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thou_o be_v 5._o fear_v of_o death_n when_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n will_v not_o prevail_v to_o keep_v thou_o from_o sin_n yet_o fear_v of_o death_n sometime_o have_v do_v it_o and_o according_a to_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n have_v be_v thy_o restraint_n from_o sin_n but_o now_o thou_o can_v think_v of_o death_n and_o speak_v of_o thy_o death_n and_o yet_o act_v thy_o sin_n 6._o displeasure_n of_o man_n thou_o have_v have_v dependence_n upon_o some_o that_o hate_v such_o sin_n that_o thou_o love_v in_o thy_o heart_n but_o because_o thou_o will_v not_o loose_v their_o favour_n thou_o have_v bridle_v thy_o sin_n but_o now_o thou_o lay_v the_o reign_v loose_a upon_o the_o neck_n of_o thy_o lust_n and_o will_v proceed_v to_o obey_v they_o let_v who_o will_v be_v displease_v thereby_o when_o thou_o will_v displease_v thy_o best_a friend_n and_o they_o upon_o who_o thou_o do_v depend_v for_o livelihood_n and_o maintenance_n that_o thou_o may_v please_v thy_o lust_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o sin_n be_v very_o high_a in_o thy_o heart_n any_o one_o of_o these_o former_o be_v a_o sufficient_a bolt_n to_o keep_v thou_o from_o grosser_n sin_n but_o now_o all_o put_v together_o be_v too_o weak_a a_o sign_n that_o sin_n be_v so_o much_o the_o strong_a x._o the_o more_o thou_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o the_o dreadful_a effect_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o more_o god_n have_v punish_v thou_o for_o thy_o sin_n and_o yet_o will_v proceed_v the_o great_a sinner_n thou_o be_v god_n have_v punish_v thou_o with_o poverty_n as_o the_o fruit_n of_o thy_o sin_n with_o disease_n in_o thy_o body_n with_o horror_n in_o thy_o conscience_n with_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o relation_n when_o thou_o have_v taste_v the_o bitterness_n of_o sin_n to_o set_v against_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n when_o god_n have_v put_v wormwood_n and_o gall_n into_o thy_o sin_n yet_o thou_o be_v bend_v upon_o it_o thou_o be_v very_o bad_a xi_o the_o more_o thou_o hustify_v and_o defende_v thyself_o after_o the_o commission_n of_o sin_n than_o former_o so_o much_o the_o worser_o thou_o be_v than_o former_o when_o thou_o be_v reprove_v thou_o be_v use_v to_o acknowledge_v thy_o sin_n and_o to_o confess_v thy_o wickedness_n but_o now_o thou_o do_v plead_v for_o thy_o lust_n and_o plead_v for_o thy_o evil_a way_n and_o take_v the_o quarrel_n of_o sin_n upon_o thyself_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n thy_o heart_n be_v more_o wed_v to_o thy_o lust_n by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o thou_o espous_a its_o cause_n xii_o when_o thou_o be_v more_o presumptuous_a in_o thy_o sinning_n and_o ad_a more_o contempt_n of_o god_n and_o pride_n and_o contumacy_n than_o former_o the_o worse_o thou_o be_v sin_n of_o presumption_n be_v scarlet_a sin_n of_o a_o crimson_a dye_n when_o a_o man_n sin_v against_o god_n and_o bless_v himself_o in_o his_o wickedness_n and_o presume_v of_o god_n mercy_n and_o presume_v upon_o the_o patience_n of_o god_n a_o man_n that_o sin_n presumptuous_o make_v a_o bold_a 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hard_a to_o help_v they_o 1_o tim._n 5.4_o but_o if_o any_o widow_n have_v child_n or_o nephew_n let_v they_o first_o learn_v to_o show_v piety_n at_o home_n and_o to_o requite_v their_o parent_n for_o that_o be_v good_a and_o acceptable_a before_o god_n though_o