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they_o p._n 35._o wherefore_o be_v nathaneel_n call_v a_o israelite_n or_o child_n of_o israel_n rather_o than_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n joh._n 1.47_o p._n 36._o god_n never_o work_v a_o miracle_n to_o witness_v or_o prove_v that_o which_o a_o man_n may_v know_v natural_o but_o why_o then_o do_v he_o cause_v so_o many_o miracle_n to_o intervene_v at_o the_o publication_n of_o the_o law_n see_v it_o be_v natural_o know_v to_o man_n p._n 38._o the_o i._o commandment_n thou_o shall_v have_v no_o other_o god_n etc._n etc._n a_o consideration_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o atheism_n and_o superstition_n have_v general_o reign_v p._n 41._o by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n be_v show_v that_o god_n rather_o pardon_v the_o superstitious_a than_o the_o profane_a p._n 42._o the_o true_a religion_n the_o easy_a the_o folly_n of_o the_o pagan_n affect_a plurality_n of_o go_n p._n 43._o a_o consideration_n upon_o the_o worship_n of_o angel_n p._n 44._o touch_v a_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n very_o subtle_a and_o usual_a p._n 45._o wherefore_o be_v it_o that_o a_o man_n that_o have_v false_a god_n leave_v they_o not_o so_o easy_o as_o another_o forsake_v the_o true_a p._n 47._o the_o ii_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o make_v to_o thyself_o any_o grave_a image_n etc._n etc._n who_o be_v more_o wicked_a he_o that_o add_v to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n or_o he_o that_o detract_v from_o they_o p._n 49._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o paint_v that_o represent_v the_o history_n of_o the_o bible_n p._n 51._o none_o ever_o make_v any_o image_n of_o god_n except_o god_n himself_o p._n 52._o why_o be_v it_o that_o god_n who_o often_o appear_v in_o a_o visible_a shape_n will_v not_o manifest_v himself_o after_o this_o manner_n when_o he_o publish_v the_o law_n p._n 53._o if_o we_o have_v the_o true_a portrait_n and_o very_a resemblance_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n take_v from_o his_o own_o body_n what_o account_n ought_v we_o to_o make_v of_o it_o p._n 55._o a_o 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why_o do_v god_n sometime_o take_v such_o particular_a care_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o their_o child_n even_o of_o these_o that_o be_v wicked_a and_o at_o this_o day_n he_o make_v no_o such_o address_n as_o he_o do_v then_o to_o they_o p._n 71._o why_o god_n spend_v but_o six_o day_n in_o create_v the_o world_n and_o empley_v seven_o to_o overthrow_v the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n p._n 73._o the_o ii_o comnandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n why_o god_n pronounce_v the_o same_o word_n twice_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n against_o idle_a oath_n p._n 75._o although_o in_o some_o thing_n god_n have_v dispense_v with_o his_o law_n yet_o he_o have_v never_o dispense_v with_o faith_n also_o of_o the_o stability_n of_o god_n oath_n p._n 79._o the_o iv_o commandment_n remember_v the_o sabbath_n day_n etc._n etc._n why_o god_n never_o wrought_v any_o miracle_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n p._n 81._o seven_o 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child_n to_o fear_v those_o that_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o world_n namely_o the_o mother_n before_o the_o father_n p._n 100_o the_o promise_v annex_v to_o the_o five_o commandment_n example_n of_o that_o proportion_n which_o be_v find_v sometime_o between_o good_a work_n and_o the_o recompense_n which_o they_o receive_v in_o this_o life_n p._n 102._o why_o fifteen_o year_n be_v add_v to_o the_o life_n of_o ezechias_n p._n 104._o the_o age_n of_o the_o israelite_n when_o they_o pass_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n p._n 107._o the_o measure_n and_o proportion_n of_o man_n life_n from_o time_n to_o time_n since_o the_o first_o age_n p._n 109._o none_o of_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n exceed_v the_o age_n of_o seventy_o year_n p._n 111._o difference_n between_o the_o faithful_a of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o