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be_v the_o natural_a effect_n of_o certain_a cause_n which_o antecedent_n be_v general_n the_o consequent_a must_v needs_o be_v so_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n and_o this_o be_v principal_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o temptation_n do_v general_o so_o prevail_v at_o such_o a_o time_n upon_o these_o virgin_n sleep_n be_v occasion_v as_o in_o the_o latter_a so_o in_o the_o mystery_n sometime_o from_o weariness_n judg._n 4._o 21._o sometime_o from_o have_v nought_o to_o do_v prov._n 19_o 15._o sometime_o from_o fancy_v security_n luke_n 12._o 39_o sometime_o from_o have_v nought_o to_o lose_v eccl._n 5._o 12._o sometime_o from_o sensuality_n joel_n 1._o 5._o and_o sometime_o from_o a_o swoon_n mat._n 9_o 24._o all_o which_o meet_v here_o with_o reference_n unto_o these_o virgin_n they_o have_v be_v late_o weary_v with_o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o way_n from_o canaan_n to_o assyria_n isa_n 57_o 9_o 10._o they_o have_v be_v slothful_a in_o hide_v that_o talon_n which_o shall_v have_v public_o be_v improve_v mat._n 25._o 25_o 26_o 27._o they_o be_v secure_a as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o lot_n and_o noah_n luke_n 17._o 26._o 28._o 30._o yea_o they_o be_v spiritual_o poor_a which_o make_v they_o careless_a rev._n 3._o 17._o they_o have_v be_v very_o sensual_a mat._n 24._o 38_o 39_o yea_o they_o have_v fallâ—n_v into_o a_o spiritual_a swoon_n and_o must_v be_v awaken_v from_o some_o kind_n of_o death_n by_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n rev._n 11._o 15._o 18._o no_o wonder_n then_o if_o sleep_n have_v be_v so_o general_n the_o cause_n of_o it_o have_v be_v so_o too_o quest_n 6._o what_o influence_n do_v christ_n tarry_v lend_n unto_o the_o virgin_n slumber_v answ_n 1._o because_o sleep_n be_v very_o natural_a yea_o unto_o christ_n own_o disciple_n in_o his_o absence_n especial_o in_o spiritual_a respect_n as_o sometime_o in_o the_o letter_n mat._n 26._o 40._o whilst_o adam_n be_v alone_o his_o sinless_a nature_n be_v incline_v to_o sleep_n gen._n 2._o 20_o 21._o and_o much_o more_o be_v the_o old_a man_n subject_n thereunto_o save_v as_o the_o second_o adam_n bid_v that_o sleeper_n to_o awake_v eph._n 5._o 14._o christ_n be_v that_o sun_n upon_o who_o set_v or_o withdraw_a man_n naturally_n fall_v into_o a_o slumber_n and_o be_v apt_a to_o sleep_v the_o sleep_n of_o death_n save_v as_o his_o eye_n be_v so_o enlighten_v psal_n 13._o 3_o christ_n set_v the_o soul_n on_o work_n who_o else_o be_v idle_a mat._n 20._o 1._o 6_o 7._o and_o slothfulness_n will_v quick_o cast_v one_o into_o a_o deep_a sleep_n prov._n 19_o 15._o now_o whilst_o the_o bridegroom_n tarry_v his_o quicken_a influence_n be_v withhold_v more_o than_o before_o they_o be_v and_o if_o he_o abide_v still_o though_o but_o two_o day_n john_n 11._o 6._o his_o very_a friend_n sleep_v until_o he_o go_v to_o awake_v he_o v._o 11._o 2._o because_o satan_n be_v then_o most_o busy_a who_o have_v the_o great_a skill_n next_o unto_o god_n himself_o of_o cast_v poor_a creature_n into_o a_o slumber_a frame_n he_o know_v what_o be_v entail_v upon_o watcher_n at_o such_o a_o time_n luke_n 12._o 37._o 42._o who_o therefore_o will_v then_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v at_o joshua_n right-hand_n resist_v he_o zech._n 3._o 1._o when_o likely_a to_o be_v clothe_v with_o change_n of_o raiment_n and_o with_o a_o fair_a mitre_n upon_o his_o head_n v._o 4_o 5._o he_o also_o know_v how_o sad_o the_o sleeper_n house_n will_v then_o be_v break_v through_o luke_n 12._o 39_o and_o what_o temptation_n such_o will_v be_v expose_v unto_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o sin_n v._o 45._o and_o suffer_v v._o 