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favour_n under_o some_o affect_a angry_a frown_n as_o when_o thing_n be_v carry_v more_o current_o and_o comfortable_o betwixt_o they_o without_o any_o great_a distaste_n and_o discontentment_n or_o occasion_n to_o discover_v the_o mutual_a impatiency_n of_o their_o love_n one_o unto_o another_o and_o shall_v not_o the_o 17.26_o father_n of_o our_o spirit_n who_o love_v we_o with_o the_o loc._n same_o love_n with_o which_o he_o love_v the_o lord_n jesus_n himself_o surpass_v as_o far_o in_o affectionate_a compassion_n towards_o we_o in_o the_o like_a case_n as_o a_o almighty_a god_n do_v a_o mortal_a man_n he_o can_v choose_v because_o the_o word_n be_v already_o go_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n like_a as_o a_o father_n pity_v his_o child_n so_o the_o lord_n pity_v they_o that_o fear_v he_o psa._n 103.13_o i_o be_o
resolve_v he_o will_v have_v it_o whatsoever_o it_o cost_v he_o yea_o but_o there_o be_v a_o price_n put_v upon_o it_o it_o must_v cost_v thou_o dear_a a_o great_a deal_n of_o sorrow_n trouble_n and_o other_o cross_n tush_o tell_v i_o not_o of_o the_o price_n whatsoever_o i_o have_v shall_v go_v for_o it_o i_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n for_o it_o why_o will_v thou_o cuâ—_n be_v thy_o affection_n will_v thou_o give_v up_o thy_o life_n will_v thou_o be_v content_a to_o tell_v all_o that_o thou_o have_v and_o beg_v all_o thy_o life_n time_n so_o thou_o may_v have_v this_o treasure_n i_o will_v do_v it_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n i_o be_o content_a to_o sell_v all_o that_o i_o have_v nothing_o be_v so_o dear_a unto_o i_o but_o i_o will_v part_v with_o it_o my_o right_a hand_n my_o right_a eye_n nay_o if_o hell_n itself_o shall_v stand_v between_o i_o and_o christ_n yet_o will_v i_o pass_v through_o the_o same_o unto_o he_o this_o be_v that_o violent_a affection_n which_o god_n put_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o child_n that_o they_o will_v have_v christ_n whatsoever_o it_o cost_v they_o although_o i_o confess_v all_o that_o repent_v and_o lay_v hold_v on_o christ_n shall_v have_v mercy_n yet_o what_o be_v this_o to_o thou_o thou_o wretched_a man_n so_o long_o as_o sin_n have_v dominion_n over_o thou_o what_o be_v thou_o so_o long_o we_o be_v not_o only_o dead_a but_o also_o rot_v in_o sin_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o we_o as_o it_o â—as_v as_o lazarus_n joh._n 11._o lord_n say_v martha_n he_o stink_v already_o so_o we_o be_v not_o only_a 〈◊〉_d and_o rot_a in_o sin_n but_o even_o stink_n thereof_o so_o long_o as_o any_o sin_n or_o sin_n have_v dominion_n over_o we_o d.u._n christ_n receive_v none_o but_o they_o that_o deny_v themselves_o be_v willing_a to_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n and_o follow_v he_o that_o mortify_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o body_n by_o the_o spirit_n to_o justification_n nothing_o but_o faith_n be_v require_v but_o this_o caution_n must_v be_v add_v it_o must_v be_v a_o faith_n that_o purify_v the_o heart_n that_o may_v work_v a_o universal_a change_n that_o may_v show_v itself_o in_o fruit_n and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n worthy_a amendment_n of_o life_n d.p._n revel_v 19_o 16._o 16._o see_v gifford_n upon_o the_o place_n alsted_n theol._n cas._n cap._n 6._o de_fw-fr pulchritudine_fw-la omnium_fw-la pulcherrimâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o christo_n tanta_fw-la bona_fw-la possidetis_fw-la ut_fw-la domini_fw-la mundi_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la sitis_fw-la par._n in_o locum_fw-la 1._o cor._n 3.21_o 3.21_o joh_n 15.13_o 15.13_o hoc_fw-la verbâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d none_o voluit_fw-la dicere_fw-la apostolus_fw-la christum_fw-la per_fw-la assumptionem_fw-la sormae_fw-la servi_fw-la abjecisse_fw-la forma_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o