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of_o righteousness_n to_o the_o original_a world_n spot_v with_o drunkenness_n so_o moses_n speak_v of_o he_o though_o basill_n excuse_v his_o fact_n that_o in_o respect_n he_o be_v the_o first_o plant_a of_o a_o vineyard_n his_o drunkenness_n come_v rather_o of_o the_o lack_n of_o experience_n that_o he_o know_v not_o the_o strength_n of_o wine_n then_o of_o his_o intemperance_n yet_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n mark_v it_o in_o he_o as_o a_o blemish_n no_o victory_n then_o to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n in_o their_o battle_n in_o this_o life_n without_o some_o wound_n who_o can_v say_v he_o have_v so_o fight_v against_o sin_n that_o at_o no_o time_n he_o have_v be_v overcome_v by_o sin_n the_o best_a he_o that_o ever_o live_v in_o the_o world_n our_o bless_a saviour_n except_v have_v have_v his_o brevia_fw-la leâ—…iaque_fw-la peccata_fw-la quamuis_fw-la pauca_fw-la quamuis_fw-la parâ—…a_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la nulla_fw-la and_o those_o sin_n as_o they_o be_v do_v by_o they_o so_o be_v they_o write_v for_o we_o not_o for_o our_o imitation_n but_o for_o attention_n not_o that_o we_o shall_v make_v sport_n of_o their_o weakness_n as_o cham_n do_v of_o his_o father_n nakedness_n qui_fw-la lapsu_fw-la alieno_fw-la gaudet_fw-la gaudet_fw-la diaboli_fw-la victoria_fw-la he_o that_o rejoice_v at_o another_o man_n fall_n rejoice_v at_o satan_n victory_n but_o rather_o ut_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la alienis_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la faciamus_fw-la that_o so_o know_v our_o own_o weakness_n we_o may_v learn_v by_o their_o example_n to_o take_v heed_n to_o ourselves_o chap._n xii_o verse_n 26._o and_o he_o say_v let_v i_o go_v have_v speak_v of_o the_o wrestle_n angel_n that_o be_v between_o the_o lord_n and_o jacob_n it_o now_o remain_v we_o speak_v of_o the_o conference_n that_o upon_o the_o wrestle_n fall_v out_o between_o they_o the_o lord_n begin_v the_o conference_n and_o he_o crave_v of_o jacob_n that_o he_o will_v let_v he_o go_v this_o may_v seem_v very_o strange_a that_o the_o lord_n this_o manner_n of_o way_n shall_v speak_v unto_o his_o servant_n he_o that_o loose_v the_o couple_v of_o jacob_n thigh_n may_v he_o not_o have_v loose_v the_o grasp_n of_o jacob_n hand_n he_o that_o come_v to_o jacob_n without_o jacob_n knowledge_n may_v he_o not_o have_v go_v without_o jacob_n licence_n he_o may_v indeed_o yet_o do_v he_o make_v intimation_n of_o his_o departure_n unto_o jacob_n and_o why_o only_o to_o stir_v he_o up_o the_o more_o earnest_o to_o seek_v his_o blessing_n before_o he_o go_v this_o be_v the_o lord_n manner_n of_o deal_n lord_n with_o his_o child_n that_o he_o make_v the_o mint_n of_o his_o departure_n from_o they_o to_o be_v mean_n that_o provoke_v they_o to_o draw_v near_o unto_o he_o so_o
customable_a to_o the_o lord_n to_o rebuke_v the_o frivolous_a curiosity_n of_o his_o own_o child_n that_o we_o may_v learn_v to_o be_v sober_a and_o not_o presume_v above_o that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o 6._o his_o quae_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la maxima_fw-la est_fw-la scientia_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la fateri_fw-la terram_fw-la inhabitas_fw-la &_o terrae_fw-la fine_n ignoras_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la conditorem_fw-la terrae_fw-la comprehendes_fw-la animam_fw-la habes_fw-la cvius_fw-la facultates_fw-la enumerare_fw-la non_fw-la vale_n stellas_fw-la vides_fw-la quas_fw-la numerare_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la numera_fw-la prius_fw-la illa_fw-la quâ—…_n vides_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la nonapparet_fw-la enarra_fw-la in_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o divinity_n it_o be_v a_o great_a knowledge_n to_o acknowledge_v