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imprison_a yea_o and_o many_o to_o fall_v by_o the_o sword_n to_o try_v they_o and_o purify_v they_o and_o make_v they_o white_a unto_o the_o time_n of_o the_o end_n dan._n 11.37_o for_o whatsoever_o prophecy_n there_o be_v which_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v luth._o ecclesiae_fw-la figura_fw-la â—olumba_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la omnium_fw-la injuriis_fw-la pateat_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la reddit_fw-la injuriam_fw-la sed_fw-la patitur_fw-la luth._o he_o will_v sure_o effect_v the_o vision_n shall_v speak_v and_o not_o lie_v it_o shall_v come_v and_o not_o tarry_v he_o will_v not_o call_v back_o his_o word_n it_o be_v no_o good_a argument_n then_o that_o because_o god_n will_v afflict_v his_o church_n therefore_o i_o shall_v desire_v that_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v afflict_v 33.20_o psal_n 122.6_o esay_n 62.7_o esay_n 33.20_o and_o shall_v desire_v to_o be_v a_o instrument_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n therein_o the_o rule_n give_v i_o be_v this_o that_o i_o shall_v pray_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o god_n will_v make_v it_o calv._n it_o 1._o est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la gloriosam_fw-la reddere_fw-la ut_fw-la illiuc_fw-la materia_fw-la laudis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la effuâ—geat_fw-la 2._o ut_fw-la eam_fw-la meritò_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la laudent_fw-la &_o toti_fw-la orbi_fw-la sit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o laudem_fw-la &_o gaudium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o diem_fw-la afflictionis_fw-la &_o calamitatis_fw-la quem_fw-la iis_fw-la praedico_fw-la non_fw-la optavi_fw-la eye_v sed_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la cogor_fw-la eum_fw-la praedicere_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la dâ—mine_fw-la id_fw-la mihi_fw-la jubes_fw-la a_o lap._n 2._o diem_fw-la doloris_fw-la vel_fw-la diem_fw-la anxium_fw-la redditur_fw-la ita_fw-la vocat_fw-la militiam_fw-la illam_fw-la quae_fw-la manet_fw-la omnes_fw-la veros_fw-la pastor_n &_o ad_fw-la munus_fw-la propheticum_fw-la tantum_fw-la restringit_fw-la calv._n a_o praise_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o a_o quiet_a habitation_n and_o the_o promise_n be_v they_o shall_v prosper_v that_o love_n thou_o and_o therefore_o though_o jeremiah_n in_o obedience_n unto_o god_n must_v pronounce_v the_o woeful_a day_n and_o tell_v they_o what_o the_o lord_n will_v do_v yet_o he_o do_v profess_v he_o do_v not_o desire_v the_o woeful_a day_n jer._n 17.16_o he_o do_v speak_v it_o as_o be_v command_v by_o god_n but_o not_o as_o a_o thing_n desire_v by_o he_o though_o he_o do_v tell_v they_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n what_o he_o will_v do_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o that_o which_o he_o will_v have_v a_o hand_n in_o to_o effect_v his_o rule_n of_o duty_n be_v to_o seek_v the_o good_a of_o jerusalem_n and_o pray_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o it_o till_o the_o lord_n forbid_v he_o pray_v no_o more_o for_o this_o people_n for_o i_o will_v not_o hear_v thou_o jer._n 7.16_o 175._o 7.16_o voluntas_fw-la divina_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la se_fw-la conformare_fw-la dâ—bet_fw-la voluntas_fw-la humana_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la praecepti_fw-la quip_n quo_fw-la docetur_fw-la quid_fw-la deus_fw-la uâ—lit_fw-la esse_fw-la nostri_fw-la officâ—t_fw-la ut_fw-la â—aciamus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la decreti_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la slatuit_n quid_fw-la velit_fw-la fieri_fw-la five_o