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and_o according_o to_o be_v affect_v if_o you_o have_v make_v they_o evil_a day_n how_o shall_v you_o mourn_v for_o this_o how_o shall_v you_o seek_v god_n now_o that_o it_o draw_v towards_o the_o eleven_o hour_n before_o the_o night_n come_v when_o no_o man_n can_v work_v which_o bury_v all_o secure_a loiterer_n and_o unprepared_a one_o in_o a_o everlasting_a night_n of_o utter_a darkness_n where_o be_v weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n the_o night_n come_v the_o darkness_n be_v come_v yet_o before_o it_o come_v do_v you_o that_o great_a work_n that_o your_o soul_n may_v live_v and_o not_o die_v eternal_o chap._n v._n eccles._n 12._o 1_o before_o the_o evil_a day_n come_v of_o the_o next_o point_n i_o shall_v speak_v very_o brief_o and_o that_o be_v this_o obseru._n that_o the_o day_n of_o old_a age_n be_v evil_a day_n so_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n here_o call_v they_o this_o the_o holy_a ghost_n here_o and_o in_o other_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n show_v in_o divers_a 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the_o first_o such_o a_o good_a old_a age_n they_o shall_v have_v as_o divers_a of_o the_o saint_n be_v say_v to_o have_v have_v labour_v then_o so_o to_o live_v now_o that_o the_o evil_n of_o your_o age_n may_v be_v mitigate_v and_o remove_v but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n how_o evil_a and_o wretched_a must_v those_o day_n of_o old_a age_n be_v which_o be_v accompany_v with_o the_o guilt_n of_o many_o sin_n when_o year_n increase_n and_o wickedness_n increase_v when_o a_o man_n will_v not_o be_v admonish_v but_o as_o he_o have_v be_v rebellious_a in_o his_o youth_n so_o he_o will_v be_v obstinate_a in_o his_o old_a age_n oh_o take_v heed_n of_o this_o if_o these_o evil_a day_n have_v overtake_v thou_o before_o thou_o have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n before_o thou_o have_v seek_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n repent_v now_o in_o the_o anguish_n and_o bitterness_n of_o thy_o soul._n sermon_n v._o eccles._n 12._o 1._o before_o the_o evil_a day_n come_v etc._n etc._n chap._n i._n thus_o you_o have_v hear_v how_o old_a age_n be_v say_v to_o consist_v of_o evil_a day_n now_o here_o we_o see_v how_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v call_v away_o the_o thought_n of_o young_a man_n from_o the_o pleasure_n and_o vanity_n of_o youth_n wherein_o they_o be_v usual_o drown_v and_o overwhelm_v and_o give_v they_o a_o foresight_n of_o a_o change_n let_v they_o know_v that_o it_o will_v not_o always_o be_v thus_o with_o they_o they_o must_v look_v for_o other_o time_n hereafter_o to_o pass_v over_o they_o now_o they_o have_v their_o good_a day_n their_o day_n of_o youth_n but_o they_o must_v persuade_v themselves_o there_o be_v other_o day_n come_v these_o good_a day_n will_v not_o last_v always_o hence_o i_o observe_v obseru._n that_o it_o be_v christian_a wisdom_n to_o foresee_v and_o provide_v for_o change_n ere_o they_o come_v it_o be_v a_o brutish_a and_o sensual_a folly_n to_o have_v the_o heart_n so_o possess_v and_o take_v up_o with_o present_a prosperity_n and_o earthly_a 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