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world_n not_o to_o sit_v muse_v alone_o etc._n etc._n but_o come_v poor_a ignorant_a sinner_n let_v i_o deal_v with_o thou_o it_o seem_v thou_o be_v turn_v counsellor_n for_o satan_n i_o tell_v thou_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o thou_o do_v take_v heed_n of_o spend_v thy_o judgement_n after_o this_o manner_n thou_o judge_v foolish_o and_o say_v in_o this_o to_o every_o one_o that_o pass_v by_o that_o thou_o be_v a_o fool._n what_o count_v conviction_n for_o sin_n mourning_n for_o sin_n and_o repentance_n for_o sin_n melancholy_a this_o be_v like_o those_o that_o on_o the_o otherside_n say_v these_o man_n be_v drink_v with_o new_a wine_n etc._n etc._n as_o he_o that_o say_v paul_n be_v mad_a act_v
of_o god_n people_n i_o will_v say_v that_o temptation_n come_v to_o do_v we_o good_a and_o i_o will_v say_v also_o that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o grow_v worse_o and_o worse_o and_o thy_o see_n more_o clear_o how_o bad_a thou_o be_v there_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o ill-favoured_a countenance_n who_o have_v too_o high_a a_o conceit_n of_o his_o beauty_n and_o want_v the_o benefit_n of_o a_o glass_n he_o still_o stand_v in_o his_o own_o conceit_n at_o last_o a_o limner_n be_v send_v unto_o he_o who_o draw_v his_o ill-favoured_a face_n to_o the_o life_n now_o look_v thereon_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v convince_v that_o he_o be_v not_o half_a so_o handsome_a as_o he_o think_v he_o be_v come_v sinner_n thy_o temptation_n be_v these_o painter_n they_o have_v draw_v out_o thy_o ill-favoured_a heart_n to_o the_o life_n and_o have_v set_v it_o before_o thy_o eye_n and_o now_o thou_o see_v how_o ill_o favour_v thou_o be_v hezekiah_n be_v a_o good_a man_n yet_o when_o he_o lay_v sick_a for_o aught_o i_o know_v he_o have_v some_o what_o too_o good_a a_o opinion_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v also_o the_o lord_n may_v upon_o his_o recovery_n leave_v he_o to_o a_o temptation_n that_o he_o may_v better_o know_v all_o that_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n compare_v isa._n 38._o 1_o 2_o 3._o with_o 2_o chron._n 32._o 31._o alas_o we_o be_v sinful_a out_o of_o measure_n but_o see_v it_o not_o to_o the_o full_a until_o a_o hour_n of_o temptation_n come_v but_o when_o it_o come_v it_o do_v as_o the_o painter_n do_v it_o draw_v out_o our_o heart_n to_o the_o life_n yet_o the_o sight_n of_o what_o we_o be_v shall_v not_o keep_v we_o from_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n there_o be_v two_o way_n by_o which_o god_n let_v a_o man_n into_o a_o sight_n of_o the_o naughtyness_n of_o his_o heart_n one_o be_v by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o the_o other_o be_v by_o the_o temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n but_o by_o the_o first_o we_o see_v our_o naughtiness_n one_o way_n and_o by_o the_o second_o another_o by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n thou_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o thy_o naughtyness_n as_o by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n thou_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o the_o spot_n and_o defilement_n that_o be_v in_o thy_o house_n or_o raiment_n which_o light_n give_v thou_o to_o see_v a_o necessity_n of_o cleanse_v but_o make_v not_o the_o blemish_n to_o spread_v more_o abominable_o but_o when_o satan_n come_v when_o he_o tempt_v he_o put_v life_n and_o rage_n into_o our_o sin_n and_o turn_v they_o as_o it_o be_v into_o so_o many_o devil_n within_o we_o now_o like_o prisoner_n they_o attempt_v to_o brake_n through_o the_o