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in_o his_o heart_n to_o build_v god_n a_o house_n and_o it_o be_v accept_v as_o well_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v do_v and_o in_o acknowledgement_n hereof_o god_n promise_v to_o establish_v his_o house_n and_o his_o kingdom_n upon_o his_o posterity_n for_o ever_o god_n accept_v of_o such_o payment_n as_o we_o be_v able_a to_o make_v though_o it_o be_v in_o small_a piece_n or_o perhaps_o in_o coin_n that_o be_v crack_v or_o clip_v and_o want_v its_o full_a weight_n yet_o if_o it_o be_v not_o false_a and_o counterfeit_a it_o shall_v not_o be_v turn_v back_o upon_o we_o and_o true_o he_o that_o grieve_v and_o bemoane_v himself_o because_o he_o can_v grieve_v for_o his_o sin_n or_o because_o he_o can_v grieve_v so_o much_o as_o he_o desire_n be_v in_o a_o certain_a way_n unto_o that_o repentance_n which_o be_v never_o to_o be_v repent_v of_o nay_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o go_v one_o degree_n far_o do_v thou_o find_v thy_o soul_n ensnare_v with_o the_o cord_n and_o custom_n of_o thy_o own_o twist_v or_o be_v thou_o so_o much_o a_o stranger_n to_o thyself_o that_o thou_o dare_v not_o look_v into_o thy_o dangerous_a and_o suspect_a condition_n do_v thou_o feel_v the_o throb_n and_o horror_n of_o a_o wound_a conscience_n the_o pang_n of_o hell_n and_o despair_n grow_v upon_o thy_o soul_n yet_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o ask_v thou_o this_o one_o question_n do_v thou_o notwithstanding_o thy_o present_a fear_n and_o horror_n love_v thy_o lord_n and_o maker_n or_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o clear_o reply_v to_o that_o can_v thou_o but_o resolve_v i_o of_o thy_o love_n to_o thy_o neighbour_n not_o because_o he_o be_v thy_o neighbour_n or_o thy_o friend_n or_o perhaps_o thy_o companion_n in_o evil_a way_n but_o because_o he_o
wherein_o we_o have_v two_o general_a part_n 1._o a_o prepatative_a to_o judgement_n make_v the_o heart_n of_o this_o people_n fat_a a_o resemblance_n borrow_v from_o such_o as_o seed_n cattle_n not_o for_o store_n or_o service_n but_o only_o for_o the_o slaughter_a shambles_n 2._o the_o judgement_n itself_o and_o that_o be_v of_o several_a kind_n 1._o devastation_n and_o desolation_n and_o that_o general_a v._o 11._o 2._o banishment_n and_o desertion_n v._o 12._o all_o this_o be_v threaten_v many_o year_n before_o it_o be_v execute_v as_o a_o mean_n of_o grace_n hold_v out_o unto_o the_o people_n to_o prevent_v the_o dreadful_a execution_n of_o god_n justice_n upon_o they_o and_o so_o it_o be_v intend_v by_o i_o to_o prevent_v if_o possible_a the_o remainder_n of_o judgement_n not_o yet_o execute_v upon_o our_o sinful_a land_n and_o nation_n but_o before_o i_o proceed_v to_o my_o main_a intendment_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o by_o way_n of_o preface_n or_o introduction_n to_o 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10._o so_o that_o if_o any_o man_n speak_v as_o from_o christ_n let_v he_o speak_v as_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n 11._o god_n 1._o pet_n 4._o 11._o divinity_n be_v of_o a_o sublime_a nature_n then_o to_o incorporate_v with_o secular_a and_o particular_a end_n and_o aim_n like_o quicksilver_n that_o will_v not_o mix_v with_o any_o inferior_a nature_n god_n truth_n must_v not_o be_v form_v like_o nebuchadnezar_n image_n partly_o of_o iron_n and_o partly_o of_o clay_n 33._o clay_n din._n 2._o 33._o it_o be_v a_o foul_a scandal_n to_o religion_n when_o doctrine_n savour_v not_o so_o much_o of_o the_o bible_n as_o the_o diurnal_a