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peace_n shall_v be_v as_o a_o river_n to_o eternity_n and_o prosperity_n as_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n joy_n upon_o joy_n and_o comfort_n upon_o comfort_n ride_v and_o roll_v one_o upon_o the_o back_n of_o another_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v thus_o with_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n at_o last_o so_o it_o may_v be_v with_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o church_n or_o of_o any_o member_n of_o the_o church_n at_o present_a their_o affliction_n may_v be_v as_o a_o river_n and_o their_o sorrow_n as_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n come_v on_o again_o and_o again_o renew_v as_o often_o as_o abate_v i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mirabilis_fw-la sis_fw-la in_o i_o again_o thou_o show_v thyself_o wonderful_a or_o marvellous_a against_o or_o upon_o i_o both_o rendering_n be_v consistent_a with_o the_o original_n marvellous_a upon_o i_o that_o be_v thou_o do_v not_o punish_v or_o afflict_v i_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n marvel_n be_v not_o every_o day_n work_n thou_o take_v a_o new_a a_o strange_a course_n to_o try_v i_o such_o affliction_n as_o i_o have_v no_o parallel_n such_o have_v scarce_o be_v hear_v of_o or_o record_v in_o the_o history_n of_o any_o age_n who_o have_v hear_v of_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o thou_o seem_v to_o design_n i_o for_o a_o precedent_n to_o posterity_n animo_fw-la mirificum_fw-la fit_a spectaculum_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la dira_fw-la patitur_fw-la tam_fw-la constanti_fw-la invictoque_fw-la animo_fw-la or_o to_o show_v in_o my_o example_n what_o thou_o can_v do_v upon_o a_o creature_n thou_o show_v thyself_o marvellous_a upon_o i_o as_o moses_n speak_v concern_v korah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n when_o they_o murmur_v and_o mutine_v against_o he_o and_o against_o aaron_n if_o these_o man_n die_v the_o common_a death_n of_o all_o man_n or_o if_o they_o be_v visit_v after_o the_o visitation_n of_o all_o man_n than_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o send_v i_o but_o if_o the_o lord_n make_v a_o new_a thing_n and_o the_o earth_n open_v her_o mouth_n and_o swallow_v they_o up_o then_o etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n to_o manifest_v his_o extreme_a displeasure_n against_o those_o mutineer_n do_v as_o it_o be_v devise_v a_o new_a kind_n of_o death_n for_o they_o if_o these_o man_n die_v the_o common_a or_o the_o ordinary_a death_n of_o all_o man_n than_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o send_v i_o these_o man_n have_v give_v a_o new_a example_n of_o sin_n and_o sure_o god_n will_v make_v they_o a_o new_a example_n of_o punishment_n job_n speak_v the_o same_o sense_n thou_o show_v thyself_o marvellous_a upon_o i_o thou_o will_v not_o be_v satisfy_v in_o afflict_v i_o after_o the_o rate_n or_o measure_n of_o other_o man_n all_o the_o saint_n shall_v do_v some_o singular_a thing_n and_o many_o of_o they_o suffer_v some_o singular_a thing_n the_o apostle_n assure_v his_o corinthian_n 1_o cor._n 10.13_o there_o have_v no_o temptation_n take_v you_o but_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o man_n job_n seem_v to_o speak_v the_o contrary_n 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man_n shall_v be_v empty_v when_o he_o be_v full_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v nothing_o when_o he_o have_v all_o sufficiency_n about_o he_o yet_o thus_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o his_o sufficiency_n he_o shall_v be_v in_o strait_n as_o a_o godly_a man_n have_v a_o sufficiency_n in_o his_o want_n yea_o a_o fullness_n of_o sufficiency_n in_o his_o want_n so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n a_o hypocrite_n who_o heart_n be_v false_a with_o god_n have_v want_n in_o his_o sufficiency_n yea_o want_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o his_o sufficiency_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v two_o way_n either_o that_o his_o fullness_n in_o the_o great_a sufficiency_n of_o it_o be_v unsatisfy_v or_o that_o his_o fullness_n in_o the_o great_a sufficiency_n of_o it_o be_v upon_o decay_v and_o abate_v psal_n 78.13_o while_o the_o meat_n be_v in_o their_o mouth_n the_o wrath_n of_o god_n fall_v upon_o they_o while_o meat_n be_v in_o the_o mouth_n rich_a clothes_n upon_o the_o back_n while_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—ontietur_fw-la ei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sept._n er_fw-mi prosopope_v aÌ„_o tribuit_fw-la sermonen_fw-mi &_o mendacium_fw-la rei_fw-la inanimae_fw-la quod_fw-la insolens_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o his_o libris_fw-la ita_fw-la è_fw-la loco_fw-la svo_fw-la excidetur_fw-la &_o interibit_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la jam_fw-la agnoscat_fw-la eum_fw-la ibi_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la merc_n the_o hebrew_n be_v the_o place_n shall_v lie_v the_o place_n shall_v feign_v and_o say_v we_o have_v not_o see_v he_o we_o know_v not_o what_o be_v become_v of_o he_o so_o man_n use_v to_o answer_v when_o they_o be_v either_o afraid_a or_o ashamed_a to_o own_o one_o