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god_n honour_n at_o their_o death_n i_o think_v it_o but_o our_o duty_n to_o consider_v of_o our_o loss_n in_o this_o brother_n at_o this_o time_n though_o it_o be_v but_o to_o carry_v a_o torch_n after_o he_o to_o his_o long_a home_n first_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o gracious_a spirit_n in_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v wrought_v the_o good_a work_n and_o a_o through_o work_n of_o regeneration_n he_o be_v one_o that_o fear_v god_n above_o many_o that_o have_v true_o give_v up_o his_o name_n to_o christ_n one_o that_o have_v oil_n in_o his_o vessel_n and_o do_v not_o only_o shine_v by_o profession_n before_o man_n one_o that_o be_v not_o indulgent_a
power_n now_o there_o shall_v be_v much_o of_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n of_o the_o life_n of_o christ_n manifest_v in_o they_o thy_o people_n shall_v be_v all_o righteous_a the_o branch_n of_o my_o plant_n that_o i_o may_v be_v glorify_v esay_n 60.21_o it_o be_v the_o bride_n the_o lamb_n wife_n have_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n upon_o she_o rev._n 21.10,11_o it_o be_v true_a there_o shall_v not_o be_v perfect_a holiness_n in_o the_o saint_n for_o there_o be_v a_o tree_n of_o life_n for_o medicine_n as_o well_o as_o for_o meat_n rev._n 22.2_o and_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v without_o hypocrite_n those_o that_o shall_v cleave_v unto_o they_o by_o flattery_n but_o yet_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o glorious_a spirit_n of_o discern_v even_o of_o they_o also_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v without_o not_o only_o that_o make_v but_o they_o that_o do_v love_v a_o lie_n thirteen_o this_o church_n shall_v have_v abundance_n of_o convert_n and_o their_o ordinance_n shall_v be_v exceed_o fruitful_a to_o bring_v in_o soul_n into_o the_o lord_n ezek._n 37.9,10,11_o where_o the_o water_n come_v every_o thing_n shall_v live_v and_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o multitude_n of_o fish_n even_o as_o that_o of_o the_o great_a sea_n exceed_v many_o thy_o gate_n shall_v be_v open_a continual_o not_o shut_v day_n nor_o night_n that_o they_o may_v bring_v the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o their_o king_n shall_v be_v bring_v and_o they_o shall_v fly_v as_o a_o cloud_n and_o as_o dove_n unto_o their_o window_n because_o of_o the_o glorious_a majesty_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v see_v among_o they_o etc._n etc._n fourteen_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v home_o into_o their_o own_o land_n and_o they_o shall_v dwell_v there_o they_o shall_v dwell_v in_o their_o own_o city_n as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a and_o 37.25_o ezek._n 12._o ezek._n 37.25_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v inhabit_v again_o in_o her_o own_o place_n even_o in_o jerusalem_n they_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n that_o i_o give_v to_o jacob_n their_o father_n wherein_o their_o father_n dwell_v they_o shall_v dwell_v there_o even_o they_o and_o their_o child_n and_o child_n child_n for_o ever_o fifteenth_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o perfect_a union_n between_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o the_o hatred_n shall_v depart_v that_o breach_n be_v never_o yet_o make_v up_o but_o then_o the_o stick_n shall_v become_v one_o ezek._n 37.19_o the_o envy_n of_o judah_n shall_v depart_v and_o ephraim_n shall_v vex_v judah_n no_o more_o i_o will_v gather_v they_o out_o of_o all_o country_n whither_o i_o have_v drive_v they_o in_o my_o anger_n and_o i_o will_v give_v they_o one_o heart_n and_o one_o way_n and_o then_o jehovah_n shall_v be_v one_o and_o his_o name_n one_o etc._n etc._n 32.39_o jer._n 32.39_o sixteenth_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o great_a instrument_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o to_o ruin_v and_o destroy_v the_o turkish_a empire_n when_o the_o lord_n shall_v bend_v judah_n for_o he_o and_o fill_v his_o bow_n with_o ephraim_n dan._n 11.40.44_o we_o read_v of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o south_n who_o tiding_n out_o of_o the_o north_n and_o out_o of_o the_o east_n shall_v trouble_v there_o be_v several_a reason_n why_o by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o south_n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v mean_v