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the_o offender_n and_o petition_v those_o who_o have_v the_o authority_n for_o the_o restrain_v of_o they_o from_o the_o sacrament_n in_o that_o case_n though_o the_o scandalous_a partake_v of_o the_o sacrament_n aug._n indisciplinata_fw-la patientia_fw-la aug._n yet_o officer_n and_o worthy_a communicant_n partake_v not_o of_o their_o sin_n but_o otherwise_o that_o the_o admission_n of_o scandalous_a person_n to_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o pollution_n of_o that_o ordinance_n its_o evident_a give_v not_o say_v christ_n that_o which_o be_v holy_a to_o dog_n neither_o cast_v you_o your_o pearl_n before_o swine_n 7.6_o mat._n 7.6_o by_o that_o which_o be_v holy_a i_o understand_v though_o primary_o yet_o not_o sole_o the_o word_n but_o consequent_o the_o sacrament_n prayer_n christian_a admonition_n christ_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o one_o holy_a thing_n only_o nor_o do_v he_o say_v the_o pearl_n but_o he_o say_v that_o which_o be_v holy_a etc._n etc._n and_o pearl_n and_o by_o dog_n and_o 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loin_n of_o a_o infinite_a god_n can_v make_v we_o sensible_a though_o too_o late_o oh_o let_v we_o beware_v of_o the_o modest_a beginning_n of_o sin_n which_o certain_o make_v way_n for_o immodest_a proceed_n therein_o every_o commission_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o strong_a engagement_n to_o a_o follow_a act_n of_o wickedness_n be_v who_o begin_v to_o go_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n know_v not_o where_o he_o shall_v stop_v in_o short_a let_v no_o help_n to_o holiness_n leave_v thou_o as_o bad_a for_o if_o so_o it_o will_v leave_v thou_o worse_o than_o it_o find_v thou_o and_o present_a unreformednesse_n will_v make_v away_o for_o incorrigibleness_n under_o the_o mean_n 6._o 6._o obs_n 6._o it_o be_v our_o great_a wisdom_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v our_o chief_a care_n to_o be_v preserved-from_a apostasy_n take_v heed_n of_o be_v twice_o dead_a i._n e._n of_o add_v a_o death_n by_o apostasy_n to_o the_o death_n by_o original_a corruption_n to_o this_o end_n let_v we_o 1._o be_v sure_a to_o have_v the_o truth_n of_o spiritual_a life_n in_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o the_o external_a appearance_n of_o life_n the_o show_v and_o leaf_n of_o religion_n the_o form_n of_o godliness_n and_o a_o name_n to_o live_v he_o that_o will_v not_o die_v twice_o must_v be_v sure_o he_o true_o live_v once_o hypocrisy_n will_v end_v in_o apostasy_n where_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o true_o love_v it_o will_v be_v true_o leave_v a_o tree_n that_o be_v unsound_a at_o the_o root_n will_v soon_o cease_v from_o its_o faint_a putting_n forth_o the_o hollow_a heart_n will_v not_o hold_v out_o the_o outward_a form_n without_o the_o inward_a power_n of_o godliness_n continue_v not_o in_o time_n of_o temptation_n labour_n for_o a_o faith_n of_o real_a reception_n and_o please_v not_o thyself_o with_o that_o of_o mere_a illumination_n the_o bellows_o of_o persecution_n which_o blow_v the_o spark_n of_o sincerity_n into_o a_o flame_n blow_v the_o blaze_n of_o hypocrisy_n into_o nothing_o 2._o forecast_n the_o worst_a that_o can_v befall_v thou_o and_o the_o best_a that_o can_v be_v lay_v before_o thou_o to_o take_v thou_o off_o from_o the_o love_n and_o way_n of_o holiness_n reckon_v upon_o opposition_n in_o every_o way_n of_o god_n he_o who_o meet_v not_o with_o the_o hatred_n of_o a_o man_n may_v just_o suspect_v his_o love_n to_o the_o truth_n and_o he_o who_o expect_v not_o that_o hatred_n will_v hardly_o cantinue_v his_o love_n to_o truth_n when_o thou_o interest_n upon_o religion_n think_v not_o that_o thou_o go_v to_o sea_n upon_o pleasure_n but_o employment_n not_o for_o recreation_n but_o traffic_n lest_o in_o stead_n of_o hold_v out_o to_o thy_o intend_a port_n thou_o present_o make_v to_o the_o next_o shore_n upon_o the_o rise_n
