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people_n but_o never_o deny_v it_o they_o so_o he_o often_o defer_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o wicked_a but_o never_o they_o continue_v to_o do_v wicked_o acquit_v they_o from_o it_o the_o apostle_n peter_n prophesy_v of_o false_a teacher_n who_o shall_v bring_v in_o damnable_a heresy_n even_o deny_v the_o lord_n that_o buy_v they_o and_o shall_v bring_v upon_o themselves_o swift_a destruction_n two_o pet._n 2.1_o say_v of_o they_o also_o v._n 3._o who_o judgement_n now_o of_o a_o long_a time_n linger_v not_o and_o their_o damnation_n slumber_v not_o though_o all_o seem_v to_o be_v well_o with_o they_o at_o present_a and_o hâ—th_v be_v so_o a_o long_a time_n yet_o their_o misery_n be_v certain_a it_o neither_o
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the_o apostle_n himself_o seem_v to_o give_v the_o reason_n in_o the_o next_o verse_n we_o know_v abortive_n be_v usual_o very_o weak_a and_o imperfect_a child_n and_o less_o in_o body_n than_o those_o bear_v in_o due_a time_n now_o such_o be_v saint_n paul_n humility_n so_o low_o be_v he_o in_o his_o own_o thought_n that_o he_o call_v himself_o vers_fw-la 9_o the_o least_o of_o the_o apostle_n not_o meet_v to_o be_v call_v a_o apostle_n in_o all_o these_o or_o in_o any_o of_o these_o notion_n the_o apostle_n paul_n may_v say_v he_o be_v bear_v out_o of_o due_a time_n yet_o both_o as_o to_o the_o truth_n and_o seasonableness_n of_o his_o conversion_n he_o be_v bear_v in_o due_a time_n and_o in_o his_o full_a time_n now_o as_o there_o be_v a_o due_a time_n a_o season_n for_o our_o spiritual_a birth_n so_o for_o our_o fruit-bearing_a in_o spiritual_n it_o be_v say_v of_o every_o godly_a man_n psal_n 1.3_o he_o shall_v be_v like_o a_o tree_n plant_v by_o the_o river_n of_o water_n that_o 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coc._n a_o radice_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d duxit_fw-la placidè_fw-la &_o sensim_fw-la sicut_fw-la pastorove_n arcturus_n est_fw-la stella_fw-la insignis_fw-la quae_fw-la oritur_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la autumni_fw-la hebraei_n putant_fw-la esse_fw-la septem_fw-la stellas_fw-la quae_fw-la semper_fw-la apparent_a in_fw-la nostro_fw-la hemisphaerio_fw-la à _fw-la congregatione_fw-la sic_fw-la dictas_fw-la nam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la congregatio_fw-la merc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sieve_n cynosura_n supra_fw-la alius_fw-la stellas_fw-la in_o apice_fw-la caeli_fw-la tanquam_fw-la mater_fw-la in_fw-la alto_fw-mi supra_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la sedens_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la certissima_fw-la ratione_fw-la circumducitur_fw-la coc._n here_o be_v a_o four_o question_n can_v thou_o guide_v the_o word_n signify_v to_o guide_v or_o conduct_v gentle_o soft_o can_v thou_o guide_v they_o as_o a_o shepherd_n guide_v his_o flock_n
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god_n can_v stop_v any_o of_o our_o mercy_n as_o here_o the_o rain_n when_o we_o have_v most_o need_n of_o they_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n amos_n 4.7_o have_v withhold_v the_o rain_n from_o you_o when_o there_o be_v yet_o three_o month_n to_o the_o harvest_n and_o i_o cause_v it_o to_o rain_v upon_o one_o city_n and_o cause_v it_o not_o to_o rain_v upon_o another_o city_n one_o piece_n be_v rain_v upon_o and_o the_o piece_n whereupon_o it_o rain_v not_o wither_v one_o month_n drought_n before_o harvest_n threaten_v a_o scarcity_n or_o dearth_n of_o corn_n but_o two_o yea_o three_o month_n drought_n must_v needs_o usher_v in_o a_o dreadful_a famine_n pisc_n voceâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—o_fw-la sermentâ—tiâ—â—m_fw-la â—erbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quâ—d_fw-la â—â—gnificat_fw-la â—â—rmentari_fw-la atque_fw-la intâ—mescere_fw-la e._n pisc_n the_o second_o interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n seem_v yet_o more_o clear_a who_o can_v stay_v the_o bottle_n of_o 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rain_n may_v coalesce_v or_o be_v join_v close_o together_o this_o i_o conceive_v be_v the_o most_o natural_a and_o proper_a sense_n of_o the_o text._n for_o the_o earth_n which_o by_o drought_n be_v crumble_v into_o dust_n rain_n fall_v plentiful_o upon_o it_o be_v knit_v again_o into_o one_o body_n like_o meal_n or_o flower_n into_o which_o leven_a be_v put_v and_o so_o be_v make_v ready_a to_o receive_v jun._n humour_n aquae_fw-la terrae_fw-la pury_n continentur_fw-la &_o uniuntur_fw-la quae_fw-la ante_fw-la disjunctae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la merc._n ut_fw-la perfusio_fw-la sit_fw-la formentandae_fw-la terrae_fw-la ut_fw-la conglutinentur_fw-la glebae_fw-la jun._n trans_fw-la i._n e._n ut_fw-la terram_fw-la quum_fw-la pulverulenta_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ariditate_fw-la immissis_fw-la pluviis_fw-la sermentet_fw-la ad_fw-la glebarum_fw-la comâ—agem_n &_o rerum_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la nascentium_fw-la alimentum_fw-la jun._n nourish_v and_o b_o ing_z forth_o whatever_o grain_n be_v cast_v 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