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the_o lord_n and_o from_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o power_n 2_o thes._n 1._o 7_o 8_o 9_o what_o a_o misery_n be_v it_o that_o thou_o have_v live_v to_o see_v so_o many_o gospel-year_n with_o rain_n and_o sunshine_n have_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o god_n husbandman_n and_o of_o their_o seed_n and_o shall_v have_v come_v into_o the_o barn_n as_o a_o shock_n of_o corn_n in_o his_o season_n yet_o now_o at_o last_o thou_o prove_v no_o better_a than_o a_o bundle_n of_o tare_n ah_o what_o a_o curse_n be_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o long-lived_a be_v it_o not_o a_o sad_a spectacle_n to_o see_v governor_n of_o family_n in_o gray-hair_n and_o without_o the_o leave_n of_o outward_a religious_a duty_n in_o their_o house_n matt._n 21._o 19_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o such_o that_o they_o have_v unhappy_o improve_v the_o stock_n of_o sin_n as_o long_o and_o as_o far_o as_o they_o can_v and_o that_o a_o long-lived_a eternity_n of_o punishment_n be_v their_o desert_n matt._n 25._o 41._o 4._o the_o sweetness_n of_o friend_n shall_v be_v take_v friend_n 4._o their_o friend_n from_o the_o wicked_a god_n withdraw_v from_o they_o spiritual_a and_o they_o have_v no_o better_o then_o carnal_a friend_n who_o be_v willing_a to_o please_v they_o in_o their_o sin_n although_o this_o be_v account_v in_o scripture_n to_o be_v hatred_n to_o their_o friend_n and_o neighbour_n leu._n 19_o 17._o thou_o shall_v not_o hate_v thy_o brother_n in_o thy_o heart_n thou_o shall_v in_o any_o wise_a rebuke_n thy_o neighbour_n and_o not_o suffer_v sin_n upon_o he_o o_o what_o a_o curse_n be_v it_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o such_o friend_n as_o be_v hurtful_a to_o our_o soul_n to_o wit_n of_o loose_a jovial_a vain_a person_n o_o what_o a_o curse_n be_v it_o to_o have_v no_o better_a friend_n than_o such_o as_o be_v friend_n to_o our_o sin_n and_o enemy_n to_o our_o soul_n admit_v that_o a_o worlding_n or_o a_o loose_a liver_n may_v carry_v friendly_a from_o a_o principle_n of_o common_a honesty_n 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pious_a family_n of_o child_n when_o their_o parent_n dye_v if_o seneca_n esteem_v at_o a_o high_a rate_n civil_a or_o moral_a friendship_n it_o teach_v we_o to_o esteem_v at_o a_o high_a rate_n christian_n friendship_n 78._o friendship_n non_fw-la judicabam_fw-la i_o cum_fw-la illos_fw-la superstites_fw-la relinquerem_fw-la mori_fw-la putabam_fw-la inquam_fw-la i_n victurum_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la illos_fw-la etc._n etc._n ep._n 78._o i_o say_v seneca_n esteem_v my_o friend_n so_o much_o myself_o that_o i_o think_v myself_o never_o dead_a while_o they_o live_v that_o although_o i_o live_v not_o on_o earth_n with_o they_o yet_o be_v dead_a i_o live_v by_o they_o so_o that_o i_o seem_v rather_o to_o deposit_n my_o life_n as_o well_o as_o my_o care_n with_o they_o then_o to_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o unlike_o one_o of_o our_o late_a english_a senator_n expression_n viz._n essay_n viz._n l._n bacon_n essay_n a_o friend_n be_v far_o more_o than_o a_o 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say_v of_o loiterer_n traveller_n tatler_n go_v from_o house_n to_o house_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v of_o debauch_a prodigal_n harlot_n hector_n at_o drunken_a and_o filthy_a meeting_n how_o few_o family_n in_o city_n town_n or_o village_n do_v make_v any_o better_a account_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n than_o almanac_n holy_a day_n how_o