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but_o this_o be_v his_o peculiar_a treasure_n 6._o his_o glory_n isaiah_n 46._o 13._o i_o will_v place_v salvation_n in_o zion_n for_o israel_n my_o glory_n 7._o the_o house_n of_o god_n glory_n isa_n 60._o 7._o 8._o a_o crown_n of_o glory_n isa_n 62._o 3._o 9_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n exod._n 17._o 16._o the_o word_n may_v be_v read_v thus_o because_o the_o hand_n upon_o the_o throne_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o by_o many_o they_o be_v translate_v and_o then_o the_o sense_n be_v because_o amalek_v hand_n be_v upon_o the_o church_n the_o throne_n therefore_o god_n threaten_v war_n against_o they_o vea_o 10._o the_o throne_n of_o glory_n jer._n 4._o 21._o 11._o the_o ornament_n of_o god_n ezek._n 7._o 20._o 12._o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o ornament_n ezek._n 7._o 20._o 13._o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o ornament_n set_v in_o majesty_n ezek._n 7._o 20._o 14._o a_o royal_a diadem_n isaiah_n 62._o 3._o many_o other_o such_o expression_n you_o may_v meet_v with_o in_o scripture_n but_o 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and_o he_o do_v not_o only_o dwell_v here_o but_o he_o have_v his_o delightful_a walk_n here_o the_o walk_v of_o god_n be_v among_o his_o people_n 2_o cor._n 6._o 16._o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o house_n that_o he_o rejoice_v in_o he_o will_v have_v his_o garden_n as_o near_o his_o house_n as_o he_o can_v that_o he_o may_v have_v some_o walk_n to_o delight_n in_o and_o so_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v such_o a_o house_n as_o have_v not_o only_a room_n for_o god_n to_o rest_v in_o and_o set_v his_o honour_n in_o but_o he_o walk_v there_o and_o walk_v in_o they_o say_v the_o apostle_n thus_o the_o
45._o bless_v they_o say_v christ_n that_o curse_v you_o pray_v for_o they_o that_o despite_o use_v you_o that_o you_o may_v be_v the_o child_n of_o your_o father_n etc._n etc._n why_o be_v they_o not_o child_n before_o yes_o but_o this_o declare_v it_o now_o god_n own_v they_o for_o his_o child_n if_o we_o behave_v ourselves_o thus_o we_o shall_v have_v the_o comfort_n of_o this_o that_o our_o reproach_n come_v to_o we_o as_o to_o god_n people_n whereas_o other_o can_v have_v the_o comfort_n of_o this_o you_o can_v have_v any_o comfort_n from_o this_o argument_n unless_o you_o behave_v yourselves_o under_o reproach_n after_o this_o manner_n now_o what_o a_o great_a evilis_fw-la this_o to_o cut_v a_o man_n off_o from_o that_o comfort_n which_o have_v be_v speak_v of_o in_o this_o argument_n and_o if_o you_o do_v behave_v yourselves_o christian_o under_o reproach_n god_n be_v more_o and_o more_o engage_v to_o stand_v for_o your_o name_n and_o you_o be_v more_o prepare_v for_o glory_n as_o he_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o govern_v that_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o serve_v but_o he_o that_o be_v fit_a to_o serve_v be_v so_o much_o the_o fit_a to_o govern_v so_o those_o that_o can_v bear_v disgrace_n be_v fit_a to_o be_v honour_v and_o the_o great_a glory_n will_v be_v afterward_o as_o the_o sun_n that_o shine_v through_o the_o cloud_n shine_v the_o bright_a so_o when_o honour_n shall_v come_v through_o dishonour_n it_o shall_v be_v the_o great_a honour_n and_o then_o you_o shall_v come_v to_o know_v that_o honour_n be_v sanctify_v to_o you_o and_o that_o it_o be_v in_o love_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v more_o able_a to_o rejoice_v in_o the_o honour_n that_o god_n shall_v bring_v to_o your_o name_n than_o you_o will_v have_v do_v and_o so_o your_o reproacher_n shall_v be_v servant_n to_o you_o there_o be_v only_o one_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o i_o shall_v add_v and_o so_o i_o have_v do_v with_o this_o point_n job_n 17._o compare_v the_o 6._o verse_n with_o the_o 8._o and_o 9_o verse_n ver_fw-la 6._o he_o have_v make_v i_o also_o a_o byword_n of_o the_o people_n job_n be_v a_o godly_a man_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v make_v a_o byword_n what_o then_o at_o the_o 8._o verse_n upright_a man_n shall_v be_v astonish_v at_o this_o how_o two_o way_n either_o they_o shall_v be_v astonish_v at_o the_o horrible_a wickedness_n of_o man_n that_o shall_v contemn_v so_o godly_a a_o man_n as_o job_n be_v and_o say_v lord_n what_o