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psalmist_n have_v say_v god_n have_v not_o wrought_v such_o great_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n whether_o respect_v person_n or_o nation_n that_o we_o shall_v write_v they_o upon_o the_o water_n or_o in_o the_o sand_n which_o the_o next_o puff_n of_o wind_n deface_v and_o blow_v out_o but_o he_o have_v make_v his_o wonderful_a work_n to_o be_v remember_v he_o will_v have_v they_o write_v in_o brass_n with_o a_o pen_n of_o iron_n and_o with_o the_o point_n of_o a_o diamond_n that_o all_o age_n may_v hear_v the_o judgement_n and_o love_a kindness_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o have_v make_v his_o wonderful_a work_n to_o be_v remember_v or_o he_o have_v make_v they_o so_o as_o that_o they_o be_v most_o worthy_a to_o be_v remember_v david_n be_v a_o great_a observer_n of_o experience_n psal_n 31._o 35._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v as_o it_o be_v collect_v note_n concern_v god_n deal_n all_o his_o day_n and_o it_o be_v to_o the_o very_a point_n in_o hand_n i_o have_v be_v young_a and_o now_o be_o old_a yet_o never_o see_v i_o the_o righteous_a forsake_v himself_o careful_o observe_v the_o deal_n of_o god_n in_o this_o psalm_n and_o in_o the_o next_o psal_n 37_o 35_o 36._o he_o give_v the_o like_a direction_n to_o other_o thus_o i_o have_v do_v do_v you_o take_v the_o same_o course_n too_o i_o have_v see_v the_o wicked_a in_o great_a power_n and_o spread_v himself_o like_o a_o green_a bay-tree_n then_o he_o go_v on_o mark_v the_o perfect_a man_n and_o behold_v the_o upright_a i_o have_v consider_v the_o estate_n of_o wicked_a man_n let_v all_o observe_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o godly_a mark_v the_o perfect_a man_n and_o behold_v the_o upright_a the_o work_n of_o god_n expound_v his_o word_n in_o his_o work_n his_o word_n be_v often_o make_v visible_a that_o be_v a_o excellent_a expression_n psal_n 111._o 7._o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n be_v verity_n and_o judgement_n the_o act_n of_o god_n be_v verity_n that_o be_v god_n act_v his_o own_o truth_n as_o the_o work_n of_o our_o hand_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o verity_n and_o judgement_n of_o god_n every_o action_n of_o a_o christian_a shall_v be_v one_o of_o christ_n truth_n so_o it_o be_v exact_o with_o god_n himself_o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n be_v his_o own_o verity_n and_o judgement_n when_o we_o can_v find_v the_o meaning_n of_o god_n in_o his_o word_n we_o may_v find_v it_o out_o in_o his_o work_n his_o work_n be_v a_o comment_n a_o infallible_a comment_n upon_o his_o word_n yet_o we_o must_v take_v this_o caution_n the_o deal_n of_o god_n in_o the_o surface_n and_o outward_a part_n of_o they_o appear_v sometime_o contrary_a to_o his_o word_n contrary_a unto_o his_o promise_n but_o they_o only_o appear_v so_o they_o be_v never_o so_o when_o a_o man_n read_v a_o promise_n and_o find_v much_o good_a store_v up_o in_o it_o for_o the_o righteous_a and_o then_o look_v upon_o the_o state_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o see_v it_o full_a of_o evil_a here_o be_v a_o seem_a contrariety_n 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son_n of_o belial_n that_o be_v such_o as_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o yoke_n they_o will_v not_o endure_v god_n yoke_n or_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ_n though_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a yoke_n but_o they_o be_v content_v slavish_o to_o yield_v their_o otherwise_o proud_a and_o delicate_a neck_n to_o satan_n yoke_n to_o tug_v and_o sweat_v at_o his_o plough_n all_o their_o day_n there_o be_v a_o promise_n in_o the_o prophet_n of_o a_o time_n when_o