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his_o hand_n and_o vengeance_n which_o be_v thus_o afraid_a at_o the_o sound_n of_o his_o step_n and_o voice_n but_o if_o adam_n and_o eve_n do_v and_o need_v will_v 〈…〉_o will_v they_o 〈◊〉_d sure_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o be_v not_o god_n their_o only_a life_n joy_n comfort_n hope_v and_o help_v in_o this_o misery_n see_v then_o by_o the_o craft_n of_o satan_n and_o sin_n they_o be_v will_v to_o 〈◊〉_d from_o their_o life_n health_n liberty_n and_o hope_v of_o all_o the_o good_a they_o have_v that_o so_o the_o devil_n may_v be_v sure_a that_o they_o shall_v perish_v in_o their_o sin_n to_o conclude_v we_o see_v into_o what_o misery_n man_n be_v fall_v for_o a_o little_a vain_a pleasure_n of_o sin_n which_o last_v but_o the_o space_n while_o the_o apple_n be_v chew_v in_o their_o mouth_n but_o that_o vain_a short_a delight_n be_v vanish_v and_o go_v now_o remain_v their_o extreme_a misery_n for_o ever_o except_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n provide_v a_o remedy_n for_o 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psal_n 101._o 1._o and_o his_o work_n of_o bountifulness_n as_o of_o severity_n and_o justice_n rom._n 11._o 22._o so_o will_v we_o proceed_v in_o the_o handle_n and_o declare_v of_o this_o his_o speech_n first_o show_v his_o mercy_n therein_o and_o then_o speak_v of_o they_o as_o they_o declare_v and_o set_v out_o his_o severity_n and_o justice_n touch_v his_o mercy_n which_o he_o remember_v in_o judgement_n the_o matter_n thereof_o here_o contain_v be_v two_o sell_v first_o as_o god_n mercy_n have_v be_v see_v in_o these_o four_o point_n in_o spare_v they_o in_o make_v they_o see_v their_o sin_n in_o send_v his_o messenger_n to_o they_o and_o in_o come_v himself_o to_o they_o point_n first_o point_n so_o this_o be_v the_o first_o point_n and_o a_o degree_n of_o mercy_n above_o and_o beyond_o all_o in_o that_o as_o he_o come_v so_o he_o 〈…〉_o to_o speak_v and_o talk_v with_o he_o which_o i_o doubt_v not_o to_o make_v the_o fist_n degree_n and_o step_n of_o further_a mercy_n these_o 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general_a point_n be_v the_o tenor_n and_o content_n of_o the_o voice_n and_o proclamation_n where_o we_o must_v note_v that_o this_o question_n ubi_fw-la es_fw-la be_v not_o vox_fw-la ignorantis_fw-la sed_fw-la increpantis_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la clementis_fw-la dei_fw-la for_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o word_n do_v savour_n much_o of_o mercy_n for_o when_o god_n have_v find_v adam_n all_o hide_v he_o break_v not_o out_o into_o the_o cruel_a and_o bitter_a invective_n as_o shemei_n do_v 2_o sam._n 16._o 7._o come_v forth_o come_v forth_o thou_o murderer_n and_o wicked_a one_o etc._n etc._n which_o severe_a voice_n man_n deserve_v and_o god_n in_o mercy_n may_v have_v just_o use_v but_o god_n according_a to_o his_o goodness_n
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woman_n through_o that_o huge_a monarchy_n shall_v do_v their_o husband_n honour_n both_o great_a and_o small_a and_o further_o the_o king_n send_v forth_o his_o letter_n to_o every_o people_n after_o their_o language_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v bear_v rail_v in_o his_o own_o house_n esther_n herself_o be_v example_n of_o this_o who_o worship_v with_o reverence_n her_o king_n she_o must_v be_v subject_a unto_o man_n in_o regard_n of_o her_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n as_o paul_n speak_v in_o the_o corinthian_n woman_n be_v not_o herself_o her_o own_o for_o at_o marriage_n she_o give_v not_o herself_o but_o be_v give_v to_o her_o husband_n by_o a_o man_n and_o after_o marriage_n she_o lose_v she_o own_o name_n and_o bear_v her_o husband_n be_v the_o husband_n wise_a or_o simple_a he_o must_v bear_v rule_n over_o she_o for_o subjection_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o all_o wife_n to_o all_o husband_n abigaiell_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o samuel_n and_o the_o twenty_o fith_n verse_n must_v as_o well_o obey_v naball_n her_o husband_n as_o david_n even_o of_o religion_n this_o obedience_n be_v this_o be_v the_o mercy_n that_o though_o he_o shall_v rule_v she_o yet_o they_o both_o shall_v rule_v their_o household_n he_o shall_v rule_v she_o not_o as_o a_o king_n his_o subject_n or_o a_o lord_n his_o slave_n not_o in_o fear_n but_o in_o love_n adamo_n verò_fw-la dixit_fw-la quia_fw-la auscultavisti_fw-la voci_fw-la uxoris_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o comedisti_fw-la de_fw-la fructu_fw-la arboris_fw-la illius_fw-la quo_fw-la