in_o alexand._n 7_o alphonsus_n amico_fw-la respondisse_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la temere_fw-la à _fw-la romanis_n illis_fw-la quidem_fw-la saepientioribus_fw-la honoris_fw-la temple_n virtutis_fw-la templum_fw-la conjunctum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la virtutis_fw-la templum_fw-la intrâ—ire_fw-la nemini_fw-la liceret_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la mortales_fw-la ad_fw-la honoris_fw-la fastigium_fw-la non_fw-la voluptatum_fw-la via_fw-la sed_fw-la virtutis_fw-la illa_fw-la quidem_fw-la aspera_fw-la &_o salebrosa_fw-la enitendum_fw-la esse_fw-la panorm_a lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr reb_n gest_n alphons_n 8_o vid._n aristotelem_n 1._o ethic._n cap._n 5._o 9_o vid._n ciceron_n de_fw-fr clar_n orator_n ad_fw-la brutum_fw-la &_o 10._o fam_fw-la ad_fw-la plancum_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la passim_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la à _fw-la pâ—colomineo_fw-la grad_v 8._o cap._n 34._o rectè_fw-la describitur_fw-la honour_n praemium_fw-la virtutis_fw-la a_o congruente_fw-la ejus_fw-la judice_fw-la tributum_fw-la viro_fw-la probo_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la virtus_fw-la refulgeat_fw-la caeterique_fw-la ejus_fw-la exemplo_fw-la ad_fw-la virtutem_fw-la in_o vitentur_fw-la 10_o nihil_fw-la meum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la quod_fw-la auferri_fw-la quod_fw-la eripi_fw-la quod_fw-la amitti_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n paradox_n 4._o quanti_fw-la est_fw-la estimanda_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la not_o eripi_fw-la nec_fw-la surripi_fw-la potest_fw-la unquam_fw-la nec_fw-la incendio_fw-la nec_fw-la naufragio_fw-la amittitur_fw-la nec_fw-la tempestate_fw-la nec_fw-la temporis_fw-la permutatione_n mutatur_fw-la qua_fw-la praediti_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la soli_fw-la sunt_fw-la divites_fw-la soli_fw-la enim_fw-la possident_fw-la res_fw-la &_o fructuosas_fw-la &_o sempiternas_fw-la solique_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la proprium_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la conâ—enti_fw-la sunt_fw-la rebus_fw-la snis_fw-la cic._n paradox_n ult_n in_o fin_n 11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n euripid._n in_o temeâ—o_n 12_o indignus_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o praeolaro_fw-la nomine_fw-la tantum_fw-la insignis_fw-la juv._n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la 13_o exeat_fw-la aula_fw-la qui_fw-la volet_fw-la esse_fw-la pius_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la potestas_fw-la non_fw-la cocunt_fw-la lucan_n lib._n 8._o 14_o quare_fw-la fer_v agrirabiem_fw-la &_o frenetic_fw-la verba_fw-la nempè_fw-la quia_fw-la videntur_fw-la nescire_fw-la quid_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quid_fw-la interest_n quo_fw-la cuique_fw-la vitio_fw-la fiat_fw-la imprudens_fw-la etc._n etc._n sen._n de_fw-fr ira_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 20._o 15_o the_o wicked_a be_v self-condemned_n and_o may_v say_v with_o that_o mad_a woman_n mean_v alind_a suadet_fw-la video_fw-la meliora_fw-la proboque_fw-la deteriora_fw-la sequor_fw-la ovid._n metam_fw-la lib._n 7._o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliva_fw-la gigantum_fw-la more_o pugnaxe_n oum_fw-la diis_fw-la quam_fw-la naturae_fw-la repugnare_fw-la cicer._n cat._n ma._n nos_fw-la naturam_fw-la sequamur_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la quod_fw-la abhorret_fw-la ap_fw-mi ipsa_fw-la oculâ—râ—m_fw-la auriumque_fw-la comprobatione_fw-la fugiamus_fw-la cir._n 1._o affic_n 16_o prima_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la ultio_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la