Life and Death of Mr. Badman

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Jer. 15. 10, 11.  Pro. 16. 7.

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A heavy blot upon Religion.

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If Knaves will make profession their cloak to be vile, who can help it?

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1 Cor. 6. 8, 9, 10.  2 Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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Matt. 18. 6, 7, 8.

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Let such be disowned of all good men.

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Jer. 17. 11.

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Ezek. 20. 38, 39.

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2 Cor. 7. 2.

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Mar. 10. 19.

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1 Sam. 12. 3.

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Ver. 4.

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A question.

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An answer.

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2 King. 4. 1, 2.

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Hag. 1. 9.

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God does sometimes blow upon his own people.  How they should doe at that time.

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Philip. 4. 12.

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More of Mr. Badmans fraudulent dealing.  He used deceitful weights and scales.

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Levit. 19. 35, 36.

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Of Just weights and measures.

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Ezek. 45. 10.

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Pro. 20. 23.  Chap. 11. 1.

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The evil of deceitful Balances, Weights and Measures.

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Deut. 25. 13, 14, 15, 16.

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The Old and New Law commands all men to be honest and upright in their weights and measures.

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Luke 6. 88.

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Pat Scriptures for our purpose.

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Where false weights and measures are to be found.

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1.  With evil doers.

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Mic. 6. 10.

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2.  With the merciless and Oppressors.

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Hos. 12. 7.

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3.  With such as would swallow up the poor.

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Amos 8. 4, 5, 6, 7.

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4.  With impure ones.

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Mic. 6. 11.

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Dan. 5. 27.

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How Mr. Badman did cheat, and hide his cheating.

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Good Weights and a bad Ballance a deep piece of Knavery.

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A cloak of Religion to blind Mr. Cheats Knavery.

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Mat. 23.

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Some plead Custom to cheat.

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Deut. 16. 20.

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They get nothing that cozen and cheat.

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Mar. 9.

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Prov. 10. 3.  Jer. 15. 13.  Chap. 17. 3.

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Job 27. 17.

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Pro. 13. 22.

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More of Mr. Badmans Bad tricks.

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Amos 8.

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Another art to cheat withall.

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Zeph. 1. 9.

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Servants observe these words.

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Of Extortion.

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1 Cor. 6. 9, 10.

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Who are Extortioners.

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Hucksters.

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Pro. 22. 16, 22.

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Deut. 23. 19.

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Whether it be lawful for a man to make the best of his own.  Proved in negative by 8 reasons.

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Good conscience must be used in selling.

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We must not make a prey of our neighbours Ignorance.

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Nor of his Neighbours Necessity.

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Nor of his Fondness of our commodity.

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We must use good conscience in buying.

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Gen. 23. 8, 9.

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1 Chron. 21, 22. 24.

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Levit. 25. 14.

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Charity must be used in our dealings.

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1 Cor. 16. 14.

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1 Cor. 13.

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Ephes. 4. 25.

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There may be and is sin in trading.

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A man in trading must not offer violence to the Law of nature.

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Matt. 7. 12.

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Job. 37. 7.

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We must not abuse the Gift we have in the knowledge of earthly things.

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1 Cor. 10. 13.  (Don’t see where this fits into text.  DP)

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An eye to the glory of God in all we should have.

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Colo. 3. 17.

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Levit. 25. 14.

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Badman used to laugh at them that told him of his faults.

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Luke. 16. 13, 14, 15.  Chap. 6. 25.

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A question.

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An answer.

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Preparations to be a good dealer.

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Eccle. 5. 10, 11.

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1 Tim. 6. 7, 8, 9.

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Ezek. 22. 13.

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Pro. 15. 17.  Chap 16. 8.  1 Sam. 2. 5.  Pro. 5. 21.

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Job 14. 17.

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Eccles. 5. 13, 14, 15.

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Prov. 20. 14.

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Amos 8. 5.

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A Judgment of God.  2 King. 7.

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Pro. 11. 26.

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Isa. 58. 6, 7, 8.

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Philip. 4. 5.

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Mr. Badman a very proud man.

