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the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n and_o as_o little_a in_o his_o blessing_n second_o gradus_fw-la intensionis_fw-la the_o great_a sorrow_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o judah_n for_o its_o vehemency_n mourning_n lament_a speak_a ordain_v write_v not_o word_n enough_o to_o express_v this_o lamentation_n therefore_o be_v that_o for_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n compare_v to_o it_o and_o express_v by_o it_o zach._n 12._o 11._o to_o show_v that_o not_o word_n but_o only_a tear_n can_v speak_v it_o those_o silent_a orator_n make_v least_o noise_n but_o great_a moan_n christ_n answer_v the_o tear_n of_o the_o weep_a woman_n when_o he_o will_v not_o answer_v the_o word_n of_o the_o insolent_a judge_n i_o hope_v he_o will_v so_o answer_v we_o and_o in_o mercy_n look_v back_o upon_o we_o as_o he_o do_v upon_o they_o luk._n 23._o 28._o bewail_v and_o lament_v our_o sin_n that_o bring_v death_n both_o upon_o he_o and_o upon_o our_o josiah_n we_o have_v no_o other_o balm_n to_o afford_v he_o at_o his_o burial_n but_o what_o grow_v in_o our_o head_n and_o drop_n from_o our_o eye_n joseph_n be_v acquit_v from_o consent_v to_o the_o counsel_n of_o they_o that_o kill_v christ_n by_o provide_v a_o tomb_n to_o bury_v he_o luk._n 23._o 51._o let_v we_o acquit_v ourselves_o too_o by_o provide_v tear_n to_o embalm_v he_o and_o notwithstanding_o the_o outcry_n of_o the_o people_n in_o their_o general_a petition_n for_o justice_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v for_o christ_n be_v so_o both_o to_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o against_o one_o that_o have_v injure_v god_n and_o caesar_n the_o text_n seem_v to_o speak_v favourable_o of_o they_o who_o smite_v their_o breast_n and_o return_v luk._n 23._o 48._o for_o such_o do_v certain_o either_o show_v their_o innocence_n or_o wish_v themselves_o innocent_a let_v we_o earnest_o follow_v after_o such_o a_o innocence_n which_o what_o it_o want_v in_o righteousness_n have_v in_o repentance_n necho_n himself_o though_o he_o open_v that_o dismal_a urine_n of_o blood_n yet_o care_v not_o to_o stop_v this_o mild_a vein_n of_o water_n he_o have_v fill_v their_o heart_n too_o full_a to_o deny_v they_o to_o fill_v their_o eye_n and_o that_o man_n will_v profess_v himself_o worse_o than_o a_o egyptian_a tyrant_n who_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o forbid_v such_o mourning_n for_o a_o dead_a king_n as_o testify_v sorrow_n for_o the_o sin_n that_o kill_v he_o for_o that_o be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o forbid_v repentance_n and_o to_o encourage_v a_o impenitent_a course_n of_o sin_v no_o conqueror_n may_v expect_v to_o exercise_v his_o conquest_n over_o the_o affection_n and_o least_o of_o all_o shall_v he_o desire_v to_o exercise_v it_o over_o that_o of_o sorrow_n because_o that_o most_o plain_o though_o unwilling_o acknowledge_v his_o conquest_n but_o if_o necho_n shall_v have_v desire_v this_o he_o will_v have_v desire_v it_o in_o vain_a for_o none_o can_v take_v away_o tear_n from_o the_o eye_n but_o he_o that_o make_v they_o to_o be_v there_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a task_n for_o he_o to_o gain_v a_o conquest_n over_o the_o man_n hand_n then_o over_o woman_n eye_n nay_o in_o this_o respect_n he_o have_v make_v the_o most_o courageous_a and_o stouthearted_a man_n of_o judah_n to_o become_v woman_n that_o who_o by_o their_o sword_n they_o can_v not_o preserve_v from_o fall_v him_z be_v fall_v they_o may_v bewail_v with_o their_o tear_n think_v it_o more_o honourable_a to_o pay_v the_o tribute_n of_o woman_n to_o their_o dead_a king_n than_o the_o tribute_n of_o man_n