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interpret_v they_o with_o i_o many_o million_o of_o eye_n he_o be_v est_fw-la be_v hieronymus_n in_o illud_fw-la psal_n 94.9_o qui_fw-la plantavit_fw-la aurem_fw-la non_fw-la audiet_fw-la aut_fw-la qui_fw-la finxit_fw-la oculum_fw-la non_fw-la considerate_a ego_fw-la autem_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la totus_fw-la oculus_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la manus_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la pes_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la oculus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la videt_fw-la totus_fw-la manus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la operatur_fw-la totus_fw-la pes_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ubique_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la oculus_n altogether_o eye_n for_o he_o see_v all_o thing_n we_o have_v learn_v esai_n 40.12_o that_o god_n have_v hand_n to_o measure_v the_o water_n and_o to_o span_n the_o heaven_n you_o may_v interpret_v it_o with_o i_o that_o he_o have_v many_o million_o of_o hand_n he_o be_v totus_fw-la manus_fw-la altogether_o hand_n for_o he_o work_v all_o thing_n we_o have_v 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but_o our_o man_n in_o do_v as_o they_o do_v do_v sin_n against_o their_o conscience_n unhappy_a parent_n which_o destroy_v your_o child_n in_o popish_a and_o atheistical_a house_n what_o be_v you_o inferior_a to_o they_o that_o sacrifice_v their_o child_n unto_o devil_n if_o yourselves_o be_v righteous_a and_o christian_n cast_v not_o away_o your_o seed_n your_o child_n the_o price_n of_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o christ_n you_o have_v make_v they_o in_o their_o baptism_n when_o they_o be_v young_a to_o confess_v christ_n will_v you_o make_v they_o now_o grow_v to_o year_n to_o deny_v christ_n o_o let_v the_o word_n of_o wise_a ecclesiasticus_fw-la chap._n 13.1_o be_v precious_a in_o your_o memory_n he_o that_o touch_v pitch_n shall_v be_v defile_v therewith_o and_o doubtless_o your_o child_n place_v in_o atheistical_a or_o popish_a house_n will_v themselves_o become_v atheistical_a or_o popish_a suffer_v i_o beseech_v you_o a_o word_n of_o exhortation_n in_o your_o child_n 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their_o misery_n tell_v we_o of_o a_o woman_n a_o mother_n marry_o eleazar_n daughter_n who_o take_v from_o she_o own_o breast_n her_o own_o child_n a_o harmless_a suckling_n a_o silly_a infant_n do_v kill_v it_o and_o do_v eat_v thereof_o my_o author_n say_v that_o this_o unnatural_a mother_n take_v she_o tender_a babe_n as_o it_o be_v suck_v from_o her_o breast_n and_o thus_o speak_v unto_o it_o seruavero_fw-la it_o miserun_v te_fw-la infans_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la &_o fame_n &_o seditione_n cvi_fw-la te_fw-la seruavero_fw-la little_o infant_n poor_a wretch_n in_o war_n in_o famine_n in_o sedition_n for_o who_o shall_v i_o preserve_v thou_o for_o who_o shall_v i_o save_v thou_o alive_a if_o thou_o live_v thou_o must_v be_v a_o slave_n to_o the_o roman_n but_o famine_n prevent_v thy_o servitude_n yea_o and_o the_o mutinous_a jew_n be_v more_o cruel_a than_o either_o the_o roman_n or_o the_o famine_n be_v thou_o therefore_o mihi_fw-la cibus_fw-la seditiosis_fw-la furia_fw-la 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as_o in_o chrâ—nicâ—â—_n an._n do._n 73._o eusebius_n 594._o eusebius_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 9_o pag._n 594._o orosius_n and_o citato_fw-la and_o câ—rneâ—â—us_n &_o suetonias_n apud_fw-la oâ—â—siam_fw-la loco_fw-la citato_fw-la other_o author_n affirm_v six_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n able_a to_o bear_v arm_n but_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v 7._o believe_v de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaic_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 17._o vndecies_fw-la centum_fw-la millia_fw-la &_o euseb_n histor_n ecâ—lâ—s_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 7._o josephus_n a_o jew_n and_o present_a at_o that_o war_n there_o die_v eleven_o hundred_o thousand_o or_o a_o million_o and_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o and_o josephus_n his_o report_n be_v subscribe_v unto_o by_o 539._o by_o apud_fw-la