such_o a_o want_n of_o light_n as_o hinder_v a_o man_n from_o walk_v like_o that_o egyptian_a darkness_n by_o which_o people_n be_v constrain_v to_o sit_v still_o arab._n caligo_n tenebrarum_fw-la bez._n perfectio_fw-la tenebrarum_fw-la arab._n and_o not_o to_o rise_v out_o of_o their_o place_n for_o three_o day_n so_o the_o addition_n of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d blackness_n note_v a_o further_a increase_n of_o this_o darkness_n such_o as_o be_v speak_v concern_v that_o in_o egypt_n as_o may_v be_v feel_v black_a darkness_n seem_v to_o be_v black_a and_o thereby_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v import_v with_o that_o of_o utter_a darkness_n mat._n 8.12_o and_o 21.13_o and_o 25.30_o i._n e._n such_o as_o be_v outmost_a and_o further_a remove_v from_o the_o region_n of_o light_n for_o this_o phrase_n blackness_n of_o darkness_n darkness_n caligo_n caliginosissima_fw-la isa_n 60.2_o gross_a darkness_n intend_v as_o much_o as_o most_o black_a thick_a darkness_n it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o hebraical_a phrase_n like_v unto_o that_o mat._n 26.64_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o power_n that_o be_v a_o most_o powerful_a right_a hand_n so_o rom._n 7.24_o a_o body_n of_o death_n be_v put_v for_o a_o mortal_a body_n and_o eph._n 4.24_o holiness_n of_o truth_n for_o true_a holiness_n this_o thick_a black_a gross_a darkness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v proper_o for_o that_o negation_n large_a of_o this_o see_v part_v 1._o p._n 503._o at_o large_a or_o privation_n of_o light_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o sun_n &c_n &c_n but_o metaphorical_o for_o great_a calamity_n and_o misery_n and_o in_o scripture_n there_o be_v a_o threefold_a misery_n set_v forth_o by_o darkness_n 1._o external_n misery_n john_n 30.26_o when_o i_o look_v for_o good_a evil_a come_v unto_o i_o and_o when_o i_o wait_v for_o light_n there_o come_v darkness_n so_o isa_n 5.30_o if_o one_o look_v to_o the_o land_n behold_v darkness_n and_o sorrow_n so_o isa_n 8.22_o 5.20_o zech._n 1_o 15._o joel_n 1.2_o amos_n 5.20_o they_o shall_v look_v unto_o the_o earth_n and_o behold_v trouble_n and_o darkness_n isa_n 47.5_o get_v thou_o into_o darkness_n o_o daughter_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n etc._n etc._n 2._o internal_a comprehend_v 1._o 3.19_o 1_o pet._n 2.9_o 1_o thes_n 5.4_o john_n 3.19_o darkness_n and_o blindness_n of_o mind_n the_o want_n of_o the_o save_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o way_n luke_n 1.79_o to_o give_v light_n to_o they_o that_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n etc._n etc._n joh._n 1.5_o the_o light_n shine_v in_o darkness_n etc._n etc._n eph._n 5.8_o you_o be_v sometime_o darkness_n but_o now_o be_v you_o light_v in_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 2._o spiritual_a dissertion_n or_o the_o withdraw_n of_o the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n and_o thus_o heman_n complain_v psal_n 88.6_o that_o god_n have_v lay_v he_o in_o darkness_n and_o isa_n 50.10_o who_o be_v there_o among_o you_o that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o see_v no_o light_n etc._n etc._n 3._o eternal_a darkness_n the_o miserable_a condition_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o separation_n from_o god_n call_v utter_a darkness_n mat._n 22.13_o and_o 8.12_o because_o far_a distance_v from_o the_o light_n of_o god_n please_v countenance_n and_o this_o estate_n of_o misery_n be_v fit_o compare_v to_o darkness_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o darkness_n 1._o the_o though_o only_o deficient_a cause_v of_o darkness_n be_v the_o withdraw_n of_o the_o light_n so_o the_o separation_n from_o the_o favourable_a presence_n of_o god_n 25._o matth._n 7.23_o matth._n 25._o be_v the_o great_a misery_n of_o the_o damn_a the_o hell_n of_o hell_n be_v to_o be_v without_o god_n love_a and_o gracious_a presence_n in_o hell_n 2._o the_o effect_n of_o darkness_n be_v horror_n and_o affrightment_n and_o trouble_v there_o be_v no_o joy_n but_o in_o god_n presence_n in_o that_o there_o be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n bâ—da_fw-la the_o misery_n of_o this_o condition_n see_v describe_v part_v 1._o p._n 505._o aeternis_fw-la tenebris_fw-la damnari_fw-la decet_fw-la qui_fw-la seize_v transfigurantes_fw-la in_o angelos_n lucis_fw-la veram_fw-la lucem_fw-la non_fw-la praedicarunt_fw-la sed_fw-la suasmet_fw-la magis_fw-la tenebras_fw-la &_o caligine_v dilexerunt_fw-la &_o in_o meras_fw-la errorum_fw-la tenebras_fw-la ally_n pracipitaverunt_fw-la lorin_n in_o loc_n rectè_fw-la in_o tenebras_fw-la tormentorum_fw-la mittentur_fw-la aeternas_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la lucis_fw-la tenebras_fw-la inducebant_fw-la errorum_fw-la bâ—da_fw-la psalm_n 16._o but_o without_o it_o only_o weep_v and_o wail_v blackness_n of_o darkness_n thick_a darkness_n purae_fw-la