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no_o man_n be_v sauâ—…d_v by_o chance_n but_o he_o must_v know_v how_o he_o come_v by_o it_o namely_o by_o offer_v violence_n such_o as_o have_v accustom_v themselves_o to_o and_o idle_a lazy_a temper_n will_v find_v it_o hard_o to_o shake_v it_o off_o cant._n 5._o 3._o i_o have_v put_v off_o my_o coat_n how_o shall_v i_o put_v it_o on_o the_o spouse_n have_v lay_v herself_o upon_o the_o bed_n of_o sloth_n a_o though_o christ_n knock_v at_o the_o door_n â—…he_n be_v loath_a to_o rise_v and_o let_v he_o in_o some_o pretend_v to_o be_v believer_n but_o be_v idle_a in_o the_o vineyard_n they_o pretend_v to_o make_v use_n of_o faith_n for_o see_v but_o not_o for_o work_v this_o faith_n be_v fancy_n o_o that_o christian_n have_v a_o spirit_n of_o activity_n in_o they_o 1_o chron._n 22._o 16._o arise_v and_o be_v do_v and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o thou_o we_o may_v sometime_o learn_v of_o our_o enemy_n docâ—…i_fw-la the_o devil_n be_v never_o idle_a he_o walk_v about_o 1_o pet._n 5._o 8._o the_o world_n be_v his_o diocese_n and_o he_o be_v every_o day_n go_v his_o visitation_n be_v satan_n active_a be_v the_o enemy_n upon_o his_o march_n come_v against_o we_o and_o be_v we_o asleep_a upon_o our_o guard_n as_o satan_n himself_o be_v not_o idle_a â—…o_o hâ—…_n will_v not_o endure_v that_o any_o of_o his_o servant_n shall_v be_v idle_a when_o the_o devil_n have_v enter_v into_o judas_n how_o active_a be_v judas_n he_o go_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n from_o thence_o to_o the_o band_n of_o soldier_n and_o with_o they_o back_o to_o the_o garden_n and_o never_o leave_v till_o he_o have_v betray_v christ._n satan_n will_v not_o endure_v a_o idle_a servant_n and_o do_v we_o
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visible_o profane_a such_o as_o be_v sober_a will_v not_o come_v near_o they_o they_o will_v be_v look_v upon_o no_o better_a than_o baptize_v heathen_n therefore_o they_o must_v make_v a_o â—…ew_a of_o devotion_n out_o of_o policy_n to_o gain_v some_o repute_n and_o esteem_v among_o other_o 2._o a_o form_n serve_v to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o conscience_n have_v not_o they_o some_o kind_n of_o outward_a devotion_n their_o conscience_n will_v fly_v in_o their_o face_n and_o they_o will_v be_v a_o terror_n to_o themselves_o therefore_o they_o think_v it_o expedient_a to_o have_v a_o form_n of_o godliness_n but_o alas_o what_o be_v all_o this_o the_o text_n speak_v of_o offer_v violence_n to_o heaven_n what_o violence_n be_v there_o in_o a_o form_n here_o be_v no_o take_v pain_n with_o the_o heart_n a_o form_n but_o no_o power_n 2._o tim._n 3._o 5._o bezâ—…_n formalist_n be_v like_o the_o tomb_n in_o the_o church_n which_o have_v their_o eye_n and_o hand_n lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n 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the_o bosom_n and_o this_o preacher_n can_v flatter_v it_o tell_v man_n of_o their_o pride_n coveâ—…ousness_n abuse_v of_o mercy_n but_o they_o instead_o of_o be_v violent_a against_o their_o sin_n offer_v violence_n to_o conscience_n they_o silence_n and_o imprison_v conscience_n but_o as_o the_o prophet_n zachary_n when_o he_o be_v dumb_a call_v for_o a_o table_n book_n and_o do_v write_v luke_n 1._o 63_o so_o when_o conscience_n can_v be_v permit_v to_o speak_v it_o will_v write_v it_o write_v down_o man_n sin_n and_o when_o at_o death_n they_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o read_v the_o hand-writing_n it_o will_v make_v their_o heart_n tremble_v and_o their_o knee_n smite_v this_o i_o fear_n be_v too_o common_a for_o man_n to_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o conscience_n and_o what_o will_v be_v the_o issue_n they_o who_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o conscience_n shall_v be_v sure_a to_o feel_v the_o worm_n of_o conscience_n 3_o they_o offer_v violence_n to_o god_n image_n the_o saint_n who_o be_v god_n lively_a picture_n be_v oppose_v and_o shoot_v at_o this_o be_v a_o curse_a violence_n gal._n 4_o 29_o as_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o flesh_n persecute_v he_o who_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o spirit_n so_o it_o be_v now_o christ_n himself_o be_v strike_v at_o through_o believer_n the_o church_n have_v be_v always_o in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n the_o plower_n have_v plough_v upon_o she_o back_o the_o earth_n have_v be_v sow_v with_o the_o body_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o