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to_o affectionate_a praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n for_o so_o great_a a_o
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analysis_n of_o the_o chap._n mat._n 1._o and_o explication_n of_o the_o text_n ver_fw-la 21._o p_o 4_o doct._n the_o great_a work_n of_o christ_n our_o saviour_n be_v the_o save_n of_o his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n even_o from_o sin_n itself_o p._n 7_o explain_v in_o 5._o proposition_n p._n 8_o prove_v by_o scripture_n p._n 9_o four_o argument_n confirm_v the_o doct._n 1._o hereby_o god_n be_v most_o honour_a p._n 10_o 2._o hereby_o man_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o great_a evil._n sin_n prove_v to_o be_v so_o p._n 12_o 3._o hereby_o man_n be_v restore_v to_o the_o chief_a good_a that_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o holiness_n prove_v to_o be_v so_o p._n 15_o 4._o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o current_n of_o scripture_n which_o treat_v most_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o sanctification_n p._n 25_o obj._n from_o gal._n 3.13_o and_o luke_n 1.71_o 72._o answer_v p._n 27_o chap._n ii_o how_o christ_n save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n i._o as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n purchase_v sanctification_n for_o they_o p._n 29_o ii_o as_o the_o efficient_a cause_n work_v sanctify_a grace_n in_o they_o he_o be_v 1._o the_o procreating_a cause_n p._n 34_o obj._n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n call_v our_o sanctifier_n answer_v p._n 37_o 2._o the_o conserve_n cause_n p._n 40_o 3._o the_o perfect_a cause_n work_v perfection_n of_o grace_n in_o his_o people_n 1._o comparative_a 2._o absolute_a p._n 44_o qu._n why_o be_v we_o not_o perfect_o sanctify_v at_o our_o first_o conversion_n answer_v p._n 49_o the_o instrumental_a cause_n of_o our_o sanctification_n 1._o whereby_o grace_n be_v first_o wrought_v p._n 51_o 2._o whereby_o it_o be_v preserve_v and_o increase_v p._n 55_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o salvation_n the_o elect_n by_o nature_n child_n of_o wrath_n p._n 57_o the_o power_n by_o which_o they_o be_v save_v be_v a_o almighty_a power_n and_o why_o necessary_a so_o to_o be_v p_o 60_o six_o proposition_n for_o the_o further_o clear_v of_o it_o p._n 62_o obj._n if_o man_n be_v mere_o passive_a in_o the_o work_n of_o conversion_n to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v a_o carnal_a person_n use_v the_o mean_n of_o grace_n answer_v p._n 65_o obj._n against_o outward_a teach_n from_o jer._n 31.33_o 34._o and_o heb._n 8.10_o 11._o answer_v ibid._n chap._n iii_o the_o use_v of_o information_n 1._o inf._n how_o from_o this_o doctrine_n to_o answer_v a_o popish_a argument_n 1._o against_o justification_n by_o faith_n in_o christ_n alone_o 2._o against_o assurance_n of_o salvation_n p._n 70_o 2._o no_o wonder_n if_o the_o godly_a want_n assurance_n of_o their_o salvation_n when_o they_o fall_v foul_o p._n 74_o 3._o we_o may_v and_o must_v avoid_v evil_a and_o do_v good_a to_o this_o end_n that_o we_o may_v escape_v hell_n and_o obtain_v heaven_n p._n 76_o 4._o christ_n have_v not_o die_v and_o do_v alike_o for_o all_o man_n p._n 79_o 5._o the_o difference_n between_o save_a faith_n and_o the_o faith_n of_o carnal_a person_n p._n 83_o 6._o those_o that_o preach_v the_o doctrine_n of_o sanctification_n as_o well_o as_o justification_n be_v the_o best_a gospel-preacher_n p._n 84_o 7._o those_o that_o have_v most_o grace_n be_v the_o best_a christian_n not_o they_o that_o have_v the_o great_a gift_n gift_n and_o grace_n compare_v p._n 93_o 8._o a_o soul_n give_v up_o to_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o a_o most_o sad_a condition_n worse_o than_o those_o that_o fall_v under_o the_o worst_a of_o judgement_n p._n 101_o chap._n iu_o the_o use_v of_o reproof_n i._o to_o such_o as_o hinder_v the_o salvation_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n p._n 105_o ii_o to_o such_o as_o hinder_v the_o salvation_n of_o other_o 1._o such_o as_o