prison_n of_o our_o body_n they_o will_v attempt_v to_o get_v out_o at_o our_o eye_n mouth_n ear_n any_o way_n to_o the_o scandal_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o reproach_n of_o religion_n to_o the_o darken_n of_o our_o evidence_n and_o damn_v of_o our_o soul_n but_o i_o shall_v say_v as_o i_o say_v before_o this_o have_v oft_o time_n be_v the_o lot_n of_o god_n people_n and_o no_o temptation_n have_v over-taken_a thou_o but_o such_o as_o be_v common_a to_o man_n and_o god_n be_v faithful_a who_o will_v not_o suffer_v thou_o to_o be_v tempt_v above_o what_o thou_o be_v able_a 1_o cor._n 10._o 13._o see_v the_o book_n of_o job_n the_o book_n of_o psalm_n and_o that_o of_o the_o lamentation_n and_o remember_v further_o that_o christ_n himself_o be_v tempt_v to_o blaspheme_v to_o worship_v the_o devil_n and_o to_o murder_n himself_o mat_n 4._o luk._n 4._o temptation_n worse_o than_o which_o thou_o can_v hardly_o be_v over-taken_a with_o but_o he_o be_v sinless_a that_o be_v true_a and_o he_o be_v thy_o saviour_n and_o that_o be_v as_o true_a yea_o it_o be_v as_o true_a also_o that_o by_o his_o be_v tempt_v he_o become_v the_o conqueror_n of_o the_o tempter_n and_o a_o succourer_n of_o those_o that_o be_v tempt_v col._n 2._o 14_o 15._o heb._n 2._o 17._o chap._n 4._o 15_o 16._o quest._n but_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o reason_n that_o some_o that_o be_v come_v to_o christ_n shall_v be_v so_o lamentable_o cast_v down_o and_o buffet_v with_o temptation_n answ._n it_o may_v be_v for_o several_a cause_n first_o some_o that_o be_v come_v to_o christ_n can_v be_v persuade_v until_o the_o temptation_n come_v that_o they_o be_v so_o vile_a as_o the_o scripture_n say_v they_o be_v true_a they_o see_v so_o much_o of_o their_o wretchedness_n as_o to_o drive_v they_o to_o christ_n but_o there_o be_v a_o over_o and_o above_o of_o wickedness_n which_o they_o see_v not_o peter_n little_a thought_n that_o he_o have_v have_v curse_v and_o swear_v and_o lie_v and_o a_o inclination_n in_o his_o heart_n to_o deny_v his_o master_n before_o the_o temptation_n come_v but_o when_o that_o indeed_o come_v upon_o he_o than_o he_o find_v it_o there_o to_o his_o sorrow_n joh._n 13._o 36_o 37_o 38._o mark_n 14._o 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o 40_o 68_o 69_o 70_o 71_o 72._o second_o some_o that_o be_v come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n be_v too_o much_o affect_v with_o their_o own_o grace_n and_o too_o little_o take_v with_o christ_n person_n wherefore_o god_n to_o take_v they_o off_o from_o dote_a upon_o their_o own_o jewel_n and_o that_o they_o may_v look_v more_o to_o the_o person_n undertake_v and_o merit_n of_o his_o son_n plunge_v they_o into_o the_o ditch_n by_o temptation_n and_o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o job_n if_o i_o wash_v i_o say_v he_o with_o snow-water_n and_o make_v myself_o never_o so_o clean_a yet_o will_v thou_o plung_v i_o in_o the_o ditch_n and_o my_o own_o clothes_n shall_v abhor_v i_o job_n 9_o 30_o 31._o job_n have_v be_v before_o a_o little_a too_o much_o tamper_n with_o his_o own_o grace_n and_o set_v his_o excellency_n a_o little_a too_o high_a as_o these_o text_n make_v manifest_a job_n 33._o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o chap._n 34._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o chap._n 35._o 2_o 3._o chap._n 38._o 1_o 2._o chap._n 40._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o chap._n 42._o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o but_o by_o that_o the_o temptation_n be_v end_v you_o find_v he_o better_o teach_v yea_o god_n do_v ofttimes_o even_o for_o