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shall_v set_v his_o foot_n upon_o thy_o neck_n and_o make_v thou_o the_o dust_n of_o his_o footstool_n nay_o he_o shall_v set_v the_o foot_n of_o his_o despise_a servant_n upon_o thy_o neck_n as_o joshua_n do_v the_o power_n of_o one_o and_o thirty_o king_n shall_v not_o carry_v it_o against_o he_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o enemy_n hasten_v thy_o repentance_n else_o thou_o hastene_v thy_o destruction_n voluntas_fw-la if_o thou_o work_v not_o the_o will_n of_o god_n god_n will_v work_v his_o will_n on_o thou_o and_o what_o need_v any_o man_n be_v offend_v at_o the_o present_a prosperity_n of_o god_n enemy_n be_v they_o never_o so_o great_a see_v our_o joshua_n shall_v sudden_o blast_v their_o power_n and_o glory_n and_o dash_v they_o asunder_o as_o earthen_a vessel_n ii_o comfort_n accomplish_v all_o the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o people_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v 1._o though_o the_o promise_n may_v seem_v out_o of_o mind_n joshua_n shall_v perform_v 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his_o word_n may_v be_v accomplish_v israel_n in_o pass_v to_o canaan_n must_v pass_v the_o huge_a and_o terrible_a wilderness_n forty_o year_n alas_o what_o shall_v they_o eat_v or_o drink_v can_v a_o barren_a wilderness_n afford_v any_o food_n or_o if_o any_o for_o so_o many_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n but_o before_o the_o promise_n fail_v heaven_n shall_v rain_v manna_n the_o rock_n shall_v give_v abundance_n of_o water_n have_v god_n promise_v thou_o daily_a bread_n help_v in_o affliction_n refresh_v in_o weariness_n remission_n in_o sense_n of_o sin_n a_o bless_a issue_n in_o every_o trial_n let_v thy_o faith_n give_v god_n the_o honour_n of_o truth_n heaven_n shall_v fall_v and_o earth_n ascend_v before_o thou_o believe_v shall_v be_v frustrate_a isai._n 54._o 10._o have_v he_o promise_v thou_o the_o heavenly_a canaan_n what_o if_o thou_o see_v army_n of_o enemy_n of_o discouragement_n thou_o be_v a_o israelite_n shall_v not_o fail_v for_o 1._o nothing_o in_o nature_n be_v so_o strong_a as_o the_o promise_n 2._o god_n have_v after_o a_o sort_n captivate_v himself_o and_o all_o his_o creature_n to_o thy_o faith_n 3._o he_o may_v defer_v the_o promise_n but_o never_o deny_v it_o or_o himself_o wait_v still_o iii_o be_v christ_n the_o true_a joshua_n joshua_n 1._o acknowledge_v he_o our_o captain_n and_o head_n 2._o submit_v ourselves_o unto_o he_o as_o israel_n unto_o joshua_n josh._n 1._o 11._o 17._o all_o that_o thou_o command_v we_o we_o will_v do_v and_o whether_o thou_o send_v we_o we_o will_v go_v as_o we_o obey_v moses_n in_o all_o thing_n so_o will_v we_o obey_v thou_o 3._o follow_v he_o as_o our_o guide_n into_o that_o eternal_a rest_n and_o depend_v on_o he_o for_o our_o inheritance_n there_o moses_n can_v carry_v we_o in_o for_o himself_o must_v only_o see_v the_o land_n so_o we_o may_v see_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n a_o far_o off_o in_o the_o law_n but_o only_o jesus_n can_v bring_v we_o in_o for_o 1._o he_o alone_o be_v enter_v already_o to_o take_v possession_n for_o we_o 2._o he_o have_v undertake_v to_o carry_v we_o through_o our_o wilderness_n to_o our_o canaan_n iu._n what_o condition_n we_o must_v observe_v in_o come_v to_o heaven_n heaven_n as_o they_o in_o come_v to_o the_o good_a land_n 1._o the_o land_n be_v they_o and_o possession_n give_v but_o many_o canaanite_n and_o jebusite_n must_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n under_o tribute_n still_o ch_z 15._o 63._o and_o 16._o 10._o so_o notwithstanding_o all_o our_o promise_n of_o rest_n and_o possession_n of_o peace_n of_o conscience_n in_o this_o world_n be_v some_o yea_o may_v canaanite_n and_o jebusite_n to_o molest_v god_n people_n but_o at_o last_o our_o joshua_n leave_v never_o a_o enemy_n unsubdued_a there_o shall_v nothing_o which_o be_v unholy_a get_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o that_o city_n he_o see_v the_o last_o enemy_n destroy_v 2._o they_o must_v not_o come_v into_o that_o land_n till_o they_o be_v circumcise_v for_o all_o the_o forty_o year_n in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o be_v not_o circumcise_v ch_n 5._o 3._o 7._o till_o the_o shame_n of_o egypt_n be_v remove_v vers_fw-la 9_o joshua_n can_v bring_v they_o into_o the_o promise_a land_n which_o shame_n as_o junius_n think_v be_v the_o