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A45315 Select thoughts, or, Choice helps for a pious spirit a century of divine breathings for a ravished soule, beholding the excellencies of her Lord Jesus / by J. Hall ... Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.; Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. Breathings of a devout soul. 1654 (1654) Wing H413; ESTC R19204 93,604 402

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now_o this_o strife_n be_v both_o troublesome_a and_o painful_a so_o as_o nature_n be_v ready_a to_o say_v 22._o if_o it_o be_v so_o why_o be_o i_o thus_o but_o withal_o o_o my_o god_n i_o bless_v thou_o for_o this_o happy_a unquietness_n for_o i_o know_v there_o be_v just_a cause_n of_o comfort_n in_o these_o inward_a struggle_n my_o soul_n be_v now_o not_o unfruitful_a and_o be_v conceive_v with_o a_o holy_a seed_n which_o wrestle_v with_o my_o natural_a corruption_n and_o if_o my_o esau_n have_v get_v the_o start_n in_o the_o priority_n of_o time_n yet_o my_o jacob_n shall_v follow_v he_o hard_o at_o the_o heel_n and_o happy_o supplant_v he_o and_o though_o i_o must_v nourish_v they_o both_o as_o i_o yet_o i_o can_v through_o thy_o grace_n imitate_v thy_o choice_n and_o say_v with_o thou_o jacob_n have_v i_o love_v and_o esau_n have_v i_o hate_v bless_a god_n make_v thou_o that_o word_n of_o thy_o good_a in_o i_o that_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a xxxiv_o alas_o my_o lord_n god_n how_o small_a matter_n trouble_v i_o every_o petty_a occurrence_n be_v ready_a to_o rob_v i_o of_o my_o peace_n so_o as_o i_o think_v i_o be_o like_o some_o little_a cockboat_n in_o a_o rough_a sea_n which_o every_o billow_n topple_v up_o and_o down_o and_o threat_n to_o sink_v i_o can_v chide_v this_o weak_a pusillanimity_n in_o myself_o but_o it_o be_v thou_o that_o must_v redress_v it_o lord_n work_v my_o heart_n to_o so_o firm_a a_o setledness_n upon_o thou_o that_o it_o may_v never_o be_v shake_v no_o not_o with_o the_o violent_a gust_n of_o temptation_n much_o less_o with_o the_o easy_a gale_n of_o secular_a mis-accident_n even_o when_o i_o be_o hard_a press_v in_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o sorrow_n of_o my_o heart_n let_v thy_o comfort_n refresh_v my_o soul_n but_o for_o these_o sleight_n cross_n oh_o teach_v i_o to_o despise_v they_o as_o not_o worthy_a of_o my_o notice_n much_o less_o of_o my_o vexation_n let_v my_o heart_n be_v take_v up_o with_o thou_o and_o then_o what_o care_v i_o whether_o the_o world_n smile_n or_o frown_v xxxv_o what_o a_o comfort_n it_o be_v o_o saviour_n that_o thou_o be_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o they_o that_o sleep_n those_o that_o die_v in_o thou_o do_v but_o sleep_v thou_o say_v so_o once_o of_o thy_o lazarus_n and_o may_v say_v so_o of_o he_o again_o he_o do_v but_o sleep_v still_o his_o first_o sleep_n be_v but_o short_a this_o latter_a though_o long_o be_v no_o less_o true_a out_o of_o which_o he_o shall_v no_o less_o sure_o awake_v at_o thy_o second_o call_n than_o he_o do_v before_o at_o thy_o first_o his_o first_o sleep_n and_o wake_v be_v singular_a this_o latter_a be_v the_o same_o with_o we_o
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as_o that_o thou_o o_o saviour_n have_v style_v it_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a 14._o while_o the_o rest_n shall_v be_v drag_v out_o of_o their_o grave_n by_o the_o power_n of_o thy_o godhead_n to_o their_o dreadful_a judgement_n already_o therefore_o o_o jesus_n be_v we_o rise_v in_o thou_o and_o as_o sure_o shall_v rise_v in_o our_o own_o person_n the_o loco-motive_n faculty_n be_v in_o the_o head_n thou_o who_o be_v our_o head_n be_v rise_v we_o who_o be_v thy_o member_n must_v and_o shall_v follow_v say_v then_o o_o my_o die_a body_n say_v bold_o unto_o death_n 8._o rejoice_v not_o over_o i_o o_o my_o enemy_n for_o though_o i_o fall_v yet_o i_o shall_v rise_v again_o yea_o lord_n the_o virtue_n of_o thy_o first_o fruit_n diffuse_v itself_o not_o to_o our_o rise_n only_o but_o to_o a_o bless_a immortality_n of_o these_o body_n of_o we_o for_o as_o thou_o do_v rise_v immortal_a and_o glorious_a so_o shall_v we_o by_o and_o with_o thou_o 21._o who_o shall_v change_v 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the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o the_o second_o death_n there_o be_v degree_n degree_n of_o blessedness_n to_o the_o glorify_a degree_n of_o torment_n to_o the_o damn_a the_o least_o whereof_o be_v unspeakable_a unconceivable_a oh_o thou_o that_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o life_n and_o death_n keep_v my_o soul_n from_o those_o step_n that_o go_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n and_o once_o set_v it_o for_o high_a i_o dare_v not_o sue_v to_o go_v but_o over_o the_o threshold_n of_o glory_n and_o blessedness_n xxxvii_o o_o lord_n my_o god_n i_o be_o as_o very_a a_o pilgrim_n as_o ever_o walk_v upon_o thy_o earth_n why_o shall_v i_o look_v to_o be_v in_o any_o better_a condition_n than_o my_o neighbour_n than_o my_o forefather_n even_o the_o best_a of_o they_o that_o be_v most_o fix_v upon_o their_o inheritance_n be_v no_o other_o than_o stranger_n at_o home_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n to_o naturalize_v they_o much_o less_o to_o make_v they_o enroll_v 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