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his_o hand_n which_o feed_v he_o to_o correct_v he_o to_o afflict_v that_o flesh_n which_o he_o cherish_v verse_n 4_o to_o lay_v burden_n on_o he_o who_o he_o ease_v verse_n 5_o to_o putrify_v he_o who_o he_o beautify_v verse_n 6_o to_o bow_v he_o who_o he_o straighten_v verse_n 7_o and_o to_o turn_v his_o laughter_n into_o mourning_n verse_n 8_o and_o his_o beauty_n into_o blackness_n and_o deformity_n his_o warm_n into_o burn_v his_o strength_n into_o weakness_n his_o manly_a speak_n into_o beastly_a roar_n you_o may_v see_v therefore_o how_o sin_n can_v turn_v god_n good_a disposition_n towards_o we_o into_o hard_a deal_n his_o love_a look_n into_o a_o frown_a countenance_n nature_n sin_n enfeeble_v man_n nature_n but_o where_o he_o say_v he_o be_v weaken_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o sin_n enfeeble_v man_n nature_n as_o we_o may_v clear_o perceive_v in_o samson_n and_o david_n for_o when_o goliath_n and_o all_o david_n enemy_n be_v not_o able_a to_o overcome_v he_o 17._o 1._o sam._n 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prince_n and_o great_a man_n who_o otherwise_o we_o be_v command_v to_o obey_v but_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o none_o of_o their_o wicked_a decree_n as_o the_o three_o child_n will_v not_o obey_v nabuchadnezzar_n neither_o of_o prophet_n priest_n or_o church_n governor_n as_o peter_n and_o john_n who_o refuse_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o pharisy_n the_o archpriest_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o rabulous_a order_n yea_o although_o they_o pretend_v vision_n as_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o their_o follower_n who_o have_v no_o warrant_n out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n think_v their_o name_n to_o be_v a_o sufficient_a warrant_n for_o all_o their_o edict_n although_o they_o be_v altogether_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n yea_o we_o must_v forsake_v our_o father_n mother_n brother_n and_o near_a friend_n and_o be_v not_o compartner_n of_o their_o iniquity_n by_o obey_v they_o for_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o obey_v god_n or_o man_n judge_v you_o 10.37_o act_n 4.19_o 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mouth_n that_o will_v i_o speak_v and_o josua_n resolve_v well_o although_o you_o will_v all_o forsake_v the_o lord_n yet_o i_o and_o my_o father_n house_n will_v serve_v he_o 24.15_o jos_n 24.15_o so_o the_o multitude_n of_o transgressor_n either_o in_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n will_v not_o warrant_v the_o conscience_n as_o i_o have_v say_v but_o rather_o as_o i_o may_v say_v with_o saint_n jerome_n multitudo_fw-la peecantium_fw-la est_fw-la fortifiâ—atio_fw-la erroriâ—_n a_o multitude_n of_o sinner_n be_v a_o strengthen_n of_o error_n you_o worker_n sinner_n be_v worker_n indeed_o doct._n 8.34_o sin_n be_v the_o workman_n of_o the_o devil_n joh_n 8.34_o and_o sin_n be_v a_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o they_o be_v workman_n to_o the_o devil_n work_v in_o brick_n and_o clâ—y_n
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