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shall_v content_v we_o that_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v undeniable_a viz._n that_o the_o evangelical_n oeconomy_n be_v not_o yet_o perfect_a that_o great_a thing_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v do_v that_o though_o our_o bless_a saviour_n shall_v not_o descend_v from_o heaven_n till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o i_o be_o none_o of_o those_o that_o dream_n of_o his_o personal_a reign_n upon_o earth_n yet_o by_o his_o spirit_n he_o shall_v come_v and_o reign_v here_o a_o thousand_o year_n and_o advance_v christianity_n to_o its_o utmost_a height_n at_o which_o time_n all_o antichristian_a doctrine_n and_o power_n shall_v be_v explode_v and_o destroy_v the_o fullness_n of_o the_o gentile_n shall_v come_v in_o the_o disperse_a jew_n shall_v be_v gather_v and_o embrace_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n universal_a righteousness_n and_o holiness_n shall_v prevail_v and_o the_o peaceable_a and_o philadelphian_a spirit_n shall_v be_v infuse_v into_o all_o church_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v 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all_o be_v unite_v and_o cement_v together_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o peace_n and_o love_n chap._n xxii_o the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o evangelical_n dispensation_n under_o the_o lose_n of_o satan_n out_o of_o his_o prison_n who_o be_v gog_n and_o magog_n not_o only_o the_o mahometan_a but_o the_o roman_a power_n shall_v be_v revive_v the_o last_o day_n before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v extreme_o wicked_a they_o shall_v be_v exceed_o perilous_a and_o calamitous_a christ_n come_v to_o judgement_n the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n succeed_v this_o whatever_o some_o have_v suggest_v to_o the_o contrary_n a_o particular_a answer_n to_o a_o late_a writer_n argument_n on_o this_o subject_a it_o be_v observe_v how_o he_o resemble_v origen_n a_o plain_a exposition_n of_o those_o word_n nevertheless_o we_o look_v for_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n wherein_o dwell_v righteousness_n a_o far_a proof_n from_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o nature_n and_o design_n 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3._o 17._o at_o first_o its_o pregnancy_n and_o fecundity_n be_v exceed_o great_a so_o that_o it_o yield_v its_o fruit_n easy_o without_o any_o toil_n 1._o per_fw-la se_fw-la dabat_fw-la omne_fw-la tellus_fw-la and_o again_o ipsaque_fw-la tellus_fw-la omnia_fw-la liberiùs_fw-la nullo_n poscente_fw-la ferebat_fw-la and_o the_o like_a we_o find_v speak_v by_o other_o poet_n concern_v the_o golden_a age_n from_o some_o break_a notion_n and_o tradition_n as_o a_o 25._o judicious_a person_n of_o our_o own_o have_v observe_v of_o man_n first_o estate_n in_o paradise_n and_o of_o that_o estate_n wherein_o the_o world_n and_o all_o thing_n shall_v have_v continue_v of_o man_n have_v not_o fall_v there_o be_v nothing_o noxious_a in_o the_o earth_n at_o first_o all_o thing_n be_v safe_a and_o wholesome_a useful_a and_o pleasant_a serviceable_a for_o the_o life_n of_o man_n and_o every_o way_n advantageous_a to_o he_o but_o man_n fall_n introduce_v a_o change_n the_o ground_n bring_v forth_o 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whereas_o it_o be_v above_o sixteen_o hundred_o year_n after_o irr_v this_o author_n ingenious_o lay_v hold_v upon_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n which_o be_v pronounce_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o this_o part_n of_o the_o curse_n about_o the_o earth_n sterility_n and_o argue_v from_o the_o suspending_a of_o that_o to_o the_o suspending_a of_o this_o but_o i_o conceive_v this_o be_v not_o a_o good_a way_n of_o argue_v unless_o he_o can_v have_v prove_v that_o neither_o our_o first_o parent_n nor_o any_o other_o feel_v the_o effect_n of_o that_o sentence_n of_o mortality_n before_o the_o deluge_n for_o it_o be_v of_o this_o which_o he_o be_v discourse_v and_o his_o opinion_n be_v that_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n which_o check_v the_o exuberance_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o the_o curse_n take_v not_o place_n till_o this_o time_n but_o the_o very_a word_n and_o expression_n themselves_o by_o which_o the_o curse_n of_o sterility_n be_v set_v forth_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o 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shall_v eat_v the_o herb_n of_o the_o field_n viz._n with_o hard_a labour_n and_o pain_n or_o as_o it_o be_v express_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o face_n and_o this_o must_v continue_v until_o he_o return_v unto_o the_o ground_n out_o of_o which_o he_o vas_n take_v and_o we_o know_v he_o return_v above_o 700_o year_n before_o the_o flood_n and_o consequent_o the_o commination_n do_v affect_v that_o generation_n of_o man_n which_o live_v before_o that_o time_n and_o there_o be_v a_o far_a proof_n of_o this_o in_o v_o 23._o therefore_o the_o lord_n send_v he_o forth_o from_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n to_o till_o the_o ground_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v take_v this_o show_v that_o the_o curse_n have_v actual_o take_v effect_n and_o that_o thorn_n and_o thistle_n be_v come_v up_o for_o adam_n here_o be_v set_v on_o work_n by_o the_o immediate_a order_n
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day_n be_v sorrow_n and_o his_o travel_n grief_n eccles._n 2._o 23._o now_o the_o earth_n be_v true_o the_o land_n of_o labourer_n numberless_a poor_a people_n sweat_n and_o turmoil_v in_o get_v a_o livelihood_n and_o even_o their_o body_n be_v bow_v down_o sometime_o with_o a_o burden_n so_o the_o erect_a figure_n of_o man_n be_v partly_o impair_v who_o can_v recount_v the_o various_a trouble_n and_o affliction_n of_o this_o mortal_a state_n what_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o calamity_n and_o misery_n be_v a_o man_n liable_a to_o daily_a how_o strange_o be_v he_o beset_v with_o cross_n and_o disaster_n at_o home_n and_o abroad_o in_o his_o private_a and_o relative_a capacity_n in_o his_o body_n mind_n and_o all_o his_o concern_v his_o dominion_n over_o the_o creature_n be_v much_o diminish_v many_o of_o they_o be_v hard_a to_o be_v tame_v and_o keep_v in_o subjection_n many_o of_o they_o prove_v hurtful_a and_o mortal_a he_o may_v lament_v the_o loss_n of_o another_o dominion_n which_o 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unto_o her_o husband_n be_v free_a and_o voluntary_a but_o afterward_o this_o obedience_n be_v force_v and_o unwilling_a and_o the_o man_n dominion_n too_o often_o degenerate_v into_o a_o arbitrary_a unreasonable_a sway_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o place_n be_v plain_a from_o the_o like_a word_n of_o god_n to_o cain_n to_o pacify_v his_o wrath_n against_o his_o brother_n abel_n unto_o thou_o shall_v be_v his_o desire_n and_o thou_o shall_v rule_v over_o he_o gen._n 4._o 7._o that_o be_v abel_n be_v thy_o young_a brother_n and_o shall_v be_v subject_a unto_o thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o superiority_n over_o he_o so_o then_o the_o import_n of_o the_o foresay_a word_n be_v this_o that_o though_o indeed_o man_n as_o be_v first_o create_v have_v a_o superiority_n and_o preeminence_n over_o the_o woman_n and_o shall_v have_v yet_o have_v if_o they_o have_v stand_v in_o their_o intergrity_n yet_o now_o since_o the_o fall_v the_o latter_a be_v oftentimes_o 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