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that_o when_o they_o meet_v with_o a_o change_n they_o have_v it_o from_o his_o hand_n that_o this_o he_o act_v out_o of_o justice_n and_o judgement_n these_o be_v lesson_n which_o the_o prophet_n learn_v in_o god_n sanctuary_n and_o for_o which_o he_o be_v not_o much_o behold_v to_o humane_a writer_n destruction_n 2._o the_o certainty_n of_o their_o destruction_n 2._o as_o the_o prophet_n from_o god_n sanctuary_n learn_v god_n providence_n so_o do_v he_o from_o thence_o find_v that_o wicked_a man_n shall_v in_o a_o infallible_a certainty_n be_v make_v contemptible_a and_o punish_v with_o everlasting_a desolation_n this_o sense_n and_o experience_n may_v often_o thwart_v as_o give_v instance_n of_o some_o wicked_a man_n who_o spend_v their_o life_n in_o mirth_n and_o plenty_n and_o according_a to_o their_o desire_n leave_v their_o substance_n honour_n and_o estate_n to_o their_o posterity_n job_n 21.9_o 10_o 13._o without_o any_o visible_a smart_n for_o their_o villainy_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n oft_o out_o of_o reason_n teach_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v punish_v nay_o some_o expound_v the_o 20_o verse_n here_o when_o thou_o awake_v they_o cum_fw-la expergefacias_fw-la eos_n exsepulchris_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judici_fw-la the_o prophet_n be_v teach_v that_o after_o death_n they_o shall_v in_o their_o body_n be_v raise_v to_o receive_v therein_o according_a to_o their_o work_n which_o doctrine_n of_o the_o resurrection_n be_v none_o of_o reason_n teach_v sole_n occidere_fw-la &_o redire_fw-la possunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la cum_fw-la semel_fw-la occidit_fw-la lux_fw-la brevis_fw-la una_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la nox_fw-la est_fw-la dormienda_fw-la say_v catull_n hence_o when_o saint_n paul_n once_o name_v the_o resurrection_n act._n 17._o how_o do_v the_o athenian_n laugh_v and_o deride_v he_o and_o they_o that_o esteem_v themselves_o the_o philosopher_n contemn_v both_o it_o and_o he_o and_o therefore_o god_n sanctuary_n be_v the_o proper_a place_n for_o the_o prophet_n to_o have_v recourse_n unto_o in_o this_o grand_a doubt_n and_o temptation_n and_o he_o may_v very_o just_o owe_v his_o satisfaction_n to_o god_n extraordinary_a word_n and_o to_o his_o sactuary_n first_o because_o it_o teach_v that_o which_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o reason_n second_o because_o the_o temptation_n have_v so_o shatter_v he_o as_o that_o unless_o he_o have_v take_v sanstuary_n there_o he_o have_v be_v undo_v 3._o because_o the_o point_n here_o learned_a do_v exceed_v humane_a reason_n to_o attain_v to_o now_o for_o application_n to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o the_o prophet_n go_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n for_o satisfaction_n and_o he_o neither_o lose_v his_o labour_n nor_o be_v deceive_v in_o his_o expectation_n as_o meet_v with_o that_o there_o which_o be_v sufficient_o satisfactory_a he_o find_v that_o which_o allay_v his_o envy_n at_o their_o prosperous_a estate_n though_o a_o lily_n may_v represent_v that_o beauty_n to_o the_o eye_n which_o may_v force_v from_o we_o a_o admiration_n of_o the_o creator_n workmanship_n yet_o none_o will_v envy_v its_o glorious_a be_v which_o know_v the_o shortness_n of_o it_o how_o quick_o it_o wither_v and_o droop_v its_o head_n to_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o sudden_a decay_n of_o great_a man_n estate_n jam._n 1.10_o 11._o challenge_n rather_o our_o pity_n than_o our_o envy_n for_o since_o the_o place_n be_v so_o slippery_a and_o the_o state_n mutable_a since_o unsupportable_a terror_n oft_o attend_v upon_o it_o since_o it_o be_v but_o a_o dream_n who_o last_o act_n be_v destruction_n this_o condition_n &_o their_o abuse_n of_o it_o deseru_v that_o we_o shall_v bewail_v it_o rather_o than_o envy_v it_o and_o that_o prosperity_n itself_o be_v suspect_v as_o extreme_o dangerous_a and_o therefore_o the_o premise_n consider_v much_o less_o be_v there_o just_a cause_n to_o asperse_v religion_n or_o to_o lay_v any_o black_a impution_n upou_o innocence_n and_o equity_n for_o beside_o that_o whatever_o 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and_o destruction_n as_o for_o the_o prophet_n here_o the_o sanctuary_n afford_v he_o so_o full_a &_o ample_a satisfaction_n in_o this_o case_n as_o in_o a_o submissive_a acknowledgement_n he_o abhor_v that_o ill_a opinion_n he_o have_v almost_o entertain_v of_o religion_n for_o which_o he_o give_v himself_o no_o better_o a_o censure_n then_o that_o of_o a_o ignorant_a fool_n and_o beast_n v._o 22._o as_o for_o the_o thing_n itself_o how_o brutish_a and_o unreasonable_a it_o be_v to_o impute_v vanity_n to_o religion_n how_o great_a folly_n and_o ignorance_n this_o wild_a opinion_n argue_v in_o its_o entertainer_n unworthy_o transform_v they_o into_o beast_n have_v be_v already_o clear_v up_o in_o our_o discourse_n upon_o the_o 13._o vers_fw-la this_o at_o present_a remain_v observable_a when_o god_n truth_n shine_v upon_o the_o soul_n it_o make_v error_n and_o sin_n very_o odious_a doct._n doct._n and_o detestable_a to_o he_o that_o entertain_v either_o this_o discernable_o manselfe_n the_o light_n of_o god_n truth_n make_v erorr_n condemnable_a in_o a_o manselfe_n befall_v man_n not_o only_o in_o these_o object_n as_o be_v without_o &_o view_v by_o visible_a beam_n send_v abroad_o but_o as_o they_o be_v reflect_v upon_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o seer_n himself_o he_o who_o be_v happy_o convert_v by_o grace_n from_o darkness_n to_o light_n will_v not_o only_o hate_v sin_n and_o heresy_n in_o other_o but_o will_v detest_v it_o in_o himself_o he_o will_v censure_v reprove_v accuse_v and_o condemn_v himself_o for_o either_o thus_o judah_n sensible_a of_o his_o injustice_n acknowledge_v tamar_n to_o be_v more_o righteous_a than_o himself_o gen._n 38.26_o joseph_n brethren_n convince_v of_o their_o crime_n do_v hearty_o ask_v forgiveness_n of_o it_o gen._n 15.17_o and_o good_a david_n sensible_a of_o his_o misdoing_n often_o burst_v out_o into_o i_o have_v great_o sin_v 2_o sam._n 24.16_o rebellious_a israel_n once_o make_v sensible_a of_o their_o pollution_n shall_v loathe_v themselves_o for_o the_o