profaneness_n of_o their_o father_n contract_v in_o egypt_n whereby_o they_o grow_v careless_a of_o god_n ordinance_n our_o joshua_n bring_v not_o we_o into_o our_o canaan_n so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v profane_a and_o uncircumcised_a till_o he_o have_v circumcise_v our_o heart_n and_o we_o be_v holy_a and_o sanctify_a for_o without_o shall_v be_v dog_n 3._o joshua_n must_v divide_v their_o inheritance_n by_o lot_n and_o so_o every_o one_o must_v receive_v it_o not_o by_o right_n or_o desert_n ch_n 14._o 2._o and_o so_o god_n command_v moses_n numb_a 26._o 55_o so_o our_o joshua_n divide_v to_o the_o elect_v their_o inheritance_n in_o the_o heavenly_a country_n not_o for_o their_o merit_n and_o desert_n but_o by_o his_o rich_a and_o free_a gift_n if_o no_o 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thou_o do_v not_o give_v he_o his_o demand_n beside_o thy_o unkindness_n and_o unthankfulness_n thy_o heart_n shall_v lie_v as_o a_o ruinous_a waist_n as_o a_o nasty_a and_o stink_a hole_n a_o cage_n of_o unclean_a beast_n and_o lust_n yea_o a_o habitation_n of_o devil_n 5._o joshua_n bring_v they_o into_o the_o good_a land_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o eat_v the_o corn_n of_o the_o land_n the_o manna_n cease_v the_o next_o morrow_n ch_n 5._o 12._o so_o when_o our_o joshua_n shall_v bring_v we_o into_o our_o good_a land_n to_o eat_v the_o fruit_n of_o it_o the_o good_a thing_n and_o mean_n of_o this_o world_n shall_v cease_v the_o manna_n the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n celebration_n of_o sacrament_n faith_n and_o hope_n etc._n etc._n
this_o be_v a_o guilt_n and_o who_o can_v deny_v but_o the_o corruption_n and_o poison_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o spirit_n be_v far_o more_o poison_n full_a and_o mortal_a than_o poison_n of_o the_o flesh_n alâ—_n 2._o bodily_a leprosy_n be_v a_o disease_n of_o some_o man_n sin_n be_v of_o all_o man_n and_o of_o all_o the_o man_n bodily_a leprosy_n spread_v over_o all_o part_n of_o the_o body_n but_o can_v reach_v the_o soul_n but_o this_o spread_v over_o the_o whole_a man_n the_o soul_n and_o all_o the_o faculty_n be_v weaken_v and_o taint_v there_o be_v not_o a_o debility_n only_o but_o a_o corruption_n in_o the_o understanding_n will_n conscience_n memory_n in_o all_o affection_n in_o all_o sense_n in_o all_o part_n no_o man_n no_o part_n of_o man_n exempt_v or_o except_v hate_v 3._o no_o disease_n be_v more_o stink_a and_o hateful_a to_o man_n then_o leprosy_n so_o nothing_o be_v so_o hateful_a and_o abominable_a to_o god_n as_o sin_n his_o eye_n can_v abide_v to_o behold_v it_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v it_o in_o his_o dear_a servant_n no_o nor_o angel_n themselves_o unrevenged_a he_o esteem_v the_o sinner_n as_o dung_n infection_n 4._o no_o disease_n more_o contagious_a and_o infectious_a a_o leper_n must_v meddle_v with_o nothing_o unless_o he_o will_v defile_v it_o all_o he_o can_v do_v be_v to_o make_v other_o unclean_a by_o breathe_v touch_v converse_v the_o plague_n of_o pestilence_n be_v not_o so_o infectious_a as_o the_o plague_n of_o leprosy_n so_o call_v levit._n 13._o 20._o infect_v house_n wall_n vessel_n garment_n nothing_o be_v so_o infectious_a as_o sin_n which_o not_o only_o fowl_n the_o person_n or_o house_n but_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o all_o creature_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o vanity_n of_o it_o neither_o can_v a_o impenitent_a sinner_n do_v any_o thing_n but_o make_v himself_o and_o other_o unclean_a by_o the_o filthy_a breath_n of_o his_o corrupt_a communication_n by_o his_o wicked_a example_n and_o conversation_n no_o leaven_n be_v so_o spread_v no_o pitch_n so_o cleave_v excommunication_n 5._o leprosy_n of_o all_o disease_n separate_v the_o infect_a person_n from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o all_o man_n both_o in_o civil_a and_o divine_a ordinance_n for_o many_o day_n and_o if_o they_o prove_v incurable_a suppose_v they_o king_n they_o be_v utter_o and_o for_o ever_o exclude_v the_o host_n as_o vzziah_n 2._o king_n 15._o 5._o neither_o may_v they_o come_v to_o the_o temple_n to_o join_v in_o holy_a thing_n for_o the_o temple_n be_v legal_o the_o most_o holy_a place_n and_o no_o pollute_a thing_n may_v enter_v into_o it_o so_o in_o our_o sin_n unrepented_a we_o be_v out_o of_o the_o camp_n alien_n from_o god_n sin_n shut_v out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o