judice_fw-la nemo_fw-la nocens_fw-la absolvitur_fw-la paena_fw-la autem_fw-la vehemens_fw-la ac_fw-la multo_fw-la saevior_fw-la illis_fw-la quas_fw-la &_o caeditius_fw-la grave_n invenit_fw-la &_o rhadamantus_fw-la noctè_fw-la dieque_fw-la suum_fw-la gestare_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la testem_fw-la juven_n sit_v 13._o 17_o peccati_fw-la dolour_n &_o maximus_fw-la &_o aeternus_fw-la est_fw-la cicer._n ad_fw-la attic._n 11._o sva_fw-la quemque_fw-la fraus_fw-la &_o suus_fw-la error_n maxim_n vexat_fw-la suum_fw-la quemque_fw-la scelus_fw-la agitat_fw-la amentiaque_fw-la afficit_fw-la suae_fw-la malae_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la conscientiaeque_fw-la animi_fw-la terrent_fw-la hae_fw-la sunt_fw-la impiis_fw-la assiduae_fw-la domesticaeque_fw-la furiae_fw-la quae_fw-la dies_fw-la noctesque_fw-la paenas_fw-la à _fw-la sceleratissimis_fw-la repetunt_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la rosc_n amer._n impiis_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la sunt_fw-la paeâ—ae_fw-la praeparatae_fw-la cic._n 2._o the_o invent_v si_fw-mi qui_fw-la satis_fw-la opibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la contra_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la septi_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o muniti_fw-la videntur_fw-la deorum_fw-la tamen_fw-la numen_fw-la horrent_n easque_fw-la ipsas_fw-la solicitudines_fw-la quibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la animi_fw-la noctesque_fw-la diesque_fw-la exeduntur_fw-la à _fw-la diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la supplicii_fw-la causa_fw-la importari_fw-la putant_fw-la cicer._n 1._o de_fw-la finib_fw-la 18_o conscientia_fw-la benè_fw-la actae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la multorumque_fw-la benefactorum_fw-la recordatio_fw-la est_fw-la jucundissima_fw-la cic._n cat._n ma._n vacare_fw-la culpa_fw-la maximum_fw-la est_fw-la solacium_fw-la cic._n m._n mario_n fam_fw-la 7._o 19_o quod_fw-la optimum_fw-la idem_fw-la jucundissimum_fw-la symbol_n albert._n primi_fw-la ubi_fw-la goltzius_n ex_fw-la corinficio_fw-la ad_fw-la herenniuâ—_n 20_o eligenda_fw-la est_fw-la optima_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ratio_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetude_n reddet_fw-la suavissimam_fw-la symb._n caes_n rom._n germ._n part_n 3._o sym_n 28._o consuetudinis_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la monet_fw-la cicero_n 2._o tuscul_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la vis_fw-la pernoctant_fw-la venatores_fw-la in_o nive_v in_o montibus_fw-la mouse_n patiuâ—tur_fw-la consâ—â—tudâ—_n laborum_fw-la pâ—rpessioneâ—_n diiorio_n officit_fw-la faciliorâ—m_fw-la nam_fw-la fortâ—_n laborâ—m_fw-la contemnerâ—â—uluus_fw-la consâ—etudo_fw-la docâ—t_fw-la 21_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la facilis_fw-la res_fw-la quin_fw-la difficilis_fw-la fiet_fw-la quâ—â—_n indian's_n fâ—â—iâ—_n terent._n heautonâ—_n act_n 4._o scaen._n 6._o 22_o nulli_fw-la to_o unquam_fw-la de_fw-la generis_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la praeponas_fw-la nam_fw-la frustra_fw-la sibi_fw-la aliquis_fw-la de_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la generis_fw-la appiaudis_fw-la etigis_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la ignobilia_fw-la &_o contâ—â—ptibilia_fw-la bujus_fw-la maâ—di_fw-la &_o uâ—iversi_fw-la parsi_fw-la honoris_fw-la &_o ejusdâ—â—_n apud_fw-la deum_fw-la protiisunt_fw-la qui_fw-la uno_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguine_fw-la sunt_fw-la redempti_fw-la sola_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la libertas_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la servire_fw-la