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pure_a white_a as_o snow_n or_o wool_n a_o more_o solemn_a and_o last_a course_n be_v requisite_a then_o for_o lesser_a transgression_n it_o will_v ibid._n ask_v more_o sigh_n more_o tear_n more_o indignation_n more_o revenge_n a_o strong_a infusion_n of_o all_o those_o sovereign_a ingredient_n prescribe_v by_o st_n paul_n 2_o cor._n 7._o before_o there_o can_v be_v any_o comfortable_a hope_n that_o it_o be_v pardon_v the_o will_n of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o sour_a and_o stubborn_a piece_n of_o clay_n that_o will_v not_o frame_v to_o any_o serviceable_a use_n without_o much_o work_n a_o soft_a and_o tender_a heart_n indeed_o be_v soon_o rend_v in_o piece_n like_o a_o silken_a garment_n if_o it_o do_v but_o catch_v upon_o any_o little_a nail_n but_o a_o heart_n harden_v with_o long_a custom_n of_o sin_v especial_o if_o it_o be_v with_o one_o of_o these_o presumptuous_a sin_n be_v like_o the_o knotty_a
as_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n be_v subject_a to_o to_o do_v or_o say_v all_o that_o be_v needful_a in_o a_o weighty_a business_n and_o not_o in_o something_o or_o other_o to_o oversay_v and_o over_o do_v yet_o this_o i_o can_v say_v in_o sincerity_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o with_o comfort_n that_o my_o desire_n be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o business_n consider_v both_o to_o speak_v as_o plain_a and_o to_o offend_v as_o little_a as_o may_v be_v if_o i_o can_v approve_v my_o carriage_n herein_o to_o the_o judgement_n and_o conscience_n of_o sober_a and_o charitable_a man_n it_o will_v be_v some_o rejoice_v to_o i_o but_o i_o be_o not_o hereby_o justify_v i_o must_v final_o stand_v or_o fall_v to_o my_o own_o master_n who_o be_v the_o only_a infallible_a judge_n of_o all_o man_n heart_n and_o way_n humble_o i_o beseech_v he_o to_o look_v well_o if_o there_o be_v any_o way_n of_o wickedness_n or_o hypocrisy_n in_o i_o timely_a to_o cover_v it_o himself_o and_o discover_v it_o to_o i_o that_o it_o may_v be_v by_o his_o grace_n repent_v of_o and_o pardon_v by_o his_o mercy_n by_o the_o same_o mercy_n and_o grace_n to_o guide_v my_o foot_n into_o the_o way_n of_o peace_n and_o truth_n and_o to_o lead_v i_o in_o the_o way_n everlasting_a decemb._n 31._o 1655._o o_o be_v favourable_a and_o gracious_a unto_o zion_n build_v thou_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n repair_v the_o breach_n thereof_o and_o make_v no_o long_a tarry_n o_o lord_n our_o helper_n and_o our_o redeemer_n etiam_fw-la veni_fw-la domine_fw-la jesu_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n to_o which_o some_o light_n more_o or_o less_o be_v give_v in_o the_o forego_n sermon_n chap._n ver._n pag._n gen._n iii_o 5_o 236_o iv_o 13_o 197_o vi_o 5_o 406_o 6_o 405_o ix_o 3_o 50_o 6_o 343_o 27_o 155_o xi_o 4_o 8_o fourteen_o 21_o 98_o xv_o 2_o 130_o xviii_o 21_o 372_o xxi_o 15-16_a 278_o 19_o 282_o xxviii_o 12_o 265_o 20_o 110_o xxxi_o 29_o 412_o xxxiii_o 4_o 412_o xlii_o 21-22_a 80.339_o l_o 15-17_a 80_o exod._n i_o 6_o 282_o two_o 9_o 282_o 10_o 