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kingdom_n or_o commonwealth_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n to_o be_v look_v at_o but_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n who_o have_v all_o thing_n in_o his_o hand_n esteem_v it_o but_o as_o a_o poor_a low_a thing_n to_o this_o viz._n the_o bring_n about_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o people_n chap._n xxv_o sect._n 1_o how_o god_n providence_n reach_v the_o wicked_a of_o his_o suffering_n the_o wicked_a to_o rage_v against_o his_o people_n a_o question_n whether_o a_o christian_a may_v fly_v in_o time_n of_o persecution_n resolve_v have_v speak_v of_o the_o special_a providence_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o godly_a i_o shall_v show_v how_o it_o reach_v the_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a 1._o god_n providence_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o suffer_v the_o wicked_a to_o rage_v against_o the_o people_n of_o god_n the_o gentile_n be_v say_v to_o rage_n against_o christ_n and_o his_o kingdom_n and_o god_n sit_v in_o heaven_n and_o laugh_v they_o to_o scorn_v psal_n 2.1_o 4._o the_o word_n 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saul_n persecute_v innocent_a david_n sennacherib_n causeless_o make_v war_n upon_o hezekiah_n the_o wicked_a hate_n the_o godly_a therefore_o they_o persecute_v they_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o world_n therefore_o the_o world_n hate_v they_o john_n 15.19_o 21._o cain_n slay_v his_o brother_n because_o his_o own_o work_n be_v evil_a and_o his_o brother_n good_a 1_o joh._n 3.12_o and_o david_n say_v they_o that_o render_v evil_a for_o good_a be_v my_o adversary_n because_o i_o follow_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a psal_n 38.20_o when_o christ_n steadfast_o set_v his_o face_n to_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o send_v messenger_n before_o his_o face_n who_o go_v and_o enter_v into_o a_o village_n of_o the_o samaritan_n to_o make_v ready_a for_o he_o but_o they_o do_v not_o receive_v he_o because_o his_o face_n be_v as_o though_o he_o will_v go_v to_o jerusalem_n luk._n 9.51_o 52_o 53._o the_o great_a reason_n of_o their_o rudeness_n be_v because_o he_o be_v a_o jew_n now_o the_o jew_n and_o they_o be_v affect_v either_o to_o the_o other_o john_n 4.9_o as_o the_o egyptian_n and_o israelite_n est_fw-la ita_fw-la oculi_fw-la loqui_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la saepenumerò_fw-la innuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la volumus_fw-la ità _fw-la facies_fw-la ire_n dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la saepè_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la sert_fw-la quo_fw-la iter_fw-la destinatum_fw-la est_fw-la gen._n 43._o tremellius_n tell_v we_o that_o howsoever_o the_o samaritan_n hate_v the_o jew_n always_o and_o for_o divers_a cause_n and_o therefore_o will_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o they_o yet_o now_o especial_o they_o hate_v christ_n and_o his_o company_n because_o they_o perceive_v he_o to_o be_v go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o keep_v the_o great_a passeover_n and_o therefore_o contemn_v their_o temple_n build_v at_o mount_n gerizim_n by_o sanballat_n a_o governor_n of_o king_n darius_n 12._o joseph_n antiq._n l._n 11._o c._n 7._o tacit._n annal._n lib._n 12._o in_o favour_n of_o one_o manasses_n a_o kinsman_n of_o he_o who_o be_v depose_v from_o his_o office_n in_o jerusalem_n for_o some_o misdemeanour_n he_o make_v priest_n there_o as_o good_a author_n do_v affirm_v hence_o we_o see_v that_o there_o be_v no_o great_a hatred_n than_o arise_v from_o diversity_n of_o religion_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n john_n 4._o to_o our_o saviour_n for_o he_o no_o soon_o ask_v of_o she_o a_o little_a water_n but_o she_o call_v he_o jew_n and_o here_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o send_v to_o this_o village_n that_o all_o the_o principal_a people_n therein_o shall_v come_v forth_o to_o meet_v he_o but_o only_o desire_v to_o have_v lodging_n and_o other_o necessary_a provision_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o company_n for_o their_o journey_n which_o they_o refuse_v to_o afford_v he_o quest_n here_o i_o shall_v propound_v a_o question_n viz._n whether_o it_o may_v
than_o the_o fowl_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o kind_n 2._o in_o respect_n of_o gift_n above_o they_o natural_a supernatural_a 3._o in_o respect_n of_o his_o rule_n and_o sovereignty_n over_o they_o 4._o in_o respect_n of_o his_o use_n and_o end_n above_o they_o dr_n th._n taylor_n serm._n on_o mat._n 6.26_o moses_n his_o face_n do_v shine_v in_o his_o fast_a day_n and_o daniel_n and_o the_o three_o child_n have_v live_v ten_o day_n upon_o pulse_n and_o water_n appear_v fair_a in_o their_o countenance_n and_o fat_a in_o flesh_n than_o all_o the_o child_n which_o do_v eat_v the_o portion_n of_o the_o king_n meat_n dan._n 1.15_o beside_o god_n will_v help_v his_o people_n in_o their_o great_a extremity_n as_o he_o do_v the_o son_n of_o jacob_n when_o they_o gaze_v one_o upon_o another_o god_n will_v either_o supply_v his_o people_n want_n or_o take_v they_o away_o before_o the_o sharpness_n of_o extremity_n come_v it_o be_v rare_a to_o see_v the_o godly_a fall_n into_o those_o pinch_a want_n that_o the_o wicked_a meet_a with_o