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be_v every_o where_o obvious_a so_o john_n the_o baptist_n christ_n harbinger_n and_o forerunner_n and_o afterward_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o who_o great_a business_n in_o their_o preach_n be_v no_o other_o than_o that_o sinner_n may_v be_v save_v and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v well_o with_o they_o what_o do_v they_o preach_v it_o be_v repentance_n and_o so_o when_o he_o send_v forth_o the_o twelve_o it_o be_v say_v they_o go_v out_o and_o 17._o matth._n 3._o 2._o 4._o 17._o preach_v and_o what_o do_v they_o preach_v why_o that_o 12._o mark_v 6._o 12._o man_n shall_v repent_v now_o have_v there_o be_v any_o more_o effectual_a way_n or_o course_n to_o have_v be_v take_v for_o further_a the_o good_a of_o these_o they_o go_v or_o be_v send_v to_o preach_v to_o sure_o they_o will_v have_v take_v it_o but_o they_o take_v this_o course_n and_o go_v this_o way_n clear_o demonstrate_v that_o this_o be_v indeed_o the_o way_n r._n 7._o because_o true_a repentance_n sound_n evangelical_n 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and_o show_v itself_o without_o but_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n faith_n be_v first_o for_o 1._o god_n favour_n be_v first_o apprehend_v and_o remission_n of_o sin_n upon_o repentance_n believe_v and_o then_o upon_o that_o come_v repentance_n and_o conversion_n and_o alteration_n of_o heart_n and_o life_n and_o 2._o true_a repentance_n be_v a_o grace_n and_o be_v repentance_n unto_o life_n 10._o zach._n 12._o 10._o whence_o shall_v it_o be_v have_v but_o from_o the_o fountain_n thereof_o and_o how_o shall_v it_o be_v have_v thence_o but_o by_o faith_n union_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o communion_n and_o interest_n of_o influence_n so_o that_o jesus_n christ_n must_v first_o be_v receive_v himself_o before_o save_v conversion_n or_o any_o grace_n can_v be_v receive_v hence_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o without_o he_o we_o can_v 5._o john_n 15._o 5._o do_v nothing_o or_o sever_v from_o he_o much_o less_o so_o great_a a_o thing_n as_o to_o repent_v and_o turn_v to_o god_n some_o 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please_v to_o show_v we_o thy_o face_n and_o fatherly_a countenance_n in_o thy_o son_n shall_v we_o see_v light_n that_o be_v enjoy_v lively_a comfort_n and_o joy_n and_o gladness_n of_o heart_n so_o job_n 29._o 3._o when_o his_o lamp_n shine_v upon_o my_o head_n and_o when_o by_o his_o light_n i_o walk_v through_o darkness_n that_o be_v when_o he_o abide_v with_o i_o by_o his_o favour_n and_o by_o it_o i_o pass_v through_o and_o overcome_v the_o misery_n and_o adversity_n of_o this_o life_n 2._o it_o be_v life_n psalm_n 30._o 5._o in_o his_o favour_n be_v 3._o ps_n 63._o 3._o life_n many_o live_v but_o no_o soul_n true_o live_v but_o in_o his_o favour_n in_o his_o sight_n and_o in_o the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n hâ—s_n 6._o 2._o and_o we_o shall_v live_v in_o his_o sight_n yea_o it_o be_v better_a than_o life_n for_o 1._o people_n 88_o 119._o 88_o may_v live_v yea_o and_o have_v all_o accommodation_n of_o life_n and_o yet_o be_v miserable_a but_o a_o soul_n can_v have_v the_o 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109._o 17._o these_o act_n fil_o and_o mad_o shall_v we_o count_v he_o beside_o himself_o that_o offer_v violence_n but_o to_o his_o own_o body_n and_o not_o he_o much_o more_o which_o offer_v it_o to_o his_o own_o soul_n yea_o destroy_v his_o own_o etc._n prov._n 11._o 19_o etc._n etc._n soul_n that_o pursue_v what_o will_v be_v his_o own_o death_n whosoever_o commit_v adultery_n with_o a_o woman_n 32._o 6._o 32._o it_o be_v say_v he_o lack_v or_o be_v void_a of_o understanding_n how_o wise_a soever_o he_o may_v think_v himself_o or_o may_v be_v in_o worldly_a affair_n he_o have_v not_o the_o least_o spark_n of_o true_a spiritual_a wisdom_n but_o be_v besot_v mad_a remus_n demens_fw-la pisc_n junius_n etc._n etc._n stultus_fw-la terque_fw-la quaterque_fw-la remus_n so_o junius_n piscator_fw-la and_o other_o read_v it_o he_o act_v not_o only_o against_o the_o dictate_v of_o religion_n but_o reason_n and_o why_o because_o he_o destroy_v his_o own_o soul_n his_o own_o life_n say_v 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etc._n and_o be_v these_o themselves_o but_o i_o do_v but_o name_v thing_n 3._o they_o be_v not_o at_o all_o affect_a with_o their_o own_o misery_n nor_o the_o great_a wrong_n they_o offer_v to_o themselves_o or_o other_o they_o be_v in_o their_o blood_n in_o the_o very_a gall_n of_o bitterness_n under_o god_n wrath_n and_o curse_n vassal_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n and_o guilty_a of_o eternal_a damnation_n and_o in_o as_o great_a danger_n of_o it_o as_o a_o traitor_n apprehend_v be_v of_o be_v execute_v and_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o at_o all_o affect_v therewith_o but_o make_v light_n of_o it_o they_o say_v they_o 17._o rev._n 3._o 17._o be_v rich_a and_o increase_v with_o good_n and_o have_v need_n of_o nothing_o when_o they_o be_v wretched_a and_o miserable_a and_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a as_o mad_a man_n you_o know_v fancy_v sometime_o strange_a thing_n of_o themselves_o as_o that_o they_o be_v some_o great_a person_n when_o it_o be_v quite_o otherwise_o and_o though_o 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