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repent_v you_o shall_v all_o perish_v luke_n xiii_o 3._o and_o when_o st._n john_n the_o baptist_n see_v the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n come_v to_o his_o baptism_n which_o be_v the_o baptism_n of_o repentance_n he_o thus_o salute_v they_o o_o generation_n of_o viper_n who_o have_v warn_v you_o to_o flee_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v bring_v forth_o therefore_o fruit_n meet_v for_o repentance_n matth._n iii_o 7_o 8._o show_v they_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n of_o escape_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n which_o always_o burn_v against_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n but_o such_o a_o repentance_n as_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n till_o we_o unfeigned_o repent_v of_o our_o sin_n we_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o long_o be_v we_o the_o child_n of_o wrath_n eph._n ii_o 3._o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v reveal_v from_o heaven_n against_o all_o ungodliness_n and_o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n who_o hold_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n 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whilst_o we_o presumptuous_o continue_v in_o our_o sin_n we_o heap_v up_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n rom._n ii_o our_o sin_n cry_v aloud_o to_o the_o almighty_a for_o his_o vengeance_n upon_o we_o his_o judgement_n hang_v over_o our_o head_n like_o the_o naked_a sword_n over_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tyrant_n by_o a_o single_a hair_n of_o mercy_n and_o if_o our_o sin_n once_o break_v that_o we_o be_v sudden_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n god_n will_v wound_v the_o hairy_a scalp_n of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o go_v on_o still_o in_o his_o trespass_n psal._n lxviii_o 21._o for_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o the_o wicked_a every_o day_n if_o he_o turn_v not_o he_o will_v whet_v his_o sword_n he_o have_v bend_v his_o bow_n and_o make_v it_o ready_a he_o have_v prepare_v for_o he_o the_o instrument_n of_o death_n psal._n vii_o 11_o 12_o 13._o god_n have_v make_v all_o thing_n ready_a for_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o wrath_n whensoever_o it_o please_v he_o 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execute_v speedy_o therefore_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_o set_v in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a eccles._n viii_o 11._o a_o strange_a and_o most_o unreasonable_a presumption_n this_o as_o though_o a_o man_n can_v be_v the_o safe_a the_o long_o he_o abuse_v god_n patience_n and_o turn_v his_o grace_n into_o wantonness_n and_o even_o dare_v he_o to_o do_v his_o worst_a oh_o that_o we_o will_v consider_v how_o unadvised_o we_o act_v for_o ourselves_o how_o ill_o we_o consult_v for_o our_o own_o safety_n and_o what_o fool_n we_o be_v to_o think_v we_o can_v be_v safe_a whilst_o we_o be_v provoke_v god_n by_o our_o sin_n and_o by_o this_o sin_n especial_o of_o presume_v he_o will_v yet_o forbear_v we_o long_o because_o he_o have_v forbear_v much_o long_a already_o than_o we_o deserve_v not_o consider_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n in_o his_o forbearance_n and_o long-suffering_a which_o shall_v lead_v we_o to_o repentance_n after_o our_o hardness_n and_o impenitent_a 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and_o our_o do_n good_a jer._n xviii_o 11._o it_o imply_v a_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o sin_n yet_o that_o godly_a sorrow_n be_v not_o repentance_n but_o work_v repentance_n to_o salvation_n not_o to_o be_v repent_v of_o 2_o cor._n vii_o 10._o it_o imply_v a_o hatred_n of_o every_o false_a way_n psal._n cxix_o 104._o a_o be_v ashamed_a and_o confound_v for_o our_o own_o way_n a_o loathe_n ourselves_o in_o our_o own_o sight_n for_o our_o iniquity_n and_o for_o our_o abomination_n ezek._n xxxvi_o 31_o 32._o a_o confess_v and_o forsake_v our_o sin_n prov._n xxviii_o 13._o and_o yet_o all_o this_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o repentance_n but_o as_o we_o must_v cease_v to_o do_v evil_a so_o must_v we_o learn_v to_o do_v well_o also_o isa._n i._n 16_o 17._o we_o must_v both_o eschew_v evil_a and_o do_v good_a 1_o pet._n iii_o 11._o neither_o be_v this_o to_o be_v think_v a_o work_n on_o which_o it_o may_v be_v enough_o to_o bestow_v some_o small_a part_n of_o our_o life_n when_o it_o 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it_o