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admit_v of_o therein_o must_v life_n be_v whole_o disregard_v query_n 3_o whence_o be_v it_o evident_a that_o this_o design_n and_o prospect_n will_v have_v such_o powerful_a influence_n upon_o concern_v serious_a christian_a as_o to_o make_v this_o regardlesness_n of_o life_n and_o every_o thing_n to_o be_v a_o possible_a attainment_n 1._o from_o personal_a instance_n all_o that_o be_v go_v to_o heaven_n have_v reach_v this_o frame_n oh_o what_o a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n be_v afford_v we_o heb._n 11.2_o 39_o &_o 10.32_o the_o apostle_n here_o himself_o stand_v like_o a_o monument_n with_o this_o superscription_n it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v a_o conqueror_n of_o life_n and_o death_n 2_o tim._n 4.6.8_o act_n 21.13_o phil._n 1.20_o 23._o nor_o do_v he_o want_v his_o second_o as_o barnabas_n act_v 15.26_o epaphroditus_n phil._n 2.30_o daniel_n also_o and_o the_o three_o child_n long_o before_o dan._n 3.16_o 18._o &_o 6.13_o 22._o and_o those_o in_o rev._n 12.11_o and_o many_o other_o 2._o from_o scriptural_a injunction_n and_o commination_n luke_n 14.26_o 1_o pet._n 4.12_o 16._o it_o be_v no_o way_n probable_a that_o such_o weighty_a accent_n of_o command_n concernedness_n and_o importunity_n and_o caution_n shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o impossibility_n or_o that_o god_n shall_v urge_v and_o threaten_v man_n and_o press_v upon_o he_o both_o with_o promise_n and_o menace_n and_o be_v at_o such_o expense_n of_o cost_n and_o patience_n grace_n and_o bounty_n and_o digest_v his_o name_n and_o treasure_n into_o such_o cogent_a argument_n and_o make_v both_o heaven_n and_o earth_n yea_o hell_n and_o conscience_n minister_v to_o this_o design_n of_o ripen_v and_o advance_v he_o to_o such_o a_o p_o tâ—h_o of_o exâ—ltation_n above_o all_o prejudicial_a love_n of_o life_n and_o fear_v of_o death_n if_o this_o be_v foreign_a to_o his_o own_o capacity_n and_o therefore_o unattainable_a for_o this_o will_v be_v the_o way_n even_o to_o distract_v the_o harmony_n of_o god_n whole_a 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