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4.17_o conscience_n 1._o cor._n 2.14_o heb._n 10.22_o will._n rom._n 8.5.6_o conversation_n thought_n desire_v outward_a behaviour_n 1._o tim._n 1.15_o rom._n 8.7_o prover._n 28.9_o john_n 9.31_o psalm_n 50.16_o few_o think_v it_o thus_o the_o second_o part_n of_o man_n misery_n the_o curse_n first_o on_o the_o body_n deut._n 28.15_o gen._n 3.17_o heb._n 1.2_o man_n shift_v off_o this_o this_o curse_n be_v to_o all_o the_o curse_n upon_o the_o soul_n the_o necessity_n of_o this_o knowledge_n of_o man_n misery_n it_o must_v be_v know_v as_o well_o as_o our_o misery_n joh._n 3.16_o 1._o tim._n 1.15_o 2._o cor._n 5.21_o act._n 4.12_o 1._o joh._n 2.1_o the_o first_o point_n about_o the_o remedy_n gal._n 3.10.12_o heb._n 9.22_o and_o 12.14_o rom._n 8_o 3._o the_o second_o point_n about_o the_o remedy_n act._n 4.12_o 1._o joh._n 5.12_o rom._n 58._o joh._n 3.16_o the_o three_o point_n about_o the_o remedy_n rom._n 1.16_o luk._n 2.10_o matth._n 11.12_o the_o four_o point_n about_o the_o remedy_n matth._n 11.28_o act._n 26.18_o hebr._n 4.1_o rom._n 10._o rom._n 5._o the_o three_o point_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n rom._n 7.9_o they_o be_v most_o light_a who_o have_v most_o cause_n to_o mourn_v prover._n 14.12_o act._n 14.16_o col._n 1.9_o rom._n 15.4_o act._n 2.37_o matth._n 24.27_o jam._n 4.9_o psalm_n 73.4_o luk._n 13.2_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v preach_v 2._o tim._n 4.2_o but_o not_o without_o the_o gospel_n 1._o tim._n 1.13_o jerem._n 21.18_o judg._n 2.3_o &_o 10._o 1._o sam._n 7.2.3_o objection_n answer_n jerem._n 8.6.7_o luk._n 15.17_o revel_v 2.4_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o penitent_a sinner_n rom._n 7.24_o luk._n 17.9_o matth._n 12.20_o matth._n 11.24_o matth._n 5.4_o matth._n 9.12_o luk._n 7.38_o prou._n 28.9_o matth._n 15.27_o luk._n 15.17.18_o job._n 33.23_o acts._n 9.6_o ezech._n 36.26_o luk._n 15.18_o rom._n 10.14_o matth._n 13.44_o ezech._n 16.6_o heb._n 12.2_o matth._n 13.44_o he_o who_o god_n love_v high_o prize_v the_o pearl_n luk._n 16.12_o isaiah_n 55.1_o he_o have_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o but_o sin_n yet_o hard_a to_o renounce_v that_o matth._n 19.29_o but_o he_o despise_v it_o hos_fw-la 14.9_o this_o be_v a_o great_a work_n of_o god_n joh._n 6.44_o jer._n 13.23_o he_o forsake_v not_o sin_n as_o the_o wicked_a 1._o king_n 21.27_o joel._n 2_o 13._o 1._o king_n 22.8.26_o luk._n 19.9_o 1._o sam._n 7.3.4_o pro._n 28.13_o psal_n 78.36_o phil._n 1.7.8_o god_n seal_v up_o his_o promise_n to_o the_o believer_n 2._o cor._n 1.22_o rom._n 8.16_o the_o believer_n reason_v with_o himself_o act._n 16.15_o luk._n 15.20_o he_o weigh_v all_o thing_n hereto_o belong_v he_o seek_v help_v of_o other_o joh._n 7.37_o gen._n 45.26.27_o what_o will_v follow_v of_o apply_v christ_n 1._o cor._n 1.30_o joh._n 10.27_o etc._n etc._n mat._n 5.4.5_o psal_n 48._o a_o description_n of_o the_o small_a measure_n of_o faith_n how_o god_n work_v faith_n luk._n 19.9_o faith_n unit_v to_o christ_n matth._n 16.17_o common_a 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