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fly_v and_o run_v away_o from_o god_n as_o we_o see_v in_o adam_n fear_v evil_a from_o he_o because_o it_o have_v do_v evil_a against_o he_o and_o far_o less_o dare_v it_o seek_v good_a thing_n from_o he_o ver_fw-la 154._o plead_v my_o cause_n and_o deliver_v i_o quicken_v i_o according_a to_o thy_o word_n here_o be_v a_o appellation_n make_v by_o david_n god_n from_o man_n unto_o god_n the_o meaning_n of_o it_o be_v o_o lord_n i_o find_v that_o among_o man_n equity_n be_v not_o regard_v even_o they_o who_o upon_o earth_n be_v thy_o deputy_n who_o shall_v maintain_v the_o right_n and_o punish_v the_o wrong_n by_o they_o the_o cause_n of_o innocent_a man_n many_o a_o time_n be_v bear_v down_o wherefore_o lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o who_o be_v the_o righteous_a ludge_n of_o the_o world_n plead_v my_o cause_n against_o they_o wherein_o first_o we_o have_v a_o comfort_n for_o they_o man_n who_o be_v oppress_v by_o the_o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n they_o be_v teach_v here_o by_o david_n example_n to_o appeal_v to_o god_n and_o call_v he_o to_o be_v judge_n between_o they_o and_o their_o oppressor_n many_o a_o time_n good_a man_n faint_a &_o fall_v down_o even_o in_o a_o good_a cause_n for_o a_o while_n because_o they_o trust_v in_o their_o cause_n neglect_v to_o seek_v the_o lord_n protection_n and_o again_o here_o be_v a_o warn_n for_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n special_o for_o judge_n to_o who_o belong_v judge_n the_o cognition_n of_o other_o man_n cause_n that_o they_o take_v heed_n what_o they_o do_v see_v as_o jehosaphat_n say_v to_o his_o deputy_n the_o judgement_n be_v the_o lord_n 19_o for_o when_o they_o have_v judge_v the_o lord_n will_v judge_v they_o over_o again_o &_o their_o judgement_n also_o either_o ☞_o to_o ratify_v or_o disannul_v the_o sentence_n they_o have_v give_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v good_a for_o they_o not_o so_o much_o to_o look_v unto_o such_o as_o be_v under_o they_o with_o who_o they_o may_v do_v as_o they_o think_v in_o the_o 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only_a when_o he_o be_v banish_v among_o the_o moabit_n &_o philistines_n be_v he_o a_o stranger_n but_o even_o when_o he_o live_v peaceable_o at_o home_n in_o canaan_n still_o he_o think_v himself_o a_o stranger_n this_o consideration_n move_v godly_a basile_n to_o despise_v the_o threaten_n of_o modestus_n the_o deputy_n of_o valens_n the_o emperor_n when_o he_o brave_v he_o with_o banishment_n ab_fw-la exilij_fw-la metu_fw-la libre_fw-la sum_fw-la unam_fw-la hominum_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la basil._n esse_fw-la patriam_fw-la paradisum_fw-la omnem_fw-la autem_fw-la terram_fw-la common_a naturae_fw-la exilium_fw-la and_o it_o shall_v move_v we_o to_o keep_v spiritual_a sobriety_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o pleasure_n if_o we_o remember_v that_o in_o our_o house_n at_o stranger_n our_o own_o fire_n end_n and_o in_o our_o own_o bed_n we_o be_v but_o stranger_n from_o which_o we_o must_v short_o remove_v and_o give_v place_n to_o other_o hide_v not_o the_o manner_n of_o david_n his_o reason_n 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morning_n dew_n but_o it_o be_v permanent_a omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la he_o have_v it_o always_o how_o thy_o judgement_n god_n judgement_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n first_o his_o command_n so_o call_v because_o by_o they_o right_o be_v judge_v &_o discern_v from_o wrong_n next_o his_o plague_n execute_v upon_o transgressor_n according_a to_o his_o word_n david_n here_o mean_v of_o the_o first_o let_v man_n who_o have_v not_o the_o like_a of_o david_n desire_n remember_v that_o they_o who_o hart_n can_v second_o break_v for_o transgress_a god_n word_n