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againstit_fw-la no_o pardon_n obtain_v his_o jealousy_n shall_v take_v on_o harness_n and_o he_o shall_v arm_v the_o creature_n to_o be_v avenge_v of_o his_o enemy_n he_o shall_v put_v on_o righteousness_n for_o a_o breastplate_n and_o take_v unfeigned_a judgement_n instead_o of_o a_o helmet_n equity_n shall_v be_v his_o shield_n and_o his_o fierce_a wrath_n as_o a_o sharp_a sword_n and_o his_o troop_n be_v the_o whole_a compass_n of_o the_o world_n now_o what_o be_v the_o party_n which_o be_v to_o appear_v and_o abide_v trial_n adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n from_o the_o first_o man_n to_o the_o last_o that_o shall_v be_v bear_v here_o shall_v they_o be_v judge_v which_o have_v be_v heretofore_o judge_n
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affection_n and_o excellent_a reputation_n than_o they_o which_o do_v good_a according_a to_o any_o other_o virtue_n yea_o a_o liberal_a man_n have_v the_o commendation_n of_o all_o virtue_n he_o be_v think_v wise_a because_o he_o know_v the_o true_a use_n of_o riches_n valiant_a because_o he_o can_v overcome_v the_o covetous_a desire_n which_o rule_v too_o many_o just_a because_o he_o willing_o make_v that_o to_o be_v another_o which_o be_v his_o own_o because_o he_o think_v it_o more_o due_a unto_o he_o for_o the_o good_a which_o may_v come_v thereof_o temperate_a because_o he_o do_v withdraw_v much_o from_o superfluity_n and_o excess_n that_o he_o may_v have_v wherewith_o to_o do_v other_o good_a and_o he_o will_v spend_v the_o less_o to_o give_v the_o more_o we_o must_v gain_v then_o that_o we_o may_v give_v and_o we_o must_v receive_v that_o we_o may_v bestow_v and_o do_v good_a with_o that_o we_o have_v the_o one_o be_v bless_v for_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o the_o latter_a rather_o bless_v then_o the_o other_o but_o he_o which_o think_v that_o to_o keep_v in_o his_o gain_n be_v the_o only_a way_n to_o do_v himself_o good_a as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o lose_v if_o other_o shall_v occupy_v with_o he_o have_v as_o poor_a a_o trade_n as_o he_o which_o hide_v his_o talon_n in_o a_o napkin_n of_o which_o come_v no_o advantage_n for_o lack_v that_o it_o be_v not_o put_v out_o every_o christian_a must_v know_v himself_o to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o stomach_n to_o digest_v and_o disperse_v those_o gift_n which_o he_o receive_v to_o the_o good_a of_o christ_n body_n christ_n empty_v himself_o to_o fill_v we_o he_o be_v rich_a say_v paul_n for_o your_o sake_n become_v poor_a that_o you_o through_o his_o poverty_n may_v be_v make_v rich_a what_o he_o get_v of_o his_o father_n by_o his_o holy_a life_n or_o patient_a death_n he_o bestow_v on_o we_o and_o what_o he_o may_v just_o claim_v at_o our_o hand_n for_o his_o gift_n bestow_v on_o we_o he_o leave_v to_o be_v 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then_o after_o by_o grace_n he_o live_v in_o do_v good_a according_a to_o his_o faith_n hope_n and_o love_n the_o first_o life_n bring_v he_o into_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n the_o second_o into_o the_o possession_n of_o his_o kingdom_n to_o do_v thyself_o most_o good_a be_v to_o depart_v with_o thy_o good_n unto_o other_o and_o in_o this_o cause_n they_o be_v keep_v better_a to_o serve_v thy_o turn_n then_o if_o they_o be_v in_o thy_o own_o keep_n for_o if_o thy_o treasure_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o poor_a christ_n be_v thy_o treasurer_n who_o will_v make_v thou_o good_a account_n of_o all_o such_o expense_n i_o speak_v strange_a thing_n to_o the_o ear_n
