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lord_n nor_o the_o operation_n of_o his_o hand_n he_o shall_v destroy_v they_o and_o not_o build_v they_o up_o with_o psal._n 50._o 22._o consider_v this_o you_o that_o forget_v god_n lest_o i_o tear_v you_o in_o piece_n and_o there_o be_v none_o to_o deliver_v 5._o commendation_n such_o as_o psal._n 107_o 43._o whoso_o be_v wise_a and_o will_v observe_v these_o thing_n &c_n &c_n hosea_n 14._o 9_o and_o he_o that_o be_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o a_o great_a observer_n tell_v we_o eccles._n 2_o 14._o that_o the_o wise_a man_n eye_n be_v in_o his_o head_n 6._o we_o have_v also_o discommendation_n and_o exprobration_n wherewith_o the_o lord_n upbraid_v such_o as_o observe_v not_o his_o work_n and_o way_n isai_n 42._o 18._o they_o be_v deaf_a and_o blind_a that_o will_v not_o see_v yea_o jeremy_n 4_o 22._o call_v they_o sottish_a and_o the_o psalmist_n call_v they_o bruit_n psal_n 92_o 6._o so_o then_o by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o undoubted_a determiner_n of_o duty_n 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inquisitor_n come_v in_o upon_o second_o thought_n with_o his_o confession_n i_o be_v a_o blasphemer_n a_o persecuter_n and_o inâ—rtous_a 1_o timoth._n 1_o 13._o and_o then_o the_o fool_n excuse_n be_v allege_v by_o he_o that_o think_v himself_o so_o â—ise_v for_o sapientis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la putavi_fw-la i_o think_v that_o i_o shall_v have_v do_v these_o thing_n but_o what_o think_v you_o now_o sir_n why_o now_o i_o see_v that_o which_o former_o â—_o call_v loyalty_n zeal_n and_o good_a service_n must_v change_v â—ts_n name_v without_o any_o change_n in_o the_o thing_n for_o it_o â—â—oth_v be_v and_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o blasphemy_n persecution_n and_o injury_n such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o have_v be_v 8._o the_o wilderness_n import_v a_o melancholious_a sad_a and_o deject_a condition_n this_o follow_v from_o all_o the_o rest_n any_o who_o ever_o travel_v alone_o through_o
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