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husbandman_n shall_v christian_n droop_v because_o their_o work_n be_v great_a observation_n though_o the_o labour_n of_o husbandman_n be_v very_o great_a and_o toilsome_a yet_o with_o what_o cheerfulness_n do_v they_o go_v through_o they_o it_o be_v very_o delightful_a to_o hear_v the_o melody_n they_o make_v by_o whistle_v as_o they_o follow_v the_o blow_n yea_o the_o very_a horse_n have_v their_o bell_n which_o make_v a_o pleasant_a noise_n horse_n say_v mr._n fuller_n will_v do_v more_o for_o a_o whistle_n than_o a_o whip_n and_o their_o bell_n do_v as_o it_o be_v jingle_v away_o their_o weariness_n i_o have_v be_v often_o delight_v with_o this_o country_n music_n whereby_o they_o sweeten_v their_o hard_a labour_n with_o
spare_v his_o own_o son_n that_o serve_v he_o mal._n 3._o 17._o hark_v how_o his_o bowel_n yearn_v i_o have_v sure_o hear_v ephraim_n bemoan_v himself_o it_o not_o ephraim_n my_o dear_a son_n be_v he_o not_o a_o pleasant_a child_n for_o since_o i_o speak_v against_o he_o i_o do_v earnest_o remember_v he_o still_o i_o will_v sure_o have_v mercy_n on_o he_o jer._n 31._o 20._o do_v he_o not_o know_v thy_o life_n will_v be_v altogether_o useless_a to_o he_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o restore_v thou_o what_o service_n be_v thou_o fit_a to_o perform_v to_o he_o in_o such_o a_o condition_n thy_o day_n will_v consume_v like_o smoke_n whilst_o thy_o heart_n be_v smite_v and_o wither_v like_o grass_n psal._n 102._o 3_o 4._o thy_o month_n will_v be_v month_n of_o vanity_n they_o will_v fly_v away_o and_o see_v no_o good_a job_n 7._o 3._o if_o he_o will_v but_o quicken_v thou_o again_o than_o thou_o must_v call_v upon_o his_o name_n psal._n 80._o 18._o but_o in_o a_o dead_a and_o languish_a condition_n thou_o be_v no_o more_o fit_a for_o any_o work_n of_o god_n than_o a_o sick_a man_n be_v for_o manual_a labour_n and_o sure_o he_o have_v not_o put_v those_o precious_a and_o excellent_a grace_n of_o his_o spirit_n within_o thou_o for_o nothing_o they_o be_v plant_v there_o for_o fruit_n and_o service_n and_o therefore_o doubtless_o he_o will_v revive_v thou_o again_o yea_o do_v thou_o not_o think_v he_o see_v thy_o inability_n to_o bear_v such_o a_o condition_n long_o he_o know_v thy_o spirit_n will_v fail_v before_o he_o and_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o have_v make_v isa._n 57_o 16._o david_n tell_v he_o as_o much_o in_o the_o like_a condition_n psal._n 143._o 7_o 8._o hear_v i_o speedy_o o_o lord_n for_o my_o spirit_n fail_v hide_v not_o thy_o face_n from_o i_o lest_o i_o be_v like_a unto_o those_o that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n q._n d._n lord_n make_v haste_n and_o recover_v my_o languish_a soul_n otherwise_o whereas_o thou_o have_v now_o a_o sick_a child_n thou_o 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way_n enough_o to_o do_v it_o if_o he_o do_v but_o unveil_v his_o bless_a face_n and_o make_v it_o thou_o again_o upon_o thou_o thou_o be_v save_v psal._n 80._o 3._o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o love_n will_v be_v to_o thy_o soul_n as_o shower_n to_o the_o parch_a grass_n thy_o soul_n that_o now_o droop_v and_o hang_v the_o wing_n shall_v then_o revive_v and_o leap_v for_o joy_n isa._n 61._o 1._o a_o new_a face_n shall_v come_v upon_o thy_o grace_n they_o shall_v bud_v again_o and_o blossom_n as_o a_o rose_n if_o he_o do_v but_o send_v a_o spring_n of_o auxiliary_a grace_n into_o thy_o soul_n postulat_fw-la to_o actuate_v the_o dull_a habit_n of_o inherent_a grace_n the_o work_n be_v do_v then_o shall_v thou_o return_v to_o thy_o first_o work_n again_o rev._n 2._o 4_o 5._o and_o sing_v as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n reflection_n o_o this_o be_v my_o very_a case_n say_v many_o a_o poor_a christian_a thus_o my_o soul_n languish_v and_o droop_v from_o day_n to_o day_n it_o be_v good_a new_a indeed_o that_o god_n both_o can_v and_o will_v restore_v my_o soul_n but_o sad_a that_o i_o shall_v fall_v into_o such_o a_o state_n how_o unlike_a be_o i_o to_o what_o once_o i_o be_v sure_o as_o the_o old_a man_n weep_v when_o they_o see_v how_o short_a the_o second_o temple_n come_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o first_o so_o may_v i_o sit_v down_o and_o weep_v bitter_o to_o consider_v how_o much_o my_o first_o love_n and_o first_o duty_n excel_v the_o present_a for._n be_v my_o heart_n so_o much_o in_o heaven_n now_o as_o it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v say_v reflection_n o_o my_o soul_n do_v thou_o not_o remember_v when_o like_o the_o belove_a disciple_n thou_o lay_v in_o jesus_n bosom_n how_o do_v thou_o sweeten_v communion_n with_o he_o how_o restless_a and_o impatient_a waist_n thou_o in_o his_o absence_n divine_a withdrawment_n be_v to_o thou_o as_o the_o hell_n of_o hell_n what_o a_o burden_n be_v the_o