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hell_n be_v they_o at_o agreement_n so_o that_o no_o harm_n can_v come_v nigh_o they_o esay_n 28.14_o 15._o they_o scorn_v the_o message_n of_o god_n and_o his_o messenger_n and_o make_v lie_v their_o refuge_n the_o power_n and_o purity_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o object_n of_o their_o derision_n the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n the_o trouble_n of_o the_o church_n be_v a_o non-concernment_n to_o they_o as_o to_o haman_n of_o old_a esther_n 3.15_o but_o all_o this_o while_n they_o consider_v not_o what_o be_v come_v viz._n that_o they_o be_v go_v to_o the_o grave_a and_o how_o soon_o they_o know_v not_o in_o a_o moment_n the_o word_n sheol_n signify_v also_o hell_n and_o misery_n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o annot._n that_o interim_n they_o stand_v in_o slippery_a place_n as_o man_n upon_o ice_n and_o some_o cast_v down_o into_o destruction_n &c_n &c_n psalm_n 37.17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o that_o a_o overflow_a scourge_n shall_v disannul_v their_o league_n with_o death_n and_o hell_n and_o 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into_o utter_a perdition_n and_o destruction_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a end_n of_o a_o unaccountable_a useless_a and_o fruitless_a life_n 3._o timist_n or_o temporizer_n or_o if_o you_o will_v men-pleasers_a and_o time-servers_a of_o all_o age_n who_o if_o they_o can_v please_v man_n and_o suit_n with_o the_o time_n in_o which_o they_o live_v they_o think_v themselves_o well_o and_o safe_a enough_o whether_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v or_o not_o and_o many_o such_o have_v be_v and_o be_v in_o every_o age_n and_o upon_o every_o change_n of_o religion_n especial_o if_o religion_n be_v up_o and_o in_o credit_n all_o will_v honour_v it_o but_o if_o it_o be_v discountenance_v every_o one_o will_v trample_v upon_o it_o see_v all_o the_o holy_a history_n and_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n for_o this_o if_o jeroboam_n will_v set_v up_o calf_n idolatry_n he_o shall_v have_v flatter_a fool_n enough_o who_o to_o please_v he_o will_v promote_v his_o design_n and_o run_v with_o the_o stream_n of_o 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