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all_o have_v not_o faith_n there_o be_v in_o all_o place_n many_z too_o many_o who_o conversation_n shall_v the_o apostle_n have_v see_v he_o will_v have_v tell_v they_o as_o he_o do_v the_o philippian_n weeping_z that_o they_o be_v enemy_n of_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n for_o their_o belly_n be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o glory_v in_o their_o shame_n 19_o phil._n 3.18_o 19_o for_o let_v we_o not_o deceive_v ourselves_o as_o if_o viciousness_n and_o pravity_n of_o life_n can_v be_v reconcile_v with_o sincerity_n and_o truth_n of_o faith_n but_o rather_o let_v we_o argue_v with_o david_n the_o wickedness_n say_v he_o 36.1_o psal_n 36.1_o of_o the_o wicked_a say_v in_o my_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o fear_n of_o god_n before_o his_o eye_n i.e._n when_o i_o see_v the_o action_n of_o wicked_a man_n i_o do_v as_o evident_o perceive_v that_o inward_o they_o fear_v not_o god_n as_o if_o they_o do_v in_o express_a term_n proclaim_v and_o avouch_v it_o so_o may_v we_o without_o any_o 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to_o pass_v you_o may_v believe_v that_o i_o be_o and_o again_o when_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o of_o his_o own_o departure_n 14.29_o joh._n 14.29_o and_o that_o he_o will_v send_v the_o comforter_n that_o be_v the_o holy_a spirit_n to_o supply_v his_o room_n and_o to_o make_v up_o their_o joy_n he_o add_v and_o now_o i_o tell_v you_o before_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v 16.4_o joh._n 16.4_o that_o when_o it_o do_v come_v to_o pass_v you_o may_v believe_v again_o when_o he_o have_v tell_v his_o disciple_n of_o that_o violent_a and_o inhuman_a usage_n they_o shall_v meet_v with_o these_o thing_n say_v he_o have_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o when_o the_o time_n shall_v come_v you_o may_v remember_v that_o i_o tell_v you_o of_o they_o i._n e._n and_o from_o thence_o gather_v a_o full_a and_o peremptory_a assurance_n of_o my_o truth_n and_o veracity_n so_o in_o those_o many_o prediction_n which_o we_o have_v in_o mat._n 24._o our_o saviour_n subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13.23_o mar._n 13.23_o but_o you_o look_v to_o it_o behold_v i_o have_v foretell_v you_o all_o thing_n so_o that_o our_o saviour_n so_o often_o urge_v and_o insist_v upon_o his_o prophecy_n seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o he_o be_v not_o unwilling_a to_o venture_v his_o whole_a cause_n upon_o the_o force_n of_o that_o single_a argument_n second_o reason_n 2_o this_o be_v the_o way_n which_o god_n himself_o do_v long_o before_o point_n to_o and_o warrant_v we_o in_o the_o use_n of_o for_o he_o foretell_v by_o moses_n i_o will_v raise_v they_o up_o a_o prophet_n from_o among_o their_o brethren_n 18.18_o deut._n 18.18_o like_v unto_o thou_o and_o i_o will_v put_v my_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n and_o he_o shall_v speak_v unto_o they_o all_o that_o i_o shall_v command_v he_o this_o prophecy_n our_o saviour_n have_v a_o peculiar_a respect_n to_o throughout_o all_o this_o gospel_n of_o john_n as_o ch._n 5.46_o have_v you_o believe_v moses_n you_o will_v have_v believe_v i_o for_o he_o write_v of_o i_o and_o 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descry_v be_v persecution_n of_o all_o that_o dissent_v from_o he_o though_o never_o so_o holy_a or_o religious_a otherwise_o which_o be_v a_o infallible_a note_n of_o antichrist_n as_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o meekness_n mercy_n and_o moderation_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o when_o the_o disciple_n desire_v that_o they_o may_v call_v down_o for_o fire_n from_o heaven_n to_o punish_v those_o barbarous_a and_o inhuman_a samaritan_n who_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o allow_v he_o a_o lodging_n in_o one_o of_o their_o village_n 9.55_o luk._n 9.55_o our_o saviour_n sharp_o reprove_v they_o you_o know_v not_o say_v he_o of_o what_o spirit_n you_o be_v i._n e._n the_o christian_a spirit_n be_v not_o a_o bloody_a a_o self-avenging_a but_o a_o tender_a a_o compassionate_a spirit_n for_o the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v not_o to_o destroy_v man_n life_n but_o to_o save_v they_o and_o again_o 50._o ib._n v._n 50._o when_o some_o of_o his_o disciple_n tell_v he_o that_o they_o find_v 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