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take_v a_o view_n both_o of_o mercy_n and_o affliction_n thy_o raiment_n say_v he_o wax_v not_o old_a upon_o thou_o neither_o do_v thy_o foot_n swell_v these_o forty_o year_n thou_o shall_v also_o consider_v in_o thy_o heart_n that_o as_o a_o man_n chasten_v his_o son_n so_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n chasten_v thou_o deut._n 8._o 4_o 5._o 2._o take_v encouragement_n for_o time_n to_o come_v to_o trust_v in_o god_n some_o be_v miserable_o baffle_v with_o temptation_n for_o futurity_n how_o shall_v they_o do_v what_o may_v befall_v they_o and_o the_o like_a here_o be_v both_o a_o antidote_n and_o a_o remedy_n against_o this_o disease_n providence_n run_v parallel_v with_o the_o line_n of_o life_n and_o this_o may_v quiet_a and_o compose_v the_o spirit_n if_o well_o think_v on_o and_o improve_v but_o more_o particular_o consider_v here_o three_o thing_n 1._o providence_n be_v not_o tire_v it_o be_v a_o mighty_a giant_n not_o weary_v with_o half-racing_a have_v thou_o not_o know_v have_v thou_o not_o hear_v that_o the_o everlasting_a god_n the_o lord_n the_o creator_n of_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n faint_v not_o neither_o be_v weary_a isa_n 40._o 28._o 2._o the_o experience_n of_o a_o hitherto-providence_n may_v sweet_o invite_v to_o wait_v on_o god_n for_o futurity_n so_o david_n reason_v thou_o be_v my_o lamp_n o_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n will_v lighten_v my_o darkness_n for_o by_o thou_o i_o have_v run_v through_o a_o troop_n by_o my_o god_n have_v i_o leap_v over_o a_o wall_n 2_o sam._n 22._o 29_o 30._o so_o paul_n too_o 2_o cor._n 1._o 9_o 10._o 3._o the_o promise_n be_v not_o empty_a breast_n there_o be_v enough_o in_o they_o to_o keep_v faith_n
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noble_n and_o the_o chaldean_n who_o cry_n be_v in_o their_o ship_n isa_n 43_o 14._o and_o except_o say_v christ_n those_o day_n shall_v be_v shorten_v no_o flesh_n shall_v be_v save_v but_o for_o the_o elect_v sake_n those_o day_n shall_v be_v shorten_v mat._n 24._o 22._o 2._o from_o the_o interwoven_a type_n and_o historical_a passage_n in_o scripture_n to_o this_o very_a end_n and_o purpose_n thus_o god_n instruct_v abraham_n by_o the_o smoke_a furnace_n what_o will_v be_v the_o case_n of_o his_o people_n and_o what_o will_v be_v the_o issue_n of_o all_o gen._n 15._o ezekiel_n vision_n of_o the_o wheel_n run_v hand_n in_o hand_n with_o the_o former_a time_n be_v distinguish_v both_o agree_v as_o to_o the_o motion_n in_o egypt_n and_o in_o babylon_n and_o that_o as_o the_o jew_n be_v concern_v in_o those_o motion_n of_o state_n ezek._n 1_o daniel_n by_o various_a type_n be_v lesson_v of_o the_o monarchy_n what_o beast_n they_o be_v and_o how_o it_o will_v be_v with_o the_o sheep_n 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the_o truth_n of_o this_o will_v appear_v saul_n be_v lay_v aside_o and_o david_n advance_v to_o the_o throne_n and_o what_o be_v intend_v in_o this_o see_v 1_o sam._n 15._o 28._o with_o 1_o chron._n 13._o 3._o cyrus_n be_v advance_v but_o to_o what_o end_n the_o lord_n inform_v say_v for_o jacob_n my_o servant_n sake_n and_o israel_n my_o elect_a i_o have_v eveâ—_n call_v thou_o by_o name_n isa_n 45._o 1._o and_o how_o cyrâ—…_n do_v answer_v this_o prophetical_a history_n or_o historical_a prophecy_n of_o himself_o if_o it_o may_v be_v so_o call_v see_v ezra_n 1._o where_o we_o have_v the_o actual_a history_n again_o consider_v not_o only_o of_o historical_a passage_n refer_v to_o the_o member_n but_o of_o such_o which_o refer_v immediate_o to_o christ_n the_o head_n and_o so_o to_o the_o church_n and_o which_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o observation_n two_o thing_n may_v be_v note_v here_o 1._o the_o previous_a alteration_n at_o that_o time_n when_o christ_n come_v he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o day_n of_o herod_n the_o king_n mat._n 2._o 1._o who_o this_o herod_n be_v and_o how_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jacob_n gen._n 49._o 12._o be_v accomplish_v be_v know_v to_o those_o who_o listen_v not_o to_o be_v contentious_a 2._o the_o great_a tax_n impose_v by_o augustus_n be_v another_o thing_n observable_a this_o make_a way_n for_o christ_n birth_n at_o bethlehem_n and_o that_o as_o foretell_v to_o be_v see_v luke_n 2._o augustus_n in_o this_o tax_n pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o king_n of_o heaven_n he_o bring_v stone_n to_o build_v god_n temple_n whilst_o he_o