wherefore_o as_o the_o desire_n of_o society_n between_o man_n and_o man_n have_v erect_v state_n and_o weal_n public_a so_o the_o desire_n of_o society_n between_o god_n and_o man_n have_v cause_v church_n and_o holy_a assembly_n for_o they_o be_v a_o number_n of_o such_o man_n which_o not_o regard_v the_o world_n or_o the_o fashion_n of_o it_o do_v desire_v the_o acquaintance_n and_o familiarity_n of_o god_n have_v a_o special_a care_n in_o all_o their_o do_n that_o in_o nothing_o they_o offend_v his_o presence_n which_o vouchsafe_v to_o be_v among_o they_o as_o his_o own_o child_n and_o friend_n our_o bless_a saviour_n know_v how_o necessary_a it_o be_v for_o man_n to_o recover_v this_o society_n with_o god_n lose_v by_o the_o fall_n of_o our_o first_o progenitor_n adam_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o so_o great_a a_o good_a unto_o we_o all_o do_v in_o his_o own_o person_n ratify_v the_o band_n or_o league_n of_o our_o reconciliation_n with_o god_n for_o be_v everlasting_o god_n as_o the_o son_n the_o second_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n he_o take_v unto_o the_o same_o our_o humane_a nature_n and_o so_o become_v both_o god_n and_o man_n and_o one_o true_a immanuel_n of_o which_o nature_n it_o be_v true_o say_v that_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n dwell_v in_o it_o bodily_a and_o all_o we_o which_o be_v make_v bone_n of_o his_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o his_o flesh_n be_v also_o partaker_n of_o this_o fellowship_n not_o only_o to_o dwell_v with_o god_n and_o god_n with_o we_o but_o also_o for_o the_o nearness_n thereof_o to_o dwell_v in_o god_n and_o god_n in_o we_o but_o we_o must_v remember_v this_o still_o for_o a_o chief_a point_n in_o this_o argument_n that_o we_o have_v no_o communion_n nor_o fellowship_n with_o god_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o that_o this_o love_a league_n and_o sociable_a familiarity_n do_v proceed_v whole_o from_o his_o incarnation_n and_o in_o the_o use_n of_o this_o most_o singular_a blessing_n do_v consist_v all_o the_o happy_a content_n which_o man_n may_v reap_v here_o in_o this_o life_n or_o in_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v i_o mean_v if_o we_o converse_v and_o keep_v company_n with_o god_n as_o he_o on_o the_o other_o side_n do_v most_o love_o offer_v himself_o unto_o we_o for_o this_o only_o be_v we_o bear_v and_o this_o be_v true_o to_o live_v and_o without_o this_o we_o be_v rather_o shadow_n than_o man_n or_o very_a beast_n in_o man_n shape_n oh_o man_n how_o have_v the_o lord_n ennoble_v thou_o do_v thou_o not_o debase_v thyself_o he_o call_v thou_o to_o be_v a_o favourite_n in_o his_o court_n and_o thou_o have_v rather_o shift_v up_o and_o down_o as_o a_o base_a peasant_n in_o the_o devil_n country_n he_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o lord_n over_o all_o thing_n in_o his_o right_n but_o thou_o choose_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o the_o world_n sure_a of_o nothing_o but_o misery_n it_o be_v the_o chief_a commendation_n of_o good_a man_n that_o they_o walk_v with_o god_n and_o the_o shame_n of_o the_o wicked_a that_o they_o walk_v with_o the_o world_n they_o which_o converse_v with_o god_n be_v not_o much_o addict_v to_o this_o life_n not_o because_o they_o despise_v the_o commodity_n thereof_o but_o see_v they_o be_v much_o abuse_v they_o be_v wary_a how_o they_o meddle_v or_o look_v for_o better_a they_o make_v the_o less_o reckon_n of_o they_o wherein_o they_o take_v no_o loss_n as_o be_v suppose_v but_o procure_v to_o themselves_o no_o small_a advantage_n for_o when_o it_o so_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o must_v part_v with_o life_n they_o do_v it_o with_o the_o great_a quietness_n and_o comfort_n of_o mind_n and_o wheresoever_o it_o be_v that_o death_n wait_v for_o they_o they_o be_v the_o ready_a for_o it_o which_o the_o worldly_a man_n be_v never_o and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o none_o use_v life_n better_o than_o they_o or_o make_v more_o account_n to_o spend_v it_o well_o but_o it_o be_v rather_o to_o draw_v towards_o god_n then_o to_o seek_v any_o far_a acquaintance_n with_o the_o world_n but_o