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Of pride in general.

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Pro. 21. 24.

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Pride sticks close to nature.

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Pro. 8. 13.  Chap. 29. 23.  Isa. 25. 11.  Mal. 4. 1.

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Proud men do not love to be called proud.

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Two sorts of pride.

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Pro. 16. 5.  Chap. 21. 4.  Eccle. 7. 8.

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Isa. 3. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.

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Wicked men do hate that word that reproves their vice.

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Signes of a proud man in general.

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Pro. 30. 13.

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Pro. 17. 19.

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Mar. 7.

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In particular.

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Psal. 10. 2.

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Psal. 10. 4.

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Pro. 13. 10.

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Psal. 119. 51.

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Ver. 122.

390

Jer. 13. 17.

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Chap. 43. 2.

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Mal. 3. 15.

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Of outward pride.

1 Tim. 2. 2.  (Don’t see where this fits in the text.—DP)

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1 Pet. 3. 3, 4, 5.

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Mr. Badman was not for having pride called pride.

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Professors guilty of the sin of pride.

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Jer. 3. 3.

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1 Tim. 2. 9.

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1 Pet. 3. 1, 2, 3.

400

Jer. 23. 15.

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Ezra. 9. 2.

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Pride in professors a shame and stumbling-block to the world.

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Why pride is in such request.

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1 Reason.  Mar. 7. 22, 23.

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Obad. 3.

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1 Joh. 2. 16.

407

1 Pet. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

408

3 Reason.

409

4 Reason.

410

Isa. 6.

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5 Reason.

Psal. 29. 5.  (Cannot see where this fits in the text.—DP)

Pro. 17. 6.  (Cannot see where this fits in the text.—DP)

Isa. 26. 10.

Acts 13. 14.  (Cannot see where this fits in the text.—DP)

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The evil effects of the sin of Pride.

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1 Evil effect.  1 Tim. 3. 6.

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2 Evil effect.  Psal. 138. 9.

415

3 Evil effect.

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Jam. 4. 6.

417

4  Evil effect.  Pro. 16. 25.

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5 Evil effect.  Pro. 11. 2.  Prov. 16. 8.

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6 Evil effect.  1 Tim. 3. 6.

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A general character of Mr. Badman.

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Psalm. 36. 1.

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A brief relation of Mr. Badmans ways.

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Isa. 26. 10.

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Isa. 9. 13.

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Isa. 26. 11.

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Mr. Badmans judgment of the Scriptures.

427

Good men Mr. Badmans song.

428

Psal. 50. 19. 20.

429

Rom. 3. 7, 8.

430

Jer. 23. 10.

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When the wicked watch, Gods people should be wary.

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Badman an angry, envious man.

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Pro. 14. 16.

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Eccle. 7. 9.

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Whence Envy flows.

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Pro. 27. 3, 4.

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Envie the worst of the four.

438

Gal. 5. 19, 20.

439

Pro. 14. 30.

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Envy is the father and mother of a many wickednesses.

441

Jam. 3. 14, 15.

442

Some of the births of Envy.

443

Job. 5. 2.

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Matt. 27. 18.

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Mar. 15. 10.

446

Acts 7. 9.

447

Isa. 11. 13.

448

A rare thing.

449

Mr. Badman under some trouble of mind.

450

Mr. Badman brake his legg.

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He swears.

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He prays.

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It has no good effect upon him.

454

How many sins do accompany drunkenness.

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Acts 17. 30, 31, 32.

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Job 34. 24, 25, 26.

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An open stroak.

458

pag. 41.

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Mr. Badman fallen sick.

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His conscience is wounded.

461

He cryes out in his sickness.

462

His Atheism will not help him now.

463

A dreadful example of Gods anger.

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What Mr. Badman did more when he was sick.

465

Great alteration made in Mr. Badman.

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The Town-talk of Mr. Badmans change.

467

His wife is comforted.

468

Mr. Badman recovers and returns to his old course.

469

Ignorant physicians kill souls while they cure bodyes.

