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at_o the_o last_o to_o call_v into_o question_n the_o truth_n of_o god_n word_n and_o to_o say_v 3.3_o gen._n 3.3_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n which_o be_v in_o the_o mid_n of_o the_o garden_n god_n have_v say_v you_o shall_v not_o eat_v of_o it_o neither_o shall_v you_o touch_v it_o lest_o you_o die_v whereas_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v in_o express_a word_n before_o 17._o chap._n 2_o 17._o in_o the_o day_n that_o you_o shall_v eat_v thereof_o you_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n that_o be_v you_o shall_v assure_o die_v which_o if_o they_o have_v steadfast_o believe_v they_o have_v not_o be_v overcome_v of_o his_o temptation_n so_o in_o all_o
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day_n but_o thou_o hear_v not_o and_o by_o night_n but_o have_v no_o audience_n and_o thus_o he_o continue_v till_o it_o please_v god_n for_o our_o instruction_n and_o comfort_n to_o give_v he_o victory_n partly_o by_o consider_v the_o former_a merciful_a deal_n of_o god_n towards_o himself_o and_o other_o partly_o by_o meditate_v upon_o the_o constant_a truth_n of_o his_o promise_n which_o make_v he_o at_o the_o last_o trust_n unto_o he_o and_o depend_v upon_o he_o without_o any_o present_a help_n or_o feel_n and_o thus_o he_o end_v the_o 38._o psalm_n which_o he_o make_v to_o put_v himself_o in_o remembrance_n of_o some_o great_a affliction_n of_o god_n that_o be_v upon_o he_o and_o therefore_o entitle_v it_o a_o psalm_n of_o remembrance_n 38._o â—â—al_a 38._o in_o which_o be_v many_o grievous_a complaint_n both_o of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o the_o punishment_n of_o they_o without_o any_o feel_n of_o present_a help_n and_o comfort_n only_o he_o say_v that_o he_o will_v wait_v upon_o god_n 15._o â—â—s_o 15._o hope_v that_o he_o will_v show_v himself_o favourable_a in_o time_n though_o he_o have_v no_o present_a feel_n of_o it_o and_o so_o must_v we_o do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a season_n we_o see_v that_o this_o measure_n of_o unbelief_n that_o be_v in_o the_o apostle_n s._n thomas_n that_o he_o will_v believe_v no_o more_o than_o he_o can_v see_v and_o feel_v be_v and_o have_v be_v in_o other_o also_o and_o that_o all_o of_o we_o be_v subject_a unto_o it_o more_o or_o less_o but_o that_o we_o may_v arm_v ourselves_o sufficient_o against_o this_o grievous_a temptation_n and_o comfortable_o support_v ourselves_o when_o we_o shall_v fall_v into_o it_o we_o must_v consider_v that_o faith_n and_o feeling_n be_v not_o only_o not_o all_o one_o nor_o always_o join_v together_o but_o also_o that_o they_o be_v many_o time_n sever_v in_o the_o child_n of_o god_n so_o that_o there_o be_v faith_n where_o there_o be_v not_o nor_o can_v be_v any_o present_a feel_n yea_o that_o the_o great_a faith_n sometime_o be_v where_o there_o be_v no_o feel_n at_o all_o and_o to_o this_o end_n we_o must_v remember_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v hope_v for_o and_o the_o evidence_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v where_o he_o say_v that_o faith_n be_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o we_o see_v not_o and_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v but_o hope_v for_o and_o we_o as_o yet_o have_v not_o the_o present_a possession_n and_o feel_n of_o they_o and_o yet_o we_o believe_v they_o and_o this_o he_o proove_v by_o most_o excellent_a example_n when_o as_o first_o of_o all_o he_o add_v through_o faith_n we_o understand_v 3._o â—ers_n 3._o that_o the_o world_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n so_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o see_v be_v not_o make_v of_o thing_n which_o do_v appear_v that_o be_v we_o know_v by_o faith_n that_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v make_v of_o nothing_o and_o this_o very_o we_o believe_v but_o who_o do_v or_o ever_o can_v see_v this_o therefore_o we_o do_v and_o must_v believe_v that_o which_o we_o have_v not_o neither_o can_v see_v &_o so_o we_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o sight_n 7._o â—â—rs_n 7._o secondary_o he_o thus_o speak_v there_o of_o the_o faith_n of_o noah_n that_o he_o be_v warn_v of_o god_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v as_o yet_o not_o see_v move_v with_o reverence_n prepare_v the_o ark_n to_o the_o save_n of_o his_o household_n where_o two_o thing_n be_v note_v that_o he_o beleve_v that_o which_o he_o can_v not_o see_v 1._o that_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v drown_v for_o their_o sin_n 2._o that_o by_o repentance_n and_o faith_n himself_o have_v find_v favour_n with_o god_n &_o shall_v be_v save_v in_o the_o water_n &_o therefore_o he_o make_v the_o ark_n according_a to_o god_n commandment_n long_o before_o he_o see_v the_o flood_n or_o any_o token_n 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