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A81247 The morning exercise methodized; or Certain chief heads and points of the Christian religion opened and improved in divers sermons, by several ministers of the City of London, in the monthly course of the morning exercise at Giles in the Fields. May 1659. Case, Thomas, 1598-1682. 1659 (1659) Wing C835; Thomason E1008_1; ESTC R207936 572,112 737

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ignorance_n wherein_o they_o 31._o they_o job_n 41.15_o and_o 31._o pride_n themselves_o as_o the_o leviathan_n and_o fling_v the_o world_n into_o aestuation_n shall_v then_o drop_v off_o their_o eye_n their_o 13.23_o their_o jer._n 13.23_o leopard_n spot_n and_o aethiopian_a skin_n contract_v by_o too_o hot_a a_o sun_n and_o too_o open_a a_o converse_n with_o the_o prosperity_n of_o this_o world_n shall_v be_v take_v off_o and_o though_o now_o upon_o our_o eyelid_n sit_v the_o very_a shadow_n of_o death_n 16.16_o job_n 16.16_o yet_o there_o the_o mean_a understanding_n shall_v confute_v the_o ignorant_a determination_n of_o a_o whole_a sanerdrim_n of_o rabbi_n and_o look_v down_o upon_o all_o the_o grandeur_n of_o humane_a policy_n and_o reason_n of_o state_n with_o as_o scornful_a a_o eye_n as_o we_o now_o look_v up_o with_o to_o the_o mean_a cobweb_n in_o our_o window_n 2._o all_o that_o turbulent_a rout_n of_o affection_n shall_v be_v cashier_v as_o all_o those_o cloud_n of_o 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one_o another_o in_o these_o day_n of_o sin_n shall_v be_v eternal_o extinguish_v those_o mutinous_a commotion_n of_o spirit_n which_o now_o dethrone_v jugement_n and_o conscience_n in_o man_n breast_n and_o therefore_o enforce_v judgement-seat_n without_o they_o to_o be_v set_v up_o shall_v be_v as_o calm_o subdue_v as_o the_o sun_n put_v out_o the_o fire_n thunders_z lightning_n pestilence_n earthquake_n shake_v not_o the_o world_n so_o much_o as_o man_n passion_n the_o pride_n and_o envy_n of_o a_o caesar_n and_o a_o pompey_n be_v able_a to_o enrol_v three_o hundred_o thousand_o head_n in_o the_o dust_n the_o impetuous_a motion_n of_o these_o lustful_a affection_n breed_v those_o miserable_a necessity_n man_n talk_v of_o but_o as_o augustine_n say_v 70._o say_v tum_o fin●untur_fw-la istae_fw-la necessitate_v quum_fw-la vincuntur_fw-la illae_fw-la cupiditates_fw-la aug._n in_o episto_n 70._o those_o necessity_n will_v be_v end_v when_o these_o lust_n be_v conquer_v then_o man_n will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v rom._n 8.37_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o than_o conqueror_n and_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o conquer_v themselves_o their_o passion_n which_o victor_n themselves_o obtain_v not_o to_o do_v here_o man_n be_v now_o like_o bruit_n stake_v down_o to_o particular_a interest_n humour_n and_o lust_n but_o then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o aug._n then_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la crit_fw-fr liberatum_fw-la aug._n freewill_n itself_o shall_v take_v up_o its_o freedom_n and_o all_o those_o 〈◊〉_d those_o ephes_n 2.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_n of_o the_o flesh_n shall_v have_v a_o totai_n and_o final_a circumcision_n when_o this_o eight_o day_n and_o great_a sabbath_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v come_v 3._o the_o whole_a body_n of_o bodily_a infirmity_n shall_v be_v shake_v off_o so_o long_o as_o the_o soul_n wear_v the_o body_n it_o carry_v a_o almanac_n about_o it_o by_o virtue_n of_o those_o passion_n which_o pyth._n which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jamb_n in_o vi_fw-la pyth._n button_n soul_n and_o body_n together_o and_o convey_v its_o distemper_n to_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o soul_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n as_o primary_o affect_v with_o sin_n as_o a_o rusty_a sword_n infect_v the_o scabbard_n but_o when_o the_o body_n call_v the_o sheath_n of_o the_o soul_n by_o the_o prophet_n vagi●●_fw-la prophet_n chap._n 7.