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be_v his_o footstool_n heaven_n his_o throne_n to_o dwell_v what_o need_n have_v he_o then_o of_o thy_o present_n now_o yet_o free_a will_n offering_n he_o do_v kind_o take_v if_o grateful_a heart_n a_o lawful_a promise_n make_v be_v therefore_o sure_a thou_o dally_v not_o therein_o but_o if_o thou_o vow_v such_o thing_n perform_v the_o same_o untruth_n with_o man_n but_o foul_a defame_n do_v win_v â—_o with_o god_n it_o can_v not_o then_o but_o purchase_n blame_v ne_o ignorance_n ne_o rashness_n may_v excuse_v so_o foul_a a_o fault_n refrain_v it_o then_o to_o use_v 4._o it_o be_v better_a that_o thou_o shall_v not_o vow_v then_o that_o thou_o shall_v vow_v and_o not_o pay_v it_o thou_o have_v be_v better_o far_o to_o have_v withhold_v thy_o promise_n when_o thou_o first_o the_o same_o do_v make_v thou_o be_v not_o then_o by_o any_o law_n compel_v thereto_o but_o free_o do_v it_o undertake_v compulsive_a promise_n no_o promise_n be_v but_o vow_v premeditate_v it_o bind_v thou_o it_o 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draw_v of_o evil_n then_o the_o least_o the_o wise_a do_v choose_v if_o vow_n be_v wicked_a rather_o it_o refuse_v and_o first_o beware_v as_o i_o before_o do_v say_v that_o thou_o no_o evil_a thing_n in_o vow_n pretend_v then_o how_o thou_o can_v perform_v it_o see_v thou_o way_n and_o free_o then_o with_o speed_n perform_v intend_v lest_o god_n and_o angel_n witness_v thou_o untrew_a and_o thou_o and_o thou_o with_o vengeance_n for_o it_o rue_v 6._o for_o in_o the_o multitude_n of_o dream_n and_o vanity_n be_v also_o many_o word_n but_o fear_v thou_o god_n thus_o in_o a_o word_n i_o have_v inform_v thou_o how_o vain_a a_o rash_a and_o foolish_a prayer_n be_v how_o dangerous_a a_o heap_n of_o word_n that_o be_v impertinent_a and_o vow_n that_o be_v amiss_o even_o fruitless_a vapour_n of_o corrupt_a brain_n which_o like_o vain_a dream_n the_o rest_n of_o soul_n do_v stain_v leave_v they_o therefore_o and_o do_v thou_o whole_o bend_v thy_o holy_a thought_n to_o please_v thy_o god_n aright_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n and_o pray_v he_o grace_n to_o send_v that_o thy_o weak_a work_n be_v please_v in_o his_o sight_n so_o though_o the_o world_n with_o wrong_n and_o woe_n abound_v thy_o faith_n and_o peace_n of_o conscience_n shall_v be_v sound_a verse_n 7_o if_o poor_a oppress_a be_v fear_v not_o one_o sit_v in_o heaven_n it_o see_v verse_n 8_o earth_n plenty_n pass_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o king_n be_v feed_v therewith_o 7._o if_o in_o a_o country_n thou_o see_v the_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o defraud_v of_o judgement_n and_o justice_n be_v not_o astonish_v at_o the_o matter_n for_o he_o that_o be_v high_a they_o the_o high_a regard_v and_o there_o be_v high_a than_o
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the_o same_o for_o to_o obedience_n subject_n ought_v to_o frame_v but_o if_o thyself_o by_o indiscretion_n have_v offend_v he_o persist_v not_o in_o thy_o wrong_n of_o he_o it_o be_v no_o shame_n thy_o pardon_n crave_v for_o unto_o prince_n homage_n do_v belong_v they_o have_v the_o power_n of_o subject_n to_o dispose_v thy_o life_n and_o good_n to_o save_v or_o else_o to_o loose_v 4._o where_o the_o word_n of_o the_o king_n be_v there_o be_v power_n and_o