peccatis_fw-la summa_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la nobilitas_fw-la est_fw-la clarum_fw-la esse_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieronom_n epist_n fam_fw-la lib._n 2._o open_a 20._o ad_fw-la câ—lantiam_fw-la 23_o dcâ—_n servire_fw-la regnare_fw-la est_fw-la a_o summary_n account_n of_o the_o principal_a purpose_n question_n and_o case_n speak_v to_o in_o this_o treatise_n prayer_n a_o mean_n of_o procure_v and_o convey_v all_o good_a to_o the_o saint_n page_n 2_o several_a effect_n and_o fruit_n of_o prayer_n page_n 4_o part_n i._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o prayer_n chap._n i._o prayer_n consider_v gift_n 2._o as_o a_o grace_n duty_n 4._o as_o a_o mean_n chap._n i._n several_a scripture_n seem_v to_o hold_v forth_o prayer_n either_o as_o a_o very_a difficult_a or_o easy_a work_n parallel_v for_o the_o comfort_n of_o tender_a christian_n and_o terror_n of_o formal_a professor_n page_n 12_o chap._n iii_o the_o christian_a must_v pray_v else_o be_v can_v live_v page_n 16_o damafcen_n his_o description_n of_o prayer_n page_n 17_o prayer_n sometime_o put_v for_o the_o whole_a worship_n of_o god_n page_n 17_o some_o of_o aquinas_n his_o needless_a speculation_n the_o popish_a devotion_n a_o mock_n of_o god_n ibid._n prayer_n describe_v and_o the_o part_n of_o the_o definition_n propound_v 18_o whether_o 1._o confession_n of_o sin_n 2._o thanksgiving_n belong-to_a prayer_n as_o its_o part_n page_n 19_o chap._n iu_o lip-labour_n no_o prayer_n though_o the_o voice_n be_v require_v and_o shall_v concur_v with_o the_o heart_n page_n 20_o prayer_n be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o understanding_n but_o of_o the_o will_n yet_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n must_v contribute_v their_o assistance_n page_n 21_o our_o desire_n need_v not_o a_o interpreter_n every_o desire_n though_o spiritual_a be_v not_o prayer_n unless_o it_o be_v offer_v up_o and_o direct_v to_o god_n page_n 23_o the_o will_n do_v not_o by_o a_o new_a act_n reflect_v upon_o order_z direct_v and_o offer_v up_o â—ts_n desire_n to_o god_n page_n 24_o argument_n prove_v prayer_n direct_o and_o formal_o to_o consist_v in_o a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n page_n 26_o chap._n v._o who_o shall_v and_o who_o may_v not_o pray_v page_n 28_o sect._n i._n the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o formal_o pray_v and_o how_o he_o be_v say_v to_o intercede_v for_o the_o saint_n rom._n 8.26_o 27._o and_o to_o be_v their_o advocate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 14.16_o joh._n 16.7_o page_n 29_o gerhard_n his_o gloss_n confute_v ibid._n christ_n advocation_n compare_v with_o the_o spirit_n page_n 33_o of_o christ_n intercession_n from_o page_n 34_o to_o page_n page_n 76_o the_o intercession_n of_o christ_n for_o his_o people_n clear_o hold_v forth_o in_o the_o scripture_n page_n 34_o why_o papist_n deny_v that_o we_o may_v improve_v this_o sweet_a point_n page_n 34_o we_o may_v pray_v to_o christ_n to_o pray_v for_o we_o page_n 35_o nine_o step_n of_o christ_n intercession_n ibid._n whether_o christ_n intercee_v for_o we_o as_o he_o be_v god_n as_o he_o be_v man_n or_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 37_o there_o be_v no_o theandrick_n action_n of_o christ_n our_o divine_n interpret_v ibid._n how_o and_o after_o what_o manner_n do_v christ_n now_o in_o the_o heaven_n intercede_v for_o we_o wherein_o do_v his_o intercession_n formal_o consist_v whether_o he_o utter_v word_n etc._n etc._n answer_v in_o six_o assertion_n page_n 40_o what_o here_o be_v the_o main_a and_o prime_a ground_n
