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woman_n yet_o live_v cetera_fw-la sana_fw-la dare_v let_v none_o come_v near_o she_o till_o the_o spider_n be_v brush_v off_o they_o which_o she_o think_v she_o see_v on_o they_o have_v once_o be_v affright_v by_o a_o spider_n and_o some_o otherwise_o worthy_a man_n do_v so_o causeless_o and_o frequent_o cry_v out_o this_o be_v popery_n and_o that_o be_v arminianism_n as_o if_o they_o be_v persuade_v the_o world_n that_o the_o contumelious_a say_n be_v true_a spiritus_fw-la calvinianus_n est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la melancholicus_fw-la and_o that_o orthodox_n man_n heart_n must_v meditate_v terror_n and_o fear_v where_o no_o fear_n be_v and_o their_o charity_n must_v suspect_v all_o thing_n and_o hardly_o believe_v or_o hope_v of_o any_o good_a in_o other_o and_o we_o have_v not_o be_v yea_o yet_o be_v not_o without_o some_o sectary_n carry_v so_o swift_o in_o the_o the_o stream_n of_o prejudice_n that_o before_o they_o can_v stay_v to_o weigh_v and_o understand_v it_o they_o cry_v out_o 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vindication_n against_o the_o suspicion_n and_o word_n of_o other_o i_o must_v take_v it_o as_o a_o sufficient_a discharge_n of_o this_o duty_n to_o publish_v a_o old_a country_n disputation_n on_o that_o subject_n use_v above_o twenty_o year_n ago_o in_o one_o of_o our_o by_o some_o deride_v meeting_n of_o those_o humble_a peaceable_a laborious_a godly_a minister_n near_o kederminster_n in_o worcestershire_n who_o have_v most_o of_o they_o be_v silence_v these_o fourteen_o year_n and_o though_o i_o be_o much_o to_o be_v blame_v if_o my_o mature_a thought_n since_o then_o have_v not_o help_v i_o to_o clear_a conception_n than_o i_o have_v so_o long_o ago_o yet_o find_v by_o a_o hasty_a perusal_n that_o i_o be_o still_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o then_o i_o be_v i_o must_v crave_v the_o reader_n acceptance_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v from_o one_o that_o have_v not_o
hoc_fw-la vero_fw-la absurdum_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o eum_fw-la justitia_fw-la dei_fw-la pugnans_fw-la respon_n non_fw-la foret_fw-la absurdum_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la deus_fw-la posteriores_fw-la magis_fw-la desereret_fw-la ac_fw-la puniret_fw-la nam_fw-la quanto_fw-la plura_fw-la peccata_fw-la a_o genere_fw-la humano_fw-la cumulantur_fw-la tanto_fw-la magis_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la accenditur_fw-la &_o exasperatur_fw-la poena_fw-la juxta_fw-la illud_fw-la nondum_fw-la completae_fw-la sunt_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la amorrhaeorum_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la veniat_fw-la super_fw-la vos_fw-la omnis_fw-la sanguis_fw-la iustùs_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la &_o minor_fw-la negatur_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la propter_fw-la justitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la vitium_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o reatum_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la posteros_fw-la transire_fw-la sinit_fw-la tamen_fw-la simul_fw-la ex_fw-la misericordia_fw-la metas_fw-la figit_fw-la peccato_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la majorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la actualia_fw-la imitentur_fw-la &_o luant_fw-la posteri_fw-la nec_fw-la semper_fw-la malorum_fw-la parentum_fw-la mali_fw-la aut_fw-la deteriores_fw-la ac_fw-la miseriores_fw-la liberi_fw-la existant_fw-la sect._n 40._o xi_o mr._n gataker_n '_o be_v word_n mr._n poole_n thus_o translate_v in_o his_o synop_n crit._n in_o exod._n 20._o p._n 403._o punit_fw-la deus_fw-la sapenumero_fw-la liberos_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la parentum_fw-la ut_fw-la constat_fw-la exemplis_fw-la &_o sanctionibus_fw-la s._n scripturae_fw-la vid._n exod._n 