world_n to_o i_o in_o those_o day_n have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o conscience_n of_o my_o duty_n i_o can_v have_v be_v willing_a to_o let_v all_o lie_v that_o communinion_n with_o christ_n may_v suffer_v no_o interruption_n when_o i_o awake_v in_o the_o night_n how_o be_v the_o darkness_n enlighten_v by_o the_o heavenly_a glimpse_n of_o the_o countenance_n of_o my_o god_n upon_o i_o how_o do_v his_o company_n shorten_v those_o hour_n and_o beguile_v the_o tediousness_n of_o the_o night_n o_o my_o soul_n speak_v thy_o experience_n be_v it_o now_o as_o it_o be_v then_o no_o no_o those_o day_n be_v past_a and_o go_v and_o thou_o become_v much_o a_o stranger_n to_o that_o heavenly_a life_n be_v thou_o able_a with_o truth_n to_o deny_v this_o charge_n when_o occasional_o i_o pass_v by_o those_o place_n which_o be_v once_o to_o i_o as_o iacob_n bethel_n to_o he_o i_o sigh_v at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o former_a passage_n betwixt_o i_o and_o heaven_n there_o and_o say_v with_o job_n chap._n 29._o o_o that_o it_o be_v with_o i_o as_o in_o month_n 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o_o my_o god_n i_o be_o ashamed_a and_o blush_v to_o look_v up_o unto_o thou_o how_o do_v i_o sigh_v and_o weep_v before_o he_o and_o like_o ephraim_n smite_v upon_o my_o thigh_n say_v what_o have_v i_o do_v ah_o my_o soul_n how_o do_v thou_o work_v strive_v and_o cast_v about_o how_o to_o recover_v thyself_o again_o have_v thou_o forget_v how_o thou_o will_v sometime_o look_v up_o and_o sigh_v bitter_o ah_o what_o a_o god_n have_v i_o provoke_v whjat_fw-mi love_n and_o goodness_n have_v i_o abuse_v sometime_o look_v in_o and_o weep_v ah_o what_o
disposition_n against_o each_o other_o which_o opposition_n be_v both_o a_o formal_a and_o a_o effective_a opposition_n there_o be_v two_o contrary_a form_n to_o man_n in_o every_o saint_n col._n 3._o 9_o 10._o from_o hence_o a_o effective_a opposition_n must_v needs_o follow_v for_o as_o thing_n be_v in_o their_o nature_n and_o principle_n so_o they_o be_v in_o their_o operation_n and_o effect_n work_n always_o follow_v being_n fire_n and_o water_n be_v of_o contrary_a quality_n and_o when_o they_o meet_v they_o effective_o oppose_v each_o other_o sin_n and_o grace_n be_v so_o opposite_a that_o if_o sin_n shall_v cease_v to_o oppose_v grace_n it_o will_v cease_v to_o be_v sin_n and_o if_o grace_n shall_v not_o oppose_v sin_n it_o will_v cease_v to_o be_v grace_n and_o this_o do_v much_o more_o endanger_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n than_o any_o other_o enemy_n it_o have_v because_o it_o work_v against_o it_o more_o inward_o constant_o and_o advantageous_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o 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it_o have_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o soil_n which_o suit_v with_o it_o and_o yet_o oh_o the_o wonder_n of_o free_a grace_n it_o be_v not_o swallow_v up_o in_o victory_n it_o escape_v this_o hazard_n but_o 2_o it_o soon_o meet_v with_o another_o though_o it_o escape_v this_o even_o by_o temptation_n which_o strike_v desperate_o at_o the_o very_a life_n of_o it_o for_o these_o like_o the_o weed_n with_o seem_o love_v embrace_n clasp_v about_o it_o and_o do_v not_o the_o faithful_a god_n now_o make_v a_o way_n to_o escape_v instead_o of_o a_o harvest_n we_o shall_v have_v a_o heap_n for_o alas_o what_o be_v we_o to_o wrestle_v with_o principality_n and_o power_n and_o spiritual_a wickedness_n in_o high_a place_n last_o sad_a relapse_n like_o blast_n and_o rusting_n do_v often_o fade_v and_o great_o endanger_v it_o when_o it_o be_v even_o ready_a for_o the_o harvest_n thus_o it_o fall_v out_o with_o david_n who_o last_o way_n be_v not_o like_o his_o first_o and_o yet_o by_o this_o these_o holy_a fruit_n be_v not_o utter_o destroy_v because_o it_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o god_n and_o so_o be_v immortal_a 1_o john_n 5._o 4_o 5._o and_o also_o because_o the_o promise_n of_o perseverance_n and_o victory_n make_v to_o it_o can_v be_v frustrate_v among_o which_o these_o be_v excellent_a isa._n 54._o 10._o jer._n 34._o 40._o 1_o cor_fw-la 1._o 8._o psal._n 1._o 3._o psal._n 125._o 1._o joh._n 4._o 14._o so_o that_o here_o be_v matter_n of_o unspeakable_a comfort_n though_o the_o flesh_n say_v ego_fw-la deficiam_fw-la i_o will_v fail_v thou_o though_o the_o world_n say_v ego_fw-la decipiam_fw-la i_o will_v deceive_v thou_o though_o the_o devil_n say_v ego_fw-la eripiam_fw-la i_o will_v snatch_v thou_o away_o yet_o as_o long_o as_o christ_n say_v i_o will_v never_o leave_v thou_o nor_o forsake_v thou_o thy_o grace_n be_v secure_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o these_o enemy_n reflection_n this_o soul_n of_o i_o be_v once_o plough_v up_o by_o conviction_n reflection_n and_o 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