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the_o spirit_n 7.1_o spirit_n 2_o cor._n 7.1_o by_o the_o one_o we_o defile_v the_o body_n by_o the_o other_o we_o defile_v the_o spirit_n which_o in_o regard_n of_o its_o nature_n be_v of_o kin_n to_o the_o creator_n to_o wrong_v one_o who_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o a_o prince_n be_v worse_a than_o to_o injure_v a_o inferior_a subject_n when_o we_o make_v our_o spirit_n which_o be_v most_o like_a to_o god_n in_o their_o nature_n and_o frame_v according_a to_o his_o image_n a_o stage_n to_o act_v vain_a imagination_n wicked_a desire_n and_o unclean_a affection_n we_o wrong_v god_n in_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o work_n and_o reflect_v upon_o the_o nobleness_n of_o the_o pattern_n we_o wrong_v he_o in_o that_o part_n where_o he_o have_v stamp_v the_o most_o signal_n character_n of_o his_o own_o spiritual_a nature_n we_o defile_v that_o whereby_o we_o have_v only_o converse_v with_o he_o as_o a_o spirit_n which_o he_o have_v order_v more_o immediate_o to_o represent_v he_o in_o 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we_o may_v avoid_v the_o scourge_n who_o can_v charge_n god_n with_o a_o eagerness_n to_o revenge_n that_o send_v so_o many_o herald_n and_o so_o often_o before_o he_o strike_v that_o he_o may_v be_v prevent_v from_o strike_v his_o threaten_n have_v not_o so_o much_o of_o a_o black_a flag_n as_o of_o a_o olive_n branch_n he_o lifts_z his_o up_z hand_n before_o he_o strike_v that_o man_n may_v see_v and_o avert_v the_o stroke_n isaiah_n 26.11_o 2._o his_o patience_n be_v manifest_a in_o long_o delay_v his_o threaten_a judgement_n though_o he_o find_v no_o repentance_n in_o the_o rebel_n he_o do_v sometime_o delay_v his_o light_a punishment_n because_o he_o do_v not_o delight_n in_o torture_v his_o creature_n but_o he_o do_v long_o delay_v his_o destroy_a punishment_n such_o as_o put_v a_o end_n to_o man_n happiness_n and_o remit_v they_o to_o their_o final_a and_o unchangeable_a state_n because_o he_o do_v not_o delight_n in_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n while_o he_o be_v prepare_v his_o arrow_n he_o be_v wait_v for_o a_o occasion_n to_o lay_v they_o aside_o and_o dull_a their_o point_n that_o he_o may_v with_o honour_n march_v back_o again_o and_o disband_v his_o army_n he_o bring_v light_a smart_n soon_o that_o man_n may_v not_o think_v he_o asleep_o but_o he_o suspend_v the_o more_o terrible_a judgement_n that_o man_n may_v be_v lead_v to_o repentance_n he_o scatter_v not_o his_o consume_a fire_n at_o the_o first_o but_o bring_v on_o ruine_v vengeance_n with_o a_o slow_a pace_n sentence_n against_o a_o evil_a work_n be_v not_o speedy_o execute_v eccles_n 8.11_o the_o jew_n therefore_o say_v that_o michael_n the_o minister_n of_o justice_n fly_v with_o one_o wing_n but_o gabriel_n the_o minister_n of_o mercy_n with_o two_o a_o 120_o year_n do_v god_n wait_v upon_o the_o old_a world_n and_o delay_v their_o punishment_n all_o the_o time_n the_o ark_n be_v prepare_v 1_o pet._n 3.20_o wherein_o that_o wicked_a generation_n do_v not_o enjoy_v only_o a_o bare_a patience_n but_o a_o strive_a patience_n gen._n 6.3_o my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n yet_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n the_o day_n wherein_o i_o will_v strive_v with_o he_o that_o his_o long-suffering_a may_v not_o lose_v all_o its_o fruit_n and_o remit_v the_o object_n of_o it_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o consume_a justice_n it_o be_v the_o ten_o generation_n of_o the_o world_n from_o adam_n when_o the_o deluge_n overflow_v it_o so_o long_o do_v god_n bear_v with_o they_o and_o the_o ten_o generation_n from_o noah_n wherein_o sodom_n be_v consume_v god_n do_v not_o come_v to_o keep_v his_o assize_n in_o sodom_n till_o the_o cry_n of_o their_o sin_n be_v very_o