intend_v the_o raise_n of_o his_o exchequer_n his_o political_a action_n have_v its_o ecclesiastical_a aspect_n 3._o from_o particular_a demonstration_n political_a motion_n have_v their_o reference_n to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n divers_a way_n 1._o by_o way_n of_o castigation_n for_o their_o sin_n when_o the_o child_n of_o the_o kingdom_n wax_v wanton_a no_o wonder_n if_o some_o become_v scourge_v for_o the_o afflict_a of_o they_o moses_n prophetical_o speak_v of_o this_o but_o jesurun_n wax_v fat_a and_o kick_v etc._n etc._n deut._n 32._o 15._o what_o follow_v then_o see_v v._o 23._o i_o will_v heap_v mischief_n i_o will_v spend_v my_o arrow_n upon_o they_o and_o in_o v._o 25._o the_o sword_n without_o and_o terror_n within_o shall_v destroy_v both_o the_o young_a man_n and_o the_o virgin_n the_o suckle_a also_o with_o the_o man_n of_o gray_a hair_n moses_n who_o thus_o descant_v be_v no_o false_a prophet_n the_o israelite_n may_v find_v how_o a_o prophet_n have_v be_v among_o they_o 2_o king_n 17._o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n 36._o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o if_o we_o look_v into_o follow_v age_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o house_n have_v be_v foul_a ere_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o house_n have_v take_v the_o besom_n in_o hand_n and_o providential_o deliver_v it_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o persecute_v once_o thus_o eusebius_n relate_v 10._o eccles_n hist_o lib._n 8._o c._n 10._o but_o after_o that_o our_o affair_n through_o in_o much_o liberty_n ease_n and_o security_n degenerate_v from_o the_o natural_a rule_n of_o piety_n and_o after_o that_o one_o pursue_v another_o with_o open_a contumely_n and_o hatred_n and_o when_o that_o we_o impugn_a ourselves_o by_o no_o other_o than_o ourselves_o with_o the_o armour_n of_o spite_n and_o sharp_a spear_n of_o opprobrious_a word_n so_o that_o bishop_n against_o bishop_n and_o people_n against_o people_n raise_v sedition_n etc._n etc._n then_o persecution_n come_v on_o it_o be_v wholesome_a advice_n therefore_o which_o bradford_n in_o the_o marian-day_n give_v to_o the_o city_n of_o london_n let_v the_o anger_n and_o plague_n of_o god_n most_o just_o fall_v upon_o we_o be_v apply_v to_o every_o one_o of_o our_o desert_n that_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o our_o heart_n every_o one_o of_o we_o may_v say_v it_o be_v i_o lord_n that_o have_v sin_v against_o thou_o it_o be_v my_o hypocrisy_n my_o vainglory_n my_o covetousness_n 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truth_n in_o and_o by_o such_o motion_n stir_n or_o alteration_n as_o fall_v out_o in_o kingdom_n the_o roman_n have_v the_o jew_n under_o their_o yoke_n and_o that_o make_v way_n for_o christ_n yoke_n to_o be_v put_v on_o the_o neck_n of_o some_o of_o the_o soldier_n for_o the_o soldier_n demand_v of_o the_o baptist_n say_v and_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v luke_n 3._o 14._o cornelius_n be_v a_o centurion_n of_o the_o band_n call_v the_o italian_a band_n act_v 10._o 1._o in_o the_o commotion_n of_o germany_n some_o of_o the_o spanish_a soldier_n become_v gospeler_n as_o lavater_n report_v 17._o exit_fw-la hispanis_n militibus_fw-la qui_fw-la armis_fw-la germaniam_fw-la religionis_fw-la causa_fw-la superioribus_fw-la annis_fw-la vexarunt_fw-la non_fw-la pauci_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la conversi_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la martyr_n christi_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o lib._n prov._n sol._n com._n c._n 16._o v._n 17._o 2._o by_o way_n of_o purgation_n from_o sin_n and_o high_a measure_n 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the_o pain_n of_o hell_n get_v hold_v upon_o i_o i_o find_v trouble_v and_o sorrow_n then_o i_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n o_o lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o deliver_v my_o soul_n gracious_a be_v the_o lord_n and_o righteous_a yea_o our_o god_n be_v merciful_a chap._n ii_o 1._o see_v folly_n and_o vanity_n 1._o in_o regard_n of_o impatiency_n under_o evil_n 2._o in_o regard_n of_o excursion_n or_o step_n aside_o from_o duty_n to_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n for_o which_o man_n have_v no_o warrant_n there_o be_v folly_n both_o these_o way_n the_o israelite_n fall_v foul_a on_o moses_n and_o aaron_n because_o the_o door_n for_o egress_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v not_o open_v at_o first_o knock_v what_o though_o a_o double_a lock_n seem_v to_o
