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this_o as_o a_o remedy_n to_o cure_v those_o intemperances_n riot_n and_o drunkenness_n chamber_v and_o wantonness_n strife_n and_o envy_v mention_v for_o 13._o it_o may_v be_v thou_o complain_v sometime_o of_o thy_o corruption_n of_o the_o impetuousness_n of_o lust_n of_o the_o unruliness_n of_o thy_o spirit_n and_o confess_v it_o and_o pray_v against_o it_o but_o while_o thou_o pray_v thou_o can_v not_o find_v in_o thy_o heart_n to_o make_v thy_o lust_n to_o fast_o it_o must_v have_v its_o provision_n still_o allow_v it_o it_o may_v be_v even_o when_o thou_o be_v pray_v against_o thy_o pride_n thou_o let_v it_o feed_v upon_o thy_o very_a prayer_n thy_o eloquence_n or_o affectionate_a enlargement_n or_o
3._o that_o you_o may_v not_o fear_v the_o severity_n of_o religion_n fear_v the_o severity_n of_o christ_n against_o irreligion_n thou_o can_v not_o bear_v the_o work_n of_o righteousness_n but_o how_o will_v thou_o bear_v the_o wage_n of_o unrighteousness_n if_o thou_o can_v not_o be_v tie_v up_o so_o straight_o by_o the_o cord_n of_o his_o discipline_n how_o will_v thou_o endure_v the_o chain_n of_o his_o indignation_n if_o the_o severity_n of_o his_o service_n be_v to_o thou_o a_o stumbling-stone_n the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lamb_n will_v be_v a_o millstone_n if_o this_o stone_n fall_v upon_o thou_o it_o will_v grind_v thou_o to_o powder_n matth._n 21.44_o sinner_n let_v their_o tongue_n run_v at_o a_o wild_a rate_n i_o must_v have_v my_o ease_n i_o must_v have_v my_o liberty_n i_o be_v never_o in_o bondage_n and_o can_v now_o endure_v it_o to_o come_v under_o such_o a_o severe_a restraint_n but_o thou_o that_o profess_v thyself_o to_o be_v one_o of_o his_o disciple_n will_v thou_o 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