boldness_n be_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o wicked_a that_o shall_v presume_v to_o dare_v to_o contemn_v such_o a_o servant_n of_o thou_o or_o the_o upright_o shall_v be_v astonish_v they_o shall_v admire_v at_o the_o wonderful_a way_n of_o god_n towards_o his_o people_n that_o the_o lord_n shall_v suffer_v wicked_a man_n so_o far_o to_o go_v on_o in_o wickedness_n as_o to_o reproach_v his_o people_n the_o innocent_a the_o godly_a man_n shall_v see_v those_o that_o be_v hypocrite_n for_o not_o only_o gross_a profane_a one_o be_v reproacher_n often_o time_n but_o hypocrite_n the_o innocent_a shall_v stir_v up_o himself_o against_o the_o hypocrite_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v damp_a but_o stir_v up_o his_o thought_n against_o the_o hypocrite_n the_o righteous_a also_o shall_v hold_v on_o his_o way_n shall_v not_o decline_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o he_o that_o have_v clean_a hand_n shall_v be_v strong_a and_o strong_a and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o next_o point_n chap._n xxxiv_o the_o reproach_n of_o god_n people_n be_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ._n if_o you_o take_v the_o reproach_n either_o material_o or_o formal_o 2._o material_o that_o be_v when_o all_o the_o suffering_n of_o god_n people_n for_o which_o they_o be_v mean_o esteem_v and_o look_v upon_o as_o contemptible_a all_o their_o suffering_n be_v the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n formal_o and_o that_o be_v the_o very_a scorn_n that_o be_v cast_v upon_o they_o be_v the_o scorn_n of_o christ_n i_o intend_v to_o handle_v this_o point_n in_o both_o these_o material_o 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christ_n and_o every_o one_o must_v make_v account_n to_o fill_v they_o up_o not_o the_o satisfactory_a suffering_n of_o christ_n but_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o mystical_a body_n in_o his_o member_n and_o so_o every_o member_n be_v to_o fill_v up_o a_o share_n in_o his_o suffering_n and_o so_o isa_n 63._o 9_o in_o all_o their_o affliction_n he_o be_v afflict_v the_o suffering_n and_o trouble_n of_o god_n people_n be_v the_o suffering_n and_o trouble_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v sensible_a of_o they_o and_o therefore_o in_o act_n 9_o 4._o christ_n cry_v out_o saul_n saul_n why_o persecute_v thou_o i_o further_o compare_v two_o place_n together_o in_o one_o psal_n 79._o ver_fw-la 4_o 12._o at_o the_o 4._o verse_n say_v the_o text_n we_o be_v become_v a_o reproach_n to_o our_o neighbour_n a_o scorn_n and_o derision_n to_o those_o that_o be_v round_o about_o we_o and_o at_o the_o twelve_o verse_n it_o be_v render_v unto_o our_o neighbour_n sevenfold_a into_o their_o bosom_n their_o reproach_n wherewith_o they_o have_v reproach_v thou_o o_o lord_n he_o go_v on_o in_o the_o same_o argument_n and_o first_o he_o call_v they_o the_o reproach_n of_o the_o church_n and_o then_o the_o reproach_n of_o god_n but_o be_v it_o say_v here_o the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n it_o may_v be_v ask_v why_o not_o the_o reproach_n of_o god_n the_o father_n or_o the_o reproach_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o reproach_n of_o god_n people_n be_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n because_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v from_o the_o fullness_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o have_v that_o grace_n convey_v which_o be_v reproach_v and_o the_o union_n they_o have_v with_o god_n and_o with_o the_o spirit_n be_v by_o christ_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n here_o name_v according_a to_o the_o several_a work_n of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n so_o the_o three_o person_n be_v reproach_v 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quando_fw-la relinquit_fw-la deus_fw-la homines_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipsis_fw-la nec_fw-la resistit_fw-la eorum_fw-la furori_fw-la &_o cupidi_fw-la tatibus_fw-mi sed_fw-la vae_fw-la illis_fw-la ad_fw-la quorun_v peccata_fw-la connivet_fw-la deus_fw-la luther_n in_o gen._n c._n 37._o infoelicitatis_fw-la est_fw-la adversa_fw-la neseire_n miserum_fw-la tejudico_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la fuisti_fw-la miser_n jerom_n ad_fw-la amicum_fw-la aegrot_n impunitas_fw-la â—ecuritatis_fw-la mater_fw-la