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thou_o say_v thou_o will_v repent_v at_o thy_o death_n well_o i_o take_v that_o thou_o grant_v even_o this_o day_n for_o aught_o thou_o know_v be_v the_o day_n of_o thy_o death_n out_o of_o thy_o own_o mouth_n then_o will_v i_o judge_v thou_o thou_o evil_a servant_n 22._o an_fw-mi tibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la concedet_fw-la concedet_fw-la fortasse_fw-la inquis_fw-la quid_fw-la aâ—_n fortasse_fw-la &_o interdum_fw-la &_o saepe_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la tibi_fw-la veniat_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la anima_fw-la taa_o consilium_fw-la inire_fw-la contrarium_fw-la etiam_fw-la pone_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrysost_o ad_fw-la 2_o cor._n 13._o hom_n 22._o thou_o be_v to_o account_v every_o day_n the_o day_n of_o thy_o death_n why_o then_o do_v thou_o not_o repent_v to_o day_n since_o thou_o be_v to_o look_v for_o death_n to_o day_n i_o but_o say_v our_o youngster_n i_o have_v know_v many_o live_a till_o their_o old_a age_n and_o have_v repent_v then_o well_o what_o then_o say_v chrysostome_n be_v thou_o 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let_v slip_v no_o opportunity_n of_o further_a our_o estate_n because_o we_o think_v i_o may_v die_v too_o morrow_n oh_o that_o we_o can_v so_o number_v our_o day_n as_o to_o apply_v they_o to_o the_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a wisdom_n of_o repentance_n 12._o enimuero_fw-la quum_fw-la ad_fw-la bellum_fw-la proficisceris_fw-la non_fw-la dicis_fw-la minime_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la testamentum_fw-la condere_fw-la fortasse_fw-la revertar_fw-la nec_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la ineundo_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la consultas_fw-la dicis_fw-la uxorum_fw-la egentem_fw-la accipiam_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la praeter_fw-la opinionem_fw-la ad_fw-la opes_fw-la ita_fw-la pervenerunt_fw-la at_o verò_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la anima_fw-la id._n ibid._n luke_n 12._o when_o thou_o go_v to_o war_n say_v the_o same_o father_n in_o the_o same_o place_n thou_o do_v not_o say_v i_o need_v not_o make_v any_o will_n peradventure_o i_o shall_v return_v again_o neither_o when_o thou_o go_v about_o thy_o marriage_n 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the_o world_n thou_o shall_v not_o say_v 14._o levit._fw-la 19_o 14._o the_o lord_n curse_v the_o deaf_a why_o what_o shall_v hinder_v he_o can_v hear_v we_o if_o we_o do_v thou_o shall_v not_o lay_v a_o stumble_a block_n before_o the_o blind_a why_o what_o shall_v let_v we_o he_o can_v see_v we_o if_o we_o do_v mark_v the_o word_n follow_v thou_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n who_o both_o hear_v thy_o curse_n and_o see_v thy_o stumble_a block_n four_o in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o our_o life_n it_o make_v we_o work_v out_o our_o salvation_n with_o fear_v and_o tremble_v even_o rejoice_v in_o fear_n and_o feast_v in_o fear_n know_v 12._o phil._n 2._o psal_n 2._o jude_n 12._o that_o there_o be_v then_o the_o great_a danger_n when_o to_o our_o eye_n there_o be_v the_o least_o appearance_n of_o it_o in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a respect_n be_v this_o fear_n so_o necessary_a in_o the_o practice_n of_o repentance_n for_o repentance_n be_v a_o continual_a return_v towards_o god_n and_o draw_v near_o still_o to_o he_o to_o the_o which_o how_o soever_o that_o hellish_a and_o slavish_a fear_n be_v a_o let_v for_o it_o drive_v a_o man_n back_o from_o god_n and_o turn_v away_o the_o face_n from_o sin_n yet_o not_o this_o love_a and_o filial_a fear_n for_o it_o drive_v from_o sin_n and_o keep_v we_o from_o forsake_v god_n i_o will_v put_v my_o fear_n say_v the_o lord_n 40._o jer._n 32._o 40._o in_o their_o heart_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o