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john_n 9_o 6._o the_o rock_n of_o 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v set_v in_o repugnance_n to_o water_n number_n 20._o 11._o yet_o out_o of_o it_o he_o cause_v stream_n to_o gush_v and_o this_o power_n of_o god_n appear_v most_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o set_v abroad_o christian_a religion_n for_o as_o he_o in_o the_o begin_n out_o of_o darkness_n bring_v light_n 2_o cor._n 4._o 6._o so_o by_o man_n of_o no_o learning_n no_o authority_n or_o countenance_n strength_n or_o wealth_n do_v cause_v the_o gospel_n to_o be_v plant_v in_o all_o the_o world_n that_o we_o may_v know_v this_o caveat_n to_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o thing_n natural_a now_o in_o the_o state_n of_o generation_n as_o he_o be_v of_o thing_n supernatural_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o creation_n and_o that_o we_o may_v know_v that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o do_v thing_n above_o beside_o and_o without_o yea_o and_o sometime_o contrary_a to_o these_o ordinary_a mean_n that_o so_o we_o may_v be_v teach_v neither_o in_o the_o want_n of_o they_o to_o despair_v nor_o when_o we_o have_v plenty_n to_o be_v proud_a and_o presume_v in_o they_o but_o ever_o look_v back_o to_o god_n which_o be_v above_o all_o mean_n and_o of_o himself_o as_o able_a to_o do_v all_o in_o all_o to_o who_o be_v all_o honour_n glory_n power_n wisdom_n and_o dominion_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n aut_fw-la vapour_n ascendens_fw-la è_fw-la terra_fw-la qui_fw-la errigaret_fw-la universam_fw-la superficiem_fw-la terrae_fw-la etc._n etc._n 6,7_o gen._n 2._o 6,7_o 1591._o 18_o may_n 1591._o together_o with_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n in_o the_o four_o verse_n i_o tell_v you_o that_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 5._o verse_n adjoin_v a_o necessary_a caveat_n touch_v 2._o cause_n lest_o now_o we_o shall_v ascribe_v the_o proceed_n and_o do_v of_o thing_n either_o to_o ordinary_a mean_n or_o second_o cause_n either_o natural_a as_o to_o rain_v or_o artificial_a as_o to_o man_n labour_n and_o 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remember_v from_o whence_o they_o be_v fall_v and_o repent_v the_o second_o of_o the_o revelation_n the_o five_o verse_n or_o according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o fifty_o first_o of_o esay_n the_o first_o verse_n they_o shall_v look_v to_o the_o rock_n whence_o they_o be_v hew_v and_o to_o the_o hole_n of_o the_o pit_n whence_o they_o be_v dig_v this_o than_o plant_v in_o they_o humility_n for_o no_o question_n but_o only_o for_o humility_n there_o need_v no_o mention_n of_o these_o word_n whence_o they_o be_v take_v god_n have_v say_v in_o the_o 19_o verse_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n be_v thou_o take_v dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v and_o moses_n in_o the_o second_o chapter_n before_o the_o seven_o verse_n say_v man_n be_v make_v of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o here_o again_o out_o of_o the_o earth_n be_v thou_o take_v this_o iteration_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o effect_n be_v not_o needless_a for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n seter_v down_o 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the_o sin_n of_o the_o devil_n you_o see_v in_o the_o 14._o of_o esay_n the_o 14_o verse_n what_o it_o be_v he_o will_v ascend_v above_o the_o height_n of_o the_o cloud_n say_v ero_n 〈…〉_o i_o will_v be_v like_o the_o most_o high_a but_o god_n bring_v he_o down_o to_o the_o grave_n and_o send_v he_o to_o hell_n fire_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o twenty_o first_o of_o the_o revelation_n the_o eight_o verse_n so_o man_n carry_v upon_o his_o forehead_n his_o sin_n ecce_fw-la homo_fw-la factus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la unus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d adam_n will_v be_v as_o god_n know_v good_a and_o evil_a the_o very_a same_o crime_n then_o that_o be_v in_o satan_n be_v in_o adam_n the_o transgression_n of_o they_o both_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o this_o be_v mercy_n then_o not_o to_o punish_v they_o alike_o not_o deal_v so_o with_o man_n