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A04194 A treatise of the divine essence and attributes. By Thomas Iackson Doctor in Divinitie, chaplaine to his Majestie in ordinary, and vicar of S. Nicolas Church in the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne. The first part; Commentaries upon the Apostles Creed. Book 6 Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640. 1629 (1629) STC 14318; ESTC S107492 378,415 670

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excitat_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la minime_fw-la suspicati_fw-la fuerant_fw-la cominaeus_n in_o fine_a lib._n 10._o 10._o componan_n ergo_fw-la illius_fw-la accrbitates_fw-la ac_fw-la dolores_fw-la quos_fw-la pertulit_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la ●um_fw-la ijs_fw-la malis_fw-la &_o incommodis_fw-la quibus_fw-la alios_fw-la affecit_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la quidem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la differunt_fw-la ac_fw-la longè_fw-la aliud_fw-la etiam_fw-la fuit_fw-la ipsius_fw-la munus_fw-la verùm_fw-la quò_fw-la prosperiori_fw-la fuit_fw-la usus_fw-la fortuna_fw-la &_o quò_fw-la major_n extitit_fw-la ejus_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la europam_fw-la authoritas_fw-la eo_fw-la quoque_fw-la vehementiùs_fw-la fuit_fw-la af●ictus_fw-la dum_fw-la praeter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la aliquid_fw-la perferre_fw-la coactus_fw-la est_fw-la ineo_fw-la quem_fw-la diximus_fw-la eremica_fw-la summam_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la spem_fw-la habebat_fw-la ac_fw-la subinde_fw-la missis_fw-la nuncijs_fw-la interpellabat_fw-la eum_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la sibi_fw-la produceret_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la res_fw-la svas_fw-la quasi_fw-la jam_fw-la moriturus_fw-la constituerat_fw-la tamen_fw-la redintegrato_fw-la animo_fw-la sperabat_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la evadere_fw-la cominaeus_n lib._n 10._o in_o initio_fw-la initio_fw-la medico_n svo_fw-la menstruum_fw-la dabat_fw-la stipendium_fw-la ut_fw-la supr●_n quoque_fw-la diximus_fw-la decem_fw-la aureorum_fw-la millia_fw-la nec_fw-la id_fw-la modò_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la ambianensem_fw-la ejus_fw-la nepoti_fw-la &_o munerae_fw-la publica_fw-la multa_fw-la largiebatur_fw-la ejus_fw-la propinquis_fw-la &_o amiciss_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la medice_fw-la tam_fw-la erat_fw-la verbis_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la asper_fw-la &_o durus_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la supra_fw-la valde_fw-la igitur_fw-la eum_fw-la rex_fw-la metuebat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la suos_fw-la familiares_fw-la de_fw-fr illine_a asperitate_fw-la 〈◊〉_d saepe_fw-la querebatur_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la andebat_fw-la eum_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la dimittere_fw-la ibid._n mortem_fw-la nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la veh●m●ntius_fw-la exhorruit_fw-la n●mo_fw-la etiam_fw-la majori_fw-la study_v &_o ratione_fw-la de_fw-la remediis_fw-la unquam_fw-la cogitavit_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la familiaribus_fw-la suis_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la quoque_fw-la saepenumerò_fw-la mandaverat_fw-la s●_n quando_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la necessitatate_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la conspiceremus_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la prorsuo_fw-la fact●_n mentione_n mortis_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la expiationem_fw-la solummodo_fw-la adhortaremur_fw-la ac_fw-la videbatur_fw-la essen●nc_fw-la temporis_fw-la molliori_fw-la animo_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la