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etc._n etc._n fear_v not_o thy_o last_o fate_n rather_o desire_v it_o with_o paul_n because_o it_o be_v but_o thy_o dissolution_n be_v thankful_a for_o it_o with_o simeon_n because_o it_o be_v but_o thy_o departure_n wait_v for_o it_o with_o job_n because_o it_o be_v thy_o change_n then_o fear_v it_o or_o fret_v at_o it_o with_o the_o natural_a and_o moral_a man_n of_o the_o world_n for_o why_o shall_v that_o either_o fear_v thou_o or_o fret_v thou_o that_o can_v hurt_v the_o best_a the_o great_a part_n of_o thou_o if_o the_o gold_n be_v save_v who_o regard_v the_o loss_n of_o a_o rot_a purse_n if_o the_o pearl_n within_o be_v preserve_v who_o care_v for_o the_o break_n of_o a_o old_a chest_n if_o the_o costly_a merchandise_n and_o load_n of_o the_o ship_n be_v safe_a what_o merchant_n respect_v the_o ruin_n of_o a_o rot_a barge_n if_o the_o live_a soul_n be_v not_o endanger_v nor_o the_o best_a of_o the_o stuff_n endamage_v we_o care_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o burn_a of_o a_o 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year_n and_o month_n nay_o all_o their_o precious_a time_n in_o hawk_v hunt_a whore_v card_v dice_a etc._n etc._n in_o scrape_v and_o gather_v yellow_a dust_n together_o in_o do_v work_n moral_a or_o sinful_a their_o own_o work_n or_o the_o devil_n how_o many_o in_o do_v nothing_o or_o do_v evil_a or_o as_o good_a as_o nothing_o how_o many_o woman_n spend_v many_o day_n and_o hour_n in_o trick_v and_o trim_v the_o paint_a sepulchre_n of_o their_o soul_n i_o mean_v their_o body_n in_o a_o glass_n who_o never_o consider_v how_o the_o glass_n of_o their_o time_n run_v spend_v not_o a_o month_n in_o a_o year_n a_o week_n in_o a_o month_n a_o day_n in_o a_o week_n a_o hour_n in_o a_o day_n in_o the_o public_a or_o private_a worship_n of_o god_n in_o look_v into_o the_o glass_n of_o god_n word_n prayer_n meditation_n etc._n etc._n how_o many_o citizen_n and_o countryman_n of_o all_o sort_n spend_v the_o whole_a six_o day_n in_o cater_v and_o puruey_v for_o the_o body_n who_o grudge_n god_n his_o sabbath_n for_o the_o provision_n of_o their_o soul_n such_o man_n either_o they_o think_v they_o have_v no_o soul_n or_o that_o their_o soul_n shall_v die_v with_o their_o body_n like_o the_o beast_n live_v like_o libertine_n and_o epicure_n as_o their_o faith_n be_v like_o the_o saducee_n which_o deny_v any_o spirit_n or_o resurrection_n 7._o or_o soul_n immortality_n as_o josephus_n testify_v of_o they_o oh_o we_o have_v need_n cry_v to_o such_o delude_a frantic_a man_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o have_v soul_n and_o soul_n immortal_a to_o reign_v with_o god_n or_o to_o be_v plague_v with_o the_o devil_n after_o their_o depart_n out_o of_o the_o body_n his_o hope_a pacification_n in_o these_o word_n in_o peace_n
other_o within_o the_o church_n with_o sudden_a judgement_n for_o their_o blasphemous_a heresy_n nay_o even_o his_o own_o people_n with_o the_o plague_n of_o threescore_o and_o ten_o thousand_o man_n for_o the_o mistrust_n of_o david_n his_o servant_n 24._o that_o god_n which_o never_o suffer_v sin_n to_o go_v unpunished_a in_o justice_n if_o it_o be_v not_o pardon_v in_o mercy_n he_o that_o see_v no_o iniquity_n in_o jacob_n 21._o nor_o no_o sin_n in_o israel_n in_o cover_v the_o transgression_n of_o his_o child_n 32.1.2_o and_o remit_v the_o eternal_a punishment_n to_o the_o penitent_a in_o respect_n of_o their_o soul_n yet_o there_o be_v cause_n sufficient_a for_o he_o some_o secret_a some_o reveal_v 1._o both_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n 2._o of_o his_o church_n 3._o of_o the_o wicked_a and_o 4._o of_o thyself_o that_o he_o shall_v exercise_v thou_o with_o temporal_a affliction_n here_o as_o he_o do_v david_n 12.10.11_o as_o with_o sickness_n disease_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o as_o 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