264_o iii_o 15_o 388_o fourteen_o 17_o 411_o 25_o 468_o xviii_o 21_o 318_o xx_o 17_o 384_o xxiii_o 2_o 349.364_o 3_o 342_o 8_o 395_o levit._fw-la 6_o 1_o 398_o xxv_o 17_o 390_o num._n 23_o 3_o 412_o 19_o 406_o deut._n 10_o 15_o 284_o xv_o 11_o 335_o xvi_o 19_o 395_o xxxi_o 8_o 286_o 1_o sam._n 11_o 30_o 259_o viii_o 5_o 376_o 11_o 380_o xii_o 3_o 375._o etc._n etc._n xv_o 30_o 368_o xxiii_o 26.27_o 412_o xxiiii_o 6_o 234_o 13_o 102-103_a xxv_o 34_o 81_o xxvii_o 1_o 322_o 2_o sam._n 4_o 1_o 315_o xii_o 13_o 78_o xv_o 3_o 302_o 6_o 302_o 31_o 412_o xxiii_o 16_o 83_o 1_o king_n 15_o 5_o 79_o 2_o chro._n 25_o 13_o 84_o xxxii_o 31_o 324_o nehem._n 2_o 5_o etc._n etc._n 29_o esther_n 4_o 14_o 338_o job._n 1_o 9_o 259_o 21_o 200_o 22_o 278_o 11_o 10_o 126_o five_o 12-15_a 401_o vi_o 15_o 277_o xx_o 18_o 396_o xxii_o 23-28_a 415_o xxix_o 13_o 348_o 16.17_o 369_o xxxi_o 13_o 53_o xxxv_o 8_o 390_o psalm_n 11_o 1_o 6_o 401_o iâ—i_fw-la 1_o 200_o ix_o 9_o 285_o 20_o 207_o xii_o 4_o 411_o xvi_o 5_o 295_o xix_o 12_o 66_o 13_o 65_o etc._n etc._n xxi_o 11_o 406_o etc._n etc._n xx_o 7.8_o 280_o xxii_o 14_o 315_o xxvii_o 10_o 273_o xxx_o 6_o 323_o 6.8_o 208_o xxxii_o 9_o 81_o xxxiii_o 10_o 406_o 10.11_o 401_o xxxvi_o 6_o 197_o xxxvii_o 5_o 288.415_o 19_o 411_o 23_o 33_o xxxviii_o 20_o 36_o thirty-nine_o 4_o 266_o 9_o 201_o xli_o 1_o 367_o xliv_o 21_o 373_o psal._n xlv_o 1_o 266_o 7_o 14_o l_o 21_o 399_o 23_o 256_o lvi_o 6_o 302_o lviii_o 8_o 401_o lxii_o 10_o 382_o 11_o 259_o 11.12_o 337_o lxv_o 7_o 413_o lxvi_o 1_o 255_o lxxii_o 1_o etc._n etc._n 334_o 14_o 388_o lxxiii_o 20_o 403_o lxxvi_o 5_o 403_o lxxvii_o 2_o 208_o 10_o 287_o 12_o 337_o lxxviii_o 72_o 247_o lxxix_o 12_o 337_o lxxxii_o 5_o 309_o 6_o 336_o lxxxiii_o 5_o 302_o lxxxiv_o 6_o 295_o lxxxvi_o 11_o 315_o lxxxix_o 2_o 407_o xci_o 4_o 288_o 15_o 211_o xciv_o 11_o 406_o 19_o 210_o xcvii_o 11_o 297_o xcix_o 1_o 401_o civ_o 15_o 9_o 31_o 254_o cvi_o 3_o 351_o cvii_o 2_o 148_o 16_o 315_o cviii_o 2_o 266_o cix_o 18_o 10_o 28_o 347_o cxi_o 10_o 309_o cxii_o 9_o 125_o 10_o 412_o cxv_o 1_o 260_o cxvi_o 7_o 200_o 16_o 408_o cxix_o 28_o 315_o 57_o 295_o 75_o 193_o etc._n etc._n 89_o 407_o 91_o 408_o 96_o 363_o psal._n cxix_o 105_o 296_o 115_o 86_o 116_o 285_o 122_o 390_o cxxii_o 3_o 271_o cxxvii_o 3_o 114_o cxxxiii_o 1_o etc._n etc._n 59.161_o cxxxv_o 6_o 285.401.410_o cxl_o 9_o 412_o 12_o 282_o cxli_o 4_o 288_o 6_o 263_o cxlii_o 5.6_o 282_o cxliii_o 2_o 195_o cxlvi_o 2.3_o 279_o cxlvii_o 9_o 282_o 5_o 409_o cl_n 5_o 268_o proverb_n i_o 10_o 86.318_o 11-13_a 339_o iii_o 3.4_o 345_o 5_o 410_o vi_o 6_o 307_o x_o 2_o 386_o 7_o 9_o xi_o 18_o 389_o 26_o 347_o xiii_o 10_o 160_o 24_o 204_o fourteen_o 3_o 391_o xv_o 1_o 161_o 30_o 10_o xvi_o 2_o 355.372_o 3_o 415_o 4_o 254_o 7_o 25._o etc._n etc._n 9_o 410_o xvii_o 15_o 168.343_o 26_o 366_o xviii_o 13_o 217_o 14_o 3â—6_n 17_o 359_o xix_o 3_o 20.197_o 21_o 399._o etc._n etc._n xx_o 14_o 389_o xxi_o 1_o 17.35.408_o xxii_o 1_o 6_o 16_o 394_o 22.23_o 391_o xxiii_o 2_o 83_o 5_o 279_o xxiiii_o 10-12_a 331._o etc._n etc._n 21_o 44_o 24-26_a 347_o xxv_o 27_o 260_o xxvi_o 2_o 347_o 13_o 313_o 16_o 107.308_o xxvii_o 6_o 205_o