his_o care_n be_v for_o his_o child_n and_o perhaps_o god_n take_v it_o away_o or_o if_o it_o live_v it_o prove_v a_o cross_n another_o meditate_v how_o to_o satisfy_v his_o ambition_n honour_v i_o before_o the_o people_n 1_o sam._n 15.30_o alas_o what_o be_v honour_n but_o a_o meteor_n in_o the_o air_n a_o torch_n light_v by_o the_o breath_n of_o people_n mâ—â—cel_n people_n honour_n vihi_fw-la solidi_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la res_fw-la imaginaria_fw-la hominum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la positae_fw-la mâ—â—cel_n with_o the_o least_o puff_n blow_v out_o how_o many_o live_v to_o see_v their_o name_n bury_v before_o they_o satyr_n they_o miseram_fw-la est_fw-la alinram_fw-la incumbeâ—e_fw-la famae_fw-la satyr_n when_o this_o sun_n be_v in_o the_o meridian_n it_o do_v soon_o set_v in_o a_o cloud_n et_fw-la stult_v we_o labour_n est_fw-la ineptiarum_fw-la martial_n thus_o fruitless_a be_v those_o meditation_n which_o do_v not_o centre_n upon_o god_n it_o be_v but_o portare_fw-la pulverem_fw-la 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the_o work_n be_v great_a and_o we_o have_v need_n gather_v and_o rally_v together_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o work_n if_o thou_o be_v to_o set_v about_o a_o business_n wherein_o thy_o life_n be_v concern_v how_o serious_a will_v thou_o be_v in_o the_o thought_n of_o it_o in_o the_o business_n of_o meditation_n thy_o soul_n be_v concern_v eternity_n depend_v upon_o it_o if_o thou_o neglecte_v or_o be_v slight_a in_o it_o thou_o run_v a_o hazard_n of_o thy_o salvation_n if_o archimedes_n be_v so_o serious_a in_o draw_v his_o mathematical_a line_n that_o he_o mind_v not_o the_o sack_n of_o the_o city_n o_o how_o serious_a shall_v a_o christian_a be_v when_o he_o be_v draw_v a_o line_n for_o eternity_n when_o thou_o be_v go_v to_o meditate_v thou_o be_v go_v about_o the_o great_a work_n in_o the_o world_n sect_n ii_o rule_n 2_o 2._o read_v before_o you_o meditate_v josh_n 1.8_o this_o book_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o depart_v out_o of_o thy_o mouth_n but_o 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be_v possible_a he_o may_v have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o taste_n of_o the_o heavenly_a gift_n he_o may_v taste_v but_o not_o concoct_v estius_n concoct_v potest_fw-la summis_fw-la labris_fw-la delibare_fw-la estius_n as_o one_o say_v a_o cook_n may_v taste_v the_o meat_n he_o dress_v but_o not_o be_v nourish_v by_o it_o perkins_n it_o m._n perkins_n this_o taste_n may_v not_o only_a illuminare_fw-la but_o reficere_fw-la aquin._n reficere_fw-la thom._n aquin._n it_o may_v carry_v some_o sweetness_n in_o it_o there_o may_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o delight_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n thus_o far_o a_o man_n may_v go_v and_o yet_o penitus_fw-la recidere_fw-la fall_v away_o final_o now_o this_o will_v be_v very_o sad_a it_o be_v such_o a_o god-affronting_a and_o christ-reproaching_a sin_n know_v therefore_o it_o be_v a_o evil_a and_o bitter_a thing_n that_o thou_o have_v forsake_v the_o lord_n jerem._n 2.19_o meditate_v upon_o final_a relapse_n the_o meditation_n of_o this_o will_v 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race_n be_v short_a between_o the_o cradle_n and_o the_o grave_n the_o sentence_n of_o death_n be_v already_o pass_v gen._n 3.19_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v so_o that_o our_o life_n be_v but_o a_o short_a reprieval_fw-fr from_o death_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o a_o condemn_a man_n my_o age_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o nothing_o psal_n 39.5_o nay_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o take_v something_o out_o of_o nothing_o our_o life_n be_v less_o than_o nothing_o reckon_v with_o eternity_n 3._o meditate_v upon_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o time_n we_o have_v no_o lease_n but_o may_v be_v turn_v out_o the_o next_o hour_n there_o be_v so_o many_o casualty_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n if_o life_n be_v not_o cut_v off_o by_o untimely_a death_n horat._n death_n quis_fw-la scit_fw-la a_o adjiciant_fw-la hodiernae_fw-la crastina_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tempora_fw-la dii_o superi_fw-la horat._n how_o soon_o may_v god_n seal_v we_o a_o lease_n of_o ejectment_n our_o 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82_o but_o lest_o they_o shall_v grow_v proud_a he_o add_v a_o corrective_a you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n v._o 7._o you_o be_v die_v god_n 2._o the_o meditation_n of_o death_n will_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o give_v a_o death_n wound_n to_o sin_n nihil_fw-la sic_fw-la revocat_fw-la a_o peccato_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o strong_a antidote_n against_o sin_n say_v austin_n than_o the_o frequent_a meditation_n of_o