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 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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 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wit_n that_o come_v to_o christ_n flow_v from_o a_o sound_a sense_n of_o the_o absolute_a need_n that_o a_o man_n have_v of_o he_o as_o afore_o 1._o they_o shall_v come_v with_o weep_v &_o with_o supplication_n will_v i_o lead_v they_o i_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o walk_v by_o the_o river_n of_o water_n in_o a_o plain_a way_n wherein_o they_o shall_v not_o stumble_v jer._n 31._o 9_o mind_v it_o they_o come_v with_o weep_v and_o supplication_n they_o come_v with_o prayer_n and_o tear_n now_o prayer_n and_o tear_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o a_o right_a sense_n of_o the_o need_n of_o mercy_n thus_o a_o senseless_a sinner_n can_v come_v he_o can_v pray_v he_o can_v cry_v he_o can_v come_v sensible_a of_o what_o he_o see_v not_o nor_o feel_v in_o those_o day_n and_o at_o that_o time_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v come_v they_o and_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n together_o go_v &_o weep_v they_o shall_v seek_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n they_o shall_v ask_v the_o way_n to_o zion_n with_o their_o face_n thitherward_o say_v come_v and_o let_v we_o join_v ourselves_o to_o the_o lord_n in_o a_o perpetual_a covenant_n that_o shall_v not_o be_v forget_v jer._n 50._o 4_o 5._o second_o this_o come_n to_o christ_n it_o be_v call_v a_o run_v to_o he_o as_o fly_v to_o he_o a_o fly_v from_o wrath_n to_o come_v by_o all_o which_o term_n be_v set_v forth_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o man_n that_o come_v to_o wit_n that_o he_o be_v affect_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o the_o death_n due_a thereto_o that_o he_o be_v sensible_a that_o the_o avenger_n of_o blood_n pursue_v he_o and_o that_o therefore_o he_o be_v cut_v off_o if_o he_o make_v not_o speed_v to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o life_n mat._n 3._o 7._o psal._n 143._o 9_o fly_v be_v the_o last_o work_n of_o a_o man_n in_o danger_n all_o that_o be_v in_o danger_n do_v not_o fly_v no_o not_o all_o that_o see_v themselves_o in_o danger_n fly_v be_v the_o last_o work_n of_o a_o man_n in_o danger_n all_o that_o hear_v 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and_o moreover_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o that_o can_v help_v they_o but_o christ._n four_o it_o be_v yet_o further_o evident_a by_o these_o few_o thing_n that_o follow_v it_o be_v say_v that_o such_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n that_o be_v with_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n by_o the_o law_n and_o the_o least_o prick_n in_o the_o heart_n kill_v a_o man_n act_v 2._o 37._o such_o be_v say_v as_o i_o say_v before_o to_o weep_v to_o tremble_v and_o to_o be_v astonish_v in_o themselves_o at_o the_o evident_a and_o unavoidable_a danger_n that_o attend_v they_o unless_o they_o fly_v to_o jesus_n christ_n act_v 9_o chap._n 16._o five_o come_v to_o christ_n be_v attend_v with_o a_o honest_a and_o sincere_a forsake_v of_o all_o for_o he_o if_o any_o man_n come_v to_o i_o and_o hate_v not_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o brethren_n and_o sister_n yea_o and_o his_o own_o life_n also_o he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n and_o whosoever_o do_v not_o 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