xxviii_o 3_o 338.392_o 11_o 308_o xxix_o 7_o 369_o xxxi_o 8.9_o 334_o eccles._n two_o 11_o 208_o 26_o 114_o iii_o 1_o 365_o 11_o 365_o iv_o 1_o 357.365_o 5.6_o 107_o five_o 8_o 365_o vii_o 1_o 1_o etc._n etc._n 7_o 366_o 8_o 161_o 29_o 405_o ix_o 1_o 40_o 3_o 7_o 8_o 7_o x_o 1_o 18_o 20_o 366_o xi_o 4_o 245_o xii_o 10_o 4_o isaiah_n two_o 22_o 279_o xi_o 34_o 217_o xiii_o 6_o 315_o xxix_o 13_o 265_o xxxiii_o 15_o 392_o xxxvi_o 5_o 411_o xxxvii_o 7.9_o 412_o 29_o 412_o xlii_o 8_o 255.259_o xlvi_o 10_o 407_o xlix_o 14.15_o 283_o 15_o 275_o l_o 1_o 144_o li_n 20_o 412_o lii_o 3_o 135._o etc._n etc._n lv_o 5.6_o 403_o 8.9_o 400_o lvii_o 15_o 286_o lviii_o 5_o 83_o 7_o 335_o jer._n two_o 13_o 280_o viii_o 9_o 309_o x_o 23_o 410_o 24_o 195_o jer._n xii_o 2_o 265_o xviii_o 18_o 21_o xxi_o 12_o 348_o xxv_o 9_o 408_o xxxvii_o 7-9_a 412_o 29_o 412_o 38_o 4_o 315_o xliii_o 10_o 408_o li_n 20_o 412_o ezech._n i_o 16_o 408_o iii_o 19_o 351_o vii_o 17_o 314_o fourteen_o 14_o etc._n etc._n 351_o xxi_o 7_o 315_o xxix_o 20_o 408_o daniel_n v._n 6_o 314_o 27.28_o 372_o hosea_n two_o 9_o 126_o five_o 15_o 208_o xiii_o 14_o 405_o amos_n iv_o 1_o 390_o five_o 11_o 391_o 12_o 393_o 13_o 365_o viii_o 4_o 390_o 5_o 388_o jonah_n two_o 8_o 208_o iii_o 10_o 406_o nahum_n two_o 10_o 314.315_o zephan_n i_o 9_o 388_o 12_o 372_o malac._n i_o 6_o 265_o iii_o 6_o 409_o matth._n iii_o 17_o 33_o iv_o 10_o 86_o five_o 16_o 265_o vi_o 2_o 296_o 17_o 7_o vii_o 12_o 48_o 16_o 187_o 20_o 187_o x_o 16_o 380_o xi_o 12_o 155_o xv_o 8_o 265_o 19_o 406_o xvi_o 1_o 302_o 24_o 320_o xviii_o 7_o 168_o 27.28_o 392_o xxiii_o 37_o 281_o xxv_o 24_o 197_o mark_n vi_o 26_o 84_o x_o 30_o 202.416_o xii_o 40_o 302_o luk._n i._n 51_o 411_o two_o 14_o 302_o vi_o 42_o 167.226.378_o x_o 34.35_o 293-4_a 41_o 405_o xi_o 18_o 302_o xii_o 4_o 316.319_o 15_o 92_o fourteen_o 26_o 321_o xv_o 12_o 341_o 21_o &c_n &c_n 283_o xvi_o 8_o 291_o etc._n etc._n 9_o 292_o xix_o 8_o 397_o xxi_o 4_o 341_o xxii_o 23_o 167_o 42_o 414_o xxiv_o 38_o 406_o john_n 1_o 29_o 151_o 12_o 265_o iii_o 20.21_o 382_o vi_o 27_o 151_o 70_o 304_o ix_o 24_o 262_o xi_o 50_o 233_o xii_o 6_o 304_o xiii_o 2_o 304_o 23_o 60_o fourteen_o 27_o 318_o 30_o 151_o xv_o 19_o 294_o xix_o 11_o 413_o xx_o 17_o 265_o act_n 2_o 23_o 178.413_o iv_o 32_o 164_o viii_o 22_o 406_o ix_o 5_o 411_o xii_o 23_o 260_o fourteen_o 15_o 260_o xvii_o 18_o 302_o 28_o 408_o xx_o 24_o 253_o 33_o 98_o xxiii_o 5_o 257_o xxiv_o 16_o 383_o xxvi_o 9_o 72_o rom._n 3_o 4_o 259_o 7_o 227_o iv_o 18_o 285_o 20.21_o 285_o five_o 4.5_o 288_o vii_o 14_o 137_o viii_o 7.8_o 32_o 33_o 283_o 39_o 284_o ix_o 3_o 257_o 19_o 410_o x_o 10_o 266_o xi_o 36_o 258_o xii_o 2_o 295_o 5_o 335.165_o 18_o 19_o xiii_o 7_o 46.47_o fourteen_o 17_o 263_o 19_o 166_o xv_o 2_o 28.268_o 5_o 153_o etc._n etc._n 6_o 251_o etc._n etc._n xvi_o 18_o 302_o 27_o 257_o 1_o cor._n 1._o 10_o 270_o 19_o 410_o 20_o 308_o 31_o 410_o two_o 12_o 303_o iii_o 19_o 410_o 10_o 246_o 18_o 210_o
