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slothfulness_n in_o well_o do_v i_o esder_n i._o jere._n two_o ●_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v for_o not_o obey_v the_o prophet_n but_o after_o return_v i_o esdra_n two_o i_o esdra_n ▪_o iii._n iiii_o and_o u_o iiii_o king_n xvii_o because_o we_o can_v not_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o to_o do_v good_a preachinge_a be_v too_o be_v esteem_v two_o king_n two_o ihon._n two_o this_o temple_n be_v xlvi_o year_n in_o buyldinge_v i_o esdra_n iiii_o i_o esdra_n vi_fw-la if_o god_n rule_v we_o not_o every_o minute_n we_o forget_v he_o and_o ourselves_o philip._n two_o under_o what_o king_n thy●_n temple_n be_v build_v i_o esdra_n ▪_o iiii_o iii._n esdra_n iiii_o i._o esdra_n seven_o artaxerxes_n pharaoh_n ptolomeus_n caesar._n exodi_fw-la twelve_o diverse_a sort_n of_o reckon_v year_n &_o month_n &_o name_n of_o day_n and_o month_n it_o be_v hurtful_a to_o call_v day_n by_o heathen_a name_n wednesday_n friday_n revela_fw-la i._o astronomer_n do_v evil_a in_o call_v some_o day_n infortunate_a holy_a 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pambo_n psal._n ●xix_fw-la deut._n vi_fw-la psal._n lxxviii_o ephesi_n vi_fw-la i_o cor._n xiiii_o all_o son_n must_v learn_v the_o scripture_n ihon._n iii._n amos._n viij_o what_o jehova_n signify_v exod._n three_o act_n xvii_o psal._n ciiii_o malach._n i._n james._n v._n why_o god_n be_v call_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o how_o he_o use_v his_o weak_a creature_n to_o pull_v down_o the_o proud_a withal_o gene._n nineteeen_o two_o reg._n xxiiii_o iiii_o reg._n xjx_n josua_n x._o exod._n x._o judge_n v._n gene._n seven_o exodi_fw-la xiiii_o num._n xuj_o exodi_fw-la ix_o luke_n xiii_o i._o regum_fw-la xvii_o gene._n xlvii_o iiii_o reg._n vi_fw-la joel._n i._n exod_a viij_o iiii_o reg._n xvii_o gene._n ii_o i_o reg._n v._n act._n twelve_o daniel_n iiii_o judg._n seven_o josu●_n vi_fw-la iiii_o reg._n seven_o judith_n
deed_n god_n begynne_v first_o gentle_o to_o punish_v psal._n xcix_o god_n punish_v for_o our_o profit_n &_o suffer_v long_o god_n suffer_v long_o roma_fw-it xi_o revela_fw-la iii._n remembringe_v our_o sin_n &_o plague_n work_v good_a in_o us._n luke_n xv_o i_o timo._n i._n daniel_n ix_o exo._n xxii_o two_o macha_n vi_fw-la psalm_n cxix_o god_n punissh_v be_v a_o token_n of_o his_o love_n malachi_n i_o god_n turn_v to_o we_o when_o we_o turn_v to_o he_o deutre_fw-fr xxviii_o preaching_n move_v more_o than_o plague_n hebre._n iiii_o gentleness_n be_v oft_o better_a than_o sharpness_n the_o text._n god_n bless●●_n they_o that_o build_v his_o house_n &_o send_v theym_a preacher_n zacha._n i_o luke_n ▪_o ix_o fellix_fw-la promise_v make_v to_o ruler_n pertain_v too_o their_o successor_n amos._n ix_o hebre._n twelve_o god_n promise_n satisfy_v the_o conscience_n in_o all_o doubt_n daniel_n i●_n seven_o the_o pope_n be_v emperor_n in_o deed_n and_o his_o rule_n be_v worse_a than_o the_o 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iiii_o roma_fw-it xi_o john_n xiii_o esai_n xlviii_o esai_n xliii_o god_n will_v be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o act_n xvii_o god_n deliveres_fw-la his_o people_n 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o danger_n 〈◊〉_d xxi_o act_n seven_o daniel_n v._o ester_n seven_o math._n xxvii_o roma_fw-it viij_o god_n people_n have_v the_o victory_n by_o suffer_v prover._n xxi_o psal._n two_o math._n xxii●_n go_v ix_o gene._n xi_o gene._n xxvii_o gene._n xli_o exod_n xiiii_o nun_n xuj_o i_o king_n twelve_o psal._n cxx_o psal._n twelve_o psal._n lii_o lvii_o esai_n xli_o jere._n xvii_o psalm_n ▪_o ●_o luce._n vi_fw-la psal._n cxix_o why_o prophet_n be_v call_v sight_n &_o propheser_n i_o king_n ix_o sight_n by_o faith_n be_v sure_a than_o the_o eye_n ihon._n xx_o ezech._n xiii_o two_o pet._n i._n abdya●_n ▪_o ihon._n ●●_o name_n be_v not_o give_v in_o vain_a abraham_n zacharia_n peter_n three_o king_n ▪_o xviii_o math_n xiii_o i_o pet._n iiii_o gene._n xxxvi_o edom._n gene._n xxxvi_o seir._n adam_n adama_n a_o