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least_o disappointment_n the_o least_o care_n in_o the_o full_a and_o blissful_a enjoyment_n of_o the_o eternal_a and_o sovereign_a good._n sect_n iii_o death_n consider_v as_o our_o entrance_n upon_o a_o new_a and_o unknown_a state_n of_o life_n iii_o let_v we_o now_o consider_v death_n as_o it_o be_v a_o entrance_n upon_o a_o new_a and_o unknown_a state_n of_o life_n for_o it_o be_v a_o new_a thing_n to_o we_o to_o live_v without_o these_o body_n it_o be_v what_o we_o have_v never_o try_v yet_o and_o we_o can_v guess_v how_o we_o shall_v feel_v ourselves_o when_o we_o be_v strip_v of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n what_o entertainment_n we_o shall_v find_v in_o that_o place_n where_o there_o be_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v neither_o marry_v nor_o give_v in_o marriage_n what_o kind_n of_o
signify_v a_o eternal_a and_o unchangeable_a kingdom_n a_o thousand_o year_n be_v a_o certain_a earnest_n of_o immortality_n but_o there_o be_v a_o unreasonable_a objection_n against_o that_o because_o we_o read_v of_o the_o expire_a of_o these_o thousand_o year_n and_o what_o shall_v come_v after_o they_o even_o the_o final_a judgement_n of_o all_o the_o world._n but_o this_o be_v a_o great_a mystery_n which_o we_o must_v not_o hope_v perfect_o to_o understand_v till_o we_o see_v the_o bless_a accomplishment_n of_o it_o but_o though_o before_o the_o flood_n some_o person_n live_v very_o near_o the_o thousand_o year_n yet_o after_o the_o flood_n the_o term_n of_o life_n be_v much_o shorten_v some_o think_v this_o be_v do_v by_o god_n when_o he_o pronounce_v that_o sentence_n 6_o gen._n 3._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n for_o that_o he_o also_o be_v flesh_n yet_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n as_o if_o god_n have_v then_o decree_v that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n shall_v not_o exceed_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n but_o this_o do_v not_o agree_v with_o that_o account_n we_o have_v of_o man_n life_n after_o the_o flood_n for_o not_o only_a noah_n and_o his_o son_n who_o be_v with_o he_o in_o the_o ark_n live_v much_o long_o than_o this_o after_o the_o flood_n but_o arphazad_v live_v five_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n salah_n four_o hundred_o and_o three_o year_n eber_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o abraham_n himself_o a_o hundred_o seventy_o five_o year_n and_o therefore_o this_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n can_v refer_v to_o the_o ordinary_a term_n of_o man_n life_n but_o to_o the_o continuance_n of_o god_n patience_n with_o that_o wicked_a world_n before_o he_o will_v bring_v the_o flood_n upon_o they_o to_o destroy_v that_o corrupt_a generation_n of_o man_n that_o be_v that_o he_o will_v bear_v with_o they_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n before_o 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psal._n 5._o i_o shall_v not_o scrupulous_o inquire_v into_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o great_a change_n why_o our_o life_n be_v reduce_v into_o so_o narrow_a a_o compass_n some_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v so_o but_o think_v that_o there_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o account_n that_o when_o they_o be_v say_v to_o live_v eight_o or_o nine_o hundred_o year_n they_o compute_v their_o year_n by_o the_o moon_n not_o by_o the_o sun_n that_o be_v their_o year_n be_v month_n twelve_o of_o which_o make_v but_o one_o of_o our_o year_n and_o then_o indeed_o the_o long_a liver_n of_o they_o do_v not_o live_v so_o long_o as_o many_o man_n do_v at_o this_o day_n for_o methusalah_n himself_o who_o live_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o nine_o year_n according_a to_o this_o computation_n of_o month_n for_o year_n live_v but_o fourscore_o year_n and_o five_o month_n but_o it_o be_v very_o absurd_a to_o imagine_v that_o moses_n shall_v use_v two_o such_o different_a 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argument_n i_o shall_v 1._o show_v you_o what_o little_a reason_n we_o have_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o shortness_n of_o life_n 2._o what_o wise_a use_n we_o be_v to_o make_v of_o it_o sect_n ii_o what_o little_a reason_n we_o have_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o shortness_n of_o humane_a life_n 1._o what_o little_a reason_n we_o have_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o shortness_n of_o life_n and_o the_o too_o hasty_a approach_n of_o death_n to_o we_o for_o 1._o such_o a_o long_a life_n be_v not_o reconcileable_a with_o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o world._n and_o 2_o our_o life_n be_v long_o enough_o for_o all_o the_o wise_a purpose_n of_o live_v 1._o such_o a_o long_a life_n be_v not_o reconcileable_a with_o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o world._n what_o the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n be_v before_o the_o flood_n in_o what_o manner_n they_o live_v and_o how_o they_o employ_v their_o time_n we_o can_v tell_v for_o moses_n have_v give_v no_o account_n of_o it_o but_o take_v the_o 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