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hide_v and_o lay_v up_o in_o store_n 14._o that_o when_o time_n serve_v they_o may_v be_v forthcoming_a 6._o god_n lay_v up_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o store_n against_o a_o day_n of_o wrath_n 17._o rom._n 2._o 5._o when_o he_o intend_v to_o punish_v they_o for_o all_o together_o observation_n 1._o the_o lord_n be_v very_o patient_a and_o bear_v long_o with_o sinner_n 2._o though_o he_o do_v bear_v long_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o always_o bear_v but_o first_o or_o last_o he_o will_v certain_o bring_v the_o punishment_n due_a to_o their_o sin_n upon_o they_o i_o shall_v only_o handle_v the_o first_o the_o second_o will_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o application_n 1._o god_n be_v wondrous_a patient_a and_o bear_v long_o with_o sinner_n he_o be_v many_o year_n in_o bundle_v up_o man_n sin_n and_o lay_v they_o up_o in_o his_o treasury_n he_o do_v not_o present_o cut_v off_o sinner_n nor_o always_o destroy_v wicked_a man_n in_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o he_o may_v do_v for_o so_o many_o sin_n as_o man_n commit_v so_o many_o damnation_n they_o deserve_v but_o with_o much_o patience_n and_o great-long-suffering_a he_o bear_v with_o the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n rom._n 9_o 22._o he_o bear_v with_o the_o old_a world_n many_o hundred_o year_n even_o till_o the_o whole_a earth_n be_v corrupt_v before_o he_o and_o his_o spirit_n tire_v out_o as_o it_o be_v with_o strive_v with_o they_o gen._n 6._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 20._o he_o spareâ—_n sodom_n so_o long_o that_o their_o sin_n cry_v to_o heaven_n for_o vengeance_n against_o they_o gen._n 18._o 20_o 21._o he_o spare_v israel_n here_o three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n ere_o he_o send_v they_o into_o captivity_n ezek._n 4._o 4_o 5_o 6._o he_o spare_v the_o gentile_n four_o thousand_o year_n act._n 14._o 16._o and_o bear_v with_o jerusalem_n till_o they_o stone_v his_o prophet_n and_o will_v not_o nee_v reclaim_v matth._n 23._o 37._o and_o spareâ—_n amalech_n four_o hundred_o year_n l_o â—am_n 15._o 2_o 3._o his_o vial_n of_o wrath_n be_v vessel_n of_o large_a extent_n but_o narrow_a mouth_n they_o pour_v our_o slow_o but_o drench_v deep_o and_o distil_v effectual_o god_n wrath_n on_o the_o head_n of_o his_o enemy_n rev._n 16._o 1._o and_o 18_o 19_o though_o we_o provoke_v he_o daily_o yet_o he_o be_v patient_a towards_o we_o not_o willing_a that_o we_o shall_v perish_v but_o come_v to_o repentance_n 2_o per._n 3._o 9_o rev._n 2._o 21._o he_o send_v his_o messenger_n in_o great_a compassion_n to_o we_o rife_v early_o to_o stop_v we_o in_o our_o sinful_a course_n and_o so_o prevent_v our_o destruction_n 2_o chron._n 36._o 15._o jer._n 25._o 4._o yea_o he_o be_v not_o only_a patient_n but_o long_o suffer_v which_o be_v a_o further_a degree_n of_o patience_n it_o be_v patience_n lengthen_v our_o exod._n 34._o 6._o psal_n 103._o 8._o jonah_n 4._o 2._o he_o wait_v and_o wait_v long_o for_o our_o return_v crying_z oh_o when_o will_v you_o be_v make_v clean_o when_o shall_v it_o once_o be_v jer._n 13._o ult_n if_o some_o good_a man_n shall_v sit_v but_o one_o hour_n in_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n and_o look_v down_o upon_o the_o earth_n as_o god_n do_v continual_o and_o shall_v see_v what_o abominable_a idolatry_n witchcraft_n blasphemy_n heresy_n homicide_n perjury_n adultery_n persecution_n oppression_n etc._n etc._n be_v commit_v in_o that_o hour_n he_o will_v undoubred_o in_o the_o next_o set_v all_o the_o world_n on_o fire_n it_o be_v well_o in_o this_o respect_n that_o we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o god_n and_o not_o with_o man_n hos._n 11._o 9_o i_o will_v not_o execute_v the_o