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divine_a commission_n as_o appear_v from_o joshua_n 16._o do_o adjure_v the_o people_n concern_v jericho_n say_v curse_v be_v the_o man_n before_o the_o lord_n that_o rise_v up_o and_o build_v this_o city_n jericho_n he_o shall_v lay_v the_o foundation_n thereof_o in_o his_o first-born_a and_o in_o his_o young_a son_n shall_v he_o set_v up_o the_o gate_n of_o it_o joshua_n 6.20_o which_o be_v fulfil_v in_o hiel_n the_o bethelite_n and_o his_o two_o son_n 1_o king_n 16.34_o that_o curse_n make_v such_o impression_n that_o for_o more_o than_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o no_o man_n adventure_v to_o attempt_v the_o rebuild_n of_o that_o city_n devote_v to_o destruction_n until_o hiel_n at_o length_n take_v the_o boldness_n to_o do_v it_o and_o sacrifice_v his_o two_o son_n and_o as_o some_o think_v all_o his_o child_n upon_o that_o dangerous_a service_n a_o like_a terrible_a pprophecy_n of_o perpetual_a destruction_n we_o find_v denounce_v against_o mount-seir_n ezek._n 36.9_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o perpetual_a desolation_n and_o thy_o city_n shall_v not_o return_v and_o the_o reason_n give_v v._o 5._o because_o thou_o have_v have_v perpetual_a hatred_n and_o have_v shed_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n moreover_o against_o hazor_n we_o find_v it_o thus_o write_v jer._n 49.33_o and_o hazor_n shall_v be_v a_o dwell_n for_o dragon_n and_o a_o desolation_n for_o ever_o there_o shall_v no_o man_n abide_v there_o nor_o any_o son_n of_o man_n dwell_v in_o it_o add_v one_o instance_n more_o we_o shall_v have_v confirm_v this_o truth_n out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o twice_o two_o witness_n and_o that_o zeph._n 2.4_o will_v furnish_v we_o with_o as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n sure_o moab_n shall_v be_v as_o sodom_n and_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n as_o gomorrah_n even_o the_o breed_n of_o nettle_n and_o salt-pit_n and_o a_o perpetual_a desolation_n etc._n etc._n v._n 10._o this_o shall_v they_o have_v because_o they_o have_v reproach_v and_o magnify_v themselves_o against_o the_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n now_o if_o god_n have_v speak_v against_o london_n as_o against_o jericho_n hazor_n mount-seir_n moab_n ammon_n there_o have_v be_v no_o hope_n save_v as_o the_o threaten_a may_v have_v be_v interpret_v but_o conditional_a as_o when_o god_n say_v niniveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v within_o forty_o day_n but_o no_o such_o thing_n have_v be_v denounce_v against_o this_o city_n where_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o despair_n if_o there_o be_v no_o divine_a promise_n of_o and_o for_o the_o rebuild_n of_o london_n to_o be_v sure_a there_o be_v no_o express_a or_o manifest_a threaten_n against_o it_o and_o
himself_o to_o considerable_a suffering_n as_o for_o conscience_n sake_n or_o under_o that_o notion_n to_o put_v no_o trust_n at_o all_o in_o man_n of_o good_a and_o commendable_a life_n be_v to_o decry_v the_o validity_n of_o all_o humane_a testimony_n and_o to_o raze_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o humane_a society_n now_o if_o we_o can_v trust_v man_n in_o this_o case_n why_o shall_v we_o trust_v they_o in_o other_o thing_n and_o if_o we_o can_v trust_v they_o in_o other_o thing_n why_o not_o in_o this_o second_o that_o all_o such_o person_n who_o in_o the_o judgement_n and_o by_o the_o principle_n of_o christian_a charity_n aught_o to_o be_v deem_v and_o take_v as_o act_v from_o conscience_n and_o from_o a_o fear_n of_o offend_a god_n in_o do_v otherwise_o