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and_o therefore_o here_o i_o will_v conclude_v sermon_n v._n at_o whitehall_n jan._n 12._o 1639._o matth_n 13._o v._n 27._o so_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o housholder_n come_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o sir_n do_v not_o thou_o sow_v good_a seed_n in_o thy_o field_n from_o whence_o then_o have_v it_o tare_n primus_fw-la felicitatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la cyprian_a etc._n etc._n the_o first_o degree_n of_o happiness_n be_v not_o to_o sin_v the_o second_o to_o be_v sensible_a of_o a_o fault_n commit_v it_o have_v be_v well_o do_v of_o the_o servant_n in_o the_o present_a parable_n to_o have_v be_v careful_a in_o their_o master_n business_n and_o not_o have_v give_v the_o enemy_n advantage_n by_o their_o dull_a security_n for_o the_o disperse_v of_o his_o tare_n and_o it_o be_v well_o do_v although_o not_o so_o well_o that_o they_o discern_v they_o in_o good_a time_n before_o they_o have_v destroy_v god_n harvest_n and_o devour_v his_o wheat_n a_o fault_n have_v 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the_o open_a traitor_n another_o the_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n and_o the_o fornicator_n another_o the_o heretic_n shall_v make_v up_o one_o faggot_n the_o schismatic_n and_o sectary_n shall_v be_v bind_v up_o in_o another_o the_o idolater_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n they_o that_o commit_v sacrilege_n to_o pull_v down_o idolatry_n shall_v make_v up_o another_o the_o glutton_n who_o belly_n be_v his_o god_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n the_o drunkard_n who_o glory_n be_v his_o shame_n another_o the_o thief_n that_o know_v no_o other_o trade_n to_o maintain_v himself_o but_o by_o undo_n of_o his_o neighbour_n the_o cunning_a hypocrite_n who_o make_v a_o gain_n of_o godliness_n and_o put_v his_o religion_n unto_o usury_n and_o they_o who_o base_o and_o perfidious_o invert_v the_o public_a money_n to_o their_o private_a profit_n shall_v each_o make_v up_o their_o several_a faggot_n pares_fw-la cum_fw-la paribus_fw-la say_v st._n austin_n every_o 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the_o executioner_n or_o the_o under-sheriff_n from_o the_o hangman_n the_o angel_n then_o i_o mean_v the_o holy_a and_o good_a angel_n they_o only_o do_v colligere_fw-la &_o alligare_fw-la and_o have_v so_o gather_v and_o bind_v they_o up_o deliver_v they_o ad_fw-la comburendum_fw-la assign_v they_o over_o by_o indenture_n to_o the_o executioner_n to_o see_v they_o punish_v and_o torment_v according_a to_o the_o will_n and_o sentence_n of_o the_o dreadful_a judge_n the_o holy_a angel_n be_v the_o minister_n the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n be_v the_o executioner_n who_o bear_v a_o old_a grudge_n to_o man_n as_o be_v adopt_v by_o the_o lord_n unto_o those_o felicity_n from_o which_o he_o miserable_o fall_v will_v doubtless_o execute_v his_o office_n on_o he_o with_o the_o most_o extremity_n non_fw-la desinunt_fw-la perditi_fw-la jam_fw-la perdere_fw-la fel_n say_v minutius_n true_o it_o have_v be_v his_o chief_a work_n to_o tempt_v man_n to_o sin_n out_o of_o a_o hope_n to_o have_v 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caminum_fw-la ignis_fw-la thus_o the_o rich_a glutton_n in_o st._n luke_n be_v say_v to_o be_v torment_v in_o the_o flame_n and_o in_o the_o 20_o of_o the_o revelation_n it_o be_v call_v express_o stagnum_n ignis_fw-la &_o sulphuris_fw-la 10._o a_o lake_n of_o fire_n and_o brimston_n a_o most_o dreadful_a lake_n a_o truth_n communicate_v to_o and_o by_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o former_a time_n 35._o who_o give_v we_o this_o description_n of_o tophet_n or_o the_o vallie_n of_o gehinnon_n that_o the_o pile_n thereof_o be_v fire_n and_o much_o wood_n 10._o that_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v like_o a_o stream_n of_o brimstone_n to_o kindle_v it_o and_o that_o the_o stream_n thereof_o shall_v be_v turn_v to_o pitch_n 1._o and_o the_o dust_n into_o brimstone_n and_o malachi_n speak_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o shall_v burn_v like_o a_o oven_n and_o that_o all_o which_o do_v wicked_o shall_v be_v as_o the_o stubble_n et_fw-la inflammabit_fw-la 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