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bankeroupts_n as_o many_o be_v through_o their_o own_o folly_n as_o some_o by_o unâ—_n advise_v suretyship_n some_o by_o play_n and_o game_n some_o by_o feast_v some_o by_o negligence_n some_o by_o cozen_v and_o other_o ungodly_a practice_n then_o they_o cry_v out_o upon_o the_o preacher_n or_o against_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n or_o against_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o against_o their_o creditor_n like_o dâ—gges_n which_o bark_n at_o the_o moon_n when_o it_o give_v 〈◊〉_d and_o nâ—ueâ—_n do_v hurt_v they_o more_o than_o eliah_n do_v hurt_v achab_n when_o perhaps_o he_o tell_v he_o of_o his_o faâ—â—â—_n and_o bid_v he_o look_v to_o his_o soul_n and_o be_v thus_o bewitch_v and_o besot_v they_o sleep_v 〈◊〉_d out_o in_o all_o security_n and_o bravery_n shroud_a themselves_o under_o false_a pretence_n and_o vain_a â—llegations_n as_o lona_n do_v under_o the_o hatchâ—â—_n when_o both_o himself_o and_o the_o wholeship_n be_v ready_a to_o petish_a with_o he_o and_o so_o do_v wiâ—â—_n ked_a man_n lie_v still_o in_o their_o unthriftines_n and_o idleness_n and_o vain_a life_n when_o they_o be_v ready_a 〈◊〉_d â—ink_v themselves_o and_o many_o other_o with_o 〈◊〉_d therefore_o the_o lord_n do_v here_o pull_v out_o the_o sluggard_n and_o set_v both_o his_o sin_n and_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o before_o his_o face_n and_o tell_v he_o plain_o that_o himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o poverty_n and_o misery_n and_o none_o but_o himself_o again_o we_o be_v to_o note_v that_o god_n do_v not_o say_v supply_v poverty_n shall_v come_v upon_o thou_o but_o he_o say_v thy_o poverty_n teach_v we_o thereby_o to_o distinguish_v of_o poverty_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o sometime_o good_a man_n be_v in_o poverty_n aswell_o as_o bad_a christ_n be_v poor_a in_o the_o world_n buâ—_n his_o poverty_n be_v to_o make_v we_o rich_a job_n be_v strike_v with_o poverty_n &_o yet_o a_o good_a man_n fear_v god_n and_o painful_a to_o do_v any_o good_a that_o he_o can_v to_o all_o man_n but_o his_o poverty_n be_v send_v he_o to_o make_v trial_n of_o his_o patience_n and_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o riches_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o he_o which_o else_o can_v not_o have_v so_o well_o appear_v lazarus_n be_v poor_a but_o his_o poverty_n be_v to_o try_v the_o rich_a man_n charity_n withal_o and_o to_o make_v the_o hard_a hearâ—â—dnes_n of_o rich_a glutton_n to_o appear_v and_o as_o the_o blindâ—_n mâ—n_z in_o the_o gospel_n be_v make_v blind_a 3._o neither_o for_o his_o own_o sin_n nor_o his_o parent_n sin_n but_o that_o the_o work_n of_o god_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a in_o he_o so_o some_o be_v make_v poor_a neither_o through_o their_o own_o fault_n nor_o through_o their_o paâ—ents_n fault_n but_o that_o the_o work_n of_o god_n may_v appear_v in_o they_o as_o it_o do_v in_o job_n and_o that_o in_o otherâ—_n either_o the_o work_n of_o god_n or_o else_o the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a while_o sâ—me_v show_v compassion_n in_o relieve_n the_o poor_a and_o other_o shut_v up_o all_o compassion_n from_o the_o poor_a all_o man_n shall_v die_v but_o not_o all_o of_o one_o disease_n many_o have_v suffer_v but_o not_o all_o foâ—_n one_o cause_n some_o have_v suffer_v as_o cuill_a doer_n and_o some_o for_o well_o do_v and_o true_a it_o be_v that_o not_o the_o death_n but_o the_o cause_n make_v a_o martyr_n therefore_o to_o make_v this_o point_n more_o plain_a we_o will_v consider_v of_o two_o thing_n first_o how_o many_o kind_n of_o poverty_n there_o be_v second_o what_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o the_o saâ—â—_n of_o poverty_n than_o we_o will_v make_v two_o 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o part_n of_o man_n consist_v of_o body_n and_o soul_n as_o by_o