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of_o the_o priesthood_n 1_o sam._n 2.29_o 30._o and_o david_n out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n though_o both_o assure_v by_o god_n firm_a promise_n psal_n 89.35_o 36._o compare_v with_o ver_fw-la 39_o 40._o reason_n 1._o all_o promise_n be_v grant_v under_o the_o condition_n of_o obedience_n sometime_o express_v as_o psal_n 89.30_o 31_o 32._o and_o always_o understand_v 2_o it_o be_v not_o for_o god_n honour_n to_o prosper_v man_n and_o continue_v his_o blessing_n to_o they_o in_o a_o course_n of_o rebellion_n 1_o sam._n 2.30_o psal_n 94.20_o 3._o nor_o for_o man_n good_a who_o will_v abuse_v the_o blessing_n to_o his_o own_o destruction_n see_v ps_n 73.6_o 7._o and_o harden_v the_o heart_n of_o other_o by_o continue_v in_o way_n of_o rebellion_n if_o they_o shall_v prosper_v in_o they_o see_v ps_n 73.10_o mal._n 3.15_o first_o it_o reprove_v all_o that_o walk_v in_o rebellious_a course_n promise_v themselves_o impunity_n in_o their_o sinful_a way_n deut._n 29.19_o and_o assurance_n of_o 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the_o wicked_a prov._n 14.16_o but_o the_o godly_a also_o ps_n 30.6_o whence_o we_o be_v call_v upon_o to_o be_v watchful_a mark_v 13.37_o consider_v 1._o that_o all_o promise_n be_v make_v under_o the_o condition_n of_o obedience_n leu._n 26.3_o 4._o and_o deut._n 28.1_o 2._o prov._n 2.21_o 2._o that_o outward_a blessing_n may_v be_v a_o snare_n unto_o we_o prov._n 30.9_o unless_o we_o use_v they_o wary_o 3._o that_o even_o inward_a spiritual_a blessing_n though_o they_o can_v be_v lose_v yet_o may_v be_v much_o impair_v and_o the_o comfort_n of_o they_o not_o feel_v for_o a_o time_n if_o we_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n by_o any_o sin_n as_o david_n find_v by_o experience_n psal_n 51.8.11_o adam_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o paradise_n be_v confine_v to_o labour_n in_o till_v the_o ground_n whence_o he_o be_v take_v which_o in_o all_o probability_n be_v not_o far_o from_o perhaps_o within_o the_o view_n of_o paradise_n a_o great_a change_n in_o his_o employment_n from_o keep_v and_o dress_v which_o be_v rather_o a_o recreation_n then_o any_o painful_a labour_n to_o tilling_n a_o tiresome_a toil_n especial_o to_o he_o who_o want_v tool_n beast_n servant_n and_o all_o help_n for_o that_o work_n and_o have_v beside_o tilling_n of_o the_o ground_n to_o provide_v himself_o some_o shelter_n to_o harbour_v himself_o from_o the_o weather_n together_o with_o many_o necessary_n for_o the_o support_n and_o comfort_n of_o his_o life_n but_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o when_o god_n send_v adam_n out_o of_o paradise_n he_o assign_v he_o a_o place_n where_o to_o be_v and_o a_o employment_n what_o to_o do_v whence_o 2_o observe_v man_n dwelling_n and_o employment_n be_v both_o assign_v by_o god_n observe_v 2_o god_n divide_v the_o earth_n among_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o in_o the_o beginning_n deut._n 21.21_o 22._o and_o 32._o and_o not_o only_o give_v it_o to_o they_o in_o general_a ps_n 115.16_o or_o assign_v a_o country_n to_o his_o own_o people_n in_o particular_a psal_n 105.44_o but_o allot_v out_o every_o tribe_n their_o portion_n in_o it_o as_o appear_v by_o compare_v gen._n 49.13_o with_o josh_n 19.11_o which_o although_o he_o point_v not_o out_o now_o to_o we_o by_o lot_n as_o he_o do_v then_o yet_o he_o dispose_v in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o his_o providence_n direct_v the_o subordinate_a mean_n to_o act_v only_o what_o he_o have_v before_o determine_v and_o for_o man_n employment_n the_o apostle_n term_v they_o god_n calling_n 1_o cor._n 7.17_o reason_n 1._o the_o earth_n be_v god_n ps_n 24.1_o to_o which_o by_o consequent_a no_o man_n can_v have_v any_o title_n but_o by_o assignation_n from_o he_o and_o we_o be_v his_o ps_n 100.3_o and_o in_o he_o live_v and_o have_v our_o be_v act._n 17.28_o and_o consequent_o may_v more_o just_o be_v assign_v our_o employment_n by_o he_o than_o a_o servant_n may_v be_v appoint_v his_o work_n by_o his_o master_n and_o beside_o it_o be_v god_n that_o must_v both_o furnish_v he_o with_o ability_n for_o 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