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preterition_n describe_v the_o term_n defend_v ephes_n 1._o 4._o compare_v with_o revel_n 17._o 8._o ephes_n 1._o 9_o and_o rom._n 9_o 13._o expound_v god_n not_o bind_v to_o any_o creature_n except_o by_o promise_n the_o parable_n in_o matth._n 20._o urge_v the_o three_o consequent_n of_o negative_a reprobation_n dr_n davenant_n animadversion_n against_o mr_n hoard_v book_n recommend_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n manifest_v in_o election_n as_o in_o a_o most_o free_a peculiar_a ancient_a lead_v and_o stand_a favour_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 327._o a_o introduction_n to_o roman_n 9_o most_o part_n of_o that_o chapter_n expound_v together_o with_o sundry_a passage_n in_o chapter_n 10_o and_o 11._o for_o proof_n of_o these_o two_o conclusion_n 1._o that_o paul_n in_o rom._n 9_o do_v upon_o occasion_n propound_v and_o prosecute_v the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n 2._o that_o he_o derive_v the_o decree_n of_o preterition_n from_o the_o sovereign_a greatness_n of_o god_n a_o consectary_n show_v how_o useful_a the_o say_a doctrine_n be_v to_o sober_a mind_n exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 359._o creation_n what_o pythagoras_n and_o trismegist_n hebr._n 6._o 3._o open_v scripture-philosophy_n exit_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nihil_fw-la fit_a how_o true_a creature_n what_o god_n goodness_n in_o work_n of_o creation_n particular_o in_o the_o frame_n of_o adam_n the_o consultation_n upon_o which_o pattern_n after_o which_o part_n of_o which_o he_o frame_v two_o history_n one_o of_o a_o priest_n the_o other_o of_o a_o monk_n the_o original_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n improve_v exercitation_n 5._o pag._n 381._o the_o same_o and_o other_o attribute_n of_o god_n declare_v from_o his_o providential_a dispensation_n the_o interchangeableness_n whereof_o large_o discourse_v of_o and_o apply_v from_o ecclesiaste_n 7._o 14._o a_o gloss_n upon_o isaiah_n chap._n 10._o 11._o cheerfulness_n a_o duty_n in_o six_o respect_n cross_n how_o to_o be_v consider_v aphorism_n vi_o pag._n 400._o providence_n extend_v itself_o not_o only_o to_o all_o create_a being_n and_o to_o all_o humane_a affair_n especial_o those_o that_o concern_v the_o church_n but_o even_o to_o the_o sin_n of_o angel_n and_o man_n exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 400._o introduction_n concern_v the_o content_n of_o this_o aphorism_n providence_n over_o all_o create_a being_n preservation_n of_o man_n to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n himself_o not_o to_o good_a man_n yea_o not_o to_o good_a angel_n in_o who_o heart-searching_a and_o patience_n want_v providence_n reach_v to_o humane_a affair_n oeconomical_a civil_a military_a moral_a and_o ecclesiastical_a anastasius_n his_o design_n frustrate_v rome_n and_o our_o nation_n instance_a in_o j._n g._n castigate_v exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 415._o deuteron_fw-gr 11._o 12._o open_v god_n care_n over_o the_o church_n prove_v from_o the_o provision_n he_o make_v for_o inferior_a creature_n from_o israel_n conduct_n from_o the_o experiment_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o saint_n in_o all_o age_n experiment_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n rocheller_n musculus_fw-la acknowledgement_n of_o jacob_n david_n psalmist_n austin_n and_o ursin_n from_o god_n cause_v thing_n and_o act_n of_o all_o sort_n to_o cooperate_v unto_o the_o good_a of_o the_o saint_n isaiah_n 27._o 2_o 3._o explain_v the_o church_n preserve_v from_o in_o and_o by_o danger_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 438._o hardheartedness_n make_v up_o of_o unteachableness_n in_o the_o understanding_n untractableness_n in_o the_o will_n unfaithfulness_n in_o the_o memory_n unsensibleness_n in_o the_o conscience_n and_o unmoveableness_n in_o the_o affection_n metaphor_n to_o express_v it_o from_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n stone_n and_o metal_n a_o soft_a heart_n mischief_n searedness_n and_o virulency_n attendant_n of_o hardness_n god_n concur_v thereunto_o by_o way_n of_o