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they_o up_o unto_o uncleanness_n through_o the_o lust_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n to_o dishonour_v their_o own_o body_n between_o themselves_o ps_n 106.15_o and_o he_o give_v they_o their_o request_n but_o send_v leanness_n into_o their_o soul_n 2_o thes_n 2.11_o and_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n shall_v send_v they_o strong_a delusion_n that_o they_o shall_v believe_v a_o lie_n exod._n 7.3_o and_o i_o will_v harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n compare_v with_o chap._n 8.32_o and_o pharaoh_n harden_v his_o heart_n etc._n etc._n q._n how_o be_v it_o prove_v that_o god_n do_v blind_a and_o harden_v man_n by_o withhold_v his_o grace_n to_o enlighten_v their_o understanding_n and_o to_o work_v upon_o their_o heart_n a._n mat._n 13.13_o therefore_o speak_v i_o to_o they_o in_o parable_n because_o they_o see_v see_v not_o and_o hear_v they_o hear_v not_o neither_o do_v they_o understand_v q._n do_v god_n sometime_o withdraw_v the_o gift_n which_o man_n have_v have_v for_o their_o not_o use_v or_o 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my_o soul_n that_o to_o spare_v you_o i_o come_v not_o as_o yet_o unto_o corinth_n q._n must_v we_o swear_v by_o the_o creator_n a._n be_v 65.16_o he_o that_o swear_v in_o the_o earth_n shall_v swear_v by_o the_o god_n of_o truth_n jer._n 4.2_o and_o thou_o shall_v swear_v the_o lord_n live_v in_o truth_n in_o judgement_n and_o in_o righteousness_n q._n may_v we_o not_o swear_v by_o our_o lady_n our_o faith_n or_o troth_n and_o such_o like_a oath_n a._n mat._n 5.34_o 35_o 36._o swear_v not_o at_o all_o neither_o by_o heaven_n for_o it_o be_v god_n throne_n nor_o by_o the_o earth_n for_o it_o be_v his_o footstool_n neither_o by_o jerusalem_n for_o it_o be_v the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n neither_o shall_v thou_o swear_v by_o thy_o head_n because_o thou_o can_v not_o make_v one_o hair_n white_a or_o black_a jam._n 5.12_o but_o above_o all_o thing_n my_o brethren_n swear_v not_o neither_o by_o heaven_n neither_o by_o the_o earth_n neither_o by_o any_o other_o oath_n q._n what_o 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hebr._n 6.16_o for_o man_n very_o swear_v by_o the_o great_a and_o a_o oath_n for_o confirmation_n be_v to_o they_o a_o end_n of_o all_o strife_n q._n if_o a_o man_n swear_v to_o bind_v his_o soul_n under_o a_o curse_n to_o sin_n against_o god_n either_o by_o omit_v what_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v or_o by_o commit_v or_o do_v what_o god_n forbid_v be_v he_o bind_v to_o keep_v that_o oath_n a._n no._n 1_o sam._n 25.22_o compare_v with_o 32._o and_o 33._o so_o and_o more_o also_o do_v god_n unto_o the_o enemy_n of_o david_n if_o i_o leave_v of_o all_o that_o pertain_v to_o he_o by_o the_o morning_n light_v any_o that_o piss_v against_o the_o wall_n and_o david_n say_v to_o abigail_n bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n which_o send_v thou_o this_o day_n to_o meet_v i_o and_o bless_v be_v thy_o advice_n and_o bless_v be_v thou_o which_o have_v keep_v i_o this_o day_n from_o come_v to_o shed_v blood_n and_o from_o avenge_a myself_o with_o my_o own_o hand_n q._n do_v math._n 5.34_o 35_o 36_o 37._o james_n 5.12_o forbid_v and_o condemn_v as_o utter_o unlawful_a all_o oath_n though_o in_o weighty_a matter_n and_o before_o a_o lawful_a magistrate_n a._n no_o those_o scripture_n condemn_v rash_a customary_a swear_n particular_o by_o the_o creature_n and_o imply_v the_o one_o that_o in_o ordinary_a