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or_o despair_n 91_o 92._o eternal_a life_n how_o many_o way_n one_o may_v be_v say_v not_o to_o have_v it_o 61_o 62._o whether_o any_o who_o have_v it_o in_o the_o seed_n can_v murder_n he_o or_o herself_o whether_o any_o who_o murder_v themselves_o can_v be_v save_v 67_o 68_o 69._o examination_n of_o ourselves_o how_o useful_a against_o despair_n in_o what_o thing_n 194_o 195._o f_o faith_n the_o several_a notion_n of_o it_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o save_v faith_n 281_o 282_o 283._o the_o increase_n of_o it_o of_o great_a use_n against_o temptation_n in_o what_o particular_n 121_o 122_o 123._o g_o seem_v good_a allure_a the_o soul_n in_o temptation_n to_o atheistical_a thought_n none_o p._n 11_o 12._o what_o of_o that_o nature_n be_v a_o bait_n to_o temptation_n of_o self-murder_n 88_o 89_o 90._o to_o despair_n 169._o grace_n where_o it_o dwell_v in_o the_o soul_n whether_o it_o can_v allow_v any_o to_o murder_n themselves_o 68_o 69._o gild_n of_o sin_n the_o only_a bottom_n of_o 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to_o prevent_v or_o repel_v temptation_n to_o atheistical_a and_o blasphemous_a thought_n 37_o 38_o to_o 55._o to_o self_n murder_n 96_o 97_o to_o 193._o to_o despair_n 178_o 179_o to_o 240._o to_o presumption_n 263_o 264_o to_o the_o end_n melancholy_n to_o be_v take_v beed_o of_o for_o prevention_n of_o temptation_n to_o self_n murder_n and_o despair_n 98_o 99_o what_o mean_v to_o be_v use_v natural_a civil_a religious_a 100_o 101._o whether_o all_o melanchollick_n person_n kill_v themselves_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v murderer_n of_o themselves_o murder_n how_o far_o it_o extend_v according_a to_o the_o divine_a law_n 57_o who_o not_o guilty_a of_o it_o 60._o in_o what_o sense_n no_o murderer_n have_v eternal_a life_n 61_o 62._o self_n murder_n temptation_n to_o it_o from_o what_o cause_n 79_o 80_o 81._o motive_n in_o temptation_n to_o it_o to_o be_v inquire_v into_o what_o they_o usual_o be_v the_o vanity_n of_o they_o 134_o 135._o n_o notion_n lay_v foundation_n for_o presumption_n 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mortify_v 109._o several_a consideration_n tendant_a to_o that_o end_n 109_o 110._o purgatory_n the_o popish_a notion_n of_o it_o its_o tendancy_n to_o presumption_n 310_o 311._o r_o reveal_v temptation_n how_o advisable_v to_o who_o and_o why_o 157_o 158._o repentance_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o it_o the_o false_a notion_n of_o it_o how_o dangerous_a in_o order_n to_o presumption_n 287_o 288_o 289._o s_o satisfaction_n as_o a_o part_n of_o repentance_n in_o what_o case_n necessary_a the_o popish_a notion_n of_o it_o 304_o 305_o 306._o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n its_o virtue_n as_o to_o remission_n of_o sin_n 308._o the_o popish_a notion_n of_o it_o ibid._n not_o desire_v by_o understand_v christian_n where_o it_o can_v be_v have_v in_o a_o communion_n 308_o 309_o sin_n against_o light_n inveterate_a sin_v flagitious_a and_o prodigious_a act_n of_o sin_n sin_n border_v on_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n great_a advantage_n to_o temptation_n to_o despair_n 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