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now_o as_o god_n be_v well_o please_v with_o holy_a and_o humble_a devotion_n 46._o moneantur_fw-la interim_n miseri_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la nolint_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la salutaribus_fw-la saltem_fw-la sacrilegis_fw-la sva_fw-la non_fw-la defendant_n ne_fw-la majori_fw-la se_fw-la scelere_fw-la implicent_fw-la d._n aug._n epist_n 53._o isay_n 5.6.7_o jere_n 7.11_o mat_n 21_o 14._o mark_n 11.17_o luk_n 19_o 46._o so_o be_v he_o displease_v with_o no_o sin_n more_o than_o sacrilege_n or_o rude_a profaneness_n which_o be_v calcitratio_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o kick_v at_o god_n honour_n and_o a_o rob_v of_o his_o glory_n christ_n can_v not_o endure_v it_o at_o his_o visitation_n taunt_a the_o prophaner_n in_o the_o temple_n with_o a_o sharp_a truth_n and_o say_v it_o be_v write_v my_o house_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o house_n of_o prayer_n
but_o you_o have_v make_v it_o a_o den_n of_o thief_n thus_o the_o patriarch_n as_o he_o devout_o build_v a_o altar_n he_o will_v have_v it_o bear_v god_n name_n el-bethel_n i_o have_v now_o do_v with_o the_o dedication_n of_o jacob_n altar_n and_o in_o the_o close_o come_v to_o the_o occasion_n or_o cause_n why_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n why_o at_o bethel_n and_o why_o call_v god_n house_n moses_n have_v sum_v up_o in_o brief_a the_o patriarch_n duty_n as_o well_o as_o his_o devotion_n because_o god_n there_o appear_v to_o he_o when_o he_o flee_v from_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n esau_n in_o which_o word_n see_v couch_v 35.7_o gen._n 35.7_o first_o his_o danger_n second_o his_o deliverance_n three_o his_o duty_n or_o thankfulness_n danger_n in_o esau_n pursue_v his_o brother_n jacob_n deliverance_n from_o god_n who_o appear_v when_o jacob_n flee_v thankfulness_n in_o jacob_n who_o rescue_v from_o esau_n fury_n build_v a_o altar_n as_o a_o pledge_n of_o piety_n and_o 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have_v take_v great_a encouragement_n to_o be_v founder_n and_o benefactor_n to_o the_o christian_a church_n constantine_n the_o great_a be_v a_o primitive_a and_o early_a patron_n for_o the_o sound_n endow_a and_o building_n of_o church_n for_o the_o 270._o the_o eusebius_n cambden_n brit._n pa._n 270._o christian_a religion_n but_o if_o we_o look_v near_a home_n we_o may_v find_v how_o god_n have_v incline_v the_o heart_n of_o gracious_a prince_n pious_a prelate_n and_o other_o good_a christian_n to_o build_v church_n to_o find_v school_n and_o college_n for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o advancement_n of_o learning_n our_o own_o annal_n and_o history_n tell_v we_o that_o sebertus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o east_n saxon_n first_o recover_v the_o church_n of_o westminster_n be_v then_o delubrum_fw-la apollinis_fw-la to_o be_v a_o christian_a temple_n and_o dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n name_n and_o memory_n of_o the_o apostle_n st._n peter_n and_o that_o 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