child_n can_v never_o full_o requite_v their_o parent_n for_o they_o have_v their_o be_v by_o they_o and_o what_o if_o they_o have_v help_v by_o you_o in_o outward_a thing_n you_o have_v your_o be_v by_o they_o and_o that_o be_v more_o take_v heed_n of_o be_v ashamed_a of_o your_o parent_n if_o they_o be_v poor_a and_o you_o be_v raise_v to_o a_o high_a degree_n in_o the_o world_n than_o ever_o they_o be_v but_z to_o disow_v they_o will_v be_v impious_a 5._o in_o submit_v to_o their_o choice_n of_o a_o call_v for_o you_o 6._o in_o dispose_v of_o you_o in_o marriage_n change_v not_o your_o condition_n without_o their_o consent_n as_o isaac_n gen._n 24._o and_o samson_n judg._n 14.1_o 2._o nay_o ishmael_n obey_v his_o mother_n 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mind_n in_o service_n to_o these_o be_v oppose_v service_n 1._o in_o all_o thing_n 2._o not_o eye-service_n 3._o in_o singleness_n of_o heart_n 4._o in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n 5._o tremble_v 6._o from_o the_o heart_n and_o with_o good_a will_n 7._o a_o glorious_a reward_n 1._o servant_n must_v do_v all_o the_o service_n they_o owe_v unto_o their_o master_n not_o to_o do_v one_o thing_n and_o leave_v another_o undo_v but_o you_o must_v obey_v in_o all_o thing_n i._n e._n lawful_a 2._o servant_n must_v not_o give_v eye_n service_n that_o be_v only_o in_o their_o master_n sight_n and_o presence_n but_o must_v be_v as_o careful_a of_o their_o master_n business_n in_o his_o absence_n as_o if_o he_o be_v look_v on_o they_o they_o must_v not_o do_v their_o work_n as_o those_o that_o be_v serve_v man_n who_o can_v always_o see_v they_o but_o as_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n serve_v he_o who_o believe_v that_o he_o always_o see_v they_o and_o let_v servant_n remember_v that_o though_o master_n do_v not_o always_o see_v they_o yet_o god_n do_v 3._o servant_n must_v perform_v the_o work_n of_o their_o master_n service_n in_o singleness_n of_o heart_n with_o uprightness_n and_o without_o dissimulation_n they_o must_v not_o be_v hypocrite_n in_o man_n service_n as_o they_o must_v not_o in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n servant_n must_v do_v all_o from_o obedience_n to_o god_n command_n and_o yield_v therefore_o obedience_n to_o wicked_a master_n in_o lawful_a thing_n 1_o pet._n 2.18_o servant_n be_v subject_a to_o your_o master_n with_o all_o fear_n not_o only_o to_o the_o good_a and_o gentle_a but_o also_o to_o the_o froward_a so_o to_o poor_a master_n though_o they_o can_v give_v they_o but_o mean_a wage_n 4._o they_o must_v do_v it_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n as_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n must_v pray_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o hear_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n so_o they_o that_o be_v servant_n to_o man_n must_v do_v their_o work_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n then_o they_o must_v not_o curse_n and_o swear_v at_o their_o work_n nor_o talk_v sinful_o nor_o speak_v or_o sing_v obscene_o 5._o wiâ—h_o reverence_n to_o their_o master_n 1_o tim._n 6.1_o let_v as_o many_o servant_n as_o be_v under_o the_o yoke_n count_v their_o own_o master_n worthy_a of_o all_o honour_n that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o his_o doctrine_n be_v not_o blaspheme_v if_o thou_o serve_v a_o poor_a master_n yet_o be_v thy_o master_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o honour_v he_o else_o thou_o will_v be_v a_o reproach_n