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this_o passive_a pprophecy_n as_o the_o vision_n of_o outward_a affliction_n and_o inward_a darkness_n and_o desertion_n which_o be_v after_o fulfil_v literal_o upon_o his_o seed_n after_o the_o flesh_n in_o literal_a egypt_n and_o likewise_o upon_o his_o spiritual_a seed_n in_o egypt_n spiritual_a where_o such_o a_o horror_n of_o great_a darkness_n and_o deep_a sleep_n fall_v upon_o they_o that_o the_o text_n say_v express_o they_o be_v dead_a and_o their_o dead_a body_n shall_v lie_v in_o the_o street_n of_o the_o great_a city_n call_v spiritual_o sodom_n and_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a because_o dead_a in_o spiritual_a egypt_n and_o the_o mean_n of_o their_o resurrection_n from_o that_o death_n be_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n from_o god_n enter_v into_o they_o that_o be_v their_o grace_n be_v dead_a or_o sick_a die_a grace_n they_o do_v not_o awake_v unto_o righteousness_n but_o sleep_v a_o sleep_n like_o death_n in_o sin_n and_o disobedience_n they_o 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spiritual_a death_n be_v also_o prefigure_v by_o death_n literal_a for_o the_o drybone_n be_v the_o whole_a house_n of_o israel_n not_o so_o much_o legal_a as_o evangelical_n and_o those_o bone_n be_v dead_a ezek._n 37.3_o 11._o for_o the_o witness_n the_o subordinate_a head_n of_o the_o church_n can_v not_o be_v dead_a but_o the_o member_n of_o the_o same_o body_n must_v be_v much_o more_o dead_a second_o i_o may_v here_o show_v that_o jonah_n &_o our_o bless_a saviour_n presignify_v prophetical_o not_o only_o that_o outward_a threefold_a death_n aforesaid_a but_o also_o this_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a death_n of_o the_o witness_n towit_n jonah_n by_o a_o seem_a death_n and_o our_o saviour_n by_o a_o real_a death_n the_o duration_n of_o both_o which_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a artificial_a or_o 42_o hour_n be_v exact_o conform_v as_o prophetic_a type_n to_o the_o duration_n of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o witness_n to_o wit_n three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a that_o be_v three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a or_o forty_o two_o month_n of_o day_n annual_a which_o be_v 1260_o year_n as_o we_o shall_v more_o irrefellible_o show_v in_o the_o sequel_n the_o eight_o epoch_n be_v of_o the_o tread_n of_o the_o gospel-church_n and_o her_o witness_n under_o foot_n by_o those_o gentile_n the_o spiritual_a gentile_n of_o this_o threefold_a mystery_n of_o iniquity_n who_o we_o find_v fit_o describe_v in_o the_o 8_o and_o 9th_o verse_n of_o the_o 11_o chapter_n to_o wit_n the_o spiritual_a ethnic_n gentile_n in_o practice_n by_o profession_n christian_n of_o anti-christ_n sensual_a secular_a and_o spiritual_a and_o the_o holy_a city_n the_o gospel-church_n and_o her_o witness_n shall_v they_o these_o very_a gentile_n tread_v under_o foot_n for_o forty_o two_o month_n say_v the_o text_n chap._n 11.2_o that_o be_v they_o shall_v persecute_v convitiate_v rash_o censure_n and_o contemn_v the_o gospel-church_n and_o her_o witness_n and_o she_o and_o their_o testimony_n for_o forty_o 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spiritual_a desolation_n of_o zion_n we_o have_v also_o show_v that_o the_o prophet_n in_o ahab_n time_n while_o rain_n be_v restrain_v prophesy_v as_o prototype_n in_o great_a affliction_n and_o sorrow_n as_o it_o be_v in_o sackcloth_n for_o 1260_o day_n so_o their_o anti-type_n the_o gospel-witness_n be_v to_o prophesy_v also_o in_o sackcloth_n in_o great_a sorrow_n and_o affliction_n for_o 1260_o day_n to_o wit_n day_n annual_a or_o 1260_o year_n which_o the_o ensue_a epochae_n and_o sequel_n of_o this_o treatise_n will_v also_o full_o show_v the_o ten_o epoch_n be_v of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n sound_v the_o six_o trumpet_n sound_v and_o the_o witness_n sackcloth_n pprophecy_n though_o of_o different_a denomination_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o the_o duration_n of_o both_o the_o same_o time_n lift_v up_o thy_o voice_n say_v the_o lord_n to_o the_o prophet_n like_o a_o trumpet_n show_v my_o people_n their_o transgression_n etc._n etc._n so_o
