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292_o use_n do_v not_o slight_v it_o 293_o ob_n 4_o when_o man_n be_v violent_a in_o wickedness_n god_n will_v be_v violent_a in_o his_o judgement_n ib._n use_v take_v heed_n of_o be_v violent_a in_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n 294_o ob_n 5._o in_o matter_n of_o god_n worship_n we_o must_v hearken_v to_o god_n ib._n obs_n 6_o it_o be_v a_o judgement_n to_o have_v a_o unsettle_a spirit_n 296_o ob_n 7_o prize_n the_o communion_n of_o saint_n 298_o chap._n x._o verse_n i._o obs_n 1_o the_o church_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o vine_n 300_o reason_n 1_o it_o have_v a_o unpromised_a outside_n ib._n 2_o it_o be_v the_o most_o fruitful_a plant_n that_o grow_v ib._n 3_o no_o plant_n require_v so_o great_a care_n ib._n 4_o it_o be_v the_o most_o depend_v creature_n 301_o 5_o if_o not_o fruitful_a it_o be_v most_o unprofitable_a ib._n 6_o it_o be_v the_o emblem_n of_o peace_n 302_o obs_n 2_o emptiness_n of_o professor_n be_v a_o very_a great_a evil_a 303_o reason_n 1_o it_o be_v unnatural_a 304_o 2_o it_o 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god_n break_v down_o what_o be_v evil_a let_v not_o we_o set_v it_o up_o ib._n obs_n 6_o we_o must_v not_o break_v down_o image_n to_o make_v up_o our_o own_o break_a estate_n 328_o ob_n 7_o man_n division_n break_v the_o neck_n of_o what_o they_o contend_v for_o ib._n verse_n iii_o obs_n 1_o it_o be_v a_o great_a evil_n for_o a_o people_n not_o to_o have_v the_o protection_n of_o a_o right_a government_n 331_o ob_n 2_o it_o be_v a_o great_a evil_a not_o to_o fear_v the_o lord_n 332_o ob_n 3._o when_o man_n have_v the_o countenance_n of_o great_a one_o there_o be_v little_a fear_n of_o god_n among_o they_o ib._n obs_n 4._o the_o take_v away_o of_o kingly_a power_n be_v a_o punishment_n for_o the_o want_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n 333_o ob_n 5._o the_o time_n of_o god_n wrath_n force_v acknowledgement_n from_o their_o heart_n that_o fear_v not_o god_fw-we 334_o ob_n 6_o when_o the_o heart_n be_v humble_v it_o will_v not_o put_v off_o the_o cause_n of_o evil_n to_o other_o man_n 335_o 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