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he_o but_o also_o be_v a_o part_n of_o he_o 5_o sin_n commit_v by_o a_o particular_a man_n that_o be_v a_o member_n of_o a_o politic_a body_n 15._o do_v after_o a_o sort_n belong_v to_o the_o whole_a body_n thus_o achan_n sin_n josh._n though_o not_o know_v to_o the_o people_n yet_o make_v they_o all_o guilty_a till_o he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n josh._n 7._o 11._o 6_o yet_o these_o temporal_a judgement_n may_v be_v mingle_v with_o spiritual_a mercy_n as_o we_o see_v in_o jerobâ—ams_n child_n who_o be_v take_v away_o in_o mercy_n because_o there_o be_v some_o goodness_n find_v in_o he_o luther_n i_o king_n 14._o 12_o 13._o especial_o the_o infant_n of_o god_n people_n that_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n there_o be_v great_a ground_n of_o hope_n that_o they_o have_v change_v their_o temporal_a life_n for_o a_o eternal_a and_o be_v free_v from_o many_o sin_n sorrow_n and_o tentation_n which_o man_n that_o live_v to_o ripe_a year_n be_v expose_v to_o yea_o if_o they_o 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2_o it_o be_v not_o cruelty_n in_o god_n for_o child_n be_v child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o their_o parent_n as_o all_o have_v sin_v so_o he_o may_v punish_v all_o without_o injustice_n beside_o he_o permit_v and_o order_v the_o cruelty_n of_o wicked_a adversary_n to_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o his_o people_n good_a as_o for_o that_o deut._n 24._o 16._o it_o speak_v of_o god_n restrain_v of_o magistrate_n who_o may_v not_o punish_v the_o child_n for_o the_o father_n offence_n true_a it_o be_v god_n find_v cause_n enough_o in_o child_n themselves_o to_o punish_v they_o but_o when_o they_o imitate_v their_o wicked_a parent_n this_o hasten_v and_o
17._o 8_o 13_o 14_o 15._o but_o reject_v the_o counsel_n of_o his_o prophet_n till_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n break_v forth_o and_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n as_o you_o may_v see_v 2_o king_n 17_o 7_o to_o 24_o where_o you_o have_v ephraim_n sin_n and_o ephraim_n punishment_n full_o set_v forth_o now_o what_o can_v the_o lord_n do_v less_o than_o root_n up_o such_o a_o people_n so_o obstinate_a under_o reproof_n so_o unthankful_a for_o mercy_n so_o incorrigible_a under_o judgement_n so_o uncapable_a of_o repentance_n so_o impatient_a of_o remedy_n so_o impenitent_a under_o all_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n which_o god_n have_v afford_v they_o let_v we_o now_o reflect_v upon_o ourselves_o and_o see_v whether_o ephraim_n sin_n be_v not_o england_n sin_n if_o so_o parity_n of_o sin_n will_v bring_v parity_n of_o judgement_n if_o our_o sin_n run_v parallel_n with_o those_o of_o ephraim_n we_o may_v just_o expect_v ephraim_n downfall_n it_o be_v say_v of_o lot_n that_o his_o 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the_o principal_a part_n of_o it_o a_o part_n praestantiori_fw-la fit_a denominatio_fw-la this_o kingdom_n continue_v in_o rehoboam_n and_o his_o successor_n the_o posterity_n of_o david_n three_o hundred_o seventy_o two_o year_n even_o till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n which_o be_v about_o six_o hundred_o year_n before_o christ._n in_o which_o space_n nineteen_o king_n of_o the_o same_o stock_n succeed_v each_o other_o tract_n all_o their_o act_n and_o way_n be_v succinct_o but_o full_o publish_v by_o a_o very_a good_a hand_n i_o shall_v therefore_o give_v you_o only_o their_o name_n and_o the_o text_n with_o star_n on_o the_o good_a king_n and_o dagger_n on_o the_o hypocrite_n the_o rest_n be_v wicked_a samuel_n be_v the_o last_o judge_n of_o israel_n and_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n note_v that_o saul_n david_n solomon_n reign_v before_o the_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v between_o judah_n and_o israel_n 1_o saul_n he_o reign_v ten_o year_n 1_o sam._n 13._o 1._o etc._n etc._n and_o slay_v himself_o 1_o sam._n 31._o 4._o 2_o *_o david_n reign_v forty_o year_n 2_o sam_n 2._o 4._o etc._n etc._n 3_o *_o solomon_n reign_v forty_o year_n i_o king_n 11._o 42._o 4_o *_o rehoboam_n reign_v seventeen_o year_n i_o king_n 14._o 21._o 5_o *_o abijah_n reign_v two_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 