the_o turkish_a empire_n as_o that_o which_o have_v the_o next_o power_n and_o exercise_v the_o next_o tyranny_n over_o the_o jew_n and_o be_v come_v to_o a_o height_n there_o be_v tiding_n from_o the_o east_n and_o north_n trouble_v the_o gather_v together_o of_o the_o jew_n ezek._n 37.7_o when_o the_o bone_n come_v together_o there_o be_v a_o great_a noise_n and_o a_o shake_n and_o stand_v up_o they_o become_v a_o exceed_a great_a and_o formidable_a army_n and_o he_o say_v that_o these_o bone_n be_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n return_v into_o their_o own_o land_n here_o be_v the_o tiding_n that_o trouble_v the_o king_n of_o the_o south_n there_o the_o turk_n invade_v the_o glorious_a holy_a mountain_n and_o then_o he_o come_v to_o a_o end_n and_o none_o shall_v help_v he_o it_o be_v euphrates_n must_v be_v dry_v up_o to_o prepare_v the_o way_n for_o the_o king_n of_o the_o east_n rev._n 16.12_o that_o they_o may_v join_v themselves_o with_o the_o western_a christian_n seventeenth_o at_o their_o return_v to_o the_o lord_n there_o shall_v be_v by_o they_o a_o wonderful_a blessing_n upon_o all_o the_o gentile_a church_n their_o gain_n shall_v be_v much_o by_o it_o they_o be_v gainer_n by_o the_o jew_n rejection_n their_o cast_v off_o be_v the_o enrich_n of_o the_o world_n their_o diminish_v the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n how_o much_o more_o their_o fullness_n rom._n 11.12.15_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o life_n from_o the_o dead_a it_o be_v not_o i_o conceive_v speak_v of_o the_o jew_n that_o there_o come_v in_o shall_v be_v sudden_o and_o by_o a_o act_n of_o almighty_a power_n as_o a_o resurrection_n as_o it_o be_v resemble_v ezek._n 37._o but_o it_o shall_v be_v unto_o the_o gentile_n as_o life_n from_o the_o dead_a that_o be_v as_o misery_n be_v express_v by_o death_n so_o all_o joy_n and_o happiness_n be_v express_v by_o life_n it_o shall_v be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o resurrection_n put_v a_o new_a face_n upon_o the_o world_n that_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o glorious_a condition_n upon_o earth_n when_o all_o the_o saint_n shall_v arise_v and_o stand_v upon_o the_o earth_n with_o joy_n be_v perfect_v in_o their_o grace_n and_o in_o their_o faculty_n so_o shall_v this_o be_v even_o unto_o the_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o the_o jew_n a_o resurrection_n eighteenth_o with_o the_o call_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n shall_v be_v set_v up_o that_o which_o be_v now_o so_o common_o call_v the_o five_o monarchy_n shall_v begin_v when_o the_o four_o monarchy_n be_v destroy_v which_o shall_v be_v with_o the_o dry_n up_o the_o river_n euphrates_n that_o be_v the_o turkish_a empire_n it_o be_v true_a that_o christ_n have_v a_o kingdom_n during_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o monarchy_n in_o the_o day_n of_o those_o king_n god_n do_v set_v up_o a_o kingdom_n but_o it_o be_v a_o little_a stone_n and_o it_o break_v the_o image_n by_o degree_n and_o then_o afterward_o become_v a_o mountain_n and_o the_o kingdom_n give_v unto_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o dan._n 7.27_o it_o be_v mean_v the_o jew_n who_o be_v every_o where_o call_v the_o holy_a people_n not_o of_o the_o gentile_a saint_n dan._n 8.24_o and_o 12.7_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v they_o must_v take_v the_o kingdom_n and_o possess_v it_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o they_o which_o be_v not_o well_o apply_v by_o all_o that_o will_v call_v themselves_o saint_n and_o holy_a people_n as_o if_o they_o be_v to_o take_v to_o themselves_o the_o rule_n of_o all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n nineteenth_o unto_o this_o time_n the_o perfect_a fulfil_n of_o all_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o god_n do_v belong_v there_o be_v degree_n of_o fulfil_v the_o prophecy_n more_o or_o less_o in_o all_o time_n but_o it_o be_v unto_o this_o that_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o world_n be_v reserve_v rev._n 10.7_o its_o never_o before_o the_o 7_o trumpet_n sound_v that_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n be_v finish_v that_o be_v all_o those_o secret_n that_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o god_n to_o perform_v and_o which_o he_o reveal_v unto_o his_o servant_n the_o prophet_n all_o those_o do_v not_o receive_v their_o full_a accomplishment_n