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do_v for_o 24._o 1_o sam._n 12._o 24._o you_o that_o so_o your_o experiment_n may_v be_v your_o encouragement_n to_o expect_v yet_o great_a remember_v that_o of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n to_o nathaniel_n believe_v thou_o thou_o shall_v see_v great_a thing_n than_o these_o 50._o john_n 1._o 50._o he_o in_o who_o you_o trust_v o_o believer_n be_v a_o great_a god_n and_o love_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n like_o himself_o wherefore_o look_v for_o great_a thing_n from_o he_o great_a assistance_n great_a enlargement_n great_a deliverance_n yea_o the_o forgive_n of_o great_a sin_n and_o the_o obtain_n of_o great_a salvation_n §_o 7._o five_o let_v such_o as_o have_v receive_v great_a thing_n from_o god_n maintain_v a_o certain_a greatness_n of_o spirit_n suitable_a to_o
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partaker_n of_o it_o to_o he_o be_v glory_n in_o the_o church_n by_o christ_n jesus_n throughout_o all_o age_n world_n without_o end_n amen_n cambridge_n novemb_n 2._o 1659._o thomas_n horton_n william_n dillingham_n a_o collection_n of_o the_o several_a aphorism_n and_o exercitation_n contain_v in_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n aphorism_n i._o pag._n 1._o 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 and_o our_o portion_n for_o ever_o exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 2._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 apostrophie_n to_o the_o world_n exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 20._o a_o gloss_n upon_o psalm_n 36._o 8._o god_n in_o christ_n a_o soul-satisfying_a object_n the_o circular_a motion_n of_o humane_a soul_n and_o their_o only_a rest_n a_o threefold_a fullness_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n opposite_a to_o the_o threefold_a vanity_n of_o the_o creature_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 29._o two_o conclusion_n from_o psalm_n 73._o 25_o 26._o the_o psalmist_n case_v state_v the_o frequent_a complication_n of_o corporal_a and_o spiritual_a trouble_n how_o god_n strengthen_v his_o people_n heart_n against_o their_o bodily_a distemper_n how_o under_o discouragement_n of_o spirit_n the_o secret_a support_n of_o save_a grace_n what_o kind_n of_o portion_n god_n be_v to_o the_o saint_n a_o congratulation_n of_o their_o happiness_n herein_o exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 43._o the_o first_o inference_n ground_v upon_o isaiah_n 55._o 1_o 2._o by_o way_n of_o invitation_n back_v with_o three_o encouragement_n to_o accept_v it_o viz._n the_o fullness_n of_o that_o soul-satisfaction_n which_o god_n give_v the_o universality_n of_o its_o tender_a and_o the_o freeness_n of_o its_o communication_n the_o second_o by_o way_n of_o expostulation_n and_o that_o both_o with_o worldling_n and_o saint_n a_o conclusion_n by_o way_n of_o soliloquy_n aphorism_n ii_o pag._n 61._o we_o be_v conduct_v to_o the_o fruition_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n by_o christian_a religion_n contain_v in_o the_o divine_a oracle_n of_o holy_a scripture_n exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 61._o the_o safe_a conduct_n of_o saint_n signify_v by_o the_o pillar_n in_o exodus_fw-la perform_v by_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n himself_o the_o abridgement_n whereof_o we_o have_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christian_a religion_n how_o that_o tend_v to_o blessedness_n exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 72._o the_o insufficiency_n of_o other_o religion_n for_o bring_v man_n to_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n infer_v from_o their_o inability_n to_o discover_v his_o true_a worship_n john_n 4._o 24._o open_v god_n to_o be_v worship_v in_o and_o through_o christ_n a_o lesson_n not_o teach_v in_o nature_n school_n fault_n in_o aristotle_n ethic_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 84._o oracle_n of_o god_n vocal_a or_o write_v book_n of_o scripture_n so_o call_v in_o five_o respect_n viz._n in_o regard_n of_o their_o declare_v and_o foretell_v their_o be_v consult_v prize_v and_o preserve_v exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 95._o how_o scripture-oracle_n far_o excel_v those_o of_o the_o heathen_a in_o point_n of_o perspicuity_n of_o piety_n of_o veracity_n of_o duration_n and_o of_o authority_n