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that_o perfect_o hate_v sin_n will_v perfect_o punish_v it_o not_o in_o this_o life_n for_o abominable_a sinner_n be_v many_o time_n prosperous_a here_o justice_n be_v not_o discover_v to_o the_o utmost_a therefore_o guilty_a conscience_n presage_v there_o be_v more_o evil_a to_o come_v there_o be_v much_o in_o these_o presage_n of_o conscience_n especial_o when_o we_o be_v more_o serious_a however_o they_o dissemble_v the_o matter_n when_o well_o heb._n 2.15_o and_o deliver_v they_o from_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n who_o all_o their_o life-time_n be_v subject_a to_o bondage_n yet_o when_o they_o come_v to_o die_v when_o they_o be_v enter_v upon_o the_o confine_n of_o eternity_n than_o they_o can_v hide_v their_o fear_n any_o long_o oh_o the_o horror_n and_o terror_n of_o wicked_a man_n when_o they_o lie_v a_o die_a if_o ever_o man_n may_v be_v believe_v it_o be_v then_o 3._o the_o devil_n be_v orthodox_n in_o this_o point_n for_o jyudge_n there_o be_v no_o atheist_n in_o hell_n matth._n 8.29_o and_o behold_v they_o cry_v out_o say_v what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o thou_o jesus_n thou_o son_n of_o god_n be_v thou_o come_v to_o torment_v we_o before_o the_o time_n they_o know_v there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o they_o shall_v be_v in_o great_a torment_n than_o now_o they_o be_v therefore_o if_o we_o will_v take_v god_n word_n or_o authentic_a record_n for_o it_o or_o man_n word_n when_o he_o be_v not_o in_o a_o case_n to_o dissemble_v or_o the_o devil_n word_n there_o be_v a_o hell_n or_o everlasting_a torment_n prepare_v for_o the_o wicked_a obj._n 1_o but_o be_v it_o not_o a_o everlasting_a abode_n under_o death_n and_o to_o make_v it_o the_o more_o terrible_a to_o vulgar_a capacity_n express_v by_o eternal_a fire_n i_o answer_v this_o be_v to_o make_v christ_n a_o deceiver_n indeed_o and_o to_o publish_v his_o doctrine_n with_o a_o lie_n or_o a_o handsome_a fraud_n but_o clear_o 1._o there_o be_v a_o state_n of_o torment_n as_o well_o as_o a_o state_n of_o death_n it_o be_v true_a it_o be_v call_v the_o second_o death_n because_o deprive_v of_o eternal_a life_n which_o be_v the_o only_a true_a life_n and_o because_o it_o be_v worse_a than_o the_o temporal_a death_n better_a never_o be_v bear_v matth._n 26.24_o it_o have_v be_v good_a for_o that_o man_n he_o have_v never_o be_v bear_v he_o do_v not_o say_v it_o have_v be_v good_a but_o it_o have_v be_v good_a for_o that_o man_n if_o only_a death_n and_o annihilation_n be_v in_o it_o what_o sense_n will_v there_o be_v in_o this_o speech_n therefore_o there_o be_v a_o lively_a and_o effectual_a sense_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n beside_o the_o conscience_n of_o wicked_a man_n fear_v and_o presage_v other_o kind_n of_o punishment_n from_o god_n wrath_n or_o else_o why_o be_v they_o most_o trouble_v when_o they_o come_v to_o die_v why_o be_v it_o so_o dreadful_a a_o thing_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o live_a god_n heb._n 10.31_o we_o be_v mortal_a creature_n but_o god_n be_v a_o live_a god_n why_o shall_v the_o eternity_n of_o god_n make_v his_o wrath_n terrible_a but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o fear_n of_o a_o eternal_a subsistence_n on_o our_o part_n also_o we_o read_v of_o many_o and_o few_o stripe_n luk._n 12.47_o 48._o math._n 11.22_o it_o shall_v be_v more_o tolerable_a for_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n than_o for_o you_o if_o it_o be_v more_o tolerable_a for_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n than_o for_o you_o torment_n be_v measure_v out_o by_o proportion_n according_a to_o our_o sin_n and_o mean_n of_o grace_n that_o we_o have_v enjoy_v but_o not_o improve_v 2._o there_o be_v a_o place_n of_o torment_n a_o local_a hell_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 16.28_o this_o place_n of_o torment_n and_o judas_n go_v to_o his_o own_o place_n act_v 1.25_o as_o in_o all_o commonwealth_n the_o prince_n have_v not_o only_o his_o palace_n but_o his_o prison_n it_o must_v be_v somewhere_o for_o the_o wicked_a be_v somewhere_o god_n keep_v it_o 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10.31_o it_o be_v a_o fearful_a thing_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o live_a god_n but_o in_o another_o place_n it_o be_v say_v 2_o sam._n 24.14_o i_o be_o in_o a_o great_a strait_n let_v we_o fall_v now_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o mercy_n be_v great_a the_o one_o note_v god_n angry_a the_o other_o god_n appease_v when_o god_n have_v be_v long_o upon_o a_o treaty_n of_o love_n patience_n abuse_v be_v turn_v into_o fury_n the_o one_o show_v what_o god_n be_v in_o himself_o love_n sweetness_n mercy_n the_o other_o what_o he_o be_v when_o provoke_v the_o sea_n in_o its_o self_n be_v smooth_a and_o calm_a but_o when_o the_o wind_n and_o tempest_n arise_v how_o dreadful_o
there_o salvation_n in_o any_o other_o for_o there_o be_v no_o other_o name_n under_o heaven_n give_v among_o man_n whereby_o we_o must_v be_v save_v it_o only_o exclude_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o be_v call_v god_n 1_o cor._n 8.5_o there_o be_v no_o god_n but_o one_o many_o be_v call_v god_n but_o to_o we_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n the_o father_n as_o also_o it_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o christ_n he_o will_v lay_v down_o the_o summary_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n the_o one_o member_n be_v oppose_v to_o the_o vanity_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o other_o to_o the_o blindness_n of_o the_o jew_n 2._o to_o note_v the_o order_n and_o oeconomy_n of_o salvation_n in_o which_o the_o father_n be_v represent_v as_o supreme_a in_o who_o the_o sovereign_a majesty_n of_o the_o deity_n reside_v and_o the_o son_n sustain_v the_o office_n of_o mediator_n and_o servant_n joh._n 14.28_o my_o father_n be_v great_a than_o i_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o nature_n or_o essential_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v true_o sure_o be_v use_v to_o exclude_v that_o literal_a historical_a knowledge_n which_o may_v be_v in_o carnal_a men._n i._o observe_v faith_n can_v be_v without_o knowledge_n it_o be_v not_o a_o blind_a assent_n rom._n 10._o 14._o how_o shall_v they_o believe_v in_o he_o of_o who_o they_o have_v not_o hear_v we_o must_v know_v what_o christ_n be_v before_o we_o can_v trust_v he_o with_o our_o soul_n 2_o tim._n 1.12_o i_o know_v who_o i_o have_v believe_v we_o must_v see_v the_o stay_n and_o prop_n before_o we_o lean_a upon_o it_o otherwise_o we_o shall_v neither_o be_v satisfy_v in_o ourselves_o nor_o be_v able_a to_o plead_v with_o satan_n nor_o answer_v doubt_n of_o conscience_n he_o that_o be_v implead_v in_o court_n and_o do_v not_o know_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o law_n how_o shall_v he_o be_v able_a to_o purge_v himself_o fear_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a the_o blind_a man_n speak_v reason_n in_o that_o conference_n between_o 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