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between_o the_o thing_n present_a and_o those_o to_o come_v and_o yet_o we_o form_v our_o thought_n of_o those_o according_a to_o the_o analogy_n of_o these_o delude_v ourselves_o with_o idle_a and_o childish_a imagination_n god_n keep_v silence_n we_o think_v he_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o we_o vengeanc_n be_v not_o present_o execute_v we_o set_v our_o heart_n to_o do_v wicked_o we_o profess_v that_o all_o man_n must_v die_v and_o come_v to_o judgement_n yet_o ve_fw-la do_v not_o real_o believe_v that_o we_o ourselves_o shall_v die_v and_o come_v to_o judgement_n this_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o our_o misery_n and_o the_o original_n of_o our_o spiritual_a miscarriage_n the_o discovery_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o remedy_n whereof_o lie_v deep_a in_o the_o philosophy_n concern_v humane_a nature_n but_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v of_o every_o day_n observation_n we_o may_v recount_v it_o in_o these_o authentical_a example_n david_n know_v full_a well_o what_o belong_v to_o murder_n and_o à dultery_n and_o what_o himself_o have_v do_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o uriah_n yet_o he_o cry_v not_o out_o that_o he_o have_v sin_v till_o nathan_n have_v charge_v he_o thou_o be_v the_o man_n abab_v undoubted_o have_v read_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o know_v the_o guilt_n of_o marder_n and_o oppression_n yet_o he_o go_v on_o triumphant_o he_o kill_v and_o also_o take_v possession_n but_o when_o elijah_n charge_v he_o home_o in_o the_o field_n of_o jezereel_n shall_v dog_n lick_v thy_o blood_n even_o thou_o than_o he_o cry_v out_o have_v thou_o find_v i_o o_o my_o enemy_n 1_o king_n 21_o and_o have_v apply_v thing_n to_o his_o particular_a he_o rend_v his_o clothes_n and_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n he_o fast_v and_o lay_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o go_v soft_o once_o more_o it_o be_v likely_a belshazzar_n have_v a_o general_a judgement_n and_o a_o universal_a maxim_n in_o his_o mind_n that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o spoil_v the_o house_n of_o god_n to_o plunder_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o debauch_v in_o the_o bowl_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o probable_o he_o have_v see_v the_o hand_n writing_n of_o the_o book_n of_o god_n to_o that_o purpose_n yet_o all_o this_o do_v not_o restrain_v he_o but_o when_o the_o finger_n write_v upon_o the_o wall_n mene_n mene_n etc._n etc._n thou_o be_v weigh_v etc._n etc._n then_o his_o countenance_n be_v change_v and_o his_o thought_n trouble_v he_o the_o joint_n of_o his_o loin_n be_v loose_v and_o his_o knee_n smore_o one_o against_o another_o this_o then_o be_v the_o office_n of_o this_o second_o proposition_n it_o charge_v we_o home_o it_o lay_v down_o the_o universal_a and_o it_o bring_v it_o down_o to_o the_o particular_a thou_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o judgement_n thy_o judgement_n be_v unavoidable_a o_o but_o then_o thy_o evasion_n be_v cross_v o_o my_o stupid_a soul_n thou_o be_v spoil_v of_o thy_o frivolous_a ground_n of_o hope_n thou_o shall_v sure_o be_v cite_v and_o thou_o 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friend_n or_o melt_v he_o into_o compassion_n by_o the_o loudness_n of_o thy_o cry_n the_o sadness_n of_o thy_o lamentation_n can_v thou_o procure_v a_o reversion_n or_o reprieve_n of_o thy_o sentence_n or_o appeal_v from_o thy_o judge_n unto_o another_o can_v thou_o make_v a_o escape_n from_o thy_o executioner_n or_o last_o can_v thou_o stout_o endure_v the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n these_o be_v the_o hope_n of_o man_n here_o bring_v to_o judgement_n and_o why_o may_v not_o some_o of_o they_o be_v i_o no_o thou_o know_v o_o treacherous_a heart_n all_o these_o to_o be_v fond_a impossibility_n dream_n and_o suggestion_n of_o a_o childish_a faney_n if_o once_o this_o day_n be_v over_o and_o that_o time_n come_v thy_o hope_n be_v bare_o these_o that_o omniscience_n and_o wisdom_n itself_o may_v be_v delude_v by_o stupidity_n that_o omnipotence_n and_o power_n itself_o may_v be_v evade_v by_o poor_a contemptible_a infirmity_n that_o severity_n and_o justice_n itself_o may_v be_v 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