fierceness_n of_o my_o anger_n i_o will_v not_o destroy_v ephraim_n why_o so_o for_o i_o be_o god_n most_o true_a in_o my_o promise_n and_o of_o infinite_a patience_n and_o not_o man_n who_o be_v mutable_a and_o passionate_a and_o can_v not_o bear_v the_o daily_a indignity_n and_o provocation_n which_o be_v commit_v against_o i_o great_a then_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o those_o who_o abuse_v the_o patience_n and_o long-suffering_a of_o the_o lord_n add_v sin_n 〈◊〉_d drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n that_o draw_v on_o iniquity_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d vanity_n and_o so_o treasure_n up_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o 〈◊〉_d munity_n breed_v in_o they_o impenitency_n because_o punishment_n be_v not_o speedy_o execute_v therefore_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_o seâ—_n in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a eccles._n 8._o 11._o every_o word_n have_v its_o weight_n these_o indulge_v sinner_n do_v not_o bare_o practice_v sin_n but_o their_o heart_n be_v set_v on_o it_o the_o very_a bend_v of_o their_o spirit_n be_v to_o evil_n indefinite_o i._n e._n to_o all_o manner_n of_o evil_n â—and_v that_o with_o resolution_n and_o full_a purpose_n of_o heart_n they_o follow_v it_o full_o as_o good_a man_n cleave_v to_o god_n and_o his_o way_n with_o full_a purpose_n of_o heart_n act._n 11._o 23._o and_o be_v marry_v to_o he_o cant._n 2._o 16._o so_o do_v these_o to_o sin_n and_o satan_n they_o be_v marry_v to_o they_o hos._n 4._o 17._o it_o be_v this_o impunity_n and_o prosperous_a wickedness_n which_o make_v man_n insolent_a psal._n 73._o 8_o 9_o impudent_a isaiah_n 3._o 9_o and_o resolute_a in_o sin_n jer._n 44._o 16_o 17._o such_o be_v apt_a to_o think_v there_o be_v no_o god_n or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o regard_v not_o thing_n below_o or_o that_o he_o be_v like_o themselves_o approve_v of_o their_o way_n and_o that_o which_o they_o do_v be_v no_o sin_n psal._n 50._o 16_o to_o 22._o those_o gross_a hypocrite_n that_o talk_v so_o much_o of_o god_n word_n but_o deny_v he_o in_o their_o work_n be_v slanderer_n adulterer_n thief_n think_v that_o
4._o p._n 373._o and_o scholastical_o by_o laurentius_n on_o rev._n 2._o 22._o homil._n 39_o p._n 300._o mr._n love_n in_o his_o i._o ser_n on_o lam._n 5._o 7_o 8._o p._n 11_o 12._o v._o carylon_n job_n 21._o 19_o p._n 730_o 731._o i_o i_o ad_fw-la sum_fw-la qui_fw-la fcci_fw-la in_o i_o convertite_n fâ—rrum_fw-la vir_fw-la g._n quorum_fw-la exitus_fw-la perhorrâ—scis_fw-la corum_fw-la opera_fw-la pertimescas_fw-la qantum_fw-la hoc_fw-la sceâ—us_fw-la mavult_n â—sse_fw-la pâ—llex_fw-la satanae_n quam_fw-la sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la wolphius_n gilluâ—m_o dii_fw-la stâ—rcorei_fw-la per_fw-la contâ—mptum_fw-la quia_fw-la faetore_fw-la svo_fw-la deum_fw-la offendunt_fw-la the_o word_n be_v use_v for_o dung_n and_o dirt_n ezek._n 4_o 12._o &_o 14._o 10._o v._o weems_n on_o 2._o command_n chap._n 6._o vol._n 2._o p._n 82._o 1_o subsannabant_fw-la nuncios_fw-la dei_fw-la 2_o contâ—mnebant_fw-la verba_fw-la ejus_fw-la 3_o illudebant_fw-la prophetis_fw-la 2_o chron._n 36._o 15_o 16._o his_o tribus_fw-la verb_n be_v summus_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la contemptus_fw-la videtur_fw-la significari_fw-la lavater_n verbi_fw-la divini_fw-la contemptus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la via_fw-la ad_fw-la extremam_fw-la impietatem_fw-la cavendus_fw-la est_fw-la wolphius_n v._o burrough_n hos._n 5._o 2._o p._n 363_o 364_o perkins_n 3_o vol._n p._n 421._o etc._n etc._n witness_v the_o quaker_n petition_v five_o and_o twenty_o yard_n long_o with_o twenty_o thousand_o hand_n at_o it_o against_o the_o ministry_n in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 