strong_a that_o it_o have_v be_v a_o wrong_n to_o his_o justice_n to_o have_v restrain_v it_o any_o long_o the_o cry_n be_v so_o loud_o that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v at_o quiet_a as_o it_o be_v on_o his_o throne_n of_o glory_n for_o the_o disturb_a noise_n gen._n 18.20_o 21._o sin_n transgress_v the_o law_n the_o law_n be_v violate_v solicit_v justice_n justice_n be_v urge_v plead_v for_o punishment_n the_o cry_n of_o their_o sin_n do_v as_o it_o be_v force_v he_o from_o heaven_n to_o come_v down_o and_o examine_v what_o cause_n there_o be_v for_o that_o clamour_n sin_n cry_v loud_a and_o long_o before_o he_o take_v his_o sword_n in_o hand_n four_o hundred_o year_n he_o keep_v off_o deserve_v destruction_n from_o the_o amorites_n and_o defer_v make_v good_a his_o promise_n to_o abraham_n of_o give_v canaan_n to_o his_o posterity_n out_o of_o his_o long-suffering_a to_o the_o amorites_n gen._n 15.16_o in_o the_o four_o generation_n they_o shall_v come_v hither_o again_o for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o amorites_n be_v not_o yet_o full_a their_o measure_n be_v fill_v then_o but_o not_o so_o full_a as_o to_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o any_o further_a patience_n till_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o usual_a time_n in_o succeed_a generation_n from_o the_o denounce_v of_o judgement_n to_o the_o execution_n be_v forty_o year_n this_o some_o ground_n upon_o ezek._n 4.6_o thou_o shall_v bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n forty_o day_n take_v each_o day_n for_o a_o year_n though_o hosea_n live_v seventy_o year_n yet_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o prophesy_a judgement_n against_o israel_n to_o the_o pour_v they_o out_o upon_o that_o idolatrous_a people_n it_o be_v forty_o year_n hosea_n as_o be_v mention_v before_o prophesy_v against_o they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o second_o in_o who_o time_n god_n do_v wonderful_o deliver_v israel_n 2_o king_n 14.26.27_o from_o that_o time_n till_o the_o total_a destruction_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n it_o be_v forty_o year_n as_o may_v easy_o be_v compute_v from_o the_o story_n 2_o king_n 15_o 16_o 17._o chapter_n by_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o succeed_a king_n so_o forty_o year_n after_o the_o most_o horrid_a villainy_n that_o ever_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sun_n viz._n the_o crucify_a the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v jerusalem_n destroy_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n captive_v so_o long_o do_v god_n delay_v a_o visible_a punishment_n for_o such_o a_o outrage_n sometime_o he_o prolong_v send_v a_o threaten_a judgement_n upon_o a_o mere_a shadow_n of_o humiliation_n so_o he_o do_v that_o denounce_v against_o ahab_n he_o turn_v it_o over_o to_o his_o posterity_n and_o adjourn_v it_o to_o another_o season_n 1_o king_n 21.29_o he_o do_v not_o issue_n out_o a_o arrest_n upon_o one_o transgression_n you_o often_o find_v he_o not_o commence_v a_o suit_n against_o man_n till_o three_o and_o four_o transgression_n the_o first_o of_o amos_n all_o along_o that_o chapter_n and_o the_o second_o chapter_n for_o three_o and_o four_o i_o e._n seven_o a_o certain_a number_n for_o a_o uncertain_a he_o give_v not_o order_n to_o his_o judgement_n to_o march_v till_o man_n be_v obstinate_a and_o refuse_v any_o commerce_n with_o he_o he_o stop_v they_o till_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n 2_o chron._n 36.16_o it_o must_v be_v a_o great_a wickedness_n that_o give_v vent_v to_o they_o hos_n 10.15_o heb._n your_o wickedness_n of_o wickedness_n he_o be_v so_o slow_a to_o anger_v and_o stay_v the_o punishment_n his_o enemy_n deserve_v that_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v forget_v his_o kindness_n to_o his_o friend_n psal_n 44.24_o wherefore_o hide_v thou_o thy_o face_n and_o forget_v our_o affliction_n and_o oppression_n he_o let_v his_o people_n groan_v under_o the_o yoke_n of_o their_o enemy_n as_o if_o he_o be_v make_v up_o of_o kindness_n to_o his_o enemy_n and_o anger_n against_o his_o friend_n this_o delay_n of_o punishment_n to_o evil_a man_n be_v visible_a in_o his_o suspend_v the_o terrify_a act_n of_o conscience_n and_o support_v it_o only_o in_o its_o check_v admonish_a and_o control_a act_n the_o patience_n of_o a_o governor_n be_v see_v in_o the_o patient_a mildness_n of_o his_o deputy_n david_n conscience_n do_v not_o terrify_v he_o till_o nine_o month_n after_o his_o sin_n of_o murder_n shall_v god_n set_v open_v the_o mouth_n of_o this_o power_n within_o we_o not_o only_o the_o earth_n but_o our_o own_o body_n and_o spirit_n will_v be_v a_o burden_n to_o we_o it_o be_v long_o before_o god_n put_v scorpion_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n