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duty_n of_o with_o so_o many_o press_a command_n for_o that_o repentance_n immediate_o to_o be_v begin_v be_v suppose_v to_o govern_v a_o follow_a life_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a and_o miraculous_a repentance_n if_o true_a last_o that_o it_o be_v therefore_o against_o all_o rule_n of_o piety_n and_o prudence_n by_o mispending_a life_n to_o cast_v ourselves_o upon_o the_o necessity_n of_o repentance_n at_o death_n this_o i_o say_v be_v the_o substance_n of_o what_o i_o have_v design_v all_o along_o &_o which_o i_o will_v now_o further_o clear_a and_o vindicate_v from_o these_o follow_a objection_n object_n 1_o objection_n 1._o do_v not_o the_o parable_n of_o call_v some_o etc._n mat._n 20._o v._n 1._o etc._n etc._n labourer_n into_o the_o vineyard_n at_o the_o eleven_o hour_n imply_v that_o god_n do_v in_o ordinary_a convert_v some_o at_o the_o last_o hour_n as_o well_o as_o soon_o answ_n answer_n the_o main_a scope_n of_o parable_n be_v only_o argumentative_v 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to_o serve_v our_o generation_n or_o the_o course_n of_o our_o life_n according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o glorify_v â—im_a here_o on_o earth_n it_o destroy_v the_o service_n yet_o fly_v upon_o the_o reward_n as_o if_o 4._o john_n 17._o 4._o god_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v man_n happy_a because_o he_o have_v make_v they_o and_o that_o he_o have_v make_v they_o first_o to_o take_v the_o delight_n he_o most_o abhor_v to_o dishonour_v he_o by_o deform_v his_o workmanship_n &_o violate_v his_o law_n &_o the_o good_a order_n he_o have_v set_v in_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o because_o he_o have_v make_v they_o to_o give_v they_o a_o blessedness_n so_o insuperable_o great_a that_o he_o can_v find_v no_o great_a and_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o hurt_v or_o punish_v they_o for_o sin_n though_o all_o the_o justice_n that_o ever_o be_v know_v to_o man_n require_v punishment_n of_o offender_n as_o much_o as_o the_o reward_n of_o desert_n else_o all_o government_n will_v be_v lose_v 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