desusse_v quod_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la quòd_fw-la gloriam_fw-la illam_fw-la &_o majestatem_fw-la in_fw-la quà _fw-la erat_fw-la apud_fw-la patrem_fw-la ita_fw-la abdiderit_fw-la in_o formâ_fw-la servi_fw-la ut_fw-la câ—_n seize_v penitut_o evacuasse_n visus_fw-la sit_fw-la quia_fw-la nimirùmea_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la non_fw-la fulgebat_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conspici_fw-la posset_n posset_n joh._n 8_o 48._o 48._o col._n 2.9_o 2.9_o omnes_fw-la poenae_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la commeritae_fw-la toleratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la at_o poenae_fw-la animae_fw-la erant_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la commeritae_fw-la ergò_fw-la poenâ—ts_n animae_fw-la christus_fw-la toleravit_fw-la chamierus_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr deseâ—ulu_fw-fr ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la lib_fw-la 5_o cap._n 12._o sect._n 1_o neither_o do_v he_o or_o â—_o mean_v that_o christ_n suffer_v in_o soul_n only_o by_o sympathy_n with_o the_o body_n but_o also_o immediate_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n for_o our_o sin_n hear_v he_o a_o little_a after_o contra_fw-la sua_fw-la sophismata_fw-la bellarminus_n tamin_z concludit_fw-la christum_fw-la passum_fw-la animâ_fw-la et_fw-la corpore_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la calvinus_n contendit_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la asserimus_fw-la quid_fw-la igitur_fw-la frustrà _fw-la laborant_fw-la sophistae_fw-la in_o oppugnandâ—_n veritate_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tandem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la inquam_fw-la fateri_fw-la cogantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr in_fw-la animâ_fw-la patiente_a nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la considerant_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipsos_fw-la dolores_fw-la corporis_fw-la tantum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la assistentiam_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la verò_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o propriè_fw-la svo_fw-la sensu_fw-la quo_fw-la quid_fw-la possit_fw-la absurdiùs_fw-la dici_fw-la certè_fw-la antequà m_fw-la corpus_fw-la quicquam_fw-la pateretur_fw-la christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la testabatur_fw-la svam_fw-la animam_fw-la esse_fw-la perturbatam_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ibid._n sect._n 3_o leo_n it_o be_v that_o first_o say_v it_o and_o all_o antiquity_n allow_v of_o it_o non_fw-la soluit_fw-la unionem_fw-la sed_fw-la subtraxit_fw-la visionem_fw-la the_o union_n be_v not_o dissolve_v true_a but_o the_o beam_n the_o influence_n be_v restrain_v and_o for_o any_o comfort_n from_o thence_o his_o soul_n be_v even_o as_o a_o scorch_a heath_n ground_n without_o so_o much_o as_o any_o drop_n of_o dew_n of_o divine_a comfort_n as_o a_o naked_a tree_n no_o fruit_n to_o refresh_v he_o within_o no_o leaf_n to_o give_v he_o shadow_n without_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n let_v loose_a to_o afflict_v he_o the_o influence_n of_o comfort_n restrain_v to_o relieve_v he_o winchester_n sermon_n pag._n 356._o wound_a he_o be_v in_o body_n wound_v in_o spirit_n leave_v utter_o desolate_a ibid._n pag._n 157._o 157._o there_o be_v six_o kind_n of_o dereliction_n or_o forsake_v whereof_o christ_n may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v complain_v first_o by_o dis-union_n of_o person_n second_o by_o loss_n of_o grace_n three_o by_o diminution_n or_o weaken_v of_o grace_n four_o by_o want_n of_o assurance_n of_o future_a deliverance_n and_o present_a support_n five_o by_o denial_n of_o protection_n sixthly_a by_o withdraw_a of_o solace_n and_o destitute_v the_o forsake_a of_o all_o comfort_n