privation_n negation_n permission_n presentation_n tradition_n to_o satan_n deliver_v up_o to_o lust_n and_o infliction_n exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 463._o objection_n against_o and_o corollary_n from_o the_o forego_n proposition_n the_o least_o thing_n provide_v for_o luther_n admonition_n to_o melancthon_n maximilians_n address_n pliny_n unbelief_n the_o psalmist_n stumble_v at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a his_o recovery_n by_o consider_v it_o be_v not_o full_a be_v not_o to_o be_v final_a the_o superintendency_n of_o providence_n over_o military_a and_o civil_a affair_n in_o particular_a the_o church_n affliction_n promise_v caution_v duty_n of_o cast_v care_n upon_o god_n he_o no_o author_n of_o sin_n the_o attestation_n of_o this_o state_n and_o of_o this_o writer_n a_o chain_n of_o theological_a principle_n or_o a_o orderly_a concatenation_n of_o aphorism_n and_o exercitation_n wherein_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v assert_v and_o improve_v aphorism_n i._n man_n blessedness_n consist_v not_o in_o a_o confluence_n of_o worldly_a accommodation_n which_o be_v all_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n but_o in_o the_o fruition_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n who_o only_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o our_o heart_n &_o our_o portion_n for_o ever_o exercitation_n 1._o 1._o aph_n 1._o psal_n 144._o end_n open_v blessedness_n what_o solomon_n scope_n in_o ecclesiastes_n why_o he_o style_v himself_o cohele_v his_o testimony_n concern_v the_o creature_n their_o threefold_a transcendent_a vanity_n intellectual_a accomplishment_n bring_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o folly_n enmity_n anxiety_n and_o insufficiency_n that_o attend_v they_o a_o apostrophe_n to_o the_o world_n §_o 1._o this_o be_v a_o case_n which_o have_v long_o since_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o prophet_n david_n who_o in_o psalm_n the_o hundred_o forty_o four_o after_o he_o have_v twice_o charge_v those_o who_o he_o call_v strange_a child_n with_o a_o mouth_n speak_v vanity_n once_o in_o the_o eight_o and_o again_o in_o the_o eleven_o verse_n go_v on_o to_o record_v as_o good_a 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false_a virtue_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o best_a manner_n v._o ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n and_o the_o legitimate_a member_n of_o it_o in_o that_o song_n of_o love_n psal_n 45._o 9_o upon_o thy_o right_a hand_n do_v stand_v the_o queen_n in_o gold_n of_o ophir_n be_v mean_v the_o church_n look_v as_o a_o indulgent_a prince_n beside_o the_o common_a affection_n he_o bear_v and_o protection_n he_o give_v to_o all_o his_o subject_n have_v a_o peculiar_a respect_n to_o and_o converse_v with_o his_o princess_n so_o there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a providence_n of_o god_n towards_o his_o church_n the_o handle_n whereof_o at_o large_a i_o refer_v to_o the_o next_o exercitation_n exercitation_n 2._o 2._o exerc._n 2._o deuteron_fw-gr 11._o 12._o open_v god_n care_n over_o the_o church_n prove_v from_o the_o provision_n he_o make_v for_o inferior_a creature_n from_o israel_n conduct_n from_o the_o experiment_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o saint_n in_o all_o age_n experiment_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n rocheller_n musculus_fw-la acknowledgement_n of_o jacob_n david_n psalmist_n austin_n and_o ursin_n from_o god_n cause_v thing_n and_o act_n of_o all_o sort_n to_o cooperate_v unto_o the_o good_a of_o the_o saint_n isaiah_n 27._o 2_o 3._o explain_v the_o church_n preserve_v from_o in_o and_o by_o danger_n §_o 1._o our_o three_o proposition_n be_v that_o divine_a providence_n be_v see_v more_o especial_o in_o such_o affair_n as_o concern_v the_o church_n and_o the_o member_n thereof_o in_o order_n to_o the_o clear_n whereof_o i_o intend_v to_o insist_v upon_o two_o place_n of_o scripture_n the_o first_o be_v that_o in_o deuteronomy_n 11._o 12._o where_o moses_n describe_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n say_v of_o it_o thus_o a_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o