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of_o high_a use_n to_o consider_v how_o god_n do_v supply_v in_o one_o kind_n what_o he_o take_v away_o in_o another_o as_o he_o do_v make_v the_o little_a candle_n to_o supply_v the_o absence_n of_o the_o great_a sun_n last_o when_o we_o lie_v down_o we_o be_v to_o be_v teach_v as_o to_o recount_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o day_n so_o to_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o night_n house_n be_v mark_v out_o in_o the_o daytime_n and_o break_v open_a in_o the_o night_n house_n also_o be_v fire_v in_o the_o night_n and_o how_o helpless_a be_v man_n amid_o these_o casualty_n and_o danger_n if_o a_o sleep_n the_o thief_n find_v he_o bind_v to_o his_o hand_n and_o if_o
more_o elevate_v to_o have_v one_o foot_n in_o the_o grave_n and_o the_o other_o tend_v to_o the_o place_n of_o utter_a darkness_n to_o have_v the_o outward_a man_n quite_o decay_v and_o the_o inward_a dead_a or_o faint_a to_o be_v haste_v towards_o the_o pit_n and_o to_o have_v the_o heart_n within_o like_o a_o stone_n a_o die_a spirit_n in_o a_o die_a body_n what_o a_o woeful_a conjunction_n be_v this_o i_o consider_v thy_o sex_n child_n and_o thy_o charge_n but_o whatever_o it_o be_v thou_o be_v never_o so_o fit_a as_o now_o thou_o shall_v be_v to_o serve_v it_o now_o admonition_n correction_n instruction_n counsel_n all_o be_v in_o season_n before_o they_o may_v be_v suspect_v now_o thou_o have_v the_o advantage_n of_o all_o thy_o former_a past_a day_n and_o every_o follow_a day_n be_v the_o disciple_n of_o the_o precede_a day_n 1_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pâ—â—d_n ol_fw-it odd_a 1_o here_o be_v master_n after_o master_n and_o lesson_n upon_o lesson_n thou_o be_v a_o very_a bad_a proficient_a if_o thou_o be_v not_o now_o a_o old_a disciple_n 16._o disciple_n act_n 21._o 16._o i_o shall_v never_o examine_v thou_o upon_o this_o point_n but_o be_v assure_v he_o that_o number_n out_o thy_o year_n unto_o thou_o will_v take_v a_o account_n of_o thou_o how_o thou_o have_v spend_v they_o what_o provision_n thou_o have_v lay_v up_o for_o their_o come_n what_o store_n thou_o have_v treasure_v up_o against_o a_o dear_a year_n against_o a_o time_n of_o spend_v old-age_n be_v like_o our_o winter_n a_o time_n of_o expense_n we_o must_v get_v and_o lay_v up_o in_o youth_n what_o we_o must_v use_v and_o lay_v out_o in_o age_n senec._n age_n juveni_fw-la parandum_fw-la seni_fw-la utendum_fw-la senec._n and_o here_o we_o must_v use_v the_o more_o diligence_n because_o it_o be_v not_o with_o man_n in_o his_o winter_n as_o with_o the_o earth_n the_o tree_n and_o fruit_n thereon_o in_o they_o if_o they_o look_v dead_a and_o sapless_a in_o their_o winter_n the_o sun_n will_v return_v unto_o they_o and_o renew_v their_o face_n they_o will_v spring_v out_o again_o but_o man_n decay_v and_o renew_v not_o he_o must_v not_o look_v in_o a_o natural_a way_n to_o renew_v his_o youth_n like_o a_o eagle_n if_o the_o lord_n have_v lengthen_v out_o thy_o span_n and_o thread_n of_o life_n unto_o old-age_n thou_o must_v needs_o say_v the_o lord_n have_v be_v gracious_a and_o full_a of_o patience_n to_o thou_o ward_n and_o then_o thy_o heart_n must_v needs_o answer_v render_v again_o praise_n and_o obedience_n to_o he_o that_o be_v so_o good_a unto_o thou_o so_o thou_o will_v expect_v from_o thy_o child_n from_o thy_o servant_n so_o a_o prince_n from_o his_o subject_n great_a favour_n be_v great_a engagement_n between_o man_n and_o man_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n much_o more_o