the_o divine_a authority_n of_o scripture_n assert_v by_o argument_n a_o inference_n from_o the_o whole_a aphorism_n aphorism_n iii_o pag._n 111._o scripture-oracle_n suppose_v it_o sufficient_o clear_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n make_v a_o further_a discovery_n of_o what_o he_o be_v in_o his_o essence_n subsistence_n and_o attribute_n exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 111._o 1_o corinth_n 15._o 34._o expound_v opinionist_n compare_v to_o sleeper_n and_o drunkard_n three_o observation_n from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o verse_n what_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v unattainable_a in_o this_o life_n what_o may_v be_v have_v the_o knowledge_n we_o have_v concern_v god_n distinguish_v into_o natural_a literal_a and_o spiritual_a exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 120._o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n the_o prime_n dictate_v of_o natural_a light_n deducible_a from_o man_n look_v backward_o to_o the_o creation_n forward_o to_o the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n dispense_v after_o death_n upward_o to_o the_o angel_n above_o we_o downward_o to_o inferior_a being_n within_o ourselves_o to_o the_o composition_n of_o our_o body_n and_o dictate_v of_o our_o conscience_n about_o we_o to_o the_o various_a occurrence_n in_o the_o world_n exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 129._o reason_n three_o way_n of_o discover_v god_n fall_v short_a of_o manifest_v what_o he_o be_v the_o expression_n in_o exod._n 3._o 14._o most_o comprehensive_a a_o brief_a exposition_n thereof_o satan_n impudence_n nature_n and_o art_n both_o unable_a to_o discover_v the_o trinity_n what_o scripture_n reveal_v about_o it_o basils_n memento_n julian_n impiety_n socinian_o brand_v the_o three_o person_n compare_v to_o those_o three_o well_n in_o genes_n 26._o exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 143._o divine_a attribute_n call_v for_o transcendent_a respect_n they_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n so_o as_o to_o curb_v our_o curiosity_n to_o help_v our_o infirmity_n to_o prevent_v our_o misapprehension_n and_o to_o raise_v our_o esteem_n of_o god_n spiritual_a knowledge_n superad_v to_o literal_a clearness_n of_o light_n sweetness_n of_o taste_n sense_n of_o interest_n and_o sincerity_n of_o obedience_n aphorism_n iu._n pag._n 155._o goodness_n and_o greatness_n be_v attribute_n so_o comprehensive_a as_o to_o include_v a_o multitude_n of_o divine_a perfection_n exercitation_n 1._o pag._n 155._o god_n describe_v from_o goodness_n and_o greatness_n both_o without_o and_o within_o the_o church_n a_o lively_a portraiture_n of_o his_o goodness_n in_o the_o several_a branch_n thereof_o exod._n 34._o 6_o 7._o bowel_n of_o mercy_n imply_v inwardness_n and_o tenderness_n our_o bowel_n of_o love_n to_o god_n of_o compassion_n to_o brethren_n mercy_n not_o to_o be_v refuse_v by_o unbelief_n nor_o abuse_v by_o presumption_n exercitation_n 2._o pag._n 169._o grace_n what_o from_o it_o spring_n election_n redemption_n vocation_n sanctification_n &_o salvation_n a_o caveat_n not_o to_o receive_v it_o in_o vain_a it_o purge_v and_o cheer_v gloss_n upon_o tit._n 2._o 11_o 12._o and_o 2_o thess_n 2._o 26_o 27._o the_o exaltation_n of_o free_a grace_n exhort_v to_o long-suffering_a not_o exercise_v towards_o evil_a angel_n but_o towards_o man_n of_o all_o sort_n it_o lead_v to_o repentance_n be_v value_v by_o god_n and_o must_v not_o be_v slight_v by_o we_o a_o dreadful_a example_n of_o goodness_n despise_v exercitation_n 3._o pag._n 181._o the_o bounty_n of_o god_n declare_v by_o his_o benefit_n viz._n give_v his_o son_n to_o free_v we_o from_o hell_n his_o spirit_n to_o fit_v we_o for_o heaven_n his_o angel_n to_o guard_v we_o on_o earth_n large_a provision_n in_o the_o way_n and_o full_a satisfaction_n at_o our_o journey_n end_n john_n 3._o 16._o james_n 1._o 5._o and_o psal_n 24._o 1._o gloss_a isai_n 25._o 6._o allude_v to_o inference_n from_o divine_a bounty_n beneficence_n to_o saint_n not_o deal_v niggardly_o with_o god_n exemplify_v in_o david_n paul_n and_o luther_n truth_n in_o god_n be_v without_o all_o mixture_n of_o the_o contrary_n it_o appear_v in_o his_o make_n good_a of_o promise_n and_o threaten_n teach_v we_o what_o to_o perform_v and_o what_o to_o expect_v exercitation_n 4._o pag._n 201._o keep_v mercy_n for_o thousand_o explain_v man_n exhort_v to_o trust_v god_n with_o their_o posterity_n luther_n last_o will_v and_o testament_n iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n what_o six_o scripture_n
