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dathan_n and_o abiram_n have_v provoke_v the_o lord_n by_o their_o rebellion_n against_o his_o servant_n to_o inflict_v that_o fearful_a destruction_n upon_o they_o the_o earth_n open_v her_o 32._o mouth_n &_o swallow_v not_o only_o they_o up_o but_o all_o the_o house_n and_o man_n and_o good_n that_o appertain_v to_o they_o now_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o all_o inferior_a creature_n do_v at_o first_o appertain_v to_o adam_n the_o lord_n give_v he_o the_o free_a use_n of_o they_o &_o dominion_n over_o they_o when_o therefore_o man_n have_v commit_v that_o notorious_a rebellion_n against_o his_o maker_n which_o be_v not_o only_o to_o aspire_v like_o corah_n and_o his_o associate_n to_o the_o height_n and_o principality_n of_o some_o fellow_n creature_n but_o even_o to_o the_o absoluteness_n wisdom_n power_n and_o independency_n of_o god_n himself_o no_o marvel_n if_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n do_v together_o with_o he_o seize_v upon_o his_o house_n and_o all_o the_o good_n that_o belong_v unto_o he_o bring_v in_o that_o confusion_n and_o disorder_n which_o we_o even_o now_o see_v do_v break_v asunder_o the_o bond_n and_o ligament_n of_o nature_n do_v unjoynt_v the_o confederaâ—…ies_n and_o society_n of_o the_o dumb_a creature_n and_o turn_v the_o army_n of_o the_o almighty_a into_o mutiny_n and_o commotion_n which_o in_o one_o word_n have_v so_o fast_o manacle_v the_o world_n in_o the_o bondagâ—…_n of_o corruption_n as_o that_o it_o do_v already_o 2â—…_n groan_n and_o linger_v with_o pain_n under_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n and_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n and_o will_v at_o last_o break_v forth_o into_o that_o universal_a flame_n which_o will_v melt_v the_o very_a element_n 10._o of_o nature_n into_o their_o primitive_a confusion_n thus_o we_o see_v beside_o the_o create_a limitednesse_n of_o the_o creature_n by_o which_o it_o be_v utter_o unsuitable_a to_o the_o immortal_a desire_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n the_o sin_n of_o man_n have_v implant_v in_o they_o a_o secret_a worm_n and_o rottenness_n which_o do_v set_v forward_a their_o mortality_n and_o by_o add_v to_o they_o confusion_n enmity_n disproportion_n sedition_n inequality_n all_o the_o seed_n of_o corruption_n have_v make_v they_o 10._o not_o only_o as_o before_o they_o be_v mortal_a but_o which_o add_v one_o mortality_n to_o another_o even_o momentary_a and_o vanish_v too_o when_o any_o creature_n lose_v any_o of_o its_o native_a and_o create_a vigour_n it_o be_v a_o manifest_a sign_n that_o there_o be_v some_o secret_a sentence_n of_o death_n gnaw_v upon_o it_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o heaven_n we_o know_v be_v their_o light_n their_o beauty_n their_o influence_n upon_o the_o low_a world_n and_o even_o these_o have_v the_o sin_n of_o man_n deface_v we_o find_v when_o the_o lord_n please_v to_o reveal_v his_o wrath_n against_o man_n for_o 18._o sin_n in_o any_o terrible_a manner_n he_o do_v it_o from_o heaven_n there_o shall_v be_v wonder_n in_o the_o heaven_n blood_n and_o fire_n and_o 30._o pillar_n of_o smoke_n the_o sun_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o darkness_n and_o the_o moon_n into_o blood_n and_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v call_v a_o day_n of_o darkness_n and_o gloominess_n and_o thick_a darkness_n 15._o how_o often_o have_v god_n heavy_a displeasure_n declare_v itself_o from_o heaven_n in_o the_o confusion_n of_o nature_n in_o storm_n 12._o and_o horrible_a tempest_n in_o thick_a cloud_n and_o dark_a water_n in_o arrow_n of_o lightning_n and_o coal_n of_o fire_n in_o blackness_n and_o darkness_n in_o brimstone_n on_o sodom_n in_o a_o flame_a sword_n over_o jerusalem_n in_o that_o fearful_a star_n of_o fire_n to_o the_o christian_a world_n of_o late_a year_n which_o have_v kindle_v those_o woeful_a combustion_n the_o flame_n whereof_o be_v still_o so_o great_a as_o that_o we_o ourselves_o if_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o merit_n and_o provocation_n of_o our_o sin_n may_v have_v reason_n to_o fear_v that_o not_o all_o the_o sea_n between_o we_o and_o our_o neighbour_n can_v be_v able_a to_o quench_v till_o it_o have_v scorch_v and_o singe_v we_o we_o find_v likewise_o by_o plain_a experience_n how_o languid_a the_o seed_n of_o life_n how_o faint_a the_o vigour_n either_o of_o heavenly_a influence_n or_o of_o sublunary_a and_o inferior_a agent_n be_v grow_v when_o that_o life_n of_o man_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o reach_v to_o almost_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v esteem_v even_o a_o miraculous_a age_n if_o it_o be_v extend_v but_o to_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o that_o duration_n we_o 13._o need_v not_o examine_v the_o inferior_a creature_n which_o we_o find_v express_o curse_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n with_o thorn_n and_o brier_n the_o usual_a expression_n of_o a_o curse_n in_o scripture_n if_o we_o but_o open_v our_o eye_n and_o look_n about_o we_o we_o shall_v see_v what_o pain_n husbandman_n take_v to_o keep_v the_o earth_n from_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n in_o open_v the_o vein_n thereof_o in_o 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the_o very_a conception_n they_o shall_v miscarry_v and_o prove_v abortive_a i_o 15._o will_v smite_v the_o winter_n house_n and_o the_o summer_n house_n the_o house_n of_o ivoriâ—…_n and_o the_o great_a house_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n if_o the_o lord_n undertake_v to_o smite_v if_o he_o send_v abroad_o the_o fire_n of_o his_o wrath_n it_o shall_v seize_v on_o those_o palace_n and_o great_a house_n 11._o which_o man_n think_v shall_v have_v endure_v unto_o all_o generation_n for_o that_o fly_a role_n import_v judgement_n decree_v 4._o and_o sudden_a which_o be_v send_v over_o the_o whole_a earth_n against_o the_o thief_n and_o the_o swearer_n do_v not_o only_o smite_v the_o man_n but_o his_o house_n and_o like_o a_o leprosy_n consume_v the_o very_a timber_n and_o stone_n thereof_o therefore_o we_o read_v in_o 55._o the_o leviticall_a law_n of_o leprosy_n not_o in_o man_n only_o but_o in_o house_n and_o garment_n intimate_v unto_o we_o that_o sin_n derive_v a_o contagion_n upon_o any_o 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