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of_o a_o dream_n which_o be_v short_a vanish_v and_o deceive_v so_o psal_n 73_o 20._o as_o a_o dream_n when_o one_o awake_v so_o o_o lord_n when_o thou_o awake_v shall_v thou_o despise_v their_o image_n 29.8_o isa_n 29.8_o and_o thus_o the_o prophet_n compare_v the_o temper_n of_o the_o people_n under_o all_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n unto_o that_o of_o a_o delude_a dreamer_n who_o please_v himself_o with_o dream_v of_o food_n and_o fullness_n and_o when_o he_o awake_v in_o stead_n of_o a_o furnish_a table_n and_o a_o fill_v stomach_n find_v and_o feel_v himself_o more_o indigent_a and_o near_o famish_v then_o ever_o he_o be_v before_o thus_o the_o fond_a sinner_n be_v dream_v of_o a_o kingdom_n when_o he_o be_v go_v to_o execution_n and_o when_o jael_n nail_n be_v near_a his_o temple_n then_o a_o crown_n he_o blessing_n himself_o in_o his_o heart_n and_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v peace_n though_o he_o live_v in_o a_o way_n of_o war_a against_o god_n and_o sundry_a way_n 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as_o bad_a as_o unhonest_a religion_n and_o except_o your_o righteousness_n exceed_v etc._n etc._n 5.20_o matth._n 5.20_o other_o dream_v they_o be_v happy_a because_o they_o have_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o church_n and_o enjoy_v its_o privilege_n 23_o 1_o cor._n 10.5_o matth._n 7.22_o 23_o whereas_o a_o barren_a figtree_n be_v near_o curse_v then_o a_o bramble_n and_o they_o who_o receive_v sacrament_n every_o meal_n be_v destroy_v in_o the_o wilderness_n some_o dream_n of_o happiness_n because_o they_o have_v some_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n faith_n repentance_n obedience_n whereas_o their_o knowledge_n transform_v they_o not_o it_o be_v light_a without_o heat_n their_o faith_n apply_v in_o a_o sort_n christ_n to_o they_o not_o themselves_o to_o christ_n but_o to_o their_o lust_n their_o repentance_n respect_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n not_o the_o sin_n to_o be_v punish_v they_o hate_v sin_n for_o hell_n not_o as_o hell_n and_o in_o their_o tear_n sin_n be_v rather_o bathe_v then_o 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and_o pine_v away_o in_o their_o filthiness_n there_o be_v a_o ditch_n follow_v their_o blind-leading_a and_o though_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v turn_v into_o lasciviousness_n by_o they_o and_o abuse_v as_o a_o occasion_n to_o sin_n yet_o how_o glad_a will_v they_o have_v be_v in_o the_o end_n for_o one_o drop_n of_o those_o stream_n of_o grace_n which_o once_o they_o padle_v in_o &_o trample_v under_o foot_n they_o who_o former_o teach_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o grace_n man_n may_v sin_v afteward_n feel_v that_o for_o want_v of_o grace_n they_o and_o their_o seduce_a follower_n be_v sure_a to_o smart_v they_o who_o once_o preach_v nothing_o but_o grace_n afterward_o feel_v nothing_o but_o wrath_n a_o just_a recompense_n since_o with_o cain_n they_o account_v the_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o commission_n so_o small_a gen._n obser_n 1._o abeli_n nomen_fw-la inditum_fw-la fuit_fw-la a_o vanitate_fw-la ut_fw-la significaretur_fw-la humanam_fw-la conditionem_fw-la meram_fw-la esse_fw-la 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but_o not_o with_o his_o heart_n and_o that_o little_a he_o bestow_v upon_o they_o be_v not_o to_o recompense_v hypocritical_a but_o to_o encourage_v sincere_a obedience_n 35.19_o on_o jer._n 35.19_o god_n often_o as_o calvin_n say_v reward_v the_o shadow_n to_o show_v how_o the_o substance_n of_o virtue_n will_v please_v he_o wicked_a man_n be_v hence_o 1._o caution_v not_o to_o leave_v holy_a duty_n undo_v the_o certainty_n of_o their_o sin_v in_o perform_v they_o must_v not_o 8.22_o simon_n magus_n be_v command_v to_o pray_v act_v 8.22_o can_v abrogate_v the_o law_n of_o god_n which_o enjoin_v they_o nor_o be_v our_o duty_n impair_v with_o our_o power_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n when_o a_o thing_n do_v be_v evil_a not_o in_o its_o substance_n and_o because_o it_o be_v do_v but_o because_o of_o our_o irregular_a manner_n of_o perform_v of_o it_o we_o ought_v still_o to_o do_v it_o notwithstanding_o the_o defect_n cleave_v to_o it_o 2_o they_o shall_v likewise_o hereby_o be_v make_v 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adhuc_fw-la divitem_fw-la malicia_fw-la non_fw-la descrit_fw-fr quem_fw-la jam_fw-la possidet_fw-la poena_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la lazarum_fw-la duci_fw-la postulat_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la lazarum_fw-la â—ult_fw-la deduci_fw-la chrysel_n ser._n 122._o it_o be_v as_o jealousy_n cruel_a as_o the_o grave_n it_o be_v a_o calamity_n without_o a_o remedy_n some_o understand_v that_o request_n of_o the_o rich_a glutton_n that_o lazarus_n may_v be_v send_v to_o he_o with_o water_n to_o cool_v his_o tongue_n to_o proceed_v from_o envy_n he_o desire_v rather_o that_o lazarus_n shall_v be_v torment_v with_o he_o than_o himself_o ease_v by_o lazarus_n and_o he_o crave_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v carry_v to_o lazarus_n but_o that_o lazarus_n shall_v be_v send_v to_o he_o it_o be_v the_o cruelty_n of_o envy_n that_o sell_v innocent_a joseph_n and_o that_o seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o good_a david_n from_o envy_n it_o be_v that_o the_o devil_n overthrow_v our_o first_o parent_n and_o by_o it_o he_o put_v cain_n upon_o kill_v his_o innocent_a brother_n and_o the_o jew_n upon_o murder_v the_o holy_a person_n in_o the_o world_n plain_o also_o do_v this_o envy_n of_o cain_n discover_v the_o groundlesness_n of_o this_o sin_n the_o fault_n of_o abel_n be_v not_o that_o he_o have_v hurt_v cain_n erem_fw-la nusquiam_fw-la melius_fw-la invidos_fw-la torqucre_fw-la poteritis_fw-la quà m_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la &_o gloriae_fw-la serviendo_fw-la aug._n ser._n 18._o ad_fw-la frat_fw-la in_o erem_fw-la but_o that_o god_n accept_v abel_n true_o be_v envy_n therefore_o say_v to_o be_v worse_o than_o covetousness_n the_o covetous_a be_v only_o unwilling_a to_o distribute_v his_o own_o good_n but_o he_o love_v to_o see_v other_o communicate_v they_o but_o the_o envious_a neither_o will_v do_v good_a himself_o nor_o be_v willing_a that_o other_o shall_v do_v so_o he_o be_v angry_a that_o god_n be_v so_o bountiful_a it_o be_v worse_a than_o hatred_n and_o anger_n 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