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his_o people_n that_o in_o case_n they_o be_v sound_a disobedient_a 〈◊〉_d will_v 36._o leu._n 26._o 36._o send_v a_o faintness_n upon_o their_o heart_n and_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o shake_a leaf_n shall_v chase_v they_o and_o such_o ordinary_o be_v that_o fear_n of_o judgement_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o heart_n of_o natural_a carnal_a man_n or_o if_o not_o a_o judicial_a punishment_n yet_o a_o mere_a excess_n of_o natural_a passion_n 3._o though_o a_o natural_a man_n may_v fear_v divine_a judgement_n yet_o his_o fear_n never_o bring_v he_o close_o to_o god_n a_o carnal_a man_n fear_n of_o god_n judgement_n have_v many_o effect_n upon_o he_o and_o those_o very_a various_a according_a to_o the_o different_a temper_n of_o person_n some_o be_v make_v by_o it_o desperate_a and_o to_o defy_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n as_o julian_n the_o apostate_n they_o say_v throw_v up_o his_o dagger_n to_o heaven_n and_o cry_v vicisti_fw-la galilee_n thou_o have_v overcome_v i_o o_o thou_o galilean_a other_o their_o fear_n have_v such_o a_o influence_n upon_o that_o like_o those_o rebellious_a israelite_n jer._n 42._o they_o will_v present_o resolve_v to_o remove_v from_o that_o place_n which_o god_n make_v the_o theatre_n of_o his_o judgement_n thus_o in_o time_n of_o plague_n or_o other_o contagious_a disease_n or_o war_n they_o will_v remove_v from_o their_o habitation_n yea_o though_o upon_o a_o rational_a view_n of_o thing_n a_o prudent_a man_n will_v see_v no_o great_a cause_n for_o it_o fear_v upon_o other_o have_v such_o a_o effect_n as_o nabal_n fear_v have_v upon_o he_o to_o kill_v he_o his_o heart_n upon_o it_o say_v the_o text_n grow_v dead_a as_o a_o stone_n other_o it_o may_v be_v their_o fear_n have_v a_o influence_n upon_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o some_o hypocritical_a humiliation_n so_o ahab_n fear_v make_v he_o walk_v soft_o and_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n but_o the_o fear_n of_o judgement_n never_o have_v such_o a_o operation_n upon_o a_o mere_a carnal_a man_n as_o 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king_n 21._o 19_o 20_o 21._o to_o tell_v he_o in_o short_a that_o god_n will_v ruin_v he_o and_o his_o family_n and_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o he_o v._o 27._o ahab_n hear_v those_o word_n he_o rend_v his_o clothes_n put_v sackcloth_n upon_o his_o flesh_n fa_v lie_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o go_v soft_o here_o be_v the_o best_a of_o a_o carnal_a man_n if_o his_o dread_n of_o god_n in_o his_o judgement_n work_v thus_o far_o and_o to_o a_o temporary_a abstain_v from_o some_o gross_a sin_n it_o be_v all_o you_o read_v not_o a_o word_n of_o ahab_n tend_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n not_o a_o word_n of_o any_o cordial_a humiliation_n or_o resolve_v reformation_n 2_o king_n 22._o 11._o josiah_n find_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o hear_v there_o of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n he_o rend_v his_o clothes_n so_o do_v ahab_n but_o he_o rest_v not_o here_o v._o 13._o he_o tend_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o and_o for_o the_o people_n and_o for_o all_o judah_n etc._n etc._n be_v this_o all_o no_o chap._n 23._o he_o set_v upon_o a_o real_a and_o effectual_a reformation_n with_o all_o his_o might_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o the_o dread_a and_o awe_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o child_n of_o god_n do_v not_o drive_v he_o from_o god_n but_o unto_o he_o it_o do_v not_o stupefy_v but_o quicken_v he_o it_o do_v not_o put_v he_o upon_o a_o formal_a temporary_a particular_a reformation_n but_o upon_o a_o fix_a real_a general_a reformation_n pharaoh_n fear_v flartle_v he_o and_o put_v he_o upon_o send_v to_o moses_n to_o pray_v for_o he_o and_o put_v he_o upon_o some_o good_a thought_n and_o resolution_n at_o present_a but_o yet_o pharaoh_n notwithstanding_o this_o be_v one_o who_o fear_v not_o the_o lord_n but_o thus_o much_o may_v serve_v to_o have_v speak_v to_o this_o branch_n of_o application_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o last_o branch_n i_o will_v shut_v up_o this_o discourse_n with_o a_o few_o word_n of_o exhortation_n i_o will_v reduce_v all_o 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