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with_o hunger_n luke_n 15._o 17._o then_o he_o 〈◊〉_d himself_o i_o will_v arise_v and_o go_v to_o my_o father_n and_o say_v etc._n etc._n so_o it_o be_v with_o many_o prodigal_a 〈◊〉_d delude_v creature_n they_o spend_v time_n and_o strength_n and_o lay_v out_o themselves_o 〈◊〉_d nothing_o and_o therefore_o fear_v no_o afterclap_n until_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n and_o day_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o horror_n come_v in_o upon_o they_o they_o never_o see_v need_v of_o read_v hear_v prayer_n seek_v and_o enquiry_n but_o now_o when_o they_o find_v themselves_o besiege_v with_o sin_n and_o plague_n and_o daily_o expect_v the_o execution_n to_o be_v do_v heaven_n frown_v hell_n gape_v their_o conscience_n 〈◊〉_d and_o themselves_o drop_v down_o to_o the_o grave_a and_o their_o soul_n to_o hell_n they_o think_v it_o high_a time_n and_o more_o than_o time_n to_o bestir_v themselves_o to_o do_v what_o they_o can_v and_o to_o cry_v for_o help_n and_o direction_n in_o so_o desperate_a distress_n and_o 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to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o will_v sever_v he_o from_o his_o sin_n i_o say_v the_o frame_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n and_o interpretation_n of_o they_o each_o plot_v of_o the_o mind_n each_o affect_v of_o the_o will_n the_o 〈◊〉_d current_n of_o the_o carriage_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n and_o 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o only_o unable_a to_o follow_v the_o direction_n of_o the_o law_n and_o of_o the_o lord_n but_o not_o will_v to_o bear_v the_o power_n thereof_o to_o force_v it_o to_o the_o reformation_n of_o those_o 〈◊〉_d and_o sin_n unto_o which_o it_o subject_n itself_o and_o set_v itself_o resolute_o to_o keep_v so_o the_o lord_n profess_v of_o nimrod_n and_o his_o company_n when_o they_o have_v set_v themselves_o upon_o the_o build_n of_o babel_n out_o of_o their_o pride_n and_o self_n confidence_n gen._n 11._o 6._o now_o nothing_o will_v 〈◊〉_d restrain_v from_o they_o which_o they_o have_v imagine_v to_o do_v let_v we_o go_v down_o and_o 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press_v they_o to_o sanctification_n the_o render_n of_o the_o fruit_n your_o fruit_n in_o holiness_n and_o the_o end_n eternal_a life_n rom._n 6._o 22._o they_o express_v great_a opposition_n against_o he_o because_o he_o most_o of_o all_o oppose_v their_o sin_n come_v say_v they_o this_o be_v the_o heir_n let_v we_o kill_v he_o and_o the_o inheritance_n will_v be_v we_o nor_o be_v this_o the_o guise_n of_o some_o graceless_a forlorn_a person_n but_o the_o disposition_n of_o all_o man_n it_o be_v part_n of_o that_o curse_n we_o inherit_v from_o the_o loin_n 〈◊〉_d our_o first_o parent_n gen._n 6._o 5._o the_o frame_n of_o the_o imagination_n of_o our_o heart_n be_v evil_a and_o
water_n of_o life_n john_n 4._o 10._o thou_o know_v not_o that_o thou_o be_v poor_a and_o wretched_a and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d rev._n 3._o 17._o those_o that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o way_n will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d any_o man_n ask_v of_o any_o child_n so_o a_o soul_n under_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ignorances_n will_v inquire_v of_o any_o christian_a ask_v of_o any_o minister_n that_o may_v direct_v he_o in_o the_o way_n he_o shall_v take_v this_o doctrine_n be_v a_o bill_n of_o indictment_n against_o a_o world_n use._n of_o ungodly_a man_n who_o live_v in_o the_o church_n who_o may_v