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many_o a_o sin_n and_o run_v exceed_v fast_o though_o he_o fall_v at_o last_o a_o man_n that_o have_v be_v angry_a it_o will_v make_v he_o very_o quiet_a and_o still_o and_o be_v there_o no_o more_o power_n in_o this_o 2._o this_o will_v make_v a_o man_n content_v himself_o with_o a_o bare_a form_n with_o a_o false_a confidence_n if_o this_o be_v true_a for_o take_v a_o man_n that_o have_v be_v long_o seek_v to_o get_v strength_n against_o a_o vile_a heart_n and_o â—e_n find_v none_o there_o be_v no_o power_n of_o heavenliness_n he_o be_v earthy_a no_o meekness_n he_o be_v proud_a i_o will_v say_v to_o he_o do_v you_o ever_o think_v to_o get_v any_o power_n of_o meekness_n love_n faith_n etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v never_o do_v it_o never_o have_v it_o here_o all_o your_o strength_n be_v immediate_o from_o christ_n look_v for_o it_o there_o in_o conscience_n a_o man_n must_v cease_v there_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a all_o our_o strength_n be_v in_o and_o from_o the_o lord_n but_o it_o 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will_v make_v a_o christian_a hide_n and_o not_o improve_v his_o talent_n he_o have_v grace_n but_o no_o power_n to_o put_v it_o forth_o then_o suppose_v god_n give_v power_n to_o see_v truth_n one_o day_n i_o must_v not_o see_v it_o with_o this_o eye_n the_o next_o but_o look_v up_o to_o christ_n and_o say_v i_o can_v see_v at_o all_o ii_o cause_n of_o this_o 1._o in_o oppose_v the_o outward_a principle_n of_o life_n or_o first_o principle_n and_o this_o second_o i_o must_v live_v on_o câ—rist_n hence_o i_o must_v noâ—_n i_o have_v no_o power_n to_o act_v myself_o in_o any_o measure_n
conscience_n his_o lust_n after_o his_o bag_n be_v go_v he_o have_v more_o mind_n to_o a_o halter_n and_o hence_o fâ—ings_v away_o his_o piece_n of_o silver_n and_o innocent_a blood_n lie_v heavy_a oh_o â—he_n mercy_n of_o a_o christ_n that_o i_o have_v slight_v he_o think_v he_o may_v have_v have_v his_o money_n and_o christ_n escape_v with_o his_o life_n and_o his_o sin_n pardon_v afterward_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v say_v mat._n 27._o 3._o when_o he_o see_v he_o be_v condemn_v he_o repent_v and_o as_o a_o man_n not_o worthy_a to_o live_v in_o his_o own_o thought_n he_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o it_o be_v with_o the_o soul_n as_o with_o water_n all_o the_o cold_a may_v be_v go_v but_o the_o native_a principle_n of_o cold_a remain_v still_o you_o may_v remove_v the_o burn_a of_o lust_n not_o the_o blackness_n of_o nature_n from_o a_o carnal_a heart_n and_o the_o ground_n hold_v nature_n be_v not_o change_v this_o i_o say_v a_o unregenerate_a man_n may_v have_v but_o yet_o never_o 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at_o all_o but_o this_o he_o never_o find_v for_o if_o he_o shall_v then_o 1._o a_o graceless_a heart_n may_v partake_v of_o the_o great_a benefit_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o love_n of_o god_n for_o rom._n 11._o 26._o this_o be_v my_o covenant_n to_o take_v away_o their_o sâ—n_n for_o to_o subdue_v sâ—n_o be_v great_a love_n than_o to_o conquer_v devil_n death_n and_o hell_n isa._n â—1_n 6._o it_o be_v turn_v lion_n into_o lamb_n 2._o tâ—en_o a_o unregenerate_a man_n may_v partake_v of_o the_o last_o end_n of_o all_o the_o suffering_n and_o sorrow_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v to_o save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n and_o hence_o john_n 1._o 29_o behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n which_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n 1_o john_n 3._o 5_o 8._o christ_n come_v to_o destroy_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n this_o therefore_o he_o ever_o fall_v short_a of_o he_o â—haâ—_n have_v find_v this_o easy_a and_o account_v this_o work_n common_a never_o have_v it_o yet_o quest._n how_o may_v a_o christian_a know_v when_o the_o lord_n have_v change_v his_o nature_n and_o take_v donaghe_a power_n of_o his_o sin_n answ._n it_o may_v suffice_v to_o evidence_n this_o against_o all_o gainsayers_a that_o thus_o it_o be_v and_o so_o to_o know_v it_o by_o the_o spirit_n witness_v which_o show_v we_o the_o thing_n free_o give_v of_o god_n who_o to_o save_v the_o lord_n a_o try_v another_o day_n try_v we_o now_o and_o make_v know_v these_o hide_a work_n especial_o see_v some_o divine_n think_v that_o as_o the_o first_o adam_n convey_v this_o sin_n of_o nature_n i_o not_o know_v so_o the_o second_o adam_n do_v also_o remove_v this_o by_o a_o immediate_a stroâ—k_n i_o conceive_v it_o be_v so_o also_o but_o not_o only_o by_o it_o and_o therefore_o take_v two_o evidence_n now_o 1._o wherever_o this_o be_v do_v that_o soul_n do_v not_o only_o see_v this_o sin_n for_o so_o a_o unregenerate_a paul_n do_v rom._n 7._o 9_o where_o sin_n revive_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o word_n be_v a_o divider_n of_o joint_n and_o marrow_n nor_o do_v they_o only_o feel_v this_o as_o a_o evil_a and_o so_o be_v much_o trouble_v with_o it_o but_o when_o the_o lord_n make_v the_o deject_a soul_n feel_v it_o as_o its_o great_a evil_n so_o long_o as_o it_o remain_v in_o its_o be_v as_o it_o will_v worse_o than_o death_n than_o hell_n than_o all_o affliction_n and_o misery_n it_o be_v not_o a_o particular_a sin_n but_o this_o that_o he_o feel_v thus_o you_o will_v say_v this_o be_v a_o high_a pitch_n i_o say_v consider_v if_o any_o man_n be_v ever_o humble_v under_o sin_n but_o he_o that_o feel_v sin_n as_o it_o be_v for_o if_o i_o feel_v it_o not_o as_o it_o be_v i_o be_o deceive_v now_o it_o be_v the_o great_a evil_n to_o depart_v from_o a_o live_a god_n be_v worse_a than_o for_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o all_o creature_n to_o depart_v from_o i_o to_o make_v god_n miserable_a be_v worse_a than_o for_o all_o creature_n ever_o to_o be_v make_v so_o and_o sin_n in_o its_o tendency_n do_v so_o be_v a_o cross_n to_o his_o will_n isa._n 1._o 24._o hence_o he_o that_o feel_v it_o indeed_o feel_v it_o so_o the_o beginning_n of_o which_o be_v a_o sorrow_n and_o mourning_n after_o god_n that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o isa._n 63._o 17._o why_o have_v harden_v our_o heart_n from_o thy_o fear_n but_o thus_o it_o be_v indeed_o rom._n 7._o 24._o and_o when_o it_o be_v thus_o it_o will_v hold_v thus_o till_o death_n while_o the_o cause_n remain_v nay_o the_o more_o life_n and_o love_n the_o more_o tender_a it_o grow_v set_v aside_o some_o careless_a fit_n and_o hence_o its_o great_a joy_n be_v to_o think_v of_o the_o time_n it_o shall_v be_v for_o ever_o holy_a and_o hence_o account_v no_o such_o mercy_n as_o to_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n to_o live_v to_o god_n indeed_o a_o graceless_a heart_n see_v and_o fear_v it_o and_o cry_v out_o of_o himself_o for_o it_o but_o stay_v a_o while_n and_o he_o lose_v his_o tenderness_n either_o because_o he_o can_v part_v with_o it_o or_o because_o of_o christ_n he_o look_v now_o to_o he_o or_o because_o he_o have_v now_o some_o sprinkle_n of_o the_o spirit_n nature_n