46._o especial_o professor_n or_o such_o as_o know_v christ_n will_n and_o yet_o be_v careless_a v._o 47._o he_o also_o have_v his_o song_n and_o cradle_n and_o soporiferous_a application_n wherewith_o to_o make_v man_n sleep_v as_o delilah_n do_v her_o samson_n judg._n 16._o 19_o and_o though_o christ_n do_v prolong_v his_o time_n yet_o satan_n then_o know_v his_o 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for_o the_o comforter_n so_o fill_v their_o heart_n with_o sorrow_n john_n 16._o 6_o 7._o much_o more_o the_o hope_n of_o his_o return_n when_o it_o be_v defer_v will_v make_v the_o heart_n sick_a prov._n 13._o 12._o and_o consequent_o the_o head_n exceed_v heavy_a many_o of_o our_o virgin_n eye_n be_v dit_v up_o with_o dirty_a tear_n and_o they_o have_v cry_v themselves_o asleep_a as_o child_n ofttimes_o do_v when_o leave_v alone_o in_o some_o dark_a room_n and_o partly_o from_o vexation_n 4._o no_o man_n precise_o know_v when_o he_o will_v come_v or_o whether_o some_o awaken_n intimation_n of_o it_o be_v not_o mere_a delusion_n which_o add_v weight_n unto_o the_o former_a heaviness_n and_o do_v encourage_v slumberer_n to_o be_v secure_a some_o ask_v how_o long_o rev._n 6._o 10_o but_o none_o can_v absolute_o tell_v psal_n 74._o 9_o whether_o it_o will_v be_v at_o even_o or_o at_o midnight_n or_o at_o the_o cock_n crow_v or_o in_o the_o morning_n mark_v 13._o 35._o this_o day_n and_o 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that_o christ_n will_v come_v as_o soon_o as_o may_v be_v or_o that_o he_o will_v tarry_v no_o long_o than_o he_o needs_o must_v there_o be_v some_o watchman_n upon_o jerusalem_n wall_n which_o never_o hold_v their_o peace_n and_o who_o be_v bid_v to_o keep_v no_o silence_n nor_o give_v he_o rest_n till_o he_o establish_v she_o isa_n 62._o 6_o 7._o and_o his_o elect_n do_v general_o make_v a_o heavy_a cry_n who_o he_o will_v therefore_o speedy_o avenge_v although_o their_o faith_n be_v go_v by_o his_o long_a bear_n with_o they_o luke_n 18._o 7_o 8._o yea_o his_o own_o interest_n do_v put_v he_o on_o upon_o a_o threefold_a score_n partly_o because_o that_o dispensation_n be_v his_o bride_n who_o none_o can_v love_v more_o than_o the_o bridegroom_n do_v and_o therefore_o he_o only_o tarry_v till_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v ready_a for_o the_o marriage_n mat._n 22._o 4._o partly_o because_o he_o come_v as_o a_o avenger_n upon_o his_o wicked_a adversary_n which_o be_v a_o case_n unto_o 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be_v a_o time_n of_o thick_a darkness_n in_o which_o no_o man_n can_v clear_o see_v or_o know_v but_o only_o deâ—m_o or_o feel_v as_o do_v those_o mariner_n at_o such_o a_o time_n act_v 27._o 27_o 28._o therefore_o do_v not_o the_o egyptian_n stir_v so_o long_o as_o such_o darkness_n be_v upon_o they_o exod._n 10_o 22_o 23._o and_o such_o a_o darkness_n have_v we_o feel_v he_o that_o can_v sometime_o say_v loe_o this_o be_v he_o john_n 1._o 29_o 30._o can_v not_o so_o clear_o see_v he_o afterward_o when_o he_o be_v in_o prison_n mat._n 11._o 2_o 3._o peter_n know_v christ_n at_o liberty_n more_o than_o the_o common_a people_n do_v mat._n 16._o 14_o 15_o 16._o till_o christ_n be_v apprehend_v and_o then_o he_o know_v he_o not_o mat._n 26._o 74._o it_o be_v then_o about_o that_o time_n of_o the_o night_n wiâ—h_v he_o both_o in_o the_o letter_n and_o mystery_n how_o have_v professor_n be_v feel_v after_o god_n like_o those_o poor_a heathen_n act_n 17._o 27._o with_o reference_n unto_o 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improbability_n as_o be_v too_o marvellous_a in_o such_o a_o day_n zech._n 8._o 6._o this_o will_v betray_v some_o into_o sensuality_n mat._n 24._o 48._o other_o will_v therefore_o say_v come_v let_v we_o build_v