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the_o goodfellow_n his_o heart_n desire_v all_o the_o day_n long_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o delight_n yet_o for_o all_o this_o degere_fw-la who_o be_v he_o say_v he_o that_o be_v in_o his_o right_a mind_n and_o have_v his_o brain_n in_o his_o head_n that_o will_v not_o choose_v rather_o to_o die_v a_o thousand_o death_n then_o spend_v but_o one_o day_n so_o this_o peremptory_a passage_n will_v be_v hold_v a_o strange_a paradox_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o any_o modern_a minister_n and_o so_o appear_v to_o the_o carnal_a apprehension_n of_o all_o those_o miserable_a man_n who_o be_v blindfolded_a and_o baffle_v by_o the_o devil_n to_o the_o eternal_a loss_n of_o their_o soul_n but_o beside_o that_o it_o may_v be_v make_v good_a many_o other_o way_n it_o be_v more_o than_o manifest_a by_o compare_v that_o threefold_a sting_n that_o dog_n every_o sinful_a delight_n at_o the_o heel_n etc._n etc._n see_v my_o book_n of_o walk_v with_o god_n pag._n 17â—_n with_o the_o 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there_o must_v be_v a_o three_o thing_n to_o take_v they_o to_o ourselves_o to_o believe_v they_o be_v we_o and_o there_o need_v a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o this_o for_o though_o the_o promise_n be_v never_o so_o clear_a yet_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o promise_n you_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o apply_v they_o to_o yourselves_o but_o when_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v say_v christ_n be_v thou_o all_o these_o thing_n belong_v to_o thou_o and_o god_n be_v thy_o father_n when_o that_o shall_v witness_v to_o our_o spirit_n by_o a_o work_n of_o his_o own_o then_o shall_v we_o believe_v &_o c_o 39_o this_o be_v the_o order_n observe_v in_o our_o justification_n 1._o first_o there_o be_v a_o sight_n of_o our_o misery_n to_o which_o we_o be_v bring_v by_o the_o law_n 2._o second_o there_o be_v by_o the_o gospel_n a_o hold_v forth_o of_o christ_n as_o our_o redemption_n from_o sin_n and_o death_n 3._o three_o there_o be_v a_o work_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o heart_n to_o rest_v on_o christ_n as_o the_o ransom_n from_o sin_n and_o death_n now_o when_o a_o man_n be_v come_v hither_o he_o be_v true_o and_o real_o just_a 1._o we_o teach_v that_o in_o true_a conversion_n a_o man_n must_v be_v wound_v in_o his_o conscience_n by_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o sin_n his_o contrition_n must_v be_v compungent_fw-la and_o vehement_a bruise_a break_v rent_v the_o heart_n and_o feel_v she_o throw_v as_o a_o woman_n labour_v of_o child_n before_o the_o new-creature_n be_v bring_v forth_o or_o christ_n true_o form_v in_o he_o it_o be_v not_o do_v without_o bitterness_n of_o the_o soul_n without_o care_n indignation_n revenge_n 2._o cor._n 7.11_o but_o as_o some_o infant_n be_v bear_v with_o less_o pain_n to_o the_o mother_n and_o some_o with_o more_o so_o may_v the_o newman_n be_v regenerate_v in_o some_o with_o more_o in_o some_o with_o less_o anxiety_n of_o travel_n but_o sure_o grace_n be_v not_o infuse_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o any_o sinner_n except_o there_o be_v at_o 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misericordia_fw-la tua_fw-la tantundem_fw-la valet_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la dixisset_fw-la i_o be_o noli_fw-la differre_fw-la exauditionem_fw-la in_fw-la taâ—t_fw-la â_fw-la tribulatiâ—ne_fw-la sun_n ut_fw-la suavis_fw-la mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la misericordia_fw-la tua_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la subvenire_fw-la differebas_fw-la ut_fw-la mibi_fw-la dulce_fw-la esset_fw-la quòd_fw-la subveniebas_fw-la august_n concione_n 2._o in_o psal._n 68_o luke_n 8.43_o 8.43_o christus_fw-la â—oâ—ine_fw-la instatâ—m_fw-la terret_fw-la comminatiove_n exclusionis_fw-la è_fw-la regne_n coelorum_fw-la nam_fw-la qui_fw-la nondùm_fw-la conversi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la iam_fw-la priviâ—â—_n detrudendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la inspectâ_fw-la poenâ_fw-la peccati_fw-la discant_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la abhorrere_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la naturâ_fw-la sese_fw-la oblectate_v rolloc_n in_o johan._n cap._n 3._o pag._n 133._o 133._o dike_n of_o repentance_n cap._n 2._o 2._o quando_fw-la peccati_fw-la quod_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la est_fw-la violatio_fw-la conseâ—â—ntia_fw-la stimulamur_fw-la atque_fw-la convincimur_fw-la intelligimusque_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o execrationem_fw-la acerbissimum_fw-la odium_fw-la gravissiâ—â—amque_fw-la divini_fw-la numinis_fw-la offensiontem_fw-la atque_fw-la indignationem_fw-la incurrisse_fw-la mercedemque_fw-la atque_fw-la stipendium_fw-la quod_fw-la peccatum_fw-la meretur_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la atque_fw-la miserijs_fw-la ruin_n aquavitae_fw-la morbisque_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la corporis_fw-la afficâ—amur_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la damnatiâ—â—e_fw-la atque_fw-la interitu_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la mulitemur_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o â—unc_fw-la condemnatorâ—m_fw-la statum_fw-la quo_fw-la nibiltetrius_fw-la cogitari_fw-la potest_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la toto_fw-la pectore_fw-la totâ_fw-la mente_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n animo_fw-la que_fw-la cohorremus_fw-la &_o contremiscimus_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la casum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la salutariter_fw-la doleamus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la nosmet_fw-la nostri_fw-la poeniâ—eat_fw-la lex_fw-la efficit_fw-la impellÃtque_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la veniam_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la adipisci_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la a_fw-la christo_fw-la servatore_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o per_fw-la christum_fw-la expetamus_fw-la &_o expectemus_fw-la alex._n nowellus_fw-la inst._n christian._n pietatis_fw-la de_fw-fr legis_fw-la usu_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la docent_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o irae_fw-la divinae_fw-la agnitione_n nascitur_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la dei_fw-la primum_fw-la dolores_fw-la &_o terrorem_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la incutiat_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cum_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la intâ—s_fw-la argu_n untor_n peccata_fw-la &_o redditur_fw-la mens_fw-la malè_fw-la conscia_fw-la sibi_fw-la inquieta_fw-la praetristâ—s_fw-la &_o desperabunda_fw-la cor_fw-la anxium_fw-la confractum_fw-la &_o pavidum_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la nullâre_fw-la prorsùs_fw-la erigi_fw-la possit_fw-la aut_fw-la consolationem_fw-la nancisci_fw-la sed_fw-la totus_fw-la afflictissimus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritu_fw-la deiecto_fw-la ac_fw-la trepidante_fw-la &_o ingenti_fw-la â—orrore_fw-la concussus_fw-la à _fw-la conspectuirae_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n súnt_fw-la que_fw-la sic_fw-la affectis_fw-la divinae_fw-la promissiones_fw-la 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n harmon_n confess_v p._n 2._o bohaemica_fw-la confess_v art_n 5._o pag._n 240._o 240._o i_o grant_v the_o lord_n who_o be_v the_o most_o free_a agent_n take_v liberty_n and_o work_n as_o it_o please_v he_o and_o there_o be_v odds_n