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to_o god_n and_o his_o word_n shall_v say_v in_o deed_n forsake_v thy_o religion_n or_o else_o thou_o shall_v die_v as_o christ_n say_v unto_o peter_n 21._o when_o thou_o be_v old_a a_o other_o shall_v gird_v thou_o and_o lead_v thou_o whether_o thou_o will_v not_o then_o a_o little_a threaten_n of_o a_o other_o man_n stark_o quayl_v this_o man_n that_o say_v he_o will_v suffer_v all_o trouble_n 26._o as_o peter_n say_v if_o he_o shall_v loose_v his_o life_n he_o will_v not_o refuse_v his_o master_n but_o when_o a_o other_o yea_o a_o poor_a maid_n but_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o be_v one_o of_o christ_n servant_n and_o make_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o loss_n of_o life_n or_o good_n he_o will_v not_o hazard_v himself_o to_o bear_v so_o much_o as_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n disciple_n thus_o we_o see_v the_o vileness_n &_o frailty_n of_o our_o own_o nature_n how_o weak_a we_o be_v to_o suffer_v in_o deed_n when_o of_o necessity_n we_o must_v bear_v the_o cross_n and_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n avoid_v it_o how_o troublesome_a also_o it_o be_v both_o to_o body_n and_o soul_n this_o psalm_n &_o place_n of_o the_o scripture_n declare_v and_o therefore_o in_o the_o end_n of_o these_o temptation_n be_v put_v sela._n a_o word_n that_o make_v as_o it_o be_v a_o outcry_n against_o the_o corrupt_a nature_n of_o man_n for_o sin_n as_o s._n paul_n say_v 7._o i_o know_v that_o there_o dwell_v in_o my_o flesh_n no_o good_a thing_n to_o admonish_v therefore_o man_n thereof_o in_o deed_n and_o to_o show_v he_o his_o own_o damnation_n the_o word_n be_v put_v there_o to_o cause_v the_o reader_n or_o hearer_n of_o the_o place_n to_o mark_v and_o bewail_v the_o wretchedness_n thereof_o as_o the_o prophet_n himself_o do_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ¶_o the_o four_o part_n how_o a_o man_n take_v consolation_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o trouble_n 10_o and_o i_o say_v this_o be_v my_o infirmity_n but_o these_o thing_n the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n can_v change_v here_o be_v life_n 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dubitation_n of_o god_n and_o of_o his_o promise_n the_o which_o fruit_n of_o corruption_n engender_v except_o sin_n be_v forgive_v eternal_a death_n 8._o and_o here_o be_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o flesh_n see_v to_o be_v very_a enmity_n unto_o god_n work_v continual_o the_o breach_n of_o god_n commandment_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o man_n salvation_n as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o it_o but_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o verse_n be_v life_n &_o the_o occasion_n thereof_o which_o be_v a_o sure_a trust_n that_o god_n can_v remove_v despair_n &_o put_v in_o place_n thereof_o hand_n faith_n hope_n &_o sure_a confidence_n and_o the_o
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never_o so_o much_o to_o repentance_n it_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o vain_a therefore_o god_n by_o his_o prophet_n moses_n and_o esaie_n call_v heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o witness_v against_o man_n stubbernesse_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n there_o be_v also_o out_o of_o this_o trouble_n of_o the_o water_n this_o doctrine_n to_o be_v learn_v how_o to_o receive_v consolation_n and_o how_o to_o learn_v fear_n by_o the_o creature_n of_o god_n that_o bear_v no_o life_n and_o yet_o be_v thus_o trouble_v consolation_n in_o this_o sort_n when_o the_o penitent_a man_n that_o suffer_v affliction_n and_o trouble_n see_v unsensible_a thing_n move_v and_o unquiet_v that_o never_o offend_v diligent_o he_o shall_v judge_v the_o less_o wonder_n at_o his_o own_o trouble_n when_o he_o see_v that_o a_o sinner_n and_o wretched_a offender_n of_o god_n be_v punish_v he_o shall_v learn_v fear_n when_o he_o see_v god_n do_v punish_v his_o creature_n that_o never_o offend_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o 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