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censure_v the_o person_n or_o party_n you_o do_v not_o love_v crying_z out_z o_o how_o guilty_a be_v such_o and_o such_o before_o the_o lord_n o_o how_o be_v god_n dishonour_v by_o they_o how_o do_v religion_n suffer_v by_o they_o yea_o but_o how_o much_o have_v god_n name_n suffer_v by_o thy_o lightness_n frothiness_n pride_n sensuality_n backslide_n etc._n etc._n o_o run_v with_o tear_n and_o confess_v all_o thy_o own_o sin_n before_o god_n god_n require_v it_o only_o acknowledge_v thy_o iniquity_n 3.13_o jer._n 3.13_o that_o thou_o have_v transgress_v against_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o god_n tell_v you_o it_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o obtain_v remission_n 1.9_o 1_o john_n 1.9_o if_o you_o confess_v your_o sin_n he_o be_v just_a and_o faithful_a to_o for_o give_v some_o say_v confess_v and_o be_v hang_v but_o i_o say_v confess_v or_o you_o will_v be_v damn_v if_o you_o have_v rather_o be_v damn_v than_o be_v shame_v thou_o love_v thy_o name_n better_o than_o thy_o soul_n the_o 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to_o be_v burn_v but_o beloved_n we_o be_v persuade_v better_a thing_n of_o you_o and_o thing_n that_o accompany_v salvation_n such_o a_o repentance_n as_o can_v be_v separate_v from_o salvation_n though_o we_o thus_o speak_v yea_o therefore_o we_o thus_o write_v soli_fw-la deo_fw-la sit_fw-la gloria_fw-la errata_fw-la such_o sense-spoyling_a mistake_v as_o notwithstanding_o the_o great_a care_n of_o the_o printer_n and_o corrector_n occur_v in_o the_o first_o 19_o sheet_n of_o this_o glass_n the_o candid_a reader_n be_v desire_v to_o correct_v thus_o page_n 2._o line_n 18._o for_o say_v read_v see_v p._n 37._o l._n 20._o for_o buy_v read_v by_o p._n 39_o l._n 20._o for_o self_n seizing_n read_v self-seekings_a ibid._n l._n 17._o after_o join_v add_v and_o must_v be_v take_v p._n 52._o l._n 20._o for_o they_o read_v he_o p._n 56._o l._n 15._o for_o sure_a read_v save_v p._n 84._o l._n 23._o for_o poise_v read_v pose_v p._n 106._o l._n 10._o for_o begin_v read_v begin_v p._n 123._o l._n 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