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to_o careful_a hear_n 4._o simplicity_n no_o excuse_n for_o bad_a hear_n for_o 5._o reason_n nor_o a_o bad_a memory_n can_v excuse_v careless_a hear_n heb._n 4.2_o 4._o note_n of_o true_a understanding_n the_o word_n reason_n why_o wicked_a spirit_n be_v compare_v to_o fowl_n of_o heaven_n 4._o 2._o cor._n 12.2_o matth._n 4.5_o why_o satan_n come_v when_o man_n hear_v the_o word_n 3._o reason_n satan_n come_v inward_o 3._o way_n 1._o cor._n 11.22_o mic._n 2.7_o satan_n come_v outward_o 3._o way_n luk_n 4.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o end_v of_o satan_n come_n to_o steal_v away_o the_o word_n 2._o end_v of_o satan_n come_v to_o hinder_v faith_n 3._o end_v to_o rob_v man_n of_o their_o salvation_n that_o the_o word_n have_v be_v fruitful_a four_o note_n gal._n 3.24_o thou_o never_o come_v to_o church_n but_o satan_n come_v with_o thou_o motive_n to_o watch_v against_o he_o three_z 3._o note_n to_o know_v that_o the_o devil_n have_v rob_v thou_o of_o the_o word_n 6._o mean_v 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in_o grace_n joh._n 5.35_o 6._o mean_v to_o keep_v we_o from_o wither_v in_o grace_n 1._o thes._n 5.19_o 20._o eph._n 2.20_o esa._n 4.4_o 1._o king_n 17.16_o motive_n to_o beware_v of_o wither_v mat._n 21.20_o vers._n 19_o doct._n seed_n of_o the_o word_n not_o fruitful_a to_o salvation_n in_o a_o hard_a heart_n tot_o verba_fw-la tot_fw-la verbera_fw-la nihil_fw-la profuêre_fw-la pharaoni_fw-la rom._n 1.16_o heb._n 4.12_o gutta_n cavat_fw-la lapidem_fw-la non_fw-la vi_fw-la sed_fw-la saepè_fw-la cadendo_fw-la six_o mark_n to_o know_v a_o hard_a heart_n by_o exod._n 9.27_o motive_n to_o labour_n for_o soft_a heart_n mean_n of_o a_o soft_a hart_n psal._n 101_o 4_o incidit_fw-la gemmas_fw-la at_o non_fw-la inciditur_fw-la ipse_fw-la hircino_n tantum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la mollis_fw-la erit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_n 4.5_o doct._n the_o cause_n why_o many_o goodly_a professor_n fall_v short_a of_o salvation_n humour_n unctionis_fw-la &_o compunctionis_fw-la psal._n 6.6_o 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sun_n in_o 4._o thing_n mat._n 24.24_o mat._n 10.16_o luk._n 14.28_o 4._o true_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n hatred_n of_o the_o godly_a the_o thing_n â—ated_v in_o good_a man_n be_v goodness_n comfort_n in_o persecution_n doct._n 2._o many_o glorious_a professor_n fall_v off_o in_o persecution_n they_o fall_v from_o five_o thing_n reas._o 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o 3_o 4_o mat._n 17.4_o 1._o kin._n 14.2_o 2._o tim._n 2.19_o 7._o mean_v to_o uphold_v we_o in_o trial_n phil._n 1.29_o 2._o thes._n 2.10_o 11._o method_n of_o this_o part_n of_o the_o text._n carnal_a lust_n compare_v with_o thorn_n in_o 5._o thing_n 1._o tim._n 6.10_o 1._o cor._n 7.30_o heb._n 6.8_o bad_a hearer_n apt_o compare_v with_o thorny_a ground_n lust_n of_o any_o kind_n cherish_v spoil_v the_o work_n of_o the_o word_n jam._n 1.22_o 2._o chron._n 16.10_o reas._o 1_o 2_o 3_o gen._n 3.18_o 4_o reign_v of_o lust_n thrust_v down_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o word_n many_o way_n mean_v to_o keep_v our_o heart_n 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the_o second_o sort_n of_o thorn_n be_v deceitfulness_n of_o riches_n greg._n mag._n in_o lucae_n 8._o riches_n apt_o compare_v to_o thorn_n in_o 4._o thing_n doct._n riches_n great_a enemy_n to_o religion_n and_o salvation_n riches_n good_a blessing_n in_o themselves_o 3._o reason_n august_n in_o psal._n 51._o riches_n choke_v the_o word_n 1._o before_o 〈◊〉_d 3._o way_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o tim._n 6.17_o 2._o in_o hear_v 3._o after_o hear_v 1._o hinder_v profession_n mat._n 11.6_o 2._o hinder_v practice_n as_o in_o six_o instance_n 5._o mark_v of_o a_o man_n in_o who_o the_o word_n be_v choke_v by_o wealth_n act._n 26.18_o sincerum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la vas_fw-la â—uodounque_fw-la infundis_fw-la acessit_fw-la 4._o remedy_n against_o choke_a thorn_n luk._n 12.48_o psal._n 62.10_o gen._n 32.10_o pro._n 17.1_o phil._n 4.11_o