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what_o will_v become_v of_o we_o shall_v put_v we_o in_o a_o ecstasy_n nor_o be_v these_o all_o our_o trouble_n for_o beside_o these_o outward_a trouble_n will_v then_o even_o overwhelm_v we_o when_o a_o man_n be_v to_o dispose_v of_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n house_n and_o land_n he_o must_v needs_o be_v very_o unfit_a at_o this_o time_n for_o the_o work_n of_o repentance_n these_o thing_n will_v cast_v so_o great_a a_o damp_n on_o his_o heart_n as_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v even_o cold_a in_o his_o seek_n after_o peace_n with_o god_n 2._o but_o suppose_v these_o outward_a hindrance_n be_v remove_v that_o neither_o pain_n of_o body_n nor_o fear_v of_o death_n seize_v on_o thou_o neither_o care_n of_o wife_n nor_o child_n house_n nor_o land_n distract_v thou_o but_o that_o thou_o may_v then_o set_v about_o it_o withal_o thy_o might_n though_o thou_o be_v in_o the_o most_o penitent_a condition_n that_o may_v be_v to_o man_n seem_v yet_o where_o be_v the_o change_n or_o new_a nature_n shall_v follow_v thy_o contrition_n unless_o we_o see_v this_o in_o truth_n we_o can_v have_v but_o little_a comfort_n shall_v i_o see_v a_o sinner_n run_v on_o in_o his_o ill_a course_n till_o the_o day_n of_o death_n sound_a and_o then_o set_v on_o this_o work_n i_o can_v not_o conclude_v therefore_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o soul_n because_o it_o be_v the_o change_n of_o the_o affection_n not_o of_o the_o action_n that_o god_n look_v after_o for_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n may_v extort_v this_o repentance_n where_o the_o nature_n be_v not_o change_v take_v a_o example_n of_o a_o covetous_a man_n which_o dote_v on_o his_o wealth_n more_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o in_o the_o world_n suppose_v he_o in_o a_o ship_n with_o all_o his_o riches_n about_o he_o a_o tempest_n come_v and_o put_v he_o in_o danger_n of_o lose_v all_o both_o life_n and_o good_n in_o this_o straight_o he_o stick_v not_o to_o cast_v out_o all_o his_o wealth_n so_o he_o may_v preserve_v his_o life_n and_o shall_v 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that_o we_o must_v forsake_v all_o the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n this_o be_v that_o which_o make_v baptism_n to_o be_v baptism_n indeed_o to_o we_o the_o other_o thing_n require_v be_v that_o we_o forsake_v all_o rom._n 6.2_o it_o be_v not_o confine_v to_o the_o very_a act_n but_o it_o have_v a_o perpetual_a effect_n all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n i_o add_v it_o never_o have_v its_o full_a effect_n till_o the_o day_n of_o our_o death_n the_o abolition_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o sin_n that_o which_o we_o seal_v be_v not_o complete_a till_o then_o till_o we_o have_v final_a grace_n the_o water_n of_o baptism_n quench_v the_o fire_n of_o purgatory_n for_o it_o be_v not_o accomplish_v till_o final_a grace_n be_v receive_v we_o be_v now_o under_o the_o physician_n hand_n then_o shall_v we_o be_v cure_v baptism_n be_v not_o do_v only_o at_o the_o font_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n deceive_v many_o for_o it_o run_v through_o our_o whole_a life_n nor_o have_v it_o 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