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even_o our_o very_a salutation_n must_v be_v holy_a hence_o grace_n be_v compare_v to_o leaven_n mat._n 13.33_o when_o the_o oil_n be_v pour_v upon_o aaron_n head_n 134._o psal_n 134._o it_o run_v down_o to_o the_o skirt_n of_o his_o garment_n so_o it_o be_v with_o grace_n it_o descend_v to_o a_o man_n apparel_v and_o speak_v grace_n frame_v and_o fashion_n every_o thing_n hos_fw-la 4.6_o his_o smell_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o smell_n of_o lebanon_n lebanon_n cast_v forth_o a_o odoriferous_a smell_n like_o a_o box_n of_o balm_n so_o that_o as_o a_o wretched_a man_n leave_v a_o stench_n behind_o he_o so_o a_o holy_a man_n leave_v a_o sweet_a smell_n of_o grace_n and_o holiness_n use_v 3._o we_o see_v hence_o how_o to_o get_v a_o conversation_n well_o order_v heart_n to_o order_v thy_o conversation_n well_o get_v god_n image_n into_o thy_o heart_n get_v the_o image_n of_o god_n inward_o and_o it_o will_v express_v itself_o outward_o as_o the_o spring_n of_o a_o watch_n be_v so_o the_o 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have_v prefer_v joseph_n he_o say_v i_o only_o will_v be_v above_o thou_o so_o god_n only_o will_v be_v above_o adam_n but_o all_o creature_n shall_v be_v at_o his_o dispose_n quest_n wherein_o do_v this_o dominion_n discover_v itself_o ans_fw-fr in_o three_o particular_n what_o and_o in_o what_o 1._o adam_n have_v a_o supreme_a right_n and_o title_n unto_o the_o creature_n he_o may_v in_o way_n of_o equity_n challenge_v service_n from_o it_o usurp_v authority_n be_v tyranny_n but_o when_o a_o man_n have_v a_o right_a title_n this_o be_v true_a sovereignty_n though_o god_n give_v this_o to_o adam_n yet_o it_o be_v equal_a he_o shall_v resign_v it_o if_o he_o require_v it_o of_o he_o adam_n be_v like_o a_o steward_n in_o a_o nobleman_n family_n unless_o the_o master_n give_v he_o authority_n he_o can_v have_v none_o so_o it_o be_v with_o adam_n but_o since_o the_o fall_n we_o can_v challenge_v nothing_o dan._n 9.7_o to_o thou_o belong_v mercy_n but_o to_o we_o shame_n all_o that_o we_o can_v challenge_v be_v our_o own_o sin_n and_o our_o own_o sorrow_n if_o therefore_o god_n will_v arm_v creature_n against_o we_o he_o may_v what_o god_n will_v do_v for_o his_o mercy_n be_v one_o thing_n what_o we_o can_v challenge_v be_v another_o 2._o adam_n have_v skill_n and_o cunning_a to_o order_v the_o creature_n and_o so_o can_v dispose_v it_o that_o way_n whereby_o god_n may_v receive_v most_o honour_n he_o have_v a_o sufficiency_n in_o he_o to_o rule_v for_o when_o god_n set_v a_o man_n of_o government_n in_o a_o place_n he_o furnish_v he_o ability_n 1_o sam._n 10.9_o when_o god_n call_v saul_n to_o be_v king_n he_o change_v his_o heart_n and_o when_o he_o take_v his_o kingdom_n away_o his_o spirit_n go_v from_o he_o a_o general_n must_v not_o only_o dispose_v himself_o but_o the_o army_n so_o adam_n have_v cunning_a give_v he_o to_o dispose_v the_o creature_n 3._o he_o have_v authority_n and_o power_n to_o awe_v the_o creature_n and_o uncontrollable_o to_o command_v they_o 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