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far_o from_o home_n fall_v sick_a and_o his_o sickness_n be_v grievous_a for_o he_o be_v nigh_o unto_o death_n epaphroditus_n recovery_n second_o sermon_n phil._n 2.27_o but_o god_n have_v mercy_n on_o he_o on_o the_o last_o lecture-day_n i_o make_v a_o entrance_n upon_o this_o text_n and_o we_o speak_v to_o epaphroditus_n his_o sickness_n i_o shall_v this_o day_n god_n will_v speak_v of_o his_o recovery_n which_o the_o text_n clear_o hold_v forth_o unto_o we_o in_o which_o i_o observe_v two_o part_n which_o i_o intend_v to_o prosecute_v as_o time_n shall_v give_v leave_n 1._o epaphroditus_n physician_n and_o that_o be_v god_n 2._o the_o cure_n wrought_v by_o he_o have_v mercy_n on_o he_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o pity_v or_o have_v mercy_n upon_o son_n think_v it_o have_v dependence_n upon_o the_o hebrew_n name_n of_o god_n elohim_n because_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o god_n to_o show_v mercy_n now_o mercy_n in_o god_n may_v be_v thus_o 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god_n have_v crown_v he_o with_o save_v mercy_n he_o have_v be_v free_v from_o hell_n and_o enstate_v in_o everlasting_a happiness_n but_o the_o mercy_n my_o text_n speak_v of_o be_v temporal_a mercy_n god_n deliver_v he_o from_o the_o great_a pain_n and_o peril_n he_o be_v in_o by_o reason_n of_o sickness_n locum_fw-la sickness_n estius_n in_o locum_fw-la eripiens_fw-la eum_fw-la periculo_fw-la &_o sanitati_fw-la restituens_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la beneficium_fw-la misericordia_fw-la voco_fw-la quatenus_fw-la est_fw-la miseriae_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la remotio_fw-la and_o calvin_n locum_fw-la calvin_n in_o locum_fw-la say_v exprimit_fw-la morbi_fw-la gravitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la clariús_fw-la eniteret_fw-la dei_fw-la bonitas_fw-la in_o redditâ_fw-la sanitate_fw-la paul_n first_o mention_v the_o grievousness_n of_o his_o sickness_n that_o the_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n may_v more_o perspicuous_o appear_v in_o his_o recovery_n deus_fw-la misertus_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la i._n 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be_v he_o who_o other_o man_n harm_n do_v make_v to_o beware_v well_o then_o life_n be_v so_o great_a a_o mercy_n let_v we_o avoid_v all_o such_o sin_n as_o may_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o shorten_v it_o and_o let_v we_o use_v all_o lawful_a mean_n to_o preserve_v it_o as_o food_n and_o physic_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v let_v we_o not_o through_o discouragement_n of_o spirit_n because_o of_o deadly_a danger_n which_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o our_o christian_a calling_n 15._o numb_a 10.14_o 15._o as_o weary_a of_o life_n wish_v for_o death_n which_o be_v a_o infirmity_n in_o that_o good_a man_n elijah_n 1_o king_n 19.4_o much_o less_o ought_v we_o through_o discontent_n as_o jonah_n do_v jonah_n 4.3_o 8._o wish_v for_o death_n but_o most_o prodigious_o to_o blame_v be_v they_o that_o lie_v violent_a hand_n upon_o themselves_o man_n breath_n say_v a_o worthy_a bishop_n be_v put_v into_o his_o body_n as_o a_o tenant_n at_o will_n into_o a_o house_n 543._o dr._n abbot_n on_o jonah_n 4.3_o 4._o lect._n 26._o p._n 543._o whereinto_o it_o may_v not_o enter_v without_o the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o landlord_n and_o be_v once_o in_o it_o must_v keep_v there_o and_o hold_v the_o build_n upright_o till_o it_o have_v its_o discharge_n to_o remove_v somewhere_o else_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o that_o i_o have_v speak_v concern_v the_o care_n you_o shall_v have_v to_o maintain_v health_n and_o preserve_v life_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o put_v in_o a_o caveat_n or_o cautionary_a proposition_n to_o prevent_v a_o mistake_n and_o it_o be_v this_o caution_n caution_n that_o you_o ought_v to_o hazard_v health_n and_o life_n for_o the_o church_n sake_n and_o for_o christ_n sake_n to_o witness_v to_o his_o truth_n if_o call_v to_o it_o 1_o john_n 3.16_o we_o ought_v to_o lay_v down_o our_o life_n for_o the_o brethren_n st._n paul_n be_v willing_a to_o spend_v and_o be_v spend_v 2_o cor._n 12.15_o for_o the_o propogation_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o good_a of_o god_n church_n and_o people_n see_v act_n 20.24_o and_o 21.13_o truth_n have_v be_v seal_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o many_o martyr_n a_o heathen_a set_v such_o a_o price_n on_o truth_n that_o he_o think_v it_o worth_a our_o life_n vitamque_fw-la impendere_fw-la vero_fw-la nec_fw-la propter_fw-la vitam_fw-la vivendi_fw-la perdere_fw-la causam_fw-la what_o say_v the_o apostle_n of_o epaphroditus_n see_v phil._n 2.30_o for_o the_o work_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v nigh_o unto_o death_n not_o regard_v his_o life_n to_o supply_v your_o lack_n of_o service_n towards_o i_o epaphroditus_n undertake_v a_o great_a journey_n to_o minister_v to_o paul_n necessity_n which_o be_v here_o call_v the_o work_n of_o christ_n for_o what_o be_v do_v to_o his_o member_n he_o take_v it_o as_o do_v to_o himself_o mat._n 25.40_o this_o journey_n occasion_v his_o
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