teach_v corrupt_a doctrine_n p._n 110_o 2._o such_o as_o be_v enemy_n to_o church-reformation_n p._n 118_o 3._o church-dividers_a p._n 119_o their_o sin_n aggravate_v by_o eight_o consideration_n p._n 126_o the_o sin_n not_o the_o less_o because_o many_o godly_a person_n be_v guilty_a of_o it_o p._n 132_o 4._o such_o as_o give_v bad_a example_n p._n 134_o bad_a example_n the_o more_o dangerous_a 1._o in_o minister_n 2._o in_o magistrate_n and_o other_o person_n of_o note_n 3._o in_o superior_n of_o near_a relation_n as_o parent_n master_n 4._o in_o eminent_a professor_n p._n 135_o 5._o such_o as_o entice_v counsel_n or_o persuade_v other_o to_o sin_n p._n 143_o 6._o persecutor_n p._n 148_o chap._n v._o the_o use_v of_o exhortation_n i._o in_o general_n to_o get_v the_o heart_n deep_o possess_v with_o a_o serious_a consideration_n of_o this_o truth_n that_o the_o great_a work_n of_o christ_n our_o saviour_n be_v the_o save_n of_o his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n the_o not_z understanding_n or_o not_o consider_v this_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o divers_a evil_n p._n 153_o for_o the_o better_a understanding_n of_o this_o it_o be_v show_v how_o the_o sanctify_a work_n of_o christ_n be_v special_o hold_v forth_o as_o well_o as_o his_o justify_v work_n of_o the_o old_a test_n 1._o in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o type_n p._n 159_o 2._o in_o the_o promise_n p_o 162_o 3._o in_o the_o prophecy_n ibid._n 4._o in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o new_a t._n p._n 164_o 5._o in_o the_o gospel-invitation_n and_o other_o scripture_n p._n 165_o the_o exhortation_n further_o prosecute_v 173_o obj._n must_v we_o be_v save_v by_o our_o grace_n and_o duty_n answer_v in_o seven_o proposition_n p._n 174_o ii_o the_o exhortation_n particular_o direct_v 1._o to_o such_o as_o be_v carnal_a p._n 177_o obj._n a_o natural_a man_n have_v not_o power_n to_o convert_v himself_o answer_v p._n 178_o carnal_a person_n leave_v without_o excuse_n for_o 1._o god_n be_v willing_a of_o their_o salvation_n p._n 179_o 2._o christ_n be_v willing_a of_o their_o salvation_n p._n 179_o five_o
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chief_a work_n of_o christ_n our_o saviour_n wherein_o god_n be_v most_o honour_a but_o god_n be_v most_o honour_a in_o the_o save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n therefore_o be_v this_o the_o chief_a work_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n that_o that_o be_v the_o great_a or_o chief_a work_n of_o christ_n wherein_o god_n be_v most_o glorify_a will_v need_v little_a proof_n for_o that_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o great_a work_n that_o most_o effectual_o attein_v the_o high_a end_n and_o what_o end_n high_a than_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o supreme_a end_n of_o all_o christ_n undertake_n joh._n 17.4_o that_o god_n be_v most_o glorify_a in_o the_o save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n be_v manifest_a by_o its_o contrary_n god_n be_v most_o yea_o only_a dishonour_v by_o the_o sin_n and_o not_o all_o by_o the_o suffering_n 12._o suffering_n as_o a_o cause_n or_o occasion_n give_v of_o his_o dishonour_n although_o the_o wicked_a take_v occasion_n to_o blaspheme_v god_n 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love_a kindness_n the_o lord_n in_o this_o case_n be_v ready_a to_o say_v with_o the_o psalmist_n psal_n 55.12_o it_o be_v not_o my_o enemy_n that_o reproach_v i_o than_o i_o can_v have_v bear_v it_o but_o when_o a_o sinner_n be_v save_v from_o his_o sin_n god_n be_v much_o honour_v both_o before_o angel_n and_o men._n arg._n 2_o the_o second_o argument_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n above_o suffer_v that_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o great_a work_n in_o our_o salvation_n whereby_o we_o be_v save_v from_o the_o great_a evil_n but_o sin_n evil_n sin_n it_o be_v better_a for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n among_o the_o damn_a than_o to_o be_v overcome_v with_o any_o sin_n hooker_n soul_n prepar_n