this_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v take_v our_o grace_n from_o we_o and_o so_o leave_v we_o almost_o quite_o to_o ourselves_o and_o to_o the_o tempter_n that_o we_o may_v learn_v not_o to_o love_v the_o picture_n more_o than_o the_o person_n of_o his_o son_n see_v how_o he_o deal_v with_o they_o in_o the_o sixteen_o of_o ezek_n and_o the_o second_o of_o hosea_n three_o perhaps_o thou_o have_v be_v give_v too_o much_o to_o judge_v thy_o brother_n to_o condemn_v thy_o brother_n because_o a_o poor_a tempt_v man_n and_o god_n to_o bring_v down_o the_o pride_n of_o thy_o heart_n let_v the_o tempter_n loose_v upon_o thou_o that_o thou_o also_o may_v feel_v thyself_o weak_a for_o pride_n go_v before_o destruction_n and_o a_o haughty_a spirit_n before_o a_o fall_n pro._n 16._o 18._o four_o it_o may_v be_v thou_o have_v deal_v a_o little_a too_o rough_o with_o those_o that_o god_n have_v this_o way_n wound_v not_o consider_v thyself_o lest_o thou_o also_o be_v tempt_v and_o therefore_o god_n have_v suffer_v it_o to_o come_v unto_o thou_o gal._n 6._o 1._o five_o it_o may_v be_v thou_o be_v give_v to_o slumber_n and_o sleep_v and_o therefore_o these_o temptation_n be_v send_v to_o awaken_v thou_o you_o know_v that_o peter_n temptation_n come_v upon_o he_o after_o his_o sleep_n then_o instead_o of_o watch_v and_o pray_v then_o he_o deny_v and_o deny_v and_o deny_v his_o master_n mat._n 26._o six_o it_o may_v be_v thou_o have_v presume_v too_o far_o and_o stand_v too_o much_o in_o thy_o own_o strength_n and_o therefore_o be_v a_o time_n of_o temptation_n come_v upon_o thou_o this_o be_v also_o one_o cause_n why_o it_o come_v upon_o peter_n though_o all_o man_n forsake_v thou_o yet_o will_v not_o i._n ah_o that_o be_v the_o way_n to_o be_v tempt_v indeed_o joh._n 13._o 36_o 37_o 38._o seven_o it_o may_v be_v god_n intend_v to_o make_v thou_o wise_a to_o speak_v a_o word_n in_o season_n to_o other_o that_o be_v afflict_v and_o therefore_o he_o suffer_v thou_o to_o be_v tempt_v christ_n be_v tempt_v that_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o succour_v they_o that_o be_v tempt_v heb._n 2._o 18._o eight_o it_o may_v be_v satan_n have_v dare_v god_n to_o suffer_v he_o to_o tempt_v thou_o promise_v that_o if_o he_o will_v but_o let_v he_o do_v it_o thou_o will_v curse_v he_o to_o his_o face_n thus_o he_o obtain_v leave_v against_o job_n wherefore_o take_v heed_n tempt_v soul_n lest_o
16._o thirteen_o faith_n purify_v the_o heart_n but_o unbelief_n keep_v it_o pollute_v and_o impure_a act_v 15._o 9_o tit._n 1._o 15_o 16._o fourteen_o by_o faith_n the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o but_o by_o unbelief_n we_o be_v shut_v up_o under_o the_o law_n to_o perish_v rom._n 4._o 23_o 24._o chap._n 11._o 32._o gal._n 3._o 23._o fifteenth_o faith_n make_v our_o work_n acceptable_a to_o god_n through_o christ_n but_o whatsoever_o be_v of_o unbelief_n be_v sin_n for_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v he_o heb._n 11._o 4._o rom._n 14._o 23._o heb._n 11._o 6._o sixteenth_o faith_n give_v we_o peace_n and_o comfort_n in_o our_o soul_n but_o unbelief_n work_v trouble_n and_o toss_n like_o the_o restless_a wave_n of_o the_o sea_n rom._n 5._o 1._o jam._n 1._o 6._o seventeenth_o faith_n make_v we_o see_v preciousness_n in_o christ_n but_o unbelief_n see_v no_o form_n beauty_n or_o comlyness_n in_o he_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 7._o isa._n 53._o 1_o 2_o 3._o eighteenth_o by_o faith_n we_o have_v our_o life_n in_o christ_n fullness_n but_o by_o unbelief_n we_o starve_v and_o pine_v away_o gal._n 2._o 20._o nineteenth_o faith_n give_v we_o the_o victory_n over_o the_o law_n sin_n death_n the_o devil_n and_o