our_o ignorance_n thou_o dwell_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o know_v not_o the_o border_n thereof_o how_o then_o shall_v thou_o comprehend_v he_o who_o be_v maker_n of_o the_o earth_n thou_o have_v within_o thou_o a_o soul_n the_o faculty_n whereof_o thou_o be_v not_o able_a to_o enumerate_v thou_o see_v the_o star_n and_o can_v not_o tell_v the_o number_n of_o they_o begin_v first_o and_o reckon_v on_o those_o thing_n which_o thou_o see_v and_o then_o if_o thou_o can_v he_o that_o be_v not_o see_v let_v we_o therefore_o restrain_v ourselves_o from_o such_o idle_a speculation_n &_o if_o other_o spare_v not_o to_o prove_v we_o with_o the_o like_a of_o these_o rash_a &_o perilous_a question_n which_o i_o have_v condemn_v then_o remember_v with_o basil_n talium_fw-la optima_fw-la medicina_fw-la est_fw-la silentium_fw-la chap._n xxv_o the_o lord_n sometime_o refuse_v to_o give_v that_o which_o his_o chidren_n seek_v that_o he_o may_v give_v they_o other_o thing_n more_o convenient_a for_o they_o yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v mark_v that_o albeit_o he_o refuse_v to_o tell_v jacob_n his_o name_n yet_o he_o refuse_v not_o to_o give_v jacob_n his_o blessing_n sometime_o the_o lord_n grant_v his_o child_n their_o desire_n because_o he_o see_v it_o be_v for_o their_o weal_n other_o time_n he_o refuse_v they_o and_o that_o also_o for_o their_o weal_n but_o whether_o he_o say_v yea_o or_o no_o to_o their_o petition_n he_o work_v always_o in_o mercy_n towards_o they_o he_o grant_v flesh_n to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n because_o they_o seek_v it_o but_o therewithal_o his_o wrath_n fall_v upon_o they_o of_o the_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o sometime_o he_o grant_v man_n their_o petition_n because_o he_o be_v angry_a with_o they_o other_o again_o he_o refuse_v because_o he_o be_v merciful_a to_o they_o deny_v unto_o they_o that_o which_o they_o crave_v but_o grant_v another_o thing_n which_o be_v much_o more_o profitable_a for_o they_o multi_fw-la 19_o deo_fw-la irato_fw-la exaudiuntur_fw-la multis_fw-la propitius_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la tribuit_fw-la quod_fw-la volunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la utile_fw-la est_fw-la tribuat_fw-la the_o apostle_n paul_n be_v buffer_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o satan_n beseech_v the_o lord_n thriâ—…e_v that_o he_o may_v be_v deliver_v from_o he_o he_o receive_v a_o refusal_n of_o that_o which_o he_o seek_v and_o yet_o the_o lord_n leave_v he_o not_o bernard_n destitute_a of_o comfort_n saepe_fw-la multos_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la exaudit_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ut_fw-la exaudiat_fw-la ad_fw-la 1._o salutem_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o act_n the_o disciple_n ask_v a_o question_n of_o christ_n wilâ—…_n thou_o at_o this_o time_n restore_v the_o kingdâ—…me_n to_o israel_n but_o what_o answer_n receive_v they_o a_o plain_a refusal_n it_o be_v not_o for_o you_o to_o know_v the_o time_n and_o season_n yet_o he_o promise_v to_o they_o a_o better_a thing_n but_o you_o shall_v receive_v power_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n o_o happy_a exchange_n let_v it_o be_v unto_o we_o o_o lord_n according_a to_o thy_o word_n deny_v we_o o_o lord_n any_o thing_n thou_o will_v agree_v but_o never_o deny_v we_o thy_o holy_a spirit_n that_o it_o may_v lead_v we_o into_o all_o truth_n so_o long_o as_o we_o remain_v here_o and_o in_o the_o end_n may_v bring_v we_o unto_o the_o sight_n of_o thy_o joyful_a face_n let_v we_o give_v unto_o the_o lord_n this_o glory_n that_o he_o be_v our_o merciful_a father_n not_o only_a when_o he_o grant_v but_o even_o when_o he_o refuse_v some_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o desire_v it_o may_v well_o stand_v that_o health_n be_v disease_v thou_o do_v