it_o be_v impious_a once_o to_o think_v that_o christ_n be_v forsake_v any_o of_o the_o four_o first_o way_n for_o the_o unity_n of_o his_o person_n be_v never_o dissolve_v his_o grace_n be_v never_o either_o take_v away_o or_o diminish_v neither_o be_v it_o possible_a he_o shall_v want_v assurance_n of_o future_a deliverance_n and_o present_a support_n that_o be_v eternal_a god_n and_o lord_n of_o life_n but_o the_o two_o last_o way_n he_o may_v right_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v forsake_v field_n of_o the_o church_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 18._o 18._o exijt_fw-la qui_fw-la â—eminat_fw-la seminare_fw-la inquit_fw-la semen_a hic_fw-la doâ—trinam_fw-la svam_fw-la arva_fw-la ceâ—ò_fw-la &_o campos_fw-la aminas_fw-la huminum_fw-la seminatorem_fw-la autem_fw-la seipsum_fw-la appellat_fw-la quid_fw-la igitur_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la senisne_n sit_fw-la tribus_fw-la perditis_fw-la partibus_fw-la una_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la salvatur_fw-la chrysost._n in_o mat._n hom._n 45._o hâc_fw-la parabold_a discipulos_fw-la docuit_fw-la &_o exercuit_fw-la ut_fw-la etsi_fw-la plures_fw-la corum_fw-la qui_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la apostolonum_fw-la suscepturi_fw-la erant_fw-la perderentur_fw-la non_fw-la caderent_fw-la aulmis_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la atque_fw-la magistro_fw-la pariter_fw-la factum_fw-la recordarentur_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipse_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ita_fw-la id_fw-la futurum_fw-la non_fw-la ignoraret_fw-la semina_fw-la proijcere_fw-la neglexit_fw-la ibid._n vocati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scilicet_fw-la exlernè_fw-la perverbum_fw-la electi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scil_n ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la christus_fw-la loquor_fw-la de_fw-la vocatione_n externâ_fw-la quá_fw-la per_fw-la evangelij_fw-la prâ—dicationem_fw-la vocantur_fw-la tam_fw-la reprobi_fw-la quà _fw-la electi_fw-la etc._n etc._n piscat_fw-la in_o matth._n cap._n 20._o iste_fw-la popictâ—â—_n qui_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la populi_fw-la suscepit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la quantium_fw-la numerum_fw-la babet_fw-la quèm_fw-la pancâ—_n sunt_fw-la vix_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la aliqui_fw-la illisne_n contentus_fw-la deus_fw-la erit_fw-la &_o perdet_fw-la tantam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la dicunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la promittunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la promitâ—ents_n non_fw-la audiâ—runt_fw-la quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la viâ—entur_fw-la seruare_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la vix_fw-la invenitur_fw-la unus_fw-la vel_fw-la duo_fw-la vel_fw-la paucissimi_fw-la ipsos_fw-la solos_fw-la deus_fw-la liberaturus_fw-la est_fw-la caeteros_fw-la damnaturus_fw-la absit_fw-la inqutunt_fw-la cum_fw-la venerit_fw-la &_o videbit_fw-la tantam_fw-la multiâ—udinem_fw-la ad_fw-la sinistram_fw-la miserebitur_fw-la &_o dabit_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la plaâ—è_fw-la etiam_fw-la serpens_fw-la ille_fw-la promisit_fw-la primo_fw-la homini_fw-la nam_fw-la minatus_fw-la erat_fw-la deus_fw-la mortem_fw-la si_fw-la gastaret_fw-la ille_fw-la autem_fw-la â—bsit_fw-la inquit_fw-la morte_fw-la non_fw-la moriemini_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la serpenti_fw-la invenerant_fw-la verumesse_n quod_fw-la minatus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la falsum_fw-la quod_fw-la promiserat_fw-la diabolus_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la fratres_fw-la etc._n etc._n august_n in_o psal._n 48._o pag._n 528._o 528._o and_o just_o they_o find_v he_o not_o ex_fw-la lâ—ge_a