depart_v from_o i_o out_o of_o this_o fear_n arise_v that_o notable_a duty_n which_o some_o repentant_n in_o the_o more_o serious_a exercise_n of_o their_o repentance_n in_o the_o scripture_n have_v practise_v namely_o that_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o god_n &_o bind_v ourselves_o by_o solemn_a oath_n unto_o he_o this_o be_v david_n practice_n i_o have_v swear_v and_o i_o will_v perform_v it_o that_o i_o will_v keep_v thy_o righteous_a judgement_n 106._o psal_n 119._o 106._o the_o same_o duty_n we_o find_v practise_v in_o the_o 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eccles_n 9_o 2._o a_o unclean_a adulterer_n a_o godless_a sabaoth-breaker_n and_o be_v thou_o now_o afraid_a of_o these_o sin_n tremble_v thou_o at_o the_o thought_n of_o they_o then_o have_v thou_o good_a evidence_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o thy_o repentance_n but_o this_o give_v the_o most_o the_o lie_v that_o brag_n of_o their_o repentance_n because_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o those_o deceiver_n that_o they_o feast_n without_o all_o fear_n feed_v themselves_o so_o it_o 12._o jude_n 12._o may_v be_v say_v of_o they_o that_o they_o follow_v their_o sin_n with_o all_o greediness_n without_o fear_n or_o wit_n so_o far_o from_o fear_n that_o they_o do_v desire_v the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o even_o harden_v their_o heart_n against_o this_o fear_n these_o may_v well_o fear_v that_o they_o never_o know_v what_o repentance_n mean_v chap._n xv._o of_o three_o other_o duty_n wherein_o conversion_n be_v practise_v 5._o duty_n be_v desire_n that_o which_o we_o fear_v we_o desire_n 5._o 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kite_n the_o sick_a man_n that_o come_v not_o into_o the_o water_n when_o the_o 5._o joh._n 5._o angel_n move_v be_v not_o heal_v it_o be_v not_o with_o the_o tide_n of_o god_n grace_n as_o in_o the_o tide_n of_o water_n which_o come_v certain_o at_o set_a time_n so_o that_o he_o that_o miss_v the_o morning_n tide_n may_v have_v the_o evening_n tide_n no_o it_o be_v tide_v too_o day_n and_o now_o it_o be_v tide_v now_o take_v it_o if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o know_v not_o whether_o in_o all_o thy_o life_n time_n the_o like_a grace_n will_v be_v offer_v thou_o again_o behold_v say_v our_o saviour_n i_o stand_v at_o the_o door_n 20._o revel_v 3._o 20._o and_o knock_n if_o any_o man_n will_v open_v viz._n when_o i_o knock_v than_o i_o will_v come_v in_o else_o not_o thou_o may_v well_o fear_v that_o because_o thou_o be_v deaf_a at_o god_n call_v god_n will_v be_v both_o dumb_a never_o to_o call_v thou_o hereafter_o again_o and_o also_o deaf_a not_o to_o hear_v thou_o call_v on_o 28._o 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repentance_n it_o be_v absurd_a for_o a_o soldier_n to_o seek_v his_o armour_n when_o the_o battle_n be_v begin_v the_o apprentice_n will_v not_o be_v to_o learn_v his_o trade_n when_o his_o time_n be_v go_v out_o repentance_n shall_v rather_o be_v a_o introduction_n to_o death_n than_o death_n to_o repentance_n beside_o at_o the_o time_n of_o death_n the_o body_n be_v so_o possess_v with_o pain_n &_o the_o soul_n so_o take_v up_o with_o fear_n of_o death_n that_o a_o man_n be_v altogether_o unfit_a for_o so_o great_a and_o weighty_a a_o work_n as_o repentance_n be_v yea_o we_o see_v that_o man_n upon_o their_o deathbed_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o meddle_v with_o ordinary_a matter_n of_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v we_o think_v that_o when_o we_o be_v unfit_a for_o the_o base_a thing_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o we_o can_v be_v fit_a for_o the_o great_a and_o weighty_a business_n of_o heaven_n 5._o repentance_n at_o death_n be_v seldom_o sound_a for_o it_o may_v seem_v rather_o to_o arise_v 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