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world_n disow_v they_o and_o abuse_v they_o for_o his_o sake_n and_o hurl_v they_o up_o and_o down_o as_o the_o scorn_n and_o offscouring_a of_o all_o he_o quick_o find_v the_o blind_a man_n that_o he_o have_v cure_v when_o once_o the_o jew_n have_v cast_v he_o out_o joh._n 9_o 35._o persecutor_n do_v but_o promote_v the_o blessedness_n and_o exceed_a joy_n of_o sufferer_n for_o christ_n mat._n 5._o 11_o 12._o and_o how_o little_a reason_n then_o have_v christian_n to_o shun_v such_o suffering_n by_o unlawful_a mean_n which_o turn_v to_o their_o so_o great_a advantage_n and_o to_o give_v so_o dear_a as_o the_o hazard_n of_o their_o soul_n by_o wilful_a sin_n to_o escape_v the_o honour_n and_o safety_n and_o commodity_n of_o martyrdom_n and_o indeed_o we_o judge_v not_o we_o love_v not_o we_o live_v not_o as_o sanctify_v one_o must_v do_v if_o we_o judge_v not_o that_o the_o true_a liberty_n and_o love_v it_o not_o as_o the_o best_a condition_n in_o which_o we_o may_v best_o converse_v with_o god_n and_o o_o how_o much_o hard_a be_v it_o to_o walk_v with_o god_n in_o a_o court_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o sensual_a delight_n than_o in_o a_o prison_n or_o wilderness_n where_o we_o have_v none_o to_o interrupt_v we_o and_o nothing_o else_o to_o take_v we_o up_o it_o be_v our_o prepossessed_a mind_n our_o earthly_a heart_n our_o carnal_a affection_n and_o concupiscence_n and_o the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o prosperous_a state_n that_o be_v the_o prison_n and_o the_o jailer_n of_o our_o soul_n be_v it_o not_o for_o these_o how_o free_a shall_v we_o be_v though_o our_o body_n be_v confine_v to_o the_o straight_a room_n he_o be_v at_o liberty_n that_o can_v walk_v in_o heaven_n and_o have_v access_n to_o god_n and_o make_v use_n of_o all_o the_o creature_n in_o the_o world_n to_o the_o promote_a of_o this_o his_o heavenly_a conversation_n and_o he_o be_v the_o prisoner_n who_o soul_n be_v chain_v to_o flesh_n and_o earth_n and_o confine_v to_o his_o land_n and_o house_n and_o feed_v on_o the_o dust_n of_o worldly_a riches_n or_o wallow_v in_o the_o dung_n and_o filth_n of_o gluttony_n drunkenness_n and_o lust_n that_o be_v far_o from_o god_n and_o desire_v not_o to_o be_v near_o he_o but_o say_v to_o he_o depart_v from_o we_o we_o will_v not_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n that_o love_n their_o prison_n and_o chain_n so_o well_o that_o they_o will_v not_o be_v set_v free_a but_o hate_v those_o with_o the_o cruel_a hatred_n that_o endeavour_v their_o deliverance_n those_o be_v the_o poor_a prisoner_n of_o satan_n that_o have_v not_o liberty_n to_o believe_v nor_o to_o love_n god_n nor_o converse_v in_o heaven_n nor_o serious_o to_o mind_n or_o seek_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v high_a and_o honourable_a that_o have_v not_o liberty_n to_o meditate_v or_o pray_v or_o serious_o to_o speak_v of_o holy_a thing_n nor_o to_o love_n and_o converse_v with_o those_o that_o do_v so_o that_o be_v tie_v so_o hard_o to_o the_o drudgery_n of_o sin_n that_o they_o have_v not_o liberty_n one_o month_n or_o week_n or_o day_n to_o leave_v it_o and_o walk_v with_o god_n so_o much_o as_o for_o a_o recreation_n but_o he_o that_o live_v in_o the_o family_n of_o god_n and_o be_v employ_v in_o attend_v he_o and_o do_v converse_v with_o christ_n and_o the_o host_n of_o holy_a one_o above_o in_o reason_n shall_v not_o much_o complain_v of_o his_o want_n of_o friend_n or_o company_n or_o accommodation_n nor_o yet_o be_v too_o impatient_a of_o any_o corporal_a confinement_n last_o be_v sure_a than_o most_o narrow_o to_o watch_v your_o heart_n that_o nothing_o have_v entertainment_n there_o which_o be_v against_o your_o liberty_n of_o converse_n with_o god_n fill_v not_o those_o heart_n with_o
and_o of_o its_o due_a effect_n p._n 50_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n omniscience_n or_o infinite_a wisdom_n with_o the_o due_a effect_n p._n 57_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n infinite_a goodness_n and_o love_n and_o of_o the_o due_a impression_n of_o it_o on_o the_o soul._n p._n 65_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n creator_n and_o preserver_n of_o all_o thing_n all_o thing_n be_v for_o god_n as_o the_o ultimate_a end_n manifest_v how_o his_o will_n be_v still_o fulfil_v whether_o he_o will_v de_fw-mi eventu_fw-la that_o all_o obey_v he_o god_n will_v not_o sin_n difference_n end_v about_o it_o whether_o he_o decree_v not_o or_o will_v not_o ut_fw-mi evenit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la whether_o he_o will_v de_fw-mi eventu_fw-la that_o sin_n shall_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o it_o do_v all_o god_n work_v good_a none_o to_o be_v dishonour_v no_o not_o ourselves_o our_o reason_n and_o freewill_n as_o natural_a and_o of_o god_n though_o as_o vitiate_v by_o we_o and_o ill_o dispose_v we_o must_v accuse_v it_o p._n 76_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o our_o redeemer_n infant_n not_o in_o a_o state_n of_o innocency_n but_o of_o original_a sin_n full_o prove_v the_o great_a end_n of_o redemption_n enumerate_v the_o effect_n it_o must_v have_v upon_o the_o soul._n p._n 86_o chap._n xii_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o our_o sanctifier_n and_o comforter_n a_o further_a proof_n of_o original_a sin_n twenty_o consideration_n by_o way_n of_o quere_n to_o convince_v they_o that_o deny_v or_o extenuate_v the_o sanctify_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ascribe_v they_o to_o nature_n and_o themselves_o p._n 100_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o the_o absolute_a owner_n proprietary_n or_o lord_n of_o all_o of_o his_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la ground_v on_o his_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o the_o use_v p._n 109_o chap._n fourteen_o 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