for_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n and_o wellhead_n of_o mercy_n the_o mercy_n which_o man_n show_v be_v but_o as_o a_o drop_n derive_v to_o we_o from_o that_o fountain_n god_n mercy_n be_v all_o strong_a cord_n to_o bind_v unto_o obedience_n which_o ever_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o true_a thankfulness_n david_n say_v very_o much_o in_o a_o few_o word_n against_o nabals_n churlishness_n sure_o in_o vain_a have_v i_o keep_v all_o that_o this_o fellow_n have_v in_o the_o wilderness_n 21_o wilderness_n 1._o sam._n 25._o 21_o so_o david_n argue_v or_o rather_o reprove_v nabals_n churlishness_n and_o have_v not_o abigail_n seasonable_o stop_v david_n in_o his_o way_n nabal_n have_v hear_v more_o touch_v his_o churlish_a deal_n and_o answer_n this_o instruct_v we_o to_o sobriety_n and_o watchfulness_n that_o the_o lord_n may_v not_o have_v the_o same_o controversy_n against_o we_o when_o we_o come_v to_o our_o decline_a age_n sure_o in_o vain_a have_v i_o keep_v this_o man_n this_o woman_n and_o all_o that_o they_o have_v so_o as_o nothing_o be_v miss_v of_o all_o that_o pertain_v unto_o they_o in_o vain_a have_v i_o lengthen_v out_o their_o day_n in_o vain_a have_v i_o feed_v they_o all_o their_o life_n and_o redeem_v they_o from_o evil_a in_o vain_a have_v i_o preserve_v their_o inward_a and_o outward_a faculty_n both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n all_o sound_n and_o entire_a for_o all_o this_o have_v they_o so_o and_o so_o churlish_o requite_v i_o for_o all_o they_o have_v return_v evil_a for_o good_a this_o be_v a_o reproof_n the_o hear_n whereof_o we_o can_v endure_v and_o such_o a_o like_a reproof_n must_v he_o or_o she_o hear_v even_o such_o a_o one_o as_o will_v make_v their_o heart_n like_o a_o stone_n within_o they_o if_o be_v preserve_v so_o and_o so_o long_o they_o have_v so_o unkind_o requite_v the_o lord_n if_o have_v so_o long_o a_o time_n of_o gather_v and_o of_o exercise_v their_o talon_n they_o have_v gain_v nothing_o if_o have_v pass_v over_o so_o many_o year_n they_o have_v careless_o pass_v over_o also_o the_o observation_n which_o so_o many_o year_n will_v have_v yield_v very_o many_o for_o this_o we_o must_v still_o remember_v that_o the_o unthankful_a man_n the_o better_a he_o be_v the_o worse_o he_o be_v that_o be_v the_o more_o good_a the_o lord_n have_v be_v to_o he_o the_o heavy_a his_o account_n will_v be_v and_o then_o the_o worse_a it_o will_v be_v with_o he_o better_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v a_o wilderness_n unto_o he_o then_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o wilderness_n to_o the_o lord_n who_o have_v so_o water_v he_o that_o he_o may_v be_v fruitful_a that_o we_o may_v escape_v this_o great_a condemnation_n labour_v we_o to_o acquaint_v ourselves_o betimes_o with_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o grow_v up_o more_o and_o more_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o power_n of_o his_o grace_n for_o according_a to_o our_o increase_n and_o growth_n herein_o will_v our_o strength_n be_v for_o in_o christ_n jesus_n the_o decay_n of_o age_n be_v repair_v so_o as_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o a_o infant_n of_o day_n nor_o a_o old_a man_n that_o have_v not_o fill_v his_o day_n as_o mr_n calvine_n expound_v the_o place_n 20._o place_n esay_n 65._o 20._o let_v we_o hear_v now_o how_o sad_o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n complain_v at_o this_o point_n we_o will_v hear_v his_o counsel_n also_o for_o that_o be_v of_o use_n indeed_o but_o his_o complaint_n