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of_o a_o beast_n yea_o solomon_n himself_o in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ecclesiastes_n find_v in_o his_o head_n both_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n well_o therefore_o may_v his_o head_n resemble_v the_o heaven_n where_o these_o light_n be_v as_o our_o eye_n also_o be_v in_o our_o upper_a part_n without_o which_o the_o world_n will_v be_v a_o dungeon_n his_o heart_n the_o fire_n it_o be_v keep_v hot_a by_o continual_a motion_n and_o convey_v natural_a heat_n to_o the_o whole_a body_n his_o blood_n and_o other_o humour_n the_o water_n his_o spirit_n the_o air_n and_o his_o flesh_n and_o bone_n the_o earth_n in_o prosecution_n of_o the_o latter_a tully_n a_o platonist_n scip._n scito_fw-la te_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n the_o somn_n scip._n go_v so_o far_o as_o to_o bid_v a_o man_n take_v notice_n that_o he_o be_v a_o god_n and_o some_o divine_n 2._o bonaventurae_fw-la amatorium_fw-la pag._n 601._o col_fw-fr 2._o find_v a_o resemblance_n of_o the_o trinity_n in_o man_n soul_n the_o understanding_n will_n and_o conscience_n three_o faculty_n but_o one_o soul_n as_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n three_o person_n but_o one_o god_n let_v we_o all_o mean_a while_n taste_n and_o see_v how_o good_a the_o lord_n be_v in_o prepare_v we_o such_o body_n and_o infuse_v such_o soul_n into_o we_o but_o withal_o so_o as_o to_o consider_v and_o improve_v the_o original_a of_o both_o §_o 7._o see_v adam_n body_n have_v its_o original_n from_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o consideration_n hereof_o shall_v be_v a_o antidote_n against_o pride_n in_o all_o his_o posterity_n be_v not_o thou_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n be_v not_o he_o the_o son_n of_o dust_n be_v not_o that_o the_o son_n of_o nothing_o when_o the_o lord_n will_v humble_v adam_n after_o the_o fall_n he_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o be_v dust_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o face_n shall_v thou_o eat_v 27._o gen._n 3_o 19_o gen._n 18._o 27._o thy_o bread_n till_o thou_o return_v unto_o the_o 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in_o we_o by_o regeneration_n the_o relic_n of_o it_o find_v in_o man_n unconvert_v what_o be_v they_o but_o magni_fw-la nominis_fw-la umbra_fw-la the_o mere_a shadow_n of_o a_o great_a and_o glorious_a name_n how_o unlike_a be_v natural_a man_n to_o god_n for_o all_o they_o our_o queen_n elizabeth_n once_o in_o her_o progress_n observe_v some_o picture_n of_o she_o hang_v up_o for_o sign_n to_o be_v very_o unlike_o she_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v take_v down_o and_o burn_v burn_a must_v be_v the_o end_n of_o those_o that_o continue_v unlike_a to_o god_n whereas_o such_o as_o be_v by_o convert_v grace_n change_v into_o the_o same_o 18._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 18._o image_n as_o paul_n speak_v from_o glory_n to_o glory_n shall_v at_o length_n arrive_v
expression_n set_v out_o the_o pardon_n thereof_o god_n goodness_n therein_o faith_n and_o repentance_n the_o way_n to_o it_o pardon_v in_o the_o court_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o conscience_n the_o equity_n and_o necessity_n of_o forgive_a one_o another_o we_o be_v to_o forgive_v as_o god_n for_o christ_n sake_n forgive_v we_o viz._n hearty_o speedy_o frequent_o thorough_o a_o twofold_a remembrance_n of_o injury_n in_o cautelam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la vindictam_fw-la exercitation_n 5._o pag._n 223._o the_o latter_a clause_n of_o exod._n 34._o 7._o so_o translate_v and_o expound_v as_o to_o contain_v a_o eight_o branch_n of_o divine_a goodness_n viz._n clemency_n in_o correct_v equity_n in_o visit_v iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n clemency_n in_o stop_v at_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n a_o lesson_n for_o magistrate_n a_o speech_n of_o our_o queen_n elizabeth_n god_n proclamation_n in_o exodus_fw-la 34._o improve_v by_o moses_n in_o number_n 14._o 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preterition_n describe_v the_o term_n defend_v ephes_n 1._o 4._o compare_v with_o revel_n 17._o 8._o