be_v in_o our_o power_n to_o make_v it_o and_o that_o if_o we_o can_v keep_v ourselves_o from_o all_o evil_a or_o hurt_n yet_o at_o least_o we_o may_v not_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o make_v ourselves_o miserable_a by_o what_o have_v be_v here_o say_v we_o may_v understand_v what_o that_o inconsideration_n be_v which_o god_n complain_v of_o and_o be_v indeed_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o great_a many_o it_o be_v a_o careless_a and_o unthinking_a temper_n of_o mind_n and_o they_o who_o be_v of_o this_o temper_n venture_v bold_o rash_o and_o unadvised_o upon_o any_o thing_n as_o it_o fall_v in_o their_o way_n never_o inquire_v how_o please_a or_o displease_v it_o may_v be_v to_o god_n or_o what_o it_o may_v bring_v upon_o themselves_o in_o the_o end_n they_o review_v not_o what_o be_v past_a to_o find_v out_o wherein_o they_o have_v err_v or_o offend_v and_o what_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o mend_v or_o blot_v out_o and_o undo_v again_o by_o repentance_n they_o think_v not_o wise_o on_o what_o they_o go_v about_o at_o present_a to_o observe_v its_o fitness_n or_o unfitness_n to_o be_v attempt_v or_o to_o do_v it_o by_o a_o right_a rule_n and_o to_o a_o right_a end_n and_o to_o take_v care_n that_o they_o neither_o do_v any_o hurt_n nor_o lose_v their_o labour_n they_o think_v not_o provident_o on_o the_o future_a what_o either_o must_v or_o may_v come_v so_o as_o to_o prepare_v and_o provide_v as_o they_o ought_v for_o it_o but_o be_v without_o either_o fear_n or_o forecast_v and_o what_o the_o evil_a of_o this_o be_v i_o be_o next_o to_o show_v sect_n ii_o the_o evil_n of_o inconsideration_n it_o be_v so_o visible_a to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o inconsideration_n be_v a_o very_a ill_a thing_n that_o in_o the_o most_o common_a concern_v and_o
all_o this_o we_o lose_v our_o hope_n and_o confidence_n and_o assurance_n and_o all_o that_o may_v stand_v we_o in_o any_o stead_n in_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n and_o day_n of_o judgement_n o_o that_o we_o be_v wise_a that_o we_o understand_v this_o that_o we_o will_v consider_v our_o latter_a end_n deut._n 32.29_o sect_n iii_o the_o cause_n of_o inconsideration_n have_v see_v some_o of_o the_o evil_n of_o inconsideration_n we_o will_v if_o we_o be_v wise_a labour_v to_o be_v cure_v in_o time_n of_o so_o dangerous_a a_o distemper_n but_o this_o will_v not_o be_v do_v unless_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v remove_v let_v we_o therefore_o next_o inquire_v into_o these_o and_o endeavour_v to_o put_v they_o away_o among_o other_o we_o be_v especial_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o these_o which_o here_o i_o shall_v point_v out_o 1._o the_o first_o be_v ignorance_n for_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o will_v consider_v more_o than_o they_o do_v if_o they_o know_v either_o what_o to_o consider_v or_o how_o to_o consider_v or_o what_o it_o lie_v they_o upon_o to_o consider_v but_o alas_o we_o may_v to_o as_o good_a purpose_n bid_v a_o blind_a man_n see_v or_o a_o deaf_a man_n hear_v as_o exhort_v a_o ignorant_a man_n to_o consider_v any_o thing_n at_o present_a but_o his_o ignorance_n consideration_n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o knowledge_n and_o the_o improve_n of_o it_o to_o practice_n but_o no_o man_n can_v exercise_v what_o he_o have_v not_o a_o brutish_a man_n know_v not_o neither_o do_v a_o fool_n understand_v this_o psal._n 92.6_o therefore_o the_o way_n of_o a_o fool_n be_v right_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n prov._n 12.15_o because_o he_o know_v no_o better_a ignorance_n therefore_o must_v be_v remove_v in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v able_a to_o consider_v and_o yet_o though_o this_o in_o many_o may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o inconsideration_n these_o many_o be_v but_o few_o in_o comparison_n of_o those_o who_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o who_o 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wise_a in_o his_o own_o conceit_n prov._n xxvi_o 12._o the_o great_a miscarriage_n in_o the_o world_n be_v owe_v to_o a_o conceit_a and_o confident_a ignorance_n and_o a_o presumption_n of_o a_o man_n be_v own_o wit_n and_o understanding_n think_v himself_o too_o wise_a and_o know_v to_o take_v advice_n of_o other_o and_o scorn_v to_o seem_v so_o dull_a as_o to_o need_v much_o consult_v with_o his_o own_o reason_n a_o man_n may_v presume_v too_o much_o upon_o the_o easiness_n of_o the_o work_n he_o have_v to_o do_v and_o