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yet_o after_o there_o be_v fifteen_o year_n add_v to_o his_o day_n 2_o kin._n 20.1_o answ_n first_o god_n will_n be_v always_o one_o in_o itself_o like_o god_n himself_o how_o ever_o in_o respect_n of_o we_o it_o may_v seem_v contrary_a or_o contradictory_n as_o it_o be_v secret_a and_o reveal_v second_o there_o be_v no_o change_n of_o will_n or_o decree_n in_o god_n homine_fw-la but_o in_o ezekias_n himself_o who_o receive_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n like_o the_o ninivites_fw-la conditional_o as_o the_o thief_n may_v receive_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n from_o the_o judge_n unless_o he_o carry_v himself_o after_o more_o careful_o or_o get_v the_o king_n pardon_v present_o for_o all_o legal_a threat_n as_o also_o evangelicall_a promise_n have_v their_o relation_n and_o reference_n unto_o the_o condition_n of_o faith_n or_o infidelity_n of_o repentance_n or_o impenitency_n by_o the_o performance_n or_o not_o performance_n whereof_o we_o avoid_v or_o incur_v the_o curse_n denounce_v or_o be_v capable_a of_o or_o not_o capable_a of_o the_o promise_v propound_v therefore_o when_o god_n stay_v the_o execution_n and_o as_o it_o be_v reprive_v this_o good_a king_n he_o do_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o determine_v for_o he_o decree_v by_o this_o threaten_a to_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o sight_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o so_o to_o repentance_n that_o he_o may_v live_v object_n 2_o object_n 2._o job_n complain_v that_o his_o breath_n be_v corrupt_a that_o his_o day_n be_v extinct_a and_o that_o the_o grave_n be_v ready_a for_o he_o job_n 17.1_o so_o david_n complain_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v weaken_v his_o strength_n in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o have_v shorten_v his_o day_n yea_o he_o fear_v that_o god_n will_v take_v he_o away_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o
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the_o son_n of_o promise_n give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o die_v peaceable_o be_v old_a and_o full_a of_o day_n gen._n 35.29_o neither_o be_v the_o death_n of_o good_a jacob_n that_o prevail_a israel_n discrepant_a to_o his_o holy_a life_n for_o he_o die_v quiet_o make_v a_o end_n of_o his_o charge_n unto_o his_o son_n he_o pluck_v up_o his_o foot_n into_o his_o bed_n and_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n gen._n 49.33_o after_o the_o like_a manner_n be_v the_o death_n of_o chaste_a and_o merciful_a joseph_n gen._n 50.26_o of_o penitent_a and_o patient_a job_n after_o he_o have_v see_v his_o son_n and_o his_o son_n son_n even_o four_o generation_n job_n 42.16_o of_o zealous_a and_o sincere_a david_n 1_o king_n 2._o after_o he_o have_v counsel_v and_o charge_v his_o son_n solomon_n to_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n and_o statute_n of_o the_o almighty_a 34._o of_o moses_n the_o faithful_a servant_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o die_v when_o his_o eye_n be_v not_o dim_a nor_o his_o natural_a force_n 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barn_n take_v like_o mellow_a apple_n from_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n in_o which_o full_a age_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n joshuah_n job_n with_o the_o rest_n before_o mention_v as_o also_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o flood_n which_o outlived_n they_o with_o other_o of_o the_o faithful_a do_v bless_o yield_v their_o spirit_n and_o quiet_o sleep_v in_o the_o lord_n which_o blessing_n of_o long_a life_n be_v the_o promise_n annex_v to_o that_o five_o commandment_n of_o obedience_n be_v peculiar_o incident_a to_o the_o godly_a rather_o than_o the_o wicked_a who_o sin_n as_o the_o ivy_n kill_v the_o oak_n ordinary_o abbreviate_v their_o day_n or_o if_o any_o of_o the_o faithful_a die_v young_a or_o in_o their_o middle_a age_n before_o they_o have_v attain_v to_o the_o year_n of_o their_o father_n either_o by_o a_o natural_a dissolution_n as_o josias_n or_o by_o a_o violent_a death_n as_o the_o ancient_a and_o modern_a martyr_n either_o they_o be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o evil_a to_o 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lord_n tribunal_n whither_o it_o be_v approach_v that_o so_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o dove_n and_o the_o eagle_n that_o when_o they_o have_v plunge_v their_o wing_n in_o the_o water_n they_o be_v better_o fit_v for_o their_o flight_n thou_o plunge_v thyself_o into_o the_o trouble_a bethesda_n pool_n of_o thy_o repentant_a tear_n distil_v from_o the_o limbeck_n of_o a_o remorseful_a heart_n thy_o soul_n may_v take_v the_o wing_n of_o a_o dove_n and_o fly_v out_o of_o the_o cage_n and_o coat_n of_o thy_o body_n to_o her_o eternal_a rest_n in_o abraham_n bosom_n now_o with_o simeons_n heart_n sing_v simeons_n song_n now_o awaken_v all_o thy_o power_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n so_o as_o in_o sing_v we_o ascend_v to_o high_a note_n thy_o soul_n leave_v the_o earth_n of_o thy_o body_n shall_v with_o the_o lark_n mount_v still_o high_o and_o high_o nay_o it_o shall_v be_v carry_v up_o on_o the_o wing_n of_o wait_a angel_n till_o it_o be_v transcendent_a among_o the_o quire_n of_o 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