few_o christian_n keep_v holy_a the_o lord_n day_n after_o service_n in_o the_o public_a assembly_n it_o be_v just_o with_o god_n to_o translate_v the_o gospel_n to_o another_o people_n and_o to_o put_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n into_o our_o mother_n hand_n for_o the_o too_o common_a disgust_n of_o the_o power_n of_o christianity_n and_o practice_n of_o piety_n it_o be_v just_o with_o god_n to_o deliver_v his_o strength_n into_o captivity_n and_o his_o glory_n into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n psal._n 78._o 61._o refer_v to_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n his_o son_n in_o the_o priesthood_n 1_o sam._n 2_o chap._n and_o to_o the_o punishment_n in_o the_o 4_o chap._n not_o only_o of_o the_o priest_n but_o people_n also_o and_o we_o of_o this_o our_o church_n both_o minister_n and_o people_n for_o our_o sin_n of_o other_o kind_n have_v cause_n to_o fear_v lest_o god_n deprive_v we_o of_o our_o strength_n and_o glory_n i._n e._n his_o gracious_a and_o influxive_a presence_n 6._o consider_v that_o this_o profaneness_n of_o family_n be_v the_o great_a reproach_n upon_o family_n 6._o aggravation_n of_o family-sin_n they_o bring_v the_o great_a reproach_n upon_o such_o family_n they_o as_o sin_n leave_v behind_o it_o the_o forest_n wound_n upon_o conscience_n so_o it_o mark_v the_o person_n with_o the_o vile_a brand._n what_o can_v expiate_v that_o gild_n which_o stain_v the_o heaven_n curse_v the_o earth_n have_v cast_v down_o angel_n from_o their_o glory_n and_o make_v man_n as_o vile_a as_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v who_o can_v blot_v out_o that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o heaven_n in_o god_n book_n on_o earth_n in_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n and_o unhappy_o copy_v out_o to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o succeed_a posterity_n who_o can_v purge_v that_o away_o which_o misericordià _fw-la peccati_fw-la inacula_fw-la durat_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordià _fw-la defile_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n it_o be_v not_o devour_v time_n nor_o flight_n nor_o banishment_n nor_o change_v of_o climate_n nor_o strange_a inhabitant_n no_o nor_o death_n itself_o of_o the_o infamous_a sinner_n that_o can_v free_v his_o conscience_n from_o the_o gild_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o wipe_v off_o the_o reproach_n and_o everlasting_a shame_n thereunto_o belong_v dan._n 12._o 2._o and_o those_o that_o sleep_n in_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v awake_v some_o to_o everlasting_a life_n and_o some_o to_o shame_n and_o everlasting_a contempt_n the_o seed_n of_o evil_a doer_n shall_v never_o be_v renown_v isa._n 14._o 20._o the_o memory_n of_o the_o just_a be_v bless_v but_o the_o name_n of_o the_o wicked_a shall_v rot_v prov._n 10._o 7._o thou_o have_v consult_v shame_n to_o thy_o house_n by_o cut_v off_o many_o people_n and_o have_v sin_v against_o thy_o soul_n hab._n 2._o 10._o be_v not_o ahab_n and_o jezebel_n sin_n upon_o the_o file_n of_o reproach_n there_o be_v none_o like_o ahab_n who_o sell_v himself_o to_o work_v wickedness_n who_o jezebel_n his_o wife_n that_o curse_a woman_n stir_v up_o add_v hereunto_o jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n simon_n the_o sorcerer_n elymas_n the_o sorcerer_n judas_n the_o traitor_n these_o person_n to_o this_o day_n have_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o brand_n of_o infamy_n man_n never_o come_v to_o loose_v his_o honour_n the_o way_n to_o true_a honour_n honour_n but_o by_o sin_n than_o he_o mar_v his_o creation