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be_v it_o to_o serve_v the_o lord_n 3_o 3._o satan_n herein_o have_v much_o strength_n from_o our_o own_o corruption_n and_o plow_v often_o with_o our_o own_o heifer_n for_o we_o desire_v rather_o to_o walk_v by_o sense_n then_o by_o faith_n we_o hardly_o believe_v without_o pawn_n and_o pledge_n every_o man_n trust_v his_o own_o eye_n and_o think_v wisdom_n good_a with_o a_o inheritance_n hence_o his_o temptation_n find_v the_o easy_a entrance_n and_o better_a entertainment_n 4._o satan_n ever_o in_o these_o temptation_n have_v a_o further_a reach_n than_o he_o show_v 4_o namely_o that_o he_o may_v hence_o persuade_v man_n to_o some_o unlawful_a mean_n to_o relieve_v themselves_o and_o better_a their_o estate_n no_o long_o to_o depend_v upon_o god_n who_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o care_n of_o they_o but_o to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o and_o as_o he_o move_v christ_n himself_o to_o make_v stone_n bread_n 5_o 5._o satan_n have_v get_v no_o small_a advantage_n against_o god_n dear_a 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of_o friend_n of_o food_n the_o world_n have_v no_o malice_n in_o it_o which_o be_v not_o cast_v upon_o he_o and_o he_o be_v not_o only_o forsake_v of_o man_n but_o in_o such_o distress_n on_o the_o cross_n as_o he_o complain_v he_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n and_o yet_o all_o creature_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o that_o love_n wherewith_o his_o father_n love_v he_o when_o he_o love_v he_o least_o 2._o neither_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n love_n nor_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o child_n stand_v in_o outward_n thing_n nor_o in_o the_o abundance_n of_o worldly_a comfort_n for_o then_o the_o rich_a glutton_n shall_v have_v be_v far_o better_a than_o lazarus_n abraham_n isaac_n jaacob_n who_o for_o famine_n be_v glad_a to_o fly_v their_o country_n shall_v be_v in_o less_o grace_n with_o god_n than_o the_o wicked_a king_n to_o who_o they_o go_v the_o apostle_n who_o be_v the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n who_o be_v in_o hunger_n thirst_n nakedness_n buffet_v without_o any_o certain_a dwell_a 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have_v to_o exempt_v we_o from_o danger_n true_a it_o be_v we_o have_v the_o word_n with_o peace_n liberty_n and_o protection_n but_o the_o fear_n be_v that_o our_o security_n and_o deadness_n of_o heart_n with_o dissolutenes_n and_o profaneness_n in_o behaviour_n will_v forfeit_v all_o god_n send_v jerusalem_n to_o shilo_n 7.4.12_o say_v trust_v not_o in_o lie_v word_n say_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o amend_v your_o way_n and_o i_o will_v let_v you_o dwell_v in_o this_o place_n but_o if_o you_o will_v not_o go_v to_o shilo_n and_o see_v what_o i_o do_v to_o it_o and_o look_v for_o the_o like_a so_o now_o god_n send_v we_o to_o jerusalem_n that_o we_o may_v consider_v what_o he_o do_v to_o it_o be_v once_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o if_o the_o same_o sin_n be_v find_v in_o we_o as_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n the_o lord_n will_v do_v no_o other_o with_o we_o than_o he_o do_v with_o it_o even_o as_o he_o threaten_v 2._o kin._n 21.13_o he_o will_v stretch_v over_o 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jerusalem_n will_v not_o take_v knowledge_n of_o the_o day_n of_o her_o visitation_n as_o appear_v in_o luk._n 19.43_o and_o matth._n 23.37_o therefore_o her_o habitation_n be_v make_v desolate_a as_o little_o know_v we_o the_o worth_n of_o our_o bless_a mean_n but_o perhaps_o we_o may_v know_v it_o better_o in_o the_o want_n of_o they_o 3._o jerusalem_n remember_v not_o her_o latter_a end_n therefore_o she_o come_v down_o wonderful_o lam._n 1.9_o she_o be_v careless_a and_o never_o consider_v the_o account_n she_o be_v to_o make_v of_o her_o liberty_n and_o so_o harden_v herself_o in_o sin_n and_o grow_v to_o contemn_v the_o good_a mean_n she_o have_v through_o the_o daily_a custom_n of_o they_o this_o also_o be_v the_o immediate_a forerunner_n of_o ninivehs_n destruction_n zeph._n 2.13_o this_o be_v the_o rejoice_a city_n that_o dwell_v careless_a and_o say_v in_o her_o heart_n i_o be_o and_o there_o be_v none_o beside_o i_o how_o be_v she_o make_v waste_v and_o the_o lodging_n of_o 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