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sin_n condemn_v by_o nature_n for_o no_o man_n can_v choose_v but_o complain_v if_o he_o meet_v with_o it_o in_o other_o and_o by_o scripture_n more_o mark_v 7._o 17._o rom._n 3._o with_o their_o tongue_n they_o have_v use_v deceit_n rom._n 1._o 29._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 1._o deceitful_a man_n shall_v not_o live_v out_o half_a their_o day_n david_n the_o bread_n of_o deceit_n shall_v be_v gravel_n in_o the_o belly_n solomon_n the_o deceitful_a man_n shall_v not_o roast_v what_o he_o take_v in_o hunt_v of_o all_o vice_n it_o take_v up_o most_o of_o the_o lodging_n about_o we_o 1._o our_o spirit_n psal._n 2._o 2._o 2._o our_o thought_n psal._n 38._o 12._o 3._o our_o heart_n prov._n 12._o 20._o 4._o our_o mouth_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 22._o 5._o our_o lip_n psal._n 34._o 12._o â—6_n our_o tongue_n psal._n 15._o 3._o 7._o our_o belly_n job_n 15._o 35._o 8._o our_o foot_n job_n 31._o 5._o all_o our_o member_n act_n 13._o 10._o there_o be_v fraud_n in_o bargain_v and_o converse_v david_n whole_a 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heart_n for_o want_v of_o something_o to_o stay_v upon_o for_o attain_v of_o good_a or_o avoid_v evil_a isa._n 7._o 2._o 1._o we_o must_v not_o distrust_v god_n as_o ahaz_n do_v in_o isa._n 7._o and_o sarah_n when_o she_o hear_v of_o she_o have_v a_o son_n and_o the_o israelite_n when_o they_o murmur_v in_o their_o tent_n and_o say_v they_o shall_v perish_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o david_n i_o shall_v one_o day_n perish_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n 2._o we_o must_v not_o distrust_v man_n without_o cause_n think_v they_o will_v not_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o they_o have_v promise_v or_o undertake_v or_o as_o they_o seem_v willing_a to_o do_v which_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o saul_n who_o disinherit_v the_o loyalty_n both_o of_o david_n and_o of_o the_o people_n only_o because_o they_o in_o their_o song_n ascribe_v to_o david_n ten_o thousand_o and_o mistrust_v jonathan_n also_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v disloyal_a 3._o we_o must_v moderate_o distrust_v ourselves_o and_o our_o own_o wit_n and_o sufficiency_n as_o solomon_n do_v say_v i_o be_o but_o a_o child_n and_o i_o can_v go_v in_o and_o out_o before_o this_o great_a people_n and_o paul_n when_o he_o say_v i_o be_o not_o sufficient_a to_o think_v any_o thing_n as_o of_o myself_o we_o must_v not_o so_o distrust_v ourselves_o as_o to_o be_v dishearten_v from_o attempt_v to_o do_v our_o duty_n which_o be_v moses_n his_o fault_n that_o because_o he_o be_v not_o eloquent_a refuse_v to_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n but_o alone_o in_o such_o measure_n as_o to_o make_v we_o seek_v more_o earnest_o to_o god_n for_o his_o help_n and_o assistance_n divination_n divination_n be_v quaedam_fw-la praenunciatio_fw-la futurorum_fw-la say_v aquinas_n in_o general_n be_v a_o etc._n course_n way_n or_o proceed_n to_o effect_v strange_a and_o unwonted_a effect_n by_o mean_n not_o allow_v or_o ordain_v by_o god_n either_o in_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n or_o any_o special_a institution_n as_o for_o example_n to_o find_v out_o 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bring_v to_o a_o sense_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o repentance_n for_o it_o luther_n matth._n 21._o 31._o 2._o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v because_o they_o have_v sin_v against_o great_a mean_n and_o light_n they_o shall_v receive_v the_o great_a damnation_n matth._n 11._o 24._o many_o a_o hypocrite_n will_v 1._o constant_o hear_v and_o frequent_v the_o best_a ministry_n isa._n 58._o 2._o ezek_n 33._o 31_o 32._o 2._o will_v keep_v a_o constant_a course_n in_o prayer_n and_o that_o not_o in_o ordinary_a prayer_n only_o but_o even_o in_o extraordinary_a too_o luke_n 18._o 12._o compare_n zach._n 7._o 5._o &_o 8._o 19_o together_o 3._o be_v a_o strict_a observer_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n luke_n 13._o 14_o 15._o john_n 5._o 10._o 4._o love_v the_o sincerity_n of_o religion_n and_o hate_v popery_n will-worship_n and_o idolatry_n with_o all_o the_o relic_n and_o monument_n of_o it_o rom._n 2._o 22_o 23._o 5._o go_v a_o great_a deal_n far_o in_o the_o reformation_n of_o his_o life_n than_o the_o civil_a man_n do_v 2_o pet._n 2._o 20._o luke_n 11._o 42._o we_o shall_v labour_v for_o a_o spirit_n without_o guile_n psal._n 2._o 2._o that_o spirit_n be_v 1._o a_o humble_a spirit_n before_o in_o and_o after_o duty_n 2._o a_o honest_a spirit_n carry_v equal_o against_o all_o sin_n 3._o a_o plain_a spirit_n idleness_n idleness_n be_v a_o vice_n of_o spend_v time_n unprofitable_o it_o be_v vivi_fw-la hominis_fw-la sepultura_fw-la solomon_n often_o condemn_v sluggishness_n prov._n sodomite_n 6._o 9_o 10_o 11._o which_o saying_n he_o repeat_v again_o proverb_n 24._o see_v proverb_n 20._o 13._o a_o idle_a man_n be_v a_o burden_n to_o himself_o a_o prey_n to_o satan_n the_o devil_n cushion_n semper_fw-la aliquid_fw-la age_n ut_fw-la te_fw-la diabolus_fw-la inveniat_fw-la occupatum_fw-la a_o grief_n to_o god_n spirit_n ephes._n â—_o 28._o 30._o bodily_a sloth_n you_o can_v bear_v and_o soul-sloth_n christ_n can_v bear_v matthew_n 25._o 26._o sin_n accompany_v idleness_n 23._o 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