seek_v of_o the_o lord_n bodily_a health_n and_o seek_v it_o too_o with_o this_o restriction_n if_o it_o please_v he_o and_o yet_o thou_o obtain_v it_o not_o the_o lord_n think_v it_o good_a to_o keep_v thou_o under_o a_o sick_a body_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v restore_v unto_o thou_o health_n of_o thy_o soul_n for_o so_o may_v you_o read_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o many_o be_v move_v by_o bodily_a disease_n who_o otherwise_o be_v not_o mind_v to_o come_v unto_o jesus_n christ_n have_v find_v in_o he_o health_n both_o of_o body_n and_o soul_n it_o may_v also_o fall_v out_o that_o thou_o do_v seek_v from_o the_o lord_n temporal_a riches_n and_o that_o conditional_o if_o it_o please_v he_o for_o a_o benefit_n that_o thou_o be_v not_o burdenous_a unto_o other_o and_o yet_o the_o lord_n think_v it_o good_a more_o expedient_a to_o refuse_v thou_o least_o riches_n shall_v be_v a_o snare_n unto_o thou_o for_o unto_o many_o they_o be_v but_o speciosa_fw-la vincula_fw-la quibus_fw-la alligantur_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quibus_fw-la possidentur_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la possident_fw-la beautiful_a band_n wherewith_o they_o be_v bind_v which_o they_o 2._o possess_v not_o but_o be_v possess_v of_o they_o thus_o their_o posterity_n and_o riches_n become_v their_o ruin_n so_o corrupt_a be_v our_o nature_n that_o the_o same_o gift_n which_o shall_v draw_v our_o heart_n after_o the_o lord_n be_v allurement_n to_o turn_v they_o from_o he_o facile_fw-la enim_fw-la cor_fw-la humanum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la frequentat_fw-la omne_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la vix_fw-la aut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la sine_fw-la amore_fw-la valeant_fw-la possideri_fw-la for_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n cleave_v very_o easy_o unto_o that_o wherewith_o it_o be_v acquaint_v so_o that_o hardly_o or_o never_o can_v we_o possess_v the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n without_o immoderate_a love_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n in_o great_a mercy_n take_v they_o from_o we_o that_o they_o do_v not_o take_v we_o from_o he_o let_v we_o therefore_o commit_v the_o success_n of_o our_o prayer_n to_o the_o lord_n let_v we_o not_o presume_v to_o limit_v the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n be_v always_o comfort_v with_o this_o that_o if_o the_o lord_n deny_v we_o that_o which_o we_o will_v have_v he_o shall_v give_v we_o another_o thing_n which_o be_v more_o expedient_a for_o us._n chap._n xxvi_o how_o jacob_n show_v himself_o thankful_a to_o god_n for_o the_o benefit_n receive_v in_o two_o thing_n verse_n 30._o and_o jacob_n call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n peniel_n etc._n etc._n the_o conference_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o jacob_n be_v end_v moses_n now_o make_v mention_n of_o jacob_n thankfulness_n which_o he_o declare_v in_o two_o thing_n first_o he_o impones_fw-la such_o a_o name_n to_o the_o place_n as_o may_v stand_v for_o a_o perpetual_a memorial_n of_o god_n familiar_a apparition_n unto_o he_o and_o next_o he_o render_v himself_o obedient_a not_o regard_v any_o danger_n that_o may_v be_v before_o he_o trust_v unto_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o go_v with_o courage_n forward_o in_o his_o journey_n first_o i_o say_v he_o impones_fw-la a_o name_n to_o the_o place_n and_o call_v it_o peniel_n the_o face_n of_o god_n he_o give_v the_o reason_n because_o i_o have_v see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n and_o my_o life_n be_v preserve_v see_v the_o lord_n will_v he_o say_v have_v show_v i_o this_o mercy_n that_o i_o have_v see_v his_o face_n and_o be_o not_o confound_v i_o will_v never_o burn_v it_o in_o unthanfulnesse_n god_n and_o therefore_o that_o it_o may_v be_v