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and_o happy_a and_o of_o our_o enemy_n mighty_o malign_v and_o envy_v that_o we_o use_v that_o of_o august_n de_fw-fr civit._n d._n l._n 1._o c_o 7._o quisquis_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la caecus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la nec_fw-la laudat_fw-la ingratus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la laudanti_fw-la reluctatis_fw-la in_o sanus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o yet_o see_v it_o be_v no_o perpetual_a blessing_n but_o such_o as_o the_o church_n be_v often_o deprive_v of_o and_o have_v be_v let_v we_o see_v we_o walk_v worthy_a of_o it_o lest_o he_o pull_v we_o down_o as_o low_a as_o he_o lift_v we_o up_o high_a and_o make_v we_o as_o vile_a as_o he_o have_v make_v we_o honourable_a as_o he_o do_v divers_a time_n with_o his_o people_n deuter._n 29.22.24.25_o which_o be_v then_o and_o shall_v be_v when_o they_o be_v worse_o and_o walk_v unworthy_a of_o this_o and_o we_o be_v as_o salvian_n ad_fw-la catholicum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lib._n 1._o etc._n 1._o ac_fw-la sic_fw-la nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o 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with_o man_n and_o god_n in_o righteousness_n and_o piety_n be_v far_o more_o excellent_a happy_a and_o glorious_a than_o the_o wicked_a and_o he_o that_o serve_v he_o not_o than_o he_o that_o be_v give_v to_o pride_n and_o contemn_v god_n etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n say_v they_o shall_v discern_v it_o then_o must_v it_o needs_o be_v so_o yea_o it_o be_v so_o though_o not_o discern_v of_o they_o that_o of_o the_o covenant_n show_v it_o gen._n 12.2.3_o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n and_o will_v bless_v thou_o and_o will_v make_v thy_o name_n great_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o blessing_n i_o will_v also_o bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v that_o of_o balaam_n num._n 23.10_o let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a let_v my_o last_o end_n be_v like_o he_o wish_v the_o worst_a part_n as_o be_v common_o account_v and_o so_o show_v 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spiritus_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la because_o of_o the_o like_a gift_n call_v and_o ministry_n see_v junius_n parall_a lib._n 1._o par_fw-fr 31._o pet._n martyr_n loc._n clas_n 3._o cap._n 16._o sect_n 21.22_o but_o especial_o our_o late_a bless_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n in_o his_o monitory_a preface_n before_o his_o learned_a apology_n for_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n pa._n 77.78_o who_o argument_n be_v examine_v by_o leonard_n lessius_fw-la disp_n de_fw-fr antichr_n demonstr_n 15._o but_o stand_v good_a and_o beside_o we_o some_o learned_a and_o ingenuous_a papist_n as_o paul_n burgensis_n isid_n clarius_n bened._n arias_n montan._n in_o locum_fw-la who_o do_v all_o admit_v our_o interpretation_n and_o bishop_n jansenius_n too_o in_o cap._n 48._o ecclus._n as_o bened._n pererius_n affirm_v of_o he_o lib._n 15._o in_o daniel_n pag._n 223._o d._n let_v i_o here_o note_n by_o the_o way_n the_o conceit_n of_o lucas_n osiander_n who_o as_o he_o yield_v the_o place_n to_o be_v 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christ_n be_v not_o uncertain_a but_o the_o smite_v i_o read_v it_o lest_o i_o smite_v when_o i_o come_v and_o smite_v the_o earth_n s._n hier._n earthly_a man_n not_o judaea_n only_o though_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o a_o particular_a region_n as_o genes_n 41.57_o esay_n 13.5_o yet_o probable_o the_o calamity_n of_o the_o jew_n may_v be_v principal_o respect_v with_o a_o curse_n geneva_n curse_v chald._a extermination_n pagnin_n slaughter_n the_o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whole_o sudden_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o i_o smite_v the_o earth_n with_o utter_a destruction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o utter_a curse_n or_o devote_v to_o ruin_n which_o cherem_n the_o rabbin_n say_v do_v enter_v into_o the_o member_n of_o the_o body_n the_o number_n of_o which_o they_o observe_v to_o be_v according_a to_o the_o numeral_a letter_n of_o this_o word_n the_o jew_n have_v three_o sort_n of_o anathema_n 1._o niddui_n rejection_n or_o 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but_o without_o point_n because_o all_o these_o book_n have_v sad_a close_n and_o therefore_o the_o scribe_n think_v fit_a to_o leave_v the_o verse_n before_o to_o be_v last_o for_o the_o recreate_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o reader_n as_o contain_v more_o comfortable_a matter_n see_v joh._n buxt_v of_o the_o abbreu._n hebraic_n more_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o that_o all_o the_o prophet_n execept_n jonah_n and_o nahumâ—_n express_o and_o in_o some_o prophecy_n concern_v christ_n he_o be_v the_o mark_n at_o which_o all_o of_o they_o chief_o aim_v and_o let_v he_o be_v our_o aim_n likewise_o bless_a be_v he_o who_o careful_o expect_v his_o second_o appearance_n come_v lord_n jesus_n come_v quick_o finis_fw-la