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with_o god_n and_o be_v not_o for_o god_n take_v he_o mr._n upton_n be_v not_o and_o yet_o he_o be_v he_o be_v not_o with_o man_n he_o be_v with_o god_n he_o cease_v not_o to_o be_v though_o he_o cease_v to_o breathe_v he_o be_v take_v away_o but_o god_n take_v he_o he_o be_v better_a where_o he_o be_v than_o where_o he_o be_v though_o he_o be_v not_o in_o your_o bosom_n he_o be_v in_o christ_n imitate_v his_o zeal_n plainheartedness_n diligence_n in_o duty_n and_o you_o shall_v short_o meet_v he_o again_o and_o never_o part_v any_o more_o for_o this_o we_o say_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o we_o which_o be_v alive_a and_o remain_v to_o the_o come_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v not_o prevent_v they_o which_o be_v asleep_a 18._o for_o the_o lord_n himself_o shall_v descend_v from_o heaven_n with_o a_o shout_n and_o with_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o archangel_n and_o the_o trump_n of_o god_n and_o the_o dead_a in_o christ_n shall_v rise_v first_o then_o we_o which_o be_v alive_a and_o remain_v shall_v be_v catch_v up_o together_o with_o they_o in_o the_o cloud_n to_o meet_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o air_n and_o so_o shall_v we_o ever_o be_v with_o the_o lord_n wherefore_o comfort_n one_o another_o with_o these_o word_n do_v you_o but_o know_v the_o deep_a emphasis_n of_o these_o word_n ever_o with_o the_o lord_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o you_o will_v find_v comfort_n enough_o in_o they_o for_o yourself_o and_o a_o great_a overplus_n for_o the_o comfort_v of_o other_o finis_fw-la w._n 2._o v_o 3._o psal._n 30._o psal._n 101.2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o plus_fw-fr est_fw-fr quam_fw-la haec_fw-la domus_fw-la mea_fw-la ante_fw-la deum_fw-la jon._n 2_o sam._n 7.12_o 13_o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ordinavit_fw-la disposuit_fw-la aptavit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d custodivit_fw-la serâ—avit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eccl._n 9.2_o virgil._n zech._n 12.10_o psal._n 119.92_o job_n 6.2_o 3._o psal._n 60.3_o psal._n 94.19_o jer._n 2.13_o isai._n 57.12_o joh._n 14.18_o heb._n 6.17_o 18._o isai._n 56.4_o 1_o king._n 17.18_o job_n 16.8_o isai._n 33.24_o psal._n 103.1.3_o 1_o cor._n 15.55_o ovid._n jer._n 31.33_o 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o respect_v the_o propitiatory_a expiation_n of_o sin_n by_o christ_n who_o be_v therefore_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o joh._n 2.2_o &_o rom._n 3.25_o psal._n 89.30_o 31._o ezek._n 1.18_o isai._n 40.13_o 14._o jer._n 32.40_o psal._n 119.71_o psal._n 94.19_o isai._n 27.9_o isai._n 27.8_o eph._n 4_o 6._o exod._n 33.15_o psal._n 89.33_o jer._n 31.34_o joh._n 10.28_o 2_o cor._n 6.10_o 2_o cor._n 6.9_o psal._n 6.1_o 1_o thess._n 4.13_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18._o isai._n 26.19_o rom._n 4.16_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la mittere_fw-la qua_fw-la si_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o manibus_fw-la psal._n 102.26_o 27._o psal._n 116.7_o gal._n 2.21_o 2_o cor._n 4.16_o 17_o 18._o psal._n 119.50_o rom._n 15.4_o job_n 33_o 23._o jam._n 5.11_o filius_fw-la mihi_fw-la erat_fw-la adolescens_fw-la solus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la successor_n solatium_fw-la senectae_fw-la gloria_fw-la generis_fw-la flos_fw-la aequalium_fw-la sulcrum_fw-la domus_fw-la aetatem_fw-la gratiosissiman_fw-la agebat_fw-la etc._n etc._n iii_o iv._o jerom_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la justin_n martyr_n doctr._n 1_o reason_n 2_o reason_n 3_o reason_n 4_o reason_n 5_o reason_n 6_o reason_n 1_o use._n 2_o use._n 3_o use._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d temerè_fw-la ambulabo_fw-la 1_o thess._n 4.15_o 16_o 17_o 18._o
