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veros_fw-la prophetas_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la mera_fw-fr insania_fw-la obs_n 6._o expos_fw-la applic._n obs_n 7._o obs_n 8._o quest_n answ_n expos_fw-la 1._o 2_o king_n 19_o 11._o 2_o chron._n 36._o 16._o chrysostom_n theodoret._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 34._o a_o rule_n to_o help_v common_a people_n to_o judge_v of_o minister_n &_o of_o their_o cause_n a_o caution_n to_o the_o rule_n obser_n aspersion_n on_o good_a minister_n what_o satan_n great_a design_n be_v calvin_n in_o loc_n ar._n montan_n in_o loc_n dicta_fw-la est_fw-la oratio_fw-la ex_fw-la similitudine_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la familiâ_fw-la apud_fw-la dominum_fw-la plurimum_fw-la posse_fw-la videntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n obser_n use_v england_n reformation_n our_o young_a one_o may_v see_v minister_n that_o count_v the_o thing_n now_o lay_v aside_o only_o inconvenient_a will_v take_v they_o up_o again_o a_o note_n for_o the_o superstitious_a we_o to_o true_a worshipper_n expos_fw-la 1._o 2._o our_o author_n 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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 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