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alas_o poor_a delude_a wretch_n do_v thou_o hope_v for_o mercy_n to_o keep_v thou_o from_o hell_n whilst_o thou_o be_v in_o a_o course_n of_o ungodliness_n why_o man_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n will_v come_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o thou_o and_o sink_v thou_o deep_o into_o hell_n supplicii_fw-la hell_n quos_fw-la diu_fw-la ut_fw-la convertantur_fw-la tolerat_fw-la non_fw-la conversos_fw-la durius_fw-la damnat_fw-la hier._n tarditatem_fw-la vindictae_fw-la compensat_fw-la gravitate_fw-la supplicii_fw-la for_o by_o despise_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n thou_o be_v treasure_v up_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n rom_n 2.4_o 5._o do_v thou_o presume_v of_o mercy_n in_o thy_o state_n of_o impenitence_n why_o man_n this_o very_a presumption_n will_v add_v load_n upon_o thy_o back_n and_o degree_n unto_o thy_o torment_n read_v over_o that_o text_n deliberate_o and_o the_o lord_n awaken_v thy_o conscience_n in_o the_o perusal_n of_o it_o deut._n 29.19_o 20_o 21._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o he_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o this_o curse_n he_o bless_v himself_o in_o his_o heart_n say_v i_o shall_v have_v peace_n though_o i_o walk_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o my_o heart_n to_o add_v drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n it_o be_v to_o this_o effect_n as_o if_o the_o carnal_a wretch_n have_v say_v god_n be_v gracious_a and_o merciful_a and_o though_o i_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o christ_n but_o take_v my_o pleasure_n in_o sin_n and_o be_o not_o so_o forward_o in_o godliness_n as_o these_o precise_a minister_n will_v persuade_v i_o yet_o i_o trust_v in_o god_n that_o he_o will_v show_v pity_n upon_o i_o he_o will_v not_o be_v so_o severe_a as_o these_o hot-spirited_n man_n will_v bear_v we_o in_o hand_n god_n be_v a_o god_n of_o mercy_n and_o delight_v in_o it_o and_o i_o hope_v to_o taste_v of_o his_o compassion_n and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o send_v i_o to_o hell_n whatever_o he_o have_v say_v well_o but_o will_v such_o a_o person_n find_v mercy_n 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this_o be_v the_o four_o respect_n in_o which_o a_o christless_a estate_n be_v a_o state_n of_o death_n viz._n in_o point_n of_o condemnation_n or_o obnoxiousness_n to_o eternal_a death_n 5._o last_o unconvert_v sinner_n be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o death_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o abundant_a evil_n incident_a to_o that_o condition_n they_o be_v in_o a_o perfect_o wretched_a and_o miserable_a estate_n for_o death_n comprise_v all_o sort_n of_o evil_n as_o when_o life_n be_v promise_v to_o the_o godly_a it_o be_v a_o comprehensive_a term_n that_o contain_v all_o sort_n of_o blessing_n and_o mercy_n whatsoever_o psal_n 30.5_o prov._n 3.18_o so_o when_o the_o wicked_a on_o the_o other_o hand_n be_v say_v to_o be_v dead_a that_o be_v a_o big-bellyed_n word_n that_o carry_v all_o kind_n of_o evil_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o it_o trouble_n and_o vexation_n and_o perplexity_n here_o and_o at_o last_o eternal_a ruin_n and_o desolation_n deut._n 30.15_o 19_o now_o in_o this_o sense_n they_o be_v 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christ_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n because_o a_o man_n spiritual_a estate_n godward_o and_o christward_o do_v not_o depend_v upon_o the_o degree_n of_o grace_n but_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o grace_n a_o person_n may_v have_v his_o heart_n sound_a in_o the_o statute_n of_o god_n who_o have_v not_o arrive_v at_o that_o measure_n of_o acquaintance_n with_o god_n as_o some_o other_o have_v do_v there_o be_v several_a form_n of_o scholar_n in_o the_o school_n of_o christ_n and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o save_o teach_v by_o he_o there_o be_v divers_a rank_n of_o person_n in_o the_o household_n of_o faith_n of_o different_a growth_n and_o stature_n babe_n and_o child_n as_o well_o as_o man_n grow_v up_o to_o their_o full_a strength_n and_o old_a experience_a disciple_n mat._n 15.28_o mat._n 8.26_o 1_o joh._n 2.12_o 13._o rev._n 3.8_o this_o be_v well_o to_o be_v observe_v because_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o very_a thing_n hathoccasion_v the_o trouble_n 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