conscience_n to_o scourge_v they_o he_o hold_v back_o the_o rod_n wait_v for_o the_o hour_n of_o our_o return_n as_o if_o that_o will_v be_v a_o recompense_n for_o our_o offence_n and_o his_o forbearance_n iii_o his_o patience_n be_v manifest_a in_o his_o unwillingness_n to_o execute_v his_o judgement_n when_o he_o can_v delay_v no_o long_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v willing_o nor_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o men._n lament_n 3.33_o hebr._n he_o do_v not_o afflict_v from_o his_o heart_n he_o take_v no_o pleasure_n in_o it_o as_o he_o be_v creator_n the_o height_n of_o man_n provocation_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o preserve_a his_o right_n and_o vindicate_v his_o law_n oblige_v he_o to_o it_o as_o he_o be_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n as_o a_o judge_n may_v willing_o condemn_v a_o malefactor_n to_o death_n out_o of_o affection_n to_o the_o law_n and_o desire_v to_o preserve_v the_o order_n of_o government_n but_o unwilling_o out_o of_o compassion_n to_o the_o offender_n himself_o when_o he_o resolve_v upon_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o old_a world_n he_o speak_v it_o as_o a_o god_n grieve_v with_o a_o occasion_n of_o punishment_n gen._n 6.6_o 7._o compare_v together_o when_o he_o come_v to_o reckon_v with_o adam_n be_v walk_v he_o do_v not_o run_v with_o his_o sword_n in_o his_o hand_n upon_o he_o as_o a_o mighty_a man_n with_o a_o eagerness_n to_o destroy_v he_o gen._n 3.8_o and_o that_o in_o the_o cool_a of_o the_o day_n a_o time_n when_o man_n tire_v in_o the_o day_n be_v unwilling_a to_o engage_v in_o a_o hard_a employment_n his_o exercise_v judgement_n be_v a_o come_n out_o of_o his_o place_n isaiah_n 26.21_o micah_n 1.3_o he_o come_v out_o of_o his_o station_n to_o exercise_v judgement_n a_o throne_n be_v more_o his_o place_n than_o a_o tribunal_n every_o pprophecy_n load_v with_o threaten_n be_v call_v the_o burden_n of_o the_o lord_n a_o burden_n to_o he_o to_o execute_v it_o as_o well_o as_o to_o man_n to_o suffer_v it_o though_o three_o angel_n come_v to_o abraham_n about_o the_o punishment_n of_o sodom_n whereof_o one_o abraham_n speak_v to_o as_o to_o god_n yet_o but_o two_o appear_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n as_o if_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n be_v unwilling_a to_o be_v present_a at_o such_o dreadful_a work_n gen._n 19.1_o and_o when_o the_o man_n that_o have_v the_o inkhorn_n by_o his_o side_n that_o be_v appoint_v to_o mark_v those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o common_a destruction_n return_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o perform_v his_o commission_n ezek._n 9.10_o we_o read_v not_o of_o the_o return_n of_o those_o that_o be_v to_o kill_v as_o if_o god_n delight_v only_o to_o hear_v again_o of_o his_o work_n of_o mercy_n and_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o hear_v again_o of_o his_o severe_a proceed_n 1.5_o proceed_n mercer_n in_o gen._n 1.5_o the_o jew_n to_o show_v god_n unwillingness_n to_o punish_v imagine_v that_o hell_n be_v create_v the_o second_o day_n because_o that_o day_n work_n be_v not_o pronounce_v good_a by_o god_n as_o all_o the_o other_o day_n work_n be_v gen._n 1.8_o 1._o when_o god_n do_v punish_v he_o do_v it_o with_o some_o regret_n 163._o regret_n cressol_n decad._n 2._o p._n 163._o when_o he_o hurl_v down_o his_o thunder_n he_o seem_v to_o do_v it_o with_o a_o backward_a hand_n because_o with_o a_o unwilling_a heart_n he_o create_v say_v chrysostom_n the_o world_n in_o six_o day_n but_o be_v seven_o day_n in_o destroy_v one_o city_n jericho_n which_o he_o have_v before_o devote_v to_o be_v raze_v to_o the_o ground_n what_o be_v the_o reason_n say_v he_o that_o god_n be_v so_o quick_a to_o build_v up_o but_o slow_a to_o pull_v down_o his_o goodness_n excite_v his_o power_n to_o the_o one_o but_o be_v not_o earnest_a to_o persuade_v he_o to_o the_o other_o when_o he_o come_v to_o strike_v he_o do_v it_o with_o a_o sigh_n or_o groan_v isaiah_n 1.24_o ah_o i_o will_v ease_v i_o of_o my_o adversary_n and_o avenge_v i_o on_o my_o enemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ah_o a_o note_n of_o grief_n so_o hos_n 6.4_o oh_o ephraim_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v unto_o thou_o