adeò_fw-la duram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la audiret_fw-la ibidem_fw-la jpse_fw-la d●os_fw-la ga●●●●_n principes_fw-la d●cem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o c●●nest_a ablium_n capite_fw-la mu●ctaver●_n &_o quod_fw-la alterum_fw-la n●●usset_a jam_fw-la cum_fw-la esset_fw-la moritur●●_n ipsum_fw-la punituit_fw-la et_fw-la quem_fw-la ad●●●dum_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la homines_fw-la delectos_fw-la denunciatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la supplicium_fw-la paneis_fw-la verbis_fw-la &_o breve_fw-la temporis_fw-la spa●ium_fw-la quo_fw-la de_fw-la solu_fw-la to_o sua_fw-la statuerent_fw-la concessum_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la plane_n modum_fw-la isti_fw-la nulla_fw-la verborum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d circuitione_n cum_fw-la ei_fw-la praesignificarent_fw-la mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la officio_fw-la nostro_fw-la satisfaciamus_fw-la ai●bant●res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la postulat_fw-la spem_fw-la nullam_fw-la d●inceps_fw-la collocare_fw-la debes_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o eremita_n vel_fw-la in_o quovis_fw-la alio_fw-la nam_fw-la actum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la prorsus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n carceres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ravit_fw-la horrendos_fw-la &_o valde_fw-la tetros_fw-la nempe_fw-la caveas_fw-la aliquot_fw-la partim_fw-la ferreas_fw-la partim_fw-la ligneas_fw-la ferreis_n laminibus_fw-la coopertas_fw-la latitudine_fw-la octo_fw-la pedum_fw-la &_o altitudine_fw-la paulo_fw-la majori_fw-la quam_fw-la est_fw-la staturae_fw-la hominis_fw-la excogit●verat_fw-la hanc_fw-la rationem_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la baluensis_n &_o in_o kam_n quae_fw-la primum_fw-la perfecta_fw-la fuit_fw-la inclusus_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la perque_fw-la totos_fw-la quatuordecim_fw-la annos_fw-la detentus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n et_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la ipsius_fw-la imperium_fw-la carceres_fw-la illi_fw-la funesti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la inventi_fw-la ad_fw-la eunden_a plane_n modum_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la consimilibus_fw-la omnin●_n vinculis_fw-la sese_fw-la induit_fw-la inque_fw-la majori_fw-la versabatur_fw-la metu_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la quos_fw-la aliquando_fw-la captivos_fw-la detinuerat_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ingrediendum_fw-la erat_fw-la omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la per_fw-la patentem_fw-la portam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la parunlun_fw-la ostium_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la paucos_fw-la aliquot_fw-la familiares_fw-la quorun_v erat_fw-la opera_fw-la necessaria_fw-la nemo_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la voluntate_fw-la ipsius_fw-la introibat_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la hierocles_n in_o haec_fw-la aurea_fw-la pythagorae_n carmina_fw-la mortales_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la deus_fw-la mittentibus_fw-la angunt_fw-la ut_fw-la tua_fw-la sor_n tulerit_fw-la pati●●●_n ne_o far_o recust_n nec_fw-la speranda_fw-la medela_fw-la tamen_fw-la sed_fw-la novis_fw-la &_o istud_fw-la parcius_fw-la ista_fw-la viris_fw-la immittere_fw-la numina_fw-la justis_fw-la multos_fw-la ipse_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la vitam_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la metu_fw-la et_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la excruciaverat_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la ecce_fw-la videmus_fw-la ●un_v ad_fw-la