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blood_n and_o all_o his_o strength_n verse_n 15._o my_o strength_n be_v dry_v up_o like_o a_o potsherd_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o four_o of_o deut._n verse_n 24._o it_o be_v say_v thy_o god_n be_v as_o a_o consume_a fire_n for_o the_o feel_v of_o god_n wrath_n be_v as_o a_o fire_n consume_v the_o hart_n and_o strength_n of_o man_n as_o hezekias_n most_o true_o say_v in_o esay_n cap._n 38._o verse_n 13._o who_o have_v but_o once_o taste_v a_o little_a of_o the_o same_o viz._n like_o a_o lion_n have_v he_o break_v all_o my_o bone_n but_o christ_n feel_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n against_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n and_o this_o he_o perceive_v to_o be_v pour_v upon_o he_o even_o as_o it_o be_v for_o a_o sacrifice_n therefore_o elegant_o compare_v he_o here_o his_o weakness_n unto_o a_o potshearde_n which_o be_v dry_v at_o the_o fire_n and_o have_v no_o moisture_n or_o liquor_n leave_v therein_o let_v we_o therefore_o look_v upon_o christ_n think_v upon_o both_o these_o viz._n that_o 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god_n there_o be_v also_o other_o trial_n or_o trouble_n much_o more_o sorrowful_a and_o bitter_a which_o pierce_v into_o the_o very_a soul_n and_o spirit_n namely_o when_o with_o behold_v the_o presence_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n for_o a_o certain_a season_n we_o feel_v no_o private_a thing_n but_o the_o sorrow_n of_o death_n and_o the_o danger_n of_o hell_n and_o do_v fear_n that_o we_o be_v for_o ever_o cast_v away_o among_o the_o devil_n these_o deiection_n or_o downe-castings_a of_o we_o can_v not_o be_v describe_v with_o word_n but_o the_o example_n show_v after_o a_o sort_n this_o degree_n of_o trial_n or_o trouble_n job_n without_o any_o deformity_n patient_o suffer_v the_o loss_n of_o his_o child_n and_o substance_n and_o pronounce_v this_o speech_n full_a of_o godliness_n the_o lord_n give_v and_o the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o bless_a be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n job._n 1.21_o but_o this_o so_o great_a a_o personage_n be_v burden_a with_o the_o weight_n of_o 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render_v thanks_o unto_o thou_o because_o thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o with_o how_o many_o word_n do_v david_n adorn_v this_o proposition_n for_o first_o he_o use_v the_o word_n which_o proper_o signify_v a_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o pit_n or_o pool_n as_o therefore_o joseph_n and_o jeremie_n be_v draw_v out_o of_o pit_n be_v deliver_v from_o death_n 13_o so_o the_o prophet_n here_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o peril_n of_o death_n not_o by_o man_n help_n but_o with_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o most_o high_a after_o that_o also_o he_o add_v this_o circumstance_n that_o his_o perverse_a and_o evil_a rejoice_a enemy_n have_v no_o matter_n wherein_o they_o shall_v or_o may_v bestow_v their_o most_o poisonful_a bite_v gird_v and_o taunt_n against_o he_o three_o he_o compare_v his_o deliveraunce_n unto_o the_o heal_n of_o wound_n for_o as_o job_n in_o his_o five_o chap._n most_o sweet_o say_v god_n wound_v and_o heal_v he_o strike_v &_o his_o hand_n make_v whole_a 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shall_v be_v preserve_v as_o the_o remnaunt_n here_o also_o the_o reader_n be_v to_o be_v admonish_v of_o the_o most_o pleasant_a figure_n wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o a_o excellent_a painter_n describe_v the_o fury_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o world_n for_o he_o compare_v the_o enemy_n which_o address_n and_o put_v in_o practice_v all_o the_o endeavour_n of_o their_o kingdom_n unto_o our_o destruction_n like_o overflow_a water_n rush_v upon_o the_o land_n both_o with_o great_a violence_n and_o with_o great_a assault_n not_o to_o that_o end_n only_o to_o show_v what_o the_o adversary_n do_v think_v but_o also_o to_o admonish_v we_o that_o in_o man_n there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a strength_n and_o courage_n that_o we_o be_v able_a to_o endure_v their_o deadly_a overcharge_v we_o namely_o that_o in_o such_o danger_n we_o may_v not_o only_o forget_v humane_a defence_n which_o seem_v able_a to_o be_v oppose_v but_o also_o that_o we_o may_v altogether_o despair_v of_o they_o 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