shall_v at_o no_o hand_n be_v treat_v with_o such_o severity_n and_o rigour_n as_o they_o just_o may_v if_o we_o can_v be_v certain_a or_o rational_o presume_v that_o what_o they_o do_v be_v from_o such_o base_a principle_n or_o sinister_a end_n as_o pride_n contumacy_n interest_n or_o the_o like_a who_o ever_o have_v the_o heart_n or_o the_o face_n to_o deal_v rigorous_o with_o any_o man_n pretend_v conscience_n for_o what_o he_o do_v or_o refuse_v to_o do_v especial_o about_o indifferent_a thing_n unless_o he_o do_v think_v or_o at_o leastwise_o make_v as_o if_o he_o think_v that_o conscience_n be_v but_o mere_o pretend_v in_o the_o case_n but_o if_o conscience_n be_v real_o interest_v and_o engage_v as_o in_o the_o circumstance_n before_o put_v we_o shall_v take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o apostle_n tenderness_n towards_o those_o that_o have_v a_o zeal_n for_o god_n though_o not_o according_a to_o knowledge_n will_v tell_v we_o how_o we_o ought_v to_o carry_v towards_o they_o viz._n not_o only_o with_o calmness_n but_o kindness_n rom._n 10.1_o three_o that_o person_n agree_v and_o consent_v with_o we_o in_o the_o main_a point_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o sum_n and_o substance_n of_o christianity_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v for_o their_o unavoidable_a dissent_n from_o we_o in_o lesser_a matter_n at_o so_o great_a a_o rate_n much_o less_o at_o a_o great_a than_o those_o that_o vary_v from_o we_o in_o fundamental_o and_o go_v about_o to_o subvert_v the_o faith_n if_o such_o be_v not_o temporal_o undo_v and_o deprive_v of_o all_o way_n of_o subsist_v for_o their_o persuasion_n much_o less_o ought_v these_o so_o to_o be_v four_o that_o they_o who_o believe_v or_o profess_v to_o believe_v so_o much_o truth_n as_o to_o salvation_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v and_o who_o in_o their_o general_a course_n practice_v according_o who_o be_v also_o peaceable_o dispose_v and_o will_v give_v or_o have_v give_v the_o high_a assurance_n that_o man_n can_v give_v that_o so_o far_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v they_o will_v preserve_v the_o peace_n of_o church_n and_o state_n i_o say_v that_o such_o man_n shall_v be_v account_v worthy_a to_o live_v and_o have_v wherewithal_o so_o to_o do_v they_o and_o their_o family_n and_o if_o able_a for_o public_a employment_n shall_v be_v entrust_v therewithal_o special_o at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o the_o church_n or_o state_n or_o both_o have_v apparent_a need_n of_o their_o service_n and_o for_o want_v thereof_o be_v force_v to_o employ_v many_o worse_a and_o less_o useful_a in_o their_o room_n five_o that_o man_n shall_v make_v no_o more_o division_n in_o church_n or_o state_n then_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n and_o can_v be_v avoid_v and_o least_o of_o all_o such_o as_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o other_o though_o to_o the_o raise_n of_o themselves_o consider_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v rom._n 16.17_o 18._o mark_v they_o which_o cause_n division_n and_o offence_n for_o they_o that_o be_v such_o serve_v not_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n but_o their_o own_o belly_n doubtless_o the_o way_n to_o the_o church_n and_o to_o the_o communion_n thereof_o shall_v be_v make_v plain_a and_o accessible_a as_o god_n appoint_v of_o old_a those_o way_n shall_v be_v which_o lead_v to_o the_o several_a sanctuary_n or_o city_n of_o refuge_n to_o be_v sure_o no_o needless_a stumble_a block_n or_o unnecessary_a hindrance_n shall_v be_v lay_v in_o that_o way_n neither_o ought_v any_o