sinendo_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la sive_fw-la ipse_fw-la factendo_fw-la i_o wiss_v vindic_n l._n 2._o p._n 175._o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o effect_n will_v of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o be_v my_o rule_n in_o desire_v or_o act_v it_o may_v be_v a_o sin_n in_o i_o to_o join_v in_o that_o which_o i_o know_v god_n will_v effect_v 2_o king_n 8.10_o 15._o when_o benhadad_n be_v sick_a he_o send_v unto_o flisha_n the_o prophet_n to_o inquire_v whether_o he_o shall_v recover_v of_o his_o disease_n caâ—etan_n disease_n duae_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n oraculi_fw-la in_fw-la prima_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la ex_fw-la aegritudine_fw-la respondit_fw-la in_fw-la altera_fw-la de_fw-la regis_fw-la vita_fw-la absolutè_fw-la morbus_fw-la tum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la lethalis_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la morbo_fw-la non_fw-la morieris_fw-la absolute_a tamen_fw-la morte_fw-la morieris_fw-la quia_fw-la priusquam_fw-la à _fw-la morbo_fw-la convaâ—escat_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la hazael_n occisus_fw-la est_fw-la pet._n martyr_n caâ—etan_n he_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o disease_n be_v not_o mortal_a but_o that_o he_o may_v recover_v but_o yet_o the_o lord_n have_v show_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v sure_o die_v this_o he_o utter_v as_o from_o god_n unto_o hazael_n his_o messenger_n yet_o hazael_n do_v wicked_o to_o take_v a_o thick_a cloth_n and_o dip_v it_o in_o water_n and_o spread_v it_o upon_o his_o face_n thereby_o to_o smother_v he_o and_o to_o hasten_v his_o death_n and_o we_o know_v that_o though_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n 175._o author_n respâ—ctu_fw-la dei_fw-la bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la ut_fw-la mala_fw-la fiant_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la bonum_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la ad_fw-la illustrandam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la deâ—_n sc_fw-la gloriam_fw-la divinae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la punientis_fw-la &_o misericordiae_fw-la parcentis_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la fiant_fw-la mala_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-fr à _fw-fr deu_fw-la sed_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ut_fw-la fiant_fw-la sc_fw-la deo_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la permittente_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la efficiente_a aut_fw-la in_o agendo_fw-la deficiente_fw-la twisse_n vindic_n lib_n 2._o p_o 175._o yet_o he_o be_v the_o orderer_n of_o sin_n and_o he_o do_v accomplish_v great_a thing_n oftentimes_o even_o by_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n yet_o this_o be_v only_o by_o the_o permit_v and_o not_o the_o effect_n will_v of_o god_n though_o the_o lord_n do_v permit_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v yet_o he_o hate_v the_o act_n and_o be_v displease_v with_o the_o actor_n as_o the_o lord_n employ_v nabuchadnezzar_n against_o jerusalem_n he_o say_v he_o be_v my_o servant_n and_o i_o send_v he_o against_o a_o hypocritical_a nation_n the_o people_n of_o my_o wrath_n and_o i_o give_v he_o a_o 275._o a_o bisariam_n praecipit_fw-la dous_n uâ—l_v voluntate_fw-la patefacta_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la traditum_fw-la vel_fw-la voluntate_fw-la occulta_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la providentia_fw-la sive_fw-la decretum_fw-la arcanum_fw-la quo_fw-la sic_fw-la omne_fw-la moderatur_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la