pag._n 16._o see_v master_n burrough_n his_o treatise_n of_o the_o evil_n of_o evil_n be_v the_o great_a evil_n and_o therefore_o our_o salvation_n from_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v answerable_a that_o sin_n be_v the_o great_a evil_a be_v evident_a for_o many_o reason_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o procure_a cause_n of_o all_o other_o evil_n and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o itself_o be_v the_o worst_a of_o evil_n the_o cause_n be_v ever_o more_o eminent_a than_o its_o effect_n whether_o for_o good_a or_o evil_a a_o good_a cause_n be_v better_a than_o its_o effect_n and_o a_o evil_a cause_n be_v worse_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o only_o procure_v cause_n of_o all_o evil_n be_v without_o controversy_n for_o as_o sin_v enter_v in_o the_o world_n death_n enter_v by_o sin_n and_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v rom._n 5_o 12._o and_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n say_v paul_n rom._n 6.23_o death_n temporal_a with_o all_o the_o evil_n of_o life_n as_o sickness_n wound_n sorrow_n and_o whatsoever_o else_o tend_v to_o death_n and_o death_n eternal_a all_o the_o horror_n of_o hell_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o sin_n the_o foundation_n of_o hell_n be_v lay_v upon_o sin_n hell_n the_o worst_a 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enemy_n therefore_o when_o satan_n have_v overcome_v eve_n he_o make_v use_v of_o she_o to_o tempt_v her_o husband_n as_o be_v a_o more_o likely_a way_n to_o prevail_v than_o to_o treat_v with_o he_o himself_o thus_o he_o make_v use_v of_o solomon_n wife_n to_o draw_v he_o to_o idolatry_n for_o this_o cause_n the_o lord_n forbid_v the_o israelit_n to_o make_v marriage_n with_o idolater_n deut._n 7.3_o 4._o neither_o shall_v thou_o make_v marriage_n with_o they_o thy_o daughter_n thou_o shall_v not_o give_v unto_o his_o son_n nor_o his_o daughter_n shall_v thou_o take_v unto_o thy_o son_n for_o they_o will_v turn_v away_o thy_o son_n from_o follow_v i_o that_o they_o may_v serve_v other_o go_n and_o paul_n give_v the_o like_a admonition_n to_o the_o corinthian_n 2_o cor._n 6.14_o be_v not_o unequal_o yoke_v together_o with_o unbeliever_n and_o as_o the_o lord_n warn_v the_o israelite_n of_o the_o danger_n that_o will_v ensue_v upon_o the_o make_n of_o such_o marriage_n so_o according_o 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man_n hate_v fear_n and_o careful_o shun_v as_o evil_a he_o be_v sorrowful_a for_o if_o it_o fall_v upon_o he_o and_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n to_o do_v otherwise_o a_o man_n that_o love_v riches_n desire_v they_o seek_v after_o they_o and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o abundance_n luke_n 12.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o but_o if_o he_o be_v undo_v by_o cross_a providence_n and_o poverty_n befall_v he_o he_o be_v grieve_v and_o trouble_v as_o we_o see_v by_o experience_n when_o the_o evil_a that_o a_o man_n fear_v be_v fall_v upon_o he_o it_o make_v he_o sad_a thus_o it_o be_v with_o those_o that_o be_v godly_a in_o the_o spiritual_a estate_n a_o godly_a man_n rejoice_v in_o all_o the_o good_a the_o lord_n work_v in_o he_o and_o by_o he_o thus_o paul_n 2._o cor._n 1.12_o this_o be_v our_o rejoice_v the_o testimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n that_o in_o simplicity_n and_o godly_a sincerity_n not_o with_o fleshly_a wisdom_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n we_o have_v have_v our_o conversation_n in_o the_o world_n and_o more_o abundant_o to_o youward_n a_o godly_a man_n be_v true_o grieve_v for_o all_o the_o evil_a he_o do_v commit_v so_o far_o as_o he_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o thus_o david_n make_v a_o sad_a confession_n of_o his_o sin_n psal_n 51.3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o thus_o it_o be_v say_v 2_o sam._n 24.10_o david_n heart_n smite_v he_o after_o he_o have_v number_v the_o people_n and_o dauâ—d_n say_v unto_o the_o lord_n i_o have_v sin_v great_o in_o that_o i_o have_v do_v