death_n be_o i_o now_o sin_v and_o to_o morrow_n may_v be_v die_v what_o if_o death_n shall_v take_v i_o do_v the_o devil_n work_n will_v it_o not_o send_v i_o to_o he_o to_o receive_v double_a pay_n carry_v the_o thought_n of_o death_n as_o a_o table-book_n always_o about_o thou_o and_o when_o sin_n tempt_v pull_v out_o this_o table-book_n and_o read_v in_o it_o and_o you_o shall_v see_v sin_n will_v vanish_v we_o shall_v look_v upon_o sin_n in_o two_o glass_n the_o glass_n of_o christ_n blood_n and_o the_o glass_n of_o death_n 3._o the_o meditation_n of_o death_n will_v be_v a_o 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duty_n 2._o the_o meditation_n of_o heaven_n will_v make_v we_o strive_v after_o heart-purity_n because_o only_o the_o pure_a in_o heart_n shall_v see_v god_n matth._n 5.8_o it_o be_v only_o a_o clear_a eye_n can_v look_v upon_o a_o bright_a transparent_a object_n 3._o the_o meditation_n of_o heaven_n will_v be_v a_o pillar_n of_o support_n under_o our_o suffering_n heaven_n will_v make_v amends_o for_o all_o one_o hour_n be_v in_o heaven_n will_v make_v we_o forget_v all_o our_o sorrow_n the_o sun_n dry_v up_o the_o water_n one_o beam_n of_o god_n glorious_a face_n will_v dry_v up_o all_o our_o tear_n sect_n 14._o the_o fourteen_o subject_n of_o meditation_n be_v eternity_n meditate_v on_o eternity_n meditate_v upon_o eternity_n some_o of_o the_o ancient_n have_v compare_v it_o to_o a_o intellectual_a sphere_n who_o centre_n be_v every_o where_o and_o circumference_n no_o where_o eternity_n to_o the_o godly_a be_v a_o day_n which_o have_v no_o sunsetting_a and_o to_o the_o wicked_a a_o night_n which_o have_v no_o sunrising_n eternity_n be_v a_o gulf_n which_o may_v swallow_v up_o all_o our_o thought_n meditate_v on_o that_o scripture_n matth._n 25.46_o and_o these_o shall_v go_v away_o into_o everlasting_a punishment_n but_o the_o righteous_a into_o life_n eternal_a 1._o meditate_v upon_o eternal_a punishment_n the_o bitter_a cup_n the_o damn_a drink_n of_o shall_v never_o pass_v away_o from_o they_o the_o sinner_n and_o the_o furnace_n shall_v never_o be_v part_v god_n vial_n of_o wrath_n will_v be_v always_o drop_v upon_o a_o wicked_a man_n when_o you_o have_v reckon_v up_o so_o many_o miriads_o and_o million_o of_o year_n nay_o age_n as_o have_v pass_v the_o bound_n of_o all_o arithmitick_a eternity_n be_v not_o yet_o begin_v this_o word_n ever_o break_v the_o heart_n malis_fw-la horaque_fw-la erit_fw-la tantis_fw-la ultima_fw-la nulla_fw-la malis_fw-la cogita_fw-la centum_fw-la millia_fw-la annorum_fw-la cogita_fw-la decies_fw-la centena_fw-la millia_fw-la 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anno_fw-la angelus_fw-la veniat_fw-la dematque_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la arenae_fw-la â—umulo_fw-la unum_fw-la granulum_fw-la eumque_fw-la post_fw-la tot_fw-la millenarios_fw-la annorum_fw-la quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la granula_fw-la ea_fw-la exhauserit_fw-la liberabo_fw-la vos_fw-la a_o gehenna_fw-la o_fw-la quam_fw-la exultarent_fw-la damnati_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la post_fw-la omnes_fw-la hos_fw-la millenarios_fw-la restant_n alii_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la millenarii_fw-la in_fw-la infinitum_fw-la in_fw-la aeternum_fw-la &_o ultra_fw-la drexel_n 2._o meditate_v upon_o life_n eternal_a 6._o eternal_a eternitas_fw-la est_fw-la interminabilis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tota_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o perfectâ—_n possessio_fw-la bâ—â—â—ius_fw-la l._n 5_o de_fw-fr consol_n philosoph_n prosa_fw-la 6._o the_o soul_n that_o be_v once_o land_v at_o the_o heavenly_a shore_n be_v pass_v all_o storm_n the_o glorify_a soul_n shall_v be_v for_o ever_o bathe_v itself_o in_o the_o river_n of_o pleasure_n psalm_n 16._o 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〈◊〉_d arâ—st_n rhet._n lover_n grieve_v together_o thus_o if_o we_o love_v christ_n we_o shall_v grieve_v for_o those_o thing_n that_o grieve_v he_o psalm_n 119.158_o i_o behold_v the_o transgressor_n and_o be_v grieve_v we_o shall_v grieve_v to_o see_v truth_n bleed_v heretic_n increase_v victa_fw-la iaceo_fw-la pietas_fw-la ovid._n pietas_fw-la ovid._n we_o shall_v grieve_v to_o see_v toleration_n set_v up_o its_o mast_n and_o topsail_n and_o multitude_n sail_v in_o this_o ship_n to_o hell_n toleration_n be_v the_o grave_n of_o reformation_n it_o be_v a_o charge_n draw_v up_o against_o the_o angel_n of_o pergamos_n that_o he_o have_v they_o there_o nestle_v and_o brood_v who_o hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o balaam_n revel_v 2.14_o by_o toleration_n we_o adopt_v other_o man_n sin_n and_o make_v they_o our_o own_o i_o pray_v god_n this_o do_v not_o hasten_v england_n funeral_n he_o who_o love_v christ_n will_v lay_v these_o thing_n to_o heart_n 3._o love_n 3._o fruit_n of_o love_n he_o 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