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carcase_n that_o be_v man_v be_v most_o loathsome_a none_o so_o odious_a as_o that_o abraham_n love_v sarah_n well_o but_o when_o he_o come_v to_o buy_v a_o monument_n for_o she_o see_v his_o expression_n gen._n 23_o 8._o he_o commune_v with_o the_o man_n and_o say_v if_o it_o be_v your_o mind_n to_o sell_v i_o the_o field_n that_o i_o may_v bury_v my_o dead_a out_o of_o my_o sight_n though_o he_o love_v she_o very_o well_o before_o yet_o now_o she_o must_v be_v bury_v out_o of_o his_o sight_n it_o be_v sow_v in_o dishonour_n and_o it_o be_v the_o base_a thing_n that_o can_v be_v therefore_o when_o our_o saviour_n be_v go_v near_o to_o the_o place_n where_o lazarus_n lie_v his_o sister_n say_v lord_n come_v not_o near_o he_o for_o he_o smell_v job_n 17.14_o i_o have_v say_v to_o corruption_n thou_o be_v my_o father_n say_v job_n and_o to_o the_o worm_n thou_o be_v my_o mother_n and_o my_o sister_n as_o in_o the_o verse_n before_o the_o grave_n be_v my_o house_n i_o have_v make_v my_o 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answer_v it_o be_v appoint_v for_o all_o man_n once_o to_o die_v but_o what_o then_o and_o after_o that_o to_o come_v to_o judgement_n heb._n 9.27_o eccles._n 12.7_o the_o body_n return_v unto_o the_o earth_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v take_v but_o the_o spirit_n to_o god_n who_o give_v it_o all_o man_n spirit_n assoon_o as_o their_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v part_v go_v to_o god_n to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o he_o where_o they_o shall_v keep_v their_o everlasting_a residence_n consider_v when_o thou_o hear_v the_o bell_n ring_v out_o for_o a_o dead_a man_n if_o thou_o have_v but_o the_o wing_n of_o a_o dove_n to_o fly_v and_o can_v fly_v after_o he_o and_o appear_v with_o he_o before_o god_n tribunal_n to_o see_v the_o account_n that_o he_o must_v give_v unto_o god_n for_o all_o thing_n do_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o when_o no_o account_n can_v be_v give_v what_o a_o state_n of_o misery_n and_o horror_n will_v thou_o see_v he_o in_o and_o this_o be_v a_o silent_a kind_n of_o judge_v 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season_n but_o now_o it_o be_v too_o late_o oh_o therefore_o do_v thou_o make_v use_n of_o tear_n a_o little_a may_v do_v it_o now_o hereafter_o it_o will_v be_v too_o late_o that_o be_v the_o thing_n we_o shall_v now_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o second_o death_n but_o think_v not_o that_o i_o be_o able_a to_o speak_v of_o it_o now_o no_o that_o which_o be_v everlasting_a deserve_v a_o hour_n in_o speak_v and_o a_o age_n in_o think_v of_o it_o therefore_o that_o everlasting_a torment_n horror_n and_o anguish_n which_o god_n have_v reserve_v for_o those_o that_o make_v not_o their_o peace_n with_o he_o which_o be_v easy_o do_v god_n know_v i_o shall_v speak_v of_o the_o next_o time_n rev._n 21.8_o buâ—â—he_o fearful_a and_o unbelieving_a and_o the_o abominable_a and_o murderer_n and_o whoremonger_n and_o sorcerer_n and_o idolater_n and_o all_o liar_n shall_v have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o be_v the_o second_o death_n the_o last_o day_n i_o enter_v you_o know_v upon_o the_o miserable_a estate_n of_o a_o unreconciled_a sinâ—er_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o dissolution_n when_o his_o soul_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o he_o and_o be_v present_v naked_a before_o christ_n tribunal_n there_o to_o receive_v according_a to_o the_o work_n which_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o i_o show_v that_o the_o woefulness_n of_o that_o estate_n consist_v in_o two_o act_n do_v upon_o he_o the_o one_o before_o he_o come_v to_o his_o place_n before_o he_o be_v thrust_v away_o from_o god_n presence_n into_o hell_n fire_n which_o i_o
of_o our_o body_n pulls_z body_z and_o soul_n in_o sunder_o a_o thing_n which_o have_v little_o hurt_v in_o itself_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o sting_n of_o it_o which_o make_v it_o fearful_a to_o die_v be_v esteem_v far_o worse_o than_o to_o be_v dead_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o pang_n that_o be_v in_o die_v to_o which_o death_n put_v a_o end_n this_o temporal_a death_n be_v in_o a_o instant_n but_o this_o other_o eternal_a whereby_o we_o be_v ever_o die_v and_o never_o dead_a for_o by_o it_o we_o be_v punish_v with_o a_o everlasting_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o thess._n 1.9_o and_o that_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o