all_o evil_n but_o unbelief_n lay_v we_o obnoxious_a to_o they_o all_o 1_o joh._n 5._o 4_o 5._o luk._n 12._o 46._o twenty_v faith_n will_v show_v we_o more_o excellency_n in_o thing_n not_o see_v than_o in_o they_o that_o be_v but_o unbelief_n see_v more_o in_o thing_n that_o be_v here_o than_o in_o thing_n that_o will_v be_v hereafter_o 2_o cor._n 4._o 18._o heb._n 11._o 24_o 25_o 26_o 27._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 32._o twenty-first_a faith_n make_v the_o way_n of_o god_n pleasant_a and_o amiable_a but_o unbelief_n make_v they_o heavy_a and_o hard_o gal._n 5._o 6._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 10_o 11._o joh._n 6._o 60._o psal._n 2._o 3._o twenty-second_a by_o faith_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n possess_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n but_o because_o of_o unbelief_n neither_o aaron_n nor_o moses_n nor_o mirian_n can_v get_v thither_o heb._n 11._o 9_o heb._n 3._o 19_o twenty-third_a by_o faith_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n pass_v through_o the_o red_a sea_n but_o by_o unbelief_n the_o generality_n of_o they_o perish_v in_o the_o wilderness_n heb._n 11._o 29._o judas_n 5._o twenty-fourth_a by_o faith_n gidion_n do_v more_o with_o three-hundred_n man_n and_o a_o few_o empty_a pitcher_n than_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n can_v do_v because_o they_o believe_v not_o god_n judg._n 7._o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o numb_a 14._o 11_o 44._o twenty-fifth_a by_o faith_n peter_n walk_v on_o the_o water_n but_o by_o unbelief_n he_o begin_v to_o sink_v mat._n 14._o 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o thus_o may_v many_o more_o be_v add_v which_o for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o omit_v beseech_v every_o one_o that_o think_v he_o have_v a_o soul_n to_o save_o or_o be_v damn_v to_o take_v heed_n of_o unbelief_n lest_o see_v there_o be_v a_o promise_n leave_v we_o of_o enter_v into_o his_o rest_n any_o of_o we_o by_o unbelief_n shall_v indeed_o come_v short_a of_o it_o the_o second_o use_n a_o use_v of_o examination_n we_o come_v now_o to_o a_o use_n of_o examination_n sinner_n thou_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o come_v to_o christ_n also_o of_o the_o willingness_n of_o christ_n to_o receive_v the_o coming-soul_n together_o with_o the_o benefit_n that_o they_o by_o he_o shall_v have_v that_o indeed_o come_v to_o he_o put_v thyself_o now_o upon_o this_o serious_a enquiry_n be_o i_o indeed_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n motive_n plenty_n i_o may_v here_o urge_v to_o prevail_v with_o thou_o to_o a_o conscientious_a performance_n of_o this_o duty_n as_o 1._o thou_o be_v in_o sin_n in_o the_o flesh_n in_o death_n in_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n if_o thou_o be_v not_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n 2._o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o these_o but_o by_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n 3._o if_o thou_o come_v jesus_n christ_n will_v receive_v thou_o and_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a cast_v thou_o out_o 4._o thou_o will_v not_o repent_v it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n if_o now_o thou_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n 5._o but_o thou_o will_v sure_o mourn_v at_o last_o if_o now_o thou_o shall_v refuse_v to_o come_v and_o 6._o last_o now_o thou_o have_v be_v invite_v to_o come_v now_o will_v thy_o judgement_n be_v great_a and_o thy_o damnation_n more_o fearful_a if_o thou_o shall_v yet_o refuse_v than_o if_o thou_o have_v never_o hear_v of_o come_v to_o