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the_o spirit_n to_o exalt_v he_o he_o have_v the_o buffet_n of_o satan_n to_o humble_v he_o paul_n himself_o know_v change_n 4._o distemper_n of_o spirit_n fasten_v and_o continue_v oft_o with_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n ezekiel_n be_v in_o his_o distemper_n of_o bitterness_n and_o heat_n of_o spirit_n seven_o day_n it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o shake_v off_o distemper_n when_o they_o have_v take_v hold_v of_o we_o ionas_n be_v in_o a_o ill_a humour_n and_o frame_v of_o spirit_n many_o day_n together_o he_o must_v be_v drench_v bury_v and_o boil_v in_o the_o whale_n belly_n ere_o he_o will_v be_v pliable_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n when_o vzzah_n be_v smite_v for_o his_o error_n david_n be_v displease_v and_o in_o a_o pet_n with_o god_n himself_o and_o will_v not_o bring_v the_o ark_n in_o three_o month_n to_o zion_n 2_o sam._n 6._o 5._o distemperednesse_n of_o spirit_n unfit_v for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n 30._o jam._n 1.19_o 20._o per_fw-la iram_fw-la sapientia_fw-la perditur_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la quâ—ve_fw-la ordine_fw-la agenduâ—_fw-la sit_fw-la omnino_fw-la nescâ—atur_fw-la greg_n 5._o moral_a c._n 30._o he_o fit_v seven_o day_n and_o nothing_o be_v do_v the_o apostle_n james_n know_v this_o and_o therefore_o say_v be_v slow_a to_o wrath_n for_o the_o wrath_n of_o man_n work_v not_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n wrath_n darken_v the_o mind_n and_o put_v all_o out_o of_o frame_n wise_a man_n in_o their_o wrath_n see_v not_o their_o way_n nor_o work_n when_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n truth_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v go_v what_o can_v a_o man_n do_v befit_v god_n wrath_n make_v man_n bungle_v in_o their_o own_o business_n ibid._n per_fw-la iramlux_n veritatis_fw-la amittitur_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctâ—_n splendour_n excluditur_fw-la ibid._n much_o more_o in_o the_o lord_n it_o work_v not_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n but_o it_o be_v own_o righteousness_n that_o seem_v right_a in_o its_o own_o eye_n that_o shall_v be_v do_v ezekiel_n think_v it_o right_v not_o to_o prophesy_v not_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n and_o work_v of_o the_o spirit_n but_o his_o passion_n be_v prejudice_n to_o he_o and_o to_o the_o work_n of_o god_n it_o be_v evil_a when_o wrath_n prevent_v reason_n force_v it_o to_o action_n 9_o aquin._n 3._o p._n q._n 15._o art_n 9_o than_o what_o ever_o be_v do_v be_v the_o work_n of_o anger_n not_o of_o reason_n not_o of_o righteousness_n when_o wrath_n have_v the_o kingdom_n when_o that_o be_v in_o the_o head_n and_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n const_n vbi_fw-la est_fw-la ira_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la sed_fw-la amica_fw-la satanae_n l._n 2._o const_n this_o make_v clem._n say_v where_o wrath_n dwell_v god_n dwell_v not_o wrath_n be_v a_o special_a friend_n of_o satan_n many_o of_o his_o counsel_n and_o design_n be_v effect_v by_o it_o the_o more_o of_o this_o humour_n the_o more_o service_n have_v hell_n the_o less_o 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the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n unto_o nathan_n 2_o sam._n 7.3_o 4._o before_o he_o have_v not_o a_o word_n and_o when_o it_o come_v it_o be_v not_o for_o david_n but_o solomon_n to_o build_v the_o house_n ezek._n aliquando_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la spiritus_fw-la deest_fw-la prophetis_fw-la nec_fw-la semper_fw-la corum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la praesto_fw-la est_fw-la hom._n 1._o in_o ezek._n so_o that_o it_o be_v true_a which_o gregory_n say_v sometime_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n be_v want_v to_o the_o prophet_n and_o their_o mind_n be_v dark_a samuel_n mistake_v when_o he_o say_v sure_o the_o lord_n anoint_v be_v before_o he_o 1_o sam._n 16.6_o 7._o ver_fw-la 16._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o the_o end_n of_o seven_o day_n that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v unto_o i_o say_v 17._o son_n of_o man_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o watchman_n unto_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n therefore_o hear_v the_o word_n at_o my_o mouth_n and_o give_v they_o warning_n from_o i_o 18._o 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