ephes_n 1._o 9_o and_o rom._n 9_o 13._o expound_v god_n not_o bind_v to_o any_o creature_n except_o by_o promise_n the_o parable_n in_o matth._n 20._o urge_v the_o three_o consequent_n of_o negative_a reprobation_n dr_n davenant_n animadversion_n against_o mr_n hoard_v book_n recommend_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n manifest_v in_o election_n as_o in_o a_o most_o free_a peculiar_a ancient_a lead_v and_o stand_a favour_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 327._o a_o introduction_n to_o roman_n 9_o most_o part_n of_o that_o chapter_n expound_v together_o with_o sundry_a passage_n in_o chapter_n 10_o and_o 11._o for_o proof_n of_o these_o two_o conclusion_n 1._o that_o paul_n in_o rom._n 9_o do_v upon_o occasion_n propound_v and_o prosecute_v the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n 2._o that_o he_o derive_v the_o decree_n of_o preterition_n from_o the_o sovereign_a greatness_n of_o god_n a_o consectary_n show_v how_o useful_a the_o say_a doctrine_n be_v to_o sober_a mind_n exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 359._o creation_n what_o pythagoras_n and_o trismegist_n hebr._n 6._o 3._o open_v scripture-philosophy_n exit_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nihil_fw-la fit_a how_o true_a creature_n what_o god_n goodness_n in_o work_n of_o creation_n particular_o in_o the_o frame_n of_o adam_n the_o consultation_n upon_o which_o pattern_n after_o which_o part_n of_o which_o he_o frame_v two_o history_n one_o of_o a_o priest_n the_o other_o of_o a_o monk_n the_o original_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n improve_v exercitation_n 5._o pag._n 381._o the_o same_o and_o other_o attribute_n of_o god_n declare_v from_o his_o providential_a dispensation_n the_o interchangeableness_n whereof_o large_o discourse_v of_o and_o apply_v from_o ecclesiaste_n 7._o 14._o a_o gloss_n upon_o isaiah_n chap._n 10._o 11._o cheerfulness_n a_o duty_n in_o six_o respect_n cross_n how_o to_o be_v consider_v aphorism_n vi_o pag._n 400._o providence_n extend_v itself_o not_o only_o to_o all_o create_a being_n and_o to_o all_o humane_a affair_n especial_o those_o that_o concern_v the_o church_n but_o even_o to_o the_o sin_n of_o angel_n and_o man_n exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 400._o introduction_n concern_v the_o content_n of_o this_o aphorism_n providence_n over_o all_o create_a being_n preservation_n of_o man_n to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n himself_o not_o to_o good_a man_n yea_o not_o to_o good_a angel_n in_o who_o heart-searching_a and_o patience_n want_v providence_n reach_v to_o humane_a affair_n oeconomical_a civil_a military_a moral_a and_o ecclesiastical_a anastasius_n his_o design_n frustrate_v rome_n and_o our_o nation_n instance_a in_o j._n g._n castigate_v exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 415._o deuteron_fw-gr 11._o 12._o open_v god_n care_n over_o the_o church_n prove_v from_o the_o provision_n he_o make_v for_o inferior_a creature_n from_o israel_n conduct_n from_o the_o experiment_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o saint_n in_o all_o age_n experiment_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n rocheller_n musculus_fw-la acknowledgement_n of_o jacob_n david_n psalmist_n austin_n and_o ursin_n from_o god_n cause_v thing_n and_o act_n of_o all_o sort_n to_o cooperate_v unto_o the_o good_a of_o the_o saint_n isaiah_n 27._o 2_o 3._o explain_v the_o church_n preserve_v from_o in_o and_o by_o danger_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 438._o hardheartedness_n make_v up_o of_o unteachableness_n in_o the_o understanding_n untractableness_n in_o the_o will_n unfaithfulness_n in_o the_o memory_n unsensibleness_n in_o the_o conscience_n and_o unmoveableness_n in_o the_o affection_n metaphor_n to_o express_v it_o from_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n stone_n and_o metal_n a_o soft_a heart_n mischief_n searedness_n and_o virulency_n attendant_n of_o hardness_n god_n concur_v thereunto_o by_o way_n of_o privation_n negation_n permission_n presentation_n tradition_n to_o satan_n deliver_v up_o to_o lust_n and_o infliction_n exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 463._o objection_n against_o and_o