when_o the_o pulpit_n be_v make_v the_o servant_n or_o rather_o slave_n to_o policy_n and_o the_o preacher_n sermon_n awe_v into_o a_o narrative_a or_o declaration_n second_o the_o prophet_n be_v command_v both_o to_o go_v and_o speak_v &c_n &c_n though_o he_o be_v secret_o assure_v afore_o hand_n from_o the_o prevision_n of_o god_n that_o his_o message_n shall_v have_v no_o other_o effect_n upon_o the_o people_n more_o than_o to_o make_v they_o more_o obstinate_a and_o obdurate_a from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o second_o place_n that_o 2._o obs_n 2._o god_n will_v have_v his_o minister_n discharge_v themselves_o in_o the_o duty_n of_o their_o place_n what_o ever_o the_o success_n be_v the_o obstinacy_n or_o malice_n of_o the_o people_n must_v not_o hinder_v or_o deter_v the_o prophet_n in_o the_o delivery_n of_o god_n message_n son_n of_o man_n say_v god_n to_o his_o prophet_n ezekiel_n i_o send_v thou_o to_o a_o rebellious_a nation_n but_o be_v not_o afraid_a of_o they_o nor_o of_o their_o word_n though_o brier_n and_o thorn_n be_v with_o thou_o and_o thou_o do_v dwell_v among_o scorpion_n &_o thou_o shall_v speak_v my_o word_n unto_o they_o whether_o they_o will_v hear_v or_o whether_o they_o will_v for_o bear_v for_o they_o be_v most_o rebellious_a ezok._n 2._o 3._o 6._o 7._o and_o s_o paul_n who_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o 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58._o three_o hear_v you_o indeed_o but_o understand_v not_o and_o see_v you_o indeed_o but_o perceive_v not_o here_o be_v hear_v but_o no_o understanding_n and_o see_v but_o no_o perception_n hear_v and_o not_o hear_v see_v and_o not_o see_v the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n whereof_o i_o take_v to_o be_v this_o since_o by_o your_o wilful_a and_o constant_a oppose_v of_o my_o word_n you_o have_v most_o just_o provoke_v i_o to_o withdraw_v my_o spirit_n whereby_o it_o may_v have_v be_v effectual_a unto_o your_o conversion_n hereafter_o i_o will_v not_o send_v my_o word_n unto_o you_o to_o convert_v and_o save_v you_o but_o to_o convince_v and_o condemn_v you_o the_o sound_n whereof_o hereafter_o shall_v but_o astonish_v you_o and_o the_o glorious_a ray_n of_o its_o light_n shall_v be_v of_o no_o other_o use_n unto_o you_o but_o to_o dazzle_v your_o eye_n into_o a_o great_a degree_n of_o blindness_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o three_o place_n that_o 3._o obs_n 3._o it_o 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liver_n such_o be_v the_o power_n and_o predominancy_n of_o deliberate_a and_o resolve_a wickedness_n that_o man_n have_v rather_o deny_v the_o gospel_n itself_o thâ—n_v themselves_o and_o their_o own_o destructive_a lust_n malunt_fw-la execrari_fw-la legem_fw-la quam_fw-la emendari_fw-la mentem_fw-la they_o have_v rather_o the_o law_n itself_o be_v abolishâ—…_n &_o accurse_a then_o their_o own_o ungodly_a mind_n reform_v &_o bear_v a_o great_a hatred_n to_o the_o clear_a command_n of_o god_n then_o to_o their_o own_o vileness_n so_o that_o cui_fw-la aniâ—…us_fw-la perversus_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la moses_n nec_fw-la prophetaeâ—nec_fw-la unus_fw-la e_fw-la mortuis_fw-la prodest_fw-la nor_n be_v this_o all_o the_o damage_n or_o miscarriage_n that_o our_o pâ—eaching_n be_v in_o vain_a to_o such_o man_n and_o the_o good_a seed_n lose_v because_o the_o stony_a ground_n will_v not_o suffer_v it_o to_o take_v root_n no_o the_o mischief_n of_o all_o mischief_n be_v the_o good_a seed_n be_v 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