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On
the Excellency
of
the
Soul.
339
wee
are
about
anfwering,
Oh,
take heed
that
you bee
not
found in
this
,
like
unto
thofe wretched
Jews (which God
forbid
that
there
ihould
be
any
one in
this
place found like
.
unto)
chit
would fain
¿
have
the Prophet Jeremiah
be
inquiring
what
the
mind
of God
was
concerning
them, and
they
pro£;ft, that whatfoever
the Lord
ihould reveal
by
him,,
that
they would
do,
but
when it
came,
loe they
fling
ref:
all,
and
it
was
to
nopurpo
the
Scripture
is
in
j
er.
42.
5.
Then they laid to Jeremiah;
The
Lord
bee
a
trae
and
faithful
witnefs
between
tea,
if
Wee
do
or
even
according
to
`,things;
for
the
which
the.
Lord
thy
God
fhall fend
thee
to
us.
Wee
defire
thee to
go
and
know
the mind of
God,
and
tell
it
us,
and here
wee
;profeCs
and
call God
to
wit;
net's,
that
wee will do what lies
ha
us
to
perform all
that
the
Lord thy
God (hall require;
This was
a
very fair
pro-
mife, and
I
hope
there
are
fomefonis,:
if
nor
generally all
.
of
you,
have
fuch
a
kinde
of difpofition.
oh
.
let
his
fer-
vant fearch
his
Word,
and
finde
out what ihould
be
done
5
and whatfoever bee (ball fpeak according
to
his
Word, that
will wee do, and God forbid
it
ihould bee
otherwife
;
it
were
juff
with
God
that
our fouls
ihould
pe ;i;li ,
if
wee
should
do otherwiíe; but
there
is
a
mighty
deal
of deceit-
fulnefs in
the heartscof
men;
Jeremiah
went, and
did
a,
they
defired.
him,'
but mark,
°chap <,44.
t6.
and
you
alai(
fee'
what
a
different diipofltion
there
was
in them,
to
what
there
fee
ned to
bee Oefore;
fir(}
you Yháll'
finde
,
in
eJp.
43.
they
begin to
wr`a
gle.
at what
7.e.
emiah 'fpake
to them,
all the
proud men began
to wrangle
at what Jeremiah
fpake,
mark, it
is
all
the
proud men, they are proud
fpirits
that
do
contend
with
Gods
Word, but mark,
firfl
they wrangle
,
ehap.
43.2.
and
then
they
grow
refolute
and
f}ubborn,chap.
44.
16.
As
for the word
that
thou hail fpoken
to
us
in
the
Name
of
the Lo_d,we will
not
hearken
unto
thee,
vhy,whar,
are thefe
the men
that called
God
to
witnefs
,
that.2wharfo-
ever Jeremiah
ihould declare
in
the Name of God,
they
would d1
it
?and
yet
now,firíl
they wrangle
at
what
he
faith,
and then they refolve
,
that.
as
for what bee
hash-
fpoken to
them