all_o that_o god_n do_v intend_v to_o do_v for_o his_o people_n in_o the_o advancement_n of_o his_o son_n in_o this_o world_n be_v now_o fulfil_v and_o accomplish_v last_o and_o this_o glorious_a condition_n shall_v continue_v unto_o this_o people_n unto_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n that_o they_o shall_v suffer_v no_o more_o the_o sun_n shall_v no_o more_o go_v down_o nor_o the_o moon_n withdraw_v itself_o esay_n 60.20_o i_o will_v set_v my_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o they_o for_o evermore_o ezek._n 37.26_o by_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o i_o will_v plant_v they_o in_o their_o own_o land_n with_o my_o whole_a heart_n and_o my_o whole_a soul_n and_o i_o will_v never_o turn_v away_o from_o they_o to_o do_v they_o good_a there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o sorrow_n nor_o cry_v all_o tear_n from_o their_o eye_n shall_v be_v wipe_v away_o and_o no_o more_o curse_n as_o they_o former_o have_v rev._n 22.4_o they_o shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o land_n no_o more_o etc._n etc._n there_o sun_n do_v rise_v and_o set_v but_o now_o shall_v go_v down_o no_o more_o these_o thing_n require_v further_a discuss_n than_o one_o hour_n permit_v but_o have_v
of_o the_o world_n now_o if_o man_n be_v under_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n in_o wrath_n and_o one_o judgement_n do_v make_v way_n for_o another_o god_n will_v punish_v they_o seven_o time_n more_o sure_o they_o must_v be_v utter_o destroy_v at_o the_o last_o so_o it_o be_v with_o rome_n one_o judgement_n make_v way_n for_o another_o and_o one_o vial_n do_v prepare_v and_o fit_v the_o subject_n for_o another_o so_o that_o as_o unto_o the_o saint_n one_o mercy_n do_v but_o prepare_v the_o subject_n and_o open_v the_o door_n unto_o another_o so_o also_o to_o ungodly_a man_n one_o judgement_n make_v way_n for_o another_o and_o their_o heart_n be_v harden_v unto_o their_o own_o destruction_n five_o it_o be_v the_o expectation_n of_o christ_n and_o all_o the_o saint_n and_o all_o their_o prayer_n have_v be_v pour_v out_o this_o way_n first_o it_o be_v the_o expectation_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v sit_v down_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expect_v the_o rest_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v he_o that_o all_o his_o enemy_n shall_v be_v make_v his_o footstool_n and_o christ_n prayer_n shall_v be_v hear_v and_o his_o expectation_n shall_v not_o be_v frustrate_v nor_o make_v void_a and_o all_o the_o saint_n have_v lay_v up_o prayer_n for_o it_o for_o rev._n 16.1_o the_o vial_n come_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n there_o be_v a_o double_a voice_n in_o this_o book_n a_o voice_n from_o the_o throne_n quoth_v immediate_a a_o deo_fw-la prosiciscitur_fw-la and_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n cum_fw-la precibus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la impetratur_fw-la brightman_n brightman_n brightman_n therefore_o all_o the_o degree_n of_o wrath_n that_o rome_n have_v have_v upon_o she_o have_v be_v from_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o not_o by_o their_o power_n and_o it_o have_v be_v their_o expectation_n long_o ago_o that_o rome_n shall_v be_v utter_o ruin_v lactantius_n lactantius_n horreo_fw-la dicere_fw-la dicam_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la romanum_fw-la nomen_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la amovebitur_fw-la now_o god_n that_o have_v raise_v this_o expectation_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o people_n and_o draw_v out_o this_o supplication_n he_o will_v not_o frustrate_v their_o expectation_n he_o will_v fulfil_v their_o petition_n doct._n 2._o all_o the_o roman_a power_n shall_v utter_o fall_v they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v with_o double_a destruction_n jer._n 17.18_o and_o the_o sword_n shall_v be_v double_a upon_o they_o ezek._n 21.14_o babylon_n be_v fall_v be_v fall_v first_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n as_o from_o god_n it_o shall_v be_v pure_a wrath_n without_o mixture_n rev._n 14.10_o they_o have_v a_o cup_n of_o fornication_n with_o which_o they_o make_v all_o nation_n to_o drink_v now_o god_n have_v a_o cup_n of_o indignation_n also_o that_o which_o they_o must_v all_o drink_n and_o it_o be_v pour_v out_o without_o mixture_n if_o water_n be_v mix_v with_o wine_n it_o break_v the_o