some_o will_v say_v the_o world_n offer_v itself_o unto_o we_o in_o every_o place_n but_o god_n be_v far_o from_o we_o and_o so_o strange_a unto_o we_o that_o we_o know_v not_o how_o to_o have_v any_o acquaintance_n with_o he_o a_o strange_a say_n indeed_o of_o he_o which_o be_v make_v after_o god_n image_n and_o can_v live_v or_o move_v or_o have_v his_o be_v but_o in_o he_o which_o be_v compass_v about_o and_o close_v in_o with_o his_o wonderful_a work_n and_o daily_a benefit_n so_o that_o if_o he_o will_v seek_v he_o may_v by_o grope_v easy_o find_v he_o which_o by_o reason_n of_o these_o thing_n whereby_o he_o have_v make_v himself_o know_v can_v be_v far_o from_o we_o but_o this_o principle_n of_o nature_n be_v oft_o time_n darken_v in_o man_n by_o evil_a custom_n or_o wicked_a malice_n and_o moreover_o not_o able_a of_o itself_o to_o bring_v man_n forward_o to_o this_o familiarity_n or_o acquaintance_n with_o god_n and_o therefore_o god_n offer_v himself_o and_o the_o godly_a walk_n with_o he_o by_o other_o mean_n as_o by_o his_o word_n where_o they_o find_v the_o help_n of_o his_o spirit_n by_o the_o sacrament_n by_o prayer_n meditation_n a_o godly_a life_n for_o as_o by_o certain_a obsequious_a office_n we_o infinuate_v our_o self_n into_o the_o favour_n and_o familiarity_n of_o man_n so_o these_o be_v the_o duty_n whereby_o we_o live_v here_o in_o this_o world_n be_v make_v near_o and_o dear_a unto_o god_n the_o poor_a wretch_n in_o the_o world_n that_o walk_v with_o god_n which_o be_v in_o his_o favour_n and_o set_v the_o lord_n before_o his_o eye_n in_o all_o his_o do_n be_v happy_a for_o the_o present_a time_n then_o the_o great_a monarch_n on_o earth_n which_o say_v as_o pharaoh_n do_v who_o be_v the_o lord_n and_o shall_v hereafter_o find_v more_o happiness_n than_o all_o the_o world_n can_v ever_o bestow_v most_o unworthy_a we_o which_o envy_v the_o ordinary_a favour_n of_o a_o prince_n unto_o our_o brethren_n and_o will_v come_v between_o they_o and_o home_n if_o possible_o we_o may_v whereas_o we_o may_v have_v access_n unto_o god_n and_o seek_v it_o not_o and_o if_o we_o have_v it_o we_o rely_v not_o so_o much_o on_o it_o as_o they_o do_v on_o the_o grace_n or_o countenance_n of_o a_o mortal_a man_n what_o do_v not_o they_o adventure_v which_o be_v so_o back_v and_o how_o many_o of_o they_o shrink_v away_o unto_o who_o god_n do_v say_v i_o be_o with_o thou_o i_o will_v not_o fail_v thou_o or_o forsake_v thou_o i_o speak_v out_o of_o my_o own_o feel_n let_v other_o take_v the_o matter_n as_o they_o listen_v i_o do_v special_o condemn_v myself_o in_o those_o two_o point_n first_o for_o that_o i_o seek_v the_o lord_n most_o love_a grace_n and_o sweet_a acquaintance_n with_o no_o more_o heat_n and_o zeal_n second_o because_o that_o when_o i_o find_v it_o i_o be_o no_o more_o thankful_a unto_o god_n for_o it_o neither_o be_o so_o strengthen_v by_o it_o and_o go_v on_o in_o christian_a duty_n as_o i_o shall_v the_o lord_n have_v mercy_n on_o i_o and_o grant_v i_o grace_v ever_o to_o see_v my_o error_n to_o confess_v and_o repent_v for_o they_o not_o please_v myself_o in_o any_o know_a weakness_n but_o always_o strive_v to_o overcome_v &_o get_v out_o of_o it_o meditation_n 38._o non-parity_n of_o sin_n as_o a_o aptness_n to_o laugh_v or_o weep_v be_v a_o property_n which_o necessary_o follow_v the_o nature_n or_o kind_n of_o man_n and_o be_v affirm_v of_o the_o whole_a always_o and_o of_o his_o own_o right_n so_o guilt_n do_v follow_v sin_n and_o make_v the_o sinner_n subject_n to_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v death_n there_o be_v then_o no_o sin_n so_o light_a which_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n do_v not_o deserve_v death_n or_o to_o which_o a_o pardon_n be_v due_a of_o course_n without_o a_o infinite_a satisfaction_n yet_o be_v not_o all_o sin_n equal_a for_o neither_o do_v they_o offend_v god_n alike_o nor_o find_v the_o like_a punishment_n