of_o consolation_n page_n 45_o a_o objection_n against_o christ_n vocal_a intercession_n answer_v page_n 46_o christ_n intercession_n practical_o improven_v for_o the_o comfort_n of_o believer_n notwithstanding_o all_o their_o fear_n and_o doubt_n page_n 47_o three_o ground_n of_o christ_n intercession_n viz._n his_o office_n his_o love_n and_o his_o sympathy_n with_o we_o page_n 53_o whether_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v at_o a_o disadvantage_n upon_o this_o account_n page_n 56_o christ_n do_v not_o intercede_v before_o his_o incarnation_n ibid._n objection_n answer_v page_n 57_o what_o his_o sympathy_n then_o do_v import_v page_n 58_o how_o he_o be_v then_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n page_n 60_o how_o the_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v say_v to_o appear_v visible_o and_o to_o manifest_v themselves_o by_o some_o sensible_a symbol_n page_n 61_o whether_o mr._n goodwin_n ascribe_v too_o much_o to_o christ_n interssion_n while_o he_o prefer_v it_o to_o his_o death_n and_o affirm_v that_o we_o may_v rest_v upon_o it_o alone_o page_n 62_o whether_o christ_n intercee_v as_o a_o common_a person_n represent_v we_o page_n 66_o what_o the_o jew_n enjoy_v and_o what_o be_v our_o privilege_n page_n 67_o the_o text_n joh._n 16.26_o vindicate_v christ_n do_v not_o there_o deny_v etc._n etc._n page_n 68_o christ_n always_o hear_v yea_o then_o while_o he_o pray_v that_o the_o cup_n may_v pass_v from_o he_o with_o a_o large_a commentary_n on_o these_o word_n page_n 70_o whether_o all_o christ_n prayer_n be_v mediatory_a page_n 75_o whether_o christ_n luk._n 23.34_o pray_v for_o all_o those_o who_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o his_o death_n page_n 75_o the_o popish_a schoolman_n argue_v against_o christ_n formal_a and_o proper_a intercession_n from_o matth._n 28.18_o ibid._n their_o objection_n answer_v page_n 76_o how_o and_o why_o the_o heaven_n earth_n etc._n etc._n be_v invite_v to_o praise_v god_n ibid._n sect._n ii_o whether_o the_o holy_a angel_n and_o the_o saint_n depart_v do_v pray_v and_o for_o what_o page_n 78_o the_o soul_n in_o hell_n can_v pray_v and_o why_o page_n 81_o devil_n neither_o will_n nor_o may_v pray_v though_o satan_n may_v ask_v leave_n to_o tempt_v job_n page_n 83_o who_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o pray_v page_n 85_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o unconvert_v vindicate_v from_o antinomian_a cavil_n page_n 86_o the_o obligation_n and_o ability_n of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n hold_v forth_o in_o some_o few_o assertion_n page_n 88_o how_o the_o prayer_n and_o performance_n of_o unbeliever_n may_v be_v say_v to_o please_v god_n page_n 94_o several_a argument_n show_v that_o the_o most_o wicked_a wretch_n be_v oblige_v to_o pray_v to_o god_n page_n 96_o whether_o they_o may_v ask_v in_o faith_n page_n 99_o whether_o the_o wicked_a have_v a_o promise_n to_o be_v hear_v page_n 100_o chap._n vi_o to_o who_o shall_v we_o pray_v page_n 103_o whether_o we_o shall_v pray_v to_o christ_n as_o mediator_n page_n 104_o we_o may_v not_o pray_v to_o angel_n or_o the_o saint_n in_o glory_n page_n 106_o papist_n have_v make_v many_o new_a god_n nay_o herein_o they_o have_v exceed_v their_o patron_n those_o pagan_n from_o who_o they_o borrow_v and_o learn_v this_o new_a point_n of_o divinity_n page_n 107_o by_o what_o step_v this_o pagan_a doctrine_n creep_v into_o the_o church_n page_n 109_o the_o jewish_a church_n in_o her_o worst_a time_n do_v not_o fall_v into_o this_o error_n nor_o the_o christian_a for_o the_o space_n of_o some_o hundred_o year_n page_n 109_o who_o be_v the_o first_o author_n and_o abetter_n of_o this_o platonic_a dream_n page_n 111_o when_o be_v it_o general_o receive_v page_n 115_o bellarmin_n his_o impudence_n page_n 118_o of_o the_o glass_n of_o the_o trinity_n page_n 120_o erasmus_n his_o sarcasme_n page_n 