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hezekiah_n but_o without_o expect_v any_o messenger_n after_o to_o be_v send_v with_o better_a news_n prayer_n now_o and_o all_o such_o mean_n also_o reverse_v and_o prove_v labour_n lose_v i_o now_o feel_v my_o decay_n and_o hasten_v away_o my_o disquiet_n and_o pain_n increase_n strength_n fail_v spirit_n sink_v heat_n turn_v into_o chillness_n cramp_n contraction_n of_o nerve_n and_o limb_n follow_v breath_n shorten_v speech_n falter_a heart_n pang_n and_o agony_n now_o multiply_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o the_o body_n shake_v the_o hand_n snatch_v eyestring_n as_o they_o say_v break_v and_o after_o many_o deep_a heavy_a sigh_n and_o groan_n the_o soul_n come_v forth_o with_o gasping_n and_o sit_v upon_o my_o quiver_a lip_n upon_o the_o last_o gasp_n take_v its_o nimble_a flight_n leave_v its_o old_a habitation_n to_o rottenness_n and_o corruption_n and_o launche_n forth_o into_o a_o everlasting_a new_a condition_n lord_n teach_v i_o so_o to_o number_v my_o day_n see_v how_o frail_a i_o be_o psal_n 90.12_o psal_n 39.1_o let_v i_o so_o often_o realize_v this_o die_a to_o myself_o in_o most_o serious_a meditation_n put_v myself_o into_o this_o condition_n of_o death_n come_v and_o act_v his_o part_n his_o utmost_a on_o i_o that_o i_o may_v both_o familiarize_v and_o facilitate_v this_o so_o dreadful_a and_o difficult_a work_n that_o i_o may_v be_v great_o desirous_a to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o be_v thereby_o with_o christ_n which_o be_v best_a of_o all_o o_o that_o i_o may_v perform_v this_o last_o work_n best_a which_o that_o i_o may_v and_o make_v that_o great_a enemy_n my_o great_a friend_n my_o loss_n great_a gain_n let_v i_o still_o mind_n christ_n heal_v this_o bitter_a water_n make_v it_o sweet_a make_v this_o deaths-day_n better_o than_o the_o births-day_n let_v my_o thought_n be_v on_o the_o sting_n pull_v out_o that_o it_o can_v hurt_v if_o i_o be_o christ_n death_n be_v we_o if_o we_o be_v christ_n and_o for_o our_o most_o high_a advantage_n as_o 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evermore_o chap._n xix_o of_o judgement_n after_o death_n on_o the_o sad_a part_n of_o those_o two_o dear_a friend_n soul_n and_o body_n come_v instant_o the_o doom_n and_o sentence_n heb._n 9.27_o the_o particular_a judgement_n of_o the_o person_n to_o pass_v and_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n to_o a_o eternal_a estate_n either_o of_o happiness_n or_o misery_n immediate_o as_o to_o the_o immortal_a soul_n and_o afterward_o at_o the_o general_n resurrection_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n in_o conjunction_n this_o therefore_o little_a forego_v day_n of_o judgement_n upon_o which_o by_o the_o body_n mortality_n and_o necessity_n of_o die_v and_o the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o necessity_n of_o not_o die_v every_o person_n come_v to_o be_v state_v in_o eternal_a misery_n or_o happiness_n unavoidable_o be_v a_o point_n of_o most_o high_a consequence_n to_o be_v well_o consider_v deep_o weigh_v often_o dwell_v upon_o in_o our_o most_o prudent_a improvement_n of_o retiredness_n a_o very_a 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judgement_n the_o very_a moment_n of_o my_o death_n that_o be_v uncertain_a and_o the_o very_a next_o moment_n after_o death_n come_v certain_a judgement_n irresistable_o and_o irrecoverable_o and_o determine_v our_o state_n of_o eternity_n chap._n xx._n of_o the_o general_a judgement_n day_n but_o then_o particular_a judgement_n forego_v this_o be_v but_o the_o foundation_n and_o introduction_n of_o the_o follow_v the_o private_a and_o partial_a execution_n on_o the_o soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n shall_v have_v a_o public_a and_o most_o solemn_a both_o manifestation_n and_o consummation_n with_o it_o 1._o this_o day_n among_o other_o end_n be_v reserve_v for_o the_o so_o great_a and_o glorious_a manifestation_n of_o the_o infinite_a holiness_n and_o righteousness_n grace_n and_o mercy_n wrath_n and_o severity_n and_o other_o attribute_n of_o god_n never_o in_o this_o world_n have_v their_o so_o full_a discovery_n as_o now_o by_o the_o intendment_n and_o most_o wise_a 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