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quantum_fw-la jam_fw-la iter_fw-la egimus_fw-la sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la superest_fw-la ut_fw-la peragamus_fw-la ut_fw-la paulisper_fw-la siaâ—_n praeteritum_fw-la quod_fw-la timide_fw-la adhuc_fw-la attenditur_fw-la futurum_fw-la gr._n mor._n l._n 22._o c._n 7_o phil._n 4_o 14._o he_o who_o think_v he_o have_v enough_o will_v soon_o come_v to_o have_v nothing_o that_o we_o have_v will_v be_v go_v unless_o we_o strive_v to_o get_v more_o look_v not_o backward_o in_o thy_o christian_a race_n to_o see_v how_o many_o thou_o have_v outstrip_v but_o look_v forward_o on_o those_o who_o have_v get_v ground_n of_o thou_o consider_v not_o so_o much_o how_o far_o thou_o have_v go_v and_o how_o many_o come_v short_a of_o thou_o as_o how_o far_o thou_o be_v to_o go_v and_o how_o far_o thou_o come_v short_a of_o command_v perfection_n our_o great_a perfection_n in_o this_o life_n be_v to_o contend_v after_o perfection_n we_o must_v never_o cease_v grow_v till_o we_o be_v grow_v into_o heaven_n 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salvation_n they_o who_o call_v not_o upon_o god_n go_v aside_o from_o god_n psal_n 14.3_o 4._o he_o who_o first_o set_v we_o up_o must_v also_o shore_n and_o keep_v we_o up_o he_o who_o have_v bring_v we_o to_o himself_o must_v also_o hold_v we_o that_o we_o depart_v not_o from_o himself_o we_o be_v poor_a weak_a reed_n but_o tie_v to_o the_o strong_a pillar_n of_o god_n power_n we_o shall_v stand_v he_o who_o rely_v upon_o himself_o have_v a_o reed_n for_o his_o upholder_n we_o can_v put_v too_o much_o confidence_n in_o god_n or_o too_o little_a in_o ourselves_o peter_n over-ventrousness_a trip_v up_o his_o heel_n 26.33_o mat._n 26.33_o let_v we_o not_o be_v like_o sick_a man_n who_o when_o they_o have_v have_v a_o good_a day_n or_o two_o think_v themselves_o present_o well_o again_o and_o so_o put_v off_o their_o warm_a clothes_n put_v on_o thin_a garment_n and_o adventure_v into_o the_o fresh_a air_n whereupon_o follow_v irrecoverable_a relapse_n it_o be_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o the_o heart_n which_o keep_v we_o from_o depart_v from_o he_o 3.5_o prov._n 3.5_o let_v we_o fear_v always_o if_o we_o will_v fall_v never_o be_v not_o high-minded_a but_o fear_v lean_v not_o say_v solomon_n to_o thy_o own_o understanding_n he_o who_o be_v his_o own_o teacher_n have_v a_o fool_n to_o his_o master_n 7._o god_n at_o length_n discover_v unsound_a empty_a 7._o obs_n 7._o and_o decay_a christian_n to_o be_v what_o they_o be_v these_o fruitless_a dead_a tree_n be_v at_o length_n pluck_v up_o by_o the_o root_n their_o inside_n be_v turn_v outward_a they_o who_o go_v among_o the_o drove_n of_o professor_n be_v but_o like_o sheep_n shall_v be_v detect_v either_o here_o or_o hereafter_o to_o be_v but_o goat_n thus_o cain_n at_o the_o first_o a_o sacrificer_n yet_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n be_v give_v up_o to_o be_v a_o murderer_n and_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n out_o of_o his_o father_n family_n from_o the_o ordinance_n doeg_n detain_v before_o the_o lord_n 1_o sam._n 21.7_o about_o religious_a office_n afterward_o discover_v his_o unsoundness_n of_o heart_n by_o his_o cruelty_n and_o more_o afterward_o do_v god_n lay_v he_o open_a when_o at_o his_o destruction_n it_o be_v see_v and_o say_v that_o this_o be_v the_o man_n that_o make_v not_o god_n his_o strength_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 52.1_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o judas_n of_o who_o doeg_n be_v a_o type_n his_o discovery_n by_o his_o treachery_n and_o of_o saul_n also_o by_o that_o horrid_a act_n of_o murder_v the_o priest_n and_o go_v to_o the_o witch_n god_n also_o take_v away_o his_o spirit_n from_o he_o they_o who_o be_v not_o of_o we_o will_v at_o length_n be_v suffer_v to_o go_v out_o from_o we_o god_n lead_v those_o who_o secret_o turn_v aside_o to_o crooked_a way_n with_o the_o worker_n
