of_o the_o spirit_n and_o image_n of_o god_n isai_n 30.21_o prov._n 4.18_o 19_o fear_v of_o god_n and_o love_n to_o man_n give_v much_o light_n prov._n 25.12_o 1_o john_n 2.10_o 11._o second_o avoid_v selfe-confidence_n prov._n 3.5_o 6_o 7._o and_o chap._n 28.26_o three_o consult_v with_o god_n in_o fast_v and_o prayer_n esth_n 4.6_o with_o chap._n 5.2_o in_o his_o word_n psal_n 119.24_o &_o verse_n 105._o in_o the_o time_n and_o opportunity_n of_o providence_n psal_n 32.8_o in_o the_o counsel_n of_o godly_a wise_a 1_o king_n 12.7_o four_o fit_a manner_n in_o all_o action_n be_v faith_n rom._n 14.23_o and_o love_n 1_o cor._n 16.14_o for_o the_o end_n god_n glory_n 1_o cor._n 10.31_o and_o the_o good_a of_o other_o 1_o cor._n 10.24_o eccles_n 8._o v._n 8._o 8._o there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o have_v power_n over_o the_o spirit_n to_o retain_v the_o spirit_n neither_o have_v he_o power_n in_o the_o day_n of_o death_n and_o there_o be_v no_o discharge_n in_o that_o war_n neither_o shall_v 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1_o cor._n 15.32_o eccles_n 3.18_o grace_n make_v we_o like_a to_o angel_n yea_o to_o god_n himself_o among_o man_n one_o of_o a_o thousand_o but_o sin_n make_v we_o rather_o beast_n than_o man_n not_o one_o man_n scarce_o of_o a_o thousand_o or_o woman_n that_o quit_v themselves_o well_o in_o all_o their_o relation_n use_v 4._o to_o wean_v we_o from_o affect_v to_o live_v in_o the_o court_n where_o of_o all_o place_n goodness_n be_v most_o rare_a god_n threaten_a preferment_n in_o a_o great_a court_n for_o a_o great_a plague_n 2_o king_n 20.18_o use_v 5._o to_o teach_v good_a man_n and_o good_a woman_n especial_o to_o be_v the_o more_o thankful_a that_o god_n shall_v show_v we_o such_o special_a grace_n and_o favour_n as_o to_o pass_v by_o thousand_o and_o call_v we_o to_o goodness_n universal_a righteousness_n endow_v we_o with_o rare_a excellency_n such_o as_o be_v scarce_o find_v in_o a_o thousand_o eccles_n 7.29_o 29._o loe_o this_o only_o have_v i_o find_v that_o god_n have_v make_v man_n upright_o but_o they_o have_v seek_v out_o many_o invention_n in_o this_o verse_n we_o have_v set_v down_o the_o three_o experiment_n or_o event_n which_o solomon_n find_v upon_o take_v account_n of_o his_o own_o wickedness_n and_o folly_n to_o wit_n the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o his_o work_n about_o man_n but_o man_n perverse_a subtlety_n in_o invent_v way_n of_o backslide_v or_o apostasy_n from_o god_n quest_n 1._o how_o do_v he_o say_v he_o find_v this_o only_a see_v he_o find_v two_o other_o thing_n before_o first_o the_o bitterness_n of_o wicked_a woman_n verse_n 26._o second_o the_o scarcity_n of_o good_a man_n and_o great_a scarcity_n of_o good_a woman_n verse_n 18._o answ_n by_o only_o be_v mean_v chief_o as_o josh_n 1.7_o 8._o gal._n 2.10_o prov._n 4.3_o with_o 1_o chron._n 3.5_o cant._n 6_o 9_o quest_n 2._o
13._o before_o god_n the_o hebrew_a be_v before_o the_o face_n of_o god_n that_o be_v before_o first_o his_o presence_n in_o his_o ordinance_n psalm_n 105.14_o second_o his_o presence_n in_o his_o providence_n prov._n 5.21_o psalm_n 119.168_o &_o 34.16_o fear_v of_o god_n first_n in_o holy_a reverence_n of_o his_o great_a and_o glorious_a majesty_n and_o goodness_n jer._n 130.4_o hos_fw-la 3.5_o second_o in_o humble_a sense_n of_o our_o great_a weakness_n and_o unworthiness_n phil._n 2.12_o 13._o three_o in_o awful_a shun_v to_o displease_v he_o prov._n 16.6_o use_v 1_o to_o restrain_v we_o from_o quarrel_v at_o god_n providence_n because_o it_o may_v sometime_o seem_v to_o go_v worse_o with_o god_n people_n then_o with_o the_o wicked_a jer._n 12.1_o say_v it_o confident_o and_o it_o shall_v go_v well_o with_o the_o godly_a psalm_n 73.1_o not_o so_o to_o the_o wicked_a use_v 2._o to_o take_v heed_n of_o abuse_v god_n patience_n unto_o hardness_n of_o heart_n in_o sin_n use_v 3_o to_o 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