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strong_a be_v the_o obligation_n he_o have_v show_v thou_o o_o man_n what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o do_v the_o lord_n require_v of_o thou_o but_o to_o do_v just_o to_o love_v mercy_n and_o to_o walk_v humble_o with_o thy_o god_n micah_n 6._o 8._o 2._o from_o the_o creature_n be_v corrosive_n or_o scourge_v one_o way_n or_o other_o 1._o observe_v how_o the_o sweet_a wine_n may_v become_v the_o sharp_a vinegar_n and_o this_o 1._o with_o respect_n to_o thing_n 2._o with_o respect_n to_o person_n 1._o with_o respect_n to_o thing_n the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n may_v be_v matter_n of_o affliction_n because_o thou_o serve_v not_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o joyfulness_n and_o with_o gladness_n of_o heart_n for_o the_o abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n therefore_o shall_v thou_o serâ—e_v thy_o enemy_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v send_v against_o thou_o in_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o in_o nakedness_n and_o in_o the_o want_n of_o all_o thing_n deut._n 28._o 47_o 48._o hezekiah_n a_o good_a prince_n yet_o what_o a_o thundering-message_n be_v send_v he_o behold_v the_o day_n come_v that_o all_o that_o be_v in_o thy_o house_n and_o that_o which_o thy_o father_n have_v lay_v up_o in_o store_n until_o this_o day_n shall_v be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n nothing_o shall_v be_v leave_v say_v the_o lord_n isa_n 39_o 6._o 2._o with_o respect_n to_o person_n as_o magistrate_n ecclesiastical_a minister_n family-relation_n choice_a friend_n or_o acquaintant_n all_o these_o instead_o of_o rose_n may_v become_v pricking-brier_n some_o way_n or_o other_o as_o may_v be_v instance_a in_o 1._o magistrate_n who_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o good_a according_a to_o their_o institution_n rom._n 13._o 4._o these_o may_v be_v snatch_v away_o by_o death_n to_o the_o grief_n of_o a_o people_n who_o sit_v under_o their_o refreshing-shadow_n their_o death_n and_o burial_n become_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o subject_n sorrow_n witness_v this_o in_o the_o case_n of_o good_a josiah_n who_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v and_o all_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n mourn_v for_o he_o and_o jeremiah_n lament_v for_o he_o as_o be_v record_v 2_o chron._n 35._o 24_o 25._o or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o seize_v on_o by_o death_n they_o may_v prove_v the_o death_n or_o bane_n of_o a_o nation_n by_o their_o folly_n instance_n enough_o there_o be_v for_o this_o in_o holy-writ_a and_o history_n 2._o ecclesiastical_a minister_n become_v afflictive_a and_o that_o many_o way_n when_o sin_n abound_v among_o a_o people_n pride_n barrenness_n under_o the_o mean_n slight_v minister_n and_o idolize_v of_o they_o for_o these_o be_v sad_a extreme_n do_v with_o other_o sin_n provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o afflict_v in_o and_o by_o minister_n sometime_o they_o be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n john_n disciple_n have_v too_o high_a thought_n of_o their_o master_n they_o begin_v it_o seem_v to_o make_v a_o party_n against_o christ_n himself_o john_n 3._o 25_o 26._o it_o be_v observable_a 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