member_n principal_a member_n especial_o to_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o church_n without_o urgent_a and_o enforce_a cause_n any_o more_o than_o a_o arm_n or_o leg_n or_o eye_n to_o be_v sever_v from_o a_o natural_a body_n if_o it_o and_o the_o body_n can_v possible_o be_v preserve_v together_o six_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v tempt_v to_o separation_n or_o division_n by_o suffer_v such_o thing_n as_o may_v seem_v if_o not_o more_o then_o seem_v to_o plead_v for_o such_o a_o practice_n as_o namely_o by_o allow_v and_o entrust_v ignorant_a insufficient_a and_o scandalous_a minister_n division_n or_o rather_o dividor_n will_v be_v quite_o out_o of_o countenance_n when_o they_o have_v no_o plausible_a thing_n to_o plead_v for_o themselves_o but_o if_o they_o can_v say_v the_o blind_a be_v set_v to_o guide_v they_o and_o they_o to_o feed_v they_o who_o for_o bread_n give_v they_o a_o stone_n and_o for_o fish_v a_o scorpion_n who_o have_v neither_o the_o urim_fw-la in_o their_o doctrine_n nor_o thummim_v in_o their_o life_n so_o long_o will_v they_o divorce_v themselves_o and_o rest_v persuade_v that_o in_o so_o do_v they_o do_v god_n and_o their_o own_o soul_n good_a service_n this_o notion_n be_v so_o obvious_a as_o may_v make_v we_o hope_v it_o will_v not_o always_o be_v overlookt_v if_o not_o speedy_o take_v into_o serious_a consideration_n seven_o that_o the_o pay_a tithe_n of_o mint_n anniss_n and_o cummin_n and_o mean_a time_n omit_v the_o weighty_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n judgement_n mercy_n and_o faith_n for_o which_o christ_n denounce_v a_o woe_n to_o the_o pharisee_n mat._n 23.23_o that_o be_v a_o rigorous_a insist_v upon_o lesser_a thing_n whilst_o those_o of_o high_a importance_n be_v slight_o pass_v over_o which_o be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o strain_n at_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v of_o camel_n be_v a_o practice_n that_o will_v make_v any_o church_n obnoxious_a not_o only_o to_o the_o all_o discover_v eye_n of_o god_n but_o to_o the_o observe_a eye_n of_o man_n such_o especial_o as_o have_v little_a affection_n for_o they_o if_o they_o can_v say_v we_o do_v place_n the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n in_o meat_n and_o drink_n in_o which_o it_o consist_v not_o rather_o than_o in_o righteousness_n wherein_o it_o do_v consist_v they_o think_v they_o have_v enough_o against_o we_o to_o justify_v their_o separation_n that_o we_o make_v nothing_o of_o their_o soul_n feed_v they_o with_o mere_a husk_n and_o chaff_n and_o have_v zeal_n for_o nothing_o but_o unscriptural_a rite_n and_o tradition_n eight_o a_o little_a time_n time_n can_v but_o discover_v that_o to_o prefer_v man_n according_a to_o the_o largeness_n and_o hardiness_n of_o their_o conscience_n rather_o than_o the_o tenderness_n thereof_o be_v no_o good_a rule_n to_o proceed_v upon_o it_o be_v the_o commendation_n of_o josiah_n that_o his_o heart_n be_v tender_a and_o of_o nehemiah_n that_o he_o do_v not_o do_v as_o other_o because_o of_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o worst_a of_o man_n have_v the_o wide_a conscience_n and_o such_o a_o faculty_n at_o swallow_v that_o nothing_o can_v choke_v they_o like_o some_o bewitched_a person_n i_o have_v read_v of_o they_o can_v swallow_v needle_n and_o bodkin_n and_o knife_n and_o when_o they_o see_v their_o time_n cast_v they_o up_o again_o in_o the_o face_n of_o their_o owner_n nine_o it_o can_v be_v long_o hide_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n who_o now_o do_v least_o see_v it_o that_o to_o lay_v more_o load_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n