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cause_n good_a see_v word_n 2,862 5 3.8031 3 true
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A30592 Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1650 (1650) Wing B6095; ESTC R8121 454,946 722

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thus_o when_o i_o hear_v man_n reproach_n and_o revile_v o_o what_o a_o deal_n of_o evil_n be_v there_o secret_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n that_o be_v not_o discover_v till_o it_o have_v occasion_n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o such_o and_o such_o can_v ever_o have_v be_v reproacher_n if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v provoke_v again_o do_v i_o see_v another_o so_o vigilant_a over_o i_o to_o find_v i_o out_o to_o reproach_v i_o how_o vigilant_a shall_v i_o be_v over_o myself_o to_o find_v out_o what_o be_v in_o i_o to_o humble_v i_o again_o be_v there_o so_o much_o evil_a to_o be_v under_o the_o stroke_n of_o man_n tongue_n what_o a_o great_a evil_n be_v it_o to_o be_v under_o the_o stroke_n of_o god_n justice_n last_o to_o be_v fruitful_a that_o be_v set_v upon_o what_o duty_n god_n call_v for_o at_o the_o present_a sure_o this_o be_v one_o great_a general_a 3._o duty_n that_o the_o less_o credit_n i_o see_v i_o have_v in_o the_o world_n let_v i_o labour_n to_o have_v the_o more_o 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according_a to_o that_o of_o st._n paul_n be_v revile_v we_o bless_v if_o you_o can_v do_v thus_o if_o you_o can_v hearty_o pray_v for_o your_o reproacher_n and_o desire_v good_a to_o they_o and_o be_v willing_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o any_o good_a in_o they_o to_o clear_v up_o their_o innocency_n where_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n if_o you_o can_v be_v ready_a to_o offer_v any_o office_n of_o love_n and_o respect_n and_o kindness_n to_o they_o and_o so_o heap_v coal_n of_o fire_n upon_o they_o this_o be_v a_o great_a sign_n of_o grace_n you_o have_v make_v a_o good_a progress_n indeed_o in_o god_n way_n mat._n 5._o 44_o
that_o which_o thou_o say_v be_v hypocrisy_n be_v but_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o wild_a beast_n thy_o own_o unshape_a conceit_n to_o make_v thyself_o and_o their_o adversary_n run_v upon_o they_o that_o you_o may_v the_o more_o free_o venture_v because_o the_o wild_a beast_n will_v not_o venture_v upon_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n so_o free_o but_o when_o they_o see_v the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o such_o a_o beast_n as_o they_o hate_v they_o run_v upon_o it_o free_o and_o so_o thou_o deal_v with_o god_n saint_n in_o put_v a_o unshape_a form_n upon_o they_o to_o let_v out_o thy_o heart_n more_o free_o upon_o they_o but_o what_o if_o that_o which_o thou_o call_v hypocrisy_n god_n account_v godliness_n yea_o know_v that_o this_o thy_o aspersion_n upon_o godliness_n to_o say_v it_o be_v hypocrisy_n and_o upon_o the_o people_n of_o god_n to_o say_v they_o be_v hypocrite_n be_v the_o reproach_n of_o god_n people_n and_o there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o evil_n in_o it_o more_o than_o thou_o be_v aware_a of_o in_o mark_v 3._o from_o verse_n 22._o and_o so_o on_o when_o christ_n cast_v out_o devil_n they_o say_v he_o cast_v they_o out_o by_o beelzebub_n the_o prince_n of_o devil_n well_o say_v christ_n all_o sin_n shall_v be_v forgive_v unto_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o blasphemy_n wherewith_o soever_o they_o shall_v blaspheme_v but_o he_o that_o shall_v blaspheme_v against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v never_o forgiveness_n but_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o eternal_a damnation_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v these_o pharisee_n have_v sin_v the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o that_o they_o say_v he_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n because_o they_o attribute_v that_o to_o a_o unclean_a spirit_n which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n only_o they_o do_v this_o against_o knowledge_n and_o in_o malice_n i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o all_o reproacher_n do_v sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o if_o it_o be_v against_o knowledge_n 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they_o reproach_n they_o least_o therefore_o sure_o it_o be_v the_o good_a they_o reproach_v and_o not_o the_o evil_a but_o thus_o much_o concern_v the_o first_o branch_n the_o second_o be_v this_o it_o call_v for_o a_o tremble_a heart_n from_o those_o that_o shall_v rejoice_v at_o the_o reproach_n of_o 2._o god_n people_n perhaps_o thou_o be_v one_o that_o will_v not_o reproach_v thyself_o yet_o thou_o may_v rejoice_v at_o the_o reproach_n of_o god_n people_n there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o evil_n in_o this_o sure_o thou_o have_v no_o love_n to_o they_o for_o love_n do_v not_o rejoice_v in_o iniquity_n 1_o corinth_n 13._o 6._o when_o the_o devil_n do_v sow_v the_o seed_n thou_o do_v come_v with_o the_o harrow_n to_o cover_v the_o seed_n when_o thou_o do_v rejoice_v in_o their_o reproach_n proverb_n 18._o 8._o the_o word_n of_o a_o tale-bearer_n be_v as_o wound_n and_o they_o go_v down_o into_o the_o innermost_a part_n of_o the_o belly_n it_o may_v be_v translate_v the_o word_n 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