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know_v no_o difference_n but_o mow_v down_o both_o alike_o psal._n 102._o 11._o &_o 103._o 15_o 16._o job_n 14._o 2._o 1_o pet_n 1._o 24._o jaâ—es_n 1._o 10._o 11._o it_o pass_v upon_o all_o man_n rom._n 5._o 12._o he_o do_v not_o say_v death_n may_v pass_v or_o shall_v pass_v but_o it_o have_v pass_v over_o all_o man_n for_o though_o it_o have_v not_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la as_o yet_o slay_v all_o yet_o death_n be_v as_o certain_a as_o if_o it_o be_v already_o execute_v upon_o all_o 2._o all_o be_v sinner_n even_o great_a man_n as_o well_o as_o poor_a and_o therefore_o all_o must_v die_v for_o sin_n bring_v death_n into_o the_o world_n rom._n 5._o 12._o &_o 6._o 22_o 23._o 3._o we_o be_v all_o make_v of_o fade_a material_n 〈◊〉_d great_a man_n dwell_v in_o house_n of_o clay_n and_o their_o foundation_n be_v dust_n as_o well_o as_o other_o job_n 4._o 19_o gen._n 3._o 19_o &_o 18._o 27._o we_o be_v dust_n original_o and_o final_o even_o king_n that_o be_v god_n on_o earth_n be_v but_o 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their_o time_n yet_o be_v all_o conquer_a by_o the_o king_n of_o terror_n man_n of_o power_n have_v no_o power_n over_o death_n eccles._n 8._o 8._o the_o captain_n the_o mighty_a man_n and_o the_o man_n of_o war_n be_v all_o in_o the_o grave_n isa._n 3._o 2_o 3._o 3._o part_n policy_n learning_n wisdom_n can_v preserve_v any_o from_o the_o grave_n solomâ—n_v the_o wise_a of_o man_n be_v dead_a and_o daily_a experience_n show_v that_o wise_a man_n die_v as_o well_o as_o fool_n psal_n 49._o 10._o eccles._n 2._o 16._o the_o judge_n the_o prudent_a the_o prophet_n the_o consellor_n and_o the_o eloquent_a orator_n be_v all_o sweep_v away_o by_o death_n isa._n 3._o 2_o 3._o death_n be_v nomen_fw-la indeclinabile_fw-la the_o great_a clerk_n have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o decline_v it_o 4._o no_o dignity_n nor_o honour_n can_v stave_v off_o death_n herod_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o pomp_n be_v smite_v dead_a and_o devour_v by_o vermin_n let_v a_o man_n be_v never_o so_o high_a in_o honour_n yet_o he_o must_v die_v and_o perish_v 37._o psal._n 49._o ult_n job_n 21._o 28._o 32._o such_o as_o be_v the_o staff_n and_o stay_n of_o a_o state_n even_o the_o ancient_n and_o the_o honourable_a yet_o be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n isa._n 3._o 2_o 3._o 5._o friend_n can_v save_v or_o shelter_v you_o from_o this_o arrest_n be_v they_o never_o so_o great_a or_o good_a in_o they_o be_v no_o help_n they_o can_v help_v themselves_o much_o less_o other_o psal._n 146._o 3._o 6._o not_o piety_n if_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n can_v save_v a_o man_n from_o the_o grave_n it_o be_v this_o and_o yet_o we_o see_v moses_n a_o pious_a meek_a learned_a self-denying_a servant_n of_o god_n die_v deut._n 34._o 5._o moses_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n die_v david_n a_o wise_a man_n and_o excellent_a musician_n a_o valiant_a soldier_n a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n and_o one_o that_o fulfil_v all_o his_o will_n and_o yet_o after_o he_o have_v serve_v the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o 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12_o 13._o 2._o trust_v not_o in_o they_o though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o great_a yet_o they_o must_v die_v and_o then_o all_o thy_o project_n perish_v if_o a_o man_n may_v trust_v in_o any_o man_n it_o be_v in_o prince_n for_o they_o can_v do_v more_o for_o we_o then_o ordinary_a man_n and_o yet_o we_o be_v express_o forbid_v trust_v in_o they_o psal._n 146._o 3_o 4._o trust_v not_o in_o prince_n nor_o in_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o help_n his_o breath_n go_v forth_o he_o return_v to_o his_o earth_n in_o that_o very_a day_n his_o thought_n perish_v where_o you_o may_v see_v
