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boundary_n to_o man_n life_n as_o he_o be_v omniscient_a and_o foresee_v all_o thing_n have_v a_o eye_n and_o respect_n to_o these_o yet_o so_o that_o he_o can_v put_v a_o stop_n to_o those_o natural_a and_o moral_a cause_n can_v inhibit_v they_o as_o in_o his_o infinite_a wisdom_n he_o see_v fit_a as_o for_o example_n god_n see_v that_o such_o a_o man_n live_v and_o do_v thus_o and_o thus_o will_n according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n certain_o live_v thus_o long_o suppose_v fifty_o sixty_o seventy_o year_n yet_o god_n may_v cause_v that_o this_o man_n that_o may_v live_v thus_o long_o shall_v die_v much_o soon_o as_o at_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o so_o god_n in_o his_o mercy_n may_v shorten_v the_o day_n of_o many_o righteous_a man_n take_v they_o away_o from_o the_o evil_a to_o come_v or_o in_o his_o justice_n cut_v off_o the_o wicked_a that_o according_a to_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o set_a bound_n thereof_o may_v have_v live_v much_o long_o yea_o job_n himself_o be_v against_o a_o fatal_a period_n and_o therefore_o we_o can_v imagine_v if_o he_o intend_v it_o in_o the_o 14_o chap._n he_o will_v have_v contradict_v both_o himself_o and_o it_o in_o the_o 21_o chap._n 19_o 20_o 21._o ver_fw-la god_n lay_v up_o his_o iniquity_n for_o his_o child_n he_o reward_v he_o and_o he_o shall_v know_v it_o his_o eye_n shall_v see_v his_o destruction_n and_o he_o shall_v drink_v of_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o almighty_a for_o what_o pleasure_n have_v he_o in_o his_o house_n after_o he_o when_o the_o number_n of_o his_o month_n be_v cut_v off_o in_o the_o midst_n w._n c._n be_v now_o force_v from_o his_o strong_a hold_n which_o he_o think_v invincible_a it_o will_v be_v his_o wise_a way_n to_o address_v himself_o to_o the_o koran_n where_o he_o may_v find_v more_o kindness_n and_o need_v not_o fear_v a_o second_o repulse_n neither_o may_v man_n life_n be_v shorten_v only_o but_o also_o extend_v whereof_o we_o have_v a_o pregnant_a example_n 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will_v deliver_v thou_o and_o this_o city_n etc._n etc._n and_o as_o a_o sign_n that_o god_n himself_o will_v effect_v this_o and_o do_v not_o prevaricate_v a_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v he_o bring_v the_o shadow_n the_o sun_n ten_o degree_n backward_o by_o which_o it_o have_v go_v down_o in_o the_o dial_n of_o ahaz_n but_o be_v the_o former_a paraphrase_n true_a god_n himself_o make_v and_o the_o prophet_n tell_v a_o lie_n and_o be_v deceive_v as_o well_o as_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o physician_n and_o the_o word_n shall_v not_o run_v the_o lord_n will_v or_o do_v real_o add_v to_o hezekiah_n day_n fifteen_o year_n but_o hezekiah_n the_o prophet_n the_o physician_n with_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o courtier_n not_o well_o understand_v this_o infinite_o soul-concerning_a point_n viz._n a_o fatal_a period_n be_v so_o simple_a and_o credulous_a as_o to_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v miraculous_o extend_v hezekiah_n life_n and_o who_o can_v think_v otherwise_o that_o read_v and_o believe_v this_o sacred_a history_n whereas_o god_n have_v absolute_o decree_v from_o eternity_n or_o in_o his_o unchangeable_a purpose_n appoint_v there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o difference_n in_o the_o phrase_n that_o hezekiah_n shall_v live_v fifteen_o year_n long_o which_o be_v not_o expire_v it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o plague_n or_o for_o god_n himself_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o his_o day_n a_o feeble_a and_o impotent_a god_n that_o can_v neither_o extend_v nor_o shorten_v the_o life_n of_o his_o creature_n it_o be_v wonderful_a to_o see_v that_o one_o petty_a distinction_n in_o man_n date_n but_o not_o in_o god_n shall_v be_v of_o such_o mighty_a force_n as_o to_o enervate_v so_o many_o plain_a text_n of_o scripture_n as_o have_v be_v and_o may_v be_v produce_v for_o the_o prolong_n and_o shorten_n of_o man_n life_n and_o to_o make_v they_o speak_v quite_o contrary_a even_o to_o become_v like_o a_o nose_n of_o wax_n to_o turn_v either_o to_o this_o side_n or_o that_o to_o prove_v 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