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where_o ever_o it_o come_v for_o as_o the_o blessing_n increase_v gen._n 9.1_o so_o the_o curse_n diminish_v and_o bring_v to_o nothing_o levit._n 26._o deut._n 28._o this_o curse_n go_v along_o with_o good_n however_o unjust_o get_v by_o fraud_n or_o violence_n the_o story_n of_o glaucus_n the_o lacedaemonian_a which_o herodotus_n report_v be_v remarkable_a he_o have_v receive_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n of_o a_o certain_a milesian_n for_o the_o use_n of_o his_o child_n under_o age_n glaucus_n deny_v the_o receipt_n of_o the_o money_n with_o a_o oath_n glaucus_n afterward_o guilty_a consult_v with_o the_o oracle_n which_o give_v he_o this_o answer_n that_o the_o curse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seize_v stock_n and_o house_n whole_o shall_v destroy_v which_o as_o the_o historian_n affirm_v afterward_o according_o come_v to_o pass_n for_o howsoever_o violent_a and_o fraudulent_a man_n may_v flatter_v themselves_o and_o one_o another_o we_o shall_v find_v all_o precious_a substance_n we_o shall_v fill_v our_o house_n with_o spoil_n prov._n 1.13_o yet_o ver_fw-la 32._o the_o prosperity_n of_o such_o fool_n shall_v destroy_v they_o yea_o we_o may_v refer_v the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o kingdom_n and_o commonweal_n as_o wise_a historian_n and_o statesman_n do_v unto_o the_o same_o cause_n for_o of_o that_o anarchy_n and_o ruin_n of_o judah_n whereof_o you_o read_v esay_n 3_o you_o find_v the_o cause_n ver_fw-la 14._o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v in_o their_o house_n and_o jeremy_n have_v tell_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n jer._n 5._o that_o their_o sin_n have_v withhold_v good_a thing_n from_o they_o what_o sin_n be_v they_o verse_n 26_o 27._o as_o a_o cage_n be_v full_a of_o bird_n so_o be_v their_o house_n full_a of_o deceit_n and_o zephany_n have_v denounce_v a_o heavy_a judgement_n against_o the_o jew_n ver._n 9_o among_o other_o cause_n deserve_v it_o he_o say_v that_o the_o servant_n fill_v their_o master_n house_n with_o violence_n and_o deceit_n but_o let_v i_o again_o mind_n you_o of_o what_o one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a father_n have_v write_v concern_v these_o very_a sin_n whereof_o the_o lord_n here_o speak_v absit_fw-la absit_fw-la inquam_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la ego_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la fidelium_fw-la sentiam_fw-la far_o yea_o far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v think_v these_o thing_n of_o any_o of_o the_o faithful_a and_o good_a reason_n since_o this_o be_v the_o character_n give_v of_o those_o primitive_a time_n adeò_fw-la sancta_fw-la erat_fw-la illis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la fides_fw-la ut_fw-la fallere_fw-la aliquos_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la crederetur_fw-la there_o be_v such_o faithfulness_n and_o integrity_n among_o they_o that_o they_o think_v it_o impossible_a that_o any_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v deceive_v and_o because_o they_o themselves_o love_v truth_n and_o faithfulness_n and_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v to_o deceive_v they_o think_v no_o man_n will_v deceive_v they_o so_o the_o virgin-church_n may_v say_v of_o herself_o ego_fw-la nescia_fw-la rerum_fw-la difficilem_fw-la culpae_fw-la suspicor_fw-la esse_fw-la viam_fw-la upon_o this_o very_a consideration_n that_o holy_a father_n understand_v the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o law_n spiritual_o and_o i_o believe_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n we_o may_v so_o understand_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o it_o let_v we_o inquire_v and_o make_v trial_n this_o ground_n we_o may_v lay_v or_o rather_o it_o be_v lay_v to_o our_o hand_n the_o law_n be_v spiritual_a and_o this_o law_n as_o have_v appear_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o it_o it_o be_v here_o say_v he_o shall_v restere_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o trespass_n his_o sin_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v and_o be_v render_v by_o the_o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d trespass_n esra_n 9.6_o
deliver_v and_o speak_v to_o what_o more_o proper_o concern_v our_o present_a purpose_n 1._o the_o lord_n first_o request_n to_o israel_n be_v to_o fear_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n but_o what_o fear_v of_o the_o lord_n be_v here_o understand_v and_o why_o be_v that_o fear_v his_o first_o request_n 1._o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n here_o mean_v be_v not_o only_o servile_a which_o be_v a_o necessary_a introduction_n unto_o a_o better_a but_o filial_a initial_a and_o ingenuous_a fear_n also_o which_o have_v the_o temper_n of_o love_n with_o it_o 2._o this_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v his_o first_o request_n unto_o israel_n because_o fear_v and_o reverence_n proper_o belong_v to_o his_o sovereignty_n and_o supreme_a majesty_n mal._n 1.6_o for_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o saviraigns_n to_o expect_v reverence_n from_o their_o subject_n to_o this_o man_n will_v i_o look_v to_o the_o poor_a or_o humble_a and_o break_v of_o spirit_n and_o tremble_v at_o my_o word_n viz._n so_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o yet_o i_o declare_v unto_o you_o a_o way_n 13.1_o 1_o cor._n 12._o v._n 31._o and_o 13.1_o secundum_fw-la excellentiam_fw-la according_a to_o eminency_n and_o excellency_n what_o that_o way_n be_v the_o apostle_n show_v in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n if_o i_o speak_v with_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n but_o have_v not_o love_v or_o charity_n etc._n etc._n whereby_o its_o evident_a that_o archbishop_n stephen_n langhton_n who_o divide_v the_o scripture_n into_o chapter_n though_o elsewhere_o very_o happy_o most_v what_o yet_o herein_o he_o violent_o break_v the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n from_o the_o first_o of_o the_o thirteen_o for_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o twelve_o chapter_n begin_v a_o new_a argument_n or_o subject_n distinct_a by_o way_n of_o excellency_n from_o the_o former_a part_n of_o that_o chapter_n which_o he_o prosecute_v chap._n 13._o this_o be_v the_o three_o way_n the_o way_n 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