root-end_n of_o a_o old_a oak_n that_o have_v lie_v long_o a_o dry_n in_o the_o sun_n it_o must_v be_v ambros_n a_o hard_a wedg_n that_o will_v enter_v and_o it_o must_v be_v handle_v with_o some_o skill_n too_o to_o make_v it_o do_v that_o and_o when_o the_o wedg_n be_v enter_v it_o will_v endure_v many_o a_o hard_a knock_n before_o it_o will_v yield_v to_o the_o cleaver_n and_o fall_v in_o sunder_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o bless_a thing_n and_o to_o be_v acknowledge_v a_o gracious_a evidence_n of_o god_n unspeakable_a mercy_n to_o those_o that_o have_v wilful_o suffer_v such_o a_o unclean_a spirit_n to_o enter_v in_o and_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o their_o soul_n if_o they_o shall_v ever_o be_v enable_v to_o out_o he_o again_o though_o with_o never_o so_o much_o fast_v and_o prayer_n potentes_fw-la potenter_fw-la they_o that_o have_v mighty_o offend_v shall_v be_v sure_a to_o be_v mighty_o torment_v if_o they_o repent_v not_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o reason_n they_o shall_v be_v mighty_o humble_v when_o they_o do_v repent_v 29._o after_o repentance_n also_o presumptuous_a sin_n for_o the_o most_o part_n have_v their_o uncomfortable_a effect_n very_o seldom_o have_v any_o man_n take_v the_o liberty_n to_o sin_v presumptuous_o but_o he_o have_v after_o meet_v with_o that_o which_o have_v be_v grievous_a to_o he_o either_o in_o outward_a thing_n or_o in_o his_o good_a name_n or_o in_o his_o soul_n in_o some_o or_o other_o of_o these_o if_o not_o in_o all_o even_o after_o the_o renew_n of_o himself_o by_o repentance_n and_o the_o seal_n of_o his_o pardon_n from_o god_n like_o a_o grievous_a wound_n or_o sore_n that_o be_v not_o only_o of_o a_o hard_a cure_n but_o leave_v also_o some_o remembrance_n behind_o it_o some_o scar_n in_o the_o flesh_n after_o it_o be_v cure_v 30._o first_o a_o presumptuous_a sinner_n rare_o escape_v without_o some_o notable_a outward_a affliction_n not_o proper_o as_o a_o debt_n payable_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n by_o way_n of_o satisfaction_n for_o there_o be_v no_o proportion_n between_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o but_o partly_o as_o a_o evidence_n of_o god_n high_a displeasure_n against_o such_o a_o high_a provocation_n and_o partly_o as_o a_o fit_a chastisement_n wherewith_o he_o be_v please_v in_o mercy_n to_o correct_v his_o servant_n when_o they_o have_v demean_v themselves_o so_o presumptuos_o that_o both_o they_o and_o other_o may_v be_v admonish_v by_o that_o example_n to_o do_v so_o no_o more_o be_v david_n the_o instance_n what_o a_o world_n of_o mischief_n and_o misery_n do_v he_o create_v unto_o himself_o by_o that_o one_o presumptuous_a fact_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o uriah_n almost_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n after_o the_o prophet_n nathan_n at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n when_o he_o deliver_v he_o god_n royal_a and_o gracious_a pardon_n for_o it_o under_z seal_z transtulit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la 12.13_o the_o lord_n have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n yet_o do_v he_o withal_o read_v he_o the_o bitter_a consequent_n of_o it_o as_o you_o have_v they_o set_v down_o 