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it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o extract_n and_o spirit_n of_o they_o both_o and_o it_o be_v stir_v especial_o when_o the_o ear_n of_o a_o man_n be_v fill_v with_o a_o voice_n of_o blasphemy_n or_o his_o eye_n with_o a_o spectacle_n of_o bold_a transcendent_a wickedness_n against_o the_o lord_n word_n be_v bring_v to_o hezekiah_n of_o the_o blasphemy_n that_o rabshakeh_n have_v belch_v our_o against_o god_n when_o he_o hear_v how_o he_o have_v reproach_v the_o live_a god_n in_o say_v who_o be_v the_o god_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o he_o shall_v deliver_v it_o out_o of_o my_o hand_n 37.1_o the_o text_n say_v that_o hezekiah_n rend_v his_o clothes_n with_o indignation_n that_o report_n fill_v he_o with_o a_o mixture_n of_o grief_n and_o anger_n he_o be_v grieve_v that_o the_o holy_a name_n of_o god_n be_v blaspheme_v he_o be_v angry_a with_o the_o blasphemer_n these_o cause_v holy_a indignation_n and_o this_o the_o rent_v of_o his_o garment_n 14.13_o thus_o also_o when_o paul_n and_o 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all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d will_v not_o make_v we_o poor_a i_o form_n the_o light_n and_o create_v darkness_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—ke_v peace_n and_o create_v evil_a i_o the_o lord_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 45.7_o the_o same_o prophet_n teach_v we_o that_o these_o two_o be_v equal_o the_o pâ—aitve_n of_o god_n and_o such_o a_o prerogative_n as_o equal_o distinguish_v 〈◊〉_d from_o all_o idol_n and_o false_a god_n show_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o comâ—â—eafter_o that_o we_o may_v know_v that_o you_o be_v god_n yea_o do_v good_a or_o do_v eâ—_n that_o we_o may_v be_v dismay_v and_o behold_v it_o together_o no_o creature_n have_v ever_o answer_v this_o challenge_n or_o ever_o shall_v isa_n 41.23_o creature_n do_v good_a and_o evil_a as_o minister_n of_o god_n will_v not_o as_o master_n of_o their_o own_o good_a of_o every_o kind_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o poenall_a evil_n come_v forth_o from_o god_n indeed_o god_n usual_o convey_v these_o to_o we_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n but_o it_o become_v 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find_v the_o two_o extreme_n small_a and_o great_a be_v extreme_n in_o quantity_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v all_o the_o middle_a act_n or_o thing_n or_o person_n that_o be_v all_o that_o lie_v between_o those_o extreme_n we_o read_v such_o scripture_n language_n concern_v the_o action_n of_o man_n psal_n 139.2_o thou_o know_v my_o down-sitting_a and_o my_o uprising_n here_o be_v two_o extreme_n the_o two_o term_n of_o a_o man_n action_n and_o of_o his_o life_n his_o down-sitting_a and_o his_o uprising_n now_o when_o it_o be_v say_v god_n know_v these_o two_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v that_o god_n know_v whatsoever_o a_o man_n do_v all_o his_o action_n between_o his_o down-sitting_a and_o his_o uprising_n so_o in_o that_o promise_n of_o a_o continual_a blessing_n from_o god_n psal_n 121.8_o the_o lord_n shall_v preserve_v thy_o go_v out_o and_o thy_o come_n in_o here_o be_v two_o extreme_n between_o these_o we_o be_v to_o include_v and_o suppose_v all_o that_o a_o man_n do_v while_o 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