tenebrae_fw-la not_o the_o least_o glimpse_n and_o crevice_n of_o light_n and_o mixture_n of_o joy_n and_o most_o fit_o be_v this_o punishment_n of_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n threaten_v against_o these_o seducer_n who_o transform_v themselves_o into_o angel_n of_o light_n and_o yet_o hold_v not_o forth_o the_o light_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o love_v darkness_n more_o than_o light_n and_o lead_v other_o into_o the_o darkness_n of_o sin_n and_o error_n and_o how_o just_a be_v it_o that_o they_o shall_v suffer_v by_o thick_a true_a perfect_a darkness_n who_o delude_v the_o world_n with_o seem_v and_o appear_v light_n 2._o for_o the_o certainty_n and_o unavoidableness_n of_o this_o punishment_n jud._n say_v this_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n be_v reserve_v for_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n proper_o import_v the_o solicitous_a keep_n and_o reserve_v of_o a_o thing_n lest_o it_o be_v lose_v or_o take_v away_o by_o other_o a_o keep_n with_o watch_n and_o ward_n most_o accurate_o and_o vigilant_o as_o a_o prisoner_n be_v keep_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o act._n 4.3_o and_o 5.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v to_o signify_v a_o prison_n in_o this_o place_n therefore_o as_o there_o be_v employ_v god_n present_a forbearance_n to_o punish_v these_o seducer_n with_o the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n it_o be_v reserve_v and_o keep_v for_o they_o not_o actual_o as_o yet_o inflict_v upon_o they_o so_o there_o be_v principal_o intend_v the_o certainty_n and_o unavoidableness_n of_o this_o punishment_n and_o the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o pertinacious_a sinner_n escape_v thereof_o nor_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o this_o estate_n shall_v be_v thus_o certain_o reserve_v for_o they_o 1.4_o denâ—tat_fw-la firmum_fw-la &_o ratum_fw-la divinae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la decretum_fw-la de_fw-la suppliâ—ie_fw-la aeterno_fw-la lorin_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 1.4_o the_o firm_a and_o irreversible_a decree_n say_v lorinus_n in_o this_o place_n orthodox_n of_o god_n to_o punish_v they_o for_o ever_o or_o that_o ordain_v they_o of_o old_a to_o condemnation_n mention_v for_o 4._o be_v here_o denote_v so_o that_o as_o in_o god_n decree_n heaven_n be_v a_o heritance_n reserve_v for_o the_o faithful_a this_o misery_n be_v reserve_v for_o the_o wicked_a need_v likewise_o must_v this_o punishment_n be_v reserve_v for_o incorrigible_a sinner_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o truth_n justice_n power_n omniscience_n of_o god_n his_o truth_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o lie_v and_o who_o be_v as_o true_a in_o his_o threaten_n against_o the_o obstinate_a as_o in_o his_o promise_n to_o the_o return_a sinner_n his_o justice_n whereby_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v sin_n always_o to_o go_v unpunished_a 6._o rom._n 2.5_o 6._o and_o will_v render_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n his_o power_n so_o great_a that_o none_o can_v deliver_v the_o wicked_a out_o of_o his_o hand_n yea_o so_o great_a as_o that_o they_o can_v neither_o be_v able_a to_o keep_v out_o nor_o break_v out_o of_o prison_n his_o omniscience_n whereby_o none_o can_v escape_v or_o hide_v himself_o from_o his_o eye_n in_o 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night_n seem_v in_o the_o next_o world_n how_o hideous_a be_v that_o woe_n
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in_o this_o place_n may_v suitable_o to_o the_o subject_n in_o hand_n the_o come_v of_o christ_n to_o judgement_n be_v consider_v as_o denote_v both_o these_o 1._o the_o certainty_n and_o truth_n thereof_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n as_o sure_a as_o if_o it_o be_v before_o our_o eye_n and_o already_o accomplish_v like_o that_o minatory_a prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n concern_v the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n 1_o king_n 14.14_o but_o what_o even_o now_o a_o thing_n that_o ought_v to_o sink_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o hearer_n and_o that_o which_o they_o can_v too_o firm_o and_o fix_o believe_v the_o infallible_a prediction_n of_o scripture_n which_o must_v be_v fulfil_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n already_o execute_v upon_o some_o sinner_n