con●imilem_fw-la plane_n modum_fw-la affligi_fw-la cui_fw-la enim_fw-la se_fw-la committat_fw-la qui_fw-la liberis_fw-la etiam_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o genero_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la modò_fw-la pertineat_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la choose_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la qui_fw-la metui_fw-la volunt_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o re_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la servitus_fw-la quum_fw-la ad_fw-la senectuten_v pervenerunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la demum_fw-la aperte_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la quiae_fw-la coguntur_fw-la inuicem_fw-la plurimos_fw-la formidare_fw-la com._n ibid._n ibid._n borbonius_n &_o comes_n dunensis_n legatos_fw-la flandriae_n qui_fw-la nuptius_fw-la deiph●●_n interfue●ant_fw-la ambosae_fw-la honoris_fw-la causa_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la deduxerant_fw-la vbi_fw-la plessium_n revertissent_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la comitatu_fw-la è_fw-la stipatorum_fw-la &_o satellitum_fw-la suorum_fw-la praefectis_fw-la quendam_fw-la accersit_fw-la &_o explorare_fw-la jubet_fw-la a_o essent_fw-la arma●isub_fw-la veste_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la dissimulanter_fw-la faceret_fw-la mandat_fw-la intereà_fw-la dum_fw-la familiariter_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la loquor_fw-la com._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la exod._n 1._o 15._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n 21._o 19_o 19_o 1_o kin._n 22._o 18._o 18._o 1_o king_n 21._o 8._o 2_o kin._n 9_o 33._o 33._o 2_o king_n 9_o 34._o 34._o ibidem_fw-la vide_fw-la thuanum_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 20._o 20._o see_v the_o 1._o king_n 21._o 24._o and_o 2_o king_n 9_o 26._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n 16._o 21._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 12_o saint_n paul_n acknowledge_v his_o consent_n unto_o saint_n stephen_n death_n either_o as_o express_o give_v by_o he_o or_o as_o include_v in_o his_o willingness_n to_o keep_v the_o garment_n of_o such_o as_o stone_v he_o to_o death_n death_n act_n 14._o 5_o 6._o act_n 22._o 20._o and_o when_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o martyr_n stephen_n be_v shed_v i_o also_o be_v stand_v by_o and_o consent_v unto_o his_o death_n and_o keep_v the_o raiment_n of_o they_o that_o slay_v he_o he_o vide_fw-la thuanum_fw-la thuanum_fw-la pausanias_n in_o achaic_n lib._n 7._o p._n 425._o 425._o dubravius_n in_o histor_n boem_n boem_n in●_n à_fw-la breve_fw-la igitur_fw-la tempus_fw-la va●cu●um_fw-la divi_z wenceslai_n compictum_fw-la fuit_fw-la vaticinantis_fw-la ●o_z e_z ut_fw-la à_fw-la discessu_fw-la svo_fw-la a●●●●m_fw-la pauli_n presbyteri_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la vacuum_fw-la redderetur_fw-la co●●eptus_fw-la inter_fw-la precipuos_fw-la ad_fw-la supplicium_fw-la podivivus_fw-la quoque_fw-la totum_fw-la biennium_fw-la in_o furcâ_fw-la sub_fw-la dio_fw-mi pendena_fw-la nulla_fw-la tabe_fw-la violati_fw-la nedum_fw-la corrumpi_fw-la consici●ue_fw-la potuit_fw-la donec_fw-la post_fw-la haustam_fw-la terrae_fw-la hiatu_fw-la drahom●●m_fw-la sepeliretur_fw-la nam_fw-la quo_fw-la manifestior_fw-la graviorque_fw-la paena_fw-la appareret_fw-la quae_fw-la merito_fw-la de_fw-la crudelissima_fw-la atque_fw-la impiissima_fw-la muliere_fw-la exigenda_fw-la fuerat_fw-la eo_fw-la loci_fw-la quo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insepulta_fw-la jacebant_fw-la ossa_fw-la occisorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la terra_fw-la sua_fw-la sponte_fw-la dehiscens_fw-la vivam_fw-la d●ahomiram_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la curiu_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la