interdixeram_fw-la tibi_fw-la dicendo_fw-la ne_fw-la comedas_fw-la ex_fw-la isto_fw-la maledicta_fw-la esto_fw-la terra_fw-la propter_fw-la te_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la comedito_fw-la proventum_fw-la ejus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tuus_fw-la eaque_fw-la spinam_fw-la &_o carduum_fw-la proferto_fw-la tihi_o tu_fw-la verò_fw-la comedito_fw-la herbam_fw-la agri_fw-la in_o sudore_fw-la vultûs_fw-la tui_fw-la vescitor_n cibo_fw-la donec_fw-la revertaris_fw-la in_o humum_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la desumptus_fw-la fueris_fw-la nam_fw-la pulvis_fw-la es_fw-la &_o in_o pulverem_fw-la reverteris_fw-la 17.18.19_o gen_n 3._o 17.18.19_o 1598._o septemb_n 17._o 1598._o saint_n chrisostome_n write_v upon_o this_o place_n say_v sedet_fw-la judex_n non_fw-la surgit_fw-la god_n who_o be_v the_o judge_n sit_v still_o and_o rise_v not_o punishment_n adam_n punishment_n he_o continue_v his_o court_n and_o give_v not_o over_o till_o he_o have_v give_v judgement_n upon_o all_o the_o offender_n this_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o three_o o_o yes_o say_v that_o father_n upon_o adam_n offence_n which_o sentence_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o 17._o 18._o and_o 19_o verfe_n thing_n in_o the_o sentence_n upon_o adam_n two_o thing_n in_o which_o sentence_n be_v contain_v two_o part_n the_o one_o be_v the_o fault_n contain_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o verse_n the_o other_o be_v the_o penalty_n contain_v in_o the_o end_n 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voice_n of_o
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earth_n but_o here_o the_o earth_n of_o which_o adam_n be_v make_v not_o adam_n himself_o be_v curse_v 2._o 2._o second_o he_o be_v punish_v but_o with_o a_o little_a labour_n to_o his_o great_a sin_n with_o a_o watery_a drop_n of_o sweat_n and_o the_o sweat_n be_v but_o a_o easy_a sweat_n of_o the_o face_n not_o like_o christ_n sweat_n in_o his_o prayer_n the_o twenty_o second_o of_o luke_n the_o forty_o four_o verse_n which_o be_v like_o drop_n of_o blood_n trickle_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n 3._o 3._o three_o god_n may_v have_v suffer_v the_o earth_n to_o have_v be_v fruitless_a let_v man_n have_v labour_v never_o so_o much_o but_o that_o man_n for_o all_o his_o sin_n yet_o with_o his_o labour_n shall_v make_v the_o earth_n fruitful_a in_o my_o opinion_n be_v a_o great_a mercy_n which_o i_o ground_n out_o of_o the_o one_o hundred_o twenty_o eight_o psalm_n when_o thou_o eat_v the_o labour_n of_o thy_o hand_n say_v david_n thou_o shall_v be_v bless_v it_o be_v a_o blessing_n when_o 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be_v we_o to_o handle_v the_o other_o part_n of_o adam_n sentence_n and_o punishment_n sentence_n the_o ground_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o sentence_n and_o in_o the_o sentence_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o ground_n of_o it_o and_o the_o nature_n or_o form_n of_o it_o disobedience_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o sentence_n and_o this_o sentence_n be_v make_v even_o a_o law_n for_o according_a to_o that_o of_o paul_n roman_n 6._o 2._o the_o law_n of_o life_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n have_v free_v i_o from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o death_n so_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n hence_o spring_v the_o pelagian_a heresy_n condemn_v by_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n 7._o council_n carth._n 7._o that_o say_v that_o though_o we_o sin_v yet_o we_o be_v free_v though_o we_o live_v never_o so_o dissolute_o yet_o we_o be_v save_v after_o christ_n come_v death_n be_v not_o the_o reward_n of_o sin_n but_o mark_v what_o st._n james_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n and_o thirteen_o verse_n say_v when_o lust_n have_v conceive_v it_o 〈◊〉_d forth_o sin_n and_o sin_n when_o it_o be_v finish_v bring_v forth_o death_n and_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o five_o to_o the_o roman_n the_o nineteenth_o and_o the_o twenty_o first_o say_v death_n death_n that_o as_o by_o one_o man_n disohedience_n many_o be_v make_v sinner_n so_o by_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o many_o be_v make_v righteous_a and_o further_o that_o as_o sin_n reign_v unto_o death_n so_o grace_n by_o righteousnese_n may_v reign_v to_o eternal_a life_n truth_n it_o be_v that_o through_o sin_n come_v death_n and_o that_o death_n have_v rule_v over_o all_o adam_n at_o the_o first_o by_o sin_n bring_v death_n the_o last_o adam_n by_o obedience_n bring_v