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when_o god_n threaten_v the_o confiscation_n of_o their_o conscience_n their_o banishment_n from_o heaven_n and_o hang_v in_o hell_n like_o those_o isaiah_n 28._o 15._o which_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o death_n and_o be_v at_o a_o agreement_n with_o hell_n when_o the_o overflow_a scourge_n shall_v pass_v through_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v nigh_o we_o when_o as_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v and_o be_v melt_v like_o wax_n at_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n in_o the_o day_n of_o conflagration_n before_o one_o title_n either_o of_o the_o threaten_n or_o promise_n of_o god_n in_o the_o word_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v but_o fulfil_v he_o see_v no_o comfort_n in_o the_o sacrament_n which_o be_v offer_v the_o true_a and_o live_a bread_n which_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n joh_n 6._o 32._o the_o bread_n of_o life_n verse_n 48._o my_o flesh_n be_v meat_n indeed_o and_o my_o blood_n be_v drink_v indeed_o and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o god_n holy_a ordinance_n in_o which_o the_o son_n of_o the_o earth_n find_v no_o favour_n no_o sweetness_n or_o comfort_n but_o like_o the_o cock_n on_o the_o dunghill_n esteem_v a_o barley_n corn_n above_o a_o pearl_n whereas_o the_o man_n who_o eye_n be_v open_v make_v they_o his_o comfort_n in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o pilgrimage_n he_o see_v nothing_o in_o those_o mundane_a and_o sublunary_a vanity_n but_o grief_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n only_o in_o religion_n and_o the_o way_n of_o godliness_n be_v his_o repose_n and_o rest_n he_o say_v with_o paul_n 6._o without_o controversy_n great_a be_v the_o gain_n of_o godliness_n his_o soul_n be_v fill_v with_o marrow_n and_o fatness_n be_v esteem_v it_o as_o balaam_n prophesy_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n numb_a 24._o 5._o how_o goodly_a be_v thy_o tent_n o_o jacob_n and_o thy_o tabernacle_n o_o israel_n o_o let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o let_v my_o last_o end_n be_v like_o he_o num._n 23._o 10._o to_o teach_v we_o to_o 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but_o in_o earthly_a kingdom_n profane_v their_o life_n in_o make_v it_o their_o scope_n and_o drift_n to_o get_v riches_n and_o honour_n but_o this_o be_v that_o which_o make_v we_o true_o honourable_a to_o be_v translate_v out_o of_o death_n into_o life_n to_o be_v take_v as_o abraham_n a_o brand_n out_o of_o chaldea_n from_o gentilism_n to_o true_a religion_n let_v this_o then_o be_v thy_o comfort_n that_o when_o all_o the_o machiavil_n statist_n and_o politician_n in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v die_v without_o christ_n and_o never_o can_v see_v any_o glory_n but_o in_o vainglory_n shall_v be_v tumble_v headlong_o into_o ruin_n and_o perdition_n isaiah_n 30._o last_o verse_n thou_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o everlasting_a habitation_n o_o taste_n and_o see_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v good_a bless_a be_v the_o man_n that_o trust_v in_o he_o psal_n 34._o 8._o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n can_v not_o have_v do_v this_o cyrus_n alexander_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n who_o 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