sword_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o ploughshare_n and_o spear_n into_o pruning-hook_n that_o be_v man_n shall_v leave_v fight_v and_o go_v to_o work_v they_o shall_v have_v peace_n and_o it_o be_v but_o too_o too_o discernible_a that_o many_o will_v break_v their_o sword_n into_o these_o mystical_a ploughshare_n and_o their_o spear_n into_o sinning-hook_n they_o will_v have_v peace_n why_o that_o they_o may_v leave_v fight_v and_o go_v to_o sin_v that_o they_o may_v work_v wickedness_n more_o quiet_o and_o keep_v close_o to_o their_o trade_n 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the_o soul_n whereby_o we_o discern_v or_o distinguish_v just_a from_o unjust_a truth_n from_o falsehood_n as_o sweet_a be_v distinguish_v from_o bitter_a by_o the_o pallate_n be_v elegant_o call_v the_o pallate_n of_o the_o soul_n can_v my_o taste_n discern_v the_o hebrew_n be_v can_v my_o taste_n cognatio_fw-la taste_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scriptura_fw-la saepe_fw-la linguae_fw-la faucibus_fw-la manibus_fw-la tribuit_fw-la quod_fw-la man_n it_o be_v &_o intellectus_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la sc_fw-la med_a tari_fw-la &_o intelligere_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la rationis_fw-la &_o orationis_fw-la cognatio_fw-la understand_v perverse_a thing_n it_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n to_o ascribe_v understanding_n not_o only_o to_o the_o sense_n but_o also_o to_o the_o tongue_n and_o sometime_o to_o the_o hand_n understanding_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o tongue_n in_o the_o place_n before_o name_v psal_n 52._o where_o the_o tongue_n be_v say_v to_o the_o vice_n mischief_n the_o 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to_o possess_v month_n of_o vanity_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v note_v a_o point_n or_o two_o in_o passage_n from_o the_o word_n as_o they_o contain_v a_o general_a truth_n before_o i_o examine_v they_o in_o this_o application_n take_v the_o word_n as_o they_o be_v a_o direct_a proposition_n a_o servant_n desire_v the_o shadow_n and_o a_o hireling_n look_v for_o the_o reward_n of_o his_o work_n hence_o observe_v first_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o servant_n be_v a_o very_a laborious_a and_o a_o wearisome_a condition_n he_o belong_v for_o some_o rest_n he_o earnest_o desire_v the_o shadow_n observe_v second_o the_o servant_n must_v have_v a_o reward_n there_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n he_o shall_v observe_v three_o the_o hireling_n have_v earnest_a thought_n upon_o his_o reward_n his_o reward_n be_v in_o his_o eye_n it_o be_v the_o reason_n give_v why_o the_o wage_n of_o the_o hire_a servant_n shall_v not_o be_v withhold_v deut._n 24._o 15._o the_o lord_n the_o righteous_a judge_n between_o master_n and_o servant_n gives_z this_o account_n or_o ground_n of_o his_o law_n thou_o shall_v not_o detain_v his_o wage_n for_o he_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o it_o poor_a man_n he_o have_v be_v work_v all_o day_n and_o he_o have_v have_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o wage_n the_o hope_n of_o that_o give_v he_o some_o relief_n and_o ease_n in_o go_v through_o his_o hard_a task_n and_o service_n therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o keep_v it_o from_o he_o his_o heart_n be_v set_v upon_o it_o but_o it_o may_v be_v question_v be_v not_o this_o a_o sin_n in_o the_o servant_n to_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o wage_n a_o charge_n be_v give_v psal_n 62._o 10._o if_o riches_n increase_v set_v not_o your_o heart_n upon_o they_o and_o be_v it_o approvable_a in_o a_o servant_n to_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o his_o wage_n