to_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o his_o doctrine_n 6._o they_o must_v not_o grudge_v the_o service_n they_o do_v but_o do_v it_o from_o the_o heart_n and_o with_o good_a will_n servant_n heart_n must_v not_o be_v set_v upon_o their_o master_n business_n they_o can_v give_v away_o their_o heart_n from_o god_n but_o they_o must_v do_v their_o work_n from_o the_o heart_n i._n e._n willing_o cheerful_o 7._o they_o must_v not_o only_o aim_v at_o the_o wage_n they_o have_v from_o their_o master_n that_o be_v poor_a and_o low_a and_o sordid_a to_o work_v and_o labour_n for_o such_o a_o reward_n but_o as_o those_o that_o know_v if_o they_o do_v their_o service_n be_v it_o never_o so_o mean_a and_o servile_a in_o obedience_n to_o god_n command_n and_o for_o his_o glory_n they_o shall_v have_v a_o reward_n in_o heaven_n god_n will_v reward_v the_o mean_a service_n of_o a_o poor_a servant_n with_o a_o eternal_a crown_n 8._o they_o must_v be_v faithful_a in_o their_o master_n business_n they_o must_v not_o purloin_v steal_v and_o secret_o convey_v away_o any_o thing_n of_o their_o master_n estate_n money_n or_o good_n or_o sell_v it_o at_o underrate_v to_o his_o master_n real_a prejudice_n and_o damage_n by_o private_a contract_n between_o himself_o and_o the_o buyer_n to_o consider_v he_o for_o his_o cheap_a bargain_n tit._n 2.9_o exhort_v servant_n to_o be_v obedient_a unto_o their_o own_o master_n and_o to_o please_v they_o well_o in_o all_o thing_n not_o answer_v again_o verse_n 10._o not_o purloin_v but_o show_v all_o good_a fidelity_n that_o they_o may_v adorn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n our_o saviour_n in_o all_o thing_n when_o thy_o hand_n be_v in_o thy_o master_n box_n and_o thou_o be_v pilfer_a away_o his_o money_n to_o game_n to_o keep_v company_n or_o spend_v any_o way_n without_o his_o knowledge_n this_o be_v theft_n and_o god_n see_v thou_o though_o he_o do_v not_o and_o if_o thou_o have_v purloin_v or_o steal_v any_o thing_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o restore_v it_o if_o thou_o can_v and_o to_o confess_v thy_o fault_n and_o be_v humble_v and_o do_v so_o no_o more_o 9_o they_o must_v be_v frugal_a for_o their_o master_n that_o though_o they_o steal_v nothing_o
from_o they_o yet_o they_o may_v sin_v by_o suffer_v their_o master_n good_n to_o be_v waste_v as_o food_n to_o be_v cast_v away_o and_o many_o thing_n to_o be_v spend_v and_o consume_v when_o there_o be_v no_o need_n this_o be_v not_o to_o show_v all_o fidelity_n to_o your_o master_n so_o jacob_n gen._n 31.36_o 37.38_o 39_o 40._o that_o which_o be_v tear_v of_o beast_n i_o bring_v not_o unto_o thou_o i_o bear_v the_o loss_n of_o it_o of_o my_o hand_n do_v thou_o require_v it_o whether_o steal_v by_o day_n or_o steal_v by_o night_n 10._o they_o must_v not_o answer_v again_o out_o of_o a_o murmur_a spirit_n nor_o give_v word_n for_o word_n that_o if_o their_o master_n rebuke_n they_o for_o their_o sin_n they_o must_v not_o speak_v as_o fast_o as_o he_o nay_o though_o a_o master_n shall_v speak_v wrathful_o and_o in_o unjust_a anger_n yet_o they_o must_v not_o answer_v perverse_o to_o they_o again_o but_o with_o meekness_n and_o silence_n except_o they_o require_v or_o give_v leave_v go_v about_o their_o employment_n commit_v their_o cause_n to_o god_n who_o will_v right_v they_o if_o their_o master_n wrong_v they_o col._n 3.25_o but_o he_o that_o do_v wrong_a shall_v receive_v for_o the_o wrong_n which_o he_o have_v do_v and_o there_o be_v no_o respect_n of_o person_n god_n regard_v not_o man_n outward_a condition_n