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thou_o as_o to_o work_v thou_o to_o a_o reformation_n of_o thy_o open_a lewdness_n and_o profaneness_n confute_v 2._o the_o civil_a person_n self-conceit_n confute_v and_o now_o rid_v my_o hand_n of_o the_o profane_a person_n i_o come_v to_o encounter_v with_o the_o civil_a who_o i_o fear_v i_o shall_v find_v as_o strong_o wed_v to_o his_o own_o fancy_n as_o the_o former_a the_o goliath_n of_o who_o self_n conceit_n of_o have_v grace_n if_o i_o may_v but_o beat_v to_o the_o ground_n with_o this_o stone_n this_o doctrine_n i_o shall_v think_v myself_o happy_a in_o my_o sle_n and_o prosperous_a in_o confute_v and_o the_o more_o happy_a too_o because_o i_o know_v that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o convince_v a_o profane_a and_o notorious_a rebel_n against_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n then_o to_o remove_v a_o civil_a justiciarian_n from_o a_o high_a opinion_n of_o himself_o if_o he_o be_v once_o settle_v upon_o the_o lees_n of_o his_o own_o suppose_a righteousness_n well_o then_o in_o hope_n of_o 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and_o whosoever_o shall_v say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o bad_a and_o that_o the_o subtle_a serpent_n the_o devil_n and_o thy_o own_o cozen_a heart_n do_v nothing_o else_o but_o play_v the_o sophisticate_a impostor_n and_o deceiver_n with_o thou_o when_o they_o will_v make_v thou_o believe_v that_o thou_o be_v spiritual_o grace_v with_o inward_a sanctity_n because_o thou_o be_v restrayning_o endue_v with_o outward_a civility_n shall_v i_o close_v a_o little_a with_o thou_o and_o like_o s._n james_n in_o the_o case_n of_o faith_n deal_v with_o thou_o in_o this_o case_n of_o grace_n 2.18_o grace_n jac._n 2.18_o show_v i_o thy_o faith_n by_o thy_o work_n say_v he_o so_o say_v i_o show_v i_o the_o breathe_n of_o sound_a grace_n in_o thou_o by_o the_o sense_n and_o feeling_n it_o effect_v in_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n be_v there_o be_v a_o feel_n of_o the_o work_n of_o it_o sometime_o afflict_v thy_o heart_n with_o a_o sorrow_n for_o thy_o 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those_o book_n which_o thou_o read_v or_o that_o conference_n which_o thou_o have_v with_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n this_o kind_n of_o sense_n and_o feeling_n shall_v thou_o have_v beside_o the_o hard_a and_o sharp_a conflict_n with_o doubt_v coldness_n worldliness_n which_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o before_o if_o ever_o the_o spirit_n have_v effectual_o breathe_v upon_o thou_o 39_o chap._n 3._o pag._n 39_o now_o answer_v i_o have_v thou_o this_o sense_n and_o feeling_n thou_o have_v not_o neither_o can_v have_v so_o long_o as_o thou_o be_v but_o mere_o civil_a for_o howsoever_o with_o profane_a one_o thou_o may_v have_v good_a motion_n now_o and_o then_o and_o with_o hypocrite_n may_v have_v certain_a flash_n the_o vanity_n whereof_o i_o shall_v discover_v by_o and_o by_o yet_o with_o true_a christian_n thou_o have_v no_o portion_n of_o true_a save_a sense_n and_o feeling_n and_o if_o no_o spiritual_a sense_n no_o grace_n for_o where_o grace_n be_v there_o be_v life_n as_o have_v be_v show_v and_o if_o life_n than_o sense_n as_o well_o as_o motion_n and_o action_n but_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o be_v bear_v down_o but_o that_o thou_o have_v spiritual_a life_n and_o sense_n then_o i_o must_v entreat_v thou_o to_o prove_v that_o those_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n which_o thou_o so_o much_o brag_v of_o be_v ground_v upon_o a_o sound_a knowledge_n of_o the_o needefulnes_n of_o they_o and_o upon_o a_o hearty_a desire_n of_o honour_v god_n by_o they_o and_o that_o they_o be_v join_v also_o with_o a_o conscionable_a care_n of_o yield_a obedience_n to_o that_o which_o the_o lord_n require_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o first_o table_n as_o well_o as_o in_o those_o of_o the_o second_o table_n because_o that_o god_n which_o command_v the_o one_o do_v enjoin_v the_o other_o also_o but_o this_o i_o be_o sure_a thou_o can_v not_o prove_v thou_o be_v a_o good_a church-keeper_n because_o thou_o will_v keep_v out_o of_o the_o court_n though_o neither_o court_n nor_o counsel_n can_v 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