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vagi●●_fw-la daniel_n shall_v drop_v off_o the_o soul_n like_o the_o 3.24_o the_o gen._n 3.24_o flame_a sword_n or_o cherubin_n rather_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o paradise_n of_o god_n how_o long_o be_v the_o soul_n that_o 20.27_o that_o prov._n 20.27_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o dark_a lan_n ho●n_v of_o the_o body_n ere_o it_o shine_v at_o all_o and_o when_o it_o begin_v to_o flame_n forth_o the_o lantern_n burn_v one_o feverish_a distemper_n or_o other_o come_v and_o that_o be_v rake_v up_o as_o a_o spark_n in_o its_o ash_n that_o great_a vi_fw-la 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we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anton._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n sept._n 4.2_o psal_n 30.5_o heavy-hearted_n and_o dull-spirited_n in_o holy_a duty_n shall_v be_v all_o draw_v off_o and_o then_o we_o shall_v serve_v god_n without_o any_o lassitude_n faint_v or_o tediousness_n heaviness_n may_v endure_v for_o this_o night_n but_o joy_n come_v in_o that_o morning_n when_o with_o the_o sun_n 19.5_o sun_n psal_n 19.5_o we_o shall_v rejoice_v as_o a_o giant_n to_o run_v our_o race_n 4._o all_o that_o legion_n of_o foul_a spirit_n with_o their_o armoury_n of_o tentation_n shall_v be_v confine_v for_o ever_o in_o their_o 6._o their_o judas_n 6._o chain_n of_o darkness_n the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n shall_v be_v depose_v when_o this_o kingdom_n take_v place_n the_o 20.3_o the_o rev._n 20.3_o great_a old_a serpent_n cast_v into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n no_o serpent_n shall_v hiss_v in_o that_o paradise_n and_o though_o all_o this_o world_n the_o 70_o the_o job_n 7.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 70_o scene_n of_o his_o tentation_n shall_v remain_v after_o its_o purify_n by_o fire_n and_o all_o creature_n as_o man_n servant_n be_v clothe_v with_o a_o better_a livery_n when_o their_o master_n be_v advance_v yet_o they_o can_v no_o more_o fasten_v a_o tentation_n on_o a_o saint_n in_o glory_n than_o you_o can_v now_o shoot_v a_o arrow_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o sun_n though_o satan_n and_o the_o world_n be_v now_o always_o nibble_v at_o a_o christian_n heel_n that_o as_o many_o ejaculation_n as_o the_o soul_n have_v to_o god_n it_o find_v as_o many_o injection_n from_o the_o devil_n yet_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n will_v then_o final_o bruise_v satan_n under_o their_o foot_n 16.20_o rom._n 16.20_o the_o ground_n that_o now_o lord_n it_o over_o man_n and_o be_v the_o lordship_n not_o the_o man_n and_o blow_v up_o his_o heart_n with_o careful_a solicitude_n and_o cast_v its_o furrow_n and_o wrinkle_n in_o his_o face_n shall_v never_o give_v thorn_n and_o thistle_n to_o his_o eye_n more_o but_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o serve_v god_n 〈◊〉_d god_n 1_o cor._n 7.35_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o any_o vellication_n convulsion_n cramp_n of_o distraction_n from_o the_o sour_a fermentation_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o world_n second_o as_o these_o enemy_n shall_v be_v depose_v and_o disappear_v so_o there_o be_v something_o to_o be_v super-induced_n in_o order_n to_o the_o confummation_n of_o this_o happiness_n 1._o therefore_o all_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o state_n shall_v 19.8_o shall_v rev._n 19.8_o be_v clothe_v with_o long_a white_a r_o ●bes_n why_o h_o be_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o saint_n they_o shall_v be_v 110.3_o be_v psal_n 110.3_o in_o the_o beauty_n of_o holiness_n from_o the_o very_a womb_n and_o first_o open_v of_o that_o morning_n every_o infant-grace_n shall_v then_o have_v its_o adolescence_n into_o a_o perfect_a man_n 4.13_o ephes_n 4.13_o and_o to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o 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