to_o it_o be_v both_o put_v out_o of_o hazard_n by_o that_o invaluable_a promise_n they_o shall_v never_o perish_v 10.28_o neither_o shall_v any_o man_n pluck_v they_o out_o of_o my_o hand_n thus_o be_v all_o the_o essential_o of_o a_o believer_n happiness_n secure_v in_o the_o covenant_n and_o these_o be_v safe_a the_o loss_n of_o other_o enjoyment_n shall_v not_o much_o affect_v or_o wound_v they_o because_o if_o he_o enjoy_v they_o they_o add_v nothing_o to_o his_o happiness_n and_o if_o he_o lose_v they_o he_o be_v still_o happy_a in_o god_n without_o they_o and_o this_o unriddle_n that_o enigmatical_a expression_n of_o the_o apostle_n 6.10_o as_o have_v nothing_o and_o yet_o possess_v all_o thing_n i._n e._n the_o substraction_n of_o all_o external_a thing_n can_v make_v we_o miserable_a who_o have_v christ_n for_o our_o portion_n and_o all_o our_o happiness_n entire_a in_o he_o if_o a_o man_n travel_v on_o the_o road_n fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o thief_n who_o rob_v he_o of_o a_o few_o shilling_n why_o this_o do_v not_o much_o affect_v he_o for_o though_o he_o have_v lose_v his_o spend_a money_n yet_o his_o stock_n be_v safe_a at_o home_n and_o his_o estate_n secure_a which_o will_v yield_v he_o more_o or_o if_o a_o man_n have_v be_v at_o court_n and_o there_o obtain_v a_o pardon_n for_o his_o life_n or_o a_o grant_n of_o a_o thousand_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o return_v home_n shall_v chance_v to_o lose_v his_o glove_n or_o his_o handkerchief_n sure_o if_o the_o man_n be_v in_o his_o wit_n he_o will_v not_o take_v on_o or_o mourn_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o these_o trifle_n whilst_o the_o pardon_n or_o grant_v be_v safe_a sure_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o worth_a the_o mention_v it_o be_v true_a the_o loss_n of_o outward_a earthly_a thing_n be_v to_o a_o believer_n real_a trial_n yet_o they_o be_v but_o seem_a loss_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v express_v in_o the_o apostle_n phrase_n with_o a_o tanquam_fw-la 6.9_o sicut_fw-la as_o chastened_a 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god_n strike_v round_o about_o you_o or_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o any_o other_o comfort_v you_o possess_v he_o will_v never_o smite_v you_o in_o these_o essential_a thing_n which_o be_v certain_o enough_o to_o allay_v and_o relieve_v all_o your_o other_o sorrow_n my_o name_n be_v blot_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n but_o still_o it_o be_v write_v in_o heaven_n god_n have_v take_v my_o only_a son_n from_o i_o but_o he_o have_v give_v his_o only_a son_n for_o i_o and_o to_o i_o he_o have_v break_v off_o my_o hope_n and_o expectation_n as_o to_o this_o world_n but_o my_o hope_n of_o heaven_n be_v fix_v sure_a and_o immovable_a for_o ever_o my_o house_n and_o heart_n be_v both_o in_o confusion_n and_o great_a disorder_n but_o i_o have_v still_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n order_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o sure_a i_o can_v say_v my_o son_n live_v â—ut_fw-la i_o can_v still_o say_v i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v the_o grass_n witherâ—th_v and_o the_o flower_n fade_v but_o the_o 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more_o terrible_a than_o hiâ—_n rebuke_v and_o his_o hot_a displeasure_n than_o his_o chasten_n therefore_o he_o entreat_v that_o whatever_o god_n diâ—_n to_o he_o in_o the_o way_n of_o affliction_n he_o will_v do_v nothing_o in_o the_o way_n of_o wrath_n and_o then_o he_o can_v bear_v any_o thing_n from_o he_o a_o mark_n of_o divine_a anger_n engrave_v upon_o any_o affliction_n make_v that_o affliction_n dreadful_a