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Gen. 4. 13. 14.  Exo. 9. 27.  1 Sam. 15. 24.  Matt. 27. 3, 4, 5.

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The true symptoms of conversion wanting in all Mr. Badmans sence of sin and desires of mercy.

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Exo. 19. 28.  Acts 8. 24.

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Luke 16. 27, 28.

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Of sick-bed repentance, and that it is to be suspected.

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Hos. 7. 14.

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A sign of the desperateness of mans heart.

477

Deut. 1. 34, 35.

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Psal. 78. 34, 35, 36, 37.

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Mr. Badmans wifes heart is broken.

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Her Christian speech.

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Heb. 12. 22, 23, 24.

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Her talk to her friends.  (Don’t see how this relates to the text.  DP)

483

Ps. 35. 13.

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Her talk to her husband.

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He diverts her discourse.

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Her speech to her children that were rude.

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Rev. 7. 16.  Chap. 21. 3, 4.

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Her speech to her darling.

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Heb. 3. 14.

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Ephes. 5. 11.

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Her death.

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One of her children converted by her dying words.

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Mat. 23.

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Mr. Badmans base language.

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He marryes again, and how he got this last wife.

496

What she was, and how they lived.

497

Clarks Looking Glass.

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Amo. 7. 16, 17.

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He is punished in his last wife for his bad carriages towards his first.

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He is not at all the better.

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None did pity him for his sorrow, but looked upon it as a just reward.

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Badman and this last wife part as poor as Howlets.

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Mr Badmans sickness and diseases of which he died.

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Badmans name stinks when he is dead.

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Pro. 10. 7.

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That Mr. Badman dies impenitent is proved.

507

1  Proof that he died impenitent.

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Isa. 6.  Ro. 11.

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No sence of sin, no repentance proved.

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Acts 2.  Chap. 9.  Chap. 16.

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Psal. 38. 18.

512

2 Sam. 12.

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Job 10. 2.  Chap. 34. 32.

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Jer. 31. 18, 19, 20.

515

Job 20. 11.  Prov. 5. 22.

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Matt. 25.  Isa. 66. 24.  Mar. 9. 44.

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Every sight and sence of sin cannot produce repentance.

518

2 proof that he died impenitent.

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1 King.  21. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

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Psal. 41. 6.

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How Badman carried it to good men when they came to visit him in his last sickness.

522

Job. 21. 14.

523

Jer. 2. 25.  Zech. 7. 11, 12.  Acts. 28. 26, 27.

524

3  Proof that he died impenitent.

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Acts 9. 11.

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Psal. 18. 14.

527

Job 36. 13.

528

Psal. 51. 1.  Psal. 6. 1, 2, 3, 4.  Psal. 38.

529

4 Proof that he died impenitent.

530

Acts. 9. 26. 28.

531

Psal. 119. 63.

532

2 Cor. 5. 17.

533

Acts. 4. 32, 33.  Chap. 2. 44, 45, 46, 47.

534

How Mr. Badman was when near his End.

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He died like a Lamb.

536

The opinion of the Ignorant about his manner of dying.

537

How we must judge whether men dye well or no.

538

When we may judge of a mans eternal state by the manner of his death.

539

The story of John Cox.

540

Of dying in Despair.

541

1 Sam. 28.

542

Further discourse of Mr. Badmans death.

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He that after a sinfull life dies quietly, that is, without repentance, goes to Hell.  1 Proof

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Sick-bed repentance seldom good for any thing.

545

Luke 13. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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2 Proof.

547

Peace in a sinfull state is a sign of damnation.

548

Hos 4. 17.

549

3 Proof.

550

Joh. 12. 40.

551

Luk. 16. 22.

552

Rom. 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  Acts 28. 26, 27.

553

2 Pet. 2.

554

4 Proof.  Psal. 73. 4, 5, 6.

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Job 8. 13, 14.

556

A frivolous opinion.

557

When a wicked man dyes in his sins quietly, it is a Judgment of God upon his wicked beholder.

558

Ver. 6.

559

Ver. 8. 9, 10, 11.

560

Vers. 12.

561

Mala. 2. 17.