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may_v teach_v every_o man_n to_o be_v faithful_a in_o what_o be_v commit_v to_o his_o trust_n especial_o in_o matter_n of_o public_a concernment_n relate_v to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o say_v they_o who_o be_v thou_o that_o we_o may_v give_v a_o answer_n to_o they_o that_o send_v we_o what_o say_v thou_o of_o thyself_o 2._o as_o faithful_a minister_n ought_v not_o to_o encroach_v upon_o their_o master_n honour_n so_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o pass_v from_o that_o authority_n that_o be_v due_a to_o they_o but_o assert_v it_o as_o need_n require_v for_o so_o do_v john_n here_o declare_v what_o his_o commission_n and_o place_n be_v 3._o every_o one_o who_o undertake_v the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n aught_o to_o be_v clear_a of_o his_o call_n and_o have_v a_o warrant_n for_o it_o either_o ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a according_a as_o the_o call_n he_o claim_v to_o be_v as_o be_v that_o whereon_o a_o minister_n courage_n comfort_n and_o success_n do_v much_o depend_v therefore_o john_n show_v his_o warrant_n for_o his_o extraordinary_a call_n out_o of_o the_o prophet_n as_o say_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n to_o wit_n chap._n 40.3_o for_o whatever_o use_n these_o word_n have_v to_o comfort_v the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o speedy_a return_n and_o of_o herald_n to_o publish_v it_o and_o usher_n to_o prepare_v their_o way_n and_o of_o remove_v of_o all_o impediment_n yet_o in_o the_o substance_n it_o point_v at_o the_o manifestation_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o forerunner_n as_o this_o text_n make_v clear_a 4._o christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n be_v stately_a and_o kingly_a however_o in_o appearance_n it_o seem_v base_a and_o wherever_o he_o be_v receive_v he_o will_v be_v receive_v as_o a_o king_n therefore_o come_v he_o with_o a_o usher_n and_o forerunner_n cry_v to_o prepare_v his_o way_n when_o he_o manifest_v himself_o which_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o king_n whereas_o private_a person_n will_v come_v in_o with_o less_o noise_n and_o at_o narrow_a passage_n i_o be_o say_v he_o the_o voice_n of_o one_o cry_v make_v straight_o etc._n etc._n 5._o man_n have_v hear_v natural_o unprepared_a for_o christ_n to_o come_v into_o which_o must_v be_v cure_v before_o he_o come_v they_o be_v natural_o averse_a from_o the_o purity_n of_o true_a religion_n full_a of_o mountain_n of_o vanity_n pride_n and_o ambition_n valley_n of_o dejection_n discouragement_n unbelief_n and_o hollow-hearted_a hypocrisy_n crookedness_n and_o deceitfulness_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o way_n whereby_o man_n deceive_v themselves_o and_o other_o and_o hide_v the_o need_n of_o christ_n from_o themselves_o roughness_n of_o their_o passion_n humour_n and_o lust_n ready_a to_o reject_v all_o warning_n and_o offer_n and_o all_o these_o make_v man_n heart_n a_o unstreight_a way_n for_o christ_n chariot_n to_o march_v in_o therefore_o cry_v john_n make_v straight_o the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n under_o this_o include_v the_o make_n low_o of_o mountain_n the_o exalt_v of_o valley_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o luke_n 3.5_o from_o isaiah_n 40.4_o and_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o child_n to_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o luke_n 1.16_o 17._o from_o mal._n 4.5_o 6._o 6._o as_o all_o man_n in_o all_o place_n be_v natural_o unfit_a for_o receive_v of_o christ_n so_o ordinary_o the_o offer_n of_o he_o be_v worse_o entertain_v in_o place_n of_o eminency_n then_o in_o more_o obscure_a corner_n therefore_o be_v this_o proclamation_n make_v not_o in_o jerusalem_n but_o in_o the_o wilderness_n or_o hill-countrey_n of_o judea_n where_o the_o inhabitant_n and_o city_n be_v few_o josh_n 15.61_o a_o place_n where_o he_o will_v more_o ready_o be_v receive_v then_o in_o jerusalem_n 7._o albeit_o that_o christ_n command_v we_o to_o prepare_v his_o way_n that_o he_o may_v show_v we_o our_o duty_n and_o make_v use_n of_o exhortation_n as_o a_o mean_a whereby_o he_o work_v upon_o his_o own_o yet_o this_o work_n of_o 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chap._n 4._o 10_o 13_o 14._o zech._n 14.8_o 3._o while_o he_o say_v believer_n shall_v receive_v the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o yet_o give_v or_o be_v not_o yet_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o personal_a subsistence_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o gift_n and_o grace_n to_o be_v pour_v out_o upon_o believer_n it_o do_v relate_v partly_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n and_o teach_v that_o albeit_o believer_n under_o the_o law_n do_v partake_v of_o the_o spirit_n in_o some_o measure_n yet_o all_o that_o be_v nothing_o in_o comparison_n of_o that_o measure_n which_o be_v pour_v out_o under_o the_o gospel_n in_o that_o respect_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o yet_o give_v which_o may_v shame_v they_o who_o make_v not_o use_v of_o their_o ample_a allowance_n but_o do_v under_o the_o gospel_n come_v far_o short_a of_o many_o who_o live_v under_o the_o pedagogie_n of_o the_o law_n partly_o it_o relate_v to_o the_o present_a condition_n of_o the_o 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