power_n then_o which_o place_n i_o have_v no_o need_n to_o add_v more_o for_o as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v sâ—id_v of_o man_n and_o angel_n be_v full_o comprehend_v in_o it_o the_o apostle_n term_v this_o a_o fearful_a thing_n indeed_o heb._n 2.15_o whereon_o if_o a_o man_n but_o think_v if_o he_o have_v his_o wit_n about_o he_o he_o will_v for_o fear_n of_o it_o be_v all_o his_o life_n long_a subject_n to_o bondage_n he_o will_v scarce_o draw_v any_o free_a breath_n but_o will_v still_o be_v study_v how_o to_o avoid_v it_o and_o will_v still_o be_v in_o bondage_n and_o drudgery_n till_o he_o be_v deliver_v thus_o i_o have_v declare_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n and_o of_o this_o second_o death_n that_o i_o may_v now_o go_v far_o know_v that_o this_o lake_n and_o this_o place_n be_v the_o place_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v provide_v for_o his_o enemy_n it_o be_v the_o lord_n slaughter-house_n it_o be_v call_v a_o place_n of_o torment_n luke_n 16._o a_o place_n wherein_o god_n will_v show_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o wrath_n and_o revenge_n upon_o his_o enemy_n those_o my_o enemy_n that_o will_v not_o have_v i_o to_o reign_v over_o they_o bring_v they_o forth_o and_o slay_v they_o before_o my_o face_n those_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n those_o rebel_n the_o king_n be_v in_o rage_v and_o his_o wrath_n be_v as_o the_o roar_n of_o a_o lion_n which_o make_v all_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o forest_n to_o tremble_v prov._n 19.12_o and_o where_o there_o be_v the_o wrath_n of_o such_o a_o king_n the_o issue_n thereof_o must_v needs_o be_v death_n prov._n 16.14_o the_o wrath_n of_o a_o king_n be_v as_o a_o messenger_n of_o death_n how_o much_o more_o fearful_a be_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o king_n of_o king_n god_n have_v sharp_a arrow_n and_o he_o set_v a_o wicked_a man_n as_o his_o butt_n to_o shoot_v at_o to_o show_v his_o strength_n and_o the_o fierceness_n of_o his_o wrath_n see_v the_o expression_n of_o job_n in_o this_o case_n the_o arrow_n of_o the_o almighty_a stick_n fast_o in_o i_o and_o the_o venom_n thereof_o have_v drink_v up_o my_o spirit_n in_o so_o few_o word_n there_o can_v not_o be_v a_o high_a expression_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n first_o that_o god_n shall_v make_v thou_o a_o butt_n and_o then_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v shoot_v at_o and_o that_o by_o god_n arrow_n and_o then_o they_o be_v not_o shoot_v by_o a_o child_n but_o as_o the_o man_n be_v so_o be_v his_o strength_n by_o the_o almighty_a by_o his_o bow_n wherein_o he_o draw_v the_o arrow_n to_o the_o head_n and_o then_o again_o these_o arrow_n be_v poison_v arrow_n and_o such_o poison_n as_o shall_v drink_v up_o all_o thy_o soul_n and_o spirit_n oh_o what_o a_o fearful_a thing_n be_v it_o to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o a_o god_n it_o be_v a_o say_n of_o moses_n psal._n 90.11_o for_o it_o be_v moses_n psal._n who_o know_v the_o power_n of_o thy_o anger_n the_o power_n of_o god_n anger_n be_v unknown_a and_o so_o in_o his_o song_n deut._n 32.22_o he_o set_v it_o out_o in_o some_o measure_n a_o fire_n be_v kindle_v in_o my_o anger_n which_o shall_v burn_v unto_o the_o low_a hell_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o the_o king_n be_v thus_o provoke_v be_v provoke_v to_o curse_v thou_o mat._n 25._o it_o be_v put_v into_o the_o form_n of_o thy_o sentence_n this_o curse_v shall_v be_v thy_o lot_n in_o hell_n it_o shall_v be_v thy_o very_a sentence_n go_v you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o curse_v as_o job_n curse_v himself_o and_o the_o day_n of_o his_o birth_n so_o then_o shall_v curse_a be_v all_o thy_o song_n thou_o will_v curse_v thyself_o that_o thou_o do_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o preacher_n that_o thou_o will_v not_o accept_v of_o christ_n and_o the_o mean_n of_o mercy_n and_o grace_n when_o it_o be_v offer_v thou_o and_o thou_o will_v curse_v the_o time_n thou_o be_v acquaint_v with_o this_o man_n and_o that_o man_n and_o other_o will_v curse_v thou_o for_o draw_v they_o to_o sin_n god_n curse_v thou_o and_o man_n curse_v thou_o and_o god_n curse_v not_o in_o vain_a when_o he_o curse_n other_o will_v curse_v thou_o and_o thou_o thyself_o and_o other_o and_o think_v then_o how_o curse_v will_v be_v thy_o condition_n all_o the_o curse_n that_o can_v be_v think_v on_o and_o all_o the_o curse_n that_o can_v be_v 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