simul_fw-la vehebantur_fw-la absorbuit_fw-la auriga_fw-la solo_fw-la incolumi_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aran_a juxta_fw-la sitam_fw-la nune_fw-la haud_fw-la extat_fw-la equo_fw-la desiliens_fw-la accurrit_fw-la eum_fw-la sort_n tintinnabulum_fw-la tinnire_fw-la audisset_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la adoraret_fw-la execrante_fw-la illum_fw-la drahomira_n on_o nibus_fw-la maledictis_fw-la quare_fw-la locum_fw-la eum_fw-la etiamnum_fw-la ut_fw-la execratum_fw-la funeslum●ue_fw-la declinant_fw-la viatores_fw-la qui_fw-la arcem_fw-la pragensem_fw-la ab_fw-la occidentali_fw-la plaga_fw-la petunt_fw-la quar_fw-la quam_fw-la terra_fw-la eodem_fw-la loci_fw-la in_o statum_fw-la pristinum_fw-la cohaeserit_fw-la puniti_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la divinitus_fw-la qui_fw-la boleslaum_n assectati_fw-la gladios_fw-la etiam_fw-la suos_fw-la adversus_fw-la divum_fw-la wenceslaum_fw-la strinxerunt_fw-la pars_fw-la enim_fw-la eorum_fw-la ment_fw-la alienata_fw-la in_fw-la rabiem●ue_fw-la versa_fw-la praecipites_fw-la ex_fw-la alto_fw-mi deorsum_fw-la se_fw-la dabant_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la gladios_fw-la quos_fw-la nudaverant_fw-la incubuere_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la templi_fw-la paries_fw-la quem_fw-la pr●pe_fw-la occisus_fw-la fuit_fw-la divus_o wenceslaus_n velut_fw-la caedis_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la conscius_fw-la aut_fw-la potius_fw-la ut_fw-la testis_fw-la foret_fw-la sceletis_fw-la sempiterni_fw-la nulla_fw-la ullius_fw-la opera_fw-la abstergi_fw-la elui●ue_fw-la potuit_fw-la à_fw-la cruore_fw-la quo_fw-la respersus_fw-la ex_fw-la corpore_fw-la divi_z wenceslai_n fuerat_fw-la haec_fw-la tandem_fw-la tot_fw-la prodigia_fw-la tam●ue_fw-la varia_fw-la supplicia_fw-la boleslaum_n exterruerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la mitius_fw-la deinceps_fw-la cum_fw-la christianis_fw-la agere_fw-la saevitiam●ue_fw-la svam_fw-la adversus_fw-la illos_fw-la remittere_fw-la inciperet_fw-la dubravin_n in_o histor_n boem_n lib._n 5._o p._n 40._o 40._o see_v the_o treatise_n of_o the_o original_n of_o atheism_n &_o idolatry_n chap._n 17._o parag_n 10._o 10._o chap._n 26._o 26._o 2_o king_n 18._o 15_o &_o 17_o isaiah_n 36._o 2._o isaiah_n 37._o 33_o 33_o 1_o king_n 14._o 1_o 2._o 2._o vers_fw-la 5._o etc._n etc._n etc._n verse_n 17._o 17._o hac_fw-la vero_fw-la arte_fw-la conjurati_fw-la in_o georgij_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la irruperunt_fw-la marcus_n antonius_n ferrarius_fw-la castal_n do_v ab_fw-la epistolis_fw-la homo_fw-la prostitutae_fw-la audacia_fw-la jam_fw-la abaliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la tantam_fw-la cum_fw-la georgio_n familiaritatem_fw-la contraxerat_fw-la dum_fw-la se_fw-la berum_fw-la prod●re_fw-la simulat_fw-la ut_fw-la cubiculorijs_fw-la ejus_fw-la proptereà_fw-la factus_fw-la noti●r_fw-la quavis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la admiteretur_fw-la thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o and_o so_o this_o assembly_n be_v discomfit_v every_o man_n take_v his_o near_a &_o safe_a way_n leave_v their_o master_n dead_a body_n to_o be_v a_o prey_n and_o spoil_v unbury_v it_o remain_v there_o many_o day_n above_o ground_n naked_a and_o without_o light_n there_o be_v not_o any_o who_o respect_v to_o cover_v or_o bury_v he_o be_v so_o stiff_o with_o cold_a that_o he_o seem_v as_o a_o man_n make_v out_o of_o marble_n have_v in_o his_o head_n breast_n and_o arm_n many_o wound_n upon_o which_o be_v yet_o remain_v the_o blood_n all_o freeze_v which_o to_o say_v true_o be_v a_o object_n worthy_a of_o compassion_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o be_v execrable_a and_o enormous_a to_o see_v so_o great_a a_o personage_n so_o vild_o lest_o without_o burial_n by_o those_o who_o god_n know_v for_o what_o