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perform_v saviour_n and_o a_o little_a before_o his_o last_o breath_n he_o declare_v his_o hope_n by_o these_o word_n oh_o lord_n i_o have_v wait_v for_o thy_o salvation_n 49._o and_o this_o be_v the_o comfort_n wherewith_o the_o prophet_n comfort_v themselves_o and_o the_o people_n of_o god_n declare_v it_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o though_o the_o insensible_a creature_n the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n the_o mountain_n and_o the_o valley_n shall_v be_v refresh_v withal_o such_o be_v the_o prophecy_n of_o esaye_n 49._o rejoice_v oh_o heaven_n and_o be_v joyful_a oh_o earth_n burst_v forth_o into_o praise_n oh_o mountain_n for_o god_n have_v comfort_v his_o people_n and_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o his_o afflict_a and_o by_o the_o prophet_n zacharie_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n rejoice_v with_o great_a joy_n oh_o daughter_n zion_n 5._o shout_n for_o joy_n oh_o daughter_n jerusalem_n behold_v thy_o king_n come_v unto_o thou_o and_o by_o micheas_n and_o thou_o bethléem_v in_o the_o land_n of_o juda_n be_v not_o the_o least_o among_o the_o prince_n of_o juda_n for_o out_o of_o thou_o shall_v come_v the_o governor_n that_o shall_v feed_v my_o people_n israel_n and_o to_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o gentile_n thus_o he_o say_v speak_v as_o it_o be_v to_o his_o christ_n behold_v thou_o shall_v call_v a_o nation_n that_o thou_o know_v not_o 55._o and_o a_o nation_n that_o know_v not_o thou_o shall_v run_v unto_o thou_o because_o of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n thus_o be_v christ_n always_o a_o comfort_n for_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o father_n to_o rest_v upon_o and_o by_o he_o be_v their_o hope_n full_a with_o joy_n so_o do_v god_n love_v they_o his_o choose_a of_o israel_n that_o he_o have_v send_v they_o the_o governor_n that_o shall_v feed_v his_o people_n he_o have_v send_v they_o the_o good_a shepherd_n that_o shall_v save_v the_o lose_a sheep_n but_o this_o love_n be_v such_o that_o it_o rest_v not_o in_o the_o compass_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o s._n john_n say_v it_o be_v the_o love_n wherewith_o god_n love_v the_o world_n god_n have_v send_v his_o son_n and_o he_o have_v send_v he_o as_o well_o for_o the_o light_n and_o joy_n of_o the_o gentile_a as_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o we_o that_o know_v not_o god_n may_v now_o know_v he_o and_o now_o if_o faith_n fail_v not_o it_o shall_v please_v god_n as_o well_o to_o be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o england_n as_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n for_o he_o have_v send_v the_o promise_a seed_n of_o abraham_n that_o shall_v bless_v the_o one_o nation_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o and_o he_o have_v send_v his_o son_n to_o bestow_v his_o love_n upon_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n that_o in_o he_o all_o people_n shall_v be_v bless_v the_o ten_o chapter_n ¶_o what_o christ_n be_v and_o in_o what_o state_n he_o wrought_v the_o work_n of_o our_o salvation_n now_o this_o hitherunto_o speak_v we_o have_v be_v thus_o far_o in_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o 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enemy_n and_o at_o utter_a defiance_n with_o god._n the_o six_o chapter_n ¶_o that_o all_o adam_n posterity_n be_v join_v with_o he_o in_o the_o same_o guiltiness_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o stand_v in_o the_o same_o miserable_a estate_n now_o the_o matter_n stand_v at_o this_o stay_n if_o god_n do_v so_o stretch_v his_o mercy_n as_o that_o he_o will_v vouchsafe_v to_o take_v we_o into_o his_o favour_n again_o &_o to_o make_v atonement_n with_o we_o if_o we_o may_v perceive_v he_o notwithstanding_o our_o frowardness_n to_o receive_v we_o as_o his_o child_n then_o if_o we_o do_v not_o worthy_o esteem_v that_o love_n we_o be_v worthy_a double_a damnation_n but_o let_v every_o man_n be_v thus_o mind_v that_o he_o stand_v in_o case_n like_o with_o adam_n let_v every_o one_o consider_v his_o necessity_n and_o search_v his_o wound_n and_o see_v what_o need_n he_o have_v of_o such_o a_o medicine_n for_o some_o peradventure_o there_o be_v have_v so_o little_a taste_n of_o the_o truth_n that_o 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gnaw_v at_o thy_o heel_n which_o sléepe_a in_o a_o dead_a slumber_n and_o feel_v not_o the_o sting_n of_o death_n fast_o fire_v in_o thy_o flesh_n which_o bréede_v in_o thy_o breast_n the_o consume_a worm_n of_o sin_n awake_v out_o of_o thy_o slumber_n stand_v up_o and_o hearken_v to_o the_o cry_n of_o esdras_n in_o his_o disputation_n with_o the_o angel_n 7._o oh_o adam_n say_v he_o what_o have_v thou_o do_v for_o in_o that_o thou_o haste_v sin_v thou_o be_v not_o fall_v alone_o but_o thy_o fall_n also_o redound_v unto_o we_o that_o come_v of_o thou_o and_o so_o say_v the_o apostle_n that_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n and_o so_o go_v death_n over_o all_o man_n for_o as_o much_o as_o all_o man_n have_v sin_v this_o flood_n of_o sin_n it_o go_v with_o a_o high_a stream_n than_o the_o flood_n of_o no_n that_o go_v even_o over_o the_o top_n of_o the_o ark_n for_o so_o say_v s._n john_n the_o whole_a world_n be_v set_v on_o wickedness_n 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