as_o he_o have_v do_v with_o the_o angel_n lucifer_n adam_n be_v here_o make_v as_o a_o escape_n goat_n that_o have_v all_o the_o sin_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o people_n upon_o 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verse_n admon_a sh_v they_o to_o love_v they_o that_o labour_n among_o they_o in_o the_o lord_n for_o their_o work_n sake_n yea_o even_o the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v not_o to_o be_v serve_v but_o to_o serve_v the_o twenty_o of_o matthew_n the_o twenty_o eight_o the_o servant_n which_o be_v idle_a and_o unprofitable_a shall_v be_v cast_v into_o utter_a darkness_n the_o twenty_o five_o of_o matthew_n the_o thirty_o verse_n there_o be_v his_o punishment_n sr._n 〈◊〉_d say_v that_o god_n send_v not_o adam_n out_o of_o paradise_n to_o the_o earth_n to_o make_v the_o earth_n a_o paradise_n or_o garden_n of_o pleasure_n but_o a_o place_n of_o labour_n 〈◊〉_d operaretur_fw-la that_o he_o shall_v work_v and_o till_o the_o earth_n for_o though_o the_o rich_a man_n in_o the_o sixteenth_o of_o luke_n live_v at_o case_n and_o fare_v 〈◊〉_d every_o day_n and_o make_v this_o world_n a_o world_n of_o pleasure_n whereas_o lazarus_n live_v in_o pain_n and_o labour_n yet_o mark_v what_o be_v the_o end_n 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and_o for_o drink_v all_o must_v operari_fw-la terram_fw-la apply_v hither_o the_o thirty_o second_o of_o jeremy_n the_o forty_o three_o verse_n king_n themselves_o live_v in_o this_o world_n but_o to_o serve_v they_o be_v god_n servant_n in_o thing_n holy_a and_o in_o thing_n civil_a for_o they_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n to_o reward_v the_o good_a and_o punish_v the_o wicked_a the_o thirteen_o to_o the_o roman_n the_o four_o verse_n and_o in_o the_o sixth_o verse_n for_o this_o cause_n pay_v you_o tribute_n to_o prince_n for_o that_o they_o be_v god_n minister_n if_o the_o king_n say_v put_v this_o man_n in_o prison_n and_o feed_v he_o with_o the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n it_o be_v do_v the_o 1_o of_o
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kill_v cain_n though_o it_o be_v with_o this_o pretence_n that_o he_o be_v a_o murderer_n shall_v be_v punish_v seven_o fold_n for_o it_o be_v not_o in_o every_o man_n power_n 〈…〉_o if_o any_o man_n have_v commit_v a_o crime_n the_o judge_n shall_v see_v whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a of_o death_n and_o as_o the_o judge_n shall_v judge_v he_o so_o shall_v he_o be_v punish_v deuteronomie_n the_o twenty_o 〈◊〉_d chapter_n exodus_fw-la the_o twenty_o second_o chapter_n the_o magistrate_n be_v god_n ordinance_n roman_n the_o thirteen_o chapter_n have_v power_n to_o put_v a_o murder_n to_o death_n for_o he_o have_v the_o sword_n commit_v unto_o he_o for_o that_o end_n but_o he_o that_o take_v up_o the_o sword_n shall_v perish_v by_o the_o sword_n matthew_n the_o twenty_o sixth_o chapter_n for_o if_o every_o one_o that_o find_v a_o man_n 〈◊〉_d may_v kill_v he_o it_o will_v soon_o root_v out_o all_o mankind_n and_o that_o this_o inconvenience_n shall_v not_o fall_v out_o god_n take_v order_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v not_o do_v that_o to_o cain_n which_o cain_n have_v do_v to_o abel_n no_o man_n may_v kill_v a_o murderer_n unless_o he_o have_v authority_n commit_v unto_o he_o for_o that_o end_n that_o be_v for_o his_o spare_v the_o second_o point_n be_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o he_o that_o transgress_v thus_o that_o be_v he_o shall_v be_v punish_v seven_o fold_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o be_v which_o kill_v a_o murderer_n shall_v have_v a_o more_o grievous_a punishment_n than_o he_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o be_v numerus_fw-la complens_fw-la hebdomidem_fw-la therefore_o by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d punishment_n god_n meaning_n be_v that_o he_o will_v lay_v a_o complete_a and_o consummate_a punishment_n upon_o such_o a_o party_n but_o howsoever_o it_o seem_v strange_a yet_o it_o be_v justice_n for_o that_o as_o god_n will_v not_o have_v he_o spare_v who_o he_o condemn_v to_o death_n as_o saul_n spare_v agag_n in_o the_o first_o of_o samuel_n the_o fifteen_o chapter_n nor_o let_v he_o go_v who_o he_o have_v appoint_v to_o die_v