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shall_v honour_v the_o son_n as_o mediator_n in_o ordine_fw-la gratiae_fw-la and_o for_o this_o cause_n whereas_o the_o lord_n can_v have_v confirm_v man_n and_o angel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o creation_n as_o he_o have_v now_o the_o angel_n in_o heaven_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o just_a man_n make_v perfect_a yet_o he_o will_v not_o but_o reserve_v it_o as_o a_o blessing_n that_o shall_v come_v in_o by_o the_o government_n of_o his_o son_n in_o a_o way_n of_o grace_n by_o who_o the_o beatifical_a vision_n be_v bestow_v upon_o the_o saint_n and_o therefore_o i_o conceive_v christ_n be_v call_v the_o angel_n of_o god_n face_n that_o be_v qui_fw-la faciem_fw-la dei_fw-la quasi_fw-la conspicuam_fw-la populo_fw-la fecit_fw-la isa_n 63.9_o now_o the_o face_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n be_v put_v for_o three_o thing_n 1._o for_o a_o full_a revelation_n of_o his_o will_n they_o shall_v see_v his_o face_n and_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v write_v in_o their_o forehead_n rev._n 22.4_o 2._o for_o a_o full_a manifestation_n of_o his_o favour_n so_o the_o church_n be_v say_v to_o seek_v the_o face_n of_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o cause_v his_o face_n to_o shine_v upon_o his_o saint_n psal_n 67.1_o 3._o a_o perfect_a vision_n of_o his_o glory_n and_o so_o heaven_n be_v a_o see_v of_o god_n face_n to_o face_n 1_o cor._n 13.12_o and_o in_o â—ll_o these_o respect_v christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o angel_n that_o discover_v the_o face_n of_o god_n unto_o the_o saint_n and_o it_o be_v by_o this_o last_o manifestation_n that_o they_o be_v make_v impeccable_a three_o the_o permit_v will_n of_o god_n be_v only_o conversant_a about_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n in_o all_o their_o good_a action_n the_o lord_n do_v concur_v and_o act_v they_o by_o a_o efficacious_a and_o a_o work_a will_n so_o as_o it_o be_v rather_o god_n work_v then_o they_o 1_o cor._n 13.10_o yet_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o be_v with_o i_o cooperando_fw-la 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of_o honour_v god_n here_o and_o in_o heaven_n our_o care_n shall_v be_v that_o we_o may_v honour_v he_o according_a to_o that_o way_n which_o he_o require_v of_o we_o while_o we_o be_v here_o for_o this_o be_v bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o the_o season_n thereof_o so_o that_o as_o i_o say_v improve_v ordinance_n because_o that_o they_o shall_v last_v but_o for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o dispensatory_a kingdom_n of_o christ_n do_v you_o act_v patience_n and_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o they_o be_v but_o for_o the_o time_n of_o this_o life_n and_o then_o they_o shall_v cease_v and_o the_o way_n by_o which_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n be_v now_o maintain_v shall_v be_v no_o more_o therefore_o get_v what_o benefit_n you_o can_v by_o they_o while_o you_o do_v enjoy_v they_o so_o it_o be_v also_o in_o the_o permit_v will_n of_o god_n give_v god_n the_o glory_n of_o it_o during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o act_n thereof_o it_o be_v but_o for_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o vanity_n and_o no_o more_o therefore_o be_v content_a to_o submit_v unto_o it_o 5._o from_o the_o glorious_a end_n that_o god_n do_v accomplish_v by_o his_o permission_n 1._o hereby_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n be_v magnify_v and_o the_o saint_n have_v a_o continual_a ground_n for_o recourse_n unto_o the_o fountain_n for_o the_o wash_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n because_o the_o lord_n leave_v they_o unto_o daily_a defilement_n 2._o hereby_o his_o mercy_n be_v exalt_v in_o pardon_v their_o scandalous_a fall_n and_o restore_v they_o again_o after_o they_o