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jer._n 17.1_o 4._o because_o god_n will_v exact_v of_o every_o one_o according_a to_o what_o he_o have_v be_v trust_v with_o luke_n 12.48_o use_v 1_o for_o confutation_n atheist_n in_o the_o church_n 2_o pet._n 3._o use_v 2._o for_o instruction_n 2._o not_o to_o judge_v other_o rom._n 14.10_o 1_o cor._n 4.5_o 2._o to_o judge_v ourselves_o here_o a_o two_o sell_v reckon_v to_o be_v make_v here_o 1._o reckon_v with_o out_o self_n jer._n 8.6_o lam._n 3.39_o psal_n 4._o 2._o reckon_v with_o other_o 2._o sam._n 12.3_o act_n 20.26_o james._n 5.3_o 3._o to_o exercise_v daily_a repentance_n act_v 17.31_o 4._o to_o get_v a_o interest_n in_o christ_n rome_n 8.1_o exod._n 25.21_o 5._o to_o lead_v a_o holy_a conversation_n 1_o pet._n 3.11_o 2_o cor._n 5.9_o act_n 26.15_o 16._o use_v 3_o for_o comfort_n james_n 5._o heb._n 9.27_o the_o coherence_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n the_o division_n of_o the_o word_n observat_fw-la 1._o the_o death_n of_o other_o be_v a_o just_a occasion_n of_o mourn_v gen._n 23.2_o gen._n 27.41_o gen._n 50.10_o 2._o sam._n 25.1_o zach._n 12.10_o john_n 11._o act._n 20.38_o reas_n 1._o reas_n 2._o jer._n 5.3_o use_v object_n answ_n a_o twofold_a distempe_n in_o man_n affection_n 1.2_o 1_o these_o 4.13_o deut._n 14._o observat_fw-la 2._o death_n the_o end_n of_o all_o man_n job_n 3.14_o zach._n 1.5_o reas_n 1._o in_o regard_n of_o god_n decree_n reas_n 2._o in_o regard_n of_o the_o matter_n whereof_o man_n be_v make_v job_n 13_o 12._o reas_n 3._o in_o regard_v every_o man_n in_o he_o have_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n object_n heb_n 11.5_o 2_o king_n 2.11_o answ_n object_n answer_n rom._n 8.28_o matt._n 22._o use_v 1_o make_v account_n of_o it_o for_o ourselves_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o particular_a application_n of_o death_n to_o a_o man_n self_n 1._o sin_n will_v be_v make_v more_o odious_a rom._n 5.11_o 2._o the_o truth_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n will_v be_v the_o more_o acknowledge_v 3._o death_n will_v be_v the_o b_o 〈◊〉_d prepare_v for_o job_n 14.14.5_o three_o thing_n wherein_o here_o be_v oâ—…_n a_o particular_a application_n of_o â—…h_n to_o a_o man_n 1._o in_o matter_n of_o sin_v act_n 5._o 2._o in_o redeem_v of_o the_o time_n of_o life_n 1_o cor._n 10.35_o heb._n 3_o 13._o gal._n 6.10_o 3._o in_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o conversation_n use_v 1_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o death_n of_o other_o 1._o to_o moderate_v our_o mourning_n for_o the_o death_n of_o other_o 2._o to_o improve_v he_o life_n of_o other_o observat_fw-la 3._o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o live_n to_o lay_v to_o heart_n the_o death_n of_o other_o reas_n 1.1_o god_n be_v glorify_v hy_z it_o psal_n 28.5_o reas_n 2._o ourselves_o be_v benefit_v by_o it_o 1._o thereby_o we_o come_v to_o see_v the_o certainty_n of_o death_n 2._o thereby_o we_o come_v to_o see_v the_o nature_n of_o death_n the_o proper_a work_n of_o death_n 1._o to_o separate_v the_o body_n from_o the_o soul_n 2._o to_o separate_v a_o man_n from_o his_o estate_n 3._o to_o separate_v a_o man_n from_o his_o friend_n gen._n 23._o 2_o sam._n 1._o â—…_n 1_o cor._n 7.19_o 3._o thereby_o we_o come_v tosee_v the_o end_n and_o cause_n of_o death_n 1_o king_n 14.13_o 2_o chro._n 34.18_o isa_n 57.1_o ezek._n 9.4_o 5._o use_v 1_o for_o reproof_n of_o the_o general_a neglect_n of_o this_o duty_n use_v 2._o for_o reproof_n 1._o of_o the_o excess_n of_o sorrow_n for_o dead_a friend_n judg._n 8.24_o gen_n 31.30_o 2._o of_o the_o rash_a censure_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o other_o death_n luke_n 13.4_o eccles_n 9.2_o use_v 3_o for_o instruction_n luke_n 2.29_o observat_fw-la god_n child_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n the_o outward_a cause_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n 1._o god_n
