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the_o jewel_n we_o love_v be_v but_o take_v away_o from_o we_o and_o lock_v up_o in_o a_o sure_a cabinet_n we_o be_v content_a to_o part_v with_o our_o child_n and_o send_v they_o sometime_o far_o from_o we_o when_o we_o marry_v they_o for_o their_o preferment_n sake_n death_n marry_v our_o dear_a christian_a relation_n to_o christ_n as_o faith_n in_o life_n contract_v they_o and_o so_o carry_v they_o home_o to_o their_o bridegroom_n cyprian_n ambrose_n cyprian_n the_o dead_a in_o christ_n do_v but_o abire_fw-la not_o obire_fw-la be_v but_o praemissi_fw-la non_fw-la amissi_fw-la they_o do_v but_o depart_v from_o we_o not_o die_v they_o do_v but_o go_v before_o not_o go_v quite_o away_o they_o be_v not_o lose_v we_o shall_v meet_v they_o again_o the_o next_o style_n what_o we_o lose_v christ_n receive_v and_o be_v this_o a_o loss_n we_o do_v but_o hide_v our_o talon_n in_o christ_n napkin_n and_o shall_v we_o too_o much_o bewail_v such_o a_o breach_n luge_n corpus_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la recessit_fw-la anima_fw-la augustine_n augustine_n luge_n animam_fw-la à _fw-la qua_fw-la recessit_fw-la deus_fw-la do_v thou_o bewail_v a_o body_n from_o whence_o the_o soul_n be_v depart_v rather_o bewail_v the_o soul_n from_o which_o god_n be_v depart_v hinc_fw-la illae_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la this_o be_v matter_n of_o sorrow_n indeed_o to_o see_v abner_n die_v as_o a_o fool_n to_o hear_v of_o a_o dear_a absolom_n take_v off_o in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o his_o rebellion_n against_o god_n and_o man_n this_o be_v a_o soul-rending_a heart-breaking_a spectacle_n but_o to_o see_v a_o stephen_n die_v the_o church_n may_v make_v great_a lamentation_n for_o her_o own_o loss_n but_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o worth_a a_o tear_n as_o to_o such_o a_o martyr_n though_o he_o shall_v ascend_v to_o heaven_n in_o a_o fiery_a chariot_n heaven_n be_v perfect_a happiness_n after_o the_o sharp_a manner_n of_o die_v in_o such_o case_n than_o let_v we_o rather_o save_v our_o tear_n for_o our_o own_o sin_n than_o to_o weep_v as_o person_n without_o hope_n for_o the_o dead_a in_o christ_n 3._o matter_n of_o examination_n whether_o we_o have_v give_v up_o our_o soul_n to_o christ_n in_o life_n that_o he_o may_v receive_v they_o in_o death_n christ_n take_v his_o spouse_n by_o contract_n not_o by_o rape_n they_o willing_o give_v up_o themselves_o to_o he_o in_o life_n or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o as_o old_a elies_n son_n take_v away_o their_o spirit_n by_o force_n when_o they_o come_v to_o die_v as_o our_o body_n must_v be_v offer_v up_o to_o god_n as_o a_o reasonable_a service_n while_o we_o live_v rom._n 12.1_o so_o much_o more_o our_o soul_n or_o else_o it_o will_v be_v a_o unreasonable_a petiton_n to_o beg_v that_o christ_n will_v receive_v they_o in_o death_n when_o we_o can_v keep_v they_o no_o long_o as_o our_o die_a saviour_n cry_v out_o father_n into_o thy_o hand_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n and_o die_a stephen_n here_o pray_v lord_n jesus_n 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with_o his_o father_n in_o glory_n not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o in_o glory_n the_o near_a to_o he_o but_o one_o with_o he_o stephen_n assert_v this_o clear_o in_o his_o death_n not_o only_o die_v in_o christ_n and_o for_o christ_n but_o pray_v to_o christ_n in_o his_o death_n acknowledge_v hereby_o his_o divinity_n by_o give_v he_o divine_a worship_n and_o to_o avoid_v this_o clear_a demonstration_n we_o read_v of_o on_o franciscus_n david_n a_o arrian_n heretic_n who_o read_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o text_n in_o the_o genitive_a case_n instead_o of_o the_o vocative_n and_o so_o will_v fain_o give_v we_o this_o sense_n lord_n of_o jesus_n instead_o of_o lord_n jesus_n but_o this_o blasphemous_a shift_n be_v sufficient_o confute_v by_o the_o ancient_n as_o lorinus_n as_o lorinus_n a_o learned_a man_n though_o a_o jesuit_n upon_o this_o place_n discover_v all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o christ_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n math_n 28.18_o and_o holy_a stephen_n die_v virtual_o in_o this_o last_o prayer_n acknowlege_v it_o note_v 2_o in_o the_o gospel_n we_o must_v chief_o run_v to_o christ_n in_o prayer_n ask_v all_o in_o the_o son_n name_n and_o this_o be_v now_o the_o way_n to_o speed_v ourselves_o and_o to_o glorify_v the_o father_n together_o john_n 14.13_o these_o 2_o glorious_a person_n in_o the_o bless_a trinity_n have_v not_o 2_o distinct_a interest_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o one_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o other_o yea_o now_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o father_n be_v chief_o deposit_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n at_o first_o god_n be_v only_o know_v by_o his_o name_n of_o almighty_a afterward_o by_o his_o name_n jehovah_n exod._n 6.3_o but_o now_o by_o his_o name_n jesus_n name_n jesus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o not_o at_o the_o name_n in_o who_o name_n every_o knee_n under_o the_o gospel_n must_v bow_v to_o the_o glory_n 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