cause_n have_v practise_v his_o death_n martin_n fu●ee_v in_o his_o history_n of_o hungary_n book_n 4._o 4._o si_fw-mi natura_fw-la negat_fw-la facit_fw-la indignatio_fw-la versum_fw-la versum_fw-la behold_v now_o the_o end_n of_o the_o proud_a and_o insolent_a man_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o great_a and_o close_a tyrant_n that_o ever_o live_v god_n permit_v that_o he_o shall_v in_o that_o very_a place_n end_v his_o day_n which_o he_o have_v cause_v to_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o foundation_n of_o a_o ancient_a church_n and_o monastery_n of_o religious_a person_n which_o for_o that_o occasion_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v deface_v and_o pull_v down_o and_o for_o the_o ruin_n whereof_o his_o death_n be_v foretell_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o abbot_n of_o that_o place_n see_v the_o history_n of_o hungary_n in_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v see_v thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o certain_o percusseres_fw-la georgij_fw-la post_fw-la ejus_fw-la necem_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la p●nas_fw-la dedisse_fw-la plerique_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la ac_fw-la sfortiam_fw-la quidem_fw-la diuturna_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la pejore_fw-la apud_fw-la turcos_n captivitate_fw-la moninum_fw-la vero_fw-la insubalpi●a_fw-la region_fw-la ad_fw-la germani_n fanum_fw-la cervice_fw-la abscissa_fw-la ferrarium_fw-la denique_fw-la qui_fw-la alexandria_n quae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la patria_fw-la erat_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la tridentini_n ●●ssu_fw-la sexennio_fw-la post_fw-la securi_fw-la percussus_fw-la est_fw-la postremo_fw-la equitem_fw-la compegium_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la anno_fw-la 62_o inter_fw-la venandum_fw-la in_o ferdinandi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la conspectu_fw-la apri_fw-la fulminio_fw-la dente_fw-la in_o bohemia_n discerptus_fw-la est_fw-la honestiori_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la minus_fw-la infortunata_fw-la morte_fw-la thuanus_n lib._n 9_o 9_o quidex_fw-la eo_fw-la sperandum_fw-la sit_fw-la satis_fw-la eum_fw-la docent_fw-la superiorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la exempla_fw-la acceptae_fw-la ad_fw-la nicopoli●_n &_o ad_fw-la varnam_n clades_fw-la absentesque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la ●●●ibus_fw-la caeserun_v christianorum_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈…〉_z busbeq_fw-fr epist_n 4._o
unquestionable_a earnest_n of_o thy_o everlasting_a love_n since_o more_o full_o manifest_v for_o thou_o so_o love_v the_o world_n not_o israel_n only_a that_o thou_o give_v thy_o only_o beget_v son_n to_o the_o end_n that_o who_o so_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v everlasting_a life_n what_o further_a argument_n of_o god_n infinite_a love_n can_v flesh_n &_o blood_n desire_n than_o the_o son_n of_o god_n voluntary_a suffer_v that_o in_o our_o flesh_n by_o his_o father_n appointment_n which_o unto_o flesh_n and_o blood_n seem_v most_o distasteful_a that_o this_o love_n be_v unfaigned_o tender_v to_o all_o at_o least_o that_o have_v hear_v or_o hereafter_o may_v hear_v of_o it_o without_o exception_n what_o demonstration_n from_o the_o effect_n can_v be_v more_o certain_a what_o consequence_n more_o infallible_a than_o the_o inference_n of_o this_o truth_n be_v from_o a_o sacred_a truth_n receive_v by_o all_o good_a christian_n viz._n all_o such_o as_o have_v hear_v god_n love_n in_o christ_n proclaim_v and_o not_o believe_v in_o it_o shall_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n appear_v guilty_a of_o great_a sin_n than_o their_o forefather_n can_v be_v indict_v of_o and_o undergo_v more_o bitter_a death_n than_o any_o corruption_n