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himself_o not_o discern_v the_o lord_n body_n p._n 37._o serm._n iii_o prov._n i_o 10._o if_o sinner_n entice_v thou_o consent_v thou_o not_o p._n 67._o serm._n iu._n rom._n xii_o 16._o be_v not_o wise_a in_o your_o own_o conceit_n p._n 101._o serm._n v._o s._n matth._n xv._o 19_o for_o out_o of_o the_o heart_n proceed_v evil_a thought_n p._n 135._o serm._n vi_o 1_o cor._n xiii_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o charity_n suffer_v long_o and_o be_v kind_a charity_n envy_v not_o charity_n vaunt_v not_o itself_o be_v not_o puff_v up_o do_v not_o behave_v itself_o unseemly_a seek_v not_o her_o own_o be_v not_o easy_o provoke_v think_v no_o evil_a rejoice_v not_o in_o iniquity_n but_o rejoice_v in_o the_o truth_n bear_v all_o thing_n believe_v all_o thing_n hope_v all_o thing_n endure_v all_o thing_n p._n 177._o serm._n vii_o numb_a xxiii_o 10._o let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o let_v my_o last_o end_n be_v like_o he_o p._n 219._o serm._n viii_o s._n matth._n v._o 34._o but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o swear_v not_o at_o all_o p._n 255._o serm._n ix_o s._n matth._n i._n 21._o and_o thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n jesus_n for_o he_o shall_v save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n p._n 291._o serm._n x._o s._n mark_v vi_o 12._o and_o they_o go_v out_o and_o preach_v that_o man_n shall_v repent_v p._n 323._o serm._n xi_o 1_o cor._n xv._o 35._o but_o some_o man_n will_v say_v how_o be_v the_o dead_a raise_v up_o and_o with_o what_o body_n do_v they_o come_v p._n 365._o serm._n xii_o job_n xxvii_o 5_o 6._o god_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v justify_v you_o till_o i_o die_v i_o will_v not_o remove_v my_o integrity_n from_o i_o my_o righteousness_n i_o hold_v fast_o and_o will_v not_o let_v it_o go_v my_o heart_n shall_v not_o reproach_v i_o so_o long_o as_o i_o live_v p._n 423._o serm._n xiii_o 2_o tim._n i._o 10._o and_o have_v bring_v life_n and_o immortality_n to_o light_v through_o the_o gospel_n p._n 459._o imprimatur_fw-la nou._n 29._o 1686._o exit_fw-la 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