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do_v not_o wash_v away_o sin_n yet_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n do_v wash_v we_o 1_o john_n 1.6_o 7._o again_o you_o say_v you_o know_v christ_n and_o the_o love_n and_o good_a will_n of_o christ_n towards_o you_o and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o propitiation_n for_o your_o sin_n how_o do_v you_o know_v this_o say_v he_o he_o that_o say_v i_o know_v he_o and_o keep_v not_o his_o commandment_n be_v a_o liar_n 1_o john_n 2.4_o true_o may_v some_o reply_n he_o that_o keep_v not_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n have_v hereby_o a_o sure_a evidence_n that_o he_o know_v he_o not_o and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o unite_v unto_o he_o but_o be_v this_o any_o evidence_n that_o we_o do_v know_v he_o and_o that_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o he_o if_o we_o do_v keep_v his_o commandment_n yes_o very_o say_v the_o apostle_n hereby_o we_o do_v know_v that_o we_o know_v he_o if_o we_o keep_v his_o commandment_n verse_n 3._o and_o again_o verse_n 5._o hereby_o know_v we_o that_o we_o be_v in_o he_o what_o can_v be_v 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and_o death_n for_o sin_n that_o this_o end_n may_v be_v attain_v gal._n 3.22_o and_o therefore_o feel_v of_o sin_n and_o death_n and_o misery_n be_v the_o mean_n must_v precede_v the_o other_o as_o the_o end_n and_o therefore_o as_o grace_n may_v be_v see_v by_o conviction_n of_o misery_n so_o the_o sweetness_n of_o it_o only_o can_v be_v feel_v by_o feel_a misery_n in_o this_o work_n of_o compunction_n quest._n but_o you_o will_v say_v what_o be_v this_o compunction_n and_o wherein_o do_v it_o consist_v this_o be_v the_o three_o particular_a to_o be_v open_v answ._n in_o general_a it_o be_v whereby_o the_o soul_n be_v affect_v with_o sin_n and_o make_v sensible_a of_o sin_n but_o more_o particular_o compunction_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o prick_n of_o the_o heart_n or_o the_o wound_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o such_o fear_n and_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n and_o misery_n as_o sever_v the_o soul_n from_o sin_n and_o from_o go_v on_o towards_o its_o eternal_a misery_n so_o that_o it_o 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