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hezekiah_n a_o good_a prince_n yet_o what_o a_o thundering-message_n be_v send_v he_o behold_v the_o day_n come_v that_o all_o that_o be_v in_o thy_o house_n and_o that_o which_o thy_o father_n have_v lay_v up_o in_o store_n until_o this_o day_n shall_v be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n nothing_o shall_v be_v leave_v say_v the_o lord_n isa_n 39_o 6._o 2._o with_o respect_n to_o person_n as_o magistrate_n ecclesiastical_a minister_n family-relation_n choice_a friend_n or_o acquaintant_n all_o these_o instead_o of_o rose_n may_v become_v pricking-brier_n some_o way_n or_o other_o as_o may_v be_v instance_a in_o 1._o magistrate_n who_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o good_a according_a to_o their_o institution_n rom._n 13._o 4._o these_o may_v be_v snatch_v away_o by_o death_n to_o the_o grief_n of_o a_o people_n who_o sit_v under_o their_o refreshing-shadow_n their_o death_n and_o burial_n become_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o subject_n sorrow_n witness_v this_o in_o the_o case_n of_o good_a josiah_n who_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v and_o all_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n mourn_v for_o he_o and_o jeremiah_n lament_v for_o he_o as_o be_v record_v 2_o chron._n 35._o 24_o 25._o or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o seize_v on_o by_o death_n they_o may_v prove_v the_o death_n or_o bane_n of_o a_o nation_n by_o their_o folly_n instance_n enough_o there_o be_v for_o this_o in_o holy-writ_a and_o history_n 2._o ecclesiastical_a minister_n become_v afflictive_a and_o that_o many_o way_n when_o sin_n abound_v among_o a_o people_n pride_n barrenness_n under_o the_o mean_n slight_v minister_n and_o idolize_v of_o they_o for_o these_o be_v sad_a extreme_n do_v with_o other_o sin_n provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o afflict_v in_o and_o by_o minister_n sometime_o they_o be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n john_n disciple_n have_v too_o high_a thought_n of_o their_o master_n they_o begin_v it_o seem_v to_o make_v a_o party_n against_o christ_n himself_o john_n 3._o 25_o 26._o it_o be_v observable_a 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another_o course_n of_o live_v and_o yet_o after_o he_o return_v to_o the_o tent_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o miserable_o perish_v 269._o ibid._n p._n 269._o it_o be_v say_v of_o swenckfield_n who_o do_v beguile_v many_o with_o great_a swelling-word_n of_o illumination_n revelation_n deification_n of_o the_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a man_n that_o he_o have_v a_o well-meaning_a heart_n but_o a_o very_a irregular_a or_o erroneous_a head_n god_n be_v righteous_a as_o in_o the_o dig_v of_o a_o grave_n for_o some_o in_o the_o vineyard_n and_o the_o bind_n of_o other_o hand_n and_o foot_n so_o in_o the_o permission_n of_o other_o to_o leap_v over_o the_o hedge_n of_o the_o vinyard_n and_o to_o be_v bewildered_a in_o wild_a and_o extravagant_a fancy_n and_o conceit_n see_v act_n 20._o 30._o 1_o cor._n 3._o with_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 13_o 14._o 3._o family-relation_n become_v gall_n and_o wormwood_n 1._o the_o husband_n be_v sometime_o a_o nabal_n and_o folly_n be_v with_o he_o 1_o sam._n 25._o 25._o or_o if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o his_o death_n give_v life_n to_o the_o wife_n sorrow_n as_o 2_o king_n 4._o 1._o thy_o servant_n my_o husband_n say_v that_o widow_n to_o elisha_n be_v dead_a and_o thou_o know_v that_o thy_o servant_n do_v for_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o creditor_n be_v come_v to_o take_v to_o his_o my_o two_o son_n for_o bondman_n 2._o the_o wife_n if_o she_o be_v not_o more_o or_o less_o a_o chide_v zipporah_n ezra_n 4._o 25._o a_o mocking-michol_a 2_o sam._n 6._o 20._o a_o sullen_a vashti_n esth_n 1._o 12._o or_o some_o otherway_v afflictive_a yet_o there_o be_v never_o a_o marriage_n but_o there_o must_v be_v a_o funeral_n and_o a_o virtuous_a beautiful_a sarah_n must_v away_o out_o of_o a_o abraham_n sight_n gen._n 23._o 4._o 3._o