everlasting_a life_n and_o as_o paul_n in_o the_o first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o fifteen_o chapter_n and_o the_o twenty_o six_o verse_n say_v that_o the_o last_o enemy_n that_o christ_n shall_v destroy_v be_v death_n for_o as_o it_o 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bite_a speech_n behold_v they_o be_v as_o god_n they_o will_v have_v a_o quaternity_n instead_o of_o a_o trinity_n they_o know_v both_o good_a and_o evil_n in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o king_n the_o eighteen_o and_o the_o twenty_o seven_o eliah_n mock_v the_o priest_n of_o baal_n say_v cry_v aloud_o for_o he_o be_v a_o god_n it_o may_v be_v he_o sleep_v and_o must_v be_v awake_v sure_o this_o be_v a_o scoff_a speech_n hitherto_o apply_v the_o first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o twelve_o chapter_n the_o thirty_o first_o verse_n solomon_n in_o the_o first_o of_o his_o proverb_n the_o twenty_o second_o verse_n say_v the_o scorner_n take_v pleasure_n in_o scorn_v so_o do_v not_o god_n yet_o in_o the_o twenty_o sixth_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n because_o you_o have_v despise_v my_o counsel_n and_o not_o regard_v my_o correction_n i_o will_v laugh_v at_o your_o destruction_n and_o mock_v when_o your_o fear_n come_v and_o yet_o sure_o this_o speech_n be_v not_o altogether_o 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his_o sentence_n and_o therefore_o as_o christ_n say_v luke_n the_o thirteen_o chapter_n except_o 〈◊〉_d repent_v you_o shall_v all_o likewise_o 〈◊〉_d so_o all_o threathing_n in_o the_o scripture_n go_v with_o this_o condition_n the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v except_o it_o repent_v ezekiel_n the_o eighteen_o chapter_n and_o he_o that_o call_v his_o brother_n fool_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o hell_n fire_n except_o he_o 〈◊〉_d matthew_n the_o five_o chapter_n and_o the_o twenty_o second_o verse_n so_o that_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v no_o hndrance_n but_o that_o the_o most_o grievous_a sinner_n that_o be_v may_v obtain_v forgiveness_n if_o he_o repent_v and_o because_o cain_n repent_v not_o therefore_o he_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n the_o point_n that_o remain_v be_v that_o we_o consider_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o second_o to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o second_o chapter_n the_o devise_n and_o fetch_n which_o the_o enemy_n of_o our_o 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devil_n himself_o from_o mercy_n be_v this_o desperate_a fear_n for_o as_o augustine_n say_v obstinatione_fw-la suâ_fw-la &_o non_fw-la enormitate_fw-la sceleris_fw-la daemon_n est_fw-la daemon_n even_o so_o cain_n the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n seem_v to_o say_v thus_o much_o in_o this_o his_o confession_n i_o desire_v no_o pardon_n at_o thy_o hand_n o_o god_n because_o i_o see_v the_o greatness_n of_o my_o offence_n be_v great_a than_o thy_o mercy_n for_o cain_n we_o see_v what_o befall_v he_o because_o as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v noluit_fw-la intelligere_fw-la ut_fw-la bene_fw-la ageret_fw-la psalm_n the_o thirty_o sixth_o because_o he_o have_v no_o care_n to_o do_v as_o god_n will_v have_v he_o therefore_o god_n give_v he_o up_o to_o the_o lust_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o the_o second_o to_o the_o thessalonian_o the_o second_o chapter_n and_o the_o ten_o verse_n because_o when_o god_n speak_v to_o he_o he_o believe_v not_o the_o truth_n 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interficiet_fw-la i_o 14._o gen._n 4._o 14._o 1599_o septemb_n 9_o 1599_o cain_n speech_n to_o god_n as_o we_o see_v stand_v upon_o two_o part_n one_o touch_v his_o sin_n in_o the_o thirteen_o verse_n the_o other_o concern_v his_o punishment_n in_o this_o verse_n which_o also_o contain_v two_o part_n first_o a_o mere_a repetition_n of_o the_o sentence_n give_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o eleven_o verse_n second_o a_o addition_n which_o cain_n himself_o make_v that_o now_o whosoever_o shall_v find_v he_o shall_v kill_v he_o which_o be_v his_o chief_a complaint_n for_o the_o first_o part_n when_o sentence_n be_v pass_v upon_o any_o person_n god_n require_v two_o thing_n first_o agnitionem_fw-la culpae_fw-la whereunto_o two_o thing_n belong_v that_o 〈◊〉_d promissio_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la as_o ezekiah_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v walk_v all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o
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