those_o of_o the_o new_a concern_v their_o desire_n of_o long_a life_n another_o difference_n about_o the_o reckon_n of_o the_o yea_n of_o their_o life_n p._n 112._o three_o cause_n why_o man_n be_v loath_a to_o leave_v this_o life_n represent_v in_o he_o who_o die_v first_o p._n 113._o a_o moral_a observation_n upon_o the_o day_n of_o lazarus_n raise_v from_o the_o dead_a p._n 114._o the_o vi_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v why_o god_n in_o his_o title_n do_v rather_o call_v himself_o our_o buckler_n than_o our_o sword_n p._n 116._o since_o moses_n there_o have_v be_v but_o three_o man_n who_o receive_v power_n to_o kill_v any_o miraculous_o and_o the_o same_o who_o have_v miraculous_o inflict_v death_n on_o the_o live_n have_v also_o give_v life_n to_o the_o dead_a reason_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o p._n 117._o the_o plot_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o consult_v to_o put_v lazarus_n to_o death_n john_n 12.10_o p._n 119._o a_o question_n if_o the_o punishment_n of_o a_o criminal_a be_v interrupt_v by_o some_o extraordinary_a accident_n intervening_a after_o the_o execution_n be_v begin_v be_v it_o just_a to_o discharge_v he_o of_o the_o punishment_n to_o which_o he_o be_v condem_v p._n 120._o a_o allusion_n in_o the_o apostle_n word_n who_o ordain_v that_o the_o sun_n go_v not_o down_o upon_o our_o anger_n ephes_n 4.26_o p._n 122._o the_o vii_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n why_o god_n though_o he_o approve_v not_o polygamy_n nor_o unlawful_a divorce_n which_o be_v frequent_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n yet_o never_o forbid_v they_o but_o by_o the_o last_o of_o all_o the_o prophet_n p._n 124._o why_o man_n be_v more_o subject_a to_o be_v ashamed_a in_o the_o act_n of_o any_o sin_n rather_o than_o in_o that_o of_o pride_n and_o why_o more_o in_o luxury_n then_o in_o any_o other_o sin_n p._n 127._o what_o may_v be_v infer_v upon_o this_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n describe_v under_o divers_a similitude_n the_o spiritual_a beauty_n of_o the_o church_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o paint_v p._n 128._o a_o moral_a observation_n upon_o sampson_n lose_v of_o his_o strength_n and_o sight_n and_o how_o he_o recover_v the_o one_o but_o not_o the_o other_o p._n 129._o the_o viii_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v why_o christ_n use_v the_o example_n of_o thief_n to_o induce_v we_o to_o search_v for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n p._n 132._o a_o observation_n upon_o this_o that_o among_o christ_n disciple_n there_o be_v but_o one_o note_v for_o avarice_n but_o all_o be_v tax_v for_o ambition_n p._n 135._o to_o one_o man_n only_a god_n by_o divine_a mean_n do_v show_v the_o way_n to_o become_v rich_a p._n 136._o a_o conjecture_n upon_o the_o jewish_a opinion_n touch_v the_o just_a price_n of_o thing_n vendible_a p._n 138._o a_o question_n if_o he_o that_o have_v make_v restitution_n of_o the_o good_n unjust_o detain_v as_o
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sanctification_n of_o the_o sabbath_n consist_v chief_o in_o the_o action_n of_o goodness_n and_o holiness_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o do_v not_o read_v that_o ever_o the_o sadducee_n appear_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o frequent_a in_o the_o gospel_n than_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o pharisee_n chief_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n for_o on_o that_o day_n they_o be_v see_v in_o the_o temple_n in_o the_o synagogue_n even_o in_o the_o field_n mat._n 12.1.2_o on_o that_o day_n they_o be_v hear_v to_o censure_v the_o work_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n john_n 9.14.15_o luke_n 6.7_o on_o that_o day_n they_o visit_v and_o feast_v each_o other_o luke_n 14.1_o etc._n etc._n but_o for_o the_o sadducee_n that_o other_o famous_a sect_n the_o sacred_a history_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o when_o it_o speak_v of_o any_o thing_n that_o pass_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n it_o relate_v what_o they_o speak_v or_o do_v 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