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credere_fw-la quà m_fw-la probare_fw-la for_o god_n can_v descend_v neither_o need_v he_o search_v to_o know_v for_o all_o thing_n be_v naked_a and_o open_a before_o he_o heb._n 4._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dissect_v unboweld_a anatomize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v so_o ought_v judge_n to_o be_v very_o inquisitive_a sift_v search_v they_o be_v command_v first_o to_o examine_v the_o thing_n narrow_o deut._n 17._o 4._o and_o if_o it_o be_v tell_v thou_o and_o thou_o have_v hear_v of_o it_o and_o inquire_v diligent_o and_o behold_v it_o be_v true_a and_o the_o thing_n certain_a then_o shall_v thou_o bring_v forth_o that_o man_n or_o that_o woman_n and_o stone_n they_o with_o stone_n till_o they_o die_v this_o be_v judge_n job_n course_n job_n 29._o 16._o the_o cause_n i_o know_v not_o i_o search_v out_o
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2_o cor._n 4._o 4._o not_o that_o he_o be_v so_o proper_o but_o that_o he_o will_v be_v so_o account_v though_o by_o usurpation_n he_o be_v call_v so_o a_o superbia_fw-la quia_fw-la hunc_fw-la sibi_fw-la honorem_fw-la arrogat_fw-la &_o vult_fw-la adorari_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la zanch_n mat._n 4._o 9_o all_o these_o will_v i_o give_v thou_o if_o thou_o will_v fall_v down_o and_o worship_v i_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n ambition_n to_o be_v exalt_v a_o god_n in_o heaven_n above_o god_n and_o it_o be_v his_o impudence_n to_o be_v adore_v the_o god_n of_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o son_n of_o god_n 4._o not_o dij_fw-la sensuales_fw-la belly_n god_n who_o god_n be_v their_o belly_n phil._n 3._o 19_o that_o dunghill_n deity_n have_v too_o many_o worshipper_n as_o polyphemus_n in_o euripides_n se_fw-la tantum_fw-la offer_n
in_o hell_n to_o be_v torment_v and_o fall_v like_o one_o of_o the_o prince_n there_o be_v three_o several_a readins_n or_o exposition_n give_v of_o the_o word_n 1._o like_o the_o anakim_v the_o son_n of_o enoch_n who_o be_v of_o vast_a huge_a strong_a body_n who_o joshua_n slay_v josh_n 11._o 21._o so_o jansen_n 2._o like_o one_o of_o the_o tyrant_n as_o sennacherib_n antiochus_n herod_n nero_n julian_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o that_o ad_fw-la generum_fw-la cereris_fw-la sine_fw-la caede_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la pauci_fw-la sit_v juven_n sit_v descendunt_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o sicca_fw-la morte_fw-la tyranni_fw-la some_o singular_a judgement_n not_o usual_a or_o common_a to_o ordinary_a man_n musc_n 3._o but_o the_o stream_n of_o interpreter_n as_o aug._n hier._n theod._n basil_n chrysost_n genebrard_n arnob._n run_v thus_o they_o shall_v fall_v as_o one_o of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v god_n in_o heaven_n abuse_v their_o place_n by_o their_o pride_n be_v cast_v down_o from_o the_o top_n of_o heaven_n to_o the_o bottom_n of_o hell_n 2_o pet._n 2._o 4._o he_o spare_v not_o the_o angel_n that_o sin_v but_o throw_v they_o down_o to_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n borrow_v from_o the_o heathen_a to_o set_v forth_o the_o greatness_n and_o grievousnesse_n of_o their_o torment_n ad_fw-la paenas_fw-la tartareas_fw-la damnavit_fw-la mede_n those_o that_o have_v have_v the_o high_a place_n on_o earth_n if_o they_o have_v abuse_v they_o shall_v have_v the_o low_a place_n in_o hell_n wicked_a magistrate_n shall_v get_v nothing_o by_o their_o greatness_n but_o great_a punishment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greatness_n of_o place_n abuse_v will_v produce_v greatness_n of_o punishment_n ingentia_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ingentia_fw-la flagitia_fw-la ingentia_fw-la supplicia_fw-la initio_fw-la eccles_n hist_o magd._n cent_n 5._o basil_n 1569._o epist_n ded._n in_o initio_fw-la great_a mercy_n great_a sin_n and_o great_a punishment_n be_v mutual_o twist_v together_o isa_n 30._o 33._o tophet_n be_v ordain_v of_o old_a yea_o for_o the_o king_n it_o be_v prepare_v he_o have_v make_v it_o deep_a and_o large_a the_o pile_n thereof_o be_v fire_n and_o much_o wood_n the_o breath_n of_o the_o lord_n like_o a_o stream_n of_o brimstone_n do_v kindle_v it_o the_o holy_a ghost_n hint_n in_o these_o word_n two_o thing_n 1._o that_o hell_n be_v principal_o and_o on_o purpose_n prepare_v for_o great_a person_n as_o prince_n and_o judge_n 2._o that_o the_o great_a punishment_n in_o hell_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o great_a person_n so_o that_o i_o may_v safe_o conclude_v with_o that_o usual_a say_n hell_n be_v pave_v with_o priest_n skull_n and_o prince_n head-piece_n magistrate_n and_o minister_n that_o have_v be_v evil_a shall_v have_v the_o low_a place_n the_o hot_a hole_n in_o hell_n among_o the_o worst_a of_o devil_n i_o shall_v now_o come_v to_o apply_v these_o three_o doctrine_n 1._o by_o way_n of_o information_n 2._o of_o exhortation_n first_o by_o way_n of_o information_n to_o three_o sort_n 1._o minister_n 2._o people_n 3._o magistrate_n 1._o it_o inform_v minister_n that_o it_o be_v a_o duty_n incumbent_n on_o we_o to_o put_v people_n in_o mind_n of_o this_o truth_n and_o that_o very_a often_o that_o magistrate_n be_v god_n though_o not_o participatione_fw-la divinae_fw-la essentiae_fw-la yet_o similitudine_fw-la divinae_fw-la potentiae_fw-la and_o therefore_o always_o to_o press_v they_o to_o render_v obedience_n and_o subjection_n to_o they_o though_o they_o have_v no_o right_n to_o their_o place_n or_o do_v no_o right_n in_o their_o place_n titus_n 3._o 1._o put_v they_o in_o mind_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o principality_n and_o power_n to_o obey_v magistrate_n there_o be_v many_o in_o crete_n infect_v with_o the_o leven_a of_o judas_n galilaeus_fw-la who_o deny_v any_o honour_n or_o homage_n due_a to_o magistrate_n and_o that_o which_o most_o encourage_v they_o be_v that_o they_o be_v heathenish_a 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