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22._o how_o by_o this_o trial_n it_o be_v find_v that_o many_o be_v void_a of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n cant._n 1._o 6._o the_o effect_n of_o true_a love_n be_v obedience_n and_o a_o care_n to_o please_v the_o lord_n john_n 21._o 15._o psal._n 139._o 21_o what_o great_a blessing_n belong_v to_o they_o who_o in_o their_o call_n seek_v to_o honour_v god_n isaiah_n 22._o 23._o psa._n 140._o 11_o psal._n 52._o 5._o but_o this_o age_n in_o word_n call_v christ_n their_o king_n but_o cast_v off_o his_o yoke_n john_n 15._o 10._o the_o property_n of_o love_n be_v bountifulness_n 1_o cor._n 13._o 4._o the_o last_o be_v readiness_n to_o suffer_v for_o his_o cause_n a_o confirmation_n of_o his_o three_o and_o last_o argument_n of_o comfort_n comfort_n that_o the_o ground_n of_o our_o salvation_n be_v in_o god_n the_o token_n thereof_o in_o ourselves_o isaiah_n 46._o joh._n 10._o 2_o tim._n 2._o mal._n 3._o 6._o our_o call_n &_o conversion_n flow_v from_o god_n purpose_n &_o therefore_o all_o 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ourselves_o but_o patient_o bear_v when_o god_n lay_v they_o on_o false_a prophet_n wear_v rough_a garment_n to_o deceive_v so_o they_o do_v of_o old_a and_o so_o they_o do_v stil._n the_o christian_a in_o every_o place_n subject_n to_o peril_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 26_o comfort_n for_o the_o christian_a in_o all_o peril_n isaiah_n 43._o 2._o the_o christian_a subject_n also_o to_o violent_a death_n dan._n 3._o 25._o that_o the_o christian_n be_v subject_a to_o these_o cross_n he_o prove_v by_o a_o testimony_n of_o holy_a scripture_n worshipper_n of_o god_n howsoever_o disjoin_v in_o time_n or_o place_n yet_o be_v of_o one_o communion_n psal._n 44._o 22._o a_o pleasant_a harmony_n among_o the_o writer_n of_o holy_a scripture_n ezech._n 1._o 11_o luke_n 5._o 7._o every_o ecclesiastic_a teacher_n be_v bind_v to_o confirm_v his_o doctrine_n by_o scripture_n acts._n 17._o 11._o no_o book_n between_o malachi_n and_o matthew_n to_o be_v receive_v for_o canonical_a scripture_n mal._n 3._o 1._o 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for_o god_n sake_n psal._n 96._o 4._o psal._n 59_o 3._o in_o suffer_v we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o that_o which_o man_n &_o that_o which_o our_o own_o conscience_n lay_v to_o our_o charge_n death_n can_v hurt_v the_o man_n of_o god_n mat._n 10._o 28._o aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la li._n 13._o c._n 8._o a_o godly_a man_n not_o trouble_v in_o his_o own_o person_n be_v partaker_n of_o christ_n affliction_n by_o sympathy_n rom._n 12._o 15_o heb._n 13._o 3._o amos._n 6._o 6._o all_o true_a christian_n be_v martyr_n in_o affection_n cyprian_n de_fw-fr dup_fw-fr martyr_n how_o their_o ready_a will_n be_v accept_v as_o a_o deed_n be_v declare_v in_o the_o example_n of_o aquila_n &_o priscilla_n rom._n 16._o 4._o persecuter_n in_o this_o last_o age_n be_v most_o miserable_a the_o whole_a time_n of_o our_o life_n be_v but_o a_o day_n of_o suffering_n reu._n 3._o 10._o or_o a_o hour_n of_o tentation_n mat._n 26._o 40._o with_o what_o patience_n we_o shall_v endure_v in_o suffer_v refer_v 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find_v this_o assurance_n mark._n â—_o 24._o a_o good_a religion_n may_v have_v doubt_v but_o it_o be_v a_o evil_a religion_n which_o leave_v man_n in_o doubt_n sess._n 6._o cant_fw-la 15._o mat._n 11._o 29._o why_o papistry_n can_v make_v a_o man_n sure_a of_o salvation_n it_o be_v not_o presumption_n but_o faith_n to_o show_v what_o we_o have_v receive_v aug._n ser._n 28._o bernard_n in_o septuag_n vanity_n of_o worldly_a pleasure_n discover_v the_o abundance_n of_o they_o make_v they_o loathe_v some_o eccles._n 2._o 10._o if_o they_o be_v continual_a they_o become_v painful_a remembrance_n of_o death_n profitable_a to_o keep_v we_o uncorrupted_a with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o this_o life_n comfort_n for_o the_o godly_a against_o death_n deut._n 34._o 1._o reprobate_n angel_n how_o they_o be_v god_n messenger_n and_o to_o what_o end_n 1_o sam._n 16._o 14_o 2._o cor._n 12._o 7._o two_o sort_n of_o satan_n operation_n eph._n 6._o 11._o in_o christ_n we_o be_v restore_v to_o a_o better_a estate_n than_o that_o which_o adam_n have_v in_o paradise_n john_n 17._o 12._o how_o name_n of_o power_n be_v give_v to_o reprobate_a angel_n jude._n ver_fw-la 6._o satan_n bind_v with_o three_o chain_n in_o our_o christian_a warfare_n our_o great_a battle_n be_v the_o last_o christian_n be_v sure_a of_o perseverance_n philip._n 1._o 6._o satan_n have_v two_o arm_n whereby_o he_o wrestle_v the_o one_o be_v presumption_n mat._n 4._o 5._o how_o satan_n tempt_v to_o presumption_n his_o other_o arm_n be_v desperation_n 2._o cor._n 4._o 9_o no_o man_n be_v sure_a to_o continue_v in_o his_o estate_n but_o the_o christian._n esa._n 47._o 7._o luke_n 12._o 19_o no_o worldling_n shall_v abide_v in_o the_o state_n wherein_o now_o he_o stand_v isaiah_n 22._o 18._o