first_o which_o be_v this_o you_o have_v be_v infant_n than_o child_n than_o grown-man_n after_o grave-man_n but_o yet_o good_a man_n never_o now_o reverence_v your_o 543._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la pag._n 50._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n châ—ysost_o tom._n 6._o in_o vet_z test_n pag._n 543._o old-age_n this_o be_v the_o counsel_n give_v this_o honour_n unto_o it_o of_o be_v wise_a of_o do_v virtuous_o give_v it_o as_o you_o will_v have_v other_o give_v you_o honour_n and_o due_a reverence_n you_o be_v hasten_v now_o towards_o your_o grave_n set_v your_o face_n the_o more_o steadfast_o towards_o your_o country_n which_o be_v above_o your_o foot_n be_v almost_o stumble_v upon_o the_o dark_a mountain_n pluck_v they_o up_o now_o as_o a_o traveller_n that_o have_v sleep_v out_o his_o time_n and_o yet_o have_v far_o to_o go_v and_o walk_v on_o the_o fast_o in_o the_o way_n of_o peace_n so_o redeem_v the_o time_n put_v that_o crown_n upon_o your_o gray_a head_n upon_o your_o decline_a age_n the_o sun_n of_o the_o day_n be_v near_o the_o set_n that_o now_o at_o length_n now_o you_o be_v die_v you_o may_v begin_v to_o live_v a_o man_n can_v be_v say_v to_o live_v true_o till_o he_o live_v godly_o holy_o till_o then_o he_o be_v dead_a though_o he_o live_v that_o the_o end_n of_o your_o life_n may_v be_v the_o beginning_n of_o your_o happiness_n oh_o far_o be_v it_o that_o you_o shall_v be_v deliver_v and_o deliver_v again_o and_o yet_o again_o that_o you_o shall_v be_v spare_v and_o spare_v and_o yet_o to_o commit_v more_o abomination_n 10._o jer._n 7._o 10._o far_o be_v it_o that_o you_o shall_v be_v alex._n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joyed_n pag._n 40._o alex._n as_o some_o have_v be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o wicked_a the_o more_o kind_a and_o gracious_a the_o lord_n have_v be_v you_o pity_v blind_a man_n 49._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n pag._n 49._o and_o deaf_a man_n because_o they_o can_v see_v the_o work_n of_o god_n which_o you_o see_v nor_o hear_v the_o work_n of_o god_n which_o you_o hear_v o_o pity_v yourselves_o for_o you_o be_v both_o both_o blind_a and_o deaf_a you_o have_v see_v much_o you_o have_v observe_v little_a you_o have_v hear_v many_o thing_n and_o those_o great_a thing_n
but_o you_o understand_v not_o what_o you_o hear_v now_o hear_v and_o hearken_v now_o see_v and_o perceive_v now_o while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n and_o know_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o mercy_n 41._o mercy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n p._n ibid._n 41._o that_o yet_o the_o day_n be_v and_o be_v yet_o continue_a still_o every_o day_n to_o this_o present_a repeat_v a_o great_a mercy_n this_o provoke_v the_o lord_n no_o long_o grieve_v his_o good_a spirit_n no_o more_o lest_o he_o swear_v in_o his_o wrath_n as_o he_o will_v do_v if_o we_o continue_v to_o turn_v grace_n into_o wantonness_n iâ—id_n wantonness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n iâ—id_n while_o it_o be_v yet_o to_o day_n hear_v his_o voice_n and_o turn_v unto_o he_o this_o be_v the_o counsel_n i_o will_v add_v but_o this_o to_o it_o that_o he_o and_o he_o only_o turn_v the_o heart_n who_o open_v the_o eye_n of_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a and_o make_v a_o man_n every_o whit_n whole_a therefore_o the_o church_n say_v convert_v i_o and_o i_o shall_v be_v convert_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v he_o who_o give_v a_o see_a eye_n and_o a_o hear_v earâ—_n