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and_o so_o a_o mere_a fallacy_n put_v upon_o thy_o conscience_n i_o answer_v 1._o by_o retort_n if_o god_n do_v his_o part_n to_o incline_v thy_o heart_n to_o accept_v of_o peace_n but_o thou_o resiste_v he_o and_o against_o his_o will_n resume_v thy_o trouble_n and_o quenche_v those_o motion_n of_o his_o spirit_n that_o be_v intend_v to_o allay_v thy_o disquiet_n and_o create_v peace_n who_o be_v the_o fault_n now_o that_o this_o may_v be_v clear_v i_o answer_v 2._o that_o god_n moral_a motion_n be_v antecedent_n to_o and_o lead_v all_o physical_a his_o or_o we_o for_o since_o he_o incline_v in_o a_o way_n suitable_a to_o our_o nature_n as_o he_o himself_o as_o we_o and_o all_o rational_a nature_n act_n where_o the_o mind_n and_o reason_n lead_v the_o will_n and_o incline_v it_o therefore_o by_o present_v object_n and_o reason_n urge_v and_o enforce_v they_o by_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o misery_n disquiet_v of_o heart_n and_o woe_n god_n strive_v with_o thy_o will_n to_o move_v it_o 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much_o more_o will_v a_o irrational_a brutish_a will_n against_o his_o omnipotence_n there_o be_v less_o aversation_n in_o any_o man_n to_o be_v subdue_v by_o the_o golden_a liberty_n of_o forcible_a argument_n than_o the_o iron-necessity_n of_o club-law_n the_o result_n be_v that_o to_o refuse_v divine_a comfort_n when_o qualify_v for_o they_o be_v a_o evident_a fight_v against_o god_n and_o to_o deny_v our_o qualification_n when_o hearty_o grieve_v for_o and_o undissemble_o willing_a and_o active_a to_o divorce_v from_o and_o never_o return_v to_o any_o thing_n displease_v to_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o unfeigned_o desirous_a and_o diligent_a to_o espouse_v the_o divine_a interest_n in_o all_o thing_n without_o tergiversation_n or_o delay_n this_o be_v a_o apparent_a rebellion_n and_o lie_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o our_o own_o soul_n which_o oh_o my_o soul_n there_o be_v a_o absolute_a necessity_n that_o thou_o shall_v be_v much_o more_o afraid_a of_o than_o thy_o mere_a imaginary_a presumption_n in_o accept_v that_o which_o be_v so_o clear_o and_o free_o tender_v to_o thou_o by_o god_n and_o what_o do_v thou_o mean_v herein_o oh_o foolish_a and_o unkind_a to_o thyself_o oh_o ingrateful_a and_o impious_a against_o god_n that_o the_o wise_a and_o rich_a and_o sweet_a provision_n of_o heaven_n in_o boundless_a compassion_n to_o thy_o necessity_n and_o misery_n lay_v at_o thy_o foot_n shall_v be_v tread_v in_o the_o dirt_n that_o thou_o will_v not_o vouchsafe_v to_o be_v so_o merciful_a to_o thyself_o and_o respectful_a to_o god_n as_o to_o permit_v his_o heal_a balm_n to_o be_v pour_v into_o thy_o bleed_a wound_n but_o in_o a_o blind_a zeal_n against_o thy_o unworthy_a self_n or_o a_o over-righteous_a revenge_n against_o thy_o abhor_a sin_n or_o a_o humorous_a peevishness_n or_o pertinacy_n of_o spirit_n or_o i_o know_v not_o what_o wound_v those_o gracious_a hand_n which_o in_o infinite_a tenderness_n and_o commiseration_n offer_v so_o benign_o by_o these_o most_o effectual_a medicine_n against_o all_o anxiety_n and_o woe_n to_o deliver_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o wearisome_a hospital_n into_o a_o everlasting_a heaven_n of_o pleasure_n joy_n peace_n soundness_n safety_n rest_v and_o consolation_n oh_o thy_o madness_n to_o choose_v thy_o misery_n and_o vexation_n rather_o than_o so_o bless_a a_o hope_n so_o unutterable_a happiness_n what!_o be_v fond_a of_o hell_n and_o dote_v on_o thy_o torment_n and_o prefer_v thy_o prelibation_n of_o eternal_a plague_n and_o horror_n before_o these_o earnest_n of_o those_o unspeakable_o glorious_a future_a recompense_n be_v it_o not_o even_o so_o this_o be_v and_o well_o may_v it_o be_v for_o a_o lamentation_n chap._n xvii_o instructive_a inference_n wave_v the_o corrective_a deduction_n because_o in_o part_n coincident_a with_o the_o elenctical_a as_o i_o have_v manage_v they_o i_o shall_v close_v all_o with_o the_o instructive_a and_o here_o as_o all_o 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