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to_o come_v judgement_n faithwork_v a_o fear_n of_o god_n judgement_n faith_n work_v fear_n and_o fear_v often_o work_v faith_n this_o we_o see_v in_o these_o ninevite_n they_o believe_v god_n and_o proclaim_v a_o fast_n and_o therefore_o they_o fear_v the_o dreadful_a sentence_n publish_v and_o pronounce_v against_o they_o this_o appear_v in_o the_o commendation_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o noah_n heb_fw-mi 11.7_o 11.7_o heb._n 11.7_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o justify_n and_o save_v faith_n be_v also_o touch_v with_o fear_n and_o reverence_n at_o the_o consideration_n of_o god_n judgement_n to_o come_v so_o it_o be_v with_o jehoshaphat_n he_o believe_v the_o prophet_n 20.3_o 2_o chro._n 20.3_o and_o therefore_o he_o fear_v and_o set_v his_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n 2_o cor._n 20._o see_v the_o further_a practice_n of_o this_o in_o hezekiah_n jer._n 26.18.19_o jer._n 26.18.19_o 26._o micah_n the_o morashite_v prophesy_v and_o speak_v to_o all_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n 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habitation_n of_o his_o house_n and_o the_o place_n where_o his_o honour_n dwell_v 26.8_o psal_n 26.8_o who_o have_v promise_v to_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o that_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o his_o name_n 18.20_o matth._n 18.20_o happy_a be_v we_o if_o we_o be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o these_o few_o if_o such_o reckless_a man_n be_v leave_v to_o themselves_o without_o any_o bridle_n of_o law_n or_o fear_v of_o superior_a and_o authority_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v before_o and_o suffer_v to_o do_v what_o they_o please_v without_o any_o check_n or_o controlment_n we_o shall_v have_v our_o thin_a assembly_n a_o great_a deal_n thin_a and_o our_o street_n and_o field_n and_o house_n and_o alehouse_n fuller-stuffed_n and_o throng_v than_o our_o church_n and_o this_o may_v appear_v hereby_o that_o notwithstanding_o we_o have_v law_n and_o magistrate_n and_o officer_n and_o good_a example_n of_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_a among_o we_o yet_o they_o be_v few_o a_o very_a few_o 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