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in_o the_o head_n those_o saucy_a and_o busy_a fellow_n moses_n and_o aaron_n as_o they_o be_v look_v on_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o court_n exod._n 5._o 4_o 5._o 2._o when_o there_o be_v a_o old_a grudge_n against_o party_n anger_n become_v canker_a malice_n and_o yet_o the_o canker_n eat_v no_o far_o as_o in_o esau_n inveterate_a hatred_n against_o jacob_n gen._n 37._o 41._o with_o gen._n 33_o 3._o when_o god_n shall_v step_v in_o in_o a_o nick_n of_o time_n and_o clap_v on_o the_o shackle_n of_o restraint_n the_o god_n of_o your_o father_n say_v laban_n to_o jacob_n speak_v unto_o i_o yesternight_o say_v take_v thou_o heed_n that_o thou_o speak_v not_o to_o jacob_n either_o good_a or_o bad_a gen._n 31._o 29._o so_o in_o esau_n case_n who_o come_v forth_o against_o jacob_n with_o his_o four_o hundred_o man_n gen._n 32._o 6._o 4._o when_o the_o dog_n be_v not_o only_o muzzle_v but_o shall_v fawn_v upon_o the_o child_n esau_n run_v to_o meet_v jacob_n and_o embrace_v he_o and_o fall_v on_o his_o neck_n and_o kiss_v he_o and_o they_o weep_v gen._n 33._o 4._o god_n in_o his_o providence_n do_v wonderful_o affect_v the_o heart_n of_o alien_n from_o religion_n so_o as_o they_o be_v kind_a 16._o nostro_fw-la quoque_fw-la tempore_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la interdum_fw-la ut_fw-la praefecti_fw-la alieni_fw-la à _fw-la nostra_fw-la religione_fw-la melius_fw-la se_fw-la gesserint_fw-la erga_fw-la evangelicos_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la qui_fw-la eandem_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la professi_fw-la sunt_fw-la lavat_fw-la in_o lib._n eld._n homil._n 16._o to_o the_o religious_a tatnai_n and_o sethar-bozni_a be_v not_o as_o the_o former_a officer_n ezra_n 5._o compare_v with_o chap._n 4._o 3._o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o great_a god_n in_o prayer_n for_o the_o bear_n down_o of_o sinner_n the_o lord_n have_v two_o bit_n the_o golden-one_a of_o regenerating-grace_n and_o the_o iron-one_a of_o restraint_n stephen_n pray_v and_o paul_n be_v convert_v act_v 7._o 60._o with_o act_n 9_o hezekiah_n pray_v and_o he_o have_v tiding_n of_o a_o iron_n bite_v there_o be_v a_o hook_n for_o the_o nose_n and_o a_o bridle_n for_o the_o lip_n of_o a_o menace_a and_o thunder_a senacherib_n 2_o king_n 19_o 14_o 15._o with_o 28._o 4._o take_v thankful-notice_n of_o god_n restraining-providence_n 1._o the_o neglect_n may_v provoke_v god_n to_o let_v slip_v the_o bridle_n of_o restraint_n the_o lord_n may_v teach_v the_o worth_n of_o a_o mercy_n by_o the_o want_n of_o the_o say_a mercy_n if_o the_o lord_n do_v but_o hiss_v for_o the_o fly_n of_o egypt_n and_o for_o the_o bee_n of_o assyria_n they_o quick_o come_v to_o the_o annoyance_n of_o people_n who_o be_v before_o free_a from_o annoyance_n isa_n 7._o 18_o 19_o 20._o 2._o there_o be_v much_o of_o god_n to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o restraint_n of_o person_n this_o jewel_n be_v worthy_a of_o more_o than_o a_o single_a cast_n of_o the_o eye_n saint_n owe_v their_o estate_n life_n to_o restraining-providence_n jacob_n can_v see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n in_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n esau_n gen._n 33._o 10._o 5._o secure_v a_o share_n in_o regenerating-grace_n for_o 1._o this_o be_v the_o kernel_n and_o cream_n of_o blessing_n without_o grace_n a_o man_n be_v but_o a_o tame_a devil_n at_o the_o best_a corn_n and_o wine_n and_o oil_n make_v man_n joyll_o but_o it_o be_v the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n which_o make_v true_o glad_a psal_n 4._o 6_o 7._o 2._o he_o who_o have_v regenerating-providence_n for_o his_o portion_n will_v not_o be_v without_o a_o large_a share_n in_o restraining-providence_n for_o his_o protection_n i_o will_v say_v david_n both_o lay_v i_o down_o in_o peace_n and_o sleep_v for_o thou_o lord_n make_v i_o to_o dwell_v in_o safety_n psal_n 4._o 8._o 623._o unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la justi_fw-la taberna_fw-la tygurium_fw-la &_o tentorium_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la aduersam_fw-la &_o noxiam_fw-la vim_o propulsandam_fw-la plus_fw-la virium_fw-la