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lose_v by_o the_o disuse_n of_o they_o these_o be_v infuse_v of_o god_n and_o never_o to_o be_v lose_v can_v decay_v for_o than_o be_v they_o to_o be_v lose_v also_o all_o corruptiblenesse_n tend_v to_o corruption_n that_o soldier_n that_o may_v be_v beat_v from_o his_o first_o ground_n if_o the_o assault_n be_v follow_v may_v be_v rout_v and_o utter_o beat_v out_o of_o the_o field_n now_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o appear_v because_o do_v but_o remove_v the_o obstruction_n and_o grace_n in_o such_o person_n will_v act_v as_o vigorous_o as_o ever_o it_o do_v samson_n strength_n appear_v not_o to_o be_v abate_v by_o his_o bind_n for_o when_o he_o be_v loose_a he_o lay_v the_o philistine_n heap_n upon_o heap_n as_o ever_o he_o do_v before_o 5._o thou_o may_v be_v strong_a many_o time_n in_o that_o particular_a grace_n where_o thou_o think_v thou_o be_v weak_a as_o that_o part_n of_o a_o garrison_n may_v be_v best_a line_v with_o man_n where_o the_o bulwark_n be_v low_a so_o the_o poor_a man_n that_o cry_v out_o lord_n help_v my_o unbelief_n have_v then_o a_o great_a faith_n than_o he_o be_v aware_a of_o and_o the_o poor_a woman_n of_o canaan_n when_o she_o dare_v not_o claim_v a_o child_n portion_n but_o rank_n herself_o with_o the_o dog_n yet_o rely_v still_o on_o christ_n for_o a_o answer_n of_o grace_n be_v so_o eminent_a in_o faith_n that_o christ_n himself_o admire_v she_o for_o it_o mat._n 15._o 28._o o_o woman_n great_a be_v thy_o faith_n there_o be_v a_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n in_o this_o which_o be_v not_o easy_o understand_v but_o by_o those_o that_o have_v their_o spiritual_a sense_n exercise_v by_o frequent_a combat_n and_o conflict_n chap._n xliv_o a_o case_n how_o a_o saint_n may_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o most_o sensible_a actual_a decay_n know_v whether_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n grow_v or_o no._n quest_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o second_o question_n last_o propound_v how_o a_o man_n may_v know_v whether_o he_o grow_v in_o grace_n notwithstanding_o his_o present_n suppose_a sensible_a decay_n answ_n i_o answer_v 1._o in_o some_o general_a rule_n for_o the_o managery_n of_o this_o examination_n those_o be_v 1._o take_v heed_n you_o inquire_v not_o too_o rigorous_o after_o a_o too_o sudden_a improvement_n if_o a_o man_n cast_v his_o grain_n into_o the_o ground_n it_o be_v unreasonable_a he_o shall_v complain_v it_o be_v dead_a because_o it_o appear_v not_o above_o ground_n the_o next_o day_n or_o if_o he_o shall_v walk_v in_o his_o field_n every_o day_n complain_v to_o day_n that_o it_o be_v grow_v nothing_o since_o yesterday_o because_o he_o can_v discern_v it_o have_v the_o man_n patience_n to_o look_v on_o it_o at_o convenient_a distance_n of_o time_n experience_n will_v
2_o cor._n 1._o 9_o upon_o the_o pronounce_v whereof_o the_o law_n lay_v heavy_a fetter_n and_o chain_n of_o darkness_n upon_o the_o soul_n that_o keep_v it_o shut_v up_o to_o the_o hope_n that_o afterward_o by_o the_o gospel_n be_v reveal_v 3._o the_o proper_a impression_n of_o this_o condition_n must_v needs_o be_v fearful_a and_o thence_o be_v this_o spirit_n say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o bondage_n to_o fear_v and_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o spirit_n of_o fear_n 2_o tim._n 1._o 7._o this_o be_v that_o fear_n which_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 2._o 15._o tell_v we_o that_o man_n may_v be_v all_o their_o life_n long_o enslave_v unto_o till_o christ_n deliver_v they_o a_o fear_n of_o death_n i_o e._n of_o eternal_a death_n the_o wage_n of_o sin_n a_o fear_n that_o give_v a_o convince_a sinner_n a_o taste_n of_o hell_n here_o it_o be_v the_o very_a anguish_n and_o smart_n of_o the_o arrow_n of_o god_n stick_v fast_o in_o 4._o job_n 6._o 4._o a_o man_n spirit_n the_o very_a wale_n and_o furrow_n which_o when_o the_o back_n of_o conscience_n be_v plough_v up_o with_o the_o knot_a whip_n of_o its_o own_o guilt_n do_v fester_v and_o stink_n and_o corrupt_v as_o david_n 5_o psal_n 38_o 5_o express_v it_o that_o be_v make_v the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n a_o burden_n to_o itself_o and_o that_o intolerable_a this_o be_v the_o condition_n which_o the_o apostle_n express_v and_o i_o be_o to_o handle_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n