or_o increase_v there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n and_o it_o be_v worthy_a our_o notice_n between_o those_o two_o scripture_n the_o word_n in_o deutronomy_n speak_v of_o the_o poor_a servant_n note_v the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o soul_n he_o have_v lift_v up_o his_o soul_n unto_o it_o so_o we_o read_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n but_o in_o the_o psalm_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o covetous_a rich_a man_n the_o word_n import_v the_o let_v down_o or_o settle_v of_o his_o heart_n upon_o it_o a_o poor_a man_n have_v but_o a_o little_a and_o his_o wage_n it_o may_v be_v be_v above_o he_o his_o wage_n possible_o be_v more_o than_o he_o be_v worth_a therefore_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o mind_n to_o it_o as_o a_o mercy_n and_o a_o blessing_n from_o god_n for_o the_o
&_o similibus_fw-la locis_fw-la scriptura_fw-la in_o telligenda_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la quis_fw-la consitebitur_fw-la tibi_fw-la post_fw-la resurrectâ—onem_fw-la pii_fw-la laudabunt_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la ante_fw-la illam_fw-la quamdiverunt_fw-la in_o sepulchro_fw-la nemo_fw-la confitebitur_fw-la ei_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o corpore_fw-la simul_fw-la drus_n juxta_fw-la raturae_fw-la cursum_fw-la hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la regans_fw-la rediturum_fw-la â—ominem_fw-la ubi_fw-la hine_n excessit_fw-la reâ—urrectio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la divinum_fw-la &_o supra_fw-la naturam_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la respicit_fw-la nutuâ—e_fw-la tantum_fw-la consuctum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la afferens_fw-la quomodo_fw-la intellïgendâ—_n sunt_fw-la qâ—aecunque_fw-la talia_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la libro_fw-la in_o psalmis_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la scripturae_fw-la libris_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la psal_n 115._o 17._o the_o dead_a praise_n the_o not_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o work_n device_n or_o business_n at_o all_o in_o the_o grave_n eccl._n 9_o 10._o the_o hand_n work_v not_o the_o tongue_n speak_v not_o the_o eye_n shall_v no_o more_o see_v this_o good_a job_n express_v himself_o by_o a_o act_n of_o the_o eye_n which_o carry_v the_o great_a strength_n for_o refresh_v to_o the_o whole_a man_n all_o the_o joy_n and_o pleasure_n we_o shall_v have_v in_o heaven_n come_v in_o by_o sight_n we_o shall_v see_v he_o as_o â—e_n be_v the_o behold_v of_o god_n in_o christ_n be_v the_o beatifical_a vision_n much_o of_o the_o good_a which_o we_o have_v in_o this_o world_n come_v in_o by_o the_o sense_n of_o see_v and_o all_o the_o good_a of_o the_o next_o be_v place_v in_o see_v therefore_o he_o do_v not_o say_v i_o shall_v no_o more_o taste_v good_a or_o no_o more_o feel_v good_a but_o no_o more_o see_v good_a bona_fw-la good_a per_fw-la analogic_n ad_fw-la summi_fw-la boni_fw-la possessionem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o visione_n consistit_fw-la aliorum_fw-la honorum_fw-la possessio_fw-la rectè_fw-la dicitur_fw-la videre_fw-la bona_fw-la because_o the_o chief_a good_a eternal_a good_a consist_v in_o vision_n therefore_o proportionable_o our_o present_a good_a do_v so_o likewise_o sick_a hezekiah_n speak_v in_o the_o language_n of_o sick_a job_n i_o say_v i_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o lord_n even_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n i_o shall_v behold_v man_n no_o more_o with_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n isa_n 38._o 11._o when_o hezekiah_n think_v he_o shall_v die_v he_o describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a by_o a_o deprivation_n of_o all_o those_o comfort_n which_o be_v take_v in_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o eye_n but_o you_o will_v say_v how_o say_v he_o i_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o lord_n he_o do_v not_o say_v absolute_o i_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o lord_n but_o with_o a_o modification_n thus_o i_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o lord_n even_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n but_o do_v hezekiah_n see_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n or_o while_o he_o live_v yes_o as_o moses_n see_v he_o that_o be_v invisible_a so_o do_v hezekiah_n god_n make_v himself_o visible_a to_o the_o saint_n in_o this_o life_n though_o god_n can_v be_v see_v in_o his_o essence_n in_o heaven_n much_o less_o on_o earth_n yet_o he_o be_v see_v in_o his_o work_n in_o the_o act_n of_o his_o providence_n and_o in_o his_o ordinance_n we_o may_v see_v the_o go_n of_o god_n in_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o behold_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o lord_n while_o we_o inquire_v in_o his_o temple_n psalm_n 27._o 4._o so_o that_o when_o hezekiah_n say_v i_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n his_o meaning_n be_v i_o shall_v not_o behold_v god_n in_o his_o great_a work_n and_o in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o his_o holy_a worship_n and_o in_o the_o congregation_n of_o his_o holy_a people_n in_o all_o these_o god_n be_v visible_a and_o most_o in_o the_o last_o and_o therefore_o he_o say_v i_o shall_v behold_v man_n no_o more_o with_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n god_n be_v visible_a in_o all_o creature_n but_o most_o in_o man_n and_o among_o man_n most_o in_o his_o saint_n and_o among_o his_o saint_n most_o when_o they_o meet_v in_o the_o comely_a order_n of_o his_o house_n and_o worship_n the_o ignorant_a and_o unlearned_a come_n into_o such_o a_o sacred_a throng_n see_v so_o much_o of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v convince_v and_o go_v away_o report_v that_o god_n be_v in_o they_o of_o a_o truth_n in_o christ_n be_v see_v the_o brightness_n of_o his_o father_n glory_n and_o in_o the_o saint_n much_o of_o the_o beauty_n of_o it_o be_v see_v christ_n be_v the_o express_a image_n of_o his_o person_n and_o in_o the_o saint_n so_o meet_v much_o of_o his_o image_n be_v express_v first_o in_o that_o job_n betake_v himself_o to_o god_n o_o remember_v that_o my_o life_n be_v wind_n etc._n etc._n observe_v that_o in_o our_o distress_n it_o be_v better_a to_o cry_v to_o god_n then_o to_o complain_v to_o creature_n god_n be_v usual_o the_o last_o but_o he_o be_v always_o the_o best_a refuge_n when_o we_o have_v tell_v over_o the_o story_n of_o our_o sorrow_n and_o sad_a condition_n and_o pour_v our_o want_n into_o the_o bosom_n of_o our_o most_o faithful_a friend_n yet_o this_o apostrophe_n be_v sweet_a to_o the_o soul_n when_o we_o can_v turn_v unto_o god_n o_o remember_v i_o it_o be_v say_v of_o hezekiah_n in_o his_o sickness_n that_o he_o turn_v himself_o unto_o the_o wall_n and_o pray_v he_o turn_v from_o the_o people_n from_o those_o that_o be_v about_o his_o bed_n unto_o the_o wall_n why_o what_o be_v the_o wall_n to_o he_o or_o what_o can_v the_o wall_n do_v for_o he_o sure_o nothing_o as_o good_a turn_n to_o a_o idol_n for_o help_n or_o ease_n as_o to_o a_o wall_n yea_o such_o a_o turn_n to_o the_o wall_n turn_v the_o wall_n into_o a_o idol_n good_a hezekiah_n have_v no_o thought_n of_o the_o wall_n nor_o have_v he_o any_o message_n to_o any_o image_n hang_v there_o but_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a many_o of_o his_o love_a subject_n and_o servant_n be_v weep_v