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the_o sixteenth_o wile_n be_v to_o persuade_v christian_n who_o he_o do_v thus_o afflict_v to_o keep_v his_o counsel_n so_o as_o either_o through_o shame_n or_o fear_v they_o dare_v say_v nothing_o like_o man_n that_o have_v foul_a disease_n have_v rather_o die_v than_o tell_v the_o physician_n like_o the_o lacedaemonian_a boy_n that_o suffer_v the_o fox_n to_o eat_v out_o his_o bowel_n and_o will_v not_o reveal_v it_o so_o many_o suffer_v temptation_n to_o eat_v out_o their_o heart_n thus_o satan_n wound_n and_o will_v not_o have_v christian_n complain_v he_o tempt_v and_o solicit_v and_o will_v not_o have_v christian_n to_o ask_v counsel_n and_o so_o many_o time_n the_o burden_n fall_v the_o heavy_a and_o the_o wound_n smart_v the_o more_o whereas_o if_o experience_a christian_n be_v acquaint_v with_o they_o it_o may_v be_v a_o help_n to_o they_o as_o wind_v stifle_v in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n shake_v it_o but_o find_v passage_n do_v no_o harm_n so_o oftentimes_o the_o 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the_o ancient_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o devil_n stir_v up_o the_o israelite_n to_o make_v the_o golden_a calf_n that_o he_o may_v put_v moses_n in_o a_o heat_n who_o be_v the_o meek_a man_n that_o so_o he_o may_v break_v the_o table_n of_o the_o law_n and_o may_v not_o reprove_v their_o sin_n therefore_o suspect_v yourselves_o prone_a to_o every_o sin_n do_v not_o repose_v any_o thing_n upon_o constitution_n etc._n etc._n sect_n xviii_o the_o eighteen_o wile_n hope_n of_o return_v out_o of_o sin_n by_o a_o speedy_a repentance_n and_o a_o timely_a revocation_n but_o where_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o return_n be_v there_o not_o rather_o dreadful_a threaten_n of_o permit_v such_o to_o go_v on_o to_o final_a apostasy_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o throw_v thyself_o headlong_o from_o the_o pinnacle_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o thou_o cause_v not_o stay_v thyself_o from_o fall_v without_o a_o miracle_n our_o heart_n be_v like_o spring-lock_n will_v shut_v of_o themselves_o but_o will_v not_o open_v without_o a_o key_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr laus_fw-la stetisse_fw-la in_o pinaculo_fw-la sed_fw-la stetisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la cecidisse_fw-la as_o augustine_n say_v it_o be_v be_v no_o commendation_n to_o stand_v on_o the_o pinnacle_n but_o to_o keep_v out_o stand_v and_o not_o to_o fall_v when_o we_o be_v in_o such_o danger_n sect_n xix_o the_o nineteenth_o wile_n to_o keep_v raw_a and_o smart_a any_o wound_n that_o the_o spirit_n have_v inflict_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o poor_a soul_n true_a it_o be_v satan_n be_v not_o able_a to_o afflict_v immediate_o and_o real_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o man_n no_o more_o than_o he_o be_v able_a to_o comfort_v a_o man_n conscience_n as_o it_o be_v god_n prerogative_n to_o know_v the_o heart_n so_o it_o be_v to_o afflict_v and_o comfort_v the_o heart_n but_o yet_o satan_n may_v help_v to_o keep_v the_o wound_n raw_a by_o disturb_v the_o fancy_n and_o fill_v they_o with_o horror_n and_o terror_n he_o may_v shake_v and_o 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as_o another_o lapse_n in_o the_o way_n before_o his_o strange_a depart_n and_o forsake_v of_o the_o way_n i_o shall_v not_o make_v it_o my_o work_n to_o determine_v what_o special_a warrant_n solomon_n may_v have_v for_o what_o be_v do_v by_o he_o about_o thing_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o will_v free_v he_o from_o that_o part_n of_o the_o charge_n but_o this_o i_o think_v that_o whosoever_o shall_v look_v into_o his_o penitential_a book_n of_o the_o preacher_n may_v easy_o find_v that_o his_o fall_n be_v not_o perpendicular_a and_o such_o which_o at_o once_o cast_v he_o as_o low_o as_o ever_o any_o of_o the_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n fall_v but_o a_o sink_a and_o slide_v downward_o by_o degree_n and_o from_o he_o learn_v who_o be_v the_o wise_a man_n that_o ever_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o wisdom_n that_o will_v keep_v a_o man_n from_o the_o worst_a of_o sin_n if_o he_o once_o allow_v or_o favour_v himself_o in_o lesser_a evil_n three_o by_o way_n of_o 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