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you_o will_v not_o mat._n 23._o the_o time_n may_v come_v when_o we_o will_v and_o god_n will_v not_o when_o we_o shall_v cry_v other_o lord_n have_v have_v dominion_n over_o we_o etc._n etc._n isa_n 26.13_o but_o thou_o lord_n set_v up_o thou_o thy_o government_n rule_n thou_o over_o uâ—â—_n and_o god_n may_v say_v no_o it_o be_v too_o late_a i_o will_v have_v heal_v you_o and_o you_o will_v not_o be_v heal_v 14._o the_o great_a neglect_n of_o the_o care_n of_o our_o family_n true_o it_o be_v not_o the_o least_o sin_n that_o threaten_v the_o removal_n of_o our_o candlestiks_a how_o general_o have_v the_o duty_n of_o religion_n be_v let_v fall_v in_o our_o family_n read_v the_o word_n sing_v psalm_n etc._n etc._n time_n be_v when_o one_o can_v not_o have_v come_v through_o the_o street_n of_o london_n on_o a_o evening_n in_o the_o weekday_n but_o we_o may_v hear_v the_o praise_n of_o god_n sing_v of_o psalm_n now_o it_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o the_o city_n even_o upon_o the_o lord_n 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of_o faith_n and_o doctrine_n that_o we_o have_v not_o be_v more_o zealous_a for_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n that_o great_a trust_n and_o depositum_fw-la which_o have_v be_v commit_v to_o we_o we_o have_v account_v it_o no_o matter_n of_o what_o opinion_n or_o judgement_n man_n be_v in_o these_o latter_a time_n it_o be_v a_o universal_a say_n no_o matter_n what_o judgement_n man_n be_v of_o so_o they_o be_v saint_n as_o if_o truth_n in_o the_o judgement_n do_v not_o go_v to_o the_o make_v up_o of_o a_o saint_n as_o well_o as_o holiness_n in_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n as_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o bear_v witness_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o be_v his_o great_a design_n as_o if_o it_o be_v no_o matter_n if_o god_n have_v the_o heart_n so_o the_o devil_n be_v in_o the_o head_n as_o if_o no_o matter_n that_o be_v full_a of_o darkness_n so_o the_o heart_n be_v for_o god_n 16._o the_o unsuitableness_n of_o our_o conversation_n to_o the_o gospel_n 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we_o be_v out_o off_o for_o our_o part_n we_o be_v a_o people_n that_o never_o know_v how_o to_o honour_v god_n in_o any_o distress_n god_n have_v bring_v we_o into_o never_o learn_v to_o glorify_v god_n by_o believe_v if_o we_o can_v see_v he_o we_o can_v believe_v he_o sure_o that_o which_o god_n have_v do_v for_o we_o in_o such_o a_o succession_n of_o miracle_n it_o may_v well_o at_o least_o have_v be_v find_v for_o our_o faith_n during_o our_o so_o journ_v in_o our_o pilgrimage_n we_o may_v have_v learn_v by_o all_o that_o we_o have_v see_v to_o believe_v god_n we_o may_v have_v make_v experience_n to_o be_v the_o food_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o upon_o all_o the_o providence_n of_o divine_a power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n we_o may_v have_v discourse_v ourselves_o into_o belief_n as_o david_n 1_o sam._n 17.37_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v i_o out_o of_o the_o paw_n of_o the_o lion_n and_o of_o the_o bear_n he_o will_v deliver_v i_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o this_o philistine_n so_o paul_n he_o have_v deliver_v and_o do_v deliver_v we_o trust_v he_o will_v also_o deliver_v oh_o my_o brethren_n we_o dishonoun_n god_n and_o starve_v our_o faith_n by_o forget_v our_o experience_n while_o we_o proclaim_v by_o our_o own_o unbelief_n that_o we_o have_v a_o god_n that_o we_o dare_v not_o trust_v if_o we_o perish_v we_o may_v thank_v ourselves_o for_o it_o sure_o if_o we_o miscarry_v that_o account_n may_v be_v give_v for_o it_o that_o we_o find_v mat._n 13_o 58._o because_o of_o our_o unhelief_n there_o be_v a_o rest_n of_o god_n before_o we_o if_o we_o do_v not_o enter_v in_o it_o be_v because_o of_o our_o unbelief_n 18._o go_v of_o sympathy_n with_o the_o bleed_a gasp_a groan_a die_a church_n of_o jesus_n christ_n they_o have_v be_v in_o great_a affliction_n round_o about_o have_v call_v to_o