even_o such_o as_o be_v think_v best_o able_a to_o bear_v it_o than_o they_o needs_o must_v to_o cause_v they_o issachar_n like_v to_o couch_v down_o betwixt_o several_a burden_n to_o serve_v up_o the_o string_n of_o man_n conscience_n till_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o crack_v again_o to_o increase_v their_o task_n as_o pharaoh_n do_v by_o the_o israelite_n as_o if_o they_o fear_v conscience_n will_v otherwise_o be_v idle_a in_o a_o word_n to_o gorge_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n till_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o spew_v up_o all_o again_o be_v no_o good_a policy_n conscience_n that_o be_v overstretch_v like_o cloth_n that_o be_v so_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o shrink_v again_o and_o ostrich_n which_o they_o say_v can_v digest_v iron_n have_v anill_a report_n as_o creature_n more_o than_o brutish_a both_o for_o folly_n and_o unnaturalness_n job_n 39.14_o 18._o i_o say_v it_o can_v long_o be_v hide_v that_o that_o be_v no_o good_a policy_n and_o therefore_o if_o any_o such_o thing_n have_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o division_n when_o a_o
vilify_v other_o who_o be_v much_o their_o better_n both_o as_o to_o gift_n and_o grace_n which_o be_v so_o irrational_a a_o thing_n that_o one_o will_v think_v it_o shall_v easy_o be_v apprehend_v and_o avoid_v we_o bring_v religion_n its_o self_n even_o that_o which_o be_v true_o so_o call_v into_o great_a disesteem_n whilst_o we_o refuse_v to_o own_v it_o in_o any_o dress_n but_o one_o for_o if_o all_o shall_v do_v so_o religion_n so_o and_o so_o modify_v will_v not_o where_o have_v the_o applause_n and_o suffrage_n of_o any_o more_o than_o one_o party_n of_o man_n if_o there_o be_v twenty_o and_o fall_v under_o the_o censure_n and_o condemnation_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n by_o that_o mean_v the_o faith_n of_o such_o as_o be_v weak_a will_v be_v stagger_v and_o they_o will_v be_v tempt_v to_o question_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o religion_n which_o be_v represent_v to_o they_o as_o peculiar_a to_o themselves_o though_o it_o be_v indeed_o common_a to_o all_o sound_a christian_n and_o sober_a protestant_n that_o be_v so_o much_o of_o it_o as_o the_o church_n of_o god_n determine_v to_o be_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la that_o be_v of_o absolute_a certainty_n and_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n that_o man_n of_o another_o opinion_n than_o ourselves_o be_v of_o in_o matter_n controvert_v be_v therefore_o of_o another_o religion_n and_o that_o utter_o vain_a be_v a_o principle_n that_o have_v breed_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o strife_n and_o debate_n but_o a_o principle_n so_o fond_a and_o senseless_a so_o ignorant_a and_o arrogant_a that_o one_o will_v think_v it_o shall_v easy_o be_v part_v with_o and_o when_o ever_o man_n shall_v let_v it_o go_v the_o fire_n of_o our_o dissension_n will_v slake_v present_o and_o that_o if_o love_v to_o one_o another_o begin_v to_o kindle_v why_o shall_v man_n say_v in_o opposition_n to_o one_o another_o lot_z here_o be_v christ_n viz._n in_o the_o desert_n or_o there_o viz._n in_o the_o secret_a chamber_n as_o it_o be_v mat._n 24.26_o whereas_o 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shall_v proud_a man_n do_v with_o goodly_a city_n set_v they_o on_o fire_n with_o contention_n for_o of_o pride_n come_v contention_n and_o make_v they_o less_o desirable_a than_o a_o wilderness_n as_o solomon_n prov._n 21.9_o it_o be_v better_a to_o dwell_v in_o a_o corner_n of_o the_o house_n top_n than_o with_o