the_o strength_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o my_o portion_n for_o ever_o these_o two_o conclusion_n may_v be_v raise_v 1._o there_o be_v no_o person_n or_o thing_n in_o heaven_n or_o earth_n short_a of_o god_n in_o christ_n to_o be_v look_v upon_o and_o desire_v as_o our_o utmost_a good_a 2._o the_o fruition_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n be_v able_a to_o make_v and_o to_o continue_v a_o man_n happy_a even_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o utmost_a extremity_n the_o former_a i_o have_v treat_v of_o in_o the_o forego_n exercitation_n intend_v to_o handle_v the_o latter_a in_o this_o that_o i_o account_v a_o utmost_a extremity_n as_o to_o kind_a though_o as_o to_o degree_n it_o may_v be_v either_o more_fw-mi intense_a or_o more_o remiss_a when_o there_o be_v a_o complication_n of_o suffering_n both_o in_o body_n and_o mind_n at_o once_o such_o be_v the_o psalmist_n case_n here_o it_o be_v not_o flesh_n alone_o or_o heart_n alone_o but_o my_o flesh_n and_o my_o heart_n in_o conjunction_n both_o fail_v he_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n such_o be_v the_o sympathy_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n that_o when_o it_o fare_v ill_o with_o one_o the_o other_o common_o be_v disturb_v if_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o a_o agony_n the_o body_n languish_v satan_n buffet_n paul_n with_o blasphemous_a thought_n as_o some_o conceive_v prove_v a_o thorn_n to_o his_o flesh_n on_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 12._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d side_n if_o the_o outward_a man_n be_v torment_v the_o inward_a be_v wont_a to_o be_v dismay_v even_o to_o fail_v of_o heart_n the_o stoic_n indeed_o those_o magnificent_a boaster_n talk_v of_o a_o apathy_n and_o plutarch_n tell_v we_o that_o agesilaus_n when_o he_o lay_v sick_a of_o the_o gout_n and_o carneades_n who_o come_v to_o visit_v he_o observe_v what_o pain_n he_o conflict_v with_o be_v about_o to_o leave_v he_o as_o one_o not_o in_o case_n to_o be_v speak_v to_o bid_v he_o stay_v and_o point_v at_o once_o to_o his_o own_o foot_n and_o to_o his_o heart_n say_v nothing_o pervenit_fw-la mane_fw-la carneades_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la illine_a huc_fw-la pervenit_fw-la come_v from_o thence_o hither_o as_o if_o his_o mind_n be_v no_o whit_n disquiet_v for_o all_o the_o suffering_n of_o his_o flesh_n but_o far_o better_a man_n than_o any_o of_o they_o have_v bear_v witness_n to_o the_o contrary_n our_o flesh_n have_v no_o 5._o 2_o cor._n 7._o 5._o rest_n but_o we_o be_v trouble_v on_o every_o side_n without_o be_v fight_n within_o be_v fear_n so_o paul_n david_n in_o one_o of_o his_o psalm_n thus_o o_o lord_n heal_v i_o for_o my_o bone_n be_v 3._o psal_n 6._o 2_o 3._o vex_v my_o soul_n also_o be_v sore_o vex_v in_o another_o thus_o there_o be_v no_o soundness_n in_o my_o 8._o psal_n 38._o 7_o 8._o flesh_n i_o be_o feeble_a and_o sore_o break_v i_o have_v roar_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o disquietness_n of_o my_o heart_n §_o 2._o but_o as_o when_o peter_n walk_v upon_o the_o wave_n and_o perceive_v how_o boisterous_a the_o wind_n be_v 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in_o negatio_fw-la praedest_fw-la nationis_fw-la non_fw-la egreditur_fw-la extra_fw-la sâ—ipsum_fw-la institut_fw-la l._n 3._o cap._n 22._o which_o he_o have_v purpose_v in_o himself_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o preterition_n his_o good_a pleasure_n be_v the_o sole_a fountain_n of_o both_o the_o root_n of_o both_o be_v within_o himself_o and_o not_o in_o any_o thing_n without_o he_o as_o have_v be_v well_o observe_v by_o calvin_n three_o the_o eternal_a purpose_n of_o god_n be_v to_o deny_v the_o non-elect_a that_o peculiar_a love_n wherewith_o his_o election_n be_v accompany_v in_o which_o respect_n he_o be_v say_v to_o hate_v they_o jacob_n have_v i_o love_v but_o esau_n 13._o rom._n 9_o 13._o have_v i_o hate_v a_o term_n by_o which_o some_o divine_n be_v willing_a to_o understand_v no_o more_o then_z his_o not_o be_v willing_a to_o bestow_v everlasting_a happiness_n upon_o they_o because_o hatred_n in_o scripture_n