2._o p._n 49._o odi_fw-la improbum_fw-la qui_fw-la proba_fw-la loquor_fw-la verba_fw-la menander_n in_o oculis_fw-la dei_fw-la nullum_fw-la maâ—us_fw-la scelus_fw-la est_fw-la hypocrisi_fw-la scultet_fw-la see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 2._o p._n 16_o 17_o etc._n etc._n see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 13._o p._n 225_o 226._o see_v dyke_n on_o the_o sacrament_n chap._n 15._o p._n 367_o against_o barrenness_n see_v gross_a his_o serm._n on_o col._n 2._o 10._o p._n 207._o strong_a 31._o serm._n p._n 1._o robinsâ—n_n christ_n all_o in_o all_o 2_o p._n p._n 259._o see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 2._o p._n 69_o 70._o see_v more_o before_o obs._n nine_o and_o burrough_n on_o hosea_n 4._o 1._o p._n 26_o 27._o &_o 5._o 7._o p._n 420._o the_o danger_n of_o anarchy_n you_o may_v see_v in_o my_o comment_n on_o psal._n 82._o 1._o see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 4._o 2._o â—_o 334._o 〈…〉_z desolabuntur_fw-la vulg._n &_o montan._n v._n burrough_n ireâ—â—cum_n p._n 1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n dum_fw-la pugnant_fw-la singuli_fw-la vincuntur_fw-la universi_fw-la tacitus_n plectimâ—r_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la flectimur_fw-la corripâ—mâ—r_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la corrigimur_fw-la salvian_n see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 3._o p._n 81_o â—2_n a_o quaker_n come_v late_o to_o aldermanburic_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o in_o sermon-time_n get_v in_o the_o pulpit_n and_o pull_v out_o a_o pocket_n and_o fall_v to_o work_v in_o the_o church_n other_o in_o londoâ—_n work_v open_o upon_o the_o lord_n day_n see_v solomon_n per_fw-la antiphrasin_n eccles._n a_o quaker_n his_o blasphemous_a narrative_n of_o this_o business_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d torqucor_fw-mi equulâ—o_fw-la imponi_fw-la mr._n woodward_n chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o two_o tract_n e_o longinquo_fw-la posuit_fw-la solent_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la pii_fw-la videri_fw-la volunt_fw-la dissita_fw-la piâ—cul_fw-la fana_fw-la aut_fw-la religionis_fw-la gratia_fw-la aut_fw-la novitatis_fw-la study_v frequent_v invisere_fw-la sanctius_n nature_n can_v say_v homines_fw-la viles_fw-la non_fw-la constituantur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la propter_fw-la honorem_fw-la qui_fw-la religioni_fw-la &_o majestati_fw-la divine_a dcbetur_fw-la arist._n polit._n l._n 7._o c._n 9_o decebat_fw-la vilissimos_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la vilissimos_fw-la haberent_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la a_o lapide_fw-la see_v more_o in_o b._n hall_n contemplation_n l._n 18._o p._n 1175_o etc._n etc._n folio_n see_v my_o comment_n on_o psal._n 82._o 1._o quales_fw-la in_o rep._n principes_fw-la tale_n reliquos_fw-la solere_fw-la â—sse_fw-la cives_fw-la dixit_fw-la cicero_n v._o my_o comment_n on_o psal._n 82._o 1._o v._o my_o comment_n on_o â—_o tim._n 4._o 10._o obs._n 6._o p._n 426._o see_v more_o in_o my_o comment_n on_o 2_o tim_n 3._o 5._o p._n 140._o o_o sanctas_fw-la gentes_fw-la quibus_fw-la haec_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la in_fw-la hort_fw-mi be_v numina_fw-la juven_n sat._n 15._o v._o mr._n clerk_n mirror_n chap._n 128._o edit_n ult_n no_o wonder_n if_o such_o be_v brutish_a who_o have_v make_v a_o calf_n their_o god_n mr._n crostons_n serm._n on_o joshua_n 22._o 19_o and_o mr._n strongs_n 32._o serm._n p._n 471_o 472._o solus_fw-la imperantiunâ—tatus_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la vespatianus_n tacitus_n david_n in_o all_o be_v peccatis_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la mali_fw-la 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