because_o they_o love_v it_o shall_v find_v the_o plague_n of_o god_n to_o bruise_v their_o body_n and_o break_v their_o hart_n also_o let_v we_o delight_v in_o the_o first_o sort_n of_o these_o judgement_n and_o the_o second_o shall_v never_o come_v upon_o us._n now_o that_o david_n this_o way_n present_v his_o desire_n grace_n be_v a_o effectual_a manner_n of_o supplication_n for_o desire_n of_o grace_n be_v a_o great_a grace_n non_fw-la 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evil_a but_o few_o be_v like_o david_n who_o when_o he_o see_v vzzah_n strike_v to_o death_n for_o unreverent_a touch_v of_o the_o ark_n be_v move_v in_o his_o hart_n to_o a_o great_a reverence_n of_o god_n the_o proud_a this_o be_v a_o stile_n common_o give_v why_o to_o the_o wicked_a because_o as_o it_o be_v our_o old_a evil_n so_o be_v it_o the_o strong_a and_o first_o that_o strive_v in_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n to_o carry_v man_n to_o a_o transgression_n of_o the_o border_n appoint_v by_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o time_n that_o pride_n enter_v into_o adam_n hart_n that_o he_o will_v be_v high_o than_o god_n have_v make_v he_o he_o spare_v not_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a tree_n and_o what_o else_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o transgression_n but_o that_o man_n in_o his_o ignorant_a pride_n will_v have_v his_o will_n prefer_v to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n satan_n in_o his_o
walk_v heaven_n in_o be_v the_o path_n of_o god_n commandment_n not_o any_o new_a way_n but_o the_o old_a and_o path_v way_n wherein_o all_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n have_v walk_v before_o he_o and_o for_o which_o the_o grecian_n as_o euthymius_n note_v call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euthym._n quasi_fw-la viam_fw-la tritam_fw-la but_o how-so-eve_a this_o way_n be_v path_v by_o the_o walk_n and_o tread_v of_o many_o in_o it_o yet_o he_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v but_o one_o yea_o and_o a_o narrow_a and_o difficil_n path_n to_o keep_v and_o therefore_o seek_v he_o to_o be_v guide_v into_o it_o as_o to_o hell_n the_o broad_a way_n there_o be_v many_o road_n and_o path_v way_n into_o it_o although_o they_o meet_v all_o in_o one_o end_n all_o man_n go_v not_o to_o hell_n by_o one_o way_n for_o we_o see_v many_o man_n abhor_v a_o sin_n in_o other_o who_o yet_o entertain_v a_o far_o more_o odious_a sin_n in_o themselves_o but_o the_o narrow_a way_n that_o lead_v to_o heaven_n have_v but_o one_o path_n or_o road_n into_o it_o from_o which_o if_o we_o decline_v we_o fall_v incontinent_a into_o some_o road_n of_o the_o broad_a way_n that_o lead_v to_o hell_n let_v we_o therefore_o walk_v circumspect_o consider_v our_o natural_a disposition_n to_o decline_v and_o the_o he_o danger_n and_o difficulty_n of_o the_o way_n let_v we_o wait_v upon_o our_o guide_n and_o follow_v his_o footstep_n praecedit_fw-la christus_fw-la ut_fw-la sequamur_fw-la nos_fw-la he_o have_v go_v before_o that_o we_o shall_v follow_v he_o fast_v and_o pray_v to_o train_v we_o up_o in_o the_o like_a exercise_n he_o suffer_v to_o learn_v we_o patience_n ascendit_fw-la crucem_fw-la ut_fw-la doceret_fw-la mortem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la metuendam_fw-la he_o go_v up_o to_o the_o cross_n that_o he_o may_v teach_v we_o death_n be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v by_o this_o way_n of_o innocence_n holiness_n humility_n patience_n contempt_n of_o death_n let_v we_o follow_v our_o guide_n nothing_o 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his_o hart_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o seek_v it_o as_o a_o grace_n as_o here_o david_n do_v unto_o thy_o testimony_n god_n word_n be_v call_v his_o tiding_n testimony_n because_o in_o it_o he_o testify_v his_o