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do_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n make_v the_o memory_n of_o ahaz_n by_o that_o brand_n upon_o his_o bone_n that_o inscription_n upon_o his_o grave_n 2_o chron._n 28.22_o this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n these_o minister_n we_o presume_v be_v no_o stranger_n to_o nazianzen_n invective_n where_o the_o decease_a 19_o decease_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n orat._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n paulo_n post_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orat._n 19_o julian_n be_v draw_v to_o the_o life_n to_o flatter_v the_o dead_a be_v to_o wrong_v the_o live_n and_o to_o strengthen_v the_o hand_n of_o wicked_a man_n in_o evil_a way_n the_o great_a discommode_v of_o funeral_n panegyric_n be_v it_o not_o better_a that_o a_o spade_n be_v call_v a_o spade_n then_o to_o say_v king_n charles_n of_o bless_a memory_n unless_o there_o be_v cause_n for_o it_o true_o this_o prince_n fate_n be_v observable_a for_o many_o who_o make_v no_o more_o of_o he_o either_o in_o press_n or_o pulpit_n 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unto_o as_o to_o man_n agency_n and_o sustain_v unjustifiable_o thus_o they_o have_v not_o dis-favoured_n our_o argument_n at_o all_o by_o this_o septuagint-allegation_n after_o this_o velitation_n anent_o the_o word_n ordain_v they_o come_v to_o a_o proposition_n of_o we_o which_o they_o say_v we_o form_v out_o of_o it_o viz._n in_o what_o ever_o series_n of_o event_n god_n manifest_v his_o special_a concurrence_n or_o appear_v that_o cause_n he_o own_v and_o authorize_v man_n agency_n in_o it_o this_o they_o deny_v but_o before_o we_o join_v issue_n we_o must_v needs_o gratify_v they_o with_o some_o what_o which_o they_o will_v fain_o know_v from_o we_o by_o the_o way_n and_o it_o be_v this_o why_o we_o call_v the_o powerful_a work_n of_o god_n unto_o event_n flow_v from_o the_o efficacious_a decree_n his_o special_a concurrence_n or_o appear_v after_o we_o have_v thus_o paraphrase_a the_o word_n the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o and_o chief_a 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