in_o the_o first_o of_o king_n the_o twenty_o chapter_n and_o the_o forty_o second_o verse_n so_o it_o be_v a_o grievous_a sin_n to_o kill_v he_o who_o god_n will_v have_v spare_v and_o this_o be_v it_o which_o make_v the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o party_n grievous_a beside_o the_o consideration_n of_o god_n wrath_n against_o they_o that_o do_v addere_fw-la afflictiones_fw-la afflicto_fw-la zechariah_n the_o first_o chapter_n and_o the_o fifteen_o verse_n god_n say_v he_o will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d with_o 〈◊〉_d that_o help_v forward_o the_o affliction_n of_o they_o with_o who_o he_o be_v a_o little_a angry_a and_o therefore_o such_o a_o one_o shall_v not_o escape_v but_o before_o plague_v and_o the_o prophet_n say_v the_o lord_n will_v not_o judge_v and_o condemn_v a_o man_n twice_o for_o one_o fault_n nahum_n the_o first_o chapter_n and_o the_o nine_o verse_n such_o a_o man_n commit_v a_o sin_n more_o grievous_a than_o cain_n sin_n in_o two_o 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the_o ten_o that_o they_o have_v power_n both_o to_o mitigate_v and_o to_o abrogate_v the_o punishment_n of_o offender_n for_o the_o first_o david_n be_v fain_o of_o necessity_n to_o forbear_v joab_n be_v himself_o weak_a and_o old_a and_o to_o delay_v his_o punishment_n when_o he_o have_v murder_v abner_n and_o amasa_n man_n more_o righteous_a and_o better_a than_o he_o till_o solomon_n his_o son_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o first_o of_o king_n and_o the_o second_o chapter_n but_o the_o reason_n why_o cain_n punishment_n be_v delay_v be_v not_o any_o forbearance_n of_o necessity_n but_o because_o the_o lengthen_v of_o his_o punishment_n be_v a_o better_a mean_n to_o restrain_v man_n from_o the_o like_a sin_n than_o if_o he_o have_v at_o once_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n for_o this_o cause_n the_o prophet_n say_v psalm_n the_o fifty_o nine_o and_o the_o eleven_o verse_n slay_v they_o not_o lest_o my_o people_n forget_v it_o but_o scatter_v they_o abroad_o by_o thy_o power_n it_o 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not_o to_o exhort_v they_o again_o christ_n may_v only_o have_v exhort_v they_o and_o not_o use_v any_o reproof_n but_o he_o in_o wisdom_n think_v it_o meet_v first_o to_o reprove_v they_o for_o their_o fault_n and_o then_o to_o show_v they_o how_o to_o amend_v it_o pride_n be_v the_o cause_n why_o many_o good_a exhortation_n have_v no_o success_n while_o man_n think_v it_o needless_a they_o shall_v be_v rebuke_v they_o be_v like_o the_o proud_a pharisee_n that_o despise_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n luke_n the_o seven_o chapter_n and_o the_o thirtiech_n verse_n but_o christ_n to_o make_v manifest_a to_o they_o that_o they_o need_v counsel_n do_v first_o show_v they_o their_o hypocrisy_n we_o be_v ready_a to_o justify_v ourselves_o in_o all_o thing_n our_o corruption_n be_v such_o that_o we_o be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o own_o sin_n which_o make_v the_o prophet_n to_o say_v cleanse_v 〈◊〉_d from_o my_o secret_a sin_n psalm_n the_o nineteenth_o we_o take_v they_o to_o be_v no_o sin_n 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〈◊〉_d the_o israelite_n do_v eat_v manna_n which_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o angel_n yet_o of_o they_o christ_n say_v 〈…〉_o of_o it_o but_o 〈…〉_o the_o sixth_o chapter_n for_o when_o god_n take_v away_o the_o staff_n and_o strength_n of_o bread_n it_o have_v no_o more_o power_n to_o preserve_v life_n so_o that_o man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n of_o itself_o for_o it_o perish_v whereas_o bread_n have_v two_o power_n the_o one_o to_o satisfy_v the_o hungry_a stomach_n the_o other_o to_o restore_v the_o body_n be_v weak_a we_o see_v it_o lose_v both_o these_o power_n the_o power_n of_o satisfy_v do_v not_o continue_v for_o though_o a_o man_n satisfy_v himself_o never_o so_o much_o with_o it_o to_o day_n yet_o to_o morrow_n he_o will_v crave_v more_o and_o his_o stomach_n will_v wax_v empty_a as_o for_o the_o power_n to_o restore_v albeit_o during_o health_n it_o strengthen_v man_n heart_n yet_o if_o once_o sickness_n come_v it_o have_v no_o power_n to_o restore_v strength_n second_o 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