6._o epist_n judas_n 14._o reas_n 1._o because_o of_o god_n decree_n heb_n 9_o 27._o reas_n 2._o because_o of_o his_o righteousness_n reas_n 3._o because_o of_o clear_v his_o way_n before_o all_o man_n and_o angel_n reas_n 4._o because_o of_o his_o hatred_n against_o sin_n declare_v in_o particular_a judgement_n in_o this_o life_n reas_n 5._o because_o of_o the_o horror_n that_o be_v in_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o wicked_a the_o manner_n of_o the_o judgement_n 1_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o last_o judgement_n 2_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o general_n judgement_n 2_o cor_fw-la 5_o 10.3_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o manifest_a jndgement_n 4._o it_o shall_v be_v a_o sudden_a judgement_n 5_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o righteous_a judgement_n rome_n 2_o 5._o 6_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o eternal_a judgement_n use_v 1_o a_o preservative_n against_o tentation_n use_v 2._o for_o instruction_n act_n 17_o 31._o use_v 3_o keep_v a_o good_a conscience_n use_v 5_o to_o fear_v god_n observat_fw-la 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mic._n 7.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro._n 2.8_o reas_n tho._n aquin._n quod_fw-la lib_n 9_o act_n 16_o cajes_n tract_n de_fw-fr indulg_n canus_n 1.5_o cap._n 5._o luther_n l._n the_o cap_a bab._n melancth_v in_o apol._n confess_v art_n 4.5.27_o lorich_fw-mi in_o forotalilio_n haet_fw-la 1._o de_fw-fr sanct._n bellarmine_n indeed_o in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o his_o retractation_n tell_v we_o he_o allow_v not_o the_o word_n divus_o to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o saint_n and_o that_o either_o the_o word_n fall_v imprudent_o from_o he_o or_o write_v a_o b._n for_o beatus_fw-la the_o printer_n mistake_v it_o for_o d._n and_o print_v divus_o but_o other_o stick_v not_o at_o the_o word_n nor_o at_o much_o more_o stratius_n in_o a_o ode_n of_o his_o thus_o kinaldus_n antister_fw-la beatis_fw-la additus_fw-la agminibus_fw-la deorum_fw-la and_o melchior_n nunez_n in_o a_o epiâ—…_n of_o his_o to_o ignatius_n anno_fw-la 1544_o among_o other_o matter_n of_o the_o indies_n speak_v of_o the_o jesuit_n zaviers_n death_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zaverii_fw-la bishop_n vida_n in_o his_o bymne_n call_v divis_n coelestibus_fw-la after_o he_o have_v invocate_v the_o b._n virgin_n and_o other_o sai_z tum_o vos_fw-la caducicorporis_fw-la ceu_fw-la nos_fw-la onusti_fw-la pondert_fw-ge quondam_a mare_n aut_fw-la virgin_n nunc_fw-la dii_fw-la beati_fw-la caelite_n and_o to_o add_v but_o one_o more_o liâ—…siâ—…_n in_o virg._n a_o pricolli_n câ—…p_v 30._o thus_o tunc_fw-la libi_fw-la audes_fw-ge dea_fw-la dicit_fw-la omnâ—…s_fw-la sextus_fw-la &_o aetas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d men._n reas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v testa_n such_o a_o tile_n brick_n or_o pot_n as_o be_v make_v of_o burn_a clay_n morior_fw-la desinam_fw-la alligari_fw-la posse_fw-la definam_fw-la agrot_n be_v posse_fw-la desinam_fw-la posse_fw-la mori_fw-la observat_fw-la 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reas_n use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d num._n 23.10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ez._n 44.25_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d origen_n part_n of_o the_o text._n the_o excellency_n of_o man_n soul_n 1._o by_o nature_n and_o that_o in_o respect_n plato_n 1._o of_o the_o original_n aug._n manichees_n heb_n 12.9.2_o the_o image_n plato_n aristocle_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o substance_n the_o endowment_n the_o command_v over_o the_o body_n 2._o by_o grace_n 1._o in_o redemption_n 2._o in_o renovation_n 3._o by_o glory_n bern._n use_v to_o take_v especial_a care_n of_o our_o soul_n plato_n aug._n the_o possibility_n to_o lose_v the_o soul_n mat._n 24._o quest_n answ_n how_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v lose_v use_v 3._o a_o man_n may_v lose_v his_o soul_n in_o gain_v the_o world_n note_n 1._o rich_a man_n be_v covetous_a 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