ezek._n 11._o 3._o and_o other_o that_o vision_n or_o discourse_n of_o that_o nature_n be_v to_o no_o effect_n ezek._n 12_o 22_o 23._o but_o this_o delay_v it_o though_o only_o in_o one_o heart_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o character_n of_o a_o evil_a servant_n mat._n 24._o 48._o and_o one_o of_o those_o ezek._n 11._o 1._o who_o say_v it_o be_v not_o near_o v._o 3._o be_v therefore_o strike_v with_o sudden_a death_n v._o 13._o yea_o this_o defer_v of_o it_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o christ_n design_n in_o this_o whole_a parable_n and_o other_o scripture_n which_o therefore_o have_v need_n be_v watch_v against_o as_o that_o which_o be_v the_o bane_n of_o watch_v in_o the_o general_n 37._o groundless_a presume_v upon_o mercy_n to_o the_o last_o thus_o old_a jerusalem_n 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17_o the_o earth_n will_v then_o be_v without_o form_n and_o void_a the_o heaven_n also_o will_v have_v no_o light_n jer._n 4._o 23._o as_o in_o the_o chaos_n at_o the_o first_o gen._n 1._o 2._o which_o needs_o must_v have_v astonish_v adam_n if_o he_o have_v then_o be_v make_v much_o more_o his_o fallen_n posterity_n who_o will_v be_v now_o in_o be_v but_o though_o god_n be_v no_o author_n of_o confusion_n in_o a_o moral_a sense_n 1_o cor._n 14._o 33._o yet_o do_v he_o own_o his_o be_v the_o creator_n of_o afflict_a darkness_n isa_n 45._o 7._o who_o also_o can_v improve_v all_o manner_n of_o darkness_n and_o confusion_n to_o aggravate_v the_o luster_n of_o his_o follow_a light_n and_o order_n as_o in_o the_o first_o creation_n yea_o those_o be_v
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12._o 7._o as_o mr._n brightman_n there_o confess_v although_o he_o do_v distinguish_v they_o dan._n 12._o 1._o however_o christ_n may_v speak_v this_o in_o zech._n 3._o 2._o and_o michael_n or_o a_o create_a angel_n employ_v by_o christ_n in_o this_o contest_v may_v speak_v the_o same_o word_n afterward_o as_o judas_n relate_v and_o so_o by_z moses_n his_o body_n be_v mean_v his_o ministration_n which_o joshua_n then_o be_v tempt_v to_o keep_v up_o in_o rigour_n or_o else_o to_o lay_v it_o quite_o aside_o as_o he_o be_v a_o tie_n of_o other_o in_o these_o latter_a day_n compare_v time_n with_o time_n first_o joshua_n may_v be_v tempt_v to_o keep_v that_o ministration_n up_o in_o rigour_n as_o to_o the_o tabernacle-state_n in_o moses_n his_o time_n in_o competition_n with_o the_o present_a temple_n because_o the_o building_n of_o this_o latter_a viz._n the_o temple_n be_v now_o prohibit_v and_o therefore_o perilous_a thus_o have_v some_o argue_v of_o late_a time_n or_o since_o the_o 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then_o do_v which_o be_v good_a news_n to_o they_o but_o sad_a to_o other_o who_o be_v in_o bondage_n unto_o that_o temptation_n since_o the_o neglect_v of_o typical_a temple-worship_n then_o be_v so_o severe_o witness_v against_o and_o since_o the_o revive_v of_o moses_n his_o authority_n now_o be_v so_o direct_o cross_v unto_o a_o gospel_n rule_n rom_n 7._o 4._o 7_o and_o since_o the_o restauration_n of_o gospel-institution_n after_o the_o full_a return_n of_o babylon_n captivity_n in_o the_o mystery_n be_v so_o express_o signify_v rev._n 11._o 19_o and_o in_o a_o way_n of_o full_a agreement_n with_o that_o in_o the_o letter_n of_o old_a and_o present_o upon_o the_o rebuke_v of_o which_o temptation_n zech._n 3._o 2._o joshua_n be_v clothe_v with_o change_n of_o raiment_n v._o 4._o and_o have_v a_o promise_n of_o preside_v in_o christ_n house_n and_o walk_v with_o those_o who_o then_o stand_v by_o v._o 7._o viz._n the_o angel_n v._o 5._o 40._o a_o steal_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 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