he_o regard_v not_o the_o mistress_n more_o than_o the_o maid_n nor_o the_o master_n more_o than_o the_o man_n but_o judge_v righteous_o betwixt_o the_o great_a and_o the_o mean_a 11._o they_o must_v remember_v when_o they_o be_v obedient_a in_o their_o master_n service_n they_o be_v serve_v the_o lord_n christ_n what_o a_o poor_a servant_n do_v in_o servile_a labour_n in_o the_o mean_a low_a employment_n he_o be_v serve_v of_o god_n and_o this_o may_v sweeten_v to_o he_o more_o difficult_a and_o unpleasing_a work_n thus_o i_o have_v do_v with_o this_o direction_n in_o which_o all_o man_n in_o one_o capacity_n or_o other_o herein_o consider_v be_v concern_v to_o make_v improvement_n of_o god_n preserve_v of_o they_o in_o time_n of_o so_o great_a contagion_n by_o be_v eminent_o exemplary_a in_o the_o condition_n capacity_n relation_n wherein_o they_o stand_v which_o if_o they_o do_v caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la they_o live_v in_o some_o measure_n answerable_a to_o so_o great_a a_o mercy_n direction_n v._n sin_n have_v god_n spare_v you_o in_o a_o time_n of_o pestilence_n then_o if_o you_o will_v live_v answerable_a diligent_o watch_v against_o secret_a sin_n and_o let_v your_o special_a care_n be_v about_o the_o hide_a and_o secret_a thing_n in_o religious_a duty_n god_n have_v keep_v you_o in_o his_o chamber_n isa_n 26.20_o come_v my_o people_n enter_v thou_o into_o thy_o chamber_n and_o shut_v thy_o door_n about_o thou_o hide_v thyself_o as_o it_o be_v for_o a_o little_a moment_n until_o the_o indignation_n be_v overpast_v god_n have_v hide_v you_o from_o judgement_n in_o the_o secret_a chamber_n of_o his_o protection_n and_o will_v you_o hide_v your_o sin_n in_o the_o secret_a corner_n of_o your_o heart_n or_o will_v you_o allow_v yourself_o to_o sin_n because_o you_o be_v in_o your_o secret_a chamber_n or_o will_v this_o be_v to_o live_v worthy_a of_o god_n secret_a protection_n of_o you_o to_o commit_v secret_a sin_n against_o god_n that_o you_o be_v preserve_v this_o be_v visible_a all_o that_o see_v you_o walk_v in_o the_o street_n know_v this_o but_o god_n way_n of_o preserve_v you_o be_v not_o only_o by_o visible_a mean_n as_o antidote_n and_o cordial_n but_o by_o the_o invisible_a guard_n of_o holy_a angel_n psal_n 91.10_o there_o shall_v no_o evil_n befall_v thou_o neither_o shall_v any_o plague_n come_v nigh_o thy_o dwell_n ver._n 11._o for_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o to_o keep_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o way_n ver._n 12._o they_o shall_v bear_v thou_o up_o in_o their_o hand_n lest_o thou_o dash_v thy_o foot_n against_o a_o stone_n the_o reason_n why_o you_o have_v be_v preserve_v be_v because_o god_n have_v cause_v you_o to_o dwell_v in_o the_o secret_a place_n of_o the_o most_o high_a and_o have_v make_v you_o to_o abide_v under_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o almighty_a psal_n 91.1_o when_o the_o pestilence_n be_v walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o the_o arrow_n of_o the_o almighty_a be_v secret_o shoot_v and_o fly_v abroad_o he_o keep_v you_o in_o the_o secret_a of_o his_o pavilion_n psal_n 37.5_o for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o trouble_n he_o shall_v hide_v i_o in_o his_o pavilion_n in_o the_o secret_a of_o his_o tabernacle_n he_o shall_v hide_v i_o he_o shall_v set_v i_o upon_o a_o rock_n as_o all_o visible_a mean_n will_v not_o have_v be_v effectual_a for_o your_o preservation_n without_o god_n secret_a and_o invisible_a watch_v over_o you_o so_o