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penitential_a prayer_n and_o tear_n from_o every_o soul_n that_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o his_o nation_n now_o be_v the_o time_n that_o every_o devout_a man_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n shall_v wish_v his_o head_n water_n and_o his_o eye_n fountain_n that_o he_o may_v weep_v day_n and_o night_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o his_o people_n sure_o it_o be_v time_n the_o trumpet_n be_v now_o blow_v to_o some_o solemn_a penance_n let_v we_o at_o least_o that_o be_v priest_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n weep_v in_o our_o several_a place_n let_v we_o stand_v between_o the_o porch_n and_o the_o altar_n and_o say_v spare_v thy_o people_n o_o lord_n and_o give_v not_o thy_o heritage_n to_o reproach_n joel_n 2.17_o let_v we_o all_o man_n of_o high_a degree_n and_o man_n of_o low_a degree_n join_v with_o that_o royal_a penitent_a psal_n 51._o and_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v wash_v we_o even_o this_o whole_a nation_n thorough_o from_o our_o wickedness_n and_o cleanse_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n make_v we_o clean_a heart_n o_o god_n and_o renew_v right_a spirit_n within_o we_o cast_v we_o not_o away_o from_o thy_o presence_n and_o take_v not_o thy_o holy_a spirit_n from_o we_o and_o then_o let_v we_o add_v endeavour_n to_o our_o prayer_n let_v we_o gird_v up_o the_o loin_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o encourage_v ourselves_o against_o all_o vice_n what_o though_o ill_a man_n sometime_o come_v to_o be_v favour_a and_o prefer_v what_o though_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o his_o judgement_n with_o some_o sort_n of_o man_n be_v now_o grow_v out_o of_o fashion_n the_o council_n of_o king_n solomon_n will_v eventual_o prove_v as_o good_a as_o it_o be_v now_o seasonable_a prov._n 23.17_o let_v not_o thy_o heart_n envy_v sinner_n but_o be_v thou_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o the_o day_n long_o for_o sure_o there_o be_v a_o end_n and_o thy_o expectation_n shall_v not_o be_v cut_v off_o the_o contempt_n of_o religion_n have_v be_v a_o old_a distemper_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o prosperity_n of_o profane_a man_n a_o old_a scandal_n there_o be_v nothing_o yet_o extraordinary_a have_v happen_v to_o we_o there_o be_v stout_a hector_n in_o malachi_n time_n that_o say_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o serve_v god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o profit_n to_o have_v keep_v his_o ordinance_n that_o the_o proud_a be_v happy_a and_o that_o the_o worker_n of_o wickedness_n be_v set_v up_o and_o those_o that_o even_o tempt_v god_n be_v deliver_v let_v we_o consider_v therefore_o what_o wise_a and_o good_a man_n ancient_o do_v in_o that_o case_n the_o prophet_n tell_v you_o mal._n 3.16_o that_o then_o they_o that_o fear_v the_o lord_n speak_v often_o one_o to_o another_o and_o the_o lord_n hearken_v and_o hear_v it_o and_o a_o book_n of_o remembrance_n be_v write_v before_o he_o for_o they_o that_o fear_v the_o lord_n and_o think_v upon_o his_o name_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v i_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n in_o that_o day_n 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and_o consequent_o that_o god_n be_v before_o the_o world_n in_o nature_n but_o not_o in_o time_n or_o duration_n of_o any_o kind_a but_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v before_o its_o own_o light_n but_o against_o this_o opinion_n be_v the_o write_n of_o aristotle_n lib._n 8._o phys_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr caelum_fw-la and_o in_o the_o late_a part_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la gen_fw-la &_o corrupt_a &_o lib._n 12._o metaâ—h_o vid._n &_o pereri_fw-la lib._n 15._o de_fw-la moâ—u_fw-la &_o eternitate_fw-la mundi_fw-la however_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o before_o his_o death_n he_o alter_v his_o opinion_n and_o write_v in_o contradicton_n to_o his_o former_a argument_n v._o gassend_v de_fw-fr phys_n §._o 1._o l._n 4_o c._n 5._o &_o loca_fw-la apud_fw-la eum_fw-la citata_fw-la quibus_fw-la add_v l._n 2._o de_fw-fr gen._n &_o cor_fw-la §._o 3.10_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la etc._n etc._n manilius_n concern_v the_o order_n and_o exact_a motion_n of_o the_o star_n l._n 1._o astron_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o tantâ_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la mirabile_n mole_n quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o certis_fw-la quod_fw-la lâ—gibus_fw-la omne_fw-la parent_n nusquam_fw-la turba_fw-la