water_v with_o their_o blood_n persecutor_n i_o grant_v be_v of_o a_o ancient_a family_n the_o first_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o world_n be_v a_o persecutor_n namely_o cain_n and_o he_o have_v have_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n nero_n trajan_n domitian_n dioclesian_n maximinus_n chrysostom_n say_v that_o the_o apple_n of_o his_o eye_n fall_v out_o faelix_fw-la earl_n of_o wartemburg_n be_v at_o supper_n at_o auspurg_n do_v take_v a_o oath_n that_o before_o he_o die_v he_o 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anger_n be_v a_o short_a frenzy_n sen._n jam._n 3._o 9_o the_o tongue_n be_v a_o fire_n a_o world_n of_o iniquity_n in_o this_o little_a member_n there_o be_v a_o great_a world_n viz._n a_o world_n of_o sin_n such_o as_o will_v be_v count_v sober_a yet_o be_v drink_v with_o passion_n their_o prayer_n be_v cold_a but_o their_o anger_n hot_a they_o spit_v fire_n as_o the_o serpent_n do_v poison_n fiery_a passion_n without_o repentance_n bring_v man_n to_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n 3._o they_o be_v violent_a for_o their_o lust_n tit._n 3._o 3_o serve_v divers_a lust_n lust_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o inordinate_a desire_n or_o impulse_n provoke_v the_o soul_n to_o the_o gratify_v its_o carnal_a desire_n augustin_n aristotle_n call_v they_o brutish_a lust_n because_o when_o lust_n be_v violent_a they_o will_v not_o let_v reason_n or_o conscience_n be_v hear_v but_o a_o man_n be_v carry_v brutish_o to_o the_o satisfy_v the_o flesh_n mornaeus_n 1._o man_n be_v violent_a for_o their_o drunken_a lust_n though_o death_n be_v in_o the_o cup_n they_o will_v drink_v it_o off_o one_o have_v almost_o lose_v his_o eyesight_n the_o physician_n tell_v he_o there_o be_v no_o cure_n for_o he_o unless_o he_o will_v leave_v off_o his_o excessive_a drink_n amlcum_fw-la then_o say_v he_o farewell_o sweet_a light_n he_o will_v rather_o lose_v his_o eyesight_n than_o leave_v his_o drink_n 2._o they_o be_v violent_a for_o their_o unclean_a lust_n man_n be_v say_v to_o burn_v in_o lust_n rom._n 1._o 27._o the_o apostle_n intimate_v that_o lust_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o fever_n feavourish_a heat_n be_v not_o more_o pernicious_a to_o the_o body_n than_o lust_n be_v to_o the_o soul._n o_o what_o folly_n be_v it_o for_o a_o drop_n of_o pleasure_n to_o drink_v
heaven_n yet_o miss_v it_o jer._n 8._o 12._o and_o they_o say_v there_o be_v no_o hope_n unbelief_n destroy_v hope_n and_o if_o you_o cut_v this_o sinew_n of_o religion_n all_o violence_n for_o heaven_n cease_v unbelief_n raisethâ—…_n cloud_n of_o despondency_n in_o the_o heart_n alâ—…_n you_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o go_v through_o the_o work_n of_o religion_n so_o many_o precepâ—…s_n to_o obey_v so_o many_o temptation_n to_o resist_v so_o many_o affliction_n to_o bear_v that_o you_o will_v succumbere_fw-la oneri_fw-la fall_v under_o the_o burden_n you_o will_v tire_v in_o your_o march_n to_o heaven_n unbelief_n raise_v jealous_a thought_n of_o god_n it_o represent_v he_o as_o a_o austere_a master_n and_o that_o if_o we_o fail_v in_o never_o so_o little_a a_o punctilio_fw-la he_o will_v take_v the_o extremity_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o we_o this_o discourage_v the_o soul_n in_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n unbelief_n do_v as_o 〈◊〉_d and_o toâ—…iah_n do_v to_o the_o jew_n neheâ—…_n 6._o 9_o they_o make_v we_o afraid_a fay_v their_o hand_n shall_v be_v weaken_v from_o the_o work_n oh_o take_v heed_n of_o unbelief_n it_o destroy_v this_o holy_a violence_n we_o read_v of_o joroboam_n arm_n be_v wither_v 1_o king_n 13._o 4._o unbelief_n wither_v the_o arm_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o it_o can_v stretch_v itself_o forth_o to_o any_o spiritual_a action_n unbelief_n do_v the_o devil_n the_o great_a kindness_n it_o make_v way_n for_o his_o temptation_n to_o enter_v which_o do_v so_o incâ—…ant_a and_o bewitch_v we_o that_o we_o can_v work_v beware_v of_o this_o sin_n believe_v the_o promise_n god_n be_v good_a to_o the_o soul_n that_o seek_v he_o lam._n 3._o 25._o do_v but_o seek_v he_o with_o importunity_n and_o he_o will_v open_v both_o his_o heart_n and_o heaven_n to_o thou_o take_v heed_n of_o puzzle_v your_o thought_n 2._o about_o election_n a_o christian_a may_v think_v thus_o what_o shall_v i_o take_v pain_n perhaps_o i_o be_o not_o elect_v and_o then_o all_o my_o 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