4._o 22_o 23._o &_o 12._o 29._o &_o 34._o 7._o num._n 14._o 18._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 14._o 1_o reg._n 13._o 33._o &_o 14._o 1._o 17._o rationes_fw-la 1._o quod_fw-la liberi_fw-la sint_fw-la res_fw-la atque_fw-la possessiones_fw-la parentum_fw-la 2._o liberi_fw-la praeterea_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n sive_fw-la membra_fw-la parentum_fw-la &_o sunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la una_fw-la persona_fw-la cum_fw-la parentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la althus_n dicaeolog_fw-la l._n 1._o vid._n gen._n 20._o 7._o 18._o mat._n 15._o 22._o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la loca_fw-la in_o contraria_fw-la prolata_fw-la deut._n 24._o jer._n 31._o ezek._n 18._o 1._o debent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d mortem_fw-la deo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o non_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la semper_fw-la injusta_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o instane_v in_o similitude_n see_v his_o sermon_n itself_o on_o 1_o kin._n 14._o 17._o sect._n 41._o xii_o if_o i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v worth_a my_o own_o and_o the_o reader_n trouble_v i_o will_v undertake_v to_o produce_v abundance_n more_o of_o protestant_a writer_n and_o let_v but_o expositor_n on_o the_o second_o commandment_n be_v examine_v by_o he_o that_o doubt_v of_o it_o and_o he_o will_v be_v satisfy_v if_o he_o have_v store_n at_o hand_n i_o only_o now_o say_v of_o many_o in_o general_n that_o the_o ordinary_a say_n of_o such_o expositor_n be_v that_o temporal_a punishment_n and_o some_o spiritual_a be_v oft_o inflict_v by_o god_n on_o child_n for_o their_o father_n sin_n i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o sense_n of_o many_o in_o deodate_n word_n on_o exod._n 20._o 5._o visit_v that_o be_v i_o inquire_v after_o it_o and_o punish_v it_o of_o the_o father_n as_o concern_v eternal_a judgement_n upon_o the_o soul_n every_o one_o die_v for_o his_o own_o iniquity_n own_o jer._n 31._o 30._o but_o for_o the_o father_n sin_n the_o child_n be_v often_o punish_v in_o body_n in_o good_n and_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o hold_v and_o derive_v from_o their_o parent_n num._n 14._o 33._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 11._o and_o 21._o 5._o 15._o and_o beside_o god_n oftentimes_o curse_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o wicked_a withdraw_v his_o grace_n spirit_n from_o it_o whereby_o imitate_v their_o parent_n wickedness_n they_o be_v punish_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 2._o matth._n 23._o 32._o 25._o sect._n 42._o here_o note_n 1._o that_o there_o can_v be_v 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for_o his_o sake_n 3._o when_o sodom_n be_v burn_v all_o the_o infant_n perish_v and_o it_o seem_v by_o judas_n 7._o that_o they_o suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o eternal_a fire_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o give_v themselves_o over_o to_o fornication_n and_o strange_a flesh_n ibid._n 4._o god_n destroy_v all_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o egypt_n for_o the_o prince_n and_o parent_n sin_n 5._o moses_n command_v to_o kill_v every_o male_a of_o the_o midianite_n among_o the_o little_a one_o even_o after_o they_o have_v give_v they_o quarter_n and_o bring_v they_o home_o numb_a 31._o 17._o 6._o so_o do_v they_o and_o more_o to_o the_o subject_n of_o sihon_n deut._n 2._o 34._o they_o utter_o destroy_v the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n and_o the_o little_a one_o of_o every_o city_n and_o leave_v none_o to_o remain_v 7._o so_o do_v they_o by_o og_n the_o king_n of_o bashan_n and_o his_o subject_n deut._n 3._o 6._o beside_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n who_o they_o drive_v 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