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and_o who_o can_v or_o dare_v reprove_v he_o in_o any_o thing_n he_o do_v or_o question_v why_o he_o have_v so_o do_v but_o as_o for_o worldly_a wisdom_n god_n will_v destroy_v 20._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 19_o 20._o it_o and_o make_v foolish_a the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o world_n the_o foolishness_n of_o god_n as_o the_o 25._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 25._o apostle_n say_v be_v wise_a than_o men._n i_o e._n that_o which_o the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n count_v foolishness_n have_v more_o wisdom_n in_o it_o loc_n nemini_fw-la obscurum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la improprie_fw-la stultitia_fw-la vel_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la deo_fw-la adscribatur_fw-la sed_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuit_fw-la talibus_fw-la ironiis_fw-la insanam_fw-la carnis_fw-la arrogantiam_fw-la refutare_fw-la quâ_fw-la deum_fw-la omni_fw-la suâ_fw-la gloriâ_fw-la spoliare_fw-la non_fw-la dubitat_fw-la calv._n in_o loc_n than_o all_o their_o worldly_a wisdom_n folly_n or_o weakness_n say_v judicious_a calvin_n be_v improper_o ascribe_v to_o god_n but_o it_o be_v necessary_a by_o such_o irony_n to_o confute_v the_o mad_a arrogance_n of_o the_o flesh_n which_o will_v rob_v god_n of_o his_o glory_n god_n can_v infatuate_a the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o turn_v the_o counsel_n of_o achitophel_n into_o foolishness_n be_v man_n as_o great_a politician_n as_o machiavelli_n be_v repute_v to_o be_v yet_o god_n can_v blast_v all_o their_o counsel_n he_o take_v the_o wise_a in_o their_o own_o craftiness_n 13._o job_n 5._o 13._o i._n e._n such_o as_o think_v loc_n qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la sapientes_fw-la videbantur_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la quod_fw-la astute_fw-la cogitarant_a capâ—antur_fw-la &_o irretiantur_fw-la merc._n in_o loc_n themselves_o wise_a in_o that_o selfsame_a thing_n which_o they_o crafty_o contrive_v they_o be_v take_v and_o entangle_v as_o learned_a mercer_n observe_v on_o the_o place_n saint_n paul_n seem_v to_o have_v quote_v this_o scripture_n out_o of_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 19_o there_o be_v a_o emphatical_a word_n in_o the_o original_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d veteratoria_fw-la versutia_fw-la i._n e._n a_o juggle_a craft_n a_o proclivity_n and_o readiness_n
ad_fw-la vincendum_fw-la host_n ut_fw-la expugnet_fw-la eos-vatabl_a 4._o attribute_n of_o truth_n a_o bruise_a reed_n shall_v he_o not_o break_v and_o smoke_a flax_n shall_v he_o not_o quench_v till_o he_o send_v forth_o judgement_n unto_o victory_n by_o what_o have_v be_v say_v of_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n we_o shall_v be_v persuade_v to_o rely_v and_o depend_v on_o god_n all-sufficiency_n a_o four_o instance_n i_o shall_v produce_v be_v the_o attribute_n of_o god_n truth_n and_o this_o be_v engage_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o for_o the_o destruction_n of_o he_o and_o their_o adversary_n although_o nothing_o be_v impossible_a to_o god_n and_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n yet_o it_o no_o whit_n detract_v 13._o 1_o tit._n 2._o 2._o tim._n 2._o 13._o from_o god_n omnipotency_n to_o say_v he_o can_v lie_v he_o can_v deny_v himself_o god_n never_o be_v and_o never_o will_v be_v one_o tittle_n worse_o than_o his_o word_n not_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o word_n shall_v fail_v god_n glori_v in_o 23._o exod._n 34._o 6._o psal_n 146._o 6._o psal_n 111._o 5._o heb._n 10._o 23._o this_o that_o he_o be_v abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n that_o he_o keep_v truth_n for_o ever_o that_o he_o will_v be_v ever_o mindful_a of_o his_o covenant_n and_o that_o he_o be_v faithful_a that_o have_v promise_v balaam_n though_o a_o mercenary_a prophet_n give_v herein_o a_o faithful_a testimony_n numb_a 23._o 19_o god_n be_v not_o a_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v lie_v neither_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v have_v he_o say_v and_o shall_v he_o not_o do_v it_o or_o have_v he_o speak_v and_o shall_v he_o not_o make_v it_o good_a after_o nebuchadnezzer_n be_v restore_v to_o his_o understanding_n and_o former_a dignity_n he_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n make_v this_o confession_n 37._o confession_n dan._n 4._o 37._o that_o all_o the_o work_n of_o god_n be_v truth_n here_o then_o consist_v our_o great_a duty_n to_o rely_v 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cant._n 5._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 70._o white_a and_o ruddy_n the_o chief_a of_o ten_o thousand_o christ_n be_v white_a for_o his_o innocency_n and_o purity_n ruddy_a for_o his_o suffering_n as_o his_o bloody_a sweat_n agony_n and_o passion_n upon_o the_o cross_n now_o because_o it_o infinite_o exceed_v the_o capacity_n of_o man_n or_o angel_n to_o represent_v christ_n dignity_n honour_n and_o excellency_n to_o the_o full_a in_o positive_a expression_n therefore_o by_o way_n of_o negation_n we_o express_v the_o price_n dignity_n valuation_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v infinite_a unparrallelled_a and_o inestimable_a and_o when_o we_o have_v say_v inestimable_a it_o be_v beyond_o the_o sphere_n of_o our_o activity_n as_o a_o ancient_a felix_n ancient_a nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la intellectum_fw-la pectus_fw-la angustum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ideâ—_n sic_fw-la deum_fw-la digne_fw-fr estimamus_fw-la dum_fw-la inâ—stimabilem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la min._n felix_n father_n observe_v 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