such_o a_o want_n of_o light_n as_o hinder_v a_o man_n from_o walk_v like_o that_o egyptian_a darkness_n by_o which_o people_n be_v constrain_v to_o sit_v still_o arab._n caligo_n tenebrarum_fw-la bez._n perfectio_fw-la tenebrarum_fw-la arab._n and_o not_o to_o rise_v out_o of_o their_o place_n for_o three_o day_n so_o the_o addition_n of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d blackness_n note_v a_o further_a increase_n of_o this_o darkness_n such_o as_o be_v speak_v concern_v that_o in_o egypt_n as_o may_v be_v feel_v black_a darkness_n seem_v to_o be_v black_a and_o thereby_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v import_v with_o that_o of_o utter_a darkness_n mat._n 8.12_o and_o 21.13_o and_o 25.30_o i._n e._n such_o as_o be_v outmost_a and_o further_a remove_v from_o the_o region_n of_o light_n for_o this_o phrase_n blackness_n of_o darkness_n darkness_n caligo_n caliginosissima_fw-la isa_n 60.2_o gross_a darkness_n intend_v as_o much_o as_o most_o black_a thick_a darkness_n it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o hebraical_a phrase_n like_v unto_o that_o mat._n 26.64_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o power_n that_o be_v a_o most_o powerful_a right_a hand_n so_o rom._n 7.24_o a_o body_n of_o death_n be_v put_v for_o a_o mortal_a body_n and_o eph._n 4.24_o holiness_n of_o truth_n for_o true_a holiness_n this_o thick_a black_a gross_a darkness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v proper_o for_o that_o negation_n large_a of_o this_o see_v part_v 1._o p._n 503._o at_o large_a or_o privation_n of_o light_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o sun_n &c_n &c_n but_o metaphorical_o for_o great_a calamity_n and_o misery_n and_o in_o scripture_n there_o be_v a_o threefold_a misery_n set_v forth_o by_o darkness_n 1._o external_n misery_n john_n 30.26_o when_o i_o look_v for_o good_a evil_a come_v unto_o i_o and_o when_o i_o wait_v for_o light_n there_o come_v darkness_n so_o isa_n 5.30_o if_o one_o look_v to_o the_o land_n behold_v darkness_n and_o sorrow_n so_o isa_n 8.22_o 5.20_o zech._n 1_o 15._o joel_n 1.2_o amos_n 5.20_o they_o shall_v look_v unto_o the_o earth_n and_o behold_v trouble_n and_o darkness_n isa_n 47.5_o get_v thou_o into_o darkness_n o_o daughter_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n etc._n etc._n 2._o internal_a comprehend_v 1._o 3.19_o 1_o pet._n 2.9_o 1_o thes_n 5.4_o john_n 3.19_o darkness_n and_o blindness_n of_o mind_n the_o want_n of_o the_o save_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o way_n luke_n 1.79_o to_o give_v light_n to_o they_o that_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n etc._n etc._n joh._n 1.5_o the_o light_n shine_v in_o darkness_n etc._n etc._n eph._n 5.8_o you_o be_v sometime_o darkness_n but_o now_o be_v you_o light_v in_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 2._o spiritual_a dissertion_n or_o the_o withdraw_n of_o the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n and_o thus_o heman_n complain_v psal_n 88.6_o that_o god_n have_v lay_v he_o in_o darkness_n and_o isa_n 50.10_o who_o be_v there_o among_o you_o that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o see_v no_o light_n etc._n etc._n 3._o eternal_a darkness_n the_o miserable_a condition_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o separation_n from_o god_n call_v utter_a darkness_n mat._n 22.13_o and_o 8.12_o because_o far_a distance_v from_o the_o light_n of_o god_n please_v countenance_n and_o this_o estate_n of_o misery_n be_v fit_o compare_v to_o darkness_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o darkness_n 1._o the_o though_o only_o deficient_a cause_v of_o darkness_n be_v the_o withdraw_n of_o the_o light_n so_o the_o separation_n from_o the_o favourable_a presence_n of_o god_n 25._o matth._n 7.23_o matth._n 25._o be_v the_o great_a misery_n of_o the_o damn_a the_o hell_n of_o hell_n be_v to_o be_v without_o god_n love_a and_o gracious_a presence_n in_o hell_n 2._o the_o effect_n of_o darkness_n be_v horror_n and_o affrightment_n and_o trouble_v there_o be_v no_o joy_n but_o in_o god_n presence_n in_o that_o there_o be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n bâ—da_fw-la the_o misery_n of_o this_o condition_n see_v describe_v part_v 1._o p._n 505._o aeternis_fw-la tenebris_fw-la damnari_fw-la decet_fw-la qui_fw-la seize_v transfigurantes_fw-la in_o angelos_n lucis_fw-la veram_fw-la lucem_fw-la non_fw-la praedicarunt_fw-la sed_fw-la suasmet_fw-la magis_fw-la tenebras_fw-la &_o caligine_v dilexerunt_fw-la &_o in_o meras_fw-la errorum_fw-la tenebras_fw-la ally_n pracipitaverunt_fw-la lorin_n in_o loc_n rectè_fw-la in_o tenebras_fw-la tormentorum_fw-la mittentur_fw-la aeternas_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la lucis_fw-la tenebras_fw-la inducebant_fw-la errorum_fw-la bâ—da_fw-la psalm_n 16._o but_o without_o it_o only_o weep_v and_o wail_v blackness_n of_o darkness_n thick_a darkness_n purae_fw-la tenebrae_fw-la not_o the_o least_o glimpse_n