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affliction_n to_o do_v his_o enemy_n good_a as_o manassâ—h_n for_o instance_n and_o will_v he_o send_v they_o to_o do_v his_o friend_n hurt_v o_o lord_n how_o usual_a be_v it_o with_o we_o to_o double_v and_o treble_a our_o misery_n by_o misinterpret_v the_o end_n of_o god_n in_o inflict_v they_o as_o if_o thou_o do_v it_o only_o to_o wreak_v thy_o anger_n upon_o we_o and_o to_o wreak_v thy_o wrath_n from_o heaven_n against_o we_o as_o if_o thou_o do_v whet_v thy_o glitter_a sword_n that_o thou_o may_v render_v vengeance_n when_o yet_o thou_o chastene_v we_o only_o as_o a_o man_n chastn_v his_o son_n deut._n 8.5_o how_o oft_o do_v we_o think_v that_o thou_o have_v lay_v thy_o axe_n to_o our_o root_n when_o it_o be_v but_o thy_o pruning-hook_n to_o our_o superfluous_a branch_n do_v it_o not_o grieve_v thy_o spirit_n to_o be_v thus_o misconstrue_v and_o hardly_o think_v of_o as_o it_o will_v cut_v we_o to_o the_o heart_n to_o be_v mistake_v for_o enemy_n when_o we_o have_v do_v and_o 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god_n may_v be_v do_v and_o yet_o be_v impatient_a of_o god_n do_v his_o own_o will_n be_v it_o fit_a that_o god_n will_v shall_v take_v place_n or_o we_o who_o be_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v set_v ourselves_o to_o contradict_v and_o oppose_v the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n be_v it_o that_o our_o house_n shall_v be_v fire_v our_o good_n burn_v our_o head_n city_n lay_v waste_v do_v abraham_n withstand_v god_n when_o he_o bid_v he_o to_o sacrifice_v his_o dear_a isaac_n the_o heir_n of_o promise_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n do_v he_o not_o as_o to_o that_o lie_v at_o god_n foot_n
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the_o praise_n of_o distinguishing-mercy_n be_v it_o speak_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o london_n be_v general_o snatch_v as_o firebrand_n out_o of_o the_o fire_n and_o so_o be_v part_n of_o their_o substance_n four_o sodom_n and_o gomarah_n be_v say_v to_o suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o eternal_a fire_n judas_n 7._o which_o expression_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o place_n themselves_o do_v signify_v that_o they_o be_v irrecoverable_o destroy_v by_o fire_n so_o as_o that_o they_o shall_v eternal_o lie_v waist_n but_o concern_v london_n we_o hope_v and_o have_v reason_n to_o hope_v better_a thing_n and_o that_o she_o may_v say_v to_o her_o insult_a enemy_n rejoice_v not_o over_o i_o for_o though_o i_o fall_v yet_o shall_v i_o rise_v again_o etc._n etc._n five_o as_o if_o one_o destruction_n have_v be_v too_o little_a and_o that_o by_o sire_n too_o sodom_n gomorrah_n admah_n and_o zeboim_n be_v destroy_v by_o water_n also_o that_o whole_a country_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o 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do_v any_o healthful_a thing_n grow_v thereon_o god_n have_v blast_v it_o as_o it_o be_v as_o christ_n do_v the_o barren_a figtree_n solinus_n call_v it_o a_o melancholy_a bay_n which_o the_o black-soil_n thereof_o be_v also_o turn_v into_o ash_n witness_v to_o have_v be_v blast_v from_o heaven_n i_o read_v of_o nothing_o that_o appear_v good_a in_o &_o about_o sodom_n since_o its_o destruction_n but_o a_o certain_a apple_n and_o that_o do_v but_o appear_v so_o neither_o for_o though_o it_o appear_v fair_a to_o the_o eye_n yet_o within_o the_o rind_n of_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o ember-like_a soot_n which_o be_v light_o press_v evaporate_n into_o smoke_n and_o become_v dust_n last_o i_o may_v add_v that_o god_n will_v not_o permit_v lot_n and_o his_o wife_n to_o testify_v their_o respect_n and_o compassion_n towards_o sodom_n when_o the_o smoke_n thereoâ—_n go_v up_o like_o a_o furnace_n by_o cast_v so_o much_o as_o one_o look_v back_n upon_o it_o which_o lâ—â—'s_v wife_n presume_v to_o do_v become_v a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n genesis_n 19.26_o in_o all_o these_o respect_n be_v the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n great_a than_o that_o of_o london_n yet_o who_o be_v able_a to_o say_v their_o sin_n be_v great_a all_o thing_n consider_v london_n have_v wherewithal_o to_o make_v its_o sin_n more_o out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a than_o be_v those_o of_o the_o sodomite_n it_o may_v be_v more_o tolerable_a for_o the_o land_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n than_o for_o some_o londoner_n though_o the_o judgement_n upon_o london_n at_o the_o present_a be_v less_o intolerable_a of_o the_o two_o mat._n 10.15_o for_o if_o the_o mighty_a work_n which_o have_v be_v do_v in_o london_n have_v be_v do_v in_o sodom_n possible_o it_o have_v remain_v to_o this_o day_n matt._n 11.23_o if_o any_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v but_o just_a that_o the_o place_n where_o sodom_n stand_v shall_v he_o turn_v into_o a_o standing-lake_n in_o memorial_n of_o the_o great_a idleness_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v turn_v into_o a_o dead-seaâ—_a so_o call_v from_o its_o kill_v all_o creature_n that_o come_v near_o it_o in_o remembrance_n how_o the_o sodomite_n do_v or_o will_v have_v corrupt_v all_o person_n that_o come_v near_o they_o even_o the_o angel_n themselves_o that_o be_v lâ—ts_n guest_n that_o the_o place_n where_o those_o city_n stand_v shall_v have_v no_o communion_n with_o any_o other_o place_n shall_v be_v a_o exception_n from_o that_o rule_n that_o all_z rivers_z run_v into_o the_o sea_n viz._n by_o way_n of_o punishment_n for_o that_o unlawful_a communion_n which_o they_o have_v wont_a to_o have_v one_o with_o another_o change_v the_o natural_a use_n to_o that_o which_o be_v against_o nature_n or_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o dead-sea_n because_o the_o inhabitant_n live_v in_o pleasure_n be_v dead_a whilst_o they_o live_v as_o be_v say_v of_o widow_n that_o so_o live_v or_o that_o no_o good_a thing_n shall_v 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