speech_n we_o shall_v content_v ourselves_o with_o simple_a affirmation_n and_o negation_n and_o the_o other_o perhaps_o may_v imply_v far_o that_o our_o affirmation_n and_o negation_n shall_v be_v plain_a and_o sure_o ground_v on_o a_o mere_a truth_n that_o with_o we_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v yea_o and_o nay_o but_o that_o as_o there_o be_v yea_o in_o our_o promise_n so_o there_o shall_v be_v yea_o in_o our_o performance_n we_o shall_v be_v as_o good_a as_o our_o word_n consider_v first_o that_o the_o three_o commandment_n forbid_v taking_n god_n name_n in_o vain_a and_o not_o simple_o the_o take_n up_o of_o his_o name_n 2_o that_o a_o oath_n be_v the_o end_n of_o strife_n 3_o that_o the_o apostle_n paul_n call_v god_n to_o witness_v 2_o cor._n 1.23_o chap._n 20._o of_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a q._n where_o do_v the_o lord_n people_n of_o old_a use_n to_o bury_v their_o dead_a do_v they_o bury_v sometime_o in_o a_o cave_n in_o a_o field_n sometime_o in_o a_o garden_n and_o sometime_o in_o the_o city_n a._n gen._n 25.9_o and_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n bury_v he_o in_o the_o cave_n machpelah_n in_o the_o field_n of_o ephron_n joh._n 19.41_o 42._o now_o in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v crucify_v there_o be_v a_o garden_n and_o in_o the_o garden_n a_o new_a sepulchre_n wherein_o be_v never_o man_n yet_o lay_v there_o lay_v they_o jesus_n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n 2.10_o so_o david_n sleep_v with_o his_o father_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n q._n have_v godly_a people_n take_v care_n of_o their_o burial_n and_o especial_o to_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o sepulcher_n of_o their_o father_n a._n gen._n 49.29_o 31._o i_o be_o to_o be_v gather_v unto_o my_o people_n bury_v i_o with_o my_o father_n in_o the_o cave_n that_o be_v in_o the_o field_n of_o ephron_n the_o hittite_n there_o they_o bury_v abraham_n and_o sarah_n his_o wife_n there_o they_o bury_v isaac_n &_o rebeckah_n his_o wife_n and_o there_o i_o bury_v leah_n q._n be_v it_o a_o part_n of_o the_o priest_n office_n under_o the_o law_n to_o bury_v the_o dead_a a._n num._n 19.11_o he_o that_o touch_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v unclean_a seven_o day_n leu._n 21.1_o 2_o 10_o 11._o speak_v unto_o the_o priest_n the_o son_n of_o aaron_n &_o say_v unto_o they_o there_o shall_v none_o be_v defile_v for_o the_o dead_a among_o his_o people_n but_o for_o his_o kin_n that_o be_v near_o unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n and_o he_o that_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n among_o his_o brethren_n shall_v not_o uncover_v his_o head_n nor_o rend_v his_o clothes_n neither_o shall_v he_o go_v in_o to_o any_o dead_a body_n nor_o defile_v himself_o 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that_o shall_v eat_v bread_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n then_o say_v he_o unto_o he_o a_o certain_a man_n make_v a_o great_a supper_n etc._n etc._n q._n be_v it_o lawful_a to_o make_v a_o funeral_n oration_n or_o elegy_n for_o the_o dead_a a._n 2_o sam._n 1.71_o 19_o and_o david_n lament_v with_o this_o lamentation_n over_o saul_n &_o over_o jonathan_n his_o son_n the_o beauty_n of_o israel_n be_v slay_v upon_o thy_o high_a place_n how_o be_v the_o mighty_a fall_v etc._n etc._n so_o vers_fw-la 23._o saul_n and_o jonathan_n be_v lovely_a &_o pleasant_a in_o their_o life_n and_o in_o their_o death_n
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