122_o whether_o papist_n maintain_v that_o the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la shall_v be_v say_v to_o the_o saint_n page_n 125_o whether_o he_o can_v be_v a_o mediator_n of_o intercession_n who_o be_v not_o also_o a_o mediator_n of_o redemption_n page_n 129_o many_o abominable_a blasphemy_n in_o mary_n her_o psalter_n page_n 130_o papist_n make_v saint-merit_n the_o ground_n of_o saint-invocation_n page_n 131_o cassander_n confession_n with_o vives_z his_o regrate_a page_n 132_o popish_a self-conviction_n page_n 135_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o pray_v the_o saint_n to_o pray_v for_o we_o and_o pray_v to_o the_o saint_n that_o they_o may_v pray_v for_o we_o page_n 137_o the_o popish_a argument_n from_o miracle_n answer_v ibid._n what_o honour_n we_o owe_v to_o the_o saint_n in_o glory_n page_n 138_o a_o word_n of_o application_n ibid._n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o matter_n and_o object_n of_o prayer_n page_n 140_o sect._n i._n we_o must_v have_v a_o warrant_n to_o come_v to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n and_o what_o to_o ask_v page_n 141_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o sole_a rule_n of_o prayer_n but_o not_o his_o purpose_n and_o decree_n though_o reveal_v and_o make_v know_v to_o we_o page_n 142_o three_o thing_n must_v concur_v for_o consttiut_v the_o rule_n of_o prayer_n page_n 147_o what_o kind_n of_o promulgation_n be_v necessary_a page_n 148_o the_o practice_n and_o example_n of_o other_o not_o a_o sufficient_a warrant_n page_n 150_o the_o promise_n alone_o a_o sufficient_a ground_n of_o prayer_n page_n 152_o objection_n answer_v page_n 154_o providence_n be_v not_o our_o rule_n page_n 158_o how_o far_o it_o may_v declare_v the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o our_o duty_n page_n 160_o whether_o and_o how_o far_o we_o may_v make_v use_n of_o the_o dispensation_n of_o providence_n in_o our_o personal_a case_n which_o be_v not_o particular_o determine_v in_o the_o word_n answer_v in_o several_a conclusion_n page_n 165_o whether_o we_o may_v go_v to_o the_o scripture_n and_o make_v use_n of_o that_o passage_n which_o first_o occur_v if_o pertinent_a to_o our_o case_n page_n 175_o how_o far_o providence_n may_v be_v directive_n and_o helpful_a for_o constitute_v we_o in_o any_o place_n state_n or_o relation_n page_n 176_o sect._n ii_o for_o what_o thing_n and_o in_o what_o order_n shall_v we_o pray_v page_n 179_o we_o may_v safe_o go_v as_o far_o as_o the_o promise_n and_o ask_v every_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a page_n 180_o the_o messalian_o deny_v that_o we_o may_v ask_v temporal_n confute_v page_n 182_o objection_n answer_v page_n 185_o socinian_o jesuit_n and_o arminian_n can_v tell_v what_o they_o ask_v from_o god_n while_o they_o pray_v for_o temporal_a mercy_n page_n 187_o our_o motive_n shall_v be_v rational_a and_o spiritual_a while_o we_o pray_v for_o temporal_n page_n 189_o whether_o small_a mercy_n may_v be_v particularise_v and_o express_o ask_v page_n 190_o we_o must_v not_o pray_v peremptory_o for_o any_o temporal_a mercy_n though_o more_o earnest_o for_o some_o then_o for_o other_o page_n 191_o our_o prayer_n for_o temporal_n be_v not_o in_o that_o sense_n conditional_a in_o which_o a_o logical_a 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be_v yet_o under_o the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n may_v plead_v the_o absolute_a promise_n page_n 209_o none_o can_v absolute_o and_o in_o faith_n pray_v for_o grace_n as_o to_o its_o nature_n and_o be_v but_o upon_o a_o mistake_n of_o their_o condition_n but_o we_o may_v and_o shall_v thus_o pray_v for_o the_o measure_n and_o a_o further_a degree_n of_o grace_n page_n 211_o a_o evasion_n confute_v page_n 214_o another_o evasion_n page_n 215_o what_o a_o absolute_a promise_n do_v import_v page_n 216_o what_o it_o be_v to_o pray_v absolute_o page_n 217_o how_o the_o promise_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o prayer_n page_n 218_o whether_o those_o prayer_n that_o have_v for_o their_o object_n a_o further_a perfection_n and_o measure_n of_o grace_n be_v always_o answer_v page_n 220_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o judge_v concern_v the_o measure_n of_o grace_n page_n 221_o why_o we_o must_v