and_o crevice_n of_o light_n and_o mixture_n of_o joy_n and_o most_o fit_o be_v this_o punishment_n of_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n threaten_v against_o these_o seducer_n who_o transform_v themselves_o into_o angel_n of_o light_n and_o yet_o hold_v not_o forth_o the_o light_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o love_v darkness_n more_o than_o light_n and_o lead_v other_o into_o the_o darkness_n of_o sin_n and_o error_n and_o how_o just_a be_v it_o that_o they_o shall_v suffer_v by_o thick_a true_a perfect_a darkness_n who_o delude_v the_o world_n with_o seem_v and_o appear_v light_n 2._o for_o the_o certainty_n and_o unavoidableness_n of_o this_o punishment_n jud._n say_v this_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n be_v reserve_v for_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n proper_o import_v the_o solicitous_a keep_n and_o reserve_v of_o a_o thing_n lest_o it_o be_v lose_v or_o take_v away_o by_o other_o a_o keep_n with_o watch_n and_o ward_n most_o accurate_o and_o vigilant_o as_o a_o prisoner_n be_v keep_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o act._n 4.3_o and_o 5.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v to_o signify_v a_o prison_n in_o this_o place_n therefore_o as_o there_o be_v employ_v god_n present_a forbearance_n to_o punish_v these_o seducer_n with_o the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n it_o be_v reserve_v and_o keep_v for_o they_o not_o actual_o as_o yet_o inflict_v upon_o they_o so_o there_o be_v principal_o intend_v the_o certainty_n and_o unavoidableness_n of_o this_o punishment_n and_o the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o pertinacious_a sinner_n escape_v thereof_o nor_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o this_o estate_n shall_v be_v thus_o certain_o reserve_v for_o they_o 1.4_o denâ—tat_fw-la firmum_fw-la &_o ratum_fw-la divinae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la decretum_fw-la de_fw-la suppliâ—ie_fw-la aeterno_fw-la lorin_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 1.4_o the_o firm_a and_o irreversible_a decree_n say_v lorinus_n in_o this_o place_n orthodox_n of_o god_n to_o punish_v they_o for_o ever_o or_o that_o ordain_v they_o of_o old_a to_o condemnation_n mention_v for_o 4._o be_v here_o denote_v so_o that_o as_o in_o god_n decree_n heaven_n be_v a_o heritance_n reserve_v for_o the_o faithful_a this_o misery_n be_v reserve_v for_o the_o wicked_a need_v likewise_o must_v this_o punishment_n be_v reserve_v for_o incorrigible_a sinner_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o truth_n justice_n power_n omniscience_n of_o god_n his_o truth_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o lie_v and_o who_o be_v as_o true_a in_o his_o threaten_n against_o the_o obstinate_a as_o in_o his_o promise_n to_o the_o return_a sinner_n his_o justice_n whereby_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v sin_n always_o to_o go_v unpunished_a 6._o rom._n 2.5_o 6._o and_o will_v render_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n his_o power_n so_o great_a that_o none_o can_v deliver_v the_o wicked_a out_o of_o his_o hand_n yea_o so_o great_a as_o that_o they_o can_v neither_o be_v able_a to_o keep_v out_o nor_o break_v out_o of_o prison_n his_o omniscience_n whereby_o none_o can_v escape_v or_o hide_v himself_o from_o his_o eye_n in_o 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that_o perfect_a holiness_n require_v to_o the_o see_v of_o god_n fin_n per_fw-la mortem_fw-la defecantur_fw-la ut_fw-la fomite_fw-la pecati_fw-la cum_fw-la corpere_fw-la mortue_n ad_fw-la immortaiitatemp_n puri_fw-la resurgâ—nt_fw-la rivet_n in_o geâ—_n exerc_n 48._o prop._n fin_n and_o therefore_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v cleanse_v by_o death_n that_o with_o their_o body_n of_o flesh_n they_o lay_v off_o the_o corruption_n of_o their_o nature_n may_v arise_v pure_a and_o spotless_a to_o immortality_n the_o consideration_n whereof_o shall_v put_v the_o strong_a and_o those_o who_o be_v most_o likely_a to_o live_v upon_o a_o constant_a and_o serious_a meditation_n of_o death_n and_o warn_v they_o not_o to_o expect_v immortality_n in_o this_o life_n but_o daily_o to_o wait_v for_o their_o certain_a and_o appoint_a change_n that_o bless_a saint_n now_o with_o god_n mr._n richard_n rogers_n who_o be_v another_o enoch_n in_o his_o age_n grandfather_n sometime_o of_o wâ—â—hersfield_n 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