i._n e._n that_o work_n of_o god_n spirit_n whereby_o he_o convince_v and_o terrifi_v sinner_n in_o order_n to_o conversion_n 4._o and_o when_o he_o do_v so_o in_o the_o four_o place_n we_o be_v say_v to_o receive_v he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v through_o free_a grace_n the_o patient_a and_o submissive_a subject_n of_o this_o influence_n of_o he_o bear_v the_o indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n because_o we_o have_v sin_v 29_o lam._n 3._o 29_o against_o he_o and_o lay_v our_o mouth_n in_o the_o dust_n if_o so_o be_v there_o may_v be_v hope_n until_o god_n shall_v command_v deliverance_n for_o we_o and_o pull_v we_o out_o of_o the_o horrible_a pit_n and_o out_o of_o the_o deep_a mire_n and_o clay_n and_o break_v those_o chain_n of_o hell_n and_o snare_n of_o death_n wherein_o we_o be_v fetter_v and_o bring_v we_o forth_o into_o a_o large_a place_n 5._o the_o subject_n of_o this_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n the_o apostle_n express_v under_o the_o pronoun_n you_o include_v the_o generality_n of_o believer_n among_o the_o roman_n and_o in_o they_o the_o generality_n of_o believer_n among_o all_o nation_n in_o all_o time_n these_o work_n be_v of_o a_o common_a nature_n to_o all_o the_o people_n of_o god_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o any_o one_o saint_n which_o render_v he_o a_o more_o incapable_a subject_n of_o this_o work_n then_o in_o another_o and_o nothing_o in_o the_o word_n elsewhere_o to_o privilege_v one_o above_o another_o herein_o 6._o and_o last_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v under_o this_o work_n the_o apostle_n plain_o express_v not_o to_o be_v then_o when_o by_o faith_n they_o can_v call_v god_n father_n the_o influence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n enable_v they_o so_o to_o do_v deliver_v they_o out_o of_o that_o fearful_a condition_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o experience_n they_o have_v of_o this_o work_n be_v before_o their_o adoption_n and_o relation_n to_o god_n thereby_o as_o before_o i_o have_v declare_v and_o so_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o this_o first_o chapter_n the_o clear_n of_o our_o subject_n and_o this_o do_v we_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o handle_n of_o it_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n chap._n ii_o wherein_o the_o first_o grand_a thesis_n or_o proposition_n concern_v this_o state_n of_o bondage_n be_v explain_v i_o shall_v begin_v with_o this_o state_n as_o a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n lay_v this_o thesis_n or_o proposition_n for_o a_o foundation_n of_o our_o follow_a discourse_n that_o those_o conviction_n shake_n and_o terror_n thesis_n the_o first_o proposition_n or_o thesis_n of_o conscience_n under_o which_o unregenerate_a sinner_n suffer_v bondage_n when_o the_o law_n charge_v they_o home_o with_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n and_o apprehension_n of_o wrath_n be_v ordinary_o the_o work_n of_o god_n bless_a spirit_n i_o say_v ordinary_o because_o sometime_o satan_n bring_v or_o at_o least_o keep_v soul_n and_o those_o the_o soul_n of_o god_n elect_v too_o under_o this_o bondage_n he_o promise_v liberty_n when_o he_o tempt_v to_o sin_n but_o bring_v into_o bondage_n when_o he_o accuse_v for_o sin_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v make_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o bondage_n which_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o the_o bondage_n which_o the_o wicked_a spirit_n bring_v into_o or_o keep_v under_o first_o therefore_o there_o be_v a_o bondage_n which_o admit_v and_o be_v mitigate_v by_o the_o conjunction_n of_o hope_n of_o liberty_n and_o work_n towards_o a_o deliverance_n and_o there_o be_v a_o bondage_n that_o exclude_v all_o hope_n and_o possibility_n in_o the_o apprehension_n of_o a_o sinner_n of_o ever_o be_v remove_v a_o bondage_n in_o which_o the_o chain_n with_o which_o the_o conscience_n be_v hold_v and_o fetter_v be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o devil_n bond_n of_o death_n chain_n of_o darkness_n and_o despair_n now_o such_o as_o these_o the_o holy_a spirit_n knit_v not_o except_o the_o despair_n be_v partial_a and_o bear_v relation_n only_o to_o humane_a help_n and_o mean_n of_o escape_n and_o such_o a_o despair_n be_v in_o every_o soul_n that_o make_v out_o after_o christ_n those_o that_o