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be_v nothing_o too_o hard_o for_o god_n lord_n if_o thou_o will_v thou_o can_v make_v i_o clean_o mat._n 8._o 2._o jer._n 32._o 17._o 6._o dis_n i_o can_v pray_v nor_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a therefore_o god_n have_v not_o do_v my_o soul_n good_a 1._o unbelief_n dead_v thy_o heart_n and_o hinder_v thy_o live_n upon_o christ_n strength_n 2._o it_o be_v so_o with_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v see_v a_o need_n of_o christ_n strength_n and_o go_v to_o he_o by_o faith_n for_o it_o 3._o if_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o a_o desire_n to_o obey_v he_o say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v nothing_o god_n say_v its_o something_a 2_o cor._n 8._o to_o 11._o he_o that_o give_v this_o accept_v it_o 12_o and_o he_o will_v grant_v thy_o desire_n in_o his_o time_n he_o will_v fulfil_v the_o desire_n of_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o he_o also_o will_v hear_v their_o cry_n and_o will_v save_v they_o psal_n 119._o 19_o he_o will_v not_o quench_v the_o smoke_a flax_n when_o we_o see_v no_o fire_n we_o 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obey_v god_n yet_o we_o must_v know_v our_o all_o we_o can_v do_v will_v not_o justify_v we_o before_o god_n see_v eph._n 2._o 8_o 9_o 7_o dis_n i_o find_v no_o relish_n in_o goâ—d_a thing_n and_o i_o often_o â—mit_v they_o 1._o god_n may_v have_v begin_v his_o work_n in_o thou_o although_o it_o be_v thus_o with_o thou_o this_o temper_n in_o thou_o may_v arise_v from_o divers_a cause_n first_o from_o unbelief_n second_o doubt_v of_o acceptance_n of_o thy_o person_n and_o duty_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n such_o have_v little_a list_n to_o obey_v three_o eye_v infirmity_n and_o not_o christ_n with_o they_o four_a not_o exercise_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n especial_o faith_n fifthly_o little_a love_n to_o christ_n fixtâ—y_o love_a temporal_a thing_n dead_v the_o heart_n and_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d seventhly_a weakness_n of_o grace_n eight_o from_o god_n not_o afford_v present_a strength_n ninthly_a sloth_n and_o ease_n that-slayeth_a the_o soul_n tenthly_a undiscreet_a do_v duty_n out_o of_o their_o season_n eleventhly_o ignorance_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o duty_n and_o what_o god_n require_v in_o some_o case_n twefthly_a ignorance_n of_o the_o sweetness_n in_o spiritual_a duty_n thirteenthly_a the_o soul_n sickness_n which_o hinder_v the_o soul_n relish_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n the_o soul_n have_v its_o sickness_n and_o distemper_n as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n fourteenthly_a weakness_n of_o body_n be_v a_o great_a enemy_n to_o action_n my_o flesh_n and_o my_o heart_n fail_v but_o god_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o my_o portion_n for_o ever_o psal_n 73._o 26._o he_o never_o fail_v 2._o unwillingness_n to_o good_a duty_n argue_v much_o corruption_n from_o whence_o the_o omission_n of_o they_o do_v often_o flow_v 8._o dis_n i_o have_v nothing_o for_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o subdue_v my_o passion_n 1._o thy_o not_o subdue_a they_o may_v arise_v from_o weakness_n we_o ark_n weak_a and_o imperfect_a at_o the_o best_a we_o fall_v often_o see_v gal._n 6._o 1._o 2._o some_o partake_v more_o of_o natural_a choler_n than_o other_o and_o as_o that_o be_v so_o we_o be_v more_o or_o less_o hasty_a and_o passionate_a and_o as_o that_o increase_v passion_n increase_v one_o that_o be_v wicked_a may_v be_v natural_o patient_a and_o a_o child_n of_o god_n may_v be_v sinful_o passionate_a elâ—â—_n be_v a_o man_n subject_n to_o the_o like_a â—_z we_o be_v jam._n 5._o 17._o 3._o you_o must_v not_o measure_v god_n love_n to_o thou_o nor_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o work_n in_o thou_o
many_o sad_a and_o miserable_a instance_n as_o also_o of_o god_n make_v they_o visible_a example_n by_o his_o terrible_a judgement_n on_o some_o of_o they_o to_o be_v a_o warning_n unto_o other_o 3._o god_n be_v never_o a_o enemy_n to_o he_o though_o they_o great_o sin_n against_o he_o psal_n 51._o we_o be_v not_o belove_v for_o our_o own_o sake_n nor_o for_o any_o thing_n in_o ourselves_o but_o in_o christ_n who_o have_v make_v we_o acceptable_a in_o the_o belove_a eph._n 1._o 5._o therefore_o nothing_o we_o do_v can_v cause_n god_n to_o love_v we_o more_o or_o less_o his_o love_n be_v as_o himself_o ever_o the_o same_o heb._n 13._o 8._o therefore_o a_o believer_n hope_v joy_n and_o confidence_n be_v to_o be_v ever_o the_o same_o in_o christ_n hence_o it_o be_v they_o be_v always_o to_o rejoice_v rejoice_v always_o psal_n 5._o 11._o &_o 32._o 11._o rejoice_v evermore_o again_o i_o say_v rejoice_v 1_o thes_n 5._o 16._o phil._n 4._o 4._o let_v they_o exceed_o rejoice_v psal_n 40._o 16._o the_o joy_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o strength_n nehe._n 8._o 16._o oh_o there_o be_v enough_o in_o the_o lord_n to_o satisfy_v thou_o at_o all_o time_n he_o be_v a_o unchangeable_a object_n of_o true_a joy_n in_o he_o be_v all_o our_o hope_n and_o happiness_n therefore_o let_v not_o thy_o fall_n cause_v thou_o to_o question_v the_o love_n of_o god_n to_o thou_o thy_o salvation_n depend_v not_o on_o thy_o repentance_n and_o holiness_n see_v rom._n 9_o 15_o 16._o isa_n 43._o 24_o 25._o &_o 57_o 17._o ezek._n 16._o 1._o to_o 9_o my_o little_a child_n these_o thing_n i_o write_v unto_o you_o that_o you_o sin_v not_o 1_o joh._n 2._o 1._o but_o for_o those_o that_o turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o wantonness_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n encourage_v they_o in_o their_o sin_n such_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o devil_n he_o be_v their_o father_n and_o his_o work_n they_o doâ—_n joh._n 8._o 44._o if_o you_o regard_v iniquity_n psal_n 66._o 18._o here_o be_v no_o 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