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say_v unto_o balaam_n be_o not_o i_o thy_o ass_n upon_o which_o thou_o have_v ride_v ever_o since_o i_o be_v thou_o unto_o this_o day_n be_v i_o ever_o wont_a to_o do_v so_o unto_o thou_o and_o he_o say_v nay_o numb_a 22._o 30._o we_o have_v here_o the_o appeal_n of_o the_o ass_n and_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o master_n both_o accord_n in_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o premise_n and_o yet_o we_o find_v a_o harsh_a conclusion_n for_o she_o crush_v balaam_n foot_n against_o the_o wall_n v._o 25._o so_o calm_a a_o creature_n as_o balaam_n ass_n at_o such_o a_o place_n where_o a_o wall_n be_v on_o this_o side_n and_o a_o wall_n on_o that_o side_n together_o with_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n stand_v in_o the_o path_n of_o the_o vineyard_n v._o 24._o become_v a_o scourge_n to_o the_o rider_n chap._n ii_o 1._o from_z the_o creature_n be_v make_v friend_n to_o we_o 1._o forget_v not_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o creature_n smile_v on_o thou_o and_o do_v not_o frown_v it_o be_v 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strong_a be_v the_o obligation_n he_o have_v show_v thou_o o_o man_n what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o do_v the_o lord_n require_v of_o thou_o but_o to_o do_v just_o to_o love_v mercy_n and_o to_o walk_v humble_o with_o thy_o god_n micah_n 6._o 8._o 2._o from_o the_o creature_n be_v corrosive_n or_o scourge_v one_o way_n or_o other_o 1._o observe_v how_o the_o sweet_a wine_n may_v become_v the_o sharp_a vinegar_n and_o this_o 1._o with_o respect_n to_o thing_n 2._o with_o respect_n to_o person_n 1._o with_o respect_n to_o thing_n the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n may_v be_v matter_n of_o affliction_n because_o thou_o serve_v not_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o joyfulness_n and_o with_o gladness_n of_o heart_n for_o the_o abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n therefore_o shall_v thou_o serâ—e_v thy_o enemy_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v send_v against_o thou_o in_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o in_o nakedness_n and_o in_o the_o want_n of_o all_o thing_n deut._n 28._o 47_o 48._o hezekiah_n a_o good_a prince_n yet_o what_o a_o thundering-message_n be_v send_v he_o behold_v the_o day_n come_v that_o all_o that_o be_v in_o thy_o house_n and_o that_o which_o thy_o father_n have_v lay_v up_o in_o store_n until_o this_o day_n shall_v be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n nothing_o shall_v be_v leave_v say_v the_o lord_n isa_n 39_o 6._o 2._o with_o respect_n to_o person_n as_o magistrate_n ecclesiastical_a minister_n family-relation_n choice_a friend_n or_o acquaintant_n all_o these_o instead_o of_o rose_n may_v become_v pricking-brier_n some_o way_n or_o other_o as_o may_v be_v instance_a in_o 1._o magistrate_n who_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o good_a according_a to_o their_o institution_n rom._n 13._o 4._o these_o may_v be_v snatch_v away_o by_o death_n to_o the_o grief_n of_o a_o people_n who_o sit_v under_o their_o refreshing-shadow_n their_o death_n and_o burial_n become_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o subject_n sorrow_n witness_v this_o in_o the_o case_n of_o good_a josiah_n who_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v and_o all_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n mourn_v for_o he_o and_o jeremiah_n lament_v for_o he_o as_o be_v record_v 2_o chron._n 35._o 24_o 25._o or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o seize_v on_o by_o death_n they_o may_v prove_v the_o death_n or_o bane_n of_o a_o nation_n by_o their_o folly_n instance_n enough_o there_o be_v for_o this_o in_o holy-writ_a and_o history_n 2._o ecclesiastical_a minister_n become_v afflictive_a and_o that_o many_o way_n when_o sin_n abound_v among_o a_o people_n pride_n barrenness_n under_o the_o mean_n slight_v minister_n and_o idolize_v of_o they_o for_o these_o be_v sad_a extreme_n do_v with_o other_o sin_n provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o afflict_v in_o and_o by_o minister_n sometime_o they_o be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n john_n disciple_n have_v too_o high_a thought_n of_o their_o master_n they_o begin_v it_o seem_v to_o make_v a_o party_n against_o christ_n himself_o john_n 3._o 25_o 26._o it_o be_v observable_a 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another_o course_n of_o live_v and_o yet_o after_o he_o return_v to_o the_o tent_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o miserable_o perish_v 269._o ibid._n p._n 269._o it_o be_v say_v of_o swenckfield_n who_o do_v beguile_v many_o with_o great_a swelling-word_n of_o illumination_n revelation_n deification_n of_o the_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a man_n that_o he_o have_v a_o well-meaning_a heart_n but_o a_o very_a irregular_a or_o erroneous_a head_n god_n be_v righteous_a as_o in_o the_o dig_v of_o a_o grave_n for_o some_o in_o the_o vineyard_n and_o the_o bind_n of_o other_o hand_n and_o foot_n so_o in_o the_o permission_n of_o other_o to_o leap_v over_o the_o hedge_n of_o the_o vinyard_n and_o to_o be_v bewildered_a in_o wild_a and_o extravagant_a fancy_n and_o conceit_n see_v act_n 20._o 30._o 1_o cor._n 3._o