of_o so_o do_v from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n but_o locust_n conceive_v not_o themselves_o great_o concern_v in_o the_o discharge_n of_o any_o such_o duty_n quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la what_o be_v this_o say_v they_o to_o we_o they_o be_v otherwise_o busy_a in_o serve_v god_n and_o their_o best_a service_n be_v but_o some_o blind_a careless_a fragment_n of_o obedience_n void_a of_o conformity_n this_o righteousness_n be_v no_o fruit_n of_o the_o true_a vine_n but_o the_o wild_a grape_n of_o desperate_a deceit_n a_o agr_a righteousness_n grow_v upon_o every_o hedge_n heathen_n or_o heretic_n for_o many_o turk_n and_o papist_n as_o well_o as_o locust_n think_v it_o sufficient_a to_o declaim_v in_o general_a against_o sin_n and_o out_o of_o a_o strict_a blind_a zeal_n to_o call_v for_o and_o excite_v unto_o repentance_n but_o in_o particular_a show_v not_o nor_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v nor_o what_o true_a repentance_n mean_v but_o as_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o all_o blind_a hypocrite_n it_o be_v their_o practice_n to_o seem_v to_o impugn_v with_o violence_n in_o their_o doctrine_n &_o so_o they_o shall_v do_v sensual_a profaneness_n but_o never_o lift_v up_o their_o little_a finger_n against_o secular_a and_o spiritual_a wickedness_n which_o close_o veil_v under_o strict_a form_n they_o mistake_v for_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n and_o count_v that_o to_o be_v the_o rich_a piece_n in_o their_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n wherefore_o have_v as_o it_o be_v crown_n like_o gold_n they_o think_v it_o lest_o belong_v to_o they_o of_o any_o to_o labour_v to_o get_v crown_n of_o gold_n or_o to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o truth_n and_o deceit_n truth_n therefore_o in_o practice_n be_v no_o part_n of_o their_o quid_fw-la nor_o do_v they_o make_v the_o practice_n thereof_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o any_o duty_n from_o they_o but_o second_o quid_fw-la the_o quid_fw-la or_o what_o true_a saint_n shall_v ask_v of_o god_n and_o give_v to_o man_n be_v gold_n i_o counsel_v thou_o say_v christ_n to_o buy_v of_o i_o gold_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v rich_a and_o white_a raiment_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v clothe_v rev._n 3.18_o to_o wit_n the_o gift_n or_o power_n to_o practice_v such_o work_n as_o be_v not_o find_v like_o the_o crown_n of_o locust_n want_v in_o weight_n that_o be_v not_o dilatory_a nor_o defalk_v nor_o do_v with_o unwilling_a mind_n but_o conform_v to_o the_o incomplex_fw-la principle_n of_o truth_n in_o practice_n but_o the_o locust_n quid_fw-la be_v gold_n like_o straw_n of_o deceit_n good_a work_n delay_v do_v by_o half_n or_o with_o a_o unwilling_a mind_n or_o mix_v with_o insolence_n or_o morosity_n or_o otherwise_o inconform_v to_o the_o principle_n of_o truth_n in_o practice_n i_o counsel_v thou_o to_o buy_v of_o i_o gold_n etc._n etc._n and_o must_v man_n buy_v the_o free_a gift_n of_o god_n god_n be_v bountiful_a but_o man_n must_v buy_v every_o good_a and_o perfect_a gift_n of_o he_o such_o gift_n be_v seldom_o purchase_v without_o much_o pain_n and_o cost_n so_o the_o man_n that_o find_v a_o treasure_n in_o a_o field_n sell_v all_o that_o he_o have_v and_o buy_v that_o field_n matth._n 13.44_o but_o locust_n love_v money_n too_o well_o and_o be_v too_o lazy_a to_o purchase_v such_o gift_n with_o much_o pain_n or_o charge_n but_o i_o can_v wish_v to_o counsel_v they_o unworthy_a that_o all_o true_a saint_n and_o sackcloth_n witness_n will_v give_v due_a attention_n to_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n and_o buy_v of_o he_o gold_n that_o they_o may_v be_v rich_a and_o white_a raiment_n to_o be_v better_o clothe_v for_o shame_n and_o not_o be_v like_a laodicean_n extreme_a poor_a and_o naked_a and_o i_o can_v wish_v that_o locust_n and_o hypocrite_n whough_o they_o be_v busy_a and_o mind_n matter_n of_o a_o hundred_o time_n high_a concernment_n will_v do_v the_o same_o but_o their_o smoky_a service_n to_o god_n be_v sufficient_a the_o chief_a good_a they_o think_v and_o count_v their_o crown_n of_o desperate_a deceit_n to_o be_v the_o most_o inestimable_a treasure_n such_o treasure_n such_o service_n be_v the_o locust_n quid._n three_o their_o cui_fw-la they_o little_a care_n who_o they_o hurt_v and_o mind_v not_o much_o to_o profit_v any_o they_o be_v oft_o kind_a to_o their_o kin_n which_o kindness_n seldom_o fall_v due_a till_o after_o death_n they_o have_v however_o gift_n to_o gratify_v the_o rich_a and_o reward_n for_o some_o of_o their_o own_o society_n and_o they_o that_o dwell_v