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of_o affliction_n we_o ought_v not_o present_o to_o wish_v for_o death_n st._n paul_n know_v it_o be_v far_o better_a for_o he_o to_o die_v than_o to_o live_v he_o tell_v we_o so_o phil._n 1.21_o yet_o dare_v not_o he_o desire_v it_o absolute_o though_o a_o man_n subject_n to_o many_o and_o great_a affliction_n but_o be_v in_o a_o straight_o what_o to_o do_v as_o himself_o say_v and_o therefore_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o utter_o unlawful_a for_o a_o christian_n to_o desire_v death_n that_o he_o may_v be_v free_a from_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n because_o these_o thing_n occasion_n the_o draw_v forth_o of_o sin_n and_o corruption_n whereby_o god_n be_v dishonour_v his_o spirit_n discompose_v that_o he_o can_v serve_v god_n with_o that_o freedom_n and_o cheerfulness_n of_o soul_n as_o he_o may_v and_z as_o he_o desire_v every_o day_n a_o christian_a must_v look_v for_o cross_n and_o affliction_n and_o sufficient_a to_o every_o day_n be_v the_o evil_n thereof_o luke_n 9.23_o and_o therefore_o a_o christian_a may_v upon_o good_a ground_n desire_v to_o be_v loose_v from_o those_o misery_n and_o affliction_n if_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n till_o he_o can_v have_v his_o desire_n in_o this_o case_n let_v he_o in_o patience_n possess_v his_o soul_n second_o another_o reason_n that_o may_v make_v the_o people_n of_o god_n willing_a to_o die_v may_v be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o wicked_a that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v always_o spectator_n of_o those_o abominable_a wickedness_n whereby_o god_n be_v daily_o dishonour_v his_o name_n blaspheme_v this_o make_v rebekah_n desirous_a of_o death_n for_o when_o esau_n have_v take_v ungodly_a wife_n it_o be_v say_v they_o be_v a_o grief_n of_o mind_n to_o isaac_n and_o rebekah_n because_o they_o know_v that_o god_n be_v great_o dishonour_v thereby_o therefore_o say_v rebekah_n unto_o isaac_n i_o be_o weary_a of_o my_o life_n because_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o heth_n and_o if_o jacob_n take_v a_o wife_n among_o they_o such_o as_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o land_n what_o good_a will_v my_o life_n do_v i_o gen._n 27.46_o o_o who_o can_v express_v what_o grief_n it_o be_v to_o those_o that_o fear_n god_n to_o live_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a generation_n that_o be_v continual_o provoke_v god_n by_o their_o wicked_a life_n what_o godly_a man_n heart_n can_v but_o bleed_v to_o hear_v the_o name_n of_o god_n rend_v and_o tear_v by_o curse_a oath_n and_o hellish_a blasphemy_n to_o behold_v the_o uncleanness_n the_o drunkenness_n the_o lie_v the_o scoff_a at_o godliness_n the_o corrupt_a filthy_a scurrilous_a idle_a talk_v that_o overflow_n in_o all_o place_n so_o that_o those_o that_o fear_n god_n have_v better_o be_v any_o where_o almost_o than_o in_o the_o company_n of_o most_o man_n this_o be_v a_o grief_n and_o vexation_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o righteous_a lot_n for_o in_o see_v and_o hear_v the_o filthy_a conversation_n of_o those_o wicked_a sodomite_n they_o vex_v his_o righteous_a soul_n from_o day_n to_o day_n by_o their_o unlawful_a deed_n this_o make_v the_o prophet_n david_n cry_v out_o in_o psalm_n 120.5_o 9_o woe_n be_v i_o that_o i_o sojourn_v in_o mesech_n and_o dwell_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o kedar_n no_o wonder_n therefore_o that_o those_o who_o soul_n be_v affect_v with_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n be_v desirous_a to_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o world_n and_o cry_v out_o oh_o that_o they_o have_v the_o wing_n of_o a_o dove_n for_o than_o will_v they_o flee_v away_o and_o be_v at_o rest_n three_o another_o thing_n that_o may_v make_v the_o people_n of_o god_n willing_a to_o die_v be_v freedom_n from_o the_o temptation_n of_o satan_n the_o devil_n be_v the_o great_a enemy_n of_o mankind_n miserable_a he_o be_v himself_o and_o envy_v that_o any_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o than_o himself_o be_v and_o therefore_o he_o make_v use_v of_o all_o his_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n against_o man._n and_o herein_o christian_n be_v much_o endanger_v and_o hereby_o he_o frequent_o manage_v his_o temptation_n with_o success_n for_o many_o be_v his_o wiles_n and_o device_n that_o he_o make_v use_v of_o to_o draw_v the_o people_n of_o god_n into_o sin_n what_o unwearied_a assault_n from_o satan_n do_v many_o christian_n labour_n under_o not_o only_o for_o day_n and_o week_n but_o for_o month_n and_o year_n whereby_o he_o allure_v and_o entice_v they_o with_o restless_a importunity_n to_o the_o commission_n of_o some_o sin_n or_o other_o which_o they_o be_v no_o more_o able_a to_o fly_v from_o than_o they_o be_v to_o outrun_v themselves_o now_o to_o any_o that_o have_v taste_v the_o sweetness_n of_o holiness_n what_o can_v be_v more_o hateful_a than_o daily_a instigation_n to_o sin_n and_o to_o such_o who_o understand_v the_o blessedness_n of_o communion_n with_o god_n what_o can_v be_v more_o bitter_a than_o to_o find_v themselves_o 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