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〈◊〉_d of_o terror_n the_o most_o terrible_a what_o if_o they_o have_v know_v the_o scripture_n that_o god_n speak_v in_o his_o anger_n that_o it_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n and_o unless_o mercy_n prevent_v judgement_n that_o it_o be_v a_o departure_n into_o endless_a misery_n but_o get_v up_o courage_n again_o o_o frail_a mortality_n the_o son_n of_o god_n through_o death_n have_v overcome_v death_n the_o serpent_n have_v lose_v his_o sting_n as_o willing_o as_o a_o passenger_n decease_v or_o depart_v from_o a_o strange_a place_n to_o his_o own_o home_n with_o such_o quietness_n and_o compose_a satisfaction_n of_o mind_n we_o go_v from_o hence_o for_o ever_o where_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o abide_a city_n be_v not_o unfurnish_a for_o a_o sudden_a journey_n if_o god_n call_v but_o say_v with_o simeon_n lord_n i_o be_o ready_a to_o depart_v in_o peace_n tully_n say_v that_o a_o worthy_a man_n in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n make_v no_o more_o than_o a_o exit_z or_o a_o decease_n out_o of_o 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〈◊〉_d as_o joyful_a a_o decease_n to_o we_o as_o that_o be_v to_o they_o a_o departure_n out_o of_o bondage_n and_o misery_n o_o what_o death_n can_v be_v dread_v since_o moses_n and_o elias_n speak_v so_o mild_o of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n have_v his_o day_n be_v cut_v off_o without_o all_o pain_n sorrow_n or_o ignominy_n take_v the_o proposition_n thus_o bare_o without_o amplification_n of_o his_o wound_n and_o suffering_n mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la he_o die_v for_o sinner_n the_o just_a for_o the_o unjust_a who_o can_v sufficient_o estimate_v the_o dear_a price_n of_o his_o payment_n or_o the_o miserable_a contract_n of_o our_o debt_n mortiferum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la sanari_fw-la potuit_fw-la the_o wound_n of_o sin_n in_o our_o soul_n be_v very_o mortal_a which_o make_v the_o immortal_a die_n to_o cure_v it_o lord_n it_o be_v not_o one_o soul_n in_o every_o man_n nor_o ten_o thousand_o 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worship_n say_v what_o say_v my_o lord_n unto_o his_o servant_n jos_n v_o 14._o so_o ezekiel_n when_o i_o see_v a_o appearance_n of_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n i_o fall_v on_o my_o face_n chap._n i._n 28._o the_o samaritan_n fall_v down_o on_o his_o face_n at_o our_o saviour_n foot_n luke_n xvii_o 16._o nay_o the_o devil_n when_o he_o will_v make_v himself_o a_o god_n put_v in_o this_o condition_n si_fw-la cadens_fw-la adoraveris_fw-la if_o thou_o will_v fall_v down_o and_o worship_v i_o we_o be_v so_o far_o from_o these_o gesture_n of_o reverence_n and_o humility_n nowadays_o that_o you_o will_v think_v that_o christian_a half_a mad_a or_o to_o be_v a_o great_a hypocrite_n that_o will_v hurl_v himself_o down_o to_o the_o ground_n to_o pray_v to_o god_n that_o be_v sordid_a and_o dusty_a will_v some_o people_n say_v if_o you_o refrain_v adoration_n to_o save_v good_a apparel_n i_o pray_v you_o wear_v worse_a clothes_n and_o put_v on_o better_a affection_n to_o 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