to_o a_o live_a tyrant_n and_o yet_o indeed_o those_o tear_n be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o expresion_n of_o duty_n to_o their_o dead_a lord_n as_o of_o piety_n to_o their_o live_a god_n tear_n of_o repentance_n and_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n the_o man_n of_o judah_n high_o disdain_v to_o become_v tributary_n to_o egypt_n before_o they_o have_v be_v tributary_n to_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o they_o first_o pay_v god_n tribute_n of_o their_o tear_n than_o pharaoh_n of_o their_o money_n first_o god_n the_o tribute_n of_o their_o soul_n by_o a_o hearty_a sorrow_n than_o necho_n the_o tribute_n of_o their_o body_n by_o a_o constrain_a captivity_n three_o gradus_fw-la protentionis_fw-la the_o great_a sorrow_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o judah_n for_o its_o continuance_n for_o to_o this_o day_n say_v the_o text_n and_o a_o ordinance_n in_o israel_n and_o write_v in_o the_o lamentation_n till_o this_o day_n id_fw-la est_fw-la till_o ezra_n time_n after_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n nay_o indeed_o till_o our_o time_n till_o all_o time_n if_o not_o in_o the_o sorrow_n itself_o which_o be_v too_o too_o certain_a yet_o in_o the_o record_n of_o it_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lamentation_n it_o be_v happy_o a_o practice_n for_o some_o few_o but_o sure_a it_o be_v a_o pattern_n for_o all_o age_n a_o ordinance_n in_o israel_n for_o in_o all_o public_a lamentation_n ever_o after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v jarchie_n they_o take_v a_o occasion_n to_o rub_v up_o this_o sore_a to_o make_v mention_n of_o this_o bitter_a weep_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v a_o remembrance_n of_o this_o in_o all_o their_o great_a mourning_n as_o they_o have_v of_o worship_v aaron_n calf_n in_o all_o their_o great_a repentance_n and_o as_o in_o all_o their_o epidemical_a misery_n and_o calamity_n after_o their_o idolatry_n they_o suppose_v they_o see_v a_o dram_n of_o aaron_n calf_n which_o make_v they_o still_o bewail_v that_o sin_n so_o in_o all_o the_o bloodshed_n that_o ever_o after_o come_v upon_o jerusalem_n they_o may_v well_o suppose_v they_o do_v behold_v some_o one_o drop_n of_o josiahs_n blood_n and_o that_o make_v they_o multiply_v those_o tear_n which_o though_o they_o can_v not_o wipe_v away_o their_o guilt_n yet_o can_v weep_v out_o their_o sorrow_n o_o god_n put_v thy_o jerusalem_n tear_n into_o thy_o own_o bottle_n who_o do_v first_o put_v they_o into_o her_o eye_n let_v thy_o hand_n wipe_v they_o away_o from_o thence_o because_o thy_o spirit_n first_o put_v they_o there_o and_o lest_o pass_v through_o so_o muddy_a a_o channel_n of_o sinful_a earth_n they_o shall_v defile_v thy_o hand_n to_o touch_v they_o wash_v we_o beseech_v thou_o both_o our_o body_n and_o soul_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o son_n that_o though_o we_o mourn_v for_o a_o season_n in_o this_o life_n yet_o we_o may_v be_v everlasting_o comfort_v in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v even_o in_o the_o bless_a vision_n and_o fruition_n of_o god_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n world_n without_o end_n amen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o god_n have_v crown_v who_o god_n have_v ever_o teach_v for_o he_o god_n will_v not_o have_v deliverance_n wrought_v and_o be_v he_o go_v may_v flame_n earth_n overthrow_n and_o gloomy_a darkness_n heaven_n overgrow_v it_o be_v not_o ink_n but_o tear_n that_o fill_v my_o pen_n when_o i_o do_v write_v king_n charles_n be_v crown_v in_o heaven_n thus_o do_v i_o sigh_v this_o be_v my_o hearty_a groan_v who_o love_v my_o king_n life_n better_o than_o i_o own_o finis_fw-la