here_o read_v their_o doom_n and_o the_o dreadfulness_n of_o their_o own_o condition_n discover_v beyond_o all_o denial_n namely_o to_o be_v such_o who_o as_o yet_o be_v never_o trouble_v never_o so_o much_o as_o touch_v with_o a_o through_o sight_n and_o sense_n of_o their_o own_o baseness_n and_o curse_a corruption_n of_o their_o nature_n and_o life_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v break_v by_o the_o truth_n and_o batter_v all_o to_o powder_v by_o the_o power_n of_o a_o ordinance_n that_o indeed_o the_o day_n be_v yet_o to_o come_v that_o they_o 〈◊〉_d any_o 〈◊〉_d blow_n from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d word_n of_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d on_o upon_o their_o conscience_n by_o the_o hand_n and_o good_a spirit_n of_o the_o almighty_a and_o that_o be_v evidence_v out_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d have_v they_o receive_v the_o like_a impression_n with_o these_o convert_v they_o will_v have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o like_a practice_n with_o they_o have_v their_o spirit_n be_v break_v as_o they_o they_o will_v have_v be_v as_o 〈◊〉_d to_o seek_v out_o for_o succour_n and_o relief_n as_o 〈◊〉_d do_v but_o alas_o this_o duty_n appear_v not_o scant_o in_o the_o life_n of_o man_n therefore_o this_o 〈◊〉_d be_v far_o enough_o 〈◊〉_d their_o heart_n if_o thou_o have_v be_v sick_a as_o they_o thou_o will_v have_v inquire_v of_o the_o physician_n as_o they_o but_o where_o be_v the_o man_n almost_o that_o have_v put_v the_o quare_fw-la 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to_o make_v their_o call_v sure_a 2_o pet._n 1._o 11._o the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n be_v somewhat_o like_o that_o which_o the_o angel_n express_v upon_o the_o proof_n they_o have_v when_o they_o go_v to_o survey_v the_o frame_n of_o thing_n zach._n 〈◊〉_d 11._o we_o have_v walk_v to_o and_o fro_o through_o the_o earth_n and_o behold_v all_o the_o earth_n sit_v still_o and_o in_o at_o rest_n walk_v we_o from_o one_o plantation_n to_o another_o from_o one_o society_n to_o another_o nay_o which_o be_v yet_o a_o further_a misery_n from_o one_o assembly_n to_o another_o all_o the_o earth_n sit_v still_o and_o be_v at_o rest_n there_o be_v no_o stir_v no_o trade_n in_o christianity_n man_n cheapen_v not_o inquire_v not_o after_o the_o purchase_n of_o the_o precious_a thing_n of_o the_o gospel_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o be_v quit_v of_o myself_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o be_v sever_v from_o my_o sin_n which_o have_v pester_v i_o so_o long_o prejudice_v my_o peace_n so_o much_o 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man_n in_o the_o bond_n of_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o depth_n of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d distemper_n 〈◊〉_d 3._o 11._o they_o have_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v they_o seek_v after_o god_n and_o it_o be_v make_v a_o evidence_n of_o satan_n rule_n luke_n 11._o 21._o when_o 〈◊〉_d strong_a 〈◊〉_d keep_v the_o palace_n all_o his_o good_n be_v at_o peace_n but_o when_o a_o strong_a come_v and_o 〈◊〉_d he_o he_o take_v from_o he_o all_o his_o armour_n wherein_o be_v trust_n and_o divide_v 〈◊〉_d the_o spoil_n the_o house_n and_o palace_n be_v the_o heart_n and_o spirit_n of_o a_o sinner_n his_o 〈◊〉_d and_o furniture_n be_v 11._o all_o those_o noisome_a lust_n by_o which_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o exercise_v 〈◊〉_d power_n in_o the_o sinner_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v fight_v against_o the_o soul_n as_o