abstain_v only_o from_o visible_a sin_n and_o perform_v only_o that_o of_o duty_n which_o be_v visible_a will_v not_o be_v a_o suitable_a nor_o answerable_a return_n for_o this_o great_a mercy_n therefore_o my_o advice_n unto_o you_o be_v that_o as_o god_n goodness_n to_o you_o have_v be_v in_o a_o secret_a way_n of_o preservation_n so_o your_o care_n shall_v especial_o be_v about_o secret_a thing_n and_o that_o in_o two_o respect_n in_o abstain_v from_o secret_a sin_n in_o maintain_v secret_a duty_n sin_n first_o be_v careful_a to_o abstain_v from_o secret_a sin_n do_v not_o cherish_v sin_n in_o your_o heart_n and_o thought_n though_o they_o shall_v never_o proceed_v to_o outward_a act_n for_o a_o man_n who_o god_n have_v keep_v in_o time_n of_o plague_n may_v be_v no_o open_a swearer_n no_o visible_a drunkard_n nor_o live_v in_o open_a wickedness_n and_o yet_o may_v walk_v unworthy_a of_o god_n mercy_n to_o he_o and_o here_o i_o shall_v answer_v these_o two_o question_n 1._o what_o be_v those_o consideration_n whereby_o a_o man_n shall_v urge_v his_o heart_n to_o abstain_v from_o heart_n and_o secret_a sin_n 2._o what_o be_v the_o help_n and_o mean_n for_o enable_v of_o a_o man_n to_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tam_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la consulitur_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la consilio_fw-la efficitur_fw-la by_o the_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mos_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la studium_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la viae_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la incedunt_fw-la versonturque_fw-la by_o the_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ambulavit_fw-la metaphoricè_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la moribus_fw-la &_o actionibus_fw-la actionibus_fw-la nomen_fw-la plurale_fw-la absque_fw-la singulari_fw-la ex_fw-la conjugatione_fw-la pihel_n deductum_fw-la idcoque_fw-la significationem_fw-la intendit_fw-la ac_fw-la habitum_fw-la denotat_fw-la â—iâ—lmer_a in_o psal_n argument_n prove_v wicked_a man_n wax_v worse_o from_o sin_n sin_n dispose_v the_o heart_n to_o sin_n sin_n beget_v sin_n sin_n be_v link_v to_o sin_n rom._n 6.6_o sin_n infect_v the_o sinner_n sin_n be_v unsatiable_a oculi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la deuce_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d satan_n absence_n of_o grace_n question_n second_o 10_o round_n in_o the_o sinner_n ladder_n to_o hell_n natural_a concupiscence_n temptation_n inclination_n â—am_fw-la 1.14_o be_v entice_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n signify_v bait_v as_o man_n do_v bait_n for_o fish_n rom._n 7.7.14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o consent_n action_n iteration_n habit._n hardness_n contract_v contract_v peccata_fw-la sive_fw-la sint_fw-la commissionis_fw-la sive_fw-la omissionis_fw-la per_fw-la multiplicationem_fw-la diuturnam_fw-la in_fw-la consuctudinem_fw-la ducta_fw-la &_o inveterata_fw-la pravum_fw-la habitum_fw-la gignunt_fw-la ac_fw-la quasi_fw-la they_o obducunt_fw-la voluntati_fw-la simuâ—â—c_fw-la menti_fw-la ames_n med._n p._n 67._o hardness_n judicial_a 7_o thing_n about_o god_n harden_v man_n â—_z deus_fw-la concurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la malitiam_fw-la actûs_fw-la actûs_fw-la excaecatio_fw-la activa_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la deo_fw-la satanae_n &_o homini_fw-la 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