who_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o what_o do_v thou_o the_o prince_n wrath_n be_v messenger_n of_o death_n his_o will_n a_o law_n his_o word_n be_v firm_a decree_n their_o instrument_n be_v ready_a at_o a_o breath_n to_o pull_v the_o proud_a rebel_n on_o their_o knee_n such_o majesty_n and_o power_n in_o they_o be_v find_v with_o every_o frown_n a_o loyal_a hart_n they_o wound_v who_o dare_v unto_o account_n his_o sovereign_n call_v who_o to_o no_o power_n in_o earth_n inferior_a be_v who_o will_v not_o at_o his_o foot_n all_o 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ignorance_n can_v acquight_v who_o may_v and_o will_v not_o learn_v more_o wise_a to_o grow_v the_o wise_a will_n therefore_o learn_v their_o duty_n first_o the_o good_a refrain_v the_o evil_a they_o may_v and_o dare_v 6._o for_o to_o every_o purpose_n there_o be_v a_o time_n and_o judgement_n because_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n be_v great_a upon_o he_o and_o as_o in_o public_a cause_n wise_a man_n use_v to_o guide_v their_o action_n wary_o and_o well_o and_o proper_a time_n and_o season_n ever_o choose_v for_o all_o they_o do_v before_o therewith_o they_o mell_v for_o proper_a time_n there_o be_v for_o every_o thing_n which_o good_a or_o ill_a success_n with_o it_o do_v bring_v so_o in_o their_o private_a life_n they_o do_v observe_v expediencie_n of_o that_o they_o take_v in_o hand_n from_o care_n whereof_o whilst_o some_o do_v rash_o swerve_v because_o true_a wisdom_n they_o not_o understand_v they_o into_o many_o mischief_n headlong_o fall_v which_o afterward_o too_o late_o they_o will_v recall_v verse_n 7_o for_o what_o know_v he_o what_o shall_v succeed_v he_o can_v not_o mend_v his_o fate_n verse_n 8_o in_o life_n death_n battle_n sin_n can_v protect_v the_o wicked_n state_n 7._o for_o he_o know_v not_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v for_o who_o can_v tell_v he_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v for_o it_o lie_v not_o not_o doubt_n in_o power_n of_o man_n to_o judge_v aright_o of_o sequels_fw-fr and_o event_n though_o by_o observance_n of_o thing_n past_a we_o can_v sometime_o right_a near_o conjecture_n of_o intent_n as_o like_a to_o have_v success_n as_o we_o desire_v but_o none_o can_v judge_v the_o truth_n that_o they_o require_v it_o be_v but_o chance_v not_o judgement_n if_o they_o hit_v so_o many_o error_n do_v encounter_v they_o those_o future_a knowledge_n for_o god_n be_v fit_a and_o none_o but_o he_o that_o privileage_n can_v claim_v for_o as_o for_o revelation_n few_o be_v now_o and_o devilish_a art_n god_n word_n will_v not_o allow_v 8._o man_n be_v not_o lord_n over_o the_o spirit_n to_o retain_v the_o spirit_n neither_o have_v he_o power_n in_o the_o day_n of_o death_n nor_o deliverance_n in_o battle_n neither_o shall_v wickedness_n deliver_v the_o possessor_n thereof_o and_o how_o shall_v he_o be_v able_a to_o foretell_v an_o other_o hap_n or_o action_n can_v you_o think_v that_o not_o foresee_v what_o to_o himself_o befall_v nor_o know_v his_o peril_n be_v at_o pit_n brink_n nor_o can_v defer_v his_o death_n or_o destiny_n with_o all_o the_o care_n he_o do_v thereto_o apply_v that_o can_v not_o tell_v the_o place_n the_o dart_n shall_v light_v that_o he_o in_o battle_n fling_v against_o his_o foe_n that_o can_v save_v himself_o amid_o the_o fight_n but_o bear_v the_o brunt_n