will_n concern_v his_o worship_n and_o our_o salvation_n and_o witness_v also_o how_o he_o be_v affect_v to_o every_o man_n for_o out_o of_o it_o to_o some_o man_n he_o speak_v as_o a_o love_a father_n to_o other_o as_o a_o fearful_a judge_n man_n need_v not_o run_v up_o to_o god_n secret_a counsel_n to_o inquire_v how_o he_o be_v affect_v towards_o they_o if_o they_o list_v they_o may_v learn_v it_o out_o of_o his_o word_n but_o as_o achab_n desire_v not_o to_o hear_v michaiah_n because_o he_o prophesy_v not_o good_a thing_n unto_o he_o so_o many_o now_o because_o they_o do_v evil_a can_v not_o abide_v the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n they_o find_v no_o joy_n in_o the_o hear_n of_o it_o but_o be_v strike_v with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a as_o felix_n be_v at_o the_o hear_n of_o 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and_o quicken_v i_o in_o thy_o way_n have_v pray_v for_o his_o hart_n now_o he_o pray_v eye_n for_o his_o eye_n also_o omnia_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la petit_fw-la docens_fw-la illum_fw-la omne_fw-la efficere_fw-la by_o the_o eye_n oftentimes_o as_o by_o window_n death_n enter_v into_o the_o hart_n therefore_o to_o keep_v the_o hart_n in_o a_o good_a estate_n hart_n three_o thing_n be_v requisite_a first_o a_o careful_a custody_n of_o the_o sense_n special_o of_o the_o eye_n for_o it_o be_v a_o righteous_a work_n of_o the_o lord_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la exteriorâ—…_n 2._o oculo_fw-la negligenter_n utitur_fw-la interiori_fw-la non_fw-la iniustè_fw-fr caecetur_fw-la that_o he_o who_o negligent_o use_v the_o external_a eye_n of_o his_o body_n shall_v be_v punish_v with_o blindness_n in_o the_o internal_a eye_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n nazianzen_n deplore_a the_o calamity_n of_o his_o soul_n nazian_n wish_v that_o a_o door_n may_v be_v set_v before_o his_o eye_n &_o ear_n 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word_n dauids_n wisdom_n which_o he_o learn_v by_o earth_n the_o word_n consist_v not_o in_o naked_a speculation_n but_o in_o practice_n this_o be_v wisdom_n to_o refrain_v from_o evil_n our_o great_a perfection_n on_o earth_n stand_v in_o resist_a sin_n we_o be_v never_o without_o a_o tempter_n to_o sin_n nor_o yet_o without_o some_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o which_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o never_o without_o the_o seed_n of_o sin_n in_o ourselves_o which_o be_v fruitful_a in_o send_v forth_o cupiditates_fw-la &_o motus_fw-la 119._o qui_fw-la irruunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la bestiaein_fw-la nos_fw-la ut_fw-la teneros_fw-la fructus_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la ruris_fw-la nostriculta_fw-la depaseant_fw-la such_o lust_n &_o motion_n that_o like_a unto_o wild_a beast_n make_v incursion_n upon_o we_o to_o destroy_v the_o tender_a fruit_n of_o this_o new_a husbandry_n of_o god_n within_o we_o for_o which_o we_o have_v need_v continual_o and_o careful_o to_o resist_v they_o from_o every_o evil_a way_n 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be_v sufficient_a to_o destroy_v us._n that_o i_o may_v keep_v thy_o word_n the_o resistance_n another_o of_o evil_a make_v we_o the_o strong_a and_o more_o able_a to_o keep_v god_n word_n on_o the_o contrary_a every_o transgression_n diminish_v our_o spiritual_a light_n and_o strength_n so_o that_o by_o sin_v we_o not_o only_o contract_v a_o new_a guiltiness_n upon_o our_o soul_n but_o weaken_v our_o own_o strength_n for_o so_o soon_o as_o any_o one_o sin_n be_v it_o never_o so_o small_a get_v vantage_n over_o we_o it_o prepare_v a_o way_n to_o another_o and_o a_o great_a ver_fw-la 102._o i_o have_v not_o decline_v from_o thy_o judgement_n because_o thou_o do_v teach_v i_o lest_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o