about_o the_o bed_n of_o their_o sick_a king_n and_o he_o have_v be_v discourse_v of_o his_o disease_n and_o tell_v they_o of_o his_o sickness_n but_o at_o last_o he_o turn_v to_o the_o wall_n that_o be_v he_o leave_v speak_v to_o the_o company_n and_o turn_v away_o from_o they_o that_o he_o may_v have_v communion_n with_o god_n and_o his_o first_o word_n of_o prayer_n be_v the_o same_o with_o job_n remember_v now_o o_o lord_n isa_n 38._o 3._o creature_n be_v but_o creature_n and_o when_o they_o have_v do_v their_o best_a for_o we_o it_o may_v be_v they_o can_v do_v no_o good_a for_o we_o when_o they_o have_v try_v all_o their_o skill_n and_o all_o their_o strength_n and_o stir_v the_o utmost_a of_o their_o ability_n to_o give_v we_o counsel_n and_o ease_n we_o must_v say_v to_o they_o all_o stand_v by_o and_o come_v to_o job_n turn_v o_o lord_n remember_v that_o man_n be_v most_o to_o be_v bemoan_v who_o can_v make_v his_o moan_n to_o man_n only_o he_o who_o know_v not_o how_o to_o complain_v to_o god_n or_o to_o speak_v out_o his_o sorrow_n and_o his_o grief_n in_o the_o ear_n of_o christ_n shall_v gain_v little_a though_o he_o receive_v much_o by_o complain_v to_o the_o creature_n but_o so_o long_o as_o we_o have_v a_o god_n to_o turn_v to_o and_o spread_v our_o cause_n before_o though_o man_n turn_v from_o we_o yea_o though_o they_o turn_v against_o we_o and_o forget_v we_o yet_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o we_o have_v say_v o_o lord_n remember_v second_o from_o the_o matter_n which_o job_n put_v god_n in_o mind_n of_o namely_o his_o natural_a frailty_n and_o fleet_a condition_n that_o he_o be_v a_o pass_a wind_n observe_v it_o be_v a_o argument_n move_v the_o lord_n to_o compassion_n to_o mind_v he_o of_o the_o frailty_n of_o our_o condition_n there_o be_v no_o argument_n from_o ourselves_o so_o effectual_a to_o draw_v out_o the_o bowel_n of_o god_n compassion_n towards_o we_o either_o in_o regard_n of_o our_o spiritual_a or_o temporal_a estate_n as_o this_o to_o tell_v he_o how_o frail_a we_o be_v the_o psalmist_n show_v this_o the_o motive_n of_o mercy_n often_o to_o that_o ancient_a people_n the_o jew_n psal_n 78._o 38._o he_o be_v full_a of_o compassion_n forgive_v their_o iniquity_n and_o destroy_v they_o not_o yea_o many_o a_o time_n turn_v he_o his_o anger_n away_o and_o do_v not_o stir_v up_o all_o his_o wrath_n but_o what_o move_v the_o lord_n to_o deal_v thus_o with_o his_o people_n what_o be_v it_o out_o of_o himself_o we_o know_v the_o inward_a move_a cause_n be_v his_o own_o freegrace_n but_o what_o do_v he_o look_v upon_o abroad_o in_o the_o creature_n he_o remember_v that_o they_o be_v but_o flesh_n
of_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n to_o man_n when_o i_o behold_v the_o heaven_n the_o work_n of_o thy_o finger_n the_o moon_n and_o the_o star_n which_o thou_o have_v make_v lord_n what_o be_v man_n god_n in_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n make_v all_o these_o thing_n serviceable_a and_o instrumental_a for_o the_o good_a of_o man_n what_o be_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o sun_n a_o moon_n and_o star_n plant_v in_o the_o firmament_n for_o he_o what_o creature_n be_v this_o when_o great_a preparation_n be_v make_v in_o any_o place_n much_o provision_n lay_v in_o and_o the_o house_n adorn_v with_o rich_a furniture_n we_o say_v what_o be_v this_o man_n that_o come_v to_o such_o a_o house_n when_o such_o a_o goodly_a fabric_n be_v raise_v up_o the_o goodly_a house_n of_o the_o world_n adorn_v and_o furnish_v we_o have_v reason_n admire_v to_o say_v what_o be_v this_o man_n that_o must_v be_v the_o tenant_n or_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o house_n there_o be_v yet_o a_o high_a 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