remember_v of_o the_o posterity_n i_o call_v this_o place_n by_o the_o name_n peniel_n it_o become_v say_v the_o psalmist_n upright_o man_n to_o be_v thankful_a see_v all_o good_a psal._n thing_n come_v of_o god_n it_o be_v good_a reason_n the_o praise_n of_o all_o shall_v return_v unto_o he_o as_o the_o water_n that_o come_v secret_o from_o the_o sea_n through_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o pro._n earth_n return_v again_o in_o their_o trogh_n public_o unto_o it_o so_o every_o good_a thing_n which_o the_o secret_a blessing_n of_o god_n have_v convey_v unto_o we_o by_o public_a praise_n shall_v again_o return_v unto_o he_o if_o we_o have_v get_v comfort_n from_o the_o lord_n we_o shall_v give_v unto_o the_o lord_n his_o glory_n and_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n they_o can_v rest_v content_v when_o god_n have_v refresh_v 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with_o his_o mercy_n till_o the_o lord_n get_v his_o 〈◊〉_d praise_n and_o hereof_o it_o come_v that_o they_o erect_v public_a monument_n &_o memorial_n or_o at_o the_o least_o send_v out_o public_a thanksgiving_n for_o these_o mercy_n which_o god_n private_o and_o secret_o have_v bestow_v upon_o they_o but_o as_o to_o the_o wicked_a they_o swal_v owe_v up_o the_o benefit_n of_o god_n in_o unthankful_a 〈◊〉_d oblivion_n if_o the_o lord_n increase_v then_o wealth_n and_o prosperity_n they_o sacrifice_v to_o their_o own_o net_n as_o though_o their_o providence_n and_o wit_n have_v do_v it_o and_o if_o he_o do_v preserve_v they_o from_o danger_n they_o impute_v their_o deliverance_n to_o their_o idol_n they_o make_v their_o mouth_n to_o kâ—…sse_v their_o hand_n as_o if_o their_o own_o arm_n have_v save_v they_o thus_o be_v they_o like_v unto_o that_o salt_n sea_n whereinto_o jordan_n flow_v it_o swallow_v up_o all_o the_o water_n of_o jordan_n but_o wax_v no_o great_a neither_o yet_o do_v 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with_o the_o spouse_n in_o the_o canticle_n for_o the_o love_n of_o jesus_n come_v hither_o and_o the_o lord_n shall_v stay_v thou_o with_o the_o flagon_n of_o his_o wine_n be_v thou_o almost_o dead_a like_o that_o egyptian_a the_o servant_n of_o a_o amalekite_n who_o david_n find_v in_o the_o field_n take_v and_o eat_v of_o this_o bread_n and_o thy_o spirit_n shall_v return_v again_o unto_o thou_o but_o alas_o where_o be_v this_o spiritual_a appetite_n to_o be_v find_v among_o we_o the_o deadness_n of_o our_o hart_n be_v lamentable_a we_o see_v not_o our_o want_n we_o see_v not_o his_o beauty_n we_o smell_v not_o his_o ointment_n we_o taste_v little_a of_o his_o goodness_n and_o therefore_o we_o make_v not_o haste_n to_o run_v after_o he_o david_n mourn_v over_o the_o 33._o dead_a body_n of_o abner_n but_o alas_o if_o we_o can_v we_o have_v much_o more_o cause_n to_o mouâ—…ne_v over_o our_o dead_a soul_n oh_o that_o there_o be_v in_o we_o that_o holy_a desire_n which_o david_n protest_v to_o have_v be_v in_o he_o my_o soul_n faint_v for_o the_o salvation_n 42._o of_o god_n as_o the_o hart_n bray_v for_o the_o river_n of_o water_n and_o thirsty_a ground_n desire_v rain_n so_o my_o soul_n pant_v after_o the_o live_a god_n bless_a be_v they_o who_o hunger_n 5._o and_o thirst_n for_o his_o righteousness_n for_o they_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v these_o only_o be_v the_o guest_n and_o banquetter_n that_o shall_v eat_v of_o the_o delicate_n which_o here_o he_o have_v prepare_v and_o who_o soul_n shall_v be_v delight_v with_o his_o fatness_n these_o shall_v go_v from_o this_o table_n as_o moses_n come_v down_o from_o mount_n sinai_n &_o his_o countenance_n change_v they_o shall_v arise_v with_o eliah_n and_o walk_v on_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o this_o bread_n all_o the_o whole_a day_n of_o their_o pilgrimage_n they_o shall_v go_v on_o in_o their_o way_n with_o samson_n eat_v of_o the_o honey_n which_o