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and_o then_o it_o will_v preserve_v your_o heart_n psal._n 119._o 11._o thy_o word_n have_v i_o hide_v in_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o may_v not_o sin_v against_o thou_o it_o be_v the_o slipperiness_n of_o our_o heart_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o word_n that_o cause_v so_o many_o slip_n in_o our_o life_n conscience_n can_v be_v urge_v or_o awe_v with_o forget_a truth_n but_o keep_v it_o in_o the_o heart_n and_o it_o will_v keep_v both_o heart_n and_o life_n upright_o psal._n 37._o 31._o the_o law_n of_o his_o god_n be_v in_o his_o heart_n none_o of_o his_o step_n shall_v slide_v or_o if_o he_o do_v the_o word_n will_v recover_v the_o stray_a heart_n again_o maâ—th_n 26._o 57_o then_o peter_n remember_v the_o word_n of_o jesus_n and_o weep_v bitter_o we_o never_o lose_v our_o heart_n till_o they_o have_v first_o lose_v the_o efficacious_a and_o powerful_a impression_n of_o the_o word_n 2._o mea._n call_v your_o heart_n frequent_o to_o a_o account_n if_o ever_o you_o mean_v to_o keep_v they_o with_o god_n those_o that_o put_v a_o stock_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o unfaithful_a or_o suspicious_a servant_n will_v be_v sure_a to_o make_v short_a reckon_n with_o they_o the_o heart_n be_v deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n and_o desperate_o wicked_a jer._n 17._o 9_o o_o it_o be_v as_o necessary_a as_o sweet_a that_o we_o and_o our_o reins_o that_o be_v we_o and_o our_o secret_a thought_n confer_v together_o every_o night_n psal._n 16._o 7._o we_o shall_v call_v our_o heart_n to_o account_v every_o evening_n and_o say_v o_o my_o heart_n where_o have_v thou_o be_v to_o day_n where_o have_v thy_o thought_n wander_v to_o day_n what_o account_n can_v thou_o give_v of_o they_o o_o naughty_a heart_n vain_a heart_n can_v thou_o not_o abide_v by_o the_o fountain_n of_o delight_n be_v there_o better_a entertainment_n with_o the_o creature_n than_o with_o god_n the_o often_o the_o heart_n meet_v with_o rebuke_n and_o check_n for_o wander_a the_o less_o it_o will_v wander_v if_o every_o 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