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people_n that_o err_v in_o their_o heart_n for_o they_o have_v not_o know_v my_o way_n wherefore_o i_o swear_v in_o my_o wrath_n say_v sure_o they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o my_o rest_n what_o the_o cause_n be_v which_o hinder_v the_o delayer_n from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n and_o how_o light_n and_o frivolous_a they_o be_v chap._n 15._o there_o be_v three_o thing_n which_o cause_n the_o delayer_n to_o slumber_n which_o they_o ever_o set_v before_o their_o eye_n to_o flatter_v themselves_o in_o their_o sluggishness_n and_o which_o the_o devil_n can_v use_v marvelous_a well_o to_o keep_v they_o fast_o in_o his_o band_n &_o to_o hold_v they_o from_o go_v from_o he_o the_o first_o be_v that_o they_o doubt_v of_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n and_o that_o which_o cause_v they_o to_o doubt_n be_v 103.6_o psal_n 103.6_o that_o he_o be_v slow_a unto_o anger_n and_o to_o execute_v his_o judgement_n for_o he_o be_v incline_v of_o his_o own_o nature_n unto_o mercy_n and_o meekness_n 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cor._n 1._o james._n 1._o and_o as_o well_o his_o threaten_n as_o his_o promise_n in_o the_o time_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v because_o in_o he_o there_o be_v not_o yea_o and_o nay_o nor_o any_o mutation_n or_o shadow_n of_o change_n the_o other_o thing_n which_o do_v abuse_v the_o delayer_n be_v the_o opinion_n which_o they_o have_v that_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v ever_o far_o of_o from_o they_o than_o it_o be_v and_o that_o see_v it_o approach_v they_o may_v easy_o escape_v it_o that_o be_v it_o which_o deceive_v those_o who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o flood_n and_o the_o sodomite_n and_o pharaoh_n and_o achab_n and_o balthasar_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n when_o it_o be_v destroy_v by_o nabuchadnezar_n and_o since_o by_o the_o roman_n for_o although_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v even_o at_o their_o door_n and_o that_o they_o be_v often_o forewarn_v thereof_o by_o the_o prophet_n and_o servant_n of_o god_n nevertheless_o they_o never_o 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