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they_o we_o be_v now_o less_o fortunate_a than_o in_o former_a time_n because_o we_o suffer_v the_o christian_n and_o because_o we_o do_v not_o with_o that_o religion_n and_o devotion_n worship_n jupiter_n and_o other_o of_o the_o god_n as_o we_o do_v before_o therefore_o be_v the_o god_n angry_a with_o we_o so_o the_o papist_n from_o a_o temporal_a felicity_n measure_n piety_n and_o gather_v that_o god_n do_v favour_v they_o because_o he_o give_v they_o these_o outward_a thing_n by_o it_o will_v condemn_v we_o and_o all_o other_o church_n but_o if_o the_o heathen_a reason_v absurd_o they_o conclude_v not_o well_o but_o very_o impudent_o but_o if_o the_o conclusion_n will_v follow_v it_o will_v be_v on_o our_o side_n rather_o than_o they_o who_o have_v for_o these_o 48._o year_n not_o be_v inferior_a to_o any_o kingdom_n in_o the_o world_n for_o peace_n plenty_n and_o prosperity_n and_o special_o when_o we_o have_v be_v most_o severe_a not_o in_o persecute_v but_o correct_v of_o 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and_o happy_a and_o of_o our_o enemy_n mighty_o malign_v and_o envy_v that_o we_o use_v that_o of_o august_n de_fw-fr civit._n d._n l._n 1._o c_o 7._o quisquis_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la caecus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la nec_fw-la laudat_fw-la ingratus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la laudanti_fw-la reluctatis_fw-la in_o sanus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o yet_o see_v it_o be_v no_o perpetual_a blessing_n but_o such_o as_o the_o church_n be_v often_o deprive_v of_o and_o have_v be_v let_v we_o see_v we_o walk_v worthy_a of_o it_o lest_o he_o pull_v we_o down_o as_o low_a as_o he_o lift_v we_o up_o high_a and_o make_v we_o as_o vile_a as_o he_o have_v make_v we_o honourable_a as_o he_o do_v divers_a time_n with_o his_o people_n deuter._n 29.22.24.25_o which_o be_v then_o and_o shall_v be_v when_o they_o be_v worse_o and_o walk_v unworthy_a of_o this_o and_o we_o be_v as_o salvian_n ad_fw-la catholicum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lib._n 1._o etc._n 1._o ac_fw-la sic_fw-la nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o know_v not_o how_o but_o thy_o felicity_n flight_v against_o thyself_o so_o much_o as_o thou_o be_v increase_v in_o people_n thou_o be_v almost_o as_o much_o increase_v in_o vice_n by_o how_o much_o thou_o have_v more_o abound_v thou_o have_v lose_v in_o discipline_n and_o thy_o prosperity_n have_v bring_v with_o it_o a_o great_a increase_n of_o evil_n for_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o faith_n be_v multiply_v the_o faith_n itself_o be_v lessen_v and_o her_o child_n increase_a the_o mother_n be_v sick_a and_o thou_o o_o church_n of_o god_n be_v make_v weak_a by_o thy_o fruitfulness_n and_o the_o more_o child_n the_o less_o strength_n for_o thou_o have_v spread_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o professor_n of_o thy_o religious_a name_n but_o not_o have_v the_o power_n of_o religion_n as_o if_o thou_o be_v rich_a in_o man_n poor_a in_o faith_n wealthy_a in_o multitude_n needy_a in_o devotion_n enlarge_v in_o body_n strengthen_v in_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n verse_n xiii_o your_o word_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n yet_o you_o say_v what_o have_v we_o speak_v against_o thou_o your_o ward_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o i_o your_o word_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o i_o faith_n the_o lord_n of_o host_n the_o prophet_n proceed_v to_o reprove_v this_o people_n of_o another_o sin_n and_o to_o expostulate_v the_o thing_n with_o they_o the_o sin_n of_o it_o be_v the_o deny_v of_o god_n providence_n both_o over_o the_o evil_a and_o good_a not_o punish_v the_o one_o and_o not_o provide_v for_o the_o other_o this_o people_n afflict_v of_o god_n with_o penury_n and_o want_v for_o other_o of_o their_o sin_n but_o especial_o for_o spoil_v god_n his_o levit_n and_o church_n they_o think_v and_o speak_v blasphemous_o against_o god_n but_o accuse_v his_o providence_n as_o not_o regard_v those_o who_o worship_n and_o profess_v he_o but_o such_o as_o dishonour_v he_o and_o be_v wicked_a and_o never_o will_v they_o accuse_v themselves_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o be_v that_o he_o say_v their_o word_n have_v be_v great_a against_o he_o they_o speak_v hard_a and_o odious_a thing_n of_o he_o as_o the_o word_n follow_v show_n that_o these_o be_v they_o yet_o you_o say_v what_o have_v we_o speak_v against_o thou_o they_o answer_v for_o themselves_o not_o deny_v simple_o that_o they_o have_v speak_v any_o such_o thing_n but_o put_v god_n to_o his_o proof_n as_o think_v that_o he_o do_v not_o know_v nor_o understand_v as_o those_o who_o have_v oftentimes_o say_v among_o themselves_o that_o god_n regard_v not_o the_o thing_n here_o below_o neither_o take_v notice_n of_o what_o man_n do_v therefore_o this_o question_n of_o they_o tend_v not_o to_o any_o denial_n of_o the_o deed_n but_o to_o the_o tempt_a of_o god_n for_o if_o he_o can_v not_o or_o do_v not_o answer_v direct_o and_o show_v they_o what_o they_o have_v say_v then_o will_v they_o conclude_v as_o before_o they_o have_v that_o he_o do_v not_o regard_v nor_o understand_v the_o 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providence_n and_o government_n in_o dispose_v the_o state_n and_o affair_n of_o man_n this_o be_v the_o sin_n these_o be_v challenge_v withal_o such_o be_v that_o which_o we_o have_v psal_n 73.11_o and_o they_o say_v how_o do_v bod_fw-mi know_v it_o or_o be_v there_o knowledge_n in_o the_o most_o high_a if_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o ten_o verse_n it_o be_v the_o infirmity_n of_o god_n people_n if_o to_o the_o nine_o it_o be_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o either_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o that_o psal_n 94.4.5.6.7_o they_o prate_v and_o speak_v fierce_o all_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n vaunt_v themselves_o they_o smite_v down_o thy_o people_n o_o lord_n and_o trouble_v thy_o heritage_n they_o slay_v the_o widow_n and_o the_o stranger_n and_o murder_v the_o fatherless_a yet_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n shall_v not_o see_v neither_o will_v the_o god_n of_o i_o cob_n regard_v it_o such_o be_v they_o zeph._n 1.12_o and_o at_o that_o time_n will_v i_o 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