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warning_n to_o we_o of_o our_o frailty_n that_o we_o may_v learn_v to_o be_v humble_a watchful_a and_o circumspect_a 2._o to_o be_v as_o a_o beacon_n on_o the_o rock_n which_o we_o shall_v shun_v and_o 3._o to_o teach_v we_o that_o our_o imitation_n of_o man_n though_o eminent_a for_o holiness_n shall_v be_v with_o a_o limitation_n and_o with_o caution_n that_o we_o must_v only_o follow_v they_o when_o and_o so_o far_o as_o they_o follow_v christ_n and_o walk_v by_o rule_n but_o though_o some_o weak_a saint_n may_v miscarry_v on_o the_o one_o hand_n by_o presume_v on_o god_n care_n and_o bounty_n that_o he_o will_v bless_v such_o a_o severe_a course_n of_o physic_n as_o they_o prescribe_v to_o themselves_o without_o his_o warrant_n and_o approbation_n yet_o alas_o it_o be_v more_o usual_a to_o miscarry_v on_o the_o other_o hand_n so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o stay_v long_o in_o debate_v this_o case_n all_o of_o we_o have_v a_o monitor_n within_o which_o will_v be_v too_o ready_a to_o warn_v we_o of_o our_o danger_n loss_n and_o bodily_a evil_n and_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o call_v to_o we_o to_o spare_v ourselves_o when_o the_o lord_n do_v call_v we_o to_o suffer_v and_o when_o his_o glory_n and_o our_o everlasting_a happiness_n do_v cry_v to_o we_o not_o to_o 12.11_o to_o rev._n 12.11_o love_v our_o life_n unto_o the_o death_n and_o when_o if_o we_o 16.25_o we_o mat._n 16.25_o save_v our_o life_n we_o will_v lose_v it_o and_o since_o we_o may_v not_o wish_v evil_a to_o ourselves_o that_o the_o lord_n may_v turn_v it_o to_o our_o good_a far_o less_o may_v we_o thus_o wish_v evil_a to_o other_o with_o who_o comfort_n and_o creature-enjoyment_n we_o have_v not_o such_o power_n to_o dispense_v as_o with_o our_o own_o and_o of_o the_o frame_n of_o who_o hearr_n we_o know_v less_o and_o of_o their_o readiness_n to_o abuse_v mercy_n as_o also_o since_o here_o there_o may_v be_v some_o suspicion_n of_o malice_n envy_n etc._n etc._n ah_o who_o will_v look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o genuine_a son_n of_o zion_n who_o under_o the_o pretence_n that_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o church_n have_v often_o prove_v a_o mean_a of_o reformation_n humiliation_n etc._n etc._n will_v wish_v and_o pray_v that_o her_o calamity_n may_v be_v multiply_v or_o continue_v if_o these_o shall_v prosper_v that_o love_n and_o pray_v for_o her_o peace_n ps_n 122.6_o what_o shall_v be_v their_o portion_n that_o under_o whatsoever_o colour_n dare_v pray_v for_o her_o trouble_n 3._o as_o for_o evil_n of_o sin_n who_o will_v be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o plead_v that_o these_o be_v desirable_a these_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o hell_n and_o make_v angel_n once_o glorious_a become_v devil_n these_o deface_v the_o beautiful_a image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n and_o rob_v he_o of_o all_o his_o excellency_n these_o be_v the_o grand_a murderer_n that_o kill_v both_o body_n and_o soul_n and_o daily_o thrust_v multitude_n into_o the_o pit_n these_o be_v the_o procurer_n of_o all_o our_o too_o 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