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despair_n so_o saul_n at_o first_o a_o hypocrite_n then_o envy_v david_n praise_n after_o seek_v his_o life_n then_o go_v to_o witch_n and_o at_o last_o kill_v himself_o so_o judas_n first_o a_o hypocrite_n than_o a_o thief_n after_o a_o traitor_n at_o last_o despair_n and_o then_o hang_v himself_o so_o the_o gentile_n fall_v first_o to_o adultery_n from_o that_o to_o sodomy_n from_o sodomy_n to_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o all_o manner_n of_o vileness_n rom._n 1.24.26_o 28._o as_o there_o be_v a_o concatenation_n of_o virtue_n so_o there_o be_v of_o vice_n one_o draw_v on_o another_o wicked_a man_n add_v iniquity_n to_o iniquity_n psalm_n 69.27_o as_o the_o godly_a add_v grace_n to_o grace_n 2_o peter_n 1.5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n so_o do_v these_o add_v vice_n to_o vice_n till_o they_o be_v ripe_a for_o ruin_n genesis_n 15.16_o matthew_n 23.32.36_o 1_o thessalonian_n 2.16_o that_o they_o may_v fulfil_v their_o sin_n always_o always_o note_v the_o progress_n of_o 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press_v it_o upon_o parent_n deuteronomy_n 6.6_o 7_o 8._o and_o 11.19_o 20._o psalm_n 78.4_o 5._o prov._n 22.7_o ephesian_n 6.4_o by_o catechise_v and_o instruction_n by_o discipline_n and_o discreet_a correction_n they_o must_v labour_v to_o work_v out_o that_o sin_n and_o folly_n which_o be_v rivet_v in_o their_o nature_n proverb_n 13.15.24_o and_o 23.13_o and_o 29.15_o hebrew_n 12.9_o as_o in_o the_o ark_n there_o be_v the_o rod_n and_o manna_n so_o in_o every_o well-ordered_a family_n there_o must_v be_v the_o manna_n of_o instruction_n and_o the_o rod_n of_o correction_n they_o must_v go_v together_o we_o will_v not_o beat_v a_o dog_n but_o we_o will_v put_v it_o into_o his_o sense_n as_o well_o as_o we_o can_v etc._n and_o show_v he_o what_o it_o be_v that_o we_o beat_v he_o for_o the_o primary_n cause_n of_o so_o much_o profaneness_n in_o youth_n lie_v much_o in_o parent_n either_o they_o do_v not_o instruct_v they_o or_o they_o do_v not_o pray_v for_o they_o or_o they_o be_v too_o indulgent_a and_o do_v not_o correct_v they_o 1_o samuel_n 2.23_o or_o they_o breed_v they_o idle_o and_o profane_o or_o they_o be_v evil_a example_n to_o they_o themselves_o some_o way_n or_o other_o they_o fail_v which_o make_v so_o many_o child_n miscarry_v when_o diogenes_n see_v a_o child_n offend_v he_o run_v and_o beat_v the_o father_n you_o that_o be_v parent_n deserve_v to_o be_v beat_v for_o the_o disorder_n of_o your_o child_n because_o you_o do_v not_o teach_v they_o better_o it_o be_v a_o cry_a sin_n in_o the_o israelite_n to_o sacrifice_v their_o son_n and_o daughter_n to_o devil_n psalm_n 106.37_o ezekiel_n 16.20_o yet_o in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n negligent_a profane_a parent_n do_v worse_o for_o they_o sacrifice_v not_o only_o the_o body_n but_o their_o soul_n to_o satan_n and_o so_o bring_v forth_o child_n to_o that_o great_a murderer_n the_o devil_n hos._n 9.13_o see_v ten_o very_a quicken_a consideration_n to_o stir_v up_o parent_n to_o this_o duty_n etc._n 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