they_o have_v find_v they_o shall_v depart_v from_o this_o table_n as_o the_o two_o maryes_fw-mi do_v from_o 4._o the_o sepulchre_n with_o great_a joy_n these_o shall_v go_v home_o to_o their_o own_o house_n justify_v with_o the_o publican_n rejoice_v because_o they_o have_v find_v a_o treasure_n and_o have_v feel_v the_o sweetness_n of_o this_o manna_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o conceal_v this_o great_a joy_n from_o israel_n but_o shall_v be_v force_v 7._o to_o tell_v every_o nathaniel_n who_o they_o meet_v we_o have_v find_v the_o messiah_n and_o 1._o in_o all_o time_n to_o come_v their_o soul_n shall_v cleave_v to_o the_o lord_n without_o separation_n 35._o more_o straight_o than_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n cleave_v unto_o david_n their_o 5._o king_n they_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o lord_n as_o elizeus_fw-la say_v to_o eliah_n as_o the_o lord_n live_v 2._o and_o as_o thy_o soul_n live_v i_o will_v not_o leave_v thou_o and_o with_o peter_n whither_o o_o lord_n shall_v 68_o i_o go_v from_o thou_o see_v thou_o have_v the_o word_n of_o eternal_a life_n the_o lord_n work_v this_o spiritual_a disposition_n in_o we_o for_o jesus_n christ_n sake_n to_o who_o with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v all_o honour_n praise_n and_o glory_n for_o ever_o finis_fw-la a_o table_n wherein_o all_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o three_o forename_a book_n be_v particular_o set_v down_o 1._o jacob_n wrestle_v with_o god_n a_o privilege_n of_o the_o godly_a that_o say_v god_n be_v with_o they_o none_o can_v be_v against_o they_o to_o hurt_v they_o chap._n 1_o god_n fatherly_a compassion_n appear_v in_o that_o he_o handle_v we_o most_o tender_o when_o we_o be_v weak_a chap._n 2_o the_o cause_n move_v the_o lord_n to_o appear_v to_o jacob_n at_o this_o time_n chap._n 3_o the_o first_o circumstance_n the_o time_n of_o the_o wrestle_n chap._n 4_o the_o second_o circumstance_n the_o person_n between_o who_o the_o wrestle_n be_v cha._n 5_o consolation_n for_o the_o godly_a afflict_a chap._n 6_o comfort_n for_o christ_n soldier_n chap._n 7_o the_o three_o circumstance_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o wrestle_n corporal_a spiritual_a or_o mix_v chap._n 8_o how_o we_o shall_v behave_v ourselves_o in_o this_o tentation_n we_o be_v teach_v chap._n 9_o let_v we_o ever_o lean_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n how_o strange_a soever_o his_o work_n seem_v unto_o us._n chap._n 10_o verse_n 25._o and_o when_o he_o see_v that_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v chap._n 11_o vers._n 26._o and_o he_o say_v let_v i_o go_v chap._n 12_o what_o notable_a effect_n the_o feel_v presence_n of_o god_n bring_v with_o it_o chap._n 13_o the_o presence_n or_o absence_n of_o god_n be_v ever_o dispense_v for_o the_o weal_n of_o his_o own_o child_n chap._n 14_o how_o their_o inward_a exercise_n of_o conscience_n work_v in_o the_o godly_a a_o divorcement_n of_o their_o soul_n from_o all_o creature_n and_o a_o near_a adherent_a to_o the_o lord_n cha._n 15_o prayer_n of_o the_o godly_a must_v be_v forcible_a &_o acceptable_a to_o god_n see_v they_o come_v from_o his_o own_o spirit_n chap._n 16_o jacob_n can_v end_v till_o god_n have_v bless_v he_o chap._n 17_o faith_n through_o death_n espy_v life_n chap._n 18_o the_o godly_a in_o their_o prayer_n above_o all_o thing_n seek_v god_n favour_n and_o blessing_n chap._n 19_o worldling_n in_o their_o prayer_n dishonour_n god_n and_o preiudge_n themselves_o chap._n 20_o faith_n obtain_v every_o good_a thing_n that_o it_o crave_v chap._n 21_o verse_n 27._o then_o he_o say_v it_o be_v the_o curse_n of_o the_o wicked_a to_o pray_v and_o not_o prevail_v but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o the_o godly_a chap._n 22_o the_o lord_n by_o inward_a exercise_n of_o conscience_n make_v his_o child_n strong_a to_o