howbeit_o by_o a_o consequent_a to_o the_o true_a christian_a all_o sin_n be_v venial_a and_o to_o the_o unbeliever_n all_o mortal_a as_o they_o be_v ever_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o observe_v a_o far_a difference_n that_o there_o be_v sin_n which_o bear_v the_o whole_a sway_n in_o a_o man_n such_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o there_o be_v sin_n which_o do_v but_o remain_v and_o dwell_v in_o man_n because_o there_o be_v a_o resistance_n and_o head_n make_v against_o it_o by_o the_o better_a part_n and_o be_v at_o last_o expel_v by_o grace_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o godly_a and_o
and_o they_o shall_v receive_v right_a which_o will_v not_o do_v right_a prince_n and_o pope_n which_o none_o do_v dare_v to_o call_v in_o question_n shall_v be_v here_o both_o examine_v and_o censure_v and_o the_o more_o mighty_a man_n have_v be_v to_o do_v wrong_n the_o more_o mighty_o shall_v they_o be_v confound_v last_o the_o sentence_n be_v very_o short_a come_v you_o bless_v go_v you_o curse_v but_o of_o the_o great_a weight_n and_o strength_n that_o ever_o be_v for_o this_o do_v not_o pass_v on_o one_o man_n or_o a_o family_n or_o a_o nation_n only_o but_o on_o all_o mankind_n at_o one_o time_n neither_o be_v it_o touch_v good_n and_o land_n or_o credit_n or_o limb_n or_o life_n of_o the_o body_n but_o it_o do_v concern_v body_n and_o soul_n too_o for_o salvation_n or_o damnation_n and_o that_o not_o for_o a_o day_n or_o year_n to_o continue_v but_o for_o ever_o without_o any_o repeal_n and_o be_v these_o thing_n so_o what_o manner_n of_o person_n ought_v we_o to_o be_v then_o in_o holy_a conversation_n and_o godliness_n look_v for_o and_o haste_v to_o the_o come_n of_o the_o day_n of_o god_n for_o these_o thing_n must_v so_o come_v to_o pass_v not_o to_o fear_v or_o trouble_v god_n child_n but_o to_o take_v revenge_n on_o his_o enemy_n as_o when_o some_o mighty_a prince_n come_v towards_o a_o castle_n of_o his_o besiege_a by_o the_o enemy_n and_o bring_v a_o great_a army_n with_o he_o to_o raise_v the_o siege_n this_o put_v they_o in_o no_o fear_n which_o be_v within_o but_o be_v to_o they_o a_o great_a comfort_n and_o therefore_o they_o look_v over_o the_o wall_n and_o rejoice_v at_o it_o with_o shout_n and_o cry_n but_o they_o which_o be_v without_o be_v perplex_v with_o fear_n for_o the_o hurt_n which_o be_v near_o unto_o they_o know_v you_o not_o that_o to_o the_o world_n end_n the_o church_n be_v besiege_v by_o the_o devil_n the_o world_n and_o the_o flesh_n then_o god_n will_v come_v to_o raise_v this_o siege_n and_o bring_v all_o his_o enemy_n under_o his_o foot_n and_o his_o come_n be_v not_o to_o put_v they_o in_o fear_n which_o be_v within_o his_o church_n but_o which_o assault_n it_o and_o therefore_o christ_n say_v to_o his_o own_o lift_v up_o your_o bead_n for_o your_o salvation_n draw_v nigh_o and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v behold_v i_o come_v short_o and_o my_o reward_n be_v with_o mâ—e_n to_o give_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n bless_v be_v they_o that_o do_v his_o commandment_n that_o their_o right_n may_v be_v in_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n and_o may_v enter_v in_o through_o the_o gate_n into_o the_o city_n for_o without_o shall_v be_v dog_n and_o enchanter_n and_o whoremonger_n and_o murderer_n and_o idolater_n and_o whosoever_o love_v or_o make_v lie_n meditation_n 45._o hell_n a_o thought_n of_o hell_n be_v sad_a not_o so_o sad_a as_o to_o feel_v the_o pain_n and_o they_o shall_v certain_o feel_v it_o which_o think_v not_o oft_o on_o it_o and_o that_o sad_o too_o make_v thy_o choice_n if_o thou_o like_o i_o go_v forward_o with_o i_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n which_o shut_v we_o out_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n that_o be_v a_o loss_n of_o all_o good_a it_o be_v a_o pain_n of_o grief_n in_o all_o