despair_n be_v the_o head-piece_n unrighteous_a and_o careless_a and_o unconscionable_a walk_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d carnal_a reason_n the_o sword_n unbelief_n the_o shield_n and_o a_o indisposition_n of_o heart_n to_o yield_v to_o the_o term_n 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o whereby_o the_o sinner_n be_v prepare_v to_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o 〈◊〉_d his_o foot_n shod_a sit_v for_o every_o evil_a work_n while_o satan_n be_v 〈◊〉_d furnish_v with_o the_o armour_n of_o darkness_n all_o his_o good_n be_v at_o peace_n he_o do_v without_o any_o trouble_n act_v the_o soul_n and_o wrong_v the_o comfort_n and_o happiness_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o good_n it_o be_v all_o he_o desire_v endeavour_n take_v as_o the_o gain_n of_o his_o labour_n and_o diligence_n in_o his_o temptation_n do_v satan_n act_v thou_o by_o his_o temptation_n and_o so_o increase_v both_o thy_o guilt_n and_o ruin_n thereby_o 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d his_o good_n in_o peace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thy_o woe_n thy_o 〈◊〉_d be_v satan_n wealth_n and_o substance_n he_o have_v what_o he_o 〈◊〉_d and_o do_v what_o he_o will_v and_o thou_o be_v not_o trouble_v with_o any_o thing_n nor_o will_v trouble_v he_o by_o seek_v out_o for_o relief_n and_o deliverance_n enquire_v 〈◊〉_d what_o thou_o may_v do_v to_o be_v rescue_v and_o 〈◊〉_d know_v satan_n have_v his_o armour_n on_o and_o he_o seek_v thy_o heart_n as_o his_o palace_n under_o his_o sovereign_a power_n and_o command_n to_o this_o day_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o preparation_n nor_o the_o 〈◊〉_d inkling_n or_o intimation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o that_o wretched_a 〈◊〉_d of_o thou_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o secure_a condition_n as_o one_o that_o meddle_v not_o haste_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o the_o thing_n of_o grace_n and_o life_n as_o it_o be_v say_v judge_n 17._o 7._o of_o the_o man_n of_o 〈◊〉_d who_o dwell_v careless_a quiet_a and_o secure_a far_o from_o the_o zidonian_o and_o have_v no_o business_n with_o man_n it_o be_v a_o picture_n of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d temper_n and_o secure_a condition_n of_o thou_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d far_o from_o the_o state_n and_o grace_n of_o glory_n thou_o have_v no_o business_n with_o christian_n with_o ordinance_n officer_n thou_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v or_o to_o demand_v touch_v eternal_a life_n thou_o know_v nothing_o yet_o enquire_v not_o what_o thou_o shall_v do_v haste_v nothing_o yet_o 〈◊〉_d not_o for_o help_v and_o succour_n thou_o have_v no_o business_n that_o appertain_v to_o heaven_n with_o any_o man_n live_v thy_o business_n lie_v not_o with_o the_o word_n and_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o word_n have_v as_o little_a to_o do_v with_o thou_o that_o show_v thy_o heart_n be_v not_o there_o nor_o thy_o portion_n there_o as_o each_o man_n affection_n and_o expression_n of_o himself_o be_v where_o his_o employment_n lie_v as_o 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o bee_n they_o carry_v their_o business_n in_o