corollary_n from_o the_o forego_n proposition_n the_o least_o thing_n provide_v for_o luther_n admonition_n to_o melancthon_n maximilians_n address_n pliny_n unbelief_n the_o psalmist_n stumble_v at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a his_o recovery_n by_o consider_v it_o be_v not_o full_a be_v not_o to_o be_v final_a the_o superintendency_n of_o providence_n over_o military_a and_o civil_a affair_n in_o particular_a the_o church_n affliction_n promise_v caution_v duty_n of_o cast_v care_n upon_o god_n he_o no_o author_n of_o sin_n the_o attestation_n of_o this_o state_n and_o of_o this_o writer_n a_o chain_n of_o theological_a principle_n or_o a_o orderly_a concatenation_n of_o aphorism_n and_o exercitation_n wherein_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v assert_v and_o improve_v aphorism_n i._n man_n blessedness_n consist_v not_o in_o a_o confluence_n of_o worldly_a accommodation_n which_o be_v all_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n but_o in_o the_o fruition_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n who_o only_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o our_o heart_n &_o our_o portion_n for_o ever_o exercitation_n 1._o 1._o aph_n 1._o psal_n 144._o end_n open_v blessedness_n what_o solomon_n scope_n in_o ecclesiastes_n why_o he_o style_v himself_o cohele_v his_o testimony_n concern_v the_o creature_n their_o threefold_a transcendent_a vanity_n intellectual_a accomplishment_n bring_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o folly_n enmity_n anxiety_n and_o insufficiency_n that_o attend_v they_o a_o apostrophe_n to_o the_o world_n §_o 1._o this_o be_v a_o case_n which_o have_v long_o since_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o prophet_n david_n who_o in_o psalm_n the_o hundred_o forty_o four_o after_o he_o have_v twice_o charge_v those_o who_o he_o call_v strange_a child_n with_o a_o mouth_n speak_v vanity_n once_o in_o the_o eight_o and_o again_o in_o the_o eleven_o verse_n go_v on_o to_o record_v as_o good_a 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of_o his_o wing_n creature-comfort_n be_v but_o lean_a blessing_n in_o comparison_n there_o be_v a_o fatness_n in_o god_n house_n such_o as_o satisfy_v and_o that_o abundant_o they_o afford_v but_o drop_n christ_n a_o river_n of_o pleasure_n look_v as_o when_o a_o army_n of_o man_n come_v to_o drink_v at_o a_o mighty_a river_n a_o jordan_n a_o thames_n 2._o exerc._n 2._o they_o all_o go_v satisfy_v away_o none_o complain_v of_o want_n none_o envy_v another_o because_o there_o be_v water_n enough_o for_o they_o all_o whereas_o have_v they_o come_v to_o a_o little_a brook_n there_o will_v not_o have_v be_v find_v enough_o to_o quench_v the_o thirst_n of_o every_o one_o so_o here_o the_o creature_n be_v small_a brook_n that_o have_v but_o a_o little_a water_n in_o they_o yea_o break_a cistern_n that_o hold_v 13._o jerem._n 2._o 13._o no_o water_n no_o wonder_n if_o soul_n return_v empty_a from_o they_o but_o christ_n have_v a_o river_n for_o his_o follower_n able_a to_o give_v they_o 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of_o holy_a affection_n according_a to_o that_o most_o emphatical_a speech_n of_o bernard_n 107._o amat_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la qui_fw-la amatâ—â—_n est_fw-la sine_fw-la merito_fw-la amat_fw-la sine_fw-la â—ine_o qui_fw-la sine_fw-la principio_fw-la se_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la amatum_fw-la bern._n epist_n 107._o god_n deserve_v love_n from_o such_o as_o he_o have_v love_v long_o before_o they_o can_v deserve_v it_o and_o his_o love_n to_o god_n will_v be_v without_o end_n who_o know_v that_o god_n love_n to_o he_o be_v without_o any_o beginning_n i_o confess_v indeed_o that_o the_o book_n of_o life_n like_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n in_o paradise_n have_v a_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n grow_v hard_o by_o which_o can_v with_o safety_n be_v taste_v of_o there_o be_v some_o nice_a and_o needless_a question_n start_v about_o it_o that_o may_v be_v spare_v and_o shall_v be_v forbear_v but_o these_o high_a wall_n and_o son_n of_o anak_n shall_v by_o no_o mean_n prevail_v with_o 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