part_n of_o man_n according_a as_o their_o dispostion_n be_v to_o take_v grief_n easlesse_a that_o be_v the_o extremity_n comfortless_a it_o find_v no_o pity_n endless_a it_o have_v no_o remedy_n it_o be_v call_v the_o second_o death_n a_o worm_n of_o the_o conscience_n a_o bottomless_a pit_n utter_a darkness_n fire_n unquenchable_a a_o river_n of_o brimstone_n which_o be_v kindle_v by_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n there_o be_v no_o order_n but_o confusion_n weep_v and_o gnash_v of_o tooth_n will_v know_v where_o it_o be_v how_o spacious_a the_o rage_n of_o the_o tormentor_n the_o fury_n of_o the_o torment_n the_o despair_n of_o the_o torment_v god_n keep_v thou_o and_o i_o from_o this_o experience_n but_o be_v god_n so_o infinite_o angry_a will_v he_o so_o unmerciful_o forsake_v so_o hardly_o handle_v these_o which_o may_v have_v know_v and_o love_v he_o have_v he_o so_o list_v and_o can_v never_o do_v he_o hurt_v though_o they_o will_v dispute_v not_o vain_a clay_n thou_o be_v in_o the_o potter_n hand_n to_o deal_v with_o thou_o as_o he_o please_v his_o judgement_n be_v too_o high_a for_o thou_o believe_v his_o word_n obey_v thy_o call_n follow_v he_o which_o descend_v into_o hell_n to_o fetch_v thy_o condemnation_n thence_o and_o thou_o shall_v find_v god_n merciful_a to_o thy_o soul_n yea_o nothing_o but_o mercy_n and_o in_o this_o cause_n i_o put_v thou_o over_o for_o a_o conclusion_n of_o all_o to_o the_o meditation_n of_o heaven_n meditation_n 46._o heaven_n and_o the_o heavenly_a inheritance_n this_o be_v not_o meat_n for_o all_o mouth_n be_v thou_o true_o humble_v for_o thy_o sin_n persecute_v for_o the_o truth_n oppress_v in_o thy_o right_n do_v thou_o hate_v the_o world_n and_o be_v thou_o prepare_v for_o death_n than_o be_v thou_o a_o gomer_n fit_a to_o keep_v this_o manna_n without_o corrupt_v but_o thou_o must_v believe_v else_o shall_v thou_o not_o understand_v for_o most_o true_a be_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o walk_v by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o sight_n the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v temporal_a but_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v be_v eternal_a and_o as_o saint_n john_n say_v now_o be_v we_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v what_o we_o shall_v be_v and_o we_o know_v that_o when_o he_o shall_v appear_v we_o shall_v be_v like_o he_o for_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o as_o he_o be_v if_o a_o king_n can_v do_v so_o much_o what_o trow_v you_o will_v the_o king_n of_o king_n do_v for_o that_o man_n which_o he_o mean_v to_o honour_n he_o have_v already_o give_v his_o son_n for_o thou_o and_o by_o he_o forgive_v thy_o sin_n he_o have_v give_v unto_o thou_o the_o privilege_n of_o thy_o call_n the_o honour_n of_o thy_o profession_n the_o liberty_n of_o thy_o conscience_n the_o help_n of_o his_o sacrament_n the_o use_n of_o his_o word_n the_o communion_n of_o saint_n the_o counsel_n of_o the_o wise_a the_o familiarity_n of_o the_o good_a the_o beginning_n of_o regeneration_n the_o proceed_n of_o faith_n hope_n and_o love_n the_o fruit_n of_o patience_n peace_n joy_n and_o conscionable_a deal_n last_o of_o all_o that_o great_a prerogative_n the_o intercession_n of_o christ_n in_o all_o thy_o prayer_n if_o he_o have_v do_v so_o much_o for_o thou_o in_o this_o pilgrimage_n what_o will_v he_o do_v for_o thou_o in_o thy_o country_n if_o thou_o have_v have_v such_o benefit_n in_o the_o wilderness_n what_o be_v thou_o to_o hope_v for_o in_o canaan_n the_o eye_n have_v not_o see_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v not_o able_a to_o conceive_v how_o then_o can_v the_o tongue_n utter_v they_o but_o believe_v thou_o in_o thy_o soul_n which_o love_v god_n the_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v provide_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o 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