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love_n gradual_a p._n 167._o to_o settle_v the_o soul_n in_o assurance_n of_o love_n p._n 176._o sin_n to_o be_v subdue_v p._n 231._o t._n thankfulness_n p._n 43_o 125._o tenderness_n of_o spirit_n p._n 49._o tempt_v of_o conscience_n of_o what_o p._n 58._o to_o taste_v divine_a wrath_n p._n 96._o testimony_n of_o satan_n put_v by_o two_o way_n p._n 219._o thought_n 1._o in_o their_o sort_n p_o 319._o 2._o in_o their_o trouble_n 3._o in_o their_o trial_n 4._o in_o their_o cure_n v._o uprightness_n of_o conscience_n p._n 48._o use_v conscience_n p._n 65._o conscience_n vex_v p._n 58._o vnstedfastnesse_n in_o walk_v p._n 163_o unworthiness_n p._n â—34_n w._n weakness_n of_o spirit_n p._n 28._o wound_v of_o spirit_n p._n 73._o want_v of_o good_a p._n 103._o will_v of_o cure_n p._n 141._o wash_v the_o wound_n p._n 143._o god_n wage_n p._n 281._o wait_a must_v be_v add_v to_o do_v page_n 283._o finis_fw-la a_o postscript_n to_o the_o reader_n thou_o have_v a_o promise_n of_o case_n in_o the_o epistle_n unto_o thou_o i_o have_v no_o soon_o make_v it_o but_o it_o be_v call_v for_o by_o desire_v and_o need_v christian_n time_n and_o leisure_n also_o serve_v it_o be_v bring_v forth_o as_o fit_o agree_v with_o the_o subject_n handle_v and_o deem_v by_o man_n more_o judicious_a than_o myself_o very_o comfort_v and_o settle_v unto_o perplex_a soul_n i._o s._n errata_fw-la page_n 116._o for_o be_v the_o next_o instrument_n read_v or_o page_n 323._o for_o former_o read_v formal_o
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thy_o servant_n upon_o which_o thou_o have_v cause_v i_o to_o hope_n now_o be_v he_o resolve_v and_o become_v quiet_a i_o believe_v and_o therefore_o i_o speak_v and_o what_o reason_n be_v there_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v doubt_v his_o safety_n when_o he_o be_v once_o full_o set_v upon_o the_o rock_n 2._o by_o overmatch_a all_o the_o cause_n and_o ground_n of_o doubt_n imagine_v by_o christian_n christian_n doubt_v many_o time_n when_o as_o they_o have_v little_a reason_n to_o doubt_v and_o sometime_o they_o think_v their_o reason_n for_o their_o doubt_n be_v unanswerable_a but_o faith_n prevail_v will_v put_v the_o lie_n and_o folly_n upon_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v for_o doubt_v it_o will_v shame_v and_o silence_v the_o foolish_a reason_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n child_n you_o may_v see_v this_o in_o david_n when_o his_o thought_n run_v wild_a upon_o the_o prosperity_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o the_o adversity_n of_o god_n child_n how_o do_v his_o doubt_n come_v in_o upon_o 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