david_n ascribe_v the_o good_a praise_n of_o godliness_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o it_o come_v from_o any_o goodness_n in_o he_o that_o he_o do_v refrain_v his_o foot_n from_o every_o evil_a way_n he_o give_v here_o all_o the_o glory_n to_o god_n protest_v that_o because_o god_n do_v teach_v he_o therefore_o he_o decline_v not_o whereof_o we_o learn_v that_o if_o at_o any_o time_n we_o stand_v or_o if_o when_o we_o have_v fall_v we_o rise_v &_o repent_v it_o be_v ever_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o god_n that_o teach_v we_o for_o there_o be_v no_o evil_a so_o abominable_a but_o it_o will_v soon_o become_v plausible_a to_o we_o if_o god_n shall_v leave_v we_o to_o ourself_o for_o thou_o taught_v i_o david_n be_v teach_v by_o god_n his_o ordinary_a teacher_n and_o he_o do_v reverence_v they_o but_o that_o he_o profit_v by_o they_o he_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n paul_n may_v plant_v and_o apollo_n water_n god_n must_v give_v the_o increase_n ver_fw-la 103._o how_o sweet_a be_v thy_o promise_n to_o my_o mouth_n yea_o more_o than_o honey_n to_o my_o mouth_n god_n teach_v work_n ever_o in_o the_o heart_n a_o heart_n feel_n of_o that_o which_o be_v teach_v for_o he_o write_v his_o law_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o child_n and_o this_o be_v it_o which_o david_n here_o protest_v that_o he_o find_v a_o sweetness_n in_o god_n word_n which_o exceed_v the_o sweet_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o cause_n why_o many_o in_o this_o age_n feel_v it_o not_o be_v either_o because_o their_o conscience_n be_v evil_a &_o so_o intellectualibus_fw-la word_n animae_fw-la sensibus_fw-la non_fw-la pollent_fw-la they_o want_v the_o intellectual_a sense_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o as_o to_o a_o sick_a man_n that_z which_o be_v sweet_a seem_v sour_a and_o ungracious_a so_o to_o a_o ill_a conscience_n the_o most_o comfortable_a word_n of_o god_n become_v terrible_a or_o else_o albeit_o the_o conscience_n be_v not_o so_o evil_a yet_o no_o pain_n be_v take_v by_o meditation_n and_o prayer_n to_o search_v out_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o word_n for_o as_o mineral_n be_v not_o get_v on_o the_o superfice_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o man_n must_v dig_v ☜_o deep_a into_o the_o bosom_n thereof_o before_o they_o find_v they_o and_o as_o the_o sweetness_n of_o a_o kernel_n can_v 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may_v advance_v his_o glory_n ver_fw-la 147._o i_o prevent_v the_o morning_n light_n and_o cry_v for_o i_o waiteden_fw-mi thy_o word_n he_o amplify_v yet_o further_o the_o first_o reason_n we_o for_o which_o he_o desire_v the_o lord_n to_o hear_v he_o take_v from_o his_o earnest_a fervency_n in_o prayer_n and_o it_o be_v write_v for_o our_o instruction_n to_o learn_v we_o continuance_n in_o prayer_n it_o be_v require_v by_o precept_n luke_n 21._o watch_z and_o pray_v continual_o and_o again_o 1._o thes._n 5._o pray_v continual_o for_o example_n also_o at_o midnight_n morning_n and_o at_o noon_n tide_n do_v david_n pray_v yea_o seven_o time_n in_o the_o day_n all_o the_o night_n long_o do_v our_o saviour_n pray_v non_fw-la precationis_fw-la 119._o indigens_fw-la auxilio_fw-la sed_fw-la statuens_fw-la tibi_fw-la imitationis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la not_o stand_v himself_o in_o need_n of_o the_o help_n of_o prayer_n but_o set_v down_o to_o thou_o a_o example_n of_o prayer_n for_o imitation_n 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holy_a name_n but_o alas_o the_o coldness_n of_o this_o age_n in_o worship_v world_n the_o lord_n in_o praise_v he_o who_o be_v most_o worthy_a to_o be_v praise_v be_v here_o great_o convince_v no_o time_n of_o the_o night_n will_v they_o spend_v in_o prayer_n yea_o in_o the_o day_n time_n they_o have_v