2_o sam._n 12._o and_o as_o he_o foretell_v he_o according_o it_o fall_v out_o with_o he_o his_o daughter_n defile_v by_o her_o brother_n 29._o that_o brother_n slay_v by_o another_o brother_n a_o strong_a conspiracy_n raise_v against_o he_o by_o his_o own_o son_n his_o concubine_n open_o defile_v by_o the_o same_o son_n etc._n himself_o afflict_v with_o the_o untimely_a and_o uncomfortable_a death_n of_o that_o son_n who_o be_v his_o darling_n revile_v and_o curse_v to_o his_o face_n by_o a_o base_a unworthy_a companion_n beside_o many_o other_o affront_v trouble_n and_o vexation_n continual_o he_o have_v few_o quiet_a hour_n all_o his_o life_n long_o and_o even_o upon_o his_o deathb-ed_n not_o a_o little_a disquiet_v with_o tiding_n of_o his_o two_o son_n almost_o up_o in_o arm_n about_o the_o succession_n etc._n we_o use_v to_o say_v the_o wilful_a man_n never_o want_v woe_n and_o true_o david_n feel_v it_o by_o sad_a experience_n what_o woe_n his_o wilfulness_n wrought_v he_o 31._o second_o presumptuous_a sin_n be_v often_o scandalous_a leave_v a_o indelible_a stain_n and_o blot_v upon_o the_o name_n and_o memory_n of_o the_o guilty_a offender_n not_o to_o be_v whole_o wipe_v off_o so_o long_o as_o that_o name_n and_o memory_n last_v david_n must_v be_v our_o instance_n here_o too_o who_o sin_v many_o other_o time_n and_o way_n beside_o that_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o vriah_n it_o can_v be_v little_a pleasure_n to_o we_o to_o rove_v into_o the_o infirmity_n of_o god_n servant_n and_o bring_v they_o upon_o the_o stage_n it_o will_v perhaps_o become_v our_o charity_n better_a to_o cast_v a_o mantle_n over_o their_o nakedness_n where_o the_o fact_n will_v with_o any_o tolerable_a construction_n bear_v a_o excuse_n yet_o since_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v be_v write_v for_o our_o learning_n and_o that_o it_o please_v the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n 15.4_o for_o that_o 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coward_n to_o be_v a_o honest_a man_n or_o a_o true_a friend_n either_o to_o god_n or_o man_n he_o be_v at_o the_o best_a but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1.8_o a_o double-minded_n man_n but_o god_n require_v simplicity_n and_o singleness_n of_o heart_n he_o have_v a_o good_a mind_n perhaps_o to_o be_v honest_a and_o to_o serve_v god_n and_o the_o king_n and_o to_o love_v his_o neighbour_n and_o his_o friend_n and_o if_o he_o will_v hold_v he_o there_o and_o be_v of_o that_o mind_n always_o all_o will_v be_v well_o but_o his_o double-minde_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o so_o to_o do_v he_o have_v a_o mind_n withal_o to_o sleep_v in_o a_o whole_a skin_n and_o to_o save_v his_o estate_n if_o he_o can_v howsoever_o and_o so_o he_o become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fickle_a and_o unstable_a in_o his_o way_n turn_v as_o the_o tide_n turn_v there_o be_v no_o rely_v upon_o he_o no_o trust_v of_o he_o 18.21_o jethro_n well_o consider_v this_o when_o he_o advise_v moses_n to_o make_v 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