6_o *_o asa_n reign_v one_o and_o forty_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 9_o 10._o 7_o *_o jeâ—osaphat_n reign_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n 1_o king_n 22._o 42._o 8_o jehoram_n reign_v eight_o year_n 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o q._n athâ—liâ—h_o ahab'_v daughter_n and_o jehorams_fw-mi widow_n usurp_v the_o kingdom_n for_o six_o year_n 2_o king_n 11._o 1_o 3._o 9_o †_o joash_n reign_v forty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 11._o 4_o etc._n etc._n 10_o †_o amaziah_n reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 14._o 2._o 11_o uzziah_n alias_o azâ—riah_n be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 15._o 1_o 2_o 13._o 2_o chron._n 26._o 3._o he_o reign_v two_o and_o fifty_o year_n 12_o *_o jotham_n reign_v sixteen_o year_n 2_o king_n 15._o 33._o 2_o chron._n 27._o 13_o ahaz_n reign_v sixteen_o year_n 2_o king_n 16._o 2._o 14_o *_o hezekiah_n reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n 2_o king_n 18._o 2._o 15_o *_o manasseh_n reign_v five_o and_o fifty_o year_n 2_o king_n 21._o 1._o 16_o amon_n reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 21._o 19_o 17_o *_o josiah_n reign_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o in_o slay_v 2_o king_n 22._o 1._o 18_o jehoahaz_n reign_v three_o month_n 2_o king_n 23._o 31._o 19_o jehojakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n 2_o king_n 24._o 1._o 20_o jehojachin_n three_o month_n 2_o king_n 24._o 8._o 21_o zedekiah_n reign_v eleven_o year_n 2_o king_n 25._o 1._o the_o other_o ten_o tribe_n over_o which_o jeroboam_fw-la reign_v be_v call_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n which_o continue_v about_o two_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n till_o they_o be_v carry_v into_o captivity_n by_o the_o assyrian_a about_o the_o six_o year_n of_o 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nineteen_o king_n of_o the_o same_o stock_n orderly_o succeed_v each_o other_o so_o good_a it_o be_v walk_v in_o god_n way_n and_o to_o take_v in_o his_o minister_n with_o we_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 1_o jeroboam_fw-la reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n 2_o nadab_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o he_o reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 3_o baasha_n of_o another_o stock_n succeed_v he_o and_o reign_v four_o and_o twenty_o year_n 4_o elah_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o and_o he_o reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o zimri_n 5_o zimri_n of_o another_o stock_n reign_v seven_o day_n and_o burn_v himself_o 6_o tibni_n of_o another_o stock_n reign_v about_o four_o year_n and_o die_v as_o it_o be_v conceive_v a_o violent_a death_n 7_o omri_n of_o
21_o 22_o forefather_n not_o to_o be_v follow_v in_o sin_n p._n 146_o fortification_n can_v shelter_v a_o sinful_a people_n p._n 71_o g_o god_n decree_v unchangeable_a p_o 40_o god_n be_v patient_a p._n 4_o 5_o godly_a may_v lie_v in_o deep_a distress_n p._n 33_o yet_o god_n will_v deliver_v they_o p._n 34_o god_n goodness_n be_v free_a p._n 46_o 134_o good_a man_n be_v good_a in_o bad_a time_n p._n 70_o goodness_n if_o but_o a_o little_a god_n own_v it_o p._n 135._o 147_o h._n hardness_n of_o heart_n a_o great_a sin_n p._n 133_o hypocrite_n may_v go_v far_o p._n 16_o 17_o hypocrisy_n a_o great_a sin_n p._n 97_o 98_o i._n idol_n be_v vanity_n p._n 126_o idolatry_n bring_v judgement_n p._n 87._o 88_o 133._o 139._o 158._o 160_o ingratitude_n bring_v judgement_n p._n 101._o 102_o innocent_n how_o child_n be_v such_o p._n 80._o 81_o how_o they_o be_v punish_v for_o their_o father_n sin_n p._n 82._o 83_o god_n hand_n on_o they_o shall_v humble_v we_o p._n 85_o infant_n be_v sinner_n p._n 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philip._n 1._o 21._o p._n 38_o 2_o thess._n 3._o 8._o p._n 89_o heb._n 2._o 14._o p._n 36_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la see_v mr._n willes_n his_o most_o seasonable_a and_o solid_a piece_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 1._o new_o print_v dr._n sibbs_n dr._n reynolds_n inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la prophetas_fw-la hoseas_n maxim_n velut_fw-la summaria_fw-la concionum_fw-la suarum_fw-la