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than_o he_o that_o can_v raise_v ourselves_o against_o ourselves_o and_o work_n wonder_v not_o only_o in_o the_o great_a world_n but_o also_o in_o the_o little_a world_n our_o soul_n and_o body_n when_o he_o please_v we_o see_v likewise_o hence_o a_o necessity_n of_o have_v something_o in_o the_o soul_n above_o it_o 3_o self_n it_o must_v be_v partaker_n of_o a_o divine_a nature_n than_o itself_o otherwise_o when_o the_o most_o refine_a part_n of_o our_o soul_n the_o very_a spirit_n of_o our_o mind_n be_v out_o of_o frame_n what_o shall_v bring_v it_o in_o again_o therefore_o we_o must_v conceive_v in_o a_o godly_a man_n a_o double_a self_n one_o which_o must_v be_v deny_v the_o other_o which_o must_v deny_v one_o that_o breed_v all_o the_o disquiet_n and_o another_o that_o still_v what_o the_o other_o have_v raise_v the_o way_n to_o still_o the_o soul_n as_o it_o be_v under_o our_o corrupt_a self_n be_v not_o to_o parley_v with_o it_o and_o divide_v government_n for_o peace_n sake_n 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as_o they_o may_v be_v fill_v with_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o then_o we_o shall_v find_v this_o duty_n not_o only_o easy_a but_o delightful_a unto_o we_o the_o prophet_n heal_v the_o water_n 20._o by_o cast_v salt_n into_o the_o spring_n so_o the_o season_n of_o the_o spring_n of_o our_o action_n season_v all_o and_o indeed_o what_o can_v be_v expect_v from_o man_n while_o he_o be_v vanity_n but_o vain_a imagination_n what_o can_v wââ¦_n look_v for_o from_o a_o viper_n but_o poison_n a_o man_n natural_o be_v either_o weave_n spidââ¦_n 5._o web_n or_o hatch_n cockatrice_n egg_n thââ¦_n be_v his_o heart_n be_v exercise_v either_o in_o vaââ¦_n or_o mischief_n for_o not_o only_o the_o frame_n ãâã_d the_o heart_n but_o what_o the_o heart_n frame_v iââ¦_n evil_a continual_o a_o wicked_a man_n that_o iââ¦_n 5._o besot_v with_o false_a conceit_n will_v adââ¦_n of_o no_o good_a thought_n to_o enter_v 5._o even_o when_o we_o be_v good_a and_o devise_v 5._o good_a thing_n yet_o there_o be_v 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quam_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la alicujus_fw-la insignis_fw-la affectus_fw-la math._n 11._o 29._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 33._o there_o must_v be_v a_o uniformity_n in_o the_o life_n of_o christian_n 8_o christian_n must_v deny_v themselves_o joh._n 12._o 43._o mat._n 19_o 22_o mat._n 13_o 22._o rom._n 8._o mic._n 6._o quest._n answ._n 1._o 2_o king_n 10._o 16._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 2._o sam._n 12._o 4._o 5._o 6._o object_n answ._n job_n ãâã_d 7._o neh._n 2._o 3._o how_o to_o get_v the_o mastery_n of_o ourselves_o te_fw-la vince_n &_o mundus_fw-la tibi_fw-la victus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n rom._n 7._o psal._n 51._o gen._n 19_o 9_o 1_o sam._n 24._o 6_o psal._n 30._o 6._o most_o of_o the_o most_o dangerous_a opinion_n of_o popery_n as_o justification_n by_o work_n state_n of_o perfection_n merit_n satisfaction_n supererogation_n etc._n etc._n spring_n from_o hence_o that_o they_o have_v slight_a conceit_n of_o concupiscence_n as_o a_o condition_n of_o nature_n yet_o some_o of_o they_o as_o michael_n bayn_v professor_n at_o lovane_n etc._n etc._n be_v sound_n in_o the_o point_n answ._n gen._n 1._o 1_o 2._o 3._o quest._n answ._n nemo_fw-la se_fw-la palpet_fw-la de_fw-fr svo_fw-la satan_n