lipsium_n nâ—â—u_fw-la ad_fw-la tacitum_fw-la lib._n 5._o pag._n 539._o zonaras_n and_o jornardes_n beside_o these_o now_o dead_a fame_n morbo_fw-la ferro_fw-la partly_o by_o famine_n partly_o by_o sickness_n partly_o by_o the_o sword_n there_o be_v 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if_o he_o restore_v the_o pledge_n and_o give_v again_o that_o he_o have_v rob_v and_o walk_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o life_n without_o commit_v iniquity_n he_o shall_v sure_o live_v he_o shall_v not_o die_v second_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n against_o sinner_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n conditional_a because_o he_o be_v a_o god_n of_o mercy_n a_o gracious_a 145.8_o gracious_a psal_n 86.15_o exod_n 34.6_o numb_a 14.18_o psal_n 103.8_o psal_n 145.8_o god_n a_o god_n of_o long_a suffering_n and_o much_o patience_n a_o god_n of_o unspeakable_a kindness_n ever_o ready_a to_o receive_v we_o to_o mercy_n as_o soon_o as_o we_o return_v unto_o he_o this_o be_v it_o that_o the_o lord_n command_v to_o be_v proclaim_v by_o jeremy_n chap._n 3.12_o return_v thou_o backslide_n israel_n say_v the_o lord_n and_o i_o will_v not_o cause_v my_o anger_n to_o fall_v upon_o you_o for_o i_o be_o merciful_a say_v the_o lord_n and_o i_o will_v not_o keep_v my_o anger_n for_o ever_o three_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n against_o sinner_n be_v evermore_o conditional_a because_o in_o his_o threaten_n god_n aim_v not_o at_o the_o destruction_n of_o they_o that_o be_v threaten_v but_o at_o their_o amendment_n their_o amendment_n be_v the_o thing_n he_o aim_v at_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o that_o ezech._n 18.23_o have_v i_o any_o pleasure_n at_o all_o that_o the_o wicked_a shall_v die_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n and_o not_o that_o he_o shall_v return_v from_o his_o way_n and_o live_v this_o by_o way_n of_o question_n but_o it_o be_v out_o of_o question_n and_o confirm_v by_o oath_n ezech._n 23.11_o as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o death_n of_o the_o wicked_a but_o that_o the_o wicked_a turn_n from_o his_o way_n and_o live_v turn_v you_o turn_v you_o from_o your_o evil_a way_n for_o why_o will_v you_o die_v o_o house_n of_o israel_n why_o will_v you_o die_v return_v and_o live_v i_o take_v no_o pleasure_n in_o your_o death_n hitherto_o you_o 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repent_v and_o amend_v thus_o do_v the_o prince_n of_o judah_n profit_n by_o the_o threaten_n of_o jeremy_n jeremie_n chap._n 26.6_o come_v unto_o they_o with_o a_o threaten_n from_o the_o lord_n own_o mouth_n i_o will_v make_v this_o house_n like_o shiloh_n and_o will_v make_v this_o city_n a_o curse_n to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o threaten_v desolation_n to_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o destruction_n to_o their_o city_n and_o therefore_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o people_n will_v have_v put_v he_o to_o death_n but_o the_o prince_n of_o judah_n be_v better_o advise_v they_o plead_v the_o practice_n and_o example_n of_o king_n hezekiah_n for_o the_o comfort_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o people_n of_o his_o time_n and_o thereby_o stir_v up_o themselves_o to_o fear_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o turn_v from_o their_o evil_a way_n and_o thus_o do_v the_o same_o king_n hezekiah_n profit_n at_o the_o threaten_n of_o esay_n and_o the_o king_n of_o nineveh_n at_o the_o threaten_n 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sometime_o invisible_a yet_o be_v but_o one_o church_n 29.29_o deut._n 29.29_o the_o secret_a will_n of_o god_n be_v of_o thing_n hide_v in_o himself_o and_o not_o manifest_v in_o his_o word_n the_o reveal_v be_v of_o thing_n make_v know_v in_o the_o scripture_n or_o by_o daily_a experience_n the_o secret_a will_n be_v without_o condition_n its_o absolute_a its_o peremptory_a it_o be_v always_o fulfil_v no_o man_n hinder_v it_o 9.19_o rom._n 9.19_o no_o man_n stop_v it_o the_o very_a reprobate_n yea_o the_o devil_n themselves_o be_v subject_a unto_o it_o he_o reveal_v will_n be_v with_o condition_n and_o therefore_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v join_v with_o exhortation_n admonition_n instruction_n and_o reprehension_n