even_o both_o these_o be_v a_o special_a mercy_n from_o the_o lord_n and_o great_o to_o be_v beg_v for_o this_o than_o we_o must_v note_v for_o close_v hereof_o that_o as_o there_o may_v be_v a_o child_n in_o 180._o in_o noli_fw-la annorum_fw-la nos_fw-la aestimare_fw-la numero_fw-la nec_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la canos_fw-la repute_v sed_fw-la canos_fw-la sapiâ—ntiam_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la paul_n 14._o p._n 180._o year_n and_o a_o man_n in_o understanding_n so_o also_o may_v there_o be_v a_o old_a man_n in_o year_n and_o a_o child_n in_o understanding_n for_o understanding_n come_v not_o by_o year_n but_o by_o meditation_n in_o god_n law_n ibid._n law_n psal_n 119._o 99_o 100_o noli_fw-la sidem_fw-la pâ—nsaâ—e_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ibid._n i_o have_v more_o understanding_n than_o my_o teacher_n for_o thy_o testimony_n be_v my_o meditation_n i_o understand_v more_o than_o the_o ancient_n because_o i_o keep_v thy_o precept_n a_o man_n may_v run_v out_o many_o year_n and_o more_o hour_n and_o yet_o be_v never_o the_o wise_a by_o all_o that_o time_n because_o he_o have_v not_o learn_v from_o who_o every_o good_a and_o perfect_a gift_n come_v even_o from_o the_o father_n of_o light_n he_o that_o work_v all_o our_o work_n in_o we_o and_o for_o we_o before_o who_o the_o elder_n fall_v down_o and_o worship_v cast_v their_o crown_n before_o his_o throne_n acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o point_n of_o grace_n but_o almesman_n 10._o almesman_n exuentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d propriam_fw-la bâ—nignitatem_fw-la se_fw-la beneficiarios_fw-la ejus_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la anâ—e_fw-la cujus_fw-la thronum_fw-la corona_n abjiciunt_fw-la brightman_n rev._n 4._o 10._o or_o sit_v at_o the_o receipt_n of_o a_o free_a mercy_n he_o it_o be_v that_o give_v wisdom_n not_o length_n of_o year_n nor_o number_n of_o day_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n come_v knowledge_n 6._o knowledge_n prov._n 2._o 6._o and_o understanding_n god_n iustruct_v unto_o discretion_n 22._o discretion_n esay_n 28._o 28._o job_n 38._o 22._o the_o husbandman_n can_v neither_o sow_v nor_o reap_v etc._n etc._n without_o assistance_n and_o instruction_n from_o god_n much_o less_o can_v he_o sow_v righteousness_n and_o reap_v the_o same_o without_o special_a instruction_n from_o his_o mouth_n who_o know_v the_o heart_n therefore_o it_o be_v say_v who_o teach_v like_o himâ—_n and_o he_o that_o be_v old_a and_o strike_v in_o year_n yet_o have_v learn_v so_o much_o as_o have_v be_v say_v that_o the_o lord_n give_v wisdom_n that_o his_o word_n or_o law_n instruct_v to_o discretion_n this_o man_n case_n be_v not_o to_o be_v despair_v of_o though_o it_o be_v towards_o the_o last_o hour_n for_o while_o breath_n be_v within_o the_o nostril_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v there_o be_v a_o door_n of_o grace_n and_o mercy_n open_a but_o yet_o this_o be_v a_o very_a sad_a and_o lamentable_a case_n for_o the_o long_o a_o man_n walk_v on_o in_o the_o way_n of_o ignorance_n the_o more_o unwilling_a and_o unable_a he_o will_v be_v to_o return_v and_o be_v reform_v custom_n in_o sin_v exercise_v still_o more_o and_o more_o tyranny_n his_o understanding_n will_v be_v more_o darken_v his_o judgement_n more_o pervert_v his_o will_n more_o stubborn_a his_o memory_n more_o stuff_v with_o sensual_a notion_n his_o affection_n will_v become_v more_o rebellious_a his_o thought_n more_o earthly_a his_o heart_n more_o harden_v