christ._n object_n but_o we_o hope_v we_o be_v come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n answ._n it_o be_v well_o if_o it_o prove_v so_o but_o lest_o thou_o shall_v speak_v without_o ground_n and_o so_o fall_v unaware_o into_o hell_n fire_n let_v we_o examine_v a_o little_a first_o be_v thou_o indeed_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n what_o have_v thou_o leave_v behind_o thou_o what_o do_v thou_o come_v away_o from_o in_o thy_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n when_o lot_n come_v out_o of_o sodom_n he_o leave_v the_o sodomite_n behind_o he_o gen._n 19_o when_o abraham_n come_v out_o of_o chaldea_n he_o leave_v his_o country_n and_o kindred_n behind_o he_o gen._n 12._o act_n 7._o when_o ruth_n come_v to_o put_v her_o trust_n under_o the_o wing_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n she_o leave_v her_o father_n and_o mother_n her_o god_n and_o the_o land_n of_o her_o nativity_n behind_o she_o ruth_n 1._o 15_o 16_o 17._o chap._n 2._o 11_o 12._o when_o peter_n come_v to_o christ_n he_o leave_v his_o net_n behind_o he_o mat._n 4._o 18._o when_o zacheus_n come_v to_o christ_n he_o leave_v the_o receipt_n of_o custom_n behind_o he_o luk._n 19_o when_o paul_n come_v to_o christ_n he_o leave_v his_o own_o righteousness_n behind_o he_o philip_n 3._o 7_o 8._o when_o those_o that_o use_v curious_a art_n come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n they_o take_v their_o curious_a book_n and_o burn_v they_o though_o in_o another_o man_n eye_n they_o be_v count_v worth_a fifty-thousand_a piece_n of_o silver_n act_v 19_o 18_o 19_o 20._o what_o say_v thou_o man_n have_v thou_o leave_v thy_o darling_n sin_n thy_o sodomitish_a pleasure_n thy_o acquaintance_n and_o vain_a companion_n thy_o unlawful_a gain_n thy_o idol_n god_n and_o righteousness_n and_o thy_o unlawful_a curious_a art_n behind_o thou_o if_o any_o of_o these_o be_v with_o thou_o and_o thou_o with_o they_o in_o thy_o heart_n and_o life_n thou_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n second_o be_v thou_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n prithee_o tell_v i_o what_o move_v he_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n man_n do_v not_o usual_o come_v or_o go_v to_o this_o or_o that_o place_n before_o they_o have_v a_o move_a cause_n or_o rather_o a_o cause_n move_v they_o thereto_o no_o more_o do_v they_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n i_o do_v not_o say_v before_o they_o have_v a_o cause_n but_o before_o that_o cause_n move_v they_o to_o come_v what_o say_v thou_o have_v thou_o a_o cause_n move_v thou_o to_o come_v to_o be_v at_o present_a in_o a_o state_n of_o condemnation_n be_v cause_o sufficient_a for_o man_n to_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n for_o life_n but_o that_o will_v not_o do_v except_o that_o cause_o move_v they_o the_o which_o it_o will_v never_o do_v until_o their_o eye_n be_v open_v to_o see_v themselves_o in_o that_o condition_n for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o man_n be_v under_o wrath_n but_o his_o see_v it_o that_o move_v he_o to_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n alas_o all_o man_n by_o sin_n be_v under_o wrath_n yet_o but_o few_o of_o that_o all_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o do_v not_o see_v their_o condition_n who_o have_v warn_v you_o to_o flee_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v mat._n 3._o 7._o until_o man_n be_v warn_v and_o also_o receive_v the_o warn_v they_o will_v not_o come_v to_o jesus_n christ._n take_v three_o or_o four_o instance_n for_o this_o 1._o adam_n and_o 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