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god_n and_o i_o will_v tell_v you_o what_o god_n have_v do_v for_o my_o soul_n ps_n 66.18_o i_o say_v again_o it_o be_v your_o duty_n and_o you_o be_v very_o faulty_a if_o you_o do_v it_o not_o acknowledge_v your_o misery_n by_o nature_n and_o likewise_o your_o happiness_n by_o grace_n say_v with_o all_o humility_n &_o thankfulness_n i_o be_v by_o nature_n as_o vile_a as_o the_o worst_a as_o deep_o guilty_a in_o adam_n sin_n as_o any_o as_o foul_o pollute_v with_o original_a sin_n as_o the_o very_a reprobate_n and_o have_v in_o i_o the_o seed_n of_o all_o sin_n apt_a to_o be_v draw_v unto_o the_o foul_a and_o gross_a transgression_n and_o to_o run_v to_o the_o same_o excess_n of_o riot_n
chr._n 25.16_o and_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n the_o first_o be_v reprove_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o covenant_n for_o set_v up_o of_o false_a god_n but_o the_o king_n tell_v the_o prophet_n that_o he_o shall_v hold_v his_o peace_n lest_o he_o be_v smite_v he_o be_v so_o tender_a he_o can_v not_o bear_v it_o the_o like_a temper_n we_o find_v in_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n when_o amos_n prophesy_v the_o rejection_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o jeroboam_n house_n by_o the_o sword_n present_o amaziah_n go_v to_o incense_v the_o king_n against_o amos_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o land_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v his_o word_n and_o bid_v he_o slay_v away_o and_o not_o to_o come_v again_o unto_o bethel_n for_o it_o be_v the_o king_n chapel_n 7.10_o amos_n 7.10_o a_o place_n that_o he_o have_v consecrate_a to_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o calf_n &_o therefore_o not_o safe_a nor_o fit_v for_o amos_n to_o prophesy_v against_o he_o in_o that_o place_n 2._o some_o be_v 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dance_v among_o thorn_n and_o yet_o know_v not_o how_o to_o walk_v upon_o even_a ground_n herod_n have_v too_o much_o of_o this_o rendernesse_n when_o he_o have_v pass_v his_o word_n &_o give_v his_o oath_n to_o grant_v his_o wicked_a herodias_n her_o unreasonable_a request_n which_o be_v to_o have_v john_n baptist_n head_n in_o a_o charger_n note_v the_o tenderness_n of_o this_o man_n he_o may_v not_o break_v his_o oath_n and_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o to_o go_v back_o from_o his_o word_n will_v be_v perjury_n but_o to_o go_v on_o though_o it_o be_v to_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o a_o innocent_a this_o he_o account_v piety_n many_o such_o we_o have_v among_o we_o who_o do_v more_o scruple_n a_o egg_n than_o a_o oath_n and_o like_o esop_n dog_n do_v so_o greedy_o catch_v at_o shadow_n that_o they_o lose_v the_o substance_n therefore_o i_o will_v such_o will_v be_v more_o wise_a follow_v the_o advice_n of_o paul_n who_o in_o unnecessary_a and_o vain_a scruple_n will_v have_v we_o 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she_o he_o present_o refuse_v it_o and_o say_v unto_o she_o behold_v my_o master_n wot_v not_o what_o be_v in_o the_o house_n with_o i_o 39.9_o gen._n 39.9_o and_o he_o have_v commit_v all_o to_o my_o hand_n and_o there_o be_v none_o great_a in_o his_o house_n then_o i_o neither_o have_v he_o keep_v any_o thing_n from_o i_o but_o thou_o because_o thou_o be_v his_o wife_n how_o then_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o sinagainst_a god_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v unto_o she_o your_o desire_n be_v very_o wicked_a and_o i_o may_v not_o yield_v unto_o it_o i_o may_v not_o act_v the_o least_o sin_n against_o god_n how_o then_o may_v i_o commit_v so_o great_a a_o wickedness_n as_o to_o defile_v my_o master_n bed_n be_v it_o not_o adultery_n a_o complicate_v sin_n that_o contain_v many_o evil_n within_o it_o in_o so_o do_v 1._o i_o shall_v be_v a_o thief_n in_o steal_v from_o he_o the_o best_a jewel_n in_o his_o house_n namely_o his_o wife_n 2._o most_o injurious_a 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