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solomon_n have_v thou_o not_o many_o a_o time_n pray_v long_o and_o cry_v for_o it_o have_v thou_o not_o tremble_v lest_o thou_o shall_v miss_v it_o have_v not_o thy_o heart_n once_o and_o again_o leap_v with_o joy_n in_o hope_n of_o it_o and_o when_o the_o hour_n be_v come_v and_o thou_o be_v send_v for_o do_v thou_o shrink_v back_o for_o shame_n christian_n walk_v worthy_a of_o thy_o call_n and_o quicken_v thy_o courage_n in_o thy_o last_o conflict_n as_o the_o jew_n when_o it_o thunder_v and_o lighten_v open_v their_o window_n expect_v the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v o_o when_o the_o storm_n of_o death_n beat_v upon_o thy_o body_n with_o what_o joy_n may_v thou_o set_v those_o casement_n of_o thy_o soul_n faith_n and_o hope_n wide_o open_a know_v that_o thy_o dear_a redeemer_n who_o go_v before_o to_o prepare_v a_o place_n for_o thou_o will_v then_o come_v and_o fetch_v thou_o to_o himself_o that_o where_o he_o be_v there_o thou_o may_v be_v also_o and_o that_o for_o ever_o 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the_o more_o man_n affection_n be_v crucify_v to_o the_o world_n they_o die_v with_o the_o more_o comfort_n 88_o b._n the_o great_a folly_n of_o man_n in_o mind_v their_o body_n above_o their_o soul_n blessedness_n vide_fw-la happiness_n c._n the_o necessity_n of_o a_o interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n p._n 63._o the_o comfort_n of_o a_o christian_a in_o god_n p._n 105_o 179._o the_o need_v sinner_n stand_v in_o of_o christ_n p._n 63_o 64_o 75._o the_o excellency_n of_o christ_n p._n 73_o 74._o the_o term_n upon_o which_o sinner_n may_v enjoy_v christ_n p._n 78_o 79._o d._n death_n will_v seize_v on_o all_o p._n 14_o 15._o neither_o height_n nor_o holiness_n will_v excuse_v from_o die_v p._n 13._o 39_o 40._o nor_o strength_n in_o our_o youth_n the_o corruptibility_n of_o man_n body_n natural_a cause_n of_o death_n p._n 16_o 17._o sin_n the_o moral_a and_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o death_n p._n 19_o 20._o god_n fidelity_n the_o supernatural_a cause_n of_o death_n p._n 17_o 18._o counsel_n to_o prepare_v for_o death_n p._n 29_o 30_o 31._o death_n be_v certain_a p._n 34_o 35._o death_n be_v often_o sudden_a p._n 36_o 37._o death_n will_v try_v man_n p._n 43_o 44._o 45_o 46._o death_n strip_v man_n of_o outward_a comfort_n spiritual_a enemy_n busy_a in_o a_o hour_n of_o death_n p._n 47_o 48._o when_o death_n come_v it_o be_v too_o late_o to_o prepare_v p._n 40._o death_n gain_n to_o a_o christian_n p._n 18_o 19_o 182_o 183._o 56_o 57_o the_o misery_n of_o sinner_n at_o death_n p._n 50._o what_o be_v requisite_a to_o prepare_v for_o death_n p._n 61._o to_o 70._o comfort_n against_o the_o death_n of_o christian_a friend_n p._n 180._o
of_o jupiter_n who_o have_v his_o vessel_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a thing_n by_o he_o out_o of_o which_o he_o give_v to_o all_o person_n according_a to_o his_o pleasure_n so_o also_o they_o prescribe_v for_o its_o removal_n many_o cure_n though_o general_o their_o medicine_n like_o weak_a lenitive_n do_v only_o move_v and_o stir_v not_o remove_v or_o purge_v away_o the_o distemper_n their_o receipt_n be_v all_o of_o kitchen_n physic_n such_o as_o grow_v in_o nature_n garden_n when_o those_o drug_n which_o do_v work_v the_o cure_n must_v be_v fetch_v from_o far_o 14._o hos_fw-la d_o u_fw-mi quos_fw-la probat_fw-la quos_fw-la amat_fw-la indurat_fw-la recogno_fw-it cit_fw-la exercet_fw-la eos_n autem_fw-la quibus_fw-la indulgere_fw-la videtur_fw-la quibus_fw-la parcere_fw-la venturis_fw-la malis_fw-la seruat_fw-la errat_fw-la s_o enim_fw-la si_fw-la quem_fw-la judâ—catis_fw-la exceptum_fw-la veniâ—t_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la diu_fw-la felicem_fw-la sva_fw-la portâ—o_fw-la cue_n squis_fw-la videtur_fw-la d_o smissus_fw-la esse_fw-la dilatus_fw-la est_fw-la seneca_n in_o lib._n quare_fw-la bonis_fw-la viris_fw-la mala_fw-la accidant_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la providentia_fw-la cap._n 14._o i_o confess_v the_o master_n of_o moral_a philosophy_n who_o i_o most_o admire_v of_o all_o heathen_a seem_v to_o harp_n upon_o the_o same_o string_n with_o the_o psalmist_n those_o say_v he_o who_o god_n approve_v and_o love_v he_o exercise_v and_o afflict_v those_o who_o he_o seem_v to_o spare_v he_o reserve_v for_o future_a suffering_n but_o a_o ordinary_a capacity_n may_v perceive_v by_o the_o treatise_n though_o there_o be_v many_o excellent_a thing_n in_o it_o how_o far_o the_o moralist_n come_v short_a of_o christianity_n it_o be_v also_o without_o question_n that_o his_o sight_n be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o to_o look_v into_o the_o other_o world_n and_o there_o to_o see_v the_o eternal_a pain_n of_o the_o evil_a and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o good_a which_o vision_n do_v 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