now_o to_o the_o objection_n my_o answer_n be_v though_o god_n threaten_v one_o thing_n and_o do_v another_o though_o he_o threaten_v to_o bring_v evil_a upon_o any_o one_o and_o repent_v he_o of_o the_o evil_a yet_o be_v not_o his_o will_n therefore_o changeable_a 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shall_v be_v as_o if_o we_o go_v about_o to_o bring_v you_o to_o despair_v and_o to_o take_v from_o you_o all_o hope_n of_o mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n we_o therefore_o propound_v they_o with_o condition_n with_o condition_n of_o repentance_n and_o amendment_n of_o life_n and_o do_v offer_v unto_o you_o grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o as_o many_o of_o you_o as_o be_v humble_a and_o brokenhearted_a thus_o we_o preach_v not_o only_o the_o law_n but_o also_o with_o the_o law_n the_o gospel_n thus_o we_o bound_v and_o loose_v 16.19_o mat._n 16.19_o thus_o we_o retain_v and_o forgive_v sin_n we_o preach_v and_o by_o our_o preach_n we_o shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n against_o the_o obstinate_a sinner_n but_o do_v open_v the_o same_o
be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o treatise_n de_fw-fr baptism_n christi_fw-la thus_o in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vinimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la &_o proficimus_fw-la we_o have_v our_o be_v in_o the_o father_n we_o live_v in_o the_o son_n we_o move_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n s._n hilary_n in_o his_o eâ—arrat_n upon_o psal_n 13._o seem_v to_o assign_v all_o these_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n s._n cyril_n lib._n 2._o in_o johan._n cap._n 74._o ascribe_v they_o all_o to_o the_o son_n s._n augustine_n lib._n 14._o de_fw-la trinit_fw-la cap._n 12._o refer_v they_o to_o the_o whole_a trinity_n of_o the_o whole_a trinity_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v true_a that_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v and_o he_o give_v for_o a_o reason_n hereof_o that_o rom._n 11.36_o because_o of_o he_o and_o through_o he_o and_o in_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n all_o thing_n be_v of_o he_o and_o through_o he_o and_o in_o he_o and_o therefore_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v apol._n homil._n 38_o in_o â—â—l_n apol._n see_v say_v s._n chrysostome_n how_o all_o thing_n be_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d providence_n be_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o preservation_n be_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o be_v be_v from_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o activity_n be_v from_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o he_o it_o be_v that_o we_o perish_v not_o in_o he_o we_o have_v whatsoever_o we_o have_v in_o he_o we_o live_v in_o he_o we_o move_v in_o he_o we_o have_v our_o be_v who_o hear_v this_o and_o stand_v not_o in_o admiration_n of_o the_o universal_a providence_n of_o god_n from_o this_o universal_a or_o general_a providence_n of_o god_n i_o descend_v to_o his_o special_a providence_n the_o special_a providence_n of_o god_n be_v that_o by_o which_o he_o rule_v every_o part_n of_o the_o 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quà m_fw-la interfectoriae_fw-la as_o saint_n augustine_n speak_v lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr lib._n arbit_n cap._n 25._o they_o tend_v rather_o to_o amend_v we_o than_o to_o destroy_v us._n and_o sweet_o saint_n cyprian_n ep._n 8._o deus_fw-la quem_fw-la corripit_fw-la diligit_fw-la quando_fw-la corripit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la corripit_fw-la ut_fw-la emendet_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la emendat_fw-la ut_fw-la seruet_fw-la who_o god_n correct_v he_o he_o love_v when_o he_o correct_v he_o he_o do_v it_o to_o amend_v he_o and_o he_o amend_v he_o that_o he_o may_v save_v he_o and_o thus_o much_o be_v speak_v of_o my_o second_o general_n the_o author_n of_o this_o punishment_n the_o lord_n god_n my_o three_o follow_v the_o punishment_n here_o denounce_v which_o be_v a_o conquest_n by_o war_n and_o be_v describe_v by_o the_o siege_n by_o the_o victory_n and_o by_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o siege_n first_o for_o
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