araunah_n the_o jebusite_n not_o to_o offer_v unto_o the_o lord_n of_o that_o which_o cost_v he_o nothing_o 24._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 24._o the_o second_o be_v willing_a to_o 15._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 15._o spend_v and_o to_o be_v spend_v in_o the_o work_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o not_o to_o be_v bind_v only_o 13._o act_n 21._o 13._o but_o to_o die_v at_o jerusalem_n for_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n who_o have_v there_o suffer_v not_o bond_n only_o but_o death_n for_o he_o the_o three_o during_o his_o retirement_n in_o the_o castle_n at_o coburga_n for_o the_o 142._o nullus_fw-la abit_fw-la dies_fw-la quin_fw-la ad_fw-la minimum_fw-la tres_fw-la horas_fw-la casque_n studiis_fw-la aptissimas_fw-la in_o orationem_fw-la parat_fw-la melch._n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la lutheris_n pag._n 138_o 142._o safety_n of_o his_o person_n have_v then_o more_o time_n to_o spare_v for_o devotion_n then_o his_o many_o public_a employment_n have_v be_v wont_a to_o afford_v he_o be_v no_o niggard_n 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abel_n vanity_n all_o the_o possession_n of_o this_o world_n be_v of_o a_o vanish_v nature_n and_o liable_a to_o a_o speedy_a decay_n or_o rather_o they_o be_v not_o possession_n but_o 110._o quod_fw-la mirariâ—_n pompa_fw-la est_fw-la ostenduntur_fw-la istae_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la possidâ—ntur_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la placent_fw-la transeunt_fw-la senec._n epist_n 110._o pageant_n which_o while_o they_o please_v we_o pass_v away_o from_o we_o in_o a_o moment_n those_o we_o have_v here_o be_v run_v banquet_n delicate_a and_o serve_v in_o with_o state_n but_o soon_o over_o how_o many_o do_v swift_a destruction_n snatch_v every_o day_n out_o of_o the_o arm_n of_o worldly_a felicity_n and_o stab_v to_o the_o heart_n at_o one_o blow_n behold_v belteshazzar_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o cup_n and_o concubine_n strike_v into_o a_o deadly_a tremble_n herod_n when_o the_o people_n have_v new_o invest_v he_o with_o a_o godhead_n present_o ere_o it_o be_v well_o on_o have_v it_o pull_v over_o his_o ear_n and_o become_v a_o prey_n to_o worm_n the_o rich_a man_n in_o our_o saviour_n parable_n invite_v himself_o to_o a_o feast_n of_o delicacy_n and_o talk_v of_o prosperity_n lay_v up_o for_o many_o year_n but_o that_o very_a night_n be_v his_o soul_n require_v of_o he_o to_o pay_v the_o reckon_n §_o 7._o these_o thing_n due_o weigh_v i_o can_v not_o but_o be_v affect_v with_o that_o gallant_a speech_n of_o a_o christian_a writer_n if_o 85._o p._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr serve_v myrrhour_n p._n 85._o the_o fruition_n of_o all_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v sell_v it_o will_v not_o be_v so_o much_o worth_n as_o the_o labour_n of_o one_o open_v his_o mouth_n only_o to_o say_v i_o will_v not_o buy_v it_o yet_o wonder_v less_o at_o it_o when_o i_o remember_v how_o much_o some_o even_o heathen_a philosopher_n have_v disdain_v 65._o major_a sum_n &_o ad_fw-la majora_fw-la genitus_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la mancipium_fw-la sim_fw-la meâ—corporis_fw-la senec._n epist_n 65._o to_o think_v of_o scrape_v to_o themselves_o a_o happiness_n out_o of_o the_o world_n dunghill_n how_o generous_o they_o have_v profess_v their_o live_n above_o such_o accommodation_n as_o it_o afford_v i_o be_o real_o great_a can_v seneca_n say_v and_o bear_v to_o far_o great_a thing_n then_o that_o i_o shall_v become_v a_o slave_n to_o my_o outward_a man_n for_o there_o be_v some_o high_a acquest_n glory_v in_o by_o more_o sublimed_a flesh_n and_o blood_n as_o much_o more_o conduce_v to_o blessedness_n i_o mean_v intellectual_a accomplishment_n of_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n yet_o as_o when_o the_o enquiry_n be_v where_o shall_v wisdom_n be_v find_v and_o where_o be_v the_o place_n of_o understanding_n the_o 14._o job_n 28._o 13_o 14._o depth_n say_v it_o be_v not_o in_o i_o and_o the_o sea_n say_v it_o be_v not_o with_o i_o so_o if_o the_o like_a question_n be_v put_v concern_v happiness_n worldly_a wisdom_n itself_o must_v return_v the_o like_a answer_n and_o say_v it_o be_v not_o in_o i_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o folly_n enmity_n anxiety_n and_o insufficiency_n that_o attend_v it_o so_o as_o the_o preacher_n may_v well_o determine_v even_o of_o it_o this_o be_v also_o vanity_n 15._o eccles_n 2._o 15._o §_o 8._o i._n folly_n the_o wisdom_n of_o this_o world_n be_v foolishness_n with_o god_n so_o the_o apostle_n 19_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 19_o who_o speak_v elsewhere_o of_o those_o who_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o most_o know_v man_n say_v they_o become_v vain_a in_o their_o imagination_n and_o their_o foolish_a heart_n 22._o rom._n 1._o 21_o 22._o be_v darken_v profess_v themselves_o wise_a they_o became-fool_n with_o man_n indeed_o a_o little_a science_n may_v make_v a_o great_a show_n but_o he_o only_o be_v wise_a in_o god_n esteem_n who_o be_v wise_a to_o salvation_n give_v i_o a_o man_n as_o full_a of_o policy_n as_o be_v achitophel_n of_o eloquence_n as_o tertullus_n of_o learning_n as_o the_o athenian_n be_v in_o paul_n time_n if_o with_o achitophel_n he_o plot_n against_o 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