draw_v from_o adam_n if_o christ_n have_v never_o suffer_v can_v have_v breed_v i_o shall_v no_o way_n wrong_v the_o apostle_n in_o unfolding_a his_o exhortation_n to_o the_o athenian_n thus_o far_o but_o they_o rather_o offer_v the_o spirit_n by_o which_o he_o speak_v some_o kind_n of_o violence_n that_o will_v contract_v his_o meaning_n short_a the_o time_n of_o this_o ignorance_n before_o christ_n death_n god_n wink_v at_o but_o now_o command_v all_o man_n every_o where_o to_o repent_v because_o he_o have_v appoint_v a_o day_n in_o the_o which_o he_o will_v judge_v the_o world_n in_o righteousness_n by_o that_o man_n who_o he_o have_v ordain_v whereof_o he_o have_v give_v assurance_n unto_o all_o man_n in_o that_o he_o have_v raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a act_v 17._o 30_o 31._o 3_o why_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n have_v not_o hear_v of_o god_n infinite_a love_n thus_o manifest_v many_o cause_n may_v hereafter_o be_v assign_v all_o ground_a upon_o god_n infinite_a justice_n or_o mercy_n of_o christ_n death_n many_o which_o hear_v not_o might_n have_v hear_v many_o which_o be_v not_o may_v have_v be_v partaker_n save_v only_o for_o their_o free_a and_o voluntary_a progress_n from_o evil_a to_o worse_o or_o wilful_a refusal_n of_o god_n love_a kindness_n daily_o proffer_v to_o they_o in_o such_o pledge_n as_o they_o be_v well_o content_a to_o swallow_v foolish_o esteem_v these_o good_a in_o themselves_o be_v good_a only_o as_o they_o plight_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n love_n to_o they_o which_o he_o manifest_v in_o the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n with_o this_o manifestation_n of_o his_o love_n many_o again_o out_o of_o mere_a mercy_n have_v not_o be_v acquaint_v lest_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o medicine_n may_v have_v cause_v their_o discase_v to_o rage_n and_o make_v their_o case_n more_o lamentable_o desperate_a chap._n 18._o want_v of_o consideration_n or_o ignorance_n of_o god_n unfeigned_a love_n to_o such_o as_o perish_v a_o principal_a mean_n or_o occasion_n why_o so_o many_o perish_v 1_o but_o if_o the_o most_o part_n of_o man_n as_o we_o can_v deny_v do_v final_o perish_v what_o shall_v it_o avail_v to_o revive_v this_o doctrine_n of_o god_n infinite_a love_n to_o all_o by_o who_o fruitless_a issue_n he_o rather_o be_v make_v a_o infinite_a loser_n than_o man_n any_o gainer_n as_o for_o god_n he_o have_v from_o eternity_n infallible_o forecast_v the_o entire_a redemption_n of_o his_o infinite_a love_n which_o unto_o we_o may_v seem_v utter_o cast_v away_o and_o of_o man_n if_o many_o dye_n who_o he_o will_v have_v live_v for_o his_o will_n be_v that_o all_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n the_o fault_n be_v their_o own_o or_o their_o instructer_n that_o seek_v not_o the_o prevention_n of_o their_o miscarriage_n by_o acquaint_v they_o with_o this_o celestial_a fountain_n of_o save_a truth_n who_o taste_n we_o labour_v to_o exhibit_v unto_o all_o because_o the_o want_n of_o it_o in_o observation_n of_o the_o heathen_a be_v the_o first_o spring_n of_o humane_a misery_n pun●●●_n or_o in_o language_n more_o plain_a or_o pertinent_a to_o the_o argument_n propose_v most_o man_n reap_v no_o benefit_n from_o god_n unspeakable_a love_n because_o not_o consider_v it_o to_o be_v his_o nature_n they_o do_v not_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v as_o he_o be_v true_o infinite_a unfeigned_o extend_v to_o all_o that_o call_v he_o maker_n but_o have_v the_o doctrine_n which_o those_o divine_a oracle_n god_n be_v love_n and_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v natural_o afford_v be_v for_o these_o forty_o year_n last_o pass_v as_o general_o teach_v and_o their_o right_a use_n continual_o press_v with_o as_o great_a zeal_n and_o fervency_n as_o the_o doctrine_n and_o use_n of_o god_n absolute_a