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the_o salvation_n or_o damnation_n of_o we_o all_o 5._o then_o we_o attempt_v consider_v what_o s._n paul_n say_v to_o the_o roman_n chap._n 9.22_o what_o if_o god_n willing_a to_o show_v his_o wrath_n and_o to_o make_v his_o power_n know_v endure_v with_o much_o long-suffering_a the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n fit_v to_o destruction_n this_o what_o if_o god_n do_v do_v so_o seem_v to_o import_v that_o in_o paul_n opinion_n god_n do_v do_v so_o and_o that_o thence_o shall_v be_v derive_v the_o cause_n or_o the_o occasion_n of_o some_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n among_o man_n fit_v to_o destruction_n we_o will_v not_o yet_o put_v it_o to_o the_o question_n how_o congruous_a this_o course_n of_o proceed_v by_o god_n be_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o morality_n among_o man_n but_o will_v first_o thereunto_o add_v a_o far_a degree_n of_o difficulty_n viz._n that_o of_o cast_v not_o some_o man_n or_o a_o great_a number_n of_o man_n into_o this_o deplorable_a condition_n but_o the_o cast_v the_o great_a 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the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o life_n and_o few_o there_o be_v that_o find_v it_o and_o this_o truth_n be_v confirm_v to_o we_o by_o our_o own_o experience_n for_o we_o read_v of_o the_o epidemical_a wickedness_n of_o the_o world_n in_o former_a time_n before_o and_o since_o the_o flood_n and_o we_o see_v in_o our_o own_o time_n the_o vast_a number_n of_o gentile_n or_o heathen-idolater_n and_o the_o mahometan_n who_o we_o condemn_v also_o they_o popish_a idolater_n schismatic_n and_o dissenter_n and_o among_o the_o most_o reform_a or_o refine_a the_o very_a great_a number_n of_o evil_a practiser_n and_o evil_a liver_n enough_o to_o convince_v all_o man_n that_o our_o lord_n declaration_n concern_v the_o same_o be_v veritable_a
chap._n 19.25_o he_o say_v i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v stand_v at_o the_o late_a day_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o my_o person_n shall_v be_v destroy_v yet_o that_o after_o this_o i_o shall_v see_v god_n in_o my_o flesh_n and_o i_o shall_v see_v he_o with_o my_o own_o eye_n here_o be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o resurrection_n if_o this_o book_n may_v be_v admit_v for_o historical_a and_o acquit_v from_o the_o misprision_n of_o be_v only_o parabolical_a it_o seem_v to_o i_o rather_o to_o be_v historical_a and_o one_o of_o moses_n his_o write_n in_o the_o forty_o year_n time_n of_o his_o sojourn_v with_o jethro_n in_o the_o very_a part_n of_o arabia_n where_o the_o land_n of_o we_o be_v describe_v the_o fact_n may_v be_v famous_a in_o that_o time_n and_o place_n and_o the_o revelation_n make_v of_o the_o cause_n whence_o that_o trial_n begin_v so_o as_o it_o may_v deserve_v to_o be_v record_v by_o a_o worthy_a pen_n to_o all_o posterity_n and_o we_o find_v job_n rank_v by_o the_o prophet_n with_o noah_n and_o daniel_n and_o james_n 5.11_o you_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o patience_n of_o job_n and_o have_v see_v what_o end_n his_o affliction_n have_v whence_o be_v seem_v the_o more_o likely_a that_o this_o book_n be_v a_o true_a relation_n and_o history_n and_o not_o a_o bare_a invention_n or_o parable_n our_o next_o proof_n be_v psal_n 16.11_o thou_o shall_v not_o leave_v my_o soul_n in_o hell_n nor_o suffer_v thy_o holy_a one_o to_o see_v corruption_n and_o this_o be_v quote_v by_o st._n peter_n act_v 2.27_o as_o a_o evidence_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n and_o so_o visible_o it_o be_v and_o from_o christ_n resurrection_n paul_n infer_v a_o general_a resurrection_n so_o as_o immediate_o this_o be_v take_v for_o a_o proof_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a general_o eccles_n 11._o solomon_n bid_v the_o young_a man_n walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o say_v though_o he_o live_v many_o 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with_o my_o dead_a body_n shall_v they_o arise_v this_o text_n sound_v in_o the_o word_n of_o it_o like_o a_o strong_a proof_n of_o a_o resurrection_n but_o upon_o consideration_n of_o the_o context_n both_o before_o and_o after_o no_o intent_n of_o treat_v concern_v that_o subject_a appear_v we_o shall_v only_o propound_v the_o text_n as_o a_o expression_n favour_v that_o opinion_n so_o ezek._n 37._o his_o vision_n of_o the_o dry_a bone_n rise_v into_o a_o exceed_a great_a army_n we_o pass_v for_o a_o parable_n and_o as_o a_o illustration_n rather_o than_o a_o proof_n of_o the_o resurrection_n our_o last_o text_n for_o legal_a proof_n be_v out_o of_o daniel_n chap._n 7.9_o he_o behold_v till_o the_o throne_n be_v cast_v down_o and_o the_o ancient_a of_o day_n do_v sit_v like_o a_o clear_a and_o plain_a description_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n and_o yet_o by_o the_o context_n both_o before_o and_o after_o it_o seem_v pertinent_a proper_o to_o the_o time_n of_o our_o lord_n first_o 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but_o a_o trust_n in_o god_n support_v all_o it_o seem_v he_o know_v of_o no_o revelation_n primitive_a or_o modern_a that_o can_v give_v satisfaction_n in_o that_o point_n page_n 372._o say_v god_n do_v his_o own_o work_n in_o a_o causal_n order_n one_o work_n prepare_v for_o another_o and_o he_o make_v variety_n of_o capacity_n which_o occasion_n variety_n of_o gift_n and_o of_o reception_n and_o he_o use_v to_o give_v every_o one_o that_o unto_o which_o he_o have_v bring_v he_o into_o a_o next_o capacity_n for_o the_o reception_n of_o and_o grant_v it_o be_v that_o all_o be_v act_v by_o energy_n from_o god_n and_o his_o spirit_n but_o say_v i_o as_o he_o also_o by_o give_v capacity_n and_o advance_v they_o to_o degree_n of_o perfection_n in_o a_o ordinary_a and_o natural_a course_n produce_v effect_n from_o their_o natural_a and_o proper_a cause_n and_o that_o when_o he_o go_v beyond_o this_o course_n or_o out_o of_o this_o way_n the_o proceed_v be_v extraordinary_a supernatural_a 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