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5.13_o eph._n 5.19_o and_o also_o to_o get_v more_o knowledge_n and_o instruction_n in_o heavenly_a mystery_n and_o in_o your_o duty_n teach_v and_o admonish_v col._n 3.16_o many_o psalm_n be_v maschills_n as_o their_o title_n be_v i._n e._n psalm_n of_o instruction_n thus_o we_o be_v to_o sing_v such_o psalm_n as_o speak_v in_o the_o first_o person_n though_o we_o can_v apply_v they_o to_o ourselves_o as_o word_n utter_v by_o ourselves_o concern_v ourselves_o and_o in_o this_o we_o do_v not_o lie_v david_n speak_v of_o christ_n as_o of_o himself_o as_o a_o pattern_n of_o affliction_n and_o virtue_n to_o instruct_v other_o and_o we_o sing_v such_o psalm_n not_o as_o our_o word_n but_o word_n foâ—_n our_o instruction_n and_o therein_o we_o do_v not_o lie_v anâ—_n more_o than_o the_o levite_n the_o son_n of_o corah_n or_o jâ—duthun_n or_o other_o musician_n bind_v to_o sing_v theâ—_n psal_n 5._o and_o 39_o and_o 42._o though_o it_o be_v good_a personate_v all_o good_a that_o we_o can_v 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but_o bodily_a though_o under_o the_o old_a testament_n they_o be_v part_n as_o institute_v rite_n figurative_a and_o teach_v but_o that_o use_n be_v now_o cease_v as_o that_o on_o the_o day_n of_o atonement_n and_o so_o many_o significative_a rite_n adjoin_v to_o fast_v as_o sackcloth_n ash_n rend_v garment_n pour_v out_o water_n lie_v on_o the_o earth_n the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n consist_v not_o in_o these_o thing_n rom._n 14._o the_o soul_n be_v harden_v by_o trust_v in_o they_o isa_n 58.3_o 6._o zech._n 7.5_o 10._o 2._o use_v they_o as_o help_v to_o extraordinary_a prayer_n and_o humiliation_n that_o the_o mind-may_a not_o be_v unsuit_v for_o it_o by_o eat_v drink_v or_o bodily_a pleasure_n joel_n 2.13_o isa_n 22_o 12-13_a zech._n 12.10_o 14._o it_o be_v good_a only_o as_o a_o help_n to_o the_o soul_n remove_v impediment_n the_o best_a fast_n be_v when_o the_o mind_n be_v take_v off_o from_o delight_n as_o in_o john_n the_o baptist_n case_n mat._n 3.4_o when_o heaven_n and_o 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that_o faith_n according_a to_o the_o new_a man_n in_o christ_n and_o not_o as_o in_o a_o natural_a condition_n and_o use_v all_o mean_n of_o holiness_n right_o for_o this_o end_n now_o that_o this_o be_v a_o excellent_a advantageous_a way_n appear_v by_o the_o follow_a desirable_a property_n of_o it_o 1._o it_o have_v this_o property_n that_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o abasement_n of_o all_o flesh_n and_o exaltation_n of_o god_n only_o in_o his_o grace_n and_o power_n through_o christ_n and_o so_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o god_n design_n in_o all_o his_o work_n and_o the_o end_n that_o he_o aim_v at_o rom._n 11.6_o isa_n 2.17_o ezek._n 36.21_o 22.31.32_o psal_n 145.4_o and_o a_o fit_a mean_n for_o the_o attain_v the_o end_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o aim_v at_o in_o the_o first_o place_n which_o be_v the_o hallow_n sanctify_a and_o glorify_v god_n name_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a petition_n mat._n 6._o and_o be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o our_o act_n 1_o cor._n 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