wear_v away_o the_o 〈◊〉_d that_o stick_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o therefore_o fond_o conceit_v he_o can_v make_v a_o 〈◊〉_d to_o bear_v the_o weight_n that_o shall_v befall_v that_o he_o may_v possess_v and_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n and_o content_a his_o 〈◊〉_d course_n do_v promise_v to_o his_o carnal_a heart_n but_o he_o find_v it_o otherwise_o his_o heart_n say_v les_fw-fr him_z under_o pressure_n of_o one_o sin_n psal._n 130_o 3._o if_o thou_o shall_v mark_v what_o be_v do_v amiss_o lord_n who_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d it_o a_o ignorant_a soul_n settle_v in_o his_o secure_a condition_n out_o of_o self_n delude_a pride_n of_o his_o own_o spirit_n will_v 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o can_v abide_v the_o misery_n and_o so_o the_o danger_n that_o may_v accrue_v to_o he_o by_o his_o distemper_n and_o so_o be_v fearless_a to_o maintain_v it_o but_o now_o he_o find_v he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o abide_v that_o which_o his_o sin_n do_v bring_v let_v he_o put_v the_o best_a of_o all_o his_o ability_n together_o to_o improvement_n 〈◊〉_d 14._o can_n thy_o heart_n endure_v etc._n etc._n the_o time_n be_v they_o think_v their_o heart_n can_v endure_v the_o frolic_a epicure_n and_o flinty_a heart_a sinner_n he_o wonder_v at_o he_o feebleness_n of_o the_o distress_a and_o brokenhearted_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v such_o child_n person_n of_o such_o feeble_a and_o milksop_n disposition_n to_o sink_v at_o a_o sermon_n and_o be_v trouble_v at_o the_o word_n of_o a_o preacher_n tush_o his_o conscience_n be_v cannon_n proof_n he_o can_v hear_v and_o bear_v all_o and_o yet_o pleal_v 〈◊〉_d and_o bless_v himself_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o his_o lust_n as_o before_o time_n oh_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d do_v so_o while_o man_n deal_v with_o thou_o thou_o may_v avoid_v their_o blow_n or_o make_v a_o escape_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n but_o when_o god_n shall_v deal_v with_o thou_o in_o that_o day_n when_o thou_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o live_a god_n hebr._n 10._o who_o live_v to_o torment_v the_o to_o 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a_o good_a word_n 〈◊〉_d their_o person_n and_o proceed_n and_o profession_n yea_o that_o they_o will_v confess_v but_o it_o be_v direct_o against_o their_o own_o judgement_n and_o knowledge_n and_o conscience_n my_o own_o heart_n often_o give_v my_o tongue_n the_o lie_n when_o i_o do_v so_o speak_v and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d their_o conversation_n otherwise_o i_o must_v have_v condemn_v 〈◊〉_d own_o course_n and_o conscience_n also_o but_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o they_o and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v with_o they_o and_o a_o 〈◊〉_d will_v undoubted_o follow_v they_o ask_v why_o these_o poor_a pierce_a sinner_n do_v not_o go_v to_o the_o scribe_n they_o will_v tell_v the_o truth_n oh_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d that_o deceive_v we_o lead_v 〈◊〉_d draw_v we_o to_o the_o commission_n of_o this_o hellish_a wickedness_n we_o can_v call_v they_o teacher_n but_o 〈◊〉_d they_o can_v never_o help_v themselves_o therefore_o not_o help_v we_o instruction_n sound_v contrition_n and_o brokenness_n use._n of_o heart_n bring_v a_o strange_a &_o a_o sudden_a alteration_n into_o the_o world_n vary_v the_o price_n and_o value_n of_o thing_n and_o person_n beyond_o imagination_n turn_v the_o market_n upside_o down_o make_v the_o thing_n appear_v as_o they_o be_v &_o the_o person_n to_o be_v honour_v and_o respect_v as_o they_o be_v in_o truth_n that_o look_v what_o the_o truth_n determine_v reason_n approve_v and_o conscience_n witness_v that_o account_n be_v current_a in_o the_o heart_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o who_o heart_n have_v be_v pierce_v