nocet_fw-la nihil_fw-la ullis_fw-la partibus_fw-la errat_fw-la laxius_fw-la aut_fw-la levius_fw-la mutatóve_fw-la ordine_fw-la fertur_fw-la quid_fw-la tam_fw-la confusum_fw-la spâ—cie_fw-la â—quid_fw-la tam_fw-la vice_fw-la certum_fw-la ac_fw-la mihi_fw-la tam_fw-la praesens_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la ulla_fw-la videtur_fw-la quâ_fw-la pateat_fw-la mundum_fw-la divino_fw-la numine_fw-la verti_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la sort_n coïsse_fw-la magistrâ_fw-la ut_fw-la voluit_fw-la credi_fw-la qui_fw-la primus_fw-la maenia_fw-la mundi_fw-la seminibus_fw-la struxit_fw-la minimis_fw-la inque_fw-la illa_fw-la resoluit_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o nunquam_fw-la transversus_fw-la solemn_a decurrere_fw-la ad_fw-la arctos_n nec_fw-la mutare_fw-la vi_fw-la as_o &_o in_o ortum_fw-la vertere_fw-la cursus_fw-la auroâ—amque_fw-la novis_fw-la nascâ—nte_fw-la oftendere_fw-la terris_fw-la nec_fw-la lunam_fw-la certos_fw-la excedere_fw-la luminiais_fw-fr orb_n sed_fw-la seruare_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la cresc_fw-la at_o quove_n recedat_fw-la nec_fw-la cadere_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la pendentia_fw-la sidera_fw-la caelum_fw-la sed_fw-la dimensa_fw-la suis_fw-la consumere_fw-la tempora_fw-la signis_fw-la non_fw-la casûs_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la magni_fw-la sed_fw-la numinis_fw-la ordo_fw-la see_v cicero_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la nat_n deorum_fw-la n._n 88_o 89_o 90._o &_o sequentib_a philosophi_fw-la si_fw-la foâ—te_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la respectus_fw-la muâ—_n di_fw-fr conturbaverat_fw-la â—ostea_fw-la cum_fw-la vidissent_fw-la motus_fw-la ejus_fw-la finitos_fw-la &_o aequabiles_fw-la omniaque_fw-la tantis_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la moderata_fw-la immutabâ—lique_fw-la constantiâ_fw-la intelligere_fw-la debuerunt_fw-la inesse_fw-la aliquem_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la habitatorem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la coelesti_fw-la &_o divind_v dâ—mo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la rectorem_fw-la &_o moderatoâ—â—m_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la architectâ—um_fw-la taâ—ti_fw-la operis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n principio_fw-la terra_fw-la universa_fw-la
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themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o that_o die_v for_o they_o and_o rise_v again_o what_o say_v st_n paul_n 16.11_o 1_o cor._n 16.11_o shall_v we_o provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o jealousy_n be_v we_o strong_a than_o he_o the_o judge_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v a_o mighty_a and_o terrible_a judge_n he_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n when_o he_o find_v he_o under_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o and_o will_v he_o spare_v those_o rebel_n of_o his_o who_o he_o shall_v surprise_v glory_v in_o their_o sin_n and_o shame_n be_v our_o muscle_n iron_n or_o our_o membrane_n brass_n can_v we_o break_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n or_o conquer_v he_o by_o suffer_v all_o his_o wrath_n can_v we_o fly_v from_o it_o or_o have_v we_o my_o brethren_n any_o fence_n against_o it_o whether_o shall_v we_o go_v from_o his_o spirit_n or_o whether_o shall_v we_o flee_v from_o his_o presence_n if_o we_o climb_v up_o to_o heaven_n he_o be_v there_o and_o if_o we_o make_v our_o bed_n in_o hell_n he_o be_v there_o also_o he_o 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god_n to_o be_v a_o great_a miracle_n it_o be_v life_n from_o the_o dead_a to_o the_o son_n and_o little_o less_o to_o the_o but_o now_o disconsolate_a now_o wonderful_o rejoice_v mother_n a_o great_a miracle_n intend_v also_o to_o confirm_v the_o same_o truth_n be_v that_o of_o lazarus_n a_o work_n so_o great_a that_o the_o same_o father_n take_v notice_n that_o our_o lord_n lead_v his_o disciple_n to_o galilee_n on_o purpose_n that_o they_o may_v see_v it_o and_o by_o it_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o resurrection_n it_o be_v record_v by_o st_n john_n that_o when_o jesus_n hear_v that_o lazarus_n be_v sick_a he_o abide_v still_o two_o day_n in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v but_o when_o he_o be_v depart_v our_o lord_n speak_v thus_o to_o his_o disciple_n lazarus_n be_v dead_a and_o i_o be_o glad_a for_o your_o sake_n that_o i_o be_v not_o there_o that_o you_o may_v believe_v and_o therefore_o he_o take_v the_o disciple_n with_o he_o and_o go_v to_o bethany_n 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