upon_o the_o earth_n shall_v send_v gift_n one_o to_o another_o apoc._n 11.10_o these_o gift_n be_v no_o good_a work_n nor_o this_o kindness_n charity_n but_o a_o commutual_a corrupt_a gratify_v of_o the_o most_o wicked_a member_n of_o the_o body_n of_o apostasy_n one_o to_o another_o this_o be_v philautia_n self-ended_n charity_n and_o the_o kindness_n of_o hypocrite_n to_o those_o of_o the_o same_o stock_n kin_n sect_n the_o pharisee_n do_v so_o but_o true_a charity_n open_v her_o hand_n wide_a to_o the_o poor_a in_o want_n to_o good_a and_o bad_a to_o stranger_n in_o distress_n to_o professor_n of_o contrary_a opinion_n but_o especial_o to_o the_o well-deserving_a be_v not_o overcome_v with_o evil_a but_o overcome_v evil_a with_o good_a rom._n 12.21_o and_o be_v do_v good_a the_o way_n to_o vanquish_v or_o good_a work_n weapon_n to_o overcome_v i_o answer_v good_a work_n be_v the_o best_a weapon_n to_o overcome_v sect_n and_o dissent_v brethren_n overcome_v therefore_o their_o error_n in_o doctrine_n by_o undeniable_a dilucidation_n of_o sacred_a truth_n overcome_v their_o manner_n by_o manner_n contrary_a by_o kindness_n mercy_n and_o goodness_n send_v thy_o gift_n even_o to_o locust_n and_o hypocrite_n not_o as_o they_o that_o dwell_v upon_o the_o earth_n do_v to_o encourage_v one_o another_o in_o do_v evil_a but_o to_o win_v they_o with_o good_a to_o unity_n of_o faith_n and_o true_a obedience_n let_v thy_o kindness_n convince_v their_o uncharitableness_n thy_o mansuetude_n their_o merciless_a inhumanities_n abandon_v rigour_n banish_v cruelty_n be_v not_o overcome_v with_o evil_a but_o overcome_v evil_a with_o good_a as_o the_o best_a way_n to_o win_v thy_o worst_a enemy_n and_o the_o most_o effectual_a mean_n to_o convince_v and_o convert_v infidel_n sect_n and_o dissent_v brethren_n the_o wise_a and_o ancient_a counsellor_n that_o stand_v before_o king_n solomon_n give_v some_o such_o counsel_n to_o his_o son_n for_o this_o way_n of_o overoom_a evil_n with_o good_a the_o error_n and_o evil_a manner_n of_o enemy_n sect_n and_o dissenter_n be_v flixweed_n sophia-chirurgorum_a the_o balsam_n of_o wisdom_n to_o heal_v the_o bleed_a wound_n of_o the_o gospel-church_n and_o christian-state_n whereas_o the_o contrary_a counsel_n of_o the_o young_a rash_a heady_a counsellor_n procure_v the_o final_a rent_n and_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o like_a contrary_a counsel_n cause_n and_o continue_v like_a sad_a rent_n and_o division_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n i_o shall_v here_o but_o brief_o solve_v two_o question_n and_o so_o proceed_v first_o whether_o the_o superfluity_n of_o nabals_n feast_n be_v more_o due_a to_o his_o sheep-shearer_n than_o to_o david_n that_o feast_n in_o nabals_n judgement_n and_o he_o be_v a_o fool_n be_v due_a to_o his_o sheep-shearer_n and_o no_o part_n of_o it_o to_o david_n that_o defend_v his_o flock_n and_o his_o servant_n that_o keep_v they_o so_o locust_n and_o hypocrite_n judge_v nothing_o due_a to_o faithful_a shepherd_n that_o feed_v christ_n flock_n by_o sound_a doctrine_n and_o chief_o by_o good_a example_n for_o truth-practising_a minister_n be_v the_o best_a preacher_n though_o their_o gift_n of_o vocal_a prophecy_n be_v very_o weak_a and_o mean_a but_o any_o sycophant_n and_o pretender_n not_o true_a proficient_n be_v the_o locust_n cui_fw-la to_o who_o in_o their_o account_n the_o reward_n of_o the_o well_o deserve_v be_v due_a the_o second_o question_n be_v this_o whether_o that_o ointment_n wherewith_o mary_n anoint_v our_o saviour_n foot_n be_v due_a to_o he_o or_o to_o the_o poor_a joh._n 12.3_o it_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o judas_n that_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v sell_v and_o the_o price_n give_v to_o the_o poor_a so_o locust_n and_o hypocrite_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o judas_n that_o no_o recompense_n be_v due_a to_o the_o best_a deserve_v but_o take_v as_o great_a care_n as_o he_o do_v of_o the_o poor_a the_o poor_a though_o that_o be_v usual_o far_o from_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v sufficient_o provide_v for_o but_o the_o well-deserving_a have_v most_o right_o to_o just_a reward_n the_o time_n say_v the_o text_n be_v come_v that_o thoushoulde_v give_v reward_n to_o thy_o servant_n the_o prophet_n and_o to_o those_o that_o fear_v thy_o name_n small_a and_o great_a revel_v 11.18_o these_o and_o what_o be_v profitable_a and_o honest_a to_o promote_v and_o