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keep_v themselves_o from_o wickednesie_n can_v keep_v themselves_o from_o desolation_n they_o may_v rise_v but_o not_o stand_v for_o unless_o they_o fall_v to_o repentance_n they_o shall_v be_v make_v to_o fall_v to_o destruction_n they_o may_v grow_v great_a but_o for_o a_o small_a time_n for_o they_o will_v soon_o be_v bring_v to_o nothing_o the_o prophet_n think_v too_o well_o of_o their_o state_n at_o the_o first_o as_o though_o they_o have_v be_v in_o better_a case_n than_o any_o other_o man_n but_o he_o conceive_v as_o hardly_o of_o it_o at_o the_o last_o when_o he_o have_v see_v their_o end_n in_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o deem_v they_o of_o all_o to_o be_v most_o miserable_a sure_o say_v he_o to_o the_o lord_n thou_o have_v set_v they_o in_o slippery_a place_n and_o cast_v 19_o psal_n 73._o 18._o 19_o they_o down_o into_o desolation_n how_o sudden_o be_v they_o destroy_v perish_v and_o horrible_o consume_v the_o scripture_n flow_v with_o testimony_n and_o simile_n to_o declare_v both_o the_o certainty_n and_o suddenness_n and_o grievousnesse_n of_o their_o decay_n as_o the_o wither_a of_o plant_n the_o put_v out_o of_o light_n the_o vanity_n of_o dream_n the_o vanish_v of_o smoke_n and_o many_o other_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n reason_n 1_o first_o they_o have_v all_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n against_o they_o and_o every_o threaten_a send_v forth_o many_o curse_n and_o every_o curse_n bring_v many_o plague_n second_o their_o own_o desert_n which_o in_o respect_n of_o any_o creature_n be_v infinite_a do_v draw_v upon_o they_o judgement_n and_o misery_n that_o be_v in_o explicable_a three_o the_o love_n and_o truth_n of_o god_n to_o his_o own_o servant_n will_v not_o permit_v a_o perpetual_a prosperity_n to_o his_o enemy_n by_o this_o he_o persuade_v they_o not_o to_o faint_v in_o their_o own_o affliction_n because_o a_o reward_n remain_v for_o they_o and_o their_o end_n will_v be_v peace_n by_o this_o he_o persuade_v they_o not_o to_o fret_v at_o wicked_a man_n success_n because_o 38._o psal_n 37._o 38._o there_o remain_v punishment_n for_o they_o &_o their_o end_n be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o use_v 1_o admonition_n to_o sinful_a man_n to_o tender_v their_o love_n more_o that_o pity_v they_o and_o desire_v that_o their_o case_n may_v be_v better_o if_o other_o tremble_v at_o their_o fall_n that_o be_v come_v which_o yet_o neither_o feel_v the_o pain_n nor_o be_v in_o the_o peril_n thereof_o be_v it_o wisdom_n for_o they_o to_o cast_v off_o all_o care_n of_o themselves_o and_o only_o pick_v quarrel_n against_o they_o that_o seek_v their_o safety_n when_o their_o wound_n be_v incurable_a they_o will_v wish_v that_o they_o have_v better_o regard_v the_o plaster_n and_o the_o hand_n that_o apply_v it_o when_o the_o disease_n be_v remediless_a they_o will_v rue_v the_o rejection_n of_o the_o medicine_n and_o physician_n when_o hell_n shall_v have_v they_o in_o hold_n they_o will_v bewail_v the_o refusal_n of_o their_o friendship_n that_o will_v have_v direct_v they_o to_o heaven_n it_o be_v good_a counsel_n of_o philip_n and_o well_o follow_v of_o nathaniel_n when_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o come_v 46._o joh._n 1._o 46._o and_o see_v whether_o jesus_n be_v not_o the_o christ_n and_o it_o be_v a_o indulgence_n of_o christ_n to_o thomas_n to_o help_v his_o faith_n in_o his_o resurrection_n 27._o joh._n 20._o 27._o by_o the_o sense_n of_o sight_n and_o feeling_n but_o for_o matter_n of_o punishment_n and_o damnation_n it_o be_v good_a to_o go_v from_o they_o and_o not_o to_o come_v at_o they_o to_o hear_v god_n testimony_n and_o not_o to_o see_v it_o fulfil_v upon_o themselves_o to_o believe_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o which_o be_v speak_v and_o not_o to_o feel_v it_o by_o their_o own_o experience_n consolation_n that_o sinful_a man_n shall_v not_o always_o be_v molester_n of_o the_o godly_a because_o they_o shall_v not_o always_o be_v they_o shall_v not_o continual_o overshadow_v the_o faithful_a because_o they_o shall_v not_o stand_v continual_o though_o their_o show_n be_v great_a now_o and_o terrible_a to_o god_n people_n yet_o their_o change_n will_v be_v great_a and_o fearful_a to_o themselves_o he_o will_v speedy_o overturn_v they_o and_o all_o their_o power_n of_o hurt_v shall_v be_v take_v from_o they_o now_o their_o root_n be_v low_a their_o top_n aloft_o and_o branch_n broad_a and_o thereby_o over-droppe_n all_o that_o be_v under_o they_o then_o must_v their_o top_n come_v down_o and_o root_n rise_v up_o and_o all_o their_o branch_n wither_v now_o they_o be_v vessel_n that_o be_v full_a of_o power_n and_o wealth_n and_o malice_n but_o then_o must_v be_v there_o a_o transposition_n the_o bottom_n must_v be_v upward_o and_o the_o brim_n must_v be_v downward_o and_o all_o their_o fullness_n be_v shed_v on_o the_o ground_n like_o water_n the_o ground_n of_o this_o comfort_n be_v neither_o vain_a nor_o weak_a for_o god_n himself_o do_v urge_v it_o as_o a_o forcible_a reason_n to_o confirm_v the_o 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