have_v to_o the_o utmost_a destroy_v themselves_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v gain_v as_o it_o be_v a_o new_a conversion_n thereby_o when_o thou_o be_v convert_v strengthen_v thy_o brethren_n 3._o hereby_o a_o constant_a war_n be_v maintain_v and_o a_o man_n crown_n shall_v be_v proportion_v to_o his_o combat_n majora_n certamina_fw-la majora_fw-la sequntur_fw-la praemia_fw-la a_o man_n great_a enemy_n be_v within_o and_o the_o sore_a battle_n be_v fight_v 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spirit_n quiet_a like_o the_o calm_a sea_n a_o man_n that_o be_v deliver_v from_o a_o unquiet_a spirit_n and_o free_v from_o those_o turbulent_a affection_n that_o do_v disquiet_v other_o man_n therefore_o the_o septuagint_n do_v thus_o render_v the_o word_n to_o which_o interpretation_n we_o be_v most_o to_o give_v heed_n in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o lam._n 3.26_o it_o be_v good_a for_o a_o man_n to_o wait_v quiet_o the_o word_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o in_o my_o text_n it_o be_v a_o inward_a quietness_n of_o spirit_n in_o wait_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o god_n 1_o thes_n 4.11_o study_v to_o be_v quiet_a make_v it_o your_o ambition_n to_o get_v a_o inward_a quiet_a calm_a spirit_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o matter_n of_o your_o duty_n and_o of_o your_o glory_n to_o attain_v such_o a_o spirit_n that_o you_o may_v be_v free_a from_o all_o turbulent_a inward_a distraction_n 2._o the_o word_n signify_v a_o silence_n of_o speech_n as_o well_o as_o a_o silence_n of_o soul_n nehem._n 5.8_o so_o they_o hold_v their_o peace_n so_o the_o septuagint_n render_v it_o they_o have_v not_o a_o word_n to_o answer_v act_v 11.18_o when_o peter_n declare_v to_o the_o church_n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n they_o hold_v their_o peace_n and_o glorify_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o the_o word_n signify_v a_o quiet_a behaviour_n a_o cessation_n from_o work_n as_o a_o man_n without_o business_n or_o as_o one_o translate_v it_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o keep_v holy_a day_n so_o it_o be_v render_v luke_n 23.56_o and_o i_o think_v all_o these_o three_o sense_n be_v mean_v here_o and_o then_o the_o meaning_n be_v
great_a end_n thereby_o to_o try_v and_o prove_v the_o obedience_n of_o the_o saint_n such_o work_n be_v a_o stumble_a block_n unto_o ungodly_a man_n and_o thereby_o a_o great_a difference_n be_v put_v betwixt_o they_o and_o other_o it_o be_v as_o great_a a_o judgement_n to_o stumble_v at_o the_o work_n as_o it_o be_v at_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 2._o we_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o dangerous_a use_n that_o the_o devil_n make_v of_o a_o unquiet_a spirit_n he_o love_v it_o be_v unto_o he_o a_o suitable_a habitation_n ephes_n 4.27_o let_v not_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o upon_o your_o wrath_n neither_o give_v place_n to_o the_o devil_n if_o once_o a_o man_n spirit_n be_v in_o a_o disturb_a frame_n there_o be_v a_o door_n set_v open_a for_o satan_n to_o enter_v at_o and_o the_o use_n that_o he_o do_v make_v of_o such_o a_o frame_n of_o spirit_n be_v common_o this_o 1._o he_o do_v hereby_o keep_v the_o soul_n in_o a_o continual_a tumult_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o supplication_n unto_o god_n it_o shall_v disturb_v he_o in_o all_o his_o duty_n see_v it_o in_o jonah_n ch_n 4._o v._n 2_o 3._o when_o his_o spirit_n be_v in_o a_o unquiet_a frame_n see_v what_o a_o angry_a pecvish_a prayer_n he_o make_v and_o offer_v up_o unto_o god_n no_o man_n be_v fit_a to_o have_v communion_n with_o god_n that_o have_v not_o the_o command_n of_o his_o own_o spirit_n 2._o another_o use_n the_o devil_n make_v of_o it_o be_v this_o to_o embitter_v