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be_v discern_v in_o the_o punishment_n &_o therefore_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v to_o all_o backsliders_a remember_v lot_n wife_n so_o say_v i_o to_o all_o incestuous_a person_n adulterer_n and_o fornicatour_n remember_v reuben_n four_o here_o we_o may_v learn_v what_o a_o grievous_a offence_n it_o be_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n to_o offer_v any_o wrong_n or_o contumely_n to_o our_o parent_n 9_o parent_n gen._n 9_o cham_n that_o mock_v he_o father_n noah_n for_o his_o nakedness_n be_v curse_v 18.14_o curse_v 2._o sam._n 18.14_o absolom_n who_o to_o make_v himself_o odious_a to_o david_n lay_v with_o his_o concubine_n die_v a_o bloody_a death_n and_o reuben_n that_o here_o pollute_v his_o father_n jacobs_n bed_n be_v punish_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o all_o his_o dignity_n contumely_n against_o parent_n be_v the_o breach_n of_o this_o law_n 20.12_o law_n exod._n 20.12_o honour_n thy_o father_n &_o thy_o mother_n therefore_o whosoever_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o be_v thus_o censure_v 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and_o companion_n in_o tribulation_n and_o in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o patience_n of_o jesus_n christ_n herein_o we_o may_v observe_v how_o he_o place_v this_o word_n kingdom_n between_o tribulation_n and_o patience_n to_o teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o obtain_n of_o eternal_a rest_n without_o the_o patient_a bear_n of_o the_o cross_n no_o man_n say_v augustine_n can_v rejoice_v with_o the_o world_n and_o reign_v with_o christ_n and_o saint_n hierom_n say_v it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v enjoy_v both_o preseent_n and_o future_a delight_n as_o then_o the_o isacharites_n do_v willing_o bow_v their_o shoulder_n to_o bear_v the_o burden_n of_o tribute_n because_o they_o see_v that_o rest_n be_v good_a so_o must_v all_o true_a christian_n be_v content_v to_o undergo_v the_o cross_n in_o this_o life_n if_o they_o hope_v after_o death_n to_o rest_v from_o their_o labour_n second_o tillage_n be_v the_o other_o burden_n of_o a_o christian_a god_n be_v a_o husbandman_n 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you_o and_o you_o shall_v be_v hateful_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o man_n for_o my_o name_n sake_n this_o be_v the_o entertainment_n propose_v by_o god_n to_o such_o as_o will_v come_v and_o serve_v at_o his_o plough_n and_o bear_v his_o burden_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o satan_n have_v so_o many_o &_o god_n so_o few_o husbandman_n because_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o one_o be_v so_o light_a and_o the_o other_o so_o heavy_a but_o this_o ought_v not_o to_o discourage_v a_o true_a christian_a from_o tillage_n remember_v isachar_n he_o see_v that_o the_o land_n be_v pleasant_a and_o yield_v he_o for_o his_o pain_n and_o labour_n corn_n wine_n and_o oil_n and_o therefore_o with_o alacrity_n he_o bow_v his_o shoulder_n to_o bear_v the_o burden_n of_o tillage_n so_o let_v we_o look_v upon_o the_o pleasantness_n of_o god_n land_n which_o we_o till_o and_o then_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o do_v overballance_n all_o our_o labour_n for_o in_o stead_n of_o corn_n we_o 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