we_o pity_v i_o oh_o pity_v i_o my_o friend_n for_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n be_v go_v out_o against_o i_o we_o can_v look_v any_o way_n but_o we_o see_v cause_n of_o bitter_a mourning_n but_o we_o have_v not_o lay_v the_o blood_n of_o germany_n lituania_n piedmount_n etc._n etc._n to_o heart_n therefore_o god_n may_v just_o lay_v it_o to_o our_o charge_n want_v of_o fellow-feeling_n with_o our_o brethren_n in_o their_o affliction_n it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o persecution_n a_o kind_n of_o be_v accessary_a to_o their_o suffering_n that_o we_o have_v not_o mourn_v weep_v bleed_v with_o they_o that_o we_o have_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o dust_n smite_v on_o our_o thigh_n etc._n etc._n god_n may_v just_o say_v to_o we_o as_o ames_n 6.6_o 7._o they_o shall_v go_v captive_a with_o the_o
first_o that_o go_v captive_a because_o they_o be_v not_o grieve_v for_o the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n the_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v none_o of_o they_o have_v be_v sick_a for_o the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n oh_o my_o brethren_n when_o do_v we_o go_v to_o bed_v sick_a for_o the_o affliction_n of_o god_n people_n abroad_o when_o do_v their_o misery_n cost_v we_o a_o hour_n sleep_v or_o a_o meal_n mear_v when_o do_v we_o lie_v in_o the_o dust_n and_o cry_v our_o ah_o lord_n their_o glory_n because_o we_o have_v not_o shed_v tear_n for_o their_o blood_n god_n may_v just_o say_v the_o next_o turn_n of_o persecution_n shall_v be_v you_o because_o you_o have_v not_o be_v afflict_v in_o the_o affliction_n of_o my_o people_n etc._n etc._n 19_o our_o grievous_a unsensibleness_n of_o god_n dishonour_n religion_n never_o suffer_v the_o like_a as_o it_o have_v do_v these_o latter_a day_n by_o the_o pride_n and_o hypocrisy_n of_o some_o pretender_n to_o it_o god_n name_n have_v be_v thereby_o blaspheme_v by_o a_o evil_a &_o hypocritical_a generation_n the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v lie_v under_o the_o great_a reproach_n and_o contempt_n that_o ever_o any_o do_v under_o the_o heaven_n and_o yet_o all_o this_o while_n we_o have_v not_o be_v concern_v in_o it_o carry_v ourselves_o as_o if_o unconcern_v in_o the_o reproach_n of_o religion_n blasphemy_n reflect_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o god_n who_o in_o these_o time_n of_o blasphemy_n have_v go_v in_o secret_a lie_v in_o the_o dust_n and_o cry_v with_o holy_a joshua_n what_o will_v thou_o do_v unto_o thy_o great_a name_n josh_n 7.9_o we_o have_v not_o labour_v to_o preserve_v in_o our_o own_o soul_n or_o stir_v up_o our_o brethren_n a_o holy_a sense_n of_o god_n name_n as_o those_o primitive_a saint_n mal._n 3.16_o where_o be_v they_o that_o have_v be_v affect_v with_o and_o afflict_v for_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n o_o consider_v how_o little_a be_v god_n and_o religion_n behold_v to_o 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a_o fruit_n and_o evidence_n of_o such_o repentance_n repentance_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o break_n of_o the_o heart_n for_o and_o from_o sin_n i_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o mere_o as_o it_o be_v the_o contrition_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o sin_n i_o come_v to_o speak_v a_o word_n of_o the_o other_o part_n as_o it_o consist_v in_o turn_v to_o god_n and_o do_v our_o first_o work_n this_o be_v the_o method_n god_n prescribe_v his_o people_n lam._n 3.39_o wherefore_o do_v a_o live_a man_n complain_v etc._n etc._n under_o god_n afflict_a hand_n instead_o of_o reform_v man_n be_v prone_a to_o fall_v a_o complain_n not_o only_o natural_o as_o irrational_a creature_n may_v under_o some_o pinch_a extremity_n but_o sinful_o i.e._n when_o their_o natural_a grief_n be_v let_v out_o in_o a_o distemper_a and_o inordinate_a manner_n when_o natural_a groan_n be_v accompany_v with_o unscriptural_a affection_n which_o vent_v itself_o 1._o sometime_o upon_o the_o affliction_n as_o if_o but_o one_o 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