a_o man_n against_o god_n and_o all_o the_o instrument_n that_o god_n do_v use_v this_o we_o find_v to_o be_v in_o saul_n 1_o sam_n 16.14_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n depart_v from_o saul_n and_o a_o evil_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n vex_v he_o so_o that_o all_o the_o action_n that_o afterward_o he_o do_v be_v by_o the_o impulse_n of_o the_o evil_a spirit_n it_o be_v observe_v by_o interpreter_n that_o this_o be_v a_o perverse_a and_o melancholy_a temper_n into_o which_o saul_n be_v cast_v by_o satan_n through_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n it_o be_v say_v peter_n martyr_n something_o more_o than_o natural_a well_fw-mi si_fw-la antea_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la â_fw-la bono_fw-mi spiritu_fw-la reprimebatur_fw-la it_o be_v report_v of_o dioclesian_n the_o emperor_n out_o of_o mere_a melancholy_n and_o discontent_n he_o give_v over_o the_o government_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o be_v take_v himself_o to_o a_o private_a life_n because_o he_o can_v not_o root_v out_o the_o christian_n who_o with_o the_o uttermost_a violence_n he_o have_v persecute_v this_o be_v the_o judgement_n that_o befall_v nabuchadnezzar_n for_o seven_o year_n he_o live_v the_o life_n of_o a_o beast_n and_o be_v banish_v the_o society_n of_o man_n secundum_fw-la imaginationem_fw-la svam_fw-la though_o not_o secundum_fw-la imaginem_fw-la and_o therefore_o jerome_n observe_v his_o figure_n and_o shape_n be_v not_o change_v for_o he_o say_v my_o understanding_n return_v unto_o i_o ostendit_fw-la non_fw-la formam_fw-la se_fw-la amisisse_fw-la sed_fw-la mentem_fw-la he_o lose_v not_o the_o shape_n but_o the_o understanding_n of_o a_o man_n be_v give_v up_o to_o a_o melancholiness_n and_o madness_n deliver_v over_o to_o a_o delusion_n and_o rage_n of_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n suitable_a to_o which_o the_o lord_n threaten_v deut._n 28.28_o the_o lord_n shall_v smite_v thou_o with_o madness_n and_o with_o blindness_n and_o with_o astonishment_n of_o heart_n to_o be_v deliver_v over_o to_o the_o discontent_n of_o a_o man_n spirit_n be_v the_o next_o way_n thereunto_o there_o be_v a_o degree_n of_o madness_n in_o all_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n there_o be_v madness_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n while_o he_o live_v eccles_n 9.3_o and_o these_o be_v not_o judgement_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o those_o time_n but_o such_o as_o the_o lord_n will_v inflict_v also_o in_o all_o age_n suitable_a to_o their_o discontent_n but_o in_o a_o especial_a manner_n this_o be_v to_o be_v take_v noticeâ—â—_n in_o the_o four_o and_o five_o vial_n when_o the_o vial_n be_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o sun_n rev._n 16.9_o man_n be_v scorch_v with_o heat_n and_o blaspheme_v the_o name_n of_o god_n there_o be_v no_o element_n who_o torment_n be_v so_o exquisite_a as_o that_o of_o fire_n as_o herodotus_n report_v of_o the_o atlantici_n man_n that_o live_v under_o the_o south_n pole_n qui_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diris_fw-la solemn_a execrantur_fw-la because_o they_o be_v scorch_v by_o it_o therefore_o it_o be_v call_v the_o torrid_a zone_n the_o holy_a ghost_n note_n by_o it_o as_o brightman_n observe_v mirae_fw-la &_o inusitatae_fw-la erunt_fw-la acerbitates_fw-la a_o strange_a kind_n of_o bitterness_n of_o spirit_n shall_v be_v pour_v out_o upon_o man_n in_o judgement_n so_o in_o the_o five_o vial_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o beast_n man_n shall_v gnaw_v their_o tongue_n for_o pain_n and_o blaspheme_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n gnaw_v their_o tongue_n prae_fw-la rabie_fw-la &_o furore_fw-la 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