be_v ease_v thereby_o and_o he_o be_v quiet_v and_o hence_o never_o any_o carnal_a heart_n but_o some_o root_n of_o bitterness_n do_v grow_v up_o at_o last_o in_o this_o soyl._n hence_o ordinance_n profit_v not_o because_o feeling_n be_v lose_v but_o the_o soul_n thus_o feel_v it_o behold_v the_o holiness_n of_o god_n and_o love_n of_o christ_n and_o its_o constant_a withdrawing_n resisting_n oh_o it_o cut_v deep_a 2._o then_o the_o nature_n be_v change_v when_o the_o conscience_n be_v still_o and_o quiet_a and_o the_o soul_n assure_v of_o the_o lord_n love_v yet_o nothing_o give_v the_o heart_n quiet_a till_o it_o be_v contiguous_a to_o god_n in_o christ_n to_o enjoy_v he_o in_o his_o holiness_n and_o in_o the_o love_n and_o delight_n of_o his_o whole_a will_n for_o this_o be_v a_o certain_a rule_n if_o the_o nature_n be_v not_o change_v if_o conscience_n be_v but_o once_o quiet_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o god_n love_n and_o affect_v with_o it_o and_o have_v not_o god_n indeed_o nor_o his_o work_n to_o quiet_v it_o it_o will_v fall_v to_o lust_a after_o creature_n and_o live_v upon_o they_o and_o feed_v the_o heart_n there_o for_o as_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o live_v or_o to_o be_v without_o provision_n so_o the_o world_n be_v provision_n for_o the_o flesh_n meat_n drink_n sleep_n and_o these_o lawful_a thing_n there_o iâ—_n do_v and_o will_v lie_v quiet_a without_o god_n but_o now_o where_o the_o nature_n be_v change_v and_o there_o
have_v much_o affection_n and_o grace_n but_o when_o he_o have_v it_o what_o be_v it_o but_o leave_n to_o adorn_v and_o beautify_v himself_o but_o he_o live_v not_o to_o the_o lord_n another_o man_n will_v live_v to_o the_o lord_n in_o what_o he_o do_v the_o lord_n be_v so_o dear_a and_o himself_o so_o vile_a as_o that_o he_o do_v thus_o 4._o if_o you_o pray_v for_o it_o in_o christ_n name_n object_n many_o pray_v answ._n but_o when_o christ_n and_o you_o pray_v together_o you_o will_v speed_v and_o than_o christ_n pray_v when_o his_o spirit_n cry_v at_o the_o throne_n of_o mercy_n than_o himself_o be_v at_o the_o throne_n of_o justice_n and_o his_o spirit_n cry_v 1._o not_o for_o a_o unfit_a person_n that_o have_v some_o slight_a change_n but_o 〈◊〉_d his_o saint_n who_o heart_n be_v endear_v to_o he_o and_o his_o whole_a will_n 2._o noâ—_n foâ—â—â—_n evil_a or_o private_a end_n but_o the_o lord_n 3._o not_o cold_o but_o with_o groâ—â—s_n unutterable_a be_v it_o thus_o with_o thâ—e_n oh_o then_o how_o can_v thou_o fall_v i_o do_v fear_v 〈◊〉_d mat._n 16._o 18._o he_o shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o thou_o but_o thou_o shall_v give_v the_o last_o blow_n and_o wouâ—d_n do_v fear_v the_o world_n the_o deceit_n of_o it_o mat._n 24_o 24._o if_o possible_a the_o elect_a do_v fear_v the_o evil_a or_o good_a thing_n of_o it_o john_n 17._o 13_o though_o in_o the_o world_n yet_o christ_n pray_v you_o may_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o evil_n of_o it_o do_v fear_v thy_o sin_n that_o will_v separate_v answ._n rom._n 6._o 2._o how_o can_v we_o that_o be_v dead_a live_v any_o longeâ—_n therein_o it_o be_v a_o strong_a but_o a_o wound_a but_o a_o die_a enemy_n do_v fear_v the_o lord_n thou_o have_v walk_v so_o unworthy_a of_o he_o he_o will_v not_o break_v the_o bruise_a reed_n till_o judgement_n come_v to_o victory_n though_o little_a though_o weak_a oh_o therefore_o be_v comfort_v against_o this_o in_o these_o time_n which_o be_v apostatical_a decline_a evil_a day_n and_o 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