ponit_fw-la mercer_n deus_fw-la comparatur_fw-la lâ—oni_n saevo_fw-la quo_fw-la nulla_fw-la bestia_fw-la truculentior_fw-la 2._o pardo_n in_o via_fw-la observanti_fw-la quo_fw-la nulla_fw-la subtilior_fw-la 3._o urso_n â—atulis_fw-la orbato_fw-la quo_fw-la nulla_fw-la saevior_fw-la 4._o cuivis_fw-la immani_fw-la bâ—stiae_fw-la siqua_fw-la alia_fw-la prioâ—_fw-la ribus_fw-la immanior_fw-la sub_fw-la genere_fw-la continetur_fw-la tarnovius_n in_o locum_fw-la hosea_n est_fw-la commaticus_fw-la et_fw-la quasâ—_n per_fw-la sententias_fw-la â—â—quens_fw-la hieron_n gnavon_n pravitas_fw-la praevaricatio_fw-la malitia_fw-la a_o gnaval_a â—ucvus_fw-la obliquus_fw-la fuit_fw-la signari_fw-la in_o sacculo_fw-la prodiâ—igenâ—â—_n custodia_fw-la proverb_n tsarur_n tigatâ—_n est_fw-la a_o tsarar_n sigaviâ—_n custodivit_fw-la constrinxit_fw-la quaâ—i_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la gen._n 42._o 35._o 1_o sam._n 25._o 29._o prov._n 13._o 22._o &_o 30._o 4._o tsephunal_n abscondita_fw-la est_fw-la a_o tsaphan_n recondidit_fw-la custodivit_fw-la so_o job_n 10._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 17._o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 27._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 16._o 17._o etsi_fw-la deus_fw-la paeâ—am_fw-la differt_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la aufert_fw-la sed_fw-la singula_fw-la peccata_fw-la notat_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la colligat_fw-la in_o fasciculo_fw-la recondit_fw-la in_o sacculo_fw-la idcoque_fw-la securitas_fw-la est_fw-la vitanda_fw-la &_o paenitentia_fw-la agenda_fw-la tarnovius_n sero_fw-la licet_fw-la veniat_fw-la â—â—rte_fw-la venire_fw-la solet_fw-la so_o long_o we_o have_v enjoy_v the_o gospel_n complete_o without_o interruption_n q_o elizabeth_n begin_v her_o reign_n 1558._o facit_fw-la securos_fw-la quos_fw-la cupit_fw-la â—sse_fw-la captivos_fw-la aug._n see_v mr._n brooks_n his_o remedye_n against_o satan_n device_n p._n 8_o 9â—_n 52._o and_o dr._n hortoâ—_n his_o fast_a serm._n on_o nu._n 32._o 23._o preach_v 1646._o soâ—cmus_n ut_fw-la sanâ—mur_fw-la aperiamus_fw-la ut_fw-la operiantur_fw-la aug._n nemo_fw-la sit_fw-la deterior_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la melior_fw-la toties_fw-la delinquendo_fw-la quoâ—ies_fw-la ignoscitur_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la indignius_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la divina_fw-la misericordia_fw-la desumere_fw-la argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la divinam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la pâ—ovocandam_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la deus_fw-la libenter_fw-la excipit_fw-la paenitentes_fw-la data_fw-la obera_fw-fr velle_fw-la fieri_fw-la peccatores_fw-la tertul_n de_fw-fr paenit_fw-la c._n 7._o how_o we_o shall_v improve_v the_o patience_n of_o god_n see_v d._n thomas_n geodwin_n aggravation_n of_o sin_n against_o mercy_n on_o rom._n 2._o 4._o 5._o and_o mr._n church_n his_o miscelan_n p._n 122._o 122._o humanis_fw-la rebus_fw-la ignoscere_fw-la aequum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o boni_fw-la viri_fw-la est_fw-la accepta_fw-la injuria_fw-la patient_fw-la far_o non_fw-la ad_fw-la ulciscendum_fw-la se_fw-la parare_fw-la aristor_n rhetor._n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o see_v motive_n to_o patience_n young_n victory_n of_o patience_n ch_z 17._o and_o a_o lapide_fw-la in_o num._n 12._o 3._o &_o add_v rom._n 12._o 9_o davenant_n in_o col._n 3._o 12._o p._n 313._o and_o my_o commentary_n on_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 10._o p._n 198._o cheblei_fw-la joledah_n dolores_fw-la pâ—rturientis_fw-la chebte_n signisicat_fw-la dolores_fw-la accrbâ—ssimos_fw-la &_o intâ—â—_n issimos_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la parturieâ—ium_fw-la ben_n lo_o bacham_n filius_fw-la non_fw-la sapiens_fw-la i._n e._n valde_fw-la insipiens_fw-la imo_fw-la prorsus_fw-la demon_n hebraei_n enim_fw-la quod_fw-la volunt_fw-la vehemenâ—issime_fw-la asseâ—erare_fw-la pâ—aecipue_v in_o vitio_fw-la per_fw-la negationem_fw-la contrarii_fw-la describunt_fw-la ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la prov._n 10._o 2._o &_o 18._o 3._o &_o
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