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judgement_n of_o faith_n god_n be_v great_a than_o all_o our_o affliction_n and_o calamity_n psal._n 75._o to_o the_o flesh_n god_n seem_v to_o be_v no_o keeper_n but_o a_o destroyer_n god_n be_v a_o keeper_n and_o still_o watch_v over_o us._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o devil_n psal._n 97._o the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n a_o singular_a gift_n of_o god_n to_o acknowledge_v how_o in_o estimable_a a_o benefit_n it_o be_v to_o have_v the_o word_n the_o tabernacle_n of_o moses_n the_o meaning_n of_o this_o place_n be_v that_o man_n know_v not_o by_o these_o outward_a thing_n that_o be_v by_o prosperity_n or_o adversity_n who_o god_n do_v favour_n or_o hate_v eccl._n 9_o what_o inestimable_a benefit_n the_o word_n bring_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o second_o table_n the_o benefit_n of_o the_o first_o table_n the_o spiritual_a gift_n which_o god_n give_v by_o his_o word_n the_o word_n must_v be_v continual_o teach_v exercise_v &_o practise_v a_o comparison_n between_o the_o gentile_n &_o 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in_o tentation_n the_o patience_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o humility_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n the_o people_n of_o israel_n as_o a_o sheep_n among_o many_o wolf_n note_v who_o be_v most_o thankful_a the_o snare_n of_o satan_n psal._n 93._o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o only_a sanctuary_n &_o succour_n in_o all_o affliction_n the_o fruit_n of_o affliction_n the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n the_o power_n of_o the_o word_n psal._n 33._o psal_n 48._o to_o hope_v and_o trust_v in_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o great_a service_n that_o we_o can_v do_v to_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o faith_n jerusalem_n call_v holy_a by_o the_o figure_n synecdoche_n where_o a_o part_n be_v take_v for_o the_o whole_a old_a thing_n be_v pass_v away_o behold_v all_o thing_n be_v become_v new_a virgil._n the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n of_o what_o manner_n of_o captivity_n this_o psalm_n treat_v act._n 12._o gen._n 45._o psal._n 9_o 2._o tim._n 2._o speculation_n be_v a_o naked_a knowledge_n without_o experience_n and_o practice_v psal._n 117._o rom._n 1.5_o man_n ordinance_n must_v only_o serve_v for_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o body_n &_o not_o to_o bind_v the_o conscience_n john_n 12._o phil._n 3._o satan_n prerogative_n rom._n 7._o philip._n 3._o if_o we_o will_v be_v partaker_n of_o his_o glory_n we_o must_v be_v also_o partaker_n of_o his_o suffering_n 1._o pet._n 4._o john_n 16._o psal._n 137._o the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n aristotle_n and_o other_o how_o and_o wherein_o they_o err_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o good_a government_n of_o common_a wealth_n and_o family_n demosthenes_n cicero_n julius_n caesar_n the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o true_a government_n of_o conmon_a wealth_n &_o household_n the_o abuse_n of_o matrimony_n and_o household_n government_n the_o burden_n of_o matrimony_n be_v infinite_a the_o papist_n do_v condemn_v civil_a government_n &_o matrimony_n as_o worldly_a kind_n of_o life_n mark._n 6.20_o the_o idle_a belly_a monk_n will_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o civil_a or_o household_n affair_n the_o monk_n can_v neither_o teach_v nor_o comfort_v man_n in_o their_o necessity_n naaman_n syrus_n proverb_n 16._o jerem._n 10._o doctrine_n concern_v civil_a &_o household_n government_n this_o psalm_n contain_v the_o sum_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o ecclesiastes_n of_o solomon_n eccle._n 2.12_o the_o final_a cause_n of_o civil_a and_o household_n government_n many_o wise_a and_o politic_a governor_n deserve_v well_o of_o the_o common_a wealth_n have_v be_v evil_o use_v condemn_a and_o cast_v into_o exile_n we_o must_v walk_v in_o the_o mid_n way_n and_o keep_v a_o mean_a they_o that_o enter_v into_o any_o public_a office_n or_o into_o matrimony_n must_v begin_v with_o invocation_n and_o call_n upon_o god._n godly_a magistrate_n and_o marry_a folk_n how_o they_o ought_v to_o use_v themselves_o the_o principal_a master_n of_o the_o household_n &_o 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their_o wealth_n and_o welfare_n but_o attribute_v all_o to_o fortune_n and_o chance_n the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n a_o privilege_n as_o touch_v continency_n and_o to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v chaste_a matrimony_n can_v not_o stand_v with_o the_o unchaste_a and_o filthy_a religion_n of_o the_o papist_n papist_n active_a or_o passive_a that_o be_v which_o either_o come_v unto_o we_o by_o labour_n &_o travail_n or_o which_o we_o suffer_v inward_o or_o outward_o by_o any_o mean_n matth._n 9_o 9_o that_o be_v to_o live_v chaste_a without_o matrimony_n 1._o timoth._n 4._o 1._o cor_fw-la 7._o matth._n 9.12_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o psalm_n cap._n 12._o psal._n 6._o he_o set_v the_o similitude_n of_o the_o grass_n in_o the_o house_n top_n against_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o plower_n this_o judgement_n that_o the_o enemy_n be_v like_o grass_n and_o therefore_o shall_v