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unregenerate_a man_n the_o law_n be_v holy_a say_v he_o ver_fw-la 12._o and_o ver_fw-la 14._o it_o be_v spiritual_a to_o which_o too_o he_o oppose_v but_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n where_o be_v now_o those_o that_o so_o vilify_v grace_n and_o magnify_v nature_n or_o shall_v i_o rather_o say_v nullify_v grace_n and_o deify_v nature_n here_o be_v the_o best_a elegy_n the_o apostle_n will_v bestow_v upon_o the_o best_a of_o nature_n enmity_n against_o god_n nay_o all_o the_o sparkle_n of_o virtue_n and_o moral_a goodness_n in_o civil_a man_n and_o ancient_a heathen_n be_v no_o better_o beside_o many_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v say_v to_o the_o virtue_n of_o those_o philosopher_n as_o ignorance_n of_o christ_n by_o who_o alone_o this_o enmity_n be_v remove_v i_o
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wherefore_o do_v you_o spend_v money_n for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o bread_n and_o your_o labour_n for_o that_o which_o satisfy_v not_o say_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n 55._o 2._o all_o man_n agree_v in_o this_o that_o they_o will_v willing_o meet_v with_o some_o satisfy_a good_a and_o yet_o if_o you_o look_v right_a upon_o the_o project_n and_o labour_n of_o the_o great_a part_n shall_v find_v they_o fly_v from_o it_o and_o take_v much_o pain_n to_o be_v miserable_a and_o true_o consider_v the_o darkness_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n it_o be_v no_o great_a wonder_n to_o see_v these_o miss_v their_o way_n and_o continue_v wander_v that_o hear_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o recall_v they_o and_o and_o see_v not_o its_o light_n to_o direct_v they_o but_o this_o be_v somewhat_o strange_a that_o where_o true_a happiness_n and_o the_o true_a way_n to_o it_o be_v propound_v and_o set_v before_o man_n so_o few_o shall_v follow_v it_o in_o good_a earnest_n if_o the_o excellency_n of_o that_o good_a do_v not_o allure_v they_o yet_o one_o will_v think_v that_o their_o many_o disappointment_n in_o all_o other_o thing_n shall_v drive_v they_o home_o to_o it_o how_o often_o do_v we_o run_v ourselves_o out_o of_o breath_n after_o shadow_n and_o when_o we_o think_v we_o have_v overtake_v they_o and_o will_v lay_v hold_n on_o they_o we_o find_v nothing_o and_o yet_o still_o we_o love_v to_o befool_v ourselves_o even_o against_o our_o own_o experience_n which_o we_o say_v use_v to_o make_v fool_n wise_a still_o we_o choose_v rather_o to_o shift_v from_o one_o vanity_n to_o another_o than_o to_o return_v to_o that_o sovereign_n good_a that_o alone_o can_v fill_v the_o vast_a desire_n of_o our_o soul_n rather_o to_o run_v from_o one_o break_a cistern_n to_o another_o as_o the_o prophet_n call_v they_o yea_o and_o to_o take_v pain_n to_o hew_v they_o out_o than_o have_v recourse_n to_o that_o fountain_n of_o live_a water_n one_o main_a thing_n that_o 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