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four_o we_o have_v a_o express_a charge_n on_o the_o contrary_a to_o bless_v and_o pray_v for_o our_o very_a enemy_n mat._n 5.44_o and_o to_o curse_v and_o blaspheme_v no_o man_n rom._n 12.14_o tit._n 3.2_o again_o many_o man_n great_o fear_v the_o curse_n of_o the_o impious_a &_o stand_v in_o great_a doubt_n how_o to_o answer_v they_o learn_v of_o david_n what_o to_o do_v in_o this_o case_n first_o give_v the_o wicked_a none_o occasion_n to_o curse_v thou_o or_o to_o blaspheme_v god_n for_o thy_o sin_n second_o answer_v he_o not_o but_o pass_v by_o he_o in_o silence_n three_o be_v well_o assure_v that_o god_n have_v let_v satan_n loose_v &_o by_o he_o stir_v up_o shemei_n to_o curse_v thou_o for_o thy_o further_a humiliation_n four_o and_o last_o be_v well_o assure_v in_o thy_o heart_n that_o as_o the_o sparrow_n by_o flee_v and_o the_o swallow_n by_o flee_a escape_n so_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v causeless_o shall_v not_o come_v prou._n 26.2_o quest_n 94._o the_o lord_n speak_v 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to_o no_o effect_n in_o trust_n whereof_o they_o all_o die_v their_o martyr_n which_o be_v many_o as_o david_n say_v psal_n 49._o which_o for_o his_o sake_n be_v kill_v all_o the_o day_n long_o have_v but_o a_o cold_a pull_n and_o dough_n take_v to_o shed_v their_o life_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n if_o immediate_o after_o their_o death_n and_o effusion_n of_o their_o dear_a blood_n they_o be_v not_o assure_v of_o their_o rest_n in_o heaven_n beside_o christ_n be_v yesterday_o and_o to_o day_n and_o the_o same_o for_o ever_o and_o this_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o redemption_n therefore_o either_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o under_o the_o law_n that_o he_o be_v now_o or_o else_o the_o father_n which_o die_v before_o his_o death_n like_o simeon_n go_v all_o immediate_o without_o any_o delay_n to_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n quest_n 63._o but_o what_o say_v you_o to_o they_o which_o take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o first_o paradise_n in_o the_o garden_n 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