take_v the_o way_n to_o heaven_n to_o be_v so_o open_a and_o plain_a and_o safe_a that_o he_o need_v not_o be_v at_o the_o trouble_n of_o much_o enquiry_n and_o circumspection_n in_o his_o walk_n he_o may_v imagine_v god_n require_v no_o such_o accuracy_n and_o strictness_n in_o frame_v our_o whole_a conversation_n by_o his_o law_n as_o the_o more_o scrupulous_a sort_n of_o man_n do_v think_v there_o need_v not_o say_v he_o so_o much_o ado_n about_o the_o business_n of_o salvation_n that_o a_o man_n must_v be_v always_o busy_v his_o mind_n about_o it_o we_o have_v a_o round_a of_o duty_n to_o run_v and_o when_o we_o have_v do_v that_o all_o be_v do_v as_o though_o god_n do_v consider_v as_o little_o as_o we_o be_v apt_a to_o do_v he_o have_v say_v to_o god_n in_o his_o heart_n thou_o will_v not_o require_v it_o psal._n x._o 13._o one_o may_v presume_v that_o all_o be_v well_o with_o he_o already_o and_o that_o he_o have_v already_o make_v his_o call_v and_o election_n sure_a he_o have_v already_o get_v as_o he_o think_v into_o the_o right_n and_o sure_a way_n and_o have_v no_o more_o to_o trouble_v his_o head_n about_o but_o only_o to_o go_v on_o the_o same_o way_n still_o without_o any_o further_o think_v of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o way_n that_o seem_v right_a unto_o a_o man_n but_o the_o end_n thereof_o be_v the_o way_n of_o death_n prov._n fourteen_o 12._o some_o may_v possible_o presume_v that_o they_o do_v consider_v thing_n well_o enough_o even_o when_o they_o never_o have_v any_o such_o thought_n of_o they_o as_o can_v deserve_v to_o be_v call_v consideration_n now_o and_o then_o it_o may_v be_v they_o think_v a_o little_a of_o the_o thing_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v consider_v and_o it_o will_v be_v strange_a if_o they_o do_v not_o when_o they_o be_v so_o often_o put_v in_o mind_n of_o they_o but_o alas_o that_o through_o weigh_v and_o ponder_v of_o thing_n in_o their_o mind_n which_o before_o be_v show_v to_o be_v consideration_n they_o be_v mere_a stranger_n to_o and_o never_o once_o go_v about_o it_o and_o in_o this_o vain_a confidence_n of_o have_v do_v what_o they_o never_o in_o earnest_n endeavour_v to_o do_v they_o pass_v their_o time_n without_o consider_v till_o consider_v can_v do_v they_o no_o good_a other_o presume_v that_o they_o have_v day_n enough_o before_o they_o and_o they_o will_v consider_v of_o it_o sometime_o before_o night_n they_o will_v and_o they_o will_v but_o they_o will_v not_o yet_o because_o they_o presume_v it_o will_v be_v time_n enough_o to_o do_v it_o anon_o and_o it_o be_v always_o too_o soon_o till_o it_o be_v quite_o too_o late_o and_o thus_o through_o a_o foolish_a presumption_n of_o one_o thing_n or_o other_o many_o of_o we_o be_v keep_v from_o consider_v till_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v we_o to_o consider_v but_o this_o one_o sad_a thing_n that_o we_o have_v lose_v our_o opportunity_n it_o be_v now_o too_o late_o and_o consideration_n be_v become_v a_o great_a part_n of_o that_o torment_n which_o it_o shall_v have_v prevent_v 3._o another_o cause_n of_o inconsideration_n be_v our_o long_a neglect_n of_o consider_v and_o a_o unthinking_a habit_n of_o mind_n hence_o consideration_n when_o we_o be_v call_v to_o it_o be_v a_o uncouth_a thing_n to_o we_o and_o we_o have_v be_v so_o long_a stranger_n to_o it_o that_o we_o know_v not_o how_o to_o come_v acquaint_v with_o it_o nor_o how_o to_o entertain_v it_o we_o have_v use_v ourselves_o to_o another_o 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that_o they_o will_v consider_v their_o latter_a end_n deut._n xxxii_o 29._o a_o end_n will_v come_v and_o it_o seem_v strange_a that_o we_o shall_v all_o know_v it_o and_o few_o of_o we_o consider_v it_o to_o any_o purpose_n we_o see_v every_o day_n in_o one_o or_o other_o what_o be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o our_o pleasure_n and_o honour_n and_o riches_n and_o every_o thing_n that_o we_o here_o delight_v in_o all_o these_o be_v at_o a_o end_n when_o death_n come_v and_o it_o be_v come_v and_o at_o hand_n none_o of_o we_o know_v how_o near_o we_o be_v sure_a it_o can_v be_v very_o far_o off_o and_o every_o day_n we_o be_v sure_a it_o be_v near_a than_o it_o be_v the_o day_n before_o and_o the_o long_o we_o live_v the_o near_a it_o be_v still_o and_o though_o all_o the_o thing_n we_o be_v now_o so_o fond_a of_o end_n in_o death_n yet_o death_n will_v not_o make_v a_o end_n of_o we_o for_o after_o death_n be_v the_o judgement_n when_o we_o must_v all_o appear_v before_o the_o 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