o not_o like_o that_o pharisee_v who_o boast_v of_o his_o good_a not_o mourn_v for_o his_o evil_n nor_o yet_o long_v for_o better_a such_o presumption_n be_v far_o from_o the_o godly_a if_o at_o any_o time_n they_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o good_a disposition_n in_o they_o they_o do_v it_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n from_o who_o all_o good_a come_v and_o to_o comfort_v themselves_o for_o the_o beginning_n of_o god_n grace_n in_o they_o but_o still_o they_o know_v their_o want_n and_o mourn_v for_o they_o never_o content_v in_o this_o life_n with_o the_o grace_n receive_v with_o earnest_a 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may_v lawful_o be_v use_v to_o move_v the_o lord_n to_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n quicken_v i_o see_v ver_fw-la 37._o 40._o 50._o 88_o 93._o judgement_n according_a to_o thy_o judgement_n judgement_n be_v sometime_o take_v for_o the_o execution_n of_o god_n threaten_n against_o transgressor_n and_o this_o david_n decline_v psal._n 143._o enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o i_o sometime_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n according_a to_o his_o word_n and_o this_o david_n desire_v as_o in_o this_o verse_n see_v ver_fw-la 7._o 13._o 20._o 30._o 39_o 43._o 52._o 62._o 66._o 75._o 84._o 102._o 106._o 108._o 120._o 137._o 149._o 156._o 160._o 164._o 175._o ver_fw-la 150._o they_o draw_v near_o that_o follow_v after_o malice_n and_o be_v far_o from_o thy_o law_n he_o reiterate_v again_o his_o complaint_n against_o instrument_n his_o enemy_n who_o he_o describe_v after_o this_o manner_n that_o towards_o god_n they_o be_v impious_a man_n far_o 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