with_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o their_o sin_n because_o 〈◊〉_d not_o by_o outward_a appearance_n as_o it_o be_v the_o guise_n of_o man_n 〈◊〉_d corrupt_a mind_n but_o upon_o experience_n that_o which_o they_o have_v find_v and_o feel_v in_o their_o own_o heart_n what_o they_o have_v see_v and_o judge_v in_o their_o own_o spirit_n they_o can_v but_o see_v so_o and_o judge_v so_o of_o other_o those_o who_o be_v mock_v as_o man_n full_a of_o new_a wine_n be_v now_o the_o 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for_o the_o work_n of_o our_o saviour_n they_o become_v to_o be_v whole_o alter_v their_o judgement_n alter_v and_o their_o carriage_n also_o for_o in_o truth_n the_o reason_n why_o man_n see_v not_o the_o loathsomeness_n of_o other_o man_n sin_n or_o else_o have_v not_o courage_n to_o pass_v a_o righteous_a sentence_n upon_o they_o it_o be_v because_o they_o be_v never_o convince_v to_o see_v the_o plague_n sore_o of_o their_o own_o corruption_n never_o have_v their_o heart_n affect_v with_o the_o evil_n of_o they_o in_o their_o own_o experience_n but_o their_o own_o conscience_n be_v mislead_v out_o of_o authority_n and_o stifle_v that_o it_o dare_v not_o outward_o condemn_v that_o which_o inward_o they_o can_v not_o but_o approve_v they_o therefore_o who_o either_o do_v not_o see_v their_o own_o evil_n or_o dare_v not_o proceed_v in_o open_a judgement_n to_o condemn_v they_o will_v either_o not_o see_v or_o not_o pass_v a_o 〈◊〉_d judgement_n upon_o other_o so_o paul_n intimate_v to_o agrippa_n act_n 26._o 8._o 9_o let_v it_o not_o seem_v strange_a oh_o king_n for_o i_o myself_o do_v think_v i_o shall_v do_v many_o thing_n against_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n which_o i_o also_o do_v q._n d._n while_o thou_o so_o 〈◊〉_d thou_o will_v see_v as_o i_o 〈◊〉_d and_o do_v as_o i_o do_v but_o after_o god_n have_v enter_v into_o 〈◊〉_d with_o he_o and_o speak_v dreadful_o to_o his_o soul_n see_v 〈◊〉_d be_v another_o man_n and_o of_o another_o mind_n he_o destroy_v the_o church_n now_o take_v care_n of_o they_o he_o that_o hate_v the_o name_n and_o gospel_n of_o jesus_n count_v all_o thing_n dung_n and_o dross_n for_o the_o excellent_a knowledge_n of_o jesus_n the_o world_n 8._o be_v well_o amend_v but_o its_o mervailous_o alter_v and_o therefore_o we_o have_v find_v this_o man_n a_o pestilent_a fellow_n act_n 17._o 16._o he_o have_v subdue_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n 2._o terror_n this_o show_v the_o dreadful_a and_o miserable_a condition_n of_o all_o those_o who_o after_o all_o the_o light_n that_o have_v be_v let_v into_o their_o mind_n conviction_n into_o their_o 〈◊〉_d horror_n into_o their_o heart_n touch_v the_o evil_n that_o have_v be_v commit_v and_o come_v now_o to_o be_v discover_v unto_o they_o they_o loathe_v the_o light_n that_o have_v lay_v open_a their_o evil_n distaste_n those_o person_n and_o preacher_n and_o christian_n most_o that_o have_v deal_v most_o plain_o to_o descover_v the_o loathsomeness_n of_o their_o distemper_n it_o show_v the_o 〈◊〉_d corruption_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o heart_n that_o grow_v worst_a under_o the_o best_a mean_n and_o cleave_v most_o to_o its_o sin_n under_o all_o the_o choice_a mean_n that_o will_v pluck_v their_o sin_n from_o their_o heart_n and_o their_o heart_n from_o they_o they_o be_v either_o fool_n or_o mad_a man_n that_o 〈◊〉_d endure_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o physician_n without_o who_o help_n they_o can_v not_o be_v cure_v this_o be_v make_v a_o evidence_n 〈◊〉_d the_o estrangment_n of_o 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