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tell_v we_o what_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o child_n shall_v fail_v but_o shall_v he_o himself_o escape_v shall_v not_o he_o smart_v for_o it_o say_v not_o the_o scripture_n whatsoever_o a_o man_n sow_n that_o shall_v he_o reap_v the_o sower_n shall_v be_v the_o reaper_n this_o be_v not_o speak_v to_o free_v the_o flatterer_n from_o punishment_n but_o to_o show_v that_o more_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v punish_v for_o his_o flattery_n as_o he_o himself_o shall_v not_o escape_v so_o he_o may_v bring_v other_o also_o into_o danger_n with_o he_o as_o sin_n spread_v itself_o in_o the_o pollution_n of_o it_o so_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o it_o when_o but_o one_o sin_n many_o may_v be_v defile_v and_o when_o but_o one_o act_n a_o sin_n many_o may_v be_v endanger_v a_o man_n know_v not_o upon_o how_o many_o he_o may_v bring_v evil_a when_o he_o do_v ill_o himself_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o child_n shall_v fail_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o fail_n of_o the_o eye_n be_v show_v ch._n 11.20_o where_o zophar_n say_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o wicked_a shall_v fail_v and_o their_o hope_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o give_v up_o of_o the_o ghost_n in_o general_a it_o be_v this_o they_o shall_v be_v disappoint_v of_o their_o hope_n or_o they_o shall_v expect_v so_o long_o and_o nothing_o come_v that_o their_o eye_n shall_v fail_v with_o expectation_n the_o eye_n of_o his_o child_n shall_v fail_v some_o by_o child_n understand_v not_o his_o natural_a child_n or_o the_o child_n of_o his_o body_n but_o his_o child_n in_o a_o figure_n aquin._n morum_fw-la atque_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la imitatores_fw-la aquin._n such_o as_o imitate_v and_o follow_v he_o who_o take_v his_o course_n and_o tread_v in_o his_o path_n for_o as_o they_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v like_o he_o and_o do_v his_o work_n and_o as_o we_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o god_n not_o only_o in_o reference_n to_o our_o new_a birth_n and_o spiritual_a generation_n but_o also_o in_o reference_n to_o our_o new_a obedience_n and_o holy_a action_n mat._n 5.44_o 45._o so_o they_o may_v be_v call_v a_o man_n child_n who_o resemble_v he_o in_o his_o manner_n as_o well_o as_o they_o who_o issue_v from_o his_o loin_n hence_o note_v first_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n do_v not_o always_o rest_n or_o determine_v in_o he_o that_o commit_v the_o sin_n the_o bitter_a fruit_n of_o sin_n be_v often_o transmit_v and_o hand_v over_o to_o those_o who_o have_v no_o present_a hand_n in_o they_o when_o they_o be_v commit_v the_o whole_a family_n and_o posterity_n of_o sinner_n may_v smart_v many_o a_o day_n after_o and_o inherit_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o progenitor_n as_o well_o as_o their_o land_n when_o the_o father_n purchase_v or_o provide_v a_o inheritance_n for_o his_o child_n by_o flattery_n or_o any_o other_o indirect_a way_n the_o eye_n of_o his_o child_n may_v fail_v for_o it_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o this_o point_n before_o cha._n 15.33_o 34._o and_o elsewhere_o therefore_o i_o only_o touch_v and_o pass_v from_o it_o second_o consider_v the_o particular_a sin_n against_o which_o this_o judgement_n be_v pronounce_v it_o be_v the_o speak_n of_o flattery_n hence_o observe_v the_o sin_n of_o flattery_n be_v a_o very_a provoke_a sin_n that_o sin_n which_o shall_v be_v punish_v in_o posterity_n be_v no_o ordinary_a sin_n those_o good_a action_n which_o the_o lord_n promise_v to_o reward_v in_o posterity_n or_o in_o after_o time_n have_v a_o special_a excellency_n in_o they_o it_o show_v that_o the_o deed_n of_o jehu_n in_o destroy_v ahabs_n house_n and_o root_a out_o his_o idolatry_n though_o jehu_n himself_o be_v a_o very_a bad_a man_n and_o do_v it_o with_o a_o bad_a heart_n yet_o i_o