that_o be_v ask_v for_o some_o understand_v it_o of_o a_o person_n then_o one_o may_v deny_v he_o i_o see_v then_o no_o more_o so_o m._n broughton_n suppose_v a_o traveller_n who_o oftentimes_o past_a by_o and_o see_v this_o goodly_a tree_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o place_n again_o see_v it_o 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be_v as_o clear_v to_o that_o eye_n as_o any_o of_o his_o attribute_n yea_o his_o essence_n be_v as_o plain_a to_o faith_n as_o any_o of_o his_o work_n be_v to_o sense_n thus_o he_o be_v see_v who_o no_o man_n have_v see_v nor_o can_v see_v 1_o tim._n 6.16_o not_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o essence_n he_o pass_v by_o they_o there_o and_o they_o see_v he_o not_o in_o heaven_n we_o be_v promise_v a_o sight_n of_o he_o yet_o not_o that_o fight_n bless_a be_v the_o poor_a in_o spirit_n for_o they_o shall_v see_v god_n and_o without_o holiness_n no_o man_n shall_v see_v the_o lord_n then_o holy_a man_n shall_v see_v he_o the_o state_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o glory_n be_v vision_n as_o here_o it_o be_v faith_n 2_o cor._n 13.12_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o face_n to_o face_n and_o as_o he_o be_v 1_o joh._n 3.2_o these_o scripture_n which_o speak_v of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o saint_n behold_v god_n in_o glory_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o the_o nature_n and_o essence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v see_v for_o no_o man_n have_v see_v that_o nor_o ever_o shall_v but_o they_o be_v mean_v of_o a_o more_o full_a and_o glorious_a manifestation_n of_o god_n we_o shall_v see_v then_o face_n to_o face_n that_o be_v more_o plain_o for_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o see_v he_o in_o a_o glass_n we_o see_v he_o now_o in_o a_o glass_n that_o be_v dark_o in_o ordinance_n in_o duty_n in_o his_o word_n and_o in_o his_o work_n but_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o need_n of_o these_o glass_n in_o heaven_n we_o
what_o do_v thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v he_o take_v away_o tigur_n rapuit_fw-la more_fw-it latronum_fw-la significat_fw-la velocitatem_fw-la rapinae_fw-la rab_n mord_n raptim_fw-la auferre_fw-la tigur_n the_o word_n signify_v to_o take_v away_o by_o violence_n and_o force_n to_o take_v away_o as_o a_o robber_n take_v to_o steal_v away_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v suppose_v the_o lord_n come_v by_o open_a violence_n to_o take_v a_o thing_n from_o thou_o or_o secret_o and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o stealth_n to_o bereave_v thou_o of_o thy_o estate_n or_o of_o thy_o life_n if_o he_o take_v all_o from_o thou_o and_o strip_v thou_o naked_a what_o can_v thou_o do_v so_o the_o word_n be_v use_v prov._n 23.28_o speak_v of_o a_o wicked_a woman_n a_o harlot_n she_o lie_v in_o wait_v as_o for_o a_o prey_n the_o hebrew_n be_v she_o lie_v in_o wait_n as_o a_o robber_n to_o take_v away_o the_o estate_n yea_o and_o the_o life_n of_o those_o who_o she_o shall_v entangle_v 〈◊〉_d si_fw-mi rapuerit_fw-la hominem_fw-la è_fw-la muâ—do_fw-la targ._n si_fw-mi morti_fw-la tradiderit_fw-la august_n quoâ—ies_fw-la ipsi_fw-la visum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la nunc_fw-la eve_n nit_n â—uempiam_fw-la vel_fw-la bonis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la spoliare_fw-la quis_fw-la illumut_n raptorem_fw-la ad_fw-la restitutionem_fw-la cogeâ—_n imo_fw-la quis_fw-la illum_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o disquisitionem_fw-la vocarit_fw-la voluntas_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsius_fw-la est_fw-la juâ—tlâ—iae_fw-la norma_fw-la bez_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d è_fw-fr ralice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o understand_v this_o more_o special_o of_o take_v away_o life_n if_o he_o will_v stop_v thy_o breath_n and_o deliver_v thou_o up_o to_o death_n so_o augustine_n upon_o the_o place_n or_o as_o the_o chaldee_n if_o he_o take_v one_o out_o of_o the_o world_n who_o can_v hinder_v he_o as_o if_o job_n have_v say_v the_o lord_n may_v not_o only_o take_v away_o so_o much_o as_o he_o have_v take_v from_o 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perform_v it_o i_o will_v keep_v my_o throne_n the_o persian_a can_v not_o say_v and_o do_v it_o i_o will_v keep_v my_o state_n the_o grecian_a can_v not_o say_v and_o maintain_v it_o i_o will_v keep_v my_o glory_n the_o roman_a can_v not_o say_v and_o make_v it_o good_a i_o will_v keep_v my_o empire_n when_o the_o lord_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o it_o he_o come_v and_o fetch_v away_o the_o power_n and_o glory_n the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n of_o those_o monarch_n he_o throw_v down_o their_o throne_n break_v their_o state_n darken_v their_o glory_n dissipate_v their_o empire_n no_o man_n can_v hinder_v he_o how_o be_v you_o fall_v from_o heaven_n o_o lucifer_n son_n of_o the_o morning_n how_o be_v you_o cut_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n which_o do_v weaken_v the_o nation_n though_o you_o say_v in_o your_o heart_n we_o will_v ascend_v into_o heaven_n we_o will_v
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