perhaps_o of_o overthroe_n no_o wicked_a slight_n or_o art_n can_v sinner_n save_v but_o that_o they_o sure_o in_o fine_a their_o merit_n have_v verse_n 9_o all_o these_o i_o note_v and_o find_v sometime_o man_n power_n his_o overthrow_n verse_n 10_o these_o wicked_a die_n yet_o worse_o succeed_v the_o godly_a none_o to_o know_v 9_o all_o this_o have_v i_o seenâ—_n and_o give_v my_o heart_n to_o every_o work_n which_o be_v wrought_v under_o the_o sun_n and_o i_o see_v a_o time_n that_o man_n rule_v over_o man_n to_o his_o own_o hurt_n how_o far_o alas_o do_v all_o our_o skill_n come_v short_a of_o that_o great_a knowledge_n we_o pretend_v to_o have_v myself_o have_v try_v the_o same_o in_o every_o sort_n of_o study_n to_o the_o which_o myself_o i_o give_v and_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o knowledge_n so_o obscure_a or_o easy_a but_o i_o do_v the_o same_o inure_v nay_o of_o the_o thing_n most_o common_a in_o my_o sight_n which_o every_o man_n can_v say_v and_o witness_v true_a i_o grope_v at_o as_o in_o obscure_a night_n and_o can_v not_o see_v the_o reason_n how_o it_o grow_v that_o man_n even_o to_o themselves_o most_o ruin_n bring_v and_o magistrate_n their_o own_o dependent_n wring_v 10._o and_o likewise_o i_o see_v the_o wicked_a bury_v &_o they_o return_v and_o they_o that_o come_v from_o the_o holy_a place_n be_v yet_o forget_v in_o the_o city_n where_o they_o have_v do_v right_o this_o also_o be_v vanity_n for_o which_o the_o foolish_a world_n become_v so_o far_o from_o just_a dislike_n of_o their_o injust_a oppression_n that_o live_v and_o dead_a they_o fear_v and_o praise_v be_v and_o who_o posterity_n get_v more_o possession_n they_o flourish_v rather_o most_o by_o do_v wrong_n as_o if_o the_o earth_n do_v all_o to_o they_o belong_v but_o such_o as_o have_v lead_v long_o a_o holy_a life_n deserve_v well_o of_o world_n and_o country_n all_o have_v be_v pursue_v in_o life_n with_o hate_n and_o strife_n and_o even_o at_o home_o forget_v when_o death_n do_v call_v o_o vain_a affection_n of_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n that_o make_v vice_n and_o virtue_n but_o a_o sport_n verse_n 11_o god_n patience_n make_v the_o wicked_a one_o more_o bold_a to_o heap_v up_o sin_n verse_n 12_o which_o long_o defer_v be_v plague_v in_o 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19_o be_v not_o thou_o wicked_a overmuch_o neither_o be_v thou_o foolish_a wherefore_o shall_v thou_o perish_v not_o in_o thy_o time_n yet_o do_v not_o thou_o extenuate_v so_o thy_o skill_n that_o thereby_o into_o scandal_n thou_o do_v fall_v the_o very_a wicked_a so_o contemn_v thou_o will_n and_o good_a and_o bad_a will_v so_o condemn_v thou_o all_o none_o be_v so_o vile_a that_o vice_n he_o will_v commend_v although_o his_o deed_n to_o little_o better_o tend_v ne_o do_v thou_o folly_n any_o whit_n affect_v for_o that_o do_v ruin_v all_o that_o it_o do_v use_v who_o will_v the_o fool_n or_o undescreet_a protect_n or_o trust_v to_o he_o or_o use_v he_o may_v he_o choose_v well_o may_v man_n laugh_v at_o he_o and_o make_v disport_n but_o never_o trust_v in_o cause_n that_o do_v import_v 20._o it_o be_v good_a that_o thou_o lie_v hold_v on_o this_o but_o yet_o withdraw_v not_o thy_o hand_n from_o that_o for_o lie_v that_o fear_v god_n shall_v come_v forth_o of_o they_o all_o in_o 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