his_o conscience_n more_o sear_v and_o so_o much_o consider_v the_o season_n that_o gray_a hair_n be_v mingle_v with_o the_o black_a no_o time_n for_o delay_v now_o when_o before_o it_o be_v long_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o time_n we_o must_v account_v that_o the_o long_a suffering_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v salvation_n 15._o salvation_n 2._o pet._n 3._o 15._o and_o let_v the_o conclusion_n hereof_o be_v a_o earnest_a prayer_n to_o the_o god_n of_o all_o grace_n that_o as_o his_o promise_n be_v unto_o his_o church_n to_o 25._o joel_n 2._o 25._o restore_v the_o year_n that_o the_o locust_n have_v eat_v the_o cankerworm_n and_o the_o caterpillar_n so_o he_o will_v restore_v unto_o we_o the_o year_n which_o the_o ignorance_n of_o childhood_n the_o vanity_n of_o youth_n the_o negligence_n of_o age_n have_v consume_v there_o be_v another_o period_n of_o this_o age_n the_o burden_n whereof_o be_v ii_o ii_o labour_n and_o sorrow_n barzillai_n live_v to_o those_o year_n full_a fourscore_o and_o what_o say_v he_o i_o 19_o i_o 2._o sam._n 19_o can_v taste_v what_o i_o eat_v or_o what_o i_o drink_v a_o question_n in_o the_o sacred_a tongue_n be_v a_o strong_a affirmation_n i_o hear_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o sing_v wherefore_o then_o shall_v thy_o servant_n be_v yet_o a_o burden_n how_o long_o have_v i_o to_o live_v a_o question_n we_o shall_v often_o put_v to_o ourselves_o which_o will_v answer_v all_o solicitation_n from_o the_o world_n and_o flesh_n and_o put_v they_o to_o silence_n how_o long_o have_v i_o to_o live_v that_o be_v how_o very_o short_a be_v the_o remnant_n of_o my_o mortality_n yet_o a_o very_a little_a while_n 37._o while_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—eb_fw-mi 10._o 37._o and_o i_o must_v hence_o what_o shall_v i_o think_v of_o now_o but_o of_o my_o death_n and_o of_o my_o grave_n what_o be_v pleasure_n or_o earthly_a contentment_n unto_o i_o so_o feel_o speak_v that_o old_a man_n the_o many_o decay_n &_o infirmity_n that_o accompany_v this_o age_n be_v full_o set_v down_o by_o the_o preacher_n eccles_n 12._o among_o those_o many_o one_o expression_n there_o be_v very_o full_a and_o significant_a as_o our_o english_a render_v it_o verse_n 5._o the_o grasshopper_n shall_v be_v a_o burden_n in_o the_o original_a the_o word_n imply_v no_o more_o but_o the_o curvature_n of_o the_o back_n which_o with_o man_n of_o such_o year_n stand_v bend_v like_o a_o grasshopper_n and_o that_o make_v a_o old_a man_n gate_n the_o more_o burdensome_a the_o word_n may_v imply_v also_o according_a to_o the_o common_a construction_n that_o every_o thing_n even_o the_o light_a to_o a_o old_a man_n be_v burdensome_a if_o he_o creep_v up_o to_o his_o bed_n and_o down_o from_o it_o though_o to_o repair_v his_o decay_n yet_o even_o this_o be_v burdensome_a even_o delight_n to_o other_o to_o he_o be_v tiresome_a he_o take_v no_o delight_n in_o the_o grasshopper_n nay_o it_o be_v a_o burden_n that_o be_v say_v tremellius_n that_o pleasant_a season_n of_o the_o year_n when_o we_o hear_v the_o grasshopper_n yield_v no_o pleasure_n to_o he_o none_o at_o all_o he_o have_v quite_o lose_v his_o taste_n and_o relish_v now_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o to_o other_o be_v pleasurable_a etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o if_o the_o grave_n meet_v we_o not_o in_o our_o way_n hitherto_o as_o common_o it_o do_v before_o we_o come_v so_o far_o and_o prevent_v our_o expectation_n it_o be_v large_a 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