force_n of_o the_o wine_n so_o that_o it_o do_v not_o so_o soon_o bring_v a_o man_n to_o drunkenness_n as_o pure_a wine_n do_v this_o note_n summum_fw-la poenae_fw-la severitatem_fw-la judgement_n without_o mercy_n here_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n that_o he_o execute_v upon_o man_n have_v mercy_n mix_v with_o they_o there_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o light_n with_o all_o their_o darkness_n non_fw-la dantur_fw-la puraetenebrae_fw-la but_o in_o hell_n there_o shall_v be_v judgement_n without_o mercy_n and_o fury_n without_o compassion_n and_o true_o the_o judgement_n that_o shall_v come_v upon_o rome_n shall_v have_v a_o great_a resemblance_n of_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n with_o it_o and_o therefore_o their_o judgement_n be_v very_o terrible_a second_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o utter_a destruction_n which_o shall_v be_v the_o more_o torment_v because_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o height_n of_o their_o hope_n rev._n 18.7_o when_o she_o shall_v say_v i_o set_v as_o a_o queen_n and_o be_o no_o widow_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n the_o thought_n of_o babylon_n have_v be_v and_o still_o be_v high_a and_o be_v eminent_o confident_a of_o victory_n and_o success_n and_o yet_o ver_fw-la 8._o her_o plague_n come_v in_o one_o day_n as_o sodom_n with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n rev._n 14.10_o they_o shall_v be_v torment_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n god_n will_v as_o it_o be_v rain_n hell_n out_o of_o heaven_n upon_o they_o he_o have_v fire_n and_o brimstone_n for_o this_o spiritual_a sodom_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o know_v it_o till_o it_o come_v upon_o they_o when_o they_o think_v themselves_o safe_a then_o shall_v judgement_n come_v and_o babylon_n shall_v fall_v into_o the_o sea_n like_o a_o millstone_n sudden_o and_o irrecoverable_o three_o the_o judgement_n shall_v come_v upon_o all_o party_n and_o upon_o all_o degree_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n that_o join_v with_o they_o all_o those_o that_o do_v partake_v of_o their_o sin_n shall_v have_v a_o share_n of_o the_o plague_n 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cor._n 15.18_o which_o imply_v two_o thing_n first_o a_o union_n with_o he_o a_o be_v in_o he_o second_o a_o die_a in_o he_o by_o the_o power_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o same_o union_n now_o we_o do_v not_o only_o read_v in_o scripture_n of_o our_o be_v in_o christ_n but_o also_o live_v in_o he_o work_v in_o he_o bearing_z fruit_n in_o he_o etc._n etc._n now_o a_o man_n do_v live_v in_o christ_n when_o by_o the_o almighty_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n the_o grace_n of_o christ_n appear_v in_o he_o and_o he_o live_v no_o more_o according_a to_o man_n in_o the_o flesh_n but_o according_a to_o god_n in_o the_o spirit_n so_o we_o be_v say_v to_o die_v in_o he_o when_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n by_o virtue_n of_o our_o union_n with_o he_o we_o do_v exercise_v these_o die_a grace_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n for_o their_o be_v in_o he_o live_v and_o die_v do_v and_o suffer_v grace_n and_o when_o by_o virtue_n of_o our_o union_n live_v by_o the_o 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to_o the_o crown_n and_o he_o be_v a_o gracious_a man_n do_v turn_v from_o all_o the_o abomination_n of_o his_o father_n and_o the_o land_n have_v peace_n for_o the_o first_o ten_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n he_o spend_v that_o whole_a time_n in_o reformation_n in_o reform_v the_o corruption_n of_o religion_n and_o think_v himself_o as_o a_o magistrate_n so_o high_o concern_v in_o it_o that_o he_o use_v his_o power_n to_o take_v away_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o strange_a god_n etc._n etc._n and_o his_o authority_n be_v not_o only_o destructive_a as_o some_o will_v allow_v the_o magistrate_n to_o destroy_v what_o they_o will_v so_o they_o build_v nothing_o but_o it_o be_v astrictive_a also_o for_o he_o command_v jacob_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n and_o to_o do_v his_o law_n and_o his_o commandment_n this_o glorious_a work_n of_o reformation_n be_v begin_v &_o for_o about_o ten_o year_n carry_v on_o never_o be_v any_o great_a work_n so_o begin_v in_o this_o 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