with_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 13_o 14._o 3._o family-relation_n become_v gall_n and_o wormwood_n 1._o the_o husband_n be_v sometime_o a_o nabal_n and_o folly_n be_v with_o he_o 1_o sam._n 25._o 25._o or_o if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o his_o death_n give_v life_n to_o the_o wife_n sorrow_n as_o 2_o king_n 4._o 1._o thy_o servant_n my_o husband_n say_v that_o widow_n to_o elisha_n be_v dead_a and_o thou_o know_v that_o thy_o servant_n do_v for_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o creditor_n be_v come_v to_o take_v to_o his_o my_o two_o son_n for_o bondman_n 2._o the_o wife_n if_o she_o be_v not_o more_o or_o less_o a_o chide_v zipporah_n ezra_n 4._o 25._o a_o mocking-michol_a 2_o sam._n 6._o 20._o a_o sullen_a vashti_n esth_n 1._o 12._o or_o some_o otherway_v afflictive_a yet_o there_o be_v never_o a_o marriage_n but_o there_o must_v be_v a_o funeral_n and_o a_o virtuous_a beautiful_a sarah_n must_v away_o out_o of_o a_o abraham_n sight_n gen._n 23._o 4._o 3._o
see_v 1_o cor._n 4._o 11_o 12._o rev._n 2._o 9_o 3._o they_o who_o have_v a_o care_n to_o please_v god_n have_v experience_n of_o god_n care_n over_o they_o notwithstanding_o their_o strait_n david_n though_o deny_v by_o a_o surly_a nabal_n yet_o have_v provision_n bring_v in_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o wise_a abigail_n jeremiah_n find_v fair_a quarter_n among_o the_o chaldean_n jer._n 39_o 11_o 12._o the_o brethren_n which_o dwell_v in_o judea_n have_v relief_n send_v to_o they_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o great_a dearth_n act_v 11._o 28_o 29._o god_n providence_n be_v see_v as_o in_o strait_n so_o in_o the_o help_v hand_v in_o under_o they_o 4._o suppose_v some_o be_v starve_v by_o enemy_n yet_o what_o be_v this_o more_o if_o the_o lord_n take_v they_o out_o of_o the_o world_n this_o way_n than_o to_o die_v on_o their_o bed_n when_o a_o man_n life_n abhor_v bread_n and_o his_o soul_n dainty_a meat_n job_n 33._o 20._o a_o man_n die_v who_o have_v victual_n but_o no_o stomach_n as_o he_o die_v who_o have_v a_o stomach_n but_o no_o victual_n moreover_o god_n know_v how_o to_o salve_v up_o this_o sharp_a dispensation_n 1._o he_o can_v abate_v the_o pain_n and_o torment_v of_o hunger_n as_o one_o say_v if_o you_o take_v away_o my_o meat_n god_n can_v take_v away_o my_o stomach_n see_v exod_a 34_o 28._o 2._o the_o lord_n may_v then_o feast_v they_o with_o other_o kind_n of_o meat_n as_o christ_n speak_v john_n 4._o 32._o 3._o they_o be_v honour_v by_o god_n to_o be_v starve_v 25._o non_fw-la fovetur_fw-la in_o metallis_fw-la lecto_fw-la &_o culcitris_n corpus_fw-la â—…d_fw-la refrigerio_fw-la &_o selatio_fw-la christi_fw-la humi_fw-la jac_fw-la nt_v fessa_fw-la laboribus_fw-la viscera_fw-la sed_fw-la poena_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la jacere_fw-la squalent_fw-la sine_fw-la balneis_fw-la membra_fw-la situ_fw-la &_o sorde_fw-la deformia_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la intusabluitur_fw-la quod_fw-la foris_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la sordidatur_fw-la cyprian_a lib._n 3._o epist_n 25._o as_o well_o as_o other_o to_o be_v burn_v for_o his_o sake_n suffer_v for_o christ_n any_o way_n be_v honourable_a see_v mat._n 5._o 11_o 12._o phil._n 1._o 29._o 4._o they_o will_v not_o look_v like_o starveling_n one_o day_n the_o vile_a body_n will_v become_v a_o glorious_a body_n phil._n 2._o 21._o observation_n xx._n the_o lord_n bear_v up_o the_o world_n by_o bear_v down_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n chap._n i._n as_o god_n providence_n be_v see_v in_o make_v provision_n for_o the_o world_n so_o in_o bear_v down_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n the_o world_n will_v quick_o be_v resolve_v into_o a_o chaos_n or_o heap_n of_o confusion_n do_v not_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n exert_v itself_o and_o that_o particular_o in_o and_o about_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n who_o have_v since_o the_o fall_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n destructive_a principle_n wrap_v up_o in_o their_o nature_n will_v certain_o give_v the_o product_n of_o such_o principle_n in_o black_a and_o bloody_a conclusion_n be_v there_o not_o a_o providence_n which_o do_v counter_o work_v they_o by_o bear_v down_o sin_n and_o these_o way_n among_o other_o first_o by_o usher_v in_o good_a tiding_n of_o a_o saviour_n for_o who_o sake_n the_o world_n be_v spare_v from_o destruction_n for_o time_n be_v now_o vouchsafe_v for_o the_o ingather_n of_o a_o choose_a generation_n adam_n and_o so_o all_o mankind_n be_v dead_a in_o law_n judgement_n be_v to_o take_v place_n christ_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n step_n in_o become_v a_o surety_n and_o bruise_v the_o head_n of_o the_o serpent_n gen._n 3._o 14_o 15._o he_o shall_v say_v the_o angel_n to_o joseph_n save_o his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n mat._n 1._o 21._o the_o tare_n than_o be_v spare_v till_o the_o wheat_n be_v gather_v mat._n 13._o 29_o 30._o second_o by_o a_o inward_a work_n of_o sanctification_n promote_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o redeem_v once_o by_o christ_n who_o say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n give_v himself_o for_o 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