a_o brawl_a woman_n in_o a_o wide_a house_n both_o from_o the_o promise_n and_o threaten_n of_o god_n may_v humble_a man_n collect_v that_o they_o shall_v fare_v better_o than_o those_o that_o be_v proud_a the_o threaten_a say_v that_o god_n resist_v the_o proud_a and_o he_o who_o god_n resist_v be_v but_o in_o a_o ill_a case_n and_o unlike_a to_o prosper_v god_n seem_v to_o delight_v in_o cross_v and_o carry_v headlong_o the_o design_n of_o proud_a person_n as_o of_o those_o that_o go_v about_o to_o build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o of_o nebuchadnezar_n and_o it_o be_v the_o temper_n of_o not_o a_o few_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o love_v to_o cross_v 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thereof_o now_o god_n delight_v to_o frustrate_v the_o design_n and_o enterprise_n of_o those_o person_n who_o trust_v in_o themselves_o or_o in_o any_o other_o creature_n and_o to_o show_v they_o the_o weakness_n of_o a_o arm_n of_o flesh_n jer._n 17.5_o curse_a be_v the_o man_n that_o trust_v in_o man_n and_o make_v flesh_n his_o arm_n for_o he_o shall_v be_v like_o the_o heath_n in_o the_o desert_n and_o shall_v not_o see_v when_o good_a come_v but_o shall_v inhabit_v the_o parch_a place_n in_o the_o wilderness_n in_o a_o salt_n land_n and_o not_o inhabit_v proud_a man_n be_v apt_a to_o affront_n god_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o god_n shall_v not_o do_v as_o much_o for_o they_o as_o for_o those_o that_o be_v humble_a give_v i_o not_o riches_n say_v agur_n lest_o i_o be_v full_a and_o deny_v thou_o and_o say_v who_o be_v the_o lord_n prov._n 30.4_o how_o can_v man_n affront_v god_n more_o than_o in_o say_v who_o be_v the_o lord_n and_o so_o say_v 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lam._n 3.29_o he_o put_v his_o mouth_n in_o the_o dust_n 〈◊〉_d so_o be_v there_o may_v be_v hope_n and_o that_o in_o james_n 4.10_o humble_a yourselves_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o shall_v â—â—ft_v you_o up_o no_o misery_n but_o hell_n nor_o that_o neither_o â—ill_v humble_v that_o person_n that_o be_v not_o humble_v by_o the_o â—urning_n of_o such_o a_o city_n as_o london_n be_v himself_o be_v great_o concern_v in_o it_o till_o god_n have_v make_v we_o kiss_v his_o rod_n and_o so_o far_o forth_o accept_v the_o punishment_n of_o our_o iniquity_n as_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o be_v righteous_a in_o burn_v so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o our_o city_n and_o have_v
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hemisphere_n for_o that_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o it_o and_o not_o give_v over_o its_o circuit_n till_o have_v refresh_v every_o dolesome_a and_o gloomy_a place_n at_o length_n it_o set_v in_o the_o west_n where_o the_o other_o church_n of_o that_o name_n of_o s._n dunstan_n i_o mean_v be_v stand_v at_o this_o day_n i_o be_o loath_a to_o say_v that_o the_o rebuild_n of_o church_n in_o london_n if_o it_o be_v not_o do_v by_o voluntary_a contribution_n and_o by_o way_n of_o freewill_n offering_n it_o will_v certain_o be_v do_v by_o constraint_n and_o compulsion_n from_o authority_n and_o if_o authority_n be_v force_v to_o interpose_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n it_o will_v be_v no_o small_a shame_n and_o reproach_n to_o we_o and_o seem_v to_o signify_v that_o we_o will_v not_o be_v religious_a but_o upon_o force_n which_o be_v to_o be_v no_o more_o religious_a than_o they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v honest_a who_o never_o pay_v their_o creditor_n but_o when_o 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