faith_n and_o saint_n shut_v out_o of_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n and_o salvation_n praemium_fw-la it_o shut_v out_o of_o the_o congregation_n of_o god_n in_o earth_n and_o heaven_n no_o fellowship_n place_n or_o reward_v with_o they_o 6._o of_o all_o disease_n none_o be_v more_o painful_a danger_n sorrowful_a mortal_a or_o incurable_a and_o therefore_o they_o be_v enjoin_v to_o put_v on_o mournful_a garment_n see_v god_n have_v inflict_v so_o lamentable_a a_o disease_n on_o they_o so_o hardly_o and_o seldom_o cure_v as_o most_o do_v carry_v it_o unto_o death_n as_o gehezi_n and_o azariah_n in_o which_o the_o lord_n as_o in_o a_o glass_n will_v show_v we_o the_o extreme_a sorrow_n and_o pain_n that_o wait_v on_o sin_n unpardoned_a sorrow_n of_o this_o life_n and_o of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o that_o we_o shall_v put_v on_o mourn_a garment_n of_o timely_a sorrow_n and_o afflict_v ourselves_o for_o our_o sin_n see_v we_o be_v all_o poison_a with_o so_o incurable_a a_o disease_n as_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n to_o expect_v any_o cure_n in_o this_o life_n for_o every_o man_n carry_v the_o run_a issue_n of_o sin_n to_o his_o death_n natural_a leprosy_n the_o most_o to_o the_o death_n eternal_a 7._o the_o sign_n and_o symptom_n of_o leprosy_n be_v most_o correspondent_a to_o the_o symptom_n and_o effect_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o soul_n 1._o as_o there_o be_v a_o debility_n and_o weakness_n of_o all_o part_n because_o the_o spirit_n be_v exhaust_v so_o sin_n weaken_v all_o faculty_n because_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n be_v resist_v and_o drive_v out_o 2._o there_o be_v a_o tumour_n and_o swell_a in_o the_o flesh_n here_o a_o tumour_n and_o proud_a swell_n of_o mind_n none_o more_o proud_a than_o he_o who_o have_v least_o cause_n 3._o there_o be_v burn_v and_o thirst_n through_o the_o adust_a and_o burn_a blood_n by_o melancholy_a whereof_o it_o arise_v here_o be_v inflammation_n and_o burn_a of_o anger_n of_o lust_n and_o thirst_n after_o the_o world_n after_o revenge_n after_o preferment_n and_o this_o insatiable_a as_o every_o sin_n be_v 4._o there_o be_v filthy_a putrid_a matter_n still_o break_v forth_o most_o loathsome_o so_o here_o from_o within_o break_v out_o corrupt_a matter_n of_o envy_n of_o hatred_n of_o goodness_n of_o uncleanness_n in_o speech_n and_o behaviour_n 5._o there_o be_v a_o hoarse_a and_o weak_a voice_n here_o the_o voice_n so_o weak_a as_o it_o can_v pray_v or_o can_v be_v hear_v god_n hear_v not_o sinner_n for_o either_o they_o pray_v not_o at_o all_o or_o they_o be_v in_o their_o sin_n 6._o there_o be_v a_o filthy_a stink_a breath_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v cover_v their_o lip_n that_o by_o their_o breath_n they_o may_v not_o infect_v other_o so_o here_o be_v a_o filthy_a breath_n of_o corrupt_a communication_n of_o unclean_a and_o adulterous_a speech_n swear_v and_o curse_v speech_n lie_v and_o false_a speech_n slanderous_a and_o uncharitable_a speech_n and_o seldom_o do_v such_o cover_v their_o lip_n be_v like_o the_o unclean_a vessel_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v ever_o open_a to_o the_o corrupt_a and_o poison_v of_o number_n sect._n iu._n i._o from_o the_o former_a description_n of_o legal_a uncleanness_n defilement_n note_v the_o state_n of_o god_n church_n and_o people_n here_o upon_o earth_n subject_n unto_o many_o sort_n of_o defilement_n and_o pollution_n within_o they_o without_o they_o and_o on_o every_o hand_n of_o they_o by_o foul_a and_o unclean_a creature_n and_o person_n by_o foul_a course_n and_o action_n which_o a_o godly_a man_n may_v not_o touch_v or_o taste_v but_o he_o be_v present_o defile_v as_o he_o that_o touch_v pitch_n can_v but_o be_v defile_v with_o it_o where_o be_v they_o that_o will_v see_v no_o church_n if_o they_o see_v any_o uncleanness_n or_o who_o say_v that_o god_n be_v in_o no_o such_o society_n where_o any_o pollution_n be_v see_v god_n vouchsafe_v to_o walk_v among_o his_o own_o people_n who_o be_v daily_o subject_a to_o so_o many_o legal_a and_o moral_a pollution_n god_n may_v if_o it_o please_v he_o whole_o purge_v his_o floor_n here_o upon_o earth_n but_o it_o make_v more_o for_o his_o glory_n to_o suffer_v sin_n and_o evil_a and_o to_o set_v the_o saint_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o 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