rather_o do_v any_o thing_n then_o be_v exercise_v in_o prayer_n and_o praise_v snorâ—…ing_v and_o sleep_v in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o divine_a service_n when_o other_o beside_o they_o be_v entertain_v fellowship_n with_o god_n by_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n if_o oftentimes_o they_o who_o lip_n be_v praise_v he_o have_v their_o heart_n far_o from_o he_o how_o far_o be_v thy_o heart_n from_o he_o who_o can_v not_o do_v so_o much_o as_o with_o thy_o lip_n to_o praise_v he_o when_o thou_o shall_v o_o man_n will_v thou_o remember_v that_o no_o time_n shall_v render_v thou_o comfort_v in_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n but_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v spend_v in_o 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bring_v a_o present_a mitigation_n of_o their_o trouble_n when_o they_o feel_v in_o effect_n that_o god_n hear_v they_o beside_o that_o it_o render_v unto_o they_o unspeakable_a comfort_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v it_o confirm_v they_o against_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o make_v they_o with_o boldness_n to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o body_n that_o they_o may_v be_v with_o the_o lord_n because_o by_o manifold_a experience_n they_o do_v find_v in_o the_o body_n that_o god_n hear_v they_o and_o give_v they_o comfortable_a access_n to_o his_o throne_n of_o grace_n according_a to_o thy_o love_a kindness_n this_o be_v the_o prayer_n great_a and_o main_a argument_n whereby_o all_o god_n child_n move_v the_o lord_n to_o compassion_n namely_o his_o own_o favour_n and_o love_a kindness_n semper_fw-la 119_o homo_fw-la etiam_fw-la
man_n know_v this_o or_o can_v apprehend_v it_o they_o will_v not_o redeem_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n so_o dear_o as_o for_o they_o to_o defraud_v their_o ownesoule_n of_o salvation_n despise_v against_o themselves_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n and_o this_o oracle_n of_o god_n shall_v confirm_v we_o against_o regard_v all_o these_o tentation_n which_o arise_v unto_o we_o by_o look_v to_o the_o prosperity_n peace_n and_o worldly_a pomp_n of_o the_o wicked_a what_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o their_o outward_a state_n to_o be_v regard_v so_o long_o as_o this_o fearful_a sentence_n lie_v upon_o they_o that_o the_o salvation_n of_o god_n be_v far_o from_o they_o this_o sustain_v the_o apostle_n s._n paul_n when_o he_o see_v the_o great_a pomp_n of_o agrippa_n 26._o he_o will_v not_o for_o all_o that_o exchange_z estate_n with_o he_o he_o wish_v not_o to_o be_v like_a unto_o agrippa_n but_o rather_o that_o he_o have_v be_v such_o as_o he_o be_v because_o they_o seek_v not_o thy_o statute_n here_o be_v contempt_n note_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o their_o misery_n namely_o the_o contempt_n of_o god_n word_n they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o seek_v the_o lord_n statute_n a_o argument_n they_o esteem_v nothing_o of_o it_o for_o who_o will_v seek_v that_o whereof_o they_o account_v not_o or_o who_o will_v despise_v that_o which_o they_o esteem_v precious_a and_o necessary_a to_o they_o this_o be_v much_o more_o then_o if_o he_o have_v only_o say_v they_o transgress_v thy_o statute_n the_o child_n of_o god_n may_v be_v guilty_a of_o the_o one_o transgression_n for_o in_o many_o thing_n we_o sin_v all_o and_o if_o any_o man_n say_v he_o sin_n not_o he_o be_v a_o lâ—…ar_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o he_o but_o they_o be_v far_o from_o the_o other_o to_o disesteem_v of_o god_n word_n and_o cast_v off_o all_o care_n to_o seek_v it_o ver_fw-la 156._o great_a be_v thy_o tender_a mercy_n o_o lord_n quicken_v i_o according_a to_o thy_o judgement_n now_o david_n turn_v his_o 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