the_o fear_n of_o a_o natural_a conscience_n god_n justice_n which_o will_v render_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n and_o last_o 20.12_o act_n 1.11_o matth._n 24_o 3â—_n 2_o thes_n 1.7_o &_o â—_o act_n 17.32_o 24_o 25_o gen_n 18_o 25_o 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not_o be_v one_o stone_n of_o all_o those_o stately_a structure_n leave_v upon_o another_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v throw_v down_o and_o when_o satan_n show_v and_o offer_v he_o all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n with_o their_o glory_n he_o show_v his_o contempt_n of_o the_o prospect_n and_o promotion_n with_o a_o get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n but_o when_o he_o observe_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o centurion_n he_o wonder_v and_o express_v his_o admiration_n to_o the_o people_n 7.9_o luc._n 7.9_o 2._o 2._o observe_v 2._o great_a be_v our_o natural_a backwardness_n to_o mindâ—_n and_o believe_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o judgement_n eâ—â—ch_o prefix_v a_o note_n of_o incitement_n to_o his_o pprophecy_n the_o wicked_a take_v occasion_n to_o be_v secure_a and_o to_o cast_v off_o the_o thought_n of_o christ_n come_v from_o the_o procrastination_n and_o delay_v thereof_o man_n scoff_v at_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o come_v of_o christ_n 4_o 2_o pet._n 3_o 4_o because_o say_v they_o since_o the_o father_n fall_v asleep_a all_o thing_n continue_v as_o they_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o creation_n that_o servant_n luke_n 12.45_o who_o say_v that_o his_o lord_n delay_v his_o come_v in_o stead_n of_o mind_v and_o prepare_v for_o it_o do_v beat_v his_o fellow_n servant_n and_o also_o do_v eat_v drink_n and_o be_v drunken_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n say_v peace_n and_o safety_n even_o when_o sudden_a destruction_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o 1_o thes_n 5.3_o man_n be_v natural_o lead_v by_o sense_n what_o they_o see_v not_o feel_v not_o they_o believe_v not_o as_o noah_n flood_n be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n so_o the_o disposition_n of_o man_n when_o that_o deluge_n approach_v resemble_v that_o which_o shall_v be_v in_o sinner_n at_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n as_o in_o the_o day_n before_o the_o flood_n there_o be_v eat_v drink_v marry_v &c._n &c._n so_o shall_v also_o the_o come_v of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v mat._n 24.38_o 39_o and_o so_o great_a likewise_o be_v natural_o every_o sinner_n self_n love_n that_o they_o love_v to_o shun_v the_o thought_n of_o every_o thing_n which_o they_o love_v not_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o say_v to_o themselves_o as_o do_v peter_n to_o christ_n be_v it_o far_o from_o thou_o this_o shall_v not_o be_v to_o thou_o they_o put_v far_o from_o they_o the_o last_o day_n because_o they_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o the_o evil_a day_n nay_o the_o woâ—st_a day_n they_o love_v the_o world_n and_o their_o heart_n grow_v to_o it_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v death_n to_o they_o to_o think_v of_o a_o unsettlement_n their_o sodom_n they_o so_o much_o delight_n in_o that_o like_o lot_n wife_n they_o can_v endure_v to_o think_v of_o a_o shower_n of_o fire_n herein_o resemble_v some_o who_o be_v therefore_o unwilling_a to_o make_v their_o will_n because_o they_o can_v away_o with_o the_o thought_n of_o death_n to_o rectify_v this_o distemper_n as_o we_o shall_v labour_v to_o find_v this_o great_a day_n a_o good_a day_n and_o the_o great_a lord_n our_o good_a lord_n &_o to_o be_v such_o that_o even_o out_o of_o this_o devour_a lion_n we_o may_v take_v honey_n so_o consider_v that_o 3._o fore_o obs_n 3._o concern_v the_o certaitnty_n of_o the_o judgement_n see_v be_v fore_o the_o last_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o matter_n of_o great_a certainty_n not_o as_o a_o fiction_n but_o as_o a_o most_o real_a and_o undoubted_a thing_n we_o shall_v look_v upon_o it_o to_o be_v as_o certain_a as_o if_o it_o be_v already_o with_o we_o it_o be_v the_o policy_n of_o satan_n to_o make_v we_o diffident_a of_o that_o which_o we_o shall_v be_v confident_a of_o and_o confident_a of_o that_o of_o which_o we_o shall_v be_v diffident_a he_o present_v his_o own_o lie_v as_o certainty_n and_o god_n truth_n
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