be_v often_o put_v to_o signify_v a_o less_o degree_n of_o love_n we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o leah_n be_v odious_a to_o her_o husband_n yet_o the_o text_n say_v god_n see_v that_o leah_n be_v hate_v which_o be_v certain_o to_o be_v expound_v out_o of_o the_o verse_n forego_v where_o it_o be_v say_v of_o jacob_n that_o he_o love_v rachel_n more_o 31._o gen._n 29._o 30_o 31._o than_o leah_n he_o love_v leah_n perhaps_o less_o than_o he_o ought_v sure_o less_o than_o he_o do_v her_o sister_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n be_v say_v to_o have_v hate_v she_o that_o to_o the_o roman_n concern_v esau_n some_o interpret_v in_o proportion_n to_o what_o be_v there_o say_v concern_v leah_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n aquinas_n god_n say_v he_o love_v all_o man_n um_o in_o quantum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la aterna_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eos_fw-la habere_fw-la odio_fw-la vel_fw-la reprobare_fw-la tho._n part_n 1._o qu._n 23._o art_n 3._o ad_fw-la â—_o um_o in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o 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martyr_n whosoever_o will_v from_o henceforth_o challenge_v any_o deity_n to_o himself_o must_v be_v able_a to_o show_v such_o a_o world_n as_o this_o and_o to_o say_v in_o truth_n this_o be_v of_o my_o make_n and_o that_o of_o trismegist_n a_o heathen_a too_o in_o one_o of_o his_o book_n there_o be_v main_o three_o to_o be_v consider_v god_n the_o world_n and_o man_n the_o world_n make_v for_o man_n and_o man_n for_o god_n §_o 2._o but_o we_o have_v a_o more_o sure_a word_n of_o prophecy_n and_o to_o that_o let_v we_o take_v heed_n it_o will_v show_v we_o first_o how_o we_o christian_n by_o faith_n understand_v that_o the_o 3._o hebr._n 11._o 3._o world_n be_v frame_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n so_o that_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v not_o make_v of_o thing_n which_o do_v appear_v well_o may_v a_o 881._o gilb._n voetius_fw-la disput_fw-la theol._n part_n 1_o p._n 881._o late_a writer_n conclude_v his_o discourse_n of_o creation_n with_o this_o epiphonema_n quantum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nescimus_fw-la the_o truth_n be_v it_o be_v but_o little_a that_o we_o can_v learn_v from_o philosopher_n even_o concern_v creation_n itself_o the_o only_a article_n of_o the_o creed_n which_o they_o speak_v full_o too_o unacquainted_a with_o scripture_n which_o make_v maximilian_n the_o first_o to_o say_v that_o the_o 680._o audiâ—ndi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ethâ—ici_fw-la non_fw-la â—anquam_fw-la philomeâ—e_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ranae_n apud_fw-la voetium_n ibid._n pag._n 680._o ethnic_n be_v to_o be_v hear_v not_o as_o sing_v nightingale_n but_o as_o croak_a frog_n and_o two_o great_a physician_n betake_v themselves_o to_o the_o study_n of_o scripture_n for_o understand_v the_o secret_n of_o nature_n one_o sennertus_n who_o find_v much_o fault_n with_o those_o who_o pervert_v the_o text_n of_o moses_n and_o interpret_v he_o out_o of_o heathen_a writer_n ausu_fw-la infelici_fw-la say_v he_o &_o non_fw-la tolerando_fw-la by_o a_o unhappy_a and_o intolerable_a undertake_n the_o other_o vallesius_n vallosius_fw-la huic_fw-la lectioni_fw-la consecrari_fw-la senectutem_fw-la statui_fw-la in_o his_o philosophari_fw-la &c._n &c._n vallosius_fw-la who_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o sacra_fw-la philosophia_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o whereas_o he_o have_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o his_o life_n comment_v upon_o all_o aristotle_n acromasticks_n and_o many_o piece_n both_o of_o hypocrates_n and_o galen_n he_o be_v resolve_v to_o devote_v the_o remainder_n of_o his_o day_n to_o the_o study_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o to_o seek_v his_o philosophy_n out_o of_o they_o for_o time_n to_o come_v by_o faith_n we_o understand_v a_o christian_a firm_o believe_v those_o truth_n concern_v the_o time_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n because_o he_o have_v scripture_n testimony_n for_o they_o that_o the_o world_n be_v frame_v speak_v after_o the_o jewish_a mode_n though_o there_o be_v indeed_o but_o one_o world_n in_o the_o plural_a 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