evyll_n father_n make_v not_o a_o evyll_n son_n nor_o contrary_a and_o so_o the_o good_a ezech._n xviii_o three_o king_n twelve_o ▪_o all_o plague_n be●_n from_o god_n yet_o only_a man_n sin_n in_o plague_a one_o a_o other_o job._n i._n gene._n fourteen_o esai_n v._o vi●●_n i._o corinth_n ix_o who_o hear_v this_o voice_n how_o the_o message_n be_v send_v jere._n xx●●_n three_o king_n ●x_n ▪_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o war_n religion_n cause_v near_a friend_n to_o be_v extreme_a foe_n the_o privilege_n of_o the_o elder_a brother_n god_n refuse_v the_o elder_a and_o glorious_a in_o the_o world_n to_o choose_v the_o young_a an●_n abject_n the_o wicked_a shall_v not_o ever_o prosper_v ▪_o nor_o the_o godly_a be_v in_o miseri_fw-la no_o true_a love_n be_v where_o religion_n differ_v but_o enemy_n will_v join_v to_o overthrow_v it_o the_o text._n behold_v esai_n seven_o psal_n cxxiii_o malach._n i._n the_o prophet_n for_o the_o certainty_n speak_v that_o to_o be_v paste_n that_o be_v to_o come_v psal_n xxii_o jere._n xxxi_o luc._n xuj_o judg._n i._n wisdom_n xi_o in_o all_o thing_n look_v up_o too_o god_n which_o rule_v all_o pride_n pride_n be_v only_o of_o good_a thing_n beauty_n sirach_n ix_o hold_v psal._n cxxvii_o wine_n prover._n xxiii_o woman_n riches_n i_o timo._n vi_o ▪_o consider_v not_o creature_n in_o them self_o physic_n psal._n ciii_o horse_n ps._n xxxiii_o x●_n esai_n xxxvi_o prince_n psal._n cxlvi_o daniel_n three_o go_v xi_o psal._n xiiii_o xlv_o math._n v._n sin_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v 〈◊〉_d psa●_n twelve_o jere._n i●_n ▪_o iiii_o king_n vi_fw-la gene._n twelve_o math._n x●●_n gene._n ●●_o daniel_n ii●●_n act._n twelve_o iiii_o king_n ●iii_fw-la jud._n seven_o psal_n cxxi●●_n it_o be_v call_v the_o lord_n deed_n that_o the_o servant_n do_v psal._n twelve_o the_o text._n deut._n xxviii_o xxxii_o levit._fw-la xxvi_o levit_fw-la nineteeen_o gene._n xliiii_o revela_fw-la vi_fw-la jere._n xlii_o esai_n xxxvi_o true_a love_n be_v only_o among_o the_o 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king_n 1●_n i._o king_n xv_o papist_n be_v worse_a thâ_fw-la the_o edomite_n nero._n a_o comparison_n betwixt_o the_o edomty_n and_o pope_n ▪_o luce._n vi_fw-la psal_n lxvii_o judg._n i_o two_o king_n ●iii_fw-la ●viii_fw-la iii.ii_fw-la ●_o among_o all_o injury_n god_n will_v not_o suffer_v his_o religion_n special_o to_o be_v deface_v esai_n xlii_o exod._n xx_o rom._n viij_o revela_fw-la vi_fw-mi math._n xxiii_o revela_fw-la xxii_o the_o day_n of_o vengeance_n be_v not_o far_o of_o esai_n xlix_o math._n xxiii_o i_o corin._n three_o i._n pet_n two_o ephe._n two_o rom._n viij_o two_o pet_n iii._n math._n seven_o prover_n viij_o psal._n cxxi_o the_o text._n i_o chro._n xviii_o iiii_o king_n xiii●_n zion_n math._n xxviii_o i._n corinth_n i_o i_o thes._n iiii_o leviti_fw-la nineteeen_o luce._n twelve_o in_o all_o persecution_n god_n defend_v he_o &_o provide_v a_o pl●ce_n for_o they_o to_o worship_v he_o in_o psal._n cxxxi●_n act._n i._n two_o act._n x●i_o ▪_o joan._n xiiii_o x_o math._n xxviii_o persecution_n spread_v the_o gospel_n abroad_o psal._n lxix_o joan._n two_o jerem._n xx_o hebre._n iiii_o mar_n iii._n act_n iiii_o xv_o preach_v conqueres_fw-la more_o ●eighing_v psalm_n nineteeen_o roma_fw-it viij_o psalm_n xxvi_o revela_fw-la xiii_o i._o corinth_n three_o joseph_n gene._n xlviii_o iij_o king_n seven_o god_n be_v merciful_a too_o the_o wretched_a &_o his_o word_n work_v either_o life_n or_o death_n mighty_o roma_fw-it xi_o psal._n ●xix_fw-la hebre_fw-la ▪_o i._n i._n corin._n i._n ruffinus_n lib._n i_o capi_fw-la iii._n ruffinus_n lib._n i_o capit_fw-la three_o i._o corin_n two_o two_o corin._n xi_o canaanite_n zarphat_n sepharad_n psalm_n nineteeen_o civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n xxii_o cap._n vi_o the_o diversite_a of_o christ_n kingdom_n &_o earthy_a savio●●_n ▪_o judge_n i_o timo._n iiii_o jaco_n i._n roma_fw-it ▪_o i._o act_n iiii_o joan._n i●_n joan._n x●_n malach._n two_o the_o pope_n be_v most_o unlyke_a saint_n peter_n i._o peter_n i._o