virtutum_fw-la noverca_fw-la religionis_fw-la virus_fw-la tenia_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la ber._n nihil_fw-la nihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la infilicias_fw-la eo_fw-la cui_fw-la nihil_fw-la unquam_fw-la evenit_fw-la adversi_fw-la apud_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr prov._n doct._n 3._o dulciores_fw-la lacrymae_fw-la orautium_fw-la quam_fw-la gaudia_fw-la theatrorum_fw-la aug._n in_o psal_n 128._o malem_fw-la ruere_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la quam_fw-la stare_v cum_fw-la caesarare_fw-la luth._o why_o afflict_a godliness_n be_v prefer_v before_o delightful_a wickedness_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o obj._n answ_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex_n storm_n p._n 496._o â—unde_fw-la vasculum_fw-la anaxarâ—hi_fw-la or_o as_o other_o have_v it_o â—â—psam_fw-la anaxarchi_n 5._o nuhecula_fw-la est_fw-la citò_fw-la transibit_fw-la 6._o 7._o misery_n of_o a_o sinful_a way_n obj._n answ_n 1._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la coctum_fw-la iccepisse_v luxuria_fw-la sit_fw-la ep._n 22._o â—d_a eustochium_fw-la hoc_fw-la i_o docuisti_fw-la ut_fw-la tanquam_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la sic_fw-la alimenta_fw-la sumpturus_fw-la iccedam_fw-la august_n l_o to_o conf._n sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la crucem_fw-la sic_fw-la ac_v as_o ad_fw-la cibum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la voluptate_fw-la sed_fw-la necessitate_v bern._n form_n hon_fw-mi vit_fw-mi c._n 9_o cum_fw-la quid_fw-la aÌ„_o interrogasset_fw-la platonem_fw-la unde_fw-la tibi_fw-la sapientia_fw-la tanta_fw-la respondit_fw-la plus_fw-la olei_fw-la consumpsi_fw-la in_o lampade_fw-la quam_fw-la vini_fw-la in_o calice_n miror_fw-la si_fw-la be_v quicquam_fw-la in_o laudem_fw-la &_o decus_fw-la reipubliae_fw-la praestare_fw-la posset_n pinguis_fw-la venture_n non_fw-la gignet_fw-la tenuem_fw-la sensum_fw-la bern._n the_o ord_n vit_fw-mi initium_fw-la bonae_fw-la mentis_fw-la non_fw-la gaudere_fw-la vanis_fw-la nulla_fw-la major_n voluptas_fw-la quà n_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la fastidium_fw-la tertul._n despect_n vides_fw-la convivium_fw-la peccatores_fw-la interrogaje_fw-fr u_fw-mi conscientiam_fw-la noun_n gravius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la foetet_fw-la sepulchris_fw-la intuer_o be_v laetitiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o salubritatem_fw-la corporis_fw-la filiorum_fw-la atque_fw-la opum_fw-la â—bandantiam_fw-la introspiceulcera_fw-la vibices_fw-la anime_fw-mi cjus_o cordisque_fw-la maestitudinem_fw-la amb._n offic_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o 2._o divina_fw-la consolatio_fw-la delicata_fw-la &_o non_fw-la datur_fw-la admittentibus_fw-la alienam_fw-la bern._n 3._o 4._o basil_n de_fw-fr ingluv_n &_o cbrietate_fw-la concio_fw-la 16._o quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la eos_fw-la fecisse_fw-la ad_fw-la significandum_fw-la quòd_fw-la voluptuosa_fw-la craut_v causa_fw-la mortis_fw-la &_o sepulchri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intemperautes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d valetudinarios_fw-la cl._n alex_n pae_v l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cl._n al._n ib._n chrys_n phil._n 3._o ser._n 14._o damthiho_n minem_fw-la sanum_fw-la qui_fw-la pinguescit_fw-la et_fw-la laboribus_fw-la caret_fw-la non_fw-la inuenies_fw-la nam_fw-la licèt_fw-la sexcentorum_fw-la melicorum_fw-la turba_fw-la adâ—eniat_fw-la à _fw-la morbis_fw-la illum_fw-la nequa_fw-la quam_fw-la liberare_fw-la poterunt_fw-la ch._n in_o act._n 7._o hom_n 17._o nemo_fw-la est_fw-la dignus_fw-la nomine_fw-la hominis_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la diem_fw-la velit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o voluptate_fw-la cicero_n lib._n 2_o de_fw-fr fin._n plut._n in_o lacon_n apoph_n l._n 1_o arist_n ethic_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o praeclare_fw-la m._n tul._n si_fw-mi nemo_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la emori_fw-la malit_fw-la quam_fw-la converti_fw-la in_o aliquam_fw-la figuram_fw-la bestiae_fw-la quamvis_fw-la hominis_fw-la sit_fw-la mentem_fw-la habiturus_fw-la quanto_fw-la est_fw-la miscrius_fw-la in_o hominis_fw-la figura_fw-la animo_fw-la esse_fw-la