decree_n for_o elect_v some_o and_o reprobate_v most_o in_o that_o space_n have_v be_v the_o plentiful_a increase_n of_o god_n glory_n and_o his_o people_n comfort_n throughout_o this_o land_n may_v have_v wrought_v such_o astonishment_n to_o our_o adversary_n as_o will_v have_v put_v their_o malicious_a mouth_n to_o silence_n who_o will_v not_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v save_v if_o he_o be_v full_o persuade_v that_o god_n do_v will_v his_o salvation_n in_o particular_a because_o he_o protest_v he_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o any_o but_o the_o repentance_n of_o all_o that_o all_o may_v live_v or_o be_v the_o particular_n of_o this_o doctrine_n unto_o who_o generality_n every_o loyal_a member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v subscribe_v general_o teach_v &_o believe_v all_o will_v unfeigned_o endeavour_v with_o fervent_a alacrity_n to_o be_v true_o happy_a because_o none_o can_v suspect_v himself_o to_o be_v exclude_v from_o his_o unfeigned_a and_o fervent_a love_n who_o be_v true_a happiness_n who_o love_n and_o goodness_n be_v so_o great_a that_o he_o can_v pass_v any_o act_n whereby_o any_o of_o his_o creature_n shall_v be_v debar_v either_o from_o be_v like_o he_o in_o love_n and_o goodness_n or_o be_v such_o from_o be_v like_o he_o in_o true_a happiness_n but_o alas_o while_o the_o world_n be_v bear_v in_o hand_n that_o the_o creator_n ofttimes_o dispense_v the_o blessing_n of_o this_o life_n not_o as_o undoubted_a pledge_n of_o a_o better_a but_o deal_v with_o most_o man_n as_o man_n do_v with_o beast_n feed_v they_o fat_a which_o be_v appoint_v first_o to_o be_v slay_v the_o magnificent_a praise_n of_o his_o bounty_n secret_o nurse_v such_o a_o misperswasion_n in_o most_o man_n of_o his_o goodness_n at_o least_o towards_o they_o as_o the_o epigrammatist_n have_v of_o a_o profess_a benefactor_n that_o show_v he_o as_o he_o think_v little_a kindness_n in_o great_a benevolence_n munera_fw-la magna_fw-la quidem_fw-la misit_fw-la sed_fw-la misit_fw-la in_o hamo_fw-la et_fw-la piscatorem_fw-la piscis_fw-la amare_fw-la potest_fw-la great_a gift_n he_o send_v but_o under_o his_o gift_n there_o cover_v lay_v a_o hook_n and_o by_o the_o fish_n to_o be_v belove_v can_v th'cunning_a fisher_n look_v 2_o the_o frequency_n of_o sinister_a respect_n in_o dispense_n of_o secular_a dignity_n or_o benevolence_n make_v such_o as_o be_v true_o kind_a to_o be_v either_o unregarded_a or_o mistrust_v by_o such_o as_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o their_o kindness_n and_o as_o fish_n in_o beat_a water_n will_v nibble_n at_o the_o bait_n although_o they_o suspect_v the_o hook_n so_o the_o world_n have_v learn_v the_o wit_n to_o take_v good_a turn_n and_o not_o to_o be_v take_v by_o they_o as_o suspect_v they_o to_o be_v proffer_v in_o cunning_a rather_o than_o in_o true_a kindness_n and_o cunning_a where_o it_o be_v discover_v or_o suspect_v be_v usual_o requite_v with_o craft_n love_v only_o have_v just_a title_n unto_o love_n the_o most_o part_n indeed_o be_v so_o worldly_a wise_n that_o none_o but_o fool_n will_v easy_o trust_v they_o howbeit_o our_o natural_a mistrust_n of_o other_o make_v all_o of_o we_o a_o great_a deal_n worse_o than_o we_o will_v be_v and_o as_o if_o we_o think_v it_o a_o sin_n or_o point_n of_o uncharitableness_n to_o prove_v other_o man_n conjecture_n that_o measure_v our_o disposition_n by_o their_o own_o altogether_o false_a we_o fit_v our_o demeanour_n to_o their_o misdeeming_n of_o we_o and_o resolve_v rather_o to_o do_v amiss_o than_o they_o shall_v think_v amiss_o howbeit_o even_o in_o this_o perfidious_a and_o faithless_a age_n the_o old_a say_n be_v not_o quite_o out_o of_o date_n ipsa_fw-la fides_fw-la habita_fw-la obligat_fw-la fidem_fw-la many_o will_v be_v more_o trusty_a than_o they_o be_v and_o do_v much_o
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