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from_o god_n presence_n at_o who_o right_a hand_n be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n and_o pleasure_n for_o evermore_o 12.2_o psal_n 16.11_o dan_o 12.2_o to_o have_v fellowship_n with_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n to_o have_v shame_n and_o everlasting_a contempt_n pour_v upon_o they_o and_o to_o have_v horror_n and_o anguish_n of_o conscience_n cast_v upon_o they_o arise_v from_o a_o feel_n of_o god_n wrath_n then_o shall_v the_o last_o trumpet_n blow_v and_o wax_v loud_o that_o the_o dead_a shall_v hear_v the_o sound_n thereof_o 4.16_o 1_o cor._n 15.52_o 1_o thes_n 4.16_o when_o the_o lord_n himself_o shall_v descend_v from_o heaven_n with_o a_o great_a shout_n and_o with_o thousand_o
be_v moth-eaten_a we_o have_v spend_v our_o day_n as_o a_o thought_n they_o be_v but_o in_o a_o manner_n begin_v and_o yet_o in_o a_o manner_n they_o be_v already_o do_v for_o what_o be_v forty_o or_o fifty_o year_n when_o they_o be_v pass_v nay_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v but_o as_o yesterday_o when_o they_o be_v pass_v psal_n 90.4_o this_o doctrine_n be_v not_o hard_a to_o conceive_v use_v 1_o neither_o obscure_a to_o the_o understand_v we_o all_o know_v it_o and_o confess_v it_o but_o not_o one_o of_o a_o hundred_o make_v right_a use_n of_o it_o we_o pass_v by_o it_o as_o a_o ordinary_a and_o common_a thing_n it_o must_v be_v aspeciall_a work_n of_o god_n to_o say_v it_o to_o our_o heart_n as_o psal_n 90._o so_o teach_v we_o to_o number_v our_o day_n that_o we_o may_v apply_v our_o heart_n unto_o wisdom_n 90.12_o psal_n 90.12_o but_o some_o will_v say_v nothing_o be_v more_o easy_a then_o to_o number_v our_o day_n and_o to_o reckon_v the_o year_n of_o our_o life_n thus_o indeed_o 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