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precept_n which_o be_v in_o eccles_n 5.4_o 5._o when_o thou_o vowe_v a_o vow_n to_o god_n defer_v not_o to_o pay_v it_o better_a it_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o vow_v then_o that_o thou_o shall_v vow_v and_o not_o pay_v last_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v how_o promise_n do_v bind_v the_o conscience_n conscience_n 4._o how_o promise_n bind_v conscience_n thou_o must_v observe_v this_o rule_n that_o a_o simple_a promise_n i_o mean_v distinguish_v from_o a_o promise_n mix_v and_o bind_v with_o a_o oath_n it_o do_v oblige_v and_o bind_v the_o conscience_n at_o the_o will_n of_o he_o to_o who_o it_o be_v make_v so_o that_o if_o he_o to_o who_o thou_o make_v it_o will_v release_v thou_o from_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o thou_o be_v free_a debt_n free_a see_v promise_n be_v debt_n if_o he_o require_v it_o thou_o be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o make_v it_o good_a if_o so_o be_v it_o have_v these_o requisite_n if_o it_o be_v first_o not_o against_o god_n word_n second_o not_o against_o 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wisdom_n upon_o thou_o and_o thou_o be_v tempt_v to_o despair_v of_o ever_o obtain_v any_o help_n from_o he_o when_o for_o reason_n best_o know_v to_o himself_o he_o shall_v withdraw_v the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n which_o with_o joy_n thou_o be_v once_o wont_a to_o behold_v and_o thou_o shall_v then_o be_v tempt_v to_o think_v he_o will_v never_o visit_v thou_o with_o his_o favour_n again_o yield_v not_o to_o these_o temptation_n be_v not_o out_o of_o hope_n but_o nourish_v cherish_v and_o maintain_v thy_o hope_n still_o howsoever_o for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o better_a way_n to_o keep_v thy_o conscience_n good_a and_o sound_a then_o to_o maintain_v thy_o faith_n against_o doubt_n and_o thy_o hope_n against_o temptation_n tend_v to_o despair_v thus_o at_o length_n i_o have_v find_v a_o end_n of_o this_o point_n the_o success_n whereof_o i_o commit_v to_o god_n the_o use_n whereof_o i_o commend_v to_o thou_o hasten_v now_o to_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o text_n which_o 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the_o sense_n p._n 90._o 2._o the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v 1._o propound_v together_o appear_v to_o be_v five_o in_o number_n pag._n 92._o 2._o handle_v a_o part_n the_o first_o or_o three_o in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o text_n that_o in_o confession_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v be_v ingenious_a pag._n 93._o the_o second_o or_o four_o that_o conscience_n be_v a_o faithful_a recorder_n pag._n 101._o the_o three_o or_o five_o in_o order_n that_o by_o how_o much_o the_o near_a bond_n we_o be_v tie_v to_o one_o another_o by_o so_o much_o the_o sore_a torment_n shall_v we_o meet_v within_o our_o conscience_n pag._n 123._o the_o four_o or_o sixth_o in_o order_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v requite_v like_a for_o like_v which_o offer_n wrong_v pag._n 130._o the_o five_o or_o last_o in_o the_o text_n that_o not_o to_o pity_v other_o in_o their_o distress_n be_v to_o shut_v up_o the_o bowel_n of_o other_o against_o we_o in_o our_o distress_n pag._n 142._o to_o the_o end_n we_o be_v very_o guilty_a 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