we_o speak_v of_o now_o satan_n lay_v on_o the_o conscience_n these_o must_v needs_o call_v he_o father_n because_o they_o be_v black_a dismal_a apprehension_n like_o he_o such_o he_o wrought_v in_o kain_n and_o judas_n that_o make_v the_o former_a desperate_o blaspheme_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n &_o the_o other_o desperate_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n on_o himself_o and_o to_o those_o despair_a terror_n be_v a_o soul_n give_v up_o when_o just_o excommunicate_v and_o therefore_o be_v say_v to_o be_v deliver_v 5._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 5._o to_o satan_n for_o that_o censure_n bind_v sin_n upon_o a_o man_n and_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o ratify_v that_o sentence_n in_o heaven_n the_o devil_n the_o tormentor_n be_v at_o hand_n to_o load_v such_o a_o soul_n with_o 19_o matth._n 16._o 19_o terror_n enough_o if_o he_o do_v not_o contemptuous_o go_v on_o add_v sin_n to_o sin_n but_o be_v any_o way_n sensible_a of_o it_o he_o endeavour_v to_o drive_v he_o to_o despair_v whence_o the_o church_n be_v bid_v upon_o this_o knowledge_n of_o satan_n device_n to_o comfort_v such_o a_o man_n and_o confirm_v comfort_n to_o he_o by_o absolution_n lest_o he_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o sorrow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 2._o 8._o 11._o these_o satanical_a terror_n have_v sin_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o as_o such_o can_v not_o way_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n indeed_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n may_v cause_v they_o inchoatiuè_fw-fr by_o discover_v to_o a_o man_n his_o sin_n and_o misery_n but_o the_o improvement_n of_o these_o discovery_n in_o such_o a_o measure_n and_o to_o such_o a_o issue_n be_v the_o work_n of_o satan_n who_o in_o this_o as_o in_o thing_n of_o other_o nature_n can_v counterfeit_v the_o very_a spirit_n of_o god_n and_o so_o persuade_v a_o poor_a soul_n that_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o refuse_v comfort_n and_o despair_v of_o salvation_n 2._o i_o say_v these_o terror_n when_o they_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v in_o unconverted_a sinner_n which_o make_v a_o far_a distinction_n between_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o satan_n herein_o the_o devil_n make_v it_o most_o of_o his_o business_n to_o trouble_n convert_v as_o for_o unconvert_v wretch_n that_o be_v his_o fast_n enough_o he_o seldom_o disturb_v they_o as_o a_o soldier_n will_v not_o disturb_v his_o own_o quarter_n but_o his_o enemy_n &_o a_o magistrate_n will_v not_o if_o he_o be_v well_o advise_v harrasle_n his_o own_o dominion_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n speak_v terror_n to_o the_o conscience_n of_o unregenerate_a sinner_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v when_o he_o speak_v law_n he_o speak_v to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n rom._n 3._o 19_o 3._o but_o therein_o be_v a_o difference_n also_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n lay_v the_o conscience_n under_o terror_n it_o be_v for_o conversion_n they_o be_v not_o penal_a only_o but_o medicinal_a also_o they_o be_v one_o sort_n of_o god_n â—ods_n by_o which_o he_o bring_v man_n within_o the_o bond_n of_o the_o covenant_n ezek_n 20_o
spirit_n into_o a_o temper_n inconsistent_a with_o their_o gravity_n nay_o youthful_a lâ—sts_n if_o they_o will_v yet_o take_v no_o denial_n must_v fight_v for_o their_o quarter_n and_o dâ—ive_v the_o new_a intruder_n out_o of_o door_n friend_n i_o appeal_v to_o your_o own_o spirit_n how_o many_o parent_n and_o master_n be_v there_o in_o the_o world_n who_o if_o their_o child_n and_o servant_n begin_v to_o entertain_v any_o religion_n scruple_n though_o never_o so_o necessary_a be_v apt_a to_o lay_v to_o they_o as_o pharaoh_n to_o the_o israelite_n you_o be_v idle_a you_o be_v idle_a therefore_o you_o be_v so_o inquisitive_a after_o those_o thing_n go_v therefore_o now_o and_o work_v exod._n â—5_n 17._o 18_o and_o thus_o become_v the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n verify_v upon_o they_o the_o care_n of_o this_o woâ—ld_n and_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o riches_n choke_v the_o seed_n and_o iâ—_n become_v unfruitful_a mat._n 13._o 2d_o thus_o aâ—…_n the_o nail_n which_o the_o spirit_n 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