habet_fw-la quam_fw-la improborum_fw-la robustissimum_fw-la &_o firmissimum_fw-la palatium_fw-la arces_fw-la propugnacula_fw-la justorum_fw-la papyracei_fw-la parietes_fw-la improborum_fw-la ferreis_n &_o aeneis_fw-la illorum_fw-la straminea_fw-la lectorum_fw-la integumenta_fw-la horum_fw-la laminis_fw-la ac_fw-la tegulis_fw-la illorum_fw-la ligamina_fw-la horum_fw-la seris_fw-la &_o pessâ—…sis_fw-la cartw._n in_o prov._n p._n 623._o observation_n xxi_o providence_n be_v the_o bird_n of_o the_o air_n which_o whistle_v deed_n of_o darkness_n to_o light_n chap._n i._n before_o be_v show_v how_o providence_n bear_v down_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n and_o one_o way_n among_o other_o be_v by_o way_n of_o detection_n or_o discovery_n hereby_o sin_n intend_v be_v sometime_o prevent_v as_o the_o kill_n of_o paul_n by_o certain_a of_o the_o jew_n who_o have_v band_v together_o to_o do_v the_o fact_n act_v 23._o 12_o etc._n etc._n hereby_o some_o be_v make_v example_n of_o shame_n that_o so_o other_o may_v be_v deter_v from_o give_v way_n to_o like_a abomination_n as_o in_o ananias_n and_o saphira_n case_n great_a fear_n come_v upon_o all_o the_o church_n and_o upon_o as_o many_o as_o hear_v these_o thing_n act_n 5._o 11._o providence_n then_o be_v very_o remarkable_a in_o the_o dis-vizzarding_a man_n and_o this_o appear_v two_o way_n 1._o from_o express_v and_o imply_v assertion_n or_o caution_n bottom_v on_o assertion_n job_n 12._o 22._o he_o discover_v deep_a thing_n out_o of_o darkness_n and_o bring_v out_o to_o light_v the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o eccles_n 10._o 20._o curse_v not_o the_o king_n no_o not_o in_o thy_o thought_n and_o curse_v not_o the_o rich_a in_o thy_o bedchamber_n for_o a_o bird_n of_o the_o air_n shall_v carry_v the_o voice_n and_o that_o which_o have_v wing_n shall_v tell_v the_o matter_n so_o luke_n 8._o 17._o for_o nothing_o be_v secret_a that_o shall_v not_o be_v make_v manifest_a neither_o any_o thing_n hide_v that_o shall_v 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life-time_n receive_v thy_o good_a thing_n and_o likewise_o lazarus_n evil_a thing_n but_o now_o he_o be_v comfort_v and_o thou_o be_v torment_v chap._n ii_o 1._o be_v not_o secure_a because_o of_o a_o present_a ibid._n nos_fw-la verò_fw-la sic_fw-la laetari_fw-la debemus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la immergamur_fw-la sed_fw-la servemus_fw-la partem_fw-la cordis_fw-la deo_fw-la quâ_fw-la etiam_fw-la far_o possimus_fw-la diem_fw-la malum_fw-la sic_fw-la fiet_fw-la ut_fw-la mala_fw-la praevisa_fw-la minus_fw-la discrucient_a nos_fw-la luth._o in_o eccles_n cap._n 7._o sed_fw-la nos_fw-la immergimur_fw-la penitus_fw-la vel_fw-la laetis_fw-la vel_fw-la adversis_fw-la pii_fw-la verò_fw-la ubi_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la vicissifudinem_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la dicunt_fw-la hic_fw-la dei_fw-la ordo_fw-la sive_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la frangantur_fw-la ibid._n tranquillity_n or_o sunshine_n of_o providence_n in_o matter_n the_o horse_n go_v well_o over_o the_o plain_a a_o rough_a way_n be_v at_o hand_n where_o it_o may_v stumble_v and_o dismount_v the_o rider_n yea_o it_o may_v happen_v the_o horse_n may_v trip_v on_o the_o plain_a some_o little_a hillock_n or_o loose_a stone_n in_o the_o way_n may_v occasion_v a_o fall_n and_o in_o my_o prosperity_n i_o say_v but_o god_n say_v not_o so_o though_o david_n say_v so_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v move_v lord_n by_o thy_o favour_n thou_o have_v make_v my_o mountain_n to_o stand_v strong_a thou_o do_v hide_v thy_o face_n and_o i_o be_v trouble_v psal_n 30._o 6_o 7._o 2._o give_v not_o way_n to_o a_o despondency_n under_o adversity_n though_o the_o man_n stand_v in_o the_o black_a he_o may_v by-and-by_a be_v in_o the_o white_a note_v here_o four_o thing_n 1._o there_o be_v a_o evil_n of_o despondency_n under_o evil_n of_o smart_n 2_o good_a person_n yea_o eminent_o good_a be_v incident_a to_o some_o grumble_n or_o touch_n at_o least_o of_o this_o disease_n 3._o party_n notwithstanding_o their_o black_a conclusion_n from_o 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