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to_o steer_v your_o conversation_n if_o you_o will_v maintain_v the_o integrity_n and_o uprightness_n of_o it_o but_o renounce_v all_o in_o yourselves_o and_o beg_v god_n to_o make_v you_o run_v and_o not_o be_v weary_a and_o to_o deliver_v you_o from_o backslide_v in_o heart_n and_o life_n to_o make_v you_o faithful_a to_o the_o death_n and_o to_o give_v you_o at_o last_o the_o crown_n of_o life_n this_o counsel_n that_o you_o may_v careful_o follow_v think_v on_o these_o two_o or_o three_o thing_n the_o peace_n and_o joy_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n be_v better_a than_o the_o great_a preferment_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o loss_n of_o it_o be_v worse_a than_o the_o loss_n of_o thy_o life_n in_o the_o cruel_a way_n that_o man_n can_v invent_v thou_o will_v loose_v a_o little_a heaven_n and_o create_v within_o thy_o heart_n a_o little_a hell_n which_o will_v last_v till_o the_o marrow_n of_o thy_o bone_n be_v consume_v and_o thy_o moisture_n turn_v into_o the_o drought_n of_o 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this_o point_n to_o wit_n your_o conscience_n cause_v you_o to_o rejoice_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o your_o trouble_n by_o alive_o testify_v your_o integrity_n to_o you_o then_o by_o prayer_n plead_v your_o integrity_n to_o god_n and_o entreat_v he_o so_o transcendent_o to_o second_o conscience_n with_o his_o glorious_a power_n which_o work_v in_o we_o that_o your_o heart_n may_v be_v revive_v under_o every_o pressure_n for_o piety_n sake_n thus_o david_n be_v force_v to_o do_v sometime_o to_o wit_n plead_v his_o integrity_n to_o find_v the_o benefit_n of_o it_o in_o trouble_n for_o god_n will_v be_v seek_v unto_o for_o every_o good_a thing_n though_o we_o be_v never_o so_o sincere_a let_v integrity_n and_o uprightness_n preserve_v i_o for_o i_o wait_v on_o thou_o psal_n 25.21_o david_n you_o see_v be_v put_v to_o it_o to_o plead_v his_o integrity_n to_o god_n to_o obtain_v the_o benefit_n of_o it_o in_o trouble_n and_o thus_o must_v we_o still_o do_v if_o we_o find_v our_o heart_n to_o 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the_o trouble_v they_o undergo_v for_o our_o rejoice_v be_v this_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n that_o in_o simplicity_n and_o godly_a sincerity_n we_o have_v have_v our_o conversation_n in_o the_o world_n i_o think_v the_o psalmist_n point_v at_o this_o truth_n too_o where_o he_o say_v unto_o the_o upright_a there_o arise_v light_a in_o the_o darkness_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 112.4_o by_o the_o darkness_n i_o conceive_v he_o mean_v trouble_n and_o injury_n from_o wicked_a man_n which_o because_o they_o be_v more_o vehement_a than_o many_o other_o trouble_n be_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v cruelty_n the_o psalmist_n elsewhere_o call_v they_o the_o sorrow_n of_o hell_n as_o here_o he_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o darkness_n now_o in_o this_o darkness_n though_o the_o darkness_n that_o be_v very_o sharp_a misery_n yet_o there_o arise_v light_n in_o it_o by_o light_n i_o conceive_v be_v here_o mean_v comfort_n and_o joy_n from_o conscience_n 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