thus_o peter_n go_v forth_o and_o weep_v bitter_o after_o he_o have_v deny_v christ_n luke_n 22.62_o and_o this_o sorrow_n be_v not_o mere_o for_o gross_a sin_n but_o for_o lesser_a also_o such_o as_o the_o world_n never_o see_v a_o godly_a man_n as_o he_o hate_v so_o he_o grieve_v for_o vain_a thought_n it_o must_v be_v either_o a_o carnal_a or_o brutish_a frame_n of_o spirit_n for_o a_o man_n not_o to_o be_v grieve_v for_o sin_n let_v the_o antinomian_n stop_v his_o mouth_n and_o say_v no_o more_o that_o a_o child_n of_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v trouble_v for_o any_o sin_n whatever_o he_o commit_v ibid._n commit_v tunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ista_fw-la erit_fw-la quando_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la nullum_fw-la erit_fw-la borro_fw-la si_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illa_fw-la dicendâ—_n est_fw-la quum_fw-la animum_fw-la contingere_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ullus_fw-la affectus_fw-la quis_fw-la hunc_fw-la sluporem_fw-la non_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vitiis_fw-la judicet_fw-la esse_fw-la pejorem_fw-la potest_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la absurd_a dici_fw-la perfectam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la sine_fw-la stimulo_fw-la timoris_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la ullae_fw-la tristitiae_fw-la futuram_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illa_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la nec_fw-la metus_fw-la ullus_fw-la exterret_fw-la nec_fw-la angit_fw-la dolour_n aversanda_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la si_fw-la recte_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la vivere_fw-la volumus_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 14._o c._n 9_o apud_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la juxta_fw-la scripturas_fw-la sacras_fw-la sacramque_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la cives_fw-la sanctae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la dei_fw-la in_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la peregrinatione_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la viventes_fw-la metuunt_fw-la cupiuntque_fw-la dolent_a gaudentque_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la rectus_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la eorum_fw-la istas_fw-la omnes_fw-la affectiones_fw-la rectas_fw-la habent_fw-la metuunt_fw-la peccare_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la perseverare_fw-la dolent_a in_o peccatis_fw-la gaudent_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n ibid._n those_o that_o be_v remove_v to_o heaven_n be_v whole_o free_a from_o sin_n have_v no_o more_o cause_n to_o grieve_v for_o sin_n but_o whosoever_o it_o be_v that_o life_n upon_o earth_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o daily_a 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be_v deliver_v from_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n rouse_v up_o thy_o heart_n and_o take_v unto_o thou_o word_n of_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n thy_o saviour_n and_o to_o the_o end_n thy_o heart_n may_v be_v raise_v 1._o consider_v what_o thou_o be_v 2.9_o 2_o tim._n 2.26_o tit._n 3.3_o col._n 1.21_o joh._n 8.44_o c._n 3.18.36_o tit._n 3.4_o isa_n 61.1_o 2_o 3._o luc._n 4.18_o col._n 1.13_o rom._n 8.16_o 17_o 18._o 1_o pet._n 2.9_o and_o what_o thou_o be_v how_o sad_a be_v thy_o condition_n when_o thou_o be_v a_o wretched_a bondslave_n of_o satan_n lead_v captive_a by_o he_o at_o his_o will_n serve_v divers_a lust_n &_o run_v with_o the_o wicked_a of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o same_o excess_n of_o riot_n with_o they_o a_o enemy_n to_o god_n through_o evil_a work_n a_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o heir_n apparent_a of_o god_n eternal_a vengeance_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n but_o now_o since_o the_o love_n of_o god_n thy_o saviour_n towards_o thou_o 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