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presence_n thy_o shadow_n &_o the_o very_a remembrance_n of_o thou_o be_v fearful_a to_o we_o to_o hear_v saint_n paul_n speak_v of_o god_n terrible_a judgement_n to_o come_v be_v too_o tremble_v a_o doctrine_n for_o their_o delightful_a disposition_n to_o hear_v with_o felix_n they_o be_v not_o at_o leisure_n for_o this_o be_v jar_v music_n which_o sound_v not_o arright_a in_o the_o consort_n of_o their_o worldly_a pleasure_n to_o think_v of_o death_n be_v aceldama_n say_v one_o even_o a_o field_n of_o blood_n but_o if_o any_o physician_n will_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o make_v man_n live_v ever_o in_o this_o world_n what_o a_o multitude_n of_o patient_n shall_v he_o have_v and_o
thought_n it_o grieve_v we_o also_o to_o look_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o life_n be_v not_o like_o other_o man_n his_o way_n be_v of_o another_o fashion_n he_o count_v we_o as_o bastard_n and_o he_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o our_o way_n as_o from_o filthiness_n he_o commend_v great_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o just_a and_o boast_v that_o god_n be_v his_o father_n for_o if_o the_o righteous_a man_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n he_o will_v help_v he_o and_o deliver_v he_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o enemy_n let_v we_o examine_v he_o with_o rebuke_n and_o torment_n that_o we_o may_v know_v his_o meekness_n and_o prove_v his_o patience_n let_v we_o condemn_v he_o unto_o a_o shameful_a death_n for_o he_o shall_v be_v preserve_v as_o he_o himself_o say_v 19.16,17_o gen._n 19.16,17_o for_o the_o second_o because_o in_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n wherewith_o he_o affect_v his_o child_n he_o take_v they_o from_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o plague_n to_o come_v as_o lot_z out_o of_o sodom_n 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