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the_o devil_n without_o the_o shield_n of_o faith_n or_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n he_o need_v not_o the_o agency_n either_o of_o magistrate_n in_o civil_a thing_n nor_o minister_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n but_o he_o have_v ordain_v both_o it_o be_v his_o pleasure_n that_o both_o shall_v in_o subordination_n to_o he_o be_v use_v and_o therefore_o neither_o can_v without_o sin_v against_o he_o be_v neglect_v objection_n 5._o say_v they_o we_o may_v not_o avenge_v ourselves_o we_o must_v not_o render_v evil_a for_o evil_n but_o overcome_v evil_a with_o good_a rom._n 13._o answer_n though_o a_o christian_a must_v rather_o suffer_v than_o offer_v injury_n yet_o he_o may_v nay_o must_v mind_v his_o own_o safety_n he_o may_v not_o unjust_o offend_v his_o brother_n but_o he_o may_v just_o defend_v himself_o all_o private_a revenge_n be_v forbid_v 13._o but_o the_o magistrate_n be_v god_n minister_n therefore_o as_o vengeance_n belong_v unto_o god_n so_o the_o magistrate_n may_v in_o 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which_o hate_v enclosure_n and_o bank_n and_o will_v have_v all_o common_a and_o level_a that_o he_o may_v run_v to_o excess_n of_o riot_n without_o any_o rub_n or_o hindrance_n and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o like_a water_n stop_v at_o a_o bridge_n he_o roar_v and_o make_v such_o a_o noise_n as_o the_o mad_a dog_n be_v enrage_v because_o of_o the_o chain_n that_o tie_v he_o and_o the_o unruly_a horse_n foam_v and_o fret_v because_o of_o the_o bridle_n that_o curb_v he_o so_o these_o man_n mad_a upon_o lust_n can_v endure_v to_o be_v chain_v by_o law_n these_o furious_a horse_n will_v have_v the_o reins_o on_o their_o own_o neck_n second_o those_o that_o in_o their_o practice_n contemn_v magistracy_n sin_n against_o this_o ttruth_n discover_v in_o the_o text_n for_o they_o despise_v a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n rom._n 13._o 2._o some_o sin_n in_o their_o word_n by_o uncivil_a disrespectful_a language_n the_o corruption_n of_o their_o heart_n break_v out_o of_o their_o lip_n these_o 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i_o consider_v not_o i_o heed_v not_o in_o my_o haste_n in_o heat_n i_o take_v not_o sufficient_a notice_n but_o term_v he_o white_v wall_n which_o word_n i_o acknowledge_v might_n well_o have_v be_v spare_v parall_a the_o opinion_n of_o junius_n be_v that_o paul_n do_v not_o know_v he_o to_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n and_o therefore_o plead_v his_o ignorance_n as_o at_o least_o a_o extenuation_n of_o his_o offence_n infamiam_fw-la but_o whatever_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n be_v this_o be_v clear_a that_o such_o as_o revile_v prince_n disobey_v god_n precept_n thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o speak_v evil_a of_o the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n that_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o speak_v evil_a of_o they_o by_o reproach_n or_o calumny_n nor_o wish_v any_o evil_n to_o they_o by_o imprecation_n or_o curse_n nay_o the_o holy_a ghost_n speak_v the_o person_n guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n to_o be_v impudent_a audacious_a sinner_n 2_o pet._n 2._o 10._o they_o be_v not_o 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