to_o a_o gracious_a soul._n but_o if_o a_o man_n be_v well_o satisfy_v that_o whatever_o anguish_n there_o be_v yet_o there_o be_v no_o anger_n but_o that_o the_o rod_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o love_n o_o how_o it_o ease_v the_o soul_n and_o lighten_v the_o burden_n now_o this_o desirable_a point_n be_v abundant_o clear_v in_o the_o covenant_n where_o we_o find_v a_o clear_a consistence_n yea_o a_o necessary_a connection_n betwixt_o the_o love_n and_o the_o rod_n of_o god_n psal._n 89.31_o and_o heb._n 12.6_o nay_o so_o far_o be_v the_o affliction_n of_o the_o saint_n from_o be_v mark_n of_o his_o wrath_n that_o they_o be_v the_o fruit_n and_o evidence_n of_o his_o fatherly_a love._n two_o man_n walk_v through_o the_o street_n see_v a_o company_n of_o boy_n â—ighting_v one_o of_o they_o step_v forth_o â—nd_n single_v out_o one_o of_o those_o boy_n â—nd_n carry_v he_o home_o to_o correct_v â—im_a which_o of_o the_o two_o think_v you_o be_v that_o child_n father_n the_o câ—â—_n stand_v thus_o with_o all_o god_n people_n sure_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n foâ—_n their_o despondency_n whatever_o theâ—â—_n affliction_n be_v argument_n vii_o last_o the_o covenant_n do_v noâ—_n only_o discover_v the_o consistence_n anâ—_n connection_n betwixt_o the_o love_n anâ—_n the_o rod_n of_o god_n but_o it_o also_o giu_v full_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o saint_n thâ—â—_n whatsoever_o temporary_a mercy_n theâ—_n be_v deprive_v of_o which_o be_v with_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o the_o covenant_n when_o they_o enjoy_v it_o be_v noâ—_n lose_v but_o shall_v certain_o be_v restoreâ—_n to_o they_o again_o with_o a_o rich_a imâ—provement_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v enâ—joy_v it_o again_o to_o all_o eternity_n what_o a_o rare_a model_n or_o platform_n of_o consolatory_a argument_n haâ—â—_n the_o apostle_n lay_v down_o to_o antidote_n our_o immoderate_a sorrow_n for_o thâ—_n death_n of_o our_o dear_a relative_n whicâ—_n die_v interest_v in_o christ_n and_o thâ—_n covenant_n i_o will_v not_o have_v yoâ—â—_n ignorant_a 18._o brethren_n concern_v they_o which_o be_v asleep_a v_o 13._o they_o be_v not_o dead_a but_o asleep_o sleep_n be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d parenthesis_n to_o the_o labour_n and_o travel_n of_o this_o life_n and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o partial_a privation_n not_o of_o the_o haâ—it_n but_o act_n of_o reason_n to_o which_o â—pon_n awake_v the_o soul_n return_v again_o just_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v that_o â—hich_v in_o believer_n be_v common_o â—alled_v death_n and_o we_o do_v not_o â—se_v to_o bewail_v our_o friend_n because_o â—hey_n be_v fall_v asleep_o and_o therefore_o it_o no_o way_n become_v we_o to_o sorrow_n as_o those_o that_o have_v no_o hope_n or_o to_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o lose_v 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o strong_o argue_v and_o conclude_v v_o 14_o their_o restoration_n to_o their_o body_n yea_o and_o to_o â—ur_n enjoyment_n again_o be_v full_o seâ—â—red_v both_o to_o they_o and_o we_o by_o the_o resurrection_n of_o jesus_n from_o the_o â—ead_a the_o influence_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v by_o the_o prophet_n isaiahâ—ompared_v â—ompared_z to_o the_o morning-dew_n 26.19_o 〈◊〉_d show_n that_o what_o virtue_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d the_o morning-dew_n to_o cause_v the_o anguish_a plant_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o â—ive_a and_o flourish_v that_o and_o much_o more_o there_o be_v in_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n to_o revive_v and_o quickeâ—_n the_o dead_a
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