therefore_o david_n say_v from_o his_o own_o experience_n he_o never_o see_v the_o righteous_a forsake_v nor_o his_o seed_n beg_v bread_n psal_n 37.25_o he_o that_o give_v to_o beast_n their_o food_n will_v not_o suffer_v his_o child_n to_o starve_v he_o that_o provide_v meat_n for_o the_o fowl_n will_v much_o more_o provide_v for_o his_o own_o child_n mat._n 6.26_o and_o if_o god_n child_n want_v this_o or_o that_o yet_o shall_v they_o want_v nothing_o that_o be_v good_a for_o they_o psalm_n 34.10_o chap._n xxvii_o sect._n 1_o quest_n 2._o whether_o god_n providence_n be_v immutable_a answer_v affirmative_o quest._n 2_o i_o shall_v in_o the_o second_o place_n inquire_v whether_o god_n providence_n be_v immutatable_a and_o unchangeable_a i_o answer_v affirmatiuè_fw-fr that_o it_o be_v dissolvet_fw-la resp._n deus_fw-la decrevit_fw-la quis_fw-la dissolvet_fw-la for_o god_n and_o all_o his_o decree_n be_v unchangeable_a malac._n 3.6_o i_o be_o god_n and_o change_v not_o therefore_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n be_v not_o consume_v my_o counsel_n shall_v stand_v and_o i_o will_v do_v all_o my_o pleasure_n isa_n 26.10_o with_o god_n there_o be_v no_o variableness_n nor_o shadow_n of_o turn_v jam._n 1.17_o it_o be_v a_o metaphor_n that_o seem_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o sun_n who_o be_v sometime_o near_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o sometime_o far_o from_o the_o earth_n who_o sometime_o set_v a_o large_a course_n and_o sometime_o a_o short_a cut_n yea_o who_o sometime_o shine_v out_o clear_o and_o sometime_o hide_v himself_o under_o a_o cloud_n and_o according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o his_o aspect_n and_o influence_n 3._o tempus_fw-la ab_fw-la aevo_fw-la esse_fw-la jubes_fw-la stabilìsque_fw-la manens_fw-la das_fw-la cuncta_fw-la maneri_fw-la boet._n the_o consolat_a philos_fw-la l._n 3._o he_o affect_v well_o or_o ill_o these_o sublunary_a and_o inferior_a body_n but_o god_n be_v capable_a of_o no_o such_o alteration_n whether_o we_o consider_v his_o nature_n his_o essential_a property_n or_o his_o will._n in_o regard_n of_o they_o all_o he_o be_v sempèr_n idem_fw-la always_o the_o same_o his_o be_v be_v and_o will_v be_v be_v all_o one_o he_o be_v the_o same_o at_o this_o present_a that_o he_o be_v at_o the_o beginning_n and_o will_v be_v the_o same_o for_o ever_o that_o he_o be_v at_o this_o instant_n and_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o for_o be_v a_o simple_a entire_a essence_n void_a of_o all_o mixture_n and_o composition_n he_o be_v free_a from_o those_o quality_n that_o accompany_v compound_v body_n viz._n generation_n corruption_n augmencation_n diminution_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o alteration_n and_o for_o the_o immutability_n of_o his_o will_n he_o tell_v we_o aug._n transibunt_fw-la coeli_fw-la i._n e._n in_o melius_fw-la mutabuntur_fw-la hieron_n in_o psal_n 102._o et_fw-la erunt_fw-la caeli_fw-la novi_fw-la nòn_n substantiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la quâ—litacibus_fw-la renovati_fw-la aug._n that_o as_o he_o have_v purpose_v it_o shall_v stand_v and_o as_o he_o have_v consult_v it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v jer._n 14.24_o and_o our_o saviour_n say_v till_o heaven_n and_o earth_n pass_v away_o one_o jot_n and_o tittle_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_a pass_n from_o the_o law_n till_o all_o be_v fullfil_v matth._n 5.18_o whereby_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v not_o mean_a that_o either_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v one_o day_n be_v destroy_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o substance_n by_o fire_n any_o more_o than_o they_o be_v by_o water_n 2_o pet._n 3.6_o rom._n 8.21_o nor_o yet_o then_o when_o they_o be_v change_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o quality_n when_o there_o shall_v be_v new_a heaven_n and_o new_a earth_n wherein_o dwell_v righteousness_n that_o be_v i_o suppose_v when_o god_n shall_v alter_v and_o change_v the_o state_n of_o his_o church_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v to_o dwell_v in_o a_o new_a world_n that_o then_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o dissolution_n or_o alteration_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o use_n of_o art_n and_o tongue_n interpretation_n exposition_n and_o all_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o other_o thing_n get_v by_o these_o mean_n shall_v then_o cease_v and_o have_v a_o end_n for_o when_o that_o which_o it_o perfect_a be_v come_v that_o which_o be_v unperfect_a shall_v be_v do_v away_o 1_o cor._n 13.8_o 10._o but_o for_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n it_o be_v indissoluble_a immutable_a and_o unalterable_a and_o soon_o shall_v the_o frame_n and_o fabric_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n fail_v and_o the_o world_n become_v a_o second_o chaos_n than_o it_o be_v destroy_v the_o grass_n wither_v the_o flower_n fade_v but_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n endure_v for_o ever_o object_n be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n unchangeable_a may_v it_o not_o be_v say_v that_o under_o the_o law_n god_n will_v be_v worship_v by_o ceremony_n and_o under_o the_o gospel_n he_o will_v not_o so_o be_v worship_v therefore_o 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