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much_o to_o the_o earth_n be_v because_o they_o have_v no_o assurance_n if_o they_o let_v go_v that_o hold_n of_o have_v any_o subsistance_n else_o where_o labour_n therefore_o to_o get_v a_o interest_n in_o christ_n to_o find_v a_o everlasting_a foot_n in_o the_o steadfastness_n of_o god_n promise_n in_o he_o and_o that_o will_v make_v thou_o willing_a to_o suffer_v the_o loss_n of_o all_o thing_n 3.8_o phil._n 3.8_o iâ—_n will_v implant_v a_o kind_n of_o hatred_n and_o disestimation_n of_o all_o the_o mosâ—_n precious_a endearment_n which_o thâ—_n soul_n do_v feed_v upon_o before_o st_o peter_n say_v of_o wicked_a man_n that_o they_o be_v purblind_a they_o can_v see_v a_o far_o off_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o can_v see_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o be_v next_o they_o and_o therefore_o no_o marvel_n if_o their_o thought_n can_v reach_v unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o creature_n there_o be_v in_o a_o dim_a eye_n the_o same_o constant_a and_o habitual_a indisposition_n which_o sometime_o happen_v unto_o a_o sound_a eye_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o thick_a mist_n though_o a_o man_n be_v walk_v in_o a_o very_a short_a lane_n yet_o he_o see_v no_o end_n of_o it_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n rhet_n l._n 2._o and_o so_o a_o natural_a man_n can_v reach_v to_o the_o period_n of_o earthly_a thing_n death_n and_o danger_n be_v still_o a_o great_a way_n out_o of_o his_o sight_n whereas_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n can_v look_v upon_o they_o as_o already_o expire_a and_o through_o they_o look_v upon_o he_o who_o therefore_o give_v the_o creature_n unto_o we_o that_o in_o they_o we_o may_v see_v his_o power_n and_o taste_v his_o goodness_n and_o nature_n itself_o methinks_v may_v seem_v to_o have_v intend_v some_o such_o thing_n as_o this_o in_o the_o very_a order_n of_o the_o creature_n downward_o a_o man_n eye_n have_v something_o immediate_o to_o fix_v on_o all_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o darkness_n save_o the_o very_a surface_n to_o note_v that_o we_o 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which_o in_o regard_n of_o natural_a cause_n be_v very_o remote_a in_o regard_n of_o god_n promise_n to_o seem_v hard_o at_o hand_n and_o therefore_o though_o there_o be_v many_o hundred_o year_n to_o come_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v may_v yet_o be_v to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o that_o even_o then_o it_o be_v the_o last_o hour_n 2.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o joh._n 2.18_o because_o faith_n be_v able_a distinct_o to_o see_v the_o truth_n and_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o the_o endlesness_n of_o that_o life_n which_o be_v then_o present_o to_o be_v reveal_v the_o infinite_a excess_n of_o vastness_n in_o that_o make_v that_o which_o be_v otherwise_o a_o great_a space_n even_o seem_v as_o nothing_o no_o more_o