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malignant_n may_v have_v great_a victory_n one_o after_o another_o yet_o a_o good_a cause_n religious_o manage_v prosper_v at_o last_o our_o time_n such_o obs_n 1._o obs_n 2_o use_v admonition_n to_o some_o brethren_n now_o obs_n 3._o obs_n 4._o obs_n 5_o use_v for_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n of_o engl._n obs_n 6._o obs_n 7._o obs_n 8._o applicat_fw-la if_o present_a time_n be_v as_o bad_a as_o former_a than_o they_o be_v worse_o simile_n expos_fw-la applic._n god_n shall_v be_v our_o delight_n in_o his_o ordinance_n obser_n exod._n 15._o 2._o jer._n 12._o 10_o verse_n 7._o exod._n 19_o 5._o god_n delight_n be_v in_o young_a one_o mic._n 7._o 1._o exod._n 23._o 19_o levit._fw-la 2._o 14._o simile_n cant._n 2._o 12_o chap._n 6._o 11_o â—hap_n 7._o 12_o a_o exhortation_n to_o young_a one_o observe_v baal-peor_n deus_fw-la apertionis_fw-la indix_n interpret_v nom_fw-fr vulg_n lat_fw-la apud_fw-la latinos_fw-la priapus_fw-la vid._n hier._n in_o loc_n neâ—_n non_fw-fr drusium_n obs_n 1._o obs_n 2._o the_o panther_n obs_n 3._o apostate_n obs_n not_o what_o we_o see_v but_o what_o god_n like_v perit_n judicium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quum_fw-la res_fw-la transit_fw-la in_o affectum_fw-la expos_fw-la 2._o quod_fw-la per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la resoluten_o &_o efficaciter_fw-la vis_fw-la hoc_fw-la absolute_a es_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la bonos_fw-es well_fw-mi malos_fw-la mores_fw-la nisi_fw-la boni_fw-la vel_fw-la mali_fw-la amores_fw-la aug._n ep._n 52._o ad_fw-la macedon_n the_o chameleon_n plin._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 33_o expos_fw-la 3._o expos_fw-la 4_o prefer_v numb_a 25._o 1._o obs_n admonition_n to_o saint_n popish_a wife_n to_o religious_a wife_n woman_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n minister_n must_v gain_v the_o people_n love_n neighbour_n &_o friend_n expos_fw-la 2_o king_n 14._o obs_n 1._o pro._n 17._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gloriatio_fw-la 70._o o_o grata_fw-la superbia_fw-la matâ—is_fw-la claudian_n de_fw-la proserpina_fw-la reâ—s_n 1._o 2._o 3._o use_v to_o parent_n pro._n 10._o 1._o explainedâ—_n tres_fw-fr vomiâ—as_n tria_fw-la carcinomata_fw-la augustus_n parent_n must_v not_o be_v a_o shame_n to_o their_o child_n expos_fw-la 1._o pro._n 23._o 5._o illustrate_v applic._n to_o england_n and_o ireland_n jer._n 9_o 23._o illustrate_v wealth_n wicked_a man_n glory_n fly_v from_o they_o in_o prosperity_n god_n the_o saint_n glory_n fly_v to_o they_o in_o adversity_n isa_n 31._o 5._o enlighten_v expos_fw-la 2._o the_o time_n the_o israelite_n abode_n in_o egypt_n observe_v use_v god_n preservation_n in_o our_o 1._o conception_n 2._o womb._n 3_o birth_n 4._o cradle_n 5._o childhood_n 6._o youth_n 7._o middle-age_n 8._o old-age_n 9_o death_n obs_n 1._o obs_n 2._o especial_o if_o untimely_a death_n obs_n 3._o sir_n tho._n moor_n expos_fw-la simile_n simile_n obs_n 4._o use_v psal_n 46._o luther_n psalm_n 1_o sam._n 28._o 1_o 5._o reas_n why_o god_n depart_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o wo._n none_o can_v help_v then_o satan_n himself_o canuot_fw-la 1_o sam._n 28_o evil_n then_o be_v evil_a indeed_o it_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o eternal_a evil_n simile_n saint_n shall_v priz_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n presence_n use_v quest_n answ_n simile_n ps_n 119._o 8._o illustrate_v we_o shall_v labour_v to_o do_v what_o we_o can_v for_o god_n though_o we_o apprehend_v he_o have_v leâ—â—â—s_a when_o we_o see_v god_n beginning_n to_o depart_v cry_v mighty_o simile_n applic._n â—o_o england_n expos_fw-la 2_o king_n 14_o venice_n rupes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quintus_fw-la curâ—ius_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr reb._n gestis_fw-la alexandri_fw-la plin._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 19_o the_o colony_n of_o tyrus_n ezek._n 27._o obs_n 1._o vltimus_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la morbo_fw-la proximus_fw-la use_v take_v heed_n in_o our_o prosperity_n obs_n 2._o expos_fw-la 2._o calvin_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obser_n the_o villainy_n of_o malicious_a commander_n in_o ware_n against_o the_o godly_a observe_v 1._o part._n deut._n 28._o 18._o psal_n 137._o 8._o isa_n 13._o 18_o 2d_o commandment_n object_n answ_n note_n a_o apt_a simile_n 2d_o part._n seed_n of_o idolater_n idolatry_n depend_v much_o 〈◊〉_d ancestor_n 2d_o commandment_n illustrate_v superstitious_a child_n admonish_v obs_n tender-hearted_n mother_n the_o irish_a war_n the_o english_a look_v glass_n object_n answ_n dij_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la est_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la pietas_fw-la qui_fw-la talia_fw-la curet_fw-la praemia_fw-la reddent_fw-la delita_fw-la patrios_fw-la foedasti_fw-la funere_fw-la vultus_fw-la virg._n child_n shall_v beseech_v their_o parent_n to_o repent_v a_o meditation_n for_o parent_n revel_v 12._o 11._o enlighten_v zenophon_n expos_fw-la 1._o 2._o prefer_v obs_n 1._o england_n more_o unfit_a for_o mercy_n now_o than_o at_o the_o first_o obs_n 2._o gen._n 30._o 2_o paulus_n phagius_n four_o key_n in_o god_n hand_n 1._o clavis_fw-la pluviae_fw-la 2._o clavis_fw-la cibitionis_fw-la 3._o clavis_fw-la sepulcronn_v 4._o clavis_fw-la sterilitatis_fw-la non_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la daunt_v liberos_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la nuptijs_fw-la legen_fw-mi dedit_fw-la deus_fw-la