est_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug_n suspiraââ¦a_n ligatus_fw-la non_fw-la ferro_fw-la aliquââ¦_n sed_fw-la mea_fw-la ferreavoluntate_fw-la vellen_v meum_fw-la tenebet_fw-la iniââ¦icus_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la catenam_fw-la secerit_fw-la aug._n confess_v quicquid_fw-la siââ¦_n imperavit_fw-la animus_n ãâã_d seneca_n cââ¦sset_fw-la voluntas_fw-la propria_fw-la &_o non_fw-la erit_fw-la infernus_fw-la ephes._n 3._o 18_o sixefold_a duty_n in_o respect_n of_o natural_a corruption_n 1._o 2._o evil_n of_o not_o bewail_v our_o corrupt_a nature_n 1_o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 3._o rom._n 7._o 9_o job_n 42._o 6._o 4._o caution_n 5._o 6._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 8_o ezek._n 36._o 25._o 27._o zach._n 13._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o sinfulness_n and_o vanity_n seat_v in_o the_o imagination_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o much_o disquiet_n act._n 28._o 22_o dan._n 36._o how_o sinful_a imagination_n work_v upon_o the_o soul_n matt._n 15._o 9_o isaiah_n 1._o 12._o the_o 1._o remedy_n for_o hurtful_a imagination_n 2._o cor._n 10._o 5._o 2_o psal._n 39_o 6._o luke_n 15._o 9_o pro._n 23._o 5._o 3_o mat._n 12._o 35._o ma'a_fw-fr mens_fw-la maltis_n animus_n 1_o sam._n 24._o 13._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5_o mat._n 22._o 27_o 2_o king_n 2._o 20._o isaiah_n 59_o 5._o gen._n 6._o 5._o 5._o zach._n 12._o 10._o 1_o pet._n 18._o luk._n 19_o 47_o bernard_n 6._o ephes._n 5._o 15_o jer._n 4._o 14._o 7._o phil._n 4._o 8._o 8._o eccles._n 1._o 2._o job_n 31._o 1._o pro._n 17._o 24._o praeclara_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la beza_n in_o his_o life_n doctrinae_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la incipit_fw-la a_o vulneribus_fw-la christi_fw-la 2._o tim._n 1._o 9_o eccles._n 12._o 10._o luk._n 10._o 32_o pro._n 15._o 15_o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o est_fw-la atiquid_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la magno_fw-la viro_fw-la vel_fw-la tacente_fw-la proficias_fw-la 9_o 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with_o another_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 1._o cor._n 13._o 6._o act._n 13_o 18._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d non_fw-fr est_fw-fr i_o will_v ââ¦re_v si_fw-la quid_fw-la ferendam_fw-la est_fw-la &_o probare_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la probanduns_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la further_a direction_n 3._o act_n 16._o 31_o col._n 3._o 14._o psal._n 41._o 1._o 1._o thess._n 5._o 14._o ezek._n 34_o 4_o si_fw-mi illatas_fw-la molestias_fw-la lingua_fw-la dicat_fw-la a_o conscientia_fw-la dolour_n emanat_fw-la vulnera_fw-la enim_fw-la clausa_fw-la plus_fw-la cruciant_fw-la greg._n mat._n 4._o gen._n 3._o eccles._n 4._o 9_o 1._o 2._o 3._o solatium_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la haeere_o cuipectus_fw-la aperias_fw-la ambros._n 2._o sam._n 1._o 20._o phil._n 2._o 27._o miscarriage_n in_o the_o party_n that_o need_v to_o be_v comfort_v 1._o 2._o sam._n 23._o 15._o 3._o job_n 2._o quest._n quest._n answ._n ergo_v it_o a_o liberi_fw-la esse_fw-la volunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la deum_fw-la volunt_fw-la habere_fw-la dominum_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o lit._n john_n 15._o certum_fw-la
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