and_o pale_a horse_n what_o befall_v the_o roman_a empire_n in_o regard_n of_o war_n famine_n and_o ten_o year_n pestilence_n which_o be_v universal_a be_v a_o providential_a comment_n on_o the_o text._n 68_o mira_n ratio_fw-la &_o digna_fw-la res_fw-la observatione_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la eodem_fw-la fere_n temporo_fw-la caeperunt_fw-la in_o altum_fw-la assurgere_fw-la atque_fw-la emergere_fw-la papa_n romanus_n supra_fw-la reliquas_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la seize_v extollens_fw-la &_o mahumetana_n religio_fw-la turcicaeque_fw-la gentis_fw-la imperium_fw-la magd._n cent._n 13._o epistolâ_fw-la nuncupat_fw-la sub_fw-la dicto_fw-la igitur_fw-la phoca_fw-la tyranno_fw-la ac_fw-la caesaricida_n quoth_v in_o papis_fw-la mysterio_fw-la non_fw-la vacat_fw-la papismus_fw-la &_o mahumetismus_fw-la simul_fw-la sunt_fw-la exorti_fw-la qui_fw-la multis_fw-la in_o regionibus_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la dei_fw-la filio_fw-la corruperunt_fw-la obscurarunt_fw-la laberactarum_fw-la 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for_o such_o use_n sect_n iii_o 3._o take_v heed_n of_o impose_v on_o or_o tempt_v of_o providence_n there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o a_o modest_a proposal_n with_o a_o submission_n to_o god_n disposal_n and_o a_o imposal_n or_o tempt_v of_o the_o lord_n the_o former_a have_v a_o apology_n for_o itself_o as_o in_o gideon_n case_n judg._n 6._o 36_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n the_o late_a spring_n from_o another_o root_n as_o namely_o distrust_n of_o god_n or_o presumption_n on_o his_o providence_n or_o some_o other_o inordinate_a lust_n the_o israelite_n loath_a manna_n and_o flesh_n forsooth_o they_o must_v have_v they_o lust_v exceed_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o tempt_v god_n in_o the_o desert_n psal_n 106._o 14._o how_o oft_o do_v they_o provoke_v he_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o grieve_v he_o in_o the_o desert_n yea_o they_o turn_v back_o and_o tempt_v god_n and_o limit_v the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n psal_n 78._o 40_o 41._o it_o be_v satan_n design_n to_o 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the_o heart_n of_o judas_n to_o betray_v christ_n and_o so_o in_o effect_n to_o bid_v providence_n to_o take_v back_o its_o kindness_n in_o vouchsafe_v such_o a_o master_n joh._n 13._o 2._o it_o be_v a_o heart-evil_a that_o david_n be_v guilty_a of_o and_o it_o be_v a_o interpretative_a reply_n against_o providence_n in_o not_o check_v saul_n from_o david_n imaginary_a fall_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n 1_o sam._n 27._o 1._o 2._o in_o speech_n or_o language_n eliphaz_n charge_v job_n with_o this_o evil_a say_v why_o do_v thy_o heart_n carry_v thou_o away_o and_o what_o do_v thy_o eye_n wink_v that_o thou_o turn_v thy_o spirit_n against_o god_n and_o let_v such_o word_n go_v out_o of_o thy_o mouth_n job_n 15._o 12_o 13._o the_o lord_n tell_v they_o by_o the_o prophet_n malachy_n that_o their_o word_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o he_o and_o what_o word_n they_o be_v reflexive_a one_o on_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n as_o be_v express_v mal._n 2._o 13_o 14_o 15._o 3._o in_o gesture_n 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come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n for_o such_o a_o time_n as_o this_o esth_n 4._o 12_o 13._o onesiphorus_n let_v not_o slip_v the_o opportunity_n of_o own_v a_o paul_n then_o when_o other_o be_v fright_v with_o the_o noise_n of_o the_o apostle_n chain_n he_o oft_o say_v paul_n refresh_v i_o and_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o my_o chain_n but_o when_o he_o be_v in_o rome_n he_o seek_v i_o out_o very_o diligent_o and_o find_v i_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 16_o 17._o let_v it_o be_v our_o care_n then_o judicious_o to_o observe_v and_o according_o to_o improve_v the_o remarkable_a opportunity_n for_o do_v good_a nothing_o say_v a_o 20._o mr._n vine_n in_o serm._n 2_o sam._n 3._o 20._o worthy_a man_n of_o our_o israel_n more_o sad_v and_o dull_v the_o heart_n when_o one_o come_v to_o die_v than_o his_o neglect_n of_o such_o opportunity_n which_o god_n providence_n or_o his_o own_o place_n have_v put_v into_o his_o hand_n of_o receive_v or_o do_v good_a nor_o be_v there_o a_o sharp_a corrosive_n than_o the_o 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