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they_o have_v a_o perfect_a contrariety_n to_o his_o holy_a nature_n and_o righteous_a will_n not_o only_o be_v the_o carnal_a mind_n a_o enemy_n but_o enmity_n itself_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o suitable_a that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o that_o king_n oâ—_n king_n stretch_v out_o to_o the_o vindication_n of_o his_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n by_o take_v vengeance_n on_o all_o ungodliness_n and_o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n if_o rebellion_n in_o a_o state_n or_o monarchy_n against_o these_o petty_a mortal_a god_n who_o shall_v die_v as_o man_n be_v so_o heinous_a as_o to_o deâ—erve_v death_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o nation_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v enmity_n and_o rebellion_n against_o the_o immortal_a eternal_a king_n who_o have_v absolute_a right_n and_o dominion_n over_o his_o creature_n as_o over_o the_o clay_n have_v such_o a_o suitable_a recompense_n of_o eternal_a death_n now_o my_o belove_a if_o you_o once_o believe_v this_o the_o enmity_n and_o 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man_n soul_n be_v himself_o the_o body_n be_v but_o a_o earthly_a tabernacle_n that_o must_v be_v take_v down_o to_o let_v the_o inhabitant_n win_v out_o to_o come_v near_o his_o lord_n the_o body_n be_v the_o prisonhouse_n that_o he_o groan_v to_o have_v open_v that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v that_o liberty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o now_o to_o a_o christian_a death_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o object_n of_o patience_n but_o of_o desire_n rather_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o be_v with_o christ_n phil._n 1.23_o he_o that_o have_v but_o advance_v little_a in_o christianity_n will_v be_v content_a to_o die_v but_o because_o there_o be_v too_o much_o flesh_n he_o will_v desire_v to_o live_v but_o a_o christian_a that_o be_v ripe_a in_o knowledge_n and_o grace_n will_v rather_o desire_v to_o die_v and_o only_o be_v content_a to_o live_v he_o will_v exercise_v patience_n and_o submission_n about_o abide_v here_o but_o groan_n and_o pant_n about_o remove_v hence_o because_o he_o know_v that_o there_o be_v no_o choice_n between_o that_o bondage_n and_o this_o liberty_n sermon_n xxix_o rom._n 8.10_o the_o body_n be_v dead_a because_o of_o sin_n but_o the_o spirit_n be_v life_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o first_o curse_n and_o threaten_a wherein_o god_n think_v fit_a to_o comprehend_v all_o misery_n thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n in_o that_o day_n thou_o eat_v though_o the_o sentence_n be_v not_o present_o execute_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n yet_o from_o that_o day_n â—orward_a man_n be_v make_v mortal_a and_o there_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o mercy_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n interveen_v to_o plead_v a_o delay_n of_o death_n itself_o that_o so_o the_o promise_n of_o life_n in_o the_o second_o adam_n may_v come_v to_o the_o first_o and_o his_o posterity_n and_o they_o may_v be_v deliver_v â—rom_o the_o second_o death_n though_o not_o from_o the_o first_o always_o we_o bear_v about_o the_o mark_n of_o sin_n in_o our_o body_n to_o this_o day_n and_o in_o so_o far_o the_o threaten_n take_v place_n that_o this_o life_n that_o we_o live_v in_o the_o body_n be_v become_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o die_a life_n the_o life_n that_o the_o ungodly_a shall_v live_v out_o oâ—_n the_o body_n be_v a_o live_a death_n and_o either_o of_o these_o be_v worse_a than_o simple_a death_n or_o destruction_n of_o be_v the_o serious_a contemplation_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n make_v wise_a solomon_n to_o praise_v the_o dead_a more_o than_o the_o live_n contrary_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o man_n who_o rejoice_v at_o the_o birth_n of_o a_o manchild_n and_o mourn_v at_o their_o death_n yea_o it_o press_v he_o further_o to_o think_v they_o which_o have_v not_o at_o all_o be_v better_a then_o both_o because_o they_o have_v not_o see_v the_o evil_a under_o the_o sun_n this_o world_n be_v such_o a_o chaos_n such_o a_o mass_n of_o misery_n that_o if_o man_n understand_v it_o before_o they_o come_v into_o it_o they_o will_v be_v far_o more_o loath_a to_o enter_v into_o it_o than_o they_o be_v now_o afraid_a to_o go_v out_o of_o it_o and_o true_o we_o want_v not_o remembrance_n and_o representation_n of_o our_o misery_n every_o day_n in_o that_o child_n come_v weep_v into_o the_o world_n as_o it_o be_v bewail_v â—heir_o own_o misfortune_n that_o they_o be_v bring_v forth_o to_o be_v sensible_a subject_n of_o misery_n and_o what_o be_v all_o our_o life-time_n but_o a_o repetition_n of_o sigh_n and_o groan_n anxiety_n and_o satiety_n loathe_n and_o long_v divide_v our_o spirit_n and_o our_o time_n between_o they_o how_o many_o death_n must_v we_o suffer_v before_o death_n come_v for_o the_o absence_n or_o loss_n of_o any_o thing_n much_o desire_v be_v a_o separation_n no_o less_o grievous_a to_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n