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127_o xv._n upon_o the_o same_o p._n 136_o vi_o sermon_n upon_o the_o baptism_n of_o our_o saviour_n i._o upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 13._o then_o come_v jesus_n from_o galilee_n to_o jordan_n unto_o john_n to_o be_v baptize_v of_o he_o p._n 147_o ii_o upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 14._o but_o john_n forbid_v he_o say_v i_o have_v need_n to_o be_v baptize_v of_o thou_o and_o come_v thou_o to_o i_o p._n 157_o iii_o upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 14_o 15._o and_o come_v thou_o to_o i_o and_o jesus_n answer_v say_v unto_o he_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o for_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n p._n 166_o iu._n upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 15_o 16._o then_o he_o suffer_v he_o and_o jesus_n when_o he_o be_v baptize_v go_v up_o straightway_o out_o of_o the_o water_n p._n 175_o v._o upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 16._o and_o lo_o the_o heaven_n be_v open_v unto_o he_o and_o he_o see_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n descend_v like_o a_o dove_n and_o light_v upon_o he_o p._n 184_o vi_o upon_o s._n matth._n iii._o 17._o and_o lo_o a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n say_v this_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n in_o who_o i_o be_o well_o please_v p._n 193_o xxi_o sermon_n upon_o the_o tentation_n of_o our_o saviour_n i._o upon_o s._n matth._n four_o 1_o then_o be_v jesus_n lead_v up_o of_o the_o spirit_n into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o be_v tempt_v of_o the_o devil_n p._n 205_o ii_o upon_o the_o same_o p._n 214_o iii_o upon_o the_o same_o p._n 224_o iu._n upon_o s._n matth._n four_o 1_o 2._o then_o be_v jesus_n lead_v up_o of_o the_o spirit_n into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o be_v tempt_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o when_o he_o have_v fast_v forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n he_o be_v afterward_o a_o hungry_a p._n 234_o v._o upon_o the_o same_o p._n 244_o vi_o upon_o s._n matth._n four_o 3._o and_o when_o the_o tempter_n come_v to_o he_o he_o say_v if_o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n command_n that_o these_o stone_n be_v make_v bread_n p._n 254_o vii_o upon_o the_o 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time_n be_v the_o high_a priest_n that_o bless_v the_o outward_a mean_n for_o the_o use_n of_o thy_o salvation_n if_o judas_n do_v baptize_v it_o be_v not_o hurtful_a to_o they_o that_o do_v partake_v of_o his_o ministry_n a_o leaden_a seal_n may_v imprint_v the_o stamp_n of_o god_n upon_o thy_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o one_o of_o better_a metal_n shall_v paul_n refuse_v to_o warm_v himself_o because_o barbarian_n do_v kindle_v the_o fire_n 4._o come_v thou_o to_o i_o that_o baptize_v none_o but_o unto_o remission_n of_o sin_n let_v it_o suffice_v to_o say_v unto_o it_o out_o of_o the_o lyturgy_n of_o our_o own_o church_n that_o christ_n do_v sanctify_v the_o flood_n jordan_n and_o all_o other_o water_n to_o the_o mystical_a wash_n away_o of_o sin_n therefore_o he_o come_v no_o otherwise_o to_o jordan_n than_o as_o his_o angel_n be_v say_v to_o come_v down_o into_o the_o host_n to_o battle_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la periclitandum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la vincendum_fw-la not_o as_o if_o 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down_o at_o his_o master_n foot_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v beat_v so_o this_o unclean_a spirit_n have_v enter_v into_o a_o man_n that_o live_v in_o tomb_n in_o the_o country_n of_o the_o gaderens_n when_o christ_n come_v into_o those_o coast_n the_o devil_n do_v not_o keep_v the_o man_n close_o out_o of_o sight_n but_o come_v forth_o to_o meet_v christ_n and_o worship_v our_o saviour_n mark_v v_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a word_n in_o my_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luke_n seven_o 28._o he_o fall_v down_o in_o that_o body_n into_o which_o he_o have_v enter_v before_o he_o and_o he_o beseech_v he_o very_o much_o that_o he_o will_v not_o send_v he_o away_o out_o of_o the_o country_n indeed_o it_o be_v see_v by_o the_o sequel_n
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〈◊〉_d of_o terror_n the_o most_o terrible_a what_o if_o they_o have_v know_v the_o scripture_n that_o god_n speak_v in_o his_o anger_n that_o it_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n and_o unless_o mercy_n prevent_v judgement_n that_o it_o be_v a_o departure_n into_o endless_a misery_n but_o get_v up_o courage_n again_o o_o frail_a mortality_n the_o son_n of_o god_n through_o death_n have_v overcome_v death_n the_o serpent_n have_v lose_v his_o sting_n as_o willing_o as_o a_o passenger_n decease_v or_o depart_v from_o a_o strange_a place_n to_o his_o own_o home_n with_o such_o quietness_n and_o compose_a satisfaction_n of_o mind_n we_o go_v from_o hence_o for_o ever_o where_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o abide_a city_n be_v not_o unfurnish_a for_o a_o sudden_a journey_n if_o god_n call_v but_o say_v with_o simeon_n lord_n i_o be_o ready_a to_o depart_v in_o peace_n tully_n say_v that_o a_o worthy_a man_n in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n make_v no_o more_o than_o a_o exit_z or_o a_o decease_n out_o of_o 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〈◊〉_d as_o joyful_a a_o decease_n to_o we_o as_o that_o be_v to_o they_o a_o departure_n out_o of_o bondage_n and_o misery_n o_o what_o death_n can_v be_v dread_v since_o moses_n and_o elias_n speak_v so_o mild_o of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n have_v his_o day_n be_v cut_v off_o without_o all_o pain_n sorrow_n or_o ignominy_n take_v the_o proposition_n thus_o bare_o without_o amplification_n of_o his_o wound_n and_o suffering_n mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la he_o die_v for_o sinner_n the_o just_a for_o the_o unjust_a who_o can_v sufficient_o estimate_v the_o dear_a price_n of_o his_o payment_n or_o the_o miserable_a contract_n of_o our_o debt_n mortiferum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la sanari_fw-la potuit_fw-la the_o wound_n of_o sin_n in_o our_o soul_n be_v very_o mortal_a which_o make_v the_o immortal_a die_n to_o cure_v it_o lord_n it_o be_v not_o one_o soul_n in_o every_o man_n nor_o ten_o thousand_o 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